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CHAIRMAN, Standing Committee on Environment, Senator Humayun Khan Mandokhel has said the environment is the most important issue in the

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HUNZA: Water outflow from Attabad Lake has exceeded inflow, causing the water level to slide by 2.5 inch in the lake.

Water outflow has crossed 5000 cusec which is the current rate of inflow at the landslide-created lake and it is being viewed as a positive development.

The melting of glaciers has also witnessed increase due to the rising temperature.

Continual monitoring of water inflow into the lake is being undertaken from Phassu area.

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DG KHAN/MULTAN: While the prime minister?s brother, Syed Ahmad Mujtaba Gilani, won the by-polls from PP-206 Jalalpur Pirwala, a Pakistan Muslim League

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Minister In-Charge of Information Technology and Telecommunication Latif Khosa has suspended Electronic Government Directorate?s (EGD

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NEW DELHI: India’’s cricket chiefs on Monday allowed veteran Sachin Tendulkar to skip the upcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, while Yuvraj Singh was dropped from the 15-man squad.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will captain India in the four-nation limited-overs tournament against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in Dambulla from June 15 to 24.
Tendulkar, 37, has not played for India since February 24, when he hit an unprecedented double-century in a one-day international against South Africa in Gwalior.
The world’’s most prolific Test and one-day batsman turned out for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in March-April, before being rested for a tri-series in Zimbabwe also featuring Sri Lanka.
“Tendulkar requested the board not to consider him for the Asia Cup as he wanted to spend time with his children in view of the hectic cricket season ahead,” BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.
Left-hander Yuvraj was axed after scoring just 74 runs in five matches in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean in April-May, where India failed to make the semi-finals.
In five one-day internationals this year, Yuvraj has managed only 96 runs, 74 of them coming in one match against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.
Six players who were rested for the Zimbabwe tri-series — Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra — are back for the Asia Cup.
The second-string Indian team did not qualify for the final in Zimbabwe after losing twice to the hosts and once to Sri Lanka.
Attacking left-hand batsman Saurabh Tiwary, 20, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, is the only new face in the squad.
Indian squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Saurabh Tiwary.

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ISLAMABAD: The 53rd National Badminton Championship will be played from June 27 to July 3 at Islamabad.

Spokesman of the Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) said that more than 200 players from the affiliated units of the PBF will take part in the championship, to be held under the Islamabad Badminton Association.

Contests of men?s singles, men?s doubles, ladies singles, ladies doubles, mixed doubles, veteran singles and veteran doubles will be held in the event.

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RAIWIND: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif criticized the federal budget saying it would make the common man to further buckle under the burden of price hike, Geo News reported Monday.

Addressing the party seniors here, he said the strategy to meet deficit worth Rs700 billion with the borrowings, would lead the national economy to slide down the steep.

It is only through the adoption of the inexpensive energy resources that the ends relating poverty alleviation and employment opportunities could be achieved, he believed.

Mian Nawaz said the federal budget would further ramp up the burden of price hike on the public and resultantly, the problems faced by the poor, would snowball.

The PML-N chief said the federal government did nothing positive and concrete to bring the economy back on track in actuality, adding the betterment could be infused into national economy by acting on strategy of self-reliance sans loans.

Sharif also directed Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to make the budget of the province people-friendly in letter and spirit.

Nawaz Sharif directed Shahbaz regarding the recent terror wave in Punjab, adding those responsible for the incidents be handed over to the Law.

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ROME: Russian beach footballers have won the European Cup edging out Portugal 6-4 in the final game played in Rome on Sunday.
The competition brought together Europe’’s eight leading outfits showcasing their skills on a sand at the city’’s ancient Coliseum circus.
The result came as a surprise, with other nations such as hosts Italy, France and finalists Portugal all historical heavyweights on the sandy surface.

But after a tough 36 minutes of action it was the Russians who were celebrating.

The Portuguese outfit, who previously won the trophy for six times ? more than any other nation ? kept pace with the underdogs right up until the final third.

But Russia?s top man Aleksey Makarov hit a late brace to secure a 6-4 win for his country.

Host nation Italy finished third in the tournament.

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