24 August 2016

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
National
Frontier Corps seizes huge cache
of explosives in Baluchistan
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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI
In a good guy and bad guy fights in Islamabad and
provincial capitals, there is a need to end the politics
of self worship and promote national interests,
to end politics of personal vengeance, base it on selfless
statesmanship and rise above personal and party interests
for collective good of the nation.
Change is needed from a half a century of bad politics
and to usher in an era of good governance: Only a
nation can rise and do that. 'Each person' in the nation
is waiting for 'the nation' to rise and do it! Governments
have made short work of reformer leaders and their proreform
followers!
Neither music was heard nor alarm bells by many
big and small Pakistani rulers or governments, leaders
of institutions in order to end politics of personal
vengeance and to base their policies and actions on
national interests and statesmanship for progress and
prosperity of Pakistan.
Such a hope or expectation maybe imagined to be
from someone who lives in paradise of fools, but just to
fill in the blanks, it’s a human duty to raise a voice, even
if it is not the only one, or even if it happens to be
among fewer voices, when the power that conquers all
and sundry continues to rule supreme everywhere.
The bad guys have almost always beaten the good
guys in countries like Pakistan. It’s an unbelievably
tragic story from Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali
Jinnah who made a country which sacrificed him and
his ideals up to his follower leaders of current times.
They boast of their loyalty to the Quaid but without taking
any significant action on his concept of state and
statesmanship. Pakistan’s former prime ministers
Liaqat Ali Khan and Ms Benazir Bhutto was also shot
dead and another prime minister and PPP founder
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged, without anyone finding
or punishing their killers and plotters. Has revenge
even against these elected leaders become a norm, a
routine, an unwritten law? Even international probe
such as by Scotland Yard and United Nations avoid
ignoble setups and prefer not to waste time on corrupt
leaderships and their inhumane ways. That's how low
national politics has become.
To be realistic, an appeal to fulfill national interests
above personal whims and pleasures, may make a little
ripple that expands in ever enlarging circles on waters
of an otherwise silent surface of an ocean.
Those high-talking lip service leaders with tall but
hollow claims failed in each of their ruling tenure when
tested against best practices or beneficial results. Good
politics was sacrificed at the altar of bad revenge, more
often than not.
On world political era, the masters in domestic politics
are slaves of international politicians abroad!
These leaders now need to practically prove their
mettle in merciless international politics that slave drive
By Ramzy Baroud
The story of Libya is merely another chapter in the
book of American military interventions in the
Middle East, with the very same themes: Vicious,
chaotic, self-serving and lacking in vision. Such highly militarised
foreign policy is yet to bring a single conflict in that
region to an end.
What it does however, is habitually instigate new conflicts.
Thus it takes no particular virtuosity to arrive at the
initial conclusion that America’s recently-launched war on
Daesh (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant), dubbed ‘Operation Odyssey Lightning’, is unlikely
to end well. Not only because Libya’s convoluted fight is
very difficult to navigate, but because the intentions of the
United States are not as innocuous as they may seem.
Of the many analyses regarding the recent strikes
against Daesh that of Libya’s political analyst Al Hussain
Al Mesuri is particularly interesting. Al Mesuri encourages
us to look for answers, not in Tripoli or Tobruk, but in
Washington itself. “The significance of the US air strikes
against (Daesh) in Sirte is crystal clear: To give (presidential
candidate) Hillary Clinton a push against her
Republican rival Donald Trump, who has accused the former
secretary of state of (mishandling the response to the)
attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in 2012,”Al Mesuri
told Egypt’s Ahram Online. He further described the operation
as “election-flavoured political strikes”.
After reading this, one cannot help but recall what some
labelled as the “Monica War” — when former US president
Bill Clinton launched deadly air strikes against Iraq in
December 1998. It was then that Clinton deliberately chose
war to distract from an embarrassing affair with a White
House intern, Monica Lewinsky, that could have resulted in
his impeachment.
Libya is another American and another Clinton affair,
but the punishment and consequences this time are even
more severe. The US is clearly instigating war with little
regard for the horrendous outcomes. In fact, the term ‘instigate’
was used by top US economist, Jeffrey Sachs, in a
recent interview with Al Jazeera. While Sachs acknowledges
the culpability of the Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar
Al Assad regimes, in Libya and Syria, respectively, he
insists that the US “instigated war” in these countries, as it
has for decades to severe shortsighted interests.
EDITORIAL
Self worship of leaders against
collective interests: Only
responsible people can change it!
and install vested interest leaders to misule their nations
with socio-economic domination and outright ground
or aerial invasions into Pakistan, Muslim world including
the filthy rich petro-dollared Middle East, and diamond
and gold mined Africa.
It’s a situation here in a developing country where
neither the best kind of leaders nor the worst kind of
rulers could make any significant, desired or ideal
change for the better! Ruling class and their families
have made their countries a playground of their whims
and pleasures with their nation as disposable pawns on
their power chessboard.
What are politics and politicians of Pakistan up
against, in national scenarios?
Firstly, the average politicians were first class liars,
slave to their own selfish nature and earthly qualities
when tested on time and tide for better actions. They were
worst actors who delivered a speech like they gave their
best screen performance and closed up with that day's
cameras and shooting on public locations. Acting on their
speeches is simply not included in their next shots, script,
story or screenplay. They could change neither themselves
nor their inferior anti-people political system.
Unlike super rich film directors making a cause for
poor people against the rich elite, Islamabad's super rich
politicians feel there is no need to hold even such kind
of shows for namesake or even as publicity stunts to
show the nation, at least once a year, how angelic their
leaders are!
Secondly, even above average politicians could not
distance themselves from, change or reform the deceit
of a setup that misinformed and reveled in self glory
without any significant benefits to their nation, or the
corruption of a highly deceptive system that fooled
almost everyone.
Therefore, among most tragic facts is that even the
world’s best education could not be a cure for mostly
illiterate and tribal minded ancient thinking and modern
looting of prejudiced leaders chained in their own personal
greed, beyond change or reform, within 200-million
nation in Pakistan. Most savage of Muslims
became the best after embracing Islam, 14 centuries
earlier, but Muslims now are considered as worst followers
of Islam, 14 centuries later. From materialism, a
nation can move towards spiritualism for best of both
the worlds.
When each of the people, who makes a 200-million
nation, instead of expecting "the nation" to change anything,
rise up and gradually become a nation of selfreform
and social reformers, then only a change can
take place. Leaders and parties seem to be beyond it:
Not lagging behind in words, but in taking timely, proper
and significant actions that could change the fate and
destiny of nations. That has not happened up to now,
and it ought to.
OPINION
A state of war is now the status quo
“War is different from repression,” he said, and US wars
have wrought “disaster”.
The conflict in Libya is not a clear-cut political choice,
considering that the country is still embroiled in a protracted
political conflict, overshadowed by multiple war fronts.
This has been the case since the Nato intervention in 2011,
which turned a regional uprising into an all-out war. What
was once a relatively stable country has now become a
failed state.
It is quite convenient for some to forget the above context
and to position the discussion entirely as a war against
Daesh. Instead, “can air strikes alone win a war without
‘boots on the ground’?” has, somehow become the crux of
the matter, which has engaged a large number of intellectuals
on both sides of the debate.
Alas, a state of war has become the status quo, where
any distinction is blurred between the foreign policies of
US President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George
W. Bush. Obama has simply continued with the legacy of
Bush, unhindered. The primary change that has occurred is
tactical: Instead of resorting to massive troop build-ups on
the ground with an assignment to topple governments,
Obama has used air strikes to target whoever is perceived
to be the enemy, while investing in whoever he deems
‘moderate’ enough to finish the job.
Being almost entirely conducted from the air, Obama’s
wars were designed to produce little or no American casualties.
This approach proved less taxing politically.
However, it worsened the situation on the ground, and
instead of ending war, it expanded it. While Bush’s invasion
of Iraq revived Al Qaida and brought it to the heart of
the region, Obama’s aerial wars have forced Al Qaida to
regroup, employing a different strategy. It rebranded itself,
from militant cells to a ‘state’, sought swift territorial
expansion, used guerrilla warfare when facing an organised
army or when bombed from the sky and carried out suicide
bombings throughout the world to crush the morale of its
enemies and to serve its propaganda efforts aimed at keeping
the recruits coming. The truth is that Daesh thrives on
military intervention because it was born from previous
military interventions. It is expanding because its enemies
are not in unison, as each is serving agendas that are rarely
concerned with ending war, but rather with seeing war as an
opportunity to realise political gains.
QUETTA, Aug 23: The
Frontier Corps Balochistan
Sawan Khaskheli
BADIN, Aug 23: The election
for chairman are being
held in throughout the Sindh
and preparation are mostly
completed for the contest in
the district Badin. The tough
contest between PPP’s nominated
candidate, Mohammad
Asghar Halepoto and Hassam
Mirza, candidate of PPP
workers and son of former
home minister Sindh, Dr.
Zulfiqar Mirza.
Other hand, the contest for
on Tuesday foiled a terror bid
in Barkhan by recovering a
the chairman of Taluka
Council Matli will also be
held between Tanzeela
Qambrani with another candidate
of PPP, Abdul Rauf
Nizamani.
When contest for chairman
of taluka council of
Golarchi, Talhar and Tando
Bago will be happened
among PPP and candidates of
Mirza Group.
It is pertinent to mention
that PPP has claimed for support
of 55 members of district
huge cache of weapons and
explosives in Chappar area.
Preparation of LG election for
chairman complete in Badin
Staff Reporter
SHIKARPUR, Aug 23: The
Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Islam
Fazal [JUI-F] Chief
Maulana Fazlur-Rehman
reached at New Amrote the
suburbs of Shikarpur and
condoled to Syed Aziz
Ahmed Shah Amroti, the
Gadinashen of Dargah
Amrote Sharif, over the sad
demise of his mother on
Tuesday.
On the occasion,
council members when Mirza
group have 44 supporters for
voting in election. It showed
that PPP has majority of 9
votes than Mirza group but
Hassam Mirza can avail the
benefit of internal differences
among PPP local leadership.
Meanwhile former home
minister, Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza
has announced to contest the
LG election, adding he
alleged for full support of district
administration Badin to
opposition.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur-Rehman condoles
US Consul General
inaugurates usaid
school in Khairpur
KHAIRPUR, Aug 23: U.S.
Consul General Brian Heath
and Sindh Education Minister
Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar on
Tuesday inaugurated a stateof-the-art
school in Kolab Jial,
Khairpur.
The U.S. Agency for
International Development
(USAID) provided funding for
the school’s construction as
part of the Sindh Basic
Education Program (SBEP).
USAID Deputy Mission
Director Denise Herbol,
USAID Senior Policy Advisor
Randy Hatfield and Sindh
Education Secretary Fazlullah
Pechuho also attended.
“The United States strongly
supports education in Pakistan,
and this is just one of the 106
state-of-the-art schools that
USAID is constructing in partnership
with the Sindh government,”
said Consul General
Heath. “Here, more than 500
boys and girls will be able to
learn and grow in an environment
designed to helps them
realize all of their natural talents
and abilities. This will
enable them to live better
lives and strengthen Pakistan
as a nation.”
Sindh University Goes
For Final Ph. D Seminar
On 26th August
JAMSHORO, Aug 23: Dean
Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Sindh has
announced that the final Ph.D
seminar of the scholar Mitho
Khan, Department of Public
Administration will be held on
Friday 26th August, 2016 at
11:00 am at Video Conference
Room, office of the Dean,
Faculty of Natural Sciences.
The scholar is carrying out his
studies under the supervision
of Prof. Dr. Naimatullah Shah
and Co-supervisor Prof. Dr.
Zareen Abbasi respectively.
These supervisors will also be
present on this occasion.
Dean, Faculty of Social
Sciences has invited all
research scholars and teachers
to attend this seminar.
Waheed Phulpoto
Maulana Fazlur-Rehman
expressed his deep sorrow,
grief and sympathies with
Syed Aziz Ahmed Shah
Amroti.
A large number activists
were also present there.
Shikarpur school management
announced two days holiday for kids
SHIKARPUR, Aug 23: The
private school management
of Shikarpur has announced
two days holiday for kids
due to scorching heat, prolonged
power outages during
school timing and tripping
after every 10 minutes
for five minutes here on
Tuesday.
According to the principal
Orison Public School,
due to scorching heat it has
been increased for five days
in Shikarpur, prolonged
power outages and tripping
which was being continued
after every 10 minutes for 05
minutes during school timing
which caused, the kids
were being faced hardships
therefore private school
management have decided
for two days holiday while
school will be opened on
Thursday.
It should be remembered
that, scorching heat has
increased in Shikarpur for
five days whereas Sukkur
Electric Power Supply
Company [SEPCO] has
also been increased load
shedding time and tripping
in Shikarpur city due to
which school administration
announced two days
holiday for larger interests
of the kids.
A spokesman for FC said
here that following intelligence
information, FC personnel
conducted raid in
Chappar area of Barkhan district
and seized weapons,
explosives.
“The recovered weapons
and ammunition include
three missile launchers, 60
rocket mortars, 46 other mortars,
eight landmines, 150
detonators, fuzes and pressure
button,” he said.
He further said that the
militants had planned to use
explosives to carryout acts of
terrorism by targeting security
forces and other people.
Woman among three
injured in separate
hit-and-run incidents
RAWALPINDI, Aug 23: At
least three persons including
a woman have been injured
in separate hit-and-run incidents
within the Airport and
Saddar Wah police jurisdictions.
Imtaiz Hussain, handcart
owner, lodged a complaint
with the local police that he
was doing his daily work to
earn his living when a car
LHM-7865 driven recklessly
by unidentified person hit
him from behind, leaving
him fatally injured.
Shahab Ali, a resident of
Saddar Wah, lodged a complaint
with the local police
that he was going with Hina
Bibi in rickshaw when
unidentified driver driving
tractor trolley recklessly
smashed the rickshaw from
behind, leaving them
injured.
The injured were rushed
to local hospitals for medical
treatment.
The police have registered
cases and started
investigations.
AIOU’ launches
E-learning series to
facilitate students
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23:
Allama Iqbal Open University
(AIOU) has launched E-learning
to provide education to its
students and World renowned
academicians also joined the
lectures’ series
Initially, the process of E-
Learning has been started
for the students of higher
education, M.Phil and PhDlevel.
It is the part of
University’s ongoing efforts
for shifting traditional Open
Distance Learning (ODL)
system to E-learning
through a gradual process to
facilitate thousands of students,
particularly those living
abroad in their educational
pursuits.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.
Shahid Siddiqui said on the
occasion that they will push
forward the government’s
policy of promoting online
learning at higher educational
level. He hoped that the
University’s week-long lecture
series, undertaken by
the University’s Faculty of
Education will be a useful
exercise to meet the educational
needs of the students.
HYDERABAD: Policemen stand alert outside MQM zonal office which was sealed by authorities
after attacking media houses in Karachi.