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QUETTA - Gun violence on late Wednesday night left two people killed and one man wounded in an incident of targeted killing, police said. The shooting took place when armed men riding a motorbike attacked on a photostat shop in Shahbaz Town area. Both the dead men, identified as Mohammad Iftikhar and Najamul Saqib, were brothers.
Police said all the three men were Punjabi settlers in Balochistan. The bodies and the injured man, Mohammad Umar, were brought to Civil Hospital Quetta.

KABUL - As many as 900 Afghan fighters have agreed to lay down their arms, a senior NATO official said on Monday, but it is too soon to say if a drive to bring in low-level fighters can be decisive in curbing bloodshed. Major General Philip Jones, who leads NATO support of the Afghan government's efforts to broker peace with militant factions, said reintegration efforts had begun three or four months ago.
"The pace of people coming into the programme has picked up ... but the

Kristen Stewart has reportedly turned down an offer from director Zack Snyder to play the role of Lois Lane in the new 'Superman' reboot. According to a source close to Zack Snyder, director of the upcoming 'Superman: Man of Steel,' Stewart recently met with the filmmaker and his wife, Deborah.
A source said that although the director was interested in offering her the part, the 'Twilight' star turned it down. Instead, the source said, Stewart professed an interest in "smaller,

LAHORE - Competition Commission Pakistan (CCP) has fined Rs 23 million on Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) and its 10 member mills charging cartelised behaviour and malpractices. This was disclosed by the CCP Chairperson Rahat Kuanain Hassan, while addressing the members of the Lahore Economic Journalists Association here on Thursday.
CCP chairperson said that the commission's policy of targeting business malpractices through dialogue had begun to yield positive results as

LONDON - Luis Suarez took just 16 minutes to make his impact on Anfield as the 22.8 million pounds ($36.96 million) striker came off the bench to score Liverpool's second goal in a 2-0 Premier League win over Stoke City on Wednesday.
After Raul Meireles's 47th-minute opener the Uruguay striker, a deadline day capture from Ajax Amsterdam, joined the fray in the 63rd minute and tucked in the second goal to secure seventh-placed Liverpool's third successive win and take them within

PESHAWAR - Scores of militants attacked a security checkpost in Mohmand Agency early on Wednesday, killing at least three security personnel. In retaliation, the forces reportedly gunned down 15 assailants while injuring eight others. The officials said a group of more than 70 militants attacked a Frontier Corps checkpost at Anargee in Baizai Tehsil of Mohmand Agency during the wee hours of Wednesday.
Three troops were killed and four others injured in the sever assault.

LAHORE - Qasim, Navy and WAPDA won their respective matches, while Amry were held to a draw in the 58th National Hockey Championship, which is in progress at Faisalabad Hockey Stadium. Port Qasim beat Steel Mills 2-1, Navy defeated PTV 1-0 and WAPDA edged SSGC 4-2. Army and HBL remained even as their match ended in a 1-all draw.
Meanwhile, Salman Akbar, goalkeeper of the SSGC team has been suspended by the Tournament Director for one match after he misbehaved with the umpires.

GUJRANWALA - The protest of lessees has forced Gujranwala Development Authority DG Hakim Ali Doultana not to terminate agreements of lease. DCO Barrister Nabil Ahmad Awan had directed the GDA DG to seal all its properties at GDA Plaza by terminating all lease agreements and relocate new agreements in accordance with the Local Government Act 2007.
Though the GDA issued notices to all the lessees to vacate the shops and offices till January 31, but they started agitation, forcing

ISLAMABAD - Following the big reduction in Liquefied Petroleum Gas prices in international market, distribution companies announced to scale down the prices by Rs 12 per kilogram on Monday and the new prices would take effect from today.
LPG Prices were dropped by $111 or Rs 11268 per metric ton in international market, as a result the price of LPG domestic cylinder went down by Rs 133 and commercial cylinder by Rs 532. LPG Zonal Standing Committee Chairman Muhammad Irfan

ISLAMABAD - The parliament was informed on Monday that the deteriorating law and order situation coupled with gas and power shortages had led to the closure of 307 industrial units in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 14 in Balochistan last year.
Responding to queries during the question hour, Minister for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani admitted that power and gas shortages and the worsening law and order situation, besides disputes of industries with banks over loan

LAHORE - Hissam Ali Hyder led Suzuki Swift/Guard Filters to an easy win over Bank Alfalah in the final of the Suzuki Swift Polo Cup here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Sunday. Newage Cables secured third place beating Hataff in the subsidiary final.
Hissam hit four of the six goals his team scored against four by Bank Alfalah. Mir Shoaib Ahmed and Raja Samiullah shared one goal apiece to complete the winners' tally. Bank Alfalah, despite having a six goaler Raul Laplactte in

DOHA - South Korea bowed out of the Asian Cup in style by edging Uzbekistan 3-2 in an entertaining third-place play-off on Friday to secure an automatic place at the 2015 tournament in Australia. Cho Kwang-Rae's men looked on course for a handsome victory at 3-0 up in the first-half, but Uzbekistan clawed back the deficit to salvage some pride after their 6-0 drubbing by Australia in the semi-finals.
Koo Ja-Cheol's fifth goal of the competition, making him outright top scorer,

LAHORE - Punjab government's Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) has started an inquiry against Punjab Text Book Board (PTB) Curriculum Wing Director Chiragh Din Arif for committing corruption and financial irregularities and making millions through favouring private publishers.
Sources in ACE disclosed that Chirgah Din Arif misused his powers and favoured private publishers to amass million and ACE in this connection had received an application which revealed Curriculum Wing

LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif is sick for the past few days and has been unable to attend to all his official assignments and duties, an official at Chief Minister Secretariat told Pakistan Today.
"He is attending office daily, holding meetings and receiving delegations. But considering his ailing condition, he has slashed 50 percent his official workload and is not going outside," the source added.
According to another senior official, CM was staying

BLACKBURN - Blackburn climbed to seventh place in the Premier League here Sunday after a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Ewood Park.
A first-half own goal from West Brom defender Gabriel Tamas and a superb second-half strike from Canadian youngster David Hoilett sealed a deserved win for Rovers.

LEEDS - Samir Nasri helped Arsenal overcome a potentially tricky FA Cup third round replay as Arsene Wenger's side defeated Leeds 3-1 on Wednesday to book a fourth round date with Huddersfield. After being held 1-1 by Simon Grayson's Championship team at the Emirates 11 days earlier and losing to Ipswich in the League Cup semi-final first leg, the pressure was on Arsenal to avoid another embarrassing slip-up.
Nasri eased any nerves before Bacary Sagna doubled their lead at Elland

ADELAIDE - Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift claimed his first major win of the season after surviving the crash-marred finale to the second stage of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday.
British tyro Swift was one of the few sprinters to emerge unhindered in the final few hundred metres of the 146-kilometre stage from Tailem Bend to Mannum after a series of late spills caused mayhem in the peloton.
Swift finished ahead of Australian pair Robbie McEwen (RadioShack), in second, and