Wednesday 2 September 2015

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Boxing: Movie-man Mayweather lashes critics

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Floyd Mayweather said Wednesday that he is more likely to end up in movies than keep boxing, as he rounded on his critics ahead of what he insists will be his last fight.The unbeaten pound-for-pound king takes on massive underdog Andre Berto on September 12 in Las Vegas in a welterweight world title showdown that has so far failed to capture the public imagination.The brash American, 38, will make it 49-0 with victory -- equaling the record of heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano -- and has consistently said he will hang up his gloves afterwards. Few believe him.In a conference call with reporters, Mayweather and Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, said there had been signficant entertainment possibilities for the champion for when he calls it quits -- including three major movie offers in the last week alone.Ive been approached on numerous occasions (to act) but Id rather be behind the scenes. Ive had my time to shine, said Mayweather, reiterating Berto would be his last bout and he is having no second thoughts about giving up the fight game.Boxing fans and pundits have hit out at the self-styled Money and TBE (The Best Ever) Mayweathers choice of Berto (30-3), who has lost three of his last six fights and was cherry-picked ahead of more exciting -- and more dangerous -- men.When you are in my shoes, they are always going to criticize, that comes with the territory, said Mayweather, the highest-earning sportsman in the world.I couldnt care less. Nobody is forced to watch. Watch if you want to watch, dont watch if you dont want to watch. Write about it if you want to write about it, if you dont want to write about it, dont.The experts may have written off Berto, 31, but Mayweather insists he is taking his opponent seriously and says he is training harder for the rank outsider than he did for his so-called fight of the century against Manny Pacquiao earlier this year.Mayweather extended his unbeaten run with a unanimous points decision over the Filipino in a disappointing bout.Underestimating Berto, an aggressive fighter who is likely to be on the front foot against the defensively brilliant Mayweather, would be a dangerous mistake, said the champion.He has nothing to lose and when you have a guy that has nothing to lose, that makes him work that much harder, said Mayweather.Hes got a chance to be the top guy in the sport when Im through... anything can happen (in a fight) so Im prepared and in top shape, as Im sure he is.But Im not going to overlook this guy.

Cycling: Froome's hopes of Vuelta glory all but go up in smoke

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ALTO ELS CORTALS DENCAMP (AFP) - Chris Froomes hopes of becoming only the third rider to win the Tour de France and Spains Vuelta in the same year faded on Wednesday after he was cut adrift on the 11th stage.Astana rider Mikel Landa, third in this years Giro dItalia, won the stage at the summit of Cortals dEncamp in Andorra in the Pyrenees, as his team-mate Fabio Aru seized the overall lead.Aru, 25 and second in the Giro, attacked on the final ascent of the daunting 138km ride through Andorra to take the overall leaders red jersey from Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.It represented quite a turnaround in Astanas fortunes after their team leader and 2014 Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali was expelled from the race last week for getting a tow from a team car.Aru has struck a huge blow in terms of the overall standings, one hopes he can go all the way, purred Landa.Two-time Tour de France champion Froome, who had started the day in eighth place overall, 1min 18sec adrift of the lead, was dropped in the mountains and his hopes of winning a second Grand Tour this year look to be dead in the water.The 30-year-old Kenyan-born Sky rider started the day badly when he fell, and things got steadily worse as he lost contact with the leading group 40km from the finish and lost about seven minutes by the time he crossed the line.Froome is now 15th overall, 7min 30sec behind Aru.His team-mate and loyal lieutenant Geraint Thomas stayed with him throughout his travails and revealed to broadcaster Eurosport afterwards that all was not well.Froomey obviously had a heavy crash and he said his foot was quite bad, said Thomas.He said his legs were OK but on the special category climb he started to suffer when Astana really lit it up.He got dropped then, and I was about to get dropped myself anyway so I sat up and waited for him.He seemed to come round on the last climb but we just had to keep going.Froomey always keeps fighting and thats what we did.The other two cyclists who filled the podium spots at the Tour de France also struggled, Alejandro Valverde coming in over a minute in arrears of Aru and Nairo Quintana, the runner-up to Froome in France, losing over three minutes. Landa, 25, was part of the initial breakaway group and went clear on his own on the final first-category climb of the Queen stage of the race.Earlier in the stage, Portuguese rider Sergio Paulinho was taken to hospital after being knocked over, according to his team Tinkoff-Saxo, by a motorbike carrying a TV cameraman, just as had happened to his team-mate Peter Sagan in the eighth stage.Paulinho had to have 17 stitches inserted in a leg wound.A furious team owner, Russian oligarch Oleg Tinkov, threatened to pull the team out of the race.Believe you or NOT? But Sergio Paulinho was hit today by TVE motorcycle and end up at hospital w 17 stitches. What a messy and shallow race... the 47-year-old former brewing magnate tweeted. Im considering now to take the team off the Vuelta2015 . Boycott ASO (owner of the company that organises the Vuelta) for this. They pay us NO money for the race and even damage riders.Thursdays 12th stage is a gentler ride for the remaining cyclists, a 173km run from Escaldes/Engordany to Lleida, with a finish suited to the sprinters.

No more negotiations with government: Farooq Sattar

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Addressing a hurriedly called press conference in Islamabad on early Thursday morning, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar said that there will be no more negotiations with government regarding party parliamentarians’ resignations. He also alleged that government was non-serious in solving the MQM grievances and demanded acceptance of resignations of the party’s lawmakers at once.He demanded that ban on MQM’s political and welfare activities should be lifted. He also demanded of the government to lift restriction on broadcasting of Altaf Hussain’s lives speeches and recorded interviews.Farooq Sattar said that MQM was being pushed against the wall in the guise of ongoing Karachi operation. He further said that government has failed to take immediate measures for recovery of missing party workers.On August 12, Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s 24 MNAs, 8 senators and 51 Sindh Assembly members submitted their resignations in protest against alleged victimisation of party workers.The government then appointed Maulana Fazlur Rehman to convince MQM lawmakers to return to assemblies and vowed to address their concerns but clarified that there will be no compromise on ongoing targeted operation in Karachi.

Three kids among five killed as rain lashes Peshawar

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PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – At least five persons, including three children and a woman, were killed in roof collapse incidents after heavy rain and strong winds lashed Peshawar on early Thursday morning.Ten people were also injured in the rain related incidents. Strong winds uprooted several trees in the city, causing difficulties in rescue operations.Emergency was declared in all hospitals of Peshawar while rescue teams were busy in rescue operations in different parts of the city.

Karachi: Close associate of Chunnu Mamu arrested

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – According to details, Rangers conducted a raid in Gulshan Iqbal Block 13-D area on Wednesday and arrested a man named Anjum.Sources informed that Anjum belonged to a political party and a close associate of China-cutting master mind Chunnu Mamu. Rangers arrested six more persons on his identification from Azizabad and other areas. Two more accused, Shahid and Naeem Sanata were arrested during operation in Korangi industrial area. Shahid and Naeem belonged to a political party and were involved in several cases of target killing and extortion.On the other hand, police conducted a search operation in Baloch Colony and Manzoor Colony and arrested 45 persons after house-to-house search. The arrested persons were sent to police station for further investigation.

Oil stages modest rebound after mixed US petroleum data

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices climbed Wednesday in a modest rebound from a sharp sell-off after a mixed US petroleum report showed an increase in crude inventories and a decline in production.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery rose 84 cents to $46.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.In London, Brent North Sea crude for October closed at $50.50 a barrel, a gain of 94 cents from Tuesdays settlement.The oil market turned sharply lower Tuesday, snapping a strong three-day rally, after weak manufacturing data from China and the United States further clouded the outlook for demand growth in the two biggest energy consumers.Rising supplies and lackluster demand growth have spurred oils steep decline since mid-2014, when crude fetched more than $100 a barrel.Traders pored Wednesday over the latest US weekly oil report from the Department of Energy (DoE). Commercial crude inventories rose by 4.7 million barrels to 455.4 million barrels in the week ending August 28, staying near eight-decade highs.The increase was much bigger than the 900,000 barrels on average expected by experts Bloomberg News surveyed.The unexpectedly sharp build reminds traders about the excessive supply of the stuff in the US, which should continue to weigh on prices for the foreseeable future, said Fawad Razaqzada, an analyst at Forex.com.US crude production, meanwhile, fell by 119,000 barrels to 9.22 million barrels a day. Gasoline inventories fell by 300,000 barrels to 214.2 million barrels.Oil inventories are unlikely to be reduced meaningfully in the short term because not only is the summer driving season coming to an end but there is also the usual refinery maintenance works that will take place soon, meaning weaker demand -- particularly for gasoline, Razaqzada said.Commerzbank analysts highlighted the markets extreme volatility.The volatility index for crude oil has all but doubled in the past two weeks and reached its highest level since mid-March yesterday, they said in a research note.It is therefore virtually impossible to make any reliable predictions about near-term price performance at the moment -- indeed such predictions hardly have even a half-life of a few hours right now.

Dollar rises as markets ride volatility

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The dollar rose against other major currencies Wednesday as global equity markets faced renewed volatility driven by concerns about Chinas slowdown.Currencies are naturally sensitive to the volatility in equity markets (and in commodities for that matter), said Kit Juckes, global foreign exchange strategist at Societe Generale, in a client note.And equity markets, after enjoying a long rally inspired by the Federal Reserves ultra-loose monetary policy, are on edge waiting for the Feds first rate hike in more than nine years, he said.The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is expected to weigh raising near-zero interest rates at its September 16-17 meeting, but the outlook for liftoff remains clouded.Maybe, once the first rate hike is finally behind us (if that day ever dawns) we will see calmer markets, said Juckes.But for now, and until the FOMC decision is announced on September 17, he said, foreign exchange and rates markets will be the tail that is wagged by the equity and commodities dogs. Bubbles are being deflated.James Stanley, currency analyst at DailyFX, said upcoming holidays and key data and policy events in various markets could skew trade in the coming days.Chinese markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the European Central Bank holds a policy meeting Thursday and the US August jobs report comes on Friday.Chinese stocks could be in for a big day upon opening on Monday to price in all of this new data. And with US markets closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day -- the potential for extreme volatility could present itself, he said.

Nisar hands evidence of collusion with RAW over to British authorities: sources

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan handed over proof of contact between Pakistani politicians and Indian intelligence agency RAW on Wednesday, revealed Kamran Khan on his show ‘Dunya Kamran Khan k Sath’.During the show it was revealed that the Federal Minister gave solid written evidence of RAW’s involvement in acts of terrorism inside the country in addition to establishment of contact with Pakistani politicians. British government has assured full cooperation in investigating the claims.It was shown on the show that RAW had met with dissident Baloch leaders and MQM leaders. It was revealed that British authorities have shown positive response. Pakistan and United Kingdom are near to signing an extraditory treaty, as per sources.

Advancing superior journalistic values, Daily Dunya completes 3 years

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – A household name of responsible journalism, Daily Dunya that adopted the policy of highlighting people’s issues and defending country’s ideological roots and gained immense popularity among the readers has completed three years.Launched in 2012, Daily Dunya continues at cruising speed while it achieving readers’ trust and confidence. The strong and loyal reader base it has attracted in such a short span of time its hallmark.Combined with latest news, updates – local, national and international – and commentary, Daily Dunya is among the pioneers that made the full use of technology and made its content available to the readers from the comfort of a click.Daily Dunya is popular also because it carries diverse views while maintaining balance and impartiality. The columnists and editorial staff hail from all walks of life and enjoy the utmost freedom of speech.The much celebrated paper highlighted real issues faced by people – the issues of ordinary people that touch, the ones that touch our lives on daily basis.A humble celebration took place at Dunya Media Group head office in Lahore where Daily Dunya’s founding Editor-in-Chief Mian Amer Mahmood cut the cake.In the celebration, Daily Dunya appreciated its team comprising newsroom, reporting, magazine, photographers and other departments. The high performers were honoured with recognitions and prizes.

MQM, govt exchange agreement drafts

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and government held another round of negotiations here on Wednesday in which both parties exchanged drafts of terms for a possible agreement, Dunya News reported.The next round of talks is expected to take place on Thursday and both leaders requested Fazlur Rehman to join the next session.According to details, a fresh round of negotiations between MQM and government took place at Punjab House in Islamabad. The government’s side was represented by Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while Farooq Sattar was present on MQM’s behalf.According to sources, MQM and government delegates have both exchanged copies of drafts of a possible agreement.After reviewing both documents, both leaders contacted Fazlur Rehman and requested to join the next meeting.

Sirajul Haq calls for indiscriminate operation against all parties over corruption

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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Jamaat Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday called for an indiscriminate operation against all parties over corruption and said that the political parties should eliminate corrupt people from their ranks.Talking to an event titled “Yaum-e-Urdu” or Urdu Day at Mansoora, Lahore, Sirajul Haq heavily criticized ongoing aggression by India on areas bordering Pakistan. He said that Indian aggression is the result of Pakistan’s ‘apologetic attitude’.Jamaat chief said that a countrywide ‘national movement’ against corruption is the need of the hour, adding that corrupt officials belonging to all provinces should be subjected to the operation regardless of party affiliation.Talking about Pakistan’s national language Urdu, he said Urdu has become an estranged language, adding that the ‘honourable’ nations feel proud of their language, culture and traditions.He said if Pakistan has to progress internationally then Urdu has to be imposed as official language.

Quetta: ex-DIG Operations assassinated

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QUETTA (Dunya News) – Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Qazi Abdul Wahid was killed as result of firing by unidentified persons at Sariab Road area here on Wednesday, Dunya News reported.According to the police, former DIG was on his way in his vehicle when unknown persons opened fire at his vehicle resulting in critical injuries. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries.The police and security forces arrived at the scene and collected the evidence after surrounding the area.Qazi had retired from the police force three years ago. He was previously deployed also as DIG Quetta, Khuzdar and Nasirabad.He had also worked as Commandant at police training center.

Karachi: Firing near Sher Shah Gulbai leaves traffic policeman dead, 2 injured

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Karachi Traffic Police has come in line of fire once again as firing near Sher Shah Gulbai left a traffic policeman dead and 2 injured on Wednesday, reported Dunya News.Terrorists shot at 3 traffic wardens near Sheh Shah Gulbai, injuring all of them. Rescue services transferred the wardens to nearby hospital but one of the warden, Liaqat, succumbed to his injuries en route to hospital. The injured wardens have been identified as Khushi Mohammad and Naveed.It is pertinent to mention here that traffic wardens had been supplied weaponry and bullet proof jackets amidst fear of threat by terrorists.According to DIG Traffic Amir Sheikh, traffic police has been supplied with 700 SMGs and pistols. In sensitive areas, out of the 4 wardens that are stationed, one has been equipped with SMG so to stop a terrorist attack. Bullet proof jackets have also been provided to traffic wardens performing their duties at sensitive locations.

Armed forces' strikes taken down 31 terrorists in Khyber Agency, NWA

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RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – The armed forces on Wednesday take down as many as 31 terrorists after carrying out strikes in Khyber Agency and North Waziristan, Dunya News reported.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan Army’s operation Zarb-e-Azb against terrorists in North Waziristan is cruising successfully.The strikes also destroyed several hideouts and cache of ammunition. As per the ISPR, the armed forces took down 14 terrorists in Khyber Agency and 17 in Shawal near Pak-Afghan border.

Karachi, Lahore: Demonstrations by traders against withholding tax

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Traders Association held demonstrations against withholding tax in various cities countrywide on Wednesday. Major demonstrations were held in Islamabad, Gujranwala and Faislabad as well, reported Dunya News.In Islamabad, traders registered their protests by marching from Melody Chowk to Press Club. The protestors marched with black flags in their hands. Protestors shouted slogans against the government.In Rawalpindi, traders took out a rally from Raja Bazaar and protested on the roads.In Gujranwala, traders demonstrated on G.T Road and blocked the traffic. The traders have said that if their demands are not met then the scope of the protest will increase.In Faisalabad, traders protested at Ghanta Chowk and set up camp at the spot.Demonstrations were also held in Chaman to object to levying of withholding tax.
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