14 Feb 2018

Witnesses record statement
in Zainab murder case
LAHORE: A total of 26
witnesses record their
statements on Tuesday
before the anti-terrorism
court (ATC) hearing the
Zainab rape and murder
case. The ATC is holding
the trial inside Kot Lakhpat
Jail, where the primary suspect
Imran Ali is jailed on
remand.
Punjab Prosecutor
General Ehtesham Qadir is
assisting the ATC as per the
orders of the superior
courts. Moreover, the prosecution
department is
expected to complete the
cross-examination of the
witnesses as well.
A total of 56 witnesses
Abbas Kassar
HYDERABAD: The
2nd Intentional Watercolor
Biennale “Pearls of Peace
Season-II” will start today
(Wednesday) at Centre of
Excellence in Art & Design
(CEAD), Mehran
University of Engineering
& Technology (MUET),
Jamshoro. The Biennale is
organized by CEAD,
MUET, Jamshoro in collaboration
with International
Watercolour Society (IWS).
The Biennale will be inaugurated
by Education
have been named in the
case.
On Monday, ATC Judge
Minister of Sindh Jam
Mehtab Dahar, Cultural
Minister Sindh Syed Sardar
Ali Shah, Vice-chancellor
MUET Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Aslam Uqaili,
Dean Prof. Dr. Khan
Muhammad Brohi, Director
CEAD Prof. Dr. Bhai Khan
Shar, Prof. Dr. Raza Bhatti,
Prof. Dr. S. M. Qureshi,
Hameer Soomro, Prof. Dr.
Abdul Rehman Memon
jointly.
Pearls of Peace through
watercolour is the biggest
art event in the history of the
Sajjad Ahmad had indicted
Imran and recorded the
statements of 20 witnesses.
country that includes the
artists from U. S. A, Turkey,
China, Hong Kong,
Portugal, Russia, Romania,
Serbia, Bulgaria, Iraq,
Spain, Brazil, Czech
Republic and Pakistan,
whereas the watercolour
paintings of 60 renowned
artists around the globe will
be displayed in the
Biennale. The artists participating
in the Biennale are
Head of Joao Eudes Alves
Correia, Selma Todorova,
Krasimir Todorova, Liu Yi,
Alexandara Bryksa, Vasyl
Seven-year-old Zainab
was kidnapped from near
her aunt’s house in Kasur
2nd World Watercolor Biennale “Pearls
of Peace” to start at CEAD today
Let’s stop cheating: education board
safe education, safe society rally
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Board
of Intermediate and
Secondary Education took
out a big rally under banner
of Safe Education Safe
Society which was participated
by scores of high
schools and colleges of
city. The rally Lets Stop
Cheating was led by Dr.
Muhammad Memon chairman
of BISE and controller
of examinations Dr.
Masroor Ahmed Zai was
taken from Model school
of Sindh university to press
club. The schools and colleges
which took part in
rally included islamia
Modern Boys High
School,Zais school system,
Green watch high school,
govt boys degree college
Kohsar, G.G.H.S Society
No.1,Rashid Minhas H.S
Khahi road, government
secondary teachers association,
all private schools
management association
and others. Dr. Muhammad
Memon, Dr. Masroor
Ahmed Zai, Wing
Commander Q.Hakim
Khan and heads of participating
schools and colleges
addressed the rally. Dr.
Muhammad said they have
launched anti cheating
trend in examinations and
hoped with cooperation of
people and all concerned
including parents, students
and teaching staff their
campaign would succeed.
He said cheating in examinations
has turned as cancer
as such it was must for
all of us to make transparent
and credible the system
of examinations for better
educational training for our
young generation.He asked
all and sundry to work
jointly towards this noble
cause to save education
and society.
Bryksa, Lai Ze Ze, Faisal
Othoman Qadir, Amer
Hassan Salman, Maria Ines
Ferreira Madeira Rodrigues,
Monteriro, and others.
The renowned artists,
critics and people who
spent their lives for promotion
of this field around the
world will be honoured
with awards. The cultural
music a large scale painting
jointly painted by all
artists together will be the
part of this event. The
exhibition will last till
February 18, 2018.
Civil society on call
of women action
forum pays homage
to Asma Jehangir
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Civil society
organizations, lawyers,
intellectuals, teachers, students,
journalists and peasants assembled
in front of press club here
tuesday and paid tributes to
human rights activist and
renowned lawyer Asma
Jehangir who passed away 2
days ago. WAF termed her
death of Asma Jehangir as carnage
for Pakistani women,
minorities, oppressed nations,
peasants, workers, backward
people as also for democratic
loving and human rights collective
struggle. WAF said Asma
was such an exemplary face of
on January 4 and found
dead in a garbage heap five
days later. The Lahore High
Court has directed the ATC
to wrap up the trial within
seven days of the suspect’s
indictment.
Imran was arrested on
January 23. His DNA also
matched samples taken
from seven other minor
girls who were abused and
murdered earlier in Kasur,
according to the police.
After the police arrested
Imran, the suspect reportedly
confessed to assaulting
eight minor girls at an
under-construction site and
two others in a garbage
heap in Kasur.
Timely completion
of development
project top priority:
Khawaja Imran
R A W A L P I N D I :
Provincial Minister
Primary and Secondary
Health, Khawaja Imran
Nazeer said Tuesday that
timely completion of
development projects is
top priority of the Punjab
government.
He expressed these
views while reviewing
the headway of ongoing
and new schemes under
Annual Development
Program 2017-18. These
views were expressed
while chairing review
meeting of committee for
implementation of development
projects at commissioner
office.
C o m m i s s i o n e r
Rawalpindi Nadeem
Aslam Chaudhry, MPA
Muhammad Nawaz
Chochan, Director
Finance & Planning
Noureen Bashir, Deputy
commissioner Attock
Rana Akbar Hayat, DC
Jehlum Iqbal Hussain,
DC Chakwal Umer
Jehnagir, ADC (Finance
& Planning) Rao Atif
Raza, Deputy Director
development Saima
Ghafoor, SE Highways,
buildings and other concerned
officers attended
the meeting.
enlightened and progressive
Pak who had been challenging Staff Reporter
the dictatorial and terrorist SHIKARPUR: Two
forces at all times, tolerance in
comparison to religious bigotry
and importance to independent
expression. They said she was
such an benchmark of Pak in
killed while 10 others were
sustained severe wounds
when a speeding coach
coming from Karachi for
Sawat went out of control
which she preached human from its driver and
rights without discrimination of rammed into a hotel at
nationalities, religions, languages
Shikarpur-Larkana Indus
and continued to stand Highway beside Garhi
with oppressed Pakistanis
her last day.
till Sahib Khan diversion, in
the limits of Dakhan Police
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
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Bus-van collision claims 5 lives
WAZIRABAD: Five van coming from opposite
side on Wazirabad the bodies to their cus-
rushed to the scene, took
persons have died and
other five have sustained Bypass on Tuesday. tody and shifted them to
injuries in bus-van collision
on Wazirabad Bypass. due to reckless driving. be handed over to the
Accident took place hospital. The bodies will
As per media report 5 Bodies and Injured were family members of
persons were killed and shifted to hospital for deceased following completion
of autopsy
the other five were injured medico legal formalities
after a bus collided with a and first aid. Police process.
British High Commission’s GREAT
Debate competition comes to Lahore
Bureau Report
LAHORE: The British
High Commission brought
its annual GREAT Debate
competition to Lahore with
a semi-final event at the
FAST National University.
The event brought
together debaters from
across universities in
Lahore. After a competitive
round of fixtures Ms
Mohiba Ahmed from
Government College
University and Ms
Rameesha Khan from
University of the Punjab
were judged to be the winner
and runner-up respectively.
Imtiaz Dharani
MITHI: The first ever
two-day Thar Science
Festival is beginning today
in Mithi where thousands of
students of 73 registered
schools both government
and private sectors from
across the district would participate
in the event and
The Acting British High
Commissioner Richard
Crowder said; “Colleges
and universities in Lahore
have a rich culture of
debating and I am delighted
that with the GREAT
Debate we are able to provide
another platform to
the youth of this city.
“I have been impressed
by the level of debate and
enthusiasm with which the
youth have participated in
the GREAT Debate and I
look forward to a tough
competition among the
selected 14 debaters in the
finale in Islamabad.”
The GREAT Debate
would also exhibit their various
modules. " The twoday
event is being organized
by Thar Education Alliance
in colloboration with different
local organizations as
well as Alif Ailan Mr
Partab Shivani, the chief of
Thar Education Alliance and
Chief Monitoring Officer (
education) Mr Samiullah
Sanjrani talking to the media
persons on Tuesday maintained
that Thar Science
2017 is the third annual
edition of the competition
that gives students from
across Pakistan a platform
to participate in debates,
interact with other students
from different universities
and hone their skills in
research, analytical thinking
and public speaking.
Winners and runner-ups
from the semi-finals will
be given one year British
Council digital library
memberships. The winner
and runner-up of the overall
competition will
receive a scholarship
reward to contribute
towards their tuition fees.
First ever 2-day Thar Science
Festival is beginning today
Station, here on
Wednesday evening.
According to Khalilul
Rahman Massan, the SHO
Dakhan Police Station, a
man identified as Iqbal
Shaikh, who was sitting at
hotel and one motorcyclist
identified as Mubarak
Shar, who was crossing the
road, were died while 10
other coach passengers
including Rehana Bibi,
Zahoor Khan Khittab,
Iqramul Hassan and others,
whose names could
not be known, sustained
severe wounds when a fast
moving coach went out of
control from its driver and
rammed into hotel.
The accident took place
due to over speeding, SHO
elaborated.
The area’s police
rushed on the spot and
Festival would abe a significant
step in igniting the
curiosity of the students and
teachers towards Maths and
Science. " This will not only
be a platform for organisations
working on science to
engage students through fun
science and robotics activities,
but also for the students
to show their talents to a host
of stakeholders: they aded.
Two killed, 10 injured in road accident
transported the bodies and
injured to Rural Health
Centre Dakhan and dead
bodies were handed over
to their heirs after completing
medical legal formalities
while injured were
shifted to Larkana
Hospital and Rato Dero
Hospital for further medical
assistances after providing
them first aid at
RHC Dakhan, SHO said.
ISLAMABAD: Students raveling on the roof of passenger bus may cause any serious
incident needs the attention of concerned authorities.
Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis failed
to recover looted money from corrupts
ISLAMABAD: Inspite
of Supreme Court’s directives,
Secretary, Ministry of
Overseas Pakistanis, Qasim
Muhammad Khan has
made excuse to recover billions
of rupees from
bureaucrats who engulfed
money from national
exchequer under the patronage
of candidate for Senate,
Irfan Siddiqui.
Reliable sources told
that eight officers of
Workers Welfare Fund, a
sub-ordinate department of
Ministry of Overseas
Pakistanis, were expelled
following the directives of
apex court but Secretary
Overseas Pakistanis has
made lame excuse to recover
plundered money from
them due to pressure of the
high-ups.
Although the ruling party
was making tall claims
regarding eradication of corruption
but the Supreme
Court’s directives have
unveiled these tall claims as
no action was being taken
by the government against
corrupt bureaucrats.
Candidate for Senate’s seat
Irfan Siddiqui’s brother
Tahir Kaleem Siddiqui was
a contractual employee of
Directorate of Workers
Education, a subordinate
organization of Ministry of
CADD. Later, his services
were transferred to Workers
Welfare Fund (WWF). He
joined the WWF along with
his team.
Sources said that
inquiries were underway
against Tahir Kaleem
Siddiqui and other officers
in NAB and FIA worth
rupees billions but these
officers were continuing
corruption due to patronage
of high-ups. Abdul Hameed
Jamani was working in
grade 17 in WWF Sindh. He
joined the organization in
2010 while reached till
grade 20 in a short span of
three years time. Ironically,
he did not meet the educational
requirements.
Likewise this, Director
Admin, Muhammad
Noman Shah was working
in grade 17 in the National
Assembly and joined WWF
in grade 19. Both officers
have been sent back to their
respective organizations.
These officers collected millions
of rupees from national
exchequer in the name of
medical, children fees, vehicles
and construction of
houses while Secretary
Ministry of Overseas
Pakistanis has made lame
excuse to recover plundered
money from them.
Speakers term art and culture a
bridge to bring the world together
JAMSHORO: Speakers
have stressed the need for
greater cultural engagement
between Pakistan and
Japan; stressing that ‘culture’
served as solid facilitative
bridge to bring world
communities and societies
together. And that the same
held true in case of cultural
ties between Pakistan and
Japan too; as the two countries
had enjoyed resonating
relations in the given spectrum
for the last six to seven
decades.
This they stated in the
augural ceremony of oneday
Japanese calendar exhibition
and film screening
show at the Institute of Art
& Design, University of
Sindh organized by MEXT
Alumni Association of
Pakistan (MAAP) Sindh
chapter and Institute of Art
& Design, University of
Sindh in collaboration with
Consulate General of Japan,
Karachi.
VC-SU Prof. Dr. Fateh
Muhammad Burfat in his
speech as the event Chief
Guest said that Japan was
enviable model of modernity,
progress and innovation
in Asia. He added that
Japan had taken new birth
in 1945 in the aftermath of
World War II; whereas,
Pakistan had emerged on
the map of the world on
1947 which comes as a
common ground between
the two countries. “This
resemblance of newly-born
Pakistan and war-free Japan
bound the two together in a
camaraderie which continues
until today”, he
explained.
Dr. Burfat said he was
astounded to see Japanese
peoples’ passionate love for
fauna, flora, scenic beauty,
land-sky-and-marine landscapes,
originality and
innocence of life, life’s pure
abundance, rich variety,
immense exuberance and
varied visions.
“The Japanese calendars
that I have seen on display
today reveal Japanese peoples’
love for life, for life’s
broad colors, its enormous
diversity and scope.
Japanese artists’ excited
engagement with life with
its ever-changing
Kaleidoscope is simply
incredible. I am amazed
how Japanese people transform
their life experience to
annual calendars, and how
as a result; they become
able to perpetuate their history
in the annals of time”,
he elaborated.
Dr. Burfat attributed
Japan’s marvelous success
in all fields to its people’s
unshakable faith in them, in
their tenacity to take on
odds, in their invincible
spirit to tackle challenges
and their approach to accost
arduous undertakings.