Sunday 15 October 2017

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Sri Lanka agree to play third T20 in Lahore: Sethi

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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has said that Sri Lanka team would play the third T20 International against Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.Talking to journalists on his arrival at the Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport from New Zealand on early Monday after attending the ICC meeting, Najam Sethi said that the chief of Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that the team will play the third T20 in Lahore on October 29.Sethi also said that he has asked the concerned authorities to make arrangements for the third T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Assets beyond known income: Dar to appear in accountability court today

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Ishaq Dar will appear for another hearing of assets beyond means case in an accountability court today (Monday). He will appear before the accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir.On October 4, first prosecution witness recorded his statement before the accountability court while the second witness recorded his statement pertaining to the case on October 12.During the previous hearing, the court had asked to third prosecution witness Tariq Javed, a private bank officer, to re-appear before the court along with e-mail record pertaining to the case. The court had summoned the fourth witness Masood Ghani to appear before court today to record his statement.Dar’s lawyer Khawaja Haris will cross-examine both the witnesses.The accountability court had indicted Dar on September 27. The finance minister had denied all charges that were levelled against him terming them false, and submitted surety bonds worth five million rupees as per directions of the court.

Mardan: Three of the same family gunned down

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MARDAN (Dunya News) – Three members of the same family were gunned down in Toorbthay area in the jurisdiction of Parhoti Police Station in Mardan on Sunday.According to details, some unidentified persons entered the house of Saifuallh and opened indiscriminate fire, killing him and his sons Zahor and Naved on the spot.The attackers managed to escape after that incident. Police have reached the spot and shifted the dead bodies to District Headquarters Hospital.

People of Sindh remain deprived of basic amenities: Kamal

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NAWABSHAH (Dunya News) - Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal while addressing a public gathering in Nawabshah said that people of Sindh have been deprived of basic amenities, including clean drinking water, lack of education and better health facilities.He criticised the Sindh rulers for their ‘failure’ to address the people’s problems concerning basic necessities and services. Mustafa Kamal said that over 300,000 children in the province were dying annually as a result of unhygienic water and starvation.He said that the children of rich people go to private schools while the poor people are forced to send their kids to government schools having no proper buildings of other necessities.He said that it was the responsibility of the provincial rulers to provide clean drinking water to citizens, but the so-called rulers were busy looting people’s money.

Pakistan eager to extend winning streak

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ABU DHABI (Dunya News/Agencies) – The second One-Day International of the five-match series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi today (Monday).Sarfraz Ahmed, the Pakistan captain, has urged his team to maintain a ruthless approach and the winning momentum in the second day-night ODI against Sri Lanka.Pakistan went 1-0 up in the five-match series with a clinical 83-run win in the first game in Dubai on Friday. Led by Babar Azam (103) and Shoaib Malik (81), the batsmen did their job by posting 292 for 6 in their 50 overs before Hasan Ali and Rumman Raees shared six wickets to keep Sri Lanka down to 209 for 8.That result gave Pakistan a five-match winning streak, while Sri Lanka slumped to its eighth consecutive loss.Sarfraz hoped his team would live up to expectations after the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 triumph in June. “We did well in the first ODI, said Sarfraz on Sunday. We played well and the team gave an all-round performance, so the expectations are high for the second game as well. We have prepared well. It’s another important match and we will take it one match at a time.With seemingly all bases covered, it was no surprise that Sarfraz announced an unchanged XI for today’s game. But he called on his batsmen to be more proactive in the first ten overs.We missed a few things and would like to improve on that, said Sarfraz. We didnt take very many singles in the first ten overs, so we have to address that.Its important to build the team towards the 2019 World Cup,” he added. “We are giving consistent chances to youngsters, and that will be the key towards that event.Nic Pothas, the Sri Lanka coach, urged his batsmen to stand up and be counted. Obviously they ended up getting too many runs on that wicket, he said of the first ODI. From a batting point of view, the currency of your batting is runs. If you don’t keep making them, the shop is going to close down at some point.We have to ask the batters to take some responsibility. The top six batters managed 96 between them. One batter got 53 and you are not going to get too many (if that’s the case).Sri Lanka has now failed to post a 250-plus total in its last seven matches, and Pothas admitted that the team was low on confidence.Confidence is a big thing. When you lose two of the legends of your game, it is a massive thing but on the flip side, Pakistan have got very experienced players,” he pointed out. “They have won the Champions Trophy and they are flying high. We have to find answers, and find them quick.Sri Lanka might tinker with its bowling, bringing in Vishwa Fernando, the left-arm quick, for Lahiru Gamage.Teams:Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (capt, wk), Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Junaid Khan.Sri Lanka (from): Upul Tharanga (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Seekuge Prasanna, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay.

De Kock, Amla trump Mushfiqur century

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KIMBERLEY (AFP) - Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla shared a record partnership as South Africa cruised to a ruthless ten-wicket win in the first one-day international against Bangladesh at the Diamond Oval on Sunday.De Kock (168 not out) and Amla (110 not out) put on an unbeaten 282 to overhaul Bangladeshs 278 for seven with 7.1 overs to spare.The South African openers overshadowed the feat of Mushfiqur Rahim, whose 110 not out was the first century by a Bangladesh batsman against South Africa in any international match. Bangladeshs total was their highest in one-day games against South Africa.Mushfiqurs innings came with a price. He appeared to suffer a hamstring injury and he watched the De Kock-Amla partnership from the players balcony, adding to injuries which kept two other key players, Tamim Iqbal (thigh) and Mustafizur Rahman (ankle) out of the match.We have to keep fighting, said Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza about the injuries. These things happen in cricket. You cant blame anything.Mashrafe said that although Bangladesh had posted a good total, we knew we had to take wickets. If you can stop the runs at both ends the pressure will bring wickets. But we couldnt apply pressure.South African captain Faf du Plessis praised what he described as another dominating performance. As a team you want to be ruthless. Today was a very, very good example of that. When youre bossing the game and you are 150 for no wicket its easy to throw wickets away, but the guys are hungry to put in massive performances.De Kock made his runs off 145 balls with 21 fours and two sixes. Amla had less of the strike, facing 112 balls and hitting eight fours. Their partnership was the highest for any wicket for South Africa and the joint sixth highest in all one-day internationals.Mushfiqurs fifth one-day century was greeted with rapturous applause by hundreds of Bangladeshi supporters. He made his runs off 116 balls with 11 fours and two sixes. He shared successive partnerships of 59 with Shakib Al Hasan, 69 with Mahmudullah and 42 with Sabbir Rahman for the third, fourth and fifth wickets.Shakib made a quiet return after resting during a two-match Test series in which Bangladesh were heavily defeated. He made 29 and conceded 48 runs in eight overs. But he became only the fifth player to complete the one-day international double of 5000 runs and 200 wickets.Kagiso Rabada spearheaded South Africas bowling attack, taking four for 43.

Nawaz Sharif consults lawyers in London for Oct 19 hearing

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LONDON (Dunya News) – Ousted premier Nawaz Sharif has convened a meeting with his legal team in his Mayfair residence on Sunday to discuss appearance for a hearing of an accountability court against him of a corruption reference.Sources privy to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz reported that the president of the party convened a meeting with the lawyers and discussed the upcoming hearing of the corruption reference.Reportedly, Nawaz Sharif has directed Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq and Raja Zafarul Haq among other PML-N leaders to approach political allies for further amendments in Electoral Reforms Bill 2017.According to the sources, Nawaz Sharif said that the government of PML-N put Pakistan on road to development. Energy crisis was dealth with and economic conditions bettered over time, he said.PML-N president said that the finality of Prophethood clause is an inseparable part of our constitution and the mistake regarding it in the bill was corrected without unnecessary delay.Nawaz Sharif claimed that power outages would end in all parts of Pakistan in the coming time. He said that Pakistan is on way to unprecedented progress with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.When PML-N assumed power in 2013, economy was progressing at 5.3 percent and now it has risen to 6 percent. He acknowledged the role played by overseas Pakistanis in country’s progress.

Bicentennial Sir Syed conference to be held at FC College

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LAHORE: (Web Desk) - The History and Pakistan Studies Department at Forman Christian College will on Monday be hosting a national conference to commemorate the Bicentennial of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.The main focus of the conference is to reconsider, analyse and bring the blurred contours of history of the nineteenth century India, to contextualise Sir Syed’s vision and efforts in providing a direction to the despairing Muslims.The participating speakers include Dr Tariq Rehman, Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Dr Muhammad Iqbal Chawla, Dr Javed Haider Syed, Dr Farooq Ahmad Dar, Dr Amjad Abbas Magsi, Dr Robina Yasmin, Raza Naeem and Dr Fauzia Farooq. The session chairs are Dr Noel I Khokar, Dr Saeed Shafqat and Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra.The History and Pakistan Studies Department Head Dr Sikandar Hayat is to chair the conference while Dr Umber bin Ibad will be the conference coordinator.The Bicentennial National Conference will be held on October 16, 2017 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Merkel's party suffers setback in state poll: TV

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BERLIN (AFP) - Germanys Social Democrats beat Angela Merkels conservatives in a closely-watched state poll Sunday, dealing a blow to the chancellor as she heads into thorny coalition talks to form a national government.In the state vote in Lower Saxony, home of Volkswagen, Martin Schulzs Social Democrats (SPD) clinched 37 to 37.5 percent of the vote, followed by Merkels CDU at 35 percent, according to early results reported by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.The far-right AfD scored 5.5 percent, meaning it now holds seats in 14 of Germanys 16 regional parliaments.Details are to be added

PM expresses grief over martyrdom of FC personnel

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ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Sunday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of FC personnel in improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Kurram Agency.Sympathizing deeply with the bereaved families, the Prime Minister prayed for eternal peace of the martyred souls, who sacrificed their lives while defending the motherland against evil forces, and grant of courage to the families to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude, PM office media wing said in a press release.The prime minister also prayed for swift recovery of the injured FC personnel.The martyrdomsAt least four security forces troops including an officer embraced shahadat while three other injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off suddenly near Kharlachi area Kurram Agency on Sunday, ISPR confirmed the incident.According to the detail given by ISPR spokesman here the troops were parts of search party for handlers of rescued foreigners the other day.Soon after the blast the security forces rushed to the site and cordoned off the entire area by shifting the injured to nearby hospital for medical treatment and also started search operation. Those martyred were identified as Captain Husnain, Sep Saeed Baz, Sept Qadir and Sep Jumma Gul.The injured comprising Nk Anwar, Sep Zahir and Lnk Sher Afzal.

Somalia truck bomb death toll hits 137: police

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MOGADISHU (AFP) - The death toll from Saturdays truck bombing in a shopping district in the Somali capital Mogadishu surged to at least 137 with 300 people injured, police said on Sunday.We are getting different numbers in terms of the casualty from the medical centres, but we have confirmed so far 137 (dead), most of them burned beyond recognition, police official Ibrahim Mohamed told AFP.The death toll could be higher because there are more than 300 wounded, some of them seriously.The blast struck on Saturday afternoon at a busy road junction, reducing buildings to heaps of rubble and leaving vehicles in flames.Officials said it was one of the worst-ever bombings in this war-torn east African country.This is the deadliest attack ever, Mohamed said.It is very difficult to get a precise number because the dead bodies were taken to different medical centres and some of them (were taken) directly by their relatives for burial.There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Shabaab, a militant group aligned with Al-Qaeda, has carried out dozens of suicide bombings in its bid to overthrow Somalias internationally-backed government.Rescuers were digging through the rubble at the junction in Hodan, a bustling commercial district of shops, hotels and businesses in the citys northwest.What I have seen at the hospitals I have visited is unspeakable, Mohamed said.

Shoaib Malik wants management to trust youngsters with 2nd SL ODI

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ABU DHABI (AFP) - Pakistans experienced batsman Shoaib Malik believes youngsters should be given the chance to carry a winning momentum into the second day-night international against Sri Lank in Abu Dhabi on Monday.Maliks swashbuckling 61-ball 81 and a return to form 103 by Babar Malik lifted Pakistan to 292-6 in the first one-day in Dubai on Friday before they kept Sri Lanka to 209-8 for a 83-run win.The match was Pakistans first since winning the top eight nation Champions Trophy in England in June this year.Malik said youngsters are developing fast.Its important to give youngsters consistent chances and by doing that we develop them and the team does well, said Malik, declared man-of-the-match on Friday.Malik said Pakistan has a potent bowling attack.We have good fast bowlers and the way they took wickets in the middle overs during the Champions trophy it helped us beat top teams and here too they bowled well and got us wickets we needed, said Malik.Fast-rising paceman Hasan Ali -- declared player of the Champions trophy with 13 wickets -- finished with 3-36 while left-armer Rumman Raees took 3-49 to derail Sri Lanka.Pakistan will retain the same combination despite opener Ahmed Shehzad failing to score on Friday.Sri Lankan coach Nic Pothas is demanding his players snap a losing streak of eight consecutive games.We have not been very good in this format for a while now, said Pothas, a former South African wicket-keeper. We have to find answers and find them quick.Pothas wants his batsmen to deliver.From a batting point of view, the currency of your batting is runs. If you dont keep making them, the shop is going to close down at some point. We have to ask the batters to take some responsibility.The top six batters managed 96 between them. One batter got 53 and you are not going to get too many, said Pothas of Lahiru Thirimanne who scored a half century.The remaining matches will be played in Abu Dhabi (October 18) and Sharjah (October 20 and 23).The two teams will also play three Twenty20 internationals, two in Abu Dhabi (October 26 and 27) while the last is scheduled for Lahore on October 29.Sri Lankan players had shown reservations over going to Lahore for security fears and a final decision is expected later this week.Pakistan Cricket Board has been endeavouring to bring international cricket back amidst improved security in the country.Pakistan have been forced to play its home games in United Arab Emirates since 2009 terrorists attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus suspended international cricket in the country.

CM Murad assures of 'street stabber's' arrest soon

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Chief minister Murad Ali Shah assured on Sunday that the ‘knife attacker’ who has injured more than ten women in street stabbing incidents would soon be caught.It should be reported that there have been no such attacks for the past ten days and the chief minister has assured the people of his arrest soon.According to the details, first street stabbing case was reported in Karachi on September 25 and the last such reported crime incident was reported on October 5. Preliminary investigation suggests that the criminal attacked 12 women in ten days within a five-kilometre area.However, despite special instructions, Sindh police, counter-terrorism department, Rangers Sindh, ACLC and AVCC have failed to nab the culprit weeks after the first reported stabbing.Investigation authorities have claimed that the criminal has been identified by name Waseem who belongs to Sahiwal and has been residing in Karachi for the past one month.

India beat Pakistan in Hockey Asia Cup 2017 with 3-1

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DHAKA (Dunya News) – India has beaten Pakistan in Hockey Asia Cup 2017 with three goals to one on Sunday in one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament given the rivalry of two neighbouring states that trespasses sports besides cricket.The two teams entered the second quarter zero all as no goals were scored in the first quarter. India and Pakistan both put up several strong attacks on opposite posts for the spectators but not one could be translated to a goal in the first quarter.Before the match, captain of the green side Muhammad Irfan said that the team would not repeat the mistakes against India. It should be mentioned here that the green shirts had beaten Bangladesh in the opening match of Asia Cup 7 to zero.Subsequently, Pakistan leveled a match against Japan with two all.Pakistan and India both are Pool A teams in the ongoing tournament.

Federation partial towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Shah Mehmood

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said on Sunday that the federation is subjecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to partisanship and that the government of Sindh has done nothing that could be referred to as development of the people.Qureshi addressed a convention of workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the federal capital and during his address he said that PTI could not focus much on development in Sindh however, political atlas of the province would be seen changing in General Elections 2018.He said that the people of Punjab are hoping that PTI would get them rid of the rule of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and corrupt leaders. He claimed that the people of Punjab are not in favour of Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.Qureshi said that there is a lot of development work to be done in Balochistan and for the purpose PTI has begun to organise the political forum there.
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