Four government nominees for judicial commission

The names of four governments nominees for the eight-member judicial commission have been finalized, News Trends reported on Tuesday.
All the four members belong to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and no member has been nominated from the coalition parties. According to the presidential spokesman the names have been finalized after the recommendations sent to the President by the Prime Minister. The four nominees include Senator Nayyer Bukhari from Punjab, Sabir Baloch from Baluchistan, Aftab Shaiban Mirani from Sindh and Asma Arbab Alamgir from KhyberPakhtunkhwa. The spokesman also said that the nominated members belong to all the four provinces of the country while women representation has also been ensured.

Responding to the nominations, spokesman of ANP Senator Zahid Khan said that the advisors of the government are misguiding the government. He further said that even if ANP did not ask for representation in the commission but still they could have been consulted before the nominations.

Talking on the issue JUI (f)s Chief Maulana Fazal-ul-Rehman said that the government is taking unpopular decisions and that the nominations for the judicial commission could not be trusted.

On the other hand leader of MQM Senator Babar Khan Ghouri said that the government has made a one-party commission instead of a parliamentary commission.

ICC Awards 2010

ICC Awards 2010: ICC has short-listed the nominations for ICC Awards 2010. Sachin Tendulkar dominates the nomination as he is listed in 3 major categories.Sehwag and Amla are both included in test cricketer of year as well as ODI cricketer of the year. Grame Swann is the late inclusion in ICC awards 2010.

Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Graeme Swann and Sachin Tendulkar

Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla, Virender Sehwag, Dale Steyn and Sachin Tendulkar

ODI Player of the Year: Ryan Harris, Sachin Tendulkar , AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

Emerging Player of the Year: Umar Akmal, Steven Finn, Angelo Mathews and Tim Paine

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnson (Ireland), Kevin O’Brien (Ireland) and Mohammed Shahzad (Afghanistan)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Michael Hussey 60* v Pakistan, Mahela Jayawardene 100 v Zimbabwe, Mahela Jayawardene 98* v West Indies, Ryan McLaren 5-19 v West Indies and Brendon McCullum 116* v Australia.

Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Katherine Brunt (England), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia) and Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill and Simon Taufel

Spirit of Cricket: India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry lead MTV Europe nominations

LONDON: Lady Gaga and Katy Perry go head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations apiece.

The U.S. pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories — best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Katy Perry “best world stage performance”.

Elsewhere in the nominations list, rapper Eminem has four nominations including best song, best male act, best hip hop and best video for his Rihanna collaboration “Love the Way You Lie”.

British stadium rockers Muse, along with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park and Kings of Leon, find themselves up against “Prince of Darkness” Ozzy Osbourne in the best rock category.

Pop phenomenon Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, B.o.B, Plan B and Jason Derulo are nominated for best new act.

Perry and Linkin Park are

China: Yuan to be kept basically stable

BEIJING: China will keep its currency at a basically stable and reasonable level and financial pressure for the yuan to rise is easing due to Europe’s debt woes, the country’s foreign exchange regulator said Thursday.

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Fresh faces add zest to Emmy nominations

LOS ANGELES: Quirky musical comedy Glee and 1960s advertising drama series Mad Men led the nominations on Thursday for primetime Emmy Awards in a cross section of new faces and old TV favorites.

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Fresh faces add zest to Emmy nominations

Sarah Mclaughlin

Sarah Ann McLachlan(born January 28, 1968(1968-01-28)) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.

She is known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range.As of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and eight Juno Awards. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s.

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Grammy Nominations 2010,Grammy Nominations Concert

TrendPK.com Grammy Nominations 2010,Grammy Nominations Concert:Ah, the 2010 Grammy nominations are finally here! The nomination event, which happened the eve of Dec. 2, was hosted by LL Cool J, who rapped to an assortment of the year’s hits from artists such as Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas and Beyoncé. Black Eyed Peas,

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Grammy Nominations 2010

Grammy Nominations 2010, Nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Beyonce Knowles led the nominations with 10 nominations for his third solo album, “I Am … Sasha Fierce.” Country-singer Taylor Swift came in second with eight nominations, while Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West Maxwell and each received six nominations.

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held on 31 January 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS. Here are the nominees:

Song of the Year
“Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” – Beyonce
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“I Gotta Feeling” – The Black Eyed Peas
“We Weren’t Born To Follow” – Bon Jovi
“Never Say Never” – The Fray
“Sara Smile” – Daryl Hall & John Oates
“Kids” – MGMT

Best Rock Album
Black Ice – AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon – U2

Best Rap Solo Performance
“Best I Ever Had” – Drake
“Beautiful” – Eminem
“D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z
“Day ‘N’ Nite” – Kid Cudi
“Casa Bey” – Mos Def

Record of the Year
“Halo” – Beyonce
“I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
“Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele (for “Hometown Glory”)
Beyonce (for “Halo”)
Katy Perry (for “Hot N Cold”)
Pink (for “Sober”)
Taylor Swift (for “You Belong With Me”)

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
John Legend (for “This Time”)
Maxwell (for “Love You”),
Jason Mraz (for “Make It Mine”),
Seal (for “If You.”)
Stevie Wonder (for “All About The Love Again”)

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Album of the Year
I Am. Sasha Fierce (Beyonce)
The E.N.D. (BEP)
The Fame (Lady Gaga)
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
Fearless (Taylor Swift)

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Grammy Nominations 2010 was first posted on December 3, 2009 at 12:17 pm.

Watch Big Brother 11 Episode 17

Turning the entire week into a mockery/great big waste of time, the producers voted out Jessie in Big Brother 11 Episode 16. Then Michele won HOH, putting her in the position of actually having to pick a side.

Big Brother is running about 20 minutes behind due to the golf overrun. A live blog will begin as soon as 60 Minutes is over.

We’re half way through the season, yet Michele has not made either a friend nor an ally, but in doing so, she has also not made any enemies either. This week, she may well have to make some enemies. Her only somewhat useful offer for an alliance is Chima’s women’s alliance, which would leave her the opportunity to target the couple or the bully. Since Jessie’s gone, though, the easiest thing may be to just keep the momentum the way the producers have forced it to go.

Chima’s containing herself. We know that won’t last very long.

Jeff says that Jessie and Natalie were walking to the finals unless somebody did something. Next time try winning a challenge for a change or maybe actually playing better if you feel that strongly about it.

Natalie assumes that Michele’s going to put her up. Chima is having difficulty believing that because Russell told her that she needs to be medicated and is just as bad as Ronnie said.

Russell wants to try to start over with Michele. That’ll last pretty much as long as she’s in power, and then he’ll flip out at her again.

The three girls who were crying over Jessie’s eviction open up his wine bottle. Kevin will just sit there and grin and bear it. Well, not so much grinning as rolling his eyes. Jeff, Jordan, and Russell want no part of this and eat outside. It is a little creepy.

Michele has decided she wants Chima to go home because she’s the biggest threat. To the guys. You’d have to be a complete idiot to think Chima’s a threat to the women. She wants Russell gone in the worst way, and she’s the one pushing the women’s alliance because she wants a woman to win. It’s entirely possible Michele is a complete idiot, though.

The contestants break into four teams of two for the have/have not competition: Jeff and Jordan, Michele and Russell, Natalie and Chima, and Lydia and Kevin. There you have basically the pairs of the house. Michele has essentially made it so she’s stuck with Russell at this point. Good luck to her. It’s a gross eating challenge in which they must correctly place casseroles in their correct locations. They will work together as a group to make sure they can all eat every day. Chima’s got a sour look on her face the whole time. In the middle of the challenge, she tells Russell not to look at her. They do not win food for Monday but do match for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They will be getting the BBQ grill and hot showers but no steak and lobster dinner.

Russell wants to know if Jordan likes Jeff as a boyfriend. If he lived in Charlotte, maybe. He proposes to her, and she says yes. In like 23 states, it’s pretty much official.

Natalie doesn’t think Michele would make an enemy in this house if Russell went home. She’s right. He has no real allies, and he’s attacked everybody at one point or another (then he apologizes when they get the power, and goes right back to attacking them the next weeek). On the other hand, if she targets either side, that whole side will now see her as a target, albeit perhaps less of a target than some other people.

It’s time for another stupid vote. The choices are cucumbers and carp, mince meat and marshmallows, and churros and chitlins. I’ve asked this before, and I’ll ask again: they actually pay people to come up with this stuff?

Michele says she’s basing her nominations on who would take her to the final two. Answer: nobody. Jeff and Jordan are taking each other, Natalie and Chima are taking each other, and Lydia and Kevin are taking each other. The only other lone wolf is Russell. She’s viewed merely as a vote, at best.

Nominations
Jordan is safe.
Jeff is safe.
Russell is safe.
Kevin is safe.
Lydia is safe.

Natalie and Chima have been nominated for eviction. She sees Chima going to the final two but not taking her. Natalie’s the pawn. Chima doesn’t care any more. To be fair, she shouldn’t. She had things planned out exactly how she wanted, then the producers intentionally stacked the deck against her, kicking out her closest ally in the process.