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KARACHI - At least four people, including the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqqiqi (MQM-H) Afaq Ahmed group vice president and member of the Karachi Organising Committee, were killed by unidentified armed motorcyclists in Karachi on Monday. The MQM-H leader was on his way home after meeting party President Afaq Ahmed in Central Prison Karachi when four armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on his vehicle on Tariq Road signal and fled.
Ferozabad SHO Aurangzaib Khattak said

LAHORE - The semifinal loss to India in the World Cup continues to rankle Pakistan's ODI captain Shahid Afridi who said it was a mistake to position himself in the lower-half of the batting order in the high-voltage game.
"I am not a born captain and I also make mistakes. I made mistakes in the World Cup particularly in the semi-final at Mohali. I should have gone up the order like Mahendra Singh Dhoni did against Sri Lanka in the final at Mumbai," Afridi said on a TV programme.

CHARLESTON - Indian qualifier Sania Mirza bowed out of the singles event of the WTA Family Circle Cup but advanced to the doubles semifinals along with Elena Vesnina. Sania's brilliant singles run ended with a 6-2, 2-6, 2-6 quarter-final defeat against Chinese 11th seed Peng Shuai at the USD 721,000 hard court tournament.
In the one-hour 33 minutes contest, first service played a huge role in the outcome of the match as the Chinese raised the level of the game by a few notches

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has turned down an offer from the PCB to take over as the batting coach of the national team. The PCB DG confirmed that he had informed the board that he would not be able to immediately join the team and accompany them on the tour to the West Indies because of prior commitments.
"As it is, I believe you cannot change the technique or style of a batsman once he is in the national team. I think the main job of the batting coach

FAISALABAD - A security guard was killed by the dacoits who forced an entry into a cotton yarn warehouse of in Dost Street at Maqbool Road in the jurisdiction of Batala Colony police at midnight.
Reportedly, 20 dacoits entered the warehouse and took the staff hostage at gunpoint, took their mobiles and wallets and detained them in a room. During the robbery, one of the watchmen, Mati Ullah son of Khushi Muhammad attempted to shout for help, but he was overpowered by the

PARIS - Real Madrid and Schalke moved to the brink of the Champions League semi-finals Tuesday after former Arsenal man Emmanuel Adebayor netted a brace to stun Tottenham 4-0 while former Real legend Raul scored as Schalke stunned holders Inter Milan 5-2 in the San Siro. Adebayor, on loan at Real from Manchester City, rose high after just four minutes to head home from a Mesut Ozil corner.
And he repeated the dose 12 minutes into the second half after a Marcelo cross from the

COLOMBO - Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene quit as vice-captain and a three-member selection committee also resigned en masse in a major shake-up in Sri Lankan cricket following the team's World Cup defeat.
"I think it's time to move on, give the reins to someone younger in the team," said Jayawardene.
The resignations came a day after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down as one-day and Twenty20 captain.
Jayawardene, 33, was vice-captain for the World Cup, where Sri Lanka

KARACHI - Cement manufacturers have said that the country's cement exports and dispatches declined, respectively, by 14.46 and 7.86 percent during first nine months of the current fiscal year.
According to data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), cement dispatches during July-March FY11 amounted to 16.017 million tonnes, showing a decline of 7.86 percent when compared to dispatches of 17.383 million tonnes achieved during the corresponding period

KARACHI - An Awami National Party (ANP) activist was gunned down in Lyari, the Chakiwara police said on Sunday.
The residents of Bihar Colony informed the police about a man's body, which was then recovered by the law enforcers. The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Nasrullah Khan, whose body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi and later handed over to the heirs.
Police said that the victim had suffered nine bullets in his upper torso, and registered FIR No 70/11

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority's Town Planning Wing demolished on Saturday as many as nine buildings being illegally constructed in PIA Housing Scheme and sealed another four on the main boulevard of the same scheme. Four buildings were being constructed as commercial structures in violation of the residential plans approved for plots 9-G, 16-F, 410-E and 40-B/1. Similarly no building plan had been got approved for under-construction buildings on plots 97-G, 422-E, 249-C

KARACHI - The Home Department is setting up a special cell that would be headed by an SSP-rank officer to look into extortion complaints. According to a Home Department spokesperson, Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza made this decision in consultation with Adviser on Home Affairs Sharfuddin Memon.
He further directed the IGP, Karachi CCPO and other top ranking police officials to complete arrangements for the establishment of the cell as soon as possible.
The cell would

KARACHI - The personal security guard of Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani was gunned down on Wednesday by two unidentified men in Azizabad. Thirty five-year-old Imran Manzoor alias Jangi was near Jamia Masjid Almas in Muhammadi Colony when two men on a motorcycle arrived on the scene and opened fire on him.
Azizabad SHO Habibullah Qureshi said that the victim suffered six bullets wounds and died on the spot. His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

KARACHI - At least five persons were killed in different firing incidents in the city during the last 24 hours, police said.
According to details, a 50-year-old Maulana Qamar Ashrafi was gunned down by unidentified people in Orangi Town. He was killed while he was going back home after offering prayers.
Former councilor Riaz Ahmed Alwi, 30, was shot dead in Gulbahar area.
Agha Siraj Durrani's chief security officer fell prey to gunmen in Azizabad.
Mauj Ali was

After 12 years playing sultry screen vixen Samantha Jones on 'Sex and the City,' Kim Cattrall says she's "letting it all hang out" in her new role as a has-been porn star. Cattrall gained 20 pounds for the title role in the indie film 'Meet Monica Velour,' about a washed up, aging porn star living in a rural Indiana trailer park.
"It was actually kind of a relief," the 54-year-old actress said Tuesday in an interview. "It was like getting rid of the Barbie doll and throwing it

KARACHI - The personal security guard of Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani was gunned down on Wednesday by two unidentified men in Azizabad.
Thirty five-year-old Imran Manzoor alias Jangi was near Jamia Masjid Almas in Muhammadi Colony when two men on a motorcycle arrived on the scene and opened fire on him. Azizabad SHO Habibullah Qureshi said that the victim suffered six bullets wounds and died on the spot.
His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed

SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting, the most successful captain in 134 years of test cricket, resigned as the Australian test and one-day skipper but aims to continue playing the game at the highest level.
The 36-year-old had led Australia in one day internationals since 2002 and tests since 2004, a period encompassing his country's absolute domination of world cricket and steady decline after the retirement of a golden generation of players.
With Cricket Australia under pressure to

LONDON - At least 527 people were executed around the world last year, down from 714 in 2009, although China is believed to have put to death thousands more, human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday.
It said Beijing was thought to have executed far more people than the rest of the world combined. Amnesty's tally does not include figures for China, which describes them as state secrets, the rights group said. At least 23 countries carried out judicial executions in