Riots not symptom of UK moral decline: Tony Blair

He said talk of “broken Britain” will tarnish the nation s reputation.

Prime Minister David Cameron has blamed Britain s “slow-motion moral collapse” for the riots.

Blair wrote in a newspaper that the violence was not caused by social rot, but by “alienated, disaffected youth,” who are found in most developed nations.

He said claims of Britain s moral decline “will depress ourselves unnecessarily, trash our own reputation abroad, and worst of all, miss the chance to deal with the problem in the only way that will work.”

Blair left office in 2007 and rarely comments on domestic politics.

Ranbir Kapoor voted Sexiest Asian Man

Ranbir Kapoor, the heartthrob of the nation, has been voted ‘Sexiest Asian Man’ as per a survey conducted by the London weekly Eastern Eye. Bollywood hunk John Abraham narrowly missed out on the top spot by finishing second while Hrithik Roshan occupied the third spot. R&B star Jay Sean and Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar bagged the fourth and fifth spots.

With Ranbir topping the Sexiest Asian Man poll, one can safely state that his fan following seems to be growing manifold with each passing day.

Pity the nation that silences writers: Arundhati Roy

NEW DELHI: Award-winning Indian writer and human rights activist Arundhati Roy had kept her silence after controversy over her statement that Kashmir is not an “integral part”.

Now, she has spoken and may spark another round of controversy. “I write this from Srinagar, Kashmir. I said what millions of people here say every day. I said what related stories

I, as well as other commentators have written and said for years,” she said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Anybody who cares to read the transcripts of my speeches will see that they were fundamentally a call for justice. I spoke about justice for the people of Kashmir who live under one of the most brutal military occupations in the world,” she said.

“What I say comes from love and pride. Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those

ST announces three days of mourning

Staff Report

KARACHI: Sunni Tehreek (ST) has announced three days of mourning over the suicide blasts at Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine where ten people were martyred and more than 80 others wounded.

While talking to the journalists after the blasts, ST leaders Shakeel Qadri said that the nation knows who is behind such terrorist activities. SAMAA

Farmers, PPP workers stage protest in Pad Eidan

Staff Report

NAUSHERO FEROZE: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) workers and farmers staged a demonstration against low supply of agricultural water in Pad Eidan area of Naushehro Feroze on Sunday.

Local PPP leaders said their crops had been destroyed due to low water supply for the past six months.

The protesters said they were forced to hold demonstration as senior party’s leadership had not addressed their problem. SAMAA

Man kills two adultery suspect sisters in Sargodha

Staff Report

SARGODHA: A brother has killed, on a suspicion of adultery, his two sisters with consecutive hits of iron rod in Satellite Town of Sargodha, SAMAA reported on Sunday.

According to police, in Block-Z of Satellite Town Sargodha two sisters Samira and Tahira have been killed by their brother Arsalan.

The father of the deceased girls has accepted that his son is involved in the brutal murder of both the sisters.

The local people told that one of the killed girl was married and the accused killer brother suspected that both sisters were involved in the illicit relations with two boys.

The police have moved the dead bodies of both slain sisters to the District headquarter Hospital but no case has been registered against the culprit yet. SAMAA

England beat Pakistan in first T20

Staff Report

CARDIFF: Pakistan’s under pressured team strived hard on Sunday to win the first Twenty20 against England but the bad fielding made it easy for the host team to grab an easy victory over Pakistan, SAMAA reported on Sunday.

Earlier,the match was delayed due to the sudden fall of rain. England won the toss and chose to field first.

Pakistan’s team remained under massive pressure after the recent match-fixing allegations by an allegedly interview of its opener, Yasir Hameed, by the News of the World.

Pakistan scored 126 for four wickets with Umar Akmal’s 35 runs top score. Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afrid took two wickets each.

England completed their targeted score in 18th over without any big trouble.

The major cause of Pakistan’s defeat against T20’s champion is considered to be the completely senseless fielding and

Yasir Hameed is innocent, claims brother Saqib Hameed

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Saqib Hameed, the younger brother of Yasir Hameed, has said that his brother is innocent, adding that it is a sheer cheating of the UK weekly tabloid.

While talking to SAMAA on Sunday, Saqib told that the alleged black mailing of the notorious ‘the News of the World’ may help other players who are allegedly involved in the spot-fixing scam.

Saqib Hameed has said that Yasir Hameed did not say anything new or uncommon before the hidden camera about the Pakistani players’ involvement in the match-fixing; the said tabloid weekly is twisting the story by involving others to sensationalize the match fixing scam as much as it could. SAMAA

England v Pakistan series to go ahead

CARDIFF: The first Twenty20 international between England and Pakistan was set to go ahead as planned on Sunday despite the latest allegations in the fixing controversy, Pakistan manager Yawar Saeed said.

The Pakistan team held an emergency meeting after The News of the World reported that a fourth player was being investigated over match-rigging allegations, leading to speculation that they could pull out of the series.

“We are going to the ground for the match and that means the series is on,” Yawar told Geo Super Channel.

The newspaper quoted Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed as saying that some of his team mates were fixing matches.

Hameed again denied making these allegations, even though the newspaper released a video of the interview with him.

“I was approached by this guy about a deal for sticker sponsorship on my bat. It was a general

Gulf seafood industry tries to shake an oily image

NEW ORLEANS: BP engineers were waiting on the cement to harden in the blown-out Gulf oil well before they begin drilling the last 100 feet of a relief well, one of the final steps to permanently plugging the spill.

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