Friday 18 August 2017

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Karachi: Two terrorists killed in encounter with Ranger, CTD

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KARACHI (Dunya News) - At least two terrorists of a banned outfit were killed in encounter with Rangers and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Karachi on Friday, Dunya News reported.According to details, Rangers and Counter-Terrorism Department conducted a joint operation in Korangi area of Karachi on intelligence report. The law enforcement agencies personnel cordoned off the area and launched a house-to-house search during which terrorists hiding in a house opened fire. Rangers and CTD personnel returned the fire due to which two terrorists were killed.In charge CTD Umar Khattab informed media that the dead terrorists belonged to a banned organization and were involved in killing traffic police officials in the city. An MP-5 rifle snatched from traffic police officials was also recovered from the dead terrorists.The law enforcement agencies conducted a search of the house after the encounter and recovered a bomb. The bomb disposal squad diffused the bomb.

Karachi: Two dacoits killed in police encounter

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – According to details, police conducted a raid in Gulistan-e-Johar area of Karachi on Friday on a tip-off that a gang of dacoits was present in the area during which dacoits opened fire. Police returned the fire as a result two dacoits were killed.SSP East informed media that the killed dacoits were involved in robbery at a restaurant. He further said that the accused were identified with the help of CCTV footage.Police sources said that other members of the gang managed to escape from the scene. Sources further said that arms were also recovered from the dead dacoits.

Karachi: One killed, 12 injured as bus hit height barrier

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – At least one person was killed and 12 other sustained injuries when a bus hit a height barrier in Korangi Crossing area of Karachi on Friday, Dunya News reported.The ill-fated bus was returning from a ‘Mehndi’ ceremony. Rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to Jinnah Hospital, Karachi.Police and Rangers teams also reached the site of the accident. Eye-witnesses informed media that most of the injured persons are in critical condition.The driver of the bus managed to escape from the scene after the accident.

Lahore: Police nab 13 suspects during search operation

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – At least 13 suspects were taken into custody by police during search operation in different parts of Lahore on Friday, Dunya News reported.According to details, the search operation was carried out in Kot Lakhpat, Faisal Town and Nishtar Colony areas of the city.Police searched flats, hotels, hostels and guest houses situated in these localities. Biometric device was used for the identification of the residents and 13 persons were taken into custody who failed to produce any identity document.Police sources said that the arrested suspects were shifted to police station for further investigation.

Karachi: One killed, two wounded in firing incidents

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – At least one person was killed and two other, including a policeman, were wounded in two separate incidents of firing in Karachi on Friday, Dunya News reported.According to details, some unidentified persons opened fire and killed a man in Gulshan Maymar area. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Waheed.Separately, some drug peddlers opened fire at a police mobile in Qasba Islamia Colony as a result a police man was wounded. A passer-by was also injured in the firing incident.On the other hand, dacoits looted pitza shops in various localities of the city. Dacoits looted cash and mobile phones during robberies in pitza shops in Gulshan-e-Johar, Gulshan Iqbal and Nazim Abad. Dunya News has obtained CCTV footage of robberies at the pitza shops.

Pakistan seeks recognition of sacrifices in war against terror: COAS

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RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), General Joseph l. Votel, Commander United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) along with his delegation me Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday. Matters of professional interest with special focus on security situation in Afghanistan were discussed during the meeting.General Qamar Javed Bajwa highlighted the importance Pakistan accords to its relations with US, particularly security cooperation and efforts towards regional stability.COAS further said that Pakistan has undertaken operations against terrorists of all hue and colour.General Bajwa reiterated his commitment to work in close coordination with Afghan security forces and US-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM) for improved security environment in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.While referring to Afghanistan and Pak-US relations, COAS said that no other country has more interest for prace in Afghanistan than Pakistan.General Bahwa further said that more than financial or material assistance, we seek acknowledgement of our decades contributions towards regional peace and stability, understanding of our challenges and most importantly the sacrifices Pakistani nation and its security forces have rendered in fight against terrorism and militancy.US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale was also present during the meeting.

NAB contacts SBP, prepares references against Ishaq Dar

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has contacted State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for preparing references against Ishaq Dar, Dunya News reported.According to sources, NAB and asked SBP to provide details of bank accounts of Ishaq Dar and his family. The SBP has been requested to provide details of bank accounts of Ishaq Dar, his wife, two sons and one daughter-in-law.The investigative body has asked for the details of bank accounts of Ishaq Dar in Islamabad, Karachi and other cities of Pakistan.Sources further said that NAB has also asked for the details of bank accounts of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Saeed Ahmed.Investigative body has also requested SBP to provide details of these bank accounts by August 25.

Cook and Anderson pile on agony for West Indies

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BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Alastair Cooks double century put England in a commanding position against the West Indies before James Anderson struck in the inaugural day/night Test in Britain at Edgbaston on Friday.West Indies were 44 for one in reply to Englands imposing 514 for eight declared, a deficit of 470 runs, when rain ended the second days play early in the third session.Cooks 243, his fourth Test double century, was the cornerstone of Englands total and the former captains dismissal prompted current skipper Joe Root to declare.That left the West Indies with a tricky nine overs to bat in twilight before the tea interval.That was time enough for opener Kraigg Brathwaite to be caught behind for a duck off Anderson.Kieran Powell had made just two when the normally reliable Ben Stokes dropped him in the gully off Stuart Broad.But come the close, Powell was 18 not out while Kyle Hope, in at nought for one, had made a heartening 25 not out for the tourists.But by that stage both Cook and Anderson, Englands leading Test run-scorer and wicket-taker respectively, had struck telling blows.England resumed in an immensely strong position of 348 for three in the first of this three-match series and the 50th Test at Edgbaston.Cook was 153 not out, an innings that had already seen him extend his record tally of England Test centuries to 31.Significantly it was also Cooks first Test hundred in 17 innings and the 32-year-old left-handed openers tenth score of 150 or more at this level.Together with Root, who made 136 after winning the toss, hed put on 248 for the third wicket.There was a sombre start to Fridays proceedings with players, officials and spectators observing a minutes silence in memory of the victims of Thursdays terror attacks in Spain.On the field, Cook again looked to be having a net against an outclassed attack.Malan, who in marked contrast to Cook is appearing in just his third Test, provided steady support during a century stand that took the total beyond 400.His pull off Miguel Cummins, one of four seamers in the attack, saw Malan complete a 112 ball-fifty.Cook then went to his 200 when a misfield by Kyle Hope on the third man rope -- an error symptomatic of a generally sloppy team display in the field -- allowed the ball to trickle through for the openers 30th four in 339 balls.But West Indies did have a success on the stroke of lunch when off-spinner Roston Chase had left-hander Malan caught at slip by Jermaine Blackwood to end a partnership of 162.Cook was 213 not out at lunch. But his chances of surpassing his highest Test score of 294, made against India at Edgbaston six years ago, were effectively undone with a rush of wickets at the other end.Stokes reverse-swept Chase to slip before Jonny Bairstow played on to West Indies captain Jason Holder.Moeen Ali, Englands man of the series in their recent 3-1 win over South Africa then carelessly holed out off Chase for a duck.That left England 506 for seven.Cook, who now had tailender Toby Roland-Jones for company, fell to Chase -- who led the attack with four wickets for 113 runs in 26.2 overs -- when he missed an attempted legside flick.For the second time this innings, the West Indies had to review a not out decision by South Africas Marais Erasmus to get a wicket.But with replays indicating the ball would have hit leg stump, Cooks marathon effort of more than nine hours was at an end.

Australia arrive in Bangladesh amid tight security

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DHAKA (AFP) - Australias cricket team arrived in Dhaka Friday under tight security for their first Test tour of Bangladesh in more than a decade, officials said.Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said Steven Smiths men landed at Dhaka airport at 10:50 pm (1650 GMT) under blanket police protection.Since the team landed it was given the security as weve promised. We are confident everything will go according to our plan, he told AFP.Police said some 300 members of elite police units were on guard as the Australians landed at Dhakas Hazrat Shahjahal International Airport.Weve adequate security arrangements at the airport. Weve even cleared the road (leading to the teams hotel), Inspector Moslem Uddin of the Armed Police Battalion told AFP.Australia have not played a Test in Bangladesh since Ricky Pontings team visited in 2006, six years after Bangladesh were granted Test status.They were due to play two Tests in Bangladesh in October 2015 but the tour was cancelled amid security fears after a wave of attacks by Islamist extremists in the Muslim-majority nation.Australia refused to send their team to last years Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka over security worries.Cricket Australia agreed to reschedule the series this year only after Bangladesh promised head-of-state style security for the Baggy Greens.CAs security manager Sean Carroll visited Bangladesh at least three times over the past 12 months to see the security measures before the Australian authorities confirmed the series.Carroll, who is part of the 32-member Australian party, arrived in Dhaka early to ensure everything was in order for the two Test tour.The visitors are scheduled to play a warm-up match on August 22-23 before they take on Bangladesh in the first Test at Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on August 27.The second Test will be played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong from September 4.The Aussies will leave Bangladesh on September 9 after the end of two-match Test series.

Tharanga's Sri Lanka seek redemption against India

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DAMBULLA (AFP) - Sri Lanka are looking to new captain Upul Tharanga for redemption in the one-day international series starting Sunday against India after enduring a humiliating Test whitewash on home soil.Tharanga will lead the islanders into the opening match of the ODI series in Dambulla, having been appointed limited-overs captain to revive the ailing team after their shock 3-2 loss to minnows Zimbabwe.Angelo Mathews stepped aside as captain after that defeat, vacating the top job to Tharanga who takes the helm at a low point for Sri Lankan cricket, with a form slump and injuries dogging the beleaguered side.Tharanga, 32, has urged fans to be patient, insisting the rough patch will pass for the 50-over 1996 World Cup winners.Sri Lanka have always been stronger in our white-ball format, and I am confident that we will come out strong and beat India, Tharanga said in a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket.We have the talent, we have the skill. We have been putting in the hard work, we just need the spirit, and for that we need your support too, added the left-handed batsman.Sri Lanka have recalled all-rounders Thisara Perera and Milinda Siriwardana. Left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara and paceman Vishwa Fernando, who were both part of the bowling attack in the Test series against India are expected to make their respective ODI debuts.But the eighth-ranked ODI side do not have history on their side.They were swept aside by India 5-0 in their last ODI series in 2014, and more recently bowed out of the Champions Trophy short-format contest in the first round.India, whose last tour of Sri Lanka in 2015 ushered in a new era of supremacy for the top-ranked Test side, are looking to ride their sweep of Test victories into the shorter-format series.The loss of their Champions Trophy title to arch-rival Pakistan was a bitter pill for India, and the two-time World Champions will be seeking a comeback in Sri Lanka.Newly-appointed ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma urged his men against becoming complacent, reminding them of their surprise loss to Sri Lanka in the opening round of the Champions Trophy.I have no idea about the squad for this ODI series, but what they had in the Champions Trophy was a very good side. They beat us quite comfortably, said Sharma.So you know in one-day cricket they are a very good team. We just got to do what we have been doing in the past few years.The series offers Indias second line of talent a moment in the spotlight with spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, and pacemen Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, being rested by selectors.Young spinners Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal are expected to make the starting lineup in one or more of the five matches. Uncapped quick Shardul Thakur may also get a look in.India are scheduled to play a lone Twenty20 in Colombo on September 6 after the completion of the ODI series.Squads:Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga (captain), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Malinda Pushpakumara, Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan, Thisara Perera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lasith Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando.India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (vice captain), Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur.

Spain police say suspects planned bigger attack

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BARCELONA (AFP) - Suspects in Spains twin terror attacks had been planning for an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said Friday, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the double tragedy.A 35-year-old Italian man was among 14 killed in the attacks, mowed down in front of his wife and young children Thursday in Barcelona when a driver rammed his van through crowds on the busy Las Ramblas boulevard, before fleeing on foot.Police said they shot dead five suspected terrorists who had knocked pedestrians down in the Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils in a second attack in the early hours of Friday, and arrested four others as Spain reeled from the deadly violence.Details of the investigation were still sketchy, but police said the Barcelona suspect driver may have been among the five killed.And according to the daily La Vanguardia newspaper in Barcelona, officers were still on the hunt for four other suspects thought to be involved with the cell that devised the terror project claimed by the Islamic State group.- Bigger plans -In what has been a complex, fast-moving investigation, police revealed Friday afternoon that the suspects had apparently been planning something bigger.They were preparing one or several attacks in Barcelona, and an explosion in Alcanar stopped this as they no longer had the material they needed to commit attacks of an even bigger scope, said Josep Lluis Trapero of Catalonias police.He was referring to a blast in a house in the town of Alcanar Wednesday evening, which police said killed one person.Initially treated as a random gas blast, police later linked it to the Barcelona assault, believing occupants of the house were preparing an explosive device inside and slipped up.Trapero said that after this, the suspects allegedly quickly went on to commit more rudimentary attacks. These involved the vehicles ploughing into pedestrians in Barcelona and Cambrils.The Cambrils suspects had an axe and knives in the car as well as fake explosive belts stuck to their bodies, said police.- High level of coordination -Both Spanish attacks followed the same modus operandi.Drivers deliberately targeted pedestrians with their vehicles, the latest in a series of such assaults in Europe, where cars and vans have been used to lethal effect.The Mediterranean resort of Nice in France was particularly hard hit on July 14, 2016, when a man rammed a truck into a crowd, killing 86 people.But Otso Iho of Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Centre said the Spanish assaults, which stretched out over two different cities, appeared to be a much higher level of coordination than has been typically present in previous attacks.It is also believed to be the first time IS has claimed an attack in Spain.In a poignant moment Friday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, King Felipe VI and the president of Catalonia -- where both attacks took place -- held a minute of silence in Barcelona. It was followed by the crowd applauding and shouting not afraid.- Relatives separated -Details started to emerge Friday on the identity of victims, as did tragic stories of families ripped apart.Witnesses in Barcelona described how the van pushed through the crowd, leaving bodies strewn along the boulevard as people fled for their lives, screaming in panic.We were on the city tour bus, we were 20 feet from the accident when it happened, said Alex Luque, a 19-year-old student from New York.We heard the van and the impact with people and then we saw people running.Then just eight hours later attackers struck in the early hours of Friday in the seaside resort of Cambrils. An Audi A3 car rammed into pedestrians, injuring six civilians and a police officer. One civilian, a woman, later died of her injuries.The police shot dead the five attackers. They also said they had arrested four suspects -- three Moroccans and a Spaniard.There were some three dozen nationalities among the dead and injured, from countries including Algeria, Australia, China, France, Ireland, Peru and Venezuela, according to Spains civil protection agency.Among the dead were at least two Italians, a 74-year-old Portuguese woman, and an American, officials from their countries said.Families posted messages on Facebook looking for lost relatives including one heartbreaking appeal for a missing seven-year-old boy, Julian Alessandro Cadman.- Europes deadliest attack -Spain, the worlds third most popular tourism destination, had until now been spared in the recent wave of extremist attacks that have rocked nearby France, Belgium and Germany.It had even seen a surge in tourists as visitors fled other restive sunshine destinations like Tunisia and Egypt.But it is nevertheless no stranger to jihadist attacks.In March 2004, it was hit by what is still Europes deadliest, when bombs on commuter trains in Madrid killed 191 people in an attack claimed by Al Qaeda-inspired extremists.Spain has also had to deal with a decades-long campaign of violence waged by Basque separatist group ETA, which only declared a ceasefire in 2011.

Nisar's spokesperson censures Pervaiz Rashid

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Spokesperson for former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has offered a reaction to former information minister Pervaiz Rashid’s statement by demanding off him to urge the government to public Dawn Leaks probe report if he is as innocent as he claims to be.The statement given by the spokesperson censures the former senator for attempting to dump burden of his weaknesses on the ministry and the establishment. He said that had Rashid explained his statement, the former interior minister would then have revealed the kind of help he was seeking at the time off the ministry.The spokesperson further said that if the former broadcasting minister is so victimised and innocent, he should urge the government to bring the probe report of Dawn Leaks to light.He said that Rashid should have explained the conspiracy he referred to in his statement instead of leaving people solving an apparent riddle that he posed.Earlier in an interview with a private television channel, Rashid had claimed that through all the controversies including ‘whatsapps’ and the ‘JITs’, ‘interior’ remained unchanged.The statement that apparently targeted the former interior minister drew a reaction that the spokesperson stated tonight.’Pervaiz Rashid, the former minister was sacked in October last year after a probe into a story of an English daily that reported of an alleged confrontation between the civil and military leadership in a National Security Committee (NSC) meeting over alleged harbouring of terrorists.Former principal information officer Rao Tehsin Ali and ex-special assistant to the PM Tariq Fatemi were also sacked.Both the government as well as the military denied the news and a committee was set up to look into the reportage.The daily and the journalist were referred to All Pakistan Newspapers Society for disciplinary action whereas three of the government officials were sacked on the other hand.

Firing on Karachi police vehicle injures two

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Another incident of firing at police vehicle occurred in the Sindh’s provincial capital where two persons were injured.Armed men belonging to drug mafia opened fire at a vehicle used by police in Qasba Islamia Colony. A policeman and local suffered injuries as a result of firing. Sources inside police said they are sure firing was backed by the drug sellers.Both the injured were admitted to the nearby hospital. The injured policeman received a bullet on his belly. He is currently undergoing medical treatment.Earlier today, police had conducted an operation against encroachments in the city. A heavy contingent took part in the operation where some vendors showed resistant. Police took seven persons in custody for causing hurdles in the operation. Photo: Karachi operation against encroachmentsIn June, four policemen were killed in Karachi firing as unidentified men opened fire on policemen busy breaking their fast.

Australian woman caught up in Barcelona, Paris, London attacks

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LONDON (AFP) - An Australian woman who fled in fear from the Barcelona attack has told how she was caught up in two other recent terror incidents in Paris and London during her European travels.I was in London at the time of the London Bridge attack, and we were also at Notre Dame the day the attack took place there too, Julia Monaco, a 26-year-old from Melbourne, told BBC Radio 5 Live.She recounted how she and her friends took refuge inside a shop as crowds ran from a vehicle as it ploughed through pedestrians on the famous Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona on Thursday afternoon.One minute everything was fine, and the next it was absolute pandemonium. Everyone just started screaming and running, being told to get away from the windows, she said.They lay on the ground, without knowing what was going on, before they were eventually allowed to leave and walked back to their hostel.It was the third time Monaco, who is travelling around Europe this summer, found herself caught up in a terror attack.She told Australian radio station 3AW that she was locked down on the Tube on June 3 during a vehicular and knife attack at London Bridge, which left eight people dead.Three days later, she was in Paris when a 40-year-old Algerian doctorate student who had pledged allegiance to IS attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.Im not coming home, these thugs are not going to stop me, Monaco told 3AW, adding: I still want to travel the world, maybe there is something wrong with me, but I am still going.

Sacrificed over Dawn Leaks to save democracy: Pervaiz Rashid

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Former Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid claimed on Friday that he sacrificed over Dawn Leaks episode to save democracy.He said the evil spirit of ex-President Pervez Musharraf conspired against their government. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart added that Musharrafs evil spirit is present in several institutions and politicians. “I will not name any institution, but certain people are involved in the conspiracy,” he stressed.Pervaiz Rashid said establishment provided the thinking power while their political rivals Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) played on forefront against PML-N. The former minister claimed government couldn’t stop Musharraf from traveling abroad because no other institution supported his trial.Talking about the PML-N tenure, he said a lot of things happened despite their rule. “Decisions came against us despite having ministry of interior. Premiers in past used to walk away when disqualified, but it will not happen this time. We have to fight and end this idea,” he told.PML-N leader claimed he sacrificed over Dawn Leaks matter to save democracy and fight against terrorism.
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