Mardan (Pakistan), Mar 19 : Hundreds of compact disks (CDs) dealers in Mardan District have been forced to discontinue their business following the militant attacks on various shops in the area.

A mini-survey conducted by ''''''''The News'''''''' revealed that so far over 100 music and CD shops had been blown up in various areas of the district.

Lahore, Mar. 19 : A high level probe into the security lapse during the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team has revealed that all three Superintendents of Police
(SP) who were entrusted to look after the security arrangements during the Lankan convoy’s movement didn’t reported on duty on the day the attack took place, and were in their residences.

Lahore, Mar. 19 : The Pakistani ‘Elite’ and ‘Mujahid’ forces don’t have basic equipment required for the maintenance of their weapons.

Officials at the Qurban Lines and Qila Gujjar Singh Police Post have complained about the non-availability of equipment required to clean weapons, reports the Daily Times.

Islamabad, Mar 19 : The United Nations has expressed its concerns about the well being of its abducted official John Solecki, and is trying hard for his release at the earliest, an official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said.

Solecki, a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, was kidnapped at gunpoint in Quetta on February 2.

Islamabad, Mar. 19 : Mehar Khalil, the driver of the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket players which was attacked, has been given a 10 day family visa for Sri Lanka.

Following his heroic effort to save the Sri Lankan cricket team from the terror attack, Lankan players showered praise on Khalil and invited him to visit their country.

Lahore, Mar. 19: Pakistani umpire Ahsan Raza, who was severely injured during the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, is keen to return to the cricket field as soon as possible.

Raza, while talking to reporters in hospital said he is not deterred by the incident and looking forward to get back on the field to continue his career.

He had undergone two surgeries to repair a collapsed right lung and a damaged liver after being hit by bullets during the terror attack.