Multan: People suffer due to worst loadshedding

According to Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO), the city is facing a shortfall of 850 MW of electricity.

Multan is getting 2,150 megawatt of electricity against a demand of 3000 MW which also increased duration of loadshedding.

The urban areas are facing 9 to 10 hours of power cuts while in urban areas this duration ranges from 11 to 12 hours. MEPCO officials said that people are facing long hours of loadshedding due the increase in shortfall of electricity.

According to the Met office, the maximum temperature in Multan in the next 24 hours will be 27 degree Celsius with partly overcast condition.

Sedition case filed against Roy, Geelani

The Delhi Police booked author Arundhati Roy, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others on charges of sedition for their anti-India speech at a seminar here last month.

They were booked following court orders which came following a petition by one Sushil Pandit in a local court on Saturday. The petitioner had alleged that Geelani and Roy made anti-India speeches at a conference on Azadi The Only Way on October 21, a senior police official said. Syed Ali Gilani and Arundhati Roy had shared the dias with Maoist sympathiser Vara Vara, Delhi University Professor, Syed Abdul Rehman Gilani, Jammu and Kashmir University Professor, Sheikh Showkat Hussain, Shuddharbrata Sengupta, Sujato Bhadra and others during the seminar Azadi-the only way on October 21.It is to mention here that the maximum punishment, if convicted, is life imprisonment for the offence.

Wasim Akram in all-time World XI

KARACHI: Sachin Tendulkar is the only current player in ESPNcricinfo’s all-time Test World XI, which is dominated by Australians and West Indians, reflecting their pre-eminence in Test cricket over the years.

Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Wasim Akram were the other players from the last two decades to make it to the XI, which featured seven players who made their debuts after 1970.

Four Australians, three West Indians, two Englishmen, an Indian and a Pakistani make up the XI.

Three players were unanimous choices, figuring in the first XIs of each of the 12 members of the jury (each juror was asked to pick a first XI and a second) – Don Bradman, Garry Sobers and Shane Warne, each of whom got the maximum points possible in the exercise, 60. Tendulkar followed with 51 points.

Perhaps the biggest surprise the XI threw up was the gap between Warne

Sutlej to face flood if India releases water

ISLAMABAD: The low lying areas of River Sutlej are likely to face a flood in the coming days if India releases water, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

The present Met situation suggests that water reservoirs in India on River Sutlej are near their maximum conservation level and it is very likely that India may release water in coming days.

As a result, River Sutlej at G.S. Wala may rise in water flow and create inundation in the low lying areas of River Sutlej, especially affecting the inhabitants near river bed.

The Met office has directed local authorities to take precautionary measures besides warning the people residing near the river.

However, the Met office will issue the warning as it receives any water release information from India.

The increased flow in River Ravi has mainly been due to continuous rains in

New monsoon system from July 21

LAHORE: Local Met office has forecast new system of rains from July 21 which will continue for 4-5 days.

Director Met office Mian Ajmal Shad said a new system is approching the country from east. “It is likely to enter on July 21 and cause rain in north Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir.

He said during the last 24 hours most parts of the country remained hot and dry.

The temperature of Lahore was recorded as 30 degree minimum and 39 centigrade maximum.

366,868 cusecs water released from reservoirs

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Friday released 366,868 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 397,805 cusecs.

According to the data released by Irsa here, the maximum water level in River Indus at Tarbela was 1469.66 feet which was 91.66 feet above its dead level.

Water inflow was recorded as 231,800 cusecs in the dam while out flow was recorded as 219,300 cusecs.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was recorded as 236,768, 245,665 and 118,628 cusecs respectively.

The water level in River Jhelum at Mangla was 1181.10 feet which is 141.10 feet above its dead level of 1040 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water in the dam was recorded as 38,437 and 20,000 cusecs respectively.

Similarly, from River Kabul a total of 55,300 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 72,268 cusecs released from River Chenab at Marala.

Pakistan end their Australia losing streak

BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan beat Australia for the first time in 13 matches across all formats as they won the first Twenty20 international by 23 runs at Edgbaston here on Monday.

They were indebted to Umar Akmal”s career-best 64 that helped Pakistan to a total of 167 for eight after they”d been 47 for four.

Australia, chasing 168 to win, were bowled out for 144 with off-spinner Saeed Ajmal (three wickets for 26 runs off his maximum four overs) and teenage left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer doing the bulk of the damage.

Victory put Pakistan 1-0 up ahead of the second and final Twenty20 here on Tuesday.

Australia were 85 for four when Michael Hussey came to the crease.

They”d been 62 for four, chasing 192 when the left-hander”s unbeaten 60 off 24 balls saw Australia to a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan in the World Twenty20 semi-final in St Lucia in May – the last time the teams met.

But Umar Gul, who missed the World Twenty20 through injury, captured the prize wicket of Michael Hussey by bowling him for 18 with a superb reverse-swinging delivery.

Gul then bowled Tim Paine, going across his stumps, to leave Australia needing 31 off 12 balls.

Ajmal finished the match with eight balls to spare by having Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait stumped.

Australia lost opener Shane Watson for a second ball nought when he was lbw to a brilliant inswinger from Aamer.

But the second over, from fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, went for 20 runs as left-hander David Warner struck fours off all the first five balls from the ”Rawalpindi Express”, for four.

However, Australia captain Michael Clarke fell for just five when he was well caught by opposing skipper Shahid Afridi at short extra-cover off all-rounder Abdul Razzaq”s second ball.

But runs kept coming before David Hussey eventually skied leg-spinner Afridi to Shoaib Malik for 34.

And 81 for three became 85 for four when Warner, who made 41 off just 30 balls, was bowled by off-spinner”s Saeed Ajmal”s second delivery as he tried run the ball down to third man.

Afridi then held his second excellent catch, to dismiss Cameron White off Aamer and Pakistan were right back in the match with Australia 109 for five.

Fast bowler Tait led Australia”s attack with two wickets for 25 runs from his maximum four overs, although his return did include nine wides.

Umar Akmal”s innings surpassed his previous best of 56 not out, which he”d made twice before including during the World Twenty20 semi-final loss.

He faced 31 balls with two sixes and seven fours.

Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik (21) revived the innings with a stand of 51 after Pakistan lost three wickets for two runs in six balls to slump to 47 for four in the eighth over.

Umar hoisted left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson for a huge six and pulled him for four off successive balls to go to a 21-ball fifty before he was bowled by Tait to the disappointment of an overwhelmingly Pakistan-supporting crowd.

These matches, and this month”s two Tests between the sides at Lord”s and Headingley are being played in England because of concerns regarding the security situation in Pakistan.

Sibi braves 51-Centigrade temperature

QUETTA: Maximum temperature of 51 centigrade was recorded in Sibi and adjoining areas on Sunday.

The extreme wave of hot weather turned the city roads wearing a desert look.

Citizens were forced to remain in-door. Earlier, sizzling hot weather also caused death of a laborer and falling unconscious of dozens of people in the city.

Man sent to jail for stalking Idol host

LOS ANGELES: A judge on Monday sentenced a man to the maximum sentence of two years behind bars for stalking American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.

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Temperature In Delhi

Latest Update News:- Delhi Sunday recorded the hottest day of March in the past six years as the maximum temperature settled around 39.2 degrees Celsius, seven notches above average.

Latest Update News:-Delhi Sunday recorded the hottest day of March in the past six years as the maximum temperature settled around 39.2 degrees Celsius, seven notches above average.

Delhi is likely to witness a hot day Monday with the weather office predicting that the day temperature  would hover around the 41 degrees Celsius mark.

The minimum temperature Monday settled at 22 degrees Celsius, six notches above average, an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

According to the met office, if the day temperature Monday touches 40 degrees then it would be the hottest day of March since 1945.

“Skies are likely to be clear with the maximum and minimum temperature Monday hovering around 41 degrees Celsius and 22 degrees Celsius,” said the official.

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