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4 Tuesday, January 2, 2018 National KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Editor Special Reports: Muhammad Rafique Rajpar Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar - Islamabad Bureau Chief: Hameedullah Khan ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 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.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 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.
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