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LAHORE - Lahore Police on Wednesday initiated an inquiry in the murder case of Supreme Court Justice Javed Iqbal's parents. Investigators have collected blood samples for DNA test and finger prints of the three ladies and two security guards, whom the police had taken into custody for interrogation, to match with the samples of Justice Iqbal's parents to find the killers.
The police officials have decided to collect blood samples and finger prints of all the guests who visited

LAHORE - The players' auction for the fourth edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to be held on January 8-9, once again without Pakistani players.
Despite the permission by the Pakistan Cricket Board, no Pakistani cricketer would be auctioned. A BCCI official was reported to have said that the auction will not be postponed for any reason and will go as planned.
A total of 350 players will go under the hammer including some of the best cricketers for

HAMILTON - Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq says his team is focused for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand and will not be distracted by an anti-corruption hearing that could mete out life bans to three suspended players.
"We are just focused on cricket. We have nothing to do with what's happening (in Doha)," he told reporters on Thursday. "Everyone who is here is focused on what's happening here and to do well here."
In addition to the spot-fixing claims levelled

LAHORE - The trial of Pakistan's three suspended players accused of spot fixing will begin today in Doha, Qatar.
ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal chairman Michael Beloff on Wednesday explained the procedures that will be adopted at the full hearing of players.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer are all set to face an anti-corruption tribunal from January 6 to 11 here with threat of life bans looming over.
Beloff, along with justice Albie Sachs from South

DOHA - Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer front a make-or-break anti-corruption tribunal in Doha this week with the threat of life bans hanging over their heads.
The three face charges of spot-fixing during Pakistan's tour of England last year. It is alleged that they bowled deliberate no-balls - claims they all deny.
They were provisionally suspended by the ICC in October, with the world governing body's code of conduct carrying a minimum

CHENNAI - Top seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic opened his campaign in the 450,000-dollar ATP Chennai Open with a fluent win over Frederico Gil of Portugal on Tuesday.
The world number six needed just 45 minutes to defeat the 101st-ranked Gil 6-0, 6-1 in a first round match at the Nungambakkam Tennis stadium in the southern Indian city. Gil was facing a total rout when he trailed 5-0 in the second set, but managed to hold his serve at that stage to win his only game in

AUCKLAND - Top seed Maria Sharapova cruised through her first round match in the Auckland Classic women's tennis tournament Monday disposing of Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti in straight sets. Sharapova was seldom troubled as she won 6-2, 6-3 in less than 90 minutes on court with Brianti putting up her bravest showing in the second set when she saved four match points.
"This was my first match of the year and I hadn't played a tournament in a while, so it was important to get

SYDNEY - Batsman Usman Khawaja and spinner Michael Beer will make their Australia debuts in the fifth Ashes test against England, stand-in captain Michael Clarke said on Sunday.
Pakistan-born lefthander Khawaja will replace injured captain Ricky Ponting, almost certainly batting at number three, while left-arm orthodox spinner Beer gets his chance after being 12th man for the last two tests. The hosts are hoping the new blood will help them get the New Year off to a good start

LAHORE: National Highway and Motorways Police (NH&MP) on Wednesday observed the start of road safety week in connection with the efforts to reduce accidents and creating awareness among commuters regarding traffic rules and regulations at training institutes in Sheikhupura and Lahore. Delegations from stake holders like Rescue 1122, Nestle, Shell, transporter associations, students from universities, colleges, school and people from different walks of life, especially who suffered

LAHORE - While Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may have been the most controversial personality of 2010, but his website's revelations have created 'leaks fever' in Pakistan, as more than a dozen Internet domains containing the word leaks have been registered in the last 30 days, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Domain registration data showed that a number of Internet domains have been registered between August 14 and December 12 including pakistanleaks.com, pakistanleaks.org,

KARACHI: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) held the stone-laying ceremony of an educational facility in the impoverished hamlet of Goth Noor Muhammad, located on the outskirts of Karachi, on Tuesday.
The ceremony was performed by PPAF Chairman Hussain Dawood and the fund's outgoing CEO/MD Kamal Hyat, in-coming CEO/MD Qazi Azmat Isa, and PPAF Board of Directors members Zubyr Soomro, Dr Nuzhat Ahmad, Dr Rajab Ali Memon and Asif Qadir were also present on the occasion.

ISLAMABAD: The re-established Islamabad High Court (IHC) will start partial functioning today (Monday) by beginning admitting cases, a senior official of the Law Ministry told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
He said the IHC staff was already working since the last two months, whereas over 1,600 cases had also been shifted from Islamabad district courts to the IHC.
The official said the transfer of over 5,000 cases from the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench to the IHC

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), as part of its preparations for the upcoming local government (LG) elections, has started restructuring its Punjab chapter, Pakistan Today has learnt. State Minister of Communications and newly-appointed PPP Punjab President Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar Warraich in order to organise party workers and stalwarts, has summoned the PPP Punjab Executive Council meeting on Friday at the party provincial secretariat at Faisal Town, Lahore.
According

PARIS: China's President Hu Jintao landed in Paris Thursday for a three-day state visit set to see the signing of billions of dollars in deals for nuclear, aviation and energy technology.
Hu's plane landed as scheduled at 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) at Paris's Orly airport and he descended the exit steps and was embraced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and greeted by First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. A military band played as Hu crossed the red carpet laid out on the tarmac and guards