1 November 2016

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Indian firing at 

LOC kills four 

Pakistani civilians 

RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: 

Indian forces yet again 

resorted to unprovoked firing 

at the Line of Control 

(LoC) on Monday which 

was met with a befitting 

response from the Pakistani 

troops, Inter Services 

Public Relations (ISPR) 

said in a statement. 

According to ISPR, 

Indian forces targeted civil 

population and martyred 

four civilians in Nakial sector 

while six others were 

seriously injured. 

Maryam sends 

defamation notice 

to Naeemul Haque 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: 

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the 

daughter of Prime Minister 

Nawaz Sharif has sent Rs 1 

billion defamation notice to 

PTI information secretary 

Naeemul Haque. 

Naeemul Haque had 

alleged that Maryam 

Nawaz was involved in the 

story pertaining to security 

meetings, being leaked to an 

English newspaper. 

According to Sharif family 

spokesman, Naeemul 

Haque should immediately 

apologise otherwise be 

ready to face legal action. 

Shahid Hayat on road 

to recovery after 

contracting pneumonia 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Shahid 

Hayat, the Federal 

Investigation Agency's 

Director South, is on the 

road to recovery after doctors 

said he contracted pneumonia 

and fell critically ill. 

According to a statement 

issued by Director FIASindh 

Asim Qaimkhani, Hayat is 

suffering from fever and contracted 

double pneumonia 

while on a training course in 

Kenya, Nairobi. 

"Considering severity of his 

condition, Hayat was sedated 

and put on ventilator to 

release pressure on his lungs 

and allow them to heal," 

statement read. 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The 

Islamabad High Court (IHC) 

on Monday reiterated its earlier 

order that the Pakistan 

Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) should 

hold its planned sit in at 

'Democracy Park and Speech 

Corner’, located near 

Islamabad's Parade Ground in 

Shakarparian and ordered the 

PTI chief to appear in court. 

The PTI said it would challenge 

the court's order in the 

apex court. 

PTI's Shah Mahmood 

Qureshi claimed, "As Justice 

Siddiqui is related to Irfan 

Siddiqui, the prime minister's 

adviser, it would be better if 

he did not hear the case." 

"We have already asked 

our lawyers to prepare the 

petition saying we don't think 

the judge should hear this 

case... And we will present it 

in the Supreme Court tomorrow," 

he said, speaking to the 

press outside Imran Khan's 

Bani Gala residence in 

Islamabad. 

The IHC order came after 

Imran Khan asked the 

Supreme Court to take suo 

motu notice of arrests of his 

party's workers while speaking 

to media outside Bani Gala. 

During an earlier press 

conference, Imran Khan told 

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No lockdown, PTI can only hold 

sit-in at Democracy Park: IHC 


Amnesty International 

Monday demanded the government 

to immediately and 

unconditionally release hundreds 

of Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf’s (PTI) activists, lift 

restrictions on their movement 

and take all appropriate 

measures to ensure that 

people are allowed to exercise 

their right to peaceful 

assembly. 

The organization’s calls 

come as Pakistan’s authorities 

have intensified their 

crackdown on supporters of 

PTI, including by using 

unnecessary and excessive 

force. The police fired tear 

gas and rubber bullets 

against protesters and 

detained hundreds in “indiscriminate 

and arbitrary mass 

arrests”. 

Amnesty International 

has received credible reports 

that hundreds of people have 

the media that he had already 

spoken to the judge and 

would not go to court. 

Taking issue with this 

statement, Justice Siddiqui 

asked "Why did Imran say 

that he would not appear 

before the court and that he 

had talked to judge?". 

The IHC asked that the 

chief present himself within 

10 minutes. 

Justice Shaukat Aziz 

Siddiqui, while hearing a 

case regarding the PTI sit in, 

remarked "Is only Imran 

Khan respectable in this 

country?" 

The judge ordered the 

Amnesty tells Pakistan to stop 

‘regressive crackdown’ on protesters 

SWABI: Activists of opposition party Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 

clash with police during a march to the capital. 

been arrested under Section 

144 of the Penal Code, a draconian 

colonial-era law that 

forbids the gathering of 

more than four people, and 

represents an undue restriction 

on the rights to freedom 

of expression and peaceful 

assembly. 

“There is no justification 

for this repressive crackdown. 

Pakistan’s constitution 

guarantees people the 

rights to freedom of assembly, 

expression and movement. 

The authorities should 

immediately and unconditionally 

release all the people 

arrested solely for exercising 

their rights and allow 

them to protest peacefully,” 

said Champa Patel, Amnesty 

International’s South Asia 

Director. 

Last week, the authorities 

imposed Section 144 of 

Pakistan’s penal code, which 

forbids the gathering of 

more than four people, 

across the cities of 

Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 

“Section 144 is a draconian 

colonial-era law that 

clearly has no place in a 

rights-respecting society. It 

should never be used to 

unduly restrict the right to 

freedom of peaceful assembly 

and needs to be 

repealed,” said Champa 

Patel. “If sporadic incidents 

of violence occur, the 

authorities should identify 

the responsible people. 

Using the violent acts of a 

few as a pretext to restrict or 

impede the rights of a majority 

is in clear violation of 

Pakistan’s obligations under 

international law.” 

Bilawal demands from PM to 

immediately pass Panama Bill 

KARACHI, Oct 31: 

Chairman Pakistan Peoples 

Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto 

Zardari on Monday said the 

country could no more be 

run without accountability. 

Hence, Prime Minister 

Nawaz Sharif should right 

away pass Panama Bill. 

“Nawaz Sharif should 

tell if democracy and peace 

is desired. Everybody has 

set his eyes on what is 

going on in Islamabad,” he 

said while talking to media 

after participating in Diwali 

events at Shiv Mandir in 

Clifton. 

“I repeat it. Accept our 

four demands,” he said. 

Bilawal had on October 

16 presented four demands 

before the government to 

be accepted, including 

approving Panama Bill presented 

by PPP. The PPP 

chairman said he today 

came to meet Hindu community, 

who have 

announced to celebrate 

Diwali with simplicity following 

Quetta police training 

center attack. 

He questioned from the 

government that how did 

the terrorists managed to 

reach Quetta police training 

center? 

He reiterated his resolve 

to fight against terrorism 

and strengthen democracy 

and judiciary. 

Building 1000km long CPEC 

honour for FWO: General Raheel 


Chief of Army Staff (COAS) 

General Raheel Sharif has 

on Monday said that building 

1000 kilometer long 

China-Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC) was an 

honour for Frontier Works 

Organisation (FWO). He 

said that FWO had become a 

strategic organisation after 

years of hard work. 

According to Inter- 

Services Public Relations 

(ISPR) department, General 

Raheel Sharif attended 

FWO’s Golden Jubilee ceremony, 

where he praised 

FWO for its extensive construction 

experience and 

completion of massive projects. 

Army chief said that 

FWO had completed projects 

like Karakoram 

Highway, Central Corridor 

linking Afghanistan with 

Waziristan, Coastal 

Highway and several 

hydel projects. He congratulated 

FWO over the 

completion of such 

extraordinary projects. 

inspector general Islamabad 

to make arrangements for 

Imran Khan to be presented 

in court. 

"I want to ask Justice 

Siddiqui, that when you made 

a decision and passed an order 

permitting us to hold a peaceful 

protest, and said that containers 

will not be placed, then 

why are our activists in jail?" 

the chief had said on Saturday 

during a press conference. 

Justice Siddiqui, responding 

to the Imran's comment, 

asked today, "Is this a way to 

talk, saying 'Justice Siddiqui 

see how your order is being 

treated'?" 

Marriyum Aurangzeb 

appointed Minister of 

State for Informaiton 


Prime Minister Muhammad 

Nawaz Sharif has appointed 

Marriyam Aurangzeb as State 

Minister for Information and 

Broadcasting. 

The vacancy was created 

when former Minister for 

Information 

and 

Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid 

was removed after a probe by 

security agencies into the 

controversial story published 

in an English Daily. 

Marriyam Aurangzeb is 

Member National Assembly 

from PML-N being selected 

on specific seats reserved 

for women. 


Islamabad police released 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

(PTI) leaders Arif Alvi and 

Imran Ismail after a brief 

custody at the behest of 

Federal Interior Minister 

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on 

Monday. 

Chaudhry Nisar took 

notice of the arrest of PTI 

leaders from Islamabad’s 

Korang Road and ordered 

police authorities to immediately 

free both the leaders. 

Islamabad police confirmed 

the report that the duo 

Imran urges PTI workers to support “brave” Pervez Khattak 

Will reach Islamabad even if 

it takes a month: Khattak 

PESHAWAR: Swabi police shelling on political activists of Tehreek-e-Insaf, at Swabi 

Interchange. The anti government PTI convoy was leading by CM KPK Pervez Khattak. 

ATTOCK, Oct 31: Chief 

Minister (CM) of Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pervez 

Khattak has asserted on 

Monday to reach the federal 

capital at any expense even if 

it takes the convoy a month. 

Khattak talked to private tv 

as he stepped out of his vehicle 

amidst violent confrontation 

of PTI’s supporters with 

law enforcement agencies 

whilst they moved towards 

Islamabad using motorway. 

The Chief Minister alleged 

the government of eyeing 

anarchy with resistance 

against alleged peaceful protesters. 

He also accused leaders of 

the country of violating the 

Constitution of Pakistan. He 

branded the leaders as “goons 

and terrorists” who wanted to 

see anarchic situation. 

Khattak censured the government 

for shutting down roads 

despite order of high court. 

CM of the province claimed 

that he was not to protest in 

Islamabad but the purpose of 

his visit was to visit leader of 

his party, Imran Khan at his 

residence in Bani Gala. 

Khattak alleged the government 

of suppressing 

Pashtuns. 

While, Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf 

(PTI) Chairman Imran 

Khan has urged the people of 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to go to 

Haroonabad Bridge and support 

Chief Minister Pervez 

Khattak and his entourage. 

“I want all PTI workers & 

democratic ppl of KP to go to 

Haroonabad bridge & support 

brave CM & his entourage 

being shelled by Punjab 

police,” said Imran Khan in a 

message on Twitter. 

“CM 

Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa and his 

entourage is being prevented 

violently from exercising his 

democratic right to travel to 

Bani Gala,” he said. 

PM directs ministers to approach 

opposition to discuss PTI-deadlock 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the 

cabinet on Monday during which he instructed the federal ministers to approach different 

opposition parties for discussion over alleged deadlock with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

(PTI) regarding November 2 protest. Reportedly, the Prime Minister stressed furthering 

dialogue and talks over deadlock with the opposition party that was determined to stage 

a sit-in in the federal capital on Wednesday. 

Islamabad High Court (IHC) permitted the party earlier in the day of recording its 

protest in Democracy Park but barred from paralyzing the capital. 

Activists of PTI from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) clashed with police multiple times as 

they attempted to enter Punjab through Swabi Interchange to reach Islamabad. 

Alvi, Imran Ismail freed after Ch Nisar intervenes 

has been released after they 

were captured for ‘intruding 

into government affairs’. 

Following the arrest, 

Imran Ismail uploaded 

images of him in a pleasant 

moment shared with 

Arif Alvi. 

It should be mentioned 

here that the two leaders 

were headed to Bani Gala— 

the residence of Imran 

Khan—however, their 

advance was cut short by 

police. On this, they staged a 

sit-in at Korang Road along 

with other PTI workers. 

State writ to be ensured at every cost: Zubair 


federal government on 

Monday announced that it 

would not allow any one to 

lock down the capital and 

would ensure writ of the 

state at every cost. 

Addressing a news conference 

along with PMLN 

MNAs Daniyal Aziz and 

Talal Chaudhry, Minister of 

State for Privatization 

Muhammad Zubair said the 

government would fulfill its 

constitutional obligation and 

take all possible measures to 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State/Chairman Privatization 

Commission, M Zubair along with the PML-N Leaders Talal 

Chaudhry and Daniyal Aziz addressing a Press Conference. 

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are being 

arresting by police in during anti government protest 

demonstration at Bani Gala. 

ensure writ of the state. 

He said Islamabad High 

Court (IHC) had designated 

a place for Pakistan 

Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to 

hold a public meeting on 

November 2 in a peaceful 

manner. 

He said PTI chief Imran 

Khan should come forward 

and ensure that his party 

workers gather at the designated 

venue and not create 

any law and order situation, 

disturbing routine life of the 

citizens. 

The minister said the 

government would facilitate 

PTI in holding the public 

meeting at the allocated 

‘Democracy Park and 

Speech Corner’, for which a 

clear assurance from PTI 

was required. 

POL prices to 

remain unchanged 

in November 


The government has decided 

to keep the petroleum 

products prices unchanged 

for next month. 

Addressing a news conference 

here on Monday, 

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar 

said that the Prime 

Minister has rejected the 

summery submitted by of 

OGRA for 3 to 15 percent 

increase in the petroleum 

products. He said Prime 

Minister has directed to 

maintain the prices to benefit 

the common people of 

the country. He said no 

increase has been made in 

the petroleum prices since 

April this year. 

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Metropolitan 

CM orders audit of welfare organisations 

collecting hides of sacrificial animals 

Rs8mn approved to establish forensic lab 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah presides over a meeting on Law and 

Order and to review implementation of APEX Committee decisions, at CM House. 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Sindh 

Chief Minister Syed Murad 

Ali Shah has approved Rs8 

million for establishment of 

an Explosive Lab and issued 

directives for arranging suitable 

land in the city for 

Forensic Lab. 

He took this decision 

today at the CM House while 

presiding over a preparatory 

KARACHI, Oct 31: SSGC’s 

Surveillance and Monitoring 

team continued its crackdown 

meeting for the forthcoming 

Apex Committee meeting. 

The meeting was attended by 

Advisor to CM on Law 

Murtaza Wahab, Chief 

Secretary Siddique Memon, 

IG Police AD Khwaja, Home 

Secretary Shakil Mangnijo, 

Additional IG CTD 

Sanaullah Abbasi, Adl IG 

Karachi Mushtaq Maher, 

against miscreants involved in 

natural gas theft by raiding an 

apartment building near 

Kamran Chowrangi, Gulistane-Johar. 

According to an estimate, 

about 8,000 million 

cubic feet of gas was being 

stolen that amounts to approximately 

Rs. 10 million in monetary 

terms. 

The offenders were found 

using a 1-km long direct line to 

feed more than 70 households 

and two generators of 15 KV 

Commissioner Karachi Aijaz 

Khan, Advocate General 

Zameer Ghumro, Prosecutor 

General Shahadat awan and 

others. 

The chief minister said that 

the Apex Committee had 

issued NOCs to welfare 

organisations to collect hides 

of sacrificial animals on Eidul 

Azha on the condition that 

and 25 KV for running one 

hote and several shops including 

the law firm which was 

also the property of the apartment 

building owner named 

Akhter Hussain Mangi and 

they would get their accounts 

audited. What is its progress. 

On this chief Secretary 

Siddique Memon said that he 

has issued directives to the 

Commissioners. The 

Commissioner Karachi, Aijaz 

Khan elaborating his point 

said that he had issued 687 

NOCs to welfare organisations 

for collecting hides. The 

chief minister directed him to 

issue them instructions to get 

their amount they had generated 

from the hides audited. 

"This was the condition of the 

NOC, therefore government 

must know how much amount 

they had generated and where 

they utilised," he said. 

Discussing the under construction 

anti-terrorism 

courts, the chief secretary 

said that six buildings were 

ready at Central Jail where 

courts could be housed. The 

IGP said that he had deputed 

a force of 600 policemen, 

known as jail police, to escort 

the under trial prisoners 

(UTPs) from central jail to 

SSGC team unearths illegal direct 

gas use in Gulistan-e-Johar 

Imprisoned Mayor Wasim Akhtar 

gets bail in May 12 riots 

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar at anti terrorist court. 

SJA Jafri 

Thursday. The ATC-III judge 

KARACHI: Oct 31: Mayor of allowed bail to Akhtar in three 

Karachi, Waseem Akhtar has cases including the two 

been granted bail in three 

cases pertaining to the May 12 

riots and hate speech. 

The bail was granted by an 

anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 

revolving around the May 12, 

2007, riots in the city against a 

surety of Rs. 300, 000 in each 

of the cases and observed that 

he may be released if not 

arrested in any other case. 

The mayor, however, will 

remain in jail since he faces 

around a dozen more cases 

and has to first obtain bail in 

all the cases before he gets 

out of jail. 

Imprisoned mayor of the 

metropolis was taken into 

custody in July this year 

after an ATC had rejected his 

interim bail application in 

Dr Asim Hussain’s terror 

facilitation case. Days after 

his incarceration, he was 

arrested in several other 

cases dating back to 2007 

when he was the home 

adviser to the Sindh chief 

minister. 

According to MQM legal 

aid committee official 

Advocate Latif Pasha, the 

bail order was good enough 

in setting a precedent for 

other cases to deal with 

identical cases. 

Shabir Ahmed Mangi. The 

manager of the law firm beat a 

hasty retreat when he discovered 

that the raiding party was 

undertaking the raid. 

The SSGC team summarily 

removed the clamps and confiscated 

the pipes used in taking 

gas directly from the supply 

main. 

Natural gas theft is one of 

the main causes of 

Unaccounted-for-Gas (UFG) 

or line losses, which is severely 

impacting SSGC’s financial 

bottom line. The gas company 

is waging an all out war 

against those involved in gas 

theft and meter tampering by 

conducting raids on a regular 

basis in its franchise provinces 

of Sindh and Balochistan. 

Concern over 

fleecing of electricity 

consumers 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Pasban e 

Pakistan President Altaf 

Shakoor has expressed serious 

concerns over reported fleecing 

of electricity consumers of 

Karachi and demanded of the 

related authorities to dole out 

justice to these hapless consumers. 

He said frequent media 

reports suggest that KE is 

fleecing consumers under different 

pretexts. He said there 

are complaints of very fast running 

meters that charge more 

bill than actual consumption. 

He said despite frequent outcry 

of consumer no fair probe in 

so-called fast-running meters 

of KE is initiated. 

He said the copper electricity 

supply wires of Karachi 

were changed with 'silver' 

wires, which are considered 

another factor in so-called 

fake billing. He said there is 

dire need that the complaints 

of overbilling and fake billing 

should be seriously investigated 

and the affected consumers 

properly compensated. 

ATC Courts at Clifton for 

their hearings. On this, the 

chief minister said that it was 

quite risky and sensitive to 

send UTP of ATC cases from 

Central jail to ATC courts 

Clifton for hearing regularly. 

When the UTP of terrorism 

cases reach there (ATCs) they 

stay there for few hours 

which is again more dangerous. 

“I would suggest you to 

shift six ATCs from Clifton to 

the newly constructed courts 

at Central Jail for security 

reasons. "At this stage when 

we are at the war with terrorists 

and enemies of the country 

we cannot take such a 

high risk,” he urged the chief 

secretary and added that within 

next three months 14 other 

court buildings would be 

ready for establishing new 

ATC courts. He also directed 

his principal secretary 

Naveed Kamran Baloch to 

coordinate with contracting 

firm and get the 14 ATC 

buildings ready within next 

three months. 

Efforts afoot 

for welfare of 

fishermen: Malkani 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Sindh 

Minister for Livestock and 

Fisheries Muhammad Ali 

Malkani said on Monday 

that all out efforts were 

being made for the development 

and betterment of fishermen 

so as to provide them 

basic necessities at grass 

root level. This he said while 

talking to two delegations of 

Bababhit Island and Sindh 

Trawlers Owners and 

Fishermen Association who 

called on him at at his office 

here today. Secretary 

Livestock Ghulam Hussain 

Memon, DG Livestock and 

Fisheries GM Mehar and 

other officers were also 

present. The minister livestock 

said that the government 

was making all possible 

efforts for welfare of 

fishermen during the ban 

period of two months 

regarding hunting providing 

help and assistance during 

the said ban period. 

Malkani told the delegation 

that their genuine grievances 

would be resolved on 

priority so that they could 

stand on their feet for better 

livelihood. Government is 

doing day and night efforts 

to improve the conditions of 

the institutions at every level 

through good governance. 


Provincial Minister for 

Social Welfare Shamim 

Mumtaz has said that Child 

Protection Authority Sindh 

will soon be fully functionalized 

as Sindh Chief Minister 

has given consent to rules of 

KARACHI: People offering funeral prayer of firing victims who killed at Nazimabad No. 04 

where four armed personnel gun down them, at Masjid-e-Khair-ul-Amal, Ancholi. 

JI demands recovery 

before transition of KE 

SJA Jafri 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Jamaat-e- 

Islami (JI) Karachi chief Engr. 

Haifz Naeem-ur-Rehman has 

demanded of the National 

Electric Power Regulatory 

Authority (NEPRA) to get sale 

of K-Electric stayed and compel 

entity to pay dues of billions 

of rupees to its customers 

and national institutions. 

In a letter to Brig. Retd 

Tariq Mahmood Khan 

Sadozai, he urged NEPRA to 

get all stay orders against KE 

withdraw from the court, 

instead of showing leniency. 

He said that the third time 

sale of KE to Shanghai 

Electric is tantamount to torture 

on people of Karachi as 

the Shanghai Electric is 

already under allegations of 

360 million dollars as per the 

details in Panama leaks. 

He added that the entity 

supposed to supply electricity 

to Karachi has become another 

East India Company. He 

said that the KE has to pay billions 

of rupees to people of 

Karachi and other institutions. 

He added that the entire 

process of privatization of the 

then KESC and now sale of 

KE to SE was dubious. 

The JI leader alleged the 

KE of plundering national 

exchequer and extorting its 

customers. He demanded of 

the NEPRA to hold a forensic 

audit of KE 10 year progress 

and made it public so as to get 

the facts right. 

KARACHI: Former Deputy Speaker,Sindh assembly Rahila Tiwanz distributing medals to the 

student of Mohammad Ali linnah Secondary School,Karachi on the eve of annuals ports 

day.Principle of the school Ghulam Mohannad also seen in the picture. 

OSF demands to implement 

Thalassemia Prevention Bill 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI, Oct 31: The 

Omair Sana Foundation 

(OSF) has demanded government 

to ensure implementation 

on Thalassemia 

Prevention Bill. A renowned 

hematologist and the General 

Secretary of OSF, Dr. Saqib 

Hussain Ansari was addressing 

a high level meeting on 

Monday, he said that educational 

institutes should also 

play their due role to create 

awareness in the society in 

connection with prevention of 

business of the authority 

which were mandatory as per 

Sindh Child Protection 

Authority Act 2011. 

The minister said this while 

talking to child rights activist 

and Regional Head SPARC 

Kashif Bajeer who called her 

Thalassemia. 

Dr. Ansari said that the sole 

purpose for establishing the 

foundation is to eliminate the 

disease and create awareness 

among masses in this regard. 

He further said that the 

honour of establishing very 

first Thalassemia prevention 

center in Pakistan goes to 

OSF. He added that the center 

was founded in 2008 and large 

scale measures had been taken 

to eliminate the disease from 

the society. 

He elaborated that the 

foundation established a 

on Monday and discussed 

child issues here at her office. 

She said that children are vulnerable 

segment of society 

and soft targets and added that 

effective implementation on 

child rights will be ensured to 

protect them from beggary, 

Thalassemia screening in 

University of Karachi where 

more blood samples of more 

than 5000 students were 

screened. 

He vowed to eliminate the 

disease from the society. He 

praised the nongovernmental 

organizations for their contribution 

in creating awareness 

to reduce the chances of the 

disease spread. He also 

stressed the need of active 

participation from all segments 

of the society to pursue 

the noble cause of elimination 

of the disease. 

Child Protection Authority Sindh will soon 

be fully functionalized: minister 

drug trafficking, forced labor 

and other child enemy menace 

prevailing in the society. 

She informed that the 

authority was not fully functional 

due to delay in enacting 

rules of business for last 

few years. 

KU extends last date of VS 

admission forms submission 


KARACHI, Oct 31: KU 

Director Admissions Prof. 

Dr. Khalid Iraqi has notified 

that the last date of submission 

of admission forms for 

the academic year of 2017 

in Department of Visual 

Studies for Bachelors of 

Design (4 years program), 

Bachelors of Fine Arts (4 

years program) and 

Bachelor of Architecture (5 

years program) has been 

extended till 2nd November 

2016. 

KUTS Annual 

Function 

By Staff Reporter 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Annual 

Function of Karachi 

University Teachers’ Society 

will be held today Tuesday 1st 

November 2016 at Shaikh 

Zayed Auditorium, KU. The 

VC Prof. Dr. Muhammad 

Qaiser will be the chief guest. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar exchanged 

views over Ideas 2016. 

KARACHI: Artists busy in painting portrait of slain social worker Sabeen Mehmood, on 

boundary wall of Karachi press club. 

KU admission dates of different programs announced 


KARACHI, Oct 31: Meeting of the Admission 

Committee of Karachi University was held 

under the chairmanship of Director 

Admissions KU Prof. Dr. Khalid Iraqi to discuss 

and finalize the Admissions Policy 2017. 

It was decided that the admissions of Doctor of 

Pharmacy (Morning and Evening) and Test 

based Morning Bachelors and Masters 

Program will commence from 7th November 

2016. In Bachelors program admissions will be 

given in departments of Applied Physics, 

Biotechnology, Business Administration, 

Chemical Engineering, Commerce, Computer 

Science, Economics, Education, English, 

Environmental Studies, Food Science and 

Technology, International Relations, Mass 

Communication, Mathematics, Microbiology, 

Petroleum Technology, Public Administration, 

Special Education and Teacher Education. 

KARACHI: Vice Chairman, Abdull Khaliq Marwat along with 

Municipal Commissioner, Imran Aslam inspecting cleanliness 

work at Sharafi Goath.


National 

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Roads linking Islamabad to 

KPK, Sindh and Punjab blocked 


Roads to Islamabad has been 

blocked regardless of their 

nature and the provinces that 

are being linked through 

these passages. 

According to details, the 

authorities have blocked all 

the roads linking Islamabad 

to KPK, Sindh and Punjab 

owing to Nov 2 sit-in by PTI. 

Earlier, Islamabad- 

Peshawar motorway that was 

opened for one day has again 

been blocked again through 

containers and heaps of soil 

and sand. In addition, G.T 

Road to Attock has also been 

blocked while Shahiya 

Bridge and Wah Garden 

Bridge had also been made 

as no-entry points. 

JAMSHORO, Oct 31: The 

process of issuance of forms 

for admission to various 

morning and evening degree 

programs in the academic 

year 2017 at University of 

Sindh, Jamshoro continues. 

As per the schedule given in 

this regard by the Director 

Admissions, University of 

Sindh, the admission forms 

(along with Prospectus, 

Folder, User Name and 

Password) for Bachelor 

Degree Programs 2017 could 

still be obtained from the 

branches of Habib Bank 

Limited at Allama I.I. Kazi 

Campus, all other campuses 

ISLAMABAD: FC, army and police personnel seen at M-1 as police prepare to stop activists 

of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from entering Islamabad ahead of the party’s Nov 2 protest in 

the federal capital city. 

SU: Admission Process for Bachelor 

Degree Programs 2017 Continues 

Our Correspondent 

of University of Sindh and all 

the designated branches of 

HBL across Sindh; and the 

same could submitted on/or 

before November 04, 2016. 

The forms for admission to 

Bachelor Degree Programs 

would be available at Allama 

I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro, 

Laar Campus Badin, SU 

Campus Mirpurkhas, SMBB 

Campus Dadu, SU Campus 

Thatta and SU Campus 

Larkana at designated branches 

of HBL across Sindh; and 

the same could be submitted 

on/or before November 04, 

2016. The Entry Test for 

Bachelor Degree Programs 

HYDERABAD, Oct 31: 

Sindh Para Veterinary 

Association has expressed 

grave concern on mass scale 

corruption in Agriculture 

Growth Project, a world bank 

project, which has proved of 

no advantage to growers and 

cultivators in Sindh for 

whom the amount of Rs. 30 

billion was received by Sindh 

government. The association 

has demanded from 

NAB,FIA,Anti Corruption to 

hold judicious probe in corruption 

in AGP. Addressing 

news conference here 

Monday the office bearers of 

association alleged that Dr. 

Nazir Ahmed Kalhoro was 

responsible for corruption in 

the project for livestock 

department. They said 

despite passage of 3 years no 

work was done or step taken 

to save animals from various 

diseases and nothing was 

done for development of animal 

husbandry. They alleged 

that no medicines were given 

to live stock owners not facilities 

provided motor 

2017 will be held on Sunday, 

November 13, 2016 at Allama 

I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro 

and Laar Campus Badin, SU 

Campus Mirpurkhas, SMBB 

Campus Dadu, SU Campus 

Thatta and SU Campus 

Larkana. 

The candidates will have 

15 instead of 10 choices for 

admission to the Bachelors 

Programs. The candidates 

seeking admission to 

Bachelors Programs will also 

be required to fill-in online 

admission form from Sindh 

University official website 

www.usindh.edu.pk, take out 

its print and submit the same 

Para veterinary staff for probe in Rs 30 bln 

corruption in agriculture growth project 

cycles,petrol,TA and DA to 

veterinary officers and stock 

assistants. They said that 

when secretary of department 

Muhammad Ramzan and 

section officer Abdul 

Rehman Khaskheli took 

notice of corruption, Project 

Director Dr. Nazir Ahmed 

Kalhoro using his political 

influence got both officers 

removed. They demanded 

action against project director 

Dr. Nazir Kalhoro otherwise 

the association will hold 

protest demonstrations across 

the province. 

SUKKUR: Members of the Hindu community perform their rituals during their religious 

festival Diwali. 

Free ambulance service launched 

for journalists of Islamabad 


Free ambulance service 

has been launched for the 

journalists in Islamabad. 

Free ambulance service 

will be provided to members 

of National Press 

Club and in this regard 

agreement has been 

reached between National 

Press Club and PIMS 

Islamabad. 

Members of National 

Press club residing in 

Islamabad can avail free 

ambulance facility from 

PIMS within 24 hours in 

the event of emergency. 

Project for laying Astroturf in 

two football grounds approved 


Parks and Horticulture 

Authority (PHA) 

Rawalpindi has accorded 

approval to lay Astroturf at 

the cost of Rs 400 million in 

two football play grounds in 

Rawalpindi 

Work has been started to 

construct base for laying 

Astroturf in foot ball 

grounds at Government 

Degree Boys college 

Satellite town and Shahbaz 

Sharif public park. However 

the work for laying Astroturf 

in the both football grounds 

will be started as soon as the 

Astroturf arrives from New 

Zealand. 

Director General (DG) 

PHA Dr Abid Mehmood 

Malik said that number of 

football matches will 

increase in these football 

grounds after Astroturf is 

laid. Football tournaments 

will be arranged and football 

players will be imparted 

training to play in these 

grounds. Pavilion is also 

being constructed along with 

these two play grounds. 

at the relevant campus after 

enclosing all required academic 

testimonials / documents. 

The candidates will 

then be issued on-the-spot 

admit cards at the time of 

submission. Moreover, 

Special Information Desks to 

guide and facilitate the candidates 

have also been set up at 

the main campus at Jamshoro 

and all other campuses at 

Badin, Mirpurkhas, Dadu, 

Thatta and Larkana. The candidates 

can approach those 

information desks in case of 

any confusion or query and 

they can also submit their 

admission forms there. 

Quaid e Azam University 

alleges former chairman 

senate of occupying its 

land illegally 


Quaid e Azam University 

has alleged PPP leader and 

former Chairman Senate 

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of 

occupying university land 

illegally. . 

According to media 

reports university in a 

statement issued here has 

said Resident officer and 

Vice Chancellor of university 

have confirmed that 

former chairman Senate 

Nayyar Hussain Bokhari 

has allegedly extended its 

encroachment on university 

land. 

Statement said that it 

was national tragedy that it 

was being done with the 

most renowned university 

under nose of federal government. 

University’s 

Spokesperson Dr Niaz said 

that they had identified 

new encroachments constructed 

on the land of university 

and these are 

owned by Nayyar 

Bukhari. 

University has decided 

to take up this issue on an 

appropriate forum. 

PPP Islamabad president 

Syed Sibtul Haider 

Bokhari has said his own 

56 kanal land is affiliated 

with university. We have 

not made any encroachments. 


Whey protein - popular 

among bodybuilders - was 

found to lower blood pressure 

and cholesterol as well 

as making blood vessels 

healthier. 

Those taking the supplement 

were found to have an 

eight per cent less chance of 

developing a deadly heart 

condition. Experts say it 

could be good news for the 

18 million adults living in the 

UK and the 72 million in the 

US with high blood pressure. 

Whey protein - popular 

among bodybuilders - was 

found to lower blood pressure 

and cholesterol as well 

as making blood vessels 

healthier Lead researcher 

Ágnes Fekete, from the 

National Highway at 

Sadiqabad linking Sindh and 

Punjab had also been 

blocked through containers. 

Along with Faisalabad 

Motorway, G.T Road 

Gujrawala had also been 

blocked through containers. 

To cope up with any kind 

of emergency situations, 

bundles of containers have 

been also been placed outside 

CM House in Model 

Town, Lahore. 

On the other hand, the 

general public is extremely 

annoyed with the closing 

down of Motorway and G.T 

Road at different points. 

Passengers that included 

women and kids had to cover 

miles of distance by feet. 

Sanitary staff of 

Badin MC, Kadhan 

TC unpaid: did not 

celebrate deeqwali 

Our Correspondent 


Sanitary staff of municipal 

committee Badin and town 

committee Kadhan( town bordering 

India) could not celebrate 

Deewali due to non payment 

of advance salary to them 

on occasion of their religious 

day. Sanitary staff of both 

towns was observing strike 

since 24 October demanding 

payment of salaries continued 

strike on Deewali day also. In 

Badin sanitary staff led by 

Kirshan Lal, Jetha Lal and 

Chaman took out a rally 

protesting against non payment 

of salary and held protest in 

front of press club. They 

observed broom down strike 

and raised slogans against 

Deputy Commissioner Badin, 

who happens to be administrator 

of all local bodies of the district, 

has not signed the cheques 

for salaries to sanitary staff. 

RAWALPINDI Oct 31: The 

Lahore High Court (LHC) 

Rawalpindi bench while 

accepting the writ petition 

filed against the closure and 

blockage of roads to halt the 

PTI sit-in, sought reply from 

Rawalpindi administration 

and the police today Tuesday. 

Commissioner Rawalpindi, 

DCO, RPO and CPO 

Rawalpindi were made party 

in writ petition filed by 

Resident of Khayaban Sir 

Syed sector 4-B Shaikh Athar 

Residents of Gharibabad resent 

demolition notice to pull down their homes 

Abbas Kassar 


Residents of Gharibabad 

colony of city were indignant 

against the notice issued by 

highways engineer under 

orders of deputy commissioner 

Hyderabad to demolish 

their homes to widen the 

national highway road. The 

protest was led by Sharif Beg 

son of Rafiq Beg who told 

media that there were 70 

houses in the colony where 

poor families, as was evident 

from name of colony as 

LAHORE, Oct 31: Amid 

fear of Pakistan Tehreek 

Insaf (PTI) sit-in the 

Punjab government has 

closed all the bus stops till 

2 November in Lahore. 

The government has 

Gharibabad< were living 

there since creation of 

Pakistan. Sharif Beg showed 

lease of his house issued by 

Hyderabad municipal corporation 

under No.142/city survey 

No.2967. He told that 

they talked with deputy commissioner 

who has given 

orders for pulling down their 

houses but he said he had 

received orders from higher 

authorities. They told that 

national highway from Hala 

Naka to central jail and further 

to Zubeida girls college 

walls was only 39 feet wide 

closed all the bus terminals 

in Lahore and there 

will be complete ban on 

arrival or departure of 

commuters. The authorities 

have announced Rs 

20,000 fine beside sealing 

and same was 39 feet wide 

while passing through their 

colony but now highway 

engineers say they would 

widen road to 52 feet that 

also the portion of their 

colony. They made appeal to 

prime minister, chief minister 

and other higher authorities 

to do not deprive their families 

of shelter. They deplored 

that Sindh government was 

headed by PPP which has 

manifesto of Roti Kapra and 

Makan but contrary to their 

manifesto they were demolishing 

houses of poor. 

All Lahore bus terminals 

closed till 2 Nov in Lahore 

of bus terminal if the 

transport companies will 

ply their buses on 

Islamabad route. The closure 

of bas stands across 

the city has caused panic 

among the passengers. 

LAHORE: Lawyers cast their votes during the Annual Election 2016 the Supreme Court Bar 

Association. 

Court seeks reply from Rawalpindi administration, police 


Allama Iqbal Open 

University (AIOU) was reelected 

member of Executive 

Board of the Asian 

Association of Open 

Universities (AAOU) for 

two-year term. 

The election took place at 

the annual Genera Body 

meeting of the association 

held in Manila, according to a 

message received here. 

Pakistan was among the nine 

countries got elected by the 

Association’s fifty-nine 

Jameel through Malik Saleh 

Muhammad Advocate. 

The petitioner under the 

article 199 of the constitution 

has taken stance that 

Rawalpindi Administration 

has blocked the Murree road 

on the occasion of protest 

held by a political party on 

October 28. 

The Petitioner informed 

the court that Rawalpindi 

administration blocked all 

points leading to Educational 

institution and hospital 

members. AIOU was nominated 

by the Open 

Universities of Indonesia and 

Malaysia. 

The board acknowledged 

and appreciated the AIOU’s 

role as it founding member in 

promoting quality education 

through distance learning system. 

The Board thanked the 

AIOU’s Vice Chancellor 

Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui for 

his visionary output and support 

making the Association 

strong and vibrant in the 

adding that blockage of roads 

not only affected the norms 

of life and business but also a 

three-day old baby was died 

due to tear gas shelling which 

was used by the police to disperse 

the protestors. 

The petitioner stated that 

according 15 article of constitution 

“Every citizen shall 

have the right to remain in, 

and, subject, to any reasonable 

restriction imposed by 

law in the public interest, 

enter and move freely 

Asian region. 

The conference during its 

three-day’s deliberations in 

Manila discussed academic 

leadership in open and distance 

learning (ODL), open 

educational practices, open 

educational resources (OER), 

promotion of online courses 

including MOOCs, digital 

and new media literacy and 

quality assurance in ODEL. 

The conference brought 

together Asian ODL academics, 

administrators, practitioners, 

scholars and students to 

throughout Pakistan and to 

reside and settle in any part 

thereof.” He said under the 

article of 8 of constitution “it 

is government responsibility 

to protect basic rights of citizen 

but city administration 

has blocked the roads with 

containers to stop the 

November 02’s sit-in. It is 

requested in petition that the 

court to stop the government 

blocking the roads in the pretext 

of sit-in and lockdown 

on November 02. 

AIOU gets elected executive member of Asian Association 

University of Reading, said: 

'The results of this trial are 

very exciting. It shows the 

positive impact that dairy 

proteins can have on blood 

pressure. 

'Long-term studies show 

that people who drink more 

milk tend to be healthier, but 

until now, there has been little 

work to evaluate how 

dairy proteins affect blood 

pressure in particular.' 

Researchers looked at the 

impact of drinking two protein 

shakes per day for eight 

weeks on 38 pre and mild 

hypertension patients. 

share their experiences in 

open education and review 

the region’s contribution 

towards promotion of open, 

flexible and effective education 

for all. 

Pakistan was represented 

at the conference by a 

University’s senior academician 

Prof. Zahid Majeed. He 

briefed the conference about 

the academic initiatives taken 

by Dr. Shahid Siddiqui during 

the last two years, particularly 

in the fields of research and 

professional development. 

Drinking a protein supplement could help to reduce the risk of heart disease 

They used commercially 

available whey protein powder 

mixed with water and 

tested alongside a casein - a 

different form of milk protein 

- supplement. 

A control group was given 

by a pill containing maltodextrin 

- a form of carbohydrate. 

The supplements contributed 

around 10 per cent of 

the recommended daily calorie 

intake and were asked to 

remove some foods from 

their diet to prevent weight 

gain. 

Those taking the supplement 

were found to have an 

eight per cent less chance of 

developing a deadly heart 

condition They found signification 

reductions in both systolic 

and diastolic blood pressure 

over a 24-hour period 

after consuming the supplement. 

Cholesterol and triacylglycerol 

levels - fats found in 

the bloodstream that are 

known to increase the risk of 

cardiovascular disease - were 

also decreased. 

Professor Givens, who 

was involved in the research, 

said: 'By giving people a high 

dose of whey protein, similar 

to the amount used by athletes, 

we were able to see a 

significant impact over an 

eight-week trial. 

'We will now be looking 

to further understand the 

impacts of milk proteins on 

other markers of cardiovascular 

health and over a longer 

period of time.'

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EDITORIAL 

7WHAT MAKES POLITICS TICK & CLICK RIGHT OR WRONG? 

Leaders compromised share off booty; 

If denied, any party opposes rulers! 

WHAT makes leaders, parties, opposition and 

rulers get along is multi-lateral benefits and 

sharing off the booty -- legitimate or otherwise 

-- as they make major compromises with others and 

benefit reap its benefits, that makes politics tick and click 

right. Or otherwise, wrong. 

LEADERS act deaf, dumb and blind if they get what 

they want in the present rigged system of compelled voting 

of people like a controlled herd, a line of flock of subhuman 

creatures, choosing without their own choice 

which is not expressed and not counted, and therefore not 

even valued. 

PARTIES before elections do make “adjustments” 

with other parties on electoral areas or constituencies, 

contests, candidates and seats of the electorate. Hence, 

they more or less accept such elections results, be it fair or 

unfair, rigged or honest, if they get that dearness 

allowance they seek for a willing and consented losing: 

This means getting benefit of compromise, and to raise 

nominal protest or objections, that is kept or controllable 

to an extent and range that does not threaten honest or 

cheater victorious candidate/s or winner group or party. 

FREE ones, be they an individual, group or party, who 

have not compromised are not many around who could be 

worthy of their own salt, who are independent in such 

sharing, or failing that, objecting to an enslaving system. 

They can oppose a might machinery of corruption and 

rigging that weighs and run different leaders and parties 

and determines who gets what, how much and from 

whom. 

SYSTEMS in which people cannot exercise their right 

to vote freely and according to their own choice are not 

living in a democracy but under slavish floggings of a 

master using its whip at its own whims and pleasures. 

Such systems anywhere, in villages, cities, provinces or 

the center, cannot possibly be called democratic or reasonably 

considered to be as such. 

DEMOCRACY is for people who deserve democracy 

or who have the potential to have and practice democracy 

in the true sense of the word, otherwise illiterates, slaves 

of money and economics or worldly goods and pleasures, 

immature people with a long history of doing the bidding 

of their richer and privileged masters, or those who do not 

know what democracy is, do not deserve it. They mistake 

democracy for anarchy, which is what is happening now. 

THEREFORE, any compromises and benefits under 

anarchy is not acceptable in or under the name of democracy, 

be it applicable to any government who gives such 

political or economic bribes, or be it applicable on any 

opposition who are on the receiving end of benefits of 

such compromises which makes them surrender against 

their better will or judgment before their ever changing 

Malnutrition is a condition resulting from a 

deficiency of one or more nutrients and has a 

wide range of symptoms. Children are 

amongst the worst-affected groups. In 2001 the World 

Health Organization found that 54% of deaths in children 

living in developing countries comes from malnutrition. 

Roughly 37.5 million people in Pakistan are affected 

by these factors and are considered to be undernourished. 

This is due to the fact that remote districts of 

Pakistan have food scarcity, low rains and lack of 

access to basic health services. In Pakistan roughly 33% 

of all children under the age of 5 are underweight, 

which is alarming. Children are more susceptible to 

infectious diseases seeing as their immune systems 

have not been properly developed. The infection in turn 

can lead to less food intake as the child’s diet is 

quenched due to the illness. 

Often family sizes and poverty are the main factor 

for undernourishment. Since many lower income families 

tend to have a large family size, without the proper 

planning and the funding available, they scrape by with 

just enough food to fill their stomach but not the necessary 

food available to receive the nutritional benefits 

from these foods. Food such as milk, eggs, and breads 

are expensive luxuries for most lower income families. 

Since lower income families tend to not properly 

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Traffic Hazards In Karachi 

loyalties, parties and masters, usually in lands with a long 

history of century of slavery to riches and obedience to 

power whoever enjoyed it at different times. Such society 

encourages, invites and promotes corruption from individual 

to group and party level, from villages up to cities, 

from provinces to the center, and vice versa. 

OPPOSITION becomes necessary against such situation, 

circumstances and conditions as blocks real progress 

and overall prosperity in mind, body and soul, and must 

be fought against, to gear and steer the society towards 

progress and prosperity in letter and spirit. 

REFORMS against rigging, cheating and fraud in 

elections become necessary too to institute elections without 

rigging, cheating and fraud. Such a just foundation as 

fair, free and independent elections and votes, must be 

provided with enough knowledge provided of the candidates 

to the nation to select whoever they think to be the 

best for them. That is top most priority to ensure better 

candidates are screened, scrutinized and presented for 

election and composition of good governance and best 

governments. 

NEITHER governments nor opposition, the two pillars 

of accountability and reforms, won’t achieve anything if 

both are corrupt, and are playing a self defeating game of 

gaining more concessions and allowances towards more 

corruption, without any of these two being honest, principled 

and loyal in service and dedication with full commitment 

to fulfill the dreams, desires, needs and necessities 

of their voters and people in general. 

TRUTH and goodness are two other forces which 

therefore emerge as solutions to problems and salvation to 

turn presently living hell in societies into ideal heavens 

that can be built or at least to make a neat and clean livable 

place worthy of its name. 

NATIONS and leaders brought up on negative traits 

for temporal or illegitimate benefits become submerged in 

hypocrisy. It’s hard to make one liar in a family to become 

honest. It’s almost impossible to make a nation raised on 

anti-value cycles get transformed into a moral and truthful 

entity anytime soon. But sacrifices can be taught as 

being gainful for better life all around, and not be regarded 

as a loss or deprivation. Getting what we want through 

evil is not a human or constitutional right. Preserving our 

human and constitutional rights can afford all a better life 

and living. That kind of training can be given on massive 

and media level to an entire nation. Nonetheless, if a system 

is to be changed anywhere from bad to good, not 

from bad to worse, then best practices with reforms 

become compulsory to improve almost everything and 

everyone overall. There is no other way to stop a bad society 

turning into worst, and no other way to promote a 

society towards its own good. 

The link between Family Planning & Malnutrition 

plan for the birthing of the child maternal undernourishment 

is also a factor to babies being born underweight. 

The increased metabolic rate due to acute and 

chronic illness precipitates the pre-existing malnutrition. 

This is a problem that needs immediate attention 

by the public and private sector. 

Simple steps such as use of better fertilizers should 

be used to give better crop returns. A stronger hand in 

the distribution of food to the masses needs to be 

played by the relevant entities. Educational programs 

should be set up to help educate the masses about the 

proper nutritional needs of a developing child as well 

as family planning, such as that carried out by DKT. 

DKT has over a 1000 Dhanak clinics set up in remote 

parts of the country such as: Swat, Thatta, Dadu, Tando 

Allahyar, Tharparkar, among many others. Seeing as 

65% of Pakistan’s population lives in rural parts of the 

country where basic infrastructure is severely lacking. 

The nutritional development education program can 

help focus on finding the same neutrinos that a child 

needs from cheaper alternative sources of food, so that 

lower income families can still provide their children 

with the same neutrinos only substituted with a cheaper 

alternative. 

DKT Pakistan has existing programs established in 

various parts of Pakistan that help educate the masses 

on the benefits of family planning and birth spacing. 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

Dear Editor! 

I want to draw the attention of concerned authorities towards the traffic problems in our city. Its the matter of 

fact that traffic problem is increasing day by day which is going to be much dangerous for the lives of citizens. 

Traffic problems in our city making such hazard situations that are quiet difficult to solve by ordinary people. Road 

accidents are increasing day by day. More and more traffic jam can be seen which is making the situation more 

critical pedestrians face a lot of trouble in crossing roads. Drivers take short cuts from wrong sides and these short 

cuts are making traffic problems and also road accidents. People are getting use to break traffic rules and signals 

for their own cause but it become dangerous for others as well. 

These problems lead to another big problem of noise pollution especially in the areas where certain sensitive 

places are located like hospitals and parks. 

It’s my humble request to the concerned authorities to take an immediate action and let us give a chance to thanks. 

Farha Nisar, 

Karachi. 

Sawan Khaskheli 

BADIN, Oct 31: BAR is providing 

the best opportunities 

of the trainings to the lawyers 

and trained lawyers can be 

best judges of the future. It 

was stated by Chief Justice 

Sindh High Court, Justice 

Sayed Sajad Ali Shah here at 

Badin on Sunday during the 


Parks and Horticulture 

Authority (PHA) Rawalpindi 

has decided to rent out play 

grounds set up in educational 

institutions and parks for 

wedding and other functions. 

The decision will be 

event of Badin Bar 

Association. 

He told that more than 25 

judges have been terminated 

in the allegation of the corruption 

of different courts in 

Sindh province adding he told 

in the past he received many 

letters of recommendations 

from lawyers for the transfers 

finally approved in PHA 

Board meeting on 

November 8. The meeting 

will be presided over by 

Malik Ibrar Ahmad MNA,. 

PHA service rules will be 

approved in this meeting 

as well. 

of judges but now the scenario 

has been changed due to the 

quick justice and cases settlements. 

He told that by speedily 

verdicts of the judges created 

the hope to settle all pending 

cases within a year. 

Chief Justice Sindh High 

Court, Justice Sayed Sajad Ali 

Shah told that for the filling 

PHA to rent out RWP parks, play 

grounds for wedding, other functions 

Waheed Phulpoto 

SHIKARPUR, Oct 31: The 

father and the relatives of the 

missing boy staged a protest 

demonstration in front of 

Shikarpur press club for early 

recovery of their missing boy 

namely Waqar Soomro, who 

had gone missing in 2011, 

when who had gone to purchase 

some household articles 

here on Monday. 

Protesting persons said 

that, missing boy namely 

Waqar Soomro of 15, had 

gone missing some five years 

back while we have been 

searching him since 3rd 

March of 2011, but we could 

not find any clue of missing 

boy due to which his mother 

has gone mad. 

PHA has decided to set 

up food corners of food 

chains of international standard 

in Nawaz Sharif park 

and Shahbaz Sharif parks so 

that the citizens who visit 

these parks could get food 

items therein. 

Protest for recovery of missing boy 

Protesters have showed 

their reservations that missing 

boy may have been kidnapped. 

On the occasion, the protesters 

demanded of the higher 

authorities to take notice of 

the issue and play their vital 

role to release their missing 

boy for larger interests of the 

poor parents. 

An elderly house master kills over resistance 


SHIKARPUR, Oct 31: A 

house master was killed in 

firing on resistance over robbery 

bid at villager Mirzapur 

in the limits of Ghaheja 

Police Station here on 

Monday at midnight. 

According to an official, 

an elder house master identified 

as Ghulam Qadir Luhar 

of 70, was suffered severe 

bullet injuries and succumbed 

to his injuries on the 

JAMSHORO, Oct 31: “Drugs 

play a vital role in the progress 

of human civilization since 

they can be employed in the 

treatment, cure, mitigation, or 

prevention of diseases in 

humans and animals. The 

scope of drug analysis in biological 

samples and pharmaceutical 

products is becoming 

more important because of the 

need of understanding the therapeutic 

and toxic effects of 

drugs”; observed Tasawar Ali, 

PhD scholar pursuing Doctoral 

Studies at National Centre of 

Excellence in Analytical 

Chemistry, who was presenting 

final PhD seminar held at 

the Video Conference Room at 

the office of Dean, Faculty of 

Natural Sciences. Prof. Dr. 

way to Larkana hospital 

when he offered strict resistance 

during robbery bid at 

his house at midnight. 

The unidentified armed 

men managed to escape from 

scene of firing, leaving an 

elder house master severe 

injured. 

The area police reached 

on the crime scene and 

chased the thieves but police 

have failed to find the 

thieves. 

Akhtar Hussain Moghal, 

Dean, Faculty of Natural 

Sciences presided over the 

seminar. Dr. Moghal declared 

the seminar successful and 

complimented the candidate, 

his research supervisor Dr. 

Sirajuddin and his co-supervisors 

Dr. Nasiruddin Khan and 

After conducting an 

autopsy from Larkana hospital 

the body of the deceased 

handed over to his real heirs. 

The area police believed 

that, the incident took place 

over an old enmity between 

two groups of Joya and 

Luhar community persons 

and arrested five persons on 

suspicion including Akbar 

Joyo. 

An FIR was not registered 

till this story was filed. 

Dr.Amber R Solangi upon this 

success. He also appreciated 

the quality of research work 

presented by the scholar; 

whereas, Dr. Raza Shah, 

Associate Professor, HEJ 

Research Institute of 

Chemistry, University of 

Karachi evaluated the seminar 

up the vacant positions of the 

judge, the fresh interviews of 

the trained lawyers would be 

held soon and all positions of 

additional district judges 

throughout the Sindh 

province will be completed 

adding he told all vacant positions 

of judges in Badin also 

will be fulfilled soon. 

Moreover, he said that 

more than one lac and thirty 

seven thousands cases were 

registered in different courts 

of Sindh province and more 

than two thousands cases 

were settled and decided by 

the courts in Sindh province. 

Responding to the question, 

he said that law’s books of 

worth of at least one lac will 

be provided to the library of 

lawyers in district Badin. 

On the occasion, Justice 

Faisal Arab, Justice of 

Supreme Court, Tarique 

Mehmood Khoso, District 

Session Judge and others also 

addressed to the lawyers. 

SC stays execution 

of Imdad Ali, 

schizophrenic patient 


Supreme Court (SC) has 

stayed execution of black warrant 

against Imdad Ali son of 

Muhammad Ismail being 

schizophrenic patient 

A 3-memebr bench of SC 

presided over by Chief Justice 

of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar 

Zaheer Jamali took up for 

hearing a review petition filed 

by wife of Imdad Ali versus 

regarding review of earlier 

judgment about death sentence 

of her husband 

The court while issuing 

notices to prosecutor general 

Punjab, advocate general 

Punjab and Attorney general 

has adjourned the hearing of 

the case till the second week 

of November. 

Man dies in 

road mishap 

RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: One 

man was killed while three 

others injured in a road 

mishap within the jurisdiction 

of Kahota police . 

Muhammad Yameen, 

brother of the victim has 

lodged a complaint with local 

police that his brother 

Muhammad Naseem Khan, 

sister-in-law Salma Bibi and 

niece Mehwish were traveling 

by a suzuki van , when a 

speedy car coming from opposite 

direction hit their vehicle. 

Robbers kill 

trader 

RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Three 

armed robbers have gunned 

down a trader over his résistance 

in the Airport police 

jurisdiction. 

The police said three 

armed robbers broke into a 

shop on High Court Road and 

held shop owner Tariq Majeed 

and his brother Azam Majeed 

hostage at gunpoint before 

going a looting spree. 

“Drugs play vital role in preservation and 

progress of life”: Says PhD Scholar at SU 

as External Examiner. Those 

who attended the seminar 

included Prof. Dr. Naeem 

Tariq Narejo, Director, 

Graduated Studies, Prof. Dr. 

Shahabuddin Memon, Prof. 

Dr. Tasneem Gul Kazi and a 

large number of teachers and 

students. 

JAMSHORO: Prof. Dr. Akhtar Hussain Moghal, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dr. Raza Shah, 

Tasawar Ali and Dr. Sirajuddin speaking during presentation of Final PhD Seminar at SU.


International 

5 

Italy quake triple blow 

leaves thousands homeless 

NORCIA, Oct 31: Italian 

authorities said Monday they 

were taking care of more than 

15,000 people left homeless 

by the country's most powerful 

earthquake in nearly 40 

years. 

Although Sunday's 6.6- 

magnitude tremor did not 

result in any deaths, the third 

powerful quake in just over 

two months has left thousands 

of homes in ruins or structurally 

unsafe and emptied a 

string of villages and small 

towns across the country's 

mountainous central regions. 

The majority of residents 

of the devastated villages and 

towns have taken refuge with 

friends and family as they 

anxiously await a green light 

to return to their homes. 

But the national civil protection 

agency said Monday it 

was providing assistance to 

15,000 people affected by 

Sunday's quake, which was so 

powerful it caused cracks in 

buildings in Rome, some 120 

kilometres (75 miles) away 

from the epicentre near the 

Umbrian town of Norcia. 

Some 4,000 people from 

the worst-hit area around 

Norcia: A firefighter stands in front of the destroyed Basilica of St Benedict in the historic 

centre of Norcia, central Italy, a day after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the region. 

Norcia have been sent to 

hotels on the Adriatic coast 

with another 500 taken by bus 

to the inland Lake Trasimeno. 

More than 10,000 are 

being put up in converted 

sports halls and other temporary 

facilities, including tents, 

across Umbria and the neighbouring 

Marche region, the 

protection agency said. 

- Rome basilica cracked - 

A further 1,100 people are 

still in Adriatic coast hotels as 

a result of the August 24 

Amatrice earthquake, which 

left nearly 300 dead. 

Given the strength of 

Sunday's new quake, experts 

said it was remarkable that it 

had not resulted in any more 

fatalities. 

It did however take a 

heavy toll on the country's 

rich architectural heritage 

with the 14th Century Basilica 

of St Benedict and the 13th 

Century Civic Tower in 

Amatrice among the buildings 

unable to resist yet another 

reminder of how vulnerable 

much of Italy is to seismic 

shocks. 

Nearly all schools in Rome 

were closed Monday for 

structural checks and there 

China says 'situation' at disputed 

Scarborough Shoal has not changed 

BEIJING/MANILA, Oct 31: 

China said on Monday the situation 

at the disputed 

Scarborough Shoal in the 

South China Sea "has not 

changed and will not 

change", after the Philippines 

said Chinese vessels that 

blocked the area for four 

years had stopped harassing 

its fishermen. 

Philippine security officials 

on Sunday said China 

had scaled down its maritime 

presence at the shoal since 

President Rodrigo Duterte's 

return from a visit to Beijing 

aimed at patching-up ties and 

courting investment. 

The disputed territory is 

Iraqi forces attempt first push into 

Mosul as offensive enters third week 

EAST OF MOSUL/BAGH- 

DAD, Oct 31: An elite Iraqi 

army unit advanced towards 

the built-up area of the 

Islamic State stronghold of 

Mosul on Monday after two 

weeks of fighting to clear surrounding 

areas of the insurgents. 

Military commanders said 

that the U.S.-backed offensive 

to recapture Mosul -- the 

largest military operation in 

Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion 

that toppled Saddam 

Hussein in 2003 -- could still 

take weeks and possibly 

months. 

"The battle of Mosul will 

not be a picnic," Hadi al- 

Amiri, leader of the Badr 

Organisation, the largest 

Shi'ite militia fighting with 

Iraqi government forces, said 

from the southern frontline. 

"We are prepared for the 

battle of Mosul even if it lasts 

for months". 

Troops from the Counter 

Terrorism Service (CTS) 

were moving in on Gogjali, 

an industrial zone on Mosul's 

eastern outskirts, and could 

enter it later on Monday, an 

officer from the U.S.-trained 

unit told a Reuters correspondent 

just east of Mosul. 

The zone lies about a kilometer 

from the administrative 

border of Mosul. 

Turkey detains editor, top staff 

at opposition newspaper 

ISTANBUL, Oct 31: 

Turkish police detained the 

editor and a dozen senior 

staff from the main secularist 

opposition newspaper on 

Monday, a day after 10,000 

more civil servants were 

BEIJING, Oct 31: Bestowing 

President Xi Jinping with the 

title of "core" leader is not a 

sign of dictatorship in China's 

ruling Communist Party, a 

senior party official said on 

Monday, stressing that the designation 

was crucial to achieving 

important reforms. 

Since assuming office 

almost four years ago, Xi has 

rapidly consolidated power, 

including heading a group 

leading economic reform and 

appointing himself commander-in-chief 

of the military, 

though he already controls the 

sacked over suspected links 

to a failed July coup. 

Turkey's crackdown since 

rogue soldiers tried to seize 

power on July 15 has 

alarmed Western allies and 

rights groups, who fear 

armed forces as head of the 

Central Military Commission. 

While emphasizing the 

importance of collective leadership, 

a suggestion his power 

would not be absolute, the 

party last week named Xi 

"core", putting him on par 

with past strongmen Mao 

Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and 

Jiang Zemin. 

The title marks a significant 

strengthening of Xi's 

position ahead of an important 

party congress next year, at 

which a new Standing 

Committee, the pinnacle of 

President Tayyip Erdogan is 

using the coup attempt to 

crush dissent. More than 

100,000 people have been 

sacked or suspended and 

37,000 arrested over the past 

three and a half months. 

significant not only for fishing, 

but for the broader balance 

of power in the South 

China Sea, and the circumstances 

behind China's apparent 

softening of its position 

are not clear. 

Asked about Philippine 

fishermen entering the area 

unimpeded, China's foreign 

ministry spokeswoman, Hua 

Chunying, said China always 

had "normal administration" 

over the Scarborough Shoal. 

Police swoop on Paris 

migrant camp after 

Calais Jungle clearout 

PARIS, Oct 31: French riot 

police swooped on an illegal 

migrant camp in northeastern 

Paris just after dawn on 

Monday, sparking a brief 

standoff at a site where numbers 

have soared since the 

closure of the Jungle camp 

in the northern port city of 

Calais. 

The operation, largely 

consisting of identity checks 

on some of an estimated 

2,500 migrants sleeping 

rough around a canal and 

urban train bridge near 

Paris's Stalingrad metro station, 

came as pressure 

mounts on the government 

to clear and shut the camp. 

Tension has risen in tandem 

with speculation that 

police will move in to evacuate 

and close the camp 

definitively in the coming 

days, as the Paris authorities 

are demanding. 

A Reuters journalist at the 

scene said a digger moved in 

to clear a small part of the 

camp, a tentacular sprawl of 

tents, mattresses, blankets 

and the meager belongings 

of migrants who come in 

large part from war-torn 

countries such as 

Afghanistan. 

was traffic chaos in the east of 

the capital because of the closure 

of a key flyover for 

assessment by engineers. 

A large crack appeared in 

the facade of one of Rome's 

four principal papal churches, 

the Basilica of St Paul Outside 

the Walls. 

The quake was Italy's 

biggest since a 6.9-magnitude 

one struck the south of the 

country in 1980, leaving 

3,000 people dead. 

It has been followed by 

hundreds of powerful aftershocks 

feared to have further 

compromised the safety of 

buildings in the affected area. 

- 'I see no future' - 

With many roads blocked 

by landslips or huge boulders 

dislodged by the quake, civil 

protection chief Fabrizio 

Curcio and reconstruction 

supremo Vasco Errani were 

surveying the damage by helicopter. 

Prime Minister Matteo 

Renzi was vowed that every 

damaged house will be rebuilt 

and that communities he 

described as part of "the soul 

of the country" would not be 

abandoned. 

Mali Islamist militant 

leader announces 

unilateral cease-fire 

BAMAKO, Oct 31: The 

leader of the Islamist militant 

group Ansar Dine has agreed 

to cease attacks in Mali that 

have killed dozens of civilians, 

soldiers and U.N. peacekeepers 

this year, the president 

of the West African nation's 

top Islamic body said on 

Monday. 

Al Qaeda-linked Ansar 

Dine and other Islamist groups 

hijacked a Tuareg rebel uprising 

in 2012 to seize Mali's 

desert north, but they were 

pushed out by a French-led 

military operation a year later. 

However, they have intensified 

operations this year, 

attacking parts of the west and 

south previously considered 

secure and raising fears the 

violence will spill over into 

other regions. 

"I confirm having received 

from (Ansar Dine leader) Iyad 

Ag Ghali the cessation of hostilities 

throughout the country," 

Mahmoud Dicko, president 

of the High Islamic 

Council, told Reuters, adding 

that he would soon brief 

Malian authorities. 

Aamir Khan is all praises for 'Ae Dil 

Hai Mushkil' stars, except Fawad 

MUMBAI, Oct 31: 

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan 

was greatly overwhelmed 

after watching ‘Ae Dil Hai 

Mushkil’. 

The actor praised the 

entire cast for their excellent 

performance but forgot to 

mention Pakistani heartthrob 

Fawad Khan. 

Khan seemed so 

impressed that he even called 

Ranbir Kapoor as the best 

actor. 

He also appreciated the 

work of Aishwariya Rai and 

Anushka Sharma. 

However; Amir Khan 

while following Kareena 

Kapoor ignored to admire 

Fawad Khan for his performance. 

‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ was 

barred from screening in 

India after being surrounded 

with huge controversy that 

was brought up afterwards 

Uri attacks, for which India 

wrongly blamed Pakistan. 

Pakistani artists were 

banned from working in India 

whereas India’s Cinema 

Owners and Exhibitors 

Association (COEA) said it 

BEIRUT, Oct 31: Iran's 

Islamic Republic has arrested 

the organizers of a march last 

week near the tomb of the 

ancient Persian king Cyrus 

the Great that attracted thousands 

of people celebrating 

the country's pre-Islamic 

glory. 

Crowds of mostly young 

Iranians attended the march 

near the ancient city of 

Pasargadae in central 

province of Fars on Friday to 

celebrate the day unofficially 

marked in the Iranian calendar 

would not show any films 

featuring Pakistani artists at 

single screen cinemas across 

four states. 

But after the film’s director 

Karan Johar assured that 

he will not cast Pakistani 

actors anymore and released a 

video message, his movie 

was successful in gaining a 

peaceful release. 

In a short video that divided 

opinion, an under-pressure 

as Cyrus Day. 

Videos released on social 

media show them chanting 

"Iran is our country, Cyrus is 

our father." Reuters could not 

independently verify the 

videos' authenticity. 

"The main leaders and 

organizers of this gathering 

who chanted unconventional 

slogans against the (Islamic 

Republic's) values have been 

arrested," said prosecutor Ali 

Salehi in the provincial capital 

Shiraz on Monday, according 

to Fars news agency. 

Johar also took great pains to 

stress his nationalism and 

pleaded with protesters not to 

hamper screenings as it 

would hurt the movie’s 300- 

strong Indian crew. 

Pacifying the demands of 

Maharashtra Navnirman 

Sena (MNS), Karan also paid 

INR 50 million to the Army 

Welfare Fund as an atonement 

for casting Fawad Khan 

in the film. 

Iranians arrested after celebrating 

ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great 

LAGOS, Oct 31: Nigerian 

soldiers and policemen have 

raped and sexually abused 

women and girls fleeing the 

Islamist militant group Boko 

Haram, Human Rights Watch 

said on Monday. 

Forty-three cases of "sexual 

abuse, including rape and 

exploitation", were documented 

in July, HRW said. 

The women and girls were 

housed at seven camps in 

Maiduguri, the capital of 

Borno state, where Boko 

Haram's seven-year insurgency 

began. That insurgency 

has displaced more 

than two million people and 

killed some 15,000 in 

Nigeria's northeast. 

An army spokesman 

declined to comment and 

referred the matter to the 

defense ministry. A 

spokesman for the department 

could not be reached by 

phone and did not respond to 

a text message. A spokesman 

for the Nigerian police could 

A senior Shi'ite cleric, 

Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani, 

denounced the gathering and 

its participants on Sunday. 

"These people are against 

the Revolution. I wonder how 

they can gather around 

Cyrus's tomb and chant the 

same slogans (about Cyrus) 

that we chant about our 

supreme leader," Fars quoted 

him as saying. Supreme 

Leader Ayatollah Ali 

Khamenei has both the highest 

religious and political 

power in Iran. 

Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko 

Haram victims, Human Rights Watch says 

BANGKOK, Oct 31: 

Thailand is making preparations 

for Crown Prince Maha 

Vajiralongkorn to ascend the 

throne on Dec. 1, two senior 

military sources with knowledge 

of the matter said. 

The death of King 

Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct. 

13 at the age of 88 has plunged 

the Southeast Asian nation of 

67 million people into a year 

of mourning. 

News of the December 

timeframe follows the prince's 

departure for Germany at the 

weekend where he had personal 

business to attend to, one 

senior military source told 

Reuters, adding that the prince 

would return in November. 

"We are making preparations. 

Everything is being prepared 

for Dec. 1," said another 

senior military source who 

declined to be identified. "But 

this timeframe also depends 

power in China, will be constituted. 

Deng Maosheng, a senior 

researcher under the Policy 

Research Office of the 

Communist Party's central 

committee, which drafts policy 

recommendations and 

political theory for the ruling 

elite, said there was no contradiction 

between having a 

"core" leader and a party mandate 

for collective leadership. 

"At this time, with so many 

difficulties and challenges ... if 

we do not concentrate and 

unify leadership, I'm afraid 

on His Royal Highness." 

Prime Minister Prayuth 

Chan-ocha had said the 

prince's formal ascension 

could be within seven to 15 

these problems cannot be 

resolved and these duties cannot 

be finished," Deng told a 

media briefing. 

"Our unified leadership can 

have an appropriate system to 

prevent personality cult and 

dictatorship, because we have 

many relevant democratic systems 

as guarantee," Deng said. 

Leaders have struggled to 

push forward promised 

reforms, such as battling vested 

interests in powerful but 

underperforming state enterprises 

and letting market 

forces play a more decisive 

not be reached on his mobile 

phone. 

The rights group said it 

was also told of abuse carried 

out by camp leaders and 

members of security groups 

set up to help the military 

fight the insurgents. 

Four people told HRW 

they were drugged and raped. 

Thirty-seven said they had 

been coerced into sex 

through false marriage promises 

and material and financial 

assistance. 

Thailand 'making preparations' for December 1 succession 

days of the king's death, or 

later. 

Speaking on behalf of the 

prince hours after King 

Bhumibol's death, Prayuth 

said the prince wanted to 

grieve with the people and 

leave the formal succession 

until later, when parliament 

will invite him to ascend the 

throne. 

His formal coronation, 

however, cannot take place 

until after the king's cremation 

in a year's time. 

Prem Tinsulanonda, 96, 

who was head of the powerful 

Privy Council and is 

known as the face of 

Thailand's traditional establishment, 

is acting as regent 

until the new king is named. 

Xi's role as Party 'core' is not a sign of dictatorship: official 

role in a slowing economy. 

While head of the party, the 

military and the state, Xi had 

not previously been given the 

title "core", and some analysts 

have said it signaled he was 

reversing more recent leadership 

norms. 

Deng Xiaoping coined the 

phrase "core" leader. He said 

Mao, himself and Jiang were 

core leaders, meaning they 

had almost absolute authority 

and should not be questioned. 

But Xi's immediate 

predecessor Hu Jintao never 

assumed the title.

6 


Biz 

Gov’t to clear Sales Tax refunds 

of Rs 25 bln within a week: Dar 


Minister for Finance, Senator 

Muhammad Ishaq Dar on 

Monday said that the government 

would clear all kinds of 

sales tax refunds of upto June 

30, 2016, within next seven 

days and the amount worth of 

Rs 25 billion would be directly 

dispersed online to the 

accounts of the recipients. 

“This is first time in history 

of the country that a government 

is clearing all refund 

cases as per promise made by 

the Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif”, the minister said 

while addressing a press conference 

here at the Punjab 

House. 

He said in order to save 

time of the Federal Board of 

Revenue (FBR) 

and the recipients and to 

ensure transparency the government 

had decided to disperse 

the refund amount 

through new system. 

Mr Dar said a focal person 

in the FBR has been appointed 

in this regard and an email 

(strefund@fbr.gov.pk) had 


President Pakistan 

Businessmen and Intellectuals 

Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid 

Hussain has asked the government 

to take notice of 

India’s industrial terrorism as 

she is bent upon destroying 

our textile sector, the backbone 

of economy. 

India is working on a 

multi-pronged strategy to 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing the opening 

session of the 75th plenary meeting of the international cotton advisory committee (ICAC). 

also been made to facilitate the 

recipients. 

He advised the people who, 

in case could not receive their 

refunds within next seven 

days, to inform the focal person 

on the given email and 

they would be facilitated within 

next seven days. 

He said the government 

had already dispersed refunds 

worth of Rs 21 billion in 

August this year. 

Further he informed that 

damage Pakistan beyond 

repairs. It has initiated water 

terrorism followed by successfully 

pushing issue of 

Kalabagh dam into controversies, 

he said. 

Mian Zahid Hussain said 

that India is targeting CPEC 

and now it has started industrial 

terrorism to damage 

Pakistan’s textile sector and 

bankrupt our Country. 

the government had decided to 

maintain the petroleum prices 

for next month of November. 

Ishaq Dar said that the 

Prime Minister had rejected 

the summary of Oil and Gas 

Regulatory Authority 

(OGRA) to increase petroleum 

prices. 

According to the summary 

of OGRA, Dar said that the 

price of Petrol was proposed 

to be increased by Rs 2.32 per 

liter from existing price of Rs 

Indian prime minister is 

overseeing external sector 

personally, it has started giving 

hidden subsidies to the 

textile sector while banks 

have been directed to issue 

loans on zero percent interest 

which has reduced cost of 

doing business of the competitors. 

Mian Zahid Hussain said 

that on the other hand 

64.27 per liter to Rs 66.56 per 

liter while the price of High 

Speed Diesel (HSD) was proposed 

to be increased from Rs 


liter. 

Similarly the price of High 

Octane was proposed by 

OGRA to be increased by Rs 


liter whereas the price of 

Kerosene oil was also suggested 

to be increased by Rs 6.75 

per liter from existing Rs 

India damaging textile sector to bankrupt Pakistan: Main Zahid 

Pak Stock Exchange bucks 6-day 

bearish trail amid dull trade 

KARACHI, Oct 31: The 

Pakistan Stock Exchange 

(PSX) discontinued a six-day 

bearish run on Monday as 

investors took keen interest 

in Sui Southern Gas 

Company and Sui Northern 

Gas Pipelines Ltd as the Oil 

and Gas Regulatory 

Authority (OGRA) is reportedly 

considering the cost on 

account of late payments to 

gas producers. 

The Pakistan Stock 

Exchange's benchmark KSE 

100-Index increased by 0.05 

percent or 20.96 points to 

39,893.84 points on Monday 

when compared with 

39,872.88 points reported on 

Friday. During the six- day 

bearish trail, the key index had 


International Summit on Wind 

Energy in Pakistan will be 

held on Nov 3, 2016 in 

Karachi. 

Naeem Qureshi, Chairman 

Organizing Committee, told 

media that objective of the 

summit is to provide knowledge 

and awareness, networking 

and research, development 

prospects and opportunities 

exclusively designed for wind 

energy. 

Energy Update in collaboration 

with World Wind 

Energy Association, Pak 

German Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry Sindh 

Energy Department, 

shed 1,673.07 points. 

The KSE All-Share Index 

dipped slightly by 0.03 percent 

or 8.84 points to 

27,348.66 points, the KSE 30- 

Index gained 0.16 percent or 

35.51 points to 21,853.39 

points, the KMI 30-Index 

grew by 0.15 percent or 

100.13 points to 66,644.45 

points, whereas the Islamic 

All-Share Index dropped 0.1 

percent or 19.22 points to 

18,753.68 points. 

During Monday's trading 

session, the main index went 

on to surge by around 280 

points but late selling trimmed 

down the intraday gains. 

During the course, the key 

index moved in a narrow 

range of 384.13 points as it hit 

an intraday high of 40,173.83 

points as against an intraday 

low of 39,789.70 points. 

International Summit on 

Wind Energy on Nov 3 

Alternative Energy 

Development Board (AEDB), 

Sindh Board of Investment are 

organizing the event which 

will highlight development, 

challenges and future scenario. 

Noricon Thatta Power, 

Nordex Pakistan, Orient 

Energy, Descon Engineering 

Ltd, Vestas Wind Technology 

Pakistan pvt ltd, Zorlu Enerji, 

General Electric, Sapphire, 

Gamesa, Metro Power, Act 

Wind, Agha Steel Industries, 

Artistic Wind Power, Younus 

Energy Ltd and Din Energy 

Limited are the sponsors of the 

event. 

Chief Minister Sindh Syed 

Murad Ali Shah will inaugurate 

the summit. Minister for 

State for Water and Power 

Abid Sher Ali will be the chief 

guest in the concluding session 

of the event. 

SECP proposes amendments to the Companies 

(Registration Offices) Regulations, 2003 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: : 

The Securities and 

Exchange Commission of 

Pakistan (SECP) has proposed 

necessary amendments 

to the Companies 

(Registration Offices) 

Regulations, 2003. The 

draft notificationhas been 

published in the official 

gazette to obtain commentswithin 

14 days from 

the date of its issue. The 

said notification has also 

been placed on the SECP’s 

websiteand is available at 

https://www.secp.gov.pk/la 

ws/notifications/ 

The existing regulations,which 

regulate the 

internal working of the 

Company Registration 

Offices (CROs),were notified 

in September 2003, 

and necessary modifications 

were made from time 

to time. In order to ensure 

that the existing regulations 

sufficiently meet the 

present-day requirements, 

the SECP reviewed the 

same holistically before 

proposing the said amendments. 

The SECP recently set 

upits ninthCROinGilgit- 

Baltistan (GB). It has also 

established its facilitation 

centers in Sialkot and 

Abbottabad while a facilitation 

center in Gwadar 

shall start working soon. 

Pakistan’s textile industry is 

going down by the passage of 

every day due to increased 

cost of doing business. The 

situation of investment and 

remittances are not satisfactory, 

exports is only option left 

to bridge budget deficit otherwise 

Country will have to rely 

on foreign loans which have 

already reached to worrying 

proportions, he added. 

FPCCI demands extension 

in deadline for filing of 

income tax returns 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Sheikh 

Khalid Tawab Senior Vice 

President (SVP), Federation 

of Pakistan Chambers of 

Commerce & Industry 

(FPCCI) has urged the 

Federal Finance Minister 

Senator Muhammad Ishaq 

Dar and Chairman of the 

Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR) Nisar Muhammad 

Khan to extend the deadline 

for filing of Income Tax 

Returns (ITR) from 31st 

October to 30th November, 


He argued that a large 

number of business community 

members could not file 

their ITR mainly due to a 

variety of reasons such as 

uncertainty prevailing in the 

country because of a political 

party’s announcement of 

Sit-in (Dharna) for indefinite 

period of time, slowdown of 

normal business activities; 

Election of FPCCI member 

trade bodies; cumbersome 

and defective on-line system 

of e-filing of ITR etc. 

43.25 per liter to Rs 50 per 

liter. 

“The total impact of not 

increasing the prices of petroleum 

products would be 

around Rs 12 billion per 

month which would be borne 

by the ministry of finance”, 

Mr Dar informed. 

He also presented the comparison 

of current ration of 

Sales Tax on these products as 

against the rate of sales tax 

being charged in March 2013. 

The finance minister said 

that in March, 2013, Rs 14.70 

was being charged on one liter 

of Petrol while it would be Rs 

9.10 per liter from November 

01, 2016. 

Similarly he said, Rs 

17.99 per liter would be 

charged on HSD from 

November 1, 2016 as compared 

to the sales tax of Rs 

15.66 per liter on this product 

while on kerosene oil the 

sales tax of Rs 0.85 against 

he Sales Tax of Rs 14.3 per 

liter in March, 2013 would 

be charged from November 

01, 2016. 

Oil slides as non- 

OPEC nations demure 

on output limit plan 

LONDON, Oct 31: Oil prices 

slid on Monday after non- 

OPEC producers made no 

specific commitment to join 

OPEC in limiting oil output 

levels to prop up prices, suggesting 

they want the oil producing 

group to solve its differences 

first. 

Officials and experts from 

OPEC countries and non- 

OPEC nations including 

Azerbaijan, Brazil, 

Kazakhstan, Mexico, Oman 

and Russia met for consultations 

in Vienna on Saturday 

and only agreed to meet again 

in November before a scheduled 

regular OPEC meeting 

on Nov. 30, they said in a 

statement. 

London Brent crude for 

December delivery LCOc1 

was down 38 cents at $49.33 a 

barrel by 1047 GMT after settling 

down 76 cents on Friday. 

U.S. WTI crude for 

December delivery CLc1 was 

trading down 30 cents, or 0.6 

percent, at $48.40 a barrel, 

after closing down $1.02 on 

Friday. 

"Oil prices are starting the 

new week of trading down 

after a meeting between 

OPEC and non-OPEC countries 

failed to produce any 

agreement at the weekend," 

Commerzbank said in a note. 

It added there could be 

more downward pressure later 

in the day as it expected 

OPEC production surveys to 

show the cartel produced "significantly 

more oil than necessary 

in October." 

TEHRAN: Ambassador of Pakistan, Asif Durrani called on 

the Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade, Mr. 

Muhammad Reza Nematzadeh at the letter’s office. 

Corporate Corner 

Bank Alfalah enters into strategic partnership 

with ICBC for enhanced cooperation 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan’s premier 

banking institution, Bank Alfalah has 

entered into a strategic partnership with 

prominent Chinese Bank, Industrial and 

Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), Karachi Branch for cooperation in several 

areas of banking and finance. 

The MoU highlights conceptual framework and guiding principles for cooperation for 

enhanced financial activities in Pakistan and China and other International locations 

where each bank may be present. Under the agreement, both the banks have agreed to 

refer trade finance business to each other. Both the banks will open accounts with each 

other to facilitate settlement payments. ICBC Karachi will open a rupees account with 

BAFL and BAFL will reciprocate by opening a Chinese Yen Nostro Account with ICBC. 

The MoU also facilitates for mutual corporate lending and project financing. ICBC 

will give preference to BAFL in referrals of Chinese corporate clients requiring rupee 

funding in Pakistan and BAFL will prefer Pakistani corporate clients requiring RMB 

funding in China. The agreement will also provide for joint syndication and project 

financing of Pakistan’s priority projects. 

BAFL and ICBC have also agreed to undertake Treasury related transactions. BAFL 

role as a primary dealer would provide ICBC with the ability to source Pakistan 

Government Bonds for ICBC liquidity management needs. ICBC would provide access 

to BAFL in the international bond markets. Finally, both agree to connect with each other 

for their foreign exchange transactional requirements. 

BAFL & ICBC have also agreed to propose appropriate individual industrial and 

infrastructure development projects in various sectors of economy of Pakistan including 

engagement in financing activities, joint studies of technical, economic and financial features 

of feasibility of projects, providing consultancy services to project investors, joint 

financing of projects and more. Besides this, both the banks have also agreed to engage 

in business cooperation in various banking businesses in third country or regions outside 

the home countries. The banks will also exchange information to enhance mutual cooperation 

in this regard. 

Mr. He Shenghu,CEO, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited-Pakistan 

Operations said, “The primary focus of ICBC is to support the economic development of 

Pakistan by fostering a strong partnership with both public and private entities . It is our 

business foundation to give full financial support to the smooth development of CPEC 

related projects. We are hopeful that with the signing of this MOU with Bank Alfalah, we 

are able to make more contributions to the advancement and development of both 

nations’ relations.” 

Sharing his thoughts on this, CEO Bank Alfalah, Mr. Atif Bajwa said: “Bank Alfalah 

Limited is pleased to strengthen the time-tested friendship between Pakistan and China 

by entering into partnership with ICBC. This institutional collaboration will add to the 

shared benefits both the countries enjoy in the areas of banking and finance. The increasing 

cooperation between Pakistan and China for socio-economic development opens 

multiple avenues for promoting banking ties. It will not only help finance projects in both 

the countries but also go on to pave way for promoting investment in both the countries.” 

Blockchain to ensure transparency, 

efficiency, & reliability to governments 

& financial institutions! 

KARACHI, Oct 31: Planet N and Karandaaz Pakistan organized a workshop, ‘Cracking 

the Blockchain Code,’ aimed at disseminating knowledge regarding Blockchain in the 

local market. 

Blockchain, primarily a new concept being introduced in Pakistan’s market, is set to 

revamp the payments landscape in the country. Blockchain provides various benefits 

including transparency, efficiency, lower costs and reliability amongst others, to governments, 

financial services organizations, investors and entrepreneurs. In addition to these 

benefits, Blockchain is also a substantial force in fostering financial inclusion for citizens 

in poverty. 

After increasing global recognition, blockchain has attracted several significant stakeholders 

in Pakistan as well. Planet N and Karandaaz Pakistan have taken the lead in disseminating 

knowledge regarding Blockchain in the local market. Other participants of the 

workshop included members from Nadra, Punjab IT board, P@sha, HBL, TPS, 

EvantageSoft, Well.pk, UrduBit as well as leading experts in Fintech. 

Blockchain in the simplest words, is a network of databases spread across multiple 

entities that are kept in sync where there is no single owner or controller of the data. In 

a broader sense, blockchain is seen as the main technological innovation of Bitcoin. It is 

a public ledger of all Bitcoin transactions that have ever been executed and is constantly 

growing as ‘completed’ blocks are added to it with a new set of recordings. 

Speaking about the intention behind this workshop, Mr. Ali Sarfraz Hussain, CEO 

Karandaaz Pakistan, stated ‘’Blockchain is being widely adopted globally for advancing 

financial inclusion. In this regard, Karandaaz Pakistan, having the core objective of 

Financial Inclusion, is in active pursuance of promoting this technology in the country. 

We hope that that this will help understand regulatory challenges and the potential of this 

technology in increasing financial inclusion within the formal financial system.’’ 

Samsung rolls out industry's first 

8GB LPDDR4 DRAM Package 

SEOUL, KOREA, Oct 31: Samsung 

Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today that 

it is introducing the industry's first 8-gigabyte 

(GB) LPDDR4 (low power, double 

data rate 4) mobile DRAM package, which 

is expected to greatly improve mobile user 

experiences, especially for those using Ultra 

HD, large-screen devices. The 8GB mobile 

DRAM package utilizes four of the newest 16 gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 memory chips and 

advanced 10-nanometer (nm)-class* process technology. 

“The advent of our powerful 8GB mobile DRAM solution will enable more capable nextgeneration, 

flagship mobile devices around the world,” said Joo Sun Choi, executive vice president 

of Memory Sales and Marketing at Samsung Electronics. “We will continue to provide 

advanced memory solutions offering the highest values and leading-edge benefits to meet the 

escalating needs of devices having dual camera, 4K UHD and VR features.” 

The new 8GB LPDDR4 operates at up to 4,266 megabits per second (Mbps), which is twice 

as fast as DDR4 DRAM for PCs working typically at 2,133 Mbps per pin. Assuming a 64 bit 

(x64) wide memory bus, this can be viewed as transmitting over 34GBs of data per second. 

While many high-end ultra-slim note PCs use 8GB of DRAM currently, Samsung's new 8GB 

LPDDR4 package will help other next-generation mobile devices take full advantage of its 

extremely high capacity. For example, equipping tablets with 8GB of LPDDR4 will enable virtual 

machine operation** and smoother 4K UHD video playback, popular features of many premium 

PCs. The Samsung 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM provides much more efficient power consumption 

thanks to its use of the latest 10nm-class process technology and Samsung's proprietary 

low-power circuit design. This circuit design enables the memory chip to double the capacity 

of the company's 20nm-class 4GB DRAM package, while consuming approximately the 

same amount of power. The 8GB LPDDR4 package has XYZ dimensions of under 15mm by 

15mm by 1.0mm, which satisfies space requirements of most new, ultra slim mobile devices. 

Using a DRAM package thinner than 1.0mm enables stacking the package together with UFS 

memory or a mobile application processor, depending on device manufacturers' preferences, 

which will allow further space savings on the printed circuit board. 

In August last year, Samsung introduced the industry-first 20-nanometer 12Gb LPDDR4 

DRAM. After only a 14-month development period, Samsung is now introducing the first 

10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4 DRAM and this single-package solution of 8GB LPDDR4 

DRAM, which will speed up the launch of next-generation mobile devices with even more 

advanced performance. Samsung will continue to rapidly expand production of its DRAM 

products based on 10nm-class process technology. The company has been manufacturing 

10nm-class DRAM on a leading-edge fabrication line and plans to also use the 10nmprocess 

technology in other fabs in the near future, to meet ever-increasing demands for 

advanced, high-density mobile DRAM.


Sportlight 

7 

Sharjeel Khan picked for 

New Zealand tour 

Out-of-form Hafeez dropped from New Zealand Tests 

Amir breaks the record for the maximum 

number of Tests taken to claim a catch 

Sports Reporter 

LAHORE, Oct 31: PRSB 

Inter Divisional Cricket 

LAHORE, Oct 31: Sharjeel 

Khan, the opening batsman, 

has earned a maiden call-up 

to the Pakistan Test squad for 

the tour of New Zealand. 

Sharjeel, 27, has been a 

regular presence for Pakistan 

at the top of the order in limited-overs 

cricket in 2016, 

having scored a bruising 152 

off 86 balls against Ireland in 

August. 

Sharjeel has 4853 firstclass 

runs at an average of 

37.91 with 11 hundreds and 

21 fifties. He came into contention 

for Test cricket after 

scoring 96 and 82 not out in 

successive innings in the 

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. 

Another uncapped player 

was among the 16 that were 

chosen, middle-order batsman 

Mohammad Rizwan, 

who was with the team in 

England in July 2016, but 

was left out for the subsequent 

Tests against West 

Indies in the UAE. 

Zulfiqar Babar was 

dropped. With neither 

Christchurch nor Hamilton - 

the venues for the two Tests 

against New Zealand - known 

for producing turning pitches, 

Pakistan were content to partner 

Yasir Shah with left-arm 

spinning allrounder 

Mohammad Nawaz, who 

made his debut in Pakistan's 

first day-night Test earlier this 

PRSB Inter Divisional Cricket Championship 

month; his first-class credentials 

include three centuries 

and 49 wickets from 31 

matches. Zulfiqar, though the 

better bowler stats-wise, only 

averages 16 with the bat in 

first-class cricket. 

Pakistan have tried six 

opening combinations since 

the start of 2015, including 

playing the final Test of the 

England tour and the entire 

West Indies series with only 

one specialist - Sami Aslam, 

who has been retained. 

Azhar Ali was promoted up 

the order and scored his 

maiden triple-century from 

that position in October. But 

with Sharjeel - who has 

opened the batting in all but 

two of his 76 first-class 

matches - coming into the 

squad, Azhar could return to 

his usual No. 3 position. 

Younis Khan, captain 

Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq 

Lahore Division beat Workshops Division by 89 Runs 

Championship First Semi 

Final Match Lahore 

Division V/S Workshops 

Division Played at Railway 

Stadium. Lahore Division 

Beat Workshops Division by 

89 Runs and qualify the 

final. Lahore Division 

Batting First 307/8 after 50 

overs. Irfan Haider 62, 

Muhammad Jamshaid 61, 

Faisal Rasheed 48, Waseem 

Zahoor 24, Zubair Bhatti 39 

Not Out and Asad Ullah 35 

Runs Not Out. Workshops 

Division Bowling 

Muhammad Rameez 4/48, 

Muhammad Faisal 2/58, 

Ahsan Bhatti 1/41 and 

Hassan Qadir 1/73 Wickets. 

In reply Workshops Division 

Guard Group lift Polo in Pink trophy 


KARACHI, Oct 31: Guard 

Group edged out Adisseo by 

8-7½ in the Polo in Pink 

Happy Cow Cheese 

Tournament thrilling final 

played here at the jam-packed 

Lahore Polo Club (LPC) 

ground. Ahmed Nawaz 

Tiwana’s heroics helped 

Guard Group clinch the title 

as he hammered fantastic four 

goals and was ably assisted by 

Taimur Ali Malik, who 

pumped in three, and Farasat 

Ali, who contributed one. 

Adisseo, having half goal 

handicap advantage, also 

fought well the nail-biting 

final with young and emerging 

Ali Elahi playing superb 

polo and thrashing fabulous 

four goals and Alman Jalil 

scoring a brace and Bilal 

Haye one, but all their efforts 

went in vain in the end, when 

Guard Group won the final 

by half goal margin. In the 

subsidiary final, high-flying 

MMS outclassed Olympia 

by 11-3½. 

KARACHI: Presidend KCCA, Prof Ejaz Farooqui presenting the trophy to Fawad Alam, captain 

of the winning team. 

228 all out after 40.4 overs. 

Tanveer Javaid 41, Ali 

Zaryab 37, Muhammad 

Anwar 30 and Muhammad 

Azhar 16 Runs. Lahore 

Division Bowling Hamza 

Nazar 3/36, Asad Ullah 

3/37, Faisal Rahseed 1/18, 

Ali Zubair 1/34 and Israr 

Shah 1/46 Wickets. Javaid 

Ashraf, Ejaz Ahmad Umpire 

and Syed Najam ul Saeed 

was the scorer. Second 

Semin Final PRSB Eleven 

V/S Peshawar Division will 

be played on Tuesday First 

November at Railway 

Stadium. 

Aqeel Khan 

annexes tennis 

C’ship title 


KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan 

number one Aqeel Khan 

clinched the title of OGDCL 

Syed Tajammul Abbas 

Memorial ATT Tennis 

Championships by defeating 

his opponent Muhammad 

Mushtaq here at Syed Dilawar 

Abbas PTF Tennis Complex. 

Aqeel built up the lead 3-1 by 

breaking 4th game of 

Mushtaq and won the first set 

6-3. Mushtaq started the second 

set in an aggressive way 

as he built up 2-0 lead by 

breaking 2nd game of Aqeel. 

But Aqeel levelled the score 

2-2-all by breaking 3rd game 

of Mushtaq, the score went up 

to 3-all at this stage. He 

played some attacking game 

on the net and broke the 7th 

game of Mushtaq and took the 

lead to 4-3. He maintained the 

pressure and kept on running 

with his powerful forehand 

and backhand drives, winning 

the set 6-3 by breaking 9th 

game of his opponent. The 

match lasted for one hour and 

30 minutes. Aqeel Khan got 

$900 as winner, whereas 

Mushtaq pocketed $600 as 

runner-up prize. Both were 

also given away trophies. 

Aqeel Khan also gained 12 

valuable ATF Ranking 

points while Mushtaq got 

seven points. 

- touted as one of Pakistan's 

most technically proficient 

batsmen - and wicketkeeper 

Sarfraz Ahmed make for a 

strong middle order. There is 

also Babar Azam, who made 

his Test debut in October following 

three successive ODI 

centuries. 

On the fast bowling front, 

Pakistan have three left-arm 

quicks in Wahab Riaz, 

Mohammad Amir and Rahat 

Ali, to go with right-arm 

seamers Sohail Khan and 

Imran Khan. 

Pakistan's 16-man Test 

squad: Misbah-ul-Haq 

(capt), Azhar Ali, Sami 

Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, 

Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, 

Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed 

(wk), Mohammad Rizwan, 

Yasir Shah, Mohammad 

Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, 

Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, 

Sohail Khan, Imran Khan. 

Mothers of 

Indian players 

on cloud nine 


KARACHI, Oct 31: Daljit 

Bumrah, the mother of Team 

India's pacer Jaspreet says 

that it was an emotional 

moment when she was 

informed by her brother that 

the players have donned the 

jerseys with the names of 

their mothers. 

"It was a very emotional 

moment when I switched on 

the TV and saw my name on 

my son's shirt. He has made 

me world wide famous. It 

was a proud moment for all 

mothers and we thank God 

for that. What an idea to 

show the world that mothers 

are very important in the 

upbringing of a child",she 

said. "For me Diwali came a 

day earlier when I saw and 

had tears of gratitude and 

happiness in my eyes". 

She also believes that the 

players names should also 

be there with mothers. 

SINGAPUR, Oct 31: 

Surprise WTA Finals winner 

Dominka Cibulkova has 

climbed three places into 

fifth in the latest world rankings 

published on Monday. 

Runner-up in the 2014 

Australian Open Cibulkova 

was the only major mover 

inside the top 10 dominated 

by Kerber with Serena 

williams in second place. 

Cibulkova put on a stunning 

show of unflappable 

tennis to upset top-ranked 

Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to 

win the WTA Finals title on 

Sunday. 

SHARJAH: Amir's first catch in Test cricket was a spectacular take that got rid of Darren Bravo. 

SHARJAH, Oct 31: 

Pakistan quick Mohammad 

Amir has had quite a comeback 

into international cricket. 

The 24-year-old has 

impressed one-and-all 

across all three formats of 

the game and like he had 

done so before being suspended 

for his involvement 

in the spot-fixing scandal 

that had broken out in 2010, 

has begun to show promise 

of becoming an all-time 

great as far as fast bowling 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI, Oct 31: Former 

Windies pace bowler 

Mervyn Dhillon is one 

among the few cricketers in 

Caribbean Island who have 

also been celebrating the 

Diwali festivals. 

The 42-year-old rightarm 

medium fast bowlers 

has sent his photograph in 

tradition Indian dress which 

he wore Friday, i.e. the day 

of Dhan Terash, the second 

day of the six-day Indian 

Diwali festivals. 

He said, "Diwali is celebrated 

in my country of 

Trinidad, 

"Trinidad is 50% Indian 

so it's a national holiday. I 

bought this dress many years 

ago from India. I can't 

remember exactly where in 

India but I got it. It was the 

store owner who did a small 

photo shoot also on that 

day", he further added. 

was concerned. 

However, on Monday, 

Amir made the news, not for 

his bowling, but for his 

fielding. After picking up an 

outstanding catch to dismiss 

Darren Bravo, he broke the 

record for maximum number 

of Tests taken before taking 

a catch in the format. 

Playing in his 20th Test, 

Amir claimed the catch to 

dismiss Bravo off the bowling 

of Zulfiqar Babar, when 

he ran and leapt to take a 

superb catch, that will certainly 

go into contention for 

one of the best grabs in 


Amir broke the record 

held by Geoff Pullar of 

England, who his first catch 

in his 18th Test, Glenn 

McGrath is third on the list 

with 16 matches while 

Mohammad Sami, who 

played for the Men in Green 

in the World T20 earlier this 

year, took his first Test catch 

in his 15th game. 

Former Windies pace bowler Mervyn 

Dhillon celebrates Diwali in Trinidad 

Dominka Cibulkova climbs to third in singles 

rankings after winning WTAFinals 

The seventh-seeded 

Cibulkova, making her debut 

at the WTA Finals this week, 

picked the right match to win 

against Kerber during the 

week. The two met in the 

first match of the round-robin 

stage on Sunday with Kerber 

prevailing 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3. 

Cibulkova also became 

the second only player to 

clinch the title after having a 

1-2 record in the round-robin 

stages of the tournament. 

Notably, it was Agnieszka 

Radwanska who went on to 

beat Petra Kvitova in the 

final after a similar record in 

the group stages in Singapore 

in 2015. 

Despite failing to convert 

two match points, Cibulkova 

sealed the match in her third 

attempt with a little bit of 

help from the net as well. 

The champion player said 

she was unnerved by the 

occasion and conceded that 

she was a little lucky as well. 

"My game is good 

enough to beat the world No. 

1, and I went into the final 

with these thoughts, and I 

was feeling it from the first 

point until the last point," 

Cibulkova was quoted as 

saying by The Straits Times. 

"On her break points I 

just hit unbelievable winners 

from the forehand. I got a little 

lucky on the [last] match 

point, but you get lucky 

when you deserve to get 

lucky. 

Resolute Brathwaite foils Pakistan in third Test 

SHARJAH, Oct 31: Opener 

Kraigg Brathwaite needed 

five runs for a fighting hundred 

as he foiled Pakistan 

on the second day of the 

third and final Test in 

Sharjah on Monday. 

Brathwaite anchored the 

West Indian innings with a 

206-ball 95 not out after 

they were struggling at 38- 

3, putting two solid stands 

of 83 each with Roston 

Chase (50) for the fifth 

wicket and with Shane 

Dowrich (47) for the sixth. 

At close skipper Jason 

Holder was unbeaten on six 

as West Indies were 244-6, 

just 37 runs away from 

Pakistan’s first innings total 

of 281. 

This gives West Indies a 

good position for the first 

time in the series against 

Pakistan who are targeting a 

3-0 clean sweep after winning 

the first Test by 56 

runs in Dubai and the second 

by 133 runs in Abu 

Dhabi. 

Brathwaite batted solidly 

as he negotiated Pakistan’s 

spin-cum-pace attack with 

full confidence, having so 

far hit ten boundaries. 

"There will be no butterflies," 

said the 23-year-old 

from Barbados. 

"For me helping the West 

Indies to a good lead will be 

more important and I will 

do my best to achieve that." 

West Indies lost 

Jermaine Blackwood for 23 

soon after lunch and it 

looked like they would once 

again concede a lead but 

Brathwaite held the innings 

well with Chase and 

Dowrich. 

Chase hit leg-spinner 

Yasir Shah for a straight six 

to bring up his fifty but was 

caught in the slip off 

Mohammad Amir in the 

next over. His 89-ball stay 

was spiced with six fours 

and a six. Dowrich then 

complimented Brathwaite 

as they took West Indies to 

234, with Dowrich benefitting 

from a catch off Wahab 

Riaz’s no ball on 15 and a 

let-off by Younis Khan on 

21. Dowrich was finally 

bowled by Riaz from an 

inside edge. 

Earlier, leg-spinner 

Devendra Bishoo finished 

with figures of 4-77 while 

fast bowlers Shannon Gabriel 

took 3-67 and Alzarri Joseph 

2-57 to dismiss Pakistan for 

281. Pakistan added 26 to 

their overnight score before 

losing Amir for 20 and Shah 

for 12, both to Joseph. The 

pair added 32 for the ninth 

wicket.

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Peaceful Yemen imperative for 

regional, international peace: Fatemi 


Special Assistant to Prime 

Minister on Foreign Affairs, 

Syed Tariq Fatemi has emphasized 

that a stable and peaceful 

Yemen is imperative for 

regional and international 

peace. He was talking to 

newly appointed Ambassador 

of Yemen to Pakistan 

Mohammed Motahar Ali- 

Shabi here on Monday. Tariq 

Fatemi stressed that Pakistan 

is deeply concerned at the 

continuing bloodshed and 

deteriorating security situation 

in Yemen and believed 

that there was a dire need to 

ensure that the country did not 

get further destabilized by terrorist 

groups. 

He said Pakistan strongly 



International Airlines (PIA) 

Chief Executive Officer 

Bernd Hildenbrand Monday 

said that the national carrier is 

targeting to have a fleet of 60 

aircraft by 2020. 

Speaking as a guest speaker 

at the weekly meeting of 

Rotari Club Karachi, he said, 

in addition to increasing 

domestic flights, the PIA is 

planning to increase its flights 

to Paris, New York, Kuala 

Lumpur, Jeddah, Beijing and 

Toronto, while starting new 

ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Ambassador of Yemen Mr. Mohammed Motahar Ali-Shabi 

called on the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi. 

flights to Barcelona, Leipzig, 

Salalah and Bangkok. 

He also said the PIA is 

considering a separate dedicated 

unit for taking care of 

Hajj and Umrah operation. 

He pointed out that this 

year the PIA transported 

around 52,000 passengers 

during Hajj with more than 

95 percent special Hajj flights 

going on or ahead of time. 

The PIA CEO said 

improvements are being 

made in every department to 

bring the national carrier in 

the top 100 airlines of the 

world. 

He informed that the PIA 

has attained a regularity of 99 

percent during the past few 

months, and its on-time performance 

has reached 85 percent, 

which is second only to 

Saudi Airlines in the region. 

He mentioned that PIA 

employees are being asked to 

change their mindset and 

focus on customer facilitation. 

The PIA has recently 

launched a cellphone application 

in addition to making 

PIA available on Expedia and 

Travelocity for providing a 

PIA to have fleet of 60 aircraft 

by 2020: CEO Hildenbrand 

Govt not to allow disturb law and 

order situation: Rana Tanvir 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Science & Technology and Defence Production, Rana Tanveer 

Hussain addressing at a seminar on “World Standards Day” at LCCI. 

LAHORE, Oct 31: Federal 

Minister for Defence 

Production & Science and 

Technology Rana Tanvir 

Hussain on Monday said the 

government had the authority 

to take anybody into custody 

on doubts of being involved 

in any unlawfully activity. 

He was talking to media 

here after addressing a seminar 

on “Standards Build 

Trust” arranged by the 


Economic Coordination 

Committee of the Cabinet 

(ECC) on Monday considered 

and approved for the provision 

of 50,000 Metric Tons of 

wheat costing Rs.2.007 Billion 

to the United Nations World 

Food Programme (WFP) for 

the temporarily displaced people 

of FATA and Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa. 

The ECC met here under 

Pakistan Standards and 

Quality Control Authority 

(PSQCA) at Lahore Chamber 

of Commerce and Industry 

(LCCI). 

Rana Tanvir said the government 

would follow the 

Supreme Court’s verdict on 

PTI sit-in in letter and spirit, 

adding that Imran Khan 

should shun the policy of 

“Main Na Manu.” 

“The government is duty 

bound to maintain peace any 

where in the country and protection 

of the people, and 

would not let some people to 

disturb law and order situation,” 

he added. 

He said that Imran Khan 

was trying to pressurise 

important departments 

including courts, FIA, Police 

and Anti Corruption and 

statements of the PTI leaders 

were on record in this regard. 

ECC approved provision of 50000 

Metric Tons of wheat for TDPs 

the chairmanship of Federal 

Minister for Finance senator 

Muhammad Ishaq Dar here at 

the Prime Minister’s office this 

afternoon. 

A statement issued by the 

Ministry of Finance said that 

the ECC considered and 

approved the summary moved 

by the Ministry of States and 

Frontier Regions for the provision 

of 50,000 Metric Tons of 

wheat costing Rs.2.007 Billion 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator 

Mohammad Ishaq dar chairing the meeting of the Economic 

Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet. 

to the United Nations World 

Food Programme for the temporarily 

displaced people of 

FATA and Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa. 

The approved quantity will 

be distributed to the target population 

from December 2016 

to June 2017. It is worth mentioning 

that the quantity is the 

second such approval after the 

provision of 124,000 metric 

tons of wheat costing Rs. 

4.977 billion to the displaced 

population; the stocks from the 

earlier grant will be exhausted 

in November as reported by 

the World Food Programme. 

ECC also approved, after 

detailed briefing by Ministry 

of Water and Power, issuance 

of second revised Government 

of Pakistan Sovereign 

Guarantees up to Rs. 30612.60 

million for the 425 MW 

Nandipur power project. These 

guarantees will remain valid 

till May 31, 2017. 

better experience to the public, 

he added. 

Hildenbrand said that the 

management is laying special 

emphasis on the cleanliness 

of aircraft. 

Rotary Club President 

Shahzad Sabir regarded 

Hildenbrand's presentation as 

very informative, in which a 

large number of members 

showed keen interest. 

PIA's Directors for Fleet 

Planning, Amir Ali and HR, 

Wing Cmdr (R) Raheel 

Ahmed were also present on 

the occasion. 

GB govt to announce 

special health package 

for deserving persons 


Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government 

will announce a special 

health package for the deserving 

persons on November 01, 

the independence day of Gilgit 

Baltistan. 

This was stated by Chief 

Minister Hafeez ur -Rehman 

while talking to media in 

Gilgit. He said thirty-three 

thousand health insurance 

cards will be provided to 

needy people with the assistance 

of German Government. 

No Srinagar- 

Muzaffarabad bus service 

on Monday due to Dewali 

CHANARI, Oct 31: Srinagar - 

Muzaffarabad Bus service 

remained suspended due to 

Dewali in India on Monday. 

Sources said that passengers 

who crossed LOC could 

not cross the Amman bridge 

cross. Intra Kashmir trade will 

also remain suspended from 

today to Friday and bus service 

now resume on November 

7 and truck service on 

November 8. 

Pakistan Red Crescent marks Int’l Day of Disaster Risk Reduction 

Sikandar Rajput 



Red Crescent-Sindh, in collaboration 

with the German 

Red Cross organized a seminar 

to commemorate the 

International Day for 

Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 

with the participation of various 

renowned institutions 

here on Monday in a local 

hotel. The focus of this year’s 

IDDR theme is “Live to Tell: 

Raising Awareness, reducing 

mortality”. 

The seminar has provided a 

platform to all governments, 

local governments, disaster 

management agencies, NGOs, 

Red Cross, Red Crescent 

Societies, civil society groups, 

business, academic, scientific 

institutions and other interested 

groups to know how people 

and communities around the 

condemned actions by the 

Houthis to overthrow the legitimate 

government in Yemen 

led by President Hadi and reiterated 

the fact that Houthis 

should return to the negotiating 

table, for amicable settlement 

of all disputes. 

Ambassador Motahar conveyed 

his government’s appreciation 

for Pakistan’s support 

and added that Pak and Yemen 

enjoy close and fraternal relations. 

He expressed confidence 

that Pakistan-Yemen relations 

would continue to follow a 

positive trajectory and stressed 

that he was looking forward to 

working closely with Pakistan 

to this end. 

He also briefed the Special 

Assistant to the PM on developments 

taking place in 

Yemen. Other issues of 

regional and international 

importance also came up 

under discussion during the 

meeting. 

5 killed, 5 injured 

as suicide bombing 

rocks Afghanistan 

KABUL, Oct 31: A suicide 

attack rattled eastern 

Jalalabad city, the capital of 

Nangarhar province, 120 km 

east of Kabul on Monday 

killing five persons and injuring 

five others, spokesman 

for provincial government 

Attaullah Khogiani said. "The 

deadly attack took place in 

Khalis township, a residential 

area where a meeting of elders 

was underway at 01:30 

p.m. local time, leaving five 

people including four civilians 

and the attacker dead and 

injuring five more civilians," 

Khogiani told reporters here. 

Without providing more 

details, the official added 

that investigation has been 

initiated into the incident 

Meantime, an official on 

the condition of anonymity 

said that the attack had 

claimed 12 lives and 

injured few others. 


Prime Minister's Adviser on 

National History and 

Literary Heritage Irfan 

Siddiqui has asked Imran 

world are reducing their exposure 

to disasters through raising 

awareness about the 

importance of reining in the 

risks that they face. 

Shamim Mumtaz, Minister 

Social Welfare Sindh was 

chief guest in seminar. 

Armed men attack private 

school, security guard injured 

BAHAWALNAGAR, Oct alleged armed terrorists 

31: As many as 4 armed persons 

stormed into private 

schools and opened firing 

entered into the school located 

in a private housing society 

and opened fire. Heavy 

leaving security guard of the security forces personnel 

school injured in and contingents of police 

Haroonabad area of reached the site and safely 

Bahawalnagar. 

evacuated the girl students 

According to reports four from school. However the 

MUMBAI, Oct 31: Indian 

actress Lisa Haydon has tied 

the knot with Pakistani-born 

UK national Dino Lalvani. 

The actress took to 

Instagram to post a picture 

of her wedding day with the 

caption ‘Just Married’. 

Lisa was wearing an offwhite 

flowing gown with a 

long veil cascading behind 

her while the groom looked 

dapper in a white shirt 

teamed with a matching offwhite 

blazer and trousers. 

The ceremony took place 

in Thailand’s Phuket Island 

and was attended by close 

friends and relatives. 

Lisa started her film 

career in 2010 but she 

failed to accomplish any 

success. However; she 

caught everyone’s attention 

Urging all stockholders 

working for public welfare to 

join hands to deal with natural 

disasters in future, she said the 

PRC-Sindh is a humanitarian 

organisation dedicated to 

improving lives of vulnerable 

segments of society. 

after her remarkable performance 

in blockbuster 

movie ‘Queen’. 

Shamim Mumtaz uttered 

that responding agencies 

were always present in urban 

areas, but their capacity and 

action had been more effective 

in rural areas despite 

complex urban contexts. Now 

the time has come that all 

school guard was reportedly 

injured during encounter. 

The injured guard was shifted 

to the hospital for treatment. 

The police have 

arrested the alleged terrorists 

and shifted them to an undisclosed 

location for further 

investigation. 

Indian actress Lisa Haydon weds 

Pakistani-born UK national 


Interior Minister Ch Nisar 

Ali Khan has approved 

upgradation of posts of 

Constables, Head 

Constables and ASIs of 

Islamabad Police. 

The scale of Constable 

has been increased from the 

existing five to seven; that 

of Head Constable from 

seven to nine and that of 

ASI from nine to eleven. 

The Interior Minister has 

also given approval to bring 

salary of FC personnel at 

par with Police during the 

next one and a half year. 

In the first phase, there 

would be fifty percent 

increase in the salary of FC 

personnel. FC personnel 

would also get Internal 

Security Duty Allowance. 

She has also played pivotal 

roles in ‘Housefull 3’ 

and ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’. 

Nisar approves up gradation of 

posts of Islamabad Police personnel 

Khan to respect courts' decisions 

and use his political 

right as permissible under 

the law. 

Addressing a ceremony 

here on Monday, he said the 

government honors every 

single word of court's verdict 

and it has neither resisted 

PTI's peaceful protest in 

Approval has also been 

given to increase the length 

of service of FC personnel 

from the existing thirty-five 

to 45 years. 

According to Interior 

Ministry, a notification 

about these measures would 

be issued within the next 

few days after final 

approval of the Prime 

Minister. 

Govt ready to facilitate Imran Khan's 

protest if it remains peaceful: Siddiqui 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: By 

2030, Pakistan's population is 

expected to reach 260 million 

and half of the population will 

live in urban areas, making 

cities central to climate action, 

prosperity, peace, and human 

rights. On the occasion of 

World Cities Day 2016 and in 

light of the recent development 

of the New Urban 

Agenda which was adopted at 

the Habitat III Conference in 

Quito, Ecuador, on October 

20, 2016, high officials from 

the Ministry of Climate 

Change and UN-Habitat gathered 

in Islamabad to discuss 

prospects of implementing the 

New Urban Agenda in the 

country to make Pakistan's 

cities habitable and trigger 

economic prosperity. 

Zahid Hamid - Federal 

Minister for Climate Change, 

“As the Government of 

past nor will do so in future. 

He said the government is 

also ready to facilitate Imran 

Khan's protest if it remains 

peaceful. 

Govt and UN collaborate to implement 

new urban agenda in Pakistan 

Pakistan's focal Ministry for 

urbanization, it is our foremost 

responsibility to improve the 

quality of life of residents of 

the urban areas. Pakistan's 

development agenda includes 

transformation of these areas 

into creative, eco- friendly, 

commerce-friendly, sustainable, 

smart cities through 

improved city governance, 

effective urban planning, efficient 

local mobility infrastructure 

(mass transit systems) 

and better security to make 

urbanization an important 

driver of growth.” He further 

added, “For this purpose, the 

Ministry of Climate Change 

and the United Nations 

Human Settlements 

Programme (UN-Habitat) in 

Pakistan have been working 

closely on various initiatives 

related to sustainable urbanization 

and climate change. 

stakeholders should be alert 

on rural as well as urban disasters, 

she emphasized. 

She said that girl guide and 

civil defence systems should 

be reinforced and improved to 

save lives during such calamities. 

“I will also write an official 

letter to chief minister 

sindh in this regard. There 

should be five to ten trauma 

centres at super highway and 

in the city,” she added. 

Chairperson Pakistan Red 

Crescent-Sindh, Farzhana 

Naek said the PRC-Sindh 

always helped most vulnerable 

people in time of natural or 

man-made disasters. In 

Karachi, Thatta, Badin, 

Jacobabad, Jamshoro, 

Sanghar, Tharparkar and other 

districts, emergency & disaster 

response teams consisting 

of trained volunteers had been 

introduced to deal with any 

disaster, she added. 

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