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Forces kill two 

suicide bombers 

in Mamond 

BAJAUR AGENCY: 

The security forces here 

Monday prevented a big 

attempt of terrorism and 

shot dead a suicide 

bomber while another 

bomber blew himself up 

during an action in 

Mamond Tehsil, official 

sources informed. 

The action was taken in 

Gatkai area of Mamond 

tehsil after reports regarding 

entrance of suicide 

bombers in the area were 

received some two weeks 

back. 

Ayesha Gulalai to 

launch 'Tehreek-e- 

Insaf Gulalai' party 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Member of National 

Assembly (MNA) Ayesha 

Gulalai is all set to formally 

announce her separate 

party on Friday. 

According to sources, 

the party’s name will be 

Tehreek-e-Insaf Gulalai. 

She said that all the 

legal and necessary 

requirements regarding 

her new party have been 

completed. However, the 

registration in ECP will be 

carried out after the 

announcement. 

Reception of Imran's 

third marriage to be 

held in Bani Gala 

ISLAMABAD: The 

reception of Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 

Chief Imran Khan’s 

third marriage with his 

spiritual adviser Bushra 

Maneka will be held in 

Bani Gala after few 

days. 

Khan has decided to 

not travel abroad yet and 

also to arrange a reception 

in Islamabad with 

limited guests. PTI 

sources told that Bushra 

Bibi will be a house wife 

and stay at Bani Gala 

while her children will 

live with their father. 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister 

Shahid KhaqanAbbasi while addressing 

a session of the National Assembly on 

Monday said that to avoid confrontation 

among institutions it was better for the 

House to debate on the matter. 

The prime minister's comments followed 

his directives to members of 

PML-N parliamentary party that the 

conduct of judges will now be discussed 

in the parliament. 

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PM calls for debate 

on judges conduct 

in Parliament 

Conflict among institutions always hurts country: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Addressing in National 

Assembly. 

RAWALPINDI: The 

Pakistan Army destroyed 

an Indian post after it targetted 

a minor in Jajot village, 

the Inter-Services 

Public Relations said on 

Monday. 

An eight-year-old boy 

Ayan was killed in Indian 

firing along the Line of 

Control, ISPR said. 

The army's retaliatory 

action killed two Indian 

soldiers, the ISPR added. 

Pakistan army’s media 

“We have taken oath to defend the 

constitution,” the prime minister said in 

his address. 

He said that elected representatives 

are termed "thieves, robbers and 

Godfather" in the courts, lamenting that 

government officials are humiliated. 

"Does this House not have the right 

to legislate,"Abbasi questioned. "Or will 

we have to seek permission to legislate. 

"It is better for the this House to hold 

Eight-year old child martyred 

in Indian firing along LoC 

Pakistan's retaliatory LoC fire leaves two Indian troops killed 

cell denounced Indian brutality, 

condemning the use 

of pellet guns in Indianoccupied 

Kashmir. 

DG ISPR Major 

General Asif Ghafoor said 

that the blatant targeting of 

innocent unarmed civilians 

across the LoC ‘exposes 

the true Indian face’. 

Government forces in 

Indian occupied Kashmir 

(IoK) have been using pellet 

guns since 2010 as a 

"non-lethal" weapon following 

widescale civilian 

protests against Indian rule. 

After a spate of gruesome 

injuries last year that 

earned the title "epidemic 

of dead eyes", Amnesty 

and other rights groups 

called for a complete ban 

on the use of the shotguns. 

A single cartridge fired 

releases at least 500 highspeed 

metal pellets. These 

lodge in any available body 

part and are difficult to 

remove. 

KARACHI: – PPP leaders Nasir Hussain Shah, Humera Almani and other coming out 

from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after withdraw their nomination papers 

submitted for the upcoming senate election. 

a debate on the matter in order to avoid 

confrontation among institutions," he 

said. 

The premier maintained that the matter 

was not concerned to a single party 

and it should be debated in the House. 

"I am not criticising any institution or 

the judiciary; I am only narrating facts," 

Abbasi said, requesting the opposition 

leader to not make it a party issue. 

These are the things our government 

is facing today and tomorrow someone 

else would be facing the same, he noted. 

The premier said the constitution 

defines the ambit of institutions and that 

whenever there was confrontation 

among institutions, it harmed the country. 

Addressing the assembly after the 

prime minister, Opposition Leader 

Khursheed Shah said the House has the 

right to legislate, adding that 

Parliament's role should only be played 

by the Parliament. 

"When Panama leaks issue surfaced, 

we had mentioned that this matter 

should be overseen by the Parliament," 

Shah said. 

"We ourselves have violated the 

sanctity of the Parliament, and no one 

else. We ourselves weakened the 

Parliament." 

The opposition leader said they want 

to see the Parliament supreme and that 

all institutions should function remaining 

within their ambit. 

He said if the institutions interfere in 

each other's affairs, then this would 

weaken the country. 

Contempt of court 

SC issues show 

cause notice to 

Daniyal Aziz 


Supreme Court of Pakistan 

(SC) on Tuesday has 

issued a show-cause notice 

to Federal Privatisation 

Minister Daniyal Aziz and 

given him deadline till 

Feb-23 to submit reply in 

contempt of court case. 

A three-member bench 

headed by Justice Sheikh 

Azmat resumed hearing of 

the suo motu notice today 

(Monday) here in 

Islamabad. 

The bench stated — in 

prima facie — Danyial 

Aziz has been found guilty 

of contempt of court as per 

TV recordings and newspapers’ 

clippings dated 9th 

of June-2017, 15th and 

31st of Dec-2017. 

It is pertinent here to 

mention that country’s top 

court, in separate hearing, 

has also rejected Pakistan 

Muslim League Nawaz’s 

(PMLN) leader and State 

Minister Talal Chaudhry’s 

plea to adjourn hearing for 

ten days. 

The apex court has also 

directed Talal Ch to submit 

reply till Monday. 

Troops being sent to KSA only 

for training mission: Dastagir 

1600 Pakistani soldiers in Saudi Arabia, approval given 

to send another 1000 says Khurram 

ISLAMABAD:Defence 

Minister Khurram Dastgir 

stirred a debate in Senate on 

Monday as he refused to 

reveal the etails of the troops 

deployed in Saudi Arabia. 

“We cannot share operational 

details of troops 

deployment [in Saudi 

Arabia],” Dastagir said during 

a session of the 

Parliament’s Upper House 

on Monday. 

When the Senate chairman 

Raza Rabbani asked if 

the details can be revealed 

during an in-camera session,” 

the minister said. 

“Even in an in-camera session, 

we’d request not to be 

asked questions on the exact 

deployment as this is an 

issue relating with the 

national security and that of 

the troops.” 

LAHORE: The head of 

ruling party PML-N Nawaz 

Sharif reiterated his claim of 

victory in next general election, 

which will be held in 

2018, with majority and said 

PML-N has fulfilled what 

the claims had made in last 

election. 

He made these views 

while presiding over party 

crucial meeting at his residence 

in Jati Umra, Lahore, 

Rabbani further said that 

in addition to 1,600 troops 

who have been deployed, 

1,000 more will be joining 

them. “These troops will be 

deployed within the boundaries 

of Saudi Arabia.” 

Dastagir once again 

refused to reveal details 

when Senator Farhatullah 

Babar asked if the troops are 

going to be deployed in 

Sharora, which is a town 

bordering Yemen. 

The minister also said 

the troops are being 

deployed as part of an 

agreement with Saudi 

Arabia in 1992. 

To a question, Dastagir 

said the information was 

privy to himself and the 

prime minister for past several 

months, saying the 

“troops were deployed 

only after the approval by 

the latter.” 

Rabbani responded, saying, 

“Let us not talk about 

the Parliament’s supremacy 

then,” and added, “you are 

rubbing the nose of the 

Parliament in sand.” 

He went on to add, “Why 

shouldn’t the proceedings of 

Senate’s contempt initiated 

against you and the prime 

minister for not taking the 

Parliament in confidence.” 

Pakistan has stayed away 

from the conflict in Yemen 

where Iran strongly opposes 

the involvement of the 

Saudi-led military coalition. 

In November last year, army 

chief General Qamar Javed 

Bajwa visited Tehran where 

he met top Iranian civil and 

military leaders, including 

President Hassan Rouhani. 

Nawaz claims to win next 

election with majority 

over the Balochistan political 

situation particularly 

upcoming senate polls. 

Former chief minister 

Balochistan Sanaullah 

Zehri, Khawaja Saad 

Rafique, Lit General retired 

Abdul Qadir Baloch , Sardar 

Yaqub and Mir Afzal were 

present in the meeting. 

Talking to participants 

Nawaz Sharif vowed part 

will make efforts for the success 

of the Mir Afzal from 

Balochistan in senate election. 

He also chaired another 

party consultative meeting 

over Gilgit-Biltistan which 

was attended by chief minister 

Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman 

and other cabinet members. 

Meeting reviewed the 

political situation of Gilgit- 

Biltistan and ongoing uplift 

projects. 

LAHORE: President PML-N Nawaz Shairf in a meeting with party leaders from Balochistan 

Sanaullah Zehri, Lt Gen ® Abdul Qadir Bloch, Sardar Yaqoob Nasir and Mir Afzal 

Mandankhelto discuss the political situation in Balochistan and the Senate elections. 

Senate elections 

Ishaq Dar withdraws nomination 

papers for general seat 

ISLAMABAD: Former 

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar 

on Monday withdraw his 

nomination papers submitted 

for the general seat in Senate 

elections. 

Dar was to contest in the 

Senate polls over two seats, a 

general seat and technocrat 

seat, however; he will now 

only contest for the remaining 

one. 

Previously, the LHC’s 

appellate tribunal permitted 

Ishaq Dar to contest Senate 

elections after he moved 

court against the rejection of 

his nomination papers by 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan. 

The opposition party 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

(PTI) had challenged the 

nomination papers of Dar, 

pointing out that Dar was 

declared absconder in the 

corruption reference against 

him heard by NAB court. 

ECPruled that Dar is ineligible 

to contest in the Senate 

elections since there is a 

pending corruption case 

against him in the accountability 

court. 

London flats reference 

IHC rejects NAB's plea to dismiss Capt Safdar's bail 

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court 

(IHC) on Monday rejected National 

Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) plea to dismiss 

Captain (retd.) Safdar’s bail. 

Accountability court’s judge Justice 

Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar 

Kiyani upheld the decision of approving 

Sfadr’s bail plea. The verdict which was 

reserved on December 14 last year was 

announced today. NAB while challenging 

accountability court’s decision had requested 

to send Capatain (retd.) Safadr to jail. 

Avenfield case 

AC summons Wajid 

Zia with original JIT 

report on Feb-22 


accountability court hearing 

corruption references 

against former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif and his 

family has summoned the 

former head of the Panama 

case joint investigation team 

(JIT), Wajid Zia, on 

February 22. 

The National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB), which filed three 

corruption references 

against the Sharifs in 

September last year, had 

pleaded the court to summon 

Zia, an additional 

director in the Federal 

Investigation Agency. 

The references pertain to 

the Al-Azizia Steel Mills, 

Flagship Investment Ltd and 

Avenfield properties in 

London. Nawaz is accused 

in all three cases whereas his 

daughter Maryam and sonin-law 

MNA Capt (retd) 

Safdar are accused in the 

Avenfield reference only. 

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Metropolitan 

Resolution against Zardari for defending 

Rao Anwar submitted in Sindh Assembly 

KARACHI: A resolution 

condemning Pakistan 

Peoples Party Co-chairman 

Asif Ali Zardari has been 

submitted in Sindh 

Assembly on Monday for 

defending former SSP Malir 

Rao Anwar. 

The resolution was tabled 

by Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf’s (PTI) Khurram Sher 

Zaman in which, he criticized 

Zardari for declaring 

Anwar, who killed innocent 

people in fake encounters, as 

brave kid. 

The resolution further 

demanded Zardari to apologize 

from Karachi people. 

Earlier, in an interview, 

Zardari had maintained that 

media sensationalized 

KARACHI: Arrest warrant 

has been issued against 

Khalil Masood, Former 

Chairman, SECP by the 

honourable Court of 

Additional District & 

KARACHI: Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs Khurram Sher Zaman, Samar Ali and Dr. 

Seema Zia are submitting Resolution against PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to the 

Secretary of Provincial Assembly. 

Defamatory campaign against JS group 

Apex court issues arrest warrant 

of former SECP Chairman 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Home Minister Sohail 

Anwar Siyal on Monday 

presided over a high-level 

meeting to discuss security 

measures for the Pakistan 

Super League (PSL) cricket 

match, scheduled to be held 

in the National Stadium 

Karachi. 

The meeting was attended 

by home Secretary, IGP 

Sindh, Additional IG 

Sessions Judge XI, Karachi 

(South), on 16h of February, 

2018 for non-appearance in 

the matter of direct complaint 

filed by JS Bank and 

JSCL for unleashing 

Karachi and law enforcement 

agencies’ representatives. 

Siyal was briefed about 

the ongoing security preparations 

and close cooperation 

between all stakeholders 

for bring international 

and national players from 

their hotel to the stadium. 

On this occasion, Siyal 

said that the PSL match in 

the National Stadium 

defamatory campaigns 

against JS Bank and JSCL 

on electronic media through 

a series of TV programmes 

“Khara Such” hosted by 

Mubashir Luqman aired at 

Meeting discusses 

security for PSL match 

KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister, Sohail Anwar Siyal presides over the high level meeting 

on security of Pakistan Super League (PSL), at his office. 

KARACHI: All Sindh 

Contract Doctors Forum 

on Monday staged a 

protest demonstration outside 

the Karachi Press 

Club (KPC) for their 

demands of job regularization 

and release of sevenmonth 

pending salaries. 

The protesting doctors 

were carrying placards 

inscribed with different 

slogans. 

They said they were 

hired by Sindh government 

in 2014 on contract 

basis but the Sindh government 

still has not regularized 

them on their jobs. 

They said the contract doctors 

are also deprived of 

salaries of past seven 

months. 

They demanded the 

Karachi would a pride for us. 

On the instructions of 

Pakistan People’s Party 

chairman Bilawal Bhutto 

Zardari, it is our responsibility 

to take extraordinary 

security for players and 

sports officials, he said. 

Siyal further said that 

the PSL match would be a 

milestone for return of the 

international sports events 

in the city. 

Polio drive kicks off in Karachi 

KARACHI: The deployed. 

children to save them 

Emergency Operation Coordinator, ECO from the scourge of polio. 

Centre (EOC) for Polio Sindh Fayaz Jaoti said: No child should suffer 

Sindh on Monday “We are in good position from a vaccine preventable 

launched 2nd polio campaign 

to eradicate polio as envi- 

disease and it is our 

of 2018 in Karachi ronment samples in north- 

collective responsibility 

city o and drive will continue 

ern Sindh are negative are to make sure all children 

from February 19 to also clearing up in are vaccinated so we have 

February 23, 2018. Karachi. He said we have a healthy future for our 

Approximately 2.4 million 

come a long way to generation. 

children under five- 

achieve historically low Earlier, Emergency 

year of age would be cases but more work need Operation Centre for Polio 

administrated people to be done and we must had conducted a polio 

drops during the drive, 

while 12,000 polio teams 

improve further”. 

He said teams must 

campaign in all districts of 

Sindh except Karachi last 

are taking part in the campaign 

continue their hard work week and vaccinated 

and 5,000 people and parent must come for- 

about 6.3million children 

personnel have been ward to vaccinate their across the province. 

Chief Minister Sindh, 

Health Minister and highup’s 

of health department 

to regularize the contract 

ARY NEWS in 2014. 

The Court has ordered 

that Khalil Masood be produced 

before the Court on 

March 10, 2018, the next 

date of hearing. 

Outgoing 

Indonesian CG 

calls on governor 

KARACHI: Governor 

Sindh Mr. Mohammad 

Zubair has said that 

Pakistan and Indonesia 

enjoy very warm and 

brotherly relations since 

long which are based on 

trust and mutual respect. 

This he said while talking 

with the outgoing 

Consul General of 

Indonesia in Karachi Mr. 

Dempo Awang Yuddie. 

Governor Sindh said there 

was an urgent need to further 

boost these ties with 

even more economic cooperation 

between the two 

countries. As economic 

activities hold the secret of 

success for any Country 

we must do our utmost to 

further expand and 

enhance trade between 

Pakistan and Indonesia, he 

added. 

He said that in last five 

years Karachi has become 

more peaceful and vibrant 

as compared to 2013. 

Economic, social, cultural, 

literary and sports activities 

are in full swing here 

which is depicted from 

continuous international 

events. 

He lauded the services 

of Mr. Dempo Awang for 

making untiring efforts to 

further cement the relations 

between two countries. 

He also appreciated 

his role in providing help 

and assistance to the people 

of the province during 

time of need. 

Mr. Dempo Awang 

thanked the support and 

cooperation from all stakeholders 

during his posting 

period in Karachi. 

Contract doctors protest for pending salaries 

KARACHI: Doctors of All Sindh Contract Doctor Forum who were hired on contract in 

2014 are protesting in favor of their regularization outside Karachi Press Club. 

doctors and pay them pending 

salaries, immediately. 

Naqeebullah murder case. 

“Everyone should back off 

and review the case from a 

new angle,” he asserted. 

“The reports of Rao’s 

involvement in 444 extrajudicial 

killings are mere 

talks. If there are this much 

encounters, why only 440 

petitions against him are in 

courts?” he questioned. 

The former SSP Malir is 

under scrutiny over his 

alleged involvement in the 

extrajudicial killing of 

Naqeebullah Mehsud. 

The Supreme Court (SC) 

on Friday had issued contempt 

of court notice to 

Anwar and directed to freeze 

all his bank accounts over 

failure to appear in hearing. 

Martin Dow 

presents IBA 

Career Fair 2018 

KARACHI: Martin Dow 

partnered with one of 

Pakistan’s leading business 

schools, the Institute of 

Business Administration 

(IBA), to present this year’s 

IBA Career Fair as their title 

sponsor. The event which is 

hosted by the IBAAlumni & 

Placement Society in collaboration 

with the IBA Career 

Development Centre saw 

more than 80 leading national 

and multinational organizations 

participating to make 

it the largest career fair in the 

Institute’s history. 

Chairman, Martin Dow, 

Mr. Jawed Akhai said: “We 

are honored to have had the 

opportunity to be the title 

sponsor for IBA’s Career 

Fair. This fair not only provides 

students with the ideal 

environment to interact with 

various national and international 

companies but it also 

helps them in better figuring 

out their career paths.” 

Representatives of various 

companies along with 

the IBA’s senior management 

attended the event 

including Acting Dean Dr. 

Sayeed Ghani, Associate 

Dean Dr. Huma Baqai, 

Patron of Alumni and 

Placement Society Mr. Jami 

Moiz and Head Alumni 

Affairs, External Relations 

and Resource Mobilization 

Ms. MalahatAwan. The IBA 

Career Fair also serves as the 

perfect avenue for prospective 

employers to scout for 

best talent and bring on board 

best employees for their 

organizations. Currently, 

over 4000 students are 

enrolled in various disciplines 

at the IBA. The core 

strength of the IBA, having 

developed over 60 years of 

excellence, emanates from 

the 13000+ alumni who have 

graduated from the rolls of 

the Institute to date. 

KARACHI: Election 

Commission of Pakistan 

(ECP) confirmed on 

Monday that they have 

accepted the nomination 

papers of 42 candidates 

from Sindh for the upcoming 

Senate elections on 

March 3. 

ECP spokesperson 

informed media that final 

list of candidates in Senate 

elections will be published 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi 

inspecting decoration work at Liaqutabad. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah 

Murad along with Vice Chairman, Muhammad Rafiq Jutt, 

Chief Officer Masroor Ahmed Memon and others planting 

a sapling during ceremony. 

Nomination papers of 42 candidates 

accepted from Sindh for Senate polls: ECP 

KARACHI: Computing 

is one of those fields where it 

is also impossible to predict 

what will happen next, 

Computing is a discipline 

that offers rewarding and 

challenging possibilities for a 

wide range of people regardless 

of their range of interests. 

This was stated by Dr. 

Shoukat Wasi, head of 

Computer Science 

Department, MohammadAli 

Jinnah University, Karachi 

while addressing to a welcome 

party given in honor of 

newly admitted students of 

BS- Computer Science and 

Software Engineering 

degree program. The party 

was organized by 

shortly. 

According to detail, the 

revised lists of candidates 

for the Senate elections 

against the seats of Federal 

Capital and FATA will be 

published tomorrow. 

Candidates can withdraw 

their nomination 

papers for Senate elections 

from four provinces till 

Monday. The polling for 

the Senate elections will 

be held on March 3. 

Two candidates of 

Senate elections from 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

Maulana Sami-ul-Haq and 

Abdul Wasey withdrew 

their nomination paper. 

According to Election 

Commissioner of Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa, they had 

submitted their nomination 

papers for general 

seats. 

WELCOME PARTY TO FRESHERS AT MAJU 

Innovation in computing world is 

unpredictable, Dr, Shoukat Wasi 

KARACHI: Head of Computer Science Department, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, 

Karachi Dr.Shoukat Wasi and office bearers of ACM International-MAJU Students 

chapter addressing to a welcome party hosted for freshets of computer science department 

last evening. 

Association of Computing 

Machinery, (ACM) 

I n t e r n a t i o n a l - M A J U 

Students chapter last evening 

at University Auditorium. 

President ACM-MAJU student’s 

chapter, Muhammad 

Suffyan and General 

Secretary, Muhammad Yasin 

Khan also addressed to the 

students on this occasion. In 

his address to the students, 

Dr. Shoukat Wasi told that 

computing requires and 

develops capabilities in solving 

deep, multidimensional 

problems requiring imagination 

and sensitivity to a variety 

of concerns. He said all 

efforts are being done to promote 

computer science education 

at MAJU for this purpose 

faculty member having 

industry related experience 

are joining here. He advised 

to the students that always 

try to learn something new 

and to continue to consult 

your senior if you are facing 

any problem. He assured 

his full support to ACM- 

MAJU student’s chapter to 

work together for demonstrating 

something extra 

ordinary in the field of computer 

science. Earlier, 

General Secretary, ACM- 

MAJU student’s chapter, 

M. Yasin Khan welcomed 

to the new students and 

introduced them about 

ACM, international. 

KARACHI: Cantonment Board Manora held a Flower Event " Blossoms in Manora " at 

Manor Cantonment. The event was organised under the leadership of Sye' Imammah All , 

CEO Cantonment Board Manora . The occasion was graced by Dir for MLNC Khurshid All 

Khan Karachi as the chief guest . The people of Manora greatly appreciated the event as 

it was held for the first time in the history of Manoi Cantonment. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar along with 

UC Chairman, Firdous Shameem Naqvi inspecting ongoing 

developments. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

along with Municipal Commissioner, Imran Aslam inaugurating 

carpeting work at Shair Muhammad Goth. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Korangi, Syed Nayar Raza 

along with Vice Chairman, Syed Ahmer Ali inspecting 

cleaning work at District Korangi.

Nurses beat up doctor in 

Mirpur Khas over alleged harassment Staff 

MIRPUR KHAS: A group of 

nurses beat up a doctor at Civil 

Hospital Mirpur Khas on Monday, 

alleging that he subjected them to 

sexual harassment. 

Police had to be summoned to 

the hospital as the situation turned 

ugly and the paramedic staff had 

to intervene to rescue the injured 

doctor from the enraged group. 

Sobbing hysterically, a nurse 

claimed the doctor in question had 

been sexually harassing her and 

others in the operation theatre for 

a week. The doctor, however, said 

he had only stopped the nurses 

from “doing makeup” in the operation 

theatre, after which they 

“attacked” him. 

The hospital administration has 

constituted a three-member 

Bureau Report 

HYDERABAD: The 

water commission formed 

by Supreme Court has 

ordered public health engineering 

department to 

maintain water supply 

projects constructed by it.. 

“No further orders on 

that score are required,” the 

commission’s head, Justice 

(retd) Amir Hani Muslim, 

stated in the eight-page 

order. 

He noted that during his 

visits to several districts of 

Sindh, many projects completed 

by the public health 

engineering department 

appeared inoperative due to 

the row over maintenance 

between the two departments. 

“The SC has clarified 

that the executing 

department shall maintain 

the schemes on completion.” 

STANDING 

The public health engineering 

department 

informed the commission 

inquiry committee to probe the 

matter. 

In the aftermath of the incident, 

it came to light that the doctor had 

been accused of and subsequently 

found guilty of sexual harassment 

in the past as well. 

during a January 20 hearing 

that some 800 water supply 

schemes built by the department 

in Sindh are not functional 

due to controversy 

over maintenance. 

Justice (retd) Muslim 

directed Chief Secretary 

Rizwan Memon to make all 

the schemes completed by 

the department operational 

within a week. 

“The department will be 

entitled to operation and 

maintenance with additional 

manpower to be provided 

by the Sindh government.” 

The chief secretary assured 

that the departmental promotion 

committee will 

meet soon and posting 

orders against the vacant 

posts in the department will 

be issued by February 20. 

H . D . A , W A S A 

ORDERED TO PAY OUT- 

SALARIES 

TO EMPLOYEES: 

The commission noted 

that the employees of the 

Hyderabad Development 

Authority, Water and 

Sanitation Agency (Wasa) 

and other development 

authorities in some districts 

are deprived of salaries and 

pensions for several 

months. “An undertaking 

was given by the local government 

secretary that the 

employees of Wasa would 

be disbursed salaries and 

pension within a week, but 

this has yet to be done.” 

“In the given circumstance…the 

[Sindh] finance 

department is directed to 

adjust salary and pension of 

the employees at source by 

adjusting the outstanding 

[amount payable to the 

authorities] of different 

government departments,” 

the commission ordered. 

The provincial government 

will have to directly deposit 

the salary and pension in 

the employees’ bank 

accounts instead of handing 

over a sum of money to the 

Hospital documents show that 

back in 2014, the doctor was 

accused of sexual harassment and, 

upon investigation by the hospital 

authorities, found guilty of engaging 

in inappropriate behaviour 

with a woman. He was then 

Water commission orders PHED for 

maintenance of w/s schemes 

LAHORE: Blind persons have blocked Mall Road at 7-Club Chowk during their sit-in 

protest in favor of their demands. 

SU announces schedule 

of practical examinations 

JAMSHORO: The Controller of 

Examinations (Annual), University of Sindh, 

Jamshoro has announced for information of 

all concerned that the practical examinations 

of B.Sc. Part-I & II 2017 will be conducted 

from March 6, 2018. A detailed schedule in 

this regard will shortly be issued. 

SU announces interview 

scheduled for M. Phil candidates 

JAMSHORO: The Dean, Faculty of 

Islamic Studies, University of Sindh, 

Jamshoro has announced that the interviews 

of those M. Phil admission candidates who 

have already qualified SU Pre-entry Test 

will be conducted at the office of the 

Chairman, Department of Comparative 

Religion and Islamic Culture at 10:00 am. 

authorities for forward payment. 

WHY 700 EMLOYEES 

APPOINTED IN A TOWN 

COMMITTEE IN PLACE 

OF 30 


extended a similar order for 

paying salaries and pensions 

to regular and contractual 

staff of the municipal 

bodies directly into their 

bank accounts. “This practice 

will keep vigilance on 

the working of the municipal 

and town committees. 

Besides this, they will be 

made accountable for the 

amounts which they receive 

beyond salaries and pension,” 


observed while pointing out 

that the municipal and town 

committees are overstaffed. 

“There are instances when 

700 employees are found in 

a town committee which 

doesn’t even have the place 

to accommodate 30 staff 

members.” 

AIOU sets up 

Alumni’s social 

network 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) has established 

Alumni Association for 

promoting long-term cooperative 

relationship and 

cultivating a culture of 

engagement. 

It will also provide a 

platform to the thousands 

of University’s ex-students 

for sharing their success 

stories and arranging reunion. 

The Association was 

formally came into being 

with the launching of a 

Alumni’s website and setting 

up its office on the 

initiative of the Vice 

Chancellor Prof. Dr. 

Shahid Siddiqui who 

wished that their graduates 

should be a source of 

strength for promoting 

the University’s image 

and achieving its educational 

goals. 

ordered to be dismissed, in a notification 

issued by the hospital 

chief secretary. 

However, according to reports, 

he was able to stay on after exercising 

his ‘influence’. 

Minister of Health Dr Sikandar 

Mandhro, taking notice of the 

incident, said if found guilty, the 

doctor would be handed out the 

strictest punishment. 

“In this profession [of serving 

humanity], such [behaviour] is 

unacceptable. We will ensure [if 

found guilty] he will be given the 

strictest punishment,” Dr 

Mandhro said. However, if he was 

restored despite being found 

guilty of questionable morals 

before, then “we are answerable”, 

said the minister. 

RPPs case 

NAB recovers 

3601.965 million 

ISLAMABAD: 

Rawalpindi has recovered Rs, 

3601.965 million in Rental 

power projects (RPPS) and 

distributed among concerned 

contractors/ sponsors and 

government department. 

NAB Rawalpindi has filed 

11 References in RPP scandal 

including Karkey Ship, 

Piranghaib Multan, Sahuwal 

Sialkot, Guddu Sindh, 

Naudero II Sindh, 

Summundri Road, Naudero-I 

Sindh, , M/S Reshma Power 

Generation Raiwand, M/S 

Young Gen Power Ltd, 

Bhikki Sheikhupara, and 

M/S Gulf Rental Power Pvt 

Ltd in respected 

Accountability Court 

Islamabad. 

The Main accused in 

these References are Raja 

Pervaiz Ashraf, Ex-Minister, 

Shaukat Tareen, Ex-Minister 

Finance, Ismail Qureshi, Ex- 

Secretary/ Chairman 

PEPCO, Shahid Rafi, Ex- 

Secretary/ Chairman 

PEPCO, Tahir Basharat 

Cheema, Ex MD PEPCO, 

and others. 1 x cases of RPPs 

Govt. Functionaries/officials 

and others in the award of 

RPP’s contract to M/S G.E 

Sherkpur (Pvt) Ltd is at the 

investigation stage. 

DG NAB Rawalpindi 

Irfan Naeem Mangi has said 

that in light of the directions 

of Chairman NAB, 

Justice Javad Iqbal NAB 

strongly believes in Zero 

Tolerance Policy against 

Corruption. NAB’s Anticorruption 

campaign is carried 

widely for awareness 

and prevention of corruption 

besides Enforcement 

across the board. 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Islamabad High Court 

(IHC) has accepted 

Advocate General (AG) 

plea for making report pertaining 

to disappearance of 

Tayyaba part of record in 

Tayyaba torture case. 

A single bench of IHC 

ISLAMABAD: Fruits 

and vegetables are a pivotal 

part of a healthful diet, 

but their benefits are not 

limited to physical health. 

New research finds that 

increasing fruit and vegetable 

consumption may 

improve psychological 

well-being in as little as 2 

weeks. 

Increasing fruit and 

vegetable intake may benefit 

psychological wellbeing. 

Study leader Dr. Tamlin 

Conner, of the Department 

of Psychology at the 

University of Otago in 

New Zealand, and colleagues 

found that young 

Report 

HYDERABAD: To 

ware Gender sensitivity 

among the police force different 

meeting were held at 

SP Headquarters 

Hyderabad, Sukkar and women 

Larkana respectively with 

the senior police officers 

organized by Individual 

Land Pakistan. 

Speakers at the consultative 

meeting unanimously 

agreed on the need of a 

gender sensitive police 

force in Sindh, especially 

keeping in view the growing 

incidents of violence 

against women and young 

girls. 

Additionally, a lot of 

stress was laid on the need 

of the inclusion of gender 

related courses during the 

training of the new recruits 

and officers. DIG Sukkur, 

Mr. Khadim Hussain Rind, 

attended as the special 

guest during the meeting 

also emphasized on the 

NAB need for gender sensitivity 

within the police. 


National 

“Unfortunately, police 

in Pakistan are largely 

male-dominated, which is 

an overall reflection of 

society”, Rind said adding 

that the proportion of 

police 

officers/officials is also 

minimal. Besides, they are 

not sensitized to the sensitivity 

of the issues and lack 

the skills and training to 

deal with such cases,” he 

added 

Speakers at these meetings 

were of the view that 

gender based police 

reforms have become a 

necessity to improve the 

overall structure and functioning 

of the police 

department. 

If properly implemented, 

such reforms can 

change the century old 

image of the force by giving 

equal representation to 

women in police. At present, 

women only represent 

less than one percent of the 

police force. 

DIG Larkana range Mr. 

3 

Genders sensitivity 

among the police force 

Abdullah Shaikh was present 

during the meeting in 

Larkana and Mr. Abdullah 

Memon SP Headquarters 

was present in Hyderabad 

as special guest. 

He said that these cases 

must be sensitized towards 

the issues as victims were 

vulnerable and suffering 

from psychological issues 

adding that there was a 

need to take care of cultural 

aspects and protect the 

“modesty of women”. 

The police officials 

present during the meeting 

lauded the efforts of 

IndividualLand Pakistan in 

organizing these consultative 

sessions and demanded 

that these kinds of sessions 

should also be organized 

in the future. 

According to 

spokesman Individual 

Land will be conducting 

the meetings with senior 

police officials in Karachi 

and other districts of Sindh 

as well in next few 

months. 

ISLAMABAD: Daily wages employees of Education Departments are holding protest 

demonstration for acceptance their demands at Islamabad press club. 

No prosperity till Zardari, 

Nawaz are in power 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e- 

Islam (Fazl) leader Maulana Fazl ur 

Rehman said on Sunday said that prosperity 

can’t come in the country under the 

governments of Nawaz Sharif and Asif 

Ali Zardari. The JUI-F leader was 

addressing public meeting here last night. 

He said he has always raised its voice 

against the prevailing feudalism in Sindh. 

headed by Justice Amir 

Farooq took up the case for 

hearing on Monday. 

SHO I-9 police Khalid 

Awan appeared in the 

court in person. 

Defence counsel completed 

his cross questioning 

in respect of Khalid 

adults who were given 

extra fruits and vegetables 

each day for 14 days ate 

more of the produce and 

experienced a boost in 

motivation and vitality. 

The researchers recently 

reported their findings 

Mehmood. 

SHO Khalid Mehmood 

told the court that section 

201 is law related to concealment 

of evidence. 

Tayyaba disappearance 

report was written on 

December 18, 2016 and 

section 201 was added 

in the journal PLOS One. 

According to the United 

States Department of 

Agriculture, adults should 

aim to consume around 

two cups of fruits and 

around two to three cups of 

vegetables daily. 

In presence of feudalism people and 

nation cannot make advances. He added 

that his party was trying to provide alternate 

to people in Sindh 

He added that the poor farmers of the 

province are forced to work under the feudals, 

adding that the government has 

invested all its resources on counter-terrorism 

initiatives but the poor segment of 

the society direly wants employment to 

feed their families. 

Maulan Nasir Khalid Soomro lamented 

that even after passage of 4 years killers of 

Shaheed Khalid Mahmmod Soomro have 

not been punished. Maulana Taj 

Muhammad Nahyoon said JUI Jalsa has 

broken records of PPP and PTI public meetings 

on same Husri Bypass. Maulana Abdul 

Karim Abid, Saud Halejvi,Ali Ahmed 

Channa also addressed the public meeting. 

Public meeting passed resolutions demanding 

abolition of rules requiring registration 

of Madrassahs, overcoming water shortage, 

ending facilities in jail to killers of Shaheed 

Khalid Mahmood Soomro and providing 

clear water for drinking to people in Sindh. 

Tayyaba torture case 

IHC accepts plea for making Tayyaba 

disappearance report part of record of case 

under the charges of concealing 

evidence on the 

basis of report. 

Advocate general and 

the counsel for the accused 

Raja Khurram will argue on 

the evidences. The court 

adjourned the hearing of the 

case till February 22. 

Eating more fruits, vegetables boosts 

psychological well-being in just 2 weeks 

One cup of fruits is the 

equivalent to half a grapefruit 

or a large orange, and 

one cup of vegetables is 

proportionate to one large 

red pepper or a large, 

baked sweet potato. 

As part of a healthful 

diet, fruits and vegetables 

can help reduce the risk of 

obesity, type 2 diabetes, 

heart disease, stroke, and 

some types of cancer. 

In recent years, studies 

have suggested that fruit 

and vegetable intake may 

also improve mental 

health. For their study, Dr. 

Conner and team set out to 

investigate this association 

further.

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National 

Nawaz has initiated movement 

for justice: Marriyum Aurangzeb 

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Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi 

Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Editor Special Reports: Muhammad Rafique Rajpar 

Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar - Islamabad Bureau Chief: Hameedullah Khan 

ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

By Audrey Azoulay 

Last week, the world made a great commitment 

to rebuild Iraq following the recent defeat of Daesh. 

Recognising the immense courage of the Iraqi people 

and the depth of their suffering, the Kuwait 

International Conference for the Reconstruction of 

Iraq pledged to rebuild infrastructure so that the 

country can once again prosper. 

Mosul is the living symbol of Iraqi's pluralistic 

identity. For centuries, it was at the crossroad of culture 

in the Middle East. From the Sumerian cities to 

Babylon, from the walls of Nineveh to the Silk 

Road, the region has been a melting pot of people 

and ideas. For the last three years, this story of 

peace - the true spirit of Mosul - has been overshadowed 

by another story of hatred and violence. 

The conference stressed the importance of putting 

the human dimension at the heart of our efforts 

for sustainable reconstruction. So we launched 

"Revive the Spirit of Mosul", an initiative for the 

reconstruction of the Old City, both its physical 

infrastructure and restoring the dignity of its people. 

When war is waged against culture and education, 

response must be culture and education. This is the 

only solution against extremism. 

The destruction of the University of Mosul 

Library, the dynamiting of the Al Hadba minaret 

and the pillaging of the Nabi Yunus Shrine, emblem 

of the religious coexistence of the three religions of 

the Book - shocked the world. Public libraries were 

burnt, music was silenced, artists attacked and cafes 

closed. 

Thousands of children have learned war and 

been indoctrinated with an intellectually corrupt 

ideology. They have not received an education - the 

essential tool for building the future. To avoid raising 

a lost generation, we must teach peace but also 

reinfuse these communities with the culture of 

peace, steeped in Iraq's rich history and cultural 

life. 

The revival of the Old City of Mosul is the cornerstone 

of our initiative, supported by both UN 

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Iraqi 

EDITORIAL 

A Beginning Towards The End? 

OPINION 

DOWNING a regime's war planes may well signal 

a strong probability of downing that 

regime too. Al-Qaida affiliated terrorists' 

recent downing of Syrian bomber may signal the end of 

Damascus winning many battles and surviving a five 

year long terrorism of a hundred thousand foreign 

trained alien terrorists from hundred countries. 

REBELS used to capture a battleground but could 

hold on to an area until Syrian government's war planes 

bombed and forced them to withdraw or flee to another 

area. This went on for quite some years. It was clear 

that elected President Asad was winning a foreign 

imposed militancy and terrorism mostly due to superior 

war position of Damascus air power which the rebels 

did not have. If they had anti aircraft guns, rockets and 

missiles, they could shift the tide of war to the favor of 

many so called "Islamic terrorists" including chiefly 

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or IS). Big powers 

behind Mideastern Sunni majority kingdoms and 

shaikhdoms who wanted to topple Shia Asad regime 

SAUDI Arabia just did that, according to international 

reports, which was of course like usual against 

often repeated claims for years by Riyadh and allies 

that they (officially) disapprove of terrorism in Syria, 

but this action of supplying arms and equipment to 

even mostly foreign non-Syrian terrorists to shoot 

down Syrian state warplanes sufficiently proved that 

(privately) Mideast rulers and shaikhdoms were supporting 

and indirectly fighting a continued five-year 

long terrorism and supplied anti aircraft weapons to 

serve ongoing terrorism, as news had it a couple of 

weeks ago, and now a turning point may be ahead with 

a challenge to superiority of Syria in air power. 

WELL-KNOWN were lies of war mongering leaders 

who talked of peace but continued their military 

adventures here, there and everywhere, thanks to 

advanced electronic media and more freedom enjoyed 

by non-state media who spread some truths not carried 

by enslaved media controlled by governments or by 

media controlled by financial or institutional empires. 

LOSS in standing and credibility was thus suffered 

mostly by United Nations Organization (UN) reduced 

to issuing war permits and sending UN peace keepers 

to safeguard invading armies. Disgrace in reputation of 

fairplay was a loss of big powers and their lackey 

regimes abroad who trampled upon international laws 

of sovereignty of nations and interfered into purely 

internal affairs of other countries. The UN, US, 

European Union and Muslim world, especially most of 

those Saudi led OIC members in Mideast may topple 

some leaders with or without war or talks and usurp 

some territories or rich resources of some countries. 

But this is a small gain compared to their losing that 

more valuable and more precious trust of nations 

worldwide. Perhaps a world conquest ambition has 

gotten the better of any and all human values and rights 

publicized so much but seldom acted upon by international 

power players on world chessboard of politics 

where bought off the shelf leaders and illiteracy ridden 

but rich resource countries are no more than pawns. 

UNDERSTOOD is a coming big bang and change 

in war with fighting strategy moved in favor of terrorists 

and terrorism as Syrian war planes who used to 

bomb and liberate areas usurped will not be able to do 

so anymore when they're shot down. This rephrased 

means foreign rebels, a million from 100 countries 

according to Syrian leaders, will remain in command of 

their "conquered" areas as if they're just up for grabs on 

a disgraceful "might is right" law of jungle with wild 

animals without any established rights other than inhuman 

force. 

FORECAST and warnings since many years to stop 

infiltration of terrorists from Turkey and other countries 

into Syria went unheeded by those mentioned warring 

powers who have made Syria and Syrians a laboratory 

of their alien frankensteinish adventures. Syria's case 

may become much like Libya which was reduced from 

best before war to worst after war. No one seems to 

care now for rights of Libya and Libyans after foreign 

war mongers got what they wanted of what some 

Muslim world analysts perhaps rightly describe as a 

wrongly victimized Qadhafi regime and his country 

where Libya and Libyans have become lawless and 

reckless in anarchy now and no one is ensuring rights 

of neither Libya nor Libyans who have reportedly lost 

a heaven and now live under a hell after war. Another 

caution thrown to the wind and not cared for was to 

stop Syrian war from spreading further with terror acts 

extended up to Turkey, which prolonged and supported 

terror and terrorism, and to Lebanon as Hezbollah and 

Asad are being targeted for their being of minority 

Muslim Shia sect in a war of big powers' divide and 

rule policy and majority of other Muslim population. 

Another report attributed to among most credible military 

news media spoke of late about thousands of tons 

of arms and ammunitions being shipped to Mideast and 

destined for war. Mideast official alliance of war mongers 

-- and they probably falsely make themselves 

believe as if they're a defense coalition -- may do well 

to limit this war against destruction of Syria and killing 

of Syrian nation as this victimized country is all but 

destroyed of its infra-structure with millions killed, 

injured and homeless men, women and children living 

in worst conditions within and outside Syria. 

Likelihood of this war extending to regional scale does 

exist and not driving this foreign invasion up to that 

extent of destruction of many nations to fulfill antinations 

whims and pleasures of kings on chessboard to 

destroy Islamic bloc is advisable, since world may not 

care for Syria becoming as worse, lawless and anarchic 

as Libya for whose rights foreign warriors and invaders 

were advocating but not caring for anything now. 

Muslim world can avoid a continued destruction of 

Muslim world, bit by bit, country by country. 

Finally, Iraq gets a fresh start with global aid 

Mosul is the living symbol of Iraqi's pluralistic identity. For centuries, it 

was at the crossroad of culture in the Middle East 

Prime Minister, Haider Al Abadi. This initiative 

means restoring architectural symbols that bring 

the Iraqi people together, in all its diversity. Many 

key actors like the European Union, neighboring 

countries and international organisations expressed 

great interest in participating in this effort that 

Unesco will coordinate. 

Unesco will bring its expertise in damage 

assessment to restore and reconstruct the emblematic 

sites of the historic centre. We will work handin-hand 

with the local population and the government 

to restore bookshops, cultural centres and 

museums - including the Museum of Mosul, which 

was tragically ransacked. 

We will provide opportunities for technical and 

vocational training, particularly in traditional 

building techniques, so that Iraqis will have the 

skills to actively contribute to this reconstruction. 

The great civilisations of this region defined the 

course of humanity, through a thousand-year dialogue, 

which gave birth to the wheel, writing, 

mathematics and law. We will work with our Iraqi 

counterparts to ensure future generations will learn 

of their proud heritage, through the school materials 

that we are developing, including a new school 

curriculum, which puts humanities at its core along 

creativity, critical thinking and values of respect. 

This is the only way to ensure that fanaticism does 

not prevail once more. 

This "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative will 

be Unesco's main contribution to the United 

Nations' Response and Resilience programme 

designed to help Iraq's government fast-track the 

social dimensions of reconstruction. 

Later this year, we will organise an international 

conference at Unesco Headquarters, with the 

Iraqi government and all our partners, to design a 

blueprint for this reconstruction. 

Through culture and education, we can restore 

trust and create the conditions for a common future. 

This reconstruction will take time but, brick-bybrick, 

lesson-by-lesson, together we can revive the 

true spirit of Mosul. -Asharq Al Awsat 

ISLAMABAD: Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb Minister of State for IBNH&LH talking to media. 

ISLAMABAD: State time in the country’s history 

He said that the country 

Minister for Information 

democracy is complet- 

will soon see the restora- 

and Broadcasting ing 10 years consecutively. tion of international cricket 

Marriyum Aurangzeb said She said that Nawaz 

and Pakistan Super 

on Monday that former Sharif will fulfill promises League will improve the 

prime minister Nawaz made to the nation, adding image of the country. 

Sharif has initiated a that consultation will take Marriyum while lauding 

movement for justice. place for appointing caretaker 

the role of media in the 

The state minister was 

prime minister society, said that media 

addressing media, where 

she said that for the first 

before the general elections 

next year. 

needs to contribute for 

propagating democracy. 

Indian troops martyr 

mentally-challenged man in IOK 

SRINAGAR: In occupied 

Kashmir, Indian 

forces martyred an elderly 

mentally-challenged civilian 

near Air Force station 

in Badgam district. 

Staff Report 

BADIN: Stamp venders 

of Badin staged protest 

demonstration in front of 

District Account Office 

Badin against non supply 

of low price stamp papers 

throughout district and led 

by M. Siddique alias Dodo 

Panhwer, Shahnawaz 

Perhiar, A. Aziz Soomro, 

Raichand and others. 

They chanted slogans 

against such in justification 

and while talking with 

journalists they said Chief 

Inspector, Stamp papers 

was not releasing low price 

stamp papers which has 

caused huge loss to them 

and they were sustaining 

lots of troubles to accomplish 

different legal documents 

and people from far 

The mentally-challenged 

man was shot dead 

when Indian troops fired 

on him. The spot examination 

revealed that the individual 

was of 55 years of 

age and was mentallychallenged, 

said local 

police. 

“The person being identified 

is not wearing foot 

wears, is without proper 

winter clothing and has no 

identity card,” the police 

said, adding that a case has 

been registered into the 

and wide areas were also 

suffered of such acute 

shortage of stamp papers 

in the district. 

They further said more 

than 120 stamp venders 

including Tando Bago, 

Matli, Talhar, SF Rahu and 

incident. 

On the other hand, 

Indian forces of 30 and 32 

Rashtriya Rifles launched 

massive operation in 

Gundkalan, Kralgund and 

Handwara areas of 

Kupwara district. 

Meanwhile, Indian police 

arrested youth from 

Dalgate area of Srinagar 

Stamp venders of Badin holds protest 

against non supply of stamp papers 

M A . Rehmani 

MIRPURKHAS : 

Supreme Court of 

Pakistan’s constituted water 

commission Head, Justice 

Amir Hani Muslim pays 

surprise visit of jawri miner 

,west jamrao water plant 

and public health Sitalitawn 

, situated in the center of the 

city.here on Monday. 

A large number of citizens 

and elected Chairmen 

Muncipal Farooq Jamil 

Durani complained for supply 

of contaminated and 

toxic water and Mumtaz 

jarwar was asked about 

worsen situation. 

Citizens would not be 

left at the mercy of administration 

and those who commits 

carelessness to be 

taken action against them, 

Head water commission, 

Justice Amir Hani Muslim 

added. 

Civil society 

Muhammad Bux Kapri 

complained to the Justice 

that due to corruption and 

negligence of Government 

they were compelled to utilize 

contaminated and 

health injurious water. 

Justice Amir Hani 

Muslim directed Honorable 

Session Judge Mirpurkhas 

to monitor the ongoing situation 

and submit the report 

on week basis. 

Irrigation Secretary 

Jamal Mustafa Syed promised 

to collaborate with 

Farooq Jamil Durani chairmen 

Muncipal Mirpurkhas 

and Zahod Memon deputy 

commissioner to ensure 

restoration of the filter 

water for public . 

other localities were facing 

the same shortage of low 

price stamp papers. They 

demanded from government 

of Sindh and Chief 

Inspector, stamp papers to 

release and early issuance 

of low price stamp papers. 

Gilani concerned over 

crackdown on youth in IOK 

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the 

Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat 

Conference, Syed Ali Gilani has expressed 

his concern over the fresh crackdown and 

nocturnal raids against youth by Indian 

forces. 

Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in 

Srinagar said, “Youth in valley especially 

Karimabad Pulwama, Tral, Hajin, Handwara 

are detained and subjected to third degree 

torture in police stations.” He termed the 

rhetoric of “Goli Nahi Boli” as hoax and said 

PDP stands badly exposed on ground and the 

party can no more befool people. 

The retired judge said 

that it should be done without 

wasting further time and 

directed the functionaries 

concerned to come up with 

a short-term plan to resolve 

the problem. 

Justice Muslim was 

shocked to find labourers 

processing husk manually, 

spreading air pollution. He 

asked MD Sida why such 

While congratulating 

political rival Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman 

Imran Khan, Marriyum 

said: “I hope this marriage 

brings peace in his life as 

he needs peace the most in 

his life.” 

Late on Sunday, PTI 

had confirmed party chairman 

Imran Khan’s third 

marriage with Bushra Riaz 

Wattoo, known to be his 

spiritual guide. 

"Wishing Chairman 

PTI Imran Khan and his 

wife a happy married life . 

May Allah bless the couple," 

read a tweet on PTI's 

official Twitter account on 

Sunday. 

The party issued pictures 

of Imran's nikah with 

Bushra Bibi, in which 

close relatives of the bride 

could be seen. Imran’s 

political secretary Awn 

Chaudhry can also be seen 

in the images. 

Disabled Hindu 

girl raped in Sindh 

NAWABSHSH: A deaf 

and dumb Hindu girl 

allegedly raped by a local 

boy in the area of Kunri , 

Sindh . 

Father of the girl has 

lodged an application in 

police station. It said Local 

Boy Laxman Labari has 

raped 15 year old girl 

Shiyah Maarit four days 

ago. 

Talking to media, police 

officer said that after the 

DNA test report, it would 

be confirm that whether it 

was a rape case or not. 

Police after registering FIR 

arrested the accused. 

Three women, two 

man arrested for 

prostitution 

ISLAMABAD: Police 

has arrested three women 

and two men on the 

charges of adultery . 

According to media 

reports, Shalimar Police 

SHO has conducted a raid 

on a brothel house in F-10 

Markaz and arrested three 

women prostitutes along 

with two men in an objectionable 

condition. 

Sweets and bhangras 

PTI workers in 

Jacobabad celebrate 

Imran’s marriage 

Naeem Ahmed 

JACOBABAD: Pakistan 

Tehreek-i-Insaf [PTI] 

Jacobabad chapter distributed 

sweets amongst the 

people of Jacobabad to celebrate 

happiness on the 3rd 

marriage of its party chief, 

Imran Khan, here on 

Monday. Raaz Khan Pathan, 

the PTI leader Jacobabad 

chapter with other party 

workers distributed sweets 

amongst the people at several 

parts of Jacobabad district. 

Water Commission Head Justice Amir Hani 

Muslim paid surprise visit Mirpurkhas 

an activity was going on 

unnoticed in flagrant violation 

of standard operating 

procedures (SOP) of irrigation 

department. in this ocation 

Sationon Judge 

Mirpurkhas Muhammad 

Iqball khawaja olong other 

member of water commission 

with chairmen water 

commission .Justice 

Muslim Hani.

Iran continues search to find debris 

of ATR plane: Emergency official 

YASSOUJ: Rescue 

teams started the second 

day of searching for the 

remains of the ATR plane 

which crashed in Iran's 

central west region on Feb 

18, head of emergency center 

in this southwestern 

Iranian city announced on 

Monday. 

'There is still no sign of 

the plane,' Jalal Pouranfard 

told the Islamic Republic 

News Agency (IRNA). 

Despite the ten-hour 

effort yesterday to search 

for the crashed plane which 

departed Tehran for 

Yassouj on Sunday morning, 

still nothing is found, 

Pouranfard said. 

The official added 40 

ambulances and 45 search 

and rescue teams are present 

in the scene where is 

reportedly the plce where 

the crash occurred. 

Today, the official said, 

drones and helicopters will 

be used in the operations if 

the weather is fine. 

In a related development, 

another provincial 

official told IRNA that two 

aid helicopters have been 

sent from Kohkilouyeh- 

Boyer Ahmand Province to 

the scene to find the passengers 

and crew who may 

be killed after the crash. 

Head of the Red Cross 

in this province, too, said 

Monday that an expert 

team from Mountain 

Rescue has been dispatched 

by chopper to the 

likely scene of the crash. 

But, Amanollah 

Jahanbin added, the 

research operation has been 

unsuccessful up to now. 

Also, spokesman for 

Iran Emergency Center 

announced today that 

Iranian Army is to send a 

helicopter to the mountainous 

region to continue the 

search operation. 

Meanwhile, Isfahan 

motorcycle and automobile 

racing commission had 

expressed its readiness 

Sunday to dispatch its Off- 

Road vehicles to the 

Padena region to help 

U.S. charges Russians with 2016 U.S. 

election tampering to boost Trump 

WASHINGTON: A 

Russian propaganda arm 

oversaw a criminal and 

espionage conspiracy to 

tamper in the 2016 U.S. 

presidential campaign to 

support Donald Trump 

and disparage Hillary 

Clinton, said an indictment 

released on Friday 

that revealed more details 

than previously known 

about Moscow’s purported 

effort to interfere. 

The office of U.S. 

Special Counsel Robert 

Mueller charged 13 

Russians and three 

Russian companies, 

including St. Petersburgbased 

Internet Research 

Agency known for its 

trolling on social media. 

The official who oversees 

Mueller’s work said the 

investigation was not finished. 

The court document 

said those accused “had a 

strategic goal to sow discord 

in the U.S. political 

system, including the 2016 

U.S. presidential election.” 

The indictment said 

Russians adopted false 

online personas to push 

divisive messages; traveled 

to the United States to 

collect intelligence, visiting 

10 states; and staged 

political rallies while posing 

as Americans. 

In one case, it said, the 

Iranian FM Zarif: Region still 

vulnerable to terrorism, extremism 

Moscow: Daesh (ISIS) 

has lost its domination over 

some regions in Iraq and 

Syria, but threats from this 

terrorist group still exist, 

Iranian foreign minister 

announced here on Monday. 

'We believe that we are 

still vulnerable to the formidable 

challenge presented 

by extremism,' Mohammad 

Javad Zarif said in his 

speech to the international 

Valdai Discussion Club’s 

conference 2018 which 

opened this morning in the 

Russian capital. 

The full text of Zarif's 

speech is as follows: 

In the Name of God, the 

Compassionate the Merciful 

Mr. Chairman, Minister 

Lavrov, Distinguished participants, 

Let me begin by thanking 

Professors Bystritskiy, 

Lukyanov and Naumkin for 

organizing this discussion 

forum and giving me the 

opportunity to take part. It is 

a great pleasure for me to be 

here with my friend, 

D H A K A : 

Representatives from 

Bangladesh and Myanmar 

will meet on Tuesday to discuss 

the repatriation to 

Myanmar of more than 

6,500 Rohingya Muslims 

trapped on a strip of 

unclaimed land between the 

two countries, Bangladeshi 

officials said. 

“It is about taking them 

back to Myanmar,” Relief 

and Refugee Repatriation 

Commissioner Mohammad 

Abul Kalam, told Reuters 

on Monday. “They are on 

the zero line and actually on 

the Myanmar side.” 

However, several officials 

contacted in neighboring 

Myanmar said they were 

not aware of plans for a 

meeting, which Kalam said 

would take place on the 

“zero line” near a place 

called Gundum. 

A spokeswoman for the 

United Nations High 

Commissioner for Refugees 

(UNHCR), which will not 

be involved in the talks, said 

the agency was concerned 

the Rohingya may be 

forcibly returned to 

Myanmar without due consideration 

for their safety. 

Nearly 700,000 

Rohingya have fled 

Myanmar’s Rakhine state 

Minister Sergei Lavrov to 

exchange views and discuss 

difficult issues we all face at 

this critical juncture in West 

Asia. In the fight against 

extremism and dealing with 

the complex military and 

political environment in our 

wider region, our growing, 

strategic partnership with 

the Russian Federation, 

which stems from our common 

principles, interests 

and concerns, has been an 

important contributor to 

regional situation. 

Russians paid an unidentified 

person to build a cage 

aboard a flatbed truck and 

another to wear a costume 

“portraying Clinton in a 

prison uniform.” 

Poland spares forest 

to win EU favor, but 

damage already done 

BIALOWIEZA, Poland: 

When Poland sought to ease 

tensions with the European 

Union by declaring a halt to 

logging in the ancient 

Bialowieza forest, it did not 

announce how many trees it 

had already cut down. 

In fact, logging quotas to 

2021 had already been 

reached and in one part of the 

forest an expanded quota, 

declared illegal by the 

European Commission, had 

been more than half fulfilled 

despite an injunction, official 

forestry data shows. 

State Forests, the staterun 

body in charge of harvesting 

timber and protecting 

woodland, also confirmed 

that the forest’s two remaining 

administrative units were 

aiming to increase the quota 

of wood that they can harvest 

by 2021. 

The woodland, a 

UNESCO World Heritage 

site that is home to the largest 

roaming population of 

European bison and some of 

the continent’s oldest trees, is 

emblematic of the rift 

between the EU executive 

and the nationalist party ruling 

Poland since 2015. 

search and rescue operations. 

To review the crashed 

plane case, Iranian 

Minister of Road and 

Urban Development Abbas 

Akhoundi left Tehran for 

Yassouj this morning. 

Also, Head of Iran's 

Civil 

Aviation 

Organization public relations 

office Reza 

Jafarzadeh told IRNA on 

Monday that a seven-member 

delegation from France 

is to arrive in Tehran 

tonight to examine the reason 

behind the crash of the 

ATR passenger plane. 

The Asseman Airlines' 

passenger plane crashed in 

the Kohangan Village near 

the Padena region, 120 Km 

from Semirom in Isfahan 

Province, center of Iran. 

The debris of the plane has 

not been found yet, but all 

the 66 passengers and crew 

of it are reportedly killed. 

Islamic State kills 

25 Iraqi militiamen 

near Kirkuk 

KIRKUK, Iraq: Islamic 

State militants ambushed a 

convoy of governmentbacked 

militia fighters near 

the northern Iraqi city of 

Kirkuk late on Sunday, 

killing at least 25 of them, 

police and militia commanders 

said on Monday. 

Police and militia commanders 

had earlier said 12 

militia fighters were killed 

in the ambush and at least 

10 were missing, but security 

forces later found 

another 13 bodies dumped 

nearby with multiple gunshot 

wounds. 

Islamic State claimed 

responsibility for the attack. 

A security official said 

Iraqi security forces were 

pursuing the Islamic State 

militants who disguised 

themselves in police uniforms 

to carry out the 

attack. 

Iraqi forces launched an 

operation this month to 

consolidate control of a 

mountain area near the oil 

city of Kirkuk to be used 

for the transit of Iraqi oil, 

highlighting concern about 

mountainous terrain where 

two armed groups are 

active. 

Iraq declared victory in 

December over Islamic 

State militants who seized 

control of nearly a third of 

the country in 2014. 

LONDON: Dark comedy 

“Three Billboards 

Outside Ebbing, Missouri” 

was the biggest winner at 

the BAFTA Film Awards, 

held in London on Sunday, 

an event which saw the 

campaign for women’s 

rights in the entertainment 

industry take center stage. 

“Three Billboards” won 

five awards, including best 

film, best actress for its lead 

performer Frances 

McDormand and a supporting 

actor award for Sam 

Rockwell. Writer-director 

Martin McDonagh also 


International 

won for the film’s original 

screenplay. 

The U.S.-set film also 

won the best British film 

honors, qualifying on the 

basis of its creative team 

and the companies involved 

in producing it, many of 

whom are British. 

Though “Three 

Billboards” took home the 

most trophies, it did not 

dominate proceedings, with 

a number of critically wellreceived 

films also garnering 

recognition. 

Mexican director 

Guillermo del Toro took the 

5 

'Three Billboards' leads the pack 

at politically edged BAFTA awards 

BERLIN: German 

Chancellor Angela Merkel 

put forward on Monday 

her close ally Annegret 

Kramp-Karrenbauer, premier 

of the tiny western 

state of Saarland, to take 

over as secretary general 

of her Christian 

Democratic Union (CDU), 

party sources said. 

The decision is significant 

as some CDU members 

are starting to look 

ahead to a post-Merkel era 

and think about potential 

alternatives to lead their 

party and country. Merkel 

herself was CDU secretary 

general before becoming 

chancellor. 

Outgoing secretary general 

Peter Tauber is giving 

up the role after a period of 

illness. 

Sometimes dubbed 

“mini Merkel” by German 

media, Kramp- 

Karrenbauer, 55, is highly 

regarded in her party for 

directing honors for his fantasy 

“The Shape of Water,” 

Gary Oldman took the top 

male acting prize for his 

portrayal of Winston 

Churchill in “Darkest 

Hour,” and Allison Janney 

was honored for her supporting 

turn in “I, Tonya.” 

Pixar animation “Coco” 

won for best animated film, 

while Christopher Nolan’s 

“Dunkirk” won for best 

sound, and Edgar Wright’s 

“Baby Driver” won for editing. 

Daniel Kaluuya, the 

British star of “Get Out” 

took the rising star award. 

Merkel backs close ally for key 

party role amid succession debate 

LONDON: Oxfam’s 

country director in Haiti 

admitted to using prostitutes 

at his residence during a 

relief mission before resigning 

in 2011, according to an 

internal investigation into 

allegations of sexual misconduct 

released by the charity 

on Monday. 

It is the first time Oxfam 

has directly addressed accusations 

against Roland Van 

Hauwermeiren, who has 

denied paying for sex with 

prostitutes or abusing minors. 

He ran the Oxfam operation 

in Haiti after an earthquake in 

2010 and resigned in 2011. 

The charity said it was 

releasing the 2011 report, 

which also documents accusations 

against others of 

using prostitutes in Oxfamrented 

accommodation and 

of bullying and intimidation, 

to “be as transparent as possible 

about the decisions we 

winning an election in her 

region last year that lifted 

the CDU’s national standing 

ahead of a Sept. 24 federal 

vote. 

Merkel proposed that 

K r a m p - K a r r e n b a u e r 

become the CDU’s new 

secretary general at a 

meeting on Monday of the 

party’s executive committee. 

She is now expected to 

be voted into the role at a 

Feb. 26 CDU party congress. 

Oxfam says Haiti director 

admitted using prostitutes 

and crossed into Bangladesh 

since last August, when 

attacks on security posts by 

insurgents triggered a military 

crackdown that the 

United Nations has said 

amounts to ethnic cleansing, 

with reports of arson 

attacks, murder and rape. 

B u d d h i s t - m a j o r i t y 

Myanmar denied the charge 

and says its security forces 

are fighting a legitimate 

campaign against “terrorists” 

it blames for the attacks 

on the security forces. 

The vast majority of 

Rohingya who fled are in 

camps at Cox’s Bazar on the 

southern tip of Bangladesh, 

but several thousand who 

arrived in a buffer zone 

along the border are now 

stuck. 

Bangladesh security 

forces have been instructed 

not to let these Rohingya 

cross the border, and many 

of them have said they 

would rather stay there to 

avoid becoming refugees in 

Bangladesh. 

The no-man’s land, 

which is about the size of 40 

soccer pitches, used to be an 

area of paddy fields, but is 

now dotted with the tarpaulin 

and bamboo shacks of 

displaced Rohingya. 

“We are concerned about 

made ... and in recognition of 

the breach of trust that has 

been caused”. 

Reuters has been unable 

to contact Van 

Hauwermeiren for comment. 

Allegations of sexual misconduct 

against those sent to 

help victims of the earthquake, 

which killed tens of 

thousands, have shaken the 

aid sector, with Haiti’s president 

calling for investigations 

of other groups. 

Philippine senate probes frigate deal; 

Duterte aide denies meddling 

MANILA: Philippine senators 

began a public inquiry 

on Monday into the $300 million 

purchase of two navy 

frigates, to determine whether 

President Rodrigo Duterte’s 

closest aide had interfered in 

the procurement process. 

The inquiry was prompted 

by media reports that carried 

a leaked document with 

an annotation that links the 

president’s longtime special 

assistant, Christopher 

“Bong” Go, to the process 

of procuring a combat management 

system for the 

frigates from a South 

Korea’s Hyundai Heavy 

Industries. 

The hearing called by the 

Senate committee on national 

defense and security is looking 

to establish whether or not 

Go had gone beyond his 

remit by getting involved in a 

defense contract. He has not 

been accused of corruption. 

Bangladesh says to meet with Myanmar on Rohingya trapped at border 

the reports of pressures 

directed at this group of 

people at the border,” said 

Caroline Gluck, UNHCR 

Senior Public Information 

Officer at Cox’s Bazar. 

“People who fled violence 

and discrimination in 

Myanmar should not be 

forced to return against their 

will,” she told Reuters in a 

message sent on Saturday. 

Bangladesh’s Kalam 

said there was no timeline 

for repatriations, that anyone 

going back must do so 

voluntarily and that 

Myanmar must provide a 

safe environment for their 

return.

6 


Biz 

Minister calls for national 

consensus on economic roadmap 

and policies for better economic 

growth. 

He said the current gov- 

ISLAMABAD: State 

Minister for Finance and 

Economic Affairs, Rana 

Muhammad Afzal Khan has 

stressed that all political parties 

should develop consensus 

on economic roadmap 

to make Pakistan a strong 

economy. 

He was addressing as the 

Chief Guest at a public-private 

dialogue on “Charter of 

Economy and Economic 

Agenda for Elections 2018” 

organized by Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce & 

Industry (ICCI) in collaboration 

with Sustainable 

Development Policy 

Institute (SDPI) and Center 

for International Private 

Enterprise (CIPE). 

He said charter of economy 

was absolutely necessary 

for achieving better 

growth. He said the current 

government might not have 

economic growth and all performed outstandingly, 

political parties should rise but it saved the economy ernment 

above their political interests 

from bankruptcy and 

and develop consensus brought improvement in 

on economic roadmap and many areas. He said 

national economic agenda 

to put Pakistan on the path 

Pakistan needed to promote 

economies of scale and 

of sustainable economic ensure continuity of systems 

ISLAMABAD: A 

research report on 'The 

Reality of China-Pakistan 

Economic Corridor Project 

(CPEC): Facts Vs. Fiction' 

was launched here on 

Monday. 

It aims at removing misperception 

about the CPEC 

project and provides factual 

insight of the project. 

Rejecting the impression 

that Pakistan will not gain 

any economic benefits from 

the CPEC, the research 

report prepared by 

Pakistan-China Institute, 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Rana Mohammad Afzal addressing the 

conference on Charter of Economy. 

states that the mega corridor 

project will change the perception 

of Pakistan as being 

an investor friendly nation 

and act as an effective 

counter weight to the Indian 

pressure. 

It is a vote of confidence 

in the future of Pakistan and 

a way forward for 

Pakistan's future prosperity. 

The report also states that 

the CPEC will benefit all 

the provinces. 

Highlighting the energy 

and road infrastructure projects 

completed under the 

differentiated 

between the filers and nonfilers 

through tax measures. 

He said there was nothing 

secret in CPEC and Phase-I 

of CPEC of Early Harvest 

Projects was heading 

CPEC, the report states that 

the special economic zones 

under the project will cater 

to the needs of local businesses 

and increase competitiveness 

for goods in the 

local market. 

Addressing the ceremony 

which also marked 

launch of Chinese language 

classes in Islamabad, 

Chairman Senate Raza 

Rabbani said that the CPEC 

will mutually benefit both 

Pakistan and China in 

strategic and economic 

realms. 

The Chairman 

expressed his pleasure over 

the start of Chinese language 

classes in Islamabad 

and Lahore and hoped this 

will facilitate in business 

dealings with the neighboring 

country. 

Voicing concerns over 

the US policy on 

Afghanistan, the Chairman 

Senate said that Washington 

wants to make New Delhi 

policeman of the region but 

this is not acceptable either 

to Pakistan nor the people 

of the region. 

towards successful completion. 

He said private sector 

businesses should play more 

effective role in capital market 

for capital generation. 

He said private sector 

should channelize foreign 

remittances in productive 

sectors. He appreciated 

ICCI initiative for organizing 

public-private dialogue 

on charter of economy and 

said that such dialogues 

should be held regularly 

bring public-private sectors 

on one platform and develop 

consensus on economic 

policies. 

Dr. Farid Ahmed Piracha 

Deputy Ameer of Jamaat-e- 

Islami, MNAs Asad Umar 

and Abdul Rashid Godil, 

Anwar Saifullah, ArifJeewa 

Chairman ABAD, Zahid 

Latif Khan President 

Rawalpindi Chamber, Haji 

Manzoor Elahi President 

Haripur Chamber, Anila 

Fatima of Islamabad 

Women Chamber, Farhan 

Razzaq Dar President 

Jhelum Chamber, Vice 

President of Gujrat 

Chamber and representatives 

of various other 

Chambers of Commerce & 

Industry also spoke at the 

occasion and stressed that 

government should bring 

drastic reforms in taxation 

system to make it simplified 

and easy for compliance for 

a common taxpayer. 

KCCI’s delegation to 

Research report on 'The Reality of depart for Mauritius 

on February 26 

CPEC: Facts Vs Fiction' launched 

KARACHI: In 

Aker Energy buys Hess Ghana 

business, expects first oil in 2021 

OSLO: Norwegian billionaire 

Kjell Inge Roekke’s 

Aker Energy plans “significant” 

oil exploration and 

production in Ghana after a 

$100 million deal to buy 

Hess Corporation’s 

(HES.N) business there. 

Aker Energy said the 

proposed transaction, which 

is subject to approval from 

Ghanaian authorities, gives 

it a 50-percent stake in the 

ultra deepwater Tano Cape 

Three Points block which 

holds an estimated 550 million 

barrels of oil equivalent 

and has the potential for a 

further 400 million barrels. 

Aker (AKER.OL), 

Roekke’s main listed 

investment vehicle, owns 

50 percent of Aker Energy, 

while TRG, his privately 

held holding company, 

owns the remainder. 

Aker Energy plans to 

present a development plan 

for the block this year, with 

production from the West 

African country expected to 

start in 2021. 

“Ghana is still in the 

early days of developing 

its oil and gas resources, 

so for us, it means we can 

quickly build up there at a 

very exciting price,” Aker 

CEO Oeyvind Eriksen 

told Reuters on the sidelines 

of an earnings presentation. 

Eriksen likened the 

Ghanaian field to the 

Johan Castberg field in the 

Norwegian Arctic as both 

have a break even price 

lower than $35 per barrel. 

Brent crude LCOc1 was 

trading at around $65 on 

Monday. 

National Australia Bank cuts 1000 

jobs despite $5.3 billion profit 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: The National 

Australia Bank (NAB) has started cutting 

1000 jobs - the first of 6000 positions to 

go over the next three years. The bank 

yesterday confirmed the cuts were beginning. 

"The proposed new structure will 

reduce the layers and complexity in the 

bank so that we can be simpler, make 

decisions faster and be even closer to our 

customers," said the NAB's Chief People 

Officer, Lorraine Murphy. 

NAB last year announced it planned to 

save $1 billion by 2020 through automation. 

The announcement was made at the 

same time the bank recorded a $5.3 billion 

profit. 

The rise of on-line banking means 

branches are considered most likely to 

bear the brunt of cuts, as well as middlemanagement. 

One thousand job cuts will 

be announced each half of the year for the 

next three years. 

However, the bank is also in the 

process of hiring 2000 more staff with 

skills in Digital Technology. Existing 

staff will be offered the chance to apply 

for transition training to other roles, or 

redundancy. 

Tens of thousands of jobs in the banking 

sector are considered vulnerable in 

the next few years. 

PM Youth 

Programme’s 

beneficiaries 

cross 1.1 m 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister, Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi has said that youth 

programme, initiated in 

2013, was reflective of the 

priorities of PML-N government 

to help the youth in 

becoming the most productive 

asset of the society. 

This he said during a 

briefing given by 

Chairperson Prime 

Minister’s Youth 

Programme at Prime 

Minister’s Office . 

Leila Khan, Chairperson 

Prime Minister’s Youth 

Programme briefed the 

Prime Minister on the 

achievements of various 

schemes of Prime Minister’s 

Youth Programme. 

response to the invitation 

extended by the Mauritian 

President Dr. Ameenah 

Gurib-Fakim, a high-level 

trade delegation from the 

Karachi Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry 

(KCCI) will be departing 

for Mauritius on February 

26, 2018 to not only 

explore Trade and 

Investment opportunities 

between the two countries 

and the neighboring countries 

of Mauritius but also 

seek ways and means of 

how to effectively penetrate 

into the huge African 

Market via Mauritius. 

KCCI’s delegation, 

being led by its Vice 

President M. Rehan Hanif, 

will hold numerous meetings 

including meetings 

with the Mauritian 

President, Office Bearers 

of Mauritian Chamber of 

Commerce, representatives 

of Greenwich 

University in Mauritius, 

Pakistan’s High 

Commission and other 

important meetings with 

the Mauritian business and 

industrial community. 

Vice President KCCI 

Rehan Hanif, while commenting 

on the forthcoming 

visit of KCCI’s delegation 

to Mauritius, said that 

the first and foremost purpose 

is enhance the existing 

meager trade volume 

between the two countries 

and review the feasibility 

of routing Pakistani goods 

to African countries via 

Mauritius. 

“Asaan Shaadi” 

expo concludes 

Staff Report 

KARACHI: The 

Wedding Expo Karachi 

2018 concluded at Karachi 

Expo Centre which was 

committed to bringing 

Pakistan’s most renowned 

wedding exhibitors together 

on one platform. 

Nadia Hussain who is 

the Event Ambassador and 

Supporting Partner and the 

spokesperson at TWEK 

2018 added that really it 

was an ideal opportunity 

for people who were out 

there preparing for their 

wedding. An event like this 

makes life a lot easier for 

those running around in 

different directions to find 

the right people to make 

their wedding memorable. 

We, at Wedding Expo provided 

them all the facilities 

in one place.” 

According to organizers 

the concept behind the 

wedding show is to facilitate 

the general public in 

making wedding shopping 

as convenient as possible. 

Hasan Zia said that the 

idea was very simple. We 

wanted to make life easier 

for the people who are 

arranging their own or a 

loved one’s wedding. We 

all know how stressful 

Pakistani weddings can 

be so the purpose of the 

“Asaan Shaadi” is that it 

promises to bring everything 

together under one 

roof for the attendees. We 

have exhibitors from various 

industries coming 

together to assist attendees 

in making their wedding 

as effortless as possible. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

OGDCL net sales revenue increased 

by 18 percent to Rs. 95.960 bn 

ISLAMABAD: Oil & Gas Development Company Limited 

(OGDCL) net sales revenue increased by 18% to Rs 95.960 billion 

compared to Rs 81.081 billion in the corresponding period of 

last year. Profit after tax stood at Rs 36.671 billion compared to Rs 

30.008 billon in the same quarter. This translated into earnings per 

share of Rs 8.53. 

This was stated in the Board of Directors of Oil & Gas Development Company 

Limited (OGDCL) in its 200th meeting held on 19th February, 2018 at OGDCL 

Head Office Islamabad. 

The Board announced the financial results for the second quarter ended 31st 

December, 2017. 

It stated in meeting that Company’s net sales revenue increased by 18% to Rs 

95.960 billion compared to Rs 81.081 billion in the corresponding period of last 

year. Profit after tax stood at Rs 36.671 billion compared to Rs 30.008 billon in the 

same quarter. This translated into earnings per share of Rs 8.53. 

The Board of Directors announced second interim cash dividend of Rs 3.00 per 

share (30%). The cash dividend will be paid to the shareholders whose names will 

appear in the Register of Members on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. 

During the period under review, the Company paid Rs 7.977 billion on the 

account of Taxes. On the exploration and development side, Company made significant 

progress in seismic and drilling activities. 

The Board of Directors appreciated the efforts of the management for ensuring 

production enhancement and significant exploratory work during the period. 

MCB-ArifHabib Savings and Investments 

Ltd sign agreement with Covalent to bring 

1LINK enabled PayPak Debit Card 

KARACHI: MCB-ArifHabib Savings and Investments Limited (MCB-AH) has 

signed an agreement with Covalent Pvt Limited an Access Group and TPS Joint 

Venture to launch Pakistan’s First mutual fund with 1LINK enabled PayPak Debit 

Card. 

This technology partnership will enable MCB-AH Investors to withdraw cash 

from any 1LINK enabled ATM and perform transactions at merchants just like a regular 

debit card in Pakistan. 

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Saqib Saleem, CEO,MCB-AH said "This is a 

ground-breaking innovation for the mutual funds industry of Pakistan. With the collaboration 

with Covalent and support of 1LINK we are pleased to bring this service 

that will change the transactional dynamics and most importantly bring ease and 

convenience to our customers." 

Sharing the inspiration at the signing ceremony, Mr. Imran Qureshi, CEO, 

Covalentsaid, “Our collaboration with MCB-ArifHabib Savings and Investments 

Limitedis the first of its kind in the mutual fund industry of Pakistan. We are enormously 

proud that the liquidity paradigm for mutual funds investors will be redefined, 

where cash withdrawals and purchase will be instant. Investors can now be 

assured that their savings are available to them as and when they need funds. 

Engro Corporation and Liberty Mills Ltd. join 

hands to implement its successful water projects 

KARACHI: In line with its core values of giving back to the country, Pakistan’s 

largest conglomerate, Engro Corporation and its existing power-sector partner, 

Liberty Mills Ltd. signed an MoU with Punjab Board of Investments and Trade 

(PBIT). The MoU was signed between the two firms to jointly work towards providing 

solutions and develop water infrastructure projects across the country. The 

MoU was signed by Nadir Salar Qureshi – Chief Strategy Officer, Engro 

Corporation – and Jahanzaib Burana, Chief Executive Officer, PBIT at the PBIT 

headquarters. 

Engro Corporation has had tremendous success in implementing an innovative 

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) solution to the water-crisis at Thar with the help of 

the Government of Sindh. Capitalizing upon its footprint at Thar and the experience 

gained from it, Engro Corp., Liberty Mills Ltd and PBIT will jointly explore ways 

to implement various water-related projects in Lahore and Faisalabad. 

Engro Corporation has always strived to uphold its core values as a responsible 

entity and constantly looks for innovative partnerships and solutions to meaningful 

problems that reverberate and impact our country positively. 

Jubilee Life extends its support to RoshanRahain’s 

Financial Literacy Program “HisaabKitaab” 

K A R A C H I : 

RoshanRahain an ambitious 

young, non-profit organization 

is committed to educating 

children using alternate forms 

of art and has launched firstof-a-kind 

financial literacy 

program in Pakistan with support 

from Jubilee Life 

Insurance. The Program will 

teach children about the 

importance of savings, techniques of managing day-to-day transactions, handling 

cash and much more using the medium of music and other engaging activities along 

with roleplaying. 

Pakistan has the lowest financial access in the world. About 100 million adults in 

Pakistan (roughly about 80% of country’s population) don’t have access to formal 

and regulated financial services. This number accounts for about 5% of the world’s 

unbanked population, which stands at 2 billion, as per the World Bank (WB). The 

lack of financial access creates multiple problems for peopleincluding having to face 

financial shocks, unexpected expenses and being excluded from savings services. 

KARACHI: Muhammad Naeem Shairf, Chairman Travel Agents Association of 

Pakistan TAAP presenting a crest to the Director General Tourism Malaysia. The 

Representatives of Toursim Malaysia and TAAP are also seen in the picture.

PSL 3 trophy to be unveiled 

in Dubai tomorrow 


Sportlight 

7 

Girls Sports Tournament 

kicks off at SU 

LAHORE: The wait for the 

third edition of the Pakistan 

Super League (PSL) is almost 

over: before the cricketing 

action gets underway from 

February 22, a ceremony to 

unveil the glittering winners’ 

trophy will be held in Dubai on 

Tuesday (tomorrow). 

The silverware for the 

tournament will be unveiled 

to the public at the Dubai 

International Stadium. 

According to sources, the trophy 

will be brought to the 

venue via a helicopter, from 

where it will be received by 

Opening ceremony of Quaid-e-Azam 6th Shaheen 

Open Inter Schools Taekwondo Championship 2018 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Mr. Guhar 

Yaqoob Khan Chairman of 

Karachi Academy and 

Mam Sabahat Principal of 

Karachi Academy was a 

Opening Chief guest of 

championship for ribbon 

cutting ceremony at the 

same time Chief Organizer 

Muhammad Shahbaz with 

Shaheen Taekwondo 

Officials Sumiara Syed 

South Asian Gold medalist, 

National Players 

Sameer, ahmed, mannan, 

faiqa, fabiha, maira, 

shamza, mansha, hamza, 

kashan, ans, tehseen, anas, 

zain, muneeb, hamza ali, 

huxaifa mehmood, 

Hassan, talha, meran, 

wahab, nasar, rameez, 

umaima and Special 

Guests from Hyderabad 

Mr. Amir Khifayat , Mr. 

Rizwan Bhatti, Miss 

Sadaf, Mr. Faisal Khan and 

from Karachi Mr. Rashid 

Naseem ( gunnies world 

record holder) and his students, 

Master Laique 

Sultan, Mr. Farukkh 

Kamal (Intl. Table Tennis 

Player), Mr. Usman ali 

Khan, Mr. Salman Ali 

Khan all Coaches, schools 

teachers also present there. 

They all said that it was 

a fantabulous championship 

even crowd also 

give their positive comments 

for championship, 

there is a lot of crowd and 

participations from 

Karachi and Hyderabad 

more than 500 students of 

15 schools took part in this 

championship in which 

male and female both players 

are included in event 

competitions of fights, 

breaking, poomsae & team 

competitions, he used to 

organized this annual 

Shaheen Taekwondo 

Muguruza to play in Birmingham 

before Wimbledon title defense 

B I R M I N G H A M : 

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 

will prepare for the 

defense of her Wimbledon 

title by playing the 

Birmingham Classic on 

grass in June, the tournament 

organizers said on 

Monday. 

Two-times grand slam 

winner Muguruza, who 

defeated Venus Williams 

to claim her maiden 

Wimbledon title, will join 

British number one 

Johanna Konta and twice 

Wimbledon champion 

Petra Kvitova in the field 

at Edgbaston Priory Club. 

“Winning my first 

Wimbledon title was so 

special and I can’t wait to 

play in front of British 

crowds again,” the world 

number three, who reached 

the semifinals in 

Birmingham last year, said 

in a statement. 

Kvitova is the defending 

champion at the WTA 

Premier tournament, 

which will be played from 

June 16-24. 

The event precedes the 

Eastbourne International, 

which is a last chance for 

players to fine-tune their 

grasscourt game before 

Wimbledon. 

PTCL to sponsor PSL’s 

Islamabad United franchise 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s 

Company Limited (PTCL) 

has also jumped into the 

bandwagon of sponsors of 

Pakistan Super League as it 

has announced its official 

partnership with Islamabad 

United for the third edition 

of Pakistan Super League 

(PSL), which is scheduled to 

explode into action from 

February 22 in Dubai. 

This was announced during 

the signing ceremony 

held at PTCL Headquarters, 

Islamabad, where team kit 

was also unveiled. Players 

representing Islamabad 

United will wear shirts with 

PTCL logo on the back. 

Ali Naqvi, the owner of 

Islamabad United, visited 

PTCL Headquarters, along 

with the team players in 

Islamabad on Friday, 

February 16, 2018. He 

signed the partnership agreement 

with PTCL President 

and CEO, Dr. Daniel Ritz. 

Other senior executives of 

PTCL were also present on 

the occasion. 

Dr. Daniel Ritz said 

‘PTCL is very happy to 

partner with Islamabad 

United for the 2nd year in a 

row. PTCL as a Pakistani 

company is always in the 

forefront to sponsor sporting 

events in the country. We 

recently sponsored Pakistan 

Cricket team and Pakistan 

Hockey team and will now 

be playing our role in PSL 3. 

As a truly national company, 

we support Islamabad 

United and its theme of 

‘United we Win’. We wish 

Islamabad United all the 

best and hope it will win the 

PSL again like it did in the 

inaugural season’. 

Speaking at the signing 

ceremony, the owner 

Islamabad United Ali Naqvi 

said, “Every Pakistani has 

love of cricket in the country, 

nothing unites this nation 

as cricket does. 

championship every year 

to aware the students and 

for prepare the students for 

next level to promote martial 

arts of grass root level 

of Pakistan. 

Chief Organizer Master 

Muhammad Shahbaz said 

Special Thanks from his 

deep of his heart to print 

Media, Electronic Media. 

He said media support me 

and me academy and federation. 

I am very happy 

and thankful of K21 News 

Channel for their great 

media coverage in this 

event with print and electronic 

media because 

media always support me 

and my team and their parents, 

my friends, my taekwondo 

friends, my students, 

all schools, all 

guests, all judges, Karachi 

Academy management 

and MIDasia foundation 

Academy management. 

RLCA thrashes 

Canadian 

cricket team 

KARACHI: Canadian 

Seniors cricket team was 

defeated by seven wickets 

by Rashid Latif Cricket 

Academy (RLCA) in their 

last match of the Karachi 

leg of Pakistan tour here at 

the UBL Sports Complex. 

According to the information 

made available by 

the Pakistan Veterans 

Cricket Association 

(PVCA) here on Monday, 

visiting 15-member squad 

of over 40 cricketers the 

will now be moving to 

Lahore where they will be 

playing matches against 

Lahore Gymkhana, Turk 

Plast, Amar Cables and 

Punjab Veterans before 

returning home on 

February 23. 

Electing to bat first, 

after winning the toss, the 

visitors could not recover 

after losing wickets 

upfront. Half of their side 

was back in the hut with 

only 62 runs on board and 

they were eventually 

bowled out for 148 on the 

last ball of the innings. 

Skipper Talal Iqbal, 

whose brilliant knock 

against Gold Bridge Media 

had earned the visitors 

only victory of the tour so 

far, extended his fine form 

as he remained undefeated 

on 45 off 28 balls with the 

help of six boundaries. 


KARACHI: The special 

gold coin was used for the 

toss before the commencement 

of the second T-20 

match played at the Sylhet 

International Cricket 

Stadium. This was 

revealed by Nizamuddin 

Chaudhary, the CEO : 

Bangladesh Cricket Board 

(BCB). 

Speaking exclusively, 

he said, "the special gold 

coin used for the toss, 

which was made to commemorate 

the first ever 

international game played 

the captains of the PSL 

teams. Defending champions 

Peshawar Zalmi skipper 

Darren Sammy will then 

carry the trophy to the ceremony. 

The event will be 

attended by the managements 

and owners of the PSL 

franchises, along with top 

officials from the Pakistan 

Cricket Board. 

The opening ceremony 

for the tournament will be 

held on February 22, ahead 

of the first match between 

Peshawar Zalmi and debutants 

Multan Sultans. 

Mehrullah, Abid 

score hat-tricks 

in Balochistan 

Football Cup 

KARACHI: Mehrullah 

of Duki and Abid Ali of Sibi 

scored hat-tricks for their 

respective sides identical 5- 

1 victories in the divisional 

qualifying rounds of PPL 

Balochistan Football Cup 

2018, which kicked-off on 

February 17 at Quetta, 

Kalat, Makran, Sibi, Zhob 

and Naseerabad. 

Exciting games were 

witnessed during the first 

two days by a large number 

of football lovers at all districts. 

Duki, Pasni City, Ziarat, 

Lehri and Kharan emerged 

winners, while the match 

between Chagai and Pishin 

resulted in a draw on the 

first day of the tournament. 

The highlight of the day 

was the match at Zhob 

Division between Loralai 

and Duki. With a first hattrick 

of the tournament by 

Mehrullah and excellent 

goals by Rozi Khan, Duki 

knocked out Loralai with a 

large margin of 5-1. Saleem 

from Loralai managed the 

only goal for his team. 

Mehrullah was awarded 

Man of the Match for his 

outstanding performance. 

On the second day, eight 

matches were played 

around all six divisions with 

a thrilling match between 

Sibi and Dera Bugti. Sibi 

emerged winner by defeating 

Dera Bugti by 5-1. Abid 

Ali of Sibi was Man of the 

Match with his three goals 

and an overall excellent performance 

that outplayed 

Dera Bugti’s defence. 


KARACHI: Chairman 

PCB Mr. Najam Sethi and 

Dr. Umar Saif founding Vice 

Chancellor Information 

Technology University of 

the Punjab (ITU) have 

signed Memorandum of 

Understanding (MoU) to use 

Insights a unique match 

analysis and scoring facility 

developed free of cost by 

ITU for upcoming edition of 

HBL Pakistan Super League 

(PSL) and Domestic matches 

in Pakistan including 

Quaid-e-Azam trophy, 

Pakistan Cup, etc. 

The system has been 

developed by project lead 

Talha Rehmani and his team 

with input and guidance 

from cricket experts like 

JAMSHORO: The 

inter-departmental girls’ 

sports competitions have 

commenced at University 

of Sindh, main campus at 

Jamshoro. VC-SU Prof. 

Dr. Fateh Muhammad 

Burfat inaugurated the 

tournament at Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) 

Ground of the varsity yesterday. 

These competitions 

are scheduled to continue 

for one entire week. The 

tournament contains popular 

sports features including 

cricket, tug of war, 

table tennis, throw ball and 

other such games. 

In his inaugural 

remarks on the occasion, 


MULTAN: PCB 

Blasters came back strongly 

to register a 98 runs win 

over PCB Challengers in 

the ongoing Triangular One 

Day Women's Cricket 

Tournament 2018 being 

organised at Multan 

Stadium. 

Blasters lost their previous 

match by three wickets 

to PCB Dynamites. 

Blasters having elected 

to bat had their main batter 

national player Kainat 

Imtiaz develop her team's 

total to 180 in 50 overs. 

Kainat on her part 

remained not out at 75 and 

found support in Muneeba 

Ali who scored 25 runs She 

also timed eleven boundaries. 

Nashra Sandhu had 

two victims and Noreen 

Yaqoob got one. 

Challengers in their 

reply failed to meet the 

demand of time and were 

bundled out at 82 in 30.1 

VC-SU Dr. Burfat said that 

sports were an emblem of 

a healthy thriving society 

as the same played a significant 

part not only in 

helping one maintain a 

healthy personal profile 

but also brought into being 

a society that resonated 

with health, hygiene and 

progress. 

“Sports act as an invincible 

protective shield 

against ailments, you 

should integrate sports to 

your academic lives”, 

urged VC Burfat on the 

youth present on the occasion. 

Dr. Burfat said that curricular, 

co-curricular and 

overs. Sidra Amin and 

Iram Javed were the only 

to reach double figures. 

Ruman Shamim with 

four wicket did the main 

damage. 

Summarized Scores: 

PCB BLASTERS 180-7 

in 50 overs: (Kainat Imtiaz 

75*, 97 balls, 11x4s, 

Muneeba Ali 25, 48 balls, 

3x4s, Nashra Sandhu 2-36, 

Noreen Yaqoob 1-15) 

PCB CHALLENGERS 

82 all out in 30.1 overs: 

(Sidra Amin 32, 58 balls, 

3x4s, Iram Javed 15, 32 

extra-curricular episodes 

together constituted a 

vibrant campus life. He 

added that he was delighted 

to behold firsthand 

oversized number of girls 

excitedly and boldly participating 

in sports. 

“As varsity Vice- 

Chancellor, I am fully 

alive to my pleasant obligation 

of providing you 

with the best possible 

sports facilities amid complete 

peace, harmony and 

fully supportive environs”, 

said Dr. Burfat to the girls 

players. Dr. Burfat eulogized 

the efforts Director 

Sports (Girls) Ms. 

Mukhtiar Bhatti. 

PCB Blasters make a 

strong comeback 

Inzamam ul Haq, legendary 

Pakistan batsman and current 

chief selector of 

Pakistan cricket team, and 

MushtaqAhmed, head coach 

of National Cricket academy. 

Detailed evaluation sessions 

were conducted with 

these mentors and PCB support 

staff such as analysts, 

scorers, trainers and other 

coaches. 

Speaking on the occasion 

Chairman PCB Mr. Najam 

Sethi said: "I am thankful to 

Dr. Saif and his team for their 

outstanding work, PCB 

understands the importance 

of modern technology and 

it's value for cricket both at 

the highest and grassroot levels. 

I am hopeful that this 

balls, 3x4s, Ramin Shamim 

4-12) 

Result: PCB 

BLASTERS won the match 

by 98 Runs. 

Player of the Match: 

Kainat Imtiaz and Ramin 

Shamim 

(PCB 

BLASTERS) 

Toss: PCB BLASTERS 

won the toss and elected to 

bat first 

Umpires: Nadeem Iqbal 

& Irfan Dilshad 

Referee: Ali Naqvi 

Scorer: Muhammad 

Akbar. 

PCB-ITU enter mou for android cricket application 

at Sylhet". 

"This was the first bilateral 

match between the 

two countries, though we 

have hosted the ICC 

(International Cricket 

Conference) event match 

in the past and whenever 

the first international 

match is hosted at the new 

venue in our country, we 

prepare a special coin and 

it was no exception this 

time". 

One side of the coin has 

an image of the Si Lanka 

Cricket (SLC) with its 

team logo. 

The gold coin (weight 

not known) was tossed in 

the air and won by the 

home captain Mohammad 

Mahmudullah when the 

visiting captain Dinesh 

platform will help us compete 

better at the international 

level and more importantly 

in the analysis of the skills 

of our players in their developmental 

phase." 

Chairman PITB and 

Advisor to CM Punjab Dr. 

Umar Saif said: "Its a huge 

step towards digitization of 

cricket in the country and I 

hope that the platform helps 

Pakistan cricket especially 

since we are set to become 

the pioneers of providing 

such a facility at the grassroot 

level." Insights is an 

expert player profiling system 

developed by research 

team from Information 

Technology University, 

Lahore, Pakistan (ITU) for 

Pakistan Cricket Board. 

Sri Lankan team gets gold coin replica 

Chandimal did not call it 

correctly in the presence of 

match-referee David 

Boon. 

"The original tossed 

coin has not been handeed 

over to either captain but 

will be treasured in the 

BCB custody", the CEO 

added. 

However, he added, 

"the replica of the coin has 

been handed over to the 

visiting team", he signed 

off. Sri Lankan team made 

205 runs (4 wickets) in 20 

overs and won the match 

by 75 runs.

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Australia, US, India and Japan in talks 

to counter China’s spreading influence 

SYDNEY: Australia, the 

United States, India and 

Japan are talking about 

establishing a joint regional 

infrastructure scheme as an 

alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar 

Belt and Road 

Initiative in an attempt to 

counter Beijing’s spreading 

influence, the Australian 

Financial Review reported 

on Monday, citing a senior 

U.S. official. 

The unnamed official 

was quoted as saying the 

plan involving the four 

regional partners was still” 

nascent “and won’t be ripe 

enough to be announced’ 

during Australian Prime 

Minister Turnbull’s visit to 

the United States later this 

week.” 

The official said, however, 

that the project was on 

the agenda for Turnbull’s 

talks with U.S. President 

Donald Trump during that 

trip and was being seriously 

discussed. The source 

added that the preferred terminology 

was to call the 

plan an “alternative” to 

China’s Belt and Road 

Initiative, rather than a 

“rival.” 

“No one is saying China 

should not build infrastructure,” 

the official was quoted 

as saying. “China might 

build a port which, on its 

own is not economically 

viable. We could make it 

economically viable by 

building a road or rail line 

linking that port.” 

Representatives for 

Turnbull, Foreign Minister 

Julie Bishop and Trade 

Minister Steven Ciobo did 

not immediately respond to 

requests for comment. 

Japanese Chief Cabinet 

Secretary Yoshihide Suga, 

asked at a news conference 

about the report of fourway 

cooperation, said 

Japan, the United States, 

Australia and India regularly 

exchange views on 

issues of common interest. 

“It is not the case that 

this is to counter China’s 

Belt and Road,” he said. 

Imran Khan’s wife to stay away from politics 

ISLAMABAD: PTI 

chief Imran Khan's new 

wife has decided to stay 

away from politics and will 

not take part in PTI meetings 

or rallies. 

According to details 

revealed by sources from 

within the party, Bushra 

Bibi's children will stay 

with their father while she 

takes up residence at Bani 

Gala with the cricketerturned-politician. 

Bushra Bibi will continue 

to remain at Bani Gala 

and will live a private life 

away from the public glare. 

Former PTI General 

Secretary Jahangir Tareen 

said that Imran Khan's decision 

to marry was a private 

affair and wished the couple 

a happy life. "I would 

advise opponents not to 

indulge in politics when it 

comes to Khan's marriage," 

said Tareen. Jahangir 

Tareen also refuted claims 

made by a journalist that 

Imran Khan's marriage had 

taken place earlier. The senior 

PTI leader said that 

Imran had married on 

Sunday evening and said 

that it was really unfortunate 

that some people were 

criticising Imran on an issue 

that was entirely personal. 

Meanwhile, senior PTI 

leader Naeem Bokhari 

reacted to the marriage by 

stating that love was not 

bound by virus. 

Rumours finally died 

down about the third wedding 

of Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran 

Khan on Sunday as the 

party confirmed that the 

PTI chief had married 

Bushra Manika. 

PTI spokesman Fawad 

Chaudhry, while speaking 

Research-oriented effort needed 

to control UFG: Chairman SSGC 

KARACHI: Chief Guest Lt. General Javed Zia (R), Chairman SSGC speaking at the 

Passing Out Ceremony of the workshop on 'Combating on the menace of UFG' at 

Dawood University of Engineering and Technology. Members of SSGC's top management 

includingAmin Rajput, Acting MD, Irfan Zafar, SGM (UFG) and Brig. Mohammad 

Abuzar (R), DG (SS & CGTO) also participated in the Ceremony. 

K A R A C H I : 

Unaccounted-for-Gas (UFG) 

or line losses is a major menace 

SSGC and SNGPL have 

been facing for long time 

with the result that both the 

companies are facing financial 

losses and Pakistan’s 

economy is being impacted 

in a major way. 

This was stated by Lt. 

General Javed Zia (R), 

Chairman, SSGC while 

speaking as the chief guest at 

the passing out ceremony of 

the Dawood University 

Engineering Technology 

(DUET) workshop entitled 

‘Combating the menace of 

UFG’ in which a number of 

DUET graduates and students 

participated. A number 

of students presented their 

papers on different aspects of 

UFG to whom the Chairman 

conferred certificates. 

The SSGC Chairman 

said that Pakistan’s fortunes 

can change for the better due 

to the country’s youth and 

stressed that research-oriented 

collaboration should be 

encouraged between SSGC 

and DUET to help combat 

UFG. He said that in order to 

control the rising UFG trend, 

SSGC would be receptive to 

any idea suggested by DUET 

to control UFG. 

Chairman, SSGC complimented 

DUET’s Vice 

Chancellor Dr. Faizullah 

Abbasi and his team for 

bringing into the forefront 

the important issue of UFG 

through this workshop. He 

stressed on the need for 

analyzing the factors causing 

the phenomenon of 

UFG so that it can be better 

controlled. 

Zainab case: Plea to execute suspect 

Imran in public submitted in LHC 

LAHORE: A petition on 

Monday has been submitted 

in Lahore High Court 

(LHC) to execute suspect 

Imran Ali, who raped and 

murdered seven-year-old 

Zainab, in public. 

Advocate Ishtiaq 

Chaudhry filed the plea, 

stating that there is a need to 

amend the law to hang the 

suspect in public as per section 

22. 

Imran should be executed 

at the same place where 

minor’s body was recovered, 

he added. 

Earlier on Saturday, an 

anti-terrorism court (ATC) 

had handed over four counts 

of death penalty to accused 

Imran Ali in seven-year-old 

Zainab’s rape and murder 

case. The verdict was 

announced by ATC judge 

Sajjad Ahmed at Kot 

Lakhpat Jail. 

Imran was handed four 

separate death sentences 

after being convicted of the 

rape and murder of Zainab, 

as well as terrorism charges, 

prosecutor general of 

Punjab province Ihtesham 

Qadir said after a special 

anti-terrorism court passed 

its judgement. 

The prosecutors said he 

received further life imprisonment 

and fines totalling 

3.2 million rupees ($30,000) 

for additional charges of 

hiding his victim s body. 

The suspect can file an 

appeal against the decision 

within 15 days, he added. 

One million rupees of the 

fine would be given in compensation 

to Zainab’s family, 

public prosecutor Abdul 

Rauf Wattoo said. 

Seven-year-old Zainab 

went missing on January 4 

on her way back to home 

from maternal aunt’s house. 

On January 8, her body was 

found in a garbage dump in 

the city of Kasur. 

Zainab had marks of torture 

on nose, neck, and other 

parts of the body and was 

raped before murder, 

revealed medical report. 

to private TV, confirmed 

that Khan’s nikah was 

solemnised today by Mufti 

Saeed, a member of PTI 

core committee. 

Mufti Saeed was also the 

nikah khawan when Imran 

publicly entered into marriage 

with Reham Khan on 

January 8, 2015 amid 

reports of secret nikah in 

November 2014. 

Fawad Chaudhry further 

said that the PTI chief tied 

the knot in an intimate and 

simple ceremony, adding 

that details about Valima 

would be announced later. 

Amid govt retaliation 

to political opponents, 

India busy in water 

aggression 

ISLAMABAD: While 

the government is engaged in 

retaliating to its political 

opponents, arch rival India is 

busy in water aggression. 

India has started stealing 

water of Jehlum river after 

Ravi and Chenab while 

water level in Mangla and 

Terbela dams is decreasing 

gradually and it is being 

feared that both the dams 

would reach at dead level 

during the next ten days, 

sources said. 

Inspite of this critical situation, 

Indus River System 

Authority is silent over this 

worsening situation while due 

to nap of the Inuds water commission, 

India has almost stole 

water of river Jehlum and 

started filling Kashan Ganga 

dam. It is for the first time in 

the history that river Jehlum is 

nearer to dry while water of 

Jehlum is being stealing to fill 

Kashan ganga dam. 

SEHWAN: Sindh is the 

land of peace, love and Sufi 

saints as it is important to 

spread the message of religious 

tolerance and peaceful 

co-existence here. 

This was stated by 

speakers who addressed a 

colourful gathering of over 

Japan, meanwhile, plans 

to use its official development 

assistance (ODA) to 

promote a broader “Free 

and Open Indo-Pacific 

Strategy” including “highquality 

infrastructure”, 

according to a summary 

draft of its 2017 white 

paper on ODA. The Indo- 

Pacific strategy has been 

endorsed by Washington 

and is also seen as a counter 

to the Belt and Road 

Initiative. 

First mentioned during a 

speech by Chinese 

President Xi Jinping’s to 

university students in 

Kazakhstan in 2013, 

China’s Belt and Road plan 

is a vehicle for the Asian 

country to take a greater 

role on the international 

stage by funding and building 

global transport and 

trade links in more than 60 

countries. 

Afghan political 

crisis deepens as 

second governor 

refuses to resign 

KABUL: A governor 

in northern Afghanistan 

has become the second in 

the region to defy an 

order by President 

Ashraf Ghani to step 

down, deepening a political 

crisis facing the USbacked 

government in 

Kabul. 

Abdul Karim 

Khadam, the governor of 

northern Samangan 

province, was sacked 

along with four other 

provincial governors last 

week. 

But he followed Atta 

Mohammad Noor, the 

heavyweight governor of 

neighbouring 

province, who refused to 

leave office after he was 

also sacked in December. 


Government of Japan and 

the United Nations 

Development Programme 

(UNDP) signed an agreement 

to launch a US$ 3.9 

million initiative aiming to 

empower more than 20,000 

youth in Sindh and Khyber- 

Pakhtunkhwa provinces. 

This initiative will help 

improve employment 

prospects and promote social 

cohesion through positive 

interactions amongst young 

people in deprived communities, 

helping them participate 

actively in the socioeco- 

500 people who assembled 

at Shrine of Lal Shahbaz 

Qalandar the other day 

from all over the country to 

mark the first anniversary 

of bomb blast at the Shrine 

in Sehwan. The ceremony 

was held under the aegis of 

Tehrik-e-Niswan. 

Khawaja Asif leaves for 

Russia on 4-day visit 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Minister Khawaja 

Muhammad Asif has left for 

Russia on a four-day official 

visit at the invitation of his 

Russian counterpart Sergey 

Lavrov. 

During his stay in 

Moscow, Khawaja Asif is 

expected to hold talks with 

Sergey Lavrov on the entire 

spectrum of bilateral relations 

as well as regional and 

international issues of mutual 

interest, a Foreign Office 

statement here said on 

Monday. 

“The visit would provide 

an opportunity to explore 

ways and means to further 

strengthen cooperation in 

political, economic, trade 

and investment, defense, 

education and cultural 

fields,” the statement added. 

The Foreign Office said 

relations between the two 

countries had been growing 

steadily in all fields. 

Regular high level 

exchanges between the two 

countries in the last few 

MUMBAI: After 

showing off her caliber in 

two of her home production 

‘NH10’ and 

‘Phillauri’, Anushka 

Sharma is back with her 

third venture ‘Pari’. 

Her character and look 

in this upcoming horror 

film has had audience 

hooked 

in 

anticipation.Although not 

much is known about her 

character in the film and 

the storyline, if the trailer 

and screamers are anything 

to go by, Anushka 

seems to be playing a double 

role in the film. 

While we wait with 

bated breath to find that 

out, we managed to get 

some details about her 

character and her look. 

Speaking about the same, 

British Prosthetic designer 

Clover Woottoon stated, 

“There are many shades to 

Anushka’s character in 

‘Pari’. 

But, most importantly, 

we wanted people to forget 

Anushka the person, 

Balkh and think about Rukhsana 

(her character) alone. 

Anushka being a strikingly 

pretty face, we didn’t 

do too much with her. 

We just made her eyebrows 

bushier, added 

lenses and darkened the 

under eyes so that she 

looked more tired. We 

blurred the edge of her 

lips so that it looks drier 

years were a manifestation 

of mutual desire for translating 

political goodwill 

into a substantive and multidimensional 

partnership, 

it added. 

Pakistan and Russia are 

also celebrating the 70th 

anniversary of establishment 

of diplomatic relations 

this year. The two 

ministers had earlier met 

on the sidelines of the 

United Nations General 

Assembly session in New 

York in September 2017. 

Anushka Sharma is back 

with her third venture ‘Pari’ 

Those who participated 

in the gathering held a 

Kacheri (discussion) on the 

issues of love, peace fraternal 

sentiments, civilization, 

and cultural heritage of the 

land of Sindh. People sang 

songs on the same issues. 

Speakers said on the 

occasion that anniversary 

of Sehwan bomb blast had 

become a driving force, 

which made people from 

all over the country to 

assemble at the shrine to 

spread the message of love 

and peace for all. 

They said that followers 

and devotees who used to 

visit the Shrine didn’t 

belong to any specific religion 

or sect as they all stood 

for harmony, peace, and tolerance, 

in the society. 

They said the assembly 

of such a large number 

from people showed well 

that they would steadfastly 

resist any move to attack 

the rich and centuries-old 

culture of shrines, saints, 

and their devotees in Sindh. 

A large number of people 

especially attended the 

gathering from Karachi. 

Those who took part in the 

and that is literally all that 

we did. Depending on the 

scene requirements we 

made her cheeks a little 

pinker but that’s about 

it…nothing more was 

done and yet, she looked 

so different!” 

Japan, UNDP partner to support over 

20000 youth with skills training 

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, 

Takashi Kurai, and Country Director United Nations 

Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, Ignacio 

Artaza, shaking had after signed an agreement to 

launch a US$ 3.9 million initiative aiming to empower 

more than 20,000 youth in Sindh and Khyber- 

Pakhtunkhwa provinces. 

nomic development of 

Pakistan. 

Speaking at the occasion, 

Ignacio Artaza, Country 

Director UNDP Pakistan, 

said: “The challenges posed 

by the ‘youth bulge’ in 

Pakistan are immense. 

Almost 1.8 million jobs are 

required every year to 

absorb the growing number 

of young people entering 

thejob market. The youth 

represent the future of 

Pakistan, and this is a 

tremendous opportunity for 

which we are thankful to the 

Government of Japan. 

Over 500 people participated to commemorate 

first anniversary of Sehwan bomb blast 

gathering participated in a 

march from Dhammal 

chowk, ate Langer, and participated 

in the kacheri at 

the shrine on the issue of 

love, peace, and religious 

tolerance. 

Areeb Hassan sang 

songs on the occasion. 

Tehrik-e-Niswan President 

Sheema Kermani performed 

Dhammal on the 

occasion, which was 

actively participated by a 

large number of people. 

Local people and 

administration welcomed 

the gathering of people 

from all over country at the 

Shrine. 

Those who spoke at the 

Kacheri included Sheema 

Kermani, Tahira Abdullah, 

Advocate Dr Kalpana 

Devi, Kaleem Durrani, 

Peer Mudassir Shah, and 

Ammar Chandoo. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

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20 Feb 2018

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