7 April 2018

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former president 

Park for 24 years 

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CJP directs MD PIA 

to submit audited 

statements 

ISLAMABAD: CJP 

Mian Saqib Nisar has 

directed Managing 

Director (PIA) to submit 

audited statements / 

statements of accounts 

of PIA for the last ten 

years and to appear in 

person on 12.04.2018 at 

Islamabad. 

Moreover, all the 

Managing Directors of 

PIA, holding the charge 

in the last ten years have 

also been directed to 

appear in Supreme Court 

on above mentioned date 

Faisalabad police seek 

locals’ help to arrest 

rape, murder accused 

FAISALABAD: The 

police have sought help 

from locals for arrest of 

the murderers of a sixyear-old 

girl in 

Jaranwala and a 21-yearold 

woman in Dijkot 

cities of Faisalabad. 

As nearly a week has 

passed since two incidents 

occurred in the district, 

police has taken to 

social media asking public 

to cooperate with 

them to trace culprit(s). 

21-year-old woman, 

Abida, who was studying 

at Govt College 

University, Faisalabad 

went missing on Mar 25. 

Rao Anwar seeks 

addition of intelligence 

personnel in JIT 

ISLAMABAD: Sindh 

police officer Rao Anwar 

has expressed his lack of 

trust over the JIT constituted 

to investigate the 

extrajudicial killing of 

Naqeebullah Mehsud, 27, 

allegedly in a fake police 

encounter by him in 

Karachi. 

Rao Anwar through a 

petition filed in the 

Supreme Court on 

Thursday, sought inclusion 

of the officials of 

intelligence agencies in 

the investigation team. 

KABUL: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi and AfghanPresident Muhammad 

Ashraf Ghani Friday re-affirmed their 

resolve to build mutual trust and confidence 

by working closely for peace, prosperity and 

stability in their countries. 

The two leaders agreed that Afghanistan- 

Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and 

Solidarity (APAPPS) provided a useful 

framework for broad-based and structured 

engagement on all issues of mutual interest 

and decided to operationalize the five working 

groups under it. 

Prime Minister of Pakistan who arrived 

here on daylong visit on the invitation of 

President Ghani held one-on-one meeting, 

followed by high-level delegation level talks 

at Afghan Presidential Palace. 

The Prime Minister was accompanied by 

Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja 

Muhammad Asif, Minister for Interior 

Ahsan Iqbal, Governor Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra and 

National Security Adviser Nasser Khan 

Janjua. 

They discussed the entire gamut of Pak- 

Afghan ties including peace and reconciliation 

in Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, 

return of Afghan refugees, bilateral trade 

and regional connectivity. 

Both the leaders agreed that peace, prosperity 

and stability of the two countries are 

interlinked. 

KARACHI EDITION – Saturday, April 7, 2018, Rajab 20, 1439 

Pak, Afghan agree 

to work closely for 

peace, prosperity 

Won’t let terrorists use our soil against each other: Abbasi, Ghani 

KABUL: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi along with Afghan President 

Muhammad Ashraf Ghani standing in respect while the National Anthems of Pakistan 

and Afghanistan are played during the Guard of Honour Ceremony. 

They agreed that there was no military 

solution to the ongoing Afghan conflict and 

that the political solution was the best way 

forward. They called on the Taliban to 

respond positively to the peace offer and 

join the peace process without further delay. 

Prime Minister Abbasi welcomed 

Afghan President's vision for peace and reconciliation 

in Afghanistan and his offer of 

peace talks to Taliban. The two leaders reiterated 

that terrorism was a common enemy 

and a threat. 

They agreed not to allow their soils to be 

used for anti-state activities against each 

other. They re-affirmed their resolve to work 

together to address all issues of bilateral 

transit and trade between the two countries. 

They also expressed their firm resolve 

not to allow politics to affect their economic 

relationship which was important for the 

welfare of the peoples of the two countries. 

The two leaders re-affirmed their commitment 

to regional connectivity as they had 

done in Herat this year while jointly inaugurating 

the entry of Tajikistan Afghanistan, 

Pakistan and India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline 

from Turkmenistan into Afghanistan. 

They agreed to hold an early meeting of 

the Joint Economic Commission to take forward 

planning and implementation of key 

rail and road gas pipeline and energy projects 

that would integrate Pakistan and 

Afghanistan with the Central Asia. 

Zardari mafia’ exploiting 

people of Sindh: Imran 

PTI kicks of membership drive in Sindh: fails to pull big crowds 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

chairman Imran Khan said 

that the Zardari ‘mafia’ 

was exploiting the people 

of Sindh. 

Addressing party workers 

at several points on 

Friday, he said that there 

was more extreme poverty 

in Sindh than any other 

place in the world. 

Imran said that rural 

Sindh had more people 

mired in extreme poverty 

than Somalia. 

He said that the Sharif 

family should reveal their 

sources of income. 

About the Senate elections, 

Imran said he had 

succeeded in achieving his 

objectives. 

He said his next goal 

was the installation of an 

impartial caretaker government. 

Imran Khan also 

met leaders of local traders 

and farmers’ organizations. 

He also visited several 

camps set up for the 

party’s membership drive. 

HYDERABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan addressing a press conference at the residence 

of Javed Junejo in Qasimabad. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

Foreign Minister (FM) 

Khawaja Asif has said that 

India cannot resolve 

Kashmir Issue on ‘gun 

point’, which is next to 

impossible . 

The nation observed 

Kashmir Solidarity Day on 

Friday to condemn the 

fresh wave of Indian brutalities 

against innocent 

Kashmiris being perpetuated 

to stop their just struggle 

for securing their 

inalienable right to self 

determination. 

The people of Pakistan, 

Azad Jammu and Kashmir 

renewed their pledge to 

continue moral, political 

and diplomatic support to 

the oppressed Kashmir 

being brutally killed by 

Indian occupied forces 

without any remorse. 

The decision, taken by 

federal cabinet this week, 

to express solidarity with 

the people of occupied valley, 

who are struggling for 

winning the right to selfdetermination 

under 

United Nations resolutions. 

The day has the backing of 

all segments of society. 

At least 20 Kashmiri 

youth were martyred and 

around 200 injured in 

operations by Indian 

forces as well as subse- 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

India can’t resolve Kashmir 

issue at ‘gunpoint’ 

Nation observed Kashmir Solidarity Day with 

renewed pledges of continuing support 

Tax matter does 

not fall in the 

ambit of SC: CJP 

ISLAMABAD: Interim 

report about reduction in the 

price of medicines has been 

presented in Supreme Court 

(SC).. 

Chief Justice of Pakistan 

(CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar 

remarked “ parliament has to 

decide about imposing or 

removing the tax. Tax matter 

does not fall in the jurisdiction 

of the court. The court 

has to see the matters in 

accordance with laws which 

have been already enacted. 

He further observed “ it is my 

desire that what matters of 

public interest I have taken 

up I should go after disposing 

of them. Later you will go on 

chanting slogans that I went 

only after doing empty talks 

and I did nothing. 

Pakistan's 

biggest problem is 

corruption, says Siraj 

GUJRANWALA: Jamate-Islami 

leader Siraj-ul-Haq 

on Friday called corruption as 

'Pakistan's biggest problem'. 

Speaking in a public gathering, 

he said that today federal 

government's role is only 

restricted to imposing taxes 

and submitting bills. The JI 

leader said that no clergymen 

were named in the Panama 

documents. He said that an 

honest leadership is needed to 

end corruption in the country, 

adding that the religious leaders 

should come forward to 

serve the nation rather than 

confining themselves to 

become prayer leaders. 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Supreme Court formally 

began contempt of court 

proceedings against PML-N 

leader and State Minister for 

Interior Talal Chaudhry on 

Friday (today) for making 

contemptuous remarks 

quent anti-demonstration 

action in occupied 

Kashmir’s Islamabad and 

Shopian districts on 

Sunday last. 

The main aim of 

observing the day was to 

give the world a loud and 

clear message that the 

hearts of Pakistanis and 

Kashmiris throb in unison. 

Rallies, public meetings, 

functions and seminars 

were organized by 

various organization at the 

length and breadth of the 

country and Azad Kashmir 

to draw attention of the 

world community towards 

the plight of Kashmiris. 

PESHAWAR: Activists of Jammu and Kashmir Movement are holding protest demonstration 

against Muslims massacre in Kashmir. 

People will answer my call 

even if I'm in jail: Nawaz 

Hearing of Avenfield reference against Sharif family adjourned till April 9 

ISLAMABAD: PML (N) leader 

Nawaz Sharif has said that being behind 

bars cannot stop him from leading his 

people. He said he does not want any 

such situation, but if it does occur, people 

will respond to his call even if he is sent 

to jail. 

Talking to media outside NAB court, he 

demanded an open trial so that there is no 

confusion or equivocation regarding his 

GHOTKI: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on 

Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman 

Imran Khan voted for Pakistan Peoples 

Party (PPP) in the Senate elections despite 

saying he will not. 

“Imran Khan indulges in politics of lies. 

He said he will not vote for PPP in Senate 

elections but voted for our candidate for 

deputy Senate chairman,” the PPP chairman 

said while addressing the media in Mirpur 

Mathelo. 

Bilawal said that his party will never 

compromise on the 18th amendment and 

case. He said he will meet the PM tomorrow 

and suggest him this. 

He further said that the NAB ordinance 

was made to target politicians. “When I was 

Attock Jail, NAB was formed,” he informed. 

He supported the democratic process and 

said that he does not want any mishap in the 

country. He said he wants to see the process 

of development not getting interrupted by 

any force. 

No compromise on 18th amendment 

Imran voted for PPP in Senate elections 

despite saying he won't: Bilawal 

GHOTKI: Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari offers Dua after 

unveiling the plaque during Flag Hoisted Ceremony at Khalidabad. 

against the judiciary. 

Headed by Justice Ejaz 

Afzal Khan, a bench of the 

apex court hearing the case, 

started recording testimonies 

against the minister 

in contempt proceedings. 

A law officer, representing 

the government, produced 

a witness, Pakistan 

Electronic Media 

Regulatory Authority 

(Pemra) Director General 

Monitoring Haji Adam, to 

record his testimony. 

The witness informed 

provincial autonomy. 

Responding to a question, Bilawal said 

Karachi’s mayorship and Karachi 

Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are under 

the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. “MQM 

leaders are now fighting amongst each other 

and not doing any work nor letting anyone 

else do so,” he added. 

He further said, “Everyone knows who 

was behind politics of violence in Karachi 

and the first time, people of Karachi will get 

the independence to elect candidates of their 

own choice.” 

Lawyer asks SC to forgo contempt charges against Talal 

The objective of contempt of court case is to establish rule of law: Justice Ejaz Afzal 

that he has now been serving 

as DG Operations and 

had previously performed 

his duties as DG 

Monitoring. 

As DG Monitoring, he 

said, his job was to monitor 

217 channels. 

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Saturday, April 7, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Amnesty scheme announced 

to benefit rulers: Rabbani 

VC of SMIU Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh holds meeting with faculty 

‘Student’s ideal behavior prime 

responsibility of teachers’ 

KARACHI: Former 

Senate chairman Mian 

Raza Rabbani on Friday 

while strongly opposing 

the tax amnesty scheme 

said that Prime Minister 

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 

has challenged the parliament 

by unveiling a 

scheme to give benefit to 

the rulers. 

Addressing a press 

conference in Karachi on 

Friday, he strongly criticised 

the scheme and 

said that by announcing 

the package ahead of the 

end of its tenure, the 

KARACHI: Leader of 

the MQM Pakistan and 

former provincial Minister 

KARACHI: Peoples Party (PPP) Senator, Raza Rabbani addresses to media persons 

during press conference, at Qasr-e-Naaz. 

Rauf Siddiqui marries at age of 57 

Rauf Siddiqui has married 

at the age of 57. 

Rauf Siddiqui married 

KARACHI: Different 

political parties staged 

protest demos and rallies 

here on Friday to condemn 

brutalities of the Indian 

occupation forces in the 

held Kashmiri and to show 

solidarity to the Kashmiris 

masses. 

The day to show solidarity 

to the Kashmiris was 

observed in whole country 

including Karachi and 

Jamaat e Islami (JI), Jamait 

Ulema e Islam -Fazl (JUI- 

F), Pakistan People Party 

(PPP), Pakistan Muslim 

League-Nawaz (PML-N) 

and Pakistan Tehreek e 

Insaf (PTI) organized their 

rallies and demos in different 

areas. 

The protesters showed 

their full sympathy to the 

miserable Kashmiri 

brethren. They expressed 

anger against the atrocities 

of the Indian occupation 

forces involved in a systematic 

genocide of the 

Kashmiri civilians. 

They regretted that 

recently dozens of the 

Kashmiri youth have been 

gunned down by the occupation 

army and hundreds 

wounded in the continuing 

with the daughter of Faq 

Khan in Makkah 

Mukarrama . The Naikah 

Political parties show 

solidarity to Kashmiris 

KARACHI: Activists Jamat-e-Islami (JI) are holding 

protest rally against Muslims massacre in Kashmir, outside 

Bait-ul-Mukarram Masjid. 

KARACHI: President of 

the International Diabetes 

Federation (IDF) Prof Nam 

Han Cho on Friday declared 

‘Westernization’ as the 

major cause of diabetes epidemic 

in Asian countries, 

including Pakistan. 

Addressing a press conference 

at the sidelines of 

4th International Diabetes 

and Ramadan Conference 

here, Prof Nam Han Cho 

said Asians used to live a 

simple life with consumption 

of a lot of vegetables 

but now they are consuming 

more meat and living a 

mechanized life. He said 

westernization is the major 

cause of diabetes epidemic 

in Asian countries, both in 

the Asia Pacific as well as 

Middle East and North 

Africa (MENA) region. He 

said sedentary lifestyle and 

Western food were the rootcause 

of diabetes among 

the Asians. 

IDF President Prof Nam 

atrocities over the people of 

the occupied valley. 

Gatherings were also 

seen outside the mosques 

after the Friday prayers to 

condemn the oppressions 

against the innocent 

Kashmiris. 

Western lifestyle major cause diabetes 

epidemic in Muslim countries 

Cho, who is an Asian himself 

from South Korea, further 

informed that Asians 

produce lesser insulin as 

compared to people of other 

races and so when they 

start a sedentary lifestyle 

by following Western culture, 

eat more meat and 

carbohydrates and desist 

from their traditional rigorous 

life style, they tend to 

develop diabetes faster 

than people of other continents 

of the world. 

KARACHI: After the successful completion of the sports gala at the Z International 

School Students of junior classes group's photo with Principal Naheed Ali Khan, Miss 

Tabinda, Zarmina Nasir and other teachers. 

ceremony was attended by 

close relatives and friends. 

Leaders of MQM Pakistan 

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui 

and former Minister Abdul 

Haseeb participated in the 

ceremony. 

According to sources 

the Walima will be held on 

April 13 in Karachi. Still 

the name of his spouse is 

not confirmed. 

Rauf Siddiqui was 

elected Sindh Assembly 

member on the ticket of 

MQM in 2013. 

Earlier from 2002 to 

2013 he remained MPA 

and Minister in the Sindh 

cabinet. 

Citizens’ help sought 

for maintenance 

of Frere Hall 

KARACHI: Mayor 

Karachi Waseem Akhtar 

has said protection and 

improvement of Karachi’s 

buildings, sports grounds, 

parks and other assets is our 

responsibility. He sought 

help of citizens to maintain 

the historic building of 

Frere Hall. 

He said in this regard a 

Guardian Board has already 

been set up, comprised of 

the citizens who love the 

megacity. He said all rules 

pertaining to Sindh government, 

KMC and Heritage 

departments have been followed 

before signing of a 

Memorandum of 

Understanding regarding the 

Frere Hall. 

A 19-member Guardians 

Board has been formed for 

the maintenance and administration 

of the heritage 

building. The MoU will be 

put up in the KMC Council 

for consideration and after 

its approval work will begin. 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Maritime Security Agency 

has successfully conducted 

an intelligence-based 

Counter Narcotics 

Operation at open sea. 

Based on ashore and 

afloat intelligence elements 

of Pakistan Navy and 

Pakistan Maritime Security 

Agency, the PMSA 

deployed its ships and Fast 

Response Boats in Western 

Maritime Region. 

Last night, a PMSA ship 

intercepted a suspected boat 

at open sea and recovered 

approximately 180 kilograms 

white crystal heroin 

(narcotics) from its hidden 

compartments. The international 

market value of narcotics 

is Rs1800million. Pakistan 

Fourteen smugglers 

were also apprehended. The 

narcotics and smugglers 

were handed over to 

Pakistan Customs at 

Headquarters Pakistan 

Maritime Security Agency 

Karachi. 

However, Director 

General Pakistan Maritime 

Security Agency Rear 

Admiral Zaka-ur-Rahman 

& Additional Director 

government has 

bypassed both the 

Houses of the 

Parliament. 

Economic Council 

has no legal value, he 

added. 

Rabbani went on to 

say that the government 

was trying to whiten the 

black money earned 

through illegal means. 

The PM has violated 

the constitution, he said 

and added the Pakistan 

Peoples’ Party (PPP) 

would oppose if any 

ordinance is brought. 

PMA welcomes 

sealing of illegal 

dental college 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Medical Association 

(PMA) has welcomed sealing 

of an illegal medical 

college, Hashmat Medical 

& Dental College in Jalal 

Pur Jattan, Gujrat, and 

recovery of Rs48 million 

fees from the college 

administration, which was 

charged illegally from students. 

Secretary 

Pakistan 

Association (Centre), Dr. 

S.M.Qaisar Sajjad, in a 

statement, said FIA and 

PMDC submitted their 

reports to the court, which 

were against the college. 

According to FIA the 

college has failed to provide 

the receipts of the fee 

collected from the students. 

As per the PMDC 

report on the inspection 

conducted in March 2018, 

the college failed to meet 

the basic requirements of 

PMDC to register a medical 

college. 

KARACHI: Sir Syed 

University of Engineering 

& Technology observed 

Kashmir Solidarity Day 

today at the campus that 

was attended by 

Chancellor Jawaid 

Anwar, Vice Chancellor 

Prof. Dr. Afzal Haque, 

Registrar Syed Sarfraz 

Ali, Dean Engineering 

Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf, Dean 

Basic & Applied Sciences 

Prof. Dr. Syed Jawaid H. 

Rizvi, faculty & staff 

members and a large 

number of students to 

condemn the ongoing 

state terrorism and vio- 

Senate Hall of the university 

on Friday, VC said that 

in the past there were role 

models and most dedicated 

and devoted teachers who 

produced most successful 

students, like Quaid-e- 

Azam Mohammad Ali 

Jinnah, therefore, teachers 

of present day, have to fulfill 

their most important 

KARACHI: Vice 

Chancellor of Sindh 

Madressatul Islam 

University (SMIU) Dr 

Muhammad Ali Shaikh, 

said that the value system 

of society has destroyed 

and majority of youth has 

lost moral values and 

respect of their teachers, 

parents and other elders, 

therefore it a prime responsibility 

responsibility of 

of teachers to edu- 

cate them to the extent that 

they could be humble, 

polite and ideal in their 

behavior and character. 

Speaking at a meeting 

of faculty of SMIU at the 

teaching 

and training students 

according to our moral values 

and civilized manners 

that they could successfully 

lead the nation and the 

country in future. 

Dr Muhammad Ali 

Karachi (KU). 

Former IG Sindh Niaz A 

Siddiki said that change is 

brought by minority not 

majority, then majority follows 

the minority. If someone 

files a complaint 

against anyone, it’s the duty 

of the complainant to prove 

his allegations but unfortunately 

in our system, 

enquiries are started once a 

complaint is received. You 

cannot forcefully take confessions 

from a accused. 

“It is quite common to 

observe, when someone is 

arrested, the next news 

comes that the accused has 

confessed many crimes, the 

question is in front of 

whom the accused has confessed 

those crimes, you 

have to prove a crime with 

evidences in a court of law. 

You can’t give more than 

Shaikh said that present 

day successes of SMIU are 

a result of collective 

efforts of all faculty members 

and other employees 

of the university. He hoped 

that the faculty and other 

employees of SMIU will 

continuously put their 

efforts for development 

and progress of the university. 

The meeting was 

attended by deans, chairpersons 

of different academic 

departments, faculty, 

Registrar and other 

members of senior management 

of the university. 

Justice system pivotal for a 

developed nation: Dr Ajmal 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Vice 

Chancellor KU Prof Dr 

Muhammad Ajmal Khan 

said that we may only 

become a developed nation 

by adopting the system 

General, composed of justice and 

Medical fairness. We must promote 

national thinking keeping 

aside our personal differences; 

we need to take 

major measures to eliminate 

sectarianism, terrorism, 

social injustice and 

discrimination from our 

society. We all are a part of 

this society. He was 

expressing his views at a 

seminar entitled “ Know 

your Rights” organized by 

University of Karachi, 

Management Consultancy 

and Training Services and 

APSAA at Arts 

Auditorium, University of 

one punishment on a single 

crime””, he added. 

Human Rights Expert 

Fauzia Tariq while 

expressing her views 

thanked the support of KU 

VC Dr. Khan and Director 

ISHU KU Prof Dr 

Bilquees Gul. 

“A responsible citizen 

must be aware of his/her 

rights, they must protect 

their own rights and as 

well as others. We must 

stand up for the weaker 

ones and humanity. The 

process of change starts 

from an individual then it 

spreads in the whole society. 

Laws against crimes 

over Domestic violence, 

honor killings, child marriage 

and sexual violence 

are now a part of our constitution 

and its punishments 

are also there” 

Sir Syed University observed Kashmir Solidarity Day 

PMSA recover 180kg heroin, 

arrest 14 smugglers 

KARACHI: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Director 

General, Admiral Zaka Ashraf along with Amir Tehreem, 

Additional Director Customs Collector addresses to media 

persons during press conference regarding and showing 

seized 180 kg white crystal heroin from hidden compartments 

of a boat in open sea, at Maritime Headquarters. 

Customs Collector Aamir 

Taheem in a briefing said 

the PMSA being the law 

enforcement agency in 

KARACHI: Chancellor SSUET, Jawaid Anwar addressing 

the event held to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day at the 

campus. Also seen Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque, 

Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, Dean Engineering Prof. Dr. 

Talat Altaf, Dean Basic & Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Syed 

Jawaid H. Rizvi etc. 

Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) 

maintains its near permanent 

presence at sea with its 

ships and aircrafts against 

possible illegal activities. 

Successful operation by 

Pakistan Maritime Security 

Agency resulting in yjr 

seizure of huge quantity of 

narcotics is a testament to 

the fact that Pakistan Navy 

and Pakistan Maritime 

Security Agency are vigilant 

and remain committed 

in preventing use of 

Pakistani waters for any 

unlawful purposes. 

Pakistan Maritime 

Security Agency will continue 

to shoulder its national 

obligation and responsibility 

to establish lawful 

order at sea. 

On the occasion, Deputy 

Director General PMSA 

Commodore Abdul Majid, 

Deputy Collector Customs 

Muhammad Faisal Khan, 

Lt. Commander Wajid 

Nawaz and others were 

present. 

lence by the Indian army 

in held Kashmir. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Chancellor Jawaid 

Anwar said, that the 

recent brutalities against 

innocent Kashmiris has 

set a new example of 

Indian barbarism. India 

wants to suppress 

Kashmiris who are asking 

for the right to self-determination. 

Pakistan 

strongly condemned the 

brutal and discriminatory 

use of force by the trigger-happy 

Indian army on 

helpless and unarmed 

Kashmiris. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

presenting shields to a position holder students at Govt 

Baldia Boys and Girls school at Future Colony. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi along 

with UC Chairman, Naeemudin inaugurating new road at 

North Nazimabad. 

KARACHI: Vice Chairman DMC East, Abdul Rauf Khan 

presenting shields to position holder students at KIDS 

World secondary school Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

First ever ‘Police Public School’ 

to be established in Punjab 

LAHORE: Punjab 

police is now to establish 

first-ever police public 

school to cater the police 

department, for which the 

Board of Revenue has 

approved funds of Rs74.4 

million. 

The board has sanctioned 

funds to the Punjab 

police for purchasing a 12 

Kanal plot located in 

Harbanspura here. The 

department has issued a letter 

to the Punjab Police 

Inspector General (IGP) 

Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz 

Khan, notifying him about 

the allocation of funds that 

had been deposited for the 

land purchase. 

DIG Operations Dr. 

Haider Ashraf has said that 

the school would accommodate 

around 1,000 students. 

It will also provide 

Staff Reporter 

BADIN: Carelessness 

and less interest of district 

management was causing 

non certified, unregistered 

from Audit Bureau 

Circulation (ABC) and 

pamphlet type newspapers 

introducing in the market. 

It was learnt that many 

newspapers were being 

published without prior 

permission or declaration 

form 

Deputy 

Commissioner Badin or 

other concerned authorities. 

Such newspapers 

introduced new trend of 

Bureau, Taluka, City and 

Special correspondents in 

a single city and most of 

them were non professional 

and unaware about 

ethics, norms, tools, techniques 

and mandatory 

journalistic spheres. In 

these circumstances well 

known citizens, reputable 

and prominent officials of 

different departments were 

black mailed, disgraced 

and defamed deliberately 

free education to the children 

whose parents were 

either martyred, retired or 

are currently employed, 

policemen. 

through such unauthorized 

and non registered newspapers 

and irrelevant individuals 

claiming themselves 

reporter or correspondent 

so for. In this 

connection, Muhammad 

Umer Memon, 

Mukhtiarkar (Revenue) 

Badin said some days earlier, 

bogus, fabricated and 

irrelevant news was published 

in a weekly newspaper 

being published from 

Badin district to disgrace 

and defame his repute and 

“As far as the welfare of 

the force is concerned, this 

step is of prime importance,” 

he said. “Our 

policemen are unable to 

personality. He said he 

decided to lodge FIR and 

file petition in honourable 

High Court for such non 

ethical and illegal practice. 

On the other hand, citizens 

A. Hakeem Memon, 

Kashif, Javed Booher, 

Aziz, Tariq and others 

have demanded from 

Deputy Commissioner 

Badin and high ups for 

bane on such non certified 

and unregistered newspapers 

published from Badin 

district. 

afford the exorbitant school 

fees of private schools. 

This leads them to withdraw 

their children from 

such institutions or force 

them to adopt unsavory 

practices to support their 

families,” he remarked. A 

few months ago, police 

welfare hospital was established 

at Qila Gujjar Singh, 

where policemen and their 

families could avail free 

medical treatment. 

“These steps were 

meant to improve the welfare 

of the force. Without 

the welfare of the force, 

changing the thana culture 

would remain a distant 

dream,” DIG Ashraf said. 

AIOU declares all 

Non certified, unregistered and pamphlet type 

results from Matric 

newspapers hazards citizens and officials to Ph.D programs 

I S L A M A B A D : 

RAWALPINDI: Activists of Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan hold a protest on Murree road 

demanding implementation of Faizabad agreement. 

Overseas Pakistanis: SC asks NADRA 

to give presentation on Thursday next 


Supreme Court on Friday 

asked NADRA to give 

presentation on Thursday 

next on the right of vote 

for Overseas Pakistanis. 

The presentation would 

be given in the auditorium 

of the apex court in 

Islamabad. Two representatives 

each of the parliamentary 

parties, six members 

each of the National 

Assembly and Senate, 

members of the election 

Commission, Federal 

Secretaries of the relevant 

ministries and media representatives 

have also been 

invited to attend the presentation. 

Need stressed to boost mobile 

journalism in Pakistan 

MULTAN: Mobile journalism 

is an emerging form 

of journalism to gather, edit 

and distribute news using 

portable devices with network 

connectivity, said 

Noreen Shams, a broadcast 

journalist and trainer for a 

three-day training on mobile 

journalism, organized by 

PPF in collaboration with 

Open Society Foundation in 

Multan. She said that cell 

phone is presently the most 

popular communicating tool 

and it is not only used for 

staying connected with our 

loved ones anywhere and 

anytime, but it has also many 

other facilities like video 

recording, global web surfing, 

news directory, composing, 

camera, light, radio, and 

calendar. 

Naureen said that generally 

no previous experience 

is required for the mobile 

journalism. She said that the 

kits required for mobile journalism 

like mono pod/ tripod, 

collar mic and lenses 

used in camera are also available 

easily. 

During the three-day 

training, the participants 

were trained on recording, 

editing and posting videos 

through mobile phone. They 

worked on different mobile 

phone apps related to editing 

like, Viva video app. They 

were told that with these 

apps mixing, alteration of 

sounds and videos could be 

done. 

ATTOCK: Students hold a rally to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day to condemn the ongoing 

state terrorism and violence by the Indian army in held Kashmir. 

PTI decides to 

organize free medical 

camps in Punjab 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator 

Ch Sarwar and Mrs. 

Perveen Sarwar met delegation 

of Insaf Doctor 

Forum in Lahore. 

Declaration has been made 

to hold free medical camps 

across the Punjab by collaboration 

of Sarwar 

Foundation and Insaf 

Doctor Forum. Priority 

will be given to rural areas 

of Lahore. On Friday, PTI 

Senator and Chairman 

Sarwar Foundation, Ch. 

Mohammad Sarwar, and 

vice chairperson, Sarwar 

Foundation, Mrs. Perveen 

Sarwar met delegation of 

Insaf Dr. Forum headed by 

president Dr. Aneesa 

Fatima, Former Senior 

Vice President Dr. Semi 

Bukhari, Senior Vice 

President Punjab, Dr. 

Muhammad Atif, General 

Secretary Pakistan Dr. 

Saeed Mustafa, and 

General Secretary Punjab 

Dr. Bilal Asghar Warraich. 

According to details, 

Sarwar Foundation and 

Insaf Doctor Forum has 

decided to hold joint medical 

camps in Punjab, especially 

Lahore to provide 

improvised medical facilities 

to masses. Specialist 

doctors will be available to 

treat patients and provide 

free medicine to people. PTI 

Senator Sarwar said, corruption, 

injustice and oppression 

has become destruction 

for country. Rulers have 

failed to provide basic 

necessities to people, especially 

health facilities. 

ISLAMABAD: Obesity 

and high blood pressure 

may play a much greater 

role in sudden cardiac 

arrest among young people 

than previously thought, a 

new study suggests. 

The findings highlight 

the need to screen for these 

risk factors at a younger 

age, according to 

researchers at Cedars- 

Sinai Medical Center in 

Los Angeles. 

"The added benefit of 

such screenings is that 

early efforts to reduce cardiovascular 

risk are known 

to translate into reduction 

Allama Iqbal Open 

University (AIOU) on 

Friday announced that 

all the results from 

Matric to PhD level of 

spring, 2017session have 

been declared and the 

aspiring candidates are 

eligible to take admission 

in the next program. 

The results have been 

placed at the 

University’s official 

website. The down-load 

copies could be valid to 

apply for the admission. 

According to 

Controller Exams, the 

declared results include: 

twelve Ph.D, thirteen 

M.Phil, seventeen M.Sc, 

nine MA, MBA/MPA 

and M.Ed. The results of 

Matric, FA, BA, ATTC, 

PTC, CT, B.Ed and 

Diploma in Education 

were already been 

announced and placed at 

the website. 

The results were 

declared before closing 

of admissions’ date for 

the spring semester 

2018. The last date for 

the ongoing admissions 

is April 16 with nominal 

late fee. 


National Assembly (NA) 

standing committee on 

human rights has set up a 

subcommittee for Tarbella 

and Warsak dam affectees. 

NA standing committee 

on human rights met under 

its chairman Babar Nawaz 

in parliament house on 

Friday. 

Chairman NA committee 

constituted subcommittee 

under Sahib Zada 

Tariq Ullah MNA directing 

him to present report 

in next meeting. 

IG KP Nasir Durrani 

assured the committee that 

accused which were 

involved in Mashal murder 

case, their names 

would be put on forth 

schedule list soon. 

Special Secretary 

Home Department KP 

clarified the committee 

regarding delay in investigation 

of Mashal murder 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Hyderabad Electric Supply 

Company (HESCO) Chief 

Executive Officer, Rahim 

Ali Otho given clear cut 

orders to the specially constituted 

recovery teams of 

all four operation circles 

throughput HESCO region 

comprises of 16 districts in 

Sindh, to ensure 100 percent 

recovery of outstanding 

bills, spokesman told. 

According to the 

details, HESCO Chief 

Executive Officer also 

appeals to the general public, 

consumers to contact 


National 

HESCO facilitation centres 

to get their heavy bills 

installments for their convenience. 

The Chief Executive 

Officer told that special 

recovery teams also conducting 

raids with the area 

police on power pilferage 

and no electricity will be 

provided without payment 

of outstanding dues. 

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HESCO CEO orders special recovery 

teams for 100 percent recovery of dues 

Abbas Kassar 

JAMSHORO: The 

Liaquat University of 

Medical & Health Sciences 

Jamshoro in collaboration 

with National Accountability 

Bureau arranged a Seminar 

on “ROLE OF YOUTH IN 

FIGHTING AGAINST 

CORRUPTION” on Friday 

at LUMHS Jamshoro. 

While addressing a large 

number of students and the 

members of the faculty the 

Vice Chancellor LUMHS 

Prof. Bikha Ram Devrajani 

expressed that today’s event 

is a collaborative step 

against corruption taken by 

Liaquat University of 

Medical & Health Sciences 

Jamshoro along with 

National Accountability 

Bureau. Corruption is not a 

word, not an art, not a field 

of study, it’s a thought, and 

Subcommittee formed for 

Tarbella, Warsak dam affectees 

it’s a name of thinking that is 

being prevailed in man 

when he thinks that he can 

do something without being 

accountable to anybody, and 

with the wing of time this 

becomes a habit, fine 

enough to disrupt the social 

economic cycle of the whole 

machinery. Today’s event is 

an endeavor to nib the evil in 

the bud and not to let this 

inglorious monster viral the 

youth spirits of today who 

will be growing up tomorrow 

in a fully shaped fragment 

for the picture of reality 

of this very nation and 

country. 

He added that the young 

generation is the pillar of our 

nation; they should work on 

faith, unity and discipline to 

make this world a better 

place. This is the time to rise 

because the youth is the 

HESCO has to recover 

Rs.55.18 billion out of 

which Rs.2.49 billion from 

federal government institutions, 

Rs.1.31 from 

provincial government 

institutions and Rs.51.37 

billion from private consumers. 

The HESCO special 

teams are working 

their all out efforts for 100 

percent recovery of above 

outstanding dues and also 

appeals to its consumers to 

pay their bills on time for 

better and uninterrupted 

power supplies; else disconnected. 

Collaborative step against corruption: LUMHS 

takes arranges seminar against corruption 

JAMSHORO: A group photo of D G Neb Mohammad Altaf Bawany with V C LUMHS 

Bikha Ram Devrajanni & teachers Students during Awareness seminar on Role of 

Youth in Fighting Againt Corruption at LUMHS. 

case and informed the 

meeting that many institutions 

are busy in the probe, 

due to this, the final report 

on the matter will take 

some time. 

Vice Chancellor Abdul 

wali Khan university, Dr. 

Ahsan Elahi while explaining 

the detailed of the incident 

to the committee said 

the university took tough 

action against all suspected 

and removed them from 

the university. 

Director General of 

human rights, Muhammad 

Arshad suggested that to 

prevent such incidents, all 

national universities 

should plan these kinds of 

practices. 

Members of the committee 

directed Higher 

Education commission to 

organized special education 

seminars for students 

to avoid them from involving 

in extremism activities. 

of adult cardiovascular 

disease," lead researcher 

Dr. Sumeet Chugh said in 

a hospital news release. 

He's associate director of 

the Cedars-Sinai Heart 

Institute. 

Sudden cardiac arrest is 

caused by defective electrical 

activity. It is different 

from a heart attack, 

which is typically caused 

by blocked heart arteries. 

Sudden cardiac arrest can 

occur with little or no 

warning and usually causes 

immediate death. 

The study analyzed 

nearly 3,800 cases of death 

from sudden cardiac arrest 

among patients in Oregon, 

and focused specifically 

on those ages 5 to 34. 

Although recent cases 

from the basketball court 

and baseball field have 

gotten media attention, 

only a small percentage of 

deaths in the study were 

from playing sports, the 

researchers said. 

Instead, the researchers 

found that the patients had 

an unexpectedly high rate 

(nearly 60 percent) of heart 

disease risk factors such as 

obesity, high blood pressure, 

high cholesterol, diabetes 

and smoking. 

backbone of the country; 

they need to stand up 

because they are not destined 

witness vulgarity, corruption, 

devastation and violation. 

We need to look in 

the eyes of all evils that term 

us the third world country 

and challenge them that one 

day we will shine in the sky. 

The Chief Guest Director 

General National 

Accountability Bureau 

Karachi, Mr. Mohammad 

Altaf Bawany expressed that 

Corruption is not a new phenomenon 

nor does it relate 

to Pakistan alone. The menace 

is as old as human civilization 

and the losses 

caused by the malaise 

worldwide need no explanation, 

but it is universally 

accepted fact that the ultimate 

victim of Corruption is 

the common man. 

KOHAT: Security personnel take part in mock exercise at 

UP Church. 

Obesity might cause sudden cardiac arrest in the young 

The study, which 

spanned more than 10 

years, offers important 

new insight into sudden 

cardiac arrest among 

young people, Chugh said. 

"One of the revelations 

of this study is that risk 

factors such as obesity 

may play a much larger 

role for the young who die 

from sudden cardiac arrest 

than previously known," 

he said. 

It might help to screen 

children and teens for 

these problems at their 

regular medical checkups, 

Chugh said.

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EDITORIAL 

Is a piece of land called Kashmir more important, 

or human rights without misery for Kashmiris? 

ANOTHER Kashmir Day went by with its 

usual annual protests and speeches, for and 

against both India and Pakistan in respective 

countries, raising usual claims and counter claims, 

but an issue called Kashmir remains unresolved since 

last seven decades. Needless to say, both nuclear 

states must resolve it, and fulfil constitutional rights 

of their nations, developing and advancing everything 

and everyone by beating poverty and militarism, 

to create a best life with peace, not a delusional 

living with wars. 

ANALYSTS believed that among best solutions 

for worst problem between India and Pakistan is for 

both countries to relinquish their claim on Kashmir, 

for India to let their “occupied Kashmir” be governed 

like Pakistani part of Kashmir is governed, with its 

own almost free and independent government. 

IDEAL though it may be from Kashmiri viewpoint, 

it seems almost impossible for both the 

Kashmirs of these two countries to unite, with a new 

country created without dependence on either India 

or Pakistan, or free from monopoly and manipulation 

by any one or the other side. 

INDEPENDENT geo-political experts, civil 

rights and human liberties organs and war (renamed 

“defense”) analysts on international media and world 

affairs have a lot to say on “why Kashmir issue” continues 

and won’t be resolved in any short or medium 

term foreseeable time, and this writing delves into it, 

with problems known, but solutions not dared to be 

thought or made known, much less implemented. 

KASHMIR, India insists, is a bilateral issue with 

Pakistan, and therefore it has exhausted all national 

and international channels to frustrate Pakistani 

attempts on national or international level not to have 

any crisis centered around Kashmir, described as 

“jugular vein” of Pakistan, or to be resolved with its 

own defied might. Pakistan could not involve and 

settle this Kashmir issue through any third party, 

superpower, big power, European Union, or any 

other association of countries, like the NATO, of 

which Pakistan itself was a member. Pakistan has 

failed in international diplomacy in strongly presenting 

its Kashmir case at the International “Criminal” 

Court charging Indian leaders against Kashmiri 

genocide, nor could Pakistan lobby enough, post 

9/11, or in having resolutions of the United Nations 

Organization, which India violates internationally 

and does not obey, implemented. As a phrase goes 

India “got away with murder” and Pakistan could not 

prosecute any of the lacs of Kashmir killings at an 

available ICC forum nor anywhere else. Pakistan can 

try all afore mentioned possibilities, and fail, rather 

than not try at all. Maybe it can achieve at least a relative 

success to further build upon, if it tries. 

By Ishaan Tharoor 

The Donald Trump administration’s schizophrenic 

messaging around Syria has only got 

more confusing in recent days. As some of the 

war’s biggest outside players jockeyed in Ankara, 

reports indicated that the United States is building two 

new military bases in northern Syria. About 2,000 US 

troops are stationed there in support of Kurdish and 

Arab militias allied with Washington. Daesh is in 

retreat, driven from the vast majority of the territory it 

once commanded, but military commanders and government 

officials speak of staying the course and stabilising 

areas once controlled by the terrorists. 

However, US President Donald Trump has made 

no secret of his personal eagerness to wind down 

American military commitments in the Middle East. 

At a rally in Ohio last week, he gloated about “knocking 

the hell out of Daesh” and added that “we’ll be 

coming out of Syria, like, very soon”. Then, at a White 

House news conference on Tuesday, he lamented that 

the country had got “nothing out of $7 trillion [spent] 

in the Middle East over the last 17 years” — a suspect 

measurement of the cost of the US war effort in Iraq, 

Afghanistan and elsewhere. “I want to get out,” Trump 

said of Syria. “I want to bring our troops back home.” 

Trump, of course, is liable to change his mind at 

any time — or simply not follow through on his 

proclamations. After all, he has bemoaned the seemingly 

endless (and fruitless) American involvement in 

Afghanistan, yet presided over a troop increase there 

last year. Trump’s transactional view of things also 

tends to dominate his thinking. He reiterated last week 

that Arab countries should compensate the US for its 

military presence in the region, as if American troops 

were almost mercenaries for hire. 

On Wednesday, though, it seemed that Trump had 

made a clear decision following a meeting with top 

officials in his administration. A White House statement 

confirmed that the “military mission ... in Syria 

is coming to a rapid end, with Daesh being almost 

completely destroyed”. It added that the US and its 

allies would “remain committed to eliminating the 

small Daesh presence in Syria that our forces have not 

already eradicated”. But it left the matter of building 

OPINION 

SUMMARILY, the long and the short of it is that, 

with all the human casualties and material damages, 

inside and outside Kashmir, neither India nor 

Pakistan could really solve this problem, through 

force or talks. Prolongation of Kashmir problem may 

be for obvious reasons recalled above, and due to 

some more factors, lesser or well known to specialists, 

now abreast with electronic media developments 

on international affairs. 

PAKISTAN’s policy on Kashmir, it is claimed by 

some analysts wrongly or rightly, has at times benefited 

India more. It did not bring brimming grace to 

Pakistan's cup. India made it appear like Pakistan 

wanted more land but did not care for life of 

Kashmiri people. Indian Army and Central Reserve 

Police kill, injure, and torture Kashmiris against what 

is called as law breaker opposition. Indian Muslims 

are oppressed in many Indian cities and states more 

or less like they're oppressed in Kashmir, but 

Pakistani leaders mostly condemned oppression over 

Kashmiris, for known reasons of water supply etc 

said to flow from Kashmir into Pakistan. 

POLICIES of both India and Pakistan could not 

stop killings, injuries, maiming, torture, rapes and 

illegitimate children in Kashmir, nor were helpful in 

having finally resolved Kashmir issue as per wishes 

of Kashmiris on which Pakistan rightly emphasizes 

upon, and justly supports through diplomatic channels. 

This policy must be renewed to reflect more 

practical and genuine help with undue strings from 

any side for Kashmiris, and for especially Pakistan to 

decrease India’s killing, injuring, arrests, torture, kidnappings, 

rapes, extra-judicial orders, imprisonment 

without charges or trials, etc. All this is rightly or 

wrongly assumed not to have been done by Pakistan, 

though the fact is that Pakistan has tried, but may be 

not enough, to help and ease continued pain and miseries 

of Kashmiri Muslims since 70 years past from 

creation of Pakistan ion 14 August 1947 up to now, 

partly because of India's wider reach and influence 

on political and diplomatic fronts worldwide. 

MEANTIME, contrary accounts believed 

Pakistan did everything it could, but reality of 

breakup of India and carving of Pakistan itself has 

made Indian forces cruel upon Muslims in India in 

general, and against ever protesting Kashmiri 

Muslims in particular. Such continued crisis in 

Kashmir is an ideological defeat for Pakistan for a 

simple reason that Hindu India’s violence on 

Kashmir Muslims may be attributed to Muslims’ 

breaking an undivided India and creating a new 

country called Pakistan based on religion which must 

have pursued a policy with minimum casualties to 

Kashmiri Muslims, which remained an impossible 

dream up to now. 

Can America really quit Syria? 

Trump seems to care more about winning his war than building long-lasting peace 

peace in the country in the hands of other actors: “We 

expect countries in the region and beyond, plus the 

United Nations, to work towards peace and ensure that 

Daesh never re-emerges.” 

“In some ways, Trump has split the difference 

between his own desire for a quick exit and military 

concerns about leaving a vacuum in Syria,” my colleague 

Karen DeYoung wrote. “By ordering a ‘conditions-based’ 

departure, pegged to [Daesh] destruction, 

but not giving a date, he has left wiggle-room for further 

discussion as to what that ‘destruction’ means.” 

But the White House’s rhetoric still seemed to contradict 

the statements of senior US officials involved in 

the anti-Daesh fight, who show no signs that they plan 

to leave soon. General Joseph Votel, the head of US 

Central Command, told a gathering at the US Institute 

of Peace in Washington that the “hard part” in Syria “is 

in front of us”. He referred to “stabilising these areas, 

consolidating our gains, getting people back into their 

homes, [and] addressing the long-term issues of reconstruction 

and other things that will have to be done”, 

adding that “there is a military role in this”. 

Brett McGurk, the US State Department’s special 

envoy to the anti-Daesh coalition, concurred. “We’re 

not finished,” he said at the same event. “And we have 

to work through some very difficult issues as we 

speak.” 

These difficult issues include the dizzying complexity 

of bringing the broader war in Syria to an end. 

On Wednesday, the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran 

met in Ankara in the latest round of talks over Syria’s 

future. Turkey, once a vociferous opponent of Syrian 

President Bashar Al Assad, has seen the tide of the 

war tilt against its interests and is trying to find common 

cause with Al Assad’s chief patrons. The Turks 

are also furious over continued American support to 

Syrian Kurdish factions operating along their border. 

Given the tough realities of the Syrian war, 

Trump can’t be blamed for wanting to extract the 

US from the country once Daesh has been pronounced 

dead. But a host of Trump allies have 

urged Trump to be patient and resolute. The 

Washington foreign-policy establishment is also 

wary of quitting the fight too soon. 

MULTAN: Smoke rises from the fire which erupted in a local shopping plaza due to 

unknown reasons in Multan Cantonment area. 

MULTAN: Goods costing 

millions of rupees have 

been burnt into ashes in a 

major fire that broke out in a 

department store in Multan 

on Friday morning. 

Fourteen vehicles of fire 

brigade department are taking 

part in the operation to 

extinguish the blaze in 

Cantonment Bazar. 

No loss of life has been 

One kills, 27 injured in road accident 

Our Correspondent coach heading to Muhammad, Hameed, 

SHIKARPUR: One Peshawar collided with a Khalid, Hazrat Umar, 

commuter was killed fast moving wagon, it was Zakir Khan, Imran, 

while at least 27 passengers 

going for Sukkur from Bukhtiar, Jan Muhammad 

sustained severe Kandhkot, owing to over and others sustained grave 

wounds in a collision took speed, which resulting, wounds. 

place between commuter one passenger identified Rescue teams immediately 

coach and passenger as Kamran Mahar, of 30, 

shifted the injured 

wagon beside Khanpur said to be a wagon driver, and dead body to Civil 

town at Indus highway due killed and 27 other passengers 

Hospital Shikarpur and 

to over speeding in the 

including five women Taluka Hospital Khanpur 

limits of Faizo Police identified as Mst Salman, for medical attention and advanced 

Station, some 40 kilometers 

away from here, on 

Friday. 

Mst Tajul, Mst Rukhsana, 

Mst, Jahahir, Mst Shazia 

and Saifullah, Bhaghial, 

postmortem of deceased 

and handed over the body 

of deceased to his relatives 

According to police, a Azmatullah, Ghulam after completing necessary 

fast moving commuter Akbar, Farman, Gul medical formalities. 

State of art incinerator to be 

installed in Holy Family Hospital 

RAWALPINDI: The 

Holy Family Hospital 

Administration has decided 

to install a state of art 

mobile Incinerator to safely 

destroy the hospital waste. 

According to media 

reports Rs 50 million worth 

incinerator in this regard 

has been purchased from 

France with the help of 

United Nations 

Organization (UNO). 

The new incinerator will 

be installed, during this 

moth where it has the 

capacity to safely destroy 

150 kg hospital waste in 

only one hour. 

Hospital waste from 

Benazir Bhutto Hospital 

and District Headquarter 

Hospital will also be burnt 

here. 

According to the 

Hospital Administration the 

Holy Family hospital produces 

around 250 kg, 

Benazir Bhutto Hospital 

200 kg and DHQ Hospital 

150 Kg of Hospital waste 

on daily basis. 

Meanwhile Hospital 

waste from private hospital 

will be also burned down 

here, they said. 

Nawaz shoe attackers get bail 

LAHORE: A local court 

on Friday granted bail to 

three accused involved in 

shoe attack on former prime 

minister Nawaz Sharif at 

Chinese engineers 

found guilty for fight with 

policemen in Khanewal 

KHANEWAL: The 

Chinese engineers, who 

had a brawl with policemen 

a couple of days ago 

in Kabirwala, has been 

found at fault, according to 

the inquiry. 

On April 4, a fight 

broke out between police 

officials and Chinese engineers 

after the latter 

attempted to leave camp 

without security in 

Kabirwala, Khanewal. 

The engineers, are 

working on a motorway 

project in Khanewal, 

attacked a police mobile 

van and cut off electricity 

supply to the police camp. 

The engineers wrote a 

letter to PM Abbasi in 

which they claimed that 

their lives were in danger 

due to the presence of 

security officials. 

The letter claimed that 

Chinese engineers attempted 

to leave camp for work 

purposes but were stopped 

and assaulted by police. 

Jamia Naeemia. 

The judge while granting 

bail to all three accused 

asked them to furnish surety 

bonds of Rs100,000 each. 


Farmers across the country 

should worry about 

more frequent and intense 

dust storms which could 

disturb harvesting and 

threshing of Rabi crops 

and sowing of the next 

Earlier on March 11, an 

Islamic seminary students 

were arrested for hurling a 

shoe at Nawaz Sharif. 

The incident occurred 

when the former premier 

reached Jamia Naeemia to 

address a function organised 

by the seminary. 

The shoe hurling was 

broadcast live on TV channels. 

The perpetrator then 

jumped onto the stage 

where Sharif was standing 

and began chanting before 

he was overpowered by the 

crowd and was handed over 

to police. 

Kharif crops, says the 

National Weather 

Forecasting Centre. 

Heat waves are expected 

to affect major cities 

during April and May, it 

said. The temperature will 

rise 1-2°C. This will speed 

reported but a worker sustained 

minor burn injuries 

during evacuation. 

“Our first responders 

conveyed a message that it 

was a fire of third degree 

after which deputed all the 

fire engines to extinguish 

the blaze,” said a Fire 

Brigade official. 

“Firefighting is underway 

from front and back sides. 

Many nearby buildings 

have been evacuated.” 

“Another problem we 

have to encounter is that 

grocery and cooking items 

specially oil were kept in the 

store due to which fire was 

still raging,” said another 

official. Army troops have 

also been called to help put 

out the fire. The cause of fire 

is yet to be ascertained. 

SIUs to be set 

up in police 

stations at IBD 


Inspector General (IG) 

Federal Police (FP) Sultan 

Azam Temuri has ordered 

to establish Specialized 

Investigation Units (SIUs) 

in 22 Police station of 

Federal Capital to investigate 

cases with more 

scientific 

approaches. 

During the first phase of 

collective forums in FP the 

selection of investigation 

officer will be made cautiously 

while once an officer 

is trained will be 

appointed for two years in 

respective unit. 

Inspector of the Police 

will be the head of unit 

while deployment of personnel 

in each unit will be 

done in proportion to number 

of police officers who 

have remained posted in 

the respective police station 

for five years. 

MTP badly fails 

to contain traffic 

accidents 

ISLAMABAD: MTP has 

badly failed to contain the 

accidents due to speedier 

driving. Yesterday two persons 

including an unidentified 

girl have breathed their 

last in different accidents. 

On Islamabad 

Expressway in the limit of 

Thana Sehala a recklessly 

driven car No. ADB 701 hit 

Tunwir s/o Sher Akhtar 

killing him on the spot. 

Later on police has taken 

the car into custody and 

shifted the body to hospital. 

On other hand in the area 

of Thana Tarnol a fast moving 

dumper hit and killed an 

unknown girl and her body 

was shifted to hospital. 

Weather forecast: Dust storms, 

heat waves in April, May 

up snowmelt in the 

Northern Areas and lead to 

more water flows in the 

Indus and Jhelum Rivers. 

In the winter, we got 

20-25% less snowfall than 

average and it happened in 

February and early March. 

CHINIOT: A nomad family going towards their next destiny on motorcycle rickshaw. 

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South Korean court jails former 

president Park for 24 years 

GAZA BORDE: Israeli 

forces shot and wounded 

at least 40 Palestinian protesters 

on Friday, 

Palestinian medics said, as 

thousands converged on 

Gaza’s border with Israel 

and set fire to mounds of 

tyres to launch a second 

week of demonstrations. 

SEOUL: A South 

Korean court jailed former 

President Park Geun-hye for 

24 years on Friday over a 

scandal that exposed webs 

of corruption between political 

leaders and the country’s 

conglomerates. 

Park became South 

Korea’s first democratically 

elected leader to be forced 

from office last year when 

the Constitutional Court 

ordered her out over a scandal 

that landed the heads of 

two conglomerates in jail. 

The court also fined Park, 

the daughter of a former military 

dictator, 18 billion won 

($16.9 million) after finding 

her guilty of charges including 

bribery, abuse of power 

and coercion. 

“The defendant abused 

her presidential power 

entrusted by the people, and 

as a result, brought massive 

chaos to the order of state 

affairs and led to the 

impeachment of the president, 

which was unprecedented,” 

judge Kim Seyoon 

said as he handed 

down the sentence. 

Up to 1,000 Park supporters 

gathered outside the 

court, holding national flags 

and signs calling for an end 

to “political revenge” 

against her. 

The court found Park 

guilty of colluding with her 

old friend, Choi Soon-sil, to 

receive about 7 billion won 

($6.56 million) each from 

Lotte Group, a retail giant, 

and Samsung, the world’s 

biggest maker of smartphones 

and semiconductors, 

while demanding 8.9 billion 

won from SK, an energy 

Twenty Palestinians 

have died since the demonstrations 

near the heavily 

guarded Gaza border fence 

began on March 30, the 

latest a man who died in a 

Gaza hospital on Friday of 

gunshot wounds suffered 

on the first day of protests. 

Five of Friday’s 40 

conglomerate. 

Most of the money was 

intended to bankroll nonprofit 

foundations run by 

Choi’s family and confidants, 

and to fund the education 

of Choi’s horse-riding 

daughter, the court said. 

Prosecutors sought a 30- 

year sentence and a 118.5 

billion won ($112 million) 

fine for Park. 

Park, 66, who has been 

in jail since March 31 last 

year, has denied wrongdoing 

and was not present in 

wounded were in critical 

condition, according to the 

Gaza health ministry. 

Palestinian tent 

encampments have sprung 

up a few hundred meters 

(yards) back from the 65- 

km (40-mile) frontier but 

groups of youths have 

ventured much closer, 

rolling tyres and throwing 

stones towards Israeli 

troops. 

The demonstrators are 

pressing for a right of 

return to what is now 

Israel for refugees - and 

their descendants - from 

the 1948 war surrounding 

the country’s creation. 

Refugees comprise most 

of the 2 million population 

court. 

The judge said Park had 

shown “no sign of repentance” 

but had instead tried 

to shift the blame to Choi 

and her secretaries. 

“We cannot help but 

sternly hold her accountable,” 

Kim said. 

Park apologized while in 

office for seeking help from 

Choi, who had no policy or 

political experience, but that 

was as close as she came to 

admitting any guilt. 

Kang Chul-koo, one of 

Israeli gunfire wounds 40 Palestinians in 

renewed Gaza border protest: medics 

Southeast Asia's idyllic islands 

buckle under tourism strain 

SINGAPORE/BANGK 

OK: The six-month closure 

of the Philippine tourism 

island of Boracay for a 

revamp after the country’s 

president branded it a 

“cesspool” reflects the 

growing pressures on beach 

resorts across Southeast 

Asia as visitor numbers 

surge. 

Tourism experts say the 

region’s infrastructure is 

buckling under record visitor 

numbers, especially as 

more Chinese holiday 

abroad, and expect more 

drastic measures to come. 

Airports have become 

chaotic, hotels are being 

thrown up hastily with little 

regard for safety and sanitation, 

tropical beaches are 

strewn with garbage and 

coral reefs are dying. 

Thailand already has 

plans to shut its famous 

Maya Bay in the Phi Phi 

islands for four months this 

summer, while an environmental 

group is calling for 

urgent government action to 

tackle a “crisis” on the 

Indonesian tourist island of 

Bali. “Many out-of-control 

destinations across Asia will 

need clean-ups,” said Brian 

King, associate dean of the 

School of Hotel and 

Tourism Management at 

Hong Kong Polytechnic 

University. “These may 

come from government, or 

industry or from NGO-driven 

community action. 

Leaving jail, Puigdemont calls 

for dialogue with Madrid 

BERLIN: Former 

Catalan President Carles 

Puigdemont called on 

Spain to abandon its 

attempts to prosecute separatist 

leaders as he left a 

German prison on Friday, 

urging Madrid to enter into 

dialogue with them. 

Puigdemont, granted 

bail after German judges 

ruled he could not be 

extradited on charges of 

“rebellion” brought by 

Spain, thanked prison 

staff as he emerged to 

cheers and people waving 

Catalan flags. 

of Israeli-blockaded Gaza, 

which is ruled by the 

Islamist militant movement 

Hamas. 

“I, like everyone 

around here, am coming to 

liberate their land,” 

Hekam Kuhail, 60, told 

Reuters, flashing a v-forvictory 

sign and having 

her photograph taken near 

the border. 

With black tyre smoke 

and Israeli tear gas rising 

into the air, Palestinian 

youths used T-shirts, 

cheap medical masks and 

perfume to try and protect 

themselves. Israel was 

also trying to douse burning 

tyres with fire hoses 

from its side of the border. 

Hungary PM Orban on 

track for third straight 

term in power 

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s 

Viktor Orban, Europe’s hardliner 

on immigration, on 

Friday hailed his common 

eurosceptic path with Poland’s 

right-wing government as he 

headed into an election which 

seems certain to hand him a 

third straight term in power. 

After a campaign in which 

Orban has positioned himself 

as a saviour of Hungary’s 

Christian values and culture 

against a flood of Muslim 

migrants, all opinion polls put 

his Fidesz party well in the 

lead for Sunday’s election. An 

emphatic victory could 

embolden Orban, Hungary’s 

longest serving post-communist 

prime minister, to solidify 

a Central European alliance 

against the European Union’s 

migration policies, and against 

a deeper integration of the 

bloc which he opposes. 

PARIS: When French President 

Emmanuel Macron flew into 

Riyadh for hastily arranged talks 

with Saudi Crown Prince 

Mohammed bin Salman in 

November it was all smiles in public, 

but in private a tough dialogue 

over Iran signaled a change between 

the allies. 

Whether that was a momentary 

tiff or a longer-lasting complication 

may become clear when Prince 

Mohammed arrives in Paris on 

Sunday for a two-day visit that will 

focus on the crises in Yemen, Syria 

and Qatar and the Iran nuclear deal. 

After trips to Britain and the 

United States with major contracts 

envisaged, the prince, or MBS as he 

is also known, will attend cultural 

events, political meetings and an 

Park’s state-appointed 

lawyers, said he would discuss 

with her the possibility 

of an appeal. 

“We tried our utmost but 

regret the result turned out 

very bad,” Kang told 

reporters at the court. 

“The truth will be 

revealed one day.” 

The sentence will be a 

bitter blow for Park, who 

returned to the presidential 

palace in 2012 as the country’s 

first woman leader, 

more than three decades 

after she left it following the 

assassination of her father. 

Her ouster from office 

last year led to a presidential 

election won by the liberal 

Moon Jae-in, whose conciliatory 

stand on North Korea 

has underpinned a significant 

warming of ties 

between the rival neighbors. 

Moon’s office said 

Park’s fate was “heartbreaking” 

not only for herself but 

for the country, and added 

that history that was not 

remembered would be 

repeated. 

“We will not forget 

today,” the office said. 

Majority govt eludes 

Czech PM Babis as 

coalition talks founder 

PRAGUE: The chances 

of Czech Prime Minister 

Andrej Babis forming a 

majority government are 

expected to suffer a blow 

on Friday, with the Social 

Democrats likely to officially 

end coalition talks, 

raising the risk of early 

elections. 

Talks between Babis’s 

ANO party - which won 

three times as many votes 

as its nearest rival in a 

parliamentary election 

last October - and the 

Social Democrats broke 

down late on Thursday 

evening in a row over 

ministries. 

The Social Democratic 

Party’s leadership meets 

on Friday afternoon. Its 

chairman, Jan Hamacek, 

has said he will recommend 

ending talks with 

ANO. 

The move will leave 

Babis with no viable governing 

partner for now. 

Most parties are shunning 

the billionaire businesman-turned-politician 

while he fights police 

allegations he illegally 

obtained a 2 million-euro 

EU subsidy a decade ago. 

Babis denies wrongdoing 

and has refused to step aside 

as prime minister, as most 

parties have demanded. 

LOS ANGELES: Lorde 

issued an apology Thursday 

for using a “poorly chosen 

quote” from a Whitney 

Houston song alongside a 

photo of a bathtub on 

Instagram. 

Lorde came under fire 

after sharing a snapshot of 

water pouring into a tub — 

presumably a bath the 

singer herself planned to 

take — with the caption, 

“And iii will always love 

you.” The lyrics were taken 

from the late Houston’s 

beloved single from her 

1992 film “The 

Bodyguard.” Houston accidentally 

drowned in a bathtub 

in 2012 at the age of 48. 

“Extremely extremely 

poor chosen quote,” Lorde 

wrote on her Instagram 

story. “I’m so sorry for 

offending anyone — I hadn’t 

even put this together I 

was just excited to take a 

bath. I’m an idiot. Love 

Whitney forever and ever. 

Sorry again.” 

Lorde has since deleted 

the original post, later 

adding to her Instagram 

story, “IT IS NOT MY FKN 

DAY TODAY.” 

The “Green Light” 

crooner will perform Friday 

night at the Prudential 

Center in Newark, New 

Jersey, as part of her 

“Melodrama World Tour” 

before heading to the 

Mohegan Sun resort 

Saturday in Connecticut. 


International 

5 

Lorde apologizes for bathtub post 

with Whitney Houston lyrics 

US imposes sanctions on Russian 

oligarchs, officials for 'malign activity' 

WASHINGTON: The 

United States imposed sanctions 

on Friday against 

Russian businessmen, companies 

and government officials, 

striking at associates 

of President Vladimir Putin 

in one of Washington’s most 

aggressive moves to punish 

Moscow for a range of 

activities, including alleged 

meddling in the 2016 U.S. 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

economic forum. While a tourism 

project between the two countries 

will be announced, MBS is not 

expected to clinch any mega-deals. 

French officials dismiss any 

M E L B O U R N E : 

Thirteen men, including a 

primary school teacher, 

have been charged following 

raids across Victoria 

which allegedly uncovered 

child abuse material featuring 

victims as young as 

newborns. 

Victoria Police and the 

Australia Federal Police 

(AFP) raided homes 

across 19 suburbs and one 

country town over several 

election. 

The action, taken under 

pressure from the U.S. 

Congress, freezes the U.S. 

assets of “oligarchs” such as 

aluminum tycoon Oleg 

Deripaska and lawmaker 

Suleiman Kerimov, whose 

family controls Russia’s 

largest gold producer, 

Polyus. 

The 

Treasury 

days in March in the 

major operation. 

They discovered horrific 

child abuse material, 

child sex dolls, weapons 

and drugs. 

“The material that 

we're talking about here 

that's been seized relates 

to images of children as 

young as newborn children 

to the age of 17 

years," Deputy 

Department sanctions on 

seven Russian oligarchs and 

12 companies they own or 

control, plus 17 senior 

Russian government officials, 

are likely to complicate 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump’s hopes for good 

relations with Putin. 

“The Russian government 

engages in a range of 

malign activity around the 

globe, including continuing 

to occupy Crimea and instigate 

violence in eastern 

Ukraine, supplying the 

Assad regime with material 

and weaponry as they bomb 

their own civilians, attempting 

to subvert Western 

democracies, and malicious 

cyber activities,” Treasury 

Secretary Steve Mnuchin 

said in a statement. 

13 Australians charged over 

uncovered child abuse 

notion that the absence of huge contracts 

reflects any weakening in the 

relationship, saying they seek a new 

“method” of working with the 

world’s largest oil exporter that does 

Commissioner Shane 

Patton told reporters yesterday. 

"It involves them in sexually 

provocative poses, it 

involves them being subject 

to violence, it involves 

them being in degraded 

acts and it also involves 

torture. 

"This is horrendous. To 

view this material, to make 

this material, to share this 

material - it's abhorrent, its 

offensive and it's disgusting." 

Thirteen men, aged 19 

to 62, have been charged 

and another two are 

expected to be charged on 

summons. 

As Saudi prince arrives, ties with France more complex than before 

not depend on eye-catching new 

business. 

A warm relationship between 

Riyadh and Macron’s predecessor 

Francois Hollande did not result in 

the sharp expansion of business 

Paris had sought. 

“Competition is fierce so we had 

to rethink the models of relationships. 

Less talk about major contracts 

and more focus on sectors that 

are less spectacular such as health, 

education and tourism,” said a senior 

French diplomat. 

But analysts note the 32-year-old 

Prince Mohammed has emphasized 

closer ties with U.S. President 

Donald Trump just at a time when 

Macron has in turn sought to 

improve relations with Iran and 

vowed to preserve the nuclear deal.

6 


Biz 

China says it will fight back 'at 

any cost' against US trade tariffs 

The warning came hours after President Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 

WASHINGTON/BEI- 

JING: China warned on 

Friday it would fight back "at 

any cost" with fresh trade 

measures if the United States 

continues on its path of protectionism, 

hours after 

President Donald Trump 

threatened to slap an additional 

$100 billion in tariffs 

on Chinese goods. 

In light of China's "unfair 

retaliation" against earlier 

U.S. trade actions, Trump 

upped the ante on Thursday 

by ordering U.S. officials to 

identify extra tariffs, escalating 

a high stakes tit-for-tat 

confrontation with potentially 

damaging consequences 

for the world's two biggest 

economies. 

On Wednesday, China 

unveiled a list of 106 U.S. 

goods — from soybeans and 

whiskey to frozen beef and 

aircraft — targeted for tariffs, 

in a swift retaliatory 

move only hours after the 

Trump administration proposed 

duties on some 1,300 

Chinese industrial, technology, 

transport and medical 

products. 

Washington has called for 

the $50 billion in extra duties 

$100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods 

after it said a probe determined 

Chinese government 

policies are designed to 

transfer U.S. intellectual 

property to Chinese companies 

and allow them to seize 

leadership in key high-technology 

industries of the 

future. 

Responding to Trump's 

latest comments, the Chinese 

commerce ministry reiterated 

that China was not afraid 

of a trade war even though it 

did not seek one, and 

accused the United States of 


Differences between 

Ministry of Finance and 

Ministry of Planning and 

Development came on surface 

over development 

budget for the fiscal year 

2018/2019. 

Secretary of Planning 

commission , Shoaib 

Siddiqui during informal 

talk told the media that 

Planning Ministry has suggested 

Rs 1.3 trillion development 

budget for next fiscal 

year, while Finance ministry 

want to keep it low at 

Rs 750 billion. 

“We are convincing 

them overRs 1.3 trillion 

development budget but if 

they don’t accept our proposal, 

start of new projects 

would be impossible during 

the next financial year,” he 

added. 

provoking the conflict. 

"If the United States disregards 

the objections of 

China and the international 

community and persists in 

unilateralism and trade protectionism, 

the Chinese side 

will follow through to the 

end, at any cost, and definitely 

fight back resolutely," a 

spokesperson was quoted as 

saying in a statement on the 

ministry's website. 

The ministry has called 

for a media briefing on 

Friday night, in an unusual 

Shoaib said that the next 

fiscal year budget would 

focus on CPEC, Energy, 

infrastructure and education 

projects, while projects of 

CPEC regarding 

Balochistan and eastern 

route are also on priority 

list. He added that Karachi 

circular Railway project 

would also be completed in 

next year. 

“First stage of CPEC 

move on a public holiday. 

Earlier in the day, 

Chinese state media had 

slammed Trump's threat of 

more trade action as "ridiculous." 

"This latest intimidation 

reflects the deep arrogance 

of some American elites in 

their attitude towards 

China," the state-run Global 

Times said in an editorial. 

While Beijing's claims 

that Washington is the 

aggressor and is spurring 

global protectionism, 

Finance ministry, planning commission 

have differences on next budget 

FPCCI welcomes tax amnesty scheme 

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) 

President, Ghazanfar Bilour addresses to media persons during press conference. 

KARACHI: FPCCI has 

been taking up the issue of 

Tax Amnesty Scheme for 

the last several years. It 

appreciates the measures 

taken by the government by 

introducing a comprehensive 

scheme which will not 

only bring a change in the 

life of individuals, specially 

a salaried class, white collar 

workers, but will also hopefully, 

will revamp the economic 

structure of the country 

and would bring in much 

needed stability 

Pakistan has suffered 

from the flight of the capital 

from the country because of 

various factors and this 

resulted in a huge stock of 

assets of Pakistani national 

abroad, while the country 

suffered from the cash flow. 

The reduction for the tax 

will help in increasing the 

number of tax payers and 

also being relief to the middle 

and salaried class. 

Introduction of CNIC numbers 

as NTN number is a 

bold step and will help in 

documenting the economy. 

The tax of 2% on repatriation 

of money from abroad 

will help to increase the foreign 

reserve which are 

depleting. This is the lowest 

rate so far of all the schemes 

of similar nature and therefore, 

will encourage a large 

number of people to bring 

back their cash from abroad. 

5% Tax on declaration 

of assets held abroad and 

locally will also encourage 

people to legalize these 

assets and the money invested 

in non-productive sectors 

will be invested into more 

productive sectors in the 

economy. 

FPCCI urges the government 

to give legal and constitutional 

guarantees and a 

comprehensive protection 

package to all the beneficiaries 

of this scheme against 

the harassment or questioning 

by different agencies in 

future. 

The investment and foreign 

exchange bonds is also 

a positive step towards 

bringing the idle foreign 

exchange deposited in the 

banks to be utilized for the 

productive sectors of the 

economy. 

Pakistan extends offer duty free access 

for 67 percent Chinese exports 

ISLAMABAD: China 

has extended offer duty 

free access on 90 percent 

Pakistani exports under 

Pak- China Free Trade 

Agreement (FTA) -2 

while Pakistan has offered 

duty free access to China 

on its 67 percent exports 

to Pakistan. 

According to media However 

reports under this offer 

Pakistan will now be able 

to export 90 percent products 

duty free to China. In 

return China will be entitled 

to export its 67 percent 

products duty free to 

Pakistan. 

Under FTA-2 the two 

countries have shown 

willingness to open tariff 

lines upto 75 percent. 

consultation 

process is underway on 

this count. 

Imports from China 

surged by 7.50 billion dollars 

during the last five 

years while exports from 

Pakistan to China 

declined by 850 million 

dollars during this period. 

Annual imports volume 

from China stood at 6.64 

billion dollars in the financial 

year 2013 which grew 

to 14.13 billion dollars in 

the financial year 2017. 

was regarding infrastructure 

projects while now we are 

concentrating on agriculture 

and horticulture. A notification 

has been issued for 

establishment of a group 

under secretary 

Agriculture,” he said. 

The Secretary revealed 

that CPEC Shipping Service 

route has been finalized and 

it includes Dubai, Gawadar, 

Karachi and Songhai. 

UNISAME greets 

reduction in taxes 

KARACHI: The Union 

of Small and Medium 

Enterprises (UNISAME) 

has appreciated the reduction 

in taxes and enhancement 

of tax exemption limit 

which is to benefit the under 

privileged sector. The SME 

sector is indeed grateful for 

the consideration. 

However, the president 

UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver 

said that the amnesty package 

appears to be a laundry 

for the people who made 

money during last several 

years. This is what every 

government does on exit. It 

gives an opportunity or so 

called amnesty to their men 

to come out clean by paying 

2 -5 % of the ill-gotten 

money. 

This is for the filthy rich 

who have amassed wealth he 

said. Looking at it from the 

point of view of the need for 

foreign exchange to improve 

the reserves position, it 

seems a good move although 

not based on fairness that 

with the payment of 2 to 5 % 

only so much money 

becomes legalized. 


Chairman Punjab 

Information Technology 

Board (PITB), Umar Saif 

called on Chairperson 

Benazir Income Support 

Program (BISP) Ms Marvi 

Memon today here in 

Islamabad . 

BISP signed 

Memorandum of 

Understanding (MoU), with 

PITB to introduce latest 

Information Technology 

services, to be used by BISP 

for better beneficiary support 

analysis and decision 

making. Welcoming 

Chairman PITB, Ms 

Memon, appreciated the 

concern being shown by 

China's trading partners have 

complained for years that it 

abuses World Trade 

Organization rules and propagates 

unfair policies at 

home that lock foreign firms 

out of some sectors as 

domestic champions are 

being nurtured. China has 

repeatedly vowed that it 

would open up sectors such 

as financial services. 

President Xi Jinping next 

week is expected to unveil 

fresh measures on reform 

and his country's opening up 

at the high-profile Boao 

Forum, China's equivalent of 

Davos, in the southern island 

province of Hainan. 

While China has projected 

an image of multilateralism 

and restraint amid the 

escalating trade dispute with 

the United States, Beijing 

has been swift to respond to 

Washington's rhetoric and 

actions. 

So far, U.S. information 

technology products from 

mobile phones to personal 

computers have largely 

escaped the ire of Beijing, as 

well as telecoms equipment 

and aircraft larger than the 

equivalent of a Boeing737. 

KATI hopes increase 

in foreign exchange 

reserves after new 

tax amnesty 

KARACHI: Patron in 

Chief of Korangi Association 

of Trade & Industry(KATI) 

SM Muneer, President Tariq 

Malik, Senior Vice President 

Salman Aslam and Vice 

President of the association 

Junaid Naqi see the tax 

amnesty scheme announce 

by PM Abbasi as positive 

measure. Petron in Chief of 

KATI and renowned 

Business leader SM Muneer 

welcomed the new tax measures 

of government. He said 

that foreign reserves of country 

were near to dry down, in 

this situation it is expected 

that amnesty announced for 

declaration of foreign assets 

and cash currency would help 

to bring back considerable 

amount of foreign exchange. 

President KATI Tariq 

Malik of the view that 

although the amnesty 

scheme could be supportive 

for foreign exchange 

reserves, however this is only 

a short term solution to the 

problem of stagnant tax net 

and foreign reserves. He said 

that for the increase of tax 

collection government must 

take measures to reform tax 

regime in the country and 

facilitate already tax paying 

citizens and enterprises. He 

suggested that as government 

is giving relief to bring 

back foreign assets to home, 

in the same spirit measures 

should be taken to win confidence 

of overseas Pakistanis 

for investment at their homeland. 

The office bearers of 

KATI also applauded the 

efforts of Advisor to PM on 

Finance, Miftah Ismail for 

putting economy on the right 

direction. 

PITB management in different 

social sector research 

SECP gives 45 days to shareholders 

to provide bank accounts details 


Securities and Exchange 

Commission of Pakistan 

(SECP) has given 45 days to 

shareholders of listed companies 

to provide relevant 

details of their designated 

bank accounts for payment information, 

of cash dividends through 

electronic mode. 

The notification to this 

effect has also been issued. 

The period has been specified 

in terms of sub-regulation 

7 of regulation 4 of the 

KARACHI: Pakistan’s 

economy is set to surpass 

last year’s growth rate, with 

continued strong performances 

by agriculture and 

services, and a four-year 

record high large-scale 

manufacturing growth during 

the first half of FY18. 

Inflation and the fiscal 

deficit were both contained, 

whereas revenue growth 

has outpaced last year’s 

level. 

The report pointed out 

that increased consumer 

spending has led to a strong 

growth in durables such as 

automobile and electronics, 

while the ongoing infrastructure 

and construction 

activities have stimulated 

the allied sectors of cement 

and steel. Encouragingly, 

various industrial players 

across different sectors are 

investing in capacity expansions 

and product diversification. 

The private sector 

2017 Companies 

(Distribution of Dividends) 

Regulations. 

The aforesaid sub-regulation 

requires notification 

of the time requiring shareholders 

to provide requisite 

including 

name of bank, address of 

bank branch and international 

bank account number. 

The period of 45 days shall 

expire on May 17, 2018. 

It is also clarified that 

through this SRO one-off 

also continued its borrowing 

from scheduled banks 

for long-term projects. On 

the agriculture front, while 

all major kharif crops performed 

well, wheat production 

came under pressure 

due to lower area under cultivation. 

With adequate inventory 

of key food items, such as 

wheat, sugar and pulses, 

prices of these commodities 

remained low, keeping food 

inflation in check. 

Favorable adjustment in the 

duty structure of cigarettes 

led to a sharp fall in its 

price. Meanwhile, core 

inflation remained higher 

on average in H1-FY18 due 

to continuously rising education 

and healthcare costs. 

However, its pace has stabilized 

in recent months. 

The report highlighted 

that the growth in revenue 

collection outpaced the 

increase in expenditures in 

time period has been 

specified within which 

shareholders of listed 

companies must submit 

requisite details of their 

bank accounts to listed 

companies. 

It does not have any 

bearing on the already specified 

time of 15 working 

days, within which the companies 

are required to pay 

dividend after it is declared, 

in terms of regulation 3 of 

the regulations. 

SBP releases second quarterly 

report for FY18 on state of economy 

KARACHI: Telenor 

Pakistan, the country’s 

foremost telecom and digital 

services provider has 

joined hands with Nokia to 

modernize and transform 

its network in order to 

expand its services to customers. 

An agreement has 

been signed between the 

two companies in this 

regard and the partnership 

is expected to assist Telenor 

Pakistan’s network expansion 

and upgradation goals 

along with increased penetration 

of 4G/LTE services. 

Commenting on the 

development, Khurrum 

Ashfaque, Chief 

Technology Officer, Telenor 

Pakistan said, “The decision 

to onboard Nokia is in line 

with Telenor Pakistan’s 

ongoing strategy for network 

expansion, transformation 

and virtualization. 

Our ambition is to set up 

data ready operations by 

bringing capabilities of 

automation, intelligent field 

operation, smart planning 

and customer insights with 

new and advanced tools 

which we shall leverage 

through our new global 

partner.We are constantly 

bringing innovation to our 

technology domain in order 

to bring the true benefits and 

experience of digital services 

to our customers and we 

believe this partnership will 

give us access to a global 

pool of competencies in 

addition to bringing us one 

step closer to the fulfilment 

of our purpose of connecting 

people to what matters 

most.” Under the scope of 

H1-FY18, which led to a 

broad-based improvement 

in fiscal indicators. The 

overall fiscal deficit was 

contained at 2.2 percent of 

GDP, down from last year’s 

2.5 percent. Revenue 

growth gained impetus 

from greater real economic 

activity, rising imports 

(both quantum and prices), 

and higher sales volumes 

of POL products. Non-tax 

revenues also rose over last 

year, led by higher SBP 

profit and a surge in 

receipts from property and 

enterprise, civil administration 

and other miscellaneous 

receipts. 

Telenor Pakistan and Nokia partner for Pakistan’s 

first customer centric network operating model 

KARACHI: Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan, & Bernard Najm, Head of Middle 

East Market Unit, Nokia sign an agreement for introducing Pakistan’s first customer centric 

network operating model in the presence of officials from Telenor Pakistan and Nokia. 

projects in Punjab. 

Considering the profile of 

the deal, Nokia will manage 

the complete multi-vendor 

network operations for 

Telenor Pakistan, leveraging 

Nokia’s Global Service 

Delivery tools. Additionally, 

Nokia will deploy its AVA 

cognitive services platform 

for the first time in the 

region, enabling new predictive 

and customer-centric 

approaches to network planning, 

optimization, operations 

and maintenance. The 

deployment of Cognitive 

Analytics for Customer 

Insight software will help 

Telenor Pakistan prioritize 

network investments based 

on insights. The platform 

integrates cloud-based 

delivery, intelligent analytics 

and extreme automation 

to deliver instant and flawless 

personalized services. 

BISP, PITB sign MoU to introduce latest IT services 

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), Mr. Umar Saif 

and Secretary BISP Mr. Omar Hamid Khan signing MoU to introduce latest Information 

Technology services for better beneficiary support analysis and decision making. 

Minister of State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon also present on the occasion. 

PITB projects, Ms Memon 

suggested to identify correlation 

and likely mutual 

working avenues to automate 

the existing procedures 

for better decision making 

process, based on digital 

data. She specifically suggested 

to work in collaboration 

with PITB on IRIS 

Technology (newly introduced 

by PITB) with the 

help of special device 

attached with smart phones 

to identify beneficiaries, 

satellite imaging system to 

get poverty score card, 

Conditional Cash Transfers 

(CCT), Complimentary 

Initiatives (CI) feedback or 

loop closing platform introduction 

and NSER joint data 

analysis options.


Sportlight 

7 

Nasir Jamshed rejects 

PCB's corruption charges 

SYDNEY: 

Commonwealth Games: Pakistan to play 

hockey match against India on Saturday 

In the 21st 

Commonwealth games 

men's hockey competition 

at Gold coast in Australia, 

Pakistan will take on arch 

rival India on Saturday. 

Earlier, the match 

between Pakistan and 

Wales ended in draw by 1- 

1 goals. Mubashir Ali 

scored the goal for 

Pakistan on penalty corner. 

LAHORE: Former 

Pakistan opener Nasir 

Jamshed has rejected the 

multiple code of conduct 

charges levelled against 

him by the Pakistan Cricket 

Board (PCB). 

In February this year, the 

PCB had issued a Notice of 

Charge to Jamshed, wherein 

he had been charged with 

multiple violations of 

Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 

2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’s 

Anti-Corruption Code for 

Participants (“the Code”). 

The cricketer was 

already serving a one-year 

ban for his non-cooperation 

with the PCB's spot-fixing 

Super League 

Following Jamshed’s 

investigation during the stance, the PCB issued a 

2017 edition of the Pakistan press statement stating 

NEW DELHI: A member 

of India’s 2011 World 

Cup-winning team is 

under scrutiny for possible 

ties to a match-fixing syndicate 

that organised a 

domestic T20 tournament 

in Jaipur last July, The 

Indian Expresshas learnt. 

According to the report, 

the T20 tournament 

Rajputana Premier League 

(RPL) is under investigation 

and the former player 

in question had been spotted 

on the sidelines of the 

tournament. 

RPL was first scrutinised 

last year by the Anti- 

Corruption Security Unit 

(ACSU) of the Board of 

Control for Cricket in 

India (BCCI) and is now 

being investigated by 

Rajasthan Police’s CID. 

The Indian Express 

quoting sources claimed 

the Rajasthan Police have 

found the mastermind of 

the “organised cricket racket” 

who partly bankrolled 

the RPL and has business 

links with a former international 

player who represented 

India in all three formats 

of the game. 

“The former player had 

been spotted on the sidelines 

of the tournament 

that witnessed bizarre passages 

of play. For instance, 

sources said, a bowler conceded 

eight byes by bowling 

“blatant wides” in the 

final over of a tight contest,” 

the report said. 

Following this, the 

BCCI requested Rajasthan 

chairman Najam Sethi has 

referred the matter for adjudication 

to a three-member 

anti-corruption tribunal, 

Police to probe the league. 

Fourteen persons were 

arrested for questioning 

last year for suspected betting 

and fixing activities 

linked to the RPL, including 

organisers, players, 

umpires and alleged bookies. 

Police received information 

regarding the former 

player from the suspects. 

While all those 

arrested are out on bail, the 

case was transferred to the 

CID last November. 

India's 2011 World Cup winning team 

member may be linked to match-fixing 

Cameron Bancroft gets sworn sister's 

backing for not challenging Australian ban 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Cameron 

Bancroft's decision to not 

challenge the Cricket 

Australia sanction on ball 

tampering charges has 

received support from his 

UK-based sworn sister Joe 

Cherry. 

Australia's former captain 

Steven Smith and 

Cameron Bancroft have 

accepted the 12-month and 

9-month suspension and 

both will be not available 

for captaincy for 12 

months thereafter. 

"He is like a brother to 

me. I back Cameron 100% 

in his decision and believe 

in him to come back. I owe 

it to him to try and get him 

out of the headlines", 

speaking exclusively, she 

said. Interestingly, 

Cameron Bancroft is very 

close to Cherry family. The 

right-handed opener lived 

in their house for about six 

months when, give years 

go, he played for the 

Danby Cricket Club, 

whose chairman is Joe's 

father David Cherry. 

"We are supporting him 


the same way as I said 

before. We are here for him 

to talk to at any time as we 

always have been and that 

will never change. He doesn’t 

need any advice. He has 

handled the whole thing 

very maturely and with 

extreme professionalism", 

she further added. 

Bancroft has no immediate 

plan to return to 

England. "Not that I know 

of at the moment", the soul 

sister signed off. 

Steven's dad, Peter 

Smith, who run a wax 

business in Sydney refused 

wife of former South 

African cricketer late 

Eddie Barlow, speaking 

exclusively,said. 

Cally Barlow has 

been following cricket 

all around the world. 

"I saw no tears on 

Warner's face", she had 

initially said before we 

sent her Warner's weeping 

photograph. 

"Warner had croco- 

KARACHI: Though 

David Warner has 

accepted Cricket 

Australia (CA) sanction 

(one year ban and no 

life-time captaincy), the 

31-year-old opening 

batsman is yet to gain 

the sympathy. 

"I have today let 

Cricket Australia know 

that I fully accept the 

sanctions imposed on dile tears then! 

me. I am truly sorry for 

my actions and will now 

do everything I can to be 

a better person, teammate 

and role model", he 

has said in his statement. 

"Not impressed at 

all", Cally Barlow, the 

What 

was he thinking by 

bringing his children 

into that bear pit? To 

gain sympathy I suspect", 

she said. 

"He or his wife must 

have had somebody to 

leave the children with. 

to comment at this 

moment. The 28-year-old 

Steven was consoled by 

his father during former's 

first media briefing on his 

return to Australia. 

In fact, despite Cricket 

Australia's request to hold 

the press conference one 

day later, both Smith and 

Bancroft were insistent on 

organizing the press-conference 

immediately in 

Cape Town once the ball 

tampering scandal unfolded. 

They wanted their 

hearts be emptied at the 

soonest. 

Questions raised over Warner couple 

bringing two kids in the press conference 

It was a very bad misjudgment 

on his part (to 

bring the children at his 

press conference) and I 

am not the only one who 

thinks so", she added. 

Warner is likely to 

have consulted his 

lawyer (Matthew 

Connock) before arriving 

at this decision to 

follow Steven Smith and 

Cameron Bancroft to not 

challenge the ban. 

The trio will now get 

psychologists' assistance 

to come out from the 

trauma. 

The trio will have 

now ample time to spend 

with their family for 12 / 

9 months. 

The Additional DGP 

CID (Crime) Pankaj 

Kumar Singh said they are 

following all leads. He told 

The Indian Express, “We 

are currently probing links 

between private entities, 

those who are part of the 

cricket fraternity and officials. 

We will take action if 

there is evidence that links 

them to corruption.” 

However, he declined 

to discuss the involvement 

of the former India cricketer. 

Hinting at the possibility 

of the case being a 

“high-profile” one, investigators 

said they’re relying 

on call detail records 

to connect the dots, 

sources said. The report 

added that of late BCCI 

and police have joined 

hands to probe into at least 

half-a-dozen 'dubious' 

domestic T20 leagues, 

with modus operandi similar 

to the RPL. It’s 

believed that organisers of 

such leagues make 

between INR20 million to 

INR30 million in a week. 

Peaty revs up as 

le Clos chases 

swim history 

GOLD COAST: Olympic 

champion Adam Peaty 

flexed his muscles in the 

Commonwealth Games 100 

metres breaststroke on 

Friday as the title-holder 

clocked the best time of the 

morning heats. 

South Africa’s Chad le 

Clos continued his bid to 

rewrite Games history, 

meanwhile, as he went out 

hard in the 200m freestyle 

heats before he lines up in the 

evening’s 50m butterfly 

final. Peaty, leading 

England’s challenge against 

home nation Australia’s dazzling 

swimming cast, is 

unbeaten in the 100m breaststroke 

since storming to gold 

in Glasgow four years ago 

and touched in 59.14 seconds 

in the Gold Coast sunshine. 

Aussie Matt Wilson finished 

a distant second in 

1:00.29 but realistically 

Peaty’s rivals will be contesting 

silver, such is gulf in class 

between them and 23-yearold 

world record-holder. 


KARACHI: Two matches 

decided in the ongoing 

2nd RMI Media Cricket 

League being played here at 

Government Shaheed 

Hasnain Sharif Higher 

Secondary School No.1. 

PPC Sultans and PPC 

Jaguars register victories 

over PPC Kings and PPC 

Azmari. 

In the first match of the 

day Sultans beat Kings in a 

nail biting finish when they 

scored 18 runs in the last 

over. Batting first Kings 

made 105 in allotted 10 

overs. Opener Abdul 

Razzaq was the top scorer 

with 46 runs. He hit six 

four and two sixes. Waqar 

Ahmed (19) and Waqar 

(17) were the only other 

two batsmen to enter double 

figures. Haq Nawaz 

took two wickets while 

Qadir and Ahsan shared 

one wicket each. In reply, 

which comprises Justice 

(retd) Fazl-e-Miran 

Chauhan, Shahzaib Masood 

and former Pakistan cricketer 

Aqib Javed. 

"PCB remains resilient 

in its fight against corruption 

in cricket and shall take 

all measures necessary to 

uproot this menace," the 

statement said. 

Jamshed was one of five 

players who came under the 

spotlight of the anti-corruption 

unit following the spotfixing 

scandal and was subsequently 

handed a punishment 

by the PCB. 

Sharjeel Khan and 

Khalid Latif were handed 

five-year bans for their 

involvement while 

Mohammad Irfan and 

Mohammad Nawaz were 

banned for 12 and two 

months respectively. 

KHA announced 

16 Members team 

for Sindh Games 


KARACHI: Karachi 

Hockey Association has 

announced its 16-member 

hockey team for 17th Sindh 

Games after trials at KHA 

Sports Complex Gulshan 

Iqbal. 

The team was selected by 

the selection committee 

headed by Olympian Hanif 

Khan, while former international 

Jameel Ahmad Khan, 

Gulfaraz Ahmad, and 

Ejazuddin were the members.Anees 

Kyani will be the 

team manager, while Saghir 

Hussain head coach. Zahid 

Mahmood will be the coach. 

Following is the Karachi 

team for Sindh Games which 

will be organized from April 

18 to 21 in Karachi: 

Arsal Ejaz, Hammad 

Mustafa, Zunair Jaleel, 

Faheem Khan, Muhammad 

Ali, Asim Khan (captain), 

Sheikh Muhammad Sajeer, 

Wahabuddin, Fazeel Ahmad, 

Rizwan Khan, Waseem 

Aslam (vice-captain), Asad 

Javed, Babar Sadat, Majid 

Khan, Taha Siddiqui and 

Hammad Ayyaz. 

VALENCIA: Rafael 

Nadal returned to action 

after a long injury layoff on 

Friday, comfortably defeating 

Philipp Kohlschreiber 6- 

2, 6-2, 6-3 to leave Spain 

even with Germany in the 

Davis Cup quarterfinals. 

It was the 23rd straight 

win for Nadal since 2005, 

setting the Davis Cup 

record combining singles 

and doubles. 

The top-ranked Nadal 

hadn't played since the 

Australian Open quarterfinals 

because of a right hip 

injury, and was never challenged 

by the 34th-ranked 

Kohlschreiber at the bullring 

staging the clay-court 

tie in Valencia. 

"It's positive, winning in 

Sultans reached the target 

in the last over with six 

wickets in hand. Ahsan hit 

two fours and a six in the 

last over to leave Kings 

bamboozled who were eyeing 

victory with 18 runs 

needed in the last over. 

Meanwhile, Haq Nawaz 

was adjudged man of the 

PCB talent hunt programme team 

to visit Miranshah tomorrow 

KARACHI: With peace 

restored in the region, 

cricket activities are also 

set to resume in North 

Waziristan as Pakistan 

Cricket Board officials in 

collaboration with the 

Pakistan Army will be in 

Miranshah to conduct open 

trials of aspiring cricketers 

in the area. 

A four-member team, 

including two current stars 

Shadab Khan and Yasir 

Shah would join National 

Cricket Academy, coaches 

Mushtaq Ahmed and Ali 

Zia, to conduct trials of 

aspiring cricketers at 

Younis Khan Cricket 

Ground in Miranshah 

tomorrow. 

“This is part of our talent 

hunt scheme in remote 

areas of the country,” 

Mushtaq told Geo.tv. “We 

have been to other parts as 

well and tomorrow we will 

be going to North 

Waziristan. With peace 

being restored to the region, 

I am hoping that talented 

cricketers from the area will 

also join us,” he added. 

The selected players 

will be invited by PCB at 

the National Cricket 

Academy for the skill 

development camp. 

“Sports is a way to keep 

the youth busy from all the 

negative activities and it is 

good that we are engaging 

youth of FATA, especially 

Waziristan in sports activities,” 

the former spinner 

highlighted. It is worth mentioning 

that last year a team 

from UK media played a 

historic cricket game against 

PCB XI at Miranshah to 

mark the successful return 

of life in the region. The 

match was organised by 

Pakistan Army. 

Experts believe the trials 

by PCB in Miranshah 

will help the youth of 

FATA to showcase their 

talent and represent themselves 

at the national level 

at par with other sportsmen 

from across the country. 

SYDNEY: Latalia Bevan of Wales competes on the vault during the women’s team final 

and individual qualification. 

Nadal levels Spain with Germany in quarterfinals 

straight sets. I feel comfortable 

back on the clay," 

Nadal said. 

"To play at home at a 

bullring stadium, it's very 

unique. Coming back from 

injuries is always difficult, 

PPC Sultans and Jaguars win in 2nd RMI Media Cricket League 

match for his two wickets 

and 17 valuable runs. 

In the second match 

PPC Jaguars outclass PPC 

Azmari by 45 runs. Batting 

first after winning the toss 

Jaguars made 141 runs in 

10 overs thanks to brilliant 

batting display. He 

remained unbeaten on 96 

but it's great to be in front of 

my crowd on a very memorable 

day." 

Germany won the 

opening singles when 

world No. 4 Alexander 

Zverev defeated David 

Ferrer 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. 

Nadal, in his first Davis 

Cup tie since 2016, had 30 

winners against only eight 

by Kohlschreiber, but the 

Spaniard finished with eight 

double faults. Nadal had 18 

break opportunities, converting 

seven. 

Earlier, Zverev cruised 

past the 33rd-ranked 

Ferrer with four aces and 

27 winners. 

"I played more aggressively 

as the match went 

on. It's my first clay-court 

just four runs short of 

which would have been a 

wonderful hundred. It was 

also the first fifty of the 

tournament. Ijaz hit 11 

huge sixes and two fours in 

his 40 ball innings. 

Interestingly Zakir was the 

only other batsmen besides 

Ijaz to enter double figures. 

match in a very long time, 

so it was great to find my 

rhythm so quickly," Zverev 

said. "With Nadal in their 

team, it's a point we're not 

expecting to get, so it's 

important to start well." 

This is the teams' first 

Davis Cup meeting since 

2004. 

Spain is trying to extend 

its winning streak at home to 

27 ties. Italy holds the Davis 

Cup record with a 29-tie 

unbeaten run at home from 

1949-64. Spain hasn't lost a 

tie as host since the first 

round in 1999 against Brazil. 

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It was a lone effort from 

Ijaz that propelled Jaguars 

to victory. Ijaz also hit five 

consecutive sixes in one 

over of Hashim. For 

Azmari, Tariq took two 

wickets and Abbas took 

one wicket. 

In reply Azmari team 

could only made 103 runs 

in ten over. Ashfaq Hussain 

was the top scorer with 46 

runs. Ashfaq also hit five 

consecutive sixes but this 

time the bowler was Fida. 

Ashfaq was finally bowled 

by Sajjad as he tried to 

accelerate the score with 

the required run rate climbing 

higher. Arif (10) and 

Asad (14) remained not 

out. Sajjad took three wickets 

while Abbas grab two 

wickets. Ijaz was named 

Man of the Match for his 

brilliant batting. Usman 

and Sana Ullah acted as 

Umpires while Imran 

Yousafzai acted as scorer.

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Pakistani nation stands with their 

Kashmiri brothers: President 

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain visiting bookstalls during the 9th Annual 

National Book Festival. Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary 

Heritage (NHLH), Irfan Siddiqui and Ambassador of China Yao Jing are also present. 

ISLAMABAD: President 

Mamnoon Hussain Friday 

strongly condemned the 

ongoing violence against 

innocent Kashmiris by the 

Indian occupation forces and 

said Pakistani nation stood 

with their Kashmiri brothers 

in their just struggle. 

Addressing the inauguration 

of the annual National 

Book Festival here at the 

Pakistan-China Centre, the 

President appealed to the 

international community to 

realize and play its part in 

putting an end to the gross 

human rights violations by 

the Indian forces. He said the 

Kashmir issue could only be 

resolved through implementation 

of the UN Security 

Council resolutions. 

Pakistan was observing 

the Kashmir Solidarity Day 

to raise awareness globally 

against the unending atrocities 

by the Indian army in the 

occupied Kashmir who have 

unleashed a reign of terror 

against the unarmed civilian 

protestors, struggling for 

SUKKUR: The information 

minister of Sindh 

Sayed Nasir Hussain Shah 

claimed on Friday that the 

chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf Imran Khan smuggled 

narcotics in Cricket wickets 

during his sports career. 

In an informal discussion 

with media after the 

inaugural ceremony of a 

hospital in Sukkur, the minister 

said that Imran Khan 

alleged PPP co-chairman 

Asif Ali Zardari of selling 

black tickets but actually, he 

himself was involved in 

narcotics smuggling. He 

asserted that he has proof of 

his crime adding that Imran 

has to answer all this. 

Sayed inquired that why 

would Zardari black tickets 

when he was the owner of a 

their right to self determination. 

The President appreciated 

the holding of the annual 

book exhibition, organized 

Imran smuggled narcotics during 

cricketing career: Nasir Hussain Shah 

PTI chief would gain nothing from Sindh in next election 

Turkish Navy ship TCG Gelibolu arrives 

Karachi on four-day goodwill visit 

KARACHI: A Pakistan Navy sailor holds Pak-Turkish flags up arrival of TCG GELI- 

BOLU, a Turkish Navy Oliver Hazard Perry Class Ship at Pakistan Navy Dockyard. 

KARACHI: TCG 

Gelibolu, a Turkish Navy 

Oliver Hazard Perry Class 

Ship arrived Karachi on 

Friday on a four-day goodwill 

visit. 

The Ship was escorted 

into harbour by Pakistan 

Navy Ship ASLAT and 

was received with a warm 

welcome during an 

impressive reception at 

Pakistan Navy Dockyard, 

a news release issued here 

by directorate of public 

relations of Pakistan Navy. 

Upon arrival, traditional 

tunes were played by 

Pakistan Navy band and 

waving of Pakistan-Turkey 

Flags. The ship was 

received by senior officers 

of Pakistan Navy and 

Turkish diplomatic officials. 

The visit of Turkish 

Navy Ship to Pakistan is 

manifestation of the strong 

bilateral ties between the 

Islamic Republic of 

Pakistan and the Republic 

of Turkey. The visit will 

bolster the existing bonds 

of friendship between the 

two countries besides 

strengthening 

cooperation. 

mutual 

Musadik reaffirms Pak's support for 

Kashmiris' right to self determination 

ISLAMABAD: Special 

Assistant to the Prime 

Minister Dr. Musadik 

Malik has reaffirmed 

Pakistan's support for 

Kashmiris' right to self 

determination. 

Speaking at the 

Ministerial meeting of the 

Non-Aligned Movement Kashmir. 

in Azerbaijan on Friday, he He also underscored 

highlighted the atrocities Pakistan's unmatched 

against Kashmiris by India strides against terrorism 

and drew attention of the and described these 

meeting to the seven achievements as a net contribution 

from Pakistan to 

decades of non-implementation 

of UN Security regional and international 

Council resolutions on peace and security. 

Advisor on aviation inaugurates 

new corporate look of PIA 

ISLAMABAD : Advisor 

to the Prime Minister on 

Aviation Sardar Mahtab 

Ahmad Khan has inaugurated 

a new corporate look 

of PIA here on Friday in 

Islamabad. 

PIA has introduced a new 

corporate look of PIA with 

its logo and design to include 

a painting of the Markhor; 

our national animal which 

inhabits the mountainous 

regions of Pakistan. Advisor 

to PM on Aviation Sardar 

Mahtab was the chief guest 

of this ceremony. Besides 

high officials of PIA and 

Civil Aviation, including 

Secretary Aviation, Irfan 

Elahi, President and CEO, 

Musharraf Rasool, COO, Zia 

Qadir, CCO, Bilal Munir 

Sheikh, Chief Technical 

Officer, Amir Ali, HR Chief, 

Asma Bajwa were also present 

on this occasion. 

Sardar Mehtab Ahmad 

khan shared that PIA has 

taken a progressive step to 

rebuild its image in the world 

and it is a gradient endeavor 

to rebrand PIA which highlights 

our commitment to the 

preservation of the Markhor; 

our national animal. 

cinema house. 

“If Imran himself smuggled 

narcotics in wickets, 

what would he do with the 

country as a leader?” asked 

the lawmaker. 

The PPP leader continued 

that it did not suit PTI 

to talk about corruption 

when the party was itself 

full of corrupt elements. 

The legislator also pinpointed 

Liaquat Jatoi who was 

ousted from cabinet due to 

corrupt practices, saying he 

is the part of PTI. 

He went on and 

expressed that PTI chief 

would gain nothing from 

Sindh in next general 

elections, asserting that 

the situation for PTI 

would be same as in previous 

elections. 

Air chief visits 

headquarters Air 

Defence Command 

ISLAMABAD: Air 

Chief Marshal Mujahid 

Anwar Khan, Chief of the 

Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force 

(PAF) paid maiden visit to 

Headquarters Air Defence 

Command on Friday. 

On his arrival, he was 

received by Air Vice 

Marshal Muhammad 

Zahoor Faisal, Air Officer 

Commanding, Air Defence 

Command, said a press 

release issued here by media 

affairs directorate of PAF. 

While visiting the command 

and control centre of 

Air Defence Command, the 

Air Chief witnessed the 

ongoing operations carried 

out by the Air Defenders of 

the country. The visit was 

undertaken with a purpose 

to assess the operational 

readiness of the various 

installations of the Air 

Defence Command of PAF. 

Interacting with the 

combat crew, the Air 

Chief appreciated their 

level of motivation in performing 

this sacred duty 

of defending the aerial 

frontiers round-the-clock. 

We must make concerted 

efforts to keep the 

Pakistan Air Force in 

highest state of operational 

readiness, he added. 

by the National Book 

Foundation (NBF) and said 

the endeavour to inculcate 

the habit of reading amongst 

the young and old was getting 

a good response. 

President Mamnoon 

Hussain said today there 

were a number of universities 

and institutes of higher 

studies that were conducting 

research and development 

besides imparting quality 

education in all areas in the 

country. He however said 

that the impact and reach of 

these organizations could 

increase significantly if their 

mode of education was in the 

national language. 

President said a lot many 

bright students of Pakistan 

could not make it up to the 

top in education, only 

because the mode of teaching 

was not in the Urdu language. 

He called for translating 

books on health, medicine, 

engineering, sciences 

and arts in Urdu to encourage 

and instill amongst the 

people the habit of reading. 

FIA enlarge probe 

circle against PML(N) 

leader Yasir Mehdi for 

forge selling of plots 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Investigation Agency(FIA) 

has extended the circle of 

investigation from Central 

Joint Secretary of PML(N) 

Yasir Mehdi. Who was 

already arrested for corruption 

charges. 

The accused Chaudhary 

Yasir Mehdi had sold several 

plots on bogus documents 

in Sawan Garden 

Cooperative Housing 

Society as well as in 

Ashiyana Housing Society. 

He minted billion of rupees 

through sale of plot by tempering 

in the documents. 

FIA has gathered the 

record of the both societies. 

Yasir Mehdi also 

hoodwinked the law 

enforcement agencies for 

A long time by placing 

photos with ousted Prime 

Minister Nawaz Sharif and 

Mariyam Nawaz on the 

banners and posters. 

FIA got some thrilling 

disclosure from Mehdi, 

who was arrested on the 

allegations of selling a 

plot worth of millions of 

rupees owned by a citizen 

Muhammad Arif to another 

person. 

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S H A H E E D 

B E N A Z I R A B A D : 

Pakistan Tehreek Insaf 

Chairman Imran Khan 

inaugurated membership 

drive at Nawabshah where 

many new workers 

become disappointed. 

Senior leader of PTI 

Gul Muhammad Rind 

uttered that it was already 

fixed in schedule regarding 

the meeting of workers 

with PTI chairman 

Imran Khan. 

Asfandyar Wali says Zardari 

exposed Imran's reality 

CHARSADDA: Awami 

National Party (ANP) leader 

Asfandyar Wali Khan said 

on Friday that Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP) Co- 

Chairman Asif Ali Zardari 

has exposed Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman 

Imran Khan in the recentlyheld 

Senate polls. 

Addressing party workers 

in Charsadda, the ANP 

leader said his head hangs in 

MUMBAI: Miss World 

Manushi Chhillar says that 

as someone who is living 

up to a lot of expectations, 

she didn’t feel scared 

about being compared to 

successful Bollywood star 

Kareena Kapoor Khan. 

Manushi was on Thursday 

at an event where she was 

announced the brand 

ambassador of a jewllery 

brand that is also represented 

by Kareena. This 

will be the first brand 

endorsement by Manushi 

who won the beauty pageant 

earlier this year. 

The Haryana-born 

beauty queen was asked 

about being compared to 

the brand’s other face 

Kareena. She said: “There 

are a lot of expectations 

when people have already 

seen actors like 

Tamannaah Bhatia and 

Kareena Kapoor Khan. 

But I think for a girl who is 

already living up to a lot of 

expectations, I wasn’t really 

scared. There was more 

of excitement than nervousness. 

What Kareena 

Kapoor Khan has been 

doing and will keep doing 

is different from the line of 

shame on what happened in 

the Senate elections, as the 

entire 'stable' was bought. 

The jibe was taken in reference 

to the allegations of 

horse trading in the Senate 

polls. Asfandyar said that 

the PTI leader says one 

thing in the morning and 

another in evening. 

"Imran says that Nawaz 

and Zardari are two sides of 

the same coin," he said. 

jewellery that I am endorsing 

for Malabar.” 

Manushi had earlier 

ruled out a Bollywood stint 

for her just now. 

“Bollywood is just something 

that is not on my 

"Imran should disclose who 

his party's lawmakers voted 

for in Senate." 

Pakistan Muslim 

League-Nawaz, PTI, and 

Muttahida Qaumi 

Movement-Pakistan have 

expressed reservations 

over some political parties 

bagging Senate seats without 

having substantial representation 

in provincial 

assemblies. 

Manushi Chhillar joins Kareena, 

says not scared of comparison 


UN Secretary-General 

Antonio Guterres is continuing 

to follow "very 

closely" the deteriorating 

situation in Indian occupied 

Kashmir. 

Spokesman for the 

Secretary General 

Stephane Dujarric told 

news persons at a regular 

briefing in New York that 

the good offices of the 

United Nations are available 

if both parties require 

and ask for it. 

He said India is 

opposed to any UN mediation 

in resolving the 

Kashmir problem while 

mind as of now so I really 

can’t say anything about 

it,” she had said after winning 

the pageant while 

admitting she would want 

to do an Aamir Khan film 

someday. 

UN Chief expresses concern over 

deteriorating situation in IOK 

Imran Khan also said to 

me when we met at 

Islamabad that when I will 

come to Nawabshah then I 

meet with workers but he 

did not do that due to that 

reason PTI workers got 

angry and resigned along 

with leader. 

While talking to daily 

Messenger, Gul 

Muhammad said workers 

are soul of the party if 

workers are not obliged 

then they will definitely 

separate from party. 

Pakistan has continuously 

sought the secretary-general's 

good offices to resolve 

the decades-old dispute. 

He further said the 

Secretary-General has 

expressed and will continue 

to express his concern 

at the situation in Indian 

occupied Kashmir. 

Senior PTI leader Gul Muhammad Rind 

resigns for neglecting workers 

Defence minister holds meeting with Russian minister for industry 

Pak Russia trade volume can go up: Dastgir 

MOSCOW: Denis Manturov, Minister for Industry and Trade 

of the Russain Federation shaking hand with Federal 

Minister for Defence, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan. 

MOSCOW: Defence Defence Minister deepening of cooperation 

Minister Khurram Dastgir Dastagir underscored that between Russia and 

Khan has said that the Pakistan attached great Pakistan would be helpful 

there is a great potential importance to its relations in promoting peace and stability 

between Pakistan and with Russia. He noted that 

in the region. 

Russia for the enhancement 

bilateral relations have The two Ministers noted 

in trade volume. improved substantively the progress made on the 

He was talking to since 2013 under the shared execution of decisions 

Minister for industry and vision of the highest political 

taken during the 5th 

Trade of the Russian 

leadership of both Meeting of Pakistan-Russia 

Federation Denis nations. He also noted that IGC held in Moscow in 

Manturov here on the sidelines 

of the 7th Moscow 

bilateral trade was growing, 

and had great potential to 

November 2017 and agreed 

to further enhance cooperation 

Conference 

on rise further. 

in the fields of Trade, 

International Security. Denis Manturov Energy, Defence, 

Ambassador of Pakistan to observed that IGC provided Science and Technology, 

Russia Khalil Ullah Qazi a good platform for periodic 

Agriculture, Education, 

was also present in the 

high-level meetings and Health and Information 

meeting. 

underlined that further Technology. 

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