Sunday 22 May 2016

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Mian Channu: Three terrorists of banned outfit arrested

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MIAN CHANNU (Dunya News) – Intelligence agencies and police carried out a joint operation in Mian Channu on Sunday and apprehended three terrorists, Dunya News reported.Sources said that the arrested terrorists belonged to a banned organization. Arms and explosive material was also recovered from their possession.According to police sources, the arrested terrorists were transferred to some undisclosed location for further investigation.

Lahore: Furniture godown blaze brought under control

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – According to details, fire broke out at a furniture godown situated at the Davis Road area of Lahore on Sunday night which engulfed the entire godown quickly. At least twelve vehicles of fire brigade and rescue teams reached the spot to bring the fire under control. The blaze was brought under control after four hours. Firefighters and rescue teams from all over the city reached the spot and brought the fire under control after hectic efforts of four hours. According to Rescue 1122 sources, the 12 vehicles participated in the rescue operation.

Shab-e-Barat observed with religious zeal and fervour

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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Faithful observed Shab-e-Baraat, the night of reverence and fervour and divine blessings for the Muslims, across the country on night between Sunday and Monday.According to Islamic lunar calendar, the 15th night of Shabaan month is known as Lailatul Barat or Laylatun Nisfe-min-Shaban in the Arab world. According to Muslim belief, Shab-e-Barat is the night when Almighty Allah arranges affairs of the next one-year.Faithful gathered at mosques and houses after Isha prayers and offered nightlong special prayers, while different gatherings and Mahafil-e-Naat were arranged to mark the holy night.Ulema and religious scholars in their sermons highlighted the true teachings of Islam and various aspects of the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).The houses, streets and especially mosques were decorated with colourful lights and buntings.

Greek parliament approves controversial new bailout measures

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ATHENS (AFP) - Greek lawmakers on Sunday adopted another batch of controversial spending cuts and tax hikes ahead of a crunch Eurogroup meeting expected to unlock much-needed bailout funds for the debt-ridden country.The 7,000-page bill that raises the sales tax cap and introduces a contingency mechanism to slash spending further in case of budget overruns was passed thanks to the Syriza-led coalition governments slim majority in parliament, according to an AFP count.All 153 of the government coalitions MPs voted in favour, while outside the parliament building in Athens more than 10,000 people protested against a recent string of unpopular reforms. The contingency mechanism in the new legislation, labelled the cutter by Greek media and designed to cut spending if the country fails to meet fiscal targets in 2018, is of chief interest to Greeces international creditors. European leaders get the message that Greece is sticking to its promises. Now, its their turn, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said Sunday ahead of the vote. People across Greeces political spectrum have criticised the latest in a series of sweeping reforms for the austerity-weary nation.No one in Greece will remain unaffected by the typhoon of the new measures, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of the New Democracy main opposition party said in parliament Sunday. Employment is punished, property is prosecuted, he added.The measures we are talking about arent pleasant. Especially for citizens that have already endured a lot, Tsipras admitted on Sunday.But he said this is the first time that the sacrifices seem to have a prospect of paying off.Greece and its European creditors are locked in talks on how to reduce the countrys debt burden, which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said must happen if it is to contribute any more of its own funds.But EU economic powerhouse Germany has been deeply opposed to alleviating any of Athens debt. Tsipras said this is the first time the debt issue is discussed with the appropriate attention within the international institutions. Greece urgently needs the next tranche of bailout funds to repay big loans to the European Central Bank (ECB) and IMF in July, and has already fallen behind in paying for everyday government duties and public sector wages.Eurozone finance ministers are set to discuss a deal for Greece at a closely-watched meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.German financial daily Handelsblatt has said Athens could receive between nine and 11 billion euros if a deal is struck.

India's mini space shuttle to blast off on test run

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BANGALORE (AFP) - India was making final preparations Sunday for the launch of its first model space shuttle, as it bids to join the race to one day make rockets as reusable as airplanes.Indias seven-metre (23-foot) shuttle is expected to blast off from a southeastern space port on Monday, in a crucial step to eventually developing a full-scale, reusable one to send up satellites in the future. Indias space agency director Devi Prasad Karnik told AFP that the test flight was set to occur any time during the launch window between 7am (0130 GMT) and 11am (0530 GMT), depending upon wind and weather conditions.The scale-model shuttle will be propelled 70 kilometres into the atmosphere using a 15-tonne rocket before splashing down 10 minutes later into the Bay of Bengal, some 500 kilometres from the Sriharikota space port.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed the 1.7-tonne (1,542 kilogram) winged shuttle reportedly on a miniscule budget of one billion rupees ($14 million) over a five-year period.Called the Reusable Launch Vehicle or RLV-TD, the shuttle will not survive Mondays test flight, but scientists hope that subsequent ones built six times as big over the next decade will glide safely back to land.In subsequent test flights, we will attempt to land the reusable vehicle at a specific location on land like an aircraft does on a runway so that we can again use it for launching more satellites, K. Sivan, director of a space research centre developing the vehicles at ISRO, told AFP.The exercise (on Monday) will enable us to collect data on hypersonic speed, autonomous landing and other useful information, Sivan said.India faces stiff competition including from global companies which are developing their own reusable rockets after NASA retired its space shuttle programme in 2011. Reusable rockets would cut costs and waste in the space industry, which currently loses millions of dollars in jettisoned machinery after each launch. Billionaire Elon Musks SpaceX and Amazon owner Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin have already successfully undertaken their own test launches.Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency are also developing similar technology and are in testing stages.SpaceX tested its powerful Falcon 9 rocket in December while Blue Origins New Shepard successfully completed a third launch and vertical landing in April this year.But ISRO hopes to develop its own frugal shuttle, as it seeks to cash in on a huge and lucrative demand from other countries to send up their satellites.ISRO made global headlines in 2013 after it successfully launched an unmanned mission to orbit Mars, after spending just $73 million, compared to NASAs $671 million outlayed for its Maven Mars mission.

Bairstow's keeping catches England's eye

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LEEDS (AFP) - Jonathan Bairstows form with the gloves as much as his runs with the bat in the first Test against Sri Lanka delighted Englands backroom staff.The Yorkshiremans 140 on his Headingley home ground laid the plaform for an innings and 88-run win that saw England go 1-0 up in the three-match series.But the England wicket-keeper, the man-of-the-match, also held nine catches, including a couple of diving efforts that have troubled him in the past, as an attack led by James Anderson, who had overall figures of 10 for 45, kept finding the outside edge in a match that was wrapped up inside three days.As well as working with specialist wicket-keeping coach Bruce French, himself a former England gloveman, Bairstow also enjoyed a day with Newcastle United football clubs goalkeeping coaches. He did one session with the goalkeeping coaches at Newcastle, on balance and shape of the body, explained England assistant coach Paul Farbrace.He really enjoyed that, and got a lot from it.Bairstow grassed just one clear chance at Headingley and former first-class wicket-keeper Farbrace said there were definite signs of improvement in his work behind the stumps since England completed a Test series win in South Africa earlier this year. He looked balanced and very strong in his movements, said Farbrace. In South Africa, he looked unbalanced.Predominantly, he stood a fraction too wide ... if you get a nick from there, youre off balance.The only chance he dropped in this game, he got done by the angle of the ball and missed it by a fraction.The rest of the game, I thought he kept incredibly well.Balance of another sort remains an issue for England when it comes to the question of their top-order batting.They slumped to 83 for five against Sri Lanka at Headingley but opener Alex Haless patient 86, his Test-best score, went some way to suggesting he could nail down a place alongside Alastair Cook.Englands Test captain has had eight opening partners, Hales included, since former skipper Andrew Strauss retired in 2012. Its a shame he didnt get a hundred. But in the situation, 86 runs on that surface was a fantastic innings, said Farbrace of Haless knock.The big thing for him is (to feel) he can play Test cricket.Nick Compton, under pressure for his place at number three, made a duck and was then denied a second innings in Leeds by Englands dominance with the ball.Compton is a steady, old-fashioned top-order batsman and Farbrace denied suggestions hed been told to play more aggressively by the England management or risk being dropped. I have read all the stuff about (Comptons) intense personality, but I have yet to meet a batsman at the top level who is not intense about the way they prepare, said former Sri Lanka coach Farbrace.What (we say to) players in red or white-ball cricket is play your game.There is no pressure from us to put his foot down and start whacking it. We (just) want him to score runs - that is why he is in the side.England have one major doubt ahead of the second Test starting at Chester-le-Street on Friday, with all-rounder Ben Stokes struggling to be fit for the match at his Durham home ground after suffering a knee injury.Stokes went for a scan on Sunday, with England due to name their squad on Monday. Warwickshire all-rounder Chris Woakes could be called up if Stokes is unfit.

New India boss says 'not running away' from reforms

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MUMBAI (AFP) - The new chief of Indias embattled cricket board said Sunday the body was not running away from reforms following corruption scandals, but he remained opposed to a key recommendation from the countrys top court.Lawmaker Anurag Thakur, 41, was elected as the youngest-ever president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following a special meeting in Mumbai.Thakur, a member of parliament for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is charged with reforming one of the most powerful organisations in world sport.He told a packed press conference after the meeting that the reforms were a continuous process, and the cash-rich BCCI was ready to take them to the next level. Whatever is possible and practical and is required, we are implementing that from time to time.I see an opportunity here, its time to deliver, he added.However, he followed his predecessor Shashank Manohar in remaining intransigent on a Supreme Court recommendation calling for a ban on television adverts between overs during live broadcasts.Thakur, who was previously secretary of the BCCI, was the sole nomination on Sunday for the top post, seen by many as the most powerful in global cricket.He will have his hands full as the BCCI is under enormous pressure to introduce reforms after being tarnished by scandals including accusations of corruption and match-fixing in the glitzy Indian Premier League.In the wake of those scandals, the Supreme Court ordered a retired judge to draw up a report on the BCCIs governance to try to avoid future conflicts of interest.Justice Rajendra Mal Lodhas report recommended the BCCI introduce age limits for its office-bearers and bring in the advert ban.Manohar quit the BCCI presidency earlier this month, saying the reforms were not in the BCCIs best interests and he felt he could no longer carry on in his role.On Saturday Manohar, who then became the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), told reporters that the recommendations on no adverts between overs would destroy the financial structure of the BCCI.Thakur, a three-time MP in Himachal Pradesh state, pointed out to journalists that newspapers run adverts beside stories about the Indian Premier League.The BCCI gets its revenue from advertisements and that is how we pay our employees and our state association, he said.But he insisted the BCCI was not running away from the recommendations.We understand our responsibility towards the most popular sport in India and we will give our 100 percent, Thakur said.Thakur has been involved with the BCCI since he was elected president of his state association aged just 25. Last year he pipped the incumbent to the secretarys post by a single vote.The BCCI benefits from huge TV deals that allow it effectively to run the world governing body -- the ICC -- along with its allies, Australia and England.However under reforms that Manohar had himself supported, it is no longer possible to be both ICC chairman and to head the national board of a member country.Manohar had been serving as head of the ICC in his role as president of the BCCI in line with the organisations previous system of rotating chairmanships.But under the reforms, the ICC has amended its constitution to bring in direct elections for the position. It will now be officially an independent post, a move designed to ensure the incumbent no longer feels obliged to promote his own countrys interests.

Kohli steers Bangalore into IPL playoffs

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NEW DELHI (AFP) - Star batsman Virat Kohli Wednesday steered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a six-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils to book a spot in the playoff stage of the cash rich Indian Premier League.Kohli, who is the highest run scorer in the tournament, made an unbeaten 54 runs off 45 balls while chasing 139 runs at the last league match of the the T20 tournament at central Indian city of Raipur. Delhi opener and South African Quinton de Kocks 60 run knock and an unbeaten 27 run finish by his teammate Chris Morris helped Delhi put a decent score on the board.But Kohli steadily took his team towards the target with 11 balls remaining in the innings after openers Jamaican Chris Gayle and South African AB de Villiers were back in the dugout with just 17 runs on the board.Wicketkeeper Lokesh Rahul made 38 runs before he was bowled by West Indian Carlos Brathwaite.Bangalore is placed on the second spot in the points table and will play top ranked Gujarat Lions in the first qualifier on Tuesday. In the first game on Sunday Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 22-runs confirming their berth in the playoffs.Kolkata scored 171 runs, with all rounder Yusuf Pathan making an unbeaten 52 off 34 balls in front of the home crowd in Eden Gardens. In reply, except for a 51 run knock by Shikhar Dhawan, Hyderabad batsmen failed to score runs against a spin attack led by West Indian Sunil Narine, who took 3 for 26.Kolkatas win also dashed the hopes of Mumbai Indians to reach the next stage. Mumbai lost to Gujarat Lions on Saturday by six wickets, with captain Suresh Raina making a brilliant 58 runs while chasing 172.The top four teams will now battle it out in the two qualifiers and one eliminator to make the cut for the finals on May 29.In the eliminator round Hyderabad will clash with Kolkata on Wednesday.The loser of the first qualifier will take on the winner of the eliminator in qualifier 2 on Friday.The final will be played between winner of qualifier 1 and winner of qualifier 2 on Sunday.

Lahore: Furniture godown catches fire

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Fire broke out in a furniture godown at the Davis Road in Lahore in the early hours of Monday morning, Dunya News reported.At least ten vehicles of fire brigade and rescue teams reached the spot to bring the fire under control. However, narrow streets in the area caused problem for the fire brigade vehicles to reach the spot.The firefighters were busy in bringing to fire under control till filing of this report. No casualty has so for been reported.

Traffic policemen gunned down near Ayesha Manzil laid to rest

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Two traffic policemen named Karman and Shakeel who were martyred as a result of firing from ungunmen yesterday near Karachi’s Ayesha Manzil have been laid to rest, reported Dunya News on Sunday.The funeral prayer of both martyrs was offered at Police Headquarters gardens. Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) AD Khawaja, Director General (DG) Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar, Additional IG Mushtaq Mehr along with family members of the deceased and other officials took part in the funeral prayer.Both martyrs were laid to rest in a local graveyard after conclusion of the funeral prayer.

PM took counsel from CM Punjab before departing for London

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LAHORE (Dunya News) –Before departing for London, PM had a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif at Jati Umra, Raiwand and discussed several matters including Panama Leaks and national political scenario, reported Dunya News on Sunday.Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has been scheduled to arrive in London for a medical checkup and will return to Pakistan on May 26.First Lady Begum Kalsoom Nawaz will also accompany PM to London on his private tour.Previously, PM had thorough medical checkups due to cardiac pain.

Disappointed over national cricketers' performance: Zaheer Abbas

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – An auspicious ceremony had been arranged in honour of former International Cricket Council’s (ICC) President Zaheer Abbas as he was also awarded with a gold medal for his performance throughout the year, reported Dunya News on Sunday.On this occasion, Abbas said that he tried to convince people over his stance but India was a bigger stakeholder in ICC, so the board considered weighed their opinion.He expressed disappointment over cricketers’ poor performance and said that there would be a time when national team will have to strive for World Cup qualifying rounds.Abbas will discontinue his services as ICC President on July 27.

Students in schools of 'Naya Pakistan' study sitting on floor: Pervaiz

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been delivering the same speech for past three years and further remarked that he should record his speeches and play them before the people to save their precious money, reported Dunya News on Sunday.While commenting upon Imran Khans speech that he delivered in Swat, Rashid said that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif went to Swat with developmental plans but Khan went to Swat to do criticism on the PMs projects.Federal Information Minister added that had Imran’s dealing were transparent, he would have presented himself for accountability.

Multan: Nurses' protest fruitful as superintendent nurse gets replaced

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MULTAN (Dunya News) – The 6-day long sit-in of the nurses of Multans Nishtar Hospital ended in success as the Superintendent nurse Kokab was replaced as a result of fruitful negotiations with the administration, reported Dunya News on Sunday.The wards of the hospital remained non-operational during the protest, resulting in the patients facing utmost difficulties.Upon receiving the news of the Superintendent nurse being replaced, the nurses raised slogans and distributed sweets. Principal Nursing School Zahida was appointed Superintendent nurse of Nishtar Hospital.

Cannot get rid of corruption under current rulers: Siraj

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Sirajul Haq stated on Sunday that the corrupt ones in the country cannot be curtailed under the current leadership as they are a hurdle towards a corruption-free Pakistan, reported Dunya News.While addressing Corruption-free Pakistan children walk organised by Jamaat-e-Islami, Siraj said that the children of the nation are demanding a corruption-free Pakistan for a brighter tomorrow, adding that the leaders have indebted them by taking loans to fulfill the luxuries of their own children.He added that the rulers have looted the money from the country and have transferred it abroad. Siraj suggested that those named in the Panama Papers should exhibit some moral courage and separate themselves from any public designations that they hold.JI chief said that a thief cannot conduct accountability against another thief.He stated that if the courts do not provide justice then the public shall conduct accountability of the corrupt ones on the streets.Children participating in the walk led by Sirajul Haq headed towards Quaid-e-Azams mausoleum while chanting slogans of Pakistan Zindabad. The children also presented tableaus on corruption.
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