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2 Metropolitan May 3:Copy of Layout 1 5/26/16 10:23 PM Page 1 2 Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Metropolitan Pakistan needs to restore academic freedom for productive environment: Rabbani KARACHI, May 2: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani has said that Pakistan needs to restore academic freedom to its colleges and universities so that students can enjoy productive environment which is must for confidence. He made these remarks while speaking as Chief guest at the inaugural session of a three-day workshop of Sindh- Hainan universities forum under China-Pakistan partnership programme by Madrassatul Islam University, Karachi on Monday. He said that if Pakistani students are given conducive environment for reaching their potential they can help Pakistan in becoming the leading academic nation of the world. Mian Raza Rabbani said KARACHI: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani addressing at the inaugural session of Sindh Hainan Universities forum under China Pakistan partnership organized by Sindh Madressatul Islam University. that the deep relationship between Pakistan and China go back to the time when Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Chairman Mao Zi Tung and Chinese Premier Chu En Lai sat together and built this relationship based on principles of expansionism to strengthen both countries economically and in defense of its people and resources. He further said that inAsia, we share a common experience, common culture and Anti-polio campaign begins in 71 UCs of Karachi KARACHI, May 2: Antipolio drive has commenced in various Union Councils (UCs) of Karachi here on Monday which will continue till 10th May 2016. More than 2, 96,000 children between four months to two years age would be administrated vaccine through Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). The polio teams will Korangi, Liaquatabad, administrate vaccine Karachi, through IPV method to children of 71 UCs of city including Shah-Faisal, M Hashim Khan and Ahmad Bin Abdur Rahman will represent Pakistan at ISEF 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona KARACHI: Ahmad Bin Abdur Rahman and Muhammad Hashim Khan. KARACHI, Mar 2: The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest international pre-college science fair, provides an annual forum for more than 1,800 high school students from around the globe to compete for over US$ 5 million in awards and scholarships. Intel Pakistan concluded its National Science Competition by announcing 8 winners in January this year who will represent Pakistan at the ISEF to be held in Phoenix, Arizona in May. Muhammad Hashim Khan and Ahmad Bin Abdur Rahman will represent Pakistan at ISEF 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. Their project title is Solar Powered Hydrogen Vehicle. 21st century has come up with certain challenges that humanity has to confront with. Amongst these, fast depleting nonrenewable energy resources, global warming and air pollution are foremost. Excessive use of fossil fuel reserves as a driving fuel in vehicles along with the emission of hazardous gases affecting greenhouse is one of the major contributor. NICVD increases medical service charges KARACHI, May 2: The administration of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) has increased medical service charges in healthcare, putting extra burden on visiting patients of heart diseases, it was learned on Monday. An official of NICVD told PPI that management of institution has increased the charges for its different services. The difference or increase will go to operator (doctor), who already are paid salaries by the government. The rise in medical service charges would not go to the institution. He said administration has raised charges of open heart surgery from Rs50,000 to Rs60,000,closed heart surgery from Rs10,000 to Rs25,000, valve surgery (One Valve) Rs100,000 to Rs110,000, double valve surgery from Rs150,000 to Rs160,000,Angiography from Rs8000 to Rs10,000 and Primary PCI (BMS) to Rs80,000. Gadap, North Nazimabad, Gulberg, Bin Qasim, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Jamshed Quarters and Saddar Town. PMA concerns over making PMDC toothless body KARACHI, May 2: Central Council of Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) took serious notice of what it called unethical conspiracy to make Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) an incompetent body. A meeting of Central Council of PMA Centre was held on 30th April 2016 at MPAHostel Quetta. In a unanimously passed resolution this meeting of PMA Centre takes a serious notice of the unethical and unlawful bids to make PMDC an incompetent body. PMA always wanted to see the regulatory body as an autonomous, independent and transparent body. PMA blamed all the actors who played their role to make PMDC a controversial body and creating confusion on its restructuring. PMA demanded an immediate action to revive PMDC as a strong regulatory body. It was also decided that the PMA will organize a big seminar in Islamabad in the month of May inviting all the stakeholders, all branches of PMA and the Civil Society to deliberate on the issue. In another resolution, PMA condemned the culture of strike, violence and agitation by the doctors for acceptance of their demands. common history even in presence of diversity. Praising the concept of this workshop among universities of Sindh and Chinese province Hainan, Chairman Senate said that this initiative of looking towards universities of Asia rather than following the old practice of taking assistance from West deserves felicitation. Mian Raza Rabbani said that autonomy to universities is very important and also stressed on developing linkages between academia and other state institutions. He also referred to a number of initiatives undertaken by Senate to develop such linkages through MOUs between Senate and eight federal universities, parliamentary visits and clerks of the Parliament programme. JI demands rights for Bengali speaking Pakistanis KARACHI, May 2: Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Sirajul Haq has said that Government of Pakistan (GoP) should provide rights of citizenship to the people of former East-Pakistan living in Pakistan. He said that making them deprived of basic human rights is injustice. He expressed these views in a meeting with a delegation of Urdu-Bengali speaking Pakistanis in Idara Noor-e- Haq Karachi on Monday. JI amir further said that they are protector of ideology of Pakistan. He said that JI will raise their issue in the Senate and also will discuss it with Federal Interior Minister. JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman along with other office-bearers of JI Karachi and officials of Pakistan Muslim Alliance (PMA) were present during the meeting. IGP orders strict security for Shab-e-Meraj KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Inspector General of Police AD Khawaja has directed the police officials to ensure alert security on the occasion of Shab-e- Meraj throughout the province. KARACHI, May 2: After completing his term as Consul General of Switzerland, Mr. Emil Wyss along with his wife is leaving Karachi to assume his new responsibilities as Consul General in Los Angeles. Some of the Consulate General’s important projects during his He instructed the DIGs to ensure effective security measures on district level especially around mosques, open grounds, seminaries, and congregations. Moreover, random snap checking and enhanced tenure include: 1) furthering business to business contact through 100 days and nights “ P a k i s t a n - S w i t z e r l a n d Friendship Exhibition” at the Karachi International Airport - the first of its kind to be held in the country, 2)participation in over 100 social welfare events, patrolling in sensitive areas of the metropolis were also ordered. He also directed the physical search system should be ensured around the mosques with cooperation of their administration. Goodbye Karachi: Swiss Consul General KARACHI, May 2: World press freedom day would be observed today (Tuesday). It is observed every year on May 3 to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom. To evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. Over 100 national celebrations take place each year to commemorate this day. UNESCO leads the worldwide celebration by identifying the global thematic and organizing the main event indifferent parts of world every year. The international day was proclaimed by the UN General and 3) promotion of traditional Pakistani truck art. In these two years, through its official Facebook page (/SwissConsulateKarachi), the Consulate General from 7,000 followers reached to over 140,000 from all around the world. Press freedom day to be observed today Assembly in 1993 following a recommendation adopted at the 26thSession of UNESCO's general conference in 1991. In 2016, World Press Freedom Day coincides with three important milestones the 250th anniversary of the world's first freedom of information law, covering both modern-day Sweden and Finland. Demand to equalize rates of fresh and packed milk KARACHI, May 2: The government is supporting tetrapack industry and wants to damage business of dairy farmers, said Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association Karachi chapter President Haji Salahudeen addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Monday. He said the rate of fresh milk in market set by the government is Rs80 per liter, whereas the rate of every liter of tetra milk is Rs135, which is injustice. The government has not taken a signal step to solve the problems being faced by the livestock and KARACHI: President All Dairy Farmers Action Committee Haji Sallah addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club. dairy sector for decades, he regretted. “Millions of people are engaged in livestock and dairy businesses, which if developed on scientific lines, has a potential to earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country,” he said, adding unfortunately, at present, the farmers are striving for their very survival. KARACHI: President, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi inspecting students stalls at 1st Projects Exhibition & Competition, Junior spark-2016 held at University campus. COURTS Sister's murderer sent on physical remand KARACHI, May 2: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday handed a youngman, Hayat, who had stabbed his sister to death for honour, to police on 10-day physical remand. Hayat stabbed to death his 17-year old sister, Sumera, in their house Karachi's Orangi town area after allegedly found her talking to a boy. Mominabad police produced the accused before the administrative judge of ATC and requested the remand the accused in its custody as he is required for interrogation. While accepting police's request, the court handed over the accused to them remand for 10 days. In the video made after the incidents, it can be seen that the girl was lying at her door step trembling with pain and Hayat is also sitting beside her. Earlier, the accused was presented before the judicial magistrate but after inclusion of Anti-Terrorism Act in the FIR, he is now produced in ATC. The case was registered at Mominabad police station under the clause of murder and now Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 has also been added in the FIR. Anti-state activities: RAW agents' physical remand extended: An Anti- Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday extended the physical remand of two alleged agents of Indian spy agency, Research Analysis Wing (RAW), over their alleged involvement in anti-state activities. The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested the suspects, Saddam Labors demands improving working conditions in factories KARACHI, May 2:Abig rally of workers staged here on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day here Sunday evening demanded doling out justice to labors, observing that the working condition in many factories and workplaces in Hussain and Muhammad Bachal over their alleged links with RAW. The Investigation Officer requested the court to extend the physical remand of the accused in CTD's custody as they are further required for interrogation. While accepting police's request, the court extended the suspects' remand for seven more days. Earlier, they were in CTD's custody as well from 18th April 2016. According to CTD, the suspects, Saddam and Bachal, working as fishermen in Pakistan, were arrested from Thatta. They have confessed that they had been persuaded by another Pakistani fisherman to work for RAW in return to get permission for fishing in Indian Water. “Saddam and Bachal had also met RAW's operatives and they were provided a camera with a task to take photos of sensitive installations of Pakistan Navy and Coast Guards in Karachi and Thatta,” CTD added. Pakistan are even worse than the factories of the nineteenth century. According to details, on the occasion of the Labor Day, National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) and Home-based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) staged a big rally in Karachi that marched from the Empress Market to the Karachi Press Club (KPC). It was led by NTUF President Muhammad Rafiq Baloch and HBWWF general secretary Zahra Khan. FCS director grilled for 90 days on terror charges: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh on Monday informed Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) about the preventive detention of Fisherman Cooperative Society's (FCS) director, Javaid Younis for questioning. The Rangers along with its counsel produced the suspect before the administrative judge of ATC amid tight security. The paramilitary the court that they have credible information about suspects' involvement in target killing, extortion and offences that comes within the ambit of Anti-Terrorism Act. According to the Rangers, the suspect was arrested within the limits of Mauripur police station. The court directed the provincial authorities to form a joint investigation team within 15 days for interrogating the suspect. The Rangers will keep the suspect for the period of 90 days considering legal provision 11 EEEEE (1) of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. KARACHI: Administrator DMC East, Rehmatullah Shaikh called on delegation of Johar Hill Road Association. KARACHI: Administrator DMC West, Ashfaq Ahmed Mallah inspecting cleanliness work at Site zone. KARACHI: MNA, Sajid Ahmed along with Administrator DMC Malir, Tariq Hussain Mughal and Local PPP Leader, Noman Abdullah visiting Khursheed Baigam English School.
3 National May 3:Copy of Layout 1 5/26/16 10:23 PM Page 1 Tuesday, May 3, 2016 National 3 Angry locals against prolonged loadshedding in Peshawar PESHAWAR, May 2: Enraged locals on Monday staged protest against prolonged electricity loadshedding in Peshawar. According to details, the villagers took to the streets and blocked Jamil Chowk by burning tyres. The protesters chanted slogans against Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) administration. They said that power outage is on peak as summer season has arrived. They also told the media that they are witnessing power only for four hours. The district representative Arbab Asim also reached the spot and negotiated with the locals but the demonstrators refused to reopen the road. ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly deferred two bills appearing on the list of business on Monday during second sitting of its 17th session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). The sitting started 11 minutes late with 35 legislators (28%) present at the start and PESHAWAR: Residents of Hazar Khawani burn tyres and blocked road as they are protesting against prolong electricity load shedding during demonstration at Ring road. KP Assembly defers two bills for further consideration KHAIRPUR, May 2: “One day workshop on Statistical Packages for Social Sciences was organized in the computer lab in Department of Business Administration, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur for research scholars. Dr Dastageer Assistant Professor Air University Islamabad was the speaker of a day. During sessions, he elaborated the interface of SPSS software on screen by involving all participants through concept of ``learning by doing``. Dr Dastageer 55 (44%) at the time of adjournment. The Leader of the House and the Opposition Leader attended the entire sitting. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly met for 91 minutes. The sitting started at 1511 hours against the scheduled time of 1500 hours. The Speaker presided involved participants by doing different test for quantitative data analysis by SPSS software and getting output on screens. Participants also learned how to interpret the results. At the end of session Dr Iram Rani Chairperson Department Of Business Administration said that MS/M.PHIL & PhD programs are the excellent initiative of HEC to promote the research environment in the universities but to make it successful, there is a need of to arrange over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was also present. The Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition attended the entire sitting. 35 lawmakers (28%) were present at the outset while 55 (44%) at the adjournment of the sitting. The parliamentary leaders of all political SALU: Workshop on SPSS KHAIRPUR: A Group Photo of participants of One-Day Workshop on SPSS with Dr. Dastageer, Resource Person, Prof. Dr. Iran Rani, Chairperson and faculty members of Department of Business Administration, Shah Abdul Latif University. the workshop on different software and tools & techniques for data analysis (qualitative & quantitative) & for publications in ISI Thomas Reuters Journals is worthwhile. She lauded the efforts of Prof Dr Parveen Shah, whose supporting, encouraging hands makes all activities possible. She herself is also eager to organize those activities for teaching as well as in research domain that increase the potential of faculty and students too. NSUSC BoD recommends name for MD SUKKUR: Chairman NSUSC, Haji Anwar Mehar presiding meeting of Board of Directors. SUKKUR, May 2: Chairman NSUSC, Haji Anwar Mehar presiding meeting of Board of Directors at NSUSC head office. Acting Managing Director, Engr Syed Mehmood Abbas Shah, Deputy Finance Secretary, Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Project Director Scrap, Mohammad Ali Baloch, Barrister Arsalan Islam Shaikh, Khawaja Jahanzeb, Jansar Ali Shah and all 5 Region TMOs and CMOs. parties in the House were present. The Chair deferred the two bills for further consideration on it which included the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Censorship of Motion Pictures (Films, CDs, Videos, Stage Dramas and Shows) Bill, 2016 and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Foundation Bill, 2016 Sindh assembly takes up entire agenda ISLAMABAD, May 2: The provincial assembly of Sindh on Monday took up all agenda items appearing on `Orders of the Day’ during 16th sitting of its ongoing 24th session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). According to press release, the Sindh Assembly met for two hour and 55 minutes. The sitting started at 1113 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours. The Speaker presided over the entire sitting. The Chief Minister and the Deputy Speaker were absent. The Opposition Leader attended the sitting for an hour and 31 minutes. 23 lawmakers (14%) were present at the start and 47 (29%) at the end of the sitting. The Parliamentary Leaders of PPPP, MQM, PML-F, PML-N and PTI were present. The Speaker announced that the Governor of Sindh had granted his assent to the Sindh Local Government (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Sindh Local Government (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2016. The House granted extension in presentation time of four standing committee reports on legislative bills till next session. The government orally responded to five starred questions appearing on the agenda. In addition, lawmakers asked 20 supplementary questions. 5 hurt as blast occurred during LPG refilling near Fateh Jang FATEH JANG, May 2: As many as five people were injured, including a kid, when a blast occurred at an LPG decanting outlet at Burj, a remote village near Fateh Jang. The blast was so powerful that was heard miles away, while fire turned shop into ashes. According to officials, the owner of shop had been illegally running the LPG decanting outlet. The blast occurred in the shop where a small cylinder was being refilled. This caused a chain reaction as two big cylinders lying nearby also exploded simultaneously. The blast caused panic among the shopkeepers and residents of the area. It took Rescue 1122 firefighters hours to extinguish the blaze and rescue the nearby buildings. The injured who could be immediately include Zainul Abideen, Mumtaz, Wasif, Ali Raza and two years old Fatima. Abbas Kassar HYDERABAD, May 2: There have been such journalists in many countries who never care for their lives and offer resistance for freedom of information. Pakistan declared dangerous for journalists as such 57 journalists were killed here since 1992.List contains Zaman Mahsood, Irshad jatoi, Shan Dahar, Mukaram Khan Atif,Saleem Shahzad,Abdul Haq Baloch, Aslam Khattak,Javed Rind, Allah Noor, Shahid Soomro, Abdul Haq Baloch, Aurangzeb Tunio, and Lala Hameed Baloch. This mass violence against journalists in Pakistan shows that our country is dangerous for journalists. Apart from killings sporadic attacks are reported on journalists in almost every city of Pakistan. Recent attack on media houses as well press clubs after hanging of Mumtaz Qadri a member of a religious party which professes bigotry. Violence was reported in Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad and some other cities as the protesters attacked offices of Aaj TV, attacked a DSNG of Express News and ransacked the Hyderabad Press Club, besides manhandling policemen, journalists and cameramen after execution of Mumtaz Qadri. The protesters laid siege to the Hyderabad Press Club for around two hours while demonstrating against the hanging of Qadri, who shot dead Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer five years ago. Around a dozen media workers were beaten up and several others sustained injuries when they tried to Female student allegedly gunned down in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, May 2: A female student was allegedly gunned down by her classmates in Rachna Town area of Faisalabad over her refusal for illicit relations. The police said Shahzaib, a resident of Rachna Town, SRINAGAR, May 2: In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has condemned the restrictions imposed by the authorities on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to attend funeral of noted Kashmiri leader Amanullah Khan and participate in the Seerat conference in Srinagar. According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar also denounced the authorities for placing the senior Hurriyet leader under house arrest. The spokesman said that the PDP-BJP coalition regime had turned the whole territory into a big jail. “The restrictions on the funeral prayers and the Seerat Conference are the worst kinds of state terrorism and direct interference into the religious affairs. This is intolerable,” he said. The spokesman said that Kashmir was directly ruled by RSS and even the orders for small administrative allegedly teased and harassed his 10th grade classmate, Arfa, a resident of the same locality. The police said he allegedly forced her for illicit relations and after she refused, he broke into her house and opened fire on her. Two bullets hit her in the head and she died on the spot while the assailant fled the scene. The body shifted was to District Headquarters Hospital for medico-legal formalities. The police have registered a case and started investigation. APHC condemns house arrest of Mirwaiz in IOK issues come from Nagpur. “The rights of the people are already snatched and the political activities stand banned. Now, the Sangh Parivar has started a new campaign against the religious matters of Muslims of the territory,” he said. He said that such state terrorism had failed to suppress the freedom sentiments of Kashmiri people. “This will only increase the political uncertainty and instability in Jammu & Kashmir,” he added. DSP among 7 injured in firing on JSQM rally in Noushehro Feroz NOSHEHRO FEROZ, May 2: As man as seven people including Deputy identified Superintendent of Police were in injured when gunmen open firing on the rally of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz(JSQM) escape from the building. Two reporters and a cameraman suffered fractures when they jumped from the first floor of the press club to save their lives. Seven more media professionals were taken to the hospital. The vandals also burnt the reception and notice boards and broke all flower pots, mirrors and several glass doors inside the press club. “They kept hurling abuse at journalists challenging them to come out of hiding..The protest outside the club was organised by the Sunni Tehreek and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Owais Noorani group). Two police mobiles were parked outside the club for security but the policemen were also beaten up. The assailants torched the reception table with precious documents and papers in its drawers. They also forced entry in press club building and ransacked everything that came in their way including furniture, record etc. including furniture and fixtures in common room and auditorium. They also burnt and stole away hundreds of books in library of HPC. The journalists informed SSP Hyderabad and DSP Cantt on telephone but they did not turn to save journalists and press club. Seeing no other option many jumped walls over Radio Pakistan premises to save lives . The journalists who were injured in attack included and were hospitalized were Fahim Babar, Niaz Vighio, Imtiaz Khuhawar, Aijaz Leghari, Photographer Umair Tajput, Farhan and Cameraman Shahid. Assistant Manager of HPC Qasim was also injured brutally by mob who broke the gate which was locked from inside by Qasim. The injured journalists were lying helpless at premises of adjacent Radio Pakistan building. Police and ambulances were informed about their critical condition but none dared to approach them as the religious parties violent blocked both press club and radio buildings. However police of Hyderabad failed to prove as protectors of citizens. More than 10 vehicles in Noushehro Feroz. According to the reports, unknown motorcyclists open firing on the protesting rally of JASQM in Noushehro Feroz district as a result at least seven persons including mediator DSP were were injured. The injures were shifted to the civil hospital. Heavy police contingent patrolling in the area and around the national highway amid tension prevailed in the area. Hyderabad heroes of information freedom standing outside press club in parking areas including news van of Express TV Channel were also torched and damaged. In Lahore, In Karachi, protesters attacked the Aaj TV head office near Guru Mandir, drawing widespread criticism from journalists and the government as well. The All- Pakistan Newspapers Society condemned the attacks, terming the ransacking of the offices of Aaj TV, Business Recorder, Express, Neo TV, Daily Naee Baat, AbTak and other media outlets an affront against the freedom of press. Hyderabad union of journalists (Dastoor) declares journalists injured in attack on Hyderabad press club on 4 march 2016 as Hyderabad heroes of freedom of information: they are: 1.Niaz Vightio Sindhi Daily Mehran, 2.Fahim Babar Sindh TV channel 3.Imtiaz Khuhawar, 4. Aijaz Leghari Siindhi Daily Ibrat, 5.Umair Rajput Photographer, 6. Farhan Photograpger, 7. Shahid Cameraman.
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