21 Oct 2018

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Metropolitan: 

Nurses announce 

province-wide 

boycott against 

injustices 

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International: 

Trump a reluctant 

critic of Saudi 

Arabia despite 

pressure to act 

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Biz: 

SBP directs banks, 

DFIs to carryout 

biometric verification 

of customers 

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Indian troops 

martyr woman in 

Pulwama district, IoK 

ISLAMABAD: In 

occupied Kashmir, 

Indian troops in their 

fresh act of state terrorism 

martyred a woman 

in Pulwama district. 

The woman identified 

as Firdousa Akhtar wife of 

Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh 

was critically injured in 

Indian troops firing in 

Shadimarg area of the district. 

She was rushed to 

Rajpora Hospital where 

she succumbed to her 

injuries. In another incident 

of stopping the journalists 

from exposing the 

grim situation of the held 

territory, Indian troops and 

police personnel thrashed 

three journalists and 

arrested them while they 

were performing their professional 

duties in 

Srinagar. 

PM to chair 

High-powered 

meeting on Oct 24 

ISLAMABAD: PM 

Imran Khan will chair 

High-powered meeting 

on October 24. 

According to media 

reports, all the arrangements 

for awarding promotions 

to 8 officials during 

the meeting have been 

completed. Promotion of 

Wajid Zia, JIT Chairman 

in Panama Case andAzam 

Khan in Grade 22 is also 

expected. 8 officials of 

Pakistan Administrative 

Group, 2 officers of Police 

Group have also been 

included in the list of 

High-Powered board. 

Zulfi approaches 

IHC for removal of 

name from ECL 

ISLAMABAD: PM’s 

special assistant on overseas 

Pakistanis and human 

resource development 

Zulfiqar Hussain Bukhari, 

aka Zulfi Bukhari, has 

submitted an application 

in the Islamabad High 

Court (IHC) for removal 

of his name from the Exit 

Control List (ECL). 

Interior secretary, NAB 

chairman, DG FIA and 

others have been made 

respondents in the petition 

submitted by Avocate 

Sikandar Bashir on 

Saturday. 

The petition states that 

travel restriction on Zulfi 

Bukhari is against basic 

human rights, thus, the 

interior ministry’s decision 

should be suspended and 

directives should be issued 

to the concerned authorities 

for return of travel 

documents including 

Bukhari’s passport. 

KARACHI: Finance 

Minister Asad Umar 

Saturday said that Pakistan 

would not need another 

International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) bailout after this one as 

the country is on the road to 

recovery. 

The finance minister was 

addressing traders at the 

Pakistan Stock Exchange 

(PSX) to allay concerns 

about the present condition of 

the economy and after weeks 

of volatile trading at the PSX, 

which had plummeted the 

stocks to new lows. 

“This will be the last IMF 

programme,” he said, slamming 

the media for portraying 

that the country’s economy 

was collapsing. “That is 

not the case. No alarm bells 

are ringing,” he added. 

But he explained that 

“this year there is a financing 

gap of $12 billion”. 

“Right now, we have an 

$18 billion deficit and $9 billion 

of debt repayment due 

this year, which brings the 

total to $27bn. Pakistan cannot 

afford that,” he said. The 

minister said that certain segments 

of the society will have 

to bear this pain, but if it is 

ignored right now and policies 

are not implemented, 

then the consequential pain 

will be far greater. 

KARACHI EDITION – Sunday, October 21, 2018, Safar 11, 1440 

Country seeks loan from 

IMF for last time: Asad 

Says govt trying to bridge $12bn financing gap through policies, bailout programme 

KABUL: Nearly 170 

Afghans were killed or 

wounded in poll-related 

violence on Saturday, officials 

said, as the legislative 

election turned chaotic with 

many polling centres opening 

hours late or not at all 

due to technical glitches 

and lack of staff. 

In the latest attack, a suicide 

bomber blew himself 

up inside a Kabul polling 

centre, killing at least 15 

people and wounding 20, 

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance, Asad Umar being present by Pakistan Stock 

Exchange (PSX) Chairman of the Board, Sulaiman S. Mehdi during meeting held at 

PSX premises. 

“After taking monetary 

and fiscal measures, in my 

opinion, our financing gap 

for this year will be around 

$12 billion. That sum we are 

trying to solve through a 

package, which will include 

one-time inflows as well as 

elements of trade financing.” 

Umar assured that there 

will be a visible growth in the 

country’s exports this year as 

the data of the first quarter 

shows that exports are up, 

imports are down and remittances 

have grown by 13 per 

cent, a sign that the country is 

going in the right direction. 

police said, taking the number 

of casualties across the 

Afghan capital to 19 dead 

and nearly 100 wounded. 

There was no immediate 

claim of responsibility for 

the blast, but the Taliban 

said earlier it had carried 

out more than 300 attacks 

on the "fake election" 

across the war-torn country. 

Violence also disrupted 

voting in the northern city 

of Kunduz where a health 

official said three people 

The finance minister was 

of the view that by the third 

year of the incumbent government, 

Pakistan will reach 

a break-even point, and after 

that “you will see growth”. 

“In the next seven to eight 

months, the US dollar will 

see a decrease of 26 per cent 

to 27 per cent against the 

Pakistani rupee,” he said, 

adding that “matters are coming 

under control”. 

“The current account 

deficit, which earlier rose 

from $2.5 billion to $18 billion, 

has started to decrease,” 

Umar elaborated. 

Nearly 170 casualties as violence 

rocks chaotic Afghan elections 

died and 39 were wounded 

after more than 20 rockets 

rained down on the provincial 

capital. 

An Independent 

Election Commission 

(IEC) employee was killed 

and seven others were 

missing after the Taliban 

attacked a polling centre 

several kilometres from 

Kunduz city, destroying 

ballot boxes, provincial 

IEC director Mohammad 

Rasoul Omar said. 

PM’s Saudi Arabia visit to be highly 

beneficial for Pakistan: Farrukh 

I S L A M A B A D : T h e 

spokesperson of the government 

on economy and energy 

issues Dr Farrukh Saleem 

has said that Prime Minister 

Imran Khan’ s visit to Saudi 

Arabia was a positive step in 

the right direction and it 

would be highly beneficial 

for our national and economic 

interests. 

Talking to a private news 

channel, he said, PM will 

visit Riyadh on October 23 

on the special invitation of 

Saudi King Salman to participate 

in the three-day 

‘Future Investment 

Initiative’ conference . 

Reaching out to friendly 

countries for the assistance 

might be a better option 

than resorting to the IMF, 

he added. Farrukh said, 

Pakistan needed the support 

of sincere and true friends 

in the existing economic 

crises. Pakistan’s current 

economic situation, especially 

depleting foreign 

exchange reserves, required 

immediate financial assistance, 

he added. 

Nation should share financial 

burden of dams: Water experts 

ISLAMABAD: National 

and international experts on 

water reservoirs said on 

Saturday that the nation 

should divide financial burden 

for the construction of 

dams to bring the country out 

of the prevailing water crisis. 

They said this at the last day 

of a two-day international 

symposium on “Creating 

aWater-Secure Pakistan” on 

Saturday. The two-day international 

seminar was organized 

by Supreme Court of 

Pakistan at Supreme Court. 

Alarge number of national 

and international waters 

experts attending the symposium. 

They were of the view 

that if the competent authorities 

add some rupees in the 

electricity bills on the pattern 

of WAPDA Neelum-Jhelum 

surcharges the required 

money for dams’ construction 

can easily be collected in 

the next few years. 

Professor Muhammad 

Shafiq, a renewed water 

expert, while terming water 

situation in the country 

unsatisfactory said Pakistan 

is much behind from other 

countries in the world in preserving 

water. 

He informed the participants 

that the United States 

has 900 days water storage 

capacity and Egypt 1,000 

days whereas Pakistan has 

only 30 days water storage 

capacity which is alarming. 

Similarly, China has 

23,842 dams to store water, 

the United States has 9,265 

dams, India has 5, 106 dams 

and Japan has 3,116 dams 

whereas Pakistan could only 

construct 155 large and small 

dams since 1947. 

Speaking with regards to 

the stock market, the minister 

said that “there is astounding 

growth in the stock market 

and efforts should continue 

for better results”. He, however, 

agreed that measures 

need to be taken in order to 

improve the market’s conditions. 

“We will work for the 

betterment of the capital market 

and improve the overall 

atmosphere for investment,” 

the minister promised, 

but stressed that the 

stock market’s fortunes are 

directly linked with the 

economy’s health. 

RAWALPINDI: Chief of 

Army Staff (COAS) 

General Qamar Javed 

Bajwa on Saturday has met 

Qatari deputy Prime 

Minister at GHQ in 

Rawalpindi. 

During the meeting, matters 

related to mutual cooperation 

and regional security 

were discussed. Army chief 

reiterated to continue efforts 

for peace in the region. 

The Qatari deputy PM 

lauded Pakistan’s strategies 

regarding war on terrorism. 

Earlier, Army Chief 

General Bajwa visited Italy 

and called on Italian 

Defence Minister, Chief of 

Italian Army and the 

Secretary General of 

Defence. 

Talks focused on 

RIYADH/ANKARA: Saudi Arabia 

admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggiwas 

killed inside its consulate in the Turkish 

city of Istanbul, saying he died in brawl 

but made no mention of where his body is. 

Preliminary results of investigations 

showed the dissident writer died after a 

fight broke out inside the building shortly 

after he entered, the official SPA press 

agency said on Saturday. 

Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud 

al-Mojeb said Khashoggi died after "discussions" 

at the consulate devolved into an 

altercation. 

"Discussions that took place between 

him and the persons who met him … at the 

Saudi consulate in Istanbul led to a brawl 

and a fist fight with the citizen, Jamal 

Khashoggi, which led to his death, may his 

soul rest in peace," the attorney general 

said in a statement. "The investigations are 

still under way and 18 Saudi nationals 

have been arrested." 

Royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi 

killed in Istanbul consulate 

Kingdom sacks intelligence official, arrests 18 Saudis 

saying missing journalist was killed in a 'fist fight'. 

and deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al- 

Asiri were fired from their positions, the 

statement said. It remains unclear where 

Khashoggi's body is following his killing. 

Khashoggi, a columnist for The 

Washington Post who wrote critically of 

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 

(MBS) rise to power, went missing on 

October 2 after entering the consulate in 

Istanbul to obtain documents needed for 

his upcoming marriage. 

PM Khan terms whole 

opposition as 'culprits of nation' 

Says Shehbaz Sharif is trying to become Nelson Mandela 

ISLAMABAD: While League Nawaz’s president “Not a single case of 

vowing to take accountability 

drive to its logical end, 

and former chief minister of 

Punjab was trying to imitate 

NAB has been lodged in 

our tenure”, the premier 

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Nelson Mandela. Khan apprised attendants. 

Khan on Saturday tagged 

whole opposition as ‘culprits 

of the nation’. 

reaffirmed his resolve to 

bring back looted wealth 

stashed in foreign banks. 

On anticipated hike in 

electricity and gas tariffs, 

the PM replied that he did 

Khan who assumed premiership 

Responding to not want to further shift bur- 

on August 18 Shehbaz’s statement about den on already inflation and 

claimed the opposition has existence of ‘unholy poverty-stricken masses. 

congregated to save their alliance’ between National “We want to shift minimum 

assets acquire by illicit Accountability Bureau burden of economic quagmire 

on masses”, the pre- 

Pakistan to continue means. The premier reiterated 

that neither he would Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), mier was quoted as saying. 

(NAB) and Pakistan 

highlighting 

Kashmir dispute at 

spare anyone nor he would Khan stated that the premier “The govt will complete 

get pressurized. 

anti-graft watchdog is an mega-project of 5 million 

all forums: Fawad PM taunted that Shehbaz independent state-institutionerated 

houses at every cost”, reit- 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Sharif [Pakistan Muslim 

Khan. 

Minister for Information and 

Broadcasting Chaudhry 

Fawad Hussain said on 

Imran’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ turning 

Saturday that Pakistan would 

continue to highlight 

out to be a nightmare: Bilawal 

Kashmiris just freedom 

struggle and expose Indian 

atrocities at all forums. 

This he said during a 

meeting with a joint delegation 

of All Parties Hurriyat 

Conference Azad Kashmir 

AJK chapter and Jammu and 

Kashmir Self Determination 

Movement 

which called on him here. 

The minister said that 

Pakistan was the biggest 

advocate of Kashmiris 

demand for right to self will. 

KARACHI: Reacting to 

the increase in gas prices, 

Chairman Pakistan 

People’s Party (PPP) 

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari 

said this government 

seemed totally clueless 

about the economy. 

International “This government has 

no sense of direction when 

it comes to the economy. 

Those who claimed that 

they will break the begging 

bowl and announced that 

Army chief, Qatari deputy PM discuss regional security 

Pakistan continues to contribute 

positively towards peace: COAS 

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa exchanging 

views with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin 

Abdulrahman al-Thani. 

enhancing bilateral defence 

and security cooperation 

including potential joint initiatives. 

Italian leadership 

was highly appreciative of 

the role played by Pakistan 

in regional stability and also 

towards global security. 

they will not go to the IMF 

are now asking for the 

biggest loan in Pakistan’s 

history,” said Bilawal in a 

statement. 

The PPP chairman said: 

“The PPP government 

faced the worst economic 

crisis when it came to 

power, but we still managed 

to keep the inflation 

rate low as the PPP does 

not believe in putting the 

poor at risk.” 

They maintained that 

Pakistan is well on its way 

towards a prosperous future 

and that Italy and Pakistan 

will benefit by building on 

the existing relationship 

between the two countries. 

During the stay, COAS 

“The current government 

has given us nothing 

but inflated prices of basic 

necessities. Global oil 

prices were at $148 per 

barrel but we did not 

increase prices,” says 

Bilawal. 

He questioned the government’s 

intentions as the 

only thing the PTI government 

has done is to make 

the lives of the nation more 

difficult. 

was also presented demonstrations 

of Italian defence 

capabilities both for land 

and amphibious operations. 

He also interacted with representatives 

of Pakistani 

community and the Italian 

defence industry. 

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Sunday, October 21, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Nurses announce province-wide 

boycott against injustices 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Minister of Sindh for Local 

Government, Public Health 

Engineering and Rural 

Development and Katchi 

Abadies Saeed Ghani said 

that Sindh Madressatul 

Islam University has set a 

good tradition by forming 

students’ council and giving 

a right to vote to its students 

to elect thirty representatives 

of the council. 

He suggested that other 

universities of the country 

should also follow this tradition. 

He said this after administering 

oath to the thirty 

elected office bearers of 

student’s council of SMIU 

at the inner courtyard of the 

varsity’s Main Building. 

KARACHI: Leader of Joint Nurses Action Committee Afshan Nazli, Ghulam Dastgir, 

Abdul Wahid, Syed Shahid, James Watts and others are annoucing strike from Monday 

during an urgent press conference held at National Institute of Child Health (NICH) . 

The Student’s Council 

is further divided into six 

societies as arts society, 

community service society, 

debating society, literary 

society, science society 

and sports society with 

each having its own sovereign 

structure. 

Ghani said that it is 

good to see that SMIU 

encourages its students to 

have political understanding 

along with quality 

education. 

He said every university 

and college should have a 

student union however, 

since such unions were also 

misused in the past, there 

was a difference of opinion 

within the society over its 

complete revival.He said 

KARACHI: Joint 

Nurses Action Committee 

(JNAC) has announced 

province-wide protest and 

complete boycott of duties 

from October 22, 2018 

until acceptance of their 

demands. 

This was announced in 

an urgent press conference 

held at the OPD Block of 

National Institute of Child 

Health (NICH) here on 

Saturday. JNAC comprises 

leadership of Young 

Nurses Association (YNA) 

Sindh, Provincial Nurses 

Association (PNA) and requested Chief Minister 

Private School Nursing Sindh and Health 

Association (PSNA)and Department to accept and 

raises voice for their implement immediately 

rights. 

The press conference 

their demands; otherwise, 

a protest in all hospitals of 

was addressed Afshan the province would be 

Nazli, Ghulam Dastgir, launched from coming 

Abdul Wahid, Syed Monday. 

Shahid, James Watts and Nurses demand: Fourtier 

others. Speakers presented 

formula for nurses 

their 10 demands and should be approved forthwith; 

health professional 

allowance be released 

throughout province; decision 

of Pakistan Nurses 

Council and Ombudsman 

Sindh regarding holding 

special examination to 

save future of 400 nursing 

students be implemented 

in letter and spirit; stipend 

of nursing students be 

raised by 20,000 per 

when everyone in the country 

was eligible to cast a 

vote then why such a right 

was not given to students in 

educational institutions; as 

students were the ones who 

had to run the country in 

future. 

He further said things 

would get better in future if 

students were encouraged 

to take active part in politics. 

He asked the faculty to 

encourage students to take 

understand the politics and 

democratic values as the 

country needs good leadership. 

He said things would 

improve when everyone in 

the country got understood 

politics and felt the real 

power of the vote. 

He congratulated the 

month as equal to Punjab 

and KPK; nursing schools 

be allowed DDO powers; 

announcement be made to 

establish a nursing university 

and funds be allocated; 

14,000 new nurses be 

appointed by creating new 

posts; additional secretary 

technical in health department 

should be appointed 

from nursing cadre, 

SMIU sets good tradition by forming 

students’ council, Saeed Ghani 

Recruitment in Police IT dept soon 

KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG), Dr. Kaleem Imam presides over a high 

level meeting held at CPO Headquarters. 

KARACHI: Deputy 

Inspector General of Police 

for Information Technology 

said on Saturday that the 

advertisement regarding the 

recruitment in Information 

Technology Department of 

Sindh Police will be 

announced soon. 

This he stated in a 

meeting with IGP Sindh 

and other senior police 

officials at Central Police 

Office Karachi. He further 

said that a meeting would 

be scheduled next week 

with owners of hotels, 

shopping plazas and shopping 

centers to connec 

their CCTV cameras with 

CPO Command and 

Control Center for ensuring 

overall police measures 

against the crime. 

IGP told the meeting 

that the draft and recommendations 

regarding allocation 

of allowances of 

utility and cellular phone 

with monthly salary for 

police had been sent to 

Sindh government for 

approval. 

Social security, minimum wages 

demanded for home-based workers 

KARACHI: A convention 

here Saturday demanded 

registering home-based 

workers with the social security 

institutions, fixing their 

minimum wages and enacting 

laws to grant them a legal 

status in other provinces. 

Home-Based Women 

Workers Federation 

(HBWWF) hosted a homebased 

workers convention at 

the Godhra Community Hall 

New Karachi on the occasion 

of the international day 

of home-based workers. It 

was presided over by 

HBWWF general secretary 

Zehra Khan, while Saba 

Faisal Edhi was the chief 

guest. Home-based women 

workers belonging to different 

cities and different industries 

attended the moot. 

Zehra Khan, General 

Secretary HBWWF said that 

as per an estimated there are 

100 million home based 

workers in the world and out 

of them 50million are present 

in the South Asia, 

80percen of themare women. 

However, these workers 

despite being the part of the 

production process are 

deprived of their just and 

legal rights. They are forced 

to work on very low wages 

and in difficult working conditions. 

She further said that 

declaration was passed by 

South Asian women workers 

and others unions and federations 

in Kathmandu, Nepal 

that a struggle will be waged 

for the rights, social protection 

and legal identity of over 

50 million home-based 

workersin the region. 

She appreciated the 

provincial government for 

taking the lead in announcing 

the home-based workers 

act on May 9, 2018 and 

made a new history by recognizing 

more than 5million 

home-based workers of 

Sindh. Under this Act the 

home-based workers would 

be given rights like the 

workers of the formal sector 

of union making, electing 

their CBAs, social security 

and pension. Hundreds of 

thousands of the homebased 

workers have warmly 

welcomed this move and 

congratulated the Sindh 

government and pledged 

that they would also struggle 

so that the home-based 

workers of the other 

provinces also get the rights 

like the home-based workers 

of Sindh. 

elected members of the 

Students’ Council of SMIU 

and hoped that all the elected 

representatives will 

upheld the democratic values 

along with acquiring 

quality education, which 

would help them serving 

the country in a better way 

in future. 

Sindh Madressatul 

Islam University’s Vice 

Chancellor Dr Muhammad 

Ali Shaikh, felicitated the 

members of the elected 

Students’ Council and said 

the SMIU was the first and 

only among the public sector 

universities in the country, 

which had given the 

right to its students to elect 

their own representatives 

on the council. 

Robber injured 

in alleged police 

encounter 

KARACHI: A robber 

was injured in an alleged 

police encounter in North 

Nazimabad area of the 

metropolis in the wee hours 

of Saturday. 

According to police 

source, a police team 

received a call that two robbers 

were looting citizens in 

North Nazimabad Block-I. 

As soon as police reached 

on the spot, when the police 

asked them to surrender, the 

robbers opened fire. The 

police returned fire. As a 

result, a 35-year-old 

unknown robber sustained 

bullet injuries, while his 

accomplice fled the scene. 

Police also recovered a 

TT pistol with rounds 

snatched mobile phones 

and a motorbike from his 

possession. 

The injured robber was 

shifted to Abbasi Shaheed 

Hospital for treatment. 

KARACHI: Over 70% 

of Karachi lost power on 

Saturday afternoon after 

the national grid supply 

line tripped. 

The main line tripping 

resulted in the K-Electric 

circuits tripping, plunging 

the city into darkness. 

Areas affected include 

North Karachi, Surjani 

Town, New Karachi 

Industrial Area, Nusrat 

Bhutto Colony, Federal B 

announcement of Sindh 

Public 

Service 

Commission regarding 

positions of controller and 

deputy controller be followed 

in letter and spirit; 

selection during election 

of Pakistan Nursing 

Council from Sindh be 

cancelled. 

“We have presented our Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, 

justified demands to health 

department officials but 

were ignored every time. 

Clifton, Korangi, West 

Nurses are considered 

backbone of health system 

but Sindh health department 

want to make it disable. 

You all know that 

when even close relatives 

and family members avoid 

to see a patient, at that time 

too nurses are providing 

them required care. 

Despite such services of 

nurses, we are exploited by 

health department officials,” 

nurses leaders 

expressed their grief. 

KWSB assures 

water facilities 

for Rabi-ul-Awal 

KARACHI: Karachi 

Water and Sewerage Board’s 

Deputy Managing Director 

Technical Services 

Asadullah Khan has said that 

the water board would make 

special arrangements for 

supplying water and draining 

sewerage in the month of 

Rabbi-ul-Awal. 

We will take steps for 

special arrangements near all 

the mosques, procession 

routes and drainage measures 

for this day. A special 

cell will be set to provide 

water for Sabeel while 

mosques. Manholes coming 

in the way of mosques, procession 

routes and congregation 

venues will be repaired, 

covered and colored. 

This was decided at a 

meeting presided over by 

Khan. The meeting was also 

attended by Ahl-e- Sunnat 

Rabita Council Pakistan 

leader Syed Masroor, 

President Karachi Division 

Sharjeel Qadri, Naseem 

Ahmed Khan and Mazhar 

Ahmed Khan. 

The council leaders 

thanked Khan for assuring 

water and sanitation arrangements 

for the holy month of 

Rabi-ul-Awal. 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Minister for Labour and 

Human Resources, Ghulam 

Murtaza Baloch has paid 

surprise visit to Kulsum Bai 

Valika Hospital in Karachi 

and showed his annoyance 

over the poor cleanliness at 

the hospital. 

He said that how poor 

patient will recover in this 

pathetic and unhygienic 

condition inside the hospital. 

The minister directed 

medical superintendent of 

Kulsum Bai Valika 

Hospital, Dr Muhammad 

Nawaz Gahoti to take strict 

Over 70% of Karachi loses 

power as national grid line trips 

KARACHI: The people 

of Karachi are upset as 

fares of city transport have 

been raised due to hike in 

the price of Compressed 

Natural Gas (CNG) on 

Saturday. According to 

details, the transporters 

Wharf, Defence, Jacob 

Lines and Orangi. 

Hospitals and the airport 

also lost power. 

K-Electric says their 

teams are working on the 

issue but it will take a few 

hours to resolve. It ordinarily 

takes three to four 

hours to fix. 

The national grid supplies 

650 megawatts supply 

to K-Electric, which 

has stopped because the 

line tripped. K-Electric’s 

own 2,200MW supply 

have increased the fares 

from Rs20 to Rs40. 

In response to this price 

boom, the agitated citizens 

said that the incumbent 

government has failed to 

provide relief to the public. 

They said that no project 

system has also shut 

down. 

The Pipri grid station 

has also tripped. Reports 

are also coming in that the 

power breakdown is being 

exacerbated by faults in 

the power supplier’s extra 

high tension lines. 

This is the third major 

power breakdown in the 

city this month. 

Areas in Hyderabad 

also lost power. Latifabad, 

Kohsar and Tando Jam are 

also in the dark. 

Karachiites irked by fare hike 

KARACHI: People are traveling on the roof of an overloaded passenger bus in Soldier 

Bazaar which may cause any unpleasant incident. 

KARACHI: Former 

provincial minister and 

senior Muttahida Quami 

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

(MQM-P) leader Rauf 

Siddiqui appeared before 

an Anti-Terrorism Court 

in the Baldia factory fire 

case. The key accused 

Abdul Rehman alias 

Rehman Bhola and Zubair 

alias Zubair Charya were 

produced before the 

court. 

Over 12 witnesses, 

mostly relatives of 

deceased factory workers, 

recorded their statements 

and told the court that 

they learned through 

media that fire erupted in 

the factory. 

They stated that they 

immediately reached the 

factory where police contingents 

and fire brigade 

staff were already present 

while brunt people were 

being pulled out from the 

factory. 

The witnesses stated 

that bodies of the burnt 

people were given by 

police some days after the 

incident. They told the 

court it was hard to identify 

the faces of the 

deceased workers as they 

action against all the supervisors 

and cleaning staff for 

showing negligence in their 

duties. 

Baloch went through all 

wards and sections of hospital, 

including operation 

theater, offices, rooms, and 

pharmacy. He inquired the 

patients about the services 

and facilities provided at 

the hospitals and also paid 

heed to their complaints. 

He inspected the food 

provided to the patients by 

the hospital mess and 

showd satisfaction over its 

quality. The minister directed 

all doctors and staff to be 

humble and friendly while 

treating and dealing with 

patients and their attendants. 

He added that the 

poor and ill workers needed 

KARACHI: Following a 

three-year hiatus, actor and 

morning show host, Faysal 

Quraishi is set to return to 

the silver screen with a film 

titled Sorry: A Love Story. 

Faysal along with Sohail 

Javed revealed the title and 

cast of their much-awaited 

feature film in a Press 

Conference in Karachi, 

which had some of the 

industy’s most noted names, 

including Humayun Saeed, 

Samina Peerzada, Fahad 

Mustafa, Nadeem Baig and 

Adnan Siddiqui in attendance. 

According to the 

film’s makers, the film will 

be a romantic drama about 

of transport facilities has 

been completed in the international 

city and provincial 

capital. 

They also demanded the 

concerned authorities to 

look into the matter and 

reduce the fare. 

Rauf Siddiqui appears in 

Baldia factory fire case 

were completely burnt. 

ATC sought more witnesses 

by 27th October 

2018 in the case. It 

adjourned the hearing till 

27 October. The statements 

of more than 300 

people, who are part of the 

case, have been submitted. 

Counsel of MQM-P 

leader Khalid Maqbool 

Siddiqi had appealed for 

acquittal. Around 250 

workers of a garments 

factory in Baldia Town 

were killed in 2012 when 

a fire broke out in the factory 

and they couldn’t 

escape. 

Minister annoyed over Valika Hospital's dismal condition 

extra attention and care. He 

warned and said that he 

would pay surprise visits in 

the future too and if anybody 

is found guilty, he will 

take actions against them. 

Faysal Quraishi to return to the silver 

screen with ‘Sorry: A Love Story’ 

the ups and downs of love, 

finding love, losing it, and 

finding it again. The film 

will be shot on multiple 

locations in Pakistan and 

across the world and features 

Aamina Sheikh, Faysal 

Quraishi, Sonya Hussyn and 

Zahid Ahmed in the lead. 

It will be written, directed 

and co-produced by Sohail 

Javed, with Quraishi also on 

board as producer. 

Renowned musician 

Abbas Ali Khan will compose 

the film’s original 

score. The film will go on 

floor in early 2019 and is 

expected to release the 

same year.


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Parents of children playing at 

railway tracks to face action 

LAHORE: “Parents of 

children playing cricket at 

the railway tracks will be 

taken into custody”, warned 

Federal Minister for 

Railways, Sheikh Rasheed 

on Saturday. 

Rasheed said schools 

and small factories built 

near railway tracks will be 

closed, “action will continue 

against people who are 

occupying railways’ land”, 

said the railways minister. 

Briefing the media after 

chairing meeting of the 

department at Railways’ 

headquarters in Lahore 

today, Rasheed announced 

to reduce railway fares of 

economy class by 30 percent. 

Railways’ revenue has 

increased by Rs1billion in 

first 50 days of the newly 

elected government, 

claimed the minister. 

Taking former railways’ 

minister to task, Sheikh 

Rasheed said engines of 

worth Rs 220 million were 

bought for Rs 420 million, 

UCH SHARIF: Shaziya 

(16) has been killed in the 

name of honor by her family 

members including 

father and uncle on escaping 

from home for the sake 

of love marriage. 

According to the 

sources, 16 year old 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railway Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad talking to media. 

adding that he was planning 

to carry out audit into the 

matter. 

About recruitments in 

the department, the railways 

minister said that not 

a single person will be 

appointed against the merit. 

“I don’t have right to 

regularize contract employees 

of the department, only 

Shazia has been killed in 

the name of honor by her 

Father Masheer Ahmad, 

Uncle Rafique and 

Grandfather Manzoor on 

running from home to get 

married of her sweet will 

in Uch Sharif. 

According to the police 

Prime Minister Khan can 

take decision in this 

regard”, clarified the minister. 

While comparing 

Shehbaz Sharif with elder 

Sharif, the minister said 

Shehbaz embezzled more 

funds as compared to his 

brother, the former prime 

minister, Nawaz Sharif. 

Pakistan Railways on 

sources, Shazia fled away 

from home after her parents 

didn’t allow her to 

get married with her paramour, 

girl was brought 

back on Punchait’s order 

and handed over to her 

parents, after which her 

Father, Uncle and 

October 18, said that they 

are ready utilize 10913 

acres barren land across the 

country by executing various 

projects under public 

private partnership to earn 

more revenue for the 

department. 

“The department owns 

1,67,690 acres land all over 

the country, out of which 

Grandfather killed her in 

the name of honor. 

Father, Uncle and 

Grandfather were arrested 

by the Nowshera police 

while case has been registered 

against all other persons 

including all members 

of Punchait. 

90326 in Punjab, 39428 in 

Sindh, 28228 in 

Balochistan and 9708 in 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” an 

official in the Ministry of 

Railways told a state run 

wire service. 

Regarding the barren 

land, he said that Pakistan 

Railways has 8424 acres 

barren land in Punjab, 1346 

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 

263 in Sindh and 880 in 

Balochistan. 

He said that Pakistan 

Railways had leased out 

15172 acres land for various 

purposes across the 

country and around 3330 

acres land was under 

encroachments of different 

government departments 

and individual. 

Pakistan Railways was 

using 1086 acres land for 

Railway Housing Societies 

in four provinces and 806 

acres land was under the 

utilization of regular and 

non-regular Katchi 

Abadies, he added. 

Week long cleanliness 

Girl murdered by father, uncle in the campaign to be 

launched from Oct 23 

name of honor in Uch Sharif 

RAWALPINDI: A 

Science, Technology, Engineering and 

Mathematics (STEM) exhibition organizes 

Our Correspondent Department of Education, 

SHIKARPUR: Sukkur Department of Electrical 

IBA University on Saturday Engineering, Department of 

organized Science, Computer Science, 

Technology, Engineering Department of Mathematics 

and Mathematics (STEM) and Social Sciences, IBA 

exhibition at its campus, on Community College 

Saturday. Various departments 

Khairpur, Ghotki, Ubauro, 

of Sukkur IBA Dadu, Naushahro Feroze, 

University, its community Jacobabad, IBA Public 

colleges and public schools 

participated in the exhibition, 

where students showcased 

their projects. 

School Sukkur and Larkana, 

IBA Islamia Public Higher 

Secondary School Ghotki 

and others. Students showcased 

Deputy Commissioner 

their innovative proj- 

Sukkur Ghulam Murtaza ects in the exhibition, which 

Shaikh and the Registrar 

Sukkur IBAUniversity Engr. 

Zahid Hussain Khand inaugurated 

the exhibition and 

went round various stalls, 

were highly appreciated by 

the chief guest. The Deputy 

Commissioner was much 

impressed with the projects 

of the students and said, 

where students briefed them Sukkur IBA University’s 

about their respective projects. 

The institutions participated 

STEM initiative is a good 

thing, through which love of 

in the exhibition science and technology will 

include various departments 

of Sukkur IBA University, 

Department of Mathematics, 

be sparked among the students. 

The Registrar Sukkur 

IBA University Engr. Zahid 

Hussain Khand said the 

STEM was first initiated by 

the USA and now it is being 

followed world over adding 

the secret behind the development 

of the western countries 

lies in the STEM and 

therefore the Higher 

Education Commission has 

initiated this inPakistan and 

Sukkur IBA University is 

following it. Talking about 

the government schools and 

colleges, the registrar said, 

most of the schools and colleges 

don’t have science laboratories, 

due to which we 

are lagging behind in science 

and technology. To overcome 

this shortage to some 

extent, Sukkur IBA 

University has developed a 

mobile science laboratory; 

he went on telling, with the 

purpose to take it to different 

schools and colleges to provide 

testing facilities to the 

students. 

Illegal arrests, 

Afridi surprise visit 

to Koral PS, laments 

staff performance 

ISLAMABAD: States 

Minister for Interior 

Shehryar Afridi on 

Saturday made a surprise 

visit to Koral police station. 

The State Minister met 

the persons in lock up and 

sought a report regarding 

arrest of a young boy illegally 

from IG Islamabad. 

Entry of visitors in the 

police station was banned 

on the arrival of Afridi. 

The state minister for 

interior took strong notice 

of illegally arrested persons 

and expressed resentment 

over police performance. 

He cursed Station 

House Officer Koral 

police station Inspector 

Qasim for keeping a child 

illegally in lock up. 

The inspector failed to 

satisfy the state minister 

over the arrests as he didn’t 

have solid proofs against 

the nabbed persons. 

Police stations are made 

for public facilitation not to 

punish people for what they 

don’t do, he said. He heard 

problems of the prisoners in 

the police station and order 

immediate solution of their 

problems. 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Scientists have developed a 

potential solution to the rising 

global antibiotic resistance 

crisis. It lies in rendering 

bacteria ineffective 

without killing them, which 

relieves the selective pressure 

that drives the growth 

of resistant strains. 

When a team at Case 

Western Reserve 

University School of 

Medicine in Cleveland, 

OH, treated mice with specific 

small molecules that 

stop bacteria from producing 

toxins, all the animals 

survived an MRSA sepsis 

infection, compared with 

less than a third of untreated 

mice. 

The finding is significant 

because if the same is 

true of humans, then it 

shows that it may not be 

necessary to use antibiotics 

to cure sepsis. 

The study, which features 

in the journal 

week long cleanliness 

campaign under the auspices 

of Cantonment 

Board in Cantt. will be 

launched from October 

23. 

Six hundred and two 

sanitary workers and sixty 

seven small and big vehicles 

of various types 

including mini dumper, 

mini taper, excavator 

machine and shower will 

be extensively used. All 

areas will be cleaned in 

Cantt. but particular focus 

will be on the densely 

populated areas. To make 

the public aware banners 

will be put for display. 

In this connection the 

Cantonment 

Officer Subtan Raza has 

issued directives to the 

responsible persons. 

Abdul Rauf 

SUKKUR: Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh meet with 

members of American Bar 

Association, they had discussed 

on doctrine for 

upholding the Rule of Law 

alongwith legislation for 

strengthening the Local 

Bodies System in Pakistan. 

Mayor Sukkur Barrister 

Arsalan Islam Shaikh, visit 

the American Bar 

Association in Chicago, 

USA and meet with members 

on friday. Mayor 

Sukkur also held a meeting 

with members in which he 

consulted the legislative 

ISLAMABAD: Students are taking their classes at Master Ayub Park School (MAPS) in F-6. 

‘Construction of new Punjab Assembly 

building to complete before next budget’ 

LAHORE: The next 

budget of the province is 

expected to be unveiled in 

the new building of Punjab 

Assembly which is currently 

under construction, 

said Provincial Minister 

for Law and Parliamentary 

Affairs Basharat Raja. 

According to the minister, 

Punjab Assembly 

Speaker Chaudhry Pervez 

Elahi has given special 

directives of the timely 

completion of the project. 

Raja said huge funds 

had been allocated in the 

budget for the new building 

of the Punjab 

Assembly as it was need of 

the hour keeping in view 

the total seating capacity 

of the assembly. 

He said the Punjab 

Assembly was the largest 

Dera Ghazi Khan, and 

Sargodha. 

4 colleges will be constructed 

in district 

Sargodha of Sargodha 

division, 4 in Bhakkar, 

one in Tehsil Murree of 

Rawalpindi division, 4 

colleges in Gujranwala, 

Hafiz Abad division , one 

in district Narowal, one in 

and 

Rajanpur, districts of DG 

Khan, while three colleges 

will be constructed in district 

Rahim Yar Khan, 

house in the country with 

371 members and the seating 

arrangement was a 

grave issue for MPAs. 

“The project of the new 

Punjab Assembly building 

was launched when Pervez 

Elahi was the chief minister 

around a decade ago 

but the previous government 

did not take any 

interest to complete the 

project. “Therefore Pervez 

Elahi will complete the 

project now when he has 

become the PA speaker,” 

said Raja. 

The minister has also 

served as a minister in the 

cabinet of Elahi from 

2003-2007. 

On Sep 7, Punjab chief 

minister Sardar Usman 

Buzdar had said that 

building of Punjab assembly 

is 90 years old and the 

number of assembly members 

had been increased 

now. He added that the 

existing building was facing 

the shortage of seating 

capacity. 

He had made these 

remarks while visiting the 

under-construction building 

with Speaker Punjab 

assembly Ch. Pervaiz 

Elahi. 

They were given briefing 

about leftover works of 

the under-construction 

building. The chief minister 

and speaker inspected 

different parts and underconstruction 

hall. 

They also visited the 

u n d e r - c o n s t r u c t i o n 

mosque and directed to 

complete the remaining 

work at the earliest. 

20 new boys and girls colleges to be constructed 

in 4 divisions of Punjab including RWP 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Provincial government 

has decided to construct 

20 new boys and girls colleges 

in four divisions of 

Punjab including 

Rawalpindi. 

According to media 

reports, directions have 

been given to directorate 

of colleges for preparation 

of a feasibility report of Muzaffargarh 

Executive colleges in this regard. 

These colleges will be 

constructed 

in 

Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, 

matters and other important 

issues including Rule 

of Law for increasing the 

strength and efficiency of 

the Local Government 

System in Pakistan. 

During the meeting, 

Members of A.B.A has 

given useful advice to him 

and appreciate the performance 

of efforts of 

Youngest Mayor of 

Bahawalpur division. 

Out of these colleges, 

12 colleges will be constructed 

for girls while 

eight colleges will be constructed 

for boys. 

Provincial government 

want to start construction 

of these colleges as soon 

as possible that is why 

directorate of colleges 

have been directed to send 

feasibility report of all 

their colleges to Higher 

Education Commission 

within the next three days. 

Mayor Sukkur meeting with Members 

of American Bar Association 

Scientific Reports, also 

suggests that these small 

molecules can increase the 

effectiveness of antibiotics. 

Mice treated with both had 

much lower levels of 

bloodborne bacteria than 

mice treated only with 

antibiotics. 

"For relatively healthy 

patients," says senior 

author Menachem Shoham, 

who is an associate professor 

of biochemistry at Case 

Western, "such as athletes 

suffering from a MRSA 

infection, these molecules 

may be enough to clear an 

infection." 

For those with weaker 

immune systems, then a 

combination of the small 

molecules with a low-dose 

antibiotic might be more 

effective. Dr. Shoham suggests 

that this could work in 

cases where the antibiotic 

used in the combination is 

one to which the bacteria 

have become resistant. 

He explains that the 

"small molecules enhance 

the activity of conventional 

antibiotics, such as penicillin." 

This could open a 

route through which antibiotics 

that have become 

obsolete can once again be 

effective in the clinic. 

A global review that 

ended in 2016 estimated 

that 10 million lives per 

year could be at risk due to 

the growing worldwide 

threat of antimicrobial 

resistance. 

It states that if antibiotics 

are rendered ineffective, 

then many types of 

medical procedure and 

treatments such as joint 

replacement, cesarean 

delivery, bowel surgery, 

and chemotherapy — 

"could become too dangerous 

to perform." 

Resistance to antibiotics 

develops because every 

time someone uses them a 

small number of microbes 

survive due to having a natural 

resistance to the drugs. 

Eventually, the resistance 

spreads, not only 

Sukkur. In the Meeting 

they also discussed on 

Collaboration of American 

Bar Association with 

Sindh Bar Council and 

Sukkur Bar. 

Antibiotic resistance: Breakthrough study offers solution 

because the microbes with 

natural resistance grow, but 

also because they share 

their resistance with others. 

The situation has now 

developed to the point 

where there are no effective 

antibiotics left to treat some 

infections. 

In the United States, 

infections due to antibioticresistant 

bacteria affect 

around 2 million people per 

year and account for 23,000 

deaths. 

The small molecules 

that Dr. Shoham and his 

team have developed can 

attach themselves to toxinproducing 

proteins in bacteria 

belonging to Grampositive 

species. 

The species include 

Staphylococcus aureus, the 

bacterium behind staph 

infections, and its highly 

resistant version methic 

i l l i n - r e s i s t a n t 

Staphylococcus 

(MRSA). 

aureus

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

MASSIVE power failure, a worsening constant 

in decline of what could otherwise be a healthy 

socio-economic life line, again hit several 

major cities of provinces plunging into darkness around 

80% of Pakistan including capital city Islamabad as 

authorities struggled to restore electricity supply in a 

country plagued by a crippling energy crisis. 

THAT meant neither light nor flight of progress 

upwards for socio-economics of Pakistan following a 

recent petrol scarcity crisis with ambulances scrambling 

for petrol, patients unable to reach hospitals, and those 

patients at home or operation theatres stuck with their life 

on the line blinking with whatever breaths and moments 

were left for a miserable living. 

HOPELESS 180-million people defeated by doing 

and undoing of their own elected leaders of broken promises, 

dashed national hopes, and a dark future, kept with 

up with their one unfailing constant: regrets after each 

elections over leadership corruption since past 6.5 

decades. It seems quite immature to express trust, confidence 

or hopes for a better living against their unrealistic 

dreams, though people’s expectations may be limitless if 

leaders acted on a fraction of their claims and used national 

human and natural resources properly. 

CHAOS with surprises reigned as nature of fault was 

not known exactly behind the fourth major breakdown of 

the system within the past one month, initially blamed on 

technical faults, rebel attacks and other various reasons, 

all falling within mismanagement and inefficiency. 

Lawlessness needed to be controlled in Balochistan 

province, but it was not done up to now, as buses and pilgrims 

are blown up every now and then: Transmission 

lines in Balochistan's Nasirabad district were blown up by 

a bomb which caused the electricity crises. It’s government’s 

version. 

Pakistan’s industrial hub Karachi’s more than 70 per 

cent area went dark which this country earning most revenue 

from it can hardly afford, as industrial terrorism of 

K-Electric and terrorism of misled fanatics who killed 

By As’ad Abdul Rahman 

As far as Palestine is concerned, it is fair to ask 

why the Palestine Liberation Organisation 

(PLO) initially refused to sign the International 

Criminal Court (ICC) Statute? Why did it return to 

sign it? What is the ‘secret’ of the Trump administration’s 

position vis-a-vis this Court, especially with 

regard to the Palestinian issue? 

When the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) 

presented a full case to the court about Israel’s crimes 

during its war against the Gaza Strip in 2008, the case 

was rejected on the grounds that Palestine lacks the 

status of a state. When its status changed from an 

“observer” to a “non-member state” and after the PNA 

signed 15 international agreements, there was an 

increased demand for the speedy signing of the Rome 

Statute as a starting point for accession to this international 

tribunal. 

Indeed, on May 22, 2018, the Palestinian Minister 

of Foreign Affairs presented the so-called referral 

request giving the ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, a 

legal basis to go beyond the preliminary investigation 

initiated by her office in January 2015. The referral, 

handed by the Palestinian minister to the prosecutor — 

in accordance with Article 45 of the Statute — 

demanded an immediate investigation to be opened 

into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed 

by Israel in the occupied territories, as of June 

13, 2014. The Palestinian documents included a list of 

Israeli political and military leaders, most notably 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that the court 

was asked to prosecute for the crimes they committed 

against the Palestinian people. 

After this Palestinian step, the prosecutor replied in 

a special statement that “the referral does not automatically 

lead to an investigation”, but added that “there 

should be no doubt that in the present case and in any 

case before my office, I will always take the decision 

EDITORIAL 

Pakistan can’t succeed 

without energy sufficiency 

OPINION 

human beings on daily basis, went hand in hand, since 

more than a decade, with people wondering about what’s 

wrong with anti-terror operations: It needed to end terrorism 

which it did not, as it was not enough to say that 

potential terrorism was blocked, and people want various 

socio-economic roots of terrorism cut out so that peace 

could rule. Federal and provincial governments failed to 

do it, though they should have since long. Questions were 

arising within common public and opposition charge was 

glaring through length and breadth against living off an 

issue called terrorism, without eliminating terrorism. It’s 

not worth for government to make citizens or their protector 

force victims of terrorism without killing roots and 

creators terrorism as well as increase in number of terrorists 

themselves. 

DODGING main ideological or financial issues or 

socio-economic ills led to this energy crisis raising a mentally 

and physically sick society as politicians avoided 

practices of their beautifully spoken and cleverly worded 

policies in speeches and writings. No nation can afford 

such madness which can end if leaders were capable 

enough to end it. They were not. And can make way for 

better ones. It was also not enough that power supply was 

partially restored in Karachi towards full power supply 

soon.Another stated reason of technical fault should have 

been foreseen in National Grid and precautionary measures 

taken in advance of a coming catastrophe. If that was 

done, Uch-Sibi-Quetta power line would not have been 

severely affected and power system failure due to overloading 

of grid stations and other transmission lines could 

be avoided. However, maintenance work went under way 

after authorities woke up and a worsening situation was 

being monitored to ensure the restoration of electricity to 

all parts of Pakistan, after an irreparable loss was inflicted, 

instead of ascertaining problem-free functioning of 

power supply system. 

Maybe those responsible can definitely do something 

about it now, before their imminent downfall if they forgot 

it in action in some year or decade in future. 

Will the ICC finally prosecute Israel? 

US threats to the Palestinian Authority for seeking to punish Israel through 

the court came after the case dossier was submitted for investigation 

LETTER TO EDITOR 

guaranteed by the mandate given to me”. 

Although the referral does not automatically lead to 

an investigation under Article 12 of the court law, if the 

prosecutor decides the case referred to her warrants an 

investigation in accordance with the standards set forth 

in the Statute. In this case, the Statute does not require 

permission from the Pre-Trial Division in order to initiate 

an investigation. 

Bias towards Tel Aviv 

In April 2018, the court prosecutor promised to 

prosecute perpetrators of atrocities against the population 

of the Gaza Strip and warned that violence against 

civilians could constitute crimes under the Rome 

Convention. The US threats against the PNA for seeking 

to punish Israel through the court came after the 

case dossier was submitted for an investigation. The 

threats are no more than a means of pressure and an 

attempt to protect Israel, which commits crimes 

against the Palestinian people. We have also seen how 

the US administration is taking a different course from 

all previous American policies towards the Palestinian 

cause. The threats made by the White House national 

security adviser to the ICC, in addition to previous 

decisions to cut aid to the Palestinians, transfer the US 

embassy to occupied Jerusalem, and attempts to write 

off UNRWA, all confirm full bias towards the Israeli 

occupation. We’re not pointing an accusing finger at 

anyone if we say there is reluctance from the ICC 

criminal prosecution division to open an investigation 

against Israeli military leaders. Such an investigation 

by the court against Israeli generals means issuing 

arrest warrants and criminal prosecutions and barring 

their entry into all countries that have ratified the 

Rome Convention, including most European countries. 

Since the establishment of the court, European 

states have always adhered to its decisions, either by 

not receiving wanted persons or by arresting them if 

they enter their territories. 

Honor Killing 

Dear Editor, 

I would like to draw the attention of concerned authorities towards "Honor Killings". Honor killing sound 

very patriotic jingoistic and great but it's creating hell in the life of the lower class families. Problems have been 

conceived, planned and executive by the so-called elders in society. Most of them are illiterate with one foot in 

the grave, how can these in ancient, antique people decide the fate of the youngsters of society. 

Since time immemorial, love marriages have been there and will always be there, nothing new or innovative 

is about it. People fall in love not because they want to, it just happen. But that old men who have not fairly 

treated their wives deny such relationships and never accepts the loving couple for marriage. It's gross injustice. 

One can always suggests advice but final decision has to be the rightfully left to the boy and the girl. 

Press and electronic media are full of ghostly and frightening stories narrating the inhumane treatment to 

these couples. Government needs to react and act very fast, let not any innocent life be taken by these die hard 

stereotypes self style, rule makers of society 

Yours Sincerely 

Syeda Farwa Shah 

‘Sharifs exemption’: PAT challenges LHC’s 

Model Town case verdict in top court 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

Awami Tehreek (PAT) on 

Saturday approached the 

Supreme Court, challenging 

the Lahore High Court’s 

verdict regarding rejection 

of nomination of Sharif 

brothers in the Model Town 

case investigation. 

A larger bench of the 

LHC had rejected a petition 

on September 26 filed 

by Minhajul Quran seeking 

to nominate the Sharif 

brothers and others as 

accused in the Model Town 

incident case. 

A three-judge bench 

gave a majority verdict and 

acquitted former premier 

Nawaz Sharif, his brother 

Shehbaz Sharif, former law 

minister Rana Sanaullah 

and half a dozen others. 

The bench upheld a ruling 

of an anti-terrorism 

court that excluded them 

from the list of the accused 

nominated in the Model 

Town case. 


Pakistan Electronic Media 

Regulatory Authority 

(PEMRA) Saturday issued 

notice to news channels for 

airing malicious remarks 

of Nihal Hashmi against 

state institution. 

PEMRA takes cognizance 

of controversial 

speech of Nihal Hashmi 

Former prime minister, 

Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz 

Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz, 

Rana Sanaullah have been 

made respondents in the 

plea of PAT. 

SC has been pleaded to 

void LHC’s verdict in 

Model Town case, “PML-N 

killed more than 10 persons 

in model town under the 

name of removing 

encroachments”, PAT contented 

in plea. 

PAT further said in its 

against state institution in 

violation of the PEMRA 

Code of Conduct, said a 

press release issued here. 

PEMRA in its show 

cause notice issued to all 

news channels which have 

aired the controversial and 

objectionable remarks of 

Nihal Hashmi against state 

institution has asked to 

plea filed in SC that, no 

notice was served to them, 

before start of antiencroachment 

drive. 

On October 23, as many 

as 116 policemen involved 

in model town carnage 

were relieved from their 

posts. The suspended 

policemen included DSPs, 

Inspectors, In-charge investigation 

and other officials. 

The policemen were 

asked to report to the 

Police Line. 

PEMRA issues notice to news channels 

Our Correspondent 

SHIKARPUR: Two villagers 

were shot dead while 

one sustained severe bullet 

wounds over an old ongoing 

hostility between two groups 

of Badani Jatoi and 

Kamalani Jatoi tribesmen at 

Kot-Shahoo Bridge, riverine 

area of Khanpur tehsil of 

Shikarpur, in the precinct of motorcyclist 

Napar-Kot Police Station, 

late other day. 

Zahid Hussain Abro, the 

SHO above mentioned 

police station, told this scribe 

that three villagers, riding on 

their motorcycle, were leaving 

for village Chaman 

Sukhpur from village 

Khamiso Jatoi when who 

reached at Kot-Shaho bridge 

when unknown ambushed 

armed assailants opened 

indiscriminate firing on 

them, consequently, two 

motorcyclist identified as 

Ghulam Fareed aka 

Commando Badani Jatoi, of 

30, and Liaquat Ali Dodani 

Jatoi, of 20, were killed on 

the spot while their another 

accomplice 

identified as Bango Badani 

Jatoi sustained severe bullet 

wounds while after committing 

heinous crime armed 

assailants managed to escape 

from place of firing. 

Following on the information, 

area police rushed 

on the spot and transported 

the bodies to Khanpur 

Hospital for postmortem 

show cause within seven 

days and explain that why 

the space was provided to 

a person who has history 

of uttering such controversial 

statements in past. 

In case channels fail to 

explain its position the action 

will be taken against them 

which may result in fine or 

suspension of channels. 

Two gunned down, one injured in firing 

SPO organizes 

district interest group 

training workshop 

Sawan Khaskheli 

BADIN: Strengthening 

Participatory Organization 

(SPO) organized district 

interest group training workshop 

in Badin press club hall. 

The workshop was participated 

by large number of 

civil society, representitives 

of local government,.parents, 

intellectuals and journalists. 

While addressing 

Mansoor Ahmed Chacher, 

project officer, SPO Badin, 

Imtiaz Ali Leghari, programme 

Shireen Sikander, programme 

officer, Miss Irshad 

Chandio and Haya Mehdi 

said that literacy rate in 

Badin was 44.99 and 

according the survey and 

reports of Alaf Ailan and 

national statical department, 

Badin was at the number of 

124 among the 141 districts 

of Pakistan and it was 

alarming and deplorable 

condition. They said according 

survey compiled by 

SPO, in Badin district out of 

2991 schools, 2252 were 

deprived of electricity,1362 

wash rooms and 1616 

schools were suffered of 

compound walls while 1963 

schools were sustaining lack 

of pure drinking water 

simultaneously, dozens of 

schools were deprived of 

furniture, buildings, stationary 

and other basic amenities. 

They said in a report of 

monitoring and evolution 

department, government of 

Sindh, 26 schools were non 

functional for long time 

while 3 schools were closed 

in Badin district. 

and injured for medical 

treatment from where the 

dead bodies were handed 

over to their heirs after conducting 

autopsies while 

injured was referred to 

DHQ Hospital Shikarpur for 

further medical treatment 

after providing medical 

assistances. 

An apple of discord was 

said to be an ongoing hostility 

developed between 

Kamani and Badani Jatoi 

tribesmen around one year 

ago when Badani Jatoi 

tribesmen killed Gul Hassan 

Kamalani Jatoi and a 

woman, belonged to Badani 

community, on suspicion of 

having illicit relations, SHO 

elaborated. 

Awami Tehreek pays protest & 

token hunger strike against dams 

Staff Report 

BADIN: Awami 

Tehreek paid protest 

coordinator, hunger strike against construction 

of dams over 

Indus river and issuance of 

CNICs to aliens. The 

hunger strike camp was 

joined by hundreds of men, 

women and children 

including students, 

lawyers, representitives of 

civil society, political parties 

social organizations 

and local government.The 

protest hunger strike camp 

led by Dr. Rasool Bux 

Khaskheli, central president, 

Awami Tehreek, Noor 

Ahmed Katiar, central general 

secretary, Awami 

Tehreek, Sartaj Ahmed 

Chandio, central vice president, 

Mehran Dars, central 

deputy general secretary, 

Jakhro Noohani, Arif 

Junejo, Advocate Kamran 

Lakho, Advocate Ram 

Kolhi, Reshma Gopang, 

Zarqa Halepoto and others. 

Four SPs related to the 

incident were already 

removed from the field 

posting. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that an anti-terrorism 

court (ATC) Lahore recently 

indicted former Punjab 

police chief Mushtaq 

Sukhera in a case pertaining 

to the Model Town carnage. 

The ex-IG Punjab 

pleaded not guilty and 

opted to contest the 

charges against him. 

11 years old Hindu 

student kidnapped 

from Hala 

Vijay Kumar 

MATIARI/HALA: A student 

of six class namely 

Monika kumari d/O Ashok 

kumar residence of Hala city 

district Matiari was kidnapped 

by Mushtaque Mahar 

and three others by means of 

gun point from her home. 

While talking to media, 

Her brother yashpal told that 

alleged Mushtaque Mahar 

has hidden my sister to 

unknown place and he 

always teased my sister during 

school time. 

We also complained 

against Mushtaque Mahar to 

his elders but in spite of that 

no one had taken any action 

in this regard. 

President hindu community 

Hala Ramesh kumar 

affirmed that we will briefed 

to media after holding the 

community meeting about 

this issue. FIR of kidnapping 

has been filed against 

Mushtaque Mahar and three 

others and police is searching 

them every where. 

It is also said that she will 

be converted forcibly. 

Ghinwa calls for 

fixing cane rate at 

Rs250 per 40kg 

GARHI KHUDA 

BUX: 

PPP-SB 

Chairperson Ghinwa 

Bhutto has said that after 

the martyrdom of Mir 

Murtaza Bhutto, several 

other dead bodies had 

been given to them and 

now the killers of Mir 

Murtaza Bhutto had sent 

them a message after murdering 

Asad Umrani. 

She was addressing the 

22nd martyrdom anniversary 

of PPP-SB founder 

and her husband Mir 

Murtaza Bhutto here on 

Saturday. She said 

Mohtarma called Mir 

Murtaza Bhutto three 

months before his killing 

to prime minister house 

for patch up but instead of 

patch up talks, Benazir 

talked about distribution 

of ancestral properties and 

Zardari asked why are you 

(Mir) talking against him 

(Zardari). 

LAHORE: Students of a private school collect garbage during a cleanliness drive organized 

by waste management company as part of Clean and Green Pakistan campaign at 

Mall Road.

Trump a reluctant critic of Saudi 

Arabia despite pressure to act 

WASHINGTON: Six 

days after Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi disappeared, 

U.S. President 

Donald Trump tried to play 

down the crisis, saying 

“hopefully that will sort 

itself out”. 

It did not, and on Oct. 

10, amid a growing outcry, 

Trump’s son-in-law Jared 

Kushner and national security 

adviser John Bolton 

pressed Saudi Crown 

Prince Mohammed Bin 

Salman, in what one U.S. 

official described as a 

“stern” phone call, to identify 

who was responsible 

for Khashoggi’s disappearance 

or death. 

Trump then seemed to 

NAIROBI, Kenya: 

Africa’s youngest billionaire 

Mohammed 

Dewji who was kidnapped 

last week by 

unknown gunmen in the 

Tanzanian city of Dar es 

Salaam has returned 

home, his family confirmed 

to local media on 

Saturday. 

In a tweet, Dewji, 43, 

also confirmed his safe 

return saying: “I thank 

Allah that I have returned 

give Saudi Arabia the benefit 

of the doubt, suggesting 

“rogue killers” may 

have been to blame and 

criticizing a growing view 

that this was a case of state 

murder. 

home safely. I thank all 

my fellow Tanzanians 

and everyone around the 

world for their prayers. I 

thank the authorities of 

Tanzania, including the 

Police Force for working 

for my safe return.” 

His father Gullam 

Dewji also confirmed his 

son's release without saying 

if the family had paid 

any ransom, daily 

Mwananchi reported. 

The family had earlier 

He changed his tone 

once again late this week, 

raising the prospect of 

sanctions against Riyadh. 

But when Saudi Arabia 

finally admitted on 

Saturday that Khashoggi 

offered nearly half-amillion 

dollars for any 

information on him. 

With Dewji at his side, 

Dar es Salaam police 

chief Lazaro Mombassa 

told reporters: “I am here 

with Mohammed Dewji 

and he is safe and in good 

health as you can see.” 

Distancing his countryfolk 

from the kidnapping, 

Mombassa said: 

“After interrogating him, 

we can reveal that those 

was dead, saying he was 

killed in a fight inside the 

consulate, Trump said the 

official explanation was 

“credible” even as 

Republican and 

Democratic lawmakers 

responded with anger and 

disbelief. 

Over the last two weeks, 

Trump has at times spoken 

of punishing Saudi Arabia 

but appeared reluctant to 

follow through against a 

close economic and security 

ally in the Middle East, a 

key player in ensuring the 

stability of global oil markets, 

and a major customer 

of arms deals that he says 

are “tremendous”. 

“Trump’s dug himself 

African billionaire Mohammed Dewji returns home 

Businessman was kidnapped last week from Tanzania's commercial capital 

British Museum launches 

new Islamic gallery 

Gallery includes many examples of Ottoman culture 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: A 

man has died in police 

custody shortly after he 

was handcuffed by officers 

at a bar in 

Melbourne's south-east 

yesterday morning. 

A post-mortem examination 

is underway to 

determine the exact 

cause of death of the 

man, who was arrested at 

a bar on Glenhuntly 

Road in Elsternwick 

LONDON: A new 

Islamic culture gallery at the 

world famous British 

Museum opened its doors to 

visitors Friday. 

The gallery, spread over 

two rooms, tells the story of 

cultures of the Islamic world 

from a region that stretches 

from West Africa to 

Southeast Asia from the seventh 

century to the present 

day. The Albukhary 

Foundation Gallery provides 

an extraordinary opportunity 

for visitors to view artifacts 

presented in displays with 

themes such as science, calligraphy, 

fashion and storytelling. 

The collection includes 

archaeology, decorative arts, 

shadow puppets, textiles and 

contemporary art. The 

gallery notably features 

many examples of Ottoman 

culture, including an 

Ottoman mosque lamp made 

in Iznik, northwestern 

Turkey and a beautiful 

Ottoman banner from the 

period of Selim III (1789- 

1807). 

It also features other 

objects from the rich 

Ottoman culture, including a 

around 2:15 am. 

Police called to the bar 

following reports the 

man had assaulted other 

patrons. 

In a statement, 

Victoria Police said the 

man was already being 

held down by "a number 

of people" when police 

arrived. 

Police said officers 

then arrested the man and 

placed him in handcuffs 

"when he lost consciousness". 

"Police attempted to 

pair of pearl-decorated 

wooden bath clogs, many 

examples of Iznik ceramic 

pottery and garments related 

to Sultan Selim III. 

The gallery’s launch was 

celebrated with musical concerts, 

whirling dervishes and 

short plays that promoted 

Islamic culture. 

The Albukhary 

Foundation is a non-profit 

organization based in 

Malaysia with an international 

presence. For the past 

40 years, it has been promoting 

goodwill through education 

and cultural heritage. 

Man dies in Melbourne police custody 

revive the man until 

Ambulance Victoria 

arrived and took over," 

the statement said. 

"Despite the efforts of 

emergency service personnel, 

the man died at 

the scene." 

The homicide squad is 

investigating the death 

with oversight from 

Professional Standards 

Command, which is the 

protocol for all Victorian 

deaths in custody. The 

man has not yet been formally 

identified. 

who kidnapped Mo Dewji 

were speaking a language 

from South Africa. This 

proves that those who 

were responsible were 

not Tanzanians.” 

Dewji owns the MeTL 

Group, which operates in 

35 industries across several 

African countries. 

He also served as a 

member of parliament for 

the ruling Chama cha 

Mapinduzi party from 

2005-2015. 

India to put former 

top climate change 

official on trial for 

sexual harassment 

NEW DELHI: An Indian 

court has ordered the trial of 

sexual harassment charges 

against one of world’s leading 

climate change experts, 

Rajendra K. Pachauri, his 

lawyer said on Saturday. 

The 78-year-old Pachauri, 

who had previously chaired 

the United Nation's 

Intergovernmental Panel on 

Climate Change, had stepped 

down from the panel in 2015 

following a sexual harassment 

complaint by a 

researcher at Pachauri's 

Delhi-based The Energy and 

Resources Institute (TERI). 

(reut.rs/2pZRAvQ) Pachauri 

denies the charges and has 

sought a speedy trial due to 

his old age, his counsel 

Ashish Dikshit told Reuters. 

Pachauri is accused of 

making physical advances, 

wrongful restraint, sending 

unwanted emails, and messages. 

He goes on trial just as 

the #MeToo movement 

sweeps India with a large 

number of women accusing 

public figures in the media 

and entertainment industry of 

sexual misconduct. A junior 

govt minister resigned last 

week after women accused 

him of making physical 

advances in hotel rooms and 

in the office during his previous 

career as a journalist. 

into a hole,” said Aaron 

David Miller, a former 

Middle East adviser to both 

Democratic and 

Republican administrations. 

“He will have to take 

some kind of action.” 

Behind the scenes, 

though, Trump’s aides 

scrambled to craft a 

response, especially as the 

bipartisan outcry in the 

Washington establishment 

grew. 

When news of 

Khashoggi’s disappearance 

first broke, aides made 

clear to White House chief 

of staff John Kelly that the 

case was not going away, 

two senior White House 

officials said. 

Thousands rally 

in Taiwan, call for 

referendum on 

independence from China 

TAIPEI: Several thousand 

pro-independence 

demonstrators rallied in 

Taiwan’s capital on Saturday 

to protest against Beijing’s 

“bullying” and called for a 

referendum on whether the 

self-ruled island should formally 

declare independence 

from China. 

Rally, one of largest seen 

on Taiwan this year, was 

organized by a group called 

Formosa Alliance founded six 

months ago, and the protesters 

gathered near the headquarters 

of President Tsai Ing-wen’s 

Democratic Progressive Party. 

Kenny Chung, a spokesman 

for Formosa Alliance, 

described the turnout as “very 

successful”. Relations with 

Beijing have deteriorated 

since Tsai came into office in 

2016, with China suspecting 

that she wants to push for formal 

independence, a red line 

for Beijing. China views 

Taiwan as a wayward 

province and has never 

renounced the use of force to 

bring democratic Taiwan 

under its control. This year, 

China increased military and 

diplomatic pressure, conducting 

air and sea military exercises 

around the island and 

persuading three of the few 

governments still supporting 

Taiwan to drop their backing. 

TECUN UMAN: 

Hundreds of Central 

American migrants bedded 

down overnight on a 

bridge separating 

Guatemala and Mexico, 

many squeezed against a 

metal border gate, as 

efforts to halt a trek north 

by a caravan of thousands 

of people gathered pace 

under U.S. pressure. poured 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump has warned the 

Central American caravan 

MUMBAI: Anirban Das 

Blah, who co-founded one 

of the biggest celebrity 

management agencies in 

India, attempted suicide 

after being accused of sexual 

harassment. 

The co-founder of 

KWAN Entertainment, 

which has managed actors 

such as Ranbir Kapoor and 

Deepika Padukone in the 

past, was reportedly rescued 

by police from jumping 

off a bridge in Vashi. 

The police had received a 

tip-off that that he planned 

to commit suicide, according 

to The Hindu. 

Police said Anirban was 

climbing over the barricades 

of the bridge when 

they caught hold of him. 

"He was crying. He seemed 

very frustrated and 

depressed," an official said. 

The 39-year-old was 

asked to step down by 

Kwan earlier this week 

after he was accused of sexual 

harassment by multiple 

women on a #MeToo 

thread on social media. 

"The past few days have 

been very disturbing to 

everyone in the light of the 


International 

#MeToo movement and it 

has pushed us all to take a 

step back and introspect 

whether each of us is doing 

enough to create a healthy 

and safe environment," the 

entertainment and marketing 

company said in a statement 

announcing that 

Anirban had been asked to 

quit. 

We fully support the 

#MeToo movement and 

deprecate and condemn 

those who have exploited 

women in any form or 

manner," the statement 

said, assuring a "safe and 

secure" working environment 

for its employees. 

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Bollywood celebrity manager attempts 

suicide after #MeToo allegations 

LONDON: Saudi 

Crown Prince Mohammed 

bin Salman was behind the 

alleged murder of journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi, a former 

chief of British intelligence 

agency MI6 said Friday. 

Speaking to the BBC, 

Sir John Sawers said the 

theory that rogue elements 

in the Saudi military were 

responsible was “blatant 

fiction”. 

Sawers’ comments follow 

remarks by U.S. 

President Donald Trump 

that Khashoggi was presumed 

dead and the consequences 

for Saudi Arabia 

would be “severe” if Saudi 

leaders were found to have 

ordered his alleged murder. 

“I think President 

Trump and his ministerial 

team are waking up to just 

how dangerous it is to have 

people acting with a sense 

that they have impunity in 

their relationship with the 

United States,” Sawers 

said. 

“If it is proven, and it 

KIRKUK: One year since a controversial 

referendum on Kurdish 

regional independence, Turkmen 

and Arab residents in Iraq’s northern 

province of Kirkuk cite major 

progress in various fields since Iraqi 

government forces seized control of 

the oil-rich area. 

“The situation is Kirkuk is getting 

better day by day,” Ali Mehdi, 

a spokesman for the Iraqi Turkmen 

Front (ITF), told Anadolu Agency. 

In September 2017, the Kurdish 

Regional Government (KRG) held 

a controversial referendum on 

secession of northern Iraq’s Kurdish 

region from the country. 

The Sept. 25 vote was strongly 

opposed by most regional and international 

actors -- including the U.S., 

Turkey, and Iran -- who warned the 

initiative would further destabilize 

the region. 

Following the vote, Iraqi government 

forces moved into several 

parts of the country “disputed” 

between Baghdad and the Erbilbased 

KRG, including the oil-rich 

Kirkuk province. 

“We are now freed from the onesided 

dominance of the Kurdish 

political parties," Omer Hussein, a 

local resident in Kirkuk, said. 

Kirkuk had been under the control 

of the Kurdish Peshmerga 

forces for more than three years, 

before Baghdad seized control of 

the area last year. 

Mehdi cited that kidnapping for 

ransom and murders have almost 

vanished in Kirkuk since government 

forces seized the oil-rich 

province. 

“All parties should understand 

India's #MeToo movement 

has been gaining traction 

with several women 

calling out powerful men in 

government, Bollywood 

and the media. 

The trigger appears to 

have been actress 

Tanushree Dutta, who 

accused well-known 

Bollywood actor Nana 

Patekar of inappropriate 

behaviour on a film set 10 

years ago. Since then a 

slew of popular Bollywood 

figures have been accused 

of sexual misconduct, 

including Vikas Bahl, Sajid 

Khan and Alok Nath. All 

have denied the claims. 

Saudi prince behind Khashoggi 

murder: Ex-MI6 chief 

Former chief of British intelligence agency says theory 

that rogue elements responsible is ‘blatant fiction’ 

must be stopped before it 

reaches the United States, 

and Honduras and 

Guatemala said late on 

Friday they were mobilizing 

to return Honduran 

migrants to their homeland. 

Earlier in the day, hundreds 

of migrants at the 

head of the caravan had 

through 

Guatemalan border posts 

and onto the bridge, but 

were repelled by dozens 

looks very likely to be the 

case, that [Prince 

Mohammed] ordered the 

killing of the journalist, it is 

a step too far; one that the 

UK, the EU and the U.S. 

are going to have to 

respond to.” 

Sawers underlined that 

the “rogue elements” theory 

of the journalist’s death 

“simply doesn’t hold 

water” and that it “further 

undermines respect for 

America when it panders to 

such blatant fiction”. 

“The level of detail that 

is coming out from Turkish 

security sources is so clear 

that some form of tape must 

exist,” he said, praising 

Turkish intelligence services’ 

work on the case. 

“The level of detail is 

very damning of the hit 

squad, and [their reported 

identities] show how close 

they are to the crown 

prince.” 

Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala 

and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts 

of shield-bearing Mexican 

police. Several complained 

they had been 

teargassed. 

One year since referendum crisis, Iraq's Kirkuk thrives 

Local residents cite positive changes in Kirkuk since Iraqi 

government forces reasserted control one year ago 

that Kirkuk will not be governed by 

one side,” he said. 

He said local residents were 

relieved since unofficial forces affiliated 

to KRG and Kurdish political 

parties as Peshmerga and Asayish 

have gone. 

"With the presence of government 

forces in the area, people’s 

trust into the state was ensured 

again,” he said. “Now, residents 

want to see stability, security and 

development.” 

“A long-term solution is the 

greatest expectation of Turkmens. 

We want the International Kirkuk 

Airport to start flights and to have 

higher living standards.” 

The ITF spokesman went on to 

call for the appointment of a 

Turkmen governor for the oil-rich 

province. “Turkmens aspire to justice 

and are looking most forward to 

its implementation," he said.

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Biz 

China’s economic numbers 

show slowing down of economy 

BEIJING: The government 

of China on Friday 

reported that the economy 

grew by 6.5 percent over 

the three months that ended 

in September compared 

with an year ago. 

The growth rate while 

fast by global standards, the 

pace is China’s slowest 

since early 2009, during the 

challenging times of the 

global financial crisis. 

Sputtering growth, soaring 

debt and an escalating 

trade war with the United 

States are being tipped as 

the causes of the slowing 

down of China’s economy. 

China has reported 

growth figures over the 

past two years that painted 

a picture of an economy 

that is moving ahead, 

despite the country’s lingering 

problems. A different 

KARACHI: The State 

Bank of Pakistan (SBP) 

has directed all Pakistani 

banks and Development 

Financial Institutions 

(DFIs) to carry out biometric 

verification of the existing 

customers by 30th 

November 2018, to eliminate 

fake accounts and end 

illegal transactions. 

The central bank in a 

statement said, to preserve 

the integrity, soundness 

and safety of the financial 

system, SBP has been 

endeavoring to prevent the 

possible use of the banking 

sector for money laundering, 

terrorist financing and 

other illicit activities. 

With the objective to 

know the ultimate beneficial 

ownership of 

narrative is emerging this 

year, one of a slowing 

economy that is forcing 

Beijing to make some difficult 

choices. 

Chinese shoppers have 

accounts/ transactions, the 

banks/DFIs shall enhance 

their efforts to obtain relevant 

information and 

examine background and 

purpose of all complex, 

unusual large transactions 

and unusual patterns of 

transactions, which do not 

commensurate with customer 

profile or have no 

apparent economic or visible 

lawful purpose, said 

the central bank. 

With the view to further 

strengthen the measures 

already in place and mitigate 

the money laundering 

and terrorist financing 

risks, SBP advised 

banks/DFIs to immediately 

take steps to ensure optimal 

utilization of biometric 

technology and carry 

out biometric verification 

of the existing customers 

(if already not done) as per 

given timelines and thresholds. 

The SBP has asked 

banks to conduct biometric 

verification of listed /public 

limited companies having 

account turnover 

exceeding Rs 1,000 million 

for any of the calendar 

year 2016, 2017 or for a 

period since January 1, 

said in surveys that they are 

spending less and downgrading 

their purchases. 

Business confidence is 

ebbing and investment in 

splashy infrastructure projects 

has dropped sharply. 

The authorities are trying 

to navigate through 

numerous challenges, as 

the trade war fears have 

sparked a blistering selloff 

SBP directs banks, DFIs to carryout 

biometric verification of customers 

KARACHI: Mr. Ghazanfar Bilour, President FPCCI and Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Senior 

Vice President FPCCI Presenting Crest to Mr. Asad Umer, Federal Minister for Finance, 

Revenue & Economic Affairs, Mr. Iftikhar Ali Malik, Vice President SAARC CCI, 

Mr.Tariq Haleem, Ms. Saeeda Bano, Ms. Shabnam Zafar, Vice Presidents FPCCI and 

other also seen in the Picture. 

KATI expresses concern over interruptions 

of gas and Water supply to Industry 

KARACHI: Korangi 

Association of Trade & 

Industry expressed concern 

over interrupted gas and 

water supply to Industry in 

a joint statement of the 

association’s President 

Danish 

Khan, 

Chairman&CEO KITE 

ZubairChhaya, Senior Vice 

President Faraz-ur-Rehman 

and Vice President Maheen 

Salman. Danish Khan said 

that industry was facing 

grave issues of higher cost 

of production and now 

interruption of gas and 

water supplies creating 

more hurdles. He said that 

if the situation prevailed it 

would cause disastrous 

effects on country’s economy. 

He referred to a notification 

of 48 hours gas 

“Holiday” notification for 

industry. He said that the 

reason for this interruption 

was told maintenance 

work, but due to already 

shortage of water faced by 

industry since weeks production 

was already disturbed, 

if this continue further 

finally it would hurt 

our exports and eventually 

the economy. He urged the 

PM Imran Khan, Finance 

Minister AsadUmer and 

Advisor for Finance and 

Industry Abdul 

RazzaqDawood to take 

immediate notice of the situation. 

He further said that 

PM Khan vowed to resolve 

production cost related 

issues of Industry, we are 

hopeful but any progress 

yet to be seen. 

ICCI calls for new rent control 

law for traders in Islamabad 

ISLAMABAD: A delegation 

of Traders Welfare 

Association, F-6 Super 

Market, Islamabad led by its 

President Shehzad Shabbir 

Abbasi visited Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce & 

Industry and exchanged 

views on matters of mutual 

interest. Muhammad 

Hussain, General Secretary 

and others were also in the 

delegation. 

Addressing the delegation, 

Ahmed Hassan 

Moughal, President, 

Islamabad Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry said 

that the Finance Minister 

Asad Umar during his election 

campaign had assured 

the traders of Islamabad that 

if PTI won the elections, he 

would try for promulgation 

of a new rent control act in 

Islamabad during the first 

100 days of his government. 

He urged that the Finance 

Minister should honor his 

assurance as due to lack of 

rent law, rent disputes and 

forced evictions of traders 

from shops were on the rise. 

He said that Super 

Market was the face of 

Islamabad and needed urgent 

attention of CDA for its better 

development. He said that 

due to key location, foreign 

diplomats, foreign visitors 

and other dignitaries frequently 

visitedthis market 

for shopping. He stressed 

upon the CDA to focus on 

resolving the key issues of 

Super Market including provision 

of filtration plant, 

restoration of all street lights 

and redesigning of car parking 

for expansion to facilitate 

the business activities. 

2018 to September 30, 

2018 on high priority 

basis. 

The central bank has 

also advised all banks that 

biometric verification of 

the private limited companies 

having account 

turnover exceeding Rs 500 

million for any of the calendar 

year 2016, 2017 or 

for a period since January 

1, 2018 to September 30, 

2018, and all customers 

except public/private limited 

companies having 

account turnover exceeding 

Rs 250 million for any 

of the calendar year 2016, 

2017 or for a period since 

January 1, 2018 to 

September 30, 2018 

should be conducted by 30 

November 2018. 

FPCCI reposes 

full confidence in 

PM Imran Khan 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Federation of Pakistan 

Chambers of Commerce 

and Industry (FPCCI) on 

Saturday said Prime 

Minister Imran Khan will 

steer economy out of the 

problems to make Pakistan 

a developed nation. 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan has initiated meaningful 

reforms across all the 

important fields to make 

Pakistan a prosperous and 

respected country which 

has help him win hearts and 

minds of the people, said 

Atif Ikram Sheikh, Acting 

President FPCCI. 

Talking to the business 

community, he said that the 

Prime Minister is resolving 

issues of the business community, 

he is cutting spending, 

combating corruption, 

focusing on social services 

and trying to repatriate 

stolen public funds, he said. 

in domestic stock markets 

and a steep decline in the 

value of the yuan versus the 

dollar, heightening worries 

about the growth outlook. 

The growth is below an 

expected 6.6 per cent rate, 

and slower than 6.7 per 

cent in the second quarter, 

the National Bureau of 

Statistics said on Friday. 

It marked the weakest 

year-on-year quarterly 

gross domestic product 

growth since the first quarter 

of 2009 at the height of 

the global financial crisis. 

After another big 

decline in Chinese stocks 

on Thursday, policymakers 

launched a coordinated 

attempt to soothe markets, 

with central bank governor 

saying equity valuations 

are not in line with economic 

fundamentals. 

SITE chief shows 

concern over 

gas shortage 

KARACHI: Mr.Saleem 

Parekh, President, SITE 

Association of Industry, in 

a press statement, 

expressed serious concerns 

over gas load shedding in 

SITE industrial area for 48 

hours (Sunday 8-00 a.m. to 

Tuesday 8-00 a.m.) and 

termed it ‘disastrous for 

the exporting industries’. 

He said that gas load 

shedding of 2 days coupled 

with low gas pressure 

on remaining days, is 

impacting the production 

of exporting industries to 

a great extent and resultantly, 

the industries are 

not able to ship export 

orders on time and will 

bear extra cost by making 

air shipments. 

Mr. Parekh further said 

that it is beyond understanding 

that on the one 

hand, government wants 

industries to boost exports 

to cope with trade deficit, 

while on the other hand, 

failing to provide basic 

utility to the export sector. 

Even the five zero-rated 

export-oriented sectors 

are being affected by this 

closure. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

Zong 4G continues investment 

for 4G ecosystem development 

KARACHI: Pakistan’s No.1 Data Network 

Zong 4G is making significant investments in 

telecommunications infrastructure across 

Pakistan. Continuing and increasing the 

investments in 4G, Zong aims to build 5,000 

base stations in the next three years to ensure that Zong 4G’s subscribers enjoy 

stronger outdoor and indoor coverage across nation. 

Since the launch of 3G / 4G services in Pakistan, Zong 4G has been at the forefront 

of this revolution, continues to be the 4G leader in Pakistan. The company has 

played an integral role in developing 4G ecosystem and landscape and is continuously 

working to improve it. The state or art internet of Zong 4G has made a sizable 

impact on Pakistan’s widely mushroomed telecom sector. And the circle of this technological 

innovation has been ever expanding. 

From launching the matchless mobile broadband devices (MBBs), smart car 

devices to offering highly affordable voice and data packages and then ensuring 

absolute network coverage throughout Pakistan, Zong 4G shines atop the horizons 

of leading digital innovation by providing unmatched 4G services. 

Due to this dominant and leading role of Zong 4G in the telecommunication 

industry of Pakistan, other verticals of the industry have been given growth impetus. 

With the introduction of 3G/4G services in Pakistan, many businesses have transformed 

in the last couple of years. The Internet has transformed the way we shop. 

Online Shopping portals have helped gain the attention of E-Commerce giants to 

invest in Pakistan, this will help the local industry to grow. 

Services like UBER and Careem would not have been possible without Zong’s 

Mobile Broadband services. E-Services have transformed the lives of Pakistani citizens 

and have helped improve and optimize lifestyles. These advancements have 

impacted lives of millions across the country who maintain their digital lifestyle 

with Zong 4G 

More importantly, Zong 4G has risen to earn the distinguished privilege of being 

the-one-and-only telecom enterprise that ensures fully-powered cellular and internet 

coverage in the far-flung and hard-to-access remote areas in addition to the thriving 

mainstream cities and our 8 million 4G subscribers are a testament of it. 

Establishing a rock-solid digital footprint at every nook and corner of the country, 

Zong 4G is providing seamless 4G in developed cities like Karachi, Lahore, 

Islamabad, Gwadar and also in less developed spheres of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan 

or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .In a short span of time Zong 4G has become a prolific tool 

in bringing digitalization, novelty and technical advancement in Pakistan’s telecom 

history. This is a testament of how Zong plans to remain on the forefront of the 4G 

circle of this ever expanding technological innovation as providing un-interrupted 

data will increase the amount of impact made on Pakistan’s economy. Carrying on 

the momentum of its parent company, China Mobile, Zong 4G is the leading digital 

partner for millions of its customers. 

LAHORE: Assistant Manager, International Customer Support Division at Nikon 

Imaging Group Albert Yap is giving a shield to Pakistani actress Ayesha Omar during 

the inaugural ceremony of the new mirrorless model of Nikon Z Series at a local hotel. 

SCA demands subsidy of Rs.1 billions 

for cultivation of oilseed 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: Sindh 

Chamber of Agriculture 

has demands subsidy of 

Rs.1 billions from Sindh 

government for cultivation 

of oilseed on 200,000 

acres which will benefit 

national economy to tune 

of Rs.100 billions as also 

it will meet needs of edible 

oils in country. A meeting 

of SCA was held at its 

office here Saturday under 

chair of vice president 

Nabi Bux Sathio which 

was also attended by representatives 

of oilseed 

company ICI Abdul 

Ghaffar and Saleem 

Khanzada. Briefing the 

meeting ICI representatives 

told that sunflower 

crops were cultivated on 

scanty cost in comparison 

to other crops. It also 

needs less water. They 

said this crop is more 

beneficent to growers as it 

was more profitable in 

market. They informed 

that Punjab government 

provides subsidy on this 

crop to growers along with 

QUETTA: An elderly vendor is displaying grapes on his pushcart setup to attract customers 

at Adalat Road. 

running campaign for it. 

They asked growers to 

encourage this crop which 

also has potential to sustain 

effects during floods. 

They told that due to less 

cultivation of this crop our 

country has to imports edible 

oits from other countries. 

Presenting figures 

they told that at present 

Pakistan was spending 

dollars 3 billion on export 

of edible . Responding the 

vice president of SCA 

Nabi Bux Sathio and other 

members of chamber were 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Pakistan Economy Watch 

(PEW) on Saturday said 

the United Business Group 

(UBG) is not prepared for 

the upcoming elections of 

FPCCI. 

UBG leaders used to 

launch election campaign 

four months before the 

elections but it has not 

launched an effective campaign 

for the elections 

scheduled in December, it 

said. 

Reasons behind the 

delay in the campaign is 

said to be the recent defeat 

of UBG in the elections of 

Karachi Chamber of 

Commerce and other disappointments, 

said Dr. 

Murtaza Mughal, 

President PEW. 

He said that the patron 

of the group SM Muneer 

used to call former prime 

convinced and agreed the 

stand of ICI representatives. 

SCA demanded from 

Sindh government to provide 

subsidy to growers of 

Rs.5000 per acre for cultivation 

of oilseed on 

200,000 acres in lower 

Sindh districts. The meeting 

was attended by Mir 

Abdul Karim Talpur, 

Muhammad Khan Sarejo, 

Syed Khadim Hussain, 

Nawaz Samejo, Aslam 

Turk , Muhamm Bux 

Junejo and others. 

UBG unprepared for 

upcoming FPCCI elections 

minister Nawaz Sharif his 

hero but the PM fired him 

from TDAP for dwindling 

exports which shocked 

many. 

Murtaza Mughal said 

that SM Muneer also tried 

to become governor of 

Sindh in caretaker setup 

but failed while all the 

important leaders also 

failed to secure any slot in 

the interim government. 

After the election of 

PTI into power, SM 

Muneer tried to get a position 

in the government but 

was politely denied and the 

group was also ignored in 

the recently formed 

Business Leaders Council, 

he added. 

However, a central 

leader of the Businessmen 

Panel was given an important 

ministry in the caretaker 

setup in Punjab.

Mohammad Abbas returns 

to Sialkot to hero's welcome 

I 

SIALKOT: Medium 

pacer Mohammad Abbas, 

who took his maiden tenwicket 

haul in a match to 

fire Pakistan to a 373-run 

win over Australia in the 

second Test, returned to 

the country to a hero's welcome 

on Saturday. 

Speaking to the media 

at Sialkot airport, the 28- 

year-old who hails from 

Sambrial Tehsil, said, "I 

knew that one day God 

would reward me for my 

hard work." 

"My aim was that I perform 

in whatever condition 

there is," he added. "I 

received a lot of opportunities 

but chose to focus on 

my cricket. I am not 

ashamed of the fact that I 

have worked as a welder 

before and done other odd 

jobs." 

Abbas, who was awarded 

the Man-of-the-Match 

as well as Man-of-the- 

Series, continued, "No one 

from my area has represented 

Pakistan in a Test 

match before." 

Thanking those who 

gathered at the airport to 

Koepka leads in Korea, closes in on No.1 ranking 

S E O U L : B r o o k s 

Koepka moved into position 

to claim his first win 

on his first start of the new 

PGA Tour season after the 

American shot a fiveunder-par 

67 in the third 

round of the $9.5 million 

CJ Cup in South Korea on 

Saturday to open up a fourstroke 

lead. 

Koepka, who won two 

of last season's four majors 

and was named the U.S. 

tour's player of the year, is 

on 13-under 203 for the 

tournament, with compatriot 

Scott Piercy (72) and 

England's Ian Poulter (68) 

tied for second on nineunder. 

Victory for Koepka on 

Sunday would see him 

replace Dustin Johnson as 

world number one for the 

first time. 

Spaniard Rafa Cabrera 

Bello jumped into contention 

with a 65 and sits in 

a group tied for fourth place 

on eight-under, while Jason 

Day and Ted Potter Jr also 

shot 65s to move into a tie 

for 10th spot, a stroke further 

back, alongside Ryan 

Armour (69). 

Marc Leishman (68), a 

winner in Malaysia last 

week and CJ Cup runnerup 

last year, stands on two 

under, one shot better than 

Justin Thomas, who beat 

the Australian in a playoff 

in 2017 to win the inaugural 

CJ Cup. 

After skipping the first 

two stops of the new season, 

Koepka looked out of 

sorts on the southern island 

of Jeju with a first-round 71 

on Thursday but was back 

to his best the following 

day with a 65. His unblemished 

card on Saturday 

could have been even better 

had a tentative eagle putt at 

the last dropped instead of 

sliding by. 

Koepka had an earlier 

chance for eagle at the 353- 

yard par 4 14th but after his 

crunching drive made the 

green his first putt raced by 

and he was relieved to see 

the birdie drop coming 

back. He said that given the 

Pentangular U-19 T-20 Cup start 

from October 21 in Multan 

Sports Reporter 

K A R A C H I : 

Pentangular U-19 T-20 

Cup is taking place in 

Multan from October 21, 

2018. Punjab, Sindh, 

Balochistan, Federal Areas 

and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

will participate in the sixday 

tournament, where 

two matches will be staged 

daily at Multan Cricket 

Stadium. The participating 

teams will feature in four 

matches each, before the 

top two teams will play the 

final of the tournament on 

October 26, 2018. 

KARACHI: Group Photo of KCCA Officials along with Ex.President KCCA Prof.Ejaz 

Ahmed Faruqi at Nazimabad Gymkhana Ground. 

Muslim Star in last eight of All Karachi 

Abdul Waheed Memorial 5 Star Soccer 


KARACHI: Muslim 

Star FC Korangi shocked 

one of the oldest club of 

district west Makran 

Soprts FC in the first Pre 

Quarter Final 2-1 of All 

Karachi Abdul Waheed 

Memorial 5 Star Football 

Tournament 2018 at 

Noorani Eid Gah Football Councilor 

Ground New Karachi 

being organized by 

Hussaini Football Club 

District Central. 

Mahmood opened the 

account in 25th minute for 

the winners while 

Mahmood's kick The ball 

quickly into the net over 

the head of opponent goal 

keeper Faisal. 

Muslim Star 1-0 ahead 

at interval. 

The vice Chairman 

Union council 13 new 

Karachi town Muhammad 

Siraj and General 

Muhammad 

Hashmat Khatri introduced 

with the players during 

the Half time as Chief 

Guest while president 

Hussaini Football club 

Muhammad Sabir Khatri, 

secretary district central 

and International footballer 

Muhammad Saleem 

Patni, tournament secretary 

Muhammad Sadiq 

Khatri, Shabaz Basheer, 

Ishtiaq Qadri, Coach 

Muslim Star H.M. Hanif, 

Coach Makran Sports 

Abdur 

Muhammad 

Zakir Khatri, Abdul 

Kareem Joji, Muhammad 

Tahir, Shahid Tao, Umer 

Khatri, Muhammad 

Siddiqe, Arsalan, Hamza, 

Ghani Handa, Muhammad 

Anwar, Imran Mama and 

others were also present. 

Pakistan faces India in Asian 

Hockey Champions Trophy 

MUSCAT: Two-time 

champions Pakistan are facing 

arch-rivals India in their 

second match of the Asian 

Hockey Champions Trophy 

2018 at the Sultan Qaboos 

Sports Complex in Muscat. 

Pakistan defeated South 

Korea 3-1 in their opening 

match of the tournament 

with goals from Ajaz 

Ahmed, Umar Bhutta and 

captain Muhammad 

Rizwan Senior while India 

thrashed hosts Oman 11-0. 

The last time the subcontinent 

rivals met in the 

tournament was in 2016 

when India defeated 

Pakistan 3-2 to lift the title 

for the second time. Both 

India and Pakistan have 

won the trophy twice with 

Pakistan winning the title in 

2012 and 2013 while India 

was named champions in 

2011 and 2016. 

Today’s match will be 

the first encounter between 

the two teams since the 

bronze medal contest in the 

Asian Games in Jakarta. 

The biennial event is 

being held in Muscat from 

October 18 to 28 at the 

Sultan Qaboos Sports 

Complex in Muscat, 

Sultanate of Oman. 

The six-nation tournament 

which kicked off on 

Thursday features Pakistan, 

India, Malaysia, Japan, 

South Korea and hosts 

Oman. 

The match between 

Pakistan and India will start 

at 10:10pm Pakistan 

Standard Time. 

conditions, it was important 

to know when to unleash 

the power and when to dial 

it down. 

"These fairways are so 

tight that you come down 

on it a little bit harder and 

deloft the club a little bit 

more and then the ball goes 

even further," he said in a 

televised interview. 

"So you just got to be a 

little bit cautious of it and 

make sure you're hitting the 

correct shot and know 

where you want to leave 

the next shot from. 

"But off the tee you can 

take advantage, hit over a 

lot of these bunkers and 

give yourself a good opportunity." 

Osaka plans to 

stay 'weird' in everchanging 

career 

SINGAPORE: Naomi 

Osaka has witnessed a huge 

change in her career after 

claiming a maiden Grand 

Slam title in 2018, but the rising 

star of women's tennis 

will not be changing her 

quirky personality in media 

appearances that has 

endeared her to so many. 

The 21-year-old Japanese 

stunned Serena Williams to 

capture an emotional U.S. 

Open triumph last month, 

before her humble yet idiosyncratic 

character garnered 

even more admirers in a slew 

of high-profile television 

interviews following that 

win. Osaka's stellar season 

has seen her rise to number 

four in the world rankings 

and also booked her a spot at 

season-ending WTA Finals 

for the first time, a whirlwind 

ride she is loving as her public 

profile continues to grow. 

"For me, I can't change 

who I am. But I've been 

thinking... I wonder that people 

don't show their personality 

versus people that do, 

like, people will dislike 

someone no matter what if 

they make up their minds," 

Raseed, said Osaka on Saturday. 

Shakeel, 

SINGAPORE: Simona 

Halep is disappointed that a 

back injury forced her out 

of the season-ending WTA 

Finals in Singapore but the 

Romanian world number 

one will still reflect on 2018 

as her best year on the tour 

after finally claiming a 

Grand Slam title. 

Halep lost her third 

straight major final when 

she fell to Caroline 

Wozniacki at the Australian 

Open in January but the battling 

base-liner made it 

fourth time lucky at the 

French Open in June and 

will also end the season at 

the top of the rankings. 

"Yes, the best one," she 

said in Singapore when 

asked to sum up her 2018 

on Saturday. 

"Winning a Grand Slam 

and finishing number one, I 

think it's the most that I 

receive him, the medium 

pacer said, "I am always 

available for those seeking 

to play cricket." 

"I will continue to perform," 

he further vowed. 

It was Abbas, 28, who 

destroyed Australia with 

a haul of 17 wickets in 

the series — becoming 

the first Pakistani fast 

bowler to take ten wickets 

in a Test since 

Mohammad Asif did so 

against Sri Lanka at 

Kandy in 2006. 

A decade ago, Abbas 

was working as an office 

boy in a court, registering 

documents for cases related 

to real estate. Before 

that, he was a welder and 

a factory worker. 

PAF wins Asian 

style Kabaddi 

series against Sri 

Lankan Air Force 


KARACHI: Pakistan Air 

Force (PAF) won the three 

match Asian Style Kabaddi 

Series against Sri Lanka Air 

Force here at PAF complex 

Islamabad. 

The series was part of 

Bilateral Sports program 

between the friendly air 

forces. PAF won the closely 

contested first match 35/32. 

The second match was 

also won by the hosts with a 

convincing margin with the 

score 52/36. The last match 

was closely fought and 

ended in a dramatic draw at 

the26 points each. The host 

PAF team clinched the series 

where excited crowd turned 

up to watch this traditional 

Eastern sport. Usman Khalid 

and Arsalan Maitla were the 

pick of the players from PAF 

side while from SLAF team 

Kurrupu and Rathanayake 

displayed wonderful game. 

LAHORE: The Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) 

Friday issued a show cause 

notice to cricketer Ahmad 

Shahzad to explain why 

proceedings should not be 

initiated against him for 

playing cricket while serving 

a period of ineligibility. 

Shehzad played at club 

level in Lahore violating the 

terms of the agreed sanction 

agreement entered into with 

PCB and the PCB's antidoping 

rules. 

He is required to respond 

to the notice by October 25, 

2018. 

In July, Shehzad was 

suspended and charged by 

the PCB after an independent 

review confirmed that 

he tested positive for a 

banned substance. 

The PCB had in June 

could ask for. I had also 

tough moments, because in 

Melbourne it was really 

tough to go over and to 

come back stronger. 

"Also, I'm proud that I 

could come back stronger 

and I could make a better 

S L A M A B A D : 

Pakistan has got the position 

of President of World 

Boxing Council Arabic 

Zone. According to detail, 

professional Boxing 

League President Noman 

Ali Shah has been elected 

as the President of World 

Boxing Council. 

The World Boxing 

Council President 

Marchatop Salaman has 


Sportlight 

announced the name of 

Noman Ali Shah for the 

President slot of World 

Boxing Arabic Zone. 

Pakistan, India, Iran, 

Afghanistan, and Uman 

were included in Arabic 

Zone. While talking to 

media newly elected 

President Noman Ali Shah 

stated that Pakistan will 

sect the boxing laws in the 

region. 

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Noman Ali Shah elected as President 

World Boxing Council Arabic Zone 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI: Pakistan 

began their campaign at the 

Fifth Asian Champions 

Trophy Hockey 

Tournament at the Sultan 

Qaboos Sports Complex in 

Muscat, Oman with a good 

3-1 win over South Korea. 

Pakistan were easily the 

better side in the first half. 

The dominated the possession, 

had several circle 

penetrations, created quite 

a few chances and availed 

two of them. 

Most of their attacks 

came from the right side. 

In the 12th minute, a 

delightful move starting 

from the own half saw 

balls passed superbly and 

Umar Bhutta laid it in the 

path of Ajaz Ahmad in 

front of goal who easily 

“It is my top priority to 

organize the World 

Boxing top competitions 

in Pakistan, he added. He 

said that Pakistan would 

soon get the status in 

World Boxing day. 

Different Sports organizations 

of have welcomed 

the appointment of 

Noman Ali Shah as the 

President of World 

Boxing Council. 

Pakistan beats Korea 3-1 at 

Asian Champions Trophy 

result. So I think definitely, 

actually, is the best year of 

my career." 

Halep plans to take a 

break to help the herniated 

disc that ended her season 

early fully heal and admitted 

she would not pick up a 

confirmed, without naming 

anyone, that a player had 

failed the dope test conducted 

during a domestic tournament. 

“A player has reportedly 

tested positive for a prohibited 

substance. But 

under ICC rules PCB cannot 

name the player or 

charge-sheet him until the 

chemical report is CON- 

FIRMED by the Anti- 

Dope Agency of the government. 

We should have 

an answer in a day or two,” 

the PCB had tweeted on 

June 20. 

racket again until at least 

December. 

"They said that I need a 

break, around three, four 

weeks. And with the treatment, 

physiotherapy, and 

also exercises, medical 

exercises, I should be 

put it in. 

In the 18th minute, 

some excellent passing 

inside the circle saw an 

Umar Bhutta attempt saved 

superbly by the goal keeper 

but Bhutta availed the 

rebound in a flash of an 

eye. 

Half time: Pakistan: 2, 

Korea:0 

Though, Korea did better 

in the third quarter still 

Pakistan had more of the 

play. They made meaningful 

raids and in the 42nd 

minute, Rizwan Sr stepped 

aside two defenders and his 

terrific top of the circle carpet 

hit went through the 

goal keeper's pads. 

In the first five minutes 

of the last quarter, Pakistan 

wasted an open play opportunity 

and a penalty corner. 

In the 51st minute a brilliant 

Korean play made the 

match alive. An excellent 

angular backhander from 

circle's left side reached an 

unmarked Kim Hyeoinjgin 

in a good spot who made it 

1-3 

Korea had their best 

phase of the evening over 

next five minutes. They 

also earned their only PC 

of the match with five minutes 

left but couldnt avail 

it. Pakistan was able to see 

off this phase and had a PC 

off their own in the 57th 

minute but there was no 

change in the score line 

when 60 minutes ended. 

Pakistan's overall display 

was quite impressive. 

Pakistan: 3 (Ajaz 

Ahmed (12'), Umar Bhutta 

(18') M.Rizwan Sr (42') 

South Korea: 1 Kim 

Hyeoinjgin (51'). 

Ahmed Shehzad issued notice for playing 

cricket during ineligibility period 

Shehzad, 26, has struggled 

to nail down a place 

in the Pakistan squad in 

recent years but played in 

the two-match T20 series 

at Scotland in June, where 

he scored a combined 38 

runs as the visitors recorded 

commanding victories. 

Halep remains upbeat after 'best' season despite injury 

okay," the 27-year-old 

added. 

"Actually is nothing 

sure, but what is sure is that 

I don't need surgery. So that 

is a big positive. I will take 

care of it. I have enough 

time. If mentally I will be 

okay and rested, I think it's 

going to be better. 

"Well, the pain is not that 

bad when I don't play. So I 

have some moments when I 

get blocked still, but it's not 

that bad as I'm playing tennis." 

Halep also believes 

that world number two 

Wozniacki is well-placed to 

defend her WTA Finals title 

in Singapore, the Romanian 

saying the conditions are 

tailor-made for the Dane to 

succeed. "Well, it's tough 

(too pick a winner), because 

every match is like a final. 

Always I said that at this 

tournament," Halep said.

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Pakistan safe place for followers 

of all religions: Noor-ul-Haq Qadri 

LAHORE: Federal 

Minister for Religious 

Affairs and Interfaith harmony 

Noor ul Haq Qadri on 

Saturday said that Pakistan 

has safe and peaceful policy 

for the followers of all religions. 

He was addressing an 

international conference on 

Social Responsibility and 

World Religions organized 

by Minhaj University 

Lahore (MUL) and Punjab 

Higher Education 

Commission (PHEC) at the 

university. 

The conference was supported 

by School of 

Religions and Philosophy 

and School of Peace Counter 

Terrorism Studies. 

Pakistan calls upon UN to address 

security concerns of all states 

UNITED NATIONS: tion regime by shunning 

Pakistan has called for double standards, and 

evolving a rules-based, equitable 

extend negative security 

and non-discriminato- 

ry international order to promote 

nuclear disarmament 

that addresses the security 

concerns of all states. 

Speaking in the General 

assurances to non-nuclear 

weapon states. 

Ambassador Amil, who 

was participating in a thematic 

debate on nuclear 

weapons, said that double 

Assembly’s First standards in the application 

Committee, which deals of non-proliferation norms 

with disarmament and international 

security matters, 

Ambassador Farukh Amil, 

who is Pakistan’s permanent 

representative to the United 

Nations offices in Geneva, 

said that such an international 

order should also limit and 

rationalize the stockpiles of 

for the sake of political 

expedience and economic 

benefits endangered strategic 

stability in the South 

Asia region and beyond. 

At the same time, he said 

that amid a worsening international 

and regional security 

environment, the goal of 

conventional weapons, nuclear disarmament 

strengthen the non-prolifera- 

seemed ever more elusive. 

KARACHI: In Karachi, 

by elections for NA 247 

and PS 111 will be held 

Today (Sunday). NA 247 

was vacated by President 

Dr. Arif Alvi and PS 111 

by Governor Sindh Imran 

Ismail. 

In NA 247 PTI has 

fielded Aftab Siddiqui and 

in PS 111 Shahzad 

Qureshi. 

In NA 247 MQM has 

awarded ticket to Sadiq 

Iftikhar and PSP has fielded 

Arshad Vohra. 

For by elections to be 

held on Sunday the supply 

of election goods continues 

under the supervision 

of the army from 

Government Commerce 

and Economics College in 

the presence of police and 

That lack of progress was 

primarily due to nuclearweapon 

States in fulfilling 

their disarmament obligations, 

while constantly shifting 

the goal posts towards 

additional nonâ€‘proliferation 

measures that were 

cost-free for their own 

strategic gains. 

The frustration brewing 

over the slow progress had 

boiled over, giving rise to 

an initiative launched outside 

the Conference on 

Disarmament to ban 

nuclear weapons, which 

had subsequently faltered 

by ignoring the fundamental 

security considerations 

that underpinned nuclear 

disarmament. 

By elections for NA 247 and 

PS 111 will be held today 

PESHAWAR: Polling staff carry ballot boxes and election materials for their polling 

station from Election Commission Office Kohat road, a day before the By-Elections 

2018 for PK-71 constituency. 

KARACHI: A girl 

jumped out of a moving 

vehicle of a ride-hailing 

service in Karachi on 

Saturday, after allegedly 

being harassed by the driver. 

The girl said that she had 

booked the ride for Saddar, 

but the driver took a turn in 

the wrong direction which 

made her sense the danger. 

"I decided to jump out of 

the moving car, instead of 

giving chance to someone to 

lay his hands on my honour," 

the girl, who received 

minor injuries after jumping 

off the vehicle, told newsmen 

after the incident. 

The incident took place 

near the FTC flyover on 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noor-ul- 

Haq Qadri addressing international Conference on Social Responsibility & World 

Religions at Minhaj-Ul-Quran University. 

Shahrah-e-Faisal. 

She further said that during 

the ride, the driver was 

continuously staring at her 

through the back-view mirror 

in the car. 

Meanwhile, the said 

driver was taken hold of by 

army contingents. Due to 

by elections educational 

process has been suspended. 

According to Election 

Commission in NA 247 

registered voters are 

5,46451 and in PS 111 voters 

are 1,78965. 

In NA 247 twelve aspirants 

are in the fray and in 

PS 111 sixteen candidates 

are contesting. 

Girl jumps out of moving vehicle in 

Karachi, accuses driver of harassment 

passers-by and handed over 

to police. He was shifted to 

Saddar police station. 

The girl said that she had 

submitted an application 

with the police, but she is 

not pursuing the matter in 

order to avoid escalation. 

He said, "Islam gives 

message of peace, love and 

protection and people of 

Pakistan fully support the 

agenda of today's conference". 

Noor-ul-Haq Qadri also 

quoted various verses from 

the Holy Quran and Hadees 

Sharifs to highlight the significance 

of respecting other 

religions in the teachings of 

islam. 

The minister lauded 

Tahir-ul-Qadri's role for 

While his Government 

empathized with the sense of 

disappointment that propelled 

the proponents of 

such a ban, the Pakistani 

envoy said such initiatives 

would not lead to any real 

change on the ground. 

For its part, any treaty 

that failed to improve security 

for all States was a nonstarter, 

as evidenced by the 

failure of the fissile material 

cut-off treaty negotiations 

to begin. Similarly, a 

treaty that only resulted in a 

cut-off in the future production 

of fissile material 

would jeopardize 

Pakistan’s security and 

bring no added value to the 

cause of disarmament. 

King Salman 

forms committee 

to refurbish KSA’s 

Intelligence Services 

RIYADH: The custodian 

of the two holy mosques 

King Salman directs formation 

of ministerial committee 

to restructure the presidency 

of the general intelligence. 

The King took decision 

on the basis of recommendations 

submitted by Crown 

Prince and President of 

Council of Political and 

Security Affairs 

Mohammed Bin Salman 

Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on 

the urgent need to restructure 

the general intelligence 

presidency, and overhaul its 

rules and regulations, as 

well as, to determine its 

authorities and assess its 

procedures and powers 

within its administrative 

and ordered organizational 

sequence to ensure the 

proper functioning of its 

work and the determination 

of responsibilities. 


Pakistan and Hungary are 

two distant countries with 

many historical and cultural 

ties, said Istvan Szabo, 

the ambassador of 

Hungary in Pakistan. 

Talking on Hungarian 

62nd anniversary of the 

1956 Revolution and freedom 

fight at a local Hotel 

he said Pakistan is among 

the countries when she 

cosponsored the UN resolution 

condemning the 

Soviet military invasion 

and communist reprisal. 

Hungarian will always 

remember those who stood 

with them in their fight for 

freedom. 

The ambassador said 

during the recent years our 

cooperation has intensified 

and improved in number 

interfaith harmony. He 

emphasized to change temperaments 

as it was essential 

for forming a good society. 

Plunderers will get eliminated 

and culprits of model 

town incident would reach 

their logical end, he added. 

Earlier, Dr Herman from 

Australia, speaking on the 

occasion said that every person 

has great responsibility 

towards global peace and 

self understanding in this 

regard was very important. 

Later, the minister along 

with PAT leader Khurram 

Nawaz Gandapur also visited 

the book stall. MUL Vice 

Chancellor Prof Dr Aslam 

Ghauri and others were also 

present. 

Peace prospects in 

ME have become more 

remote than before: 

Maleeha Lodhi 

NEW YORK: 

permanent envoy to UN 

Maleeha Lodhi has said 

peace prospects in Middle 

East (M.E) have become 

more remote than before. 

She said this while 

expressing her views in a 

debate on M.E at United 

Nations Security Council 

(UNSC) . She said UNSC 

resolution on Occupied 

Baitul Muqaddas is already 

delayed. Over 200 

Palestinians have been martyred 

in Ghazza from March 

todate. The efforts for two 

states solution are becoming 

diluted. The illegal expansion 

of Israel in occupied 

territories is continuing 

unchecked. 

She stressed international 

community should continue 

support two state solution 

based on 1967 borders 

and Al-Qudus as Palestine 

capital. Regarding suspension 

of US assistance to 

UNRWA, she said human 

needs should not be held 

hostage to political conflicts 

and bias. 

She announced that 

Pakistan is providing additional 

assistance to 

UNRWA. 

ISLAMABAD: Despite 

efforts, National Assembly 

Speaker Asad Qaisar could 

not convince Prime 

Minister Imran Khan to 

show flexibility on the matter 

pertaining to the formation 

of Public Parliamentary 

Public Committee as some 

PTI ministers were showing 

strong resistance. 

Consequently, two 

months have gone but still 

Plea filed to lodge case against 

Nehal over controversial remarks 

LAHORE: A day after 

his controversial speech targeting 

state institutions, an 

application was filed at a 

police station in Lahore 

seeking registration of a 

case against ex-senator 

Nehal Hashmi. 

“Nehal Hashmi had been 

convicted in contempt of 

court case earlier this year 

and once again uttered 

unkind remarks about the 

esteemed institutions”, the 

complainant stated in his 

plea. 

The application says that 

Hashmi had a hostile attitude 

and he had openly criticized 

the national defence 

institution (Pakistan Army). 

Hashmi surprised several 

quarters after he vehemently 

criticised state institutions 

including the PakistanArmy 

at a gathering on Friday. 

Reacting to Hashmi’s 

statement, Rana Sanaullah 

categorically stated the 

Hashmi was expelled from 

PML-N so party cannot take 

action against him. 

He reminded media that 

the Hashmi was sacked after 

he had refused to leave senatorship 

on party orders 

after a similar statement targeting 

judiciary. Sanaullah 

said one could disagree with 

institutions but that was not 

the way to register a protest. 

Hashmi was earlier jailed 

and fined for using foul language 

against judiciary and 

threatening the judges of 

superior judiciary. 

The video of threatening 

speech at an event in 

Karachi went viral on social 

media and eventually drew 

instant reaction from the 

Supreme Court on May 28, 

2017 after Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib 

that aims to generate capital 

for Pakistan’s third Shaukat 

Khanum Hospital that is 

being built in Karachi. 

Nisar took suo motu notice 

of the incident and summoned 

the former PML-N 

Karachi chapter leader to 

appear before the court. 

In the video, Hashmi 

was seen warning opponents 

and officials of state 

institutions’ of dire consequences 

over conducting an 

investigation in line with 

the Supreme Court’s 

Panamagate verdict. 

“…Currently you are on 

service, but tomorrow you 

will retire and we will make 

your life miserable,” 

Hashmi was heard in a 

video addressing workers at 

a party event. 

The Supreme Court on 

Feb 1, 2018 had announced 

its reserved verdict in a contempt 

case against Nehal 

Hashmi, awarding him onemonth 

jail term and a fine of 

Rs50,000. 

Mahira Khan is going to America 

to raise funds for SKMCH 

Pakistan LAHORE: Mahira 

Khan has been actively 

doing her part in creating 

awareness and raising 

funds for Shaukat Khanum 

Memorial Cancer Hospital 

(SKMCH). Fulfilling her 

responsibility as the brand 

ambassador, earlier this 

year the actress was also in 

Dubai to raise funds for 

SKMCH. 

She once again stands in 

support of the cause and 

heads to the United States 

— San Francisco and Los 

Angeles — to to appeal for 

funds at an event on 

October 27 and October 28 

respectively. 

Mahira will be attending 

a fundraising gala dinner 


Following the directive of 

Prime Minister of Pakistan 

Imran Khan, National 

Highway Authority, has 

taken pragmatic steps to 

make “Clean and Green 

Pakistan” drive sussessful 

and result-oriented. 

of fields. Hungary is cooperating 

with in the field of 

trade, culture, education, 

water, management, agriculture, 

energy and technology 

transfer. Since 

2015, Hungary offers 200 

government scholarships 

every year for Pakistani 

students in Hungarian educational 

institutions free of 

charge. 

“Coming to my SF and 

LA for @SKMCH! Hoping 

to see all of you there,” she 

announced on Twitter. 

NHA taking steps to make Clean and 

Green Pakistan drive successful 

the government could not 

constitute standing committees. 

The government 

and opposition are not 

ready to show flexibility on 

the issue of selection FAC 

chairman. 

The sources said that 

Speaker Asad Qaisar was 

urging Prime Minister 

Imran Khan to give chairmanship 

to opposition but 

the prime minister is unable 

Minister of State for 

Communications Murad 

Saeed is taking keen interest 

for making highways and 

motorways clean and green 

throughout the country, said 

a press release Saturday. 

National Highway Lahore-Peshawar 

Authority is making pratical highway (N-5). 

Pakistan, Hungary, two distant countries 

with many historical and cultural ties 

ISLAMABAD: A group photo of diplomat women during a ceremony organized by 

Hungarian Embassy to mark the 62nd anniversary of 1956 Revolution at a local hotel. 

advancement to cut the vegetations 

from central median 

and all along the highways 

network. To this effect, State 

Minister for Communications 

Murad Saeed visited 

various sections of Karachi- 

national 

Despite speaker’s efforts, formation 

senate bodies hang in the balance 

to take decision due to 

opposition of some ministers. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that the main 

obstacle before formation 

of standing committee is 

selection of chairman public 

account committee. 

The opposition wants its 

chairman whereas the government 

is not ready to 

compromise the chairmanship 

of public account committee. 

In this connection, 

opposition has made it clear 

that it will not be part of 

committees if they didn’t 

get chairmanship of the 

committee. 

Asad Qaisar, however, 

has been succeeded to convince 

government and 

opposition over calling of 

meeting on the matter pertaining 

to alleged rigging in 

the 2018 general elections. 

He told that the largest 

Hungarian company MOL 

has been operating in 

Pakistan during the last 

twenty years. Hundreds of 

Pakistanis were earning 

their bread and butter 

there. The ambassador told 

that the embassy has 

organized number of musical 

and cultural events. On 

this occasion we have 

offered Hungarian cuisine 

with cooperation of Serena 

Hotel and Hungarian 

National Gastronomic 

Association in Islamabad. 

Guests can taste a pinch 

of Hungary at Zamana 

restaurant in Serena Hotel 

between 20-22 October 

from 7 pm. The top 

Hungarian chefs are here 

to present you taste of 

Hungary. 

CMYK CMYK 

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