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LAHORE: Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Sunday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) was destined to win the election NA-122 by-poll as people would vote for real change and not the hollow slogans. Addressing a public gathering at National Bank Colony Samanabad, here, he said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's roadshow politics had damaged the country's economy.

HARARE: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl against Zimbabwe in series decider at Harare Sports Club Monday. Wicket-keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed is leading the Pakistani side in the last ODI. In the last game, Shoaib Malik's brilliant fightback was foiled by bad light as Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method to level three-match series at 1-1.

KARACHI: An anti terrorism court (ATC) Monday sentenced an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to jail for 19 years, Samaa reported. Chaudhry Shujaat, the convicted MQM activist, was charged with criminal possession of weapons and explosive material. Last year the government launched a major crackdown against criminal elements in the largest city of the country.

KARACHI: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal (moon-sighting) Committee has confirmed the sighting of Muharram moon, the first month of Islamic calendar. Thursday will be the first day of Muharram while Ashura will be marked on October 24. Mufti Abdul Qavi, a member of the committee, told SAMAA that Muharram's moon was sighted.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high-level emergency meeting to review the relief measures taken in the wake of the earthquake that struck country yesterday. The meeting was convened to discuss comprehensive plan to tackle the situation in the aftermath of the disaster that resulted in the loss of lives and damaged infrastructure.

Watch this CCTV video showing a security guard and his cronies are looting a bank in Lahore. Officials said Rs. 90.5 mln cash was taken...;

PARIS: French prosecutors said Monday they had identified two more Paris attackers, including a Syrian and a Frenchman who was previously charged in a "terrorist" case. A suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium is believed to be Syrian Ahmad Al Mohammad from Idlib.

MULTAN: Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman, went to hospital after he felt 'cardiac pain' Tuesday. According to sources, he underwent a two-hour long medical checkup while ECG test of him was also undertaken. The doctors have advised him to have rest.

The confidence should be extra super in a super power country like the US. But, this time round again, Nawaz Sharif is carrying a chit in his hand. The Prime Minister cannot help it. The most of the time, he was preoccupied with hiding it.