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Lahore, Jun. 6 : The Lahore High Court has issued a detailed version of its verdict regarding the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawaa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Saeed.

The verdict mentions that the unsatisfactory record of the government regarding Saeed's case was the prime reason behind Saeed's acquittal.

It said the government had tabled important case documents before the court after three months when it had actually put Saeed under house arrest.

Rome - Serie A side Udinese have signed veteran striker Bernardo Corradi from relegated Reggina, club president Giampaolo Pozzo on Saturday told the local television station Tele Nordest.

Corradi, 33, is to replace Fabio Quagliarella, 26, who on Monday signed a five-year contract with Napoli.

Pozzo said that Udinese are negotiating with Juventus for the transfer of play maker Gaetano D'Agostino, 27, and expect to receive a couple of young players in exchange from the Turin club.

Nabarangapur (Orissa), June 6 : Farmers in Nabarangapur of Orissa are slowly giving up sugarcane cultivation due to pest problem, construction of dam on Indravati River and lack of marketing facilities.

"We have been doing sugarcane farming for years. But pests have destroyed the crop. And we don''t even have a sugarcane factory here, and moreover because of the pests, the farming is not like what it was," said Raghunath Pujari, a farmer.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Mobs attacked police during protests as daily life in India-administered Kashmir was disrupted for the sixth consecutive day Saturday owing to a general strike called over the alleged rape and murder of two women.

The strike was called by separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders after the bodies of the two women were found in Shopian, a town in southern Kashmir last week.

Locals alleged that the women were raped and murdered by soldiers.