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  Sangakara of Sri Lanka, readies himself to scoop the ball (Photo ESPN) Colombo : Dominant Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 128 runs in last one day match to take the five match series by 4-1here in Premadasa Stadium Colombo. Sri Lanka won the toss and choose to bat and scored 307/4 wickets, Dilshan, Sangakara and Thirimanne were top scorer by scoring 99, 75 and 68 respectively.

  Imran Khan criticized the role of Election Commission and supreme court in recent polls rigging Islamabad : Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a contempt of court notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan for his remarks against the court in his July 26 press conference. Imran Khan is to face a three member bench presided over by Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudary this Friday.

  The broken main gate of  Bannu Jial, in which more than 400 inmates were freed by Taliban few months ago, Dera Isamael Khan jailbreak is second such attempt. Peshawar: According to a top commander of Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) it took a month to plan the assault, with military like precision, and they spent Rs one crore (Rs 5 millions) for jail break in Dera Ismael Khan . Meanwhile, the police has re-arrested 45 prisoners on Wednesday, who had escaped from the Dera Ismael Khan jail.

  "Destruction was on so large scale that it resembled doomsday", Damascus: After 20 days of fighting to strip the western-backed rebels of a strategic central district which was regarded by the rebels as the capital of their revolution against Asad administration, Xinhua news agency reported.  

  I want new parliament to elect new election commissioner, Fakhruddin ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has resigned from his post amid continued calls of rigging and mismanagement of the elections, according to media reports.  His resignation has been sent to the president for approval which was confirmed by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

  Pervaiz Musharaf had escaped three assassination attempts during his office Islamabad: Taliban, the banned militant outfits are planning to attack former dictator Pervez Musharraf's farmhouse, according to media reports.  The intelligence agencies pointed at a possible attack by militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, The Express Tribune said quoting intelligence sources. 

Deri Ismael Khan Jail aerial photo (photo BBC) Peshawar : About 253 inmates were freed by Taliban attack on the central jail of Dera Ismael Khan, xinhua news agency reported quoting local officials . 

  Turkey considers Morsi overthrow a coup against democracy Cairo: The Egyptian has summoned Turkey's Ambassador over Turkish officials' latest remarks on Egypt's situation, official MENA news agency reported.  The ambassador was summoned due to Turkish statements which " exceeded all diplomatic norms and the common respect among countries," MENA said, quoting a senior Foreign Ministry official.

Mamnoon Hussain was born in India claims "The Hindu" Islamabad : The PML'N' candidate Mr Mamnoon Hussain has been elected the 12th president of Pakistan by Parliament and provincial assemblies. Pakistan People's Party, which is main opposition party of Pakistan, boycotts the presidential election on timetable issue which, by their view, was illegally set by Supreme court not by Election Commission of Pakistan.

  One injured protestor making a victory sign Washington: In a statement, the White house has condemned the crackdown of Egyptian military, in which more than 80 Muslim brotherhood protestors were gunned down in Cairo, but took no immediate steps to suspend US military assistance to Egypt, reported Reuters.

  Syrian Kurds have defeated Al-Qaeda in their controlled area s Damascus: Syrian Kurds are fighting al-Qaida jihadist groups in northern Syria in a drive to keep their areas safe and secure, reported Xinhua news agency. 

  Smoke arises after bombing of the city by Syrian Army Damascus : Syrian government has acquired full control of the strategic al-Khalidieh district of the central province of Homs, reported Chinese xinhua news agency.   The major offensive was started last Saturday aagainst the strategic district, which is one of the few districts left under the rebels' control in the Homs province.

  Muneer Hussain, 84, was very popular in radio commentary Karachi : Pakistan's legendary Urdu Cricket commentator Muneer Hussain passes away after a long illness according his family. Muneer Hussain, 84, played a single first class match representing Baluchistan, but later took Urdu radio commentary as a profession since early 1770s. He also relayed commentary in Cricket world cups of 1975 up to 2003.

  Umar Akmal while playing excellent off-drive shot (Photo ESPN) St Vincent : Pakistan has beaten West Indies by 11 runs in second and final T20 match the two match series, Pakistan also wins the series by 2-0. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first on apparently a pitch which has become dead and slow due to last night's heavy rain.

  Debutant, Zulfiqar Babar took three wickets (Photo ESPN) St. Vincent : Pakistan are to play their second and last match of T20 series against West Indies, Pakistan team already 1-0 up in in the two match series.  Pakistan has won the first T20 of series on the last ball as debutant left arm spin bowler Zulfiqar Babar hit a six, he also took three wickets in his first match.

  Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry  Islamabad : A Pakistani citizen has written a letter to the acting president of Pakistan and sought initiation of proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the Supreme Judicial Council after accusing him of having “covert connection with the ruling PML-N”.  Shahid Orakzai said that chairman the absence of the president it was for the chairman of Senate to initiate appropriate action.

Muhammad Hafeez strikes very earlier by getting Charles's wicket St Vincent : West Indies has won the toss and decided to bat first in first T20 match here , Chirs Gayle is back to open and Pakistan has is to attack with Hafeez, who is bowling his innings first over. Muhammad Hafeez has struck in his very first over by taking the wicket of Charles.

  The border between both the countries is heavily fenced esp, from the Indian side Islamabad : A Pakistan army soldier was killed and other injured in 'unprovoked' firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian Army in the disputed region of Kashmir, said Inter-services Public Relation (ISPR).

Quetta is located very close to war torn Afghanistan Quetta: A suicide Bomber has been killed in Hazara Town of Quetta, while he was on mission to kill. According to media reports a suicide bomber was killed by local people of Hazara town, with about 8 kg explosive jacket.

  Gawadar is a Pakistan's strategic port which is handed over to China for operations Quetta : Gunmen attack on a check post has killed at least 7 coastguard men and wounding seven others, officials said.  The attack took place in the Suntsar area of Gwadar district, about, 1420 kilometers southwest of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province which is the oil and gas rich. 

A slain Muslim Brotherhood supporter is carried away by medics (AFP) Cairo :Britain's Guardian newspaper is reporting that at least 136 people have been killed in clashes in Egypt between rival groups.  The newspaper reported that the dead were supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, and cited the Muslim Brotherhood as its source for the figure.

Until now the clashes between pro and anti-Morsi supporters has claimed more than 200 lives Cairo : At least 31 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded after security forces opened fire on a pro-Morsi in Cairo, says Muslim Brotherhood.   The spokesman of Muslim Brotherhood, Gehad El-Haddad said, "They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill, the bullet wounds are in the head and chest."

  UN Chief Ban Ki Moon (file photo) Cairo : UN chief Ban Ki Mon has called for early release of deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi as tensions sour while Morsi's supporters and opponents are in streets against each other on Friday. A deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey said that Ban has demanded that Morsi and his high-level backers “be released or have their cases reviewed transparently without delay,”

  Senator Raza Rabbani (R), a candidate for the country's upcoming presidential election, speaks along with  his party leader Ameen Fahim Islamabad: Pakistan People Party has boycotted the presidential election along with collation parties. This was announced while addressing a press conference here, PPP's presidential candidate and senior leader Senator Raza Rabbani said that his party was left with no other option but to boycott the poll. 

  Morsi is accused of prison break in collaboration with Hamas in 2011 uprising Cairo : Egyptian court has ordered to detain Mohammad Morsi for 15 days over pending investigations into prison breaks and attacks during 2011 uprising, Aharam online reported. However, Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the decision of the top court by saying that the court was acting at the behest of army officials.

  El-Sisi, Morsi rallies to face off Friday, Photo Ahram online Cairo : This Friday may become the day of decision for Egypt as thousands of rival groups will be against each other on the call of Egyptian army chief El-Sisi, who was behind the Morsi’s ouster.  Egypt’s non-Islamist groups have announced their participation in Friday’s protest against supporters of Islamist Morsi camp who has been in a long sit-in since Morsi was ousted.

  Hisham Qandil, youngest prime minister of Egypt, was also ousted by Army coup, File Photo In response to army chief Abdel Fatah El Sisi’s statement, Hisham Qandil, Former Egyptian prime minister, has condemnend army chief’s speech and defended ousted presidnet Mohammad Morsi. Hisham Qandil said on YouTube, "This is my first statement since my resignation as prime minister following the military coup. But I have to make some points and defend president Morsi in his absence until he returns,”

  Fugitive intelligence leaker has been stuck at Moscow airport since four weeks Moscow: Top human right official of Russia said that it was impossible to extradite American whistle-blower Edward Snowden to the United States.  Mikhail Fedotov, who is the head of the presidential human right council told Interfax news agency that, “According to international conventions, a person who has requested temporary asylum must not be handed over,”. 

  Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo.  File Photo -AP Photo CAIRO: A presidential spokesman in Egypt has said that Egypt has started a war against terrorism, reported a state-run news agency MENA. The statement was followed after a meeting of interim President Adli Mansour and top officials, the statement also called on Egyptian people to take to streets on Friday to sanction the army coup against Mohammad Morsi government.

The gate which was blown up by initial blast Sukkur, Sindh : Multiple explosion rock Barrage colony of Sukkur, about 500 km away from Karachi, and third largest city of Sindh .  Local media reports that about 7 explosions were heard along with huge gun fire as terrorists blasted explosive-laden vehicle in front of the headquarters of premier Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.

Misbahul Haq getting the trophy St Lucia : Pakistan has beaten West Indies by 4 wickets and also winning the series by 3-1 here, Misbahul Haq once again played a captain's knock and secured the victory for his team and country.

St. Lucia : Danny Bravo and Sammy have played some good knock to lift West Indies up to the score of 242 for 7 in allotted 50 overs. West Indies struggled up to 45 overs, and at the one stage it seemed that they will not get to the score of 210 but thanks to Bravo and Sammy they gave a good fight score to Pakistan and made 49 odd runs in last four overs.

Sukkur, Sindh : Many Explosion rock barrage colony of Sukkur near ISI and Shahbaz Rangers headquarters. Local media reports that about 7-10 explosions were heard along with huge gun fire in the vicinity of ISI headquarters but still it is not clear the exact location of the incident.

  Misbah and Hafeez, Hafeez was put in to bowl very second over of the match St Lucia : Pakistan has decided to field first after winning toss in last match of five one day series here, Pakistan is already 2-1 up in the series.

  Anti Morsi supporters throwing stone on Morsi camp Cairo : Clashes between opponents and supporters of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Morsi have claimed 9 more live which reached the number to more than 100 since democratic elected Mohammad Morsi was ousted by an army coup state-run media reported. 

CIA drones killed 746 people in 2006 and 2009 (Design Tribune)   Karachi : Pakistani authorities were fully aware of the scores of civilians killed by CIA drone strikes carried out between 2006 and late 2009, says a leaked government document reported by Tribune.

  Mamnoon Hussain of PML-N is in strong position to win Presidential election Islamabad : Mamnoon Hussain is declared the candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the presidential election.  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has finalized his candidate for coming presidential election and Mamnoon Hussain has been chosen to replace President Asif Ali Zardari.

  A donkey rider with a load of ammunition entered the US convoy and blew himself up Ghazni : Three US soldiers killed by a suicide bomber on a donkey in Afghanistan’s Wardak province , officials said. NBC News quoting Afghan official said that three of the victims killed in the attack in Said Abad, Wardak province, were American and along an Afghan translator.

  Hashim Aamla is leaving after injury (Photo ESPN) Colombo : Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 17 runs by D/L method, after rainy day due to which play was interrupted again and again. Sri Lanka won the toss, choosing bat first they set the target of 223 for 9 in 49.2 overs, after rain interrupted the 4 balls of their innings. 

  A pale blue dot reminds us what we are in huge universe NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, while orbiting Mercury at about 1.44 billion kilometers away, has captured an image of Earth. 

Abu Gharib Jail Baghdad : Hundred of inmates were freed along with senior Al Qaeda members after militants attack Iraq’s Abu Gharib jail.

Jerusalem : A team of archaeologists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel’s Antiquities Authority have said that they have discovered the ruins of a palace belonging to the biblical King David. 

  Moment of victory as Graeme Swan grabs last Australian wicket (Photo ESPN) Lord's, London : England defeats Australia by huge margin of 347 runs here in Lord's cricket ground after heaping up a huge and impossible target for Australian to chase. This is England's second consecutive win in five test series and they lead by 2-0.

  Misbahul Haq plying an out stretching cutter shot (Photo ESPN) St Lucia : Pakistan beat West Indies by 6 wickets with 6 balls remaining after rain stopped the match and the match was decided by D/L method.  Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first but due to rain and bad weather the match was limited to 49 over.

  Sangakara rejoices after fall of de Villiers's wicket Colombo : Sri Lanka has beaten South Africa in first one day international by huge margin of 180 runs here as they were unable to chase the target of 320 runs were all out on 140 runs in 31.5 overs.  The South African started chasing a huge target of 320 runs with their 2 opening wickets down with in first 5 overs and does not recover at all to collapse on 140 runs.

  Root plays a firm drive shot towards off side (Photo ESPN) Lord's London: England has further strengthened her lead of 375 runs against Australia here on day three of second test of the series. Root and Bell are on the wicket with the score of 83 and 3 respectively.

  Sangakar Played a magnificent innings of 169 runs (Photo ESPN) Colombo : South Africa loose two wicket against Sri Lanka, while chasing a huge target of 320 at Premadasa cricket stadium Colombo in first five overs of the match. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat, for their surprise, Sri Lanka scored 320 for 5 wickets in 50 overs, Sangakara scored 169 runs by hitting 18 fours and 6 sixes.  South African start was not good as their two bats man were out , opener batsman Ingram and one down Duminy with in first five overs

  Wheelchair man caught on terminal cameras moment before igniting explosion. BEIJING : Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that a man in wheelchair has ignited a home made explosive device out side arrivals exit at Beijing’s international airport only injuring himself.  The explosion which came about at 6:24 pm at the airport's Terminal 3, caused no other injuries. No flights were affected by the incident and that the situation had returned to normal.  The man was identified only as Chinese and is being treated for his wounds.

  Pollard of West Indies was bowled by Junaid Khan (ESPN) St. Lucia : West Indies pull off a Miracle tie against Pakistan here, as five match series is still leveled with two matches remaining. After winning the toss West Indies decided to field first and Pakistan scored 229 for 6 wickets with Captain Misbah ul Haq scoring 75 and Umar Akmal not out on 40 runs.

  Dareen Sami is appearing in his 100th match for West Indies (Photo ESPN) St.Luca: Pakistani openers get an steady start in Third one day after West Indies won the toss and invited them to bat first. Pakistan team is playing with two changes as they finally bring in Junaid Khan and giving a debut to batsman Haris Sohail in place of Asad Ali and Asad Shafiq.

UK foreign minister William Hague while meeting with Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, (Courtesy The News) KARACHI: The Foreign Minister of United Kingdom William Hague has said that investigations against Altaf Hussain were going on impartially and Met police do not work under the influence of political government.  He said that the matter relating to MQM chief Altaf Hussain was being viewed in Pakistan minutely.

  A pilgrims bus was attacked by religious extremist in Pakistan WASHINGTON: US Commission on International Religious Freedom report says that more than 700 people have been killed in Pakistan due to sectarian attacks with past 18 months. The findings of commission are based on 203 publicly-reported incidents resulting in more than 1,800 casualties, including over 700 deaths.