PESHAWAR: Pakistan security officials have apprehended a twenty-year young U.S. national from the restive tribal area in Pakistan bordering Afghanistan while he was trying to enter into Pakistani tribal area illegally here on Monday, police said.According to police sources, the suspect was trying to enter into Pakistan through Afghan boarder illegally as he was not equipped with his passport and could not satisfy security officials about his motive to stroll into Pakistan.Police is investigating the suspect meanwhile U.S. embassy did not confirm the report.

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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilan expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of PML (Q) MNA Mir Nasrullah Khan Bijarani. In separate messages the President and the Prime Minister paid rich tributes to the veteran politician for his services for the cause of democracy. Nasrullah Bijarani who was elected from Jacobabad passed away today due to cardiac arrest. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani in their condolence messages prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage and fortitude to the members of the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss. The Prime Minister also directed that his plane be used for carrying the body to Sukkur and asked the local administration to facilitate its journey all the way to his hometown.

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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said Pakistan and Turkey were tied in strong political and bilateral ties that would further strengthen in the times ahead. He was talking to Ambassador of Turkey Rauf Engin Soysal who called on the President here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The President underlined the importance of strong relationship between Pakistan and Turkey and said that the two countries enjoyed deep level of friendship and vowed to further expand it to cover all areas of bilateral cooperation. The Ambassador said that Turkey considers people of Pakistan as brothers and wants Pakistan to be a strong and prosperous country. He also underscored the need for strengthening economic and trade ties between Pakistan and Turkey.

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DUBAI: Umpire review system, possibility of an “enhanced” Test championship and Indian Cricket League’’s impending plea for recognition will top the agenda when the ICC Board gathers here for a two-day meeting starting tomorrow.The ICC Board will review a report on the umpire decision review system, which was put on trial during the India-Sri Lanka Test series earlier this year.”If it deems it appropriate, the Board will nominate four series for further trials of the system between now and the meeting of the ICC’’s Cricket Committee, due to take place in April or May next year,” the governing body said in a statement.Besides, the Board will also consider revamping the Future Tours Programme after the current FTP ends in 2012.”With the current FTP due to finish in May 2012, the ICC Board will discuss the concept of an alternative structure to bilateral tours, including the possibility of an enhanced Test championship.”The concept is something that has been previously looked into by both the Chief Executives” Committee and the ICC Board during meetings in Dubai in June/July and September,” the ICC said.The postponed Champions Trophy in Pakistan would also be on the agenda and ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat will brief the Board on how the event can be slotted into the FTP next year.The ICL’’s plea for recognition will also be discussed with ICC President David Morgan scheduled to report to the Board on his discussions with the rebel league’’s owner Subhash Chandra.

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KARACHI: Karachi stock market closed positive on a little buying in a tier-two scrip on Monday.The KSE 100-share Index gained 2.89 points or 0

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SINGAPORE: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has bought thirteen 65,000-tonne cargoes of October-to-January delivery fuel oil via tender, with options for four

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KARACHI: Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis has accepted an offer from the England and Wales Cricket Board to tour India with their academy team as a bowling consultant. “They asked me if I could accompany their academy team which is going to tour a work with young bowlers,” Waqar said in Toronto where he is commentating on the four-nation Twenty20 tournament. “They felt that with my experience of subcontinent pitches and having played in India I would be able to play a part in developing their bowlers,” he said. Pakistan’’s former leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has also accepted a role as bowling consultant with the ECB for next year. Waqar said he was willing to work as a coach with the Pakistan team if the right offer was made to him. “I have a lot of respect for the new Chairman, Ejaz Butt. He is a good man and I will speak to him. If he has something in mind I will definitely consider a coaching position with the team,” the former captain said. Waqar stepped down as bowling coach of the Pakistan team before the 2007 World Cup after differences with the former Chairman Nasim Ashraf. Meanwhile, the former Pakistan captain also had a word of advice for Shoaib Akhtar, who, he felt, could play for another three years. “Shoaib has always been a quality bowler and he can play for another three years but he has to look after himself and pay lot of attention on his fitness. He will have to readjust his bowling priorities as well to continue playing at the international level,” Waqar said.

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KarachiA seven-member delegation of a non-government fishermen organisation of India arrived in Karachi to visit their community members langu

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ISLAMABAD: A mysterious five per cent service charge on about 80 million pre-paid customers was imposed, the PTA and cellular companies have confirmed

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ISLAMABAD: Clashes between Taliban militants and security forces killed 51 people, including 47 militants in a volatile region on the border with Afghanistan, officials said Monday. Fighting is spreading across Pakistan’’s northwest as the government tries to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters blamed for attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The army media centre in the restive Swat valley said security forces traded fire with Taliban fighters all day in Khwajakhela, with 25 militants and two military personnel killed. Three other security personnel were wounded. Pakistan’’s military has been fighting Taliban militants in the valley. Security forces fired mortar and artillery rounds at militants in the Charmang area of the Bajur region overnight, killing nine insurgents, government official Jamil Khan said. Pakistan’’s military operations have drawn praise from US officials worried about the escalating insurgency in Afghanistan. However, the violence threatened to further destabilize nuclear-armed Pakistan and deter badly needed foreign investment just as it wrestles with mounting economic problems.

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