BARCELONA, Catalonia: Gerardo Martino, officially unveiled as Barcelona’s new manager on Friday, wasted no time in telling Manchester United that Cesc Fabregas was not for sale. On Thursday, United boss David Moyes revealed that the English champions’ attempts to sign the former Arsenal captain were “ongoing” after two reported bids, one of £30 million ($38 million) had been rejected. Martino, asked about Fabregas at a Nou Camp press conference, insisted: “If the club has signalled its refusal twice, then I signal it a third time – and so he (Fabregas) will be staying here.” Barca vice-president Josep Maria Bartolomeu confirmed: “We are not thinking of selling Cesc. “That United ...
July 27, 2013 at 5:32 am | News Desk
KARACHI: Remembering pleasant moments passed with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) prominent leader has expressed his wishes in an interesting manner by saying to have ‘Haleem’ and ‘Pakoray’ dishes together. PML-N delegation had went to MQM headquarter 90 ‘nine-zero’ situated in Azizabad area of Karachi city for gaining their ‘political’ confidence for its presidential candidate, Mamnoon Hussain, in upcoming election. PML-N belonged leader Ishaq Dar presented ‘unique’ desired while talking with MQM chief Altaf Hussain to refresh the memories by having two traditional Pakistani dishes ‘Haleem’ and ‘P...
July 27, 2013 at 5:32 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani model Mathira wishes the country’s president Asif Ali Zardari happy birthday. Mathira said “We remember Shahrukh Khan’s birthday, we remember Katrina Kaif’s birthday, but we never remember the birthday of the man who runs this country,” said Mathira. Expressing her fondness for President Zardari, she said “the man has a personality.” “I really like that guy I think he’s great. I wanted to do something special for him on his birthday and so I did.” The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and around the world Click here for more information The News Tr...
July 27, 2013 at 5:32 am | News Desk
KARACHI: Pakistan’s second largest mandate holder and opposition political party, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), got detriment from its provincial ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) when it announced ‘unconditional support’ for Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) presidential nominee on Friday. MQM officially announced its “unconditional support” for ruling party PML-N candidate Mamnoon Hussain in the upcoming presidential elections instead of boycotting like its opposition allies Pakistan People Party, Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (ANP). PPP has not showed any reaction after MQM’s announcement but its opposition partner MQM gave them shock on which they were rely...
July 27, 2013 at 5:32 am | News Desk
CHICAGO, Illinois: An American man who kidnapped three women and held them for a decade as sex slaves agreed Friday to serve life in prison in a deal that allows him to escape the death penalty. Ariel Castro, a 53-year-old Ohio bus driver, told a court in Cleveland that he had agreed to serve a life sentence plus 1,000 years for a string of violent and sexual offenses. The deal allows him to escape execution, which he could have faced if he had later been convicted at trial of the murder of an unborn fetus carried by one of his victims. “Because of the plea deal, I will plead guilty,” he said, as Judge Michael Russo read the first count — one of aggravated murder — on the lengthy charge sheet. He went on to plead g...
July 27, 2013 at 5:32 am | News Desk
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has announced financial assistance for meeting the educational expenditure of a student Haroon of Kasur who has achieved prominent position in matriculation examination. According to TheNewsTribe’s correspondent from Punjab capital city Lahore, Haroon is the son of a local plumber. The Chief Minister said that the students like Haroon are a precious asset of the nation who despite financial problems achieved prominent position in examinations through their hard work and determination. “All problems can be overcome with courage and steadfastness.” Shahbaz Sharif said that Punjab government is implementing a comprehensive programme for the encouragement of talented...
July 27, 2013 at 1:50 am | News Desk
TUNIS: Protests and a general strike swept Tunisia Friday after gunmen killed an opposition head with the same gun used to kill a colleague, a minister said, as under-fire authorities pointed to Al-Qaeda links. Mohamed Brahmi was gunned down with the same weapon used to kill another opposition politician, Chokri Belaid, six months earlier, Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said. He said the main suspect in Brahmi’s killing was a member of the radical Sunni Muslim Salafist movement linked to Al-Qaeda. “The first elements of the investigation show the implication of Boubaker Hakim, a Salafist extremist,” he said a day after Brahmi was gunned down outside his home near Tunis by two gunmen on a motorcycle. The 30-year-old P...
July 27, 2013 at 1:50 am | News Desk
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain: Spanish police said Friday they have detained the driver of a speeding train that crashed in the nation’s deadliest rail disaster in decades, accusing him of criminal recklessness. The country was in mourning over Wednesday’s horrific tragedy, which police said had killed 78 people including foreigners and left many more injured. The 52-year-old driver faces criminal accusations including “recklessness” over the crash near the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela, said Jaime Iglesias, police chief in the northwestern Galicia region. The grey-haired driver, who reportedly boasted of his love for speed online, was detained Thursday in hospital where he had been under police surveil...
July 27, 2013 at 1:50 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: United States and China will discuss Human Rights during the next session will be held in Kunming, China. (more…)
July 27, 2013 at 1:50 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that government is taking measures on war footing for resolving energy crisis and the promise to remove shortage of electricity will be fulfilled at any cost. (more…)
July 27, 2013 at 1:50 am | News Desk
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