Mohammad Yousuf hit a fluent century on his return to big-time cricket to put Pakistan ahead in the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.

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GALLE, Sri Lanka: Teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamer led Pakistan?s spirited new-look attack to bowl out Sri Lanka for 292 on the opening day of the f

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Karachi

Pakistan Peoples? Party (PPP) will observe Black Day on Sunday (today) in memory of the day when the elected government of the PPP foun

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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shahhas said that 5th July is darkest day in the history of Pakistan.

On this day late Gen Ziaul Haq overthrew the elected government of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and seized fundamental rights of people by amending constitution, he said.

“General Zia divided people in sects by raising slogan of Islamic system in the country and pitched people to fight on religion and ethnic basis. He also gave the country gifts of Kalashnikovs heroin. He destabilized all national institutions and plunged the country into darkness,” said Qaim Ali Shah in a message on the eve of a ”Black Day” being observed by PPP on July 5.

Qaim Ali Shah said that Zia also deprived people of their basic rights but PPP workers under the dynamic leadership of Benazir Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto carried out massive struggle against the dictatorship of General Zia and undergone imprisonment. They fought Zia dictatorship with bravery and courage and established a new example of struggle, he said.

CM said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was not only the leader of oppressed people of Pakistan but also of Asia. It was Bhutto who quit the foreign ministry and launched a great struggle against dictators and anti-state elements.

He said that Gen Zia toppled the Bhutto regime and promised to hold elections within three months but he backed out of his promise, extended his tenure, implicated Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a false case and separated him from people by hanging him. Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that it was the mistake of dictator Zia that people will soon forget their leader, who lives in the hearts of people.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that it was Bhutto who shifted politics from drawing rooms to streets, fields, factories and gave voice to the oppressed people. Bhutto also taught people how to get their rights. The services of Shaheed Bhutto rendered for the nation would be remembered for ever. He said that Bhutto gave the country the great gift of the constitution of 1973.

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Islamabad

The portrayal of the most glorifying human emotion of compassion and love as the core element to fight extremism and hatred was at th

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PESHAWAR: SSP Coordination Peshawar Qazi Jamil has said that search operation is being carried out in Hayatabad on the second consecutive day in which, so far, 20 suspects have been arrested.

Talking to Geo News, Qazi Jamil said the search operation is being conducted in Phase-5 and 6 of Hayatabad.

The arrested are being investigated while the operation will continue for a few more days, he said.

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Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to test cricket with a century that helped Pakistan to a 50-run first innings lead against Sri Lanka on the second day of the first cricket test on Sunday.

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GALLE: Mohammad Yousaf announced his comeback to test cricket with a composed 82 not out Sunday as he steadied Pakistan’’s innings against Sri Lanka in a 139-run stand for the fifth wicket with Misbah-ul-Haq.

Resuming after lunch on the second day of the first test at120-4, Yousaf and Misbah made steady headway before Misbah was dismissed just before tea. At the interval, Pakistan was 225-5 and trailing Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first innings.

Yousaf’’s 115-ball innings included seven boundaries while Misbahwas caught by Mahela Jayawardene at slip off left-arm spinner Rangana Herath for 56 runs facing 128 balls with nine boundaries.

Pakistan’’s most senior batsman, Yousaf had been away from test cricket for 19 months after he signed up with the Indian Cricket League. But he was recalled by the authorities to tour Sri Lanka after he broke links with the controversial league.

Having restricted Sri Lanka to 292 on the first day, the visitors made a nervous start losing opener Sulman Butt in the second ball ofthe innings bowled by seamer Nuwan Kulasekera. Left-arm seamer Thilan Thushara trapped Khurram Manzoor lbw for two runs to leave the visitors on 15-2 at stumps.

However, a responsible 50-run partnership between night-watchman Abdur Rauf and captain Younis Khan prevented a slide.

Rauf, making his test debut, belied his lack of experience, making 31 before nicking Kulasekera to wicketkeeper Tillakaratne Dilshan with the total on 55.

Debutant Sri Lanka seamer Anjelo Mathews then dismissed Khan (25)via a catch to Dilshan, claiming his first test wicket and leaving the visitors on a precarious 80-4 before Yousaf and Misbah combined.

Kulasekera returned the best bowling figures with 2-44 while left-arm seamer Thushara, Mathews and spinner Rangana Herath bagged a wicket each.

Opener Tharanga Paranavitana top-scored for Sri Lanka with 72runs as Pakistan’’s new-look bowling attack that included three debutants performed admirably to restrict the hosts” much-vanuted lineup to a modest total.

Mohammad Aamer, 17, returned the best figures for Pakistan with3-74 while Rauf recorded 2-59. Offspinner Saeed Ajmal and Khan also captured two wickets apiece.

The test is the first between the sides since a deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team and its security convoy during a test in Lahore in March.

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KASOOR: An unknown man abducted a 6-year old girl in Allahabad area of Kasoor and subjected her to sexual assault.

The girl is now , presently under treatment at the ICU of a children?s hospital,

Mumahhand Hanif, father of the young girl, Anisa, said that she was playing outside the house when an unknown man appeared and enticed her into going with him into the fields where he raped her.

A passerby spotted the girl lying in the fields and informed at her house.

Muhammad Hanif has appealed that the perpetrator of the crime be awarded an exemplary punishment.

According to the girl?s doctor, her condition is now better and that she will be discharged in a couple of days.

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Mohammad Yousuf hit a fluent century on his return to top level cricket to put Pakistan ahead in the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.

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