KURRAM AGENCY: Security forces claimed to have killed as many as 7 miscreants during fierce clashed erupted early on Sunday morning here, Geo news reported.
According to preliminary reports, some militants have also been injured in the offensive.
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Trust deficit impeding Pak-US cooperation, says Clinton
Daily Times NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged on Friday that a lack of trust was impeding cooperation between Pakistan and the US, … Hillary Clinton: US to further help Pakistan improve security US not to impose its preferences on Pakistan: Hillary Clinton urges Pakistan to fight Taliban |
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DADU: Senior Sindh Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, who holds the portfolio of education, has said four regional directorates were being established in the
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PERTH, Australia: West Indies? impressive showing in the Adelaide Test did not catch Australia unaware, claims opener Simon Katich.
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SALTA: Pakistan hockey team crushed archrival India by 6-3in the semi final encounter of Champions Challenge Cup, thus qualifying for final to be played with New Zealand, Geo news reported.
Rehan Butt scored 3, Sohail Abbas 2 and Haseem Khan added one goal to Pakistan score as Pakistan managed to take lead in the 3ed minute of the first half ? thanks to Rehan Butt, but it was equalized soon in the 8th minute when Indian team took the advantage of penalty corner.
Rehan Butt and Sohail Abbas again brought Pakistan on the driving seat with back-to-back goals in 29th and 32nd minute of the match taking lead to 3-1 at the close of first half.
The beginning of the second half was too lucky for Pakistan as the team succeeded to make two more goals and took the lead to 5-1, but late India got momentum, scoring two more goals and reducing Pakistan lead to 5-3.
At the dying moments of the match, it was the penalty corner specialist ? Sohail Abbas, who added one more goal on the penalty stroke, which remained decisive until the match was finished.
The final event of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand hockey teams.
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LAHORE: At many as three warehouses were burnt completely as the secondhand cloth market located near railway station caught fire here on Saturday, Geo news reported, but however, the blazes were soon brought under control after short rescue efforts.
According to sources, the fire broke out due to short circuit at Saturday midnight at the back side of market, which engulfed many warehouses in no time however, the rescue teams, breaking the locks of storerooms, soon tamed fire.
Fire brigade sources said as many as five fire tenders participated in rescue efforts while rescue 1122 vehicle arrived on the fire site 20 minutes after the fierce fire had been extinguished.
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NAPIER: Don”t shake your head in disbelief when you look at the scorecard. Daryl Tuffey, who’’s previous highest was 35, almost got his maiden Test hundred as New Zealand gained complete control of the deciding Test in Napier.
It took a really special catch to dismiss Daniel Vettori and Tuffey was left stranded on 80 but by then they had pushed New Zealand far ahead in the contest. Danish Kaneria picked three wickets today to complete a seven-wicket haul but he couldn”t prevent New Zealand from taking a daunting 248-run lead.
Tuffey’’s knock showed it was still a good batting pitch, it said much about Pakistan’’s listless bowling display this morning and also highlighted the mess they have dragged themselves in due to their poor first-innings batting effort. As you would expect on a third-day track like this, Danish Kaneria found some spin and completed his five-for but the morning belonged to Vettori and Tuffey.
Vettori cruised along, using his bottom-hand to flash length deliveries through covers and carve short-of-length deliveries through cover point, and continued, as ever, to improvise without much risk. Like he did so effectively last evening, Vettori teased Pakistan with his well-calculated shuffles.
At times, he moved towards off to flick to square-leg and some times, he would create more room for his cuts by arching back. Pakistan didn”t have anyone with pace to hurry Vettori into making mistakes with such attempts and it took a stunning fielding effort to dismiss him. He drove one well to the left of short extra cover where Umar Akmal flung himself to hold on to very fine catch. Vettori was finally out but Tuffey prolonged Pakistan’’s agony with a fine knock.
Tuffey had a few problems against Kaneria - he was dropped, on 32, by Umar Gul at long-leg off an attempted sweep and survived couple of plausible appeals for lbw - but he looked really solid against the seamers. He handled the short ball without much problem and cut at every opportunity. He brought up the fifty of the partnership and his own half-century with cut shots, and dispatched Kaneria over long-on to add a six to his tally of hits to the fence.
The best shot, though, was a gorgeous on drive that perfectly bisected long-on and long-off. It was a flighted leg break around leg stump; Tuffey leaned forward, took his front leg out of the way and drove it through the line, past the startled bowler. It was a shot that a top-order batsman would have been proud to have pulled off and it not only reflected his confidence but also said much about Pakistan’’s state of mind.
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ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has offered a lucrative contract to one of its hand-picked candidates bypassing the recruitment
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 12 (UPI) — Five U.S. citizens arrested in Pakistan were recruited by an insurgent leader who hoped they would kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, investigators say.
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Qaeda denies killing civilians in Pakistan
Daily Times CAIRO: Al Qaeda issued a new English-language video on Saturday denying it was behind a series of bombings in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of … To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East Al-Qaeda 'not behind Pakistan bloodshed': US militant Top al-Qaeda planner apparently killed in Pakistan |
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