Thursday 14 September 2017

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Lord Nazir leaves for Myanmar to help Rohingya Muslims

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LONDON (Dunya News) – Lord Nazir Ahmed, a member of the British House of Lords, left for Myanmar along with members of other charity groups to provide relief and aid the Rohingya Muslims.Talking to journalists at the Heathrow Airport before departure, Lord Nazir Ahmed said the millions of Rohingya Muslims were trapped in Myanmar and facing catastrophic humanitarian situation.Lord Nazir said that Rohingya Muslims living in caps urgently need food, warm clothes and medical aid. Lord Nazir further said that he is going to the refugee camps at the Myanmar border to provided medical aid and food to trapped Rohingya Muslims.An England-based charity group’s chairman Abdul Razzaq Sajid and Rohingya Muslims leader Tankin Mong were also present on the occasion.

Imran asks NA-120 voters to reject liars, looters

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that the nation will defeat the corruption mafia in Sunday’s (September 17) by-election in NA-120.Addressing the participants of the PTI’s public rally at Data Darbar on Thursday night, Imran asked NA-120 voters to reject liars and those who looted the country’s wealth in the by-election in the constituency.Imran said that NA-120 election will bring an end to the 30 year rule of Sharif family. “On Sunday, we will lay the foundation of Naya Lahore which will in turn build a Naya Pakistan.He said that Maryam Nawaz used to lie before Panama leaks that Sharif family doesn’t have a company in Pakistan. “How was she able to make so much property and assets so quickly”, he questioned.Earlier, PTI took out a public rally in connection with election campaign of the NA-120 by-poll from Charing Cross which culminated at Data Darbar after passing through Regal Chowk, JPO Chowk, Anarkali and Nasser Bagh. Imran Khan and other PTI leaders addressed the participants of the rally at various places.

Essex on brink of County Championship title

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LONDON (AFP) - Essex moved to within touching distance of their first English County Championship title in 25 years after they beat Warwickshire by an innings and 56 runs at Edgbaston on Thursday.Victory for the visitors meant Essex, only promoted to the First Division at the start of this season, will be crowned champions if Lancashire fail to win away to Somerset on Fridays final day of four.Given Lancashire were 247 for eight in their second innings after following on at the end of the third day -- a lead of just 45 runs with two wickets standing -- only an extraordinary turn of events in Taunton will stop Essex winning their first Championship title since 1992 on Friday.Prolific Essex wicket-takers Simon Harmer (four for 25) and Jamie Porter (three for 37), who shared 15 wickets in the match, again did the damage as Warwickshire, bottom of the First Division, slumped to 112 all out.Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate said his sides success this season proved the gap between the First and Second Divisions of the first-class County Championship was not as wide as often suggested by many pundits.Theres not much difference and its one of the myths I hope weve dispelled this year, said the Dutchman as he reflected on the season enjoyed by Essex, based in Chelmsford, east of London.Teams coming up dont necessarily have to go down, said ten Doeschate of an Essex side who were boosted by contributions earlier in the campaign from former England captain Alastair Cook -- still a Test-match opening batsman -- and Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir.Its foolish to look at past records. You need to look at the team and the players youve got. By putting yourself in the position of fearing the change -- it doesnt help anyone.The myth of the big gap between the divisions got in our heads a little bit at the start.

Dhawan to miss first three Australia clashes

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NEW DELHI (AFP) - India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan will miss the first three one-day internationals against Australia to be with his ailing wife, the Indian cricket board said Thursday.The Virat Kohli-led India, who edged out Australia 2-1 in a Test series earlier this year, will begin the five-match ODI series in Chennai on Sunday.Team India opener Mr Shikhar Dhawan has requested to be released from the team for the first three ODIs, said a Board of Control for Cricket in India statement. It added that Dhawan wanted to attend to his wife, who is unwell.The BCCI did not name a replacement. Back-up openers Lokesh Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane are already in the 15-man squad.The hosts will also play three Twenty20 matches against Steve Smiths Australia.

MQM-Pakistan calls for re-census in Sindh

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Mutahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-Pakistan) chairman Farooq Sattar on Tuesday called for re-census in Sindh after his party had already rejected the census results, reported Dunya News.In a local hotel in Karachi, MQM-Pakistan had organized a debate on the controversial 6th population and housing census of Pakistan. Addressing the people during the event, Farooq Sattar said that this controversial result is not just against the ‘Muhajir’ ethnicity but against every individual of Sindh.He said that census results were forged deliberately in order to deprive the people of Sindh from their rights and due funds. He said that people of Sindh are bearing this unjust behavior for so long that they have now started feeling insecured.“We reject the results of population census and demand a re-census as soon as possible,” he demanded. Talking about the Independence Cup taking place in Lahore, Sattar said that peace is being maintained in Karachi while matches are being played in Lahore.“Waseem Akhtar organized a wrestling match in Karachi, if somebody doesn’t want to take the responsibility of organizing cricket matches in Karachi, we will take that responsibility,” he asserted.Talking to the audience on the occasion, Mayor of Karachi Waseem Akhtar said that population census results are due to dishonesty and those who don’t give the local governments their rights, Article 6 should be applied on them.

Yemen rebels threaten to target UAE with missiles

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SANAA: (AFP) - The head of Yemens Huthi rebels threatened Thursday to fire missiles at the United Arab Emirates and to attack Saudi tankers in the Red Sea.The UAE, a key member of a Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting the Iran-backed rebels in Yemens conflict, is now within range of our missiles, Abdel Malek al-Huthi, told the rebel-controlled television station Al-Masirah.The companies which have been set up or which have investments in the UAE should no longer consider it a safe country.Huthi said his forces had advanced their missile technology to reach targets north of the Saudi capital Riyadh and south of Islams holiest city Mecca in the west of the oil-rich kingdom.The rebels naval forces were capable of striking Saudi oil installations and tankers in the Red Sea, he said, warning against any attempt to capture the rebel-held port of Hodeida.More than 8,400 people have been killed since the Arab coalition intervened in support of the Yemeni government in March 2015.

ECC reviews impact of Rs 180 billion PMs export package

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ISLAMABAD (APP): Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), which met here at PM Office on Thursday with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in chair, reviewedthe impact of Prime Minister’s Export Package towards boosting country’s exports.The Export Package worth Rs 180 billion provides incentives to the exporters of textile and non-textile sectors for enhancing their export potential. The meeting noted that the package had contributed significantly towards putting the country’s exports onto the growth trajectory, said a press release issued by thePM’s Media Wing here.The meeting also considered various proposals for expanding the scope of Export Package and to include other sectors into its fold. The Prime Minister directed that a committee be constituted comprising representatives of Finance and Commerce Divisions and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to undertakea detailed analysis of the impact of the package and alsopropose changes in scope and coverage of the Export Package.The ECC noted the availability of 2.788 million metric tonnes of sugar in the country and authorized Commerce Ministry to allow export of 0.5 MMT sugar to sugar mills. The Prime Minister directed that Inter-Ministerial Committee, already existing for this purpose, should regularly review sugar stock, export and price mechanism and make recommendations to the ECC in case of any abnormal price increase in the domestic market.The ECC also approved grant of extension in processing period of export of wheat/wheat products from August 31, 2017 to October 30, 2017.The meeting approved a proposal by the Petroleum Division to reallocate upto 15 MMCF Jhal Magsi gas to the OGDCL and to allow its sale to any third party selectedthrough competitive bidding process under a term Gas &Purchase Agreement (GSPA) after fulfilling gas requirement ofJhal Magsi town.

Erdogan hosts Qatar emir in first foreign trip since crisis

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ANKARA (AFP) - Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Thursday held talks in Turkey with the emirates chief ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in his first visit abroad since the start of a diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia.The talks got underway at Erdogans presidential palace in the capital Ankara, the Turkish presidency said.Erdogan has been a major supporter of Doha in the crisis that has seen Qatar left diplomatically and economically isolated.On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties with Qatar accusing it of backing extremism and fostering ties with their Shiite rival Iran.Doha, however, denies the claims and Ankara has insisted there is absolutely no evidence to back the allegations.Erdogan has strongly spoken out against the sanctions applied by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt against Doha.In a show of solidarity, Turkey has also sent cargo ships and hundreds of planes loaded with food products to break the embargo on Doha.After visiting Turkey, the emir is due to visit Berlin on Friday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, his first trip to a western capital since the crisis began.Erdogan in July embarked on a regional tour of the Gulf countries, with visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in a bid to defuse the crisis.But his visit ended without any sign of a breakthrough and Ankara has shown signs of preferring to leave mediation efforts to Kuwait.On Wednesday, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah met with Erdogan at his presidential palace.Over the last years, Qatar has emerged as Turkeys number one ally in the Middle East, with Ankara and Doha closely coordinating their positions on a number of issues including the Syria conflict where both are staunch foes of President Bashar al-Assad.Ankara has built a military base in Qatar and reportedly already deployed around 200 troops there. The closure of the base was one of the conditions laid by the Saudi-led bloc for the lifting of the sanctions, which was rejected by Doha.But Turkey also does not want to wreck its own relations with regional kingpin Saudi Arabia and its hugely powerful new Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Erdogan has carefully worked to improve Ankaras relations with Riyadh which took a blow over the 2013 ousting of president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt, a close ally of Ankara.

Empty villages, Rohingya on the run: Who is left in Myanmar's Rakhine?

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YANGON: (AFP) - A military campaign to wipe out Rohingya insurgents has rained violence down on Myanmars Rakhine state, sending nearly 390,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing for sanctuary in Bangladesh.Around 30,000 Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus have also been displaced, as ethnic and religious hatreds carve through the state.Access to the epicentre of unrest -- the northern wedge of Rakhine -- has been blocked by the government as the crisis unfolds.But the weary and wounded Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh have told consistent but unverifiable accounts of village massacres, with soldiers and vigilante mobs teaming up to empty out communities and burn them to the ground.The UN has accused Myanmar of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya, a stateless group that the Buddhist-majority country refuses to recognise as citizens.The government refutes the accusations, instead saying the army has carried out targeted operations to snuff out the militant group, whose attacks on police posts in late August unleashed the massive military response.Here is what we know about who is left in violence-ravaged Rakhine, where tens of thousands of people are believed to still be on the move.Empty villagesA 2012 count said three million people lived in Rakhine, including an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya.Rakhines northernmost Maungdaw district was home to around three quarters of that population, according to government figures.But nearly forty percent of its Rohingya villages have been completely abandoned in the past three weeks, said government spokesman Zaw Htay.There are 176 villages where the whole village fled, he told reporters Wednesday night, out of 471 Rohingya communities in total.The recent refugee arrivals in Bangladesh amount to more than a third of the total number of Rohinyga once based in Myanmar.The ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus also driven from their homes by the violence say they were targeted by the Rohingya militants.Zaw Htay urged internally displaced people to take refuge in temporary camps set up in Rakhine.But he said the country would not allow all of those who crossed into Bangladesh to return, comments that will fuel allegations Myanmar is intentionally ejecting the Rohingya, whose presence in Myanmar has incensed powerful Buddhist nationalists for years.Some reached the other side of border. If they come back, we cannot accept all of them, Zaw Htay said, adding that returnees would need to be scrutinised.

'Crowd safety' delayes Arsenal-Cologne kick-off

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LONDON: (AFP) - Kick-off in the Europa League match between Arsenal and Cologne at the Emirates Stadium in London on Thursday has been delayed by an hour in the interests of crowd safety, the Premier League club announced.A match scheduled to start at 8:05pm local time (1905 GMT) is now set to get underway at 9:05pm (2005 GMT) instead.The kick-off of AFCvCOL has been delayed by an hour in the interests of crowd safety, said a statement on Arsenals Twitter feed.

Peshawar police challaned car with 'Mujhe Kyun Nikala' number-plate

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PESHAWAR: (Dunya News) – The car having a number-plate that had ‘Mujhe Kyun Nikala’ written on it was challaned by Peshawar police on GT Road as soon as it entered the city, reported Dunya News.The owner of the car kept asking why he was being issued the challan but the police didn’t listen to him. Instead of the number of the car, Muhammad Rizwan, owner of the car, had donned on it a number-plate reading ‘Mujhe Khun Nikala’.The citizen was issued a challan worth Rs 200 and the illegal number-plate was also seized.

Tillerson condemns violence against Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar army

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DHAKA (AFP) - International pressure on Myanmar soared Thursday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the violence against Rohingya Muslims unacceptable, after the UN chief said the countrys military campaign amounted to ethnic cleansing.The increasingly harsh global condemnation comes as the number of Rohingya who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh to escape ethnic unrest hit 389,000 Thursday, while the United Nations warned of a looming worst case scenario with all of the Muslim minority group trying to leave.The number of refugees was up 10,000 in just 24 hours, as the three-week old crisis deepens.We need to support Aung San Suu Kyi and her leadership but also be very clear and unequivocal to the military power sharing in that government that this is unacceptable, Rex Tillerson said of Myanmars first civilian leader in decades.This violence must stop. This persecution must stop. It has been characterised by many as ethnic cleansing. That must stop, he said during a visit to London, speaking alongside British counterpart Boris Johnson.Johnson also called on Myanmars de facto leader to use her moral capital to highlight the plight of the Rohingyas.Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and long-time human rights champion, has been condemned for a lack of moral leadership and compassion in resolving the crisis.She has no control over the powerful military, which ran the country for 50 years.Relief workers are struggling to contain a humanitarian disaster unfolding around the Bangladesh border town of Coxs Bazar with 10,000-20,000 people crossing over each day -- far more than the UN and other agencies had expected.Now, refugees are even being targeted by profiteering boat operators who have hiked prices 200 times to cross the river separating Myanmar and Bangladesh.We have to estimate the worst case scenario where all Rohingya flee Rakhine, said Mohammed Abdiker Mohamud, a director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UNs migration agency.We cannot just put our heads in sand (and) say that everything will be OK, he added.Unless a political solution is found there is a possibility that the entire Rohingya community may come to Bangladesh.- Immediate steps -There were previously an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya in Rakhine state, who have endured decades of persecution in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar.At least 300,000 had fled to Bangladesh before the latest crackdown started on August 25, following attacks by Rohingya militants on police targets.The exodus since has taken the overall figure of those who have quit Myanmar to at least 700,000.The UN Security Council has called for immediate steps by Myanmar to end the violence.At a press conference in New York, UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged a halt to the military campaign in Rakhine and said the mass displacement of Rohingya amounted to ethnic cleansing.I call on the Myanmar authorities to suspend military action, end the violence, uphold the rule of law and recognize the right of return of all those who had to leave the country, the secretary-general told a press conference.Asked if he agreed the Rohingya population was being ethnically cleansed, he replied: When one third of the Rohingya population has got to flee the country, can you find a better word to describe it?Myanmar denies targeting Rohingya, instead insisting Rohingya militants have set fire to villages in Rakhine state.But tens of thousands continue to pour over the border to Bangladesh, some with harrowing tales of soldiers firing on civilians before razing entire communities -- often with the help of ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs.Even before arriving to safety in Bangladesh, refugees who have trekked through jungles for days to reach the border have been faced with hugely inflated prices for a seat on a boat crossing the Naf river that divides the two countries.An AFP correspondent at the river said boat owners were charging refugees up to $100 for a 10-30 minute trip that would normally cost less than 50 cents.The boatmen threatened to throw us into the sea if we refused to give them our valuables, said Nadera Banu, 19, who got married only last year but is already a widow.I gave up the final memento of my husband, a gold locket given on my wedding day, to escape.Bangladeshi magistrates operating mobile courts in Coxs Bazar and nearby districts have now started sentencing boat owners and local villagers to terms of up to six months in prison, officials said Thursday.Once in Bangladesh, refugees -- with UNICEF saying 60 percent of new arrivals are children -- are faced with desperate conditions in already overstretched camps around Coxs Bazar. UN agencies have warned the country is struggling to cope.There are acute shortages of everything, most critically shelter, food and clean water, UNICEFs representative in Bangladesh Edouard Beigbeder said in a statement.Conditions on the ground place children at risk of high risk of water-borne disease. We have a monumental task ahead of us to protect these extremely vulnerable children.

Tiger's roar may have caused death of twelve monkeys simultaneously in India

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(Web Desk) – Indian forest saw an unusual incident this week in which twelve monkeys may have died simultaneously when a Tiger roared at them, according to the vets who discovered their bodies.Reports claimed that the monkeys died in Kotwali Mohammadi area after the tiger roared which caused a heart attack to all twelve of them. The local vets reasoned that they might have been scared all at once.Initially, they thought that the mammals were poisoned by the locals. The autopsy reports suggested otherwise. The cause of death in all case was heart attack. Strangely, they all died of heart attack simultaneously.It was then presumed by the animal doctors that since a lot of tigers also live in the same forest, these monkeys were scared to their peaks when sighted the big cat. Their cardiac arrests came after the tiger roared very close to them, animal doctor Sanjeev Kumar told.Bodies of the monkeys were located by the forest locals. They quickly informed the forest department who then sent officials to analyse the situation. A video was also made by the officials which circulated over the Internet later on. Bodies of the monkeys were carried out of the forest through polythene bags.When villagers were asked about the incident, they also claimed to hear tigers roar on the same day.

Custom intelligence seizes 13.5 kg heroin from a car on motorway

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Custom intelligence seized 13 and a half kilogram of heroin from a car on M1 motorway route near Rashakai, reported Dunya News. The banned drug was found in the secret pockets of a car coming from Peshawar to Lahore.Custom Intelligence team had established a checking point near Rashakai. When the custom officers asked a car to stop, the driver instead tried to run away from the scene. When the custom officials followed the car, the driver left his car and ran away.Later custom officials found high quality heroin from the base of the car which was later weighed as 13 and a half kg. Heroin is a banned drug in Pakistan and custom officials are usually in search of the culprits who transport this dangerous drug.

Misbah-ul-Haq receives Spirit of the Cricket Award at PCBAwards

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(Web Desk) – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) held an award show for the cricketers today where ex-skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was presented the Spirit of Cricket Award.All-rounder Imad Wasim was declared the T20 Player of the Year while both Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan received Emerging Player of the Year Awards.For his exquisite captaincy and ICC Champions Trophy 2017 triumph, Pakistan captain in all formats Sarfraz Ahmed was titled Outstanding Player of the Year.Babar Azam and Yasir Shah were awarded with ODI Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards respectively.Heres a light moment from the event:Besties @simadwasim and @babarazam258 talking at GreenCarpet PcBAwardsImad has special msg for female fans check outpic.twitter.com/TNdJvReVwk— Khushi Bukhari (@khushi_bukhari) September 14, 2017 Only Misbah showed up at the award show which was meant to give a farewell to him as well as prolific Test batsman Younis Khan and Boom Boom Shahid Afridi. PCB announced Rs. 10 million from the three of them. Younis and Afridi, who didnt attend the eve, couldn’t receive their checks. Reports on social media claimed that PCB Chairman Najam Sethi announced to hand over their checks to the Edhi Foundation.Players from the World XI squad also attended the eve and graced the occasion with their participation in the event.At the PCBAwards - sending everyone loads of good luck pic.twitter.com/D4UyQUq5ja— Shoaib Malik (@realshoaibmalik) September 14, 2017 World XI arrives for PCBAwards Pakistan’s grandest sports awards pic.twitter.com/1nkw9iy7rB— Lahiru Dushmantha (@ldushmanthe) September 14, 2017
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