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LAHORE - Master Paints Whites and The Bank of Punjab took a step ahead after beating PICIC Insurance and Lahore Garrison, respectively in the Toyota Cup Polo Tournament on Thursday.
Hissam Ali Hyder began the match with a hat-trick in Whites' 7-4 win over PICIC Insurance. Hissam scored a total of six goals, while the remaining one goal came from Abdul Rehman. Saqib Khan Khakwani, with his three goals and Naveed M Sheikh, with one, scored for the losing side.
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LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Tuesday discussed obscenity and vulgarity in name of stage dramas held at various theaters of the province and members of the provincial assembly (MPA) urged authorities concerned to take serious notice of immoral scripts and semi-nude dances being staged in theatres. Members of both the treasury and opposition benches expressed their concerns during the question-hour session of the 22nd Punjab Assembly session held under Punjab Assembly Speaker

ISLAMABAD: The affectees of drone strikes and their relatives from North and South Waziristan staged a sit-in here on Friday in front of the Parliament House against the killings of innocent civilians.
The protesters demanded the government take immediate steps to stop drone assaults on civilians in the North and South Wazirstan that, according to them, had so far left 1,500 civilians dead.
A 14-year-old boy, Saad Ullah who lost his both legs and one eye in a drone strike,

LAHORE: The leading trade and industrial associations in Lahore, on Monday, called for by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, staged a noisy sit-in protest outside the Governor's House in protest against discrimination in gas supply to Punjab industry and the reformed General Sales Tax (GST).
Thousands of protesters belonging to various associations and chambers of commerce in Punjab including the Lahore, Sheikhupura Chambers, All Pakistan Anjum-e-Tajiran, Quomi Tajir

MUMBAI: United States President Barack Obama's Asia trip has turned into an early test of whether the US president's global goals and prestige will survive his weakened grip on domestic power, following a painful rebuke from voters.
In India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan, Obama is trying to pull off the trick of advancing a still ambitious foreign policy, while reducing high unemployment left barely touched by the sluggish economic recovery. Obama once jetted the globe as the

GROZNY: Militants on Tuesday stormed parliament in Russia's conflict-torn region of Chechnya, holding deputies and gunning down three people, before being killed in a bloody standoff with security forces.
The group of up to four militants broke into the parliament building in the Chechen capital Grozny early in the morning, sparking fears of a major hostage crisis before security forces moved in. The dramatic raid was a major blow to Kremlin claims that stability has returned to