ISLAMABAD: Dozens of villages submerged in flooding in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur as the floodwater destroyed standing crops at thousand acres while the Chinese staffs, working on Kachchi Canal Project, are being evacuated amid other villagers from the affected areas by helicopters.According to Geo news, Rajanpur Administration has started relief operation for evacuating the flood-marooned people from the affected areas. The Administration has set up relief camps at seven different places across the district, where the flood struck people are being provided with food. The flood hit over 160 villages inundating the standing crops and houses and compelling over 6,000 people leaving their homes for safer places. A young man was washed away by the onrush of floods at Meoka village near Dajal, while the breach that had occurred in the Dajal Canal has been bridged and the water supply from Taunsa Sharif to the Canal has been halted. The waves of floods have entered into Qasba Londi Saida near Jampur and heading towards Hajipur and Fazilpur. The Administration has cautioned the people in the area. Meanwhile, in Muhammadpur and Jampur areas of Rajanpur district several villages were submerged and large scale of standing crops were destroyed. The flood flow also affected 15-kilometer portion of the Kachhi Canal and construction machinery was also destroyed.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka: Teenager Ishant Sharma gave a superb display of fast bowling to help India square the series with a 170-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test here on Sunday.Sharma finished with 3-20 off 15 testing overs as Sri Lanka were shot out for 136 in their second innings in the closing session on the fourth day chasing a challenging 307-run target.India lost the opening match of the three-Test series by an innings and 239 runs. The final match starts in Colombo on August 8.Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (4-51) and leg-spinner (2-41) built on Sharma’’s effort to help their team win with more than a day to spare.Harbhajan, who took six wickets in the first innings, completed his fifth haul of 10 or more wickets in a Test.The 19-year-old Sharma wrecked Sri Lanka’’s top order with two quick wickets in a sharp opening spell before returning to break a stubborn partnership in his second spell.Sri Lanka were on the backfoot following Sharma’’s double-strike before collapsing against spin late in the day. The hosts lost their last five wickets for just six runs, with Harbhajan taking three and Kumble two.The hosts began the chase on a disastrous note as they lost three wickets for a meagre 10 runs in the opening four overs, with Sharma taking two and left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan one.India’’s spinners were expected to call the shots on a wearing track but the tourists seized the advantage through their fast bowlers as Sharma unsettled the batsmen with his pace and bounce and Zaheer with his movement.Thilan Samaraweera (67 not out) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (38) alone defied the Indian pace-spin combination with a 76-run stand for the fifth wicket.
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IslamabadConsistent and sustained capacity building of all members within media institutions including reporters, editors or producers on gend
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LAHORE: India?s kabaddi team will reach Lahore on Monday evening to play a series of six matches against Pakistan.The team is reaching Lahore by train.The first match of the series will be played on August 7 in Multan, second on August 9 in Chishtian, third on August 10 in Pak Pattan, fourth on August 12 in Faisalabad, fifth on August 14 in Islamabad and the sixth match will be played on August 16.
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KarachiCity Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the hard work and better management by the Haq Parast leadership has resulted in trouble-fr
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IslamabadThe Department of Archaeological and Museums has been actively working on various projects for restoring archaeological sites and his
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Islamabad, Aug 3 : At least 10 Taliban militants were killed Sunday in an operation by security forces in northwest Pakistan’s Swat Valley, a media report said.
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