Monday 28 August 2017

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Lahore: Three suspects arrested in police search operation

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – At least three suspects were taken into custody during police search operation in Jeewan Hana area of Garden Town in Lahore on Monday, Dunya News reported.Police search hotels, hostels, flates, hostels and various localities of the area. Biometric device was also used for the identification of the resident and three persons were arrested who failed to produce any identity document.The arrested persons were shifted to police station for further investigation. Police sources said that the search operation in the area was launched on the intelligence reports that suspects are present in the area.

Pakistan, China agree to accelerate reconciliation efforts for Afghan peace

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News/Agencies) - Chinese special envoy on Afghanistan Deng Xijun called on Pakistan’s foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua in the capital Islamabad on Monday and discussed efforts for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan, Dunya News reported.China reaffirmed its “continuing and firm” support for Pakistan’s efforts to achieve peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan -- a move seen as a rejection of US President Donald Trump’s recent allegations that Islamabad is harboring terrorists.Trump had accused Pakistan of harboring “agents of chaos” and providing safe havens for militant groups waging an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.Pakistani officials responded by saying the U.S. should not “scapegoat” Pakistan and accused the American military of failing to eliminate militant sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.Chinese special envoy emphasized there was no military solution to the conflict. He underlined the need for a politically negotiated settlement through an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process.Deng Xijun has reaffirmed China’s continuing and firm support to Pakistan’s commitment and efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan. He lauded Pakistan’s contribution and sacrifices made in the fight against terrorism.“Pakistan’s efforts towards eliminating the scourge of terrorism should be fully recognized by the international community,” Xijun said.

Karachi: Security guards murder case registered against unidentified men

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KARACHI (Dunya News) - A case has been filed in Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Garden Police Station on Monday against unidentified persons for killing two security guards in firing incident outside FBR office in Gulistan-e-Johar.The case was filed on the application of chief security officer of the FBR against unidentified persons. Various clauses of anti-terrorism act and murder attempt have been added in the case.Two security gaurds, Tanzeem and Faqira, were killed and two other were wounded when some unidentified persons opened fire in front of FBR office in Gulistan-e-Johar on Sunday.

Karachi: Two dacoits killed in police encounter

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Two dacoits were killed in an encounter with police in SITE Area near Super Highway in Karachi on Monday, Dunya News reported.According to SSP Malir, Rao Anwar, the dacoits were looting the people who were going to cattle market to buy animals for Eid-ul-Azha. Police sources said that the identity of the dead dacoits is not yet known. Police also recovered arms and cash from their possession.On the other hand, police conducted an operation in Awami Colony area and arrested two street criminals. Police sources said that the arrested accused were identified as Nasir-ud-Din and Adnan. Police also recovered arms, mobile phones and motorcycle from them.

Tando Allahyar: Twelve-year-old girl electrocuted

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TANDO ALLAHYAR (Dunya News) – According to details, Twelve-year-old Zoya Binte Nazir was electrocuted when 11,000-volt high power line broke and fell over her in Sheedi Muhalla area in Tando Allahyar on Monday.Zoya was an orphan and only bread earner for her sick mother. The incident infuriated the residents who staged a protest against Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO).The angry protesters blocked by burning tyres on road in front of HESCO office. Rge also raised slogans against HESCO officials.

Shakib five-for helps dismiss Aussies for 217

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DHAKA (AFP) - Shakib Al Hasan claimed five wickets to help dismiss Australia for 217 and give Bangladesh the upper hand on the second day of the opening Test on Monday.Australia, who resumed the day on a precarious 18-3, were bowled out early in the final session for 217 to hand the hosts a 43-run first-innings lead.By stumps they had increased that to an 88-run advantage for the loss of one wicket.Shakib, who finished with 5-68 and also top-scored in Bangladeshs first innings with 84, was ably supported by off-spinner Mehedi Hasan.Mehedi claimed three wickets for 62 including the prized scalp of skipper Steve Smith for eight.By grace of Allah the match is in our hand. Hopefully we will also do well tomorrow, said Mehedi, a practising Muslim.If our batsmen take responsibility and put a good total it will be challenging for them. I dont think the wicket is very difficult. But we bowled well.The hosts reached 45-1 at stumps in their second innings, with opener Tamim Iqbal on 30 and nightwatchman Taijul Islam yet to score.Slow left-armer Ashton Agar ended a confident 43-run opening stand when he had Soumya Sarkar (15) caught by Usman Khawaja at long-on after several attempts.Australia also had Agar to thank for helping get them close to Bangladeshs first innings total of 260 after their regular batsmen struggled against spin.Agar, batting at number nine, made an unbeaten 41 and shared a crucial stand of 49 with Pat Cummins, taking Australia past the 200 mark after Shakib and Mehedi had the visitors on the ropes.Agar and Cummins came together after Mehedi had Matthew Wade plumb leg-before for five and Shakib drew Glenn Maxwell forward for a stumping on 23 to leave Australia struggling on 144-8.When he was on 11 Cummins survived a dropped catch by Shafiul Islam at cover off Shakib and was then reprieved by the third umpire after being given out caught behind.Shakib finally bowled Cummins for 25 in the evening session and then had Josh Hazlewood caught by Imrul Kayes at short leg to end Australias innings and complete his 16th five-wicket haul in Tests -- at least one against each of the nine Test teams he faced.But the left-handed Agar frustrated the Bangladesh bowlers during a 97-ball stay at the crease that included two fours and a six.Were positive. Weve had a pretty good fightback today and anything can happen on this wicket, Agar told reporters.Things happen so quickly when the balls spinning and turning and as you saw tonight a few of them really jumped, so were confident that if we get on a bit of a roll tomorrow we can knock them over.The 23-year-old took the attack to the opposition but ran out of partners.

Ali assault puts England on top in second Test

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LEEDS (AFP) - Moeen Alis rapid 84 helped England turn the tide on the fourth day of the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley on Monday.At stumps, the West Indies were five without loss in their second innings, needing a further 317 runs to reach a challenging victory total of 322.Only one side have made more in the fourth innings to win a Test at Headingley, with Australias celebrated Invincibles scoring 404 for three in 1948 thanks to opener Arthur Morriss 182 and an unbeaten 173 from the great Donald Bradman.West Indies did make 344 for one to beat England in a Test at Lords in 1984, with opener Gordon Greenidge scoring 214 not out, but they will likely need a similarly brilliant innings from one of their current top order if they are to level this three-match series at 1-1.It was fresh evidence of Englands batting strength in depth that No 8 Ali top-scored and put on 117 for the eighth wicket with No 9 Chris Woakes, the recalled all-rounder himself making 61 not out before captain Joe Root declared his sides second innings on 490 for eight.West Indies had a tricky six overs to bat until the close but Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell survived.The whole day represented a remarkable turnaround in the match given the West Indies had a first-innings lead of 169 runs -- a testament to a vastly improved batting and bowling, if not fielding, display after their embarrassing innings and 209-run defeat in the first Test at Edgbaston.To have a lead is absolutely gold at the minute, left-handed batsman Ali, who faced just 93 balls with 14 fours, told Sky Sports.Realistically we were thinking we could get a lead of 180 but to have this lead is fantastic.England had started Mondays play just two runs ahead and already three wickets down.But brisk fifties from Root (72)-- his second of the match on his Yorkshire home ground -- and Ben Stokes (58), following up his first-innings score of exactly 100, plus a painstaking 61 from Dawid Malan, laid the platform for Alis late-order assault.A dispiriting day for the West Indies was summed up when Ali was reprieved on 32.He bottom-edged a cut off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and was superbly caught by wicket-keeper Shane Dowrich only for Indian umpire S Ravi to make a desperately tight no-ball call.It seemed almost cruel that the West Indies, who had dropped several catches this Test at a potentially match-losing cost of 238 runs, should have their best effort of the game chalked off this way.But Shannon Gabriel did not help their cause with nine wides and 10 no-balls in an innings total of 39 extras.Ali, whose languid cover-driven four off fast bowler Gabriel saw him to fifty, holed out off Bishoo in sight of his sixth Test hundred.Off-spinner Roston Chase (three for 86) removed Stokes, Malan and Jonny Bairstow in quick succession before tea but that simply paved the way for Ali and Woakess run-spree.England resumed on 171 for three after the West Indies had made 427 in their first innings following hundreds from Shai Hope (147) and Brathwaite (134).Root, dropped in the gully on 10, was 45 not out and Malan, who had a lucky break on four when the West Indies opted against reviewing a potential catch, was unbeaten on 21.Root completed his second fifty this Test in 87 balls after he edged two fours off Kemar Roach.But the breakthrough the West Indies needed came when Root, cramped for room trying to cut Gabriel, steered the ball to gully where Shai Hope clung on to a juggled catch.England were then 212 for four, but they did not lose another wicket until their score had moved on to 303.First-slip Powell dropped Malan on 32, although the blame lay mainly with Dowrich for moving across only to bail out of the catch.

LoC ceasefire violations: FO lodges strong protest with India

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Foreign Office on Monday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to lodge strong protest against unprovoked firing in Azad Jammu and Kashmir which killed three on August 27, reported Dunya News.In another event of unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC), Indian troops had fired mortar shells in Fatehpur village yesterday. This violation led to the deaths of three civilians including a woman.According to the Foreign Office Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Muhammad Faisal, India has violated the ceasefire agreement on more than 600 occasions in 2017. Moreover, as a result of these violations 28 Pakistani citizens were martyred while 113 injured.“Deliberately targeting populated areas is against human values and International laws,” Faisal said. He demanded that India’s deputy high commissioner should probe these ceasefire violations and permit the United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) group in India to play its role.

Muguruza advances as Sharapova awaits US Open spotlight

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Reigning Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza was excited to reach the second round Monday at the US Open while former world number one Maria Sharapova was poised to swipe the Broadway spotlight.Spanish third seed Muguruza matched her best showing on the New York hardcourts in five tries by defeating American Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 6-3 for her first triumph in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which celebrated its 20th anniversary.Very happy Im in the second round, said Muguruza. Ive been here so many times and Ive never done very well. I will try again and hopefully it will happen.The 23-year-old Spaniard improved to 17-2 since the start of her London Grand Slam title run, a stretch that also included a crown at Cincinnati in the last major US Open tuneup.Muguruza, who won last years French Open and reached this years Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time, can reach the New York third round for the first time Wednesday by defeating either US qualifier Claire Liu or Chinas Duan Ying-Ying.After dominating the first set, Muguruza fought through most of the second before breaking 64th-ranked Lepchenko at love in the penultimate game.She started a little bit nervous and I started very well. Then the match equaled and I had a big fight, Muguruza said. I give everything I have on the court. I sweat and work hard on every point.Sharapova was set to face Romanias second-ranked Simona Halep in the night feature match, the Russian stars first Grand Slam match since serving a 15-month doping suspension.I dont think any tennis fan in the world is not going to have that match on, said US 15th seed Madison Keys. We all knew it was inevitable she would be back in majors and playing. Im sure this first round is going to be interesting.Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova, whose major titles include the 2006 US Open, tested positive for the banned blood boosting drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.Her comeback began with an April semi-final run at Stuttgart but many rivals complained about wildcard entries she received to assist her fight back to top form.When someone has been banned or out of competition, I think you have to work for it a little bit to go and play your tournaments and not help that much sometimes, Muguruza said Saturday.The French Open denied Sharapova a wildcard and she missed Wimbledon with a thigh injury, but US Open officials offered her a wildcard as a past US champion who needed the wildcard for entry into the main draw, according to a tournament statement.Sharapova, ranked 146th, played only one hardcourt tuneup match before a forearm injury sidelined her.A big challenge for HalepSharapova is 6-0 lifetime against Halep, although she last played the 25-year-old Romanian in the 2015 WTA Finals. Sharapova is 10-0 in US Open first-round matches and has won 22 consecutive Grand Slam openers since the 2010 Australian Open.Its going to be a big challenge, first round of a Grand Slam, to face her, Halep said. I feel better and I feel that Im ready to face her again. I just want to change something. Maybe I can win.Halep enters the Open after her third loss in as many months with a chance to claim the world number one ranking, falling in the French Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals, each time after winning the first set, and to Muguruza in the Cincinnati final.German fourth seed Alexander Zverev, who beat Roger Federer in the Montreal final earlier this month for his fifth title of the year, faces Slam debutant Darian King of Barbados while Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, meets American Tennys Sandgren.Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, this years Australian Open and Wimbledon runner-up, was set to face 135th-ranked Viktoria Kuzmova.

WI 5-0 against England at 4th day close of 2nd Test

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LEEDS (AFP) - West Indies were five without loss, still needing a further 317 runs to reach their victory target of 322, at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test against England at Headingley on Monday.Kraigg Brathwaite was four not out and Kieran Powell one not out.England lead this three-match series 1-0 after their innings and 209-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston.Details are to be added

Panama case verdict ruled by SC to be fully implemented: NAB Chairman

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry stated that the investigation team made of NAB officers will fully implement the Supreme Court’s verdict in Panama case.While talking to media, he added that the society and state have to eradicate the menace of corruption with complete co-ordination. “NAB will complete the task (of Panama case references) within the prescribed time,” he told. NAB Chairman on Monday inaugurated the new headquarters of the investigation body in Islamabad.The top court had directed the investigation body to prepare references against Sharif family and Ishaq Dar after Panama case decision. NAB had summoned sacked premier Nawaz Sharif, his children and Ishaq Dar but none of them appeared before the body reasoning that they have submitted review appeals in Supreme Court and will not appear before NAB until verdict in given on them. Meanwhile,NAB has summoned two members of Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) over references against Sharif family. According to details, NAB will record statements of JIT head Wajid Zia and another member as official witnesses on August 30 (Wednesday).

Maryam to inaugurate party office in Mozang ahead of NA-120 by-polls

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Disqualified premier Nawaz Shrarif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz was reported on Monday to inaugurate elections office in Mozang ahead of NA-120 by-polls scheduled for September 17.Maryam Nawaz is leading the electioneering in the constituency after Kulsoom Nawaz, ex-premier’s wife and candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the by-polls flew to London for treatment of her lymph nodes cancer.Reportedly, Maryam will be addressing the workers in Mozang after inaugurating the party office on August 29.Out of security concerns in Punjab, traffic movement from Temple Road to Mozang Chowk would remain suspended until the inauguration of the office.Nawaz Sharif was ordered to be disqualified by the election commission in July 28 verdict of the apex court asit ruled over petitions filed by opposition parties following Panama Leaks.She chaired meetings today (August 27) in Lahore with party leaders and discussed strategy for the polls.The election commission was ordered to serve a disqualification notice to Nawaz under Article 62 and Article 63.

Ministry of Finance releases salaries of govt employees

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Finance Ministry on Monday released salaries and pensions of government employees for the month of August, reported Dunya News.According to sources in Finance Ministry, Rs. 50 billion were released on the direction of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Rs. 338 million is expected to be released for Pakistan Steel Mills on August 30. The salaries of Steel Mills’ worker will be released after Economic Coordination Committee’s (ECC) approval.The salaries of Steel Mills workers are overdue since April, 2017.The reason for the early release of salaries is Eid-ul-Azha which will be celebrated throughout the country from September 2. To facilitate the government before Eid holidays from September 1 to September 4, salaries have been transferred early by the Ministry of Finance.

Chinese envoy supports Pakistan's stance over Afghan peace process

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chinese special envoy to Afghanistan called on foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua on Monday and discussed affairs concerning long lasting peace in Afghanistan and regional security as pushed for by Pakistan.During the meeting, the Chinese envoy vowed to completely support Pakistan’s efforts for restoration of peace in Afghanistan.The representative was cynical as far coercive operation is concerned for return of peace in Pakistan’s neighbouring state and said that political talks would fulfill the cause.The Chinese envoy urged the world powers to acknowledge Pakistan’s efforts and sacrifices rendered for the cause of peace in the region and elimination of terrorism.The two representatives agreed to ramp up peace process in Afghanistan.The envoy further agreed that the three neighbouring states should come to the table for resolution of outstanding issues.

General Bajwa calls on Tajikistan president

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RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Tajikistan President during his three-day visit and exchanged views on regional security.Media cell of the military reported that the army chief thanked the state executive for supporting Pakistan’s bid for permanent membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and for organising the anti-terror mechanism conference.Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that the Tajik president lauded Pakistan’s efforts in war on terror and agreed with Pakistan’s stance over Afghanistan situation for regional peace.The Tajik leader supported talks among Afghan groups under auspices of the Afghan government.General Bajwa and the hosting president vowed to cooperate in defence and security sector. Earlier on August 27 (Sunday) he convened a meeting with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and offered to form a joint military body to file recommendations to respective governments to better handle the tensed situation.
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