15 October 2018

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Metropolitan: 

PTI’s Alamgir Khan 

wins against 

MQM’s Amir 

Chishti in by-polls 

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National: 

PTA to block 

illegal, smuggled 

mobile phones 

after October 20 

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International: 

Afghan Taliban 

officials: 'US 

agrees to discuss 

troops pullout' 

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Anti-measles drive in 

Balochistan underway 

Senior Staff Writer 

QUETTA: Twelve day 

anti-Measles drive that 

was formally inaugurated 

in Balochistan on 

Saturday is currently 

underway. 

Governor Balochistan 

Justice (Retd) Amanullah 

Khan Yasinzai had inaugurated 

the campaign by 

vaccinating children at 

Governor House in 

Quetta. 

On this occasion, 

Provincial Secretary 

Health apprised the 

Governor that more 2.14 

million children up to five 

year of age would be 

administered anti-measles 

vaccination during the 

drive. 

The Governor directed 

the concerned authorities 

to make anti-Measles 

drive successful. 

Yemeni missile hits 

Saudi-backed forces 

SANAA: A ballistic 

missile fired by Yemen's 

Army and popular Houthi 

Ansarullah movement has 

hit a gathering of Saudibacked 

militants in Sana'a 

province, the country's 

Military Information 

Center said on Sunday. 

The Zelzal-2 missile 

was fired at a military 

base in the Harib area of 

Nihm District early 

Sunday, "precisely" hitting 

its target. 

"A number of militias 

were killed or injured and 

some of their military 

vehicles were destroyed in 

the missile attack," the 

Military Information 

Center said. 

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has 

defrocked two Chilean bishops accused 

of molesting minors, as he tries to tackle 

the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandals 

around the world. 

The Vatican said Saturday Francisco 

José Cox Huneeus, 84, the former archbishop 

emeritus of La Serena, and Marco 

Antonio Órdenes Fernández, 53, who 

was archbishop emeritus of Iquique, were 

expelled from the priesthood following 

Jamil Ahmed 

Senior Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: The Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan 

Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) 

are neck and neck in the by-election 

on 11 National Assembly seats. The 

PTI is projected to take home four 

seats NA-53, NA-60, NA-63 and 

NA-243. 

However, the PTI is projected to 

lose NA-131 as PML-N's Khawaja 

Saad Rafique is leading in the Lahore 

KARACHI EDITION – Monday, October 15, 2018, Safar 5, 1440 

PTI, PML-N to win four 

National seats in by-election 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is getting his thumb marked 

before casting his vote for by-election in NA-53 Bani Gala. 

constituency which was won by 

Imran Khan in the 2018 general election. 

Former prime minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi also secured the NA- 

124 seat for his party with wins projected 

in NA-56 and NA-103. 

Below is a comprehensive list of 

unofficial results from the 35 constituencies 

on which by-elections 

were held. 

NA-35: MMA’s Zahid Durrani 

leads with 20,066 votes. PTI’s Nasim 

Ali Shah follows with 13,110 votes. 

Pakistan seeks help from Germany to 

return of $200 billion: Shahzad Akbar 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

has sought help from 

Germany to return of $200 

billion of Pakistanis that 

were currently present in 

Switzerland Bank accounts. 

German had purchased 

the all the detail of banks 

accounts that leaked from 

Switzerland in 2010. 

Number of countries including 

India had got information 

from Germany in this 

regard. 

On the other hand federal 

government has formally 

appealed to UK for the 

early return of former 

Finance Minister Ishaq 

Dar. Special Assistant to 

the Prime Minister on 

Accountability Shahzad 

Akbar has stated this while 

addressing a news conference 

in Islamabad on 

Sunday. Shahzad Akbar 

said that a bilateral treaty is 

again being ratified with 

the Swiss authorities which 

will enable the country to 

get the details of the bank 

accounts opened by 

Pakistani nationals. 

Pak Army wants strengthening of democracy: DG ISPR 

ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter 

Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major 

General Asif Ghafoor has said that Pakistan 

Army wants strengthening of democracy in 

the country. 

Talking to media in London, the DG 

ISPR said Army believes that democracy is 

the only way forward and as an institution, 

Pope defrocks two Chilean bishops 

over sexual abuse allegations 

local and Vatican investigations. 

Defrocking, officially called being 

“reduced to the lay state”, is the harshest 

punishment the Church can inflict on a 

member of the clergy and such action has 

rarely been taken against bishops. 

It comes as the Church faces sexual 

abuse crises in Chile and a host of other 

countries, including the United States, 

Germany and Australia. 

The move prompted speculation that it 

could be a harbinger of action against 

other prelates, perhaps including 

Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop 

of Washington, D.C. 

McCarrick lost his title of cardinal in 

July after a US Church investigation 

found “credible and substantiated” allegations 

that he abused a minor decades 

ago. He denies wrongdoing. 

The pope ordered McCarrick, once of 

the US Church’s most prestigious figures, 

to go into seclusion and live a life of 

prayer. But he is still an archbishop and 

priest, pending a Vatican investigation. 

it has provided full support to democratic 

institutions. He said all institutions of the 

country, including the army and the judiciary, 

should support the political governments 

for the sake of national stability. 

He said general elections 2018 were 

most transparent ever in history of the 

country. 

NA-53: PTI’s Ali Nawaz Awam 

leads with 27,946 votes. PML-N’s 

Waqar Ahmed in second place with 

15,510 votes. 

NA-56: PML-N's Malik Sohail 

Khan leads with 58903 votes, followed 

by Malik Khurram Ali who has 

so far bagged 39498 votes. 

NA-60: PTI’s Sheikh Rashid 

Shafique leads with 29105 votes, followed 

by PML-N’s Sajjad Khan with 

28,292 votes. 

NA-65: PML-Q's Chaudhry Salik 

Hussain won the by-polls in NA-65 

Chakwal with 98,364 votes. Hussain 

was followed by TLP's Mohammad 

Yaqoob who could only secure 

34,811 votes. 

NA-69: PML-Q's Moonis Elahi 

leads with 729 votes. Elahi is followed 

by PML-N's Imran Zafar, who 

has so far secured 230 votes. 

NA-124: PML-N’s Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi won the by-polls in 

NA-124 Lahore with 75012 votes, 

unofficial and unconfirmed results 

suggested. Abbasi was followed by 

PTI’s Ghulam Mohiuddin, who could 

secure 30115 votes. 

NA-131: PML-N's Khawaja Saad 

Rafique leads with 52015 votes to his 

credit. PTI's Hammyun Akhtar Khan 

follows with 44545 votes. 

NA-243: PTI's Alamgir Khan 

takes lead in NA-243 by-polls with 

4514 votes. Khan is followed by 

MQM-P's Amir Chishti, who has so 

bagged 1484 votes. 

Overseas 

Pakistanis casting 

votes for first time 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Overseas Pakistanis have 

started casting their ballots 

in by-elections being held 

on 35 constituencies of the 

National Assembly and 

Provincial Assemblies. 

For the first time, expats 

are exercising their right to 

franchise in a by-election 

through i-voting. 

The Election 

Commission of Pakistan 

(ECP) in collaboration with 

National Database 

Registration Authority 

(NADRA) has developed a 

software for online voting 

for overseas Pakistanis. 

So far 700 out of the total 

7,346 registered overseas 

voters in 35 constituencies 

have cast their votes until 

filing of this report. 

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif barred 

from casting vote over absence of CNIC 

Maryam Nawaz and mother 

were also accompanying 

him. 

In NA-124, a close competition 

is being expected 

between PML-N backed former 

premier Shahid Khaqan 

Abbasi and Pakistan 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Muslim League Nawaz 

(PML-N) supremo Nawaz 

Sharif on Sunday was barred 

from casting vote as he forgot 

to bring computerized 

national identity card 

(CNIC) along with him. 

The supremo’s daughter 

and political heir-apparent 

Tehreek-e-Insaf’s 

Ghulam Mohiuddin. 

(PTI) 

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is getting 

his voting slip from polling staff to cast his vote in byelections 

at the polling station established at 

Government Technology College, Railway Road. 

ISLAMABAD: Indian troops once 

again resorted to unprovoked firing at 

Chiri Kot sector along the line of control, 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Indian unprovoked firing 

injures youth at LoC 

WASHINGTON: Britain 

and the US are considering 

boycotting a major international 

conference in Saudi 

Arabia after the disappearance 

of Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi. 

Mr Khashoggi, a critic of 

the Saudi government, vanished 

on 2 October after visiting 

its consulate in 

Istanbul. 

The authorities in 

Istanbul believe he was 

murdered there by Saudi 

agents - claims Riyadh has 

dismissed as "lies". 

Donald Trump has said 

he would "punish" Saudi 

Arabia if it was responsible. 

Several sponsors and 

media groups have decided 

to pull out of this month's 

investment conference in 

Riyadh, dubbed Davos in 

the Desert, as a result of 

concerns over Mr 

Khashoggi's fate. 

Diplomatic sources have 

now told that both the US 

Treasury Secretary, Steve 

Mnuchin, and the UK's 

International Trade 

Secretary, Liam Fox, might 

not attend the event, which 

is being hosted by the kingdom's 

Crown Prince 

Mohamed bin Salman to 

injuring an eight year old boy. 

According to the ISPR, Pakistani troops 

gave a befitting response to the Indian fire. 

Jamal Khashoggi: UK and US 

'could boycott' Saudi conference 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaaf (PTI) and Communist Party of 

China signed a memorandum of understanding 

(MoU) here on Sunday to further 

strengthen links between the two 

parties. 

The document was signed by PTI Vice 

Chairman Shah Mehmoud Qureshi and 

the head of the delegation of Communist 

promote his reform agenda. 

A spokesman for the 

UK's international trade 

department said Dr Fox's 

diary was not yet finalised 

for the week of the conference. 

A joint statement of condemnation, 

if it is confirmed 

that Mr Khashoggi was 

killed by Saudi agents, is 

also being discussed by US 

and European diplomats. 

However, Mr 

Khashoggi's fiancée, 

Hatice Cengiz, has said 

words alone will not be 

good enough if he has been 

murdered. 

PTI, CPC sign MoU to further 

strengthen bilateral links 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Minister of the International 

Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Song Tao 

exchange documents after signing the MOU between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and 

Communist Party of China to further strengthen party to party relations. 

ECP activates RTS 

for quick transmission 

of poll results 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Election Commission of 

Pakistan (ECP) has made 

Result Transmission 

System (RTS) and Result 

Management System 

(RMS) functional for 

prompt transmission of 

results from the polling 

stations to the district and 

central results system. 

The ECP in collaboration 

with a National 

Database Regulatory 

Authority team made the 

system functional. RTS has 

crashed in the July 25 general 

elections, triggering 

serious questions about 

transparency of the polls. 

RTS, an android based 

application developed by 

National Database and 

Registration Authority 

(NADRA) for transmission 

of results from the 

polling station to the 

central results system in 

real time. 

Party of China. 

Talking to the Chinese leader, Shah 

Mehmoud Qureshi said both Pakistan and 

China enjoy excellent close relations 

which will be further strengthened. 

He said the scope of multi billion dollars 

China Pakistan Economic Corridor 

project will be further expanded after 

mutual consultations. 

Trump says US would be 'punishing' 

itself if it halts Saudi arms sales 

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on 

Saturday the United States would be “punishing” itself by 

halting military sales to SaudiArabia even if it is proven that 

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the 

country’s consulate in Istanbul. 

Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Riyadh and a US resident, 

disappeared on October 2 after visiting the Saudi consulate. 

Turkey’s government believes he was deliberately 

killed inside the building and his body removed. Trump has 

forged closer ties with Saudi Arabia and is under international 

and domestic pressure to help determine what happened 

to Khashoggi and punish Saudi Arabia if investigations 

show its government had him killed. 

Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have 

demanded firm action. There was already mounting concern 

over civilian deaths caused by a Saudi-led military coalition 

in Yemen’s civil war and some lawmakers have said 

Washington should block military sales to Riyadh if the allegations 

over Khashoggi are proven. 

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Monday, October 15, 2018 

Metropolitan 

PTI’s Alamgir Khan wins against 

MQM’s Amir Chishti in by-polls 

KARACHI: Results 

continue to pour in after 

daylong polling on 35 

national and provincial 

seats across Pakistan. 

According to the initial 

and unofficial results 

being received from NA- 

243, PTI leader 

Muhammad Alamgir 

Khan won against 

MQM’s Amir Chishti. 

According to unofficial 

results, PTI’s Alamgir 

Khan secured 35,727 

while Amir Chisti of 

MQM-P got 15,396 

votes. 

As many as 22 candidates 

are in the run for 

KARACHI: Aafia 

Movement Pakistan leader 

and noted neurophysician of 

the country Dr Fowzia 

Siddiqui has appealed to 

observe the day of October 

19 as an international prayer 

day for Dr Aafia Siddiqui. 

In a statement here 

Saturday, he appealed the 

prayer leaders, religious 

leadership and masses to 

observe the day as a prayer 

day. She said that now there 

is a new hope for repatriation 

of Aafia after recent 

developments in the USA. 

She said the nation should 

also pray for the guidance of 

Pakistani rulers and grant 

them courage and bravery to 

tackle this issue wisely. 

She said the Pakistani 

foreign minister Shah 

Mehmood Qureshi during 

his recent visit to the USA 

and while talking to 

Pakistani media called Dr 

Aafia Siddiqui as the daughter 

of the nation and 

expressed the determination 

of his government to bring 

her back home. She said in 

past the rulers had missed 

many opportunities to seek 

the repatriation of Aafia. She 

hoped that the PTI government 

would not miss this 

opportunity now. 

Dr Fowzia said the supporters 

of Aafia from whole 

world including America, 

Europe, Asia and South 

Africa have been contacting 

us in connection with the 

Aafia prayer day. She said in 

many countries incuding 

Pakistan special prayers 

have already been started for 

the release of Aafia. She said 

recently the children of a 

seminary of Malaysia, Jamia 

Maadarat al-Islami Kuala 

Lumpur, completed a 

Khatam of Surah Yaseen 

and prayed for the release of 

Aafia. She said the Pakistani 

teacher of this seminary, 

Qari Faizullah, told on telephone 

that on October 15 

during the Central Tableegi 

Ijtima of Kuala Lumpur special 

prayers would be 

NA-243 Karachi, which 

was vacated by Prime 

Minister Imran Khan. 

The PTI has fielded 

Alamgir Khan as its candidate 

from NA-243, 

while Amir Chisti of the 

Muttahida Qaumi 

M o v e m e n t - P a k i s t a n , 

Hakim Ali of the PPP and 

Sharafat Ali of the PML- 

N are contesting from the 

constituency. 

There are 695,588 registered 

voters. 

PTI’s Alamgir Khan is 

leading in the constituency 

and has bagged with 

2770 votes. Khan is followed 

by MQM-P’s Amir 

Appeal to observe October 19 as prayer day 

KARACHI: Associate Dean, Business Administration & Social Sciences, Mohammad Ali 

Jinnah University, Karachi Dr. Shujaat Mubrak addressing to a training session held 

for the officers and staff, Administration wing, on the topic of Inter personal skill. 

Two million face hearing 

impairment in megacity 

KARACHI: Estimated 

two million people in 

Karachi are facing hearing 

impairment and most of 

them could not be treated 

due to lack of facilities and 

increasing noisy atmosphere 

in the megalopolis. 

Eminent Audiologist 

Shahid Akhtar Rajput, while 

talking to PPI, said though 

there was no accurate data 

available about hearing 

impairment or hearing loss, 

but estimated 10 to 15 per 

cent of Karachi population 

is suffering from mild, moderate 

and severe hearing loss 

due to multiple factors. 

“Generally, the hearing 

disability occurs in the society 

due to the trend of interfamily 

marriages, but sound 

of generators, vehicles and 

factories are also leading 

risk factors of hearing loss,” 

he added. 

He explained that citizens 

suffering from hearing 

loss could face psychological 

and physical problems 

in some stages of life if not 

treated. 

Rajput said age-related 

hearing loss is also common 

in Pakistan as it gradually 

occurs in most of 

people after 45 years. He 

said it is one of the most 

common conditions affecting 

elderly people and agerelated 

hearing loss most 

often occurs in both ears, 

affecting them equally if 

not treated properly. 

He said some professionals, 

including lawyers, 

airport security officials, 

factory workers, traffic 

police wardens and journalists, 

could suffer hearing 

loss in same stages of life as 

they work in noisy atmosphere. 

KARACHI: A police personnel is checking the voters 

before allowing them to enter the polling station to cast 

their votes in by-elections in NA-243 Gulshan-e-Iqbal. 

Early completion 

of Green Line 

stressed 

KARACHI: A high-level 

meeting here stressed the 

need of early completion of 

the Green Line to provide 

some relief to the commuters 

of the megacity. 

According to details, 

President Dr. Arif Alvi and 

Governor Sindh Mr. Imran 

Ismail attended the meeting 

that was briefed by Karachi 

Infrastructure Development 

Company Limited (KIDCL) 

about the federally-funded 

projects in Karachi. Chief 

Executive officer of KIDCL 

briefed in detail about the 

pace of work on green line 

project and other initiatives 

of Federal Government. 

The meeting which was 

also attended by opposition 

leader in Sindh Assembly 

Mr. Firdous Shamim Naqvi, 

Member Sindh Assembly 

Mr. Khurrum Sher Zaman, 

Mr. Samar Ali Khan, 

Federal Secretary 

Communication Mr. Shoaib 

Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman 

National Highway 

Authority Mr. Jawad Rafiq 

Malik, Commissioner 

Karachi Mr. Sualeh Ahmed 

Farooqui, Principal 

Secretary to Governor Sindh 

Mr. Khaqan Murtaza and 

other concerned officers, 

also deliberated upon making 

the completed track of 

green line from Surjani to 

Gru Mandir, operational and 

considered many options in 

this regard. 

The matter of constitution 

of Karachi Task Force 

for affective monitoring of 

development projects also 

come under discussion during 

the meeting. 

offered for the release of Dr 

Aafia Siddiqui. 

However, Dr Fowzia has 

already started meetings 

with noted religious and 

political personalities of 

Pakistan in connection with 

the prayer day. The supporters 

of Aafia Movement 

inside and outside the country 

are very much excited 

and they are sending letters 

and handbills to the mosque 

administrations and prayer 

leaders. They are also contacting 

them on telephone 

and meeting them individually 

and requesting them to 

arrange special prayers for 

Aafia on October 19 after 

the Friday prayers. 

LEA arrest Lyari 

gang war accused 

KARACHI: Law 

Enforcement Agencies’ 

(LEA) personnel on 

Sunday claimed to have 

arrested a Lyari gang-war 

Shiraz Comrade Group 

member. 

According to sources, 

LEA personnel on a tip-off, 

conducted a targeted raid 

in Lyari area and apprehended 

a Lyari gang war 

Shiraz Comrade Group’s 

member Sohail alias Sani. 

Chishti, who has secured 

1183 votes, according to 

unofficial and unconfirmed 

results. 

Counting of votes is in 

progress as polling 

process for by-elections 

in 35 constituencies of 

National and Provincial 

Assemblies came to an 

end across the country at 

5 pm. 370 candidates 

were in the run for 11 

National Assembly and 

24 Provincial 

Assemblies’ seats. 

Overseas Pakistanis 

also exercised their right 

to vote through i-voting 

for the first time. 

KARACHI: Prominent intellectuals 

and academicians have said that Quaid-e- 

Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the 

greatest Muslim leader of 20th Century. 

He was not a traditional landlord, Sardar 

and a religious leader, but he had come 

out from a middle class family and led the 

nation for independence with a power of 

arguments. 

They said this while addressing the 

inaugural ceremony of Sindhi translation 

of Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh’s book 

titled “Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali 

Jinnah, Education, Struggle and 

Achievement,” which was held at the 

inner courtyard of Sindh Madressatul 

Islam University on Saturday night. The 

JPMC Surgical 

Complex to be ready 

by December 

KARACHI: Construction 

work on Pakistan’s first 

state-of-the-art 600-bedded 

Surgical Complex at 

Jinnah Postgraduate 

Medical Center (JPMC), 

has entered the last stage 

and project is going to be 

completed by the end of 

this year, it emerged on 

Sunday. 

The construction work 

on Pakistan’s first stateof-the-art 

Surgical 

Complex at JPMC, is 

underway in fast pace and 

multi-storied surgical 

complex is likely to open 

for public in the end of 

December 2018. 

The JPMC has already 

started surgical OPDs 

services for patients after 

completion first five 

floors and construction 

work of remaining floors 

are at finishing stage. The 

600-bedded facility would 

be opened for public in the 

end 2018. 

The Surgical Complex 

has equipped with 600 

beds, emergency facilities; 

18 operation theatres, doctor 

clinics, doctors & staff 

duty rooms, seminar / 

multi-purpose rooms and 

lecture hall. 

KARACHI: Members of Shia Community are holding protest demonstration against 

arresting of Former senator Faisal Raza Abidi, at Karachi press club. 

Alleged robber arrested in 

encounter in Karachi 

Sikandar Rajput 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Police on 

Sunday claimed to have 

arrested an alleged robber 

in an encounter and recovered 

a loaded pistol, 

snatched motorcycle and 

two cell phones from his 

possession. 

Sharjeel Arshad 


KARACHI: At least 

seven workers were 

injured when a cargo ship 

caught fire at Gadani Ship 

breaking yard on Sunday. 

Sindhi translation of the book 

“Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Education, 

Struggle and Achievement” launched 

According to police 

sources, after receiving 

emergency calls on 15 

regarding presence of two 

robbers, who were said to 

be on snatching spree of 

valuables from citizens on 

Abul-Hassan Asfahani 

road near Gulshan-i-Iqbal 

at 5am. 

According to Vicechairperson 

of the shipbreaking 

yard Ghani Seth 

fire broke out in a ship in 

Plot-10 which engulfed the 

whole area. As a result, 

seven workers received 

A police team reached 

the spot and arrested a 40- 

year-old Mamtaz, son of 

Ahmed, in injured condition 

after an encounter, 

while his accomplice fled 

the scene. 

The accused was shifted 

to Abbasi Shaheed 

Hospital for treatment. 

Seven workers injured as 

ship catches fire in Gadani 

HUB: Rescue workers are busy in extinguishing fire that erupted into big ship at 

Giddani Ship Breaking Yard. 

book was translated by Anwer Abro into 

Sindhi. It has also been translated into 

Urdu by noted journalist Rashid Butt. 

The speakers said that it was the only 

example in the history that Quaid-e- 

Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah got independence 

for the Nation through a legal 

way, polite politics and a power of arguments. 

The Sindh Minister for Education, 

Culture, Tourism & Antiquities, Syed 

Sardar Ali Shah said that from Kashmir to 

Kalibangan, it all area was the Indus 

Valley Civilization, and the village of 

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s 

ancestors was near to Kalibangan, which 

is now in present day Rajasthan. 

KARACHI: A group photograph of Sabir Abu Maryam advocate, the founder member of 

the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine along with Ali Raza Edhi and Imamia 

Scouts on the occasion of a session ‘how to deal in emergency situations held in Karachi. 

burn injuries. 

The injured were shifted 

to Civil Hospital 

Karachi for treatment, 

where two of them were 

stated to be in critical condition. 

KARACHI: Chairman DCK Salman Abdullah Murad along 

with Chief Officer Masroor Ahmed Memon listening to the 

complaints of the area residents. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Korangi visiting various zones 

to inspect cleanliness. 

KARACHI: Labours busy in construction work of carpeting 

road under the supervision of Sindh Government, at 

M.A Jinnah road. 

KARACHI: People face inconvenience due to sewerage 

water accumulated on the road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal which 

requires attention of the authorities concerned.

Saad Rafique warns 

against foul play in by-polls 

ISLAMABAD: 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Muslim League Nawaz 

(PML-N) leader Khawaja 

Saad Rafique on Sunday 

warned if any foul play is 

done in crucial by-elections, 

his party would 

respond aggressively. 

Speaking to media after 

casting his ballot in NA- 

131, the former railways 

minister said contesting 

election in Pakistan is no 

mean feat as level-playing 

field is not provided to 

assembly aspirants. 

He expressed dissatisfaction 

over the arrangements 

for polling in his 

constituency, saying 

details of polling booths 

set up in a polling station 

have not been displayed 

outside it, nor had election 

staff proper knowledge 

about the voting process. 

ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the 

returns of a vigorous policy-making 

ecosystem that productively connects 

research institutions and government 

bodies, senior academicians and policy 

practitioners deplored the lack thereof 

in Pakistan, while urging emerging 

researchers to adopt indigenous 

approaches for their studies in an 

attempt to fuel the society’s concurrent 

needs. 

They were speaking at the session 

titled ‘Brainstorming Research Ideas’, 

which was part of a series of events 

organized by IPS LEAD – the 

Learning, Excellence and 

Development Program of Institute of 

Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad – 

under its initiative ‘Indigenizing Policy 

Research in Pakistan’, which aims at 

apprising and sensitizing young and 

emerging scholars over the need of 

LAHORE: Candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for by-elections 

Khwaja Saad Rafique is addressing his supporters on a loudspeaker in Defence 

Housing Authority (DHA). 

Khawaja Saad Rafique 

is facing off PTI’s 

Humayun Akhtar Khan in 

NA-131, Lahore, vacated 

by Prime Minister Imran 

Khan after the July 25 

polls. 

The prime minister had 

won in all five National 

Assembly constituencies 

he contested the general 

elections from and decided 

Gap between research and policy must be bridged: IPS 

HYDERABAD: Mayor Hyderabad condoling with PPP MPA Abdul Jabbar Khan sad 

demise of his brother Abbas Khan. 

Aspirin may reduce your risk 

for common liver cancer 

ISLAMABAD: Researchers 

say people who took two 

doses of aspirin every week 

had a lower risk for hepatocellular 

carcinoma. 

Aspirin may do more 

than just relieve a headache. 

It may also reduce the 

risk of a common form of 

liver cancer. 

Researchers associated 

with Massachusetts General 

Hospital (MGH) say evidence 

from their study suggests 

that aspirin can reduce 

the risk of developing primary 

liver cancer, also 

known as called hepatocellular 

carcinoma (HCC). 

Their findings were published 

in the October issue 

of the Journal of the 

American Medical 

Association, Oncology. 

Researchers analyzed 

data from two long-term 

studies that started in the 

1980s. 

Participants, who are 

nurses and health professionals, 

biannually reported 

their medication intake for 

nearly 30 years. 

About 134,000 participants 

— 46,000 women and 

88,000 men — saidthey 

took aspirin regularly. 

The researchers concluded 

that taking at least two 

doses of aspirin — 325 milligrams 

(mg) each — a 

week for five years or more 

led to a significantly 

reduced risk of developing 

HCC. 

Taking that minimum 

dosage showed a 49 percent 

reduction in the relative risk, 

while taking that same 

amount for five years or 

promoting indigenous narratives and 

seeking native solutions to the local 

problems in the research being produced 

in Pakistan. 

The session was addressed by Dr 

Tahir Hijazi, former Member, 

Governance & Policy Reforms, 

Planning Commission of Pakistan, 

DG-IPS Khalid Rahman, Dr Adnan 

Sarwar, head of department, 

International Relations, National 

University of Modern Languages 

(NUML), Islamabad, Ambassador (r) 

Tajammul Altaf, Air Cdr (r) Khalid 

Iqbal and Dr Shahzad Iqbal Sham, senior 

research associate at IPS. 

Dr Hijazi, while making a keynote 

speech, talked about the importance of 

research institutions and think tanks in 

the process of policymaking. He said 

that despite the fact that policymaking 

practices in Pakistan were not wellconnected 

with the needs on ground, 

the policy circles were still not benefitting 

from the work being done by the 

country’s researchers, and hence were 

missing out on a worthy opportunity. 

Speaking of bridging the gap 

between academic circles and policy 

corridors, Dr Iqbal was of the view that 

the following of the footsteps of the 

West has confined our research students 

to certain issues and topics seen 

with a particular lens. They should 

rather start thinking indigenously, trying 

to discern local solutions to the 

local problems and thus making their 

research work more relatable and 

usable to the local needs. 

Altaf stressed the need of making 

policy processes in the country peoplecentric, 

terming the approach as the 

most pertinent way of addressing 

prevalent issues. 

Effective local 

govt must for 

democracy: Siraj 

to retain his native 

Mianwali seat, vacating 

the rest. 

The polling for by-election 

on 35 constituencies 

of National and provincial 

assemblies is underway 

countrywide amid strict 

security. 

The by-polls are being 

conducted on 11 National 

and 24 provincial assembly 

seats including 11 from 

Punjab Assembly, nine 

from 

Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa and two 

each from Sindh and 

Balochistan. More than 

five million registered voters, 

around 2.3 million 

women and over 2.7 million 

men, are going to 

exercise their right to vote. 

Overseas Pakistanis will 

vote for the first time in the 

by-polls through iVoting. 

Vehicle tax: 

Road checking 

campaign from 22nd 

HYDERABAD: Sindh 

Minister for Excise and 

Taxation & Narcotics 

Control Mukesh Kumar 

Chawla has said that Sindh 

Excise and Taxation 

Department will launch a 

Road Checking Campaign 

from 22nd October to nab 

tax defaulting vehicles 

across the province. 

He asked the tax-defaulting 

vehicles' owners to pay 

their due taxes in order to 

avoid any untoward situation 

during the campaign. 

In a statement issued 

here, he said that legal 

action would be taken 

against all tax defaulting 

vehicles. 

PESHAWAR: Ameer, 

Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Staff Reporter 

Senator Sirajul Haq, has said BADIN: Ailing senior 

that democratic system could 

not be completed and augmented 

in any country without 

effective local governments. 

He was talking to a delegation 

of elected local bodies 

heads at district and tehsil 

level from Malakand division 

at Chakdara, in Lower 

camera man of press club, 

Amjad Ali Bhatti, suffering 

from body paralyzed and 

mental disorder for many 

months has appealed for 

medical treatment and assistance. 

While talking with journalists 

senior camera man 

said he was suffering from 

Dir. 

Srajul Haq said that the 

continuity of the local bodies 

PTI lawmaker blames 

would ensure a strong and 

stable democracy in the previous govt 

country. He exhorted the 

elected local councilors to HYDERABAD: PTI 

devote their best energies to Member National Assembly 

solve the problems of the Nusrat Wahid while 

people. He said that the good addressing a gathering here 

performance of the Nazims said the New Pakistan 

more saw the relative risk would pave way for the Housing Scheme will provide 

drop by 59 percent. progress and prosperity of 

shelter to people and 

If aspirin use was halted, the province. 

jobs to workers. 

the decreased risk for developing 

The delegation expressed Nusrat Wahid said that 

HCC ended after their concern over the aboli- 

within next six months there 

eight years. 

tion up of the office of will be tremendous progress 

Dr. Tracey Simon, a clinic 

District Nazim and the and betterment in economy. 

research fellow and soon- 

District Council in the new Due to wrong policies of 

to-be faculty member at system. It stressed that previous government, 

MGH was the study’s lead instead of making new Pakistan is trapped into a 

author. 

experiments, the PTI government 

swamp, she blamed, adding 

She told Healthline the 

should strengthen the the PTI government is 

analysis is a great first step existing system and make it doing its best, to overcome 

in figuring out if taking more effective. 

the problems. 

aspirin can help prevent 

HCC. 

“It’s an observational 

study, so I can’t say anything 

about the causality,” 

she said. “But it’s building a 

case.” 

Dr. David Bernstein, 

chief of gastroenterology at 

Northwell Health in New 

York, agreed. 

ISLAMABAD: The government 

has finalized a broad based 

mutual legal assistance law to 

obtain evidence from foreign 

jurisdictions about financial 

crimes and mega corruption cases 

involving Pakistanis. 

This was stated by Special 

Assistant to the Prime Minister 

(SAPM) on Accountability 

Shahzad Akbar while addressing a 

news conference here on Sunday. 

He said the law will soon be 

placed before the cabinet and it 

will be brought first through an 

ordinance and then presented 

before the parliament. 

He said this law is more open 

and will empower the National 

Accountability Bureau and the 

Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) has notified 

October 15 as the last date 

for admissions for Autumn 

2018 session, with a nominal 

late fee. 

The University’s Acting 

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. 

Nasir Mahmood hoped that 

the interested candidates 

would avail the facility to 

continue their future study. 


National 

The admissions programs 

are opened for all the 

academic programs, 

announced earlier. 

Late fee charges of the 

SSC program is Rs.100/, 

FA/BA Rs.200 while B.Ed. 

and all the postgraduate 

programs Rs.500/-. 

Admissions forms and 

prospectuses could be 

obtained from the Sale 

points at the University’s 

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AIOU notifies last date for 

autumn admission today 

ISLAMABAD: International Day of 

Rural Women is being observed today 

(Monday) across the country. 

The UN celebrates and honors 

International Day of Rural Women, the role 

of rural women on October 15 each year 

since October 15, 2008. It recognizes rural 

women’s importance in enhancing agricultural 

and rural development worldwide. 

In this context many organizations 

active for the rights of rural women folk, 

main campus, 44-Regional 

Campuses and around 100- 

Coordinating Offices in various 

parts of the country, 

including Azad Kashmir 

and Northern areas. 

The University has also 

provided online facility, to 

download the admission 

form, from the University's 

website , for depositing the 

same through any branch of 

the designated Bank. 

International Day of Rural Women is being 

celebrated today throughout the country 

Government agencies and community 

groups will arrange seminars symposium 

and functions and speakers will highlight 

the role of the rural women in development 

of the country. 

According to a report more than one and 

a half billion rural women are affiliated 

with the agriculture sector and produce 50 

% of the foodstuff. In developing countries 

25 % of rural women have no access to 

education. 

LAHORE: Women on their way home carrying fodder for animals on their head in suburbs 

of the city. International Day of the Rural Women is celebrated on October 15 and 

the theme of this day in 2018 is “Challenges and Opportunities in Climate-Resilient 

Agriculture for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls.” 

The day celebrates and honors the role of rural women on and recognizes rural 

women’s importance in enhancing agricultural and rural development worldwide. 

Ailing senior camera man appeals for 

medical treatment and assistance 

FIA to carry out the investigations 

as per the international treaties. 

Shahzad Akbar said that a 

bilateral treaty is again being ratified 

with the Swiss authorities 

which will enable the country to 

get the details of the bank 

accounts opened by Pakistani 

nationals. 

The special assistant said that 

Pakistan has already signed a 

treaty with Britain which will help 

speed up the investigations into 

different high profile asset cases. 

He said he is also visiting 

Britain next week where he will 

meet with his conterpart of national 

crime agency and also hold discussions 

on the pending requests 

for extradition including that of 

chronic disease for many 

months. He said he rushed 

local hospitals and Karachi 

hospital for teatment but was 

not relieved of the disease. 

He said prescribed doctors 

advised him to rush private 

hospital for proper treatment 

but due to poverty and lack 

of resources he was unable to 

tolerate medical expensis.He 

said he was bed-ritten and 

helpless to get treatment. He 

appealed to Chief Minister of 

Sindh, provincial 

Information minister and 

philanthropists for medical 

treatment and assistance. 

It is pertinent to mention 

that some months earlier, an 

application was moved by 

president, Badin press club, 

Tanveer Ahmed Arain to 

Sindh Information minister 

for assistance of ailing senior 

camera man and the 

same was recommended 

and moved to Secretary 

Information Sindh for further 

process and approval 

but the matter remained in 

pending in the office of 

Secretary Information and 

poor ailing camera man was 

not assisted for proper medical 

treatment. 

HYDERABAD: Workers of Sujag Bar Tehreek hold a protest rally against construction 

of dams on River Indus outside HPC. 

Mutual legal assistance law to be presented before cabinet soon: Akbar 

former Finance Minister Ishaq 

Dar. 

He said we are also exploring 

the option of initiating civil proceedings 

in Britain as it will 

ensure early repatriation of the 

plundered amount. 

He said over the last decade or 

so no effort was made for the asset 

recovery despite the fact that 

countries such as China and India 

achieved great success in the asset 

recovery. 

Shahzad Akbar said that agreements 

will also be signed with 

China and the UAE for the 

exchange of information and join 

investigation to check the money 

laundering The special assistant 

said the system has now been 

streamlined. He said a special 

asset recovery unit has been established 

in the PM office which is 

working under his supervision. 

He said nine to ten billion dollars 

of money laundering was 

annually taking place from 

Pakistan. He said as the relevant 

institutions such as the FIA have 

been activated and being fully 

supported, therefore, cases of corruption 

and those of fake accounts 

are being unearthed. 

He said the previous governments 

are responsible for current 

economic situation of the country. 

He said besides huge debt burden, 

the losses of public sector enterprises 

stood over one trillion 

rupees.

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National 

Speakers call for strict compliance 

of ISO standards for human safety 

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

Rasheed Ahmed Chughtai. 

Terrorism and extremism 

constitute a continuous 

threat to the peace, security 

and stability of all countries 

and peoples. They should be 

condemned and comprehensively 

confronted by a unified and 

effective global strategy; and an 

organized international effort 

underlining the leading role of the United Nations is 

needed. No matter what pretext terrorists may use for 

their deeds, terrorism has no justification. Terrorism, 

under all circumstances, regardless of the alleged 

motives should be condemned unreservedly. Lack of 

agreement on a comprehensive definition of terrorism 

which is acceptable to all hampers international efforts 

to combat terrorism. Therefore, the problem of definition 

should be overcome. The proposals contained in the 

UN High Level Panel Report on New Threats and 

Challenges could provide a useful basis for a speedy 

compromise in this field. Serious attempts should be 

made to solve regional and international conflicts peacefully, 

so that terrorist organizations are denied the opportunity 

of exploiting the suffering of peoples under unjust 

conditions, spreading their misguided ideology and 

founding a fertile ground for recruitment and for their 

illegal activities. Programs should be developed and 

implemented which are aimed at promoting multicultural 

and inter-religious dialogue. To this effect, policies 

and mechanisms should be set to develop educational 

systems and other sources of socialization in order to 

strengthen the values of tolerance, pluralism and human 

co-existence at grassroots level as well as to provide 

basic knowledge of civilizations and religions and to 

raise public and mass media awareness of the dangers of 

terrorism and extremism. Ideas of tolerance and co-existence 

should be encouraged and mutual understanding 

on different religions be deepened through public debate 

and exchange of thoughts. Standards and codes of ethics 

should be identified to regulate publication or spreading 

of materials that promote hatred or inciting violence. 

Special attention should be given to the situation of 

migrants. In many cases, these people represent "the 

Other" and are subjected to racism, xenophobia and 

intolerance. Addressing the fundamental rights of these 

persons will help bridge the cultural divide. At the same 

time, migrants should demonstrate willingness to integrate 

into their host societies. 

* The UN is the main forum for consolidating international 

cooperation against terrorism. Member states 

are called to join, ratify without reservation and implement 

the 12 major international conventions on combating 

terrorism. The states could benefit whenever appropriate 

from technical assistance of the UN Security 

Council Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 

Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UNODC. All states 

should also support the work of the 1267 Committee of 

the UN Security Council and its Monitoring Team.The 

UN Security Council resolutions 1267, 1373, 1526, 

1540 and 1566 constitute a solid and comprehensive 

basis for combating terrorism on a universal scale. These 

resolutions provide a clear road map for the steps that 

need to be taken. All countries should take necessary 

measures in order to fully comply with the provisions of 

the above mentioned Security Council resolutions.The 

task of creating a universal legal instrument is yet to be 

fulfilled. The discussions in the UN on a comprehensive 

convention on terrorism have not moved ahead due to 

differences on the definition of terrorism. All states 

should exert further efforts in order to conclude the convention. 

Special attention should be given to measures 

aimed at preventing terrorists’access to weapon of mass 

destruction and their means of delivery. The earliest possible 

adoption within the UN of the draft international 

convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism 

would be a crucial step in this direction.Terrorism 

violates the enjoyment of fundamental human rights. 

Terrorism has no particular religion, race, nationality or 

a specific geographic region. In this context, it should be 

underlined that any attempt to couple terrorism with any 

religion would in fact play into the hands of terrorists 

and should be strongly rejected. Therefore, measures 

should be taken to prevent intolerance against any religion 

and to create an atmosphere of common understanding 

and cooperation based on shared values among 

nations belonging to different faiths. 

* Guidelines and codes of conduct should be developed 

by the appropriate UN bodies to assist states and 

their law enforcement agencies in combating terrorism 

while observing their obligations under international law 

including human rights, humanitarian and refugee 

laws.National reform efforts of countries aiming at 

widening political participation and pluralism, achieving 

sustainable development, reaching social equilibrium 

and promoting the role of civil society institutions 

should be supported so as to confront the conditions promoting 

violence and extremism. The violent nature of 

terrorism forces the international community to concentrate 

on measures to eliminate terrorist organizations and 

prevent terrorist acts. On the other hand, it is important 

to address the factors that provide a fertile ground where 

terrorism can flourish with a view to contribute to the 

elimination of terrorism. 

According to Sir Isaac Newton, or every action, there 

is equal and opposite reaction. That means there exists a 

mystical blend of thesis and anti thesis for every sort of 

human conduct and behavior ---- which, in turn, results 

“synthesis” ---an encouraging sing of co existence 

between the two equal and opposite forces. 

This complex phenomenon of diverse forces fusing 

into one entity announces the wholesome blueprint of 

OPINION 

Terrorism and Extremism & Fundamentals 

human existence on the earth. Any deliberate attempt\t 

to disturb the setting and sequence of this rhythmical 

pattern is most likely to disturb the social and cultural 

cohesion. 

The tussle between the right and the wrong, the good 

and the bad , the rule and the ruled the oppressor and the 

oppressed is and age old historical fact. Within a restricted 

circumference, both struggle to survive. Any disequilibrium 

in the rightful endeavor to co exist invites chaos 

and confusion, and then most man becomes the raison 

deter of his own existential extinction. 

That is what is happening between Islam and 

Christiany, the two greatest religions on the planet. 

It is not fiction but a stirring reality that Islam took is 

birth in the yard of Christianity at a time when not only 

the dwelling but also the patio of Christianity was utterly 

forsaken and deserted. 

There was absolute spiritual drought, and 

Christianity was but limping to uphold the divine message 

to worship one GOD. Instead it reaffirmed its faith 

is the theory of Trinity, i.e., Father, Sson and the Holy 

Ghost ---thus paving the way for jusus to be God or 

equal to God or the son of God or Father existing to 

cease for a period in the form of Son as God--- 

ultimately granting reproductive instinct into the existence 

of God to own or bear a son --- an affront to the 

fundamental concept of God in Islam or the crudest display 

of hilarious joke with single belief in one God, 

therefore, generating a fertile ground for reasonable discussion 

to exercise supremacy over each other. 

In the ensuring debate of intellectual discourse, Islam 

won the heart and mind of millions spearheading its 

divine message to champion its belief in one God from 

to Africa, from Asia Ismail, Noah, Abraham and Moses 

were. 

The Quran continues its tirade against the misled 

notion: We gave him Isaac and Jocob: all We guided 

:And before him, We guided Noah , and among his progeny, 

David Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: 

thus do we reward those who do good: and Zakariya and 

John, and jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the 

Righteous: and Ismail and Elisha, and jonas, and Lot: 

and to all We gave favour above the nations.. These 

were the men to whom We gave the Book , and, 

Authority, and Prophet hood: if these (their descendants) 

reject them , behold! 

We shall entrust their charge to a new people reject 

them not, (Sura VI,84-89). 

The debate still persists. The war still goes on. Islam 

still alarms them. In short, Islam still haunts the 

Christians drawing room. The aggression in Palestine, 

the occupation in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the turmoil 

in Pakistan and the instability in other part of the 

Muslims world and added to it, the looming threat to 

Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for 

many years in the past, are all an excuses to hide its fundamental 

belief Christian world carries and wishes to 

impose its pseudo brand of philosophy in the garb of 

freedom and emancipation. 

A believer in Islam with his/her typical look in cultural 

attire, by hijacking the world media, the Christian 

band of politicians has fashioned on image of terrorist in 

the psyche of public. A ploy to freeze the enquiring eyes 

of people or a tactic to shut wisdom to the superior 

knowledge of Islam to the humanity at large. 

The discriminating foreign policy and technological 

superiority of the Christian world, that is , the West and 

the United States ofAmerica have brought into uncountable 

regional conflicts, and have set a different standard 

of policy against the land ruled by the followers of Islam 

in order to stifle their voice to preach the ultimate point 

of view. 

By careful choice of words and selective piece of 

information about a Muslims State. They have managed 

to project Islam as the religion sponsoring terrorism and 

fundamentalism. Conway notes: “if you look for articles 

which refer to Muslims or to Islam you will find prejudiced 

and antagonistic comments, mostly subtle but 

sometimes blatant and crude. Where the media lead, 

many will follow.” 

Not only their incessant indecorous misuse of dominance 

in coloring regional political resistance against the 

colonial high handedness and ranking the predicament 

further to “Islamic Terrorism” as well as inventing the 

meticulous technology such as “Islam phobia” which 

could have been in a normal states of parlance, any other 

social political turmoil are very clandestinely related to 

Islam with a notorious agenda on the surface to check its 

remarks advancement world recognize the miraculous 

influence of Muhammad (PBUH) the religion he propagated 

for the worship of one and only God, Allah. 

The Christian West which takes credit for liberty, 

freedom and fraternity shrinks in joining hands with 

Muslims and their ideology lest they might not influence 

their old age belief. If Muslims have no problems 

or if Islam can continue to march and grown accepting 

jesus as God’s prophet, why does Christianity fear to 

trod in accepting Muhammad (PBUH) as the last 

Prophet? 

It is high time to reconcile and let the two faiths merge 

into one for the larger sake of humanity and their salvation. 

In it lies the larger benefit of mankind and his survival 

on the planet or the tinge of misapprehension will 

remain alive to harm the cause of life on the earth or the 

levels of linguistic violence will continue to lead the two 

into opposing camps. 

It is this justice. o/c a Muslims countries organizations 

should play in leading the world to a better understanding 

of other cultures and religions and promote interfaith 

dialogue as the need of current affairs of the world when 

the threat to peace and clash of Humanity.(thepageinternational@gmail.com) 

ISLAMABAD: Speakers 

at a technical session organized 

here by the Institution 

of Engineers Pakistan, 

Rawalpindi-Islamabad 

Center (IEP-RIC) called for 

strict compliance of ISO 

standard in businesses, 

industries and services sector 

to ensure human safety 

and conducive environment. 

While deliberating upon 

ISO/IEC Standard 

17020:2012, they said quality 

assurance of relevant 

organizations and Inspection 

bodies with accreditation 

will ensure healthy practices 

and help the country's positive 

image building both 


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

home and abroad. 

Gp. Capt.(Rtd) Engr. 

Najamuddin was the 

resource person at the session 

that was chaired by 

Vice Chancellor Karakoram 

International University 

Gilgit-Baltistan Prof. Dr. 

Atta Ullah Shah, while the 

Center’s chairman Engr. 

Hafiz M. Ehsanul Haq Qazi 

was also present on the 

occasion. 

The event has been part 

of continuing Professional 

D e v e l o p m e n t 

(CPD)Program's under 

Licence from Pakistan 

Engineering Council, 

arranged by the Center to 

Authority (PTA) has started 

sending SMS to all 

create awareness amongst 

the engineers, other professionals 

and public at large 

about the issues of technical 

and public importance. 

It also provides opportunities 

to the young engineers 

to meet their seniors and 

learn from there expertise, 

experience and technical 

knowledge. Gp Capt Engr. 

Najamuddin, Head of CPD 

and Secretary IEP-RIC 

spoke in detail about the various 

clauses of the ISO 

Standard 17020, highlighting 

importance of technical 

inspections under the standard 

for ensuring quality of 

products and installations. 

PTA to block illegal, smuggled 

mobile phones after October 20 


BADIN: PPP youth 

wing president Sindh 

province, Javed Nayab 

Leghari, after consultation 

with PPP Sindh president, 

Nisar Ahmed Khohro and 

approval from PPP 

Chairman,Bilawal Bhutto 

Zardari has announced 

Khan Sahib Jamali as president, 

PPP youth wing, district 

Badin while Ghafran 

Khan Chhalgeri, General 

secretary and Muhammad 

Saleem Udhejo was 

announced Information secretary, 

district Badin.On the 

other hand, while addressing 

the workers, PPP youth 

wing district president, 

Khan Sahib Jamali said he 

was thankful to PPP leadership 

and Javed Nayab 

Leghari for belief and 

immense responsibility. He 

said he would strive hard to 

meet the expectations and 

mobile subscribers to create 

public awareness about 

Device Identification, 

Registration and Blocking 

System (DIRBS). 

This has been introduced 

to curb illegal 

imports. Any mobile 

device reflecting non-compliant 

status after 20th of 

this month will be blocked 

as per PTA/DIRBS regulations. 

The System facilitate 

legitimate device 

importers and mobile 

device users, and improve 

overall security situation. 

PPP chairman approves Youth 

wing president of district Badin 

Road accident kill 2 in 

Dalbandin, Balochistan 

ISLAMABAD: Two 

persons were killed 

while three others 

injured when their vehicle 

overturned due to 

overspeeding in 

Dalbandin on Sunday. 

According to reports 

quoting Levies’ sources, 

the injured have been 

admitted to Civil 

Hospital Dalbandin. 

Govt determined to develop 

disaster resilient cities: Naeem 

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime 

Minister (SAPM) on Political Affairs, Naeem-ul- 

Haq has said that the government is determined to 

develop disaster resilient cities and infrastructure 

across the country. 

Speaking at an event here, he said the government 

is working on mechanisms to cope with entire 

spectrum of disasters. 

assignments. Khan sahib 

said they have always rendered 

their services for the 

betterment and welfare of 

people and such services to 

be continued in future. He 

said party to be strengthened 

and boosted from 

wards to municipal committees. 

He said they would 

follow the vision and mission 

of Shaheed Zulifiqar 

Ali Bhutto and Shaheed 

Benazir Bhutto. 

Death anniversary of Shaheed Liaquat 

Ali Khan to be observed on Tuesday 

JAHANIA: The 67th death anniversary 

of Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan, first 

Prime Minister of Pakistan, will be observed 

on Tuesday. 

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, one of the 

leading founding fathers of Pakistan and a 

HYDERABAD: Workers of Communist Party are protesting against construction of 

dams on River Indus outside HPC. 

He asserted that human 

health and safety should be a 

paramount factor in the 

accreditation process, over 

and above meeting WTO 

requirements to capture 

International market. 

Achieving effective 

inspection in accordance 

with the relevant standard is 

important in maintaining the 

safety of plant, machinery, 

equipment, structures and 

systems in operation. 

To overcome life-threatening 

aspects of different 

installations like Cranes, 

lifts, Boilers CNG cylenders 

the inspection process must 

be made. 

Tribute paid to Sipahi 

Maqbool Hussain through 

dramatic performance 

RAWALPINDI: A stage 

play based on the true 

story of Sepoy Maqbool 

Hussain was presented 

under auspices of 

Rawalpindi Arts Council 

on the directions of 

Minister for Information 

& Culture Department 

Government of Punjab 

Fayaz ul Hasan Chohan to 

pay tribute to hero of 

Pakistan who spend 40 

years in Indian prison. 

The play was written & 

directed by Naheed 

Manzoor and Riaz 

Siddique and Yar 

Muhammad was assistant 

directors of the play. 

Member Punjab 

Assembly Farah Agha was 

chief guest flanked by 

Fareeda Apa, Vice 

President Khubaib 

Foundation and Director 

RAC Waqar Ahmed. 

The caste of the play 

was Anjum Malik, Yar 

Muhammad, Sapna Shah, 

Saleem Afandi, Javed Ali 

Sajan, Naeem Bubba, 

Saleem Bila and others. 

Addressing at the occasion, 

MPA Farah Agha 

said that it was a true story 

of Sipahi Maqbool 

Hussain which created 

patriotism. 

RAWALPINDI: An elderly woman arrives at a polling 

station to cast her vote in by-elections. 

trusted lieutenant of Quaid-i-Azam 

Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the first Prime 

Minister of the country was assassinated 

during a public meeting at Company Bagh 

in Rawalpindi on October 16, 1951 which 

was later named Liaquat Bagh after him. 

JRL hails Kashmiris 

for once again 

boycotting election 

ISLAMABAD: In occupied 

Kashmir, Joint Resistance 

Leadership (JRL) has urged 

India to pay heed to the clear 

message emanating from 

Kashmiris' rejection of the 

election drama in the valley. 

In a statement in Srinagar, 

Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz 

Umar Farooq and Muhammad 

Yasin Malik hailed the people 

of Kashmir for once again boycotting 

the sham local bodies’ 

election. They said people once 

again rejected the forcibly 

thrust, sham and futile exercise 

of so-called election as there 

was a nearly total boycott. 

The Joint Resistance 

Leadership said reason and 

humanity demands that instead 

of going for cosmetic measures 

to continue the status quo, 

India should pay heed to the 

message from the people and 

resolve the dispute.


International 

5 

Afghan Taliban officials: 'US 

agrees to discuss troops pullout' 

B 

DOHA: The United 

States has agreed to discuss 

the withdrawal of its 

troops fromAfghanistan in 

a direct meeting with 

Talibanrepresentatives in 

Qatar, officials from the 

armed group said. 

In a preliminary meeting 

in Doha, Taliban representatives 

and US envoy 

Zalmay Khalilzad discussed 

the Taliban's conditions 

to end the 17-year 

war in Afghanistan, two 

top Taliban officials, who 

spoke on the condition of 

anonymity. 

"Six US delegates 

arrived in Doha to have a 

meeting with our 

(Taliban) leaders [and] 

agreed to discuss all 

issues, including the pullout 

of foreign troops," one 

of the officials said. 

"But, it was a preliminary 

meeting and all 

issues were discussed in 

general, not in detail," he 

added, saying more talks 

were expected to take 

place in the near future. 

Last year, US President 

Donald Trump increased 

the number of US forces 

in the country as part of a 

new strategy against the 

Taliban. There are now 

about 14,000 US soldiers 

in the country. The 

Taliban has previously 

said the presence of foreign 

troops was the 

biggest obstacle to peace 

in Afghanistan. 

In addition to the withdrawal 

of foreign troops 

from Afghanistan, the 

Taliban's conditions 

include the lifting of sanctions 

on its leaders, the 

release of their fighters 

imprisoned 

in 

Afghanistan, and the 

establishment of an official 

political office. 

At the request of the 

US, a Taliban office was 

established in Doha in 

2013 to facilitate peace 

talks but it was shut shortly 

after opening when it 

came under pressure over 

a flag hung outside the 

office, the same flag that 

was flown during the 

Taliban rule in 

Afghanistan. 

Hopeful there will be way forward 

with 'Sacred Games': Saif Ali Khan 

O L L Y W O O D : 

Bollywood actor Saif Ali 

Khan who stars in the 

Netflix series Sacred 

Games said that he is 

hopeful there will be a way 

forward with the second 

season of the India crime 

drama. 

In an interview with 

Indian Express Khan said, 

“They (Netflix) don’t like 

me talking about it. Even 

when there is no issue. It is 

lovely, we don’t have to 

oversell Netflix, they are a 

very strong company.” 

“They also have very 

strong values. They are the 

people who have pioneered 

this kind of incredibly 

strong stance against 

any kind of harassment. 

So, they are going to look 

at the way forward, and I 

am hopeful there will be a 

way forward,” the 48-yearold 

added. 

Sacred Games became 

embroiled in the #MeToo 

controversy after Varun 

Grover a writer on the 

show was accused of 

allegedly harassing a 

woman during his college 

days. 

The woman shared her 

story anonymously on 

Twitter in the wake of 

#MeToo movement in 

India. Grover, however, 

has denied all the charges 

leveled against him. 

The streaming giant in a 

statement had said, they 

are evaluating their 

options. 

“At this time, we are 

evaluating options on 

the path forward,” 

Netflix said. 

Fifteen killed as vehicle with 

migrants crashes in Turkey 

ISTANBUL: Fifteen 

people, including children, 

died on Sunday 

when a vehicle carrying 

migrants plunged off the 

highway into a river-bed 

in western Turkey, state 

media said. 

The vehicle, believed 

to be a lorry, was travelling 

from Aydin towards 

the Aegean city of Izmir 

when it flipped over and 

fell into the river several 

metres below, staterun 

Anadolu news 

agency said. 

OVER 200,000 INFANTS KILLED IN VICTORIA 

'March for the Babies' rally in Melbourne 

By SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: Hundreds of pro-life 

campaigners were yesterday met on the 

streets of Melbourne's CBD by a group of 

vocal pro-choice activists looking to disrupt 

a 'March for the Babies'. 

With horns blaring, the pro-choice 

activists heckled the rally from inside the 

lines of campaigners who took to the streets 

to voice their opposition to Victorian abortion 

laws. While the March for the Babies 

quietly progressed through the CBD, it was 

outside the Victorian Parliament building 

that police were forced to separate the 

groups. 

"I think it's so wrong that babies who are 

about to be born could even be killed under 

our state government's laws," one pro-life 

campaigner told media. 

The protest march comes 10 years after 

the Victorian government legalized abortion 

in the state. 

"As a result of that, over 200,000 babies 

have been killed in Victoria over the last 

decade and we want that to stop," Bernie 

Finn, the president of the March for the 

Babies said. 

A number of the pro-choice campaigners 

who confronted the rally were dragged from 

the crowd by police, with one man having to 

be handcuffed. Officers also located knives 

during searches of two other individuals 

nearby to the rally. A spokesperson for the 

Victoria Police told journalists however that 

authorities believe most of those involved in 

the rally were well-behaved. 

The protest comes just 40 days out from 

the Victorian state election, and also amid a 

pending High Court challenge on abortion 

clinic 'buffer zones'. 

"I think people are quite motivated to 

have their voices heard and indicate they'll be 

voting for pro-life members of parliament or 

candidates," Dan Flynn, the Victorian director 

of the Australian Christian Lobby said. 

#MeToo claims 

hit head of India's 

powerful cricket board 

NEW DELHI: The 

chief executive of India's 

powerful cricket board has 

been given a week to 

explain allegations of sexual 

harassment against 

him, as the country's fledgling 

#MeToo movement 

gathers pace. 

Rahul Johri, CEO of the 

Board of Control for 

Cricket in India (BCCI), 

was named in an account 

shared by Indian author 

Harnidh Kaur on Twitter. 

The unidentified 

woman accused Johri of 

assaulting her at his home, 

while he was working with 

a different organisation. 

"The truth is, it was so 

sudden and so manipulated 

that I had no chance at 

even knowing what the 

hell this was," the woman 

said. 

The Supreme Courtappointed 

Committee of 

Administrators, which 

oversees the BCCI, on 

Saturday asked Johri to 

explain. 

Even though the allegations 

"do not pertain to his 

employment with BCCI," 

the committee said it had 

given him a week to "submit 

his explanation." 

Bodies of nine 

climbers killed on 

Nepal peak found 

KATHMANDU: A rescue 

team Sunday began 

retrieving the bodies of 

nine climbers killed in a 

violent storm on Nepal's 

Mount Gurja, a freak accident 

that has left the 

mountaineering community 

reeling. 

A helicopter dropped 

four mountain guides at 

the camp where the South 

Korean climbing expedition 

was staying when 

powerful winds and snow 

swept through, killing the 

entire team and scattering 

their bodies as far as 500 

metre (1,640 foot) away. 

"All nine bodies have 

been found and the team 

are in the process of 

bringing them down," 

said Siddartha Gurung, a 

chopper pilot who is coordinating 

the retrieval mission. 

Attempts to reach the 

remote site in the 

Dhaulagiri mountain 

range in Nepal´s 

Annapurna region on 

Saturday were hampered 

by strong winds. 

Gurung did manage to 

reach the area and 

described a scene of total 

destruction. 

TOKYO: From tiny 

one-person cubicles in 

underground stations to 

camping tents under towering 

skyscrapers and even 

karaoke clubs: in workaholic 

Japan, salarymen are 

never short of a place to 

work. 

Hurricane Michael 

death toll rises to 18 

LISBON: The death toll 

from Hurricane Michael’s 

rampage across the southeastern 

United States rose to 

at least 18 as rescue crews 

spread out across the devastated 

Florida Panhandle in 

search of more victims, 

reported The Guardian. 

Fears were growing for 

an untold number of people 

who defied orders to evacuate 

before the monster storm 

slammed into the coast on 

Wednesday with 155mph 

Unusual work venues 

are popping up all over 

Japan as firms try to move 

from chaining their 

employees to their desks 

towards offering staff 

more freedom in their 

working practices and as 

the gig economy spreads 

winds and obliterated several 

waterfront communities. It 

fell two mph short of a category 

five hurricane. 

There is no cellphone signal 

or power in many of the 

worst-affected areas and officials 

believe residents still 

unaccounted for could be 

trapped in wreckage in cutoff 

areas. Searchers found 

one person dead in the rubble 

of Mexico Beach, said 

Joseph Zahralban, Miami’s 

fire chief. Three additional 

even to this temple of corporate 

culture. 

On the pavement in 

Tokyo’s Marunouchi 

financial district, groups of 

businesspeople clutching 

laptops sit on pillows 

around a low table... in a 

camping tent surrounded 

by shimmering glass 

buildings. 

These temporary "outdoor 

offices" created by 

Snow Peak Business 

Solutions are also available 

in riverside parks in 

Tokyo suburbs and are 

proving a hit with firms 

keen to get staff out of the 

stuffy office. 

Yasuyuki Minami, who 

works for the Japanese arm 

deaths were reported in 

Marianna, in Jackson county, 

Florida, Sheriff Lou Roberts 

told a news conference on 

Friday afternoon. 

“I expect the fatality 

count to climb today and 

tomorrow,” Brock Long, 

head of the Federal 

Emergency Management 

Agency (Fema), told CNN. 

“Hopefully it doesn’t rise 

dramatically but it does 

remain a possibility.” 

Five deaths were confirmed 

overnight in Virginia, 

adding to four reported from 

Florida and one each in 

North Carolina and Georgia, 

where an 11-year-old girl 

was killed when a carport 

ripped off by the wind 

crashed into her home. North 

Carolina authorities later said 

a car smashed into a tree 

felled by Hurricane Michael, 

killing two more people. 

Karaoke office: Japan inc. shifts to unusual workspaces 

of software giant SAP, said 

the unusual surroundings 

sparked "new business 

ideas" in their meeting 

held in the shade of the 

tent under the blazing sun. 

His boss Tsutomu 

Ushida, an SAP Japan 

vice-president, agreed. 

"We tend to have fixed and 

stereotyped ideas when we 

are in the office. This was 

a good experience of 

working in the open air — 

something we don’t experience 

every day." 

Ryo Murase, the head 

of the company promoting 

these open offices, said 

people enjoyed working 

"under the sunshine and 

feeling a gentle breeze". 

'Massacre in Syria’s Idlib is Iran’s red line' 

TEHRAN: The potential 

massacre of civilians while 

trying to retake the last major 

stronghold of anti-government 

militants in Syria — 

namely Idlib Province — is a 

red line for Iran, says the 

Iranian chief negotiator in 

the peace process for Syria. 

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, 

senior assistant to the Iranian 

foreign minister on special 

political affairs, told Press 

TV’s website in an exclusive 

interview on Wednesday, 

October 10, that Idlib had a 

special status and had to be 

dealt with accordingly. 

He said armed and terrorist 

groups have blended into 

a large civilian population 

there, which makes a retake 

of the region complicated 

and, in Iran’s viewpoint, 

eliminates the possibility of a 

quick fix. 

Jaberi Ansari called the 

situation in Idlib “the epitome 

of the complexities of the 

Syrian conflict.” 

“On the one hand, three 

million people are currently 

settled in Idlib. About half of 

that population is native to 

the region, and the other half 

comprises displaced persons 

from other areas,” he 

explained. 

Of the second half, some 

are people normally displaced 

by the war, and others 

are the families of armed 

Syrian government opponents 

who have, along with 

their men, migrated there as 

part of previous deals, the 

senior Iranian official further 

said. 

“On the other hand,” he 

said, “Idlib is the concentration 

point of numerous 

armed and terrorist groups” 

and as such, could not be left 

to itself. 

Conflict erupted in Syria 

back in 2011, when a small 

group of opposition forces 

took up arms against 

Damascus. Soon, however, a 

mixture of international terrorists 

and paid mercenaries 

mingled with and then largely 

sidestepped the armed 

Syrian opposition groups, 

effectively turning the Arab 

country into a battlefield for 

foreign governments 

opposed to Syrian President 

Bashar al-Assad. 

But the Syrian military, 

with advisory military help 

from Iran and Russia — and 

a Russian aerial bombardment 

campaign — has retaken 

control of much of the 

country, and the conflict is 

generally believed to be 

winding down. 

Idlib remains unsettled. 

Over the past couple of 

years, armed groups that 

have been defeated in battles 

with the Syrian military have 

been bused into Idlib under 

agreements with Damascus. 

While those groups have 

mostly had to leave their 

heavy weaponry behind 

under those deals, they have 

been allowed to take their 

small arms with them. 

Motor cycles ride past 

buildings destroyed during 

fighting in the northern town 

of Ariha, in Idlib Province, 

Syria, on September 20, 

2018. (Photo via AP) 

Jaberi Ansari said that 

figures about the number of 

the armed and terrorist 

groups present in Idlib varied 

from one source to 

another but he said they 

generally numbered in the 

tens of thousands.

6 

Monday, Oct 15, 2018 

The Winter 

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Story Time 

The Children and the Garland 

TOMORROW is 

May-day," the children 

said; "the birds 

must call us very early, and 

we will go to the woods and 

make a garland." And in the 

morning, long before the 

sun had looked over the 

tops of the houses into the 

village street, they were far 

away in the woods. 

"I will give them some roses as they come back," the gardener said. "They shall put them 

among the spring flowers, as a swallow among the thrushes, to show that summer is on its 

way." 

When the children had made their garland and a posy for each one of them, they went 

singing all down the village street, over the grey stone bridge, beyond the hayricks, and past 

the houses on the hill-side. 

In one of the houses there was a pale little child with a sad, thin face. "Mother," he said, 

“here are some children with a garland. Will it be summer when they have gone by?" He 

called after them as they went on, " Come back, oh, come back again!” 

"Yes, we will come back," they answered, but they went on their way singing. All 

through the day he waited for them, but they did not come; and at last, when it was evening, 

the mother took him up into her arms to carry him to his bed. Suddenly he heard the children 

singing in the distance. “Oh, mother," he exclaimed, “they are coming;” and he 

watched till they came up the hill again and stood before him. " But where is your garland? 

“he asked. 

" We gave it to lame Mary, the postman's wife, for she is always longing to see the 

fields," they answered ; " but these roses are for you, dear little boy; they are all for you," 

and putting them into his hands they went back to the village. 

“You are very tired," the child said to the roses; “all your leaves are drooping. Poor roses, 

perhaps you are lonely away from the garden; but you shall sleep near me, and there is a 

star rising up in the sky; it will watch us all through the night." Then the child nestled down 

in his white bed he and his little warm heart, in which there was love for all things. While 

he slept the roses looked at his pale little face and sighed, and presently they stole softly on 

to his cheeks and rested there. The children saw them still there when the summer was over; 

when the garland was quite dead, and lame Mary longed for the fields no more. 

Colour me 

Thinhin skinned lemons 

are the juiciest 

• Penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in 

Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator) 

• Toads only eat moving prey 

• When born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall 

• A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight 

• Pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo 

• Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones 

• The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its 

body weight 

• There are over 1,600 known species of starfishes 

• There are over 320 species of parrots 

• There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk 

• There are over 690 known species of bats 

• There are over 130 species of owl 

• A garfish has green bones 

• A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm 

• A cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling 

• A fox litter is 10 to 15 pups 

• The spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours 

• Camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes 

• You can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away 

• There are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms 

• There are over 7,000 different types of apples 

• On the average there are 8 peas in a pod 

• You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight 

(a potato has no more calories than an apple) 

• A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual 

bananas are called fingers 

• The ice cream cone was introduced in 1904 

• 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the 

world with France second with 85% of households) 

• Chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women 

! what will become of thee, poor little bird ? 

The muttering storm in the distance is heard ; 

The cold winds are waking, clouds growing black ! 

They'll soon scatter snow-flakes all over thy back ! 

From what sunny clime hast thou wandered away ? 

And what art thou doing, this cold winter day? 

" I'm p'ecking the gum from the old peachtree: 

The storm does'nt trouble me ! -- Pee-deedee." 

But what makes thee seem so unconscious of care ? 

The brown earth is frozen- -the branches are bare ! 

And how can'st thou seem so licirht-hearted and free, 

Like Liberty's form with the spirit of glee, 

When no place is near for thine evening rest- 

No leaf for thy screen - - for thy bosom no nest? 

Alligator Gar 

The prehistoric relatives of this megafish 

inhabited many parts of the world, but today 

gars live only in North and Central America. 

Of the seven known gar species, the alligator is 

the largest, reaching up to ten feet (three meters) long 

and tipping the scales at up to 300 pounds (140 kilograms). 

These menacing-looking behemoths are generally 

olive green or yellow and have a heavily scaled 

body. A tooth-filled mouth and wide, alligator-like 

snout give the species its name. 

These freshwater giants may look fierce, but 

attacks against people are unknown. They can pose a 

Fun Facts 

Type..........................Fish 

Diet...........................Carnivore 

Average life span 

in the wild.................Females 50 years, 

males 26 years 

Size...........................Up to 10 ft (3 m) 

Weight.......................Up to 300 lbs 

(140 kg) 

Size: .........................Relative to a 6-ft 

(2-m) man: 

passive danger, though—the fish's eggs are poisonous 

to humans if ingested. 

Adult gars have few natural predators, although 

alligators have been known to attack them. Young are 

preyed upon by larger fish. Alligator gars prey on 

fish, but they are opportunistic and have been known 

to feed on everything from waterfowl and small turtles 

to carrion. 

Alligator gars are found throughout much of the 

coastal U.S. Southeast. They inhabit waters as far 

west as Texas and Oklahoma, as far north as the 

Mississippi River Basin and the lower Ohio and 

Missouri river systems, and southern drainages well 

into Mexico. Gars inhabit lakes, bayous, and bays 

and are able to tolerate brackish and even salt water. 

But these toothy giants prefer large, slow-moving 

rivers, particularly those with wide floodplains, 

where shallow waters provide hatchlings with some 

protection from predators. 

Unfortunately for the alligator gar, flood-control 

measures such as dams and dikes have dramatically 

altered their riverine ecosystems and largely eliminated 

their preferred spawning habitats across North 

America. These breeding challenges have contributed 

to significant population declines across 

much of the animal's range.


Sportlight 

7 

Mickey Arthur dismisses 

reports of rift in team 

Lahore defeat Bannu to win (BISE) 

boys Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 

ABU DHABI: Pakistan 

cricket coach Mickey 

Arthur dismissed reports 

that there are rifts in the 

team and that he did not 

mean to criticise captain 

Sarfraz Ahmed over his 

choices during the first 

Test match against 

Australia. 

Reports regarding 

Arthur being unhappy 

with Sarfraz’s decision of 

bowling Wahab Riaz on 

day five have been circulating 

online. 

Further, there have 

been reports that the board 

was unhappy with 

Arthur’s post-match statement 

criticizing the captain’s 

reliance on senior 

players. 

When asked, Arthur 

confirmed that he did have 

a discussion with cricketer-turned-commentator 

Ramiz Raja and Sarfraz 

after the match. 

“I did have a debrief 

session with Sarfraz in 

which we discussed what 

went wrong in the match,” 

Subject: Islah Baloch outclasses Shakeel 

Bilgrami in Abdul Waheed Memorial Soccer 

Dr M Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI : The All Karachi Abdul 

Waheed Memorial 5 Star football tournament 

saw Islah Baloch ( west) thrash 

DFA Central side Shakeel Bilgrami 

(Nazimabad) with a staggering 3-0 

score line in their encounter at the 

Noorani Eidgah. 

The Islah Baloch completely dominate 

a miserable Shakeel Bilgrami from 

the start as Shakeel Bilgrami’s goalkeeper 

Muhammad Owais, who seemed 

to be the only player in that outfit 

defending Islah Baloch’s constant 

attacks, couldn’t do much to save the 

sure shot. 

KARACHI: A Group photo of Islah Baloch team in All Karachi Abdul Waheed 

Memorial 5 Star football tournament with Chief guest Muhammad Imran 

Choori Waly, while President host Hussaini FC , Secretary DFA Benazeer 

abad Master Riasat, Muhammad Shakeel, Zakir Khatri, Muhammad Anwar, 

Faqeer Muhammad are also present. 

Faizan Ismail broke the deadlock in 

the 23rd minute as he scored the goal on 

penalty kick due to hand ball from Ayaz 

Malik of Shakeel Bilgrami's in " D" refereeAbdur 

Raouf Baloch shown the yellow 

cadrd to him and awareded penalty 

kick while Faizan put Islah Baloch 1-0 

up as the winner led 1-0 at the break. 

The Chief guest Muhammad Imran 

Choori walay were introduces with both 

team Players at the half time while 

President host Hussaini FC Muhammad 

Sabir Khatri Irshadi, Secretary Hussaini 

FC Muhammad Hasan Ghanch, Ex 

Secretary DFA Central Aqeel Bilgrami, 

tournament Sectetary Muhammad Sadiq 

Khatri, Secretary DFA Shaheed 

Benazeer abad Master Riasat,Baba e 

football Nawab Shah Taufail Ahmed 

Niazi, Muhammad Shakeel, Zakir 

Khatri, Muhammad Tahir, Abdul Jareem 

Joji, Shahid Tao, Umer Khatri, Ghani 

Handa, Muhammad Anwar, Faqeer 

Muhammad, Muhammad Aralan, 

Kashan and Imran also present. 

Arthur said. 

“These session between 

coach and captain are not 

unusual and I did not 

mean to criticise Sarfraz 

on his choices,” he added. 

He added, “It is the 

coach’s job to give suggestions 

and have the captain’s 

back in whatever 

decision he makes.” 

He also reaffirmed his 

faith in Sarfraz’s captaincy, 

adding that he will 

fully support him. 

The first Test between 

Pakistan and Australia 

ended in a draw in Dubai. 

The second Test will start 

from October 16 in Abu 

Dhabi. 

Australia's 

Leishman cruises to 

CIMB Classic win 

KUALA LUMPUR: 

Australian Marc Leishman 

burned away from the field 

with a dominant front nine 

at TPC Kuala Lumpur 

before cruising home to a 

commanding five-stroke 

win at the CIMB Classic 

on Sunday. 

Frustrated by a number 

of near-misses in a winless 

2017-18, Leishman 

claimed his fourth PGA 

Tour victory in his first 

start of the new season at 

the $7 million co-sanctioned 

tournament. 

The bulky 34-year-old 

fired a seven-under 65 to 

finish with a 26-under 

total of 262, charging 

clear from a three-way tie 

for the lead overnight 

with a birdie blitz from 

the second hole. 

MA Rehmani 

MIRPURKHAS: The 

Board of Intermediate & 

Secondary Education 

Lahore won the All Pakistan 

( BISE ) boyes Hockey 

Championship Trophy 

2018, Lahore defeat to 

Bannu by 5-1 goals, final 

match was played here on 

Saturday at (SZAB). 

Hockey ground Mirpurkhas. 

Lahore thanks to a shoot 

out victory against Bannu 

that pushed them all the way 

in championship final match 

2018 , Lahore cap, Rizwan 

Ali and Abdullah Ahatsham 

have scored two two goals , 

single goal scored by Zubair 

from Bannu. 

The Third position of the 

championship went to BISE 

Karachi and Pishawar nineteen 

team's of educational . 

Boards from allover the 

country participated in the 

Championship-2018. The 

best player of the championship 

award clinch to 

Lahore Cap, Rizwan Ali. 

Harri Ram Kishore Lal 

Minister to the social walefare 

department and Jailes , 

Deupty Commissioner 

Mirpurkhas , Syed Mehdi 

Ali Shah and other high officials 

reached at SZAB 

Hockey ground Mirpurkhas 

and among the croud 

enjoyes to the Hockey 

championship final match 

Lahore and Bannu Boards 

team. 

The Barkat Ali Haidri 

Chairmen (BISE) 

Mirpurkgas was the chief 

guest on the concluding day. 

UMA CNS Asian Tour Open Golf Championship: 

Thai Players Dominate; Namchok on top 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI : During the third day of 

International UMA CNS Asian Tour Open 

Golf Championship, being contested at the 

appealing Karachi Golf Course, the champions 

with a winning touch and flair and mastery 

were the Thai players who continue to 

dominate and command the flow of the happenings. 

Namchok is the leader after three rounds 

and moving into the final phase, with an 

aggregate score of 204, twelve under par 

while Jakarphan is one stroke behind at a 

score of 205, eleven under par and the third 

one Tirawat is placed at a score of 207, and 

is not too far behind the leader. In the course 

of the third round, yesterday, the Thai trio 

were in no mood to relent at any stage and 

through precision and impeccability in application 

of golfing expertise, they demonstrated 

ample control over the proceedings. 

PTI govt working to revive 

economy, streamlining system 

By 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister Faisal Wada has 

said Pakistan Tehreek-e- 

Insaf (PTI) government was 

committed to revive economy 

and streamlining system 

in the country. 

Reiterating government’s 

resolve , he said all 

out efforts were being made 

to explore multiple avenues 

for strengthening economy. 

Talking to a private news 

channel, he said Pakistan 

desired to boost bilateral 

cooperation with all the 

countries. 

The government had 

taken the ‘difficult decision’ 

to approach the 

International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) for a bailout 

package to address the 

mounting debt issue faced 

by the country, he said 

The minister revealed 

that Prime Minister Imran 

Khan had given the goahead 

to open talks with the 

fund, after consulting economic 

experts and stakeholders. 

The negotiations with 

IMF was aimed at reaching 

a “stabilization recovery 

programme” which could 

be used to tackle the economic 

challenges, the minister 

said. 

The government wanted 

to have a “minimum 

impact” on low-income 

class after approaching the 

IMF, he said adding that 

burden would be passed on 

to wealthy people. 

He said everyone was 

fully aware of the difficult 

economic conditions left by 

the previous PML-N government. 

He added that the PTI 

government had decided to 

bring the country back on 

right track with solid measures. 

The previous governments 

had done many 

PESHAWAR: Laborers use heavy machinery for construction of the Bus Rapid Transit 

(BRT) project. 

objectionable activities 

which had damaged the 

economy. 

To a question, the minister 

said Prime Minister during 

his visit to Saudi Arabia 

had not demanded any 

bailout package but it was 

indication that Saudi Arabia 

would invest 10 billion dollar 

in Pakistan. 

Faisal Wada said that we 

need time to remove debris 

and shortcomingsl done by 

DUBAI: The trial phase 

will run for three months. 

The next time you hail a 

taxi, don't be surprised if 

you find no one driving it. 

The Roads and 

Transport Authority (RTA) 

will begin testing an electric 

driverless taxi at a residential 

area in Dubai Silicon 

Oasis next month onwards. 

The trial phase will run 

for three months, and after 

this period the RTA will 

decide where and when 

this can be rolled out in 

other parts of Dubai, a senior 

RTA official told 

Khaleej Times on the sidelines 

of the 38th edition of 

the previous government. 

The last PML-N government 

had done nothing for 

the poor, on the other hand 

the PTI government was 

taking concrete measures to 

ameliorate poverty. 

To another question, the 

minister said if Ishaq Dar, 

the former finance minister, 

was a good person then he 

should face the corruption 

cases in Pakistan. 

He said, Information 

Minister Fawad Chaudhry, 

had criticised the PML-N 

and PPP in the Parliament as 

both the governments, he 

added did nothing for poor 

people except plundering 

national money. 

Replying a question 

about Pak-US stalled relations 

, he said it was PTI 

government which bring the 

US administration on the 

negotiation table for normalization 

the ties between 

the two countries. 

Driverless taxis will be running 

on Dubai roads next month 

Gitex Technology Week, 

which kicked off on 

Sunday at the Dubai World 

Trade Centre. 

Khaled Al Awadhi, 

director of RTA's 

Automated Fare 

Collections Systems 

Department, said: "At the 

moment, there is only one 

autonomous taxi available 

that will initially run on a 

preset, dedicated route at 

Dubai Silicon Oasis." 

"After the three-month 

trial phase, we will gather 

all the information and 

evaluate how we can rollout 

driverless taxis in other 

areas of the city," he added. 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Hyderabad Chamber of 

Commerce and industry has 

rejected increase in power 

tariff expressing strong 

reaction adding that it would 

increase problems for small 

and medium enterprise with 

increase in cost of production 

ultimately skyrocketing 

of price hike. HCCI Hesco 

sub committee chairman 

Abdul Sattar Khan said in a 

statement that SME happens 

to be backbone of economy.All 

over world this 

industry is given concessions 

but here with increase 

in power tariff SME benefit 

will go out of reach of people. 

He asked government to 

formulate policy for SME 

with consultation of businessmen. 

He also took 

exception to 8 to 10 hours 

power outage daily by 

Hesco which he said was 

due to line losses of Kunda 

system patronized by staff 

of Hesco. Due to such huge 

load shedding it has becoming 

difficult for trade and 

industry to continue their 

Biz 

HCCI rejects increase in power 

tariff, 10 hours load shedding 

RIYADH: International 

pressures against Saudi 

Arabia over its alleged role 

in the disappearance of 

dissident journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi are already 

sending economic shocks 

to Riyadh. 

In the early trading of 

Sunday, Saudi stocks 

plunged 7.0 percent in 

what became the biggest 

drop since December 

2014. 

Analysts were quoted 

by media as saying that 

this could be the start of a 

financial crisis that could 

sooner or later affect the 

kingdom as a result of controversies 

around 

Khashoggi who is purported 

to have been murdered 

in the Saudi consulate in 

Istanbul upon orders made 

by Riyadh. 

The Tadawul All- 

Shares Index (TASI) 

quickly lost more than 500 

points on the first trading 

day of the week. 

It was trading at just 

above 7,000 points, a 10- 

month low, having 

reversed all of the 18-percent 

gain it had notched up 

since the start of 2018. 

All 15 sectors in the 

market were in the red 

while almost all listed 

shares dropped. 

In just two sessions the 

Saudi bourse, the largest in 

the Arab world, has shed 

almost $50 billion of its 

capitalization, which now 

stands at around $450 billion. 

Mohammed Zidan, 

market strategist at 

Thinkmarket in Dubai, 

said the drop in Saudi 

stocks was the result of 

panic selling because of 

business, as such HCCI also 

reject it,he added. He also 

deplored that once again 

Hesco has started issuing 

exaggerated bills and detections 

to consumers which 

was provocating consumers 

as well as business community. 

He made appeal to 

ministry of power and water 

to stop Hesco from harassing 

people through detection 

and over billing and 

also to take notice of Kunda 

system and to safeguard 

rights of consumers as well 

as trade and industry. 

Saudi stocks dive 7.0 percent 

over Khashoggi concerns 

several political and economic 

factors. 

"There has been a kind 

of uncertainty surrounding 

the situation of the disappearance 

of Khashoggi 

which has caused the market 

to fall," Zidan told . 

Trump threatened 

Riyadh on Saturday with 

"severe punishment" if 

Khashoggi, a contributor 

for the Washington Post 

who has been critical of 

Crown Prince Mohammed 

bin Salman, was killed 

inside its Istanbul consulate.

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World Food Day to be 

observed tomorrow across 

the globe including Pakistan 


Railways (PR) will introduce 

another ten new passenger 

trains by end of this 

year to facilitate travelers. 

A report quoting an official 

in the Railways 

Ministry said on Sunday 

that the decision was taken 

on directives of Minister for 

Railways Sheikh Rashid 

Ahmed under the government's 

hundred days plan. 

He said Pakistan 

Railways has already inaugurated 

operations of three 

passenger trains including 

Mianwali Railcar, 

Rawalpindi Express and 

Faisalabad non-stop trains 

during previous month. 

The official said three 

ISLAMABAD: World 

Food Day will be observed 

on October 16 (Tuesday) 

across the globe including 

Pakistan with an aim to 

raise awareness about issues 

of poverty and hunger. 

Various Seminars and 

events will be arranged on 

World Food Day by civil 

society, Health Departments 

and Agriculture Department 

across Pakistan. 

The United Nations 

World Food Day is 

observed every year on 

October 16. 

According to a report, 

the total number of people 

having no sufficient food to 

eat, globally are more than 

1billion while in Pakistan 

poor people are bound to 

spend more than 70% of his 

salary on food expenses due 

to inflation. 

Pakistan Railways to introduce 

10 new trains by end of 2018 

Pakistan better than South India; 

Sidhu once again expresses his 

affection for Pakistan 

NEW DEHLI: 

Navjot Singh Sidhu 

seems utterly fall in 

love with Pakistan. 

His affection revealed 

after his visit to 

Pakistan to attend PM 

Imran Khan’s oathtaking 

ceremony. In 

his recent statement he 

stated Pakistan a better 

place to be at than 

South India. He was 

basically referring to the similarity in culture of people living 

at both sides of the borders. 

“For me, when I travel to South, I can’t understand the 

language. Not that I dont like the food, but I cannot have it 

for a long time, the culture is totally different. When I got to 

Pakistan, the language is the same, like you know, when you 

abuse in English 10 times, one abuse in Punjabi overpowers 

all.” He expressed his feelings at a time when he was participating 

in the 7th Khushwant Singh Literature Fest. 

Indian media and extreme elements have once again 

started censuring him. They could not have already digested 

his much-hyped visit to Pakistan. It peeved the Indian 

extremists who even sent him threats with extreme consequences. 

Indian government rose objections on his warm 

hug with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff. COAS’s gracious 

offer of opening Kartarpur corridor for the convenience of 

Sikh Pilgrims won the heart of Sikh community. 

PM Imran Khan has also showed his love for Sidhu and 

had thanked him for coming to Pakistan. He in his maiden 

speech has even said that Pakistan would come forward 

many steps ahead for one step taken by India to expand positive 

relations with Pakistan. “Those in India who targeted 

him are doing a great disservice to peace in the subcontinent 

- without peace our people can’t progress,” Khan had said. 

Indian extremists are protesting against him and are setting 

his effigies on fire. In spite of all that Sidhu seems to be 

determined on his stance of love for Pakistan and friendship 

between two states. 

more trains including 

Mohenjodaro Express, 

Rohi Express in Sindh and a 

train for low income people 

from Karachi to Peshawar 

will also be launched soon. 

He said Pakistan 

Railways is also planning 

to increase the number of 

freight trains from ten to 

fifteen. 

Federal 

Capital police 

increases security 


Federal Capital police has 

increased its own security 

in order to avoid any 

untoward incident. The 

inner sources stated that 

7-feet high walls have 

been built around the 

boundary of all police 

stations of Federal capital 

and every citizen who 

comes to police station 

for some complaint 

stopped at the police station 

gate. 

On the other hand various 

kind of crimes especially 

robbery, dacoity 

and autos theft in the capital 

city badly negates the 

tall claims of Islamabad 

police of controlling the 

criminals' activities. 

Currently, the crime rate 

was on rise at police station 

Khanna. The incident 

of extortion was also 

increased in the limits of 

Khanna police station. 

Sources stared that 

police has increased its 

own security and they are 

completely ignoring the 

security of common citizen. 

Police also failed to 

arrest the wanted killers. 

Sources stated that as 

many as 130 files of proclaimed 

offenders had put 

under carpet without any 

reason. 

ABBOTTABAD: A man is hanging at the back of a moving jeep in Khutnali area which 

may cause any unpleasant incident. 

Medicines shortage hit Poly Clinic Hospital 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Government Service Hospital, 

usually called as Poly Clinic 

Hospital is facing serious shortage 

of medicines including life saving 

drugs owing to the poor planning, 

corruption and nepotism of hospital 

administration. 

Islamabad. 

The inner sources stated that 

currently pharmaceutical companies 

have stopped medicines supply 

to hospital owing to remaining 

payment as administration failed 

to clear the payment on time. The 

hospital has to pay Rs 2 million to 


Pakistan Economy Watch 

(PEW) on Sunday said 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan will make Pakistan a 

respected and developed 

country. 

Masses should reject 

the propaganda of elements 

rejected in the 

recent election and cooperate 

with the government, it 

said. 

Masses should understand 

that countries cannot 

remain dependent on loans 

and changing the rotten 

system will take time, said 

Chairman of the PEW 

Brig. Muhammad Aslam 

Khan (Retd). 

He added that people 

should not panic and 

remember the example of 

South Korea and other 

countries which overwhelmed 

their difficulties 

with the cooperation of the 

masses. 

Muhammad Aslam 

Khan said that politicians, 

bureaucracy and have looted 

Pakistan for decades, 

these companies. 

Patients are suffering due to 

shortage of medicines at Hospital 

of the capital. It is to be mentioned 

here Poly Clinic Hospital, is one of 

the leading hospital with 1100 

bedded facility in the heart of 

It provides treatment 

facilities to the general public. 

Sources stated that DID Poly 

Clinic Hospital allegedly pass the 

medicine bills of different companies 

after getting commission, but 

now he was in Saudi Arabia for 

Hajj and owing to that reason 

Govt will never compromise 

national interests for IMF loan: PEW 

Bureau Report 

CANBERRA/ISLAMABAD: Fake 

news in Pakistan is spread not just on televisions, 

through departmental press 

releases, institutional handouts, handbills, 

pamphlets, stickers, wall-chalking, 

FM radio stations, official websites, but 

also through social media posts and 

shorts, sensationalist texts on WhatsApp 

that never make it to a reputable newspapers 

because they are inaccurate and the 

fact don’t check out. They’re meant to be 

consumed quickly and sent on to as many 

people as possible, usually with the added 

phrase ‘forwarded as received’ and most 

than that these type of said above news 

are being considered, accepted, waited, 

referred and presented as a reliable proof 

when it needed or at the time of finalization 

of decision individually as well as 

collectively while the reality is not only 

against the truth but also caused to take 

wrong decisions globally. 

Messenger learnt that most of the governments 

and authorities worldwide have 

not only taken world worst decisions 

against the individuals as well as collectively 

especially at the time of consideration 

and finalization against granting protection 

visa, immigration, political and 

religious asylum seekers’ cases in 

America, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, 

France, Belgium, Holland, Australia, Italy, 

Ireland, New Zealand, Greece and many 

other countries on the basis of official disinformation, 

wrong previous and current 

crime data, deprived violation and killing 

figures. 

According to an exclusive unbiased and 

quite neutral investigative report prepared 

by Messenger on the basis of last twenty 

therefore, masses and not 

ready to believe anything. 

Now the situation has 

changed for good, but the 

government will have to 

take difficult decisions that 

would be painful for people 

but necessary under 

international commitments 

to get out of the current 

severe economic situation, 

he observed. 

He lauded the stance of 

the government of not 

compromising on national 

security and the PTI government 

would not opt for 

an IMF programme if conditionalities 

are against the 

national interests. 

Dr. Murtaza Mughal 

said that IMF programme 

was inevitable in the given 

circumstances when export 

competitiveness had been 

destroyed and debt profile 

aggravated over the past 

five years, he noted. 

IMF programme would 

be a helping hand for the 

government to gradually 

sail through the tough economic 

circumstances. 

B O L L Y W O O D : 

Bollywood divas Sushmita 

Sen and Bipasha Basu say 

that it’s about time women 

start speaking up about sexual 

harassment and name and 

shame these men. 

According to Hindustan 

Times, Bipasha Basu, who 

worked alongside Sajid 

Khan during the production 

of Humshakals had a falling 

out with the director after the 

film due to his behaviour 

towards women. 

“I am glad that women 

are speaking up about the 

atrocities of these men with 

power and clout… But nothing 

of that sort happened 

with me… It was just his 

[Sajid’s] general attitude 

towards women that would 

disturb me on set; he cracked 

lewd jokes openly and was 

pretty rude to all girls,” she 

told Hindustan Times, further 

applauding Tanushree 

Dutta for starting the MeToo 

movement in India. 

In another interview with 

Indian Express Sushmita 

Sen said, “The movement 

Worst global impacts of ‘Fake 

Pakistani Official Handouts’ 

ISLAMABAD: President 

CBR Housing Society, Altaf 

Ahmad Bhatt has said that 

we would continue our 

efforts for the welfare of 

members of society, want to 

make an exemplary housing 

society.Addressing the 

Annual Session of CBR 

Employees Co-operative 

Housing Society (CBR 

ECHS) in Islamabad, he 

was bound to happen in 

Bollywood” but asked how 

many people were actually 

listening to the women coming 

forward. “Well, we 

would be blind if we thought 

whole process of medicines supply 

and commission was halt. 

Sources further stated that the 

tender regarding medicines supply 

to hospital have issued, however 

the pharmaceutical companies had 

stopped the medicines supply to 

hospital. However, on the other 

hand hospital administration has 

stopped the payment to companies. 

Currently hospital was facing 

90% shortage of medicines. 

Sources further disclosed that hospital 

ED had also allegedly promoted 

his blue-eyed person to 

deputy executive post without any 

reason and justification. 

Currently hospital is facing 

medicines including Iexobron, 

Bru, Nevromet, Mas-Nospa, 

Britanyal, fine, Panadol, 

Vibramycine, Dis-Celcifeorl, Syp 

Ontment, Syp, Flaygl, Syp ds, Syp 

Zincat gel, Syp cream, Dicoran 

bag Clasion, Gynosprion prol and 

others. When ‘Online” contacted 

to Executive Director Shahid 

Hanif he expressed ignorant of this 

whole situation. 

Bipasha, Sushmita applaud women 

for sharing their #MeToo stories 

years official and unofficial collected data, 

‘Most Violent History of Pakistan’ which 

includes, political and religious particularly 

Shia target killing, presence of 

Daesh/ISIS in Pakistan especially in 

Karachi, over three dozens of ban outfits 

and two dozens of armed rebel groups in 

country, national and international terrorist 

factions countrywide while the authorities 

of Pakistan have either been denied about 

the reality completely or opposed through 

fake, wrong and absolute false handouts 

even the Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) 

did not accept a single figure of the said 

crime and more than that the immigration 

authorities of the above countries 

remained either just like “to strictly follow 

something without applying much sense” 

or become extraordinary advance that they 

know each and everything about a particular 

country, they do not hesitate to surveillance 

over their decisions proudly by using 

fake references, wrong data, bogus press 

releases, official disinformation even comment 

over published and on-aired news 

like a most senior journalist. 

CBR Housing Society to be made 

exemplary: Altaf Ahmad Bhatt 

said that if I unable to 

resolve the problems of 

society members, “I will 

quit, the society employees 

should work hard to meet 

the challenges, the land 

mafia eyeing to grab the 

rights of society members, 

we would not let them do 

so”. 

He further assured that 

record developmental work 

would be performed in the 

CBR Phase I and CBR 

Phase II, and soon the CBR 

Phase II would be connected 

with Motorway.We have 

fulfilled our commitments 

and have completed various 

important projects and 

achieved lot of progress in 

ongoing projects for the 

benefits of our esteemed 

members of our society. 

ISLAMABAD: Water 

is fundamental for life and 

health. The human right to 

water is indispensable for 

leading a healthy life in 

human dignity. Water is 

crucial to development, 

nature, bio-diversity, environment, 

food security, 

agriculture and all life 

forms. 

Through this piece I 

want to highlight the facts 

that why twin-cites 

Rawalpindi and Islamabad 

residents face acute water 

shortage, non-availability 

of clean drinking water 

every year especially in 

summer season. “Is it lack 

of sources or mismanagement?. 

First of all I mention 

the sources from 

where both the cities get 

clean drinking water. 

Currently four dams are 

located around both the 

cities. They are Simli 

Khanpur, Rawal and 

Tanaza dams. 

this never happened in 

Bollywood. Even if it has not 

happened to you, we cannot 

be ignorant of the fact that it 

happens in every position of 

power,” said the star. 

Lack of sources or mismanagement a 

cause of water shortage in twin cities? 

Simli dam is about 30 

kilometer from Islamabad 

and can be reached 

through Lehtrar road or 

Bhara Kahu. It is fed by 

the melting snow and natural 

springs of Murree hills. 

The water stored in the 

lake is supplied to 

Islamabad for drinking 

purposes. Khanpur dam is 

48 kilometers from 

Islamabad on Taxila- 

Haripur Road. 

The water from this 

lake is supplied to 

Islamabad and Rawalpindi 

for drinking purposes. 

Tanaza dam is a small dam 

located at about 35 kilometers 

south-west of 

Rawalpindi on Dhamial 

Road. Four rivers pass 

through Rawalpindi district. 

River Jhelum skirts 

the district from its 

northern part near Dewal 

to its southern boundary 

covering distance of 88 

kilometers. 

Official allegedly 

misappropriated million of rupees 

ISLAMABAD: The officers had allegedly misappropriated 

million of rupees on the name of construction, as 

they increased the cost of Petroleum House Islamabad 

from Rs 250 million to Rs. 860 million.According to the 

details, the contractor and the officers with the connivance 

of each other have eaten hundreds of millions under the 

pretext of luxurious tiles and advance payment adding to 

the project cost from Rs. 250 millions to Rs. 860 millions. 

Sources said that hundreds of millions were paid out to 

contractor in violation of the set rules and procedure. 

Sources stated that responsible officers are likely to be 

arrested for further investigation into the embezzlement. 

Sources said that the investigation into the corruption 

in the project has been completed and report to this effect 

has been handed over to the company. 

According to the report the officers of Pak PWD of the 

Ministry of Housing and works were held responsible for 

the enormous corruption. 

According to the documents obtained through the 

sources, it has been revealed that Executive Civil 

Engineer made payment of additional sum of Rs. 80 

millions to contractor disguising prices inflation of 

the material. 

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