Forex reserves down to $14.243b

Forex reserves down to $14.243b Updated at: 1903 PST, Thursday, September 10, 2009 KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves have downscaled to $14.243 billion with the decrease of $64 million, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan shows Thursday. The reserves held by the SBP witnessed a decrease of $52.6 million to go down to $10.73 billion on the week ending on September 5. The reserves held by the banks other than SBP recorded a decrease of $10.6 million to climbed down at $3.504 billion.The experts said the nat .... Full Story

England qualify for World Cup, beating Croatia
Updated at: 1727 PST, Thursday, September 10, 2009

LONDON: Frank Lampard warned his England team-mates not to start popping the champagne corks just yet after Fabio Capello's team booked their place at the World Cup. Lampard scored twice to help England to the 5-1 rout of Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday which guaranteed a trip to South Africa for next year's finals. But the Chelsea midfielder insists there is no way England's stars should get carried away dreaming of World Cup glory. Aft .... Full Story