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180 deported
Pakistanis arrive
at Lahore Airport
LAHORE, Sep 6: At least
180 Pakistanis deported by
Saudi Arabia Government
have arrived at Allama
Iqbal International Airport
on Saudi Airline.
The deported Pakistanis
on Tuesday reached
Lahore by Saudi Airline
Flight 789. The Saudi
Government deported
these Pakistanis as they
were living illegally in the
country. Their Visas were
expired and they were having
incomplete documents.
Naval chief vows to
protect maritime
assets, ports
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Chief of the Naval Staff
Admiral Muhammad
Zakaullah has said that
Pakistan Navy officers
had made history in 1965
war with their bravery and
sacrifices.
Addressing a ceremony
in connection with the
Defence Day, Naval Chief
said that if we follow
Quaid-e-Azam’s points,
we can lead the country
towards development.
He said that armed
forces are enthusiastic for
the protection of naval
assets and ports. He
stressed the need for unity
among the people. Naval
chief said Navy will continue
its role in on-going
operation Zarb-e-Azb for
elimination of terrorism.
Hot, dry weather
expected
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: Hot
and dry weather is likely to
prevail in most parts of the
country during the next 24
hours. However, rain with
dust and thunderstorm is
expected at isolated places
in Islamabad, Rawalpindi,
Gujranwala, Lahore,
Malakand, Hazara,
Peshawar, Mardan divisions,
FATA, Gilgit-
Baltistan and Kashmir.
RAWALPINDI, Sep 6: Army
chief General Raheel Sharif
has said enemies must realise
Pakistan has always been
strong, and now it has turned
unconquerable.
“I want to make it clear to
all enemies of Pakistan that
Pakistan has always been
strong and today it is invincible,”
General Raheel said
while addressing a gathering
in connection with Defence
Day at GHQ, Rawalpindi on
Tuesday.
Talking about the challenges
the country is facing,
he said: “I want to make it
clear that we are fully aware
of all covert and overt
intrigues and intentions of
our enemies.”
“Be the challenge military
or diplomatic; on the borders
or within the cities, we know
our friends and foes all too
well,” the army chief added.
Regarding Kashmir,
General Raheel said it was
Pakistan’s jugular vein and
praised people of the held
valley for rendering innumerable
sacrifices.
“We salute the great sacrifices
of the people of
Indian held Kashmir for
KARACHI EDITION – Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Zul–Hijjah 4, 1437 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk
Pakistan is unconquerable,
COAS warns enemies
Salute Kashmiris for their undaunted freedom struggle: Gen Raheel Sharif
Dr SJA Jafri
KARACHI, Sep 6: The nation
celebrated Defence Day yesterday
to mark the sacrifices of
the Pakistan armed forces who
fought valiantly to defend the
homeland in September 1965.
On September 6, 1965,
Indian forces violated the
international border and
attacked Pakistan at midnight.
The enemy had code-named
the operation 'Riddle 11'.
At such a critical time, a
limited contingent of the
Pakistan Army intercepted the
enemy advance at
Bambanwala Ravi Bediyan
(BRB) Canal. This was the
same BRB canal where Major
Raja Aziz Bhatti embraced
martyrdom among many others
defending the motherland.
Nation marks Defence Day to honour
soldiers' sacrifices in 1965 war
An impressive change of
guard ceremony was held at
the Mazar-e-Quaid where a
contingent of Pakistan Air
Force took over guard duties
at the mausoleum.
A solemn Guard of Honour
ceremony took place at
Mazar-e-Iqbal in Lahore,
where a freshly turned-out
contingent of the Pakistan
Rangers saluted the late
Thinker of Pakistan. A similar
ceremony will be held at the
mausoleum of Quaid e Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah in
Karachi.
Parades and flag-hoisting
ceremonies will also be held
across the country to mark the
day. The nation will pay tributes
to the martyrs by laying
floral wreaths on their graves
and at the martyrs' monuments.
Pakistan Army officers visited
the grave of Major
Shabbir Sharif Shaheed,
Nishan-e-Haider, Sitara-e-
Jurat, on Defence Day. The
contingent, led by Major
General Fida Hussain Malik,
paid tributes to the 1965 and
1971 war hero on the occasion
and presented a Guard of
Honour at his grave. Major
General Fida Hussain, along
with Major Shabbir Sharif
Shaheed’s family, also put floral
wreaths on his grave.
DG ISPR, Lt. General
Asim Bajwa said full scale
preparations for Defence Day
celebrations were underway.
In a tweet DG ISPR said the
main event would be held
tonight at Shuhada Monument
at GHQ.
KARACHI: Armored personnel carriers of Pakistan army seen moving to present guard of
honour during a ceremony of National Defense Day in the area of Malir Cantonment.
ECP issues notices to Nawaz,
Imran Khan over 'offshore assets'
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: The
Election Commission of
Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday
issued notices to Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif,
Imran Khan and others
while hearing identical petitions
seeking disqualification
of the PM and PTI
chairman for alleged offshore
companies.
The application seeking
Khan’s disqualification was
filed to the ECP by MNA
Shahnawaz Dhalon.
Another similar reference
was forwarded to the commission
by National
Assembly Speaker Sardar
Ayaz Sadiq.
Several petitions were
filed in the commission
seeking disqualification of
PM Sharif over alleged offshore
companies of his family
revealed in the Panama
Leaks papers.
The commission took all
identical petitions today and
issued notices to PM, Imran
Khan and others directing
them to file response by
Sept. 28.
68 illegal foreign travelers apprehended
KARACHI, Sep 6: At least
68 illegal travelers to foreign
country were apprehended
during an operation by
Pakistan coast guards.
Sources said that
Pakistan coast guards during
checking of different vehicles
and buses at Jeevani and
Shah Jehan posts apprehended
68 people that were tried
to go Iran illegally. From
them, one is Afghan national,
two were Iran nationals
and 65 were Pakistani citizens.
According to coast
guards all suspects were
attempted to cross Pak-Iran
border without any legal
documents.
After preliminary investigation
all suspects were
handed over to FIA officials
in Gwadar for further interrogation.
It is pertinent to mention
here that 1217 illegal foreign
travelers were arrested by
Pakistan Coast Guards from
January 2016 to till now.
their right of self-determination,”
he said, adding, “The
solution of the problem lies
in the implementation of the
resolutions of United
Nations in this regard.
Pakistan will continue to
support Kashmir on the
diplomatic and ethical
fronts.”
The army chief said the
greatest example of a relationship
based on mutual
respect and principle of
equality in the region is the
Pak-China friendship.
“CPEC is the paramount
evidence of this relationship…
I would like to assure
that we shall not allow any
external force to obstruct it
and any such attempt will be
dealt with iron hands.”
The army chief said the
greatest example of a relationship
based on mutual
respect and principle of
equality in the region is the
Pak-China friendship.
“CPEC is the paramount
evidence of this relationship…
I would like to assure
that we shall not allow any
external force to obstruct it
and any such attempt will be
dealt with iron hands.”
Pakistan made
efforts for peace in
Afghanistan: Janjua
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
British Prime Minister’s
Special Representative
for Afghanistan and
Pakistan Owen Jenkins
called on National
Security Advisor Lt Gen
(R) Nasser Khan Janjua
here on Tuesday and discussed
matters of mutual
interest.
The National Security
Advisor stated peace in
Afghanistan was vital for
Pakistan. He explained in
detail the efforts,
Pakistan had made and
continued to make to
bring peace in
Afghanistan through an
Afghan-led and Afghanowned
peace process.
He also emphasized
that the world’s powerful
countries should influence
the sitting Afghan
government to initiate a
consolidated and well
planned reconciliation
process.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Pakistan and Senegal have
agreed to strengthen cooperation
in diverse fields including
trade, investment, agriculture
and education.
The understanding came
during delegation-level talks
between Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
and President of Senegal
Macky Sall in Islamabad on
Tuesday.
The Prime Minister said
that in addition to existing
items like textiles, pharmaceuticals
and rice, Pakistan
can also export leather and
leather products, light engineering
goods, and agricultural
machinery to Senegal.
He said Pakistan can
extend technical support to
Senegal for establishment of
Imran Khan announces
Raiwind march on Sept 24
KARACHI: Activists of Tehreek-e-Insaf are jubilant during public gathering led by Imran
Khan held at Nishtar Park of Karachi on the occasion of 51th Defence Day of Pakistan.
KARACHI, Sep 6: Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman
Imran Khan on Tuesday
announced a march on
Raiwind against the government
on September 24.
Addressing a rally in
Karachi he said, “I am inviting
the entire nation to participate
in the march.”
Imran Khan said that he
had no plans of coming to
Karachi. However, when
MQM founder used that language
against Pakistan, he
decided to come.
He said, “I want to tell
people of Karachi, you are not
alone.” Imran Khan said that
MQM founder wants to
divide the country.
NEW DELHI, Sep 6: Indian
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is scheduled to visit
Pakistan in November to
attend the SAARC Summit,
India’s High Commissioner
said in comments published on
Tuesday.
Gautam Bambawale also
told an event in Karachi on
Monday that while India and
Pakistan must certainly discuss
the entire range of issues, they
3 houses destroyed in Indian
forces’ heavy fire at LoC
RAWLAKOT, Sep 6: On
national Defence Day, Indian
troops opened unprovoked fire
at the Line of Control (LoC) on
Tuesday which left three houses
destroyed.
ISPR said Indian troops
resorted to "unprovoked firing"
in the Nezapir sector near
“I was inspired by Azeem
Tariq. Altaf felt threatened by
Azeem Tariq so had him
killed”, he said
He said that he who cannot
conquer his fears cannot do
anything big. The nation that
lives in fear becomes slave.
“I want to give Muhajirs a
message. You don’t need to
tell anyone how patriotic you
are”, he said.
"The bloodshed of partition
affected so many families.
Those people gave sacrifices
and respected Pakistan”
Talking about the patriotism
of Muhajirs, he said that
his fellow players Javed
Miandad was also a Muhajir
and was greatly patriotic.
must keep their focus on economy
which he described as a
‘low-hanging fruit’.
“I can’t say about the future
but as of today Prime Minister
Modi is looking forward to
visiting Islamabad for the
SAARC summit in
November,” the Indian news
agency PTI quoted
Bambawale as saying at an
interactive session of the
Karachi Council on Foreign
“Whenever I got into trouble,
Miandad would step up.
He was one of the biggest
patriots I have seen” he added.
“Muhajirs do not need to
prove their patriotism. Imran
Khan will always stand by
Muhajirs”
He alleged that 50 percent
of Punjab’s development
funds go to Lahore and southern
Punjab was left undeveloped.
PTI chairman claimed
that Nawaz Sharif has
destroyed the institutions and
will never allow institutional
reforms. “Hasan Sharif lives
in a house worth Rs6.5billion.
But he doesn’t know where
the money came from”, he
added.
Modi to attend SAARC summit in Pakistan
Rawalakot between 2am to
8:30am on Aug 14.
No casualties have been
reported so far but Indian bombardment
causes destruction of
three houses in affected area.
"India used all types of heavy
weapons including mortar and
artillery," the statement said.
Relations. His comments came
amid reports that Modi might
keep away from the Saarc
Summit in view of the rising
tensions between India and
Pakistan, particularly over
Jammu and Kashmir.
Bambawale said that it was
India’s desire to see a Pakistan
which was moderate, prosperous
and stable and at peace
with itself, its neighbours as
well as the rest of the world.
Pakistan, Senegal agree to cement
cooperation in diverse sectors
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and
President Of Senegal Macky Sall shake hands at PM House.
IHC stops MQM's Izhar
Ahmed from taking oath
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Islamabad High Court (IHC)
on Tuesday barred MQM
member Izhar Ahmed Khan
from taking oath as chairman
of the municipal corporation
in Karachi’s district west.
Justice Noorul Haq
announced the decision on a
petition filed by Asif Khan of
Karachi Ittehda Group.
During the case hearing, plaintiff’s
lawyer Advocate Babar
Awan argued that the returning
officer rejected most of the
votes cast in favour of his
client and declared the MQM
candidate as winner.
sugar and cement plants.
Matters pertaining to
defense cooperation between
the two countries and the proposal
for opening a Pakistani
bank in Senegal were also
discussed during the meeting.
Pakistan offered to cooperate
in the fields of intelligence
sharing, control of
human and drug trafficking
and capacity building in
counter-terrorism for
Senegal.
The Prime Minister said
Pakistan is happy to offer
scholarships for Senegalese
students in various fields of
education and training in
prestigious institutions of the
country. He welcomed the
decision to open Senegalese
Embassy in Islamabad, which
will further strengthen the
bilateral cooperation between
our two countries.
Meanwhile, Speaker
National Assembly Sardar
Ayaz Sadiq hosted a dinner in
honour of Senegal's President
Macky Sall and his delegation
in Islamabad.
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Metropolitan
'Maalik' cleared for screening after
SHC declares ban on film illegal
KARACHI,
KARACHI, Sep 6: The
Sindh High Court (SHC) on
Tuesday lifted the countrywide
ban on the screening of
Ashir Azeem's film “Malik”
by quashing the notification
that imposed a ban on the
movie.
The SHC bench, headed
by Chief Justice Sajjad Ali
Shah, announced its verdict
which was reserved earlier in
June this year. The director of
the film had moved the SHC
against the Ministry of
COURTS
Corruption charges:
SHC allows ex-IGP to
leave country for Hajj
KARACHI, Sep 6: The Sindh High Court
(SHC) on Tuesday allowed former
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh
Ghulam Haider Jamali, who is facing
charges of corruption in police department,
to go Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
Jamali was being investigated by the
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pertaining
to alleged misappropriation of funds
and embezzling billions of rupees.
Jamali through his counsel
filed an appeal before the
SHC, seeking permission to go
Saudi Arabia to perform religious
obligation. While presenting
his ticket and Visa for Saudi Arab,
Jamali informed the court that he was not
going abroad fearing of the investigation, in
fact had planned earlier to perform Hajj this
year.
“The former IGP will come back to the
country by the 5th October after performing
Hajj; therefore, he should be allowed to go
to Saudi Arabia,” his counsel prayed to the
Information, Broadcasting
and National Heritage and
Central Board of Film
Certification (CBFC) for
banning his first film as the
director.
The petitioner had submitted
that he had obtained
clearance certificate from
CBFC before releasing film
Malik, but the ministry of
Information, Broadcasting
KARACHI, Sep 6: Provincial
Minister for Education and
Literacy Jam Mehtab Hussain
Dahar said on Tuesday that
during dictatorship, the education
of Sindh was intentionally
ruined and its side effects can
still be felt, and it is really disheartening
that despite huge
funding, we are unable to
achieve the target as enrolment
is falling.
This he said while presiding
over a meeting of DOs of
Karachi Division here in
Tugluq House today. The minister
said that he had been
observing for the last 15 years
that no well-known name had
come out from public sector
schools while in past, these
institutions used to produce a
large number of excellent personalities.
The prevailing situation
demands to make big
changes in the system.
and National Heritage and
CBFC had imposed the country-wide
ban on the movie.
The CBFC in its reply to
the court had submitted that it
He directed all the officers
concerned not to sit in their
offices in first half of the day
and make regular visits to the
schools and ensure not only
the attendance of the teachers
but quality teaching education.
The minister education,
while expressing his resentment
over poor performance
of the Education Department,
said that NGOs and private
sector seemed ahead of us. He
court. Headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed
Abbasi, the SHC bench accepted Jamali's
application and allowed him to go abroad
for performing Hajj. The court also directed
the former IGP to submit the surety bonds of
Rs 1 million.
Earlier, the NAB had issued call up
notices to former IGP along with other top
ex cops in five different matters of embezzling
and misappropriation of funds. The
embezzled amount was said to be estimated
in billions of rupees.
Couple sent on physical remand in
double murder case: The administrative
judge of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on
Tuesday handed a woman and her boy
friend over to police on 14-day physical
remand for allegedly killing her sister and
sister in law for creating obstacle in their
marriage.
The police arrested Fahima Khatoon
and her lover Anees Akhter on the
charges of stabbing two women,
Sumbul and Sadaf, to death, who were
said to be against their marriage.
Producing the suspects before the
judge, the Investigating Officer (IO)
sought their physical remand as according
to him they were needed to be interrogated
regarding the offence. The judge
accepted the police's request and allowed
them to keep the suspects with them on
physical remand for two weeks.
had received many complaints
that the film is against
the spirit of national action
plan as it projected heroic
death of 'Afghan Mujahid'.
said that there was no room for
politics in educational institutions
and every one had to
work hard to increase enrolment
in schools and to overcome
our shortcomings as
well. Secretary Education Dr.
Fazullah Pechuho, Special
Secretary Dr. Mansoor Rizvi,
Additional Secretary Khadim
Channa and DOs of Karachi
division also attended the
meeting.
CBFC had added that as per
the complainants, the politicians
had been portrayed to
be corrupt, immoral and dishonest
with the people in the
movie.
After hearing the arguments
and going through the
testimonies, the SHC bench
observed that the authority
concerned had imposed the
ban on the exhibition of the
movie without examining
and verifying the complaints.
The court also maintained
that this act was the violation
of the rules.
While annulling the notification
that banned Malik,
the SHC bench allowed the
screening of the film in the
whole country.
Karachi: MLO
Sindh's education intentionally ruined
offices closed in four
during dictatorship era: minister
district hospitals
KARACHI, Sep 6: The
Renowned educationist
Dr. Abdul Wahab passes away
Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Sep .6:
Renowned educationist and
Ex Vice Chancellor of
Karachi University Professor
Dr.Abdul Wahab passed
away at private hospital in
Karachi.
A hospital spokesman
confirmed that Dr. Wahab has
passed away. He was admitted
to hospital on Monday
due to serious illness.
According to his son
Babar Wahab, his father was
suffering from cancer and
was taken to hospital due to
critical condition where he
was placed on a ventilator.
Dr. Abdul Wahab was the
Ex Vice Chancellor of
Karachi University and Ex
director of IBA. Recently he
was currently working in a
private university as a Vice-
Chancellor.
KARACHI: Members of National Unity Base Forum are holding a demonstration to present
tribute to the heroes of 1965 war on the occasion of Defence Day of Pakistan, as they are also
protesting against India, outside Karachi press club.
Seminar on 'Fight
Obesity- Web Portal'
KARACHI, Sep 6: Dr
Panjwani Center for
Molecular Medicine and Drug
Research (PCMD), University
of Karachi (UoK), will organise
a public awareness seminar
on “Fight Obesity- Web
Portal”, on Wednesday,
September 07, 2016 at 3:00
p.m at PCMD Seminar Room,
International Center for
Chemical and Biological
Sciences (ICCBS), University
of Karachi.
Dow University of Health
Sciences's assistant professor
of surgery and in-charge e-
learning Dr Masood Jawaid
will deliver his lecture on the
aforesaid topic in the 36th
public awareness seminar,
jointly organised by PCMD
and Virtual Education Project
Pakistan (VEPP). Health professionals,
students, research
scholars, NGO representatives.,
and general public will
attend the program.
JI opens more
offices in Karachi
KARACHI, Sep 6: Jamaat-e-
Islami Karachi chapter ameer
Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehamn on
Tuesday inaugurated two
offices of JI in District West
and Orangi areas of the
metropolis, hosted flags on
offices and addressed to the
residents of the areas.
JI Karachi has been running
a public contact campaign
since September 1 in
the different area of the
metropolis where mass contact
activities are being carried
out. The JI has also opened
many public contact offices,
says a release.
offices of Medico Legal
Departments in four districts
hospitals of Karachi
have been closed due to
shortage of medico-legal
officers, it was learned on
Tuesday.
The offices of medicolegal
department in Sindh
Government Lyari General
Hospital,
Sindh
Government Hospital New
Karachi, Sindh Government
Hospital Liaquatabad, and
Sindh Government Hospital
Saudabad have been closed
owing to unavailability of
MLOs, while only one
MLO is available at Sindh
Government Hospital Qatar
Orangi Town and Sindh
Government Hospital
Karachi Korangi in day
hours.
An official at health
department Sindh told PPI
that Medico-Legal
Department of Karachi was
facing acute shortage of
male and female medicolegal
officers since last several
months; therefore, the
department has closed four
offices in district level hospitals,
while two other
offices were on the verge of
closure.
KARACHI, Sep 6:
President, Mohammad Ali
Jinnah University, Karachi
Prof. Dr.Zubair Shaikh has
expressed deep sorrow and
grief over the sad demise of
former President, M.A.
Jinnah University, Karachi
Prof. Dr. Zubair Shaikh and
declared it a great loss of
the country as well as promotion
of educational
activities in Pakistan. In a
condolence message he
said that entire Muhammad
Ali Jinnah University
stands in this moment of
grief with the bereaved
family and thousands of
mourners across the globe.
Soon after the death
information of Dr. Abdul
Wahab arrived at MAJU,
all classes of the university
suspended immediately,
MAJU flag fly on Half
Mast and all other events
Change of guards ceremony
at Mazar-e-Quaid
Pakistan Air Force's Defence Day celebrations at Karachi
Sep 6: A guard
mounting ceremony took
place at the Mazar-e-Quaid in
which a smartly turned out
contingent of Cadets from
PAF Academy Risalpur took
over guard duties at the mausoleum
of father of the nation
to commemorate his visit to
the PAF Academy Risalpur 69
years ago. Air Vice Marshal
Imran Khalid, Air Officer
Commanding PAF Academy
Risalpur laid floral wreath and
offered “Fateha” at the
Mazar-e-Quaid. The ceremony
was keenly witnessed by
common people including a
large number of students from
various Schools and Colleges
who had gathered at the
Mazar.
Earlier in the day, Air
Chief Marshal Sohail Aman,
Chief of the Air Staff,
Pakistan Air Force, gave a
message to the nation, in
which he said, “We owe our
heroes an eternal debt of gratitude
for what they have done
for us. Indeed, they sacrificed
their today for our tomorrow.
The whole nation salutes
them for their supreme sacrifices
and stands by their
armed forces. Certainly, no
other nation has paid such a
heavy price as the people of
Pakistan to live with dignity
in freedom. I am glad that our
ancestral spirit of patriotism
and undying passion for sacrifice
is still alive and runs in
our blood. Our sacrifices and
successes in Operation Zarbe-Azb
are a testimony to this
fact. Pakistan Air Force, in
synergy with sister services,
has played a vital role in eliminating
the menace of terrorism
and restoration of peace
in the country. I hope that on
the strength of our national
cohesion, we can surmount
every challenge; be it wars or
natural calamities. I assure
you that Pakistan Air Force is
fully capable to defend the
aerial frontiers of our sacred
motherland. On this occasion‚
let us reiterate our commitment
to safeguard our independence
and integrity.
KARACHI: A contingent of cadets from PFA Academy Risalpur during the change of guard
ceremony held at Mazare-e-Quaid on Defence Day of Pakistan.
Banking Services during
Eid-ul-Adha holidays
KARACHI, Sep 6: On the
occasion of Eid-ul-Adha,
State Bank of Pakistan
(SBP) has made special
arrangements to facilitate the
general public for their banking
related needs. These
measures are aimed at providing
hassle free banking
services to the general public
during the forthcoming Eid
holidays.
Being cognizant of the
needs of the general public,
the SBP has advised that
“All” branches' of
Commercial banks and
cancelled. A condolence
meeting and Fateha
Khwani will be held on
Wednesday at University
Campus.
Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab
was born in a Muslim State
Tonk, Rajhistan, India and
migrated to Pakistan in
1948 with family. He did
his matriculation from
Taleemgha High School,
Karachi and took admission
in SM Arts College where
he obtained his Bachelor’s
degree in Psychology. He
Microfinance Banks (MFBs)
will remain open on
Saturday 10th September,
2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:30
PM for provision of banking
services to the members of
general public.
Further, to ensure uninterrupted
availability of ATM
services during Eid-ul-Adha
holidays, SBP has also
advised all banks / MFBs to
take necessary measures for
facilitation of general public.
Moreover, SBP has already
instructed all banks / MFBs
to make special arrangements
by installing Kiosks,
ATMs and mobile ATMs at
places of business such as
Cattle Markets and Bazars
etc. for the facilitation of
buyers and sellers in coordination
with each other. It has
also been advised that cash
needs should be assessed
through continuous monitoring
of ATMs to ensure timely
replenishment of cash in
ATMs.
SBP has always been
endeavoring for smooth provisioning
of banking services
to the general public at large.
President MAJU condole Dr. Abdul Wahab death
KARACHI: People are visiting at Pakistan Ari Force Base Masroor to pay tribute to the hero
of 1965 Indo-Pak war, M.M Alam who crushed down five Indian war planes in less than a
minute during battle, in Karachi on the occasion of 51th Defence Day of Pakistan.
did M.B.A. from IBA and
joined this institution as
Lecturer. Dr. Abdul Wahab
later on went to Canada
where he completed his Ph
D in international business.
In 1978 he returned to
Pakistan and joined again
IBA as Deputy Director
where he was promoted as
Director, IBA and retired
from here in the year 1999.
Dr. Abdul Wahab also
appointed Vice Chancellor,
Karachi University in 1994
to November, 1996. He was
appointed President,
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
University, Karachi in 2002
and retired from here in
2016. Dr. Abdul was also
author of a book “Reforms
in Governments
Departments in which he
shared his experience of
IBA and Karachi
University in detail.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC South, Malik Muhammad Fayyaz
inspecting cleanliness work at Lyari.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch
along with Vice Chairman, Abdull Khaliq Marwat inspecting
road carpeting at Malir Khokhrapar.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
National
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Lahore Safe City to be four times bigger,
economical than Islamabad's: CM Shahbaz
LAHORE, Sep 6: Chief
Minister Shahbaz Sharif on
Tuesday has said that the
government would develop
Lahore Safe City Project
with the cost of around Rs
12 billion which would be
four times bigger and lowpriced
than that of
Islamabad.
While addressing the
passing out parade ceremony
of Punjab Police College
in Sahala, the Chief Minister
said that personnel were
inducted in the services
purely on merit and that
uplifts justice done by
Pakistan Muslim League-
Nawaz.
He directed fresh officials
of Punjab Police to carry out
their job responsibilities
SRINAGAR, Sep 6: In
occupied Kashmir, Hurriyet
leaders including Aasiya
Andrabi and Nayeem
Ahmad Khan have said that
the visiting all-party Indian
parliamentary delegation has
got a clear and unambiguous
message from Kashmir that
there would be no talks until
India accepts Kashmir as a
disputed territory.
The leaders while reacting
to Indian Home Minister
Rajnath Singh’s claim over
Jammu and Kashmir and his
anti-Hurriyet remarks said
that Kashmir was an internationally
recognized dispute,
and Kashmiris were fighting
to secure their right to self–
determination, and not for
sustaining the propaganda
unleashed by Mr. Singh in
the name of Kashmiriyat.
Aasiya Andrabi in a statement
issued in Srinagar said,
“The people of Kashmir, its
leadership, the employees,
the patients, the traders, and
the civil society sent a clear
and a unanimous message to
the delegation that there will
be no talks until disputed
nature of Jammu and
Kashmir is acknowledged
without giving in to any kind
of pressure from the government
instruments.
To work with impartiality
by India.” The people of
Jammu Kashmir have shown
to the world that there is no
difference of opinion or
thought when it comes to
opposing New Delhi’s sinister
policies in Kashmir, she
added.
“Funny that world’s most
oppressive regime is lecturing
Kashmiris about humanity,”
she said and added that
there was only one voice
that Kashmir had been illegally
occupied by India for
the past 70 years. So
acknowledging Kashmir as
disputed territory will be a
is to honour your pledge
made to the country and its
Hurriyet leaders blast Rajnath Singh’s remarks on Kashmir
Six-member Chinese delegation visits AIOU
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: A sixmember
delegation of the
Open University of China here
on Tuesday visited Allama
Iqbal Open University
(AIOU) and discussed bilateral
arrangements to set up a
Chinese language and Culture
Center and undertake a webbased
teaching program.
The two-sides decided to
improve and expand their
quality education through distance
learning system by sharing
each other academic experience
and expertise, in line
with the MoU they signed two
years back. Vice Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui
briefed the delegation about
their collaborative partnership
programs, being carried out
with international Universities
particularly those from China.
The AIOU he said will soon
be setting up a Chinese
Culture and Language Center
at its main campus with the
partnership of Confucius
Institute of China.
This, he said will be an
education response to China-
Pak economic corridor
(CPEC) developing humanmanpower,
well-versed with
Chinese language and Culture.
AIOU is also looking forward
to seek Chinese academic and
administrative support in
strengthening its in-Campus
management and establishment
a strong administrative
and financial system.
They could also collaborate
in updating and modernizing
their libraries, FM and
Web-page TV network and
provision of online education
system.
The leader of the delegation,
the University Vice
President Pro. Shaogang
Zhang in his remarks
expressed his resolve to make
their partnership more effective
in upgrading online and
web-based education system.
first step towards resolving
this dispute, she pointed out.
She said it was funny that
“a regime that has killed
lakhs of our children and
maimed countless, innocents,
is talking about
humanity.” She said that
Kashmiris were not fighting
for sustaining the propaganda
called Kashmiriyat. “This
movement isn’t there to
defend these vague terms
like Kashmiriyat but it is for
safeguarding the dignity of
lakhs of Kashmiris who want
nothing but end to the illegal
occupation,” she added.
Three die,
tanker crashes
into truck
PINDI BHATTIAN, Sep 6:
Three people were burnt alive
following head on collision
between an oil tanker and a
truck on motorway.
Sources said that an oil
tanker No pp135 was on its
way to Hafiz Abad and it
crashed into a truck no F8715
coming from opposite side
near motorway change. Oil
tanker overturned and the fire
flared up engulfing the oil
tanker in the meantime.
As a result three persons
including driver, helper of the
tanker were burnt alive while
truck driver and helper fled the
scene. Police said that the
identity of the deceased has not
ascertained yet. Owing to lack
of facility of Rescue-1122 in
Pindi Bhattian, Rescue 1122
reached late the site of incident
from Hafizabad when the
casualty had taken place.
Three illegal
mineral water
factories sealed
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
District health department
has sealed three illegal mineral
water factories in the
areas of G-9 and Sohan.
Sources said that the district
health department has filed
challan in the court against 39
food outlets for violating food
safety laws and issued notices
to 34. Police have registered
FIRs against these three water
illegal mineral factories.
JAMSHORO, Sep 6: Bureau
of STAGS, University of
Sindh, Jamshoro organized a
remarkable function to commemorate
the glorious martyrdom
and indelible sacrifices
of Armed Forces of
Pakistan rendered by them on
the eve of unjustifiable
aggression to Pakistan by
India. Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Siddique Kalhoro, Vice-
Chancellor, University of
Sindh was the Chief Guest on
this occasion. Whereas,
people, he said.
He asserted that Punjab
Police would further be
strengthened for protection
of the people and would be
made to adapt to ever growing
technology.
Chief Minister Shahbaz
Sharif vowed to continue
efforts to end murder of justice
and said that police were
being given modern
weaponry and training.
He expressed his pleasure
to be present on the occasion
of passing out parade on the
51st Defence Day of
Pakistan. Before concluding
his speech, the Chief
Minister instructed the
newly appointed police officials
to live up to people’s
expectations.
Body found
in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: A
body of a man has been
found near the green belts
within the Shalimar police
jurisdiction.
A passerby spotted the
body besides the green belt
at F-11/2 and informed the
police about the issue.
The police reached the
area and shifted the body to
local hospital for medicolegal
formalities.
The deceased was identified
as Raiz Hussain,
hailing from Jhang. The
reasons behind the killing
could not be ascertained
immediately.
The body was later
shifted to Edhi Homes after
performing medico-legal
formalities.
The police have registered
a case and started
investigation.
KHAIRPUR, Sep 6: The
Cheque Distribution
Ceremony of Indus
Scholarship Scheme was held
at Vice Chancellor Secretariat
of Shah Abdul Latif
University, Khairpur. Prof.
Dr. Parveen Shah, Vice
Chancellor distributed the
cheques among the students
of Department of Business
Administration.
Speaking to the cheque
recipients, Prof. Dr. Parveen
Shah advised the students to
work hard for the pursuit of
their education, believe in
merit and competition
because this age is the competitive
and challenging. Dr.
Shah appreciated the endeavor
of the Chairperson of
Department of Business
12 SSPs including Irfan Baloch of Hyderabad
found guilty of illegal recruitments
Bureau Report
HYDERABAD, Sep 6: 12
SSPs of Sindh police have
been found guilty of illegal
recruitment in police department.
They also include SSP
Hyderabad Irfan Baloch who
is noted for half fry (injuring)
and full fry( killing) of
accused persons extra judicially.
Since Septembder
2014 when he took over as
SSP Hyderabad, Irfan Baloch
has killed more than 40
accused persons before producing
them in court. Under
orders of Supreme Court,
Additional IG Counter
Terrorism department
Sanaullah Abbasi had thoroughly
investigated the matter
of illegal recruitments in
Abbas Kassar
HYDERABAD, Sep 6: The
Vice Chancellor LUMHS
Prof. Noshad A. Shaikh inaugurated
a Skills Laboratory at
Gynecology Unit 1, Liaquat
University Hospital
Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The Laboratory has been
established by “Maternal and
Child Health Integrated
Program” (MCHIP) in collaboration
with LUMHS.
MCHIP is a USAID Bureau
for Global Health's flagship
maternal, neonatal and child
health (MNCH) program
which focuses on reducing
maternal, neonatal and child
mortality. MCHIP works with
USAID missions, governments,
nongovernmental
organizations, local communities
and partner agencies in
developing countries to
implement programs at scale
for sustainable improvements
in MNCH.
While addressing at the
police department and after
finding 12 SSPs involved in
this racket has submitted his
report with names of
involved SSPs to IG Sindh
A.D.Khwaja who on 20
August directed AIG
Establishment Naeem Shaikh
to write letter to chief secretary
Sindh to take stern action
against such involved SSPs.
Report has named following
SSPs involved in this racket
for whom Chief Secretary
has been requested to take
action: Irfan Baloch
Hyderabad, SSP Anti violent
crime cell Tariq Raza
Dharejo, Pir Farid Jan
Sarhandi,Dr. Farooq, Haseeb
Afzal Beg, Farooq Jamali,
Fida Shah, Abdul Hadi Bilu,
Javed Baloch, Nisar Channa,
Ms. Naseem Ara and Noorul
Haq Rindh ( already demoted
to post of Inspector on orders
of apex court). It may be
noted that the recruitment
rate for police constable was
fixed to Rs. 7 lacs which
above SSPs have been
reported to have taken from
newly recruited COPs. It was
further reported that SSP
Farooq Jamali is brother of
PPP MNA from Dadu and
recently by using political
influence has been posted as
deputy director Anti
Corruption Karachi East.
Though IG has written letter
to Chief Secretary for
action against above SSPs on
20 August 2016, SSP
Hyderabad was still working
on his post.
VC LUMHS opens skills laboratory at
gynecology unit 1, civil hospital Hyderabad
Administration Prof. Dr. Iram
Rani and commended the
contribution of donor.
Prof. Dr. Iram Rani briefed
the Vice Chancellor that
Indus Scholarship is being
awarded to the students of the
Department since 2010 on the
basis of merit-cum-financial
need based equally distributed
among the 13 students
by the donor. Dr. Iram
remarked that scholarship is
been properly utilize among
the students.
It is recalled that amount
inaugural ceremony The Vice
Chancellor Prof. Noshad A.
Shaikh expressed that the
Liaquat University intends to
build new and creative
alliances to strengthen the
provincial health system and
the delivery of effective evidence-based
maternal, newborn
and child health services.
He added that various
Maternal and Child Health
Programs in the country are
improving health of women
and children by increasing
access, availability, and utilization
of key health services, as
well as strengthening the
health system. These programs
support innovative approaches
to strengthen the capacity of
Pakistan's public and private
sectors to deliver high impact
health interventions to reduce
maternal, newborn, and child
mortality and morbidity. The
Vice Chancellor offered full
support on the part of
University for the implementation
of Maternal and Child
Health Integrated Program in
the region.
Cheque distribution of indus scholarship
Lieutenant Colonel
Muhammad Ashraf Bhatti,
Wing Commander Hyderabad
was the Guest of Honor and
keynote speaker. The event
was attended enthusiastically
by hundreds of participants
that included teachers, officers,
students and employees.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Siddique Kalhoro sharing his
views on this occasion said
that it was a historic moment,
for it was for the first time in
the annals of history of
University of Sindh that the
Defense Day celebrations
were being marked at the
KHAIRPUR: Prof. Dr. Parveen Shah, Vice Chancellor, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
gave away the cheques of Indus Scholarship among the students of Department of Business
Administration.
Varsity. Dr. Kalhoro observed
that the sign of a great nation
was always not to forget its
benefactors and martyrs;
nation of Pakistan, he mentioned,
was also such grateful
nation. Dr. Kalhoro, obtaining
approval of the audience, paid
rich tribute to the martyrs of
the 6th September 1965, and
reiterated the commitment of
Sindh University teachers, students,
officers and employees,
stressing that they would take
it as a rare honor to give away
their lives for their beloved
motherland Pakistan, as and
when such need would arise.
Dr. Kalhoro traced the history
of Pakistan’s nuclear program
of Rs. 87000/- were distributed
among the 13 students
equally. Ms. Asma Khoso,
Mr. Mehtab Ali, Ms. Aisha
Mahar, Mr. Suneel, Mr.
Nadeem Kalwar, Mr. Abdul
Malik and others received the
scholarship.
Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: Yoga, tai chi, and
other complementary health approaches
are effective in helping to alleviate some
chronic pain conditions, concludes a
new study by researchers
Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D.,
of the National Center for
Complementary and Integrative Health
(NCCIH) at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), and colleagues publish
their findings
By analyzing the MEDLINE database,
Nahin and team identified 150 randomized,
controlled U.S. clinical trials
conducted over the past 50 years that
looked at the effects of nondrug
approaches on chronic pain.
Specifically, the researchers assessed
the safety and efficacy of complementary
health approaches for the treatment of
five of the most common pain conditions:
back pain, osteoarthritis, neck
pain, fibromyalgia, and severe
headaches and migraine.
SU Commemorates Defense Day with Zeal and Passion
JAMSHORO: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sindh
and Wing Commander Hyderabad Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ashraf Bhatti speaking
at the eve of Defence Day celebrations organized by Bureau of STAGS, University of Sindh.
A treatment was considered effective
if it led to improvements in pain
severity and pain-related disability
and/or function that were statistically
significant, when compared with a control
group.
The researchers found there was
strong evidence to suggest that yoga and
acupuncture are safe and effective for
back pain, while acupuncture and tai chi
might benefit people with pain caused
by osteoarthritis of the knee.
to the patriotic endeavors of
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto,
Ex-Prime Minister, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan. He also
offered rich credit to Shaheed
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto,
former premier of the country
for consolidating this program.
He said that internal
cohesion, economic development,
educational strength and
spirit of patriotism formed the
power pivots of any nation.
Dr. Kalhoro asserted that
University of Sindh had
always enjoyed the proud
privilege of standing shoulder
to shoulder with Pakistan
Armed Forces by battling
from the academic front and
by producing scholars of
national and international
stature.
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against prolong load shedding of gas
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EDITORIAL
NATIONS of war-monger govts and allies:
Do protest and end wars, demand peace!
NATIONS of war mongering governments, their
allied countries and partners in war crimes, mercenaries
and terrorists engaged in killings in targetted
countries around the world in war, can rise and
protest against wars astonishingly going on in a civilized
21st century in which millions of people were being
killed, injured, disabled and made homeless! Some psychologists
and statesmen call war a “beastly madness”
which can be stopped by nations pressuring their warring
governments and terrorists lurking among themselves!
Preventing war can be a citizen activity: Each citizen
has constitutional right under which he or she can participate
in the growing anti-war movement demanding
peace at least in their own countries and in a country
being targetted by their governments. Vietnam is one
example when Americans protested and ended a long
war. Here are some suggestions by media colleagues
and what each of the international community members
and citizens can do in their own countries worldwide:
Nations and people around the world can educate
themselves on the issues. To stop terror and avoid wars,
we must first understand what causes it, and what
approaches have, and haven't, been successful in the
past. So far, America's "War On Terrorism" seems to be
focused exclusively on the movement that has apparently
spawned the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks: radical,
violent fringe conservative Sunni Muslims, from an
area that stretches geographically from Northwest
By Bashir Goth
Awell known adage says: “When the US sneezes, the
world catches a cold,” but we may also add “When
America holds elections, the world holds its
breath.”
United States presidential elections keep the world spellbound
and more so this year due to the stark contrast
between the two candidates, the unconventional and colourful
business tycoon Donald Trump and the astute and ingenious
veteran politician Hillary Clinton.
While forAmericans “All politics is local”, the rest of the
world watches it with great zest, analysing the election rhetoric
for clues on tangible foreign policy agenda no matter
how bizarre and absurd the narrative may sometimes look,
particularly on the side of Donald Trump.
Although the campaign narrative can often be seen as a
hawker’s pitch that doesn’t hold much water, let us weigh
each candidate’s foreign policy agenda vis-a-vis the Middle
East and Africa. But to do that we may need to have a quick
look at US President Barack Obama’s legacy in the two
regions because it is after all Obama’s record that Clinton
would like to build on and Trump would like to demolish.
Obama’s rise to the presidency spawned an era of hope
for the world. Africa’s reception of Obama’s election was
ecstatic and his speech to the Muslim world from Cairo a
few months later, in which he promised a new beginning
betweenAmerica and theArabs was like a breath of fresh air
to the Middle East and the Muslim world. Awarding the
Noble Peace Prize to Obama was to celebrate this definitive
moment in history and to underline the world’s rejection of
president George W. Bush’s era of perpetual war and fearmongering,
as well as to welcome an era of hope for a wise
and transformative leadership at a time when the world was
experiencing a financial crisis and economic uncertainty.
No doubt there was a daunting task waiting for the young
president who was in many ways untraditional and
untrained in the corridors of politics and culture of corporate
America.And to the testimony of many economists, Obama
successfully pulled the global economy out of its doldrums,
but it is his foreign policy that remains contentious and this
is where the world looks for clues to Hillary and Trump.
Trump views the Obama-Hillary foreign policy as one of
“death, destruction and terrorism.” He accuses the Obama-
Hillary policies of causing Syria’s disastrous civil war, Iraq’s
total mess, the emergence of Daesh (the self-proclaimed
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and Iran’s empowerment
with nuclear weapons, and a $400 million (Dh1.47 billion)
cash ransom payment.
And despite Trump’s cantankerous outbursts against
Muslims, it looks like his argument against Obama’s record
in the Middle East resonates with the people in the region.
Even Trump’s tongue-in-cheek accusation of Obama as
being the founder of Daesh was not farfetched in view of
some Arabs who attribute the rise of Daesh to Obama’s lack
of action.
Irrepairable rift
Arab analysts lambast Obama’s policy of relinquishing
the American leadership role in the Middle East to Russia
and Iran. Obama’s criticism of America’s Gulf allies as
being “free riders” in an interview with The Atlantic magazine
provoked the ire of the Arabs, particularly Saudi
Arabia.
“No, Mr Obama. We are not the ‘free riders’ that to
whom you refer. We lead from the front and we accept our
mistakes and rectify them. We will continue to hold the
American people as our ally and don’t forget that when the
chips were down, and George Herbert Walker Bush sent
American soldiers to repel with our troops Saddam’s aggression
against Kuwait, soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder
with soldiers. Mr. Obama, that is who we are,” wrote Prince
Turki Al Faisal in Arabnews. Others see this rupture of US-
Arab relations as being irreparable and call the Gulf Arabs
to start relying on their own capacity.
“Relying on the next US president — whoever that may
be — does not seem a practical policy option, particularly
Africa to Southeast Asia. It can only help if we learn
more about the history, culture, religions and economies
of those parts of the world; the West's historic and current
religious, military, political and economic relationships
with them and with Islam; and how those conditions,
from colonialism through global economic
changes and geopolitical rivalies, have contributed to
poverty, desperation, hatred and, at times, religious
fanaticism today. Part of how we've gotten here is the
West's tendency to impose our own cultures, values and
expectations on these regions without taking the time to
understand where the people we're dealing with are
coming from. People interested in stopping terror and
avoiding war cannot afford to repeat that mistake.
Nations can develop a closer, more respectful relationship
to Muslims and the Islamic world.
As the world shrinks, this is actually something we
should be doing with all cultures and religions, but for
the purposes of humanity’s current War on Terrorism, it
is particularly important that, much as Christianity and
Judaism have learned to live in greater harmony after
two millenia of tension, Western cultures and religions
must find and develop their common interests with the
Islamic world. Just as with any minority or "other," the
more nations of different religions and cultures, each
work with and understand people of the Islamic faith,
the less they will seem strange and threatening and the
more we will recognize each other as individuals and as
human beings.
OPINION
Hold your breath until US elects a president
when all of the front-runners for the position seem unlikely
to reverse the shifts initiated by Obama. Bearing this in
mind, the Arab Gulf states must continue to strengthen their
own military capabilities, perhaps by building an even wider
pan-Arab military coalition to protect their interests and provide
for the collective security ofArab states, away from US
interests and policies,” said Dr Marwan Kabalan, a Syrian
academic and writer, in Gulf News.
On the other side, Hillary Clinton lauds Obama’s Middle
East achievements, including decimating Al Qaida and
killing Osama Bin Laden, bringing thousands of US troops
home from Iraq and Afghanistan, disabling Iran’s nuclear
cap-ability, and forcing Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to
give up his chemical weapons. Obama defenders also say
that blaming him for the unprecedented upheavals, particularly
in the Middle East, “is like arriving in town after the
tornado and blaming the Red Cross for the wreckage.
History is more likely to give him credit for adopting a sober
strategy and making it work,” says American columnist
Steve Chapman.
Given Trump’s fickleness, aggressive character and isolationist
policy, it is obvious thatArabs who put their honour
and dignity above all other considerations would rather live
with an intelligent, polite and internationalist Hillary than a
man who finds no qualms in being vindictive and insulting.
They would rather hope Hillary has an Anwar Sadat
moment in breaking with the legacy of her former boss and
reinvigorating America’s active role in the Middle East.
Age of partnership
On the African side, Obama will be remembered for initiating
an age of partnership that moved beyond assistance
and foreign aid.
“Now America has been involved in Africa for decades.
But we are moving beyond the simple provision of assistance,
foreign aid, to a new model of partnership between
America and Africa — a partnership of equals that focuses
on your capacity to solve problems, and your capacity to
grow,” said Obama in his 2013 South Africa speech.
Obama’s Power Africa Initiative, which aims to double
access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, could be considered
Obama’s signature achievement that stands on par with Bill
Clinton’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),
and George W. Bush’s President’s Emergency Plan for Aids
Relief (PEPFAR).
The partnership was also further cemented in the firstever
and largest US-Africa Leaders Summit convened by
Obama in 2014.
The choice for Africa is between the continuity of
Obama’s legacy by Hillary, who visited 24African countries
during her tenure as Secretary of State and contributed to
peace initiatives in many African nations, and between
Trump, who blasted “African leaders for having insatiable
desire for power and wealth,” and who professed that
“Africa should be recolonised again for another 100 years
because Africans are still under slavery, they know nothing
about leadership and self-governance.”
Africa had its fair share of eccentric and flamboyant
leaders in its history and Trump rightly fits on the list of such
personalities that Africa wants to forget. Indeed, Trevor
Noah, host of America’s Daily Show, nailed it in a segment
in which he compared Donald Trump to African dictators
and warlords.
“For me, as an African, there’s just something familiar
about Trump that makes me feel at home,” he said. He then
listed Trump’s bravado and flamboyance against former
African dictators.
Africa has ample problems that need serious attention,
serious thinking and difficult decisions, and I don’t think
African leaders would be enchanted by outlandish
eccentrics of a foreign leader, even if he was American.
Regardless of who ultimately wins the US elections, it
is doubtful that either Africa or the Arab world will be
rejoicing.
Bashir Goth is an African commentator on political,
social, and cultural issues.
SHIKARPUR, Sep 6: A
large number of citizens
including women and children
staged a protest demonstration
against unannounced
and prolonged load
shedding of Sui gas in front
of Sui Southern Gas
Company Limited [SSGCL]
Our Correspondent
SHIKARPUR, Sep 6: The
Defense Day was celebrated
with great national enthusiasm
and zeal here on
Tuesday.
According to details,
many programs were held at
Shikarpur in difference government
and private institutions
the main program was
held in C&S Degree College
Shikarpur to observe the
zonal office Jacobabad on
Tuesday.
According to reports, the
residents of family line,
Dongar Mohalla, Sheddi
Muhalla, Dakhan Muhalla,
Afzal Khan Khoso road and
others blocked the road in
front of SSGC Zonal office
Defense Day,
The
Deputy
Commissioner Shikarpur
Sikandar Ali Khush was
chief guest in the program.
The college students paid
a rich tribute to martyrs of
Defense Day through their
speeches in which they
remembered the commemorated
the sacrifices of martyrs
of Defense Day.
On 6th September 1965,
Jacobabad and burnt the
tires to register their protest
while locked the main gate
of SSGC Zonal office from
outside.
Speaking the media persons,
district president
Jacobabad PPPSB Nadeem
Qureshi, Rafique Ahmed
Defense Day celebrated
JAMSHORO, Sep 6: In
pursuance of the orders
issued by Sindh Chief
Minister’s House, Karachi
the appointment of Prof. Dr.
Pakistan Army successfully
defended an Indian army
onslaught and was able to
secure its borders after more
than a couple days' intense
war.
The special prayers for
the country's security,
progress and development
was also offered.
A large number citizens
and notable participated in
the program.
SU Notifies Cancellation of Appointment
of Dr. Aslam Parvez Memon
Two girls allegedly
abducted in
Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI, Sep 6: Two
girls have allegedly been
abducted within the New
Town and Gujar Khan
Police jurisdictions.
Umar, a resident of New
Town, lodged a complaint
with the local police that
kidnappers have abducted
his daughter Sarwat*, from
the local market, while she
was shopping.
Yunus, a resident of
Gujar Khan, lodged a complaint
with the local police
that kidnappers have abducted
his daughter from his
house, while he was in
office.
According to complainant,
his daughter was
also having Rs65,000 in
cash when the kidnappers
allegedly abducted his
daughter.
The police have registered
cases and started
investigations.
Abbas Kassar
HYDERABAD, Sep 6:
Deputy Inspector General of
Police Hyderabad Mr.
Khadim Hussain Rind inauguration
college of MIT
Software Solution Hyderabad.
Director Noor Ul Ain Abbasi,
Managing Director Anzar Ali
Shah, Deputy Director Hadi
Bux Khokhar,briefed him on
BS
(Information
Technology),4 years degree
program(affiliated with university
of sindh ),Benazir
Bhutto Youth Development
Program BBSYDP,
Government of Sindh,Prime
Minister Youth Skill
Development Program
(PMYSDP) NAVTTC,
Government of Pakistan and
other professional courses and
Software development
Mansoor Pirzada
GHOTKI, Sep 6: PPP MNA
and former chief Minister
Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan
Mahar provided an ambulance
to civil hospital Khanpur
Mahar here on Tuesday.
According to reports, PPP
MNA Sardar Muhammad
Khan Mahar conducted a visit
at civil hospital Khanpur
Mahar near Ghotki, reviewed
advance tools and technology
being taught at MIT SS
Hyderabad.
DIG Khadim Hussain
Rind and ASP Suhai Aziz
Aslam Parvez Memon, as
Pro Vice Chancellor,
University of Sufism, Peace
& Modern Sciences, Bhit
Shah has been canceled/ denotified
with effect from
September 2, 2016. In this
connection, the Registrar,
University of Sindh has also
issued notification.
Ambulance
provided to a hospital
medical facilities provided at
the hospital and seen the condition
of building.
PPP MNA met with
patients at civil hospital and
later he handed over an ambulance
to hospital administration.
Talking to the staff he said
hospital administration should
provide maximum relief to the
patients and ambulance facility
should be kept within easy
approach of locals.
appreciated the efforts of
College of MIT Software
Solution in field of
Information Technology. MIT
team members Administrator
Soomro, Nazir Lashari, Noor
Muhammad Manjho and
other said that we have forced
to stage a protest demonstration
because the administration
of SSGC Jacobabad is
conducting unannounced,
prolonged load shedding and
low gas pressure of sui gas
due to which we have been
facing hardship for three
months during said period we
have lodged several complaints
at SSGC administration
but all in vain.
Besides, children were
going to school without having
breakfast and we are
forced to purchase meal and
other food items from hotel
because we can not cook any
thing at home therefore we
routine is affected badly.
They demanded of the
higher authorities to take
notice of the matter otherwise
they threatened to extend
their protest movement.
Mentally impaired
girl raped
RAWALPINDI, Sep 6: A
mentally impaired girl was
allegedly raped by two people
within Taxila police
jurisdiction.
Jamrood Khan lodged a
complaint with the local
police stating that his wife
Fozia and mentally deficit
daughter Aqeela were
returning from a local market
when Bilal Ahmad and
Ali the residents of same
locality intercepted them
and held them hostage at
gunpoint. He told they took
his daughter to an empty
plot and raped her. The
police have registered a case
but no arrest has been made
by police so far.
Wife allegedly
kills husband in
Malakwal
MALAKWAL, Sep 6: Wife
along with her paramour on
Tuesday allegedly killed her
husband in Malakwal.
The police said the
deceased Azmat, father of 4
children was settled abroad
in connection with his job.
He came to Pakistan on
leave to meet his family
members. His wife Zubaida
and her lover Asghar along
with two accomplices
allegedly opened fire on
him and he was killed on
the spot.
Delaying meter reading by IESCO protested
RAWALPINDI, Sep 6: IESCO consumers
have voiced strong protest over delaying the
meter reading of batch No 15 by 15 days saying
this move will scale up their bills from Rs
3000 to 9000.
Media reports said that after delaying the
meter reading of batch No 7 and 8, the concerned
authorities have issued directives for
delaying meter reading of batch No 15 by 15
days . The respective meter reading staff has
been informed by telephone and messages for
recording the reading 15 days late.
Sources said that reading of batch No 15 is
taken on 20th and 21st of every month but the
reading which was to be taken as per schedule
on 20th and 21st August now will be taken on
6th and 7th of this month. This way the domestic
consumers will have to pay the additional
bills for 15 days and their bill will surge by Rs
3000 to 9000 this month. Likewise the commercial
consumer will have to bear the brunt of
Rs 15000 on account of additional bill.
DIG inaugurates MIT Software
Solution College, appre CIA tes efforts
Zeeshan Ali Qureshi and
Director Students Affair's
Javed Baloch Accountant Ali
Raza were also present on the
occasion.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
International
5
Philippines scrambles to soothe
tensions after Obama slur
VIENTIANE, Sep 6: New
Philippines President Rodrigo
Duterte sought to defuse a row
with the United States on
Tuesday, voicing regret for
calling President Barack
Obama a "son of a bitch", a
comment that prompted
Washington to call off a bilateral
meeting.
The tiff between the two
allies overshadowed the opening
of a summit of East and
Southeast Asian nations in
Vientiane, Laos.
It also soured Obama's last
swing as president through a
region he has tried to make a
focus of U.S. foreign policy, a
strategy widely seen as a
response to China's economic
and military muscle-flexing.
Diplomats say strains with
longtime ally the Philippines
could
compound
Washington's difficulties in
forging a united front with
Southeast Asian partners on
the geostrategic jostle with
Beijing over the South China
Sea. Duterte has bristled
repeatedly at criticism over his
"war on drugs", which has
killed about 2,400 people
since he took office two
KABUL, Sep 6: Afghan
security forces ended an 11-
hour standoff in central
Kabul on Tuesday, shooting
dead the last of a group of
VIENTIANE: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attends a plennary session at the
ASEAN Summit.
months ago, and on Monday
said it would be "rude" for
Obama to raise the question of
human rights when they met.
Such a conversation,
Duterte told reporters, would
prompt him to curse at
Obama, using a Filipino
phrase "putang ina" which can
mean "son of a bitch" or "son
of a whore".
He has previously used the
attackers who struck hours
after a separate suicide
bombing killed and wounded
dozens of security personnel
and civilians.
epithet against Pope Francis,
although he later apologized,
and the U.S. ambassador to
the Philippines.
After Washington called
off Tuesday's bilateral meeting
between Obama and Duterte
in response to his latest comment,
the Philippines issued
two statements expressing
regret and also briefed
reporters.
The bloody episode
began on Monday afternoon
with a twin suicide bombing
in a busy area of the capital
near the Defence Ministry
"President Duterte
explained that the press
reports that President Obama
would 'lecture' him on extrajudicial
killings led to his strong
comments, which in turn
elicited concern," the
Philippines government said
in a statement.
"He regrets that his
remarks to the press have
caused much controversy," it
Afghan forces end siege after suicide attacks in Kabul
Turkey's government says under
popular pressure to drop EU talks
BLED, Sep 6: Turks are dismayed
by the "double standards"
the European Union
applied to their country after
the coup attempt earlier this
year and are putting their government
under "huge pressure"
to end accession negotiations,
the foreign minister
said.
Mevlut Cavusoglu
accused the bloc of dishing
out criticism to neighbors but
not taking it in turn. Turks had
been disappointed not to
receive visits or statements of
support in the aftermath of the
July coup attempt, he said.
"Turkish people see the
double standard," Cavusoglu
told a regional security forum
in the Slovenian mountain
resort of Bled. "We are under
huge pressure to stop the
negotiating process."
Kyrgyzstan: Uighur militant groups
behind attack on China's embassy
BISHKEK, Sep 6: A suicide
bomb attack on the Chinese
embassy in the Kyrgyz capital
last week was ordered by
Uighur terrorist groups active
in Syria and carried out by a
member of the East Turkestan
Islamic movement,
Kyrgyzstan's state security
service said on Tuesday.
The suicide bomber,
whose car rammed the gates
Egypt's parliament approves
appointment of Minister of Supply
CAIRO, Sep 6: Sheikh as supply
minister after his predecessor
resigned amid allegations
of corruption in wheat procurement
in the world's largest
importer of the grain.
Khaled Hanafi stepped
down on Aug. 25 under pressure
from parliament, which
had launched an investigation
into allegations that millions
of dollars intended to subsidize
farmers were used to purchase
more wheat on paper
than was found in silos.
The public prosecutor has
charged several private silo
owners and others with profiteering,
forgery and enabling
the embezzlement of public
funds. Hanafi does not face
criminal charges himself over
the scandal.
The Ministry of Supply is
in charge of Egypt's food subsidy
program and main state
grain buyer, the General
Authority for Supply
Commodities (GASC).
Before his appointment as
minister, Sheikh was head of
the armed forces' public services
division. Sheikh's career
has seen him serve in several
senior administrative roles in
Defence Ministry and he was
previously responsible for the
supply department of military.
of the embassy on Aug. 30,
was an ethnic Uighur who
held a Tajik passport in the
name of Zoir Khalilov, the
security service said in a
statement.
that killed 35 people,
including several senior
security officers, and
wounded 103.
That attack was claimed
by the Taliban and was followed
a few hours later by a
car bomb in Share Naw, a
business and residential area
of the city close to the government
and embassy district.
After the blast in Share
Naw, three gunmen barricaded
themselves in close to
an office of aid group Care
International and a government
complex. The target of
the attack was not clear.
A year on, migrant crisis
hangs over votes in
Hungary, Austria
VAMOSSZABADI, Sep 6:
On a warm morning in late
August, two dozen migrants
carrying stuffed plastic bags
and backpacks boarded a bus
outside a refugee center in
Vamosszabadi, a village in
northwest Hungary.
Escorted by police on what
was meant to be a short shopping
trip organized by the
Hungarian immigration office,
the men, women and children
should have spent a few hours
shopping in the nearby city of
Gyor before returning to their
makeshift homes.
Half of the group, however,
slipped away to a park where
they were met by a man. He
led them through an underpass
to the railway station and they
jumped on a train headed for
the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Their whereabouts now is
unclear. One year after the
border between Hungary and
Austria became a focal point
of a mass influx of refugees to
Europe, many of them heading
for Germany, officials in
both countries say the situation
is largely under control.
added. "He expressed his deep
regard and affinity for
President Obama and for the
enduring partnership between
our nations."
Obama's deputy national
security adviser, Ben Rhodes,
said the focus on Duterte's
comments leading into the
summit had not created a constructive
environment for a
bilateral meeting.
"All of the attention frankly
was on those comments, and
therefore not on the very substantive
agenda that we have
with the Philippines," he told
reporters.
Officials from both countries
said there would be no
formal meeting rescheduled in
Laos but a short conversation
between the two presidents
was possible.
Instead of the Duterte
meeting, Obama held talks
with South Korean President
Park Geun-hye, a day after
North Korea fired three medium-range
missiles into the sea.
He urged a full implementation
of sanctions against North
Korea, adding that the missile
test demonstrated the threat
that Pyongyang posed.
Tunisia fears jihadists
returning home from
Libya, seeks joint action
PARIS, Sep 6: North African
countries should be cooperating
more to stop Islamic
State fighters who are fleeing
their Libyan stronghold of
Sirte from returning to their
homelands and causing trouble
there, Tunisia's defense
minister said on Tuesday.
Libyan forces aligned
with the U.N.-backed government
in Tripoli launched
their campaign to recapture
Sirte in May and are advancing
on the last areas under its
control.
But Tunisia, which estimates
that about 4,000 of its
nationals left to fight for
jihadists groups, is concerned
that many are returning to the
country and could turn their
focus on home soil.
"The danger is real.
Those who leave Sirte are
heading south to eventually
join Boko Haram, but some
are also going west," the
Tunisian minister, Farhat
Hachani, told journalists on
the sidelines of a gathering
of defense and military officials
in Paris.
LONDON, Sep 6: Air passengers
in Britain and beyond
faced delays on Tuesday after
a "Black Lives Matter"
protest on a runway halted
flights for six hours at
London City Airport and a
computer glitch hit British
Airways in London and the
United States.
More than 120 flights
were canceled, delayed or
diverted at City, a few miles
east of the Canary Wharf
financial district, after nine
protesters locked themselves
together on the runway.
Police said late on Tuesday
Akira box office collection day 4:
Sonakshi Sinha film goes steady
MUMBAI, Sep 6: Sonakshi
Sinha‘s Akira held a firm
ground over the weekend. A
film made on minimal budget
that packed good punch
seem to have found audience’s
appreciation gradually.
The weekend thus saw
fairly decent numbers with
over 16 crore adding to its
kitty. First Monday was
expected to take a dip despite
being a holiday for Ganesh
Chaturthi since people opt
for pandal hopping more
than movies on that day. But
the drop is pretty staggering.
From a 6. 20 cr Sunday, the
film came down to 3. 40 cr
which took the toll to 20. 05
cr.
Clearly, it couldn’t really
cash in on the four day weekend
fad. But if we go by our
Trade expert Akshaye Rathi
who had earlier revealed the
budget of the film to be
around 13 crore or so,
Akira’s total isn’t bad at all.
In fact, it has already recovered
its cost of production
and what it earns next will be
added as a profit only. Taran
Adarsh, trade analyst, shared
the numbers on Twitter saying,
“#Akira Fri 5.15 cr, Sat
5.30 cr, Sun 6.20 cr, Mon
3.40 cr. Total: 20.05 cr.
India biz. STEADY!” You
can see the drop which is
pretty evident but it is still
doing a good job at the box
office.
If the film continues to be
steady at the box office,
DUBAI, Sep 6: An Emirates
jet that skidded along the runway
on its fuselage at Dubai
airport and caught fire last
month was subjected to shifting
winds as it made a failed
attempt to abort a landing,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
investigators said on Tuesday.
In a preliminary report on
the Aug. 3 incident, the UAE
LONDON, Sep 6: Anjem
Choudary, Britain's bestknown
Islamist preacher
whose followers have been
linked to numerous plots
around the world, was sentenced
to five years and six
months in prison on Tuesday
for inviting support for Islamic
State, Sky News reported.
Choudary had been convicted
previously by a jury at
London's Old Bailey court of
using online lectures and messages
to encourage support for
the banned group which controls
large areas of Syria and
Iraq.
Notorious in Britain where
the tabloids denounce him as a
Akira might become a game
changer of sorts in the industry.
That’s because the film
doesn’t boast of a superstar
hate preacher, he is also wellknown
abroad, making regular
TV appearances in the wake of
attacks by Islamist militants to
blame Western foreign policy
for targeting Muslims.
Prosecutors said that in
postings on social media,
Choudary had pledged allegiance
to the "caliphate"
declared by Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi and said Muslims
had a duty to obey or provide
support to him.
Choudary had denied the
terrorism charges and
claimed the case was politically
motivated. He was
found guilty after trial in July.
The former head of the
in the lead but an actress who
has been part of many
actioners toplined by Akshay
Kumar or Salman Khan.
Emirates jet hit by shifting winds
before hard landing, fire: inquiry
CALAIS, Sep 6: Truck drivers
and farmers blocked traffic
on the motorway approach
to France's northern port of
Calais for part of Monday,
demanding the closure of a
migrants camp they blame for
mounting insecurity and an
ailing local economy.
The protest had looked set
to resume on Tuesday after
senior officials of the FNTR
national truck drivers' federation
- the organization spearheading
the action - said it
should continue until the government
committed to a date
for the camp's dismantling.
But that appeared uncertain
late on Monday after the
federal aviation authority said
the pilot had tried to abandon
the landing after the main
wheels of the Boeing 777-
300 had already touched
down.
A few seconds later the
plane became airborne again,
only to descend and sink back
onto the runway as the wheels
were retracting into the aircraft.
Seconds later the plane
caught fire as it slid hundreds
of meters on its fuselage.
All 300 passengers and
crew were evacuated from
the plane, which was arriving
from Thiruvananthapuram,
India. Fourteen people were
admitted to hospital. One firefighter
was killed in the
intense blaze.
French truckers demanding migrant
camp closure block Calais traffic
morning they had arrested all
nine and the airline was
preparing to resume flights.
British Airways said it was
taking longer than normal to
process customers at a number
of airports around the
world, including London's
federation's president called
for the go-slow to end.
Dubbed the "jungle", the
squalid camp is a half-way
house for thousands of
migrants fleeing war and
poverty who dream of crossing
the English Channel to
Britain. It currently houses
between 7,000 and 9,000.
London City airport protest ends, BA delays continue
Heathrow and Gatwick, and
urged passengers to check in
online before they reached
the airport.
UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for five and a half years
now banned organization al-
Muhajiroun, Choudary
became infamous for praising
the men responsible for
the 9/11 attacks on the
United States and saying he
wanted to convert
Buckingham Palace into a
mosque.
Despite his often controversial
comments and refusal
to condemn attacks by
Islamists such as the 2005
bombings on the London
transport system, Choudary
has always denied any
involvement in militant
activity and had never been
previously charged with any
terrorism offense.
6
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Biz
Dar calls for promoting
bilateral trade with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador for Afghanistan Syed Ibrar Hussain called on Finance Minister Senator M Ishaq Dar.
Account deficit stands at $2.480mn in FY 2015-16
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Finance Minister Mohammad
lshaq Dar on Tuesday
informed the Senate that the
balance of payments position
has improved over the years.
In a written reply during
question hour, he said, the
current account deficit in
Financial Year 2015-16 stood
at US$ 2,480 million (0.9% of
the GDP) as compared to FY
2012-13 when it was
US$2,496 million (1.1% of
the GDP).
Foreign exchange reserves
as on 30th June, 2016 were
US$ 23.1 billion whereas on
30th June, 2013 they were
US$ 11 billion, he said and
added that workers remittances
amounted to US$
19.92 billion in FY 2015-16,
showing an increase of 43%
over FY 2012-13 figure of
US$13.92 billion.
To another question, he
said, since 2013, the
Government has taken a number
of steps to improve the
balance of payments position
and build the country’s foreign
exchange reserves.
Major steps include successful
completion of the IMF
program and increased
inflows from bilateral and
multilateral sources in the
form of grants and loans.
The Government has also
successfully issued sovereign
bonds and sukuk in the international
capital markets.
He said additional steps
include privatization, auction
of 3G/ 4G licenses and
receipts of the Coalition
Support Fund.
To facilitate and enhance
workers’ remittances, he said,
several measures had been
PSX recoups 411pts to reach 39789 level
KARACHI, Sep 6: The
Pakistan Stock Exchange
Tuesday recouped the previous
losses and gained 410.86
points to reach 39688.97
points level at closing.
The stocks recorded the
highest trading level of
39769.76 points and lowest
level of 39250.16 points,
with the volume of about
330.21 million shares and
value of 14.05 billion. As
many as 389 companies
were active; of which 201
advanced, 165 declined and
23 remained unchanged.
Byco Petroleum was the
volume leader with 32.46
million shares, losing Rs
0.22 to finish at Rs 25.53. It
was followed by WorldCall
Telecom with 27.16 million
shares, gaining Rs 1.88 to
end at Rs 1.88 and Dewan
Cements with 23.51 million
shares, adding Rs 1.04 to
close at Rs 23.14.
The top three gainers
were Service Ind.Ltd with
price per share of 1296.39
(61.73), Ghandhara Ind with
price per share of 682.92
(32.52) and Highnoon (Lab)
per share of 566.65 (20.43).
The top three losers were
Rafhan MaizeXD with price
per share of 7400 (-200),
Unilever Foods with price
per share of 5350 (-150) and
Nestle PakistanXD per share
of 7425 (-75).
KARACHI: Group photo shows (L-R) Admiral (R) Shahid Karim Ullah, H.E India's High
Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale, Ikram Sehgal and Ahsan Mukhtar Zubairi
during an interactive session on Pakistan-India relations in Karachi organised by KCFR.
Oil slips 2 percent as hopes for production freeze wane
NEW YORK, Sep 6: Oil
prices fell 2 percent on
Tuesday, falling further
from the previous session's
one-week high on receding
hopes for an agreement
between the world's top
two producers to freeze
output to tackle a global
supply glut.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Pakistan plans to issue two
international tenders for
750,000 tonnes per year of
liquefied natural gas (LNG)
each in the coming month,
the head of the country's
state-owned LNG company
said, as the South Asian
nation seeks to alleviate
chronic energy shortfalls.
Pakistan's economy has
long been hamstrung by
crippling energy shortages,
with Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif under pressure to end
blackouts before the 2018
general election.
Adnan Gilani, head of
Saudi Arabia and Russia
agreed on Monday to cooperate
in world oil markets,
prompting Brent crude to
jump almost 5 percent only
for it to pare gains after
Saudi Energy Minister
Khalid al-Falih said there
was no need to freeze output
for now.
Pakistan LNG, a new stateowned
company set up to
manage procurement and
supply of gas, said firms
from Australia, Malaysia,
Russia, Qatar, the United
States and Azerbaijan are
On Tuesday, Brent crude
was trading 73 cents lower
at $46.90 a barrel by 12:00
p.m. EDT (1600 GMT).
U.S. crude for October,
which did not settle on
Monday due to the Labor
Day holiday, was at
$44.42, down 2 cents from
Friday's close.
interested in the two tenders.
"We had over half a
dozen participants bidding
in our last international tender
and expect more than
twice that number this time
around," Gilani told Reuters
introduced under the Pakistan
Remittance Initiative (PRI).
Comprehensive awareness
programs.
He added that briefings to
Pakistanis going abroad,
establishment of call centers
to resolve issues of overseas
Pakistanis on priority basis,
allowing opening of foreign
currency accounts by non-residents
and initiating financial
literacy programs have led to
a steady increase in remittances.
During FY 2015-16,
workers’ remittances stood at
US$19.92 billion.
Cotton price
reduces to
Rs6,200 per 40 Kg
LAHORE, Sep 6: Cotton
price has reduced by Rs 150
per 40 kilogram on Tuesday
taking the total to Rs 6,200 for
the said weight.
Reduction in price has
come in following the falling
prices in international market.
Chairman of Pakistan
Ginners Association, Shahzad
Ali Khan said that the reduction
in price of cotton bales in
temporarily and would not
last for long.
Cotton price would again
go back to the Rs 6,500 and
Rs 7,000 per 40 kilogram
after Eidul Azha, he said.
He further said that
increased production of cotton
was expected this season.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: Pakistan
has called to initiate proposals
regarding increasing Afghan
investment in the country and
promoting bilateral trade.
This was stated by Finance
minister Ishaq Dar while talking
to Pakistan's Ambassador to
Afghanistan Syed Ibrar Hussain
here on Tuesday.
The Ambassador briefed about
prospects of Afghan investment,
trade scenario with Afghanistan
and suggested measures for
increase in bilateral trade.
The Minister hoped that bilateral
economic and trade relations
between the two brotherly countries
will further strengthen.
FPCCI official shows
serious concern on
dwindling exports
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
Federation of Pakistan
Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FPCCI) official
showed serious concern on
dwindling exports as accordingly
to trade figures exports
registered a further decline of
6.8 per cent in July 2016-17
compared to corresponding
month of 2015-16. Exports
registered a 10.42 per cent
decline in the first month of
fiscal year as compared to
June 2016.
Talking to newsmen,
FPCCI Regional Standing
Committee, Chairman Ahmad
Jawad said Commerce
Minister is reportedly facing
apathy of the Ministry's top
bureaucracy with reference to
country's weak trade performance
and slow progress on
planned Preferential Trade
Agreements (PTAs) and Free
Trade Agreements (FTAs).
Jawad highlighted that the
key reasons for the decline in
exports are stated as energy
crisis, lack of international
competitiveness, outdated
machinery, weak contract
enforcement, inadequate
investment growth, and (vii)
constraints in regional markets.
Jawad said: "I think
Commerce Minister is frustrated
as things are not moving
in the right direction and he
has nothing to show for the
past three years.
FBR clarifies adjustment of sales
tax rates on petroleum products
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: The
Federal Board of Revenue
(FBR) has clarified the
adjustment of sales tax on
petroleum products.
In a press release it is
said that, it has been
reported in various newspapers
that the rate of
sales tax on petroleum
product, specially diesel
and motor spirit (super
petrol) has been increased
with effect from 1st
September, 2016.
In this respect, it is clarified
that since January,
2015, in view of falling
on Monday.
Gilani said the specifics
of the tenders are being
finalised, but they will
probably be a 5-year and a
15-year offer, as well as a
possible spot purchase.
petroleum prices in the
international market, the
government has been
adjusting sales tax rates on
petroleum products to
rationalize the revenue
stream as well as the consumer
prices. This practice
was also adopted in many
countries to protect the tax
revenues which were
falling due to linkage with
the prices. In Pakistan,
however, public interest
was given due priority and
as a result Pakistan has the
lowest petroleum prices in
the region.
Pakistan to offer two LNG tenders by
October, working on govt deal
Pakistan has ploughed
billions of dollars into
LNG infrastructure, including
construction of a second
LNG import terminal
and pipelines linking the
port city of Karachi with
Lahore in the Punjab
region, the nation's industrial
heartland.
Pakistan has been earmarked
as an up-andcoming
demand outlet for
the oversupplied LNG market.
Qatar, which signed
two term supply contracts
with Pakistan this year, is
the country's largest LNG
supplier.
Corporate Corner
Japan provides security equipment
worth Rs2bn for three major airports
ISLAMABAD: His Excellency, Ambassador, Embassy of Japan Mr Takashi Kurai handing
over the airport security equipment documents to Director General CAA, Air Marshal (R)
Asim Suleiman at BBIAP Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: The Japanese government has provided Airport Security
Equipment worth 1.94 billion Japanese Yen, equivalent to around Rs 2 billion or US$ 20
million for three major international airports at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi for
enhancing security measures at these airports.
The equipment handing-over ceremony graced by Federal Secretary for Aviation,
Muhammad Ifran along with others was held here at the Islamabad International Airport.
Takashi Kurai, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, handed over the list of Airport
Security Equipment to the Director General Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Air
Marshal (Retd) Asim Suleiman which consists of Explosive Detection Systems, Vehicle
Scanners and Cargo Vehicle Scanners.
Yasuhiro Tojo, Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),
in his statement at the handing over ceremony said "balanced and stable regional development
by supporting security enhancement is one of the priority areas of JICA rolling
plan and country assistance policy for Pakistan".
The Ambassador Kurai, while speaking on the occasion, said, "Security enhancement
is indispensable for successful socio-economic development of Pakistan and the
Government of Japan remains committed to supporting Pakistan in this field".
The equipment embraces the latest technology matching the international security
standards set by the United States (US), the European Union (EU) and International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) and it is expected that not only risk of security related
incidents at the three airports will be reduced, but also it will contribute to the improvement
of operation of the airports.
In this context, Ambassador Kurai mentioned, "It is a great pleasure for me to mention
that with the help of Japan the international flights departing from Pakistan will gain
more credibility and the passengers would also feel more comfortable and safe while
traveling to different destinations via these airports".
In addition to this project, Japan has been assisting Pakistan by implementing various
projects in the field of security.
On July 4th, the Government of Japan agreed to extend a Grant Aid worth 200 million
Japanese Yen, equivalent to around Rs. 205 million, under which a Japan Technology
Face Recognition System will be installed at the Karachi International Airport.
Huawei Launches the Spectacular
Huawei Y6 II Smart Phone
KARACHI: Sep 6: Huawei has
recently launched the most awaited
and spectacular smart phone
next in the Huawei Y series,
known as Huawei Y6 II. The customer
market in Pakistan has been
keenly waiting for the smart
device. HuaweiY6 II is among the
mid range smart phones of
Huawei and after the successful
introduction of Huawei Y3 II and
Y5 II (including the LTE version
for the later) customers has anticipated
the Y6 II an advanced technology
smart phone. It’s a tradition for the Huawei smart phones that every newly launched
model of the smart phone exceeds the expectations of the customers and perfectly meets the
requirements of the customers regardless of the range/ category of the smart phone.
The new Huawei Y6 II caters superior aesthetic taste of the Huawei brand lovers as it
offers the fashionable design, complementing the glamorous and stylish looks. The great
chemistry of Huawei’s craftiness left no corner and resulted in the most elegant smart phone
of the market, the Y6 II. Huawei Y6 II has the finely curve edges for smooth experience of
handling the new gem. The crisscross curved (CD) lines under the glass express the hierarchy
of model’s uniqueness. Photography goes to the next level with the new Huawei Y6 II
as the smart phone is supported with 13MP BSI rear camera with F.2 aperture and 28mm
wide angle. This crucial combination enables clearer pictures with detailed illustrations of
the objects focused/ captured through the Huawei Y6 II camera. Similarly, Huawei has built
the front camera more efficient in the new device for better selfies and snap chat experience.
For selfies Huawei Y6 II brings the 8MP front camera that is further added with cosmetic
mode, Beauty motion and panorama selfies mode.
Single Country Exhibition at
Sri Lanka in January, 2017
KARACHI, Sep 6: After the successful response of the Single Country Exhibition at
Colombo, Sri Lanka in January, 2016, TDAP is organizing another Single Country Exhibition
at Colombo, Sri Lanka in January, 2017.The event will be organized at the BMICH Exhibition
Centre from 13th to 15th January, 2017.
The recent exhibition at Sri Lanka was a huge success as all companies had received
tremendous response of Sri Lankan buyers and visitors. Many companies have received
orders from Sri Lankan buyers and the Furniture, Engineering and Pharmaceutical sectors are
still negotiating hopefully successful deals. General Fan Company (GFC) has already sent its
first consignment to Sri Lanka after successful deals which were materialized as a result of
the exhibition. Pharmaceutical companies have also started the process of registration with
Sri Lankan authorities as TDAP had introduced their quality products during the exhibition.
The Single Country Exhibition for 2017 is being organized under the patronage and support
of Government of Sri Lanka. It is expected that large number of people will visit the
event. Major components of Single Country Exhibition will be exhibition display and
Business to Business meetings.
Environment Excellence Award for Lucky Cement!
KARACHI, Sep 6: Pakistan’s leading cement manufacturer, Lucky Cement Limited has
received the 13th Annual Environment Excellence Award 2016. The awards ceremony, took
place on the occasion of a conference titled “Making our cities sustainable” organised by The
National Forum for Environment and Health. Provincial ministers, secretary environment, DG
SEPA, representative of United Nations and other notables were also present on the occasion.
Such awards bring recognition and promote organizations making an outstanding contribution
to sustainable development and economic growth of the country at large, and are working
explicitly in order to achieve economic and social development in Pakistan without damaging
the environment and its natural resources. “Conserving the environment is Lucky Cement’s
utmost priority, and it is because of our commitment to the environment that we have made significant
contributions in making our operations green and environment friendly”, said Amin
Ganny, Chief Operating Officer of Lucky Cement at the occasion.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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Pakistan look to avenge ODI defeat
LONDON, Sep 6: The nights
are drawing in, the kids are
back at school, the summer's
main international trophies
have been tussled over and
divvied up. All that remains
now is an autumnal farewell in
Manchester, as England and
Pakistan do battle for one last
time in a one-off floodlit T20.
It all makes for a low-key
finale to an otherwise engaging
visit from a popular
Pakistan touring team. Their
victory in the fifth and final
ODI at Cardiff on Sunday
spared them the ignominy of
a 5-0 series whitewash but
also, to a degree, deprived
this contest of its edge. Not
even the Super Series (currently
16-10 in England's
favour) can keep up the pretence
that there's anything
tangible at stake.
That said, there's still plenty
to prove for the personnel
Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Sep 6: Third
friendly football match was
played
between
International Eleven and
Jallo FC at Jallo Park football
ground in Lahore for the
restoration of football activities
in Pakistan, which are at
low ebb during last two
years because of some bigwig’s
issues. Mr. Sarwar
Teddy, former captain and
well known strikers, Khalid
Khan, a distinguished striker
Amir Kalia, well known
on both teams. England, of
course, cemented their whiteball
revival with their march
to the World T20 final in
Kolkata back in April, and for
Striker Amjad Zakria from
Kabirwala, a famous striker
Naveed Akram from
Multan, well known stopper
Naeem Khalid, Assad Ullah,
Farooq Aziz, Sohail Ali
Shani from Kabirwala,
Shahid Javaid and Usman
was representing
International Eleven. Two
hours training session was
also conducted before the
match for the soccer youth
of Jallo Park in which penal
of legends shared their
expertise with them.
many of the main men of that
tournament who sat out the
one-off win over Sri Lanka at
the Ageas Bowl in June - in
particular Joe Root, Alex
International Eleven and
Jallo FC played 1-1 draw in
friendly match being played
for the restoration of football
activities in Pakistan. The
match was kicked off
between International
Eleven and Jallo FC at Jallo
Park Football Ground 1-1
draw in a thrilling evening
fixture. After a warm
evening a large number of
people and families came to
see the match as the cool
breeze in the evening of
monsoon provided some
comfort to families. The
match was full of thrill and
excitement as both teams
contested aggressively and
made a series of aggressive
inroads in each other’s area.
The first goal was struck by
Jallo FC’s Right Out Raheel
in 10th minute through placing
ball on the pass of Abbas
Butt. In 35th minute of the
math, Match Referee
Muhammad Amjad awarded
Hales and, of course,
England's fall guy on that
famous evening, Ben Stokes -
this will be their first return to
the format.
Int’l Eleven and Jallo FC played 1:1 draw in a friendly match
organised by Committee for restoration of football Activities in Pak
Super Round 2nd Fame
Football League(FFL-2015-16)
Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Sep 6: Abdul
Hanan;s breathtaking Hattrick
paved the way for
Nadeem FC to outshine
Usmania FC by 3:1 margin
in the Super Round of Fame
Football League-2015-16
(FFL-2015-16) at Fame
Sports Football Ground in
Model Town Lahore.
According to the press
release issued here by Fame
Sports Football Club
(FSFC), the match was
kicked off between Nadeem
FC and Usmania FC at Fame
Sports Football Ground in a
thrilling night fixture. After
a warm evening a large number
of people and families
PALLEKELE, Sep 6: In 90
minutes of outlandish cleanstriking,
Glenn Maxwell
marked a monumental return
to form, sent Sri Lanka into
freefall, and stole their T20I
world record from under their
noses.
The scorecard says he hit
nine sixes in his 65-ball 145
not out, but it felt like he had
hit so many more. It says there
were 14 fours in this Maxwell
mauling, but so quickly did
they come, one after the other,
came to see the match as the
cool breeze in a night of
monsoon provided some
comfort to families. The
match was full of thrill and
excitement as both teams
contested aggressively and
made a series of aggressive
inroads in each other’s area.
The first goal was struck by
Nadeem FC’s Right Forward
in 8th minute through chip
the ball. On the other hand,
Raees of Usmania FC made a
goal in 19th minute through
fantastic Long Range Shot
which was highly appreciated
by the football lovers.
Abdul Hanan managed to
make a second goal for his
team in 27th minute through
tab in technique.
that who is to tell when one
boundary ended and another
began? It was a blur of bludgeoned
sweeps, of wallops
down the ground and, occasionally,
of enterprising strokes
behind the wicket. Australia
made 263 for 3. This is the
highest-equal T20 score, in
addition to being the biggest
score in T20 internationals,
beating the 260 Sri Lanka had
hit against Kenya.
Maxwell had opened the
innings in place of the injured
In the second half of the
match, Nadeem FC exhibited
aggression game of Ball
Possession, Dribbling,
Dodging, Passing, Eye
Contact and Intercepting
which was highly appreciated
by the audience. The
Work Rate and Match
Traveling of Nadeem FC
were astonished to see.
Third goal from Nadeem FC
was made by Abdul Hanan
in 65th minute by making
First Touch method. The
match was officiated by
Commissioner Bashir
Ahmed, Match Referee
Muhammad Amjad, First
Assistant Referee Liaqat Ali
Shah and Second Assistant
Referee Afzal Bari.
Free Kick in favor of
International Eleven on the
foul of Defender Tayyab of
Jallo FC which was fully utilized
by well known striker
Amjad Zakria through
inswing shot.
In the second half of the
match, International Eleven
exhibited aggression game
of Ball Possession,
Dribbling, Dodging, Passing,
Eye Contact and Intercepting
which was highly appreciated
by the young. The Work
Rate and Match Traveling of
Amjad Zakria, Khalid Khan,
Naeem Khalid and Abbas
Butt of Jallo FC were astonished
to see. Remaining second
half saw a flurry of
attempts to score but poor
finish and missed chances
restricted both sides to getting
a further productive
result. The match was officiated
by Commissioner
Muhammad Naeem Molvi,
Referee Muhammad.
South Africa pick
Phehlukwayo for
Australia ODIs
SYDNEY, Sep 6: Uncapped
fast bowler Andile
Phehlukwayo has been named
in the South Africa squad
which will host Australia for
five ODIs from September 30.
Captain AB de Villiers, who
missed South Africa's last
series - the Tests against New
Zealand - due to an elbow
injury, is back. The world's
No. 1 bowler in Test cricket,
Dale Steyn, also returns to the
50-overs format after being
rested for SouthAfrica's previous
ODI assignment, the triseries
against West Indies and
Australia in the Caribbean.
Fast bowler Morne Morkel
and batsman Rilee Rossouw,
who hurt his shoulder during
that tri-series, were not considered
for selection due to
injury. Morkel had injured
himself during the Caribbean
Premier League. While
Steyn's presence covers for the
absence of Morkel, David
Miller was brought in to
replace Rossouw.
Miller was South Africa
A's top scorer in the just-concluded
quadrangular series in
Australia, where he top-scored
for his team with 332 runs at
110.66. Phehlukwayo was the
side's leading wicket-taker in
the quadrangular, with nine
wickets at 25.77 and an economy
rate of 4.98.
Pakistan have no reason to
recall their most recent trip to
Kolkata with any fondness,
either, after a group-stage
defeat to India derailed their
own World T20 campaign,
and in their first 20-over outing
since March, they will
embark on the start of their
own new era, with Sarfraz
Ahmed, one of their star campaigners
of the England tour,
leading his country for the
first time outside of a single
ODI as stand-in.
It promises to be a fun night
out in Manchester, and who
can quibble with that? But,
given that the next World T20
is scheduled to take place in
four years' time (notwithstanding
the growing clamour for a
2018 event), anyone seeking
pointers for the future directions
of both teams can probably
afford to let their attention
waver for a few hours.
Aisam and
partner in QF
of US open
NEW YORK, Sep 6: The
unseeded duo of Pakistan's
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and
Sweden's Robert Lindstedt
showed an impressive form to
oust the fifth seeded team of
Jean Julien Rojer of Holland
and Horia Tecau of Romania
6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to move into the
quarter finals of the US Open.
It was an intensely emotional
contest as on both sides
of the net were ex-partners
facing each other. "Its not easy
to be up against your ex-partner,
but I am happy that we
were able to pull through,"
said a happy sounding Aisam
after the match, according to
information made available
here on Tuesday.
In the first set, Aisam and
Robert were able to break first
Horia's serve at 2-1 up and
then Roger's at 4-1 up to take
a 5-1 lead when Roger and
Horia struck back to first
break back on Robert's serve
and then by holding their
serve to make it 5-3. At this
stage Aisam made no mistakes
while serving for the set
and successfully closed the
first set with a 6-3 score.
In the second set, both
teams raised their level further
and did not let their opponents
break their serves and eventually
it was in tie break that
Aisam and Robert prevailed
upon the Dutch-Romanian
duo and won the second set 7-
6 (7/4).
Earlier, in the second
round Aisam and Robert beat
the tenth seeded pair of
Finland's Henri Konitinen and
Australia's John Peers after a
grueling three set match with
a score of 7-5, 6-7 (9/7), 6-3.
Wasim Akram praises Sarfaraz
Ahmed, Imad and Hassan Ali
Dr M. Arif Hafeez
Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Sep 6: They say
‘all is well that ends well’ but
this doesn’t apply to the
Pakistan Cricket team despite
the convincing win in the last
ODI against England, at least
not in the books of former
captain Wasim Akram.
The former captain said
that the win in last ODI will
release pressure from team
captain Azhar Ali.
“All is well, if end is well
shouldn’t be applicable there
but with the win in Cardiff,
we have now realized that
this team is capable of winning
matches, and of chasing
big totals as well,” said
Wasim. “We just need to bat
sensibly, and need to build
partnerships in middle,” the
former captain added.
Wasim insisted that
although Pakistan lost the
series 4-1, there are still some
positives for the team to pick
and work further on.
“One of the positive
Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Sep 6: Reigning
champions Jinnah Sports and
11A Loins will meet in the
final of the 2nd Muslim Khatri
T-20 League Cricket final
after sealing contrasting semifinal
victories here on Sunday.
11A Lions romped to a
four-wickets success against
Al Akhwan Sports at the TMC
Ground, while Jinnah Sports
defeated CMC Club by 68
runs in a second semi-final at
the RLCA (UP) North
Karachi.
11A Lions,won the toss
and decided to field firs. Al
AkhwanSports, collected
107-10 in 16.4
o v e r s . M o h a m m a d
SiddiqueKhatri (35 off 28
balls, three fours) and
aspects during the series was
batting of Sarfaraz Ahmed, he
has proved himself as a good
and responsible batsman, he
wants to finish the game and
he showed it not only in ODIs
but also in Test matches
before the limited overs’
series,” he said.
“Imad Wasim is a very
good find, he can serve
Pakistan Cricket for long and
another find of series is
young bowler Hassan Ali
who is very good and has
varieties as well.
But, Hassan should work
hard to learn how to deliver
yorkers,” Wasim said.
Talking about Pakistan’s
win at Cardiff, the Swing Ka
Sultan said that it was good to
see batsmen taking responsibility
and playing cricketing
shots.
The former captain also
praised Shoaib Malik and
said that Malik is still capable
of winning matches for
Pakistan. “Malik played a
brilliant knock, he looked
very involved in the field
FarhanKhatr(25 off 17, two
fours).
Slow Left ArmorHaroon
Wada destroy the batting of Al
Akhwan Sports, he took 5
wickets give away only 15
runs while right arm leg spinner
Rizwan Wada took 2-08.
In reply 11A Lions reached
their target 108-6 in 19.5
overs. Muhammad
ZubairKhatri scored a brilliant
Half Century 62 runs of 40
balls with the help of six
boundaries and one six,
Hassan Wada made 22 runs in
17 balls with two fours.
Left Arm Pacer Faizan DS
and Off Spinner
SiddiqueKhatri captured two
wickets each. Later
Muhammad ZubairKhatri was
the man of the match.
today as well.
I firmly believe that he is
still the match winner and he
can still win matches for
Pakistan.
But he needs to remain
focused on each game,” said
Wasim. Wasim said that it is
now up to Mickey Arthur
and co, along with selection
committee, to analyze the
positives and negatives of
the series and decide about
the group they need to have
with the team for the next
four/five years.
“We don’t have likes of
Bradman or even likes of
Miandad or Inzamam sitting
at bench, whatever we have is
in front of us. Give these
youngsters few games, allow
them to grow up and perform,”
he added.
After the ODI series, both
the teams are now heading to
Manchester for the one-off
T20I game and according to
Wasim Akram, the team’s
victory at the last ODI will
boost players’ morale ahead
of the T20 game.
Jinnah Sports, 11A Lions CC will clash in
Muslim Khatri T-20 League Cricket Final
KARACHI: Cheif Guest Former Cricketer Pakistan Rialway Ifraheem abbasi place's a shot
and inaugurates the second semi final of 2nd Muslim Khatri T-20 League Cricket
Tournament at RLCA Up North Karachi. Faisal Khatri, Shahid Tao, Sadiq Khatri, Naeem
Pervaiz, Yaseen Muneem, Zakir Babo, Muhammad Nizam and Others all seen in the picture.
Aaron Finch, and he quickly
set about knocking Sri Lanka's
bowlers out of shape. So battered
were they by the end of
the Powerplay, in which
Australia had cracked 73 for 1,
that they soon became helplessly
complicit in Maxwell's
plunder. Thigh-high full tosses
were sent down with
masochistic abandon. Errors
bred further errors in the outfield.
In the 18th over, a catch
was dropped, though that was
off Travis Head, who was the
second-highest scorer with 45
off 18 balls. Each of Sri
Lanka's five main bowlers
conceded at least 12.75 per
over. The hosts' batting went
much better, though they were
never really in the hunt. The
top three fell cheaply, but
Dinesh Chandimal hit 58 off
43 and Chamara Kapugedera
43 off 25. Mitchell Starc and
Scott Boland took three wickets
apiece, as Sri Lanka finished
on 178 for 9 - 86 runs
short of the 264-run target.
On the occasion
ArshadMuneem and Secretary
KCCA Zone II Syed Shahid
Ali was the Chief Guest and
Introduced the both teams
players and officials.
In the second semi final at
RLCA UP North Karachi
CMC Club won the toss and
decided to field first.
Jinnah Sports scored 139-
10 in 19.5 overs. Faheem
Ahmed made 36 in 27 balls
with three fours and one six,
Captain Faisal Khatri scored 20
in 13 balls with one four and
one six while Owais Wada
added 17 runs in 14 balls with
one six. Medium Pacers
ShakirKhatri grabbed 3-30,
NaeemKhatricaptured 3-29
and UsmanKhatri took 2-20
with his slow left arm bowling.
Serena Williams overtakes Federer
for most Slam match wins
NEW YORK, Sep 6: World
number one, and title favourite
Serena Williams has made history
by defeating
Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava
Shvedova, becoming the most
successful player, male or
female, in Grand Slam history.
It was her 308th match win
at all majors, overtaking
Roger Federer who previously
held the record with 307. The
Swiss could still be holding
the record today had he not
suffered a knee injury in
January, one which required
him to undergo surgery.
The 34-year-old, whose
status as the top dog in
women’s tennis hangs in the
balance, will now face her
first seeded opponent in the
quarter-finals when she
comes up against fifth seed
Simona Halep.
The Romanian, who turns
25 later this month, defeated
Spaniard Carla Suarez
Navarro to reach the quarterfinals
for the second consecutive
year.
While she will start as the
underdog against Williams,
she might as well fancy her
chances, given she defeated
the American 6-0, 6-2 at the
WTA Finals in Singapore two
years ago.
Australia canter to win after record 263, Maxwell returns with 145*
The first over had cost Sri
Lanka only three runs, and
though Maxwell hit the
innings' first boundary - smoking
an overpitched Suranga
Lakmal delivery through cover
- it was David Warner who
doused the scene with petrol,
and began the raging fire.
Warner eyed up seamer Kasun
Rajitha, playing his third international,
and banged four consecutive
fours in the third over,
three of those coming on the
off side.
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G20 a success for China, but hard
issues kicked down the road
BEIJING , Sep 6: China is
lauding its successful hosting
of the G20 summit in scenic
Hangzhou, with open confrontation
largely avoided and
broad consensus reached over
the fragile state of the global
economy and the need for a
wide range of policies to fix it.
There was even a joint
announcement by China and
United States that they would
ratify the Paris climate change
agreement, a significant step
for the world's two biggest
emitters of greenhouse gases.
But scratch beneath the
surface, and the gathering of
the world's most powerful
leaders was not all plain sailing
- from the distraction of a
North Korean missile test to
the failure of the United States
and Russia to reach agreement
over Syria, and diplomatic
faux pas to double
speak over protectionism.
Chinese state media, while
largely basking in the glory of
Abbas Kassar
HYDERABAD, Sep 6:
Peasant of Sinjhoro district
Sangha, Ghulam Ali Laghari
who was ejected from lands he
was tilling since last 32 yearshas
been facing surmountable
odds at the hands of landlords
supported by powerful leaders
of Pakistan PeoplesParty
(PPP) in Sinjhoro has
demanded payment of an
amountof Rs.27 lacs of his
share cropping outstanding
against landlords Aijaz Junejo
and Mumtaz Junejo. He said
sons of Zamindar and his
armed goons burnt his house
looted his household items and
a summit that happened without
being too overshadowed
by disputes such as the South
China Sea, also let slip
Beijing's frustrations at what it
sees as Western efforts to
stymie its economic ambitions.
"For the world's major
developed economies, they
should curb rising protectionism
and dismantle anti-trade
livestock, forcibly evicted him
from the village and lands. The
Zamindars are continuously
threatening him and implicating
him and his family in false
cases. The district administration,
local Police and is supporting
the Zamindar.
This was stated by peasant
Ghulam Ali Leghari accompanied
with civil society activists
at a press conference at
Hyderabad Press Club on
Tuesday.
Civil Society members
from NGO PILER pointed out
that since the landlords have
support from the local politicians
and legislators, so they
did not abide by the Tenancy
measures as economic isolationism
is not a solution to
sluggish growth," China's
official Xinhua news agency
said late on Monday.
"In order to build an inclusive,
rule-based and open
world economy, protectionism
must be prevented from
eroding the foundation for a
faster and healthier economic
recovery."
tribunal’s orders, which has
declared Ghulam Ali as genuine
peasant. Instead of implementing
the tribunal’s decision,
police have started threatening
to Ghulam Ali of dire
consequences. The Zamindars
have also stopped him from
cultivating the land.
The peasant, Ghulam Ali,
had filed a petition in the office
of Additional Deputy
Commissioner for implementation
of the verdict of Tenancy
Tribunal, which allowed him
to cultivate the agriculture land
and has acknowledged his
legal right as Hari. However,
the landlords have not only
forced Gulam Ali out of the
Peasant of Sinjhoro ejected from land, home demands
payment of his cropping share of Rs.27 lacs
FATA reform process to be
completed soon: Governor KP
PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engr. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra addressing the participants
of 105th National Management Course here at Governor’s House.
PESHAWAR, Sep 6: The Tuesday.
“training course tour” of
Governor Khyber Additional Chief Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; they
Pakhtunkhwa Engr. Iqbal Secretary FATA Fida Wazir, had this meeting with the
Zafar Jhagra has said that Secretary Law and Orders Governor Khyber
FATA Rerform Process will
be completed soon in accordance
with the aspirations
FATA Dr. Attaur Rehman and
Secretary P&D FATA Shakil
Qadir were present on the
Pakhtunkhwa at Governor
House, Peshawar.
Secretary Law and Orders
and expectations of the people
occasion. The participants of FATA Dr. Ataur Rehman
of the region.
the National Management while briefing the participants
Similarly, he added, the Course comprising senior on situation in FATA and said
TDPs will also be settled in officers of Pakistan that a well prepared and
their native places till the end Administrative Service; thought out mechanism has
of current year.
He was talking to the participants
of 105th National
Pakistan Custom Services;
Pakistan Foreign Services etc
were headed by its Faculty
been developed to monitor
and expedite pace of work on
the developmental schemes
Management Course at Member. Shahid Rahim and ensure their completion
Governor House Peshawar on Sheikh. During three days within the stipulated period.
"The Federal Public Service Commission
(Amendment) Bill, 2016" introduced before NA
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: The
National Assembly resumed
its session here on Tuesday
with Speaker Sardar Ayaz
Sadiq in the chair. The House
is transacting private members'
business.
Dr Fouzia Hameed introduced
before the House "The
Federal Public Service
Commission (Amendment)
Bill, 2016". The chair referred
the bill to the Standing
Committee concerned.
The House adopted a resolution
recommending the
government to take steps to
set up separate counter for
women in NADRA and passport
offices of Charsadda. It
was moved by Maulana
Muhammad Gohar Shah.
Speaking on the resolution,
Parliamentary Secretary for
Interior Maryam Aurangzeb
told the House that a passport
office has recently been
established in Charsadda
where female staff will be
deployed during this month.
She pointed out that female
staff at NADRA office in
Charsadda is already working.
Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh
Aftab Ahmad said that it is the
need of the time that all the
constitutional institutions and
political forces should come
on one platform to take the
country forward and the bring
future of coming generations.
Replying to points raised
by different members, he said
the government under the
leadership of Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif is working to
steer the country out of crisis.
village but registered fabricated
cases against him, to pressurize
him to withdraw his
claims. After removing the
peasant family from their
homes on gun point, the culprits
set their shelters at fire.
They also took the livestock
including buffaloes and their
calves as well as other valuables.
Ghulam Ali Leghari
informed his supporters and
comrades about the situation
and also informed the area
police, but police were reluctant
to intervene and said it was
a land dispute and they need
further instructions from their
higher officials.
CTD apprehend
an alleged
weapon supplier
SIALKOT, Sep 6: An
alleged weapon supplier
to banned terrorist outfits
has been apprehended
during a raid in Sailkot
area by Counter
Terrorism Department
(CTD).
On a tip-off, the
C o u n t e r - T e r r o r i s m
Department (CTD) personnel
raided at a hideout
in Pasroor Road area in
Sialkot and rounded up
suspected person.
The suspect was identified
as Riaz, who used to
supply weapons to various
proscribed terrorists outfits.
CTD also recovered
two hand grenades from
suspects’ possession. THE
Bomb Disposal Squad
personnel defused the
hand grenades recovered
from suspects’ possession.
The CTD has registered
case against Riaz under
terrorist act at the City
police Station.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: Information
Minister Pervaiz Rashid has urged
the international community to take
notice against Indian atrocities and
human rights violation in occupied
Kashmir. He was talking a delegation
of journalists of Azad Jammu
and Kashmir here on Tuesday. He
said Pakistan will continue its political,
moral and diplomatic support to
Kashmiri for their right of self-determination.
The Minister said that the dispute
should be resolved as per resolution
of United Nations and according to
aspiration of Kashmiris.
He said India could not suppress
In the run-up to G20,
China has been particularly
upset by what it sees as
unwarranted suspicion of its
overseas investment agenda
smacking of protectionism
and paranoia.
A few weeks before the
summit, Australia blocked the
A$10 billion ($7.63 billion)
sale of the country's biggest
energy grid to Chinese bidders,
while Britain delayed a
$24 billion Chinese-invested
nuclear project.
Behind the scenes,
Western countries have been
accusing China of not sticking
to its own goals.
Before the summit,
European G20-sources doubted
that the Chinese agenda
would mark a real new chapter
to create more sustainable
growth for the global economy.
China, asking in public
for more openness and steps
to counter protectionism, is
still giving Western investors
only very limited access to
their market, a European official
said.
A big concern for foreign
investors in China is what
they see as the increasing difficulty
of doing business in
China, driven by concern that
new laws and policies are
seeking to effectively shut out
foreigners or make life very
hard for them.
Radio Pakistan
organizes special show
on eve of Defence Day
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: News
and Current Affairs Channel of
Radio Pakistan organized a special
show on Tuesday in connection
with Pakistan Defence Day.
Participants including strategists
and defence analysts highlighted
different aspects of 1965
war, how Pakistan armed forces
defeated nefarious designs of the
enemy and role of Radio
Pakistan during that critical
juncture of the country's history.
Senator Abdul Qayyum, former
President of National
Defence University Raza
Muhammad Khan, Head of
Department of Humanities of
Bahria University Dr. Azhad
Ahmad and M. Farooq Malik
said 1965 war proved that
Pakistan was capable of thwarting
conspiracies of the enemy.
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6:
President Mamnoon Hussain
has expressed the resolve of
the nation and armed forces to
protect sovereignty and security
of Pakistan at all costs.
In his message on Pakistan
Defence Day, he said our
armed forces are fully prepared
to defend the homeland.
He said sixth September is
a milestone in the history of
our nation when 51 years ago,
the jawans and officers, sailors
and pilots courageously
defended the Homeland
against the enemy aggression,
with the whole nation at their
Drugs worth of Rs. 680 million seized
RAWALPINDI, Sep 6: ANF
seized huge cache of narcotics
weighing 1 Tons worth
Rs 680 Million in
International Market in 9
operations carried out at
Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Lahore,
Sukkur, Karachi and
Panjgoor.
The seized drugs comprised
959 Kg Hashish, 11 Kg
Heroin, 8.9 Kg Ice and 500
Gram Opium. During these
operations, 9 persons
involved in drug trafficking
were arrested while 4 vehicles
were impounded. Most
of the seized Heroin and Ice
were destined abroad.
MUMBAI, Sep 6: With couple
of duds in the recent past,
Katrina Kaif is leaving no
stone un-turned in promoting
her upcoming releaseBaar
Baar Dekho, directed by
debutante director Nitya
Mehra.
Along with her co-star,
Sidharth Malhotra, she’s
going all out taking the film
to different cities and promoting
it in the most quirky
way possible.
Katrina candidly elaborates,
“It’s definitely very tiring
and hectic but Baar Baar
Dekho is a very important
film for me. My previous
release, Fitoor was not very
well received at the box
office and that was definitely
heart breaking. This makes
all the more important to me
that I once again come with a
strong film that gets audiences’
love.”
While Katrina was saw
raging success for over half a
decade (with a string of hit
films), it was the sudden gap
between her releases that was
the reason for people trying
to write her off, despite the
fact that only two of her
films, Phantomand Fitoor
failed at the box office.
To add to that, the media
has only been talking only
ANF Quetta in a successful
intelligence led operation
recovered 754 Kg Hashish
while seizing a Toyota Jeep
(without registration number)
at District Panjgoor.According
to details, ANF on receipt of
information established a road
check at a desired site near
Majboorabad, Tehsil &
District Panjgoor.
During course of surveillance,
a Toyota Jeep stopped at
some distance from ANF
Road Check. Suspecting the
situation, ANF Team
approached the jeep and took
it into custody. However, the
persons on board had already
about her personal life. “It is
the media’s decision to speak
what they feel is important at
that particular time, I can’t
question the media’s decision.
Yes, I agree that last
two years I have had fewer
releases, I had only Bang
fled from the scene leaving the
car abandoned behind. A thorough
search of the jeep car
was conducted by ANF Team,
which resulted in seizure of
754 Kg Hashish. Drug was
kept inside the improvised
cavities of the jeep.
ANF Rawalpindi while
intercepting a parcel at an
office of courier service company,
Rawalpindi, and seized
770 Gram Heroin concealed
inside 2 flour pasting
machines. The parcel was
destined for UK. After initial
investigations, an accused
sender was also arrested from
nearby area.
'Baar Baar Dekho is a very important
film for me': Katrina Kaif
back. “This day highlights the
Pakistani people’s resolve to
defend the Motherland at all
costs. This resolve is the pivot
that guarantees the country’s
security, progress and prosperity”,
president said.
“On this day, every year,
we pay homage to the
Shuhada and our Ghazis. The
acknowledgement of their
sacrifices demands national
unity and collective thinking,
which is a pre-requisite to face
challenges, deter nefarious
designs and thwart conspiracies
against Pakistan. No
doubt, this national spirit and
unity humbled the enemy
despite its numerical superiority”,
Mamnoon said.
He assured the nation that
Pakistan’s defence is in safe
and strong hands of our formidable
armed forces and our
army, navy and air force are
equipped with professional
proficiency that matches the
modern-day combat requirements.
He said I am pleased to
note that we have achieved the
goal of indigenous production
of state-of-the-art defence
technology. “Our nuclear
capability and modern
weaponry are an attestation of
Bang and Fitoor and that is
significantly less. My priorities
were on other things and
it’s every person’s right to
focus on different things. It
was a conscious decision for
me to take it little slowly,”
she says.
President vows to protect sovereignty
and security of Pakistan at all costs
the freedom movement by atrocities,
persecution and terrorism activities
in the territory. He said government
will take all possible steps for the
our commitment to the
defence of our country. I am
proud of the professionalism
and patriotism of the armed
forces. Besides watchfully
guarding the frontiers, our
armed forces, together with
other law enforcement agencies,
are playing an unforgettable
role in maintaining law
and order within the country.
The successful Zarb-e-Azb
operation has improved the
security situation in the country
for which the nation eulogizes
and pays tribute to the
brave and valiant armed
forces”, president added.
Govt striving hard to provide necessities at doorsteps: Saira
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6: Minister of
State for Health Services Saira Afzal
Tarar has said that the government is
striving hard to provide better healthcare
and other amenities of life to the
people at their doorsteps.
Talking to newsmen at Hafizabad,
she said provision of quality and cheap
medicines to the people is top priority
of the government.
She said prudent policies of the government
are yielding good results and
benefits of government policies are
reaching to the common people. She
said the government is taking practical
steps to eliminate terrorism, extremism,
poverty, unemployment, loadshedding
and inflation from the country.
Rashid urges int'l community to take
notice of Indian atrocities in IOK
safety of journalists and media
workers.
ISLAMABAD: Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Federal Minister for IB&NH and Dr. Asif Kirmani, SAPM in a group photo
with the delegation of Kashmiri Media Today.
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