Posts Tagged ‘Abu Dhabi’

Karachi, Apr.8 (ANI): Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar sees Australia having an edge over them in the forthcoming One-Day International series in the UAE. Akhtar, who was included in the team for the April 22-May 7 series after he was declared fit following a series of extensive ... Full story

Lahore, Apr. 6 (ANI): 'Rawalpindi Express' Shoaib Akhtar has been included in Pakistan's squad for the one-day series against Australia in the UAE. Selection committee chairman Abdul Qadir announced the squad at a press conference here on Monday. A five match series will be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The team: Younis Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Nasir ... Full story

Lahore, Apr 6 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has rubbished speculation that the one-day international series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be postponed or cancelled owing to lack of arrangements. Ijaz insisted that the matches would go ahead as scheduled later this month, the Daily Times reported. Reacting to media speculation about the series scheduled to start from April ... Full story

Islamabad, Apr 6 (ANI): Troubled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is set to be included in a 15-man Pakistani squad for the upcoming one-day series against Australia after he passed a fitness test in Lahore. Chief selector Abdul Qadir expressed satisfaction with Shoaib's fitness, and said team trainer David Dwyer and the Pakistan Cricket Board's medical officer, Dr Sohail Saleem, had also cleared him. Shoaib last played for ... Full story

London, April 1 (ANI): Jade Goody tried to recreate her life with family in a photo album and wrote a touching farewell to her sons before she died. The late Brit reality TV star, who lost her battle to cervical cancer on Mother's Day, had started putting together the album, Remember Me This Way, after she learnt about her fatal disease. The 27-year-old, who will be buried ... Full story

Karachi, Apr.1 (ANI): While Shoaib Akhtar may have declared himself fit for national duty, Pakistan team selectors have made it clear that he should be 100 percent match fit to be considered for the scheduled one day international series against Australia in the UAE. According to a team official, all the players would have to clear the test ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will launch the inaugural issue of a monthly magazine titled "India Matters" in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday. The visit is being held on the invitation of UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sheikh Nahyan ... Full story

Karachi, Mar.28 (ANI): Pakistan pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul, who are expecting a call for national duty ahead of the one-day series against Australia, will have to go through an extensive fitness test to prove their match-fitness. According to sources, the Pakistan team management is planning to organize a fitness test before the squad for the UAE series is announced. The selectors and the team ... Full story

Lahore,Mar.27 (ANI): Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar may have announced that he is fully fit to be a part of the national squad, but coach Intikhab Alam has made it clear that Akhtar still needs to prove his fitness ahead of the one-day series against Australia in the ... Full story

Berlin - Just over 40 per cent of the 165,000-strong Daimler workforce in Germany will be on short-time from April 1, the company's management board chief Dieter Zetsche said Wednesday. Zetsche said some 68,000 employees will be on reduced working hours as a result of the global turndown that has led to a crippling decline in sales of new cars. The car industry was facing its worst ... Full story

Karachi, Mar.2o (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said the team for the Dubai series against Australia would only be announced after consulting captain Younis Khan. "Younis is our captain and we will give his views due importance before finalising the squad," The News quoted Chief Selector Abdul Qadir, as saying. Qadir said ... Full story

Nicosia, Mar 19 (ANI): Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of Abu Dhabi, has denied rumours that his government wishes to acquire companies owned by the Dubai Government. He attributed the rumours to misinterpretations about the relations between the emirates and stressed that the impact of the global financial crisis on the national economy had been exaggerated. "Any proper economic procedure must enjoy a ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Rang De Basanti' will be screened at the ongoing SAARC Film Festival in Abu Dhabi. Another major attraction of the festival is the Pakistani film 'Khuda Ke Liye', which will be also screened. The film features Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah in a cameo as a Muslim scholar clarifying the tenets of Islam during a court case. A ... Full story

London, Mar.8 (ANI): Last Tuesday's terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore could lead to Dubai and Abu Dhabi becoming the "home" venues for the subcontinent's cricket-playing countries. It would be the first time that Tests have been played regularly outside the ­traditional top cricket-playing countries, the Guardian reports. Following last week's shootings, in which eight people were killed, and the Mumbai atrocities on November ... Full story

Nicosia, Mar 8 (ANI) : Portland Group of Greece, a marine and financial solutions company, has announced plans to develop wind and solar energy in the UAE, with an initial investment of 100 million euros, aiming to turn Dubai into the sight of the biggest energy field in the world. The President of Portland Alexander Christodoulakis told the Gulf News that with a fraction of the ... Full story

Karachi, Mar.5 (ANI): Pakistan and Australia will face each other in three Tests in England. The proposed series will be played from the second week of August to the first week of September in 2010. "Pakistan has started the discussion about playing three Test matches at neutral venues in England in 2010. It's a ... Full story

Lahore, Feb.28 (ANI): The itinerary of the Australia-Pakistan one-day international series has been revised again. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the series, which is to be played at a neutral venue, United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be played from April 22 to May 7. "Now the series will be played from April 22 to May 7 as we have pushed backed the date of ... Full story

Karachi, Feb. 11 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt has vowed to improve security arrangements for the 2011 World Cup in the backdrop of International Cricket Council deciding to move the 2009 Champions Trophy out of Pakistan due to security concerns raised by various teams. "Pakistan would improve on the existing facilities for the World Cup while the International Cricket Council (ICC) would also make ... Full story

Lahore, Feb.7 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the dates of the one-day international series between Pakistan and Australia which would be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The series will be held from April 24 to May 7. The series includes five one-day internationals beside a Twenty20 game. The first two ODI's and the Twenty20 match will be played in Dubai, while Abu Dhabi ... Full story

Nicosia, Feb 5 (ANI): The Government of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday announced that it has decided to implement an action plan under which it will inject 4.36 billion dollars additional capital into the following financial institutions in the emirate: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, First Gulf Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Union National Bank. The move is aimed at strengthening confidence ... Full story