Dhoni bats for struggling Gambhir
November 11, 2010 by Trend PK
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Under-fire opener Gautam Gambhir earned sound backing from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ahead of the second Test against New Zealand starting on Friday.
The left-handed opener has struggled with the bat of late, aggregating 86 runs from his last 10 Test innings.
Gambhir, 29, missed India’s Test against Australia in Bangalore last month with a knee injury and his replacement Murali Vijay scored a solid 139, putting pressure on his more experienced team-mate to perform.
“Players do go out of form,” Dhoni told reporters at a pre-match press conference on Thursday.
“It happens to everyone in cricket. Gambhir has set the benchmark so high that expectations of him have grown. With Gambhir, it is more about the pressure to perform than the fear of failure.
“The kind of innings he has played in the past shows how good a cricketer he is. He
Increase in power tariff gradually: Raja
November 4, 2010 by Trend PK
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Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said that his government knows the worries of the common people, adding that the increase in power tariff will be slow.
While talking to the media in the Parliament House on Thursday, he denied that any increase was due to the pressure of the IMF. He said that the government is doing for its own betterment. Raja Pervez Ashraf said that it was in favor of the country’s economy.
The minister said that the government will increase power tariff gradually. Trend Pk
US Embassy Requests Bulletproof Vehicles
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The US embassy has made formal request to government of Pakistan to provide bulletproof vehicles for its staff deputed in Pakistan.
The sources said concerned authorities started mulling over the request. According to diplomatic rules, the embassy of any country is being allowed to keep twenty-five percent bulletproof vehicles.
The concerned departments of government of Pakistan is considering the aspect that any special permission to US will boost the pressure from European and other countries for getting such permission and it will give loss of billions of rupees in terms of taxes and duty to national treasury.
On the other hand, it was learned that in contrast of interior ministry advice, US embassy has rejected to accept local numbers series and they are using fake number plates despite passing the deadline of November 30.
The US embassy spokesman when contacted said they are in touch with interior ministry about these number series and denied reports of import of armed vehicles.
US Embassy Requests Bulletproof Vehicles was first posted on December 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm.
