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Metropolitan: 

Rao Anwar using 

WhatsApp, police 

incapable to trace 

location: IGP 

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National: 

Policeman among 

two killed in 

session court 

firing in Lahore 

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International: 

Trump calls out 

Iran, North Korea; 

labels China, 

Russia 'rivals' 

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Tahirul Qadri 

leaves for UK 

LAHORE: Chief of 

Pakistan Awami Tehreek 

(PAT) Allama Tahirul 

Qadri left for United 

Kingdom via Turkey on 

Wednesday where he will 

participate in different 

programs including lectures 

at different universities. 

Later on he will go to 

Canada for his medical 

checkup before going to 

Saudi Arabia for performing 

Umrah. He will spend 

some 22 days in this long 

foreign trip. Different 

political circles terming 

this visit a disappointment 

from his recent power 

show at Lahore with other 

political parties. 

Rain-snowfall 

expected in Gilgit- 

Baltistan, Kashmir 

GILGIT: Pakistan 

M e t e o r o l o g i c a l 

Department on 

Wednesday forecast rain 

with snowfall over the 

hills in Gilgit-Baltistan 

and Kashmir. 

Cloudy weather conditions 

are expected in 

most parts of the country. 

A westerly wave is 

affecting western and 

upper parts of the country. 

During the past 24 

hours, weather remained 

cold and dry in most 

parts of the country. 

PTI nominates 

Chaudhary Sarwar 

for Senate candidate 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 

nominated Chaudhary 

Muhammad Sarwar as 

his candidate for upcoming 

Senate elections. 

PTI will also contact 

with opposition members 

in Provincial Assembly 

of Punjab. PTI has 20 

seats in the provincial 

assembly while it has to 

get support from PML- 

Q, Jamat E Islami, and 

independent candidates. 

LONDON: The Taliban 

are openly active in 70 percent 

of Afghanistan’s districts, 

fully controlling 4 

percent of the country and 

demonstrating an open 

physical presence in another 

66 percent, according to 

a BBC study has found. 

The BBC estimate, 

which it said was based on 

conversations with more 

than 1,200 individual 

sources in all districts of the 

South Asian country, was 

significantly higher than 

the most recent assessment 

by the NATO-led coalition. 

The coalition said that 

the Taliban contested or 

controlled only 44 percent 

of Afghan districts as of 

October 2017. 

Afghanistan has been 

reeling over the past nine 

days from a renewed spate 

of violence that is adding 

scrutiny to the latest, more 

aggressive U.S.-backed 

strategy to bolster Afghan 

forces battling the Taliban 

in a 16-year-old war. 

A bomb hidden in an 

ambulance struck the city 

KARACHI EDITION – Thursday, February 1, 2018, Jumada-al-Awwal 14, 1439 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Taliban active 

in 70 percent 

of Afghanistan 

Afghan govt played down the report, saying it controls most areas 

ISLAMABAD: Chief 

Justice of Pakistan (CJP) 

Mian Saqib Nisar has 

remarked “ ban should be 

slapped for life on those 

found involved in cheating. 

He further remarked 

“dishonesty means cheating 

and fraud. 

He gave these remarks 

while presiding over a 5 

members larger bench of 

Supreme Court (SC) during 

the course of hearing 

of disqualification under 

article 62-1/F of the constitution 

case here 

Wednesday. 

center and killed more than 

100 people, just over a 

week after an attack on the 

Hotel Intercontinental, also 

in Kabul, which left more 

than 20 people dead, 

including four U.S. citizens. 

The BBC counted 399 

districts in Afghanistan, but 

the NATO-led force counted 

407. The reason for the 

discrepancy was not immediately 

clear. 

The BBC study said the 

Afghan government controlled 

122 districts, or 

about 30 percent of the 

country. Still, it noted, that 

did not mean that they were 

free from Taliban attacks. 

“Kabul and other major 

cities, for example, suffered 

major attacks - launched 

from adjacent areas, or by 

sleeper cells - during the 

research period, as well as 

before and after,” the report 

said. 

Asked about the BBC’s 

study, the Pentagon did not 

comment directly, but 

pointed to the latest figures 

by the NATO-led coalition 

asserting that about 56 percent 

of Afghanistan’s territory 

was under Afghan 

government control or 

influence. 

Captain Thomas 

Gresback, a spokesman for 

the coalition in Kabul, said 

the BBC estimate overstated 

the militants’ “influence 

impact”. 

“This is a criminal network, 

not a government in 

waiting,” Gresback said in 

an emailed statement. 

“What really matters is 

not the number of districts 

held, but population controlled. 

RS assesses that 

around 12 percent of the 

population is actually under 

full Taliban control,” he 

said, referring to the 

Resolute Support mission. 

The study by Britain’s 

public broadcaster quoted a 

spokesman for Afghan 

President Ashraf Ghani 

playing down the findings. 

The BBC study also said 

Islamic State had a presence 

in 30 districts, but 

noted it did not fully control 

any of them. 

ISLAMABAD: A strong 

earthquake with 6.2 magnitude 

hit many parts of 

Pakistan, including 

Islamabad, Peshawar and 

Lahore, killing a minor girl 

and injuring 13 people. 

National Seismic 

Monitoring Centre 

Islamabad said that the 

magnitude of the earthquake 

was 6.2 on Richter 

scale, while its epicenter 

was in Hindu Kachh region 

in Afghanistan with 169km 

depth. However, the United 

States Geological Survey 

recorded the quake’s magnitude 

at 6.1. 

The tremors of the earthquake 

were felt in Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, 

Those involved in cheating 

should be banned for life: CJP 

Senior lawyer Azam 

Nazir Tarar appeared on 

behalf of Nawaz Sharif in 

the court. He requested the 

court to give him time for 

3 days for preparation of 

case and the court accepted 

his plea. Azam Tarar said 

during the hearing of the 

case that there is ambiguity 

in the public notice of 

the court. 

CJP remarked “ the 

public notice was meant 

for those who are affected. 

All the affected persons 

should hire a combined 

lawyer. We want to determine 

the period of disqualification 

under article 62- 

1/F. 

Wasim Sajjad counsel 

for Allah Dino said his 

client was denotified in 

2013 on the basis of rejection 

of his nomination 

papers in 2008. The court 

should resolve the matter 

of article 62-1/F. The maximum 

period for disqualification 

should be for five 

years. The CJP remarked “ 

if the court disqualifies 

some one then can the said 

person take part in the 

polls after 3 months. 

ATTOCK: A beautiful view of the rare “super blue blood moon” which was sighted in different countries of the world 

including Pakistan on Wednesday. The moon was 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. A partial eclipse started 

in Pakistan at 3:51 pm. However, the total lunar eclipse started at 5:52 pm which lasted till 7:08 pm. 

Afghan delegation in 

Pakistan to discuss 

cooperation: FO 

ISLAMABAD: A highlevelAfghan 

delegation comprising 

the country’s Interior 

Minister and the chief of 

National Directorate of 

Security (NDS) is visiting 

Pakistan to hold talks on 

bilateral cooperation between 

the countries, Foreign Office 

(FO) spokesperson Dr 

Mohammad Faisal said on 

Wednesday. 

The delegates include 

NDS chief Mohammad 

Masoom Stanekzai and 

Afghan Interior Minister 

Wais Barmak. 

Afghanistan’s envoy to 

Pakistan Dr Oman Zakhilwal 

shared the picture of visiting 

delegation on his official 

Twitter account. 

Earthquake hits Pakistan; 

minor girl killed,13 injured 

LASBELA: A man stand near the debris of house after 

earthquake. 

Punjab, Northern Areas, 

Islamabad, Kashmir and 

India. 

In Balochistan’s Bela 

town, a minor girl was 

killed and nine others 

injured when the roof of a 

house collapsed due to the 

earthquake. The quake’s 

intensity in Bela region was 

4.9 and its depth was 23km, 

according to National 

Seismic Monitoring Centre 

Islamabad. Several villages 

in Balochistan felt the 

tremors of the quake. 

Emergency was declared in 

the hospitals. 

In Peshawar, four children 

were injured in a stampede 

caused by the earthquake. 

The girls were 

rushed to Lady Reading 

Hospital, where they 

received treatment. Their 

condition was stated to be 

out of danger. 

In Quetta, several buildings 

developed cracks. The 

panic gripped the city. 

US urged to chalk 

out plan for Afghan 

refugees’ repatriation 

ISLAMABAD: Minister 

for SAFRON, Abdul Qadir 

Baloch has urged the United 

States to chalk out a framework 

for successful repatriation 

of Afghan refugees 

keeping in view the security 

and economic situation. 

Talking to US Deputy 

Secretary of State Nancy 

Izzo Jackson in Islamabad, 

he said Pakistan has been 

facing multiple and complex 

problems due to Afghan 

refugees. 

The Minister said the 

package given by UNHCR is 

a major factor in repatriation. 

Govt hikes fuel prices; petrol 

goes up by Rs2.98 per litre 

ISLAMABAD: The 

government on Wednesday 

increased the price of different 

petroleum products 

for the month of February, 

said a statement from the 

Ministry of Finance. 

The price of petrol has 

been increased by Rs2.98 

per litre and the fuel will 

will now be available for 

Rs84.51. 

The price of diesel 

(HSD) has been increased 

by Rs5.92 per litre, and will 

now be available for Rs 

95.83 as compared to earlier 

price of to Rs 89.91. 

Light Diesel Oil (LDO) 

has been increased by Rs 

5.93 from Rs 58.37 and will 

now be available for 

Rs64.30 per litre. 

Furthermore, the price of 

kerosene has been 

increased by Rs5.94 from 

Rs64.32 and will now be 

available for Rs70.26 per 

litre. 

The finance ministry 

Sheikh Rashid withdraws decision 

for resigning from NA seat 

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) 

chairman Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Wednesday decided to 

withdraw his decision for resigning from National 

Assembly (NA) seat. 

Sheikh Rashid came up in Parliament house first 

time after his appendices operation and attended Public 

Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting. 

During an informal chat with media, a journalist 

questioned if he has filed resignation. 

Sheikh Rashid said he had withdrawn his decision 

for tendering resignation from NA seat. Because the 

time is over now and there is no need to resign now. 

Sheikh Rashid Ahmad while cursing parliament In 

Pakistan Awami Tehreek public meeting at Lahore a 

few days back had announced to resign from NA seat. 

statement says that the Oil 

and Gas Regulatory 

Authority (OGRA) had recommended 

double-digit 

increase in the rates of HSD 

(Rs. 10.25 per litre), SKO 

(Rs. 12.74 per litre) and 

LDO (Rs. 11.72 per litre) 

on the basis of increase in 

prices in the international 

market but the government 

decided to reduce the 

impact on the consumers 

through adjustment in the 

applicable levies. 

SC removes Siddique ul Farooq 

from ETPB chairmanship 

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court ruled 

removing Evacuee Trust Board Property 

(ETPB) Chairman Siddique ul Farooq 

from his position while hearing the Katas 

Raj Temples case on Wednesday. 

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian 

Saqib Nisar led the hearing by threemember 

bench in the suo motu action 

against drying up of Katas Raj temple 

complex pond because of the industrial 

impact. 

The court ruled that Farooq was ineligible 

to hold the office as a chairman has 

to use legal powers, adding that the new 

chairman should be appointed while considering 

this necessity. 

Additional advocate general informed 

the court that the tenure of ETPB chairman 

has ended, and that the summary of 

new chairman will be sent soon. 

Responding to the order, Farooq talked 

to media outside the apex court. He 

argued that he had presented his entire 

profile on the orders of CJP. “He (CJP) 

remarked that I am not qualified,” he told. 

Farooq announced to file a review 

petition against the order. 

Earlier, the top court had expressed 

resentment over the absence of the ETPB 

Chairmanin the hearing of Katas Raj 

Temple case. CJP had sought details of 

ETPB property records, income sources 

and points on issues being faced by the 

Hindus. 

Naqeebullah murder 

Jirga calls off 

protest, warns of 

Islamabad march 

KARACHI: The jirga 

protesting the murder of 

Naqeebullah Mehsud called 

off their protest on 

Wednesday but warned 

authorities that if justice was 

not served then they would 

march to Islamabad. Head 

of the grand jirga that had 

assembled at Sohrab Goth to 

protest the killing of 

Naqeebullah Mehsud in an 

alleged fake encounter 

called off the sit-in protest. 

KARACHI: Governor of Sindh, Muhammad Zubair presiding a meeting to review the 

pace of work on federal government funded power generation and distribution projects 

for Hyderabad and Sukkur, respectively. State Minister for Water and Power, Abid Sher 

Ali, CEO HESCO, Raham Ali Otho, CEO SEPCO, Abdul Latif Anjum and other senior officials 

of the companies were also present on the occasion. 

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Metropolitan 

Rao Anwar using WhatsApp, police 

incapable to trace location: IGP 

Eyewitnesses identify three cops in Naqebullah murder case 

KARACHI: Sindh Inspector 

General Police (IGP) admitted 

that his department is incapable of 

tracing location of a person 

through WhatsApp call, informing 

that Sindh police wrote to PTA 

and asked for their assistance in 

tracing absconder Rao Anwar. 

He said, "The wanted officer 

(Rao Anwar) is using WhatsApp 

(for communication). Police is 

unable to trace his location." AG 

Khawaja met the Supreme Court 

Registrar. He assured that his 

department is in contact with all 

other institutions in order to catch 

and arrest the suspended Malir SSP 

Anwar who remains at large despite 

the Supreme Court deadline. 

Earlier, three policemen arrested 

on the charges of killing 

Naqeebullah Mehsood in a fake 

encounter were identified by two 

eyewitnesses before Judicial 

Magistrate Malir. 

Assistant Sub Inspector 

Allahyar, head constable 

Muhammad Iqbal and Arshad Ali 

were successfully identified by 

two eyewitnesses who were 

reportedly picked up by the suspended 

SSP Malir Rao Anwar’s 

team along with Naqeebullah. 

Later, the duo were released but 

Naqeebullah were gunned down 

in staged encounter The judicial 

magistrate conducted the identification 

parade after completing all 

legal formalities. 

The policemen arrested on 

‘Pakistan lagging behind Bangladesh 

on mother & child health targets’ 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Pakistan is 

far behind neighbouring 

Muslim-majority countries 

such as Iran and nearby 

Bangladesh and Tajikistan 

on fundamental mother and 

child health targets, according 

to a major global study 

published in The Lancet. 

Researchers from Aga 

Khan University, the Centre 

for Global Child Health at 

the Hospital for Sick 

Children in Toronto, 

Canada, and the Dalla Lana 

School of Public Health, 

analysed data from 1990 to 

2015 relating to 75 high-burden 

countries across the 

world with a specific focus 

on rates and drivers of 

change in the Islamic world. 

Their findings have been 

published in the Lancet 

paper Status and drivers of 

maternal, newborn, child 

and adolescent health in the 

Islamic world: a comparative 

analysis. 

The study found Pakistan 

to be in the second-worst 

performing group of countries 

on reducing the deaths 

of children under the age of 

five. Pakistan has also made 

far slower progress in reducing 

maternal mortality than 

other developing countries 

in South and Central Asia. 

Researchers found no 

indication that religion per 

se had a direct impact on 

health outcomes. The findings 

of the study point to 

issues such as conflict, 

migration, political instability, 

government effectiveness, 

literacy, and female 

empowerment as key drivers 

of differences in maternal 

and child mortality. 

“While rates of maternal 

and child mortality are generally 

higher in Muslimmajority 

countries such as 

Pakistan there are also several 

success stories,” says lead 

author Professor Zulfiqar A 

Bhutta, founding director of 

the Centre of Excellence in 

Women and Child Health at 

AKU. “Major successes, 

especially in child mortality 

reductions, have been 

achieved in child mortality 

in Niger, Maldives, 

Morocco, Azerbaijan, 

Senegal, Bangladesh, and 

Egypt.” 

“Notable however, are 

KARACHI: Ex-Governor Sindh General Rtd. Moin Uddin Haider (Chief Guest) cutting 

the ribbon to inaugurate the Job Fair. along with Chancellor Sir Syed University of 

Engineering and Technology Mr.Jawed Anwar Vice Chancellor Sir Syed University of 

Engineering and Technology Dr. Afzal ul Haq and Director Guidance Centre Dr. 

Shakeel Ahmed. 

83 couples in combine marriage 

ceremony held at karachi 

Vijay Kumar 

K A R A C H I / 

NAWABSHAH: A combine 

marriage of 83 couples was 

organized by Pakistan Hindu 

Council in Karachi. This 

mega ceremony held in 

YMCA ground karachi. A 

simple and dignified ceremony 

was tenth of its kind. 

Dowry was given to the 

newly wed in the form of furniture, 

clothes, jewelry and 

crockery. Some personalities 

from the political parties and 

many others also participated 

including Ambassadar of 

Mauritus, Chairman 

Evacuee Trust property 

Board Sadiq ul farooq, 

Minister Minority affairs 

Punjab Mr: Khalil Tahir 

Sindhu, M.D PSO, Faisal 

Edhi and so on. 

While talking to Media, 

Patron-in-chief Pakistan 

Hindu Council, Dr Ramesh 

Kumar Vankwani said, we 

organize such events in 

every year for the needy couples, 

social evils are getting 

raised due to dowry. 

Many girls are unwedded 

yet, because of financial 

problems. He also said such 

programs give us pleasure 

and blessing, 

Pakistan Hindu Council 

will also provide financial 

support to the newly-wed 

couples, rickshaws to 

deserving people and sewing 

machines to poor women, so 

that they can raise their families 

with honor and dignity. 

Rajesh 

Hardasani told, it is our big 

achievement that fifteen 

couples belonging to 

Sanghar tied into knot 

Poverty is reached on peak 

level that's why we are 

always in helping the poors 

in every moment of life. 

the unacceptably low rates 

of skilled care for mothers in 

childbirth, poor coverage of 

essential childhood immunizations 

and low rates of 

sanitary services. Poor governance, 

lack of accountable 

and democratic governments 

as well as insecurity, 

conflict and population displacement 

emerge as key 

determinants driving health 

disparities. Unequal societies 

are also fertile grounds 

for the growth of rebellion 

and militancy, especially in 

young people. 

Rangers arrest four 

including ‘political 

party activist’ 

KARACHI: 

rangers on Wednesday 

claimed to have arrested 

four criminals, including a 

political party activist in different 

targeted raids in the 

metropolis. 

According to rangers’ 

spokesman, a rangers’ team 

carried out a raid in Gulberg 

area and arrested a MQM- 

London activist, Khuram 

alias Zafar. The accused was 

wanted in target killing and 

several robbery cases, said 

the rangers. 

Separately, a rangers’ 

party detained an extortionist, 

Saifullah, from 

Saudabad area. 

During search operations 

in Memon Goth and Awami 

Colony, the rangers nabbed 

two street criminals, 

Saifullah and Khalid Khan. 

The rangers also recovered 

weapons, drugs and contrabands 

from their possession. 

January 27 were lined up along 

with dummy accused and the witnesses 

were asked to identify 

them one by one. Both the witnesses 

successfully picked up 

three policemen, informing the 

court that they were amongst 

those who involved in the fake 

encounter. 

The case was registered at 

Sachal police station under sections 

302 (premeditated murder, 

365 (kidnapping or abducting 

with intent secretly and wrongfully 

to confine person), 344 (wrongful 

confinement for ten or more 

days), 109 (punishment of abetment 

if the act abetted committed 

in consequence and where no 

express provision is made for its 

punishment) and 34 (common 

intention of the Pakistan Penal 

Code) read with Section 7 of the 

Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. 

NICVD organizes 

certification 

ceremony 

Chairman DMC East calls for early 

completion of development projects 

KARACHI: We 

would not want to make 

any problem for citizens 

by wasting time for the 

discussion about limitation 

of area, We realize 

as our responsibility to 

resolve every issue of 

the residents of district 

east and it is in our first 

priority too, Chairman 

DMC East Moid Anwar regarding 

share these views during 

his visit at 

Dadabhoy town UC 2 

Kumar along with UC2 

Chairman Malik Nawaz 

and officers of Sindh 

Solid 

Waste 

Management Board to 

identify the issues of the 

residents of Dadabhoy 

town regarding municipal 

facilities. 

According to details 

Chairman visited the 

area after getting complaints 

from residents 

regarding sewerage and 

other civic issues. 

F u r t h e r m o r e 

Chairman gave orders 

on the spot to the concerned 

officers to 

resolve all the issues 

municipal 

facilities and called for 

its early completion. 

Moreover He emphasized 

to the officers of 

DMC East “Ensure the 

completion of laying of 

sewerage line as well as 

resolution of other civic 

issues on priority basis”. 

It is our Policy to 

provide relief and 

municipal facilities to 

Karachi faces 4,143 buses 

shortfall: Sindh Cabinet told 

KARACHI: The Sindh 

cabinet in its meeting held 

under the chairmanship of 

Chief Minister Syed Murad 

Ali Shah at New Secretariat 

Wednesday approved 

amendment in the SPPRA 

Rule 47(3) to undertake the 

solicitation process of BRT 

Blue Line Infrastructure 

Component in an expeditious 

manner. Briefing the 

cabinet about traffic issues 

of the city, Sindh Transport 

Minister Syed Nasir Shah 

said: “There are 4.137 million 

vehicles registered in 

Karachi and currently 6,457 

buses of various sizes are 

plying 192 routes as against 

the requirement of 10,600 

buses.” 

The chief minister said 

that it showed a shortfall of 

4,143 buses. He added that 

in Karachi, there are 45 persons 

for one bus seat while 

in Bombay, the ratio is 12 

KARACHI: National 

Muzammil Ferozi 

Institute of Cardiovascular 

Diseases hrlf its first 

Certification Ceremony of 

Interventional Cardiology 

Fellowship Program in a local 

hotel. A total of 13 fellows 

were awarded certificates for 

successfully completing postfellowship 

training in the subspecialty 

of interventional cardiology. 

Speaker Sindh 

Assembly Agha Siraj Khan 

Durrani was the Chief Guest. 

In his welcome address, 

Executive Director of 

NICVD, Prof Nadeem Qamar 

said by grace of Allah the 

Almighty, we have achieved 

this milestone through untiring 

efforts of our dedicated 

faculty members and trainees 

and we have gathered here 

today to celebrate our collective 

achievement. 

He said that it is a pride 

and honour for NICVD to 

conduct its first certification 

ceremony of Interventional 

Cardiology fellowship 

Program. This program focuses 

at producing skilled doctors, 

equipped with the highest 

standards of leadership and 

Sindh management skills as well as 

ethical practices so that they 

are able to function as competent 

and compassionate specialists. 

KAARCHI: Prominent 

Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat 

Fateh Ali Khan said that 

Qawali is in my soul, it is in 

my blood and I will continue 

till my last breath because 

there is spirituality in it with 

tranquil and harmony. 

He shared his views 

while he was exclusively 

talking to Daily Messenger 

in Karachi, saying that he 

has planed to hold 100 

Qawali concerts across the 

globe, including in Saudi 

Arabia as 100 concerts seek 

to pay a tribute to the lasting 

legacy of Ustad Nusrat 

Fateh Ali Khan. 

Rahat, who is the nephew 

of late maestro Ustad Nusrat 

Fateh Ali Khan, wants to 

celebrate 2018 as the year of 

qawwali adding that the title 

of it is “Just Qawali Tour 

2018”, along with Ustad 

Rahat CEO PME Salman 

Ahmed was also present 

while talking to Daily 

Messenger. 

“Qawali is at the heart of 

our family traditions, and 

my ancestors have worked 

hard to develop this genre of 

music and introduce it to the 

world. Qawali and I are 

inseparable. It runs in my 

all citizens without any 

bias , He added 

UC Chairman’s and 

Officers take measures 

for the development of 

areas with the coordination 

of residents of 

respective areas, He 

said. 

In addition He vowed 

that “ We aware about 

the issues of citizens 

and Despite of limited 

funds we are trying best 

from our end, That is 

the reason I am visiting 

myself to know the 

issues of citizens” 

XENB&R Shahid 

ashraf , Officers of 

DMC east ,Officer of 

SSWMB and large number 

of citizens were also 

present. 

blood. Whatever I am performing, 

qawali is always at 

the heart of it. It gives me the 

unique edge in all the music 

that I do,” he said. 

He emotionally added, “I 

want to add that whatever I 

perform and whatever that I 

am, is all thanks to my uncle. 

No one has contributed to 

the music industry the way 

my uncle did.” 

Appreciating the contributions 

of Nusrat Fateh Ali 

Khan to the world of music, 

Khan said, “The world of 

music has not seen a qawwal 

that is parallel to Ustad 

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He 

glorified the art of qawwali 

and took the art of international 

audiences. He won 

many awards and accolades 

for his performances.” 

persons per seat and in Hon 

Kong eight persons per sea. 

“We have to reduce this gap 

by providing efficient, comfortable 

and affordable 

transport facilities to the 

people of this megalopolis 

city of Karachi,” he said. 

The transport minister 

said that the number of contract 

carriages /buses is 

2,715 and 80 percent buses 

are more than 20 years old. 

On this, the chief minister 

said that it means 5400 

vehicles are 20 years old 

and are not only causing 

travelling problems but 

contributing tothe environmental 

problems. “This is 

why I am giving special 

focus to resolve the transport 

issues,” he said. 

The cabinet was told that 

6,078 private vehicles and 

22,476 motorcycles were 

being registered every 

month leading to more traffic 

congestion, causing 

more pollution, increasing 

traffic density and increasing 

vehicle operating cost. 

Secretary Transport 

Naveed Awan said that the 

provincial government had 

started some Bus Rapid 

Transport (BRT) projects 

and work on Abdul Sattar 

Edhi Orange Line was in 

progress and simultaneously 

the chief minister is keen 

to start Blue Line BRT project. 

He added that the 

Transport & Mass Transit 

Department had received an 

unsolicited proposal from a 

consortium of EA 

Consulting to design, build, 

finance, operate and transfer 

of 10.1 km long Blue 

Line BRT project. There 

would be a 27-yearconcession 

period which 

include two years of construction 

and 25 years of 

operation and maintenance. 

Qawali is in my soul, it is 

in my blood, says Rahat 

Ahmed remarked that the 

listeners have been seeking 

good Qawwali for some 

time and it is popular across 

all age groups. He shared 

that veterans who have performed 

alongside Ustad 

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan have 

also been roped in for the 

performances. 

“We strive to bring back 

Qawali to its old galore 

through a series of 100 concerts 

around the world,” he 

said. In addition to his show 

in the Kingdom, the singers 

plans on taking his talents to 

the United States, Canada, 

United Kingdom, United 

Arab Emirates, Bahrain, 

Oman, Turkey, Morocco, 

South Africa, Kenya, Nepal, 

Bangladesh, and of course, 

Pakistan. 

Sindh govt mulling to issue freelance 

journalists accreditation cards 

KARACHI: Secretary Sindh 

Information and Archives 

Department Imran Atta Soomro has 

said that after court decision it is 

now mandatory for media houses 

to justify that people working with 

their organization are not government 

employee. 

Sindh information department is 

trying its best to play the role of a 

bridge between journalists and 

government, he said while addressing 

a certificate distribution ceremony 

for freelance journalists who 

have completed their three-day 

freelance mobile journalist at local 

hotel Wednesday. 

The training was organized by 

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). 

Freelance journalists from different 

districts of Sindh participated in 

the training program. 

Secretary Sindh information 

said that the government is also trying 

to bring some changes in 

issuance of accreditation cards. 

Freelance journalists will also be 

included under a separate category 

and they can get the government 

accreditation cards. He said that 

information department wants to 

enhance capacity of its staff to 

meet requirement of modern 

media. 

Secretary General Pakistan 

Press Foundation (PPF) Owais 

Aslam Ali said that PPF was also 

working on issues of freelance 

journalists. No other organization 

has worked on the problems faced 

by the freelance journalists. PPF is 

also encouraging modern mobile 

journalism, so that journalists living 

in the remote areas could also 

be benefited. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat offering 

dua after inaugurates development project at Cattle Colony. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar, Shahid 

Ashraf Chaudhry, UC Chairman, Malik Shahnawaz 

inspecting cleaning work at Dada Bhai Town.


National 

3 

Shah Mehmood Qureshi gets 

bail in PTV attack case 

PSP lashed out at HMC Mayor for 

converting city into heaps of garbage, 

choked drain water, broken roads 

The court has directed 

Qureshi to appear before it 

on February 09. The other 

leaders of PTI including 

Asad Umar, Shireen 

Mazari, Shafqat Mehmood 

and Arif Alvi will also 

appear before court on 

February, 09. 

PTI Chairman Imran 

Khan has already been 

granted bail in these four 

cases. The cases were registered 

against PTI leaders 

during 2014 sit in. 

Talking to media men 

ISLAMABAD: PTI 

leader Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi has been granted 

interim bail in four cases 

including parliament attack 

case. 

Shah Mehmood Qureshi 

who is named in 4 cases 

including parliament case 

appeared before Anti 

Terrorism Court (ATC) 

Islamabad Wednesday. 

Judge Shah Rukh 

Arjumand granted him 

interim bail against surety 

bonds worth Rs 100000 till 

February 08. 

Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi is named in four 

cases including PTV, 

Parliament attack and violence 

against SSP. 

Pawan Kumar 

HYDERABAD: The 

Women’s Action Forum 

welcomes the decision of 

the inquiry committee of 

the University of Karachi, 

in favor of esteemed professor 

of history Dr. Navin G 

Haider who had filed a sexual 

harassment complaint 

against Professor Sahar 

Ansari two years ago. 

Including testimonials from 

various students and staff ditions for women at all 

and declaring Professor workplaces, particularly 

Sahar Ansari guilty, the public universities, in 

committee in its report has Pakistan. WAF applaud her 

rightfully recommended courage, and stand with her 

that Mr. Ansari - who currently 

does not serve in KU 

- be barred from entering 

in her struggle for justice. 

WAF is concerned that academic 

norms of anonymity 

the Karachi University and confidentiality as mandated 

premises. 

by law ought to be fol- 

Dr. Navin has courageously 

lowed when harassment 

fought for two cases and their proceedings 

years with the assistance of 

the legal aid initiative, Qaaf 

are reported in the public. 

WAF urge the university 

Se Qanoon, to seek justice administration to ensure 

against the crime of sexual anonymity and protection of 

harassment, and work those who testified, and that 

towards improving the con- 

the committee’s decision be 

Qureshi 

said terrorism case registered 

against him was politically 

motivated and terror 

related clauses were included 

therein. The allegations 

leveled against him were 

fabricated. 

He held Asif Zardari 

was president of the country 

and prime minister of 

the country was also from 

upheld in order that Sahar 

Ansari pays the price for his 

conduct. It is also noted that 

the committee's order 

should have included that 

compensation be provided 

for Dr. Navin for the emotional 

abuse and trauma 

caused in accordance with 

the 2010 anti-harassment 

and Protection of Women in 

the Workplace law. while 

the gathring attended by 

(WAF) Representative , Ms 

Amar Sindu, Haseen 

Musrat, Jafri Syma , Irfana 

Mallah and others at 

Khanda Badosh Writers 

Women Action Froum hyderabad on Sexual 

Harassment Case of Karachi University 

SU issues admission schedule of 

Dr. N.A. Baloch Model School, Hyderabad 

Talat Mehmood 

JAMSHORO: The 

Registrar, University of 

Sindh, Jamshoro has 

announced the schedule of 

admissions to K.G Class-I 

(Sindhi & English medium) 

and Class-VI (Sindh, 

Urdu & English medium) 

KHANEWAL: Swine 

flu, known as seasonal 

influenza has claimed two 

more lives in Khanewal. 

In line with media 

reports, the Punjab government 

took notice of seasonal 

influenza who took 46 

lives in the past month and 

a half. 

Two brothers, identified 

as Muhammad Wasim and 

Muhammad Mubeen are 

from Khanewal, are among 

at Dr. N.A. Baloch Model 

School, University of 

Sindh, Elsa Kazi Campus, 

Hyderabad for the academic 

session 2018-2019. The 

given schedule is as ahead: 

issuance of registration 

forms: March 12, 2018, 

last date of submission of 

the fresh deaths while their 

third brother Muhammad 

Fahim has been also shifted 

to Nishtar Hospital after 

having been hit by the deadly 

disease. 

The deceased hailed 

from Khanewal. 

Mother of the deceased 

said that her third son is 

struggling for life in hospital 

and appealed CM Pujnjab 

for financial assistance. 

Earlier, the health 

forms: March 27, 2018, 

Written Test/ oral test: 

March 29, 2018, 

announcement of the 

result: April 03, 2018, 

issuance of list of successful 

candidates: April 16, 

2018; commencement of 

classes: April 17, 2018. 

Seasonal influenza claims two 

more lives, death toll raise to 46 

department spokesperson 

Dr Attaur Rehman 

informed the media that 

242 cases of seasonal 

influenza have been reported 

and presence of H1N1 

virus has been confirmed in 

120 individuals. 

Health experts say that 

seasonal influenza can 

spread through contact with 

bacteria discharged by an 

infected person's coughing 

and sneezing. 

Caffy. at Hyderabad . 

WAF also call out all the 

male co-conspirators at the 

university who openly supported 

Mr. Ansari and 

viciously maligned Dr. 

Navin, and WAF also condemn 

the so-called progressive 

male civil society members 

who - when it matters 

most - shamelessly uphold, 

support, and strengthen the 

“bhaichara” or protection 

racket of patriarchy. 

Sexual harassment continues 

to be rampant in public 

and private universities, 

and frameworks for the 

implementation of the antiharassment 

laws are still in 

need of improvement. WAF 

urge university administrators 

across Pakistan to introduce 

mandatory trainings 

for faculty, staff, and students 

as well as committee 

structures that address the 

multifaceted, entrenched 

and damaging forms of sexism, 

misogyny and sexual 

harassment on campus. 

ANF seizes 1.116 

tons narcotics in 

24 strikes across 

the country 

ISLAMABAD: ANF 

Pakistan seized 1.116 Tons 

narcotics valuing Rs 1.617 

Billion internationally, arrested 

27 persons including 4 

ladies involved in drug 

smuggling and impounded 8 

vehicles while conducting 24 

counternarcotics strikes 

across the country. 

Seized drugs comprised 

748.6 Kg Opium, 348.9 Kg 

Hashish, 17.2 Kg Heroin and 

1.2 Kg Amphetamine. 

ANF Quetta recovered 25 

Kg Opium from mountainous 

area of Toba Achakzai Tehsil 

Deobandi District Qilla 

Abdullah. According to 

details, the drug was intended 

to be handed over to another 

narcotics gang. Yet in another 

operation, ANF Quetta recovered 

703 Kg Opium and 58 Kg 

Hashish from general area 

Killi Dolangi Tehsil & District 

Qilla Abdullah. 

his party. He had then a 

good opportunity to 

announce Seraiki province. 

Zardari divided his party 

into south and north but he 

did not create province. 

PTI wants Senate election 

are held in constitutional 

manner , he said 

adding it is feared certain 

forces will take such steps 

during the senate polls that 

will lead to pollute the 

entire process of polls. 

He underlined talks 

about sale and purchase are 

running. How will a party 

which has not a single seat 

in Balochistan assembly 

clinch 6 seats of Senate 

therein, he questioned. It 

means there will be horse 

trading in Balochistan and 

sale and purchase will take 

place therein, he added. 

Horse trading is a stigma 

which should be averted, he 

remarked. 

Man arrested for 

allegedly raping 

Filipino child 


police arrested a man 

accused of molesting 12-year 

old Filipino Child 

Wednesday from a hotel near 

Khana pul. In line with initial 

reports, the 12-year old 

Philipino child was raped by 

his teacher in the jurisdiction 

of Koral police station. The 

accused, identified as Qari 

Aslam, confessed his crime 

to rape a child. 

The accused further told 

the police about his felony 

that he would rape child 

forcibly in his apartment 

(hujr) adding that he is 

ashamed over his heinous 

crime. According to police, 

the accused will be produced 

before the court in 

tight security. 

Earlier, the accused had 

fled from the area after the 

incident with the help of his 

three accomplices who were 

arrested later by the police. 

Philippine Embassy here 

in Islamabad has called the 

father of the victim. The case 

was registered on the complaint 

of the child’s father 

against the accused. 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Investigation Agency (FIA) 

has started investigation 

against the corrupt officials 

of Capital Development 

ISLAMABAD: We all 

know what makes us fat: eating 

more in calories than we 

burn off in energy. But 

though this is true, it doesn't 

answer the more interesting 

question - why do we 

overeat in the first place? 

Why do I sometimes feel 

compelled to eat that bit of 

cake or bar of chocolate 

although I know I am going 

to regret it a few minutes 

later? 

Is it just greed - or is 

something else going on? 

Although self-control is 

important, there is mounting 

evidence that stress plays a 

significant part in weight 

gain. 

Chronic stress disrupts 

our sleep and our blood 

sugar levels. This leads to 

increased hunger and comfort 

eating. 

HYDERABAD: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader, Nadeem Qazi addresses to media 

persons during press conference at Hyderabad press club. 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Pakistan Sarzameen Party 

(PSP) leaders have lashed 

out at city mayor calling 

him inefficient and incompetent 

alleging that he has 

converted city into heaps of 

garbage, choked drain 

water, broken roads with 

unhygienic condition that 

was causing epidemic diseases 

making life of citizens 

miserable. Addressing news 

conference at local press 

club here PSP Hyderabad 

district leaders president 

Nadim Kazi, Rizwan Gadi, 

Kamran Khanzada,Shoaib 

Jafri, Fahim Arain, and others 

said that every union 

council receives Rs. 2 lacs 

while HMC Rs.30 millions 

every month as government 

Bureau Report 


Divisional directorate 

Hyderabad has decided 

not to issue accreditation 

card to those journalists 

who happen to be government 

employees. Decision 

to this effect was taken in 

a meeting of accreditation 

committee held here under 

chair of divisional director 

information Zahid 

Mustafa Memon at his 

grant but not even Rs.2 were 

seen spending on city welfare 

of people. Nadim Kazi 

told that chairmen of UCs 

have been made subordinate 

to MQM office bearers. 

Kazi told that whole city has 

been turned to heaps of 

garbage, ponds of sewerage 

water stagnant on roads and 

streets. He said situation of 

government hospitals and 

educational institutions was 

dilapidated with private 

schools allowed to charge 

heavy fees. There was no 

check and balance and citizens 

deprived of education, 

health and civic facilities. 

He also said that people 

were forced to buy water for 

drinking depriving them of 

clear water leaving them on 

mercy of water mafia. 

office. It was also decided 

that for issuance of 

accreditation card the 

applicant has to submit 

affidavit through oath 

commissioner that he was 

not government employee. 

The applicant will also 

submit his old accreditation 

card, photo copy of 

press card issued by his 

media outlet. It was also 

decided that accreditation 

cards will be issued on 

Wherever water was 

released in pipes it was 

mixed with gutter water. He 

also deplored that Hesco has 

resorted to 10-12 hours 

load shedding with heavy 

deduction bills. Kazi 

Nadeem said that Mayor 

Hyderabad keeps double 

citizenship as such after 

completion of his period he 

may run away with family 

to USA but he said the citizens 

of Hyderabad would 

not allow him to elope but 

would take account of corruption 

from him and his 

party. He said PSP with 

help of citizens would not 

allow people to be left at 

mercy of inefficient mayor 

but would defeat him and 

his party in forthcoming 

elections. 

No accreditation card for 

govt employees journalists 

FIA starts investigation against 

corrupt officials CDA DMA 

Authority (CDA)’s 

Directorate of Municipal 

Administration (DMA). 

Sources told that FIA has 

collected evidences against 

corrupt officials of DMA 

directorate to tighten noose 

against them in the coming 

few days. These officials are 

allegedly involved in minting 

money by through giving 

lease of flower markets 

to blue-eyed, allowing to set 

up kiosks, embezzlement in 

revenue of bill-boards, banners 

and advertisement. 

Hundreds of illegally 

established kiosks are functioning 

in different areas of 

federal capital while DMA 

directorate has granted permission 

to blue-eyed persons 

to establish their temporary 

business in all sectors 

where flower markets have 

already been established 

while in posh sectors like F- 

6, F-7 and others the corrupt 

officials of CDA DMA 

directorate have allowed to 

establish markets. 

Sources told that these 

corrupt officers and officials 

put millions in the pockets 

through distributing letters 

of these fake kiosks but 

when the letter holding businessmen 

started construction 

of kiosks then Chairman 

And that then leads to further 

disrupted sleep, even 

higher levels of stress and 

even more disrupted blood 

sugars. In time, this can lead 

CDA wrote a letter to investigation 

agencies, asking 

them under what laws, 

kiosks were constructed in 

parks and green belts. An 

investigation committee was 

also formed, in this connection. 

The investigation committee 

in its report revealed 

that officials of DMA directorate 

issued letters of 249 

fake kiosks but action could 

not be taken against Director 

Mansoor and clerk Rafaqat 

and demolishing work of 

these kiosk was started and 

nearly 200 kiosks were 

razed. A letter was also written 

to Federal Investigation 

Agency (FIA) as a formality 

that all the illegal constructions 

were removed. 

not only to unhealthy levels 

of body fat, but also to type- 

2 diabetes. 

To see what can happen, 

Dr Giles Yeo, a member of 

basis of applicant’s journalism 

qualification in 

accordance with provincial 

accreditation policy 

and as per orders of high 

court. The meeting was 

attended by senior journalists 

Ali Hassan, Abdul 

Hafiz Abid, Hamid 

Rehman, Javed Nisar 

Channa, Zafar Hakro, Ali 

Wahid and deputy director 

information Hyderabad 

Shahzad Shaikh. 

Bodies of eye 

specialist, a 

lady found 

ISLAMABAD: Two 

dead bodies of man and 

women were found in a 

guest house situated in the 

jurisdiction of Shalimar 

police station on 

Wednesday. 

According to police 

sources, the deceased were 

identified as Dr Rana Aftab 

and Zubaida who is resident 

of Golra area. 

Police said that on 

receiving information from 

the guest house staff the 

door of the room was 

opened. To ascertain the 

cause of death the autopsy 

is underway. 

Initial report stated that 

Rana Aftab was an eye 

specialist. 

Why stress makes you fat 

the Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 

team, decided, with the help 

of scientists from Leeds 

University, to put himself 

through a particularly stressful 

day. The Leeds scientists 

started by asking Giles to do 

something called the 

Maastricht Stress Test. 

They put him in front of a 

computer and made him rapidly 

subtract a number, 17, 

from another number, 2,043. 

He kept making mistakes, 

which for someone like 

Giles is particularly stressful. 

Then they got him to put 

his hand in a bath of ice-cold 

water and hold it there. 

Before and after these tests, 

the Leeds team measured 

Giles's blood sugar levels. 

Our blood sugar levels rise 

when we eat and, in a healthy 

person like Giles, they quickly 

return to normal.

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EDITORIAL 

FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT: 

Women's Make Up Does Not Really Make Up! 

IT'S our hearts and brains that we should beautify 

more often, than our faces. Women can put 

on all the makeup they want, but lipstick on 

their lips invite lusty glances of men and won't 

make their soul prettier, but dirtier. 

FASHION like make-up, semi-nude dressing, 

modelling, pornographic films and videos are 

destroying concepts of a good human life and principle, 

morality and fulfilling rights of each other. 

LET us deal with these topics one by one so that 

peoples anywhere and everywhere are not 

destroyed and are not robbed of a good life and 

good living, and to save life of individuals, families, 

societies and nations, often on verge of suicides 

due to immorality. 

MAKE-UP has many pros and cons from many 

and different viewpoints: Islam does not allow 

women to indulge in any kind of ''make-up'' fashion 

for na-mehram (non-relatives or family members, 

including even her cousin brothers, whom women 

can enter into marriage). 

BEFORE going into these topics that widely 

affects almost every family, society and nation at 

large, often with horrible tragedies, let us make 

clear that none of these four topics (make-up, sexually 

provocative or semi-nude dressing, immoral 

modelling, pornography or pornographic films and 

videos) are allowed in Islam for family and social 

interaction). 

ISLAM allows woman to ''make up'' only for her 

husband, and she can appear before, or can be seen 

by, mehrams only (her own closest family members, 

whom a woman cannot marry, like her parents, 

siblings, aunties and uncles, as specified). 

WHAT women do by indulging in make-up 

against orders of Allah, Prophet, Quran and Islam 

nowadays is one thing, and what is said by this last 

religion is something else. But Islam with this 

frank and clear orders has closed endless arguments 

on whether women should or should not 

indulge in ''make-up''! 

LOT of women and teenagers around the world 

love to wear makeup. At least for special occasion 

if not daily. And wearing makeup seems to make 

them look good and feel great. But there are also a 

lot of women who adopt a natural look and don’t 

think that makeup is good for them. All of them 

have their arguments. So, let’s see which are the 

most important pros and cons of wearing makeup: 

Pros of wearing make up include several points 

raised by women who justify it: When we need to 

correct some small imperfections of our skin and 

get a perfect look, makeup is always there. It can be 

applied quickly and efficiently and it can really 

save our day. Makeup will help you get a new look 

when you need a change. Makeup seems to make 

women feel stronger and more confident. Knowing 

she looks perfect, usually makes a woman feel 

comfortable in her own skin. Makeup helps women 

highlight their facial feature that otherwise would 

By Maryam Salari 

Turkey has always played an important and 

effective role in control or relative containment 

of the crisis in Syria. One of the most important 

goals pursued by Turkey in Syria is to keep in 

check the increasing role of the Syrian Kurds in areas 

close to the country’s border due to Ankara’s concern 

about a possible union between Syrian Kurdish groups 

and those in Turkey. However, the main factor that has 

prompted Turkey to choose the current juncture for 

carrying out military operations in Syria’s Afrin region 

is the special importance of the current juncture. 

Turkey has chosen this juncture for a number of 

reasons. The first reason is that a meeting of Syrian 

opposition groups to discuss a possible solution to the 

country’s crisis is going to be held soon in Russia’s 

resort city of Sochi. This meeting will be held through 

mediation of Moscow and all Syrian groups, including 

the Kurdish groups are to play an active role in it. 

Therefore, Ankara is trying to influence the forthcoming 

meeting in Sochi through its ongoing operations in 

Afrin. The leaders of Turkey’s ruling Justice and 

Development Party have always been opposed to 

Kurds playing an effective role in shaping the political 

structure in a new Syria. Therefore, during past few 

years, they had consistently opposed the leaders of 

Syria’s Kurdish groups from being invited to take part 

in Syria peace talks in the Swiss city of Geneva. 

During the past months, they have also frequently 

voiced their dissatisfaction about the invitation extended 

to Syria’s Kurdish groups to take part in the Russiamediated 

Sochi peace talks. 

Another factor that has caused Turkey to attack 

Afrin at the present time is a longstanding effort by 

Ankara to undermine the peace process in Syria. 

Turkey is not yet satisfied with new conditions regarding 

the Syrian government and stabilization of 

President Bashar Assad’s power and this is why it still 

continues to oppose the incumbent Syrian regime. An 

example of Ankara’s opposition to Assad was seen in 

an African tour by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan, in which he openly talked about the need to 

change the Syrian regime. Since the forthcoming 

not be as defined. A colorful makeup can improve 

a woman’s mood. And makeup is always there to 

add the color. Some of the quality makeup products 

also protect the skin. Makeup can really help 

women look fresh when they are very tired. After a 

long night out, or after studying until late in the 

night, women don’t look really cool. And here 

comes the makeup to save the situation. Makeup 

can enhance women's natural beauty, etc. The list is 

endless. 

CONS of wearing makeup seems to be that 

make up may be unhealthy for women's skin. And 

that’s because all those products women put on 

their faces usually contain a lot of chemicals and 

other harmful ingredients. If not properly removed 

every evening, makeup can cause a lot of damage 

to a woman’s skin. Makeup can cause irritation of 

the skin. Too much makeup on a woman’s face 

gives her a false look. Using old makeup products 

that are out of date can cause serious problems to 

your skin like bacteria build-ups and infections. 

HOWEVER, a woman who doesn’t wear makeup, 

looks younger and more natural, can sleep more 

and get ready faster for work. If applied incorrectly 

makeup can give you a weird look. It's expensive 

and an unnecessary waste of money. Women with 

make up appear more beautiful, which they're not, 

and thus they deceive themselves as well as others, 

by not being as they themselves truly are, but by 

presenting themselves as what they're not: Cases of 

divorce abound due to such deception! 

THERE is a debate between whether natural 

beauty is better than man-made beauty using a 

number of health cosmetics to ‘improve’ your 

looks, considered 'essentials' which most females 

just can’t live without. But some people prefer the 

fresh and clean look. Everyone has their own preferences, 

believing it is entirely up to women on 

how they choose to look: After all it is women's 

own appearance and nobody has any right to tell 

women that they should look a certain way etc. ''It 

is a woman's body she herself owns, and no one 

else. And she has a right to do what she wants with 

it,'' feminists reason. However, beauty is within us 

all. Media falsely unveils to women exactly what 

beauty should be and what they should use and 

look like. This in turn makes women feel insecure, 

like they have to live up to some sort of expectation. 

Women can choose to wear any makeup they 

like or have any type of surgery you desire. Every 

single person has flaws as no one on this planet is 

perfect. Women should embrace what they have 

instead of trying to keep up with the facade of 

being like everyone whom women see in the magazines. 

HOWEVER, artificial beauty overtime can 

cause health problems ranging from minor complications 

to more severe problems. Hair dye ruin the 

glow and growth of hair. Hair gets bad and fall due 

to constant bleaching. 

OPINION 

Turkey’s Tactical Move In Attacking Syria’s Afrin 

negotiations in Sochi can be an important step towards 

national reconciliation in Syria and further strengthening 

of Assad’s standing, Ankara is trying through this 

preemptory measure to prevent restoration of stability 

to Syria. 

The third factor behind Turkey’s ongoing operations 

in northern Syria is the role that Ankara is playing 

on behalf of the United States in this region. 

Under conditions when Washington is not very willing 

to openly intervene in the Syria crisis, its regional 

allies, including Turkey, can play this role. Therefore, 

contrary to the apparent verbal conflict that is going 

on between Ankara and Washington, there is remarkable 

coordination between the two countries in this 

regard. At the present time, it seems that Ankara has 

been given guarantees by the United States about 

being secure to possible moves by pro-US Kurdish 

forces and, as a result, it is implementing its own 

intervention scenario in order to prevent stabilization 

of the political conditions in Syria. 

On the whole, although these operations seem to 

be a tactical measure taken by Turkey, they prove 

absence of fixed principles in a Turkey, which is 

known across the region for its profiteering nature and 

sinusoidal moves. The policy of attacking Afrin also 

speaks volumes about Turkey’s unpreparedness to 

adapt itself to new conditions in Syria and indicates 

Ankara’s great concern about increasing power of 

Turkey’s regional allies, including Iran and Russia. At 

the same time, Turkey has never followed a stable 

regional policy with regard to countries like Iran and 

Russia as well as the Zionist regime of Israel. 

Therefore, excessive pragmatism and avoidance of 

sticking to clear principles have caused Turkey to 

ignore some previous agreements and implement a 

new plan in order to gain some technical achievements. 

However, this measure, like other measures 

that Turkey has already taken in Syria, is unlikely to 

be of any good to Ankara. In short-term, the only 

result of these operations is increased tensions in 

Syria and across region, and new regional initiatives 

are expected in order to establish renewed balance in 

this region. 

LAHORE: A doctor inspects the dead body of an under-custody suspect inside an 

ambulance after an unknown miscreant opened fire on him at Sessions’ Court. A head 

constable was also killed in the incident. 

Allah Bux Khushik 

DADU: Sindh United 

Party (SUP) Chairman 

Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah 

has urged Sindh government 

to correct your political 

in Sindh and system of 

political especially in must 

be justice for public and 

police should be separated 

from Sindh government as 

law and order would be 

under controlled. 

Syed Jalal Mehmood 

Shah was briefing to media 

person in Mehar city on 

Wednesday after offering 

Fathea with the victim 

family members of UC 

Chairman Karmula 

Chandio and his two sons 

LAHORE: Two people, a 

policeman among them, 

were killed when unidentified 

armed men opened fire 

on them in the premises of a 

sessions court in Lahore on 

Mukthair and Qabil who 

were gun down by armed 

attackers some 14 days ago 

in Mehar. 

SUP chairman said that 

any party would not be 

irked before law and order 

situation in Sindh as peace 

would be remained as people 

of Sindh can save their 

lives from feudalism. He 

said that political of Sindh 

was running in Sindh like 

Sobdar (sub-Inspector) by 

PPP government which 

was harmful for Sindhi 

people. 

He said that owing to 

increasing corruption in 

Sindh the all department 

were become too week. He 

Wednesday. 

According to the police, 

the victim policeman was 

SUP chairman demands arresting 

the killer of UC chairman, sons 

The operation will be conducted in the 

first week of February and their challans 

will be sent to magistrates. Over 50 hous- 

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi 

Development Authority (RDA) has 

decided to launch operation against illegal 

societies operating in large number on ing societies 

Chakri road. 

According to media reports the site 

offices of these illegal housing societies 

will be sealed and their publicity boards 

will be taken into possession. 

said that if police department 

would not separate 

from political law and 

order situation would not 

be controlled and people of 

Sindh would not free from 

cage of feudalism. He 

demanded the nominated 

accused in murder case of 

triple men might be arrested 

as victim family can get 

justice and Sindhi people 

can get rid from feudalism 

in Sindh. 

On that Occasion SUP 

leader Mola Bux Laghari, 

Idrees Chandio, Shabbir 

Mangi, Ghulam Mustafa 

Chandio and other SUP 

activists were present with 

Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah. 

RDA all set to launch operation against 

illegal housing societies on Chakri road 

Police man 

killed during police 

encounter in Sargodha 

SARGODHA: A Punjab 

police man was gunned 

down during an encounter 

with criminals in Chak - 

135 the suburban area of 

Sargodha on Wednesday 

morning. 

In line with media 

reports, Station House 

Officer (SHO) Shah 

Nakdar was busy in snap 

checking in Chak-135 with 

his team. They tried to stop 

vehicle for checking.. 

Police men advanced 

towards the vehicle for 

checking but the suspects 

opened firing leaving one 

policeman dead on the 

spot. 

The accused after the 

incident managed to flee 

from the scene. 

The police registered a 

case against the culprits 

and started investigation 

into the matter. 

Delegations visit 

Shopian victim 

families, injured 

SRINAGAR: A delegation 

of Tehreek-e- 

Hurriyat Jammu and 

Kashmir led by 

Muhammad Rafiq Shah 

visited Gonowpora, 

Audoo, and Kalampora 

areas of Shopian district 

and expressed solidarity 

with the families of the 

people recently martyred 

and injured in the firing of 

Indian troops on peaceful 

protests. 

are stated to have been 

opened on Chakri road but most of them 

are not existing at site. 

The general public has already been 

warned through against making investment 

in these illegal societies. 

NBF sets up 

Shehr-a-Kitab in IBD 

ISLAMABAD: NBF has set up a unique “ Shehr-a- 

Kitab” in Islamabad by selling variety of books at discounted 

prices for book lovers. This is situated in the center of 

Islamabad, main location at F-7 Markaz. There are books, 

stationery items and much more for the children and students 

especially in the number of renowned capital’s bookshops. 

Hundreds of thousands books on different topics are available 

in these bookshops selling these at low discounted 

prices. Here is the facility of membership of the NBF's 

"Reader Book Club", extended to make the cards for purchasing 

of their choiced books at handsome discount from 

50% to 55% at selective panel listed bookshops. 

JAMMU: Members of Gujjar Bakarwal 

community staged a protest march in 

Jammu against the puppet administration’s 

failure in arresting culprits involved in rape 

and murder of a minor girl, Asifa, in 

Heeranagar area of Kathua district. 

According to KMS a large number of 

taking an under-trial suspect 

out of a courtroom when the 

latter’s rivals opened fire, 

leaving them with fatal 

firearm wounds. 

The accused died on the 

spot while the constable succumbed 

to his injuries later at 

a hospital. 

The deceased were identified 

as police constableAsif 

and suspect Amjad Malik. 

Following the incident of 

the firing, a heavy contingent 

of police personnel arrived at 

the crime scene and cordoned 

it off. 

The law enforcers have 

begun a search operation to 

arrest the assailants. 

A number of lawyers 

gathered on the premises of 

the court to protest against 

security lapse, demanding 

stringent security measures 

for the court. 

President All Sukkur 

Small Traders urges 

SEPCO for load shedding 

Abdul Rauf 

SUKKUR: All Sukkur 

Small Traders and cottage 

Industries, President Abdul 

Mateen Bandhani 

expressed concern over 

load shedding of Electric 

power and said that Sukkur 

elected representatives and 

bureaucracy had all the 

limitations of innocence. 

He expressed his views, 

while talking to Barkat Ali 

Solangi, Lala Abid 

Khokhar and other traders. 

He demanded from the top 

officials and the SEPCO 

Chief that the notice of 

non-loaded loadshedding 

should be taken. 

AIOU open Matric 

to PhD admissions 

from Thursday 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) will open Matric 

to PhD-level admissions 

from Thursday, with a 

number of new academic 

programs. 

The academic session 

(Spring 2018) is expected 

to enhance the University 

students’ enrolment that 

has already reached to 1.3 

million. 

According to 

Directorate of Admissions, 

besides the degree programs, 

short-courses of 

professional nature will 

also be launched with the 

new academic session. 

Online admission forms 

will also be available to 

facilitate the students. The 

University's website has 

also been upgraded to keep 

the students informed 

about the new developments 

relating to admission, 

examination and 

mailing of books. 

Protest rally in Jammu against 

Kathua girl’s rape, murder 

people carried out the rally and staged a sitin 

near Jewel Chowk in Jammu. The 

protest brought the vehicular movement to 

a standstill for hours. The protesters 

demanded of the puppet authorities to provide 

justice to the family of the victim girl 

and bring the culprits to book. 

PESHAWAR: Students take keen interest at a stall during Exhibition Ceremony organized 

by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University.

Trump calls out Iran, North Korea; 

labels China, Russia 'rivals' 

MUMBAI: 

WASHINGTON: U.S. 

President Donald Trump 

has described China and 

Russia as rivals that must be 

confronted with 

"unmatched power," and 

has called on Congress to 

fix "fundamental flaws" in 

the landmark nuclear deal 

between world powers and 

Iran. 

Trump made the remarks 

on January 30 in his first 

State of the Union address 

to a joint session of the U.S. 

Congress. 

The speech dwelt overwhelmingly 

on domestic 

U.S. issues, like rebuilding 

the country's crumbling 

infrastructure, an opioid epidemic 

ravaging some 

regions, and reforming 

immigration policies. 

But Trump also took 

time to focus on major foreign-policy 

challenges 

faced by the United States. 

He referred to "rogue 

regimes, terrorist groups, 

and rivals like China and 

Russia that challenge our 

interests, our economy, and 

our values." 

"In confronting these 

dangers, we know that 

weakness is the surest path 

to conflict, and unmatched 

power is the surest means of 

our defense," he said. 

"For this reason, I am 

asking the Congress to end 

the dangerous defense 

sequester and fully fund our 

great military," he said, 

referring to a budget deal 

several years ago that 

sought to rein in defense 

spending. 

He also referenced recent 

protests against Iran's ruling 

Islamic clerics that have 

swept that country. 

"When the people of Iran 

rose up against the crimes of 

their corrupt dictatorship, I 

did not stay silent," he said. 

"America stands with the 

people of Iran in their courageous 

struggle for freedom." 

He called on 

Congress to help pass legislation 

to fix the 2015 

nuclear deal that lifted crippling 

Western economic 

sanctions against Tehran in 

exchange for curbs on its 

nuclear program. 

Trump and many 

Republicans have routinely 

criticized the deal, which 

was negotiated by his predecessor, 

Barack Obama. 

But Trump has stopped 

short of tearing up the deal 

altogether, a move some 

analysts feared could lead 

Iran to move more quickly 

to develop a nuclear weapon 

-- something Tehran says it 

has not done and does not 

plan to do. 

"I am asking the 

Congress to address the fundamental 

flaws in the terrible 

Iran nuclear deal," 

Trump said. 

Trump also said North 

Korea's "reckless pursuit" of 

nuclear missiles could very 

soon threaten the United 

May says will give parliament 'appropriate 

analysis' before Brexit deal vote 

WUHAN: British Prime 

Minister Theresa May said 

on Wednesday that lawmakers 

would be given 

official analysis on any 

Brexit deal before they are 

asked to approve it, dismissing 

a leaked document 

showing the economy 

would be worse off under 

all exit scenarios. 

Buzzfeed News on 

Monday reported that 

Britain’s economy would 

be worse off whether it 

leaves the European Union 

Melbourne world's happiest, livable city 

By SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

M E L B O U R N E : 

Melbourne is the happiest 

city on earth and ranks in the 

top five for excitement. A 

global poll of 15,000 city 

dwellers has revealed 

Melbourne tops the pops for 

happiness levels. 

The Time Out City Life 

Index, which analyzed 

anonymous data across 

seven key categories, found 

89 percent of Melbournians 

reported feeling happy over 

the past 24 hours, the highest 

figure of the 32 cities surveyed. 

The Victorian capital was 

also voted the fourth best city 

in the world, well ahead of 

Sydney which fell well down 

PARIS: French President 

Emmanuel Macron warned 

Turkey that its operation 

against Kurdish militias in 

northern Syria should not 

become an excuse to invade 

the country and said he 

wanted Ankara to coordinate 

its action with its allies. 

Turkey last week 

launched an air and ground 

offensive in northwest 

Syria, targeting the Kurdish 

YPG militia in the Afrin 

region. That has opened a 

the list to No.28 while 

Melbourne has also been 

declared the most liveable 

city in the world for the seventh 

year running by the 

Economist Intelligence 

Unit’s annual global liveability 

survey, at the same time 

as Sydney remains in 11th 

place. 

It is the first time in the 

survey’s 15-year history that 

a city has held the No 1 rank 

in its own right for seven 

consecutive years. 

The announcement 

delighted the city’s Lord 

Mayor, “This world record is 

an amazing feat that all 

Melbournians should be 

extremely proud of today,” 

he said. 

Doyle said the accolade 

was “an important selling 

new front in the seven-yearold 

civil war and strained 

ties with Turkey’s NATO 

allies. 

“If it turns out that this 

operation takes a turn other 

than to fight a potential terrorist 

threat to the Turkish 

border and becomes an 

invasion operation, (then) 

this becomes a real problem 

for us,” Macon said in an 

interview with Le Figaro 

newspaper published on 

Wednesday. 

point for Melbourne internationally”, 

particularly in 

attracting international students. 

Melbourne’s Lord 

Mayor has remarked that 

“there will always be 

naysayers and whingers, and 

of course we are not perfect,”. 

“No great world city 

is, but we should be very 

proud of the work we all do 

together to make Melbourne 

the best city in the world.” 

Victoria’s Premier, Daniel 

Andrews, appeared particularly 

pleased that Melbourne 

continued to outstrip its 

greatest rival, Sydney. 

“This is a win for all 

Victorians, who contribute 

so much to making 

Melbourne the best place 

to live in the world,” 

Andrews said. 

with a free trade deal, single 

market access, or with 

no deal at all, citing a government 

analysis. 

But May said the report 

was a “selective interpretation 

of a very preliminary 

analysis, which ministers 

have not signed off”. 

She said lawmakers 

would be given analysis on 

the actual deal that Britain 

reaches with the European 

Union ahead of a vote which 

will allow lawmakers to 

accept or reject the negotiated 

settlement. 

“When the time comes 

for parliament to vote on the 

final deal, we will ensure that 

parliament has the appropriate 

analysis on which to be 

fully informed, on which to 

base their judgement,” May 

told reporters traveling to 

China for a trade visit. 

Brazil's Lula leads 

presidential poll despite 

upheld conviction 

SAO PAULO: Former 

Brazilian President Luiz 

Inacio Lula da Silva leads 

in the first presidential 

poll published since an 

appeals court upheld his 

conviction on corruption 

charges, a decision which 

is likely to knock him out 

of contention for the 

October election. 

The Datafolha survey 

published on Wednesday 

in the Folha de S.Paulo 

newspaper shows that if 

Lula cannot run, rightwing 

candidate Jair 

Bolsonaro would take the 

lead and make it to the 

second round. 

The poll showed that 

Bolsonaro would lose 

badly in a second-round 

vote to environmentalist 

and two-time presidential 

hopeful Marina Silva, and 

be in a second-round dead 

heat with likely centerright 

candidate Geraldo 

Alckmin, the governor of 

Sao Paulo state. 

If Lula is not allowed 

to run by the courts, a 

record 32 percent of 

Brazilians polled by 

Datafolha said they would 

vote for no one in the 

presidential race. 

States. 

He said the United States 

was waging a campaign of 

"maximum pressure" 

against North Korea and its 

nuclear weapons ambitions, 

and he called Pyongyang a 

"cruel dictatorship." 

He also announced that 

he had signed an executive 

order to keep the high-security 

U.S. military detention 

center open at Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba. 

"In the past, we have 

foolishly released hundreds 

of dangerous terrorists, only 

to meet them again on the 

battlefield -- including the 

ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi," 

Trump said. 

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 

was captured in Iraq by U.S. 

forces and held in a prison 

near Baghdad. In 2004, 

however, he was handed 

over to Iraqi authorities, 

who released him some 

time later. 

"I just signed an order 

directing [Defense] 

Secretary [Jim] Mattis to 

reexamine our military 

detention policy and to keep 

open the detention facilities 

at Guantanamo Bay," 

Trump said. 

Fewer killings in 

Philippine drug war 

make U.S. 'cautiously 

optimistic': official 

MANILA: The U.S. government 

is “cautiously optimistic” 

on Philippine 

President Rodrigo Duterte’s 

war on drugs after it saw a 

decline in “extrajudicial 

killings,” a U.S. senior narcotics 

official said. 

Washington has shifted 

away millions of dollars in 

funding for law enforcement 

from a drug control program 

of the Philippine National 

Police since the bloody antinarcotics 

campaign started in 

July 2016. But there are positive 

signs and the United 

States remains supportive of 

the Philippines’ effort to battle 

illicit drugs, said James 

Walsh, a deputy assistant 

state secretary in the international 

narcotics and law 

enforcement bureau. 

“I would describe the 

United States as being cautiously 

optimistic,” Walsh 

told a telephonic news conference 

late on Tuesday. 

“Many folks have been 

tracking the extrajudicial 

killings in the Philippines 

and the trends are going 

down, so there is some 

encouragement that we are 

seeing in some of our human 

rights training working.” 

Bureau Report 

MELBOURNE: Ron 

Walker, hailed as a man who 

"loved Melbourne and 

Victoria" and who stole the 

Australian Grand Prix from 

Adelaide, has died at the age 

of 78. 

Walker was a prominent 

businessman who served the 

state in many roles, including 

as mayor and the head of 

the Melbourne Major Events 

Company which brought the 

Commonwealth Games to 

the city. 

He was also the former 

Crowned 

Miss World at the age of 

just 18, it was obvious that 

Bollywood diva Priyanka 

Chopra – popularly known 

as PeeCee – was destined 

for great things. 

Ever since then, she’s 

carved herself a niche in 

Bollywood, Hollywood 

and hearts across the world. 

But it isn’t just her astonishingly 

good looks that 

people obsess over: PeeCee 

has – time and again – 

proved that she isn’t just 

another pretty face. 

“Women are shamed all 

the time, for everything….For 

what they 

might wear or say, for what 

they should be doing, 

where they’re going…” 

said the beauty with brains, 

explaining her decision to 

wear black to the recent 

Golden Globes Awards. 

She did so in solidarity with 

the Time’s Up movement, 

which aims to eradicate 

sexual harassment in the 

entertainment industry. 

“Wearing black on that 

day was all the women in 

the world coming together 

and saying, ‘We stand by 

each other.’ It was a sign of 

sisterhood, which was 

beautiful to see,” Priyanka 

added. 

The Quantico star went 

on to speak about feminism. 

“Why is there a word 

called feminism? Why is 

there no ‘manism?’ It’s 

because men have never 

needed it; because for hundreds 

and hundreds of 

years, women have been 


International 

told what we should dress 

like, what jobs are good for 

5 

Give me the freedom to make my own 

choices without judging me: Priyanka 

MANAMA: A court in 

Bahrain on Wednesday 

sentenced 58 people on 

terrorism charges, condemning 

two of them to 

death and stripping citizenship 

from 47, state news 

agency BNA reported. 

The ruling is the latest 

in a series of scores of 

harsh penalties in the 

Western-allied Gulf kingdom 

for defendants 

accused of Iranian-backed 

militancy but who activists 

say are mostly peaceful 

opposition members. 

Alleging they were part 

of a terrorist cell trained in 

the use of heavy weapons 

and explosives, the court 

jailed 19 for life and 37 for 

terms up to 15 years. 

Two defendants were 

acquitted. 

Bahrain accuses mainly 

Shi‘ite Iran of stoking militancy 

in the kingdom, 

us, what we can do, what a 

good girl is.” 

Bahrain sentences 58 on terrorism charges 

BEIJING:China rebuffed Taiwan’s objections 

in a deepening row over the opening of 

new flight paths in the Taiwan Strait, saying 

on Wednesday that the space separating 

routes over the waterway was more than is 

mandated by international standards. 

This month China opened several new air 

routes, including a northbound route up the 

sensitive Taiwan Strait that divides China 

from the island. Taiwan says it was done 

which Tehran denies. 

Bahrain, a strategic island 

where the U.S. Navy’s 

Fifth Fleet is based, has a 

Shi‘ite Muslim majority 

population but is ruled by a 

Sunni royal family. 

Bahrain has seen occasional 

unrest since 2011 

when authorities crushed 

protests mainly by the 

Shi‘ite community 

demanding a bigger role in 

running the country. 

China says plenty of space separates 

Taiwan flights amid route row 

chairman of Fairfax Media 

and a prominent member of 

the Liberal Party. 

News of Walker's death 

was tweeted by former 

Prime Minister Tony Abbott 

who said "Australia, Victoria 

and Melbourne have lost a 

great son with Ron Walker's 

passing". 

without its agreement, contravening what the 

democratic government in Taipei has said 

was a 2015 deal to first discuss such flight 

paths. 

In response, self-governed Taiwan has 

withheld approval of routine applications 

from China Eastern and Xiamen Airlines, 

majority owned by China Southern Airlines, 

to add Lunar New Year flights because the 

airlines had used the disputed air routes. 

Melbourne Grand Prix Supremo dies 

Turkey considers the 

YPG a terrorist organization 

and an extension of the outlawed 

Kurdistan Workers 

Party (PKK), which has 

waged a three-decade-long 

insurgency in Turkey’s 

largely Kurdish southeast. 

Turkish Prime Minister 

Binali Yildirim defended 

the operation saying it was 

solely aimed at securing his 

country’s security and protecting 

Arabs, Kurds and 

Turkmens from “terrorist 

organizations.” 

“If France is interpreting 

this issue as such (invasion 

operation), we need to 

assess what they have done 

in Syria accordingly,” 

Yildirum said at a news conference 

alongside Lebanese 

Prime Minister Saad al- 

Hariri in Ankara. 

“This is a crooked idea 

from the start. The whole 

world knows that Turkey 

is not acting with an invasive 

mind. They should 

"For decades not much 

happened in Melbourne 

without Ron being at the 

centre of things," he wrote. 

"He was a staunch friend 

and constant encouragement 

to successive Liberal leaders 

and will be much missed." 

Former Victorian premier 

Jeff Kennett, a close 

friend, has also confirmed 

the passing of Walker. 

Prime Minister Malcolm 

Turnbull praised Walker as 

"a wise and true friend to 

me". "We will not see his 

like again," he said. 

France's Macron warns Turkey over Syrian operation 

know it.” 

The United States and 

France have armed and 

trained YPG-led militia in 

the fight against Islamic 

State in Syria. 

Macron said he would 

bring the issue up again 

with Turkish President 

Tayyip Erdogan and that the 

nature of the operation 

meant there should be discussions 

between 

Europeans, but also more 

widely among allies.

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Biz 

Pakistan, Italy agree to promote cooperation 

in textiles, footwear, stone sectors 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

and Italy signed three letters 

of Intent (LoIs) for cooperation 

in Textiles, Footwear 

and Stone sectors at the 3rd 

session of Pak-Italy Joint 

Economic Commission 

(JEC) held in Rome. 

During the meeting, a 

Memorendum of 

Understanding (MoU) was 

also signed between 

Pakistan 

Stone 

Development Company 

(PASDEC) and its Italian 

counterpart Confidustria 

Mardomacchine, says a 

statement issued by ministry 

of Finance here on 

Wednesday. 

The Pakistan delegation 

was led by Minister of State 

for Finance Rana 

KARACHI: The equities 

in Pakistan are being 

viewed as the hot cake the 

world over as foreign 

investors have started snapping 

up their bargains in the 

country yet again. 

According to a report by 

Faseeh Mangi published in 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Rana Mohammad Afzal leading Pakistan 

delegation at the 3rd session of Pak-Italy JEC at Rome. 

Muhammad Afzal Khan, 

while the Italian delegation 

was headed by Deputy 

Minister, Italian Ministry of 

Economic Development 

Ivan Scalfarotto. 

Bloomberg, the nation’s 

shares worth $91 million 

were purchased in the first 

month of 2018 so far by 

global funds — the biggest 

monthly inflow in almost 

four years. 

The bonanza helped 

push the 100 Index at 

The two sides reviewed 

the economic situation in 

both countries and discussed 

areas of bilateral economic 

cooperation. 

Views were exchanged 

Karachi Stock Exchange to 

its highest since 2007, 

recovering from a selloff 

that made Pakistan the 

worst stock market globally 

last year. 

“This is just the high-risk 

hunters who are willing to 

bet at the beginning of the 

on the current economic 

conditions and prospects of 

enhancing bilateral commercial 

and investment relationship. 

While noting that there 

Karachi stocks get off to best start 

of year since 2007: Bloomberg 

LONDON: SM Munir patron in chief UBG and former President FPCCI is addressing in 

Town Hall Waltham forest in east London. Noor Ahmed Khan, Hafeez Ahmed and 

Shokat Ali MP. 

FBR sets up ADR committees for sales tax, 

income tax, federal excise duty matters 

ISLAMABAD: FBR has set up committees 

for ADR in sales tax, income tax and 

federal excise duty cases in 15 cities 

throughout the country. According to media 

report the notification in respect of names of 

members of these committees has been 

issued. The cities wherein these committees 

have been constituted include Islamabad, 

Karachi, Lahore, Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, 

Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, 

Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, 

Sargodha, Sialkot and Sukkar. Committee 

constituted for Islamabad comprises Javed 

Iqbal, Hamid Usman, Barrister Sohail 

Nawaz, Tariq Maqbool Khakwani, Babar 

Bilal, Syed Tansir Bokhari, Syed Tauqir 

Bokhari, Riaz Hussain, Azam Shahzad 

Qazi, Khalid Iqbal MalikTariq Sadiq, Mian 

Muhammad Ramzan, Justice (Retd) Athar 

Saeed and Habib Fakhar ud Din. 

European Investment Bank keen 

in Pakistan energy sector 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Division 

Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari in meeting with 

Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, Jean 

Francois Cautain. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

and European Union have 

agreed for cooperation in 

Energy Conservation and 

Energy Efficiency and in this 

regard Power Division will 

send a high level delegation 

comprising of Government 

officials and private sector 

expert to EU to participate in 

a workshop with European 

expert and professional in 

this regard. The decision was 

made today in a meeting 

between Federal Minister for 

Power Division, Sardar 

Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari 

and EU Ambassador Jean 

Fancois Cautain here on 

Wednesday. It was further 

agreed that European 

Investment Bank will be 

invited to the subject workshop 

to explore different 

option relating to financing 

the energy related projects in 

Pakistan. Sardar Awais 

Ahmed Khan Leghari while 

thanking EU Ambassador 

for hosting of workshop on 

promotion of energy efficiency 

and energy conservation 

said that after having 

successfully bridging the 

demand and supply gape, 

now it is of utmost importance 

that consumers should 

be educated on usage of electricity. 

year,’’ said Aah Soomro, 

Karachi-based senior advisor 

at Tundra Fonder AB, 

which manages $350 million 

in equities and has been 

a buyer of Pakistan’s stocks 

this month. “The correction 

had been too steep.” 

Holding it as a welcome 

sign, Bank of America 

Merrill Lynch cited EPFR 

Global data in its research 

report that says emerging 

market stocks took in $8.1 

billion in the week to Jan. 

24, the second-biggest 

amount ever. 

The Bloomberg report 

analyzes that political turmoil 

following the ouster of 

former Prime Minister 

Nawaz Sharif and widening 

deficits led to $494 million 

of stocks outflow last year 

even as the country was 

restored to emerging-market 

status by MSCI Inc. 

Empowering 

women in Punjab 

KARACHI: 

women members from Lahore 

attended a learning session at 

Punjab Commission on the 

Status of Women yesterday 

where they heard from the 

Chairperson Fauzia Viqar. At 

the occasion, Ms. Viqar stated 

that since PCSW was established 

in 2014, various 

endeavours have been taken to 

support women’s economic 

empowerment, including inter 

alia skills development opportunities 

and residence for survivors 

of violence, and a 

vibrant 24/7 helpline to 

address women’s legal and 

other queries. PCSW’s 

Leadership Initiative recruits 

dynamic women Executives 

from the private sector, and 

recommends them for placement 

on Boards of public entities 

in Punjab, to improve 

diversity of thought and innovation 

in the public sector. 

Establishment of an Economic 

Incubator and Employment 

Facilitation Hub are also in the 

pipeline. 

Also speaking at the event 

was Haroon Jan Regional 

Head of Member Affairs 

“even though over 50% of our 

total global membership are 

women, in Pakistan we do lag 

far far behind. 

KARACHI: President 

KCCI Muffasar Atta Malik, 

while referring to the assurance 

given by Chairman DMC 

South Malik Mohammad 

Fayyaz to withdraw the hike in 

Trade License Fee during his 

recent visit to KCCI, hoped 

that the relevant notification 

about withdrawal of hike in 

Trade License Fee raised on 

January 3, 2018 will be issued 

soon by DMC South. 

In a statement issued, 

Muffasar Malik said that the 

Karachi Chamber was the first 

one to raise this pressing issue 

during the visit of DMC South 

to KCCI and it was really 

was an increase in bilateral 

trade during the past year, 

the two sides agreed that the 

current level of bilateral 

trade and investment did not 

fully reflect the potential of 

their economies. 

Both sides acknowledged 

the need of increasing the 

total trade flows by facilitating 

market access and diversifying 

the range of goods 

and services. 

It was agreed to increase 

institutional collaboration, 

promote SME development 

and collaborate in important 

sectors like livestock, energy, 

infrastructure, oil & gas, 

transport management and 

chemicals. Both sides also 

agreed to remove the bottlenecks 

in promotion of trade. 

CCP imposes penalty 

on nine companies 

for deceptive 

marketing practices 


Competition Commission of 

Pakistan (CCP) has imposed 

a penalty of PKR 2.7 million 

on nine companies for 

deceiving consumers by 

fraudulently using the trademark 

of another company. 

Bahawalpur-based Al- 

Rehman Oil Mills complained 

to CCP against nine 

companies namely Niaz 

Corporation, Hamza 

Corporation, Muslim 

Corporation, Mian Traders, 

Bahawalpur Oil Mills, Riaz 

Oil Mills, Baloch Oil Mills, 

Azhar Kiryana Store, and 

Waqas Oil Mills for fraudulently 

using its registered 

trademark, ‘Taizgaam,’ 

with slight modifications in 

their marketing material. 

The complainant said that 

this practice by these companies 

was harming its 

business interest and its 

hard-earned goodwill 

among consumers. 

The CCP’s enquiry 

found that the nine companies 

were infringing the 

ACCA trademark and imitating the 

trade dress (packaging size, 

colour combinations, logo 

design, label design, text, 

font type, size etc.) of Al- 

Rehman’s Taizgaam, resorting 

to copycat packaging or 

parasitic copying, which is a 

violation of Section 10 of 

the Competition Act, 2010. 

Show cause notices were 

issued to them on the recommendation 

of the enquiry 

report. 


annual dinner for officers of 

OGDCL was arranged by 

office bearers of OGDCL 

Officers’ Association in 

Marriot Hotel, Islamabad on 

January 30, 2018. Mr. Zahid 

Muzaffar, Chairman Board 

of Directors, OGDCL was 

the Chief Guest for evening. 

Out of all the applause and 

recognition received from 

the Chairman, he highly 

appreciated the expeditious 

completion of projects like 

Sinjhoro, UCH-II, KPD and 

Nashpa and added that the 

same could only be possible 

due to a well-thoughtout and 

professionally sound project 

CORPORATE CORNER 

JS Bank &Porsche 

Pakistan Join Hands 

KARACHI: JS Bank and Porsche Pakistan have signed an 

agreement to provide auto financing solutions for Porsche's 

ultra-luxury & sport cars to consumers in Pakistan. The signing 

ceremony was held at JS Bank Private Banking Centre at Ocean 

Tower, Karachi. Senior management from both Porsche Pakistan 

& JS Bank Limited were present at the occasion. 

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. BasirShamsie, Deputy CEO JS Bank stated, “The 

idea behind our alliance is to offer the world’s most dynamic & luxurious vehicles 

to enthusiasts in Pakistan. This joint experience is designed to be superior, enabling 

customers to buy new Porsche 911, Panamera, Cayenne or for upgrading their 

Porsche cars.” 

Speaking at the occasion, Ms. Rabia Akbar, Head of Sales & Marketing - Porsche 

Pakistan, said "Porsche stands for high performance and German engineering excellence 

and we in Pakistan have been endeavoring to offer the same values and services 

to our customers in Pakistan for the last 10 years. We look forward to this association 

with JS Bank and hope it will be a great platform for shared values of excellence 

and superior solutions and services for our customers. We hope that this association 

will be a step forward in providing value addition to Porsche enthusiasts all 

over the country”. 

About JS Bank: JS Bank is one of the fastest growing bank in Pakistan, with 323 

branches in 161 cities including one international branch and is a leading player in 

the digital banking space. JS Bank received the prestigious award for the Best 

Environmental, Social and Governance Bank at the Pakistan Banking Awards 2017. 

The Bank is part of JS Group, one of Pakistan’s most diversified and progressive 

financial services group. 

Telenor Bank signs agreement with TEZ Financial 

Services for disbursement of nano-loans 

KARACHI: Telenor Microfinance Bank and TEZ Financial Services have 

entered into an agreement for disbursement of nano-loans to Easypaisa Mobile 

Account customers. 

The agreement was signed recently at the Telenor Bank Head Office. Shahid 

Mustafa, President & CEO – Telenor Microfinance Bank and Nadeem Hussain, 

Founder & CEO – TEZ Financial Services were the signatories on behalf of their 

respective companies. 

“Telenor Microfinance Bank has always been the leader in driving digital financial 

inclusion across the country. By collaborating with various partners from the 

financial sector we empower people and help make a real difference in their lives.” 

said Shahid Mustafa, President & CEO-Telenor Microfinance Bank. “Providing 

loans through mobile banking is yet another effort to provide people with innovative 

and easy to access financial solutions.” 

“Tez Financial Services' collaboration with Telenor Microfinance Bank enables 

us to utilize the country’s largest branchless banking agent network. We aim to provide 

hassle-free loans to the underprivileged. By providing a range of financial products 

straight through their mobile phones we are enriching the lives of every 

Pakistani.” said Nadeem Hussain, Founder & CEO – TEZ Financial Services. 

Telenor Microfinance Bank is the largest proponent of financial inclusion in 

Pakistan. Having pioneered branchless banking in the country through ‘Easypaisa’ 

a 360 degree digital financial platform, the Bank is providing innovative products 

and services to cater to a range of market requirements. 

OGDCL's Officers Association arranged annual dinner 

ISLAMABAD: Mr. Zahid Muzaffar Chairman OGDCL Board, Mr. Zahid Mr. Zahid Mir 

MD/CEO, President & General Secretary of Officers Association addressing on the eve 

of Annual Dinner 2018. 

development strategy. He 

also congratulated the management 

and the officers on 

the progressive growth 

despite numerous challenges. 

It may be noted that 

the KPD project of OGDCL 

has given the production of 

LPG as 350 M.Ton per day 

and almost the same potential 

is expected from 

Nashpa. E & P activities of 

such level are not only the 

pride to the professionals 

involved and the organization 

rather such achievements 

are national jubilations. 

Zahid Mir, Managing 

Director/CEO appreciated 

cordial and positive tendency 

of the association during 

their tenure. He vowed the 

heartfelt dedication and 

keenness in Company’s all 

endeavors/ventures/projects 

enabling OGDCL to 

become a backbone support 

of the country’s economy 

and a backlash to the energy 

crisis. 

KCCI welcomes DMC South’s announcement to withdraw hike in Trade License Fee 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC South Malik Muhammad Fayyaz speaks at a meeting at Karachi 

Chamber of Commerce & Industry. President Karachi Chamber Muffasar Atta Malik, Senior 

Vice President KCCI Abdul Basit Abdul Razzak, Vice President Rehan Hanif, Former Vice 

President Muhammad Younus Soomro, Chairman Provincial and Local Taxes Sub- 

Committee Tanveer Barry, Chairman Public Sector, Utilities, Power & Gas Sub-Committee, 

Azeem Ahmed Alvi and Secretary General SMH Rizvi are also seen in the picture. 

encouraging to see that Malik 

Fayyaz finally responded to 

the grievances being faced by 

small traders and shopkeepers 

by assuring to withdraw the 

hike in trade license fee at the 

earliest. He informed that the 

said meeting was well attended 

by representatives of all 

markets situated in District 

South who highly appreciated 

Chairman DMC South for 

thoroughly discussing numerous 

matters pertaining to 

cleanliness, carpeting of 

roads and lanes in numerous 

commercial areas, installation 

of Street Lights and other 

civic issues.

Khalid Latif's five-year 

ban upheld on appeal 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

batsman Khalid Latif's 

five-year ban for corruption 

has been upheld by an independent 

adjudicator. Latif, 

32, had filed an appeal with 

the adjudicator after he was 

banned from cricket last 

September by an independent 

tribunal, for his role in 

the spot-fixing scandal that 

marred the second edition 

of the PSL in 2017. The 

adjudicator, Justice 

Fakheer Mohammad 

Khokhar, upheld his conviction 

on all six of the 

original charges but did 

offer some relief, waiving 

away the fine of Rs 1 million 

(approximately 

US$9500) placed on him. 

"Khalid Latif has been 

found guilty on all 

charges," the PCB's legal 

advisor Taffazul Rizvi told 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: West 

Indian Chris Gayle found a 

team at the third time of 

asking while seam bowlers 

Jaydev Unadkat and 

Andrew Tye earned big on 

the second and final day of 

the player auction ahead of 

this year’s Indian Premier 

League (IPL). 

West Indian Gayle went 

unsold in two rounds with 

none of the eight franchises 

looking interested in the 

swashbuckling left-hander 

whose five centuries in 

IPL is the most by any 

batsman. It was in the third 

round that Kings XI 

Punjab bought Gayle, 

IPL’s leading six-hitter, at 

his base price of 20 million 

Indian rupees ($314,613). 

Unadkat emerged as the 

most expensive Indian buy 

from the two-day auction 

when the 26-year-old was 

sold to Rajasthan Royals 

for 115 million rupees. 

Australian Tye, who has 

played four One-day 

reporters after the verdict. 

"This is a vindication of 

what the PCB had been saying. 

He met bookies twice, 

and the second time, when 

he took Sharjeel Khan 

along with him, provided 

conclusive proof of his 

guilt. The PCB does not 

take pleasure from meting 

out punishment to any 

cricketer, but the law must 

be upheld. We need to rid 

ourselves of corrupt cricketers 

like these. I hope all 

other cricketers learn a lesson 

from this case. If anyone 

is even thinking of 

indulging in corrupt practices, 

they should banish the 

thought. And if anyone is 

illicitly approached, they 

must report it immediately." 

It would appear the fine 

has been waived keeping in 

mind that Latif's career is all 

but over. He will be 36 by 

the time his ban ends, with 

the chances of making a 

domestic comeback greatly 

reduced, and an international 

one almost out of the 

Chris Gayle to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20m 

Nabita Shrestha wins Nepal Woman 

Table Tennis Championship 2018 


KARACHI: 26 Years 

young Lady Nabita 

Shrestha once again won 

the singles title of Nepal 

woman table tennis championship 

2018 , The tournament 

was organized by 

National sports council of 

Nepal .The national event 

was played at national table 

tennis training center lainchour 

, Kathmandu , Nepal. 

Nabita Shrestha also Germany , 2017. 56th 

plays for Nepal police and 

she already won the woman 

singles title in Biratnagar 

2016 ,Biratnagar 2015, 

International Session For 

Young Participants Athens, 

Greece 2016, Perfect 2016 

World Team Table Tennis 

Kathmandu 2014, Championships Kuala 

Dhangadhi 2013, Lumpur, Malaysia 2016, Table 

Mahendranagar 2012, QOROS 2015 World Table Championships 

Biratnagar 2010. Nabita Tennis Championships 

Shrestha also represented Suzhou, China 2015, 17th 

Nepal National team in Asian Games Incheon, 

Liebherr 2017 World Korea 2014, ZEN-NOH 

Table 

Tennis 2014 World TeamTable 

Championships Dusseldorf, Tennis Championships 

Tokyo, Japan 2014, SAIL– 

2006 Indian Junior Open 

Table Tennis Championship 

& ITTF World Junior 

Circuit Kolkota, India 2006, 

LIEBHERR 2013 World 

Tennis 

Paris, 

France 2013. 

She also won the bronze 

medal for Nepali team in 

Ladies Doubles event at 

12th South Asian Games 

Shillong, India, 2016. 

Punjab U-16 and Sindh Win in PEPSI-PCB 

U-16 Pentangular T-20 Tournament 2018 


KARACHI: Sindh U- 

16 defeated Federal 

Capital U-16 team by 74 

runs in Pepsi-PCB U-16 

Pentangular T-20 

Tournament 2018 At 

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. 

In another match of the 

tournament played at 

LCCA Ground Lahore 

,Punjab U-16 beat KPK U- 

16 by three wickets. 

Summarized Scored: 

Sindh U-16 178-9 in 20 

overs: (Saim Ayub 106, 62 

balls, 14x4s, 3x6s, 

Muhammad Kaif 24, 15 

balls, 3x4s, 1x6, 

Mohammad Yasir 2-23, 

Zaman Khan 2-23, Hasan 

Abid Kiani 2-33). 

Federal Capital U-16 

104 all out in 19.4 overs: 

(Zahid Iqbal 33, 38 balls, 

2x4s, Yousaf Shah 34, 29 

balls, 2x4s, Ammad Saitar 

22, 27 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, 

Mubashir Nawaz 2-2, 

Adeel Meo 2-6, Kashif Ali 

2-18, Ibrar Khan 2-20) 

Result: Sindh U-16 won 

by 74 Runs. 

Winning medal design to light 

up Buenos Aires 2018 


KARACHI: The winning entry of the 

International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s 

Medal Design Competition for the Youth 

Olympic Games BuenosAires 2018 has been 

chosen. It was submitted by 18-year-old 

Muhammad Farid Husen from Indonesia, 

and is entitled "Fireworks of Victory". 

Chosen from close to 300 entries from over 

50 nations, from Algeria to Venezuela, the 

winning design was picked by a panel of 

judges made up of Young Change-Makers, 

Young Reporters and IOC Members. 

Medal Design Competition winner 

Muhammad Farid Husen commented on his 

win: "It is really an honour for me to be a little 

part of Youth Olympic Games. I can't 

describe how my feeling is being the designer 

of the medals which is used by all the winners 

of the Youth Olympics is an honour for 

me. My dream came true." 

He said of his design: "This medal was 

inspired by fireworks. Fireworks representing 

the excitement and the glory of the Youth 

Olympic Games where all nations come 

together as one to participate and celebrate. 

Fireworks fly to the sky, giving the reflection 

of how the young athletes are reaching their 

dreams." IOC Member and Olympian, judge 

Aya Medany commented: "Muhamad's 

design really touched my heart as an athlete. 

The most important thing is to celebrate after 

winning, and it's nothing better than to celebrate 

with fireworks. It's also amazing to 

have the winner the same age as the participants 

in the YOG." 

Internationals, also earned 

big money with Kings XI 

Punjab buying him for 72 

million rupees. 

The nature of the format 

means while the lesser 

known pacers were in 

demand, South African 

stalwart Dale Steyn did not 

find a team. 

England’s limited-overs 

captain Eoin Morgan suffered 

the fate of Test captain 

Joe Root after going 

unsold in the auction. 

Rajasthan bought allrounder 

Ben Stokes for 

$1.97 million on Saturday, 

while also adding his 

England team mate and 

wicketkeeper Jos Buttler 

to their squad. 

Sandeep Lamichhane 

became the first player 

from Nepal to land an IPL 

deal when the 17-year-old 

was picked by Delhi 

Daredevils for two million 

rupees. The 11th edition 

of the Twenty20 tournament 

begins in Mumbai 

on April 7. 

Saudi Embassy win 

in Diplomatic Soccer 

Leisure League 


KARACHI: Saudi 

Embassy beat Brazil 3-1 to 

maintain their place in 6th 

round of the 1st Diplomatic 

Soccer League organised by 

Leisure Leagues. 

The second game of the 

day was contested between 

Russia and Japan which the 

former won 4-1. Team 

Europe thrashed Germany 

6-0 while in the last game of 

the day Saudi Embassy-A 

outplayed Northern Lights. 

UN Goodwill Ambassador 

and public speaker Muniba 

Mazari graced the occasion 

as chief guest. It was yet 

again a memorable day for 

the diplomatic community, 

who had the chance to see 

their family members, 

friends and colleagues 

showcasing their soccer 

skills on the ground. 

Muniba lauded the efforts 

made by Leisure Leagues in 

organising such a unique 

league and was happy to see 

how this activity is helping 

in projecting the soft image 

of Pakistan. 

Abbas Kassar 


SPARC ( society for protection 

of rights of child) 

Sindh region got big 

achievement as its street 

children bagged 8 gold and 

13 silver medals at 2nd 

Pact Olympic yard games 

played at a public school 

Hyderabad. Around 1300 

students of 42 schools and 

colleges of Hyderabad 

region took part in games. 

The games like cricket, 

karate, long jump,short 

jump, boxing, athletes, 

rally race and tug of war 

were played. Sparc street 

children got gold and silver 

medals in tug of war, cricket 

and athletes. The sports 

gala was attened among 

others by vice chancellor of 

Sindh university professor 

Dr. Fateh Muhammad 

Burfat, Dr. Fakhar Sohail, 

executive director of Sparc, 

sports director Hyderabad 

question. 

"I think the reason for 

the fine being set aside was 

that with his career over, it 

would have been difficult 

for him [to pay it]," Rizvi 

said. "Everyone knows the 

effects a five-year ban can 

have on someone." 

Latif's lawyer Badar 

Alam did not show up to 

hear the verdict being 

announced. He had raised 

several objections throughout 

the initial proceedings 

of the tribunal, and did not 

turn up when the ban was 

imposed last year either. 

Alam had refused to turn up 

for several hearings during 

proceedings too, and had 

registered a case against the 

formation of the tribunal to 

adjudicate on Latif's case. A 

detailed report of the judgment 

will be released later. 

Nepal's 'Shane 

Warne' keen to soak 

up IPL experience 

K A T H M A N D U : 

Nepal leg-spinner 

Sandeep Lamichhane 

said his breakthrough 

Indian Premier League 

deal will give him the 

chance to play alongside 

the cricketing elite and 

promote the sport back at 

home. 

Lamichhane, 17, 

became an overnight hero 

after becoming Nepal´s 

first cricketer to enter the 

lucrative IPL, with Delhi 

Daredevils picking him in 

a mega auction Sunday. 

His name was splashed 

across front pages of 

national newspapers and 

thousands took to social 

media to express their 

excitement. 

Minister Sher Bahadur 

Deuba tweeted, "Not just 

me, but the entire nation 

is proud of you." 

Lamichhane, who has 

been likened to spin legend 

Shane Warne, made 

the meteoric rise to the 

IPL just two years after 

being selected for 

Nepal´s national team. 

LONDON: Not since the 

winter of 2011 and Fernando 

Torres’ defection from 

Liverpool to Chelsea has a 

January transfer window 

provided so many blockbuster 

headlines. 

It already seems a lifetime 

ago that Liverpool paid 

a world record £75million 

for Virgil van Dijk before 

finally conceding defeat to 

Barcelona in their battle to 

keep hold of Philippe 

Makhdoom Irshad, Sindh 

minister Fayyaz Butto, 

Spark manager Zahid 

Thebo, Hassan Kiryo of 

Sparc schools, social 

activist Mryam Kiryo and 

others. Guests gave away 

medals to successful children. 

Addressing the gala 

professor Fateh 

DUBAI: The 

International Cricket 

Council (ICC) is investigating 

a private Twenty20 

league in the United Arab 

Emirates, the sport´s global 

governing body has said, 

after footage of some farcical 

dismissals went viral on 

social media. 

A match in the Ajman 

All Stars League, which is 

not sanctioned by the 

Emirates Cricket Board 

(ECB), saw several batsmen 

appear to throw their 

wickets in bizarre fashion, 

by running themselves out 


Sportlight 

or getting stumped without 

trying to return to the 

crease, even when the 

wicketkeeper fumbled. 

"There is currently an 

ICC Anti-Corruption Unit 

(ACU) investigation underway 

in relation to the Ajman 

All Stars League held 

recently in Ajman, UAE," 

ACU general manager Alex 

Marshall said in a statement. 

"The ICC Anti- 

Corruption Unit works to 

uphold integrity in cricket 

and in keeping with that 

role, we are talking to players 

and officials and will 

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ICC probes UAE league after 

farcical dismissals go viral 

Ejaz Shah scored 17 in 12 

balls with two fours and a 

six,Adnan baig made 10 

with one six. 

Slow Left armer 

Mohammad Arif got three 

wickets for 32 runs and off 

spinner Mati ur Rehman 

took 2-25. 

In reply, Mansoora 

Soprts could managed to 

129-8 in alloted overs.. 

Hamza Mohsin made 37 in 

21 balls with four fours, 

M.Ubais ullah countributed 

unbeaten 35 r until a ball, 

Promising left arm spinner 

Ali Yousuf and rising 

off spinner Atsalan Hussain 

Hassan took 3 wickets 

each.for 16 and 38 runs 

respectively. 

not make any further comment 

at this time." 

The Ajman Cricket 

Council (ACC) has suspended 

all matches at the 

Ajman Oval. "... we found 

the Ajman Oval breaching 

the code more than once 

and hence we have suspended 

their affiliation," 

ACC secretary general 

Shaji Ul Mulk told 

ESPNcricinfo. 

"We have a zero tolerance 

policy towards corruption 

and are cooperating 

with the ICC in their ongoing 

investigation." 

Royal CC thrilling victory in 

Champion Trophy T-20 Cricket 

KARACHI: Ammar Hasan( RCC) is receiving Man of match award from the chief guest 

former first class cricketer Zaheer Ahmed shaikh, Chief organizer Atiq Ahmed , 

M.Shahid were also seen. 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI: Famous 

Royal Cricket club beat 

oldest Mansoora Sports by 

sensational three run in the 

ongoing All Karachi champion 

trophy T20 Cricket 

Tournament here yesterday 

Nazeer Hussain Yong fighter 

Cricket Ground, North 

Prime 

Nazimabad. 

Royal CC batting first 

after won the toss and 

scored 132 for 9 in 20 overs 

allotted quota.first class 

cricketer Right handed 

opener Ammar Hasan 

scored a brilliant half-century 

for victors. He made 

68 runs in 49 balls with two 

fours and four huge sixes, 

Coutinho. Alexis Sanchez 

got his wish and leftArsenal, 

but only after long-time 

favourites for his services 

Manchester City pulled out 

of the race allowing Jose 

Mourinho the opportunity to 

pounce. 

Arsenal, meanwhile, 

have been uncharacteristically 

busy with new head of 

recruitment Sven Mislintat 

having played a crucial role 

in the signing of 

Konstantinos Mavropanos, 

while Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s 

arrival cushioned the blow 

of losing Sanchez to 

Manchester United. 

With less than 24 hours 

remaining there are still several 

major deals to be 

finalised involving some of 

the biggest clubs in the 

land… 

Arsenal sent a delegation 

to Dortmund 10 days 

ago and have been locked in 

Muhammad Burfat said it 

was surprising that street 

children of Sparc not only 

took part in event but also 

got a lot of gold and silver 

medals. He lauded efforts 

of Sparc which he said has 

provided such a healthy 

and positive atmosphere to 

street children with reference 

to rights of children 

and implementation of legislation 

which will help 

elimination of violence, 

abuse, sexual molestation 

and other acts of violence. 

He asked government to 

support Sparc to provide 

street children with recreational 

and educational 

Later Ammar Hasan 

was received Man of 

match award from the 

chief former first class 

cricketer Zaheer Ahmed 

shaikh, Chief organizer 

Atiq Ahmed , M.Shahid 

were also seen. 

S U M M A R I Z E 

SCORE: 

Royal cc beat Mansoora 

Soprts by three runs. 

ROYAL CC 132-8 in 20 

overs. (Ammar Hasan 68, 

Ejaz Shahid 17: 

Mohammed Arif 3-32, 

Mati Ur Rehman 2-22): 

MANSOORA SPORTS. 

129-8 in 20 overs. Hamza 

Mohsin 37, M. Ubais ullah 

35*: Ali Yousuf 3-16, 

Arsalan Hussain 2-37). 

Aubameyang to Arsenal & Giroud to Chelsea – 

the big transfers that could happen on deadline day 

intense negotiations ever 

since. Having seen two bids 

in the region of £50m 

turned down by the 

Bundesliga club, Arsenal 

finally made a breakthrough 

on Monday after tabling an 

offer of £60m. Aubameyang 

flew to London and travelled 

straight to Arsenal’s 

London Colney training 

base where he has been 

given clearance to undertake 

a medical. 

Big achievement for SPARC: its street children bag 8 

gold,13 silver medals in 2nd Pact Olympic Yard Games 

facilities to take them out of 

thinking of mental and 

physical backwardness. 

Sparc street children center 

manager Zahid Thebo said 

Sparc has set up street children 

centers across 

Pakistan. He said Sparc has 

not only raised voice for 

rights of children and their 

protection and for implementation 

of legislation for 

children at every forum. He 

said Sparc has brought forward 

the mental and physical 

abilities of street children 

by taking part in such 

kind of games. He said Pac 

Olympic yard has given 

representation to children 

of Sindh by providing them 

opportunity to play in their 

games. He asked government 

and social welfare 

organizations to hold such 

programs so to get children 

out of physical and mental 

trauma so to stop violence, 

abuse and other incidents.

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Abbasi launches Waseela-e-Taleem Expansion Program 

Education key to nation’s 

progress, development: PM 

LAHORE: 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister 

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 

Wednesday said education was the 

key to a nation’s progress and 

development and country cannot 

move ahead without a well educated 

and fully trained human 

resource. 

Addressing a ceremony here at 

the Benazir Income Support 

Program Headquarters for the 

expansion of Waseela-e-Taleem 

program, the Prime Minister said 

any child without education was a 

burden on the society and the 

nation and the parents need to play 

their critical role in ensuring that 

their children were not a drop out. 

Under the Waseela-e-Taleem 

program each beneficiary child 

receives a cash transfer of Rs 750 a 

quarter, on conditional completion 

of 70 percent attendance in schools 

in 32 districts across the four 

provinces and Azad Jammu and 

Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. The 

program would be extended to 50 

districts and add another one million 

children to the current enrollment 

of 1.9 million. 

KOHAT: The sister of 

Asma Rani has appealed to 

the PTI government and 

the whole nation to provide 

justice to her sister 

and security to her family. 

Asma’s sister Safia has 

alleged that the accused, 

Mujahid, had hurled 

threats in the past as well. 

She said that her sister 

in prior to her death, 

revealed the name of her 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi distributing prizes 

among position holders from various provinces at BISP Headquarter. 

The Prime Minister said the 

BISP program for the poorest of the 

poor, was totally non-political in 

nature and extended beyond the 

provincial boundaries. He said it 

empowers the women and focuses 

on her critical role in sending her 

children to school and not to work. 

attacker "Mujahid Afridi. 

Safia Rani, the sister of 

deceased Asma Rani, who 

lives in London, said her 

sister was killed by the culprits 

under a well thought 

out plan as the main 

accused, Mujahid Afridi, 

had already got a visa and 

ticket for Saudi Arabia. 

She alleged that Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Police and 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

(PTI) district president 

Kohat Aftab Alam, who is 

uncle of Mujahid Afridi, 

already knew threats to 

Asma Rani. 

Safia said Mujahid had 

once snatched the purse of 

Asma Rani and her mother 

had complained to police 

in this regard. 

She said police had not 

registered the report of the 

incident till the escape of 

Asma Rani’s sister appeals to PTI 

govt to provide justice to her family 

ISLAMABAD: Members of Marwat tribe hold a protest against killing of medical student 

Asma Rani in Kohat, outside National Press Club. 

Israeli army shoots dead 

Palestinian teen in West Bank 

GAZA: Israeli forces 

have shot dead a Palestinian 

teenager in the occupied 

West Bank, the Palestinian 

Ministry of Health has confirmed. 

LaythAbu Naim, 16, was 

shot in the head with live 

ammunition during a confrontation 

with the Israeli 

army in the village of al- 

Mughayir, northeast of the 

occupied West Bank town of 

Ramallah. According to 

local media, Abu Naim - a 

high school student - was 

shot at point-blank range. 

The confrontations reportedly 

erupted after Israeli forces 

raided the village. 

The boy's funeral is set to 

be held on Wednesday after 

midday prayers in his hometown. 

A spokeswoman for 

Israel's military said "violent 

riots are taking place in this 

area and burning tires and 

stones were thrown at the 

soldiers," according to 

Israeli media. 

ISLAMABAD: To tenure, the IT Ministry had 

enhance growth momentum 

and take the information 

technology sector to 

the next level, Ministry of 

been determinately working 

on IT infrastructure, 

adding that the ministry 

was still working on it with 

IT has been diligently the realization that only 

working on IT infrastructure 

for economic development 

and prosperity. 

strong infrastructure could 

take the IT sector to the 

next level. 

Talking To APP She said the Broadband 

Minister for Information for Sustainable 

Technology and Development Programme, 

Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n , (USF) Ministry of IT & 

Anusha Rehman said, in 

the first three years of her 

Telecom has been aggressively 

working to provide 

The spokeswoman was 

"unable to confirm that any 

Palestinians had been hit by 

gunfire". Abu Naim is the 

sixth Palestinian to be killed 

by Israeli forces since the 

start of 2018. 

Tensions in the region 

have increased in recent 

weeks after US President 

Donald Trump's controversial 

decision to name 

Jerusalem as Israel's capital. 

Trump's December 6 

move prompted deadly 

protests in the Palestinian 

territories and mass rallies in 

solidarity with the 

Palestinians across the 

Muslim world. 

MoIT determined to promote IT 

sector for economic development 

telecom services to the 

unserved areas across the 

country after the issuance 

of 3G/4G licenses . 

In a recent conference, 

minster had claimed that 

100% of the country would 

enjoy 3G coverage at least 

by year end, which currently 

stands at around 80%. 

She said that this figure 

was expected to grow so 

that all of Pakistan was 

within the coverage area by 

December 2018. 

the accused, as he 

belonged to an influential 

family. 

According to media 

reports, Mujahid is already 

a married person and also 

have two children. 

Asma Rani, a third-year 

MBBS student at Ayub 

Medical College, was 

killed in her hometown of 

Kohat. The primary suspect, 

Mujahid Afridi, shot 

her dead over a marriage 

refusal, according to the 

victim's family. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that activists of 

various political and civil 

society organisations 

including Khyber 

Pakhtunkhaw Young 

Doctors Association are 

holding demonstration in 

across the province to 

record their protest against 

the killing of a student of 

Ayub Medical College 

Abbotabad, Asma Rani, in 

Kohat on Jan 28. 

OPF housing society 

being high jacked by 

member BoGs 

ISLAMABAD: Twenty 

years old housing society of 

Overseas Pakistanis 

Foundation (OPF), a subordinate 

institution of 

Ministry of Overseas 

Pakistanis is being high 

jacked by a member of Board 

of Governors (BoGs), it was 

revealed. 

Sources told that when 

OPF member of BoGs, 

Jehangir Minhas alongwith 

team invaded at OPF housing 

scheme to vacate the illegal 

possession, he had to face 

rival party there. On this 

occasion, Jehangir Minhas 

snubbed and scolded OPF 

officer Rai Hayat and other 

officers while the matter 

reached to exchange of harsh 

words and culminated at 

scuffle. Jehangir Minhas 

brought the matter into the 

notice of Director General 

Habib-ur-Rehman 

and as a result, Director Rai 

Hayat was made OSD while 

ex-DG Housing Muhammad 

Yar Buttar was temporarily 

given charge of Director 

Housing and Works Division. 

Sources disclosed that an 

inquiry was underway 

against Muhammad Yar 

Buttar for having fake degree 

and his services were terminated 

following complaints 

of BoGs while he has been 

reappointed on the same post. 

He asked the participants from 32 

districts of the country, and particularly 

the women to ensure that there 

was no child in the neighbourhood 

also that was deprived of education. 

Abbasi said it was the only government 

program, which he hoped 

would end, after enabling the poorest 

and the most vulnerable families 

stand on their feet. He said the government 

was committed to the provision 

of education for all as it 

believed that without any knowledge, 

the society would not be able 

to fight the ills of extremism and 

terrorism. He was appreciative of 

the role of the BISP and its partners, 

the World Bank and the 

Department for International 

Development (DFID) of the UK for 

helping the country achieve its target 

of universal education for all 

commitments, under the 

Millennium Development Goals. 

He said the government definitely 

needs to do more for education 

and said despite the fact that it 

was a provincial subject, still the 

federal government was obligated 

to provide them the guidance and 

vision to ensure 100% enrollment, 

retention and graduation. Abbasi 

was optimist that the target of 

adding another one million children 

to the already enrolled 1.9 million 

would be achieved. He however 

asked the BISP to ensure that quality 

education was imparted. 

Businessmen to 

convey proposal for 

budget to PM today 

LAHORE: A high 

level joint delegation of 

Federation of Pakistan 

Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry (FPCCI) 

and United Business 

Group (UBG) will meet 

Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi on Feb 

01 (today) at Prime 

Minister secretariat. 

Talking to newsmen 

here Wednesday 

Chairman United 

Business Group (UBG) 

and Vice President 

SAARC Chamber 

Iftikhar Ali Malik said 

that a high level delegation 

comprising newly 

elected FPCCI President 

Ghazandar Bilour SVP 

Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, 

former federation 

Presidents Zubair Tufail, 

Mian Muhammad 

Adress, Malik Zubair, 

Chairman Federation 

Coordination and 

Diplomatic Committee 

Malik Sohail Hussain 

and himself will discuss 

the problems confronting 

the business community 

across the country. He 

said that UBG is grateful 

to Prime Minister for 

taking elected trade body 

into confidence on all 

important economic and 

trade policies. 

Committee formed to investigate 

statement of Rana Sanaullah 

Member 

Provincial Assembly 

(MPA) Nizam-ud-Din, 

nephew of Pir Hameed-ud- 

Din Sialvi, claimed that 

Chief Minister Punjab 

Shahbaz Sharif formed a 

committee to investigate 

statement of Law Minister 

Rana Sanaullah. 

Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi 

said that the MPAs put forward 

a condition that 

MUMBAI: Actress 

Mallika Sherawat has congratulated 

singer Bruno 

Mars for winning the 

Record of the Year honour 

at the 60th Grammy 

Awards ceremony and says 

she loved shooting with 

him for the song "Whatta 

Man". 

Mallika shared a behind 

the scenes video of herself 

with the "Just the way you 

are" hitmaker from the 

video, on Twitter. 

"Congratulations Bruno 

Mars for the historic win at 

the Grammys. Loved 

shooting the video 'Whatta 

man' with you Bruno 

Mars. Grammy Awards 

2018," she captioned the 

video. 

This wasn't the 

"Murder" actress' first 

international collaboration. 

She earlier collaborated 

with legendary martial arts 

movie star Jackie Chan in 

the 2005 film "The Myth". 

The 39-year-old actress, 

who hails from a small village 

in Hisar district of 

Haryana, was also seen in 

the bilingual film "Hisss" 

Sanaullah will have to 

resign if he failed in satisfying 

the committee over his 

controversial remarks. He 

further said that they will 

accept whatever the committee 

will decide on the 

matter. The committee 

comprises six religious clerics, 

Punjab government 

spokesperson Malik Ahmed 

Khan and the adviser to 

Punjab CM, Zaeem Qadri. 

in 2010 by Jennifer 

Chambers Lynch. 

On the Bollywood 

front, Mallika was last 

The committee will submit 

its report within seven 

days. It will also approach 

Rana Sanaullah and provide 

him with an opportunity to 

submit his video or written 

statement. 

Pir Hameed-ud-Din 

Sialvi of the Sial Sharif 

shrine had demanded the 

resignation of Sanaullah 

and threatened the government 

of agitation. 

Loved shooting 'Whatta Man' with 

Bruno Mars: Mallika Sherawat 

Chairman gives task to 

DG NAB for taking action 

against housing societies 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Chairman National 

Accountability Bureau has 

sought the report about 

the investigations carried 

out against the housing 

societies of Rawalpindi 

and Islamabad so far by 

the NAB. 

The owners of about 

100 housing societies in 

twin cities have swindled 

the simpletons and 

snatched their life savings 

from them. 

Chairman NAB Justice 

(R) Javed Iqbal had directed 

DG NAB Rawalpindi to 

start investigations and initiate 

operation against the 

housing societies found 

Multan is on the third place 

with Rs 31 billion losses. 

Syed Khurshid Shah 

expressed his displeasure at 

the performance of distribution 

companies. 

WAPDA officials told 

the committee that KESCO 

involved in the corrupt 

practices. 

In the preliminary 

investigations , it was 

revealed that various 

housing societies had not 

possessed the required 

land but in spite of this the 

owners have ttaken billion 

of rupees from the public 

in the name of allotment 

of plots. 

Now on Wednesday the 

Chairman NAB has redirected 

the newly appointed 

Director General Irfan 

Mangi to tighten the orbit 

of investigation against the 

housing societies mafia 

and get returned the money 

by arresting them. 

annual loss stands at Rs15 

bllion rupees in last calendar 

year . Sukkar Electric 

Power Supply Company 

SUKESCO faced the loss 

of Rs 19 billion, HESCO 

Rs.18 billion, FESCO Rs. 

15 billion, KEPSCO Rs. 12 

seen in the 2015 film 

"Dirty Politics", a political 

thriller film directed by 

K.C. Bokadia. 

PM Abbasi, 

Nawaz Sharif to 

visit Muzaffarabad 

MUZAFFARABAD: 

Joint sitting of Azad Jammu 

and Kashmir Legislative 

Assembly and Kashmir 

Council has been summoned 

on February 5, solidarity day 

with Kashmiris, for visit of 

Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi and PML-N 

Quaid Nawaz Sharif. 

All the arrangements have 

been completed and roads are 

pampered for the visit. The 

Prime Minister will address 

joint sitting of Azad Jammu 

and Kashmir Legislative 

Assembly and Kashmir 

Council under the chair of 

Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir. 

Federal leaders visited the 

capital of the state to review 

security arrangements and 

traffic of the public meeting. 

Line losses, incompetence of DISCOs 

cause loss of Rs 213 billion : PAC 

ISLAMABAD: Power 

sector caused loss of Rs 

213 billion to national 

exchequer in 2017,due to 

line losses and inefficiency 

of the distribution companies 

(DISCOs). 

This was told to the 

Public Accounts 

Committee, whose meeting 

was held at Parliament 

House on Wednesday . The 

Chairman of PAC Syed 

Khurshid Shah presided 

over the meeting. 

Gillani The meeting was told 

that the power distribution 

companies in Punjab 

remained on top with Rs110 

billion loss. 

Among the distribution 

companies the most sufferer 

was Peshawar Electric 

Supply Company (PESCO) 

faced the loss of Rs 48 billion 

whereas Lahore 

Electric Supply Company 

(LESCO)bagged second 

place on the list of losses 

with Rs 37 billion loss. 

ISLAMABAD: Group photo of Auditor General of Pakistan, Javaid Jehangir with the 

delegation of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly led by its 

chairman Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah at AGP Office. 

billion, LESCO in the field 

of line losses Rs.37 billion. 

Rasheed Godal and 

Roheel Asghar said that the 

distribution system of the 

electricity is very old which 

causes great losses to the 

system. 

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