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KARACHI—Popular Pakistani film star and TV artist Syed Kamal passed away here on Thursday after lingering illness in the hospital. He was 75. Kamal was admitted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital with a heart stroke on Wednesday, but he could not survive and passed away on Thursday morning. Kamal, who has a striking resemblance with the legendary Indian film star Raj Kapoor, received an international fame after performing leading roles in all-time hit films like Toba and Ashyana. The film hero of 60s and 70s also worked in many TV dramas and serials at small and received public appraisal for his talent at the TV screen. His most notable TV appearance is in hit TV drama Kashkol in which he played a wealthy businessman whose son (played by his real life son, Ghalib Kamal) becomes addicted to heroin. Syed Kamal has worked in 120 films. Besides, he has also directed several films too. Many famous film and TV stars have condoled his sad demise and termed it a great loss not only for his family but ...

WASHINGTON: Stressing linkages between Pakistan, India and Afghanistan with regard to durable peace and stability in South Asia, the United States on Wednesday said it encourages dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi for developing a stable bilateral relationship. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J Crowley said the U.S. is focused on the region and “understands clearly the importance of Afghanistan, the importance of Pakistan, the importance of India, and the interaction among those countries.” He said the U.S. wants all these countries to work “constructively together.” “This is kind of an inseparable you can’t look at peace and stability in South Asia without understanding the vitally important role played by all of these three countries and, obviously, the surrounding republics in Central Asia as well,” he said in response to a question at the daily State Department briefing. Continuing, Crowley said, “It’s one of the reasons why we changed our strategic foc...

Thursday, October 01, 2009 MILAN: After eight days of frenzied shows and presentations, Milan fashion week officially ended on Wednesday, but the majority of the international press and buyers had already gone.As the luxury goods sector also feels the pain of the global downturn, its fans and followers are also under pressure to cut costs when travelling to fashion capitals New York, London, Milan and Paris.And Italian design houses are taking this into account.Milan fashion week has usually seen the top names showing over a short number of consecutive days, but many catwalk regulars said the main part of this spring/summer 2010 womenswear week was particularly intense.Shows for Giorgio Armani, Prada, Versace, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana among others were squeezed into a catwalk blur that ran from Sept. 24th to 27th."Fearing that people would arrive late and leave early, (designers) all together went for the central four days," Mario Boselli, chairman of Italy's national ...

Updated at: 0724 PST, Thursday, October 01, 2009 KUWAIT: A nine-month-old Kuwaiti baby boy suffering from heart infection and developmental delays died yesterday after being infected with the swine flu virus, bringing Kuwait's total death toll from the disease to eight, the Ministry of Health announced. The baby, who was taken to a number of hospitals for treatment, was admitted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Tuesday in a critical condition, but despite being given the necessary antiviral drugs, his immune system proved too weak to fight the disease.

Thursday, October 01, 2009 CENTURION: Australia will take on England in the first semi-final of ICC Champions Trophy to be played here on Friday.Australia clinched top spot in Group A with a last-ball two-wicket win over Pakistan.Australia and England will face each other for the first time in the Champions Trophy event. The match will be played at 6:00 PM (Pakistan Standard Time).The match toss will be of key significance between the two teams.Forecast of rain has been made during tomorrow’s critical match.

Thursday, October 01, 2009 TOKYO: Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over compatriot Alisa Kleybanova.The former top-ranked Russian, who has been struggling since returning from a 10-month injury layoff, will face Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Benesova defeated Taiwan's Chang Kai-chan 7-5, 6-2.Sharapova, 25th in the world rankings, took control of the match in the second set when she broke Kleybanova three times to open up a 5-0 lead. Kleybanova broke back in the sixth game and held before Sharapova served to win the set."She started off really strong," Sharapova said. "I was too slow in the beginning. Nobody had much of a warmup today, we kind of had to warm up in the first few games and she did a much better job of that than me."Sharapova, who broke the unseeded Kleybanova three more times in the final set before c...