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Abducted KDA 

official left at 

Karachi’s Star Gate 

KARACHI, Jun 1: 

Unknown abductors left 

KDA officer Jameel 

Baloch at Star Gate area 

of Karachi, reported on 

Wednesday. 

Karachi Development 

Authority’s (KDA) antiencroachment 

cell director 

Baloch went missing on 

Friday evening as he was 

returning home at Shah 

Faisal Colony from his 

Civic Centre office. His 

both mobile phones were 

also found switched off. 

Lahore model 

suffers burns 

after acid attack 

LAHORE, Jun 1: A 

Lahore model became the 

latest victim of acid attack 

on Wednesday for turning 

down a marriage proposal, 

family says. 

The model, identified 

as Anam Khan, was shifted 

to Jinnah Hospital in 

critical condition. 

According to her family, 

Anam was targeted by 

Fahad for rejecting his 

marriage proposal. Fahad 

threw acid on the model 

and managed to escape. 

Six Al-Qaeda 

terrorists killed 

in Layyah 

LAYYAH, Jun 1: The 

Punjab Counter Terrorism 

Department (CTD) on 

Wednesday claimed to 

have killed six terrorists 

linked to Al-Qaida during 

a shootout in Layyah. 

The CTD police also 

recovered arms and a huge 

cache of ammunition from 

their possession. On a tip 

off, the CTD team raided a 

hideout in Tehsil Chobara 

where the terrorists holed 

up and a fire ensued after 

the security personnel 

encircled the building. Six 

terrorists were killed while 

two of their accomplices 

fled the hideout under the 

cover of fires, CTD said. 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: Chief 

of Army Staff General Raheel 

Sharif reiterated on 

Wednesday that the US drone 

strikes are a threat to the security 

and sovereignty of 

Pakistan and vowed that 

Operation Zarb-e-Azb would 

be completed this year. 

During an informal talk 

with reporters after attending 

joint session of the Parliament, 

General Raheel stated that 

drone strikes are regrettable. 

He vowed that there is no 

option of failure in ongoing 

war against terrorism. 

The Army Chief further 

said that China Pakistan 

Economic Corridor (CPEC) 

must be completed at any cost. 

It may be mentioned here 

that during meeting with U.S. 

Ambassador David Hale at 

GHQ last week, General 

Raheel expressed Islamabad‘s 

serious concerns over the 

drone strike in Balochistan 

that targeted former Afghan 

Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar 

Mansour. 

He denounced "such acts 

of sovereignty violations" as 

"detrimental to relations and 

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US drone strikes are threat 

to Pakistan’s security: COAS 

Zarb-e-Azb to be completed this year, vows Gen Raheel 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: 

President Mamnoon Hussain 

has cautioned the opposition 

not press its case illegally lest 

it land them all on a wrong 

side. “The nation needs harmony 

and consensus now. 

Opposition should not impose 

its will in illegal way. There is 

no room for any mistake. We 

will welcome positive criticism 

but no one has right to 

criticise the government 

unjustly,” Mamnoon said 

while addressing a joint session 

of the parliament on 

Wednesday. 

“Our foreign policy is 

based on principles of peace 

and equality. The problems of 

the regions cannot be sorted 

out unless the Kashmir issue is 

addressed. We make it clear to 

the world that we have no 

aggressive designs against any 

one. We believe in positive 

and meaningful talks with 

neighbours. Non-resolution of 

the Kashmir issue is the root 

cause of all problems facing 

the region. The regional problems 

will not be resolved 

counter-productive for the 

ongoing peace process." 

The Army Chief insisted 

that "Pakistan s efforts, successes 

and sacrifices in fight 

against terrorism have been 

unparalleled." 

Taliban leader Mullah 

Akhtar Mansour was killed 

inside Pakistan in the drone 

strike few days back that hit 

his vehicle in Nushki district 

of Balochistan province. The 

airstrike strained relations 

between Pakistan and the 

United States. 

Criticism of drone strikes 

Pakistan bans entry via Torkham 

border without travel papers 

LANDIKOTAL, Jun 1: 

Movement of travelerrs 

restricted on Torkham border 

sans leal documents. After 

expiry of a two-month deadline, 

the Pakistan-Afghan sharing 

border Torkham was 

restricted and no Afghan 

national was permitted to enter 

Pakistan without legal travelling 

documents, it learnt here 

on Wednesday. 

Last month, the Pakistan 

authorities confined the border 

management and proper 

restricted policy was applied; 

however, after a meeting 

between officials of both 

neighboring countries on 30 

April on the request of Afghan 

government, Pakistan officials 

agreed and extended implementation 

of the new border 

President cautions opposition of making ‘mistake’ 

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq 

and Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani listening to National Anthem before the 

President's address to the Joint Session of the Parliament. 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: The tall claims of the 

government to end loadshedding have been 

failed as shortfall of electricity exceeded 

reached to 6500 megawatts in the country. 

The demand of electricity has reached upto 

22000 megawatts while power generation 

could not be enhanced from 15523 

megawatts. The duration of loadshedding in 

Afghan consulate closed in Peshawar 

PESHAWAR: Afghan authorities have closed a consulate 

in Peshawar in protest against interception of vehicle 

at a check post in the Peshawar cantonment area. 

Afghan officials have confirmed reports of closure of 

the consulate. Security authorities on the other hand said 

that the vehicle was not following specified protocol for 

official and diplomatic vehicles. 

Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakariya said that 

the incident has been brought to their knowledge and he 

has contacted Afghan authorities on the issue. He said that 

stance of Afghan officials was being waited. 

supervision policy for a month. 

Following the end of the 

deadline, the Pakistan border 

security re-contained the border 

and without passport, visa 

and Rahadari card, no Afghan 

national is allowed to cross 

into Pakistan. 

The official sources said 

that they had been directed by 

their highups not to allow any 

one enter into Pakistani territory 

sans travelling documents. 

FC deployed on the zero line 

checked pedestrians and their 

travelling documents.Afghanis 

with no legal permits were sent 

back to Afghanistan side. 

unless the Kashmir issue is 

resolved according to the UN 

resolutions. Talks between 

Pakistan and India stand suspended 

and we are concerned 

over it”, he said. The president 

said that the China-Pakistan 

Economic Corridor (CPEC) 

was a golden opportunity for 

development of the country. 

“This has no relevance with 

any government, party or a 

political figure. Reservations 

on the CPEC should be 

allayed through dialogue,” he 

stressed. 

Shortfall of electricity exceeds 

6500 megawatts in country 

urban areas is 12 to 14 hours while in rural 

areas this duration has reached from 16 to 18 

hours. Owing to severe power outages, the 

business have stand blocked in almost all the 

major cities of the country. The shopkeepers 

in markets and bazaars have been using hand 

fans to meet their requirements while customers 

have been confined in their houses. 

centers on the number of civilians 

killed and the fact that 

they are launched across sovereign 

states‘ borders so frequently, 

far more than conventional 

attacks by piloted aircraft. 

Civilian casualties from 

drone strikes have angered 

local populations and created 

tension between the United 

States and Pakistan and 

Afghanistan. Washington has 

sought to portray civilian 

casualties as minimal, but 

groups collecting data on these 

attacks say they have killed 

hundreds of civilians. 

PM Sharif fast 

recovering: 

Shehbaz Sharif 

LAHORE, Jun 1: Punjab 

Chief Minister Muhammad 

Shehbaz Sharif has said that 

due to blessings of Allah and 

prayers of millions of people, 

Prime Minister Muhammad 

Nawaz Sharif is recovering. 

He said that he and his 

family are thankful to those 

who prayed for the success of 

the operation of PM Nawaz 

Sharif. He said that Prime 

Minister has also thanked 

those who prayed for him. 

Shehbaz Sharif said that it is a 

time for thanksgiving. He said 

that Prime Minister will soon 

return to the country after 

recovery. 

Meanwhile, addressing a 

meeting from London 

through video link, the Chief 

Minister said that Prime 

Minister is well and fast 

recovering due to the prayers 

of the nation. 

KARACHI, Jun 1: The 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan (ECP) has finalized 

arrangements to hold by-elections 

on June 2 in three Sindh 

Assembly constituencies, PS- 

106 (Karachi), PS-117 

(Karachi) and PS-22 

(Naushahro Feroz). 

According to media 

reports, a meeting of ECP officials 

held at the provincial 

election commission in 

Karachi disused the arrangements 

and decided to deploy 

Army, Rangers inside and outside 

sensitive polling stations, 

besides police. In all, there are 

144 polling stations declared 

most sensitive and 119 sensitive 

in the three constituencies. In 

Heavy rainfall, thunderstorm hit country 

ISLAMABAD: A view of lightning seen from Faizabad as the twin cities of Islamabad and 

Rawalpindi experienced storm and rain on Wednesday. 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: At 

least four people including 

two women were died and 

scores of others wounded on 

Wednesday when heavy rainfall 

and thunderstorm hit 

upper parts of Pakistan. 

According to reports, 

reaching heavy downpour 

slammed federally administered 

tribal areas and Khyber 

Hillary Clinton expresses best wishes to Bilawal Bhutto 

Bilawal sounds just like 

his mother: Hillary 

Deadlock over ToRs not in 

favour of govt: Khursheed Shah 


Opposition leader Khursheed 

Shah has said on Wednesday 

that deadlock over the Terms 

of References (ToRs) regarding 

Panama Leaks is not in 

favour of the government. 

While talking to media in 

Parliament House, 

Khursheed Shah reiterated 

that matter of Panama Leaks 

should be investigated. 

He said that opposition 

has no wish to take politics 

on streets however; if the 

deadlock on ToRs did not end 

then they will be forced to 

take the step. He said that he 

will talk to the speaker in this 

matter. 

Opposition leader also 

told the media that Aitzaz 

Ahsan has informed him of 

the progress of parliamentary 

committee. While talking 

about President’s address, he 

said that they will listen to it 

with patience and hoped that 

the President will also speak 

about corruption. 

On a question regarding 

Interior Minister’s criticism 

over Bilawal Bhutto, 

Khursheed Shah replied that 

Bilawal, Benazir Bhutto and 

Zulfiqar Bhutto are wellknown 

people whereas the 

relatives of other people are 

not even known to their own 

neighbours. 

Pakhtunkhwa, causing widespread 

devastation. 

Rescuers said that four 

people, two of them women, 

were killed in Nowshehra and 

Jamrud. One child was reportedly 

killed in Charsadda. In 

Islamabad, a fire broke out at 

a vegetable market when 

power cables fell on them due 

to thunderstorm. Fire brigade 

WASHINGTON, Jun 1: 

Former first lady of United 

States and Democratic 

Presidential candidate for the 

upcoming elections has 

wished success to the chairman 

of Pakistan Peoples 

Party Bilawal Bhutto and 

said Bilawal sounds like his 

mother. 

According to reports, former 

prime minister of 

Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani 

had received a text from 

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday 

through which she had conveyed 

her best wishes 

towards Bilawal. 

The message read “I just 

saw Bilalwal Bhutto on TV 

and he sounds just like his 

mother.” “Tell him I said 

good luck and I hope he 

achieves the success his 

mother was trying to 

achieve.” She texted Gillani 

Gillani has expressed his 

immense pleasure and 

showed gratitude for her kind 

support towards Bilawal and 

party. Gillani has said, he has 

conveyed the message to 


Federal Minister for Interior 

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on 

Wednesday said Ulema had a 

vital role in promoting interfaith 

harmony and highlighting 

true image of society. 

Talking to a delegation of 

renowned Ulema, who called 

on the him here, the minister 

asked Ulema to play their due 

role in 

revitalizing true spirit of 

the society. 

The delegation comprised 

Hafiz Muhammad Siddique, 

Maulana Syed Attique-ur- 

Rahman, Maulana Qari 

Mazhar-ul-Haq, Qari Ehsanul 

Haq, Sahibzada Atta-ul- 

Army, Rangers to be deployed 

Bilawal and he was very 

happy to receive such 

encouragement from former 

first lady of United States. 

“You have been a consistent 

friend of Pakistan and 

PPP. We hope to see you as 

president soon and wish you 

all the success in the upcoming 

presidential elections of 

United States.” Gillani 

replied. 

It is noted that Bilawal has 

recently addressed a public 

meeting at Mirpur, Azad 

Kashmir. 

By-polls in Karachi, Naushahro Feroz today 

KARACHI: Presiding Officers seen carrying polling material 

distrubited among them at DC Office (East) before byelections 

on the seat of PS-117 constituency. 

reached the scene and 

launched efforts to extinguish 

the blaze. According to aviation 

sources, flight operation 

was suspended at Benazir 

International Airport due to 

the storm. In addition, Metro 

bus service was also halted in 

the federal capital after strong 

winds broke windows of 

metro stations. 

Ulema’s role key to highlight 

true image of society: Nisar 

Hassan, Qari Muhammad 

Yasir and Maulana Arif Ali. 

The Ulema appreciated 

role of Chaudhry Nisar Ali 

Khan in maintaining law and 

order, promoting national 

integrity and 

highlighting true image of 

Islam as well Pakistan at 

national and international levels. 

They said the courageous 

stance of Chaudhry Nisar on 

national security and safeguarding 

of national interests 

was commendable and as per 

wishes of the nation. 

The Ulema said religious 

circles appreciated the steps 

taken by the minister in larger 

national interests. 

Karachi, 84 polling stations 

have been set up in PS-117; of 

them 44 have been declared 

‘highly sensitive’ and 40 ‘sensitive’. 

Officials said 100 polling 

stations have been set up in PS- 

106; of them 77 have been 

declared ‘highly sensitive’ and 

23 ‘sensitive’. Reports said 

more than 300 policemen will 

perform security duties. 

Monitoring teams have been 

formed for each district to 

supervise the polling process 

while some Pakistan Election 

Commission officials would 

also monitor the polling. The 

PS-106 seat fell vacant with the 

resignation of MQM lawmaker 

Iftikhar Alam who joined Pak 

Sarzameen Party. 

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Metropolitan 

NEC meeting declared 

unconstitutional by CM Sindh 

KARACHI, 

KARACHI, Jun 1: Chief 

Minister Sindh Syed Qaim 

Ali Shah said that National 

Economic Council meeting 

had no constitutional importance. 

While briefing the media 

on Wednesday at Chief 

Minister House he said that 

he asked Finance Minister 

Ishaq Dar to attend the meeting 

but he replied inattentively 

and asked if he could 

call him to discuss the 

issues. 

The federal government 

NAB Karachi arrests 3 accused for 

running fraudulent investment schemes 

KARACHI, Jun 1: NAB 

Karachi has arrested three 

accused namely Ahmer Abdi, 

Amir Hussain and Syed 

Muhammad Amir Naqvi who 

acted as agents of AM 

Enterprises and NTF Traders 

on exorbitant commission and 

lured general public to invest 

with their companies in fraudulent 

schemes for high profit 

returns. 

Moreover, it is stated that 

the accused persons used to 

COURTS 

SHC adjourns petition 

about Hotel Metropole 

protected heritage 

KARACHI, Jun 1: The Sindh High Court 

(SHC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing 

of a petition, seeking removal of Hotel 

Metropole as protected heritage, after additional 

advocate general sought time to take 

instructions. 

SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem 

Akhter, was hearing the petition filed by 

Karachi Property Investment Company 

(Pvt) Ltd which cited City District 

Government Karachi, Karachi Building 

Control Authority and chief secretary as 

respondents and requested the court 

to direct them for strike down Hotel 

Metropole as protected heritage site. 

In Wednesday's hearing, additional 

advocate general submitted there 

is possibility of resolving this issue by considering 

the proposal of revising the list of 

heritage sites. However, he requested the 

court to allow him a time as he needed to 

take instructions from the government. 

Upon his request, the court adjourned the 

hearing to a date which was decided by the 

court's staff later. 

In the last hearing, the court was 

informed that the government would reconsider 

the list that declared Hotel Metropole 

as protected heritage. 

directly receive money from 

peoples, and kept affected / 

investors identities and whereabouts 

with themselves. In 

return, they used to get from 

NTF Traders and AM 

Enterprises very high commission 

which runs into millions. 

Furthermore, the claims 

of the Affectees are being collected 

and the information 

received from banks is being 

confronted with the accused 

who are already in custody 

and have withdrawn Rs.157 

million and US$ 642,000/- in 

cash from their banks 

accounts. More claims will be 

collected and more information 

from banks is being 

received in due course of time, 

and it will be requested to confront 

the same with these three 

arrested accused persons. 

These three accused persons 

namely Ahmer Abdi, Amir 

Hussain and Syed M Amir 

Naqvi as stated above are in 

KARACHI: Prof. Dr. Hakim Abdul Hannan, Vice Chancellor, Hamdard University giving away 

-- a shield to successful medical students on the occasion of “Inter-Departmental Poster 

Contest” organized by Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, Hamdard University Prof. 

Dr. Muhammad Furqan, Principal, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, Hamdard 

University is also present on this occasion. 

Overeating increases heart 

attack cases by 10% in Ramzan 

KARACHI, Jun 1: Executive 

Director, National Institute of 

Cardiovascular Diseases 

(NICVD), Prof Dr Nadeem 

Qamar claimed on Wednesday 

that incidence of heart disease 

is very high in South Asian 

region, including Pakistan, as 

compared to other countries 

due to genetic reasons, while 

smoking and unhealthy 

lifestyles are also a major cause 

of increase in cardiovascular 

cases among younger people 

between 30 to 40 years of age. 

This he said during a media 

briefing along with another 

renowned cardiologist Prof Dr 

Nadeem Rizvi at Seminar Hall 

of NICVD. He said some people 

eat so excessively during 

the holy month of Ramazan 

that they gain more weight 

instead of losing it, and eventually, 

they end up at the hospitals 

due to heart disease, as 

well as due to some other 

complications of diabetes and 

obesity. Prof Dr Nadeem 

Qamar said heart attack cases 

generally increase by 10% in 

Ramadan due to overeating 

and consuming fried products. 

He said people consume fried 

items like Pakoras, Samosas 

and Jileebi during Aftaar 

instead of eating fresh fruits, 

juices and vegetables. 

He said risk of heart attack 

in Ramadan increase in people 

with high-blood pressure as 

salty products can cause sudden 

shot in blood pressure. He 

said diabetic patients can also 

face complications if they 

observe fast without consultation 

with doctor. He advised 

people to drink excessive 

water during Sahri, avoid eating 

fried and high-calorie 

sweets atAftaar, and rely more 

on fruits and vegetables to 

avoid heart attacks and other 

complications. 

Two get 21-year jail term: An Anti- 

Terrorism Court-II (ATC-II) on Wednesday 

awarded a collective 21-year imprisonment to 

two convicts in explosives and illicit weapon 

possession cases. 

According to prosecution, police arrested 

accused Asif and Ramzan within the limits of 

New Karachi police station and recovered 

explosives material and illicit weapon from 

their possession in 2014. The ATC judge pronounced 

the verdict after recording the witnesses' 

statements, evidences and hearing 

arguments from both sides. 

He awarded 14-year-imprisonment in 

explosives case and seven-year in illegal 

weapon case to both the accused. However, 

according to the judgment, both convictions 

would run simultaneously. 

SHC orders vacation of houses lying in 

way of LEW project within seven days: The 

Sindh Court (SHC) on Wednesday recalled its 

stay order regarding the demolition 

of some houses, in Karachi's 

Liaquatabad area which were lying 

in the site map of Lyari 

Expressway, and directed the residents 

to vacate the land till 8th June 2016. 

Headed by Justice Munib Akhter, the SHC 

bench was hearing the petition filed by the 

affectees of Lyari Expressway who moved the 

court against the authorities that are intending 

to demolish their houses, without compensating 

them as per market value and the verdict of 

the referee judge on the issue is yet to come. 

In Wednesday's hearing, the bench was told 

that the referee judge had gone through all the 

evidences and the matter is fixed for final 

hearing before him. 

possession on information of 

the victims / investors. 

This information is to be 

collected from them and the 

claims of Affectees are to be 

confronted with them. 

Furthermore, how much 

amount they actually received 

is also to be ascertained. Once 

the information gathered and 

confronted, more beneficiaries 

are to be included in the investigation 

on the pointation of 

these accused persons. 

Health Dept forms 

probe body into 

fake appointments 

KARACHI, Jun 1: In compliance 

of Supreme Court's order, 

the health department Sindh 

has constituted an inquiry committee 

to probe into the matter 

regarding fake appointments 

without advertisement and 

interviews in district 

Jacobabad. 

Dr Khalid Shaikh, Medical 

Superintendent Services 

Hospital Karachi would be the 

Chairman of the Inquiry committee 

while Dr Taufique 

Ahmed MS Sindh 

Government Hospital Korangi 

No 5 and Dr Muhammad 

Aslam Pechohu Additional 

Secretary Technical are members 

of the committee. 

Dr Khalid Shaikh had a 

meeting with Secretary Health 

Ahmed Bux Narejo in his 

office and discussed the matter 

in detail. On the directives of 

Provincial Minister Health Jam 

Mehtab Hussain Dahar, Dr 

Khalid Shaikh would visit 

Jacobabad on 6th June 

Monday to probe into the matter, 

while he has directed DHO 

Jacobabad and other officers 

concerned to appear with relevant 

records of appointments in 

his office on Tuesday 7th June. 

Meanwhile, Dr Khalid 

Shaikh has also directed all 

those employees who were 

appointed by DHO Jacobabad 

to appear in person before 

inquiry committee on 8th June 

Wednesday with all educational 

and experience certificates. 

The health minister has 

directed the inquiry committee 

to take all out efforts to bring 

real facts and take those to task 

who are involved in this malpractice 

and corruption. 

had been making fun out of 

Sindh government as water 

schemes in Karachi had also 

been abolished for no reason, 

Syed Qaim Ali added. 

In terms of NFC award, 

he also demanded allotment 

of development funds. On 

this occasion, Provincial 

Finance Minister Murad Ali 

Shah said that Sindh had 

experienced severe injustices 

for three years. 

He said that now we will 

fight the Sindh case in 

National Assembly. 

Mohenjo Daro 

to be solarized 

soon: Sharmila 

KARACHI, Jun 1: Special 

Assistant to CM Sindh for 

Culture and Tourism, Ms 

Sharmila Faruqui said that 

installation of solar system 

at Mohenjo Daro Museum 

will be started soon. In first 

stage, we will install system 

at Museum, and then at Rest 

House, street lights and 

archeological sites. This 

was finalized in the 11th 

meeting of executive board 

of National Fund for 

Mohenjo Daro at her office. 

The meeting discussed 

the matters regarding the 

issues and performances of 

the staff and the current situation 

of ongoing development 

work at the archaeological 

sites of Mohenjo- 

Daro. She also directed 

Professor Dr Sarfaraz 

Hussain Solangi, consultant 

of Dry Core Drilling at 

Mohenjo Daro to submit the 

report of drilling as soon as 

possible so that we will 

move to next stage. 

The meeting was attended 

by Secretary Culture, 

Tourism and Antiquities 

Shazia Rizvi, Director 

PITHM Niaz Ali Malkani, 

Unesco Representative 

Kazi Ayaz Maheser, 

Director Archaeology 

Qasim Ali Qasim and Dr 

Sarfaraz Hussain Solangi. 

FBR assured to incorporate IAOP 

suggestions pertaining to SRO 1125 

Jun 1: The 

Chairman Federal Board of 

Revenue (FBR) Nisar 

Ahmed Khan, while agreeing 

to the much-awaited demand 

of Indenters Association of 

Pakistan, has assured to 

waive of the verification condition 

in case of selling items 

enlisted in the SRO 1125 to 

non-registered persons. 

According to press 

release, former Chairman of 

Indenters Association of 

Pakistan and Chairman of 

FBR Liaison Committee of 

Businessmen Panel Saquib 

Fayyaz Magoon extensively 

discussed issues faced by the 

Services Sector and 

Commercial Importers with 

Chairman FBR Nisar Ahmed 

Khan and PM Advisor on 

KARACHI, Jun 1: A fifty 

members delegation comprising 

on students and 

teachers of Mohammad Ali 

Jinnah University,( MAJU) 

Karachi returned to city 

after completing two week 

long Pakistan study tour this 

morning. During their tour 

MAJU delegation visited 

historical and tourism 

attraction places including 

Muree, Ayoubia, Nathia 

Gali, Petriata, Balakot, 

Kaghan, Naran, Shogran, 

Saiful Maluk lake, Sri, Pai, 

Muzaffer abad, Neelam 

Revenue Haroon Akhtar during 

a meeting recently held in 

Islamabad. 

Chairman FBR assured to 

seriously consider numerous 

suggestions given at the 

meeting. Discussing the taxation 

measures, he assured 

that if taxes on Services 

Sector were being levied at 

the provincial level, then the 

FBR would consider waiving 

it at Federal Level. 

Appreciating the positive 

gestures shown by Chairman 

FBR at the meeting, Saquib 

Fayyaz Magoon stressed that 

the incidents of double taxation 

along with heavy taxes 

need to be efficiently tackled 

and reduced in order to 

revive the economic activities. 

Valley, Sharda old temples, 

lalu sar, Ben Josa lake, Sabri 

and Neelam waterfalls, 

Islamabad and Lahore in 

Punjab, KPK and Azad 

Kashmir areas. MAJU delegation 

during their tours 

also discussed socio economic 

problems of the 

above areas with local peoples 

in detail. The peoples 

of these areas told the delegation 

that our governments 

are losing a huge foreign 

exchange by ignoring developments 

and repairing of 

roads works in world’s most 

He proposed that additional 

2 percent sales tax on 

import of raw material by 

Commercial Importers must 

either be withdrawn or 

adjustments be allowed as 

Carry Forward under Sales 

Tax. 

Saquib Fayyaz Magoon 

further suggested unconditional 

zero rating of enlisted 

items in SRO 1125, textile 

machinery and spare parts 

whereas the SRO 1125 must 

be reinstated in its original 

state so that production activities 

of export-oriented 

industries should be 

improved and these industries 

could also be equipped 

with latest technologies 

which would prove favorable 

for Pakistan’s exports. 

MAJU students returned after 

two week long study tour 

KARACHI: Group photo of MAJU students and teachers taken at Muzefferabad during 

Pakistan study tour. 

KARACHI, Jun 1: 

President Human Rights 

Network (HRN) Karachi 

president Intikhab Aalam 

Soori and general secretary 

Shehzad Mazhar has said 

that Karachi Water and 

Sewerage Board (KWSB) 

has failed in smooth provision 

of potable water to citizens; 

however, the elected 

representatives only raise 

voice to get more power, 

rather serving their voters. 

They said that Sindh 

government seems further 

reducing water quota of 

Karachi. Poor citizens are 

paying water bill, despite 

that are receiving costly 

water through water 

tankers with lots of difficulties. 

They shared their views 

in a meeting of civil society 

over shortage of water 

issue. 

Chairman of Water 

Tankers Association 

Iftikhar Abbasi, former 

general secretary of KWSB 

beautiful tourist attraction 

places like Saiful Maluk 

Lake, Kaghan and Naran 

valleys, Sri, Pai and Lalusar 

Lake Etc. Local peoples 

while expressing their serious 

concerns over neglecting 

tourist attraction places 

of the country told the delegation 

that the local transporters 

of the areas are compelled 

to repair the roads of 

these areas on the basis of 

self help and collecting 

donation from tourist to earn 

bread and butter for their 

families. 

Civil society concerns on water shortage in Karachi 

Body formed to probe fake appointments in health deptt 

KARACHI, Jun 1: In compliance with 

Supreme Court's order, the health department 

Sindh has constituted an inquiry committee 

to conduct a probe into fake appointments 

which were made without advertisement 

and interviews in district Jacobabad. 

Dr Khalid Shaikh, Medical 

KARACHI: Residents of Maripur Road and surrounding are protesting against shortage of 

drinking water and prolonged electric load shedding in their locality, nearby Netty Jetty bridge. 

Superintendent, Services Hospital 

Karachi, is the Chairman of the Inquiry 

committee, while Dr Taufique Ahmed MS 

Sindh Government Hospital Korangi No 

5 and Dr Muhammad Aslam Pechohu 

Additional Secretary Technical are the the 

committee members. 

KARACHI: A painter seen busy on wall painting on the wall of Cantt Railway Station. 

CBA Mohsan Raza, Imran 

Bhashani of HRFP attended 

the session. 

KARACHI: MNA, Sajid Ahmed along with Winning Team of 

Anjuman Gujjran in a group photo. 

KARACHI: Administrator DMC East, Rehmatullah Shaikh 

inspecting maintenance work at Gulshan-e-Ibal workshop.


National 

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Girl from Murree set ablaze 

loses battle for life at PIMS 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: A 19- 

year-old girl who was set 

ablaze for refusing a marriage 

proposal lost her battle with 

life on Wednesday at the 

Pakistan Institute of Medical 

Science. 

Maria, a school teacher was 

brought to PIMS with 85 percent 

burn injuries on Tuesday, 

hospital officials confirmed. 

Her family which originally 

hails from Murree said that 

five people locked Maria in a 

room, doused her in petrol and 

set her ablaze. 

The family accused a person 

named Master Shaukat for 

committing the crime. Maria 

had earlier refused a marriage 

proposal by Master Shaukat’s 

son who already had a wife. 

The devastated family has 

launched a protest outside 

39 Police officials receive cost of investigation cheques 

Our Correspondent 

Prayers for early 

recovery of Nawaz 

Sharif at Sultan 

Shaikh house 


HYDERABAD, Jun 1: 

Special prayers were held at 

house of Sultan Shaikh 

advocate, a central committee 

member of PML(N) for 

early recovery of prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif which 

was attended by scores of 

men and women who all 

begged from Almighty for 

early recovery of Nawaz 

Sharif whose heart surgery 

was conducted at London 

hospital last day. On this 

occasion advocate Sultan 

Shaikh gave sacrifice of 2 

black goats as symbol of 

Dua. On this occasion he 

said Nawaz Sharif and his 

family has been working 

hard for welfare of people 

and advancement of country. 

He hoped that after recovery 

Mian Nawaz Sharif would 

visit Hyderabad to address 

his party workers here. 

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ISLAMABAD: Parents of Maria, Resident of Murree, weep after her death at the Burns 

Center of PIMS Hospital. Maria was burnt alive by influential persons of Murree while the 

relatives also complained about the alleged negligence of the doctors of the hospital. 

HYDERABAD, Jun 1: 39 

police officials who got 

training of investigation 

were distributed Cost of 

Investigation cheques at a 

simple but impressive ceremony 

held at SSP office here 

Wednesday. The cheques 

were given away by Ms. 

Suhai Aziz SP headquarter. 

Those who received cheques 

included: 

Inspector Jameel Ahmed 

P.S.Makki Shah,inspector 

Rana Pervez PS Airport, 

inspector Rahat Ali 

P.S.Pinyari, and following 

sub inspectors Abdul Razaq 

Khan P.S.Cantt, Aijaz 

Rajpoot P,S.A-section, Nabi 

Bux P.S.Paban, Mumtaz 

Brohi P.S.Pinyari, Gulsher 

P.S.Pinyari, Ayaz Hayat 

Palari P.S.Pinyari, Afzal 

Qureshi P.S.City, Ali Hassan 

Rajput P.S.Market, Abdul 

Hakeem, Naseem 

Nagar,Nusrat ALI Baloch 

Market, Ghulam Raza Mari 

Naseem Nagar, Pir Dino 

Shah Tando Yousuf, Zaman 

Chandio Pinyari, Parvez 

Junejo Rahuki, Juman Tando 

Yousuf, M.Anwar Tando 

Yousuf, Bashir Tando 

Yousuf,Qasim Bhitai Nagar, 

Sajid Gahelo GOR, Mazhar 

Soomro Hatri, Aftab 

Naseem Nagar, plus following 

ASIs: Ghani Khaskheli 

Tando Yousuf, Saifuddin 

City,Suleman Bhitai Nagar, 

Nazir Shaikh City,Suleman 

Lashari Naseem Nagar, 

Nizamddin Paban, Hanif 

Pinyari, Qamarddin 

Qasimabad,Niaz Qasimabad, 

Nazir Abro Rahuki, Siraj 

Tando Jam, Airaf Gul Tando 

Yousuf, DSP Ayub Makki 

Shah, PI Ashfar Site and 

Zulfiqar of A section. 

PPP differences persist over selection 

of Town chairmanship in Kadhan 

Sawan Khaskheli 

BADIN Jun 1: 03 elected 

counselors over the party 

tickets of Pakistan People 

Party (PPP) Badin, while 

holding the Press conference 

here at Badin Press 

Club at Wednesday disclosed 

their differences over 

the selection of the town 

chairmanship of Kadhan. 

PPP-elected counselors of 

town committee Kadhan 

including Noor Mohammad 

Mallah, Ghulam Hussain 

Jamali and others told the 

media that they have serious 

concerned over the nomination 

of Jahan Khan Chandio 

for chairman of town committee 

Badin and they 

threatened of tendering their 

resignations if decision not 

to be revised and reviewed 

by the party. 

They, while addressing 

the press conference alleged 

that PPP local leadership 

has ignored them while they 

are loyal and dedicated for 

PPP from a long time. They 

alleged that Jahan Khan 

Chandio was nominated 

over the recommendation of 

former MPA, Mohammad 

Nawaz Chandio and alleged 

for turning the loyalties by 

Mr. Chandio. They said that 

from a long time Mr. 

Chandio had been shifted to 

Badin city. They told the 

media that Kadhan city has 

consisted on the four wards 

and we are three elected 

counselors are here to state. 

They appealed to PPP 

Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto 

to revise and re-consider the 

decision of nomination of 

chairman of Town 

Committee Kadhan and 

honor the decision in the 

favor of loyal workers of 

PPP, if leadership failed, 

they will tender their resignations, 

they threatened. 

Coffee might prevent exercise-induced eye fatigue 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: It's not 

only the legs that feel the 

effects of cycling; a new 

study suggests it can put a 

strain on the eyes, too. But 

don't get off your bike just 

yet. The study also found that 

drinking coffee might prevent 

such an effect. 

Researchers suggest 

slowed eye movement due to 

strenuous exercise might be 

prevented with coffee consumption. 

Study leader Dr. Nicholas 

Gant, of the University of 

Auckland in New Zealand, 

and colleagues recently published 

their findings in the 

journal Scientific Reports. 

In their study, the 

researchers explain that vigorous 

exercise can lower the 

central nervous system's ability 

to drive muscle function, 

resulting in what is known as 

central fatigue. Prolonged 

cycling, for example, can 

trigger central fatigue, which 

normally presents through 

tiring of the legs. But while it 

is well known that central 

fatigue affects limb movement, 

Dr. Gant and colleagues 

note that it is unclear 

whether it impacts other 

motor systems, such as those 

involved in eye movement. 

To find out, the team 

enrolled 11 well-trained 

cyclists, who cycled using 

exercise bikes for 3 hours. 

Some of the participants 

consumed caffeine during 

their 3-hour cycling session - 

at a dose equivalent to two 

cups of coffee - while the 

remaining subjects consumed 

a decaffeinated placebo 

solution. 

PIMS. They claim that hospital 

authorities did not let them 

meet Maria while she was 

under treatment. 

They have appealed to the 

Punjab Chief Minister 

Shahbaz Sharif to take notice 

of the incident. “We will not 

bury our daughter’s body till 

we get justice,” wailed a 

female family member. 

This is not the first case of 

violence against women that 

has made headlines in recent 

months. 

In May, the gutted body of 

a girl was found from a vehicle 

in Abbottabad. Police investigation 

into the case revealed 

that the 9th-grader was kidnapped 

from her house, sedated, 

murdered and then set on 

fire following a decision of a 

local Jirga. 

Two girls 

allegedly abducted 

in Rawalpindi 

RAWALPINDI, Jun 1: 

Two girls have allegedly 

been abducted within the 

airport and Naseerabad 

police jurisdictions. 

Bilal Hussain, a resident 

of Faisalabad, 

lodged a complaint with 

the local police that 

Sheraz Masih, Sunny 

Masih, Basheeran, Raiz 

Amir, Yunus, Rita Bibi 

and their accomplice 

have abducted his daughter, 

Saima*, 13 from the 

Dhok Kashmirain area of 

airport. 

Nosheen, a resident of 

Naseerabad, lodged a 

complaint with the local 

police that Nadia Bibi, 

Khalida Bibi, Yahya 

Khan, Azeem Khan, 

Saleem Khan and Rawal 

Khan have abducted her 

daughter Sumbul, 7, from 

a street, while she was 

playing. 

The police have registered 

cases and started 

investigations. –Online 

Waheed Phulpoto 

SHIKARPUR, Jun 1: The 

Kanpur police claimed to 

have killed a notorious 

dacoit in police encounter 

took place at Rahimabad link 

road near village Ghulam Ali 

Unar in the jurisdiction of 

Khanpur police station on 

Wednesday early in the 

morning. 

According to details, 

Station House Officer [SHO] 

Khanpur Ayub Dogar 

claimed to have killed a 

notorious dacoit identified as 

Ali Gohar Phulpoto resident 

of tehsil Kingri of district 

Police sub-inspector killed in Quetta 

QUETTA, Jun 1: A police 

sub-inspector was gunned 

down by armed assailants on 

Samungli Road in Quetta on 

Wednesday. 

Sub-inspector Mukhtiar 

Ahmed was going to duty 

when armed men turned up 

Abbas Kassar 


Hyderabad Municipal 

Corporation Workers Union 

general secretary Sagheer 

Ahmed Rajput, Arif Shaikh, 

M.Younis, Nawab Masih, 

have accused officers of HMC 

of mass corruption alleging 

them of loot and plunder of 

on motorcycle and opened 

fire on him, leaving him 

fatally injured and fled the 

scene. 

The injured sub-inspector 

was rushed to a local hospital 

from where he was 

referred to the CMH Quetta, 

municipal properties at throwaway 

prices to their favourite 

ones causing billions of loss to 

corporation. Union accused 

officers of selling plots and 

even parks and taking no 

action to recover taxes and 

fees from various contractors. 

Union said officers have made 

their fortunes and properties 

where doctors pronounced 

him dead on arrival. 

Doctors said that several 

bullets had hit the police 

official in the head. 

The police have registered 

a case and started 

investigation. 

HMC workers union accuses officers 

of mass corruption: demand action 

but rendered municipal corporation 

empty without funds. 

Union accused HMC administrator 

of selling park adjacent 

to Liaquat colony school 

which was worth billions. 

Union demanded NAB to take 

action against administrator 

and other officers involved in 

mass corruption. 

SUKKUR: Designer of Swiss Company, Mr Dainal called on MNA, Nafisa Shah, MD NSUSC, 

Mehmood Shah and Shafi Muhammad can also be seen on this occasion. 

Construction Works, Public Health Engineering 

employees hold protest in Peshawar 


Transporters and employees 

of Construction and Works, 

Public Health Engineering 

and Irrigation departments 

JAMSHORO, Jun 1: Dean 

Faculty of Natural Sciences 

has announced that the 1st 

M. Phil seminars of the 

scholars Saiqa Sanam 

Solangi and Insaf Ali solangi 

and final M. Phil seminar of 

the scholar Fahmida Channa 

of Zoology will be held on 

held protest in Peshawar on 

Wednesday to press their 

demands. 

The protestors criticized 

the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

today 2nd June 2016 at 

10:00 am at Seminar Hall, 

Department of Zoology. The 

scholars are carrying their 

studies under the supervision 

of Dr. Riffat Sultana, 

Dr. Mansoor Ali Shah and 

Dr. Tahira Jabeen and Co- 

Supervisors Prof. Dr. 

government for not accepting 

their demands. They 

vowed to continue their 

strike till acceptance of their 

demands. 

Sindh University goes for three 

M. Phil Seminars today 

Khairpur Mirs, adding during 

police routine patrolling, 

police saw that three unidentified 

armed men were standing 

at link road to commit a 

serious crime, on seeing 

police, unidentified armed 

men opened fire, on retaliatory 

firing, one dacoit was 

killed while his two other 

accomplices escaped away 

from place of firing. 

Later, the deceased dacoit 

identified as Ali Gohar 

Phulpoto and claimed that 

various heinous cases 

including murders, road robberies 

and others were registered 

against him at many 

police stations of district 

Khairpur Mirs including 

Ahmed Pur, Tando Masti, B- 

Section police station and 

others, he claimed. 

The dead body of the 

deceased handed over to the 

brother of deceased namely 

Abdullah Phulpoto after having 

conducted an autopsy 

from tehsil headquarter hospital 

Khanpur. 

The brother of deceased 

dacoit, Abdullah Phulpoto 

told the journalists that 

police have claimed a fake 

en encounter because my 

brother was arrested from 

Qazi Ahmed town from a 

Muhammad Saeed Wagan, 

Prof. Dr. Nasreen Memon & 

Prof. Dr. Bikharam 

Derajani; they will also be 

available on the occasion. 

Dean, Faculty of Natural 

Sciences has invited all 

research scholars and teachers 

to attend these seminars. 

Police claimed to have killed a 

notorious dacoit in an encounter 

KHAIRPUR, Jun 1: The 3rd 

Meeting of the Advisory 

Board of Chairs and Corners 

of Shah Abdul Latif 

University, Khairpur was 

held chaired by eminent 

scholar Prof. Dr. Ghulam Ali 

Allana. 

Speaking to the participants 

of the meeting, Prof. 

Dr. Ghulam Ali Allana said, 

the main objectives of the 

Advisory Board is for 

Improvement, Up gradation, 

proper working and research 

activities of all the existing 

Chairs and Corners, functioning 

at Shah Abdul Latif 

University, Khairpur. 

At the outset of the meeting, 

the members praised the 

efforts of Prof. Dr. Parveen 

Shah for the streamlining the 

working mechanism of the 

chairs and corners. They 

lauded the role of Vice 

Chancellor for the promotion 

of academic and research 

activities at the University. 

After detailed deliberations, 

various decisions 

were made. 

It was resolved that each 

and every chair and institute 

shall work under the concerned 

Dean and Advisory 

Committee consists on Vice 

Chancellor as Chairperson, 

Dean of Faculty concerned, 

one nominee of the 

Syndicate, one or two nominee 

donor, two expert to be 

appointed by the Vice 

Chancellor, one nominee of 

the Culture Department, 

and Director/Incharge as 

member. 

A Monitoring Committee 

was constituted consists of 

Prof. Dr. Ghulam Ali Allana, 

Convener, Mr. Abdul 

Hameed Akhund, Prof. 

passenger coach a few 

days back. 

Replying to a question he 

said that deceased Ali Gohar 

was not a dacoit but some 

cases had registered against 

him because we have personal 

enmity with their relatives 

and some others. 

An FIR of police 

encounter registered against 

deceased dacoit and two 

other unidentified armed 

men at Khanpur police station 

on the complaint of 

SHO Ayub Dogar on the 

behalf of state. 

Further police investigation 

is underway. 

SALU: 3rd meeting of the advisory board was held 

KHAIRPUR: 'lam Prof. Dr. Ghulam Ali Allana presides over the 3rd meeting of Advisory 

Board of Chairs and Corners at Shah Abdul Latif University. 

Mohammad Saleem Memon, 

Mr. Nazar Mohammad Gaho, 

Prof. Dr. Syed Asad Raza 

Abidi and Prof. Dr. Ghulam 

Abbas Shar as its members. 

The Advisory Board 

decided to establish Sami 

Chair at Shikarpur Campus 

to embark research on the 

work and services of eminent 

poet and scholar Sami.

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Nurse falls unconscious in Lahore 

protest due to scorching heat 

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

EVM or Electronic Voting Machine is claimed by 

its domestic suppliers to be viable enough to stop 

electoral fraud and implement reforms whereas 

some election officials themselves have cast doubts that 

EVM can block rigging in elections, saying that paper 

ballots were much more viable than easily manipulative 

electronic voting system and that EVM cannot ensure fair, 

free, transparent and honest elections.Controversy, meanwhile, 

rages on both positive and negative aspects thereof, 

with viewpoints for and against it: Agreement overall, 

despite whatever any decision may be, after everything is 

said and done, is that reforms against fraud are compulsory 

and long overdue, with hundred per cent courage of 

convictions against corrupt and bad governance countrywide. 

There appears to be near universal agreement that 

electoral reforms are needed in Pakistan. 

Reforms have many different facets and amazingly 

contradictory aspects too, with most talking for reforms 

but acting against reforms, like almost all governments 

who happen to be in power at one time or another, and 

may be that's why there is no commonly agreed agenda 

which must be discussed and formulated by one and all 

who represent the nation and get a comprehensive 

reforms plan made a reality in action. 

Operation of the electronic voting is reportedly simple: 

One inserts one's CNIC into EVM to get biometric verification, 

then selects a party or candidate to vote for by 

pressing its flag or electoral symbol, and selects candidates. 

A duly recorded printed paper thereof comes out of 

EVM used. Local suppliers said that locally supplied 

machines were better and with a proper handler can guarantee 

honest recordings as they cannot be hacked or 

hooked like imported EVM which can be controlled by 

satellites from outside Pakistan to change its results. 

Rigging is no small matter and with an EVM stroke 

address one of the key issues that have surrounded every 

election since the foundation of the state — namely ballot 

rigging. EVMs first made an appearance in the 1960s and 

have slowly been adopted internationally. They are not 

without their detractors and there have been well-documented 

instances where EVMs have recorded wrong 

results, but there is nothing in the literature to suggest that 

an electoral outcome would have been reversed as a result 

of flaws in the EVM hardware or software. The last 

Indian election was conducted using EVMs, and many 

countries in South America have been using them without 

difficulty for a decade. 

Whatever their deficits, the benefits of using EVMs in 

a country such as Pakistan that has a high proportion of 

illiterates in the population, are clear. 

Laws need to be amended to introduce and practice 

EVM technology. It is going to require Parliament to 

amend the electoral law to allow the introduction of an 

electronic voting and biometric verification system. 

Strangely enough, an exercise to select a vendor for 

EVMs was carried out before the 2013 election, but never 

progressed because Parliament never passed the required 

legislation. There are those for whom the advent of the 

EVM will be bad news indeed as whilst rigging in terms 

of electronic manipulation of machines and results is possible 

depending on the type of machine selected. It is also 

extremely difficult to achieve and requires technical competencies 

that are thin on the ground in Pakistan. Any 

reform that brings greater transparency to the electoral 

process is to be welcomed, and the EVM is long overdue. 

Pricing of EVM is a bone of contention. It is not going 

to be a cheap exercise, as each EVM with specifications 

to beat a highly fraudulent election practices may cost 

around $5,000. Fears are raised that instead of starting of 

reforms, buying an EVM itself may involve kickbacks 

and commissions, bribery and pocketing of illegitimate 

money for both its proper and improper handling, to show 

a true or a false result: Unlawful money is made on both 

the legal and illegal side. Some contend that EVM costs a 

lot less and its price may be mentioned many times more 

than its original price! 

Specifications and handlings required may of course 

reasonably up an EVM price and expense to operate it. It 

may reportedly cost over Rs 80 billion to go for electronic 

poll in general elections as Pakistan will need 360,000 

Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs to hold general 

elections. ECP initially floats tenders in international market 

for 400 EVMs for pilot project. Each EVM in international 

market is said to range from 200 US dollars to 

4,000 US dollars. As a pilot project, the bidders hold 

mock polls on a few hundred of polling stations using the 

By Albert Hunt 

Anumber of Republicans rationalise Donald 

Trump’s proposals on immigration and trade as 

just political show. Similarly, some free-trade 

Democrats suggest that Hillary Clinton’s protectionist 

stance is merely rhetoric. 

They are deluded. Academic research and recent history 

show that newly-elected presidents of the United 

States try to hew closely to their campaign commitments. 

“New presidents actually believe they have a mandate, 

feel empowered,” says Shirley Anne Warshaw, a 

presidential scholar at Gettysburg College. “There is no 

EDITORIAL 

Can EVM be viable enough to stop 

electoral fraud and make reforms? 

(I) 

OPINION 

EVMs. Some such polls within and outside Pakistan 

failed to give a honest result without fraud! Terms of 

Reference (ToR) prepared by the Election Commission of 

Pakistan (ECP) said that vendors will provide a complete 

solution that include hardware and software, testing, 

delivering and other necessary support to conduct successful 

pilot project.. Each candidate/party should be listed 

in Urdu language along with a party symbol on the ballot. 

Time for average vote cast for two parallel election 

contests on one EVM should be less than a minute. 

ECP has sought the machines to be in custody of security 

personnel for protecting the EVMs from being stolen 

as data configuration of each EVM with its corresponding 

polling station shall be loaded in a secured and enclosed 

air-conditioned area.The ECP seeks bidders that could 

provide the EVMs that have internal source of power and 

should have minimum 12-hour continuous usage. 

External source of power should remain an option as a 

backup. Besides, the machines should be in a container 

that should be dust, fire and water-proof. Each EVM 

should be able to cope with wide range of temperature)- 

10 to +50 degree Celsius. Such a single EVM would cost 

4000 US dollars. It will jack up the total cost to Rs160 billion. 

ECP is searching for the machine that costs 2000 US 

dollars. It invites those bidders who would provide EVMs 

in which every activity will be logged and stored for internal 

audit trail. If any unathorised person would try to open 

EVM, it will give ‘Error’or ‘dump’. After pressing voting 

button for casting vote to any particular candidate, the 

EVM will give loud beep, light flash and a paper audit 

trail with LCD screen displaying the symbol for which the 

voter pressed the button and cast vote.The successful vendor 

will be required to provide turnkey solution that 

includes manufacturing, software development, testing, 

delivery, configuration, deployment at polling stations 

and training of polling staff. 

Election rigging scandals have sparked a conversation 

on the merits of using electronic voting machines 

(EVMs). The Election Commission of Pakistan had in the 

past announced that it was considering a switch to EVMs 

for the next general elections. The rationale is that these 

machines will fix the glaring security defects in our electoral 

system and prevent a repeat of the 2013 general elections 

fiasco. EVMs automate the election process, considerably 

reducing the role of the administrative human 

element. They prevent individual voters from casting 

multiple votes. They do not rely on returning and presiding 

officers to tally election results, and they cannot be 

subverted by printing truckloads of fake ballot papers. 

World over, EVMs are receiving considerable attention, 

especially nowadays in the developing world: 

Namibia won accolades for becoming the first African 

nation to successfully implement an electronic voting system. 

Brazil, Paraguay, Panama, Venezuela and Mexico 

have all begun experimenting with EVMs. Closer to 

home, India has been using EVMs since 1999 and the 

Indian election commission personnel swear by their 

‘infallible’ voting system. The enthusiasm has also infected 

Bangladesh, and a team of MPs visited India to look at 

the system. 

Unfortunately, there is a pronounced disconnect 

between the shiny image of EVMs ushering in a new era 

of democratic progress and the cold hard facts on the 

ground worldwide. EVMs have been subjected to intense 

scrutiny in the last 15 years and the unanimous verdict in 

the engineering and research community is that their reliability 

and security is abysmal. Not average, not poor, but 

downright abysmal. For one, EVMs malfunction in 

unpredictable ways during polls. Machines have been 

known to flip votes, double them, subtract them, and misreport 

tallies for no apparent reason. A video from the 

2012 US presidential election, which went viral, shows a 

voting machine automatically switching votes cast for 

Barack Obama to Mitt Romney. In the Congressional race 

in late 2014, some machines in Maryland assigned 

Republican votes to the Democrats. It took several tries 

for the machine to recognise the vote properly. In one US 

county election, a malfunction ignored over 5,000 cast 

votes — roughly one-third of the total votes cast in the 

election. Inexplicable vote-flipping has also been 

observed in machines in India. There are countless such 

examples. The problem is not simply that securing EVMs 

is hard. Academics and security professionals have routinely 

discovered, with much dismay and frustration, that 

the people who build and operate these machines seem to 

lack even basic security sensibility. 

US voters should take candidates seriously 

reason to think it would be any different this time.” 

Thus, politicians and voters should assume that a 

President Trump will start deporting millions of undocumented 

immigrants and building a wall along the 

Mexican border, threaten China with a trade war, roll 

back regulations concerning Wall Street and the environment 

and make nice with Russian President 

Vladimir Putin. 

The assumption should be that a President Clinton 

will seek to boost taxes on the wealthy, initiate a plethora 

of new social programmes that fall well short of what 

Bernie Sanders has advocated and stymie the proposed 

Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord. 

LAHORE: Members of Young Nurses Association chant slogans for acceptance of their 

demands during protest demonstration outside Punjab Assembly building . 

LAHORE, Jun 1: A nurse in 

ongoing protest at Mall Road 

in Lahore fell unconscious 

LARKANA, Jun 1: The meeting 

of Departmental 

Promotion Committee No 1 

was held in Karachi in which 

33 Additional Private 

Secretaries of Sindh 

Secretariat with BS-16 were 

promoted as Private Secretary 

(BS-17) on regular basis. The 

promoted officials belong to 

Health, Finance, Education, 

Law, SPPRA, E&T, 

SGA&CD, Agriculture, 

Antiquities, Anti-Corruption, 

Protocol Cell, Home, NPIW, 

CM House, Cooperation and 

P&D Departments. 

A notification in this regard 

has been issued that include 

the names of Ghulam Rasool, 

Raashid Hussain, Sajid Ali 

Samoo, Zamir Usmani, 

Pervaiz Khokhar, Ashique 

Memon, Gul Muhammad 

Dharejo, Karam Khan 

Leghari, Wajid Ali, 

Hafeezullah Kalhoro, Suhail 

Ansari, Assad Illahi, 

due to scorching hot weather, 

reported on Wednesday. 

Young Nurses have continued 

their protest on third 

day across the Punjab for the 

acceptance of their demands 

Zubairuddin, Nizamuddin 

Solangi, Muhammad Ali 

Lashari, Amanullah, Syed 

Sajid Mahmood, Anwar 

Hussain, Mashooq Lund, 

Mukesh Meghwar, Amjad 

Hussain, Afzal Memon, 

Shafique Ujjan, Faiz Pitafi, 

Hizbullah Mangi, Inayatullah 

Abbasi, Maqsood Baladi, 

Shahid Rabbani, Aijaz Bhatti, 

Ghulam Mustafa Soomro,Asif 

Dahri, Syed Noor Muhammad 

and Ghulam Mustafa Memon. 

amid blistering hot weather. 

According to details, the 

protest was demonstrated on 

the call of Young Nurses 

Association in which, the 

protesters chanted slogans 

against the local government 

for not approving their basic 

demands. 

The nurses urged the government 

to endorse service 

structure and maintain health 

allowance as early as possible. 

They also demanded 

early restoration of suspended 

colleagues. 

The staffers while holding 

placards blocked Mall Road 

in Lahore which badly irked 

residents. 

On the other hand, another 

employee landed in hospital 

as railway workers took to the 

street against the authorities. 

33 Additional Private 

Secretaries promoted to BPS-17 Waheed Phulpoto 

Discharge of industrial wastewater in Phuleli termed 

human health hazard: DG EPA Sindh takes notice 

Technical education 

only way to end 

unemployment: Akram 


HYDERABAD,Jun 1: 

President Hyderabad Small 

Chamber of Trade and 

Industry Muhammad Akram 

Ansari has said only way to 

end unemployment in country 

was to attract youth to get technical 

education. He was 

addressing a seminar in chamber 

here under which training’s 

improved projects for TUET 

support. The project has been 

launched in collaboration with 

EU,Germany, Holland and 

Norway assistance since 2011. 

Under this project reforms 

have been introduced in system 

of technical education and 

professional training. Due to 

which youth would be trained 

according to needs of market. 

On this occasion briefing was 

given on cooperative vocational 

training. 

MA Rehmani 

MIRPURKHAS, Jun 1: Syed 

Mehdi ALI Shah Deputy 

Commissioner Mirpurkhas 

talking to the correspondent 

of Daily Messenger. The 3 - 

days National Mango and 

Summar Fruits Festival 

Mirpurkhas is poised to kick 

off on Thursday, here ; the 

festival has a host of attracting 

features which include a 

traditional exhibition of variety 

of mangos and summer 

fruits for wich the area is 

r e n o w n e d 

Other features of the event 

included, seminar, cycling, 

cricket, cricket for special 

persons, football, kodi, kabdi, 

Abbas Kassar 


Director General Sindh 

Environmental Protection 

Agency Naeem Ahmed 

Mughal held meeting with 

Sindh Industrial Trading 

Estate Association here last 

evening in connection with 

industrial waster affluent in 

Phuleli canal and has take 

notice of its hazards on 

human health. These industrial 

units include Paper Mills, 

Textile Mills,Pharmaceutical, 

Food Industries, Auto Motors 

and Cereal, Flour, Rice and 

Oil Mills. DG EPA said the 

release of untreated water 

waste from industries in 

Phuleli canal was causing significance 

pollution making 

water quality unfit for human 

consumption. It may be mentioned 

here that Old Phuleli 

Canal taking of from Kotri 

family festival family musical 

programme and fireworks. 

Chief Minister Sindh, Syed 

Qaim Ali Shah will be the 

chief guest at the prize distribution 

and concluding ceremony 

while, the festival is to 

be inaugurated by Chief 

Barrage was source of water 

for millions of people of 

Hyderabad, Tando 

Muhammad Khan, Badin, 

Thatta, Sujawal down 

towards Shah Bundder and 

Jati for drinking and domestic 

and agriculture use. 

During the meeting 

Director General EPA Sindh 

has stressed on the installation 

oftreatment plant in various 

factories. 

PPP Kadhan Councillors oppose 

nomination of Jehan Chandio as chairman 

Majeed Mallah 

BADIN, June 1, 2016: 3 elected 

councilors Kadhan of district 

Badin belonging to 

Pakistan Peoples Party have 

raised objections on nomination 

of Jehan Khan Chandio as 

chairman. Abdul Jabbar 

Arfani, Ghulam Hussain 

Jamali and Noor M Mallah 

addressing news conference at 

Badin press club said they 

have reservations on nomination 

of Jehan Khan Chandio 

who has been nominated by 

PPP for chairmanship of 

Kadhan town committee. They 

said Jehan Khan was a turncoat 

who has been changing 

parties.He was last time with 

Arbab Rahim as such they 

would never accept him as 

chairman. It may be mentioned 

that Kadhan town committee 

consists of 4 councillors out of 

whom 3 have objected chairmanship 

for Jehan Khan. They 

said if any Jialo of PPP was not 

made chairman of Kadhan 

they may resign. 

Secretary Sind, Mr. 

Muhmmad Siddique Memon. 

The administration has, 

in collaboration with the 

growers and members of the 

management committee 

finalized adequate measures 

with a view to make it a 

Young milk 

seller killed 

SHIKARPUR, Jun 1: A 

young milk seller was killed 

near Dargah Bhudhal Fakir 

over an old enmity between 

two groups of Shar and 

Kehar tribesmen in the jurisdiction 

of Sultan kot Police 

Station on Wednesday at 

6PM. 

According to SHO Sultan 

Kot Imtiaz Ahmed Chaki, a 

young milk seller identified 

as Abdul Rahim son of 

Hazoor Bakhsh Shar was 

busy to sell the milk when six 

persons riding on three 

motorcycles opened indiscriminate 

firing on him, SHO 

added. 

As a result of firing,Abdul 

Rahim Shar of 35, was killed 

on the spot while assailants 

fled away from place of firing 

after committing crime. Area 

police rushed on the spot and 

dead body of the deceased 

shifted to district headquarters 

hospital for postmortem and 

other formalities from where 

the dead body of the deceased 

milk seller handed over to his 

relatives after conducting 

postmortem examination. 

Two killed, seven 

injured in Indus 

Highway accident 

SEHWAN SHARIF, Jun 1: 

Two people were killed and 

seven others injured in a collision 

between a truck and a 

Mazda in Amri locality near 

Sehwan Sharif on Wednesday. 

A head-on collision 

occurred between a truck and 

a Mazda on Indus Highway 

near Sehwan Sharif. As a 

result, two persons Shakeel 

Bughio and Yousuf died on 

the spot, while seven people 

sustained injuries, who 

include Ameen Bughio, Amir, 

Rizwanullah, and Juma Khan. 

Kashmiris determined to achieve right to 

self-determination: Sardar Yaqoob 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: President Azad Kashmir 

Sardar Yaqoob Khan has called upon India to 

opt for a democratic way in solving the longstanding 

issue of Kashmir. 

He was addressing a seminar highlighting 

the Kashmir issue organized by Mirpur 

University of Science and Technology here on 

Wednesday. 

He said Kashmiris should be given their 

rights. He said that India has crossed all limits 

of barbarism but Kashmiri people are determined 

to achieve their goal of freedom. 

Mango Festival is poised to kick off on 

Thursday: Syed Mehdi Ali Shah 

mega event aimed at providing 

a huge exposure to 

variety of mangoes and 

summar fruits in commercial 

perspective, besides, 

providings recreational and 

entertainment facilities to 

the citizens. 

MIRPURKHAS: Additional Deputy Commissioner, Asghar Joya review arrangements of 

sports competition on the occasion of Mango Festival.


International 

5 

World's longest tunnel opens 

deep beneath Swiss Alps 

BERN, Jun 1: Seventeen 

years after construction crews 

started boring beneath the 

Swiss Alps, the world's 

longest, deepest tunnel officially 

opened Wednesday. 

Fittingly for a project 

billed as Switzerland's "construction 

of the century," the 

Gotthard Base Tunnel was 

inaugurated amid colorful, 

sometimes surreal scenes, 

with visiting dignitaries treated 

to costumed dancers, fireworks 

and a healthy dose of 

yodeling. 

European leaders including 

German Chancellor 

Angela Merkel, French 

President François Hollande 

and Italian Prime Minister 

Matteo Renzi then made the 

trip on the first official journey 

on the line. 

The 57-kilometer long (35- 

mile long) tunnel creates a 

high-speed rail link deep 

beneath the famous mountain 

range, connecting northern 

and southern Europe. 

And with characteristic 

Swiss punctuality, this major 

engineering feat has been 

completed on schedule. 

Reaching a depth of 2,300 

meters (7,545 feet, almost 1.5 

SEOUL, Jun 1: North Korea has backed 

presumptive U.S. Republican nominee 

Donald Trump, with a propaganda website 

praising him as "a prescient presidential 

candidate" who can liberate 

Americans living under daily fear of 

nuclear attack by the North. 

A column carried on Tuesday by 

North Korea says Trump isn't screwy 

at all, a wise choice for president 

Iraq stalls Falluja assault 'to protect civilians' 

FALLUJA, Jun 1: Iraq has 

delayed its assault on the city 

of Falluja because of fears 

for the safety of civilians, 

Prime Minister Haider al- 

Abadi said on Wednesday, as 

his forces halted at the city's 

edge in the face of ferocious 

resistance from Islamic State 

fighters. 

Abadi's decision to halt, 

WARSAW, Jun 1: The 

European Union executive 

arm's critical opinion on the 

rule of law in Poland adopted 

on Wednesday is "one-sided," 

Polish Justice Minister 

Zbigniew Ziobro said. 

Brussels and Warsaw have 

BERN: The first train leaves the north end of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest tunnel 

in the world, near Erstfeld, Switzerland. 

two days after elite Iraqi 

troops poured into the city's 

rural southern outskirts, 

postpones what was expected 

to be one of the biggest 

battles ever fought against 

Islamic State. 

The government, backed 

by world powers including 

the United States and Iran, 

has vowed to win back the 

first major Iraqi city that fell 

to the group in 2014. 

"It would have been possible 

to end the battle quickly 

if protecting civilians wasn't 

among our priorities," 

Abadi told military commanders 

at the operations 

room near the frontline in 

footage broadcast on state 

television. 

Polish justice minister says EU 

rule of law opinion 'one-sided' 

held a series of high-level 

talks in recent days aimed at 

soothing a dispute over the 

Polish government's attempted 

top court reform, but failed 

to resolve the row. 

"I am surprised and saddened 

by the statement of the 

European Commission, 

which have had an intensive 

talks with the Polish government," 

Ziobro said. "The 

European Commission have 

had a chance to see that the 

government was looking for a 

compromise." 

DPRK Today, one of the reclusive and 

dynastic state's mouthpieces, described 

Trump as a "wise politician" and the 

right choice for U.S. voters in the Nov. 8 

U.S. presidential election. 

It described his most likely 

Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, 

as "thick-headed Hillary" over her proposal 

to apply the Iran model of wide 

sanctions to resolve the nuclear weapons 

issue on the Korean peninsula. 

Trump instead has told Reuters he 

was prepared to talk to North Korean 

leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop 

Pyongyang's nuclear program, and that 

China should also help solve the problem. 

North Korea, known officially as 

the Democratic People's Republic of 

Korea (DPRK), is under U.N. sanctions 

over its past nuclear tests. 

NATO likely to designate 

cyber as operational domain 

of war: German official 

BERLIN, Jun 1: NATO 

members will likely agree 

during a summit meeting in 

Warsaw next month to designate 

cyber as an official operational 

domain of warfare, 

along with air, sea, land and 

space, a senior German 

defense ministry official said 

Wednesday. 

Major General Ludwig 

Leinhos, who heads the 

German military's effort to 

build up a separate cyber 

command, told a conference 

at the Berlin air show that he 

expected all 28 NATO members 

to agree to the change 

during the coming Warsaw 

summit. 

Leinhos, who previously 

held a senior job at NATO 

headquarters, said he also 

expected NATO members to 

agree to intensify their efforts 

in the cyber security arena. 

The United States 

announced in 2011 that it 

viewed cyberspace as an 

operational domain of war, 

and said it would respond to 

hostile attacks in cyberspace 

as it would to any other 

threat. 

Evert Dudok, a senior 

official with Europe's 

largest aerospace company 

Airbus Group SE, called for 

adoption of Europe-wide or 

global standards in the 

cyber arena. 

miles) the tunnel will slice an 

hour off the travel time 

between Zurich, Switzerland, 

and Milan, Italy. 

Trains will travel the tunnel, 

which runs between the 

towns of Erstfeld in the north 

and Bodio in the south, in 

only 20 minutes, reaching 

speeds of up to 250 kilometers 

an hour (155 mph), according 

to the Swiss Travel System. 

Beyond the anticipated 

benefits for travel and trade, 

the project will provide a 

direct and economic route for 

freight transport. 

AlpTransit Gotthard, the 

company behind the construction 

of the tunnel, says the 

project will boost the efficiency 

and reliability of rail 

freight, making it more competitive. 

Gotthard overtakes 

the 53.9-kilometer Seikan 

Tunnel in northern Japan as 

the longest rail tunnel in the 

world, relegating the 50.5- 

kilometer Channel Tunnel 

between Britain and France 

into third place. 

French vessel detects 

signals likely from 

EgyptAir jet black box 

CAIRO, Jun 1: A French naval 

search vessel has picked up signals 

believed to originate from 

one of the black boxes of 

EgyptAir flight MS804 which 

crashed into the Mediterranean 

last month, the Egyptian investigation 

committee said on 

Wednesday. 

It said in a statement the 

search for the black boxes was 

intensifying ahead of the 

expected arrival within a week 

of another vessel, the John 

Lethbridge, from Mauritiusbased 

company Deep Ocean 

Search to help retrieve the 

devices. "Search equipment 

aboard French naval vessel 

Laplace... has detected signals 

from the seabed of the search 

area, which likely belong to one 

of the data boxes," the committee 

said. Investigators are 

searching in some of the deepest 

waters of the Mediterranean 

for flight recorders from the 

Airbus A320 which crashed on 

May 19, killing 66 people. The 

jet's flight recorders or "black 

boxes" are designed to emit 

acoustic signals for 30 days 

after a crash, giving search 

teams fewer than three weeks to 

spot them in waters up to 9,840- 

feet (3,000-meters) deep, which 

is on the edge of their range. 

AMMAN, Jun 1: Jordanian 

King Abdullah swore in a 

new government led by a 

business-friendly politician 

on Wednesday, charging him 

with preparing for parliamentary 

elections by 

September and pushing legislation 

to spur sluggish 

growth. 

Hani Mulki, 64, who has 

held a string of senior diplomatic 

and ministerial posts, 

is a former chief commissioner 

of Jordan's economic 

zone in the Red Sea port city 

of Aqaba. He was appointed 

by the king on Sunday to 

replace Abdullah Ensour 

shortly after the monarch 

dissolved parliament as it 

neared the end of its fouryear 

term. Elections must be 

held within four months 

under the constitution. 

Popular Bollywood actor and comedian 

Razzak Khan passes away 

MUMBAI, Jun 1: Actor 

Razzak Khan, who is popularly 

known for his role of 

Manikchand in Shah Rukh 

Khan starrer Baadshah, 

passed away on Wednesday. 

He suffered a massive 

heart attack at 12:30 am. He 

was rushed to Holy Family 

hospital in Bandra, where 

doctors declared him dead 

on arrival. 

His son Azad Khan, who 

works in Croatia, is awaited. 

The list of his popular 

films include Hello Brother, 

Joru Ka Ghulam and Kyaa 

Kool Hain Hum and many 

more. 

The comic actor made his 

debut in Bollywood with 

Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka 

Raja in1993 and was seen in 

more that 90 movies in his 

entire career span. He had 

also appeared on Kapil 

Sharma’s show ‘Comedy 

Nights with Kapil’ in 2014. 

Japan PM delays sales tax hike, 

puts fiscal reform on back burner 

TOKYO, Jun 1: Japanese 

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 

announced on Wednesday his 

widely expected decision to 

delay a scheduled sales tax 

increase by two-and-a-half 

years, putting his plans for fiscal 

reforms on the back burner 

due to growing signs of weakness 

in the economy. 

While the decision may 

helpAbe win votes at an upper 

house election on July 10, it 

BEIRUT, Jun 1: U.S.- 

backed Syrian fighters 

including Kurds advanced 

against Islamic State in the 

last tract of territory the 

group holds near the Turkish 

border on Wednesday, a 

monitoring group said, 

opening a major new front 

with U.S.-led air support. 

U.S. officials separately 

told Reuters that thousands 

of fighters, supported by a 

small number of U.S. special 

forces, were launching an 

offensive to capture the crucial 

swathe of northern Syria 

that militants have long used 

could fan doubts about his 

plans to curb Japan's huge 

public debt and fund ballooning 

social welfare costs of a 

fast-ageing population. 

Mindful of opposition criticism 

that the delay is a sign 

his "Abenomics" stimulus 

policies have failed to spur 

growth, Abe justified the decision, 

saying it was needed to 

forestall risks posed by external 

factors - notably slowing 

as a logistics base. The operation 

could take weeks. 

The Syrian Observatory 

for Human Rights said the 

Kurdish YPG militia made 

up the majority of the fighters 

taking part in the assault 

by the Syria Democratic 

Forces (SDF) alliance, with 

the initial target of capturing 

the town of Manbij, contradicting 

U.S. officials who 

said the bulk were Arabs. 

This is seen as important 

to NATO member Turkey, 

which has opposed any further 

expansion of Syrian 

Kurdish sway at the frontier. 

Chinese growth. "Abenomics 

has been steadily producing 

results, but the global economic 

environment has changed 

unexpectedly quickly in the 

past year. The biggest risk is 

the slowdown in emerging 

economies," Abe told a news 

conference. "Faced with global 

risks, we must fully reignite 

the engine of Abenomics and 

speed up efforts to escape 

deflation," he said. 

US-backed Syrian fighters gain 

ground against IS 

Official sources said the 

government is expected to 

maintain traditional support 

for U.S. policies in the 

region and continue with 

International Monetary 

Fund-guided reforms. 

Long-serving Foreign 

Minister Nasser Joudeh and 

Finance Minister Omar 

Malhas, who is negotiating a 

new program with the IMF, 

The Syrian Kurdish YPG 

militia already controls an 

uninterrupted 400 km (250 

mile) stretch of the border. 

A U.S. official said 

Turkey supported the offensive. 

SDF and YPG officials 

could not immediately be 

reached for comment. 

The Observatory said 

U.S.-led air strikes in support 

of the ground operation 

killed 15 civilians including 

three children near Manbij 

in the last 24 hours. The 

Observatory's reporting is 

based on an activist network 

in Syria. 

Jordan king swears in new 

government to prepare for elections 

kept their posts in a 28-member 

cabinet dominated by a 

mix of technocrats and conservative 

politicians who 

held sway in previous governments. 

Forty dead tiger cubs found in freezer at Thai temple 

BANGKOK, Jun 1: Wildlife 

authorities have found 40 tiger 

cub carcasses in a freezer in 

Thailand’s infamous Tiger 

Temple during a raid to 

remove live animals. 

The Buddhist temple in 

Kanchanaburi province, west 

of Bangkok, had become a 

tourist destination where visitors 

snapped selfies with bottle-fed 

cubs. The temple promotes 

itself as a wildlife sanctuary, 

but in recent years it has 

been investigated for suspected 

links to wildlife trafficking 

and animal abuse. 

A raid that began on 

Monday is the latest move in a 

tug-of-war since 2001 to bring 

the tigers under state control. 

The 40 dead tiger cubs 

were found in a freezer in a 

kitchen area, said Adisorn 

Nuchdamrong, the deputy 

director general of the 

Department of National Parks. 

“Foreign volunteers at the 

temple today told us about it 

and showed us the freezer. 

Perhaps they felt what the 

temple is doing isn’t right,” 

Adisorn said. “They must be 

of some value for the temple 

to keep them. But for what is 

beyond me.” 

Officials wearing protective 

masks displayed the bodies 

of the cubs to media at the 

temple. Also on display was 

the body of a binturong, a protected 

species commonly 

known as a bearcat, which the 

authorities found with the cub 

carcasses. 

The temple said in a comment 

on its Facebook page 

that wildlife authorities had 

already been aware that the 

carcasses were in the freezer. 

The carcasses of cubs that had 

died had been kept, rather than 

cremated, since 2010 on the 

instructions of a former vet, it 

said. 

Adisorn told Reuters the 

department had not previously 

known about the cubs. “The 

temple has notified us when 

grown tigers die, but never the 

cubs,” he said. 

Officials have moved 61 

live tigers from the temple 

since Monday, Adisorn said, 

leaving 76 still there. 

Thailand has long been a 

hub for the illicit trafficking 

of wildlife and forest products, 

including ivory. Exotic 

birds, mammals and reptiles, 

some of them endangered 

species, can often be found 

on sale in markets. Tiger 

parts are used in traditional 

Chinese medicine.

6 


Biz 

Iran says markets have 

absorbed its rising oil exports 

Corporate Corner 

TEHRAN, Jun 1: World oil 

markets have seen no negative 

impact from a doubling 

of Iranian exports following 

the lifting of international 

sanctions, the country's oil 

minister said Wednesday. 

The market is returning to 

a "balanced state", Bijan 

Zanganeh said Wednesday 

before leaving for an OPEC 

oil cartel meeting in Vienna. 

"A doubling of exports of 

Iranian oil has had no negative 

impact on the market 

and has been absorbed well," 

Zanganeh told his ministry's 

SHANA news service. 

Tehran, which has the 

world's fourth-largest 

proven crude oil reserves, 

has been ramping up oil 

exports since international 

MOSCOW, Jun 1: The delegation 

visiting Russia led by 

CE TDAP S.M. Muneer 

today had meetings with Mr. 

I. Mikhametdonov, Vice 

Prime Minister of Republic of 

Bashkortostan along with 

Director International 

Development Corporation of 

Republic of Bashkortostan in 

the office of International 

Development Corporation. 

The Director, International 

sanctions were lifted in 

January following a deal 

with world powers on its 

nuclear programme. 

Iranian oil production has 

reached nearly four million 

Development Corporation 

informed the delegates about 

importance of Bashkortostan 

stating that the region is very 

rich in oil and gas sector. The 

state is interested in importing 

textile products, leather, 

footwear and fruits and vegetable. 

In addition to this the 

state is also interested to 

import Halal food specially 

meat from Pakistan. The 

Bashkortostan state is good in 

producing fine quality of 

honey and petrochemicals. 

The Chief Executive TDAP 

informed the role of TDAP in 

enhancing the trade and 

developing business relationships 

among importers and 

exporters. CE, TDAP also 

shared that TDAP will be 

bringing a trade caravan to 

Russia following the success 

of this caravan in central 

Asia. The Russia is our focal 

market as declared by the 

Prime Minister of Pakistan 

after his meeting with Mr. 

barrels per day, around the 

same level as before sanctions 

were imposed. 

Iran stayed away from a 

meeting in Doha on April 4 

between OPEC and non- 

OPEC members including 

Russia that failed to agree on 

a coordinated output freeze 

that had been proposed to 

boost prices. 

Cartel kingpin Saudi 

SBP asks banks to facilitate senior citizens 

KARACHI, Jun 1: State 

Bank of Pakistan has 

advised all banks, including 

microfinance banks, to facilitate 

opening of bank 

accounts and provide banking 

facilities including ATM 

card, credit card, etc. to the 

senior citizens and pensioners 

without any discrimination 

vide its circular issued 

on June 1, 2016. 

It has been emphasized 

that senior citizens are an 

important and priority segment 

of our society who 

deserve special and dignified 

conduct. Banks including 

microfinance banks have 

been advised to ensure high 

level conduct by their 

employees while dealing 

with the senior citizens/pensioners 

and any violation of 

SBP instructions would be 

dealt with in accordance 

with the relevant provisions 

of Banking Companies 

Ordinance, 1962. 

German Pakistan Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry inaugurated 

KARACHI, Jun 1: German 

Pakistan Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry 

inaugurated in Karachi, 

Pakistan 

A high-ranking delegation 

from Germany inaugurated 

the newly created German 


Commerce and Industry 

(GPCCI) at local Hotel, 

Karachi German Ambassador 

Ina Lepel, Dr. Stephan 

Oswald, Division Head of the 

German Ministry for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development (BMZ), Rainer 

Schmiedchen, Consul 

General of the Federal 

Republic of Germany in 

Karachi and prominent business 

leaders were present. 

The guests enjoyed the Sindhi 

music played on the traditional 

instruments aloghoza, sitar 

and chung as well as 

Pakistan’s first and only sand 

artist Ameer Mukhtar’s show. 

“This is an important step 

to further deepen our bilateral 

business ties,” ambassador 

Lepel stated. “The German- 



(GPCCI) will provide a new 

and permanent home for all 

German companies in 

Pakistan, Pakistani companies 

working with German 

products and Pakistani companies 

trading with 

Germany.” 

KARACHI: German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & amp, Industry launching ceremony 

held at a local hotel. Picture shows from L to R, Kalim Farooqui, Waseem Mirza, Ashraf 

Bawani, Ms. Ines Chabbi, Nadeem Kazmi, H.E. Mr. Rainer Schmiedchen, Dr. Stephan 

Oswald, Pervaiz Akhtar, H.E. Ms. Ina Lepel, Qazi Sajid Ali, Sohail Yasin Suleman, Qaseem 

Jaffri, Wajid H. Junejo, and Nafees Siddiqi, with others 

Pre-Ramadan price hike linked to 

poor governance: FPCCI 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: The 

United Business Group 

(UBG) of FPCCI on 

Wednesday asked the government 

to take note of the 

pre-Ramadan price hike 

across the country and take 

action against profiteers 

and hoarders. 

The prices of almost all 

the commodities of daily 

use have been increased 

raising questions about the 

system of governance, said 

Zubair Tufail, Secretary 

General UBG in a statement 

issued here. 

He said prices of items of 

daily use continue to rise 

indicating that district 

administration in many 

cities seems to be least concerned 

about the plight of 

masses. 

It may be mentioned here 

that SBP has been receiving 

complaints that some banks 

were reluctant in opening 

bank accounts and providing 

banking facilities including 

ATM card, credit card, etc. 

to the senior citizens/pensioners 

on one pretext or 

another. Such discriminatory 

practices have been viewed 

seriously by State Bank of 

Pakistan. 

Pakistan Stock 

rebounds with massive 

435points gain 

KARACHI, Jun 1: After 

observing two consecutive 

bearish days, the Pakistan 

Stock Exchange 

Wednesday witnessed bullish 

note and gained huge 

434.60 points to take the 

tally to 36496.16 points 

level at closing. 

The stocks recorded the 

highest trading level of 

36518.73 points and lowest 

level of 36044.60 points, 

with the volume of over 

206 million shares, having 

Rs 8.11 billion value. As 

many as 349 companies 

were active; of which 240 

advanced, 88 declined and 

21 remained unchanged. 

Arabia refused to cap its 

own output unless its regional 

rival Iran did the same. 

A global supply glut saw 

oil prices collapse from 

above $100 a barrel in 2014 

to around $25 in January. 

Prices have since recovered 

to around $50 a barrel, 

easing pressure on the 

Organization of the 

Petroleum Exporting 

Countries as its members 

prepare to meet in Vienna on 

Thursday. 

OPEC, which pumps 

around a third of the world's 

oil, has historically responded 

to a fall in prices by cutting 

production, but this time 

it has maintained output as it 

seeks to fend off competition 

from US shale producers. 

KCCI makes special 

arrangements for listening 

to Federal Budget speech 

KARACHI, Jun 1: The 

Karachi Chamber of 


(KCCI) has planned to 

make special arrangements 

at KCCI’s Majeed Bawany 

on Friday, June 3, 2016 for 

listening to and witnessing 

the federal budget speech 

by Muhammad Ishaq Dar 

Federal Minister for 

Finance, Revenue, 

Economic Affairs, Statistics 

& Privatization. 

Chairman Businessmen 

Group and Former 

President KCCI Siraj 

Kassam Teli, Vice 

Chairman BMG and Former 

Presidents KCCI Tahir 

Khaliq, Zubair Motiwala, 

Haroon Farooki and Anjum 

Nisar, President KCCI 

Younus Muhammad Bashir, 

Senior Vice President KCCI 

Zia Ahmed Khan, Vice 

President 

KCCI 

Muhammad Naeem Sharif, 

Former Presidents, 

Managing Committee members, 

leading industrialists 

and representatives of small 

traders will also be available 

at the auditorium to 

give their reaction after listening 

to the speech of 

Finance Minister. 

KARACHI, Jun 1: Sindh Government 

is playing an active role to boost trade 

activities in Sindh and I assured you 

that we will not let any hurdle in solving 

problems of trade, industry and 

environment and safeguarding the 

interests of the private sector. We support 

The Consumers Eye Pakistan for 

successfully organizing consecutive 

6th Consumer Products & Services 

Quality conference-2016 in Pakistan. 

This was stated by Sindh Food minister 

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah. He was 

the Chief Guest in 6th Consumer 

Product and Services quality conference 

CPSQC 2016, with the theme of 

“All Pakistanis have the right to safe 

high quality Products & Services” 

organized by TCEP with the support of 

Consumer Pakistan. Sindh Food minister 

congratulate TCEP Chairman 

Umar Ghauri for consecutive convening 

6TH Quality Conferences in a row. 

He said that our government is committed 

all kind of positive quality related 

activities. He said that I am confident 

that our businessmen will venture 

hard to adhere to highest standards of 

quality control not only for consumer 

satisfaction but to boost our exports 

hence strengthen Economy. He 

praised, consumers Eye Pakistan- 

TCEP for their efforts to promote 

Quality standard Culture in Pakistan. 

He also acknowledged TCEP 

Chairman Umar Ghauri for his extra 

ordinary efforts for Quality Standards 

culture and the protection of consumer’s 

rights and his campaign 

against Counterfeit products in 

Pakistan. Umar Ghauri, Chairman 

Consumers Eye Pakistan (TCEP) in 

his key note speech said that TCEP has 

been organizing quality conference 

KARACHI: Ms. Rabiya Javeri Agha, Secretary TDAP presenting shield to Mr. Muhammad 

Jan.Director Staff, NIM, alongwith participants for 19th Senior Management Course during 

their visit to TDAP . 

Bank Alfalah teams up with Australian Institute of 

Management (AIM) for professional development training 

KARACHI, Jun 1: In line with its commitment to excellence, Bank Alfalah has entered 

into a partnership with Australian Institute of Management (AIM). The MoU was signed 

by Mr. AtifBajwa, CEO, Bank Alfalahand Mr. Peter Mobbs, CEO, AIM at the Bank 

AlfalahLearning Center, Karachi. 

Under the historic agreement, AIM will facilitate and expedite learning and professional 

development of Bank Alfalah employees through specialized Diploma programme 

in Leadership and Management. The institute will also help Bank Alfalahin developing 

and executing training programmes, as well as enhancing visibility of Bank Alfalahat 

leading platforms at regional and global level. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. AtifBajwa, CEO & President at Bank Alfalah, 

remarked, “At Bank Alfalah, we are committed towards human capital excellence. AIM 

is the top institution in Asia-Pacific and their collaboration with Bank Alfalah will be 

mutually beneficial. We would like to benefit from the strong e-learning culture and 

Learning Management System of AIM and further expand in terms of strategic benefits 

of mutually held seminars, talks and burning issues in the World of Finance, which is part 

of our Vision.” 

Mr. Peter Mobbs, CEO at AIM, stated, “Our mission for Bank Alfalah is to align with 

its Learning Competency Framework to support leadership development process, streamline 

the learning opportunities and provide a range of customized and contextualized programs 

across Bank Alfalah. AIM will support Bank Alfalah’s employees to gain globally 

recognized professional qualifications.” 

Mr. Mobbs presented a detailed overview of his Institute, its philosophy, industry 

experience and key trends in the Australian and Asia-Pacific region. He also lauded Bank 

Alfalah management for its strong focus on human capital development. 

NFEH & SSGC to celebrate WED on June 3rd 

KARACHI, Jun 1: National forum for environment and health in collaboration with Sui 

southern gas company limited is going to organize celebrations of World Environment 

Day 2016 on June 3rd, 2016 at SSGC Head Office, Karachi. 

The objective of the event to raise environmental issues of the city and to spread 

awareness, knowledge and education about the environment to the citizens. 

Students of Civil Aviation School and Bohra Community School will present 

Tableaus, Songs, and Speeches regarding environment on the occasion. Also, people 

from corporate sector participating on the occasion. 

Managing Director SSGC Khalid Rehman will be the Chief Guest on the occasion. 

Naeem Ahmed Mughal-Director Environment Protection Agency, Rehmat Ullah Shaikh- 

DMC East, M. Naeem Qureshi-President NFEH, Shahbaz Islam-Acting GM SSGC, Yogi 

Wajahat-TV Anchor, and others will address on the occasion. 

Sindh Food Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah Hails 

6th Consumer Products & Services Quality conference 

is well focused on betterment of our economy 

TDAP delegation holds key meeting with Russian authorities 

Vladimir Putin, President of 

Russia. TDAP is following 

the vision of Prime Minister 

of Pakistan for product and 

market diversification. We 

are planning to introduce 

Pakistani mangoes in Russia. 

TDAP is looking forward 

for two way business relations 

and we are expecting 

one high profile delegation 

from Russia especially from 

Bashkortostan and Kazan. 

In the said meeting Mr. 

Ata Munim Shahid, Deputy 

Head of Pakistan mission in 

Russia, Mr Waheed Ahmed, 

Chairman Fruits and 

Vegetables Association and 

Mr. Farooq Afzal Chairman 

FPCCI Committee on Russia 

KARACHI: Sindh Food minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah is receiving Shield 

from Khalid Tawab Senior Vice President FPCCI and Umar Ghauri 

Chairman The Consumers Eye Pakistan-TCEP in 6th Consumer Products & 

Services Quality conference-2016, with Him Member BOO PSQCA, Hamid 

Maker Founder Helpline and M. Fayyaz Ahmad Controller Patents IPO 

Pakistan in a local Hotel Karachi. 

CPSQC” from last five years to make 

Pakistan a Consumer’s heaven and to 

strengthen the country on the basis of 

and Mr. Muhammad Irfan, 

Director Europe, TDAP were 

also present. Mr. Waheed 

informed that Pakistan has 

exported 3500 containers of 

Mandarins and oranges. 

Pakistan is one of the leading 

exporters of potatoes to 

Russia as well. Mr. I. 

Mikhametdonov, Vice Prime 

Minister of Republic of 

Bashkortostan assured all 

kind of assistance to Pakistani 

businessmen. 

Earlier this day the delegation 

visited Zatonsky market 

which is a big wholesale 

warehouse and fruit market in 

village Mokeosov. The delegation 

found huge potential 

for dry dates and fresh fruits 

Quality, Productivity and 

Competitiveness for a better future of 

the coming generations. 

and vegetables and expecting 

a good breakthrough in this 

sector. However the 

Governments of both countries 

need to work out on duty 

structures and other non tariff 

barriers to enhance trade relations. 

CE, TDAP asked the Vice 

Prime Prime Minister to 

request his government to 

provide assistance in the trade 

related issues and highlight 

problems being faced by our 

business community. 

Possibilities of joint venture 

were also discussed which 

can be explored and materialized. 

TDAP can play a role of 

bridge between Russian and 

Pakistani business men.

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ICC Champions Trophy: Pakistan to 

face rivals India on June 4 next year 

ISLAMABAD, 

LONDON, Jun 1: Pakistan 

will take on defending champions 

India on June 4 in the 

2017 International Cricket 

Council (ICC) Champions 

Trophy at Edgbaston. 

The schedule for the 2017 

50-over tournament in 

England and Wales was confirmed 

on Wednesday - exactly 

a year before the opening 

game - with the two Asian 

rivals clashing in a Group B 

clash at Edgbaston in 

Birmingham on June 3. 

Hosts England also staged 

the last edition of the tournament 

in 2013, when they lost 

the final to the Indians. 

They will begin by entertaining 

Bangladesh at The 

Oval in London in Group A, 

in the first game of the competition 

on June 1. 

Bangladesh are returning to 

the tournament for the first 

time since 2006, with Group 

A also featuring regional 

rivals Australia and New 

Zealand. The Aussies and 

Kiwis will begin with a repeat 

of the 2015 World Cup final 

at Edgbaston on June 2. 

Sri Lanka and South 

Africa are the other sides in 

Group B - with the two countries 

meeting in their opening 

game at The Oval on June 3. 

Sophia Gardens in Welsh 

capital Cardiff will be the 

third ground to host matches, 

starting with England's second 

game against New 

Zealand on June 6. 

The top eight teams in the 

ICC One Day International 

(ODI) rankings on September 

30, 2015, automatically qualified 

for the event. 

That means the West 

Indies, who won the ICC 

World Twenty20 in April, 

will be major absentees as the 

Caribbean collective were 

ranked ninth at the time. The 

top two from each group will 

advance to the semi-finals 

with the final scheduled for 

The Oval on June 18. 

The ICC has also added 

the reserve day for June 19 - 

something that was lacking in 

2013 when India won a farcical 

rain affected final which 

was reduced to just 20 overs. 

With 15 matches played 

over 18 days, the Champions 

Trophy is designed as a 

quickfire international tournament, 

in contrast to the 

World Cup which can last for 

well over a month. 

ICC chief executive David 

Richardson said: “The ICC 

Champions Trophy is a short 

and sharp event, which is followed 

and enjoyed by the 

spectators and players alike. 

“The ICC Champions 

Trophy 2017 is not just an 

ODI competition, it carries a 

great deal of value since it is 

being played just three 

months before the ICC 

Cricket World Cup 2019 

qualification cut-off date. 

"As such, every point 

earned here could be crucial. 

“The announcement of the 

ICC Champions Trophy 

schedule 12 months before 

the start of the event will provide 

sufficient time to all 

eight sides to plan for the 

tournament and arrive in 

England and Wales fully prepared 

and geared up so that 

they can collect enough 

points to directly qualify for 

the 2019 extravaganza. 

“The ICC Champions 

Trophy will also be the first of 

three global tournaments the 

England and Wales Cricket 

Board will be hosting over 

the next three years. 

"Immediately after the 

ICC Champions Trophy, the 

ICC Women’s World Cup 

will be staged while the ICC 

Cricket World Cup 2019, the 

pinnacle of the 50-over format, 

will be held in 2019. 

“These three competitions 

will provide the culturally 

diverse society of the United 

Kingdom as well as travelling 

fans from across the globe an 

opportunity to watch live 

action and follow their 

favourite players and sides.” 

Amir backed to handle spotlight on 

Lord's return after spot-fixing charge 

Jun 1: 

Mohammad Amir can handle 

the strain of playing 

international cricket in 

England for the first time 

since he was charged with 

spot-fixing, insists Pakistan 

team-mate Azhar Ali. 

Amir is likely to be one of 

Pakistan’s key bowlers in 

their four-match series, starting 

in July. In 2010, Amir was 

found to have bowled no-balls 

deliberately in the Lord’s Test. 

Amir was given a six-month 

prison sentence, of which he 

served half in a young offenders’ 

institute, on charges of 

conspiracy to accept corrupt 

payments and conspiracy to 

cheat at gambling. 

The First Investec Test 

against Pakistan this summer 

will also be at Lord’s 

and Amir faces huge scrutiny 

if he plays. But Pakistan 

one-day captain Azhar said: 

“It has been a while now 

since he has been with us. It 

could have been tough, had 

he come in straight on such a 

tour, but now, after playing 

with us for a long time, 

things have settled. He isn’t 

under pressure because he 

has already made his comeback 

a few months ago and 

the toughest phase is over 

for him. 

“I know England was the 

place where the incident 

happened but hopefully he 

can handle the pressure like 

he did on his comeback. But 

still if anything happens, we, 

as a team, will handle it.” 

Amir, and the other spotfixers, 

Salman Butt and 

Mohammad Asif, were 

cleared to return in 

September. –Online 

Amir Khan brings International Boxing to 

Pakistan under the Amir Khan Trust Umbrella 

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Punjab Blues set final clash against KP Colours 

in National U-18 Hockey championship 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI, Jun 1: Punjab 

Blues set final clash against 

KP Colours after defeating 

their opponents in the 1st 

National U-18 Hockey 

Championship semifinals 

played here at the Naseer 

Bunda International Hockey 

Stadium. 

It was a truly remarkable 

first semifinal between both 

Punjab teams on offer. 

The pack-to-capacity 

crowd was entertained with 

top class hockey. 

Punjab Blues were hot 

favourites to win the semifinal 

against Punjab Colours, 

which displayed remarkable 

performance, especially Ali 

Aziz exhibited excellent 

stick work and scored a 

brace for the losers but his 

heroics couldn’t save his 

team’s blushes. 

Olympians Shahnaz 

Sheikh, Naveed Alam, 

Kamran Ashraf, Rasheed 

Junior, M Irfan, tournament 

director Col (R) Ahmed 

Nawaz Malik, secretary 

PARIS, Jun 1: Finally back 

on court after two days of 

rain, Venus Williams warmed 

up for her fourth-round 

French Open match 

Wednesday in a zipped-up 

gray coat, something that 

seemed more appropriate for 

winter wear. 

Once play began, the No. 

9-seeded Williams never really 

gave herself a chance to 

join her sister in the quarterfinals, 

coming up short in a bid 

to get back to that stage at 

Roland Garros for the first 

time in a decade. Williams 

dropped eight games in a row 

during one early stretch and 

lost 6-2, 6-4 to No. 8 Timea 

Bacsinszky of Switzerland. 

"The most disappointing 

part is just not playing well," 

Ramzan Jamali, Punjab 

Hockey Association (PHA) 

secretary Col Asif Khokhar 

along with others were also 

present during both the 

semifinals. 

Punjab Colours started 

the semifinal campaign brilliantly 

and took a commanding 

2-0 lead. 

Ali Aziz scored his first 

goal in the 22nd minute 

while he stepped up again to 

score his second goal in the 

32nd minute to provide 

Punjab Colours 2-0 lead. 

But their joy shortlived as 

Punjab Blues bounced back 

in style and scored a smashing 

goal through Wasim 

Akram in the 35th minute to 

reduce the margin to 2-1 and 

then Ali scored in the 43rd 

minute to square the things. 

Both the teams created a 

number of golden chances, 

but to no avail and just when 

it seemed the match fate 

would be decided on plenty 

shootouts, Punjab Colours 

hearts were broken as Blues 

staged remarkable comeback 

through Ilyas who 

scored a killer blow in the 

Williams said. 

"She played a smart 

match," the seven-time major 

champion added. "That definitely 

added to my troubles." 

57th minute to land him 

team home safely with 3-2 

unbeatable lead. 

In the second semifinal, 

KP Colours managed to prevail 

on spirited Punjab 

Whites 5-1 on plenty 

shootouts. 

KP Colours must consider 

themselves lucky to enter 

the final, as despite missing 

at least half a dozen simple 

goal-scoring chances in the 

match, they managed to beat 

Punjab Whites. 

It was purely world-class 

goalkeeping by the Punjab 

Whites’ goalie, who saved at 

least 8 to 10 goals, which 

made the difference. 

Punjab Whites took the 

lead in the second minute of 

the first quarter through 

Waqas Ali, who scored a 

stunner. 

After that, KP completely 

dominated proceedings and 

created a lot of chances, but 

their strikers failed to take 

advantage. 

It was the brilliance of 

Zakir, who scored a breathtaking 

reverse hockey goal 

to beat Punjab goalie, who 

Serena Williams returns to 

action, wins at French Open 

The American actually 

started well enough, taking a 

2-0 lead, before Bacsinszky 

began to add more variety to 

her strokes and took complete 

control. Williams slipped to 

her knees at the baseline on 

one point, and was generally 

out of sorts, managing to produce 

a total of only six winners, 

while committing 24 

unforced errors. "The first 

few games she made some 

errors," Williams said, "and 

in the last 12 games, I made 

all the errors." 

She was the runner-up to 

younger sibling Serena at 

Roland Garros in 2002, but 

her most recent trip to the 

quarterfinals in Paris came all 

the way back in 2006. 

Venus turns 36 this month 

and was the oldest woman in 

the field. 

"She's definitely an inspiration," 

said Bacsinszky, who 

lost to Serena in last year's 

French Open semifinals, 

"because if you see how long 

she is lasting as a tennis player, 

it's something unbelievable." 

Wasting no time at all, 

defending champion Serena 

moved closer to her recordequaling 

22nd Grand Slam 

title with a 6-1, 6-1 victory 

over 18th-seeded Elina 

Svitolina of Ukraine in only 

62 minutes. 

was outstanding in the 

match. 

KP were playing entire 

four quarters in the Punjab’s 

half and despite having a 

series of chances, which 

came their way thick and 

fast, they failed to capitalize. 

Punjab Whites were 

favourite to win the plenty 

shootout, as they had truly 

outstanding goalkeeper, but 

it was Punjab plenty 

shootout takers, who let 

themselves and goalie down, 

as they failed to convert 

even a single plenty. 

After missing the first 

plenty shootout, KP players 

managed to score on all the 

remaining four plenty 

shootouts. 

One thing is quite certain 

that kids had the talent, but 

coaching staff and the managers 

didn’t have any 

knowledge of utilising the 

substitutes, as both managers 

failed to make even a 

single substitute in all the 

four quarters. 

The third position match 

between Punjab Whites and 

Punjab Colours. 

Dilshan to miss 

England tour due to 

personal reasons 

LORD'S, Jun 1: Tillakaratne 

Dilshan has informed Sri 

Lanka Cricket that he will be 

unavailable for the limitedovers 

series in England and 

Ireland, owing to personal 

issues. The limited-overs 

squads for England have not 

yet been named, but Sri 

Lanka are scheduled to play 

five ODIs and a T20 international 

in the country, as well 

as two ODIs in Dublin soon 

after the third Test. 

The news is a significant 

blow to the team, as Dilshan 

has been Sri Lanka's mostconsistent 

limited-overs 

batsman over the past two 

years. In 2015 Dilshan hit 

1207 ODI runs at an average 

of 52.47. That aggregate put 

him on third on the year's 

run-scorers' list. 

His withdrawal also 

extends the instability Sri 

Lanka have experienced at 

the top of their limited-overs 

batting order. Kusal Perera is 

expected to open the batting 

in the shorter formats after 

being cleared of doping 

charges, but Sri Lanka will 

now have to find a partner 

for him for the series. 

Dilshan, now 39, had 

suggested he was not thinking 

of limited-overs retirement 

during the recent 

World T20. He retired from 

Tests in late 2013. 

Asian CT hockey 

to return after 

two years 

KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 1: 

The men's Asian Champions 

Trophy will make its return 

to the international calender 

after two years and the fourth 

edition of the tournament 

will be held in Kuantan, 

Malaysia from October 20 to 

30, the Asian Hockey 

Federation (AHF) announced 

on Wednesday. 

Pakistan has been the 

most successful team in the 

Asian Champions Trophy 

having won the gold medal 

twice. 

Introduced in 2011, the 


was last held in 2013. To be 

held after the Rio Olympics, 

the tournament will witness 

the participation of top Asian 

hockey playing nations in 

India, Korea, Japan, China, 

hosts Malaysian and title 

holders and winners of the 

last two editions Pakistan. 

"In a ceremony held 

today, the Asian Hockey 

Federation (AHF) president 

HRH Prince Abdullah 

Ahmad Shah and Malaysian 

Hockey Confederation president 

Dato' Sri Subahan 

Kamal formally signed the 

hosting agreement that confirms 

the hosting of the men's 


2016 in Kuantan, Pahang 

State, Malaysia," the AHF 

said in a statement. 

The men's Asian 

Champions Trophy 2016 will 

be the third major international 

event to take place at 

Kuantan's Wisma Belia 

Stadium since its completion 

in 2012, following the successful 

hosting of a women's 

Hockey World League 

Round 2 event in 2012 and a 

men's Hockey Champions 

Challenge in 2014. 

Sports Reporter 

LAHORE, Jun 1: North 

Zone T-20 Cricket League 

Match Apollo Sports V/S 

Zarif Memorial Played at 

Railway Allama Iqbal 

Institute Ground. Apollo 

Sports Batting First 188/6 

after 20 overs. Sher Baz 

Khan 67 Runs Not Out, 

Bilal Irshad 46, Irfan Ali 

Khan 33 and Raza Khan 

27 Runs. Zarif Memorial 

Bowling Waqas Malik 

2/20, Shaukat Ali 2/27 and 

Ahmad Ishaq 1/34 

Wickets. In reply Zarif 

Memorial 180/9 after 20 

overs. M. Farhan 59, Jamil 

Malik 45 and Naveed Butt 

15 Runs. Apollo Sports 

Bowling Raza Khan 

KARACHI: Renowned international boxer Muhammad Amir Khan addressing to the participants 

of ceremony held at local hotel. Amir Khan brings international boxing to Pakistan 

under the Amir Khan Trust umbrella. 

KARACHI, Jun 1: The international 

boxing star Amir 

Khan announced boxing 

matches showcasing seven 

international boxers including 

his brother Haroon, 

Harry King Khan in 

Pakistan, here on 

Wednesday. The HBL 

Superstar Boxing Event is an 

effort of Amir Khan Trust to 

raise funds to provide clean 

drinking water for the citizens 

of Thar. Along with that 

the Amir Khan Trust will 

also support the boxing culture 

and encourage international 

events in Pakistan. 

Hashoo Group, a strong 

supporter of art, culture, literature, 

education, sports, 

and other entertaining activities, 

has also taken up the initiative 

to promote this superstar 

boxing event. The 

Hashoo Group, which has 

CAPE TOWN, Jun 1: The 

four-person independent panel 

assigned to review South 

Africa's national teams performance 

last season has disbanded 

without completing its 

work. Sports physiologist 

Ross Tucker, who was on the 

panel, confirmed the news to 

ESPNcricinfo, although he 

declined further comment 

until the message had been 

communicated to CSA's 

board. Tucker and his fellow 

panelists informed CSA CEO 

Haroon Lorgat of their decision 

last week. 

The investigation, which 

was due to be headed by 

CSA's head of HR, Dawn 

Mokhobo, and also included 

former Test cricketer Adam 

Bowling well 4/29, Awais 

Tariq 2/31 and Irfan Butt 

1/43 Wickets. End of the 

under its umbrella, the Pearl 

Continentals, Hotel One, and 

Marriott hotels in Pakistan, 

is facilitating the hospitality 

requirements for the event. 

The VP operations of the 

group Mr. Haseeb A. 

Gardezi said on the occasion, 

“Hashoo Group always takes 

a keen interest in the promotion 

of developmental and 

welfare activities in 

Pakistan, considering the 

significance and noble aim 

of this event, the group 

actively and magnanimously 

participated, helping raise 

money for the Amir Khan 

Trust and also promote boxing 

in the country.” 

The main Fight Night will 

be held at the Pearl 

Continental hotel Karachi, 

where seven international 

boxers Tasif Khan, 

Gallagher Dayle, Jody 

NORTH ZONE T-20 CRICKET LEAGUE 

Match Chief Guest Cricket 

Promoter Haji Mian 

Muhammad Ilyas Mughal 

Meikle, Stuart Maddox, 

Francis Peter Douglas Croes, 

Haroon Khan and Phil 

Townley will participate. 

Speaking about the initiative 

Mr. Naveed Asghar, 

Chief Marketing Officer 

HBL said,” HBL has always 

supported and promoted 

sports in Pakistan. It is not 

only an international event in 

the country but a milestone 

in the revival of boxing in 

Pakistan. He further added, 

we are determined to continue 

supporting such events in 

future which are not only 

playing a vital role in raising 

funds for the deprived but 

providing a sense of motivation 

for the youth to pursue 

their dreams.” He specially 

thanked the Pearl 

Continental Karachi for its 

outright support to make 

these events successful. 

SA independent review 'abandoned' 

Bacher and World Cup winning 

Springbok captain 

Francois Pienaar, was 

announced in the aftermath of 

South Africa's men and 

women exiting the World T20 

after the first round. It was to 

include an examination of the 

men's team's poor Test summer, 

in which they lost backto-back 

series to India and 

England and the national 

Under-19 side, who failed to 

defend their World Cup title. 

The job of Russell Domingo, 

South Africa's coach, was 

expected to come under particular 

scrutiny. The panel held 

preliminary meetings at the 

end of April and discussed the 

scope and the process of their 

review, which included identifying 

timeframes and cost. On 

Twitter, in conversation with 

another user, Tucker confirmed 

that they, "Couldn't 

agree terms, times and 

scope/process, so it didn't 

begin. Pity." 

With CSA yet to announce 

the cessation of the review 

process, it is uncertain what 

steps it will take to conduct an 

analysis of the past summer. 

An option would be to ask the 

14-person panel that is conducting 

a review into domestic 

cricket to include the national 

teams in its scope as well. The 

findings of the domestic 

review are set to be revealed in 

the next two months, with 

CSA also due to hold its AGM 

over the winter. 

Apollo Sports beat Zarif Memorial by 8 runs 

giveaway man of the 

match award to Raza 

Khan. 

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50,000 Indian Muslims sign 

petition against triple talaq 

GUJRANWALA, 

NEW DELHI, Jun 1: Over 

50,000 Muslim women and 

men in India have signed a 

petition seeking a ban on triple 

talaq, Indian media reported 

on Wednesday. The petition, 

spearheaded by the Bharatiya 

Muslim Mahila Andolan 

(BMMA), has sought the 

National Commission for 

Women's intervention to end 

this "un Quranic practice". 

BMMA co-founder Zakia 

Soman said a national signature 

campaign was underway 

in different states, including 

Gujarat, Maharashtra, 

Rajasthan, MP, Karnataka, 

Tamil Nadu, Telangana, 

Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, 

Jharkhand, Kerala and UP. 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: Azad 

Jammu and Kashmir government 

has concluded first 

phase of registration of seminaries 

and mosques as part 

of National Action Plan, 

reported Wednesday. 

National Action Plan was 

formed by consensus of 

political parties in the country 

after December 16 attack 

on Army Public School in 

Peshawar that killed around 

"So far, 50,000 signatures 

have been collected where 

women and men have 

endorsed abolition of triple 

140 people, mostly children. 

While addressing a ceremony 

in Muzaffarabad, 

Nazirul Hassan Gilani, 

Secretary of Religious 

Affairs said that the government 

was implementing the 

comprehensive plan against 

terrorism effectively. 

According to the latest 

statistics, he said, 1,150 

seminaries are there in ten 

districts which teach around 

talaq, many more signatures 

will be collected in the coming 

days. We have written to 

NCW chairperson Dr Lalitha 

45,000 students. Process of 

registering 450 unregistered 

institutions is underway, he 

added. 

While talking to reporter, 

the secretary said that registration 

of seminaries was 

started by the AKJ government 

before National Action 

Plan was put together. 

Speakers at the ceremony 

said that registration would 

help the government keep an 

Kumaramangalam to enlist its 

support to this long-pending 

demand of Muslim women,'' 

Soman said. 

AJK govt completes first phase of 

seminaries registration under NAP 

Sweden hails Pakistan's 

success in war on terror 

ISLAMABAD: Carl Bildt, Special Representative of the Swedish Prime Minister 

Accompanied by Ms. Anna Karin Enestrom, Director General, Political Affairs, Minister of 

Foreign Affairs of Sweden called on the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign 

Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi. 


Special Assistant to the 

Prime Minister on Foreign 

Affairs Tariq Fatemi has 

underscored the importance 

of increased engagement 

between Pakistan and 

Sweden in all areas particularly 

economic, education 

and culture. 

He was talking to a two 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD, Jun 1: The 

Sindh Institute of 

Endocrinology & Diabetology 

was inaugurated at Ward 13 

Liaquat University Hospital 

Jamshoro. 

While addressing at the 

Inaugural Session the Vice 

Chancellor LUMHS Prof. 

Noshad A. Shaikh expressed 

that the Institute shall provide 

an expert diagnosis and management 

for patients with diseases 

of Diabetes & 

Endocrinology disorders. 

He added that our physicians 

are known for excellence 

in clinical care, and have an 

international reputation in 

research of diabetes and metabolic 

related disorders. The 

Institute is going to offer some 

of the most advanced, specialized 

care in the region, caring 

for patients with complex 

endocrinology disorders and 

diabetes. 

He further expressed that 

Education and proper selfmanagement 

are essential to 

improving the quality of life 

for patients with diabetes or 

other endocrinology disorders. 

At this Institute, we are committed 

to providing our 

patients with the most in depth, 

updated treatment & information 

with educational resources 

available. 

He informed that the 

Institute shall award degree of 

MSc in Endocrinnology and 

Diabetes to the desired 

Doctors who shall be admitted 

and trained in the said course 

for two years. 

member Swedish delegation 

who called on him in 

Islamabad on Wednesday. 

Cooperation in international 

forums on issues of regional 

and international importance 

also came under discussion 

during the meeting. 

Tariq Fatemi also briefed 

the Swedish delegation 

about Pakistan's comprehensive 

strategy to effectively 

deal with the menace of terrorism 

and extremism. 

The Swedish delegation 

appreciated Pakistan's success 

in the campaign 

against terrorism and 

acknowledged Pakistan's 

positive strides in all fields, 

including the economy and 

law and order. 

eye on the seminaries on one 

hand and education level 

would better on the other. 

The speakers lauded religious 

scholars’ efforts to 

make Kashmir a peaceful 

area that was free of sectarianism. 

Teachers with exceptional 

performance in their 

respective seminaries were 

awarded certificates at the 

end of the ceremony. 

President did not speak a 

world on drone attacks, 

panama leaks : Sarwar 

LAHORE, Jun 1: Pakistan 

Tehreek Insaf Punjab Leader 

and Former Governor 

Punjab Chaudhry 

Muhammad Sarwar has 

termed the presidential 

address disappointing as the 

President did not mention 

drone attacks, Panama leaks 

and corruption. 

On Wednesday He was 

addressing the ceremony in 

Defence club. He said that 

General Raheel Shareef 

statement against the drone 

attacks is depiction of 

national desires and whole 

nation stands by him for 

success of Zara e Azab operation. 

The dream of eradication 

of crisis of loadshedding, 

corruption and poverty 

will not come true during 

reign of he sitting 

government. Pakistan 

Tehreek Insaf is United 

under the leadership of 

Imran Khan and whole 

party will obey his orders 

to bring change in country. 

Institute of Endocrinology & Diabetology 

inaugurated at LUMHS Jamshoro 

The Director Institute of 

Endocrinology & 

Diabetology Prof. Bikharam 

Devrajani expressed that the 

aim to establish this institute 

is to develop understanding of 

the clinical sciences relevant 

to specialist clinical practice 

in endocrinology and diabetes, 

to develop knowledge 

of common and important disorders 

in endocrinology and 

diabetes at a level appropriate 

to underpin clinical experience 

and support independent 

practice, to develop the problem 

solving skills which will 

enable independent practice 

as a specialist, to develop professional 

competencies of 

medical graduates in allied 

areas to understand the pathophysiology, 

investigation and 

management of endocrine disorders 

and to develop related 

transferable skills such as correct 

use of statistics, use of 

databases, literature searches, 

reviewing evidence, critical 

appraisal of scientific literature, 

writing papers and articles. 

HYDERABAD: Vice Chancellor LUMHS Professor Noshad .A. Shaikh inaugurate the Sindh 

Institute of Endocrinology & Diabetes at LUMHS Jamshoro. 

A recent BMMA study 

found that 92% of Muslim 

women supported an end to 

this practice. Unilateral 

divorce sometimes given over 

phone, text message and email 

has become increasingly frequent, 

leaving women with 

the short end of the stick. Oral 

divorce coupled with the 

heinous practice of 'nikah 

halala' (practise where a 

woman must marry another 

man, consummate the marriage 

before she is allowed to 

remarry her husband) has been 

a bane for Muslim women 

who do not receive maintenance 

or alimony and are often 

left fending for themselves 

and their children. 

SC maintains decision 

of Tribunal in NAB 

employees’ case 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: Supreme 

Court of Pakistan has maintained 

verdict of Service 

Tribunal while rejecting appeal 

of Director NAB Raza Khan in 

service structure case of 

National Accountability 

Bureau. 

A two-member bench of the 

apex court headed by Justice 

Gulzar Ahmed heard the case 

saying that NAB employees are 

not civil employees. Deputy 

Prosecutor General Chaudhry 

Sadiq while arguing in the court 

said employees of the authority 

under Section D-280 of NAB 

rules are not civil. The court 

while turning down the application 

maintained the verdict of 

Service Tribunal. NAB 

Director Raza Khan has challenged 

the decision of Service 

Tribunal about service structure 

of employees of the authority. 

KARACHI, Jun 1: A case has 

been registered under section499, 

500 & 501, PPC 

against Asad Kharl (Anchor, 

(KabTak Program –Head of 

Investigation ARY News). 

Criminal Complaint was filed 

by JS Investment Limited 

against Asad Kharl on 04-03- 

2016 for falsely defaming and 

CTD arrests suspected 

terrorist in Gujranwala 

Jun 1: 

The Counter-Terrorism 

Department (CTD) apprehended 

a suspected terrorist 

in Gujranwala late on 

Tuesday night. 

On tip-off, the CTD conducted 

a raid near Mini 

NOIDA, Jun 1: Superstar 

Shah Rukh Khan, who in 

over 25 years of his career, 

has mastered the tricks of the 

trade in Bollywood , says 

nobody is "smarter" than him. 

A proud father of three 

children -- sons Aryan and 

AbRam and daughter Suhana 

-- Shah Rukh minces no 

words in speaking his mind. 

And so, when IANS asked 

him if he finds his elder son 

Aryan, who recently graduated, 

smarter than he was during 

his youth, the 50-year-old 

said with a smile: "Nobody is 

smarter than me." 

"Better looking, maybe." 

Do you really think so? 

Pat came the reply: "I 

think so... and he wears better 

clothes because he takes my 

Stadium and arrested the 

suspect identified as Faisal 

Babar, a commander of 

ISIS. 

The CTD recovered 

pressure cooker bombs, 

time bombs, ball bearings 

and detonators from his 

clothes. But smart, no." 

What about three-year-old 

AbRam, who seems to be 

taking away the lion's share 

in the cuteness quotient? 

"I say this straight away -- 

there is nobody smarter than 

me... Outside the family or 

inside my family. I am too 

possession. According to 

sources, the suspect was 

planning to carry out terrorist 

attacks on security 

installations in Gujranwala. 

The detainee was shifted 

to undisclosed location for 

further investigation. 

Nobody is smarter than 

me: Shah Rukh Khan 

misleading the public to form a 

negative image of the 

Company. In this regard IIIrd 

Additional Session Court 

Judge, Karachi South Mr. 

Abdul Qudoos Memon 

released order for bailable warrants 

("BWs") in the sum of 

Rs. 50,000 against the accused 

for his attendance before the 

court on 18-06-2016. 

TheseBWs have been issuedon 

petition of the aggrieved 

that accused Asad Kharl falsely 

maligned the good name of 

JS Investment Limitedfor his 

personal interests by using the 

forum of KabTak Program on 

ARY News. 

According to the complaint 

cool," the Bollywood 'badshah' 

reiterated. 

IANS caught up with 

Shah Rukh for a quick chat 

while he was here on 

Tuesday at KidZania, a edutainment 

destination of 

which he owns a stake of 26 

per cent. 

Court issues BWs against Asad Kharl (Anchor/Head of Investigation 

of KabTak Program - ARY News) for false defamation of JSIL 

8th batch of Youth 

Parliament Pakistan 

Inaugurated 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1: The 

8th batch of Youth 

Parliament Pakistan was 

inaugurated on Wednesday, 

making the initiative by PIL- 

DAT since 2007, the longest 

running nationally representative 

Youth Parliament. 

The 8th Youth Parliament 

Pakistan (www.youthparliament.pk) 

will give young 

members a fast-paced comprehensive 

orientation and 

training on democratic and 

political affairs of Pakistan, 

legislative processes and 

leadership skills. 

Speaking at the 

Inauguration Ceremony, the 

Chief Guest, Senator Mian 

Raza Rabbani, Chairman 

Senate of Pakistan said: 

“PILDATs’ initiative to train 

young Members in democratic 

practices and working 

of Parliament is a significant 

step. 

The ban of student unions 

since 1970s has blocked 

ways for the youth to take 

part in active politics, therefore 

such initiatives providing 

young women and men a 

platform like Youth 

Parliament Pakistan will 

play pivotal role in engaging 

youth in the political and 

democratic awareness. 

Senator Rabbani suggested 

to establish a Youth 

Senate in which the issues 

related to provinces and 

nationalities could be 

addressed”. 

Dual Standard of accountability 

raises fingers, Rabbani 

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1:Chairman Senate Mian 

Raza Rabbani has said that duality in the system 

of accountability raises questions and there 

should be one institution for accountability of 

all stakeholders who have remained in the 

power equation of Pakistan. 

He was speaking as chief guest at the inaugural 

ceremony of 8th batch of Youth 

Parliament Pakistan which is a project of 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development 

KABUL, Jun 1: Taliban gunmen 

stormed a court building 

in an eastern Afghan province 

on Wednesday, killing five 

civilians and a policeman, 

Afghan Interior Ministry 

said. 

A statement from the ministry 

said “four terrorists” 

were involved in the attack in 

the city of Ghazni, the capital 

of the eastern Ghazni 

province. 

Jawed Salangi, spokesman 

for the provincial governor, 

said that a suicide bomber 

launched the coordinated 

attack by blowing himself up 

at the court's entrance, after 

which three other attackers 

stormed the building. 

Afghan ministry said a 

firefight ensued and the three 

other attackers were shot and 

killed by the security forces. 

Salangi said police were also 

attempting to defuse an 

explosives-packed vehicle 

parked near the courthouse. 

The Taliban, who have 

waged war on Kabul since the 

2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled 

their regime, claimed 

responsibility for the attack. 

The insurgents have increasingly 

targeted Afghan judicial 

workers since the government 

executes six convicted 

Taliban members last month. 

They routinely also target 

government employees and 

security officials across the 

and Transparency (PILDAT). 

Chairman Senate said that if all stakeholders 

do not muster up the moral courage to 

accept that corruption is widespread and all 

institutions should face similar mode of 

accountability, then this vicious cycle of blaming 

others would continue and corruption will 

bite out Pakistan. Mian Raza Rabbani also 

called for revisiting NAB and FIA laws and 

work upon their overlapping jurisdictions. 

filed, the accused was evidently 

against JS Investment 

Limited and was creatingan 

impression thatit was involved 

in fraud and in result thereof 

credibility and reputation of 

the highly ethical and law 

abiding entity was damaged 

and its ability to carry on its 

work was impaired. 

Taliban hit Afghan court 

in East Ghazni, kill 6 

KABUL: Afghan security forces stand guard at the gate of Ghazni's court building as a body, 

identified by police as that of a policeman, lies on the ground, after a deadly Taliban attack, 

in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. 

country. 

In the northern Balkh 

province, district police chief 

Bismullah Khan was killed 

when his vehicle struck a 

roadside bomb on 

Wednesday, said Gen. Abdul 

Razaq Qaderi, deputy provincial 

police chief. 

Three other policemen 

who were Khan's bodyguards 

were wounded in the blast, 

said Qaderi. He added that 

Khan was police chief in 

Sholgara district and was on 

his way to attend a security 

meeting in Mazar-e Sharif, 

the capital of Balkh. 

The Taliban also claimed 

responsibility for the deadly 

attack in Balkh. 

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