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• PML-N is breaking into blocks from within, claims Fawad Chaudhry
• 9th Muharram Ashura processions conclude across Pakistan
• Iraqi PM promises to defend Kurds against any attack
• Sharapova digs deep in China Open epic
• Petrol price upwardly revised by Rs 2/litre
• Nawaz to leave for London on Oct 5: sources
• Fire in Karachi graveyard gets Sindh govt flak
• Imran Khan's political secretary gets cell phones, cash stolen
• Azhar Ali joins Pakistan's 5,000 Test club
• Oxford college removes Suu Kyi portrait
• Azhar, Asad steady Pakistan in first Test
• Pakistan 194-2 at tea in reply to Sri Lanka's 419
• Mominul keeps South Africa at bay
• Hospital allows kids to drive themselves to operating room
• Two thousand Rohingya mass on Myanmar coast to join exodus

PML-N is breaking into blocks from within, claims Fawad Chaudhry Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) Fawad Chaudhry claimed that MNA’s from the ruling party are infuriated over the motion of appointing the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as head of the PML-N again and are going to move for a forward block within the party.He said that a total of 35 Members of the National Assembly belonging to the PML-N are going to form a forward block. He also said that this mutinous move is going to take place within two weeks.He announced this while participating in a panel discussion on Tonight With Moeed Pirzada alongside Sharmeela Farooqui of the People’s party, Mian Javed Latif of the PML-N and Senator Kamil Ali Agha of the PML-Q.Mr. Chaudhry made these claims whilst discussing the various amendments that the ruling party has moved in order to restore Mian Nawaz Sharif as head of the party once again. This motion includes amendment of the party’s own constitution which states: “No person will be appointed or serve as an office bearer of the party if he/she is not qualified to be or disqualified from being elected or chosen as member of majlis shoora (Parliament)”.These amendments also include amending the RPO (Representation of the People’s Order) act 1976 and PPO (Political Parties Order) act of 2002. A National Assembly session has been called out of turn on 2ndOctober, 2017 on the 62, 63 amendments. On 3rdOctober 2017 the PML-N is hosting its presidential elections in the convention center Islamabad and on 5th of October, 2017, the former Prime Minister is expected to leave for London to tend to his ailing wife, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.He is also set to appear before the National Accountability Bureau on 2nd October.

9th Muharram Ashura processions conclude across Pakistan Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – Ashura processions on 9th of Muharram have concluded on Saturday (September 30th) in Punjab metropolis, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Islamabad among other cities.In Lahore, processions were carried out in Pandu Street of Islampura among other areas. In Karachi, the mourners proceeded towards Kharadar and concluded there.Leading procession of 9th Muharram in Rawalpindi was led by the mourners from Chitian Hatian and in Islamabad, a procession was carried out from Asna Ashri Imam Bargah.Over 6,000 police personnel were deployed in Karachi to guard the mourners while the total count of those positioned across Punjab province is over one lac.

Iraqi PM promises to defend Kurds against any attack Posted: BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqs Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday said he would defend the countrys Kurds from attack as internal and regional tensions soared over a controversial independence referendum.To our people in the Kurdistan region: we defend our Kurdish citizens as we defend all Iraqis and will not allow any attack on them, he tweeted in English.An Abadi adviser, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP that the premier was referring to either an internal or external attack.We will not allow any harm to you and we will share our loaf of bread together, Abadi said in another tweet.Iran on Saturday said it would hold a joint military exercise with Iraq on Irans border with Iraqi Kurdistan in response to Mondays illegitimate referendum.Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday also took part in a Turkish military drill close to the Iraqi frontier.Inside Iraq, Hadi al-Ameri, head of the powerful Iran-backed Badr organisation, has vowed to defend the countrys unity, warning that the poll could trigger civil war.Baghdad has demanded the annulment of Mondays non-binding referendum, which resulted in a huge yes vote, and has suspended international flights to and from the region.Washington has said it does not recognise the unilateral referendum.Turkey, Iran and Syria -- which have their own sizeable Kurdish communities -- have also rejected the vote for independence in the oil-rich region.On Saturday, Abadi explained Baghdads wish to better control all of Iraqs oil revenues.Federal government control of oil revenues is in order to pay KR employee salaries in full and so that money will not go to the corrupt, he tweeted.In 2014, after a dispute over oil exports, Baghdad suspended payments to the Kurdish region of 17 percent of Iraqs national budget.Wages, including those of Kurdish peshmerga fighters, were slashed after the end of those transfers, which were worth around $12 billion (10 billion euros) annually and made up 80 percent of the regions budget revenues.

Sharapova digs deep in China Open epic Posted: BEIJING (AFP) - Maria Sharapova got her revenge over Latvian 16th seed Anastasija Sevastova with a gutsy 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-6 (9/7) victory in the China Open first round on Saturday.It was the five-time Grand Slam winners first appearance since she was beaten by Sevastova at the US Open in early September and gets her stop-start return from a doping ban back on track.Sharapova, once number one but now ranked a lowly 104 in the world, is a wildcard in Beijing as she works her way back slowly from a 15-month ban for taking the banned substance meldonium.She was far from her best, making a series of unforced errors, but Sharapova dug in and saved match point during an attritional encounter lasting more than three hours in the Chinese capital.Sharapova, who has also been wrestling with injury, will take on American qualifier Jennifer Brady or fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the next round.I didnt give in, which I think is a really good sign considering its been a few weeks since I played and she was someone that I lost to in my previous match, said a relieved Sharapova.The 30-year-old said that physically and emotionally she did not have it in her when she faced Sevastova in New York in the fourth round, but feels she is getting stronger in both respects.When I saw the draw (Sevastova again), I was like, Of course, added Sharapova with a grin.Sharapova, who controversially returned to tennis in April, said she was feeling fresh and is eager to finish the season on a high.Winning is very special and when you lose its tough and you have to go on and build and work on things that didnt work out for you, she said.Asked how far she was from getting back to her peak, Sharapova declined to say: Its not really the way I think.Sevastova broke the Russian -- who had the majority of the crowd behind her -- in the seventh game of the first set to seize the early initiative.Sharapova immediately broke back for 4-4, before falling 6-5 down on her own serve when her drop shot went astray, only to strike back immediately to force a tie break.Come on the former China Open champion shouted as she wrapped up the first-set tie break.Sharapova looked set to race through the second set to book her place in round two.But her serve was suspect all match and the Latvian refused to submit.Sevastova broke Sharapova once more as the match clock hit the two-hour mark to level the encounter at one-set each, before Sharapova finally saw off her resilient opponent in an epic decider.Earlier, the second seed Simona Halep battled past the American Alison Riske in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Petrol price upwardly revised by Rs 2/litre Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Finance ministry has approved Rs 2 per litre hike in petrol price on Saturday (September 30th) taking the commulative to Rs 73.50/litre.The revised prices of petroleum products would be in effect starting from midnight tonight.Price of the high-speed diesel is revised to Rs 79.40/litre, that of light speed diesel to Rs 46/litre and that of kerosene to Rs 48/litre.Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority had recommended the ministry to hike the kerosene price by Rs 19/litre.

Nawaz to leave for London on Oct 5: sources Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to fly to London on October 5, sources privy to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz reported on Saturday (September 30th).Reportedly, the disqualified premier would fly back to his posh Mayfair residence in coming week after around a weeklong stay in Pakistan.He had landed in Islamabad this Monday and convened meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi among leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and appeared for a corruption reference hearing at an accountability court.He visited Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore and applied for extension of his British visa at embassy of the United Kingdom.Sources have reported that the ex-premier is to see his wife, Kulsoom Nawaz after she was discharged from a London hospital this week following successful surgeries for treatment of lymph nodes cancer.She won the NA-120 by-polls held on September 17th with a margin of over 10,000 votes. The electioneering was conducted by her daughter Maryam Nawaz in her absence who among her two brothers is in London.Reports of Nawaz Sharif flying back to London had earlier surfaced this week but were denied.The party presidencyNawaz Sharif was sacked as the president of Muslim League-Nawaz following his disqualification on July 28 by the top court in a corruption reference.Accrording to the code of the election commission, the disqualified member could not lead a political party which is why Shehbaz Sharif was appointed the party president.The electoral reforms bill that was approved in the Senate earlier this month paved way for his re-appointment as the party president.A session of the National Assembly is scheduled for October 2nd to have the reforms bill approved. The session was earlier scheduled for October 4th however reportedly, the revision was made in accordance with his departure plan.Reportedly, the bill would be forwarded to the president the same day and on October 3rd (Tuesday), a meeting of top brass of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz would re-elect him as the president of the political front.

Fire in Karachi graveyard gets Sindh govt flak Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Alleged sacrilege of graves in a Karachi graveyard on Saturday (September 30th) has sparked gotten the provincial government flak after administration’s slackness caused a fire in the graveyard.Reportedly, negligence of the administration and departments concerned has turned Azeempura graveyard on Shah Faisal Road into a dump for the locals.A fire that was set to “dispose” the garbage in the graveyard affected the graves in its surroundings.While commenting on the issue, cleric Mufti Naeem criticised the government demanding an immediate action. He held the government responsible for turning the final resting places to dumps.

Imran Khan's political secretary gets cell phones, cash stolen Posted: (Web Desk) – Political secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan , Aun Chaudhry has complained of a dacoity in the wee hours of Saturday that devoid him of two mobile phones and Rs 60,000.A private television channel reported that Chaudhry has lodged a case in Bani Gala police station. He asserted that a burglar stole Rs 60,000 in cash and two of his mobile phones at around 03:30am on Saturday morning.Reportedly, Naeemul Haq, spokesperson for PTI chief was asleep in the immediate next room whose attention call made the burglar to run.According to Aun Chaudhry, a case has been lodged with the Bani Gala police.

Azhar Ali joins Pakistan's 5,000 Test club Posted: ABU DHABI (AFP) - Consistent Pakistan middle-order batsman Azhar Ali completed 5,000 runs in the longer format during the third days play in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.The 32-year-old beceme the eighth Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st Test, when he took a single to reach a personal score of 32.Ali made his Test debut against Australia at Lords in Pakistans neutral venue series in England in 2010 and has since been a consistent performer with the bat.He became the first century maker in a day-night Test during his epic triple hundred against the West Indies in Dubai last year.He scored 1198 runs in 11 Tests in 2016, also including a fighting double hundred against Australia at Melbourne.Younis Khan is the leading Test run-getter for Pakistan, with 10,099 runs in 118 Tests.Here is the list of Pakistan batsmen who scored 5,000 or more runs in Test cricket (under Test and runs)Younis Khan 118 10,099Javed Miandad 124 8832Inzamam-ul-Haq 119 8829Mohammad Yousuf 90 7530Salim Malik 103 5768Misbah-ul-Haq 75 5222Zaheer Abbas 78 5062Azhar Ali 61 5,000

Oxford college removes Suu Kyi portrait Posted: LONDON (AFP) - The Oxford University college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied said Saturday it had taken down a portrait of the Myanmar leader, a decision that follows widespread criticism of her over the Rohingya crisis.The portrait, which was on display in the main entrance of St Hughs College, has been placed in storage and was replaced on Thursday with a new painting gifted by Japanese artist Yoshihiro Takada.Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi studied at St Hughs, graduating in philosophy, politics and economics in 1967 before completing a masters in politics in 1968.We received a new painting earlier this month which will be exhibited at the main entrance for a period, the college said in a statement.The painting of Aung San Suu Kyi has meanwhile been moved to a secure location.The university did not say whether the removal was linked to the ongoing crisis in Myanmars western Rakhine State.Communal violence has torn through the state since Muslim minority Rohingya militants staged deadly attacks on police posts on August 25.An army-led fightback has left scores dead and sent around half a million Rohingya fleeing the mainly Buddhist country into neighbouring Bangladesh.The United Nations describes the situation as ethnic cleansing.The removal of the 1997 portrait by the Chinese artist Chen Yanning comes a few days before new students arrive at the college to start their courses.The portrait belonged to Suu Kyis husband, the Oxford academic Michael Aris, and was bequeathed to the college after his death in 1999.St Hughs also counts British Prime Minister Theresa May among its alumni.

Azhar, Asad steady Pakistan in first Test Posted: ABU DHABI (AFP) - Experienced batsman Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq steadied Pakistans innings after Sri Lanka took two quick wickets on the third day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.Ali, who completed 5,000 Test runs when on 32, was on 37 while Shafiq was unbeaten on 38 as Pakistan still trail the Sri Lankan first innings total of 419 by 225 runs.Openers Shan Masood and Sami Aslam set the platform for a big total by putting together a solid 114-run opening stand after they resumed at 64 without loss.But Sri Lanka hit back by removing both openers in the space of two runs.Aslam, recalled after being dropped from the West Indies tour on disciplinary grounds earlier this year, was trapped leg-before by off-break bowler Perera. He hit four boundaries in his seventh Test half century.Two runs later Masood attempted a sweep shot off the wily Herath but missed the ball and was bowled round his legs.Both Ali and Shafiq survived confident appeals. Ali wisely reviewed a leg-before decision off Perera, but the ball hit his bat before the pad.Shafiq was given not out on a review when he was stumped off Herath on one.Ali became the eight Pakistani batsman to score 5,000 or more runs, reaching the milestone in 61st Test.

Pakistan 194-2 at tea in reply to Sri Lanka's 419 Posted: ABU DHABI (AFP) - Pakistan, replying to Sri Lankas first innings total of 419, reached 194-2 at tea on the third day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.Azhar Ali was unbeaten on 37 and with him Asad Shafiq batting on 38 as Pakistan were still 225 behind with eigth wickets intact.Openers Shan Masood (59) and Sami Aslam (51) had put 114 for the first wicket.

Mominul keeps South Africa at bay Posted: POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AFP) - Mominul Haque made an accomplished half-century as Bangladesh kept South Africa’s bowlers at bay on the third day of thev first Test at Senwes Park on Saturday.Mominul was unbeaten on 72 as Bangladesh reached 218 for four at lunch in reply to South Africa’s first innings total of 496 for three declared.The diminutive Mominul and fellow left-hander Tamim Iqbal saw off some hostile bowling by Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada at the start of the day, with the first nine overs producing only seven runs. Both batsmen survived close leg before wicket decisions against reverse-swinging deliveries from Rabada.But 17 runs came off Rabada’s fifth over of the day, including two successive boundaries by Mominul, and South Africa’s change bowlers were unable to maintain the pressure as the Bangladesh batsmen counter-attacked.The only wicket of the morning fell to new cap Andile Phehlukwayo when Tamim, on 39, glanced an off-target delivery down the leg side and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock flung himself to his right to take a good catch.Mominul made his runs off 138 balls and hit 12 fours. He and Mahmudullah (26 not out) had added 60 runs for the fifth wicket at lunch.

Hospital allows kids to drive themselves to operating room Posted: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A San Diego childrens hospital unveiled a collection of remote controlled luxury mini cars on Tuesday that allow its young patients to drive themselves to the operating room.The cars at the Rady Childrens Hospital are actually operated by a nurse or a doctor, and are part of a new program designed to make children more relaxed before their procedures.“The kids are having fun. The parents are seeing that theyre relaxed and that theyre happy,” said Dr. Daniela Carvalho, medical director of surgical services at the hospital.The cars were donated by the San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive. Children have their pick of a BMW, Mercedes, or Lamborghini, ensuring their ride to the operating room is a luxurious one.

Two thousand Rohingya mass on Myanmar coast to join exodus Posted: YANGON (AFP) - More than 2,000 Rohingya have massed along Myanmar’s coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh, state media reported Saturday.They follow more than half a million fellow Rohingya who have emptied out of northern Rakhine in a single month, fleeing an army crackdown and communal violence the UN says amounts to ethnic cleansing.The journey to Bangladesh is fraught with danger for the stateless Muslim minority, who have faced decades of systematic oppression in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.After fleeing burning villages they say were set alight by soldiers and Buddhist mobs, more than 100 Rohingya have drowned in the scramble to cross the Naf river that divides the two countries.The latest boat capsize on Thursday has left some 60 feared dead, with 23 bodies -- mainly of children -- brought to shore as dozens more remain missing.The crowds building up along Rakhine’s coast hail from the same inland area -- Buthidaung Township -- as many of those who perished in the boat tragedy.Starting on Tuesday, they left their region, claiming that they felt insecure to remain because they were now living in a sparsely populated area, as most of their relatives had left for Bangladesh, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported.More than half had gathered on a beach near Lay Yin Kwin village, the report said, with photos of women and children clustered together on the sand as security officers looked on.‘Nothing to eat’It was not clear if or how they would complete the journey to Bangladesh, where the unprecedented influx of refugees has unfurled a separate humanitarian crisis as aid groups struggle to meet their vast needs.The report said officials tried to assure the Rohingya of their safety in Myanmar but villagers said they would still like to go to Bangladesh of their own accord.Chris Lewa from the Arakan project, which closely tracks developments in Rakhine, said economic deprivation and tensions with Buddhist neighbours appear to be the main forces driving the recent movements of Rohingya out of Buthidaung, as opposed to fresh outbreaks of violence.Crucial aid deliveries have been cut off from the impoverished area since August 25, when Rohingya militant raids on police posts triggered the military backlash that plunged northern Rakhine into crisis.The majority are mostly poor who are leaving and have nothing to eat, said Lewa.The Rakhine (Buddhist) villages nearby, they are treating them very badly and because of that people are afraid to go out ... They feel they cannot get out of their village to do any livelihood.The UN has previously reported that increasingly isolated Muslim communities in Rakhine are receiving regular threats from ethnic Rakhine Buddhists to leave the area.Myanmar denies ethnic cleansing is under way and instead blames Rohingya militants for whipping up the violence, which has also displaced tens of thousands of Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus.The crisis has inflamed already blistering religious tensions and fuelled a dizzying array of claims and counterclaims from different ethnic groups.The Muslim Rohingya have been the target of especially acute hatred in Myanmar, where they are denied citizenship and are instead branded Bengalis -- or illegal migrants who do not belong in the Buddhist-majority country.

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