Dr Abdul Wahid Soomro (MNA Pakistan Peoples Party)

Every player who is involve in corruption deserve punishment no matter how much important he is, so nobody can think to do corruption again in future. We always forgive them that’s why they use to do it again and again. No one is above the law just practice this to become a successful nation.

LONDON: A teammate of the three Pakistan cricketers suspended on corruption charges has reportedly claimed that players on his team have been fixing ''almost every match.''
The News of the World newspaper quotes opening batsman Yasir Hameed as saying Pakistan players are throwing matches.
''They were doing it in almost every match,'' Hameed was quoted as saying by the News of the World newspaper. ''God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages.
''It makes me angry because I'm playing my best and they are trying to lose.''
Hameed played in last week's fourth test against England, in which Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are alleged to have deliberately bowled no-balls in conspiracy with bookmakers.
The International Cricket Council suspended Asif, Amir and test captain Salman Butt this week while it investigates them for various offenses under the sport's anti-corruption code.
The ICC has not detailed the charges, which followed a sting operation detailed in last week's News of the World that alleged that a middleman accepted payment in exchange for the deliberate no-balls in the match at Lord's, which Pakistan lost by an innings and 225 runs for its worst ever test defeat.

“About two months ago, I met General Kayani and he had very categorically said that he was not willing to accept an extension,” said (retd.) Group Captain Sultan Hali in the programme, ‘Reporter’ on DawnNews TV.

It was surprising to learn about General Kayani’s intentions from Captain Hali who has been the spokesman of Pakistan Air Force for a long time and is now on the Inter Services approved list of defence analysts.

The next question was obviously as to what transpired during the past two months which made General Kayani accept an extension which has raised questions about his reputation as a professional soldier.

“There is a lot which has changed during the past two months which may have convinced General Kayani to change his mind about accepting an invitation,” said Captain Hali. “There may have been pressure from the Americans who want continuity in the policies in the war against terror. Secondly, the elected government’s decision to give an extension to him forced General Kayani to accept the decision.”

“I have also heard that former generals, including former Army Chief General Abdul Waheed Kakar also tried to convince General Kayani to accept the invitation,” Captain Hali added.

It is surprising that the US changed the line of command from General Stanley McChrystal to General Petraeus during an offensive in Afghanistan but wanted General Kayani to continue in Pakistan. And that too, without any attempts at lobbying by the vested lobbies which had already ensured an extension for DG ISI Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

ISLAMABAD: Over 2.5 million children under the age of five have been affected by floods, says a report released by an international anti-poverty agency.
There are about 1.4 million (eight per cent) pregnant and lactating women among the affected people and over one million are elderly or otherwise vulnerable.

The Actionaid report said there was an urgent need for nutrition assistance, especially for young children and pregnant and lactating women.

It said also called for community-level programmes to fight acute malnutrition and dissemination of messages on feeding and hygiene for infants and young children in the affected areas.

The number of schools being used as shelters has decreased to 5,258 and 1.3 million people are living in them.

KARACHI: Embattled Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, currently embroiled in a corruption storm, have been dropped from the International Cricket Council’s annual awards list.
“The pair’s nominations have been withdrawn and the jury has been informed,” an ICC spokesman confirmed to AFP without giving further details.
Aamer was in the running for the best emerging player award while Asif was listed in the best cricketer category.
The awards ceremony will take place in Bangalore on Monday.
Aamer and Asif, as well as Test captain Salman Butt, are all being investigated following allegations of ‘spot-fixing’ in the fourth Test against England last week.
All three have been charged by the ICC with “various offences” under its anti-corruption code and they have been suspended pending a decision on those charges.
Original Post@Dawn.com

ISLAMABAD: Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to fuel a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government already struggling with a flood crisis.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on two Shia rallies that killed nearly 90 people in the cities of Quetta and Lahore in the past three days.
The attacks ended a lull after devastating floods which affected 20 million people.
Officials had said before the attacks that any major violence at such a difficult time was likely to cause deep popular resentment against the militants.
On Friday, the Taliban also threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe “very soon”, two days after the Washington added the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to its list of “foreign terrorist organisations”.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday called for an All Parties’ Conference to discuss the flood situation.
During his speech in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Gilani said the loss incurred by Pakistan due to the floods was between five to six billion US dollars and that 30 per cent of the country’s agricultural land had been devastated.
Gilani informed NA that around four billion rupees had been accumulated by September 3 in the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. He said the floods had claimed more than 1,600 lives.
He further said that some 479 health centres were operational and providing relief to the survivors.
Original Post@DawnNews