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assurance of 

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law in Assembly: 

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Erdogan wants 

Saudi suspects in 

Khashoggi's murder 

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NA to meet on 

29th October 

ISLAMABAD: The 

President of Pakistan Dr 

Arif Alvi has summoned 

the Session of the 

National Assembly on 

Monday, 29thOctober, 

2018 at 4:00 p.m. at 

Parliament House. 

The session has been 

summoned by the 

President in exercise of 

powers conferred by 

clause (1) of Article 54 

of the constitution. 

Tribal elders from 

Fata visit China 

ISLAMABAD: A 

delegation comprising 

tribal elders from different 

areas of erstwhile the 

Federally Administered 

Tribal Areas (Fata) have 

arrived in China on a 

week-long visit. 

The delegation 

arrived in China on the 

invitation of the Chinese 

government on Monday 

and will remain there till 

October 28. It comprises 

of representatives of 

Bajaur Agency, Khyber 

Agency, Kurram 

Agency, Mohmand 

Agency, Orakzai 

Agency, North 

Waziristan and South 

Waziristan. 

Man ‘held’ for 

harassing his own 

wife on social media 

ISLAMABAD: An 

unusual case of harassment 

on the social media 

was cracked by FIA’s 

cyber crime wing on 

Tuesday as they caught a 

man, who was harassing 

his own wife. 

According to details, 

accused, the head constable 

of Dera Ismail Khan 

(DI Khan) police, Imtiazul-Ahsan 

is deployed in 

the court of the additional 

sessions judge. 

“The accused was 

arrested after complaint 

of the woman, who is his 

wife”, FIA officials 

informed media. 

RIYADH: Prime Minister 

Imran Khan has finally succeeded 

to pull out the country from 

International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) debit as Saudi Arabia 

agreed to assist Pakistan financially. 

The major development was 

happened on Tuesday during 

Imran Khan’s meeting with 

Saudi Prince and Crown prince 

in Saudi Arabia. 

Saudi Arabia will give $3 billion 

to Pakistan as immediate 

financial assistance and $3 billion 

in oil compensation and 

Pakistan will pay oil price as per 

its convenience. 

At the invitation of the 

Custodian of the Two Holy 

Mosques, His Majesty, King 

Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prime 

Minister Imran Khan visited 

Saudi Arabia to participate in the 

Future Investment Initiative (FII) 

KARACHI EDITION – Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Safar 14, 1440 

Conference. 

During the visit, the prime 

minister had detailed bilateral 

discussions with King Salman 

bin Abdul Aziz, and Crown 

Prince Muhammad bin Salman. 

The Crown Prince agreed to the 

Prime Minister’s suggestion to 

reduce visa fee for Pakistani 

workers, which is a significant 

step towards enhancing 

Pakistan’s workforce in Saudi 

Arabia, as well as facilitating 

travel of people from both countries. 

Far-reaching decisions on 

bilateral economic and financial 

cooperation were also 

agreed. These included: 

A MoU was signed between 

the Finance Minister Asad 

Umar and the Saudi Finance 

Minister, Muhammad Abdullah 

Al-Jadaan. It was agreed Saudi 

Arabia will place a deposit of 

$3 billion for a period of one 

year as balance of payment 

support. 

It was also agreed that a one 

year deferred payment facility 

for import of oil, up to USD 3 

Billion, will be provided by 

Saudi Arabia. This arrangement 

will be in place for three 

years, which will be reviewed 

thereafter. 

The earlier visit of the Saudi 

delegation had evaluated the 

possibility of investing in a 

petroleum refinery in Pakistan. 

Saudi Arabia confirmed its interest 

in this project, and a MoU 

will be signed after obtaining 

cabinet approval. 

Saudi Arabia expressed interest 

in development of mineral 

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NO MORE IMF DEBIT 

KSA comes to rescue Pakistan from financial crunch 

Saudi Arabia to give Pakistan $3bn in aid, defer oil payments to ease crisis 

Saudi Arabia decides to 

invest $10b in CPEC 

FAKE ACCOUNTS CASE 

Omni Group CFO arrested by Interpol 

JEDDAH: Omni Group chief financial 

officer (CFO) Aslam Masood was taken 

into custody by Interpol in Saudi Arabia 

over money laundering and fake bank 

account case. 

As per reports, the interrogation was 

started from the mastermind of money 

laundering in Saudi Arabia after taking 

into custody. The Federal Investigation 

Agency revealed that Aslam Masood was 

arrested by the Interpol from Jeddah. It 

was reported that he was shifted to 

Pakistan soon. 

The sources also said that Masood is 

believed to be the mastermind behind the 

fake bank accounts that were used to 

launder over Rs100 billion out of 

Pakistan. His arrest is the most important 

development in the case to date, as he is 

expected to divulge important secrets in 

connection with the scam. 

It is pertinent to mention here that the 

suspect was escaped to run when the first 

information report was registered against 

the money laundering. After that the red 

warrants for the suspect were issued a few 

days ago. The Interpol formally informed 

the FIA about his arrest. 

The sources said that the FIA will constitute 

a special team in the coming days 

which will take Masood into custody and 

bring him back to Pakistan. 

Earlier, former president Asif Ali 

Zardari’s close aide and Omni Group 

chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, 

Abdul Ghani Majeed, were also arrested 

by the FIA in August. Lawai, Majeed and 

his son remain under custody. 

GARHI KHUDA BUX: Sindh Chief Minister, Murad Ali Shah and others offers Fateha after 

floral wreath on grave of Begum Nusrat Bhutto on the event of her Death Anniversary. 

Zulfi's name on ECL, IHC issues 

notice to interior ministry 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Islamabad High Court on 

Tuesday issued notice to 

Interior Ministry over a 

plea seeking to exclude 

name of Prime Minister 

Imran Khan’s advisor and 

close aide Zulfi Bukhari 

from the Exist Control 

List (ECL). 

A two-member bench 

comprising Justice Amir 

Farooq and Justice 

Mohsin Akhtar Kayani 

conducted hearing of the 

case. As hearing started, 

Zulfi Bukhari’s lawyer 

prayed the court that ban 

on his client is contrary 

to human rights. 

The lawyer requested 

the court to declare 

placement of names in 

the ECL illegal. After 

hearing, the court directed 

the competent person 

to dispatch notice to the 

interior ministry. The 

hearing has been 

adjourned till indefinite 

time. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that the interior 

ministry had placed Zulfi 

Bukhari’s name in the 

ECL on the request of 

National Accountability 

Court. The Bukhari 

lawyer has requested the 

court to order return of 

Zulfi’s documents 

including passport. 

Interior Secretary, 

NAB chairman and FIA 

director have been made 

party in the application. 

RIYADH: Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Saudi Crown Prince 

Mohammad bin Salman. 

Int’l conference on 

Mountains of Pakistan 

to be held in Paris 

ISLAMABAD: The first 

ever international conference 

on Mountains of Pakistan will 

be held in Paris on October 25. 

According to a statement 

released by foreign office, the 

embassy of Pakistan in France 

will organize the conference to 

showcase the majestic mountain 

regions of Pakistan, to 

highlight the opportunities for 

mountaineering, trekking, skiing, 

rock climbing, paragliding 

and kayaking and to discuss 

eco-tourism and sustainable 

development of the mountains. 

The event will be held at 

‘Maison de l’UNESCO’ Paris 

while more than five hundred 

enthusiasts and practitioners 

of alpinism and adventure 

sports are expected to attend 

the conference. 

Zardari better off 

meeting lawyers, not 

politicians: Fawad Ch 

RIYADH: Information 

Minister Fawad Chaudhry 

on Tuesday hit back at Asif 

Ali Zardari after the former 

president suggested uniting 

opposition parties against 

the government. 

Chaudhry, who is accompanying 

Prime Minister 

Imran Khan in Riyadh, 

Saudi Arabia, tweeted that 

Zardari should prefer to 

meet lawyers instead of 

politicians. He will realize 

the true worth of my advice 

in not even weeks, but days, 

the info minister remarked. 

Chaudhry further said 

that governments are not 

removed via resolutions, but 

through votes. 

Zardari has notes 

[money], but no votes. He 

has lost the votes in pursuit 

of [money], the minister 

added. 

resources in Pakistan. For this 

purpose, the Federal 

Government and the 

Government of Baluchistan will 

consult, following which a delegation 

of the Kingdom will be 

invited to visit Pakistan. 

Opposition plans ‘All Party 

Conference’ on Oct 31 


Supreme Court of Pakistan 

will hear a petition filed by 

the National Accountability 

Bureau (NAB) on today 

(Wednesday), challenging 

suspension of prison terms 

of members of the Sharif 

family in a Avenfield properties 

reference. 

The NAB had filed the 

petition in the apex court on 

Monday challenging an earlier 

decision by the 

Islamabad High Court suspending 

sentences given to 

former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif, his daughter 

Maryam Nawaz and son-inlaw 

Capt (retd) Safdar. 

In its petition, the anticorruption 

watchdog asked 

for the September 19 decision 

by IHC to be declared 

null and void, contending 

that the “IHC had failed to 

appreciate that through its 

order, it had seriously prejudiced 

the case of the prosecution 

by holding that the 

trial court judgement suffered 

from obvious and glaring 

defects and infirmities 

and that the convictions and 

sentences handed down to 

the accused might not be 

sustained ultimately.” 

It prayed the apex court 

to restore the sentences 


opposition parties have 

decided to convene ‘All 

Parties Conference (APC)’ 

on October 31 aiming to 

take a united stand against 


“JUI-F Chief, Molana 

Fazlur Rehman has 

informed former president 

and Co Chairman PPP, Asif 

Ali Zardari about APC’s 

expected date”, sources 

informed. 

In order to build consensus 

against the government, 

Mr Fazlur Rehman has started 

contacting opposition 

parties to decide final date of 

the ‘APC’. 

It was learnt that arrangements 

of the APC will be 

done my JUI-F Chief himself. 

Yesterday (Oct 22), cochairman 

of the Pakistan 

People’s Party (PPP), Asif 

Ali Zardari, met Jamiat 

Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief 

Maulana Fazlur Rehman to 

devise a strategy to challenge 


The former president had 

expedited his political activities 

after lashing at the government 

for its incompetence 

and inability to govern 

the country. He had also 

called on opposition parties 

to table a resolution against 


Zardari reportedly discussed 

a range a issues with 

Maulana Rehman at the latter’s 

residence particularly 

the political situation and 

efforts to make the opposition 

more active. 

Well-informed sources 

revealed that they also discussed 

to bring a resolution 

against the government in 

the parliament. 

Addressing media after 

the meeting, MR Zardari 

said that he struggled for the 

sake of democracy since the 

last decade, but unfortunately 

democratic forces appear 

to be weakening in the country. 

Former President, hinted 

that the PPP does not necessary 

intend to bring down 

the incumbent government, 

but its way of governance 

was rather undemocratic. He 

reiterated that the current 

administration was incompetent 

on running the country’s 

affairs. 

SC to hear NAB appeal against 

suspension of Sharifs’ jail term today 

ISLAMABAD: The protest staged 

by Utility Stores Corporation (USC) 

employees entered the second consecutive 

day on Tuesday here in D- 

Chowk, Islamabad. 

The USC employees staged protest 

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia will invest more than $10b in 

China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). 

According to most credible sources, Imran Khan’s meeting 

with Saudi Prince Shah Suleman was historic, which was different 

from the meetings of all the previous Pakistani rulers. 

Shah Suleman has said that PM Imran Khan’s statement 

before departure that nothing can weaken the Pak-Saudi friendship 

bond is highly satisfactory for the Saudi public and government, 

the Pakistani delegation’s visit at this point of time has a 

special message for the whole world. 

“Saudi Arabia will never let alone his brother county in hard 

time.” he added. 

awarded to the Sharifs and 

to cancel the bail granted to 

all the accused in the reference. 

Chief Justice Mian Saqib 

Nisar earlier constituted a 

three-member bench headed 

by him to hear the appeal. 

Meanwhile, the apex 

court issued a statement pertaining 

to reports of Justice 

Umar Ata Bandial's separation 

from the bench. 

Utility Stores Corporation employees’ protest enters second day 

on Tuesday demanding increase in 

their salaries and permanent jobs. 

The protesters said that their 

salaries were not increased for last 

two years and almost 5000 employees 

were working on ad hoc basis. 

The protesters spent whole night 

out at D-Chowk and threatened to 

enter the Parliament if their woes 

were not addressed. 

Earlier on Monday thousands of 

USC employees protested against the 

privatization of USC at D-Chowk. 

They were barred from entering the 

Parliament House by Police contingents. 

Protestor from across the country 

gathered outside the Head office of 

USC and marched towards D-Chowk 

against the decision of government to 

privatize the corporation. 

Despite the assurance of Special 

Advisor to Prime Minister (PM), 

Naeem Ulhaq the protestor continued 

the protest demanding written assurance 

from the Government. 

ISLAMABAD: Employees of Utility Stores have setup their tents for resting 

on the second day of their sit-in protest at D-Chowk. 

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Metropolitan 

Oil tankers owners call off strike 

on assurance of Governor Sindh 

KARACHI: Oil tankers 

owners have called off their 

ongoing strike after assurance 

from Governor of 

Sindh, Imran Ismail on 

Tuesday. 

The Oil Tankers 

Association announced the 

decision after a meeting of 

the oil tanker owner’s delegation 

with Governor Imran 

Ismail. 

The delegation informed 

the governor about the 

problems being faced by 

them and also appreciated 

the efforts of the prime minister, 

who took notice of 

their strike. 

Governor Imran Ismail 

assured the delegation 

about solution of their problems 

within two months. 

KARACHI: Mutual solidarity and 

unity among media organizations is 

essential for stability of media freedom 

and therefore preparation of a 

consensual, multidimensional and 

modern code of conduct for all media 

houses, institutions, journalists and 

other media workers is the requirement 

of the day. 

This was said by Mr. Kamal 

Siddiqui, a distinguished journalist, 

senior editor and director of Center of 

Excellence in Journalism in IBA 

while speaking at a ceremony organized 

by Council of Pakistan 

Newspaper Editors at CPNE 

Secretariat. The event was held for 

CPNE members as part of the process 

for preparing a unified code of conduct 

for media. Mr. Kamal Siddiqi 

said that under the aegis of CPNE, the 

development of a code of conduct 

with the cooperation of media experts 

is a significant development. 

He said that the development and 

voluntary implementation of a consensual, 

diverse and modern code of 

conduct for media and journalists will 

not only promote responsible journalism 

but will also increase trust of people 

and political institutions in media. 

Addressing the ceremony, CPNE 

Secretary General Dr. Jabbar Khattak 

said that under the aegis of the Council 

a group of media experts engaged in 

“Economy relies on 

transportation and supply of 

fuel”, Mr Ismail was quoted 

as saying during the meeting. 

The oil tanker owners 

announced to end their 

strike after assurance from 

the governor. 

On October 20, All 

Pakistan Oil Tankers 

Association (APOTA) gave 

a strike call after failure of 

talks with the relevant 

authorities. 

The association’s leader, 

research for two years to evolve in unified 

code of conduct. During the 

process codes of conduct of 28 international 

and 14 national institutions 

and organizations were reviewed and 

by collecting their common parts a 

draft code has been prepared. This 

draft will be shared among all media 

organizations and institutions and senior 

journalists so that a through mutual 

consultation the process of preparation 

of a code of conduct acceptable to 

all and conforming to multidimensional 

and modern requirements may be 

initiated. 

Mr. AamerMahmood, Chairman of 

CPNE Projects and Programs 

Committee said that the draft of unified 

code of conduct would provide 

guidance to journalists and help them 

to perform their professional duties. 

He said that CPNE has been working 

to uphold basic human rights including 

media freedom, freedom of 

expression and right of access to 

information. The unified code of conduct 

is a step towards responsible 

journalism and CPNE believes that 

the development of a consensual code 

of conduct and its implementation 

would not only enhance Pakistani 

media's dignity at home and abroad 

but also curb the spread of fake news. 

Mr. Hamid HussainAbidi said that 

providing authentic news and correct 

Shams Shahwani said that 

banning old model oil 

trucks is nothing but injustice, 

this act will render 

hundreds of the people jobless, 

but despite of the 

warning, 600 trucks in 

Punjab, 300 in KP, 200 in 

Evolving a multi-dimensional, consensual and modern code of conduct 

for journalist and media institutions is the need of the day: CPNE 

Qingqi rickshaws allowed to operate 

at six routes in Karachi 

KARACHI: A day after 

Sindh government decided 

to stop online cab services 

from operations across the 

province, it has allowed 

Qingqi rickshaws to operate 

in the metropolis after 

availing fitness certificate 

and license from the 

authorities concerned. 

This decision was taken 

in a meeting chaired by 

Chief Secretary Sindh on 

Tuesday, with officials of 

the transport department in 

attendance. 

Registration of Qingqi 

rickshaws is underway in 

accordance with the top 

court’s judgment, contended 

the Chief Secretary. 

“Qingqi rickshaws will 

not affect, cause disturbance 

to mass transit 

routes and important roads 

of the metropolis”, CS was 

quoted while saying in the 

meeting. 

Secretary transport 

informed the attendants of 

the meeting that Qingqi 

rickshaws can only run at 

the six routes of the city 

including, UP to Khawaja 

Ajmeer Nagri, Nagan 

Chowrangi – Iqra 

University North Campus, 

Bakra Mandi – Lee 

Market, “Five Minute 

Chowrangi” – North 

Karachi No. 6 and Nagan 

Chowrangi to Godhra Mor. 

Installation of fare 

meters in Qingqi rickshaws 

was declared 

“essential” during the 

meeting. 

In March 2017, supreme 

Court of Pakistan granted 

permission to government 

registered motorcycle rickshaws 

to operate in Sindh 

including Karachi. 

A two-member bench of 

the top court headed by 

Justice Gulzar Ahmed 

heard the petition filed by 

All Sindh Qingqi Rickshaw 

Union, seeking lifting ban 

on these motorcycle rickshaws 

across Sindh. 

The court prohibited 

unregistered and locally 

altered motorcycle rickshaws 

to run on the roads 

allowing only the rickshaws 

built by the government 

approved manufacturers. 

Following the apex 

court’s orders, 10,000 registered 

motorcycle rickshaws 

will operate in Sindh 

including Karachi. 

Justice Gulzar Ahmed, 

during hearing the case, 

lambasted government for 

not addressing issues 

timely. 

and transparent reflection of events 

and happenings is fundamental function 

of media. Under code of conduct 

public awareness is raised through 

journalistic performance. 

Mr. Abdul Rehman Mangrio said 

that the development of a consensual 

code of conduct and its implementation 

would enhance the dignity of 

media institutions and organizations 

and promote responsible journalism. 

Earlier Mr. Anees Danish informed 

the participants about the research 

conducted to prepare the draft code 

whereas Ms. Rubina Rasheed and Mr. 

Abdul Rahim Moosvi talked about 

making the unified code of conduct 

multidimensional and updated. A 

large number of CPNE membersviz.GhulamNabiChandio, 

Maqsood Yousufi, Hasan Abbas, 

Abdul Khaliq Ali, Faisal Shah Jahan, 

Adnan Malik, Ahmed Iqbal Baloch, 

MuzaffarEjaz, Sher Muhammad 

Khuhawar, Mian Tariq, Bashir Ahmed 

Memon, MehmoodAlam Khalid, 

Salman Qureshi, Muhammad Tahir, 

Muhammad Taqi Alawi, Syed Raza 

Shah, Usman Arab Sati, Muhammad 

JafarJatoi, Nasir Khattak, 

ZahidaAbbasi, HameedaGhanghro 

and Sidra Kanwal and many others 

participated in the function and contributed 

valuable information during 

the discussion session. 

SC adjourns Amal 

Umar suo moto 

case till Oct 26 

KARACHI/ISLAM- 

ABAD: The Supreme 

Court on Tuesday 

adjourned the Amal 

Umar suo moto case till 

Friday (October 26). 

A bench of the apex 

court, headed by Chief 

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, 

took up the case. 

Amal was shot in her 

head in an exchange of 

fire between cops and 

robbers last month in 

Karachi. 

As soon as hearing 

resumed today, CJP 

asked the Additional 

Attorney General (AAG) 

about the status of the 

investigation into the 

Amal murder case. 

The investigation into 

the case is ongoing, 

replied the AAG, and 

pleaded the apex court to 

adjourn the case due to 

absence of advocate 

Faisal Siddiqui. 

“We will hear Amal 

Suo Moto case on Friday 

in Karachi,” remarked 

CJP, after adjourning the 

hearing. 

Balochistan and 700 in 

Karachi had been banned so 

far,” he said. Some other oil 

tanker groups of oil tanker 

owners not supporting the 

strike call and running oil 

tankers to supply oil without 

any pause. 

The government has 

also given hints of increasing 

the rate of oil products 

in coming days. Asad 

Umar—the finance minister 

made it clear that owing 

to the increase in the prices 

of petroleum products 

globally the government 

might increase the prices of 

fuel as well. The government 

has already raised the 

prices of gas recently while 

also considering hike in 

electricity rates. 

Art gallery 

exhibition at KU’s 

History Department 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: 3 days Art 

Gallery organized by 

Department of History, KU is 

commencing from 23rd Oct 

2018 at 10:00 am at the 

Department of History, KU. 

Models of great architectural 

wonders, world-famous paintings 

(replica), sketches and 

maps will be exhibited on the 

occasion. 

KU announces fees 

schedule of BA, B.Com 

Part 1: KU Controller 

Examinations has notified 

that examination forms and 

fees of B.A Part 1 External 

Annual Examinations 2018 

will be accepted without the 

late fees till 1st Nov 2018 

with the fees of Rs. 3900/=. 

Meanwhile, the examination 

forms and fees of B.Com. 

Part 1 External Annual 

Examinations 2018 will be 

accepted till 1st Nov 2018 

with the fees of Rs. 5000/=. 

Only those candidates who 

registered in 2017 can submit 

their examination forms. 

KARACHI: Managing Director, Karachi Haleem and Karachi Foods Syed Mehmood Ali 

receiving shield from Registrar, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi Nazer 

Ahmad Shaikh after delivering lecture on Entrepreneurship. Senior faculty members 

Dr. Tahirul Islam and Immad Zafar also seen in the picture. 

Farooq Sattar, Mayor Karachi others indicted 

in 21 cases of provocative speeches 

KARACHI: Anti 

Terrorism Court (ATC) has 

indicted MQM leaders in 

21 cases of provocative 

speeches. 

Special Anti Terrorism 

Court Karachi took up 26 

cases on facilitating 

provocative speeches for 

hearing on Tuesday. 

During the course of 

hearing, MQM leaders, 

Farooque Sattar, Khawaja 

Izhar, Rauf Siddique, 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Health Minister Dr Azra 

Pechuho has said that low 

birth weight is one of the 

major causes of the deaths 

of children in Thar as 

around half of the children 

die within one month of 

their birth. 

“Around 50 per cent 

children die in Thar within 

one month of their birth and 

the leading causes of children’s 

deaths are low birth 

weight, septicaemia and 

birth asphyxia or deprivation 

of oxygen at the time of 

birth,” the minister said 

while addressing a press 

conference. 

The provincial health 

ministry was dealing with 

those conditions by setting 

up more health facilities 

Qamar Mansoor, and 

Rehan Hashmi and others 

appeared before the ATC . 

Court has indicted 

Farooque Sattar, Khawaja 

Izhar, Rauf Siddique, 

Qamar Mansoor, and 

Rehan Hashmi and others 

in 21 cases. During the 

course of hearing, court 

while inquiring suspects 

observed, you are charged 

with facilitating hate 

speeches, do you accept 

closer to homes of the people 

in Thar, the minister 

assured. 

The provision of cash to 

pregnant women is another 

step of the plan to enable 

them to reach health facilities, 

Pechuho said. She 

added that food packages 

would also be given to 

pregnant women. 

The government would 

establish 80 more dispensaries 

in the desert district, 

where trained community 

midwives and lady health 

workers will be posted to 

help pregnant women in 

having better reproductive 

health, Dr Pechuho said. 

The Sindh government 

and the health department 

had nothing to do with the 

federal government’s plans 

the offense. 

On it Farooq Sattar and 

Mayor Karachi pleaded 

not guilty while MQM 

leader Amir Khan was not 

indicted and his bail 

extended. Court while 

summoning witnesses on 

next hearing adjourned the 

hearing till Nov 10. 

Court observed that 

indictment will be made in 

further four cases on next 

hearing. 

Minister says low birth weight key 

cause of children’s deaths in Thar 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Madressatul Islam 

University organized an 

awareness session for 

female employees and girl 

students about the breast 

cancer in connection with 

the Pink Ribbon Day. 

On the occasion chief 

guest of the event Dr. 

Masuma Hassan, former 

Cabinet Secretary and 

Ambassador of Pakistan, 

said Pakistan has highest 

Breast Cancer ratio all over 

in the Asia, “according to 

figures quoted by various 

sources 40000 women are 

being died due to breast 

cancer, while ninety thousands 

women are diagnosed 

with said disease” she said 

further. 

Dr. Masuma said in our 

society women are hesitant 

to tell openly about breast 

cancer. 

She emphasized that 

Government should work 

on creating more awareness 

about breast cancer among 

women with the knowledge 

and techniques to detect 

breast cancer at early 

stages, as it is registering an 

alarming increase in girls in 

Pakistan. 

She said there is no 

awareness among the 

majority women of 

Pakistan about the breast 

cancer, which is a great 

threat to the lives of the 

affected women. She said 

that only the awareness 

about it can save the 

women from the disease. 

regarding Thar region, the 

minister said. She said the 

Sindh government has been 

working to improve social, 

economic and health conditions 

in Thar for many years 

and the same would continue 

in future as well. 

Moreover, the minister 

added that the ongoing 

measles campaign was successful 

in Sindh at large but 

admitted to certain issues in 

Karachi’s areas of Korangi, 

New Karachi etc. However, 

she was confident that these 

issues would be handled in 

the coming five days of the 

campaign. 

She applauded the 

authorities concerned for 

achieving close to 100 per 

cent targets in the campaign 

in the rest of Sindh. 

SMIU celebrates Pink Ribbon Day 

Karachi police chief warns strict action 

against cops violating traffic laws 

KARACHI: A convoy of police led by SP Shabbir Bilour is 

passing through Nagin Chorangi on the occasion of 

Muharram-ul-Haram Chehlum. 

KARACHI: “Abide traffic 

laws, else be ready for 

the strict action”, Karachi 

Police chief Ameer Ali 

Shaikh warned policemen in 

a notification issued on 

Tuesday. 

Additional Inspector 

General Police in a circular 

ordered policemen to wear 

helmets and keep their driving 

licenses with them while 

driving. 

“It has been observed 

that cops are not following 

traffic laws, nor they stop at 

the traffic signals”, read the 

circular. 

AIG Ameer Ali Shaikh 

has ordered policemen not 

to set aside traffic rules, else 

fines and action according 

to the law will be taken 

against them. 

On the other hand, 

Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation (KMC) has 

started the work of setting 

up a separate motorbike 

track reserved for motorcyclists 

alongside Shahrah-e- 

Faisal. It will be compulsory 

for the motorbike riders to 

wear helmets and follow 

other traffic rules while riding 

on the bike track. 

KARACHI: A child 

was killed in Korangi; 

Karachi after a roof fan fell 

on it. According to media 

reports, a 3 year old boy 

identified as Muhammad 

Hanif died after a ceiling 

fan fell on him in a room 

of his house in Ilyas Goth, 

Fatima Colony. 

Police reached the 

scene and shifted the dead 

into nearby local hospital 

for medico-legal formalities. 

Meanwhile, a man 

was injured on putting up 

resistance during robbery 

in North Nazim Abad, 

She said that our literate 

women have a responsibility 

to educate their daughters 

about it. She said every 

woman should know the 

symptoms of the cancer 

disease. 

Boy killed, man injured in 

two separate incidents 

Karachi. 

Victim, identified as 

Karamat Shah, 22 was on 

his way when near Shabbir 

Medical Center in Block - 

A in North Nazim Abad, 

two armed masked men 

intercepted him and tried 

to rob him but on putting 

up resistance they opened 

fire on him. 

As a result he was 

injured and shifted to 

nearby local hospital for 

first aid. 

Police have registered 

separate cases and started 

investigation. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

inspecting ongoing road carpeting at Salat Goth.

Justice Anwar-ul-Haq sworn 

in chief justice of LHC 

LAHORE: Justice 

Anwar ul Haq has taken 

oath as chief justice of 

Lahore High Court (LHC). 

The oath taking ceremony 

was held in Governor 

House Lahore Tuesday and 

governor Punjab Chaudhry 

Sarwar administered oath 

to Justice Anwar ul Haq. 

Justice Anwar ul Haq 

said in oath taking ceremony 

he would discharge his 

obligations honestly and 

with loyalty as per law and 

constitution of Islamic 

Republic Pakistan. He 

would not let his personal 

interests to influence his 

official job and decisions. 

He will give verdicts in 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) has decided to hold 

an international conference 

to deliberate upon the 

social impact of research in 

line with its consistent 

efforts, acquainting the 

Faculty and students about 

the new trends in education. 

An academicians’ meeting 

held here under the 

chairmanship of Acting 

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. 

Nasir Mahmood for preparation 

of the conference. 

The University’s 

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar is administering oath to 

Justice Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq as the new Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. 

Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar is also present. 

AIOU’s Int’l moot to deliberate 

upon social impact of research 

Our Correspondent 

HYDERABAD: Medical 

superintendent of Liquat 

University hospital 

Hyderabad Dr. Abdul 

Wahab Wadho has contradicted 

news item telecast on 

a TV channel in which it was 

said that 50 patients admitted 

in various wards had 

died in 24 hours due to 

slackness and absence of 

doctors. Dismissing claim of 

media channel and terming 

same as unfounded, Medical 

Superintendent clarified that 

inquiry committee, formed 

by him to ascertain facts 

mentioned in channel report, 

has submitted its report 

according to which 3 

patients had died in ward 

No.1 out of 49 admitted; 6 

out of 118 in medical ward 

2; 3 patients were admitted 

in ward No.3 none had 

Faculty of Education has 

been holding International 

Conference on Research 

and Practices in Education 

(ICRPE) for past three 

years to provide a forum to 

young researchers for 

updating their knowledge 

in the relevant fields. 

The meeting attended by 

heads of various academic 

departments decided that 

the 4th ICRPC will be held 

from February 18 to 20, 

2019. 

In this regard Dean’s 

forum on teacher education 

will be held on February 

LUH Hyderabad M.S. 

debunks media report of 

death of 50 patients in a day 

expired while 1 patients had 

died out of 20 admitted in 

medical unit No.4. M.S clarified 

that 190 patients were 

admitted in civil hospital 

Hyderabad of acute illness. 

They were of old age and 

brought to hospital in critical 

condition being infested 

with deadly diseases. He 

said senior and experienced 

doctors along with nurses 

and para-medical staff are 

posted in medical wards of 

hospital. He also said that 

caretaker family members of 

above mentioned had never 

complained non availability 

of medicines nor absence of 

duty doctors. He asked 

media reporters to carry out 

thorough investigation of 

any news before telecasting/publishing 

same as also 

getting comments from hospital 

management. 

18. The theme of conference 

this year will be 

"Social impact of 

research”. 

The alumni re-union 

would be arranged on the 

same day. Five modes of 

presentations and talks will 

be held during the two days 

conference – oral presentation, 

posters presentation, 

round table discussions, 

panel presentations and 

projects. 

The international presenters 

will be given a 

chance to present virtually 

if they cannot travel to 

Pakistan for any reason. 

The closing session with 

a way forward discussion 

will be held in the afternoon 

of February 20 at the 

main Campus of AIOU. 

Call for papers will be open 

in the first week of 

November next for one 

month. 

The interested academia, 

faculty, scholars, 

researchers and practitioners 

from all over the country 

are invited to share their 

intellectual and scholarly 

work and participate in this 

high-profile event. 

Rights activists expressed their 

concerns over the increasing 

cases of suicides in Thar 


the cases that was the why 

MITHI: The rights police officials (SHOs) did 

activists, members of civil not register the cases or 

society, police officials and properly investigate the 

health experts expressing 

their deep concern over the 

increasing incidents of suicides 

have demanded the 

registration of the FIRs of 

every incident in Thar. 

Advocate Kashif Bajeer 

reasons leading the suicides. 

He said that there 

was the need to introduce 

the early warning system so 

that upset people could be 

traced and their lives could 

be saved. 

of Sindh Child Rights Mr. Qurashi said that he 

Movement speaking on the would soon set up the 

occasion said that it was the helpline in every police stations 

matter of the great concern 

to discourage the 

that the not a single FIR 

had been registered of any 

trend and to investigate 

each and every incident. 

case of self killing over Mr. Qurashi asked the 

past many years despite the 

fact trend had assumed the 

members of the civil society, 

common people to play 

alarming proportion in their role to help police 

desert region. He demanded 

that case of every should 

curb and properly investigate 

every incident adding 

be registered and be made it clear police alone 

declared suicide or otherwise 

without the active support 

after the proper inves- 

tigation by police. 

of the people might not get 

positive results. 

DHO Thar Ghulam Noor Mohammad 

Rasool Kumbhar said that Bajeer, the senior right 

the poverty, lack of the activist said that it was the 

awareness and unemployment 

matter of the grave concern 

among Tharis were that nearly 60 people com- 

the prime reasons behind 

the extreme steps in Thar. 

He said that joint efforts 

were needed to curb the 

mitted suicides in this year, 

which he said, was a dangerous 

indicator. 

The event was organized 

menace. 

by Sindh Child Rights 

SSP Thar Imran Qurashi 

speaking on the occasion 

said that people in Thar 

mostly avoid to come with 

the complaints and pursue 

Movement in collaboration 

with SSP Thar in Police 

line in Mithi on Tuesday to 

discuss the factors behind 

the suicide cases. 

synch with law. 

Former Chief justice 

LHC, Chief Minister 

Punjab Usman Buzdar, 

judges of LHC, provincial 

ministers and senior government 

officials attended 

the ceremony. 

Former chief justice of 

LHC Muhammad Yawar 

Ali stands retired on completion 

of his service 

tenure. Following his 

retirement President Arif 

Alvi had appointed Justice 

Anwar ul Haq as chief justice 

LHC. 

Justice Anwar ul Haq 

will stay at his post of chief 

justice of LHC till 

December 31, 2018. 

Official of Islambad 

zoo eat fund for 

animal feedings 


Marghzar Zoo in Islamabad 

is under corrupt officials 

who regularly plunder in the 

annual budget worth Rs1.8 

billion. 

The zoo administration is 

involved in looting money 

provided for the look after of 

the animals, while the caretakers 

of an elephant who are 

brothers, used to sell the 

food of the elephant. The 

visiting children are asked to 

buy sugarcane in 20 to 50 

rupees from them and give it 

to the elephant to eat. By it 

they earn around 30,000 

rupees daily, sources said. 

The elephant worth of 

hundreds of thousand rupees 

is sick due to lack of enough 

foods and is going to die, 

sources added. 

“One caretaker Bilal is a 

declared corrupt person who 

had been suspended several 

times in corruption charges, 

but CDA appoints him each 

time after suspension as 

there is no substitute caretaker 

in the zoo. He is fully 

exploiting the CDA’s incompetence 

and busy in blackmailing 

the high officers and 

earning million of rupees by 

vending the zoo animals,” a 

source said on the condition 

of anonymity. 

Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: The rights 

activists, members of 

civil society, police officials 

and health experts 

expressing their deep 

concern over the 

increasing incidents of 

suicides have demanded 

the registration of the 

FIRs of every incident 

in Thar. Advocate 

Kashif Bajeer of Sindh 

Child Rights Movement 


said that it was the 

matter of the great concern 

that the not a single 

FIR had been registered 

of any case of self 

killing over past many 

years despite the fact 

trend had assumed the 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Sudden alliance of opposition 

parties was aimed 

nothing more than an 

attempt to hide their corruption 

and to blackmail 

government. Asif Zardari 

and his 40 thieves have 

committee corruption of 

trillions from Sindh alone. 

The corrupt elements wanted 

to FIA and NAB are 

wandering free through 

court bails which was tantamount 

to protection to 

their corruption. Courts are 

requested to review such 

bails. This was stated by 

Ashraf Noonari chairman 

Sindh National Tehrik 

reacting to get together of 


National 

opposition parties to bring 

resolution against PTI government. 

He said corruption 

has taken shape of 

economic terrorism. He 

asked for merciless operation 

against economic terrorism 

on lines of operation 

Radul Fasad and operation 

against terrorism. He 

was of opinion that through 

bomb explosions hundreds 

of people are killed but 

under economic terrorism 

thousands of families are 

pushed to hunger and 

poverty, robbed of their 

livelihood and forced to 

mass suicides. He said during 

last 10 years of PPP 

rules ministers, advisor and 

even their drivers have 

3 

Opposition leaders alliance aimed 

o hide their corruption: Noonari 

made fortunes of billions 

to such extent that now 

crores of rupees were 

being shown in accounts of 

rickshaw drivers and 

plumbers. He termed endevour 

of Asif Zardari to 

gather opposition to give 

tough time to government 

was his attempt to blackmail 

accountability bureau 

and to hide his mass corruption. 

He asked PTI 

government NAB and 

other institutions to launch 

merciless operation 

against corrupt elements of 

Sindh also so to fulfill the 

national coffers with looted 

money recovered from 

corrupt politicians instead 

of going to IMF. 

HYDERABAD: Director Khana Farhang Iran at Hyderabad Ahmed Abdullahpur meeting 

with Mayor Hyderabad in his office. 

Connecting Australia and 

Pakistan through art 



Australian High 

Commissioner to Pakistan 

Margaret Adamson opened 

an exhibition at Zahoor-ul- 

Akhlaq Art Gallery of the 

National College of Arts 

Lahore, to celebrate the success 

of five Pakistani artists 

whose works will appear in express 

a major Australian exhibition. 

The prestigious Asia 

Pacific Triennial of 

Contemporary Art (APT) 

will this year show works by 

Pakistan’s Aisha Khalid, Ali 

Kazim, Naiza Khan, 

Rasheed Araeen and Waqas 

Khan. 

“Pakistan has every reason 

to be proud of these five 

alarming proportion in 

desert region. He 

demanded that case of 

every should be registered 

and be declared 

suicide or otherwise 

after the proper investigation 

by police. DHO 

Thar Ghulam Rasool 

Kumbhar said that the 

poverty, lack of the 

awareness and joblessness/ 

unemployment 

among Tharis were the 

prime reasons behind 

the extreme steps in 

Thar. He said that joint 

efforts were needed to 

curb the menace. SSP 

Thar Imran Qurashi 


said that people in 

Thar mostly avoid to 

wonderful artists,” Ms 

Adamson said. 

“Their works will be 

appearing in an exhibition 

whose unique mix of exciting 

new art and cross-cultural 

insight has attracted three 

million visitors since 1993.” 

“Art can speak things 

that words cannot, and 

contemporary 

issues. It has a unique 

capacity to foster inclusion 

and understanding and to 

connect peoples,” Ms 

Adamson said. 

APT is the only major 

exhibition series in the 

world to focus exclusively 

on the contemporary art of 

Asia, the Pacific and 

Australia. It will run from 

24 November 2018 to 28 

come with the complaints 

and pursue the 

cases that was the why 

police officials ( SHOs) 

did not register the cases 

or properly investigate 

the reasons leading the 

suicides. He said that 

there was the need to 

introduce the early 

warning system so that 

upset people could be 

traced and their lives 

could be saved. Mr 

Qurashi said that he 

would soon set up the 

helpline in every police 

stations to discourage 

the trend and to investigate 

each and every 

incident. Mr Qurashi 

asked the members of 

the civil society, common 

April 2019 at the 

Queensland Art Gallery & 

Gallery of Modern Art 

(QAGOMA) in Brisbane, 

Australia. 

“Events like this show 

the growth in cultural 

exchange under way 

between our two countries. 

The truck art of Pakistan is 

already famous in Australia, 

and now APT will bring 

even more of Pakistan’s 

brilliant art to the attention 

of Australians,” Ms 

Adamson said. 

Aisha Khalid will show a 

major new work at APT – a 

largescale sculptural tapestry 

– to commemorate the 

25th anniversary of 

QAGOMA’s Collection of 

Contemporary Asian Art. 

Rights activists expressed their concerns 

over the increasing cases of suicides in Thar 


BADIN: Sindh Primary 

Teachers Association 

(PTA) has announced to 

launch peaceful struggle 

for acceptance of their 

charter of demands. In 

this connection Shafi 

Muhammad Sathio, central 

president, PTA Sindh 

along with representitives 

of district Badin during 

press conference in Badin 

press club on Tuesday said 

after offering Fateha at the 

shrine of Shaheed Benazir 

Bhutto they would begin 

long march and passing 

through Ranipur, Bhit 

Shah, Hyderabad, Tando 

Muhammad Khan, Bulri 

Shah Karim, Sujjawal and 

Thatta of more than 600 

kilometres distance the 

march would expected to 

pay sit-in in front of Chief 

Minister House Karachi 

on 16th of December, 

2018. 

He said the march to be 

joined by thousands of 

teachers and representives 

of civil society, social 

organizations and political 

parties. 

Shafi Sathio said earlier, 

during the month of 

December and 4th of 

January, 2018, teachers 

marched towards Karachi 

for acceptance of legitimate 

and legal rights but 

people to play their role to 

help police curb and properly 

investigate every incident 

adding made it clear 

police alone without the 

active support of the people 

might not get positive 

results. Noor Mohammad 

Bajeer, the senior right 

activist said that it was the 

matter of the grave concern 

that nearly 60 people 

committed suicides in this 

year, which he said, was a 

dangerous indicator. The 

event was organized by 

Sindh Child Rights 

Movement in collaboration 

with SSP Thar in 

Police line in Mithi on 

Tuesday to discuss the factors 

behind the suicide 

cases. 

PTA Sindh announces to launch struggle 

for acceptance of charter of demand 

they were brutely tortured 

by Sindh police. He said 

after such situation government 

announced to 

resolve the issues of 

teachers including time 

scale of grade 16 after 

completion of service of 

25 years, re-instatement 

of suspended teachers, 

regularization of NTS and 

Sindh University test 

qualified teachers and others 

but the issues and matters 

were not resolved. He 

said they were assured 

that charter of demand to 

be accepted and matters 

would be resolved within 

one month but government 

neglected them.

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

Islam orders the Muslim to be 

honest to himself and others. 

This order repeatedly comes 

in the Noble Qur’an and the sayings 

of Prophet Muhammad 

(SAWS). Islam orders the Muslim 

to tell the truth even if it is against 

the teller’s interest. Orders him not to 

cheat or deceive other people. A Muslim is ordered by 

Allah to be honest in his words and deeds, privately 

and publicly alike. The practical character of the 

teaching of Holy Prophet Mohammad(SAWS) that 

gave birth to the scientific spirit, that has also sanctified 

the daily labors and the so called mundane affairs. 

The Quran says that God has created man to worship 

him but the word worship has a connotation of its 

own. God's worship is not confined to prayer alone, 

but every act that is done with the purpose of winning 

approval of God and is for the benefit of the humanity 

comes under its purview. Islam sanctifies life and 

all its pursuits provided they were performed with 

honesty, justice and pure intents. It obliterates the age 

long distinction between the sacred and profane. The 

Quran says if you eat clean things and thank God for 

it, it is an act of worship. It is saying of the prophet of 

Islam that Morsel of food that one places in the mouth 

of his wife is an act or virtue to be rewarded by God. 

Another tradition of the Prophet says "He who is satisfying 

the desire of his heart will be rewarded by God 

provided the methods adopted are permissible. A person 

was listening to him exclaimed `O Prophet of 

God, he is answering the calls of passions, is only satisfying 

the craving of his heart. Forthwith came the 

reply, "Had he adopted an awful method for the satisfaction 

of his urge, he would have been punished; 

then why should he not be rewarded for following the 

right course". This new conception of religion that it 

should also devote itself to the betterment of this life 

rather than concern itself exclusively with super mundane 

affairs, has led to a new orientation of moral values. 

Its abiding influence on the common relations of 

mankind in the affairs of every day life, its deep 

power over the masses, its regulation of their conception 

of rights and duty, its suitability and adaptability 

to the ignorant savage and the wise philosopher are 

characteristic features of the teaching of the Prophet 

of Islam in which he emphasizes for honesty in all 

spheres of life 

Implication of Honesty 

Honesty in words implies telling the truth in all 

cases and under all conditions. Honesty also implies 

fulfilling the promise, whether written or given orally, 

in text and spirit. Honesty also implies giving the right 

advice to the one who asks for it. 

Honesty also implies doing one’s work as sincerely 

and as perfectly as possible. Honesty also implies 

carrying out duties as fully as possible whether the 

person is supervised or not. Honesty means giving 

every person his due rights without his asking for 

these rights. 

Honesty means doing the right thing in the right 

way at the right time. Honesty means objectivity in 

judgment, objectivity in evaluation, and objectivity in 

decisions of all types. Honesty implies the right selection 

of personnel and the right promotion of personnel, 

i.e., selection by merit and promotion by merit, 

not by temper or favoritism or personal relations. 

Honesty is a blanket term that covers a wide range 

of traits. It covers telling the truth, sincerity in work, 

carrying out duties, fulfilling one’s word, objective 

judgments, and objective decisions. Honesty is the 

opposite of lying, the opposite of bluffing, the opposite 

of hypocrisy, the opposite of favoritism, and the 

opposite of deceit. 

External and Internal Honesty 

By external honesty, I mean honesty, which is 

judged by other people. By internal honesty, I mean 

honesty which is judged by the person himself alone. 

The reward of external honesty comes from Allah, 

from people, and from the psychological satisfaction 

the honest person feels. When you are honest, you are 

liked by God and people whom you deal with. Your 

honesty gives you the social approval you need and 

here comes the social value of honesty. 

Further, when everybody is honest, a great deal of 

human problems disappear including lying, cheating, 

bluffing, stealing, forgery, and many other social diseases. 

In other words, honesty is something you give 

and something you take: others enjoy your honesty 

and you enjoy their honesty. 

In the absence of honesty, many social diseases 

appear. If a person is dishonest, he is ready to tell lies, 

to bribe, to be bribed, to distort the truth, to cheat, to 

forge, to deceive others, and to break his promises. A 

dishonest person is a totality of diseases. He is ready 

to misbehave at any time. Each time he misbehaves, 

he causes a great disturbance or harm to one person or 

to a group of persons or to the whole nation, in some 

cases. 

Internal Honesty: Thus honesty is a factor in the 

psychological health of the honest person himself and 

the health of other persons whom he deals with. 

However, Islam emphasizes internal honesty, i.e., 

honesty that is judged by the person himself and cannot 

be seen by other people. 

It often happens that a person acts privately. 

OPINION 

Significance of Honesty in 

Muslim society 

Sometimes we act with nobody seeing us. A believer 

in Allah feels that although no person is watching 

him, Allah is watching. This continuous watch of 

Allah develops the concept of internal honesty or conscience 

in the believer. This means that internal honesty 

becomes an overall strategy of the believer. 

The Muslim is to be honest, internally and externally, 

privately and publicly, whether observed by 

other people or not, whether he acts or speaks. This 

overall honesty makes the Muslim confident of himself, 

of his behavior, and of his words and deeds. 

Honesty makes the person feel that he trusts others 

and is trusted by others. 

This mutual confidence makes the believer feel 

self-satisfied and socially secure. 

Honesty implies unity of behavior, unity of standards, 

and integrity of personality. Honesty implies 

being away from internal conflicts, social conflicts 

and self-contradiction. 

Building Honesty 

The important question, however, is this: how does 

Islam build honesty in the Muslim? Islam builds ethical 

qualities in general and honesty in particular in 

several ways: 

1. Instructions. Allah orders the Muslim to be honest 

in all cases, in all deeds and words, to himself and 

others. 

2. Reason. Allah shows the Muslim rationally that 

honesty is the best policy, even on utilitarian bases. 

3. Reward. Allah promises the honest person generous 

rewards in the first life and in the second life. 

4. Punishment. Allah threatens the dishonest person 

with severe punishment for his dishonest behavior. 

5. Practice. Allah develops the habit of honesty in 

the Muslim through actual practice, i.e., through fasting 

and prayer. 

Thus Islam builds the habit of honesty in the 

Muslim through direct instructions, through rational 

arguments, through the reward and punishment principles, 

and through practice. 

The Practice of Honesty 

Taking fasting as an example, when a Muslim 

fasts, he should abstain from any kind of food or drink 

from dawn until sunset. This means that a fasting 

Muslim should not eat or drink for several continuous 

hours, including not engaging in sexual intercourse 

with his wife or her husband. 

The important thing here is that a fasting Muslim 

does not allow a drop of water to go into his mouth 

from dawn until sunset in spite of his thirst, because 

he has learned to be honest, i.e., internally honest. The 

only observer of a fasting person is Allah and the person 

himself. Here is an actual and real practice of honesty 

exercised during the whole month of Ramadan. 

Of course, one of the components of honesty is 

refusing to submit to temptations and impulses. In 

Ramadan, the Muslim is thirsty, but he does not drink; 

he is hungry, but he does not eat. In Ramadan, water 

is spatially near but psychologically far from the 

Muslim; water is near to the Muslim but far from his 

desire. This is a practical exercise of self-control and 

internal honesty. 

So, Islam instructs the Muslim to be honest and 

trains him to be so. The outcome is a healthy self and 

a healthy social atmosphere that leads to the happiness 

of both the individual and the group. 

The practical character of the teaching of Holy 

Prophet Mohammad(PBUH) that gave birth to the 

scientific spirit, that has also sanctified the daily 

labors and the so called mundane affairs. The 

Quran says that God has created man to worship 

him but the word worship has a connotation of its 

own. God's worship is not confined to prayer alone, 

but every act that is done with the purpose of winning 

approval of God and is for the benefit of the 

humanity comes under its purview. Islam sanctifies 

life and all its pursuits provided they were performed 

with honesty, justice and pure intents. It 

obliterates the age long distinction between the 

sacred and profane. The Quran says if you eat clean 

things and thank God for it, it is an act of worship. 

It is saying of the prophet of Islam that Morsel of 

food that one places in the mouth of his wife is an 

act or virtue to be rewarded by God. Another tradition 

of the Prophet says "He who is satisfying the 

desire of his heart will be rewarded by God provided 

the methods adopted are permissible. A person 

was listening to him exclaimed `O Prophet of God, 

he is answering the calls of passions, is only satisfying 

the craving of his heart. Forthwith came the 

reply, "Had he adopted an awful method for the satisfaction 

of his urge, he would have been punished; 

then why should he not be rewarded for following 

the right course". This new conception of religion 

that it should also devote itself to the betterment of 

this life rather than concern itself exclusively with 

super mundane affairs, has led to a new orientation 

of moral values. Its abiding influence on the common 

relations of mankind in the affairs of every 

day life, its deep power over the masses, its regulation 

of their conception of rights and duty, its suitability 

and adaptability to the ignorant savage and 

the wise philosopher are characteristic features of 

the teaching of the Prophet of Islam in which he 

emphasizes for honesty in all spheres of life.(thepageinternational@gmail.com) 

No one will be allowed to act above 

law in Assembly: Pervaiz Illahi 

LAHORE: Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez 

Ilahi talking to media outside Punjab Assembly after 

the budget session. 

LAHORE: Speaker 

Punjab Assembly 

Chaudhry Pervaiz Illahi 

has said that no one can be 

allowed to act beyond law 

and the constitution in the 

house. 

To maintain decorum of 

the floor is the responsibility 

of Speaker. 

While talking to media 

men in the Punjab 

Assembly premises, 

Speaker said no opposition 

leader in the past had ever 

used such abusive language 

against Speaker that 

is being used by incumbent 

By Samreen Ghori 

We are all facing 4-5 hours 

load shading every day, and it 

is become quite normal routine 

of life in Pakistan that eventually 

wouldn’t bother us as we 

adapted some alternative solutions, 

which we are applying 

our daily life such as alternative 

hours of working, charging lights, change schedules 

of work and parties and social gatherings even, 

change sleeping and working hours and arranging 

generator and converted UPS or solar panel at 

homes! But is that a permanent solution for energy 

crises? Absolutely not! Have we ever been think that 

why government failing to maintain the balance of 

demand and supply of energy? A common man doesn’t 

bother to go deeper into the issue, yet as a citizen 

we should the back ground so that we can accountable 

to authorities and those who served as, this is our 

basic human right! 

Energy crises is a huge issues what currently 

Pakistan is facing! Electricity is the main and important 

need for the development of society. Every 

individual needs energy to fulfill their basic necessity. 

It is the basic requirement for an ample standard 

of living. As there is increase in population 

the economy of the country also increases and for 

this reason the need of electricity demand also 

increase and if this demand cannot met the supply 

then it take a shape of crisis. Pakistan is also at that 

type of region where the supply cannot meet the 

demand and hence it faces a huge calamity of electricity. 

The crisis become sever and takes a shape of 

devil or torment in summer season when demand is 

higher. 

Energy access is still a major challenge for many 

developing countries the whole nation feels paralyzed 

due to the energy crisis it faces. In our country, 

energy crisis started in 1985 and now it is at peak! 

Uneven distribution of energy resources within 

the Asia Pacific is presents a variety of challenges at 

the national level in terms of supply security. South 

Asia has witnessed a growing imbalance between 

energy demand and its supply from indigenous 

sources resulting in increased import dependence. 

Energy endowments differ among the South Asian 

countries. However, access to the significant energy 

resources in the neighboring countries is denied, 

which increases the cost of energy supply and 

reduces energy security of the individual countries 

and of the region as a whole. The countries in the 

region could benefit significantly only by strengthening 

the mechanism of energy trade through 

improved connectivity. Therefore, greater cooperation 

within South Asia could be one of the most 

effective ways to deal with this Regional Energy 

deficit and ensure Energy Security of the Region. 

Aiming the important note taking ahead KAS - 

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Consortium of South 

Asian Think Tank with Regional Project Energy 

Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific 

(RECAP)Organized a regional workshop on 

“Energy Security and Energy Market Integration in 

South Asia” at Kathmandu, Nepal from 7th to 9th 

October. 

The workshop aims to discuss possibility to 

access affordable energy for economic & Social 

development in South Asia. In the two days event, 

participants discussed multilateral issues with possible 

solution among SAARC countries to address 

energy crises. Participants also focused on energy 

trade is currently occurring within the Asia-Pacific is 

primarily limited to bilateral agreements between 

neighboring states. 

OPINION 

opposition. 

Neither do they think 

nor do they understand, 

Illahi said. 

He said use of indecent 

language against Speaker 

Punjab Assembly shows 

depreciation in bringing 

up. 

Pervaiz Illahi said that 

in the tenure of current 

opposition, their speaker at 

that time had suspended 

assembly membership of 

PTI members for four 

times but they didn’t ever 

use any derogatory language 

against Speaker and 

also didn’t make any vandalizing. 

He said special committee 

of Assembly has been 

set up to estimate damage 

of furniture, mice and 

other recording instruments. 

Mayor Sukkur visited HQ of World 

Bank & USAID in Washington DC 

Abdul Rauf 

SUKKUR: Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh visited the 

Headquarters of World Bank 

& USAID in Washington 

DC USA & meet with officials, 

to discussed on 

improvement & strengthening 

of Local Bodies System 

in Pakistan and other issues. 

As per details, improvement 

of the Mandatory Municipal 

services at the ground level 

and convey its benefits to 

general public, Mayor 

Sukkur visit the Headquarter 

of USAID and meet with 

Country Director for 

Pakistan & Afghanistan Lisa 

L. White and Democracy & 

Governance officer Maria 

Covalence Tietz, during the 

meeting they discussed different 

development opportunities 

including other importance 

issues. 

Workshop for school 

librarians "TECH 

SKILLS 101" by School 

Libraries Association 

Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: A one day workshop 

entitled "TECH 

SKILLS 101- A HANDS 

ON WORKSHOP FOR 

SCHOOL LIBRARIANS" 

was organized by School 

Libraries Association (SLA) 

on October 20th, 2018 at IU 

School System, Naseerabad. 

Dr. Waseem Zia, 

Assistant Professor 

Department of Library and 

Information Science honored 

the occasion as facilitator. 

A remarkable response 

was received from school as 

well as university librarians 

to attend the session. The 

day started off with Mr. 

Adnan Mubin (Director IU 

School System) welcoming 

the audience for their presence. 

Mr. Nooruddin 

Merchant, Director SLA, 

thanked for the generosity of 

Mr. Adnan for the venue and 

facilities. 

Dr. Waseem initiated 

with introduction of audience 

and inquiring about 

participants' knowledge of 

Microsoft Word and Excel 

advanced tools. Formal proceedings 

began with a 

detailed description of computer 

hardware ranging 

from as simple as input and 

output devices to cabling at 

the right port. Further, 

google searching tips and 

tricks were focused. 

Energy for life – Challenges and possibilities 

South Asia has witnessed a growing imbalance 

between energy demand and its supply from indigenous 

sources resulting in increased import dependence. 

No South Asian country is going to be able to 

meet its energy needs entirely from within its own 

domestic resources. Energy endowments differ 

among the South Asian countries, and the countries 

in the region could benefit significantly by strengthening 

mechanism of energy trade through improved 

connectivity. Therefore, greater cooperation within 

South Asia could be one of the most effective ways to 

deal with this regional energy deficit and ensure energy 

security of the region. However, there are many 

issues which hamper power trading in this region. 

The governments of the region would thus need to 

take an active role in fostering cross-border energy 

investments and promotion of regional energy trade 

in order to take full advantage of the energy resources 

available within the region and its neighborhood. 

This is need of juncture to promote regional 

power planning to enable efficient allocation of 

resources. Diversification of power supply & a 

dynamic capacity to adjust to developments in generation 

sourcing Enable a capacity for regional load 

harmonizing. 

Political challenges are arguably the biggest 

constraint to the realization of regional energy projects 

in South Asia, an issue that has impeded cooperation 

despite the existence of substantial economic 

incentives. By synthesizing the findings of interviews 

with relevant literature, this paper undertakes 

a systematic analysis of the political challenges to 

regional energy projects and provides a number of 

policy recommendations to overcome these impediments. 

Although challenges such as technical difficulties, 

financial constraints and bureaucratic 

inefficiency are important, they are in actual fact, 

subsidiary issues, the solutions to which are held 

hostage by often mentioned but rarely examined 

political impediments. 

Pakistan is very blessed country because it has a 

great potential of renewable energy (non-convention 

energy) such as Solar, Wind, Biogas, and Geothermal 

energy etc. If the Pakistan will be a country which not 

only fulfill their need of electricity but also sell on 

the other neighboring countries. Renewable energy 

is such a cheap and quick solution of the crisis 

of energy. Policy makers of Pakistan pay attention on 

that type of resources which is not possible in the 

upcoming short time such as nuclear energy etc. so 

this paper is basically creating the idea to convert 

the energy sources to renewable and finish the crisis 

of energy in Pakistan. We should stress the governments 

to change their priorities. They should establish 

cheap and durable power projects instead of expensive 

projects. If we want to get rid of load shedding 

and provide electricity to industry and trade. 

And this regional workshop organized by KAS 

can be assumed a step towards right direction to 

initiate and promote dialogue amongst SAARC 

countries to promote interconnections of electricity 

infrastructure and harmonization of institutions 

so that upholding of competitive power 

trading and pooling policies would be peruse and 

strengthen between neighbor states for peace and 

prosperity of the region. While existing accounts 

of political obstacles in contemporary literature 

are relatively abstract, that with government officials, 

academics, representatives of regional 

institutions, officials, Media and youth of 

Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India and other 

state of SAARC, getting insights into their experience 

of possibilities for and limitations to energy 

cooperation for progress down from community 

to global level.

Erdogan wants Saudi suspects in 

Khashoggi's murder tried in Istanbul 

Turkish president says his country has strong evidence that Khashoggi's murder was 'premeditated' 

ANKARA: Turkish 

President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan says all those 

behind the murder of dissident 

Saudi journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi should be 

brought to justice, calling for 

all suspects in the case to 

stand trial in Istanbul. 

“My demand is that 18 

people be tried in Istanbul,” 

Erdogan said in an address 

to lawmakers from his ruling 

party at the parliament in 

Ankara on Tuesday on the 

case of Khashoggi, who was 

murdered after entering the 

Saudi consulate in Istanbul 

on October 2. 

Erdogan also noted that 

“all those who played a role 

in the murder” have to face 

punishment. 

The “very savage murder” 

had been “planned” 

days in advance and there 

was a roadmap to perpetrate 

the killing, Erdogan pointed 

out. He further criticized 

Riyadh’s contradictory 

reports in the days following 

his disappearance, saying 

MOSCOW: The 

Kremlin said on Tuesday 

that a landmark nuclear 

arms treaty Washington 

says it wants to quit had its 

weak points, but that the 

U.S. approach of talking 

about leaving it without 

proposing a replacement 

was dangerous. 

President Vladimir Putin 

was due to discuss the matter 

in Moscow later on 

Tuesday with U.S. 

President Donald Trump’s 

national security advisor, 

John Bolton. 

ANKARA: This handout photo released by Turkish President Office shows Turkish 

President Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaking during his AKP party’s meeting 

at the Grand National Assembly. 

Ankara will not stop its 

investigation until all major 

questions in the case are 

answered. 

“Why did these 15 men 

meet in Istanbul on the day 

of the murder? Who ordered 

them to do so? Why did they 

open the consulate building 

to investigation not immediately, 

but days later?” asked 

Erdogan. 

Bolton visited Moscow a 

day after Russia said it 

would be forced to respond 

in kind to restore the military 

balance with the United 

States if Trump followed 

through on his threat to quit 

the treaty and began developing 

new missiles. Signed 

by then-U.S. President 

Ronald Reagan and 

reformist Soviet leader 

Mikhail Gorbachev in 

1987, the Intermediate- 

Range Nuclear Forces 

Treaty required elimination 

of all short- and intermediate-range 

land-based 

nuclear and conventional 

missiles held by both countries 

in Europe. 

Its demise could raise 

the prospect of a new arms 

race, and Gorbachev, now 

87, has warned that unraveling 

it could have catastrophic 

consequences. 

“Why don’t they still produce 

the body of the person 

after their admission? Who 

is the ‘local cooperator’ that 

a Saudi official pointed at as 

the person who took the 

body? You should reveal 

who this local cooperator 

is,” he added. 

Elsewhere in his address, 

the Turkish president called 

for an independent commission 

to be set up to probe the 

murder. 

Moreover, Erdogan questioned 

the Vienna 

Convention and the immunity 

it affords diplomats. 

“The Vienna Convention 

would not allow such a brutal 

murder to happen,” he 

said. “Diplomatic immunity, 

which is a part of the Vienna 

Convention, will be debated.” 

Erdogan had earlier 

promised to reveal the 

“naked truth” about the murder 

within days. During his 

speech, He gave a series of 

new details on the case. 

On the day of the murder, 

he said, the surveillance system 

at the Saudi consulate in 

Istanbul had been deactivated 

on purpose. 

Khashoggi first came to 

the Saudi consulate in 

Istanbul on September 28 to 

get his marriage documents, 

said Erdogan, adding that 

the “roadmap” to kill him 

started with that visit. 

“On Oct. 1, a team of 

three (Saudis) landed in 

Istanbul and went to the consulate. 

Another consulate 

team went to Istanbul’s 

Belgrad Forest and the 

[neighboring] Yalova 

province,” he added. "Then 

another group came and this 

15-member team went to the 

consulate on Oct. 2 morning 

and removed the hard disks 

of security cameras there." 

May says confident of 

Kremlin says U.S. plan to quit getting Brexit deal 

MPs can support 

flawed nuclear pact is dangerous LONDON: British Prime 

Melbourne's population explosion 

threatens to create a 'Bangkok situation' 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: Most 

elections are about the economy. 

Some are about leadership. 

Sometimes, they're 

dominated by scandal. 

This Victorian election 

has all of those elements. 

But if the 2018 poll is about 

one issue more than any 

other, it's probably 

Melbourne's exploding 

population growth — and 

who has the best plan to 

keep up with it. 

Melbourne is growing 

by 125,000 people a year. 

That's like adding a city the 

size of Ballarat. 

By as early as 2028, its 

projected to be Australia's 

biggest city. By 2050, it will 

have grown to 8 million — 

the size of London and New 

York. 

"It's the fourth-fastest 

growing developed city on 

the planet today, if we don't 

invest, and continue with 

this rate of growth, then we 

collapse under our own 

weight”, demographer 

Bernard Salt said. 

Cameron Kusher, a 

property analyst with 

CoreLogic, said Melbourne 

was not ready to be 

Australia's biggest city. 

"Melbourne has always 

hung its hat on the fact that 

it's the world's most liveable 

city, and we did see it slip 

from a top place," "you 

can't just take these kinds of 

things for granted. If you 

want a lot more people 

coming and living in your 

city, you need to spend a lot 

more money to make the 

city liveable" he said. 

BAGHDAD: At least 

six people were killed and 

dozens injured in a carbomb 

attack in northern 

Iraq on Tuesday, according 

to a local police officer. 

A car parked on a roadside 

exploded at a marketplace 

in al-Qayyarah, 

south of Mosul, Police 

Lieutenant Abdel-Qadir al- 

Website of Saudi investment conference hacked 

RIYADH: The website of an 

international Saudi investment conference 

hosted by Crown Prince 

Mohammed bin Salman has been 

attacked by hackers. 

On the homepage of the 'Future 

Investment Initiative' website, hackers 

posted a fake image showing bin 

Salman holding a sword standing 

behind the murdered journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi. 

The conference, nicknamed 

Davos in the Desert and slated to run 

Oct. 23 - 25, is bin Salman's attempt 

to diversify the country's oil-based 

economy. 

His plans, however, have become 

disrupted amid global outcry about 

Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudi 

consulate in Istanbul. 

Screenshots of the hacked website 

show the message: "Saudi 

Minister Theresa May 

believes she can get a Brexit 

deal that will win the support 

of parliament, her 

spokesman said on Tuesday, 

brushing aside questions 

about a possible leadership 

challenge. “The PM has 

always said that she believes 

that we will be able to secure 

a deal which all members of 

parliament will be able to 

support,” the spokesman told 

reporters. Asked 

May was concerned about 

any possible vote of confidence 

against her, 

spokesman said. 

Car bombing kills 

6 in northern Iraq 

Dozens were injured in the blast 

regime is one of the sources for 

#Terrorism_Financing in the world." 

"For the sake of security for children 

worldwide, we urge all countries 

to put sanctions on the Saudi 

regime,” the message stated. 

"The regime, aligned with the 

United States, must be kept responsible 

for its barbaric and inhuman 

action, such as killing its own citizen 

Jamal Khashoggi and thousands of 

innocent people in Yemen. The 

medieval Saudi regime is one of the 

sources of #Terrorism_Financing in 

the world." 

Khashoggi, a columnist for The 

Washington Post, had gone missing 

since entering the Saudi Consulate 

in Istanbul on Oct. 2. 

After denying knowledge of 

Khashoggi's whereabouts for two 

weeks, Saudi Arabia on Saturday 

said he was killed during a "brawl" 

inside the consulate. 

His body has not been recovered, 

nor has Saudi Arabia explained its 

shifting narrative on what transpired. 

Reporting by Hussein 

Mahmoud Ragab Elkabany, Hamdi 

Yildiz and Esat Firat:Writing by Can 

Erozden. 

Jabouri told Anadolu 

Agency. 

He said two soldiers 

were among those killed in 

the bombing. 

No group has yet 

claimed responsibility for 

the attack, but al-Jabouri 

accused the Daesh terrorist 

group of carrying out the 

bombing. 

SJA Jafri 

M E L B O U R N E : 

Several streets in 

Melbourne's CBD were 

closed to traffic as tens of 

thousands of Victorians 

joined a union protest 

calling for greater increases 

to the minimum wage 

and better job security. 

Protests were held in 

capital cities across 

Australia — as well as 

several regional cities as 

part of the Australian 

Council of Trade Unions' 

(ACTU) Change The 

Rules campaign. 

The Melbourne march 

began at Trades Hall in 

Carlton and moved 

through the city centre 

and down Swanston 

Street before finishing at 

Flinders Street Station. 

Some CBD streets 

were closed to traffic, and 

tram services down 

Swanston Street were 

detoured while the rally 

took place. 

GENEVA: U.S. actress 

Amber Heard, a star of the 

upcoming “Aquaman” 

superhero movie and a U.N. 

human rights champion, 

said on Monday her childhood 

in Texas near the 

Mexican border helped 

spark her activism. 

Her father, a Texas construction 

worker, accrued 

more and more godchildren 

on the Mexican side of the 

border, and young Amber 

considered many of them as 

friends and family. 

Going home in his pickup 

truck, there was an 

“indelible impression left 

on my soul”, a recognition 

of injustice and unfairness 

for children on the Mexican 

side. 

“Simply due to where I 

was born, a few miles north 

of this line, I was free to 

travel back and forth as I 

saw fit,” she told an audience 

at the United Nations 

in Geneva on Monday. 

Thousands of others 

would risk everything “for a 

mere shot and an opportunity 

to have that which I was 


International 

just awarded due to this 

accidental luck of my birth 

on the other side. That was 

when I first started to pick 

up on the sensation.” 

Social media now gives 

everybody the chance to 

change things, with online 

campaigns like #Metoo, 

Time’s Up, and Black Lives 

Matter, and while 

Hollywood had a responsibility 

to lead, it had failed to 

do so, she said. 

“There is a certain 

5 

Actress Amber Heard says birth on 

U.S.-Mexico border sparked rights activism 

“The arm export decision 

was taken by the regional 

parliaments, therefore, they 

don’t have authority other 

than to advise. We shouldn’t 

hide behind the EU. We 

should take Germany as an 

example and stop the arms 

sales to Saudi Arabia,” De 

Croo said. 

"Stopping the arm 

exports would also contribute 

to prevent dozens of 

people from losing their 

amount of irony in the sense 

that Hollywood is often 

held up as some sort of bastion 

of progressive ideals, 

yet is actually in reality the 

exact opposite. 

“On some of the most 

basic rights that we are 

starting, thank goodness, to 

take for granted in other 

disciplines, in other businesses, 

whether it is inclusion, 

pay equality, representation, 

diversity, you name 

it, we fall way behind.” 

Belgium calls for canceling 

arms sales to Saudi Arabia 

Belgium should see Germany as example and stop sales 

of weapons, says deputy premier 

BRUSSELS: Belgium 

should take Germany as an 

example and stop the selling 

of weapons to Saudi Arabia, 

Belgian Deputy Prime 

Minister Alexander De Croo 

said on Tuesday. 

Speaking to local VRT 

radio station, De Croo called 

on his country to stop selling 

arms to Saudi Arabia over 

the gruesome killing of 

Saudi journalist Jamal 

whether Khashoggi. 

WASHINGTON: CIA 

Director Gina Haspel is en 

route to Turkey to discuss the 

case of missing Washington 

Post columnist Jamal 

Khashoggi, according to 

multiple reports Monday. 

The move comes after 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump hinted earlier in the 

day that America has its top 

intelligence officials in 

Turkey and Saudi Arabia to 

gather the facts surrounding 

Khashoggi's disappearance. 

"I have a great group of 

people in Turkey right now 

and a great group of people 

lives in Yemen every day,” 

he added. 

The Walonia region -- 

one of the three main 

regions of Belgium -- led the 

sales to Saudi Arabia with 

over $153 million euros last 

year. 

Germany announced on 

Sunday that it would stop 

arms exports to SaudiArabia 

amid doubts over Riyadh’s 

explanation on the killing of 

journalist Khashoggi. 

CIA Director on way to 

Turkey for Khashoggi case 

Gina Haspel’s visit comes before announcement by President 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan on initial findings in Ankara's probe 

"I think it (Australia's 

industrial relations system) 

is broken." "And if it 

wasn't broke, we wouldn't 

be having these marches 

today." "The pendulum 

has swung far too far in 

the way of the employers.” 

"You've got stagnant 

wage growth in most 

industries." Construction, 

Forestry, Mining and 

Energy Union (CFMEU) 

Victorian assistant secretary 

Sean Reardon told 

media. 

Sally McManus, the 

secretary of the ACTU, 

said wage growth is not 

keeping up with the cost 

of living. He said as many 

as 28,000 Australians are 

homeless despite working 

full-time. 

"The minimum wage 

in our country is just over 

$37,000 a year," "that is 

not enough to support 

yourself, let alone supporting 

your partner and 

kids.” "It's not enough in 

our country towns. It's not 

enough in our big cities." 

She said. 

Victorian Premier 

Daniel Andrews joined 

in Saudi Arabia. We will 

know very soon" what happened 

to Khashoggi, Trump 

said. 

The CIAdeclined to comment 

on Haspel's reported 

travel when asked about the 

matter by Anadolu Agency. 

Her visit comes as 

Turkish President Recep 

Tayyip Erdogan prepares to 

announce the initial findings 

of Ankara's investigation 

Tuesday and mounting skepticism 

over the Saudi explanation 

of what happened to 

the U.S. resident and Saudi 

Arabian national. 

After denying knowledge 

of Khashoggi's whereabouts 

for two weeks, Saudi Arabia 

on Saturday said he was 

killed during a fight inside its 

Istanbul consulate. 

‘Change the Rules’ rally seizes Melbourne 

union leaders at the front 

of the rally and said those 

who attended were ordinary 

families. 

"They want a better 

deal — they're entitled to 

that — so they can provide 

the best for their kids 

and they can have a better 

standard of living, greater 

opportunities than their 

parents have had," he 

said. 

"There is a real imbalance 

between corporate 

profits and some of the 

pay rises, particularly in 

the private sector."

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Biz 

Saudi signs deals worth $50 billion 

at investment event despite boycott 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia 

signed deals worth $50 billion 

on Tuesday, showing it 

can still attract investment at 

a conference boycotted by 

Western politicians and 

global business chiefs after 

the killing of journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi. 

The Saudi cabinet, after a 

meeting headed by King 

Salman on the same day, 

promised to hold to account 

those who where responsible 

for Khashoggi’s death 

and those who “failed in 

their duties” in the case that 

has provoked an international 

furor and strained ties 

between Riyadh and the 

West. 

Earlier, Energy Minister 

Khalid al-Falih assured the 

investment conference that 

the world’s top crude 

exporter was passing 

through a “crisis of a sort” 

but would power ahead with 

economic reforms. 

The chief executive of 

Saudi Aramco said the 

government remained 

committed to a partial 

flotation of the oil giant 

but that the timing would 

BEIJING: China-Pakistan 

Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework 

is beneficial for the people of 

Pakistan and China and the completed 

power projects have already created a 

positive image of the flagship project, 

renowned columnist Syed Muhammad 

Mehdi said. 

Addressing a symposium on China- 

Pakistan Economic Corridor and “The 

Belt and Road” organized by Jiangsu 

Normal University in Chinese city of 

Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairperson of Olayan Financing 

Company and Yasir al-Rumayyan, Chief Executive and Managing Director of Saudi 

Arabia's Public Investment Fund, attend the investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi 

Arabia October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser 

depend on market conditions 

and other factors. 

Hundreds of bankers and 

company executives joined 

officials at a palatial Riyadh 

hotel for the Future 

Investment Initiative. But 

while last year’s inaugural 

conference drew the global 

business elite, this year’s 

event has been marred by 

the withdrawal of more than 

two dozen high-level speakers. 

Khashoggi, a critic of 

Saudi Arabia’s crown 

prince, vanished after he 

entered its consulate in 

Istanbul on Oct 2. After first 

denying any involvement in 

his disappearance, Riyadh 

said on Saturday Khashoggi 

died during a fight in the 

consulate. Later, a Saudi 

Xuzhou, he opined that the Chinese 

companies should involve the local 

workforce in executing the development 

project aimed at giving them a 

sense of ownership of the CPEC. 

He expressed the confidence that 

after the completion of different 

infrastructure development projects 

under the CPEC, the people would 

start getting benefits which would 

help erase misconception against this 

mega project. 

official attributed the death 

to a chokehold. 

Turkish President Tayyip 

Erdogan said in Ankara on 

Tuesday there was strong 

evidence the killing was 

savage and planned. 

Erdogan said he was not satisfied 

with Riyadh placing 

the blame on some of its 

intelligence agents. 

Many foreign investors 

Power projects completed under 

CPEC create positive image 

5-member delegation of AM-PAK BDF 

from USA will reach Karachi on Oct 30 

KARACHI: Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on Public Relations Shujat Ali Baig, 

Secretary Syed Nasser Wajahat Syed Turab Shah, Pervaiz George, Syed Wjahat Ali, 

Akhtar Shaheen Rind, Ali Pesnani, Wajid Nasar, Asma Nasar, Waheed Jung, Akhtar 

Shoro, Mujahid Ali, Kashif Rafat, Tayyab Rizvi and others are seen at the meeting of 

PR SC held here the federation House. 


KARACHI: A fivemember 

delegation of businessmen 

and investors led 

by Nawaid Isa, Managing 

Partner & President ICCMC 

and America Pakistan (AM- 

PAK) 

Business 

Development Forum will 

reach Karachi on Oct 30th 

on a week-long visit to promote 

bilateral business and 

investment opportunities. 

This was told by Shujat 

Ali Baig, President AM- 

PAK Business Development 

Forum Pakistan Chapter and 

Chairman Standing 

Committee on Public 

Relations, Federation of 

Pakistan Chambers of 

Commerce & Industry 

(FPCCI) during committee’s 

meeting held at the board 

room of Federation House 

here. 

Meeting was attended by 

Syed Nasser Wajahat, 

Secretary of FPCCI SC 

Committee and AM-PAK 

BDF Pakistan Chapter, Syed 

Turab Shah, Mubashir Mir, 

Pervaiz Geroge, Syed 

Wajahat Ali, Akhtar 

Shaheen Rind, Ali Pesnani, 

Wajid Nasar, Asma Nasar, 

Waheed Jang, Akhtar Shoro, 

Mujahid Ali, Kashif Rafat, 

Tayyab Rizvi and others. 

Shujat Ali Baig 

informed that along with 

Nawaid Isa, other members 

of delegation include Mike 

Robinette, Head of GEO 

CRE, a commercial real 

estate development firm 

and also a ex-Director of 

Development, City of 

Middletown, Ohio, ex- 

Director of Economic 

Development and Finance, 

City of Franklin, Ohio, 

Tahira Jaffar, Head of Ark 

Investment Companies with 

the focus of investments in 

healthcare markets, Tom 

Drauschak, President & 

Owner of Earth Enterprises 

(also performed land development 

projects for hundreds 

of residential, commercial, 

municipal and 

industrial clients. 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform Makhdoom Khusro 

Bakhtiar being presented a souvenir by Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Dong Futang, China Road 

and Bridge Corporation, after a meeting. Secretary Planning Zafar Hasan also present. 

Syed Mehdi pointed out that the 

Chinese side should import more agriculture 

products from Pakistan to help 

reduce the trade imbalance between 

Islamabad and Beijing. 

He said, Jiangsu province has had 

most of the stakes in CPEC while its 

headquarters Xuzhou and Lahore were 

sisterly cities. 

He also proposed that there was a 

need to transfer different types of 

industries from China to Pakistan. 

Emirates announces 

special fares to US 

destinations 

KARACHI/DUBAI: 

Emirates has announced 

its latest sale today, offering 

Pakistani customers 

special deals on Economy 

and Business class return 

flights to some of its most 

popular US destinations. 

Customers have to 

book by 05 November 

2018, for travel between 

25 October 2018 and 31 

March 2019. Passengers 

can enjoy competitive 

fares to eight destinations 

in the US including San 

Francisco, New York, 

Seattle, Orlando, Detroit, 

Denver, Atlanta and 

Raleigh with Economy 

class fares starting from 

PKR 150,050 and 

Business Class fares from 

PKR 536,070. 

Moreover, passengers 

can benefit from Emirates’ 

strategic partnership with 

Jet Blue and Alaskan 

Airlines as this sale offeralso 

applies to more than 

160 other destinations 

across the airlines’ complementary 

networks. 

With the large number 

of Pakistanis residing in 

the US, travel frequency is 

very high as people travel 

to and from Pakistan to 

visit family and friends. 

US is also a very popular 

tourist destination for 

Pakistanis. Other than that, 

the airline has a high volume 

of business travellers 

between Pakistan and the 

US. Emirates now serves 

12 points in the US, facilitating 

its Pakistani customers 

by offering several 

flight options and significantly 

reduced travel times 

compared to airlines connecting 

via European hubs. 

see a risk that the 

Khashoggi case, which 

drew global condemnation, 

could damage Riyadh’s ties 

with Western governments. 

Saudi Arabia’s stock index 

was down 1.3 percent in 

late trading on persistent 

investor concern. 

U.S. Treasury Secretary 

Steven Mnuchin and senior 

ministers from Britain and 

France pulled out of the 

event along with chief 

executives or chairmen of 

about a dozen big financial 

firms such as JP Morgan 

Chase and HSBC, and 

International Monetary 

Fund chief Christine 

Lagarde. 

Uber CEO Dara 

Khosrowshahi, who also 

withdrew from the event, 

said the firm was awaiting 

the full facts on 

Khashoggi’s case before 

deciding whether that 

would affect Saudi involvement 

in the ride-hailing 

service. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign 

wealth fund has 

invested in Uber and its 

managing director sits on 

the app’s board. 

China’s Nanchang 

Enterprises show interest 

to invest in Pakistan 

ISLAMABAD: A delegation 

of Nanchang People’s 

Government of China led by 

its Vice Secretary General 

Wan Lifei visited Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce & 

Industry and showed interest 

to explore prospects of 

investment and joint ventures 

in Pakistan. 

Shi Hao, Vice Director of 

Commerce Bureau of 

Nanchang City, Wan 

Hongmei Vice Director of 

Administrative Committee 

of Ganjiang New District in 

Nanchang City, Wo Qianjin 

Director of Hi-Tech District 

Administrative Committee, 

Investment Promotion 

Bureau of Nanchang City 

and others were in the delegation. 

Speaking at the occasion, 

Wan Lifei, Vice Secretary 

General, Nanchang People’s 

Government said that the 

purpose of their visit was to 

understand the Pakistani 

market and explore opportunities 

of investment and joint 

ventures. She said Nanchang 

City with a history of more 

than 2200 years was the capital 

of Jiangxi Province of 

China and has emerged as a 

manufacturing hub for many 

industries including automotive, 

chemical, pharmaceutical 

and others. 

KARACHI: Leader of German 

Delegation and Senior Ministerial 

Consul from Bavarian State’s 

Ministry of Economic Affairs Mr. 

Ulrich Konstantin Rieger has said, 

“Many German companies usually 

look for trade opportunities in China 

and India whereas Pakistan with a 

huge population of 220 million can 

also offer a lot to Bavarian 

Businessmen and Investors therefore 

we decided to visit this country.” 

Ulrich Rieger, who led a 32-member 

German delegation during its visit 

to Karachi Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry, said, “There is a great potential 

to enhance bilateral trade and we 

Govt economic measures revive 

business confidence at PSX 

KARACHI: The fresh 

economic measures taken by 

the new government has 

revived the confidence of 

the investors at Pakistan 

Stock Exchange (PSX) who 

are now set to bring back 

trading activities with new 

resilience. 

This was stated by 

Suleman Mehdi, Chairman 

Pakistan Stock Exchange at 

Pakistan Operational 

Excellence Summit 2018 

held in Karachi at a local 

hotel. 

Speaking as the chief 

guest, he said the government 

addressed the concerns of 

equity investors recently to 

quell the uncertainty, which 

is the worst phenomenon in 

the business of stock market. 

The direction of the government 

has been outlined as 

it will go to International 

Monetary Fund (IMF) as 

well as friend countries for 

loans and assistance, thus 

revitalizing business activities 

with a new lease of life in 

the country. 

Operational excellence is 

the indispensible field of the 

business to boost up the bottomline 

of the corporations; 

hence local corporations 

should considered operations 

as the backbone instead of 

considering it as an ordinary 

department. 

He added top companies 

of the world with growing 

market capitalization 

achieved operational excellence 

which gave an edge to 

them over traditional corporations 

with global operations. 

“It was a great platform 

to share best practices and 

take some inspiration from 

different industries operating 

on similar principles 

and to network with your 

operational excellence and 

business transformation 

peers facing the same challenges 

as you are throughout 

their journey”. 

KARACHI: Provincial Minister of Sindh for Energy. Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, along with 

President GPCCI Mr. Qazi Sajid Ali Presents Shield to Leader German Business delegation 

Mr Ulrich Konstantin Rieger, Senior Ministerial Counsellor state from Bavaria 

state Minister of Economic Affairs Media Energy & Technology Germany during Visiting 

Sindh Board of Investment (SBOI) at sindh secretariat. 

LCCI calls for promotion of 

cottage industry in rural areas 

LAHORE: Acting 

President of the Lahore 


Industry Khawaja Shahzad 

Nasir has called for friendly 

measures to give a 

desired strength to the cottage 

industry. 

He was addressing an 

over 100-member delegation 

of All Pakistan Cottage 

Industry, led by Ghulam 

Sarwar Malik, at the Lahore 


Industry. The LCCI Vice 

President Fahim-ur-Rehman 

Sehgal also spoke on the 

occasion. 

Khawaja Shahzad Nasir 

said that cottage industry 

plays a significant role in 

economic development as it 

not only provides employment 

to the people but also 

help growth of manufacturing 

sector. He said that cottage 

industry should be given 

due importance and should 

be promoted in the rural 

areas to eradicate poverty 

and trend of migration from 

rural to urban areas. He cited 

the example of China, Korea 

and United States where an 

equal importance is being 

given to the small business. 

KARACHI: Kaukab Iqbal Chairman Consumers Association of Pakistan meeting with 

DG Sindh Food Authority in his office. 

Pakistan can also offer a lot to Bavarian 

Businessmen, Investors: Rieger 

must use this potential. We have 

observed that Pakistani businessmen 

are very active and innovative all over 

the world and also in Germany.” 

President KCCI Junaid Esmail 

Makda, Senior Vice President Khurram 

Shahzad, Vice President Asif Sheikh 

Javaid, Former Presidents KCCI Mian 

Abrar Ahmed, Majyd Aziz and 

Shamim Ahmed Shamsi along with 

KCCI Managing Committee members, 

Vice Consul for EconomicAffairs from 

German Consulate Vogel Ingolf, 

Honorary Consul for Pakistan in 

Bavaria Dr. Pantelis Christian Poetis 

and others attended the meeting. 

Ulrich Rieger further stated that the 

German Business delegation was here 

to look for cooperation, new business 

ideas which is our main interest and 

they will also be happy to cooperate in 

transfer of technology. “One of the 

secrets behind success of Bavaria has 

been the vocational training and development 

of SMEs. We can support 

Pakistan with vocational training and 

we are ready to do it”, he added. 

Referring to concerns expressed 

over issuance of visas, he opined, “It 

is much easier to come to Pakistan 

from Germany but if a businessman 

from Pakistan wants to come to 

Germany, it’s not too easier due to 

Schengen system. 

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry Junaid Esmail Makda presenting crest to Leader 

of German Delegation and Senior Ministerial Consul from Bavarian State’s Ministry of Economic Affairs Mr. Ulrich 

Konstantin Rieger during the visit of German delegation to KCCI. Senior Vice President KCCI Khurram Shahzad, Vice 

President Asif Sheikh Javaid, Former Presidents KCCI Mian Abrar Ahmed, Majyd Aziz, Shamim Ahmed Shamsi and 

others are also seen in the picture.

Pakistan vs Australia T20 

series to start from today 

DUBAI: The three 

match T20 series between 

Pakistan and Australia will 

start from today. 

The green shirts will 

face Australia in the first 

T20 international of the 

series in Abu Dhabi. 

Pakistan still topped the 

International Cricket 

Council (ICC) T20 ranking 

and will have to win at 

least one match to retain 

their first position in ICC 

ranking. 

The match will start at 

9:00 pm. Second and third 

T20 matches will be played 

in Dubai on October 26th 

and 28th respectively. 

Earlier, Pakistan won 

two-match Test series 

against Australia by 1-0. 

Australian all-rounder 

Glenn Maxwell said on 

Monday that Pakistan are a 

LAHORE: The tisement, 

Pakistan Cricket Board 

has advertised a new 

position of managing 

director who can play a 

leading role in implementing 

the changes arising 

from its review of 

domestic cricket and governance 

structure. 

As stated in the adver- 

very strong unit and that he 

is looking forward to taking 

them on in the threematch 

T20 series starting 

candidates 

should possess a master’s 

degree or its professional 

equivalent in order to be 

considered for the post. 

The age limit for applying 

is 55 years. 

The PCB will offer a 

contract for an initial 

period of three years. 

Interested candidates 

October 24. 

“We are looking forward 

to the challenge. We 

had a good tri-series against 

Pakistan and Zimbabwe,” 

Maxwell said in an interview 

with Gulf News. 

“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y , 

PCB advertises new position of MD 

Aleem Bilal's Hat Trick in 

Pakistan's 8-1 Win over Oman 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: In their third 

match of the round robin 

phase, Pakistan annihilated 

Oman 8-1 at the Hero Asian 

Champions Trophy Hockey 

Tournament at the Sultan 

Qaboos Sports Complex in 

Muscat, Oman. 

Against the 33rd ranked 

hosts, the 13th ranked 

Pakistan scored four in each 

half with the Omani goal 

arriving in the last seconds 

of the match via their 

third penalty corner of the 

evening. 

Five of Pakistan's goals 

came off penalty corners 

where Aleem Bilal shone 

with three conversions. 

Oman had their best spell 

in the third quarter when 

through swift turn overs 

they entered the Pakistani 

circle quite a few times and 

created chances including 

two penalty corners. But 

they were let down by poor 

finishing. 

Pakistan now has two 

wins and one loss. 

SCORERS: 

Pakistan: Aleem Bilal 3 

(PC), M.Irfan Jr, Shakeel 

Ammad Butt (PC), 

M.Irfan Sr (PC), 

Abubakr Mahmood & 

Attique Arshad 

Oman: Mohammad Al 

Lawati (PC). 

Defending champ Caroline Wozniacki 

gets 1st win at WTA Finals 

S I N G A P O R E : 

Defending champion 

Caroline Wozniacki 

earned her first victory at 

this year's WTA Finals, 

beating Petra Kvitova 7- 

5, 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday. 

Wozniacki, who 

became the first Danish 

woman to win a Grand 

Slam title at this year's 

Australian Open, is now 

1-1 in her group. Kvitova 

is 0-2. 

"I played much better 

today," Wozniacki said on 

court after the match. "I 

returned well. I served 

well. Against Petra, she's 

so powerful, you have to 

stay on your game. I just 

tried to stay focused and 

get a lot of balls back. 

"I always believe in 

myself, and when I'm out 

on the court I believe I'm 

going to win." 

Wozniacki lost to 

Karolina Pliskova in her 

opening match, while 

Kvitova lost to Elina 

Svitolina. Pliskova and 

Svitolina will meet later 

Tuesday. 

Kvitova, who won the 

WTA Finals title in her 

debut appearance at the 

year-end tournament in 

2011, was the one taking 

chances on Tuesday. But 

Wozniacki played steadier 

defense and waited for 

the Czech to make mistakes. 

Kvitova finished the 

match with 40 winners 

and 40 unforced errors. 

Wozniacki had 19 winners 

and 14 unforced errors. 

Wozniacki, who broke 

her opponent in the first 

and fifth games of the 

deciding set, took a medical 

timeout to have her 

left knee bandaged when 

Kvitova was leading 3-1 

in the second. 

can submit their applications 

till November 12. 

Key responsibilities 

would include successfully 

conducting international 

cricket matches, home 

or away, including the 

Pakistan Super League; 

working with the federal 

and provincial governments 

to protect the interests 

of cricket; developing 

domestic cricket 

infrastructure; and implementing 

governance and 

transparency, among others. 

According to sources, 

Arif Abbasi, Saleem 

Altaf, and Zahid Noorani 

are strong candidates for 

the MD post. 

Consistency 

key for Australia, 

says returning 

centre Kerevi 

TOKYO: Australia need 

to be more consistent if they 

are to challenge the best 

rugby teams in the world, 

according to returning centre 

Samu Kerevi. 

Australia are in Japan for 

the third Bledisloe Cup clash 

against New Zealand on 

Saturday with the All Blacks 

having already wrapped up 

the annual series 2-0 after 

wins in Sydney and 

Auckland. 

The Wallabies will, however, 

look to build momentum 

for next year's World 

Cup with a victory in Tokyo. 

Kerevi, 25, is making a 

return to the Australian 

squad, having missed the last 

six games with a bicep injury 

sustained in June. The 

Wallabies have lost four 

times in his absence. 

"It has been really hard to 

watch from the sidelines," 

Kerevi said in Tokyo on 

Tuesday. "Consistency with 

results is the biggest thing for 

us and this consistency is 

something we want to 

improve over this five-week 

tour." Australia's rankings 

has dropped to number seven 

in the world and they know 

they must improve in the 

coming weeks, with matches 

against Wales, Italy and 

England to come after the 

Bledisloe clash. 

DUBAI: Dual roles 

held by national-team 

coaches Mickey Arthur 

and Azhar Mahmood have 

come under the spotlight, 

following recent cases of 

high-profile names having 

to give up roles in the 

Pakistan Super League 

(PSL). Arthur, Pakistan's 

head coach, and Azhar, 

the bowling coach, are 

both also coaches with 

Karachi Kings in the PSL, 

which has raised questions 

about potential conflicts 

of interest. 

Last month, the PCB 

removed chief selector 

Inzamam-ul-Haq from the 

PSL player draft committee 

because of a potential conflict 

of interest since he was 

involved with a talent-hunt 

programme run by one of 

Pakistan got the better of us 

in the final. Hopefully, we 

can improve our performance 

by one level and win 

the tournament here,” he 

added. 

The 30-year-old further 

said, “Pakistan are obviously 

a very strong unit and 

have played some really 

good T20 cricket over the 

last couple of years to get 

themselves to the world 

No. 1 spot.” 

Speaking about Fakhar 

Zaman, Maxwell said, 

“We’ll have our work cut 

out. Guys like Fakhar 

Zaman has been outstanding, 

especially in that 

final." "They don’t rely on 

one specific bowler, they 

have got a good unit that 

works together. So we’ll 

have to be at our A game to 

beat them,” he added. 

Conor McGregor: Khabib 

Nurmagomedov beat me 

"fair and square" 

DUBLIN: 

McGregor admits he did 

not prepare correctly for 

his loss to Khabib 

Nurmagomedov - but will 

return to UFC with his 

"confidence high". 

The Irishman tapped 

out in the fourth round in 

their October bout at 

UFC 229 in Las Vegas as 

he made his return to the 

octagon after a 693-day 

absence. 

McGregor, 30, says he 

made errors at a "crucial 

time" as the Russian 

retained his lightweight 

title. 

"I end up beaten fair 

and square," he said, analyzing 

the fight on 

Instagram. 

N u r m a g o m e d o v ' s 

manager Ali Abdelaziz 

suggested a rematch with 

McGregor would not 

happen as the Russian's 

team have "moved on", 

and the defeated man 

says he is now prepared 

to fight the next in line. 

"I will be back with 

my confidence high. 

Fully prepared," he 

added. 

"If it is not the 

rematch right away, no 

problem. I will face the 

next in line." 

AUCKLAND: Allrounder 

Corey Anderson 

and wicketkeeper-batsman 

Phillips have been added to 

New Zealand's T20I squad 

for the series against 

Pakistan. 

The pair are currently 

part of the New Zealand A 

squad in the UAE and will 

play the two remaining 

the tournament's franchises, 

Lahore Qalandars. 

Tauseef Ahmed, who is 

also part of the national 

selection committee while 

also being Islamabad 

United's spin coach, was 

also left out of the PSL 


Sportlight 

are positioned sixth, above 

Sri Lanka and South Africa. 

Australia's Ellyse Perry 

and captain Meg Lanning, 

who struck 124 in the second 

ODI, retained their top 

and second positions 

respectively on the rankings 

for batsmen. Perry 

(681) leads Lanning (675) 

by only six points. Ashleigh 

Gardner moved up both 

batting and bowling charts 

7 

Sana Mir becomes 

top-ranked ODI bowler 

DUBAI: Former 

Pakistan captain Sana Mir's 

impressive performances 

with the ball in the ODI 

series against Australia 

have catapulted her to the 

top of the ICC women's 

ODI rankings for bowlers. 

The offspinner, who 

reached a career-best 663 

points, swapped places 

with Australia's Jess 

Jonassen, who slipped to 

No. 4. Mir also overtook 

South Africa's Marizanne 

Kapp and Australia pacer 

Megan Schutt, who is 

placed second with 660 

points. 

Mir finished the threematch 

series as the highest 

wicket-taker with seven 

scalps, with figures of 3 for 

53, 1 for 57 and 3 for 26. 

However, her efforts 

went in vain as Australia 

swept the series 3-0 and 

overtook New Zealand to 

lead the Women's 

Championship points table 

with 16 points in nine 

matches, four clear of their 

neighbours. Pakistan, who 

have only managed to win 

Conor four of their nine matches 

MUSCAT: Two-time 

champion Pakistan thrashed 

hosts Oman 8-1 in their 

third match of the Asian 

Hockey Champions Trophy 

2018 at the Sultan Qaboos 

Sports Complex in Muscat 

on Monday. 

Aleem Bilal scored a 

hat-trick in the initial three 

quarters to become only the 

second player to score a treble 

in a match during the 

ongoing tournament while 

Muhammad Irfan, Irfan 

Junior, Ammad Butt, Aby 

with her all-round effort in 

the series that included an 

unbeaten 62 off 37 balls 

and figures of 3 for 44 in 

the final match. She is now 

ranked a career-high 17 

among bowlers and 50 

among batsmen. 

For Pakistan, Nahida 

Khan is the top-ranked 

batsman on 25 after scores 

of 17, 66 and 37 in the ODI 

series. 

Pakistan thrash Oman 8-1 in 

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 

one-day matches against 

Pakistan A before linking 

up with the main squad. 

Positions in the New 

Zealand squad had been 

left vacant when it was initially 

announced with a 

view to filling the roles 

based on performances for 

the A side. 

Phillips, who has played 

draft committee. 

Ehsan Mani, the PCB's 

new chairman, has said he 

will look into other cases of 

conflict of interest on a 

"case-by-case" basis. 

"That is certainly something 

I will look at," Mani 

eight T20Is, gets his chance 

after injury ruled Martin 

Guptill out of the series. He 

scored two half-centuries in 

the T20 series against 

Pakistan A last week. 

Anderson's call-up 

means he is closing in on 

his first international 

appearance since last year's 

Champions Trophy having 

told ESPNcricinfo. "I know 

commitments have already 

been made and contracts 

have already been signed 

so you can't enter and break 

them overnight. But if there 

is a conflict of interest that 

effects Pakistan cricket, of 

Mahmood and Muhammad 

Atiq all chipped in with a 

goal each to give Pakistan 

their second victory. 

Pakistan now have six 

points from three games 

and have a strong chance of 

making it into the semifinal 

of the tournament. 

The green shirts can only 

be denied a place in the 

knock-out semi-finals if 

they falter to big losses in 

the remaining fixtures 

against Japan and Malaysia. 

Earlier, Pakistan defeated 

South Korea 3-1 in their 

opening match of the tournament 

while they lost to 

sub-continent rivals India 3- 

1. Pakistan next faces Japan 

on October 24 and 

Malaysia on October 25. 

The biennial event is 

being held in Muscat from 

October 18 to 28 at the 

Sultan Qaboos Sports 

Complex in Muscat, 

Sultanate of Oman and features 

Pakistan, India, 

Malaysia, Japan, South 

Korea and hosts Oman. 

Corey Anderson and Glenn Phillips added 

to New Zealand T20I squad 

had to recover from further 

back problems. He recently 

confirmed he would be 

focusing purely on whiteball 

cricket in a bid to be 

selected for next year's 

World Cup and is starting 

to increase his bowling 

workloads with 8.3 overs in 

the first one-day game 

against Pakistan A. 

Mickey Arthur's dual roles with Pakistan 

and Karachi Kings back in the spotlight 

course I will get into it. 

"[The PCB removed 

Inzamam from the PSL 

draft-selection process 

because] that created a conflict 

of interest. If he is 

there with the franchise 

then he can't be choosing 

the players and that made 

logical sense. In terms of 

him [Arthur] and others 

involved with PSL franchises 

we will look case by 

case on merit basis and will 

raise [the issue] with them 

and consult with people 

concerned." 

ESPNcricinfo understands 

that Arthur has no 

vote in picking Pakistan's 

squads, though the selectors 

take his inputs on 

board, but he does have a 

vote in selecting the final 

playing XI.

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France's ban on full-body Islamic veil 

violates human rights: UN rights panel 


Former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif refused to 

answer journalists' questions 

as he appeared 

before an accountability 

court on Tuesday. 

The former premier 

was asked questions by 

journalists outside the 

accountability court in 

Islamabad as he appeared 

for the hearing of 

FILE PHOTO: French police and gendarmes check identity cards of two women for wearing 

full-face veils, or niqab, as they arrived to demonstrate after calls on the internet by 

Islamic groups to protest over an anti-Islam video. 

GENEVA: The U.N. 

Human Rights Committee 

said on Tuesday that 

France’s ban on the niqab, 

the full-body Islamic veil, 

was a violation of human 

rights and called on it to 

review the legislation. 

France had failed to 

make the case for its ban, 

the committee said, giving 

Paris 180 days to report 

back to say what actions it 

had taken. The panel’s 

findings are not legally 

binding but could influence 

French courts. 

“In particular, the 

Committee was not persuaded 

by France’s claim 

that a ban on face covering 

was necessary and proportionate 

from a security 

standpoint or for attaining 

the goal of ‘living together’ 

in society,” it said. 

The panel of 18 independent 

experts oversees 

compliance with the 

International Covenant on 

Civil and Political Rights 

(ICCPR). Implementation 

National Accountability 

Bureau’s (NAB) references 

against him. 

However, Nawaz 

directed the questions to 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Nawaz (PML-N) 

spokesperson Marriyum 

Aurangzeb, who was 

accompanying him. 

Nawaz was asked how he 

is “perceiving the current 

political situations and 

of its decisions is not 

mandatory, but under an 

optional protocol of the 

treaty, France has an international 

legal obligation to 

meetings”, to which he 

said, “Marriyum 

Aurangzeb will reply to 

this.” 

Following this, 

Aurangzeb responded, “If 

the government continues 

to fail, then the political 

scenario will change.” 

Another reporter then 

asked Nawaz, “Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP) 

leader Asif Ali Zardari is 

comply “in good faith”. 

There was no immediate 

reaction from French 

authorities. 

The same committee 

Nawaz avoids journalists' questions, 

asks Marriyum Aurangzeb to reply 

Charter of Governance’ need of the 

hour: Barrister Naseem Bajwa 

Bureau Report 


Challenges of Pakistan are 

critical and deep in nature, 

where almost every sector 

and institution is struggling 

for its survival. For a strong 

democratic Pakistan, all 

stakeholders must evolve 

consensus around a 

‘Charter of Governance’, 

which should encompass all 

sectors including economy, 

judiciary and civil service 

etc. For that civil society 

has to stand up and continue 

to put pressure for radical 

reforms. 

This was the crux of 

experts’ deliberation at a 

seminar titled “New 

Agenda of Radical 

Reforms”, organized by 

Sustainable Development 

Policy Institute (SDPI) here 

on Monday. 

Dr. Shoaib Suddel, a 

leading police and justice 

sector reform specialist said 

that the fundamental rights 

in the constitution are critically 

linked with the justice 

system of the country. He 

said that without effective 

and independent police 

service there cannot be justice 

in the society. 

Unfortunately, there is no 

single political party wanted 

an independent police 

service. First and foremost, 

we must ensure merit in the 

country coupled with a fair 

and effective government 

and quality of regulatory 

regime. Moreover, we 

should establish as system 

where accountability can be 

ensure across the board. 

Unless we take such critical 

measures, the real change 

would be a distant dream. 

He said that civil service of 

Pakistan is the backbone of 

the country. Civil servant 

have the critical role to 

reverse the wrongdoings 

and can still transform the 

country, he added. 

Barrister Naseem 

Ahmed Bajwa, a noted 

lawyer based in United 

Kingdom (UK) said that in 

Pakistan there is no dearth 

of talent in Pakistan, as 

youth of Pakistan is more 

talented than the youth of 

any developed nation. He 

said that in the west, Union 

Councils are more empowered 

to take their own decisions, 

which is the key to 

progress. The governance 

in Pakistan has to be decentralized 

for prosperity and 

development, he added. 

There is dire need of people’s 

friendly reforms, 

because current system has 

become exposed and enemy 

of public. We should strive 

for shared democracy, 

which can help the system 

to transform. 

ready to meet you, will 

you meet him?” 

The PML-N quaid 

once again asked the 

party spokesperson to 

respond and she said, 

“We are reviewing his 

statement on a party 

level.” A day earlier, 

Zardari said he was up for 

uniting the opposition 

parties against the government. 

Masood Khan stresses 

need to prepare 

comprehensive 

water policy 

ISLAMABAD: President 

Masood Khan said that India 

is not an upper riparian state, 

it is an occupier of the people, 

waters and land of one 

part of Jammu and Kashmir 

and therefore calls itself an 

upper riparian. 

He made these remarks 

while speaking at the book 

launch ceremony of the book 

* H y d r o - D i p l o m a c y : 

Preventing Water War 

MELBOURNE: (From left to right) Popular priest Syed Hussain Abbas Jafri, world famous Religious Scholar Allama 

Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi, renowned Int’l Researcher Prof Dr Syed Muhammad Hassan Rizvi, global poet Syed Ali Abbas 

Jafri, well-known worldwide social activist Sadaqat, intercontinental famed Nauha-Khawa'n Syed Zia Abbas Rizvi 

(USA), Senior Journalist Dr SJA Jafri and most prominent Pakistani-born Nauha-Khawa'n Mustajab Bhai during a 

meeting at Kazim-Raza residence in Melbourne. –Photo by Prof Abbas Jafri 

came to similar conclusions 

on the 2008 case of a 

woman sacked by a creche 

for wearing a veil. In 

September, a top French 

judge was quoted by newspaper 

Le Monde as saying 

that while not binding, the 

panel’s decisions might still 

influence French case law. 

In 2014, the European 

Court of Human Rights, 

whose rulings are binding, 

upheld France’s ban on 

full-face veils in public, 

saying it did not violate 

religious freedom. 

But the U.N. Human 

Rights Committee disagreed 

with this in its statement 

on Tuesday, saying 

the ban disproportionately 

harmed the right of women 

to manifest their religious 

beliefs and could lead to 

them being confined at 

home and marginalized. 

Customs seeks 

invalidation of illegally 

imported vehicles 

ISLAMABAD: Customs 

officials have challenged the 

validity of vehicles imported 

for the king family of Qatar 

by the previous government 

of PML (N). 

According to the details, 

the 330 vehicles apparently 

imported for the King family 

of Qatar were cleared illegally 

exempting from 

payable taxes. 

The customs officials 

while requesting Islamabad 

High Court prayed to nullify 

the decision of Special 

Judge Customs as the 

exemption issued by foreign 

office was illegal and 

unlawful. 

Some 280 vehicles 

imported in the name of 

Qatar Embassy are still in 

Pakistan. 

Three foreign national 

held, drugs seized 


Secretariat police on 

Tuesday arrested three foreign 

national and seized 

drugs worth Rs8.5 million, 

police sources said. 

Acting on a tip-off, a 

police team raided a location 

near Quaid-e-Azam 

University Islamabad and 

arrested three Nigerian 

national along with heroin, 

MUMBAI: It had been 

reported that Kajol will 

share screen-space with 

hubby Ajay Devgn in his 

ambitious historical 

drama, 'Taanaji: The 

Unsung Warrior'. The film 

that went on floors recently 

has already created a lot 

of excitement among fans, 

especially after the first 

poster featured the star as 

the brave Maratha warrior 

defending himself from 

blazing arrows on the battlefield. 

Though the film will 

focus on the heroic fight of 

Taanaji Malusare in the 

Battle of Sinhagad, it will 

also shed light on his personal 

life and will feature 

Kajol in a cameo as his 

wife. The most recent 

update from the sets indicates 

that the actress began 

shooting her scenes on 

Monday. According to 

reports, her character will 

not be a “typical” one, but 

will see her stand strong 

and hold her own besides 

her warrior husband. 

Those waiting to see the 

power couple on the big 

screen, will be pleasantly 

surprised to know that it 

was director Om Raut who 

suggested that Kajol take 

up the role when the team 

hashish and Opium. 

The police have taken 

remand of the suspected 

drug peddlers after presenting 

them before a court in 

Islamabad. 

Earlier, the Secretariat 

police was informed that 

three suspected persons 

were selling drugs to the 

student outside the university. 

Following the information, 

Secretariat PS SHO 

Shabbir Ahmed Tanoli 

along with his police team 

raided the location and 

arrested all three suspected 

drug seller. The police shifted 

them to the police station 

and registered a case against 

them under the relevant sections 

of law. The police are 

expecting further disclosers 

during interrogation. 

Kajol begins shooting for 

Ajay Devgn’s ‘Taanaji’ 

QUETTA: SSGC’s 

Security Services and 

Counter Gas Theft 

Operations (SS & CGTO) 

Nuclear-Armed team has intensified its drive 

against gas thieves in the 

Company’s franchise areas 

of Sindh and Balochistan. In 

the most recent raids, the 

team arrested two culprits 

accused of stealing gas from 

main SSGC line. 

The SS & CGTO team 

conducted a raid on a privately 

run power house in 

Bhiria city near Nawabshah 

where one Gulzar Ali was 

found using gas from main 

pipe line by using a clamp 

and in the process distributing 

electricity on commercial 

basis to local populaceand 

charging bill on monthly 

basis. The culprit was 

found using 750 cubic feet 

per hour of gas for running 

two heavy powered generator 

of 30 KVA each. When 

the CGTO team started 

checking hidden gas lines 

from where gas was being 

stolen for power production, 

the owner Gulzar Ali 

attacked a member of the 

raiding party. Ultimately, 

the culprit was arrested and 

FIR was lodged against 

him. 

In another raid that took 

place in a cottage factory in 

Orangi Town Karachi, culprit 

Naimatullah Khan was 

found stealing gas from the 

main SSGC line for power 

was scouting for an actress 

to play the part. 

SSGC tightens noose on gas thieves 

as two offenders arrested 

Between 

Pakistan and India* authored 

byAshfaq Mahmood, former 

federal secretary, Water and 

Power, and published by IPS 

Press – the publishing arm of 

the Institute of Policy Studies 

(IPS), Islamabad. 

President Masood Khan 

said that author has identified 

key ingredients for success 

of hydro-diplomacy, which 

he said were building mutual 

trust, third-party intercession, 

commitment of the leadership 

and expert knowledgebased 

approach. President 

said that the book also identifies 

the Indus Water Treaty’s 

many loopholes and limitations. 

Limitations, he said, 

including groundwater, 

desertification, ecological 

impact, water quality, and 

flora and fauna, which in the 

long run has led to numerous 

problems. 

Pak creating enabling environment 

for investment: PM Khan 

Pakistan- India peace important to divert resources 

from arms race to human development: Imran 

RIYADH: Prime reforms to address the 

Minister Imran Khan issues of mismanagement, 

Tuesday said Pakistan 

corruption, red tape 

was creating an enabling with the sole objective to 

environment, undertaking significantly move the 

tax reforms and setting up 

a one-window operation 

country up on the index 

of ease of doing business. 

to attract foreign The Prime Minister 

investors in diverse areas. 

“This is the best time 

to invest in Pakistan,” 

Imran Khan said in his 

address to a session on 

mentioned the restructuring 

and re-evaluation of 

changes in customs duties 

on different items and 

provision of better tax 

Pakistan here at the incentives so as to make 

Future Investment Pakistan more attractive 

Initiative (FII), and said place for investment. 

lucrative opportunities “With its excellent 

were available in diverse geo-strategic location, 

areas for the foreign Pakistan lies at the confluence 

investors. 

of the Middle 

The Prime Minister East, the Gulf and the 

said his 60-day old government 

Central 

Asian 

has undertaken a 

gigantic task of structural 

Republics,” Imran Khan 

told the investors at the 

Saudi Capital for the twoday 

investment conference. 

Khan said peace 

between Pakistan and 

India was important to 

ensure that resources of 

the two countries be 

diverted towards human 

development rather than 

wasted in non-productive 

arms race. 

“Peace with India is 

not just important for 

Pakistan, but for India as 

well. The money that 

should be diverted to 

human resources ends up 

in non-productive arms 

race,” the Prime Minister 

said in response to a 

question over Pakistan’s 

efforts to maintain cordial 

ties with India. 

generation purposes. The 

load of 190 cubic feet per 

hour was observed. The culprit 

was arrested and claim 

will shortly be raised against 

him. 

In its drive against gas 

theft, SSGC has made major 

gains in the prosecution of 

the criminals. Bail applications 

of accused culprits 

Fahim and Sohail have been 

rejected fore the second 

time by the local gas utility 

court. Some time back, 

these offenders were caught 

using gas directly for commercial 

purposes and were 

put behind bars. To date, 

they have not paid quantum 

of gas losses amounting to 

Rs. 73, 7600. 

Anti corruption 

starts inquiry into 

irrigation's dept land 

grabbing in Dadu 

Allah Bux Khushik 

DADU: after complaint of 

deputy commissioner dadu to 

anti corruption chairman 

Sindh for land grabbing of irrigation 

department plats ACE 

team had started inquiry into 

occupation of govt land. 

Following direction of 

Director Anti-corruption 

Sindh Fayz Abbasi, a team of 

A C E - A n t i - C o r r u p t i o n 

Establishment led by Deputy 

Director Norallah Shaikh 

reached irrigation office and 

seized record of occupied land 

of irrigation departmen and 

record statements from irrigation 

officials. Deputy Director 

Norallah Shaikh said that team 

had started inquiry into occupation 

of govt land on complaint 

of deputy commissioner 

dadu Tariq Manzoor and it 

would be produced before 

acnticorruption chairman. 

CMYK CMYK 

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