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5 more perish in Karachi killing spree
Death toll in Quetta firing incidents reaches 6
Zardari welcomes emergency OIC summit
SC to resume contempt law case hearing today
Five including two policemen shot dead in Quetta
'Balochistan unrest turning into uprising'
Passenger takes a big bite out of his bus seat
Austrian admits making up story to get rid of snake
3 Russian women face punk-prayer protest against Putin
Recent power crisis due to technical fault: Kaira
50 more peacocks die in Sanghar
Shooter Kim Rhode wins gold medal in women skeet
UN human rights envoy arrives in Myanmar
Protests erupt across Punjab against Power outages
Security of foreign projects in Punjab not satisfactory

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According to police, some unidentified persons entered a house in Korangi No 4 and shot dead a couple and their nephew while another man was severely injured. In Malir, a tailor named Muzammil was shot dead for not paying extortion money while a youth was gunned down near New Sabzi Mandi. In other incidents of violence, four people were injured while resisting robbery attempts in Sarjani and Malir localities of the city. Meanwhile, East Range police have arrested 25 persons while seven persons were arrested during operations in Malir Khokara Par and Sir Syed Town areas. Police also recovered arms and drugs from accused. Predy Police have also arrested seven extortionists. On the other it was revealed that now the extortion money is being collected on phone calls from other countries. According to sources, more than 200 people have received phone calls from other countries to pay extortion money.

Death toll in Quetta firing incidents reaches 6

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According to police, some unidentified persons shot dead a man in Kali Ismail, raising the death toll in firing related incident to six in a single day. Earlier, some armed men entered into a shop and gunned down shopkeeper Muhammad Sadam near Farooq Mills at Arbab Karam Khan Road. Police said that the accused entered the shop with an intention of robbery and killed the shopkeeper over resistance. The accused looted money and fled from the scene. In another incident, some unknown people opened fire and killed Jalaluddin and Mohibullah who were sitting in front of their house near Poad Gali Chowk at Sabzal Road. The third incident occurred at Jail Road where some unidentified people opened fire on two policemen including Muhammad Sadiq and Muhammad Asif who were deputed outside a mosque. Sadiq died on the spot while Muhammad Asif succumbed to his injuries at hospital. Police and security forces cordoned off the area after the incident and launched search operation to arrest the accused while the dead bodies were shifted to Bolan Medical Complex.

Zardari welcomes emergency OIC summit

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In an interview with with a Saudi newspaper ‘Okaz’, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistani government is working to strengthen the Pakistan-Saudi relations in all areas. He said these relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are gaining a strategic nature because of its depth of historical and Islamic considering that the two countries have deep Islamic bonds. President Asif Ali Zardari welcomed Saudi king Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz plans to hold an emergency OIC summit on the 27th of Ramazan to discuss issues of concern to the Muslim Ummah. Saudi king Abdullah has invited many Muslim leaders to attend the summit Aug 14-15, on the 27th day of the holy month of Ramazan.

SC to resume contempt law case hearing today

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The five-member bench of Supreme Court (SC), comprising Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Jawad S Khawaja and Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jilani will resume the hearing of more than 18 identical petitions challenging the Contempt of Court Act 2012 today. During the previous SC declared that during parliamentary debate, the constitutional clauses were not kept in mind. He said it is not known that why this law has been promulgated.

Five including two policemen shot dead in Quetta

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According to police, the first incident occurred near Farooq Mills at Arbab Karam Khan Road where some armed men entered into a shop and gunned down shopkeeper Muhammad Sadam. Police said that the accused entered the shop with an intention of robbery and killed the shopkeeper over resistance. The accused looted money and fled from the scene. In another incident, some unknown people opened fire and killed Jalaluddin and Mohibullah who were sitting in front of their house near Poad Gali Chowk at Sabzal Road. The third incident occurred at Jail Road where some unidentified people opened fire on two policemen including Muhammad Sadiq and Muhammad Asif who were deputed outside a mosque. Sadiq died on the spot while Muhammad Asif succumbed to his injuries at hospital. Police and security forces cordoned off the area after the incident and launched search operation to arrest the accused while the dead bodies were shifted to Bolan Medical Complex.

'Balochistan unrest turning into uprising'

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According to Dunya News the members of the cabinet expressed their serious concern over the Balochistan situation in a meeting with the prime minister. The law minister said that the federal government can give directions to the Balochistan government. Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said if the Supreme Court gave verdict against the government in the missing persons case there can be problems. The defence minister said many players had entered the Balochistan game, adding discriminatory treatment with the Balochs must come to an end. According to sources, the ministers suggested the PM to hold negotiations with the disgruntled Baloch sardars. The prime minster assured the cabinet members that a solution to Balochistan problem would be found soon.

Passenger takes a big bite out of his bus seat

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A passenger on the number 12 in Devon took a big bite out of his leather bus seat – and police have released a CCTV image of a suspect they’d like to speak to. It’s not known whether the hungry traveller gulped down the upholstery or if he d bitten off more than he could chew, but it caused £200 worth of damage. The suppertime snack took place at around 8.20pm on 25 May on a Stagecoach bus at Torbay Road in the resort of Paignton. A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: “While travelling between Paignton and Torquay on a number 12 bus, a male passenger started chewing the leather seat he was sat on and continued to pick at the hole with his hand to make further damage. Around £200 of damage was caused." Meanwhile a spokeswoman for Stagecoach told The Guardian the passenger had been on the bus for 20 minutes before his meal on the move. She added: "It s not the case that he ate the whole seat.” Police described the suspect as male, late teens to early 20s, 5ft 9ins tall, of stocky build. He has short dark hair and was wearing a dark coloured T-shirt and light coloured jeans. Anyone who recognises the suspect is asked to contact police on 101, quoting crime reference FP/12/1659, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

Austrian admits making up story to get rid of snake

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He said he discovered on a riverbank has admitted he made up the story to get rid of a pet snake he found too big to handle, an animal rescue group says. "It turns out he could not get to grips with the snake and wanted to get rid of it this way," said Susanne Hemetsberger, head of the Austrian Animal Protection Association. The owner handed over the reptile to an animal shelter. She said in hindsight the tale originally told by the Salzburg man, who has not been identified, that he had happened upon and bagged the 7-kg (15.5-pound) boa last week, seemed suspicious. "No passer-by who isn t familiar with snakes would ever grab a boa constrictor. On the contrary, they would scream, run away and call the police," she said. The man has two other two-meter snakes that he wants to give away as well, Hemetsberger said. "The snake owner dished up one lie after another and I hope he gets the proper punishment for this. He can t just release a snake and then pose as its finder," she said, calling for curbs on the sale of exotic pets that inexperienced owners often find overwhelming.

3 Russian women face punk-prayer protest against Putin

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The trial of the activists - from the band  Pussy Riot  - should show how much power the resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and its head, Patriarch Kirill, wields. He has called the "punk prayer" blasphemy, casting it as part of a sinister anti-clerical campaign. Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, were jailed in late February after taking to the altar of Moscow s Christ the Saviour Cathedral and belting out a song calling on the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out". The plight of the three women, two of whom have young children, has made headlines in the West. Governments and rights groups, as well as musicians such as Sting and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, have expressed concern about the trial, reflecting doubts that Putin - who is serving his third presidential term and could be in power until 2024 - will become more tolerant of dissenting voices. Symbolically, the trial will take place in the same Moscow courthouse where jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was found guilty of stealing his own oil in a trial in 2010 that many Western politicians said looked like a crude Kremlin attempt to keep a man it saw as a political threat behind bars. Charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility, the women face up to seven years in prison if convicted - a punishment rights groups say would be grossly disproportionate no matter what the law says. Pussy Riot, who say they were inspired by 90s-era feminist U.S. punk bands Bikini Kill and Riot Grrl, burst onto the scene this winter with angry lyrics and envelope-pushing performances, including one on Red Square that went viral on the Internet. The collective, who say they average 25 years of age, see themselves as the avant-guard of a disenchanted generation that is looking for creative ways to show its dissatisfaction with Putin s 12-year dominance of the political landscape. The all-girl group has no lead singer, and, in order that anyone may join, its members don multi-colored balaclavas, which have become its trademark. They numbered five when they formed in November but later expanded to ten members, though there have been no performances in Russia since their bandmates  arrest. The unsanctioned performance that prompted the arrest of three of their members offended many believers in predominantly Orthodox Christian Russia, where the church has enjoyed a huge revival since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. But while some two-thirds of the country s 142 million people are considered Russian Orthodox, the number of practicing churchgoers is far smaller in a nation where the legacy of decades of official atheism looms large. Patriarch Kirill has said the church was "under attack by persecutors" and has encouraged pro-church demonstrations including a procession to Christ the Saviour in April. The defendants  supporters say the charges are politically-motivated. The performance, a protest against the church s support for Putin, was part of a lively protest movement that at its peak saw 100,000 people turn out for rallies in Moscow, some of the largest in Russia since the demise of the USSR. The stunt was designed to highlight the close relationship between the Church and former KGB officer Putin, then prime minister, whose campaign to return to the presidency in a March 4 election was backed clearly, if informally, by Patriarch Kirill. Putin won easily - amid opposition claims of some vote rigging - and remains popular. But the protests exposed the vulnerabilities of a leader who often plays to a silent majority of supporters with shows of strength and promises of stability while frustrating middle-class voters in big cities. Rights activist Alexeyeva, 85, said she was certain the women would be convicted, because to clear them would embarrass both church and state and cast doubt over the grounds for their jailing. The trial comes as Putin is trying to rein in his opponents and forestall potential challenges. He has signed laws tightening controls on foreign-funded civil rights groups and sharply raised fines for violations of public order at street rallies.

Recent power crisis due to technical fault: Kaira

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Talking to media&sbquo; Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said that electricity demand has increased due to rising temperature but the government is focused to overcome the situation. Kaira said that the recent power crisis is due to technical reasons triggered by windstorm in Muzaffargarh that will be overcome in two days. He said Guddu power plant will also resume operation soon that will help improve the situation.

50 more peacocks die in Sanghar

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The number of peacocks’ deaths has reached 155 as 50 more peacocks died in Sanghar on Sunday. Ranikhet virus has started spreading in other cities of Sindh after a large number of peacocks died in Mitthi and its adjacent areas. Meanwhile, the Punjab government has imposed a ban on baying of peacocks for Punjab zoos from Sindh. It is negligence of the Game Warden and Wildlife Department, the peacock breeders in Sanghar had no information about vaccination against the disease and they are still using the poultry vaccine.

Shooter Kim Rhode wins gold medal in women skeet

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Rhode, a medallist in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing, destroyed the field at the Royal Artillery Barracks, never looking remotely in danger under cloudy skies in south London. China s Wei Ning won silver with Danka Bartekova of Slovakia taking bronze after a shoot-off. But the competition was a procession for Rhode -- who then warned her rivals she had no intention of retiring. Rhode, 33, won golds in women s double trap in Atlanta in 1996 and in Athens in 2004, taking bronze in the event in Sydney in 2000. She switched to skeet full-time when women s double trap was discontinued as an Olympic event after Athens, and grabbed silver in the discipline four years ago in Beijing. "One got away but everyone misses every now and then," said a delighted Rhode. "I know that I felt very comfortable in that final round and through the match and was really ready. I felt that I had done everything I could and there wasn t anything more and I was just going to let the chips lay where they may." "It s just been an incredible journey and ultimately I couldn t be happier for bringing home the gold for the United States," she added. Speaking about her American first, she said: "I don t think it s hit me yet. I m sure later on tonight that the record and everything that represents (will hit me). Right now I m just focusing on my second event... and hopefully we ll be looking at 2016. I m not looking at this being my last Olympics." "I can go on for a very long time," added Rhode. "That s the beauty of shooting. It s something you can do. It s not a flash-in-the-pan type thing. I definitely don t see any end in sight." After a bright start to the day, storms swept across the temporary venue but the rain held off for the final, where Rhode finished with 99 hits out of 100 of the fast-moving clay pigeon targets. Wei was a distant second with 91 hits, while Bartekova was involved in a shoot-off for bronze after she finished level on 90 hits with Russia s Marina Belikova. Rhode came top in the qualifying competition, hitting 74 targets out of 75 to notch a new Olympic record. Skeet requires competitors to hit a clay target moving away from them. The top six shooters from the qualification go into the final, where they fire a further 25 targets, with the scores added to their qualifying tally. Rhode s build-up to the London Games was hit when flight problems forced her to miss her team s training camp in Denmark, and when her four-month-old puppy ate her plane ticket.

UN human rights envoy arrives in Myanmar

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Tomas Ojea Quintana arrived Sunday night for a one-week evaluation visit during which he will meet government officials, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society representatives and others concerned with human rights. He is expected to visit Yangon s notorious Insein prison and travel to northwestern Rakhine state where at least 78 people were killed in communal violence involving a Muslim minority. Quintana s evaluation is likely to be regarded as a yardstick for measuring reforms undertaken by elected President Thein Sein after decades of repressive military rule.

Protests erupt across Punjab against Power outages

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Enraged residents staged violent protest in several cities against long hours of power outages during holy month of Ramzan. In Lahore, residents of Dharampura area staged a protest against electricity, gas and water loadshedding and shouted anti-govt slogans on a drum beat while the residents of Shahdara blocked the main road by burning tyres. In Sheikhupura, protesters blocked Lahore-Faisalabad Road while the angry demonstrators in Tandliyanwala broke the windscreens of a police van. In Jehlum, protesters blocked GT Road in protest against loadshedding during Sehar and Iftar timings. The protesters also attacked grid station. In Multan, loadshedding-stricken porters blocked the roads by burning tyres. They also chanted slogans against government. The residents of Pakpattan blocked the road at Chowk Jamal and protested against long hours’ unannounced loadshedding. Police baton charged the protesters and used tear gas and to disperse them while the demonstrators hurled bricks on the cops due to which four police officials received injuries.

Security of foreign projects in Punjab not satisfactory

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Dunya News has obtained a report prepared by senior officers of Punjab Police and the civil administration that reveals that security of foreign projects in Punjab is under threat. According to the report the foreign nationals are engaged in 193 projects in Punjab out of which 173 projects’ security is not satisfactory. In Lahore security of all 40 foreign projects is unsatisfactory while 35 out of 37 foreign projects in Faisalabad face security threats. In Rawalpindi only 8 out of 31 ongoing projects have satisfactory security situation while security of 23 projects is unsatisfactory. Likewise, the security of foreign projects is not satisfactory in different cities including Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan. After the concerns published in the report, the police officers and the civil administration have been directed to increase and improve the security of foreign projects in Punjab.

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