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Metropolitan:<br />
Pak Navy<br />
seizes 5000kg<br />
Hashish in North<br />
Arabian Sea<br />
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National:<br />
CJP administers<br />
oath to Justice<br />
Mansoor Ali Shah<br />
as SC judge<br />
Page 3<br />
International:<br />
US vows new North<br />
Korea sanctions<br />
ahead of Olympics<br />
face-off<br />
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Intezar's father<br />
alleges evidence<br />
destroyed in case<br />
KARACHI: The<br />
father of 19-year-old<br />
Intezar Ahmed, who was<br />
allegedly killed by the<br />
police in Karachi last<br />
month, alleged on<br />
Wednesday that evidence<br />
of his son's murder<br />
has been destroyed.<br />
Addressing a press<br />
conference, the father,<br />
Ishtiaq Ahmed, said his<br />
son was murdered on<br />
January 13 and the case<br />
was handed over to the<br />
C o u n t e r - Te r r o r i s m<br />
Department (CTD) on<br />
his request.<br />
He recalled that a<br />
joint investigation team<br />
(JIT) was also made, but<br />
it was suspended.<br />
2 Soldiers martyred,<br />
3 Injured in NW<br />
rocket attacks<br />
MIRANSHAH: Two<br />
soldiers were martyred<br />
and three others sustained<br />
injuries in a rocket<br />
attacks in Hadi and<br />
Norak areas of North<br />
Waziristan Agency on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
The security forces<br />
said Subedar Faisal<br />
Muhammad and Naik<br />
Naeem died in the<br />
attacks, while Naik<br />
Muhammad Idrees,<br />
Sepoy Muhammad<br />
Mudasir and Sepoy<br />
Azhar Ali sustained<br />
injuries.<br />
Govt fails to coup<br />
electricity crisis<br />
I S L A M A B A D :<br />
Federal government failed<br />
to coup with electricity<br />
crisis, also unsuccessful to<br />
act upon their claims of<br />
zero load shedding.<br />
Peoples from Sindh,<br />
Balochistan, KP and<br />
South Punjab are facing<br />
load shedding, increase in<br />
electricity tariff also created<br />
a severe issue for public<br />
and they unable to pay<br />
huge electricity bills.<br />
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RAWALPINDI: Indian<br />
ceasefire violations are<br />
detrimental to peace, however,<br />
these or any Indian<br />
misadventure shall be<br />
responded effectively, the<br />
army reiterated on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
The 208th Corps<br />
Commander’s Conference<br />
(CCC) was held at the<br />
General Headquarters and<br />
chaired by Chief of Army<br />
Staff (COAS) General<br />
KARACHI EDITION – Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 8, 20<strong>18</strong>, Jumada-al-Awwal 21, 1439 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk<br />
Indian CFVs detrimental to peace<br />
COAS promises<br />
effective response to<br />
Indian misadventure<br />
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chairing the 208th Corps Commander’s<br />
Conference (CCC) d at the General.<br />
Qamar Bajwa.<br />
The forum reviewed the<br />
geo-strategic and security<br />
environment especially in<br />
the context of US securityrelated<br />
policies for the<br />
region, stated a press<br />
release issued by Inter-<br />
Services Public Relations.<br />
India’s ceasefire violations<br />
were a vital part of<br />
the discussion and it was<br />
discussed that national<br />
interest shall be kept at a<br />
premium while cooperating<br />
with all other stakeholders<br />
for regional peace<br />
and stability.<br />
The forum reiterated<br />
that gains of years long<br />
counterterrorism efforts<br />
shall be consolidated to<br />
achieve enduring peace<br />
and stability both for<br />
Pakistan and the region.<br />
In 20<strong>18</strong>, the Indian<br />
forces have carried out<br />
more than 190 ceasefire<br />
CJP hopes people to stand behind SC<br />
Justice Saqib vows to 'protect democracy', rejects<br />
accusations judiciary acting as 'part of a plan'<br />
ISLAMABAD: Chief<br />
Justice Supreme Court has<br />
said that judiciary is base<br />
of state’s pillar. People of<br />
Pakistan will become<br />
backbone of Supreme addressing<br />
Court and no one should<br />
feel worried about.<br />
On Wednesday a three<br />
member bench headed by<br />
Chief Justice Justice Saqib<br />
Nisar heard the applications<br />
against the amendments<br />
in Electoral<br />
Reforms Act 2017.<br />
The CJP said that<br />
defamation of judiciary is<br />
punishable under article<br />
204.<br />
At the outset of the proceedings<br />
Chief Justice<br />
Justice Saqib Nisar while<br />
Raja Zafarul<br />
Haq said that seeing you in<br />
the court without the<br />
intimidators escort he feels<br />
happy.<br />
Chief Justice said that<br />
they cannot hold public<br />
meeting and neither ask<br />
people to hands up. He<br />
said that if courts are made<br />
dysfunctional then there<br />
will be a law of jungle.<br />
Chief Justice said constitution<br />
is a covenant<br />
agreement which is very<br />
sacred. He said that they<br />
have to restore the confidence<br />
of the judiciary to<br />
the people.<br />
Justice Saqib Nisar said<br />
“whosoever says that why<br />
he was ousted” he violates<br />
article 5 of the constitution.<br />
Justice Ijajul Ahsan said<br />
that whosoever spread<br />
misunderstandings about<br />
the courts he is liable to<br />
respond.<br />
PPP candidates file nomination<br />
papers for Senate polls<br />
KARACHI: Senate Chairman Mian<br />
Raza Rabbani, whose tenure is to expire<br />
on March 11 along with 51 other senators,<br />
is among twelve candidates of Pakistan<br />
Peoples Party (PPP) who have filed nominations<br />
papers for 12 vacant Senate seats<br />
in Sindh.<br />
All PPP candidates, accompanied by<br />
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah,<br />
reached the office of the provincial election<br />
commission, where a large number of party<br />
workers welcomed them.<br />
Raza Rabbani, Maula Bakhsh Chandio,<br />
Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Ayaz Mahar,<br />
Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Muhammad Ali<br />
Shah Jamote and Imam-u-Din Shoqeen filed<br />
nomination papers for seven general seats.<br />
Whereas, Dr Sikandar Mendhro and<br />
Rukhsana Zuberi filed papers for the Senate<br />
seats reserved for technocrats. Krishna<br />
Kumari Kohli and Quratulain Marri submitted<br />
nomination papers for women seats.<br />
KARACHI: PPP’s candidate for Senate Raza Rabbani submitting his nomination<br />
papers at Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the Senate election which will be<br />
held on March 3.<br />
violations along the Line of<br />
Control and the Working<br />
Boundary to date, resulting<br />
in the deaths of 13 innocent<br />
civilians and injuries to 65<br />
others, according to the latest<br />
foreign ministry data.<br />
It said the “unprecedented<br />
escalation in ceasefire<br />
violations by India”<br />
had been continuing since<br />
the year 2017 when the<br />
Indian forces committed<br />
1,970 ceasefire violations.<br />
SC gives 10 days to<br />
Daniyal for finding<br />
lawyer in contempt case<br />
ISLAMABAD: Supreme<br />
Court (SC) has given 10<br />
days time to minister for privatization<br />
Daniyal Aziz for<br />
engaging lawyer in connection<br />
with suo motu notice of<br />
contempt of court.<br />
A3-member bench of SC<br />
presided over by Justice<br />
Sheikh Azmat Saeed took<br />
up for hearing contempt of<br />
court suo motu notice<br />
against Daniyal Aziz<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Daniyal Aziz appeared in<br />
the court and told that in the<br />
notice issued by the court it<br />
has not been mentioned<br />
therein for what reason<br />
notice has been served.<br />
Justice Sheikh Azmat<br />
Saeed remarked “ you will<br />
come to know every thing.<br />
Nothing is inappropriate.<br />
One awarded death, five life<br />
imprisonment in Mashal murder case<br />
Mashal’s father reminds Imran Khan of his promise after ATC verdict<br />
HARIPUR/LONDON:<br />
The anti-terrorism court<br />
(ATC) Wednesday<br />
announcing verdict of student<br />
of Mardan university<br />
journalism department,<br />
Mashal Khan lynching case,<br />
awarded one accused as<br />
capital punishment, twenty<br />
five accused were awarded<br />
imprisonment for four years<br />
and twenty six were<br />
released due to lack of<br />
proofs.<br />
ATC Judge Fazal-e-<br />
Subhan sentenced five<br />
accused to 25 years in jail,<br />
while 26 others were<br />
released. The court had<br />
reserved verdict on Mashal<br />
Khan lynching case on<br />
January 30. The verdict was<br />
consisting on 93 pages<br />
PESHAWAR: Khyber<br />
Pakhtunkhwa police said<br />
on Wednesday they have<br />
arrested the prime suspect<br />
behind what they<br />
described sexual assault<br />
and murder of four-yearold<br />
Asma in Mardan.<br />
Mardan Regional<br />
Police Officer Dr Mian<br />
Saeed said the suspected<br />
killer, identified as 15-<br />
year-old Muhammad Nabi,<br />
had confessed to the crime.<br />
Four-year-old Asma<br />
went missing on January<br />
13 from Jandarpar Gujjar<br />
Garhi area of Mardan and<br />
her body was found from<br />
sugarcane fields in the<br />
SC withdraws contempt of court<br />
notice against Raja Pervez Ashraf<br />
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has withdrawn<br />
contempt of court notice against former Prime Minister<br />
(PM) Raja Pervez Ashraf.<br />
The court has maintained " court has reviewed Raja<br />
Pervez Ashraf letter. There is nothing like contempt of<br />
court therein. A 3-member bench of SC presided over<br />
by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar<br />
took up the case for hearing Wednesday.<br />
At the inception of hearing Raja Pervez Ashraf was<br />
present in the court. The CJP inquired from counsel of<br />
Raja Pervez Ashraf who had issued contempt of court<br />
notice to Raja Pervez Ashraf.<br />
King Abdullah II of<br />
Jordan to visit Pakistan<br />
ISLAMABAD: King Abdullah II of Jordan accompanied<br />
by a high-level delegation including senior officials<br />
will visit Pakistan on invitation of President Mamnoon<br />
Hussain, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.<br />
During his stay here, the King of Jordan will hold<br />
talks with President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime<br />
Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.<br />
while four pages of the verdict<br />
were also given to<br />
media persons.<br />
On this occasion, highlevel<br />
security arrangements<br />
were made inside Haripur<br />
jail, with the deployment of<br />
250 police personnel and<br />
army troops around the<br />
prison and sealing off of<br />
routes leading to it.<br />
Meanwhile, Iqbal Khan,<br />
father of Mashal Khan, said<br />
that he would go to the high<br />
court against the acquittal of<br />
26 people in connection<br />
with the murder of his son at<br />
Abdul Wali Khan<br />
University last year.<br />
Mashal Khan, a 23-yearold<br />
journalism student, was<br />
lynched to death by a mob<br />
of fellow students at his university<br />
campus in April last<br />
year.<br />
“Those who have been<br />
acquitted can be clearly seen<br />
in video footage. We are<br />
going to prove this in the<br />
high court,” Iqbal Khan told<br />
media persons in London.<br />
He reiterated his demand<br />
that the University of Swabi<br />
should be renamed as<br />
University of Mashal Khan.<br />
“Imran Khan had made a<br />
promise to rename the university<br />
after Mashal Khan.<br />
But unfortunately the promise<br />
hasn’t been honored<br />
yet,” he noted.<br />
“We want to remind<br />
Imran Khan of his promise<br />
through media. He may<br />
have forgotten due to his<br />
busy schedule,” he said.<br />
Asama’s killer confesses,<br />
KP solves case in 25 days<br />
145 DNA samples collected in 3Km - 750 people interrogated<br />
same area on January 17.<br />
While addressing a<br />
press conference alongside<br />
IG KP Police Salahuddin<br />
Mehsud, the police officer<br />
said an accomplice of the<br />
suspect had also been<br />
taken into custody.<br />
He said the suspect,<br />
who worked at a local<br />
restaurant, had come to<br />
attend a marriage ceremony,<br />
where he lured the<br />
minor into nearby fields.<br />
Nabi, who is a cousin of<br />
the victim girl, strangulated<br />
her to death while trying<br />
to stop her from<br />
screaming.<br />
The KP police chief categorically<br />
stated that this<br />
was not a case of rape, but<br />
a sexual assault and murder.<br />
He said that his force<br />
tackled the case successfully<br />
within 25 days<br />
despite numerous hardships.<br />
Defending the performance<br />
of the under-fire KP<br />
police, he said the<br />
province has witnessed a<br />
remarkable decline in<br />
crimes, including murders<br />
and kidnapping for ransom,<br />
in the last three years.<br />
Acts of terrorism had<br />
also decreased by almost<br />
73 per cent, he claimed.<br />
PESHAWAR: Police personnel present the arrested suspect in Asma rape and murder<br />
case before the media.<br />
PEMRA warns media broadcasters<br />
from promoting Valentines Day<br />
IHC ban on airing Valentine's Day content remains<br />
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media<br />
Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday banned<br />
media organisations from broadcasting or promoting<br />
Valentines Day.<br />
The media watchdog issued an advisory directing all<br />
broadcast media organisation to “desist from promoting<br />
Valentine’s Day” through their respective channels.<br />
The directive was issued as an order of the IHC passed<br />
on <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 13, 2017 is still valid. The IHC had prohibited<br />
the celebration of Valentine’s Day in public spaces and<br />
government offices across the country with immediate<br />
effect. The orders were given on a petition submitted by<br />
citizen Abdul Waheed, who maintained that promotions<br />
for Valentine’s Day are against Islamic teachings and<br />
should be banned immediately. The court had also warned<br />
print and electronic media to stop all Valentine’s Day promotions<br />
immediately. It had also directed Pemra to ensure<br />
that all TV channels stopped the promotion of Valentines<br />
Day. The judgement had directed “to ensure that nothing<br />
about the celebration of Valentine’s Day and its promotion<br />
is spread on the electronic and print media.<br />
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Metropolitan<br />
Pak Navy seizes 5000kg<br />
Hashish in North Arabian Sea<br />
KARACHI: Pakistan<br />
Navy Ship ASLAT seized<br />
5000 kg of Hashish valued<br />
in million of Dollars while<br />
operating at North Arabian<br />
Sea. The operation by PNS<br />
ASLAT was carried out<br />
while undertaking Maritime<br />
Security Operations in<br />
Pakistani Exclusive<br />
Economic Zone (EEZ).<br />
The successful seizure of<br />
narcotics by Pakistan Navy<br />
was the result of a complex<br />
and risky operation involving<br />
surveillance & analysis<br />
in the area and conduct of<br />
Special Operations.<br />
After gathering credible<br />
evidence, Special Warfare (PMSA) Ship for further<br />
teams of PNS ASLAT legal proceedings and its disposal<br />
boarded the suspected vessel,<br />
undertook search operation<br />
and seized 5000 kg of<br />
as per law.<br />
During this operation,<br />
Pakistan Navy ship crew<br />
Hashish. Later, the sized demonstrated impeccable<br />
drugs and suspects were professionalism, selfless<br />
handed over to Pakistan devotion and utmost<br />
Maritime Security Agency courage in the face of harsh<br />
KARACHI: Service<br />
road of busy University<br />
Road from Hassan Square<br />
to Al-Mustafa Hospital<br />
COURTS<br />
22 million children in<br />
Pakistan have never<br />
gone to school: moot told<br />
KARACHI: The 22 million children in the country<br />
have never gone to school, which was highly alarming<br />
situation, showing dismal state of education in<br />
Pakistan. Up to 30 per cent of Pakistan’s population<br />
still live below the poverty line.<br />
This was stated at a seminar on<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility policy<br />
and national socio-economic agenda,<br />
organized by National Forum for<br />
Environment and Health (NFEH) here on<br />
Wednesday. Sindh Madressatul Islam University<br />
(SMIU) Vice-Chancellor Dr. Muhammad Ali Shaikh,<br />
while speaking as guest of honour at the seminar, said<br />
that SMIU at its proposed site of Malir campus is going<br />
to launch this year an institute for educational and<br />
vocational training for under-privileged population of<br />
nearby villages facing poverty and backwardness.<br />
He said that the proposed institute would be established<br />
by April this year at the proposed site of Malir<br />
KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Ship ASLAT. In inset Pakistan Navy Team with Seized 5000<br />
kg of Hashish.<br />
environment. The success of<br />
Pakistan Navy Ship in interrupting<br />
the flow of narcotics<br />
highlights the importance<br />
accorded by Pakistan Navy<br />
in patrolling the waters of<br />
North Indian Ocean to<br />
ensure free flow of legitimate<br />
commerce and deny<br />
Traffic cops helpless as eateries occupy service road<br />
KARACHI: Huge numbers of motors stuck in traffic jam due to VIP movement on the<br />
arrival of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at election commission office.<br />
remains occupied by<br />
encroachers, mainly owners<br />
of eatery shops, while<br />
motorists, commuters and<br />
campus at Education City project off M-9 section of<br />
Motorway between Karachi and Hyderabad. He said<br />
that proposed institute having special focus on vocational<br />
training of impoverished women of the area<br />
would be established much before the Malir Campus of<br />
SMIU and would start functioning at the site of<br />
Education City.<br />
ATC orders Rao Anwar’s arrest by <strong>Feb</strong> 16 at any<br />
cost: The anti-terrorism courts’ administrative judge on<br />
Wednesday directed the Investigation Officer of<br />
Naqeebullah Mehsood murder case to arrest and produce the<br />
then Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao<br />
Anwar by <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 16.<br />
The police produced sub-inspector Muhammad<br />
Yaseen, assistant sub-inspectors Allahyar and Supurd<br />
Hussain, head constables Khizar Hayat and<br />
Muhammad Iqbal, and cop Arshad Ali before the<br />
court amid tightened security, which sent all of<br />
them to prison on judicial remand and sought<br />
progress report in the next hearing.<br />
The cops were arrested on Jan 26 and had been in police’s<br />
custody for questioning.<br />
The then Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Malir<br />
Rao Anwar, and several other cops are absconders in the<br />
murder case of Naqeebullahwho was gunned down in<br />
‘staged encounter’ on Jan 14, 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
It may be noted here that two eyewitnesses had successfully<br />
identified three out of six arrested policemen during the<br />
identification parade before the judicial magistrate Malir.<br />
ted in ensuring freedom of<br />
High Seas and preventing its<br />
use for any unlawful purposes.<br />
Pakistan Navy has been<br />
instrumental in curbing illegal<br />
transportation of contraband<br />
goods and will continue<br />
to shoulder its national<br />
obligation and responsibility<br />
for making the sea lanes<br />
across Indian Ocean safe<br />
and secure.<br />
PNS ASLAT is a F-22P<br />
frigate capable of undertaking<br />
wide variety of combat<br />
as well as full spectrum<br />
Maritime Security<br />
Operations at sea. The ship<br />
was deployed as part of the<br />
use of High Seas to terrorists Multinational Combined<br />
and all associated miscreants.<br />
Task Force-150 (CTF-150)<br />
Successful operation , which is part of Operation<br />
by Pakistan Navy Ship Enduring Freedom (OEF).<br />
resulting in seizure of huge<br />
quantity of narcotics is a testimony<br />
The Task Force-150 is mandated<br />
to ensure maritime<br />
to the fact that security to prevent counter<br />
Government of Pakistan and<br />
Pak Navy remain commit-<br />
terrorism and associated illegal<br />
activities.<br />
pedestrians face immense<br />
problems.<br />
The main university<br />
road was recently reconstructed<br />
at the cost of<br />
Rs2bn but its portion<br />
between Hassan Square<br />
and NIPA Chowrangi has<br />
virtually become a fiefdom<br />
of encroachers,<br />
mainly influential owners<br />
of restaurants, eateries<br />
and fried fish vendors.<br />
This mafia has not only<br />
occupied footpaths but<br />
they serve their customers<br />
by putting chairs on the<br />
service road. Some eateries,<br />
especially ones near<br />
the Al-Mustafa Hospital<br />
have also deputed their<br />
people to provide valet<br />
parking service even on<br />
the Main University Road<br />
to their customers.<br />
Wearing uniforms with<br />
logs of their eateries on<br />
them these people help in<br />
illegal parking on the busy<br />
main road.<br />
Three-day training<br />
on iIllicit drug<br />
trafficking held<br />
KARACHI: To<br />
enhance the capability<br />
and efficiency of its<br />
officers, Excise and<br />
Taxation & Narcotics<br />
Department Sindh<br />
organized a three-day<br />
training on 'Illicit Drug<br />
Trafficking and<br />
Diversion of Pressure'<br />
in collaboration with<br />
the United Nations<br />
Office on Drug and<br />
Crimes.<br />
Eight officers<br />
Naimutallah Jamali<br />
ETO, Abdul Waheed<br />
Thaheem, ETO, Pervaiz<br />
Ahmed Memon AETO,<br />
Israr Ahmed Dhamrah<br />
ETI, Abdul Haq Mari<br />
ETI, Ashique Ali<br />
Keerio ETI, Syed<br />
Masood Rizvi ETI and<br />
Aijaz Ali Shabrani ETI<br />
have been nominated<br />
for the training.<br />
Foolproof security ordered for<br />
PSL cricket match in Karachi<br />
KARACHI: Inspector<br />
General of Police (IGP)<br />
Sindh AD Khowaja on<br />
Wednesday chaired a meeting<br />
regarding a security<br />
plan for Pakistan Super<br />
League (PSL) cricket<br />
match to be played at<br />
Karachi’s National<br />
Stadium in March.<br />
Pakistan Cricket<br />
Board’s security in-charge<br />
Colonel Azam Khan (R)<br />
and officials of law<br />
enforcement agencies and<br />
other firms were also present<br />
at his office, where<br />
Khowaja directed the<br />
police officials to ensure all<br />
security arrangements for<br />
PSL matches.<br />
IGP asked DIG East to<br />
get in touch with additional<br />
IGP Special Branch and<br />
review full audit of the<br />
security system for the PSL<br />
Cricket match and prepare<br />
a report in this regard, so as<br />
to ensure foolproof security<br />
plan at any cost.<br />
He said that special<br />
focus should be kept on the<br />
international standard in<br />
security plan and contact<br />
with Law enforcement<br />
agencies (LEAs) and<br />
Rangers must be included<br />
in the plan.<br />
DIG East told the meeting<br />
that the security<br />
arrangements would be<br />
made extraordinary in residential<br />
areas around the<br />
stadium and parking stickers<br />
would be provided to<br />
VIPs.<br />
Airport, residential<br />
areas and stadium linked<br />
areas would be foolproof<br />
for players and other staff.<br />
However, additional IG<br />
Karachi will supervise the<br />
security arrangements<br />
while Rapid Response<br />
Force (RRF) platoons have<br />
been directed to remain<br />
active. Additional IG<br />
Karachi Mushtaq Mahar,<br />
Additional IG CTD<br />
Sanaullah Abbasi, officials<br />
of ISI, MI, traffic police<br />
and others were also present<br />
in the meeting.<br />
KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG), Allah Dino Khawaja presides over the<br />
high level meeting on Pakistan Super League (PSL), at his office.<br />
Pileups feared due to<br />
pedestrian movement on LEW<br />
KARACHI: Presence of<br />
uncollected litter and<br />
garbage on the Lyari<br />
Expressway irks commuters,<br />
while pedestrian movement<br />
on this fast track road in a<br />
serious threat to human lives,<br />
as grave pileups could occur<br />
anytime due to this dangerous<br />
pedestrian movement.<br />
The beginning of the<br />
LEW at Suhrab Goth depicts<br />
a sorry picture on heaps of<br />
dirt, litter and garbage. The<br />
approach road to the LEW is<br />
encroached upon by vendors<br />
and clogged due to illegal<br />
parking of vehicles, traffic<br />
flow in wrong direction and<br />
presence of illegal bus, taxi<br />
and rickshaw stands. The<br />
concerned agencies have<br />
failed to keep this area clean<br />
and free from encroachments.<br />
There are several slum<br />
areas running along the<br />
LEW route and the expressway<br />
in not properly fenced in<br />
these areas. Resultantly,<br />
men, women and children,<br />
mostly street people, rig<br />
pickers and drug addicts are<br />
found freely moving on the<br />
LEW, causing grave threat<br />
not only for their own lives,<br />
but also for the lives of drivers<br />
and commuters.<br />
The National Highway<br />
Authority (NHA) that collects<br />
millions of rupees as<br />
toll from this expressway<br />
has so far failed to secure<br />
this fast track from pedestrian<br />
movement by erecting<br />
protective fence along it<br />
near slum areas.<br />
Thousands of motorists<br />
use the LEW daily and their<br />
lives are in danger as dangerous<br />
pedestrian movement<br />
on it may result into a<br />
serious accident and pileup<br />
any time.<br />
Zia ul Mustafa Awan elected President ICMA Pak<br />
KARACHI: The National<br />
Council of ICMA Pakistan in its<br />
386th meeting elected Mr. Zia ul<br />
Mustafa Awan as the President<br />
for the period of 20<strong>18</strong>-20. Mr. Zia<br />
also earlier served as President of<br />
the Institute in 2012-14. Other<br />
office bearers elected for the period<br />
of 20<strong>18</strong>-20 are Abdul Wasey<br />
Khan, Vice President; Shahzad<br />
Ahmed Malik, Honorary<br />
Secretary and Muhammad Yasin,<br />
Honorary Treasurer. Other members<br />
elected to the Council are<br />
Ghulam Mustafa Qazi,<br />
Mohammad lqbal Ghori, Ather<br />
Saleem Choudhary and Abid<br />
Lateef Lodhi.<br />
Mr. Zia is known by his initiatives<br />
to benefit Accountants fraternity<br />
in Pakistan in general and<br />
management accountants in particular.<br />
He has been serving the<br />
corporate sector and having close<br />
liaison with government functionaries<br />
for over 25 years. He<br />
has clear vision about accountants'<br />
role in the economy.<br />
Presently, he is serving as Chief<br />
Financial Officer & Business<br />
Administrator of Pakistan Expo<br />
Centres (Pvt.) Limited, Ministry<br />
of Commerce, Government of<br />
Pakistan<br />
In its recent manifesto for next<br />
3 years, Mr. Zia along with his<br />
team in line with local and global<br />
challenges intends to bring about<br />
far-reaching improvements<br />
through enhancing local and international<br />
collaborations; improving<br />
testing mechanism; introducing<br />
IT based processes; creating<br />
accountants valued role in the corporate<br />
sector; expanding profession<br />
and its practice across the<br />
borders; industry driven education;<br />
opening doors of qualifications<br />
to experienced professionals;<br />
advising government through<br />
various boards; contributing<br />
accounting profession through<br />
various research and publications;<br />
and building infrastructure.<br />
Seminar on CSR policy<br />
SMIU to launch this year institute of vocational training<br />
for village people at Malir campus site<br />
KARACHI: Sindh<br />
Madressatul Islam<br />
University (SMIU) at its<br />
proposed site of Malir campus<br />
is going to launch this<br />
year an institute for educational<br />
and vocational training<br />
for under-privileged<br />
population of nearby villages<br />
facing poverty and<br />
backwardness.<br />
Vice-Chancellor SMIU<br />
Dr. Muhammad Ali Shaikh<br />
disclosed this while speaking<br />
as guest of honour at a<br />
seminar on Corporate Social<br />
Responsibility policy and<br />
national socio-economic<br />
agenda organized by<br />
National Forum for<br />
Environment and Health<br />
(NFEH).<br />
The SMIU VC informed<br />
audience of the seminar that<br />
the proposed institute would<br />
be established by April this<br />
year at the proposed site of<br />
Malir campus at Education<br />
City project off M-9 section<br />
of Motorway between<br />
Karachi and Hyderabad.<br />
He said that proposed<br />
institute having special<br />
focus on vocational training<br />
KARACHI: Group Photo of Speakers and Participants at Seminar on CSR Policies by<br />
NFEH with Chief guest MPA Sindh Mehtab Akbar Rashdi. VC SMIU Dr. M. Ali Sheikh,<br />
President NFEH M. Naeem Qureshi, Secretary General Engr Nadeem Ashraf, Secretary<br />
General CSR Club Pakistan Ruqiya Naeem & others also seen in the picture.<br />
of impoverished women of<br />
the area would be established<br />
much before the Malir<br />
Campus of Sindh Madressa<br />
University would start functioning<br />
at the site of<br />
Education City.<br />
Dr. Shaikh lamented the<br />
situation that several leading<br />
private and public sector<br />
educational institutions had<br />
land reserved in Education<br />
City project to establish<br />
campuses there but they<br />
never thought to come up<br />
with any plan for socio-economic<br />
uplift and advancement<br />
of under-privileged<br />
local communities living in<br />
nearby villages.<br />
He said that SMIU<br />
being a socially responsible<br />
university would set a<br />
good precedent for all<br />
such academic institutions,<br />
which were aiming<br />
to launch their ventures at<br />
the proposed site of<br />
Education City off<br />
Karachi.<br />
Earlier speaking as key<br />
note speaker of the moot,<br />
Former federal minister<br />
and noted media expert<br />
Javed Jabbar said that corporate<br />
entities should discharge<br />
their social obligations<br />
in the most cautious<br />
manner in order to ensure<br />
sustainable development<br />
of the less-privileged sections<br />
of the society.<br />
He said that people living<br />
below poverty line,<br />
out-of-school children,<br />
highly inadequate number<br />
of taxpaying citizens, and<br />
less prevalence of family<br />
planning techniques were<br />
some of the alarming<br />
socio-economic issues that<br />
should be resolved on an<br />
urgent basis.<br />
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch<br />
along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat chairing<br />
a meeting.<br />
KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah<br />
Murad along with Chief Officer, Masroor Ahmed Memon,<br />
District Engineer, Fazal Mahmood Gull inspecting decoration<br />
work at family Park.
Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 8, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
National<br />
3<br />
CJP administers oath to Justice<br />
Mansoor Ali Shah as SC judge<br />
ISLAMABAD: Former<br />
chief justice of the Lahore<br />
High Court (LHC) Justice<br />
Mansoor Ali Shah has on<br />
Wednesday sworn in as<br />
Supreme Court judge in<br />
Islamabad.<br />
Chief Justice of Pakistan<br />
(CJP) Justice Mian Saqib<br />
Nisar administered the oath<br />
during a ceremony held in<br />
Supreme Court building.<br />
The ceremony was<br />
attended by Judges, senior<br />
lawyers, attorney general of<br />
Pakistan, advocate general<br />
and others. The strength of<br />
total judges has reached 17<br />
with the induction of Justice<br />
Mansoor Ali Shah.<br />
Earlier, Syed Mansoor<br />
Ali Shah was appointed as a<br />
Staff Report<br />
BADIN: Pakistan<br />
Fisherfolk Forum continued<br />
their hunger strike on<br />
second consecutive day<br />
against occupation over<br />
lakes and fresh water bodies<br />
across Sindh province<br />
by feudals and influencials.<br />
The protest hunger strike<br />
which led by central chairman,<br />
Muhammad Ali Shah,<br />
Ramzan Mallah, Mithan<br />
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar administering the<br />
oath of office to Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Chief Justice Lahore High Court, as<br />
Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan at Supreme Court.<br />
Mallah, Umer Mallah and<br />
others was participated by<br />
huge number of fishermen,<br />
men, women and children.<br />
While talking with journalists<br />
central chairman, PFF,<br />
Muhammad Ali Shah said<br />
out of the 1209 lakes and<br />
fresh water bodies of Sindh<br />
province, more than 600<br />
were occupied by the influencial<br />
waderas and in this<br />
connection a petition was<br />
also filed by PFF in the<br />
high court. Honorable High<br />
Court verdicted in the favor<br />
of fishermen and directed<br />
government of Sindh to<br />
Vacute such occupations<br />
but government could not<br />
move further. He said lakes<br />
of Badin were damaged of<br />
such carelessness and less<br />
interest of the government.<br />
He said due to discontinuation<br />
of fresh water to<br />
Shakoor lake, Bakradi,<br />
Saeri, Kandri and other<br />
lakes have lost their beauty<br />
and become devasted. He<br />
demanded from government<br />
of Sindh and appealed<br />
to Chief Justice, Supreme<br />
Court of Pakistan to take<br />
notice of such occupation<br />
over lakes and fresh water<br />
bodies. He further said till<br />
they are not justified they<br />
will continue their struggle.<br />
judge in the Supreme Court<br />
(SC) of Pakistan till<br />
November 2027.<br />
The notification if his<br />
appointment was issued by<br />
Ministry of Law and Justice,<br />
while Justice Muhammad<br />
Yawar Ali will replace him<br />
as chief justice LHC. On the<br />
other hand, Justice<br />
Muhammad Yawar Ali also<br />
took oath as Chief Justice of<br />
the Lahore High Court at a<br />
ceremony in Lahore on<br />
Wednesday. Punjab<br />
Governor Muhammad<br />
Rafique Rajwana administered<br />
oath to him. Punjab<br />
Chief Minister Muhammad<br />
Shahbaz Sharif, Provincial<br />
Ministers and legal fraternity<br />
attended the ceremony.<br />
Imran advises party<br />
PFF continues hunger strike against<br />
workers not to reply to<br />
Rehaam's allegation<br />
occupation over lakes and fresh water bodies<br />
ISLAMABAD: PTI<br />
chief Imran Khan has<br />
directed his party workers<br />
not to reply to allegations<br />
leveled by Rehaam Khan<br />
against him.<br />
PTI spokesperson<br />
Fawahid Chaudhry has<br />
said that Imran Khan has<br />
framed a policy whereby<br />
he has advised all party<br />
members not to give reply<br />
to the allegations by<br />
Rehaam Khan.<br />
HEWG submits recommendations to PM for<br />
transparent appointment of chairman HEC<br />
ISLAMABAD: The Working Group on<br />
Higher Education Reforms has prepared<br />
recommendations on transparent and merit<br />
based appointment of new chairperson of<br />
federal Higher Education Commission<br />
(HEC) and sent to the Prime Minister, controlling<br />
authority of HEC, Federal Minister<br />
for Education and Training as well as members<br />
of Search committeeformed by Prime<br />
Minister to appoint new HEC head.<br />
Through a letter addressed toPrime<br />
Minister of Pakistan signed by Dr.<br />
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry President<br />
Federationof All Pakistan Universities<br />
Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA)<br />
Islamabad andmember Working Group on<br />
Higher Education Reforms, he on the<br />
behalf of theworking group and<br />
FAPUASA Islamabad extended thanks to<br />
the Prime Minister forappointing apolitical<br />
search committee comprising of reputed<br />
academicians andexperts.<br />
The letter states after wider countrywide<br />
consultations withthe concerned stakeholder,<br />
senior academicians and experts, a set of<br />
recommendations has been prepared which<br />
would be greatly helpful in transparent and<br />
merit based appointment of chairperson<br />
HEC. Working Group on Higher Education<br />
Reforms and FAPUASA would continue to<br />
extend any further cooperationin terms of<br />
any technical support and would monitor all<br />
key appointments inhigher education sector.<br />
The 7-pages recommendations state<br />
that HEC is recognizedas institution of<br />
the highest prestigein the country responsible<br />
for strategizing and regulating the<br />
Higher EducationSector and performing<br />
important functions pertainingto accreditation<br />
of new and existing HEIs The chief<br />
executive of thisinstitution i.e Chairman<br />
HEC, therefore, needs to be an individual<br />
whounderstands the sector, has a vision for<br />
its future, commands respect among allthe<br />
major stakeholders and has the ability to<br />
steer this highly importantsector to achieve<br />
comprehensive success for the nation.<br />
Regarding theappointment of HEC Chief,<br />
the HEC law states:“The controlling<br />
authority [i.e. the prime minister] shall<br />
appoint a person ofinternational eminence<br />
and proven ability who has made significant<br />
contributionto higher education as<br />
teacher, researcher or administrator, as<br />
chairperson onsuch terms and conditions<br />
as it may determine.” Under this section,<br />
the searchcommittee is supposed to evaluate<br />
the candidates on the basis of<br />
their“international eminence” and “proven<br />
ability” measured in terms of “significantcontribution<br />
to higher education as a<br />
teacher, researcher or administrator”.<br />
Triangulation of business, economics<br />
and information technology inevitable<br />
for career success, observe experts<br />
IHC issues contempt of court notice to Mati<br />
Ullah Jan, anchorperson of private TV channel<br />
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court<br />
(IHC) has issued contempt of court notice to<br />
Mati Ullah Jan, journalist of a private T V<br />
channel.<br />
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of IHC<br />
while taking notice of holding of anti high<br />
court talk show on TV ordered that if Mati<br />
Ullah Jan did not appear in the court on next<br />
hearing then PEMRA should cancel license<br />
of Waqat T V channel. The court remarked<br />
anchorperson of private T V Channel Mati<br />
Ullah Jan had organized an insulting talk<br />
show against high court besides leveling<br />
baseless allegations against the court. Mat<br />
Ullah Jan should appear in the court in person<br />
on next hearing.<br />
Supremacy of Punjab deprived<br />
rights of oppressed nations: Noonari<br />
Bureau Report<br />
qualified ex prime minister<br />
HYDERABAD: Sindh<br />
Nawaz Sharif has<br />
National Tehrik leader launched campaign<br />
Ashraf Noonari has held a<br />
meeting at Multan with<br />
against judiciary but if<br />
had there been any Sindhi,<br />
chairman Siraekistan Balochi or Siraeki leader<br />
Jamhoori Party Pakistan in his place he would<br />
Syed Mehdi Hassan Shah, have been declared anti<br />
general secretary Shahid state and have been<br />
Kokab and others. Talking<br />
with them Noonari said<br />
because of supremacy of<br />
hanged. He said to maintain<br />
solidarity and stability<br />
of Pakistan it was necessary<br />
Punjab establishment it<br />
to divide Punjab<br />
has deprived oppressed and to carve Siraeki<br />
nations of country.He said province out of Punajb.<br />
out of 34 districts of He said we are facing double<br />
Punjab Siraeki is spoken<br />
standard of law as if<br />
in 23 districts yet Punjab any leader from small<br />
was treating them like province had vilified judiciary<br />
slaves instead of giving<br />
he would have been<br />
them their identity. hanged like Shaheed<br />
Noonari said Punjabi dis-<br />
Bhutto.<br />
JAMSHORO: The richest<br />
in the world are rich<br />
because they all preferred<br />
entrepreneurship of over<br />
jobs in either public or private<br />
establishments.<br />
Individual and collaborative<br />
enterprises pave pathways<br />
to progress, prosperity, personal<br />
fulfillment and permanent<br />
success. This was<br />
said by Prof. Dr. Fateh<br />
Muhammad Burfat, Vice-<br />
Chancellor, University of<br />
Sindh in his presidential<br />
remarks at inaugural session<br />
of the 3rd 2-day international<br />
conference on<br />
“Business, Economics and<br />
Information Technology”<br />
organized by Mohtarma<br />
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed<br />
Campus, Dadu at Shaikh<br />
Ayaz Auditorium of<br />
University of Sindh,<br />
Jamshoro yesterday.<br />
Dr. Burfat cited several<br />
success stories in the given<br />
context, bracketing<br />
sparkling careers of successful<br />
entrepreneurs from<br />
Sindh, Pakistan and the<br />
world.<br />
Dr. Burfat further said<br />
that the world was fast<br />
changing due to revolutionary<br />
innovations in the fields<br />
of science and technology.<br />
“One can do all but marvel<br />
at the rapid and incredible<br />
transformations the world<br />
has come to witness is the<br />
last five years; and the ten<br />
years that are to ensue are<br />
set to spot yet more wonders<br />
in the fields of robotics,<br />
artificial intelligence,<br />
animation and automation”,<br />
he asserted.<br />
Dr. Burfat, by screening<br />
a few video clips relevant to<br />
points he was seeking to<br />
make, elaborated that in<br />
some years time one would<br />
not be getting to need to<br />
visit medical practitioners<br />
in person, or to call on a<br />
lawyer to consult; as both<br />
facilities would be available<br />
on a portable robotic<br />
device.<br />
Congratulating the conference<br />
organizer Pro-Vice-<br />
Chancellor MBBS SU<br />
Campus Dadu Dr. Anwar<br />
Ali Shah G. Syed; Dr.<br />
Burfat said he was glad to<br />
see integration and triangulation<br />
of three seminal success<br />
components i.e. business,<br />
economics and information<br />
technology as all<br />
three were in-cluster exclusives.<br />
“I am indeed delighted<br />
to behold diverse galaxy<br />
of researchers, scholars and<br />
experts from in and outside<br />
Pakistan participating in<br />
this 2-day moot. I am sanguine<br />
that the deliberations<br />
made therein and the recommendations<br />
formulated<br />
and forwarded thereby will<br />
go a long way towards benefitting<br />
the live, virtual and<br />
the cascade audiences”, he<br />
stressed while addressing<br />
an oversized number of students<br />
in the hall.<br />
The event host and Pro-<br />
Vice-Chancellor MBBS SU<br />
Campus Dadu Prof. Dr.<br />
Anwar Ali Shah G. Syed in<br />
his welcome speech said<br />
that it was for the third consecutive<br />
time that they were<br />
organizing international<br />
moot on the given the<br />
theme.<br />
LUMHS, Nimra arrange Cancer Awareness Program:<br />
global cases to touch 21.7 millions by 2013<br />
Abbas Kassar<br />
HYDERABAD: To mark<br />
the “World Cancer Day”<br />
which falls on 4rth <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
each year the Nuclear<br />
Institute of Medicine &<br />
Radiotherapy (NIMRA)<br />
Jamshoro in collaboration<br />
with Liaquat University of<br />
Medical & Health Sciences<br />
Jamshoro arranged a<br />
“Cancer<br />
Program”<br />
Awareness<br />
at Cancer Ward<br />
Liaquat University Hospital<br />
Jamshoro.<br />
While addressing the participants,<br />
the Vice<br />
Chancellor LUMHS Prof.<br />
Bikha Ram Devrajani<br />
expressed that the latest<br />
Cancer statistics from the<br />
World Health Organization’s<br />
International Agency for<br />
Research on Cancer predict<br />
that that if current trends<br />
continue, the global burden<br />
DC stresses to administer<br />
each child with polio drops<br />
RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Talat Mehmood<br />
Gondal has stressed the need to ensure administering each and<br />
every child with polio drops to eradicate the disease. He<br />
informed that one sample of polio was positive from Dhok<br />
Dalal and urged to vaccinate children with polio drops in Mandi<br />
Mor and adjoining areas to increase strength among children to<br />
defeat this disease. He stated this while presiding over a meeting<br />
organized by Health department regarding anti-Polio campaign.<br />
Chief Executive Officer Health Authority Muhammad<br />
Sohail Ahmed Chaudhry, District Officer Health Dr. Abdul<br />
Jabbar, Dr. Uzma Hayat coordinator WHO, Dr Amir Sheikh,<br />
Dr. Ujala, DrSarwat, AC Murree Arif Ullah Awan, AC Gujar<br />
Khan Mehreen Fahim, AC Kahuta Ansar Hayat, AC Cant<br />
Amber Gillani, DDHOs, representative of Allied departments<br />
and other concerned officers were also present in the meeting.<br />
of new cancer cases will<br />
surge from 14.1 to 21.7 million<br />
by the year 2030, whereas<br />
the death rate due to cancers<br />
will increase from currently<br />
8.2 million/year to 13<br />
million/year in the next 13<br />
years.<br />
He added that for developing<br />
countries, the situation<br />
often goes beyond addressing<br />
behavioral change, with<br />
many countries facing a<br />
‘double burden’ of exposures,<br />
the most common of<br />
which is cancer causing<br />
infections. Chronic infections<br />
are estimated to cause<br />
approximately 16% of all<br />
cancers globally, with this<br />
figure rising to almost 23%<br />
in developing countries.<br />
Several of the most common<br />
cancers in developing countries<br />
such as liver, cervical<br />
and stomach cancers are<br />
associated with chronic<br />
infections. Exposure to a<br />
wide range of environmental<br />
causes in our personal and<br />
professional lives, including<br />
exposure to indoor air pollution,<br />
radiation and excessive<br />
sunlight are also major preventable<br />
causes of cancer.<br />
He informed that tobacco<br />
kills almost 6 million people<br />
a year, an average of one person<br />
every six seconds.<br />
HYDERABAD: Regional Director Provincial Ombudsman Hyderabad Mr. Muhammad<br />
Akram Saeed Presiding over a meeting to the representatives of Labour Dept. Social<br />
Welfare dept and youth welfare society regarding Hazardous workplaces to monitor<br />
and verify child rights violation at work place.
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Kashmir dispute legacy of<br />
two-nation theory: Aasiya<br />
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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
Economic Cooperation Organization: Is ECO<br />
Another Pipe Dream Or Formidable Alliance!?<br />
ECO whose sessions are conducted here and<br />
there within its member countries can continue<br />
to remain a slogan raising formal and ceremonial<br />
alliance of regional countries like another pipe<br />
dream or ECO can wake up and emerge as a formidable<br />
free and independent organization with its members,<br />
especially two key members Iran and Pakistan.<br />
REVOLUTIONARY Iran with relatively more free<br />
and independent rulers confronting big powers’ unjust<br />
policies or actions can team up with Pakistan as an only<br />
nuclear power state in Islamic world, together advancing<br />
a revolutionary ideology from servitude towards<br />
freedom, and growing with other ECO members in<br />
cooperation with other regional and international<br />
Muslim alliances, to emerge as a united dominating and<br />
determining force which has the guts, unity and strength<br />
to reasonably resist and block anti-Muslim plots and<br />
economic down sliding of non-Muslim powers, within<br />
a logical range and extent and within their own capabilities<br />
and possibilities.<br />
WITH Turkey and other members, ECO may weigh<br />
heavier in though smaller regional scale, that can be<br />
combined with revival of another dormant Non-Aligned<br />
Movement or NAM, especially in dealing with new US<br />
President Donald Trump and his ambitious all-<br />
American and all-US conscious administration which is<br />
of course best for America and Americans.<br />
RATHER than being reactionary after unjustly dominant<br />
economic and financial dictations by big foreign<br />
powers, a new ECO framework and action line may<br />
become determining and conditional for others to follow<br />
as this organizational unity can muster.<br />
UNDER adverse alien actions, ECO may duly and<br />
especially consider all diplomatic, economic and military<br />
aspects, alien policies and actions towards Muslim<br />
world and foreign refugees, and formulate fateful organizational<br />
strategy that may lessen those pressures and<br />
burdens on majority of Muslim nationals within ECO<br />
regions.<br />
FIRST founded by its main members Iran, Pakistan<br />
and Turkey as formerly Regional Cooperation<br />
Development or RCD during Iran’s imperial dynasty, it<br />
was subsequently dissolved after 1979 Islamic<br />
Revolution. But it later surfaced as Economic<br />
Cooperation Organization or ECO with planned expansion<br />
and inclusion of more regional countries like<br />
Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics.<br />
NEW Mideast scenario and recent political indications<br />
hold some new considerations to be thoughtful and<br />
practical about.<br />
POWER shifting process globally witnessed some<br />
drifting away of allies such as Turkey from US stronghold<br />
after Ankara alleged Obama administration was<br />
behind an anti-Erdogan coup d’etat in Turkey.<br />
ON verge of new American revival turning towards<br />
a rightful reawakening of United States of America,<br />
President Donald Trump is naturally, mostly and reasonably<br />
for “America First”, “Americans First” and for<br />
Americans to “Make American Great Again”.<br />
Secondary considerations are in offing for non-<br />
Americans, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers<br />
from non-American soil.<br />
ECONOMIC Cooperation Organization or ECO<br />
may well effort influencing Gulf Cooperation Council<br />
or GCC and Islamic Conference Organization or ICO<br />
for a reasonable and balanced response favorable to<br />
Muslim majorities in Islamic bloc that may match and<br />
benefit both Muslims world as well as US awakening<br />
for better survival with rights of all nations on both the<br />
By Eduardo Nilson<br />
Human nutrition is of increasing importance<br />
to science. Of course, centuries of scientific<br />
research have been devoted to ensuring that<br />
enough food is produced for growing populations.<br />
But with obesity and diet-related diseases on the<br />
rise, and hunger and malnutrition affecting more<br />
people than ever before, scientists are focusing not<br />
only on how to feed the planet, but on what to feed<br />
it.<br />
As a biologist, I look at foods and diets from an<br />
evolutionary perspective. Put simply, foods evolve<br />
in concert with the organisms that consume them.<br />
Consider the humble apple. By itself, the fruit's fructose<br />
isn't particularly healthy, and when eaten in<br />
large quantities, it increases the risk of diabetes,<br />
heart disease, and other non-communicable diseases.<br />
But when the fruit's sugars are digested along with<br />
its fibres, absorption of fructose in the body slows,<br />
and the fruit is metabolically healthier.<br />
Through this mechanism, the apple - like most<br />
fruits and vegetables - becomes a more perfect food.<br />
The same logic applies to our diets. Throughout<br />
history, foods have been created and altered by combining<br />
flavours, colours, and nutritional values,<br />
while diets have matured differently within families,<br />
cultures, and communities. But, for the most part,<br />
our ancestors chose foods for their health outcomes.<br />
Unhealthy diets were generally short-lived because<br />
of the poor results.<br />
Today, however, bad diets seem to have more<br />
sides honored, preserved and protected at least in the<br />
wake of economy related problems, issues and cooperation.<br />
FOREMOST challenge in economy is for ECO<br />
members Iran and Pakistan to complete decadesdelayed<br />
pipeline construction within Pakistan halted<br />
due to US-led anti-Iran world boycott against supply of<br />
Iranian gas to energy starved Pakistan. Pakistan’s considerable<br />
industries were closed and relocated with capital<br />
flight outside Pakistan in the wake of load shedding<br />
without sufficient gas, electricity, petrol and other energy<br />
supplies in past many decades. That shortcoming<br />
inflicted losses of billions annually for several decades<br />
and remained irrecoverable and beyond recompense.<br />
JOINT and free decisions of ECO members and<br />
Muslim countries with joint strategy for unhindered<br />
economic cooperation among themselves as a suitable<br />
response with self-reliance and self-dependence may<br />
place Muslim interests before non-Muslim world. Such<br />
a joint strategy is compulsory, especially in relation to a<br />
Trump roundabout on US reawakening which is indeed<br />
a good tide for well-deserved American nation and its<br />
dreams. So too Islamic world has its own dreams to<br />
realize and achieve. But that is possible only if and<br />
when Pakistan and other Muslim countries rebel against<br />
servitude and chose freedom with respect to their own<br />
rights as well as rights of all other nations on earth.<br />
Despite world media’s often cruel and initial onslaught<br />
against present American administration, US President<br />
may of course be sane enough to agree on it.<br />
IF Pakistan had worked on Iran-Pakistan gas<br />
pipeline, its nation would not have lagged behind in<br />
progress but may have advanced considerably, as<br />
Iranian gas would have made many dying industries<br />
come to life in Pakistan. More importantly, 200 million<br />
nation of Pakistan would not have suffered unbearable<br />
pain and agony in load shedding without electricity for<br />
8 to 16 hours a day. Most economic activity on<br />
machines, instruments and equipment run on electricity<br />
remained idle, killing those industrial and business<br />
investments, man-hours, income and production. Iran<br />
which supplies electricity to around a dozen countries<br />
had proposed increasing Iran’s quite inexpensive electricity<br />
supply by a few thousand mega-watts for<br />
Pakistan. But issue of kickbacks that Islamic governance<br />
in Iran does not permit was reportedly and<br />
allegedly a big problem for Pakistani rulers. These ECO<br />
members can have it resolved by sacrificing personal<br />
benefits for the sake of national and regional good of<br />
concerned ECO nations.<br />
CRUX of the matter is: If Pakistan or Muslim world<br />
had not boycotted or had not complied partially or fully,<br />
directly or indirectly with US, UN, EU and world sanctions<br />
on dealings and trade with Iran, but had instead<br />
come up with their own Iran-led free and independent<br />
policy and action for cooperation by and between all<br />
Muslim countries to reduce and defeat non-Muslim<br />
boycott of any Muslim country, or at least make it partially<br />
or fully ineffective, Muslim world would live a<br />
free and independent life, not in chains like now, just<br />
because they did not unite and did not jointly act and<br />
hence remained impotent in their own countries as big<br />
prisons of big powers.<br />
WITH joint decisions, policies and actions on ECO<br />
regional level extended to GCC and then ICO levels,<br />
with Iran and Pakistan on the forefront of fight for freedom<br />
and independence, self-reliance and self- dependence<br />
of Muslim world, it’s better to change all that now<br />
from servitude to freedom in all fields.<br />
OPINION<br />
Forget fitness fads, let's learn to eat right<br />
With lifestyle diseases, focus is not on how to feed the planet, but on what to feed it<br />
staying power. Natural and raw foods are being<br />
replaced by ready-to-eat meals and processed foods.<br />
This trend toward microwaveable pre-packaged convenience<br />
has led to the erosion of regionally specific<br />
diets and created a more homogeneous - and<br />
unhealthy - globalised menu, one associated with<br />
obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and shortened lives.<br />
Part of this shift is unavoidable; the way foods are<br />
produced, purchased, and consumed has much to do<br />
with how and where we live. In many countries, the<br />
combination of larger, denser urban areas and rapidly-aging<br />
populations has forced changes to food<br />
manufacturing and distribution systems.<br />
Unfortunately, many of these adjustments have had<br />
a negative impact.<br />
Global efforts are underway to help humanity eat<br />
better. The United Nations has declared 2016-2025<br />
the "Decade of Action on Nutrition," and the UN's<br />
Sustainable Development Goals encourage comprehensive<br />
strategies for improving health, eliminating<br />
hunger, and promoting sustainable agriculture.<br />
These campaigns have come amid growing recognition<br />
within the private sector that addressing nutritional<br />
shortfalls can be good for business. For example,<br />
through local farmers' collectives and regional<br />
food networks, smallholder innovators are attempting<br />
to restore variation to how we eat. But global<br />
summits and regional commitments are only part of<br />
the solution. If the world's dietary devolution is to be<br />
corrected, at least three additional measures are<br />
urgently needed.<br />
SRINAGAR: Dukhtaran<br />
-e-Millat (DeM) has said<br />
that Kashmir dispute is the<br />
unfinished agenda of the<br />
Partition Plan, which was<br />
based on two-nation theory.<br />
According to KMS, the<br />
DeM Chairperson Aasiya<br />
Andrabi while addressing<br />
activists and members during<br />
a seminar at her Soura<br />
residence in Srinagar said,<br />
“There is no skepticism in it<br />
that we want to be with<br />
Pakistan.”<br />
The seminar was organised<br />
on the completion of 25<br />
years in illegal detention by<br />
Muslim Deeni Mahaz<br />
(MDM) President, Dr<br />
Muhammad Qasim<br />
Fakhtoo, who is also her<br />
husband.<br />
“Kashmir dispute came<br />
into existence because of<br />
two-nation theory and it<br />
remains to be the unfinished<br />
agenda of the Partition<br />
Plan,” Aasiya Andrabi<br />
added.<br />
Terming the detention of<br />
Dr Fakhtoo as political<br />
vendetta, she said he is being<br />
put behind the bars because<br />
of his political ideology. “It<br />
is difficult for a woman to<br />
spend her life without her<br />
husband. No one except a<br />
woman would understand<br />
it,” Aasiya Andrabi said and<br />
added that Dr Fakhtoo was<br />
the only prisoner to have<br />
completed 25 years in prison<br />
since 1931.<br />
The Chairperson of<br />
Kashmir Tehreek<br />
Khawateen, Zamruda<br />
Habib, in her address<br />
stressed the need to understand<br />
Dr Fakhtoo beyond<br />
the perspective of DeM and<br />
LAHORE: A beautiful view of Al-Hamra Hall Punjabi Complex decorated with lights<br />
during the “Mystic Music Sufi Festival” organized by Rafi Pir Theatre.<br />
Teachers stand deprived<br />
of 5 months salary<br />
RAWALPINDI: As<br />
many as 220 educators from<br />
Rawalpindi have not been<br />
disbursed salary since the<br />
last 5 months.<br />
As per media reports, 60<br />
among 280 newly appointed<br />
educators have been paid<br />
salary and the remaining<br />
220 educators stand<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
N A W A B S H A H :<br />
Motorway police officers<br />
gave a training to the farmers<br />
and growers who were<br />
crushing canes near national<br />
highway at Qazi Ahmed.<br />
They briefed that how to<br />
use reflector for loading the<br />
sugar cane, trainings must<br />
be given regarding awareness.<br />
On the occasion all the<br />
deprived of five months<br />
salary<br />
Non payment of salary<br />
has drifted the educators and<br />
their families to enormous<br />
financial problems so much<br />
so that the street shop keepers<br />
have refused to provide<br />
them commodities on credit.<br />
Seat of female Deputy<br />
drivers gathered and carefully<br />
listened the instructions<br />
of officers about rules<br />
and regulations.<br />
Motorway officer<br />
including Arbab Ali<br />
Zardari, GM baloch and<br />
Hasan al haq collectively<br />
said, Avoid using alcohol<br />
during driving, use reflector<br />
for loading sugar cane,<br />
back lights should be<br />
worked properly.<br />
District Education officer is<br />
vacant from 5 months due to<br />
which is giving rise to management<br />
problems and all<br />
the administrative activities<br />
have come to stand still.<br />
The Educators<br />
Association has demanded<br />
for early appointment of<br />
Education officer.<br />
Motorway police briefed to the growers<br />
and farmers regarding reflector<br />
Brutal tactics cannot<br />
suppress Kashmiris’<br />
struggle: Gilani<br />
SRINAGAR: Chairman<br />
of All Parties Hurriyat<br />
Conference, Syed Ali Gilani<br />
has said that India’s repressive<br />
tactics cannot deter the<br />
Kashmiri people from continuing<br />
their struggle for<br />
securing their right to selfdetermination.<br />
According to KMS,<br />
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement<br />
in Srinagar said,<br />
“State sponsored tactics<br />
won’t deter us from pursuing<br />
our mission, nor will<br />
these suppressive and<br />
aggressive measures make<br />
us surrender. We are peaceloving<br />
people and pursuing<br />
our peaceful struggle for the<br />
past 70 years.” He said,<br />
coercive measures, killings,<br />
detentions and suppression<br />
will yield nothing, instead<br />
will lead to devastation.<br />
If any kind of negligence<br />
will take place, then<br />
a prompt action take as per<br />
law.<br />
Don't get a risk while<br />
over turning, so drive slowly,<br />
in this way so many<br />
lives can be saved.<br />
Qazi ahmed press club<br />
team including Hafiz<br />
mithal Dahri, MB dahri,<br />
Ghulam hyder Baladi and<br />
many others were present.<br />
Aasiya Andrabi. “He himself<br />
is an institution and I<br />
believe he should be seen<br />
beyond the prism of Aasiya<br />
Andrabi and DeM,” she<br />
said.<br />
“I have read very little<br />
about him and I believe<br />
India came to know about<br />
his fertile mind when he<br />
delivered a speech in<br />
England after he was granted<br />
bail under TADA Act,”<br />
Zamruda Habib said. “India<br />
tried to negotiate a deal with<br />
him at least eight times but it<br />
failed to do that,” she added.<br />
PML-N govt taking steps<br />
to safeguard children’s<br />
rights: Shahbaz<br />
ISLAMABAD: Chief<br />
Minister Punjab<br />
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif<br />
says PML-N government<br />
has taken tangible steps to<br />
safeguard children’s rights.<br />
In a message on Child<br />
Protection Day he said it is<br />
our collective responsibility<br />
to provide a safe future to<br />
the children as they are precious<br />
asset of the nation.<br />
AIOU undertakes<br />
industrial<br />
training program<br />
ISLAMABAD: Allama<br />
Iqbal Open University<br />
(AIOU) has introduced an<br />
industrial training program<br />
to help the young engineers<br />
promoting their professional<br />
skill.<br />
It is one-month certificate<br />
course, being introduced<br />
in collaboration with<br />
the Skill Development<br />
Council.<br />
According to the<br />
Directorate Admissions,<br />
the program has been initiated<br />
with the current<br />
semester, spring 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Admissions are opened till<br />
March 5.<br />
It will be a regular<br />
monthly program that will<br />
be offered whole of the<br />
year. Diploma holders in<br />
the field are eligible for the<br />
admission. The program<br />
will be conducted by the<br />
University’s department of<br />
Engineering Technology.<br />
Justice Yawar<br />
sworn in as new<br />
CJ of LHC<br />
LAHORE: New Chief<br />
Justice of Lahore High Court<br />
(LHC) MYawarAli has been<br />
sworn in. Governor Punjab<br />
Malik Muhammad Rafiq<br />
Rajwana has administered<br />
oath to new Chief Justice of<br />
LHC. Most Senior Judge<br />
Justice Muhammad Yawar<br />
Ali took oath of New Chief<br />
Justice of Lahore High Court<br />
in Oath taking ceremony<br />
held in Governor House<br />
Lahore Wednesday. Judges<br />
of High court, lawyers and<br />
government functionaries<br />
attended the ceremony.
US vows new North Korea sanctions<br />
ahead of Olympics face-off<br />
RIYADH: A report says a<br />
momentous planned visit by<br />
Saudi Arabia’s scandal-hit<br />
Crown Prince Mohammed<br />
bin Salman to the UK will<br />
be delayed amid fears of<br />
negative media coverage<br />
and popular protests.<br />
The Middle East Eye<br />
(MEE) news portal reported<br />
Tuesday that Bin Salman’s<br />
visit to London had been<br />
scheduled to take place later<br />
this month but it would be<br />
postponed to March 7 amid<br />
worries in Riyadh that the<br />
heir to the throne could be<br />
TOKYO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint announcement with<br />
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence.<br />
SEOUL/TOKYO: U.S.<br />
Vice President Mike Pence<br />
vowed tough new sanctions<br />
against North Korea and<br />
called it the world’s most<br />
tyrannical regime on<br />
Wednesday, two days before<br />
he is due to attend the winter<br />
Olympics, along with two of<br />
the North’s most senior officials.<br />
Speaking in Tokyo on his<br />
way to South Korea, which<br />
is hosting the Games over<br />
the next three weeks, Pence<br />
said he would soon<br />
announce the stepped-up<br />
sanctions in an effort to pressure<br />
the North to abandon its<br />
nuclear and missile programs.<br />
The Games, being staged<br />
80 km (50 miles) from the<br />
heavily militarized border<br />
between the two Koreas, is<br />
set for an awkward political<br />
encounter, with Pence as<br />
well as the North Korean<br />
leader’s younger sister<br />
attending Friday’s opening<br />
ceremony.<br />
South Korea wants to use<br />
the event to re-engage with<br />
the North and pave the way<br />
for talks to resolve a political<br />
crisis widely regarded as one<br />
of the world’s most dangerous,<br />
with U.S. President<br />
Donald Trump and<br />
Pyongyang swapping<br />
nuclear threats.<br />
“I‘m announcing today<br />
the United States ofAmerica<br />
will soon unveil the toughest<br />
and most aggressive round<br />
of economic sanctions on<br />
North Korea ever,” Pence<br />
said after meeting Japanese<br />
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.<br />
“We will continue to isolate<br />
North Korea until it<br />
the target of protests against<br />
the Saudi regime’s rights<br />
record and its war crimes in<br />
Yemen.<br />
High-profile British<br />
activism groups, most<br />
notable among them Stop<br />
the War Coalition (StWC)<br />
and UK-based Campaign<br />
Against Arms Trade<br />
(CAAT), have been voicing<br />
outrage for long over<br />
Riyadh’s human rights violations<br />
and London’s support<br />
for its roughly-threeyear-long<br />
invasion of<br />
Yemen.<br />
abandons its nuclear and<br />
ballistic missile program<br />
once and for all.”<br />
Washington is taking a<br />
much tougher line on the<br />
North than its allies in Seoul,<br />
exposing tensions that South<br />
Korean President Moon Jaein<br />
could struggle to conceal<br />
at the Olympics.<br />
Pence has voiced scepticism<br />
that the North, which is<br />
participating in the Games,<br />
will use the event for crude<br />
Most recently, the<br />
activists staged a protest in<br />
front of the Saudi Embassy<br />
in London a few days ago.<br />
The UK has increased its<br />
weapons sales by around<br />
500 percent since the onset<br />
of the deadly Saudi military<br />
campaign against, The<br />
Independent reported last<br />
November. The military<br />
equipment sold to the kingdom<br />
ever since, including<br />
warplanes, precision-guided<br />
bombs, and missiles, are<br />
worth more than $6.4 billion.<br />
propaganda. As his guest at<br />
the opening ceremony, he is<br />
taking the father of Otto<br />
Warmbier, an American student<br />
who died last year after<br />
being imprisoned in North<br />
Korea for 17 months.<br />
Sitting in the same stadium<br />
as VIP guests will be<br />
Kim Yo Jong, 28-year-old<br />
sister of North Korean<br />
leader Kim Jong Un, and<br />
Kim Yong Nam, the North’s<br />
nominal head of state.<br />
Saudi crown prince’s UK visit to be<br />
delayed amid protest fears: Report<br />
North Korean leader's sister to visit<br />
South Korea for winter Olympics<br />
SEOUL: North Korean<br />
leader Kim Jong Un’s 28-<br />
year-old sister will make her<br />
debut on the world stage<br />
when she visits South Korea<br />
to attend the opening ceremony<br />
of the Winter Olympics on<br />
Friday, Seoul’s Unification<br />
Ministry said.<br />
Pyongyang told Seoul<br />
that Kim Yo Jong would<br />
accompany Kim Yong Nam,<br />
MALE/COLOMBO: The<br />
exiled former president of the<br />
Maldives on Wednesday<br />
accused authorities of ill-treatment<br />
of a supreme court judge<br />
thrown into prison following<br />
the imposition of emergency in<br />
the Indian Ocean island nation.<br />
The Maldives has been in<br />
crisis since last week, when the<br />
Supreme Court quashed convictions<br />
ranging from corruption<br />
to terrorism of nine opposition<br />
figures, including former<br />
president Mohamed Nasheed,<br />
its first democratically elected<br />
leader.<br />
Tension came to a head<br />
when President Abdulla<br />
North Korea’s nominal head<br />
of state, along with Choe<br />
Hwi, chairman of the<br />
National Sports Guidance<br />
Committee, and Ri Son<br />
Gwon, who led inter-Korean<br />
talks last month, according to<br />
the ministry.<br />
Kim Yo Jong would be<br />
the first member of the Kim<br />
family, born on the sacred<br />
Mount Paektu, which is a<br />
Yameen’s government rejected<br />
the ruling, imposing an emergency<br />
on Monday and then, in<br />
the early hours of Tuesday,<br />
arresting the chief justice and<br />
another judge of the court.<br />
Judge Ali Hameed was<br />
being harshly treated, Nasheed,<br />
who was granted asylum by<br />
Britain after the Male government<br />
allowed him to leave jail<br />
for medical treatment abroad in<br />
2016, said in a Twitter post.<br />
Former president Maumoon<br />
Abdul Gayoom, 80, who was<br />
also arrested in the crackdown<br />
and sent to a prison island, had<br />
stopped eating, he added.<br />
“I am told President<br />
centrepiece of the North’s<br />
idolization and propaganda<br />
campaign, to cross the border<br />
to the South.<br />
Her inclusion in the delegation<br />
is “meaningful” as she<br />
is not only the sister of the<br />
country’s leader but has a significant<br />
position as a senior<br />
official of the ruling Workers’<br />
Party, the South’s presidential<br />
Blue House said.<br />
Officials in Riyadh also<br />
started to grow wary about<br />
the prospect of unfavorable<br />
media spotlight during bin<br />
Salman’s planned visit last<br />
month, when the BBC aired<br />
a three-part documentary,<br />
titled “House of Saud: A<br />
Family At War.”<br />
It showed how the Saudi<br />
ruling family was facing a<br />
“moment of unprecedented<br />
instability” amid its ongoing<br />
diplomatic conflict with<br />
Qatar, friction with Iran and<br />
the bin Salman-led war<br />
against Yemen.<br />
Turkey minister to<br />
visit Iran on Wednesday<br />
to discuss Syria:<br />
Erdogan spokesman<br />
ANKARA: Turkish<br />
Foreign Minister<br />
Mevlut Cavusoglu will<br />
travel to Iran later on<br />
Wednesday to hold talks<br />
with Iranian President<br />
Hassan Rouhani and<br />
Foreign Minister<br />
Mohammad Javad<br />
Zarif, President Tayyip<br />
Erdogan’s spokesman<br />
said.<br />
In a news conference<br />
in Ankara, spokesman<br />
Ibrahim Kalin said<br />
Turkey’s military operation<br />
in Syria will be discussed<br />
during the visit.<br />
Earlier this week,<br />
Iran urged Turkey to<br />
stop its military offensive<br />
in Syria, saying the<br />
operation in the northern<br />
Afrin region<br />
breached Syrian sovereignty<br />
and would<br />
increase tension in the<br />
war-damaged country.<br />
Japan’s Abe, whose<br />
nation has been within range<br />
of North Korean missiles for<br />
decades, will also attend the<br />
ceremony.<br />
Kim Yo Jong would be<br />
the first member of the Kim<br />
family to cross the border to<br />
the South. She is a propaganda<br />
official and was<br />
blacklisted last year by the<br />
U.S. Treasury Department<br />
over alleged human rights<br />
abuses and censorship.<br />
“It shows the North’s<br />
resolve to defuse tension on<br />
the Korean peninsula,” Blue<br />
House spokesman Kim Euikyeom<br />
told a news briefing.<br />
Pence has not ruled out<br />
the prospect of meeting<br />
North Korean officials during<br />
the Olympics but<br />
President Trump has cast<br />
doubt on U.S. negotiations<br />
with Pyongyang any time<br />
soon. “We will not allow<br />
North Korea to hide behind<br />
the Olympic banner the reality<br />
that they enslave their<br />
people and threaten the<br />
wider region,” Pence said.<br />
The White House has<br />
also cautioned against<br />
reading too much into<br />
remarks Pence made en<br />
route to Japan.<br />
In Switzerland, dismay<br />
as papers on secret<br />
Cold War army vanish<br />
ZURICH:Acovert Swiss<br />
Cold War paramilitary<br />
group that operated largely<br />
outside civilian oversight<br />
until 1990 is back in the<br />
news after top-secret documents<br />
linked to the organization<br />
vanished from official<br />
archives.<br />
The group, called<br />
“Projekt 26” or P-26, had<br />
roots in the 1950s when the<br />
Swiss military began assembling<br />
a guerrilla-style force<br />
to resist a Communist invasion.<br />
P-26 was disbanded in<br />
1990 after revelations of its<br />
existence prompted a public<br />
scandal.<br />
This week the Tages-<br />
Anzeiger newspaper reported<br />
the Federal Department<br />
of Defence could not find 27<br />
unpublished folders and<br />
dossiers from an investigation<br />
into the group three<br />
decades ago.<br />
Critics fear the documents<br />
were destroyed or<br />
intentionally misplaced to<br />
hide embarrassing details<br />
about neutral Switzerland’s<br />
surreptitious advances<br />
toward NATO or clandestine<br />
ties to foreign spy agencies.<br />
BERLIN: German<br />
Chancellor Angela<br />
Merkel’s conservatives<br />
and the Social Democrats<br />
(SPD) on Wednesday<br />
agreed to a coalition deal,<br />
taking Europe’s economic<br />
powerhouse closer to a<br />
new government after<br />
months of uncertainty<br />
that unnerved allies and<br />
investors.<br />
In a move likely to<br />
HOLLYWOOD: Her<br />
favorite dates are “sitting<br />
in front of the fire, just<br />
talking and hanging, listening<br />
to music,” she tells<br />
Us. “You know, I’m so<br />
into the simple things of<br />
life today. I don’t want<br />
any jewelry, I don’t want<br />
any houses. I don’t want<br />
anything crazy. I just<br />
want intimacy with a<br />
good human being who<br />
has my back.”<br />
And this great specimen<br />
is someone the Real<br />
Housewives of Beverly<br />
Hills alum believes was<br />
meant to enter her life.<br />
She tells Us she and her<br />
“relatively new”<br />
boyfriend met when “he<br />
rang the doorbell” at her<br />
Pennsylvania farm.<br />
Continues Hadid, “He<br />
was just magically planted<br />
there by my angels.”<br />
The Biggest ‘Real<br />
Housewives’ Fights Ever:<br />
A Definitive Ranking<br />
And while the twicewed<br />
beauty (she split with<br />
real estate developer<br />
Mohamed Hadid in 2000<br />
and ended her four-year<br />
marriage to record producer<br />
David Foster in<br />
2015) isn’t sure the signs<br />
point to marriage — “I<br />
haven’t been so successful<br />
at that, so I’m a little<br />
gun-shy,” — she notes<br />
she is “excited” to have<br />
fallen back in love:<br />
Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 8, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
International<br />
“There’s nothing better<br />
than feeling in love —<br />
5<br />
Meet Yolanda Hadid’s<br />
new boyfriend<br />
BERLIN: Chancellor<br />
Angela Merkel’s conservatives<br />
and the Social<br />
Democrats (SPD) want to<br />
develop the euro zone’s<br />
bailout fund into a fullblown<br />
European Monetary<br />
Fund, a blueprint of their<br />
coalition agreement seen by<br />
Reuters showed on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
The two parties also said<br />
they support budgetary<br />
means to shield the euro<br />
zone from crises and are in<br />
favor of structural reforms<br />
championed by French<br />
President Emmanuel<br />
Macron.<br />
“We want a (European<br />
and with somebody that is<br />
a great person.”<br />
Germany wants to develop ESM into EU<br />
monetary fund: coalition blueprint<br />
PARIS: France’s foreign<br />
minister said on Wednesday<br />
Poland should not be “rewriting<br />
history” after its president<br />
signed a contested Holocaust<br />
bill into law and said he<br />
hoped the Polish people<br />
would pick a new path in<br />
their next elections.<br />
The legislation imposes<br />
jail terms for suggesting the<br />
country was complicit in the<br />
Holocaust and despite<br />
protests from Israel and the<br />
United States, Poland’s rightwing<br />
government has<br />
defended it saying it is necessary<br />
to protect the reputation<br />
of Poles as victims of Nazi<br />
aggression.<br />
Israel says the law would<br />
ban true statements about the<br />
role that some Poles played<br />
in Nazi crimes.<br />
“We find this law unwelcome,<br />
we must not rewrite<br />
Union) budget for future<br />
spending geared toward<br />
bringing more benefits for<br />
Europe,” the two parties<br />
wrote in the 177-page blueprint.<br />
“Overhauling the EU can<br />
only work if Germany and<br />
France work together with<br />
full force,” they added.<br />
France says Poles should look<br />
beyond 'nationalist choices'<br />
history, it’s never very good,”<br />
Jean-Yves Le Drian told<br />
BFM TV.<br />
Frosty even under the previous<br />
French administration,<br />
bilateral relations between<br />
the two NATO allies reached<br />
a new low in August when<br />
French President Emmanuel<br />
Macron said the Polish people<br />
deserved better leaders<br />
and he shunned Poland during<br />
an eastern Europe tour.<br />
Merkel's conservatives make big<br />
concessions to SPD in coalition deal<br />
mean a shift in<br />
Germany’s euro zone policy,<br />
media reported the<br />
SPD would take the<br />
finance ministry, a post<br />
held until recently by<br />
conservative Wolfgang<br />
Schaeuble, widely<br />
despised in struggling<br />
euro zone states during<br />
his eight-year tenure for<br />
his rigid focus on fiscal<br />
discipline.<br />
Maldives ex-president says top court judge ill-treated in prison<br />
Gayoom is not taking food,<br />
while Justice Ali Hameed has<br />
been ill treated,” Nasheed said<br />
on Twitter, but gave no further<br />
details.<br />
However, Dunya Maumoon,<br />
Gayoom’s daughter and a minister<br />
of state in Yameen’s<br />
administration, rejected<br />
Nasheed’s comment about her<br />
father, telling Reuters: “I just<br />
visited my father. He is keeping<br />
well. Nasheed is just spreading<br />
rumors.”<br />
Gayoom ruled the Maldives<br />
for 30 years until 2008, when<br />
Nasheed was elected president,<br />
and he now stands with the<br />
opposition in the fractious politics<br />
of the tropical islands,<br />
home to 400,000 people, most<br />
of them Muslims.<br />
The Maldives, best known<br />
for its luxury beach resorts,<br />
has assumed greater importance<br />
since China began building<br />
political and economic ties<br />
in its so-called “String Of<br />
Pearls” strategy to create a network<br />
of ports in the Indian<br />
Ocean.<br />
On Wednesday, China cautioned<br />
against any foreign<br />
meddling in the islands’ internal<br />
affairs, after Maldives’<br />
opposition leaders called for<br />
intervention by its rival, India.<br />
“The international community<br />
should play a constructive<br />
role from a position of respecting<br />
the Maldives’ sovereign<br />
rights, rather than taking<br />
actions that will complicate<br />
the situation,” foreign ministry<br />
spokesman Geng Shuang said,<br />
when asked about the possibility<br />
of military intervention.<br />
India, which has historically<br />
had greater clout in the<br />
islands, located near key shipping<br />
lanes, has sought to push<br />
back against China’s growing<br />
influence.<br />
India, which has expressed<br />
concern over the situation, has<br />
been silent on the calls for<br />
intervention.
6<br />
Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 8, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Biz<br />
ECNEC approves scaling up of<br />
GLOF-II worth Rs 3946.481 mn<br />
I S L A M A B A D :<br />
Executive Committee of the<br />
National Economic Council<br />
(ECNEC) Wednesday<br />
approved the project of<br />
scaling up of Glacial Lake<br />
Outburst Flood (GLOF-II<br />
Risk Reduction in Northern<br />
Pakistan at a cost of Rs.<br />
3946.481 million.<br />
Prime Minister Shahid<br />
Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday<br />
chaired a meeting of<br />
Executive Committee of the<br />
National Economic Council<br />
(ECNEC) here at Prime<br />
Minister’s Office.<br />
Enhancing Public<br />
Private Partnership in<br />
Punjab project at a cost of<br />
Rs. 23,478.84 million was<br />
approved by ECNEC. The<br />
program will provide direct<br />
financial support towards<br />
Viability Gap Fund, Project<br />
Development Fund and<br />
capacity building besides<br />
providing adequate financial<br />
resources to government<br />
departments for project<br />
identification, transaction<br />
execution and development<br />
of sustainable PPP<br />
projects.<br />
ISLAMABAD: Securities and<br />
Exchange Commission of Pakistan<br />
(SECP) and Board of Investment<br />
worked in close collaboration to introduce<br />
reforms to make business incorporation<br />
easier in the context of<br />
Starting a Business indicator of World<br />
Bank Doing Business Report.<br />
Considering the world’s best practices<br />
for company registration, the single<br />
online procedure has been a sought<br />
after reform area. SECP, in this regard<br />
has combined procedure for company<br />
name reservation and company incorporation<br />
on <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 06, 20<strong>18</strong>. This<br />
helps the new start-ups to register<br />
companies in a single step through e-<br />
Services rendered by SECP. The much<br />
needed legal back-up was already in<br />
place and now implemented i.e. S.R.O<br />
NH&MP's top officials brief PM on performance , projects<br />
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Chairs Meeting of Executive<br />
Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at PM Office.<br />
The meeting approved<br />
establishment of Combined<br />
Effluent Treatment Plants<br />
(CETP) for Industrial Areas<br />
of Karachi including laying<br />
of Interceptors Sewers at an<br />
estimated cost of Rs.<br />
11,799.00 million. It was<br />
decided that the Federal<br />
Government’s share would<br />
be funded through PSDP.<br />
Greater Karachi<br />
Sewerage Plan (S-III) at a<br />
cost of Rs. 36,117.459 million<br />
was also approved by<br />
the ECNEC. The meeting<br />
emphasized upon the need<br />
for effective monitoring of<br />
the project implementation<br />
so as to ensure interrupted<br />
and smooth implementation<br />
of the project.<br />
The meeting approved<br />
extension in completion<br />
date for National<br />
Electronics Complex of<br />
Pakistan (Phase-I)<br />
NESCOM Islamabad.<br />
Moreover, Prime<br />
Minister Shahid Khaqan<br />
Abbasi chaired a briefing<br />
on National Highways and<br />
Motorways Police<br />
(NH&MP) at Prime<br />
Minister Office.<br />
Minister of State for<br />
Communications Junaid<br />
Anwaar Ch. and senior<br />
government officials were<br />
SECP brings business friendly reforms<br />
Wall Street gains as volatility eases<br />
NEW YORK: U.S.<br />
stocks overturned early<br />
losses to trade higher on<br />
Wednesday as some buyers<br />
returned to a market<br />
still shaking from a record<br />
fall for the Dow Jones<br />
Industrial Average earlier<br />
this week.<br />
Gains in industrial and<br />
consumer discretionary<br />
stocks led advances on the<br />
S&P and the Dow.<br />
Boeing (BA.N) rose 2.7<br />
percent, providing the<br />
biggest boost to the Dow,<br />
while Amazon’s<br />
(AMZN.O) 1 percent rise<br />
helped lift the S&P 500.<br />
At 10:53 a.m. ET (1553<br />
GMT), the Dow Jones<br />
Industrial Average .DJI<br />
was up 249.57 points, or 1<br />
percent, at 25,162.34. The<br />
S&P 500 .SPX rose 19.7<br />
points, or 0.73 percent, at<br />
2,714.84 and the Nasdaq<br />
Composite .IXIC was up<br />
26.64 points, or 0.37 percent,<br />
at 7,142.52.<br />
The pivotal gauge of<br />
S&P 500 volatility, the<br />
VIX .VIX, opened at a relatively<br />
elevated 31 points<br />
and slipped to 21.24. The<br />
VIX on Tuesday hit a more<br />
than two-and-a-half year<br />
high above 50, after trading,<br />
on average, below 20<br />
for months.<br />
“We are concerned<br />
there’ll be more volatility.<br />
I’d characterize what<br />
we’ve seen over the last<br />
year as abnormal,” said<br />
Sameer Samana, global<br />
equity and technical strategist<br />
at Wells Fargo<br />
Investment Institute in St.<br />
Louis.<br />
704 (I)/2017 dated July 26, 2017<br />
The time to register a company is<br />
now four hours in one go where<br />
requirements are submission of name<br />
availability with three options and<br />
incorporation application with model<br />
memorandum of association and articles<br />
of association. The beginning of<br />
the financial year 20<strong>18</strong> has brought a<br />
fresh air of reforms as SECP has introduced<br />
two other reforms regarding<br />
ease of Starting a Business. One the<br />
merger of procedure to notify the<br />
appointment of CEO with company<br />
incorporation procedure. Two, SECP<br />
has further reduced fee involved in<br />
company registration due to merger of<br />
several statutory forms into a single<br />
form. The current name reservation<br />
and company registration fee for single<br />
member company with a paid up<br />
capital up to Rs. 100,000 is Rs.1,550<br />
under online mode and Rs. 3,000<br />
under offline mode. Previously it was<br />
Rs.2,300 under online mode and<br />
Rs.4,500 under offline mode. Both<br />
reforms have their legal back up to<br />
insure the protection that an incumbent<br />
business requires.<br />
The end result is less procedures,<br />
lesser time in company registration<br />
and reduction in cost of starting a business.<br />
SECP has taken up a huge challenge<br />
to implement the reforms on creating<br />
an enabling business environment<br />
at federal level. Board of<br />
Investment and SECP are committed<br />
to implement reforms for a well-documented<br />
economy and a formal growing<br />
business sector.<br />
also present during the<br />
meeting. Inspector General<br />
NH&MP Dr. Syed Kaleem<br />
Imam briefed the Prime<br />
Minister on the overall<br />
working and performance<br />
of NH&MP. It was<br />
informed that NH&MP,<br />
since its creation, has<br />
earned recognition at<br />
national as well as international<br />
level for its effectiveness<br />
and being a corruption<br />
free department. The<br />
Federal government nominated<br />
NH&MP as the best<br />
organization for UN Public<br />
Service Award in 2009.<br />
Briefing the meeting on<br />
the performance of the<br />
Motorway Police, it was<br />
informed that management<br />
of traffic volume of 0.65<br />
million vehicles per day on<br />
national highways and<br />
Motorways, reduction in<br />
accidents by 44%, deaths<br />
by 21%, injuries by 25%<br />
and efficient response<br />
through Emergency<br />
Helpline 130 are some of<br />
the significant achievements<br />
of NH&MP from<br />
2016 to 2017.<br />
Finance Ministry<br />
decides to prepare<br />
new package for<br />
federal employees<br />
ISLAMABAD: The<br />
Ministry of Finance on<br />
Wednesday decided to constitute<br />
a committee to prepare<br />
a new package for the<br />
federal government<br />
employees which will be<br />
finalized before the<br />
announcement of the budget<br />
for the next year.<br />
It was decided during a<br />
meeting of a delegation of<br />
Federation of Federal<br />
Government Employees<br />
(Pakistan) here Wednesday<br />
with the Minister of State<br />
for Finance Rana<br />
Muhammad Afzal Khan<br />
Govt suggest ministries to here at Ministry of Finance.<br />
commence project with<br />
The delegation was led by<br />
Chaudhry Mukhtar and<br />
25pc allocation in hand comprised federal government<br />
ISLAMABAD: All the<br />
employees from dif-<br />
ministries are advised that ferent ministries and<br />
they should start execution of departments.<br />
the development projects The Minister gave<br />
until and unless they have 25<br />
percent allocation in hand .<br />
On Wednesday Ministry<br />
of Planning and Development<br />
instructions for convening<br />
the meeting of all the officials<br />
concerned and initiate<br />
preparations for a quality<br />
informed<br />
Committee<br />
Development<br />
on<br />
and<br />
Standing<br />
Planning,<br />
Reform<br />
salary package for Federal<br />
Government employees in<br />
the forthcoming budget. He<br />
that this step is taken to ensure<br />
timely completion of development<br />
projects and to check<br />
the escalation of their cost.<br />
Giving detailed briefing to the<br />
Committee on the budgetary<br />
said that the government<br />
was prepared to provide<br />
maximum facilitation to<br />
the employees that was<br />
possible keeping in view<br />
available resources.<br />
proposal of PSDP of Ministry The Minister had<br />
of Planning, Development detailed discussion with the<br />
and Reform, officials of delegation on the 14-point<br />
Ministry said that in all 34 agenda and said their proposals<br />
development projects of<br />
would be accorded<br />
Ministry have been finalised due consideration. He<br />
which will be completed at a<br />
cost of Rs. 32 .40 billion.<br />
assured them of his full<br />
support in the matter.<br />
Seminar on REX System by European Union<br />
for Issuance of Certificate of Origin<br />
KARACHI: A new system<br />
for issuance of<br />
Certificate of Origin (COO)<br />
by beneficiary countries has<br />
been introduced by Europe<br />
Union (EU) to cover exports<br />
under the EU-GSP preferential<br />
tariff facility. Registered<br />
Exporters (REX) system<br />
will enable Pakistan’s<br />
exporters to issue the COO<br />
by themselves for 28 EU<br />
member states and also for<br />
Switzerland and Norway<br />
after their registration into<br />
EU’s REX database. To educate<br />
the exporters about this<br />
new system, Trade<br />
Development Authority of<br />
Pakistan (TDAP) continues<br />
to organize seminars on<br />
REX System by European<br />
Union for Issuance of<br />
Certificate of origin. On 6th<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary, 20<strong>18</strong>, TDAP<br />
organized a Seminar on<br />
REX system in Hyderabad<br />
Chamber of Small Traders<br />
and Small Industry, which<br />
was attended by the representatives<br />
of all regional<br />
chambers, trade associations,<br />
exporters and potential<br />
producers. Mr. Kamal<br />
Shahryar, Consultant, TDAP<br />
gave an elaborate presentation<br />
covering introduction of<br />
REX, eligibility for registration,<br />
method to become a<br />
registered exporter, REX in<br />
Pakistan _ progress and benefits<br />
and scope of TDAP’s<br />
operations for REX and<br />
Rules of Origin (ROO).He<br />
informed that 36 countries<br />
including Pakistan were<br />
required to completely<br />
switch to the REX System<br />
by the end of December,<br />
2017. Only six countries<br />
have successfully switched<br />
to REX system. Pakistan is<br />
one and has, so far, registered<br />
4300 exporters into<br />
REX database.<br />
Mr. Kaleemullah<br />
Memon, deputy director,<br />
GSP Section, TDAP told<br />
that REX system is very<br />
simple. Mr. Ashiq Hussain<br />
Khoso, deputy director,<br />
TDAP, Hyderabad, emphasized<br />
up on the regional<br />
exporters to immediately get<br />
registered under REX system;<br />
if need be, TDAP will<br />
further help the exporters in<br />
registration process.<br />
CORPORATE CORNER<br />
HUAWEI inaugurates its Largest<br />
Experience Store in Pakistan<br />
Staff Report<br />
KARACHI: HUAWEI has inaugurated its first-ever Experience Store in<br />
Pakistan. Nestled in the vibrant city of Karachi, the store is HUAWEI’s biggest and<br />
most-advanced sales + service center in the country. Mr. Blueking, General<br />
Manager, HUAWEI Consumer Business Group inaugurated the centre along with<br />
Paul Chen, Service Director, Huawei and Kirk Guojianxong, Marketing<br />
Manager, Huawei Pakistan and others esteemed guests.<br />
Paul Chen told that the outlet offers tremendous convenience for people who<br />
would love to indulge in the amazing HUAWEI experience adding that It houses<br />
state-of-the-art facilities where people can try out HUAWEI smart phones before<br />
purchasing them, while also availing after-sales services. A courteous team of brand<br />
ambassadors awaits to guide people about HUAWEI’s remarkable products and<br />
thrilling accessories.<br />
The HUAWEI Experience Store is located at Amma Tower in Sadder which is the<br />
heart of Karachi’s mobile shopping.<br />
While talking to Media Mr Blueking, General Manager, HUAWEI Consumer<br />
Business Group said that “We welcome people from all over the country at the<br />
biggest HUAWEI Experience Store” adding that the opening of this outlet serves as<br />
a testimony to the growing love of people for HUAWEI, a company that offers the<br />
very best experience in smart phone technology. The experience store is an exciting<br />
avenue for people to check out our cutting-edge devices and revel in the HUAWEI<br />
shopping experience.<br />
KARACHI: On inauguration of Experience Store in Pakistan, Paul Chen, Service<br />
Director, Huawei Pakistan and Kirk Guojianxong, Marketing Manager, Huawei<br />
Pakistan are cutting the ribbon along with esteemed guests.<br />
Telenor Microfinance Bank partnersup<br />
with IGI General Insurance<br />
KARACHI: Telenor Microfinance Bank has partnered with IGI General<br />
Insurance to provide protection packages to vehicle drivers in case of any on-road<br />
accident. The agreement was signed by Shahid Mustafa, President & CEO - Telenor<br />
Microfinance Bank and TahirMasaud, CEO - IGI General Insurance on Monday, in<br />
the presence of representatives from both organizations.<br />
This coverage will be offered to motorists using ‘AUXO’, a state of the art tracking<br />
car tracking system which provides real time insights on factors such as speed,<br />
location etc. Part of Telenor Pakistan’s Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio, Auxo uses<br />
an internet enabled SIM to communicate updates from the car to smartphones or<br />
web portals for management purposes.<br />
Sharing his thoughts on the agreement, Shahid Mustafa, President & CEO-Telenor<br />
Microfinance Bank said “Our overarching goal is to provide convenient and cost-effective<br />
financial solutions to the people of Pakistan. By collaborating with industry players, we are<br />
adding value to our customer’s lives, enhancing their ability to manage their financial future.<br />
Byco commissions Catalytic Reformer at ORC-2<br />
Byco’s reformer will increase motor gasoline production five-fold<br />
from 300 tons to 1,500 tons/day Byco’supgrade underscores the<br />
firm’s commitment towards innovation<br />
KARACHI: Pakistan’s leading energy company, Byco Petroleum<br />
Pakistan Limited, has commissioned a catalytic reformer at its larger<br />
oil refinery, ORC-2. The reformer has successfully commenced<br />
its operations.This will enable the Company to convert 24,000 barrels per day of<br />
Heavy Naphtha into Motor-Gasoline, as per rated capacity.At the combined current<br />
level of crude processing at both of Byco’s Oil Refining Complexes (ORC I & II),<br />
i.e. 75,000 barrels per day, the cumulative motor gasoline production has increased<br />
5 –fold from 300 tons to 1,500tons per day.<br />
Mr. Mansoor Shafique Qureshi, Vice President of Operations at Byco remarked at<br />
the Inauguration Ceremony held at Byco’s premises, “Byco has invested much time,<br />
effort and resources to the commissioning of the catalytic reformer, which will give us<br />
the additional strategic advantage of producing significantly more high quality motor<br />
gasoline. Byco believes in continuous improvement of its capabilities and our customers<br />
will appreciate our commitment to bringing them the best quality products.”<br />
Zong 4G’s new vision for a healthier environment<br />
Karachi: In an attempt to contribute for healthier environment,<br />
Zong 4G, Pakistan’s No.1 4G network and a socially responsible corporate<br />
entity has recently made all its offices including CMPak<br />
Headquarters a smoking free zone.<br />
Beginning from January 20<strong>18</strong>, the smoking of cigarettes and other lighted products<br />
is no longer allowed in the office premises. The decision to go smoke free was prompted<br />
from the Zong 4G’s commitment to environment sustainability. The smoking free<br />
workplace has been welcomed by the employees as sheer commitment for the societal<br />
and environmental wellbeing.<br />
Smoking is injurious not only to health but also to environment. It releases toxic air<br />
pollutants in the atmosphere, the cigarette butts litter the environment and eventually<br />
the toxins seep into soil and waterways. Despite the mounting evidence of association<br />
between air pollution and ill health, little attention has been paid to it.
International cricket to fully return to<br />
Pakistan in two years: PCB Chairman<br />
Staff<br />
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan<br />
Cricket Board (PCB) chairman<br />
Najam Sethi is confident<br />
international cricket<br />
will be fully restored in<br />
Pakistan within a maximum<br />
of two years.<br />
In a recent interview to<br />
BBC Urdu, Sethi expressed<br />
hope that in view of the<br />
improving security situation<br />
in the country and the successfully-hosted<br />
T20 matches<br />
in Lahore, the time is not<br />
far when Pakistan is able to<br />
host complete ODI and Test<br />
series.<br />
"If we prepare our stadiums,<br />
we will be able to host<br />
matches with time. I believe<br />
international cricket will be<br />
fully restored in Pakistan<br />
within two years, at most,"<br />
he said.<br />
The PCB chief pointed<br />
out that Pakistan has already<br />
successfully hosted international<br />
cricketers [in the ICC<br />
World XI team], Zimbabwe<br />
and Sri Lanka. "And West<br />
Indies will be touring in<br />
March," he added.<br />
About Pakistan team's<br />
recent ODI whitewash in<br />
KARACHI: Fahim's<br />
School System clinched<br />
Esporte Football Cup title<br />
while the Happy Home<br />
School ended as the runnerup<br />
team in the 5-a-side<br />
tournament held here at<br />
IBA Main Campus Futsal<br />
court.<br />
Alcott College in collaboration<br />
with Leisure<br />
Leagues, organizers of<br />
small-side football events,<br />
organized this inter-school<br />
tournament. A total of<br />
eleven teams featured in<br />
the event.<br />
In the summit clash,<br />
Fahim's School defeated<br />
Happy Home O-Level<br />
New Zealand, Sethi said it<br />
would take some time for<br />
the youngsters in the side to<br />
become "stars".<br />
"The PSL has prepared<br />
us for T20s. Now we have<br />
to prepare for ODIs and<br />
Tests."<br />
He expressed concern<br />
School by 6-5 score after a<br />
close encounter.<br />
A total of three teams of<br />
the Happy Home School<br />
featured in the tournament<br />
while Wahaj Hussain<br />
School and Fahim's School<br />
had two outfits in the exciting<br />
tournament. Hexis O-<br />
level, River Oaks, Z<br />
that some of the veteran<br />
players in the team no<br />
longer have the required<br />
reflexes needed for modern<br />
cricket.<br />
"That's why we are<br />
building a young team. It<br />
takes time for young players<br />
to become stars."<br />
Fahim's School System clinches<br />
Esporte Football Cup title<br />
Bilal Bhaty inter school/<br />
college cricket tournament<br />
Sports Reporter<br />
KARACHI: Bilal Bhaty<br />
inter school/ college cricket<br />
tournament played at al<br />
Nadi ul Burhani ground.<br />
Karachi grammar<br />
school beat the city school<br />
darakhshan branch by 8<br />
wickets.<br />
Summarized Scored:<br />
City School DK 125/9 (<br />
20 overs )<br />
RH middle order batsman<br />
Danial shah 25 ( 23<br />
balls ) with 2 fours.<br />
RH MO Sultan Zafar 22<br />
( 14 balls) 3 boundaries<br />
RH MO Said Ullah 20 (<br />
25 balls) 3 fours<br />
O/S captain Khizar<br />
saqib 2/12 in 4 overs, O/S<br />
Zair Riaz 1/14 in 4 overs.<br />
apps for Android and iOS.<br />
In addition, its live coverage<br />
will be enhanced<br />
through its YouTube channel<br />
and dedicated Google<br />
search experience.<br />
Furthermore, the IOC<br />
will also work with Indian<br />
mobile network operator<br />
Reliance-Jio to provide<br />
comprehensive live coverage<br />
on its JioTV app. The<br />
Karachi Grammar<br />
School, 131/2 (15.3 overs)<br />
RH opening batsman<br />
Zair Riaz 78 not out ( 53<br />
balls) 10 boundaries , 3 six<br />
RH MO Ahad Daudi 16<br />
not out (17 balls) 2<br />
fours,O/S Hanzala Paracha<br />
2/24<br />
Man of the Match Zair<br />
Riaz .<br />
Olympic Channel to broadcast PyeongChang<br />
20<strong>18</strong> across India and sub-continent<br />
KARACHI: The<br />
International Olympic<br />
Committee (IOC)<br />
announced that the<br />
Olympic Channel will live<br />
stream the Olympic Winter<br />
Games PyeongChang 20<strong>18</strong><br />
across India and the subcontinent,<br />
including<br />
Bangladesh, Bhutan, the<br />
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan<br />
and Sri Lanka.<br />
The announcement ABU<br />
means the Olympic<br />
Channel will air Olympic<br />
Games coverage live for<br />
the first time on its global<br />
digital platform at olympicchannel.com<br />
and mobile<br />
(Asia-Pacific<br />
Broadcasting Union) has<br />
acquired FTA rights in<br />
Bangladesh, Bhutan, the<br />
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan<br />
and Sri Lanka.<br />
Timo<br />
Lumme,<br />
Managing Director of IOC<br />
Television and Marketing<br />
Services, said: "This is an<br />
important step for the<br />
Olympic Channel as it<br />
broadcasts live Olympic<br />
Games coverage for the<br />
first time ever on the digital<br />
platform. Through the<br />
Olympic Channel and the<br />
additional broadcast on<br />
Reliance-Jio's and the relevant<br />
ABU members' platforms,<br />
we are able to offer<br />
comprehensive coverage<br />
across the region and<br />
ensure fans will be able to<br />
follow all the action from<br />
PyeongChang 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
International and<br />
Meritorious fielded one<br />
team each in the day-long<br />
event, played on knock-out<br />
basis.<br />
Yasmeen Rajbhoy, Dean<br />
of Alcott College for A<br />
Levels, was the chief guest<br />
during the closing ceremony<br />
of the tournament.<br />
Shahzeb strikes<br />
hat-trick for Champions<br />
FC in Leisure<br />
Leagues Season III<br />
KARACHI: Shahzeb<br />
Arshad scored a brilliant hattrick<br />
and helped his team<br />
Champions Football Club<br />
records a formidable 5-0 victory<br />
against Striker Football<br />
Club in World Academy<br />
League, which is a part of<br />
Leisure Leagues Season III<br />
here on Sunday at Karachi<br />
United Football Ground.<br />
Apart from Shahzeb,<br />
Hassan Ahmed also scored<br />
two goals for the winners in<br />
the match. With this big victory,<br />
Champions FC was<br />
adjudged as the ‘Team of the<br />
Week’ in World Academy<br />
League. Leisure Leagues<br />
Season III World Academy<br />
League is underway at<br />
Karachi United ground and<br />
four matches are played on<br />
every Sunday. Eight teams<br />
are competing in this league.<br />
Meanwhile, another<br />
Premier League event is also<br />
underway at Karachi United<br />
with eight teams playing one<br />
another on Saturdays.<br />
At Sixteen Star Football<br />
Ground, another eight teams<br />
are participating in another<br />
ongoing Premier League. Its<br />
matches are played on<br />
Sundays.<br />
KARACHI: Group Photo of Tahir Ahmed MD Jubilee Insurance,Munawwar Shaikh President PBSA,Akbar Puri<br />
President KG,Irfan Motan Treasure PBSA,Zulfiqar Zamzi Secretary PBSA at a press conference about Jubilee<br />
Insurance 43rd National Snooker Championship 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
MOSCOW: Forty-seven<br />
Russian athletes and coaches<br />
have appealed against<br />
their exclusion from the<br />
Winter Olympics.<br />
They include those who<br />
had their life bans lifted by<br />
the Court of Arbitration for<br />
Sport (Cas) last week.<br />
A hearing is set to take<br />
place on Wednesday, two<br />
days before the Games. South Korea.<br />
The International Forty-three Russians<br />
Olympic Committee (IOC)<br />
has invited 169 Russians to<br />
compete as independent athletes<br />
in Pyeongchang after<br />
were banned for life from<br />
the Olympics following the<br />
conclusion of an IOC investigation<br />
into evidence of<br />
their country was banned state-sponsored Russian<br />
over the Sochi doping scandal.<br />
The Winter Olympics<br />
run from 9 to 25 <strong>Feb</strong>ruary in<br />
doping at their home Games<br />
in 2014.<br />
On Thursday, Cas overturned<br />
the suspensions of 28<br />
Sethi admitted that the<br />
team tends to struggle in<br />
ODI cricket. "Now our<br />
focus in on the 2019 World<br />
Cup, and we are getting<br />
ready for it."<br />
He assured that cricket in<br />
Pakistan would receive a<br />
huge boost due to the new<br />
talent being discovered at<br />
school and club-level cricket<br />
and in PSL.<br />
"You will see that the<br />
[inconsistency] will go<br />
away soon."<br />
On spot-fixing, Sethi<br />
said he has ensured there is<br />
zero tolerance for violators<br />
of the board's anti-corruption<br />
code.<br />
"There is no room for<br />
forgiveness. We are monitoring<br />
with strict vigilance.<br />
There is absolutely zero tolerance,"<br />
he added.<br />
Four Member<br />
Pakistan ski team<br />
reaches Seoul<br />
KARACHI: The fourmember<br />
Pakistan ski team<br />
reached Seoul, South<br />
Korea to participate in the<br />
Winter Olympics 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Pakistan Ski Federation<br />
(PSF) spokesman Obaid Ur<br />
Rehman Ababsi said: “For<br />
the first time, Pakistan has<br />
been participating in three<br />
categories with two skiers,<br />
as previously the country<br />
took part in only slalom<br />
category with one<br />
skier.The national ski team<br />
comprising Olympian M<br />
Karim and international<br />
skier Syed Hamaan will<br />
participate in two categories<br />
including slalom and<br />
giant slalom, whereas<br />
Hamaan will feature in<br />
cross country.<br />
Dr M Arif Hafeez<br />
Sports Reporter<br />
Report<br />
KARACHI: Sindh<br />
Sports Minister Sardar<br />
Mohammad Baksh Khan<br />
Mehar said that organizing<br />
Sindh Games has been his<br />
top priority and vowed to Organizing<br />
promote sports and provide<br />
top class infrastructure<br />
to players in the<br />
province.<br />
K A R A C H I :<br />
Yayvo.com, Pakistan’s e-<br />
commerce platform is all<br />
set to launch ‘Yayvo<br />
Cricket Festival’ starting<br />
from <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 15, 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Salman Hassan,<br />
C E O , Y a y v o . c o m<br />
announced at a press conference<br />
held at a local<br />
hotel in Karachi.<br />
M. A. Mannan,<br />
President, and CEO, TCS<br />
Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd,<br />
Salman Hassan, CEO,<br />
Yayvo.com, Salman Iqbal,<br />
CEO, ARY Digital<br />
Network and Tariq Wasi,<br />
CEO, Karachi Kings,<br />
addressed the press.<br />
They said that we are<br />
here to announce the<br />
launch of the month-long<br />
cricket Yayvo Cricket<br />
Festival and Yayvo.com’s<br />
exclusive partnership with<br />
Karachi Kings. Yayvo will<br />
also offer a host of discounted<br />
offers along with<br />
kits, shirts, jerseys and<br />
other Karachi Kings merchandise<br />
exclusively.<br />
Now people can buy<br />
the Karachi Kings kits,<br />
shirt, jersy and merchandise<br />
from the leading<br />
Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 8, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Sportlight<br />
ecommerce portal in the<br />
country. Cover your cricket<br />
addiction for your team<br />
with the Karachi Kings<br />
special T shirt and shirts,<br />
mugs and jackets.<br />
Tickets for the PSL<br />
matches being in Pakistan<br />
will be sold online by<br />
Yayvo.com and TCS,<br />
Pakistan's leading express<br />
and logistics service<br />
provider.<br />
Babar Azam, Imad<br />
Waseem and other players<br />
of Karachi Kings were<br />
present to grace and add<br />
star power to the event.<br />
Babar Azam said that<br />
this event will bring more<br />
cricket in Karachi and<br />
Karachities will enjoy it.<br />
President and CEO<br />
TCS Holdings, M. A.<br />
Mannan said that we thank<br />
PSL and Karachi Kings<br />
for placing its trust in our<br />
ability to manage a delicate<br />
task. We were aware<br />
of the issues that cricket<br />
fans had to face in the<br />
recent past to get tickets<br />
and made sure to provide<br />
them relief. TCS has<br />
always taken challenging<br />
tasks head-on in the past<br />
and will continue to do so<br />
7<br />
Yayvo Cricket Festival starts<br />
with Karachi Kings on <strong>Feb</strong> 15<br />
KARACHI: TCS-Karachi Kings signing ceremony<br />
“Sports Department,<br />
Government Sindh and<br />
Sindh Olympic<br />
Association (SOA) would<br />
together organize Sindh<br />
Games in a befitting manner,”<br />
Mehar said during<br />
17th Sindh Games<br />
Committee<br />
meeting.<br />
Secretary Sports and<br />
Youth Affairs Dr Niaz<br />
Abbasi, officials of SOA<br />
and Sindh Sports<br />
Department officials were<br />
also present on the pccasion.<br />
Members of different<br />
committees of Sindh<br />
Games briefed the minister<br />
about the progress for<br />
holding of Sindh Games.<br />
Mehar lauded combined<br />
efforts of the officials.<br />
“I hope that Sindh<br />
Games would be organized<br />
in the future as well.<br />
CEO ARY Digital<br />
Network and owner of<br />
Karachi Kings Salman<br />
Iqbal said that Karachi<br />
Kings is Karachi’s very<br />
own team and I am hopeful<br />
that they will reach the<br />
finals this time.” He also<br />
shared his big plans for<br />
this season of PSL as the<br />
final is scheduled to be<br />
played in Karachi.<br />
“we are excited to be a<br />
part of this initiative.” said<br />
Salman Tariq Wasi, CEO,<br />
Karachi Kings, lauded the<br />
efforts of Yayvo.com in<br />
multiplying the joy and<br />
excitement of PSL by joining<br />
hands with Karachi<br />
Kings as its official partner.<br />
Singer Shehzad Roy,<br />
and actors Humayun<br />
Saeed and Faisal Qureshi,<br />
who are also the brand<br />
ambassadors of Karachi<br />
Kings, were present at the<br />
conference. Renowned<br />
singer Shehzad Roy also<br />
performed official KK<br />
anthem which was produced<br />
by Nakash Haider.<br />
The song has also feature<br />
cricket legend Shahid<br />
Afridi.<br />
Organizing Sindh Games has been my<br />
top priority: Sindh Sports Minister<br />
Technical,<br />
selection committees<br />
finalised for CFL<br />
KARACHI: The technical<br />
and selection committees<br />
have been finalized for the<br />
Classic Football League<br />
(CFL) Season 1, which will<br />
be held in Karachi in August<br />
20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
The Classic Football<br />
League management has<br />
announced AFC instructor<br />
Shaikh Siddique as technical<br />
committee chairman. I am<br />
glad that such a well-needed<br />
initiative has been taken by<br />
Strawberry Sports<br />
Management,” Sh. Siddique<br />
said. Regarding the CFL<br />
matches, he also announced<br />
that FIFA rules will be applied<br />
and also disclosed the names<br />
of the other technical committee<br />
members which include<br />
Sajjad Mehmood, M Habib,<br />
Noman Ibrahim, Asgher<br />
Khan Anjum, Zafar Iqbal, M<br />
Essa and Ghulam Shabbir.<br />
Winter Olympics 20<strong>18</strong>: Russians appeal against Pyeongchang exclusion<br />
of those and partially upheld<br />
11 other appeals.<br />
The IOC then turned<br />
down a request for 13 of the<br />
28 - and two coaches - to<br />
compete.<br />
A special IOC panel<br />
"agreed the decision of the<br />
Cas had not lifted the suspicion<br />
of doping".<br />
IOC president Thomas<br />
Bach said: "The absence of<br />
sanctions by Cas does not<br />
mean that you are entitled to<br />
receive an invitation from<br />
the IOC because receiving<br />
this invitation is a privilege<br />
of clean Russian athletes."<br />
However, the athletes<br />
and some coaches excluded<br />
from the Games are taking<br />
issue with that stance.<br />
WEMBLEY: Swansea<br />
City ruthlessly demolished<br />
League Two Notts County 8-<br />
1 to seal their passage to the<br />
fifth round of the FA Cup in<br />
emphatic fashion.<br />
Tammy Abraham scored<br />
his first goal since October to<br />
put the dominant hosts ahead<br />
and 90 seconds later his<br />
through ball set up Nathan<br />
Dyer to double their lead.<br />
Dyer added a third with a<br />
sweet first-time strike and,<br />
although Noor Husin<br />
responded for the visitors<br />
with a powerful hit,<br />
Abraham finished a fine<br />
team move to give Swansea<br />
a 4-1 half-time lead.<br />
The procession continued<br />
after the break with goals<br />
from Kyle Naughton, Wayne<br />
Routledge and Tom Carroll -<br />
whose beautiful curling<br />
effort was the pick of the<br />
bunch - as well as a memorable<br />
debut strike for Daniel<br />
James.<br />
Swansea's biggest margin<br />
of victory at the Liberty<br />
Stadium sets up a fifth-round<br />
tie away against manager<br />
Carlos Carvalhal's former<br />
side Sheffield Wednesday.<br />
Swansea's priority this<br />
season is undoubtedly trying<br />
to secure top-flight survival<br />
but, given their favourable<br />
draw, Carvalhal and his players<br />
may be forgiven for<br />
thinking they could make an<br />
improbable appearance at<br />
Wembley.<br />
in a befitting manner.”<br />
Meanwhile, Dr Niaz<br />
gave details regarding<br />
Sindh Games, which will<br />
be held here at National<br />
Coaching Center. Nearly<br />
3000 players and officials<br />
will feature in the games.<br />
Moreover, 30 different<br />
events of men will be held<br />
while 16 women events<br />
will also be held during the<br />
games.<br />
Swansea City beat Notts<br />
County 8-1 in FA Cup<br />
When the Portuguese<br />
was appointed in<br />
December, the Swans were<br />
bottom of the Premier<br />
League table and appeared<br />
destined for relegation.<br />
And although they are<br />
not safe yet, a run of just one<br />
defeat in nine games under<br />
Carvalhal has seen Swansea<br />
climb out of the bottom<br />
three and transformed the<br />
mood at the Liberty<br />
Stadium.<br />
Their priorities were<br />
clear with seven changes<br />
from Saturday's league draw<br />
at Leicester, though that did<br />
not stop them producing a<br />
vibrant attacking display<br />
against Notts County on<br />
Tuesday.
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At least seven killed, 67 missing after<br />
quake rocks Taiwan tourist area<br />
HUALIEN, Taiwan:<br />
Rescuers combed through<br />
the rubble of collapsed<br />
buildings on Wednesday, in<br />
a search for 67 people missing<br />
after a strong earthquake<br />
which killed at least seven<br />
near Taiwan’s popular<br />
tourist city of Hualien.<br />
The magnitude 6.4<br />
quake, which hit near the<br />
coastal city just before midnight<br />
(1600 GMT) on<br />
Tuesday, injured 260 people<br />
and caused four buildings to<br />
collapse, officials said.<br />
Hualien Mayor Fu Kunchi<br />
said the number of people<br />
missing was now close<br />
to 60, although an exact figure<br />
was not provided. As<br />
many as 150 were initially<br />
feared missing.<br />
Many of the missing<br />
were believed to be still<br />
trapped inside buildings,<br />
some of which tilted precariously,<br />
after the quake struck<br />
about 22 km (14 miles)<br />
northeast of Hualien on<br />
Taiwan’s east coast.<br />
At the city’s Marshal<br />
Hotel, rescuers trying to free<br />
HUALIEN: Rescue workers are seen by a damaged building after an earthquake hit.<br />
two trapped Taiwanese<br />
pulled one out alive, but the<br />
other person was declared<br />
dead, the government said.<br />
Mainland Chinese,<br />
Czech, Japanese,<br />
Singaporean and South<br />
Korean nationals were<br />
among the injured.<br />
“This is the worst earthquake<br />
in the history of<br />
Hualien, or at least over the<br />
I S L A M A B A D : Khawaja recommended<br />
“Khokhrapar agreement increasing the frequency of<br />
between Pakistan and India<br />
is regularly renewed for the<br />
period of three years and<br />
the railway service is operational.<br />
The agreement was<br />
train movement and making<br />
it a safe journey while also<br />
working towards using this<br />
border for trade between the<br />
two countries on the pattern<br />
signed on 31st January of Wahga border.<br />
20<strong>18</strong> for the next three<br />
years.”<br />
This was told to the<br />
Senate Standing Committee<br />
on Foreign Affairs whose<br />
The meeting discussed<br />
in detail the matters of hunting<br />
of birds by Arab Princes<br />
in Sindh and Balochistan.<br />
moved by Senators Karim<br />
meeting was held here on Ahmed Khawaja and<br />
Wednesday with Senator<br />
Nuzhat Sadiq in the chair.<br />
Jehanzeb Jamaldini respectively.<br />
Senator Karim Ahmed The Committee was<br />
past 40 years that I’ve been<br />
alive,” said volunteer Yang<br />
Hsi Hua.<br />
“We’ve never had anything<br />
like this, we’ve never<br />
had a building topple over.<br />
Also, it was constantly shaking,<br />
so everyone was really<br />
scared, we ran to empty<br />
open spaces to avoid it.”<br />
Aftershocks with a magnitude<br />
of at least 5.0 could<br />
rock the island in the next<br />
two weeks, the government<br />
said. Smaller tremors rattled<br />
nervous residents throughout<br />
the day.<br />
Residents waited and<br />
watched anxiously as emergency<br />
workers dressed in<br />
fluorescent orange and red<br />
suits and wearing helmets<br />
searched for residents<br />
trapped in apartment blocks.<br />
Train service between India Pak<br />
through Khokhrapar operational<br />
given briefings on the issue<br />
by Foreign Secretary<br />
Tehmina Janjua, Secretary<br />
Forests, government of<br />
Balochistan and Secretary<br />
Forests and Wildlife,<br />
Government of Sindh.<br />
The Committee was told<br />
that a number of SOPs have<br />
been prepared time and<br />
again but their implementation<br />
remains the main issue.<br />
Provincial representatives<br />
told the meeting that the<br />
number of birds is depleting<br />
due to unaccounted for<br />
hunting as well as environmental<br />
situation.<br />
In this connection<br />
provincial governments<br />
were of the view that<br />
Foreign Affairs ministry<br />
should just convey the<br />
requests from foreign dignitaries<br />
and all terms and conditions<br />
should be identified<br />
by the provincial governments.<br />
It was suggested that<br />
fixing an amount of money<br />
as fee and deputing a<br />
wildlife officer at the campsite<br />
should be made a compulsory<br />
condition for issuing<br />
of licences.<br />
ISLAMABAD: Group photo of Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost at the ceremony in connection with 9th anniversary<br />
of the Islamic Revolution at Lok Virsa.<br />
PTV mulls to quit<br />
three, initiate two<br />
new channels<br />
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan<br />
Television (PTV) has<br />
planned to coup with<br />
severe financial loss,<br />
closed three channels and<br />
announced two new ones,<br />
kids and Parliament channel.<br />
It was also suggested to<br />
change the name of PTV<br />
home to PTV entertainment,<br />
according to<br />
received documents PTV<br />
family has eight on air<br />
channels, including PTV<br />
News, PTV Sports, PTV<br />
World, PTV Global, PTV<br />
Bolan, PTV Home, PTV<br />
National and Aazad<br />
Kashmir TV.<br />
Now it has planned to<br />
quit PTV Bolan, PTV<br />
National and Azad<br />
Kashmir TV and starting<br />
new channels namely<br />
Parliament House and Kids<br />
channel.<br />
Facing Trump's demands, NATO to<br />
consider larger Iraq training mission<br />
BRUSSELS: The<br />
United States is renewing<br />
pressure on its European<br />
NATO allies to establish a<br />
long-term train-and-advise<br />
mission in Iraq, diplomats<br />
said, reviving a divisive<br />
issue for an alliance wary<br />
after a decade in<br />
Afghanistan.<br />
U.S. Secretary of<br />
Defense Jim Mattis sent a<br />
letter to NATO headquarters<br />
in January calling for a<br />
formal NATO mission to<br />
Iraq with a semi-permanent<br />
or permanent command to<br />
train Iraqi forces, according<br />
to five senior NATO diplomats.<br />
After a three-year war<br />
with Islamic State,<br />
Washington wants to<br />
ensure the militants do not<br />
re-emerge. While NATO<br />
does have trainers in Iraq<br />
already, they number less<br />
than 20. NATO defense<br />
ministers are expected to<br />
discuss the U.S. request in<br />
Brussels next week, with a<br />
possible decision at a summit<br />
in July.<br />
In his letter, Mattis left<br />
many details open but suggested<br />
developing military<br />
academies and a military<br />
doctrine for the Iraqi<br />
defense ministry, diplomats<br />
said. Other ideas cited by<br />
diplomats include bomb<br />
disposal training, maintenance<br />
of Soviet-era vehicles<br />
and medical training.<br />
“The United States is<br />
pushing hard for a NATO<br />
role in Iraq, not in a combat<br />
role, but for a long-term<br />
assignment,” said one senior<br />
NATO diplomat on condition<br />
of anonymity.<br />
“This looks suspiciously<br />
like another Afghanistan,”<br />
the diplomat said, referring<br />
to the long-running conflict<br />
where NATO is funding<br />
and training Afghan forces.<br />
“Few allies want that.”<br />
Pentagon spokesman<br />
Johnny Michael declined<br />
to discuss whether Mattis<br />
had sent a letter to NATO<br />
but said: “The administration<br />
continues to look for<br />
ways allies can do more to<br />
counter terrorist organizations.”<br />
A NATO official said<br />
that the alliance is “looking<br />
into how we can step-up<br />
our training efforts”.<br />
NATO defense chiefs<br />
will provide ministers with<br />
a range of options for an<br />
Iraq mission, while NATO<br />
Secretary-General Jens<br />
Stoltenberg has discussed<br />
the issue with Prime<br />
Minister Haider al-Abadi,<br />
who supports a mission,<br />
diplomats said.<br />
Hualien is home to about<br />
100,000 people. Its streets<br />
were buckled by the force of<br />
the quake, with around<br />
40,000 homes left without<br />
water and around 1,900<br />
without power. Water supply<br />
had returned to nearly 5,000<br />
homes by noon (0400<br />
GMT), while power was<br />
restored to around 1,700<br />
households.<br />
Emergency workers surrounded<br />
a badly damaged<br />
12-storey residential building,<br />
a major focus of the rescue<br />
effort. Windows had<br />
collapsed and the building<br />
was wedged into the ground<br />
at a roughly 40-degree<br />
angle.<br />
Rescuers worked their<br />
way around and through the<br />
building while residents<br />
looked on from behind cordoned-off<br />
roads. Others<br />
spoke of the panic when the<br />
earthquake struck.<br />
“We were still open<br />
when it happened,” said Lin<br />
Ching-wen, who operates a<br />
restaurant near a damaged<br />
military hospital.<br />
No one will be spared if<br />
there is truth in the report<br />
of fake degrees: CJP<br />
ISLAMABAD: Supreme<br />
Court (SC ) has summoned<br />
all the accused including<br />
owner of Axact company in<br />
fake degree suo motu notice .<br />
The Chief Justice of<br />
Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib<br />
Nisar has remarked if there<br />
is truth in media report pertaining<br />
to fake degrees then<br />
no one will escape and if<br />
there is no truth therein then<br />
action will be taken against<br />
those who are launching<br />
campaign.<br />
He gave these remarks<br />
while presiding over a 3-<br />
member bench of SC during<br />
the course of hearing of suo<br />
motu notice of Axact fake<br />
degrees Wednesday.<br />
Director General FIA<br />
Bashir Memon appeared in<br />
the court and started reading<br />
out report.<br />
CJP remarked “ tell us<br />
what is problem of axact.<br />
This issue was earlier raised<br />
too.<br />
DG FIA said the documents<br />
were taken into custody<br />
after sealing the offices.<br />
CJP remarked this issue<br />
is being highlighted again. If<br />
this is correct then tell us.<br />
Country is being maligned.<br />
CJP remarked if this incident<br />
has not happened then<br />
action will be taken against<br />
those who are behind<br />
unleashing campaign. If<br />
there is any truth in the fake<br />
degrees news then no one<br />
will be able to escape.<br />
DG FIA told that a report<br />
found way to the media on<br />
May 15, 2015 that professor<br />
holding fake degree was<br />
arrested in Peshawar.<br />
DG FIA told the court<br />
Axact headquarters is located<br />
in Karachi.<br />
WASHINGTON: Interior Minister<br />
Ahsan Iqbal has said that security<br />
threats are not a regional but a global<br />
challenge.<br />
Addressing a seminar on World<br />
Geological Threats in Washington, he<br />
said that terrorism will only be defeated<br />
by joint efforts.<br />
The Minister said Pakistan has rendered<br />
great sacrifices in war on terror.<br />
The backbone of terrorists in Pakistan<br />
has been broken.<br />
He said that the presence of Daesh<br />
in Afghanistan is posing threat to<br />
regional peace. Meanwhile, he said<br />
improvement in security has made<br />
Pakistan an attractive destination for<br />
foreign investment.<br />
He was talking to Senator Lindsey<br />
Graham on Capitol Hill in Washington.<br />
Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan wants to<br />
work with the United States to bring<br />
Former HC for practical steps<br />
to resolve Kashmir issue<br />
ISLAMABAD: Former<br />
High Commissioner, Abdul<br />
Basit said Wednesday that<br />
Pakistan must take practical<br />
steps for freedom of<br />
Kashmir instead of delivering<br />
speeches.<br />
Addressing a seminar<br />
held here in connection with<br />
Kashmir Solidarity Day<br />
under the auspices of<br />
District Bar Association, he<br />
alleged liberal faction was<br />
aspirant of developing relations<br />
with India instead of<br />
paying heed towards<br />
Kashmir issue.<br />
Abdul Basit said over<br />
1,00,000 people have been<br />
martyred in occupied<br />
Kashmir during the last<br />
forty years. He stressed the<br />
need to foil Indian conspiracies<br />
regarding Kashmir<br />
issue, saying India was trying<br />
to divide Kashmir in<br />
three parts since creation of<br />
Pakistan.<br />
Lashing out at the<br />
Pakistani politicians, he said<br />
these have not played their<br />
role significantly and in real<br />
sense. He said Jammu &<br />
Kashmir resolution passed<br />
NEW DELHI: Actress<br />
Kriti Sanon, who featured<br />
in some of the biggest hits<br />
of 2017 but also experienced<br />
a few disappointments,<br />
says that failures<br />
make her realise the value<br />
of success and keeps her<br />
grounded.<br />
"I think when you go<br />
through a failure, you also<br />
realise the value of success<br />
and it also somewhere<br />
keeps you grounded," Kriti<br />
told IANS in an e-mail<br />
interview when asked how<br />
she coped with the bad<br />
times in her life.<br />
"It also gives you a reality<br />
check -- that there are<br />
going to be ups and downs<br />
in life and it's not going to<br />
be smooth always; but as<br />
long as you're doing what<br />
you believe in, you're<br />
doing things for a right<br />
reason. I'm taking up a<br />
film because I genuinely<br />
love it or genuinely want<br />
to work with those people,<br />
or I love the character -- as<br />
long as I'm true to that, it<br />
doesn't matter.<br />
"I feel successes and<br />
failures are easily forgotten<br />
and you move out of<br />
it... what you learn in the<br />
process is much more<br />
important," added the<br />
actress, whose films<br />
in 1948 was not implemented.<br />
He further said ex-<br />
President Musharraf also<br />
inflicted heavy loss to<br />
Kashmir cause. He alleged<br />
Musharraf made Kashmir<br />
issue more disputed. He<br />
added Kashmir issue was<br />
started highlighting again.<br />
He made it clear that<br />
Kashmir issue will not<br />
resolve until seriousness<br />
was not showed. He categorically<br />
said people of<br />
Jammu and Kashmir will<br />
not stop rendering sacrifices<br />
for freedom of Kashmir.<br />
Failure makes you realise the<br />
value of success: Kriti Sanon<br />
Palestinian killed, dozens<br />
wounded in West Bank clashes<br />
WEST BANK: A<br />
Palestinian has been killed<br />
in clashes with the Israeli<br />
army in the city of Nablus<br />
in the occupied West Bank,<br />
according to medical<br />
sources.<br />
Khaled Walid Tayeh, 22,<br />
from Iraq al-Tayeh near<br />
Nablus, succumbed to his<br />
wounds on Tuesday after<br />
being shot in the chest, staff<br />
at al-Najah Hospital told<br />
Palestinian news agency<br />
Wafa. At least 40 others<br />
were injured in the violence,<br />
which broke out after<br />
Israeli soldiers entered the<br />
city in order to carry out<br />
arrests, the agency reported.<br />
Wafa said six<br />
Palestinians were in critical<br />
condition, including a man<br />
who was run over by an<br />
Israeli army jeep and another<br />
who was shot in the<br />
thigh.<br />
The army's raid was carried<br />
out as part of a search<br />
for the suspect in a stabbing<br />
that killed an Israeli settler<br />
near Nablus earlier this<br />
week, Israeli and<br />
Palestinian media outlets<br />
reported.<br />
A spokesperson for the<br />
Israeli army told Al Jazeera<br />
it was investigating and<br />
could not confirm the<br />
reports.<br />
The Israeli settler was<br />
killed on Monday in a stabbing<br />
attack outside the illegal<br />
settlement of Ariel, in<br />
the northern West Bank.<br />
Israeli soldiers launched<br />
a manhunt for the suspect in<br />
the area early on Tuesday,<br />
Bethlehem-based Ma'an<br />
News Agency said.<br />
They blocked main<br />
roads and shut down the<br />
Huwwara checkpoint, Wafa<br />
reported.<br />
Also on Tuesday, Israeli<br />
soldiers shot and killed<br />
Palestinian 22-year-old<br />
Ahmad Jarrar in a pre-dawn<br />
raid in the northern West<br />
Bank city of Jenin.<br />
peace to Afghanistan because<br />
Pakistan's economic and security gains<br />
"Dilwale" and "Raabta"<br />
did not do great business at<br />
the box-office, but whose<br />
"Barelli Ki Barfi" was a<br />
roaring success.<br />
Anti-India<br />
Protests, Rallies<br />
Held In Europe<br />
LONDON: Tehreek-e-<br />
Kashmir UK and Europe<br />
mobilized the Kashmiri diaspora<br />
and Pakistanis living in<br />
numerous European cities to<br />
express support to the people<br />
of occupied Kashmir in connection<br />
with Kashmir<br />
Solidarity Day, observed on<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 5, every year.<br />
According to KMS,<br />
Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK<br />
President Fahim Kayani and<br />
Europe President Muhammad<br />
Ghalib led rallies with thousands<br />
of participants in<br />
Lisbon, where the procession<br />
led toward the Portuguese<br />
Parliament. The current UN<br />
Secretary General is the former<br />
prime minister of<br />
Portugal. “We remind the people<br />
of Europe of their responsibility<br />
to uphold human<br />
rights. Some of the worst abuses<br />
have been committed in<br />
Indian occupied Kashmir and<br />
for too long the world community<br />
has turned a blind eye to<br />
the suffering of the people.<br />
Daesh in Afghanistan, a threat to regional peace: Ahsan<br />
are at risk from continued instability in<br />
Afghanistan.<br />
WASHINGTON: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal presenting a calendar to US<br />
Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) after their meeting at<br />
Capitol Hill. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Aizaz Ahmad<br />
Chaudhry is also present.<br />
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