22 October 2018

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Metropolitan: 

By-polls: PTI 

leads in NA-247, 

PS-111, loses 

PK-71 to ANP 

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International: 

Turkey to quiz 

more witnesses 

in Khashoggi 

probe 

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Biz: 

ECC to go ahead 

with Rs3.81 per 

unit hike in 

electricity tariff 

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Air Chief calls on 

Commander UAE Air Force 

RAWALPINDI: A 

medical report on Sunday 

confirmed that 11-year-old 

Kinza—hired as domestic 

worker—was subjected to 

brutal and inhuman torture 

by her employers. 

As per details garnered, 

the minor girl went under 

in-depth medical examination 

at Rawalpindi’s 

Benazir Bhutto Hospital. 

The report states that 

Kinza is unable to move 

her left shoulder and arm. 

The report also states 

that multiple wounds have 

been found across girl’s 

body. Similarly, injuries 

including bloodshot, black 

eyes were also found. 

Medical report 

confirms brutal 

torture on 11y Kinza 

RAWALPINDI: A 

medical report on Sunday 

confirmed that 11-year-old 

Kinza—hired as domestic 

worker—was subjected to 

brutal and inhuman torture 

by her employers. 

As per details garnered, 

the minor girl went under 

in-depth medical examination 

at Rawalpindi’s 

Benazir Bhutto Hospital. 

The report states that 

Kinza is unable to move 

her left shoulder and arm. 

The report also states 

that multiple wounds have 

been found across girl’s 

body. Similarly, injuries 

including bloodshot, black 

eyes were also found. 

Anti-Measles campaign 

underway in Punjab 

LAHORE: In Punjab, 

special National Anti- 

Measles campaign is 

continuing across the 

province. 

According to a 

spokesman of provincial 

Directorate General 

Health Services, an 

additional protective 

injection is being administered 

to all children 

between age of six 

months to seven years. 

He said Public can 

contact help-line 0800- 

99-000 for further information 

and guidance 

about the campaign. 

KARACHI EDITION – Monday, October 22, 2018, Safar 12, 1440 

Zardari says he was never 

a beneficiary of NRO 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari addressing 

a press conference at a local hotel. 

ISLAMABAD: The 

PTI government has decided 

to tighten the grip 

against those who took 

advantage from tax 

amnesty scheme that was 

introduced by last PML-N 

government. 

The inners sources stated 

that finance ministry 

has sought the complete 

detail of more than 5000 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

Peoples Party Co-chairman 

Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday 

said all political parties 

need to jointly bring a resolution 

against that the government, 

predicting that it 

won’t be able to function 

for long. 

“Neither is the government 

going to continue, nor 

can it run the country,” he 

overseas Pakistanis those 

who got advantage from 

this scheme. Sources stated 

that after the complete 

scrutiny of these persons a 

list would be issued of 

those Pakistanis who lived 

in Pakistan. 

Sources stated that FBR 

has stated to prepare a list 

in this regard and Finance 

Ministry has also issued 

said at an event held by the 

PPP-Parliamentarians. 

Attendees at the event 

also passed a resolution, the 

contents of which, among 

other things, stated that the 

Govt decided to tighten grip against those 

who get advantage from tax amnesty scheme 

UNITED NATIONS: 

The Special Envoy of the 

Secretary-General (SESG) 

for Myanmar, Christine 

Schraner Burgener, has 

identified accountability 

and inclusive dialogue as 

the two important pillars 

for national reconciliation 

in the troubled South East 

Asian country, saying that 

“credible fact-finding is the 

first step towards accountability.” 

Ms. Schrager has been 

on a 10 day visit to 

Myanmar, where she has 

held consultations with 

State Counsellor Daw 

Aung San Suu Kyi, other 

government and military 

leaders, ethnic armed 

organizations, local and 

religious leaders, NGOs, 

UN agencies and the diplomatic 

community. 

In Rakhine, where 

Muslim Rohingya face discrimination 

and violence 

from the Buddhist majority 

directions to all filed farmillions. 

Sources stated that 

nearly 5000 people had 

disclosed their financial 

assets of Rs 1800 billion 

under this scheme. First 

the PTI govt. would prepare 

a complete report of 

these persons and then 

decided what do with these 

persons. 

Accountability a major factor for 

reconciliation in Myanmar: UN Envoy 

ISLAMABAD: A beggar holds a hard-earned bread in his 

hand to eat for the afternoon meal. 

Economic quagmire: Senator 

Rehman Malik pens letter to PM Khan 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senator Rehman Malik on Sunday 

penned a letter to premier Imran Khan on current economic quagmire. 

Rehman—in his letter—urged Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to craft ‘national 

economic strategy’ to bring country out of the economic crisis. Rehman also urged 

Khan to constitute national consortium of Pakistan-based banks which will bear the 

burden of 1/4th of total loans foreign loans. 

Rehman also opined to sale half of Pakistan’s loans to time-tested friend China 

after taking parliament into confidence. 

“Mega-commercial plots should be made available on main thoroughfares and then 

they should be sold to overseas Pakistanis”, asserted Rehman. 

in Myanmar, and Kachin, 

where anti-government 

insurgents are battling Amy 

soldiers, Ms. Burgener 

engaged with local civilian 

and military authorities, 

and directly with those 

affected by conflict, in particular 

women, and went to 

several camps and relocation 

sites for internally-displaced 

people, to gauge 

progress made since her 

first visit to the country in 

June 2018. 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Federal Govt decides to 

introduce new Exit Control Lists 

ISLAMABAD: The Accountably Bureau Committee Tanveer 

Federal Government has (NAB) will be totally end Ahmed would present the 

decided to introduce new in this process. 

written recommendations 

incumbent government’s Exit Control Lists (ECL). According to the new in committee; However 

incompetence has been laid The inner sources stated policy in future names of PPP Senator Rehman 

bare in a short time. that Interior Ministry has any person would be Malik would chair the 

He also claimed that the prepared recommendations 

included in ECL on the meeting. 

PPP delivered in its five 

in this regard that recommendations of trail While other members 

years of government. will present in today and apex courts. Sources Senator Kulsoom Perveen, 

Responding to a question, 

the former president 

Monday meeting. 

According to the documents 

stated that prepared recommendations 

would be pre- 

Muhammad Javed Abbasi, 

Tanveer Khan, Asad Ali 

said that never benefited 

got by “Online” sented in standing commit- 

Rana, Rana Maqbool, 

from the National Imran Khan led PTI government 

tee today. It also recom- 

Muhammad Talha, Farooq 

Reconciliation Order 

has decided to mended removing name of Hamid, Shibli Faraz and 

(NRO) and that all cases introduce important that was in ECL form last Haji Khan Momin and will 

against him were reopened. changes regarding placing three years and names of be included. Chairman 

Nawaz might have benefited 

the name of any person on those persons would also Capital Development 

from the deal, he ECL. Sources stated that remove that have no court Authority (CDA) will also 

said. 

The NRO, passed by 

the role of National order. Director General be included in committee. 

former military ruler 

Pervez Musharraf in 2007, 

granted amnesty to politicians 

and other individuals 

US withdrawal from nuclear arms 

by quashing various corruption 

deal 'dangerous step': Moscow 

and criminal cases 

against them so they could 

return to the country and 

engage in the democratic 

process. 

MOSCOW: Withdrawing from a Cold 

War-era nuclear weapons treaty with 

Russia as President Donald Trump has 

announced he plans to do is a dangerous 

attempts by the US to gain concessions 

"through a method of blackmail", he 

added. 

If the US continues to act "clumsily and 

step, Russia's deputy foreign minister crudely" and unilaterally back out of international 

agreements "then we will have no 

warned on Sunday. 

HEC to start "This would be a very dangerous step choice but to undertake retaliatory measures 

including involving military technol- 

online degree that, I'm sure, not only will not be comprehended 

by the international community ogy," Ryabkov told RIA Novosti news 

verification process but will provoke serious condemnation," agency. 

I S L A M A B A D : deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov "But we would not want to get to this 

Chairman Higher told TASS state news agency. 

stage," he added. 

Education Commission The treaty is "significant for international 

On Saturday, Trump announced US 

security and security in the sphere of plans to leave the three-decade-old 

nuclear arms, for the maintenance of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces 

strategic stability," he stressed. 

Treaty, known as the INF, signed in 1987 

Russia condemned what he called by the then US president Ronald Reagan. 

Dr. Tariq Banuri says 

steps are being taken to 

start online degree verification 

process. 

Addressing a news 

conference in Islamabad 

he said information technology 

is being promoted 

thorough Smart 

University Programme. 

The HEC Chairman 

said a policy is being 

devised for the first time 

to provide facilities to 

special students. He said 

the policy will ensure that 

no special student 

remains deprived of higher 

education because of 

disability. 

He said if any international 

university wants to 

establish a university in 

Pakistan, it will be welcomed. 

However, he said, 

international universities 

will have to get approval 

from the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs and the 

Interior Ministry. 

PM, SC Dams Fund 

receives Rs 6.4 bln 


Prime Minister and Chief 

Justice of Pakistan Dams 

Fund received total Rs 6.4 

billion so far. 

The countrywide contribution 

to the fund stood at Rs 

5.93 billion while Rs 487.14 

million was transferred from 

abroad, according to an 

update issued by the State 

Bank of Pakistan (SBP). 

The fund witnessed a 

boost after the recent speech 

of Prime Minister Imran 

Khan who urged the nation 

to donate generously for the 

construction of Diamer- 

Bhasha and Mohmand dams. 

Among foreign countries, 

KARACHI: Council of ence and the rigid control which created the doubt 

Pakistan Newspaper of government over of malafide intentions of 

Editors (CPNE) media on various pretexts curbing media freedom 

expressed deep concerns under the garb of proposed 

under the garb of new 

over the proposed 

media law. media law. 

Pakistan Media The CPNE’s President The CPNE leaders 

Regulatory Authority Mr. ArifNizami, Senior reminded that in the past 

(PMRA), to be formed Vice President Mr. during Gen. Ayub Khan 

under a new media law ImtinanShahid and Regime; CPNE, PFUJ, 

submitted in the Senate Secretary General Dr. APNS and other media 

Committee by the Federal JabbarKhattak, said in a associations through the 

Government to control joint statement issued on unity with pro-active 

print, electronic and digital 

Sunday that it is a political and civil society 

media in the country 

and pointed out that such 

deplorable fact that unlike 

practice during previous 

activists, had compelled 

the dictator to annul the 

move had caused severe regimes, the present ill-famed Press and 

fear and panic within Federal Government--- Publications Ordinance. 

media because freedom of trampling the traditions – “The dreamers of 

media, freedom of has submitted the proposed 

imposing their agenda on 

expression and people’s 

law on the media the media by re-imposing 

right to know might be for legislation without the notorious system of 

compromised by reinforcing 

consulting CPNE and press advice under pro- 

governmental influ- 

other media association posed media law 

should 

the Pakistani diaspora in 

USA contributed Rs 193.448 

million followed by UK 

which contributed Rs 51.45 

million and United Arab 

Emirates (UAE) donated Rs 

45.8 million for the dams’ 

fund. 

Meanwhile, the SBP 

issued a list of top 10 donors 

both on institution and individual 

level. 

Among institutions, up to 

October 18, the highest 

donation of Rs 1.01 billion 

was paid by employees of 

government of Punjab, followed 

by Pak Army which 

donated Rs 582.1 million for 

the dams’ fund. 

Pakistan welcomes 

Turkish-Saudi contacts 

over Khashoggi issue 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan 

on Sunday welcomed the 

contacts between Saudi 

King Salman bin Abdulaziz 

and Turkish President 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 

their desire to continue 

working together to address 

the Jamal Khashoggi issue. 

“We welcome the steps 

taken by the Kingdom of 

Saudi Arabia and Turkey to 

address this issue,” the 

Foreign Office spokesman 

said in a statement. 

Disclosing facts to the 

public and bringing those 

responsible to justice was 

important in that regard, the 

spokesman added. 

CPNE expresses deep 

concerns over proposed PMRA 

Such move had caused severe fear, panic within media because freedom of media, 

freedom of expression and people’s right to know might be compromised 

never forget the fact that 

with the help of struggling 

peoples, past governments 

were forced to 

abandon the infamous 

practice of press advice.” 

CPNE leaders added that 

if someone still believer 

of curbing of media freedom 

through any black 

law, was actually mistaken 

because “journalists, 

media workers, civil society 

and pro-democracy 

political workers in 

Pakistan have the power 

to get rid of black laws 

aimed to usurp the constitutional 

rights of media 

freedom, freedom of 

expression and right to 

know of the people. 

They advised the government 

to abandon the 

mindset of imposing discriminatory, 

prejudiced 

and special laws for the 

media, and instead to create 

enabling environment 

by allowing the media to 

work freely under the normal 

and ordinary laws 

and not to enact any 

media law without consulting 

CPNE and other 

media associations. 

The leaders of 

Pakistan’s premier body 

representing newspapers’ 

editors announced that 

CPNE would shortly 

come up with its detailed 

stance after discussing on 

the proposed law at a 

meeting of its standing 

committee 

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Monday, October 22, 2018 

Metropolitan 

By-polls: PTI leads in NA-247, 

PS-111, loses PK-71 to ANP 

Jamil Ahmed 

Senior Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: The Awami 

National Party (ANP) clinched victory 

on the PK-71 seat in the bypolls 

today, stealing the Peshawar 

constituency from Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). 

By-polls for National Assembly 

seat NA-247, Sindh Assembly seat 

PS-111 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

Assembly seat PK-71 were held 

today, and vote count is underway 

on the former two. 

Unofficial results from all 86 

polling stations show Awami 

National Party's (ANP) Salahuddin 

clinched victory on PK-71 with 

11,257 votes, followed by PTI's 

Zulfiqar Khan, who secured 9,854 

votes. 

Salahuddin clinched victory on 

PK-71 with 11,257 votes 

PK-71 fell vacant after Shah 

Farman was appointed as 

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

Independent candidates Dildar 

Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and 

Fazale Haq Kohi Damani also contested 

on the seat. 

PTI is leading on both NA-247 

and PS-111 seats from Karachi. 

PTI's Aftab Hussain Siddiqui is 

leading on NA-247, followed by 

Muttahida Qaumi Movement- 

Pakistan's (MQM-P) Sadiq 

KARACHI: A woman casts her vote for by-elections in NA -247 and PS-111 

at a polling station established in Defence area. 

Iftikhar. Pakistan Peoples Party's 

Qaiser Nizamani trails behind at 

the third spot. 

On PS-111, PTI's Shehzad 

Qureshi is leading, followed by 

MQM-P's Jahanzeb Mughal. 

Twelve candidates contested for 

the NA-247 seat while 11 were in 

the run for the Sindh Assembly 

seat. NA-247 was vacated by 

President Dr Arif Alvi while PS- 

111 was vacated by Sindh 

Governor Imran Ismail. 

KARACHI: The 

Chairman of Medical and 

Social Welfare Committee 

of Arts Council of Pakistan 

Dr. S.M. Qaiser Sajjad said 

that, according to the previous 

research the main 

reason of chest diseases 

are smoking, pollution and 

many other environmental 

issues. The free medical 

camps for these diseases 

are very necessary as these 

diseases cost a lot of 

expanses, therefore the 

common people cannot 

afford it. He share his 

Prominent candidates in the run 

for NA-247 seat include PTI’s 

Aftab Hussain Siddiqui, Pakistan 

Peoples Party’s (PPP) Qaiser 

Nizamani, Sadiq Iftikhar of the 

Muttahida Qaumi Movement- 

Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pak 

Sarzameen Party’s (PSP) Arshad 

Vohra. Seven independent candidates 

also contested the by-polls 

for the constituency: Syed Adil 

Askari, Syed Mujahid Rasool, 

Shaikh Samir Mir, Tahir Ashraf 

Arts Council organizes free medical camp 

National Seerat Conference from 24th 

KARACHI: The inauguration 

ceremony of 

National Seerat 

Conference entitled “ 

Political, Economic and 

Societal Issues and their 

Solutions in the light of 

Seerat Tayyaba (SAW)” 

organized by Seerat Chair, 

University of Karachi 

(KU), will be held on 24th 

October 2018 at Arts 

Auditorium KU, at 9:30 

am. 

Federal Minister for 

Religious Affairs Prof Dr 

Peer Noor ul Haq Qadri 

will be the chief guest 

while Vice Chancellor KU 

Prof Dr. Muhammad 

Ajmal Khan will preside 

over it. Prof. Dr. Zia ul 

Haq, Director General 

Islamic Research Institute, 

Islamabad will deliver the 

keynote address while 

Director Seerat Chair Prof. 

Dr. Muhammad Ahmed 

Qadri will deliver the welcome 

address. 

HYDERABAD: Leader of MQM Dr Farooq Sattar addressing the Shiri Hinglag Shewa 

Mandli Festival at Circuit House. 

Walking through natural environments 

ensures better mental health 

KARACHI: Those commuting 

through natural 

environments on a daily 

basis had on average a 2.74 

point higher mental health 

score as compared to those 

who commuted less through 

natural environments. 

People who commute - 

walking or cycling - through 

natural environments are 

more likely to develop better 

mental health than those 

who commute less, according 

to a new study. 

Natural environments 

included all public and private 

outdoor spaces that 

contain ‘green’ and/or 

‘blue’ natural elements such 

as street trees, forests, city 

parks and natural 

parks/reserves and all types 

of water bodies. 

“Mental health and 

physical inactivity are two 

of the main public health 

problems associated with 

the life in urban environments. 

Urban design could 

be a powerful tool to confront 

these challenges and 

create healthier cities. One 

way of doing so would be 

investing in natural commuting 

routes for cycling 

and walking,” said Mark 

Nieuwenhuijsen from the 

University of Barcelona. 

For the study, published 

in the journal, 

Environment International, 

the research team examined 

nearly 3,600 participants 

who answered a 

questionnaire about their 

commuting habits and 

their mental health. 

views while addressing the 

free medical camp organized 

by Arts Council 

Karachi in which free tests 

regarding to chest infections 

are held. He further 

said that, the main symptoms 

of chest diseases are 

regular cough, fever and 

the loose of weight and if 

these infections are 

occurred so one should 

visit the doctor. The free 

medical camp was held for 

the free test and treatment 

of all members of Arts 

Council Karachi. 

18 injured as 

bus overturns 

KARACHI: At least 18 

people were injured when 

a bus overturned in Shah 

Faisal Colony area of the 

city in the wee hours of 

Sunday. 

According to rescue 

sources, the driver of the 

speeding bus lost control 

of the vehicle on Shah 

Faisal Colony Bridge following 

which it overturned. 

As a result, 18 people 

sustained injuries. 

The injured were shifted 

to Jinnah Postgraduate 

Medical Center for treatment.The 

condition of four 

injured was stated to be 

serious. 

Hashmi, Abdul Jalil Khan, 

Muhammad Ayaz, and Muhammad 

Sharif Awan. Ali Nawab of 

Pakistan Sunni Tehreek is also in 

the run. 

PTI’s Shehzad Qureshi, MQM- 

P’s Jehanzeb Mughal, PML-N’s 

Mohammad Zahid Hussain and 

activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir 

were among those contesting on 

PS-111. 

President Arif Alvi cast his vote 

at the Defence Authority Model 

High School earlier today. 

Speaking to media on the occasion, 

he requested the public to come out 

and vote. Responding to a question, 

he said everyone knew why 

the inflation had risen in the past 

15 days. 

Governor Imran Ismail also cast 

his vote at DHA Girls' College 

Phase 8. 

The polling started at 8am and 

ended at 5pm. 

The Election Commission of 

Pakistan stated that it did not 

extend the time for voting. 

Polling material was transported 

to the polling stations under the 

supervision of Pakistan Army personnel 

a day earlier. 

According to the Election 

Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 

there are 546,451 registered voters 

in NA-247 and 178,965 registered 

voters in PS-111. 

Minimum 

wages demanded 

for HBWs 

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. 

According to details, 

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. 

The speakers 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 them 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. 

Call to improve 

shabby roads 

KARACHI: Karachi 

Transport Action 

Committee president 

Ashraf Banglori on 

Sunday demanded of 

Mayor Karachi Waseem 

Akhtar to conduct survey 

of all roads of populated 

areas of the metropolis 

and take emergency measures 

to improve the roads 

which are in shabby condition. 

In a statement, he said 

that the bad condition of 

the roads causes a lot of 

inconvenience to the citizens 

and jams traffic during 

peak hours besides 

causing accidents. 

He said: “Lack of a 

proper drainage and 

garbage systems, especially 

in Jahangir road, is 

painful and distressing to 

the citizens.” 

Man dies after 

being hit by train 

KARACHI: A man 

was killed after he was 

hit by a passenger train 

in Landhi area of the city 

in the wee hours of 

Sunday. 

According to rescue 

sources, a 35-year-old 

unknown man was hit by 

a passenger train while 

crossing railway track in 

Gaddafi town in Landhi. 

As a result, he suffered 

severe injuries. 

The injured was shifted 

to Jinnah 

Postgraduate Medical 

Center for treatment 

where he succumbed to 

his injuries. 

11 teams formed to nab 

tax defaulting vehicles 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Minister for Excise and 

Taxation & Narcotics 

Control and Parliamentary 

Affairs Mukesh Kumar 

Chawla has said that Sindh 

Excise and Taxation 

Department would launch 

a road checking campaign 

across the Sindh province 

on Monday from 22nd 

October to 1st November 

to nab defaulted motor 

vehicles for non-payment 

of motor vehicle tax/unregistered 

vehicles or vehicles 

plying as per transfer letter. 

This he said while presiding 

over a meeting here 

in his office. The arrangements 

made for the road 

checking campaign also 

reviewed in the meeting. 

Secretary Excise and 

By Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Hundreds 

of affected labourers of 

Port Qasim Authority continued 

their sit-in on its 

27th consecutive day in 

from of the Karachi Press 

Club. They were joined by 

parliamentarians of 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

on Saturday evening and 

they vowed to raise voice 

for their rights. 

Member national assembly 

of PTI from Bajaur 

Agency Gul Zafar Khan, 

Saif-ur-Rehman Mehsood, 

newly elected MNA from 

Karachi Alamgir Khan, 

MNA Capt. Retd. Jamil, 

MPAs Shah Nawaz Khan 

Jadoon, Saeed Khan Afridi 

and others visited protest 

camp and listened to their 

Taxation & Narcotics 

Control Abdul Rahim 

Shaikh, Director Generals 

Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh, 

Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui 

Director Admn Syed 

Sibten and other officers 

also attended the meeting . 

Director General E&T 

Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh 

informed the meeting that 

in Karachi, 11 teams had 

been constituted to nab the 

tax defaulting vehicles at 

38 places while the 

Regional Directors E&T 

Department had formed 

their teams for the purpose. 

He informed that for 

facilitating the tax defaulting 

vehicles, 12 branches 

of National Bank had been 

assigned in Karachi areas 

including Awami Markaz, 

grievances. They remained 

there for a while. 

Earlier on their arrival, 

PTI parliamentarians were 

received by President 

Workers Union of Port 

Qasim Akhlaq Ahmed, 

General Secretary Husain 

Badshah, Abdul Wahid, 

Fazal Mabood, Pir Gul 

Badshah and others. 

Addressing to labourers 

at camp, PTI MNA Gul 

Faraz Khan said that he 

had conversations with 

officials of port and shipping 

ministry and 

Chairman Port Qasim 

Authority regarding issues 

of labourers. I am also in 

contact with local leaders 

and elected representatives 

of PTI in Sindh, he told. 

When laws regarding 

Shaheed Millat Road, 

DHA Phase 1, Clifton, 

Korangi Industrial, MA 

Jinnah Road, Denso Hall, 

Site Area, Nazimabad 

PIDC, II Chundrigar 

Road and Gulshan-e- 

Hadeed while in 

Hyderabad, vehicle tax 

may be deposited in 

branches of National Bank 

at Shahbaz Building and 

Fatima Jinnah Road. 

Chawla directed the 

officers assigned for the 

duty to wear uniforms during 

the campaign and 

ensure that no road should 

be blocked during the 

drive while impounded 

vehicles shall only be 

released after clearance of 

the outstanding dues with 

penalty. 

PTI PARLIAMENTARIANS JOIN SIT-IN, SHOW SOLIDARITY 

Port Qasim labourers 

continue protest on 27th day 

KARACHI: Faculty Member of 

Department of Sociology, University of 

Karachi, Ms. Nosheen Raza, has been honoured 

with International Center on 

Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)'s Curriculum 

Fellowship Award for 2018. 

According to details, ICNC is an educational 

foundation in USA and promotes 

the teaching of civil resistance throughout 

the world in academic institutions and 

beyond. ICNC's Curriculum Fellowship 

program started in 2014. This year they 

dock workers are implemented 

in Karachi Port 

than why not at Port 

Qasim? I will raise voice 

on it in a meeting of 

Standing Committee 

scheduled on Monday and 

on the floor of assembly 

too. It is very sad to know 

that no one has come to listen 

to these poor labourers 

yet. Irrespective of labourers 

political affiliation, 

their genuine issues must 

be addressed, he stressed. 

Newly elected MNA of 

PTI from Karachi Alamgir 

Khan said that he believes 

in struggle and will support 

labourers for their 

rights. I will also talk to 

PTI leadership to get the 

solution of this crisis, he 

assured. 

KU faculty member wins American fellowship 

accepted six fellows for 2018. Nosheen 

Raza is one of them. Vice Chancellor Prof. 

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan congratulated 

Nausheen Raza and added that KU faculty 

members are recognized globally due to 

their abilities and credentials. 

Nausheen Raza was UNFPA’s national 

observer to monitor population census of 

Pakistan in 2017. She has been working 

with national and international NGOs for 

awareness and promotion of human rights 

and community development. 

Rickshaw driver sets himself on 

fire after unjustified challan 

KARACHI: A rickshaw driver suffered serious burns after he set himself on fire 

over unnecessary challan by a traffic police official in Saddar area of the city. 

According to details, in his statement being shared on social media a rickshaw driver 

Khalid alleged that ASI Mohammed Hanif had been extracting Rs100 from him 

daily. He gave the policeman Rs50 on Saturday, but the latter Hanif forced for Rs100 

and on refusal the ASI handed him a challan. On which Khalid sprinkled oil on his 

body and set himself alight.He was shifted to Burns Centre of Civil Hospital Karachi 

for treatment. Meanwhile, IGP Sindh Syed Kaleem Imam took notice of the incident. 

He ordered the DIG traffic to conduct an inquiry into the matter and submit a detailed 

inquiry report report to him. 

KARACHI: Children of slum are gathering reusable items from the heaps of garbage in 

Liaquatabad area.


National 

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Imran’s vision for planting billions of trees 

help address climate change issue: Zartaj 

ISLAMABAD: Minister 

of State for Climate Change, 

Zartaj Gull on Sunday said 

that prime minister Imran 

Khan’s vision for planting 

billions of trees in all parts of 

the country would help 

address the issues of climate 

change. 

The Pakistan Tehrik e 

Insaf (PTI), chief Imran 

Khan’s enlighten vision had 

galvanized the young generation 

particularly the children 

for significance of plantation 

across the country, 

she stated while talking 

to a news channel. 

It was an alarming situation 

that glaciers in Pakistan 

were melting at fast pace, 

she said. 

The people had been 

mocking the plan of Khyber 

Pakhtunkhawa’s last government, 

when the PTI had 

started implementing the 

plan of ‘billion tree’ in the 

province, she said. 

But, now the young children 

had realized the fact, 

and idea of Imran Khan for 

planting billions of trees in 

all parts of this country. 

“Every children was feeling 

pleasure while planting 

the trees in their respective 

living area, ” she said. 

She was of the view that 

young children are the backbone 

of this country and 

without their participation, 

no progress could be made 

properly. 

“We don’t have the modern 

equipment and other 

related material to deal with 

the earthquake hazardous. 

To a question she said 

keeping in view the climate 

impacts on this region, the 

PTI government had started 

drive for ‘clean and green’ 

Pakistan. To another question 

Zartaj Gull said that we 

will invite the religious 

scholars to play their role in 

making this drive of plantation 

‘a success’. 

She said that those students 

who will play their 

role in making ‘clean and 

green’ Pakistan’s drive a 

success, they would have 

incentives and awards in 

days to come. 

AIOU's exams begin from Monday 

ISLAMABAD: Final 

exams of various programs 

of Allama Iqbal Open 

University (AIOU) will 

begin in Rawalpindi- 

Islamabad and other parts 

of the country from 22nd 

October (Monday) 

According to the 

Controller Exams, the programs 

include Associate 

Degree in Commerce 

(ADC), Associate Degree 

in Education( ADE), B.Ed 

and BA Programs. Roll 

Number slips have been 

dispatched to all the students, 

enrolled for 

Semester Spring 2018, at 

their postal addresses. The 

same have also been 

placed at the University’s 

official website. 

As per the instructions 

of the Acting Vice 

Chancellor Prof. Dr. Nasir 

Mehmood, exam centers 

have been set up at the 

nearest places of the students’ 

residences or work 

places. All possible efforts 

have been made to ensure 

transparency in the entire 

exams’ process. 

Special teams have 

been constituted to supervise 

and monitor the examination 

process. There is a 

`zero-tolerance’ policy 

against any kind of unfair 

practice. Strict vigilance 

system is enforced during 

the exams’ process. 

Meanwhile, the students 

will be fully facilitated 

at the exams’ centers as 

standing practices, the 

Controller Exams added. 

Magistrate sends Shehla Sethi to jail 

on judicial remand, rejects plea for bail 

Police arrest woman who threatened cops 

for not allowing her into diplomatic enclave 


Secretariat Police have 

arrested Dr. Shehla Shakil 

Sethi who threatened cops 

for preventing her to enter 

Diplomatic Enclave in a 

vehicle sans number plate. 

According to police Dr. 

Shehla Shakil Sethi has been 

arrested from Islamabad 

By Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: Mr abdul Bari Pitafi , 

the provincial minister Fisheries and 

Livestock addressing the press conference 

on Sunday said that Sindh 

government was doing its best to 

provide the relief to drought-stricken 

government housing society. 

According to sources Dr. 

Sethi was doctor in America 

and recently came back to 

Pakistan. Police will request 

for her remand by presenting 

her before the Duty 

Magistrate. 

Dr. Shehla Shakil Sethi 

has been accused of interfering 

in the government duty 

and threatening police officials. 

Earlier on Saturday a 

case was registered against 

her in the Secretariat Police 

Station. 

Minister of State for 

Interior Shehryar Afridi 

had taken notice of the 

incident and advised the 

police to submit a detailed 

investigative report as soon 

as possible. He further had 

said that action should be 

taken against her in accordance 

with the law as in 

“New Pakistan” no one is 

VIP and all were equal 

before the law. 

Sindh govt is not in position to provide fodder 

to 7 million livestock of Thar, says Bari Pitafi 

Sawan Khaskheli 

MITHI: The several 

hundred women from as 

many as 38 union councils 

of Tharparkar gathered here 

on Sunday in Mithi to participate 

in the training 

workshop on the Mother 

and Child Health, organized 

by Thardeep Rural 

development Programe 

(TRDP) in collaboration 

with Pakistan Peadiatric 

Association and vowed to 

create awareness among 

other Thari women to save 

the lives of both newborns 

and expecting mothers. 

The women from the 

remote villages of 

Chhachhro, Dahli, 

Tharis adding he asked federal government 

to step in and do something 

concrete for Tharis. He said that 

Sindh government was doing its best 

to mitigate the sufferings of Tharis 

adding he said that he had directed 

the staffers of his department vaccinate 

the livestock to avoid any outbreak 

of viral infections. Mr Pitafi 

said that Sindh government was in 

the position to provide fodder to 

over 7 million livestock of the desert 

region due to the lack of the 

resources. Mr Pitafi said that he during 

his stay in Thar he had visited 

number of the villages to assess the 

situation and claimed that situations 

were well under control.The PPP 

MPA Qasim Siraj Soomro speaking 

on the occasion said that Sindh government 

was marshelling all its 

resources to provide the maximum 

relief to the people. He said that 

drinking water was the biggest issue 

of the desert after almost no rain in 

the arid zone of the country. Dr 

Ghulam Haider Samejo, the official 

of livestock and others were also 

present during the news conference. 

Thari women vowed to create awareness 

to avoid more deaths of infants 

Khensar, Nagarparkar, 

Diplo and other areas gathered 

and sharing their information 

and experiences 

during the current situations 

in Thar in the wake of 

ravages of severe droughts 

hoped that situations in the 

desert as far as the deaths of 

underweight kids and pregnant 

women could be 

improved to great extent if 

collective efforts were 

ensured from all the segments 

of the society of Thar 

. 

The women informed 

that by acting upon the 

advice of the experts even 

less educated and trained 

women could play a great 

role to help lower the death 

ratio, which according to 

them, was because of the 

child marriages, lack of the 

healthcare facilities at the 

village level and the 

unavailability an easy 

excess to the hospitals in the 

towns. They said that Thari 

women could play their due 

role to curb the menaces 

given imparted proper training 

and awareness to nurture 

their babies. The 

women requested organizers 

and the health experts to 

spend more time their energies 

to guide and train the 

remaining female in the 

best interest of Thar, which 

according to them, was not 

only desert but rich in various 

dimensions. 

The renowned health 

experts and consultants 

from Aga Khan including 

Dr. Chandi Mal Shahani, 

Dr. Muskesh Kumar and 

Dr. Hamrani Lohano during 

the training before the 

training sessions said that 

situations in Thar could easily 

be controlled by engaging 

the women and their 

heads of family by imparting 

some necessary training 

sessions. Dr Chandai, said 

that since he himself a Thari 

knew the the core causes of 

the situations emerged in 

the recent years in the desert 

region. 

Two Indian 

soldiers injured in 

Pulwama attack 

ISLAMABAD: In 

Occupied Kashmir, two 

Indian soldiers were 

injured in an attack by 

unknown persons on an 

army patrolling party in 

Pathan area of Pulwama 

district. 

A report quoting a 

police official said the gunmen 

first hurled a grenade 

and then opened fire on a 

patrolling party of 55 

Rashtriya Rifles of Indian 

army. 

Later, the troops cordoned 

off the entire Pathan 

village and launched a 

massive search operation. 

They thrashed and beat 

local people. 

The forces’ action triggered 

protests and clashes 

in the area. Scores of 

youth, who came out of 

their houses against the 

operation, pelted the forces 

with stones and bricks. 

ISLAMABAD: Dr Shehla Shakeel Sethi is coming out of the duty magistrate Adnan 

Rasheed’s office after being sent on one-day judicial remand. 

ISLAMABAD: A judicial 

magistrate of 

Islamabad has sent Shehla 

Sethi to jail on judicial 

remand by rejecting her 

plea seeking bail. 

She was produced in 

duty judge Adnan 

ISLAMABAD: Threeday 

Daachi Arts and Crafts 

Exhibition will starts at a 

local Community Centre in 

Model Town Lahore from 

Rasheed's court on 

Sunday. Shehla Sethi was 

arrested for misbehaving 

and threatening police in 

Islamabad. 

Meanwhile, Minister of 

State for Interior Shehryar 

Afridi has also taken 

November 3. 

The exhibition will be 

held under the aegis of 

Daachi Foundation. The 

purpose of holding this 

notice of the incident. In a 

statement issued on 

Sunday, he said no one is 

above law in Naya 

Pakistan. 

He sought a report from 

police and directed to take 

action as per law. 

Daachi Arts and Crafts 

Exhibition to begin on Nov 3 

ISLAMABAD: Funeral prayers of senior journalist Barbara Rizvi are being offered at 

National Press Club. 

People with Diabetes May Want to Stop 

Storing Their Insulin in the Refrigerator 

Berlin, October 21 (Online): For people with diabetes, there’s usually one place you 

store your lifesaving insulin: In the refrigerator. 

In fact, that’s the recommendation of the three insulin manufacturers in the United 

States, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit advocacy group. 

Yet, that might not be the safest place to store it. A new study, presented at the European 

Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Berlin, is pointing out 

some of the potential dangers. Researchers tracked diabetes patients living in the United 

States and Europe and outfitted them with refrigerator thermometers to see if their home 

refrigerators stayed within the recommended range for insulin storage — between 36°F and 

46°F. They also looked at insulin temperature variances for those who didn’t store their 

insulin in the fridge, putting temperature sensors in their diabetes bags. 

event is to promote 

Pakistan’s rich cultural heritage 

and history through 

preserving and exhibiting 

its craftsmanship. 

Yasin Malik pays 

glowing tributes 

to martyred youth 

SRINAGAR: In occupied 

Kashmir, the 

Chairman of Jammu and 

Kashmir Liberation Front 

(JKLF), Muhammad Yasin 

Malik has paid glowing 

tributes to Kashmir youth 

martyred by Indian troops 

in Fateh Kadal, Srinagar. 

Muhammad Yasin 

Malik soon after his 

release from illegal detention 

along with a delegation 

visited Feteh Kadal 

and Khanyar in Srinagar 

and condoled with the families 

of martyrs Merajuddin 

Bangroo, Fahad Mushtaq 

Waza and Rayees Ahmad 

Sofi. 

Speaking on the occasion 

he said that sacrifices 

rendered by Kashmiri 

youth and their families 

would never go waste. The 

relatives of innocent martyr, 

Rayes Ahmad Sofi told 

Yasin Malik that Shaheed 

Raies was taken into custody 

by police, tortured 

severely and then killed in 

custody in cold blood. 

Govt departments of Sindh fails to share information online: CPDI 

By Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: Results 

of CPDI report on state of 

online proactive disclosure 

in Sindh show that departments 

have miserably failed 

to comply with the provisions 

on proactive disclosure. 

The highest scoring 

department reaches to a disappointing 

figure of 40% 

only. 

The report evaluates the 

online presence of provincial 

departments of Sindh 

against the set criteria i.e 

section 6 of Sindh 

Transparency and Right to 

Information Act, 2016. 

Section 6 provides a set of 

information/documents that 

every government department 

is bound to disclose 

proactively for larger public 

interest. 30 websites were 

taken as Sample and the 

departments were ranked 

out of 140 points. 

This was disclosed by 

Amer Ejaz, Executive 

Director CPDI in a report 

made public at a news conference 

here. He said 

“Section 6 of Sindh 

Transparency and Right to 

Information Act 2016 deals 

with the proactive disclosure 

of information such as 

functions of public body, 

perks and privileges of 

employees, budget and 

expenditure, details about 

subsidy and grants etc. The 

minimal proactive disclosure 

by the government 

departments is problematic. 

He added that this meager 

situation is due to the lack 

of awareness about the 

Sindh T&RTI Act. The said 

law was enacted back in 

April 2017 but the its 

activism is still deferred. It 

is neither brought in public 

domain nor is it well known 

among government departments. 

Departments are not 

cognizant of their legal 

responsibilities related to 

proactive disclosure of 

information. After a year, 

the Information 

Commission is not established 

which was supposed 

to be established in 100 

days. He demanded that to 

promote transparency and 

boost public trust on public 

bodies, departments should 

acutely recognize and follow 

the criteria of proactive 

disclosure mentioned by the 

respective RTI law.” 

Statistics of top five 

departments achieving 

maximum proactive disclosure 

declare that the finance 

department is at top with 

40%. Whereas, the 2nd, 3rd 

and 4th positions are taken 

by provincial assembly of 

Sindh with 38%, dept of 

zakat with 33%, Sindh high 

court with 31% and Sindh 

Public Service Commission 

with 28% respectively. 

Moreover, Chief Minister 

Secretariat is at the lowest 

with 4%. Interestingly, 

Information and archives 

department is responsible 

for raising awareness about 

RTI law in the province but 

scored 8% on the scale of 

proactive disclosure. In 

addition, websites of education 

department, governor 

house and home department 

stands at 9% only. Not 

even a single department 

could reach to minimum of 

50% of online proactive 

disclosure of information. 

The report further 

found that the official 

web portal of Sindh government 

contains very 

less information and 

needs to be improved in 

various aspects. Out of 30 

departments, not even a 

single website had an 

‘RTI Section’. None of 

the website has shared 

name and particulars of 

Public Information 

Officer and perks and 

privileges of its officers. 

The website of Sindh 

Assembly has shared the 

privileges of its members 

only by uploading ‘privileges 

act 1975’. In most 

of the cases, budget and 

expenditures of the 

departments was also not 

shared. In entirety, the 

state of online proactive 

disclosure of information 

in provincial departments 

of Sindh is worst and disappointingly 

low. 

CHINIOT: A doctor examines the patient during the free 

hepatitis camp organized by Anjuman Islamia at 

Islamia Hospital.

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

OPINION 

Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister 

for Foreign Affairs visit of Pakistan 

Qatar strong Nation ---- promoting peace & against Terrorism 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

“Qatar’s leading role in 

conflict resolution through 

mediation remains the cornerstone 

of HH the Emir’s 

vision for Qatar’s 

Diplomacy" 

Sheikh Muhammad Bin 

Abdul Rahman Al Thani, 

Deputy Prime Minister and 

Minister for Foreign Affairs of 

Qatar, visited Pakistan and met with new 

leadership of Pakistan , Pakistan’s foreign 

minister and Army chief before going Prime 

Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia and 

China . He conveyed the felicitations and best 

wishes of Amir of Qatar on his victory in elections.The 

Qatari deputy prime minister conveyed 

the keen desire of the Amir to work with 

the new leadership in Pakistan, for further 

strengthening close and cordial relations 

between Pakistan and Qatar. Expressing 

appreciation for the warm sentiments of 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the prime 

minister reciprocated by underlining the commitment 

of his government to build mutually 

beneficial relations with Qatar for the benefit 

of the two peoples. 

Referring to an increase in Pakistan’s 

exports to Qatar, the premier hoped that bilateral 

trade will further expand in the coming 

years. He invited Qatari investment in all sectors 

of Pakistan’s economy, especially in agriculture, 

livestock and energy. The prime minister 

also expressed the hope for early implementation 

of Qatar’s decision to import 

100,000 workers from Pakistan.This decision 

of Qatar government will also assist and 

facilitate the current plight of Pakistan’s economy 

as well as more strength the relations 

between two governments and the peoples of 

the two countries. Sheikh Muhammad Bin 

Abdul Rahman Al Thani thanked the prime 

minister for receiving him and reciprocated 

the sentiments and assured him of the full support 

and cooperation of the Government of 

Qatar in attaining the dream of a progressive, 

prosperous and forward looking Pakistan.The 

prime minister conveyed his best wishes for 

the continued peace, progress and prosperity 

of the state of Qatar, under the leadership of 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.He also 

met with Pakistan’s military chief general 

QamarJavedBajwa at the General 

Headquarters During the meeting, the visiting 

dignitary appreciated Pakistan’s achievements 

in the fight against terrorism and continued 

efforts for peace and stability in the 

region.According to a communique issued by 

the media wing of the armed forces, the chief 

of the army staff said that Pakistan will continue 

to positively contribute to regional peace 

and stability. Matters of mutual interest were 

also discussed during the meeting. The visit of 

Qatari official comes days before Premier 

Imran Khan is scheduled to visit the kingdom 

of Saudi Arabia – a country with which Qatar 

is having tense ties from over a year now. 

Pakistan can play vital role to solve the disputes 

of Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries with 

Qatar as before Premier Imran Khan 

expressed his views on this issue . 

Since the siege imposed more than a year 

ago, many facts have been revealed about a 

pre-arranged campaign of incitement against 

Qatar besides the insinuation and fabrications 

used to create the Gulf crisis, the falsity of the 

accusations levelled against Qatar. 

Qatar has emerged a stronger nation in spite 

of the unjust siege imposed on it and the country 

has maintained its leading rankings in 

global indicators, especially in the areas of 

human security and development, His 

Highness the Amir, a leader dearly loved by 

his people, just like his father His Highness 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, The period 

that followed the unjust siege has witnessed 

the strengthening of the status of Qatar and 

consolidation of its role as an active and trustworthy 

partner among the comity of world 

nations. 

While elucidating how the unjust blockade 

of Qatar has paralyzed such a vital regional 

organisation as the Gulf Co-operation Council 

(GCC), the Amir, a propitious ruler ever, said: 

"We hope that we will all transform the 

Council's current plight into an opportunity for 

reforming it and putting forward binding 

mechanisms to resolve the differences among 

its states through intra-dialogue, to avoid any 

similar recurrence in the future. It is not sensible 

for our Arab region to remain a hostage to 

some marginal differences, which are fabricated 

in our case, and which consume efforts and 

energies and waste funds exceeding what we 

need to allocate to the just causes that are supposed 

to be agreed upon by us." 

That Amie is not a leader who cares about 

only his own country but a well-wisher of the 

entire region and 

Regarding the plight of the Palestinians and 

asserting their claim to their homeland, His 

Highness the Amir unequivocally emphasizes 

the urgent need to resume the stalled peace 

talks. He said: "We reaffirm the importance of 

negotiations and the resumption of their 

tracks, but that will require commitment to the 

resolutions of international legitimacy, foremost 

of which is the two-state solution, and 

the Arab peace initiative, on the basis of East 

Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian 

State, on 1967-borders. Moreover, there can be 

no solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict without 

a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian 

cause." 

As a regular and generous donor, who 

always endeavors to alleviate the sufferings of 

the Palestinians, Qatar's material and political 

support to the brotherly Palestinian people. 

Regarding to the war in Yemen, which is 

dubbed as "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" 

by the United Nations, Qatar is keen on 

the unity, independence and territorial integrity 

of that country and calls upon all the 

Yemeni parties to national reconciliation. The 

Amirhas appealed the international community 

to help the brotherly Yemeni people who are 

facing a grave humanitarian situation, and to 

facilitate free access for humanitarian assistance 

to all areas in the country. Not limiting 

his concern to words, the Amirhas showed his 

true compassion by announcing Qatar's agreement 

with the United Nations to fight cholera 

in Yemen by supporting projects related to 

combating the causes of the disease and to halt 

its spread. 

Regarding the exacerbating Syrian crisis 

Qatarurging the international community to 

find an immediate solution to the strife, which 

if left unresolved, the crimes of genocide, 

mass displacement and wholesale death in 

prisons,has gone unnoticed. 

Qatar's solidarity with the peoples of Iraq 

and Libya for everlasting peace, stability and 

prosperity in the Muslim world as well as the 

Unity of Muslim Ummah 

The belief also comes out of Doha’s solid 

perception that it is a collective, natural and 

given right for all nations to lead a respectful, 

peaceful, and harmonious life. This Qatari 

belief has been expounded for 47 years now at 

UN venues, beginning with the formation of 

the Permanent Mission of Qatar in 1971. The 

efforts of Qatar in the fight against terrorism, t 

it is an integral part of the global coalition 

against ISIS.Qatar hosts the US military base 

in Al Udeid, from which the country conducts 

its counter-terrorism operations.Qatar is an 

active member of the Global Counter- 

Terrorism Forum, which was established in 

2011 and consists of 29 countries, in addition 

the European Union. 

Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding 

to establish a centre for the combating terrorist 

financing operations with the participation 

of GCC countries and the United 

States.Qatar also issued a law to combat terrorism 

and amended the provisions of other 

relevant laws in accordance with international 

laws related to combating terrorism and 

financing. 

The spread of poverty is a result of the 

intensification of conflicts in the Middle East 

region and the transformation of the region 

into hotbeds of extremism, the treatment of 

terrorism and radicalism will only come 

through solutions of economic nature and by 

increasing development rates. The decline in 

development rates acts as a fertile ground for 

the emergence of new terrorist groups, considering 

that military solutions alone will not 

eliminate terrorism. 

Doha's hosting the annual Nato conference 

on arms limitation and non-proliferation in 

March 2015, as well as the signing of the 

Individual Partnership and Co-operation 

Programme between Qatar and the Nato in 

2016, in addition to the security agreement 

signed between the two sides in January 2018. 

Qatar's contribution to peace efforts in 

Afghanistan and the support to International 

Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is also eulogized. 

Pakistan and Qatar enjoy good economic 

and trade relations which are improving fast 

with the growing understanding between the 

leadership and people of the two countriesby 

this visit ofSheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul 

Rahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and 

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar will 

more expand and flourish , with the private 

sectors and the governments’. Qatar shares 

warm and cordial relations with Pakistan as 

well as excellent brotherly ties. (thepageinternational@gmail.com) 

Indian troops martyr 

three youth in IOK 


Kashmir, Indian troops 

in their fresh act of state terrorism 

martyred three 

Kashmiri youth in Laroo 

area of Kulgam. 

Police confirmed that 

the youth were killed by the 

troops during a cordon and 

search operation in the district. 

The killing led to massive 

anti-India protests in 

the area. Dozens of civilians 

were injured in the forces’ 

firing on the protesters. The 

operation was jointly 

launched by Indian Army’s 

9 Rashtriya Rifle, Central 

Reserve Police Force and 

Staff Reporter 

BADIN: Awami 

Tehreek district Badin continued 

protest hunger strike 

on second consecutive day 

against construction of 

Kalabagh and other dams 

over Indus river and 

issuance of CNICs to 

aliens. The camp was 

joined by Dr. Rasool Bux 

Khaskheli,central president, 

Awami Tehreek, Noor 

Ahmed Katiar, central general 

secretary, Sartaj 

Chandio, central vice president, 

Advocate Sajjad 

Ahmed Chandio, central 

senior vice president, 

Mehran Dars, Dada Qadir, 

Wasand Thari,Advocate 

Dildar Leghari, Advocate 

Ram Kolhi, Advocate 

Kamran Lakho, representitives 

of Sindhiani Tehrek 

Azmat Halepoto,bReshma 

Special Operation Group in 

the area. 

Meanwhile, two soldiers 

Gopang and Ramji Kolhi, 

central leader of Sindh Hari 

Tehreek. 

While addressing the 

protestors and talking with 

mefia at Badin Press Club 

Dr. Rasool Bux and others 

said water of Sindh was 

theft for long. They said 

Sindh was sustaining very 

deteriorating conditions of 

water shortage while economy 

was non stable and 

people of Sindh were suffered 

of poverty,unemployment 

and other issues. They 

said conspiracy was 

hatched to deprive Sindh of 

water share.They said conference 

was called in 

Islamabad in connection of 

persisting condition of 

water in the country but 

representitives of Sindh 

were neglected and irrelevant 

people were invited to 

Awami Tehreek continues protest 

hunger strike on second consecutive 

day against construction of dams 

FC personnel 

kill terrorist in 

Balochistan raid 

Senior Staff Writer 

QUETTA: The Frontier 

Corps on Sunday carried out 

a raid under operation Raddul-Fasaad 

in Gani Pera area 

of Mach in Balochistan. 

A terrorist of a banned 

outfit was killed in exchange 

of fire while a huge cache of 

arms and ammunition was 

recovered from the area. 

The confiscated arms 

include four SMGs, six 

rifles, communication equipment, 

IEDs remote, pistols, 

magazines and hundreds of 

rounds. 

The terrorist was 

involved in a blast on 

October 19 at Railways line 

near Quetta and an attack on 

a security checkpost in 

Loralai. 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Minister of State for 

Interior Shehryar Afridi 

has taken notice of a lady's 

misbehavior with Police in 

Islamabad. 

In a statement on 

Sunday, he said no one is 

above law in Naya 

gain own desired views. Dr. 

Rasool Bux said lesson was 

not learnt and in 1971, 

Bangal was forcibly separated. 

He said ongoing policies 

and behaviour would 

result danger and harm.He 

said it was announced by 

Imran Khan that aliens 

would be issued CNICs and 

such announcement was 

against existence of Sindh 

and people of the province. 

He said conspirators to be 

defeated of peaceful struggle. 

Dr. Rasool Bux said 

Badin was destroyed of 

acute water shortage and 

agro economy was damaged 

while growers and 

peasants were suffered of 

starvation. He demanded 

that Badin should be 

announced calamity hit 

area and agriculture loans 

should be written-off. 

Shehryar takes notice of lady's 

misbehavior with Police 

Pakistan. He sought a 

report from police and 

directed to take action as 

per law. 

Earlier, the lady misbehaved 

with police for 

being stopped to enter her 

car into diplomatic enclave 

without a number plate. 

By Imtiaz Dharani the lives of both newborns to great extent if collective 

MITHI: The several and expecting mothers. The efforts were ensured from 

hundred women from as women from the remote all the segments of the society 

many as 38 union councils villages of Chhachhro, 

of Thar . The women 

of Tharparkar gathered Dahli, Khensar, informed that by acting 

here on Sunday in Mithi to Nagarparkar, Diplo and upon the advice of the 

participate in the training other areas gathered and experts even less educated 

workshop on the Mother sharing their information and trained women could 

and Child Health, organized 

and experiences during the play a great role to help 

by Thardeep Rural current situations in Thar in lower the death ratio, which 

development Programe the wake of ravages of according to them, was 

(TRDP) in collaboration 

with Pakistan Peadiatric 

Association and vowed to 

severe droughts hoped that 

situations in the desert as 

far as the deaths of underweight 

because of the child marriages, 

lack of the healthcare 

facilities at the village 

create awareness among 

kids and pregnant level and the unavailabil- 

other Thari women to save women could be improved ity an easy excess to the 

were injured in an attack in 

the same area. 

The authorities suspended 

internet services and 

imposed curfew like restrictions 

in the district. 

Authorities have let 

loose forces to kill 

IOK people: Sehrai 


Kashmir, the Chairman of 

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu 

and Kashmir, Muhammad 

Ashraf Sehrai, expressing concern 

over the killing of a pregnant 

woman in Pulwama and 

two youth in Baramulla, said 

the authorities have let loose 

forces to kill the residents and 

damage their properties. 

Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai 

in a statement issued in 

Srinagar said the Indian forces 

are even do not spare women. 

He said that India was using all 

tactics to suppress the ongoing 

liberation movement in the territory 

but would never succeed 

in its sinister designs. 

He also paid tributes to the 

two youth martyred in 

Baramulla by Indian troops 

during a cordon and search 

operation. 

Ashraf Sehrai deplored that 

in Trichal, Newa and 

Khudwani areas, the Indian 

forces had created havoc and 

damaged the properties and 

injured scores of residents. 

Meanwhile, the Jammu 

and Kashmir Muslim League 

in a condolence meeting, held 

in Srinagar with General 

Secretary, Mohammad 

Rafique Ganai in chair, paid 

rich tribute to Merajuddin 

Bangroo and his associates 

martyred at Fateh Kadal in 

Srinagar. The JKML 

In the meeting Abdul 

Majeed Al-Madni, Advocate 

Zahid Ali, Mukhtar Ahmad 

Sufi, Haji Qadoos, Mufti 

Hilal Ahmad, Maulana Nisar, 

Bashir Irfaani, M Rafiq 

Owaisi, Maulana Abdul 

Wahi, Bashir Kashmiri and 

Haroon Ahmad, throwing 

light on the resistance movement, 

paid rich tribute to 

Merajuddin Bangroo and 

other martyred youth. 

Govt will not allow theft 

of irrigation water by 

influential persons: Faisal 


Minister for Water 

Resources Faisal Vawda 

has said that the government 

will not allow theft of 

irrigation water by influential 

persons. 

Talking to media in 

Karachi on Sunday, he said 

the government will regularly 

check the incidents of 

theft of irrigation water by 

influential land lords and 

take action against them. 

Tharparkar union councils organizes training 

workshop on ‘Mother and Child Health’ 

hospitals in the towns. 

They said that Thari 

women could play their due 

role to curb the menaces 

given imparted proper 

training and awareness to 

nurture their babies. The 

women requested organizers 

and the health experts to 

spend more time their energies 

to guide and train the 

remaining female in the 

best interest of Thar, which 

according to them, was not 

only desert but rich in various 

dimensions.


International 

5 

Turkey to quiz more 

witnesses in Khashoggi probe 

Anu Malik removed as Indian Idol 

judge after #MeToo allegations 

By SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: Almost 

two-thirds of barristers who 

responded to a Victorian Bar 

wellbeing survey have 

reported experiencing judicial 

bullying in the courtroom. 

Barristers responded with 

comments including "judicial 

bullying, especially in 

long-running cases, is excruciating" 

and "judicial bullying 

is alive and well". 

Others reported judges 

"shouting" and "yelling 

without good reason", as 

well as "patronizing", "sarcastic" 

and "arrogant" 

behavior from some judges 

and magistrates. 

"Eye-rolls and inappropriate 

comments from the 

bench", one barrister reported. 

"Yelling and being spoken 

to like a child". "Rude 

and unnecessarily and unjudicial 

personal comments 

ISTANBUL: Turkish 

prosecutors have summoned 

more witnesses to 

testify as part of the investigation 

into the death of 

journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi, local television 

reported Sunday. 

Twenty-five more people 

will be quizzed as witnesses, 

the private NTV 

broadcaster said, without 

providing any further 

details. 

On Friday, prosecutors 

questioned staff members 

of the Saudi Arabian consulate 

in Istanbul inside 

Istanbul s main courthouse, 

including the consulate 

driver, technicians 

ABC NEWS VICTORIAN BAR WELLBEING SURVEY 

from the bench," said another. 

"Aggressive attitude of 

the judge, at times treated as 

if I was the accused." 

"Harassment verbal abuse 

emotional abuse," were 

among other comments. 

In all, 59 percent of 

Victorian barristers who 

responded to the survey into 

their health and wellbeing at 

work said they had experienced 

denigration and bullying 

from judges or magistrates, 

with some female barristers 

also reporting gender 

bias from the bench. 

and accountants. 

Early on Saturday 

Saudi Arabia finally 

admitted that Khashoggi, 

a critic of the Saudi leadership 

and a Washington 

Post contributor, was 

killed inside the kingdom 

s Istanbul consulate. 

For more than two 

weeks they had insisted 

that he left the building 

alive. 

Turkish police and 

prosecutors this week 

searched both the consulate 

and the consul s 

residence in Istanbul, as 

well as a large forest in 

the city, hunting for his 

body. 

Turkish media outlets 

have reported that the 

authorities here have 

audio tapes in which 

Khashoggi s alleged 

‘75% Australian lawyers harassed in courtrooms’ 

"Gender discrimination/bias 

towards counsel of 

opposing gender," said one 

female barrister. 

Another said: "Terrible 

two days in the Magistrates 

Court before a Magistrate 

who abused both myself and 

opposing counsel — both of 

us female barristers". 

The most common courts 

where barristers reported 

judicial abuse were the 

state's magistrates’ courts, 

followed by the County 

Court. 

One barrister called for 

"a more consistent approach 

to the appointment of the 

judiciary" and another commented 

that judges should 

"treat us with the same 

respect that they expect us to 

treat them with". 

In a statement, Victoria's 

Chief Justice of the Supreme 

Court, Anne Ferguson, said 

Israel delays Palestinian village 

Khan al-Ahmar demolition order 

WEST BANK: Israel 

has announced it was putting 

on hold the demolition 

of a Palestinian Bedouin 

village in the occupied 

West Bank for a "short, 

fixed period of time". 

In a statement made by 

Israeli Prime Minister 

Benjamin Netanyahu on 

Sunday following a meeting 

with US Treasury 

Secretary Steven Mnuchin, 

he said Khan al-Ahmar 

will soon be "evacuated". 

"This is the decision of 

the court, this is our policy 

and it will be implemented," 

Netanyahu told 

reporters. 

"I don't intend to postpone 

it until further notice 

contrary to what has been 

reported, but [make it happen] 

within a short, fixed 

period of time. The duration 

we will give to evacuate 

it in consent will be 

decided by the cabinet." 

Khan al-Ahmar, located 

northeast of occupied East 

Jerusalem, has been under 

threat of demolition for the 

past few months. 

Netanyahu's remarks 

came a day after after 

sources in the prime minister's 

office told Israeli 

daily Haaretz that the 

evacuation of Khan al- 

Ahmar will be delayed 

until further notice. 

Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave 

five civilians dead in Yemen 

SANAA: At least five 

civilians have been killed 

when Saudi military aircraft 

carried out two separate 

airstrikes against residential 

areas in Yemen’s 

northwestern province of 

Hajjah and the western 

coastal province of 

Hudaydah as the Riyadh 

regime presses ahead with 

its atrocious bombardment 

campaign against its southern 

neighbor. 

Saudi fighter jets struck 

a car as it was travelling 

along a road in Bani 

Hassan area of the Abs district 

in Hajjah province on 

Sunday afternoon, leaving 

four people dead and 

another injured, an 

unnamed local source told 

Yemen’s Arabic-language 

al-Masirah television network. 

Earlier in the day, a 

Yemeni civilian lost his 

life and four others sustained 

injuries when Saudi 

military aircraft hit an area 

in Zayed road of the al- 

Hali district in Hudaydah 

province. 

Additionally, several 

Saudi-backed militiamen 

loyal to Yemen's resigned 

president, Abd Rabbuh 

Mansur Hadi, were killed 

and injured when a roadside 

bomb explosion 

ripped through their military 

vehicle in al-Ajashar 

desert of Saudi Arabia’s 

southwestern Najran 

region, located 844 kilometers 

south of the capital 

Riyadh. 

courts were no different to 

other workplaces and 

"should be safe and respectful". 

"Robust and vigorous 

legal debate is common in 

the courtroom, but judges 

across all jurisdictions must 

always be mindful to treat 

people with respect and dignity," 

she said. 

She also said she had 

been working with the 

Judicial College to develop 

an education program. 

Russia nuclear treaty: 

US warned over 

threat to scrap deal 

MOSCOW: Russia has 

condemned US plans to 

withdraw from a key 

nuclear weapons treaty and 

threatened to retaliate over 

the "very dangerous step". 

On Saturday, President 

Trump said he intended to 

"terminate" the threedecade-old 

1987 

I n t e r m e d i a t e - R a n g e 

Nuclear Forces (INF) 

treaty. 

He said Russia had been 

"violating it for many 

years". 

The deal banned 

ground-launched mediumrange 

missiles, with a range 

of between 500 and 

5,500km (310-3,400 

miles). 

President Trump said the 

US would not let Russia "go 

out and do weapons [while] 

we're not allowed to". 

"I don't know why 

President [Barack] Obama 

didn't negotiate or pull out," 

the president said of the 

INF treaty after a campaign 

rally in Nevada. 

DAMASCUS: Syria has written 

to the United Nations, urging a 

transparent and impartial probe 

killers tortured him by 

cutting his fingers off 

before his decapitation. 

President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan and top government 

figures have 

remained cautious in their 

public statements, stopping 

short of pinning the 

blame on Saudi Arabia 

and referring instead to the 

prosecutors investigation. 

After the Saudi admission 

on Saturday, Omer 

Celik, spokesman for 

Erdogan s ruling Justice 

and Development Party 

(AKP), said Ankara was 

not putting the blame on 

anyone in advance. 

But they would not 

accept any cover-up, he 

added. "Turkey will reveal 

whatever had happened. 

Nobody should ever doubt 

it," he said. 

Afghanistan election: 

Voters defy violence 

to cast ballots 

KABUL: Voters in 

Afghanistan have defied 

deadly attacks to cast ballots 

in large numbers in the 

nation's long-awaited parliamentary 

elections. 

Several explosions targeted 

polling stations, with 

dozens of people killed or 

injured in scores of incidents 

across the country. 

Voting will be extended 

amid delays, with some 

constituencies remaining 

open on Sunday. 

A new biometric verification 

system has caused 

technical problems. 

Violence had also 

marred election campaigning, 

with 10 candidates 

killed in the run-up to the 

polls. Both the Taliban and 

the Islamic State group had 

vowed to disrupt them. 

Polling day has seen 

dozens of incidents of violence, 

with scores of deaths 

and injuries reported: 

At least 15 people were 

killed in a suicide bombing 

in Kabul 

At least three people 

were killed and more than 

30 others wounded in other 

incidents in Kabul, the AFP 

news agency reports. 

The defence ministry 

has deployed 70,000 members 

of the security forces 

to try to ensure the elections 

pass off peacefully. 

But nearly a third of all 

polling stations were 

closed because of security 

concerns. 

BOLLYWOOD: Indian composer Anu 

Malik has been removed as Indian Idol 

judge following multiple allegations of sexual 

harassment. 

“Anu Malik is no longer a part of Indian 

Idol jury panel. The show will continue its 

planned schedule and we will invite some of 

the biggest names in Indian music as guests 

to join Vishal and Neha to judge the extraordinary 

talent of Indian Idol season 10,” a 

statement released by Sony Entertainment 

Television on Sunday read. 

Anu Malik is no longer a part of Indian 

Idol jury panel. The show will continue its 

planned schedule & we'll invite some of the 

biggest names in Indian music as guests to 

join Vishal&Neha to judge extraordinary 

talent of Indian Idol season 10: Sony 

Entertainment Television #MeToo 

Last week, singer Shweta Pandit had 

accused Malik of sexually harassing her 

when she was 15. 

Taking to Twitter the singer had posted 

about the ordeal and called Malik a 

"pedophile". Had to go back to my worst 

memory as a teenage girl today to write this 

and speak up - its now or never. This is my 

TAIPEI: At least 18 people 

died and 160 were 

injured when a train 

derailed in northeastern 

Taiwan on Sunday, authorities 

said. 

Several carriages were 

overturned in the crash, 

which occurred in Yilan 

County near the coast on a 

line popular among tourists. 

The government said the 

train had been carrying 366 

people, and the Central 

News Agency said more 

than 30 were still trapped 

on board. 

Footage on local TV 

showed rescuers and 

dozens of military personnel 

working through the 

wreckage on Sunday night 

in search of survivors, with 

ambulances stationed nearby. 

The toll at 7:45 pm was 

18 dead and 160 injured, the 

fire department said in a 

statement. 

#MeToo and have to warn young girls about 

#AnuMalik & let you know your #TimesUp 

@IndiaMeToo 

Thank you @sonamohapatra for speaking 

up about him & supporting this 2:22 PM 

- Oct 17, 2018 

Singer Sona Mahapatra had also called 

out the 57-year-old in an Instagram post 

accusing Malik of being a "serial offender" 

and alleged that he would call her at odd 

hours. 

However, Malik dismissed the allegation 

as "ridiculous" and also denied knowing 

Mohapatra. 

On October 20, two more women came 

forward to accuse Malik of sexual harassment. 

In her alleged encounter with Malik, the 

first woman recalled that the composer 

"rubbed his body" against her and when she 

expressed shock at his behavior, he apologized 

meekly. Another woman, who is an 

aspiring singer, alleged that she was 

approached to participate on Indian Idol 10 

as a wild card entry but she refused the offer 

because Malik had sexually harassed her 

seven years ago. 

Taiwan train crash kills 

at least 18, injures 160 

COLOMBO: Two elephants 

were killed and 

another critically injured 

Sunday crossing railway 

tracks in Sri Lanka, officials 

said, in yet another tragic 

collision involving the protected 

animals and speeding 

trains. 

A Jaffna-bound night 

train rammed into two elephants 

at Ambanpola, 150 

kilometres (93 miles) north 

of Colombo, killing one and 

injuring the other. 

In a separate accident, a 

passenger train derailed after 

hitting and killing an elephant 

near Palugaswewa, 

160 kilometres (100 miles) 

north-east of Colombo. 

No passengers were 

injured in either accident. 

"Train services have been 

disrupted, but we are working 

to remove the carcass 

and repair the track on the 

eastern line," an official said 

“We will use all our 

strength and efforts for the 

rescue,” President Tsai Ingwen 

wrote on her Facebook 

page. 

An investigation was 

under way to find out the 

cause of the accident, 

Taiwan Railways 

Administration said. “The 

train was in pretty good 

condition,” its Deputy 

Chief Lu Chieh-Shen told a 

news conference. 

Two elephants die in another Sri Lanka train collision 

into the recent massacre of scores 

of civilians in a US airstrike in the 

Arab country’s east. 

Two separate letters were sent 

to the UN chief and president of 

the UN Security Council by Syria’s 

Foreign Ministry, calling the massacre 

“a war crime and a crime 

against humanity,” the official 

SANA news agency said. 

The Friday attacks targeted the 

villages of al-Sousa and al- 

Bubadran in Dayr al-Zawr, killing 

62 civilians, mostly women and 

children. The airstrikes also injured 

an unidentified number of others, 

some of whom are in critical condition. 

The bloodshed “proves once 

by telephone. 

Speed restrictions are 

imposed on trains passing 

through elephant habitats 

but these are difficult to 

enforce. 

Only 10 per cent of Sri 

Lanka's trains are believed 

to be equipped with 

speedometers, local media 

reported Sunday. 

Two weeks ago, a passenger 

train struck and killed 

three elephants. A fortnight 

before that, a mother elephant 

and her two calves 

were hit and killed in the 

east of the country. 

Syria writes to UN about US 'war crime' after airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr 

again the coalition’s disregard for 

international law and the international 

humanitarian law,” a part of 

the letter read. 

It “belies the coalition’s claims 

of fighting ISIS terrorism while in 

reality it is supporting its continuity 

in Syria,” the letters added, 

referring to the Daesh terror group 

by another acronym. 

The letters demanded that the 

UN Security Council take “a 

prompt action to end these crimes." 

The US and its allies invaded 

Syria in 2014 under the pretext of 

fighting Daesh.


6 

Daddy, Don't 

Be Scared 

Dear Squabs 

Send us your articles, stories, poetries, paintings, pictures 

etc on the following email address 

childrenchrips.dailymessenger@gmail.com 

Story Time 

The Light on the Hills 

"I WANT to work at my picture," 

he said, and went into the 

field. The little sister went too, and 

stood by him watching while he 

painted. 

"The trees are not quite 

straight," she said, presently, "and 

oh, dear brother, the sky is not blue 

enough." 

"It- will all come right soon," he 

answered. "Will it be of any 

good?" 

"Oh yes," she said, wondering 

that he should even ask, "it will make people happy to look at it. They will feel as if they 

were in the field." 

"If I do it badly, will it make them unhappy?" 

“Not if you do your very best," she answered; "for they will know how hard you have 

tried. Look up," she said suddenly, "look up at the light upon the hills," and they stood 

together looking at all he was trying to paint, at the trees and the field, at the deep shadows 

and the hills beyond, and the light that rested upon them. "It is a beautiful world," 

the girl said." It is a great honour to make things for it." 

"It is a beautiful world," the boy echoed sadly." It is a sin to disgrace it with things 

that are badly done." 

Carrots contain 0% fat 

• The coloured part of your eye is called the iris 

• You breathe 23,000 times a day 

• If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times 

• Everyone has a unique tongue print 

• You begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water 

• Hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes 

• Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of 

you cheeks) 

• The life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days 

• A dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph) 

• The smallest dog is the Chihuahua 

• A sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph) 

• There are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people) 

• Sharks are immune to all known diseases 

• The worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba 

• African elephants only have 4 teeth 

• The first English dictionary was written in 1755 

• During a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6 C (20 F) 

• The rarest type of diamond is green 

• MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge 

• The US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states) 

• The first city to reach 1 million was London 

• Men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women 

• Tokyo was once known as Edo 

• Women make up 49% of the worlds population 

• Wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light 

• The tea bag was invented in 1908 

Awaiting the news, we feared the worst and 

hoped for the best. 

Life was about to put my family through an 

unforgettable test 

Mom came in, evidence on her face, that daddy 

wasn't okay 

"daddy has cancer" mom cried "we won't see 

him for a couple of days" 

I didn't sleep that night, that night was one of the 

worst 

I have never been to a funeral before, and I 

feared daddy's would be my first 

I cried myself to sleep, and little did I get 

I wasn't ready too lose my only father yet 

After the surgery, I visited Daddy, and I don't 

mean to be rude 

But seeing him like this scared me, he looked 

like a skeleton decorated in tubes 

It was exceptionally difficult not to cry, but I 

tried oh so hard 

I walked over, hugged Daddy tight, and handed 

him my home-made card 

It said: Daddy I hope you get well soon, I know 

you'll be okay 

It's okay to be scared, we'll visit you everyday. 

And when you get home, things will change, we 

won't ever fight, it's true. 

Daddy never give up, keep on fighting... 

I never want to lose you. 

As his eyes scanned across the page, tears 

welled up in his eyes. 

That was the first day I've ever seen my Daddy cry. 

We hugged for forever, cried together, and 

quickly did time pass. 

I never wanted to stop saying "I love you" for 

fear it would be the last 

Electric Eel 

Despite their serpentine appearance, electric 

eels are not actually eels. Their scientific 

classification is closer to carp and catfish. 

These famous freshwater predators get their name 

from the enormous electrical charge they can generate 

to stun prey and dissuade predators. Their bodies 

contain electric organs with about 6,000 specialized 

Fun Facts 

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

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

Average life 

span in the wild................15 years 

Size:.................................6 to 8 ft 

Weight.............................44 lbs (20 kg) 

Group name.....................Swarm 

Colour me 

cells called electrocytes that store power like tiny batteries. 

When threatened or attacking prey, these cells 

will discharge simultaneously, emitting a burst of at 

least 600 volts, five times the power of a standard U.S. 

wall socket. 

They live in the murky streams and ponds of the 

Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, feeding 

mainly on fish, but also amphibians and even 

birds and small mammals.As air-breathers, they must 

come to the surface frequently. They also have poor 

eyesight, but can emit a low-level charge, less than 10 

volts, which they use like radar to navigate and locate 

prey. 

Electric eels can reach huge proportions, exceeding 

8 feet (2.5 meters) in length and 44 pounds (20 

kilograms) in weight. They have long, cylindrical 

bodies and flattened heads and are generally dark 

green or grayish on top with yellowish coloring 

underneath. 

Human deaths from electric eels are extremely 

rare. However, multiple shocks can cause respiratory 

or heart failure, and people have been known to 

drown in shallow water after a stunning jolt. 

Electric eels are extremely common throughout 

their range.


Sportlight 

7 

Abbas breaks into the top 

three of Test bowling rankings 

Dr 

India outplays Pakistan 3-1 at 

the Asian Champions Trophy 

M Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

ISLAMABAD: On the 

heels of becoming the joint 

second-fastest Pakistani to 

50 Test wickets, 

Mohammad Abbas has 

raised 11 places to No. 3 

on the bowling rankings. 

That leaves only James 

Anderson (899 points) and 

Kagiso Rabada (882) 

ahead of him. 

Abbas played a starring 

role in Pakistan's 1-0 series 

victory over Australia. He 

picked up 17 wickets at an 

average of 10.58, which is 

the best for any Pakistan 

Usmanabad Union beat Young Azizabad and Reache 

in the Quarter Final of Abdul Waheed 5 Star Football 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Goal 

Keeper Haza Ali palyed a 

vitle roll in his team victory 

as Usmanabad Union 

reached in the quarter final 

of All Karachi Abdul 

Waheed Memorial 5 Star 

Football Tournament 2018 

after defeating strong 

opponent Young Azizabad 

5-4 on Sadden Deth being 

organised by Hussaini 

Football Club DFA Central 

at beautiful Noorani Eid 

gha Football Ground, New 

Karachi. 

Strong Usmanabad 

Union FC South grabbed 

5-4 victory againts famous 

Young Azizabad Azizabad 

Azizabad FC on tie breaker. 

Match was 0-0 draw in 

normal and make the 

match decisive 5 peanlty 

kicks awared to each team 

in which score was equal 

with 4-4 both scored 4 

goals and missed one 

while on sadden deth stage 

bowler in a series with 15 

or more wickets. More 

astoundingly, his career 

average of 15.64 is the best 

for any bower with 50-plus 

wickets in the last 100 

years. 

The 28-year old has 

only just started playing 

Test cricket. He made his 

debut in in April 2017 and 

10 matches into his career 

he already has four fivewicket 

hauls. During the 

course of his match-winning 

10 for 95 against 

Australia in Abu Dhabi, he 

was tipped by Dale Steyn 

to become the No. 1 

bowler in the world. 

While that is yet to happen, 

Abbas, who worked 

in a leather factory, earning 

his livelihood through 

welding work and working 

as a helper in a law firm in 

Sialkot, might not find too 

many reasons to complain. 

He was named Man of the 

Match and Man of the 

Series after Pakistan 

recorded their biggest ever 

Test victory in terms of 

runs this week. 

KARACHI: India came 

from behind to beat 

Pakistan 3-1 at the Fifth 

Asian Champions Trophy 

Hockey Tournament at the 

Sultan Qaboos Sports 

Complex in Muscat, Oman. 

In front of a good crowd, 

mainly Pakistani and Indian 

expats, the green shirts 

started in a stormy fashion. 

In the very first minute, 

Pakistan went ahead 

through a penalty corner. 

Aleem Bilal's push was parried 

by goal keeper 

Sreejesh's stretched left leg. 

But M.Irfan Jr dived on the 

rebound and pushed the ball 

in with the stick held in the 

fully extended left arm. 

For the rest of the quarter, 

India remained in ascendancy. 

They had a couple of 

half chances but the 

equaliser eluded them. 

Pakistan again began 

well in the next quarter. 

Recalled veteran M.Zubair 

had all the time at the circle's 

top but shot wide. A 

few minutes later, he again 

squandered a fine opportunity. 

Thereafter, India controlled 

the game with free 

flowing hockey and created 

chances. 

In the 24th minute, 

Captain Manpreet made it 

1-1 with an outstanding 

individual effort. In a 

moment of genius, he 

eliminated three defenders 

before flicking into the left 

corner of the tin. 

Against the run of play 

Pakistan earned a PC in 

the last minute but 

Mubashar Ali flicked it 

high. 

Two minutes, into the 

second half, Mandeep 

Singh put India ahead with 

the most amazing finish. 

With his back towards 

the goal, he somehow 

pushed the ball between 

his own legs into the net to 

leave everyone stunned. 

ISLAMABAD: Players of Shah Taj and Hashoo Group 

teams are in motion during the final of Argentine 

Republic Polo Cup 2018 at Islamabad Polo Ground. 

KARACHI: Chief Guest Muhammad Hanif Khatri zair Wala and Muhammad Ali of 

Shoaib Garments being introduced with the players during the half time Zakir Khatri 

and others also seen. 

Koepka to become new world 

No. 1 after CJ Cup win 

SEOUL: Brooks Koepka will become world number 

one for the first time on Monday after the American fended 

off a game Gary Woodland to earn a four-stroke victory 

at the PGA Tour's CJ Cup in South Korea. 

Koepka posted a final round of 64 at the Nine Bridges 

Golf Club on Jeju island on Sunday, finishing with a flourish 

by eagling the last hole for a combined 21-under 267 

at the $9.5 million tournament. 

KARACHI: Arm wrestler Qurat ul Ain Anee receive Gold from Waseem Alvi during the 

Inter Division Arm Wrestling Championship. 

ECC to go ahead with Rs3.81 per 

unit hike in electricity tariff 

ISLAMABAD: 

per month. 

Consumers utilising 300 

units will have to pay a 

minimum amount of 

Rs2.04 per unit and a maximum 

increase of Rs3.81 

has been recommended. 

The government has 

also decided to provide 

subsidy to industrialists 

besides continuing with the 

support package. 

Earlier on September 

26, the Economic 


Economic Coordination 

Committee (ECC) has 

decided to go ahead with 

Rs3.81 per unit hike in 

electricity tariff and an official 

announcement in this 

regard will be made on 

Monday. 

The committee has recommended 

to exempt consumers 

who utilise 50 units 

of electrcitiy on monthly 

basis. Consumers of electricity 

will have to bear an Coordination 

additional burden of about 

Rs406 billion. 

The power division has 

recommended an increase 

of 87 paisas per unit for 

consumers utilising100 

units per month, while 

Rs1.22 per unit hike has 

been recommended on consumers 

who use 200 units 

Committee 

(ECC) of the cabinet had 

deferred the summary for 

increase in electricity prices 

after Finance Minister Asad 

Umar objected to the tariff 

determination formula. 

The minister sought a 

clear roadmap for the 

reduction in losses and 

improvement in the recovery 

of bills before the ECC 

gave its nod for the increase 

in prices. 

The finance ministry in 

its statement said thatthe 

consideration of the 

Ministry of Power’s proposal 

for a notification of 

the National Electric Power 

Regulatory Authority’s 

(Nepra) determined tariff 

was delayed until finalisation 

of a comprehensive 

plan for the improvement 

of service delivery. 

US forces Iraq to give $15 billion deal to GE instead of Siemens 

BERLIN: Germany is angry 

after the US government intervenes 

in a multi-billion-dollar deal 

for Siemens AG to develop power 

stations in Iraq and forces Baghdad 

to opt for General Electric (GE) 

instead. 

The American company signed 

a memorandum of understanding 

with the Iraqi government earlier 

this week, outlining their cooperation 

in the fields of oil and gas production 

and power generation. 

A person, who has seen the 

paperwork, told The Financial 

Times that Washington plans to 

offer financing and insurance for 

US firms doing business in the 

Iraqi power sector. 

GE's agreement with Iraq 

dashed Siemens’ hopes of winning 

a $15 billion contract to supply 11 

gigawatts of power-generation 

equipment to Iraq. 

Until the US intervention, 

Siemens was considered the frontrunner 

after its Chief Executive Joe 

Kaeser traveled to Iraq in 

September and spoke with Prime 

Minister Haider al-Abadi about the 

contract. 

US officials, however, warned 

Abadi that awarding the contract to 

Siemens might jeopardize relations 

between Baghdad and Washington. 

A top adviser to the Iraqi premier 

then told Siemens to give up 

because it was causing problems 

for Iraq given the US pressure. 

“The US government is holding 

a gun to our head,” the adviser was 

quoted as saying by another person 

familiar with the incident. 

According to people familiar 

with the negotiations, the US highlighted 

the number of American 

troops killed in Iraq and claimed 

that Iran had spurred Baghdad to 

pursue the Siemens deal. 

“This is part of very strong campaign 

of engagement in Iraqi government 

formation and a very targeted 

effort to support the Iraqi 

government and minimize Iranian 

influence,” Garrett Marquis, a US 

National Security Council 

spokesman, claimed. 

The Federation of German 

Industries (BDI) complained on 

Sunday that the US pressure to 

quash the Siemens power deal 

with Iraq was unacceptable, 

blaming President Donald 

Trump’s “America First” policy 

for corroding business decisions. 

“To implement the America 

First doctrine in this way in the 

global competition of multinational 

companies is not acceptable,” 

Joachim Lang, BDI managing 

director, told Welt am 

Sonntag newspaper. 

He emphasized that governments 

and companies should 

make deals based on business 

interests. 

The 

Pakistan Railway (PR) 

income was figured to Rs 

49.850 billion in 2017-18 

and Rs 30.960 billion had 

paid to pensioners in the 

capacity 

of 

pension.According to the 

documents available to 

“Online” during the past 

five year the amount of 

pension has increased to Rs 

18.100 billion, however 

number of pensioners had 

decreased to 10701. 

It revealed in documents 

that Pakistan 

Railway had increased to 

Rs 31.500 billion during 

the past five years. In 

1988-89, Pakistan Railway 

had more than 78000 pensioners, 

which now 

increased to 0.19 million. 

The total income of this 

department was Rs 1.50 

billion in 1988-89 and it 

figured to Rs 30. 960 billion. 

Likewise in the total 

income of Pakistan 

Railway was Rs 18.80 billion 

in 2012-13, however it 

figured to Rs 49.850 billion 

in 2017-18. Nearly 62.31% 

from the total income of 

Biz 

Pakistan Railway income figured 

to Rs 49.850 billion in 2017-18 

Pakistan Railway had been 

given to pensioners in the 

current year.It was first 

time in 2016-17 that PR 

employees’ pension had 

increased from employees 

salaries. This year the total 

salary was Rs 26.160 billion, 

however the total pension 

was noted to Rs 

28.770 billion. Officials 

stated that large portion of 

Pakistan Railway income 

was being utilized in the 

capacity of pension, owing 

to that reason foreign 

investors haven’t invest in 

this department. 

FPCCI decides to take stakeholders 

into confidence over economic issues 


Federation of Pakistan 

Chambers of Commerce and 

Industry (FPCCI) on Sunday 

said the Prime Minister 

Imran Khan has decided to 

take stakeholders into confidence 

over economic issues 

for which the business community 

is highly grateful. 

In a meeting with the 

leaders of the business community 

on Friday, the PM 

Imran Khan asked the business 

community to help 

implement PTI’s growth 

agenda to make Pakistan a 

developed country while he 

has assured that businessmen 

would be consulted for policy 

decisions which will 

infuse confidence among 

businessmen, said Vice 

President FPCCI Karim Aziz 

Malik. 

Prime Minister’s initiative 

to seek stakeholders’ suggestion 

to formulate critical economic 

policies like market 

access initiatives, trade promotion, 

trade facilitation, 

reduction in cost doing business 

and removing unnecessary 

hurdles in exports is 

highly laudable, he added. 

Karim Aziz Malik said 

that the government and the 

majority of masses desire that 

the country’s imports should 

be curtailed and discouraged 

to save and swell its foreign 

currency reserves. 

QUETTA: A man is buying dry fruits from a pushcart setup as the demand of dry fruits 

increases during the winter season.

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Foreign banks keen to invest in 

mega project of NPHP: Farrukh 

I 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign banks 

keen to invest in government ‘s 

mega project of ‘Naya Pakistan 

Housing Programme’ (NPHP) 

announced by Prime Minister 

Imran Khan. 

Whlie talking to PTV, 

Government spokesperson on 

Economy and Energy Dr Farrukh 

By SJA Jafri 

Bureau Report 

MELBOURNE: The 

Australian Federal Police 

(AFP) have arrested three 

men and served a Court 

Attendance Notice on another 

woman as part of a longrunning 

investigation into 

people assisting the parental 

abduction of children across 

Australia. 

Two Grafton men are 

scheduled to face Grafton 

Local Court this morning on 

charges related to their 

alleged roles in organizing 

and financing activities that 

resulted in the abduction of 

three children in contravention 

of family law orders.All 

three have since been safely 

located by the AFP. 

An 83-year-old 

Townsville man was 

charged for his alleged 

involvement in assisting the 

two Grafton men in their 

activities. He is scheduled to 

appear before Townsville 

Local Court today. 

A Prosecution Notice 

was yesterday served on a 

78-year-old Perth woman 

Saleem has appreciated 

to the government for initiating 

‘Naya Pakistan Housing 

Programme’ said that the programme 

will facilitate the masses 

and would help to boost various 

sectors of national economy. 

He explained about the benefits 

of the programme and said that the 

for her alleged role in this 

criminal activity. 

AFP investigators executed 

10 search warrants in 

the NSW towns of Grafton 

and Dubbo, along with locations 

in Perth – included a 

sailing vessel – and another 

on a Townsville residence. 

It will be alleged in court 

that a 64-year-old man 

arrested in Grafton yesterday 

morning was the key 

financier and organizer of 

efforts to help two separate 

women abduct their children 

– contrary to family law 

orders – and conceal them 

from authorities. 

It will be alleged in court 

that a 63-year-old Grafton 

man was a co-organizer of 

efforts to assist two separate 

women to abduct and hide 

their children. It will also be 

alleged that he assisted in 

the movement of money to 

these women and actively 

tried to portray the fathers in 

these matters as child 

abusers in social media and 

other public forums. 

AFP Assistant 

Commissioner Debbie 

Platz, Assistant 

World Bank will invest in mortgage 

business that will start in this 

regard and it would be proved huge 

economic driver too. 

He emphasized that ten million 

houses are required to be constructed 

in Pakistan as a common man 

wants to construct his own house 

but impossible for him in limited 

resources adding the government 

having a solid and comprehensive 

strategy regarding this programme. 

To a question, he said the government’s 

role is as a facilitator in 

this programme with no plan for 

investment, adding that one window 

operation has planed while 

private sector will do mortgage 

financing and builder. 

Responding to a question, he 

said in this 5 million houses programmes, 

the government has 

decided to construct 40 percent 

houses in rural areas, 40 percent in 

urban and 20 percent in slums 

areas respectively, as land has 

already available in rural and slums 

APF ISSUED ANOTHER LUDICRUS PRESS RELEASE 

‘Aged citizens under criminal charges in Australia’ 

Pakistan pavilion at Int’l Charity Bazaar 

attracts Chinese, int’l audience in Beijing 

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister 

Want Yi on Sunday visited the Pakistan 

pavilion at the International Charity Bazaar 

held in Beijing’s National Stadium and 

appreciated the participation of Pakistan 

for the noble cause of assisting humanity. 

Wang Yi who was welcomed by 

Ambassador Masood Khalid, his spouse 

and other senior officials of the Embassy 

took a keen interest in Pakistani cuisines, 

handicrafts and Pakistan made footballs. 

The event was organized by the Chinese 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China 

Foundation of Poverty Alleviation, with 

representatives of about a hundred foreign 

missions, international organizations and 

companies in the attendance. 

Speaking at the opening ceremony, 

Ambassador Masood Khalid said the event 

brought the diplomatic community together 

for a common cause and helped in further 

cementing the existing spirit of friendly 

cooperation. 

“This year we will join China’s efforts 

in elevating the lives of the poor and those 

in need in the country,” he added. 

He said that China had made remarkable 

efforts in poverty alleviation and it had 

lifted more than 700 million people out of 

poverty over the past 40 years and it 

planned to eliminate poverty totally by 

2020-2021. 

Ambassador Masood Khalid informed 

that Pakistan embassy had remained 

actively engaged in this activity throughout. 

Spouses of our diplomats, Pakistan 

Embassy College Beijing’s teachers and 

students have enthusiastically participated 

and diligently worked to make the event a 

grand success, he added. 

He said the event also provided a firsthand 

experience to see different cultures 

with Chinese fusion. In such cross-cultural 

exchanges, one could traverse the world in 

just a few hours. 

HYDERABAD: Workers of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen hold a protest rally in the favor 

of their demands, outside HPC. 

Commissioner Crime 

Operations, said investigators 

had disrupted an organized 

and well-resourced 

group of people demonstrating 

a complete disregard for 

the rule of law and decisions 

of the courts. 

“The actions of this 

group do not protect children. 

What it does is potentially 

endanger the safety 

and wellbeing of them,” she 

said. 

“During this two-year 

investigation, 10 missing 

children have been safely 

located in the custody of a 

parent who has abducted 

them. Five of these are 

believed to be linked to this 

group of people. 

Over 57% women 

in Pakistan 

depressed 

KARACHI: Department 

of Psychology, University 

of Karachi is organizing a 

“Mental Health 

Awareness Drive” from 

Tuesday, October 23, 

2018 at 11:00 am. 

According to 

Chairperson Prof. Dr. 

Farah Iqbal, depression 

will move into first place 

in the global burden of 

diseases in 2030 that is 

more people will be disabled 

due to depression 

than any other illness. 

Prevalence of depression 

in Pakistan is more than 

40 percent with women 

accounting for 57 percent 

while more than a quarter 

of men in the county are 

depressed. 

She informed that final 

year students of the 

department will be visiting 

15 departments from 

all faculties in the university. 

All faculty members 

of the department will be 

supervising the activity. 

Department has established 

a counseling center 

in the premises of the 

department where professional 

counseling is 

offered to students, faculty 

members, staff and 

private clients. Center’s 

vision is to promote 

mental health wellbeing 

and make it accessible 

especially to university 

population. 

areas adding that ‘public-private 

partnership and private-private 

partnership’ will further support 

and share the government’s 

responsibility for finalizing the 

programme. 

He further said the government 

is committed to facilitate the masses 

and formulate various policies to 

provide jobs to youth as 100 textile 

mills will be revived in near future 

which were remained closed from 

a long time due to high prices of 

gas. 

Farrukh Saleem said the government 

has decided already to 

provide subsidiary to industrial 

sector including textile, carpets, 

sports, surgical instruments industries. 

He said that due to failed 

policies of former governments, 

the national economy is facing various 

challenges and now the government 

is taking serious steps for 

the revival of industries to enhance 

the export for the development and 

prosperity of the country. 

IGP orders 

extraordinary security 

for Bhittai's Urs 

Pak-Afghan border at Torkham reopened 

S L A M A B A D : 

Pakistan-Afghanistan border 

at Torkham was 

BOLLYWOOD: After 

dating for months, 

Bollywood love birds 

Ranveer Singh and 

Deepika Padukon have 

finally put all rumors to 

rest as both announced 

their wedding date on popular 

social-media sites. 

As per details shared on 

official Twitter accounts, 

Deepika would be getting 

KARACHI: Inspector 

General of Police (IGP) Sindh 

Kaleem Imam on Sunday 

directed police officials to 

ensure extraordinary security 

for the three-day Urs of great 

mystic saint of Sindh, Hazrat 

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 

He also directed that 

encroachments inside the 

shrine should be removed. 

Patrolling, snap checking, 

picketing and surveillance 

along routes and inner and 

outer areas of the shrine should 

be ensured keeping in view the 

high number of pilgrims 

besides deploying policemen 

dressed in plain clothes. International 

He said the technical 

sweeping and clearance of 

areas in and out of the shrine 

should be made besides parking 

vehicles at some distance 

while monitoring of vehicles 

should also be ensured at parking 

sites. 

By Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: The provincial 

minister for health Dr Azra 

Fazal Pecheho has said that 

there is no need to panic 

because Sindh government is 

committed to provide the 

relief by devising both sort 

term and long terms plans and 

policies in drought-hit Thar. 

Dr Azara along with Abdul 

Bari Pitafi, who has recently 

been inducted in Sindh cabinet 

as the minister for livestock 

, visited Thar on 

Saturday and held the meeting 

with officials in DC office in 

Mithi to review the relief 

operation and seek other 

details from DC Thar to effectively 

provide the basic 

healthcare, drinking water and 

other facilities in the wake of 

drought conditions in the 

desert region due to lowest 

rains after over a decade. she 

directed Commissioner 

reopened for all sorts of 

traffic on Sunday. 

The border was 

remained closed for twoday 

due to parliamentary 

elections in Afghanistan. 

Wedding bells: Deepika, Ranveer 

all ready to tie knot next month 


Minister for Information 

and Broadcasting, 

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain 

has said that the government 

approached the 

Monetary 

Fund (IMF) for a bailout 

package to run its smooth 

functioning. 

Talking to a private 

news channel, he said at 

present the country is short 

of some 12 billion dollars 

as 28 to 30 billion dollars 

per annum are required to 

run the country's affairs, 

and that gap could be 

bridged through the IMF 

package. 

He said effective measures 

are being taken to provide 

relief to the poor people. 

Replying to a question, 

he said the opposition 

is crying hoarse to escape 

from corruption cases. 

However, the government 

could not be pressured and 

it would go till the last end 

married to B-Town heartthrob 

Ranveer Singh on 

Nov 14 and 15 of this year. 

The wedding card read, 

“With the blessings of our 

families, it gives us 

immense joy in sharing 

that our wedding is set to 

take place on the 14th and 

15th November 2018.” 

“We thank you for all 

the love you have showered 

upon us over the years 

and seek your blessings as 

we embark on this incredible 

journey of love, loyalty, 

friendship and togetherness,” 

read the actor’s post. 

Together combine, 

Deepika and Ranveer have 

delivered three mega-hits. 

The duo fell in love on the 

sets of their film Goliyon 

Ki Raasleela-Raamleela. 

Steps being taken to provide 

relief to poor people: Fawad 

Mirpurkhas region and DC 

Thar to ensure that setting up 

the medical camps in the villages 

and provision of the 

medicines in all health units 

working in the district. 

Dr Pecheho said that 

Sindh government had 

already announced to recruit 

the doctors on the contract 

basis to provide the immediate 

healthcare to Tharis and 

others. Dr Azra informed that 

besides, the doctors lady 

health workers and other 

staffers would also be 

appointed in Thar within next 

few weeks on the contract 

basis only taking their interviews. 

She told that Chief 

Minister Sindh Murad Ali 

Shah already asked the heads 

of various universities in the 

province to send the teams of 

the doctors to provide the 

healthcare facilities in the 

remote villages of the desert 

region. Dr Azra made it clear 

that doctors, who were to be 

posted would only be regularized 

if they formed well to 

help mitigate the sufferings of 

the people. " The area like 

need the concerted and committed 

efforts from all the segments 

of society including its 

common people to stem the 

rot" she added. She asked the 

officials of the concerned 

present during the briefing to 

create awareness among the 

people of That to curb the 

menace of child marriages, 

which according to her, was 

the prime factors behind the 

deaths of both infants and 

pregnant women in large. " 

We are equally worried to 

resolve the core issues of the 

desert region with commitment 

and without any discrimination 

" added Dr Azra. 

She said that they were devising 

number of the strategies to 

cope with the situation in not 

only in Thar but also in other 

parts of the province, which 

had already been declared as 

the drought-hit. Mr Pitafi 

asked the officials livestock to 

ensure that all the livestock be 

vaccinated to avoid any outbreak 

of the viral infections 

adding he said that leathery on 

the part of the official would 

be tolerated. He said PPP 

leadership as well as top leadership 

instead of hatching the 

conspiracies against the 18 

amendment and democracy 

lwere only intrested to give 

their performance under the 

to get the corrupt punished. 

He said investigations 

were underway regarding 

transactions of billion of 

rupees in accounts of common 

people. 

Replying to another 

question about China- 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC), the 

Minister for Information 

said China is not only 

Pakistan economic partner, 

but also a strategic one. 

Sindh govt committed to provide relief, 

plans and policies for drought-hit Thar 


Federal government is 

spending Rs2.7 billion on 

improvement of electricity 

transmission system in 

tribal districts of Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa (KP). 

A report quoting 

spokesman of Peshawar 

Electric Supply 

Company said that work 

on more than seventy 

electricity projects is in 

progress in tribal districts. 

supervision of Bilawal Bhutto 

Zardari and Syed Murad Ali 

Shah. 

DC Thar Mohammad Asif 

Jameel briefing the ministers 

said that they were not only 

providing quality medical 

healthcare facilities but vaccinating 

the livestock. He a 

informed that people of Thar 

were also being treated in 

their villages by the teams of 

the doctors. He claimed that 

despite the challenges the situations 

were well under the 

control. Special secretary for 

Health Dabeer Ahmed, 

Director General Health 

usman Chachar, Regional 

Director PPHI , DHO 

Tharparkar dr .Ghulam 

Rasool Kumbhar and other 

concerned officers attended 

the meeting. 

Federal govt spending Rs 2.7B to improve 

electricity transmission in tribal districts of KP 

These projects include 

laying of new transmission 

lines, repair of transformers 

and upgradation 

of different grid stations. 

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