Pakistan looks good on paper: Qadir

Staff Report

LAHORE: Former chief selector Abdul Qadir said on Friday that Pakistan could win the first one-day international against England if the players realize their responsibly.

Speaking to SAMAA in Lahore, Qadir said that Pakistani team is looking strong on paper.

Skipper Shahid Afridi won the toss and put England in to bat in the first encounter of the 5-mtach series. The match was reduced to a 41-overs-a-side match after heavy rain delayed the start at Chester-le-Street on Friday.

Covers were still in place on the pitch at the scheduled 1015BST (0915GMT) start of what was supposed to be a 50-over match following overnight and morning rain.

England: 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Steve Davies (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Michael Yardy, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Stuart Broad, 11

Taseer says Kalabagh Dam not to harm any province

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer has said that Kalabagh Dam (KBD) was indispensable and it would not prove harmful for any province. Briefing media at Governor House here Friday, he said the water storing capacity in the existing dams has reduced, adding the KBD would effectively help save the surplus water, which every year fall into the Arabian Sea without providing any irrigation utility throughout the country. “Pakistan is in dire need of new dams than India,” he added.

Taseer said that $ 6 billion KBD project’s construction could be started immediately, as all preliminary requirements had been completed.

The Governor stressed upon the Punjab government to must concentrate on rehabilitation of flood affected people and reconstructions of official buildings in these areas. He asked the provincial government not to resort to any point scoring against the

PIA plane hits bird, lands safely

Staff Report

KARACHI: A PIA plane, carrying 480 passengers onboard, hit a bird on Friday after taking off from Jinnah International Airport, and returned to the airport safely.

PK 302 was leaving for Lahore when it was hit by a bird, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing.

All passengers will be sent to Lahore by another flight at 8pm tonight, a PIA spokesman told SAMAA. SAMAA

JI protests over Quran burning plan

By Kifayat Ali Shah

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged nationwide demonstrations to voice their anger over plans by a US evangelical preacher to burn Qurans to mark September 11.

After Friday prayers, JI workers spilled out of mosques and onto the streets to display their anger at the very notion of burning Qurans.

Addressing the gatherings, speakers termed the burning plan yet another way to hurt Muslims, following the blasphemous caricature competition initiated on Facebook.

Expressing anger at the contradictory reports of cancelling the burning plan, they asked the US pastor to refrain from provoking Muslims.

The protesters said that Muslims were not involved in 9/11, and termed it a plot against Islam by a Jewish lobby.

Such steps would further deteriorate the situation further. SAMAA

“Pink Slips For Congress”

Full Story And Original Content.TrendPK.com The American voters have decided to display their lack of confidence in an innovative manner. They are making tonnes of pink slips for the Congress authoritatively signed “your employer”.

Full Story And Original Content.TrendPK.com The American voters have decided to display their lack of confidence in an innovative manner. They are making tonnes of pink slips for the Congress authoritatively signed “your employer”. The slips are delivered by the World Net Daily and contains their address. They do not mention the names of the political [...]