7 September 2016

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
National
Residents of Shikarpur protest
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.