Thousands of Muslim march in support of blasphemy laws

Thousands joined Pakistan's main opposition religious party Jamat-e-Islami, along with 7 other parties including, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and the banned Jamat-ud-dawa, staged a rally of …

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Some 40,000 in Lahore streets to defend blasphemy law, shouting slogans against the Pope

Benedict XVI is slammed for joining western propaganda against the Islamic state. Demonstrators pledge to sacrifice their lives for Muhammad. The new governor of Punjab is told to express solidarity …

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Report Says Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal Tops 100

A prominent U.S. newspaper says Pakistan has doubled its nuclear arms stockpile in recent years to exceed 100 weapons. The Washington Post reported Monday that Pakistan now has a larger arsenal than …

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Pakistan interest rates up as inflation increases

(MENAFN) The State Bank of Pakistan Governor, Shahid Kardar, said that the bank decided to increase interest rates even though the pace of inflation is increasing, reported Tehran Times.Kardar said …

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Pakistan asks US for support in TAPI pipeline security

(MENAFN) Pakistan's Finance Ministry said that the country asked the United States for support in ensuring the safety of the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas …

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It Figures: The World Cup in numbers

Viv Richards: the best batsman against top teams in World Cups

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PCB set to retain Afridi as skipper for World Cup

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt, in all likelihood, will announce Shahid Afridi as the captain of the Pakistan team for the upcoming World Cup although some players are backing Misbah-ul Haq as the leader. According to sources, Butt has decided to now stick with Afridi as captain although there is still a divided opinion about the fact that some consider Misbah to be a better choice. The scales seemed to have heavily tilted in favour of Afridi after the dashing batsman smashed 65 off only 25 deliveries during Pakistan’’s series levelling win against New Zealand on Saturday. “Butt has come to the conclusion after discussing the captaincy issue with the team management and others that it would be unwise to change the captain at such a stage and since Afridi has been the ODI captain since late 2009,” a source indicated. He said the board would most likely end the captaincy debate by announcing the captain in next 24 hours. There was plenty of debate in the cricketing circles after the PCB announced the World Cup squad of 15 players last month but did not name the captain. Many former players consider Afridi to be too temperamental to be given the responsibility of captaining in the World Cup and others warning against changing the captain at such a late stage. Former Pakistan captain, Shoaib Malik has also added his voice to the captaincy debate supporting Afridi. “I don”t think it is a good move to change the captain now. Since Afridi has been leading the team for the last year, it makes no sense to change him now,” Malik said. “Changing captains frequently has already damaged the team in the past.”

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Egypt protesters call strike, ”million man march”

CAIRO: Egyptian protesters on Monday called for an indefinite general strike and a “million man march” on Tuesday in Cairo, upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak’’s creaking regime. “It was decided overnight that there will be a million man march on Tuesday,” Eid Mohammed, one of the protesters and organisers, told. “We have also decided to begin an open-ended general strike,” he said. The strike was first called by workers at a factory in the canal city of Suez late on Sunday. “We will be joining the Suez workers and begin a general strike until our demands are met,” Mohammed Waked, another protest organiser, told. In Cairo’’s Tahrir square, hundreds of protesters camped out overnight, determined to escalate the biggest anti-government protests in three decades. An increasingly embattled Mubarak appointed the first vice president in his 30-year-rule, and a new prime minister in a desperate attempt to hold on to power. Egypt ordered riot police back onto the streets nationwide two days after they virtually disappeared as the army was deployed to deal with the revolt, but few police were visible on Monday morning. Many Cairo men are exhausted, taking part in neighbourhood vigilante groups protecting their homes from looters by night and protesting during the day. Mubarak, who sacked his cabinet on Friday, tasked his new prime minister on Sunday to ram through democratic reforms. His instructions to Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq were read out on state television late on Sunday but had no discernible effect on protesters bunkered down in Tahrir square vowing not to leave until he steps down. Mubarak also said the new prime minister’’s priority was creating new jobs. “Above all that, and concurrent with it, I emphasise the importance of urgently, completely, effectively taking new and continuous steps for more political reforms, constitutional and legislative, through dialogue with all parties,” Mubarak told Shafiq. He also instructed the new cabinet, whose members have not yet been named, to end corruption and restore trust in the country’’s economy. But the announcement created little excitement among the more than 1,000 people encamped Monday at Tahrir square, the protest epicentre, some sleeping but many more marching and chanting “We will stay in the square, until the coward leaves.” The army has positioned tanks around the area and was checking identity papers but letting protesters in. Civilian popular committee members were also checking papers to make sure no plainclothes police get in. “We are looking for police trouble makers, they want to come in and break our unity,” said a popular committee member who asked not to be named. Nearby soldiers scrubbed furiously at their tanks in a bid to wash off some of the anti-Mubarak graffiti they have been covered in over the last three days, as officers looked on. Top dissident Mohamed ElBaradei late Sunday told a sea of angry protesters in the square that they were beginning a new era. The Nobel laureate, who was mandated by Egyptian opposition groups including the banned Muslim Brotherhood to negotiate with Mubarak’’s regime, hailed “a new Egypt in which every Egyptian lives in freedom and dignity.” “We are on the right path, our strength is in our numbers,” ElBaradei said in his first address on Tahrir square. “I ask you to be patient, change is coming.” “We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for the nation,” the angry crowd shouted. “The people want to topple the president.” Brotherhood leaders Essam el-Erian and Saad el-Katatni, who walked out of prison earlier on Sunday after their guards fled, also addressed the crowd. “They tried every way to stop the revolution of the people but we will be steadfast regardless of how many martyrs fall,” Erian said. The protests against Mubarak’’s three-decade rule have shaken Egypt and left at least 125 people dead as the veteran leader clings to power. A curfew slapped on Cairo, Alexandria and Suez on Friday was further extended on Sunday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 am, state television said, leaving citizens only seven hours a day to take to the street. Mubarak has struggled to placate a nation angry at his autocratic rule with token gestures such as sacking the government. Several foreign governments said they would evacuate their nationals, while the United States authorised the departure of embassy families. Mubarak on Sunday met with army brass seen as holding the key to his future as warplanes roared low over the downtown Cairo protest in an apparent show of force. State television said he visited central military command where he met his newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, the intelligence chief. Mubarak, a former air force chief, appeared to be bolstering his army support as he faces down the revolt. Washington, a key ally of Egypt, called on Mubarak to do more to defuse the crisis, with President Barack Obama voicing support for “an orderly transition to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people.” With fears of insecurity rising, thousands of convicts have broken out of prisons across Egypt after they overwhelmed guards or after prison personnel fled their posts. Troops set up checkpoints on roads to riot-hit prisons, stopping and searching cars for prisoners on the run.

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Barath boosts Windies with maiden ton

COLOMBO: Young Adrian Barath geared up for the World Cup with a maiden century as West Indies posted a competitive 245-5 against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international on Monday. The 20-year-old opener cracked two sixes and eight fours in a 129-ball 113 to bolster the innings after the tourists lost two wickets, including that of hard-hitting Chris Gayle, for 42 runs in Colombo. Barath steadied the innings with a 165-run stand for the third wicket with Ramnaresh Sarwan, who hit an impressive 75 for his 34th half-century in one-day internationals. The West Indies were set for a final onslaught after reaching 206-2 in 43 overs, but paceman Lasith Malinga (3-51) restricted the tourists with three quick wickets, including those of Sarwan and Barath in the same over. The World Cup, co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, starts on February 19. The West Indies made a poor start after winning the toss as Gayle (four) was caught behind off paceman Nuwan Kulasekara in the day’’s fourth over. Darren Bravo also did not last long, making eight before being run out. Barath, playing only his sixth one-dayer, went for big shots after completing his half-century as he swung part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan and seamer Angelo Mathews over mid-wicket for sixes. The opener reached his hundred in style, driving unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis for his seventh four. Sri Lanka then had to wait for than 30 overs to get another wicket as Barath and Sarwan batted sensibly. Malinga broke the stand when he had Sarwan caught by Chamara Kapugedera at long-on after the batsman had hit one six and four boundaries in his 100-ball knock. The same combination accounted for Barath a ball later.

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India demands full BlackBerry access, Pakistan continues service

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – India rejected on Monday Research In Motion's (RIM) offer to allow it only partial access to its BlackBerry data services as neighbouring Pakistan also moved to restrict …

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