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20 militants killed during attack on Salala check post
Karachi: 11 held during Rangers targeted operation
Governors Cup All Pakistan Boxing Cship begins
Cycling: Evans wins Dauphine first stage
CNG Association protests against gas development surcharge
PM for providing jobs to 35,000 Baloch youth
Memo commission sends final report to SC
Saudi Attach torture: ASF refuses to handover accused
Qazi elected president of Milli Yakjehti Council
US terms drone strikes classified operations
Pakistan steadfast over Kashmirs principled stance: Khar
Pakistan steadfast over Kashmirs principled stance: Khar
KSE sheds 119 points, closes at 13,757.91
Local bodies system document be finalised: Zardari
Cucumber an antidote to dehydration

20 militants killed during attack on Salala check post

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According to sources, militants attacked Salala check post in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday morning with heavy weapons. A security official was martyred and three others were injured in the attack. The security forces returned the attack and killed 20 militants and wounded 25 others while the remaing managed to escape.

Karachi: 11 held during Rangers targeted operation

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Rangers conducted targeted operation in different parts of Lyari on Monday night and arrested 11 suspects. According to the sources, the operation was launched on information that Lyari war gang accused were present in the area. Arms were also recovered from the arrested persons. Meanwhile, some unidentified persons threw a dead body in Kalary area of Lyari soon after the Rangers left the area. The identy of the deceased is not yet known.

Governors Cup All Pakistan Boxing Cship begins

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Teams from Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Rangers and four provinces are taking part in the Governor’s Cup All Pakistan Boxing Championship which started at the Lala Aman Sports Complex in Qayyum Stadium Peshawar. Provincial Sports Minister Syed Aqil Shah inaugurated the four-day championship. At least 15 bouts were held different weight categories on the opening day of the championship.

Cycling: Evans wins Dauphine first stage

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Tour de France champion Cadel Evans of Australia won a sprint finish to claim the first stage of the Dauphine Libere race here on Monday, as Britain s Bradley Wiggins took the overall leader s jersey. BMC rider Evans, 35, outsprinted France s Jerome Coppel and Kazakh Andrey Kashechkin over the final 4km in the 187km stage, with Luxembourg s Andy Schleck falling off on the final climb to finish three minutes off the pace. Spain s 2008 Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez sustained a heavy fall but was able to continue riding, in what is a key warm-up race for the Tour de France. The 34-year-old, who was on Friday named in the Spanish team for the London Olympics, came down in a mass crash 47km into the first stage from Seyssins. Sky s Wiggins leads Evans by one second in the overall standings in the race, which saw Australia s Luke Durbridge prevail in Sunday s prologue. Tuesday s second stage covers 160km from Lamastre to Saint-Felicien in the Ardennes.

CNG Association protests against gas development surcharge

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Chairman CNG Association, Ghayas Paracha said that their demands were not met and gas development surcharge has been made part of the finance bill. He said that the CNG pump owners have started protest on the call of the association and the CNG stations in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sahiwal and Multan, which were scheduled to provide gas from Wednesday after three-day loadshedding, will remain shut indefinitely.

PM for providing jobs to 35,000 Baloch youth

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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday appreciated efforts of Pakistan Navy to expeditiously bring Baloch people in national mainstream by providing them opportunities of social and economic progress. Speaking on the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Ormara Cadet College here, the Prime Minister said the government will fully support such initiatives of Pakistan Navy, which are according to its priorities. He said “Education for All and Everywhere” is the basic priority of his government.

Memo commission sends final report to SC

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Briefing journalists on the completion of the commission s probe, Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Eesa, the chairman of the commission, thanked the Attorney General Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq, Deputy Attorney General Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri and other state institutions for facilitating the panel s proceedings. The three-judge commission, headed by Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Eesa, was formed by the Supreme Court in December last year to probe the alleged memo. The commission first meeting was held on January 22, 2012.

Saudi Attach torture: ASF refuses to handover accused

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According to the sources, police have contacted Ministry of Defence in this regard and wrote a letter to ministry. The police sources said that raids would be conducted if cooperation was not extended to arrest the accused. Police said all the officials, including shift in charge, present on duty on the day of incident were nominated in the case.

Qazi elected president of Milli Yakjehti Council

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Former Amir Jamaat-e-Islmai Qazi Hussain Ahmed has been elected President Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC) and former deputy secretary general of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Hafiz Hussain Ahmed has been elected Secretary General of the Council through consensus. For the improvement of Islamic solidarity and cooperation, literary and research work, solution of disputes, and forcing the government for the implementation of the Islamic Ideology Council recommendations four separate commissions have been set up by the council. Four members of each from all the religious parties would be included in the commission; meanwhile the general council has also been announced. The members of the council will include the leaders of Islamic parties, responsible of big seminaries, Sajjada Nasheens of Mazaars and well known Ulema. The leaders of the religious parties and two representatives of these parties will be included in the council; meanwhile the newly elected president of the Milli Yakjehti Council has been given the responsibility of contacting with other parties. During the meeting it was said that for the implementation of the Islamic laws the achievement of implementation power is necessary, adding that most of the population of the country is attacked with the religious seminaries and Dargahs, adding that this force should be united for the achievement of the goals of the creation of Pakistan. The meeting of the Milli Yakjehti Council was held under the Chairmanship of Qazi Hussain Ahmed at the Al-Falah Hall in Islamabad and it was attended by representatives of more than 19 religious parties and leaders of different sects including Islami Tehreek President Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi and JI Secretary General Liaquat Baloch; meanwhile it was decided that beside the big religious parties all sub-organizations of religious parties and prominent Ulema in the Council. It was decided in the meeting that for the legislation under the recommendations of the Islamic Ideology Council the practical struggle would be started; meanwhile the committee for the creation of harmony in different sects has been set up. The meeting also approved the 17 point code of ethics.

US terms drone strikes classified operations

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The US State Department, responding to a question on Monday regarding Pakistani Foreign Office s demand that the drone strikes should be discontinued forthwith, has declined to comment on the subject terming it an "intelligence matter". "I can’t talk specifically about classified operations," said Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson of the US State Department in a briefing. He, however, hinted between the lines without using the exact words that drones were part of the American administration s fight against Al Qaeda in Pakistan and there was still no chance that these operations would be stopped. "Speaking more broadly to your point, as we’ve said many times, we share a common interest with Pakistan when it comes to going after Al Qaeda, and then seeing a stable Pakistan emerge in the region. As we’ve said many times, Pakistan faces a strong core threat from these extremist groups, and we’re committed to cooperating with them in counter-terrorism", he stated. He also refused to confirm reports that senior al-Qaida operative, Abu Yahya al-Libi, was taken out in the drone strike carried out in North Waziristan, in Pakistan s tribal areas. "No. I really can’t. I can’t confirm that," he quipped. On the ongoing negotiations for reopening of NATO supply routes in Pakistan, he said that there was not much headway on this issue. He, however, informed that the US Deputy Secretary of State, Thomas Nides, in cooperation with the Department of Defense, did speak with Pakistan’s Finance Minister, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh over the weekend on this issue. "He once again made our case on why we believe it’s in everyone’s interest to reopen these lines of communication, and we’re going to continue to make that at various levels, that case," the deputy spokesman said. He, however, disagreed that the discussion with the Pakistani Finance Minister was about the financial demands made by the country for reopening g-locks. "We do, obviously, continue to talk to the Pakistani government. This is a government-to-government conversation, and it’s an issue at which we’re engaging the Pakistanis on, as I just said, at a variety of levels," he stressed.  "This is a point that we’re making, an argument that we’re making at every level – the importance of reopening these lines of communication," he added. When asked whether the US administration had got any clarification from Pakistan on Dr. Shakeel Afridi case, he said "we have not yet received any updates.”  “Our position’s been very clear that we don’t think there were ever any grounds to hold him, much less convict him of any wrongdoing," he reiterated the stance voiced by several US officials earlier as well.  When asked to elaborate on the position of US administration, he explained "there was this weird reversal, if you will, last week on which they said, in fact, he was tried – and again, I’m going just off of news reports – because of his ties to the Pakistani Taliban. And we’ve yet to receive from the government, to my understanding or to my knowledge, a clear explanation of that shift." The State Department s deputy spokesman was also asked about another case in Pakistan where a court acquitted four alleged accomplices of Faisal Shahzad, New York s Times Square bombing accused. "I did see that court decision from the weekend. I don’t have a lot to say. I mean, obviously, we want to see the Pakistani Government pursue prosecution in these kinds of cases. But obviously, it was a legal process that took place and a legal decision or a court decision was made," he dilated. When asked whether the US saw any resemblance between this acquittal and Dr Afridi case as a signal from Pakistan to the US, he firmly said that this was not the case. "It’s our understanding that the case proceeded according to Pakistani law," he remarked while referring to the acquittal of Faisal Shahzad s accomplices. "This is a case where the Government of Pakistan brought these individuals to trial for their complicity in this case. There was a trial that took place. Unfortunately, they didn’t win that trial, but we think it’s important that they did pursue justice," he went on to explain further. Mark Toner also expressed ignorance about detention of US diplomats in Peshawar with a large number of weapons in their vehicle. "I’ll take the question. I don’t have any update or information," he observed. - Contributed by Awais Saleem, Dunya News correspondent in Washington, DC

Pakistan steadfast over Kashmirs principled stance: Khar

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Talking to AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed here on Monday, she stressed for peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of Kashmiri people. She also said that Pakistan had already initiated its comprehensive dialogue regarding the core issue with India, as Pakistan believed that a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir could guarantee regional harmony and peace. She briefed the AJK Prime Minister regarding the comprehensive peace dialogue with India, over which he expressed his complete satisfaction. Meanwhile, Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, who embarked on a 7-day tour of UK, also discussed the core issue of Kashmir, overall economic situation of Pakistan, and agenda for his UK tour. He also briefed the foreign minister regarding the development projects, and over all situation of AJK.

Pakistan steadfast over Kashmirs principled stance: Khar

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KSE sheds 119 points, closes at 13,757.91

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It has undermined investor confidence despite the market s positive reaction to Pakistan s budget announcement on Friday, dealers said. The KSE s benchmark 100-share index dropped 0.86 percent, or 119.06 points, to close at 13,757.91 points on volume of 71.87million shares, compared with Friday s close of 13,876.97. "Tumbling global stocks outweighed ... positive budgetary measures," said a dealer at Topline Securities. "Investors preferred to sell stocks amid fear that if regional markets continue to fall, then foreign (investors) may sell in the Pakistan market also." The government announced its budget for the 2012/13 fiscal year on Friday, with an outlay of 3.2 trillion rupees, up 15.8percent from last year. According to budget documents, state resources for FY 12/13are estimated at 2.719 trillion rupees, with tax collection at 1.775 trillion rupees. Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, however, had mentioned the outlay in his Friday speech as 2.96 trillion rupees.

Local bodies system document be finalised: Zardari

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The system should be true representative of the aspirations of the people, said the President. Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad Khan called on President Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi and discussed law and order situation in Sindh particularly in Karachi. President Asif Ali Zardari directed that allied parties should give final shape to the documents of local bodies system. He said that government should take action against criminal-minded elements without any discrimination for restoration of peace and tranquillity in the hub of economy. He also emphasised that special task force should be formed in order to monitor the haphazard incidents. He said that law enforcement agencies and institutes should unanimously prepare a line of action. He said the budget of the province should also be representative of people’s aspirations. President also ordered to do possible arrangements for recovery of hostages.

Cucumber an antidote to dehydration

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With continuous sweat running down your skin, it is important to keep your body hydrated to avoid falling ill. So go ahead, indulge and relish cucumber- the superfood this summer as much as you want, to keep heat at bay. Here are the benefits of cucumber: The peel of Cucumber is a good source of dietary fiber that fights against constipation and keeps colon cancers at bay to some extent. It helps reduce blood pressure and heart rates and acts as a wonder food to check weight loss. Cucumbers act as quick pick-me-up agents thereby providing you the necessary energy after you come back home from that scorching heat. Have that terrible headache? Eat cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up headache free. They also act as quick breath fresheners.