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LAHORE - The Academic Group at the Punjab University (PU), a rightist ideology group lead by pro-Jamat-i-Islami (JI) teachers, finally divorced the Academic Forum (AF), a leftist group, on the issue of candidates in upcoming syndicate's elections, which are scheduled to be held on April 21.
These both groups united against the PU administration, in the beginning of this year, to 'secure corrupt officials' in both groups. The PU faculty opposed this alliance because the two

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 - Hamza Mawaz Khan and Taimur Ali Malik steered Guard Group to April Polo Cup title victory here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Sunday. Dewa's Own edged aside Pony Express to notch third place in the tournament.
Former President Lahore Polo Club Ishaq Khan Khakwani was the chief guest and distributed the prizes among the winners. In pleasant but a bit hot weather, Guard Group's main striker Hamza hit six goals while two came from Malik. PESSI got six on board and lost

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

LOS ANGELES - A charitable group backed by pop star Madonna has scrapped its plan to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi due to mismanagement. The organisation, Raising Malawi, has ousted its board of directors and replaced its members with a new set of officials that includes Madonna and her manager. "A thoughtful decision has been made to discontinue plans for the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, as it was originally conceived," Michael Berg, co-founder of Raising

LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Ahle Sunnat Pakistan (JAP) will hold countrywide protests on Friday, March 25, to protest against the desecration of the Holy Quran in Florida, US. JAP Secretary General Riaz Shah called an emergency meeting of more than 500 clerics who will issue decrees which will be announced outside the Lahore Press Club on March 25. He said that JAP will also hold protests against Quran's desecration in the US.

LAHORE - Guard Group strolled to title victory against Monnoo Foods in the final of the Pepsi Challenge Cup Polo here on Sunday. Guard Group converted eight goals and allowed Monnoo Foods just two goals to win the first title of the season. Monnoo Foods enjoyed two-and-a-half goals handicap.
Taimur Ali Malik with four goals was the leading scorer for the winners while Shah Shamyl Alam and Zain Khan Khakwani shared two goals each to live upto their reputation. Monnoo Foods

Latin pop star Ricky Martin was honored by media group GLAAD for his work as a role model at a gala held on Saturday where he urged people to spread gay rights throughout Latin America.
"I just want to be free. I can say, today I am free," the Puerto Rican singer said at New York's Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards, which recognize the best portrayals of gay community members in film, television, radio, music, newspapers and blogs.
Martin,

LAHORE - Model Town Football Club's President Mian Rizwan Ali has announced the panel under Rizwan Group for the football elections of Lahore District for the term 2011-15. He introduced the panel members at a function held in MTFA Ground.
Rizwan, who will contest for the post of President, has been named as Rizwan Group panel leader. The football election of the District Lahore will be held on March 30.
Panel: President Mian Rizwan Ali (Model Town FC), Vice Presidents M

MUMBAI - New Zealand and Sri Lanka will Friday lock horns in a fierce tussle for final group positions in their last match ahead of the World Cup knockout round. The pressure to qualify is now off with New Zealand and Sri Lanka joined in the last eight by fellow Group A sides Australia and Pakistan, but final positions are crucial as they determine opponents in the next round.
New Zealand have emerged as the tournament's dark horses, winning their past three matches, including an

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Tuesday submitted a privilege motion in the Sindh Assembly (SA) against the management of a media group for publishing an irresponsible report in its two newspapers.
Admitting the motion, SA Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro sent it to the house committee on rules of procedure and privileges, directing it for submitting its report during the next session. The motion was regarding a news item appearing in both English and Urdu-language

KARACHI - Abu Dhabi Group (ADG) Chairman Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, has announced the appointment of Atif Bajwa as President of the Abu Dhabi Group in Pakistan. Bajwa will be responsible for overseeing the group's diverse holdings in Pakistan and for driving them towards profitable growth and maximum return for shareholders. He will also play a role in overseeing some of the group's international assets.
Atif Bajwa has international management experience of over 28 years and

MOHALI - In no mood to brook any Dutch mischief, title aspirants South Africa steamrolled the Netherlands by 231 runs in Thursday's World Cup match to top Group B. If Ireland's shock victory against England on Wednesday had rekindled Dutch hopes of pulling off a similar upset, Graeme Smith and his men ruthlessly snuffed them out. To begin with, South Africa rode the marathon 221-run third wicket stand between Hashim Amla (113) and AB de Villiers (134) and JP Duminy's (40) subsequent

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended 22 officers of the customs group accused of smuggling liquor.
According to a notification issued by FBR Headquarters, six officers of BPS-18, four officers of BPS-16 and 12 officers of BPS-15 have been suspended until further orders.
The BPS-18 who have been suspended include deputy collector Karachi Habib Ahmad, deputy director Karachi Moona Iffat Baloch, second secretary FBR Islamabad Abdul Hamid Murrawat, deputy

LAHORE - The Professional Group led by Hamid Khan won the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) elections, as its candidate for the presidential slot Asghar Ali Gill won by defeating Rai Bashir of the Friends Alliance, which was backed by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir and Federal Law Minister Senator Dr Babar Awan. Gill secured 4,172 votes against Bashir's 2,610.
The contest was expected to be a close one but Gill emerged victorious with a lead

MULTAN - In continuation of relief activities conducted by the Ocean Pakistan Limited (OPL) after floods, a company of Hashoo Group, the construction of 12 houses for most-affected families in the village Manjhi Wala, Kot Addu, has been successfully completed.
These houses contain a unit of two rooms with a veranda in front with a total covered area of 875 square-feet per unit. Talking to the media representative at the site, General Manager OPL Col (r) Tahir said the Hashoo

MADRID - The outlawed political wing of armed Basque separatist fighters ETA announced on Monday its rebirth as a new party that rejects violence and intends to contest elections. Batasuna has been ruled illegal since 2003 because of its links to ETA, whose bloody battle for a Basque homeland independent of Spain has been blamed for 829 deaths in more than four decades.
The outlawed party has previously said it opposes violence without actually condemning ETA's violent past. The