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LAHORE - The second phase of Chief Minister sports competitions (divisional level) opened up here at Punjab Stadium on Thursday with events starting at seven different venues of the city.
Provincial Sports Minister Tanveer ul Islam Rana inaugurated the competitions during the graceful opening ceremony.
The opening day results:
Faisalabad beat Sargodha 3-0. Gujranawala beat Rawalpindi 2-0. Sahiwal got walk over as DG Khan team did not arrive. Bahawalpur beat Multan 2-0.

LAHORE - A delegation of young doctors met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at CM House on Monday and apprised him of the genuine demands of the young doctors, including the demands of a special pay package and pay protection for doctors.
The meeting was attended by Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hasan Fawad, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Dr Saeed Elahi and MPA Dr Asad Ashraf while the delegation of young doctors consisted of Dr Salman Kazmi, Dr Aslam Rao, Dr Khuda

LAHORE - Lahore district's combined team will represent the city in the athletics and badminton competitions of the Punjab Inter-division Tournament of high school category of the second Chief Minister Sports Cup.
The events will be held from January 13 to 18 in Lahore. Lahore division won the boys and girls badminton and athletics competitions of the Chief Minister Cup, Inter-district phase III, played among various districts while Sheikhupura clinched the volleyball title of

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday directed the ministry of finance to furnish it with complete details of candidates and the procedure adopted for the appointment of the chairman and commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
The meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of Senator Ahmad Ali.
Secretary Finance Waqar Masood Khan said that the prime minister had appointed the Chairman while no

NEW DELHI - Indian police on Wednesday questioned the top organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games as part of a widening corruption probe into the tainted October event. Suresh Kalmadi arrived mid-morning at the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in New Delhi, where detectives quizzed him over suspect contracts for most of the day.
The Games, which were marred by venue delays and poor organisation, were also hit by claims of massive financial

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday summoned the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) chairman, federal Finance and Law secretaries, the deputy attorney general and other respondents over a petition against the increase in the prices of petroleum products.
After hearing the preliminary comments of Maulvi Iqbal Hyder, the petitioner, a division bench headed by SHC Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany issued notices to the respondents seeking explanation in this

KARACHI - Political parties have taken a U-turn after chief of the premier intelligence agency met with President Asif Ali Zardari, sources told Pakistan Today.
The political situation of the country suddenly changed after a surprise visit of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to Karachi on Saturday night. Upon his arrival in the city, the ISI chief met twice with the president. "Had there been any scheduled high-profile visit, security agencies would have been informed

LAHORE - Hamid Shinwari, Chief Executive Officer of the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) reacted angrily over allegations of match-fixing in his team's Asian Games win over Pakistan.
Afghanistan beat Pakistan in the Asian Games semi-final in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. He said that I was only a bid to undermine the phenomenal progress made by the Afghan team lately.
"I strongly deny the allegations. Afghan national cricket team's performance was outstanding throughout the

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday slammed the summoning of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief by the US, threatening to topple the incumbent government if the ISI chief was sent to the US.
Addressing a public gathering at Bhit Shah over telephone from London, the MQM chief said, "If the US summons someone from Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan must do the same." Talking to people from various districts of Sindh, he said the people

LAHORE: Hearing of a petition challenging the pardon granted by President Asif Ali Zardari to Interior Minister Rehman Malik was adjourned to December 24 by a full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday. Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had requested adjournment on behalf of the federation, citing Rehman's pending adjudication in Supreme Court as an excuse.
Barrister Farooq Hassan, representing the petitioner, opposed the request saying the government was

ISLAMABAD - The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has pulled its station chief in Islamabad out of Pakistan because of threats to his safety, after his name was revealed in a lawsuit filed against him, accusing him of orchestrating drone strikes in the Tribal Areas.
"Not only CIA's station chief Jonathan Banks has been pulled out of Islamabad to Washington DC, but US authorities, particularly the CIA, is looking into the possibility that ISI played a role in blowing the cover

ISLAMABAD: Having learnt about the lukewarm response of police towards the accused of conducting a drag race that killed five and injured two people, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the Punjab police chief to arrest them all four accused and report in court today (Tuesday).
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday noted that "prima facie it indicates that without

ISLAMABAD: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Chief Michael Morell is in Islamabad on a clandestine visit, which is part of the Obama administration's efforts to mitigate the damage caused to the Pak-US relations by recent disclosures by WikiLeaks.
In a significant development, American military commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus will also arrive in Islamabad today (Monday) for a day-long visit to meet Pakistan's top political leadership and Army Chief General

BERLIN/BRUSSELS: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces commander in Afghanistan has requested more Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) reconnaissance aircraft, an alliance official said on Saturday, although a likely demand for Germany to contribute will meet strong political opposition.
NATO headquarters in Brussels said it was looking into the request from General David Petraeus, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. "A letter was sent and it's being

ABU DHABI: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is meeting on Thursday with Emirati leaders on Iran's nuclear programme and Al Qaeda threat in Yemen, as WikiLeaks exposed Gulf Arab fears of the Islamic republic. Gates was to meet the deputy commander of the United Arab Emirates armed forces, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan.
Their talks will touch on military cooperation and "challenges that we are working together to try to solve," press secretary Geoff

GARDEZ: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 18 Afghan deminers on Thursday in southeastern Khost province, the provincial police chief said, the second abduction of a mine clearing team this month.
The group from the Kabul-based Mine Detection Centre were travelling in Musa Khel district when they were stopped by a group of gunmen and then seized, said Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai. "They had gone to the area on the request of the elders to clear mines from their village," Ishaqzai told

PESHAWAR: Maulana Wali Ullah Kabalgrami, teacher of Tehrik Taliban Swat chief Maulana Fazal Ullah, died after a prolonged illness in a hospital here on Wednesday.
Maulana Kabalgrami had been in the custody of the security forces for the last one and a half year. He had been associated with the banned Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi Buner since long and was one of the close aides of Maulana Soofi Muhammad.
The body of Maulana Kabalgrami was handed over to his relatives.