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Imran, Sheikh 

Rasheed in 

state of panic: 

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International: 

Nuclear button to 

hit US is on my 

desk, Kim Jong 

Un warns 

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Sportlight: 

Citing LoC turmoil, 

India rules out 

possibility of cricket 

series with Pak 

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Japanese FM to 

arrive in Islamabad 

tomorrow 

ISLAMABAD: Japanese 

Foreign Minister Taro 

Kono will arrive in 

Islamabad tomorrow 

(Wednesday) on a twoday 

visit to Pakistan. 

During the visit, he 

will hold wide ranging 

talks on bilateral issues 

with Foreign Minister 

Khawaja Muhammad 

Asif. Both sides will also 

exchange views on 

regional and global issues. 

The Japanese Foreign 

Minister will also meet 

Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi. 

Eight injured 

in two explosions 

in Chaman 

CHAMAN: At least 

eight people including 

three police and Levies 

personnel sustained 

injuries in two explosions 

in Chaman, police said 

Monday. 

Police said the first 

blast took place near 

police checkpoint at Mall 

Road. As the crowd 

assembled at the site of the 

explosion, second blast 

occurred. 

Eight people sustained 

injuries in the two explosions. 

Three police and 

Levies personnel were 

among the injured. The 

injured people have been 

rushed to nearby hospital. 

ECP issues 

PAT registration 

notification 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan has issued notification 

regarding registration 

of Pakistan Awami 

Tehreek as political party. 

Sajid Mehmood 

Bhatti, the central coordinator 

of PAT stated that 

party has submitted all 

detail including Intra 

Party Election, detail of 

party office bearers, party 

election and it results 

detail to ECP. 

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WASHINGTON: The 

President of the United 

States (US) Donald Trump 

has categorically said “no 

more” aid to Pakistan in his 

recent tweet. 

The US President wrote 

that they foolishly gave 

over 33 billion dollars in 

aid to Pakistan over the 

past 15 years. He slammed 

Pakistan for only providing 

lies and deceit in reaction. 

He said on Twitter, “The 

United States has foolishly 

given Pakistan more than 

33 billion dollars in aid 

over the last 15 years, and 

they have given us nothing 

but lies & deceit, thinking 

of our leaders as fools.” 

KARACHI EDITION – Tuesday, Jaunary 2, 2018, Rabi al-Sani 14, 1439 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Trump says 'no more' aid to Pakistan 

US foolishly gave Pakistan 

more than $33bn: Trump 

Jamil Ahmed 

Senior Staff Reporter 

Pakistan lodges protest with US envoy 

Trump’s ‘no more’ holds no importance: Khawaja Asif 

ISLAMABAD: The United States ambassador, David Hale, was summoned to 

the Foreign Office (FO) on Monday over US President Donald Trump’s statement 

against Pakistan. According to sources, Hale was summoned to record protest 

against Trump’s statements, in which he said that Pakistan has given nothing except 

for “lies and deceit” in return for the aid the US provided Pakistan with. 

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, in a reply to the US president's tweet, said 

Pakistan will let the world know the truth and will be responding to Trump's tweet. 

He added that there is a difference between facts and fiction. 

Trump reaffirmed his 

allegation that Pakistan 

provides give safe haven to 

the terrorists and doesn’t 

cooperate in the anti-terrorism 

operation against the 

banned outfits in 

Afghanistan. “They give 

Zardari lauded services of 

Comrade Ch Javed Akhtar 

No one knows what is cooking in 

Saudi Arabia: Zardari 

LAHORE: The Former 

President and Co-Chairman 

Pakistan Peoples Party 

(PPP), Asif Ali Zardari paid 

surprise visit to the house of 

senior party leader 

Chaudhry Javed Akhtar and 

offered fateha for his 

deceased mother and 

praised his long unshakable 

services to the party and the 

country. 

According to the details, 

both leaders spent sometime 

together and discussed 

political situation in the 

country and Asif Ali Zardari 

condoled on the sad demise 

of the death of his mother 

and also offered fateha for 

the departed soul. 

Former President also 

addressed media and appreciated 

services of Chaudhry 

Javed Akhtar and reminded 

his efforts, sacrifices for 

Pakistan Peoples Party 

(PPP) and the nation including 

being behind bars for 

the sake of safeguarding 

rule of law in Pakistan 

despite facing the toughest 

challenges, difficulties in 

jails. 

Zardari commenting on 

the Sharif brothers' visit to 

Saudi Arabia said that an 

agreement might be “cooking” 

in the country. 

“No one knows what is 

cooking. There are a couple 

of rumours surrounding 

their visits to Saudi Arabia,” 

he said while talking to 

media. 

Rumour mill has it that 

the motive behind the visits 

could be to negotiate a deal 

or to save their assets, 

Zardari added. 

The former president, 

however, added that “we 

respect Saudi Arabia, it is 

our brotherly state” but 

added that Pakistan shouldn’t 

take directives from 

them. 

“At least our government 

did not,” he said. 

Shah slams Govt for hiking 

prices of petroleum products 

ISLAMABAD: Leader 

of the Opposition in the 

National Assembly Syed 

Khurshid Shah on Monday 

slammed the government 

for hiking the prices of 

petroleum products, 

terming the increase failure 

of its policies. 

Speaking to the media, 

Shah lamented that the latest 

increase in fuel prices 

will trouble already hardpressed 

public. He said the 

government had shifted the 

burden of internal and 

external borrowings onto 

the public. 

Shah laughed off the 

government’s claims of 

having shored up foreign 

reserves, questioning the 

veracity of such claims. 

The government had 

already been collecting 

illegitimate taxes on the 

petroleum products and 

the recent increase 

would unleash a storm of 

inflation in the country, 

the opposition leader 

said. 

The PPP will not allow 

the government to oppress 

the people and will expose 

its hollow claims. He 

demanded that the old 

prices of the petroleum 

products should immediately 

be restored. 

safe haven to the terrorists 

we hunt in Afghanistan, 

with little help. No more!” 

he tweeted. 

Shortly after the statement 

of the US President, 

Pakistan’s Foreign 

Minister Khawaja Asif 


Supreme Court (SC) 

Monday admitted petitions 

challenging Election Act 

2017 and issued notices to 

the defence and prosecution 

in reference to the case. 

Multiple petitions were 

filed against the Election 

Act 2017 by Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP), 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

(PTI), Awami Muslim 

League chief Sheikh 

Rasheed, Jamshed Dasti, 

and others. The appeals 

objected against an amendment 

to the law that permitted 

a disqualified politician 

to head a political party. 

A three-member bench 

of the apex court headed by 

Chief Justice Mian Saqib 

Nisar and comprising 

Justice Faisal Arab and 

Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan heard 

the case. 

The bench also rejected 

another petition for striking 

down a provision in the 

Election Act 2017. This provision 

mandates a new 

political party to provide 

verified thumb impression 

responded, "We will 

respond to President 

Trump’s tweet shortly 

inshallah... Will let the 

world know the truth... difference 

between facts & 

fiction." 

In November, The US 

Congress had given green 

signal to release around 

700 million dollars under 

the umbrella of Coalition 

Support Fund, a reimbursement 

amount for Pakistan 

on its continued support of 

US operations in 

Afghanistan. 

Only a few days ago, 

the Pakistan Army media 

cell had suggested the US 

in his press conference that 

"(it) is time for 

Afghanistan and the US to 

do more rather than asking 

Pakistan". The armed 

forces had complained that 

what kind of allies give 

notice and question the 

prestige and integrity. 

SC accepts petitions 

challenging Election Act 2017 

PTI, AML, MNA Jamshaid Dasti and other have filed petitions; 

Court issues notices to Nawaz and other respondents. 

No NRO going to be 

struck in Saudia: 

Sheikh Rashid 

ISLAMABAD: Awami 

Muslim League (AML) 

chairman Sheikh Rashid 

has said no NRO is being 

struck in Saudi Arabia. 

“No NRO is being 

struck in Saudi Arabia . 

Sharif brothers are waiting 

for several hours in 

Riyadh but King 

Suleman has not allowed 

them to enter. 

Even the entire 

Middle East can not get 

broker NRO”, he said 

this while talking to 

media men here Monday 

outside parliament 

house. 

”That was another era 

when NRO was brokered 

with Musharraf. No NRO 

would now be able to 

save Nawaz. If a corrupt 

figure goes to Mecca and 

Madina then the voices of 

“thief, thief” start chasing 

him therein”, he added. 

of 20,000 members to the 

Election Commission. 

During the course of proceedings, 

Zulfiqar Ahmed 

Bhutta one of the petitioners 

said it would be appropriate 

if the apex court issues 

notice in this case. 

Chief Justice Mian Saqib 

Nisar directed him to file a 

case regarding issuance of 

notice and remarked that it 

was a political case and 

notice could not be served 

upon your request. 

He advised Bhutta not to 

take the court lightly as it 

had to follow the rules. 

The chief justice commented 

that parliament 

was the supreme body to 

formulate laws, and 

inquired about the rule 

under which its decisions 

could be nullified. 

He asked the petitioner 

to give such examples in 

which the SC annulled the 

laws made by the parliament. 

Bhutta requested the 

court to grant him some 

time to collect such details 

as he was not prepared properly 

because he was not in 

the town. 

Chief Justice Saqib 

Nisar rejected the request 

and told Bhutta that he was 

also out of city and arrived 

back last night. 

He said he should have 

come after preparation as 

the date was already fixed, 

and remarked that the case 

would not be delayed. 

The counsel for the 

National Party asked for 

time to prepare for the case, 

to which the chief justice 

disagreed and observed that 

the hearing would be held 

according to schedule. 

“Don’t take the courts 

easy. The case will not be 

adjourned,” the court asserted. 

Sheikh Rashid’s lawyer 

Farogh Naseem maintained 

that it was the citizens’ right 

to be governed by an honest 

person. 

He said the Election Act 

was passed in Senate by a 

margin of only a single vote. 

Rejecting Naseem’s argument, 

the chief justice 

remarked that one vote was 

enough to pass a law. 

Fog, snowfall 

disrupt routine life 

in parts of country 

LAHORE: A view of fog that fog that engulfs whole city 

during morning time. 

ISLAMABAD: The new 

spell of fog and snowfall has 

badly disrupted routine life 

in parts of the country. 

According to details, the 

snowfall in Naran has 

caused difficulties for the 

tourists as routes leading to 

Babusar Pass and Saif-ul- 

Muluk Lake have been 

blocked. The tourist activities 

have been suspended 

for five months as administration 

has disallowed entry 

of tourists into the valley due 

to weather reasons. 

The motorway has also 

been closed at various points 

due to dense fog whereas the 

drivers have been directed to 

take precautionary measures 

while traveling. 

On the other hand, 

Pakistan Meteorological 

Department (PMD) said that 

mainly cold and dry weather 

is expected in most parts of 

the country. 

Met office said that continental 

air is prevailing 

over most parts of the country. 

They predicted that 

mainly cold and dry weather 

is expected in most parts 

of the country. Foggy conditions 

are likely to prevail 

over few plain areas of 

Punjab and upper Sindh 

during morning hours. 

No rainfall was recorded 

at any part of the country. 

Monday’s minimum 

temperature was recorded 

at Skardu and Astore 

where mercury dropped 

down to -09°C while in 

Lahore, maximum temperature 

was 21°C, minimum 

was 4.7°C and humidity 

level was 34 percent. 

SECP prohibits JUD, FIF 

from collecting donations 

Commission of Pakistan 

hereby prohibits all 

Companies from donating 

cash to the entities and individuals 

listed under the 

UNSC sanctions committee’s 

consolidated list.” 

Also, SECP warned the 

individuals and entities of 

monetary penalty in case of 


Securities and Exchange 

Commission of Pakistan 

(SECP) on Monday prohibited 

all those organisations 

from collecting charity that 

are listed under the United 

Nations Security Council 

(UNSC) sanctions committee’s 

consolidated list. 

The list includes Hafiz non-compliance. 

Saeed-led JUD, its charity 

wing Falahi-Insaniat 

Foundation (FIF) and others. 

In a notification, it said, 

“Securities and Exchange 

KARACHI: Patients waiting for doctors at National Institute of Child Health (NICH) 

Jinnah Hospital during the strike by doctor against nonpayment of health allowance. 

Shahbaz fear behind Nawaz departure 

to Saudi Arabia: Aitzaz Ahsan 

LAHORE: PPP leader 

AitzazAhsan has said Saudi 

Arabia has not called 

Nawaz Sharif and he has 

gone therein for fear of 

Shahbaz Sharif. 

“ conflict is persisting 

between Sharif brothers. 

Shahbaz Sharif says he 

should be made Prime 

Minister while voters are 

with Nawaz Sharif and 

Maryam Nawaz and they 

are not with Shahbaz Sharif. 

Shahbaz is struggling that 

some one should make him 

prime minister. Saudi 

Arabia has not called 

Nawaz Sharif but he has 

gone there for fear of 

Shahbaz Sharif”, he said. 

“The 

Government of Pakistan has 

already prescribed penalty 

upto Rs 10 million for noncompliance 

of sanctions 

regime,” it announced. 

Musharraf may 

return before 

elections 

ISLAMABAD: Close 

Aides of former President 

Musharraf has advised him 

to return to the country as 

soon as the interim government 

would take oath. 

Under the present scenario 

he has summoned 

top leadership of his party 

and close aides including 

Secretary General Dr. 

Amjad, Organing 

Secretary Mehreen Adam 

and his legal adviser 

Akhtar Shah to Dubai for 

consultation. 

Akhtar Shah has briefed 

him on the subjudice cases 

against former President 

Musharraf. Whereas Dr. 

Amjad opposed the idea of 

returning of Pervez 

Musharraf to Pakistan 

immediately and supported 

to arrive following the taking 

over by interim government, 

the idea endorsed 

by Mehreen Adam. 

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Aerial firing on New Year’s 

Eve injures 24 in Karachi 

KARACHI: At least 24 

persons including women 

suffered injuries as a result 

of aerial firing on New Year 

eve in different areas of 

Karachi. 

In line with media 

reports, At least 24 citizens 

were injured when citizens 

resorted to aerial firing to 

welcome the new year of 

2018 in different parts of 

the metropolis. 

The injured were transported 

to Different hospitals 

of the city for treatment. 

A day before in a welcoming 

move, the Sindh 

government decided not to 

block roads leading to 

Karachi’s Seaview, allowing 

citizens to celebrate the 

New Year’s Eve at the 

beach. 

“The citizens of Karachi 

are responsible people, 

therefore, they shouldn’t be 

Number of field staff to be enhanced 

to improve performance: Chawla 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Minister for Excise and 

Taxation & Narcotics 

Control Mukesh Kumar 

Chawla has said that wherever 

it is a must the number of 

field staff should be 

increased in order to improve 

their performance because it 

has come into his notice that 

the shortage of the field staff 

has affected their performance. 

This he said while presiding 

over a meeting in his 

KARACHI: The Wolf Moon on the night between January 1 and January 2, 2018 is a 

Supermoon, captured over the horizon. 

stopped from visiting 

Seaview on New Year’s 

Eve,” Sindh Chief Minister 

Syed Murad Ali Shah said 

while speaking with the 

office on Monday . Secretary 

Excise and Taxation & 

Narcotics Control Abdul 

Haleem Shaikh , Director 

General Shoaib Ahmed 

Siddiqui and other officers 

also attended the meeting . 

He assured that the shortage 

of the field staff was 

being meted out on priority 

basis. He also directed to 

address the issues of the field 

staff so that they might perform 

well. He added, ´ 

media on Sunday morning. 

On the other hand the 

police apprehended eight 

people in different crimes 

from different areas of 

country. Even potable water 

is not available in some 

hospitals. These unhygienic 

conditions are adding to the 

miseries of patients. 

He said mosquitoes, 

house flies and bed bugs 

are found in and around 

the hospitals that cause 

diseases like malaria, 

KARACHI: Pakistan many things went from bad 

Medical Association to worse. 

(PMA) has demanded of Secretary General, 

the government to revamp Pakistan Medical 

healthcare delivery in the 

country. 

A PMA statement here 

Monday said the PMA has 

always offered recommendations 

and also given a 

charter of demands to the 

government to improve the 

Association (Centre), Dr 

SM Qaisar Sajjad said our 

healthcare delivery system 

in the year 2017 further 

deteriorated and has failed 

to facilitate the poor masses 

of Pakistan. He said there is 

lack of facilities in our hospitals 

chikungunya, 

healthcare system in 

from treatment to 

Pakistan but unfortunately cleanliness. He said poor 

our such demands always sanitary conditions and 

fall on deaf ear as nothing overflowing sewerage 

was changed in healthcare 

sector during the year 2017. 

Instead of any improvement 

water around many government 

hospitals can be seen 

in different parts of the 

dengue, 

diarrhea, etc. Even this 

year we were not able control 

the preventable diseases. 

Waterborne diseases 

remained on the rise. Oral 

Cancer could not be controlled 

because we failed 

to ban the import of beetle 

During raids against drug 

peddlers the lady constables 

should be kept on board so 

that action may be taken 

against female drug peddlers 

and they may be searched 

thoroughly ´. 

the city. 

According to rescue 

sources, stray bullets 

wounded at least 24 when 

people celebrated the start 

PMA demands revamping healthcare delivery 

Mayor for timely action on 

citizens’ complaints 

KARACHI: Mayor ensure presence of a focal Abbas, senior director 

Karachi Waseem Akhtar person in the Citizens’ coordination Masood 

said the Citizens’ Complaints Information Alam and other officers. 

Complaints Information Centre so that departmental 

Mayor asked the 

System is an important 

heads could be municipal commissioner 

department of Karachi informed about the complaints 

to issue show cause notices 

Metropolitan Corporation 

(KMC) and citizens expect 

that their complaints will 

be addressed and they will 

get relief timely. 

and actions taken 

for their solution. 

He said this in a meeting 

held in his office on 

Monday which was attended 

to the officers who did not 

attend the meeting. 

He said people have lot 

of expectations from CCIS 

helpline 1339 and their 

He said that officers of 

by the municipal com- 

complaints should be 

the department must missioner Dr Asghar resolved on timely basis. 

KARACHI: Liaquatabad UC-4 Chairman Moiz Ahmed supervises the installation of 

sewerage pipelines. 

Dengue claimed 12 lives in 2017 

KARACHI: As many as 2,927 

dengue fever cases were reported 

throughout the Sindh province in 2017 

out of them 2,889 cases were detected 

from Karachi alone, while 38 from rest 

of province. 

The annual statistics released by 

Prevention and Control Program of 

Dengue (PCPD), Sindh show that in 

2017, a total 12 people including eight 

males and four females died of dengue 

fever in Karachi. 

nut. Proper hospital waste 

management processes 

have not been adopted 

anywhere in the country. 

All this is increasing the 

burden of diseases in 

Pakistan. 

He further said basic 

facilities for patients and 

attendants did not show 

any improvement in government 

hospitals. One can 

see so many medical stores 

and laboratories running 

around the public sector 

hospitals, because these 

hospitals are not providing 

these facilities to their 

patients. 

Rangers nab 11 

criminals including 

alleged extortionist 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Rangers on Monday 

claimed to have arrested 

11 alleged criminals, 

including an extortionist 

from different areas of the 

metropolis. 

A statement issued by 

ranger’s spokesman said 

that the Rangers conducted 

targeted raids in 

Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan 

area and apprehended an 

extortionist, Sheikh 

Muhammad Huzifa. The 

accused was allegedly 

involved in several cases 

of extortion, said the 

statement. 

Separately, a Ranger’s 

team carried out a raid in 

Clifton area and detained 

a MQM-London worker, 

Faisal Raza Khan wanted 

in crime cases. 

During search operations 

in Gizri 

Bahadurabad and Eidgah 

areas rangers arrested 

four suspects, Abdul 

Shukoor, Muhammad 

Guhlam Sarwar, 

Muhammad Altaf Khan, 

and Zahid Ali Khan. 

Rangers nabbed five 

drug peddlers, Shahid 

Hussain, Gulzar Ahmed, 

Saleem, Yousuf and 

Tofiq, from Awami 

Colony, Gulshan-e- 

Maymar and Gadap 

Town. 

The rangers also 

recovered weapons, drugs 

and contrabands from 

their possession. 

Meanwhile Sindh 

Minister for ET& NC 

Mukesh Kumar Chawla, 

while appreciating the 

progress in awarding cash 

awards / letters of appreciation 

to those officers / officials 

in recognition of their 

tireless and dedicated efforts 

in helping the department to 

achieve the targets, said that 

such cash awards and certificates 

of appreciation encourage 

the officers and officials 

to come up with better 

results and performance . ´ 

While awarding such cash 

prizes and certificates of 

appreciation the transparency 

and merit must be maintained 

` he concluded 

of the New Year with aerial 

firing 

in 

Defence,Nazimabad, Lyari, 

Rizvia Society, 

Mahmoodabad, and Agra 

Taj Colony. 

As the clock struck midnight, 

tonnes of fireworks 

were set off in different 

cities of Pakistan to welcome 

the new year of 

2018. People in all major 

cities of the country prayed 

that 2018 will usher the 

country into a new era of 

prosperity and peace. 

Security measures were 

ramped up as a large number 

of revellers took to 

streets to celebrate this 

occasion. Spectacular 

shows of bangers left 

viewers mesmerized. 

Families enjoyed food 

while youth were making 

merry with bike riding 

stunts and fireworks. 

New Karachi Hospital 

witnesses increase 

in OPD turnout 

KARACHI: As many as 

1.4 million patients were 

provided medical facilities 

in Sindh Government New 

Karachi Hospital in 2017 

and turnout of patients in 

their OPDs significantly 

increased in this district 

hospital. 

According to the annual 

statistics issued by Sindh 

Government New Karachi 

Hospital, a total 1,497,358 

patients were provided consultation 

and treatment 

facilities in different OPDs 

previous year, with 4,000 to 

4500 daily visits. At least 

451,841 patients were provided 

emergency treatment 

at Accident & Emergency 

Department of the hospital. 

The report r shows that 

38,350 patients got admission 

in different wards of 

the hospital while 301,123 

surgeries were carried out 

previous year. As many as 

37,905 children were handled 

in the Paeds emergency. 

The statistics revealed 

that 34,159 x-ray and 

412,098 lab tests were also 

performed in the hospital 

last year. 

KARACHI: Alumni and 

faculty members gathered to 

celebrate a landmark gift to 

the Aga Khan University 

(AKU): the MBBS Class of 

1992’s additional gift of 

$250,000 to the endowment 

fund previously established 

in 2012 to celebrate their 

20th graduation anniversary. 

The MBBS Class of 

1992 Endowment Fund was 

established to support the 

Medical College in perpetuity 

and in its commitment to 

making continuing medical 

education accessible to 

more physicians who work 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

alogn with Municipal Commissioner, Imran Aslam 

inspecting ongoing cleaning work. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah 

Murad visiting Women Training Centre. 

CM asks improving 

drinking water sector 

KARACHI: As part of 

its social responsibility, silver 

jubilee (1992-2017) 

year activities and under the 

stewardship of Vice 

Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shabib 

Ul Hassan, Hamdard 

University launched its 

“Safe Drive Safe Life 

Pledge” Campaign here on 

Tuesday (26 December). 

The campaign coincides 

with celebrating 142nd 

birth day of the father of 

KARACHI: The Sindh 

government through 

Public Health Engineering 

Department provides 

drinking water to 16.567 

million population which 

is 53 percent of the total 

population of the province 

while its drainage schemes 

cover 12.513 million population, 

40 percent of the 

total population. 

This was told to a 

meeting held here under 

the chairmanship of Sindh 

Chief Minister Syed 

Murad Ali Shah here at the 

CM House. 

Secretary PHE department 

Tamizuddin Khero 

told the meeting that the 

total quantity of water 

required for drinking purpose 

in existing schemes 

of PHED is about 340 

mgd: 122 mgd ground 

water and the remaining 

218mgd surface water. 

He said that the government 

provides water supply 

to 16.567million population 

of rural and urban 

areas of the province, 

except Karachi and 

Hyderabad which becomes 

to 53 percent of the population. 

Similarly, the 

department has developed 

drainage network covering 

12.513 million population, 

which comes to 40 percent 

of the total population of 

the province. As Karachi 

and Hyderabad urban areas 

have their own drainage 

and water supply systems 

and organizations, their 

facilities are not included 

in above data. 

He said that according 

to the new population census 

total population of the 

provinces comes to 

27.888million in which 24. 

91 million or 52 percent is 

urban and 22.975 million 

or 47.98 percent rural. 

Minister Population 

nation Quid-e-Azam 

Mohammad Ali in line with 

his famous guiding assertion 

“Unity, Faith and 

Discipline.” 

The campaign kicked off 

at Mazar-e-Quaid with 

Registrar, Deans, Directors, 

Principals of Hamdard 

University constituent institutes 

and the student body 

and volunteers in attendance. 

Flanked by officials 

of the University the 

Fayaz Butt said that there 

is sweet water zone where 

184 urban water supply 

schemes, including 13 RO 

plants are working. They 

are Ghotki with two 

schemes, Sukkur four, 

Khairpur 22, Naushehro 

Feroze 11, Shaheed 

Benazirabad and Larkana 

seven each, Shikarpur 

seven, Jacobabad four, 

Kamber nine, Kashmore 

three and Dadu eight. 

However, four RO 

plants have been given to 

Kambar. This shows that 

through 184 water supply 

schemes, including 13 RO 

plants drinking water is 

provided to 7.922million 

population in rural areas. 

The chief minister said 

that the ground water quality 

in the sweet water zone 

is also deteriorating for 

which separate measures 

should be adopted to 

improve its quality. 

Hamdard University launches safe 

drive safe life pledge campaign 

in underserved communities 

across Pakistan and who 

come to AKU for workshops, 

research symposiums, 

CME lectures and 

other research related activities 

specific to Postgraduate 

Medical Education (PGME) 

students training at AKU. 

This latest gift is the 

most recent example of 

AKU Alumni’s generosity 

toward their alma mater. A 

career in medicine and caring 

for vulnerable patient 

populations is itself a way of 

endowing society, but the 

alumni clearly value the 

concept of paying it forward. 

Proceeds from the fund 

will continue to enable the 

University to open its doors 

to many more students from 

other medical institutions 

across Pakistan to attend 

world class conferences and 

workshops at AKU, to more 

closely connect them, 

through the curriculum, 

with advances in medicine 

so as to better care for the 

communities where they 

come from. It will also support 

education of undergraduate 

students from some of 

Registrar, Prof. Dr. Vali 

Uddin laid floral wreath on 

the grave of the Quaid followed 

by Fateha Khawani 

by Qari Shamsuddin. 

The students and volunteers 

administered Safe 

Drive Safe Life Pledge to 

the officials of the 

University which runs as 

follows: 

I pledge I will not use 

mobile phone while 

driving. 

AKU alumni give back through landmark donation 

Pakistan’s most underserved 

communities requiring 

financial assistance to 

access world-class medical 

education. 

“AKU has opened up 

new worlds for me and my 

classmates. It has offered 

me new perspectives, which 

allowed me to fulfill my 

dreams. Looking back over 

many years of practice, we 

know that medical education 

is our most valuable 

possession. It is a privilege 

every day to practice medicine 

– it helps to ground us 

and humble us. 

Visiting different areas to ensure 

the quality of every development 

work, Chairman DMC East 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting 

civic issues at PECHS. 

KARACHI: We are visiting the sites where development 

works in ongoing as well as the areas where development 

work will start by and civil department or DMC East, 

Purpose of these inspection and monitoring visits is to ensure 

the quality as well to monitor the speed of development 

work, Moid Anwar Chairman DMC East share these views 

during his visit to UC 7 Haider ali road near Rab medical 

center Gulshan e iqbal as well as UC 6 and block 6 of 

PECHS. Chairman express anger to K-Electric staff for the 

excavation of road near Rab Medical center, Gulshan e Iqbal 

and gave instructions to stop the work , Chairman told them 

“I will see the permit of excavation first after that i will 

decide to give permission for excavation.”

Commodore Abdul Basit Butt 

promoted to rank of Rear Admiral ISLAMABAD: 

ISLAMABAD: Commodore 

Abdul Basit Butt on Monday was 

promoted to the rank of Rear 

Admiral, according to an 

announcement by the Pakistan 

Navy. 

In recognition of his meritorious 

services, Rear Admiral Butt 

has also been awarded Sitara-e- 

Imtiaz (military). 

He is a graduate of Pakistan 

Navy War College, National 

Defence University Islamabad, 

and Turkish Armed Forces War 

College, Turkey. 

Butt was commissioned in 

Operations Branch of Pakistan 

Navy in 1989. Over the course of 

AJK Opposition leader strongly rejects 

govt. decision of petroleum hike 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Opposition leader in AJK 

Legislative Assembly and 

member central executive 

committee PPP Ch. 

Muhammad Yasin has 

strongly condemned and 

rejected the sitting government 

illogical step of 

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister 

Ahsan Iqbal has directed relevant authorities 

to remove hurdles in the way of registration 

of vibrant NGOs. 

In a statement, he said Pakistan 

increasing prices of the 

petroleum products. 

While talking to different 

public delegations, PPP 

leader said that decision of 

increasing the oil prices an 

open enmity with the nation 

and demanded of the government 

not only to withdraw 

the increase. 

He threatened to launch 

agitation against the sitting 

government unpardonable 

and awful decision. 

He said the Sharif brothers 

were responsible for the 

present state of economy 

and rocketing price-hike in 

Ahsan directs to remove hurdles in 

way of vibrant NGOs registration 

ISLAMABAD: Central 

Development Working 

Party (CDWP) has 

approved different project 

worth Rs 12.2 billion for 

improvement in higher 

education and science and 

technology sectors. 

Deputy Chairman 

Planning Commission 

(PC) Sartaj Aziz has said it 

is first and foremost mission 

of government to 

ensure bright future for the 

young generation through Faisalabad 

education under government 

of Pakistan vision - 

2025 program. 

The CDWP has accorded 

this approval in its meeting 

held here on Monday. 

Sartaj Aziz said strategy 

has been evolved in the 

meeting for extending the 

best educational facilities to 

women in the field of science 

and technology in different 

district besides constructing 

hostels for the girl 

students for their residential 

purpose in the educational 

institutions. Several important 

decisions were taken. 

The Higher Education 

Commission (HEC) presented 

a project for setting 

up sub campus of 

Agriculture 

University in Tehsil 

Dibalpur of district Okara 

at the cost of over Rs 889 

million and it was 

approved in the meeting. 

The HEC also presented 

project valuing Rs 1.54 billion 

for fortifying and 

acknowledges the services rendered by 

vibrant non-governmental organizations 

in development sector. He said emphasized 

the need for bringing transparency 

in the affairs of NGOs. 

CDWP approves projects worth 

Rs 12.2 billion for improvement in higher 

education, science and technology sectors 

equipping the sub campuses 

of Sargodha university 

in Mianwali and Bhakkar 

with state of the art facilities 

which was also given 

yes nod in the meeting. 

The HEC also presented 

projects for construction of 

educational infrastructure 

and hostel in Shaheed 

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Law 

university Karachi at the 

cost of Rs 763 million and 

provision of modern educational 

facilities and upgradation 

of Sindh Jamshoro 

university at the cost of 

over 1.61 billion and establishment 

of Federal Urdu 

university in Hyderabad 

Sindh at the cost of Rs 1.91 

billion which were also 

approved. 

the country. He alleged that 

Sharif brothers are striking 

another NRO in order to 

protect their corruption and 

added no NRO could safe 

them. He said that government 

days are numbered 

out and soon it would fall 

on the ground. 

KP govt completes 

feasibility study of 

circular train project 

ISLAMABAD: Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government 

has completed the 

feasibility study of circular 

train project. 

According to a 

spokesman of the provincial 

government, the project 

will be completed at a 

cost of about one point six 

billion dollars under China 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor. 

In the first phase, the 

train will ply between 

P e s h a w a r - C h a r s a d d - 

Nowshera while in second 

phase, its route will be 

extended to Mardan, 

Swabi and Islamabad. 

Police arrest driver 

for killing cop, 

injuring other 

LAHORE: Police on 

Monday arrested a car 

driver for killing a cop and 

injuring another in the 

Defence area of Lahore on 

the eve of New Year, on 

late Sunday night. 

According to police, 

two cops, Mustansar and 

Qasim, were performing 

their duties on a road in 

Defence area, when a 

speeding car hit them. 

As a result, Mustansar 

suffered severe injuries and 

died on the spot, while 

Qasim was critically 

wounded. A CCTV footage 

of the accident shows the 

cops attempted to run for 

saving their lives, as the car 

took a sharp turn towards 

them in a bid to take over a 

car in front of it. 

his career, he has served on various 

command and staff appointments. 

Some of his significant command 

appointments include 

Commanding Officer 28 Aviation 

Squadron and Commander Naval 

Aviation. 

Whereas, his distinguished 

staff appointments include 

Director Naval Training, Director 

Naval Operational Plans, Sector 

Commander Naval Intelligence 

(South), and Naval Secretary at 

Naval Headquarters. 

He is presently serving as 

Director General Naval 

Intelligence. 

PML-N committed 

to realize dream 

of fast paced 

development: Jaffar 


Minister of State for 

Maritime Affairs Ch. 

Jaffar Iqbal has said that 

PML-N is committed to 

continue its revolutionary 

policies to realize the 

dream of fast paced 

development of country. 

In an interview, he 

said there is no power 

crisis within country 

today and the menace of 

terrorism has also been 

reduced to the significant 

extent due to unparalleled 

sacrifices of armed 

forces and people. He 

said that year 2018 will 

prove to be positive and 

PML-N will again return 

to power on the basis of 

its unmatched services to 

the people. 


Neglecting the Islamabad 

High Court (IHC) orders, 

the inquiry report of 

Inspector General of 

Police (IGP) has been suppressed 

due to pressure of 

extortionists mafia. 

Reliable sources 

informed that it was 

revealed that former IGP 

Islamabad’s son in law was 

involved who tried to 

occupy house of a widow 

situated in Sector G-6. The 

Federal police not only 

ignored the IHC orders 

regarding arresting the 

accused but also did not 


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Thousands attend funeral 

of youth in Pulwama 

In 

Occupied Kashmir, thousands 

of people participated 

in the funerals of martyred 

of three mujahideen triggered 

complete shutdown 

marked by forceful anti- 

India protests in Pulwama 

gious obligations continued 

unabated in occupied 

Kashmir during the year 

2017. 

youth, Fardeen district. All shops and The report said that 

Ahmad Khandey and other business establishments 

political leaders and 

Manzoor Ahmad Baba in 

were closed while activists were subjected to 

Tral and Drubgam areas of traffic was off the roads. vengeance and India’s 

Pulwama district on Many people were National Investigation 

Monday. 

Khandey and Manzoor 

were martyred during an 

injured when the troops 

fired bullets and pellets on 

protesters in Drubgam area 

Agency was put into service 

to harass and arrest 

Hurriyet leaders. 

attack on the training centre 

of the district. Chairman of On the other hand, 

of Indian paramilitary All Parties Hurriyet according to the data 

Central Reserve Police Conference, Syed Ali issued today by the 

Force in Lethpora area of Gilani and other Hurriyet Research Section of 

Pulwama district. Five leaders and organizations Kashmir Media Service, 

CRPF personnel were have paid tributes to the Indian troops in their 

killed and several others 

injured in the attack. 

martyred youth. 

In its report, the All 

unabated acts of state terrorism 

martyred 291 innocent 

The mourners were Parties Hurriyet 

Kashmiris including 

raising pro-freedom and Conference said that six women and 18 young 

pro-Islam slogans. killing and other human boys during 2017. 

Hurriyet leaders and rights violations including The troops martyred 14 

activists including a JKLF harassment of civilians and Kashmiris including two 

delegation participated in Hurriyet leadership, women and destroyed 125 

the funerals of the martyrs. restrictions on political residential houses last 

Meanwhile, the killing activities and curbs on reli- 

month. 

HYDERABAD: Security has been tightening in Hyderabad on the occasion of New Year- 

2018, rangers and police hold snap check and traffic control on New Year night. 

IHC orders ignored regarding action 

against extortionists mafia 

lodge case against the 

extortionists mafia. Newly 

appointed IGP Sultan 

Azam Taimouri, who is 

considered as a dutiful 

officer, has so far neglected 

Islamabad High Court 

(IHC) orders to arrest the 

accused. 

When contacted to IG 

Islamabad, Sultan Azam 

Taimouri confirmed that 

name of accused Tahir 

Bega has appeared in the 

inquiry report but he 

(Tahir) could not be arrested 

so far. He assured that 

accused Tahir Bega would 

be arrested soon. To question 

regarding influence of 

extortionists mafia in federal 

capital, IG Islamabad 

said gangs of occupationist 

exist in the city. 

It is pertinent to mention 

that Justice Athar 

Minullah of Islamabad 

High Court (IHC) had 

summoned Chief 

Commissioner Islamabad 

Zulfiqar Haider and 

Inspector General of 

Police (IGP) after administration 

and police officers’ 

involvement in occupying 

house of a widow in Sector 

G-6 of the federal capital. 

The IHC had directed to 

launch inquiry against 

Assistant Commissioner 

City Saad Bin Asad and 

other police officials 

involved in the incident. It 

had also directed to register 

case against persons 

who attacked the house of 

the widow and also arrest 

them immediately. 

Despite passage of over 

two weeks, the orders of 

the High Court could not 

be implemented which 

was itself a big question 

mark on changing police 

system and slogans of IGP 

regarding war against corruption. 

SHC seeks Rangers, police comments in missing person case 

LARKANA: The Sindh High 

Court (SHC) on Monday sought 

comments from Rangers director 

general, police inspector general and 

other officials on a petition seeking 

whereabouts of two citizens who 

went missing. 

A division bench was hearing petitions 

filed for the recovery of Saad 

Shamsi and Ashraf believed by their 

families to have been picked by law 

enforcement agencies from different 

areas of the city on different occasions. 

The family members of the missing 

men approached the high court 

against law enforcement agencies and 

concerned authorities, seeking whereabouts 

of their loved ones. 

The court was informed that the 

Rangers had picked up Shamsi from 

Gizri and Ashraf from Korangi area 

but neither showed their arrest or produced 

them before any court. 

The petitioners submitted that the 

family members were going through 

severe mental agony in their absence, 

adding that they were trying their best 

to trace out the missing persons since 

the day of their arrest but to no avail 

QUETTA: Residents of Kacchi Baig are holding protest demonstration against high 

handedness of lands grabbers, at Quetta press club. 

How social media reflects our 

daily mood changes 


Researchers from the 

University of Bristol in the 

United Kingdom have used a 

dataset of more than 800 million 

Twitter messages to evaluate 

how collective mood 

changes over the course of 24 

hours and across the seasons. 

Researchers show that 

social media can determine 

mood changes between 

weekdays and weekends, as 

well as across the seasons. 

The most extensive study 

of its kind to date was led by 

machine learning researcher 

Dr. Fabon Dzogang. 

He conducted the research 

with neuroscientist Prof. 

Stafford Lightman and Nello 

Cristianini, a professor of artificial 

intelligence from the 

Department of Engineering 

Mathematics. 

Circadian rhythms are 

often referred to as the "body 

clock." They enable the 

human body to predict needs 

during the light and dark periods 

of each day. A small area 

in the hypothalamus of the 

brain, called the suprachiasmatic 

nucleus (SCN), regulates 

most circadian activity. 

The SCN is particularly sensitive 

to the light changes that 

occur at sunrise and sunset, 

sending signals through hormones 

and nerves to all the 

tissues in our body. 

Circadian rhythms also 

impact mood. Understanding 

the interaction between light 

signals, seasons, and mood is 

regarded as important; light 

has a significant effect on 

multiple areas of the brain 

that play a role in attention 

and cognitive function. 

Moreover, mood affects the 

achievement of goals that are 

essential for a successful existence. 

Citizens felicitated Badin Press Club’s newly elected office-bearers 

Staff Report 

BADIN: An oath-taking 

ceremony of newly elected 

officer bearers of Badin 

Press Club for year 2018 was 

held at the Badin Press Club 

on the other day. A large 

number of the citizens and 

journalists around the district 

participated the in the oath 

taking ceremony. 

Altaf Shad Memon, 

Chairman, Election 

Committee has administered 

the oath by newly unopposed 

elected office bearers 

of Badin Press Club when 

Swai Khan Chhalgri, 

Director Information and 

Irfan Ali Junejo Information 

Officer, Information 

Department were the chief 

guests of the event. 

According to announcement 

of Chairman election 

committee BPC Badin, 

Tanveer Ahmed Arain was 

elected president of Badin 

Press Club as unopposed 

when Imran Abbas Khuwaja 

was elected as vice president 

simultaneously Shoukat 

Memon, Sawan Khaskheli, 

Dodo Panwhar and Abdul 

Latif Zargar were elected as 

General Secretary, Social 

Secretary, Joint Secretary 

and treasurer respectively. 

Meanwhile, Malik Illyas, 

Abdul Majeed Mallah, Noor 

Hassan Solangi, Anees-ur- 

Rehman Memon, Ashfaque 

Memon, Raja Shakeel 

Ghanchi, Malik Danish, 

Hussain Soomro and Ali 

Nawaz were elected and 

administered oath as members 

of working committee 

of Badin Press Club. The 

elected representatives of the 

press club also pledged to 

remain sincere with the press 

club and their institutions 

and to bring the city's problems 

to the superior house 

for the solutions. 

"We will continue to raise 

the voice against oppressors 

collaboratively with our others 

journalist friends" 

Tanveer Ahmed Arain, 

newly elected president, 

added. 

Mr. Tanveer Ahmed also 

pointed out that every issue 

of the region and public 

problems will continue to 

be highlighted through the 

print and electronic media 

adding that efforts will be 

continued for the welfare of 

the journalists’ colleagues. 

On the occasion, Swai 

Khan Chhalgri, Director 

Information expressed that 

Badin Press Club's journalists 

have always been fascinating 

and presented the 

region as positive at all 

forums of the country. The 

Sindh Government was also 

working to facilitate the 

free treatment of the journalists, 

release the grants to 

Press Clubs and insurance 

of the journalists, he added. 

Other hand, the representatives 

of different political 

and social organizations 

including trades 

unions of the district and 

honored citizens have also 

felicitated the Badin Press 

Club’s newly elected officebearers 

and members of its 

working committee and 

hoped that the media is the 

fourth pillar of the state and 

educating the public well to 

judge the government policies 

either good for the 

country or else would play 

its vigilant and vibrant role 

for the betterment of the 

society.

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EDITORIAL 

Humans, religious or atheist, have morals: 

Human spirit compulsory to end immorality 

RELIGION, according to worldwide contentions, 

for self proclaimed religious people 

is a reforming factor leading to concepts of 

rights, morality and accountability in eternal life or 

Hereafter, just like the laws of the land in this temporary 

world and transient short life. Is religion 

with craving for heaven and fear of hell necessary 

for morality? Most people believe in that. Without 

concepts of rights and wrongs, judgement day and 

accountability, with heaven as rewards for good 

deeds and hell as a reward for bad ones, individual 

or collective justice and morality makes little sense. 

A definite concept of reward and punishment makes 

people behave more properly, though their levels of 

belief may vary to lesser or greater extent, as their 

saying and doing shows it. It is not a set of "rules to 

follow, or else" - it is a human belief and a divine 

relationship, with the One who made the Universe, 

the Earth, and all of us. No one wants the results of 

sin, but all are happy to participate in evil: Only a 

stronger belief and relation with God is absolutely 

necessary to live the right way. 

SOME individuals may still come up with what 

is moral and what is immoral, each with different 

versions. A highest authority like God may be an 

answer to unify a code of moral conduct universally. 

Another argument is that all morality is based on 

consequences. All things being equal, pleasure is 

better than pain, life is better than death, health is 

better than illness. The murder rate in Japan is one 

of the lowest in the world. That is not because 

everyone is Buddhist. In fact, most Japanese are not 

followers. Norway has very low rates of prisoners 

re-offending and that is not because there are more 

religious people there than America. It is because of 

specific policies. So religion is not the only force 

needed to make people moral and stop people committing 

bad acts, but it is still more effective one, if 

properly promoted and implemented. 

THERE are 2.5 billion non-religious people on 

By Jeffrey D. Sachs 

America's latest gift to the world was a $285 

million cut in the United Nations' regular 

budget. Technically, the UN regular budget 

reflects a consensus decision of the body's 193 member 

states, but the United States was clearly the prime 

mover in pushing for the cut. Indeed, Nikki Haley, 

the US ambassador to the UN, accompanied the 

announcement with a warning that the US would be 

on the lookout for further reductions. 

The budget cuts will make it that much harder for 

UN agencies to prevent wars, help millions of people 

displaced by conflicts, feed and clothe hungry children, 

fight emerging diseases, provide safe water and 

sanitation, and promote access to education and 

health care for the poor. 

President Donald Trump and Haley make much of 

the bloated costs of UN operations, and there certainly 

is room for some trimming. But the world receives 

an astounding return on its investments in the UN, 

and member countries should be investing far more, 

not less, in its organisations and programmes. 

Consider the sums. The UN regular budget for the 

two-year period 2018-2019 will stand at $5.3 billion 

- $285 million less than the 2016-2017. Annual 

spending will be $2.7 billion. The US share will be 

22 per cent, or around $580 million per year, equivalent 

to around $1.80 per American per year. 

What will Americans get for their $1.80 per year? 

For starters, the UN regular budget includes the operations 

of the General Assembly, the Security Council, 

and the Secretariat (including the Secretary-General's 

office, the Department for Economic and Social 

Affairs, the Department of Political Affairs, and 

administrative staff). When a dire threat to peace arises, 

such as the current standoff between the US and 

North Korea, it is the UN's Department of Political 

Affairs that often facilitates vital, behind-the-scenes 

diplomacy. 

In addition, the UN regular budget includes allocations 

for the UN Children's Fund (Unicef), the UN 

Development Program, the World Health 

Organization, the UN High Commissioner for 

Refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Human 

Rights, the UN's regional bodies (for Asia, Africa, 

Europe, Latin America), the UN Environment 

Program, the Office for the Coordination of 

Humanitarian Affairs (for disaster response), the 

World Meteorological Organization, the UN Office 

on Drugs and Crime, UN Women (for women's 

rights), and many other agencies, each specialising in 

global responses to crises, conflicts, poverty, displacement, 

environmental hazards, diseases, or other 

public needs. 

OPINION 

Earth, and not all are immoral. In fact, most are 

moral. Morality comes from within which was/is 

established through societal interactions. As society 

grew and social interactions became more complex 

those that operated with morality were better able to 

coexist and thus thrive while others failed. 

IT'S said that religious people incite verbal quarrels 

and violent behavior, leading to permanent state 

of war without peace. If you are not religious at all, 

it's not as if you don't have morals. That is not true 

at all. Religious people also aren't always moral, 

like some non religious ones. Sometimes it's seen 

and proved that even atheists and humanists and 

other non-religious people have high human morals, 

often more than the morals of the religious people. 

Many religious people are immoral and invite others 

to morality. At least non-religious people do not 

defame religion like that. 

LESSONS like these are too many here for religious 

people to learn. If religious people and their 

leaders were better than non religious people, then a 

religious governance with morality would be more 

in politics and rule than non religious governments 

without morals. All that is necessary for morality is 

good intention and probably some form of community 

support or ethical framework. That can be from 

a religion, or otherwise. In fact, many immoral 

things have been done throughout history in the 

name of some religion or other. But truly religious 

people with good acts, rather than bad ones, following 

a true Islam without distortions, are a lot better 

than non religious people of equal stature in education, 

ability and character, for a simple reason that 

religious people fear God and concept of hell for bad 

deeds in Hereafter. Many debate on a highly likely 

truth that if a country like Pakistan made in the name 

of religion had religious leaders moral enough to 

spiritually lead this nation, there would be a religious 

ruling system with (now absent) morality and 

without present corruption in Pakistan today. 

UN needs more funds and 

support to save the world 

The budget cuts will make it that much harder for UN 

agencies to prevent wars 

Many of the UN organisations receive additional 

"voluntary" contributions from individual countries 

interested in supporting specialised initiatives by 

agencies such as Unicef and the World Health 

Organization. After all, those agencies have a unique 

global mandate and political legitimacy, and the 

capacity to operate in all parts of the world. 

The silliness of the US attack on the size of the 

UN budget is best seen by comparing it to the 

Pentagon's budget. The US currently spends around 

$700 billion per year on defense, or roughly $2 billion 

per day. Thus, the total annual UN regular budget 

amounts to around one day and nine hours of US 

military spending. The US share of the UN regular 

budget equals roughly seven hours of Pentagon 

spending. Some waste. 

Trump and Haley are squeezing the UN budget for 

three reasons. The first is to play to Trump's political 

base. Most Americans recognise the enormous value 

of the UN and support it, but the right-wing fringe 

views the UN as an affront to the US. A 2016 Pew 

Survey put US public approval of the UN at 64 per 

cent, with just 29 per cent viewing it unfavourably. 

Yet the Texas Republican Party, for example, has 

repeatedly called on the US to leave the UN. 

The second reason is to save on wasteful programmes, 

which is necessary in any ongoing organisation. 

The mistake is to slash the overall budget, 

rather than reallocate funds and increase outlays on 

vitally needed programmes that fight hunger and disease, 

educate children, and prevent conflicts. 

The third, and most dangerous reason for cutting 

the UN's budget is to weaken multilateralism in the 

name of American "sovereignty." America is sovereign, 

Trump and Haley insist, and therefore can do 

what it wants, regardless of opposition by the UN or 

any other group of countries. 

In her recent speech to the UN General 

Assembly session on Jerusalem, where member 

states overwhelmingly rejected America's unilateral 

recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, 

Haley told the rest of the world: "America will put 

our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the 

American people want us to do, and it is the right 

thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will 

make any difference on that." 

This approach to sovereignty is exceedingly 

risky. Most obviously, it repudiates international 

law. In the case of Jerusalem, resolutions adopted 

by the General Assembly and the Security Council 

have repeatedly declared the final status of 

Jerusalem to be a matter of international law. By 

brazenly proclaiming the right to override international 

law, the US threatens the edifice of international 

cooperation under the UN Charter. 

Imran, Sheikh Rasheed in 

state of panic: Rana Sanaullah 

FAISALABAD: Punjab 

Law Minister Rana 

Sanaullah said on Monday 

that Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf Chairman Imran 

Khan and Awami Muslim 

League chief Sheikh 

Rasheed are in a state of 

panic. 

He referred to Imran as 

"Pagal [crazy] Khan" and 

Rasheed as "Pindi ka 

Shaitan [devil of 

Rawalpindi]". Speaking to 

the media in Faisalabad, 

Sanaullah said those who 

got Nawaz disqualified are 

embarrassed as the nation 

is supporting the former 

prime minister. 

"The whole world considers 

qualified the one 

whose disqualification was 

attempted," he said, referring 

to Nawaz. 

The Pakistan Muslim 

League-N leader said 

Nawaz believes in working 

FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah talking to media after inaugurating 

the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Art Gallery. 

on merit, transparency and 

has not hidden anything 

about himself. 

Talking about the 

Model Town inquiry 

report, Sanaullah, who figures 

prominently in the 

judicial report into the 

2014 violence, said the 

Allah Bux Khushik 

DADU: a victim woman 

of sexual harassment 

Sharbano resident of village 

Jamo Depar wanted to 

attempts self immolate 

before press club against 

her friend for not marrying 

with him and using her for 

their personals bad wishes. 

Sharbano wanted to spark 

petrol on her body herself 

but on that occasion citizens 

saved her to set fire 

her body and douse fire 

from her body. Citizens 

called police area police, 

and police brought her a 

section town police for illegally 

self immolating herself 

act. 

Speaking to media person 

woman Shahbano 

solangi alleged that he had 

illicit relation with his 

friend Rafique Solangi 

since long time. She said 

that from Rafique Ahmed 

Solangi she had give birth a 

baby but her friend rafique 

Ahmed Solangi was not 

marry with her. She said 

that she had registered a 

case against accused 

Rafique Ahmed for using 

her with illicit relation at 

Makdhoom Bilawal police 

station but was not ready to 

report does not contain 

anything despite claims 

that it had many "secrets". 

Referring to reports that 

Nawaz and brother Punjab 

Chief Minister Shehbaz 

Sharif are in Saudi Arabia 

seeking a 'deal' out of their 

present predicament, the 

Woman attempts to set fire herself 

on her body before press club Dadu 

LARKANA: Three persons 

were gunned down 

and six others were injured 

in a dispute between Bhutto 

and Khuhro communities in 

the limits of Ketty Mumtaz 

police station near 

Naundero on Monday 

morning. 

This dispute has so far 

claimed 13 lives which 

started over ownership of 

about 3200 acres land located 

in the riverine area, 

police sources said. 

The victims include 

Momin Kurio, Sadoro 

Kurio and Naheed Narejo. 

The injured include 

Hatim Kurio, Gulzar Kurio, 

Suhno Kurio, Sattar Kurio, 

Hakim Narejo and Hote 

Narejo. 

According to the relatives, 

all the injured and 

dead were shifted to 

Naundero hospital after six 

hours and when police 

reached the spot and tried to 

halt firing. 

On hearing the sad news, 

the relatives of the dead and 

injured gathered at Rural 

Health Center, Naundero in 

large number. After postmortem 

the dead bodies 

were handed over to the 

heirs for burial. 

Police sources said that 

the first dispute occurred on 

get justice for her. She said 

that area police of 

Makdhoom Bilawal was 

supporting rafique ahmed. 

She said that if police have 

doubt that she was sinner 

DNA test of his son would 

be conducted as real face 

would come that her son 

was rafique son or not. 

Weeping victim woman 

that that her family members 

are not ready to accept 

to live her house with them 

because of that she had 

made wrong with her life 

and believed her fake friend 

who had used her for their 

personal bad wishes. 

3 gunned down over land dispute 

NAUNDERO: Relatives are shifting dead bodies and injured victims of firing incident, 

who were gunned down in a dispute between Bhutto-Khuhro communities that took 

place in the Kacha (Riverine) area in the limits of Ketty Mumtaz Police Station. 

Staff Reporter 

JACOBABAD: Special program 

was held at “Pathan House” 

Jacobabad in connection to celebrate 

New Year on the occasion special 

prayer was offered for prosperity of 

the country, solidarity of the counrty 

and ending corruption culture from 

Pakistan, here on Monday. 

Raaz Khan Pathan, the information 

secretary to Pakistan Tehreek-i- 

Insaf [PTI] Jacobabad chapter hoped 

that new year would bring prosperity 

and solidarity for people of 

Pakistan he further hoped the corruption 

culture would decrease in 

Pakistan in 2018. 

Mr Khan further urged the people 

of Jacobabad to give support to 

Imran Khan, the PTI chief, and play 

29th September 2012 when 

two persons namely Zaman 

Khuhro and Ali Ahmed 

Khuhro were killed and 

since then this bloody dispute 

is continuing since last 

six years in which so far 13 

people have been murdered. 

Ghulam Akbar Kurio, 

younger brother of 

deceased Momin Kurio, 

told reporters that they are 

farmers of Sardar Mumtaz 

Ali Bhutto, adding they 

were going to riverine area 

to cut firewood on their 

donkey carts, when 10 to 

15 persons of Khuhro community 

opened firing on 

them. 

their pivotal role to eliminate corruption 

culture and poverty from 

law minister said they are 

discussing issues confronting 

the Muslim World 

during their visit. 

He added that the treason 

case verdict against 

former president Gen (retd) 

Pervez Musharraf should 

be announced soon. 

SU extends 

winter break till 

January 7, 2018 

J A M S H O R O : 

Registrar, University of 

Sindh, Jamshoro in a circular 

issued by his office has 

notified extension in winter 

break for main campus 

of the varsity at Jamshoro 

and all its additional campuses 

till Sunday, January 

07, 2018. The varsity will 

re-open on Monday, 

January 08, 2018. 

Capital to get 

Model Police 

stations soon 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister for Interior Ahsan 

Iqbal has given approval to 

make eight police stations 

of Federal Capital as 

“Model Police Stations”. 

While talking to 

“Online” IG Islamabad 

Sultan Azam Taimori has 

stated that the police stations 

including Aabpara, 

Secretariat, Koshar, 

Margalla and Ramna 

would be operational till 

January 8, 2018. “In second 

phase police stations 

like I-9, Shalimar and 

Barakahu would be shifted 

into Model police stations 

so that Capital city make 

crime free city” he added. 

Policeman 

killed in road 

accident 

LAHORE: An on-duty 

police man was killed 

while another one was 

injured being hit by a 

speedy car on Monday. 

As per police , the incident 

took place in defence 

an area of Lahore when a 

speeding car hit two onduty 

police officers who 

were standing on checkpoint. 

Police added that of 

victims one died on the 

spot while another one got 

serious injuries. 

New Year will bring prosperity 

for people of Pakistan 

country for larger interests of people 

of Pakistan.


International 

5 

Nuclear button to hit US is on 

my desk, Kim Jong Un warns 

North Korea's Kim says 'open to dialogue' with South Korea, will only use nukes if threatened 

Powerful Hollywood women unveil 

anti-harassment action plan 

SEOUL: Kim Jong Un 

on Monday warned the 

United States that he has a 

“nuclear button” on his 

desk ready for use if North 

Korea is threatened, but 

offered an olive branch to 

South Korea, saying he 

was “open to dialogue” 

with Seoul. 

After a year dominated 

by fiery rhetoric and escalating 

tensions over North 

Korea’s nuclear weapons 

program, Kim used his televised 

New Year’s Day 

speech to declare North 

Korea “a peace-loving and 

responsible nuclear 

power” and call for lower 

military tensions on the 

Korean peninsula and 

improved ties with the 

South. 

“When it comes to 

North-South relations, we 

should lower the military 

LIVERPOOL, A blaze 

has destroyed every vehicle 

in a 1,600-capacity car 

park serving the British 

city of Liverpool’s indoor 

arena, police said 

Monday. 

The Liverpool 

International Horse Show, 

taking place in the northwest 

English city’s neighboring 

11,000-seater 

arena, was cancelled due 

to the fire, which broke 

out after dark on Sunday. 

Nobody has been seriously 

injured in the blaze, 

the local Merseyside 

tensions on the Korean 

Peninsula to create a 

peaceful environment,” 

Kim said. “Both the North 

and the South should make 

efforts.” 

Kim said he will consider 

sending a delegation 

Police said, while all horses 

are accounted for. 

“Initial investigations 

indicate that an accidental 

fire within a vehicle 

caused other cars to 

ignite,” the force said. 

“We believe that all 

vehicles parked in the car 

park have been destroyed 

and advise owners to contact 

their insurance companies.” 

Liverpool Mayor Joe 

Anderson said the blaze 

started in a four-wheel 

drive vehicle on the third 

level. 

to the Winter Olympics 

Games to be held in 

Pyeongchang, South 

Korea, in February. 

“North Korea’s participation 

in the Winter 

Games will be a good 

opportunity to showcase 

the national pride and we 

wish the Games will be a 

success. Officials from the 

two Koreas may urgently 

meet to discuss the possibility,” 

Kim said. 

South Korea said it welcomed 

Kim’s offer to send 

Israeli minister encourages Iran 

protests, says Israel is not involved 

TELAVIV: Israel’s intelligence 

minister on Monday 

voiced encouragement for 

Iranian anti-government 

protesters but added that 

Israeli policy was not to get 

involved in Tehran’s internal 

affairs. 

Four days of demonstrations 

in Iran have posed the 

boldest challenge to its clerical 

leadership since proreform 

unrest in 2009. At 

least four people have been 

killed as some confrontations 

with police turned violent. 

“I can only wish success 

to the Iranian people in 

the struggle for freedom and 

democracy,” Israeli 

Intelligence Minister Israel 

Katz said in an Army Radio 

interview. “If the people succeed 

in achieving freedom 

and democracy, many of the 

threats on Israel and the 

entire region today will disappear.” 

Israel has long voiced 

alarm over the Shi‘ite 

power’s nuclear program 

and its support for Islamist 

guerrillas in Lebanon and 

the Palestinian territories - 

concerns shared by Sunni 

Arab states. 

Asked why Israeli Prime 

Minister Benjamin 

A visual that shows just how many 

Rohingya villages have been burned 

COX'S BAZAR: In the 

four months since the 

Myanmar military began a 

crackdown after Rohingya 

militants attacked an army 

base and police posts on 

Aug. 25, around 655,000 

members of the stateless 

Muslim minority have fled 

the western state of 

Rakhine and crossed into 

neighboring Bangladesh. 

A Reuters graphic 

makes use of data from the 

U.N. Operational Satellite 

Applications Programme 

(UNOSAT) to show hundreds 

of villages in 

Rakhine state that were 

once inhabited by the 

Rohingya, but have now 

been burned down. 

A total of 354 villages 

have either been completely 

or partially destroyed, 

Human Rights Watch said 

on Dec. 18. 

The data, which was 

gathered from Aug. 25, the 

day of the Rohingya militant 

attack, to Nov. 25, 

shows burned settlements 

in an area stretching 110 

km (68 miles) from the 

green hills of Rakhine’s 

northern tip to beaches 

near the state’s capital 

Sittwe in the south. 

Top officials in the 

United Nations and United 

States have described the 

Myanmar military’s crackdown 

as ethnic cleansing. 

Myanmar has denied 

human rights abuses, saying 

its military is engaged 

in legitimate counterinsurgency 

operations. 

Netanyahu was not following 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump’s example in offering 

more open endorsement for 

the protesters, Katz said: 

“Israel has undertaken not to 

get involved in this internal 

affair”. Trump’s tough 

approach to Tehran, which 

has included the threat of 

U.S. sanctions, had disrupted 

the Iranian government’s 

“illusion of economic betterment”, 

he said. On Sunday, 

an Iranian official blamed 

“foreign agents” for a clash 

in which two protesters were 

killed. 

Katz dismissed such allegations 

as standard fare from 

“a mendacious and propagandistic 

regime”. 

Jordan royal palace 

denies rumors about 

dismissal of princes 

AMMAN: Jordan’s 

royal palace warned it 

would take legal measures 

against anyone spreading 

what it said were lies about 

the ruling family, just days 

after King Abdullah 

relieved his brothers from 

top army posts in a major 

shakeup. 

The king, a staunch 

U.S. ally, said on Tuesday 

that his brothers Prince Ali 

and Prince Faisal and his 

cousin Prince Talal - who 

all had high military ranks 

- would be retiring from 

the armed forces. 

He said the move was 

part of a reorganization of 

the armed forces’ hierarchy 

and structure. 

Prince Faisal was head 

of the royal air force and 

deputy chief of staff, while 

Prince Ali had for years 

been in charge of the royal 

guards responsible for the 

king’s protection. 

Talal Bin Mohammad, a 

Sandhurst graduate who 

was and an officer in the 

elite special forces, was 

also sent into retirement. 

They were all given honorary 

promotions. 

a delegation to the 

Pyeongchang Games and 

hold talks with the South 

to discuss possible participation. 

“We have always stated 

our willingness to talk 

with North Korea any time 

and anywhere if that 

would help restore inter- 

Korean relations and lead 

to peace on the Korean 

peninsula,” a spokesman 

for the presidential Blue 

House said. 

“We hope the two 

Koreas will sit down and 

find a solution to lower 

tensions and establish 

peace on the Korean 

peninsula.” 

Lee Hee-beom, president 

of the Pyeongchang 

Organizing Committee, 

said the organization welcomed 

participation by the 

North Koreans. 

US citizens 

among 10 dead 

in southwest 

Mexico car crash 

MEXICO CITY: 

Several U.S. citizens were 

among 10 people who died 

in a car crash and subsequent 

fire on the southwestern 

coast of Mexico 

near tourist hot spot 

Acapulco, the U.S. State 

Department said on 

Sunday. 

Two other were injured 

in the accident late Friday, 

when two cars and a 

motorcycle collided on the 

highway between 

Acapulco and beach city 

Zihuatanejo in the state of 

Guerrero, Mexico’s civil 

protection agency said. 

A 1-year-old and 4- 

year-old were killed in the 

accident, along with others 

ranging in age from 26 to 

76, Guerrero’s civil protection 

agency said. The 

injured survivors are ages 

8 and 18. 

A U.S. State 

Department official said 

U.S. citizens were among 

the injured but had no 

other details. 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

M E L M O U R N E : 

African gang crime is "out 

of control" in parts of 

Victoria and tougher sentencing 

laws are needed, 

Federal Minister Greg Hunt 

says, but police insist they 

are on top of Melbourne's 

youth crime problem. 

Hunt, who represents 

the seat of Flinders on 

Melbourne's south-eastern 

fringe, has accused Premier 

Daniel Andrews of dropping 

the ball on gang violence 

and preventing police 

from taking a strong role. 

"The failure is not the 

police, but the Premier." 

NEW YORK: Driven 

by outrage and a resolve to 

correct a power imbalance 

that seemed intractable just 

months ago, 300 prominent 

actresses and female 

agents, writers, directors, 

producers and entertainment 

executives have 

formed an ambitious, 

sprawling initiative to fight 

systemic sexual harassment 

in Hollywood and in 

blue-collar workplaces 

nationwide. 

The initiative includes: 

A legal defense fund, 

backed by $13 million in 

donations, to help less 

privileged women like janitors, 

nurses and workers 

at farms, factories, restaurants 

and hotels protect 

themselves from sexual 

misconduct and the fallout 

from reporting it. 

Legislation to penalize 

companies that tolerate 

persistent harassment, and 

to discourage the use of 

nondisclosure agreements 

to silence victims. 

A drive to reach gender 

parity at studios and talent 

agencies that has already 

begun making headway. 

SAN JOSE: A Costa 

Rican plane crashed into 

woodland off a popular 

tourist beach on Sunday, 

killing 10 U.S. citizens and 

two local pilots, the Costa 

Rican government said. 

The accident occurred 

in the mountainous area 

off the Punta Islita beach 

town in the province of 

Guanacaste, about 230 km 

(140 miles) west of the 

capital of San Jose. 

Enio Cubillo, director 

of Costa Rica’s civil aviation 

agency, said the 

Cessna 208B Grand 

Caravan aircraft operated 

by local company Nature 

Air had crashed minutes 

after take-off, but that officials 

had not yet determined 

the cause of the 

crash. 

The plane had passed a 

safety inspection about a 

month ago and was authorized 

to fly, Cubillo said. 

Although strong winds in 

the morning had forced the 

pilots to alter their itinerary, 

1,600 vehicles burn in UK parking lot fire in Liverpool 

Horses which had been 

on the first level were 

moved to the arena, he 

added. 

“The flames and the 

smoke was unbelievable,” 

said Kevin Booth, 

44, who was heading to 

the horse show with his 

family. 

“It was frightening. We 

could hear the bangs of 

car windows exploding,” 

he said. 

A reception center was 

set up for people unable to 

get home due to the fire 

and locals volunteered to 

And a request that 

women walking the red carpet 

at the Golden Globes 

speak out and raise awareness 

by wearing black. 

Called Time’s Up, the 

movement was announced 

on Monday with an impassioned 

pledge of support to 

working-class women in an 

open letter signed by hundreds 

of women in show 

business, many of them A- 

listers. The letter also ran as 

a full-page ad in The New 

York Times, and in La 

Opinion, a Spanish-language 

newspaper. 

Costa Rican plane crash kills 

12, including 10 US citizens 

ROME: President 

Sergio Mattarella on 

Sunday urged political 

parties to make realistic 

proposals to tackle 

Italy’s problems, especially 

joblessness, ahead 

of an election in March. 

Although the presidency 

is largely ceremonial, 

Mattarella does 

traditional 

have the power to pick 

prime ministers and dissolve 

parliament, which 

he did this week to open 

Prime Minister 

Malcolm Turnbull said the 

Government was "very 

concerned about the growing 

gang violence and lawlessness 

in Victoria", particularly 

in Melbourne. 

Victoria's Liberal 

Opposition Leader, 

Matthew Guy, wants to 

introduce mandatory sentencing 

for report offenders 

convicted of serious 

the way for a March 4 

election. 

“The duty to make 

adequate proposals - 

realistic and concrete 

ones - is a must given the 

dimension of the problems 

our country faces,” 

Mattarella said during a 

end-year 

speech broadcast live on 

national television. 

“Yet again I must 

underscore that jobs 

remain the primary and 

crimes, including home 

invasions, armed robberies 

and aggravated car-jacking. 

The Labor Government 

opposes the policy, and has 

argued that the last time the 

Liberal Party tried to introduce 

mandatory sentencing 

laws; the plan was thrown 

they had flown safely to 

Punto Islita to pick up passengers 

headed to San Jose. 

Nature Air said in a 

statement that it lamented 

the accident, without 

explaining the cause. The 

flight was part of a special 

charter service for 20 people, 

relying on two planes. 

The first plane, carrying 10 

passengers, arrived safely 

in San Jose at 11:40 a.m. 

The second, with 10 passengers 

and two pilots, 

departed 20 minutes later. 

Italian president calls for 'realistic' 

proposals ahead of election 

most serious social issue, 

especially for the 

young,” he added in his 

unusually brief 10- 

minute address. 

Italy’s economy, the 

euro zone’s third-biggest, 

probably grew this year 

at its fastest rate since 

2010, but remains among 

the most sluggish in 

Europe. Unemployment 

remains above 11 percent, 

while youth joblessness 

is about 35 percent. 

‘Youth Crime versus African Gang Offence’ 

becomes Melbourne’s large conflict 

out by the courts. 

The comments from 

Hunt and Turnbull follow 

several recent headlinegrabbing 

crimes blamed on 

groups of young African 

men, including the trashing 

of an Airbnb property in 

Werribee and the repeated 

destruction of a community 

centre in Tarneit. 

In both cases, walls 

were scrawled with the letters 

"MTS", which are 

understood to stand for a 

western suburbs-based 

group, "Menace to 

Society". 

A spate of jewellery 

store robberies in 2016 and 

2017, many carried out by 

groups of men described as 

being of African appearance, 

also prompted debate 

about gang crime. 

take in or transport those 

left stranded. 

“The people of 

Liverpool never let us 

down with their generosity 

and everyone has now 

been accommodated or 

given a lift,” Anderson 

said. 

All people and horses 

involved in the show were 

counted safe, the arena 

said. The area was evacuated 

along with some 

nearby apartments due to 

the smoke. Twelve fire 

trucks were sent to tackle 

the blaze.

6 


Biz 

Government taking measures to 

expand tax net: Miftah Ismail 


Consumer Price Index 

(CPI), during December 

2017 witnessed an increase 

of 4.57 per cent as compared 

to the same month 

during 2016, 

This was said by 

Director Prices, Pakistan 

Bureau of Statistic Attiq ur 

Rehman in monthly press 

briefing held here on 

Monday. 

He said that Pakistan 

Bureau of Statistics collected 

the retail and the 

wholesale prices and prepare 

the CPI and WPI on 

monthly base while the SPI 

is calculated on weekly 

basis. Quoting the data 

about the CPI, he said that 

the CPI for food and nonalcoholic 

beverages on 

yearly basis increased by 


Prime Minister's Adviser 

on Finance, Economic 

Affairs and Revenue 

Miftah Ismail said on 

Monday that the government 

is taking several 

measures for enhancing 

the tax net to increase revenue 

with the consultation 

of all stakeholders. 

"The mobilisation of 

domestic resources 

through reforms in taxation 

is essential to ensure 

sustainable financing of 

development as the government 

would not depend 

on foreign loans," he said 

in an interview with a private 

news channel. 

Appreciating his predecessor 

Senator Ishaq Dar, 

Ismail said Dar contributed 

towards the country's 

economic stability 

and growth. Dar is presently 

in London seeking medical 

treatment while a corruption 

hearing against 

him is under way here. 

Ismail assured that in a 

month, the government 

4.57 per cent in December 

2017 as compared to the 

same month of last year. 

Giving details, he said 

the inflation witnessed 

negative growth of 0.10 

per cent in December 2017 

as compared to November 

2017. He said the CPI 

inflation during July- 

December (2017-18) 

increased by 3.75 percent 

as compared to the first 

half of the fiscal year 2016- 

17. Regarding Wholesale 

Price Index (WPI) during 

the month of December, 

Attiq ur Rehman said it has 

showed an increase by 0.36 

percent while the Sensitive 

Price Indicator (SPI) witnessed 

growth of 0.67 percent. 

Similarly, the CPI for 

non-perishable food items 

will take further steps to 

make the economy 

stronger through tax 

reforms. 

"We want to facilitate 

new tax filers and lessen 

the tax burden on middle 

class citizens for balancing 

increased to 2.30 per cent, 

perishable items by 22.94 

per cent, clothing and 

footwear by 3.64 per cent, 

housing, water, electricity, 

gas and other fuels by 4.86 

per cent, household equipment 

maintenance cost by 

3.26 per cent, health by 

10.92 percent while the 

CPI for transport increased 

by 4.45 percent. 

He said the CPI for 

communication increased 

by 1.23 per cent, recreation 

and culture by 0.59 percent, 

education by 12.40 

percent, restaurant and 

hotel by 6.38 percent while 

the CPI for miscellaneous 

goods and services 

increased by 6.50 percent. 

Giving details about 

change in prices on yearly 

basis, he said, the top items 

tax distribution," he said. 

He further said the government 

in recent months 

stabilised the Rupee and 

tariffs on imported goods to 

boost exports to reduce the 

growing balance of payments. 

CPI Index shows 4.57 percent increase in December 

Chinese company to build 

PV plant in Pakistan 

BEIJING: A Chinese 

power engineering company 

has signed an engineering, 

procurement and construction 

services contract 

for a 100 megawatt photovoltaic 

power project with 

a Pakistan-based energy 

company. 

The project signed 

between PowerChina 

Guizhou Engineering 

Corporation and Enertech 

last week marked the first 

photovoltaic power facility 

in Quetta, the fourthlargest 

city in Pakistan and 

the provincial capital of 

Balochistan. It is the first 

KARACHI: 143rd 

National Standard 

Committee (NSC) Meeting 

held in conference Room at 

PSQCA Complex, Gulistan 

e Jauhar Karachi under the 

chairmanship of Dr. Ali H. 

Jamal Naqvi,Ex. GM 

(KSEW), Ex. Prof. 

(MAJU). 

The Secretary of the 

Technical Committee, Mr. 

Waiz Akram-ul-Haq welcomed 

the participant and 

phase of a 7 MW photovoltaic 

power project in 

Balochistan, according to 

China Daily. 

Guo Wei, the general 

manager of PowerChina 

thanked them for coming to 

attend the meeting and 

hoped that they would continue 

same sort of cooperation 

in future also. 

During the period from 

July, 2017 to Nov, 2017, 

Mechanical Division 

arranged ten (10) technical 

committee meetings in 

which 41standards on various 

fields were placed, out 

of 41 standards; one standard 

of MTC-17: 

Guizhou Engineering 

Corporation, and Yasser 

Malik, the CEO of 

Enertech, were present at 

the contract signing ceremony. 

Chinese delegation of Shaanxi Province 

visits ICCI to explore business matchmakings 

ISLAMABAD: A delegation 

of Shannxi Province 

of China visited Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry (ICCI) here on 

Monday to explore business 

matchmakings with 

Pakistani counterparts. 

The delegation was representing 

various companies 

of Shaanxi province 

including Shaanxi 

Pharmaceutical Holdings 

Group Co., Ltd, Shaanxi 

Coal and Chemical 

Industry Group Co Ltd, 

Shaanxi Automobile Group 

Co.l Ltd and others. 

The delegation members 

said that this was their first 

visit to Pakistan to study 

Pakistani market. They 

showed interest for business 

matchmakings and 

joint ventures with 

Pakistani counterparts in 

pharmaceuticals, chemicals, 

automobile, engineering, 

communication and 

solar energy sectors. 


stressed for frequent interaction 

between the private 

sectors of China and 

Pakistan to understand each 

other and establish business 

collaborations. 

The representatives of 

Shaanxi Pharmaceuticals 

Group said that their company 

was exporting pharma 

products to over 200 countries 

and it wanted to 

explore business prospects 

in Pakistan. 

The representatives of 

automobile group said they 

were already supplying 

heavy trucks to Pakistan 

and were looking for partners 

in Pakistan to supply 

more trucks. 


also invited ICCI 

members to visit Shaanxi 

Province to explore business 

collaborations. 

which witnessed decrease 

in prices in December 2017 

included clothing and foot 

wear, by 18.10 percent as 

compared to December 

2016. He said the items 

that witnessed increase in 

prices during December 

2017 compared to 

December 2016 included, 

onions by 130.35 percent, 

tomatoes by 29.35 percent, 

government university fee 

by 37.72 percent, government 

engineering college 

fee by 32.47 percent, government 

college fee by 

23.90 percent, potatoes by 

21.72 percent, chicken by 

21.21 percent, gas cylinder 

by 17.04 percent, petrol by 

14.94 percent, iron bar by 

14.16 percent, diesel by 

12.80 percent and kerosene 

oil by 13.51 percent. 

ISLAMABAD: Almost 

80% Industrial units of 

Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) 

have been shifted to Punjab 

owing to discriminatory 

policies of the government. 

This was revealed in the 

meeting of Senate Standing 

Committee on Energy, 

which met here Monday at 

Parliament House with 

Senator Israrullah Zehri in 

the chair. The meeting was 

further told that remaining 

industrialists were mulling 

to shift their businesses to 

other provinces from KP. 

It was informed that Sui 

Northern Gas Pipeline limited 

(SNGPL) has been 

receiving extra bills on the 

account of rates from industrial 

units of KP as compared 

to Punjab and was not 

giving new gas connections 

to industrial units of KP 

despite huge production of 

Ismail said the government 

planned tax reforms 

to focus on widening the 

tax base, simplifying tax 

structures, and slashing 

personal tax rates to 

encourage more people to 

file returns. 

"We have to reduce rates 

and the prime minister is 

very eager to especially 

reduce rates on individuals," 

Ismail stated. 

Pakistan has a very narrow 

tax base and successive 

governments have 

promised to rein in tax 

evaders and boost revenues. 

"We will probably 

not go back to the international 

markets to issue a 

new bond until the end of 

next calendar year so it will 

not be in this fiscal year 

anymore," he concluded. 

Saudia and UAE 

introduce VAT 

for first time 

RIYADH: Value 

Added Tax (VAT) has 

been introduced in Saudi 

Arabia and the United 

Arab Emirates for the 

first time. 

The 5% levy is being 

applied to the majority 

of goods and services. 

Gulf States have long 

attracted foreign workers 

with the promise of taxfree 

living. 

But governments 

want to increase revenue 

in the face of lower oil 

prices. The tax kicked in 

on 1 January in both 

countries. 

The UAE estimates 

that in the first year, VAT 

income will be around 

12 billion dirhams 

(£2.4bn; $3.3bn). 

Petrol and diesel, 

food, clothes, utility bills 

and hotel rooms all now 

have VAT applied. 

But some outgoings 

have been made exempt 

from the tax, or given a 

zero-tax rating, including 

medical treatment, 

financial services and 

public transport. 

Organisations such as 

the International 

Monetary Fund have 

long called for Gulf 

countries to diversify 

their sources of income 

away from oil reserves. 

In Saudi Arabia more 

than 90% of budget revenues 

come from the oil 

industry while in the 

UAE it is roughly 80%. 

Both countries have 

already taken steps to 

boost government coffers. 

In Saudi Arabia this 

included a tax on tobacco 

and soft drinks as well as 

a cut in some subsidies 

offered to locals. In the 

UAE road tolls have 

It alleged that been hiked and a tourism 

tax introduced. 

But there are no plans 

to introduce income tax, 

where most residents 

pay 0% tax on their earnings. 

The other members of 

the Gulf Co-operation 

Council - Bahrain, 

Kuwait, Oman, and 

Qatar - have also committed 

to introduce VAT, 

though some have 

delayed plans until at 

least 2019. 

80pc industrial 

units shifted from 

KP to Punjab, 

Senate body told 

natural gas. 

industrialists are being 

harassed for purchase of 

costly RLNG gas. 

The committee expressing 

grave concern over 

increase in Gas tariff said 

that huge number of industry 

has been shifted to 

Bangla Desh and India. It 

recommended that LNG 

should not be provided to 

those regions where it was 

being produced as it was 

65% expensive than the natural 

gas. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

Prices of small cars increased 

by Suzuki company 

ISLAMABAD: With the start of the new year, Pak-Suzuki 

Company has increased the prices of the cars, especially the 

small cars, being manufactured locally by Rs. 10,000 per car 

in the pretext of adjustment of new taxes and duties imposed 

by Federal Board of Revenue. 

A spokesperson of Pak-Suzuki Company on Monday while 

explaining the reasons for increasing the prices said these prices have been revised 

upward for various vehicles specially ranging from 800cc to 1000cc engine capacities 

to adjust the new duties and taxes imposed by FBR on the auto mobile industry. 

It may be mentioned that the range of the vehicles from 800cc to 1000cc are in more 

demand by the common customers as people have the buying capacity for these 

vehicles which use less fuel and economically better as compared to big vehicles 

which consumed more oil. 

According to an official letter issued by Pak Suzuki to its dealers, the price of 

Suzuki Mehran VX will be Rs. 689,000 which was Rs. 679,000 on December 31, 

2017. Similarly the new price of Mehran VXR will be Rs. 742,000 which was Rs. 

732,000 just yesterday. The price of Suzuki Mehran VXR with CNG has been 

increased to Rs. 802,000. The new price of Bolan is Rs. 764,000 which was Rs. 

754,000 in last year, just one day ago an the price of Bolan Cargo has been increased 

from Rs. 720,000 to Rs. 730,000. 

The price of Suzuki Wagnor VXR has been increased to Rs. 10,74,000 from Rs. 

10,54,000 and similarly the price of Suzuki Wagnor VXL has been increased to Rs. 

11,14,000 from the previous year price of Rs. 10,94,000. The price of Suzuki Ravi 

has been increased to Rs. 706,000 from Rs. 672,000. The new price of Suzuki Ravi 

EURO II has also been increased to Rs. 706,000. 

PPL for commercial viability of 

unconventional discoveries 

KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), one of 

the key players in Pakistan’s E&P sector is playing its due 

role in the development of unconventional reservoirs in 

the country. 

In order to explore tight gas potential in the lower 

Indus basin, PPL drilled a well in Naushehro Feroze 

exploration lease. Tight gas potential was confirmed 

through successful drilling and testing of first well 

Naushahro Feroze X1 (NF X-1). Due to the tight nature of the reservoir this discovery 

initially did not appear commercially viable. After detailed post well analysis 

and numerous sub-seismic geological and reservoir modellings, PPL re-drilled this 

well horizontally to total length of 4940 metres and completed with state of the art 

multistage frack technology. Where the Chiltan Limestone reservoir was successfully 

drilled in a horizontal section with total lateral length of more than 1.3 Km. The 

well was completed with ten stage open hole packers and fracking sleeves. 

This well made history in drilling industry of Pakistan, by becoming one of the 

deepest and longest horizontal wells in tight carbonate reservoir. Later, all ten stages 

were stimulated (frac/acid) and successfully tested at 4.5 MMscfd with 1850 psi 

flowing wellhead pressure with 9 fold increase in production. 

In the future, “PPL plans to work on two additional tight gas discoveries to establish 

commercial viability,” says MD and CEO PPL Syed Wamiq Bokhari. “The company`s 

effort in tapping unconventional reservoirs has the potential to add substantial 

reserves to Pakistan`s hydrocarbons base,” he adds. 

NF X-1 is in Naushahro Feroz Block, Sindh, with PPL as operator holding 90 

percent working interest and the remaining 10 percent held by Asia Resources Oil 

Limited. 

KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance recently won the T-20 match against the Hamdard 

University team chasing the target of 157 runs in 15.1 overs. The match was held at 

Habib University main campus. Picture above shows the victorious team of Jubilee 

Life with their captain Ibad Anis. 

Martin Dow Group receives an 

award at 2nd FENTA 2017 

KARACHI: Martin Dow Group was among one of the main participants at the 

2nd FENTA event held over the weekend at the Expo Center, Karachi. 

The 2nd FENTA, a family expo and national talent award event, was organized 

by the Pakistan Business Forum. The event was a two day festival arranged for the 

public focusing on children and families with the proceeds from the fair going 

towards the welfare of the students of the Baithak School Network. 

Mr. Rustom Boga, Group Associate Director, Corporate Communications 

received the ‘High Achiever Award on remarkable contributions for upcoming prosperous 

Pakistan’ on behalf of Mr. Jawed Akhai, Chairman Martin Dow, at the event 

from the Chief Guest, Provincial Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah. 

On being a gold sponsor, Chairman, Martin Dow, Mr. Jawed Akhai said: “We at 

Martin Dow Group are proud to have been associated with the 2nd Fenta (Family 

Expo and National Talent Award). The earnings from the festival will be used for the 

betterment of the underprivileged students of Karachi, a responsibility that we have 

been involved in by contributing towards the education sector for the improvement 

of literacy across Pakistan. The Martin Dow Group is an advocate of community 

welfare programs and has been playing a socially responsible role for the improvement 

of the society.” 

National Standard Committee meeting held at PSQCA 

Refrigerator & Air 

Conditioning was deferred 

by the house while for 4 

no’s of standards pertaining 

to MTC-06: Mechanical 

Transport, chairman of the 

committee constituted a 

working group for further 

study and suggestions. 

Therefore, 36 standards 

were placed for consideration 

and Endorsement. After 

discussion, it was proposed 

by the house that the standards 

in question might be 

adopted as Pakistan 

Standards. The chairman of 

the committee agreed with 

the proposal and Approved / 

endorsed the same to be 

established as Pakistan 

Standards. 

A question was raised by 

the Director General 

(MOCC),Mrs. Farzana 

Altaf Shah,Pak 

Environment Protection 

Agency, Islamabad, regarding 

Halal Certification. Mrs. 

Yasmeen Khanum, Deputy 

Director (Halal 

Certification) gave a brief 

and informed that at the 

moment, PSQCA is only 

formulating Standards on 

Halal Certification as long 

as certification is concerned, 

a bill regarding Halal Food 

Authority (HFA), has been 

passed. HFA would certify 

the Halal Products in 

respect of Import / Export.

Citing LoC turmoil, India rules out 

possibility of cricket series with Pak 

Dr 

NEW DELHI: India has 

once again made clear its 

stance that, for the time 

being, there will be no 

bilateral cricket series 

between the two countries, 

even at neutral venues. 

According to a report in 

the Indian media, Indian 

Minister of External 

Affairs Sushma Swaraj 

indicated the government's 

stance at a meeting of the 

consultative committee 

attached to the ministry 

that offered a review of 

relations with neighbours. 

On being asked about 

restarting the long-suspended 

'cricket diplomacy' 

between the rivals, Swaraj 

said the high number of 

cross-border firings do not 

set the tone for any kind of 

bilateral engagements, the 

report added. 

Former Pakistan cricketer 

and commentator 

Ramiz Raja said, "I do not 

understand this rhetoric. 

The Indian government 

has decided that they will 

not let people to people 

contact to take place.” 

“I fail to understand why 

the sport is dragged into 

these matters,” he added. 

Similarly, former player 

and analyst Sikander 

Bakht said "the people and 

cricketers of India do not 

From 75th to 1st position – Hasan Ali 

records meteoric rise in 2017 

KARACHI: Pakistan time. 

bowler Hasan Ali made his 

presence strongly felt in the 

Other big movers in the 

bowling table were Bumrah 

international arena – moving 

(48th to third) and 

up from 75th position at Afghanistan leg-spinner 

the beginning of 2017 to Rashid Khan (38th to 

first spot at the end of the eighth). 

year in ICC ODI Bowling. Among all-rounders, 

Hasan Ali took 45 ODI Bangladesh’s Shakib Al 

wickets in the year 2017 to 

make his way to the top of 

the table. 

Hasan was the runaway 

leader across formats with 

Ravichandran Ashwin and 

New Zealand pace Ravindra Jadeja in Tests, 

bowler Trent Boult started Mohammad Hafeez in 

the year on top. However, 

although Ali finished in the 

top position but it were 

ODIs and Glen Maxwell in 

T20Is snatching the baton 

from him at different points 

Imran Tahir and Josh in time. 

Hazlewood who led for 

most of the time. In T20Is, 

Meanwhile, Steve Smith 

continued his reign in the 

Tahir, India’s Jasprit rankings for test batsmen 

Bumrah and Imad Wasim, 

topped at different points in 

for a second year running, 

finishing the calendar year 

2017 with the second highest 

ever rating after the legendary 

Don Bradman. 

Smith’s tally of 947 

points kept him 54 points 

ahead of Virat Kohli at the 

end of a year which saw the 

Australia captain aggregate 

1,305 runs with six centuries. 

His India counterpart 

Kohli, however, kept a 

steady hold on the ODI 

number one ranking for 

most of the latter part of the 

year even though his yearend 

aggregate was only 

four points more than second-placed 

AB de Villiers. 

Unlike in Tests, the top 

position in ODIs was 

fiercely contested for, with 

as many as 12 changes 

between Kohli, de Villiers 

KARACHI: Group Photo of Arm Wrestlers of Anti Norcotics Force Sports Gala, Girls Arm 

Wrestling event with Chief Guest, SOA V.P, Engr.Mahfooz ul Haq, Secretary Sindh Arm 

Wrestling Kashif Ahmed Farooqui,President Gulfaraz Ahmed Khan,Arif Waheed, Dr. Arif 

Hafeez, Waseem Alvi,Mohsin Ali, Jawaid Iqbal, and Technical official Ms.Taiyaba Shah. 

Virat and Anushka will enjoy 

our hospitality, says CSA chief 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Cricket 

South Africa (CSA) will 

provide great hospitality to 

Team India captain Virat 

Kohli and his wife Anishka 

Sharma during their recent 

tour. This was revealed by 

the CSA's acting CEO 

(Chief Executive Officer) 

Thabang Moroe. 

Speaking exclusively, 

he said, "we are very 

happy to host the couple. 

Just as we are the BCCI 

family.These two countries 

have shared special relations 

in the past both politically 

and on the sporting 

fields". 

"Virat is a world beater, 

a very dominant batsman. 

Giving him world-class 

hospitality should help 

soften him up for our 

bowlers to be able to put 

him away very quickly in 

the matches to come. 

"I would like to believe 

that we are treating them 

(Kohli and Anushka) with 

the same special care that 

we give to all our visitors. 

As South Africans we are 

very well known for our 

friendliness and hospitality 

and I'm pretty confident 

they would agree too. 

"To be honest I haven't 

received any special 

requests and if any came 

they would've gone to my 

team who are more than 

capable of pulling a rabbit 

out of the hat". 

Wenger party spoiled by late 

West Brom leveler 

WEST BROMWICH: 

Arsene Wenger s recordbreaking 

day as Arsenal 

manager ended in frustration 

as his disjointed side 

were held to a controversial 

1-1 draw at West 

Bromwich Albion on 

Sunday. 

The Frenchman took 

charge of his 811th 

Gunners league game, taking 

him past Alex 

Ferguson s Premier 

League record of 810. 

But his side were 

denied victory by Jay 

Rodriguez s 89th-minute 

penalty, awarded for handball 

against Calum 

Chambers to the fury of 

Wenger and his players. 

Arsenal had taken the 

lead six minutes earlier 

after a deflected Alexis 

Sanchez free-kick found 

its way into the West Brom 

net via a deflection off 

James McClean. 

The Gunners had been 

frustrated for much of the 

game by a resolute Albion. 

Arsenal made the brighter 

start but might have found 

themselves trailing to the 

first chance of the game on 

six minutes. 

A weaving run down 

the right flank by Matt 

Phillips ended with a cross 

for Rodriguez, who leapt 

highest but headed too 

close to Petr Cech and the 

Arsenal goalkeeper made a 

solid save, diving to his 

left. 

Cech handed the 

Baggies another chance 

moments later when he 

spilled a high cross by 

Kieran Gibbs at the feet of 

Hal Robson-Kanu. 

The Wales striker s 

effort was blocked and 

Arsenal then snuffed out 

Jake Livermore s effort to 

keep the move alive. 

and David Warner. Kohli 

led for 190 days in this 

format while his hold at 

the top in T20I rankings 

was virtually right 

through. He was topranked 

for 358 days in the 

shortest format, only losing 

the spot to Aaron 

Finch towards the end as 

Kohli missed a threematch 

home series against 

Sri Lanka when he got 

married. 

Those rising rapidly in 

Tests in 2017 were India 

opener Lokesh Rahul 

(49th to 12th), Windies 

middle-order batsman 

Shai Hope (107th to 34th) 

and South Africa left-arm 

spinner Keshav Maharaj 

(59th to 16th). 

RISJA condoles 

with Qamar 

Zaman 


KARACHI: Rawalpindi- 

Islamabad Sports Journalists 

Association (RISJA) secretary 

Nasir Abbas Naqvi 

extended his deep condolences 

to former world 

squash champion Qamar 

Zaman Khan on the death of 

his better half. Nasir while 

talking to Qamar Zamana 

and his son former world 

number 11 Mansoor Zaman 

expressed his grief and sorrow 

on the sudden demise of 

Qamar’s wife and Mansoor’s 

mother and prayed to Allah 

Almighty to give the family 

courage to bear this loss 

prayed Allah kept her soul in 

highest place in Jannah. 


KARACHI: Faisalabad 

Disabled Cricket Team beat 

Quetta Disabled Team by 8 

wickets, Hyderabad 

Disabled Team beat Quetta 

Bolan Disabled Team by 34 

runs, Karachi defeated 

Bahawalpur Disabled Team 

by 8 wickets while defending 

Championship Multan 

Disabled Team beat 

Sargodha Disabled Teams 

by 8 wickets in the opening 

day of 6th National 

Disabled T-20 Cricket 

Championship at Rashid 

Latif Cricket Academy and 

TMC Ground Gulberg here 

on Monday. 

Earlier they Opening 

Ceremony of 6th National 

Disabled T-20 Cricket 

Championship was held at 

RLCA Ground Gulberg. On 

the occasion former 

Pakistan Captain and 

President PDCA Rashid 

Latif was the Chief Guest 

and Formerly inaugurate, 

Petron PDCA Saleem 

Karim, Zeeshan Altaf Loya, 

Aslam Bareach and Media 

Manager Muhammad 

Nizam were also spoken on 

agree with this [decision]. 

These are the policies of 

the [Narendra] Modi government.” 

“This is a very sad situation. 

I think if India does 

not want to play they 

should avoid such statements,” 

said former 

Pakistan pacer Shoaib 

Akhtar. 

The Pakistan Cricket 

Board (PCB) has claimed a 

compensation of $70 million 

from the Board of Control 

for Cricket in India's (BCCI) 

for not honouring the MoU 

signed in 2014, which said 

that both the countries 

would play six series 

between 2014 and 2023. 

PCB also recently 

raised objections with 

India about the Future 

Tour Programme schedule 

for excluding any bilateral 

series with the green shirts. 

PCB intimated in an 

official release that they 

will challenge the new 

schedules until they get to 

play against India in a 

bilateral series. 

PHF calls colts for 

national camp 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Hockey Federation (PHF) has 

called 31 junior players to 

report on January 4 here at the 

Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey 

Stadium for national camp. 

World Cup winning 

Olympian Kamran Ashraf is 

the commandant of the camp 

for national junior probables. 

According to a PHF official, 

the junior players have 

been called for the camp to 

keep them engage and ready 

in case tournament is scheduled 

on a short notice. 

Probables are Waqar Ali, 

Akmal Hussain, Adil Rao, 

Rizwan Ali, Moin Shakeel, 

Junaid Manzoor, Ghazanfer 

Ali, Adeel Latif, Ali Aziz, 

Afraz Hakeem, Naveed Alam, 

Shahzaib Khan, Awais 

Arshad, Ahmed Nadeem, 

Waqar Ali, Umair Sattar, 

Zakirullah, Abdullah Babar, 

Ali Raza, Khair Ullah, 

Hammad Anjum, Amjad Ali, 

Rana Waheed, Roman Khan, 

M. Hasan, Rehan Butt, 

Murtaza Yaqoob, M.Ibrahim, 

Zain Ejaz, Umar Bilal and 

Muhammad Usman. 

LONDON: Manchester 

United full-back Ashley 

Young has been banned for 

three matches after accepting 

a Football Association 

charge of violent conduct. 

Young, 32, appeared to 

strike Southampton's 

Dusan Tadic with an elbow 

in Saturday's 0-0 draw at 

Old Trafford. 

The incident was not 

spotted by referee Craig 

Pawson. 

the occasion. 

Hon. Secretary PDCA 

Amir Uddin Ansari, Prof. 

Ejaz Farooqui, Asif Ali 

Khan, Rahat Ali Shah, 

Javed Ahmed Khan, Jameel 

Ahmed, Board of Directors 

M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI: It was difficult 

to envisage two 

teams of almost similar 

pedigree, playing the final 

of the 64th National 

Championships at Sukkur 

Peoples Hockey Stadium. 

Both National Bank of 

Pakistan and WAPDA had 

been the past winners of 

the national title four 

times. On paper as well, 

they are well matched 

sides with a number of 

internationals. In the 2016 

edition, National Bank had 

finished second while 

WAPDA ended fourth. 

Bank had last lifted the 

coveted trophy in 2013, and 


Sportlight 

WAPDA way back in 2010. 

Hence the intense desire 

must have been there. 

The final lived up to the 

expectations. A jam 

packed Peoples stadium 

witnessed an exciting duel 

with fortunes fluctuating. 

NBP’s international drag 

flicker Abubakr put his 

team ahead with a penalty 

corner conversion in the 

13th minute. The lead didn’t 

last long as WAPDA’s 

Qasim equalised within six 

minutes, also via a PC. 

The half time score was 

1-1. Two minutes into the 

second half, National Bank 

restored the lead, again 

through a penalty corner 

and again Abu bakr was 

the scorer. 

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NBP wins 64th National 

Hockey Championship 2017 


KARACHI: The British 

Junior 

Squash 

Championship 2018, which 

is one of the most distinguished 

tournaments on the 

junior squash circuit calendar 

will be played from 3 – 

7 January, 2018 in 

Birmingham, England. 

Also referred to as The 

British Junior Open, it has 

attracted some of the best 

young prospective players 

which include: 

The present British 

Open champion Gregory 

Gaultier, Former World 

No.1 James Willstrop, 

Three-time world champion 

Nick Matthew, World 

champion Mohamed 

ElShorbagy who won 

together for 3 years from 

2008 – 2010, World Girl’s 

No.1 Nour El Sherbini and 

World Girl’s No.1 

England’s Emily Whitlock. 

During 2018 the event 

will be held in 

Birmingham for the next 

three years. This venue 

shift brings to an end the 

hosting of 22 years in 

The fierce battle continued. 

However, the bankers 

were able to keep the slim 

lead intact when the hooter 

sounded for the final time. 

National Bank: 2 

WAPDA: 1 

SCORERS: National 

Bank: Abubakr (2), 

WAPDA: Qasim 

Earlier in the third position 

match, Sui Southern 

Gas Company put the disappointment 

of the 

shootout defeat in yesterday’s 

semi-final behind 

them to beat NAVY 3-0. 

Incidentally, SSGC had 

finished 3rd, last year as 

well. 

SCORERS: Rana 

Sohail (2) and Zeeshan 

Bukhari. 

Pakistan team announced for British 

Junior Open Squash C’ship 2018 

Young accepted the 

charge on Sunday, and his 

argument the three-game 

suspension was excessive 

was rejected by a regulatory 

commission. 

He will miss United's 

trip to Everton on New 

Year's Day, Friday's FA 

Cup third-round tie against 

Derby, and a home league 

match against Stoke. 

Speaking after the 

game, Tadic said: "He 

PDCA Khawar Aziz, Dr. 

Noman Palikar, Fawwad 

Mustafa, Sadiq Khatri, 

Imran Khan, Javed Amin, 

Muhammad Javed and 

Shouqat Rajput, Tahir 

Mehmood, Masroor 

Muhammad, Kaleem Alam, 

Rahat Ali Shah were also 

present on the occasion. 

Chief Guest former 

Captain Rashid Latif thanks 

to the PCB for the supporting 

to PDCA and he also 

Sheffield. According to the 

organisers in 2018, the 

event will be one of the 

biggest in the championship’s 

history, attracting 

more than 600 competitors, 

representing over 30 

nations competing in ten 

age categories from the 

Under 11s to the Under 19s 

for both boys and girls. 

The 2018 event 

Categories are: Boys & 

Girls Under 11, 13, 15, 17, 

19 (2018 – first time that 

under 11 category has been 

included) 

Ashley Young: Man Utd full-back banned 

for three games after accepting FA charge 

Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Karachi and Multan won their matches in 

inaugural day of 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship 

KARACHI: Former Captain Pakistan Cricket Team and President PDCA Rashid Latif 

and Petron PDCA Saleem Karim presenting a man of the match award to Babar of 

Hyderabad Disabled Cricket Team in 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket 

Championship at RLCA Gulberg. 

elbowed me and I asked 

him: 'Why did you do 

this?' "I didn't really understand. 

I can fall down but it 

was really strange because 

I didn't expect that from 

him." 

Asked if Young should 

have have been sent off, 

Tadic said: "Yes." 

United have dropped to 

third in the Premier 

League after three successive 

draws and were beaten 

at Bristol City in the 

Carabao Cup on 20 

December. 

Young, who joined 

United from Aston Villa in 

June 2011, returned to the 

England squad last month 

after a four-year international 

absence. Swansea 

City defender Kyle 

Naughton has also been 

banned for three matches - 

for stamping on Watford's 

Stefano Okaka. 

invite to the others sponsors 

to support PDCA like normal 

cricket we also very 

thankful to over Petron and 

founder Disabled Cricket 

Saleem Karim who supported 

this noble cause from 

2017 to till. He also appreciated 

to efforts of Hon. 

Secretary PDCA Amir 

Uddin Ansari and Media 

Manager Muhammad 

Nizam for excellent services 

for the Disabled Cricketers. 

S U M M A R I Z E D 

SCORE: 

1st Match at RLCA 

Group “A” Faisalabad Won 

the Toss: 

Quetta Disabled 147-6 

in 20 Overs. Saif Ullah 77 in 

58 balls (4x11), Abdullah 

Khan 22 in 20 balls. 

Muhammad Waqas (SLA) 

3-28 in 4 overs, Wasif-ur- 

Rehman (ROB) 1-18 in 4 

overs. 

Faisalabad Disabled 

148-2 in 8.3 Overs. Adnan 

Butt 68* in 59 balls (4x5), 

Muhammad Saqlain 53* in 

38 balls (4x5). Nizam 

Uddin (SLA) 1-21 in 4 

overs, Abdullah Khan 

(LMF) 1-43 in 4 overs.

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Iranian people will deal with rioters, 

lawbreakers: President Rouhani 

TEHRAN: Iran's 

President Hassan Rouhani 

says the Iranian people will 

deal with a "small and 

minority group" of rioters 

and lawbreakers exploiting 

the protests against economic 

conditions in a number of 

Iranian cities in recent days. 

Speaking in a meeting 

with a number of Iranian 

lawmakers on Monday, 

Rouhani said the nation 

would counter the small 

group that has used protests 

as an excuse to chant slogans 

in violation of the law 

and people's demands, 

insult the sanctities and values 

of the Islamic 

Revolution, and damage 

public property. 

"The enemy will not 

remain silent vis-à-vis the 

nation's progress and greatness, 

but there are also 

deceived people among the 

protesters who have rightful 

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting with a number of 

Iranian lawmakers. 

demands," he added. 

The Iranian chief executive 

emphasized that the 

enemies of Iran could not 

tolerate the country's 

achievements in the diplomatic 

arena, particularly in 

the confrontation with the 

US and the Israeli regime, 

money. 

He said that at least the 

financial matters of the period 

belonging to Musharraf, 

Zardari and Nawaz Sharif 

government be audited. He 

said that allowing the corrupt 

leaders to go abroad 

without completing the 

OSLO, NORWAY: 

Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, 

Pakistan Senator Sirajul Haq 

has said that the situation in 

Pakistan warrants that political 

parties should contest the 

2018 elections on one-point 

agenda of elimination of corruption. 

He was speaking at a accountability 

reception hosted in his honour 

at the Islamic Cultural 

centre, Oslo, Norway. 

Sirajul Haq said that the 

plunderers of public money 

should not be allowed to flee 

the country till they return 

every penny of the looted 

process 

would be a joke with the 

nation. 

The JI chief said that a 

fresh NRO would not be 

accepted and every conspiracy 

against the nation would 

be fully resisted. 

Sirajul Haq further said 

and some of them had 

explicitly threatened that 

they would take regional 

problems into Tehran. 

Rouhani stressed the 

importance of reinforcing 

national unity, particularly 

among the three branches of 

the government, as the best 

that the Nizame Mustafa 

was the solution of all the 

problems facing the country 

and the nation. He said that 

the MMA would contest the 

2108 elections on this 

national agenda. 

He said the ousted Prime 

Minister Nawaz Sharif had 

been talking of a liberal and 

secular Pakistan but he 

ignored the fact that Pakistan 

had been established for 

Islam. He said that thousands 

of the people had sacrificed 

their lives for Islam 

and not for secularism. 

Describing corruption as 

way to tackle such issues 

and the people’s problems. 

"I believe that what happened 

in recent days was 

apparently a type of threat, 

which should be turned into 

an opportunity," the Iranian 

chief executive said. 

He noted that not all of 

MMA to contest general polls on 

anti-corruption slogan: JI 

Govt to continue steps for 

education of special children: PM 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of the Air Staff, Air 

Chief Marshal Sohail Aman in a group photo with students of Rashidabad Education 

City at PM Office. 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi has said that the 

government will continue 

steps for the education of 

special children. 

He was talking to the 

students of Rashidabad 

Education City of Tando 

Allah Yar, who called on 

him in Islamabad on 

Monday. 

The Prime Minister said 

that quality education is 

vital for country's development. 

He termed Rashidabad 

Education City as one of 

the great projects to serve 

the humanity. 

Rashidabad Education 

City has been established 

at Tando Allahyar in Sindh 

by the retired officers of 

Pakistan Air Force. 

Besides special children, 

poor students are 

also being facilitated at 

Rashidabad Education 

City. 

The visiting students 

expressed happiness over 

their meeting and discussion 

with the Prime 

Minister. 

Air Chief Marshal 

Sohail Aman was also 

present on the occasion. 

Meanwhile, Deputy 

Chairman Planning 

Commission, Sartaj Aziz 

and Managing Director 

Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal, 

Barrister Abid Waheed 

held a meetings with the 

Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi in 

Islamabad on Monday. 

LAHORE: A view of fireworks at Eiffel Tower on the occasion of New Year celebrations. 

the root cause of all social, 

economic and political 

problems, Sirajul Haq said 

that unless and until this 

cancer was removed, crises 

would continue to crop up 

in the country one after the 

other. He said that terrorism, 

lawlessness, poverty 

and illiteracy had been born 

out of corruption. He said 

that the people who were 

duty bound to safeguard 

public money, proved to be 

dishonest as they ignored 

the public good and pursued 

their personal goals all 

the time. 

National Calligraphy 

Competition in 

Islamabad next 

month: Siddiqui 


National Calligraphy 

Competition for young calligraphers 

will be held in 

Islamabad next month. 

This was announced by 

Adviser to Prime Minister 

on National History and 

Literary Heritage Irfan 

Siddiqui while presiding 

over a meeting of officials 

of Heritage division in 

Islamabad on Monday. 

The Adviser said young 

artists from across the 

country including four 

provinces, FATA, Gilgit- 

Baltistan and Azad 

Kashmir will have an 

opportunity to take part in 

the contest. 

He said fifteen awards 

have been allocated for 

three different categories of 

calligraphy. He said the 

competition will encourage 

young artists in this field. 

Irfan Siddiqui said committees 

of senior calligraphers 

have been constituted 

to judge and select the best 

paintings. He said an exhibition 

of selected artefacts 

will be held later on from 

23rd to 28th of next month. 

Irfan Siddiqui said this 

calligraphy competition is 

being attributed to 

renowned calligrapher of 

the sub continent Abdul 

Majeed Parveen Raqam. 

SRINAGAR: In occupied 

Kashmir, Indian 

troops in their unabated 

acts of state terrorism martyred 

291 innocent 

Kashmiris including six 

women and 18 young boys 

during the year 2017. 

According to the data 

issued by the Research 

Section of Kashmir Media 

Service, on Monday, 22 of 

those martyred were killed 

those partaking in the 

protests were taking orders 

from foreigners and there 

was in fact a group of people 

who poured into the 

streets because of their "sentiments 

and problems." 

Since Thursday, groups 

of Iranian protesters have 

staged protests in several 

cities to voice their anger 

over rising prices and economic 

conditions. Sporadic 

violence has erupted during 

the protests, causing a number 

of deaths. 

Addressing a Cabinet 

session on Sunday, 

Rouhani said the Iranian 

people were completely 

free to express their criticism 

of the government or 

stage protests according to 

the Constitution and citizenship 

rights, and in a way 

that would lead to the 

improvement of the country's 

conditions. 

PML-N to launch 

full-fledged masscontact 

drive 

ISLAMABAD: Adviser 

to Prime Minister on 

National History and 

Literary Heritage Irfan 

Siddiqui has said that 

President of Pakistan 

Muslim League-Nawaz 

(PML-N) Muhammad 

Nawaz Sharif is all set to 

launch a full-fledged masscontact 

drive by next Sunday. 

Talking in a PTV talk 

show, he strongly rejected 

the news reports spreading 

rumors of Nawaz Sharif’s 

possible exile, saying that 

Nawaz Sharif stands tall and 

will continue doing so. 

Siddiqui said Nawaz 

Sharif was removed from the 

prime ministerial slot thrice, 

through presidential order, 

martial law and court verdict 

respectively. He said this 

time he was not disqualified 

on charges of corruption, 

money laundering, factories, 

flats or any financial embezzlement 

but for not receiving 

a meager receivable salary 

from his son’s firm. 

KARACHI: All the 

government and private 

educational institutions 

have been reopened after 

winter holidays all over 

Sindh and Punjab. 

The educational institutions 

resumed on Monday 

educational activities after 

10 days winter vacations 

have come to end. The students 

attendance look thin 

in the schools and colleges 

on the first day of reopening 

of the educational institutions 

due to bone chilling 

winter waves. . The winter 

vacations had started in 

Sindh from December 22. 

in custody. The killings by 

the troops rendered 31 

women widowed and 73 

children orphaned while 

211 women were disgraced 

or molested by the men in 

uniform during the year. 

Indian paramilitary and 

police personnel during 

house raids, crackdowns, 

bullet, pellet and PAVA firings 

and teargas shelling 

subjected 4,674 civilians to 

2018 holds immense 

significance for Pakistan: COAS 

NEW DELHI: The 

Central Board of Film 

Certification (CBFC) has 

suggested no cuts but only 

five modifications in 

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 

movie Padmavati, now 

renamed to 'Padmavat', 

censor body's chairperson 

Prasoon Joshi clarified on 

Sunday. 

Rebuffing reports doing 

rounds about the board suggesting 

several cuts in the 

movie, Joshi told ANI that 

the CBFC has suggested 

only modifications in 

agreement with the filmmakers. 

Among the modifications, 

the body has suggested 

"to change the disclaimer 

clearly to one that 

does not claim historical 

accuracy" and to further 

add a point that the film in 

no manner subscribes to the 

practice of Sati or seeks to 

glorify it. 

Secondly, the title of the 

movie was asked to be 

changed from 'Padmavati' 

to 'Padmavat', given the 

filmmakers have attributed 

their material/creative 

source to the fictional poem 

Padmavat and not history. 

The song 'Ghoomar' was 

ISLAMABAD: Army 

Chief General Qamar 

Javed Bajwa has said that 

2018 is of immense significance 

for Pakistan both 

internally and externally 

with monumental challenges. 

According to ISPR, 

in a statement on the eve of 

New Year, General Qamar 

Javed Bajwa said that 

nothing can defeat the spirit 

of Pakistan. He said that 

a momentous year of 2017 

also asked to be modified 

so as to make the depiction 

befitting the character 

being portrayed. 

Lastly, the CBFC has 

also the filmmakers to 

modify the incorrect/misleading 

references to historical 

places. 

is over. The Army Chief 

said that challenges are 

convertible into opportunities 

and part we have done, 

remaining we can, and 

shall do together, In Sha 

Alah. 

No cuts, only modifications 

suggested in 'Padmavati': CBFC 


governments of Pakistan 

and India exchanged their 

list of prisoners on 

Monday, stated a press 

statement issued by the foreign 

ministry. 

According to the list, a 

total of 457 Indian prisoners 

are currently held in 

Pakistani jails as opposed 

to 386 Pakistani prisoners 

being held in India. 

The list included 399 

fishermen and 58 civil prisoners. 

In line with 

spokesperson of foreign 

office list of 457 Indian prisoners 

was handed over to 

Indian High Commissioner 

here in Islamabad while the 

list of Pakistani prisoners in 

Indian jails will be handed 

over to Pakistan High 

Joshi also informed that 

the viewing of the movie 

took place on December 

28, wherein the examining 

committee members and a 

special panel were also 

present. After a long discussion, 

the team met with 

the filmmakers. 

Pak, India exchange list of prisoners 

torture, while 3529 persons 

including Hurriyet leaders 

Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Altaf 

Ahmad Shah, Nayeem 

Ahmad Khan, Shahid-ul- 

Islam, Ayaz Akbar, Peer 

Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin 

Kalwal, Farooq Ahmad Dar, 

Kashmiri businessman 

Zahoor Watali , Mohammad 

Aslam Wani, photojournalist 

Kamran Yousuf, Syed 

Salahuddin’s son Syed 

Shahid Yousuf and Javaid 

Ahmad, activists, students, 

young boys and women 

leaders were arrested. 

In the last month of 

December, the troops martyred 

14 Kashmiris including 

two women. The 

killings rendered two children 

orphaned in 

December. 

As many as 181 people 

were injured due to use of 

Commissioner in New 

Delhi. 

Foreign officer 

spokesperson said that 

under the mutual agreement 

both countries are 

bond to exchange prisoner 

list twice a year. Pakistan 

released 146 Indian prisoners 

on good will gesture on 

January 8, spokesperson 

added. 

Schools, colleges reopen in Sindh, 

Punjab after winter holidays 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has 

strongly condemned the terrorist 

attacks in the Afghan city of Jalalabad 

and the northern province of Balkh. 

''We are grieved at the loss of precious 

lives and express our heartfelt 

condolences with the bereaved families 

KARACHI: Students are way to their school in Malir locality of Karachi. Schools in 

Karachi reopened on ending of winter vacation. 

Pak condemns twin terrorist attacks in Afghanistan 

and pray for the speedy recovery of the 

wounded'',said a statement of the FO 

here Monday. 

Pakistan condemns terrorism in all 

forms and manifestations and reaffirms 

its firm commitment for continued 

efforts and cooperation for elimination 

of this menace. ''We express solidarity 

with the government and people of 

Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism. 

We believe concerted efforts by 

states, and close cooperation among 

them, are needed for eliminating the 

common challenge of terrorism''. 

Indian troops martyr 291 including 18 young boys in 2017 

brute force, bullets, pellets 

and teargas shells by the 

Indian troops and police 

personnel against peaceful 

protesters while 197 civilians 

including Hurriyet 

leaders and activists were 

arrested in the month. 

Indian forces’ personnel 

destroyed and damaged 

125 residential houses and 

disgraced 10 during the 

period. 

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