LAHORE

JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI secretary general Liaqat Baloch has demanded the government book Gen Pervez Musharraf for Nawab Akbar Bugti?s murder on

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Pakistan’s Taliban have threatened to avenge the death of their leader in a US strike, as experts warned Wednesday of possible attacks by a new leadership keen to prove its strength.

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QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani said Balochistan?s problem is political issue and it should be resolved on priority basis.

Talking to media men here, Raisani said all political parities struggling to get rights for the province should sit together and find out the solution with mutual consent. He said provincial government and coalition government supporting control of locals on resources and provincial autonomy according to the resolution of 1940.

Chief minister said provincial interests never neglected when big projects like Sandak, Recodak and Gwadar seaport inked with foreign companies in the past.

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’’s captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the second and final cricket Test against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club here on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka made three changes from the team that won the first Test in Galle by 202 runs, leaving out all-rounder Angelo Mathews, spinner Ajantha Mendis and seamer Nuwan Kulasekara.

They were replaced by batsman Chamara Kapugedera, seamer Dammika Prasad and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath. The Kiwis retained the same team that lost in Galle.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Tim McIntosh, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Iain O”Brien, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin. 12th man: Daryl Tuffey.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thilan Thushara, Dammika Prasad, Prasanna Jayawardene, Rangana Herath. 12th man: Ajantha Mendis.

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has granted the bail to three sons of Maulana Sufi Mohammad, Ameer of outlawed Tahreek-e-Nifaz Shariat Mohammadi and ordered of their release.

PHC on Tuesday reserved judgement for a day on a writ petition filed by the three sons of Maulana Sufi Mohammad against their detention.

A single bench, comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, reserved judgement in detention case of the three sons of Sufi Mohammad, chief of the banned religious outfit Tanzim Nifaze Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The court may announce the verdict in the case today.

Three sons of Sufi Mohammad namely Ziaullah, Rizwanullah and Hayatullah, who have been kept in the Peshawar Central Prison after they were arrested under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), had challenged their detention in the court.

The petitioners along with Sufi Mohammad were arrested from their residence in Sethi Town on July 22 by the law enforcement agencies. On July 27, they were sent to Peshawar Central Prison under Section 3 of MPO for one month.

Atlas Khan, the counsel for the petitioners, contended that the detainees were sons of Sufi Mohammad, but they are innocent and their arrest on the order of the district coordination officer (DCO), Peshawar, was illegal. He argued that the DCO had issued a stereotyped order lacking any solid grounds for the arrest of the petitioners and there was no threat to public order from the petitioners.

Additional advocate general Fazlur Rehman, however, argued that the detainees were part of a defunct organisation and they were threat to peace. Justice Ejaz Afzal had asked representatives of the DCO and home department to produce any material if they had any against Sufi Mohammad?s sons, but they had failed to do so.

PHC giving its verdict today granted bail to three sons of Sufi Mohammad and ordered to release them.

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SARGODHA: An alleged terrorist has been arrested from Kandian area of Sargodha, Geo News quoted DIG as saying Wednesday.

RPO Javed Islam said the arrested terrorist belong to Miranshah.

The DIG said 120 kilogram of explosives have been recovered from the terrorist.

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BERLIN: United States won the World Athletics Championship while Jamaica came second and Kenya finished third.

On the final day of the event held in Berlin, the US obtained gold medals in men?s and women?s 4X400m relay.

Norway’’s two-time Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen ended his title drought at these championships after two silvers with gold at last. This is Norway?s only gold medal in the championship.

Ethiopian superstar Kenenisa Bekele and Americans LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards won their second gold medals on the final day of the world athletics championships here on Sunday.

Bekele’’s came in the 5,000 metres as he became the first man to do the 5,000-10,000m double, a feat even his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie failed to achieve the one time he tried in 1993.

Merritt and Richards” second titles came in the men’’s and women’’s 400m relays respectively.

There was to be no such joy for Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain who, having taken the 1500m title, failed to repeat his golden performance in the 800m.

That was was won by Mbulaeni Mulaudzi which meant the South Africans swept the 800m after Caster Semenya had won the women’’s equivalent.

Bahrain’’s Maryam Jamal also completed a double, by defending her 1500 metres title, but only after Spaniard Natalia Rodriguez was disqualified after crossing the line first.

The 30-year-old was adjudged to have pushed Ethiopian Gelete Burka down the back stretch sending her crashing to the ground and on seeing the video replay the Spanish team decided not to protest the decision.

Earlier, China had claimed their first ever women’’s marathon world title when Xue Bai had taken gold.

United States, with ten gold medals and 22 medals over all, achieved the first position while Jamaica with the help of seven gold medals finished second.

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ISLAMABAD: A meeting of federal cabinet will be held today to review the project of rented powerhouses import.

The meeting will begin in the afternoon to discuss law and order situation, political issues and economic situation.

According to sources, water and power ministry will present a summary of import of rented powerhouses on immediate basis to resolve power crisis for cabinet?s approval. The cabinet will also review price hike of essential commodities and sugar crisis.

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Rawalpindi

Deputy Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan Tuesday did not confirm the pre-arrest bail of an accused, Dr Muhamm

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?KARACHI: Australia losing the Ashes and slumping to number four in Test rankings is good for world cricket as it gives other teams the confidence to

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