| Rawalpindi: Kids among 40 injured as swing falls in Kallar Syedan Posted: RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – At least 40 people, mostly children, were injured when a swing fell during a fair to mark the Urs of Hazrat Masoom Shah in Kallar Syedan near Rawalpindi.The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where most of the wounded persons were discharged after treatment. Police reached the spot and arrested owner and operator of the swing.  |
| Nawaz phones Modi, thanks him for extending well wishes Posted: LONDON (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday and thanked him for extending well wishes ahead of his surgery, Dunya News reported.During the telephonic talk, Narendra Modi wished Nawaz Sharif a speedy recovery.Narendra Modi had on Saturday extended best wishes to Nawaz Sharif. My best wishes to PM Nawaz Sharif Sahab for his open heart surgery on Tuesday. And for his speedy recovery & good health, Modi tweeted.On the other hand Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned PM Nawaz and conveyed best wishes ahead of his open-heart surgery. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon also extended well wishes to PM Nawaz.  |
| PM Nawaz to undergo open-heart surgery in London today Posted: LONDON (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will undergo open-heart surgery in a London hospital today (Tuesday). The name of the hospital has been kept secret due to security concerns, Dunya News reported.The world renowned surgeons will perform the surgery. Sources said that PM Nawaz surgery will start at 12:00 noon PST. The premier will remain in intensive care unit (ICU) for 24 hours after his surgery after which he will be moved to a hospital room where he will stay for two weeks.According to prime minister’s spokesman Musaddiq Malik, decision of PM Nawaz’s return to country will be made after consultation with his doctors.On the other hand, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will look after the government affairs in PM’s absence.Meanwhile, PM’s grandson and other family members have thanked nation for extending well wishes and prayers ahead of Nawaz Sharif surgery.Earlier on Monday, PM Nawaz telephoned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked him for extending well wishes. Presidents of Turkey, Russia and Tajikistan conveyed best wishes to PM Nawaz ahead of his open-heart surgery.  |
| Cook looks ahead after breaking 10,000 barrier Posted: CHESTER-LE-STREET (AFP) - England captain Alastair Cook was already looking ahead after becoming the youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs during the course of his sides series-clinching win over Sri Lanka at the Riverside on Monday.Cook, who started the day needing five more runs to bring up his 10,000, reached the landmark when he clipped Nuwan Pradeep for four through mid-wicket.That left-handed opener finished on 47 not out as England won the second Test with more than a day to spare, a victory that put them 2-0 up in the three-match series.Cook is the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs and at 31 years and 157 days old, the youngest from any country, beating the previous record of India great Sachin Tendulkar (31 years and 326 days).Its a very special moment for me, but the game is not about personal milestones, its about winning games and scoring runs to do that, said Cook.Cook, acknowledging the input of Essex and England mentor Graham Gooch, added: Its those seven oclock nets with Goochie, its all that hard work that goes with it. Asked who were the toughest bowlers he had faced in international cricket, Cook nominate a quartet of Australia quicks.(Ryan) Harris and (Mitchell) Johnson were hard, and facing (Glenn) McGrath and Brett Lee as a 21-year old was a good baptism for me.Cook scored a hundred on his debut against India at Nagpur in 2006 and has now made 28 Test centuries.But his career has not been one long sequence of unbroken success.The closest Cook, a veteran of 128 Tests, came close to being dropped was during a 2010 home series against Pakistan.But a hundred in the third Test at The Oval saved his place and set Cook up for a triumphant tour of Australia where he scored 766 runs, including three hundreds, as England won the Ashes 3-1. The Pakistan series in 2010 for me as a batter was hard, said Cook. I had changed my technique. I found it tough. It was an enlightening moment when I went back to my old technique.Cooks position as captain was called into question two years ago as England suffered a 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia and again during the 2014 home series defeat by Sri Lanka.As a player and captain Sri Lanka was hard. Forget all the runs. That is my proudest moment...hanging in there in the tough times, said Cook.Gooch, himself a former opener whose tally of 8,900 Test runs puts him second behind Cook on Englands all-time list, paid tribute to his protege by telling BBC Radios Test Match Special: Its not just about the runs you score, its about how many matches you win for your team and hes been at the forefront of that for the last decade. Hes a guy that gets the job done.Cook could have several more years in which to break Tendulkars all-time aggregate Test record of 15,921 runs.Who knows?, said Cook. I never thought I would get 10,000. Now I will have to have a rethink and set something else personally.Batsmen to have scored 10,000 runs in Tests:(player, team, span, matches, innings, not outs, runs, highest score, average, 100s, 50s) Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 1989-2013 200 329 33 15921 248 no 53.78 51 68Ricky Ponting (AUS) 1995-2012 168 287 29 13378 257 51.85 41 62Jacques Kallis (ICC/RSA) 1995-2013 166 280 40 13289 224 55.37 45 58Rahul Dravid (ICC/IND) 1996-2012 164 286 32 13288 270 52.31 36 63Kumar Sangakkara (SRI) 2000-2015 134 233 17 12400 319 57.40 38 52Brian Lara (ICC/WIS) 1990-2006 131 232 6 11953 400 no 52.88 34 48Shiv Chanderpaul (WIS)1994-2015 164 280 49 11867 203 no 51.37 30 66Mahela Jayawardene (SRI) 1997-2014 149 252 15 11814 374 49.84 34 50Allan Border (AUS) 1978-1994 156 265 44 11174 205 50.56 27 63Stephen Waugh (AUS)1985-2004 168 260 46 10927 200 51.06 32 50Sunil Gavaskar (IND) 1971-1987 125 214 16 10122 236 no 51.12 34 45Alastair Cook (ENG) 2006- 128 228 13 10042 294 46.49 28 47.  |
| England squad unchanged for third Test Posted: CHESTER-LE-STREET (AFP) - England named an unchanged 12-man squad for the third and final Test on Monday shortly after completing a series-clinching win at the Riverside.Victory by nine wickets in the second Test, a win completed with more than a day to spare, saw England go 2-0 up in the series.England will head to Lords, where the third Test starts on June 9, with captain Alastair Cook having become the youngest player -- and first Englishman -- to score 10,000 Test runs after he achieved the feat during the course of his 47 not out on Monday.Jake Ball, in the squad for the first two Tests, will be pressing for a debut, with fast bowler Steven Finn the most likely candidate to make way if the Nottinghamshire quick plays at Lords.England squad for third Test:Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Nick Compton (Middlesex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), James Vince (Hampshire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wkt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire).  |
| Record-breaker Cook leads England to Sri Lanka series win Posted: CHESTER-LE-STREET (AFP) - Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as his side sealed a series win over Sri Lanka at the Riverside on Monday.England won the second Test by nine wickets after tea on the fourth day to go an unassailable 2-0 up in the three-match series.Set 79 for victory after making Sri Lanka follow-on, England finished on 80 for one.England captain Cook was 47 not out and Nick Compton, who hit the winning runs, 22 not out.Its a very special moment for me, but the game is not about personal milestones, its about winning games and scoring runs to do that, said let-handed opener Cook at the presentation ceremony.England paceman James Anderson was named man-of-the-match after taking a combined eight for 94 across both innings.Moeen Ali had set the game up for England with a Test-best 155 not out in a first innings total of 498 for nine declared.Jimmys a genius and Im glad to captain this bowling attack, said Cook.It was a brilliant hundred from Mo.Cooks innings Monday saw him score the five he needed to become just the 12th player of all time to make 10,000 Test runs.Cook reached the landmark when he clipped Nuwan Pradeep for four through mid-wicket, having got off the mark with an edged single against left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.At 31 years and 157 days he was the youngest player ever to achieve the feat, beating the previous record of India great Sachin Tendulkar (31 years and 326 days).Earlier, Dinesh Chandimals excellent hundred kept England waiting as Sri Lanka made 475 in their second innings.Chandimals 126 was his sixth hundred in 27 Tests but first outside Asia.He received excellent support from Herath (61) in a seventh-wicket stand of 116.Sri Lanka resumed on 309 for five, 88 runs behind.Chandimal was 54 not out overnight and Milinda Siriwardana unbeaten on 35 after Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews (80) and Kaushal Silva (60) initially kept England at bay.Mondays initial cloud cover promise to assist both Anderson and Stuart Broad.Siriwardana had not added a run to his overnight score when he edged Anderson straight to Alex Hales at gully to end a partnership worth 92. Chandimal, however, cover-drove Broad for four and late-cut Anderson behind point for another boundary.But he was lucky on 69 when he got an inside edge off Anderson only for diving wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow to spill the two-handed catch.Chandimal went into the 90s when he hooked fast bowler Steven Finn to the fine leg rope.An edged boundary off Woakes to third man saw the 26-year-old Chandimal to a 172-ball hundred including 11 fours.Chandimal ended the session in style by cover-driving Woakes for four off the last ball before lunch.Herath, dropped in the deep by James Vince off Anderson on 46, completed an 87-ball fifty with six fours.The 38-year-old spinner, who earlier in this match took his 300th Test wicket, eventually fell when Anderson, taking the fielders out of the equation, had him lbw from round the wicket to claim his 450th scalp in the five-day game.Anderson, already Englands all-time leading Test wicket-taker, then bowled Shaminda Eranga.His return of five for 58 was the 21st time Anderson had taken five or more wickets in an innings his 115 Test-career.Chandimals more than five-hour innings ended when he was bowled driving at Stuart Broad.But Sri Lankas batsmen had at least restored some pride.Their first innings 101 all out meant they became the first side since New Zealand in England back in 1958 to be bowled out for under 120 in three successive Test innings.Sri Lanka managed meagre totals of 91 and 119 during an innings and 88-run defeat in the series opener at Headingley.Its been a tough couple of weeks for us, said Mathews.We didnt bat well in the first innings but we showed a lot of resilience in the second innings.The third and final Test starts at Lords on June 9.  |
| Mumbai: 2 Muslims arrested for allegedly posting tarnished photos of goddess online Posted: Mumbai Police arrested two Muslim men for allegedly posting insulting images of Goddess Kali on social media last week.The Indian media reported that various Hindu organisations had complained about two men and also warned that serious consequences would have had to be faced if they were not arrested.According to them, both men owned a page named ‘’Nadaan Parinday’’ and posted derogatory images. Reports say that both were sent to Madhya Pradesh and were handed over for judicial remand. One was charged for photoshopping images and others for making them viral.Ali Shaikh works as bodyguard whereas Abdul Qureshi owns an electronics outlet. They have been charged under Section 295-A and Section 153-A, which are about insulting religious beliefs and disharmony among religious respectively. Two men were arrested by Mumbai police this week for allegedly sharing offensively photoshopped pictures of the Hindu goddess Kali on Facebook.Superintendent Police, Arvind Saxena told that the matter could have got worse if it was not handed carefully as holy month of Muslims Ramazan is about to start.  |
| Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen send wishes for PM Nawaz Sharif Posted: Star Cricketers Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen sent good wishes for Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif ahead of his open heart surgery in London.Pakistani batsman Ahmad Shahzad posted videos of both players on his social media account. Ahmad Shahzad thanked both players and appreciated their gesture of sending wishes.Chris Gayle said, ‘’My prayers and thoughts are with PM Nawaz Sharif and I hope everything goes according to the plan. God bless you’’.Kevin Pietersen, who is also in London said, ‘’My thoughts go out for PM Nawaz Sharif who is in London to have heart surgery. I hope you enjoy your stay in London and everything goes okay’’.  |
| Mirpur: PPP workers brawl before rally Posted: MIRPUR (Dunya News) – Situation got out of control as Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers clashed into each other in a rally held at Mirpur, Dunya News reported on Monday.Workers went one-on-one, brawled with chairs, clashed with eachother and tried to reach the stage, many of them even jumped over the fence even after repeatedly requested by the management to stay patient.  |
| Efforts underway to celebrate Eid on same date across country Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Efforts are underway to start the holy month of Ramazan and to celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr across the country on same dates, reported Dunya News on Monday.Federal Minister of Religious Affairs Sardar Yousuf shall head to Peshawar to meet Imam of Masjid Qasim Khan mosque Mufti Popalzai. He will try to convince Popalzai along with heads of other tribes to celebrate the beginning and ending of the holy month on the same dates.Sardar Yousuf said that he is in contact with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa officials and with the Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee in this regards as well.  |
| Rs 10 billion allocated for schools in budget: Nisar Khuhro Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Provincial Minister Nisar Khuhro said that Sindh government had been providing free books to students to promote education while durinng a meeting with businessmen and industrialists in Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce Industry (FPCCI) on Monday Khuhro said that last year Rs 1.6 billion were spent on books and that their government had been looking to spend more money on renovation of schools instead of establishing newer ones, reported Dunya News.Sindh minister also said that his department had also been trying to spend money on other facilities. He also added that 4.2 hundred thousand students were enrolled in government schools last year but this year 1 million new students were enrolled making a total to 5.2 hundred thousand.  |
| Foreign element involved in Karachi blast: Sindh IG Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh Inspector General of Police (IG0 Allah Dino Khawaja said that foreign element had been involved in Karachi blast as he addressed and paid tribute to martyred traffic police officers in ceremonyarranged at Garden Headquarters, reported Dunya News on Monday.Khawaja said that enemies of the country wanted to sabotage Pakistan-China friendship and added that the certain group involved in terror activities at Orangi and Ayesha Manzil had been identified and would arrested soon. IG Sindh also told that Chief Minister (CM) Sindh had increased compensation for martyred personnel from Rs 5 million to Rs 2 million.54 relatives of martyred personnel also attended the event while compensation money and other essentials were also distributed among them. Additional IG traffic, DIG traffic and other senior officials also attended the ceremony.  |
| Cook becomes first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs Posted: CHESTER-LE-STREET: (AFP) - Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as his side closed in on a series-clinching win over Sri Lanka at the Riverside on Monday.England were were 33 without loss at tea on the fourth day, needing just a further 46 runs to reach their winning target of 79.England captain Cook was 23 not out at the Riverside, having scored the five he needed to and just the 12th player of all time to score 10,000 Test runs.Fellow opener Alex Hales was 10 not out.Victory in this match would see England take an unassailable lead in the three-match series following their innings and 88-run win in the first Test at Headingley.Left-hander Cook reached the landmark when he clipped Nuwan Pradeep for four through mid-wicket, having got off the mark with an edged single against left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.At 31 years and 157 days he was the youngest player ever to achieve the feat, beating the previous record of India great Sachin Tendulkar (31 years and 326 days).Earlier, Dinesh Chandimals excellent hundred denied England a second straight innings victory as Sri Lanka, following on, made 475.Chandimals 126 was his sixth hundred in 27 Tests but first outside Asia.He received excellent support from Herath (61) in seventh-wicket stand of 116.Sri Lanka resumed on 309 for five, 88 runs adrift of Englands 498 for nine declared built around Moeen Alis Test-best 155 not out.Chandimal was 54 not out overnight and Milinda Siriwardana unbeaten on 35 after Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews (80) and Kaushal Silva (60) initially kept England at bay.Play began Monday under a heavily grey sky.The cloud cover promised ideal conditions for England pacemen James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who were just four overs into a spell with the new ball.Siriwardana had not added a run to his overnight score when he edged Anderson straight to Alex Hales at gully to end a stand worth 92.Chandimal, however, cover-drove Broad for four and late-cut Anderson behind point for another boundary.But he was lucky on 69 when he got an inside edge off Anderson only for diving wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow to spill the catch despite getting both gloves to the ball.The gutsy Herath, primarily a left-arm spinner, then saw Sri Lanka to 350 when he pulled Chris Woakes behind square for four.Chandimal went into the 90s when he hooked Finn to the fine leg boundary.An edged boundary off Woakes to third man saw the 26-year-old Chandimal to a 172-ball hundred including 11 fours.Chandimal ended an excellent session for Sri Lanka in style by cover-driving Woakes for four off the last ball before lunch.Herath, dropped in the deep by James Vince off Anderson on 46, completed an 87-ball fifty with six fours.The 38-year-old, who earlier in this match took his 300th Test wicket, eventually fell when Anderson, taking the fielders out of the equation, had him lbw from round the wicket to claim his 450th scalp in the five-day game.Anderson, already Englands all-time leading Test wicket-taker, then bowled Shaminda Eranga.His return of five for 58 was the 21st time Anderson had taken five or more wickets in an innings his 115 Test-career.Chandimals more than five-hour innings ended when he was bowled driving at Stuart Broad.  |
| Development budget worth Rs 1675 bn approved in NEC meeting Posted: LONDON/ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif presided over meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) through a video link on Monday. Approval of developmental budget worth Rs 1675 billion along with setting the target for economic growth at 5.7% for the fiscal year 2016-17 was given in the meeting, reported Dunya News.It was decided in the meeting that the inflation rate shall be kept at 6% whereas the target for the agricultural development growth shall be kept at 3.4%.Furthermore, it was decided to keep the livestock growth at 4%, fisheries growth at 3% and to reserve 4% for the forests. Approval to maintain industrial development at 7.6% was also given in the meeting whereas growth rate of heavy industries was set at 5.9%.Likewise, growth rate for developmental sector was set at 13.2%. Approval to increase target for electricity and gas development was maintained at 12.5%. It was decided that the growth rate in the services sector shall be set at 5.7% whereas that of the transport sector and whole-sale and retail shall be kept at 5.1% and 5.5% respectively. Growth rate for banking and insurance was set at 7.2% for the upcoming fiscal year.PM Nawaz Sharif presided over the meeting through a video link. He stated that he was unable to be a part of the meeting because of his bad health. God willing, (I) will soon return back to the nation in the country, he said. He added that he can foresee a very bright future of the country, further stating that the government has achieved quite wonderful progress in the field of economy within brief time period.He said that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate of the country remained at 4.71% during the ongoing year whereas it was maintained at 4% during past 3 years. PM lauded the efforts of Minister of Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal and his team. He further stated that work is being done in regards to various energy projects through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that constant development is being made in the national growth rate.Attendants of the meeting prayed for the health of PM Nawaz and expressed their best wishes for his quick recovery.Addressing to Cabinet, PM praised Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and also directed to take initiatives for farmer’s package. PM hoped to regain health and repeated tocontinue his vision for a better and developed Pakistan. He thanked the entire nation and their prayers for his health recovery. Talking to media outside Pakistani High Commission he said that he had travelled abroad for medical treatment against his will.PM said that GDP growth would have increased to one pc if the government could meet agricultural targets in the given time. Such medium to address leaders had been the best way in provided conditions and the budget had been presented before the cabinet, PM answered to Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan.  |
| Accountability threatens 'Raiwind throne' not democracy: Bilawal Posted: MIRPUR (Dunya News) – Addressing a rally on Monday, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that he had no personal grudges with anyone and that people had been criticised for poor performance, reported Dunya News.Bilawal said that his mother was exiled and her bank accounts had been frozen while his father had been held behind the bars for 11 years without any charges, in the name of accountability.He said that other than Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s resignation he had demanded foreign minister’s resignation.In the name of accountability, reprisal had been conducted against PPP while ministers in Punjab usually got offensive when talked about accountability, Bilawal said.Accountability had threatened Raiwand throne but democracy and that former President Asif Ali Zardari’s doctor had still not been released.  |
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