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NEPRA approves 

Rs3.84 reduction 

in power tariff 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: 

National Electronic and 

Power Regulatory 

Authority on Tuesday 

approved reduction in 

power tariff by Rs3.84 per 

unit under Fuel Adjustment 

Surcharge head. 

The relief to the power 

consumers against this 

reduction in power tariff 

will be provided in the electricity 

bills for the month of 

January. The decrease in 

power tariff will not be 

applicable to life line consumers 

and K Electric. 

Indian citizen 

arrested in Lahore 

LAHORE, Feb 2: Police 

today claimed to have 

arrested an Indian citizen 

who has been residing in 

Pakistan, without any 

legal documents. 

According to police 

sources, the arrested person 

named Afzaal Ahmed, 

a resident of Indian capital 

New Delhi, had 

resided in Karachi since 

for one year and shifted to 

Kahina area in Lahore 

some days ago. 

He possessed no identity 

documents, the police 

claimed. 

Air strikes killed 

six militants in 

Tirah valley 

PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Fresh 

air strikes in Tirah Valley 

area of Khyber Agency 

killed as many as six suspected 

militants and sveral 

injured, local media quoting 

official sources reported 

on Tuesday. 

According to reports, 

military planes pounded 

suspected militant hideouts 

at Tirah Valley near the 

Afghan border. Airstrikes, 

part of ongoing operation, 

left six militants dead, 

destroying several hideouts. 

Senior commander of 

banned outfit was also 

killed in latest air strikes. 

Irfan Ali 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Prime 

Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif 

on Tuesday has said that those 

employees of Pakistan 

International Airlines (PIA) 

who will be involved in strikes 

could be sacked, he was talking 

to the media in Lahore. 

He further said that some 

political parties are playing 

dirty politics on PIA privatization 

issue by backing the 

strike. He said that those who 

are doing strike will have to 

face consequences. He also 

announced awards for those 

working in PIA during strike. 

Two workers of Pakistan 


have succumbed to wounds 

after law enforcers allegedly 

opened fire to deter protesters’ 

movement towards Jinnah terminal. 

Sindh Police used 

water cannon to deter the 

protesting employees who 

were furthering towards 

Jinnah International Airport 

from the head office while 

Rangers resorted to baton 

charge. 

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Political parties are playing 

dirty politics on PIA: PM 

Two killed as protesting PIA workers clash with LEAs 

KARACHI: Police use water cannons to stop employees of Pakistan International Airlines 

(PIA) from going towards the Jinnah terminal during their protest rally against the privatization 

of the airlines. 

PIA Chairman Nasir Jafar resigns 

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 

Chairman Nasir Jafar on Tuesday announced his resignation 

with immediate effect in the wake of killing of workers 

of the national airlines in Karachi. 

“I have sent my resignation to Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif,” Jafar said. 

Owing to the dispute between PIA workers and federal 

government, Nasir Jafar quit as the head of national 

flag carrier. 

The outgoing PIA Chairman also urged workers to quit 

their protest and hold talks with the government in order 

to end this issue. 

Bilawal asks PM to shun ‘dictatorial 

tactics’ against PIA staffers 

LAHORE, Feb 2: Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf has again 

decided to take an initiative 

to protest against government 

over PIA privatization 

and tax impositions on 

petroleum products. 

Chairman Pakistan 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Bilawal 

Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan 

People’s Party Chairman, 

Tuesday condemned the use 

of “brutal force” against 

protesting employees of 

Pakistan International 

Airlines. 

“(Bilawal) asked PM 

Nawaz Sharif to desist from 

adopting dictatorial tactics 

to silence democratic rights 

of protest of PIA employees,” 

PPP’s media cell 

wrote on its official Twitter 

account. 

His statement came a 

few hours after the protesting 

workers of PIA clashed 

with the Rangers and the 

police while marching 

towards 

Jinnah 

International airport. 

Water canon was used to 

disperse the employees who 

are protesting against the 

proposed privatization of 

PIA. The PPP chairman 

expressed sympathies and 

solidarity with the employees 

of national flag carrier. 

He assured the protesters 

that “the PPP stands 

against the privatization of 

national assets for peanuts 

and stands with the just 

cause of the labour class in 

the country”, the PPP 

media cell said. 

PTI announces countrywide 

protest against govt on Feb 6 

Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran 

Khan says that overburdening 

the public with taxes is 

government’s routine habit 

and against this, he has 

called for a countrywide 

protest on February 6. 

While conducting a news 

conference in Islamabad, 

Imran Khan said: 

“Public should be told 

what benefit they will get 

from PIA being privatized? 

Why PIA employees were 

not taken in confidence on 

the matter?” 

PTI Chairman said that 

tax on diesel in Peoples 

Party era was 22 percent 

and now in PML-N’s reign 

it is 98 percent. He said 

approving tax without parliament’s 

permission is illegal 

and we will protest 

against this anti-public policy 

from Saturday. 

Chairman also slammed 

the government on Orange 

Line Train’s matter. He said 

that Orange line train is 

being created for earning 

purposes. He also said that 

the train is being passed 

from a slum in order to save 

provincial Minister’s 

house. 

Imran said that PML-N 

reign is being even crueler 

than Musharraf’s reign. 

Warning the government, 

he further said that PTI’s 

protest can also head 

towards D-Chowk. 

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf Imran Khan speaks during a press 

conference at PTI Secretariat. 

The law enforcers have 

been alleged of opening fire 

that claimed two lives and 

injured several others. 

A worker of PIA’s engineering 

wing, Inayat Raza 

died in a hospital after he was 

admitted in injured condition. 

However, Sindh Police East 

DIG has rejected the claims 

and said that the personnel did 

not open fire. There are reports 

that protesters possessed 

weapons, he added. 

Govt providing 

fuel on lowest 

price: Khaqan 

ISLAMABAD. Feb 2: 

Minister for Petroleum 

and Natural Resources, 

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 

said the government was 

providing fuel to the public 

on lowest price among 

all the fuel importing 

countries. 

Talking to a news channel, 

the minister said 

Pakistan reduced Rs 5 per 

litter on Monday while 

neighboring country India 

had reduced just Rs 0.04 

per litter. 

He said it was the 

wrong perception that the 

advantage of price 

decrease internationally 

was not being provided to 

the common man. 

Khaqan Abbasi said no 

extra tax had been 

imposed over fuel items 

and the government was 

collecting tax over petrol 

Rs 25.59 per litter against 

Rs 26 mentioned in budget 

which was also less 

than 2014. 

The price of petrol was 

decreased upto Rs 42 during 

the period of the present 

government, he added. 

Ready to forgive Musharraf over 

Lal Masjid operation: Abdul Aziz 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Lal 

Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul 

Aziz has said that he is ready 

to forgive former military 

ruler Pervez Musharraf and 

all other figures for their 

involvement in the 2007 

bloody siege of Lal Masjid. 

Talking to journalists after 

an additional district and sessions 

judge granted him prearrest 

bail in two separate 

cases – extending threats to 

the civil society and inciting 

sectarian hatred Aziz said he 

would make an announcement 

in this regard in a press 

conference soon. 

"I think Musharraf made a 

mistake. He is our Muslim 

brother ... I say we take the 

QUETTA, Feb 2: General 

Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army 

Staff, Tuesday said 

Balochistan has become a 

hotbed of proxy wars for 

regional and global grand 

strategy by many powers. 

Addressing a seminar here, 

the army chief said foreign 

adversaries have been more 

than eager to exploit any 

opportunity to destabilize 

Pakistan by harbouring, training 

and funding dissidents and 

militants. 

“It can isolate and neutralize 

warring factions. It reaches 

out to those in distress and 

alleviate their hardships, but 

first step and forgive him," he 

said. Aziz said he is in talks 

with his family members and 

will convince those who disagree 

on pardoning 

Musharraf "as an act of goodwill, 

for peace in the country, 

for the end of terrorism and 

for peace in children's 

schools". 

"Nations quarrel, forgive 

and then unite. Why can't we 

unite for the application of 

Quran and Sunnah?" he said, 

after speaking about the 

importance of forgiveness in 

Islam. "We are soon going to 

announce that we forgive all 

persons involved." 

"Aside from me, sisters 

from my family are also 

the real foundations of peace 

and prosperity can only be laid 

through active participation of 

the people of Pakistan.” 

Reviewing the prospects of 

peace and prosperity in 

Balochistan, he said it was 

indeed need of the hour and 

this seminar was aptly timed 

and focused. 

On a personal note, he said 

that Balochistan was very 

close to his heart. “I was born 

in Quetta at 10 Litton Road. 

As a young lieutenant, my first 

posting was at Khuzdar. I have 

spent almost nine years in 

Balochistan and served as 

Chief of Staff Southern 

ready to forgive him," he 

said, asserting that the decision 

has been taken without 

any sort of pressure or deal. 

"If the teachings of Quran 

and Sunnah were implemented 

in the country, Musharraf 

would not have made the 

mistake [of Lal Masjid operation]." 

Aziz claimed Musharraf 

had over 40 bogus cases registered 

against him and his 

family. 

On request of a reporter, 

Aziz said he condemns the 

attack on Charsadda 

University "where our brothers 

were martyred", as he did 

the Army Public School 

attack. 

Balochistan now a hotbed of 

regional, global proxy war: COAS 

QUETTA: Army chief General Raheel Sharif addresses a 

seminar on Tuesday. 


Information Minister Pervaiz 

Rashid has said announcement 

of PTI Chairman Imran 

Khan for launching of a 

protest is aimed at freezing the 

process of economic growth. 

Addressing a news conference 

in Islamabad on Tuesday 

Shah lashes out at govt for 

torturing PIA protesters 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Leader 

of the Opposition in National 

Assembly, Syed Khursheed 

Shah, condemned the use of 

force against protesting PIA 

workers in Karachi. 

PPP leader said that torture 

on protesters reminded brutality 

of dictators. 

He said that enforcement 

of the Essential Services 

(Maintenance) Act 1952 for 

six months to bar protesting 

members of the Pakistan 

International Airlines from 

participating in any union 

activity was an act of dictators 

and no civilian government 

evening, he said protest of PTI 

earlier caused a delay of six 

months in the launching of 

China-Pakistan Economic 

Corridor. 

Replying to a question, the 

Information Minister 

expressed sorrow and grief 

over killing of two persons in 

Command. ” 

Overtime, he said, diverse 

and divergent interests had led 

Balochistan to most complex 

problems. “Its roots range 

from personal vested interests 

to international geo-strategic 

designs, manifested in plethora 

of socio- economic, ethnographic 

and sectarian divides. 

“Lack of developed infrastructure, 

extreme poverty, 

poor educational and health 

facilities, and rampant unemployment 

lend credibility to 

the complaints of the 

aggrieved section of society. 

“These issues are further 

complicated by the foreign 

interference in the largest 

province of Pakistan and 

across a porous border spanning 

hundreds of kilometers. 

“Our foreign adversaries 

have been more than eager to 

exploit any opportunity to 

destabilize Pakistan by harbouring, 

training and funding 

dissidents and militants. 

“Balochistan, in fact, has 

become a hotbed of proxy 

wars for regional and global 

grand strategy by many powers. 

This is a battle that we all 

are fighting, and we shall continue 

to fight, till peace prevails 

across the width and 

breadth of the province. 

PTI's protest aimed at freezing 

economic growth process: Rashid 

ever imposed this act. 

“Everyone has a right to 

express their opinion. Torture 

on protesters is a clear violation 

of the Constitution and 

the law of the land”, Shah 

added. 

PPP leader demanded registration 

of an FIR against 

Federal Interior Minister 

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and 

Information Minister Pervez 

Rashid for firing at protesters. 

Khursheed shah said that 

government earning 70 to 72 

billion rupees per month by 

imposing unfair taxes on 

petroleum products. 

Karachi and extended condolences 

to the bereaved families. 

He, however, pointed out 

that it is not yet known who 

fired the shot. He said neither 

Police nor Rangers resorted to 

firing and it is understood 

someone from within the gathering 

fired the bullet. 

PM reviews progress on 

Sahiwal coal power plant 

SAHIWAL, Feb 2: Prime 

Minister Nawaz Sharif’s 

pledge to provide cheap and 

sufficient electricity to all 

sorts of consumers would be 

materialized on time or not 

is a question of ‘to be or not 

to be’. 

Addressing a gathering, 

after witnessing the progress 

of work on 1320 MW coal 

fueled power project at 

Sahiwal, he said Pakistan 

should exploit its own coal 

reservoirs besides importing 

the same. 

“Nobody since the last 70 

years ever thought to use 

coal for power generation,” 

he said, adding that this is 

for the first time that we are 

using coal reservoirs for 

power generation, which 

exist in the country in huge 

quantity.” 

He said the existing 

capacity of Tarbela and 

Mangla Dams is being 

increased and some 3,600 

MW projects will be completed 

till 2018. He said he 

wants an early completion 

of the project so that the 

people could judge the 

pace of progress in his 

government. 

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Metropolitan 

Dr Ebad seeks early construction 

of garbage transfer stations 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Governor 

Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan 

has said that timely disposal of 

garbage from all parts of 

Karachi was pivotal for making 

the city clean and green. 

This he observed while presiding 

over a meeting of Sindh 

Solid Waste Management 

Board (SSWMB) here at 

Governor House. Minister 

Local Government Jam Khan 

Shoro, Advisor to CM for Law 

Barrister Murtaza Wahab, 

Principal Secretary to 

Governor Sindh Muhammad 

Hussain Syed, Managing 

Director SSWMB Roshan Ali 

Shaikh, Commissioner 

Karachi Syed Asif Hyder 

Shah, Deputy Commissioners 

and Administrators of various 

Districts of Karachi, officers of 

Local Government 

Department, KMC and DMCs 

also attended the meeting. 

Governor Sindh further 

said that DMCs should continue 

their responsibility of lifting 

of garbage from their jurisdiction 

and all human resources 

and machinery should be 

utilised in this regard. The 

shortage of manpower and 

machinery should not be an 

KARACHI: A view of garbage dumped on main road in the area of Jahangirabad which needs 

the attention of concerned authorities as people face inconvenience. 

excuse for not lifting the same, 

he added and said that if upto 

80% of garbage is lifted from 

City visible change could be 

witnessed with regards to overall 

cleanliness situation of our 

mega city. 

Dr Ebad said that door to 

door garbage collection and 

lifting of the same from city 

roads are two different tasks 

and as such separate strategy 

should be evolved for both. 

Timely transportation of waste 

to landfill sites was the most 

important part of any cleanliness 

drive as the presence of 

the same not only contaminating 

the environment but also 

spreading various diseases, he 

opined. 

Governor Sindh also directed 

for speeding up the project 

for construction of Garbage 

Transfer Stations (GTS). He 

also directed the DMCs to 

compile authentic figures of 

total garbage produced and 

lifted so as to have a clear picture 

of the gap between them. 

This would enable the 

Government to earmark adequate 

funds in this regard, he 

said 

He observed that the Board 

should have been made functional 

till now to achieve the 

purpose of its creation, which 

was to improve overall cleanliness 

portfolio of Karachi. 

Efforts in this regard should be 

accelerated and hurdles may 

be brought to his notice immediately 

to resolve the same, he 

added. He directed for close 

cooperation between the all 

DMCs and other bodies 

involved in solid waste lifting 

to ensure better results in this 

regard. 

Minister Local 

Government while addressing 

on the occasion informed the 

Governor Sindh that directives 

had been issued to DMCs to 

improve the overall situation 

through rigorous and concentrated 

efforts. He said that it 

was our collective responsibility 

to ensure green and clean 

Karachi. 

MD SSWMB Roshan Ali 

Shaikh informed Governor 

Sindh that according to a conservative 

estimate 12000 tons 

of solid waste is generated 

daily in Karachi which is 

expected to increase to 16000 

tons daily by year 2020. As 

many as 13 foreign companies 

including two state 

owned Chinese companies 

have shown interest in 

garbage lifting from Karachi. 

After completion of this project 

300 to 400 MW electricity 

would be generated, he 

added. He said that presently 

only 27% of produced 

garbage is recycled which 

should be increased. 

School facing alleged TTP 

threat remains open 

KARACHI, Feb 2: The 

Educational activities on 

Tuesday remained continued 

in Government Ghousia 

Girls & Boys Elementary 

Primary School despite the 

written threat from banned 

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan 

(TTP). 

The school situated in 

Paposh Nagar, Nazmiabad 

received a threatening 

receipt allegedly from TTP 

on Monday in which 

“School Fori Band” (close 

the school immediately) was 

written. After receiving the 

threat, school was closed by 

the administration and students 

were sent back to 

homes. 

Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation (KMC) had 

directed the school administration 

not to close it on 

Tuesday and assured its corporation 

for school's security. 

KMC's senior director education 

Bilal Manzar and director 

Abdul Khaliq visited the 

school today and remained 

there throughout the day. The 

commander of Rangers wing 

and SHO Nazimabad also 

paid their visits to the school. 

The presence of personnel of 

Rangers and police brought 

sight of relief for the students 

and teachers. 

The teachers vowed to 

carry their mission of education. 

”Our morale is high, we 

are not afraid of terrorists 

attack on educational institutions. 

We will not hesitate to 

sacrifice our lives for this 

mission,” the teachers 

vowed. 

143 children die in Tharparkar in four months 

KARACAHI, Feb 2: As 

many as 143 children under 

five-year age have died from 

various diseases in 

Tharparkar district of Sindh 

province in last four months. 

According to the report 

issued by health department 

Sindh, at least 143 children 

under five-year age have 

died from various diseases 

like malnutrition, starvation, 

premature births, drought 

and lack of health facilities 

in Tharparkar district in last 

four months. 

Report further revealed 

that 6362 children were 

brought to various hospitals' 

OPDs in month of October 

2015, out of which 542 were 

admitted for treatment, 

while 31 died during treatment. 

In November 2015, 

5940 children with various 

pediatric ailments were 

shifted to healthcare centers, 

out of which 458 were 

admitted for treatment, 

while 28 died later due to 

multiple reasons. 

Report stated that 7036 

children were shifted to public 

hospitals in various areas 

of Thar in month of 

December 2015, out of 

KARACHI: Women residents of Lyari hold a demonstration against the arrest of Shahid outside 

Karachi Press Club. 

Sindh assembly asks better public 

transport in Karachi 

KARACHI, Feb 2: The 

pathetic public transport sector 

of Karachi came under the 

limelight in Sindh Assembly 

and lawmakers asked the 

department of transport government 

of Sindh to play its 

due role in improving public 

transport facilities in the city. 

Muhammad Hussain 

Khan of MQM through a resolution 

asked the government 

of Sindh to initiate a public 

transport scheme in Karachi 

to facilitate the city commuters. 

He said in past 

Karachiits used to enjoy public 

transport facilities through 

defunct Karachi Transport 

Corporation and the Karachi 

Circular Railway (KCR). He 

said there used to be Sindh 

Road Transport Corporation 

(SRTC) to facilitate people of 

whole Sindh; however, gradually 

all these entities were 

closed and the Karachiites 

were left on the mercy of private 

transporters. 

He said now everywhere 

Chingchi rickshaws are plying 

creating traffic jams. He 

said the commuters have to 

travel long distances of several 

kilometers on these 

Chingchis which is regretful. 

He asked the government of 

Sindh to initiate public transport 

schemes in the government 

sector to facilitate the 

citizens. 

Syed Sardar Ahmed of 

MQM also demanded 

reopening of the KCR and 

other public transport 

schemes. He said sadly the 

Sindh government is ignoring 

vital urban public transport 

sector, which has resulted in 

lingering traffic jams. 

Senior minister Nisar 

Ahmed Khuhro said the government 

would resolve these 

issues soon. However, Sindh 

transport minister Mumtaz 

Jakhrani did not offer any 

assurance in this regard. 

which 722 got admission for 

treatment while 44 died during 

treatment. 

Similarly, malnutrition, 

starvation, and lack health 

facilities had claimed 40 

lives in first month of 2016 

out of 877 admission. More 

than 8778 children under 

five years of age were 

brought to the hospitals in 

month of January. 

Man, woman 

shot dead in 

Gulshan-e-Maymar 

KARACHI, Feb 2: A man 

and a woman were shot 

dead over alleged honour 

killing in Gulshan-e- 

Maymar in the metropolis 

on Tuesday. 

A woman, Bhagi, 30, 

wife of Zaheer Bugti, and a 

man, Mashood Khan, 40, 

son of Shukar Khan, a resident 

of Gabol Goth, were 

shot dead over alleged 

honor killing near Gulshane-Rabia 

in Gulshan-e- 

Maymar. 

SHO Gulshan-e-Maymar 

Irfan Asif said that the man 

and woman were killed over 

alleged illict relations. 

Police shifted them to 

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital 

(ASH) for autopsies. –PPI 

10 suspects 

detained in Karachi 

KARACHI, Feb 2:As many as 

10 suspected persons have 

been arrested during a search 

operation by police in 

Nazimabad, an area of 

Karachi. 

Police conducted a search 

operation in Nazimabad area 

and conducted door-to-door 

checking on Tuesday and 

rounded up 10 suspected persons. 

The detainees were shifted 

to undisclosed location and 

further investigations were 

underway from them. 

Meanwhile, police recovered 

an official weapon from 

Kashmir road in Kachra 

Kundi, which was snatched 

from a police personal while 

he was doing duty on Shaheede-milat 

road one week ago. 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Human 

Rights Commission of 

Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday 

voiced grave concern over the 

killing of a Pakistan 


staff member and injuries to 

four other persons after law 

enforcement personnel resorted 

to violence against 

employees protesting against 

the airline's privatization near 

the Karachi airport. 

In a statement from 

Swine flu claims life to 

two people in the city 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Swine 

flu has claimed lives of two 

people in Karachi in month 

of January 2016 while 23 

others were infected from 

H1N1 Influenza in the city. 

According to Director 

Health Karachi Dr Zafar 

Aijaz, two people, including 

a baby girl, died of swine flu 

in a private hospital in the 

month of January. A oneyear-old 

baby girl died due to 

influenza complications at a 

private hospital, while an 83- 

year-old man had died due to 

KARACHI-Chairman Sindh High Court Clinic Committee Mr Justice Syed Hassan Azhar 

Rizvi,Vice Chancellor Shaheed Zulficiar Ali Bhutto University of Law Justice (R) Qazi Khalid 

Ali while Inaugurating Three days Medical Camp for Hepatitis Vaccination at SZABUL City 

Campus Clifton 

All set for conference on ‘Quality of 

Education and National Education Policy’ 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Abdul 

Wali Khan University 

Mardan (AWKUM), in collaboration 

with the Higher 

Education Commission 

(HEC), the Council of 

Pakistan Newspaper Editors 

(CPNE) and Success 

Foundation Pakistan, is 

organizing a national conference 

on “Quality of 

Education and the National 

Education Policy” in Karachi 

on today (Wednesday) Feb 3. 

Leading figures from 

media and academia will 

Lahore, the Commission said: 

“HRCP condemns the killing 

of a PIA worker and injuries 

to four others in a firing incident. 

Television footage from 

earlier in the day showed 

police and Rangers personnel 

using batons, water cannons 

and teargas against protesters 

when they began to move 

towards the airport. 

“Every citizen is entitled to 

the freedom of peaceful 

protest. The PIA employees 

debate issues and challenges 

of higher education in 

Pakistan during the unique 

and interactive conference. 

The participants invited 

include AWKUM Vice 

Chancellor Professor Dr. 

Ihsan Ali, Mr Robin Devies 

of the British Council, 

Farhan Bhayani of Agha 

Khan Education Service, 

HEC Chairman Prof. Dr. 

Mukhtar Ahmed. Dr 

Muhammad Ali Sheikh, vicechancellor 

Madrassatul 

Sindh 

Islam 

have repeatedly voiced their 

misgivings over the proposed 

PIA privatization. It is a matter 

of great concern that shots 

were fired at the protesters on 

Tuesday. Whether this was 

proportionate use of force is a 

separate discussion, and this 

point needs judicial examination. 

Both official law 

enforcement agencies with 

personnel at the scene are now 

saying that they did not use 

firearms. The Sindh Rangers 

University, Prof Dr Shahana 

Urooj Kazmi, Rector 

Dadabhoy Institute of Higher 

Education, Dr Shehzad 

Memon from University of 

Sindh, Prof Dr Akhtar Baloch 

of BB Shaheed University 

Lyari, Prof Sajideen from 

University of Karachi and Dr 

Arshia Samin Naqvi from 

Ziauddin University. 

Dr Jabbar Khattak of 

CPNE and Rubina Rasheed 

of Success Foundation will 

also participate in a panel discussion 

later on. 

HRCP slams killing of PIA employee 

swine flu on January 16. A 

total 23 people were tested 

positive in Karachi so far. 

A one-year old baby girl 

Salma, resident of Saddi 

Town Karachi, was brought 

in private hospital on 9th 

January with influenza symptoms 

where swine flu was 

confirmed in girl after tests. 

The girl died on 31 January 

2016. On the other hand, an 

83-year-old man Ameen had 

become victim of swine flu 

H1N1 influenza in the month 

of January. 

have stated that the paramilitary 

force had not fired any 

bullets and a senior police 

officer has said that police 

were not allowed to open fire 

or beat up the workers. 

“HRCP condemns unreservedly 

the violence that 

resulted in the killing and calls 

for a prompt and credible 

investigation by a superior 

court judge to assign responsibility 

and bring those 

involved to justice. 

KARACHI: Deputy Commissioner Malir, Muhammad Ali Shah along with Administrator DMC 

Malir, Tari Hussain Mughal, Municipal Commissioner DMC Malir, Manzoor Hussain Abbasi 

inspecting cleanliness drive in District Malir. 

KARACHI: Journalists hold a sit in demonstration outside Sindh Assembly, against the torture 

on the journalist during the protest of PIA workers. 

PMA demands compensation to 

families of martyred doctors 

KARACHI, Feb 2: President, PMA, Karachi, Dr Shaukat Ali 

Malik, on Tuesday demanded of the Sindh government to pay 

compensation to families of doctors as promised made by CM 

Sindh. This he said while addressing a press conference at the 

PMAHouse Karachi. General Secretary PMAKarachi DrAhmed 

Bhimani was also present on this occasion. Dr Malik said the 

briefing was organized to remind authorities concerned that the 

PMA observed strike on 2nd Feb 2015 to raise some important 

issues being faced by the doctors' community that comprise four 

demands, including urgent payment of support money to martyred 

doctors' families, effective security for doctors, immediate 

arms licenses to doctors who wish to have one, and permission to 

carry the arm legally and actions against all extortion groups. 

KARACHI: Administrator DMC East, Rehmatullah Shaikh inspecting ongoing cleanliness work.


National 

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I don’t intend to join any political 

party presently: Javed Hashmi 

JAHANIAN, Feb 2: Veteran politician 

Javed Hashmi has said he does 

not intend to join any political party 

at present and he will decide about 

his political future at opportune time 

in consultation with his friends . 

He said this while talking to 

media men at the residence of former 

adhoc judge Lahore High Court 

Justice (Retd) Chaudhry Saghir 

Ahmad Dhallon here in 126 R. He 

held that decision from army chief 

General Raheel Sharif for not seeking 

extension in his service tenure is 

a good omen. This decision has 

enhanced his esteem and dignity 

among the people , he added. 

Commenting on government 

announcement for reducing petroleum 

products prices by Rs 5 per litre 

he said this reduction is highly 

Kashmir Solidarity Day to be observed on Friday 


Kashmir Solidarity Day 

will be observed across the 

country and Azad Kashmir 

on Friday with the pledge 

to continue supporting 

Kashmiris' right to selfdetermination. 

The Days is observed on 

February 5 every year to 

highlight plight of people 

in the Occupied Kashmir 

and draw the world attention 

to its obligation to the 

UN sponsored plebiscite 

there. It will be a closed 

holiday in the country. 

Different political and 

social organizations have 

RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: Ban 

has been imposed for setting 

up private educational institutions 

in the jurisdiction of 

Rawalpindi Development 

Authority (RDA). 

Ban has been slapped in 

pursuance of directives of 

government of Punjab. 

Taking notice of mushrooming 

private schools and 

chalked out special programmes 

to show unity 

with the Kashmiris struggling 

to achieve freedom 

from Indian subjugation. 

Protest rallies and 

demonstrations will be held 

in the country and human 

chains are to be formed in 

the areas connecting 

Pakistan and Azad Kashmir 

to support just cause of 

Kashmiris. 

The participants will 

also strongly condemn 

gross violations of basic 

human rights and excesses 

being committed by 

Indian troops in the occupied 

territory. 

They would also present 

memorandums to Indian 

High Commission in 

Islamabad and the United 

Nations Office to remind 

them promises of international 

community to grant 

right of self-determination 

to Kashmiris. 

A memorandum will 

also be presented to the UN 

Military Observer Group 

for India and Pakistan in 

Muzaffarabad. It may be 

recalled that Kashmir is the 

unfinished agenda of partition 

plan under which 

Pakistan and India emerged 

Ban imposed on setting up private educational 

institutions within RDA jurisdiction 

unchecked commercial 

activities, government of 

Punjab issued strict instructions 

for curbing commercial 

activities in residential 

areas due to security concerns. 

RDA has sought lists 

from district education 

department Rawalpindi in 

respect of the private educational 

institutions operating 

in its jurisdiction so that 

steps could be taken for 

security checking besides 

ensuring compliance of 

other rules and regulations 

by these schools and colleges. 

Registration of any private 

school has been linked 

to permission from RDA. 

HYDERABAD: Stagnant sewerage water for many days on streets of Pathan Colony 

Cantonment area becoming serious problem for residents and causing unhygienic atmosphere 

which is showing the negligence of concerned authorities. 


Standing Committee on 

Housing and Works met here 

on Tuesday with Ms. Khalid 

Mansoor, MNA in the chair 

to discuss actionable points 

in respect of National 

Housing Authority (NHA) 

Performance Audit Report 

(2003-04) as referred by the 

Sub-Committee of Public 

Accounts Committee and 

other matters pertaining to 

Housing and Works Ministry. 

The Committee expressed 

its dissatisfaction over the 

performance of National 

Housing Authority and recommended 

for either disbanding 

it or merged in the 

other departments with similar 

scope of activities. The 

Committee was of the view 

that NHA had failed to 

achieve the purpose of its 

establishment. 

The committee was 

apprised that the performance 

audit of the NHA was 

conducted in 2003-04 wherein 

several points were raised 

about its performance. 

The Sub-Committee of 

PAC decided to refer the 

issue to the Standing 

Committee on Housing and 

Works after listening to the 

unsatisfactory justification 

presented by the Housing and 

Works Ministry. 

The Director General 

(NHA) pleaded that the NHA 

prepared two low cost housing 

with Zakat funds and 

PM’s Special Development 

Programme in the year 1987 

and the housing units were 

handed over to the mushteqeen 

and destitute after their 

completion. 

He further informed that 

the Authority could not further 

initiate Housing schemes 

for low income groups due to 

non-availability of funds, 

however, it had been providing 

assistance to the provincial 

governments in their 

housing initiatives. 

The Committee decided to 

recommend to the PAC for 

settlement of the Audit observations. 

The committee further 

recommended that the 

government should continue 

pursuing housing schemes 

for providing shelter to the 

low income groups as guaranteed 

under the constitution 

and that too in areas having 

civic amenities. 

The Committee expressed 

its satisfaction on the process 

of allotment/balloting of 

Pakistan Housing Authority 

Foundation (PHAF) residential 

flats in Sector I-12, 

Islamabad. 

as independent states in 

1947. 

Under the plan, originally, 

Kashmir was part of 

Pakistan but India annexed 

major part of Kashmir by 

sending troops to Srinagar 

on 26 October 1947. 

Kashmiri freedom fighters 

resisted Indian aggression 

and got some part of 

Kashmir liberated from 

Indian occupation which is 

known as Azad Jammu and 

Kashmir. Pakistan extends 

its moral, political and 

diplomatic support to the 

Kashmiris right to selfdetermination. 

Board of governors 

for Nawshera Medical 

College constituted 

PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Government has 

constituted Baord of 

Governors (BoGs) for Medical 

Teaching Institute, Nowshera 

Medical College and its 

attached teaching hospital. 

According to a notification 

issued from the office of 

Secretary Health, the members 

of the BoGs include 

army retired psychiatrist Dr. 

Gul Saeed Qamar, retired 

gynecologist Dr. Falak Naz, 

ex-General Manager Civil 

Aviation, Zafeerullah, ex- 

Federal Secretary Rauf 

Khattak, ex- Federal Joint 

Secretary Jamshed Khan ex- 

Vice President UBL, S.A 

Shakeel Khan and Arif 

Khattak. 

Suspicious 

bag recovered 

from college 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: A suspicious 

bag was recovered from 

International School and 

College located in F-11/4 sector 

of federal capital. College 

administration informed the 

police and bomb disposal squad 

about the presence of a suspicious 

bag in school premises. 

Bomb disposal squad and police 

got vacated the building and 

conducted a search operation. 

insufficient. Government should 

provide relief to people by slashing 

petroleum products prices in proportion 

to reduction of oil prices in 

international market. 

He went on to say that terrorists 

attack on Bacha Khan university at 

Charsada is a national tragedy . 

Closing down the schools for fear of 

terrorists is not a solution to this 

problem. Full security by provided 

to educational institutions to counter 

terrorism, he urged. 

Pathan Kot incident is a deep 

conspiracy which is aimed at 

maligning Pakistan, he said adding 

government should take all political 

parties on board for the sake of lasting 

resolution of Kashmir issue and 

success of talks between Pakistan 

and India. 

Islamabad to 

have 350-chair 

dental hospital 


Decision has been taken to 

construct a 350-chair dental 

hospital in federal capital. 

The hospital will be built 

at the cost of Rs 3 billion 

and PC-1 of the proposed 

hospital has been worked 

out. The decision for setting 

up dental hospital has been 

taken to overcome the rush 

of patients in already operating 

dental hospitals in federal 

capital. 

According to ministry of 

CADD sources hundreds of 

patients infected with dental 

related diseases come to 

hospitals daily in Islamabad. 

Therefore, it has been decided 

to set up dental hospital 

of international standard in 

federal capital. 

This dental hospital will 

be built in the premises of 

Pakistan Institute of Medical 

Sciences (PIMS). Prime 

Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif 

will lay foundation stone of 

the proposed dental hospital 

this month, sources said. 

Ministry of CADD has 

sent letter to PM House to 

seek time from PM for laying 

foundation stone of dental 

hospital. 

Influential people reluctant to 

pay power bills in Naundero 

LARKANA, Feb 2: The 

Mazar Committee, which 

looks after the Bhutto leaders 

mausoleum in Garhi Khuda 

Bux, has so far failed to clear 

huge electricity dues 

amounting to Rs 10,697,551 

of the mausoleum. 

This was disclosed to 

reporters by SEPCO 

Naundero sources on 

Tuesday. The 37th death 

anniversary of PPP founder 

leader Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 

will be commemorated on 

April 04, 2016 and a large 

number of party activists 

from the country will participate 

in the mega event. 

These sources further said 

that the account number of 

the said premises is 98131. 

The other major influential 

defaulters of electricity bills 

in Naundero include MPA 

Muhammad Ali Bhutto, a/c 

No 84050, Rs15,95,031 

dues. This connection is in 

the name of late Mushtaque 

Khan Bhutto who was father 

of the MPA Muhammad Ali 

Bhutto. 

Late Abdul Razak Bhutto, 

a/c No 71760, Rs4,103,582; 

Hazoor Bux Bhutto, a/c No 

71670, Rs473,032; Deedar 

Bhutto, PA to MPA 

Muhammad Ali Bhutto, a/c 

No 84,244, Rs 48,768; late 

Rahmatullah Punjabi had 

two connections i-e a/c Nos 

75090 & 78100 and in his 

both houses, Bhutto Estate 

Manager Riaz Phulpoto is 

now living along with his 

children since long and outstanding 

amount against 

both these numbers is Rs 

111,509 and Rs 96,184 

respectively. 

Late Rahmatullah Punjabi 

was the father-in-law of Riaz 

Phulpoto. Rs 194,364 are 

outstanding against consumer 

Sikander Khuhro, a/c 

No 82620 whose son is a 

PCS officer. Rs 109,668 are 

outstanding against Hussain 

Bux Narejo (a/c No: 82490) 

who is former MRD convener 

and now central leader of 

Awami Jhamoori Party. 

Rs 855,134 are outstanding 

against Shahid Mithani, 

an officer of NBP. Rs 

1,119,127 are outstanding 

against Ahmed Bux Bhutto 

(a/c No: 83992) and the list 

goes on. 

The Executive Engineer 

(Rural) Sepco Larkana, 

Mutahariq Hussain Mashadi, 

confirmed to reporters on 

Tuesday that arrears of over 

10 million to Bhutto mausoleum 

have not yet been 

cleared either by Sindh 

Government or any body 

else adding that he has not 

received instructions from 

higher authorities for disconnection 

of electric supply to 

the leaders graveyard on 

account of failure to deposit 

the huge amount. He said 

zero reading was also sent 

for few months enabling the 

authorities to pay the amount 

but despite that nothing has 

come out as yet. –PPI 

HYDERABAD: HESCO officials along with Rangers conducting raids against payment 

defaulters, power thieves and disconnecting power supplies, removing kunda, grounding 

transformers. 

Implementation of NAP yielding 

positive results: Rana Tanveer 


Minister for Defence 

Production Rana Tanveer 

Hussain has said that 

implementation of 

National Action Plan 

(NAP) is yielding positive 

results in elimination of 

terrorism. 

In an interview, he said 

operation Zarb-e-Azb has 

successfully destroyed terrorists' 

network. He said 

the entire nation is united 

against terrorism. 

NA Standing Committee on 

Housing and Works meets Why women are cursed when it comes to their weight 


While females did lose some 

weight, they remained firmly 

in the obese category, the 

journal Molecular 

Metabolism reports It is the 

excuse that full-figured 

females everywhere have 

been waiting for. 

Scientists say that it is 

easier for women to gain 

weight than men – and harder 

for them to lose it. They 

blame gender differences in 

brain wiring for making it 

more difficult for women to 

win the battle of the bulge. 

Aberdeen University 

researcher Lora Heisler said: 

‘We know that men and 

women are exposed to the 

same conditions – we all live 

together – but there are higher 

rates of obesity in women, 

with rates twice the prevalence 

of those in men in 

some parts of the world. 

SC constitutes larger bench to conduct 

continuous hearing of over 50 cases 


Supreme Court (SC) has 

said that the learned benches 

have given different decisions 

in more than 50 cases 

of identical nature and people 

are facing difficulties on 

this count, therefore, a larger 

RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: Teachers, Girls 

students and their parents have voices 

strong protest against shifting of middle 

standard examination centre in respect of 

boys candidates from boys high school to 

girls high school. 

‘We wanted to find out 

why it is easier for women to 

gain weight.’ To find out 

more, Professor Heisler 

studied the action of hormones 

called POMC peptides. 

Made by the brain, 

they are known to be crucial 

to appetite control and are 

the target of a new obesity 

drug. The professor showed 

that when obese mice made 

the hormone, they lost 

weight. However, male and 

females didn’t benefit equally. 

The male mice shed so 

much weight that they were 

judged to be healthy once 

more. But while the females 

did lose some weight, they 

remained firmly in the obese 

category, the journal 

bench has been constituted 

to conduct hearing for 30 

days continuously in order 

to review all these decisions. 

This bench will work 

under the acting Chief 

Justice of Pakistan (CJP) 

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar. 

These remarks were 

given by acting CJP Mian 

Saqib Nisar during the 

course of hearing of election 

petition pertaining to 

Nawab Wasan Ali in respect 

of National Assembly (NA) 

Examination centre for middle class 

examination for boys was set up in 

Government Shimla Boys high school 

Raja Bazaar Rawalpindi which has been 

shifted to Government Girls High School 

Alpha Christian Rawalpindi. 

Molecular Metabolism 

reports. 

Appetite controlling peptides 

sped up metabolism in 

males, vital for burning calories, 

so they could lose 

weight easier and faster than 

femailes 

Experiments showed that 

while the hormone cut 

appetite in both sexes, it had 

also sped up the males’ 

metabolism and made them 

more active, leading to them 

burning off vital extra calories. 

It is thought the same is 

true in people, helping 

explain why so many 

women struggle with their 

weight. The discovery could 

lead to obesity drugs tailored 

to the sexes, with those for 

women acting on different 

parts of the brain to those 

recommended for men. 

constituency NA-115 from 

Khairpur Sindh 

The court adjourned the 

hearing of the case indefinitely 

due to absence of 

Iftikhar Gillani advocate and 

his engagement with another 

bench. 

Shifting of middle standard examination centre for 

boys candidates to Girls high school protested 

The lady teachers will supervise the 

examination as well. Teachers and parents 

have described this step of shifting examination 

centre for boys to Girls high school 

a sheer inefficiency and negligence of 

education department Rawalpindi. 

Professor Heisler said: 

‘More than half of people in 

the UK are overweight and 

one in four are clinically 

obese. ‘This is an enormous 

percentage of the population, 

and given the links 

established between obesity 

and serious medical illnesses 

including cancer, heart disease 

and diabetes, it is essential 

that we strive to find new 

methods to tackle this epidemic 

to improve our 

health.’ But with new medicines 

taking years to develop, 

the professor says the 

best thing women can do in 

the meantime is watch what 

they eat. She said: ‘Keep an 

eye on your body weight. If 

you are gradually gaining 

weight, it means that you are 

taking in a few more calories 

than your body requires 

every day, so be aware of 

portion size.’

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National 

Renowned Urdu fiction writer 

Intizar Hussain passes away at 92 

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

EDITORIAL 

BAN SENSELESS VIOLENCE INSTIGATORS: 

Kids firing and missiling at videogames today 

More likely to become terrorists tomorrow! 

(III) 

LIKELY angle here may be that those who 

indulge in violence at video games have 

already let out their pent up frustrations on 

machines, and may not indulge in real life violence! 

Unlike those who did not play! Although more 

study is needed, there is some evidence to suggest 

that violent video games might allow players to get 

aggressive feelings out of their system (i.e., video 

game play might have a cathartic effect), in a scenario 

that does not harm anyone else. 

WHILST it might be agreed that violent video 

games in the hands of a person who is old and 

mature enough to see them and be able to understand 

the context in which the violence is being 

wrought is acceptable, this may not be true of 

younger people or kids who acquire and play 

games. 

Games with violent content are often easily 

acquired by players too young to purchase them. In 

past several decades, poverty ridden localities in 

backward regions or developing countries like 

Pakistan put up video games machines with affordable 

one to five rupees for use as rental and promoted 

violence amid areas and children bred out of 

extreme poverty. There is a need to stop it. The 

authorities have not done enough in this respect. 

They can and must as soon as possible. The more 

affluent younger ones may also gain access to video 

games at home from older siblings and relatives. 

Because children do nott have fully developed mental 

faculties yet, and may not clearly separate fantasy 

from reality, exposure to violent games can have 

a large impact upon children. Media reports on kids 

shooting and killing the other kids or their siblings 

were quite alarming for parents and guardians. This 

has a greater impact than children seeing films that 

feature realistic violence because whilst a child 

might get bored with films owing to the lack of 

interaction with the medium, this is much less likely 

to be the case with, for example, a violent shooting 

game, which a child might play over and over. 

Many advocate that as such, all violent video games 

should be banned to prevent their acquisition by 

young children either by accident, or owing to 

parental ignorance. 

OTHERS however may believe that this is 

empirically false. It's said that in US, underage 

shoppers purchased R-rated movies 38% of the 

time, and unrated movies 47% of the time. it's contended 

by opponents that given that children are 

able to easily access violent content in other visual 

media -- and there is no evidence that video games 

are more harmful than other media -- this argument 

falls. Further, there is a long tradition of exposing 

children to extremely violent content in the form of 

children's tales. Further, with greater education 

regarding the harms of video games to parents (and 

with more parents having played video games themselves) 

many are becoming savvier about appropriate 

restrictions on their children’s video game play. 

Given the lack of evidence that video games are 

clearly or uniquely harmful, but acknowledging 

society’s interest in protecting vulnerable children, 

investing in additional parent education is a more 

logical response than attempting to ban all violent 

games, it's suggested! It does hold some truth. 

Negative minded kids prone to violence breed their 

children to become like themselves. 

OF COURSE, some facts may not prove some 

premises to be right. Some do point out that a part 

of research does not support the idea that young 

By: Saima Adeel (Shehri-CBE) 

Sindh RTI scored highest ranking and became the 

top in the world,” don’t you feel excited after 

reading this sentence? Everyone does. We all 

like winning and if it is top in the world it really is a 

“Big Achievement” yes it is possible and Sindh is only 

an “if” away from clutching the top global ranking as it 

can proudly claim to have the best Right to Information 

(RTI) legislation in the world to promote transparency 

‘If’ the civil society prepared Sindh RTI bill 2015 is 

passed into law. ‘If’ the Government of Sindh will take 

it seriously, ‘if’ this law is enacted in the province, and 

if it is enacted it will empower the citizens. 

Toby Mendel is the Executive Director of Center 

for Law and Democracy (CLD) a Canada-based 

organization that does international ranking of the RTI 

laws in different countries has examined the Sindh 

draft and concluded that it will be one of the best laws 

in the world. Currently, the top 3 RTI laws of the 

world are Serbia, Slovenia and India, and their respective 

scores are 135, 130 and 130.While the Sindh RTI 

draft prepared by the “Coalition for Transparency & 

Access to Information” (C-TAI) scores an excellent 

139 points, which is remarkable and something to be 

proud of. C-TAI is a coalition of 26 Sindh based 

people who play violent video games have 

decreased social ability. This is refuted most 

notably in studies by Anderson and Ford (1986), 

Winkel et al. (1987), Scott (1995), Ballard and 

Lineberger (1999), and Jonathan Freedman (2002). 

Block and Crain (2007) claim that in a critical paper 

by Anderson (and his co-author, Bushman), data 

was improperly calculated and produced fallacious 

results. Additional meta-analyses (reviews of 

research that attempt to statistically combine data 

from multiple studies for more powerful results) by 

other researchers, such as by Ferguson and Kilburn 

(2009) and Sherry (2007) have failed to find any 

causal link between video game violence and 

aggression, as have reviews by the Australian 

Government (2010) and the US Supreme Court 

(June, 2011). The question of whether violent 

games that only allow violence as a solution to 

problems could negatively affect young people in 

subtle ways deserves further study. However, there 

are many aspects of video games, such as puzzle 

solving, that are intrinsic parts of even the basest 

first person shooters. Many first-person shooters 

themselves require tactical deployment and thinking—all 

of which are able to stimulate thought in 

people, albeit in a different manner than negotiation 

might do. Further, newer military games are more 

sophisticated, often requiring the player to take one 

side of a conflict and then the other in different levels 

of the game, or forcing the player to face moral 

dilemmas that affect the game’s script, decisions or 

outcome, suggestive or initiated. 

ANTI-SOCIAL behavior, however, can also be 

caused by violent video games and it's a big problem 

for society to overcome. Video games of a violent 

nature tend to fail to offer many solutions to a 

problem. Also, even on positive side, most goodcause 

shooters have no form of negotiation with 

enemies for peace, except with more violence; players 

are asked to simply kill as many nameless terrorists 

as possible, for scoring, and more war, not 

for end to war and to restore peace. Given this, 

social interaction problems can be caused because 

people are presented with problems and then told 

that they must be solved with violence instead of 

other more viable, more humane and peaceful methods. 

In other words, physical violence is portrayed 

as the first-choice (and often only-choice) solution 

to a conflict. This lack of portrayal of alternate 

solutions can stifle growth of other skills, especially 

among children and adolescents, specifically 

skills important to making friends and engaging in 

negotiation in times of conflict or pressure. Further, 

it encourages children to see people who oppose 

them as “others,” and thus presents them psychologically 

as enemies instead of as people who are 

simply different to the player and thus might have 

other grievances. This can lead to increases in 

aggression among players. This is especially true 

given the relatively simplistic portrayal of conflicts 

within areas such as the states in conflict and civil 

war, especially the Middle East and other Muslim 

countries invaded or engaged at war. 

RIGHT thinking, story-line, presentation in 

video games are more important at any rate before 

any suggestive decisions or determinant actions. To 

that end, leaders and enforcers in governments and 

nations can institute compulsory reforms in the 

manufacturing, distributing and corporate world 

throughout the globe and in this respect can definitely 

do more. 

OPINION 

RTI ranking the best penalty corner waiting for the 

government to convert it into a meaningful goal… 

NGOs and CSOs. 

It is very encouraging that the C-TAI draft version 

of the Sindh RTI bill has achieved top ranking in the 

world, with 139/150 points. If this law is enacted in 

the province, it would be one of the best RTI laws in 

the world. 

Now it is in the hands of the Sindh governments to 

replace their defunct Freedom of Information Act 

2006 with this effective RTI bill. 

The principles underpinning solid RTI legislation 

include maximum disclosure, limited scope of exemption, 

a process to facilitate access to information, and 

protection of whistle-blowers. 

“This ranking is the best penalty corner; now the 

government should convert it into meaningful goal,” 

once said by Zafrullah Khan (executive director of 

Civic Education) about an effective RTI bill. 

Endless efforts of the coalition went into preparing 

this draft, and it has culminated in this draft as being 

declared one of the best in the world. It is hoped that 

the Sindh government reciprocates the struggle and 

efforts made by the civil society, by adopting and 

enacting this draft. Only the practical implementation 

of the new and effective RTI bill can eliminate corruption 

and bring much needed good governance. 

LAHORE, Feb 2: 

Renowned Pakistani fiction 

writer Intizar Hussain died 

at a local hospital here 

Tuesday. He was 92. 

Hospital sources have 

confirmed death of Intizar 

Hussain. 

Intizar Hussain was born 

on December 7, 1923 in 

Dibai, Bulandshahr, India, 

and migrated to Pakistan in 

1947. 

He gained a master's 

degree in Urdu. He wrote 

short stories and novels in 

Urdu, and also columns for 

newspapers in English. 

He has received many 

awards in Pakistan, India 

Matter for compensating time 

wasted: says Acting CJP 


Acting Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib 

Nisar has remarked the matter 

for compensating the 

time wasted due to resorting 

to wrong forum by the petitioners 

in connection with 

hearing of the cases has been 

referred to Chief Justice of 

RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: A man 

has been booked for allegedly 

hurling life-threats and abusing 

a woman within the Pir 

Wadhai police jurisdiction. 

Asima bibi, a resident of 

Pakistan for constitution of 

larger bench. 

He further remarked “ 

larger bench will review all 

these matters and give decision. 

He gave these remarks 

while presiding over a 3- 

member bench during the 

hearing of the case Tuesday. 

Pir Wadhai, lodged a complaint 

with the local police that 

she was returning to a local 

hotel where she was living 

with her husband after shopping 

when Gulzar intercepted 

The court remarked “ the 

time of the petitioners is 

wasted due to resorting to 

improper forum. We want to 

see this matter is redressed 

to what extent. The matter 

has been sent to chief justice 

of Pakistan. Larger bench 

will review these matters 

and will give decision. 

Man booked for allegedly hurling 

life-threats, abusing woman 

27 cops promoted 

to next rank in 

Islamabad 


Islamabad police have promoted 

11 Sub-Inspectors 

and 16 Assistant Sub- 

Inspectors to next rank, a 

notifications have been 

issued in this regard. 

According to details, SSP 

Operations Sajid Kayani has 

pinned the badges to the 

promoted officers in a ceremony 

held at Rescue-15 

office. 

Those who promoted to 

the rank of Inspectors 

include Muhammad Abbass, 

Nazeer Ahmed Sipra, Mehar 

Mukhtar Ahmed, 

Muhammad Yaseen Bhutta, 

Muneer Hussain Jafferi, 

Falak Sher, Dilawar 

Hussain, Siraj Wali, Qasim 

Ali and Abbas Khan. 

Those elevated to the status 

of Sub-Inspectors 

include Muhammad 

Saleem, Javed Alam, Feroz 

Khan, Sajid Mehmud, Tariq 

Mehmud, Muhammad 

Feroz, Muhammad Sharif, 

Iftikhar Hussain, Azam 

Khan, Muhammad Shafi, 

Liaqat Ali, Ghulam 

Muhammad, Muhammad 

Arshad, Gulfaraz Khan, 

Tariq Saeed and 

Muhammad Naseem. 

While speaking to the 

ceremony, Kayani said that 

all the officers should work 

honestly to ensure the 

security of the citizens so 

that moral of police officers 

and the department 

may be booted up. 

House 

burgled 


Burglars have burgled a 

house within the Golra 

police jurisdiction. 

Razia Behram, a resident 

of Sector E-11, lodged a 

complaint with the local 

police that thieves made 

their way into his house ransacked 

it and made off with 

Rs0.15 million, 2200 Euros, 

and 6.5 carets of gold worth 

Rs0.7 million while the family 

was outside the house. 

The police have registered 

a case and started 

investigation. 

RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: A 

teen was allegedly molested 

within Sadiqabad police 

jurisdiction. 

Muneeb Farooq a resident 

of Sadiqabad lodged a 

complaint with the local 

police stating that Arsalan 

alias Lakho a resident of 

and teased her and he also 

hurled life threats on her over 

petty matters. 

The police have registered 


investigation. 

Teen allegedly molested 

PESHAWAR, Feb 2: A Joint 

declaration of Doctor’s / 

Health community of 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has 

appreciated the government’s 

efforts for investment 

in health care services, 

Human Resource 

Development and provision 

of incentives for the health 

care providers. 

same locality abducted his 

son Arsam from a local 

market and took him to a 

deserted place where he 

and his accomplices 

molested him umpteenth 

time. The police have registered 


investigation . 

The declaration also 

lauded govt for the promulgation 

of MTI Act 2015, and 

hoped that the step would 

enhance Human Resource 

development and health care 

services. The joint declaration 

demanded improved 

pay package for Trainee 

Medical Officers, House 

Officers and teaching cadres 

and the Middle East. 

His writings include 

"Basti", "Hindustan Se 

Aakhri Khat", "Agay 

Samander hai", "Shehr-e- 

Afsos", "Jataka Tales", 

"Janam Kahanian" and "Wo 

Jo Kho Gaye". 

He received the Lifetime 

Achievement award at the 

Lahore Literary Festival in 

2012. 

In 2013, Hussain became 

the first and only Pakistani 

to be nominated for the 

international Man Booker 

Prize, and was awarded the 

French civil award Ordre 

des Arts et des Lettres in 

September 2014. 

Grand jirga in 

Jacobabad to 

decide old dispute 

LARKANA, Feb 2: A grand 

jirga will be held on 

Wednesday in Jacobabad to 

decide the old dispute 

between Prof Akbar Haider 

Soomro, former Vice 

Chancellor, Benazir Bhutto 

Medical University, 

Larkana and Prof Saeed 

Sangi, Chairman, 

Department of Cardiology, 

BBMU, who now has 

retired. It will be presided 

over by Sardar Manzoor 

Khan Panhwar. 

The dispute continued 

for three years and both of 

them dragged each other to 

the courts during which 

Sangi was arrested by FIA 

for allegedly possessing 

illegal passport. He 

remained behind bars for 

three days for which he also 

blamed Soomro. 

The dispute started outside 

a mosque after Juma 

prayers when Prof Sangi 

was reversing his vehicle 

which Prof Soomro alleged 

that Prof Sangi wanted to 

overrun him. 

The security guards of 

Prof Soomro took out their 

weapons and pointed them 

at Prof Sangi and this was 

the begininning of the quarrel 

as both sides lodged 

reports against each other. 

Prof Sangi told reporters 

on Tuesday that he had 

appointed former taluka 

Nazim Qurban Abbasi as 

his Masheer because during 

the last hearing of the dispute 

case the court had 

directed for deciding the 

matter privately whereas 

Prof Soomro said that no 

jirga is to be held to decide 

the matter. 

Doctors, health community appreciate 

govt efforts in the health sector 

and improvement of service 

structure for general cadre 

doctors as well. 

Declaration endorsed the 

efforts of current provincial 

govt. Declaration was 

signed by the representatives 

of PDA, YDA, MOs, 

KTH doctors union and 

Union of Teaching Staff in 

Peshawar today. 

PESHAWAR: Security forces are taking part in mock exercises as a practice to defend in perception 

of any terrorist’ attack on educational institutions.


International 

5 

ISIS pushed back in Iraq, 

Syria, but a threat in Libya 

DELHI, 

ROME, Feb 2: An international 

coalition is pushing 

back Islamic State militants 

in their Syrian and Iraqi 

strongholds but the group is 

threatening Libya and could 

seize the nation's oil wealth, 

U.S Secretary of State John 

Kerry said on Tuesday. 

Officials from 23 countries 

are in Rome to review 

the fight against Islamic 

State militants, who have 

created a self-proclaimed 

Caliphate across swathes of 

Syria and Iraq, and are 

spreading into other countries, 

notably Libya. 

Islamic State forces have 

attacked Libya's oil infrastructure 

and established a 

foothold in the city of Sirte, 

exploiting a power vacuum 

in the North African country 

where two rival governments 

have been battling for 

supremacy. 

"In Libya, we are on the 

brink of getting a government 

of national unity," 

Kerry told the Rome conference. 

"That country has 

resources. The last thing in 

the world you want is a false 

caliphate with access to billions 

of dollars of oil revenue." 

Under a U.N.-backed 

plan for a political transition, 

Libya's two warring administrations 

are expected to 

form a unity government, 

but a month after the deal 

was agreed in Morocco, its 

implementation has been 

dogged by in-fighting. 

The United States is leading 

two different coalitions 

carrying out air strikes in 

GENEVA, Feb 2: A disease 

linked to the Zika virus in 

Latin America poses a global 

public health emergency 

requiring a united response, 

says the World Health 

Organization. 

Experts are worried that 

the virus is spreading far and 

fast, with devastating consequences. 

The infection has been 

linked to cases of microcephaly, 

in which babies are 

born with underdeveloped 

brains. 

The WHO alert puts Zika 

in the same category of concern 

as Ebola. 

It means research and aid 

will be fast-tracked to tackle 

the infection. 

There have been around 

4,000 reported cases of 

microcephaly in Brazil alone 

since October. 

WHO director general, 

Margaret Chan called Zika 

an "extraordinary event" that 

needed a co-ordinated 

response. 

"I am now declaring that 

the recent cluster of microcephaly 

and other neurological 

abnormalities reported in 

Latin America following a 

Iraq and Syria that have targeted 

Islamic State. 

Western nations are also 

considering hitting the militants 

in Libya, a gateway for 

tens of thousands of 

migrants hoping to reach 

Europe. However, they want 

a green light from the 

planned unity government 

before acting. 

"We are still not at the 

victory that we want to 

achieve, and will achieve, in 

either Syria or Iraq and we 

have seen Daesh playing a 

game of metastasizing out to 

other countries, particularly 

Libya," Kerry said, using a 

pejorative Arabic term for 

Islamic State. 

However, he said the 

anti-IS group had made 

marked progress since it last 

met in June 2015. "At the 

time of out last ministerial, 

Ramadi had just fallen and 

there was a pretty dark and 

Six killed, 27 injured in bombings in, around Iraqi capital 

BAGHDAD, Feb 2: Six people 

were killed and more than 

two dozen others injured in 

separate bomb attacks in and 

around the Iraqi capital, 

Baghdad, security and medical 

sources said Tuesday. 

A police source, speaking 

on condition of anonymity, 

said at least two civilians died 

and five others sustained 

injuries when an improvised 

explosive device went off 

close to a number of workshops 

in Baghdad’s eastern 

neighborhood of al-Talebiyah, 

the Arabic-language al- 

Baghdadia satellite television 

network reported. 

A police officer also died 

and four others were injured 

when a roadside bomb targeted 

a security checkpoint in the 

town of Yusufiyah, located 

about 32 kilometers (20 miles) 

south of Baghdad. 

Earlier on Tuesday, a roadside 

bomb struck a commercial 

district in the capital’s 

southeastern neighborhood of 

Arab Jabour, leaving one civilian 

dead and four others 

wounded. 

Additionally, a civilian was 

killed and eight others injured 

when an improvised explosive 

device blew up near an outdoor 

market in the al- 

A'amiriya neighborhood of 

Syria refugee women in Lebanon 

face abuse, exploitation 

BEIRUT, Feb 2: Tightened 

restrictions and plummeting 

international aid have left 

Syrian refugee women in 

Lebanon more vulnerable to 

exploitation including sexual 

harassment, rights group 

Amnesty International said 

in a report on Tuesday. 

Released ahead of a key 

donor conference for Syria 

in London this week, the 

report urges greater financial 

support and more resettlement 

opportunities for 

Syrian refugees from the 

international community. 

Amnesty said 70 per cent 

of the more than one million 

Syrian refugees in 

Lebanon were living well 

below the local poverty 

line. Those refugees who 

receive assistance have 

faced cuts as donor funds to 

the United Nations have 

consistently fallen short of 

its needs. 

Amnesty said women 

refugees in particular faced 

exploitation. It said many 

reported being paid pitiful 

wages, charged exorbitant 

rents, and facing sexual 

harassment at the hands of 

bosses and even the police. 

“Whether they are underpaid 

at work or living in 

dirty, rat-infested, leaking 

homes, the lack of financial 

stability causes immense 

difficulties for women 

refugees and encourages 

people in positions of 

power to take advantage of 

them,” said Amnesty gender 

researcher Kathryn Ramsay. 

Tightened restrictions 

have left many refugees 

unable to renew their residency 

permits and mean 

they are living in Lebanon 

illegally, making them 

reluctant to report abuses, 

the group said. 

Lebanon has struggled to 

deal with an influx of 

refugees that now represents 

a quarter of its fourmillion-strong 

population, 

and last year began making 

it harder for Syrian refugees 

to stay. 

western Baghdad. 

Separately, a civilian was 

killed and six others were 

injured when a bomb attached 

beneath a car exploded in Sadr 

City, the mainly Shia district 

of eastern Baghdad. 

The United Nations 

Assistance Mission for Iraq 

says a total of 849 Iraqis were 

killed and 1,450 others injured 

in acts of terrorism, violence 

and armed conflict in January. 

Proposal unveiled to 

keep Britain in EU, 

skeptics unmoved 

LONDON/BRUSSELS, Feb 

2: European Council President 

Donald Tusk presented on 

Tuesday proposals for keeping 

Britain in the European Union 

to a mixed response, underlining 

the challenges Prime 

Minister David Cameron 

faces to win over his people 

and other EU leaders. 

The proposals, which 

addressed all four areas where 

Cameron has demanded 

reform, did little to ease 

doubts among his more 

Eurosceptic lawmakers and 

even some of the prime minister's 

closest allies wondered 

out loud if package -- which 

must still be agreed by other 

EU states -- would be enough. 

The two sides have been 

locked in talks trying to find a 

way for Cameron to win what 

he calls the "best deal possible" 

for Britain while keeping 

other EU states onboard 

before a referendum which 

could take place as early as in 

June. Tusk's text said Britain 

could immediately suspend 

welfare payments to EU 

migrants for four years if 

Britons voted to stay in the 

bloc and could, alongside 

other countries, have new 

powers to block legislation. 

Britain could also opt out of 

further political integration in 

the 28-member bloc. 

dangerous narrative that was 

emerging," he said. 

He said that Iraqi forces 

had since retaken the city 

and Islamic State had since 

lost about 40 percent of its 

territory in Iraq and 20 percent 

in Syria. 

The one-day Rome meeting 

takes place as talks have 

begun in Geneva to try to 

end the five-year-old Syrian 

civil war, which has killed at 

least 250,000 people, driven 

more than 10 million from 

their homes and drawn in the 

United States and Russia on 

opposite sides. 

While Washington has 

long said Syrian President 

Bashar al-Assad has lost the 

legitimacy to lead, it has 

made clear that its first priority 

is to try to rein in Islamic 

State group, which is also 

known as ISIL and ISIS. 

Tuesday's meeting will 

cover stabilizing areas such 

as the Iraqi city of Tikrit, 

which has been wrested 

from the group, as well as 

broader efforts to undercut 

its finances, stem the flow of 

foreign fighters and counter 

its messaging, officials said. 

9 migrants 

including 2 babies 

drown off Turkey 

ANKARA, Feb 2: The bodies 

of at least nine refugees, 

including two children, were 

recovered in waters off 

Turkey’s western coast on 

Tuesday. 

The boat carrying the 

refugees drowned on the route 

from Turkey to Greece, the 

private Dogan news agency 

reported, adding that the 

Turkish coast guard saved two 

more people in a search and 

rescue operation. 

The coast guard recovered 

the bodies after being alerted 

by two survivors who swam to 

the shore. The refugees are 

said to have set off from the 

town of Seferihisar in Izmir 

Province in an apparent 

attempt to enter Greece. 

Nearly 40 refugees 

drowned off another part of 

the Turkish coast on January 

30. Turkey has become a 

launching point for refugees 

trying to make it into Greece 

and Italy. Most of the refugees 

then try to reach Germany 

through the Balkan states. 

Back in November last year, 

the Turkish government 

reached a deal with European 

Union to stem the flow of 

refugees in return for USD 3.2 

billion in financial aid. 

Filmmakers haven't tapped my 

full potential yet, feels Tabu 

Feb 2: She has given 

path-breaking performances 

in several critically acclaimed 

movies, but actress Tabu feels 

Bollywood filmmakers have 

not utilised her full potential 

yet. 

When asked if while looking 

back she feels filmmakers 

have not tapped her full potential, 

Tabu told, "Absolutely. I 

don't think I've tapped my full 

potential, forget the filmmakers...I 

think a very minuscule 

part of my potential has been 

tapped." 

The 44-year-old actress, 

who has won two National 

Awards for her roles in 

"Maachis" (1996) and the 

2001 drama "Chandni "Bar", 

says she feels like this because 

she has a different understating 

of herself today. 

"I feel that maybe it's not 

true. May be I feel that now 

when you have a different 

understanding of your own 

potential, of yourself. I feel I 

could've done things in so 

many different ways," she 

said. 

"I've got to do a lot. But I 

feel there is a lot which can be 

done also. Of course everybody 

thinks and feels like 

that," she said. Following her 

award-winning stint in 

"Chandni Bar", Tabu then 

acted in "Maqbool" made by 

filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj's, 

who she believes "allowed" 

her to try different things as an 

actress. "He has allowed me to 

do it. I got a chance to do it 

with him. I didn't even know 

RIYADH, Feb 2: A court in 

Saudi Arabia has handed 

down a 10-year prison sentence 

to an activist who 

used Twitter to call for 

protests and sit-ins against 

the ruling Al Saud dynasty, 

and the release of dissidents. 

On Tuesday, the 

Specialized Criminal Court 

found the unnamed man 

guilty of opening several 

Twitter accounts, and using 

the accounts to “call for 

similar cluster in French 

Polynesia in 2014 constitutes 

a public health emergency of 

international concern." 

She said the priorities 

were to protect pregnant 

women and their babies 

from harm and to control the 

mosquitoes that are spreading 

the virus. 

Currently, there is no vaccine 

or medication to stop 

Zika. The only way to avoid 

catching it is to avoid getting 

bitten by the Aedes mosquitoes 

that transmit the infection. 

The WHO has already 

what was in store for me in 

'Maqbool' or the kind of film 

he was going to make. I was 

just too excited to play this 

character which was unusual 

for a Hindi cinema heroine to 

warned that Zika is likely to 

"spread explosively" across 

nearly all of the Americas. 

More than 20 countries, 

including Brazil, are reporting 

cases. 

Most infections are mild 

and cause few or no symptoms, 

although there have 

been some reported cases of 

a rare paralysis disorder 

called Guillain-Barre syndrome. 

The bigger health threat 

though is believed to be in 

pregnancy, to the unborn 

child. 

Dr Jeremy Farrar, 

do at that time," she said. 

The "Cheeni Kum" actress, 

who worked with Bhardwaj 

again in "Haider", says an 

actor looks at himself the way 

a director visualises him. 

Saudi Arabian activist given 

10-year jail term 

SUDAN, Feb 2: The chief 

ceasefire monitor in South 

Sudan says people are dying 

of starvation in the country's 

Western Equatoria state as 

warring sides fail to implement 

an agreed peace deal to 

end two years of war. 

"I was told this morning 

that one of the ceasefire monitoring 

teams, which recently 

protests and spread chaos to 

release detainees that are 

held for security and terrorism 

charges,” Arabic-language 

Saudi Arabian daily 

newspaper Okaz reported. 

He also described Arab 

rulers as despots, published 

posts deemed offensive to 

security forces and joined a 

protest calling for the 

release of a detainee outside 

the prisoner’s home. 

On January 12, Saudi 

authorities arrested the sister 

of jailed Saudi blogger 

Raif Badawi along with her 

two-year-old daughter in the 

Red Sea port city of Jeddah. 

She was questioned for four 

hours before being transferred 

to Dhaban prison. 

Raif Badawi’s wife, 

Ensaf Haidar, wrote on her 

Twitter page that Samar’s 

arrest was related to her 

alleged role in managing a 

Twitter account campaigning 

for the release of her exhusband, 

Waleed Abulkhair. 

Civilians starving to death in South Sudan 

visited Mundri, found people 

there are starving to death," 

Festus Mogae, who is a former 

Botswana president, said 

on Tuesday. 

"I am staggered that things 

have been allowed to get this 

bad, and I continue to urge 

you, the leaders of South 

Sudan, to do whatever you 

can to ensure the humanitarian 

effort is successful," 

Mogae said in a speech read 

to government and rebel 

peace delegates in Juba. 

Mogae heads the Joint 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

Commission (JMEC), set up 

as part of a stalled August 

peace deal by the 

Intergovernmental Authority 

on Development (IGAD). 

China's nuclear envoy in N Korea amid sanctions push 

SEOUL, Feb 2: China's 

envoy for the North Korean 

nuclear issue arrived in the 

capital, Pyongyang, on 

Tuesday, the North's KCNA 

news agency reported, amid 

a push by the United States 

and South Korea for tougher 

sanctions on the North after 

its fourth nuclear test. 

China's Special 

Representative for Korean 

Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei 

was expected to hold discussions 

with the North 

Koreans on the nuclear issue 

after his arrival there, 

Japan's Kyodo news agency 

reported from the North 

Korean capital. 

Neither Kyodo nor 

KCNA gave further details. 

China's foreign ministry 

did not have immediate 

comment. 

North Korea is believed 

to be making preparations 

for a test launch of a longrange 

rocket, U.S. officials 

have said, after activity at its 

test site was observed by 

satellite. 

Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency 

Director of the Wellcome 

Trust, said: "There is a long 

road ahead. As with Ebola, 

Zika has once again exposed 

the world's vulnerability to 

emerging infectious diseases 

and the devastation they can 

unleash. Alongside the 

emergency response that 

Zika necessitates, we must 

put in place the permanent 

reforms, health systems 

strengthening and proactive 

research agenda that are 

needed to make the global 

health system more resilient 

to the threat of future pandemics."

6 


Biz 

Pak, China agrees to enhance 

cooperation in maritime domain 


Pakistan and China have 

agreed to enhance cooperation 

in the Maritime domain 

between Pakistan and China. 

The understanding came 

during Second Maritime 

Cooperation Dialogue of the 

two countries held in 

Islamabad. 

Pakistan delegation was 

led by Additional Foreign 

Secretary Syed Zulfiqar 

Gardezi while the Chinese 

side was headed by Assistant 

Minister Kong Xuanyou. 

Representatives from various 

government departments 

of two sides also attended the 

Dialogue. 

Both sides reviewed overall 

Maritime situation in the 


Pakistan and International 

Monetary Fund (IMF) talks 

for 10th review is in progress 

at Dubai on Tuesday. 

According to Ministry 

sources, Finance Minister 

Senator Mohammad Ishaq 

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in a meeting with 

the Chinese Assistant Minister of foreign affairs H.E. Kong Xuanyou . 

region, security of Sea Lines 

of Communication, antipiracy 

cooperation, rescue 

Dar was leading in the talks 

of Pakistan side. 

The sources added that 

positive headway was being 

made in the talks. 

They informed that parleys 

were likely to conclude 

on February 4. 

and relief operations, maritime 

science and technology 

cooperation and exchanges 

between the two navies. 

Later, Assistant Minister 

Kong called on the Adviser 

Pak IMF talks for 10th review in progress at Dubai 

Japan to provide US$ 43 million to 

Pakistan for energy sector reforms 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The 

government of Japan will provide 

US$ 43 million to 

Pakistan (Japanese Yen 5 billion 

approximately) for implementing 

the energy sector 

reforms programme. 

The programme is part of 

‘Energy Sector Development 

Programme, Development 

Credit (DPC-II) and it is also 

supported by World Bank and 

Asian Development Bank. 

Notes to this effect were 

signed at Economic Affairs 

Division (EAD) here on 

Tuesday. Secretary EAD, 

Tariq Bajwa and Ambassador 

of Japan to Pakistan Hiroshi 

Inomata signed the agreement 

on behalf of their respective 

sides. The concessional loan 

of US$ 43 million for energy 

sector reforms programme 

was the second of this kind 

after the provision of the loan 

of same amount provided by 

the government of Japan to 

Pakistan in June 20114. 

This financial assistance 

was also part of energy sector 

reforms programme that was 

co-financed by the Asian 

Development Bank, World 

Bank and Government of 

Japan, worked with Pakistan 

to develop reform programme 

and set agreed policy targets in 

energy sector. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Ambassador of Japan lauded 

the government of Pakistan’s 

efforts towards the energy sector 

reforms to overcome energy 

shortage in the country. 

The policy level talks will 

be concluded on February 5 

in which Herald Finger who 

is leading IMF team and 

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar 

was heading Pakistani delegation 

in the talks would 

jointly announced the outcomes 

of the talks at a press 

conference. 

Recommendations will 

also be made for releasing 

11th tranche of US $500 million 

loan to Pakistan after the 

conclusion of successful 

talks on Thursday. 

Pak's 6 companies 

take part in 

Paperworld trade fair 

KARACHI, Feb 2: The leading 

stationery fair of the year 

closed its doors on 2nd 

February 2016. Around 

84,000 visitors at the event 

from 30 January to 02 

February 2016 made their way 

to Frankfurt am Main to attend 

Paperworld. It is the international 

meeting place for trade 

and industry and distinguished 

by a huge horizontal & vertical 

range of products from 

office & school articles via 

gifts & printer accessories, to 

exclusive stationery products 

& writing & drawing utensils 

for private & business use. 

1,608 companies from 59 

countries are making presentations 

at Paperworld, leading 

international trade fair 

for Paper, Office Supplies 

and Stationeries, in Frankfurt 

am Main. Among the 

exhibitors from outside 

Germany, demand is particularly 

high from European 

and Asia states. 

to Prime Minister on Foreign 

Affairs Sartaj Aziz and discussed 

a range of bilateral 

and regional issues. 

Lauding the Chinese initiative 

of ‘One Belt–One 

Road’, the Adviser stressed 

need for greater Maritime 

cooperation between the two 

countries especially as the 

China-Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC) was its 

flagship. 

Assistant Minister Kong 

expressed satisfaction over 

the progress in Bilateral 

Maritime Cooperation 

Dialogue, adding that many 

new proposals have been 

shared by both the sides further 

promote bilateral cooperation. 

Businessmen call to 

Rs10 to Rs.15per litre 

cut in POL prices 


Businessmen in a meeting at 

Islamabad Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry have 

called for Rs.10 to Rs.15 per 

litre reduction in POL prices to 

pass on the full benefit of 

reduced oil prices in the international 

market to the consumers. 

According to press release 

issued on Tuesday, President 

ICCI Atif Ikram Sheikh, 

Senior Vice President Sheikh 

Pervez Ahmed and Vice 

President Sheikh Abdul 

Waheed said that the historic 

fall in international oil prices 

has created a good opportunity 

for the government to provide 

relief to the common man and 

create conducive environment 

for growth of business activities, 

but instead of sharing its 

full benefit with the consumers, 

government has 

announced a meagre cut of 

Rs.5per litre across all categories 

of POL products which 

has deprived the people of 

much awaited relief. 

They also criticized the 

imposition of fixed sales tax on 

POL products irrespective of 

increase/decrease in their 

prices as this mode would 

badly hurt business and industrial 

activities and put unnecessary 

pressure on the common 

man, especially in a scenario 

of falling petroleum prices in 

the international market. 

Corporate Corner 

JS Bank Pakistan opens it’s first 

International Branch in Bahrain 

KARACHI: Mr. Jahangir Siddiqui (Chairman JS Bank), Mr. Khalid Imran (President JS 

Bank) and Mr. Ali J.Siddiqui(Advisor) along with the top management at the inauguration 

ceremony of JS Bank Bahrain Branch. 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Pakistan-based JS Bank has officially opened its first branch office outside 

of its home country, in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, targeting the GCC, and eventually 

the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The announcement follows the awarding 

of a wholesale conventional banking license to JS Bank by the Central Bank of Bahrain 

(CBB) last year. As the eighth licensed Pakistani wholesale bank in Bahrain, JS Bank will 

serve regional businesses with interests in Pakistan, non-resident Pakistani expatriates, other 

Pakistani banks without overseas branches, and Pakistani government entities. Its service 

offerings include trade finance, treasury, institutional banking, corporate banking, and private 

banking & wealth management. 

CBB Director of Licensing and Policy, Ahmed Al Bassam welcomed JS Bank’s new level 

of presence in the GCC market. 

“The growing number of Pakistani banks with branches in Bahrain is a positive reflection 

of the attractiveness of the Kingdom’s banking sector, and builds upon historic trade relations 

between the two countries. We welcome this positive trend and look forward to working 

closely with JS Bank in the years ahead,” he said. 

JS Bank Chairman, Jahangir Siddiqui said that the Bank is pleased to be contributing further 

to strengthening business relations between the GCC and Pakistan. 

“The GCC was already an important market for us which we now seek to develop further 

through a physical presence here. In addition to having two banking hubs in Bahrain and 

Dubai, the region also has a sizeable Pakistani expatriate community, including many running 

their own businesses who have a strong need for our services. The ties between the GCC and 

Pakistan, both economic and diplomatic, date back decades, and we are committed to helping 

to further strengthen this relationship, while also serving the business community,” 

JS Bank President, Khalid Imran said that the Bahrain branch would deliver the same high 

standard of services and products that the Bank is known for within its home market. 

The opening of the Bahrain branch is an important milestone for us as it gives us our 

first footprint outside of Pakistan, which we plan to use as a springboard for further expansion 

into MENA,” he added. 

KARACHI: The prominent fashion designer from USA Almas Hamirani, was the chief 

guest at Cooperate awards ceremony held at local hotel. Picture show Sardar Popozai, 

Majyed Aziz, with chief guest and awards recipient's. 

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Mr. Hiroshi Inomata and Secretary 

Economic Affairs Division, Tariq Bajwa signed and exchanged notes at a signing ceremony 

held today at the economic affairs division. The government of Japan has announced today 

to provide a concessional loan of 5 billion yen (approximately USD 43 million) to the government 

of Pakistan for the energy sector reform program (ii). 

PEW expresses disappointment over 

Central bank’s monetary policy statement 


Pakistan Economy Watch 

(PEW) on Tuesday said that 

the central bank’s recent 

monetary policy statement 

has been away from the facts 

and has damaged the institutions’ 

credibility. 

According to press 

release issued on Tuesday, 

the SBP should not act as 


President Mamnoon Hussain 

has said the government is 

providing all possible incentives 

to traders and industrialists 

for further enhancing 

country’s exports. 

He was talking to a delegation 

of Rawalpindi Chamber 

of Commerce and Industry in 

Islamabad on Tuesday. 

The President called for 

addressing the issues of small 

and medium industries and 

urged upon chambers of commerce 

and industry to play a 

constructive role for resolving 

mouthpiece of the government 

for misleading masses 

about so called economic 

success of the government, 

said Dr Murtaza Mughal, 

President PEW. 

President PEW Dr 

Mughal said that the report 

praised the increase in 

income of the government 

and revenue measures ignoring 

that Pakistan tops list of 

countries with most petroleum 

and telecom taxes. 

Moreover, the revenue 

measures have nothing to 

do with the government’s 

resolve to expand tax net as 

new taxes worth Rs 40 billion 

were slapped on the 

behest of IMF, said president 

PEW. 

PTBA Secretary General terms 

Uganda Business Trip fruitful 


PakTurk Businessmen 

Association (PTBA) 

Secretary General Aslam 

Bhatti has termed the 

Uganda business trip very 

fruitful and beneficial for the 

participants of the delegation. 

According to press release 

issued on Tuesday, the 20 

members’ delegation comprising 

of Pakistani businessmen, 

Traders and investors 

returned to Pakistan from a 

weeklong tour to Uganda, 

Africa. The honorary consulate 

General of Uganda in 

Pakistan Awais Rouf said that 

Uganda offers unique business 

potential for Pakistani 

business community. 

While briefing newsmen 

about the business trip PTBA 

Secretary General Bhatti 

said that Uganda is a virgin 

market for Pakistani 

exporters and investors. 

CEO Banu Mukhtar 

Group Asad Mukhtar said 

that Uganda is best place for 

exporting all types and products, 

as its soil is very productive, 

world best honey, 

pineapple, coffee, tea and 

banana is grown here. 

'Govt providing incentives to 

traders, industrialists' 

ISLAMABAD: President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) Mian Humayun 

Parvez along with a delegation called on President Mamnoon Hussain at Aiwan-E-Sadr. 

their problems. He said chambers 

of commerce and industry 

should strive to further jack 

up exports through coordinated 

marketing efforts in liaison 

with the foreign missions in 

Pakistan. The President said 

that it is the responsibility of 

business community to 

unmask the tax evaders from 

within their ranks. 

Meanwhile, talking to a 

delegation of Al-Shifa Eye 

Trust Hospital, the President 

said that doctors should not 

hesitate in serving the humanity 

in far flung areas. 

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Syed Asif Haider Shah, Prominent business community 

leader Siraj Kassem Teli, President KCCI Younus Basheer, Aqueel Hassan, CEO, 

MCR, Rafiq Rangoon Walla, COO, Burger King and Azeem Qureashi, Dy Operating officer 

KCCI President asks SRB to stop 

sending notices to indenters 

KARACHI, Feb 2: President of the Karachi 

Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) 

Younus Muhammad Bashir, while appreciating 

numerous initiatives taken by the Sindh 

Revenue Board (SRB) towards enhancing the 

revenue collection of Sindh province, said that 

SRB should be very careful and act wisely in 

deciding which sectors really need to be taxed 

as any unwise decision in this regard may prove 

detrimental for the economy. 

Referring to SRB's decision to impose 14 

percent sales tax on indenting businesses, 

President KCCI stated that this unjust tax was 

likely to result in depriving the country of the 

desperately needed foreign exchange being 

earned by the indenters who are struggling really 

hard to stay afloat due to intense competitive 

environment. 

President KCCI Younus Muhammad Bashir 

was exchanging views during a special meeting 

held to discuss and seek recommendations for 

Sindh Budget 2016-17. Besides Younus Bashir, 

the meeting was also attended by former 

President KCCIAQ Khalil, who is also leading 

a committee formed to look into the issue of 

services tax on Indenters, Senior Vice President 

Zia Ahmed Khan, former President Khalid 

Firoz, Chairman Provincial & Local Taxes Sub- 

Committee KCCI Azhar Wasimpuri, former 

SVP KCCI Muhammad Ibrahim Kasumbi and 

KCCI Managing Committee members. 

Keeping in view the grievances being faced 

by relevant businessmen, President KCCI 

requested the SRB to stop sending notices to 

indenters as the question whether this unjust tax 

should be really imposed on indenters or not. “It 

was highly unfair to demand such an irrational 

tax from indenters who have been earning foreign 

exchange for the country and instead of 

appreciating their efforts, the government has 

decided to penalize them by imposing such an 

illogical and groundless tax”, he added.

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PCB to raise Pak-India series 

matter in ICC meeting 


Pakistan Cricket Board 

(PCB) will be picking up the 

Pakistan-India cricket series 

matter in the International 

Cricket Council’s (ICC) 

Board meeting to be held in 

Dubai on February 4. 

According to details, a 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI, Feb 2: 

Pakistan’s discarded offspinner 

Saaed Ajmal says he 

is hopeful of proving his 

form in a forthcoming 

domestic league as he targets 

a return to national colours in 

the World Twenty20 this 

March. 

The 38-year-old, whose 

accuracy and deceptive doosra 

helped drive his team to 

victory in the 2009 edition, 

has struggled to make an 

impact since coming back 

last February from a fivemonth 

ban for chucking. 

He took just one wicket in 

two ODIs when he last 

played, against Bangladesh, 

in April, and a paltry 16 

wickets at 55 apiece for his 

Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) was 

signed between both the 

countries to play as many as 

six series in the time span of 

eight years however, the 

first series of the agreement 

was due to be played last 

year which was badly 

affected by Indian extremism. 

Earlier, the fanatics of 

Hindu extremist party Shiv 

Sena launched a full-fledged 

English county side 

Worcestershire. 

But speaking on the sidelines 

of a launch event for 

Islamabad United, one of 

five teams taking part in the 

Pakistan Super League 

(PSL) to be held in the UAE 

this month, Ajmal said he 

had worked on technical 

flaws and rediscovered his 

old rhythm. 

“I’ve got a good platform 

and working on my 

goals.You are going to see 

the Saeed Ajmal of old,” he 

said. “The World T20 is after 

this. and I want to perform 

well and make myself available 

for the team.” 

Ajmal, who was picked as 

a last minute ‘supplementary 

player’ by the capital’s team, 

pointed to better showings in 

Bangladesh’s T20 league last 

attack on the Board of 

Control for Cricket in India 

(BCCI) for going ahead 

with the India-Pakistan 

November as proof the magic 

had not deserted him. 

Before being suspended in 

September 2014 for exceeding 

the 15-degree elbow flex 

limit set by the International 

Cricket Council, Ajmal was 

ranked the world’s number 

one bowler in ODIs and was 

almost as impressive in Tests. 

He famously captured 24 

wickets in three Tests against 

England in 2012. 

“When I made my comeback 

against Bangladesh I 

was lacking match practice,” 

he said. “I needed some time. 

Now I’ve had some time and 

I’ve been able to work on 

myself. I’ve got my variation 

back and you will see the 

results in the PSL. 

“There were several 

issues. My arm was falling 

off too much to the side and 

bilateral series. 

PCB has now finally 

decided to raise the issue at 

international level while in 

case of not getting positive 

response, it may withdraw 

from supporting Big Three 

that includes India, 

Australia and England. 

However the other key 

issues on the agenda of the 

ICC meetings include 

review of the constitutional 

amendments, and structure 

and scheduling of bilateral 

cricket. 

The constitutional 

amendments, which were 

carried out in 2014, gave 

Ajmal ‘rediscovers old rhythm’, 

targets World T20 return 

Saif Tex Football Team and Falcon Company played goalless 

draw at Fame Sports Ground Model Town for PFF Cup-2016 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Malawi 

netballer Mwai Kumwenda 

has been crowned 'Athlete 

of the Year' by the 

International World Games 

Association (IWGA). 

Kumwenda was one of 

18 international athletes 

nominated for the IWGA 

award, from a cross-section 

of sports. She was crowned 

as the clear winner by an 

online poll. 

Kumwenda, who plays 

professionally for Mainland 

Tactix in New Zealand, was 

awarded 'Player of the 

Tournament' at the Netball 

World Cup Sydney 2015. 

Her win was backed by 

impressive statistics - 91% 

shots on target. With 321 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Saif Tex 

Football Club and Falcon 

Company Quetta played a 

goalless drew. The match 

was part of Pakistan 

Football federation Cup 

2016 qualifications. 

According to the press 

release issued here by 

Fame Sports Football Club 

(FSFC), the match was 

played at Fame Sports Club 

Model Town football 

ground. The match stare 

with unexpected aggression 

as both teams displayed 

high caliber professional 

skills. During the 

29th minute Referee 

Shahid Hussain awarded 

Falcons a penalty kick 

which was taken by left 

winger Imtiaz but a timely 

save by Saif Tex goalkeeper 

Khuram Shahzad blunted 

the advantage. 

As the match progressed 

Saif Tex Usman Ghani 

made several moves 

towards opposition goal but 

lack of finishing touches as 

well as good defending kept 

him quite. Falcon’s defender 

goals in eight games, she 

was the only player to score 

over 300 goals. 

The 26 year-old shooter 

was delighted with the win. 

“I feel so excited and honoured 

that so many people 

around the world have 

voted for me - I really 

appreciate it,” she said. 

Kumwenda was nominated 

for the Award by the 

International Netball 

Federation. Clare Briegal, 

CEO, said: “This is great 

recognition for a superb 

role model in netball. As 

well as being a world class 

athlete, Mwai embodies 

women's empowerment, 

and is a fantastic inspiration 

to so many people all 

Arsalan was shown yellow 

card in 8th and 33rd minute, 

that turned into a red card 

and he had to leave the 

match. 

In the second half during 

the 52n minute Referee 

Shahid Hussain awarded 

Saif Tex a penalty but kick 

which was also lost. Thus 

the match ended in goalless 

draw. Match was officiated 

by Commissioner 

Naseemuddin, Shahid 

Hussain referee; Assistant 

referees were Muhammad 

Amjad and Waheed Murad. 

around the world.” 

The IWGA is an organisation 

recognised by the 

International Olympic 

Committee. Its principal 

aim is to develop the popularity 

of the sports governed 

by its 37 Member 

Federations, which 

includes the International 

Netball Federation, to 

improve their prominence 

through excellent sporting 

achievements, and to conserve 

all the traditional 

values of sport through 

The World Games, which 

take place every four 

years. The 10th World 

Games will be held in 

Wroclaw, Poland, from 

July 20-30, 2017. –PPI 

I’ve worked on that and 

straightened it up. I’ve 

worked on my main ball 

and my doosra as well as 

my arm ball. 

“The variation I got from 

the revolutions I’d put on the 

ball in the air 'I’ve got that 

back and you’re going to 

enjoy watching it.” 

Despite his optimism, it is 

unclear how much opportunity 

Ajmal will get to play as he 

competes for a place against 

teammate Samuel Badree, 

the West Indian leg spinner 

who is currently the world’s 

number one T20 bowler. 

But with Pakistan’s 

favoured slow bowler, leg 

spinner Yasir Shah, currently 

suspended for a doping 

offence, the door could 

remain ajar for an improbable 

comeback. 

Bangladesh beat 

Namibia to top its 

Group in U-19 WC 

ahead of quarters 

DHAKA, Feb 2: 

Bangladesh tamed minnows 

Namibia, who had earlier 

elbowed defending champions 

South Africa outh of 

title race, recording a convincing 

eight-wicket triumph 

in last Group A clash 

on Tuesday the Sheikh 

Kamal International Cricket 

Stadium. 

Bangladesh opted to 

field first, bundled 

Namibia out for just 65 in 

32.5 overs and proceeded 

to wrap up the chase in 16 

overs, with Joyraz Sheik 

(34 off 55) and Nazmul 

Hossain Shanto (14 off 23) 

taking the team through 

after an early stutter. 

In its chase, Bangladesh 

met with a very determined 

bunch. Despite the paltry 

total, Namibia put in an 

energetic display with the 

ball, and didn't allow 

Bangladesh to race away. 

However, the hosts eventually 

managed to achieve the 

victory total in 16 overs with 

eight wickets in hand. Joyraz 

Sheik batted well for the 

side scoring unbeaten 34. 

Netball player Kumwenda wins 

IWGA 'Athlete of the Year' Award 

KARACHI, Feb 2: Former 

Pakistan allrounder Israr Ali 

died in his hometown of 

Okara on February 1 at the 

age of 88. He was Pakistan's 

oldest living Test cricketer 

and had played four Tests 

for the country between 

1952 and 1959. He died of a 

pneumonia attack. 

Ali played 40 first-class 

games, taking 114 wickets 

at 22.63 and scoring 1130 

runs at 20.54. He had begun 

his career playing for 

Punjab in 1946-47 before 

Pakistan and India were partitioned, 

and then toured 

India as part of the Pakistan 

Test side in 1952-53. He 

played only two Tests on 

that tour, and was then was 

recalled to the side for two 

executive powers to the Big 

Three. ICC Chairman 

Shashank Manohar has 

already stated that he does 

not agree with the consolidation 

of power in the hands of 

just three member nations. 

Besides, cricket’s potential 

participation in the 

Olympics 

and 

Commonwealth Games will 

also be discussed. An update 

on the World Twenty-20 in 

India in March-April, 

including playing conditions 

and prize money, will be 

also on the table along with 

the composition of the ICC 

Cricket Committee. 

Mwai wins 

IWGA Athlete of 

the Year Award 

MALAWI, Feb 2: Malawi 

netballer Mwai Kumwenda 

has been crowned Athlete of 

the Year by the International 

World Games Association 

(IWGA). Kumwendawas 

one of 18international athletes 

nominated for the 

IWGA award, from a crosssection 

of sports. She was 

crowned as the clear winner 

by an online poll. 

Kumwenda, who plays 

professionally for Mainland 

Tactix in New Zealand, was 

awarded Player of the 

Tournament at the Netball 

World Cup SYDNEY 2015. 

Her winwas backed by 

impressive statistics – 91% 

shots on target. With 321 goals 

in eight games, she was the 

only player to score over 300 

goals. 

The 26 year-old shooter 

was delighted with the win: “I 

feel so excited and honoured 

that so many people around 

the world have voted for me – 

I really appreciate it.” 

Kumwenda first played 

netball aged 15, in her village 

in Malawi. Now an 

international netball star, 

this award recognises the 

progress she has made: 

“This is important for me 

because netball has been my 

life from a very young age. I 

would never have thought, 

in a million years, that I 

would win this award. 

This has been a journey – a 

journey of small steps, with 

each step dreaming of the 

next. It has been a journey of 

great support from all around 

me – family, friends, coaches, 

team-mates and most of all my 

fans around the world. 

Tests against Australia in 

1959-60. While interacting 

with ESPNcricinfo in 2012, 

Ali recalled how he had dismissed 

Australia opener Les 

Favell in all four innings 

PSL can draw on natural talent 

in Pakistan: Viv Richards 

DUBAI, Feb 2: Sir Viv 

Richards, the legendary 

batsman who is here as the 

mentor of Quetta Gladiators 

team, said the natural cricketing 

talent in Pakistan 

should make the Pakistan 

Super League (PSL) a big 

success. “I have always 

enjoyed Pakistan cricket, 

Even though we as the West 

Indies team had success 

then, there was one team 

whom we always found 

problematic and that was 

Pakistan. May be, you don’t 

have the players in form as 

you would like to, but certainly 

Pakistanis are always 

filled with magnificent talent,” 

he said at his team’s net 

at the ICC Global Academy 

grounds. 

As Richards walked into 

the practice area to meet his 

players with his usual swagger, 

players from all teams 

held their breath to have a 

look at him in awe. He 

smiled, waved and mixed 

freely with them. 

When Gulf News asked 

after his session with the 

boys on how it felt to be 

back in the UAE after his 

exploits in Sharjah that 

enthralled many fans in the 

past, he said: “Sharjah was 

the first where I came in the 

UAE, the person I remember 

most is Abdul Rahman 

Bukhatir who was responsible 

to bring cricket to this 

LONDON, Feb 2: Salman 

Butt and Mohammad Asif, 

who recently returned to competitive 

cricket after serving 

five-year bans for spot-fixing, 

have been registered for the 

Caribbean Premier League's 

player draft, which will take 

place on February 11. The 

spot-fixing bans on Butt and 

Asif were lifted in September, 

and they made their comebacks 

in Pakistan's domestic 

cricket in January. 

Mohammad Amir, the 

other player banned for 

spot-fixing in the Lord's 

Test of 2010, made his 

world and am happy cricket 

is still a major attraction 

here.” 

Looking around the 

ground like he used to survey 

the field to play his 

shots, Richards said: “It is 

nice and cool. When you 

have pleasant weather, I am 

hoping that cricket may be 

as pleasant as the weather.” 

When asked about how 

was the introduction with 

the team players, Richards 

said: “It was great with manager 

Moin Khan around, I 

am a pretty outgoing guy. I 

would like to think I get on 

well with anyone and being 

the professional that I would 

have been over the years it 

Pakistan comeback during 

their recent tour of New 

Zealand. His name is also 

on the CPL draft list. 

Pakistan will be the most 

represented overseas nationality 

at the CPL draft, with 37 

players including Shahid 

Afridi, Umar Akmal, Misbahul-Haq 

and Shoaib Malik. 

There will be 34 South 

African players in the draft, 

including Hashim Amla, 

Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir 

and Vernon Philander, 23 

Australians, including Brad 

Haddin, Michael Hussey, 

Chris Lynn and Shaun Tait, 

made it so much easier.” 

To a query as to what 

would such a league like 

PSL need for being successful, 

Richards said: “I have 

been involved with Big Bash 

for three years and I have 

been involved with Indian 

Premier League (IPL) for 

one year and Caribbean 

Premier League (CPL) too, 

so this is an extension. So I 

believe that with the magnificent 

cricketers that you 

have in this region this could 

get better. It depends on the 

individuals who are part of 

the team themselves and I do 

believe there is enough personnel 

here for this league to 

be a success.” –Online 

Butt, Asif to be part of CPL draft 

without the assistance of 

fielders. 

He had said that one of 

his biggest regrets was a 

fallout with Pakistan captain 

Abdul Hafeez Kardar, 

which Ali believes shortened 

his international 

career. 

After his playing career, 

Ali stayed involved in cricket 

administration and was 

and 20 Sri Lankans, including 

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith 

Malinga, Lahiru Thirimanne 

and Ajantha Mendis. 

New Zealand will be represented 

by 11 players, 

among whom are Grant 

Elliott, Colin Munro and 

Nathan McCullum, and 

Bangladesh by seven including 

Shakib Al Hasan and 

Mustafizur Rahman. Outside 

the Test-playing countries, 

the draft will also include 

players from Afghanistan, 

Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, 

Scotland and USA. 

In all, 289 players - 157 

from West Indies and 132 

from overseas - have been registered 

for the draft. This total 

does not include the six players 

- Faf du Plessis, Martin 

Guptill, Brendon McCullum, 

Kumar Sangakkara, Shane 

Watson, and one other name 

set to be revealed ahead of the 

draft - who will take one 'marquee' 

spot in each of the six 

CPL teams. Of the 157 West 

Indians, 16 have been retained 

by their teams ahead of the 

draft. –Online 

Ashar hopes PSL will help earn England WT20 call 

DUBAI, Feb 2: Pakistan-born 

all-rounder, Ashar Zaidi, who 

will feature for Islamabad 

United in the Pakistan Super 

League (PSL) said that the 

upcoming tournament will 

allow him the opportunity to 

exhibit his skills, boosting his 

chances to represent England 

in World T20. 

Zaidi, who has been playing 

domestic cricket in 

England since 2010, had an 

11-year career in domestic 

cricket in Pakistan. He also 

represented Pakistan A for 

two years under former coach 

Bob Woolmer between 2005 

and 2007, but failed to gain a 

cap in the first team. 

In an interview, Zaidi said 

that he always wanted to play 

for Pakistan but at the same 

time he has a lot of respect for 

England after playing county 

cricket. The 34-year-old 

added that if he gets a chance 

to play for England then he 

would definitely take up that 

opportunity. 

Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer dies aged 88 

president of the Multan 

region from 1981 to 1982, 

and a member of Pakistan's 

selection committee in 1983 

and 1984, before he decided 

to move away from the 

game. "I parted from cricket 

after 1987, maybe because I 

was losing the passion, and 

decided to stay back in 

Okara," Ali had said when 

he was 85 years old. 

Israr had been living a 

humble life in Okara, nearly 

85 miles away from Lahore. 

The agricultural town has 

fertile land with fields of 

potato, tomato, sugarcane, 

wheat, rice and corn and in 

sports it is a significant 

nursery for hockey. Ali had 

been living a quiet life up 

until the time of his death. 

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Abid Sher Ali inaugurates 

132KV grid station in Shikarpur 

ISLAMABAD, 

Waheed Phulpoto 

SHIKARPUR, Feb 2: The 

elected democratic government 

of Pakistan has determined 

to build the fat of the 

people of the country. While 

the federal government 

under the supervision of 

Prime Minister of Pakistan 

Mian Muhammad Nawaz 

Sharif has tried its best to 

improve the socio economic 

condition of the people and 

the out efforts were being 

made to provide basic 

amenities to the people of all 

the provinces in the country 

including the special attention 

being given towards the 

provision of supplying and 

the electricity facility to the 

people in the country. 

Addressing the gathering 

on the occasion of inaugural 

ceremony of the newly constructed 

gird station of 

132KV with the estimated 


Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

Chairman Imran Khan has 

urged Afghanistan’s Taliban to 

negotiate a peaceful resolution 

to its conflict with the Kabul 

government. 

“They (the Taliban) must 

come to the table and they 

must resolve this dispute 

through talks and negotiations. 

War is never a solution. In 

fact, war leads to unintended 

consequences just like in Iraq 

and Syria,” Khan said. 

“Now you see the emergence 

of ISIS or Daesh (the 

cost 240 million at Madeji 

town district Shikarpur on 

Tuesday, the state minister for 

water and power Chaudhary 

Abid Sher Ali said that the 

Prime Minister of Pakistan 

Mian Muhammad Nawaz 

Sharif had promised the people 

of the area during his visit 

of Madeji town as a president 

of Pakistan Muslim League 

Nawaz for contraction of gird 

Arabic acronym for Islamic 

State), and God knows where 

this is going to go. This is a 

direct result of that insane U.S. 

invasion of Iraq," he said, 

using an acronym for the 

Islamic State group. 

In an interview with Voice 

of America (VOA), Khan 

said some representatives of 

the Afghan Taliban a few 

years ago had approached 

him for assistance because 

they wanted to open peace 

negotiations with the then 

Afghan government. 

But he said he believes the 

station at Madeji town when 

he would be the Prime 

Minister of Pakistan some 

years ago. 

The state minister 

claimed that the WAPDA 

line losses which were being 

increased year by year were 

brought under control and 

the recovery was increased 

from 86% to 93% therefore 

the WAPDA has become the 

U.S. persistently relied on military 

power to defeat the insurgency, 

effectively discouraging 

the Taliban from seeking 

political reconciliation. 

“Now, when they 

(Taliban) think the Americans 

are leaving they are now 

obviously pushing for a much 

harder bargain. They are not 

willing to accept the terms 

they would have accepted 

then,” Khan said. 

Khan praised a recently 

launched four-nation peace 

process, involving 

Afghanistan, Pakistan, China 

profitable institution with 

the efforts of the WAPDA 

employees. 

The minister also claimed 

that the WAPDA department 

was paying special attention 

towards the settlement of the 

electric load shedding problem 

and expected to overcome 

that problem within 

some years while the load 

shedding problem facing by 

Imran Khan urges Taliban to negotiate 

Existing bilateral relations with Australia 

need to be further strengthened: Raza Rabbani 

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani exchanging views withMargaret 

Adamson, High Commissioner of Australia at Parliament House. 


Chairman Senate of Pakistan 

Mian Raza Rabbani reiterated 

need to further strengthen the 

existing bilateral relations 

between Pakistan and Australia 

KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Prof. Dr. 

Parveen Shah, Vice Chancellor, 

Shah Abdul Latif University, 

Khairpur gave away the time 

scale orders to University officers 

in a ceremony held at Vice 

Chancellor Secretariat. 

Speaking to the officers, Dr. 

Parveen Shah said, it is an 

imperative to work hard for the 

smooth working and early disposal 

of the assigned work. Vice 

Chancellor said, the perks and 

privileges are accorded to the 

officers and staff according to 

government criteria. Prof. Dr. 

Syed Asad Raza Abidi, 

Registrar said, teachers, officers 

and employees are given their 

due rights timely without any 

delay on account of the proactive 

and fair play policy of the 

Dr. Parveen Shah. 

Mr. Ghulam Hussain 

Phulpoto, President and Mr. 

Mohammad Murad Pirzada, 

General Secretary, Officer 

Welfare Association (OWA) 

praised the step taken by the 

Vice Chancellor for the allowing 

of time scale to officers. 

through enhancing parliamentary 

ties and cooperation in various 

areas of mutual interest. 

Chairman Senate Rabbani said 

this while talking to High 

Commissioner of Australia in 

They said, though it was notified 

ten year earlier but it was 

not implemented. After 

University of Karachi, Shah 

Abdul Latif University, 

Khairpur adopted this time scale 

policy and other Universities 

also adopted it later on. They 

assured the Vice Chancellor for 

Pakistan HE Margaret 

Adamson who visited 

Parliament House and called on 

Chairman Senate in his chamber 

on Tuesday, said a press 

release issued on Tuesday. 

the soft image building of institution 

and they will work in the 

interest of the institution. Qadir 

Abbasi, Librarian was allowed 

next higher scale from 19 to 

20. Syed Nadir Ali Shah, 

Plantation Officer, Mumtaz Ali 

Mangi, Accounts Officer, 

Ghulam Shabbir Bhand, 

and the United States, trying 

resurrect direct peace talks 

between the Taliban and the 

Afghan government. 

“I think it is a very positive 

thing. We hope and we pray 

that there is some sort of peace 

deal, some sort of a power 

sharing agreement and then 

the Americans leave," he said. 

Khan emphasized the 

need for both Pakistan and 

Afghanistan to remove tensions 

in bilateral ties and 

build mutual trust to jointly 

tackle the security challenges 

facing them. 

Sardar Vickas submits 

resolution against ban 

on Tableeghi Jamaats 

LAHORE, Feb 2: Pakistan 

Muslim League-Quaid (PML- 

Q) MPA Sardar Vickas Hassan 

Mokal has submitted a resolution 

in the Punjab Assembly 

Secretariat against ban on 

Tableeghi Jamaats. 

According to text of resolution, 

Provincial Assembly 

strongly condemns ban on 

Tableeghi Jamaats which are 

free from sectarianism and 

teaches lesson of peace. It was 

mentioned in the resolution 

that there is nothing controversial 

about Tableeghi Jamaats, 

they are working in educational 

institutions throughout the 

world and promoting the message 

of peace. The resolution 

further says that this ban in the 

educational institutions of 

Punjab is not only comprehensible 

but also amounts to fanning 

religious sentiments, as 

such House demands that ban 

be withdrawn immediately. 

Time scale orders distributed 

Assistant Controller of 

Examinations, Miandad 

Kalhoro, Computer 

Programmer, Ali Nawaz Kubar, 

Lab Supervisor, Javed Hassan 

Balouch, Lab Supervisor and 

Mr. Kamran Phulpoto, Budget 

Officer were allowed to next 

higher scale from 17 to 18. 

KHAIRPUR: Prof. DE Parveen Shah, Vice Chancellor, SALU, Khairpur distributes the Time 

Scale Orders among the Officers of University. 

the people were also brought 

under control at great extent 

within last three years. 

However he also appealed 

the electric city customers to 

extend their cooperation and 

coordination in making payments 

of electric bills regularity 

and avoid of misuse of 

electric city in the larger interest 

of the country and its 

nation. Earlier, the state minister 

Chaudhary Abid Sher Ali 

performed the inaugural ceremony 

of the newly constructed 

gird station at Madeji. 

Among others Dildar 

Husnain Memon the SEPCO 

chief, Nazeer Hussain 

Soomro the WAPDA, AC 

Larkana, Mutahiriq Hussain, 

Azhar Kamario, Imtiaz Babar 

and others addressed on the 

occasion and thanked to 

Prime Minister Mian 

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for 

construction of Gird Station 

at Madeji. 

Indian agencies 

fomenting sectarian 

discard in IOK: speakers 

SRINAGAR, Feb 2: In occupied 

Kashmir, speakers at a 

conference in Rajori have said 

that Indian agencies are 

fomenting sectarian discard in 

Jammu and Kashmir. 

An event on ‘Unity of 

Muslim Ummah’ was organized 

by the Jammu and 

Kashmir Peoples Movement 

and was addressed by religious 

scholars of almost all 

schools of thought. The 

speakers said that one Prophet 

(PBUH), one Quran and one 

Ka’ba were sufficient for the 

unity of Muslim Ummah. 

They called upon khateebs 

and religious scholars to promote 

unity from pulpit. 

JAMSHORO, Feb 2: The 

Centre of Excellence in Art 

and Design (CEAD), Mehran 

University of Engineering 

and Technology (MUET) 

Jamshoro organized 1st 

National Skill Competition in 

collaboration with National 

Vocational Technical 

Training Commission 

(NAVTTC). More than 60 

students from 17 various 

institutes and training cetres 

of Karachi, Hyderabad, 

Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, 

Tando Allahyar, Shaheed 

Benazirabad, Sanghar, Dadu, 

Mithi and Umarkot participated 

in competition like 

beautician, dress making, 

electrician, autocad, computerized 

accounting, welding, 

hand embroidery and textile 

designing. 1st postion holders 

of various trades were 

awarded cash money 

amounting Rs. 20000/-, 2nd 

postion holders were given 

Bangladesh high commission 

missing official returns home 

Feb 2: One 

Jahangir Hussain, a 

Bangladesh (BD) high 

commission official who 

had gone missing on 

Monday evening has 

returned his home in F- 

6/3, an area of Federal 

MUMBAI, Feb 2: Actor 

Vidya Balan feels the insecurity 

which runs among 

actors in the industry is a 

dark thing. The 38-year-old 

star, who made her debut in 

Parineeta and went on to 

star in acclaimed films like 

Kahaani, The Dirty Picture 

and Paa, says being insecure 

is human and everyone feels 

that. 

When asked to name 

three dark things about 

Bollywood, Vidya told 

reporters, “Studios after 

shoot... Parties that only start 

after midnight. And, the third 

thing is, the insecurity that 

all of us feel from time to 

time.” 

“It’s human. Everyone 

feels insecure. I think in this 

industry where everything 

gets written about, every 

emotion gets magnified,” she 

said. Vidya was speaking at 

the launch of fantasy novel 

Dark Things written by 

Capital. 

According to FIR 

lodged with Margalla 

police station, Jahangir 

Hussain who was residing 

in sector F-6/3 went to sector 

F-8 to drop his children 

but he did not return home 

Sukanya Venkatraghavan. 

The Ishqiya star said she 

never plans to venture into 

writing a fictional book. 

“No. I don’t think I have 

anything to write. If it is 

compelling enough I am 

happy to tell them but... no, 

really... I have no imagination 

I think... That’s out of 

question,” she said. 

On the film front, the 

actress will be seen in a special 

appearance as a cop in 

Sujoy Ghosh-produced 

upcoming Te3n. The film, 

directed by Ribhu Dasgupta, 

till late night. He had gone 

missing since 1600 hrs 

evening on Monday. 

According to Islamabad 

police, Jahangir Hussain 

returned his home at 100 

hrs on the night between 

Monday and Tuesday. 

Insecurity in Bollywood is a 

dark thing: Vidya Balan 

Corruption scandal worth 

Rs. 920 million reveals in PR 

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: A 

new scandal of mega corruption 

worth Rs. 920 million 

in Pakistan Railway 

(PR) has been revealed. 

According to document 

received by Online, the 

railway officials has 

embezzled and financial 

mismanagement of Rs.920 

million in reconstruction 

and overhauling of railway 

track from Khanawal to 

Raiwand. 

The audit report of 2014 

says that about 159 weak 

bridges of Khanawal to 

Raiwand railway track has 

to be overhauled and reconstruct 

under this project and 

PC-1 has been prepared for 

it. Approximately Rs. 277 

million has been allocated 

for the reconstruction and 

overhauling of these 

bridges. The contract for 

this purpose has been 

awarded to concerned construction 

company. 

The Project Director has 

sanctioned Rs.920 million 

to concerned contractors 

while taking high officials 

of Pakistan Railway into 

confidence. 

The surplus payment 

made by officials of 

Pakistan Railway was identified 

in audit report of 

2014. 

“According to PC-1 Rs. 

234 million has to spent on 

Rs. 15000/- each and 3rd 

position holders were awarded 

cash amounting Rs. 

10000/- per head. Vice-chancellor 

Mehran University 

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam 

Uqaili, Dean Architecture 

and Civil Engineering 

MUET Prof. Dr. Ghous Bux 

Khaskheli, Director CEAD 

Prof. Dr. Bhai Khan Shar, 

Director General NAVTTC 

Sindh Ms. Nabila Umar, 

Director General 

Headquarter NAVTTC 

Islamabad Abdul Raheem 

Shaikh, Director Stevta 

Masroor Shaikh, Director 

Headquarter NAVTTC 

Islamabad Abdul Hafeez 

Abbasi, Deputy Director 

NAVTTC Sindh Abdul Aziz 

Chandio and Coordinator 

NAVTTC, CEAD Fazal 

Illahi Khan were the guests 

in the event. Talking to 

Media persons Vice 

Chancellor, MUET, Prof. Dr. 

overhauling and reconstruction 

of existing 

bridges while Rs. 43 million 

on signals. The corrupt 

officials has paid surplus 

amount of Rs.787 million 

for the construction of 

bridges while Rs.130 million 

for the construction 

and installation of signals 

without seeking prior permission 

from Ministry of 

Planning “, the report 

added. 

Sources told that highlevel 

investigation has been 

commenced against Federal 

Minister Railway Khawaja 

Saad Rafiq, Secretary, 

Chairman Railway and 

Project Director. 

Muhammad Aslam Uqaili 

said that the CEAD has taken 

a great initiative to empower 

unemployed youth in collaboration 

with NAVTTC and we 

are also considering to launch 

such programme at university 

level. He said that such events 

amongst youth encourage the 

atmosphere of competition. 

Answering to a question Dr. 

Uqaili said that university 

administration is taking all 

stars megastar Amitabh 

Bachchan and actor 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui in pivotal 

roles. 

Punishment given by 

Military court cannot 

be pardoned: SC 


Supreme Court of Pakistan 

has ordered the Sheikhupura 

jail officials and JAG 

branch to exceed the legal 

proceedings as per law in 

reconciliation case of Lance 

Naik Mukarran Hussain, 

who was convicted by military 

court and summoned 

the reply by 2nd March. 

A three-judge bench of 

apex court headed by 

Justice Amir Hani Muslim 

conducted the hearing of 

the case. During the hearing 

head of the three-judge 

bench Justice Amir Hani 

Muslim observed that culprit 

is convicted by the military 

court how we can pardon 

him. 

CEAD organizes 1st National Skill 

Competition in collaboration with NAVTTC 

Winners awarded cash prizes, NAVTTC administration announces phase 03 to train 50000 unemployed youth 

measures regarding the security 

issues in the campus or at 

hostels and is continuously in 

contact with Police, Rangers 

and law enforcement agencies. 

Dean faculty of 

Architecture and Civil 

Engineering MUET Prof. Dr. 

Ghous Bux Khaskheli said 

that to strengthen the skills of 

youth is the real service of 

society because they are the 

future of this nation. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

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