11 Oct 2018

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Metropolitan:
Money-laundering
scam: NAB raids
Omni Group office,
seizes record
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National:
Faisal Raza Abidi
arrested
after SC
appearance
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International:
Bangladeshi
opposition chief gets
life sentence over
deadly 2004 attack
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DG, FIA takes
notice of record
rupee depreciation
KARACHI: Director
General (DG) Federal
Investigation Agency
(FIA) has taken notice of
rupee historical devaluation.
On direction of DG, a
crackdown has been
launched in order to stop
transfer of foreign
exchange into foreign
countries through
Hawala and Hundi.
Teams have been
constituted for carrying
out operation in all four
provinces.
Teams comprising
investigation officers
will start their work
from today’s night.
Properties of 895
Pakistanis in UAE
have been traced: SC
I S L A M A B A D :
Supreme Court (SC)
has been informed
through a report on offshore
accounts of
Pakistanis that properties
of 895 Pakistanis
have been traced in
United Arab Emirates
(UAE).
The report further
said that notices have
been issued to 200
among these 895 persons
asking them to
clarify their position
with reference to these
properties.
Stock market in decline
since Nawaz's ouster:
Khursheed Shah
SUKKUR: Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP)
leader Khursheed Shah
on Wednesday said the
stock market has been
collapsing since former
prime minister Nawaz
Sharif's ouster.
Addressing a ceremony
in Sukkur, the PPP
leader said, “The stock
market has been in
decline since Nawaz's
ouster.”
ISLAMABAD: Prime
Minister Imran Khan on
Wednesday launched PTI’s
ambitious flagship “Naya
Pakistan Housing Authority”
(NPHA) project aimed at
building five million lowcost
houses across the country,
fulfilling one of the “cornerstones”
of his party’s
election manifesto.
Addressing the launching
ceremony here at the PM
Office, the Prime Minister
announced that the government
would provide the land,
facilitate and remove bottlenecks
and work under public-private
partnership to
construct the high rise buildings
with all basic amenities.
“We want to build houses
for those who ordinarily do
not even dream of owning a
house, as they fall in lowincome
group and barely
KARACHI EDITION – Thursday, October 11, 2018, Safar 1, 1440
Khan vows to steer country out of crisis
PM launches ambitious
5 mln housing project
Says he will guide nation through all steps his govt will take to prevent economic meltdown
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing at the launching ceremony of
"Naya Pakistan Housing Program", at PM Office.
manage to find a shelter,”
Imran Khan said.
Vowing to personally
supervise the project he
announced setting up of a
task force that would put in
place the Naya Pakistan
Housing Authority in 90
days, besides collecting initial
data of the requirement.
The NPHA will provide a
one-window operation and
will construct houses in both
rural and urban areas, he said
and added, the Authority
would coordinate with the
local bodies and provincial
governments.
The Prime Minister said
the data of the ‘kaachi
abadis’ (slums) would also
be collected and added estimates
say that 40% land in
Karachi, and most precious
land in Islamabad was
encroached by such illegal
housing. He said after
reviewing international models,
high rise buildings, having
all basic facilities would
be constructed and the owners
would have full property
rights.
He announced launch of
the pilot project in seven districts,
where NADRA would
help collect the basic data of
those in need of the housing
and said the earlier schemes
failed as these did not have
the requisite basic data to
work upon. He said the data
would help find the requirements,
the income level of
the people and how much
they could pay for the mortgage
per month.
Prime Minister Imran
Khan also announced launch
of housing for the federal
government housing scheme
from Thursday and said data
Nawaz, Maryam seek
removal of names from ECL
ISLAMABAD: Former
prime minister Nawaz
Sharif, his daughter Maryam
Nawaz and son-in-law
Captain (retd) Muhammad
Safdar have approached the
Ministry of Interior for
removal of their names from
the Exit Control List (ECL).
As per details, Sharif and
members of his family, who
were released from Adiala
prison after suspension of
their jail terms by the
Islamabad High Court last
month, wrote a letter to the
interior ministry, asking it
strike their names off the nofly
list.
The letter was written a
week ago; however, the ministry
has not given any
response yet.
As an interim relief, the
Islamabad High Court (IHC)
on Sept 19 suspended the
conviction of Nawaz Sharif,
his daughter Maryam
Nawaz and her spouse
Captain Safdar in the
Avenfield properties case.
Their names were placed
on the Exit Control List
(ECL) after an approval
from the new cabinet of
Prime Minister Imran Khan.
China Welcomes Saudi Arabia Inclusion in CPEC
QUETTA: Chinese Ambassador to
Pakistan Yao Jing on Wednesday said that
China has no objection to Saudi Arabia
investing in the CPEC.
Addressing media in Quetta Press Club,
Chinese Ambassador said that they welcome
investments.
“We welcome investment in CPEC,”
During his visit to Quetta, Ambassador
Jing also addressed the Quetta Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and met people
from a broad cross-section of society.
He stated that after the formation of the
new government, CPEC had been reviewed
and consensus had been developed over the
inclusion of new projects.
Fazl discusses opposition alliance with Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Wednesday met with former
president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and agreed to give tough time to
the government. According to reports, the PPP and JUI-F leaders discussed the current
political situation in the country. They also discussed the opposition alliance for
giving tough time to the PTI government.
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) Chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman called
on Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari at Zardari House.
collection would start from
today (Thursday). He
expressed the hope that the
provinces, particularly
Punjab would also emulate
the trend set in by the federal
government.
Imran Khan said the construction
industry was one of
the most important sectors of
the society as over 40 other
industries were related to it
and said it was vital for
reviving economic activity
and employment generation.
He said a new young entrepreneur
class would emerge
and the government would
ensure provision of necessary
skills and training to
unemployed youth.
The prime minister mentioned
the trend for borrowing
of house building loans
in other countries and said in
the US almost 80% people
construct houses through
loans, in Malaysia 33%,
India 11%, Bangladesh 3%,
while in Pakistan only
0.25%. He said the earlier
housing projects failed to
take off because the country
had no financing packages
and added the State Bank of
Pakistan had been directed to
set up a National Financial
Regulatory Body in 60 days
time. He said necessary legal
framework would also be
prepared within the stipulated
time.
Lt Gen Asim Munir
appointed as DG ISI
RAWALPINDI: Lt
Gen Asim Munir has
been appointed the new
director general (DG) of
the Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI), says a
press statement of Inter
Services Public
Relations.
Lt Gen Munir's previous
appointment was as
DG Military Intelligence.
He received a Hilal-i-
Imtiaz in March 2018. He
has also served as commander
of the Force
Command Northern
Areas.
In addition to
announcing Munir's new
charge as DG ISI, the
Inter-Services Public
Relations also announced
that Lt Gen Azhar Saleh
Abbasi will take over as
chief of Logistics Staff at
General Headquarters,
Lt Gen Nadeem Zaki has
been appointed commander
Mangla Corps
while Lieutenant
General Shaheen Mazher
has been made
Commander Peshawar
Corps and Lieutenant
General Abdul Aziz
Military Secretary GHQ
and Lt Gen Waseem
Ashraf is set to take over
as the IG Arms.
LAHORE: Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) MPAs on
Wednesday protested outside
the Punjab Assembly
against its failure to call a
session over party president
Shehbaz Sharif's arrest.
The PML-N lawmakers
also attempted to enter the
Punjab Assembly premises
by scaling walls.
The main gate of the
provincial assembly had
been blocked off with
barbed wires and contingents
of police had been
deployed following the
PML-N's announcement to
stage a protest at the assembly's
stairs.
Speaking on the occasion,
Opposition leader in
the Punjab Assembly
Hamza Shehbaz took a jibe
at Prime Minister (PM)
Imran Khan while asserting
that democracy without substance
was placed in the
country.
Keeping verbal
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PML-N lawmakers protest
outside Punjab Assembly
Hamza Shehbaz warns PM Khan against 'imprisonment threats'
LAHORE: Leaders and activists of Muslim League (PML-N) are holding protest demonstration
against detention of leader of opposition and president PML-N Shahbaz
Sharif in Ashiana Housing Scandal by NAB, outside Punjab Assembly building.
NA speaker issues production
orders for Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad
Qaiser Wednesday issued production orders for opposition
leader Shehbaz Sharif.
The PML-N president in the wake of orders will be
able to attend the extraordinary session of the National
Assembly on October 17.
Shehbaz Sharif was arrested in a graft case by the
NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) on October 5. He
has been charged with awarding illegal contracts to his
favourite firm in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing scheme.
Govt to reduce
poverty: Asad Umar
BALI: Finance Minister Asad Umar has said that
alleviation of poverty and providing basic facilities to
the people at their doorstep is the priority of the PTI’s
government.
Finance Minister, Asad Umar held a number of
meetings on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF
Group Annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia on
Wednesday.
He met with his Indonesian counterpart Sri Mulyani
Indrawati and discussed matters pertaining to expansion
of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Finance Minister Umar emphasized expanding Pak-
Indonesia trade relations. The Minister in this regard
called upon the Indonesian side to expedite the process
of ratification of the additional tariff lines granted to
Pakistan after comprehensive review of the PTA in
2017.
Finance Minister, later had a meeting with the
President of World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim. During
the meeting the current level of Pak-World Bank cooperation
was reviewed. The Finance Minister shared with
the World Bank leader, the vision of the new government
and its priorities.
The Minister also had meetings with senior officials
of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
and OECD.
ISLAMABAD: PPP’s
Senator Sherry Rehman
has said that the PTI government
has taken 50 “U”-
turns in last fifty days.
PPP’s leader ,Sherry
Rehman was talking with
media outside National
Assembly on Wednesday.
She said that Government
should run Upper-house
according to rules and regulations.
as the government
think even in the parliament
that they are still
on the container. Now it
the time that they should
come down from it .
She said that the wrong
policies of the government
is destroying economy of
the country.
onslaught up, Shehbaz stated
that Usman Buzdar
[incumbent Punjab chief
minister] was foisted on
masses of the Punjab.
Shehbaz Jr added, “Buzdar
has been framed in murder
case. Niazi saab [Imran
Khan] should have informed
nation about the murder case
lodged against Buzdar”.
“The transfer of Punjab
Inspector General (IG) is
sheer violation of electoral
code of conduct”, Shehbaz
apprised Imran while inquiring
whether Mansha Bomb
or Mian Mehmoodur
Rasheed’s son was involved
in the transfer.
Shehbaz warned Imran
against hurling threats of
imprisonment and vowed to
put forth a show of ‘real
opposition’.
Shehbaz urged PM Khan
to initiate accountability
from his home and give evidence
in defence of his offshore
company. He said,
“Niazi saab [Imran Khan] is
by-product of rigging”.
Constructing
5 mln houses not
an easy task: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief
Justice of Pakistan (CJP)
Mian Saqib Nisar has said
that money is required to
build 5 millionhouses.
A hearing on a case
regarding slum areas was
held in the Supreme Court
on Wednesday.
During the hearing, the
CJP remarked that constructing
5 million homes is
not an easy task. They cannot
be built with mere
announcement, he added.
The CJP further said that
he does not doubt the intention
of the government but
the 5 million housing project
will take time to complete.
He said that he has asked
Prime Minister Imran Khan
to visit the slums, adding
that he does not if this will
be acceptable to the prime
minister or not.
PTI should now come down
from container: Sherry
“Current government
has presented the minibudget,
which actually is
the extension of PML (N)
government’s budget, The
loan from IMF would
swell inflation.
She said that inviting
India to negotiation has
made fun of Pakistan,
while
the joint statement was
not released after the meeting
of Qureshi and US
Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo.
She said that PPP wants
that the government may
fulfill its promises made
with the people .
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Metropolitan
Money-laundering scam: NAB raids
Omni Group office, seizes record
KARACHI: A team of
the National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) raided the
Omni Group’s office near
Hockey Stadium in Karachi
and confiscated the record.
According to details, the
team raided the office of
Anwar Majeed’s Omni
Group near the Hockey
Stadium off Shahrah-e-
Faisal on Tuesday night and
confiscated the record and
computers before sealing it.
The Federal
Investigation Agency
(FIA) is currently investigating
a money-laundering
scam involving former
president Asif Ali Zardari,
KARACHI: Nothing is
impossible and final in
politics. And the political
‘gath jorh’ is always an
option when the elections
or bye- elections are round
the corner. On Tuesday, a
meeting took place
his sister Faryal Talpur,
and close aide Anwar
Majeed.
Anwar Majeed and his
son Abdul Ghani Majeed
between the Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate
for NA-243 and FixIt
Campaign founder
Alamgir Khan and PPP
leader Mir Asim Khan during
which the former
(Alamgir) sought the
have been behind bars
since the FIA took them
into custody on August 15
outside the Supreme Court
where they had appeared
PPP’s support in the byeelections.
During the two hourmeeting
both leaders discussed
various issues pertaining
to masses and
national interest and discussed
ways and means to
improve them.
Mir Asim Khan told the
PTI candidate that PPP
stands for solution of the
masses problems and it is
the party which believes in
delivering for the cause of
the common man. The
party headed by young
energetic Bilawal Bhutto
Zardari can go to any
extent for the welfare of
before the bench headed
by Chief Justice Mian
Saqib Nisar in a suo motu
case regarding money
laundering of Rs 35 billion
through fake bank
accounts.
The names of the two
accused have also been
added to the Exit Control
List (ECL) on the directives
of the top court.
PPP co-chairperson
Asif Ali Zardari, his sister
Faryal Talpur, Mr Majeed
and his son and former
Pakistan Stock Exchange
chairman Hussain Lawai
have been named accused
in the money laundering
PTI candidate for NA-243 seeks PPP’s support
UIT announces to consider
applications from students
KARACHI: The Usman
Institute of Technology
(UIT) has announced to consider
applications from students,
who cleared the
entrance test held at NED
University, in its fall admission
campaign 2018. The
institute, which is affiliated
with NED University of
Engineering and
Technology, is committed to
KARACHI: The
Provincial Advisory
Committee of the
Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund (PPAF)
for the Sindh province,
(PAC – Sindh), held its
first meeting in Karachi,
introducing committee
members from the
provincial government,
PPAF Board and experts
from relevant sectors and
academia. The first meeting
laid the scope of
engagement for the PAC
– Sindh in relation to
development needs of the
province and PPAF’s priority
thematic and geographic
areas. This
includes a focus on
health and nutrition;
water; education; and
livelihoods and financial
inclusion.
The PAC -
Sindh,chaired by Director
PPAF, Dr. Aijaz Ahmed
Q u r e s h i , i n c l u d e s D r.
Suleman Shaikh -
Director PPAF and
Secretary Board of
Trustees, SZABIST,
Karachi,
Ms.
making education highly
affordable through scholarships.
"The UIT has a highly
qualified teaching faculty
and delivers education at a
high standard. The institute
offers a vibrant educational
and community life experience
that unravels the talents
of students and helps them
achieve their career goals,"
said UIT Director Syed
Azhar Ali Shah Students can
enroll in BS Computer
Science and Software
Engineering.Admissions are
also opened to BE Electrical
Engineering, Computer
Systems, Electronic
Engineering, and
Telecommunications.
The classes for the fall
semester have already started
at the institute.
KARACHI: Commuters are facing inconvenience due to construction portion of Green
Line Bus Project as slow pace of construction work is creating problems for residents
and they demand to concerned department to complete work as soon as possible, at
Nagan Chowrangi area.
PPAF’s Provincial Advisory
Committee Sindh commences work
SadiqaSalahuddin -
Member General Body
PPAF and Executive
Director - Indus Resource
Center, as well as representatives
from Planning
& Development, Health
and Social Welfare
Departments, Govt. of
Sindh. Civil society/private
sector representatives
include Mr.
FawadSoomro - Head,
Engro Foundation, and
Ms. Kausar S Khan -
Head, Behavioral and
Research Sciences, Aga
Khan University Karachi,
and PPAF’s Provincial
Coordinator Ms.
SamiaLiaquat Ali Khan –
Sr. Group Head, Quality
Assurance & Research
Design.
KARACHI: A group photograph have been taken during
the inaugural meeting of Provincial Advisory Committee
of the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) for the
Sindh province. The members includes Mr. Aijaz Ahmed
Qureshi, Dr. Suleman Shaikh, Dr. Sadiqa Salahuddin,
Ms. Sheema Arif, Mr. Sikander Shaikh, Dr. Nadeem
Akhtar Shaikh, Mr. Fawad Soomro, Ms. Kausar S Khan
and Ms. Sarnia Liaquat Ali Khan.
the masses, Mir Asim said.
Mir Asim said that PPP
leaders are always open for
cooperation on the work for
cause of democracy with
any political party. Our
motto is to strengthen
democracy, the Parliament,
the elected house and deliver
to cause of the people at
large, Mir Asim said.
It may be mentioned
here that the above mentioned
seat was won by
Prime Minister Imran
Khan in the July 25 general
elections, but it fell
vacant after Khan chose to
retain NA-95 Mianwali
and leave NA-243 vacant.
PTI does not believe
in politics of revenge:
Nusrat Wahid
KARACHI: PTI
Member of National
Assembly Nusrat Wahid
said on Wednesday that
PTI does not believe in
politics of revenge.
“However, we must get
rid of robbers and plunderers.
All corrupt people
will go through the
accountability process and
we will promote a neat
and clean political culture
in the country,” she said
during her meeting with
the leaders of social community
and their workers.
Nusrat further said that
due to wrong economic
policies of the previous
governments, Pakistan
had been trapped in
swamp of huge borrowings.
PTI government is
working on priority basis
to rid the country of borrowings
while dollar’s
high conversion rate
would soon be under control,
she said.
scam.
According to the FIR
registered by FIA, transactions
of billions of rupees
were made into suspicious
accounts, including the
one owned by the PPP
leaders, the Zardari Group,
which is accused of receiving
Rs 15 million of the
laundered money.
In December 2016, the
Pakistan Rangers conducted
raids at Karachi office
of the Omni Group of
Companies and the residence
of Anwar Majeed
and confiscated record
allegedly related with
money laundering.
LECTURE ON PLANT TISSUE CULTURE IN
AGRICULTURE AT M.A.JINNAH UNIVERSITY
Plant Biotechnology is vital for farmers to get
better crops wihout using Fertilizer & Pesticides
KARACHI: Deputy Director, General, Defense, Science and Technology Organization, Dr.
Saifullah Khan giving lecture on New Trends in Plant Biotechnology" to the students of
Biosciences department, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Karachi, last evening.
KARACHI: Plant
CS for provision of Biotechnology has become
multi-food items to most important for agriculture
sector in Pakistan
needy people of Thar
because it not only helps
KARACHI: Sindh farmers to acquire better
Chief Secretary Syed
Mumtaz Ali Shah on
Wednesday called for
yields of their corps, but
also save the expenses in
respect of the use of chemicals
Biosciences
ensuring a plan for
such as fertilizer and
provision of multifood
pesticides. In plant
items to the biotechnology, we may
needy people of Thar
including wheat, pulses,
transfer good qualities of a
plant in other plants, for
cooking oil and example, we have pro-
sugar
basis.
on monthly duced BT Cotton to produce
better quality of cotton
He asked the
with the help of this
Secretary Food to technology and banana
coordinate with SMBR crops has also been saved
for furnishing the from various diseases.
food-stuff to the people
This was stated by Deputy
of Thar. Shah Director General, Defense,
issued these instructions
Science & Technology
while presiding Organization (DESTO)
over a high level meeting
Prof. Dr. Saifullah Khan
to revive Thar while delivering a lecture
Relief Program in on ” new trends in plant
Sindh Secretariat.
The meeting
reviewed mother-child
causalities, food and
nutrition program, Muzammil Ferozi
water & fodder (for KARACHI: Pakistan
live stock) and health Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI’s) government
facilities for Thar people.
over its decisions
The chief secretary
has critically been lashed
ordered Sindh out by many opposition sen-
Health and Population ior politicians including its
Welfare Departments coalition partner.
to initiate free ambulance
The Jamiat Ulema-ideserving
services for Islam-F Chief, Maulana
people of Fazlur Rehman disapproved
Thar immediately. of the current government.
He also asked secretary
Making fun of PTI goven
health to strengthernment,
Fazl said due to its
hospitals, dispensaries,
policies, the savings are dip-
rural health ping in well and the stock
centers and basic markets now are not performing
health units, by posting
well.
sufficient staff, He asked PTI if this is
providing medicines the 'vicissitude' the PTI was
and other facilities. discussing and mocked at its
The chief secretary cleanliness drive adding that
also required suggestions
Imran is only good at spoil-
and problems of ing the economy.
various departments Soaring rates on goods,
working for the Thar utilities inflation and
Development Program. increasing prices on foods
Fakhr-E- Alam determined to mark
an epic journey around the world
KARACHI/FLORIDA:
Fakhr-e-Alam is a name in
Pakistan who has made the
nation proud at every level.
From introducing ' Rap' in
Pakistan to acting, hosting
and raising awareness as a
social activist, Fakhr e Alam
has been a real 'Fakhr of
Pakistan.' He is once again
determined to make
Pakistan proud by becoming
the 1st Pakistani in the history
of the world to circumnavigate
the globe.
Fakhr turned his childhood
dream of flying into
reality when in the year
2015, he received his private
pilot license in Florida,
USA, same year he
announced an attempt to circumnavigate
the globe in a
single-engine aircraft. Three
years later of the announcement,
Fakhr is finally ready
to take off on Wednesday,
October 10th, 2018 from
home base KCLW,
Clearwater Airpark, Tampa
Florida, USA.
As per the previous
schedule, he was unable to
depart on October 6th due to
some technical malfunction
during a test run, however,
the airplane has been cleared
to take off after extensive
testing and has been brought
back to home base KCLW
for the final preparations.
On an estimated 28-daylong
journey, Fakhr will fly
covering 31 cities and 25
biotechnology” to the students
of Biosciences
Department, Mohammad
Ali Jinnah University,
Karachi yesterday. Senior
faculty members of
department
Dr. Khitab Gul, Dr. Huma
Javed, Bushra Bilal, Anam
Tariq and Faizan Saleem
were also present on this
occasion. Dr. Saifullah
Khan in his lecture emphasized
on the basic necessities
and the need of full
skills required in Plant tissue
culture and to compete
in international market. He
focused on current techniques
use in plant tissue
engineering to acquire better
yield of crops and to
produce disease free corps
in Pakistan. He said that
the tissue culture technology
can be helpful to
increase the export quality
crops and fruits in Pakistan
by newly government has
created difficulties for common
man to purchase daily
commodities.
He also highlighted on
the role of religious scholars
in the politics and said in
Pakistan the laws are supposed
to be according to the
Quran and the Sunnah and
that is only likely to happen
provided that their stronger
presence is available in the
assemblies.
Sirajul Haq, the Chief
Senator Jamaat-i-Islami also
verbally went on the government
for its decision to
seek loan from International
Monetary Fund IMF adding
that taking loan would not
only add to burden of loans
but also cause inflation.
He said that soon the citizens
would say that the
government had brought
along the fuel price hike.
to boost the economy of
the country. Highlighting
upon the historical background
of agriculture sector,
he said that the world
was facing acute food
shortage problem after
world war second. He told
that in order to overcome
this crisis, Chemical revolution
was introduce in
agriculture sector by producing
fertilizer and pesticides.
He said after this
green revolution was started
during which importance
was given to the better
yields crops. He further
told that according to
experts view, two billion
populations may increases
in next twenty years due to
which another food crisis
is expected. He emphasized
that in future this
could be tackle through
beneficial traits in crops
via plant tissue culture.
PTI being criticized over IMF loans
countries. He expressed his
gratitude to the US and
Russian Consulates in
Karachi for issuing him
timely visas at their earliest.
He also said, “I would like
to thank my friend Kurt
Roy, who has been a great
support throughout and the
people at Tampa Bay
Aviation who have done an
extra ordinary job to keep
things in order.”
Fakhr is not just fulfilling
his childhood dream but
plans on breaking a few
records on this journey, "If
everything goes well, I will
become the first Pakistani in
the history of the world to
circumnavigate the globe"
he added.
“The tall claims of the
current government to bring
“change” were remained in
black and white since no
realistic steps were yet
taken” he added.
Muttahida Qaumi
M o v e m e n t - P a k i s t a n
(MQM-P) leader Amir
Khan it is difficult to move
with PTI. “MQM will not
constantly work with PTI
since its initial failure is
associated with giving relief
for a common individual”,
he expressed.
Earlier, another MQM
leader Amir Khan criticized
on PTI for keeps the maintaining
working relation of
Karachi and Hyderabad at
bay, seeing that change,
“MQM-P was waiting to see
the “changes” in the first
100 days of the current government
but failed”, he
lamented.
KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah
Murad inspecting water supply project at Bin Qasim.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi along
with Deputy Commissioner, Farhan Ghani inspecting
cleaning drive at Ayesha Manzil.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch
visiting work shop.

Thursday, October 11, 2018
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Faisal Raza Abidi arrested
after SC appearance
SUJ protest against censorship,
closure of advertisements
I S L A M A B A D :
Secretariat police on
Wednesday arrested former
senator Faisal Raza Abidi
after he appeared before the
Supreme Court.
A two-judge bench
headed by Justice Azmat
Saeed Khosa heard a contempt
case against Abidi
earlier today.
During the hearing, the
former senator requested the
court to adjourn the case till
his lawyer returned from
Umrah or grant him time to
hire a new counsel.
Approving Abidi's request,
the bench adjourned the
hearing till October 30 and
issued a notice to the attorney
general in this regard.
However, following his
appearance when Abidi left
Vijay Kumar
NAWABSHAH: Vice
chancellor Arshad Saleem
and Professor Amir
Khattak both produced in
the Herrasment case in
front of fourth Additional
Session Judge Suhrab
Brohi at nawabshah Court
where bail was confirmed.
After this decision, the
final year student Farazana
Jamali along with large
number of women came to
press club for getting justice
and worker of different
political parties united
in the on going protest
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Faisal Raza Abidi talking to media outside Supreme Court
before his hearing in contempt of court case. Police arrested him from SC after the
hearing for using inappropriate words for Chief Justice of Pakistan.
the Supreme Court and was secretariat police. Abidi which includes
crossing Constitution Police sources said charges of defamation. He
Avenue to return to his residence,
he was arrested by
another case was registered
on Tuesday night against
has been arrested in the case
registered by ASI Shaukat
Bail of VC and Professor confirmed in
the case of Farazana Jamali
SUKKUR: Sukkur IBA
University organized a two
day mega event of DICE-
2018, consisting of innovative
competition among the
youth from various universities,
colleges and schools
across Pakistan on October 8
and 9. DICE (Distinguished
Innovations, Collaboration
and Entrepreneurship)
Foundation, is a non-profit,
tax-exempt organization,
registered in Michigan,
USA. DICE Foundation in
collaboration with its
domestic and international
partners, is pursuing a DICE
Program in Pakistan, to foster
culture of Innovation and
against Vice chancellor
and Professor on saturday.
They all sat in and
chanted slogan against
Corrupt vice chancellor
Arshad Saleem and professor
Amir khattak.
All the women and students
took placard in their
hands in which " justice
for Farazana Jamali entitled.
Large number of personnel
were deployed on
that place for control the
situation.
Entrepreneurship in the
country and transform
Pakistan into an innovationdriven
economy. Sukkur
IBA University is one of the
19 active academic and
industry partners in
Pakistan.
Strategic partners of the
event were British Council,
Higher Education
Commission, Fatima Jinnah
Women University
Rawalpindi and Small and
Medium Enterprises
Development Authority.
More than 200 stalls were
established, where students
from different universities,
colleges and schools all
Victimized Student
Farzana Jamali told to
media that I have struggling
for justice since one
Month but no one take
stern action against Vice
chancellor and Professor.
"Why this is happening
with me and life is on the
verge of destruction", She
said.
Different ways are
being used to frighten me
but I will continue my
struggle till last drop of my
blood.
In the hunger strike
Nisar keerio(STP), Sarfaz
Memon, Ali Raza
Khaskheli, Farooq
Chandio, Fayaz Khaskheli
DICE is one of the various initiatives of
Sukkur IBA University: VC Nisar Siddiqui
across Pakistan showcased
their innovative ideas.
Number of delegates was
150, which included Higher
Education Institutions,
Technical and Vocational
Training Institutes and corporate
sector. The mega
event was sponsored by
National Bank of Pakistan,
Allied Bank, JS Bank, TCS,
HUM Network and others.
The mega event consisted of
various competitions,
including mega innovation
and entrepreneurship event,
DICE youth innovation
event, Sukkur IBA
University DICE Shark and
cultural night.
and other said Health minister
Azra Pechho is supporting
the corrupt Vice
Chancellor and Professor
so that no one is taking
prompt action.
We demand from concerned
authority vc Arshad
Saleem And Professor
Amir khattak must restricted
and conducted an fair
and free enquiry through
national Accountability
Bureau.
They finally told that
Our struggle for the justice
of Student Farzana Jamali
will go on.
Governor, Speaker
discussed matters
pertaining to law
& order situation
I S L A M A B A D :
Governor Khyber Pakhtoon
Khawa Shah Farman and
Speaker National Assembly
Asad Qaiser on Wednesday
discussed matters pertaining
to law & order situation in
Khyber Pakhtoo Khawa and
over all political and economic
situations in the
country.
The meeting was held
here at parliament house. The
matters pertaining to law &
order situation in Khyber
Pakhtoo Khawa and over all
political and economic situations
in the country was discussed
in the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion
the Speaker National
Assembly congratulated
Shah Farman on assuming
the portfolio of Governor
Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa. He
said that appointment of
Shah Farman as Governor
Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa is
good omen for progress and
development of the Province.
He expressed the hope
that under his sagacious leadership
the Province would
lead towards the path of
progress and prosperity.
Abbasi, sources added.
Earlier on September 21,
a case was registered against
the former senator for using
inappropriate words for the
chief justice of Pakistan.
The complaint was registered
by the apex court's
Public Relations Officer
Shahid Hussain Kamboyo
in the Secretariat Police
Station under Pakistan
Penal Code's sections 228,
500, 505(ii) and 34 along
with Anti-Terrorism Act
(ATA). On September 28,
the Sindh government
issued approval to the
Islamabad police to arrest
Abidi. Abidi served as the
Karachi division president
of the Pakistan Peoples
Party but later stepped down
from the post.
Women education is
education of society:
Quratul Ain Shah
Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD: An
awareness program with
reference to girl child was
held at government girls
school here Wednesday
which was organized by
women development
department government of
Sindh on directives of minister
Shehla Raza.
Addressing the gathering
women complaint cell
incharge Hyderabad and
Tando Muhammad
Quratulain Shah said
women were not behind
men in any discipline the
need is that they should be
believed so that they could
not consider them as lower
than men. She asked parents
to give same status to
their daughter as that of
sons and treat all their siblings
equal. She said educated
of man was education
of individual while
that of woman is education
of society.
Abdul Rauf
SUKKUR: Sukkur
Union of Journalist (SUJ)
Protest Rallies in Front of photographers,
Sukkur press club against
unofficial media censorship,
Closure of Govt
advertisements, dismissal
of media workers on the
call of PFUJ on Tuesday.
PFUJ Assistant secretary
general LALA Asad
pathan, Former opposition
leader Syed Khursheed
Abbas Kassar
H Y D E R A B A D :
Human
Rights
Commission of Pakistan
Sindh Task Force has
demanded to release all
forcibly disappeared persons
and to stop such
action in future terming it
as unconstitutional. The
voice was raised on occasion
of Enforced
Disappearance Day which
was observed at press club
auditorium here
Wednesday under aegis of
HRCP. The program was
attended by lawyers, intellectuals
, members of civil
society and family members
of disappeared persons.
Addressing the ceremony
professor Badar
Soomro said issues happen
to be with nations, states
and people and to solve
Ahmed shah, Deputy
Mayor Tariq Chohan and a
large number of journalist,
cameramen,
Sukkur Civil society,
Workers of trade unions
and citizen were present on
Dharna. PPP MNA Syed
Khursheed Ahmed shah
said that in the context of
democracy Some kind of
offensive measures are
unacceptable, journalists
have sacrificed every Govt
them was responsibility of
state. He said HRCP has
already sent petition to
UNO on missing of
Balochis. Now they shall
have no option than to
write to UNO on missing
persons from Sindh. He
said despite paying more
royalty, Sindh was
deprived of basic needs of
life and people of the
province were living life of
misery. He lashed out at
media adding that it was
not raising issue of missing
persons seems it was under
pressure. He said those
elected to assemblies were
mostly Waderas, how
would they raise voice for
missing persons. Professor
Mushtaq Mirani said
scores of persons were
whisked away from Sindh.
Ask their family members
for the media, the country's
stability and the media are
from media and ideological
opinion. Pakistan
Peoples Party are standing
with media and also raise
there voice on National
Assembly and senate.
Media persons of Sukkur
demanded the authorities
to remove ban on
Advertisement and unofficial
censorship on Media
organizations.
HRCP demands release of all
f0rcibly disappeared persons
how miserable life they
were living waiting for
recovery of their beloved
ones. He said despite guarantee
under constitution
our people were not free
and was under pressure to
live life of prison. He said
in whole world all people
are given equal rights but
here in Sindh if anyone
talks of missing persons he
is also whisked away. He
deplored double standard
of Sindh government as
when Ghulam Qadir Mari
and Ashfaq Leghari had
disappeared Sindh government
raised their issue with
federal government
because they both were
front men of Zardari and
were recovered but it was
not ready to raise issue of
other persons missing from
Sindh.
Billioner farduster dawn-golo
surrenders himself in dadu court
Allah Bux Khushik
DADU: billioner farduster Ayaz Ali alais dawn-golo surrendered
himself before dadu court here on Thursday, who was
proclaimed offender more than 13 fraud cases in dadu and other
district of Sindh. The first Civil judge irfanullah fual handed
over farduster dawn-golo to the district persion. six month ago
Farduster Ayaz soomro had started business of motorcycle
schemes where he had provided motorcyclist on cheep amount
to consumers, In which business citizens, government employees,
political parties leaders had got share motorcycle schemes
at that time he missed out from the eyes of consumers.
HYDERABAD: Mayor Hyderabad inaugurating anti mosquito
drive in city.
Student of Matric class was
abducted by Shahdadpur police
Staff Reporter
NAWABSHAH: A
young student Riaz
Ahmed baloch residence
of sakrand was coming
from nawabshah after
attending the hearing at
honourable court in the
case in the way without
any case and warrant of
arrest malafidely boarded
the detune as well as his
motor cycle in the police
Mobile on the dated of 8th
October.
While talking to daily
messenger , father of student
Noor Muhammad
baloch said my son is
missing since three days
and police has kept him at
unknown place.
His father further
affirmed, If he is involved
any activity then produce
him in the court.
Bureau Chief 11 news
Noor Muhammad Baloch
also filed a petition
against station house officer
Mr Tufail bhutto
Shahdadpur in the court
of session judge, Sanghar.
If any thing happen
with my son Riaz baloch
then SHO Shahdadpur
will be responsible.

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OPINION
Imran khan’s first visit
China & CPEC
Rasheed Ahmad ChughtaiAfter assuming
office, Khan
first visited
Saudi Arabia on 18
September, where he
met Saudi King Shah
Salman, Prince
Mohammad Bin
Salman and discussed
matters of mutual interest.
He also visited the
United Arab Emirates on 19
September and held talks with Shaikh Mohammad
Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
, now he will visit China for his first trip to the
country's all-weather ally,
Prime Minister Imran Khan said strengthening
the “all weather” Pakistan-China friendship was
cornerstone of his country’s foreign policy and
said the ties between the two countries would further
expand in the days ahead.
China has consistently reaffirmed the all-weather
strategic cooperative partnership with Pakistan.
Chinese president Xi jinping has said that Beijing
places a "high premium" on its relations with
Pakistan and told Pakistan's army chief General
QamarJavedBajwa that the two countries were
"iron friends". He also expressed his appreciation
for the support and security safeguards provided
by Pakistan for the BRI and the CPEC construction.
"As long as high-degree mutual trust and concrete
measures are in place, the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor construction will succeed and
deliver benefits to people of the two countries,"
President China said.
Wang, during his visit to Islamabad, also said
that CPEC helped create more than 70,000 jobs in
Pakistan and contributed to the national growth.
"We have decided to strive for a greater balance in
two-way trade. China will earmark amounts of
subsidiaries to encourage imports from Pakistan
and will send more tread coalition teams to
Pakistan. We will also broaden the market access
to Pakistan's competitive agricultural products,"
Pakistan, following in the footsteps of Malaysia
and Myanmar, is the latest country to balk at the
China and infrastructure focus of Beijing’s Belt
and Road-related investments.
Preparing for his first visit to China as
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan is insisting
that the focus of the China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC), a US$60 billion plus crown
jewel of the Belt and Road, shift from infrastructure
to agriculture, job creation and foreign investment.
“Earlier, the CPEC was only aimed at construction
of motorways and highways, but now the
prime minister decided that it will be used to support
the agriculture sector, create more jobs and
attract other foreign countries like Saudi Arabia to
invest in the country,” said information minister
Fawad Chaudhry.
Mr. Khan’s determination to ensure that more
benefits accrue to Pakistan from Chinese investment
comes at a time that various Asian and
African countries worry that Belt and Road-related
investments in infrastructure risk trapping them
in debt and forcing them to surrender control of
critical national infrastructure, and in some cases
media assets.
Preceding Mr. Khan’s move, protests against
the forced resettlement of eight Nepali villages
persuaded CWE Investment Corporation, a subsidiary
of China Three Gorges, to consider pulling
out of a 750MW hydropower project.
Malaysia has suspended or cancelled US$26
billion in Chinese-funded projects while Myanmar
is negotiating a significant scaling back of a
Chinese-funded port project on the Bay of Bengal
from one that would cost US$ 7.3 billion to a more
modest development that would cost US$1.3 billion
in a bid to avoid shouldering an unsustainable
debt.
Fears of a debt trap started late last year when
unsustainable debt forced Sri Lanka to hand China
an 80% stake in Hambantota port.
Mr. Khan’s move takes on added significance
given that Pakistan appears to have decided to ask
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it
avert a financial crisis with a loan of up to US$12
billion and discussions with Saudi Arabia that
could produce up to US$10 billion in investments
that would be separate but associated with CPEC.
Pakistani finance minister Asad Umar is expected
later this week to initiate discussions with the
IMF during the fund’s annual meeting in Bali. The
decision was taken after Saudi Arabia refused to
delay Pakistani payments for oil imports, opting
instead to build a refinery and strategic oil reserve
in the CPEC port of Gwadar.
Pakistani officials see investment by Saudi
Arabia as one possible way of facilitating a
Pakistani request to the IMF for help. They hope
that even an informal association with CPEC of
Saudi Arabia, one of the United States’ closest
allies in the greater Middle East, may alleviate
Washington’s concern that IMF money could be
used to repay Chinese debt.
Yet, even that is unlikely to prevent the IMF,
backed by the United States, from demanding that
the veil of secrecy be lifted that shrouds the commercial
and financial terms of many CPEC-related,
Chinese-funded projects, as a pre-condition for
assistance from the fund.
Apparently concerned about Pakistan’s intentions,
China’s deputy chief of mission in
Islamabad, Lijian Zhao, insisted in an interview as
well as a series of tweets that China welcomed
Saudi investment and “always supported& stood
behind @ Pakistan, helping #develop it’s #infrastructure&
raise #living standards while creating
#job.”
Mr. Lijian’s comments followed a statement
last month by Chinese foreign minister Wang Ji
after talks with Mr. Khan in Islamabad that
appeared to indicate that China, while acknowledging
Pakistani demands, would not address
them immediately. Mr. Wang suggested that CPEC
would only “gradually shift to industrial cooperation."
Indications suggest further that China may be
looking to Pakistan’s military to shave off the
rough ends of the government’s determination to
effectively renegotiate CPEC.
Pakistan’s army chief General
QamarJavedBajwa visited Beijing in August days
after commerce minister Abdul RazakDawood
suggested that the government may suspend CPEC
projects for a year.
Making his comments shortly after Mr. Wang’s
departure from Islamabad, Mr. Dawood also
asserted that the previous government had negotiated
terms that were favourable to China rather
than Pakistan.
China this week, in a move likely designed as
much to strengthen Pakistani counter-terrorism
capabilities as a gesture towards the country’s
politically influential armed forces, made Pakistan
the second country after Saudi Arabia to receive
killer drones and the associated technology.
The US has refused to sell its more advanced
killer drones to either Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.
The Khan government’s desire to refocus CPEC
tackles key issues raised by critics of the project
that potentially could impact China’s plan to pacify
its troubled north-western province of Xinjiang
through a combination of economic development
and brutal repression and re-education of its
Turkic Muslim population.
The initial plan for CPEC appeared to position
Pakistan as a raw materials supplier for China, an
export market for Chinese products and labour,
and an experimental ground for the export of the
surveillance state China is rolling out in Xinjiang.
The plan envisioned Chinese state-owned companies
leasing thousands of hectares of agricultural
land to set up “demonstration projects” in areas
ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.
Chinese agricultural companies would be
offered “free capital and loans” from various
Chinese ministries as well as the China
Development Bank.
The plan envisaged the Xinjiang Production
and Construction Corps introducing mechanization
as well as new technologies in Pakistani livestock
breeding, development of hybrid varieties,
and precision irrigation. Pakistan effectively
would become a raw materials supplier rather than
an added-value producer, a prerequisite for a sustainable
textiles industry.
The plan saw the Pakistani textile sector as a
supplier of materials such as yarn and coarse cloth
to textile manufacturers in Xinjiang. “China can
make the most of the Pakistani market in cheap
raw materials to develop the textiles & garments
industry and help soak up surplus labour forces in
(Xinjiang’s) Kashgar,” the plan said. Chinese companies
would be offered preferential treatment
with regard to “land, tax, logistics and services” as
well as “enterprise income tax, tariff reduction and
exemption and sales tax rate” incentives.
For Mr. Khan to ensure that Pakistani agriculture
benefits, the very concept of Chinese investment in
Pakistani agriculture would have to renegotiated.
Similarly, Mr. Khan has yet to express an opinion
on the plan’s incorporation of a full system of
monitoring and surveillance that would be built in
Pakistani cities to ensure law and order. The system
would involve deployment of explosive detectors
and scanners to “cover major roads, case-prone
areas and crowded places…in urban areas to conduct
real-time monitoring and 24-hour video
recording.”
The surveillance aspect of the plan that identifies
Pakistani politics, such as competing parties, religion,
tribes, terrorists, and Western intervention” as
well as security as the greatest risk to CPEC could,
if unaddressed, transform Pakistani society in ways
that go far beyond economic and infrastructure
development.
PESHAWAR: Members of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan are holding awareness walk on 16th World Day
Against the Death Penalty, at Peshawar press club.
Teacher arrested for his alleged involvement
in objectionable actions with student girl
JHANG: A school
teacher in Jhang has been
arrested for being allegedly
involved in objectionable
actions with a 13 year old
student girl and subsequently
filming the episode
on his camera phone, said
the area Police.
The Police says Anwar
ul Qamar, the school
DEA directs heads of govt
educational institutions to collect
Bhasha dam funds from students
RAWALPINDI: District
Education Authority (DEA)
Rawalpindi has issued the
order to DEO’s to collect
Bhasha Dam funds from
students of all government
educational institutes in district
Rawalpindi. .
As per media reports,
Rs 10 will be received
from every student.
AIOU-Somalia
signs MoU to promote
academic research
ISLAMABAD: Allama
Iqbal Open University
(AIOU) and a University
of Somalia signed a MoU
to promote academic
research in different disciplines,
through a collaborative
framework and
mutual exchanges.
The MoU inked by the
Registrar AIOU Dr.
Muhammad Zaigham
Qadeer and the visiting
Chancellor of Upper Jubba
University, Baidoa Dr.
Yusu Ibrahim Abdirahman.
It was agreed that the
two sides will work together
to take benefit of each
other’s initiatives and
working procedure for promoting
research culture.
SC declares BAP
lawmaker’s win
from PB-47 void
ISLAMABAD: Supreme
Court on Wednesday
declared BAP leader Abdul
Rauf Rind’s victory from a
provincial assembly constituency,
PB-47, void.
Abdul Rauf Rind was
elected from Balochistan’s
Kech district.
A bench of the apex court
declared the BAP lawmaker’s
win void for possessing dual
nationality. It ruled thatAbdul
Rauf Rind held the nationality
of Oman and failed to produce
a certificate to show that
he has relinquished his foreign
nationality.
Satff Report
BADIN: Badin press
club and health department
Badin organized
seminar of measles prevention
awareness with
Ulemas of Badin. The
seminar was participated
by large number of
Ulemas, officials of
health department and
journalists.
teacher, who became
involved in objectionable
actions with a juvenile girl
two months ago captured
the moments in his camera
phone. Some two month
later he lost his cell phone
containing the footage of
obscene gestures.
The person who found
the cell phone uploaded the
District Education Officer
Secondary (male &
female) has issued the
directions to all the heads
of government schools to
run a campaign for
Bhasha Dam funds and in
this regard Rs 10 will be
collected from each and
every student so that this
amount could be donated
RAWALPINDI: Water and Sanitation
Authority (WASA) has decided to take large
scale action against owners of service stations
in Rawalpindi.
WASA has also decided to impose heavy
fines on owners of service stations found violating
the government policy on ground
water and bylaws enacted for this purpose.
It is aimed at to check the theft of water and
the use of water for commercial purposes
sans the prior permission of WASA. Closure
video clip on social media
and it went viral, said the
Police.
Federal Minister for
Human Rights Shireen
Mazari in her response to
the event wrote on Twitter
that she had watched the
said video clip and her
Ministry submitted a report
on it.
to Chief Justice Dam
funds.
School heads have been
directed that not more than
Rs 10 will be collected from
any student and this fund
should be received from
those students who are willing
to donate. Action will be
taken against school head if
any complaint is received.
Woman carrying 20
smartphones caught
at Islamabad Airport
ISLAMABAD: The customs
officials have apprehended
a woman carrying
more than one-and-a-half
dozen smartphones worth
around Rs3 million at the
Islamabad International
Airport.
The lady was caught on
Tuesday night at the airport.
According to reports, the
woman arrived from a foreign
airline and she attempted
to leave the airport premises
without having her luggage
inspected upon landing.
Suspecting the behaviour
of the woman, customs
officials searched the luggage
of the woman and discovered
at least 20 smartphones.
Reports say that Sindh
House protocol officer
Abdul Rehman had come to
the airport to receive the
woman. According to customs
official, “A letter has
been written to the department
concerned regarding
cancellation of Mr.
Rahman’s protocol card.”
Islamabad Airport made
headlines yesterday when a
passenger boarding bridge
collapsed, however no serious
damage was reported.
An unidentified man was
injured after the aerobridge
collapsed at the airport. It’s
not clear whether the man
injured in the accident was
standing on the boarding
bridge or was somewhere
around it.
WASA decides to take strict action against
owners of service stations in Rawalpindi
of service stations is also the last option.
The actions under the provisions of section
30 of the Punjab Development of Cities
Act 1976, illegal water connections, installation
of motors on water pipeline, illegal sewerage
system and commercial water connections
sans the approval of WASAare liable to
be cut off. The main bases are cases of nonpayment,
restoration of connections, disfigurement
of the landscapes and damage the
properties of WASA.
ISLAMABAD: PAF Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal, Mujahid Anwar Khan shakes hand with
Combat Crew during Bilateral Exercise between PAF and TURAF held at PAF Operational Base
Badin press club and health department Badin
organizes seminar of measles prevention awareness
While addressing the
seminar DHO Badin, Dr.
Mehboob Khuwaja and
Dr. Noor Muhammad
Khoso said more than 45
percent children of Badin
district were suffered of
weakness due to dangerous
disease of measles.
They said compaign was
underway from 15th to
27th of October, 2018, in
Badin district and children
of the age of 9 months to 5
years to be vaccinated and
in this connection teams
would be managed in different
villages and camps
would be arranged. They
said collaboration of
Ulemas and Molvis was
essential to make the compaign
result oriented.
They said Ulemas while
delivering speeches in
mosques should aware
people about danger of
measles and urge them to
get their children vaccinated
to prevent the
alarming disease. They
further said various complicated
diseases including
loss of vision and
mental disorder was
occured of measles.

Bangladeshi opposition chief gets
life sentence over deadly 2004 attack LOS
DHAKA: A
Bangladesh court on
Wednesday sentenced
Tarique Rahman, the acting
chairman of the opposition
Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP) to
life in jail, and 19 more to
death, over a plot to assassinate
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina in 2004,
lawyers said.
The opposition is in
disarray ahead of general
elections set for
December, with Rahman
trying to run its campaign
from exile in London after
his mother and party
leader, former premier
Khaleda Zia, was jailed on
corruption charges in
February.
A special court gave the
death penalty to 19 people,
THE HAGUE: The UN’s
top court has heard Iran’s
arguments against the
United States in a new
showdown between the two
sides over the freezing by
Washington of billions of
dollars worth of Iranian
assets, just days after the tribunal
handed Tehran a victory
in a separate case.
The Hague-based
International Court of
Justice (ICJ) -- the UN’s
principal judicial organ --
held the second hearing in
the legal proceedings on
Wednesday.
The session featured
Iranian representatives make
several of them BNP leaders,
including former junior
home minister
Lutfuzzaman Babar, for an
attack on a public rally in
2004, government lawyer
Mosharraf Hossain Kazal
told reporters. Rahman
and other BNP members
were among the 19 sentenced
to life terms.
However, the government
is dissatisfied with
the sentence and will
appeal to the Supreme
Court, seeking the death
penalty for Rahman, Kazal
added.
“We are not happy with
this judgment as we
expected that all of them
(BNP members) would get
death sentences, especially
Tarique,” he said.
Minutes into Hasina’s
ICJ hears Iran arguments in
asset freeze case against US
a case against the US freezing
of billions of dollars in
Iranian assets either inside or
outside of America under
domestic court rulings.
The court held the first
hearing in the case on
Monday, when American
lawyers brought their arguments
before the body,
Myanmar newspaper journalists held
after handing themselves in to police
YANGON: Three senior
journalists at Myanmar’s
largest private newspaper
were remanded in custody
after handing themselves in
to police on Wednesday, facing
accusations of causing
“fear or alarm” following a
complaint from the Yangon
regional government.
One of the men, Eleven
Media Group’s editor-inchief
Kyaw Zaw Linn, had
earlier told Reuters that
police raided the paper’s
offices at about 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, but he and two
other journalists sought by
the authorities were not
there.
“The office informed me
that they came because of an
article in the journal,” he
said, shortly before entering
a police station in central
Yangon’s Tamwe township
with lawyers on Wednesday
morning.
Hours later the three
journalists were taken in
handcuffs to Tamwe township
court, where they were
remanded in custody to
Insein Prison, northern
Yangon, until Oct. 17.
Defense lawyer Kyi
Myint told reporters outside
the courthouse that the
Yangon regional government
had filed a complaint
over an article by the
paper’s chief reporter Phyo
Wai Win. The article, published
on Monday, included
quotes from regional lawmakers
raising questions
about public spending,
including on an overhaul of
transport in the country’s
commercial hub.
Melbourne: Conjoined twins
booked in for landmark surgery
SJA Jafri
Bureau Chief Australia
M E L B O U R N E :
Conjoined twin girls from
Bhutan are due to undergo
separation surgery in
Melbourne this week.
Fourteen-month-old
Nima and Dawa are joined at
the torso, but surgeons at the
Royal Children's Hospital
plan to offer them independence
after a marathon procedure
scheduled for Friday.
"We feel we are in a position
to give mum her ultimate
wish which is to go forward
with the separation of
the children," Pediatric Head
Surgeon Joe Crameri said
yesterday.
After extensive tests and
scans to ensure the girls'
nutrition, the surgical team is
confident about the operation.
"We've been able to
review some sophisticated
scans that have been done ...
in simple terms the plumbing
certainly looks favorable to
us," Crameri said.
"Certainly we feel it gives
us the opportunity to separate
the twins and to preserve
good function for both girls."
The girls share a liver and
they are believed to share
part of a bowel but the extent
of their combined functions
will not be known until the
surgery is underway.
"The imaging seems to be
favorable in terms of what
we need to achieve but surgery
is always a case of
'expect the unexpected' and
certainly that will be the case
here," surgeon Tom
Clarnette said.
The liver specialist added
that the procedure could take
six to 12 hours and the risk of
complications was real.
"Getting the separation is
going to involve getting the
liver divided safely and
there's a blood-loss potential
there," Clarnette said.
The surgery and recovery
are estimated to cost at least
$350,000.
The state government
pledged to cover surgical
costs, with other funds raised
to go towards the girls'
Australian rehabilitation and
return to Bhutan.
repeating Washington’s allegations
against Iran of
involvement in “terrorism”
or “financing” it.
Iran had lodged the case
with the court two years ago
by invoking the Treaty of
Amity, signed between
Tehran and Washington in
1955. The US has also
argued that the ICJ does not
have jurisdiction over the
case. Washington quit the
Treaty last week after it was
defeated in the previous case
over US sanctions on Iran,
which was also based on the
same deal.
The case saw Iran litigating
against the US over its
re-imposition of anti-Iran
sanctions.
The White House began
reintroducing the bans in
August after quitting a multilateral
nuclear agreement
with Iran.
Nine dead, 25 missing
as migrant boat sinks off
western Turkey: coast guard
ANKARA: Nine people
died after a boat filled with
migrants sank off the western
coast of Turkey and another
25 were missing, the Turkish
coast guard said on
Wednesday.
It was not clear where the
boat was headed or where it
left from. Hundreds of thousands
of migrants crossed the
sea channel from Turkey to
Greek territory in 2015
before Ankara curbed the
flow under a deal it struck
with the European Union.
The coast guard said the
boat sank off the coast of
Turkey’s Izmir province
after water began leaking
shortly after its departure.
Search and rescue operations
for the missing migrants
were continuing, a coast
guard statement said. It said
there were initially around
35 migrants on the boat in
total.
Turkey became one of
the main launch points for
more than a million migrants
taking the sea route to EU
territory in 2015, many fleeing
conflict and poverty in
the Middle East and Africa.
VATICAN CITY: Pope
Francis on Wednesday
compared having an abortion
to “hiring a “hit man”
speech at the rally in 2004,
assailants threw grenades
that killed 24 people and
wounded more than 500,
most of them workers of
her Awami League party,
which was in the opposition
at the time.
The court delivered the
verdict “as per government
wish,” said BNP
Secretary General Mirza
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
“We reject this verdict,”
he told a news briefing.
The party plans to challenge
the court verdict, its
lawyer, Sanaullah Mian,
said. “The judgment was
not given in a just way, so
we will go for appeal and
we believe all of them will
be freed without any
charges,” he added.
Fifty killed in
Kenya bus crash
NAIROBI: Fifty people
were killed on
Wednesday when a bus
travelling between the
Kenyan capital Nairobi
and the western city of
Kisumu swerved off the
road coming down a slope
and rolled repeatedly,
police said.
“The initial report we
have is that the driver lost
control of the vehicle,”
police officer James
Mugera told Reuters at the
scene.
Police and rescuers had
counted 50 people dead,
including seven children.
“A few survivors” were
taken to nearby hospitals,
Mugera said.
President Uhuru
Kenyatta sent his condolences
to victims’ families
and wished those in hospital
a quick recovery.
“I would like to remind
drivers to always exercise
caution to avoid such catastrophic
incident,” he said
on Twitter.
Residents near where
the crash occurred early
on Wednesday morning
heard screams and ran to
the scene.
“I woke up when I
heard the noise and came
here with other people, we
found passengers screaming
and asking for help,
we managed to save a few
people who were alive but
the others were already
dead”, said Jackson
Kosgei.
L A U S A N N E :
Switzerland’s highest court
ruled on Wednesday that
prosecutors cannot extend
Swiss banking secrecy rules
to all corners of the globe to
pursue whistleblowers and
other leakers at foreign subsidiaries.
The Federal Supreme
Court by a 3-2 majority
rejected an appeal by Zurich
prosecutors in a 14-year
legal battle involving former
private banker Rudolf Elmer,
who had been acquitted of
breaking secrecy laws.
The case underscored
how Swiss authorities continue
to pursue people who
ANGELES: Taylor
Swift, straight off a controversial
dive into U.S. politics,
was the big winner at
the American Music Awards
on Tuesday where she used
her platform to again urge
her fans to get out and vote.
The 28-year-old pop
singer won a record fourth
artist of the year trophy at
the fan-voted American
Music Awards, beating rappers
Drake and Post Malone,
as well as Britain’s Ed
Sheeran and rock band
Imagine Dragons for the top
prize.
She also picked up three
other awards, for best female
pop artist, best tour, and best
pop album for “reputation,”
the biggest seller of 2017.
On Sunday, Swift provoked
a storm by breaking
her silence on politics and
announcing she would vote
for two Democrats in
Tennessee in the U.S. congressional
midterm elections
in November. Her comments
drove a spike in voter
registration.
On Tuesday, the
“Fearless” singer told the
American Music Awards
audience in Los Angeles and
millions watching at home
to go and vote.
“This award and every
Thursday, October 11, 2018
International
single award given out
tonight is voted on by the
people. And you know what
else is voted on by the people?
- The midterm elections
of Nov 6. Get out and vote,”
Swift said when accepting
her trophy.
Elsewhere on Tuesday,
New York rapper Cardi B,
brought down the house
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Taylor Swift sets new American Music
Award record, urges people to vote
CAIRO: Egyptian
police detained the
youngest son of ousted former
president Mohamed
Mursi from his home on
the outskirts of Cairo early
on Wednesday, his brother
and three security sources
said.
Two security sources
said Abdullah Mursi was
arrested on charges of
“spreading false news”, in
connection with an interview
he gave to the
Associated Press news
agency last week that
focused on his father’s
detention.
In the interview,
with an exuberant performance
of dance hit “I Like It”
with J.Balvin and Bad
Bunny.
Cardi B, who has had a
breakout 12 months, was
also named favorite hiphop/rap
artist, but she lost
the best new artist category
to Cuban-born Camila
Cabello.
Son of ousted Egyptian president
detained: family, sources
MOSCOW: Over
1,000 militants have left
a demilitarized zone in
Syria’s rebel-held region
of Idlib, Russian
Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova told reporters
on Wednesday.
Russia and Turkey
Abdullah said his father’s
health had deteriorated due
to prison conditions and
that the family was rarely
allowed to visit.
Abdullah’s brother
Ahmed told Reuters the
police officers did not
present an arrest warrant
and said they were taking
Abdullah for questioning.
An interior ministry
spokesman could not
immediately be reached
for comment.
The former president, a
senior figure in the Muslim
Brotherhood, has been
jailed since he was overthrown
by the military in
2013, following mass
protests against his rule.
Over 1,000 militants have left
demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib: Russia
leak client data even as strict
banking secrecy erodes in an
era of automatic sharing of
account data among tax
authorities to catch cheats.
Elmer, who headed the
Cayman Islands office of
Swiss private bank Julius
Baer until he was dismissed
in 2002, later sent documents
with details of alleged tax
evasion to the anti-secrecy
group WikiLeaks and to tax
authorities across the globe.
agreed to enforce a new
demilitarized zone in
Idlib from which “radical”
rebels were required
to withdraw by Oct. 15.
Swiss top court knocks down bid to extend banking secrecy
to eliminate a problematic
person, in comments sure
to be welcomed by conservative
Catholics who have
accused the pontiff of not
speaking out enough on
“cultural war” issues.
Abortion is a raging
political battle in a number
of countries, including the
United States, where many
conservatives hope the
Supreme Court will eventually
overturn the landmark
1973 ruling known
as Roe v. Wade, which
legalized abortion.
Francis made his offthe-cuff
comments on
abortion, some of his
toughest to date, in an
address to tens of thousands
of people gathered
in St. Peter’s Square for
his weekly general audience.
The pope denounced
what he called the contradiction
of allowing “the
suppression of human life
in the mother’s womb in
the name of safeguarding
other rights”.
“But how can an act
that suppresses an innocent
and helpless life that
is germinating be therapeutic,
civilized or even
The Swiss Banking Act
requires employees of
Swiss-regulated banks to
keep client information confidential,
but a number of
staff have leaked account
details to foreign authorities
in the past decade as Western
governments crack down on
tax evasion.
Some lawmakers in the
European Union worried
that the prosecutors’move, if
successful, would deter
potential whistleblowers
from supplying information
on people accused of shifting
wealth to tax havens through
accounts protected by secrecy
laws.
Pope compares having an abortion to 'hiring a hit man'
simply human?” he said.
“I ask you: ‘Is it right to
‘take out’ a human life to
solve a problem? What do
you think? Is it right? Is it
right or not?” he said in
unprepared remarks.
Many in the crowd
shouted “No”.
“Is it right to hire a hit
man to solve a problem?
You cannot, it is not right
to kill a human being,
regardless of how small it
is, to solve a problem. It is
like hiring a hit man to
solve a problem,” he said.

6
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Biz
Pakistan, China sign 8 MoUs
worth $100m for investment
CORPORATE CORNER
SSGC wins Consumers Choice Award
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan
and China have signed eight
Memorandum of
Understandings (MoUs)
worth 100 million dollars for
mutual investment in
Seafood, Agriculture, Steel
and Pharmaceutical sectors.
Around fourteen private
companies from both sides
signed MoUs for mutual
investment and joint ventures
to expedite the trade
and business between the
two countries.
Addressing on the occasion,
Economic and
Commercial Counselor of
China Embassy, Wang
Zhihua said Pakistan is a
friendly country and we
believe on peaceful conexistence
and cooperation
for shared property. The
Counselor said the China
Pakistan Economic Corridor
under 'One belt one road' has
given new height to mutual
relations and cooperation
between both friendly countries.
Wang Zhihua said
Pakistan and China are
negotiating on phase -II of
Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) to increase trade and
providing free trade opportunity
in their markets.
He said Pakistan has
huge potential market for
international investors and
its strategic location gives
more comparative advantages
to other trading partners.
Addressing on the
occasion, Additional
Secretary ministry of
Commerce and Textile,
Syed Tariq Huda said
Chinese investment in
Pakistan give positive
impact to local market of
Pakistan. He said that 'One
Belt and One Road' initiative
also gives vision for inclusions
and welfare all region.
ISLAMABAD: DG Complementary Initiatives Sajid Baloch from BISP, Ghulam H. Nasir
National Director Sales (TP) and Khurram Malik Head of Branchless Banking (TMFB)
signing MoU to employee 20,000 female BISP beneficiaries. Secretary BISP Omar
Hamid Khan also present.
FBR decides to introduce new
one page, simple tax return form
ISLAMABAD: Federal
Board of Revenue, (FBR)
decides in principle to
introduce new one page,
simple and easy tax return
form.
According to media
reports for the convenience
of the tax payers, a
senior official of FBR has
said that the text of the
new tax return form in
question has been prepared
and it is expected to
be issued within the next
two weeks.
Following the release
of new tax return form, tax
payers will submit their
tax return in accordance
with the new tax form.
PM’s commerce advisor
calls on Sindh governor
KARACHI: Advisor to
Prime Minister for
Commerce, Textile,
Industrial Production and
Investment Abdul Razzak
Dawood called on
Governor Sindh Imran
Ismail here on Wednesday
and discussed matters relating
to measures needed for
revival of economy,
increase in exports, need for
value addition in this regard
and other matters of mutual
interest.
He said that people of
Pakistan had utmost trust in
the vision and mission of
Prime Minister Imran
Khan. They believed that he
was the man to lead the
country towards a prominent
place amongst comity
of nations, he added.
The Sindh governor further
said that he had chosen
the best possible economic
team to steer the economy
towards a prosperous destination.
His Naya Pakistan is
a dream which would be
realized with the support of
the masses, he added.
He said that PM had
taken the challenge of
revival of the economy of
Pakistan knowing the bottlenecks
in this regard as his
whole life was full of facing
challenges head on.
He said that setting up of
special industrial zones on
the route of CPEC would
revolutionize various industries
besides creation of
thousands of jobs. Karachi
being the economic hub of
the country is of special
focus of the federal government,
he opined. He said
that Prime Minister was taking
personal interest in the
solution to problems of
Karachi.
Dawood said that measures
were being taken to
boost exports and lessen
imports in various sectors.
To accelerate industrial productivity,
infrastructure
facilities are being improved
specially in and around
industrial areas, he added.
KARACHI: Mr. Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Senior Vice President FPCCI is presenting Crest
to Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Advisor to PM on Commerce, Textile, Industry, Production
& Investment, Mr. Tariq Haleem, Mr. Waheed Ahmed, Vice Presidents FPCCI, Mr.Khalid
Maqbool Siddiqui, Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Mr.
Khalid Tawab, Abdul Rahim janoo, Amir Khan, Gulzar Feroz, Kunwar Naveed Jamil
also seen in the Picture.
KCCI president opens
International Office Suppliers
and Stationary Asia
KARACHI: President,
Karachi Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
(KCCI), Junaid Ahmed
Makda has inaugurated
International Office
Suppliers and Stationary
Asia Exhibition at Expo
Centre, Karachi.
At the inauguration, he
said that China was supporting
Pakistan for economic
growth. He said that China
wanted to shift its small
industries to Pakistan. Commodity
Makda urged the government
to give priority and
International
launch special schemes for
the promotion of small
industries.
He lauded the organizers
of the exhibition and said
such events would help to
understand the industry.
KCCI president said that
the local currency had witnessed
massive decline over
short span of time and this
had resulted in sharp inflation.
“The rupee depreciation
will increase the cost of
imported products,” he said
and added the present government
had already availed
45 days out of its 100 days to
resolve the economic issues.
He said that the present
government was facing serious
economic challenges
and it would take some time
to overcome. But he urged
the government to explain its
policy.
Khursheed Nizam,
President, E-Commerce
Gateway Pakistan said that
deals worth $50 million
were expected at Hunan
and
Office
Suppliers and Stationary
Asia exhibitions.
He also estimated that
visitors’ number in these
exhibitions would be over
40,000. Khursheed Nizam
said that small hydro power
plants had been introduced
at the Hunan Commodity
Asia exhibition. He
informed that around 300
such hydro plants were
required in KPK.On the
other hand, 60 stalls were set
up to showcases products
related to International
Office Suppliers and
Stationary Asia exhibition.
KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (KCCI) Junaid Esmail Makda cuts ribbon to
inaugurate an Exhibition on "Office Supplies and
Stationery & Education Asia International" at Expo
Center Karachi. Vice President KCCI Asif Sheikh Javaid
and others are also seen in the picture.
ADB showed interest in doubling
of track Lahore-Peshawar section
ISLAMABAD: Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
has showed interest in doubling
of track of Lahore-
Peshawar section.
Moreover, ADB can also
provide technical assistance
in upgradation of Marshalling
Yard Pipri, Mughalpura
Workshop and capacity building
of Railway employees.
According to detail, a delegation
of ADB held meeting
with Federal Minister for
Railway Sh. Rasheed Ahmad
on Wednesday. Xiahong
Yang, ADB Pakistan Country
Director was heading the delegation.
Sh. Rasheed Ahmad
asked Asian Development
Bank (ADB) delegation to
give concrete proposal so that
PR can work on them.
The Federal Minister
mentioned, “Railways’upgradation
is his priority.” He also
welcomed ADB delegation
open heartedly.
He said that country’s benefit
is main priority of
Pakistan Railways. ADB
country director mentioned
that ADB is strategic partner
of Pakistan Railways (PR).
She showed interest in
doubling of track of Lahore-
Peshawar section.
She also mentioned that
ADB can provide technical
assistance in upgradation of
Marshalling Yard Pipri,
Mughalpura Workshop and
capacity building of Railway
employees.
KARACHI: Mr. Ghazanfar Bliour, President FPCCI is presenting Crest to Mr. Imran Ismail, Governor of Sindh, Mr. Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Senior
Vice President FPCCI, Mr. S.M. Muneer, Former President FPCCI. Mr. Iftikhar Ali Malik, Vice President SAARC CCI, Ms. Saeeda Bano, Vice President
FPCCI, Mr. Zubair Tufail, Mr. Khalid Tawab, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan and Abdul Sami Khan also seen in the Picture.
KARACHI: Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Information Technology
and Telecommunication seen here presenting the 13th Consumers Choice Award to
Shafia Akhtar (Incharge SSGC Contact Center) at an Awards ceremony held at a
hotel in Karachi. Kaukar Iqbal, Chairman, Consumers Association of Pakistan
hosted the event.
KARACHI: SSGC was conferred with the 13th Consumer Choice Awards at a
ceremony organized by the Consumer Association of Pakistan at a Karachi hotel.
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Information Technology presented
the glittering award to Shafia Akhtar (Incharge SSGC Contact Center). Kaukab
Iqbal, Chairman, Consumers Association of Pakistan hosted the awards ceremony
during which representatives from various corporate sector companies were presented
with awards.
It must be noted that ever since its inception, SSGC has consecutively won the
Consumers Choice Award.
SSGC has made an indelible impression among its 2.9 million customers by providing
them with many customer-centric facilities on 24/7 basis. The Company
strives to create a satisfied customer by providing numerous bill payment options
around the clock via online and mobile banking as well as resolve complaints with
24/7 call center in its franchise areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
Launch of Faysal Autocash
KARACHI: Faysal Bank Management team with key Auto dealers at the launch of
Faysal AutoCash event.
KARACHI: In line with its mission to introduce innovative financial products for
its consumers, Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of the leading banks in Pakistan
recently announced the launch of the Faysal AutoCash at a prominent hotel in
Karachi.
Faysal AutoCash is launched as a convenient personal instalment loan. Through
this product, eligible customers will be able to fulfil their financial needs with a loan
issued against their cars. The product will be offered at an attractive and affordable
loan pricing schedule with flexible tenures ranging from 12 to 60 months.
Commenting on the occasion,Tahir Yaqoob Bhatti, Head of Retail Banking stated,
“Faysal AutoCash is another feather in our cap and I can proudly vouch that our
customers will benefit from this offering in a way that has never been as conveniently
introduced in the industry before”.
Syed Iftikhar Ul Haq, Head of Consumer Finance added, “This product will be
offered to all segments and will cater to consumers who have entered the earning
and spending age, ideally 30 years and above”.
Fahad Ullah Khan, Head of Unsecured Business in his statement stated that, “We
are constantly looking to enhance our product suite and through the Faysal
AutoCash launch, I am confident we will continue to strengthen the value proposition
for our customers”.
MOL Group’s EVP meets top govt
officials; discuss energy prospects
KARACHI: Dr. Berislav Gaso- MOL Group EVP Upstream alongwith Ali Murtaza
Abbas – MOL Group Regional VP Middle East, Africa and Pakistan called on
Minister of State for Interior Shehryar khan Afridi here at his office.
KARACHI: The Executive Vice President Upstream MOL Group Dr. Berislav
Gaso has visited Pakistan in what comes as a significant development in strengthening
Pakistan’s energy sector and promoting Public Private Partnership.
As part of his visit, Dr. Berislav Gaso met a number of government officials and
dignitaries. Dr. Gaso held meetings with the Minister for Energy (Petroleum
Division) Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan and the Minister of State for Interior Mr.
Shehryar Khan Afridi. Dr. Gaso apprised that the recent commissioning of the
Mardankhel - 2 Well, would bring in 12 MMSCFD of gas and 1400 barrels of condensate
to the energy grid of Pakistan, which was appreciated by the Minister of
Energy. Dr. Gaso stated, “Pakistan is an important asset for MOL Group and we look
forward to further expanding our business in the country”.
The State Minister for Interior lauded MOL Pakistan’s contributions over the
years to promote growth and employment opportunities in Pakistan, especially in
KP and fully supported the company’s interest of further business ventures. Dr. Gaso
appreciated the efforts of the Government of Pakistan in supporting the endeavors
of MOL Pakistan in its operational areas.
The Regional Vice President Middle East, Africa and Pakistan Mr. Ali Murtaza
Abbas, commented that, “The TAL Joint Venture Partners have invested over USD
2 billion in Pakistan and look forward to making healthy contributions towards the
energy needs of the country.”
The Managing Director MOL Pakistan, Dr. Gabor Vakarcs briefed Dr. Gaso
about the progress on MOL Pakistan’s ongoing projects in different parts of the
country and the efforts of MOL Pakistan’s personnel were appreciated by him. Dr.
Berislav Gaso also chaired a cake-cutting ceremony in connection with the commissioning
of the Mardankhel - 2 Well.

Thursday, October 11, 2018
Sportlight
7
Abbas three-for puts Pakistan
seven wickets away from victory
LAHORE:
DUBAI: Pakistan put
themselves seven wickets
away from a third straight
Test victory over Australia
in the UAE, after taking
three wickets after tea on
the fourth day of the first
Test. Having set Tim
Paine's men 462 to win,
they landed three body
blows to Australian aspirations
of seeing out the 137
overs they need to survive.
All three wickets were
claimed by the unstylish
brilliance of Mohammad
Abbas within 12 balls of
each other when the score
reached 87 - Australia's
version of the unlucky
number 13. Usman
Khawaja once again displayed
his desire and commitment
to be an integral
part of the Australian Test
squad looking ahead, finishing
the day unbeaten on
a steely half-century.
As was the chase in the
first innings, Australia's
openers continue to lead
the resistance against a
Pakistan surge. Khawaja
and Aaron Finch picked up
where they left off after
their 142-run stand was
broken yesterday, adding
87 for the first wicket.
Aside from four overs at
the top by Abbas, who was
his consistent, probing
self, the spinners operated
for almost the entirety of
the session before tea. But
the Australian openers
were wise to their wile,
picking Bilal Asif early -
perhaps even out of the
hand - and their footwork
did not let them down.
If someone had told
Australia they would bat
50 overs today without
losing a single wicket to
spin, they would have
snapped your hand off. But
Abbas, always unsung but
perpetually impressive,
ensured the day would still
firmly be Pakistan's, with a
spell of fast bowling so
unerringly accurate even
the Dubai surface could
not help but reward him
with wickets. Finch, who
he had worked over with
phenomenal forbearance
in the first innings, once
again succumbed to a similar
delivery. Straight and
tailing in, this one clattered
into his pads a little quicker
and sharper than the
opener had been expecting.
It trapped him dead in
front.
Two balls later, Shaun
Marsh poked at one that
seamed away, giving
Sarfraz Ahmed an easy
catch, while his brother
Mitchell was trapped in
front in much the same
way as Finch. Both failed
to trouble the scorers, but
Travis Head stepped up to
the occasion and put
together an unbeaten 61-
run partnership with
Khawaja, showing the sort
of mettle Justin Langer
would've wished was more
on display in this Test
match.
Pakistan women name World
T20 squad without captain
The
Pakistan women's team for
the World T20 next month
has been announced without
a captain for now
because of the absence of
their regular captain
Bismah Maroof. Javeria
Khan is leading the squad
this month against
Bangladesh and Australia,
but there is a chance
Maroof could be fit for the
series against Australia and
the World T20. Maroof is
currently recovering after
undergoing surgery for
sinus.
The squad announced
was the same that was
named for the ODI and
T20I series against
Bangladesh and Australia
and also includes two former
captains in Nida Dar
and Sana Mir.
Under Javeria, Pakistan
recently won the T20I
series in Bangladesh by
restricting them to under
100 in each of the three
completed matches. That
included bowling them out
for only 30 in the second
T20I. Bangladesh, however,
won the only ODI after
that by six wickets, after
bowling Pakistan out for
94.
Pakistan will now host
Australia in Malaysia for
three ODIs and as many
T20Is from October 18 to
29. Their World T20 campaign
will start on the
opening day of the tournament
- November 9 -
against Australia. The
other teams with them in
Group B are India, New
Zealand and Ireland.
BISE Boys Hockey Championship
ongoing with charming season
Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman
retires from international cricket
LAHORE: Ninety-nine
and gone. Pakistan leftarm
spinner Abdur
Rehman, who in tandem
with Saeed Ajmal, was
such a key figure in the
early years of the Misbah
era, has bid farewell to
international cricket.
International cricket
L O N D O N : B r i t i s h
No.1 Johanna Konta has
split with coach Michael
Joyce after less than a year
of working together.
The 27-year-old will
now look to find her fourth
new coach in just three
years, after previously
working with Esteban
Carril and Wim Fissette.
Konta has failed to
match her sensational 2017
form, which saw her reach
the semifinals of
Wimbledon.
This year, the Brit only
managed to reach the second
rounds of the
Australian Open and
Wimbledon, while being
dumped out in the first
rounds of the French Open
and US Open.
Konta managed to
reach the final of this
year's Nottingham Open
but she failed to overcome
can argue it had done likewise
to Rehman, 38, over
four years ago, when he
played his last game, a Test
against Sri Lanka in
Colombo. He took three
wickets in a defeat and
what he would've given for
just one more - that
would've been a 100th Test
Ashleigh Barty.
The Brit was ranked
ninth in the world at the
wicket, making him only
the second left-arm spinner
from Pakistan to that
landmark (Iqbal Qasim
remains the only one).
"It's a very difficult decision
to retire from international
cricket and I take it
with a heavy heart,"
Rehman said. He intends to
keep playing domestic cricket
as well as pursue opportunities
on the T20 circuit.
Though he will be
remembered for his contributions
to the Misbah era,
Rehman debuted under
Inzamam-ul-Haq's captaincy,
in an ODI series
against West Indies in
2006-07. He even picked
up eight wickets on his
Test debut against South
Africa in October 2007
before dropping out from
contention in an attack that
relied on Danish Kaneria
Johanna Konta parts company
with coach Michael Joyce
end of 2017, but she is currently
45th due to her poor
form.
Roshan Mahanama to head Technical
Committee in T-10 League in Sharjah
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: Former Sri
Lankan batsman Roshan
Mahanama will officiate as
a Head of the Technical
committee for the T-10
league (to be known as
Global Talent Hunt) in
Dubai. This was revealed
Aaron Vedasinghe, the
Head of Operations.
Mahanama, who was an
ICC match-referee will
also officiate in the same
capacity.
Speaking exclusively
Aaron Vedasinghe said,
"Top discipline of cricket
was observed and experienced
officials like, Roshan
Mahanama ensured the
entire playing conditions
and operations were fully
on check to keep the spirit
of the game alive".
"The League owner Mr
Shaji Ul Mulk has appointed
Mr Roshan Mahanama
as head Match referee and
Head of Technical committee.He
has also appointed
former Ipl Col. Singh as
CEO for the t10 League".
"Another Sri Lankan,
Ranmore Martinesz will
officiate as one of the
umpires".
The tournament to be
played for ten days will be
played at the Sharjah
Cricket Stadium.
"The League is sanctioned
by the cricket governing
body ICC and fully
approved and supported by
Emirates Cricket board.The
Anti corruption and Anti
doping units are set up by
ICC and monitored by their
representatives", Aaron
Vedasinghe added.
The League has also
appointed a team for talent
hunt for youngsters in this
format and offer them international
recognition where
the popularity of the game
and its long-lasting values
are kept movie g with new
challenges globally.
as the main spin option.
But it was only when
Misbah took over the captaincy
and changed tack to
spin in the UAE that
Rehman came into his element.
He quickly became
the perfect foil for Ajmal,
his quick, whirring left-arm
spin haranguing a succession
of overseas batsmen.
The peak came in the
2011-12 clean sweep of
England where he picked
up 19 wickets. Ajmal took
the headlines but it was
Rehman who secured the
pivotal Abu Dhabi win, a
career-best 6-25 skittling
England out for 72, when
the target was just 145.
That whole year was
productive. In the first 13
Tests of Misbah's captaincy,
he took 64 wickets, in
places as unlikely as New
Zealand.
Tour de France
trophy stolen in
Birmingham
Dr M. Arif Hafeez
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: Young
Soldier district west and Shah
Faisal Nazimabad district central
Secure Victories on penalty
kicks in the All Karachi
Abdul Waheed Memorial 5
Star Football Tournament
when Young Soldier FC beat
North Muslim FC district
central by 4-2 while Shah
Faisal Nazimabad FC beat
United Soprts fc district
Central by 4-3 here on Sunday
at Noorani Eidgah Ground
New Karachi.
The first match between
Young Soldier and North
Muslim was remained tied at
2-2 in the stipulated time.The
Libya coach quits
ahead of qualifier
in Nigeria
TRIPOLI: Libya coach
Adel Amrouche has
resigned just days before
his side are to due face
Nigeria in an African
Nations Cup qualifier.
His departure has been
confirmed by the Libyan
Football Federation and on
Wednesday by Belgian
Amrouche, who told
Reuters he was frustrated
by working conditions
with the team.
The 50-year-old, who
was born in Algeria, was
only appointed in May and
his first match in charge
last month saw Libya force
a 0-0 draw in South Africa.
Forced to play all their
home qualifiers at a neutral
venue because of the tenuous
security situation in the
North African country,
Libya travel to face
Nigeria on Friday and then
play them again in the
return in Sfax, Tunisia on
Monday.
BIRMINGHAM: The SYDNEY: Olympic
Tour de France trophy won sprint champion Usain
by Team Sky's Geraint Bolt is set to start up
Thomas earlier this year has front for the Central
been stolen during a cycle
show in Birmingham, the
Coast Mariners in a trial
match on Friday and the
British team said on Jamaican said his future
Wednesday.
The trophy, loaned to
as a soccer player could
be on the line.
bike manufacturer The 32-year-old
Pinarello, had been on display
eight-time Olympic gold
at venues across the medallist is trying to
UK along with the team's
other grand tour titles but
was picked up when left
unattended at the NEC in
transform himself from
global athletics superstar
to professional football
player and hopes to win
Birmingham recently. a contract for the
"It is incredibly unfortunate
that this has happened,"
Thomas said in a statement.
"It goes without saying
that the trophy is of pretty
limited value to whoever
took it, but means a lot to
me and to the team."
Mariners ahead of the
2018-19 Australian top
flight campaign.
His previous appearance
for the first team
was against an amateur
select side on Aug. 31
where he came on as a
M A. Rehmani
MIRPURKHAS: Third
day of all Pakistan (BISE)
Hockey championship
here on wensday at
(SZAB) Hockey ground
Mirpurkhas. today here In
the first match of the BISE
Bahawalpur defeated
Malakand 6 -1 , from
Bahawalpur. scored goals
Zeesha three Mohammad
Ali Raza two , Arsal one
goal and Hamad scored
one goal .
In the second match,
Bunun defeated to Sukkur
substitute in the 72nd
minute and appeared to
lack match sharpness
and the touch and skill
required for a professional.
"This will determine
... (what) the club want
to do with my career, so
it's a very important
game," Bolt said on
Wednesday.
"I have been improving
but you won't know
what level you're at until
you play a competitive
game so I just have to go
out there and see what I
need to do or whether I
should continue or not.
"I'm just pushing
myself and have put in
the work so now I have
to go out there and execute."
by 4-1 , from Bunan
Noman two goals i and
Inaiyat scored two goals .
In the third match.
Lahore beat Gujranwala 4-
0 from The Lahore team
scored , rizwan two goals,
Liaqat and Habib scored
one one goal .
In the fourth match.
Technical Board Peshawar
beats Mirpurkhas by 5-1
Peshawar By Siraj, two,
Kashif Qasar kashif and
Mansoor scored one one
goal In the fifth match
Swat defeated Islamabad
Bolt said that coach
Mike Mulvey had told
him he was likely to start
the game on Friday
against Macarthur South
West United at
Campbelltown Sports
Stadium and that he
would be deployed in a
more forward role than
on his initial appearance.
"He said he wants me
to play me up top," Bolt
said.
"He just told me to
make sure that I'm
focussed to push myself
and just take my chances
when I get them."
Bolt added that he had
been playing a series of
practice games with
other players hoping to
make the first team
squad and he felt that his
by 6-0 . From Swat two
goals, Farooq Ahmed ,
when , Nadir Ali, Waqar,
Imran, Zaheer Abbas one
one goals scored .
In sixth matche,
Mardan defeated Multan
by 4-0 Ggoals .Jalal u
Deen scored three goals
and Hussain scored on
goal . In this ocation
Directer tournament
Amjad niazi , Noman
Rajput Incharge( BISE)
Mirpurkgas , Hassan and
others high officials presents.
Bolt ready to play for his footballing future
Young Soldier and Shah Faisal Nazimabad secure victories
on penalty kicks in Abdul Waheed Memorial Soccer
KARACHI: A Group photo of Shah Faisal Nazimabad FC with Chief guest Adnan Kakar,
president Hussaini Club Muhammad Sabir Itshadi, Secretary Husaini FC Hassan
Ghanchi, Secretary DFA Benazeerabad Master Riasat Husain, President Shahfaisal
Nazimabad Lala Aurangzaib, Muhammad Shakir Khatri, Muhammad Shakeel,
Muhammad Shakeel, Muhamad Tahir, Shahid Tao, Muhammad Tahir, Mobeen Sarwar
and others were also present.
fitness and skills had
improved.
"My movement and
my touch is much better
now. How to set my
body, where to place the
ball," Bolt said.
"There is a lot of
things I have learned. I
am much fitter now so I
will have more time on
the field and that's good."
Bolt, who put his
efforts to carve out a football
career on hold for a
week to fulfil an overseas
commitment last month,
said he would thrive on
the pressure.
"I'm the type of guy
who likes competition, I
like pressure so I'm excited
to go out there and
give it my best," he
added.
match was later decided on
penalty kicks and Young
Soldier fc won by 4-2. For the
winners, goals were scored by
Captain Ahmed, Shezad,
Javed and Riaz while from the
North Muslim FC, Rehan and
Bilal the net,
Second match Shah Faisal
Nazimabad vs United Soprts
was 1-1 draw in regulation
time while on penalty kicks
Shah Faisal Nazimabad won
the match by 4-3 score line.
For winner Shah Faisal
Nazimabad goal scored by
captain international footballer
Anwar Saeed, International
golkeeper Hameed, Younis
khan and Ataullah while for
the loosers Irham, Adil m and
Waasay scored the goal.

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Pakistan armed forces have a
unique place in world: NA Speaker
PRAGUE: A young
Bulgarian man was sentenced
to 40 months in jail
by a Czech court over messages
threatening terror
attacks in Pakistan unless
Islamabad freed a woman
arrested with heroin in the
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser in a group photo with course participants of National
Defence University (NDU) from Pakistan and friendly countries Armed Forces Officers and Civilian Officers at
Parliament House.
ISLAMABAD: The
Speaker National Assembly
Asad Qaiser has said that
Pakistan Armed Forces were
among the best armed forces
in world and have a unique
place in the world due to
their superior professional
capabilities.
He expressed these views
while addressing participants
of 201 Course of
National Defence University
(NDU) who visited the
Parliament House under the
leadership of Major General
Fayyaz Hussain Shah,
Commandant Armed Forces
War College and met with
Speaker National Assembly
on Wednesday.
The Speaker said that our
Armed Forces always combat
the difficult situations
with steadfastness and bravery.
During the natural castestrophies
including earthquake
2005, floods and
elimination of terrorism, the
Pakistan. Army rendered
valuable services.
He said we have to work
together for development
and progress of the country
and have adopt collective
thinking rather than individual
thinking. He stressed the
need for cohesion between
country.
According to Czech
Radio website, the regional
court in Plzen, west of
Prague, found 21-year-old
Nikolai Simeonov Ivanov
guilty of sending the
threats by email and text
all the institutions to overcome
the difficulties being
faced by the country.
He said we have to think
that this country has given us
everything and what we
have given in return to it.
He said that we can
achieve our destination by
promoting unity and solidarity
in our ranks.
message to a television
channel and news website
in Pakistan.
The threats demanded
the release of a Czech
woman he knew, named as
Tereza H, who had been
arrested in January at
Lahore airport.
“If Pakistan does not
free within 48 hours
Tereza, arrested with nine
kilos of heroin, and does
not let her take a plane to
the Czech Republic, terrorist
attacks will take place
in Pakistan,” said the message,
read out in court by
the prosecution. Ivanov,
who has lived in Plzen
On this occasion the
Special Secretary National
Assembly Qamar Sohail
Lohdi gave comprehensive
briefing to the participants
about the formation and
working of the National
Assembly and its
Committees.
Major General Fayyaz
Hussain Shah Commandant
Man imprisoned for sending terror threats
in Pakistan over detention of Czech woman
Integrated flood management
system need of hour, says Amin
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister /Advisor to PM on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam
chairing a high level meeting on “Integrated Flood Plain Management”.
ISLAMABAD: Advisor
to PM on climate change
Malik Amin Aslam Khan
has said that the country
needs an integrated flood
risk management system
which is economically
viable, socially acceptable
and environmentally sustainable.
He stated this while
chairing a high level meeting
on development of a
long-term project on
"Integrated flood plain
management" along river
Indus for diverting and storing
flood water through
Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD: The UK’s
Department for International Trade has
this week welcomed Simon Penney in
the new role of Her Majesty's Trade
Commissioner (HMTC) for the Middle
East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Appointed by the UK’s Secretary of
State for International Trade, Dr Liam
Fox, the former banking chief executive
becomes the most senior UK trade figure
to be based in the region.
In this new role, Penney will drive
the UK’s trade and investment ambitions
across the region, taking a leading
role in efforts to boost export growth,
two-way investment and, increasingly
open up markets by seeking to help
ecological infrastructure,
here at Islamabad today
(Wednesday)
He said that Pakistan is
not water scarce Country.
But unfortunately due to
lack of infrastructure and
mismanagement we waste
huge quantity of water
every year. Pakistan is
blessed with wetlands,
where we can store flood
waters and use it to cater
our water related needs.
Amin said that the main
idea of the project seems
fine but we have to conduct
it's detailed feasibility study
by keeping in view environmental
evaluation and cost
benefit analysis of the proposed
water storage sites.
Representatives from
WWF apprised the
Minister on Recharge
Pakistan integrated Flood
risk management project
through a detailed presentation.
They informed the
Minister that they have
already shared their concept
paper with ADB,
World Bank, and other
international experts to get
their feed back as pre feasibility
assessment.
resolve market access barriers and create
business environments making
Pakistan an attractive place for UK
companies to do business.
This further reinforces the UK
Government’s commitment to increasing
trade with Pakistan. Deputy High
Commissioner and UK Trade Director
since 2016, was sentenced
to 40 months in prison by
the court, after admitting
that he had sent the messages,
adding that he had
not realised the consequences
of the threats.
“I did not think that anyone
would take my messages
seriously, especially
since I included my telephone
number and email
address,” said Ivanov,
whose lawyer had asked for
a suspended sentence.
The Plzen court said in
its ruling that Ivanov should
be expelled from the Czech
Republic for eight years
after his sentence is served.
Speaker
summons NA
session on Oct 17
ISLAMABAD: Speaker
National Assembly Asad
Qaisar has summoned the
session of National
Assembly on October 17
on the requisition of
Opposition parties.
The Speaker has convened
the Session at 11:00
am on October 17.
Earlier, following the
arrest of Opposition Leader
Shehbaz Sharif by National
Accountability Bureau
(NAB) in Ashiana Housing
Society Scam, the Pakistan
Muslim League Nawaz
(PML-N) had submitted a
requisition bearing signatures
of 90 Members of NA
to convene a Session.
Against the back drop of
PML-N President’s arrest,
a delegation of MNAs from
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam
Fazal Ur Rehman (JUI-F),
Jamat-i-Islami (JI) and
PML-N, headed by former
Speaker National
Assembly Sardar Ayaz
Sadiq held a meeting with
Speaker National
Assembly at his residence
to discuss the arrest of
Opposition Leader.
Simon Penney appointed as new HMTC for
Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan
for Pakistan Elin Burns leads the trade
team in Islamabad and Karachi. In
September last year the Prime Minister
appointed Member of Parliament
Rehman Chishti as her trade envoy to
Pakistan. He has visited Pakistan three
times in that role. And now Simon
Penney will lead the trade effort across
the region. This is all part of the UK’s
strong commitment to increase bilateral
trade. Speaking of his role, new HMTC
for MEAP, Simon Penney, said “the
UK’s trading relationship with the
region is already strong, but its true
potential has not yet been tapped. We
want to work in partnership with businesses
and governments to identify
opportunities for greater collaboration.
Armed Forces War College
thanked the Speaker for his
remarks and said that the
Parliament is the supreme
constitutional institution of
the country and its respect is
obligatory for all citizens.
He told the Speaker that
the decision of this visit was
taken before initiation of 210
Course.
Fawad Chaudhry
hails Donkey King
animated movie
ISLAMABAD: Federal
Minister for Information
and Broadcasting Fawad
Hussain Chaudhry
Wednesday hailed the animated
film “Donkey King”
saying, it was a best effort
of its genre.
Speaking with media
persons after attending the
special show, he said the
movie will encourage other
filmmakers to come forth
with animated movies.
The minister said the
movie had a nice content
that would attract the children
and he had all the best
wishes with the movie.
Chaudhry praised the
songs, graphics and the
beautiful scenes of the
movie.
The 64 percent of population
in the country is
below of 30 years age, and
most of them are under 20.
If such type of movies
thrive sucessfully, it will
boost the trend for making
movies for
added.
children’, he
ISLAMABAD: Senate
Standing Committee on
National Food Security on
Wednesday expressed strong
reservations over Pakistan
Agriculture Research
Council (PARC) Chairman
Yusuf Zafar visits to foreign
countries.
The committee meeting
was held under the chair of
Senate Standing Committee
on National Food Security
Chairman Syed Muzafar
PM to chair cabinet meeting today
ISLAMABAD: Prime
Minister Imran Khan has
summoned federal cabinet
meeting today on
Thursday.
According to media
reports, matters related to
implementation of first 100
-day plan of PTI, arrest of
NEW DELHI: Actress
Flora Saini, who was
recently seen on the big
screen in 'Stree', on
Monday came out and
shared her own 'MeToo'
story. The actress revealed
how she was physically
and sexually assaulted and
harassed at the hands of
producer Gaurang Doshi,
who she was dating then.
In an exclusive chat
with a portal, Flora
revealed another surprising
detail. She said that while
no one else came out in her
support, it was Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan, who not
only supported her but also
walked out of a film, to be
produced by Gaurang, to
oppose sexual harassment
She said that
Aishwarya's decision to
quit the project meant a lot
for the budding actress.
Talking about what
took her so long to make
these revelations about
Gaurang, Flora said that
she was subjected to victim
shaming and threatening.
She added that after
she spoke against the producer,
she was out of work
for some time.
On Monday, Flora
shared pictures of her
bruised face, with a broken
jaw, which she suffered
after her then alleged producer
boyfriend Gaurang
assaulted her. She also
shared a lengthy post on
PMLN president Shehbaz
Sharif and return of illegal
assets will be discussed
during the meeting.
On the other hand, PM
will take cabinet ministers
into confidence on new
International Monetary
Fund (IMF) bailout programme
and talks with
FATF . Briefing upon
implementation on 100-
day agenda of incumbent
government will also be
given besides reviewing
country’s internal and
external economic condition.
Aishwarya walked out of film
to oppose sexual harassment
BEIJING: China while
brushing aside the reports
on scrapping railway project
by Pakistan under
CPEC has said Pakistan
has extended full assurance
of its cooperation in
respect of different projects
under flagship belt
and road.
According to media
report Lu Kang,
spokesperson of Chinese
foreign ministry while
talking to media men said
new Pakistani government
has given full assurance of
its cooperation regarding
all projects under CPEC.
He said that several
other reports in addition to
abolition of railway project
under CPEC are coming to
fore through media since
the same.
Flora was recently seen
in Rajkummar Rao-
Shraddha Kapoor-starrer
'Stree' in which she played
the titular role.
Reports about scrapping of railway project by
Pakistan under CPEC have no substance: China
Hussain Shah at the
Parliament House,
Islamabad. Expressing concern
over unnecessary visits
of the PARC chairman,
Chairman Muzafar Hussain
Shah asked can the chairman
brief us on his visits to many
foreign countries and what
benefit his visits brought to
the country?
The committee also
sought details regarding
inquiries conducted by NAB
and FIA into alleged corruptions
in the Zaiton production
project. He said Pakistan
Agriculture Research
Council (PARC) Chairman
Yusuf Zafar visited many
foreign countries, including
Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan,
asking him what profit his
visits brought to the country?
The chairman said measures
should be taken to
establish trust of international
companies so that
some time, however there
is no substance in these
reports.
He held that all the
projects under CPEC will
be translated into reality.
CPEC is an economic and
social movement forward.
IMF has also made it clear
in its report that Pakistan
will have to bear no burden
due to headway in CPEC.
Senate body expresses reservations
over PARC chief's foreign visits
LAHORE: Punjab government
will present remaining eight months
budget on October 16.
This was decided in a high-level
meeting was held at chief minister’s
office here on Wednesday with
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman
improvement in the quality
and variety of wheat and cotton
can be brought.
The committee was
informed that Baluchistan
received lowest water share
during the Harif season. It
was further briefed that
Sindh faced 15 per cent,
Punjab 20 per cent, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa 34 per cent
and Baluchistan 41 per cent
shortage of water during the
current season.
Punjab govt to present provincial budget on Oct 16
Buzdar in the chair. It took a
detailed review of different proposals
with regard to provincial budget
and annual development program.
Addressing the meeting, the
chief minister said that first budget
of the PTI government should fully
depict change and added that unrealistic
development targets will not be
fixed now. Rather, our development
program would be in accordance
with the needs of the people.
Special attention wil lbe
ISLAMABAD: First Lady Mrs Samina Alvi illuminating the Aiwan-e-Sadr building with pink light in commemoration
of Breast Cancer Awareness Month-October.
given
to the development of southern
Punjab and policies will be formulated
to benefit the common people.
He added that upcoming budget
will also redress the wrong policies
of the past because the previous
government started schemes
for their personal projection rather
giving any attention to the public
welfare.
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