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W A S H I N G T O N : 

Pakistan Peoples Party 

(PPP) Chairman Bilawal 

Bhutto alleged that the 

United States of America 

(USA) supported the Taliban 

KARACHI EDITION – Friday, February 9, 2018, Jumada-al-Awwal 22, 1439 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

US supported Taliban 

in Iran war: Bilawal 

Trump's tweet was deeply hurtful to Pakistanis, Bilawal tells American news outlet 

during Iran war. 

Talking to David Asman 

on FOX Business, Bilawal 

said “Pakistani state was 

forced to support these 

forces. My mother Benazir 

Libya boat tragedy 

Bhutto warned then 

American president, George 

H. W. Bush, but I don’t want 

to fight about the past. I want 

to look forward.” 

Pakistan has seen 75 percent 

drop in terrorist activities 

while in Afghanistan, 75 

percent of the provinces, and 

45 percent of the country is 

not in control of Afghan 

government, he added. 

If all of the NATO forces 

and Afghan government 

can’t defeat terrorism in 

Afghanistan, how do we 

expect Pakistan to do it 

alone, PPP chairman asked. 

Afghan war cannot be 

ISLAMABAD: FIA confirmed 

on Thursday that 28 Pakistani 

nationals have been confined in 

Libya after the tragic boat capsize 

incident, said a report released by 

law-enforcing agency. 

The boat carrying the migrants capsized 

off the coast of Zuwara in the 

early hours of February 2, the 

International Organization for 

Migration had confirmed. 

"It has been learnt that 28 more 

Pakistanis are confined in Libya in a 

safe house in Zawiya district," said the 

fought on Pakistan’s soil, he 

clarified. 

On the comment of host 

related to militants killing 

Americans, Bilawal said that 

terrorists are killing 

Pakistanis more than US citizens 

and we want to end it 

at any cost. 

Talking on Trump’s 

tweet, Bilawal said “I understand 

it reflects some of the 

emotions of the American 

people, it was deeply hurtful 

to the people of Pakistan, 

particularly those like 

myself who have lost loved 

ones in this fight against 

extremism.” 

FIA confirms 28 Pakistanis confined in Libya 

FIA report. The agency further stated 

that some of the Pakistani nationals are 

in contact with their families. 

The report by FIA also requests the 

concerned quarters to rescue the 

Pakistanis and save them from further 

unfortunate events. 

ISLAMABAD: King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussain of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 

reviews Guard of Honour upon his arrival at PM House. 

Constitution allows disqualified 

person to lead political party: CJP 

ISLAMABAD: Chief 

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has 

said there is a room in the 

constitution that disqualified 

person can be a party head. 

On Thursday, three member 

bench of apex court 

headed by chief justice 

heard the writ petitions 

regarding disqualified person 

becoming party head. 

Justice Ijazul Ahsan 

directed Babar Awan, 

lawyer of Imran Khan to 

give arguments on Article 

203 of Election Act 2017 

contrary to constitution. He 

inquired is there an example 

of including articles of 

repealed legislation to a new 

legislation. 

Counsel of Imran Khan 

replied section 203 added to 

fade out the effects of 

Panama decision. 

Additional Attorney 

General Rana Waqar said 

standing committee has 

added section 203 in proposed 

legislation and all 

political parties consented 

on it. 

CJ asked Babar Awan to 

give an example of repealing 

or preparing a legislation for 

individual interest, on this he 

replied on the basis of 

majority in parliament such 

legislation passed. 

CJ expressed dismay on 

Babar Awan, and said court 

would like to discuss party 

leader not Nawaz Sharif. 

Court adjourned till today 

(Friday) 

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Friday, February 9, 2018 

Metropolitan 

MQM-P deadlock 

MQM-P groups file nomination 

papers separately for Senate polls 

KARACHI: 

Jamil Ahmed 

Senior Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: The internal 

rifts within Muttahida 

Qaumi Movement- 

Pakistan (MQM-P) took 

another turn on last day for 

submission of the nomination 

papers for Senate 

polls after party chief Dr 

Farooq Sattar and Rabita 

Committee members 

including Faisal Subzwari 

and Wasim Akhtar came 

face to face. 

Emotional scenes were 

witnessed outside the 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan (ECP) office in 

Karachi as Subzwari broke 

in tears after embracing 

Sattar. 

However, the deadlock 

over issuance of Senate 

tickets to party candidates 

apparently remained unre- 

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-Pak) Chief, Dr. Farooq Sattar talks with 

media persons after verification of their nomination papers of Senate elections candidates 

MQM-Pak outside election commission office. 

solved as both the groups, 

the committee membersled 

Bahadurabad group 

and Sattar-led PIB group, 

submitted the nomination 

papers separately. 

The party leadership 

has been divided into two 

factions over the issuance 

of tickets to the favourite 

candidates ahead of Senate 

elections on March 3. 

Two separate party 

meetings were held on 

Wednesday to contemplate 

final names of the candidates 

for upcoming Senate 

elections, despite the 

efforts to convince MQM- 

P chief Dr Farooq Sattar 

and breach the deadlock 

over the names of candidates 

for Senate elections. 

A total of 23 candidates 

from three political parties 

in Sindh filed their nomination 

forms in the 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan (ECP) yesterday 

against 12 Senate seats- 7 

general, two each reserved 

for technocrats/ulema and 

women and one for 

minorities. 

As many as 20 candidates 

out of total 23 

belonged to the ruling 

Pakistan Peoples’ Party 

(PPP), who submitted their 

nomination papers. Two 

candidates belonged to 

Pak Sarzameen Party 

(PSP) and one from 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Functional (PML-F). 

APNS to welcomes court suo moto in weeding 

out black sheeps, criminals from media industry 

The APNS 

has welcomed the suo 

moto action taken by the 

Supreme Court of Pakistan 

in the matter of corruption, 

extortion and fake degree 

scam conducted by 

AXACT and hoped that 

the action by the Apex 

Court will be conclusive 

and will help in weeding 

out the black sheeps and 

criminals from the media 

industry in particular and 

the Pakistani society in 

general. 

The President APNS, 

Sarmad Ali in a statement 

has noted that the shameful 

and nefarious activities has 

not only lowered the 

repute of the country but 

has also affected the credibility 

of Pakistani academia 

all over the world. But 

the runners of the scam 

remained scot free for 

obvious reasons though 

they were found guilty and 

sentenced in foreign countries. 

However it is 

applausable that the Chief 

Justice of Pakistan has 

taken much needed suo 

moto action which would 

be highly appreciated by 

the media in Pakistan. 

The APNS is of the 

considered opinion that 

black money and criminal 

elements have no place in 

the ranks of media and 

should not be allowed to 

perpetuate their shameful 

and criminal practices in 

the garb of media. The 

APNS is confident that the 

action by the Supreme 

Court would result in nipping 

the criminals in the 

bud. 

ORIENTATION SESSION FOR NEW STUDENTS AT M.A. JINNAH UNIVERSITY 

Computer and Bioscience have changed 

our life style completely, Dr. Zubair Shaikh 

Health cards for journalists 

very soon says Nasir Shah 

Minister for Information visits KPC congratulates the newly elected body 

Checking campaign against public 

service vehicle charging excess fare 

KARACHI: In compliance 

with the directives of 

Secretary Transport / 

Chairman Provincial 

Transport Authority, Sindh, 

joint team of the Secretaries 

of Provincial & Regional 

Transport Authority, 

Karachi with the assistance 

of Traffic Police, conducted 

snap Traffic checking 

regarding Charging excess 

fare from the travelling 

public. 

According to the details 

on 2.2.2018 a team comprising 

of Secretaries PTA and 

RTA and other officials conducted 

checking regarding 

charging excess fare from 

the travelling public, MCR 

operating without fare meter 

at Taj Complex & Cantt 

Station, Karachi. During the 

checking as many as 33 

vehicles were checked, 19 

owners/ drivers warned, out 

of which 14 vehicles were 

challaned. An amount of 

Rs.1200/- has been returned 

to passengers while an 

amount of Rs.9,000/- 

imposed as fine. 

KU announces another exam result 

KARACHI: The 

University of Karachi’s 

(KU) Controller 

Examinations Thursday 

notified the results of MA 

Previous external annual 

examinations 2016 in 

Islamic Studies, 

International Relations and 

Political Science. 

In Islamic Studies, 661 

candidates appeared in the 

examination out of which 

460 were declared successful. 

The pass percentage 

remained 69.59. In political 

science, 191 candidates 

appeared out of which 140 

were declared successful. 

The pass percentage 

remained 73.30. 

In International 

Relations, 1523 candidates 

appeared in the exam out of 

which 622 were declared 

pass. The pass percentage 

remained 40.84. 

KARACHI: Sindh bers governing body. 

Minister for Information On the occasion Nasir 

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah was accompanied by 

Thursday visited the Secretary Information 

Karachi Press Club Imran Atta Soomro, 

(KPC) and met President Secretary Transport Saeed 

Ahmed Khan Malik, Ahmed Avan and Director 

Secretary Maqsood Information Dr. 

Ahmed Yousufi and others 

newly elected mem- 

Muizzuddin Pirzada. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Nasir said that it was 

Pakistan Peoples Party 

policies to safe guard the 

rights of the journalists, 

assuring that all their genuine 

matters and issues 

would be resolved on priority 

basis. The minister 

also assured that journalist’ 

residential schemes 

issues would also be 

resolved very soon, saying 

that in this regard a 

joint meeting will be 

arranged with Local 

Government Minister Jam 

Khan Shoro very soon. 

Secretary Information 

Imran Atta Soomro said 

that the government was 

keen to issue health cards 

to journalists, saying that 

it would be finalized in 

couple of days. 

No clue yet to 

missing Karachiite 

KARACHI: 

Karachi’s family on 

Thursday demanded of the 

government to take sincere 

steps for the recovery of its 

missing teenage boy. 

Addressing a press conference 

at Karachi Press 

Club, Advocate Umar 

Hayat told media that there 

was no any law to detain 

any innocent person without 

any reason. He said 

their boy Sayed Nabeel, a 

CA student went missing 

in 2017, but the authorities 

could still not recover him 

despite court order. 

The boy was neither 

criminal nor was associated 

with any political party, 

but they had information 

that he had been detained 

by a state institution, 

Umar said. 

Minister, secy 

congrat lecturers on 

getting promotions 

KARACHI: Provincial Health 

Minister Dr Sikandar Ali Mandhro on 

Thursday said that the government is 

focusing on the development of education 

and health in Pakistan as education 

and health are closely related to 

sports and other physical activities 

This he said while speaking as the 

chief guest at the closing ceremony of 

10th Annual Sports Week of Dow 

University of Health Sciences 

(DUHS) held at an auditorium, Dow 

Medical College, Karachi. The event 

was attended by Vice Chancellor 

DUHS Prof Dr Mohammad Saeed 

KARACHI: President, Mohammad All Jinnah University, Karachi, Prof. Dr. Zubair 

Shaikh addressing to an orientation session held last evening for newly admitted students 

of Computer Science, Software Engineering and Bioscience departments. 

KARACHI: Provincial KARACHI: President, career for their bright future. 

Minister for Education and Mohammad Ali Jinnah He emphasized that students 

Literacy 

Hussain 

Jam 

Dahar 

Mehtab 

and 

University, Karachi Prof. Dr. 

Zubair Shaikh said that after 

should differentiate between 

Software Engineering and 

Secretary Education launching BS-Bioscience Computer Science. 

Colleges Pervaiz Ahmed and MS-Bioinformatics Similarly to realize the 

Seehar on Thursday congratulated 

degree programs in our importance of Engineering 

the lecturers for 

getting promotions from 

Faculty of Life Sciences, we 

have now planned to start a 

and Bioscience because both 

the subjects have changed 

BPS -17 to Assistant new five years degree program 

our life pattern completely, 

Professors BPS -18. 

In a statement issued 

here on Thursday, they said 

that the education department 

had solved the issue of 

of Doctor of Pharmacy 

(D Pharm) this year. This he 

stated while addressing to an 

orientation session held last 

evening for new students of 

he added. Dr. Zubair Shaikh 

said that most important 

aspect of Computer Science 

is problem solving, as essential 

skill for life. He said that 

promotion and almost 600 Computer Science, students of Computer 

male and female lecturers Engineering and Bioscience Science may study design, 

had been promoted to departments. Dean, Faculty development and analysis of 

Assistant Professors that 

showed that they sincere to 

of Life Sciences, Prof. Dr. 

Kamran Azim, Associate 

software and hardware used 

to solve problems in a variety 

solve the issues of the teachers 

Dean, Computing & 

of business, scientific 

community. They hoped Engineering Faculty, Dr. and social contexts. He said 

that these promoted teachers 

would focus more on the 

students and ultimately their 

students would give better 

Asim Imdad and head of 

Computer Science department 

Dr. Shoukat Wasi also 

addressed to the orientation 

on the other hand typical formal 

definition of Software 

Engineering is” the application 

of systematic, disciplined, 

results. 

session. Addressing to the 

quantifiable 

Dahar has also taken the 

notice of the news that a student 

of Ibrahim Ali Bhai 

new students, Dr. Zubair 

Shaikh said that teaching 

and learning process should 

approach to the development, 

operation and maintenance 

of software”. He said 

Government Girls continue together, otherwise that software engineering is 

Secondary School Federal it is a futile exercise. He said relatively a new area of engineering 

A B Area was deprived of her that at the time of admissions 

though, but the 

stipend for the last two 

at MAJU, we always scope of software engineer- 

years. He asked director guides to the students to ing is extremely broad. 

schools Karachi to look into select suitable subjects for Dean, Faculty of Life 

the matter and resolve it. them and to choose a right Sciences, Prof. Dr. Kamran 

Quraishy, and Pro Vice Chancellor 

Prof Dr Khawar Saeed Jamali, Prof 

Dr Mohammad Masroor, Registrar Dr 

Aman-ullah Abbas, Director Finance 

Nadeem Shakoor Javeri, Dr Zarnaz 

Wahid, Prof Mukarram Ali and others. 

Mandhro appreciated the efforts of 

the participants and encouraged the 

students to get indulged in more of 

such healthy physical activities and 

sports. He said it was their core 

responsibility to encourage new generation, 

particularly students, to 

actively participate in such healthy 

activities in order to produce a healthy 

Azim while highlighting the 

importance of Bioscience in 

everyday life said that this 

subject is also called 

Biology and life science, is 

the study of living organisms, 

from a microorganism 

to a blue whale. He said the 

study and application of 

Bioscience affect almost 

every aspect of life from 

health to agriculture and 

food to industry and energy. 

Associate Dean, Faculty of 

Computing & Engineering, 

Dr. Asim Imdad said that 

Computer Science and 

Engineering are most vital 

for the development of 

country and nations. He said 

no country may achieve its 

targets of national development 

without promoting 

computing and engineering. 

He said that at MAJU we are 

focusing on the encouraging 

research activities in 

Computer Science and 

Engineering, in this connection 

all possible help and 

guidance is being provided 

to students and teachers. He 

told the students that we 

complete our academic 

colander well in time and 

disciplined are maintained 

strictly here. 

Award distribution ceremony held at DUHS 

society. He further said that a healthy 

mind flourishes in a healthy body. The 

Sindh government was actively promoting 

games and was working hard 

to develop uniform standards of competition 

at national as well as international 

levels. 

For this purpose, the Sports 

Minister is opted so that the new generation 

should be motivated to indulge 

themselves in sports. He also appreciated 

the provision of the First-Aid 

Service to the injured participants during 

the Sports Week at Dow 

University. 

USAID-funded Health Policy Plus Project’s ceremony held 

KARACHI: The United 

States Agency for 

International Development 

(USAID) funded Health 

Policy Plus (HP+) Project 

held its End of Project 

Dissemination event today, 

showcasing the project’s 

contributions to the family 

planning policy area. 

The event was attended 

by Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, 

Member, National 

Assembly (MNA) and Chair 

of the FP2020 Taskforce, 

Laeeq Ahmed, Secretary, 

Population Welfare 

Department, Oghale Oddo, 

USAID Deputy Mission 

Director for Sindh and 

Balochistan and Ms. Sangita 

Patel, Director, USAID 

Health Office, along with 

Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, 

Provincial Coordinator of 

the Oversight and 

Coordination Cell for Public 

Health Programs. 

KARACHI: Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Member, National Assembly, Mr. Laeeq Ahmed, 

Secretary, Population, Mr. Oghale Oddo, USAID Deputy Mission Director for Sindh and 

Balochistan and Ms. Sangita Patel, Director, USAID Health Office, along with others at 

USAID funded HP+ project concludes ceremony. 

Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho 

spoke on the future plans of 

the government to promote 

and expand family planning 

services across Sindh. She 

also spoke on the areas 

where the Government of 

Sindh may need technical 

support in implementing the 

FP2020 agenda. Speakers 

endorsed their commitment 

to support for achieving 

Sindh’s family planning 

goals. HP+ has supported 

the Sindh government in prioritizing 

making progress towards 

achieving the province’s 

family planning goals 

through execution of a 

Costed Implementation Plan 

(CIP). The CIP is a multiyear 

roadmap designed to 

help governments achieve 

family planning goals by 

interventions, 

engaging stakeholders, forecasting 

costs, and mobilizing 

resources to meet gaps in 

health and family planning 

services. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi along 

with Syeda Tehsin Abidi visiting Azeem Hayder Park at 

Nazimabad. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting 

ongoing decoration work Metro will Park. 

KARACHI: MPA SINDH Assembly, Ghulam Murtaza 

Baloch along with Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad 

Baloch offering dua after inaugurates Govt Boys Sindhi 

School at Hangoro Goth. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah 

Murad inspecting development works.

Pakistan committed to stability, 

peace in region: Khurram Dastgir 

ISLAMABAD: General 

Mikhail Kostarakos, Chairman 

EU Military Committee called on 

Federal Minister for Defence, 

Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, in 

his office at Ministry of Defence 

Rawalpindi on Thursday. 

Federal Minister lauded the 

services of visiting dignitary 

towards global peace and stability. 

He mentioned that Pakistan 

attaches great importance to its 

relations with EU. 

Federal Minister commended 

EU’s efforts in uplift and development 

of KPK, particularly 

Malakand Division. 

During the meeting, he emphasized 

that Pakistan strongly condemns 

terrorism in all its forms 

and manifestations and reiterated 

Pakistan’s zero tolerance against 

use of Pakistan’s soil to promote 

Naeem Ahmed 

SHIKARPUR: Jamiate-Ulema-i-Islam 

Fazal 

[JUI-F] has nominated its 

candidates for Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa and three 

members for Balochistan 

province, 

said 

Muhammad Aslam Gori, 

the Central Deputy 

RAWALPINDI: General Mikhail Kostarakos, Chairman EU Military Committee called on Federal 

Minister for Defence, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan at Ministry of Defence. 

General Secretary, Jamiate-Ulema-i-Islam 

Fazal 

[JUI-F], in a statement 

issued by him, here on 

Thursday. 

Statement further said 

that three members 

including Muhammad 

Aslam Gori, Talha 

Mehmood, Moulana Gul 

terrorism against any country. 

He further mentioned that 

Pakistan has been providing 

multi-faceted support to international 

community in war against 

terrorism. 

General Mikhail Kostarakos 

expressed the desire to enhance 

Naseeb for general seats 

and Shaikh Yaqoob for 

technocrat seat while 

Naeema Kishore were 

nominated for reserved 

seats of women for senator 

ship from Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa province. 

Besides, three members 

from Balouchistan 

including Moulana Faiz 

Muhammad for general 

seat, Kamran Murtaza 

advocate on technocrat 

seat and Azira Syed for 

reserved seat for women 

were nominated by JUI-F 

leadership for senator ship 

and would contest senate 

election. 

cooperation between Pakistan and 

EU. He highlighted the importance 

of better communication 

and interaction at various levels 

JUI-F nominates candidates for senate elections 

Experts term water shortage as a 

burning issue of province: Seminar 

Staff Reporter 

BADIN: Foremost causes 

of water shortage in 

Sindh province including 

district Badin were lack in Muhammad 

updation of oldest water 

roles, lack of de-silting and 

lining of canals, water theft, 

illegal slabs installation and 

no participation of women 

in decision making of water 

distribution, the experts 

observed. 

While addressing the 

seminar on “issues of water 

shortage and exclusion of 

women in decision making 

in water distribution” held 

at Gym Khana Badin on 

Thursday, organized by 

India must forgo its 

policy of aggression 

in IOK: Masood 

ISLAMABAD: President 

Azad Kashmir, Sardar 

Masood Khan has said that 

India has unleashed a reign 

of terror and oppression in 

Indian Occupied Kashmir. 

He was delivering a lecture 

as the guest speaker at 

AIR University Islamabad in 

connection to the Kashmir 

Solidarity Day. The lecture 

titled “Changing Global 

Scenario and Kashmir 

Dispute” was attended by 

Vice Chancellor AIR 

University Air Marshal (R) 

Faaiz Amir, founding VC 

AIR University AVM (R) 

Qazi Javed, senior faculty 

members and a large number 

of students of the University. 

He said, Indian forces 

under the patronage of the 

central government at Delhi 

are torturing the local population 

in Indian Occupied 

Kashmir by mercilessly murdering 

peaceful Kashmiris, 

harassing the Hurriyat leadership, 

using lethal pellet 

guns, transforming the 

demography of Muslim populated 

areas, illegally incarcerating 

innocent protestors 

and dishonoring womenfolk. 

The President said that 

Kashmiris have been made 

aliens in their own homeland 

and India has resorted to 

maliciously transforming the 

demography by forcefully 

evicting local Muslims and 

illegally settling non- 

Kashmiri pundits and exarmy 

personnel in Jammu 

and Kashmir. In 1947, over 

247,000 Kashmiris were brutally 

massacred by the Dogra 

forces and RSS goons, all 

under the watchful eye of the 

central government, he said. 

local organization AWARE, 

experts and representatives 

of different organizations 

including Haji Taj 

Mallah, 

President, Pakistan Peoples 

Party (PPP) Taluka Badin, 

Parwaiz Babhan, Manager 

SIDA, Iftikhar Ahmed, 

Muhammad Bux Soomro, 

Khadim Talpur, Abida 

Jamali and others maintained 

that the situation of 

water shortage has been 

intensified in across the district 

adding they termed it 

the burning issue of 

province. 

They added that despite 

several protests and sit-ins 

JAMSHORO: Speakers 

in the conclusion ceremony 

of 2-day international moot 

on “Business, Economics 

and Information 

Technology” organized by 

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto 

Shaheed Campus, Dadu, 

University of Sindh have 

advocated that every university 

in Pakistan should 

establish entrepreneur center 

across the country to 

promote culture of small 

business enterprises, to 

facilitate a group of select 

Pakistani business experts 

to visit Stanford University, 

UK and other renowned 

world universities with 

excellent entrepreneur centers 

to study business models 

with an objective to 

replicate them in Pakistan, 

to invite officials of Small 

Business Enterprises 

in across the province, the 

water shortage issue was 

being spread tremendously. 

During the seminar, experts 

presented their suggestions 

and proposals for the solution 

of faced issue according 

to them people of Sindh 

were suffering by acute 

shortage of water. 

It was unanimously 

decided in the seminar that 

this burning issue of water 

shortage in Sindh would be 

highlighted in the upperhouses 

of Pakistan through 

different channels and 

sources adding that every 

one among them would 

have to play their role. 

JAMSHORO: Dr.Tanweer Hussain Phulpoto won the election 

of Mehran University Teachers Association (MUTA) as 

president for year 2018. Elections were supervised by Dr. 

Ashfaque Pathan at Makhdoom Daud Hall MUET on 8th 

February 2018. Dr. Tanweer Phulpoto got 190 votes for president. 

Engr. Shafique Lashari became vice president with 

125 votes, Engr. Shakeel Laghari won the seat of General 

secretary with 161 votes. Abdul Raqeeb Memon as joint 

secretary, Junaid Baloch as treasurer and Ali Murtaza 

Phul as social secretary won the seats unopposed. 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Islamabad High Court 

(IHC) has ordered for 

handing over the Christian 

girl to her parents in 

underage Christian girl 

marriage matter besides 

referring the case to family 

court. 

The marriage case of 

twelve and half years old 

Christian girl with a 

Muslim boy came up for 

hearing before single 

bench of IHC presided 

over by Justice Shaukat 

Aziz Siddiqui on 

Thursday. 

The boy stated before 

the court the girl has 

become Muslim. 

The court remarked the 

girl has failed to satisfy 

court about her embracing 

Islam. Due to this reason 

the NGOs defame Islam. 

How the girl has become 

Also, Muhammad 

Aslam Gori, further added 

that JUI-F’s nominated 

candidates would successful 

in forthcoming senate’s 

election because 

JUI-F is single party 

which was playing its role 

for the welfare of the 

masses in across Pakistan. 

Marriage with Muslim boy 

IHC orders for handing over 

Christian girl to her parents 

Development Authority of 

Pakistan (SMEDA) to the 

business schools at the universities 

to gain theoretical 

and conceptual input to be 

incorporated in the national 

policy frameworks, to set 

up incubation centers at all 

universities and technical 

colleges to encourage budding 

entrepreneurs in 

Pakistan, to arrange regular 

visits of business academicians 

to the business departments 

at the universities to 

develop long term university-industry 

linkage and 

introduce CPEC related 

subjects in business, commerce 

and economics 

departments and institutes 

at universities to boost 

entrepreneurship in 

Pakistan. These proposals 

were forwarded by all participating 

national and 

international scholars in 

consensus in form of formal 

Muslim when she does not 

know even about our Holy 

Prophet Muhammad 

(PBUH) 

The counsel for the 

petitioner argued that had 

the girl been adult then we 

would have no objection. 

The court also talked to 

the parents of the boy 

remarking “ you the parents 

of the boy are equally 

responsible for this 

offence. 

The court further 

remarked the minorities 

enjoy as much rights as the 

Muslim enjoy in Pakistan. 

Such act leads to malign 

Islam. The 12 years old 

knows about Valentine day 

but she does not know 

about Eid ul Azha. 

The court while ordering 

to hand over the girl to 

her parents sent the case to 

family court. 

recommendations of this 

global moot. 

A befitting conclusion 

ceremony was organized to 

wrap up the proceedings of 

the moot. The ceremony 

was presided over by Prof. 

Dr. Anwar Ali Shah G. 

under a mutually agreed framework. 

“Pakistan is committed to 

stability and peace in the region 

with particular focus on its relation 

with Afghanistan. A peaceful 

Afghanistan is not only in the 

interest of Pakistan but the whole 

region” said the Minister. 

General Mikhail Kostarakos 

also shared his views on 

Afghanistan. 

Khurram Dastagir highlighted 

that Pakistan at this critical juncture 

in war against terror wants 

more trade than aid to address 

root causes of extremism like unemployment 

and poverty. 

He also expressed Pakistan’s 

desire to enhance collaboration in 

the field of defence and defence 

production especially the ease of 

access to defence technology of 

EU member countries. 

Zardari reaches 

at Karampur for 

condolence 

Staff Reporter 

KARAMPUR: Asif Ali 

Zardari, the co-chairman to 

Pakistan People’s Party and 

former President of Pakistan 

along with Dr Asim Hussain 

and other leaders visited the 

house of slain Mir Hazar 

Khan Bijarani and offered 

condolence with Meer 

Shabir Bijarani, PPP MNA, 

over the sad demise of his 

father and sitting PPP MPA 

Meer Hazar Khan Bijarani, 

here on Thursday. 

Former President Asif Ali 

Zardari, paid great tribute to 

slain Meer Hazar Khan 

Bijarani and expressed his 

deep sympathies with 

bereaved family members 

and prayed to Almighty 

Allah to give patience to the 

bereaved family over the 

great loss of Meer Hazar 

Khan Bijarani. 

Media persons were not 

allowed to meet with former 

president Asif Ali Zardari 

during his visit. Strict security 

arrangements had been 

made by Law enforcement 

agencies on the visit of Mr 

Zardari to Karampur town of 

Kashmore-Kandhkot. 

It should be mentioned 

here that the bodies of sitting 

PPP MPA Meer Hazar Khan 

Bijarani and his spouse 

Fariha Razaque were found 

shot dead at their residence in 

Karachi. 

Children kidnapping cases have 

become headache for Capital police 

ISLAMABAD: The vast 

number of children kidnapping 

cases from various 

areas of Federal Capital has 

became headache for 

Islamabad police as it failed 

to provide protection to 

Islamabad citizens. 

The credible sources 

have disclosed that Federal 

Capital police crime control 

strategy had badly failed to 

control this alarming crime 

and residents have 

expressed grave concern on 

this situation. 

Sources said that in most 

of the children kidnapping 

cases police officials adopted 

stance that safe city cameras 

installed on different highways 

were out of order and 

on that base they deliberately 

stopped the investigation 

procedure of kidnapping 

case. They said that newly 

appointed Inspector General 

of Police (IGP) Sultan Azam 

Temuri had also served different 

positions in Federal 

Capital but his presence can’t 

change the attitude of 

Islamabad police. 

Speakers advocate establishment of entrepreneur 

centers at all universities across Pakistan 

Syed, Pro-Vice- 

Chancellor, Mohtarma 

Benazir Bhutto Shaheed 

Campus, Dadu, University 

of Sindh who also was the 

host of the event. The others 

who shared stage with 

Dr. Shah included Prof. Dr. 

Nadeem Ahmed Bhatti 

(Canada), Dr. Mehmood 

Shah (United Kingdom), 

Dr. Friedrich Christian 

Bolhmer (Germany), Dr. 

Mushtaq Sajid, (AJK), Dr. 

Ehsanullah Malik 

(Lahore), Prof. Dr. Tahir 

Hijazi (Islamabad), Prof. 

Amanullah (Rawalpindi), 

Dr. Zahida Azam Abro 

(Larkana). 

In a message read out at 

the ceremony Prof. Dr. 

Fateh Muhammad Burfat, 

VC-SU congratulated the 

organizers upon successful 

completion of the conference 

and stressed the need 

for more such moots in 

continuation on regular 

basis to ensure transfer of 

emerging knowledge in the 

thematic areas. 


National 

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ECP dismisses Imran Khan's 

petition against Ziaullah Afridi 

MPA Ziaullah Afridi. A 

five member bench of ECP 

led by Chief Election 

ISLAMABAD: After 

Ayesha Gulailai, Election 

Commission of Pakistan 

(ECP) Thursday dismissed Commissioner 

petition of Pakistan Tehrik 

Insaf (PTI) seeking disqualification 

of its another 

deviated MPA from 

Khyber Pakhtoonkha (KP) 

Ziaullah Khan Afridi who 

joined Pakistan Peoples 

Party (PPP). 

The Election 

Commission of Pakistan 

(ECP) also dismissed petitions 

of Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf 

(PTI) requesting 

PTI-intra party elections as 

null and void. 

Chairman PTI Imran 

Khan has filed a reference 

requesting disqualification 

of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

(CEC), 

Justice Sardar Muhammad 

Raza conducted hearing of 

petitions against MPA 

Ziaullah Afridi and PTI 

intra-party elections. 

Out of five ECP members, 

three gave verdict in 

the favor of Ziaullah Afridi 

and restored his membership 

while two gave decision 

to terminate his membership. 

While announcing 

on Thursday its verdict on 

the case, ECP declared 

Ziaullah eligible to hold 

the provincial assembly 

seat. ECP had reserved on 

January 31, at previous 

hearing on the case.

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

By Zahid Hussain Karani 

The ever growing close relations between India 

and Israel, is fast turning into a nexus that will 

have great and adverse repercussions for the 

Muslims of Asia particularly Pakistan, Iran and 

Afghanistan and other Central Asian and Middle East 

countries. In fact many responsible leaders have not 

minced words in calling the India, Israel, United States an 

unholy alliance against Muslim countries and their freedom, 

with Iran and Pakistan being the prime targets. 

The recent trip to India of Israeli Prime Minister 

Benjamin Netanyahu, who is best described as a fascist 

and war-criminal along with a 130-member delegation is 

the latest development in the unholy alliance of America, 

Israel and India. 

The Israeli, Indian cooperation is meant to forge a 

united stand against Iran and Pakistan and disrupt their 

progress and economic development. 

The Israelis signed nine defence cooperation agreements 

with India. Israel will sell India an anti-aircraft 

missile system for $2.5billion besides help India to develop 

a state of the art guided missile system. India and 

Israel also signed the following agreements during the 

Israeli Prime Minister’s visit. 

An MoU on Cyber Security Cooperation between 

India and Israel. MoU between India and Israel’s 

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Ministry of 

Energy on Cooperation in Oil and Gas Sector. A Protocol 

between India and Israel on Amendments to the Air 

Transport Agreement. Agreement on Film-coproduction 

between India and Israel. MoU between the 

Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Ministry 

of AYUSH and the Centre for Integrative 

Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center 

on Cooperation in the field of Research in Homeopathic 

Medicine, An MoU between Indian Institute of Space 

Science and Technology (IIST) and the Technion- Israel 

Institute of Technology for cooperation in the field of 

space. A Memorandum of Intent between Invest India 

and Invest in Israel. A Letter of Intent between IOCL and 

Phinergy Ltd. for cooperation in the area of metal-air batteries. 

A Letter of Intent between IOCL and Yeda 

Research and Development Co Ltd for cooperation in the 

area of concentrated solar thermal technologies. 

It is no secret that Israel considers Iran it greatest 

enemy and opponent and has no love lost for Pakistan as 

well. Iran has fully supported the Palestinian people in 

EDITORIAL 

Some ideals behind success 

of Islamic regime in Iran 

By Muhammad Taqi Alvi 

Decades after 1987 demise of Muslim world's 

revolutionary leader Imam Khomeini, reminder 

to further strengthen some ideals behind success 

of Islamic regime in Iran is a timely call, every time. 

With injustice running wild with politics of "might is 

right" globally, it was unthinkable to rise against all those 

big powers. 

But Imam Khomeini led in an Iran ruled by a powerful 

king a successful 1979 revolution of world's 

oppressed nations against unjust oppressors. 

Shortly thereafter, Iranians voted in an Islamic 

democracy system, free and independent from big powers, 

and established an Islamic Republic in Iran. 

Despite conspiracies and actions with trillions of dollars 

spent to overthrow it, this Islamic democracy and 

system of governance is strong enough and survives 

even after several decades. 

Therefore, it's very important not to weaken but to am 

Khomeini, his ideals and further strengthen Iranian 

nation's will and dreams reflected in Iran today, in a simple 

language understandable by all stakeholders. 

1. Imam Khomeini was opposed to and destroyed 

inhumane un-Islamic ideas and actions. He appealed to 

all Muslim peoples everywhere to act on similar divine 

order. Despite decades long wars against it, this best 

Iranian way forward to Islam in practice led to several 

revolutions and people's popular governments being 

called Muslims Awakening worldwide. 

2. Imam Khomeini empowered Allah's commaIran. 

Iranians continued to safeguard this ideal and utmost 

efforts must be made not to deviate but continue to act on 

this divinely desired salvation for benefit of entire 

humanity itself. 

3. Imam Khomeini thus wanted best life for Muslims 

and non-Muslims alike not only for this temporary life 

and living in contemporary world but more importantly 

for best permanent life and living in Hereafter. Iranians 

must not be misled by un-Islamic plots nor distorted versions 

of different brands of Islam. Striving for true Islam 

in Iran, its nation must be protected from un-Islamic conspiracies. 

Iranians won't deviate from such noble ideals, 

life and living. 

4. Imam Khomeini led a revolution which he himself 

described as "revolution of oppressed nations and downtrodden 

peoples worldwide". Therefore, this revolution 

should not be limited to terms and words like "Islamic 

revolution, Shi'ite revolution, Muslim's revolution, religious 

revolution" etc. The 1979 revolution possessed a 

universality of thought, speech and action. As the revolutionary 

leaders repeatedly emphasized: This great revolution 

by angelic Iranian nation belongs to every 

oppressed man, woman and child, anywhere and everywhere 

in the world. This revolution's ideology of 

"human rights of oppressed humans" can be a salvation 

for all humanity. 

5. Imam Khomeini thus taught smaller, weaker 

nations of all religions and countries to fight for, achieve 

and preserve their own national freedom and independence, 

honor, self-dependence, dignity and self-reliance 

with non-interference into each other's affairs. Imam 

Khomeini taught a meek and doubtful world not to feel 

weak but to feel strong with a sure victory to come in 

order to defeat any unfair and unjust policies and actions 

of foreign or big powers as power of ideology was 

stronger than any weapons. This ideal as one of the basic 

pillars of oppressed nations strengthened and practiced 

by other Muslim as well as non-Muslim nations all over 

this world served as a great human ideology. It's a pity 

that all this goodness for all the world be limited by some 

misunderstanding leaders and countries of the world. 

6. With such a universal message benefitting an entire 

humanity and already successfully practiced in Iran and 

a few like minded rulers in other states, the world can 

reap its fruits by adopting these higher ideals that God's 

holy books of so many religions also emphasize upon! 

At any time, now or in future, to deny superior laws of 

God and impose inferior man made laws may not be a 

way to ideal progress, prosperity and salvation of 

humanity in this world or Hereafter. It's not Iran which 

should come to terms and compromise with the world 

but it's the world which should accept and adopt a higher 

ideology and reality of life and living successfully 

practiced in Iran. Others do not need to change their religion 

to Islam but take a divine and superior, simple and 

easy to follow practical way of life. Contribution of various 

Islamic empires with their knowledge and wisdom, 

arts, science and economics to European renaissance and 

Western awakening to scientific advancements is a historical 

reality and is nothing new. The world can still 

acknowledge and follow it. 

7. Imam Khomeini led revolution and Iranian nation's 

support to it was not for material reasons. Iran under 

imperialism was seemingly an economic heaven in sense 

of foreign imports of best products from all over the 

world but without a domestic industrial production and 

economy. Iran under the non-Islamic kingly rule allowed 

utmost personal freedom but promoted Western 

immorality. Therefore, Iranians opted for human reforms 

and spiritual life, sacrificing those materialistic comforts 

and personal liberties. Rising rate of suicides in 

advanced economies without spirituality invites and 

proves to humanity that a balanced materialistic-spiritualistic 

system such as in present Iran is the best form of 

governance for the world to accept, adopt and practice 

for an ideal life and living of all nations. 

OPINION 

Pakistan, Iran safety lies in unity and solidarity 

their just cause for a homeland. Pakistan too, is fully committed 

to the Palestinian cause. Israel’s hegemonistic 

ambitions have also been checked by Iran while 

Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities are viewed with alarm by 

Israel. 

The reason for the loving relationship between the 

Zionist power oppressing the innocent Palestinians and 

fundamentalist Hindu state that has usurped the freedom 

of the Kashmiri people is America. 

The United States has nudged Tel Aviv and New 

Delhi to come close to each other as Washington is dead 

opposed to the prosperity and progress of the Muslim 

countries of South, West and CentralAsia. In this respect, 

America has incorporated Indian and Israeli services to 

stop the China Pakistan Economic Project which also 

enjoys the blessings of Russia which stands to benefit 

from this project. 

The Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate, Mr Raza Rabbani 

during a recent meeting with the visiting Speaker of 

Iran’s Majlis (parliament)Mr Ali Larijani said that recent 

developments in the world and Donald Trump’s decision 

to shift the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Holy Quds 

(Jerusalem) have brought Iran and Pakistan even closer to 

each other. 

Senator Rabbani who is a seasoned statesman with a 

close eye on world events was in fact giving a wake-up 

call to the Pakistani and Iranian people. The US President 

is purposely reneging onAmerica’s word to Iran by revisiting 

the nuclear deal. On the other hand the other nations, 

the UK, France, Germany and Russia have refused to follow 

the US as Iran has honoured its commitments. 

As far as Pakistan is concerned, the US has dragged 

out every dirty trick from its bag to put pressure on 

Pakistan, from its usual “Do More” mantra to questioning 

the territorial integrity. The latest Dirty trick was 

President Donald Trump’s tweet on Jan 01, 2018 in a new 

year tweet saying Pakistan had taken $33 billion to do 

nothing. This set off a storm and Pakistan decided to 

stand up for its honour. 

Pakistan and Iran have to realise that in this dark hour 

for both countries, either they stand close together as 

twins and blood brother to survive as independent honourable 

nations. The need of the hour, is that the friendship 

of Pakistan and Iran should reflect the close Pakistan 

and China ties. Higher than the Himalayas and deeper 

than the oceans. Any other option is a sure recipe for disaster 

for Islamabad as well as Tehran. 

Sahibzada Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi 

announces to part ways with politics 

S A R G O D H A : 

Sahibzada Ghulam Nizamud-Din 

Sialvi, who had 

resigned as provincial lawmaker 

from the ruling 

party, announced to part 

ways with politics. 

Talking to media, 

Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi said, 

“I announce to part ways 

ISLAMABAD: Member of Panama 

investigation team Irfan Naeem Mangi has 

taken charge as DG NAB Rawalpindi. 

According to media reports, Copies of 

reference against Sharif family were given 

with politics.” 

“I am ready to sacrifice 

for the shrine of Sial 

Sharif,” he added. 

He told that his uncle Pir 

Hameeduddin Sialvi will 

decide the political fate of 

Sial Sharif. 

Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi 

hails from Sargodha and 

had won the Punjab 

Assembly seat PP-37 on 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Nawaz (PML-N) ticket. He 

had resigned from his 

provincial assembly seat 

when religious group led 

by Hameeduddin Sialvi 

announced protests against 

the PML-N government. 

to him, because the responsibility rests with 

him now to pursue the cases against Sharif 

family. 

Besides this, he has been provided 

record of housing societies of Rawalpindi. 

His announcement 

comes two weeks after 

Hameeduddin Sialvi postponed 

the sit-in against 

Punjab government on the 

request of Punjab chief 

minister CM Shehbaz 

Sharif. Both leaders met in 

January held successful 

negotiations. 

The cleric had warned 

the Government of Punjab 

to impose sharia law within 

a period of seven days lest 

the religious groups would 

shut down the entire 

province. 

Sialvi, who led a sit-in 

protest of thousands of people 

outside rushy shrine of 

Data Gunj Bukhsh in 

Lahore, had demanded the 

government to impose the 

sharia law. In an address 

delivered to the protesters, 

Silavi said that innocent 

minor girls are murdered in 

multiple cities while the 

government failed to arrest 

the perpetrators. 

IESCO approves 

Irfan Naeem Mangi takes medical bills after 

death of cancer patient 

charge of DG NAB Rwp I S L A M A B A D : 

Crackdown against cattle 

pens: 31 owners arrested 

Our Correspondent 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Implementing orders of 

water commission formed 

by Supreme Court of 

Pakistan, Hyderabad 

administration has 

launched campaign against 

encroachments along canal 

banks andon Thursday 

arrested as many as 31 

owners of cattle pens 

which were set up on 

embankments of Phuleli, 

and other canals passing 

from Hyderabad city. In 

this regard Deputy 

Commissioner Hyderabad 

led anti encroachment cell 

of HMC to remove illegal 

cattle pens from embankments 

of Phuleli, Pinyari, 

Akram Wah canals and on 

his orders 31 cattle pen 

owners were arrested. DC 

Saleem Rajput, talking 

with media on the occasion 

said that section 144 has 

been imposed to remove 

all encroachments along 

canal banks including cattle 

pens, slaughter houses, 

and poultry farms. He said 

crackdown was part of 3rd 

phase of anti encroachment 

campaign. He 

warned encroachers to 

remove their encroachments 

or face music. 

Assistant Commissioner 

City Agha Zulfiqar 

Durrani, Mukhtiarkar city 

Rizwan Jatoi and other 

officers and staff were 

present. 

Harf Kaar, Urdu software with auto 

correct grammatical errors to launch soon 

Lack of facilities, 

people reluctant to visit 

parks in Islamabad 

ISLAMABAD: Due to 

lack of basic facilities and 

improper security arrangements, 

visitors of different 

big parks are reluctant to 

visit the public parks situated 

in the federal capital. 

Talking to Online, visitors 

of different parks 

including Rose and Yasmin 

Garden, Kachnar park, 

Rawal park, F-9 park and 

G-7 markaz complained 

that top civic agency 

Capital Development 

Authority (CDA) has failed 

to provide proper facilities 

in the parks while security 

arrangements are also 

insufficient. 

Kamran, resident of 

Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi a 

regular visitor of Rose & 

Jasmine park said that he 

has been visiting the parks 

from the last twelve years. 

He complained there are no 

proper facilities available in 

the park. 

ISLAMABAD: This First-ever Urdu 

software titled “Harf Kaar” with an 

advanced programme of detecting and 

correcting grammatical errors and anomalies 

in Urdu diction and proof is the 

result of joint efforts by noted poet and 

writer Akhtar Raza Saleemi and eminent 

software programmer Saeed Raza Khan. 

The software has been designed keeping 

in view the global digital needs of 

Urdu writers and poets. With one click, 

the programme will auto-correct all the 

errors in Urdu diction, proof and expression. 

According to Saleemi, the software 

will not only point out/correct Urdu diction 

and proof errors, it will also pave the 

way for uniform, error-free and up-todate 

Urdu expressions. 

“We have carried out so far, 500 successful 

trials of this software,” he added. 

To a question, he said it took his team 

more than a year to design and prepare 

this software and in its preparation, 

almost all the major old and new dictionaries, 

books reference and research work 

on Urdu have been consulted. With 

regard to correction in Urdu diction, the 

designers and researchers’ team has taken 

guidance from Muqtadra Qaumi Zuban’s 

(National Language Promotion 

Department) seminar held in 1985 on 

Urdu diction, grammar and all its related 

fields and the recommendations of 

Committee on Urdu constituted in India 

in 1973-74. 

Islamabad: During the proceeding of 

sue motto notice on illegal marriage halls 

in Islamabad, Chief Justice has sought 

the record of appointment CDA chairman. 

A three member bench headed by 

Chief Justice has heard the case pertaining 

to illegal marriage halls. He directed 

to present the record that whether or not 

the cabinet gave the approval of the 

Islamabad electric supply 

company (IESCO) office 

had approved medical treatment 

application, after death 

of cancer patient. 

According to information 

ex-employee of said 

company, Fateh 

Muhammad was a patient of 

cancer, and admitted to hospital. 

IESCO denied approving 

his medical bills, due to 

which treatment of Fateh 

Muhammad stopped. 

Cancer patient remained 

unattended for one month, 

but after his death ironically 

company approved all medical 

bills. Brother of victim 

and employee of the same 

company Sultan Ahmad told 

that he left no stone 

unturned for the approval of 

medical bills of his brother, 

but in vain. 

Training course held 

for civil servants 

Our Correspondent 

HYDERABAD: The 

Sindh Civil Services and 

Local Government 

Academy, Tandojam organized 

three days training 

course titled Project 

Planning and Management 

in RuralAreas, held from 6th 

to 8th February, 2018 in the 

campus of theAcademy. The 

main objectives of the 

course were to introduce the 

participants regarding the 

project planning for Rural 

Development, to make the 

participants become aware 

of different forms necessary 

for Project Planning and 

Management, to enable the 

participants to learn about 

project cycle, to make them 

familiar about SPP Rules. 

CJP seeks the record of 

appointment of CDA Chairman 

appointment of CDA chairman. He said 

that competent persons should be at public 

places and there should be no nepotism 

and favourtism. 

To a question Chairman CDA said that 

his appointment has been made by the 

federal government. 

The court adjourned the hearing till 

Wednesday. 

HYDERABAD: Students showing their models in science exhibition at Pakistan pilot school.

Khaleda Zia jailed for five 

years in corruption case 

Violent protests as opposition leader is jailed in Bangladesh 

DHAKA: A judge in 

Bangladesh has convicted 

the opposition leader 

Khaleda Zia of corruption 

and sentenced her to five 

years in jail as police clashed 

with thousands of her supporters 

outside the court. 

The court found the former 

prime minister guilty of 

embezzling money meant 

for an orphanage, a charge 

she had consistently dismissed 

as politically motivated. 

Zia, leader of the 

Bangladesh Nationalist 

party (BNP), is expected to 

appeal against the verdict, 

but it may affect her ability 

to stand in a general election 

slated for December. 

She was immediately 

taken to a special jail in the 

old part of the city where she 

must remain until her 

lawyers file an appeal. 

“This is a false and 

staged case. No way will we 

accept this verdict,” the BNP 

secretary general, Fakhrul 

Islam Alamgir, said after the 

hearing. Zia’s lawyer, 

Khandkar Mahbub Hossain, 

said the ruling was “political 

vengeance” and would be 

overturned by a higher court. 

Violence erupted in 

major cities across 

Bangladesh at news of the 

guilty verdict, with BNP 

supporters clashing with 

police and activists from the 

ruling party. 

Police fired rubber bullets 

at demonstrators in the 

north-eastern city of 

Sylhet, a spokesman, 

Abdul Wahab, said. At 

least four people were 

injured in the clashes, he 

added. Police said they had 

ANKARA: Turkey and 

Russia agreed on 

Wednesday that their next 

three-way summit with 

Iran to discuss the conflict 

in Syria will be held in 

Istanbul, a Turkish presidential 

source said. 

The source said Turkish 

President Tayyip Erdogan 

arrested at least seven BNP 

officials in the port city of 

Chittagong, including the 

local head of the party, 

after opposition supporters 

scuffled with police. 

Before the hearing in 

Dhaka police fired teargas at 

thousands of opposition 

activists who defied heavy 

security to escort the car taking 

Zia to the magistrates 

court. The private television 

Leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran 

to discuss Syria in Istanbul 

Kenyan court convicts police officer 

for 2013 murder of suspected thief 

NAIROBI: A Kenyan 

court has convicted a policeman 

of murdering a suspected 

thief in 2013 in a rare victory 

for the independent 

police watchdog that 

brought the case, the Daily 

Nation newspaper reported. 

The judge ruled on 

Wednesday that policeman 

Titus Musila should have 

arrested Kenneth Mwangi, 

whom he believed had 

stolen a mobile phone, 

instead of shooting him 

three times in the head. He 

set Feb. 27 as the date for 

sentence. 

Musila earlier told the 

court he was innocent and 

was dedicated to fighting 

crime in Githurai, a poor 

neighborhood outside 

Nairobi, where he said a 

tough approach to theft is 

merited. 

Kenyan police frequently 

face accusations of brutality 

and extrajudicial 

killings from civilians and 

rights groups but officers 

are rarely charged and 

almost never convicted. 

Earthquake-hit Taiwan city still on 

edge as rescuers hunt survivors 

HUALIEN, Taiwan: Scores of aftershocks 

hampered rescue efforts on Thursday 

as emergency personnel combed through 

collapsed buildings in search of survivors 

after a powerful earthquake killed at least 10 

people near Taiwan’s tourist city of Hualien. 

The coastal city was hit on Tuesday by a 

magnitude 6.4 quake just before midnight 

(11.00 a.m ET) that injured 270 people. Four 

buildings collapsed, officials said, and seven 

people were still missing. 

Rescuers stepped up efforts at one of the 

SEOUL: North Korea 

has no intention of meeting 

U.S. officials during the 

Winter Olympics that start 

in South Korea on Friday, 

state media reported, 

dampening hopes the 

Games will help resolve a 

tense standoff over the 

North’s nuclear weapons 

program. 

U.S. Vice President 

Mike Pence, who 

described North Korea as 

the world’s most tyrannical 

regime, arrived in 

South Korea on Thursday 

ahead of the opening ceremony 

in the mountain 

resort of Pyeongchang, 

just 80 km (50 miles) from 

the heavily armed border 

with the reclusive North. 

The ceremony will also 

be attended by a senior 

delegation of North 

Korean officials, including 

the younger sister of leader 

Kim Jong Un and the 

North’s nominal head of 

worst-hit structures, a 12-storey building 

that housed apartments and a small hotel, 

where authorities believe most of those still 

missing to have been, including several foreigners. 

Thick steel girders propped up the heavily 

leaning structure to keep it from collapsing 

further, with the lower floors having 

already caved in. 

“Everyone was surprised,” said Huang 

Chang Po, the 58-year-old owner of a unit in 

the building, built in 1994. 

and Russia’s President 

Vladimir Putin also agreed 

in a telephone call to 

speed up the establishment 

of military observation 

posts in Syria’s Idlib 

region, and discussed the 

humanitarian situation in 

eastern Ghouta, near 

Damascus. 

station Somoy said at least 

five police officers had been 

injured and two motorcycles 

torched during clashes that 

broke out several miles from 

the court. Authorities have 

for days been on high alert 

for protests in the tense city, 

where political demonstrations 

by Zia’s centre-right 

BNP and its Islamist allies in 

2014 and 2015 left nearly 

200 people dead. 

DHAKA: Zia’s supporters protest in Bangladesh. 

U.S. envoy relays 

Israeli de-escalation 

messages to Lebanon 

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: 

A U.S. envoy has assured 

Lebanon that Israel does not 

seek an escalation between 

the countries following a 

surge in hostile rhetoric, 

Lebanese and Israeli officials 

said on Thursday. 

The neighbours have 

exchanged threats and condemnation 

over a border wall 

being constructed by Israel, a 

tender issued by Beirut for 

oil and gas exploration in disputed 

waters and arms flows 

to Lebanon’s Iran-backed 

Hezbollah group. 

Lebanese and Israeli officials 

said David Satterfield, 

acting assistant U.S. secretary 

of state, was in Israel last 

week and in Lebanon this 

week on a mediation mission. 

U.S. officials confirmed 

his travels without detailing 

his agenda. 

“He (Satterfield) held 

talks regarding the (border) 

wall with Israel and said 

there is no call for concern, 

and there is no direction 

towards escalation,” a senior 

Lebanese government official 

told Reuters on condition 

of anonymity. 

“He assured the Lebanese 

that Israel does not want 

escalation.” 

An Israeli official, who 

also declined to be named, 

said Satterfield was “relaying 

messages” to Beirut about 

several matters of contention. 

“Our position has always 

been that we do not want to 

see the situation inflamed,” 

the official said, adding that 

at least two European countries 

were mediating, as well 

as the United States. 

More than 100 

pro-Assad forces 

killed in thwarted 

attack: U.S. official 

WASHINGTON/BEIR 

UT: More than 100 fighters 

aligned with Syrian 

President Bashar al-Assad 

were killed overnight 

when U.S. coalition and 

coalition-backed local 

forces repelled their 

attack in eastern Syria, a 

U.S. official said on 

Thursday. 

The heavy death toll 

underscored the large size 

of the attack, which the 

U.S. official said included 

about 500 opposing 

forces, backed by 

artillery, tanks, multiplelaunch 

rocket systems and 

mortars. The official 

spoke to Reuters on condition 

of anonymity. 

In reports that appeared 

to confirm the official’s 

comments, Syrian state 

media said the U.S.-led 

coalition against Islamic 

State had bombed progovernment 

forces east of 

the Euphrates river in Deir 

al-Zor province. One of 

the state TV outlets reported 

“dozens of dead and 

wounded”. No American 

troops were killed or 

wounded in the incident, 

officials said. 

Some U.S. troops had 

been embedded at the time 

with Syrian Democratic 

Forces (SDF), whose 

headquarters in Syria’s 

Deir al-Zor province had 

been a target of the attack. 

One SDF fighter was 

wounded, official said. 

BEIRUT: Syrian government 

warplanes conducted air strikes 

against rebel-held eastern Ghouta on 

Thursday, killing 21 people and 

injuring 125 more, the Syrian 

Observatory for Human Rights, a 

Britain-based war monitoring group, 

reported. 

It said the warplanes pounded 

various parts of eastern Ghouta, a 

besieged pocket of satellite towns 

and farms located near the Syrian 

capital Damascus. 

There was no immediate comment 

from the Syrian army. 

HOLLYWOOD: Being 

one of the actors behind the 

Time’s Up initiative, Reese 

Witherspoon aims to end 

gender discrimination and 

imbalance in a work environment, 

reported Glamour. 

She has been very vocal 

about the harassment she’s 

experienced – both professionally 

and personally – 

also revealing that she was 

abused by a director at 16. 

The actor has now come 

forth to share another incident 

about leaving an abusive 

relationship. 

Published in the March 

issue of O, The Oprah 

Magazine, Witherspoon 

stated that she was verbally 

and psychologically abused 

for a very long time and 

leaving it helped her in life. 

The actor did not provide a 

lot of detail but according to 

her statements, it seems as if 

the person was torturing her 

mentally. 

She said, “I drew a line 

in the sand and it got 

crossed, and my brain just 

switched. I couldn’t go any 

further. I was really young, 

and it was profound. It 

changed who I was on a cellular 

level, the fact that I 

stood up for myself. It’s part 

of the reason I can stand up 

and say, ‘Yes, I’m ambitious.’ 

Because someone 

tried to take that from me.” 

Witherspoon has also at 

several times shared her two 

cents on female ambition. 

She garnered a lot of attention 

when she once claimed 

that “ambition is not a dirty 


International 

word.” 

In the magazine, the 41- 

year-old actor also added, 

“A Columbia University 

study found that people considered 

an ambitious 

woman more selfish and 

less worthy of being hired 

5 

Reese Witherspoon speaks up 

on her abusive relationship 

than an ambitious man. I 

thought, we need to start 

reframing this word ambition. 

Because it isn’t about 

being selfish; it’s about 

wanting to create more and 

do better for communities, 

schools, the world.” 

Tougher U.S. strategy brings Afghan 

gains, but peace or victory look remote 

state, Kim Yong Nam. 

The sister, Kim Yo 

Jong, and her entourage 

will travel by private jet to 

Seoul’s Incheon 

International Airport on 

Friday afternoon, North 

Korea informed the South. 

That delegation will 

have lunch with South 

Korean President Moon 

Jae-in on Saturday. 

“We have never begged 

for dialogue with the U.S. 

nor in the future, too,” the 

LONDON: Prime 

Minister Theresa May’s 

government will not hold a 

second referendum on 

Britain’s membership of 

the European Union, her 

spokesman said on 

Thursday after the billionaire 

George Soros donated 

money to stop Brexit. 

“There are many political 

and campaign groups 

in this country, that’s 

entirely right and as you 

would expect in a democracy,” 

the spokesman told 

North’s KCNA news 

agency reported, citing Jo 

Yong Sam, a director-general 

at North Korea’s foreign 

ministry. 

“Explicitly speaking, 

we have no intention to 

meet with the U.S. side 

during the stay in South 

Korea... Our delegation’s 

visit to South Korea is only 

to take part in the 

Olympics and hail its successful 

holding.” 

The United States had 

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: A more 

aggressive U.S. strategy in Afghanistan has 

put the Taliban on the back foot, soldiers and 

police say, but bloody recent attacks in Kabul 

show the insurgency remains potent and a 

prolonged stalemate looms. 

President Donald Trump in August 

unveiled a more hawkish military approach, 

including a surge in air strikes, aimed at forcing 

the Taliban to the negotiating table. 

While Afghan security forces say the 

impact has been significant, the Taliban still 

roam huge swathes of the country and, with 

foreign troop levels at about 15,000 compared 

with 140,000 in 2014, there appears little 

hope of outright military victory. 

“The American air strikes have broken 

their back,” said Nasrullah a soldier in Kunar 

province on the Pakistani border. “They 

don’t dare attack in large numbers because 

they know they’d all get killed. Without air 

support we’d be struggling.” 

The Taliban made gains after NATO 

withdrew most combat troops in late 2014. 

Two years later, they were threatening several 

district centers and even two provincial 

capitals including Kunduz, in the north, 

which was captured briefly. 

Britain will not hold a second EU vote after 

donation to stop Brexit: May's spokesman 

reporters. 

“The prime minister’s 

position on this matter is 

clear, the country voted to 

leave the European Union, 

that’s what we are going to 

deliver and there won’t be 

a second referendum.” 

Syrian govt warplanes kill 21, injure 125 

in Eastern Ghouta: monitor 

North Korea says no U.S. talks planned at Olympics as Pence lands in Seoul 

not requested talks with 

North Korea, but Pence 

left open the possibility of 

some contact although his 

message for denuclearisation 

remained unchanged. 

Pence has said 

Washington would soon 

unveil “the toughest and 

most aggressive round of 

economic sanctions on 

North Korea ever” while 

South Korea wants to use 

the Olympics to re-engage 

with the North.

6 


Biz 

CPEC enhances Pak Geo-political importance, 

make country prime choice for investors 

P E S H A W A R : 

Economics and political 

experts here Thursday said 

China Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC) signed 

during PMLN Government 

tenure, has enhanced the 

geo-political importance of 

Pakistan and made the 

country a prime choice for 

local and foreign investors. 

The experts said CPEC 

was a game changer project 

for Pakistan that would 

not only make very positive 

effects on Pakistan’s 

overall security but would 

make its western and eastern 

borders safe from 

external threats and hostile 

foreign agencies. 

Talking to reporter, 

MPA Saleh Muhammad 

said CPEC was not a myth 

but a strong reality carrying 

immense importance 

for all sectors including 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Minister of State for 

National Food Security 

Syed Ayaz Ali Shah 

Sherazi called on Prime 

Minister Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi here on Thursday. 

He apprised the Prime 

ABBOTTABAD: Workers busy in construction of road under CHINA Pakistan 

Econiomic Corridor (CPEC) project. 

economic development, 

energy, communication, 

and security perspective. 

In presence of massive 

Chinese investment, he 

said, foe elements and hospital 

foreign agencies 

could not dare even to cast 

an ugly eye on our soil as 

attack on Pakistan would 

be tantamount an assault 

on China. 

Terming CPEC as a gift 

of PML-N Government for 

people of Pakistan, he said 

it had not only restored 

confidence of foreign 

investors but will make the 

country a hub of trade and 

investment besides making 

its borders safe from foreign 

aggression. 

Pakistan would make a 

lead role in the security, 

trade, communication and 

economy of the region 

once the Gwadar Sea Port 

was fully operational, he 

said, adding Government 

has made full arrangements 

for protection of CPEC 

projects and foreign 

investors. 

Punajb Government has 

raised Special Protection 

Unit (SPU) for security of 

CPEC projects and 

Chinese nationals, 

enabling foreign and local 

Federal Govt fully aware of 

problems of cane growers: PM 

Need for greater cooperation 

in Sri Lanka, Pakistan urged 

KARACHI: Maj Gen (R) Jayanath Lokuketegodege High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in 

Islamabad and G.L. Gnanatheva, Consul General of Sri Lanka in Karachi, listening 

National Anthem at the inauguration of Sri Lankan food festival at a local hotel on the 

Occasion of the 70th Independence day. Photo shows Ahamed Mazahim,Manager 

SriLankan Airlines and Azeem Qureshi, GM, Beach Luxury hotel and others also present 

on the Occasion. 

KARACHI: Sri Lankan 

High Commissioner to 

Pakistan Major General 

(Retd) Jayanath 

Lokuketogodoge and 

Consul General in Karachi 

G.L.Gnanatheva have 

underlined the need for 

greater cooperation 

between Sri Lanka and 

Pakistan in different sectors 

through enhanced interaction 

at the government and 

people-to-people level 

including more trade and 

cultural delegations. 

There is a big scope to 

increase bilateral trade and 

economic cooperation , and 

to further strengthen seven 

decade old political and cultural 

relations of the two 

countries, they said. 

Sri Lankan envoys were 

speaking at three -day Sri 

Lanka Food Festival-2018, 

inaugurated here at Avari 

Hotel on Wednesday late 

evening. The event linked 

to 70th independence celebrations 

of Sri Lanka was 

also graced with Lankan 

cultural dance and musical 

show. 

Diplomats from various 

countries, and prominent 

business and political personalities 

also attended. 

The 

High 

Commissioner, said Sri 

Lanka-Pakistan relations 

spread over last seven 

decades were characterized 

by a true spirit of mutual 

respect, good understanding 

and excellent co-operation 

also in defence and security 

matters. Pakistan’s assistance 

in fighting against terrorism 

in Sri Lanka would 

always be appreciated by 

the people of Sri Lanka. 

The two countries had 

possessed rich cultural heritage. 

Pakistan and Sri Lanka 

shared many similarities on 

this account. However, the 

cultural connectivity 

between our peoples should 

be developed into greater 

cooperation, he said.. 

As a step in this direction, 

Sri Lankan embassy 

had decided to celebrate the 

independence by providing 

the opportunity to the people 

of Pakistan to taste 

authentic Sri Lankan cuisine 

and witnessing the traditional 

and rich culture of 

the island at this food festival. 

Being a rich in natural 

beauty, Sri Lankan tourism 

industry had grown tremendously 

and their government 

had identified 

Pakistan as a key market to 

promote tourism, he said. 

The Consul General in 

Karachi said Sri Lanka had 

1600 years of written history, 

which embodied its rich 

culture, long traditions and 

high values of human existence. 

Minister of problems being 

faced by cane growers of 

Sindh in selling their crop 

and payments according to 

the procurement prices. 

The Prime Minister said 

that the federal government 

is fully aware of the problems 

of cane growers. He 

said procurement of cane 

and ensuring payments 

according to the procurement 

prices is the sole 

responsibility of the 

provincial governments. 

He said the federal government 

has given clear 

directions to the provincial 

governments to fulfill their 

responsibilities in this 

regard so that the crop can 

be procured and payments 

to farmers can be ensured 

well in time. 

Miftah directs 

timely completion 

of development 

projects 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Advisor to the Prime 

Minister on Finance Dr. 

Miftah Ismail on 

Thursday emphasised the 

need for timely completion 

of the development 

projects. 

While chairing a meeting 

on Thursday that was 

held to review the 

progress of various projects 

being financed by 

international development 

partners and agencies., he 

directed the officials of 

Economic Affairs 

Division to ensure effective 

follow up with executing 

agencies to ensure 

timely completion of the 

projects as per approved 

timelines. 

Senior officials of 

Economic Affairs 

Division briefed the 

Advisor on the portfolio 

of economic assistance 

relating to different multilateral 

and bilateral development 

partners including 

World Bank and Asian 

Development Bank. The 

briefing included the latest 

status of disbursement 

of funds under these projects. 

The Adviser said that 

effective dissemination 

and utilization of the 

funds was very important 

for achieving optimum 

results of development 

projects. The meeting 

was attended by senior 

officials of the Finance 

and Economic Affairs 

Divisions. 

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry Muffasar Atta Malik exchanging views with leader of 

Chinese Trade Delegation Mr. Li Zongtao, who led a delegation to KCCI. Senior Vice President KCCI Abdul Basit Abdul 

Razzak, Former President Shamim Ahmed Shamsi and Members of Managing Committee KCCI are also seen in the picture. 

investors to perform their 

duties without any fear and 

praised CM Punjab for 

raising SPU. 

By linking Kashgar 

with Gwadar port through 

state of the network of 

roads and railway lines, he 

said, CPEC project has a 

vast potential to inject new 

life into the region’s 

economies besides making 

Pakistan a prime choice for 

investment. 

The CPEC project 

would not only help 

Pakistan and China but 

other countries in South 

and Central Asia as well. 

Balochistan and KP 

would be largely benefited 

from this mega project and 

less developed areas of 

these regions would come 

at par with developed parts 

of the country. 

The project would help 

Pakistan’s investmentstarved 

economy besides 

bringing massive improvement 

in the KP ramshackle 

transport, economy and 

energy infrastructure. 

Provide fastest, 

economical Postal 

Services to public top 

priority: Minister 

RAWALPINDI: Federal 

Minister for Postal Services, 

Molana Ameer Zaman 

Bukhari has said that our top 

priority is to provide fastest 

and economical Postal 

Services to the public. Same 

Day Delivery Service has 

been introduced in twin cities 

(Rawalpindi & Islamabad) 

for general public specially 

for business community and 

departments keeping in view 

their requirements. He was 

addressing at the inauguration 

ceremony of newly started 

service at Post Mall 

Islamabad. 

Federal Secretary Postal 

Services, Mr. Saqib Aziz, 

Director General, Pakistan 

Post Madam Rubina Tayyab, 

Dy. Director General, Dr. 

Naseer Ahmed Khan, 

Postmaster General, 

Northern Punjab Circle 

Rawalpindi Rana 

Muhammad Ikhlaq and 

Postmaster General Federal 

Area Mr. Arshad Khan were 

also present in the ceremony. 

The Federal Minister said 

that to deliver the mail on 

same day is best effort of the 

Pakistan Post, and hope that 

public will take full benefit of 

this economical and safe 

mail service. Pakistan Post 

desperately need economic 

support to implement the 

reforms agenda, and meetings 

with Prime Minister in 

this regard remained very 

successful. 

LAHORE: A five-member 

delegation of Asian 

Development Bank (ADB), 

headed by country director 

for Pakistan Ms Xiaohong 

Yang, called on Chief 

Minister Punjab Muhammad 

Shehbaz Sharif, here on 

Thursday. 

On the occasion, progress 

on different projects started 

in collaboration with the 

ADB was reviewed. The 

meeting agreed to further 

extend mutual cooperation in 

different sectors including 

public-private partnership 

based projects. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

the chief minister said a number 

of development projects 

were being completed in collaboration 

with the ADB in 

different sectors including 

irrigation and energy. He said 

that ADB was providing 

$500 million funding for irrigation 

and energy projects. 

“The ADB should provide 

development funds worth 

$1.5 billion every year for 

health, education and other 

sectors. Financial support of 

ADB for development 

schemes aiming at public 

CORPORATE CORNER 

ENGRO announces association 

with quetta gladiators 

KARACHI: Engro came on board as the official sponsor of Quetta Gladiators – 

afranchise of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for PSL Season 3. Engro – regarded 

widely as one of the largest conglomerates of Pakistan – sponsored the franchise as 

a conglomerate of multiple brands and entities including Olper’s (the flagship brand 

of its subsidiary Engro Foods), Engro Fertilizers, Engro Energy, Engro Foundation, 

Engro Polymer and Chemicals and other Engro entities. These brands will be prominently 

featured as part of the Quetta Gladiator’s team kit among other elementsthroughout 

the year. 

The Pakistan Super League has grown in outreach, size and stature in the first two 

seasons, allowing brands and corporations space and time to strategize, activate and 

market their respective messages and products. 

Speaking at the occasion of theofficial announcement, Ghias Khan, President of 

Engro Corporationsaid, ‘With over a hundred million viewers worldwide and a 

galaxy of national and international stars The Pakistan Super League is the crown 

jewel of Pakistani Sport which is why we are very excited to announce our association 

as official team sponsor of Quetta Gladiators. Quetta Gladiators has consistently 

been one of the most exciting teams to watch in the PSL. They share our passion 

for winning and our love for putting the country on the map for the right reasons.” 

Adding to his thoughts, Quetta’s owner Nadeem Omar said, ‘Engro and Quetta 

Gladiators are starting this relationship with the hope to capitalize on the true value 

of franchising in cricket. The franchise, and the game in general, need the support 

of corporations and sponsoring partners to grow and become self-sustaining entities. 

We are beginning an exciting journey with Engro and are hoping to elevate the 

game’s reach and stature in Pakistan with their support. Beyond conventional sports 

sponsorship, their arm of support allows us to execute ideas that bridge the gap 

between cricket and the masses. This also was a founding goal of initiating the PSL 

and for us to invest in the league.’ 

Quetta Gladiators is a Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise owned by Omar 

Associates. The franchise is captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed, who is also the captain 

of the Pakistan National Cricket Team with former Captain Moin Khan as the head 

coach and Sir Vivian Richards as the franchise’s mentor. The team finished as runners 

up in both the first two seasons of the Pakistan Super League. The team also 

has Kevin Pietersen as their icon player and former Australian all-rounder Shane 

Watson on its roster. 

President ZTBL meets CBA, 

officers union delegation 

ISLAMABAD: President Zarai Tarqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), 

Syed Talat Mehmood Thursday met with delegation of CBA union and 

Officers Association under the leadership of Chairman Malik Shamaiz 

Awan. 

They discussed issues including promotion of employees, approval 

of pay-scale, 10% increment after restoration of pension formula 2.33, 

employees’ children recruitment, restoration of promotion policy of 

1961 and other issues during the meeting. Special Assistant to 

President Waheed Ahmed Khan, Malik Shamiaz Awan, Zulfiqar Khan Tanoli, Rana 

Muhammad Javed, Bashir Ahmed, Malik Khurshid and Rana Akbar were present 

during the meeting. 

President ZTBL approved restoration of pension formula 2.33 for bank employees 

and 10% increment and approval of 1961four year promotion policy. He also 

promised to give pay package to bank employees after approval of Board of 

Directors (BoDs). 

The delegation thanked the President ZTBL said that Syed Talat Mehmood is an 

experienced banker and the employees pose full confidence and assure their cooperation. 

They vowed to resolve the issues of the employees through mutual talks. 

On this occasion, Chairman All Pakistan ZTBL Employees Union, Malik 

Shamaiz Awan said some black-mailers and black sheep are defaming the prestige 

of the institution. He made it clear there elements would be rooted out. He added 

employees are cognizant from these opportunists. He said the employees have no 

connection with the blackmailers as these opportunists are blemishing the institution 

and president for personal interests. 

ADB delegation calls on Punjab Chief Minister 

welfare during the next five 

years in Punjab will be appreciated 

by the government,” 

he added. 

He said that Greater Thal 

Canal and Greater Cholistan 

Canal projects would also be 

completed with the ADB 

funding and added that water 

reserves would be developed 

in the outback of Cholistan to 

save canal and flood water. 

The vast areas of 

Cholistan would be made 

green and cultivable through 

Water Resource 

Management Project. The 

Cholistan would be developed 

as a green basket not 

only for Punjab but for the 

whole of the country as well 

and contacts with Gulf States 

would be further improved 

by providing different facilities 

in Cholistan including 

airport. He said that ADB’s 

support for water treatment 

plant in Faisalabad was 

praiseworthy. 

Meanwhile, he said that 

the best doctors from around 

the world would be invited to 

work in Multan Institute of 

Kidney Diseases (MIKD). 

He said that helicopter service 

was also being introduced 

for transportation of specialist 

doctors in remote areas. 

Country Director Ms 

Xiaohong Yang said the reputation 

of Punjab Speed had 

spread the world-over and 

due to the completion of 

Punjab Safe City project, 

Lahore had become a fully 

secured city for investment 

and tourism. She said, development 

vision of Chief 

Minister Muhammad 

Shehbaz Sharif was commendable 

and exemplary and 

development projects had 

catalyzed positive change in 

the province.

PCB issues Notice of 

charge to Nasir Jamshed 

Dr 

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket 

Board (PCB) has issued a fresh 

Notice of Charge to former opening 

batsman Nasir Jamshed for violating 

five different clauses of the board's 

anti-corruption-code, directly linked 

with corruption. 

Nasir, who was earlier banned 

for one year by PCB for violating 

clause 2.4.6 of anti-corruptionclause 

(non-cooperation for an 

ongoing investigation) has now 

been charged for violating Articles 

2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of 

the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code. 

A PCB statement on Thursday 

confirmed that the fresh chargesheet 

has been sent to Nasir 

Jamshed. 

“The Pakistan Cricket Board has 

today issued a Notice of Charge to 

Cricketer, Nasir Jamshaid, wherein 

he has been charged with multiple 

violations of Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 

2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’s 

Anti-Corruption Code for 

Participants (“the Code”). Nasir 

Jamshaid now has fourteen (14) 

days to respond to the Notice of 

Charge,” read the PCB statement. 

All four clauses of article 2.1 of 

PCB’s anti-corruption code deal 

with issues of corruption. 

The clause 2.1.1 says “fixing or 

contriving in any way or otherwise 

influencing improperly, or being a 

party to any agreement or effort to 

fix or contrive in any way or otherwise 

influence improperly, the 

result, progress, conduct or any 

other aspect of any Domestic 

Match, including (without limitation) 

by deliberately underperforming 

therein.” 

Clause 2.1.2 mentions “ensuring 

for Betting or other corrupt purposes 

the occurrence of a particular incident 

in a Domestic Match.” 

While the clause 2.1.3 refers to 

seeking, accepting, offering or 

agreeing to accept any bribe or other 

Reward to (a) fix or to contrive in 

any way or otherwise to influence 

19th National Seniors Cricket Cup 

Tournament start from Saturday 

Abdul Rauf 

SUKKUR: Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh said that it is a 

pleasure to participate in 

women's sports activities. 

This step is not only the 

promotion of healthy activities 

but also a positive step 

towards the promotion of 

women and prosperous 

society. The views 

expressed by Mayor Sukkur 

Barrister Arsalan Islam 

Shaikh addressed the sports 

gala ceremony at 

Government Girls Degree 

SHARJAH: Afghanistan come into the 

first fixture of the five-match series with 

momentum on their side after sweeping the 

T20I series 2-0. All roads lead to the famous 

Sharjah Cricket Stadium where ICC 

Intercontinental Cup championsAfghanistan 

and three-time former ICC Cricket World 

Cup Qualifier (previously known as the ICC 

Trophy) winners Zimbabwe will square-off 

against each other in a five-match ODI series 

from Friday, 9 January. 

The series between 10th-ranked 

Zimbabwe and 11th-ranked Afghanistan, 

who are separated by just two ranking 

points, is crucial as both sides are in Group 

B of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 

2018 (to be played from 4-25 March) and 

are scheduled to meet in the tournament 

College. Mayor Sukkur said 

that providing educational 

activities as well as supporting 

sports activities helps in 

improving the culture of our 

country in a new generation, 

and such programs 

play a role in highlighting 

the capabilities of students. 

They have their mental and 

physical appearance. He 

said that students and youth 

should also participate in 

sports activities as well as 

participate in sports so that 

they can be protected from 

various types of diseases, 

Due to the Distress and 

physical exercise, we have 

surrounded such diseases. 

Organizing Sports for 

healthy society is very 

much important. Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh also 

announced to give one lac 

RS:100,000/- for the 

Government Girls Degree 

College Sukkur and distributed 

shields and rewards in 

women competitions in various 

competitions, and also 

participated in sports activities 

with students. 

Afghanistan and Zimbabwe to give final touches to 

their World Cup Qualifier preparations in Sharjah 

proper at the Queen’s Sports Club in 

Bulawayo on 6 March. 

This means Afghanistan and Zimbabwe 

will not only aim to give final touches to their 

preparations in the Sharjah series, but will 

also aim to carry the winning momentum 

into the qualifiers, whose finalists will join 

defending champions Australia, Bangladesh, 

hosts England, India, New Zealand, 

Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka in the 

10-team ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in 

England and Wales from 30 May to 15 July. 

The series in Sharjah, which has played 

host to 231 ODIs (76 more than its closest 

rival, Sydney Cricket Ground), will also see 

the return of Zimbabwe’s fast bowler Brian 

Vitori, as well as Afghanistan’s duo of 

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Shahzad. 

Sports Reporter 

KOTRI: History making 

first ever sand softball event 

concluded on the victory of 

Ali Baba govt boys degree 

college kotri students club 

here at kotri bank of river 

indus on account of 

Dr.Muhammad Ali Shah 

cup Kashmir day festival 

organised by jamshoro softball 

association in collaboration 

with sindh softball 

association. 

Victorious team defeated 

young softball club Kotri by 

6-4 runs. Students club's 

skipper Zaheer Magsi, 

Saadat Ali, Kamran shah, 

Haider Ali, Baber Ali and 

Amjad scored 1 run each 

while skipper of loser side 

Zakir Ali, Jawaad Ali, 

Haroon and Feeroz Gul also 

scored 1 run each. Match 

improperly the result, progress, conduct 

or any other aspect of any 

Domestic Match or (b) ensure for 

Betting or other corrupt purposes the 

occurrence of a particular incident in 

a Domestic Match 

The clause 2.1.4 is about pressurizing 

another participant for getting 

involved in corrupt practices, the 

clause stats “Directly or indirectly 

soliciting, inducing, enticing, 

instructing, persuading, encouraging 

or intentionally facilitating any 

Participant to breach any of the foregoing 

provisions of this Article 2.1.” 

Nasir has also been charged for 

failing to disclose to the PCB 

Vigilance and Security 

Department (without unnecessary 

delay) full details of any approaches 

or invitations received by the 

Participant to engage in Corrupt 

Conduct under this Anti-Corruption 

Code clause 2.4.4. If charges are 

proven against him, Nasir can face 

a ban from five years minimum to 

maximum lifetime. 

DHAKA: Bangladesh's 


spin bowlers continued their 

complimenting the PVCA Sindh, two from Islamabad Zone, taking place at domination of the Sri 

KARACHI: 19th edition 

to have withstood the chal- 

one from Balochistan will Karachi and Hyderabad, Lankan batsmen on the first 

of the National lenges and delivered be taking part in the tourna- 

will be of 20 overs each day of the second cricket 

Seniors Cricket Cup against heavy odds. The ment the final of which innings whereas the zonal test, leaving the visitors in 

Tournament begins from level of fitness of the will be contested between finals as well as the national 

trouble at 205 for eight at the 

Saturday with Karachi cricketers, having crossed champions of Northern and 

final will be of 30 overs tea break on Thursday. 

Gold Bridge taking on the age of 40, has Southern Zones in Karachi per innings. The group Left-arm spinner Abdur 

Karachi Lucky Knits in the improved considerably On April 22. The total prize matcheswill be organized Razzak (4-59) and Taijul 

opening match of the over the years primarily money in the event will be on single league basis. The Islam (3-74) shared seven 

Southern Zone at the due to the introduction of Rs694,000. 

matches of the Northern wickets to run through the 

Lawai Cricket Stadium the National Seniors Cup,” In the Southern Zone Zone, which have already Sri Lankan innings after 

here in Naya Nazimabad. he added. 

competition, Omar started last November, are its captain Dinesh 

The details of the event, Karachi Gymkhana Associates, Fact Date being played at Rawalpindi, Chandimal won the toss 

being organised by the president Akbar Iqbal Puri Engineering, AA Pakwan, Bahawalpur, Multan, and decided to bat. 

Pakistan Veterans Cricket said that besides installing CAA and Quetta are placed Okara, Lahore, Kasur, Roshen Silva, who put 

Association (PVCA) and floodlights at the famous in the Group A while the Sheikhupura, Muridke, on a two significant partnerships, 

sponsored by Omar Karachi Gymkhana Group B comprises of Faisalabad, Gujranwala and 

was batting on 45. 

Associates with Naya Cricket Ground, the club RLCA, Gold Bridge, Sialkot while the matches Playing in his first test 

Nazimabad as co-sponsors, 

was looking forward to Airport Gymkhana, Haseen of the Southern Zone since 2014, Razzak troubled 

were unveiled. PVCA having more proactive role Habib and Lucky Knits Amjad Islam Rishi will be the Sri Lankan batsmen on a 

chairman Fawad Ijaz Khan in cricket in future. with Hyderabad, Badin, the Tournament Sher-e-Bangla National 

said that senior cricketers According to the breakup, Jamshoro and Mirpurkhas Coordinator while the Stadium pitch offering turn 

were making a significant 34 city teams from Punjab, being the drawn in the interior 

Southern Zone Committee and bounce. 

contribution in the development 

eight from Khyber 

Sindh group. The group will be headed by Alamgir Razzak removed opener 

of the sport, while Pakhtunkhwa, five from matches of the Southern Ahmed. 

Dimuth Karurantne, who 

was stumped on 3. Mendis 

and another first-test centurion, 

Dhananjaya de Silva 

Women’s sports positive step towards promotion Karachi reached Final 

of prosperity of society: Mayor Sukkur in the National One Day (19), appeared set to form a 

Cup for Regions 2017-18 

big partnership before leftarm 

spinner Taijul Islam had 

de Silva caught at first slip, 

ending a 47-run partnership. 

Razzak then took wickets 

in consecutive deliveries, 


KARACHI: Karachi 

whites beat Peshawar 

Region 5 wickets and move 

into the final of BRIGHTO removing 

PAINTS PRESENT COOL 

& COOL NATIONAL 

ONE DAY CUP FOR 

REGIONS 2017-18 played 

at the Pindi cricket Stadium. 

Summarized Scored: 

Peshawar Region 281-10 

in 49.5 overs: (Muhammad 

Rizwan 72, 65 balls, 4x4s, 

Israrullah 47, 66 balls, 4x4s, 

Akbar Badshah 40, 32 balls, 

5x4s, Adil Amin 33, 52 

balls, 2x4s, Zohaib Khan 

31, 20 balls, 4x4s, 

Muhammad Asghar 3-43, 

Anwar Ali 3-49, Zia-ul-Haq 

2-66) 

Karachi Region White 

285-5 in 49.1 overs: 

Bangladesh dominates 

1st 2 sessions of 2nd 

test vs Sri Lanka 

Danushka 

Gunathilaka (13) and 

Chandimal (0). 

Razzak struck again in 

the first over after lunch 

to remove Kusal Mendis 

on 68. 

Silva added 52 runs with 

Dilruwan Perera to recover 

briefly from the collapse, 

and then 43 with Akila 

Dananjaya to help Sri Lanka 

go past 200. 

Pace bowler Mustafizur 

Rahman broke through on 

the stroke of tea with the 

wicket of Dananjaya for 20. 

The first test which 

ended Sunday at Chittagong 

was drawn. 

supervised by Rizwan Ali, 

Jawed Dero and Imam Ali. 

Earlier event inaugurated 

by director game development 

sindh softball association 

and senior director 

M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI: Salman Butt 

has been given a No- 

Objection Certificate 

(NOC) from the PCB to 

play in the Dhaka Premier 

League, Bangladesh's 

domestic List-A tournament, 

after the board cleared 

him of the controversy surrounding 

the privately 

organised Ajman All Stars 

tournament. 

Following the PCB's go 

ahead, Butt signed up with 

Mohammedan Sporting 

Club for the entire season, 

the first phase of which runs 

from February 5 to March 

20. "It's good to be here after 

a long time," Butt told 

reporters. "Bangladesh over 

the years has become a high 


Sportlight 

quality cricket-playing 

country. They have lifted 

their game and proven that 

again and again, and this all 

comes with a competitive 

domestic structure. 

"Mohammedan is a club 

with a lot of history behind 

it, with a lot of Pakistani 

greats having played for 

them in past, and I hope be 

able to contribute well for 

them. Shakib Al Hasan will 

be leading the team and I 

believe it would make a difference 

in the season. 

Mohammedan club official 

Wasim Khan felt an inform 

batsman coming in to 

the team would help their 

side. "He is in good form, so 

we are hoping he will be 

useful for us," Wasim said. 

"Salman is available for the 

whole tournament. We are 

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PCB given NOC to Salman Butt 

for Dhaka Premier League 

S W I T Z E R L A N D : 

Cricket legends lock horns 

with each other, only this 

time it’s not any regular 

pitch but the snowy peaks 

of the Swiss Alps. 

Shahid Afridi-led 

Royals will face off against 

Virender Sehwag-led 

Diamonds in a unique twoday 

event where two 

matches are set to be played 

not on ground, but on ice. 

The event, dubbed ‘St 

Moritz Ice Cricket 2018’ 

and already being hailed as 

the "best battle of cricket on 

top of the world", will take 

place against the serene and 

breathtaking backdrop of 

the Swiss mountains in 

freezing cold temperatures 

on February 8 and 9. 

Along with Afridi and 

Sehwag, the event also features 

glittering names such 

as Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul 

Razzaq, Mahela 

Jayawardene, Jacques 

Kallis, Zaheer Khan, 

looking forward to seeing 

him start. 

Following the emergence 

of questions around 

the unsanctioned T20 

league in the UAE, the ICC 

had asked the PCB whether 

any of its players had 

breached its code of conduct 

by participating in that tournament. 

The private tournament 

was not approved by 

either the ICC or Emirates 

Cricket Board (ECB). 

Initial investigations did 

not show any evidence of 

wrongdoing from Butt or 

any other international player, 

following which he was 

cleared. Butt then sought the 

NOC to play in Bangladesh, 

following his non-selection 

for Lahore in the ongoing 

National One-Day Cup in 

Pakistan. 

Cricket on ice: Afridi’s Royals 

take on Sehwag XI in Swiss Alps 


KARACHI: The International Olympic 

Committee (IOC) approved plans to target 

African National Olympic Committees 

(NOCs) as potential host cities of the fourth 

edition of the Summer Youth Olympic 

Games (YOG) in 2022. The decision was 

made by members at the IOC Session, following 

the recommendation of the IOC’s 

Executive Board earlier this week. 

A targeted approach based on the principle 

adopted by the IOC Session in 2016 

will replace the competitive stage seen for 

previous YOG host city selections, making 

the process more streamlined, simpler 

and shorter. 

Part of this evolution is to ensure the 

event is accessible to a greater number of 

cities, which will be encouraged to make full 

use of existing and temporary venues. The 

goal is to elect the host city at the next IOC 

Session, to be held in October 2018 in 

Buenos Aires, ahead of the YOG. 

This approach has been taken in line with 

a recent YOG review, to ensure a more 

impactful and effective concept for young 

elite athletes, and for host cities. 

physical education Perwez 

Ahmed Shaikh by hitting 

the first ever pitched softball 

at sand. "Its History 

making" to organised first 

ever sand softball event at 

Michael Hussey and others. 

The match will kick off 

at 4pm (Pakistan time). 

Speedster Shoaib Akhtar 

couldn't wait to share his 

adventures in the snow. 

Wasim Akram and wife 

Shaniera are also at the venue 

to join in the fun. "From 

Shalwar Kameez to Thermals 

& Skiis!.." Shaniera tweeted 

from the altitude. Sri Lanka's 

Jayawardene shared the 

serenity of the mountains in 

an Instagram post. 

Africa is the home of so many very 

successful Olympic athletes: Thomas Bach 

"Its History making" to organised sand softball 

event at kotri bank of river indus: Perwaiz Shaikh 

KOTRI: Director game development sindh softball association and senior director physical 

education Perwez Ahmed Shaikh inaugurating historical Dr.Muhammad Ali shah 

cup sand softball event here at kotri bank of river indus by hitting the first ever pitched 

softball at sand. 

IOC President Thomas Bach said, 

“Africa is the home of so many very successful 

Olympic athletes. Africa is a continent 

of youth.That is why we want to take 

the Youth Olympic Games 2022 to Africa. 

The IOC will proactively approach a number 

ofAfrican NOCs to evaluate the feasibility of 

such a project.” 

The next few weeks will see the IOC 

engaging with selected African NOCs to 

establish the feasibility of staging the Youth 

Olympic Games 2022. This will be based on 

the criteria established by the revised YOG 

model, including use of existing infrastructure 

and affordable temporary fields of play, 

enhanced flexibility and adaptation to the 

local context, with the event to be used as a 

catalyst for wider youth and sport engagement 

programmes. 

Significant work has already been undertaken 

by the IOC on the African continent to 

use sport to protect and invest in young people 

and drive social transformation, starting 

with the Youth Olympic Development 

Centre in Zambia, a facility which supports 

over 10,000 young athletes, from grass roots 

through to the international level. 

kotri bank of river indus, i 

congratulate my city 

jamshoro softball association's 

secretary Jawed Iqbal 

Shaikh, event manager 

Fahim Mirani on organising 

this historical event 

with me, its also very 

appreciateable to dedicate 

this event to late dr.m.a 

shah on his 5th death 

anniversary". He said. 

The chief guest of closing 

ceremony was Nazir 

Ahmed Solangi former 

assistant food inspector kotri 

who distributed trophies, 

mitts and baton among the 

players along with chief 

organisor Oerwez Ahmed 

Shaikh,and secretary 

Hyderabad softball association 

M.Iqbal Qureshi, 

President human rights justice 

and defenders organisation 

M.Yousuf Bareecho, 

senior journalist Engr. 

Shahid Kazmi who were 

also present as guests of 

honour to witness the match 

and closing ceremony.

MESSENGER Friday, February 9, 2018 

39th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran 

TOURISM IN THE ISLAMIC 

REPUBLIC OF IRAN 

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A GLANCE ON IRAN 

Tourism in the Islamic 

Republic of Iran is 

diverse, providing a range 

of activities from hiking 

and skiing in the Alborz 

mountains, to beach holidays 

by the Persian Gulf 

and the Caspian Sea. 

Luckily, Iran as a historical 

and religious country, 

is among those four season 

countries which are 

blessed with bare expanses 

of deserts, snowcapped 

high mountains, and 

beauty of luscious green 

mountains, valleys in the 

north, and bare Rocky 

Mountains with vast area 

of barren land, sunny 

beaches, beautiful seas, 

islands, lakes and rivers, 

amazing jungles, and 

mysterious caverns. Iran 

has been graced by Al 

mighty Allah with amazing 

and wonderful beauties 

of nature and hundreds 

of interesting and 

attractive cities with thousands 

of historical and 

religious sites. A few of 

famous cities and their 

tourist attractions are as 

following: 

TEHRAN 

Tehran is the capital of 

Iran and Tehran province 

with a population of 

of the Qajars and 

Pahlavis, the two last 

imperial dynasties of 

Iran. It is home to many 

historical collections, 

such as the royal complexes 

of Golestan, 

Sa’dabad, and Niavaran, 

as well as the country’s 

most important governmental 

buildings of the 

modern period. 

The most famous 

landmarks of the city 

include the Azadi, and 

the Milad Towers. The 

latter is the world’s 17th 

tallest freestanding structure, 

which was built in 

2007. 

MASHHAD 

Mashhad is the second 

populous city in Iran and 

capital of Razavi 

Khorasan Province. It is 

located in the northeast 

of the country, close to 

the borders of 

Turkmenistan and 

Afghanistan. It was a 

major oasis along the 

ancient Silk Road connecting 

with Merv in the 

East. The city is most 

famous and revered for 

housing the tomb of 

Imam Reza, the eighth 

Shia Imam. Every year, 

millions of pilgrims visit 

the Imam Reza shrine 

Imam khomeini Leader and Founder of the 

Islamic Revolution of Iran 

ISFAHAN 

Isfahan is an ancient 

city in the center of Iran 

located about 340 km 

south of Tehran. Isfahan is 

the capital of Isfahan 

Province and the Persians 

call it “Nesf-e-Jahan”, 

meaning “Half the World”, 

Isfahan is Iran’s third 

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Supreme 

Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran 

largest city after Tehran 

and Mashhad. It flourished 

from 1050 to 1722, particularly 

in the 16th and 17th 

centuries under the 

Safavid dynasty, when it 

became the capital of 

Persia. Even today, the city 

retains much of its past 

glory. Isfahan is considered 

as a popular tourist 

destination and a major 

cultural and economic center 

of Iran. Imam Square 

(Naqsh-e-Jahan), Imam 

and Sheikh Lotfollah 

Mosques, Ali Qapu building, 

Chehel Sutun, Si-o-se 

Pol are among dozens of 

attractive tourist sites in 

Isfahan. 

TABRIZ 

Tabriz is one of the 

historical capitals of 

Iran, and the present capital 

of East Azerbaijan 

Province. Tabriz is 

named World’s Carpet 

and Crafts City. It has 

also been recognized as 

the exemplary tourism 

city in 2018 by the 

Organization of Islamic 

Cooperation. Tabriz is 

the biggest economic hub 

and the biggest metropolitan 

area in North West of 

Iran. The city is famous 

for its handicrafts including 

hand-woven rugs and 

jewelry. 

Dr. Hassan Rouhani President of 

Islamic Republic of Iran 

QOM 

Qom is the eighth largest 

city in Iran. It lies 125 kilometres 

or 78 miles by road southwest 

of Tehran. Qom is considered 

holy by Shia Islam, as 

it is the site of the shrine of 

Fatema Mae’sume, sister of 

Imam Reza (Persian Imam 

Reza, eighth Imam of Shia 

789-816 AD). The city is the 

largest centre for Shia scholarship 

in the world, and is a significant 

destination of pilgrimage. 

Qom is famous for a 

brittle toffee called “Sohan” 

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Message from the Consul General of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran in Karachi on the occasion of the 39th 

Anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran 

around 9 million in the 

city and 16 million in the 

wider metropolitan. 

Tehran is the most populous 

city of Iran, the 2ndmost 

populous city in 

Western Asia and the 3rdlargest 

metropolitan area 

in the Middle East. It is 

ranked population of its 

metropolitan area. 

Tehran was first chosen 

as the capital of Iran 

by Agha Mohammad 

Khan of the Qajar 

dynasty in 1796. The 

capital of Iran has been 

changed several times 

throughout the history, 

and Tehran is the 32nd 

one. 

The city was the seat 

and pay their tributes to 

the eighth Imam. 

SHIRAZ 

Shiraz is the sixth most 

populous city of Iran and 

the capital of Fars 

Province. Shiraz is one of 

the oldest cities of ancient 

Persia. It was the capital of 

Persia during the Zand 

dynasty from 1750 until 

1800. Two famous poets of 

Iran, Hafez and Saadi, are 

from Shiraz, whose tombs 

are there. Persepolis (The 

city of the Persians) also 

known as Takht-e-Jamshid, 

was the ceremonial capital 

of the Achaemenid Empire 

(ca. 550-330 BC), and is 

situated near Shiraz. 

The Islamic Revolution of Iran, on 

the basis of the three axes -- Islam, 

leadership and public--and with 

the objective of establishing the Islamic 

democratic system for elevating the status 

of humans and bringing a system 

which is based on sovereignty, freedom, 

development and public welfare, became 

victorious in 1979. From its very first 

day, because of its slogans against tyranny 

and oppression, the Islamic revolution 

became the target of propagatory, political, 

economic and military attacks particularly 

the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, 

and sanctions. But with the grace of 

Allah and by relying upon the pure 

Mohammadan Islam and the great and 

popular leaders of the country, the 

Iranians came out victorious from these 

threats with their heads high. 

Over the past four decades, with the 

efforts of its youth, men and women, the 

Islamic Republic of Iran has made an 

extraordinary progress in the fields of 

science, education, industry, agriculture, 

telecommunication, nanotechnology and 

sports, besides the social, economic and 

defense fields, and this progress is still 

continuing. 

The constitution of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran is the supporter and 

guarantor of the rights of all citizens of 

the country and Iran has one of the most 

advanced democratic systems in the 

region and the world. Over the past four 

decades, Iran held almost forty different 

elections --parliamentary, presidential, 

city and village and Assembly of Experts 

-- and all Iranian religious minorities also 

have their representatives in the parliament. 

Freedom, especially the freedom 

of expression, is one of the main principles 

of the Islamic revolution and the 

public and the newspapers in Iran, within 

the framework of the law, express their 

views on all the national issues freely. 

FOREIGN POLICY 

The foreign policy of Iran is based on 

Islamic principles, brotherhood and 

development of relations with Islamic 

countries, neighbors, regional countries 

and the world community at large. Iran’s 

foreign policy principles also include 

H.E. Ahmed Mohammadi Consul General of Iran 

peaceful coexistence, reciprocal respect, 

non-interference in each other’s internal 

affairs, regional and global security and 

stability, nuclear disarmament, dismantling 

of weapons of mass destruction, ban 

on proliferation of atomic and non-conventional 

weapons, strengthening of economic 

cooperation through regional and 

international organizations, fight against 

terrorism and eradicating terrorist threats 

like Daesh in the region and participation 

with international community specially 

the United Nations. Iran, for its own 

security and that of the other regional 

countries, has rendered a lot of sacrifices 

in fighting against terrorist and notorious 

groups like Daesh. 

Defending Palestine and the Baitul 

Moghaddas as the first Qibla of Muslims 

has a special place in the foreign policy 

of Iran, and it extends hands of friendship 

and solidarity towards all Islamic countries 

for achieving this goal. 

(2) 

The Islamic Republic of Iran, within 

the framework of international cooperation 

and with the objective of demonstrating 

its good intentions in peaceful 

use of atomic energy reached an agreement 

with 5+1 countries and the 

International Atomic Energy Agency also 

has confirmed more than ten times Iran’s 

total compliance with the deal. 

BILATERAL RELATIONS 

BETWEEN IRAN & PAKISTAN 

Pakistan and relations with this country 

enjoys a special and eminent place in 

the eyes of Iranians, particularly the 

Supreme Leader of the Islamic 

Revolution of Iran Hazrat Ayatollah 

Khammenei, and the latter’s support for 

Kashmiris is known to all. 

Iran and Pakistan enjoy an old traditional 

relationship with having a common 

culture, history, language, religion 

and border. They are the first countries 

who recognized the sovereignty of each 

other. Over the seven decades of establishment 

of diplomatic relations, they 

have come to each other’s succor 

through thick and thin. They also have 

close cooperation and coordination with 

each other at international level and 

global fora. 

Iran and Pakistan enjoy incredible 

potentials in the fields of oil and gas, 

energy, industry, agriculture, science, 

higher education and transportation and 

they can develop these relations to the 

welfare of two nations and to that of the 

other regional nations through the huge 

projects such as Gwadar-Chabahar link, 

CPEC and IP gas pipeline. 

Exchange of visits by high authorities 

of the two countries is continuing. Last 

year, the president of my country H.E. 

Dr. Hasan Rouhani visited Pakistan and 

H.E. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Prime 

Minister of Pakistan, paid a reciprocal 

visit to Iran. The foreign ministers of the 

two countries also paid a reciprocal visit 

and held discussions on important issues. 

Discussion on security and military 

issues by the two countries is also continuing 

at the highest levels and Gen 

Bajwa, Chief of the Pakistan Army, was 

recently in Iran. 

Last year, several exhibitions were 

organized in Pakistan and Iran with the 

participation of various companies of the 

two countries and hundreds of Iranian 

and Pakistani traders paid reciprocal visits 

to each other’s country. Now, the volume 

of bilateral trade between the two 

countries, with a growth of more than 30 

per cent as compared to the last year, has 

crossed the level of 1.2 billion dollars 

and the efforts for taking this volume to 

the level which was agreed upon by the 

leaders of the two countries are on 

through removal of difficulties and barriers. 

Once again, on this auspicious occasion 

of the National Day, which is the 

day of revival of Iranians, I extend my 

hands of friendship to the respectable 

people and authorities of Pakistan and 

wish both the Iranian and Pakistani 

nations a huge success, prosperity and a 

durable peace. 

Long live Iran 

Long live Pakistan

9 Feb 2018

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