Wasan condemns lawyers’ killing

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KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan has condemned the killing of three lawyers in the city, TrendPK reported on Wednesday.

The minister said that it was a very sorrowful incident.

While talking with media, Wasan said that he has demanded immediate report of the incident from IG and CCPO.

Wasan said that the target killing incidents would be ended soon.

Earlier, three lawyers were shot dead by armed assailants at Pakistan Chowk area of the city.

The slain lawyers are identified as Shakeel Jafferi, Kafeel Jafferi and Badar Munir. TrendPK

Hours long power cuts from today: KESC

KARACHI: Given the pretext of shortage of natural gas, Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has announced to observe 10-hour long power outages in Karachi from today, TrendPK reported Sunday.

Meanwhile, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has dismissed KESC’s excuse of suspension of gas supply from the former.

KESC’s spokesperson Ghafran Ata, talking to TrendPK, said SSGC has forcefully shut down valves of the main pipeline used for gas supply to KESC, adding that the former is posing threats to cut complete gas supply to KESC.

However, SSGC spokesman Inayat Ismail, rebuffing the allegations, has said that KESC has commenced a vicious campaign aiming at tarnishing SSGC’s market reputation.

Being wary of complete blackout in Karachi in case of persistence of the issue, KESC’s representative said the company always becomes the prime target whenever there is decline in gas pressure.

Inayat Ismail of SSGC said despite the fact that KESC has to pay off outstanding dues worth 28 billion rupees even then his company is providing KESC gas on regular basis.

Ghafran Ata of KESC said that Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered SSGC to provide KESC with 276 million cusec feet natural gas a day but the order has yet to be obeyed.

SSGC said that the entire energy sector is reeling financial crisis therefore if there is low gas supply for SSGC, so it will result the same for other companies. TrendPK

Mirzas statement to trigger violence in Sindh, says MQM

 The Coordination Committee meetings of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were held in Karachi and London to discuss the situation arising after the press conference of former provincial senior minister, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza.

In the joint statement after the meetings Coordination Committee sources said that Zulfiqar Mirza was himself involved in target killings in Karachi.

The Coordination Committee has also asked Pakistan People’s Party to clears its position in this regard.

The MQM condemned Zulfiqar Mirza’s allegations and said why kidnapping for ransom and ‘Bhatta Mafia’ activities started soon after his appointment as Sindh Interior Minister.

The MQM also alleged that Mirza’s allegations would add fuel to the fire and trigger violence in Karachi. The Coordination Committee said that Mirza was directly involved in target killing in Karachi.

India become the new champion of cricket by defeating Sri Lanka in final

India vs Sri Lanka final

Blue shirts have become the new champions of cricket by getting 6 wickets victory in India vs Sri Lanka final of ICC World Cup 2011 played at Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai. Blue shirts got the target of 275 after losing 4 wickets when 10 balls were remaining. Gautam Gambhir suffered by nervous nineties. Dhoni scored unbeaten 91 runs.

India vs Sri Lanka final: Lankan innings

According to details in India vs Sri Lanka final, guest captain Kumar Sangakkara win the toss and elected to bat first. Lankans goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Upal Tharanga, he scored 2 runs. This time captain came to join Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dilshan turned back to pavilion after scoring 33 runs. Sangakkara and Mahila Jayawardene batted sensibly and added 72 runs in the third wicket partnership. Sangakkara was taken by Yuvraj Singh when his score was 48. The fourth Lankan wicket fell on the total of 179, when Samaraweera was dismissed by the same bowler on the individual score of 31.

Chamara Kapugedera became the second wicket of Zaheer Khan. With the wicket he levels Afridi’s highest 21 wickets in the tournament. On the other end senior batsman Mahela Jayawardene continued to move his side’s total. Nuwan Kulasekara and Jayawardene added 62 runs in the mutual cooperation. Nuwan Kulasekara goes runout on 32. After completing the limited number of overs, Lankan side posted the total of 274/6 on the scoreboard. Jayawardene was unbeaten on 103. Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh got two wickets each.

India vs Sri Lanka final: Indian Innings

Following the target, the home side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Virender Sehwag. Lasith Malinga not permitted him to open his score account. Little master Sachin Tendulkar failed to play a big innings this time and became the wicket of Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara made no mistake in taking his catch behind the wickets. After losing two wickets, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli played very sensibly and played beautiful strokes all around the ground. Both players added 151 runs in the third wicket partnership. The innings of Kohli was finished by Tillakaratne Dilshan when his score was 35.

This time captain MS Dhoni to join Gambhir once again India got success in making a big partnership and both players added 109 runs in the mutual cooperation. The innings of Gambhir ended when he was three behind from his century. Next Yuvraj Singh, along with Dhoni not permitted Lankan bowlers to create more hype and got their target on the second ball of second last over. At the Dhoni was notout on 91 while Yuvraj on 21. Lasith Malinga got 2 wickets in India vs Sri Lanka final.

Gambhir and MS Dhoni Won World cup for India

India won the world cup 2011and becomes the new world champion thanks to Gambhir and Ms Dhoni. They both played lovely innings. India was chasing the target of 275 runs in Mumbai and they get the target easily.

Lahore chamber beats Indian HC in friendly tie

ISLAMABAD: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) thrashed Indian High Commission in a friendly Twenty20 clash in the capital city of Islamabad on Sunday.

Opting to bat first, Indian team was bundled out for 106 in 16.3 overs.

In reply, Lahore Chamber chased down the target in just nine overs at the loss of only one wicket.

Speaking on this occasion, Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister’s visit to India to watch the semi-final clash.

He said that cricket would emerge as winner in the much-hyped encounter. TrendPK

WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan Steals The Quarter Final For Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan openers WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan has got the win for the Sri Lankan team over England in the forth quarter final match. Both openers have scored a century and it was their 2^nd 200 plus opening partnership performance in the world cup 2011. The performance of WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan has made it alarming for rest of the teams of the world cup.

World Cup 2011: India beat West Indies by 80 runs

India beat West Indies by 80 runs in the last group match of ICC World Cup 2011, played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Following the target of 269, Caribbean side bowled out for just 188 runs in 43 overs. Zaheer Khan took three wickets.

According to details Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. The home side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Sachin Tendulkar. He can score just 2 runs. New batsman Virat Kohli, along with Gautam Gambhir added 43 runs in the second wicket partnership. Gambhir was taken by Ravi Rampaul on 22. This time, the danger man Yuvraj Singh came to join the crease with Kohli. Both players batted very sensibly and picks their side’s total to 173. On this spot Kohli goes clean bowled by Rampaul. MS Dhoni turned back after playing the innings of 22 runs. On the other end Yuvraj continued to move his side’s score and completed his hundred.

The fifth Indian wicket fell on the total of 232 when Suresh Raina was bowled out by Darren Sammy on 4. The shinning innings of Yuvraj ends on 113. He was catch and bowled by Kieron Pollard. Yusuf Pathan became the fourth wicket of Yusuf Pathan, his score was 11. Soon after, Harbhajan Singh was taken by Andre Russell on 3. Russell finished the Indian innings by picking the wicket of Munaf Patel. After losing all wickets the final score of Indian side was 268 in 49.1 overs. Ravi Rampaul was the best West Indian bowler, he picked 5 wickets for 51 runs. Andre Russell was the second prominent bowler with 2 wickets.

Following the target, West Indies lost its first wicket on the total of 34 when Kirk Edwards was taken by Ashwin on 17. Darren Bravo and Devon Smith added 56 runs in the second wicket partnership. Suresh Raina took the wicket of Bravo when his score was 22. This time Ramnaresh Sarwan came to join Smith. Both players batted sensibly and added 65 runs in the mutual cooperation. The innings of Smith was finished by Zaheer Khan on 81. He made this score with the help of seven boundaries and a six. Soon after, Kieron Pollard was taken by Harbhajan Singh on just 1 run.

Devon Thomas became the sixth wicket of Indian bowlers. He can score 2 runs on 8 balls. Captain Darren Sammy (2), Andre Russell (0), Sulieman Benn (3), also failed to struggle against home bowlers. The resistance of Ramnaresh Sarwan ended on 39. Ravi Rampaul became the victory wicket of India. After losing all wickets the total of Caribbean side was 188 in 43 overs. Zaheer was the most successful Indian bowler with three wickets.

Warm-Up Matches: South Africa Beats Zimbabwe By 8 Wickets

South Africa thrashed Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in its first warm-up match at Chennai on Saturday. Favorite Protease achieved the target of 153 easily.

Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. Brendan Taylor and C. Coventry provide a good start of 49 runs to their side. Coventry went back to pavilion after scoring 21 runs. His catch was taken by Imran Tahir on the ball of Morkel. Taibu could not score any run and caught by Smith, this time bowler was Morkel again. G. Lamb can score 11 runs, his catch was taken by de Villiers on the ball of Peterson. Captain E. Chigumbura could not opened his score account and went back in the result of a strong LBW appeal made by Peterson, he faced 4 balls. When the total of weak African side was 82 the resistance of Taylor ended and he gave the catch to de Villiers on the ball of Imran Tahir.

C. Ervine could not enter into double-figures and went back on the strong appeal of lbw made by Botha. He added 8 runs to his team’s total. R. Chakabva played faced 33 balls and scored 18. S. Williams shown a little bit resistance and scored 35 runs. He became run out on the direct threw of Plessis. P. Utseya can score 5 runs, he was bowled out by Tahir. S. Masakadza became the last wicket for South Africa; he went back with scoring any run. Imran Tahir was the wicket taker again. At the end Zimbabwe score was 152 with the run rate of 3.63.

M Morkel and Imran Tahir were prominent bowlers by taking 3, 3 wickets. Peterson took 2 wickets.

The target of 153 was easily chased by South Africa in 24^th over. Hashim Amla scored 45 runs he was caught by Taibu on the ball of Price. Captain Gram Smith went back after scoring 41. Kallis and de Villiers were not out 49 and 12 runs respectively when they got their target. Price and Lamb took one, one wicket.

The victory of Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in 5 ODI series

The dream of Zimbabwe to win the series against Bangladesh is broken and the host side is successful to give happiness to their crowd. It became a very hard task for the Bangal tigers to win against red shirts but they worked hard in order to fulfill their aim and they got success in winning the series against the African side with the margin of 3-1.

The first match of the series between the two week sides was played on 1 day of December at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to Field first and with the fall of all wickets Zimbabwe can score 209 runs. Abdur Razzaq the left arm spinner was the most successful blower from the host side he took 4 wickets. The target of 209 runs was not seems difficult for the host side but in the same number of over Bangal tigers was all out at just 200 runs. The Zimbabwean blowers did not give them the chance to chase the target and Zimbabwe wins this match by 9 runs.

After the gap of one day both teams was ready to face the challenge of each other at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. The toss coin once again gives the decision in the favor of host side and their decision was the same as in the last mach they played against the guest side. But this time the blowers of Bangladesh proves the decision of their captain true and all the Zimbabwean team was all out at just 191 runs. Off spinner Abdur Razzaq once again gives the excellent performance and took 5 wickets. This time the Bangal batsmen easily chased their required target with the lost of 4 wickets.

The series was equal with 1-1. Both teams come again to in the same city and on the same ground. This time Zimbabwe was the lucky team that won the toss and they repeated the same decision as Bangladesh made in the first two matches. Bangladeshi players played well and they scored 246 runs with the fall of 7 wickets in the limited number of over. Prosper Utseya the captain of the Zimbabwean team was the most successful blower from their side. in order to chase the target of 246 runs the host side was total failed and the whole team was all out at just 181 runs. The captain Prosper Utseya fulfills his responsibility again by scoring 67 runs. Abdur Razzaq was the most successful blower again and he took 4 wickets again Shafiul Islam took the equal number of wickets and contributed his part. The next match was Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh 5th ODI at Chittagong

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