Oil price dips in international market

Crude fell as much as $1.16 to $84.14 a barrel and was at $84.20 at 1:05 p.m. London time. Yesterday, the contract added 14 cents to $85.30. Prices are up 2.4 percent this week, heading for their first weekly gain since the five days ended July 22, and are up 15 percent in the past year.

Brent oil for October settlement on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange was down 56 cents at $110.06, set for a 1.3 percent climb this week. The contract was at a premium of $25.86 to US futures, compared with a record settlement of $26.21 on Aug. 19.

Lahore: Chicken price dispute resolved

The chicken price soared up to Rs 230 per kg from Rs 150 per kg during the last few weeks.

The Lahore district administration fixed the price at Rs 200 a kg but the Poultry Traders Association refused to accept the rates and went on strike.
After the strike of the Poultry Traders Association, chicken sale was partially suspended in Lahore for two days.

The chicken sale has been restored in the city, following an agreement between the Poultry Traders Association and the district administration for selling the chicken at Rs 215 per kg.

Final ICC World Cup 2011 Squads of All Teams

Final World Cup Squads of All Teams: All of the teams going to participate in ICC World Cup 2011 have announced their final squads. On the last day of deadline given by ICC, 19 January, New Zealand, Ireland, Kenya, West Indies, Bangladesh, Netherlands and South Africa announced their squads on the final day of the deadline. Rest of the teams has already announced their squads. After the announcement of their final squads by all boards the process of selection for mega event has ended. The squads of different teams are listed below.

(1) Australia:

Ricky Ponting (Captain), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Hussey, David Hussey,
Cameron White, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee,
Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger

(2) India:

MS Dhoni (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli,
Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh,
Ashwin Kumar, Piyush Chawla.

(3) Sri Lanka:

Kumar Sangakkara (Captain), Mahela Jayawardene (vice-captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga,
Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan
Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

(4) South Africa:

Graeme Smith (Captain), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers , JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin
Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir,
Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van

(5) England:

Andrew Strauss (captain), Matt Prior, Ian Bell, , Paul Collingwood, Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Kevin
Pietersen, James Tredwell, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Michael Yardy, James Anderson,
Stuart Broad, Ajmal Shahzad

(6) Pakistan:

Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar
Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail
Tanvir, Ahmed Shehzad
The captain name is not announced yet by PCB.

(7) New Zealand:

Daniel Vettori (Captain), Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon
McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross
Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock

(8) West Indies:

Chris Gayle (Captain), Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine,
Andre Fletcher, Wavell Hinds, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar
Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor

(9) Bangladesh:

Kumar Sangakkara (Captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan
Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara,
Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

(10) Ireland:

William Porterfield (Captain), Andre Botha, Alex Cusack, Niall O’Brien (wk), Kevin O’Brien, George
Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe,
Gary Wilson, Andrew White, Ed Joyce

(11) Zimbabwe:

Elton Chigumbura (Captain), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean
Ervine, Greg Lamb, Shingi Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Ed Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan
Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams

(12) Netherlands:

Peter Borren (Captain), Wesley Baressi, Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth,
Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Swarczynski, Ryan Ten
Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent

(13) Kenya:

Jimmy Kamande (Captain), Seren Waters, Alex Obanda, Elijah Otieno, Rakep Patel, David Obuya, Collins
Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tamnay Mishra, Maurice Ouma, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Thomas Odoyo, Shem
Ngoche, James Ngoche, Peter Ongondo

(14) Canada:

Ashish Bagai (Captain), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel, Tyson Gordon,
Henry Osinde, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Parth Desai, Karl Whatham, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy
Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao, Hamza Tariq

Anurag Basu confirms Telugu actress Ileana D’Cruz opposite Ranbir in Barfee

The crucial and much-delayed casting of the second heroine opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Anurag Basu’s Barfee is finally done.

It’s Telugu star Ileana D’Cruz who starred in the blockbusters Pokiri and Kick who will play the other female lead opposite Ranbir in Barfee. For a while it was Asin, the original choice for the role who was almost back in the project. Apparently, the price factor didn’t work out.

That’s when Anurag Basu who has an eye for new talent (he discovered Kangna Ranaut) happened to see Ileana’s photographs.

Says a source, “Anurag showed the pics to Ranbir Kapoor who felt Ileana had the same delicacy and grace as Deepika Padukone. He immediately approved of Ileana. Things were finalized within days. Anurag met Ileana and her mother and explained the role in Barfee and also that Priyanka Chopra plays the other part.”

While Siddharth Roy Kapoor of UTV who are producing Barfee said the other female lead in Barfee will be announced shortly, Anurag Basu confirmed Ileana’s presence in the film.

Interestingly Ileana is the third South Indian actress after Asin and Deepika to be offered the same role in Barfee. Anurag intends to put Ileana through rigorous voice and diction coaching before facing the camera.

Says a source, “Since Ranbir plays mute and Priyanka plays a woman often lapsing into incoherence, it is very important that Ileana speak clear and correct Hindi. That was the prerequisite for her signing Barfee.”

Gold, silver prices hit record high

Gold and silver prices hit record high in the local market on Saturday. Gold price reached Rs 45,170 per tola.

According to the Sindh Sarafa Association, local gold prices surged to Rs 45,170 per tola with an increase of Rs 570 whereas, the price of 10-gram increased to Rs 38,717, up by Rs 489. Silver price also recorded significant increase and reached Rs 900 per tola.

Abdur Razzak Completed Hat-Trick In 2nd ODI Against Zimbabwe

After winning the toss Bangladesh team decided to field first. They got early wicket of CJ Chibhabha and gained good start. Abdur Razzak bowled well for Bangladesh done he completed his hat-trick. He took five wickets in the inning. He remained the best bowler of the match. His partner and teams captain Sakib ul Hassan took 4 wickets he also contributed in restricting Zimbabwe team to low total less then 200 runs.

Abdur Razzak completed his hat-trick in two over. P Utseya was got out at 32 by him on the last bowl of his 9th over. He took wickets of RW Price and CB Mpofu on the first two bowls of his 10th over. Both were LBW by him.

Bangladesh responded well in batting after captain showed some concerns about batting order performance. Imrul Kayes got out early but Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Sadique played well. Raqibul Hasan made half century and scored 65 runs and was the top score.

Bangladesh achieved the target in 40th over and got 6 wickets win. The good batting from Bangladesh has reduced some concerns that Captain Shakib Al Hasan highlighted after first match. The series is now level 1-1. Three more ODI to come in the series.

LPG price up by Rs14 per kg

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been raised by Rs. 14 per kg on Thursday; the domestic cylinder will now cost Rs. 165 more to the consumer.According to marketing companies, after the current price hike the price of LPG in Lahore, Peshawar and Sialkot has reached to Rs. 130 per kg and domestic cylinder is being sold on Rs. 1510 per cylinder.In Karachi, LPG is being sold on Rs. 110 per kg and the domestic cylinder is costing Rs. 1270 per cylinder.In Multan, LPG price has climbed to Rs. 135 per kg; in Quetta, Azad Kashmir, FATA and Muzaffarabad Rs. 160 while in Murree and Kohat Rs. 145 per kg.

Vegetable prices in Bahawalnagar – Trend Pk VIDEO

Sher Ali reports on the price hike of vegetable in Bahawalnagar. (November 29, 2010)

Vegetable prices in Bahawalnagar – Trend Pk VIDEO

Sher Ali reports on the price hike of vegetable in Bahawalnagar. (November 29, 2010)

South Korea’s Lee warns North against further attacks

SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday labeled North Korea’s artillery attack on a southern island a crime against humanity and said Pyongyang will pay the price for any further provocation.

Lee made his first address to the nation since last Tuesday’s attack as U.S. as South Korean war ships took part in day two of military maneuvers, prompting concern in regional power China and threats of all-out war from North Korea.

“North Korea will pay the price in the event of further provocations,” Lee said. “Attacking civilians militarily is an inhumane crime that is strictly forbidden in a time of war.”

The bombardment of the island of Yeonpyeong killed two Marines and two civilians, prompting outrage among South Koreans who say their government has been too weak in its response.

China has proposed emergency talks amid global pressure on

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