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FICA awaiting PCB?s response on security details for World XI tour

The Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) is waiting for a response from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on details of proposed security arrangements for the World XI tour next month. According to media reports, FICA remains skeptical and wants to know further details of the security arrangements before making the final call about the feasibility of the tour. Executive chairman of FICA, Tony Irish, was quoted as saying that the players? representative body is in communicat
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North Korea says nearly 3.5 million volunteer for People's Army as tensions rise

SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new UN sanctions and to fight against the United States in the current geopolitical tension between Pyongyang and Washington. Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's official newspaper, said the volunteers had offered to join or rejoin the People's Army after the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) issued a statement on Monday condemning new sanctions imposed by the
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Child killed during GT Road rally laid to rest

Relatives, government officials offer funeral prayers of the nine-year-old Ahmed Chughtai. PHOTO: Geo News  GUJRAT: Nine-year-old Ahmed Chughtai, who was run over by an Elite Force vehicle part of Nawaz Sharif's convoy in Lalamusa, was laid to rest on Saturday. District Police Officer (DPO) Gujrat Sohail Chattha said the police have been able to trace the car responsible for the child?s death by viewing video recordings. ?The affected family will be served justice,? DPO Chattha said. Ministe
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Special ?Azadi? train begins countrywide journey from Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: A special ?Azadi? train, prepared by the Pakistan Railways to mark the 70th Independence Day of Pakistan, starts its countrywide journey from Margalla Railway Station, Islamabad on Saturday. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb inaugurated the train and saw it off earlier today. The Azadi train consists of five art galleries, illustrated with pictures of people who sacrificed their lives during the independence movement, while six floats are also par
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Sachal Jazz Ensemble to perform at UN concert on Pakistan?s Independence Day

The Sachal Jazz Ensemble, front, and the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra. File photo: The New York Times NEW YORK: Pakistan will mark its Independence Day at the United Nations with a concert in the prestigious General Assembly hall on August 14. Organised by the Pakistan Mission to the UN, the concert will feature the acclaimed Sachal Jazz Ensemble, whose music defines contemporary Pakistan ? a blend of the traditional and the modern. The hour-and-a-half long concert, titled ?Music Beyond Bo
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PM issues dismissal orders for EOBI Chairman Zafar Gondal

Zafar Iqbal Gondal. PHOTO: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday issued dismissal orders of former Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) Chairman Zafar Gondal. According to a notification issued by the prime minister house, Gondal?s dismissal orders were issued upon completion of multiple inquiries by competent officers. ?The documentary evidence against Mr Gondal is so clear and compelling that the inquiry officer is completely justified in concluding that the
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Flash floods kill 11 in northeastern Iran

PHOTO: File TEHRAN: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in northeastern Iran have left at least 11 people dead and two missing, the Red Crescent said on Saturday. "So far 11 people have died in this accident ? eight of them in Khorasan Razavi, two in Golestan and another in North Khorasan," Red Crescent rescue chief Morteza Salimi told the ISNA news agency. Friday´s storms caused flooding in five provinces and some villages remained cut off on Saturday. The two people missing were part of a
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Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after independence

Rehana Khursheed Hashmi, 75, migrated from India with her family in 1960 and whose relatives live in India, goes through a family photo album at her residence in Karachi KARACHI/NEW DELHI: As Pakistan and India prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain next week, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbours remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since 1947, and relations remain tense, par
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Bilawal to address rally in Chiniot today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is set to address a rally in Chiniot on Saturday, in a ?show of force? just as the ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif resumes his journey to Lahore via GT Road after stopovers in different cities on the way. Nawaz Sharif only trying to save himself: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Will not make any contact with PML-N, says PPP chairman On Friday, Bilawal addressed a press conference in Islamabad where he claimed t
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Morocco to bid for 2026 FIFA World Cup

RABAT: Morocco´s football federation (FRMF) announced on Friday it had told the sport´s world governing body FIFA it will bid to host the 2026 World Cup. It would be Morocco´s fifth candidacy having come up short already in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010. "Morocco considers itself capable of organsining a World Cup," youth and sports minister Rachid Talbi Alami told AFP. "We have the necessary infrastructure in terms of stadiums, transport, hotel capacity and sanitation." In April, the United Sta
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PCB calls back players from CPL, county cricket assignments

National Cricket Academy, Lahore. Source: Twitter  LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to call back centrally contracted players from their ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and English county stints, the board said in a statement on Friday. The PCB said it was obliged to call back the players owing to the late finalisation and re-scheduling of the ICC World XI series, because of which it also had to re-schedule the National T20 Cup to start end of August and finish before
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Xi urges Trump to avoid exacerbating N. Korea tensions

US President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (right). PHOTO: File BEIJING: in a phone call Saturday to avoid "words and deeds" that would "exacerbate" the already-tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, state television reported. Xi also called on "relevant parties to maintain restraint" and to "persist in the general direction of dialogue, negotiations and a political settlement", CCTV said.
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PM Shahid Abbasi to visit Karachi today

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. PHOTO: File KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is likely to reach Karachi on Saturday, sources said. The premier will visit the Quaid's mausoleum, ahead of the seventieth independence day.  He is expected to meet prominent entrepreneurs and delegations of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) at the Governor House. Officials are likely to brief the prime minister on peace and security situation, source said. 
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Nawaz to resume journey to Lahore on day 4 of GT Road rally

Nawaz arrives on stage and waves to the crowd on day three of his homecoming rally  GUJRANWALA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will leave Gujranwala for Lahore late Saturday morning on the fourth day of his GT Road rally. Preparations to welcome the ousted prime minister in Lahore were in full swing, as locals decorated Shahdara Chowk and other venues with posters and banners of Nawaz Sharif. Ravi Road, all the way from Shahdara to Daata Darbar, was closed to traffic from 9am onwards ahead
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What are the 'North Korea fears' doing to financial markets?

A businessman shelters from the rain beneath an umbrella as he walks in near the Bank of Central London, August 9, 2017. AFP/Tolga Akmen  NEW YORK: European and Asian equity markets were mostly lower Friday on the back of simmering tensions between the United States and North Korea, but firmer prices on Wall Street helped put a floor under the losses in Europe, dealers said. Traders' screens were in the red in Asia and much of Europe as investors fled to safe haven assets after US President D
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Downpour likely in upper parts of country: MET

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday said moist currents are penetrating upper parts of the country and likely to continue during the next four days. A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of Pakistan and may persist during the next three days. Rain and thunderstorm with a few heavy falls are expected at scattered places in upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha divisions), upper KP (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat divisions), Islamabad, FATA, Ka
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Contaminated eggs scandal spreads from Europe to Asia

Eggs are pictured at an egg farm in Gaesti on August 11, 2017. AFP/Daniel Mihailescu BRUSSELS: A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland, and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis. Ministers and food safety chiefs from around the European Union are set to meet on September 26 in a bid to get countries to stop "blaming and shaming" each other over the scare involving the
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Portugal battling fresh wildfires

Firefighters watch the progression of a wildfire in a forest surrounding the village of Bracal, Abrantes, August 11, 2017. AFP/Patricia de Melo Moreira ABRANTES: Portugal was battling a new rash of forest fires Friday ahead of a weekend of warm temperatures, as authorities warned of further blazes. Some 1,800 firefighters backed by hundreds of vehicles were trying to douse around 10 fires across the country, authorities said. "Despite the relentless fires, the situation is now more stable," s
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Trump defies calls for restraint with new warning to North Korea

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press on August 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. AFP/Jim Watson  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday ignored international calls for restraint in his face-off with North Korea, warning Pyongyang that it would "truly regret" taking any hostile action, as the US military is "locked and loaded." Trump has been engaged all week in a war of words with the North over its weapons and missile programs, as US media report
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Anti-migrant ship ignores help from rescue activists

The anti-migrant C-Star boat has endured a wretched time in the Mediterranean. AFP/Angelos Tzortzinis ROME: Anti-immigration activists whose boat was reported in trouble said Friday they had got their engines going again after a migrant rescue ship said it had been dispatched to help. The C-Star ? which has vowed to expose what it describes as "collaboration" between privately-funded rescue ships and people traffickers ? said earlier on Twitter it had "developed a minor technical problem durin
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Cancer survivors may seek unneeded tests for reassurance

Many people who survive cancer fear recurrence after their treatment ends, according to a study that suggests these concerns may lead to unnecessary tests. Data from 12 previously published studies involving 849 patients show that after completing treatment, patients want as many follow-up exams and tests as possible to reassure them that tumours have not returned, researchers found. ?Patients want intensive follow-up which comprises a lot of testing,? said senior study author Geertruida de Bo
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Mayweather vows to finish McGregor bout early

Floyd Mayweather has said he has done his homework on mixed martial artist Conor McGregor and promised their multi-million dollar fight in Las Vegas on Aug. 26 will not go the distance. Both fighters have now tipped a knockout finish to the hotly anticipated bout between arguably one of the greatest boxers of all time and the explosive UFC champion. "Expect excitement. He's gonna talk trash, I'm gonna talk trash, there's gonna be a lot of blood, sweat and tears," Mayweather told reporters at a
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Canada FM urges US, North Korea to step back

Background Image Courtesy: CBC OTTAWA: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday condemned North Korea's "unacceptable" actions while urging both the United States and the totalitarian regime to step back from a possible catastrophic conflict on the Korean peninsula. Freeland, speaking days after a Canadian pastor was released from a North Korean prison, said North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is a grave threat that must be stopped. "What North Korea is doing is a
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Trump threatens Venezuela with unspecified 'military option'

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington's response to Venezuela's political crisis. Venezuela has appeared to slide toward a more volatile stage of unrest in recent days, with anti-government forces looting weapons from a military base after a new legislative body usurped the authority of the opposition-controlled congress. "The people are suffering and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela including a
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Al Gore says Trump driving, not weakening, climate change momentum

Former US Vice President Al Gore attends a screening of 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power' in Los Angeles, California, US, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files LONDON: Former US Vice President Al Gore said on Friday that President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris climate change agreement was fueling, rather than weakening, momentum among environmental activists. Gore, whose follow-up to his 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth is showing in movie theatres world
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