ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and MQM Chief Altaf Hussain made a telephonic contact on Wednesday night.
Both the leaders exchanged views on prevailing political situation in the country besides Pakistan News national and international issues and matters of mutual interest.

MQM Chief greeted the President for Independence Day and Umrah.

The President hailed Altaf Hussain’s role for democracy in the country.

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AAZAZ: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria, saying the Muslim world "can no longer accept a regime that massacres its people", as 31 people were reported killed in an air strike.

Regime forces were also bombarding the key battleground city of Aleppo in the north, activists said,Pakistan Breaking News while Damascus was shaken by a bomb attack targeting a military headquarters and a firefight near the prime minister's office.

As the world's main Muslim grouping the 57-member OIC wound up a summit in the Saudi holy city of Mecca early Thursday, UN investigators said the Syrian regime had committed crimes against humanity, including the Houla massacre in May.

A statement issued at the end of the emergency OIC summit said participants had agreed on "the need to end immediately the acts of violence in Syria and to suspend that country from the OIC".

The final statement said there had been Pakistan Breaking News "deep concern at the massacres and inhuman acts suffered by the Syrian people".

OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told a news conference the decision sent "a strong message from the Muslim world to the Syrian regime".

"This world can no longer accept a regime that massacres its people using planes, tanks and heavy artillery," he added.

The move was welcomed by the United States as sending a "strong message" to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

"Today's action underscores the Assad regime's increasing international isolation and the widespread support for the Syrian people and their struggle for a democratic state that represents their aspirations and respects their human rights," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

A report by the UN Commission of Inquiry said government forces and their militia allies committed crimes against humanity including murder and torture, while the rebels had also carried out war crimes, but on a lesser scale.

Pakistan Breaking News "The commission found reasonable grounds to believe that government forces and the shabiha had committed the crimes against humanity of murder and of torture, war crimes and gross violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law," the UN report said.

It said they were responsible for the massacre in the central city of Houla in May when 108 civilians, including 49 children, were killed in a grisly attack that Assad himself had said was the work of "monsters".

Rebel fighters were however not spared in the probe, which found them guilty of war crimes, including murder, extrajudicial execution and torture.

In the north of Syria, activists and residents reported another atrocity by the regime, with at least 31 people including children killed in an air strike in Aazaz, a rebel bastion near the second city Aleppo.

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PESHAWAR: Four bodies were found in a gunny sack from Sarband area of Peshawar Wednesday. According to police, two bodies bearing torture marks were found from Sarband who were shot dead by unknown men after being kidnapped.

The victims were identified as Muazuddin and Arif Shah, who belonged to Budh Bair and Hangu respectively.

The bodies were shifted to morgue for medico-legal formalities while police has started the investigation.

It is pertinent to mention that a total of nine bodies have so far been found from gunny sacks in Peshawar in the current month.

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LAHORE: One out of twin babies disappeared mysteriously from the Jinnah Hospital in Lahore. According to sources, the father of the twin babies has alleged that the hospital staff is involved in his child’s disappearance while the family of the disappeared infant protested the incident.

MS Jinnah Hospital Dr Mohammad Afzal told that three attendants were present with the twins in the gynae ward while they were handed over to the parents from the labour room.

Dr Afzal told that investigation into the incident has been ordered while the security guard of the gynae ward has also been suspended.

The case against unknown accused has been registered in the name of the infant’s father.

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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Khalid Shameem Wynne called on President Asif Ali Zardari and and discussed regional and national security issues with him.

According to sources, the meeting lasted for quite a while in which both the heads discussed matters relating to professional aspects of Armed Forces, operational readiness and other relevant issues in length.

 Sources said General Wynne briefed the president over Pak-Afghan border situation, deployment of military troops in tribal areas and dimensions of Pakistan’s cooperation with the ISAF and Afghan forces at the border

President told Joint Chief of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wynne that despite limited resources, Armed Forces of Pakistan will be provided maximum facilities.


He said undoubtedly the sacrifices of Armed Forces are invulnerable and its role in countering menace of terrorism and extremism is highly laudable in this regard.

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LAHORE: Hindu pilgrims who were earlier stopped at the Wagah Border from entering India staged a protest following which they were granted permission to enter the country.

Hindu pilgrims had been stopped at the Wagah Border by Rangers due to issues with their immigration documents. Rangers officials earlier said the pilgrims would be allowed to enter India when their No Objection Certificates (NOCs) were received.

Two families who had NOCs were allowed to travel to India earlier via the Wagah Border.

On Thursday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik termed the migration of families belonging to Hindu community from Jacobabad as a conspiracy against Pakistan.

The minister, while replying to a question about the migration of 60 Hindu families to India, said the government had been determined to provide complete security to the minorities.

Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday took notice of the purported migration of Hindu families from Jacobabad to India on account of the perceived law and order situation.

The chief minister directed the Minister for Excise, Mukesh Kumar Chawla, to visit Jacobabad and inquire into the matter and submit a report within three days.

A section of the media reported on Wednesday that around 60 Hindu families had migrated to India due to insecurity.

The report said that migration of Hindu families mostly in Jacobabad and Ghotki districts had started around six to eight months ago on account of the fear triggered by the poor law and order situation in addition to alleged forced conversions.

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ISLAMABAD: The government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the judgement striking down the Contempt of Court Act, 2012. A decision to file the review petition was made after President Asif Ali Zardari met with coalition partners and Law Minister Farooq Naek last Sunday.

On August 3, the Supreme Court had declared the Contempt of Court Act 2012, unconstitutional and null and void.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a show cause notice for contempt of court to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for failing to implement its directives of writing a letter to Swiss authorities to open graft cases. Prime Minister Ashraf has been directed to appear before the Supreme Court when the hearing of the NRO implementation case will resume on August 27.

A five-judge special bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, was hearing the case.

During the hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir read out the apex court’s directive of July 25. Qadir said the government was taking serious steps to resolve the issue, adding that, more time was required to arrive at a settlement.

The attorney general requested the bench to take up the matter after Eidul Fitr and asked if the case could be adjourned until the first week of September.

Upon which, Justice Ejaz said that enough time had been given to the government in order to formulate a response in this regard.

The attorney general said that given the government’s ongoing efforts, the gulf between the two state institutions would cease to exist.

Addressing the attorney general, Justice Khosa said that the bench could not move an inch away from its decision. He moreover asked the attorney general as to why the government had failed to arrive at a decision in spite of being given enough time to do so.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Pakistan People’s Party had decided it would not write a letter to Swiss authorities for reopening cases against President Asif Zardari and would ‘resist’ actions by the Supreme Court within bounds of the Constitution.

During the previous hearing of the NRO implementation case, the Supreme Court had suggested to the government to find a way out of the impasse between the executive and the judiciary.

During the July 25 hearing of the case, the bench repeatedly asked the government through the attorney general to use wisdom and find a solution to vindicate the positions of the two institutions perceived to be at logger heads, also implying that it was not in a mood to send another prime minister home and conceding that President Zardari enjoyed immunity from prosecution in criminal cases.

Earlier on June 27, the bench had given the new prime minister two weeks to indicate whether he would ask Swiss authorities to reopen a corruption case against President Zardari.

The court had on June 19 dismissed Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister after convicting him of contempt in April for refusing to reopen the multi-million-dollar case against the president.

Raja Pervez Ashraf was later elected as the new prime minister.

The allegations against President Zardari date back to the 1990s, when he and his late wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto were suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to launder $12 million allegedly paid in bribes by companies seeking customs inspection contracts.

The Swiss shelved the case in 2008 when Zardari became president and the government had been insisting that the president has full immunity.

But in 2009 the Supreme Court overturned the NRO, a political amnesty that had frozen investigations into the president and other politicians, ordering that the cases be reopened.

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ISLAMABAD: Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of Punjab and Islamabad with chances of rain/thundershower at isolated places of Multan division during next 24 hours. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), seasonal low lies over northwest Balochistan with its trough extending southeast wards according to the synoptic situation.

Weak monsoon currents are still penetrating into upper and central parts of the country.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts, however, rain/thundershower is likely at isolated places of D I Khan division during next 24 hours.

Mainly hot and humid weather is also expected in most parts of Sindh and Balochistan during next 24 hours, however, rain/thundershower is likely at isolated places of Zhob, Kalat and Sibbi divisions during next 24 hours.

Mostly partly cloudy weather is expected with chances of rain/thundershower at isolated places of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during next 24 hours.

The rainfall recorded during last 24 hours was: Sibbi 57 mm, Kakul 23 mm, Gupis 19 mm, Bahawalnagar 18 mm, Bunji and Malamjabba 5 mm, Hunza, Gilgit, Sialkot and Mohenjodaro 3 mm each.

US President Barack Obama has said "soul searching" is needed on how to reduce violence following a second mass shooting event in the US in a month. Wade Michael Page, 40, killed six and injured three at a Sikh temple in near Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday.

He was shot dead by police in the temple's car park during the attack.

Officials say they are investigating reports that Page had white supremacist links, and the FBI is treating the attack as possible domestic terrorism.

The temple attack follows a shooting in Aurora, Colorado at a midnight screening of the new Batman film on 20 July. Twelve people were killed and 58 were injured in the attack.

"All of us recognise that these kinds of terrible, tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us not to do some soul searching to examine additional ways that we can reduce violence, " Mr Obama said during an unrelated bill signing on Monday.

Mr Obama has pledged to work with members of both political parties and civic organisations to reach a consensus on the matter, but has not given details.

Debate on gun control issues has featured very little during the US presidential campaign, which has mainly focused on the economy, correspondents say.

Sikhs living in the United States have expressed their shock and fear after a shooting at a temple in Wisconsin on Sunday which left seven people dead. Some community members could not believe what happened. Others said they had feared such attacks since 9/11.

A gunman entered the Sikh temple on Sunday morning and opened fire, killing six people and injuring a policeman.

A vigil for the victims was held in nearby Milwaukee as police searched the suspect's home.

FBI and bomb squad officers have surrounded the property of the alleged gunman in Cudahy, about 2.5 miles (4km) north of the Wisconsin Sikh Temple and evacuated local residents.

In total seven people died in the attack in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee, including the gunman. A police officer and two other men were critically injured.
Muslim confusion

Officials have not yet identified the gunman or a possible motive, but Sikh organisations in the US say the community has been vulnerable since the 9/11 attacks.
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Sikhism at a glance

    Sikhism is a monotheistic faith founded more than 500 years ago in South Asia
    Observant Sikhs do not cut their hair; male followers often wear turbans and do not shave their beards
    The faith has about 27 million followers worldwide. There are up to 500,000 Sikhs in the US, where they have sometimes been confused with Muslims
    In Sept 2001, an Arizona gas station owner, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was shot dead by a man said to be seeking revenge on Muslims for 9/11

"This is something we have been fearing since 9/11, that this kind of incident will take place," said Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Washington-based Sikh Council on Religion and Education.

"It was a matter of time because there's so much ignorance and people confuse us [as] being members of Taliban or belonging to [Osama] bin Laden," he told Associated Press.

"We never thought this could happen to our community," Devendar Nagra told Associated Press, "we never did anything wrong to anyone."

Sikhism hails from the Indian subcontinent and observant Sikhs wear turbans. Members of the community have been attacked in the past by assailants mistaking them for Muslims.

"That turban has tragically marked us as automatically suspect, perpetually foreign and potentially terrorists," Valarie Kaur, a filmmaker based in the US who has chronicled attacks on Sikhs, told the news agency.

Several hundred people turned up to an impromptu candlelit vigil in Milwaukee on Sunday evening for the victims of the shooting.

There are an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 Sikh families in and around the city worshipping at two gurdwaras and temples, including the Wisconsin Sikh Temple.
A man wipes away tears outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place on 5 August 2012 Distraught family members are still waiting for news in Oak Creek

Lakhwinder Singh, a member of the congregation there, told Reuters that two of the victims were believed to be the president of temple and a priest.

"It will take a long time to heal. We're hurt very badly," he said.
'Terrorist-type incident'

President Barack Obama spoke of his sadness at the shooting, which comes just over two weeks after a gun massacre left 12 people dead at a Colorado cinema.

"As we mourn this loss which took place at a house of worship, we are reminded how much our country has been enriched by Sikhs, who are a part of our broader American family."

Local politician Mark Honadel called the attack "craziness".

The state representative told CNN: "Unfortunately, when this type of stuff hits your area, you say to yourself, 'why?' But in today's society, I don't think there's any place that's free from idiots."

Police have described it as a "domestic terrorist-type incident". The FBI are taking over the criminal investigation.

Zambian miners have killed a Chinese manager by pushing a mine trolley at him during a riot at a coal mine in the south of the country. A second Chinese was injured, as were several Zambians, during the riot on Saturday.

The workers were on strike at the mine in protest against delays in implementing a new minimum wage.

They were angry their wages were lower than a new minimum of $220 (£140) a month paid to shop workers.

Zambia's minister of labour has gone to the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe, 325km (200 miles) south of the capital, Lusaka.

"Wu Shengzai, aged 50, has been killed by protesting workers after being hit by a trolley which was pushed towards him by the rioting miners as he ran away into the underground where he wanted to seek refugee," Southern province police commissioner Fred Mutondo told state news agency, the Zambia News and Information Services.

"He died on the spot while his colleague is in hospital."
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Last year, the Zambian government dropped charges against two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder after they fired on miners at the Collum mine during a pay dispute.

Chinese firms own several mines in southern African countries, including coal and copper operations.

Copper mining is one of Zambia's main industries, providing nearly three-quarters of the country's exports; many of the mining companies are foreign-owned, and China has invested more than $400m (£250m) in Zambia.

A 2011 report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that, despite improvements in recent years, safety and labour conditions at Chinese mines were worse than at other foreign-owned mines.

SLAMABAD: Interior Advisor Senator Rehman Malik Saturday said the Balochi people want to 'live with Pakistan' and that only those who were acting on foreign dictates were unhappy.

Addressing a press conference here, Rehman Malik said the statement Brahamdagh Bugti was welcome in which the latter said he belonged to a political party and not a militant organization. "His statement shows that he holds a soft corner for Pakistan," he added.

He said the government would send any leader to Brahamdagh Bugti chosen by the latter for holding talks.

The Interior Advisor said the government was ready to sit at the table with Sardar Attaullah Mengal, Akhtar Mengal and other Baloch leaders as well to address their grievances.

He said the number of missing persons in Balochistan stands at 36 and that ruled out a military operation as a possible solution to the province's issue. "Neither any operation is underway in Balochistan nor is there any need for one," he claimed, adding however that targeted action would certainly be taken where there is need.

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Imran Khan challenges Main Nawaz Sharif to have a debate with him at any forum. 

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan in a press conference Friday asked PML-N chief Mian Nawaz to answer his 11 questions to the nation. 

He accused PML-N chief of defaulting on bank loans worth Rs6 billion rupees. 

“Mian Nawaz Sharif borrowed this money and never returned it back”, he alleged. 

After giving details of his own assets to the media Imran Khan asked Mian Nawaz Sharif to explain certain facts. 

Imran said Nawaz Sharif should answer these questions to the public. 

The 11 question Imran asked are as under: 

1. Raymond Baker, an international renowned author, wrote in his book that Nawaz Sharif did corruption worth $417 million. The book says that Nawaz Sharif took a commission of $160 million from Daewoo for the motorway which was recently made. If Baker had made a false allegation, then why did you not initiate a case against him? 

2. You bought four apartments in Mayfair worth more than Rs1 billion. Now their value has gone up to Rs4.5 billion. Where did you get the money from? 

3. In 1994, you stated your income as Rs150,000 and you gave a tax of Rs14,000. If this is your income, then how did you buy a property in Mayfair? 

4. You took a loan from Al Taufiq Bank worth $30 million and then you defaulted it. They took you to court and attached your property. From where did you get the money to pay back those $30 million? 

5. Ishaq Dar gave an affidavit saying that Nawaz Sharif did money laundering by opening a fictitious account by the name of Qazi family in London. The BBC did a film on that too. 

6. You took a loan worth Rs6 billion from Pakistani banks and you had them defaulted. Did you return back the loan? 

7. You have a 1,700 acre land in Raiwind. Where did you get the money from to buy that land? 

8. Where did the people’s tax money go? How much of the tax money was put into Raiwind? 

9. Your whole family has properties in London. You want to do government in Pakistan but your children’s properties are lying abroad. You should own it like I owned it right now. 

10. You planted a steel mill in Jeddah of $150 million. Your tax return does not show that you have enough income to plant a mill. 

11. You froze your foreign accounts in 1998, but tell us, how much money did you transfer abroad the night before? 

Khan further clarified the accusations against Shaukat Khanum Hospital and said that whatever investment was done did not face any loss. “Bluechip company guaranteed us that they will bear the loss and we will get the profit. Our party’s senior leader will read out the email to you.” 

He added that all his assets as well as of his senior party leaders will be made public on his website within a few days. 

He also promised to expose Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. 

He said he was ready to have an open debate with Nawaz Sharif, adding Nawaz should come forward and speak himself instead of using his handpicked employees to talk.

MANILA: A Philippine gold mining firm said Friday waste had leaked from one of its mines due to heavy rains, forcing the government to shut down production. Chief mining regulator Leo Jasareno said the government was assessing the potential hazards posed by the tailings spill at the Padcal mine, though Philex Mining, the country's top gold mining firm, denied the discharge was toxic.

"We have issued a suspension order on the mine," Jasareno told as he drove to the mine, located near the northern mountain resort of Baguio. There were no reported casualties.

"Philex is exerting its maximum effort to address the accidental discharge, and has mobilised the requisite resources in this regard," the company said in a statement.

The accident came amid an intense public debate in the Philippines on the mining industry.

The Philippines is believed to have some of the biggest mineral reserves in the world -- the government estimates the country has at least $840 billion in gold, copper, nickel, chromite, manganese, silver and iron ore deposits.

However, the minerals have been largely untapped, partly because of a strong anti-mining movement led by the influential Catholic Church, while poor infrastructure and security concerns have also kept investors away.

Last month President Benigno Aquino signed an executive order imposing more restrictions to protect the environment and local communities while seeking to increase royalties from mining firms.

As the government prepared a bill seeking to raise government revenues from the country's extensive mineral wealth, Aquino said no new mining permits would be approved until parliament passed a law giving the state a greater share.

Typhoon Saola induced widespread flooding across the northern Philippines this week that claimed at least 23 lives.

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LAHORE: Former Chief Minister Punjab, Dost Muhammad Khosa resigned from the PML-N on Friday.

According to sources, Khosa sent his resignation to the PML-N Punjab office but will remain a member of the Punjab parliament. Khosa family sources add that Dost Muhammad has excused himself from meeting the top leadership of the PML-N.

On Thursday, a PML-N meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif in Murree discussed the resignation of Dost Muhammad’s father Zulfiqar Khosa from the party. It is expected that Nawaz Sharif will meet with Zulfiqar Khosa when he returns to Lahore.

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LONDON: Pakistan beat Argentina 2-0 in its second preliminary Group A match in the 2012 London Olympics.

Muhammad Imran converted a penalty corner in the 30th minute to give 1-0 lead to green shirts.

Veteran penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas scored second goal in the 44th minute of the game for Pakistan.

Argentina got few chances on penalty corner just after the start of the second half but had them saved by Pakistan's goalkeeper Imran Shah.

Pakistan will play their third Olympic match against Britain on Friday at 8pm PST.

Pakistan began their Olympic campaign with a 1-1 draw against Spain.

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KABUL: Five insurgents planning a suicide attack in Kabul were killed in a pre-dawn gunbattle in the capital, an Afghan security official said Thursday. Fighting raged for six hours after Afghan forces raided a house in the east of the city where the men were holed up, National Directorate of Security spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told.

"A group of insurgents armed with suicide vests, rockets and machine guns planned to seize a tall building in Kabul's (central) Shar-i-Naw area," Mashal said.

Acting on intelligence, security forces raided a house in the eastern Pul-e-Charkhi neighbourhood and a gunfight erupted after the gunmen refused to surrender, he said.

"The gunfight lasted for six hours and a total of five insurgents were killed. One of them detonated his suicide vest," Mashal said, adding that security forces had earlier believed there were seven members of the suicide squad.

Mashal said a mini-van full of explosives had also been found at the house and efforts were under way to defuse the bomb.

A spokesman for NATO's military in Afghanistan confirmed that "an incident of that nature" had taken place, without providing further details.

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COLOMBO: Virat Kohli cracked a century and part-timer Manoj Tiwary bagged four wickets as India posted a comfortable six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international on Tuesday. Kohli, who also scored a hundred in the opening game, made a 119-ball 128 not out as India surpassed Sri Lanka's total of 251-8 with more than seven overs to spare for an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

Tiwary earlier played a key role in restricting Sri Lanka in the day-night match in Colombo, taking four wickets with his leg-spin in his first game of the series.

Man-of-the-match Kohli, who hit one six and 12 fours, completed his 13th one-day century with an aggressive shot when he pulled fast bowler Lasith Malinga for a boundary.

India were under pressure at 109-4 before Kohli and Suresh Raina (58 not out) added 146 runs to steer their team home.

Raina, dropped on 19 by skipper Mahela Jayawardene in the slips off debutant paceman Nuwan Pradeep, hit one six and four boundaries in his 51-ball knock.

Opener Upul Tharanga (51), Lahiru Thirimanne (47) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (42) were the main scorers for Sri Lanka, who were 152-2 in the 32nd over.

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets and part-time spinner Virender Sehwag one.

Sri Lanka made an impressive start after electing to bat, with Tharanga and Dilshan adding 91 for the opening wicket.

Fast bowler Ashok Dinda broke the stand when he removed Dilshan, who was caught behind after cracking seven fours in his 48-ball knock.

Tharanga, who pulled Dinda for the first six of the match, fell soon after completing his half-century, stumped by Dhoni off Ashwin. He also hit four boundaries in his 73-ball knock.

Dinesh Chandimal (28) and Thirimanne put on 50 for the third wicket before Tiwary struck in his opening over, having Chandimal caught by Irfan Pathan at square-leg.

Off-spinner Sehwag got a big wicket when he had Jayawardene caught behind for three to reduce Sri Lanka to 155-4.

Sri Lanka made two changes from the side that lost the last match by five wickets, bringing in Thirimanne and Pradeep in place of injured Kumar Sangakkara and Isuru Udana.

India replaced leg-spinner Rahul Sharma with Tiwary. (AFP)

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HANGU: Two security personnel were injured during a clash with militants in the Alikhel area of Dabori, Upper Orakzai Agency on Wednesday. The security officials claim to have killed four militants in retaliation.

The clash took place when the militants opened fire on security personnel who were advancing into the area during an operation.

The injured personnel have been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital, Kohat.

There have been constant clashes between the security forces and the militants in the Dabori area, while the security officials have claimed to have cleared 97% of the area of militants.

In Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Orakzai agency is the second smallest agency after the Bajaur Agency which shares borders with the Kurram and Khyber agencies and is the only agency which doesn’t share its border with Afghanistan.

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