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Faisalabad: 4 women injured in acid attack
Qualifying round of Cholistan Jeep Rally completed
Ghee, edible oil makers shut mills across country
Memo Commission secretary to leave for London today
Degrees of 9 officers of Sindh AG office found fake
17 Russian troops killed in Caucasus battle: minister
UK FM: Attack on Iran has 'enormous downsides'
Karzai meets Taliban-linked cleric
Azarenka to meet Stosur in Qatar Open final
Del Potro routs Berdych to reach Rotterdam Open finals
Arsenal out, Chelsea stumbles to draw in FA Cup
Nibal wins Tour of Oman fifth stage
Iran says Stuxnet virus infected 16,000 computers
PCB seeks evidence as Kaneria leads Sindh
Kaneria says fixing allegations are false

Faisalabad: 4 women injured in acid attack

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According to details, two unidentified persons riding on a motorcycle threw acid on two sisters, Nida and Farah and two of their colleagues of a textile factory in Madanpura when they were stating on the road outside their factory. All the girls were injured in the acid attack. The Rescue 1122 team reached the spot and shifted the injured to Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. According to the doctors at the Allied Hospital all the women received injuries on hands and face. One of the victims was shifted to the ICU. Meanwhile, police have set up two teams to track down the culprits behind the acid attack.

Qualifying round of Cholistan Jeep Rally completed

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More than 80 jeeps took part in the qualifying round of the 7th Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally held in Bahawalpur. Nadir Magsi will defend his title in the Cholistan Jeep Rally. The final round of the 250-km long jeep rally will start today.

Ghee, edible oil makers shut mills across country

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The Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has shut down all ghee and edible oil mills across the country in protest against monopoly of private transporters and setting on fire oil tankers of the National Logistic Cell (NLC). The PVMA chairman Abdul Waheed said that the tankers set on fire at the Port Qasim caused loss of Rs 30 million. He said that the association was independent in giving contracts for transportation to any party. The association also demanded protection to the ghee and edible mills and smooth transportation of the commodity. The prices of ghee and cooking oil are expected to rise after the closure of ghee and cooking oil mills.

Memo Commission secretary to leave for London today

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Raja Jawad Abbas will leave for London today at 10:00am on a PIA flight. He will remain in London till February 24. Raja Jawad will take into its possession the material that Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in Memo scandal, would use in his evidence and check its authenticity. Memo commission head Justice Qazi Faez Issa had asked Raja Jawad Abbas to travel to London to collect evidence from Masoor, who had refused to give his evidence in Pakistan. The Memo commission is scheduled to meet on February 22.

Degrees of 9 officers of Sindh AG office found fake

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According to details, the nine officers were employed at the Auditor General Office, Sindh in 2007 as Auditor and Senior Auditor. It is interesting to mention here that all the nine officers belong to a same family. Those whose degrees were found fake included Adnan Pasha, Asif Aftab, Farhan Ahmad, Sheraz Ahmad, Javed Ahmad, Mujib-ur-Rehman, Shahzad Ahmad, Shahzad Shaukat and Zia-ur-Rehman. They have presented B Com Part-II mark sheet at the time of their appointment. However, their mark sheets were sent through a letter to Sindh University for the verification of their degrees. The Sindh University in reply informed that their degrees are fake and have no record in the university.

17 Russian troops killed in Caucasus battle: minister

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Russian troops suffered 17 dead and 24 wounded in a days-long battle with insurgents in the restive North Caucasus region, Chechnya s Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said Saturday. A previous toll on Friday was 13 killed in the deadliest unrest in months. Federal forces said they used combat helicopters and artillery against at least 30 gunmen hiding in the heavily forested hills between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea region of Dagestan. Chechnya s president, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that seven fighters had been "wiped out" in "special operations against illegal armed bands." "Unfortunately there have been losses," Russian news agencies quoted Alhanov as saying Saturday. "During a special operation which lasted four days, 24 policemen were wounded and 17 killed." The violent flare-up in the mostly Muslim region comes weeks before Russia holds a March 4 presidential election in which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is set to recapture the Kremlin seat he held in 2000-2008. Putin s first term as president was largely defined by the brutal campaign in Chechnya that he began in 1999 in response to a mysterious wave of apartment block bombings that the authorities blamed on guerrillas. Moscow had stamped its own rule on Chechnya by 2000 and has since poured enormous resources into rebuilding a region that has been one of Russia s poorest and most restless since Soviet times. But the Chechen insurgency movement -- once grounded in a drive for independence -- has since gained Islamic roots and spread to other republics such as Dagestan on the east and Kabardino-Balkaria to the west. Russian and rebel sources said the latest standoff first erupted on Monday and resumed Friday morning after an overnight lull.

UK FM: Attack on Iran has 'enormous downsides'

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An attack on Iran would carry huge costs, Britain s foreign minister warned Saturday. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a newspaper interview that while Iran s suspected drive for atomic weapons could lead to a dangerous nuclear standoff in the Middle East, he favored more time to let diplomacy and economic pressure run its course. Hague told the right-leaning The Daily Telegraph that striking at Iran s disputed nuclear program would have "enormous downsides." "We are very clear to all concerned that we are not advocating military action," he said. Tensions over Iran s nuclear program are running high. Israel, the U.S., Britain and others suspect that the Islamic Republic is using the program as cover for the manufacture of atomic weapons and observers fear that a pre-emptive strike may be in the works. Recent attacks on Israeli diplomats in Thailand, Georgia and India have increased the pressure, with Israel accusing Iran of being behind the assaults. Hague said that allowing Iran to proceed with its nuclear program unchecked would lead to a Cold War-style arms race in the Middle East, with neighboring countries rushing to match what Hague said would be an Iranian arsenal. "And so, the most serious round of nuclear proliferation since nuclear weapons were invented would have begun with all the destabilizing effects in the Middle East," he said. "That would be a disaster for world affairs." Still, Hague endorsed European efforts to head off any nuclear weapons program through economic and diplomatic pressure. "We support a twin-track strategy of sanctions and pressure and negotiations on the other hand," he said. "We are not favoring the idea of anybody attacking Iran at the moment." Hague didn t spell out what the downsides to an attack would be, but former British ambassador to Tehran Richard Dalton told BBC television that they would likely include a drawn-out conflict, retaliatory strikes against U.S. facilities, terrorist attacks and serious disruption to world energy supplies.

Karzai meets Taliban-linked cleric

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The Afghan president met Saturday with a Pakistani cleric linked to Taliban insurgents, a meeting that marked the first public contact between an Afghan official and members of the Afghan Taliban s support network in Pakistan in Afghanistan s bid to bring the militant movement to the negotiating table. The meeting between President Hamid Karzai and the cleric was held in Islamabad said the cleric and Afghan officials, and shows how far the Afghan president is willing to go to open contact with the insurgent leaders. The Taliban leaders are widely believed to be based in Pakistan with some level of protection by the country s security forces. The U.S. and Afghanistan increasingly see negotiating with the Taliban as the only way to end the more than ten years of warfare in Afghanistan and allow American troops to leave the country without it falling further into chaos. Speaking to The Associated Press, the cleric, Maulana Samiul Haq, said Karzai asked for his help in bringing the militant movement s leadership into peace negotiations and to help establish contacts with the Taliban leadership. Haq said he told Karzai that he would help in the "noble cause" as long as it was clear what was wanted from the Taliban. Karzai was in Pakistan on a trip to gain the country s cooperation in the nascent peace process. "I told him to take steps to gain some confidence of the Taliban.  They do not trust you, " Haq said he told Karzai. "I told him that if you take a clear position on what you can offer the Taliban, and what you want from the Taliban, God willing, I will contribute in this noble cause." Hamed Elmi, deputy spokesman for Karzai s office, confirmed the meeting took place. Haq runs a large seminary where many of the insurgent leaders once studied and reportedly still provides recruits for the Taliban fighting in Afghanistan. He is known in some circles as the "Father of the Taliban," but it s unclear how much sway he has currently with the movement. Karzai met Haq in an Islamabad hotel, not his seminary closer to the Afghan border where he regularly preaches the virtues of jihad in Afghanistan to thousands of students. Karzai s trip reinforces the centrality of Pakistan to the peace process. During Karzai s three-day trip to Pakistan, he held a number of meetings with political and religious figures in an attempt to push forward the peace process. An aide to another hardline Islamist cleric, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, also said he met Saturday with the Afghan leader. Karzai also met a delegation of a pro-Taliban Pakistani political party, Jamiat Ulema Pakistan. The party s seminaries in Pakistan recruited and trained Taliban militants who fought against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Senator Maulana Ghafoor Haidri led the delegation and said the meeting took place on Thursday. He said he welcomed Karzai s peace efforts, and promised him his party s support in ending the war.

Azarenka to meet Stosur in Qatar Open final

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New No. 1 Victoria Azarenka has reached the Qatar Open final by downing Agenieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 while hobbling on some points with a right ankle injury. Azarenka will face Sam Stosur on Sunday after the Australian advanced in her semifinal when Marion Bartoli retired with a right calf injury after losing the first set 6-3. Azarenka won her first set with ease and broke the fourth-seeded Radwanska to go up 1-0 in the second set. But then she fell badly on her right ankle trying to chase down a drop shot. Radwanska took advantage of the hobbling Azarenka to break her and go up 2-1. But Azarenka ran off the next four games before winning the match with a forehand that caught the line.

Del Potro routs Berdych to reach Rotterdam Open finals

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Third-seeded Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the ABN Amro World Tennis final with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over second-seeded Tomas Berdych Saturday. Del Potro broke his Czech opponent in the opening game before earning another break at 5-3 to claim the first set. The second was a one-sided affair as the Argentine took a 5-0 lead, then surrendered a game but completed the rout on an ace, his ninth of the contest. Del Potro, who is making his first Rotterdam appearance, will play either Roger Federer or Nikolay Davydenko, who were playing later Saturday.

Arsenal out, Chelsea stumbles to draw in FA Cup

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Arsenal and Chelsea watched their seasons get even worse Saturday, when the Gunners were knocked out of the FA Cup 2-0 by Sunderland and the Blues were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw by second-tier Birmingham. The London rivals are out of contention for the Premier League and struggling to maintain a place in the top four of the English championship, so success in football s oldest knockout competition was more important than usual. But Arsenal is just about certain to go without a trophy of any kind for a seventh straight season after Kieran Richardson s volley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain s own-goal. Chelsea will replay at Birmingham but coach Andre Villas-Boas is under huge pressure after his team was jeered by fans at Stamford Bridge.

Nibal wins Tour of Oman fifth stage

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Italy s Vicenzo Nibali of the Liquigas team won the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman following a gruelling climb to the summit of the Green Mountain on Saturday. The 27-year-old attacked four kilometres from the line following a tough 6km climb, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Slovak Peter Velits who took the leader s red jersey from Germany s Andre Greipel. France s Sandy Casar finished third at 25sec after the 158km stage. Velits has a slim one-second lead on Nibali in the overall standings with France s Tony Gallopin 17sec off the pace going into Sunday s sixth and final stage over 130km from Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche. "It s liberating after a long wait," said 2010 Tour of Spain winner Nibali who has not achieved a win since the Trophee Melina in August 2010. "I had to push myself to the limit. I attacked very strong on a steep climb. I gave everything I had in my belly. I never looked over my shoulder." "This gives me a lot of confidence," added the 27-year-old who finished third in last year s Tour of Italy.

Iran says Stuxnet virus infected 16,000 computers

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The powerful virus targeted Iran s nuclear facilities and other industrial sites in 2010, and Tehran has acknowledged the malicious software affected a limited number of centrifuges a key component in nuclear fuel production. But Iran has said its scientists discovered and neutralized the malware before it could cause serious damage. The semiofficial Fars news agency on Saturday quoted a deputy intelligence chief identified only as Ahangaran as saying 16,000 computers were infected by Stuxnet, but he did not specify whether worldwide or just in Iran. He said Iran is facing difficulties obtaining anti-malware software because of international sanctions, forcing Iran to use its own experts to design the software.

PCB seeks evidence as Kaneria leads Sindh

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Pakistan cricket bosses will ask British authorities for the full judgment and evidence in a spot-fixing case that implicated leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, officials said Saturday. Kaneria s Essex teammate in England, Mervyn Westfield, was sentenced to four months in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to taking money to bowl badly in a 2009 match between Essex and Durham. At the Old Bailey Westfield admitted receiving 6,000 pounds ($9,200) to bowl so that 12 runs would be scored in the first over of the contest, although in the event only 10 were conceded. Prosecutors said the player had been lured into the fix after an approach by Kaneria, who was arrested in connection with the case in 2010 but later released without charge. On Saturday Kaneria was captaining Sindh province against Punjab in the Pakistani domestic Pentangular Cup final in Lahore. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the organisation had to seek evidence or material before it could act against the leg-spinner. "Since Kaneria is a Pakistan player we are obviously looking into the matter with a lot of concern," Rizvi told AFP. "Since the match was an England domestic match, it s in the England board s jurisdiction and we will seek evidence from the concerned authorities. "Once it comes we can only then summon him before the Integrity Committee of the PCB where his case is still pending." Kaneria was selected for Pakistan s series against South Africa in October 2010 but was withdrawn at the last moment when the Integrity Committee did not clear him. He challenged the decision in court but his case was dismissed in November last year. "The stance of the PCB is one of zero tolerance towards any player with questionable integrity. The judgment of Westfield raised a lot of questions but in law everybody is innocent until proven guilty," said Rizvi.

Kaneria says fixing allegations are false

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In sentencing Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield to four months in prison on Friday for on-field corruption, a judge in London accused Kaneria of pressuring teammates at the county side to fix matches. "All these allegations are false," Kaneria said. "I have not only been cleared by the British police, but also by the England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council." Kaneria has been suspended from international cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board since 2010 soon after allegations of spot-fixing during a county match first surfaced. He was named in the test squad for the series against South Africa in 2010, but was pulled out at the last minute after Westfield was charged for spot-fixing during a county match. However, Kaneria has been playing in Pakistan s domestic tournaments. For the last two years Kaneria had been trying to clear his name in spot-fixing allegations and even appealed in the Sindh High Court at Karachi against his PCB suspension. However, last year the court dismissed Kaneria s appeal, saying it was not within its jurisdiction. "I have been trying my best to clear my name, but so far I don t know why the PCB suspended me from playing international cricket for Pakistan," Kaneria said. The legspinner was an integral part of Pakistan s test squad, claiming 261 wickets in 61 test matches, before he was sidelined by the PCB.

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