Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb on Friday built-up a formidable 40-second lead over French compatriot Sebastien Ogier in the Rally of Argentina, a race he has won every year since 2005. Loeb, in a Citroen, captured the day's last two main stages with only a super-special to run, having already snatched the advantage from overnight leader Ogier, in a Volkswagen Polo, earlier in the day. The only setback for Loeb was seeing Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen slip from second to sixth place after suffering a puncture and then an electrical failure.

Standings on the second day of the Rally of Argentina on Thursday: 1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA/VW Polo) 1 h 57:14.1, 2. Sebastien Loeb (FRA/Citroen DS3) at 16.3, 3. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN /Citroen DS3) 18.1, 4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN/VW Polo-R) 40.7, 5. Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta RS) 1:37.7, 6. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR/VW Polo-R) 1:55.1, 7. Thierry Neuville (BEL/Ford Fiesta RS) 2:12.5, 8. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta RS) 6.41.4, 9. Gabriel Pozzo (ARG/Ford Fiesta RS) 10:10.3, 10. Dani Sordo (ESP/Citroën DS3) 10:32.6

Hefajat-e-Islam on Saturday held its divisional grand rally in the City Point here to drum up support in favour of its 13-point demand including punishment to ‘atheist bloggers’.Some of Hefajat demands include restoring the phrase ‘complete faith and trust in the almighty Allah’ in the constitution and repealing all the laws contrary to the holy Quran and Sunnah, enacting a law in parliament keeping a provision of the maximum punishment to prevent defaming Allah, Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) and Islam and smear campaigns against Muslims and officially declaring Qadianis (Ahmadiyya

France's Sebastien Ogier extended his lead at the top of the world championship standings with success in the Rally of Portugal on Sunday. The Volkswagen driver, at the head of the standings since Friday's first day, beat Finnish Citroen DS3 rival Mikko Hirvonen by 58 seconds with Jari-Matti Latvala (VW Polo) over four minutes back in third. This was 29-year-old Ogier's third consecutive success of the season after Sweden and Mexico and his third in Portugal after wins here with Citroen in 2010 and 2011.