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Tuesday, <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
National<br />
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Mamnoon honours head of Royal<br />
Saudi Navy with Nishan-e-Imtiaz<br />
I S L A M A B A D :<br />
President Mamnoon<br />
Hussain on Monday conferred<br />
Nishan-e-Imtiaz<br />
(military) upon<br />
Commander Royal Saudi<br />
Naval Forces Vice<br />
Admiral Fahd bin Fahd<br />
Al-Ghofaili.<br />
The president decorated<br />
the Saudi naval commander<br />
with the award at<br />
a ceremony held here at<br />
the Aiwan-e-Sadr, which<br />
was also attended by Chief<br />
of the Naval Staff Admiral<br />
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi,<br />
Ambassador of Saudi<br />
Arabia Nawaf bin Said Al-<br />
Malki, and senior civil and<br />
naval officers.<br />
Later, the Commander<br />
Gilani urges rights bodies<br />
to probe all IoK massacres<br />
SRINAGAR: In occupied<br />
Kashmir, the Chairman<br />
of All Parties Hurriyat<br />
Conference, Syed Ali Gilani<br />
has appealed to world<br />
human rights bodies like<br />
Amnesty International and<br />
Asia Watch to conduct a<br />
thorough probe into all<br />
unfortunate incidents of<br />
mass killings including the<br />
massacres of Gawkadal,<br />
Handwara and Kupwara.<br />
Syed Ali Gilani in a<br />
statement issued in Srinagar<br />
said, while remembering the<br />
victims of all <strong>January</strong> 1990<br />
massacres said that Indian<br />
occupational forces had left<br />
their brutal footprints in<br />
every nook and corner of the<br />
territory. “People were<br />
peacefully protesting<br />
against the highhandedness<br />
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain conferring<br />
Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) upon Commander Royal<br />
Saudi Naval Forces Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-<br />
Ghofaily during meeting held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.<br />
of forces on <strong>January</strong> 21,<br />
1990 in Gawakada area of<br />
Srinagar when they were<br />
showered with bullets from<br />
all sides. More than 50 people<br />
were butchered on the<br />
fateful day,” he said.<br />
Gilani said history may<br />
not have witnessed such<br />
heinous acts of barbarism.<br />
“Some people jumped into<br />
the river Jhelum and others<br />
could not even run for their<br />
life,” he said. He said these<br />
massacre were planned and<br />
executed by the then<br />
Governor Jagmohan, but<br />
thereafter the bloody events<br />
were carried out under the<br />
nose of the so-called<br />
Kashmiri leadership which<br />
has been thriving on<br />
Kashmiris’ dead bodies for<br />
the last 70 years,” he said.<br />
H Y D E R A B A D /<br />
JAMSHORO: The US-<br />
Pakistan Centre for<br />
Advanced Studies in Water<br />
(USPCAS-W), Mehran<br />
University of Engineering<br />
and Technology Jamshoro<br />
and the World Wide Fund<br />
for Nature (WWF)-<br />
Pakistan signed a<br />
Royal Saudi Naval Forces<br />
called on President<br />
Mamnoon Hussain and<br />
discussed matters of mutual<br />
interest.<br />
The president emphasized<br />
that there existed<br />
close ties between the<br />
governments of Pakistan<br />
and Saudi Arabia and also<br />
between their people.<br />
He underlined that the<br />
sincere friendship of<br />
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia<br />
would further grow in the<br />
coming days and stated<br />
that Pakistan Navy and<br />
Royal Saudi Naval Forces<br />
stood behind each other in<br />
the hour of need.<br />
He expressed satisfaction<br />
over the cooperation<br />
Memorandum of<br />
Understanding (MoU) to<br />
enhance collaboration on<br />
freshwater-related initiatives<br />
in Pakistan.<br />
Dr. Bakhshal Khan<br />
Lashari, Director USP-<br />
CAS-W shared that the<br />
Center is a state-of-the-art<br />
applied research facility<br />
established with the support<br />
United States Agency<br />
for International<br />
Development (USAID) and<br />
is technically supported by<br />
the University of Utah,<br />
USA. According to Dr.<br />
Lashari, the Centre focuses<br />
between the naval forces<br />
of both countries and said<br />
it would yield far-reaching<br />
and beneficial impacts.<br />
The president<br />
expressed his pleasure at<br />
the ongoing development<br />
process in Saudi Arabia<br />
under the leadership of<br />
King Salman bin<br />
Abdulaziz, which would<br />
be a source of welfare for<br />
masses.<br />
He stated that the Holy<br />
Prophet (Peace be upon<br />
Him) has regarded all<br />
Muslims as brothers,<br />
whether they live in any<br />
part of the world and<br />
stressed that key to the<br />
success of Muslim lied in<br />
following those teachings.<br />
MoU between USPCAS-W MUET<br />
and WWF-Pakistan Signed<br />
JAMSHORO: Prof. Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari and Dr. Babar Khan are seen signing<br />
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of USPCAS-W MUET and WWF-<br />
Pakistan respectively.<br />
on developing sustainable<br />
solutions to overcome<br />
freshwater management<br />
challenges which can only<br />
be tackled through collaborative<br />
efforts. The MoU<br />
between WWF-Pakistan<br />
and University, he further<br />
added, would bring opportunities<br />
to develop joint<br />
research studies and projects<br />
that can help to address<br />
the issues of freshwater and<br />
sustainable solutions better.<br />
ANF seizes 673 KGs narcotics valuing<br />
Rs 658.66 million in 22 strikes<br />
RAWALPINDI: Anti<br />
Narcotics Force Pakistan<br />
seized 673 Kg narcotics valuing<br />
Rs 658.66 Million internationally,<br />
arrested 30 persons<br />
including 2 ladies involved in<br />
drug smuggling and impounded<br />
8 vehicles while conducting<br />
22 counternarcotics strikes<br />
across the country.<br />
The seized drugs comprised<br />
661.3 Kg Hashish,<br />
1.175 Kg Heroin, 4.100 Kg<br />
Amphetamine, 3 Kg<br />
HEC-funded<br />
academic program<br />
launched at AIOU<br />
ISLAMABAD: A HECfunded<br />
academic training<br />
program was launched here<br />
on Mondayat the Allama<br />
Iqbal Open University<br />
(AIOU) for capacity-building<br />
of the faculty members,<br />
those engaged in providing<br />
education through distance<br />
learning system.<br />
The three-day training<br />
program was inaugurated<br />
by the Vice Chancellor<br />
Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui<br />
who urged the teachers to<br />
keep themselves updated<br />
about the latest knowledge<br />
and learning practices<br />
for delivering quality<br />
education.<br />
Old concepts of education<br />
and teaching practices<br />
needed to be reviewed to<br />
get the desired results, he<br />
asserted. The teachers, he<br />
said should promote creative<br />
and critical thinking<br />
in the class rooms, so that<br />
the students could be able<br />
to have a better understanding<br />
and perception about<br />
their relevant subject.<br />
The training was<br />
arranged by the<br />
University’s department of<br />
distance learning.<br />
Cannabis, 3.67 Kg<br />
Methamphetamine.<br />
ANF Quetta intercepted a<br />
Toyota Corolla Car at main<br />
Quetta Kuchlak Road, Quetta<br />
and recovered 186 Kg Hashish<br />
from Car. A person on board<br />
Shafat Ali resident of<br />
Hafizabad was apprehended<br />
during the operation. Further<br />
investigations resulted in<br />
recovery of 373 Kg Hashish<br />
from a deserted house in general<br />
areas Killi Gurgai District<br />
Qilla Abdullah.<br />
ANF Rawalpindi arrested<br />
an accused identified as<br />
Muhammad Ghayas resident<br />
of Gilgit from Parri Bangala,<br />
Chakarkot Road, near Forest<br />
Barial, Gilgit and recovered<br />
4.5 Kg Hashish from accused.<br />
In another operation, ANF<br />
Rawalpindi intercepted a<br />
Motorcycle at Kainat Bus<br />
Stand, Peshawar Road,<br />
Rawalpindi and recovered 7.2<br />
Kg Hashish.
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