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4 Wednesday, February 3, 2016 National Renowned Urdu fiction writer Intizar Hussain passes away at 92 KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar 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 ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: 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, Feb 2: 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 ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: 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 a case and started 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 a case and started 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.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 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."
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