Pakistan cricket team is under allegations of match fixing during the forth and final test match at Lords. Pakistan’s manager Yawer Saeed said that investigation team has come to his room and three more players’ rooms including Captain Salman Butt. He said that allegations are allegations weather small or huge and he favors proper investigation of this case. There are seven players who are doubted involve in match fixing but so far four players has been named.

Pakistan captain Salman Butt said that his name is also involved in scandal but so far no evidence has been provided to him. Muhammad Aamir is also involved in the allegations for bowling No Balls at the fix time. Yawer Saeed also said that telephones of three players has been taken into custody by the investigation team and these three players are Salman Butt, Muhammad Aamir and Muhammad Asif.

Captain Salman Butt said that he is not thinking of stepping down from captaincy as he snatched two wins against Australia and England. He added that he is clear and he is ready to face any investigation. President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has taken strong action against this case and he also ordered investigations of this case.

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters Friday after the surging Indus River smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints.

More than 8 million people are in need of emergency assistance across the country. The floods began in the mountainous northwest about a month ago with the onset of monsoon rains and have moved slowly down the country toward the coast in the south, inundating vast swaths of prime agricultural land and damaging or destroying more than 1 million homes.

About 175,000 people are believed to have fled their homes overnight in the southern city of Thatta after the levee protecting the city was breached. Authorities were trying to repair the levee, about 75 miles (125 kilometers) southeast of the major coastal city of Karachi. The situation is getting worse. The water is flowing into a nearby canal endangering Thatta city.

A second breach occurred in the Soorjani levee in the same region. Thousands of people are sitting with their cattle and belongings and their lives are in danger. They are not willing to leave. Dozens of people taking shelter in the Makli Hill burial ground, one of the largest such sites in the world. The graveyard, which is not believed to be in danger, houses the ornate tombs of hundreds of Muslim saints dating from the 14th century. Protesters blocked a nearby highway with burning tires. They said they heeded evacuation orders, but now had no food, water or shelter.

UN spokesman Maurizio Giuliano said about 1 million people have been displaced in Thatta and Qambar-Shadadkot districts since Wednesday. The United Nations, the Pakistani army and a host of other local and international relief groups have been rushing aid workers, medicine, food and water to the affected regions, but are unable to reach many people.

U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said the U.N. remained committed to helping the flood victims. We will obviously take these threats seriously as we did before, and take appropriate precautions, but we will not be deterred from doing what we believe we need to do, which is help the people of Pakistan, he told a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York.

News Trends: The deluge showed no sign of let-up in wreaking havoc in Thatta and Dadu areas of southern Sindh as breach in embankments of Bao Poran Das and Faqeer Goth unleashed devastation in several villages.
The banks of Chato Chund Canal busted, due to a 50 feet crack developed in its bank, and inundated around 10 villages forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Floodwaters are moving fast towards national highway, a development which could suspend ground links of Hyderabad and Thatta from rest of the country. Meanwhile, authorities have managed to plug a 30 feet crack in Bao Poran Das bund besides a 50 feet wide breach in Manarki bund. As a result of which water level in KB feeder and Thatta canals has been decreased.
As many as 15 villages have been submerged as a crack emerged in Sakro Branch while floodwaters entered into Daro City after a 700 feet wide breach took place in Surjani Bund. The deluge is roaring towards Bela City. Eighty percent population of Thatta has been shifted to safer places whereas Sujawal, Mirpur Bhatoro and Bela have also been vacated. On the other hand, several villages of Dadu district have been submerged; water level in Manchar Lake is also surging. Hundreds of thousands of people of tehsils KN Shah, Moheer and Johi have been shifted to safer places. Water is in downward trend at Ganda Singh while upward trend is recorded at Head Islam in River Sutlej. An inflow of 56,000 cusecs is being recorded at Ganda Singh while water flow in River Sutlej has been decreased from 59,000 to 56,000 cusecs. Floodwaters have devastated Bhaki Wand, Chanda Singh, Ranger Chowki and several other villages and destroyed standing crops on 3,000 hectares of land.
Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that government’s top priority is to rescue the people marooned in the flood-hit areas. He said that all-out efforts are underway to evacuate people, and added that the deluge inflicted heavy losses upon Sindh province.He maintained that the losses are hard to quantify as yet.

Hyderabad: The Meteorological Department warned of floods in Hyderabad district, which could spread further devastation in Sindh, and issued a significant flood forecast for Kalabagh and Chashma in Punjab. Local governments in both provinces also issued warnings about more flooding in the days ahead.
Authorities are trying to save the important areas of Hyderabad including Latifabad and Hussainabad. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-threatened areas.
On the other hand the district administration of Shahdad Kot issues last warning to leave the city foreseeing the disasters that could strike due to flood.
Water safety barrier of Shahdad Kot has become week due to heavy strike of flood waves. District administration and NHA put their combined efforts and deploy heavy machinery to reinforce the barrier.
.Over 300 villages located at the outskirts of Thatta have been inundated whereas water is besieging Shahdadkot from two sides.
Mounting water pressure at Kotri Barrage submerged many areas from Ghora Bari to KT Bundar; the pressure decreased at Bund Manarak, Sorjani and Sonda Halaya.
Several areas including Latifabad, Qasimabad and Hussainabad have been flooded as pressure increased on the safety dykes of Kotri Barrage as high flood was passing through it.
Floodwater entered Essa Shoro and Odi Shoro. Surge of 950,000 cusecs is passing through Banot, Old Hala and Bao Dero at River Indus. Rescue operation by Army and Navy is underway in the said areas.
On the other hand, residents of Sajawal, Mirpur Bhattoro, Mirpur Sakro, Jung Shahi, Allah Rakhio, KT Bundar, Shah Bundar have been warned of the imminent flooding.
Meanwhile, a fresh flood tide has entered into Gandhaka; Sohbutpur has also been given evacuation orders.
A super flood is being reported in Kotri Barrage; Guddu and Sukkur Barrages are still in hazardous situation while Tarbela Dams water level reaches capacity level.

The United States and other countries worldwide have now pledged a total of more than 700 million dollars towards flood relief in Pakistan, a senior US official said Monday.
The United Nations General Assembly meeting last Thursday was a real galvanizing moment in terms of contributions from other countries, said Dan Feldman, the deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
US assure that different countries intend to give an aid of 300 million USD in aggregate for relief and rehabilitation process in Pakistan. It was further said that meetings are being held so that Pakistan would be provide with as much aid as possible and a solution developing session of the UN General Assembly will be held at the end of September.

News Trends: Army has taken control of Kotri Barrage after an exceptionally high flood hit it, while water flow in Sukkur and Guddu Barrages decreased despite high flood over there.
The flood torrent that has devoured thousands of acres agricultural land and other property is just hours away from the Arabian Sea. Hyderabad is out of threat now, however seepage has started from Surjani Bund near Thatta. A super flood wave is passing through Kotri while the Flood Commission authorities warned that water level would surge in the next 24 hours, which put some localities of Hyderabad, Sajawal, Thatta and other adjoining areas. The administration strengthened the safety dykes around Hyderabad that ward off the flood threat at least for the time being. Water pressure has been increased on the protective embankments as a tide of 890, 977 cusecs is passing through Malakatiar due to which Malakatiar City, Wasi Maluk Shah and other adjacent areas have been evacuated.
On the other hand, the erosion being developed in Aqil loop bund has been plugged. Some 300 villages of Thatta are still under water forcing the afectees to stay under open sky. According to Met Department, water would enter into the sea on a slow pace, but warned that the gravity of moon could hit the water back that could deluge Thatta and other areas. An inflow of 919,686 cusecs is being recorded in Kotri Barrage with an outflow of 89,881 cusecs. Inflow in Guddu and Sukkur Barrages has slid by 35,0000 and 33,0000 cusecs.

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday rejected comments by the commander of NATO and U.S. forces that their progress had been reversed, saying attacks were increasing around the capital as well as in their heartland in the south.

General David Petraeus told the BBC at the weekend that momentum by the Islamists had been checked in their strongholds in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.

He also told NBC television’s “Meet the Press” program the battle against the Taliban-led insurgency was an “up and down process” in which areas of progress had been made.

Petraeus and Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave a series of interviews at the weekend aimed at boosting flagging public confidence in the war. The Taliban have also become increasingly sophisticated in their use of the media and issued a statement on Tuesday to deny Petraeus’s comments.

“Mujahideen operations have intensified more than ever especially in the provinces surrounding Kabul,” spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said in a statement emailed to media by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the title used by the Taliban when they ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001.

“A day doesn’t pass by but that the invaders and their stooges face immense losses in Logar, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak and Laghman,” he said, referring to provinces surrounding Kabul.

Violence across Afghanistan has reached record levels despite the presence of almost 150,000 U.S. and NATO troops. U.S. and NATO forces have stepped up operations after the Taliban insurgency spread out of the south and east into once relatively peaceful areas of the north and west.

U.S. President Barack Obama is due to make a strategy review of the war in December, a month after crucial mid-term Congressional elections will be held amid growing doubts over a war that has dragged on for almost 10 years.

A poll released last week by NBC and the Wall Street Journal found that seven in 10 Americans did not believe the war would end successfully.

Afghanistan also faces parliamentary elections on September 18 that loom as an important test of stability, as well as the credibility of the Afghan government after presidential polls marred by fraud last year.

While military commanders have warned the fight will only get tougher, Obama wants to begin withdrawing forces from Afghanistan from July next year.

The pace and scale of those withdrawals will depend on the readiness of Afghan forces to take over. Karzai has set an ambitious goal of 2014 for Afghan forces to take over complete security responsibility.

The head of the U.S. marines on Tuesday said Obama’s proposed date of July 2011 to begin withdrawals was “giving our enemy sustenance.”

U.S. Lieutenant General William Caldwell said on Monday the training of Afghan forces faced big hurdles and that it will take until late October 2011 to build up Afghanistan’s police and military before they can take the lead in more than just isolated pockets.

The battle for foreign forces has been particularly tough in the south, with thousands of U.S. and British troops engaged in clashes around Marjah in Helmand province.

Ahmadi ridiculed the Marjah offensive, accusing foreign forces of making it “sound like a third world war” and saying they had suffered “a disgraceful defeat.”

He repeated the Taliban’s demand that all foreign forces should leave Afghanistan “and stop sacrificing your sons and daughters for a war which is unwinnable.”

News Trends: The worst floods in Pakistans recorded history continue to cause more death and destruction across the country. The floods once against brought destruction to District Jafar Abad in Balochistan. Whereas Sijawal tehsil in Sindh has been submerged and several katcha villages of Nawab Shah have been inundated after Moro and Dadu. Water level at Guddu and Sukkur barrages is reducing but its increasing at Kotri barrage. Floods are heading towards Hyderabad, Jamshoru, Matyari, Tandu Muhammad Khan and Thatha from Nawab Shah.
More than 200 villages in Sakrand, Mehrab Pur, Bachal Pur, Dolat Pur, Sehwan Qazi Abad and Lukki have been inundated. Tehsil Garhi Kheiru of Jacobabad is under water when two breaches occurred in Kherthar Canal and Saifullah Magsi Canal and water is heading towards Tehsil Qabu Saeed Khan. Southern Punjab cities including Muzaffargarh, Jampur, Rajanpur, Kot Mithan are once again experiencing the devastation of the floods.
Flash floods entered into the downstream of Usta Mohammad and Ghandaka, destroying mud houses and rendering thousands of people homeless. However, Usta Mohammad city remained safe because of a protection dyke. Floods further destroyed life and property of people in low-lying areas of Usta Mohammad and Ghandaka where road link and communication system have been severely disrupted. Breaches in four canals, including the Pat Feeder canal, have been plugged in a bid to save Jaffarabad areas of Dera Allah Yar and Rojhan Jamali.
According to the data released by Federal Flood Commission on Thursday at least 1556 persons have been killed and 2088 injured, while 10963 villages have been affected so far in the countrys worst flooding in 80 years. As many as 567,461 houses were either completely destroyed or partially damaged. At least 91,210 houses have been destroyed or damaged in Punjab, 211,375 in Sindh, 178,493 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 75,261 in Balochistan, 1,432 FATA, 2,820 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and 6,870 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. At least 1,522 relief camps have also been established in all the flood-hit areas to provide prompt relief to the affectees. The flood also affected 10,963 villages in various parts including 3,132 in Punjab, 4,295 in Sindh, 581 in KP, 2,584 in Balochistan and 371 in GB.
Meanwhile, the Indus continues to flow in exceptionally high flood level with falling trend in Guddu-Sukkur reach. It is in high flood with falling trend Taunsa and in medium flood with falling trend in Kalabagh-Chashma reach. The Indus is likely to sustain exceptionally high flood level in Guddu-Sukkur reach during next 24-48 hours. Under this scenario, inundation and riverine flooding in low lying areas of Districts Khairpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Sukkur, Karkana, Dadu, Nawabshah, Hyderabad and Nausheroferoze can occur. The river is flowing in medium flood with rising trend at Kotri Barrage. It is likely to attain high flood level during the next 12-24 hours, which may further rise to 500,000-600,000 cusecs during the next two to three days.

News Trends: The worst floods in Pakistans recorded history continue to cause more death and destruction across the country. The floods once against brought destruction to District Jafar Abad in Balochistan. Whereas Sijawal tehsil in Sindh has been submerged and several katcha villages of Nawab Shah have been inundated after Moro and Dadu. Water level at Guddu and Sukkur barrages is reducing but its increasing at Kotri barrage. Floods are heading towards Hyderabad, Jamshoru, Matyari, Tandu Muhammad Khan and Thatha from Nawab Shah.
More than 200 villages in Sakrand, Mehrab Pur, Bachal Pur, Dolat Pur, Sehwan Qazi Abad and Lukki have been inundated. Tehsil Garhi Kheiru of Jacobabad is under water when two breaches occurred in Kherthar Canal and Saifullah Magsi Canal and water is heading towards Tehsil Qabu Saeed Khan. Southern Punjab cities including Muzaffargarh, Jampur, Rajanpur, Kot Mithan are once again experiencing the devastation of the floods.
Flash floods entered into the downstream of Usta Mohammad and Ghandaka, destroying mud houses and rendering thousands of people homeless. However, Usta Mohammad city remained safe because of a protection dyke. Floods further destroyed life and property of people in low-lying areas of Usta Mohammad and Ghandaka where road link and communication system have been severely disrupted. Breaches in four canals, including the Pat Feeder canal, have been plugged in a bid to save Jaffarabad areas of Dera Allah Yar and Rojhan Jamali.
According to the data released by Federal Flood Commission on Thursday at least 1556 persons have been killed and 2088 injured, while 10963 villages have been affected so far in the countrys worst flooding in 80 years. As many as 567,461 houses were either completely destroyed or partially damaged. At least 91,210 houses have been destroyed or damaged in Punjab, 211,375 in Sindh, 178,493 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 75,261 in Balochistan, 1,432 FATA, 2,820 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and 6,870 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. At least 1,522 relief camps have also been established in all the flood-hit areas to provide prompt relief to the affectees. The flood also affected 10,963 villages in various parts including 3,132 in Punjab, 4,295 in Sindh, 581 in KP, 2,584 in Balochistan and 371 in GB.
Meanwhile, the Indus continues to flow in exceptionally high flood level with falling trend in Guddu-Sukkur reach. It is in high flood with falling trend Taunsa and in medium flood with falling trend in Kalabagh-Chashma reach. The Indus is likely to sustain exceptionally high flood level in Guddu-Sukkur reach during next 24-48 hours. Under this scenario, inundation and riverine flooding in low lying areas of Districts Khairpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Sukkur, Karkana, Dadu, Nawabshah, Hyderabad and Nausheroferoze can occur. The river is flowing in medium flood with rising trend at Kotri Barrage. It is likely to attain high flood level during the next 12-24 hours, which may further rise to 500,000-600,000 cusecs during the next two to three days.

News Trends: The Indus River remained in exceptionally high-flood situation, the death toll from flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains increases with each passing day. Flash floods and building collapses caused by heavy rains, over flowed canals, thunder lights and stormy drainage Nullahs, have already killed hundreds of people.
Thousands of residents began leaving Shohda Kot, Kabo Saeed Khan, Miru Khan after local authorities issued an urgent flood warning due to breaches in the protective embracement. As the massive evacuation operation began, traffic jams created problems for the residents.

As many as 500 adjoining villages of Ghari Kharo have been submerged in water. The flood water is now heading towards FP protective embankment. The water has reached Kachi bridge. The flood water is also causing unsustainable pressure at Sorjani and Sondh embankments.

The direction of the flood water has disrupted from 10 points towards Kabo Saeed Khan which will consequently submerge 300 villages.
The water level is continuously increasing at Tonsa Barrage, two more breaches that appeared in adjoining canals have been completely overwhelmed under water.

The high flooding at River Indus has inundated swathes of catchments area from Babbarlu to Sagion, where ready crops scattering on 350,000 acres were ruined.

The water level is continuously rising in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rojhan. The tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan remain cut off from the rest of the country for the last 25 days.