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Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 at top Afghan court

Two Indian aircraft violate Pakistani airspace

PM constitutes Cabinet Committee on Energy

Sindh Assembly calls for mandatory DNA tests in rape cases

Canadian honorary CG receives Rs 5m extortion slip?

A suspected Taliban suicide bomber in a car detonated a bomb close to minibuses taking Supreme Court staff home in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding almost 40, police said.

It was the second large-scale attack in Kabul claimed by the group in two days. PAGE 04

Two Indian aircraft on Tuesday violated Pakistan’s airspace and stayed there for about two minutes. The aircraft had intruded four kilometres into the Head Sulemanki and fled when two PAF fighter jets approached them. Pakistan has expressed serious concern over this violation. “The Foreign Ministry has conveyed serious concern to the Indian High Commission over the violation. PAGE 03

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the energy situation which lasted for over three hours at the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif, Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Minister for Information Pervaiz Rasheed. PAGE 03

The Sindh Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for making DNA tests mandatory in rape cases. The resolution was tabled by PPP MPA Sharmila Farooqi. Per the resolution, DNA tests would be mandatory in all rape cases, the costs of which will be supported by the Sindh government. PAGE 02

Extortion from traders and businessmen in Karachi has become order of the day, and now criminals have even started extorting bhatta from foreign officials.

On May 28, Honorary Consul General of Canada Behram D Avari received a text message from a criminal group who claimed to be associated with Lyari Gang War and demanded Rs 5 million in extortion money. PAGE 08

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CirCular debt to be Cleared in 60 days: dar FINANCE MINISTER RELEASES ECONOMIC SURVEY 2013-14, MAJOR TARGETS MISSED

MonItorIng DeSk The Sindh assembly has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for making Dna tests mandatory in rape cases. The resolution was tabled by PPP MPa Sharmila Farooqi. Per the resolution, Dna tests would be mandatory in all rape cases, the costs of which will be supported by the Sindh government. The resolution comes in the wake of a controversial recommendation made by the council of islamic ideology (cii) last month which had attracted a great deal of criticism from women rights organisations. The cii had recommended that Dna should not be included as primary evidence with regard to rape cases. They held the view that islam had set procedures to determine cases of rape and said islamic procedure should be adopted during investigation. The Human Rights commission of Pakistan (HRcP) had called the cii declaration “regressive, unfortunate and unkind to rape victims”. The HRcP also called on the new government for an urgent reconstitution of the cii. a number a civil society groups have called for the cii to be abolished in the ‘larger interest of a progressive and tolerant society’.

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inance Minister Senator ishaq Dar on Tuesday said the efforts to ensure improvement in the energy sector had been launched and the government would clear the Rs 500 billion circular debt within the next two months to enable the power sector to perform.

Presenting the details of economic Survey 2012-13 at the Planning and Development Ministry auditorium, Dar lambasted the PPP government for the poor show during the past year and said the previous government provided subsidies amounting to Rs 1,400 billion in the energy sector, but even that could not resolve the energy crisis.

He said that the government would try its best to resolve the energy problem in the shortest possible time. He said that another major problem in the energy sector was line losses and non-payment of bills and the government would make every effort to overcome them.

Dar said the budget deficit target was fixed at 4.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, he said, this

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DOWN TO $6.2 BILLION deficit was likely to reach at 8.5 percent of the GDP by the end of fiscal year 2013-14.

“Foreign exchange reserves of the country have come down to $6.2 billion from over $10.5 billion. Public debt which was Rs 3,000 billion in 1999 has touched the figure of 13,250 billion and expected to reach at 14,000 billion by the end of this fiscal year 2012-13,” the minister said, adding that the GDP growth during last five years of the PPP government averaged three percent against the required rate of seven percent and during the fiscal year 2012-13, the GDP growth target was missed and recorded at 3.6 percent, against a target of 4.3 percent. Dar termed macroeconomic situation of the country in “serious danger” and said due to rising poverty, militancy in the country was also increasing.

He announced that new government was faced with a serious challenge of putting the economy on the right track.

He said the agriculture growth target was set at 4.1 percent and growth in agriculture sector stood at 3.3 percent, services sector growth was targeted at 4.3 percent and but only 3.7 percent was achieved, however, industrial growth witnessed positive trend and against a target of two percent, its growth was recorded at 2.8 percent.

BUDGET DEFICIT LIKELY TO REACH 8.5 PERCENT OF GDP BY END OF 2013-14 calling the investment to GDP ratio pathetic, Dar said it should be increased to 20 percent of the GDP. He said the investment to GDP ratio was targeted to be enhanced to 13.3 percent and it amounted to 12.6 percent, similarly, national saving ratio stood at 12.8 percent against a target of 13.5 percent. current account deficit crossed its limit of $2 billion and was expected to reach at $2.9 billion by June 30, 2013.

The minister said Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation act (FR&DLa) had placed a limit of keeping public debt at least 60 percent of the GDP and at present, the public debt had reached 62 percent of the GDP, which was a violation of the act.

Dar also informed that due to the power shortages, Pakistan was loosing at least two percent of the GDP growth annually and the government would try its best to minimise it to a bearable level.

The circular debt has crossed Rs 500 billion mark and the Ministry of Finance is releasing Rs 13 billion to Rs 15 billion per month that was not enough to reduce the load shedding duration.

He announced that the Ministry of Finance would now streamline this and adequate funds would be provided for generation of power in the country.

DAR WANTS ANOTHER INCREASE OF RS 6 PER UNIT IN POWER TARIFF Dar said a comprehensive plan was being finalised to reduce power theft and line losses so as to put the power sector on sound footing.

To a question, Dar said to bridge the gap between selling price of power and purchase price, some Rs 6 per unit increase in power tariff would be required. This is despite that fact that the caretakers had increased power tariff by Rs 5.80 only a week ago. calling energy crisis one of the major causes of low performance of the economy, Dar said the growth rate during the outgoing fiscal year stayed at 3.6 percent against the target of 4.3 percent. Dar said fiscal deficit was also alarming. against the fiscal deficit target of 4.7 percent during the outgoing financial year, it is projected to touch 8.5 percent; he said, adding that the actual deficit figures could be finalized late tonight.

He said there had been shortfall of about Rs 350 billion in revenue collection, while investment target of 14.9 percent could not be achieved as only 14.2 percent investment was recorded.

The minister said the agriculture sector witnessed growth of 3.3 percent against the target of 4.1 percent while the services sector witnessed 3.7 percent against a target of 4.3 percent.

Govt to announCe rs 3.4 trillion budGet today ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected democratic government is all set to present its very first federal budget of about Rs 3.4 trillion for the fiscal year 2013-14 before the national assembly today (Wednesday) afternoon.

Finance Minister ishaq Dar will lay budget proposals for the financial year 2013-14 in the House, sources said, adding these budget proposals would first be presented for approval before the federal cabinet in its special session to be chaired by Prime Minister nawaz Sharif.

The national budget for the upcoming financial year envisages revival economy, overcoming challenges at economic front, particularly resolving the energy crisis and reducing non-development expenditures and providing relief to the masses including measures for provision of job opportunities to the unemployed youth.

“Overcoming energy crisis, stabilisation of economy, cutting down non-development expenditures, enhancing productivity through new growth strategies, reducing fiscal deficit, enhancing revenue collection and welfare of the people will feature as priorities in the upcoming budget,” they added.

The budget will also focus on social sector development and revenue enhancement. Reforms will also be introduced for improving governance and boosting private sector investment. Meanwhile, the national economic council (nec) on Monday approved Rs 1,155 billion development projects including federal public sector development programme of 540 billion rupees and 615 billion rupees of development projects for the provinces.

The GDP growth has been projected at around 4.4 percent for the next budget while the inflation target was fixed single digit at about 8 percent. The agriculture sector is expected to grow at 3.8 percent, industry 4.8 percent and services sector at 4.6 percent during the year 2013-14. exports for 2013-14 are estimated to grow by over 5 percent to $26.6 billion from $25.3 billion estimated for the ongoing fiscal year. On the other hand, the imports into the country are projected to increase by 7 percent from $40.3 billion last year to $43.3 billion this year. aPP

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Army rejects report on defence procurement from Israel SPOKESMAN SAYS REPORT MISLEADING AND NOT BASED ON FACTS ISLAMABAD/LonDon

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He inter-Services Public Relations (iSPR) on Tuesday categorically rejected a news report appeared in a section of media which read that Pakistan bought defence equipment from israel. an iSPR spokesman said the report was misleading and not based on facts. earlier, a media report said israel had

REPORT SAYS ISRAEL EXPORTED MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO PAKISTAN OVER PAST FIVE YEARS exported military equipment, including hitech gear used in combat jets over the past five years to Pakistan and arab countries with which it has no diplomatic relations.

The report released by Britain’s Department for Business, innovation and Skills, which deals with British government permits for arms and security equipment exports, said besides Pakistan, israel has exported military equipment to egypt, algeria, the United arab emirates and Morocco. in 2011, israel sought to buy British components to export various systems to

Pakistan, including radar systems, electronic warfare systems, head-up cockpit displays (HUDs), parts for fighter jets and aircraft engines, optic target acquisition systems, components of training aircraft and military electronic systems. in 2010, israel applied for permits to export electronic warfare systems and HUDs with British components to Pakistan, the Haaretz newspaper quoted the British government report as saying.

The report did not mention what the components would be used for. Though experts said they believed most of them were meant for use in the JF-17 Thunder jets developed jointly by Pakistan and china.

Britain’s Department for Business, innovation and Skills oversees security exports and publishes regular reports on permits granted or denied to purchase arms, military equipment or civilian items that are monitored because they can be put to secu-

rity uses.

From January 2008 to December 2012, British authorities processed hundreds of israeli applications to buy military items containing British components for use by the israeli Defence Forces, or to go into systems exported to third countries.

The British report lists the countries to which israel sought to export the items. among israel’s clients are countries like the Uae, Morocco and algeria, with which it does not have diplomatic ties. in 2010, israel sought permits to supply egypt and Morocco with israeli electronic warfare systems and HUDs that use British parts. in 2009, israel requested permits from British authorities to export to algeria aerial observation systems, pilots’ helmets, HUDs, radar systems and communications systems for military aircraft, military navigation systems, drone components, systems

to disrupt ballistic systems, airborne radar and optical target acquisition systems. israel also sought to export to Morocco electronic warfare systems and HUDs in 2009. in the same year, israel sought permits to supply to the Uae components for drones, pilots’ helmets, aerial refuelling systems, ground radars, components for fighter jets, systems to disrupt missile launches, airborne radar systems, and thermal imaging and electronic warfare equipment. israel’s other clients for military exports over the past five years, according to the British report, include india, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan.

Britain turned down israel’s request to obtain military systems intended for export to india (aircraft engines and satellite radar) and Russia (optical target acquisition systems).

two indian airCraft violate Pakistani airsPaCe ISLAMABAD: Two indian aircraft on Tuesday violated Pakistan’s airspace and stayed there for about two minutes. The aircraft had intruded four kilometres into the Head Sulemanki and fled when two Pakistan air Force (PaF) fighter jets approached them. Pakistan has expressed serious concern over this violation. “The Foreign Ministry has conveyed serious concern to the indian High commission over the airspace violation by two indian high speed (fighter),” read a statement issued by the Foreign affairs Ministry. it said that Pakistan considers today’s air space violation as a contravention of the “1991 agreement between Pakistan and india on Prevention of air Space Violations and for Permitting over Flights and Landings by Military aircraft”. a spokesman of Foreign Office said that while voicing its concerns with the Government of india, the Government of Pakistan has asked to respect all existing agreements and cBMs that have been reached between the two countries. sTaFF REPORT

musharraf Granted bail in judGes’ detention Case ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: islamabad High court (iHc) on Tuesday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case.

The former military chief, who ruled the country for nearly a decade, was given bail against surety bonds worth Rs 500,000. in this particular case, Musharraf was accused of passing an order to detain judges of superior courts at their homes after imposing an emergency rule on november 3, 2007. a divisional bench of the iHc comprising Justice noorul Qureshi and Justice Riaz ahmed Khan heard the bail plea of the accused. The counsel for Musharraf, ilyas Siddiqui, pleaded that his client never ordered the detention of judges. He said there was no concrete evidence against Musharraf which could establish that he had passed any detention orders. Musharraf’s lawyers further submitted that their client could not be detained solely on the basis of media reports, arguing therefore that their client be granted bail. The case was registered against Musharraf on august 11, 2009 on the complaint of a local lawyer chaudhry aslam Ghumman, for confining over 60 judges of the superior courts after imposing emergency. However, Ghumman had later announced he would not pursue the case citing what according to him was “the larger public interest”. after hearing arguments from the public prosecutor who was arguing against the grant of bail, the court decided in favour of Musharraf. However, an anti-terrorism court (aTc) in Quetta on Tuesday rejected a bail plea by former president Pervez Musharraf in the akbar Bugti murder case. aTc Judge Mohammad ismail announced the decision after completion of arguments by the applicant’s counsel Mohammad ilyas. sTaFF REPORT

Islamabad: dr Waqar ajmal, special representative of bill & melinda Gates Foundation, meets President asif ali Zardari at the aiwan-e-sadr. nni

Power shortfall exceeds 5,600 Mw; sparks protests across country LAHore inP

Power shortfall in the country on Tuesday went beyond 5,600 MW causing prolonged unscheduled electricity load shedding in several parts of the country in the unceasing heat.

Lahore was one of the worst affected areas in this regard as almost half the city remained without electricity on Tuesday for a large part of the day. according to reports, out of the 318 feeders that are part of the city’s grid system, more than 200 had tripped. as a result areas including Harbanspura, Fataygarh, Shalamar, Mehmood Booti, Badami Bagh, Shadbagh, Misrishah, Sannat nagar, islampura, Samnabad, Johar Town, Township, Defense, Gulberg, Shadman, ichra, Shah Jamal, Wafaqi colony, Faisal Town, Garden Town and many others received no electricity for almost the entire day. in Rachna Town of Shahdra, the electricity transformer of the entire society has been dysfunctional for the past six days, which means that the area has not received power for a whole week while authorities have not responded to

numerous complaints, claim residents. in a similar case, Mazghar colony on Multan Road has been facing continuous power outage for the past two days because the transformer there has given up.

With summer starting to peak and load shedding hours correlating positively with rising mercury levels, annoyed citizens started coming out of their homes across various regions in the country to register their protest over inhumane electricity load shedding in such heat. Per reports, electricity load shedding duration in different cities has increased in the past month.

Rural areas face outages for up to 20 hours per day while urban areas suffer for more than 16 hours each day. in one protest demonstration against excessive and persistent load shedding in Budhber area of Peshawar, protesters blocked the Peshawar-Kohat Road for traffic, burnt tires and chanted slogans against the government. They also had with them banners and placards inscribed with slogans against Water and Power Development authority (WaPDa) and Peshawar electric Supply company (PeScO).

Similarly, angry citizens in different

areas of Swat also protested against power load shedding and called for early action to provide them with relief. Residents of Tehsil Matta in Swat staged a protest demonstration and blocked Mingora Road for traffic, which created problems for school children and government employees in reaching their respective destinations. They said power outages had led to serious shortage of water in different localities and people had to fetch water from far-off tube wells. They said it was the responsibility of the government and WaPDa to provide uninterrupted power supply to consumers as people of the area had been regularly paying their electricity bills.

Both these protests dispersed peacefully.

Residents of Sheikhupura, Faisalabad and Sukkur also took out rallies against power outages and shouted slogans against load shedding which they said, had made their lives miserable. irked by prolonged power outages, residents of Faisalabad took to roads on Tuesday and went on a rampage during their protest, ransacking first, an office of WaPDa and later making their way towards the Faisalabad electric Supply company (FeScO) grid station.

nawaz forms Cabinet Committee on enerGy Crisis ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister nawaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the energy situation which lasted for over three hours at the Prime Minister’s Office.

The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Finance ishaq Dar, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja asif, Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan abbasi and Minister for information Pervaiz Rasheed. The meeting decided to form cabinet committee on energy (cce) which will be chaired by nawaz Sharif. Ministers for Finance, Water and Power, Petroleum and natural Resources and the Punjab cM will be its members. The cee will meet fortnightly and take decisions on matters relating to the entire power chain including generation and distribution. aGEnCiEs

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suspected Taliban suicide bomber in a car detonated a bomb close to minibuses taking Supreme court staff home in the afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding almost 40, police said. it was the second largescale attack in Kabul claimed by the group in two days. On Monday, seven insurgents, including suicide bombers, laid siege to Kabul's main airport for four hours before they were

killed. Tuesday's attack appeared to underline the Taliban's readiness to target civilians, particularly court officials, whom they consider an arm of the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. Tuesday's bomb struck three minibuses ferrying Supreme court staff home, Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said. The attacker's car was parked on a road near the court compound and exploded when the minibuses passed, police said. a witness described seeing a damaged minibus leaning at an angle against some trees about 30 meters from the

point of the explosion. The witness later saw police carry two bodies from the same area. The Supreme court is less than 500 meters from the entrance to the heavily fortified US embassy, and the bomb was heard across Kabul's diplomatic precinct, triggering numerous embassy alarms. "We were sitting in a car when suddenly there was an explosion in the car behind me," Kabul resident Mira Jan, who was bleeding from a wound in the head, said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an email from spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

nawaz tells baloCh to start ProCess of reConCiliation ISLAMABAD: Balochistan chief Minister Dr abdul Malik Baloch on Tuesday called on Prime Minister nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office. The prime minister congratulated Dr abdul Malik on his unanimous election as chief minister and assured him that the federal government would extend all possible assistance to the government of Balochistan. While talking to Baloch, the prime minister directed him to initiate a process of reconciliation with estranged Baloch elements and convey to them on his behalf his desire to see their participation in national politics. The prime minister expressed said that his government wanted to usher in a new era in Balochistan and work for removing bitterness of the past and start a new page of everlasting love and affection. nni

two bnP-mengal workers killed, party announces 3-day mourning QUETTA: armed gunmen on Tuesday killed two activists of the Balochistan national Party – Mengal (BnP) in Khuzdar town of the southwestern province.

Police said the armed gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at the vehicle of ali akbar Mosiani, a district leader of BnP-M, in Khuzdar bazaar. BnP-M central leader Rauf Mengal announced a three-day-mourning across Balochistan. sTaFF REPORT

Mahmood asked to stay at Governor’s House for sometime SHARIFS WANT GOVERNOR TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY FIND SUITABLE REPLACEMENT LAHore naDEEM syED

Prime Minister nawaz Sharif has conveyed to Punjab Governor Makhdoom ahmad Mahmood to stay at Governor’s House for sometime, sources revealed. nawaz Sharif has requested the governor during his recent visit to Lahore.

Punjab chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also asked the governor not to insist on leaving Governor’s House.

Political circles say that the Sharifs had requested the governor to stay until the approval of the provincial budget. it is also conveyed to Mahmood not to press the Presidency for leaving the present assignment.

Sources disclosed that the Sharifs wanted the governor to stay as long as they find a suitable replacement for the office. Political circles believe that the PML-n leadership, as a goodwill gesture to the PPP, was not hurrying to get Gov-

War against terror cost Pakistan $125b: Dar ISLAMABAD anWER abbas

Federal Finance Minister ishaq Dar on Tuesday said the war against terror had cost Pakistan losses worth $ 125 billion, in addition to hampering foreign direct investment (FDi) in the country. addressing a news conference at the Ministry for Finance, Dar said no official figures had been included in the economic Survey of Pakistan 2012-13, which was released on Tuesday, regarding

financial losses being faced by the country in the war against terrorism.

He said, setting other things aside, it is generally perceived that total financial losses suffered by Pakistan in the war against terrorism are around the $ 85 billion mark.

However, Dar went on to say that after adding other relevant costs, the figure stood somewhere close to $ 125 billion. Dar said in his personal opinion, the country had already faced a financial loss of $ 180 billion in this war.

Strengthening armed forces top priority: PM ISLAMABAD inP

Prime Minister (PM) nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said his government accorded the highest priority to strengthening armed forces and adequately equipping them to meet all challenges, while talking to chief of naval Staff admiral Mohammad asif Sandila. chairman Joint chiefs of Staff committee General Khalid Shamim Wyne and chief of naval Staff admiral Mohammad asif Sandila, separately, called on the PM at his office on Tuesday. “ensuring national secu-

rity is our utmost responsibility and highest priority. all necessary resources will be provided to strengthen Pakistan navy and enhance its professional capabilities,” said the PM. Sharif said Pakistan navy had an important role in defending the country’s maritime boundaries and safeguarding its sovereignty at high seas. admiral Sandila briefed the PM on professional matters pertaining to Pakistan navy.

General Wyne, in his meeting, apprised the premier on professional matters relating to the armed forces.

ernor’s House vacated.

One favourable point for the incumbent is this that he is hardly burden on the provincial kitty and also running Governor’s House in a more disciplined fashion as compared to his predecessor.

Meanwhile, Governor ahmad Mahmood administered oath to the new cabinet member instead of Rana iqbal, Speaker Punjab assembly despite announcement in this regard. Political circles say that it is also a sign that the governor would continue for some time.

Sources in Governor’s House denied the reports that the Presidency had accepted Mahmood’s resignation.

fouzia kasuri to rejoin Pti LAHore aPP

Former Pakistan Tehreek-einsaf (PTi) Women Wing president Fouzia Kasuri will rejoin the party in the upcoming week, party sources said on Tuesday.

PTi chairman imran Khan in a meeting on Sunday had asked her to reconsider her decision and withdraw her resignation. The sources said she had agreed to rejoin the party, however added that at the moment was in Dubai for vacation.

ji wants ebad replaced MonItorIng DeSk The Jamaat-e-islami (Ji) has demanded Sindh Governor Dr ishratul ebad be replaced over what it said the poor law and order of the province with particular reference to Karachi, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. addressing an all parties conference held under the banner of the Ji at its headquarters, Ji Secy Gen Liaquat Baloch questioned as to why the governor of Sindh was not being replaced when governors of all other provinces were being changed.

Achakzai appointed Balochistan governor ISLAMABAD inP

President asif ali Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister nawaz Sharif on Tuesday appointed Muhammad Khan achakzai as governor of Balochistan.

Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that in line with the constitution, the governor of a

province was appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister.

Mohammad Khan achakzai is an economist and elder brother of Pakhtunkhwa Milli awami Party (PkMaP) chief Mehmood Khan achakzai.

Prime Minister nawaz Sharif had earlier announced that the new governor of Balochistan would be a nom-

inee of PkMaP. Mohammad Khan, son of Pakhtun nationalist leader Khan abdul Samad Khan achakzai, started his career as a lecturer of economics and later joined the Balochistan University’s economics department as assistant professor. He joined the Planning commission of Pakistan and retired a few years ago as chief economist.

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RiTain’S Foreign Secretary William Hague has insisted that British spies have not used US surveillance programmes to get around UK privacy laws.

Hague, who cancelled a trip to Washington to address parliament on the issue on Monday, said Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency GcHQ operated within a strict legal framework. "it has been suggested that GcHQ uses our partnership with the United States to get around UK law, obtaining information that they cannot legally obtain in the United Kingdom," Hague said. "i wish to be absolutely clear that this accusation is baseless." The Guardian newspaper along with The Washington Post revealed last week that the US is using a surveillance

system code-named Prism, which allows the US national Security agency (nSa) and the FBi direct access to the servers of US internet firms such as Google, apple, Microsoft, Facebook and aOL. edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former cia worker, revealed himself as the source of the leaked information on the secret spy programme. The Guardian reported on Monday that GHcQ has had access to Prism since at least June 2010. Seeking to calm public concern, Hague told legislators that every time GcHQ wants to intercept an individual's communications the agency must seek a warrant signed by him, the interior minister or another secretary of state. "every decision is based on extensive legal and policy advice. Warrants are legally required to be necessary, proportionate and carefully targeted," he said. He added: "We take great care to balance individual privacy with our duty to safeguard

the public and the UK's national security."

Hague said that since the 1940s, the nSa and its forerunners have had a relationship with GcHQ that is "unique in the world".

This relationship "has stopped many terrorist and espionage plots against this country and it has saved many lives," he said. But asked by an opposition spokesman if it was possible that GcHQ has made mistakes and spied on innocent members of the public, Hague admitted: "everyone is capable of error... there will always be ways of improving our procedures." Parliament's intelligence and Security committee scrutiny panel, which is investigating possible use of the US schemes by GcHQ, was on Monday travelling to Washington on a long-planned trip.

Hague deplored the leak of the surveillance programmes by a former cia employee, saying they had made the work of protecting national security in the United States and beyond more difficult.

ARRESTS MADE OVER UK ISLAMIC CENTRE BLAZE lONdON: Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London, police say, as they step up patrols around Muslim sites in the UK capital. The blaze was the second suspicious fire at an Islamic institution in London following the May 22 killing of a soldier near his barracks in Woolwich.

Two converts to Islam have been charged with the murder. A blaze was reported late on Saturday at the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in the southeast London suburb of Chislehurst. Two people aged 18 and two aged 17 were arrested on suspicion of arson late on Sunday and taken to a south London police station, police said on Monday. They were later bailed to return pending further enquiries. The fire caused minor damage to a building at the £3,000-a-year school and about 128 pupils and staff were evacuated. Two people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but did not need to go to hospital. Police say there has been a rise in "Islamophobic crime" since Lee Rigby, the soldier, was hacked to death. Detectives are investigating a fire at a Somali centre in northwest London last week.

POlIce INvestIGatIONs: Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe confirmed on Monday that police were investigating two recent suspicious fires at two locations within the Islamic community. "Fortunately no one has been hurt, but we know that fires can often prove fatal," he said. aGEnCiEs

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Kabul: afghan police arrive at the site of an attack where explosions were heard by witnesses and there were reports of gunfire near afghanistan's main international airport in the capital. aGEnCiEs

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Turkish police have entered Gezi Park in istanbul, hours after the prime minister called for protesters there to disperse and following similar action in nearby Taksim Square.

Dozens of riot police gathered on Tuesday on the fringes on the park, where environmental protests two weeks ago over a proposed redevelopment ballooned

into nationwide anti-government demonstrations following a police crackdown. earlier, police re-entered nearby Taksim Square in an effort to remove signs of "occupation" erected by protesters. They fired tear gas and water cannon while being pelted with petrol bombs, fireworks and stones by a small number of protesters. in a speech to MPs, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip erdogan said protesters still in Gezi Park should understand they were

being used in a "dirty game" by anti-government groups. "it's not a place to be occupied…there is a big game being played using Gezi Park as an excuse," he said. "They are trying to damage the Turkish economy, shut down the growth of Turkey. i want the Gezi Park protesters to understand that they are being used in a dirty game." after days of blaming extremists and foreigners for provoking the protests, erdogan extended his ire to "capitalist groups, interest groups and media groups", adding that Gezi Park protesters were "being used openly by people who want to damage the economy, investment and tourism".

BAnnErS rEMovED: Taksim Square has been at the heart of anti-government demonstrations over the past two weeks.

The governor of istanbul, Huseyin avni Mutlu, said on Twitter that police were in Taksim Square only to remove banners and placards and the action was not targeting the removal of those people in the area. Banners from far-left groups were removed by the police. a statement from Mutlu's office said the aim of the intervention was to remove the banners of various groups in the square, which were making it look as though it was under "occupation". This was "negatively affecting our country's image in the eyes of the world opinion and leading to reaction from within the society".

Mutlu later said that police would only remain in the square to prevent anyone surrounding the ataturk cultural centre and Republic Monument. in his to his MPs, erdogan said that three young people had "lost their lives" in the protests, and a policeman had been "martyred".

egypt's president has warned ethiopia that “all options are open" in dealing with its construction of a nile dam that threatens to leave egypt with a dangerous water shortage.

Speaking in a live televised speech before hundreds of supporters on Monday, Mohammed Morsi said egypt was not calling for war, but it is willing to confront any threats to its water security. "if it loses one drop, our blood is the alternative," he said to a raucous crowd of largely islamist supporters that erupted into a standing ovation. ethiopia's $4.2 billion hydroelectric dam, which would be africa's largest, challenges a colonial-era agreement that had given egypt and Sudan the lion's share of rights to nile water.

EgypTIAn LIFELInE: experts estimate that egypt could lose as much as 20

percent of its nile water in the three to five years needed for ethiopia to fill a massive reservoir. Morsi’s speech reflected the importance of the nile River to egypt. it provides almost all of the fresh water to a country that is otherwise largely parched desert. as much as 85 percent of the nile's water comes from ethiopia. "We are not calling for war, but we will not allow, at all, threats against our water security," Morsi said before adding, "all options are open."

"The great nile is that which all our lives are connected to. The lives of the egyptians are connected around it ... as one great people," Morsi told the crowd.

Shifting his tone later in the speech, Morsi said that egypt considered ethiopia a "friend" and noted he had visited the country twice since taking office.

He said his administration was in continuous dialogue with ethiopia and Sudan to discuss water rights.

Iran reformist candidate pulls out of race teHRaN: Mohammad-Reza Aref, the sole reformist candidate in the June 14 Iranian presidential vote, has withdrawn from the race after receiving advice from reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, his website has reported. "At dusk on Monday... I received a letter from Mohammad Khatami... he said it would not be wise for me to remain in the race," Aref wrote in his withdrawal statement on Tuesday. In recent days, calls have grown from within the reformist camp for Aref to quit in favour of the moderate candidate Hassan Rouhani. Aref 's withdrawal from the race is the second in two days. Ex-parliamentary speaker GholamAli Haddad Adel, seen as close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pulled out of the race on Monday without endorsing any of the four remaining conservatives standing for election. He was not considered a frontrunner in the presidential poll. Khatami's advisory council in a statement threw their backing behind Rouhani as the "reformist camp candidate".

Rouhani was Iran's former top nuclear negotiator under Khatami. He also served as top security official under the former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose support he still has. aGEnCiEs

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us gives $1 billion in ammo to afghan army

three detained huge quantity of arms recovered in Quetta QUETTA: at least three people were arrested and arms seized from their possession on Tuesday during a search operation carried out by security forces in various parts of Quetta. Frontier corps (Fc) personnel launched the operation on a tip-off regarding the presence of militants in several areas of the city. Three suspects were subsequently arrested in the operation. Moreover, three hand grenades, 900 rounds of short machines guns (SMG), 200 pistols, false official stamps and nine number plates were recovered during the raid. The suspects were said to be members of a car-jacking gang, although a source in the Fc said they were involved in terrorist activities. nni

benazir case: atC scolds fia for not submitting chalan rAWALpInDI: The anti-Terrorism court (aTc) scolded the Federal investigation agency (Fia) for not submitting chalan in Benazir Bhutto murder case.

The aTc on Tuesday resumed the hearing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder case during which Fia moved an application for postponement of hearing, with the stance that new prosecutor has not been appointed until now and the agency couldn’t submit the chalan in the court. The court scolding the investigation officer ordered him to submit chalan at every cost on next hearing. The court also sought an explanation from Rawalpindi cPO for not providing security to Fia prosecutor chaudhry azhar. next hearing of the aforesaid case would be held on June 25. inP

india accuses Pakistan of loC ceasefire violation JAMMU: india on Tuesday blamed Pakistani troops for opening firing on indian posts along the Line of control (Loc) in Poonch district claiming that it was the second ceasefire violation in the past four days.

Pakistan troops opened small arms firing on indian posts in nangi Tikri forward area along Loc in Krishnagati sub-sector of Poonch on Monday night, Defence PRO Sn acharya said on Tuesday. He said the firing continued for 10 minutes from 8:10pm to 8:20pm. Troops guarding the borderline did not retaliate, acharya said, adding there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing. The spokesman said troops were vigilant along the border line and patrolling had been intensified in view of reports of attempts of infiltration from across the border. inP

two killed, doctor escapes attempt on life in Peshawar pESHAWAr: a driver was killed on Tuesday while an assistant professor at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Dr Shakir narrowly escaped an attempt on his life when unidentified miscreants opened fire at his car near Dabgari area of Peshawar while he was heading home. according to police sources, the driver lost his life in the firing incident and brother of the professor sustained injuries while the doctor remained unhurt. Police further said that the two attackers were wearing police uniform. One of the attackers also got killed in retaliation, the police added. inP

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The US government has given the afghan national army (ana) more than $1 billion worth of ammunition, according to the Special inspector General for afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SiGaR) latest oversight report. This is in addition to $288 million that has been spent on ammunition for the afghan national Police (anP), which has been cited

by SiGaR for its widespread corruption.

The US has spent more than $54 billion in total to arm, train, and sustain afghanistan’s security forces, which continue to under perform and suffer low enlistment rates, according to SiGaR’s quarterly progress reports. it is unclear how much ammunition the $1.03 billion translates to and just how much of this ammo has been used. in addition to the billion-dollar ammo purchase, the United States has spent more than $878 million on weapons for the ana and another $5.6 billion on military vehicles. However, a large amount of this money has been wasted on vehicles that either does not work or that have been destroyed beyond repair, according to SiGaR. There are around 66,000 US troops in afghanistan helping over 300,000 afghan security forces fight insurgency. The US troops will leave afghanistan by the end of 2014, after which the afghan security forces to take charge of full security responsibility.

Canadian honorary consul general receives rs 5m extortion slip? kArACHI aaMiR MaJEED

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S the collection of extortion money from traders and businessmen in Karachi has become order of the day, the criminals have now started extorting bhatta from foreign officials.

On May 28, Honorary consul General of canada Behram D avari received a threatening text message from a criminal group who claimed to be associated with Lyari Gang War (LGW) and demanded Rs 5 million in extortion money.

Behram D avari is the owner of three-star hotel (Beach Luxury) located in a posh locality of the city.

Police purportedly arrested three

men from interior Sindh who were part of the group that demanded extortion money from avari. However, no law enforcement department has confirmed the arrest. in a statement to police, avari said he had received a text message of a person who disclosed himself as ahmed ali Magsi on May 28.

“The said person told me that he belonged to LGW and demanded Rs 5 million on account of extortion money,” avari told police. “in the text message, the criminals warned me to arrange the money and call them back on the same number, otherwise they would blow up my hotel and house with hand grenades,” avari said, adding that the criminals also told me that they were not afraid of anyone and no one could dare reach them.

“They told me to go police, Rangers, criminal investigation Department (ciD), Special investigation Unit (SiU), anti-Violent crime cell (aVcc) and criminal investigation agency (cia) or anywhere, but pay them the extortion money,” avari maintained. “We don’t want to hurt you or put you in any kind of trouble. Pay us Rs 5 million,” avari read the message of criminals to police.

“Reacting on my complaint, the police raided and arrested some of criminals from Pano aqil, interior Sindh,” avari told Pakistan Today. “i approached police after receiving demand of extortion money,” avari said, adding that “i am not afraid of anyone”. “i have no idea about arrest in this case as i had lodged the FiR and forwarded the case to investigation department,” Docks police SHO asif Jakhrani said.

Us gives $1 billion in ammo to Afghan army KABUL: The US government has given the afghan national army (ana) more than $1 billion worth of ammunition, according to the Special inspector General for afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SiGaR) latest oversight report. This is in addition to $288 million that has been spent on ammunition for the afghan national Police (anP), which has been

cited by SiGaR for its widespread corruption. The US has spent more than $54 billion in total to arm, train, and sustain afghanistan’s security forces, which continue to under perform and suffer low enlistment rates, according to SiGaR’s quarterly progress reports. it is unclear how much ammunition the $1.03 billion translates to and just how much of this

ammo has been used. in addition to the billion-dollar ammo purchase, the United States has spent more than $878 million on weapons for the ana and another $5.6 billion on military vehicles. However, a large amount of this money has been wasted on vehicles that either does not work or that have been destroyed beyond repair, according to SiGaR. nni

kP govt prepares for floods, transfers two officials PeSHAWAr sTaFF REPORT

To counter the expected flood season this year, Flood emergency cell was established at the Office of executive engineer Hydrology irrigation Division, Peshawar which would start functioning on round-the-clock basis from June 15. executive engineer (Hydrology) inayatullah Wazir has also been nominated as focal person in connection with the flood duties.

The Flood emergency cell obtains information from the different gauge stations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The data primarily relates to the river flows/discharges at critical stations and other important control points.

The duty official would be available at telephone nO. 091-9212114/091-9211907 for 24 hours including national holidays for the entire monsoon season. information desired by any ministry, division, department with regard to river flow data can be obtained from the same hotline. Following officers would also be available for contact. inayatyullah Wazir Xen, Hydrology(focal Person)03459220897, Sohail Khan SDO Hydrology (Liaison Officer)-03329999191 and Muniruddin Draftsman (Supervisor)-0321-9018977.

TrAnSFErS: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday ordered the posting and transfers of two officers in the public interest with immediate effect. according to details, Usman Yaqoob BS-19 additional secretary of energy and Power Department has been asked to report to establishment Department while Ghazanfar ali BS-19 additional secretary of the interProvincial coordination Department has been transferred and posted as additional secretary of energy and Power Department.

rape of women in India scares tourists away MonItorIng DeSk a recent series of well-publicized attacks on women in india followed by the international outcry has scared away tourists. “india’s image is spoiled when incidents like this happen,” said Dheeraj Dixit, who used to make $2 a day taking photographs of tourists at the Gateway of india.

Visits to india by female tourists dropped 35 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the associated chambers of commerce and industry of india.

That three-month period came after the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student in new Delhi in December, which brought protesters to the streets and shined a spotlight on the harassment and intimidation women face every day in india. although the per capita rate of rapes reported to the police in india is below that of many developed nations, some experts believe that many sexual attacks go unreported and that the actual number is far higher. The public outrage over the December attack led to the passage of a new sexual offense law in March that imposes stronger penalties for violence

against women and criminalises actions like stalking and voyeurism.

But attacks on women have continued with an alarming regularity. While indian women are most often the targets, foreign tourists have been victims as well. a 30year-old american woman reported being gang-raped in a northern resort town last week. She picked three men out of a lineup, and on Friday the accused were presented before a magistrate and sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

On March 15, a group of men raped a 39-year-old Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh and attacked her husband. Four days later, a 25-year-old British tourist

jumped off the balcony of her hotel room in agra, fearing that the hotel owner was planning to sexually assault her. economic growth has slipped to five percent in 2012 from more than nine percent annually in 2010, and the government needs foreign currency to offset huge payments for imported oil and coal, which cannot be paid in rupees. in april, the Tourism Ministry asked all state governments to create police forces just for tourist spots. Such forces are already present in the states of Goa, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir, where they wear special armbands to identify themselves.

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KesC shareholders narrate 5-year tale of corruption!

ASSOCIATION WRITES TO POWER MINISTER HOW BILLIONS OF RUPEES WERE EMBEZZLED DURING PPP’S REGIME kArACHI aaMiR MaJEED

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S the new cabinet took oath, the Karachi electric Supply company (KeSc) Shareholders association has written a letter to Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja asif to inform him about mega corruption in the power company committed during the Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) five years rule.

The shareholders also reported their anticipation to the federal minister that abraaj capital, which has taken management control of the KeSc from the KeS Power, would leave the country anytime soon after committing default of Rs 280 billion. in the letter, the shareholders of power giant apprised the federal minister about fraudulent amended agreement, swindling of billions of rupees on account of rental power, ghost purchase of oil from its own company, violation of Security and exchange commission of Pakistan (SecP)

act, appointment of non-engineers on engineering posts by violating the Pakistan engineering council (Pec) act, excessive bogus billing, non-payment of dues worth billion of rupees to the government institutions and wrong use of billion of rupees government monthly subsidy to the KeSc during the last five years.

The KeSc was privatised and sold to the KeS Power against Rs 16.50 billion in 2005.

The Planning commission (Pc) had transferred 71 percent of shares to the Dubaibased company at Rs 1.65 each whereas the market price of the share at that time was Rs 14 each. The sale was made through implementation agreement between the Pc and KeS Power chairman. When abraaj capital took management control of the KeSc, they

manipulated the original agreement and made amendments to remove labours, increase tariff capping of financing resources and compulsion in investment in april 2009. interestingly, the amendment was signed between Shahid Rafi, who was Secretary MoW&P and the member of KeSc board of directors, on behalf of the government and the ceO of the power company.

This was entirely illegal as the amendment agreement should be signed between the Pc and KeS Power which are the original party of the privatisation agreement instead of abraaj capital and the MoW&P secretary.

The most dangerous point that was included in the amended agreement was that ‘in case of take-over of the company, the government of Pakistan (GoP) will pay all

the liabilities (past and future) of the KeSc.’ it is pertinent to mention that the KeSc would have to pay off Rs 280 billion to the creditors at present.

The government owns 26 percent shares of the KeSc and has three members in power company Board of Directors (BoD) but they do not take interest in matters of the KeSc. The government directors in the KeSc BoD are MoW&P additional Secretary Zargham ishaque Khan, Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary naveed allauddin and national Transmission and Distribution company (nTDc) Javed iqbal. The shareholders accused that the government directors did not attend a single monthly meeting since the last three years.

four arrested over blaze at london islamic school LonDon aPP

ISLAMABAD: General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, calls on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM’s Secretariat. inP

arbab rejects reports of governor’s rule in sindh KArACHI: PML-n leader and former Sindh chief minister arbab Ghulam Rahim has strongly rejected speculations about governor’s rule in Sindh, saying the PML-n had no intention of implementing such a rule.

Talking to reporters at Karachi airport, he said “any governor’s rule depends on the performance of Sindh government”. “i have come to Karachi for the first time after joining the PML-n, and am much obliged the way i have been received by activists of PML-n and air League”, he expressed.

He regretted the general atmosphere of Sindh assembly, which resembled that of a fish market at best.

Shrugging away his defeat from his traditional winning seat of Thar, he said the PPP also suffered the same crushing defeat in federal constituencies, while accusing it of heavy poll rigging. He assured that if allowed to take his oath, he would serve his best as an opposition member.

Reiterating the resolve of nawaz Sharif of no compromise over law and order, corruption and crimes, he said the provincial government’s performance would soon reveal the winners.

He also berated the initialization of political vendetta triggered against PML-n in Sindh, hoping that the federal government would take due cognisance of the discrimination.

Rahim hoped President Zardari would come up to “noble sermons” of “reconciliation” and “tolerance” he espoused in his sixth address to joint parliamentary session. OnlinE

Kabul ready for talks on durand Line kABUL inP

The afghan government is ready to find a negotiated settlement of the long-running dispute over the British-mandate Durand Line with Pakistan, the afghan 1st vice-president said on Tuesday.

On May 4, President Hamid Karzai had said Pakistan could never force afghanistan into recognising the Durand Line with border skirmishes like the one in the Goshta district of eastern nangarhar province.

The neighbour should stop thinking that it could coerce

afghanistan into negotiations on the issue, Karzai told a news conference in Kabul — three days after an afghan policeman was killed in the clash.

But his deputy, Marshal Mohammed Qasim Fahim, told a conference involving provincial governors that the line separated afghanistan and Pakistan, affecting peoples on both sides of the frontier.

He suggested the neighbours should hold Un-mediated talks on the spate. “We are ready to resolve bilateral problems, protecting the core interests of both sides,” the former northern alliance leader

said.

Fahim referred to the settlement of border tiffs among european nations after World War ii, saying islamabad and Kabul could resolve their problem in a just and logical manner through substantive talks.

However, the vice-president cautioned Pakistan to avoid coercing afghans into accepting its demands.

The vice-president accused islamabad of distributing cash and Pakistani identity cards to residents of afghan border areas in an effort to increase its clout. But the practice was counterproductive and problematic, he concluded.

Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an islamic boarding school in London, police said, as they stepped up patrols around Muslim sites in the capital. The blaze was the second suspicious fire at an islamic institution in London following the brutal May 22 killing of a soldier near his barracks in Woolwich. Two converts to islam have been charged with the murder. a blaze was reported late Saturday at the Darul Uloom islamic High School in the southeast London suburb of chislehurst. Two people aged 18 and two aged 17 were arrested on suspicion of arson late Sunday and taken to a south London police station. They remained in custody Monday. The fire caused minor damage to a building at the £3,000-a-year ($4,650, 3,500 euros) school and some 128 pupils and staff were evacuated. Two people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but did not need to go to hospital. Police say there has been a rise in “islamophobic crime” since soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death. Detectives are also investigating a fire at a Somali centre in northwest London last week. Police commander Simon Letchford said patrols were being increased around potentially vulnerable locations to provide reassurance and deter crime. “We are working closely with the Muslim community. We’ve put additional resources outside a number of premises which we think are vulnerable,” he told BBc radio.

Peace activist laid to rest pESHAWAr: Peace activist and convener of Peshawar aman Tehrik idrees Kamal who lost his last breath at Quetta was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard at village Tarkha of nowshehra district on Tuesday evening. The funeral prayer for Kamal was attened by hundreds of people from different walks of life. a number of friends from Balochistan including high ranking civil officer ayaz Mandokhel accompanied the transportation of his body from Quetta. civil society organisation members, political activists and lawyers also attended his funeral Kamal, besides serving Peshawar aman Tehrik was also provincial information secretary of national Party headed by Balochistan chief Minister Dr abdul Malik Baluch. He was also chief of citizens Rights and Sustainable Development (cRSD). aimal Khattak, an active member of civil Society Organization network, announced special condolence conference at Peshawar Press club next Friday at 2 pm. The participants will highlight Kamal’s contribution. a similar conference will be arranged in islamabad shortly. sTaFF REPORT

tribesmen demand electricity in return for polio vaccination for kids MonItorIng DeSk Tribesmen in Lakki Marwat have taken a new, albeit risky, route to get their demand of electricity supply met — refusing to get their children vaccinated against polio.

Several hundred residents from villages in Lakki Marwat staged a protest demonstration on June 10 and turned away polio-eradication teams, according

to The atlantic.

Village elder Zaitullah Betanai said polio teams would not be allowed to go about their work until the central government accepted the villagers’ demands.

“There is an electricity supply line but no electricity, and there is no electricity transformer in the area,” Zaitullah said. “We have no mosquito kits and no spray against mosquitoes is arranged so far. also, there is no ambulance in the

area. We want the government to address the four demands immediately.”

Lakki Marwat is a rugged district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and borders the troubled South Waziristan agency.

Local government official Gul Zardar said the administration had engaged in talks with the protesters to find a solution.

“The political agent says he will not compromise on polio vaccination,”

Zardar said. “all their just demands will be addressed. We shall continue until their demands are addressed and ensure every child gets polio drops.”

Pakistan, afghanistan, and nigeria are the only three countries in the world that the World Health Organisation (WHO) still regards as “polio-endemic.”

Polio affects mainly children under the age of five.

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thus spoke khan Threat of protest against rigging goes nowhere

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OMe said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-insaf’s (PTi) growing popularity was due to the growing maturity of its chairman, imran Khan. Others suggested that it was Khan’s irrationality and bravado that had captured the imagination of its expanding support base. The media and Khan himself hyped up the party to the extent that the party’s staunchest supporters began to believe that they would “sweep the elections” – no more, no less. and now that the party has had to reckon with the political reality, post the May 11 elections, with a majority in Khyber Pakthunkhwa, but losing out to the Pakistan Muslim League-nawaz (PML-n) in Punjab, the election results appear to be a pill too bitter for the PTi chairman and supporters to accept. and so imran Khan spoke again on Monday, “We’ll take to the streets after eid if poll rigging is not investigated in a transparent manner.” Question one: isn’t eid too far away? Question two: what is the basis of his claims? Khan did go further to answer the second question. “it is baffling that the PML-n, which obtained only 6.8 million votes when it was at the peak of its popularity in 1997, managed to secure 10.4 million votes in the May 11 (2013) elections,” Khan said, forgetting that 16 years had passed since that fateful election, and that Pakistan’s population and voter base had since at least doubled. and so his rant went on to blame the election commission of Pakistan (ecP) and the higher judiciary, whom he earlier was a great supporter of. He said, “The ‘umpires’ did not remain neutral and impartial in the electoral match.” Khan also claimed a conspiracy to assassinate him during an election rally on GT road. it is a serious allegation but he neither named any would-be assassins nor pointed to any specific intelligence reports.

What may make sense is Khan’s suggestion that the PTi would use the “freedom to information” laws to “obtain the count of ballot paper counterfoils” to check for possible rigging. But as Khan should be aware, there are more forums available to resolve his objections. Given that he is soon to take oath as Mna, the forum of the national assembly is available to him to take up the matter. Moreover, his objections on the drone strikes, should lead him to formulate a joint policy with the PML-n on the issue. and should the PTi not have much more to do at this point? Surely, the fact that it is yet to have resolved the matter of who shall get what ministry in KP, be the priority of its chairman? acting like an angry politician will get Khan nowhere – or on the turn, may lead to people starting to ridicule him. He must know the right forums, rather than threaten to take to the streets.

need to deliver, and fast Long term plans are good, but so are medium and short term ones

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aWaZ Sharif has done well to tell his ministers to deliver or face dismissal. important PML-n leaders have made pledges during the poll campaign that now look difficult to retrieve within the promised timeframe. To maintain that these were no more than election rhetoric amounts to rubbing salt in the wounds. One hears about lot of new plans the government has up its sleeves. The Planning commission, we are told, is to be made an independent think tank. There are unconfirmed reports about the caa, Pia and aSF being taken out of the control of Defence Ministry and put under a separate Division headed by one of the PM’s advisers.

While the government is entitled to take whatever decisions it considers useful, the common man is only interested in results. The continuous repetition of mantras like “good governance”, “transparency”, “rule of law” and “out of box solutions” will satisfy few. To maintain that the wrongs accumulated over 15 years can’t be rectified in a short period could only make people lose hope. Long term plans are good, so are medium term plans. But something solid has to be given to the people in the short term also. nawaz Sharif gives the looks of a man who is worried. anyone facing the momentous issues, like he does, is bound to be strung up. He is however fortunate for he was not required to seek the help of allies demanding their pound of flesh every now and then. He has formed a cabinet of choice which has already held its first meeting.

The first meeting of the nec has also been held where a 1.155 trillion development outlay was approved for 2013-14. The nec has increased the power sector allocation to Rs 284 billion, earmarked Rs 59 billion for new dams and set the GDP growth target at 4.4 percent. The budget will be announced today. How long it takes the measures to produce meaningful results remains to be seen.

There is meanwhile no end to public resentment over power shortages which affect the life and work of the vast majority of people. What is more, the power shortages have slowed down and in cases have altogether stopped the industrial and business activities.

On Tuesday, the owners and workers of the power loom industry in Faisalabad jointly protested against prolonged load shedding that has led to a practical closure of the industry. On Wednesday again, there were violent protests in the city, the third largest in the country, against 10-14 hours long load shedding. The government has to resuscitate the economy so that the rate of inflation comes down and there are more jobs in the country. it has also to efficiently curb the incidents of terrorism. in case there is no ray of hope for the common man, plans and promises alone will not satisfy him.

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If the pledges are not met

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He euphoria of democratic transition is gradually giving way to the realities of domestic politics and foreign policy. every sector of governance is beset with problems that are multi-dimensional and interconnected with one another.

The ordinary people were told before and during the election campaign by the PML-n leadership that their problems were not resolved because the PPP-led government was incompetent, corrupt and inefficient and that the problems of the common people would be resolved quickly by the PML-n. now, the people are not going to wait for two-three years for the benefits of the policies of the PML-n government to reach them. a basic principle of politics is that if the people are mobilized heavily on certain issues they can go out of control of the mobiliser if the bases of mobilization are not accommodated into the governance arrangements. Pakistan can therefore experience more internal turmoil and violence if the high sounding slogans raised during the election period do not materialize into policies and help to improve the quality of life of the ordinary people.

The puritanical political ideologies that make people wait for total societal transformation have declined in Pakistani politics. The media and the political parties and groups are telling the people that Pakistan is ‘rich’ with resources and their socioDR Hasan askaRi Rizvi e c o n o m i c problems are caused because of corruption and mismanagement of the rulers. They have been mobilized for their rights without making them conscious of their corresponding duties. c o n s e quently, the ordinary people have started judging the governments on the sole criterion of romanticized notion of good governance, an economy that provides material rewards

and provision of civic facilities to the people.

The new federal and provincial governments, irrespective of their political identities, will face serious crisis in six months if they do not produce tangible results on the above issues. a failure to satisfy the people will make the people vulnerable to extremist appeals like that of the militant islamic groups that pursue absolute control, violence and suppression to enforce their absolutist-tribal narrow vision of islam. Though they tend to view them as an ideological islamic entity these groups represent intolerance and violence to establish their absolute control devoid of any attempt for improving the quality of life for people. The people under their domain have to obey them unconditionally, leave their domain of authority or get killed. Such violent entities will increase in number in parts of Pakistan.

The scarcity of resources is a major challenge to the new government to satisfy people on the promises made during the election campaign.

Pakistan does not have enough internal resources, hard cash, to run the state administration effectively and pursue societal development. This makes it imperative to prioritize domestic policies while not completely ignoring any sector.

The major focus should be on the domestic front because a country’s strength in world politics is derived mainly from internal political consolidation and economic resilience. Pakistan should work towards building peace on its border and creating normal working political and economic relations with immediate neighbours. it is in Pakistan’s national interest to cope with the energy crisis (mainly electricity and gas shortages) to boost the economy. it should obtain energy from all domestic and external sources.

Therefore, the prospects of getting gas and electricity from iran and electricity from india need to be pursued. if Saudi arabia and Qatar are making some offers for oil and gas these should also explored. However, if the energy offer from one country restricts Pakistan’s choice of getting energy from another country, this will adversely affect Pakistan’s national interest. no single country can underwrite Pakistan’s energy needs. Pakistan will have to explore different foreign sources simultaneously.

Prime Minister nawaz Sharif held a major meeting on energy in Lahore on June 6. The decisions taken in this meeting reflect the government’s desire to cope with the energy crisis.

However, all decisions will produce results in six months to two years. However, there was nothing significant in this meeting to show that the government was taking immediate steps to re-

duce the hours of electric load shedding from 12-18 hours a day to its half.

This requires immediate funding to pay enough hard cash to the electricity generation companies to buy enough fuel to increase power generation.

The immediate improvement of electricity supply should be the highest priority because this will boost the economy and give relief to the people.

How do they mobilize resources to pay for circular debt? The floating of bonds to get cash may be an option but this amounts to getting fresh loans for a government that is already burdened with loans and printing of notes. if the federal government cannot reduce electricity load shedding by the beginning of Ramzan (second week of July), it will face street agitation. The reduction in load shedding will create space for medium and long term plans for socio-economic development and improvement of governance.

The increase in salaries and allowances in the next budget is no option for diverting attention from load shedding. Pakistan’s faltering economy cannot afford a big raise in salaries as was done in the past. Such an action wins some praise for the government but it adds to the government’s economic problems. The strategy of the government should be to make administrative expenditure cost effective, saving wastage and reducing unjustified facilities to top civilian and military officials.

There is an urgent need of giving enough representation to the provinces other than Punjab in the federal cabinet and other federal institutions. The PMLn mandate is heavily skewed in favour of the Punjab. Within that province the central and northern parts and especially the region from the city of Lahore to Rawalpindi/Hazara dominates high political positions, women for reserved seats and the composition of the federal cabinet. Out of 25 federal ministers and ministers of state, six belong to other provinces, mostly given lesser significant positions. nobody expects miracles from the government. However, it would be a mistake to assume that the people will wait and stay quiet for another 3-4 years for Pakistan’s economic recovery, significant decline in load shedding and improvement of law and order. The last election campaign has strengthened one-sided notion of citizenship. The people expect the state to provide them all kinds of services but they are hardly conscious of their responsibilities towards the state and society. This one-sided view of citizenship and expectations will be the major headache for the PML-n government.

The writer is an independent political and defence analyst.

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new fish One may consider the US is playing the role of world policeman when offering rewards for information on militant leaders operating in West and north africa. But at the same time it’s true that things are slowly getting out of hands of local governments wherein militant groups are expanding their ruthless influence. earlier the US has run same sort of reward scheme to catch or eliminate al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders operating in afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. Based on the information and tip offs americans were able to take out a number of leaders using either drone attacks or deploying secret missions to do the task.

But we regret to note that elimination of these top leaders has not broken the back of aQ and Taliban in afPak border areas. They are still able to recruit militants who are ready to die in revenge, for money or out of their perceived religious convictions. it’s quite obvious that Taliban are able to exploit the widespread poverty, joblessness and religious sentiments in the area..

Terrorists are able to launch and operate their sites, communicate via latest devices and spread their message of hatred. Perhaps it’s also time for clamp down on

communication ease being exploited b y militants.

MASOOD KHAN Jubail, Saudi Arabia

save the milk industry!

Pakistan’s processed milk industry has come a long way but it has yet to make a name for itself in the international market.

For years, the industry has enjoyed subsidies, thus allowing it to competitively price its products. Of course, if the government decides to levy a sales tax – a likely possibility given the announcement made in this regard recently – the scope of the dairy industry may change considerably.

This would cause the price of milk to go up and companies will no longer be able to meet the input cost of fresh milk. Over the years, the dairy industry has flourished, bringing in foreign investment and contributing to the GDP of the country. it is imperative that this industry be saved from moving backwards instead of going forward and government must take all steps in this direction.

KHURRAM S.MAQSOOD Rawalpindi

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HiLe all political parties claim that they consider education to be a vital component of their policy agenda, their statements sound hollow, given their historical record and lack of political will. The problems in the education sector are real and do not show any signs of diminishing. While it is important to acknowledge some of the policies that have been implemented in the past, it is undeniable that these policies have not always achieved their objectives. it is important to identify the key issues before the policy-makers can design policies to improve the education sector.

Here we are highlighting some of the self-reported problems faced by teachers.

When teachers, who play the most important role in the delivery of education, are dissatisfied with their profession, it speaks volumes about the current state of the education sector. as part of the campaign to raise awareness of the problems in the education sector, GeO invited its viewers to call and record their complaints which were then compiled by alif ailaan for the purpose of analysis. around 1,300 teachers called in to express their grievances about the education system. The majority of the teachers (about 45 per cent) complained about governance issues, including job dissatisfaction and corruption in the education system. a sizeable proportion (around 20 per cent) complained about the poor infrastructure of the schools and its surroundings.

The majority of teachers’ complaints are about basic issues such as the poor conditions of the school buildings, uncertainty in the teaching career with unclear promotion structure and delayed salary payments, and lack of basic amenities for teachers. even though in Punjab there has been a recent drive to improve educational standards, including the introduction of Danish and excellent Schools that are promised to be at par with schools such as

aitchison, a large number of complaints are still from Punjab (around 58 per cent of the total complaints). The nature of complaints shows that schooling system in Punjab has not overcome fundamental problems. Lack of books, desks, furniture, basic amenities and playgrounds form a regular feature of the complaints made by teachers in Punjab. in a developed city such as Lahore, it is surprising to find that some schools do not have libraries, labs and regular provision of books, despite being located in the urban part of the city. in Lahore one of the teachers also complained about having no proper desks, hostel facilities, or drinking water in a school for the blind and disabled.

The chief Minister’s initiatives in the Punjab such as the Debate, Speech and essay Writing competition in 2009-10 are praiseworthy but when viewed in context of the larger picture, where some students do not even have the requisite books it is debatable whether these initiatives are necessary.

Deciding the right mix and the optimal timeframe for policies is one of the key steps required for the new federal and provincial governments to improve the current state of the educational sector.

The complaints regarding governance issues reveal the extent of corruption in this sector across all provinces. Teachers’ complaints suggest that there have been instances where some deserving individuals were not inducted into teaching service despite having achieved merit marks. Some of those who were in service for a while have had their terms terminated on pretexts such as lack of higher education even though they had completed their bachelors. a few teachers also expressed their concern about corruption in the education department where teachers who have connections are favoured in cases of transfers, promotions and selection. Those who have strong connections are promoted to the position of executive District Officer (eDO), District education Officer (DeO) or head teachers, depending on the strength of his/her connections.

This rent seeking behaviour has also undermined the implementation of policies such as the rationalization policy in 2010 where teachers who had some influence did not let the transfer take place by either requesting the education department to stop the transfer or by filing court cases against the government at the high court and the service tribunal which ultimately forced the government to halt the implementation of this policy in some areas. Therefore, the government needs to cultivate its ability to withstand such pressures and eliminate rent seeking such that it is better able to implement fair recruitment, transfer and rationalization policies.

There are also complaints about the shortage of teachers in some schools which overburdens the

teachers who are given the task to handle a considerably large number of students, often having to teach multiple grades at the same time. although pre- and in-service training for teachers has been institutionalized under the continuous Professional Development (cPD) framework, there are still gaps in the training system and teachers are not trained to handle such difficult situations.

There are additional reasons for teachers’ disinterest and lack of motivation at work. a few teachers complained about not receiving their salaries for the last six/seven months or not having the salary increase they deserved. although the governments have introduced incentive schemes for teachers, such as giving out monetary awards to teachers from best performing schools, these schemes have only benefited schools that were already performing well and have failed to alter the fundamental incentive structure for all teachers. in a place where teachers face uncertainty about their promotion and delivery of salary, are distracted away from teaching due to multiple other tasks they are required to perform and face severe constraints due to poor support system and working conditions, it is hardly a surprise that teachers are not interested in teaching and thus perform poorly at work.

However, the government is not the only one to be held responsible for the poor state of the education sector. Some teachers also complain about the attitude of their colleagues, who are absent too often, are negligent in their duties or have been involved in unethical activities such as aiding some students to cheat on exams, or taking favours from the education department based on personal connections.

Therefore, there is a part of the teaching community that shares the blame in undermining the standard of the education system in Pakistan. it is hoped that the newly elected government will address issues of corruption at both departmental and school level and ensure clear, merit-based promotion systems, and proper and fair implementation of salary increases and payment delivery. in conjunction with this, the government should improve the infrastructure and facilities provided to the teachers to achieve better standards of education.

Neelum Maqsood is a Research Associate at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS). She has an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge. She is interested in research and policy analysis in the areas of labour economics and human development. Ammar Rashid is a development professional and an alumnus of LUMS. He is interested in political theory, populism and social movements.

iLK is one of the most important food items in Pakistan. its presence is felt in all meals, at all times of the day.

We drink it fresh, mix it in tea, boil it, use it to make yoghurt, lassi, butter, cheese, ice cream, and various aFnan aHsan other confectionaries. in point of fact, despite being the third largest producer of milk globally – at 46 million tons annually – Pakistan is still a net importer of milk. even so, there is huge potential for Pakistan’s milk production to grow to a point where it not only meets domestic demand, but allows for us to become net exporters. indeed, the potential for Pakistan to become a major player in the global dairy industry is something that has been recognised by the government and legislators. Over the past decade, various concrete steps have been taken to help bolster Pakistan’s dairy sector. This ‘White Revolution’ has aimed at improving research facilities, training and capacity building of farmers, training veterinarians, improving the cold chain through milk chillers, promoting healthy pasteurised milk, developing model commercial dairy farms, focusing on breed improvement, facilitation of credit financing to dairy farmers, and linking rural based farmers to market mechanisms. all these measures are expected to vastly improve Pakistan’s dairy sector. in fact, according to most estimates, the White Revolution is expected to target an annual production of 40 billion litres by the year 2015. as direct consequence of these efforts, and a positive business environment conducive to growth, existing milk producers have been encouraged to increase their production capacity, while several new brands – including some international players – have either entered the Pakistani dairy sector or have expressed their interest in doing so.

Having said so, the Pakistani dairy industry still has a long way to go before the country can see itself becoming a leading exporter of milk. in addition to continued support from the government and an atmosphere conducive to business and investment, Pakistan’s dairy sector requires a formal integrated roadmap to achieve the ambitious expectations of the White Revolution. Within the existing framework, many local dairy farmers remain unaware of how they can increase productivity – or in other cases are unable to implement the necessary methodologies. This is why on-the-ground training and workshops are essential.

For centuries, our local farmers have used non-scientific methods to produce milk. For Pakistan to become competitive on a global scale, it is imperative that the dairy sector evolves along modern lines.

The continued development of Pakistan’s dairy sector can only take place, however, if the business environment remains one that encourages further investment and works towards incubating existing progress. Given the existing challenges – not to mention constant and increasing competition from international players – the imposition of sales tax on milk would discount the years of progress made by Pakistan’s dairy sector, eliminating much of the development made by the White Revolution. another important factor to note is the effect of such taxation upon the affordability of milk by Pakistan’s lower income populations. Pakistan currently possesses one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world – and milk has traditionally been one of the few nutritious food items that the poor can buy.

Milk contains key minerals such as calcium, vitamins and iron, and is a source of various essential vitamins. in fact, in most developed countries, milk is zero-rated for tax as it is considered an essential food item for the family, especially children. in the average Pakistani household, milk is given even more importance than flour. The nutritional value of milk, combined with the need to make it affordable for the masses, is in fact one major reason why almost 80 per cent of packaged milk in Pakistan is sold in smaller packs, making it easier to purchase. imposition of sales tax on milk would lead not only lead to an increase in the price of packaged milk, it would have a trickle-down effect on the cost of unprocessed milk. according to most experts, this will not only make milk less affordable for the vast majority of Pakistanis, it will also lead to an overall loss in revenue for the national exchequer due to a considerable decrease in sales volume for the dairy industry.

With all the progress that has been made over the decade, it is incumbent upon the new government to continue to encourage the growth and development of Pakistan’s dairy sector. Pakistan has always been a predominantly agrarian economy and the dairy sector is one area where we possess the potential to become global players to contend with. Given the domestic demand for milk – for both cultural and nutritional reasons – and the potential to become a major global player, it is therefore only logical that the government do all it can to continue to support the dairy sector and not take any myopic measures that may end up doing more harm than good.

The writer is director of the Pakistan Dairy Association, and an expert commentator on the dairy and FMCG industries with over 20 years of multinational experience

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SHABANA AZMI TO GET DOCTORATE FROM VANCOUVER UNIVERSITY

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He Delhi High court has restrained the makers of Bollywood movie “ Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani” (YJHD) from releasing it on TV channels containing the “objectionable” dialogues against the squash ‘Roohafza’ on a law suit filed by the syrup manufacturer. The court, however, said the order is not applicable to the theatre version of the movie which was released in the cinema halls last week. issuing notices to the director, producer and dialogue writers of the Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukonestarrer film, Justice Manmohan Singh fixed the matter for hearing on July 16. “The defendants(film makers), their agents, representatives, assignes or any other persons acting on their behalf are restrained from releasing the home video version of the movie”....” of any other version of the movie on cable television or television which contains the objectionable dialogues as complained in the suit.”

“However, it is made clear that this order is not applicable to the theatre version of the movie which has already been put to release and the defendants are at liberty to omit the objectionable content from the film and proceed to release the home video version or any television version of the movie.” The court order came on an injunction suit filed by Hamdard national Foundation, the manufacturer of Roohafza, claimed the product is a household name in and outside india and the film “Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewani” contained some “objectionable” dialogues about the Unani recipe. nEWs DEsk

National award-winning actress Shabana Azmi is all set to get her fourth doctorate from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver tomorrow. Azmi, 61, who is one of the prominent faces of Indian cinema, had earlier received the doctorate from Jadavpur University (2003), Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire (2007) and Jamia Milia University (2008). “Off to USA. I will receive Doctorate from Simon Fraser University Vancouver on June 12,” she posted on Twitter recently. The ‘Godmother’ star, who will be accompanied by husband Javed Akhtar, will also speak on the topic of ‘100 years of Indian cinema’ at Drury Lane Theatre. nEWs DEsk

RANBIR LIKES QUIRKY MONIKERS From Jordan in ‘Rockstar’ to Murphy in ‘Barfi!’ and Bunny in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, Ranbir Kapoor’s onscreen names have been different from the usual Raj, Rahul and Rohit we see in films so often.

And the actor says he likes it that way, as it makes the character more interesting to his audience. “It is good to have unusual names in films, as they etch onto the audience’s mind. But I don’t call up the producer and say I want my name to be different. It is good if it happens,” Ranbir says. nEWs DEsk

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neWS DeSk action superstar Jackie chan, best known for ‘Rush Hour’ series, ‘The Myth’ and ‘The Karate Kid’, is all set to visit india this month as part of the china Film Festival to be held in the capital. indo china economic and cultural council (icec), State administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and People’s Republic of china are jointly organizing the china Film Festival, which will be held from June 18-23. “Jackie chan is visiting Delhi in conjunction with the china Film Festival. ‘chinese Zodiac’, his latest film, also directed by him will be the opening film of the six-day festival. He is here as a part of a 20 member delegation visiting india,” said irfan alam, Member Secretary, icec. chan will be a leading member of the delegation visiting india along with actors and those involved in creating

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these moving images from the chinese film fraternity. The film festival will offer variety of films from alternative, contemporary, action, adventure, new age cinema and period dramas. The 59-year-old

had previously visited the country in 2008 to participate in Kamal Hassan starrer ‘Dasavatharam’s’ music release function. chan worked with indian actress Malika Sherawat in ‘The Myth’.

actress Deepika Padukone, who has teamed up with superstar Shah Rukh Khan yet again after a gap of six years for action-comedy ‘chennai express’, says she trusts him very much personally as well as professionally. The model-turned-actress made her debut opposite Khan in ‘Om Shanti Om’ in 2007 and was directed by Farah Khan. The film saw her in a double role. “it was glad to be working with him again.

He has become my very good friend today. He is someone i trust personally and professionally. i am sure he will always be there for me whenever i need him,” Deepika told. ‘chennai express’ directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under her production banner Red chillies entertainment will release on august 8. “it was lot of fun working on the film. it was a great experience. Rohit is known for making comedy films and this film as well has turned out to be very entertaining. it is very different from what he has done. i am quite excited about its release,” Deepika said. nEWs DEsk

Actress Amanda Bynes has been offered a deal for an album by a record label.

Her interest in hip hop music is one of the reasons why the label owner took this step.

“The fact that Bynes wants to do hip hop music means that Chinga Chang label is the best place for her to do this, because of my past experience with bringing pop and legitimate hip hop together,” radaronline.com quoted Daniel Herman of Chinga Chang Records label as saying.

Herman has reached out to Bynes’ attorneys to negotiate the deal. nEWs DEsk

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Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

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NeW YORK: actors amy adams and Henry cavill attend the “man Of steel” world premiere after party at skylight at moynihan station.

cTOR Robert Pattinson and Katy Perry have reportedly fallen for each other. The “Twilight” actor even stayed at the singer’s home for more than a week. The two also attended a Bjork concert at the Hollywood Palladium here. They were said to have met up secretly and made their way into the gig together before leaving separately to avoid photographers waiting outside the venue. Their romance is said to have blossomed as Perry comforted him over his split with “Twilight” co-star Kristen Stewart, who cheated on him with director Rupert Sanders, reports thesun.co.uk. a source said: “They are both good friends but have been hanging out more and more recently.

Rob poured out his heart to Katy about Kristen cheating on him. She proved to be a really good shoulder to cry on.” “He stayed at her house in La after they went away to Santa Barbara together for few days over american Memorial Day weekend late last month. Their friends say they have now fallen for each other,” the source added. The couple are now planning a romantic caribbean summer getaway.

The source said: “They are talking about going to the Bahamas in the next few weeks to visit some friends of Katy’s.”

“They are both hopeless romantics, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if things developed quickly,” the source added.

CRUISE AND BRUCKHEIMER ANISTON AND FIANCÉ DIAZ AND GAGA’S FIANCE PLANNING ‘TOP GUN’ SEQUEL MOVE INTO DREAM GETTING CLOSE ON MOVIE SET neWS DeSk

Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed that he is planning to make a sequel of ‘Top Gun’ and Tom cruise will reprise his most famous role as Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.

Speaking at the Produced By conference, ‘The Lone Ranger’ producer admitted that he’s not short of people willing to participate in the second part of the 1986 drama and cruise is on the top of the list, the Daily express reported. He further said that they have been try-

ing to make a sequel for last the 30 years and insisted that they are not going to stop.

Bruckheimer explained that he wants to do it with cruise and Paramount, who are also still interested in making it. He also said that the 50-year-old actor has told him that he is always referred as Maverick, wherever he goes in the world. He added that the ‘Oblivion’ star is enthusiastic about it and is hopeful that they would make it. Top Gun, also starring Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis, was the most successful film of 1986.

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Jennifer Aniston and her fiancé Justin Theroux have finally moved into their dream mansion in Bel Air, LA. The former ‘Friends’ star has reportedly splurged 13.5 million dollars on the house excluding the 8 million dollars she paid for the renovations done on the mid-century mansion in 2012, the Sun reported. The extensive new constructions include a retractable roof, a 1,600sq ft wine cellar and a special margarita fountain. The spacious pad also has a million-dollar Korean clay spa for the actress and a man cave, fully equipped with top-of-the-range gadgets, for Theroux. nEWs DEsk

neWS DeSk cameron Diaz and Taylor Kinney, Lady Gaga’s fiance, are reportedly growing close on the set of their latest movie ‘The Other Woman’, as well as off it. The duo has been seen enjoying coffee breaks and grabbing dinner once the filming is done, the Sun reported. a source told the publication that the pair is getting on really well and have been hanging out a lot in cafes. The insider asserted that Gaga, who has been in Mexico on holidays, has already heard the news. The source said that the two of them have been seen going out together for dinner and were joined at the hip at a drinks party for Kate Upton’s birthday. The insider told the tabloid

that Kinney has the perfect excuse for going out for days with Diaz as they’re workmates, but they’re not just being close at work as the blond beauty has met his family as his brothers have visited the set. according to the source, it has been a stressful time for Gaga, who is already recovering from her jip surgery, and with this on her plate she is more worried.

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Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing. –Michael Moore

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President Xi Jinping arrived at the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi desert to watch the lift-off of Shenzhou-10 -- the name means "Divine Vessel" -- due at 0938 GMT. Beijing sees the multi-billion-dollar space programme as a marker of its rising global stature and mounting technical expertise, as well as the ruling Communist Party's success in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation.

The programme is heavily promoted to the domestic audience, and state broadcaster CCTV began continuous coverage several hours before the launch. Xi told the three astronauts, who include female air force pilot Wang Yaping, 33, and are due to spend 15 days in space, that he had come to see them off on behalf of the Communist Party, the government, the military and "all the nationalities and people of the entire nation".

"You make all the Chinese people feel proud. Your mission is both glorious and sacred", he added.

Mission commander Nie Haisheng responded: "We will certainly obey orders, comply with commands, be steady and calm, work with utmost care and perfectly complete the Shenzhou-10 mission."

The three crew, in white space suits, emerged from a building and greeted crowds of well-wishers waving flags and artificial flowers, some in traditional costumes, before getting into a bus for transfer to the launch pad.

State-run newspapers also gave the mission blanket coverage, with stories and pictures of the astronauts on almost every front page.

Wang will teach lessons to schoolchildren via video link during the mission, officials said.

"We are all students in facing the vast universe. We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical and beautiful universe," she told a press conference on Monday. nEWs DEsk

HeRe’S a vast amount of fun to be had with the possibilities that other universes exist, so how should we react to claims that some of these might be real? Stand by for something fascinating about mitochondria. Or perhaps the strange properties of molybdenum? Or, better yet, why don’t we dive into the weird world of muon neutrinos? no, BBc Future hasn’t accidentally published the email of suggestions i sent them. each is relevant to the subject i am writing about in this article. Just not in this particular universe. i’m talking about the multiverse theory; the mind-bending idea that there are many if not innumerable other universes beyond our own. There’s a vast amount of fun to be had with the possibilities of multiple universes, and contemplating infinite possibilities soon gets silly. Which isn’t to say serious people haven’t given the multiverse serious thought. enough of them with enough differing and overlapping hypotheses and terminologies to ensure reality-blurring confusion as you bounce about between “parallel worlds”, “divergent timelines”, “quantum universes” and “n-dimensional branes”.

What’s common to a lot of these theories is that our universe is one of many existing simultaneously with differing contents, even differing physical laws, but which have no relation to each other. and now it’s been claimed that the latest data released from the european Space agency’s Planck Observatory provides the first “solid proof” that at least some of these other universes could be real. Such ideas have long bled into popular culture. although with the bit about having no relation to each other conveniently staunched. HG Wells’ 1923 novel ‘Men Like Gods’ was one of the first to feature a parallel universe. and whether it’s a transporter malfunction in Star Trek, a dimensional rift in Red Dwarf or the entire premise for series such as Sliders and Fringe, it’s amazing how frequently alternative realities turn up in science fiction. even more amazing – given that there is nothing i’m aware of in these theories to say

other universes must be anything like our own – is that almost invariably they are nearly identical, with just the odd discrepancy. Most often it’s a key historical event having a different outcome, or that all the regular characters have direct counterparts in the alternative timeline only with different moral codes or jobs or hats. effectively this just uses the idea of other universes to put a pseudoscientific gloss on “what if?” stories – making them close relatives of things like Robert Harris’ Fatherland (what if the nazis won World War 2), it’s a Wonderful Life (what if Jimmy Stewart’s character had never been born) and Sliding Doors (what if i’d never gone to the cinema and wasted two hours). These are tales that make no attempt to pass themselves off as being grounded in science – they’re appealing fantasies – and there is an argument that much thinking about the multiverse should be treated exactly the same way.

CoSMIC oFFSprIng: Last month i interviewed Lee Smolin, founder of the Perimeter institute for Theoretical Physics in canada, one of many big thinkers who have big problems with the multiverse. in his newly published book Time Reborn, he makes the case that although it’s a popular notion our universe is part of a vast or infinite multiverse; it’s based on “a methodological error”. One which he says “cannot lead to any real scientific progress, because we cannot conform or falsify any hypothesis about universes causally disconnected from our own”. in other words, claiming other universes exist but we can’t observe or detect them is like saying i always dream in Latin: it’s something that’s impossible to prove or disprove, leaving it beyond science and of little practical use. Smolin isn’t averse to the idea of other universes. He’s even developed a theory of “cosmological natural selection”, where universes give rise to offspring universes with slightly different properties which may make them more or less likely to in turn spawn further universes.

But this is different from the popular multiverse idea of all these universes existing alongside each other. So what about these findings from the Planck Observatory, described by – of all things – catholic Online as the “first solid proof of other universes beyond ours”? There’s no mention of the multiverse in the latest official european Space agency data or analysis from Planck. The inference comes from Laura Mersini-Houghton, a theoretical physicist at the University of north carolina at chapel Hill, who i met when she spoke recently at a philosophy and music festival in Wales. For years, she’s argued that anomalies in Planck’s map of cosmic microwave background radiation – the aftermath of the Big Bang – can be explained by another universe pulling on our own. Perhaps they can, and some of Planck’s findings do fit strikingly with her predictions. and perhaps in another reality that would be all that’s needed to convince the scientific community that ours is not the only universe. But in this one, for a theory like that to be taken as “solid proof”… that would be, well, unparalleled.

APPLE UNVEILS MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE computer giant apple has unveiled its "itunes Radio" music streaming service, saying it will personalise listeners' music based on what they bought and previewed on itunes. In an announcement in san Francisco on monday, apple said the new software, which will compete with similar products such as Google music, Pandora and spotify, will be available in autumn in the us. It is to be included in a new operating system, iOs 7, and will be free to use but supported by advertising. apple was a pioneer of online music sales, but services such as spotify and Pandora, which stream music without listeners needing to buy the music they access, have emerged as popular alternatives. Pandora and spotify also make recommendations to the listener based on their tastes and previous plays.

PeRsONal exPeRIeNce: like Pandora, itunes Radio will let people create stations based on specific songs, artists or genres and match suggestions to music they have already played. "this is a nice free feature that lots of people will probably try out, but existing Pandora users won't have much reason to switch," Jan dawson, a telecoms analyst at Ovum, said. dawson said a service that lets people call up specific songs on demand would have made a bigger splash, "but that would likely have disrupted apple's existing itunes business, and the music industry as a whole, too much." Pandora charges $36 a year for advertfree listening, more than apple at $25. Pandora also has a free, ad-supported version like itunes Radio. spotify also runs advert-supported and ad-free subscription services. In February, Pandora capped free listening on mobile devices to 40 hours per month. apple said monday that its service would have no limits.

Itunes Radio will also offer featured stations, which play songs that are the most-talked about on twitter, for example. nEWs DEsk

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Wilmette, ill., might seriously want to get its water checked: When 11-year-old brothers Luke and Ryan novosel started scheming on the wacky or weird ways in which they might land in the Guinness Book of World Records, they eventually gave up on loudest burp and found their answer in their Highcrest Middle School directory—which revealed an eye-popping 24 sets of twins in the fifth grade alone. "We were absolutely shocked," says their mom. and it's not just squeaking by the current record of 16, "it's blowing it away."

Luke and Ryan sent Guinness an application complete with birth certificates, photos, and proof that all are enrolled at the school, and are hoping for an official thumbs-up in several weeks. Some fun facts from Highcrest's twins-a-palooza: • The vast majority are fraternal: There are three sets of boy-boy twins, 11 sets of girl-girl twins, and 10 sets of boy-girl twins. The two sets of identical twins are girls.

• Different birthdays: Two sets of twins were born on different sides of midnight.

• it could get even more twin-y: Highcrest students will eventually hit high school, which will pool other schools—and possibly more twins.

• The current record-holders: Three schools have 16 pairs of twins in one grade. They are Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines, iowa; Staples High School in Westport, conn.; and Maine South High School in Park Ridge, ill. nEWs DEsk

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south africa innings 20 C.ingram lbw b Hafeez 81 H.amla c Hafeez b ajmal 28 F.du Plessis c Malik b irfan ab de villiers run out 31 JP Duminy run out 24 D.Miller c Misbah b Junaid 19 4 R.Mclaren lbw by Malik R.Peterson not out 16 C.Morris run out 1 a.Phangiso run out 0 10 Extras (lb-5 w-4 nb-1) 234 Total (for nine wickets, 50 overs) Did not bat: l.Tsotsobe.

Fall of wickets: 1-53 2-122 3-145 4-186 5-195 6-203 7-231 8234 9-234. bowling: irfan 7-1-27-1 (1nb), Junaid 8-0-45-1 (2w), Hafeez 100-38-1 (1w), Riaz 9-0-50-0 (1w), ajmal 10-0-42-1, Malik 6-0-27-1.

Pakistan innings 2 imran Farhat b Morris 42 nasir Jamshed c & b Tsotsobe Mohammad Hafeez c Miller b Morris 7 shoaib Malik b Duminy 8 Misbah-ul-Haq c amla b Tsotsobe 55 umar amin c ingram b Mclaren 16 kamran akmal c du Plessis b Mclaren 0 13 Wahab Riaz b Phangiso 5 saeed ajmal c ingram b Mclaren Junaid khan b Mclaren 4 0 Mohammad irfan not out 15 Extras (lb-7 w-8) Total (all out, 45 overs) 167 Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-18 3-49 4-86 5-129 6-134 7-149 8-162 9167 10-167. bowling: Tsotsobe 9-1-23-2, Morris 7-0-25-2 (1w), Mclaren 63-19-4, Phangiso 10-0-50-1 (3w), Duminy 7-0-26-1, Peterson 4-0-17-0. south africa won the toss and chose to bat Result: south africa won by 67 runs

amla Praises Proteas’ rookie attaCk BIrMIngHAM: Hashim amla, the Man of the Match in the triumph over Pakistan, paid generous tribute to the South african bowlers here at edgbaston on Monday. it was valid praise after an inexperienced Proteas bowling unit defended a total of 234/9 with relative ease to keep South africa’s hopes the champions Trophy alive.

South africa handed a one-day international debut to fast bowler chris Morris, while left-arm spinner aaron Phangiso was recalled for only his second cap in the absence of the injured Dale Steyn and Morné Morkel. The Highveld Lions pair did not disappoint, especially Morris, who bowled with impressive pace to claim the first two Pakistani wickets, which immediately halted the run chase. “Yeah, we all know the capabilities of chris and Phangi,” amla said.

“They have been with the team, chris with the T20 team, and Phangi has been with us for a while. i think everybody knew of their skills and fortunately today they managed to prove it. The environment in the team is really conducive for them coming in and expressing themselves. So we pride ourselves on that, and i’m really happy that they did well.” The greenhorns weren’t the only ones that excelled in the pressure-filled environment. Lonwabo Tsotsobe put a couple of indifferent performances behind him to deliver a miserly opening spell, which yielded incredible figures of 5-1-6-0. With Morris striking from the other end, Pakistan could not create any momentum in their innings. and when the asian giants tried to lift the tempo, it usually led to their demise, with Tsotsobe picking up wickets in his second spell and Ryan McLaren finishing the job with career-best figures of 4/19 to push Pakistan to the brink of elimination. aGEnCiEs

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O U T H africa, the pretournament favourites, recorded their first win of the champions Trophy with a 67-run victory over Pakistan in Group B at edgbaston in Birmingham on Monday. (Partly reported yesterday) Both sides lost their opening matches in the eight-nation competition in which the top two teams from each group go through to next week’s semi-finals.

Pakistan, set 235 to win, lost wickets regularly and fell steadily behind the required run rate on a slow pitch, eventually succumbing for 167 all out from 45 overs.

Pakistan’s 39-year-old captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who notched his highest one-day score of 96 not out in the twowicket loss to West indies last Friday, did his best to rally his side with 55 from 75

balls but got little support from the other batsmen.

South africa’s 234 for nine off their 50 overs was anchored by Hashim amla, who profited from a dropped catch before he reached double figures and went on to score 81. after aB de Villers had won the toss and elected to bat, amla was dropped on seven when he slashed a short delivery from Mohammad irfan to backward point.

Umar amin, who had replaced asad Shafiq in the Pakistan team, got the fingertips of his left hand to the ball but could not hold on to the chance. amla and colin ingram took the total to 53 in the 15th over when the latter was dismissed lbw by off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez for 20 trying to sweep.

Faf du Plessis was caught for 28 off irfan and amla fell at the start of the second powerplay when a reverse sweep off spinner Saeed ajmal lobbed to Hafeez at short third man. His innings had lasted

97 balls and included nine boundaries.

The pressure on South africa increased when Pakistan captain Misbah belied his age with consecutive runouts.

Misbah first raced to the bowler’s end to whip the bails off when De Villiers slipped while trying to make his ground after he had been sent back by JP Duminy.

He then threw down the stumps at the bowler’s end from short mid-wicket when it was Duminy’s turn to slip after he was sent back.

Misbah was in the action again when he dived to his left in the covers to catch David Miller and there were two further runouts as the South africans tried to accelerate.

Pakistan failed to get a good start, losing three batsmen in single figures, while opener nasir Jamshed needed 76 deliveries to reach 42.

They took the second powerplay after 34 overs, the signal for Misbah to accelerate.

Pathetic performance: Pakistan greats

LAHore sTaFF REPORT A can of worms has been opened up following Pakistan’s near exit situation from the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2013 with former players gunning for the heads of the members of the team, head coach Dav Whatmore, selectors and board officials.

Pakistan now need a miracle of sorts to still qualify for the semifinals of the Champions Trophy after their loss to West Indies and South Africa in their group matches, with the batting flopping badly on both occasions.

FORmeR PaKIstaN caPtaIN WasIm aKRam alsO called FOR cHaNGes IN tHe PaKIstaN cRIcKet bOaRd (Pcb).

“Someone has to be answerable for this debacle. I would like to see those faces changed who have been around in Pakistan cricket and board for years now and done nothing. The board must bear the responsibility for this debacle,” he said. Akram said that the Pakistani batsmen had laid to waste the good work of the bowlers by playing senseless and defensive cricket, which was hard to comprehend. “Our batsmen played without a plan. There were no singles or twos at all. No rotation of strike.

Things must change now in Pakistan cricket if we are to do well at the top level consistently,” said Akram. aNOtHeR FORmeR sKIPPeR ZaHeeR abbas saId tHat battING Had RemaINed a PROblem FOR PaKIstaN FOR a lONG tIme NOW aNd tHe bOaRd Had dONe NOtHING tO ResOlve It. “The board now needs to act urgently and do something to resolve this problem. Long term measures are needed to resolve our batting woes,” he said. Zaheer Abbas said the way batsmen were playing against the West Indies and South Africa, it was as if they were batting in a Test match. “Our problem is we play Tests like ODIs and One-day matches like Tests. It is a very disappointing performance and I blame the team management for this, including the coach.”

FORmeR test PlaYeR aNd ex-cOacH OF tHe NatIONal team, mOHsIN KHaN saId PaKIstaN Had badlY mIssed tHe seRvIces OF seNIORs RaZZaq, aNd eveN YOuNIs KHaN. “I had been saying all along it was a mistake to drop them for this tournament. It has been proved correct. Our batsmen just played very poor cricket and I feel sorry for the bowlers who

were outstanding.” Mohsin said there was a clear lack of objective and planning, and people at the helm of affairs in the team now needed to be held accountable. “Ask them what improvement they have brought about in the team in more than a year,” he asked in apparent reference to Whatmore.

FORmeR PlaYeR RasHId latIF saId He Was sHOcKed bY tHe PeRFORmaNce OF tHe batsmeN. “This team or the batsmen are just showing no improvement. And it doesn’t help that there is no consistency in selection of players. Which is why we are facing these problems today. I ask what is this foreign coach been doing for so long? What is his achievement?,” asked Latif. He said not only the national selectors but the coach also needed to be sacked. “What has this coaching staff done... spoilt talented players like Umar Akmal. The board must do its own soul searching and rectify things,” he insisted.

FORmeR sPINNeR tauseeF aHmed said the batsmen lacked guts. “We are now used to of defeats, used to batting failures because this has been going on for quite some time now,” said Ahmed. “Batsmen not performing at international level is disappointing.”

However, he ran out of partners with the potentially dangerous Kamran akmal falling for a duck, brilliantly caught by Faf du Plessis falling to his left at backward point.

Misbah was caught by amla at midwicket off Lonwabo Tsotsobe and with his departure Pakistan’s faint victory hopes disappeared.

South africa will be particularly pleased with their pace bowling in the absence through injury of their two premier fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

Morkel will play no further part in the tournament but de Villiers said Steyn would probably be fit for Friday’s game against West indies in cardiff.

Ryan McLaren was the pick of the bowlers with four for 19 while Tsotsobe returned the miserly figures of two for 23 from nine overs. chris Morris, making his international 50 overs debut as the replacement for Morkel, took two for 25 from seven.

Pakistan ‘totally lost’, says Misbah BErMIngHAM: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq admitted his side’s batsmen were “totally lost” after mis-firing again on the way to a 67run defeat by South africa. Having lost their champions Trophy opener to West indies on the back of 170 all out, they were dismissed for 167 by the Proteas and are almost certainly facing an early exit from Group B. Having bowled impressively to keep their opponents to 234 for 9, they seemingly mis-judged their chase completely, letting the run-rate spiral out of control before losing a flurry of wickets attempting to rectify the situation. Misbah top-scored with 55, but even he was guilty of too much conservatism, only upping the scoring rate when it appeared to be too late. But he pulled no punches in a candid post-match assessment. “The positive was the bowling, really we bowled very well, and the fielding is really improving, but as a batting unit you can say it’s totally lost,” Misbah said. “it’s the application of the batsmen. They are not applying themselves. it has been a really disappointing two games because the team could not score more than 170 on what looks like an asian pitch. it is not working. The responsibility is with the players.” Pakistan enjoyed the raucous support of a one-sided 24,000 crowd at edgbaston, but as they surrendered late in the day there was a smattering of boos to be heard. But Misbah was phlegmatic in the face of such criticism.

“Supporters are like that. This is how things are,” he said. “When you perform well everybody appreciates you; when you do this sort of performance they have the right [to boo].” Hashim amla showed the kind of application Misbah craved in his side, top-scoring for South africa with 81 and taking home the man-of-the-match award as a result.

He conceded that the Proteas came into the game under a cloud having been lost their opener against West indies and suffered injuries to key men Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, but was heartened by the response. “after that first defeat, in this kind of competition you are pretty much under pressure to win the next two,” amla said. aGEnCiEs

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nDia romped to an eight-wicket win over West indies in the champions Trophy Group B clash at The Oval in London on Tuesday to become the first team to book their berth in the semifinals.

The win also dashed Pakistan’s faint hope of qualifying for the semi-final.

Karthik hit the winning runs driving Pollard through the covers for a boundary to reach his half century. chasing a target of 234, india cruised to their second victory of the competition with more than 10 overs to spare with a superlative batting display making 236 for the loss of two wickets. Shikhar Dhawan led the way with a magnificent unbeaten 102, his third consecutive international hundred, during an unfinished third wicket stand of 109 with Dinesh Karthik who was unbeaten on 51 which included eight boundaries.

Rohit Sharma gave them the ideal start with a brisk knock of 52 during the 101-run opening stand with Dhawan. narine claimed both the wickets to fall, including Kohli (22).

But Dhawan, who got a life early in the innings, flayed the attack smashing 10 boundaries, reaching his century in style by hammering a six off Bravo. West indies allrounder Darren Sammy smashed a rapid unbeaten 56 to lift his side to a respectable 233

for nine. india spinner Ravindra Jadeja had ripped the heart out of the innings by dismissing Johnson charles for 60, Marlon Samuels and Ramnaresh Sarwan in the space of 14 balls but Sammy’s late cameo gave West indies hope. Both sides won their opening matches in the tournament and a second victory would mean almost certain qualification for the semi-finals. india captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put West indies into bat in overcast conditions. chris Gayle struck four powerful boundaries but the West indies dangerman was out for 21, well caught at first slip by Ravichandran ashwin off pace bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. charles seized the initiative, however, and dominated a second-wicket partnership

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of 78 with Darren Bravo. charles hit eight fours and two towering sixes, reaching his fifty from 46 balls before being deceived by Jadeja and trapped lbw. The left-arm spinner then removed Samuels lbw and had Sarwan caught by wicketkeeper Dhoni down the leg side. Bravo and his half brother Dwayne tried to repair the damage but the former, having set himself to bat through the innings, rashly charged down the wicket to ashwin and was easily stumped by Dhoni for 35.

Kieron Pollard struck successive sixes off ashwin but Dwayne Bravo was out for 25 and the indian fast bowlers turned the screw in the closing overs. They looked likely to keep West indies below 200 until Sammy launched his withering assault, hitting four sixes and five fours mainly straight down the ground. Sammy faced

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sCOREbOaRD WEsT inDiEs 21 CH Gayle c ashwin b kumar J Charles† lbw b Jadeja 60 35 DM bravo st †Dhoni b ashwin Mn samuels lbw b Jadeja 1 1 RR sarwan c †Dhoni b Jadeja 25 DJ bravo* c Jadeja b yadav ka Pollard c kumar b i sharma 22 56 DJG sammy not out sP narine c karthik b Jadeja 2 R Rampaul b Jadeja 2 0 kaJ Roach not out EXTRas (b 4, lb 2, w 2) 8 233 TOTal Fall OF WiCkETs 1-25 (Gayle, 4.6 ov), 2-103 (Charles, 19.5 ov), 3105 (samuels, 21.6 ov), 4-109 (sarwan, 23.6 ov), 5-140 (DM bravo, 33.1 ov), 6-163 (DJ bravo, 37.5 ov), 7-171 (Pollard, 42.1 ov), 8-179 (narine, 43.4 ov), 9-182 (Rampaul, 45.3 ov) bOWlinG: b kumar 8-0-32-1, uT yadav 9-0-54-1, i sharma 10-1-431, R ashwin 9-2-36-1, v kohli 4-0-26-0, Ra Jadeja 10-2-36-5 inDia 52 RG sharma c †Charles b narine s Dhawan not out 102 v kohli b narine 22 51 kD karthik not out EXTRas (b 4, w 5) 9 236 TOTal DiD nOT baT sk Raina, Ms Dhoni*†, Ra Jadeja, R ashwin, i sharma, b kumar, uT yadav Fall OF WiCkETs 1-101 (RG sharma, 15.3 ov), 2-127 (kohli, 19.6 ov) bOWlinG: kaJ Roach 6-0-47-0, R Rampaul 6-0-28-0, sP narine 10-0-49-2, DJG sammy 4-0-23-0, DJ bravo 5-0-36-0, Mn samuels 4-0-17-0, CH Gayle 1-0-11-0, ka Pollard 3.1-0-21-0 Match details Toss india, who chose to field Points india 2, West indies 0 Player of the match tba umpires aleem Dar (Pakistan) and al Hill (new zealand) Tv umpire sJ Davis (australia) Match referee bC broad Reserve umpire M Erasmus (south africa)

just 35 balls and shared an unbroken ninthwicket partnership of 51 with Kemar Roach who did not contribute a single run.

Jadeja also claimed the wickets of Sunil narine and Ravi Rampaul on the way to figures of five for 36, his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals. (editing by Tony Jimenez).

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Has there been a worse Pakistan batting order since the era of Kerry Packer? even if there has, Pakistan’s current bunch comes close. Misbah-ulHaq and nasir Jamshed aside, this is a batting order to forget, except it keeps being rammed down the throats of Pakistan supporters. and there were plenty of these fans filling The Oval and edgbaston, turning both neutral matches into home games. On each occasion Pakistan’s batsmen failed their legions.

How far do you fault individuals for a lack of skill? a deep malaise lies at the heart of Pakistan’s cricket structure that nurtures such ineptitude.

Hashim amla, Man of the Match, was lost for words when asked to critique Pakistan’s batting failure. “What do you want me to say?” he laughed.

Misbah, meanwhile, described the performance of his own batsmen as a total flop. Whichever new regime sweeps through the corridors of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, to be installed as the next Pakistan cricket Board, needs to understand that the performance of the majority of its batsmen, and the people who select them, has become an international joke. Pakistan’s batting problems are chronic and multiplying. The words on the lips of Pakistan’s green army witnessing events at edgbaston were also chronic and multiplying, as well as blue and four-lettered.

the side’s second champions Trophy group match against new Zealand, cricket australia said on Tuesday. clarke missed australia’s opening match on Saturday when australia lost to england by 48 runs and will also sit out Wednesday’s crucial match against their trans-Tasman rivals at edgbaston. “Michael is continuing to have intensive treatment in London, and whilst he is making good progress, he has not improved sufficiently enough to play the game against new Zealand on Wednesday,” ca physiotherapist alex Kountouris said in a statement.

“We will continue to monitor his progress and determine his availability for next week’s final group game against Sri Lanka.” australia will play Sri Lanka in their final Group a match at The Oval in London on Monday. aGEnCiEs

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South africa’s champions Trophy clash against Pakistan was marred by spectators engaging in a brawl in the stands at edgbaston. The fight broke out during the Group B tie in Birmingham, which South africa went on to win by 67 runs. Pakistan enjoyed the raucous support of a one-sided 24,000 crowd, but as they surrendered late in the day there was a smattering of boos to be heard. But those boos boiled over as Pakistan’s fans appeared to start fighting among themselves. The ugly scenes will be a concern to the edgbaston authorities. On Saturday it is due to play host to the grudge match between traditional foes Pakistan and india. Pakistan will have to win that match if they are to have any chance of progressing in the champions Trophy which sees the world’s top eight teams compete for the crown. even a victory, which would have to be by a large margin, might not necessarily be enough to see Pakistan, which enjoys huge support in Birmingham, make it through to the knockout stages. edgbaston is one of three venues, along with The Oval and cardiff, playing host to the champions Trophy this summer. The disappointment of the supporters were also on display at the post-match presentation ceremony. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq played a captain’s innings in a lost cause but was booed by some disgruntled supporters. “That’s the way things are, when you perform well everybody appreciates you, when you produce these sort of performances they have the right to say this,” Misbah said. earlier, it had been a very different story. During the South african innings each wicket was greeted with raucous cheers from the crowd.

But the Pakistani batsmen never looked like getting close to the South african total of 234-9. Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals and left themselves too much to do having taken 32.1 overs just to pass 100. Misbah’s dismissal for 55 to leave the score at 148-7 in the 42nd over was the killer blow as South africa eased home, as things turned ugly in the stands.

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extremely disappointed by Pakistan’s loss in a group B fixture of the icc champions Trophy 2013 against South africa, Shoaib akhtar, the former fast bowler, hopes that the national team will beat india in their last pool match.

Having won the toss, aB de Villiers, the Proteas’ skipper, opted to bat first. Thanks to a superb 81

by Hashim amla, South africa posted 234 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs. it turned out to be enough for Pakistani batsmen, who never found any momentum in their

innings and managed to score just 167 runs before being bowled out in the 45th over.

While talking to a private television channel in Pakistan, the former fast bowler, expressed that the Green Shirts can restore some pride only by beating the archrivals, india. akhtar wants asad Shafiq to replace imran Farhat in the playing-11.

He said, “Pakistan will have to beat india to save their face. Our players click at the right time and i am hopeful that they will overcome india.imran Farhat should be dropped and asad Shafiq should be back. either Kamran or Hafeez should open with nasir.”

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against each other on Saturday at Birmingham. Taking into account Pakistan’s form in the tournament so far, the Men in Blue will surely start as firm favourites.

The Rawalpindi express feels that Saeed ajmal is one of the most important players of the national team and hopes that the off-spinner remains injuryfree in future. akhtar also believes that the presence of Shahid afridi in the squad could have made a difference for the Green Shirts.

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Pakistan want is to get Saeed ajmal injured. He is also a human. That day, we will be doomed,” said the former pacer. “Had Shahid afridi been here, he would have scored more runs than our batsmen and taken more wickets than our bowlers.” afridi, the former Pakistan captain, has miserably failed to deliver the goods with either bat or ball for the national team in recent times, which is the reason why he was dropped for the all-important event.

Former Pakistan fast bowler minced no words in stating that the country’s cricket structure needed a complete overhaul. “We shouldn’t be surprised by these results because we neither have quality batsmen nor bowlers and the reason for this is, we are not producing quality talents because of an inapt and mismanaged cricket structure,” he said. akhtar said since the time he started playing domestic cricket he had seen a lot of mismanagement. “i came up because of my will to achieve something and not because of this system. Our cricket system is about compromises.

Be if selection or other things matters.

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What was the logic in dropping experienced player abdul Razzaq for such an important event,” he asked.

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“I’ve just got stuff on my mind. So I’m happy I can get those points for the team because they are working so hard and we’re doing a lot better than I ever expected when I joined. — Lewis Hamilton

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Red Bull’s triple world champion Sebastian Vettel won the canadian Grand Prix on Sunday but his victory was overshadowed by the death of a marshal, the first fatality in Formula One in over a decade. The worker was killed after being run over by a mobile crane that was removing the Sauber of esteban Gutierrez from the side of the track after he crashed in the closing stages. Vettel, oblivious to the unfolding tragedy, captured his first Formula One victory on north american soil and extended his overall lead in the championship to 36 points over Ferrari’s Fernando alonso, who finished second. Lewis Hamilton, who had won in Montreal three times before, was passed by alonso seven laps from the end but made it a podium of champions by finishing third for Mercedes. Vettel, cruising to his 29th career win with little resistance, took the chequered flag 14.4 seconds clear of Spaniard alonso. “it was a great race and i had a great start, which was important,” Vettel said. “Finally we got our first win, it’s off the list now and it was great to win.”

Vettel’s australian team mate, Mark Webber, came fourth, and set the fastest lap, after his front wing was damaged when he collided with Dutch rookie Giedo van der Garde’s caterham. Germany’s nico Rosberg, winner of the previous race in Monaco for Mercedes, crossed the line fifth.

mourinho Promises ‘Calmer’ Chelsea aPProaCh CHeLSeA

GarCia, woods shake hands after reCent unPleasantness ST pAULA: Sergio Garcia approached Tiger Woods at the driving range at Merion Golf club on Monday and after a brief exchange shook hands with the world number one in an apparent attempt to make up after their recent unpleasantness. The meeting during practice for the U.S. Open was the first between the longtime adversaries since Garcia made a “fried chicken” reference directed at Woods last month at a european Tour awards dinner. Garcia has since apologized and Woods told reporters it was time to move on. Tensions between the two flared last month at the Players championship, when Garcia suggested Woods showed poor sportsmanship by pulling a club from his bag as the Spaniard was about to hit a shot. Woods’s move sparked cheers from the galleries and Garcia sliced his shot into the woods. The two later exchanged verbal jabs through the media over the incident, revealing animosity simmering between them over the years. Bad feelings escalated with Garcia’s ill-advised attempt at humor when he was jokingly asked if he would be having dinner with Woods during the U.S. Open week. He replied: “We’ll have him ‘round every night. We will serve fried chicken.”

Woods responded to the reference, viewed as a racial stereotype, on Twitter by saying Garcia’s words were “wrong, hurtful and inappropriate.” aGEnCiEs

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Jose Mourinho has promised there will be far fewer tantrums and fireworks during his second spell as chelsea manager. in front of 250 accredited media, flash bulbs and camera lenses followed Mourinho’s every move as he was officially unveiled as chelsea’s new manager. But anyone expecting a repeat of the famously fiery ‘Special One’ press conference that took place when Mourinho was appointed as chelsea manager the first time around was disappointed. For this afternoon, in the Harris suite at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho cut a strangely diplomatic figure. Only on one occasion - when he was asked about andres iniesta’s claim that Mourinho had damaged Spanish football while he was at Real Madrid did it feel like the Portuguese was ready to morph back in to the uber-confident figure that stoked up so much controversy during his first spell at chelsea. “i believe i’m a calmer person now,” said Mourinho, who has signed a four-year contract at the club. “nine years is a big difference. When i arrived here in 2004 you pushed me a lot in that first press conference to have a strong approach, and in this moment the situation is different.

hewitt ends losing streak LonDon aGEnCiEs

Lleyton Hewitt ended his losing streak as the australian battled into the second round at Queen’s club with a 4-6, 6-1, 63 victory over america’s Michael Russell on Monday.

Hewitt is a four-time champion at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event, but thoughts of a record fifth crown were some way from the former world number one’s thoughts as he arrived on the grass courts in west London. The 32year-old is well into the twilight of his career and his lowly 82nd position in the world rankings reflects that diminished status. His last match was typical of his current troubles as he suffered a frustrating first round defeat at the French Open when he squandered a two-set lead against Gilles Simon.

That was Hewitt’s fourth successive

defeat and he hadn’t tasted victory since the first round of the Miami Masters back in March. But the former Wimbledon champion put an end to that depressing sequence with a gritty win over Russell to set up a second round clash against Bulgarian 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov or israel’s Dudi Sela.

Hewitt had to save two break points in the sixth game and he was under pressure again as he served to stay in the first set at 4-5. This time he cracked as a tame forehand into the net on set point gave Russell the lead. Hewitt responded well to that setback and broke in the opening game of the second set. at 35, Russell is one of the oldest active players on the aTP Tour. and the world number 97 started to fade after Hewitt saved five break points in the second game to preserve his lead. another Hewitt break made it 3-0 and he raced through the rest of the set

for the loss of just one game. Hewitt appeared to have taken complete control with a break in the second game of the deciding set. a double fault from the australian gave Russell an instant break back. But Hewitt kept his composure and landed the knockout blow when a wayward forehand from the american gifted him a 5-3 lead, which he immediately capitalised on by serving out the match.

There was more success for australia as Hewitt’s compatriot Marinko Matosevic clinched a 7-5, 6-2 win over good friend Frederik nielsen of Denmark.

“Yeah, it is (tough playing a friend),” Matosevic said. “i know Freddie really well. He’s a great guy, one of the nice guys on the tour. “it was a tough first set but the second set was pretty good. i’m feeling good.

Matching Federer seems far off: nadal MADrID aGEnCiEs

Rafa nadal believes he still has a very long way to go before he can match or overtake the record haul of 17 grand slam singles titles amassed by his great rival Roger Federer. Spaniard nadal won his eighth French Open crown on Sunday and having just turned 27, has 12 grand slam singles titles in total, including two Wimbledon crowns and triumphs at the U.S. Open and australian Open.

Swiss Federer, who will be 32 in august, won his last grand slam singles title at Wimbledon in 2012 but is still ranked third in the world and has every chance of adding at least one more before he calls time on his career. “it (matching Federer) is

something that right now seems lightyears away, something that i am not even thinking about,” nadal said in an interview with Spanish sports daily Marca published on Tuesday. nadal’s French Open success was his seventh title since returning from a sevenmonth layoff in February due to a knee injury. He reached the final in the other two events he played, Monte carlo and Vina del Mar, and will now take a brief rest as he prepares for the grass courts of Wimbledon starting in two weeks. asked what had helped him win his 12 grand slam titles, nadal told Marca: “The normal. nothing special.

“Luckily, i have always had a team with me which has helped me in the good and the bad times,” he added.

“Luckily, i have had family and friends around me who have helped me.

Pakistan, west indies to Play t20 matChes in the united states LAHore sTaFF REPORT

The Pakistan and West indies cricket Boards have reached an agreement to play a T20 international series in the United States in July this year. according to sources in the Pakistan cricket Board (PcB), the two boards have agreed to organise a two-match series in Miami, Florida after Pakistan team’s tour to West indies in July.

“The two Boards have also informed the international cricket council about their intention to play the two matches,” one source said. The source said that the Pakistan team would tour West indies from July 7 to play five ODi matches and after that both teams would fly to Miami for the two T20 matches. “The T20 matches will also be treated as home matches by the West indies board,” he said. in the recent past the West indies, new Zealand and Sri Lanka have played T20 matches at the same venue in Miami, but these have not garnered much interest because of complaints over the pitch conditions.

“But since Pakistan is involved in the series the West indies board is confident the matches can be a huge success, and also help promote north america as a international cricket centre.”

“There are big Pakistani and West indian expatriate communities in Miami and other parts of Florida, and they are expected to show keen interest in these two matches,” the source said.

The source, however, admitted that one of the biggest hurdles in the way of the two matches being held in Miami was getting visas on time for the Pakistani players. “The Pakistan team will return home after the champions Trophy and then leave for the West indies on July 7. The Pakistan board has already started initial preparations for applying for US visas, which normally take a long time to be processed,” the source said. He pointed out that after the 9/11 attacks, the US embassies take time to process visa applications from Pakistani nationals.

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women cricketers level harassment charges against multan officials LAHore

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H e Pakistan cricket Board (PcB) formed a three-member inquiry committee to probe into the matter of sexual harassment of the Multan Region women cricketers on Tuesday heard the versions of the parties involved in the issue.

The committee comprises Pakistan women team manager aysha ashar, Musthasham Rasheed and a local lawyer are penning down the statements of the parties involved in the allegations. according to an official of the PcB, the committee will give its reports after completing its inquiry and hearing the point of view of both the sides and the final decision will be taken by the board.

However, it was learnt the cricketers have given written prove to the committee of the regional president and other officials demanding physical favour from the

girls for their selection in the team. in a scandal that is likely to rock the roots of Pakistan women’s cricket, several players from the Multan region complained of sexual harassment and misbehavior by their superiors and officials. as soon as the complaints were made by some five women players of the Multan region on a television channel yesterday, the Pakistan cricket Board (PcB) formed a threemember inquiry committee to probe into the matter. according to women cricketers, some officials, including a coach, had demanded sexual favours for selecting and promoting them. The players who have made the accusations include Hina Ghafoor, Kiran Khan, Seema Javed, noor Fatima and Maleeha Shafiq.

They claimed that Mcc President Begum Shami Sultan and other club officials were the main culprits in the whole shameful affair and used to demand money from players. “i had impressive domestic performances and i was confident i

would be selected for the national team. But such shameful acts were demanded of me that i decided to quit the game,” accused Kiran.

Maleeha said the Mcc would “destroy a girl’s career” if she refused favours.

One of the girls even provoked the official, who was taken on beeper by the channel, to answer the allegations against him.

“Tell the truth, just tell everyone why your wife came down to the ground and slapped you in front of everyone,” she said.

The PcB has asked all the five players to appear on June 12 at its regional head office in Lahore.

The committee head and the long serving manager of the national women’s team, ayesha ashar said the matter would be probed into thoroughly as it was a “serious” issue.

“The committee will meet each player individually and also examine their career records to see whether any injustice was done to them in selection. it’s a serious matter,” she said.

scrutiny of clubs conducted in unfair manner: nadim GoerGes saCked after failinG doPe test pArIS: French rider Sylvain Georges has been sacked after testing positive for a banned substance during the Giro d’italia, the aG2R team said on Tuesday. “He (Georges) is no longer part of the business,” team manager Vincent Lavenu said, warning of tough sanctions both for the team and the rider. “You don’t do it (sacking) easily. But we’ve got very strict internal rules. There was a definite breach.” a sporting sanction has yet to be imposed on the rider, after the stimulant heptaminol, which is found in some over-thecounter drugs to improve blood circulation, was discovered in his urine after the Giro’s seventh stage. Georges quit the Tour after the test. “We know very well that our team can’t make mistakes,” said Lavenu, who withdrew his team for the following race in the world calendar, the criterium du Dauphine, in line with the rules of the “clean” cycling movement, the MPcc. aGEnCiEs

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Former President, Lahore city cricket association, Khawaja nadim ahmed said on Tuesday that the scrutiny of the cricket clubs conducted in all the three affiliated zones was unfair as it declared a number of genuine clubs ‘inactive’. “it is shocking to know that a number of clubs have been deprived of their democratic and legal right as they were declared inactive by the scrutiny carried out

by Pakistan cricket Board,” he said.

He said the grave irregularities were committed in the scrutiny on the behest of the PcB which is bent upon on accommodating its favourites in the set of regional bodies with their election by mustering the support of those clubs which have been declared

active.

To strengthen his claim, Kh nadim said out of 51 clubs of west zone 22 were judged as inactive , from a total of 35 clubs of north Zone 11 were declared inactive besides ten inactive associate clubs whereas seven clubs out of total of 46 of east zone were declared inactive. “There is no parity in the scrutiny as West and noth Zones which are hub of the cricket activities suffered the most and the east zone where lesser cricket activity is taking place was given relief as it (east zone) is being patronized by the PcB to support its candidate to contest the election of President Lcca.

“The lists issued after the scrutiny show that those clubs which were serving the cause of cricket for forty to fifty years have been restricted from using their right in the elections with their

inactive status wrongly established by the scrutiny committee,” he said.

He said club cricket is the back bone of cricket in any system and the way clubs have been indifferently treated in the scrutiny process, it endorses the claims that PcB has its own agenda behind it.

The former President said adhoc was imposed on them by the PcB to keep them under pressure and to restrict them playing their due role in the revival and development of the game. “all the clubs which were declared inactive have approached asked us to chalk out a line of action to address the issue,” he said adding it is a very depressing situation for the clubs and it is against the spirit of the game and we will take every measures to seek justice and to safeguard the rights of genuine clubs.

tanvir keen to follow Pakistan greats HAMPSHIre aGEnCiEs

Sohail Tanvir is determined to join an illustrious list of Pakistan internationals to make an impact at Hampshire.

The left-arm seamer will make his debut tomorrow as Hampshire host Gloucestershire in the county championship.

Tanvir will follow in the footsteps of countrymen aaqib Javed, Wasim akram, abdul Razzaq and Shahid afridi to have played for the county. and the 28-year-old, who signed for Hampshire back in 2008 but was unable to play over visa complications, has done his background research.

Tanvir said: ‘i spoke to Shahid afridi in april about Hampshire. ‘i also spoke to abdul Razzaq and Wasim akram as they have both played here. ‘So i got

some information about the club and the pitch. ‘all three gave good words about Hampshire, especially about the management. They all had good experiences. ‘But i’ve always wanted to play in county cricket. ‘i’ve played all over the world, in South africa, australia and india, but for some reason never in county cricket. ‘i’ve signed five contracts to play in this country. in 2008 with Hampshire, 2009 for Kent and Surrey and, last year, with Worcestershire but because of visa issues these were never completed.

‘That’s why i’m very excited about making my debut.’ While Tanvir may not be as high-profile as afridi, he should be a useful addition to the side and, unlike t20 signing afridi, will play in all forms to establish himself as a four-day player.

Tanvir said: ‘This is a positive

move for me because i can play in all forms. ‘i want to rid myself of that t20 and short-form tag and prove myself in four-day cricket.’ Hampshire missed out on victory over Kent at the weekend and desperately need a win over Gloucestershire to push themselves into the promotion frame. But so far this year, they have struggled to bowl sides out on the ageas Bowl pitches that tend to favour the batsmen.

Tanvir, however, has an unusual bowling action that may cause problems for opponents and admits it’s a style all of his own. He said: ‘My action is just natural. nobody could build an action like this. ‘no coach would suggest to have an action like mine, but that’s how it is. ‘it’s given me lots of benefits. i can get lots of swing after the ball pitches because of my wrist position.

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Court uPholds PCb’s stanCe LAHorE: The intra-court appeals of Malik Zulfiqar and ch. anwar against the Pakistan cricket Board (PcB) on appointment of the interim regions committees in the Lahore High court were dismissed Wednesday, upholding the PcB’s stance. The two-member bench comprising Justice Khalid Mehmood Khan and Justice Farrukh irfan dismissed the intra-court appeals in favour of PcB. These interim committees had been appointed with the objective to hold elections in these so that truly representative bodies could work towards promotion of cricket in far flung areas. sTaFF REPORT

youth shootinG CamP beGins LAHorE: One-week Youth Shooting camp for air Rifle & air Pistol events started on Tuesday at Gun and country club Shooting Ranges, islamabad under the aegis of Federal Rifle association and Gun and country club. “as many as 45 children from 12-18 years age, both boys and girls, are learning the basics points of the rifle shooting,” said a spokesman of the Federal Rifle association here. The useful activity is being run by col agha abbas Raza, he said the camp will facilitate national Rifle association of Pakistan & FRa for spotting new talent to take part in the national Youth championship to be held at islamabad. sTaFF REPORT

Punjab olymPiCs to stay away from national Games LAHorE: The Punjab Olympic association has decided to stay away from the so-called from the national games being held later this month at islamabad. This was stated by Secretary, POa, idris Haider Khawaja at a news conference after a special general council meeting of the body held under the chairmanship of its, Senior Vice President, iftikhar ali Malik here on Tuesday. idris termed the national games efforts to create confusion as the games were already organized earlier this year under the banner of POa. “There is no justification of holding a event which was already held and some quarters are making such efforts to promote parallelism and to put the future of games in danger in the country “,he asserted. “These Games are being held again by the interim committee without the approval of the POa. as such, are illegal and against the rules and action will be taken against those individuals or association who will take part in the bogus national games “,he maintained. The representatives from all the affiliated provincial sports associations attended the meeting which reposed full confidence in the leadership of President, PbOa, Syed Shahid ali Shah. The following important decisions were taken in this meeting: idris Haider said the house endorsed the action of Pakistan Olympic association for imposing the ban on Rana Mujahid ali, and Zafar abbas Lak whereby they automatically lost affiliation and membership of POa. sTaFF REPORT

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ROVinciaLiSM appeared to have had a strong grip over Tuesday’s proceedings in Sindh assembly where Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmakers heavily criticised the Pakistan Muslim League-nawaz (PML-n)-dominated centre and Punjab for depriving Sindh of its due share of water and electricity in a session that saw three resolutions being passed unanimously.

The House passed two separate resolutions, supported by the opposition (PMLn), calling for immediate closure of two link canals by the PML-n-led federal government, and condemning a recent statement from the Senate Standing committee on Water and Power chairman on discontinuation of 650 MW power supply by Water and Power Development authority (WaPDa) to Karachi electric Supply company (KeSc), respectively.

“This assembly resolves and recommends to the government of Sindh to approach the federal government to close c J

Link canal and T P Link canal immediately and ensure due share of water to Sindh,” read the resolution moved by Jam Khan Shoro of the PPP. another resolution jointly tabled by PPP’s law minister-designate Dr Sinkander Mandhro and Khalid ahmed of Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) strongly condemned, what Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTi) lawmaker Muhammad Hafeezuddin said was Monday’s statement from a senate body’s chairman suggesting that WaPDa’s power supply to the KeSc be suspended.

Despite having pinpointed the issue in

the house through an “un-admissible” adjournment motion, Hafeezuddin could not get his name included in the resolution which, after a detailed discussion, was jointly signed and tabled by the PPP and MQM legislators.

“We only wanted to raise the issue,” Hafeezuddin said, while talking to Pakistan Today on the sidelines of the session. a third resolution came from Sharmila Farooqui of the PPP that called upon the Sindh government to mandate the administration of Dna tests and preservation of Dna evidence in all rape cases in accor-

dance with Supreme court’s October 2, 2012 judgment. all three resolutions were adopted with a unanimous vote after lawmakers from various divides of the House discussed and supported them.

Meanwhile, MQM’s Faisal Sabzwari was appointed leader of the opposition in the Sindh assembly.

The MQM has also been allotted opposition benches in the House. The party managed to bag 18 seats in the national assembly and 37 seats in Sindh assembly in the May 11 general election.

another 5 killed in karachi violence kArACHI inP

another five people lost their lives on Tuesday in separate incidents in Karachi. according to police, a man, identified as noman, was shot dead near a shopping centre in Shah Faisal colony. in Lyari, two people were gunned down while another sustained injuries in a firing incident. The deceased were identified as naveed alias Ghangro and naushad alias Police Wala while the injured was identified as Bilal.

The bodies and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital. in another incident, Muhammad Kasah was gunned down near Lucknow Society in the Korangi crossing area. in Manghopir, a girl, identified as nazia, was stabbed to death. according to police, the girl was allegedly killed by her husband. another man was shot injured in Purana Golimar. Police cordoned off the area on a tip and seized arms and ammunition. Seven suspects were also arrested during the raid. Separately, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief altaf Hussain demanded that the government take notice of law and order situation in Lyari.

Kabul: an afghan policeman stands guard in front of a badly damaged bus at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on tuesday. aGEnCiEs

Preparation of 768,000 passports ends backlog: dG ISLAMABAD aPP

Passport and immigration Director General (DG) Zulifqar cheema on Tuesday said 768,000 passports had been prepared, which had ended the backlog.

“Fifty thousand passports of pilgrims had been sent to relevant stations,” he added. according to a private TV channel, he said the Passport and immigration Office had prepared 182,000 passports for overseas Pakistanis, adding that the office would issue passports against urgent fees within a week, adding that passports against normal fees would be issued within a month. He was of the view that steps were being taken to improve the performance of the Passport and immigration Office.

‘Pakistan to boost cooperation with uk to curb crime’ ISLAMABAD: interior Minister chaudhry nisar ali Khan on Tuesday said cooperation with the UK would be enhanced to address issues including terrorism, narcotics, money laundering, organised crime and immigration issues. a British delegation, led

by British High commissioner in Pakistan adam Thomson, held a meeting with the interior minister. nisar sought British assistance in the field of forensics not only for the Punjab administration but also for the Federal Government. aPP

Zardari, Nawaz pledge support for Bill Gates’ polio eradication initiative ISLAMABAD nni

President asif ali Zardari on Tuesday said that polio eradication remained a top national priority and the programme was being backed by consensus of all political parties.

He was talking to a Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation representative Dr Waqar ajmal. ajmal conveyed Bill Gates’ appreciation of the anti-polio campaign to the president during the meeting.

The president said that sustained efforts would continue to ensure timely polio vaccination drives as envisioned under the national emergency action Plan 2013.

Furthermore, the president said that despite challenges of inaccessibility in certain areas and attacks on polio vaccinators by militants‚ the anti-polio drive continued unabated across the country.

President Zardari further said that such attacks had been strongly condemned by all sections of the society and the entire nation stood united for the cause. He said that the government was ensuring the security of polio workers who were conducting door-to-door campaigns to ensure full coverage of the polio program.

The president noted with satisfac-

tion that the number of polio cases dropped to only 58 last year as compared to 198 in previous year. This year, so far, the reported number of the cases was 14, he said.

He said that ambassador for Polio eradication aseefa Bhutto Zardari was taking a leading role in providing assistance to initiatives aimed at eradicating polio and mobilising masses' support towards this cause.

The president also highlighted the role being played by parliamentarians and the ulema who issued fatwas in favour of the polio eradication initiative.

Dr Waqar ajmal appreciated the efforts being made by the government for eradication of polio from the country.

He also delivered a letter from Bill Gates to the president in which he sought the president's continued support for polio eradication during the transition period. in the letter, Bill Gates said that he would continue to follow Pakistan's progress on polio eradication.

Furthermore, Prime Minister nawaz Sharif reiterated the government's resolve to eradicate fatal diseases like polio in the country.

Waqar ajmal also delivered a letter by Bill Gates to the prime minister, congratulating him for his success in elections. He expressed

the confidence that the new government in Pakistan would lay special emphasis on the immunisation and eradication of fatal diseases including polio.

Bill Gates offered to support Pakistan in the health sector and to extend financial and technical assistance as much as possible.

The prime minister welcomed Bill Gates' offer to provide assistance to Pakistan to control diseases.

Published by Arif Nizami at Qandeel Printing Press, 4 Queens Road, Lahore.

railways withdraws perks given to officials ISLAMABAD aPP

The Ministry of Railways has issued a notification to withdraw all perks and privileges and take back vehicles from officials not entitled to use them. The notification had been issued on the directives of Minister for Railways Saad Rafique after assuming charge, an official told aPP on Tuesday. He said the initiative showed the minister’s seriousness to take further steps to cut Railways losses and put it on track for profitability in future.

azmul haq to step into rasheed’s shoes LAHore naDEEM syED

Punjab government’s newly-appointed adviser azmul Haq is all set to step into Senator Pervez Rasheed’s shoes. Sources in the Punjab government disclosed that the adviser was likely to run the information Department in coming days with Rasheed’s appointment as federal information minister. Haq, originally from showbiz and advertising, is not a well-known figure in the party. But those who know him say that he had been quite active in party meetings for sometime and was often seen with Rasheed. at the provincial secretariat he is considered close to the Sharifs with chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif having great faith in him. Meanwhile, Raja ishfaq Sarwar will not be happy with this decision. He is the party’s provincial secretary general and has been given the Labour Department with a very limited scope and mandate.