22 August 2017

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PSP accepts 

MQM-P's invitation 

to attend APC 

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after US warship, 

tanker collide near 

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7 abducted police 

men recovered 

RAJAN PUR: 

Following talks with 

Police, Patt Dacoity 

gang set free seven 

police men in exchange 

of two sons of ring 

leader of the said gang 

Monday . 

According to media 

report , some armed 

masked men had abducted 

8 police officials, 

who were going back on 

completion of duty 

hours on check post in 

the area of Linda Pattan 

a day before and operation 

was conducted for 

recovery of abductees. 

On the other hand, 

Patt gang claimed that 

they released seven 

policemen in exchange 

of two sons of their ring 

leader. 

Central Ruet-e- 

Hilal Committee 

meets today 

KARACHI: A meeting 

of central Ruet-e- 

Hilal Committee will be 

held today Tuesday in 

Karachi for sighting of 

the crescent of Zilhaj. 

According to detail, 

Mufti Muneebur 

Rehman will chair the 

meeting. Provincial, 

zonal and district Ruete-Hilal 

committees will 

also hold their meetings 

at their respective headquarters 

the same day. 

Petition filed in LHC 

to include Nawaz’s 

name on ECL 

LAHORE: A petition 

has been filed in Lahore 

High Court to include the 

name of deposed PM 

Nawaz Sharif in ECL. 

The petitioner Syed 

Muhammad Javed Iqbal 

Jaffery in his petition 

adopted that Nawaz Sharif 

was disqualified by the 

apex court in Panama case 

adding that violating the 

court orders he is not 

appearing before NAB. 

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KARACHI EDITION – Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Zhul-Q’ada 30 1438 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

'No civil-military divide' 

Operation Khyber-4 

successfully completed: ISPR 

CM Punjab was real target of July 24 suicide attack: DG 

NBP President Saeed Ahmed, 

Javed Kiani appear before NAB 

LAHORE: National ciate of the Sharif family and 

Bank of Pakistan President chairman of the Pakistan 

Saeed Ahmed appeared Sugar Mills Association, 

before the National was also summoned alongside 

Accountability Bureau 

Ahmed today. His ques- 

(NAB)'s Lahore office today 

after he was summoned with 

tioning is still underway. 

The bureau is pursuing 

regard to the case against the several corruption references 

Sharif family’s London 

against former prime 

properties. 

minister Nawaz Sharif’s 

Sources said a five-member 

family, Finance Minister 

NAB probe team ques- 

tioned Ahmed for almost 

five hours. 

Javed Kiani, a close asso- 

Ishaq Dar and others in light 

of the Supreme Court’s July 

28 judgment in the Panama 

Papers case. 

Dar has been summoned 

to appear before NAB officials 

pursuing the case on 

Tuesday (tomorrow). 

Meanwhile, members of 

the Sharif family who were 

summoned to appear before 

the bureau on Sunday failed 

to do so. According to 

sources, the six-member 

team of NAB Lahore was 

waiting for the Sharif family 

members to question them 

over their apartments in 

Avenfield, London. 

Friendship with China cornerstone of 

Pakistan’s foreign policy: Tehmina 

BEIJING: Foreign Secretary H.E. Ms. Tehmina Janjua called 

on Chinese State Councilor, H.E. Mr. Yang Jiechi in China. 

BEIJING: Pakistan’s 

Foreign Secretary 

Tehmina Janjua called on 

Chinese State Councilor 

Yang Jiechi on Monday at 

the start of her three-day 

visit to China. 

During the meeting in 

capital Beijing, the foreign 

secretary reaffirmed 

that friendship with China 

is the cornerstone of 

Pakistan’s foreign policy, 

and reiterated Pakistan’s 

support for China on its 

core issues. 

Mr Yang Jiechi noted 

that the recent visit of 

Chinese vice Premier 

Wang Yang to Pakistan to 

participate in celebrations 

commemorating the 70th 

anniversary of 

Independence on 14 

August 2017 was in keeping 

with the long-standing 

traditions of the Pakistan- 

China all-weather strategic 

cooperative partnership. 

Both sides acknowledged 

that the China- 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC) is the 

flagship project of the 

Belt and Road Initiative 

(BRI) and early completion 

of projects would 

bring tangible benefits 

to the people of both 

countries. 

Both the dignitaries 

discussed regional and 

international situation. 

Janjua also briefed the 

Chinese state councilor 

about the grave situation 

of Kashmiri people in 

Indian Occupied Kashmir. 

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army 

on Monday announced the successful 

completion of Operation Khyber-4 in 

the Rajgal area of Khyber Agency. 

In a press conference, Director- 

General Inter-Services Public Relations 

(ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor 

announced that 253 square kilometers 

have been cleared of militant presence. 

He added that a separate clearance 

operation is also underway in Khyber 

Valley. 

The ISPR said during the operation 

hundreds of landmines were defused 

which were planted by the militants to 

slow the advance of the Army and to 

inflict casualties on the advancing 

forces. "During the operation, 52 terrorists 

were killed," said Maj Gen Asif 

Ghafoor. 

He added two soldiers were martyred 

and 15 were injured during the 

operation. In order to create a more permanent 

security presence in the volatile 

area, the Army has also set up 91 check 

posts in Rajgal valley. 

Referring to other intelligence-based 

operations in the country, the ISPR 

added that 24,000 operations have been 

carried out in Pakistan and the operations 

have led to a significant decline in 

incidents of terror. 

"Under Operation Raddul Fasaad, 

3,330 IBOs were conducted across the 

country out of which 1,728 were conducted 

in Punjab," said DG ISPR. 

In Sindh, DG ISPR said 1,467 IBOs 

were conducted and there was one incident 

of terror in 2017 as compared to 57 

in 2013. 

"In terms of street crimes in cities 

like Karachi, the situation will get better 

once the police force is made 

stronger." 

During the press conference, the 

ISPR also showed confessions of two 

arrested terrorists. 

The arrested terrorists had attacked a 

mosque of the same sect which they 

belonged to and were instructed by 

their handlers to dress in black clothes. 

"We set the place ablaze and opened 

fire," said the arrested terrorist commander. 

ISPR further said the terrorists 

had also attacked a mosque in 

Rawalpindi in 2013. 

"The attack took place in 

Rawalpindi's Raja Bazaar in 2013." 

"These terrorists were linked with a 

network of Indian spy Kulbhushan 

Jadhav." said Ghafoor. 

He said the sectarian conflict was 

not started from where the enemies of 

the state had planned to initiate it. 

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz 

Sharif was the actual target of July 24 

suicide attack near Arfa Karim IT Park 

in Lahore 

"Over the years, Pakistan Army 

managed to restore normalcy in wartorn 

areas. This includes the construction 

of 147 schools, 17 health units and 

67 markets," said the army spokesman. 

Referring to the Temporarily 

Displaced People (TDPs), Ghafoor said 

most of the inhabitants from conflictaffected 

areas, 95 per cent, have been 

repatriated to their native areas. 

Ghafoor said that no organised 

infrastructure of any terrorist organisation 

exists in Pakistan. 

Terrorist networks in Afghanistan 

and other neighbouring countries 

should be busted in our own interest, he 

added. 

He further said that border management 

on the Pak-Afghan border has 

been improved unilaterally by Pakistan 

and added that eight cross-border 

attacks were foiled on the night before 

August 14. 

The army spokesman reiterated that 

no civil-military divide exists in the 

country and theArmy is an organ of the 

state which is not involved in any political 

matters. 

"Difference of opinions can exist, 

but that does not mean there is a divide 

between the civil and military leadership." 

When asked about the National 

Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), DG 

ISPR said the army was not associated 

with any political matter. 

He added that whatever political 

statements General (retd) Pervez 

Musharraf made were said by him as a 

politician. Referring to Dawn Leaks, 

Ghafoor said the government has the 

prerogative to start an inquiry in 

whichever case it so wishes. 

Operation Khyber-4 was launched 

earlier in August to stop infiltration of 

terrorists from across the Pak-Afghan 

border. 

NA special committee 

on Gulalai's allegations 

did not show progress 

ISLAMABAD: There is 

no progress of special 

committee constituted to 

probe the allegations leveled 

by Aysha Gulalai on 

PTI’s Chief Imran Khan. 

Sources said that tenmember 

committee in 

which opposition parliamentarians 

were to be 

included but the Jamiat-e- 

Islami and PTI did not 

send the names of its members 

so far. 

“Opposition leader in 

National Assembly Syed 

Khurshid Shah has suggested 

to Speaker National 

Assembly to form ethics 

committee in the parliament, 

however he advised 

to form such committee 

with the consultation of 

opposition. 

It is worth-mentioning 

here that Member National 

Assembly Aysha Gulalai 

had leveled allegations on 

PTI’s Chief Imran Khan 

that he sent some indecent 

SMS on her mobile phone. 

Mall Road turns into battlefield as 

lawyers go on rampage in LHC 

LHC issues arrest warrant of President LHC Multan Bench Bar Association 

LAHORE: Lawyers on 

Monday created a ruckus in 

Lahore High Court (LHC) 

after a larger bench ordered 

arrest of president Multan 

bench Sher Zaman Qureshi 

and secretary Qaisar Abbas. 

The lawyers in an 

attempt to enter LHC Chief 

Justice’s chamber broke the 

main entrance gate and 

smashed the walk through 

gate. However; their bid 

was thwarted by the Anti- 

Riot Force (ARF) who 

forced them out of the court 

premises while using water 

cannons and tear gas. 

The lawyers also brutally 

tortured a policeman 

deployed on duty. Later, 

they made their way 

towards Mall Road and 

blocked the road for traffic 

in protest. 

The main thorughfare 

became a battlefield as the 

lawyers pelted stones on the 

police personnel. On the 

other hand, police used 

water cannons and tear gas 

to dipserse the protesters. 

The lawyers turned violent 

after a larger bench of 

LHC conducted hearing of 

the case pertaining to the 

misbehaviour of lawyers 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister for Finance Ishaq 

Dar has filed a review petition 

in the Supreme Court 

against verdict of Panama 

Papers case. He has maintained 

that the JIT overstepped 

its mandate and verdict 

was given without 

going through the record. 

The finance minister 

filed review petition through 

his counsel Shahid Hamid 

demanding the court to 

declare the verdict dated 

LAHORE: Lawyers running to avoid effect of tear gas fire 

by police to disperse violent lawyers’ gatherer in front 

Justices’ gate of Lahore High Court during protest. 

with the Multan bench 

judges. 

The larger bench while 

suspending the licenses of 

president Multan bench 

28.07.2017 invalid which 

ordered National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB) to file a reference 

against him for possessing 

assets and funds beyond his 

known sources of income. 

Senator Ishaq Dar, took 

the plea that arguments on 

the JIT report were heard 

by three judges only whereas 

the Impugned Final 

Order has been passed by 

five Judges including two 

who never heard arguments 

Sher Zaman Qureshi and 

secretary Qaisar Abbas, 

issued non-bailable arrest 

warrants of both the 

lawyers. 

Dar files review petition 

against Panama case verdict 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi has reiterated that the government 

will extend its all out support for 

fast tracking development projects in South 

Punjab. 

He was talking to a delegation of PML- 

N Members of National Assembly from 

Multan Division here on Monday. The 

Prime Minister stated that socio-economic 

development of South Punjab is priority of 

the government. 

He said PML-N government has initiated 

numerous development projects and 

Khurshid warns Nawaz against 

clashing with institutions 

Court can order military to arrest Nawaz 

and his family, warns Khursheed Shah 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Opposition leader in 

National Assembly (NA) 

Syed Khurshid Shah has 

warned Nawaz Sharif should 

avoid clashing with institutions 

otherwise Supreme 

Court (SC) can order army to 

arrest him along with his 

family members. 

“Nawaz Sharif is pursuing 

path of confrontation 

with the institutions for the 

sake of power grabbing 

which is a deadly game. He 

on the said report and/or 

considered the Petitioner’s 

objections relating thereto. 

He maintained that 

“No direction whatsoever 

was given to the JIT qua 

the Petitioner. The JIT 

self-evidently exceeded 

its mandate by opining on 

whether or not 

Petitioner’s assets were 

disproportionate to his 

known sources of income 

and this august Court has 

regrettably erred in law. 

Turkish ambassador calls on PM 

Pakistan keen to further strengthen 

economic ties with Turkey: PM 

and his sons did not appear 

before NAB despite summoning 

by the latter repeatedly. 

It is matter of grave 

concern. If he shows intransigence 

like this then the SC 

has the option to implement 

article 190 and it can order 

army to arrest Nawaz 

Sharif and his family members 

if the need arises. This 

will be disastrous for 

democracy”, he said this 

while talking to media men 

here on Monday. 

welfare schemes in South Punjab and will 

continue to undertake socio-economic uplift 

projects in the region in future as well. 

He urged the MNAs to work with full 

dedication and commitment for bringing 

about tangible positive change. He 

advised them to reach out to the people 

especially the poor segments of society 

and help addressing their issues. 

The MNAs briefed the Prime 

Minister on development projects and 

public welfare schemes of their respective 

constituencies. 

Applications against Kulsoom 

Nawaz’s nomination papers rejected 

LAHORE: An appellate tribunal of the Lahore High 

Court rejected the applications filed against the 

acceptance of Kulsoom Nawaz’s nominations papers 

for the NA-120 by-election. 

A two member bench of the tribunal headed by 

Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh heard the arguments 

of the applicants on Monday. 

Advocate Ishtiaq Ch. and Faisal Mir, the candidates 

of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP) respectively for the seat, had 

moved the tribunal against their rival’s papers. The 

PAT candidate in his application submitted that the 

returning officer had accepted the papers ignoring 

‘concealed facts’. He pointed out that Kulsoom’s 

iqama (UAE work permit) was not mentioned in the 

papers. Therefore, he added, the papers should be 

rejected for concealing this fact. 

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017 

Metropolitan 

Gaps bridged: PSP accepts 

MQM-P's invitation to attend APC 

KARACHI: Muttahida 

Quami Movement- 

Pakistan (MQM-P) and 

Pak Sarzameen Party 

(PSP) began bridging the 

gaps as PSP Chairman 

Mustafa Kamal consented 

to attend All Parties 

Conference under the 

aegis of MQM-P. 

A delegation of MQM- 

P led by Amir Khan called 

on PSP center on Monday 

and held a meeting with 

PSP leaders including Dr. 

Sagheer Ahmed, and 

Anees Ahmed Advocate. 

Muttahida leaders invited 

PSP to attend the APC 

today (Tuesday). 

PSP leader Anees 

Advocate said, “We welcome 

MQM-P. We will 

mark August 22 as Yaume-Nijat 

from the country's 

traitor,” adding, “We 

KARACHI/HYDERAB 

AD: Pakistan Tehreek e 

Insaf (PTI) started a 'train 

march' and distributed anti- 

Nawaz pamphlets in 

Pakistan Express on 

Monday. 

As per details, participants 

of the train march led 

by PTI leader Haleem Adil 

Sheikh reached Cantt 

Station and traveled to 

KARACHI: MQM-P leaders Amir Khan and Faisal Sabzwari along with PSP leader Anis 

Advocate talking to media at PSP office ahead of MQM-P’s All Parties Conference. 

believe MQM-P will adopt 

a clear-cut stand against 

Hyderabad in the Pakistan 

Express in connection with 

their 'Aap ko kiyon nikala' 

campaign. 

Dr Masroor Siyal, 

Jansheer Junejo and other 

PTI workers travelling in 

the train from Karachi to 

Hyderabad distributed anti- 

Nawaz pamphlets amongst 

other passengers. When the 

train march reached the 

the RAW agent.” 

Meantime, 

MQM-P 

Hyderabad, PTI workers 

gave it a warm welcome. 

Haleem Adil Sheikh also 

distributed pamphlets himself 

and pasted anti-Nawaz 

stickers on the train. 

Talking to media, he 

said that this drive has now 

become a national campaign. 

He said the Pakistan 

Express travels through the 

whole country including 

leader Faisal Sabzwari 

vowed, “We are going to 

PTI distributes anti-Nawaz pamphlets in train 

SSU presents guard of honour to Dr. Ruth Pfau 

Dr. Ruth Pfau dedicated her life 

to fight Leprosy: Maqsood Ahmed 

KARACHI: The Commandant Special Security Unit Sindh Police Mr. Maqsood Ahmed placed 

floral wreath atthe grave of late Dr. Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau as a mark of respect. 

KARACHI: -The 

Commandant Special 

Security Unit Sindh Police 

Mr. Maqsood Ahmed 

placed floral wreath at the 

grave of Late Dr. Ruth 

Katharina Martha Pfau as a 

mark of respect. A ceremonial 

contingent of Special 

Squad of Special Security 

Unit also presented Guard 

of Honour to Dr. Ruth Pfau 

at Gora Qabrastan. 

Commandant Mr. 

Maqsood Ahmed paid rich 

tributes to Dr. Ruth Pfau 

and added that she had dedicated 

her life for eliminating 

leprosy in the country, 

particularly in Sindh and 

had founded a dedicated 

hospital in the city. The 

Commandant further said 

that Dr. Ruth Pfau’s tireless 

struggle was the main driving 

force that enabled 

Pakistan to become in 1996 

one of the first countries in 

Asia to have controlled in 

leprosy. 

Land committee de-notified 

KARACHI: Sindh chief 

Minister Syed Murad Ali 

Shah has de-notified the 

land committee constituted 

under Sindh government 

lands ordinance. 

The chief minister, after 

receiving complaints 

against Land Committee, 

has approved its de-notification 

and directed the chief 

secretary to issue necessary 

notification. 

It may be noted that 

under The Sindh 

Government Land 

(Cancellation of 

Allotments, Conversion and 

Exchange) Ordinance of 

2001 all the allotments, 

conversions and exchange 

of government lands granted 

for residential, commercial 

or industrial purposes at 

rates lower than market 

value or in violation of land 

or ban with effect from 

January 1985 a committee 

under a retired was constituted 

in November 2001. 

areas near the GT Road 

and these pamphlets would 

also spread to these areas. 

He alleged that Nawaz 

Sharif is trying to hoodwink 

the people and to 

save their businesses he is 

bent to fight with the institutions. 

He said after Sindh 

this drive would be 

launched in whole 

Pakistan. 

Three bodies 

found near 

Northern Bypass 

KARACHI: Police 

have found three unidentified 

bodies near Northern 

bypass. 

Senior Superintendent 

of Police, Malir, Rao 

Anwar told that the persons 

whose bodies were 

found Monday near 

Northern Bypass were 

shot dead. The bodies 

have not been identified so 

far and they have been 

shifted to hospital. Their 

data will be obtained for 

their identification through 

finger prints. 

First phase 

of K-IV still 

in progress 

KARACHI: The first 

phase of the Greater 

Karachi Bulk Water Supply 

scheme initiated during 

2005-2007 is still in 

progress and expected be 

completed by 2018. 

K- IV project director 

(PD) Saleem Siddiqi talking 

to media on Monday at 

his office said he was 

made PD in 2016 and now 

with the joint efforts of 

Frontier Works (FWO) 

work on the first phase is in 

full swing , with a cost of 

Rs30billion. 

K-IV project was 

approved by the then City 

Nazim Syed Mustafa 

Kamal. The first phase 

project after completion 

will supply 260 mgd water. 

meet Mohajir Qaumi 

Movement for the betterment 

of the city. We are 

going to all stakeholders 

for the eradication of politics 

of clash, torture, and 

violence.” 

Speaking on this occasion, 

Amir Khan said, “We 

will talk over the conspiracies 

being hatched against 

the country in tomorrow’s 

APC. We will bring a consensus 

resolution in the 

APC.” 

“We thank PSP for welcoming 

us at their center,” 

he added saying the 

MQM-P has severed ties 

with MQM founder. 

It should be mentioned 

here that MQM-P is holding 

an APC for eradication 

of anti-state conspiracies 

and corruption and for the 

powers of local bodies. 

Police arrest eight 

suspects including 

four street criminals 

KARACHI: NAB 

Karachi conducted raids 

in several parts of 

Karachi today arrested 

two accused persons 

wanted in Reference No. 

34/2016 filed against 

accused Ali Raza, proprietor 

of M/s AM 

Enterprises and Talal 

Asghar proprietor of M/s 

NTF Traders (both under 

judicial custody) on the 

charges of cheating public 

at large to the tune of 

Rs. 786 million. The 

accused Abdullah and 

Mohsin Abidi arrested 

today from remits of I.I. 

Chundrigar road and 

Hassan square, have been 

charged as agents of the 

said Ponzi scheme working 

in active connivance 

with accused Ali Raza 

and Talal Asghar whereby 

CM meeting: 111 health facilities 

given to Integrated Health Services 

KARACHI: Sindh Finance Hassan Naqvi and ment was successfully providing 

Chief Minister Syed others. 

health services with 

Murad Ali Shah said on Minister Health Dr private partnership. 

Monday that the provincial Sikandar Mendhro said Therefore, a further better 

government was delivering 

that the District system might be evolved 

best health services Headquarter Hospital so that the partnership fur- 

with Public Private (DHQ) Badin, which had ther become beneficial to 

Partnership (PPP); therefore, 

been given to Indus the people of Sindh. 

the PPP mode must Hospital management, was The chief minister also 

be strengthened by removing 

operating best. 

directed the health and 

its teething problems. Secretary Health Dr finance departments to 

This he said while presiding 

over a meeting on 

health services launched 

under PPP mode in the 

Fazal Pechuho said that 

111 health facilities had 

been given to Integrated 

Health Services (IHS), 13 

resolve all the outstanding 

issues with private partners 

particularly the budget. 

On the chief minister's 

province. The meeting was in Thatta and Sujawal to instruction, the finance 

attended by Health medical Emergency department released Rs354 

Minister Dr Siknadar Resilience Foundation million to DHQ Badin for 

Mendhro, Principal (MERF) and 39 in Karachi construction of waiting 

Secretary to CM Sohail 

Rajput, Secretary Health 

Fazal Pechuho, Secretary 

to HANDS. 

The chief minister said 

that the provincial govern- 

areas, washrooms and such 

other facilities for the visitors 

and the patients also. 

Rain-thunderstorm expected 

in parts of Sindh 

KARACHI: Police on 

Monday claimed to have 

apprehended eight 

alleged criminals including 

four street criminals 

from different areas of 

the metropolis. 

According to police, a 

gang of four street criminals, 

Saleem, Kashif, 

Farhad and Zuhaib, were 

looting public at gunpoint 

near Bakra Piri in 

Malir, when a patrolling KARACHI: A view of clouds hovering over the sky of port city. 

police team reached the 

scene and arrested them KARACHI: Pakistan Malakand, Hazara, 

with weapons, cash and M e t e o r o l o g i c a l Peshawar, Kohat, D.G 

mobile phones. 

Department on Monday khan, Bahawalpur, 

During search operation 

said that rain-thunderstorm Rawalpindi, Gujranwala 

in Garden and with gusty winds is expect- 

divisions, Islamabad, 

Tamoria areas, the police ed at scattered places in FATA, Kashmir & Gilgitparties 

arrested four Mirpurkhas, Karachi, Baltistan. Weather 

criminals including H y d e r a b a d , remained hot and humid 

Mubashir, 

Najam. 

Adnan 

Police 

and 

also 

Sh.Benazirbad. 

It is also expected in 

elsewhere in the country. 

Weak seasonal low lies 

claimed to have recovered 

Kalat, Zhob divisions over Balochistan. 

drugs from their while at isolated places in Monsoon currents from 

possession. 

Sibbi, Nasirabad, D.I khan, Bay of Bengal are penetrating 

northeastern parts 

of the country. A westerly 

wave is likely to affect 

upper parts of the country 

during next few days. 

During the last 24 

hours, weather remained 

hot and dry in most parts 

of the country. However, 

r a i n - t h u n d e r s t o r m 

occurred at isolated places 

in Gilgit-Baltistan and 

Kashmir. 

NAB arrests two accused 

they lured the innocent 

members of public, severally 

and jointly, to invest 

in their companies on the 

promise of high returns of 

profits under the garb of 

legal investment. 

Whereas, the said business 

was actually carried 

out to cheat public at 

large by fraud. Accused 

Abdullah and Mohsin 

Abidi lured more than 40 

such innocent investors 

and received illegal proceeds 

of approximately 

Rs. 6 million as commissions 

out of investors’ 

money. The arrested 

accused have disclosed 

other names as their abettors. 

The arrested accused 

would be produced 

before Accountability 

Court Karachi for seeking 

physical remand. 

COURTS 

Baldia factory fire case: 

SHC summons IO on Zubair 

Charya's bail plea 

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday 

summoned investigation officer (IO) of Baldia factory fire 

case and sought his comments on the bail petition of 

accused Zubair alias Charya, one of key suspects in the 

case. Zubair approached the high court though his counsel 

after an anti-terrorism court had dismissed his bail plea. 

More than 250 people were burnt alive in the fire 

at Ali Enterprises garments factory in Baldia 

Town, Karachi on September 11, 2012. 

His counsel told the judges that Zubair was 

innocent and falsely implicated in the case, following 

the statement of another accused Abdul Rehman 

alias Bhola. He requested the court to grant post-arrest bail 

to Zubair. While summoning IO of the case, the court put 

off the hearing till August 31. 

Earlier, the SHC bench headed by Justice Syed 

Muhammad Farooq Shah had refused to hear his bail plea 

and referred the matter to SHC Chief Justice to fix the same 

before another bench. Baldia factory fire was one of the 

worst industrial incidents in Pakistan's history. Ali 

Enterprises caught fire on September 11, 2012, which 

claimed the lives of 259 workers. 

Though it was initially declared an accident; however, 

the Baldia factory inferno case took a dramatic turn on 

February 2015 when a report by Rangers claimed that the 

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was behind the 

deadly fire. 

The investigators maintain that the fire was caused by 

activists belonging to the MQM after the factory owners 

refused to pay them extortion money. 

In the case, only two suspects, Abdul Rehman alias 

Bhola and Zubair alias Charya, are in custody whereas 

Hammad Siddiqui, the head of the MQM's 

Karachi Tanzimi Committee (KTC) and said to be 

main culprit behind the inferno, is still on the 

large. 

The Pak Sarzameen Party president Anis 

Kaimkhani, factory owners Abdul Aziz Bhaila, his sons 

Arshad Bhaila and Shahid Bhaila, have now been relieved 

of the charges. The charge sheet had also read the name of 

MQM lawmaker, Rauf Siddiqui, who at that time was the 

minister of industries and trade in Sindh, as a suspect 

though he is not implicated as yet. 

KARACHI: Chairman District East, Moid Anwar distributing 

helmet among motorcycle riders during “Ride Safely” 

awareness campaign, held in Shaid-e-Millat Road. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah 

Murad chairing the meeting 8th council session. Vice 

Chairman, Muhammad Rafiq Jutt, Chief Officer, Masroor 

Ahmed also present on this occasion. 

KARACHI: Chairman Distrct Central, Rehan Hashmi 

chairing the meeting with Administration of SM Public 

School regarding Electric issues. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Korangi, Syed Nayar Raza 

along with Vice Chairman, Syed Ahmer Ali inspecting 

ongoing cleaning work. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC West, Malik Muhammad 

Fayyaz offering dua after inaugurating development projects 

in Lyari.

Human Rights defenders concern on 

increasing number of enforced disappearances RAWALPINDI: 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: Rights 

Now Pakistan and Sindh 

Human Rights Defenders 

have expressed serious 

concern that the number of 

enforced disappearances 

of human rights defenders,political 

workers and 

citizens were being reported 

across the country.This 

wave of disappearances 

has further increased in 

last few months particularly 

before 14th August 

2017.Addressing news 

conference here Monday, 

human rights leaders advocate 

Ali Malh, Zulfiqar 

Halepoto,Jabbar Bhatti 

and daughter of forcibly 

abducted Hidayat Lohar 

said the frightening trend 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) has introduced 

fee-installment scheme to 

facilitate the deserving students. 

This facility will be 

available for the ongoing 

(Autumn 2017) admissions 

that will last till 

September 5. 

Vice Chancellor Prof. 

Dr. Shahid Siddiqui while 

HYDERABAD: Convener of Sindh Human Rights Defender Forum Ali Pallh Advocate 

addressing a press conference at Hyderabad Press Club. 

violates fundamental 

rights of citizens guaranteed 

by constitution of 

Pakistan, decisions of 

superior courts and international 

human rights law. 

presiding over a meeting 

held here to review the 

Students’ support system 

said the decision to this 

effect is in line with the 

University’s motto, ensuring 

Education to All’s. 

He said, we believe that 

nobody should be left 

without education because 

of financial constraints. 

He directed the Director 

Admissions and Regional 

More worrisome is the fact 

that these disappearances 

are being done reportedly 

by the law enforcement 

Directors of 44 Regional 

offices across the country 

to provide maximum facilities 

to the applicants for 

the admission. He also 

advised the Regional 

Directors to set up special 

camp at their offices for 

the guidance and support 

of the aspiring students. 

Needy and deserving 

students around the country 

who are unable to 

AIOU introduces ‘fee installment 

scheme’ to facilitate needy students 

Indian agencies blamed for 

killing of shopian student 

SRINAGAR: Hizb-ul- 

Mujhadeen has said that 

the Indian agencies are 

involved in the death of a 

student in Shopian district. 

According to KMS, 

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in a 

statement issued in 

Srinagar said, “Kashmiri 

youth with freedom loving 

spirit have always 

remained on the radar of 

Indian agencies.” 

The bullet-riddled body 

of a youth, identified as 

Gowhar Ahmad Dar of 

Urpara Nagbal, was found 

in an orchard in Batyari 

Mohalla in the district on 

Sunday. 

Expressing grief over 

the death of the youth, the 

statement said, “His killing 

is the handiwork of Indian 

agencies as they detest 

freedom loving youth of 

Kashmir. Hizb expresses 

deep sympathies with the 

bereaved family,” it said. 

Hizb said it has become 

a routine matter for Indian 

agencies to carry out such 

killings. 

PESHAWAR: View of demolished market after an anti encroachment drive operated by 

Cantonment Board. 

APHC concerned about deployment 

of more troops in IoK 

SRINAGAR: All Parties 

Hurriyat Conference has 

expressed deep concern 

over the deployment of 

more Indian troops in the 

territory, saying that more 

than seven hundred thousand 

troops are already 

engaged in killings and 

employing coercive measures 

to break Kashmiris’ 

resilience for freedom from 

India’s illegal occupation. 

According to KMS, the 

APHC in a statement issued 

in Srinagar said, the state 

affaires are being run by 

New Delhi and its agencies 

while PDP-led so-called 

administration exists for the 

name sake. “It vindicates 

our claim that New Delhi 

and its stooges are in no 

mood to s op bloodbath, 

instead providing free hand 

to their agencies and 

forces,” it added. 

Lashing out at pro-India 

Kashmiri political parties, 

the APHC blamed them for 

prevailing mess in Kashmir, 

and said that they were 

legitimizing oppression and 

suppression unleashed by 

Indian forces. “These political 

parties are portraying 

resistance movement as law 

and order problem, thus trying 

to mislead international 

community,” the APHC 

deplored. 

The statement said that 

Indian forces were enjoying 

unbridled powers and 

impunity and were carrying 

out killings without any 

accountability. “Youth are 

disturbed and feeling upset 

and their social life is tormented 

by forces,” the 

APHC said while expressing 

its deep concern over 

the presence of army camps 

in civilian areas. 

SC Press Association condemns torture on 

journalist by AJK house administration, police 

ISLAMABAD: Press Association of 

Supreme Court has strongly condemned torture 

on journalist by administration of 

Kashmir house and the police and it also 

asked the high-ups to take notice of the situation. 

Journalist, Babar Anwar Abbasi was 

manhandled by the Kashmir House administration 

and police after he highlighted the 

black deeds of the AJK ministers and other 

officials. Supreme Court Press Association 

strongly condemned torture on the journalists 

and asked the top officials to order registering 

a case against Kashmir house 

administration and others. 

It also demanded retrieval of Press card 

and other luggage snatched by Kashmir 

House administration. It also asked AJK 

government to order transparent investigation 

into the matter and take stern action 

against those who were involved in incident. 

deposit the whole fee of 

the semester could take 

benefit of this scheme. For 

this purpose, they have 

been advised to contact 

their respective Regional 

office. 

The fee concession is 

also available to the students 

affected by natural 

disaster. They are given 

relief in their annual fee in 

shape of scholarships. 

Eight IIUI officials 

to perform Hajj, 

Umrah 

Islamabad: International 

Islamic University, 

Islamabad (IIUI), in a lucky 

draw on Monday announced 

to send two of its officials 

for performing Hajj and six 

more to Umrah. 

This was announced 

after a lucky draw which 

was held here at new campus, 

attended by IIUI 

President Dr. Ahmed Yousif 

Al-Draiweesh as a chief 

guest who announced Hajj 

gift for two of the employees 

and an amount of 0.1 

million for a performer of 

Umrah. 

Rest of the five lucky 

ones included two officials 

from University Welfare 

Staff Association and one 

each from Academic Staff 

Association, Officers 

Welfare Association andtransport 

section. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Dr. Al-Draiweesh congratulated 

the employees 

who were chosen in draw 

and said that they are 

blessed by Allah Almighty. 

JAMSHORO: Sindh 

University Vice Chancellor 

Prof. Dr. Fatah 

Muhammad Burfat called 

on Commissioner 

Hyderabad Division Saeed 

Ahmed Mangnejo at the 

Commissioner House on 

Sunday and sought his support 

and cooperation 

towards construction of 

service roads and a pedestrian 

overhead bridge in 

front of SU on Indus highway 

in a bid to save the 

lives of students in future. 

Dr. Burfat briefed 

Commissioner Hyderabad 

on the unfortunate incidents 

in which SU bore the 

irreparable loss of a number 

of its students. 

He told that the fatal 

accidents had taken place 

at the Indus highway and 

super highway, these all 

happened because of 

absence of service roads 

and overhead pedestrian 

bridges at its entry-exit 

points. 

"One other problem is 

that the varsity is facing the 

challenge of its ill-located 

agencies. Families of disappeared 

citizens are passing 

through pain and are 

unaware of the whereabouts 

of their beloved 

ones, they added. 

They said more than 

167 cases have been 

reported to them by different 

sources/channels.We 

love our country and we 

stand ready for its security. 

However we believe 

that the person alleged of 

illegal act be produced 

before court of law where 

his whereabouts be disclosed 

to his/her family 

ensuring their fair trial. 

They said they have 

reported disappearances 

to ministry of interior, 

national commission for 

human rights,Sindh 

human rights commission, 

D.G.Rangers, I.G.Sindh 

and other authorities for 

immediate release of disappeared. 

Road accident 

kills 7, injure 9 

in Gujranwala 

GUJRANWALA: At 

least seven people killed 

and nine others injured in a 

traffic accident on 

Gujranwala Road near 

Nokhar town on 

Monday.According to 

details, a passenger wagon 

bounded from Gujranwala 

to Hafizabad rammed into 

a dumper near Nokhar 

Mandi area here. As a 

result of the incident seven 

persons were killed on the 

spot while nine injured 

seriously. Children and 

women are also among the 

victims. Among the injured 

people, two are believed in 

very 

critical 

condition.Soon after the 

incident, rescue teams of 

1122 reached on the site 

and shifted dead bodies and 

injured to nearby hospitals. 

Staff Reporter 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Movement for Restoration 

of Democracy (MRD) was 

popular uprising in Sindh 

against hanging of 

Z.A.Bhutto. Number of 

arrested political workers of 

almost all parties was so big 

that, in words of Maulana 

Ehtramul Haq Thanvi also a 

prisoner of military court, it 

changed the atmospher of 

jail. This was stated by professor 

Imdad Chandio while 

delivering presidential 

address at condolence reference 

in memory of professor 

Jamal Naqvi,late communist 

leader at Khadna 

Badosh,Sindh Museum here 

CNG and fuel stations. 

These both sit at the very 

face of the Indus highway, 

making it virtually impossible 

for all incoming and 

outgoing vehicles to seek 

refill without the potential 

risk of meeting an accident", 

Dr. Burfat said. 

He also shared with the 

commissioner the nascent 

long standing issue of illegal 

encroachments of the 

varsity lands at diverse 

locations by some powerful 

individuals and some 

land mafia groups, complaining 

as to how entire 

millions worth land strips 

at the campus premises had 

been subjected to unlawful 

occupation. 

The 

real reflections of the insurgency 

in Indian-Occupied 

Kashmir were depicted 

through a theatre play in 

the name of ‘Kashmir 

Banay Ga Pakistan’ at the 

auditorium of Rawalpindi 

Arts Council (RAC). 

The play was written 

and directed by Syed 

Saleem Afandi. It was 

attended by a large number 

of people from twin cities 

from every walk of life. 

The play by the RAC 


National 

highlighted the atrocities 

and injustices the Kashmiri 

Muslims were facing in the 

Indian-Held Kashmir. 

The play was set in a 

Kashmir valley, which 

houses Muslim families 

except a single Hindu family. 

The role of the UN in a 

larger picture was also criticized 

in the play. 

I n t e r n a t i o n a l l y 

acclaimed actors Masud 

Khawaja, Waheed Minhas, 

Sapna Shah, Jhalak Ali, 

Saleem Afandi, Liaqat 

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Insurgency in IH Kashmir 

depicted through play at RAC 

KHAIRPUR: Two M.S 

Seminars were held in the 

Department of Zoology, 

Shah Abdul Latif 

University, Khairpur 

presided over by Prof. Dr. 

Badaruddin Memon, Dean, 

Faculty of Natural 

Sciences. Seminars were 

delivered under the supervision 

of Dr. Hakim Ali 

Sahito and co-supervision 

of Dr. Abdul Manan 

Shaikh. 

Ms. Fozia Soomro delivered 

her seminar on 

“Biological Studies of 

Aenasius Bambawalei 

(Hayat) on Invasive Cotton 

Mealybug, Phenacoccus 

Solenopsis (Tinsley) under 

Laboratory Conditions”. 

She said, the research study 

was carried out under the 

field at Village Chodhahoo, 

Taluka Kot Diji, District 

Khairpur and Laboratory 

conditions at Department of 

Entomology, Shah Abdul 

Latif University, Khairpur. 

She said, the sap sucking 

cotton mealybug of the 

Hamipteran family causing 

severe economic damage to 

extensive range of vegetables 

and agriculture crops. 

The second seminar was 

delivered by Ms. Rukhsana 

on “Feeding Bahaviour of 

Seven Spotted Ladybird 

Beetle, Coccinella 

Septempunctata (L) on 

Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis 

Erysimi (Kalt) under field 

and Laboratory 

Conditions”. She said, the 

research was carried out 

under the field and laboratory 

conditions during Rabi 

season 2015-2016 on six 

Shah, Raja Sattar, Ansar, 

Anjum Abbasi, Shahzad 

Papu and others acted in 

different characters of the 

play. Speaking on the 

occasion Naheed Manzoor 

stressed on the need to portray 

the conflict and what 

was happening in Kashmir 

through theatre and drama. 

Resident Director RAC 

Waqar Ahmed said that the 

story of the play was 

unique in its form and 

structure, making it multidimensional. 

Two M.S seminars held in 

the department of Zoology 

Khairpur: Prof. Dr. Badaruddin Memon, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dr. Abdul 

Manan Shaikh, Dr. Hakim All Sahito and scholars speak during the M.S Seminars held 

in the Department of Zoology, Shah Abdul Latif University. 

last night. He said they 

were holding study circles 

and open kutcheries in jails 

on weekly basis. Imdad 

Chandio was then chairman 

of Democratic Students 

Federation (student wing of 

Communist Party Pakistan) 

Talking about Jamal Naqvi 

he said Jamal passed jail 

sufferings with bravery and 

never exhibited his weakness. 

Imdad Chandio said 

he thinks that those political 

workers who were prosecuted 

for treason were more 

loyal to Pakistan than contractors 

of Pakistan’s security. 

Others who spoke on the 

occasion included professor 

Jaffar Ahmed, advocate 

"I have joined SU with a 

vision and commitment; I 

have fallen in love with the 

varsity. It has now become 

my most passionate pursuit- 

I do not mind working 

Sundays", he said and 

added that all he wanted 

was to implement onepoint 

agenda, which was to 

elevate the university in all 

terms. 

C o m m i s s i o n e r 

Hyderabad Saeed Ahmed 

Mangnejo on the occasion 

assured the vice chancellor 

his fullest support and 

cooperation to redress the 

indicated issues and said 

that the University of Sindh 

was his mother institution. 

It is our spiritual and 

Shabbir Shar,Jam 

Saqi,Zahida Hina, Mahesh 

Kumar, daughter of Jamal 

Naqvi,Sohail Sangi, Dr.Riaz 

and others. They termed 

books of Naqvi as scientific 

instead of communist ideology 

adding that his writing 

need revisit. They said his 

book was not denial on 

communism but criticism 

on CPP. They said after dissolution 

of Soviet Union 

many party workers turned 

as nationalists, religious and 

others to mysticism. They 

said it was right of every 

one to change his ideas. 

Imdad Chandio said ideology 

is like river that continues 

to change cours. 

academic mother. If something 

wrong happens to my 

mother: I will not sit idle. 

Hence I assure that I will 

extend my all-out support 

in clearing varsity lands 

from encroachers, constructing 

service roads and 

pedestrian overhead 

bridges and re-locating its 

CNG and fuel station at 

more appropriate point, he 

said. 

C o m m i s s i o n e r 

Mangnejo eulogized Dr. 

Burfat's concerted efforts 

towards betterment of 

quality of education and 

his all-time concern for 

the safety and security of 

university students, faculty, 

officers, employees, 

cultivated varieties of mustard 

crop. The results indicated 

that sucking insect 

pest appeared from seeding 

up to harvest of the crop. 

Prof. Dr. Badaruddin 

Memon in his presidential 

address said, both research 

scholars conducted their 

research on befitting manner. 

I hope that their research 

will pave the way for new 

researchers in future. 

Dr. Abdul Manan 

Shaikh, Chairman, 

Department of Zoology and 

Dr. Hakim Ali Sahito also 

spoke on this occasion and 

commended the research 

work presented by the 

scholars. Dr. Wahid Bux 

Jatoi, Dr. Javed Ujjan and 

large number of scholars 

and students attended the 

seminars. 

COMRADE JAMAL NAQVI PAID TRIBUTES 

MRD was popular uprising in Sindh: Imdad Chandio 

Disintegration is part of live, 

he added. He said no success 

or failure is for ever. 

The world of thoughts continue 

to be changed because 

all ideologies and systems 

are made for welfare of people. 

Giving example he said 

many advocates of democracies 

when get power they 

deprive people of their democratic 

rights. Chandio said 

agencies men asked him “ 

why are you talking of 

revenge. To which he 

answered revenge of 

Bhutto’s hanging”. 

Remembering Jamal Naqvi, 

he said his treatment with 

him and other party workers 

was fatherly. 

SU Vice Chancellor calls on Commissioner Hyderabad, 

discusses important varsity related maters 

families and Jamshoro 

community. 

"I am glad to know Dr. 

Burfat is worried about 

these vital issues. I am also 

pleased to know he has 

established a special cell at 

campus to compete spadework 

for grant of ISO certification", 

he maintained. 

He further said that he 

was sanguine the varsity 

will soon attain loftily 

heights under its able 

administration. 

SU extends form submission 

date for college 

side examinations 

JAMSHORO: The 

Controller 

of 

Examinations, University 

of Sindh, Jamshoro has 

announced for information 

to all concerned candidates 

that last date to fill-in 

examination forms for 

appearing in M.A./ 

M.Sc/M. Com (Previous 

and Final) postgraduate 

classes (college side) annual 

examinations 2016 has 

been extended up to 

August 23, 2017 with late 

fees of Rs. 5000/-.

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Punjab, KP teams cooperating to counter 

dengue outbreak: Shahram Khan 

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

WORLD Day to reduce and end tuberculosis, 

a highly contagious disease transferable 

from human breath to other humans, 

falls on 24 March each year. World has around 10 million 

TB patients. Nearly 2 million die each year of TB 

disease. Between 2000 and 2015, tuberculosis (TB) 

prevention, diagnosis and treatment saved 43 million 

lives. The TB mortality rate has fallen by nearly half. 

The United Nations Millennium Development Goal 

(MDG) target of reversing TB incidence has been 

achieved, or otherwise many more millions would 

have been afflicted. The fight is only half won. This 

year alone, TB may endanger over 10 million men, 

women and children, and one fifth of these people may 

lose their lives. 

PAKISTAN has around 200 million people living 

in an area of 803,490 square kilometres. While around 

7,000 people are disabled due to leprosy, every year 

tuberculosis causes approximately 70,000 deaths and 

around 270,000 people per year fall sick of the disease. 

Pakistan ranked sixth among the 22 high tuberculosis 

affected countries, and had 43 percent share of its 

patients in the Eastern-Mediterranean region of World 

Health Organisation (WHO). Pakistan has one of the 

lowest health budgets in the world and has done little 

to combat this lethal and easily communicable disease. 

Therefore, Pakistan's federal and provincial governments 

are appealed to "do more", allocate just not a 

rupee or two out of a 100 rupees budget, but increase 

its health budget gradually from single digit to double 

digit. Islamabad and provincial capital cities must set 

up more government clinics and hospitals, fund more 

for medical universities and research, develop further 

cures and production factories on national and joint 

venture levels, increase its scant medical doctors, nurses 

and paramedical staff for curing ever larger and 

increasing numbers of patients without any medical 

help, specially in rural areas. Patients, including 

women and children with lesser physical strength or 

defense mechanism are dying without help. 

LEADERS have a duty not just to visit Pakistani citizens 

once every election year and disappear until next 

elections, put the money into their pockets, and let the 

patients die from contagious diseases including TB. 

SUGGESTIONS for total victory over TB will 

require a united front. Ending the epidemic requires 

actions beyond ministries of health alone. As the World 

Health Organization End TB Strategy emphasizes, 

departments responsible for labour, justice, social welfare, 

science and technology, internal affairs and migration 

can all make a difference. We must also do more 

to engage affected persons and communities, as well as 

non-governmental organizations, researchers and the 

private sector. The task ahead is daunting. Drug-resistant 

TB poses a major global health risk. We need new 

tests to rapidly diagnose people with TB; earlier, safer, 

easier and shorter treatment for infection and disease; 

and effective new vaccines. We need to eliminate stigma 

and ensure all affected people have access to care. 

By Noah Smith 

In response to US President Donald Trump’s 

moves to curb immigration, economists and pundits 

have spilt a lot of ink on the topic of whether 

immigration hurts the native-born. We’ve reminded 

the public that the vast bulk of evidence shows that 

immigrants don’t drive down wages for the nativeborn, 

and that immigrants — especially skilled ones 

— make a positive fiscal contribution and integrate 

rapidly into American culture. We’ve pointed out that 

undocumented immigration has gone into reverse during 

the past decade, and that the immigrants that are 

currently coming to the US tend to be much more 

highly educated than earlier waves. All these things 

show that immigration is clearly not a danger to 

native-born Americans. 

But one thing relatively few do is to make a positive 

economic case for immigration. Immigrants aren’t 

a danger, but are they an economic necessity? That’s 

an important question to ask, because legal immigration 

to the US has slowed down. The answer is that the 

US probably does need to keep immigrants coming to 

maintain its prosperity. 

The standard economic case for immigration is 

based on population ageing. US fertility rates are below 

replacement level, and the native-born population is 

ageing steadily. That means that if native-born 

Americans are going to retire comfortably, the country 

needs immigrants, especially those with skills. Taxes 

paid by immigrants help support health care and social 

services for native-born Americans. Immigrants 

increase the pool of buyers for houses and stocks 

owned by old people. This saves many of the nativeborn 

from struggling in their golden years. 

A second case relies on the innovation and entrepreneurship 

that immigrants generate. Newcomers to the 

US tend to be highly entrepreneurial — something we 

sorely need in a time when the country is creating fewer 

start-up businesses. Skilled immigrants also tend to be 

highly innovative, especially when paired with other 

EDITORIAL 

Millions suffer, die from TB: Govts 

must "do more" for national health 

OPINION 

And we need to be ready to keep people healthy in the 

face of complex emergencies and unprecedented 

movements of refugees and migrants worldwide. 

Leaders across government, civil society and the private 

sector can unite to end tuberculosis. Together we 

can win the fight and end the TB epidemic by 2030. 

The theme of this year’s World TB Day is: "Unite to 

End TB" 

DANGEROUS situation of communicability of this 

contagioius disease is quite alarming in Pakistan. 

General negligence of patients aside for their own treatment, 

carelessness of near and dear ones around them, 

for lack of knowledge, is pathetic: They're in danger of 

catching TB due to their lack of awareness that can be 

increased through various concerned and national 

departments as well as a more effective public awareness 

medium which is media itself. Tuberculosis (TB) 

is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) 

that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable 

and preventable. TB is spread from person to person 

through the air. When people with lung TB cough, 

sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A 

person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to 

become infected. About one-third of the world's population 

has latent TB, which means people have been 

infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with the disease 

and cannot transmit the disease. When a person 

develops active TB disease, the symptoms (cough, 

fever, night sweats, weight loss etc.) may be mild for 

many months. This can lead to delays in seeking care, 

and results in transmission of the bacteria to others. 

People with active TB can infect 10-15 other people 

through close contact over the course of a year. Without 

proper treatment, 45% of HIV-negative people with TB 

on average and nearly all HIV-positive people with TB 

will die. Tuberculosis mostly affects adults in their 

most productive years. However, all age groups are at 

risk. Over 95% of cases and deaths are in developing 

countries. One million children (0-14 years) fell ill with 

TB, and 140 000 children died from the disease in 

2014. Common symptoms of active lung TB are cough 

with sputum and blood at times, chest pains, weakness, 

weight loss, fever and night sweats. Many countries 

still rely on a long-used method called sputum 

smear microscopy to diagnose TB. Trained laboratory 

technicians look at sputum samples under a microscope 

to see if TB bacteria are present. With 3 such 

tests, diagnosis can be made within a day, but this test 

does not detect numerous cases of less infectious 

forms of TB. TB is a treatable and curable disease. 

Active, drug-susceptible TB disease is treated with a 

standard 6 month course of 4 antimicrobial drugs that 

are provided with information, supervision and support 

to the patient by a health worker or trained volunteer. 

Without such support, treatment adherence 

can be difficult and the disease can spread. The vast 

majority of TB cases can be cured when medicines 

are provided and taken properly. 

America is incomplete without immigrants 

Unless the US population continues to grow, particularly with skilled, 

highly productive workers, it could find itself slowly regressing 

smart and talented workers; this is one reason skilled 

immigrants raise the wages of their native-born counterparts. 

These cases are both true enough. But the US economy 

could certainly trudge on without immigrants — it 

would be a slightly poorer place, and old people would 

have to scrimp and save more. Is there a really 

inescapable economic reason why immigrants are so 

essential to the country’s economic future? There might 

be. That reason is agglomeration — the tendency of 

economic activity to cluster in highly productive cities. 

Why do cities even exist? Why isn’t economic 

activity spread out, with factories dotting the landscape 

and corporate headquarters in sleepy suburbs? One key 

reason is that businesses need to be near their customers, 

while customers — who are also workers — 

need to live near their employers. This basic principle 

was key to the theories of Nobel Prize-winning economist 

Paul Krugman. Krugman’s idea is surprisingly 

powerful, and can explain many features of how countries 

— and even the entire world — develop. 

Cities’ innovative potential 

There’s a second reason cities are so crucial to a 

nation’s productivity. When knowledge workers — 

engineers, designers, managers and other creative folks 

— live near each other, ideas tend to flow freely 

between them, increasing innovation and progress. 

Companies that rely on these workers can also take 

advantage of having a lot of them in a small area — an 

effect known as a thick market. The innovative potential 

of cities is especially key to the modern knowledge 

economy. This is why immigrants are so vital. With a 

growing population, agglomeration effects work their 

magic. With a steady influx of new people, new businesses 

form to take advantage of local labour and local 

demand, while creating high-value products to sell to 

the rest of the world. But when population shrinks, the 

virtuous cycle can become a vicious one — businesses 

don’t want to invest in a place where the labour supply 

and the demand for their products are going to shrink. 

PESHAWAR: Dengue patients rests next to relatives inside a mosquito tent in a hospital. 

Despite claims of the KP health bosses to have adopted adequate measures to 

bring the deadly dengue virus under control on emergent basis, the dengue fever continues 

to ring the alarm bells as the number of dengue affectees crossed the nine hundred 

figure in the provincial metropolis. 

PESHAWAR: Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa (KP) health 

minister Shahram Tarakai 

has said on Monday that 

there was a misunderstanding 

between Punjab’s health 

team and that of KP however, 

both the authorities are 

now working towards elimination 

of dengue in the 

province. 

In a press talk, the 

provincial minister said that 

he along with chief minister 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Education mafia in Punjab 

province not only thrashing 

“Educational Institutes 

Food Standard Regulations 

2017” by Punjab Food 

Authority (PFA) into air 

but also barred inspection 

teams from entering into 

institutes. 

The regulation was 

brought into force regarding 

prohibition of carbonated 

and energy drinks in 

educational institutes 

across the province by PFA 

earlier this year. 

Divisional Public 

School running under district 

government and other 

government & private educational 

institutes while 

stopping PFA teams at 

gates vanished the material 

from tuck shops. 

According to news, 

inspection team went to 

Divisional Public School 

located in Shamsabad area 

of Rawalpindi where security 

staff kept them 

stopped at gate for almost 

20 minutes and they were 

allowed to visit schools 

after submitting their 

National Identity Cards at 

the gate. 

During the gap, school 

Education mafia barred 

inspection teams’ entry in schools 

A.Ghaffar Mahar 

KHAIRPUR: Khairpur 

police killed six notorious 

criminals, 17 injured criminal 

were arrested in 140 

encounters during a year. 

Briefing the media man 

regarding yearly progress on 

Monday, SSP Khairpur 

Ghulam Azafar told that in 

encounters with criminals 

and raids at different places 

district police arrested 502 

notorious criminals including 

two awarded money 

criminals and 70 accomplished 

of criminals. 

He said police raided at 

different places and arrested 

2196 proclaimed offenders, 

1662 absconder criminals 

and 13 people whose we’re 

administration disappeared 

all carbonated and energy 

drinks from canteen, 

though, during the inspection 

substandard cooking 

oil and ketchup recovered 

from canteen. 

The inspection team 

fined Rs. 5000 to the 

school administration and 

issued warning also. 

Same happened when 

the team visited Beacon 

House Public School near 

Arshi Masjid area of district 

Rawalpindi, after 

waiting long only deputy 

director has been allowed 

to enter school. 

One-year performance: Khairpur police 

kill six criminals in encounters 

Staff Reporter 

BADIN: The “Laar 

Education Emergency 

Camp” erected in Badin district 

amid to stress over the 

Government concerned 

authorities and demanding 

the re-opening of all closed 

schools of Badin and put 

their efforts for quality education 

to the kids of the people 

of Badin. 

The large number of the 

youths hailing from different 

towns and cities of the 

district gathered at the erected 

camps led by Mukesh 

Meghwar, Advocate Ram 

Kolhi, Kawish Latif Jokhio, 

Mohan Meghwar, Ghulam 

providing protection to 

criminals. SSP Told that 

police also recovered 14 

K.Ks 18 rifles, 121 shot 

guns, 409 pistols, 21 

revolvers and big quantity of 

rounds and cartridges from 

arrested criminals. 

He further told that police 

also recovered 169 kilo 

grams and 283 grams of 

Chars, 9700 liters of alcohol, 

2411 Kgs Bhang and 680 

pockets of Gutka (Pan 

Prague) recovered from 

arrested out laws during a 

year. 

Ghulam Azafar Mahesar 

told that police raided on 

various places and recovered 

6 cars, 55 motor cycles 

which were stolen from different 

places. 

SSP told 75 open 

Kachhries were held in different 

cities of 8 taluks of 

district and listen the problems 

of people and issued 

directions for redresses 

while 11397 complaint were 

received in SSP office in 

which 9887 applications 

were disposed off during last 

12 months, while action on 

remained 1510 applications 

are under process. 

He said that nobody can 

allow taking law in hand and 

law and order situation of 

district is now better as past. 

He said that security has 

been tightened snap and surprised 

checking is running 

in the district. 

TEH leader Umer Adil Dar 

shifted to central jail Srinagar 

SRINAGAR: The illegally 

detained Tehreek-e- 

Hurriyat leader, Umer 

Adil Dar was shifted to 

Central Jail, Srinagar, 

from Nowgam Police 

Station, today. 

According to KMS, 

Umer Adil Dar was arrested 

by police on August 14 

from his residence in 

Srinagar and was detained 

at Nowgam Police 

Station. 

Rasool Soomro, Karim 

Soomro and others 

expressed their grave concerns 

over the falling down 

standard of the education in 

Badin. 

The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat 

spokesman in a statement 

in Srinagar while condemning 

the illegal detention 

of Umar Adil Dar 

expressed concern over 

his deteriorating health. 

While talking with 

local media representatives 

of the youths alleged 

that more than 56pc children 

of the district are yet 

not registered in the 

of KP Pervez Khattak was 

monitoring the teams and 

workings of the anti-dengue 

campaign. 

He urged the locals to 

cooperate with the teams for 

elimination of the fatal disease. 

He said that the team 

of Punjab medics would 

cooperate with the provincial 

authorities and dengue 

teams and that he has conversed 

with Punjab chief 

minister as well over the 

issue. 

Announcement would be 

done in different localities 

using loud speakers in 

mosques, he said. 

The minister asserted that 

some 227 patients have been 

discharged so far and are 

healthy now. On the other 

hand, Punjab team has set up 

its second camp in Safaid 

Dhairi where more dengue 

cases have surfaced. 

Reportedly, the team 

have checked around 200 

persons in Safaid Dhairi 

since August 20 night and 

five were tested positive for 

the disease. 

However, locals have 

complained that the district 

administration has attempted 

to hinder operations of 

the mobile team dispatched 

by Punjab government. 

AIOU declares 

final results of 

Intermediate 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) on Monday 

declared the final results of 

intermediate (F.A) program 

Semester Autumn, 

2016. 

According to Controller 

Exams, results of B.Ed and 

BA programs will also be 

announced this week. 

All these results have 

been placed at the 

University’s official website, 

besides sending formal 

intimation cards to the 

students at their postal 

address. 

The results’ declaration 

is almost ahead of schedule 

and prior to closing of 

admissions’ date for the 

autumn semester 2017. 

The last date for the ongoing 

admissions is 

September 5. 

Medical university to 

be constructed in RWP 

LAHORE: Medical universities 

have been 

approved for three districts 

including Rawalpindi in 

Punjab. 

According to media 

reports, standing committee 

of Punjab Assembly on 

health has approved the bills 

2017 for construction of 

three medical universities 

including the Faisalabad 

medical university, the 

Rawalpindi medical university 

and the Nishtar medical 

university in three respective 

cities. Age limit for appointment 

of vice chancellor has 

been set 65 years . 

Punjab Assembly standing 

committee meeting was 

held under Chairman Nishat 

Ahmad. 

Discussions were made 

for approval of bills for construction 

of medical universities 

at which opposition 

and other members 

expressed reservations upon 

age limit of vice chancellors. 

Laar Education Emergency camps erects at Badin 

schools as according to 

them they are school outgoing 

children when 565 

primary and middle 

schools are closed or nonfunctional 

in the district.

Ten sailors missing after US warship, 

tanker collide near Singapore 

B 

SINGAPORE: Ten 

sailors are missing after a 

U.S. warship collided with 

an oil tanker east of 

Singapore before dawn on 

Monday, tearing a hole 

beneath the waterline and 

flooding compartments that 

include a crew sleeping 

area, the U.S. Navy said. 

The collision between 

the guided-missile destroyer 

USS John S. McCain and 

the tanker Alnic MC was 

the second involving a U.S. 

Navy destroyer and a merchant 

vessels in Asian 

waters in little more than 

two months. 

The ships collided while 

the U.S. warship was heading 

to Singapore for a routine 

port call, the Navy said 

in a statement. 

"Initial reports indicate 

John S. McCain sustained 

damage to her port side aft," 

the Navy said. "There are 

currently 10 sailors missing 

and five injured." 

The destroyer had made 

its way to Singapore's 

Changi Naval Base by 

Monday afternoon under its 

own power. 

Significant damage to 

the hull had resulted in 

HELSINKI: Police in 

Finland on Monday 

requested that five 

Moroccan men be held in 

pre-trial detention following 

their arrest after a knife 

attack in the city of Turku 

killed two and injured eight. 

The suspected knifeman, 

an 18-year-old Moroccan 

asylum seeker named as 

Abderrahman Mechkah, 

was shot in the leg and 

arrested on Friday as people 

were stabbed in the city on 

Finland's Baltic coast, 160 

km (100 miles) west of 

flooding to compartments, 

including crew berthing, 

machinery, and communications 

rooms, the Navy 

said, but crew members 

were able to stop the flooding. 

Four of the injured were 

taken by helicopter to hospital 

in Singapore with nonlife 

threatening injuries. 

The fifth needed no further 

treatment. 

The USS John S. 

McCain's sister ship, the 

USS Fitzgerald, almost 

Helsinki. 

Police suspect it is the 

country's first terrorismrelated 

attack. 

Mechkah will appear in 

court on Tuesday via video 

link from hospital. The 

National Bureau of 

Investigation said it was 

requesting that he be 

detained pending investigation 

"for two murders with 

terrorist intent and eight 

attempted murders with terrorist 

intent". 

Four other Moroccans, 

who deny involvement, are 

sank off the coast of Japan 

after it was struck by a 

Philippine container ship on 

June 17. The bodies of 

seven USS Fitzgerald 

sailors were found in a 

flooded berthing area. 

Collisions between warships 

and other large vessels 

are extremely rare, with 

naval historians going back 

more than 50 years to find a 

similar incident. 

A search-and-rescue 

mission was under way for 

the sailors missing from the 

suspected of participation in 

the attacks and will also be 

present at the hearing on 

Tuesday at 0800 GMT, 

police said. 

USS John S. McCain 

involving Singaporean 

ships, helicopters and tugs, 

as well as U.S. Navy aircraft. 

Reuters video footage 

from the Singapore Strait 

showed an area of impact 

about 6 meters (20 ft) wide 

in the John S. McCain's 

port side. 

A crew member on the 

Alnic MC told Reuters by 

telephone there was no oil 

spill from the Liberianflagged, 

183 meter-long 

Finnish police request detention of 

five suspects over knife attack 

France ditches plans to give Macron's 

wife paid role after backlash 

PARIS: The office of 

President Emmanuel 

Macron rowed back on 

Monday from plans to give 

his wife Brigitte Macron a 

formal, paid role, after a public 

backlash which threatened 

to undermine his broader 

agenda of change and 

modernization. 

In a statement, the presidency 

said Brigitte Macron 

would carry out "certain 

tasks" on behalf of the state, 

but would not get a salary, 

budget or separate office, 

instead working out of the 

Elysee Palace. 

More than 220,000 people 

signed a petition against 

MARSEILLE, France: 

At least one person was 

killed and another injured 

in Marseille on Monday 

when a van crashed into 

two bus shelters in different 

parts of the French city, 

police said, in an incident 

not being treated as terrorism 

at this stage. 

Police advised the public 

to avoid the Old Port 

area where the driver, a 35- 

year-old man, was arrested. 

A source close to the 

investigation told Reuters 

the suspect was known to 

police for minor crimes 

and had psychological 

issues. France's counterterrorism 

prosecutor said it 

had not taken up the case 

at this stage. 

"The arrest was made in 

a surprisingly calm fashion, 

no gunshots were 

exchanged," David 

the initial plans for her position, 

accusing President 

Macron of nepotism. 

Unlike the U.S. First 

Lady, the wife of the French 

president does not have a formal 

role, although they are 

often informal champions 

for charitable causes. 

Past French presidential 

wives have had small teams 

working for them at the 

Elysee, but did not receive a 

salary. 

Nevertheless, previous 

arrangements concerning 

perks for the wives, or partners, 

of French presidents 

had lacked transparency, 

which President Macron had 

sought to challenge. 

While the official role of 

his wife was one of Macron's 

lesser priorities, the fact that 

he has had to scale back on 

this particular plan marks 

another setback for him. 

Macron has steadily lost 

ground in popularity ratings 

in the last month, after tough 

debates in parliament over 

his labor reform and public 

ethics law, a dispute with the 

military and cuts to housing 

assistance. 

Mechkah arrived in 

Finland in 2016 and lived 

in an immigration center in 

Turku, according to the 

Red Cross. 

Britain confident of 

moving onto second 

phase of Brexit talks 

LONDON: Britain is 

confident its Brexit talks 

with the European Union 

are making sufficient 

progress to move to a second 

phase in the negotiations 

to discuss its future 

partnership by October, a 

spokeswoman for Prime 

Minister Theresa May said 

on Monday. 

She also told reporters 

the government was considering 

a "number of 

precedents" in its proposals 

on how to resolve any 

future disputes after 

Britain leaves the jurisdiction 

of the European Court 

of Justice in March 2019. 

"We are confident that 

we will have made sufficient 

progress by October 

to be able to advance talks 

to the next phase," she 

said. "That's our aim and 

we are confident that we 

are working at pace and 

will be able to get to that 

point ... The prime minister's 

view is that both sides 

need to demonstrate a 

dynamic and flexible 

approach to each round of 

the negotiations." 

(600 ft) tanker, which was 

carrying almost 12,000 

tonnes of fuel oil from 

Taiwan to discharge in 

Singapore. 

"We have not discharged 

the tanker yet," said the 

crew member, who asked 

not to be identified. 

"We are proceeding to 

Raffles Reserved 

Anchorage, where the owners 

will investigate the matter. 

There was some damage 

to the valve but no oil 

spill." 

Stealth Maritime 

Corporation, the Greecebased 

owner of the tanker, 

said the vessel was moving 

to safe anchorage for 

assessment. Reuters later 

saw the Alnic MC anchored 

off Singapore. 

Singapore's Maritime 

and Port Authority (MPA) 

said no injuries were reported 

on the Alnic, which suffered 

some damage above 

the waterline. 

"There is no report of 

oil pollution and traffic in 

the Singapore Strait is 

unaffected," the MPA said, 

adding that the collision 

happened in Singaporean 

territorial waters. 

Initial NAFTA talks 

conclude amid signs 

schedule could slip 

WASHINGTON : The 

United States, Canada 

and Mexico wrapped up 

their first round of talks 

on Sunday to revamp the 

NAFTA trade pact, vowing 

to keep up a blistering 

pace of negotiations that 

some involved in the 

process said may be too 

fast to bridge deep differences. 

In a joint statement 

issued at the end of five 

days of negotiations in 

Washington, the top trade 

officials from the three 

countries said Mexico 

would host the next round 

of talks from Sept. 1 to 5. 

The talks will move to 

Canada later in 

September, then return to 

the United States in 

October, with additional 

rounds planned for later 

this year, U.S. Trade 

Representative Robert 

Lighthizer, Mexican 

Economy Minister 

Ildefonso Guajardo and 

Canadian Foreign 

Minister Chrystia 

Freeland said. 

WASHINGTON: It will 

be President Donald Trump's 

turn on Monday to address a 

problem that vexed his two 

predecessors when he details 

his strategy for the war in 

Afghanistan, America's 

longest military conflict. 

In a prime-time speech to 

the nation, Trump may 

announce a modest increase 

in U.S. troops, as recommended 

by his senior advisers. 

Trump has long been 

skeptical of the U.S. 

approach in the region, where 

the Afghan war is in its 16th 

year. 

He announced a strategic 

review soon after taking 

office in January and has privately 

questioned whether 

O L L Y W O O D : 

Priyanka Chopra is a wellknown 

actor now, both 

nationally and internationally. 

After securing her own 

American TV show and a 

big-time movie offer, the 

Baywatch star has constantly 

been globe trotting for 

work. 

Priyanka Chopra’s latest 

tweet makes Indians furious 

The former Miss World 

seems to be dealing with jet 

lag in her own way. She has 

been constantly travelling 

between countries for her 

work, reports Business of 

Cinema. 

After Baywatch, she 

started shooting for her 

Hollywood cameo role in 

Isn’t It Romantic which 

stars actors Liam 

Hemsworth, Rebel Wilson, 

and Adam Levine. 

Chopra recently shared a 

very mysterious message 

that has left us bemused. 

We wonder what is 

keeping the star up all 

night? Is it really jet lag or 

the thoughts of someone 

special? You decide. 

I love Priyanka Chopra: 

Dwayne Johnson 

Chopra is back in India 

for a two-week visit where 

she will work on her projects 

within the Indian film 

industry. It has been 

rumoured that the Bajirao 

Mastani actor will be joining 

hands with Sanjay 


International 

Leela Bhansali for 

Gustakhiyan. 

She is set to appear in A 

Kid Like Jake, an upcoming 

American drama film 

5 

Priyanka Chopra's sleepless 

nights are making fans wonder 

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: 

China's Great Wall Motor 

Co Ltd is interested in bidding 

for Fiat Chrysler 

Automobiles (FCA), a 

company official said on 

Monday, confirming 

reports it is pursuing all or 

part of the owner of the 

Jeep and Ram truck brands. 

There has been speculation 

over Chinese interest 

in FCA since Automotive 

News reported last week 

that an unidentified "wellknown 

Chinese automaker" 

made an offer earlier this 

month, triggering a jump in 

FCA's Milan-listed shares. 

"With respect to this 

case, we currently have an 

intention to acquire. We are 

interested in (FCA)," an 

official at Great Wall 

Motor's press relations 

department told Reuters by 

starring Jim Parsons alongside 

Chopra. 

Have something to add 

to the story? Share it in the 

comments below. 

China's Great Wall confirms 

interest in Fiat Chrysler 

SALMON, Idaho/MUR- 

PHY, N.C.: Millions of 

Americans armed with protective 

glasses are taking 

positions along a slender 

ribbon of land cutting diagonally 

across the United 

States to marvel at the first 

total solar eclipse to unfold 

from coast to coast in nearly 

a century. 

After weeks of anticipation, 

the sight of the moon's 

shadow passing directly in 

front of the sun, blotting out 

all but the halo-like solar 

corona, will draw one of the 

largest audiences in human 

history, experts say. 

When those watching via 

social and broadcast media 

are included, the spectacle 

phone. He declined to give 

his name and gave no further 

details. 

FCA Chief Executive 

Sergio Marchionne is 

seeking a partner or buyer 

for the world's seventhlargest 

automaker to help 

it manage rising costs, 

comply with emissions 

regulations and develop 

technology for electric and 

self-driving cars. 

Millions of Americans await 

awe-inspiring total solar eclipse 

sending more troops was 

wise, U.S. officials said. 

"We're not winning," he 

told advisers in a mid-July 

meeting, questioning 

whether Army General John 

Nicholson, the top U.S. commander 

in Afghanistan, 

should be fired, an official 

said. Trump, who on Sunday 

ended a two-week working 

vacation at his Bedminster, 

New Jersey, golf club, 

reached his decision on 

Afghanistan after lengthy 

talks with his top military and 

national security aides at 

Camp David, Maryland, on 

Friday. 

A White House statement 

will likely smash records. 

Some 12 million people 

live in the 70-mile-wide 

(113-km-wide), 2,500- 

mile-long (4,000-km-long) 

zone where the total 

eclipse will appear on 

Monday. Millions of others 

have traveled to spots 

along the route to bask in 

its full glory. 

Trump to present vision for US strategy in Afghanistan war 

Reverdy, of the Alliance 

police union in Marseille, 

told BFM TV. 

The driver first hit a bus 

shelter around 8:15 a.m. 

(0615 GMT) in the poorer 

northern part of the city, 

before ramming into a second 

one an hour later, several 

kilometers (miles) to 

the south. 

"The distance traveled 

by the driver suggests a 

certain determination," 

Reverdy said. 

"But we can ask ourselves: 

why these places? 

If one wanted to cause carnage, 

other places in 

Marseille, at another time 

of day, would have been 

more logical," he said. 

The incident comes as 

Spanish police hunt for a 

22-year-old suspect they 

believe was behind the 

wheel of a van that plowed 

through crowds in 

on Sunday said Trump would 

"provide an update on the 

path forward for America's 

engagement in Afghanistan 

and South Asia." A senior 

administration official said 

the likeliest outcome was that 

Trump would agree to a 

modest increase in U.S. 

troops. Current U.S. troop 

numbers are about 8,400. 

The United States invaded 

Afghanistan in October 

2001 after the Sept. 11 

attacks on New York and 

Washington, and overthrew 

the Islamist Taliban government. 

But U.S. forces have 

remained bogged down there 

through the presidencies of 

George W. Bush, Barack 

Obama and now Trump. 

Vehicle ramming kills one in Marseille, no terrorist motive seen 

Barcelona on Thursday, 

killing 13. 

France has been under a 

state of emergency since 

Islamist militants killed 

130 people in and around 

Paris in November 2015. 

Another 86 people were 

killed in an attack in Nice 

in July last year, when a 

Tunisian man drove a 

truck along the seafront 

boulevard, mowing down 

Bastille Day revelers.

6 


Biz 

Automobile yield on 

growth path, car production 

increases 5.39% in one year 

ISLAMABAD: With 

5.39 percent spread in production 

of jeeps and cars 

and 20.74 percent in 

motorcycles, the country’s 

total automobiles output 

witnessed impressive 

growth during the fiscal 

year 2016-17. 

As many as 190,466 

jeeps and cars were manufactured 

during the period 

from July-June (2016-17) 

compared to the production 

of 180,717 during July-May 

(2015-16), according to 

Pakistan Bureau of 

Statistics (PBS). 

The production of motorcycles 

during the fiscal year 

under review also increased 

by 20.74 percent as it witnessed 

positive growth from 

2,071,123 units in FY2016 

to 2,500,650 units in 

FY2017. 

The production of tractors 

also increased from 

34,814 units to 53,975 units, 

showing increase of 54.59 

percent while the output of 

trucks increased from 5,666 

units to 7,712 units, an 

increase of 36.11 percent. 

According to the data, 

the production of buses 

ISLAMABAD: President 

Pakistan Businessmen and 

Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), 

President AKIA, Senior 

Vice-Chairman of the 

Businessmen Panel of 

FPCCI and former provincial 

minister Mian Zahid 

Hussain on Monday said the 

business community supports 

the decision of the government 

to provide clean 

fuel to the people of the farflung 

area at an affordable 

price. 

The decision will 

improve the health of 

mothers who use dirty fuel 

and will reduce deforestation 

which will be good for 

the environment, it said. In 

a statement issued here, 

Mian Zahid Hussain said 

only twenty percent households 

are linked to piped 

network to use natural gas 

increased by 4.49 percent 

during the year under 

review by going up from the 

production of 1,070 units to 

1,118 units. 

However, the production 

of light commercial vehicles 

(LCVs) witnessed negative 

growth of 32 percent by 

declining from 35,836 units 

to 24,265 units. 

Meanwhile, on year-onyear 

basis, the production of 

motorcycles increased by 

9.04 percent by going up 

from output of 187,825 

units in June 2016 to 

204,804 units in June 2017 

Business community supports decision 

to provide clean fuel in villages 

KARACHI: Chairman 

Businessmen and Former President 

Karachi Chamber Siraj Kassam Teli and 

President KCCI Shamim Ahmed Firpo 

have expressed deep concerns and worries 

over the sudden rise in incidents 

pertaining to law and order situation in 

Karachi where people are fearlessly 

being looted, banks are being robbed, 

policemen are being targeted, vehicles 

are being snatched or stolen, and tortured 

dead-bodies are found from different 

localities from time to time. 

In a joint statement, Siraj Kassam 

Teli and Shamim Ahmed Firpo, while 

referring to Karachi Operation initiated 

while around 1.5 million 

people rely on LPG while 

the rest use wood and different 

dirty fuels for cooking 

and heating. 

The absence of clean 

and affordable fuel in 

remote areas has resulted 

in the highest level of 

deforestation in Asia 

which must be constrained 

through such 

moves. 

SPFC invites business community 

to invest in forestry sector 

KARACHI: Governor 

State Bank of Pakistan 

Tariq Bajwa along with 

Deputy Governor, MD 

PBS, Executive Directors 

will be meeting with the 

leaders of the business 

community, corporate 

sector, leading industrialist, 

exporters and president 

of the commercial 

banks on 23rd August, 

2017 at 11:00am. 

The meeting has been 

organized by Zubair F. 

Tufail, President FPCCI 

ISLAMABAD: The 

South Punjab Forest 

Company (SPFC) has invited 

the business community 

to explore investment 

opportunities in forestry 

sector in south Punjab, that 

offered one of the highest 

returns to the prospective 

investors. 

Khan, 

This was said by Hafiz 

Muhammad Owais, 

Director (Operations) SPFC 

while giving a detailed presentation 

on investment 

opportunities in afforestation 

in South Punjab.He said 

Punjab Government has earmarked 

over 99,000 acres of 

land for afforestation and 

range management in 5 districts 

of Punjab i.e. 

Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar 

Rajanpur, 

Muzaffargarh and D.G. 

Khan. He said SPFC would 

support the investors in 

obtaining sanctioned canal 

water from the Irrigation 

Department. He said the 

investment in this sector 

would curb deforestation in 

Punjab and promote sustainable 

economic development 

of the country. He said business 

community should take 

full advantage of these 

lucrative investment opportunities 

by investing in 

forestry sector and thus contribute 

to promote the cause 

of grow green to earn green. 

SBP governor visits FPCCI 

& Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, 

Chairman FPCCI standing 

committee on banking 

credit and finance to 

discuss the issues of 

business community specially 

their relations with 

the banks. 

This is in line with the 

tradition of the apex 

body of trade & industry 

of Pakistan to interact 

with the SBP governor 

and presidents of the 

banks of Pakistan to 

overview the fiscal and 

monitory policies, economic 

growth, credit 

expansion and performance 

of the manufacturing, 

service and other 

sectors of our economy. 

in September 2013, stated that the 

Business and Industrial community was 

fairly convinced that around 70 percent 

of law and order situation has improved 

since commencement of Karachi operation 

but the sudden upsurge in law and 

order incidents nowadays poses a question 

mark on the achievements of 

Karachi Operation and the tall claims 

made in this regard. 

Keeping in view the recent incidents, 

the Business and Industrial community 

of Karachi fears that all the achievements 

of Karachi Operation were at 

stake and if timely action is not taken, 

the situation may deteriorate further, 

while the production of 

trucks increased by 1.16 

percent by increasing from 

601 units in June 2016 to 

608 units in June 2017. 

The output of tractors 

also increased by 10.16 percent 

to 3,926 units in June 

2017 when compared to the 

production of 3,564 units in 

June 2016. 

On the other hand, the 

production of jeeps and 

cars decreased by 6.73 percent 

to 11,522 units in June 

2017 when compared to 

the production of 12,354 

units during June 2016, the 

data revealed. 

The production of buses 

and LCVs also decrease by 

1.32 percent and 39.29 percent 

during July 2017 

when compared to the production 

of the same month 

of last year. 

The productions of 

buses decreased from 76 

units in June 2016 to 75 

units in June 2017 whereas 

the production of LCVs 

decreased from 2,204 units 

in June 2016 to 1,338 units 

in June 2017, according to 

the data. 

KSE-100 index 

drops to lowest 

point of 2017 

KARACHI: The KSE- 

100 index stooped to a fresh 

low of the year, sliding 

another 925 points to close 

at 42,153.38 on Monday. 

Having receded over 

20% from its high of 

52,876 points on May 24, it 

can be said that the KSE- 

100 index has officially 

entered the bear market territory. 

Financial analyst 

Muhammad Sohail said 

that the political situation, 

constant decrease in foreign 

exchange reserves and 

current account deficit, 

which has reached one billion 

dollars, made 

investors cautious. Last 

week, the index reached 

43,044.12 points, seeing a 

decline of 2.38 per cent. 

PSQCA Seized ABS 

Minerals Bottled 

Drinking water 

KARACHI: As per 

instruction of Director 

(Conformity Assessment 

South) a team of PSQCA 

has seized M/s. ABS 

Minerals Bottled Drinking 

Water situated at A-l, 

Baloch Goath, University 

Road, Sector 38/A, Scheme 

33, Karachi on 18th 

August, 2017 at 4:25 p.m. 

The unit was found 

involved in illegal production 

and sale of Bottled 

Drinking Water. 

PSQCA Officers namely 

Mr. Asif Baloch and Mr. 

Mukhtyar Jamali, reported 

that unit was seized as per 

PSQCA Act.VI of 1996. 

Siraj Teli, Shamim Firpo worried over sudden rise in lawlessness 

Urge CM, Home Minister & Heads of Law Enforcing Agencies to take strictest action 

once again plunging this city into the 

darkness of serious lawlessness and terrorism, 

they added. “Although many 

tall claims were made soon after the 

Karachi Operation started to show signs 

of improvements and everyone wanted 

to take all the credit for these achievements 

but the current upsurge in law and 

order situation demands an explanation”, 

they said, urging the Chief 

Minister Sindh, Home Minister, DG 

Rangers, IG Sindh and Additional IG to 

come up with a clear explanation and 

publicize the reasons behind the current 

unusual rise in law and order incidents 

in Karachi. 

Corporate Corner 

NBP included as a constituent of Financial 

Times Stock Exchange4Good Index Series 

KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), following its successful assessment 

by the FTSE International Organization, has been included as a constituent 

of the Financial Times Stock Exchange4Good (FTSE4Good) Index Series, which 

assesses listed companies in terms of their environmental and social performance. 

The inclusion of NBP in the FTSE4Good international index demonstrates that 

the Bank, along with its business activity, is also highly aware of environmental 

and social issues. At the same time, its inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index strongly motivates the bank to 

strengthen its presence in the field of Corporate Responsibility across Pakistan. FTSE Russell, global index 

provider, confirmed that National Bank of Pakistan has been independently assessed according to the 

FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index 

Series. 

Speaking on this auspicious occasion, Saeed Ahmad, President and CEO, NBP, said: “After years of commitment 

to enhancing management and social responsibility, we are proud that our sustainable banking efforts 

have been rewarded with a position in the FTSE4Good Index Series. This recognition reflects the work carried 

out over the past few years to make NBP one of the best and most responsibly managed companies. Joining the 

index is recognition of our work and helps us to continue down this path we have begun," 

KARACHI: Fatema Munir Ahmed Mutawalia, Hamdard 

Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan receiving 12th 

Consumers’ choice Award 2017 on Rooh afza from 

Governor SIndh, Mohammad Zubair at an awards distributing 

ceremony. 

KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. hoisted flag at halfmastoutside 

its Corporate Headquarters to pay tribute 

to Dr. Ruth Pfau, who dedicated a lifetime to fighting leprosy 

in the country. She was laid to rest in Karachi with 

full state honours on Saturday, 19 August 2017. 

Telenor Pakistan and Pakistan Red Crescent Society eclipse 

hunger by concluding the #ShareYourMeal Campaign 

ISLAMABAD: Officially concluding its philanthropic #ShareYourMeal campaign to fight hunger, country’s 

top telecom & digital services provider, Telenor Pakistan, hosted a graceful ceremony to raise awareness on the 

hunger issue prevalent in the country and to reiterate its commitment towards empowering Pakistani society. 

Continuing the practice that it started three years back, Telenor Pakistan launched its 2017 Ramazan campaign 

#ShareYourMeal where it earmarked a certain sum of money to help fight hunger against every picture of 

Sehri and Iftar meals shared by the public on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with the #ShareYourMeal hashtag. 

The proceeds of the 2017 campaign were used to disburse food rations to thousands of people in the hungerstricken 

city Bannu with the support of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society. 

“I extend my heartfelt gratitude to our fellow citizens for their remarkable response on the #ShareYourMeal 

campaign; it is because of their involvement that we have been able to make a small contribution toward fighting 

hunger in Pakistan,” said Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan. “As part of this campaign, we generated 

more than 6 million impressions on multiple social media platforms which resulted in about 175% increase 

in the hashtag mentions as compared to last year. We thank the Pakistan Red Crescent Society for being our campaign 

partner and strengthening our hunger alleviation efforts.” 

KARACHI: A Group photo, Pakistan community in Canada arrange Pakistan day organized by Mr. Sohail 

Ahmded, Chief Guest SM Muneer, Former Chief Executive TDAF, Navaid Bukhari, Pakistani television presenter 

Bushra Ansari and Noor Ahmed Khan seen the Picture . 

Attention shoppers: dazzling LED make-over 

for Karachi’s iconic new shopping mall 

KARACHI: Philips Lighting (Euronext 

Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in 

lighting, announce dtoday the illumination of 

one the largest shopping malls in Pakistan – 

LuckyOne in Karachi –with architectural LED 

lighting technology. 

Transforming Karachi’s skyline 

The dynamic LED lighting, which can create 

stunning light effects, transformed the mall into one 

of the city’s most iconic new landmarks. The façade 

lighting concept, undertaken and managed by 

Philips Lighting including installation, commissioning 

and programming, is leaving a lasting impression on visitors inside and outside the mall. 

“Philips Lighting is an ideal partner. We aimed to build a shopping mall which would have no equivalent in Pakistan,’’ 

said Sohail Tabba CEO, LuckyOne Group. He added, “The façade lighting presents remarkable commercial opportunities 

as well as entertainment for visitors.

International cricket returns to Pak: 

West Indies to tour in November 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Former 

Pakistani captain Asif Iqbal 

does not support the D/N 

pink ball Test, which 

England recently won 

against the West Indies within 

three days.He also does 

not support the 4-day Test 

after watching India thrashing 

the home team in Sri 

Lanka, where none of the 

three Tests saw the fifth day 

and the last Test at kandy 

was over within three days. 

Interestingly, Asif Iqbal 

played the last 4-day Test 

series against the New 

Zealand in early 70s. 

Yes, I did play in that 4 

day Test series but all Tests 

before and even after that 

series were not of four day 

duration. I do believe that 

Test cricket should not be 

tampered too much and this 

pink ball and D/N Test cricket 

should also be stopped|. 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) chairman 

Najam Sethi broke 

even more good news for 

cricket fans in the country 

when he announced the 

West Indies team will be 

touring Pakistan in 

November this year. 

Addressing media at the 

Gaddafi Stadium, Sethi said 

the West Indies Cricket 

Board has agreed to play 

three T20Is in Pakistan this 

November. 

The visit, however, 

remains subject to security 

clearance by an ICC-sponsored 

security expert team. 

"Cricket West Indies 

and Pakistan Cricket 

Board are advancing discussions 

that will see the 

West Indies team play 3 

T20 matches with Pakistan 

in Lahore in late 

November," said a statement 

released by the PCB. 

The statement further 

added that the tour will be 

subject to the ICC World XI 

team's visit to Pakistan and 

affirmation of manageable 

security by the ICC-sponsored 

security experts. 

Sethi also confirmed the 

World XI will be coming to 

speaking exclusively from 

Enginad, where he lives for 

years now, said. 

"Test cricket is vintage 

cricket. We have seen the 

likes of Bradman and 

Ponting, Hutton and Cook, 

Richards and Lara, Hanif 

Muhammad and Yunis 

Khan, Gavaskar and 

Tendulkar, Sangakara and 

Pakistan in the second week 

of September. 

The PCB chief said the 

World XI team will be 

announced in the next 72 

hours. "Andy Flower will be 

the manager of the World XI 

team, rest of the names will 

be announced in 72 hours," 

Sethi said. 

Jaywardana, Pollock and 

Smith, Turner and 

Williamson and so on and 

on performed in Test cricket, 

created records playing 5 

day Test cricket". 

"It is still very popular 

and I think if the fear is that 

financially it is not making 

the kind of money. it used to 

then don't forget in the past it 

The chairman further 

confirmed that Sri Lanka 

will be visiting Pakistan in 

October this year. The Sri 

Lankan cricket board had 

earlier given a go-ahead to 

"at least one" T20 match in 

Pakistan. 

Sri Lanka cricket chief 

Thilanga Sumathipala had 

Stop day night tests: Asif Iqbal 

Al-Hamza CC stun Northern 

Gymkhana to reached Anza Cup final 


KARACHI: Chinaman 

bowler Ahsan Mirza and 

spinner Moazzam Malik 

shared six wickets between 

them as Al- Hamza Cricket 

Club reached the -final of 

the Anza Cup T-20 league 

cricket tournament with a 

six wickets win over 

Northern Gymkhana here 

at the Nazeer Hussain 

Gulburg gymkhana 

Ground. 

The powerful side were 

the Group `B` winners. 

But after the defeated 

Northern gymkhana ended 

their tournament journey. 

Batting first, Northern 

Gymkhana were restricted 

for 151-8 in allotted 20 

overs. Fist Class Cricketer 

Fazal Subhan dominated a 

58 with his 28-ball innings 

including eight boundaries 

and two sixes another first 

class player Shaharyar 

Ghani contributed 28 off 

24 balls with two fours and 

one six. Ahsan Mirza 

grabbed three wickets for 

36 runs while Right arm 

leg spinner Moazzam 

Malik captured 3-20. 

Al- Hamza Cricket 

Club reached their target 

of152 in 14.5 overs for the 

Alonso stars for Chelsea as Spurs’ 

Wembley curse continues 

LONDON: Tottenham 

Hotspur made a losing start 

to life as Wembley´s fulltime 

tenants after Marcos 

Alonso´s double earned 

Premier League champions 

Chelsea a 2-1 victory. 

The Spaniard struck 

either side of a late Michy 

Batshuayi own goal to get 

Chelsea back to winning 

ways after their opening 3-2 

loss at home to Burnley and 

end Spurs´ club-record run 

of 14 successive home wins. 

Spurs went unbeaten 

throughout their final league 

campaign at White Hart 

Lane, but struggled at 

Wembley in the Champions 

League and have now lost 

eight of the last 10 matches 

they have played there. 

Mauricio Pochettino´s 

men appeared to have 

avoided the worst when 

Batshuayi put through his 

own goal in the 82nd 

minute, only for Hugo 

Lloris´s feeble attempt at a 

save to gift Alonso the winner 

two minutes from time. 

was not competing with 

ODI and T/20 cricket". 

"Also television is 

demanding more of result 

oriented cricket and they are 

getting lots of it. This is making 

money for the ICC and 

the Cricket Boards. My suggestion 

is to use that revenue 

to subsidise Test cricket, 

reduce gate money prices to 

attract crowds and stop playing 

games with test cricket", 

he added. "The recent series 

between India and Sri Lanka 

and the recent series of West 

Indies should not be used as 

an excuse to reduce their 

series to 4 day Tests". 

Asif Iqbal, however, 

believes that the Test matches 

against Ireland and 

Afghanistan should be 

played for four days. "To 

start with, I suggest that 

Ireland and Afghanistan 

should play only 4 day test 

cricket", he signed off. 

Grigor Dimitrov 

wins first 

Masters 1000 title 

C I N C I N N A T I : 

Bulgarian Grigor 

Dimitrov won his first 

Masters 1000 title by 

beating Australia's Nick 

Kyrgios in straight sets in 

the Cincinnati Open 

final. 

World number 11 

Dimitrov, 26, broke once 

in each set to beat his 22- 

year-old opponent, 

ranked 23rd, 6-4 7-5. 

Kyrgios, also attempting 

to win his first 

Masters 1000 title, hit 31 

unforced errors as he was 

outplayed. 

In the women's final, 

loss off four 

wickets.Shazar Hasan 

struck eight fours and Wimbledon champion 

brace of sixes to scored 65 Garbine Muguruza 

from 66 deliveries. thrashed Romania's 

Mohammad Ali contributed 

Simona Halep 6-1 6-0. 

a breezy 57 off 34 Kyrgios was the 

balls with five boundaries youngest Cincinnati 

and three sixes, 

finalist since Novak 

Slow left armer Fawad Djokovic in 2009. 

Khan captured two wickets But he could not 

for 42 in four overs. 

Later Chief organizer 

Zain Qureshi was given 

reproduce the brilliance 

he displayed in beating 

world number two Rafael 

away the man of the match Nadal in the quarterfinals. 

award to Shazar Hasan ( 

Al- Hamza CC .Umpirs 

Javed Jafri and Shahid 

Aslam were also present. 

And, with the second 

set poised at 5-5, the 

Australian hit his fourth 

double fault of the match 

on deuce, before sending 

a wild forehand over the 

baseline. 

Dimitrov served out 

the final game to clinch 

For Spurs, who are playing 

the biggest win of his 

at Wembley while career as he prepares for 

White Hart Lane is rebuilt, the US Open, which 

it was a first home defeat in starts on 28 August. 

the league since a 2-1 loss "In the big picture, it 

to Southampton in May means a lot to me," said 

2016. 

Dimitrov, who went 

Having endured a deeply through the tournament 

trying start to the season, without dropping a set. 

Chelsea manager Antonio "I'm pretty confident 

Conte will hope victory after that. This is what 

over the team his side I've been practising for. 

pipped to the title last season "I'm going to enjoy it 

will bring some much-needed 

for a day or two but then 

positivity back to it's back to the routine and 

Stamford Bridge. prepare for the US Open." 

said that after a security 

assessment, the team had 

been cleared to play three 

T20 internationals including 

"at least one" in Lahore, 

scene of the 2009 attack 

which left eight people 

dead. 

He had also called for an 

end to Pakistan´s isolation 

and urged countries to play 

there. "Sri Lanka suffered 

through three decades of terrorism 

and war and at one 

stage no one wanted to 

come here -- Pakistan stood 

by us then, as did India," 

Sumathipala had said. 

Moreover, PCB has also 

pushed the dates of national 

T20 to November. The players 

who recently returned 

from Caribbean Premier 

League will now go back to 

West Indies after giving 

their fitness tests at the 

National Cricket Academy. 

Sri Lanka coach 

slams selection 

policy after 

defeat to India 

DAMBULLA: 

Lanka’s cricket coach Nick 

Pothas has blamed outside 

interference for a string of 

poor performances, saying 

frequent changes to the 

selection line-up had made 

his job "very difficult". 

Pothas hit out after Sri 

Lanka, who suffered a 3-0 

Test whitewash at home 

last week, went down to 

India by nine wickets in 

the first of five one-day 

internationals in Dambulla. 

"You do get angry - to 

say ´too many cooks´ is 

probably accurate," the 

former wicketkeeper-batsman 

told reporters in 

Dambulla. "You get frustrated. 

Am I angry with the 

players? Absolutely not. 

The players work as hard 

as anyone can ask of them. 

"They´ve been superb. 

Support staff have been out 

of this world. Brilliant. 

They work endless hours 

with planning and helping 

the boys. You can´t fault 

anyone within that changing 

room." 

Sri Lanka´s woeful run 

has continued since their 

first-round exit in the 

eight-team Champions 

Trophy in June followed 

by an embarrassing 3-2 

ODI loss to minnows 

Zimbabwe at home. 

The Sanath Jayasuriyaled 

selection committee 

has fielded 40 players in 

ODIs since taking over in 

May last year. 

Pothas, who took up 

coaching duties after 

Graham Ford quit midcontract 

end of June, said 

there had been too many 

changes. 


KARACHI: Central 

District beat South District 

by 15-1 to win the Sir 

Abdul Waheed Under-16 

Six-A-Side Inter-District 

Hockey League at KHA 

Sports Complex. 

M. Ayaz, Wahab Sheikh, 

and Noman Khan scored 

three goals each for the 

winning side, while Sultan 

and Alyan got two. Areeb 

and Shozaib scored one 

goal apiece. 

OTTAWA: In a thrilling 

last ball finish, Toronto 

Pakistan XI defeated 

Ottawa Canada XI Cricket 

team in the final of Canada 

Pakistan Cricket cup final 

by 6 wickets, here today. 

The match was part of 

the series of events; the 

High Commission of 

Pakistan for Canada organized 

in connection with 

70th anniversary of 

Pakistan's Independence. 

After winning the toss, 

Ottawa Canada XI opted to 

bat first on the dicey wicket 

at the Rideau Hall 

Cricket Ground in the 

Governor General House. 

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Toronto Pakistan XI defeats 

Ottawa Canada XI by six wickets 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 


On the target balling by the 

pacers and good fielding of 

the Toronto Pakistan XI 

restricted the Ottawa 

Canada XI to score only 82 

runs in the 20 over’s, while 

losing 9 wickets. 

In the final over of the 

match, Toronto Pakistan 

XI team needed 15 runs to 

win the match. At this 

moment batsman Fawad 

Ul Haq hit two consecutive 

sixes in the last two balls 

of the final over, winning 

the Canada Pakistan 

Cricket Cup by 4 wickets. 

The 

High 

Commissioner of Pakistan 

Tariq Azim Khan gave 

honoured the members of 

the SSUET swimming team 

and congratulated them on 

their worthy efforts in the 

open championship contested 

by 14 institutes from all 

over the province. 

The Sindh Sports 

Minister, Sardar 

Mohammad Baksh Khan 

Maher, was the chief guest 

in the prize distribution ceremony 

which was also 

attended by Secretary of the 

Defence Authority Creek 

Club, Brig Sajid Iqbal 

Jadoon, and Commodore 

away medals to the winners 

of the final match. 

While speaking on the 

occasion the High 

Commissioner appreciated 

the hard work and display 

of exemplary sportsman 

spirit by both the teams. 

He also appreciated the 

efforts of Mr. Ali Memon, 

Captain of the Toronto 

Pakistan XI team for sponsoring 

team travel. 

He also appreciated the 

enthusiasm of the spectators 

which comprised of 

cricket lovers, diplomatic 

community and members 

of Pakistani Canadians 

Community. 

SSUET swimmers shine in 

Independence Day contest 

KARACHI: The Sir 

Syed University of 

Engineering and 

Technology (SSUET) 

excelled in the 

Independence Day Open 

Swimming Championship 

staged at the Defence 

Authority Creek Club to 

Sri celebrate the 70th 

Independence Day of 

Pakistan. 

The SSUET took three 

medals in the event which 

was jointly organized by the 

Defence Authority Creek 

Club and the Pakistan 

Marine Academy. 

Mohammad Ahmed 

claimed silver medal in 

50m freestyle and bronze 

medal in 50m butterfly 

while Hyder earned bronze 

in 100m breaststroke. 

The Convener of the 

Aligarh Institute of 

Technology (AIT), Engr 

Syed Anwer Ali, who is 

also the Vice President of 

the Aligarh Muslim 

University Old Boys 

Association (AMUOBA), 

Akbar Naqi, Commandant, 

Pakistan Marine Academy. 

The Independence Day 

Open Swimming 

Championship was recognized 

as a success story by 

the participants and the 

hosts were appreciated for 

having conducted the event 

nicely. 

In fact the Sindh Sports 

Minister was so much 

impressed with the facilities 

at the venue and he considered 

it to be an ideal host for 

future swimming competitions. 

KARACHI: Former Sindh Men’s Doubles Table Tennis Champions Khwaja Kashif 

Hussian & Farrukh Kamal group picture with Legendary Table Tennis Players Arif 

Khan & Arif Nakhudda during 24th Panasonic Junior National Table Tennis 

Championship 2017 at islamia club. 

District Central win Sir Abdul Waheed Under-16 

Six-A-Side Inter-District Hockey League 

Usman Abbas scored the 

only goal for the losing 

side. 

The match was watched 

by a huge crowd. Sir 

Waheed’s family was also 

present at the venue and 

appreciated Karachi 

Hockey Association for 

remembering Sir Waheed 

and organizing the league 

to pay him tribute. 

They specially thanked 

KHA Secretary Haider 

Hussain, one of Sir 

Waheed’s students, for 

organizing the league in his 

mentor’s honour. Sir 

Waheed’s sons, Mairaj 

Ahmed and Minhaj 

Ahmed, were the chief 

guests. 

KHA’s Gulfaraz Ahmad 

Khan, Nasim Hussain, Dr. 

S. A. Majid, Anees Kyani, 

Aijaz Ahmed, Arshad 

Siddiq, Sagheer Ahmad, 

Raziq H.Rabbani and 

Haider Hussain were present 

on the occasion. 

Central District reached 

final of Sir Abdul Waheed 

Under-16 six-a-side Inter- 

District Hockey League 

after winning their both 

matches at KHA Sports 

Complex. 

Central beat Korangi 

District 14-2 in the first 

match. Wahab Sheikh 

scored three goals, Shozaib 

Raza, Aliyan, Arbaz, 

Noman Khan, scored twice, 

while Sultan, Areeb and 

Hammad Ayaz scored one 

goal apiece for the winners. 

M. Bilal and Noushad 

scored for the losers. 

Central defeated Malir 

District 15-1. Wahab 

Sheikh and Noman Khan 

scored five goals each, 

Umar Anis and Babar Sadat 

got two goals, while Areeb 

scored one for Cental. 

Huzaifa Shahzad got the 

only goal for Malir. 

Malir defeated Korangi 

3-0 earlier. Rayan scored 

all three goals for winners.

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Kashmiris want democratic, peaceful 

solution of Kashmir issue: President AJK ABUJA: 

ISLAMABAD: Sardar 

Masood Khan, President of 

Azad Jammu and Kashmir 

(AJK) said that the 

Kashmiris want a democratic 

and peaceful solution of 

Kashmir issue. 

Speaking at a joint news 

conference with British parliamentary 

delegation here 

on Monday, he appealed the 

UK parliamentarians to help 

them achieve this goal. He 

strongly condemned 

killings, blindings and 

maiming of Kashmiris by 

the Indian occupation forces 

as well as actions of persecution 

and victimization 

against Kashmiri leaders in 

order to intimidate them into 

submission to the illegal 

Indian rule. While welcoming 

the visiting British 

Parliamentary delegation, 

the AJK President urged 

major powers and the UN 

Security Council to invest in 

ISLAMABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Masood Khan flanked by British 

Parliamentarians Graham Jones, Faisal Rashid and Yasin MP addressing a press conference 

at Kashmir House. 

a diplomatic process to find 

a solution to the Kashmir 

dispute in accordance with 

the wishes of the Kashmiri 

people. He especially 

thanked the Labour Party for 

its efforts in highlighting the 


He urged the British 

House of Commons to use 

its influence to persuade the 

UN and other international 

forums to bring to an end 

state sponsored violence and 

terrorism in IOK and promote 

a political dialogue. 

Graham Jones, MP said 

that this visit will help 

acquire firsthand knowledge 

of the circumstances, the 

people and the situation at 

Indian nuclear doctrine revision to pose 

security risks for Pakistan: Experts 

ISLAMABAD: Experts 

fear that revision of 

nuclear doctrine by India 

would exacerbate 

Pakistan’s security concerns 

and undermine 

South Asia’s deterrence 

based stability. 

They were speaking at a 

roundtable discussion 

titled “From Counter Value 

to Counter Force: Change 

in India’s Nuclear 

Doctrine” hosted by 

Center for International 

Strategic Studies (CISS) 

was held to deliberate on 

the recent debate about the 

likely shift in India’s 

nuclear posture and its 

implications for Pakistan 

as well as the regional 

strategic stability. 

The experts agreed that 

expansion of nuclear capabilities 

and revision of posture 

could have serious 

security implications for 

Pakistan. Furthermore, the 

resulting environment 

could further reduce the 

space for dialogue 

between the two countries. 

“Statements by Indian 

officials and scholars have 

indicated that Indian government 

could be considering 

a revision in its ‘No- 

Chairperson BISP spot checks 

NSER survey in Sukkur 

SUKKUR: Minister of State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon addressing the 

IBA students coming from all four provinces at IBA Sukkur. 

SUKKUR: Minister of 

State and Chairperson BISP 

MNA Marvi Memon visited 

Sukkur today where she 

spot checked ongoing survey 

for NSER (National 

socio Economic Registry) 

update. She visited houses 

in Nusrat Colony, Tamachi 

village and Bagarji where 

she interacted with families 

for their feedback regarding 

NSER survey. 

In Sukkur, desk registration 

was carried out from 

October 2016 to February 

2017 to register households 

through 113 counters. 

178,531 households were 

registered against the projected 

caseload of 174,851. 

In July 2017, door to door 

survey has been started to 

ensure that no household is 

left unregistered that has 

surveyed 20,025 households 

till date. Data comparison 

between desk registration 

and door to door survey 

will help BISP design a 

model that will result in a 

dynamic registry for BISP. 

Speaking on the occasion 

Chairperson said that 

NSER being first ever 

demographic directory of 

Pakistan is a national asset 

vital for development planning. 

She added that over 

the past 4 years BISP has 

made commendable 

progress by expanding its 

net and improving its service 

delivery. The survey for 

NSER update is fully automated 

and technology 

enabled that is being done 

on tablets to ensure an error 

free registry. 

Speaking to enumerators, 

she said that data collection 

is a sacred responsibility 

as the data they collect 

today would form the 

basis of planning in future. 

She appreciated enumerators 

for fulfilling this tiresome 

job of visiting door to 

door in scorching heat in a 

responsible manner. 

Socio economic development of 

South Punjab priority of govt: PM 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi has reiterated 

that the government will 

extend its all out support 

for fast tracking development 

projects in South 

Punjab. 

He was talking to a 

delegation of PML-N 

Members of National 

Assembly from Multan 

Division in Islamabad on 

Monday. The Prime 

Minister stated that 

socio-economic development 

of South Punjab is 

priority of the government. 

He said PML-N government 

has initiated 

numerous development 

projects and welfare 

schemes in South Punjab 

and will continue to 

undertake socio-economic 

uplift projects in the 

region in future as well. 

Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi urged the MNAs 

to work with full dedication 

and commitment for 

bringing about tangible 

positive change. He 

advised them to reach 

out to the people especially 

the poor segments 

of society and help 

addressing their issues. 

The MNAs briefed the 

Prime Minister on development 

projects and public 

welfare schemes of 

their respective constituencies. 

First Use’ nuclear doctrine 

to include the option of 

pre-emptive strikes. Under 

the existing doctrine India 

could carry out retaliatory 

strike against Pakistani 

cities, but that too could 

change to include preemptive 

strikes against 

Pakistani nuclear assets”, 

the experts added. 

Dr. Christopher Clary, 

Assistant Professor of 

Political Science at 

University of Albany, New 

York, speaking on this 

occasion said that preemptive 

nuclear strike by 

India, would be very difficult, 

but was not impossible 

because of acquisition 

of technology from US and 

Israel as well as indigenous 

development of its 

nuclear assets. 

Dr Clary believed that 

India could be playing up 

the idea of counter-force 

strike to deter Pakistan by 

adding credibility to its 

posture; keep the option of 

such a strike available to 

itself in the eventuality of a 

breakdown in deterrence; 

pre-empt an imminent 

attack; or bait Pakistan into 

an arms race for exhausting 

its limited resources. 

CCI to meet 

on Wednesday 

ISLAMABAD: Council 

of Common Interest (CCI) 

meeting will be held on 

Wednesday with Prime 

Minister Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi in the chair. 

The report with regard to 

the Diamer-Bhasha dam is 

likely to be brought up for 

approval during the meeting 

to be attended by chief ministers 

of all four provinces, 

CCI members and others. 

The CCI, a constitutional 

body that resolves disputes 

of power sharing between 

the federation and provinces, 

will also discuss the census 

report and review ongoing 

LNG and power projects. 

Last week, PM Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi had reconstituted 

Council of Common 

Interests, with an overwhelming 

representation 

from Punjab, amid emerging 

crucial issues like census 

results and gas allocations. 

KARACHI: Date Night, 

a musical comedy, launched 

on 18th August with a spectacular 

opening at Karachi 

Arts Council, and managed 

to enthrall the audiences. 

Date Night, a combined 

product of the duo 

ShaanLashari and 

DawarLashari, officially 

launched in Karachi, and 

entertained the audiences 

with the knee-slapping and 

rib cracking humor that left 

them in splits.The entire 

crew which includes 

ShaanLashari, Waleed Zaidi, 

Shah Fahad, Mahnoor Khan 

and Sheherzade Noor 

Peerzada performed brilliantly 

in a story filled with 

situational hazards, hilarious 

cover-ups and improbable 

situations. 

Date Night takes its script 

from Derek Benfield and 

has been adapted for the 

Pakistani audience in the 

the LOC. He hoped that he 

will be better informed of 

the situation leading to positive 

advocacy of the 


The AJK President urged 

the international community 

for the release of Shabbir 

Shah, Aasiya Andrabi, 

Fehmeeda Sofi and 

Massarrat Aalam Butt; and 

stop harassment of Hurriyat 

Leaders SyedAli Gilani, and 

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq. He 

said that the occupation 

authorities were subjecting 

Kashmiri detainees to inhuman 

and degrading treatment 

in various jails. “This 

must stop”, he said. 

“Cordon and search operations 

are being used by the 

occupation forces as a tool to 

kill young men, vandalize 

houses and property, and 

impose collective punishment 

on the entire Kashmiri 

population”, he said. 

9th death 

anniversary of 

POF’s martyrs 

observed 

WAH CANTT: 9th 

Death Anniversary of 

POF Shuhada was 

observed in Wah Cantt. 

with dignity and honour. 

On 21st August’2008, 

70 POF Employees 

embarrassed martyrdom 

and 196 injured in two 

suicidal attacks at POF 

gates. 

In order to pay tribute 

to these Shuhada, this 

day is observed in POF 

every year and a special 

ceremony is arranged for 

them. This year too, a 

simple and impressive 

function was held in 

order to pay homage to 

these Shuhada. 

Muhammad 

Acting Chairman POF 

Board was the Chief 

Guest on this occasion. 

DOHA: Qatar on 

Monday denied it had 

banned Saudi Arabian 

flights from landing in the 

emirate to transport 

Muslim pilgrims to 

Mecca, after an accusation 

by authorities in 

Riyadh. 

Saudi Arabian Airlines 

on Sunday said Qatari 

authorities had refused to 

grant a Saudi Arabian 

Airlines flight, scheduled 

to transport Qatari hajj 

pilgrims, permission to 

land at Hamad 

International Airport. 

The flight is one of a 

select few that will allow 

Qataris to land in Saudi 

Arabia, which last week 

form of a musical. The story 

revolves around two well off 

couples who go to England 

for a weekend getaway, but 

get a surprise of their lifetime. 

Three impeccable and 

entertaining dance 

sequences are the essence of 

Two Pakistanis kidnapped 

in Nigeria, recovered 

The two 

Pakistan nationals abducted 

by kidnappers last week in 

Calabar area have been rescued 

by the Nigeria Police 

on Monday. 

Quoting Azim Khan, 

Head of Chancery, Pakistan 

High Commission, 

Nigerian media said that he 

Police rescued the two victims, 

Azeem Ali khan and 

Rehan Siddique. Police 

also arrested the kidnappers. 

Both Pakistanis were 

abducted on August 13. 

“They were saved without 

any ransom paid and 

their vehicle was recovered 

by the police,” he said. Mr. 

Khan commended the federal 

government, the 

experience, the SEFAM 

Group decided to bring 

UK’s favorite and largest 

toy retailer, The 

Entertainer, to Pakistan – 

identifying the need in the 

market for a proper toy 

shop. The Entertainer is 

the first-of-its-kind chain 

of standalone toy shops in 

Pakistan, and provides an 

experience consistent with 

global standards. The 

Entertainer was founded in 

1981 in UK and has over 

100 stores across the UK. 

With five existing stores 

(one in Islamabad, four in 

Lahore), The Entertainer 

aims to open up toy shops 

across Pakistan and establish 

a network of toy shops 

that offer the largest variety 

of toys and toy brands, 

quality, convenience and 

Nigeria Police and the 

Cross River State for their 

efforts in rescuing the kidnapped 

Pakistani nationals. 

“This will further 

strengthen the cordial relationship 

between us and 

boost Pakistan and the 

international community’s 

confidence in security in 

Nigeria,” he said. 

The Entertainer - UK’s most loved 

ToyshopOpened its doors in Karachi 

The brand caters to the demand for high quality toys and 

official merchandise in Pakistan by leading global toy brands 

KARACHI: ‘The 

Entertainer’ has opened its 

door for Karachites at 

Bilawal Chowrangi, 

Clifton (opp to Bar B Q 

Tonight). The grand launch 

of its flagship store in 

Karachi wason the 19th of 

August 2017. It was a full 

day event offering amazing 

giveaways, games, 

competitions, face painting, 

magic show, eatables 

and many more. 

The Entertainer is the 

premier destination for 

toys in Pakistan as it caters 

to the demand for high 

quality toys and official 

merchandise in Pakistan 

by leading global toy 

Afzal brands, and provides customers 

a unique and exciting 

in-store experience. 

With over 30 years of retail 

temporarily opened its 

borders to pilgrims to the 

Saudi city of Mecca, the 

most revered site in Islam, 

more than two months 

into a diplomatic crisis 

that has seen Riyadh cut 

all ties with Qatar and ban 

its citizens from entering. 

An official source in 

the Qatar Civil Aviation 

Authority on Monday 

"described as baseless the 

news... that allegedly 

claimed that the state of 

Qatar refused to allow 

Saudi Airlines to transport 

the Qatari pilgrims," 

according to a report carried 

on the state-run QNA 

news agency. 

Qatar’s civil aviation 

the musical, Date Night, 

with one in the first act, the 

other in the second and the 

final at the very end. The 

play is filled with feisty 

punchlines, comical situations, 

and is extremely fast 

paced. There is a smooth 

authority confirmed that it 

had received a request 

from the Saudi carrier for 

permission to land and 

had referred the airline to 

the ministry of Islamic 

affairs "in accordance 

with past practices". 

The hajj to Mecca, a 

pillar of Islam that capable 

Muslims must perform 

at least once, takes 

place at the start of 

September this year. It is 

expected to draw around 

two million Muslims 

from around the world. 

The pilgrimage has 

turned into a point of contestation 

between Saudi 

Arabia and Qatar, which 

are locked in a diplomatic 

immaculate customer service 

by well-trained staff. 

The Entertainer aims to 

capture majority market 

share for toys across 

Pakistan with objectives 

such as maintaining the 

right kind of stock in its 

stores; training its staff 

with in-depth knowledge 

about product lines and 

keeping the staff motivated; 

continue to build on the 

customer experience via 

various in-store activities 

and events; and focus on 

providing an excellent and 

unparalleled online shopping 

experience. 

The grand launch event 

was attended by media 

personalities, celebrities 

and socialites. PR was 

handled by Keys 

Productions. 

Qatar denies blocking Saudi hajj pilgrimage flights 

crisis that has seen Saudi 

Arabia and its allies cut all 

ties with Doha over accusations 

of state support for 

Islamist extremist groups 

and ties to Shiite Iran. 

Qatar has denied the 

allegations. 

Saudi Arabia last 

month said Qatari pilgrims 

would be allowed to 

enter the kingdom for this 

year’s hajj but imposed 

several travel restrictions, 

including flying in only 

on airlines approved by 

Riyadh. 

The move sparked a 

backlash in Doha, where 

authorities said the pilgrimage 

had been used as 

political ammunition. 

Date Night launched with a spectacular opening at Karachi Arts Council 

transition from one scene to 

another, and it will glue you 

to your seats for the duration 

of its runtime of 1 hour and 

22 minutes. A number of 

renowned personalities from 

the media industry came to 

the launch to show their support, 

and were all praises for 

the play. DawarLashari, the 

director of this play, was 

pleased with the response he 

received in Karachi, he stated, 

“The entire cast has 

worked really hard for this 

play, and we are all happy to 

receive such an overwhelming 

response, and love from 

the people of Karachi. The 

whole idea of the play is to 

entertain people and make 

them laugh, and we are glad 

we could do that.” 

The main sponsor for the 

play is Fanta, along with 

other big names such as 

Serene Air, Careem, 

DolceVita, Kinetic, Sufi, 

Rose Petal and OyeHoye. 

Tickets are available at 

Espresso, Nueplex, Cinepax 

Ocean Mall, Agha's, and all 

branches of McDonalds. It 

will be performed in Karachi 

Arts Council from the 18th 

to 27th August, 2017. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

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22 August 2017

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