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Metropolitan:<br />

MQM MNA<br />

Salman Mujahid<br />

accused of sexual assault,<br />

blackmailing woman<br />

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National:<br />

PTI losing<br />

popularity even<br />

before coming to<br />

power: Reham<br />

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Khamenei hails<br />

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Iran’s Shia,<br />

Sunni Muslims<br />

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Prayer Timings Karachi<br />

Fajr<br />

5:50am<br />

Sunrise<br />

7:07am<br />

Zohar<br />

12:46pm<br />

Asr<br />

4:49pm<br />

Maghrib<br />

6:25pm<br />

Isha<br />

7:42pm<br />

City Temperature<br />

Min Max<br />

Khi 15 ο C 27 ο C<br />

Lhr 09 ο C 21 ο C<br />

Isb 16 ο C 06 ο C<br />

Qta 02 ο C <strong>14</strong> ο C<br />

Psh 07 ο C <strong>14</strong> ο C<br />

KARACHI STOCK<br />

EXCHANGE<br />

VOLUME KSE-100<br />

INDEX<br />

203.68m 43,690.36<br />

11.63 175.28<br />

<br />

215.31m 43,515.08<br />

Last day’s Last day’s<br />

KSE-100 INDEX<br />

INTRA-DAY<br />

Highest 43,878.33<br />

Lowest 43,515.08<br />

FOREX RATES 1800GMT<br />

GBP/USD 1.39<br />

EUR/USD 1.24<br />

USD/JPY 107.53<br />

USD/CHF 0.93<br />

IHC refuse to give<br />

more time to FIA<br />

in Axact case<br />

I S L A M A B A D :<br />

Islamabad High Court<br />

(IHC) has rejected plea<br />

by FIA for seeking time<br />

in appeal plea filed by<br />

federation against Axact<br />

besides issuing notices<br />

to all the concerned parties.<br />

A two member bench<br />

of IHC comprising<br />

Justice Athar Minallah<br />

and Justice Mian Gul<br />

Hassan Aurangzeb took<br />

up the case for hearing<br />

Tuesday.<br />

Raja Rizwan Abbasi<br />

and advocate Imdad Ali<br />

appeared in the court on<br />

behalf of Axact.<br />

Deputy Attorney<br />

General (DAG) Raja<br />

Khalid told the court<br />

FIA has appointed special<br />

public prosecutor in<br />

the case.<br />

Dr Farooq still<br />

MQM-P convener,<br />

PIB group tells ECP<br />

KARACHI: Muttahida<br />

Qaumi Movement-<br />

Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Dr<br />

Farooq Sattar group has<br />

submitted a letter to<br />

Election Commission of<br />

Pakistan (ECP), informing<br />

CEC of decisions taken by<br />

the party’s ‘General workers<br />

meeting’.<br />

According to the letter,<br />

Dr Farooq Sattar has told<br />

the CEC that article- (J) of<br />

the party constitution<br />

allows general workers<br />

meeting to regularize<br />

adhoc and interim changes<br />

in the organization or party<br />

structure and inclusion or<br />

removal of any office<br />

bearer. Letter said a resolution<br />

was unanimously<br />

passed by the party workers<br />

in party’s General<br />

Workers Meeting on 11<br />

<strong>Feb</strong>ruary, declaring the<br />

meeting convened by<br />

Rabitta Committee at<br />

Bahadurabad was illegal<br />

and the resolution passed<br />

in the meeting was also<br />

illegal and void.<br />

ISLAMABAD: Former<br />

prime minister Nawaz<br />

Sharif on Tuesday questioned<br />

why those who<br />

breached the Constitution<br />

and arrested judges are not<br />

being brought to accountability.<br />

Speaking to the media<br />

after appearance before an<br />

accountability court in the<br />

federal capital, Nawaz<br />

Sharif, who seemed contented<br />

over the unexpected<br />

victory of the PML-N in<br />

NA-154 by-election in<br />

Lodhran, said the result vindicated<br />

his stance that he<br />

was being subjected to<br />

revengeful accountability.<br />

He asked how long they<br />

will have to appear before<br />

courts and face supplementary<br />

references.<br />

The PML-N chief questioned<br />

the rationale behind<br />

filing of a supplementary<br />

reference against him and<br />

members of his family, saying<br />

had there been anything<br />

incriminating in the previous<br />

reference, the anti-graft<br />

watchdog would not have to<br />

file the new reference.<br />

He claimed the Sharif<br />

family was facing fake<br />

cases.<br />

People were fighting his<br />

case, said Nawaz Sharif.<br />

KARACHI EDITION – Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong>, Jumada-al-Awwal 27, <strong>14</strong>39 http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk<br />

People of Pakistan are fighting my case<br />

PML-N victory in<br />

Lodhran vindicates<br />

my stance: Nawaz<br />

Hearing of NAB references against Sharifs adjourned<br />

due to lawyers strike<br />

KABUL: General<br />

Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief<br />

of Army Staff (COAS)<br />

said Pakistani territory is<br />

not allowed to be used<br />

The sanctity of vote was<br />

being restored, which is evident<br />

in the Lodhran by-poll,<br />

he added.<br />

He stated that he was<br />

being avenged in the name<br />

of accountability and vowed<br />

to face charges against him<br />

forcefully.<br />

Why those who violated<br />

the country’s constitution<br />

and arrested judges were not<br />

being caught, he asked.<br />

Without naming anyone,<br />

the former premier said, the<br />

powers that be wanted him<br />

to be punished at any cost.<br />

He said the PML-N will<br />

lead the country in the right<br />

direction, adding that his<br />

government eradicated<br />

power blackouts and terrorism<br />

from the country.<br />

In a jovial mood, Sharif<br />

said, by the grace of Allah<br />

the moon of the upcoming<br />

general elections has been<br />

sighted in Lodhran by-elections.<br />

Earlier, Nawaz, accompanied<br />

by his daughter<br />

Maryam, reached the court<br />

from Punjab House. Safdar<br />

had already reached the<br />

Federal Judicial Complex<br />

where the court is located.<br />

A number of Pakistan<br />

Muslim League-Nawaz<br />

(PML-N) leaders, workers<br />

and government figures<br />

were present at the court to<br />

welcome the PML-N chief.<br />

As proceedings began,<br />

Judge Mohammad Bashir<br />

inquired if the summoned<br />

witnesses are present in<br />

court to record their statement,<br />

to which NAB's<br />

Deputy Prosecutor General<br />

Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi<br />

replied in the affirmative.<br />

However, the hearing<br />

could not take place owing<br />

to the lawyers' boycott of<br />

courts over the death of<br />

noted lawyer Asma<br />

Jahangir, who passed away<br />

due to a stroke in Lahore on<br />

Sunday.<br />

The prosecution<br />

expressed displeasure at the<br />

adjournment, saying the<br />

witnesses and prosecution<br />

suffer owing to adjournments.<br />

During the hearing, the<br />

judge admonished the prosecution<br />

for failing to present<br />

supplementary references in<br />

the Al Azizia and Flagship<br />

cases. It then issued a notice<br />

to NAB's Rawalpindi director<br />

general to furnish an<br />

explanation as to why the<br />

supplementary references<br />

have not been filed so far.<br />

The hearing was<br />

adjourned until <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 15.<br />

Gen Qamar Bajwa in Kabul for high-level military meeting<br />

Pakistan’s territory not allowed to<br />

be used against any country: COAS<br />

KABUL: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed<br />

Bajwa speaks during Chief of Defence (CHOD) Conference.<br />

United States (US) Army General John Nicholson, the commander<br />

of the Resolute Support mission also seen in picture.<br />

against any other country<br />

and Pakistan expects the<br />

same in reciprocity.<br />

The army chief made<br />

these remarks while attending<br />

Chiefs of Defence<br />

(CHOD) Conference held<br />

at Kabul on Tuesday.<br />

Commander USCENT-<br />

COM, Commander<br />

Resolute Support Mission<br />

(RSM) and Army Chiefs of<br />

Afghanistan, Kazakhstan,<br />

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,<br />

Turkmenistan and<br />

Uzbekistan also attended.<br />

The conference concluded<br />

to continue cooperation<br />

for peace and stability<br />

in the region.<br />

Speaking at the occasion,<br />

COAS reiterated that<br />

path to regional peace and<br />

stability passes through<br />

Afghanistan.<br />

The army chief said that<br />

regions develop as a<br />

whole, not individual<br />

countries.<br />

UN Military Observer Group in India,<br />

Pakistan must be expanded: Maleeha<br />

NEW YORK: Pakistan has called for an<br />

expansion in the UN Military Observer<br />

Group in India and Pakistan to counter the<br />

rising threats to peace and security in the<br />

region.<br />

Speaking in the Special Committee on<br />

Peacekeeping, Pakistan’sAmbassador to UN<br />

Maleeha Lodhi said that the UN Mission,<br />

UNMOGIP is a critical factor for stability in<br />

the region. “This needs to be expanded to<br />

respond to existing threats and realities”, she<br />

stressed.<br />

She reiterated Pakistan’s unflinching support<br />

to UN peacekeeping, both as one of its<br />

largest and consistent contributors and also<br />

as host of one of the UN's oldest peacekeeping<br />

missions, UNMOGIP.<br />

The Special Committee on Peacekeeping<br />

is a unique forum that brings together all<br />

peacekeeping stakeholders, troop and police<br />

contributors, financial contributors, Security<br />

Council members and the UN Secretariat to<br />

discuss every aspect of peacekeeping. Lodhi<br />

emphasised the need to address the root<br />

causes of conflict to bring about lasting<br />

peace. Peacekeeping, she said, needs to be<br />

strengthened through support for political<br />

solutions and mediation processes.<br />

Asma Jahangir’s funeral prayers offered<br />

LAHORE: Prominent<br />

lawyer and human rights<br />

icon Asma Jahangir's<br />

funeral prayers have been<br />

offered at Gaddafi<br />

Stadium.<br />

Maulana Haider Farooq<br />

Maududi led the funeral<br />

prayers, which were<br />

attended by scores of men,<br />

women and children.<br />

Asma was buried at her<br />

family's farmhouse on<br />

Bedian Road, as per her<br />

wishes.<br />

Jahangir, who co-founded<br />

the Human Rights<br />

Commission of Pakistan<br />

and came to be known as a<br />

fearless voice of the marginalised<br />

sections of the<br />

society, passed away on<br />

Sunday after suffering a<br />

cardiac arrest. She was 66.<br />

She was known for<br />

speaking against human<br />

rights violations and her<br />

courageous stand against<br />

dictatorships. She was also<br />

a vocal opponent of judicial<br />

Ali Tareen thanks<br />

Lodhran voters<br />

despite shock defeat<br />

LODHRAN: Defeated<br />

PTI candidate Ali Tareen<br />

said that he would continue<br />

to work for the development<br />

of South Punjab<br />

despite his defeat in the byelection<br />

of Lodhran.<br />

Tareen, who was<br />

favorite to win the contest,<br />

lost to PML-N’s Pir Iqbal<br />

Shah by a huge margin of<br />

more than 26, 000 votes in<br />

a major upset.<br />

The young politician<br />

broke his silence after the<br />

shock defeat on Twitter.<br />

“First and foremost I’d<br />

like to thank the 90 thousand<br />

people in Lodhran<br />

who voted for me. I am<br />

overwhelmed by the love<br />

and friendship shown by<br />

you,” Tareen said in a<br />

series of tweets.<br />

11 dead bodies to<br />

arrive in Pak today<br />

ISLAMABAD: Eleven<br />

dead bodies of<br />

Pakistanis who lost their<br />

lives in boat tragedy in<br />

Libya will arrive in<br />

Pakistan today<br />

(Wednesday).<br />

According to Foreign<br />

Office Spokesperson, the<br />

dead bodies are being<br />

dispatched via SV 722<br />

flight which will arrive<br />

at Benazir Bhutto<br />

International Airport at<br />

four in the afternoon.<br />

KARACHI: Chinese<br />

Consulate, as part of its<br />

social responsibility initiatives<br />

has partnered with the<br />

Aman Foundation to support<br />

their life-saving Ambulance<br />

program. The partnership<br />

was announced at the launch<br />

of a woman empowerment<br />

event here at Aman<br />

Foundation head office. The<br />

woman empowerment program<br />

at Aman Tech is a<br />

female vocational training<br />

program focused to empower<br />

women from marginalized<br />

communities. The ceremony<br />

Senate pays tribute to late human rights icon<br />

LAHORE: A large number of people are offering the funeral prayers of prominent<br />

lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir at Gaddafi Stadium.<br />

overreach and would often<br />

confront the superior judiciary<br />

when it would extend<br />

its jurisdiction in her opinion.<br />

ISLAMABAD: The<br />

Supreme Court, during the<br />

Naqeebullah Mehsud murder<br />

case hearing on<br />

Tuesday, granted protective<br />

bail to former SSP Rao<br />

Anwar, ordering him to<br />

appear on Friday.<br />

A three-member bench<br />

headed by Chief Justice<br />

Mian Saqib Nisar heard the<br />

case of extra-judicial<br />

killing at the Islamabad<br />

registry.<br />

During today’s hearing,<br />

a representative of Rao<br />

Anwar filed his letter to the<br />

Earlier, Asma's body<br />

was transported to her<br />

house in Gulberg from the<br />

hospital where it was<br />

placed in a morgue. From<br />

there, her funeral procession<br />

headed towards<br />

Gaddafi Stadium, with<br />

mourners surrounding the<br />

van carrying her body on<br />

foot.<br />

Condolences poured in<br />

from all over the country as<br />

well as abroad following<br />

Jahangir’s demise, as people<br />

paid tribute to her services<br />

for democracy and<br />

Chief Justice of Pakistan in<br />

which he claimed innocence.<br />

Chief Justice Mian<br />

Saqib Nisar observed that<br />

Rao Anwar should not be<br />

arrested but be given an<br />

opportunity to present himself<br />

before the court.<br />

“Let him come to court.<br />

We shall constitute a JIT for<br />

him,” said the chief justice.<br />

“If something happens to<br />

Rao Anwar then all evidence<br />

will be eliminated.”<br />

The bench granted protective<br />

bail to Rao Anwar<br />

efforts in the movement to<br />

restore the judiciary.<br />

Meanwhile, Senators<br />

eulogized the services rendered<br />

by late Asma<br />

Jahangir for restoration of<br />

democracy, judiciary and<br />

human rights and said she<br />

would be remembered forever<br />

for her great efforts<br />

against dictators.<br />

Naqeebullah murder case<br />

Rao Anwar gets protective bail<br />

SC restrains police from arresting Rao Anwar, orders to appear in court on Friday<br />

I S L A M A B A D :<br />

Minister for defence engineer<br />

Khurram Dastgir khan<br />

said on Tuesday Pakistan<br />

will pay India in its own<br />

coin in case of any Indian<br />

misadventure.<br />

In a press statement to<br />

answer allegations of<br />

Indian Defence Minister,<br />

he said any Indian aggression,<br />

strategic miscalculation,<br />

or misadventure<br />

regardless of its scale,<br />

mode, or location will not<br />

go unpunished and shall be<br />

met with an equal and proportionate<br />

response.<br />

He further said they will<br />

defend robustly every inch<br />

of Pakistan’s soil.<br />

He noted, “Instead of<br />

the knee-jerk reaction of<br />

blaming Pakistan without<br />

substantiation, India must<br />

and directed him to appear<br />

on Friday.<br />

Rao Anwar had claimed<br />

on January 13 he killed four<br />

operatives of the banned<br />

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan<br />

(TTP) in an encounter near<br />

Shah Latif Town in<br />

Karachi. Naqeebullah was<br />

one of them.<br />

Naqeeb remained unaccounted<br />

for at least ten days<br />

after which his family recognized<br />

him when news<br />

channels aired pictures of<br />

terrorists killed in an<br />

encounter.<br />

Pakistan will retaliate any of<br />

Indian misadventure: Def Minister<br />

was attended by Mr. Wang<br />

Yu, Honorable Consul<br />

Pakistan rejects baseless<br />

Indian allegations<br />

ISLAMABAD:Responding to a question regarding<br />

the recent comments of the Defence Minister of India,<br />

the Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal<br />

while rejecting the Indian baseless allegations, said the<br />

now familiar Indian tendency of apportioning blame to<br />

Pakistan, without a shred of evidence, is regrettable.<br />

The Indian allegations are premature and inopportune,<br />

especially as India itself admits that the operation still<br />

continued and investigations had just started, when<br />

those comments were made, a statement said.<br />

General of China and Mr.<br />

Nasir Hussain Shah,<br />

answer for state-sponsored<br />

espionage against Pakistan.<br />

Living evidence in person<br />

of Kulbushan Yadev is in<br />

front of the world.”<br />

Nasir Shah says Aman Foundation will<br />

spark with a new wave of revolution<br />

Consulate of People’s Republic of China donates life-saving ambulance to Aman Foundation<br />

Information and Labor<br />

Minister among other supporters<br />

of Aman Foundation.<br />

The Aman Foundation's<br />

flagship Aman Ambulances<br />

have made 950,000+ interventions<br />

to date. While<br />

there are other ambulance<br />

services present and doing a<br />

great service to Pakistan,<br />

Aman Ambulances are the<br />

only ones with the necessary<br />

life-saving medicines<br />

and medical equipment,<br />

along with trained medical<br />

personnel to handle emergencies<br />

effectively.<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Metropolitan<br />

MQM MNA Salman Mujahid accused of<br />

sexual assault, blackmailing woman<br />

KARACHI: A woman on<br />

Tuesday alleged that<br />

Muttahida Qaumi<br />

Movement - Pakistan<br />

(MQM-P) lawmaker Salman<br />

Mujahid Baloch had sexually<br />

assaulted her.<br />

The woman named<br />

Aleena, filed a complaint<br />

against the MQM MNA at<br />

Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station,<br />

alleging that he had sexually<br />

assaulted and subsequently<br />

started to blackmail<br />

her. She has alleged that<br />

Mujahid sexually assaulted<br />

her for the first time on<br />

August 12, 20<strong>14</strong>, at<br />

Parliament lodges and made<br />

a video of it through a hidden<br />

camera.<br />

KARACHI: Pakistan<br />

Petroleum Limited (PPL)<br />

donated Rs. 9.02 million to<br />

Lady Dufferin Hospital<br />

(LDH), Karachi for purchasing<br />

equipment for its operation<br />

theatre. MD & CEO<br />

PPL Syed Wamiq Bokhari<br />

presented the donation<br />

cheque to Member,<br />

Management Committee<br />

LDH Dr. Faridon Setna and<br />

Medical Superintendent<br />

LDH Dr. Zeryab Setna at the<br />

KARACHI: In this undated picture, Salman Mujahid is seen with the accuser whose<br />

face has been blurred to protect her identity.<br />

In her application to the<br />

police, she said that Mujahid<br />

head office in the presence<br />

of representatives from both<br />

organizations.<br />

“As a frontline national<br />

company, PPL takes pride in<br />

reaching out to marginalized<br />

promised to marry her in<br />

order to keep her silent and<br />

communities in remote as<br />

well as urban areas of the<br />

country to improve their<br />

well-being for over six<br />

decades,” highlighted<br />

Bokhari while speaking on<br />

the occasion. He further<br />

emphasized on bringing<br />

together philanthropic measures<br />

for ensuring free-ofcost<br />

quality healthcare for<br />

mother and child against the<br />

backdrop of one of highest<br />

maternal mortality rates in<br />

added that when she reminded<br />

him of his promise, he<br />

PPL donates equipment to maternity hospital<br />

KARACHI: A view of sewerage water accumulated outside Quaid Govt Boys Primary<br />

School Ramsawami area creates problems for commuter needs the attention of concerned<br />

authorities.<br />

Two newborn<br />

babies found<br />

dead in Karachi<br />

KARACHI: The bodies<br />

of two newborn babies<br />

were found from a garbage<br />

dump in the metropolis on<br />

Tuesday. Rescue sources<br />

said that the bodies of two<br />

newborn babies were<br />

recovered from a garbage<br />

heap in Gulistan-e-<br />

Jauhar’s Block-12. They<br />

said that the bodies were<br />

two days old and shifted to<br />

Chhipa morgue after<br />

medico legal formalities.<br />

Cop gunned<br />

down in Korangi<br />

KARACHI: A policeman<br />

was killed in an armed attack<br />

in Korangi area of the city in<br />

the wee hours of Tuesday.<br />

According to rescue sources,<br />

a policeman, Muhammad<br />

Ashraf Tanuli, son of Faqir<br />

Muhammad, was injured in<br />

armed attack near Korangi’s<br />

Vita Chowrangi. He succumbed<br />

to injuries while on<br />

way to Jinnah Postgraduate<br />

Medical Center.<br />

KU announces exam results<br />

KARACHI: Karachi<br />

University’s (KU)<br />

Controller Examinations on<br />

Tuesday announced the<br />

results of M.A final external<br />

annual examinations 2016<br />

in Political Science, and<br />

Post Graduate Diploma in<br />

Tuberculosis and Chest<br />

Diseases (DTCD) annual<br />

examinations 2017.<br />

According to result, in<br />

M.A final external annual<br />

examinations in Political<br />

Science, 191 candidates<br />

appeared in total out of<br />

which <strong>14</strong> secured first divisions,<br />

91 secured second<br />

divisions while passing percentage<br />

remained 54.97.<br />

Savera Yousuf secured first,<br />

Kauser secured second<br />

while Saba Latif got third<br />

position.<br />

Pakistan.<br />

LDH was instituted in<br />

1898 as the first women hospital<br />

in Karachi to provide<br />

obstetric and gynaecological<br />

care services. Currently,<br />

LDH has wards to accommodate<br />

300 inpatients, 4<br />

operation theatres, neo-natal<br />

intensive care unit and outpatient<br />

department to provide<br />

latest healthcare facility<br />

to a large number of deserving<br />

women and infants.<br />

Workers protest<br />

non-payment of<br />

one-year salaries<br />

KARACHI: A group of<br />

people belonging to All<br />

Pakistan Clerks Association<br />

(APCA) and Food<br />

Department Employees<br />

Federation Sindh (FDEF) on<br />

Tuesday held a protest<br />

demonstration outside<br />

Karachi Press Club (KPC)<br />

against non-payment of their<br />

12-month salaries.<br />

The protest was led by<br />

APCA General Secretary<br />

Shahnawaz Bhutto,<br />

Mukhtiar Kalhoro and Gul<br />

Muhamad Abbasi. The leaders<br />

of Sindh small industries<br />

said that since 12 months,<br />

their salaries and dues had<br />

not been paid as a result,<br />

they were facing trouble.<br />

Leaders said they were<br />

bread earners of their families<br />

and had been protesting<br />

for long time for receiving<br />

salaries but the Sindh government<br />

did not pay attention<br />

towards their issue.<br />

KARACHI: Labour busy in making the kite the election symbol of Muttahida Qaumi<br />

Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) at Bahadurabad area.<br />

abducted her brother and tortured<br />

him.<br />

The woman also alleged<br />

that Mujahid has demanded<br />

a sum of Rs4 million for the<br />

video, adding that if any<br />

harm befalls her then the<br />

MQM lawmaker will be<br />

responsible.<br />

Earlier, the lawmaker had<br />

lodged a complaint against<br />

the same woman and had<br />

alleged that she fraudulently<br />

took Rs4million from him<br />

for her mother’s treatment at<br />

Shaukat Khanum Memorial<br />

Cancer Hospital. Mujahid<br />

had claimed that he came to<br />

doubt her when she asked for<br />

more money, and later came<br />

to know that she is a fraud.<br />

Alleged horse trading<br />

for Senate seats<br />

mocks democracy<br />

KARACHI: Allegations<br />

of horse trading ahead of the<br />

Senate elections are making<br />

mockery of democracy and<br />

constitution and the apex<br />

judiciary should once intervene<br />

to ensure uphold of<br />

law and constitution and<br />

defend the norms of democracy,<br />

said Pasban e Pakistan<br />

President Altaf Shakoor.<br />

In a statement here<br />

Tuesday, he said the honorable<br />

chief justice of<br />

Pakistan has already been<br />

taking efforts to ensure<br />

uphold of law and constitution.<br />

He said it needs that<br />

steps should be taken to<br />

check wrongdoing and malpractices<br />

at the higher levels.<br />

He said as the elections<br />

of the Senate are coming<br />

nearer allegations of horse<br />

trading are being traded<br />

amongst different political<br />

parties. He said allegedly<br />

Crores of rupees are being<br />

offered to the turncoats by<br />

some political parties to get<br />

more seats in the upper<br />

house.<br />

Altaf Shakoor said it is a<br />

welcome development that<br />

the apex judiciary, especially<br />

the honorable chief justice<br />

of Pakistan has already<br />

been taking suo moto<br />

notices on various issues.<br />

Corruption case<br />

SHC asks Sharjeel Memon if he<br />

wants to be operated at CHK<br />

KARACHI: The Sindh<br />

High Court (SHC) on<br />

Tuesday remarked that<br />

Pakistan Peoples’ Party<br />

(PPP) lawmaker and former<br />

provincial minister Sharjeel<br />

Inam Memon, who was<br />

arrested in Rs5.76billion<br />

corruption case, could be<br />

operated by the surgeon of<br />

his own choice at Dr Ruth<br />

KM Pfau Civil Hospital<br />

Karachi.<br />

The court passed these<br />

remarks while hearing the<br />

arguments of Sardar Latif<br />

Khosa, representing Sharjeel<br />

in post-arrest bail plea.<br />

During the hearing, the<br />

counsel said that the doctors<br />

had advised immediate surgery<br />

to the former minister<br />

as he was going through<br />

serious illness, requesting<br />

the court to grant him a bail<br />

on medical grounds.<br />

The judge offered the<br />

defending lawyer that his<br />

client could be operated by<br />

the surgeon of his own<br />

choice at Civil Hospital.<br />

“We could pass an order for<br />

Sharjeel’s treatment by the<br />

best doctors at the hospital,<br />

if he wishes so” the court<br />

remarked.<br />

Khosa replied that as per<br />

the Supreme Court’s orders,<br />

any court cannot bind an<br />

inmate to be treated by specific<br />

doctor or hospital, contending<br />

that it was pure<br />

patient’s right to acquire<br />

medical facilities of his own<br />

choice. “The cases would be<br />

heard until the accused person<br />

is alive,” he added.<br />

The counsel said that the<br />

PPP leaders were willing to<br />

face the courts as Dr Asim<br />

Hussain and Sharjeel had<br />

returned to Pakistan and<br />

appearing before it.<br />

After completion of the<br />

defence counsel, the court<br />

issued notice to National<br />

Accountability Bureau<br />

(NAB) prosecutor on <strong>Feb</strong><br />

15. Sharjeel, along with the<br />

officials of a private advertising<br />

agency Inam Akbar,<br />

Riaz Munir, Muhammad<br />

Hanif, Asim Amir Khan<br />

Sikandar and others was<br />

booked by the corruption<br />

watchdog for causing billions<br />

of rupees loss to the<br />

national exchequer through<br />

‘embezzling’ in the Sindh<br />

information department’s<br />

electronic campaign.<br />

According to NAB, the<br />

PPP lawmaker and 17 others,<br />

in connivance with each<br />

other, had caused Rs5.76billion<br />

loss to the national<br />

exchequer through the<br />

embezzlement in the Sindh<br />

government's advertisement<br />

campaign on electronic<br />

media.<br />

KARACHI: Members of All Pakistan Oil Tankers Association have the blocked the road<br />

while protesting in favor their demands at Bilawal House Chorangi.<br />

NGOs taken on board to<br />

improve education: minister<br />

KARACHI: Provincial<br />

Minister for Education and<br />

Literacy Jam Mehtab<br />

Hussain Dahar said on<br />

Monday that the Sindh government<br />

has taken many<br />

steps to improve education<br />

in the province.<br />

“For the purpose, we<br />

have also taken well reputed<br />

NGOs on board,” he said<br />

KARACHI: Karachi Faraz Khan and Nadir<br />

police claimed to have Hussaain. Police claimed to<br />

arrested 11 criminals, have recovered hashish and<br />

including two diesel smugglers,<br />

from different parts of<br />

the metropolis in the wee<br />

huge quantity of Gutka, Mawa<br />

from their possession.<br />

Meanwhile, Monghopir,<br />

hours of Tuesday. police on intelligence<br />

According to police reports, about the smuggling<br />

sources, Surjani town police<br />

on a tip-off, carried out raids in<br />

the area and arrested four drug<br />

peddlers, Wiki, Gul Rehman,<br />

of huge quantity of Iranian<br />

diesel, started checking a<br />

dumper-truck coming from<br />

Balochistan.<br />

while talking to a delegation<br />

of Join Hands, an NGO<br />

working in various fields.<br />

During checking, 10,000<br />

liters of Iranian diesel was<br />

seized from a loaded<br />

dumper-truck with a registration<br />

number TAK-415.<br />

The diesel was concealed<br />

into the specially designed<br />

hidden cavities of the truck.<br />

Driver Alawaudin, and<br />

Nasir, were arrested from<br />

the spot. Separately, a<br />

Monghopir police team<br />

Secretary Education<br />

Schools Iqbal Hussain<br />

Durrani, Head of<br />

Curriculum Wing Dr<br />

Fouzia Khan, Kashif Sehbai<br />

Chairman Shaheen Air and<br />

Sabrina Sehbai Director<br />

Shaheen Air were also present<br />

on the occasion .<br />

The delegation informed<br />

the education minister that<br />

they wanted to create an<br />

awareness in the fields of<br />

animals’ rights, wildlife<br />

and environment and were<br />

interested to make children<br />

socially aware because they<br />

had found incredible opportunities<br />

in these sectors.<br />

Police arrests 11 accused including two diesel smugglers<br />

KARACHI: Foundation<br />

Programme students of Indus Valley<br />

School of Art & Architecture (IVS),<br />

Karachi, prepared five large sized<br />

murals under the community-based<br />

project as an integral part of their<br />

curriculum.<br />

This was a collaborative project<br />

of IVS and Civil Hospital Karachi,<br />

which was an integral part of their<br />

curriculum.<br />

Professor Dr Khawar Saeed<br />

Jamali, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of<br />

Dow University of Health Sciences<br />

(DUHS), played an eminent role in<br />

designating prominent space for<br />

these murals in OPD of Civil<br />

Hospital Karachi and in the main<br />

waiting area of DUHS.<br />

The theme of these murals was<br />

arrested three drug peddlers,<br />

Skinder, Ataullah and Akbar<br />

Zada, and recovered 910<br />

grams of special quality<br />

hashish from them.<br />

Pakistan Bazaar police<br />

during patrolling arrested<br />

two criminals, Shoiab and<br />

Mehmood Ahmed. The<br />

police have registered FIRs<br />

against detainees and started<br />

further investigation.<br />

IVS paintings on nature installed in CHK, DUHS<br />

‘Nature’ so that some comforting<br />

and pleasant images could be introduced<br />

to the environment of trauma<br />

in the hospital. Foundation Year<br />

students created these colorful<br />

murals under the supervision of<br />

their faculty. IVS graciously<br />

extended the logistical support in<br />

transportation and installation of<br />

these pieces on the site.<br />

80 percent patients out of 500 found positive for Hepatitis<br />

B & C during two-day medical and surgical camp in Thatta<br />

KARACHI: More than<br />

80 percent patients hailing<br />

from city and outskirts of<br />

Thatta are found positive<br />

for hepatitis B & C during<br />

screening in two days free<br />

medical camp there.<br />

A medical and surgical<br />

camp was organized on<br />

Saturday and Sunday at<br />

Qadir Bux Bhutto Trust<br />

Hospital building by<br />

Hashmani's Medical<br />

Welfare Foundation, a<br />

Karachi based charity.<br />

These facts were shared<br />

by Chairman Hashmanis<br />

Medical Welfare<br />

Foundation renowned eye<br />

surgeon Dr. Sharif<br />

Hashmani while addressing<br />

a media briefing held at<br />

KARACHI: Hashmanis Medical Welfare Foundation, Dr.<br />

Sharif Hashmani addresses to media persons during<br />

press conference regarding Thatta Medical Camp held<br />

at Hashmani Hospital.<br />

Hashmanis Hospital here at<br />

Karachi on Tuesday.<br />

He told that more than<br />

1100 patients were examined<br />

during two days camp<br />

and over 500 of them were<br />

screened for hepatitis profile,<br />

cholesterol and diabetes.<br />

This is very alarming<br />

that we have found 80 percent<br />

lab samples positive<br />

for hepatitis B & C which<br />

warrants urgent attention of<br />

government officials. More<br />

than 25 percent patients<br />

were found diabetic too<br />

during laboratory investigations,<br />

Dr. Sharif<br />

Hashmani informed.<br />

As many as 123 cateract<br />

operations were performed<br />

on patients during these<br />

two days which will also be<br />

followed up. We will soon<br />

establish a charity hospital<br />

to cater medical needs of<br />

poor population of Thatta<br />

and its sorroundings, he<br />

announced.<br />

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi<br />

addressing a seminar at White House School.<br />

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah<br />

Murad visiting Union Council Chohar.<br />

KARACHI: Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI Women Wing) District<br />

President, Saima Nadeem visiting free medical camp in<br />

Liyari area of Karachi and also group photo with residents<br />

women of Liyari.<br />

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch<br />

alogn with Haji Muzafar Shajra presenting a trophy to<br />

the captain of the winning team.


Witnesses record statement<br />

in Zainab murder case<br />

LAHORE: A total of 26<br />

witnesses record their<br />

statements on Tuesday<br />

before the anti-terrorism<br />

court (ATC) hearing the<br />

Zainab rape and murder<br />

case. The ATC is holding<br />

the trial inside Kot Lakhpat<br />

Jail, where the primary suspect<br />

Imran Ali is jailed on<br />

remand.<br />

Punjab Prosecutor<br />

General Ehtesham Qadir is<br />

assisting the ATC as per the<br />

orders of the superior<br />

courts. Moreover, the prosecution<br />

department is<br />

expected to complete the<br />

cross-examination of the<br />

witnesses as well.<br />

A total of 56 witnesses<br />

Abbas Kassar<br />

HYDERABAD: The<br />

2nd Intentional Watercolor<br />

Biennale “Pearls of Peace<br />

Season-II” will start today<br />

(Wednesday) at Centre of<br />

Excellence in Art & Design<br />

(CEAD), Mehran<br />

University of Engineering<br />

& Technology (MUET),<br />

Jamshoro. The Biennale is<br />

organized by CEAD,<br />

MUET, Jamshoro in collaboration<br />

with International<br />

Watercolour Society (IWS).<br />

The Biennale will be inaugurated<br />

by Education<br />

have been named in the<br />

case.<br />

On Monday, ATC Judge<br />

Minister of Sindh Jam<br />

Mehtab Dahar, Cultural<br />

Minister Sindh Syed Sardar<br />

Ali Shah, Vice-chancellor<br />

MUET Prof. Dr.<br />

Muhammad Aslam Uqaili,<br />

Dean Prof. Dr. Khan<br />

Muhammad Brohi, Director<br />

CEAD Prof. Dr. Bhai Khan<br />

Shar, Prof. Dr. Raza Bhatti,<br />

Prof. Dr. S. M. Qureshi,<br />

Hameer Soomro, Prof. Dr.<br />

Abdul Rehman Memon<br />

jointly.<br />

Pearls of Peace through<br />

watercolour is the biggest<br />

art event in the history of the<br />

Sajjad Ahmad had indicted<br />

Imran and recorded the<br />

statements of 20 witnesses.<br />

country that includes the<br />

artists from U. S. A, Turkey,<br />

China, Hong Kong,<br />

Portugal, Russia, Romania,<br />

Serbia, Bulgaria, Iraq,<br />

Spain, Brazil, Czech<br />

Republic and Pakistan,<br />

whereas the watercolour<br />

paintings of 60 renowned<br />

artists around the globe will<br />

be displayed in the<br />

Biennale. The artists participating<br />

in the Biennale are<br />

Head of Joao Eudes Alves<br />

Correia, Selma Todorova,<br />

Krasimir Todorova, Liu Yi,<br />

Alexandara Bryksa, Vasyl<br />

Seven-year-old Zainab<br />

was kidnapped from near<br />

her aunt’s house in Kasur<br />

2nd World Watercolor Biennale “Pearls<br />

of Peace” to start at CEAD today<br />

Let’s stop cheating: education board<br />

safe education, safe society rally<br />

Staff Reporter<br />

HYDERABAD: Board<br />

of Intermediate and<br />

Secondary Education took<br />

out a big rally under banner<br />

of Safe Education Safe<br />

Society which was participated<br />

by scores of high<br />

schools and colleges of<br />

city. The rally Lets Stop<br />

Cheating was led by Dr.<br />

Muhammad Memon chairman<br />

of BISE and controller<br />

of examinations Dr.<br />

Masroor Ahmed Zai was<br />

taken from Model school<br />

of Sindh university to press<br />

club. The schools and colleges<br />

which took part in<br />

rally included islamia<br />

Modern Boys High<br />

School,Zais school system,<br />

Green watch high school,<br />

govt boys degree college<br />

Kohsar, G.G.H.S Society<br />

No.1,Rashid Minhas H.S<br />

Khahi road, government<br />

secondary teachers association,<br />

all private schools<br />

management association<br />

and others. Dr. Muhammad<br />

Memon, Dr. Masroor<br />

Ahmed Zai, Wing<br />

Commander Q.Hakim<br />

Khan and heads of participating<br />

schools and colleges<br />

addressed the rally. Dr.<br />

Muhammad said they have<br />

launched anti cheating<br />

trend in examinations and<br />

hoped with cooperation of<br />

people and all concerned<br />

including parents, students<br />

and teaching staff their<br />

campaign would succeed.<br />

He said cheating in examinations<br />

has turned as cancer<br />

as such it was must for<br />

all of us to make transparent<br />

and credible the system<br />

of examinations for better<br />

educational training for our<br />

young generation.He asked<br />

all and sundry to work<br />

jointly towards this noble<br />

cause to save education<br />

and society.<br />

Bryksa, Lai Ze Ze, Faisal<br />

Othoman Qadir, Amer<br />

Hassan Salman, Maria Ines<br />

Ferreira Madeira Rodrigues,<br />

Monteriro, and others.<br />

The renowned artists,<br />

critics and people who<br />

spent their lives for promotion<br />

of this field around the<br />

world will be honoured<br />

with awards. The cultural<br />

music a large scale painting<br />

jointly painted by all<br />

artists together will be the<br />

part of this event. The<br />

exhibition will last till<br />

<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 18, <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Civil society on call<br />

of women action<br />

forum pays homage<br />

to Asma Jehangir<br />

Staff Reporter<br />

HYDERABAD: Civil society<br />

organizations, lawyers,<br />

intellectuals, teachers, students,<br />

journalists and peasants assembled<br />

in front of press club here<br />

tuesday and paid tributes to<br />

human rights activist and<br />

renowned lawyer Asma<br />

Jehangir who passed away 2<br />

days ago. WAF termed her<br />

death of Asma Jehangir as carnage<br />

for Pakistani women,<br />

minorities, oppressed nations,<br />

peasants, workers, backward<br />

people as also for democratic<br />

loving and human rights collective<br />

struggle. WAF said Asma<br />

was such an exemplary face of<br />

on January 4 and found<br />

dead in a garbage heap five<br />

days later. The Lahore High<br />

Court has directed the ATC<br />

to wrap up the trial within<br />

seven days of the suspect’s<br />

indictment.<br />

Imran was arrested on<br />

January 23. His DNA also<br />

matched samples taken<br />

from seven other minor<br />

girls who were abused and<br />

murdered earlier in Kasur,<br />

according to the police.<br />

After the police arrested<br />

Imran, the suspect reportedly<br />

confessed to assaulting<br />

eight minor girls at an<br />

under-construction site and<br />

two others in a garbage<br />

heap in Kasur.<br />

Timely completion<br />

of development<br />

project top priority:<br />

Khawaja Imran<br />

R A W A L P I N D I :<br />

Provincial Minister<br />

Primary and Secondary<br />

Health, Khawaja Imran<br />

Nazeer said Tuesday that<br />

timely completion of<br />

development projects is<br />

top priority of the Punjab<br />

government.<br />

He expressed these<br />

views while reviewing<br />

the headway of ongoing<br />

and new schemes under<br />

Annual Development<br />

Program 2017-18. These<br />

views were expressed<br />

while chairing review<br />

meeting of committee for<br />

implementation of development<br />

projects at commissioner<br />

office.<br />

C o m m i s s i o n e r<br />

Rawalpindi Nadeem<br />

Aslam Chaudhry, MPA<br />

Muhammad Nawaz<br />

Chochan, Director<br />

Finance & Planning<br />

Noureen Bashir, Deputy<br />

commissioner Attock<br />

Rana Akbar Hayat, DC<br />

Jehlum Iqbal Hussain,<br />

DC Chakwal Umer<br />

Jehnagir, ADC (Finance<br />

& Planning) Rao Atif<br />

Raza, Deputy Director<br />

development Saima<br />

Ghafoor, SE Highways,<br />

buildings and other concerned<br />

officers attended<br />

the meeting.<br />

enlightened and progressive<br />

Pak who had been challenging Staff Reporter<br />

the dictatorial and terrorist SHIKARPUR: Two<br />

forces at all times, tolerance in<br />

comparison to religious bigotry<br />

and importance to independent<br />

expression. They said she was<br />

such an benchmark of Pak in<br />

killed while 10 others were<br />

sustained severe wounds<br />

when a speeding coach<br />

coming from Karachi for<br />

Sawat went out of control<br />

which she preached human from its driver and<br />

rights without discrimination of rammed into a hotel at<br />

nationalities, religions, languages<br />

Shikarpur-Larkana Indus<br />

and continued to stand Highway beside Garhi<br />

with oppressed Pakistanis<br />

her last day.<br />

till Sahib Khan diversion, in<br />

the limits of Dakhan Police<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

National<br />

3<br />

Bus-van collision claims 5 lives<br />

WAZIRABAD: Five van coming from opposite<br />

side on Wazirabad the bodies to their cus-<br />

rushed to the scene, took<br />

persons have died and<br />

other five have sustained Bypass on Tuesday. tody and shifted them to<br />

injuries in bus-van collision<br />

on Wazirabad Bypass. due to reckless driving. be handed over to the<br />

Accident took place hospital. The bodies will<br />

As per media report 5 Bodies and Injured were family members of<br />

persons were killed and shifted to hospital for deceased following completion<br />

of autopsy<br />

the other five were injured medico legal formalities<br />

after a bus collided with a and first aid. Police process.<br />

British High Commission’s GREAT<br />

Debate competition comes to Lahore<br />

Bureau Report<br />

LAHORE: The British<br />

High Commission brought<br />

its annual GREAT Debate<br />

competition to Lahore with<br />

a semi-final event at the<br />

FAST National University.<br />

The event brought<br />

together debaters from<br />

across universities in<br />

Lahore. After a competitive<br />

round of fixtures Ms<br />

Mohiba Ahmed from<br />

Government College<br />

University and Ms<br />

Rameesha Khan from<br />

University of the Punjab<br />

were judged to be the winner<br />

and runner-up respectively.<br />

Imtiaz Dharani<br />

MITHI: The first ever<br />

two-day Thar Science<br />

Festival is beginning today<br />

in Mithi where thousands of<br />

students of 73 registered<br />

schools both government<br />

and private sectors from<br />

across the district would participate<br />

in the event and<br />

The Acting British High<br />

Commissioner Richard<br />

Crowder said; “Colleges<br />

and universities in Lahore<br />

have a rich culture of<br />

debating and I am delighted<br />

that with the GREAT<br />

Debate we are able to provide<br />

another platform to<br />

the youth of this city.<br />

“I have been impressed<br />

by the level of debate and<br />

enthusiasm with which the<br />

youth have participated in<br />

the GREAT Debate and I<br />

look forward to a tough<br />

competition among the<br />

selected <strong>14</strong> debaters in the<br />

finale in Islamabad.”<br />

The GREAT Debate<br />

would also exhibit their various<br />

modules. " The twoday<br />

event is being organized<br />

by Thar Education Alliance<br />

in colloboration with different<br />

local organizations as<br />

well as Alif Ailan Mr<br />

Partab Shivani, the chief of<br />

Thar Education Alliance and<br />

Chief Monitoring Officer (<br />

education) Mr Samiullah<br />

Sanjrani talking to the media<br />

persons on Tuesday maintained<br />

that Thar Science<br />

2017 is the third annual<br />

edition of the competition<br />

that gives students from<br />

across Pakistan a platform<br />

to participate in debates,<br />

interact with other students<br />

from different universities<br />

and hone their skills in<br />

research, analytical thinking<br />

and public speaking.<br />

Winners and runner-ups<br />

from the semi-finals will<br />

be given one year British<br />

Council digital library<br />

memberships. The winner<br />

and runner-up of the overall<br />

competition will<br />

receive a scholarship<br />

reward to contribute<br />

towards their tuition fees.<br />

First ever 2-day Thar Science<br />

Festival is beginning today<br />

Station, here on<br />

Wednesday evening.<br />

According to Khalilul<br />

Rahman Massan, the SHO<br />

Dakhan Police Station, a<br />

man identified as Iqbal<br />

Shaikh, who was sitting at<br />

hotel and one motorcyclist<br />

identified as Mubarak<br />

Shar, who was crossing the<br />

road, were died while 10<br />

other coach passengers<br />

including Rehana Bibi,<br />

Zahoor Khan Khittab,<br />

Iqramul Hassan and others,<br />

whose names could<br />

not be known, sustained<br />

severe wounds when a fast<br />

moving coach went out of<br />

control from its driver and<br />

rammed into hotel.<br />

The accident took place<br />

due to over speeding, SHO<br />

elaborated.<br />

The area’s police<br />

rushed on the spot and<br />

Festival would abe a significant<br />

step in igniting the<br />

curiosity of the students and<br />

teachers towards Maths and<br />

Science. " This will not only<br />

be a platform for organisations<br />

working on science to<br />

engage students through fun<br />

science and robotics activities,<br />

but also for the students<br />

to show their talents to a host<br />

of stakeholders: they aded.<br />

Two killed, 10 injured in road accident<br />

transported the bodies and<br />

injured to Rural Health<br />

Centre Dakhan and dead<br />

bodies were handed over<br />

to their heirs after completing<br />

medical legal formalities<br />

while injured were<br />

shifted to Larkana<br />

Hospital and Rato Dero<br />

Hospital for further medical<br />

assistances after providing<br />

them first aid at<br />

RHC Dakhan, SHO said.<br />

ISLAMABAD: Students raveling on the roof of passenger bus may cause any serious<br />

incident needs the attention of concerned authorities.<br />

Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis failed<br />

to recover looted money from corrupts<br />

ISLAMABAD: Inspite<br />

of Supreme Court’s directives,<br />

Secretary, Ministry of<br />

Overseas Pakistanis, Qasim<br />

Muhammad Khan has<br />

made excuse to recover billions<br />

of rupees from<br />

bureaucrats who engulfed<br />

money from national<br />

exchequer under the patronage<br />

of candidate for Senate,<br />

Irfan Siddiqui.<br />

Reliable sources told<br />

that eight officers of<br />

Workers Welfare Fund, a<br />

sub-ordinate department of<br />

Ministry of Overseas<br />

Pakistanis, were expelled<br />

following the directives of<br />

apex court but Secretary<br />

Overseas Pakistanis has<br />

made lame excuse to recover<br />

plundered money from<br />

them due to pressure of the<br />

high-ups.<br />

Although the ruling party<br />

was making tall claims<br />

regarding eradication of corruption<br />

but the Supreme<br />

Court’s directives have<br />

unveiled these tall claims as<br />

no action was being taken<br />

by the government against<br />

corrupt bureaucrats.<br />

Candidate for Senate’s seat<br />

Irfan Siddiqui’s brother<br />

Tahir Kaleem Siddiqui was<br />

a contractual employee of<br />

Directorate of Workers<br />

Education, a subordinate<br />

organization of Ministry of<br />

CADD. Later, his services<br />

were transferred to Workers<br />

Welfare Fund (WWF). He<br />

joined the WWF along with<br />

his team.<br />

Sources said that<br />

inquiries were underway<br />

against Tahir Kaleem<br />

Siddiqui and other officers<br />

in NAB and FIA worth<br />

rupees billions but these<br />

officers were continuing<br />

corruption due to patronage<br />

of high-ups. Abdul Hameed<br />

Jamani was working in<br />

grade 17 in WWF Sindh. He<br />

joined the organization in<br />

2010 while reached till<br />

grade 20 in a short span of<br />

three years time. Ironically,<br />

he did not meet the educational<br />

requirements.<br />

Likewise this, Director<br />

Admin, Muhammad<br />

Noman Shah was working<br />

in grade 17 in the National<br />

Assembly and joined WWF<br />

in grade 19. Both officers<br />

have been sent back to their<br />

respective organizations.<br />

These officers collected millions<br />

of rupees from national<br />

exchequer in the name of<br />

medical, children fees, vehicles<br />

and construction of<br />

houses while Secretary<br />

Ministry of Overseas<br />

Pakistanis has made lame<br />

excuse to recover plundered<br />

money from them.<br />

Speakers term art and culture a<br />

bridge to bring the world together<br />

JAMSHORO: Speakers<br />

have stressed the need for<br />

greater cultural engagement<br />

between Pakistan and<br />

Japan; stressing that ‘culture’<br />

served as solid facilitative<br />

bridge to bring world<br />

communities and societies<br />

together. And that the same<br />

held true in case of cultural<br />

ties between Pakistan and<br />

Japan too; as the two countries<br />

had enjoyed resonating<br />

relations in the given spectrum<br />

for the last six to seven<br />

decades.<br />

This they stated in the<br />

augural ceremony of oneday<br />

Japanese calendar exhibition<br />

and film screening<br />

show at the Institute of Art<br />

& Design, University of<br />

Sindh organized by MEXT<br />

Alumni Association of<br />

Pakistan (MAAP) Sindh<br />

chapter and Institute of Art<br />

& Design, University of<br />

Sindh in collaboration with<br />

Consulate General of Japan,<br />

Karachi.<br />

VC-SU Prof. Dr. Fateh<br />

Muhammad Burfat in his<br />

speech as the event Chief<br />

Guest said that Japan was<br />

enviable model of modernity,<br />

progress and innovation<br />

in Asia. He added that<br />

Japan had taken new birth<br />

in 1945 in the aftermath of<br />

World War II; whereas,<br />

Pakistan had emerged on<br />

the map of the world on<br />

1947 which comes as a<br />

common ground between<br />

the two countries. “This<br />

resemblance of newly-born<br />

Pakistan and war-free Japan<br />

bound the two together in a<br />

camaraderie which continues<br />

until today”, he<br />

explained.<br />

Dr. Burfat said he was<br />

astounded to see Japanese<br />

peoples’ passionate love for<br />

fauna, flora, scenic beauty,<br />

land-sky-and-marine landscapes,<br />

originality and<br />

innocence of life, life’s pure<br />

abundance, rich variety,<br />

immense exuberance and<br />

varied visions.<br />

“The Japanese calendars<br />

that I have seen on display<br />

today reveal Japanese peoples’<br />

love for life, for life’s<br />

broad colors, its enormous<br />

diversity and scope.<br />

Japanese artists’ excited<br />

engagement with life with<br />

its ever-changing<br />

Kaleidoscope is simply<br />

incredible. I am amazed<br />

how Japanese people transform<br />

their life experience to<br />

annual calendars, and how<br />

as a result; they become<br />

able to perpetuate their history<br />

in the annals of time”,<br />

he elaborated.<br />

Dr. Burfat attributed<br />

Japan’s marvelous success<br />

in all fields to its people’s<br />

unshakable faith in them, in<br />

their tenacity to take on<br />

odds, in their invincible<br />

spirit to tackle challenges<br />

and their approach to accost<br />

arduous undertakings.


4<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

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EDITORIAL<br />

UNO misused by Secuirty Council:<br />

Battles for peace lost on US, Israel,<br />

Europe and Saudi led wars worldwide<br />

CRITICS argue that many destructive wars<br />

could not be stopped by United Nations<br />

Organization on US, Israel, Europe and Saudi<br />

led devastation with casualties that astound an entire<br />

humanity. These wars continue, one in Syria since<br />

five years. Wars elsewhere including Iraq and Yemen<br />

left hundreds of thousands of casualties. These wars<br />

made tens of millions homeless in their home countries<br />

as well as refugees abroad. Let us recall some of<br />

this criticism.<br />

WARS and civil strife is still going on in these and<br />

a number of other countries. The plight of Gaza in<br />

Palestine remains unaccounted. Such a dismal history<br />

makes the UN Charter largely unenforceable, critics<br />

believe, and that UN had become a tool which was<br />

misused -- again and again -- by big powers and their<br />

UN Security Council for waging wars, accompanied<br />

with UN peace-keeping force, and not for establishing<br />

peace either.<br />

Has the United Nations Organization or the UNO<br />

failed in its duties? There are many different and contradicting<br />

opinions on the effectiveness of the organization.<br />

Illogical as well as reasonable criticism heaped<br />

on the United Nations has been economically and ideologically<br />

diverse. Much of it is focused upon the<br />

UN's purported inability to collect finance -- even<br />

membership fees from countries including the US --<br />

making it incapable of properly handling international<br />

conflicts, sometimes even on a small scale.<br />

Other criticisms tend to focus on the UN's alleged<br />

elitism or its presumed support of genocidal policies.<br />

Lack of accountability in UN was also on focus. In<br />

regards to criticism of corruption within the UN system<br />

by its employees, its investigator for instance was<br />

dismissed from his field job and the UN was directed<br />

to compensate him for the wrongful dismissal.<br />

Only 75 of the then 184 member states in near past<br />

were free democracies which had the effect of tipping<br />

the scales of the UN so that the organization as a<br />

whole was more amenable to the requirements of dictatorships<br />

around the world.<br />

Reporters witnessed a rapid increase in prostitution<br />

in Cambodia, Mozambique, Bosnia, and Kosovo after<br />

UN and, in the case of the latter two, NATO peacekeeping<br />

forces moved in. Sexual misconduct by<br />

United Nations troops had earlier been reported in<br />

Congo, Cambodia and Haiti, as well as in an earlier<br />

incident involving Moroccan peacekeepers in Côte<br />

d'Ivoire. The United Nations Population Fund has<br />

been accused by different groups of providing support<br />

for government programs which have promoted<br />

forced-abortions and coercive sterilizations.<br />

There has been criticism that the five permanent<br />

By Waqar Mustafa<br />

To my daughter fear is our greatest issue as it<br />

impedes development, both personal and<br />

collective. But human rights champion<br />

Asma Jahangir, who passed away in Lahore only a<br />

fortnight after turning 66, had overcome that quite<br />

early in her life. Or, should I say, she was fearless<br />

by birth. Courage was in her genes. Her father,<br />

Malik Ghulam Jilani, a civil servant had entered<br />

politics on retirement and spent years both in jail<br />

and under house arrest for opposing military rule.<br />

Her mother had set up her own clothing business<br />

when the family's lands were confiscated in 1967<br />

as punishment. She was 18 when her father was<br />

arrested again and she moved the Lahore High<br />

Court for his release. Her petition remained unsuccessful<br />

but after she appealed to the Supreme<br />

Court, the martial law that had led to her father's<br />

arrest was also declared illegal.<br />

From then on, activism did not remain personal<br />

for her. According to Pakistan's independent watchdog,<br />

the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan<br />

(HRCP), which she co-founded in 1986, the human<br />

rights movement in Pakistan was founded and is<br />

defined by Asma Jahangir. She was also a cofounder<br />

of the Women's Action Forum, which was<br />

set up to oppose law that reduced a woman's testimony<br />

in court to half that of a man's. She served as<br />

HRCP's Secretary General and Chairperson and was<br />

currently its Spokesperson and the United Nations<br />

Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran,<br />

among the numerous other significant appointments.<br />

"Asma Jahangir's unique and outstanding contribution<br />

to the human rights discourse is acknowledged<br />

by friends and foes alike, nationally and globally.<br />

HRCP has not known a braver and more tireless<br />

human rights defender than Asma Jahangir," Dr<br />

Mehdi Hasan, the Commission's chairperson, said in<br />

a statement.<br />

I have had the honour of sharing the stage with<br />

her, mainly at the launch events of HRCP's flagship<br />

annual report, The State of Human Rights, which I<br />

edited for four years. She would make the events<br />

lively and vibrant by vociferously and fearlessly<br />

OPINION<br />

members of the United Nations Security Council or<br />

the UNSC (China, France, Russia, the United<br />

Kingdom and the United States), who are all nuclear<br />

powers, have created an exclusive nuclear club whose<br />

powers are unchecked. Unlike the General Assembly,<br />

the United Nations Security Council does not have<br />

true international representation. This has led to accusations<br />

that the UNSC only addresses the strategic<br />

interests and political motives of the permanent members.<br />

The practice of the permanent members meeting<br />

privately and then presenting their resolutions to the<br />

full council as a fait accompli has also drawn fire.<br />

Another concern is that the five permanent members<br />

of the UN Security Council are five of the top seven<br />

largest arms exporting countries in the world.<br />

Still other nations have advocated abolishing the<br />

concept of permanency altogether. A "Get US out of<br />

the UN" campaign happened in 1959, charging that<br />

the UN's aim was to establish a "One World<br />

Government." Some have questioned whether the UN<br />

might be relevant in the 21st century.<br />

While the UN’s first and second Charter mandates<br />

require the UN: “To maintain international peace and<br />

security.... (and if necessary to enforce the peace by)<br />

taking preventive or enforcement action,” due to its<br />

restrictive administrative structure, the permanent<br />

members of the Security Council themselves have<br />

sometimes prevented the UN from fully carrying out<br />

its first two mandates. Without the unanimous<br />

approval, support (or minimally abstention) of all 5 of<br />

the permanent members of the UN's Security Council,<br />

the UN's charter only enables it to "observe", report<br />

on, and make recommendations regarding international<br />

conflicts[citation needed]. Such unanimity on<br />

the Security Council regarding the authorization of<br />

armed UN enforcement actions has not always been<br />

reached in time to prevent the outbreak of international<br />

wars.<br />

In the Srebrenica massacre, Serbian troops committed<br />

genocide against Bosnian Muslims in the<br />

largest case of mass murder on the European continent<br />

since World War II. Srebrenica had been declared<br />

a UN "safe area" and was even protected by 400<br />

armed Dutch peace keepers, but the UN forces did little<br />

to prevent the massacre. In 1967, Richard Nixon,<br />

while running for President of the United States, criticized<br />

the UN as "obsolete and inadequate" for dealing<br />

with then-present crises like the Cold War. A<br />

review of UN action during the final months of the Sri<br />

Lanka's civil war in 2009, in which tens of thousands<br />

of people were killed, criticized the UN leadership,<br />

UN Security Council and top UN officials in Sri<br />

Lanka.<br />

Asma Jahangir was fearless, she had it in her genes<br />

Jahangir had won scores of national and international awards<br />

speaking in defence of human rights. She wanted to<br />

spread the word through radio. She had planned to<br />

use some award money for setting up FM radio stations<br />

for human rights education in different areas of<br />

the country. On her bidding, HRCP, under a twoyear<br />

project, produced programmes carrying human<br />

rights messages for a state-run radio channel.<br />

A dedicated and accomplished lawyer, Asma<br />

Jahangir cared less for money and had fought a lot of<br />

human rights cases for free. In 1980, she, along with<br />

women lawyer colleagues, opened the first legal-aid<br />

centre in Pakistan. Over the next decade, she went to<br />

prison for opposing military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's<br />

chauvinistic laws, and lent voice and legal support to<br />

the oppressed - women, children, labourers, political<br />

workers and people from minority faiths.<br />

In 2007, she was put under house arrest for her<br />

role in the so-called lawyers' movement, which<br />

helped end Pervez Musharraf's dictatorship. She<br />

became the first woman president of the country's<br />

Supreme Court Bar Association.<br />

A fierce defender of democracy and human<br />

rights, she knew her subject and her speech featured<br />

logic and reason - both biting and funny. Time magazine<br />

honoured her through its list of 100 most<br />

influential women. She was repeatedly threatened<br />

for raising her voice for the voiceless. Several years<br />

ago, she had to briefly send her family out of the<br />

country following threats.<br />

Jahangir had won scores of national and international<br />

awards. In Pakistan, she was awarded the<br />

Hilal-i-Imtiaz and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the second<br />

and third highest civilian honours. Internationally,<br />

she was awarded the Unesco/Bilbao Prize for the<br />

Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights, an<br />

Officier de la Légion d'honneur by France, the 2010<br />

Freedom of Worship Award, Martin Ennals Award<br />

for Human Rights Defenders, the Ramon<br />

Magsaysay Award and the Right Livelihood Award<br />

in Sweden in 20<strong>14</strong>.<br />

The fiery activist, whose name was virtually synonymous<br />

with human rights in Pakistan, will be<br />

missed, always and immensely, by all whose lives<br />

she touched. She died way too soon!<br />

Lodhran by-poll<br />

PTI losing popularity even<br />

before coming to power: Reham<br />

ISLAMABAD: Reham<br />

Khan, former wife of Imran<br />

Khan, said on Tuesday that<br />

the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf<br />

faced a heavy defeat in the<br />

recent Lodhran by-poll, and<br />

its the first time a party is<br />

losing popularity even<br />

ISLAMABAD: Allama<br />

Iqbal Open University<br />

(AIOU) has declared the<br />

final results of its Matric<br />

program for the Semester<br />

Spring, 2017.<br />

It has been placed at<br />

University’s website.<br />

before coming in power.<br />

Pakistan Muslim<br />

League-Nawaz's (PML-N)<br />

candidate Iqbal Shah<br />

received 113,542 votes,<br />

while his competitor,<br />

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's<br />

Ali Tareen, contesting his<br />

first election on his father,<br />

Jahangir Tareen’s seat, got<br />

85,933 votes in the by-election<br />

held on Monday.<br />

Khan in a video message<br />

said that she feels sorry for<br />

the party workers and its ideological<br />

supporters.<br />

AIOU declares results of Matric program<br />

Bureau Report<br />

H Y D E R A B A D :<br />

Christian Peace Alliance<br />

Pakistan has said that<br />

wine/alcohol was declared<br />

Haraam in all religions<br />

including Christians but in<br />

Pakistan some vested interests<br />

were continuing this<br />

ugly business under guise<br />

of and using name of<br />

minorities and playing with<br />

lives of innocent<br />

Pakistanis. Now that<br />

Christian community was<br />

observing Lent( fasting<br />

days) from ASH <strong>14</strong><br />

<strong>Feb</strong>ruary to 1st April<br />

According to Controller of<br />

Exams, result cards are<br />

also being sent by post to<br />

all the concerned students<br />

at their given addresses.<br />

The students can also<br />

download their results<br />

from the University’s website<br />

to apply for continuation<br />

of their future study.<br />

They are allowed to enroll<br />

themselves with the<br />

University during the<br />

ongoing admissions<br />

(Spring <strong>2018</strong>-session) that<br />

will continue till March 5.<br />

Christians demand to close<br />

wine shops during the lent<br />

3 SHOs of<br />

federal police<br />

transferred<br />

ISLAMABAD: Federal<br />

Police have issued transfer<br />

orders of SHOs of three<br />

police stations including<br />

Karachi Compnay,<br />

Secretariat and Sihala in<br />

federal capital.<br />

According to notification<br />

issued by DIG<br />

Operations CIA inspector<br />

Akhtar Khan has been<br />

posted as SHO Karachi<br />

company and SHO<br />

Karachi company Fayyaz<br />

Tanoli has been transferred<br />

to CIA.<br />

Shaukat Ali, SHO<br />

Sihala Police station has<br />

been transferred to<br />

Rescue-15 and SHO Rural<br />

Secretariat Qaisar Niaz<br />

has been transferred to<br />

Rescue-15.<br />

Likewise Shabbir<br />

Ahmad Tanoli, sub inspector<br />

Kohsar police station<br />

has been appointed as<br />

SHO Secretariat.<br />

Abdul Rauf<br />

SUKKUR: Mayor Sukkur<br />

Barrister Arsalan Islam Shaikh inaugurated<br />

the Online Driving License<br />

branch at DIG Office Sukkur.<br />

During the conversation with media<br />

on the occasion, he said that online<br />

driving license is a new technology<br />

through which the ordinary persons<br />

can make easily online registration<br />

sitting at home, which is very beneficial<br />

and positive for the public. On<br />

the occasion, the Incharge of the<br />

online driving license briefed that<br />

the online driving license will be<br />

taken for academic and driving test<br />

and the license will be provided in<br />

case of passing. He further added<br />

that the standard of commercial and<br />

non commercial license For one<br />

year the temporary commercial<br />

Staff Reporter<br />

SHIKARPUR: A joint<br />

program was organized by<br />

Shikarpur Press Club and<br />

Community Action for<br />

Development<br />

Shikarpur [CARD] to pay<br />

tribute to Asma Jahangir, a<br />

prominent advocate of<br />

Supreme Court of<br />

Pakistan, who died owing<br />

to cardiac arrest, here on<br />

Wednesday.<br />

Abdul Salam Unar,<br />

(Easter) they have demanded<br />

from government and<br />

chief justice of Pakistan to<br />

order closure of all wine<br />

shops in Pakistan (sale and<br />

purchase) as mark of<br />

respect during fasting season<br />

of Christian community<br />

of Pakistan.<br />

president press club<br />

Shikarpur, Iqbal Detho,<br />

human rights activists,<br />

Deen Muhammad Shaikh,<br />

Mian Zafar Alvi, Pervaiz<br />

Abro, Nasim Bukhari, Ali<br />

Asghar Pahore, Mumtaz<br />

Mangi and others highlighted<br />

the services rendered<br />

by Asma Jahangir<br />

and expressed their deep<br />

sympathies with bereaved<br />

family members.<br />

Senior Journalists<br />

"Whenever they are in<br />

pressure they start attacking<br />

people like me," she said,<br />

"they consider Nawaz Sharif<br />

or Maryam Nawaz behind<br />

conspiracies against them.<br />

Was selection of Ali<br />

Jahanghir Tareen a conspiracy<br />

by Nawaz or God forbid<br />

suggestion by me."<br />

She said that the voters<br />

have rejected PTI as the<br />

party has deviated from its<br />

vision. "You (PTI) have<br />

given space to dynastic politics.<br />

You have taken all the<br />

garbage from other party in<br />

yours. PTI was attacking status-quo<br />

but today has<br />

become its cheap copy," the<br />

former journalist said.<br />

Khan alleged that three<br />

groups within the party has<br />

come in public.<br />

"It has been proven that<br />

you can buy leadership<br />

from money but not votes,"<br />

Khan said.<br />

Blacklisted absconder<br />

arrested at Allama<br />

Iqbal airport<br />

LAHORE: A black listed<br />

and absconding person<br />

coming from Dubai was<br />

arrested by immigration<br />

staff and handed over to<br />

Anti human trafficking<br />

circle at the Allama Iqbal<br />

Airport on Tuesday.<br />

FIA Spokesman said<br />

that accused Jasim on his<br />

arrival at Lahore from<br />

Dubai presented his documents<br />

at immigration<br />

counter. The Staff during<br />

the checking of his documents<br />

found that he was<br />

black listed and an absconder.<br />

They arrested him and<br />

handed over to the anti<br />

human trafficking circle.<br />

TFC made functional at<br />

Rescue-15 Liaqat Bagh,<br />

Kutchery Facilitation Centre<br />

RAWALPINDI: Traffic<br />

Facilitation Counter (TFC)<br />

have been made functional<br />

at Rescue-15 Liaqat Bagh<br />

and Facilitation Centre<br />

Kutchery to facilitate the<br />

citizens.<br />

According to media<br />

report CTO Shahid Ali<br />

Yousu said that City<br />

Traffic Police have made<br />

TFC functional in Rescue-<br />

15 Liaqat Bagh and<br />

Facilitation Centre<br />

Kutchery.<br />

Tribute pays to Asma Jahangir<br />

license will be confirmed after the<br />

90 ninty days, the work on the old<br />

including Rahmatullah<br />

Soomro, Waheed<br />

Phulpoto, Zahid Noon,<br />

social activists including<br />

Shahnawaz Abro,<br />

Mukhtiar Shaikh, Nadir<br />

Balcoh, Zafar Channa, and<br />

the number of persons<br />

belonging to every walk of<br />

life was present on the<br />

occasion.<br />

Candles were also lit to<br />

pay homage to Asma<br />

Jahangir.<br />

Mayor Sukkur inaugurates<br />

online driving license branch<br />

driving license will continue to be<br />

done shortly.


Pentagon asks for major budget<br />

increase to confront Russia, China<br />

WASHINGTON: The<br />

US Defense Department<br />

has called on Congress to<br />

approve a major budget<br />

increase in order to counter<br />

“threats” from Russia,<br />

China, and North Korea.<br />

The Pentagon on<br />

Monday asked for a budget<br />

of $686 billion to be allocated<br />

to military spending<br />

in 2019. The requested<br />

TEHRAN: Leader of the<br />

Islamic Revolution<br />

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali<br />

Khamenei has lauded the<br />

strong unity among Iran’s<br />

Shia and Sunni Muslims<br />

despite all enemy attempts<br />

to sow discord among<br />

them.<br />

Ayatollah Khamenei<br />

made the remark during a<br />

recent meeting in Tehran<br />

with a number of officials<br />

in charge of a martyrs’ congress<br />

in Iran’s southeastern<br />

province of Sistan-and-<br />

Baluchestan.<br />

The Leader described<br />

Sistan-and-Baluchestan,<br />

along with the provinces of<br />

Kordestan and Golestan as<br />

the embodiment of Muslim<br />

unity and a role model of<br />

cooperation and brotherly<br />

coexistence for all Shias<br />

and Sunnis worldwide.<br />

amount is one of the largest<br />

in US history, and is also<br />

focused on beefing up the<br />

country's nuclear arsenal.<br />

The budget sees an increase<br />

of $80 billion from 2017.<br />

On top of the $686 billion<br />

budget request was an<br />

additional $30 billion for<br />

agencies including the<br />

Department of Energy,<br />

which maintains American<br />

Ayatollah Khamenei<br />

further called for vigilance<br />

among Muslims against<br />

divisive enemy schemes.<br />

The Leader also highlighted<br />

the sacrifices of<br />

Sistan-and-Baluchestan’s<br />

Sunni Muslims in defending<br />

the country over the<br />

past decades, citing the<br />

US military advantage versus<br />

China and Russia could<br />

undermine our ability to<br />

deter aggression and coercion<br />

in key strategic<br />

regions,” he added.<br />

According to the budget<br />

document, Beijing is "using<br />

predatory economics to<br />

intimidate its neighbors<br />

while militarizing features<br />

in the South China Sea."<br />

China "seeks Indo-<br />

Pacific regional hegemony<br />

in the near-term," the document<br />

claims, but in the long<br />

term seeks to "achieve<br />

global preeminence" over<br />

the United States.<br />

The request for more<br />

military spending comes as<br />

the budget proposed by<br />

President Donald Trump’s<br />

nuclear weapons.<br />

Under-Secretary of<br />

Defense David L. Norquist<br />

told reporters on Monday<br />

that the budget aims to neutralize<br />

threats posed by<br />

China and Russia which administration<br />

“want to shape a world consistent<br />

with their own<br />

authoritarian intentions.”<br />

"We recognize that, if<br />

unaddressed, our eroding<br />

martyrdom of a teenager<br />

during the 1980s Iraqimposed<br />

war as well as a<br />

cleric at the hands of counter-revolutionary<br />

elements<br />

as two examples that show<br />

"Shia and Sunni brothers in<br />

the Islamic Republic are<br />

standing shoulder to shoulder<br />

on the most arduous<br />

includes<br />

major cuts for international<br />

diplomacy and overseas aid.<br />

Promoting his proposal<br />

on Monday, Trump said the<br />

US military would be the<br />

Khamenei hails unity between Iran’s Shia, Sunni Muslims<br />

Israeli military trial opens<br />

for Palestinian girl hero<br />

TEL AVIV: The Israeli<br />

military has begun the trial<br />

of a Palestinian teenage girl,<br />

who gained international<br />

fame for slapping an Israeli<br />

soldier in the face, behind<br />

closed doors.<br />

Ahed Tamimi, 17, was<br />

taken away from her home<br />

by the military last<br />

December after a video went<br />

viral showing her slapping<br />

and punching two Israeli<br />

soldiers during a raid on the<br />

village of Nabi Saleh, northwest<br />

of Ramallah.<br />

She has been hailed as a<br />

heroine by many<br />

Palestinians for bravely<br />

TEL AVIV: Israel’s<br />

Supreme Court has<br />

authorized police to make<br />

recommendations regarding<br />

the indictment of<br />

Prime Minister Benjamin<br />

Netanyahu on corruption<br />

charges, rejecting a petition<br />

that had been filed to<br />

block those recommendations.<br />

standing up to the Israeli<br />

military aggression and recognized<br />

as a symbol of the<br />

Palestinian resistance<br />

against the Israeli occupation.<br />

Tamimi has been charged<br />

with 12 counts -- including<br />

assault, stone-throwing,<br />

incitement and making<br />

threats -- in connection with<br />

the events in the video as<br />

well as five other incidents.<br />

If convicted, she could<br />

face a lengthy jail term.<br />

A hearing into the case of<br />

Tamimi opened at the Ofer<br />

military prison in the West<br />

Bank village of Betunia on<br />

Right-wing attorney<br />

Yossi Fuchs had filed the<br />

petition last week, asking<br />

the top court to prevent<br />

police from publicly recommending<br />

to the attorney<br />

general to indict<br />

Netanyahu in the graft<br />

probes.<br />

The tribunal, however,<br />

dismissed the petition on<br />

Monday, saying that it had<br />

previously passed judgment<br />

on the system of recommendations<br />

and upheld<br />

its lawfulness.<br />

“There is no reason to<br />

interfere,” read the court<br />

ruling, meaning the police<br />

recommendations<br />

now be forwarded.<br />

can<br />

Tuesday.<br />

The judge ordered journalists<br />

and diplomats to<br />

leave the courtroom, but the<br />

girl's family members were<br />

allowed to remain there.<br />

Tamimi's lawyer Gaby<br />

Lasky criticized the judge<br />

for shutting the media and<br />

members of the public out of<br />

the trial.<br />

"They understand that<br />

people outside Ofer military<br />

court are interested in<br />

Ahed's case; they understand<br />

that her rights are<br />

being infringed and her trial<br />

is something that shouldn't<br />

be happening."<br />

fronts."<br />

Thanks to the people’s<br />

“faith and sacrifices,” the<br />

Islamic Republic has<br />

remained resilient in the<br />

face of “modern ignorance”<br />

despite the sanctions and<br />

the enemies’ military and<br />

cultural conspiracies,<br />

Ayatollah Khamenei noted.<br />

NATO chief backs<br />

bigger alliance training<br />

mission in Iraq<br />

BRUSSELS: NATO<br />

Secretary-General Jens<br />

Stoltenberg said on Tuesday<br />

the alliance was ready to<br />

answer a U.S. call for NATO<br />

to expand its small training<br />

mission in Iraq to support<br />

reconstruction of the country<br />

after three years of war with<br />

Islamic militants.<br />

U.S. Secretary of Defense<br />

Jim Mattis sent a letter to<br />

NATO last month calling for<br />

a formal NATO train-andadvise<br />

mission, Reuters<br />

reported,, part of President<br />

Donald Trump’s campaign<br />

for the alliance to do more<br />

against militants.<br />

Stoltenberg’s support is a<br />

sign the alliance may be<br />

dropping the resistance it put<br />

up last year. But the issue<br />

remains divisive, with<br />

European NATO allies fearing<br />

another open-ended foreign<br />

assignment after more<br />

than a decade inAfghanistan.<br />

“We have to win the<br />

peace,” Stoltenberg told a<br />

news conference, saying he<br />

expected NATO defense<br />

ministers to start planning for<br />

a bigger mission at a meeting<br />

in Brussels on Thursday,<br />

with a decision to launch the<br />

mission in July.<br />

strongest it has ever been.<br />

Last month, Defense<br />

Secretary Jim Mattis<br />

warned of “growing<br />

threats” from Russia and<br />

China, saying the US military’s<br />

advantages over the<br />

two countries have eroded<br />

in recent years.<br />

The assessment was part<br />

of an unclassified summary<br />

of the Pentagon's new<br />

National Defense Strategy<br />

Mattis unveiled on January<br />

19.<br />

"We face growing<br />

threats from revisionist<br />

powers as different as<br />

China and Russia, nations<br />

that seek to create a world<br />

consistent with their authoritarian<br />

models,” he said.<br />

"Our military is still<br />

strong, yet our competitive<br />

edge has eroded in every<br />

domain of warfare -- air,<br />

land, sea, space and cyberspace<br />

-- and is continually<br />

eroding," he added.<br />

Coalition members<br />

must help Iraq<br />

rebuild, Tillerson says<br />

KUWAIT: The United<br />

States urged members of<br />

the coalition fighting<br />

Islamic State on Tuesday<br />

to help rebuild Iraq or risk<br />

the reversal of the gains<br />

made against the group<br />

there.<br />

The U.S. leads the<br />

coalition and hopes that<br />

after a three-year fight to<br />

defeat the militants it can<br />

count in large part on Gulf<br />

allies to shoulder the burden<br />

of rebuilding Iraq and<br />

on a Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement<br />

to weaken<br />

Iran’s influence in the<br />

country, which is run by a<br />

Shi‘ite led government.<br />

Islamic State took control<br />

of large parts of Iraq<br />

and Syria in 20<strong>14</strong>.<br />

Donors and investors<br />

have gathered in Kuwait<br />

this week to discuss efforts<br />

to rebuild Iraq’s economy<br />

and infrastructure as it<br />

emerges from a devastating<br />

conflict with the hardline<br />

militants who seized<br />

almost a third of the country.<br />

Iraq declared victory<br />

over Islamic State in<br />

December, having taken<br />

back all the territory captured<br />

by the militants in<br />

20<strong>14</strong> and 2015. The fighters<br />

have also been largely<br />

defeated in neighboring<br />

Syria.<br />

SJA Jafri<br />

Bureau Chief Australia<br />

MELBOURNE: The<br />

diplomatic efforts from<br />

Australian authorities to get<br />

Israel to pursue a former<br />

Melbourne school principal<br />

accused of child sexual<br />

abuse were pivotal in leading<br />

to her re-arrest, a lawyer<br />

representing her alleged victims<br />

says.<br />

Malka Leifer is accused<br />

of abusing several pupils<br />

while she was the principal<br />

of the ultra-orthodox Adass<br />

Israel girls’ school in<br />

Elsternwick.<br />

BOLLYWOOD: The<br />

first official still of<br />

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan<br />

from her upcoming drama<br />

Fanne Khan was released<br />

on Tuesday evening.<br />

Production house KriArj<br />

Entertainment shared the<br />

actor’s look on Twitter<br />

with the caption, “There<br />

are divas and then there is<br />

#AishwaryaRaiBachchan..<br />

our shining star!<br />

#FanneKhan”.<br />

In the still, Aishwarya<br />

Rai is seen donning a<br />

green military jacket with<br />

a stylish black top. The<br />

photo suggests that Aish<br />

means business.<br />

Fanne Khan stars<br />

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,<br />

Anil Kapoor and<br />

Rajkummar Rao in lead<br />

roles. The movie is produced<br />

by Rakeysh<br />

Omprakash Mehra. Fanne<br />

Khan has been adapted<br />

from the Oscar-nominated<br />

film Everybody’s Famous<br />

(2000).<br />

The original Dutch<br />

film’s plotline revolves<br />

around a father who goes<br />

to extreme lengths to fulfill<br />

his daughter’s dream.<br />

And by extreme, we mean<br />

kidnapping the country’s<br />

singing sensation, so that<br />

her daughter can take the<br />

singer’s place.<br />

Here’s Aishwarya’s<br />

look from Fanne Khan:<br />

Earlier talking about<br />

Anil Kapoor’s character,<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

International<br />

the producer Arjun N.<br />

Kapoor had said, “Anil<br />

Kapoor plays a character<br />

who celebrates the<br />

extraordinary in the ordinary<br />

and hence looking<br />

5<br />

Fanne Khan: Aishwarya Rai looks<br />

like a complete diva in this still<br />

ANKARA: Turkish<br />

President Recep Tayyip<br />

Erdogan has warned that<br />

Washington’s refusal to stop<br />

funding the Kurdish militants<br />

in Syria will affect<br />

Ankara’s decisions, ahead<br />

of a visit by US Secretary of<br />

State Rex Tillerson this<br />

week.<br />

Addressing members of<br />

his ruling Justice and<br />

Development Party (AK<br />

Party) in parliament on<br />

Tuesday, Erdogan criticized<br />

Washington for supporting<br />

militants from the Kurdish<br />

People’s Protection Units<br />

(YPG).<br />

“Our ally’s decision to<br />

give financial support to the<br />

YPG... will surely affect the<br />

decisions we will take,”<br />

Erdogan said.<br />

Ankara views the YPG<br />

as a terrorist organization<br />

the part was extremely<br />

crucial. He managed to<br />

pull it off beautifully and<br />

continues to inspire all of<br />

us with his dedication and<br />

passion.”<br />

US funding of Kurdish militants in Syria<br />

to impact Turkey’s decisions: Erdogan<br />

SEOUL : The friend of<br />

former South Korean leader<br />

Park Geun-hye who was at<br />

the center of an influencepeddling<br />

scandal that<br />

rocked the country’s business<br />

and political elite has<br />

been sentenced to 20 years<br />

in jail, a Seoul court said on<br />

Tuesday.<br />

The court also sentenced<br />

the chairman of the Lotte<br />

Group, the country’s fifthlargest<br />

conglomerate, to two<br />

years and six months in<br />

prison in the same case.<br />

Choi Soon-sil, a confidante<br />

of Park, was convicted<br />

of receiving bribes<br />

from South Korean con-<br />

and an extension of the outlawed<br />

Kurdistan Workers<br />

Party (PKK) that has been<br />

fighting for an autonomous<br />

region inside Turkey since<br />

1984.<br />

Erdogan’s comments followed<br />

the release of the US<br />

Department of Defense’s<br />

2019 budget, which<br />

includes funds to train and<br />

equip local forces purportedly<br />

fighting Daesh.<br />

Lotte chief and ex-president's friend<br />

jailed in South Korea scandal<br />

In 2008, when the allegations<br />

were first raised, she<br />

fled to Israel, and was arrested<br />

there six years later when<br />

Australia filed an extradition<br />

request.<br />

She was released on bail<br />

but has avoided all of her<br />

extradition hearings since<br />

then, claiming poor mental<br />

health made her too unwell<br />

to face court.<br />

But overnight Israel<br />

authorities revealed Leffer<br />

glomerates including<br />

Samsung, the world’s<br />

biggest maker of smartphones<br />

and semiconductors,<br />

and the Lotte Group.<br />

Park was dismissed from<br />

the presidency last March<br />

after being impeached and<br />

standing trial separately on<br />

charges of bribery, abuse of<br />

power and coercion. She<br />

denies any wrongdoing.<br />

Lotte’s chairman, Shin<br />

Dong-bin, was in court at<br />

the time of the verdict and<br />

was taken into custody.<br />

Melbourne sex offender re-arrest in Israel<br />

Netanyahu is suspected<br />

of being involved in<br />

bribery, fraud and breach<br />

of trust.<br />

He has been questioned<br />

in two separate cases,<br />

involving allegations that<br />

he received lavish gifts<br />

from wealthy businessmen<br />

and negotiated a deal<br />

with a newspaper owner<br />

for more favorable coverage.<br />

He has denied any<br />

wrongdoing.<br />

Speaking before the<br />

court ruling, Fuchs<br />

claimed that his petition<br />

was a demand for “justice,”<br />

but also admitted it<br />

was meant to protect<br />

Netanyahu’s right-wing<br />

administration.<br />

A poll conducted by<br />

Hadashot TV news last<br />

December showed that 60<br />

percent of Israelis say<br />

Netanyahu should step<br />

down if police recommend<br />

an indictment<br />

against him.<br />

Israelis have been<br />

holding weekly protests to<br />

was back in custody after an<br />

undercover police operation.<br />

A lawyer representing<br />

some of Leifer's alleged victims,<br />

Nick Mazzeo, said his<br />

clients were "elated" at the<br />

news of the arrest.<br />

"The 10 years it's taken is<br />

unfortunate, but that things<br />

are moving in the right<br />

direction is a big plus for<br />

everyone involved."<br />

Mazzeo said there was<br />

"no doubt" numerous<br />

appeals from the federal<br />

and Victorian governments<br />

and other Australian<br />

authorities helped keep<br />

Israel on the case.<br />

Israeli court allows police to call for corruption indictment of PM<br />

demand Netanyahu’s resignation<br />

over the corruption<br />

scandals, but the premier<br />

has described the<br />

events as part of efforts<br />

meant to topple him “at<br />

any cost.”<br />

Last week, Netanyahu<br />

lashed out at Israeli police<br />

over their handling of the<br />

graft probes. This came<br />

after Police Commissioner<br />

Roni Alsheich said that<br />

officers investigating<br />

Netanyahu had been put<br />

under pressure.


6<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Biz<br />

RCCI to hold three-day<br />

APCPCI at Gawadar<br />

Islamabad: The<br />

Islamabad Chamber of<br />

Commerce and Industry has<br />

called upon the government<br />

RAWALPINDI: The<br />

national project.<br />

to consider extending PM’s<br />

Rawalpindi Chamber of<br />

Referring to a research incentive package of Rs.180<br />

Commerce and<br />

report he says that if China billion for exporters till<br />

Industry(RCCI) will hold<br />

three days “All Pakistan<br />

proceeds with just five percent<br />

of its trade through<br />

financial year <strong>2018</strong>-19 in<br />

order to improve competitiveness<br />

Chambers Presidents<br />

CPEC, this will give<br />

of exporters and<br />

Conference International”<br />

roughly 6 billion US dollar promote country’s exports.<br />

(APCPCI) on March 11-<strong>14</strong><br />

income annually to Sheikh Amir Waheed,<br />

at Gawadar.<br />

Pakistan along with 400 President, Islamabad<br />

President RCCI Zahid<br />

thousand employment Chamber of Commerce and<br />

Latif Khan said this during<br />

opportunities.<br />

Industry said that Pakistan’s<br />

a press conference held at<br />

Chamber office here on<br />

Tuesday.<br />

RCCI chief said we<br />

have invited representatives<br />

of chamber of commerce<br />

exports after touching a<br />

seven-year low of $20.4 billion<br />

in FY 2017, were now<br />

Addressing the press<br />

of neighboring recovering as during the<br />

conference, Zahid said that<br />

it’s an honour and legacy<br />

for RCCI that it has been<br />

countries including China<br />

to discuss possible trade<br />

and investment opportunities.<br />

first half of the FY <strong>2018</strong>,<br />

exports improved by 11.24<br />

percent compared to the<br />

Economic per-<br />

same period of last year,<br />

organizing this event for<br />

the last nine years on regular<br />

basis.<br />

rowings, circular debt, said the PM’s export pack-<br />

RAWALPINDI: President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI)<br />

formance, foreign bor-<br />

which was encouraging. He<br />

Zahid Latif Khan addressing a press conference regarding RCCI’s three days All<br />

Pakistan Chambers Presidents Conference International (APCPCI) on March 11-<strong>14</strong> to<br />

This time we picked be held in Gawadarat RCCI.<br />

trade deficit, fiscal budget<br />

Gawadar as event venue so<br />

and trade policy will also<br />

that business community nomic issues at national for the upcoming conference<br />

regional trade barriers be discussed during the<br />

can see the development on level, providing suggestions/recommendation<br />

includes China (Tariff and non-Tarif barri-<br />

conference. President<br />

the ground and get awareness<br />

to Pakistan Economic ers) and settlement of inter-<br />

Gawadar Chamber of<br />

and future aspects of<br />

CPEC,he said.<br />

the government related to<br />

trade policy, business environment<br />

Corridor (CPEC) and its<br />

possible impacts on Inter<br />

national trade disputes.<br />

Answering a question<br />

Commerce Mir Naveed<br />

Baloch also attended the<br />

The major aim of the<br />

and all issues and Intra- Regional trade, related to CPEC, President briefing and on this occa-<br />

conference was to develop affecting businesses directly<br />

connectivity and regional RCCI said that no doubt sion RCCI inked MOU<br />

a common platform for All<br />

or indirectly, he added. trade integration, Trade it’s a game changer and its with Gawadar Chamber<br />

Chambers and Trade He said that the proposed<br />

and investment opportuni-<br />

our collective responsibili-<br />

related to RCCI upcom-<br />

Associations to raise eco-<br />

agenda highlights ties in Pakistan, Interty<br />

to make it a successful ing APCPCI<br />

<strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Australian delegation visits Pakistan to<br />

explore trade opportunities for pulses<br />

Bureau Report<br />

ISLAMABAD: A delegation<br />

of Australian pulses<br />

producers concluded their<br />

three-day visit to Pakistan<br />

today. The delegation<br />

explored opportunities for<br />

increased pulses trade and<br />

production with Pakistani<br />

businesses and importers.<br />

The 13-member delegation<br />

from the Pulse<br />

Association South East<br />

(PASE), Fletcher<br />

International and Special<br />

One Grain and Full<br />

Business Spectrum, and<br />

was led by the Australian<br />

Government’s Trade and<br />

Investment Commission.<br />

Imtiaz Dharani<br />

ISLAMKOT: Germany<br />

is proud partner of the Thar<br />

Coal Block II project that is<br />

“good for Thar, Sindh and<br />

for Pakistan”, said by<br />

German Consul General<br />

Rainer Schmiedchen who<br />

visited the Thar Block II<br />

mining, power and community<br />

development projects<br />

here on Tuesday.<br />

“We [Germany] can collaborate<br />

on technology for<br />

the projects, like we can provide<br />

state-of-the-art turbines<br />

that we produce. We are<br />

proud that a German company<br />

is already part of the project,”<br />

he said.<br />

The German Council<br />

General paid a visit to the<br />

project and witnessed<br />

progress being made on the<br />

different fronts. He was<br />

The delegation attended the<br />

Pakistan Pulse Conclave<br />

<strong>2018</strong> in Karachi hosted by<br />

the Pakistan Pulses and<br />

Importers Association<br />

(PPIA) and also met with<br />

the Pakistan Pulses<br />

Importer Association<br />

Punjab Chapter and<br />

Karachi Grocers and<br />

Wholesale Association.<br />

Welcoming the visit, the<br />

Australian High<br />

Commissioner to Pakistan<br />

Margaret Adamson highlighted<br />

that Pakistan is<br />

Australia’s second largest<br />

destination for pulses<br />

exports, with trade valued<br />

at AUD465 million in<br />

briefed by Mr. Shamduddin<br />

Shaikh, Chief Executive<br />

Officer (CEO) of Sindh<br />

Engro Coal Mining<br />

Company.<br />

Mr. Rainer also praised<br />

the role of the Thar<br />

Foundation and said that the<br />

community development<br />

work done by it is "very<br />

impressive" and “best welfare<br />

model.”<br />

"I have seen the model<br />

house, I have visited the<br />

under-construction resettlement<br />

village for the Senhri<br />

Dars community and the<br />

projects are very good," Mr<br />

Schmiedchen expressed.<br />

He also discussed the<br />

impact of the Thar<br />

Foundation's women<br />

empowerment initiatives is<br />

bringing to the Thari women.<br />

Consul General said that<br />

2016/2017.<br />

“Australia and Pakistan<br />

are actively exploring<br />

avenues to expand trade<br />

and investment, particularly<br />

in agribusiness where<br />

Australian expertise is<br />

world class. Australia is the<br />

only country located in the<br />

southern hemisphere from<br />

which Pakistan increasingly<br />

imports pulses. This visit<br />

by Australian pulses producers<br />

provides an excellent<br />

platform for such activities<br />

to grow and for<br />

Pakistan-Australia bilateral<br />

trade to further strengthen,”<br />

High Commissioner<br />

Adamson said.<br />

Thar Coal-II projects are good<br />

for Thar, Sindh and Pakistan<br />

he was leaving with the message<br />

of collaboration from<br />

both sides.<br />

Earlier, briefing the<br />

guests, Mr. Shaikh told that<br />

both mining and power projects<br />

have achieved record<br />

completion progress of 70<br />

percent ahead of schedule.<br />

“We will continue to<br />

demonstrate quality project<br />

management along with the<br />

timely delivery and it is<br />

hoped that the first electron<br />

will be generated form the<br />

660MWs at the end of current<br />

year,” he added.<br />

He also said that the Thar<br />

Foundation is proactively<br />

initiating community development<br />

and skill development<br />

programs, which has<br />

generated substantial amount<br />

of jobs in the area,” he said<br />

further.<br />

CPEC has enhanced Pak’s regional importance: FPCCI<br />

LAHORE: Pakistan offers tremendous<br />

opportunities for businesses and the CPEC<br />

projects have increased Pak’s regional<br />

importance.<br />

Federation of FPCCI Regional<br />

Chairman and Vice President Chaudhry<br />

Arfan Yousaf expressed these views on the<br />

inauguration of Flynas Airline, according to<br />

Federation’s spokesman here on Tuesday.<br />

Chaudhry Arfan said, “We live in<br />

world of connectivity, and airline industry<br />

is rapidly changing. The growth of this<br />

industry is strongly associated with the<br />

phenomenon of globalisation; therefore,<br />

addition of Flynas to our air connectivity<br />

will robust our cooperation.”<br />

Pakistan is a regular<br />

importer of agricultural<br />

food commodities including<br />

chickpeas, lentils and<br />

canola oilseeds, with pulses<br />

being a major staple food in<br />

Pakistan. On average,<br />

Pakistanis consume 6-7 kg<br />

pulses annually.<br />

The Australian Centre<br />

for International<br />

Agricultural Research is<br />

also engaging with government-level<br />

policy makers<br />

in Pakistan for better productivity,<br />

profitability and<br />

harvesting of pulses<br />

through training and capacity<br />

building of farmers and<br />

traders.<br />

CDWP approves<br />

24 projects worth<br />

over Rs184 billion<br />

ISLAMABAD: Central<br />

Development Working<br />

Party (CDWP) has<br />

approved twenty-four<br />

projects in different sectors<br />

worth over Rs 184<br />

billion.<br />

According to a report,<br />

the meeting of CDWP<br />

presided over by Deputy<br />

Chairman Planning<br />

Commission Sartaj Aziz<br />

referred 10 projects worth<br />

over Rs 169 billion to<br />

ECNEC for approval.<br />

In energy sector,<br />

CDWP approved evacuation<br />

of power from Suki<br />

Kinari, Kohala and Mahl<br />

Hydro Power Project in<br />

Northern Areas.<br />

KARACHI: Karachibased<br />

diplomats have underscored<br />

the need to improve<br />

the perception about<br />

Pakistan in order to attract<br />

maximum number of foreign<br />

investors who will certainly<br />

be interested in massive<br />

investment opportunities<br />

available in Pakistan, particularly<br />

Karachi.<br />

Exchanging views at a<br />

Breakfast Meeting hosted by<br />

Karachi Chamber in a local<br />

hotel, they added that<br />

Foreign Investors from their<br />

respective countries were<br />

keen to explore investment<br />

opportunities in Pakistan but<br />

the negative perception,<br />

excessive paper-work and<br />

red-tapism were hindering<br />

FDI in the country. They also<br />

advised the business and<br />

industrial community of<br />

Karachi to focus on diversifying<br />

their exports as staying<br />

confined mostly to textile<br />

exports would not yield the<br />

desired results.<br />

Senior<br />

Commercial<br />

Modern agri<br />

tech to boost<br />

Sindh economy<br />

LARKANA: Introduction<br />

of modern agricultural<br />

technology to boost Sindh<br />

economy, noted experts at<br />

the livestock, dairy, fisheries,<br />

poultry seminar and exhibition<br />

(LDFA <strong>2018</strong>), which<br />

successfully portrayed the<br />

immense potential of Sindh.<br />

Provincial Minister Sindh<br />

Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said<br />

that agriculture, livestock<br />

and fisheries sectors and<br />

industrial infrastructure for<br />

fruits and vegetables will<br />

strengthen the economy of<br />

the country, particularly for<br />

Sindh.<br />

Commissioner Larkana<br />

Abbas Baluch, Secretary<br />

Agriculture department Sajid<br />

Jamal Abro, Chairperson<br />

Sindh Board of Investment/<br />

Sindh Enterprise<br />

Development Fund Ms.<br />

Naheed Memon, Chief<br />

Executive Officer SEDF<br />

Mehboob ulHaq, Director<br />

Admin, Abrar Ahmed<br />

Shaikh and other officials<br />

also attended the LDFA<strong>2018</strong><br />

exhibition. They also added<br />

that introduction of technology,<br />

efficient irrigation systems,<br />

hybrid seeds, quality<br />

pesticides and modern<br />

implements can help attain<br />

its true potential. Local and<br />

foreign investors have shown<br />

keen interest in this sector.<br />

The Government of Sindh<br />

has taken various initiatives<br />

in terms of subsidized<br />

financing, technological support,<br />

research and development<br />

and capacity building<br />

of farmers.<br />

Officer of United States<br />

Steve Knode, Consul<br />

General of Switzerland<br />

Philippe Crevoisier, Consul<br />

General of Turkey Tolga<br />

Ucak, Vice Consul of<br />

Consulate General of<br />

Germany Ingolf Vogel,<br />

Commercial Attaché of<br />

ICCI for extending Export Package<br />

till FY <strong>2018</strong>-19 for exports promotion<br />

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid<br />

Khaqan Abbasi has approved over Rs 700<br />

million for the up-gradation of Bannu airport<br />

project.<br />

In a statement on Tuesday, Federal<br />

Minister for Housing and Works Akram<br />

Khan Durrani said that the government will<br />

provide every facility to the people of Bannu<br />

that will lead to the development and prosperity<br />

of the region.<br />

age of Rs.180 billion played<br />

positive role in turning<br />

around the falling exports of<br />

the country and stressed that<br />

government should further<br />

extend this package up to<br />

FY <strong>2018</strong>-19 and broaden its<br />

coverage to additional nontextile<br />

sectors in order to<br />

further improve competitiveness<br />

of exporters and<br />

ensure sustainable growth<br />

of exports.<br />

He said since 2003, share<br />

of Pakistan in global exports<br />

has declined by 19 percent<br />

due to lack of long-term<br />

planning and other problems.<br />

He said Pakistan’s<br />

product and market mix was<br />

highly concentrated as few<br />

low value products were<br />

exported to few markets. He<br />

stressed that government<br />

should focus on diversification<br />

of products and markets<br />

to give boost to exports. He<br />

said government should<br />

transform export products<br />

mix from labor-intensive<br />

sectors to innovation-based<br />

high value sectors like pharmaceuticals,<br />

engineering<br />

and ICT that would help the<br />

country to achieve exportled<br />

growth of economy.<br />

Sheikh Amir Waheed<br />

said that Pakistan was targeting<br />

low-end market segments<br />

that fetched low<br />

prices as the average unit<br />

price of top 30 export products<br />

of Pakistan was 40 percent<br />

less than the average<br />

price achieved by China,<br />

Turkey, South Korea and<br />

India. He said Pakistan<br />

should target high end market<br />

segments to achieve better<br />

results from xports.<br />

ISLAMABAD: President and CEO of PTCL, Dr. Daniel Ritz cuts ribbon to inaugurate<br />

PTCL New State of the Art One Stop Shop during inauguration ceremony held at the<br />

Centaurus Mall.<br />

PM approves over Rs700m for<br />

up-gradation of Bannu airport: Durrani<br />

of PSX.<br />

This was the first IPO<br />

for the year <strong>2018</strong> in<br />

Pakistan and will add<br />

another company in the<br />

Food Sector on the PSX<br />

board. Matco completed<br />

the book building and public<br />

portion of the IPO in the<br />

end of January with a total<br />

issue of 29,<strong>14</strong>3,000 million<br />

ordinary shares, at a strike<br />

price of PKR 26 per share.<br />

The gross proceeds to<br />

Matco Foods Limited from<br />

this offering were PKR 757<br />

million before deducting<br />

KARACHI: Matco<br />

Foods Limited, one of<br />

Pakistan’s largest Basmati<br />

rice exporter was formally<br />

listed on today on the<br />

Pakistan Stock Exchange<br />

(PSX)”, said Mr Faizan<br />

Ghori (CFA), Director of<br />

Finance. The Gong<br />

Ceremony on the occasion<br />

of formal listing of Matco<br />

Foods Limited was held<br />

today at the PSX, with Mr<br />

Jawed Ghori Chairman of<br />

Matco Foods Limited ringing<br />

the historical Gong at<br />

the start of trading with Mr.<br />

Richard Morin, CEO of underwriting<br />

PSX and Mr. Hang You,<br />

Deputy Managing Director<br />

discounts,<br />

commissions and offering<br />

expenses.<br />

He said the approval of amount for the<br />

aforesaid airport will be a gift for the people<br />

and it will also facilitate the trade route of<br />

CPEC by providing faster way of communication<br />

and transportation with the neighboring<br />

countries.<br />

On the other hand, the CDWP also<br />

approved to release over Rs 700 million for<br />

up gradation and extension of BannuAirport<br />

for Airbus and Boeing aircraft operations.<br />

MATCO Foods completes listing on the PSX<br />

Turkish Consulate Murat<br />

Mustu, President KCCI<br />

Muffasar Atta Malik, Senior<br />

Vice President Abdul Basit<br />

Abdul Razzak, Vice<br />

President Rehan Hanif,<br />

Chairman of Diplomatic<br />

Missions & Embassies<br />

Liaison Sub-Committee<br />

Sohail Amin, Chairman<br />

Special Committee for My<br />

Karachi Exhibition<br />

Muhammad Idrees, Former<br />

Presidents Haroon Agar &<br />

Iftikhar Vohra along with<br />

Managing Committee members<br />

attended the breakfast<br />

meeting. Senior Commercial<br />

Matco Foods Limited<br />

intends to use the net proceeds<br />

from this public<br />

offering for the expansion<br />

of its existing Rice Glucose<br />

and Protein Plant from<br />

10,000 MT of glucose and<br />

1,000 MT of protein production<br />

capacity per annum<br />

to 30,000 MT of glucose<br />

and 3,000 MT of protein<br />

respectively. Speaking on<br />

the occasion Jawed Ali<br />

Ghori, Chairman of Matco<br />

Foods said “Listing on the<br />

PSX is an important milestone<br />

in the history of our<br />

Company and a matter of<br />

great pride for all the stakeholders<br />

of Matco.<br />

Diplomats for improving Pakistan’s perception to attract foreign investment<br />

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry Muffasar Atta Malik<br />

along with Senior Commercial Officer of United States Steve Knode, Consul General of<br />

Switzerland Philippe Crevoisier, Consul General of Turkey Tolga Ucak, Vice Consul of<br />

Consulate General of Germany Ingolf Vogel, Commercial Attaché of Turkish Consulate<br />

Murat Mustu, Senior Vice President Abdul Basit Abdul Razzak, Vice President Rehan<br />

Hanif, Chairman of Diplomatic Missions & Embassies Liaison Sub-Committee Sohail<br />

Amin, Chairman Special Committee for My Karachi Exhibition Muhammad Idrees, Former<br />

Presidents Haroon Agar & Iftikhar Vohra along with Managing Committee members pose<br />

for a group photo after a Breakfast Meeting held at a local hotel on Tuesday.<br />

Officer of United States<br />

Steve Knode, while commenting<br />

on strong trade ties<br />

between Pakistan and United<br />

States, said that the trade ties<br />

between the two countries<br />

have been improving and<br />

today, the trade volume<br />

stands at all-time high. “I<br />

have seen lot of positive<br />

things and I will encourage<br />

US companies to take benefit<br />

of prospective opportunities<br />

in Pakistan”, he added.<br />

He informed that the<br />

United States has changed its<br />

global TravelAlert System in<br />

which countries around the<br />

world have been placed at<br />

different levels keeping in<br />

view their security situation.<br />

Pakistan was currently at<br />

Level 3 whereas some areas<br />

in the country were at Level<br />

4 due to security concerns.<br />

“Level 1 means that the<br />

country or area is completely<br />

safe to travel”, he explained<br />

and hoped that Pak’s current<br />

level improves further in US<br />

Travel Alert System.


New Zealand beat England<br />

by 12 runs in T20 tri-series<br />

LAHORE:<br />

WELLINGTON: Trent<br />

Boult grabbed two wickets<br />

on successive balls to help<br />

New Zealand to a 12-run<br />

win over England in their<br />

Twenty20 tri-series match<br />

at Wellington Regional<br />

Stadium on Tuesday.<br />

Left-arm seamer Boult<br />

bowled Chris Jordan and<br />

then Liam Plunkett on the<br />

final two deliveries of the<br />

18th over to reduce the visitors<br />

to 168 for eight in their<br />

pursuit of 197 for victory.<br />

Adil Rashid kept out the<br />

hat-trick delivery on the<br />

first ball of the final over<br />

but there was too much for<br />

the legspinner and Chris<br />

Wood to do and they finished<br />

on 184 for nine.<br />

"It was a must-win for us<br />

in terms of the series," New<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Few family<br />

members of Sandeep<br />

Lamichhane will travel to<br />

India to witness the IPL<br />

matches.<br />

The 17-year-old legbreak<br />

googly bowler is the<br />

first cricketer from Nepal<br />

to be playing the IPL. Last<br />

month, he was included in<br />

Zealand captain Kane<br />

Williamson said in reference<br />

to their seven-wicket<br />

loss to Australia in their<br />

opening match.<br />

"This is a very strong<br />

England side and we had to<br />

the list of players for auction<br />

in the <strong>2018</strong> Indian<br />

Premier League (IPL)<br />

where his base price was<br />

20 lakhs (Indian Rupee)<br />

and was bought by Delhi<br />

Daredevils at his base<br />

price .<br />

Speaking exclusively<br />

his dad, Chander Narayn<br />

Lamichhane said, "we are<br />

play some really good<br />

cricket."<br />

Australia have already<br />

qualified for the final at<br />

Eden Park on <strong>Feb</strong>. 21 after<br />

winning all three of their<br />

matches so far.<br />

planning to visit India during<br />

the IPL season. After<br />

the inclusion of my son in<br />

the IPL team, we have<br />

been following Indian<br />

cricket more than the game<br />

here in Nepal".<br />

Interestingly, Delhi is<br />

not new to this family. "I<br />

had served in Indian railways<br />

for 45 years in Delhi.<br />

Was a class IV employee<br />

and was promoted to class<br />

III before I opted for the<br />

voluntary retirement", the<br />

father, who was born in<br />

Nepal, said.<br />

"We have recently shifted<br />

to Chitwan but keep<br />

coming to India often. My<br />

other son, Mohan, who<br />

also played cricket at club<br />

level is in Indian railways<br />

in Delhi", he added.<br />

Sandeep's parents<br />

(mother Kopila Devi)<br />

lived in Delhi but Nepalborn<br />

Sandeep grew up at<br />

his one of the three sisters<br />

house in Nepal.<br />

"We wanted Sandeep to<br />

be a doctor or an engineer<br />

but Hhe wanted to concentrate<br />

more on cricket and<br />

we encouraged him. There<br />

is no pressure on him and<br />

Williamson anchored<br />

New Zealand´s 196 for five<br />

with 72 while he also<br />

shared in an 82-run secondwicket<br />

partnership with<br />

Martin Guptill, who scored<br />

65 from 40 balls.<br />

we respect his love for the<br />

game".<br />

Detailing more about<br />

his links with the former<br />

Australian captain Michael<br />

Clarke, the dad says,<br />

"Clarke saw him in Hong-<br />

Kong sixes tournament<br />

and my son explained him<br />

about our financial condition.<br />

Clarke immediately<br />

arranged for his more than<br />

2 1/2 month stay in<br />

Australia, where Sandeep<br />

learnt more about the<br />

bowling in his academy".<br />

"People here in Nepal<br />

call him Nepal's Shane<br />

Warne. His talent was first<br />

spotted by former Sri<br />

Lankan player Pubudu<br />

Dassanayake".<br />

Pubudu Dassanayake<br />

has served as a coach for<br />

the Nepal boys.<br />

"I had seen the auction<br />

live here and was not surprised.<br />

Delhi team was<br />

determined to hire him<br />

even if had he gone on bids<br />

by the other teams", the<br />

dad concluded.<br />

Nepal government and<br />

Cricket Association of<br />

Nepal (CAN) is looking<br />

after the youngster.<br />

Mark Chapman, who<br />

has also played international<br />

cricket for Hong Kong,<br />

and debutant Tim Seifert<br />

then did what they had been<br />

brought into the side to do<br />

with quick-fire cameos in<br />

the middle order.<br />

Chapman scored 20,<br />

while wicketkeeper Seifert<br />

hit two sixes in his six-ball<br />

innings of <strong>14</strong> to take the<br />

hosts to the equal highest<br />

Twenty20 international<br />

score on the ground.<br />

"We were able to build<br />

partnerships throughout<br />

that gave us momentum and<br />

the two debutants were outstanding,"<br />

Williamson<br />

added.<br />

"They showed their<br />

power which allowed us to<br />

get an above-par total."<br />

Sandeep Lamichhane's family following<br />

Indian cricket more than cricket in Nepal<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

Sharapova crashes out in<br />

Qatar Open first round<br />

DOHA: Five-time<br />

Grand Slam winner Maria<br />

Sharapova suffered a<br />

shock defeat in the first<br />

round of the Qatar Open<br />

on Monday, dumped out in<br />

three sets by outsider<br />

Monica Niculescu.<br />

The Romanian, ranked<br />

number 92 in the world, 51<br />

places behind the Russian,<br />

won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.<br />

In a match lasting more<br />

than two and a half hours,<br />

Sharapova hit 52 unforced<br />

errors as opposed to just 17<br />

from Niculescu.<br />

In blustery conditions,<br />

Sharapova also struggled<br />

to get to grips with the 30-<br />

year-old Niculescu´s distinctive<br />

style, which relies<br />

heavily on a sliced forehand.<br />

The former world number<br />

one, twice a winner in<br />

Doha, had been given a<br />

wildcard into the draw and<br />

was one of the tournament´s<br />

major attractions.<br />

Niculescu´s reward is to<br />

play either Magdalena<br />

Rybarikova or wildcard<br />

Fatma Al-Nabhani in the<br />

next round.<br />

Liu Jiayu wins China's first medal, making<br />

snowboard history at Winter Olympics<br />

PYEONGCHANG: Liu Jiayu snatched<br />

the silver medal of the women's snowboard<br />

halfpipe, the first medal for China at the <strong>2018</strong><br />

PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games at<br />

Phoenix Snow Park.<br />

Liu, the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter<br />

Games champion, earned 89.75 points in her<br />

second run of three to take the silver.<br />

The 25-year old Liu, who competed in<br />

three Olympics, became the first Chinese<br />

snowboard Olympic medalist.<br />

Liu's career, which included a world<br />

championship title at 16, has seen ups and<br />

downs since she started her professional<br />

training in 2003, the year when Chinese took<br />

up the sport.<br />

Mahira Khan<br />

becomes Peshawar<br />

Zalmi's ambassador<br />

KARACHI: Acclaimed<br />

Pakistani actress Mahira<br />

Khan announced on<br />

Tuesday that she would be<br />

supporting Peshawar Zalmi<br />

in the upcoming season of<br />

Pakistan Super League.<br />

In a post made on<br />

Twitter, the Pakistani diva<br />

confirmed that she has<br />

become part of the<br />

Peshawar Zalmi family.<br />

In response, Zalmi also<br />

welcomed her as their<br />

brand ambassador and it<br />

seemed they could not contain<br />

their excitement!<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

RAWALPINDI /<br />

ISLAMABAD: Peshawar<br />

Disabled Cricket Team beat<br />

Abbotabad Disabled<br />

Cricket Team by 53 runs in<br />

the Opening day of 2nd<br />

Phase 6th National<br />

Disabled T-20 Cricket<br />

Championship here at Pindi<br />

Cricket Stadium<br />

Rawalpindi.<br />

Islamabad Disabled<br />

Cricket Team won the toss<br />

and decided to field first,<br />

Peshawar Team scored<br />

191-6 in 20 overs, Adil<br />

Khan (46 in 38 balls with<br />

4x2, 6x2), Azhar Khan<br />

(45 in 43 balls with 4x2,<br />

6x2), Wajid Alam (33 in<br />

31 balls with 4x1, 6x1),<br />

Hayat Khab 25 in 17 ball<br />

4x1), Abdullah Afridi 17*.<br />

Left arms medium pacer<br />

Rehmat Ali took 3-42,<br />

Left arms spinner Yasir<br />

5th Bilal Bhaty<br />

Inter school college<br />

cricket tournament<br />

KARACHI: Cedar college<br />

beat Nixor college by 7<br />

wickets in the 5th Bilal<br />

Bhaty Inter school college<br />

cricket tournament <strong>2018</strong><br />

played at the Al Nadi al<br />

Burhani ground.<br />

Summarized Scored:<br />

Cedar college beat Nixor<br />

college by 7 wickets.<br />

Nixor college 121/9 (20<br />

overs)<br />

Opening batsman Umair<br />

Tariq 26 (24 balls) 3 fours,<br />

RH MO Burhan Saria 20<br />

(18) 2 fours.<br />

RH MO WK batsman<br />

Shahryyar Rizvi 18(9 balls)<br />

RM/F Muhammad<br />

Zaviyar 2/19 in 3 overs<br />

captain O/S Osama<br />

EJAZ 2/26 in 4 overs<br />

Cedar college 123/3 (18.3)<br />

RH MO batsman Hurair<br />

shahid 54 not out (37 balls)<br />

6 fours , 2 six<br />

RH MO Sharyar shoukat<br />

23(18) 2 fours<br />

Seeking<br />

divine inspiration ahead of<br />

the upcoming Pakistan<br />

Super League edition,<br />

Lahore Qalandars players<br />

visited the shrine of<br />

renowned Sufi scholar<br />

Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh<br />

on Tuesday.<br />

Yasir Shah, Umar<br />

Akmal, Fakhar Zaman<br />

along with other members<br />

of the squad paid their<br />

respects at the shrine, popularly<br />

known as ‘Data<br />

Darbar’ – considered as<br />

the largest Sufi shrine in<br />

South Asia.<br />

Qalandars Chairman<br />

Fawad Rana was also<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Sportlight<br />

present on the occasion.<br />

Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh<br />

was a Persian Sufi and<br />

scholar during the 11th<br />

century. He was born in<br />

Ghazni, Afghanistan (990<br />

AD) during the Ghaznavid<br />

Empire and settled and<br />

7<br />

Lahore Qalandars pay their<br />

respects at Data Darbar<br />

Dr M. Arif Hafeez<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Sri Lanka's<br />

High Performance manager<br />

Simon Willis resignation<br />

will be discussed on 16th<br />

<strong>Feb</strong>ruary.<br />

According to the highly<br />

placed sources in Sri Lanka<br />

Cricket (SLC), the 43-yearold<br />

Willis resignation will<br />

be tabled on Friday and will<br />

be discussed by the<br />

Committee members<br />

before it is accepted.<br />

"Simon Willis has<br />

indeed given six months<br />

notice but this is due to a<br />

personal matter back at<br />

home that requires his presence<br />

there. He has to look<br />

died in Lahore spreading<br />

the spirit of brotherhood in<br />

Sufism. Hundreds of<br />

devotees, including religious<br />

scholars and Sufis,<br />

flock to Data Darbar to<br />

participate in the annual<br />

Urs every year.<br />

Simon Willis has resigned only in<br />

the interest of his kids and family<br />

after his kids and family<br />

and in their best interest<br />

only, he has resigned", the<br />

source, speaking exclusively<br />

from Colombo, said.<br />

Simon Willis does not<br />

have approval to say anything<br />

(at this stage) but the<br />

SLC may release the press<br />

statement once his resignation<br />

is discussed.<br />

KARACHI: Secretary Pakistan Sepaktakraw Federation Noushad Ahmed Khan gave<br />

Sepaktakraw ball to Dr.Farhan Essa on the occasion of Dr.Essa Lab Sepaktakraw<br />

Championship,Mahfooz ul Haq ,Ahmed Ali Rajput ,Shabbir Ahmed,Dr Arif ,And Arif<br />

Waheed Khan also present.<br />

Sindh Games: Committees formed<br />

for trials ahead of Sindh Games<br />

KARACHI: Sindh Secretary Ahmed Ali officials, their expertise<br />

Sports Minister Sardar Rajput, Ghulam and experience should<br />

Mohammad Bakhsh Mohammad Khan, also be importance.”<br />

Mehar announced that Khalid Rehmani, Meanwhile, Dr Niaz<br />

committees under the Asghar Baloch and told the participants of<br />

supervision of divisional<br />

Makhdoom Irshad. the meeting that the<br />

commissioners will “We do not only want objective of formation<br />

hold trials at their to promote message of of committees under the<br />

respective divisions brotherhood among supervision of commissioners<br />

ahead of the 17th edition<br />

of Sindh Games<br />

players of the province<br />

through Sindh Games was to select<br />

players on the basis of<br />

during special organizing<br />

but also to provide a merit and to provide<br />

committee meeting.<br />

The meeting was also<br />

attended by Secretary<br />

platform and infrastructure<br />

for players to polish<br />

and display their talent,”<br />

transport to players and<br />

officials back and forth<br />

from divisional head-<br />

Sports and Youth<br />

Mehar said on the quarter to Karachi.<br />

Affairs Sindh Dr Niaz occasion.<br />

“For this, a budget of<br />

Ali Abbasi, Director He further said that Rs 4.2 million has been<br />

Sindh Sports Board to hunt fresh talent, no approved, which will be<br />

Shahzad Pervaiz, Sindh compromise should be transferred into<br />

Olympic Association done during trials. accounts of divisional<br />

(SOA) Vice Chairman “Moreover, before commissioners,” he<br />

Asif Azeem, SOA appointing technical said.<br />

Ali 2-31.<br />

In reply Abbotabad<br />

Team were restrict 139-9 in<br />

20 overs, Faisal Hayat (48<br />

in 27 balls with 4x6, 6x2),<br />

Latif Ullah (27 in 19 balls<br />

with 4x4), M. Hussain (24<br />

in 21 balls with 4x2), Owal<br />

Khan scored 19. Slow left<br />

armers M. Osama griped 3-<br />

17, while Gohar Ali captured<br />

3-26.<br />

Later: Chief Guest<br />

Petron PDCA Saleem<br />

Karim was giving man<br />

of the match award to<br />

Gohar Ali.<br />

While the other scheduled<br />

matches of opening<br />

day at Pindi Stadium, host<br />

Rawalpindi Vs Sialkot, at<br />

Diamond Cricket Ground<br />

Azad Kashmir Vs<br />

Islamabad and Lahore Vs<br />

FATA were the washout<br />

due to heavy rain in<br />

Rawalpindi / Islamabad last<br />

night and all teams got the<br />

one points each according<br />

to tournament rules.<br />

It was also decided in<br />

the meeting that local<br />

players would receive<br />

daily allowance of Rs<br />

200 while outstation<br />

players would receive<br />

Rs 300 during the trials.<br />

He added that preparation<br />

for the trials were<br />

underway at venues.<br />

“Players will be provided<br />

with all facilities at<br />

the venues. Moreover,<br />

data would also be<br />

made of all players participating<br />

in the upcoming<br />

Sindh Games.”<br />

He added that this<br />

data would prove helpful<br />

for them in future<br />

for future interprovinces<br />

and national<br />

games’ events.<br />

Peshawar beat Abbotabad by 53 runs in opener rain disturb the inaugural<br />

matches of 2nd Phase of 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship<br />

Earlier the Opening<br />

Ceremony 2nd Phase of 6th<br />

National Disabled T-20<br />

Cricket Championship was<br />

held at the Pindi Cricket<br />

Stadium in Rawalpindi. On<br />

the occasion EVP<br />

Marketing<br />

and<br />

Communications Co-<br />

Sponsor PTCL Syed<br />

Shahzad Shah was the<br />

Chief Guest and Formerly<br />

inaugurate the event with<br />

Head of Communication<br />

Co-Sponsor ICRC Najamul-Saqib,<br />

former Captain<br />

and President PDCA<br />

Rashid Latif, Petron PDCA<br />

Saleem Karim, Hon.<br />

Secretary PDCA Amir<br />

Uddin Ansari, Director<br />

PDCA Sabih Azhar, Sadiq<br />

Khatri and Media Manager<br />

Muhammad Nizam participating<br />

teams players and<br />

officials were also present<br />

on the occasion.


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PML-N govt fulfills all<br />

promises: Marriyum<br />

TEHRAN:<br />

I S L A M A B A D :<br />

Minister of State for<br />

Information and<br />

Broadcasting Marriyum<br />

Aurangzeb has said that<br />

marvelous triumph of<br />

PML-N in Lodhran bypolls<br />

is manifestation of<br />

fulfillment of all the promises<br />

made by the party in<br />

2013 elections.<br />

Talking to media outside<br />

the accountability<br />

court in Islamabad on<br />

Tuesday, she said now former<br />

Prime Minister Nawaz<br />

Sharif has pledged to work<br />

for restoration of justice<br />

and sanctity of the vote.<br />

She said the people of<br />

ISLAMABAD: In the<br />

aftermath of Pakistan<br />

Tehreek-e-Insaaf's (PTI)<br />

surprise defeat in the<br />

NA-154 Lodhran bypolls,<br />

the party on<br />

Tuesday constituted a<br />

fact-finding committee to<br />

probe the possible reasons<br />

behind the loss.<br />

The Pakistan Muslim<br />

League-Nawaz (PML-N)<br />

won the by-polls for the<br />

constituency of NA-154<br />

Lodhran, according to<br />

unofficial results on<br />

Monday.<br />

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb<br />

arrives at the Supreme Court for the hearing of contempt of court case against Minister<br />

of State for Interior Affairs and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Tallal Chaudhry.<br />

PTI forms fact-finding committee<br />

after shock Lodhran defeat<br />

I S L A M A B A D :<br />

Speaker National<br />

Assembly Sardar Ayaz<br />

Sadiq has said that German<br />

Pakistan is desirous of further<br />

enhancing its friendly<br />

ties with Germany by<br />

expanding parliamentary<br />

and economic interactions.<br />

He was talking to<br />

Ambassador<br />

Martin Kobler and a delegation<br />

of senior officers of<br />

Federal Academy of<br />

The former secretary<br />

general of PTI, Jahangir<br />

Tareen, has been appointed<br />

as the head of the committee,<br />

which will inquire into<br />

reasons for the defeat of<br />

the party from a seat<br />

believed to be a stronghold<br />

of PTI.<br />

The fact-finding mission<br />

constituted by PTI<br />

will submit its report to<br />

Chairman Imran Khan in a<br />

week's time.<br />

PML-N’s Iqbal Shah<br />

managed to attain 113,542<br />

votes, while his competitor,<br />

PTI's Ali Tareen, contesting<br />

his first election on<br />

his father’s seat, attained<br />

85,933 votes.<br />

PML-N won by a margin<br />

of 27,609 votes<br />

according to provisional<br />

results.<br />

The seat fell vacant in<br />

the wake of the disqualification<br />

of PTI leader<br />

Jahangir Tareen by the<br />

Supreme Court in<br />

December 2017.<br />

Considered the home<br />

ground of Tareen, PTI had<br />

won the seat with a margin<br />

Pakistan desirous of further enhancing<br />

friendly ties with Germany<br />

ISLAMABAD: Offices<br />

of EtImad company set up<br />

by Saudi Arabia for biometric<br />

verification of Hajj,<br />

Umrah pilgrims will<br />

remain open on Saturday<br />

and Sunday.<br />

Director Etimad Tariq<br />

Elahi told Morning Mail<br />

that the company has<br />

decided that its offices will<br />

remain open on Saturday<br />

and Sunday for some period<br />

to provide better facilities<br />

to Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.<br />

The biometric verification<br />

process of Umrah<br />

pilgrims will continue<br />

KARACHI: Nephew of Jameel Ahmed, Umair Ikhtyar married<br />

with Mehak Ejaz.<br />

Security Policy of<br />

Germany separately here<br />

on Tuesday. The Speaker<br />

said Pakistan and Germany<br />

share common views on<br />

important international<br />

and regional issues.<br />

Offices of Etimad company to remain open on<br />

Saturday, Sunday to facilitate Hajj, Umrah pilgrims<br />

uninterrupted from 8 am to<br />

5 pm daily.<br />

Following the<br />

announcement by Saudi<br />

government biometric verification<br />

process is underway<br />

in the country and<br />

verification is conducted<br />

over 10000 people daily.<br />

Khurshid asks people<br />

to propose name<br />

for nomination of<br />

credible interim PM<br />

I S L A M A B A D :<br />

Opposition leader in<br />

National Assembly (NA)<br />

Syed Khursid Shah has<br />

said that people should<br />

propose names so that a<br />

best and credible person<br />

could be nominated as<br />

interim PM.<br />

Reacting to PTI defeat<br />

in NA-154 Khursid Shah<br />

said in his statement<br />

issued here on Tuesday<br />

that people of Lodhran<br />

have rejected PTI Politics<br />

by giving their decision<br />

through votes. PTI had<br />

got the seat for the first<br />

time which he has lost<br />

now.<br />

of around 40,000 votes in a<br />

previous by-election in<br />

2015.<br />

PTI fielded Jahangir's<br />

son Ali Tareen, the PML-N<br />

Iqbal Shah and PPP Mirza<br />

Mohammad Ali Baig.<br />

Seven other candidates<br />

were contesting as independents.<br />

The government<br />

had deployed 4,000 security<br />

personnel, including<br />

army personnel, in the<br />

constituency in view of<br />

avoiding any unforeseen<br />

development and to ensure<br />

free and fair conduct.<br />

Larkana’s SSI<br />

employees protest<br />

against Sindh govt<br />

LARKANA: As many<br />

as 835 employees of<br />

Sindh Small Industries<br />

(SSI) have been deprived<br />

of their salaries for about<br />

one-year and their constant<br />

protests have also<br />

failed to yield any result.<br />

Agitating employees<br />

including Muhammad<br />

Hassan Abro, Zaheeer<br />

Ahmed Kehar, Ali Asghar<br />

Dhamraho, Manan<br />

Dhamraho, and Riaz<br />

Kalhoro held a protest<br />

demonstration in front of<br />

local press club here on<br />

Tuesday. They were<br />

chanting slogans and<br />

demanding payment of<br />

their salaries and posting<br />

of Managing Director of<br />

the SSI.<br />

They told newsmen<br />

that Sindh government<br />

had forgotten the industries<br />

department due to<br />

which no new industry<br />

had been established in<br />

the province which had<br />

created a lot of unemployment<br />

on the one hand and<br />

enhanced poverty on the<br />

other side.<br />

ISLAMABAD: The National<br />

Assembly on Tuesday passed three<br />

bills and adopted as many resolutions,<br />

observes Free and Fair<br />

Election Network (FAFEN) in<br />

Daily Factsheet.<br />

The National Assembly met for<br />

three hours and six minutes. The<br />

sitting started at 1038 hours<br />

against the scheduled time of<br />

1030 hours. The Deputy Speaker<br />

presided over the entire sitting.<br />

The Leader of the House (Prime<br />

Minister) did not attend the sitting.<br />

The Leader of the Opposition<br />

was present for an hour and nine<br />

minutes. As many as 16 (5%) lawmakers<br />

were present at the outset<br />

and 54 (16%) at the adjournment<br />

of sitting. The Parliamentary<br />

Leaders of PkMAP, PPPP, ANP,<br />

JI, AJIP and QWP attended the sitting.<br />

Four minority members were<br />

present.<br />

The House passed the National<br />

Assembly Secretariat Employees<br />

Bill, <strong>2018</strong> along with amendments,<br />

Pakistan stand by Nawaz<br />

Sharif and PML-N will<br />

emerge triumphant in <strong>2018</strong><br />

elections as well due to its<br />

unprecedented services to<br />

the people.<br />

Meanwhile, Former<br />

Prime Minister Nawaz<br />

Sharif has said the victory<br />

in Lodhran by-polls is an<br />

expression of masses faith<br />

in the government's policies.<br />

Talking to the media in<br />

Islamabad on Tuesday, he<br />

said that victory is the confidence<br />

of the people of<br />

Pakistan in the development<br />

projects materialized<br />

by PML-N government.<br />

Scrutiny of<br />

nomination<br />

papers for Senate<br />

polls completed<br />

ISLAMABAD: The<br />

scrutiny of nomination<br />

papers in all four provinces<br />

for the Senate elections has<br />

been completed.<br />

Appeals against the<br />

rejection and acceptance of<br />

nomination papers can be<br />

filed by Thursday while<br />

the tribunals will dispose<br />

of the appeals by Saturday.<br />

The revised list of candidates<br />

will be published<br />

on Sunday and candidates<br />

can withdraw their nomination<br />

papers on Monday.<br />

Scrutiny of nomination<br />

papers of candidates for<br />

Federal Capital seats is<br />

being completed today<br />

while scrutiny for FATA<br />

seats will be completed by<br />

Thursday.<br />

Polling for the Senate<br />

elections will be held on<br />

3rd of next month.<br />

the Federal Public Service<br />

Commission (Amendment) Bill,<br />

2017 and the Criminal Law<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2017.<br />

The Chair deferred the Tour<br />

Operators and Travel Agents<br />

(Regulation) Bill, <strong>2018</strong> on request<br />

of the movers while the National<br />

Commission for Human Rights<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2017 was<br />

dropped on mover’s absence.<br />

The House did not take up two<br />

bills including the Acid and Burn<br />

Crime Bill, 2017 and the Criminal<br />

Law (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (section<br />

489F).<br />

The House adopted three resolutions<br />

to reduce prices of petroleum<br />

products, promote religious harmony<br />

and allocate land for a graveyard<br />

in rural area of NA-48, Islamabad.<br />

The House did not consider two<br />

other resolutions to control environmental<br />

pollution and provide<br />

quality services to patients in<br />

Pakistan Institute of Medical<br />

Sciences Islamabad.<br />

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani<br />

to visit India this week<br />

Iran's<br />

President Hassan Rouhani<br />

will visit India this week for<br />

three days, Iran's local<br />

media reported.<br />

Mr Rouhani is due to<br />

leave for India on Thursday<br />

to discuss "the latest regional<br />

and global developments",<br />

semi-official ISNA<br />

news agency said. He was<br />

invited by Prime Minister<br />

Narendra Modi last year,<br />

ISNA said.<br />

India and Iran have collaborated<br />

on key projects,<br />

most notably the Chabahar<br />

port in southeastern Iran<br />

that was inaugurated in<br />

December. The port has<br />

been touted as a way for<br />

India to establish trade<br />

MUMBAI: Shah Rukh<br />

Khan paid a visit to legendary<br />

Bollywood actor<br />

Dilip Kumar Monday<br />

evening, and a heartwarming<br />

picture of the<br />

two has already gone viral<br />

on the internet.<br />

SRK is a regular visitor<br />

at the residence of Dilip<br />

Kumar, who is battling ill<br />

health like a fighter.<br />

The 95-year-old veteran<br />

looked frail as he held<br />

onto Khan’s hand, melting<br />

hearts as fans circulated<br />

the priceless photo<br />

online.<br />

The picture was shared<br />

on Dilip Kumar’s official<br />

Twitter handle which<br />

read: ".@iamsrk came to<br />

visit Saab at home today.."<br />

The 'Mughal-e-Azam'<br />

actor was hospitalised in<br />

August 2017 after he<br />

complained of dehydration.<br />

He ended up spending<br />

eight days in the hospital,<br />

during which he<br />

LAHORE: The Punjab<br />

Assembly rejected a resolution<br />

against the recent<br />

increase in the petroleum<br />

prices amidst the opposition’s<br />

protest on Tuesday,<br />

observes Free and Fair<br />

Election Network<br />

(FAFEN) in its Daily<br />

Factsheet.<br />

The Punjab Assembly<br />

met for 47 minutes. The sitting<br />

started at 1015 hours<br />

against the scheduled time<br />

1000 hours. The Deputy<br />

speaker presided over the<br />

entire sitting while the<br />

Speaker was not present.<br />

The Chief Minister did not<br />

attend the sitting. The<br />

Leader of the Opposition<br />

attended the proceedings<br />

for 45 minutes.<br />

As many as 15 MPAs<br />

(4%) were present at outset<br />

PPPP lawmaker proposed<br />

amendments in the Rules of<br />

Procedure and Conduct of Business<br />

in the National Assembly, 2007<br />

which were referred to the relevant<br />

Standing Committee for further<br />

deliberations.<br />

The House adopted amendments<br />

in rule 52, sub-rule (2) of<br />

rule 60, rule 110, sub-rule (3) of<br />

rule 118, sub-rule (2) of rule 129,<br />

sub-rule (5) of rule 170, sub-rule<br />

(3) of rule 170 A, rule 175, sub-rule<br />

(2) of rule 198, sub-rule (3) of rule<br />

198, sub-rule (2) of rule 200, subrule<br />

(4) of rule 200, rule 206, rule<br />

210, rule 244 of the Rules of<br />

Procedure and insertion of new<br />

clause 4 in rule 66.<br />

The House witnessed presentation<br />

of <strong>14</strong> reports on various legislative<br />

proposals by their respective<br />

Standing Committees. These<br />

legislative proposals were the<br />

Islamabad Capital Territory<br />

Prohibition of Employment of<br />

Children Bill, 2017; the Right to<br />

routes that bypass its rival<br />

Pakistan, but the project has<br />

seen multiple delays.<br />

India has been a key purchaser<br />

of Iranian oil and<br />

gas, and maintained trade<br />

ties even as international<br />

sanctions were imposed on<br />

Iran over its nuclear programme<br />

between 2012 and<br />

2016.<br />

Shah Rukh shares heartwarming<br />

moment with Dilip Kumar<br />

WASHINGTON: The US has dismissed<br />

reported discussions between<br />

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin<br />

Netanyahu and Washington officials over<br />

plans to annex Jewish settlements in the<br />

occupied West Bank.<br />

"Reports that the United States discussed<br />

with Israel an annexation plan for<br />

KARACHI: Jameel Ahmed’s niece, Aisha Ali snapped with<br />

her groom Jibran khan on their wedding.<br />

was also treated for kidney<br />

ailments.<br />

US denies alleged West Bank<br />

settlement annexation plan<br />

the West Bank are false," said White<br />

House spokesman Josh Raffel, late on<br />

Monday. "The United States and Israel<br />

have never discussed such a proposal."<br />

Raffel added the "focus remains<br />

squarely" on US President Donald<br />

Trump's "Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative".<br />

Punjab Assembly rejects resolution<br />

against petroleum price hike<br />

and 10 (3%) at adjournment<br />

of the sitting. The<br />

parliamentary leader of JI<br />

was present. One minority<br />

lawmaker attended the sitting.<br />

The House rejected a<br />

resolution moved by the<br />

Leader of the Opposition<br />

seeking withdrawal of the<br />

recent increase in the prices<br />

of petroleum products.<br />

The Chair disposed of<br />

four private members’ resolutions<br />

due to absence of<br />

the concerned lawmakers.<br />

As many as three out of<br />

nine Starred Questions<br />

were taken up for answers<br />

during the proceedings<br />

while six Starred Questions<br />

were disposed of due to<br />

absence of the movers. The<br />

lawmakers also asked eight<br />

supplementary questions.<br />

NA passes 3 bills, adopts 3 resolutions<br />

Free and Compulsory Education<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2017; the<br />

National Conflict of Interest Bill,<br />

2016; the Health Insurance Scheme<br />

for Disabled Persons Bill, 2017; the<br />

Right to Free and Compulsory<br />

Education (Amendment) Bill,<br />

2017; the Child Marriage Restraint<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2016; the<br />

Constitution (Amendment) Bill,<br />

2017] (Amendment of Article 37);<br />

[the Constitution (Amendment)<br />

Bill, 2017] (Amendment of Article<br />

160) ; the Constitution<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2015]<br />

(Amendment of Article 63); the<br />

Constitution (Amendment) Bill,<br />

2017] (Amendment of Article 5);<br />

the Constitution (Amendment) Bill,<br />

2017] (Amendment of Article 198)<br />

; the Pakistan Electronic Media<br />

Regulatory<br />

Authority<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2017; the<br />

Microfinance Institutions<br />

(Amendment) Bill, 2017 and the<br />

Pakistan Private Courier<br />

Regulatory Authority Bill, 2015.<br />

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