16 July 2017

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School destroyed 

in air strike in 

Afghanistan 

KABUL: At least 

three persons were 

injured when a school 

was destroyed in an 

airstrike in Afghanistan's 

Kunduz province on 

Saturday, an official 

said. A fighter pounded 

the Khawja Mashad area 

in Kunduz city, 250 km 

north of Kabul, also 

destroying a house in the 

morning, 

Xinhua news agency 

quoted Education 

Department Director 

Janat Gul Nasiri as saying. 

Three children in the 

nearby house were 

injured in the attack, he 

said. The official said 13 

shops close to the school 

were also damaged. 

"Since it was early in the 

morning and there was 

no student in the school, 

hence there was no loss 

of life," Nasiri said. 

Court rejects 

bail application 

of MPA 

QUETTA: Anti 

Terrorism Court rejected 

bail application of MPA 

Abdul Majeed Achakzai 

here Saturday. Court had 

reserved judgment on 

the plea at last hearing. 

According to details 

MPA Abdul Majeed 

Achakzai had crushed a 

Police official with his 

vehicle last month. 

He could not be presented 

in the court today. 

He was on three day 

extension remand. 

Pentagon says 

ISIS leader in 

Afghanistan is dead 

WASHINGTON: U.S. 

troops killed the head of 

ISIS’s Afghanistan 

branch, known as Islamic 

State Khorasan (ISIS-K), 

during a June 11 airstrike 

on the group’s headquarters 

in the Kunar 

province, the Pentagon 

announced Friday. Abu 

Sayed took over as leader 

of the group after his 

predecessor, Abdul Hasib, 

was killed by Afghan and 

U.S. forces during a joint 

raid in April. 

Before Hasib, ISIS-K 

was run by Hafiz Sayed 

Khan, who died in a 

drone strike in late July 

2016. In a statement, 

Pentagon spokeswoman 

Dana White said 

Tuesday’s strike had “also 

killed other ISIS-K members 

and will significantly 

disrupt the terror group’s 

plans to expand its presence 

in Afghanistan.” 

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ISLAMABAD: President 

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 

Central Punjab, Qamar 

Zaman Kaira Saturday there 

would be no threat to democracy 

if Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif was dislodged. 

Addressing a news conference, 

he raised a question 

asking Prime Minister 

Nawaz Sharif to disclose 

who is hatching conspiracy 

against the government. He 

said the PM should convene 

meeting of the 

Parliamentary to unmask the 

factors who are hatching 

conspiracies against the government. 

He asked the Prime 

Minister to disclose the 

secret. What were the secrets 

that General Zia told you?, 

he posed a question. 

Mr. Nawaz Sharif you 

should had thanked the PPP 

that provided shoulder in the 

time of need, he added. He 

further said PPP waged 

struggle to save the government 

of Nawaz Sharif. He 

recalled that return of 

Benazir Bhutto also usher 

ways for Nawaz Sharif’s 

return to country. 

Qamar Zaman urged 

Nawaz Sharif to disclose his 

secrets before the nation. He 

said when former President 

Pervez Musharraf ousted 

Nawaz Sharif then Nawaz 

Sharif tried twice to return to 

KARACHI EDITION – Sunday, July 16, 2017, Shawal 21 1438 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

No threat to democracy 

if Nawaz goes: Kaira 

Prime Minister must step down, says Bilawal Bhutto 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Leaders of Pakistan 

Muslim League (PML-N) 

Saturday said those 

demanding resignation of 

Prime Minister should 

first read the Joint 

Investigation Team report. 

This was stated by 

Minister of State for 

Babar Awan terms 

Shehbaz Sharif 'Godfather 2' 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 

leader Babar Awan on Saturday has said that theft 

committed by Godfather 2 is proven in Panama Leaks 

case. Calling Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz 

Sharif as Godfather 2, the PTI leader said the allegations 

against him are enough for his disqualification. 

He said that new sun will rise from Monday with the 

hearing of Supreme Court (SC) in Panama Paper issue. 

Babar Awan also demanded to arrest those who 

gave orders to Securities and Exchange Commission 

of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Muhammad Zafar Hijazi 

for record tempering. 

country. He alleged that 

Nawaz Sharif left the country 

in the darkness of the 

night giving deception to the 

political parties. The nation 

must be informed about 

PM’s friendship with Indian 

PM Moodi, he mocked. 

PPP leader said that properties 

worth billions of 

rupees have been unearthed 

and siblings have become 

kings and PM saying that 

conspiracy is being hatched, 

he added. He said Nawaz 

Sharif’s theft worth Rupees 

billion has been caught. 

“If there someone was 

hatching conspiracy against 

democracy then the PM 

should also inform us and 

we assure to save democracy, 

” he reiterated. He 

stressed the PM to peep into 

Capital Administration 

and Development 

Division (CADD) Tariq 

Fazal Chaudhary while 

addressing a news conference 

PML-N 

along with MNA 

Daniyal Aziz here on 

Saturday. They said that 

PML-N is united under the 

leadership of Muhammad 

his party ranks to find out 

who was hatching conspiracy 

against the government. 

He added many ministers 

have pinned hopes on his 

(PM) resignation. He 

alleged that Nawaz Sharif 

hatched conspiracies against 

Benazir Bhutto. 

Moreover, Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP) cochairman 

Bilawal Bhutto- 

Zardari on Saturday said the 

prime minister must step 

down and reiterated his 

party’s stance that the PPP 

has always supported 

democracy. "Accountability 

is part of democracy. We 

always supported democracy, 

not inds.believe in superiority 

of parliament & Rule 

of law. NS must go,” tweeted 

Bilawal. 

PM resignation seekers should 

read JIT report first: PML-N 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for CADD, Dr. Tariq Fazal 

Chaudhry and PML (N) MNA, Daniyal Aziz addressing a 

press conference. 

Indian troops martyr three 

Kashmiri youth in Tral 

SRINAGAR: Indian troops, in their fresh act of state 

terrorism, martyred three Kashmiri youth in Tral town, 

today. According to KMS, the troops killed the youth 

during a violent siege and search peration in Wantiwen 

area of the town. The operation continued till reports 

last came in. 

Meanwhile, people took to the streets in Satoora area 

of Tral to protest against the army operation. Indian 

police and troops fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters, 

triggering clashes between the demonstrators 

and the forces’ personnel. Several people were injured 

in the forces’ action. 

On the other hand, the delegations of Jammu and 

Kashmir Mass Movement and Jammu and Kashmir 

Salvation Movement visited Srinagar and Badgam areas 

and paid glowing tributes to the youth who were recently 

martyred by Indian troops. 

The Mass Movement Chairperson, Farida Bahenji, in 

a statement issued in Srinagar said that the sacrifices of 

Kashmiri martyrs would not be allowed to go waste and 

their mission would be accomplished at all costs. 

Nawaz Sharif. 

Tariq Fazal Chaudhary 

said the jurisdiction of JIT 

was to investigate the 

ownership of London 

Flats but it worked beyond 

its ambit and started investigation 

against the Sharif 

family. 

He said that JIT could 

not find even a single 

example of corruption during 

the last thirty-five year 

political career of the 

Nawaz Sharif and 

Shahbaz Sharif when they 

were holding the public 

offices. He said there is 

not any stance of money 

laundering and tax evasion 

in JIT report. He said the 

parliamentary 

party has expressed unwavering 

support to the 

Prime Minister and voiced 

complete confidence in his 

leadership. 

ISTANBUL: People walk towards the July 15 Martyr's bridge on a "National Unity March" to commemorate the one 

year anniversary of the July 15, 2016 botched coup attempt, in Istanbul, Saturday, July 15, 2017. Turkey commemorates 

the first anniversary of the July 15 failed military attempt to overthrow Turkey's President Recep 

Tayyip Erdogan, with a series of events honoring some 250 people, who were killed across Turkey while trying to 

oppose coup-plotters. 

Political rivals 

will have to wait till 

2018: Shahbaz Sharif 

LAHORE: Chief 

Minister Punjab Mian 

Muhammad Shahbaz 

Sharif said that political 

rivals would have to wait 

till 2018. 

“ our rivals are fearful 

of ongoing development 

projects. If these projects 

are materialized then their 

politics would come to 

end. Therefore, they are in 

hurry to come to power. 

PML-N will again emerge 

triumphant in general 

elections 2018 on basis of 

performance. Our political 

opponents would have 

to wait till 2018”, he said 

this while talking to a 

PML-N delegation which 

called on him here at 

Chief Minister house 

Saturday 

He held certain elements 

are promoting politics 

of chaos which is 

very damaging for country’s 

progress adding 

PML-N had never 

indulged in politics of 

revenge and victimization. 

If some one has perpetrated 

excesses and 

injustices, PML-N has 

ignored it, he remarked. . 

Chief Minister went 

on to say that their sincere 

leadership has set higher 

norms of transparency in 

development projects. 

The way resources of billion 

of rupees were saved 

by this government in the 

projects is unprecedented 

in the history of this country, 

he added. 

This fast track 

progress has spawned 

frustration and fear 

among our opponents, 

CM further added. 

Pakistan helped Iraq in 

defeating IS, says Iraqi envoy 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

quietly helped Iraq in its fight 

against the militant Islamic 

State (IS) group, which 

reached a major milestone 

this week with the liberation 

of Mosul from the terrorist 

group’s controlafter three 

years of occupation. 

Pakistan was among a 

number of countries that supported 

Iraq in fighting the IS, 

also known by its Arabic 

acronym Daesh, said 

Ambassador of Iraq Ali Yasin 

Muhammad Karim at a press 

conference at the embassy. 

The presser was held to brief 

Pakistani media about the 

eviction of the IS from Mosul. 

Pakistan’s contribution to 

the fight against the IS in Iraq 

has never been mentioned 

earlier either by Pakistani 

officials or Iraqis. 

Ancient Assyrian town 

Mosul, which is Iraq’s second 

largest city and was used 

by the IS during years of 

occupation as the seat of its 

proclaimed caliphate, was 

freed after a gruelling ninemonth-long 

military campaign 

by Iraqi security forces 

that was backed by several 

countries. Talking about 

Pakistan’s help, the ambassador 

said Iraq, besides getting 

intelligence on terrorists, also 

received arms and ammunition 

and military medical 

assistance from the country. 

Imran hopeful of huge ‘goodbye 

reception’ for Nawaz next week 

ISLAMABAD: PTI 

chief Imran Khan has his 

eyes set on Prime Minister 

Nawaz Sharif's resignation 

and in an interview to an 

international newspaper, 

the cricketer-turnedpolitician 

hoped that there 

would be a big 'goodbye 

reception' for Sharif in 

Islamabad next week. 

In an interview to the 

New York Times, PTI chief 

KARACHI: Up to 90% 

of water supplied in Karachi 

is unfit for human consumption 

due to the presence of 

bacterial contamination, 

revealed a report. 

The report, based on laboratory 

analysis of water 

samples collected from surface 

and underground water 

sources from different parts 

of the metropolis, was submitted 

to the judicial commission 

headed by Justice 

Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro. 

The commission was constituted 

by the Supreme Court 

to investigate authorities’ 

failure to provide clean 

drinking water and poor sanitation 

conditions in Sindh. 

The report was submitted 

by the task force formed by 

Imran Khan said that he 

truly believed Prime 

Minister Nawaz Sharif's 

time was up and the premier 

was headed towards disqualification. 

According to the article, 

the PTI chief is hopeful that 

Nawaz Sharif would have to 

step down or face disqualification, 

less than one week 

after the damning report of 

the JIT was made public. 

the commission to ensure 

implementation of the directives 

given by the SC, as well 

as the commission. 

The report stated that 

although 118 drinking water 

samples were collected from 

parts of Karachi, 99 samples 

were collected from surface 

water sources such as water 

"I think he (Sharif) is 

gone," said Imran. "The 

long, dark night is finally 

over." The piece further 

quoted Khan as saying that 

the whole defense of the 

Sharif family in the Panama 

Leaks case was a fraud and 

that the whole family has 

lied to the court. 

"Now, there will be criminal 

proceedings against the 

prime minister," he said. 

Karachi’s water unfit for human consumption 

KARACHI: Pakistan is 

fully aware of the threats 

emanating from hostile 

intelligence agencies, especially 

Indian intelligence 

agency Research and 

Analysis Wing, against the 

country and the multi-billion 

dollar China-Pakistan 

Economic Corridor. 

The Chairman Joint 

Chiefs of the Staff 

Committee, Gen Zubair 

Mahmood Hayat, said this 

while speaking as the chief 

guest at a ceremony of the 

107th Midshipmen commissioning 

term and 16th Short 

Service Commission Course 

at the Pakistan Naval 

Academy outside Karachi 

on Saturday. He said these 

foreign intelligence agencies 

are operating from 

Afghanistan and other locations 

to foment unrest in 

Pakistan, especially in 

Balochistan. "Their designs 

[and] oblique actions to sabotage 

CPEC are also well 

known," he said. 

Gen Hayat said Pakistan 

Investigation Team to probe 

Rawal Dam’s poisoning 

ISLAMABAD: In order to investigate the issue of 

mixing poisoning material in Rawal Dam’s water, a 

joint investigation team consisting of Punjab government 

and Pakistan Army has been formed. 

As per details, after the mixing of poisoning material 

in Rawal Dam, the residents of twin cities have to 

face the severe shortage of water on one hand while on 

other hands mounds of fish were also died. 

is confronting adversaries 

who are involved in an 

"indirect sub-conventional 

warfare against us". 

Pointing to the existential 

conventional threat emanating 

from India, Gen Hayat 

said asymmetry has reached 

a critical threshold in the 

east. In order to counter such 

threats, the country's armed 

forces are committed to 

supply systems, water filtration 

plants and water pumping 

stations of the Karachi 

Water and Sewerage Board. 

Thirteen were collected from 

underground water sources, 

three from reverse osmosis 

(RO) plants and three from 

mixed (ground and surface) 

water sources. 

RAW operating from Afghanistan 

to sabotage CPEC: Gen Zubair 

KARACHI: Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Muhammad 

Zakaullah receiving the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Committee General Zubair Hayat during 107th 

Midshipmen and 16th Short Service Commissioning 

Parade ceremony held at Pakistan Naval Academy. 

undertaking "synergetic 

national efforts", he said. 

"Make no mistake, we 

will beat back the enemy's 

design." Gen Hayat said 

Pakistan's security forces 

along with law-enforcement 

agencies are playing a 

crucial role in tackling 

"external state-sponsored 

elements operating through 

local proxies". 

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PANAMA PAPERS BEING USED TO DESTABILIZE PAKISTAN 

Some forces are actively working 

against democracy: Fazlur Rahman 

SJA Jafri 

KARACHI: Jamiat 

Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) 

Chief Maulana Fazlur 

Rahman claimed the 

Panama case saga is being 

used as a tool by the enemies 

to destabilise the 

country. “The Panama 

Papers case is not about 

corruption, it’s being used 

to destabilise the country,” 

Fazl said while addressing 

media here earlier on 

Saturday. 

“Some forces are 

actively working against 

democracy. Encouraging 

these anti-democratic 

forces is not right,” he 

alleged, adding that he is 

hopeful the Supreme 

Court will mete out justice 

in the case. 

Fazl further said that 

the political dilemma arising 

out of the situation 

would not benefit any 

KARACHI: Family of 

Pakistani woman scientist 

Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who 

has been languishing in a 

US prison, has said that 

for last two years they 

have not talked to her on 

telephone because this 

facility is presumably 

withdrawn from her. 

In a press release issued 

here on Saturday, Aafia 

Movement Pakistan leader 

and noted neurophysician 

of the country, Dr Fowzia 

Siddiqui, said the family is 

extremely concerned about 

the health and wellbeing of 

Aafia, as they have no telephonic 

communication 

with her for last two years. 

She said the family does 

COURTS 

TP-I, TP-III to be 

functional next year, 

judicial commission told 

KARACHI: A judicial commission 

was informed on Saturday by Sindh 

government that water filtration and 

sewerage treatment plants, TP-I and 

TP-III, will be put into operation by 

next year's June and January, respectively. 

Headed by Justice Mohammad 

Iqbal Kalhoro of the Sindh High 

Court, the commission was formed by 

the Supreme Court to implement its 

orders on water, sanitation, environment 

and associated issues. 

In Saturday's hearing, the advocate 

general Sindh Zameer Ghumro submitted 

a report on behalf of the 

chief secretary, reflecting specific 

timeline to put TP-I and TP-III in 

operation. He informed the commission 

that TP-I will be operational 

by June 2018 whereas TP-III 

will be put in operation by January 

next year. 

Earlier, the commission came down 

hard on Karachi Water & Sewerage 

Board (KSWB) chief and other concerned 

officials when it was informed 

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief, Fazal-ur-Rehman addresses to media 

persons during press conference held at Clifton area. 

politician. “India and said. The JUI-F Chief 

United States have already urged the military and 

shaken hands with each 

other. China and Pakistan 

are now the target,” he 

civilian population to stay 

on the same page. 

“The military must not 

not know how she is passing 

her days in detention in 

the American jail. She 

regretted that even on the 

occasion of the Eid, the 

family remained deprived 

of telephonic talk to Aafia. 

She said the government 

officials in Pakistani 

embassy in the US have 

failed to take steps regarding 

resumption of telephonic 

communication of 

Aafia with her family. 

They have also failed to 

take serious steps to seek 

her release. She said that it 

is necessary that the government 

officials should 

discharge their duties honestly 

so that the confidence 

of people is resorted on 

them. She reminded that 

Quaid e Azam Muhammad 

Ali Jinnah in April 1948 

while addressing the government 

officers in 

Peshawar had told them 

that they should never be 

influenced by any political 

pressure, by any political 

party or any individual 

politician. “If you want to 

raise the prestige and 

greatness of Pakistan you 

must not fall victim to any 

pressure but do your duty 

as servants of the people 

and the state, fearlessly 

and honestly.” 

Dr Fowzia regretted 

that the Pakistani officers 

instead of following the 

guidance given by Quaid 

that treatment plants had not been 

made functional. 

The judicial body had observed that 

the committee, comprising of secretary 

local government Ramzan Awan, 

KWSB managing director Hashim 

Raza Zaidi, and others has failed to do 

the job. “Neither the above-mentioned 

treatment plants were made functional 

nor were the water filtration plant and 

laboratory in Gharo rehabilitated. 

Such failure on the part of the officials 

concerned is tantamount to violation 

of the court orders,” it added 

Illegal water hydrants: 

Separately, the commission issued 

notices DIGs of West and East directing 

them to come up with explanation 

as to why the directives of the apex 

court have not been complied with yet 

regarding removal of illegal water 

hydrants. 

The judicial body heard the concerns 

of the citizen Shahid Bhatti who 

has informed it that more 

than 150 illegal hydrants 

were still operating in different 

districts of Karachi. 

The KSWB managing 

director stated that though he has 

made efforts to stop illegal water 

hydrants but the miscreants puncture 

the pipelines and take water illegally. 

The KWSB chief added that the matter 

was reported to police but no action 

was taken by them. 

Family says no telephonic 

communication with Aafia for 2 year 

KARACHI The passing out parade of Pakistan Coast Guards’ cadets held at Naval Base 

in Karachi on Saturday. The event was addressed by Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat. 

e Azam have become 

salves of corrupt ruling 

politicians. She said protection 

of citizens should 

be the top most responsibility 

of the government 

officers. She reminded 

that Dr Aafia Siddiqui was 

kidnapped along with her 

three minor children in 

broad daylight from a 

street of Karachi and they 

were sold and trafficked 

to a foreign country for 

the US dollars. She said 

the constitution of 

Pakistan was fully violated 

in the kidnapping and 

trafficking of Aafia and 

her children but no action 

so far has been taken 

against the culprits. 

Unfenced Karachi 

rail track takes 

another life 

KARACHI: A man was 

killed when he was overrun 

by a train on unfenced 

railway track, in 

Quaidabad area of the city 

on Saturday. 

According to rescue 

be made a party to this. 

The military and the population 

must stay on the 

same page,” he insisted, 

going on to say that whoever 

rules the country is 

the one who is targeted. 

“Zardari and Gilani 

both faced cases during 

their regime, but now it’s 

all gone and dusted,” he 

lamented. 

Fazl earlier this week 

came out in support of 

Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif, urging the premier 

to stand his ground 

on resignation calls from 

the opposition and not 

step down. "You are 

teaching morality to the 

one who is constitutionally 

your prime minister," 

he had said while 

criticising the prime minister's 

opponents. 

He had said at that time 

also that Panamagate was 

not an issue; rather the 

economic future of the 

country was being sabotaged 

on allegations of 

corruption. 

Police arrest 

seven suspects 

including two 

diesel smugglers 

KARACHI: Police on 

Saturday claimed to have 

apprehended seven 

alleged criminals including 

two diesel smugglers 

from different areas of the 

metropolis. 

Police conducted search 

operation in Keamari's 

Jackson area and H u b 

River Road and detained 

four drug peddlers. 

During a raid in 

Mochko area police foiled 

a bid of 40,000 liters 

Iranian diesel smuggling 

and arrested two accused. 

Police seized an oil tanker 

and handed over to the 

Customs officials for further 

investigation. 

Meanwhile, Orangi 

town police arrested an 

accused during a raid in 

Kati pahari area and recovered 

weapons and motorbike 

from them. The police 

have registered FIRs 

against the detainees and 

began investigation. 

KARACHI: Rowdy 

sources, 30-years-old activities of some elements 

unknown man was hit by a 

said to be belong- 

fast-moving train in ing to some student wings 

Quaidabad. As a result, he are on the rise in the 

suffered severe injuries premises of Jinnah 

and died on the spot. Postgraduate Medical 

The body was shifted to Center (JPMC), troubling 

hospital for an autopsy. administration, doctors 

Every years dozens of people 

and patients. 

die on the killer Reliable sources at 

unfenced Pakistan Railway JPMC told said some 

track that runs thought the activists belonging to certain 

densely populated areas of 

student wings of 

Karachi. 

political parties reach the 

However, Pakistan 

Railway authorities are 

deaf to the repeated 

demands of Karachiites to 

fence this highly dangerous 

railway track. 

Police arrest two, 

recover smuggled 

Iranian diesel 

KARACHI: Police on 

Saturday claimed to have 

foiled an attempt to bring 

40,000 liters of smuggled 

Iranian diesel to Karachi and 

arrested two accused in 

Mochko area of the metropolis. 

Police on receiving 

credible information about 

smuggling of Iranian diesel 

to Karachi via Hub, established 

check points on the 

entry points of the area and 

started checking vehicles. 

During checking, the 

police intercepted an oil 

tanker. The driver of the 

vehicle was asked to produce 

legal documents, 

regarding transportation of 

loaded oil but he failed to 

show any relevant documents. 

Police arrested two 

accused and seized the oil 

tanker truck. 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Creating 

waves in Karachi’s politics, 

former Muttahida 

Qaumi Movement 

(MQM)-London leader, 

Saleem Shahzad, has said 

that he may form his own 

political party, sources 

reported Saturday. 

“I’m not willing to join 

any political party, and it’s 

possible that I launch my 

own party, as obviously I 

need a platform that is 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat, 

Municipal Commissioner, Imran Aslam addressing apublic 

gathering regarding development projects. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar along with 

Vice Chairman UC-11 visits new Family Park. 

KARACHI: Administrator DMC West, Ghulam Farid 

Inspecting the sewerage cleaning work at Kimari zone. 

Saleem Shahzad may 

form new splinter group 

Pervaiz Jatt 

KARACHI: Following 

the forecast of heavy downpour 

in Karachi, the Karachi 

necessary to raise the 

voice,” he said, while 

speaking to reporters. 

Replying to a question 

about name of the new 

Metropolitan Corporation 

(KMC) has imposed a rain 

emergency in the city. The 

Mayor Karachi has claimed 

faction, he told to 

Messenger “I have discussed 

it with my 

friends. 

In Feb this year, he was 

arrested by police upon 

his arrival in Karachi from 

London ending a 24-year 

self-imposed exile. 

Shahzad, a founding 

member of the MQM, was 

facing charges of providing 

treatment and shelter 

to alleged terrorists. He 

was released last month. 

Rain emergency declared in Karachi 

KARACHI: Commuters passing through road during heavy downpour of monsoon season 

at Korangi road. 

KARACHI: After making 

functional two Chest 

Pain Units in Karachi, the 

National Institute of 

Cardiovascular Diseases 

(NICVD) is taking steps to 

open more such centers in 

different parts of the city 

soon. The NICVD in collaboration 

with 

Government of Sindh and 

Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation has already 

launched Outreach “Chest 

Pain Units” under Gulbai 

and Malir Hallt Flyovers, 

Karachi to facilitate 

patients with chest pain at 

their own vicinity, totally 

free of cost. 

The NICVD introduced 

a new era of heart healthcare 

with the inauguration 

of its first CPU under 

Allama Shabbir Ahmed 

Usmani flyover, Gulshane-Iqbal 

in May 2017, which 

has been serving people 

successfully and treating 

around 1000 patients 

monthly. This service is one 

of its kinds and is available 

for 24/7 throughout the 

year. It is the second phase 

of outreach units to be 

placed under Gulbai and 

Malir Halt Flyovers and in 

near future, more CPUs 

that holidays of the KMC 

staff have been cancelled 

due to the rain emergency 

measures. 

More 'Chest Pain Units' soon in Karachi 

hospital in early morning 

every day and start roaming 

outside the Outpatient 

Department (OPD), Blood 

Bank, Lab and emergency 

department without any 

plausible reason. 

They said some people 

posing as students of the 

College of Physiotherapy, 

School of Paramedical 

Training, Jinnah Sindh 

Medical University and 

other nearby educational 

institutions are also 

involved in alleged 

harassment of female doctors, 

nurses and patients. 

Sources further said 

these elements are also 

involved in minting 

money from visiting OPD 

patients and their attendants 

on different pretexts. 

The hospital administration 

and security guards 

are unable to stop these 

elements due to fear of 

misbehave. 

They said some 

will be functional at different 

localities of the city. 

The Chest Pain Units 

are well-equipped facility 

and has the appropriate 

diagnostic testing available 

to identify patients with an 

acute heart attack and is 

also equipped to resuscitate 

patients who become 

unstable. CPUs are functionally 

design for providing 

preliminary emergency 

care to heart attack 

patients. After providing 

initial treatment, the patient 

will be shifted immediately 

to the tertiary care setup at 

NICVD Cath Lab. 

Complaints of harassment of doctors, staff at JPMC 

employees of hospital are 

patronizing these elements. 

They said these 

elements also force technicians 

of X-ray ward to 

conduct free x-ray reports 

of their favorite people. 

They said harassment 

of doctors, nurses and 

other staff has become 

routine in rush hours. 

They feared untoward situation 

may occur anytime 

if the prompt action will 

not be taken against them. 

KARACHI: KMC workers drain out the sewage water from 

Gulberg road. 

KARACHI: A view of garbage heap in front of Govt. 

College for Women Shahrah-e-Liaquat creates problems 

for commuters.


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Alvi demands rulers should step down 

HYDERABADP: Activists of PTI are holding protest demonstration against PM Nawaz Sharif. 

HYDERABAD: PTI Sindh 

chapter President Dr Arif Alvi on 

Saturday said the Joint Investigation 

Team (JIT) report has revealed huge 

disparities in assets and means of 

income of ruling family; therefore 

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 

should resign voluntarily. 

Talking to a delegation of 

Hyderabad District BarAssociation, 

Alvi said the masses now genuinely 

want to drag the rulers in streets and 

ask them why they were wasting 

their tax money. The PTI leader 

said the rulers have lost the moral 

and political standing and PTI 

demands their immediate resignation. 

For the continuation of democracy 

the PM should step down, he 

said. He warned that the situation 

would worsen if not handled wisely. 

2 killed, another two go missing as 

dolly lift at Kalam plunges into river 

SWAT: At least two 

people were killed another 

two go missing as a dolly 

lift carrying 6 passengers 

plunged into a river at 

Kallam area of Swat 

District. 

Beside those killed and 

go missing other two were 

rescued alive. 

Search is underway to 

pull out the missing ones 

said the District 

Administration. 

The two dead bodies 

have been shifted to hospital 

where the identification 

of the deceased is going 

on. This is pertinent to 

mention that a similar incident 

which took place at 

Murree last month claimed 

12 lives. The escalating 

chair lift accidents have 

raised serious question 

over the performance of 

concerned authorities. 

HUJ Dastoor Elections 

Abbas Kassar, Effendi reelected 

as general secretary, president 

Fake degrees business goes unchecked 

in certain illegal educational institutions 

ISLAMABAD: As Law College are violating sources, the Pakistan 

many as three illegal educational 

the law, while they are also Muslim League Nawaz 

institutions operat- 

distributing fake degrees (PML-N) MNA and parlia- 

ing in federal capital are among the students and mentary secretary 

said to be awarding fake receiving hefty amount Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal is 

degrees to the students by from students. The Modern Executive Member of 

charging heavy fees. Institute of Informatics and Board of Governor Modern 

According to media Management and Institute of Informatics and 

reports around three illegal Islamabad Campus of Management. 

education institutions running 

Mohi-uddin Islamic An official associated 

in Islamabad, are University are also extort- 

with Higher Education 

extorting millions of ing hefty amount under the Commission confirmed 

rupees from the students in 

the name of higher education. 

According to official 

documents that Islamabad 

name of higher education 

and doing fraud with the 

students. 

According to reliable 

that the three illegal education 

institutions are distributing 

fake degrees. The 

education institutions have 

Mirwaiz hails the UNSC’s 

statement over Kashmir issue 

SRINAGAR: In occupied 

Kashmir, Hurriyat 

Forum Chairman Mirwaiz 

Umar Farooq welcomed the 

statement of the UN 

Secretary General Antonio 

Guterres, wherein he has 

once again stressed for a 

meaningful dialogue 

between India and Pakistan 

and that of China which has 

offered to a mediate for a 

permanent resolution of the 

Kashmir dispute. 

Mirwaiz said that “this 

reflects that the international 

community is concerned 

about the situation in 

Kashmir and the grave consequences 

for the region if 

the dispute is not resolved.” 

The Mirwaiz said that whenever 

there is international 

pressure and outrage over 

the situation in Kashmir and 

a third country offers mediation 

to resolve the dispute, 

the Government of India 

quickly rejects it saying they 

will resolve it bilaterally 

with Pakistan. “And when 

Pakistan asks India to 

engage in dialogue with both 

them and the people of 

Kashmir to address the dispute, 

India refuses and 

dodges saying Kashmir is an 

internal problem and tries to 

link the Kashmiris’ struggle 

to the so-called terrorism,” 

he pointed out. 

This doublespeak is compounding 

the miseries of the 

people of Kashmir who 

want the Government of 

India to put an end to its 

repression and start serious 

steps towards resolution of 

the Kashmir dispute for 

ensuring permanent peace in 

South Asia, he added. 

Meanwhile, Mirwaiz 

Farooq has strongly condemned 

puppet authorities 

for barring him from offering 

Friday prayers and delivering 

religious sermon at Jamia 

Masjid and turning entire 

downtown are of Srinagar 

into a military garrison. 

also been informed several 

times that they are violating 

the rules of HEC, however, 

they are not ready to stop 

the fraud business. 

HEC Spokesperson 

Ayesha informed that the 

degrees of three education 

institutions are being verified 

by the HEC. She further 

said that institutions 

have also been blacklisted, 

while only the government 

has the powers to 

close-down any education 

institution. 

Another train 

needed for Sukkur 

as passenger 

load increases 

SUKKUR: Due to betterment 

in services of Pakistan 

Railways now more and more 

people of preferring rail travel 

over road journey and passengers 

are finding lot of difficulties 

in getting seats in the 

Sukkur Express, a passenger 

train running between Karachi 

and Jacobabad. 

They said that this train 

runs daily at full capacity and 

people cannot find seats even 

when they try for advance 

booking. Sukkur is the third 

largest city of Sindh and trade 

and commerce hub of the 

northern Sindh. It is direly 

needed that besides the Sukkur 

Express, another passenger 

train, either direct or with 

fewer stops should be run 

between Sukkur and Karachi, 

and it would provide huge revenue 

to the Pakistan Railways 

because of a tremendous passenger 

rush on this important 

route. Sukkur Express is one 

of the most profitable trains 

of Pakistan Railway and as 

this train service is not able to 

cater the needs of ever 

increasing number of passengers 

a new express passenger 

train, preferably having more 

lower-AC and business classes 

coaches, has become 

inevitable. 

Five youngsters 

drown as car 

plunges into river 

BALAKOT: At least 

five persons have lost 

their lives after drowning 

as their car plunged into 

the Kunhar River. 

Six youngsters, hailing 

from Narowal were coming 

to Kaghan Valley for 

spending leisure time, 

when the car went out of 

driver’s control and fell 

into Kunhar River, leaving 

five persons dead. 

However, one youngster 

miraculously came 

alive to the river corner 

because of moving 

waves. 

The police and rescue 

teams have started search 

operation to find the bodies. 

The injured was 

rushed to local hospital 

for medical treatment. 

The deceased were identified 

as Anees, Arsalan, 

Nadeem, Hasnain and 

Shafiq. However, 

Mohammad Ahmed was 

getting treatment in a 

local hospital. 

ISLAMABAD: Owing 

to technical and funding 

issues in PC-1, weather forecasting 

and disaster 

Prevention’ project 

“Strengthening of Early 

Warning System of Pakistan” 

has been once again deferred 

by Central Development 

Working Party. 

Sources told this scribe 

that CDWP had raised the 

questions regarding feasibility 

study, project cost, installation 

of 21 weather radar 

systems and radars in 

"drought prone areas.. 

They further said that PC- 

1 does not include the capacity 

building of PMD's staff as 

Pakistan Metrological 

department (PMD) lacked in 

weather and floods predictions. 

They said that Secretary 

Cabinet Division had 

Bureau Report 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Elections of Hyderabad 

Union of Journalists for 

2017-18 were held here 

Saturday at press club hall 

wherein Abbas Kassar of 

daily Messenger was 

reelected as General 

Secretary unopposed . 

Other office bearers who 

were elected unopposed 

were Akhtar Pirzada (daily 

Ibrat) senior vice president, 

Sultan Zai (Dunya 

News) as senior joint secretary, 

Mujahid Aziz 

(Radio /Jang) as treasurer) 

and Rehan Ghani (ARY)as 

instructed to prepare master 

plan of said project so the 

stakeholders can evaluate it 

in next meeting. They 

informed that Ministry of 

Cabinet Division was seeking 

approval of the project 

regardless of the fact that 

there were technical flaws in 

the project. They informed 

that at a sum of Rs 19 billion 

was required to execute the 

project but the high-ups of 

the CDWP did not node. 

According to PC-1, 

Ministry of Cabinet Division 

wants to take loan outlay of 

Rs 19 billion from China 

government, the said project 

had also recommended 

including in China Pakistan 

Economic Corridor (CPEC) 

Project through Annual 

Public Sector Development 

Program (PSDP) despite 

exclusion from Medium 

secretary information. 

Farhan Effendi (Capital 

News) was also reelected 

as president. He got 85 

votes while Abdul Hafeez 

Abid ( daily Ummat) got 

only 2 votes. Anees 

Durani( City channel) 

elected as vice president 

with 67 votes while Jameel 

Sanjrani got only 7 votes 

and Mirza Khan 2 votes. 

Noor Alam Shah of 

Akhbar Noor elected as 

joint secretary with 60 

voted. His opponent 

Ghulam Mustafa Solangi 

got 16 votes. 

Following 9 were elected 

Weather forecasting, disaster prevention project 

deferred due to technical, funding problems 

Term Development 

Framework. It is worth mentioning 

here that the 

Government adopted a 

national approach towards 

strengthening of disaster prevention 

systems, focusing on 

disaster prevention and damage 

mitigation and in this 

regard, a Multi-Hazard Early 

Warning System Plan aiming 

for the establishment and 

maintenance of the appropriate 

forecasting or warning 

system was proposed. 

Moreover, this plan 

envisage the enhancement of 

the PMD’s observation and 

forecasting capabilities as 

well as the development of 

human resources in the field 

of disaster prevention, dissemination 

of disaster prevention 

knowledge to the 

people and the establishment 

of flood control facilities. 

as members of governing 

body of HUJ: Shakeel 

Q u r e s h i ( d a i l y 

Parcham),Sajid Ali Khan 

(daily Ummat), Abid Ali 

(daily Koshish),Hakim 

Leghari ( daily Pireh),Sohail 

Ansari( daily Qaumi 

Akhbar),Kazi Nazim(daily 

Aman),Tasawar Rajput ( 

News One),Saeed 

Ghori(Akhbar Noor) and 

Kazi Waseeem (Dunya 

News). 

Senior journalists Anwar 

Siyal and Noor Muhammad 

Bhutto performed as chairman 

and member election 

commission. 

Bacterium 

promotes colorectal 

tumor growth 

ISLAMABAD: Recent 

research finds a bacterium 

that drives tumor growth in 

colorectal cancer, which is 

the second leading cause of 

cancer-related death 

The new study set out to 

examine the precise mechanism 

that may underlie the 

connection between Sg and 

colorectal cancer. 

Kumar and colleagues 

examined in vitro human cell 

cultures and tissue from 

human tumors, as well as 

performing experiments in 

mice. 

These experiments 

revealed that Sg helps colorectal 

cancer cells to proliferate. 

Additionally, they 

showed that Sg drives colorectal 

cancer cell proliferation 

depending on the growth 

phase of the Sg bacteria, and 

only when the bacteria and 

cancer cells are in direct contact. 

The scientists also 

examined whether bacteria 

secretions or other metabolites 

from Sg would drive 

cancer cell proliferation, but 

they found that, on their own, 

these were not sufficient to 

promote cancer cell growth. 

Additionally, the 

researchers investigated the 

effects of Sg on a protein 

known to play a crucial role 

in the development of colorectal 

cancer: the betacatenin 

protein. As the 

authors explain, the 

"Wnt/beta-catenin signaling 

pathway regulates cell fate 

and proliferation and is a critical 

pathway in colon tumorigenesis." 

The tests showed 

that, when beta-catenin was 

inhibited, Sg did not drive the 

proliferation of cancer cells. 

This suggested to the 

researchers that Sg uses the 

beta-catenin signaling pathway 

to drive colorectal cancer 

cell proliferation. 

Additionally, Kumar and 

team injected Sg into mice 

that had been engineered to 

develop colorectal cancer 

and monitored their tumor 

growth in comparison with 

a control group that was 

injected with a different 

bacterium.

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EDITORIAL 

From Immoral Quagmires, Rise Up For Morality, 

Or Face Evils And Downfall Of Families, Society 

THINK-TANKS of Pakistani intellectuals 

advise people: Rise up for 

morality, from quagmires of immorality, 

or else face evils and downfall of individuals, 

families, society and an entire 

nation eventually: This is often repeated 

warnings every now and then by humanitarians, 

social scientists, psychologists and 

followers of spiritualism and religious ideologies. 

These are in fact timely warnings 

whenever raised and must be heeded and 

followed in practice by one and all. 

ONE evil person can make an entire family, 

locality and society an evil one. And its 

ensuing losses cannot be under-estimated. 

Others in family and society must stop 

these evil doings and must not, therefore, 

take it lightly that "after all it is one person, 

and what can one person do?". Even one 

person can do a lot of irreparable damage 

against principled human relations and 

family unit. 

LIKEWISE, if one good person opposes 

evil people, then evil's losses may be 

blocked. Moreover, one good person can 

make an entire family, society and nation a 

good one. Benefits of such a phenomenon 

cannot be under-estimated either. 

IF evils are followed due to greed or awe 

of some people's riches, worldly belongings 

and evil ways, it will encourage and build a 

corrupt society. If good deeds are followed, 

it will encourage and build a noble society. 

CHOICE is entirely up to people themselves 

and their freedom on whether they 

follow good or embrace bad.Humans are 

born good by nature but get corrupted in 

evil company too and choose a bad course. 

A question here arises and is answered: 

By Farhan Bokhari 

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s refusal to 

step down in the wake of a damning investigative 

report that compiled evidence of corruption 

surrounding his family is hardly surprising. With a history 

of defying the odds time and again, the surprise 

would have indeed come with Sharif’s graceful acceptance 

of the findings against him, perhaps leading to an 

honourable exit in line with some of the best examples 

of democratically elected leaders elsewhere. In sharp 

contrast to some of the world’s most stable democracies, 

Pakistan still has to learn many lessons beyond 

just holding regular elections. 

Elected as prime minister for the third time in 2013, 

Sharif is adamant that he is the target of a conspiracy 

aimed at curtailing Pakistan’s democracy. The discussion 

that has continued for almost a year was triggered 

when three of Sharif’s four children were unexpectedly 

found to have owned large-scale offshore wealth, 

including luxurious apartments along London’s upmarket 

Park Lane. 

Notwithstanding the frequent claim from Sharif’s 

political allies of a conspiracy hatched to remove him, 

the very fact that the revelations were triggered globally 

is a powerful enough reason to remove any doubts 

about the accusations against Sharif being fabricated on 

Pakistani soil. The so-called ‘Panama leaks’revelations 

targeted scores of individuals including the Sharifs who 

chose to park their wealth overseas, in large part to 

avoid paying their taxes. 

In sharp contrast to the 1990s, when Sharif and the 

late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto were each 

dismissed when powerful army generals in the background 

engineered regime changes, the same cannot be 

said of today. Not only were the investigations against 

Sharif and his family triggered by circumstances that 

erupted thousands of miles away from Pakistan, but the 

subsequent investigations have all been framed within 

a civilian infrastructure under a democratic environment 

and overseen by a civilian judicial system. 

On Monday, judges of Pakistan’s Supreme Court 

will begin hearing arguments, following the report 

compiled by a six-member joint investigation team 

(JIT). Though the outcome of the proceedings cannot 

be pre-judged, some of the findings by the JIT are 

indeed eye-openers. 

Parts of the report that were leaked to the 

Pakistani press found evidence of inconsistencies 

between the declared wealth of the Sharif family as 

opposed to what the JIT found. While the Sharif family 

claims that the JIT proceeded with malicious 

intent, the case itself is serious to the extent that a set 

of thorough investigations must be undertaken. As 

things stand right now, Sharif’s position has fallen 

under a heavy cloud of suspicion that cannot be sustained 

in a democratic environment. 

Meanwhile, two related dimensions to the emerging 

OPINION 

Isn't it therefore better to block such freedom 

to evil and encourage freedom for 

goodness? That, some critics say, restricts 

freedom. So does laws of the world as well 

as heavenly religions followed by majority 

of population, billions worldwide. 

ACCOUNTABILITY and punishment 

reduces evil, violence, theft, killings and 

maintains peace, harmony and a meaningful 

human co-existence away from evil that 

even beasts do not engage in, but human 

beings do! Some countries have an entire 

ministry tilted like "do good, forbid evil" 

etc based on God's orders that humanity 

must practice. It's not a bad idea to create 

such a ministry or at least a similar unit 

within ministry of interior or ministry of 

religious affairs, etc. 

REASONS for such an advocacy are 

almost countless. This includes but is not 

limited to unconquered poverty, electricity 

breakdowns 6 to 8 hours a day, load shedding, 

corruption, bad governance, lack of 

proper education, work, income and inflation. 

Earthquakes of present evils, theft, 

gangsterism, target killing, suicide bombing 

and massacres do not shake or move 

people anyone anymore. It does not make 

planners and executors of open extortion, 

kidnapping, blackmailing and terrorism 

think enough to desist from evil, nor are 

government officials and institutions considerate 

enough to fully protect rights of 

peaceful citizens over petty and big criminals 

which continued as an insurmountable 

crisis. 

MORAL forces of society must unite, 

network and act collectively against 

immoral forces before it's too late. 

Sharif’s refusal to step down lamentable 

Pakistan premier’s detachment from the country’s most pressing 

realities and his take on the investigations against him and his 

family show the prime minister’s worldview in poor light 

picture in Pakistan only promise to harm the country’s 

outlook, unless this matter is settled once and for all. 

On the one hand, an apparent unification of 

Pakistan’s opposition parties seeking an end to Sharif’s 

rule clearly illustrate the coming political storm gathering 

now on the horizon. Chants of ‘go Nawaz go’, once 

seen as peripheral to Pakistani politics, have now 

become increasingly central to the emerging picture. In 

the coming days, the noise across Pakistan’s political 

landscape is set to grow with leaps and bounds as opposition 

politicians demand Sharif’s resignation. 

Irrespective of the way the court proceeds, Pakistan’s 

opposition politicians today seem more united than 

ever before in pressing for Sharif’s exit. 

On the other hand, Sharif’s visibly-defiant response 

has been coupled with little appreciation by the prime 

minister and his cronies of the urgent need to provide 

the country with a new direction. In the past week, 

news of a very ambitious plan to build a new airport 

building in Lahore, where an existing airport was built 

not too long ago, clearly shows the way Sharif remains 

detached from some of Pakistan’s most vital challenges. 

In his four years as prime minister, Sharif has 

pressed ahead with large infrastructure projects that 

have become the so called hallmark of his self-defined 

development. Meanwhile, the sufferings of ordinary 

Pakistanis have continued unabated. 

In the past month, earlier-than-expected monsoon 

rains marked both a blessing and a calamity for large 

parts of Pakistan. While farmers have clearly been 

happy with the early arrival of the monsoon after a 

scorching spell, the downside is quite obvious too. 

Across Pakistan, graphic TV images of rain drenchedstreets 

and over-flowing sewerage systems indeed tell a 

pathetic tale of Pakistan’s infrastructure breaking down. 

With large parts of urban Pakistan’s low-income neighbourhoods 

bearing the brunt, the gaps between Sharif’s 

modernisation plans and the reality have become very 

clearly visible. 

Once again, its clear that Pakistan needs a complete 

revamp of its urban infrastructure, its educational system 

and facilities for health care, rather than the highspeed 

highways and luxury bus service currently being 

pursued vigorously under Sharif’s stewardship. 

Ironically, Sharif’s detachment from Pakistan’s 

most pressing realities and his take on the investigations 

against him and his family, may well narrate a 

sorry tale about the prime minister’s worldview. Its 

clear that Sharif has found it consistently hard to reconcile 

with any view that is not in sync with his own. 

If Sharif chooses to confront his political foes at the 

cost of principles, Pakistan’s democracy may well be at 

stake. And that may unfold a much bigger dilemma for 

South Asia’s second-largest nuclear-armed country, 

beyond just the matter of who gets to rule over it. 

Farhan Bokhari is a Pakistan-based commentator 

who writes on political and economic matters. 

Gilani demands implementation 

of UN resolutions on Kashmir 

SRINAGAR: Chairman 

of All Parties Hurriyat 

Conference, Syed Ali 

Gilani, while maintaining 

that 95 percent Kashmiri 

people want freedom from 

India has asked New Delhi 

to withdraw its troops to 

know their aspirations 

about their political destiny. 

According to KMS, 

Syed Ali Gilani in a statement 

issued in Srinagar 

said, “I ridicule the claims 

of New Delhi that people 

of Jammu and Kashmir 

want to stay with India. 95 

percent of population in 

Jammu and Kashmir wants 

freedom from India and is 

challenging Indian authorities. 

Let India withdraw its 

forces and it will let it 

know the aspirations of 

people about their political 

destiny.” 

The APHC Chairman 

said that war was neither 

Veteran 

journalist Asghar 

Shaad dies 

ISLAMABAD: Veteran 

journalist, Asghar Shaad 

took his last breath at Quaide-Azam 

International 

Hospital (QIH) on Saturday. 

He was suffering from 

cancer for last many 

months. He was currently 

working as Bureau Chief of 

Daily Nawai-e-Waqt in 

Rawalpindi . He was a 

prominent journalist and has 

vast journalistic experience. 

He was not only a journalist 

but also a columnist and 

writer. He was father of 

journalist Imran Asghar. 

World Youth 

Skills Day today 

ISLAMABAD: World 

Youth Skills Day is being 

celebrated today (July 15) 

to raise awareness about 

growing need of employment 

for youth and issues 

of their learning. Education 

and training are key elements 

of success in the 

labor market and provision 

of skills and jobs are prominent 

features of Sustainable 

Development Goals 2030. 

Federal Govt has launched 

number of programmes 

including internship and 

short professional courses 

to provide free training and 

skills to youth to enable 

them to earn a livelihood in 

an honorable way. 

RAWALPINDI: A 16 years old girl 

has allegedly been gang raped within 

the jurisdiction of R A bazaar police . 

The victim girl “R” told to police 

that she was in her house in Ghaziabad 

when Rajju Shah, Khushhal Khattak 

RAWALPINDI: Chief 

Minister (CM) Punjab 

Shahbaz Sharif has given 

deadline for completing 

urology institute till 

March, 30 ,2018 and 

released more 500 million 

rupees for speeding up; 

work on project. 

This 400-bed hospital is 

S H E I K H U P U R A : 

Pakistan Muslim League 

Nawaz MPA Sardar Irfan 

Dogar has denied the 

reports about joining PTI 

by him saying he will live 

and die with Nawaz Sharif 

and his party throughout 

his life. 

While speaking to 

media, Pakistan Muslim 

option nor a solution to the 

Kashmir dispute. “All 

issues can be resolved 

through dialogue only. We 

stress that resolutions 

passed in the UN be implemented 

in letter and spirit 

to allow Kashmiri people 

decide the future course of 

political destiny of Jammu 

and Kashmir,” he said. 

Syed Ali Gilani 

deplored that Indian tyranny 

and oppression had 

touched heights in occupied 

Kashmir where all 

rights and liberties of people 

had been snatched. Six 

hundred thousand people 

have been martyred during 

last seventy years and 

more than six hundred 

graveyards stand testimony 

that the people of occupied 

Kashmir are facing 

the worst type of Indian 

League Nawaz MPA 

Sardar Irfan Dogar on 

Saturday said that report 

circulating in TV talk 

show regarding his joining 

PTI and leaving PML (N) 

was false since his ancestors 

also belonged to PML 

(N), so he could never 

think about leaving the 

party. He announced to 

MULTAN: PPP workers chant slogans during anti government sit-in at Kachari Chowk. 

state terrorism, he said. 

“Our more than 10,000 

youth have disappeared in 

forces’ custody and in 

every nook and corner of 

the territory there are more 

than 7,600 unmarked 

graves and nobody knows 

about those buried in these 

graves,” he added. 

The APHC Chairman 

paid glowing tributes to all 

Kashmiri martyrs especially 

those killed on 13th July 

1931. They sacrificed their 

precious lives to save us 

from slavery, brutality, 

oppression and imperialism, 

he said. 

Syed Ali Gilani strongly 

denounced the attack on 

Hindu yatris. He also 

hailed the Kashmiri youth 

for their exemplary and 

sympathetic approach 

towards the injured yatris 

and said, “It is what Islam 

teaches us”. 

PML (N) MPA denies joining PTI 

ISLAMABAD: CADD 

ministry has released funds 

amounting to Rs 1.9 billions 

for furnishing, construction 

and renovation of boundary 

walls, classrooms, wash 

rooms and halls of 200 federal 

educational institutions. 

Rs 1.7 billions rupees 

take the TV channel to 

court for airing false news 

and said that he will 

remain loyal to his party, 

while he will never think 

about leaving the party. 

All the people, who had 

left the party in the past, 

their politics have finished 

and are nowhere in the 

political scene at present. 

Funds over Rs 1.9 billion released 

for Federal educational institutions 

Girl allegedly gang raped in RWP 

Rs 500 millions released for Urology hospital 

being constructed on 

Murree road in the area of 

96 kanals. Tenders of Rs 

2.5 billion for purchasing 

hospital machinery have 

been issued. This is first 

urology hospital of Punjab 

which has 400 bed . 

Hospital incharge Hanif 

Abbasi said that expert 

and Hamza Came up there with 

weapons. They abducted her at gun 

point , took her to a home on bike and 

gang raped her . 

Police have registered case and 

started investigation. 

doctors are being recruited 

from King hospital 

London for this hospital 

who will not only provide 

treatment to the patients 

but will also impart training 

to the doctors. The 

hospital is being constructed 

at the cost of Rs 4 billions. 

will be spent only for providing 

missing facilities. 

Only Rs 156 million could 

be spent out of Rs one billion 

funds which were provided 

to ministry of CADD 

in the previous financial year 

budget. 

In addition to first quarterly 

funds of Rs 1.9 billion, 

funds amounting to Rs 2 billions 

have also been provided 

for providing transport 

and other facilities in the 

educational institutions 

under Prime Minster 

Education Reforms 

Program. 

Man allegedly 

stabs to death 

brother-in-law 

ISLAMABAD: A man 

has allegedly stabbed to 

death his brother in law 

upon domestic dispute 

within the jurisdiction of 

Nun Police. 

According to media 

reports, one Qasim Khan 

killed his brother-in-law 

with dagger in the area of 

Dhook Milyar. 

Police have arrested the 

suspect along with sharp 

weapon besides shifting the 

body into nearby PIMS for 

medico-legal formalities. 

Police said that Qasim 

Khan used to remain 

engaged in altercation with 

his wife frequently over 

domestic matters and he 

stabbed to death his brother 

in law when the latter prevented 

him from quarrelling 

with his sister. Police have 

registered a case and started 

an investigation. 

Online admission system 

in govt run colleges of 

RWP this year 

RAWALPINDI: Punjab 

Government while introducing 

the Online Admission 

system in all the government 

colleges across Punjab 

including Rawalpindi has 

directed administration of 

respective colleges to open 

their website in connection 

with admissions. 

According to media 

reports, under this 

approach, all students, girls 

and boys would able to 

apply online for their 

admissions in government 

colleges while sitting at 

homes without any need to 

purchase prospectuses and 

dozens of photocopies of 

their documents. 

Admissions into government 

colleges all over 

Punjab including 

Rawalpindi district will be 

made online this year and 

the students will be able to 

apply for admissions while 

sitting in their homes.

US, allies main losers of Mosul 

liberation operation: Iran MP 

TEHRAN: A senior 

Iranian lawmaker has hailed 

Iraq’s recapture of the city of 

Mosul from the Daesh 

Takfiri terrorist group, 

describing the US, along 

with its allies, as the main 

loser of the liberation campaign, 

since it failed to 

advance its plots there. 

Speaking to ISNA news 

agency on Saturday, 

Chairman of the Iranian 

Parliament's Committee on 

National Security and 

Foreign Policy Alaeddin 

Boroujerdi congratulated the 

Iraqi nation, army, top Shia 

cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali 

al-Sistani, and the Popular 

Mobilization Units (PMU), 

commonly known as Hashd 

al-Sha’abi, on the Mosul liberation. 

The senior MP further 

said the US and its allies had 

plotted to disintegrate Iraq 

through their Takfiri proxies 

and later use the Daesh rule 

in the Arab state to advance 

MOSCOW: Russia said 

on Friday that too many 

American spies operated in 

Moscow under diplomatic 

cover and said it might 

expel some of them to retaliate 

against the United 

States over Washington's 

expulsion of 35 Russian 

JERUSALEM: The 

Muslim world has 

denounced Israel’s recent 

move to shut down the al- 

Aqsa Mosque after a deadly 

shooting at the holy 

mosque’s compound in the 

Old City of occupied East 

Jerusalem al-Quds. 

The Friday gunfight 

took place just outside the 

Haram al-Sharif (Temple 

Mount) and left three 

Palestinians and two 

Israeli police officers dead. 

Following the incident, 

Israeli police closed the al- 

Aqsa Mosque compound, 

briefly detained Sheikh 

Muhammad Hussein, the 

their policies. “Daesh was, 

however, defeated,” said 

Bouroujerdi, adding that the 

terror group’s collapse 

“means the defeat of the US 

and the Zionist regime.” 

With their failure in 

Mosul, he added, the 

Americans have now come 

to the conclusion that they 

could no longer carry out 

their sinister conspiracies in 

the region. Boroujerdi also 

diplomats last year. 

The warning, delivered 

by Russian Foreign 

Ministry spokeswoman 

Maria Zakharova, reflects 

rising frustration in 

Moscow over the Trump 

administration's refusal to 

hand back two Russian 

grand mufti of Jerusalem 

al-Quds, and cancelled 

Muslim Friday prayers at 

the site. 

“We insist on reaching 

al-Aqsa mosque and performing 

prayers there. The 

occupation preventing us 

from praying marks an 

assault against our right to 

worship in this pure 

Islamic mosque,” Sheikh 

Muhammad said. 

The measures taken by 

the Tel Aviv regime drew 

condemnations from the 

Muslim world. 

Arab League, Jordan 

demand al-Aqsa reopening 

The Arab League 

called Mosul’s liberation a 

“very important” triumph 

for the Islamic Republic of 

Iran, which has been helping 

the Iraqi and Syria nations in 

their struggles against terrorist 

groups 

Earlier this week, Deputy 

Chief of Staff of Iran’s 

Armed Forces Brigadier 

General Massoud Jazayeri 

sayid the liberation of Mosul 

from the grip of Daesh 

sounded the death knell for 

the divisive plots hatched by 

the US and its regional 

allies. 

Daesh proclaimed Mosul 

as its “capital” in Iraq in 

2014, when the outfit began 

a campaign of terror in the 

Arab country. The Iraqi 

army soldiers and allied volunteer 

fighters launched a 

large-scale, multi-front 

offensive to liberate Mosul 

Russia, mulling expulsions, says too 

many U.S. spies work in Moscow 

Chinese Nobel laureate's 

ashes scattered at sea 

S H E N Y A N G : 

Deceased Chinese Nobel 

Peace Prize-winning dissident 

Liu Xiaobo's ashes 

were scattered at sea on 

Saturday, Liu's brother 

said, in a move described 

by a family friend as an 

effort to erase any memory 

of him. 

Liu, 61, died of multiple 

organ failure on 

Thursday in a hospital in 

the northeastern city of 

Shenyang, where he was 

being treated for late-stage 

liver cancer, having been 

given medical parole but 

not freed. 

He had been jailed for 

11 years in 2009 for "inciting 

subversion of state 

power" after helping to 

write a petition known as 

"Charter 08" calling for 

sweeping political 

reforms. 

His widow, Liu Xia, has 

been under effective house 

arrest since her husband 

won the Nobel Peace Prize 

in 2010, but had been 

allowed to visit him in 

prison about once a month. 

She has never been formally 

charged with any crime. 

Speaking at a government-arranged 

news conference, 

Liu Xiaobo's eldest 

brother Liu Xiaoguang 

offered thanks several 

times to the Communist 

Party for its thoughtful 

care considering the dissident's 

"special situation". 

"Why has Liu Xia not 

come here? Her health is 

very weak at the moment," 

Liu Xiaoguang said, sitting 

in-between an English-language 

interpreter and a 

Shenyang government 

official. "So she can't come 

here. It's very regretful." 

After speaking for 

about 20 minutes, Liu was 

escorted out by two 

unidentified women, an 

unlit cigarette in his 

mouth, and did not answer 

questions from journalists 

who surrounded him. 

The government then 

showed reporters images 

of the ashes being scattered 

from a boat. 

City government information 

official Zhang 

Qingyang said Liu Xia and 

Liu Xiaoguang had decided 

upon the scattering of 

ashes at sea. 

diplomatic compounds 

which were seized at the 

same time as some of 

Russia's diplomats were 

sent home last year. 

Barack Obama, U.S. 

president at the time, 

ordered the expulsion of 35 

suspected Russian spies in 

December, along with the 

seizure of the two diplomatic 

compounds, over what he 

said was the hacking of 

U.S. political groups during 

the 2016 presidential election, 

something Russia has 

flatly denied. 

President Vladimir Putin 

decided not to retaliate 

immediately at the time, 

saying he would wait to see 

what the new administration 

of Donald Trump 

would do. 

Zakharova complained 

on Friday that U.S. officials 

were not issuing visas to 

Russian diplomats to allow 

Moscow to replace the 

expelled employees and get 

its embassy back up to full 

strength. 

"We have a way of 

responding," she told a 

news briefing. "The number 

of staff at the U.S. embassy 

in Moscow exceeds the 

number of our embassy 

employees in Washington 

by a big margin. One of our 

options, apart from a tit-fortat 

expulsion of Americans, 

would be to even out the 

numbers." 

Merkel tells voters: 

Brexit, French poll 

changed my view 

on Europe 

ZINGST: German 

Chancellor Angela 

Merkel told voters on 

Saturday that Britain's 

decision to leave the 

European Union and 

France's election of 

President Emmanuel 

Macron had changed her 

view on the bloc, adding 

it was worth fighting for a 

stronger Europe. 

Merkel's comments, 

made in a speech in the 

Baltic Sea resort town of 

Zingst two months before 

a federal election, underline 

her personal determination 

to deepen European 

integration if she is reelected 

for a fourth term. 

Calling European 

Union membership one of 

Germany's biggest 

strengths, Merkel said 

last year's Brexit decision 

and elections in France 

and the Netherlands, in 

which pro-European parties 

defeated populist 

candidates, had changed 

her perspective. 

in October 2016. 

They took control of 

eastern Mosul in January 

and launched the battle in 

the west in February. The 

more difficult battle was the 

fight for western Mosul — 

with its narrow streets and 

tightly packed Old City. 

Daesh elements resorted to 

bombings, sniper fire, and 

mortar attacks to slow the 

advance of the Iraqi forces. 

Nevertheless, Iraqi forces 

finally liberated the entire 

city earlier this month. 

According to the latest 

UN figures, the Mosul battle 

displaced more than a million 

people, but nearly 

200,000 have returned 

home. The US and its allies 

have been pounding Iraq 

and Syria in a purported 

effort to root out Daesh. 

Those operations have widely 

been criticized for falling 

short of their announced 

objective and causing civilian 

casualties. 

Berlin 'dismayed 

and furious' over 

murder of German 

women in Egypt 

HURGHADA: German 

officials said on Saturday 

they had been left "dismayed 

and furious" by the stabbing 

of two German women at an 

Egyptian beach resort, calling 

it a deliberate attack on 

foreign tourists. 

An Egyptian man stabbed 

the two German tourists to 

death and wounded at least 

four others on Friday at a 

popular seaside vacation spot 

on the Red Sea, officials and 

witnesses said. 

The knifeman killed the 

two German women and 

wounded two other tourists 

at the Zahabia hotel in 

Hurghada, then swam to a 

neighboring beach to attack 

at least two more people at 

the Sunny Days El Palacio 

resort before being caught by 

staff and arrested, officials 

and security sources said. 

It was the first major 

attack on foreign tourists 

since a similar assault on the 

same resort more than a year 

ago, and comes as Egypt 

struggles to revive a tourism 

industry hurt by security 

threats and years of political 

upheaval. 

SINGAPORE: Around 

400 protesters gathered at 

Singapore's Speakers' 

Corner on Saturday calling 

for an independent inquiry 

into whether Prime Minister 

Lee Hsien Loong abused his 

power in a battle with his siblings 

over what to do with 

their late father's house. 

The heirs of Lee Kuan 

Yew, Singapore's longserving 

first prime minister 

who died in 2015, are 

bitterly divided over 

whether to demolish the 

family home at 38 Oxley 

Road, or allow the government 

to decide if it should 

MUMBAI: Alia Bhatt 

might be the one to give 

you #casualwear goals 

but the actress also 

knows how to clean up 

well in Indian wear. It’s 

not very often that this 

talented actor picks 

something desi for big, 

star-studded events, so 

her appearance at IIFA 

Rocks made for a really 

nice change. The fact that 

she actually nailed the 

look in this sheer outfit 

did help a lot. We can’t 

get over how beautiful 

she looked in this Manish 

Malhotra outfit – in fact, 

nothing short of royalty. 

The intricate floral 

embroidery on the blouse 

and the lehenga is so 

lovely that we would 

happily save up to buy it 

or if we come across a lot 

of money then get on our 

hands on it immediately, 

without a second 

thought. 

warned against the consequences 

of Israel’s “dangerous” 

closure of the al- 

Aqsa Mosque and ban on 

Friday prayers. 

In a statement released 

on Friday, the 22-member 

pan-Arab organization said 

the move would adversely 

affect the so-called peace 

process in the region and 

fuel conflict, terrorism and 

extremism. 

It further called on 

Israel to the immediately 

reopen al-Aqsa and avoid 

any attempt to change the 

historic status of the 

mosque, demanding the 

international community 


International 

Muslim world condemns Israel’s closure of al-Aqsa Mosque 

protect the Islamic and 

Christian sacred sites. 

Additionally, Jordan, 

which serves as the custodian 

of the al-Aqsa 

Mosque compound, urged 

the reopening of the site 

and advised Israel to 

“refrain from taking any 

step aimed at changing” 

the status quo of 

Jerusalem al- 

“Jordan rejects any 

attack on the rights of 

Muslims,” Jordanian government 

spokesman 

Mohammad Momani said 

in a statement carried by 

the official Petra news 

agency on Friday. 

5 

Alia Bhatt looks like a dream in 

beautiful, flowy outfits in New York City 

Australia-U.S. refugee swap again 

in doubt as officials exit Nauru 

SYDNEY/WASHING- 

TON: U.S. officials interviewing 

refugees held in an 

Australian-run offshore 

detention center left the 

facility abruptly, three 

detainees told Reuters on 

Saturday, throwing further 

doubt over a plan to resettle 

many of the detainees in 

America. 

U.S. officials halted 

screening interviews and 

departed the Pacific 

island of Nauru on Friday, 

two weeks short of their 

scheduled timetable and a 

day after Washington said 

the United States had 

reached its annual refugee 

BEIJING: One of China's 

most prominent rights 

activists was released by the 

authorities on Saturday after 

serving a four-year sentence 

that prompted international 

criticism, with his lawyer 

saying he hoped he would be 

allowed to live as a free man. 

Xu Zhiyong, whose 

"New Citizens' 

intake cap. 

"U.S. (officials) were 

scheduled to be on Nauru 

until July 26 but they left on 

Friday," one refugee told 

Reuters, requesting 

anonymity as he did not 

want to jeopardize his 

application for U.S. resettlement. 

In the United States, a 

senior member of the union 

that represents refugee officers 

at U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services 

(USCIS), a Department of 

Homeland Security agency, 

told Reuters his own trip to 

Nauru was not going forward 

as scheduled. 

Movement" advocated 

working within the system 

to press for change, was 

detained in 2013 and subsequently 

convicted of 

"gathering a crowd to disturb 

public order". 

One of the group's main 

demands had been for officials 

to publicly disclose 

their assets, a demand taken 

against the backdrop of the 

ruling Communist Party's 

own efforts to crackdown 

on deep-seat corruption 

under President Xi Jinping. 

Xu's lawyer, Zhang 

Qingfang, told Reuters he 

had brought Xu up to speed 

Jason Marks, chief steward 

of the American 

Federation of Government 

Employees Local 1924, told 

Reuters his trip has now 

been pushed back and it 

was unclear whether it will 

actually happen. The 

USCIS did not respond to 

requests for comment. 

The Australian 

Immigration Department 

declined to comment on the 

whereabouts of the U.S. 

officials or the future of a 

refugee swap agreement 

between Australia and the 

United States that President 

Donald Trump earlier this 

year branded a "dumb deal". 

Prominent rights activist 

Xu Zhiyong freed from Chinese jail 

become a heritage site. 

The public row in a family 

that stands at the heart of 

Singapore's establishment 

raised uncomfortable questions 

in a city-state that 

prides itself on being a rock 

of stability in SoutheastAsia. 

Displays of dissent are 

rare, but the issue gave some 

people at Saturday's rally 

ammunition to vent frustration 

over a family that has 

supplied two of Singapore's 

three leaders since independence 

in 1965. 

"Singapore belongs to 

Singaporeans, and not to 

the FamiLee", read a large 

banner on the stage for the 

protest at Speaker's Corner, 

a designated venue for people 

to air their views, located 

in a park near the city's 

financial district. 

with "events on the outside", 

including the death 

of fellow activist and 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 

Liu Xiaobo. He said Xu 

was "upset" upon hearing 

the news. 

Zhang said Xu, who 

was released from his jail 

on Beijing's outskirts on 

Saturday morning, was in 

good physical condition 

and had few immediate 

plans beyond spending 

time with family. 

Singapore protest calls for inquiry 

over PM's alleged abuse of power 

By Singapore's standards, 

the crowd of around 

400 mostly middle-aged 

people was unusually large 

for an anti-government 

protest. 

Qatar wants global 

action 

In a similar development, 

Qatar’s Foreign 

Ministry censured the 

Israeli closure of the al- 

Aqsa Mosque, prevention 

of prayers there and declaration 

of the area as a 

closed military zone as a 

severe violation of the 

sanctity of Islamic sites 

and a provocation to millions 

of Muslims around 

the world. 

In a statement, the ministry 

called on the international 

community to 

assume its responsibility in 

halting these violations.

6 


Biz 

NBP empowering field for 

superior customer service 

KARACHI: Group photo with President NBP Saeed Ahmad along with Regional Heads 

meeting. 

KARACHI: The 

President National Bank of 

Pakistan (NBP) Saeed 

Ahmad during his address to 

a gathering of more than 100 

NBP regional management 

and Head office staff, from 

across Pakistan at a hotel in 

Karachi, emphasized on the 

importance of customer 

service to gain competitive 

edge. The theme of the 

address was “Happy 

Customers – Our Success”. 

He said that he will consider 

his job incomplete if even a 

single customer of NBP is 

unhappy and not satisfied 

with the institution’s service 

level. Superior customer 

service is the key to success, 

ultimately translating into 

higher business volumes and 

resulting growth in profitability. 

He said that the 

banking environment is 

dynamic and stressed upon 

the need to have appropriate 

controls in place to curtail 

misappropriation leading to 

reputational risk and resulting 

dent on the bank’s profitability. 

He said that NBP 

has zero tolerance for frauds 

and malpractice and reminded 

that personnel involved 

will be taken to task. 

During the conference, 

the proposal for re-organization 

and empowerment of 

the regional setup were also 

discussed. He said that the 

basic premise for strengthening 

of the regional setup is to 

provide better customer 

service, greater authority to 

the field offices, more 

accountability, and inclusion 

of branch / region personnel 

in decision making. He 

emphasized on providing 

conducive environment to 

the field functionaries to promote 

business growth. 

Concerns raised by regional 

management team during the 

discussion were satisfactorily 

addressed by Mr. Faisal 

Ahmed (Member – 

President Task Force), 

respective group heads and 

the President. Elaborating on 

the proposal he said that the 

long standing complaints in 

terms of increase turnaround 

time for credit proposals will 

be addressed through establishment 

of dedicated service 

centers for commercial and 

SME sector. He said that 

areas and processes that are 

not aligned with the system 

will be revisited and 

addressed on priority basis. 

The President emphasized 

that ‘digital banking’ is the 

future and we need to 

upgrade our I.T. platform on 

war footing to enable us in 

introducing new products. 

The need to focus on 

Islamic Banking business 

was also emphasized during 

the address, Mr. Khawaja 

Amin-ul-Azam (Head 

Islamic Banking Group) 

stressed upon the need for 

better co-ordination between 

the conventional and Islamic 

banking to promote business 

growth. He said that NBP 

has witnessed growth in 

Islamic banking branches 

during the last 03 years. 

However a lot needs to be 

done for improving the share 

of Islamic banking business 

in the overall business portfolio. 

President NBP reiterated 

that efforts need to be put 

in for sizable increase in the 

Islamic Banking portfolio 

thereby re-aligning it with 

the State Bank of Pakistan 

vision pertaining to Islamic 

Banking in Pakistan. 

CPEC investments to help close 

Pakistan’s power deficit, boost GDP: IMF 


International Monetary 

Fund has said that the investments 

under China Pakistan 

Economic corridor (CPEC) 

can help close Pakistan’s 

power deficit, significantly 

improve its fuel mix, and 

boost GDP by adding $13 

billion in 7 years. 

increased 

“The planned expansion 

of energy sector capacity 

could eliminate Pakistan’s 

6GW generation capacity 

gap in 2016 as early as end- 

2018”, IMF said in its latest 

report on “Pakistan: Staff 

report for the 2017 article IV 

consultation”. 

It said that in the process, 

Pakistan’s excessive reliance 

on furnace oil would be significantly 

reduced and 

impact on GDP will likely 

come in three stages: construction, 

power generation, 

and- over time-secondround 

effects on broader 

economic activity due to 

productivity, 

lower costs, and improved 

trade connectivity. 

The first two stages 

(direct contribution) could 

add about $13 billion to 

Pakistan’s GDP in the next 

seven years (4.7 percent of 

FY 2015/16 GDP). Secondround 

effects will likely 

accrue gradually and could 

lead to a significant contribution 

in the long run, 

depending on various other 

supportive factors. 

The report however, proposed 

that realizing the 

transformational potential of 

Pakistan’s investment program 

while maintaining 

external stability will require 

supportive policy action. 

Building up foreign 

exchange reserves will be 

important to cushion the 

period of increased BoP outflows. 

Strong and sustained 

reform efforts aimed at raising 

exports by improving 

competitiveness and the 

business climate will be critical 

to maintain long-term 

external sustainability. 

Bringing the power distribution 

sector to full cost 

recovery will help secure the 

long-term sustainability of 

the energy projects. 

Furthermore, containing 

fiscal costs by limiting tax 

exemptions, maintaining a 

supportive environment for 

all investments, and a gradual 

phasing in of new external 

commitments will help 

maintain macroeconomic 

stability and strengthen 

growth sustainability, added 

the report. 

Commerce ministry focuses on 

modernizing trade mechanism 

KARACHI: the rupee 

tumbled, and yet the currency 

market did not panic. 

The stock market has shed 

5,768 points since May 31, 

with billions of rupees 

evaporated, but the losses 

related to Panama Gate trial 

of ruling PML-N party have 

been endured quietly. 

Can this cool be interpreted 

as the growing maturity 

of the private sector of 

Pakistan? Have they 

accepted political uncertainties 

as a certainty and 

adjusted accordingly? 

PANAMA GATE JIT 

Has business community adapted to uncertainty? the economy: FPCCI 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Ehsan Malik, CEO of the 

Pakistan Business Council, 

confirmed the absence of 

nervousness in business circles. 

“Over time, people 

have gotten used to political 

polemics. Close to the election 

political debate dominates 

public discourse 

everywhere,” he said. 

Shabir Ahmed, a textile 

exporter, said, “My circles 

are utterly disappointed 

with the Sharif brothers. 

They proved to be self-centred, 

insensitive and very 

arrogant. “We are fighting 

a battle for survival,” another 

exporter said, flashing 

photos of ongoing protests 

by textile mill owners in 

Punjab. 

Azhar Majid, an industry 

leader from Faisalabad, 

said: “The textile sector has 

been warning the government 

about slippage in 

exports but the relevant 

people have been too busy 

to pay attention. Now the 

trade deficit of $33bn is 

compromising external sustainability. 

Majyd Aziz, former 

Outgoing governor SBP pays 

farewell call on finance minister 

Finance Minister lauds services of Ashraf Wathra as Governor SBP 

ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Governor SBP Ashraf Mahmood Wathra in a farewell meeting 

with Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar. 


Outgoing Governor State 

Bank of Pakistan Ashraf 

Mahmood Wathra paid a 

farewell call on Finance 

Minister Ishaq Dar in 

Islamabad on Saturday. 

The Finance Minister 

lauded the services of 

Ashraf Wathra rendered as 

Governor of central bank 

and congratulated him on 

the successful completion 

of his tenure. The Minister 

said that he remained committed 

to his work throughout 

his tenure and contributed 

significantly to 

smooth implementation of 

monetary policy and regulation 

of the money market. 

US lawmaker calls for hearing on 

Amazon's Whole Foods deal 

WASHINGTON/NEW 

YORK: The top Democrat 

on the U.S. House of 

Representatives' antitrust 

subcommittee has voiced 

concerns 

about 

Amazon.com Inc's 

(AMZN.O) $13.7 billion 

plan to buy Whole Foods 

Market Inc (WFM.O) and is 

pushing for a hearing to look 

into the deal's impact on 

consumers. 

The deal announced in 

June marks the biggest 

acquisition for the world's 

largest online retailer. 

Amazon has not said what it 

would do with Whole Foods' 

stores and other assets, but 

analysts and investors worry 

the deal could upend the 

landscape for grocers, food 

delivery services and mealkit 

companies. 

U.S. Representative 

David Cicilline requested 

the hearing on Thursday in a 

letter to the chair of the 

House Judiciary Committee 

and the subcommittee chairman. 

Amazon and Whole 

Foods declined to comment. 

Amazon shares closed up 

0.1 percent at $1,001.81. 

Whole Foods rose 0.3 percent 

to $42.10. 

"Amazon's proposed purchase 

of Whole Foods could 

impact neighborhood grocery 

stores and hardworking 

consumers across America," 

the Rhode Island Democrat 

said in a statement. 

"Congress has a responsibility 

to fully scrutinize this 

merger before it goes 

ahead." 

The deal must be 

approved by U.S. antitrust 

enforcers, most likely the 

Federal Trade Commission. 

Congress plays no formal 

role in that process but 

hearings often highlight the 

possible impact of deals on 

consumers. 

president Karachi 

Chamber, believed that for 

the business community 

the JIT was a side topic. He 

did not expect too strong a 

reaction from corporate 

Pakistan even if the JIT 

decides against the premier. 

“Despite unending 

theatrics in the political 

arena and TV studios the 

fact is that donors trust 

Pakistan better today than 

ever before. New loans are 

contracted at favourable 

terms and cheaper interest 

rates”, he said. 

Pakistan has lot of 

potential for economic 

growth: Experts 


Professor Stefan Dercon, 

Professor of Economic 

Policy at the University of 

Oxford has said that that the 

Pakistan has a huge potential 

for growth. Here private 

sector will lead the road to 

development with support 

from the government. 

He was addressing a seminar 

at Pakistan institute of 

Development Economics on 

Economic Transformation in 

Pakistan. The seminar was 

organized by the CPEC centre 

of excellence as part of 

their engagement initiative 

to build a dialogue on various 

aspects of economy in 

Pakistan. 

Dercon stressed on the 

need for inclusive development 

in Pakistan and offered 

the ingredients for success 

for a developing economy 

like Pakistan. These ingredients 

include a vibrant private 

sector growth to absorb 

job seekers and a well-functioning 

social sector as a 

pre-requisite to development. 

This involves an outcome 

oriented industry 

encouraged by dialogue and 

discussion around economic 

prospects. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

and Indonesia have underscored 

their commitment to 

continue strengthening 

bilateral relations. 

The commitment was 

expressed when the First 

meeting of Bilateral 

Consultative Forum 

between the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs of 

Indonesia and the Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs of 

Pakistan was held in Jakarta 

on July 11, 2017, said a 

press release issued by the 

Foreign Office in Islamabad 

on Saturday. 

In the Forum, Pakistani 

delegation was led by 

Additional Secretary (Asia 

Rising political 

temperature to damage 

Federation of Pakistan 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry (FPCCI) on 

Saturday said after two 

years of consolidation and 

growth cracks have started 

appearing in the economy 

which is not good for the 

country. 

The rising political 

uncertainty is not good for 

the economy as it will further 

deteriorate the economic 

situation with a fast pace, 

said Atif Ikram Sheikh, 

Chairman FPCCI Regional 

Committee on Industries. 

In a statement issued 

here, he said some cracks 

are appearing on economic 

horizon against the claims of 

an economy made resilient 

after years of efforts. He said 

foreign exchange reserved 

at four times higher than the 

previous government but 

insufficient to tackle debt 

servicing while keeping the 

balance of payment situation 

under control. 

He said we were repeatedly 

told that the government 

inherited an economy 

which was on the brink but 

now the situation has been 

improved and another IMF 

loan will not be needed but it 

proved otherwise. 

ISLAMABAD: Ministry 

of commerce is focusing on 

modernizing the trade 

mechanism to facilitate 

international and domestic 

trade and enhance export. 

“We are working to 

search new trade avenues 

and markets in different 

regions of the world to get 

access to these markets for 

promotion of country’s 

trade,” Senior official of 

ministry of commerce told 

APP here. 

New tarde policy mainly 

targeted the international 

and internal trade for 

improving supply chain, 

enhancing use of technology 

and providing competitiveness. 

The government is 

committed in providing 

direction and diversification 

to internal trade for enhancing 

supply chains to 

enhance country’s exports. 

He added that Free Trade 

Agreements (FTAs) with 

Turkey, Thailand and Iran 

were under negotiation 


President Pakistan 

Businessmen and 

Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), 

Mian Zahid Hussain 

Saturday said government 

should plan cottage industrial 

zones along CPEC to 

improve productivity, 

exports and employment. 

He said steps from promotion 

of SMEs and cottage 

industry can reduce 

poverty and bailout country 

from the economic problems, 

says a press release 

issued here. 

Mian Zahid Hussain 

said that majority of the 

population comprise of 

women therefore they 

should be included in the 

national mainstream to 

ensure rapid progress. He 

said cottage industry, small 

traders and women entrepreneurs 

should be given 

more attention to ensure 

rapid development, adding 

that cottage industrial 

phase and agreement would 

be finalized in coming 

months. 

The official said that priority 

of the government 

would be to initiate the 

FTAs on same pattern with 

the Latin American 

Countries for promotion of 

free trade with the regional 

countries. The South 

American markets had great 

potential which needed to 

be exploited and by taking 

timely measures he said, 

adding that Pakistan could 

get benefit from this 

untapped potential. 

Argentina, Brazil, 

Colombia and Cuba have 

huge import potential for 

promoting trade from 

Pakistan. He said that the 

Strategic Trade Policy 

Framework (STPF) envisaged 

diversification of 

export markets through 

adoption of an outreach 

strategy for Africa, 

Commonwealth of 

Independent States (CIS) 

zones must be established 

across the country and 

along CPEC. 

He informed that that 

over ninety six percent 

businesses fall in the category 

of cottage industry 

and small businesses but 

this sector is neglected 

which is not in line with the 

national economic interests. 

How Pakistan can 

become a successful economic 

model when cottage 

and Latin America. 

The STPF 2015-18 aims 

to achieve annual exports to 

US$ 35 Billion besides 

improving export competitiveness 

and making transition 

from `factor-driven’ 

economy to `efficiency-driven’ 

and `innovation-driven’ 

economy. 

He said that in seventh 

round of negotiations on 

Free Trade Agreement 

(FTA) between Pakistan and 

Turkey, both sides had discussed 

the specific sectors 

including textile sector during 

the negotiation. 

Pakistan and Turkey’s 

Free Trade Agreement 

(FTA) will be signed on 

August 14, for enhancing 

the bilateral trade between 

two countries. 

He said the country’s 

major exports to Turkey 

were denim PET, ethanol, 

cotton yarn, fabric and rice, 

garments,leather, carpets, 

surgical instruments,sports 

good, chemicals. 

Govt should plan cottage industrial 

zones along CPEC: PBIF 

Pacific), Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs, Pakistan 

Syed Zulfiqar Gardezi 

whereas the Indonesian 

side was led by Director 

General for Asia Pacific 

and African Affairs, 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Desra Percaya. 

The additional secretary 

also separately met Vice 

Minister for Foreign 

Affairs A M Fachir and 

Deputy Secretary General 

ASEAN Hirubalan V P and 

discussed ways to enhance 

Pakistan-ASEAN engagement. 

The Pakistan-Indonesia 

First Consultative Forum 

reviewed the whole spectrum 

of bilateral relations 

including political, 

defence, security, economy 

and consular matters and it 

was agreed to translate the 

existing goodwill into concrete 

measures. 

The two sides discussed 

increased high level 

exchanges over the coming 

months. To increase people 

to people contacts, easing 

visa regime to facilitate 

exchanges was emphasized. 

Both sides noted that 

industry, small traders and 

women feel side-lined, he 

said, adding that government 

should revisit some 

policies governing these 

sectors. 

There are 1.5 billion 

poor in Asia of which 660 

million are very poor while 

the majority of world’s 

poor lives in Saarc region 

that can be lifted out of 

poverty by policy intervention 

which is being awaited 

since long. 

Pakistan, Indonesia agree to continue strengthening bilateral ties 

the upcoming review under 

the Preferential Trade 

Agreement (PTA) discussion 

provides a good 

opportunity between 

Indonesia and Pakistan to 

foster bilateral trade relations. 

The two sides assured 

positive consideration on 

these matters. 

Both the Countries 

underscored their commitment 

to continue strengthening 

bilateral ties especially 

through the mechanism 

of Consultative 

Forum, Joint Commission, 

Joint Working Group on 

Counter-terrorism and 

Policy Planning Dialogue.

Names of two additional cricketers 

surface in PSL spot fixing probe 

LAHORE: Two additional 

names of cricketers 

have surfaced in connection 

with the Pakistan Super 

League (PSL) spot fixing 

probe. 

“Representative of 

British National Crime 

Agency, Andrew Ephgrave 

mentioned two more 

Pakistani Cricketers while 

giving his statement to the 

tribunal,” said a source 

LONDON: Garbine 

Muguruza stormed to her 

first Wimbledon title and 

shattered Venus Williams' 

history bid with a majestic 

7-5, 6-0 victory in 

Saturday's final. Muguruza 

overwhelmed Williams 

with a supreme display of 

power hitting in 77 minutes 

on Centre Court to 

become only the second 

Spanish woman to win 

Wimbledon. Watched from 

the Royal Box by King 

Juan Carlos of Spain, the 

23-year-old finally got her 

hands on the Venus 

Rosewater Dish two years 

after losing to the 

American's sister Serena in 

her maiden Wimbledon 

final. Fittingly, it was 

Muguruza's current coach 

Conchita Martinez who 

was the first woman to 

raise the Spanish flag at 

Wimbledon in 1994 when 

she defeated Martina 

Navratilova. 

V e n e z u e l a - b o r n 

Muguruza's second Grand 

Slam title, following her 

French Open triumph last 

year, denied Williams, 37, 

in her attempt to become 

privy to matter. 

“The PCB is now gathering 

more evidences related 

to this matter and will 

issue notices to these two 

cricketers after it has 

enough evidences in hand. 

These cricketers have 

remained part of Pakistan 

team in past,” the source 

added. 

According to sources, 

the two players include a 

the oldest Wimbledon 

champion in the Open era. 

Back in the Wimbledon 

final after an eight-year 

absence, Williams had 

hoped to clinch a sixth All 

England title, nine years 

after she last lifted the trophy. 

Instead, she paid the 

price for a surprisingly 

fast bowler and a middle 

order batsman, both of them 

featured in the second edition 

of PSL but were not 

included in Pakistan’s team 

that won the ICC 

Champions Trophy. 

The spot fixing scandal 

surfaced earlier this year 

when two cricketers Khalid 

Latif and Sharjeel Khan 

were sent back from Dubai 

by PCB over alleged links 

nerve-ridden display that 

condemned her to a second 

Grand Slam disappointment 

this year following 

her Australian Open final 

loss against Serena. 

Since winning her 

maiden Grand Slam title in 

Paris, Muguruza had 

endured something of a 

with a syndicate that 

attempted to corrupt the 

PSL. Following investigations 

names of Nasir 

Jamshed, Mohammad 

Irfan, Shahazeb Hassan and 

Mohammad Nawaz also 

emerged and the cricketers 

were summoned by PCB’s 

anti-corruption unit for 

investigations. 

Irfan and Nawaz were 

suspended for one year and 

Garbine Muguruza stuns Venus 

Williams to win maiden title 

Sarfraz to replace Australia's 

Peter Handscomb in Yorkshire 

YORKSHIRE: Pakistani 

skipper Sarfraz Ahmed will 

be seen in Natwest T20 

Blast, it was announced on 

Saturday. 

He will replace 

Australia's Peter 

Handscomb for a short stint 

with Yorkshire. Sarfraz, the 

wicketkeeper-batsman, who 

recently led Pakistan to 

Champions Trophy glory in 

England, has 359 runs in 29 

T20Is, scoring at a strike 

rate of 118.48. He led 

Quetta Gladiators to the 

finals of both the seasons of 

Pakistan Super League so 

far, albeit finishing second 

best on both occasions. 

Besides his leadership, 

Sarfraz also contributed 

with the bat, scoring 168 in 

9 innings in the inaugural 

edition and following it up 

with 183 in as many innings 

in 2016-17. Yorkshire are 

placed second in the North 

Group table, after having 

won one game in four. They 

tied their game against 

Lancashire and lost to 

Derbyshire. 

Wali bowls Hill Park CC to 

victory in Anza Cup T-20 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Hill Park 

cricket club brilliantly 

defended a well below-par 

total of 107 to edge Pak 

Crescent cricket club by 28 

runs in the Group ”B” 

encounter of Second Anza 

cup T-20 cricket tournament 

2017 at the Hill Park 

cricket ground. 

Batting first host Hill 

Park batsmen just scored 

107 against tidy bowling 

of Pak Crescent cc as they 

lost all 10 wickets. Fouz 

Shah was the top-scorer 

with run a-ball 25 that featured 

three fours while 

Zahid Khan with 13 off 14 

deliveries (one four).were 

only other batsmen to 

reach double figures. 

Right arm leg spinner 

Sameer Zulfiqar Grabbed 

three wickets only for 15 

runs and Muhammad 

Nadeem took two wickets 

also given 15 runs. 

Pak Crescent in reply 

couldn't see to near the target 

when their all team 

went to the dressing room 

on 79 runs. Hill Park cc 

lost to Al- Hamza cc in the 

first match coming back on 

winning track. 

Right arm leg spinner 

Abdul Wali bowled a 

match winning spell to 

claim three wickets for 

only 10 runs in four overs 

a performance which 

earned him the man-ofthe-match 

prize. 

S U M M A R I S E D 

SCORES: 

HILL PARK CC 107- 

10 in 20 overs (Fouz Shah 

25,Zahid Khan 13,Sameer 

Zulfiqar 3- 15,Muhammad 

Nadeem 2-15); PAK 

CRESCEBT CC 79-10 in 

18.1 overs (Mohammad 

Israr 17; Abdul Wali 3-10). 

Later Chief guest 

Abdul Samad Gaba CEO 

MAA Group. gives away 

the man of the match 

award to Abdul Wali (Hill 

Park CC) in Second Anza 

cup T-20 cricket tournament 

2017 at Hill Park 

cricket ground. 

sophomore slump as her 

ranking dropped out of the 

top 10. But she has rediscovered 

her mojo on grass 

and will climb to fifth 

when the new rankings are 

confirmed next week. 

Remarkably, of her four 

tour-level titles, two are 

now Grand Slams. 

Imad to join 

Durham for 

Natwest T20 blast 

DURHAM: Imad 

Wasim, a Pakistani allrounder 

would be seen in 

action joining Durham for 

this season's NatWest T20 

Blast competition if he succeeds 

in getting work permit. 

He is among one of the 

best all-rounder players who 

demonstrated their skills 

during the recent matches. 

He will join the county club 

for five matches before 

departing for the Caribbean 

Premier League, beginning 

August 5 at St. Lucia. 

Imad, who made his 

international debut for 

Pakistan in 2015, was a 

member of the national team 

that won this year's maiden 

Champions Trophy title, 

ESPNcricinfo reported. He 

was also impressive with his 

left-arm spin in the second 

edition of the PakistanSuper 

League (PSL) as well as during 

his stint at the CPL. 

With Tom Latham currently 

out of action with a 

foot injury, Imad would 

bring something extra to a 

thin Durham squad, which 

have lost both the games 

they have played so far in the 

competition. 

LONDON: She had not 

played a single match of the 

ICC Women’s World Cup 

2017 but once she got it, she 

grabbed it with both hands. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad 

picked up her first fivewicket 

haul in one-day 

internationals and her effort 

against New Zealand at 

Derby helped India bowl 

out the opponents for just 

79 runs and gave India a 

massive 186-run win which 

ensured they qualify for the 

semi-final for the first time 

since 2010. 

This was after India 

two months, respectively, 

after the duo admitted to 

have breached the Anti- 

Corruption code by not 

reporting the corrupt 

approaches made to them. 

However, other players 

refused to accept the 

charges and are now pleading 

their case in the tribunal 

which is likely to conclude 

the proceedings by end of 

the month. 

BD left arm 

spinner pins 

hopes on his team 

DHAKA: Bangladeshi 

left Arm spinner Taijul 

Islam has expressed the 

hope that his team will 

win series against 

Australia. 

Media reports quoting 

him said that Taijul is 

hopeful about his success 

in the series to be the 

highest wicket taker in 

the series. He added, “In 

our team right now there 

are lot of competition. So 

whenever i will get 

chance, i have to perform 

to be in the team. If 

Australia comes, i will 

try to be the highest 

wicket taker in the 

series.” 

“As the series will be 

in our condition, we will 

try to take the maximum 

advantage. England is a 

big team but in the last 

home series we fought 

well against them with 

spin in both Tests and 

beat them in the second 

Test. 

Whether finally 

Australia comes or not, 

that’s not our concern 

now. Apart from this 

series, we have plenty of 

cricket left in this year. 

So our main focus is on 

the conditioning camp to 

improve our fitness level. 

We all know our spinners 

are doing great in home 

serieses. So i wish the 

wicket and condition will 

be favorable for just like 

the England series,” he 

added. 


KARACHI: Cricket is 

in the blood of Craig 

Ervine's family. The 31- 

year-old left hander, who 

registered second century 

and highest individual 

score of his Test career 

against Zimbabwe on 

Friday, has his two brothers 

Sean and Ryan in the game. 

His father Rory Ervine and 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 



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Ex Captain Ranatunga seeks 

probe into 2011 World Cup defeat 


KARACHI: Pakistani 

Hockey umpire Haider 

Rasool received ‘golden 

whistle’ from 

International Hockey 

Federation (FIH) during 

Germany and South 

Africa match on 

Thursday 

in 

Johannesburg during 

Hockey World League 

semifinal round second 

leg. The golden whistle 

is awarded to umpires 

on completing 100 senior 

international matches 

and Haider Rasool 

became the first 

Pakistani umpire to 

reach this milestone. A 

former goal keeper, who 

attended quite a few 

national camps including 

the one for the 

World Cup 1998, Haider 

started to blow whistle 

on domestic circuit in 

2002. Next year, he 

attended an umpiring 

seminar conducted by 

the Asian Hockey 

Federation in the 

Malaysian city of Ipoh. 

He started his His 

first senior international 

tournament was MIA 

International Challenge, 

Singapore held in 

August 2005. He was 

promoted to the 

‘Promising Umpires’ 

KARACHI: Former Sri 

Lanka skipper Arjuna 

Ranatunga demanded an 

investigation into the country's 

2011 World Cup final 

defeat by India amid allegations 

of match fixing. 

Ranatunga, 53, in a 

video posted on his 

Facebook page, said he was 

shocked by Sri Lanka's sixwicket 

defeat in the final at 

the Wankhede stadium in 

Mumbai. 

"I was also in India giving 

commentaries at the 

time. When we lost, I was 

to poor fielding and bowling 

by Sri Lanka. 

Local media have raised 

suspicions of Sri Lankans 

throwing the match, but 

distressed and I had a there was no formal call for 

doubt," Ranatunga said. an investigation till 

"We must investigate what Ranatunga's outburst. 

happened to Sri Lanka at Ranatunga's spokesman 

the 2011 World Cup final." Thamira Manju told AFP 

"I cannot reveal everything 

that he was writing to 

now, but one day I President Maithripala 

will. There must be an Sirisena and Prime Minister 

inquiry." 

Ranil Wickremesinghe 

Without giving names, complaining about the state 

Ranatunga said players of cricket in the country. 

could not hide the "dirt" 

with their clean white cricket 

clothing. 

Sri Lanka, batting first, 

scored 274-6 off 50 overs 

and appeared in a commanding 

There have been recriminations 

in the country since 

Sri Lanka suffered a humiliating 

3-2 loss to bottomranked 

Zimbabwe in a fivematch 

one-day series on 

International 

position when home soil this month. 

Indian superstar Sachin There is also growing 

Tendulkar was caught for 

18. India turned the game 

dramatically thanks partly 

tension between Sri Lankan 

sports authorities and players 

about the use of managers, 

including an agent 

who represents more than 

half the national team. 

Sports Minister Dayasiri 

Jayasekera has said he 

wants to regulate agents in 

cricket in a bid to prevent 

the possibility of one individual 

fixing matches using 

a network of players under 

his management. 

Former Skipper Kumar 

Sangakkara, who led Sri 

Lanka in the 2011 World 

Cup defeat, has publicly 

defended his manager, a 

foreign national, who is also 

an agent for many other 

local players. 

Last year, the 

Cricket 

Council imposed a threeyear 

ban on a top Sri 

Lankan official Jayananda 

Warnaweera for failing to 

cooperate with an anti-corruption 

investigation. 

Haider Rasool becomes first Hockey 

umpire to complete a century 

uncle Neil Ervine also 

played this game "Yes, 

cricket is in the family", 

Craig's father, Rory, speaking 

exclusively said. "I was 

able to follow Friday's 

match on internet. Sadly 

could not watch the game". 

Craig's parents (mother 

Judy, a specialist in herbal 

medicines) help the underprivileged 

children at an 

list of the FIH in 

February 2008. This 

enabled him to stand, 

among others, in continental 

tournaments like 

the Pan Am 

Championships (2008) 

and the Asian Games 

(2010) as well as other 

high profile events such 

as the Junior World Cup 

(2009) and the 

Commonwealth Games 

(2010). Again, his consistently 

high quality 

performance got him 

excellent evaluations, 

and Haider Rasool 

became a ‘Grade 1’ 

international umpire in 

December 2010. 

Cricket is in our blood, says Craig Ervine's proud father 

MUMBAI: The roles of 

Rahul Dravid and Zaheer 

Khan as overseas batting 

and bowling consultant 

respectively are not confirmed, 

as the names were 

only recommendations 

made by Cricket Advisory 

Committee, consisting of 

Sourav Ganguly, VVS 

Laxman and Sachin 

Tendulkar. 

The chairman of 

Committee 

of 

Administratiors (CoA), 

which was appointed by 

the Supreme Court to bring 

the BCCI house in order, 

Vinod Rai was quoted by 

ANI saying that the CoA 

has to act upon the said 

recommendations, in consultation 

with head coach 

Ravi Shastri. 

"For further coaches 

and others, (we) must have 

discussions with Ravi 

Shastri. Then we set up a 

committee of Diana 

(Edulji), acting president 

(CK Khanna), secretary 

(Amitabh Choudhary) and 

CEO (Rahul Johri) as the 

convener," Rai added. 

Along with naming 

Shastri as the head coach, 

the CAC also put forth 

names of Dravid and 

Zaheer in consultant 

orphanage in Northern 

Zimbabwe called Eden 

Children's Village. 

"Craig was an allrounder 

and started as right 

handed but due to serious 

injury to his right hand 

when he was only 13 years, 

he became left-handed 

dominant and didn't bowl 

off-breaks". 

"He determined to continue 

cricket but had to 

become batsman instead of 

bowling seamers", the dad 

added. 

Zimbabwe has scored a 

satisfactory score of 344 

runs but now only 2 wickets 

are left. "It would be 

good for him to add another 

40 or 50 runs when play 

resumes on Saturday", the 

dad hoped. 

Dravid, Zaheer roles not confirmed as confusion ensues 

posted a competitive total 

of 265 for the loss of seven 

wickets. This was because 

of a century from Mithali 

Raj and a 45-ball 70-run 

innings from Veda 

Krishnamurthy in the death 

overs. Harmanpreet Kaur 

also contributed with a 

half-century and shared a 

century stand with her captain 

for the third wicket. 

New Zealand skipper 

Suzie Bates won the toss 

and asked India to bat first. 

The decision made sense as 

they reduced India to 21 for 

2 with wickets of openers 

Smriti Mandhana and 

Punam Raut. But, Raj, as 

she has done so many times 

in her career, put her head 

roles, but the degree of 

their involvement was 

yet to be known. A day 

after his appointment, 

Shastri welcomed the 

move of appointing experienced 

players like 

Dravid and Zaheer in 

such roles but explained 

in no uncertain terms that 

he should get a call on 

who will be part of his 

full-time support staff. 

India beat New Zealand by 186 runs, qualify for 

ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 semi-final 

down and with Kaur, 

rebuilt the innings.

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Punjab’s top judge presents 

himself for accountability 

Syed Mansoor Ali Shah responds to allegations of getting a Rs350m loan waived 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Islamabad High Court has 

dismissed a petition seeking 

the ‘money trail’ of 

Punjab’s top judge, who 

denies any wrongdoing and 

has presented himself for 

any accountability. 

Justice Miangul Hassan 

Aurangzeb of the IHC dismissed 

as not maintainable 

the petition seeking money 

trail of Syed Mansoor Ali 

Shah, the Lahore High 

Court’s chief justice, for the 

time when he allegedly had 

a loan of Rs350 million 

waived. 

A lawyer, Anwar Dar, in 

his petition, had alleged Mr 

Shah got a loan of Rs350 

million in 2004 and got it 

written off as the managing 

director of Mansoor Textile 

Mills and Aaj Textiles. 

Referring to a news 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister for Railways 

Khawaja Saad Rafeeq said 

that Imran Khan, Sheikh 

Rasheed and Aitzaz Ahsan 

have become self styled 

spokespersons of Supreme 

Court adding there is no 

harm in filing the speeches 

of these three persons in 

apex court. 

“ I should tender apology 

for what. I have not committed 

any contempt of court 

but I have presented my 

stance. SC can summon 

report revealing details 

about the loan, Rahiem said 

he had tried to establish the 

veracity of the report and in 

this regard had filed a written 

request to the LHC registrar 

under the Right to 

CEAD Organizes Zonal Skill Competition in collaboration with NAVTTC 

NAVTTC started this journey by training 25000 unemployeed youth but in 

4th phase one lac students will be trained: D. G NAVTTC Abdul Raheem Shaikh 

JAMSHORO: The 

Centre of Excellence in Art 

and Design (CEAD), 

Mehran University of 

Engineering and 

Technology (MUET) 

Jamshoro organized Zonal 

Skill Competition in collaboration 

with National 

Vocational Technical 

Training Commission 

(NAVTTC). More than 100 

students from 30 various 

institutes and training 

Centers of Hyderabad, 

Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, 

Tando Allahyar, Shaheed 

Benazirabad, Sanghar, 

Dadu, Mithi, Khairpur 

Natahn Shah, Mehar, Jhudo, and Dress Making, General 

Hala, Matiari, Digri, Electrician, Autocad, 

Gambat and Umarkot participated 

Masson/ Tile Fixer and 

in competitions like Graphics Designing. 1st 

Beautician, Fashion Design position holders of various 

RAWALPINDI: Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah sitting 

on stage during a ceremony at District Court. 

context of the speeches, 

therefore, I have come here 

to file the context of speeches 

of these three persons”, he 

said this while problem in 

submitting content of their 

speeches as well in apex 

court.”, Khawaja said this 

while talking to media men 

outside Supreme Court on 

Saturday. 

He said Imran Khan, 

Sheikh Rasheed and Aitzaz 

Ahsan have become the fictitious 

spokespersons of SC 

and there is no problem in 

Access of Information Act, 

but received no response. 

The counsel added his 

client also filed a reference 

before the Supreme 

Judicial Council on July 5, 

requiring the information to 

filing the content of their 

speeches as well in the court 

as SC can seek their contents. 

We want to take Pakistan 

forward but our political 

opponents are taking the 

supplement his reference. 

At the moment, he contended, 

the Punjab 

Transparency and Right to 

Information Act, 2017, was 

not functional. 

He urged the court to 

I should tender apology for what, I have not 

committed contempt of court: Saad Rafique 

country backward to pull 

down us It would have been 

good had the political parties 

tried to move forward on the 

basis of performance”, he 

added. On the other hand 

tactics like dharnas and leveling 

of rigging allegations 

were adopted to waste our 

KARACHI: View of broken pedestrian bridge which may cause of any serious accident, 

showing the negligence of concerned department, at University road near Federal Urdu 

University of Karachi. 

10 tourists killed in bus accident 

in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli 

NEW DELHI: Ten people were killed and 18 others injured when the bus they 

were travelling in hit the median on the road near Valliyur in Tirunelveli district of 

Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Friday. Three women and two children are among 

those killed. The bus carrying tourists was going to Thiruvananthapuram from 

Velankanni when the accident happened. Preliminary investigations revealed that the 

bus driver might have dozed off, and it hit the median and overturned. 

time, he remarked. 

While talking on Panama 

Saad said, ‘Panama is a 

sponsored conspiracy and its 

target was Pakistan. 

Tell me what kind of 

corruption has been committed 

and where it has 

been committed, he questioned. 

Panama case will 

be contested now in legal 

way and all options in this 

regard are under consideration, 

he said. JIT report 

will be challenged in the 

SC, he stated. 

Petition filed in SC 

seeking CM Sindh 

disqualification 

ISLAMABAD: A petition 

has been filed in 

Supreme Court (SC) seeking 

disqualification of 

Chief Minister Sindh 

Murad Ali Shah. 

Petitioner Mehmood 

Akhtar Naqvi filed the petition 

on Saturday pleading 

that CM Sindh was disqualified 

in dual nationality 

case in 2012 and SC had 

ordered him to return all 

privileges’ and salaries but 

he has not complied with 

SC orders. 

The petitioner further 

stated that Murad Ali Shah 

contested by-election on 

fake affidavit from constituency 

of PS-73 Jamshoro 

and he was got succeeded 

through connivance in by 

polls. The provincial election 

commission didn’t 

implement the court orders 

and issued notification of his 

success in by-elections. 

trades were awarded cash 

money amounting Rs. 

25000/-, 2nd position holders 

were given Rs. 20000/- 

each and 3rd position holders 

were awarded amounting 

Rs. 15000/- per head. 

While addressing the 

youth Director General 

NAVTTC Sindh Abdul 

issue directions to provide 

the complete money trail of 

the loans obtained and written 

off, complete service 

record, the period in which 

CJ Shah remained director 

and beneficiary of the textile 

mills. 

The CJ, in a reply to the 

petition, clarified he was 

appointed as the director of 

Mansoor Textile Mills 

while he was studying. “It 

was a family business 

which was being run by my 

father. The Mill was sold in 

1990 and I had completed 

by education in 1989. I 

have not played any important 

role in the business,” 

Mr Shah added. 

Presenting himself for 

accountability, the judge 

said no one was above the 

law. “Everyone should be 

held accountable.” 

Indian police arrest 

minors, desecrate 

Mosque In IoK 

SRINAGAR: Indian 

police have arrested 12 

minors including a 

Hurriyat leader’s son in 

Islamabad town. 

According to KMS, 

the police took into custody 

11 minors and 12- 

year-old Reyyan 

Mukhtar, the son of 

Hurriyat leader Mukhtar 

Ahmed Waza, during 

anti-India demonstrations 

in the town. 

Meanwhile, complete 

shutdown was observed 

in the town against the 

desecration of Jamia 

Masjid and the arrest of 

dozens of boys by Indian 

forces. 

ISTANBUL: Turkey's 

President Tayyip Erdogan 

and members of the opposition 

came together on 

Saturday to mark the 

anniversary of last year's 

failed coup, in a moment of 

ceremonial unity all but 

overshadowed by the 

sweeping purges that have 

shaken society since. 

The gathering in parliament 

was one of the first in a 

string of events planned 

through the weekend to 

commemorate the night of 

July 15, when thousands of 

unarmed civilians took to 

the streets to defy rogue soldiers 

who commandeered 

tanks and warplanes and 

bombed parliament in an 

attempt to seize power. 

More than 240 people 

died before the coup was put 

Raheem Shaikh said that 

there is less number of 

such institutes in Pakistan 

which try to uplift the abilities 

and skills of youth but 

PM has mandate of about 

200 million people: Sh Aftab 


Minister for Parliamentary 

Affairs Sheikh Aftab 

Ahmad says Prime 

Minister Nawaz Sharif 

possess the mandate of 

NAVTTC has brought the 

dream come true. 

He said that NAVTTC 

started this journey by training 

25000 unemployeed 

about 200 million people 

and tendering resignation 

on the desire of few individuals 

is beyond comprehension. 

Talking to newsmen in 

KARACHI: The awardwinning 

pop sensation 

Abbas Hasan has signed a 

record deal with ZEE Music 

India. The Canadian-French 

star, often dubbed Asia’s 

answer to Justin Bieber for 

his heartthrob looks and 

mainstream pop appeal, 

signed the deal with one of 

India’s biggest record 

labels, it has been revealed. 

Speaking of the collaboration, 

the head of ZEE 

Music Company Anurag 

Bedi stated: “ZEE Music is 

all about finding the fresh 

and exciting talent of tomorrow, 

and we are thrilled to 

have Abbas Hasan as part of 

the ZEE Music family. His 

French, Spanish and other 

multi-lingual flavours along 

with his musical talent and 

looks make him a very 

unique artist and we look 

forward to everything that is 

to come.” 

When asked about the 

deal, Abbas Hasan stated: 

“I’m thrilled about my partnership 

with ZEE Music 

India. The team have been 

so amazing to work with 

and I can’t wait to take you 

all on a new journey. It’s 

been a really exciting year 

so far with a lot of hectic 

traveling, and I know my 

fans have been waiting 

patiently so I can now reveal 

that my new single is dropping 

towards the end of July. 

youth but in 4th phase one 

lac students will be trained. 

Abdul Raheem Shaikh, 

further said that it is honor 

for CEAD that such skilled 

Attock on Saturday, he 

said the PML-N government 

has put the country 

on the track of development 

by launching mega 

projects. 

Abbas Hasan signs record 

deal with ZEE Music India 

JATLAN: President of 

all Jammu and Kashmir 

Muslim Conference and 

Former Prime Minister 

Sardar Attique Ahmad 

Khan said that Prime 

Minister Nawaz is bearing 

the punishment of betraying 

Kashmiris adding 

protests would be staged at 

all levels if attempts are 

made to end Shariah court 

Kashmir. 

“Burhan Wani by sacrificing 

his life in the age of 

23 give a new life to 

Kashmir freedom resolution”, 

Khan said this while 

You’ll hear about it all very 

soon!” 

The heartthrob teased the 

new release on his 

Instagram account 

(@abbashasanofficial) 

throughout his travels with 

ominous words “Get 

ready…” but it was not until 

now that he confirmed the 

news about his record deal 

and new single. 

Nawaz facing punishment of being 

traitor with Kashmiris: Sardar Attique 

down, a show of popular 

defiance that has likely 

ended decades of military 

interference in Turkish politics. 

But along with a 

groundswell of nationalism, 

the coup's greatest legacy 

has been the far-reaching 

crackdown. 

Some 150,000 people 

have been sacked or suspended 

from jobs in the civil 

service and private sector 

and more than 50,000 

speaking at a weekly seminar 

on residence of former 

National Assembly candidate 

on constituency 4 

Kheri Sharif . He went on 

to say that the successors 

of two nation theory are 

also Kashmiris not PML-N 

supporters. 

In shadow of crackdown, Turkey commemorates failed coup 

ISTANBUL: Crowds throng the streets during the ceremony at the Bosphorus Bridge. 

detained for alleged links to 

the putsch. On Friday, govt 

said it had dismissed another 

7,000 police, civil servants 

and academics for suspected 

links to the Muslim cleric it 

blames for the putsch. 

development programme 

has been organized fourth 

time to explore youth talent. 

Focal Person NAVTTC, 

CEAD Prof. Fazal Illahi 

Khansaid that the institute 

will keep encouraging the 

youngsters to get empowered 

in different fields to get 

respect in the society and 

earn a respectable amount of 

money to run their families. 

He said that we will keep 

continue encouraging the 

youth of deprived areas who 

could not be able to reach at 

higher educational institutes 

due to unavoidable reasons. 

Director NAVTTC 

Islamabad Naeem Iqbal 

and Deputy Director 

NAVTTC Sindh Azizullah 

Chandio also addressed 

the ceremony. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

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16 July 2017

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