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British, Belgian royals mark WWI battle centenary in Ypres

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — were never recovered or
Britain’s Prince William did not receive proper
and his wife, Kate, on Sun- burials.“Today, the Me-
day joined Belgian royals nin Gate records almost
and relatives of soldiers 54,000 names of the men
who fought in the Battle who did not return home,
of Passchendaele to mark the missing with no known
100 years since the offen- grave,” he said. “Mem-
sive that became a sym- bers of our families; our
bol of war’s senselessness regiments; our nations; all
began.More than half sacrificed everything for
a million Allied and Ger- the lives we live today.”
man troops were killed The service ended with
or wounded in the World the Last Post, the mourn-
War I battle in western ful British Army bugle call
Belgium, also known as that sounds at military fu-
the Third Battle of Ypres. nerals and ceremonies.
The Allied campaign, The tune has been played
fought by British and at the Menin Gate almost
Commonwealth forces every evening since 1928.
from July to November Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, left, the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge, 3rd left, King William was joined at the
Philippe, third right, and Queen Mathilde, second right, of Belgium, watch as the poppies fall from
1917 in swampy, rain- the roof of the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium for the official commemorations marking the 100th ceremony by British Prime
pummeled battlefields anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Sunday July Minister Theresa May,
that turned to liquid mud, 30, 2017. More than half a million Allied and German troops were killed or wounded in the World King Philippe and Queen
ended up barely moving War I battle in western Belgium. Mathilde of Belgium, and
the front line against the (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) some 200 descendants of
Germans. Menin Gate Memorial etched with the names of diers killed in the months- those who fought at Pass-
William spoke at the in Ypres, a monument tens of thousands of sol- long battle whose remains chendaele. q
Pakistan: Ahead of PM vote, Islamabad crowds root for Khan

By ZARAR KHAN Tuesday to elect a new if, as thousands gathered Khan. only 172 votes.Pakistan’s
Associated Press prime minister after the dis- in the capital Islamabad Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim Supreme Court disquali-
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Paki- qualification of three-term Sunday to voice support League party, which en- fied Sharif from office on
stan’s parliament will meet prime minister Nawaz Shar- for opposition leader Imran joys a comfortable majority Friday for not being hon-
est and concealing assets.
in parliament, nominated The probe against him be-
Sharif’s longtime loyalist gan after his children were
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for named in the leaked so-
WE ARE CELEBRATING the top slot on Saturday. called Panama papers for
owning off-shore accounts
1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Sharif proposed Abbasi as and properties.Sharif’s
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interim prime minister until
his brother Shahbaz Sharif, party has resolved to file
who is the chief minister of a review petition in the Su-
Punjab province, can con- preme Court to reverse the
tend in a by-election for disqualification.
the seat left vacant by his The probe was triggered
brother’s disqualification. by petitions filed by the
The opposition is expected conservative Jamaat-e-
to name a candidate to Islami party and cricket
challenge Abassi in a vote player-turned-politician
in parliament, but the six- Imran Khan.Celebrating
time lawmaker is expected the Supreme Court verdict
to win.Sharif’s party holds of ousting Sharif from pre-
188 of 342 seats in parlia- miership, Khan said Sun-
TO CELEBRATE WE ARE GIVING OUR GUEST A ment’s lower house and day in Islamabad that the
court verdict has given the
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