27 Oct 2018

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Metropolitan: 

Sattar demands 

intra-party poll 

to pull MQM 

out of crisis 

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National: 

Pakistan 

launches 

crackdown against 

Indian DTH 

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International: 

Turkey's Erdogan 

urges Saudis to 

say who ordered 

Khashoggi's killing 

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Child raped, slayed 

in Pakpattan 

PAKPATTAN: In a 

grisly incident, a minor 

boy was raped and murdered 

in a public school 

of Pakpattan on Friday. 

Accordin to details, 

Ghulam Mustafa, sixyear-old, 

went out of his 

house to play in the 

street and within no time 

he was gone missing. 

When the victim did not 

return home until dusk, 

his relatives and neighbours 

started looking for 

him and found his body 

in a pool of the school. 

Opposition doing 

politics to protect 

corruption: Fawad 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry says 

opposition is doing politics 

to protect its corruption 

as it has no credible 

leadership and ideology. 

In a tweet on Friday, 

he said about fifty people 

would possibly go 

behind the bars in corruption 

cases. 

The Information 

Minister said had the 

counsel of the former 

Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif not taken millions 

of rupees in fee, he 

would also have admitted 

that Nawaz Sharif 

should be sentenced in 

the NAB references. 

JUI-F leader gunned 

down in Tank 

TANK: Jamiat Ulemai-Islam 

(JUI-F) leader 

Abdul Hamid Mehsud 

Wazir was shot dead on 

Friday after unidentified 

assailants opened fire on 

his vehicle in Tank District 

of South Waziristan. 

According to initial 

reports, the JUI leader was 

targeted by armed 

assailant near Sabzi Mandi 

Area. He was rushed to 

District Head Quarters 

Hospital Tank in critical 

condition where he succumbed 

to his injures. 

BEIJING: China will 

work with Pakistan to make 

relations between the two 

countries a model of good 

neighborliness and friendship, 

a pillar of regional 

peace and stability and a 

benchmark for building the 

Belt and Road Initiative, 

Chinese foreign ministry 

said on Friday. 

“We are willing to work 

with the Pakistani side to 

make China-Pakistan relations 

a model of goodneighborliness 

and friendship, 

a pillar of regional 

peace and stability, and a 

benchmark for building the 

“Belt and Road,” Chinese 

foreign ministry’s 

spokesperson Hua 

Chunying said while 

responding to a question 

asked by APP about Prime 

Minister Imran Khan’s 

upcoming visit official visit 

to China. 

She said the Chinese side 

was also willing to work 

together with the Pakistani 

side to make Prime Minister 

Imran Khan’s visit to China 

a complete success and to 

KARACHI EDITION – Saturday, October 27, 2018, Safar 17, 1440 

China to make 

PM Imran’s visit a 

complete success 

Beijing sounds positive about providing loans 

to Pakistan to avoid IMF bailout 

promote new and greater 

development of China- 

Pakistan relations. 

China, she said, had 

invited Prime Minister 

Imran Khan to pay an official 

visit to China in early 

November and attend the 

first China International 

Import Expo. 

“China and Pakistan are 

all-weather strategic partners, 

and the relationship 

between the two countries 

has always been operating 

at a high level,” she added. 

Hua Chunying said after 

being elected the prime 

minister, Imran Khan 

emphasized that he should 

continue to regard relations 

with China as the cornerstone 

of Pakistan’s foreign 

policy and firmly promote 

the construction of the 

China-Pakistan economic 

corridor, adding, “China 

highly appreciates this.” 

She said shortly after the 

establishment of the new 

Pakistani government, State 

Councilor and Foreign 

Minister Wang Yi visited 

Pakistan and reached broad 

KARACHI: Chief to appear in the chamber. 

Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Director General (DH) 

Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday Federal Investigation 

asked Sindh Chief Minister Agency (FIA) Bashir 

Syed Murad Ali Shah to Memon and Joint 

appear in his chamber in Investigation Team (JIT) 

mega money laundering also appeared before the 

scandal on October 27. 

While hearing important 

cases in Supreme Court 

(SC) Karachi registry, CJP 

said that he will not spare 

anyone involved in the scam 

and also directed CM Sindh 

apex court. 

Top judge asked the JIT 

that what happened as it had 

complained against some 

departments for not cooperating. 

JIT head stated that they 

consensus with the 

Pakistani leaders on China- 

Pakistan relations and cooperation 

in various fields. 

Responding to another 

question she said China was 

aware of difficulties faced 

by Pakistan in its financial 

situation, adding, “We support 

Pakistan in taking 

proactive measures to deal 

with this.” 

Hua Chunying said 

actually, China also provided 

its utmost efforts and 

assistance to Pakistan and 

added that China believed 

Pakistan had a capability to 

ensure its steady economic 

development. 

At the invitation of the 

Chinese leadership, Prime 

Minister Imran Khan 

would pay an official visit 

to China from November 2 

to 5. 

After his visit to Beijing, 

the prime minister would 

visit Shanghai to participate 

in First China International 

Import Expo in Shanghai, 

where Pakistan is exhibiting 

a wide range of export 

products. 

CJP summons CM Sindh in 

money laundering case 

Justice Saqib Nisar says will ensure Sindh govt 

cooperates in money laundering probe 

PARIS: First international 

conference on the 

majestic mountains of 

Pakistan was successfully 

held at the UNESCO 

Headquarters in Paris, said 

a press release received 

here on Friday. 

More than 500 enthusiasts 

of alpinism, adventure 

sports and tourism from 

many European countries 

had very difficult time but 

after to the intervention of 

the court, documents and 

data were provided by relevant 

authorities. 

The CJP directed all 

departments of the Sindh 

government to extend full 

cooperation to the JIT in 

their investigation. The 

CJP has given free hand to 

the JIT in their investigation 

as regards the fake 

accounts case. 

Int’l conference to promote adventure 

tourism in Pakistan concludes in Paris 

including Finland, France, 

Germany, Holland, Ireland, 

number. 

Foreign Minister Shah 

Poland, Slovenia, Mehmood Qureshi 

Switzerland and the United addressed the inaugural 

Kingdom attended the conference. 

session of the conference 

through a special video 

Ambassadors of many message. He said that 

countries, top ranking tour 

operators of France, notables 

of Pakistani community 

and media persons 

were also present in large 

Pakistan was unique and 

diverse in terms of its landscapes 

and offered a variety 

of activities and attractions 

for tourists of all shades. 

PARIS: The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi addressed the inaugural 

session of first ever International Conference held at UNESCO Headquarters. 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State and CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Dr. Sultan 

Aljaber calls on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office. 

Govt to introduce new 

law to curb corruption 

Farogh Naseem says all the political parties should endorse the law 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Law Minister Farogh 

Naseem has announced 

that the government is 

planning to introduce a 

new law to curb corruption. 

“All the political parties 

should happily endorse 

the new law,” the minister 

said while addressing a 

press conference on 

Friday. “The legislation 

COAS confirms 

death sentences 

of 14 terrorists 

ISLAMABAD: COAS 

Qamar Javed Bajwa has 

confirmed death sentences 

awarded to fourteen hardcore 

terrorists. 

They were involved in 

heinous offences related to 

terrorism including attacking 

Armed Forces/ Law 

Enforcement Agencies of 

Pakistan, killing of innocent 

civilians and destruction of 

educational institutions. 

They also attacked and 

destroyed Pakistan Tourism 

Development Corporation 

Hotel Malam Jabba, Swat. 

On the whole, they were 

involved in killing of 22 persons 

including 3 civilians, 19 

Security Forces personnel 

and injuring 23 others. Arms 

and explosives were also 

recovered from their possession. 

These convicts were 

tried by special military 

courts. Besides, eight convicts 

have also been awarded 

imprisonment. 

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Maritime 

Affairs on Friday took notice of the news of 

an oil spill near Mubarak village. 

According to statement, the ministry 

contacted all concerned including Navy, 

Pakistan Maritime Security Agency 

(PMSA) and Ministry of Petroleum as two 

trails of “slight oil spillage” were observed 

close to the beach south east of Cape Monze 

light house. “The minor oil spill at Mubarak 

ISLAMABAD: Justice 

Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui has 

challenged the decision of 

Supreme Judicial Council 

of his dismissal in the 

Supreme Court (SC). 

Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui 

while filing a petition in 

the apex court against his 

dismissal took the plea that 

supreme judicial council 

against corruption should 

not be politicised.” 

Naseem said that the 

government has drafted a 

law to protect the whistle 

blowers. “The Whistle 

Blowers Protection Act 

2018 will be tabled in 

provincial and national 

assemblies for approval 

soon.” 

Whistleblowers will be 

protected, and anyone who 

ISLAMABAD: The PTI 

government has decided to 

appoint new ambassadors of 

Pakistan in many countries, 

including United States and 

Saudi Arabia, sources said 

on Friday. 

In this regard, the government 

has announced 

names of the countries 

where new ambassadors are 

being appointed. The United 

States, UK, Saudi Arabia, 

Canada and Qatar are 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

gives information about 

financial corruption would 

be given the 20% of the 

money the government 

recovers from the corrupt 

individuals, he added. 

The minister said that a 

commission will be 

formed for screening the 

complaints. “The complaints 

will be sent to the 

NAB, FIA, and SECP after 

the screening.” 

included among the countries 

where new ambassadors 

of Pakistan will be 

appointed. 

Foreign Minister Shah 

Mehmood Qureshi has said 

Nafees Zakaria is being 

appointed as ambassador of 

Pakistan to UK whereas 

Ambassador of Pakistan to 

United States Ali Jahangir 

Siddiqui is being called 

back. Dr Asad Majeed Khan 

will be the new ambassador 

UAE interested 

in installing oil 

refinery in Pak 

Pakistan seeks UAE's 

help to solve water crisis 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Minister Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi has said that the 

UAE has showed an interest 

in establishing an oil 

refinery in Pakistan. 

“It will also help create 

job opportunities for 

Pakistanis,” the foreign 

minister said after meeting 

a UAE delegation on 

Friday. 

Qureshi said that the 

UAE will establish an 

LNG terminal in Pakistan 

and will also consider providing 

financial help. 

The minister said that 

the UAE delegation is visiting 

Pakistan on the direct 

orders of UAE Crown 

Prince Sheikh Mohammed 

bin Zayed. 

Qureshi said that the 

agriculture sector was also 

discussed and they 

exchanged views over fruit 

exports. “We also discussed 

the possibility of 

installing a food processing 

factory to increase the 

life of Pakistani products.” 

The minister said that 

Pakistan has sought the 

UAE’s help to address the 

water crisis. They will help 

us install water distillation 

plants, he remarked. 

Diplomatic reshuffle 

Pakistan to appoint new 

ambassadors in many countries 

Indian troops martyr two 

more youth in Baramulla 

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in 

their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more 

youth in Baramulla district, on Friday. 

The troops killed the youth during a cordon and 

search operation at Pazalpora in Sopore area of the district. 

Earlier, troops had killed six youth in Islamabad and 

Baramulla areas yesterday. 

Ministry orders clean up of Mubarak village oil spill 

didn’t give him the right of 

fair trial under Article10 of 

the constitution of Pakistan 

and he was deprived of his 

legal right. 

Petitioner said that he 

was not given his legal 

and equal right under 

Article 4 and Article 25 of 

the constitution of 

Pakistan. 

village beach area is being cleaned. An 

inquiry is being undertaken to ascertain the 

nature of the spill to establish the causes and 

likely source,” reads the statement released 

by the ministry. 

Ministry of Petroleum Division has also 

confirmed the same. 

The statement says that PMSA is coordinating 

with all relevant stake holders to plug 

in support for cleanup the spillage. 

All the proceeding of 

judicial council is contrary 

to law and court decisions. 

Petitioner further said 

that Supreme Judicial 

Council should have conducted 

inquiry into all 

allegations. 

Aziz said that the purpose 

behind all the proceedings 

was to prevent 

of Pakistan to United States, 

he added. 

He, however, said the 

process will take some time. 

He said his discussion on 

the matter has been done 

with Prime Minister Imran 

Khan. He said Raja Ali Ijaz 

is being appointed as 

Pakistan's ambassador to 

Saudi Arabia. All career 

diplomats have been 

appointed as Pakistan's 

ambassadors. 

PML-N leaders 

seeks inquiry of 

Fawad statement 

ISLAMABAD: PML- 

N Spokesperson 

Maryam Aurangzeb on 

Friday 

asked 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry to tell 

them who is informing 

him about the NAB 

accountability court’s 

decisions. 

She asked the court to 

take notice of the information 

minister statement 

in which he had 

said that jail is 100 per 

cent future of former 

Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif. She said this 

while talking to media 

persons outside the 

accountability court in 

Islamabad. 

Justice Shaukat Siddiqui approaches SC 

him from becoming chief 

justice of High Court. 

Siddiqui while challenging 

the report of judicial 

council said that there 

was ill intent in the recommendation 

of council in 

respect of his termination. 

He prayed SC that he 

should be restored as judge 

of Islamabad High Court . 

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Saturday, October 27, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Sattar demands intra-party 

poll to pull MQM out of crisis 

Says Khalid Maqbool hijacks MQM-P 

KARACHI: The disgruntled 

senior leader of 

MQM-P Farooq Sattar 

reiterated his demand 

holding of the intra-party 

poll and alleged the party 

constitution was tarnished 

during the allotment of 

election tickets. 

Addressing press conference 

in Karachi, Farooq 

demanded that MQM 

should be restored on its 

1986 position and all the 

workers should also be 

reinstated on their original 

slots. 

He announced the 22- 

member committee to pull 

the party out of the crisis. 

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) Leader, Farooq Sattar addresses to 

media persons during press conference, at PIB Colony. 

Sindh Rangers, CTD nab notorious 

criminal from Malir in joint raid 

KARACHI: SSGC is 

showing zero tolerance 

against gas thieves in the 

Company’s franchise areas 

of Sindh and Balochistan. 

In a latest crackdown, 

SSGC disconnected the gas 

connection of Kassim 

Textile Mill, one of Asia’s 

leading textile mills located 

in Karachi’s Landhi industrial. 

SSGC team along with 

Intelligence Wing reached 

Kassim Textile Mill for 

inspection on a tip from 

intelligence sources that Mill 

management has been violating 

Gas Sales Agreement. 

The Mill administration did 

not allow the raiding party to 

enter the premises and 

closed all the entry points. In 

accordance with Section 23 

of Gas (Theft Control and 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Rangers Sindh and CTD 

today apprehended notorious 

criminal, Zaheer 

Ahmed alias Gul, the suspended 

inspector of CTD 

from Malir, wanted in 

heinous crimes to the law 

enforcement agencies 

(LEAs), Sindh Rangers 

spokesperson said. 

“Arms and ammunition 

like, Kalashnikov, rifles, 

pistol and hand grenade 

were recovered from the 

arrested outlaw”, while foreign 

currencies of US, 

India, Iran and Saudi 

Arabia were also found in 

possession of Zaheer 

Ahmed, contended Rangers 

spokesman in his statement. 

Suspended Inspector of 

CTD was also involved in 

supply of arms and ammunition 

to criminal gangs of 

Lyari and Sohail Dada 

Group, Sindh Rangers 

statement said. 

According to the 

spokesperson, operation for 

the arrest of his accomplices 

is underway in the 

area, whereas the arrested 

criminal has been handed 

over to the CTD. 

It may be recalled that 

Zaheer Ahmed was suspended 

from the CTD over 

charges of taking ransom 

for kidnapping. 

Sindh government 

extended policing powers 

Recovery Act) 2016 passed 

by the National Assembly, 

the gas supply line of Mill 

disconnected. 

In the first raid, Plastic 

Moulding Works in 

Liaquatabad was also raided 

Textile factory’s gas disconnected, one nabbed 

where the culprit was stealing 

gas by tampering with 

SSGC gas meter. Gas was 

being stolen at 290 cubic 

feet per hour. Claim will be 

raised against the factory in 

accordance with the load. 

KARACHI: Group Photo of Consul General Malaysia Khairul Nazran Abd Rahman with 

Chairman Consumers Association of Pakistan Kaukab Iqbal, President Pakistan 

Malaysia Friendship Association Shahid Javed and Sr. Vice Chairman Consumers 

Association of Pakistan Khalil Sheikh on the occasion of Malaysian Palm Oil Board 

Seminar on Oil & Fats. 

of Rangers in Karachi for 

90 days through a notification 

issued on 11th of this 

month. 

The Sindh government 

had granted an extension of 

three months to the paramilitary 

agency for exercising 

special police powers in 

the metropolis, the notification 

issued by the provincial 

home department read. 

The government of 

Sindh had extended the 

special policing powers of 

Rangers, under the Anti- 

Terrorism Act of 1997, 

with effect from October 8, 

2018 until January 5, 2019. 

On the request of the 

Ministry of Interior, the 

Sindh government accorded 

extension in the policing 

powers of the agency in 

Karachi. 

Rangers and police had 

launched an operation in 

Karachi on September 5, 

2013 following the directives 

of the then prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif in the 

wake of the rising incidents 

of terrorism and street 

crimes in the city, which 

included targeted killings 

and extortion. 

Under the Anti- 

Terrorism Act 1997, 

Rangers have legal cover to 

take independent action 

against criminals and suspected 

terrorists within 

Karachi division for 90 

days. 

DUHS session 

with Sufi singer 

KARACHI: Sufi Singer, 

musician, columnist, ambassador 

of culture, Areeb Azhar Karachi 

said that truth is adored by 

everyone, but most people are 

afraid of speaking the truth. 

One should not only speak 

against injustice, but also 

stand against it. 

He was speaking at the 

Arag Auditorium, Dow 

University of Health Sciences 

as Guest Speaker. Principal of 

Dow Medical College Prof Dr 

Kartar Dawani also spoke. 

PRCS plants 

150 saplings 

KARACHI: Pakistan Red 

Crescent Society Sindh planted 

more than 150 saplings 

with support of Sindh Forest 

Department in its weeklong 

celebration of International 

Climate Change. 

The during week long 

celebration, PRCS conducted 

awareness session regarding 

climate change capacity 

building among young generation. 

PRCS collaborated 

with different educational 

institutes to raise awareness 

among 1000 participants. 

Celebration was conducted 

at Dawood Engineering 

and Technology University, 

Major Zia ul Din High 

School, Institute of 

Environmental Science, KU 

and SOS village Karachi. 

“At the time of awarding 

ticket the party constitution 

was violated and the 

tickets were issued to the 

favourites and rich persons 

as Rabita Committee 

members were also selected 

on like and dislike 

basis,” he alleged. 

Targeting senior party 

leader Khalid Maqbool 

Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar 

said that few people had 

held the entire party 

hostage. 

He sent message a to 

party leaders, “We are not 

angry from anyone and no 

one try to approach us to 

remove our reservation.” 

BIEK announces HSC 

Part-II Commerce 

group result 

KARACHI: Board of 

Intermediate Education 

Karachi (BIEK) on Friday 

announced the results of 

HSC Part-II annual examination 

2018 Commerce 

regular group. 

According to Board 

Charmin Prof Inam Ahmed 

in annual examination of 

Commerce regular group 

Huaasan Bin Saleem from 

Tabani’s College North 

Nazimabad Campus 

secured the top position by 

bagging 957 marks out of 

1100, while Asad Ali of 

same Collage got the second 

position by bagging 

953 marks. 

KMC to remove all 

encroachments: 

Mayor Karachi 

KARACHI: Mayor 

Karachi Waseem Akhtar said 

that the Ideas 2018 international 

defense exhibition was 

a big event for the city and 

Metropolitan 

Corporation has carried out 

carpeting of internal and outside 

roads of the expo center. 

He expressed these views 

after inspecting the road carpeting 

work at the Expo 

Centre on Friday. He said 

that we as a major stakeholder 

in the city want to make 

this event successful. 

He said that KMC is also 

removing all encroachments 

from the city and the area of 

Saddar would be taken as a 

model in this regard. 

KARACHI: Dow Dental 

College (DDC) Graduates 

and Students Action 

Committee on Friday staged 

a protest demonstration outside 

the Supreme Court of 

Pakistan, Karachi Registry 

against Pakistan Medical 

and Dental Council 

(PMDC) for not registering 

their institution. Around 

150 graduates and students 

of Dow Dental College carrying 

banners and placards 

inscribed with different 

demands raised slogans. 

The protesters said for 

KARACHI: Sr. Journalist & Editor Mahmood Sham and President, M.A Jinnah 

University, Karachi in visiting stalls at three days long Books Fair-2018 started at 

University campus. 

SENIOR JOURNALIST OPENED THREE DAYS LONG BOOK FAIR AT MAJU 

Decline in book reading 

habit is a wrong impression 

KARACHI: Decline in 

books reading habit is 

totally wrong impression 

being given presently, similarly 

the sale of popular 

newspapers and periodicals 

in most of the countries 

is also continued. If 

we accept decline in books 

reading habit, then why 

big publishing houses are 

running into profit is a big 

question. Although Radio 

and Television are broadcasting 

and telecasting 

news throughout day and 

night, but the sale of popular 

newspapers & periodicals 

is continued as usual 

in most of the countries. 

This was stated by veteran 

Journalist and Editor 

Mahmood Shaam while 

inaugurating a three days 

long Books Fair at 

Mohammad Ali Jinnah 

University, Karachi yesterday. 

President, M.A. 

Jinnah University, Prof. 

Dr. Zubair Shaikh, 

KARACHI: “Nurses are 

providing their services not 

only for patients and hospitals 

but also for community 

and humanity. We cannot 

deny their notable services 

in the field of medical. They 

treat their patients and take 

care of them with sincerity 

and wholeheartedly. They 

have right to proud themselves 

because they play the 

role of mother”, said 

Shabbir Jhatial, Acting 

Director Nursing Sindh, as 

a Chief Guest on Patient 

Safety seminar and Lamp 

Lighting ceremony, organized 

by the Ziauddin 

College of Nursing. 

Addressing the event as 

a Chief Guest Shabbir 

Jhatial, appreciated and 

motivated all the efforts of 

nurses and said Nurses are 

always at the forefront of 

health care, and they are the 

Associate Dean, Dr. 

Shujaat Mubarak, head of 

library, Humera Naz and 

other senior faculty members 

were present on this 

occasion. Addressing to 

the gathering Mahmood 

Shaam said that now the 

printed books are also 

available on internet in the 

shape of e-library due to 

which a large number of 

students and teachers are 

taking advantage of this 

facility. He said as a 

Muslim we believed in our 

holy book Quran that is 

why reading of books 

should be routine of our 

life. He said this world is 

very rich with treasure of 

knowledge that is why we 

need translation of a large 

number of important books 

in Urdu in the larger interest 

of our students. He also 

expressed his satisfaction 

to know that book fair at 

MAJU are being held 

every year to provide valuable 

books to their students 

on discounted price. 

He expressed his concern 

that a large number of 

good books are written in 

our country every year, but 

it is very regretted to say 

that the publishers of the 

books are getting more 

profit in comparison to the 

authors. Speaking on this 

occasion, President MAJU 

Prof. Dr. Zubair Shaikh 

asked the students that 

besides reading their syllabus 

book they must also 

read books on Sociology, 

History, philosophy, psychology, 

traveling and 

other subjects to improve 

their knowledge. He said 

that it is very necessary for 

every person to share his 

experiences with others by 

writing books. He told that 

expanding of MAJU 

library is under consideration 

to make it a part of 

universal standard library 

system. 

Ziauddin College of Nursing 

holds patient safety seminar 

one year we are taking 

efforts to get registration of 

KARACHI: Students of Zia Uddin University College 

Nursing are holding candle light vigil during Patient 

Safety Seminar and Lamp Lighting ceremony. 

our institutes with the 

PMDC but in vain. 

first contact with the 

patients. They should use 

their theoretical thinking 

and practical wisdom for 

not only the betterment of 

patients but also meet the 

standard of their profession. 

Dow dental graduates, students stage protest 

KARACHI: Students of dental college are protesting in 

favor of their demands outside SC Registry Branch. 

The protesters said 

PMDC and Dow Dental 

College administrations have 

put future of score of graduated 

doctors at stake. They 

said DDC is affiliated with 

Dow University of Health 

Sciences (DUHS) but not 

registered with Pakistan 

Medical and Dental Council. 

They said hospitals 

administrations have refused 

to allow house jobs to DDC 

graduates as their institution 

is not registered with PMDC 

and their educational credentials 

have no value. 

Pakistan PIA scouts district secretaries forum held 

Scouting is playing a vital role in making our youngsters, a greater personality. Mumtaz Zubairy 

KARACHI: Chief 

Engineer and Assistant 

provincial Commissioner 

PIA scouts Mr. Mumtaz 

Ahsan Zubairy said that aim 

of scouting is to provide 

youngsters a platform at 

which they can furnish their 

abilities and talents and 

become a good citizen. 

Scouting is playing a vital 

role in making our youngsters, 

a greater citizen and 

personality. If we want to 

make our society peaceful, 

safe and secured, we will 

have to stand up this holy 

cause from our youngsters. 

Allah says that follow my 

orders, respect your parents, 

relatives, neighbors, poor, 

friends and no doubt Allah 

does not keep proud people 

near him. He said this during 

his speech on closing ceremony 

of all Pakistan PIA 

scouts district secretaries 

forum.PIA Chief and scouts 

pattern Mr. Muhammad 

Shuaib was chief guest of the 

opening ceremony. 

Provincial secretary Shamas 

Khan announce the agenda 

and brief along with 

Assistant provincial 

Commissioner Mr. Shah 

Jehan Indher. District secretary 

Ms. Sanobar Gull was 

appraised on her tremendous 

working in making Girls 

scout district strenuous. 

Agenda was to discuss recommendation 

of last meeting, 

Recommendations for 

2019, Part of scouts in social 

development, training, 

events and public relations 

plans collaboration of Syed 

Mehboob Qadri, M Ayyaz 

and Ghulam Qadir. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

helda meeting with CEO, Landhi Trade & Industry 

Islamuddin to discuss developments. 

KARACHI: Director Anti Encroachments DMC East, 

Zahid Bin Khalil inspecting anti encroachment drive. 

-KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi 

inspecting ongoing cleaning drive. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council, Salman Abdullah 

Murad inaugurating newly constructed carpet road.

Pakistan launches crackdown 

against Indian DTH 

Islamabad: Pakistan has 

started crackdown against 

Indian DTH. Committee 

constituted by the apex 

court has started taking 

practical measures in order 

to stop Indian DTH smuggling 

into Pakistan. Raids 

have been conducted in all 

markets of the big cities of 

Pakistan to stop sale of illegal 

DTH. 

FIA has ordered concerned 

officials for carrying 

out action in Lahore, 

Karachi and Quetta. 

Committee has sent a letter 

to (FIA) Federal 

Investigation Agency, 

P a k i s t a n 

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

Authority (PTA), and 

Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR) to take immediate 

action against those found 

involved in the sale of 

smuggled Indian DTH. 

It has been said in the 

letter that billions of rupees 

are transferred to Indian 

companies from Dubai 

and other countries monthly 

through money laundering. 

Illegal business of smuggling 

of Indian DTHs 

Our Correspondent 

SHIKARPUR: It was 

reported that there were 

overall 77 graduates in 

across Sindh during 1930s 

from them 70 were only 

from Shikarpur district 

because of Shikarpur district 

always played a key 

role in the field of education 

since British era when 

Sindh has only three districts 

including Karachi, 

Hyderabad and Shikarpur 

and it has born prominent 

personalities in every field 

of life owing to quality 

education. 

Education is considered 

as key of success while liberalities 

are considered as 

heart of education where 

assets of future [students] 

are endeavoring to transform 

the destiny of the 

nation while there is no 

another way to change the 

future of nation except 

quality education and 

through education a human 

can transform his fate and 

reaches up to the mark. 

Four libraries had been 

set up in Shikarpur to accelerate 

the process of education 

from one was set up by 

“Friends Society” consist 

of one reading room beside 

Lakhi dar [gate] at the residence 

of Narayan Jagan 

Nath in 1873, a 

through Dubai and other 

countries is continuing 

through Hawala’ so a 

progress report should be 

sent to FIA headquarter 

Kadir Bux Bedil Library is only single 

platform of the students of Shikarpur 

Maharashtra Brahmin who 

came to Sindh in 1861 as 

Assistant Education 

Inspector and has also been 

Deputy Education 

Inspector, an important 

position nearly given to the 

natives during those days, 

after lapse of three years 

with the tremendous efforts 

of Mr Narain Jugan Nath 

one room library updated 

into multiple rooms library 

and the name also changed 

as “Narayn Jagan Nath 

Library” to pay tribute to 

Mr Narayn Jagan Nath and 

an elegant building of 

library constructed through 

donation in 1876 next to 

city court. 

Lakhra Coal Power Plant to start in 6 months, to 

save $600 millions per year: senate committee 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: Senate 

sub-committee on power 

convener Senator Nauman 

Wazir Khattak has said that 

Lakhra coal power plant 

would start work after 

around six months under 

public private partnership. 

It would be a public private 

partnership operating 

under BBOT (balance, 

build, operate and transfer) 

as concessional period 

would be seven years (or 5- 

to10 years). He said that 

the investor would be paid 

back on production basis 

which is estimated to be 

Rs1.25 per kilowatt hour 

(unit). He said that NEPRA 

would determine power 

tariff. 

“This is a new model 

for recovering loss-making 

state-owned enterprises. 

Big advantage would be 

that local coal would be 

used in production of electricity 

which would save 

national exchequer worth 

$600 million per year and 

generate employment 

around 16,000 workers in 

Lakhra mines and power 

plant. This would be one of 

the cheapest electricity 

productions in Pakistan,” 

he said. 

He said this while 

speaking to media persons 

after presiding over a meeting 

held at administration 

block in Lakhra Power 

Generation Company 

Limited (LPGCL) known 

as Lakhra coal power plant 

Jamshoro on Friday. 

after carrying out action 

against those found 

involved in the crime. 

Illegal DTH receiver and 

smart card are available in 

all big cities of Pakistan at 

the rate of Rs 7 to 8, 000. 

Indian DTH companies 

are earning billions of 

rupees from Pakistan at the 

rate of Rs 1800 monthly. 

SC had ordered FIA and 

custom officials to launch 

practical measures to stop 

smuggling of Indian DTH 

and constituted a committee 

on this count. 

Custom members, additional 

director FIA are 

committee members. 

SC had taken a suo motu 

notice on sale of smuggled 

DTH and sought a report 

from committee within the 

10 days. 

SC rejects petition 

seeking shifting of 

child to Karachi 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Supreme Court of Pakistan 

(SC) has rejected petition of 

a father pertaining to his 

child’s custody and 

remarked that mother can’t 

be deprived of her child’. 

A three member bench 

of SC headed by Justice 

Umar Ata Bandial heard the 

case on Friday. 

Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan 

remarked that why was the 

petitioner insisting on shifting 

the child to Karachi. 

Upon which the counsel to 

the child’s father informed 

the court that the minor’s 

father was currently residing 

in Kuwait. Since flights 

from Kuwait to Karachi 

were more frequent as compared 

to Islamabad, the 

child could meet his father 

easily. 

The court observed that 

the mother of child can’t be 

deprived of her child. 

While ordering to temporary 

keep the child for 

one year under mother’s 

custody the court permitted 

the father to meet his child 

on every weekly off. 

The court further stated 

that in case of permanent 

return of the petitioner to 

Pakistan, he can go to the 

court for the child’s custody 

after one year. 

ISLAMABAD: National 

Defense University in collaboration 

with Royal 

Danish Defense College 

organized a seminar to 

identify possibilities for 

trust building between 

Afghanistan, Pakistan and 

Iran. 

The National Defense 

University and Department 

of Government and Public 

Policy (NDU) in collaboration 

with the Royal Danish 

Defense College, held a 

two-day international seminar 

titled “Exploring 

Opportunities for Regional 

Security Cooperation” on 

October 24 – 25, 2018. 

The seminar engaged 

academics, practitioners, 

officials, and young students 

in a constructive academic 

dialogue to assess 

traditional and non-traditional 

security dynamics 

and explore options for promoting 

stability. The participants 

suggested concrete 

policy responses for a sustainable 

comprehensive 

security in the region. 

The aim of the seminar 


National 

was to identify possibilities 

for trust building between 

Afghanistan, Pakistan, and 

Iran. The seminar sought to 

provide a space for debate 

proved to be an effective 

forum to discuss the challenges 

and opportunities for 

regional security cooperation 

and to identify innovative 

and pragmatic 

approaches to increase 

security cooperation 

between Afghanistan- 

Pakistan and Afghanistan- 

Iran. 

The dialogue among the 

participants was constructive 

and action-oriented 

focusing on opportunities. 

The experts answered questions 

from officials and professors 

as well as the students 

in the audience. 

The seminar provided 

two essential components 

of efforts for regional stabilization: 

creative thinking 

and sustained dialogue. The 

speakers from Afghanistan, 

Pakistan and Denmark provided 

creative thinking and 

the NDU and RDDC provided 

a forum for sustained 

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Exploring possibilities for trust building 

between neighboring countries 

Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: A -32-old widowed 

woman Nabu Bheel 

committed suicide by 

throwing herself in a well 

along with her minor daughter 

in village Fulanhar near 

Chelhar town on Friday 

The villagers took out the 

bodies of both mother and 

her three years daughter 

from the deep well after the 

hectic efforts. The relatives 

told the area police and 

media persons that the 

woman was not only suffering 

from mental distress 

after the death her husband a 

year back and they had 

nothing to eat for past many 

days but was also reportedly 

fighting with the hepatitis- 

C for past some months. 

SSP Thar Imran Qurashi 

taking notice of the another 

suicide incident in the area 

ordered the area police 

police to probe the fresh suicide 

case and report to him 

who is 

the cause behind the 

extreme step by a dejected 

woman. The bodies were 

brought in Civil Hospital in 

Mithi for the postmortem 

examination. 

Advocate Kashif Bajeer , 

a representative of Sindh 

Child Rights Movement, 

currently working 

on the increasing incidents 

of suicides in drought-hit 

Thar talking to this reporter 

demanded that every suicide 

incident taking place in 

desert region of the country, 

which is already facing the 

dialogue – and will continue 

to do so. 

The seminar focused on 

the regional perspective that 

Regional approaches are 

needed for conceiving sustainable 

and implementable 

solutions for challenges 

concerning stability in the 

region . The participants 

pointed at the dilemma that 

issues in one country affect 

s the other countries of the 

region and there was a general 

consensus on that 

presently there is a lack of 

mechanism for settlement 

of disputes. 

Various topics were discussed 

at the seminar. 

Specific recommendations 

that surfaced during the 

seminar include the following 

– The Ambassador 

of Afghanistan to Pakistan, 

H.E. Hazrat Omar 

Zakhilwal, suggested 

increasing the focus on 

non-security issues including 

economic, environment, 

cultural connectivity, 

investing and promoting 

infrastructure in each 

country. 

Another Thari woman committed 

suicide along with minor daughter 

ravages of the severe 

drought. He informed that 

only in the currently year 

over 60 Tharis ended their 

lives due to poverty and 

other reasons. He every suicide 

incident be treated as 

the murder and properly 

investigated to determine 

whether it was suicide or 

otherwise. 

Diligent labor never 

goes waste: Dr. Burfat 

JAMSHORO: VC-SU 

Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad 

Burfat paid surprise visit to 

Department of Physics of 

the varsity to view the 

ongoing academic activity, 

seek interface with faculty 

and students, and to get to 

know the state of affairs in 

terms of educational and 

administrative framework. 

The department head 

Prof. Dr. Nek Muhammad 

Shaikh accompanied the 

vice chancellor as the latter 

went round various sections 

of the premises and also 

superintended the classes in 

session. 

Conversing casually 

with interns available on 

the sidelines, Dr. Burfat 

said diligent hard work 

always paid off. 

“I reckon SU students 

lucky, for, they receive 

quality education from 

qualified faculty against 

nominal fee in an ideal setting.” 

Later, the vice chancellor 

inquired whether 

there were any problems in 

the department, to which he 

was told all was well. 

SC takes action aginst transfer 

of prisoner on fake documents 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Supreme Court Friday 

has ordered a prisoner 

Qamar Abbas to present 

original papers in the 

court as he was transferred 

on fake documents 

to Pakistan from abroad . 

Hearing a case regarding 

an overseas prisoner’s 

phony transfer into the 

country; Justice Asif 

Saeed Khosa stated that 

such phony acts had 

destroyed our image in the 

world. Now no one is 

willing to sign prisoners’ 

extradition agreement 

with us. 

Only due to this act our 

thousands captives were 

rotting out in the foreign 

countries’ lockups and we 

used to say why the world 

is not ready to trust us, he 

said.

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National 

ATC issues non-bailable arrest warrants 

of PML-N MPA Saif in murder case 

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

OPINION 

Islam always cares for human's body and soul 

---- Eating pork forbidden--- Swine virus 

Rasheed Ahmed Chughtai 

The Holy Qur’an says: 

“He has only forbidden to 

you dead animals, blood, the 

flesh of swine, and that which 

has been dedicated to other than 

Allah. But whoever is forced [by 

necessity], neither desiring [it] nor 

transgressing [its limit], there is no sin 

upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” 

Al-Baqara (The Cow) : 173 

Interestingly, the Bible says: 

And the swine, because it divideth 

the hoof, yet cheweth the cud – it is 

unclean to you; Ye shall not eat of 

their flesh or not touch the dead 

carcass. 

(Leviticus 11:7) 

Islamic philosophy proposes that eating food has 

two effects. The first affect is 

on the body, and the second affect is on the soul. 

Therefore, if you eat a foul 

animal there will be foul affects on the body and 

the soul. Affects on the body from eating pork 

include the passage of viruses such as’ swine 

influenza virus’, which may cause a ‘flu-like’ illness, 

the passage of parasites, such as the adult tapeworm, 

which can lodge in the gastrointestinal tract of the 

human and cause malnutrition and blood loss. Pork 

alohas an extremely high proportion of fat content – 

we know that the high intake of fat predisposes to 

high blood pressure and the gradual blocking of 

arteries with fatty material leading to heart 

attacks and strokes. 

Effects of pork on the soul, according to Islamic 

philosophy, would affect moral 

qualities such as chastity, modesty, humility, honesty 

and integrity. Many people believe ‘what you 

eat is what you are’ and justify themselves by highlighting 

the different personality traits exhibited by 

meat eaters and vegetarians. Meat eaters are often 

described as being aggressive and competitive, 

while vegetarians are gentler and weaker. Many psychiatric 

symptoms such as apathy, depression, irritability 

and moodiness have been linked with dietary 

vitamin deficiencies and excesses. Essentially, what 

we are ginning to understand is what Islam has 

taught us from the outset what wheat has a greater 

affect on us than merely providing mechanical building 

blocks for the growth of our physical body – our 

spiritual body/soul and personality are affected. 

WHO(World Health Organization) has sent warning 

signals of the virulent diseases 

Swine virus named A(H1N1) by the World 

Health Organization is spreading like a wildfire, 

around the world, especially in places where pork 

features among the top popular dishes. 

It has claimed numerous lives already. And, if the 

situation is not contained, lives of about half the 

population of the world would be threatened. WHO 

has sent warning signals of the virulent diseases, 

which first appeared in Mexico earlier last month. It 

was on April 24th, when WHO alerted the world to 

the dangers of Swine Flu; weeks after the disease 

had spread. Scientists fear that the deadly pandemic 

could prove to be extremely costly to human lives. 

Governments have been asked by the International 

Health body to report of an ‘unusual and or unexpected’ 

outbreak of flu so that it could help along 

with other relevant organizations to prevent it 

spreading. Nobody knows when A (H1N1) began 

infecting humans in Mexico. But according to a 

reports by a US biosurveillance firm, Veratec, show 

that on April 6th officials in Veracruz state in 

Mexico had declared a ‘health alert’ after recording 

400 cases of illness among the 3000 people of the 

village of La Gloria, where the first official case of 

the virus was later recorded. Veratec posted another 

warning on 16th April indicating that the disease 

had spread to the state of Oaxaca . Similar H1N1 

strain has been found in US pigs since 1998 , and 

has been rapidly evolving ever since, leading a senior 

US Department of Agriculture scientist to warn 

last year that it posed the ‘potential for pandemic 

influenza mergence in North America”. Scientist are 

now trying to work out why almost all the deaths 

have occurred in Mexico, although the virus has 

spread to over 16 countries. The likeliest reason is 

that A H1N1 is indeed mild virus, killing a very low 

proportion of those it infects, but that hundreds of 

thousands have caught it in Mexico compared with 

only 650 elsewhere. The rate doubles every few 

days. But because it’s a new virus, no one is certain. 

Experts warn, however, that it is too early to relax. 

The 1918 pandemic, which killed 50 million people, 

began as a mild virus , but returned as a fatal one 

four months later. The high risk areas of the flu 

include Mexico , Texas, San Diego and New York. 

Christopher Columbus introduced pigs in America 

In Britain, the term pig refers to all domestic swine; 

in the United States, to younger swine not yet ready 

for market and weighing usually less than 82 kg 

(180 pounds), others being called hogs. Pigs are 

stout-bodied, short-legged, omnivorous mammals, 

with thick skins usually sparsely coated with short 

bristles. Their hooves have two functional and two 

(I) 

nonfunctional digits. Domestic North American 

pigs originated from wild stocks still found in 

European, Asian, and North African forests. Wild 

pigs are not truly native to North America but are 

believed to have been introduced on Christopher 

Columbus’ second voyage in 1493 and brought to 

the mainland in the early 1500s. There is little difference 

between wild pigs, or boars, and domestic 

swine, though the tusklike teeth of domestic pigs are 

not as developed as the tusks of their wild kin, who 

use the sharp ends to forage for roots and as a defensive 

weapon. Wild pigs may live up to 25 years or 

more. Domestic pigs are categorized according to 

three basic types: large-framed lard types with a 

comparatively thick layer of fat and carcasses usually 

weighing at least 100 kg (220 pounds); smaller 

bacon types, with carcasses of about 70 kg (150 

pounds); and pork types with carcasses averaging 

around 45 kg (100 pounds). 940 million pigs worldwide 

In the late 20th century, China had the largest 

hog population of any country in the world, but scientific 

breeding was concentrated in Europe and the 

United States. Denmark produced the Landrace 

breed. The Yorkshire (Large White), the world’s 

most popular breed, originated in Britain in the 18th 

century. Worldwide population is estimated to be 

more than 940 million. Approximately half are 

raised in Asia, primarily in China. Europe, North 

America, and South America also have large numbers. 

Unlike most domestic animals, pigs are 

omnivorous and compete directly with humans for 

many foods. In the United States their production is 

concentrated in the Midwest, where pig husbandry 

is based on the conversion of corn and soybean 

meal into meat under intensive conditions. Pigs are 

relatively easy to raise indoors or outdoors, and they 

can be slaughtered with a minimum of equipment 

because of their moderate size. Pigs are monogastric, 

so, unlike ruminants, they are unable to utilize 

large quantities of forage and must be given concentrate 

feed. Furthermore, pigs have only one primary 

economic use—as a source of meat (pork) and 

lard—unlike most other livestock, such as cattle and 

sheep, which have many other important economic 

uses. Bacon, staple meat of the western European 

peasantry. Bacon, meat from pig that has been 

cured, was for centuries the staple meat of the western 

European peasantry. Varieties distinguished by 

cut of meat or curing process became standardized 

in association with particular countries or regions, 

such as the Irish or various Italian styles. The relatively 

long storage life of bacon made it the only 

meat to gain importance as an international trade 

commodity in the late 19th century. Pork has an 

extremely high fat content and is therefore not an 

especially nutritious meat. There are more than 300 

known breeds or local varieties of pigs throughout 

the world. Pork is virtually unknown in the cuisines 

of the Middle East and those of some local populations 

in Asia and Africa. The chief pork-consuming 

countries are Germany, Denmark, Poland, and 

Austria. In China and Southeast Asia pork is commonly 

shredded or cubed and stir-fried with vegetables 

and spices. Pork-and-vegetable mixtures are 

also used to stuff a variety of small rolls, buns, and 

dumplings. In Spain, the most widely eaten meats 

are pork, chicken, and beef, but in much of the 

country lamb is eaten on special occasions. Very 

fond of both fish and shellfish, Spaniards are among 

the world’s largest consumers of seafood. Legumes, 

especially lentils and chickpeas, also form an 

important part of the Spanish diet. In Mexico, popular 

dishes vary by region and individual circumstances, 

but some of the more widely enjoyed foods 

include tortillas (flat bread wraps made from wheat 

or maize flour), enchiladas, cornmeal tamales 

(cooked within corn husks or banana leaves), burritos, 

soft-shell tacos, tortas (sandwiches of chicken, 

pork, or cheese and vegetables enclosed in a hard 

roll), stuffed chili peppers, and quesadillas (tortillas 

filled with soft cheese and meat). Other favourites 

are soups and spicy stews such as menudo (made 

from beef tripe and fresh vegetables) and pozole 

(stewed hominy and pork). In Denmark, domesticated 

animals are an important feature of life in 

Denmark. Dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry are raised 

in great numbers to supply both the domestic and 

the foreign markets. Farms are generally small or 

medium-size family-owned enterprises. The extensive 

fertilization and application of scientific animal 

husbandry helps to maintain the viability of small 

farm operations. Milk and dairy products, pork, and 

eggs account for a major percentage of the total 

value of production. Current crisis In La Goria, 

Mexico, about 7,200 pigs are quarantined in highvoltage 

electric and razor wire fences and protected 

by security lights and locked gates, in a place one 

could mistake for a prison. La Glroia, a viallage 

with only 3000 people, has more than 16 farms 

owned by both Mexican – Granjas Carroll de 

Mexico in partnership with US-based Smithfield 

Foods, which are the largest pork producer in the 

world. Activists in La Gloria claim that the pig firms 

are a fetid crucible for the new virus. The company’s 

farming practices include burying dead pigs to 

rot in ‘biodigester’ containers. And pig urines and 

faeces are flashed into huge open air pits, adjoining 

miles of cropland. 

LAHROE: The Anti 

Terrorism Court (ATC) 

on Friday has issued nonbailable 

arrest warrants 

of Pakistan Muslim 

League-Nawaz (PML-N) 

member of provincial 

assembly (MPA) Saif-ul- 

Malook Khokhar and his 

brother in murder case. 

ATC Judge Abdul 

Qayyum Khan cuducted 

hearing of the case during 

which PML-N MPA 

Saif-ul-Malook and his 

SUKKUR: National 

Highway Authority (NHA) 

has auctioned its 10 vehicles 

at the cost of Rs. 11.71 

million at Sukkur office. 

Following the directive 

of the State Minister for 

Communications Murad 

brother failed to appear 

before the court. 

It is pertinent her to 

mention that the case 

Saeed, National Highway 

Authority is auctioning its 

vehicles gradually and 

after Friday auction NHA 

has auctioned total 134 

vehicles at cost of more 

than Rs. 150 million. 

It is to recall that auction 

of 13 vehicles at NHA 

Karachi office is scheduled 

on 29th October, 

while auction of vehicles 

at Quetta and Gilgit will 

be held on October 31st 

and 5th November respectively. 

was registered under the 

provision of terrorism 

and murder. 

The judge has ordered 

to arrest and produce station 

house officer (SHO) 

Johar Town Maqsood 

Gujjar before the court in 

next hearing. 

Moreover, the judge 

has adjourned the hearing 

till October 27 issuing 

non-bailable arrest 

warrants of both the 

accused. 

NHA auctions 10 more 

vehicles at Rs11.71 million 

FAISALABAD: 

Students protest against wrong marking 

in result of Inter Part I Examination 

RAWALPINDI: Students 

and their parents have 

voiced strong protest against 

wrong marking in the result 

of Inter Part I of the Board of 

Intermediate and Secondary 

Education (BISE), 

Rawalpindi. 

As per media report, they 

launched a campaign on 

social media against the 

CTD foils 

terror bid in 

Rawalpindi 

RAWALPINDI: Counter 

Terrorism Department has 

foiled a bid to attack on 

office of Intelligence agency 

after arresting an alleged terrorist 

in Rawalpindi. 

According to media 

reports, CTD, on a tip off 

held a terrorist identified as 

Imran Shah from Chari, area 

of Rawalpindi. 

According to CTD 

spokesperson, suspect was 

affiliated with a banned 

outfit Tehreek e Taliban 

Pakistan and wanted to target 

intelligence agencies 

office. 

Head constable 

killed in Quetta 

QUETTA: A head constable 

of police was killed 

here on Friday. 

Police sources said the 

deceased posted at Brori 

police station was killed in 

Nawakali area. 

Later, the body was 

handed over to heirs. 

Board marking policy, indifference 

of the teachers and 

prayed for justice from 

Chief Justice of Pakistan, 

Education Minister of 

Punjab and other concerned 

stake holders. 

According to information 

available following the 

results of Part I more than 

one thousand boys and girls 

NARAN: Following the 

closure of Lake Saiful 

Malook Road for a week 

due to unexpected snow fall 

in Naran has been reopened. 

According to details 

after a long journey if the 

tourists come over Naran 

and Kaghan and their trip 

will remain incomplete if 

they could not view Lake 

Saiful Malook. Now after 

have put applications for the 

remarking of physics, 

chemistry, Math and 

English papers. Upon 

rechecking a student has 

been given 28 marks instead 

of actual 68. 

Controller Examinations 

Abid Kharal has assured 

that on genuine complaints 

they will take stern action. 

Govt reopens Lake Saiful Malook 

Road for tourists after week 

ISLAMABAD: The government 

on Friday appointed 

vice chancellors of three 

major universities of 

Islamabad. 

According to details, Dr 

Muhammad Ali has been 

appointed as vice chancellor 

of Quaid-e-Azam University 

Islamabad, Dr Masom 

Yasizine as vice chancellor 

of Islamic International 

University and Zia Qayyum 

clearing snow from a strip 

of 13 km of Lake Saiful 

Malook road has been 

cleared for tourists. 

Hoteliers are happy to see 

the tourists again thronging 

into the area. The landscape 

and scenery of cold tourist 

resorts of Naran, Kaghan 

and Lake Saiful Malook 

gave a sigh of relief to the 

visitors. 

Three Islamabad’s 

universities get VCs 

as vice chancellor of Allama 

Iqbal Open University with 

immediate effect for a period 

of four years in terms of 

clause 12(1) of the IIU 

Ordinance 1985. 

Earlier, the ministry of 

federal education short listed 

nine candidates, three 

candidates for each university. 

President Arif Alvi 

signed the appointments on 

Friday. 

Youth arrested for 

uploading videos 

of aerial firing 

A 

youth in Faisalabad has 

been arrested for uploading 

videos of aerial firing and 

his pictures showing himself 

holding automated 

arms on social media. 

The accused is said to 

be a resident of Mansoor 

Abad Area of Faisalabad 

who had earlier posted 

photos on social media, 

showing aerial firing with 

automated arms. 

CPO Faisalabad Ishfaq 

Khan took notice of the 

posts after they went viral 

and ordered his arrest. 

Upon which the local 

Police arrested the 

accused. A pistol was 

recovered from him, said 

the Police. 

AIOU to conduct 

entry test for 

MBA/MPA on Nov.3 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal 

Open 

University(AIOU) will hold 

entry test for admission in 

COL-Executive MBA/MPA 

programme for the Semester 

Autumn, 2018 on November 

3 at 10:00 am at its main 

Campus (Academic 

Complex). 

Simultaneously the test 

will also be held at the 

University’s regional campuses 

located in Abbottabad, 

, Rahim Yar Khan, 

Gujranwala, Karachi, 

Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, 

Faisalbad, Quetta and 

Sargodha. Call letters, e-mail 

and SMS to all eligible students 

for participation in the 

entry test have been sent. 

Those students who have yet 

not received the said call letter 

are advised to contact the 

nearest Regional Office of 

the university or the 

Department of COL 

MBA/MPA Programme. 

They may also reach on 

the scheduled date and time 

for participation in entry test. 

Their participation would be 

decided on the spot according 

to the available record. 

JAMSHORO: Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro arranged Two Medical Camps at Taluka 

Hospital Chaachro and Rural Health Center Kheesar, Taluka Daahli, District Tharparkar, The Vice Chancellor 

LUMHS Prof. Bikha Ram Devrajani personally monitored and visited the both camps and examined the patients.


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Turkey's Erdogan urges Saudis to 

say who ordered Khashoggi's killing 

Irish singer Sinead 

O'Connor converts to Islam 

ANKARA: Turkish 

President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan has reiterated his 

country’s call for Riyadh to 

disclose who ordered the 

killing of dissident Saudi 

journalist Jamal Khashoggi 

in Istanbul and what has 

happened to his body. 

“Who gave this order?” 

Erdogan told members of 

his Justice and 

Development Party (AKP) 

in Ankara on Friday. “Who 

gave the order for 15 people 

to come to Turkey?” he 

said, referring to a 15-man 

Saudi squad that allegedly 

flew into Istanbul hours 

before the killing. remarks echoed earlier 

Erdogan also noted that comments by his Foreign 

Riyadh must reveal the Minister Mevlut 

location of Khashoggi’s Cavusoglu, who on 

body and the identity of the Thursday urged Saudi 

“local cooperator” who Arabia to answer questions 

Saudi officials earlier said 

had taken the body from 

Saudi agents after the journalist 

was killed inside the 

over the assassination. 

"There are still questions 

that need answers" 

over the premeditated murder, 

kingdom’s consulate in 

Cavusoglu said, asking 

Istanbul on October 2. 

The Turkish president’s 

Riyadh to explain “who 

gave them the orders” and 

BEIJING: China and 

Japan on Friday pledged to 

forge closer ties as both 

countries stood together at 

an “historic turning point”, 

signing a broad range of 

agreements including a 

$30 billion currency swap 

pact, amid rising trade tensions 

with Washington. 

Japanese Prime 

Minister Shinzo Abe and 

Chinese Premier Li 

Keqiang also agreed the 

two countries would work 

together to achieve denuclearization 

on the Korean 

Peninsula. 

The pacts were reached 

on Abe’s three-day visit to 

Beijing as the two neighbors 

looked to carve out 

new areas of cooperation 

and seek ways to promote 

trust, which has been fragile 

at times since diplomatic 

relations resumed in 

1972. 

Chinese Premier Li 

Keqiang said 500 business 

deals worth $18 billion had 

been signed between 

Chinese and Japanese 

companies during the visit, 

a reflection of the “bright 

prospects” for cooperation 

between the two countries. 

“From competition to 

co-existence, Japan and 

China bilateral relations 

have entered a new phase. 

Hand in hand with Premier 

“where the body is.” 

He pointed to an 

announcement by Saudi 

authorities that they had 

arrested 18 men in connection 

with the death, urging 

Riyadh to explain why they 

had been arrested. 

“You admit they did it, 

but why are they not saying 

where?" Cavusoglu told a 

press conference in Ankara 

with Palestinian Foreign 

Li, I would like to advance 

our ties forward,” Abe told 

reporters after the pair met 

on Friday morning. 

Both countries are 

neighbors and partners, 

and will not become a 

threat to each other, Abe 

said after meeting with 

Minister Riyad al-Maliki. 

In his Friday comments, 

Erdogan also announced 

that Saudi Arabia’s public 

prosecutor was due to meet 

with the Istanbul prosecutor 

in the Turkish city on 

Sunday. 

The Turkish president 

had earlier urged that all 

those behind the murder 

should be brought to justice 

and tried in Istanbul. 

China, Japan to forge closer ties at 'historic turning point' 

Indonesia lifts state of 

emergency for quake-hit island 

Central government ends emergency response period for 

central Sulawesi province, stricken by earthquake, tsunami 

JAKARTA: Indonesian 

government on Friday lifted 

the state of emergency for 

the central Sulawesi 

province, imposed in the 

wake of the earthquake and 

tsunami in the island. 

On Sept. 29, the government 

declared state of emergency 

for the island after a 

7.4-magnitude earthquake 

struck Sulawesi Island, 

which triggered a tsunami in 

the cities of Donggala and 

Palu that towered up to 10 

feet (3 meters) high. 

Coordinating Minister 

for Political, Legal and 

Security Affairs Wiranto, 

who goes by only one name, 

said that after the emergency 

response period 

ended, the affected areas 

would enter the transition 

phase into the rehabilitation 

and reconstruction. 

"All of these phases will 

be the responsibility of the 

regional government," 

Wiranto said in his office on 

Thursday. 

Previously, the government 

announced that the 

state of emergency would 

end on Oct. 11, but extended 

it for two weeks, citing the 

ongoing emergency 

response activities, he 

added. 

North and South Korea agree to scrap 

22 guard posts at border next month 

SEOUL: North and 

South Korea agreed on 

Friday to “completely 

destroy” by next month 22 

guard posts near their heavily 

fortified border, the latest 

advance in talks in the 

neighbors’ effort to defuse 

military tension, Seoul’s 

defense ministry said. 

It follows a military pact 

at a summit last month in the 

North Korean capital that 

called for a halt to “all hostile 

acts,” a no-fly zone near 

the border and the gradual 

removal of guard posts, 

firearms and landmines 

from the Demilitarized Zone 

(DMZ) separating the two. 

As an initial step, the 

neighbors agreed to demolish 

11 guard posts within 1 

km (0.6 mile) of each side of 

the border and withdraw 

equipment and personnel 

stationed there by the end of 

November, the ministry 

said. 

“The measures will be 

finished through mutual verification 

in December,” it 

said in a statement. 

The talks were led by 

South Korean Army Major 

General Kim Do-gyun and 

North Korean Lieutenant 

General An Ik San at the 

border village of 

Panmunjom within the 

DMZ. 

MOSCOW: Mikhail 

Gorbachev, the last Soviet 

leader, denounced on Friday 

a U.S. decision to leave an 

arms control treaty that 

helped end the Cold War, 

saying it heralded a new 

arms race which increased 

the risk of nuclear conflict. 

President Donald Trump 

has said Washington plans 

to quit the Intermediate- 

Range Nuclear Forces 

(INF) treaty which 

Gorbachev and Ronald 

Reagan signed in 1987. The 

pact eliminated all short- 

President Xi Jinping on 

Friday in the first full-scale 

Sino-Japanese summit 

since 2011. 

“With President Xi 

Jinping, I would like to 

carve out a new era for 

China and Japan,” Abe 

said. 

and 

Dutch minister 

cancels business 

trip to Saudi Arabia 

ROTTERDAM: Dutch 

foreign trade and development 

cooperation minister 

has canceled her visit to 

Saudi Arabia, the country's 

Prime Minister Mark Rutte 

announced Friday. 

Having been scheduled 

for December, the business 

trip would include the minister 

Sigrid Kaag along with 

a high-profile delegation 

from the business community 

to discuss commercial 

relations. 

Rutte emphasized that 

the Saudi journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi's confirmed murder 

was the main motive 

behind the cancelation. 

In an earlier statement 

last week, the Netherlands' 

Foreign Ministry announced 

that Finance Minister 

Wophe Hoekstra canceled 

her visit to the investment 

conference to be held in 

Riyadh on Oct. 23-25 -- 

under the auspices of Saudi 

Crown Prince Mohammad 

Bin Salman. 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

M E L B O U R N E : 

African gang violence will 

result in serious injury or 

death if the Victorian government 

doesn't recognize 

the problem, Home Affairs 

Minister Peter Dutton 

claimed yesterday. 

Speaking on radio in 

Sydney, Dutton slammed 

"Victoria's problem" with 

“My demand is that 18 

people be tried in 

Istanbul,” Erdogan said in 

an address to lawmakers 

from his ruling party at parliament 

in Ankara on 

Tuesday. 

Saudi Arabia’s public 

prosecutor said Thursday 

a joint Saudi-Turkish 

investigation shows that 

Khashoggi’s murder was 

“premeditated,” dismissing 

an earlier account that 

the dissident journalist 

had died in a botched 

operation to "negotiate" 

his return to the kingdom. 

“Information from the 

Turkish side affirms that 

the suspects in 

Khashoggi's case premeditated 

their crime," said a 

statement from the Saudi 

public prosecutor. 

The statement added 

that Saudi prosecutors 

were interrogating suspects 

on the basis of 

information provided by 

a joint Saudi-Turkish 

task force. 

U.S. exit from nuclear 

arms pact increases 

risks of war: Gorbachev 

intermediate-range 

land-based nuclear and 

conventional missiles held 

by both countries in 

Europe. 

Gorbachev, in a column 

for the New York Times 

newspaper, said the U.S. 

move was “a dire threat to 

peace” that he still hoped 

might be reversed through 

negotiations. 

“I am being asked 

whether I feel bitter watching 

the demise of what I 

worked so hard to achieve. 

But this is not a personal 

matter. Much more is at 

stake,” he wrote. “A new 

arms race has been 

announced.” 

Washington has cited 

Russia’s alleged violation 

of the treaty as its reason for 

leaving it, a charge 

Moscow denies. Russia in 

turn accuses Washington of 

breaking the pact. 

LAGOS, Nigeria: At 

least 20 people went missing 

in central Nigeria when a 

boat capsized off a local 

Buruku river, an official said 

on Thursday. 

“I have just been briefed 

that 20 people have been 

missing following the 

mishap yesterday evening. 

Properties worth millions of 

naira were also lost, including 

17 motorcycles,” Jacob 

Aernyi, a Cabinet official in 

IRELAND: Irish singer 

Sinead O'Connor has 

revealed she has converted 

to Islam, taking the new 

name "Shuhada' Davitt". 

“This is to announce 

that I am proud to have 

become a Muslim,” 

Connor announced in a 

tweet. 

The 51-year-old said, 

“This is the natural conclusion 

of any intelligent theologian’s 

journey. All 

scripture study leads to 

Islam. This makes all other 

scriptures redundant.” 

O’Connor further 

wrote, “I will be given 

(another) new name. It will 

DIYARBAKIR: The 

four-way Syria summit to 

be held in Istanbul on 

Saturday will focus on finding 

new ways to reach a 

political solution in Syria, 

Turkey's presidential aide 

said on Friday. 

“Our main purpose at 

this summit will be focusing 

on what kind of new 

be Shuhada. 

This is to announce that 

I am proud to have become 

a Muslim. This is the natural 

conclusion of any intelligent 

theologian’s journey. 

All scripture study 

leads to Islam. This makes 

all other scriptures redundant? 

I will be given 

(another) new name. It will 

be Shuhada’ 

In another post, the 

singer revealed she had 

received her first Hijab 

with the help of a friend in 

Dublin. 

"My best friend, Elaine 

just gave me my 1st Hijab 

and she got chills all over 

ways could be found based 

on not military, but a political 

solution in Syria,” said 

Ibrahim Kalin, speaking at 

an international congress in 

the southeastern Diyarbakir 

province. 

The summit, hosted by 

President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan, will see the participation 

of Russian 

her body when I put it on," 

she wrote. 

"Not gonna post a photo 

because is intensely personal. 

And I’m an ugly old 

hag. But I’m a very, very, 

very happy old hag 

My best friend, Elaine 

just gave me my 1st Hijab 

and she got chills all over 

her body when I put it on. 

Not gonna post a photo 

because is intensely personal. 

And I’m an ugly old 

hag. But I’m a very, very, 

very happy old hag. 

Last year, the singer 

had changed her name to 

Magda Davitt and taken up 

the Catholic faith. 

Summit on Syria to explore 

ways for political solution 

Turkey expects Istanbul Summit to be held Saturday to help 

form constitutional committee, says presidential aide 

Bureau Report 

MELBOURNE: The 

Opposition is promising to 

get more Australians to 

study languages to take 

advantage of the economic 

opportunities of the socalled 

Asian century. 

Shadow Education 

President Vladimir Putin, 

German Chancellor Angela 

Merkel, and French 

President Emmanuel 

Macron. 

At the summit, Erdogan 

will address in particular 

preserving last month's 

Idlib deal and preventing 

violations by the Bashar al- 

Assad regime, Kalin said. 

Opposition promises language studies 

for Australians in 'Asian century' 

the state, told newsmen on 

Thursday.Aernyi did not say 

whether search efforts were 

still ongoing. 

He called on authorities 

to devise measures to curb 

recurring incidents of boat 

mishap in the region. 

“Better safety measures 

are necessary and this is 

where federal government 

agencies need to do more to 

end these avoidable deaths 

and loss of properties,” 

Aernyi added. Boat 

mishaps are common in 

Nigeria especially during 

Minister, Tanya Plibersek, 

has announced an eightpart 

package, including 

100 scholarships a year for 

Asian language native 

speakers, and top performers 

in Year 12, to study 

teaching. 

It also includes intensive 

training for 5000 principals 

and senior teachers, 

improving Asian language 

curriculum material from 

pre-school to Year 12, and 

a whole-of-government 

audit of Australian and 

state government literacy 

and language education 

policies. 

"Asia is home to the 

fastest growing middle 

class on earth," Ms 

Plibersek said. 

"And Australia is right 

on its doorstep. The jobs of 

the future are in our 

region. 

"Nine out of ten of the 

next billion people in the 

middle class live in our 

region. 

20 people 'missing' as boat capsized in central Nigeria 

Properties worth millions of naira were also lost, official says 

IF VIC GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RECOGNISE PROBLEM 

gangs, sending a dire warning 

to voters less than a 

month out from the state 

election. 

"A state election is a 

month away in Victoria 

and I hope, I really do, that 

people weigh this up," 

Dutton told Sydney radio 

station 2GB yesterday 

rainy season, owing in part 

to poor safety measures and 

overloading. 

African gang violence in Australia will 'result in death': Dutton 

morning. 

"The Victorian justice 

system, the way in which 

the police are dealing with 

these criminals, the direction 

given to the police by 

the government, it all 

makes a mess. 

"And the reality is it's 

not Daniel Andrews, the 

Premier of Victoria, that's 

suffering here, it is the people 

that have their houses 

broken into. "It's people 

assaulted on trains or in 

parks or in their own home. 

"They are the true victims 

here, the ones we should be 

considering."

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Biz 

Pakistan 10th biggest country 

in Asia for foreign investment 

KARACHI: The amount 

of direct foreign investment 

in the services sector of 

Pakistan raised to $ 1.3 billion 

during last year. 

According to the Asian 

Economics Anti-Corruption 

Report of Asian 

Development Bank, 

Pakistan is currently the 

10th biggest country in Asia 

in terms of direct foreign 

investment, Radio Pakistan 

reported. 

In March last year, 

Pakistan was ranked among 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for 

Planning, Development and Reform 

Makhdum Khusro Bakhtiar on Friday said 

that the incumbent government is committed 

to give due share of Net Hydel Profit 

(NHP) to provinces. 

While chairing a meeting on Net Hydel 

Profit here at Islamabad on Friday, the 

minister said that the government would 

ensure implementation of Council of 

Common Interests (CCI) decision to 

resolve all outstanding issues regarding 

determination of NHP. 

The meeting deliberated upon the way 

forward for determining the share of NHP 

which is required to be paid to the province 

the twenty-three most powerful 

countriesin the world, 

according to US News and 

World Report which 

released the latest edition of 

its annual “Best Countries” 

study. 

The US retained its position 

as the world’s most 

powerful nation, despite 

declining respect for its 

leadership. Its economic, 

political influence shapes 

the world, and a mammoth 

defence budget of about 

$600 billion and leading 

economy put it at the top. 

The US was perceived 

as the most powerful, followed 

closely by Russia 

and China with the UK 

coming in fourth. The rise 

of China is quite remarkable 

as the country already 

has the world’s largest military, 

and experts predict it 

will be the world’s largest 

economy by 2050. 

The media organisation 

evaluated 80 countries 

across a range of criteria, 

including cultural history, 

Federal govt to provide due share of 

Net Hydel Profit to provinces: Bakhtiar 

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

Bakhtiar chairing a meeting on Net Hydel Profit. 

where a hydel power station is located as 

per provision of the Constitution stipulated 

under Article 161 (2). 

The minister called for examining the 

case in detail and constituted a sub-committee 

comprising all the stakeholders to 

present its report/recommendations for 

implementation of the CCI decision in the 

matter and for determination of rates/net 

profits. The sub-committee will submit its 

report in thirty days. 

Advisor to CM KPK on Energy, 

Secretary Planning Zafar Hasan, Secretary 

Water Resources, senior officials from 

Ministry of IPCC, Punjab, KPK were also 

present in the meeting. 

PM Khan lauded for securing Saudi package 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Federation of Pakistan 

Chambers of Commerce 

and Industry (FPCCI) on 

Friday hailed Prime 

Minister Imran Khan for 

securing Saudi package 

terming it a great success 

which will help settle many 

financial difficulties. 

The businesses heave a 

sigh of relief, the stock market 

has positively responded 

to the development while 

the US dollar has also lost 

its value substantially due to 

the deal with no strings 

attached, it said. 

The efforts of Prime 

Minister Imran Khan are 

creditable as it will bring the 

two countries closer at a 

time when rest of the world 

is keeping a distance from 

the Kingdom, said 

Ghazanfar Bilour, President 

of the FPCCI. 

He said that SaudiArabia 

will deposit three billion 

dollars in the State Bank of 

Pakistan and provide oil 

worth three billion dollars 

on deferred payments providing 

a great relief to 

Pakistan facing balance of 

payment trouble. 

The Saudi package will 

reduce our dependence on 

IMF as we will not need $18 

billion but $12 billion from 

the lender, he added. 

PTI”s financial rescue 

strategy working well and 

the sweet Saudi rescue may 

help the country to avoid 

some of the IMF’s harsh 

conditions, he noted. 

The president of the 

Apex chamber said that one 

of the reasons for Pakistan’s 

problems was rampant corruption 

but according to the 

latest report of World 

Economic Forum Pakistan 

has jumped from 140th 

number to 107th on the 

index which is good. 

SIALKOT: Pakistan Sports Goods Association Group Leader Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema is 

presenting a shield to Secretary Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) 

Rafay Bashir Shah during the annual dinner. 

citizenship, and quality of 

life. 

Another key measure 

was “power,” which determines 

how economically 

and politically influential a 

country was and weighed 

the strength of its international 

alliances and military. 

More than 21,000 business 

leaders, informed 

elites, and general citizens 

were surveyed with the goal 

of discovering how nations 

are perceived on a global 

scale. 

ISLAMABAD: Senate 

Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani 

on Friday said Gwadar is 

the future trade and economic 

centre of the entire 

region as it links South 

Asia with Central Asia and 

Europe. 

He said this during his 

meeting with Foreign 

Minister Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi who called on him 

on Friday to discuss the 

upcoming Asia 

Parliamentary Meeting. 

The international meeting 

is going to be held in 

Gwadar. 

Sanjrani and Qureshi 

discussed matters of mutual 

interest and political situation 

in the country. The 

foreign ministry lauded 

efforts of the Senate chairman 

for organizing an 

international conference. 

Both the leaders expressed 

The organisation states 

that the world’s most powerful 

countries are those 

that consistently dominate 

news headlines, preoccupy 

policymakers and shape 

economic forecasts. 

The foreign and economic 

policy decisions of 

the countries can have ripple 

effects all over the 

world. Also, their military 

budgets are tracked religiously, 

and the international 

community expects them 

to honour their pledges. 

Gwadar future trade 

centre of region: Sanjrani 

satisfaction over the 

arrangements for the meeting. 

Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi said it is a matter 

of proud for Pakistan that 

it is organizing an international 

conference. 

More than 100 individuals 

from 26 countries, 

including Iran, Saudi 

Arabia, Bangladesh, and 

France, are participating in 

the conference. 

Sanjrni said Pakistan 

will be the hub of trade in 

the future which will help 

trade development from 

Asia to Central and Central 

east Asia to Europe. The 

economic growth will not 

only leave positive impact 

on South Asia but on the 

entire Asia. 

He said entire country is 

united to build soft image 

of the country abroad. 

Asia's largest tomato centre 

suffers of deficit business 

Sawan Khaskheli 

BADIN: Asia's largest tomato centre in Badin was suffered 

of huge deficit and halted business. Persisting acute 

shortage of irrigatory water for many months which 

deprived hundreds of growers of cultivation of different 

crops, they cultivated tomato crop on thousands of acres 

and for such huge yield and production of tomato in the 

market, it lost the reasonable price and growers were sustaining 

economic loss due to very cheaper rates in the tomato 

centre of Badin. 

While imported tomato from Afghanistan and India has 

partially affected the market and it was sold out for Rs:150 

to 200 per packet of 16 kg and the same was available in the 

market for Rs: 10 to 15 per kg..On the other hand, dealers 

from other cities and districts were earning sufficient profit 

of such halted business in the tomato centre but growers 

were suffered of loss. Growers have demanded release of 

water for cultivation of other crops to save agro economy 

from harm and damage. 

ICCI delegation visits Spain to explore business opportunities 

ISLAMABAD: A 7-member delegation of 

Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry led 

by Muhammad Naveed Malik, former Senior 

Vice President ICCI visited Spain to explore 

opportunities for promoting bilateral trade and 

economicrelations between Pakistan and Spain. 

Asher Hafeez, M. Ashfaq Hussain Chatha, 

Tahir Ayub, Muhammad Faheem Khan, Ms. 

Nasira Ali and Ms. Ayesha Khan were in the delegation. 

The delegation was representing various 

sectors including food and food processing, construction 

and real estate. 

The delegation held meetings with Spanish 

counterparts and explored various areas that 

offered good potential for business collaboration 

between the private sectors of Pakistan and Spain. 

The delegation also visited Pakistan Embassy 

in Madrid and met with H.E. Khayyam Akbar, 

Ambassador of Pakistan to Spain and Dr. Hamid 

Ali, Commercial Counsellor. The Commercial 

Section of Pakistan Embassy in Spain extended 

facilitation services to the delegates. 

Khayyam Akbar, Ambassador of Pakistan to 

Spain and Dr. Hamid Ali, Commercial 

Counsellorbriefed the delegatesabout the potential 

areas of bilateral trade and investment opportunities 

between Pakistan and Spain. The delegation 

was happy to know that exports to Spain have 

increased significantly in the last three years and 

reached more than one billion dollars. 

TheAmbassador of Pakistan and Commercial 

Counsellorinformed the delegates that Pakistani 

private sector has good potential to enhance 

cooperation with Spanish counterparts in areas 

including textiles, food sector, IT, energy and 

construction. The ICCI delegation appreciated 

the efforts of Pakistan Embassy in Spain for 

opening Zara‘s Buying House in Pakistan. The 

Commercial Counsellor Dr. Hamid Ali also 

briefed the delegates about the Emerging 

Pakistan Initiative of Ministry of Commerce. 

Muhammad Naveed Malik, former Senior Vice 

President ICCI discussed with the Ambassador 

the possibilities of organizing a Business 

Opportunities Conference in Spain in March or 

April 2019 to highlight the business and investment 

potential in various sectors of Pakistan’s 

economy to the Spanish counterparts. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

OGDCL announces dividend 

for its shareholders 

ISLAMABAD: Oil & Gas Development Company Limited 

(OGDCL) has announced first interim cash dividend for the year 

2018-19 @ Rs 2.75 per share. 

The dividend will be paid to the shareholders whose names 

will appear in the Register of Members Wednesday, December 

12, 2018. This was decided in the meeting of Board of Directors 

of OGDCL. The meeting announced the financial results for the 

first quarter ended 30th September, 2018. The Company’s net sales revenue was registered 

as Rs 61.799 billion and Profit after tax stood at Rs 26.734 billion translating 

into Earnings per share of Rs 6.22. 

During the period under review, the Company paid Rs 12.628 billion on account 

of Taxes. On the exploration and development side company recorded significant 

enhancement in seismic efforts and drilling activities. 

PSO supports LUMS’ National 

Outreach Programme 

KARACHI: As part of its efforts towards ensuring the social development of 

Pakistan through quality education, PSO CSR Trust entered into an agreement with 

the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) for the sponsorship of six 

deserving scholars currently inducted at LUMS via their National Outreach 

Programme (NOP). 

An agreement was signed between the two organizations at a ceremony held at 

the Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) of LUMS. PSO CSR Trust also 

presented a cheque of approximately Rs 5.1 million as part of the support to LUMS. 

Those in attendance included Dr. Arshad Ahmad – Vice Chancellor of LUMS, who 

was accompanied by the LUMS Development Team as well as Mr. ShahzadSafdar 

– General Manager HR, PSO, who was accompanied by Ms. Aisha Rashid and Ms. 

RabbiaAnwaar representing the PSO CSR Trust. 

Numerous financially disadvantaged but intellectually bright scholars are inducted 

into LUMS programs through the NOP stream. Many scholars deemed eligible 

for the university’s programs hail from underprivileged areas. According to the 

agreement, the selected six NOP scholars will directly benefit from a one-year financial 

assistance provided on behalf of PSO. 

Huawei Drops the Ultimate Midrange 

Smartphone HUAWEI Y9 2019 in Pakistan 

HUAWEI Y9 2019 builds on the success of Huawei’s midrange devices 

and can be pre-ordered from 25th October –02nd November, 2018 

LAHORE: It’s that time of 

the year that Huawei brings 

their ultimate midrange king 

to the market and reigns 

supreme on this price segment. 

Once again, the company 

is gearing to launch the 

next-level HUAWEI Y9 

2019 – its latest offering as 

the successor to last year’s 

HUAWEI Mate 10 lite. The 

device features an elegant 

and sleek design and hardhitting 

specs that makes it a 

must-have for everyone. 

People can pre-order the 

device from Oct. 25 – Nov. 02, 2018 for PKR 37,999/- and win exciting gifts*. 

The HUAWEI Y9 2019 comes with a 6.5-inch HUAWEI FHD+ display with a 

breathtaking screen-to-body ratio that provides a unique bezel-less experience. The 

3D curved design lets you enjoy a true cinematic experience on the smartphone 

while watching videos or browsing through your favorite photos and websites. 

The real deal is its four camera – the 16MP+2MP dual front camera and the 

13MP+2MP dual rear camera. These pack a punch for users with vivid photography 

that make you look like a superstar! All this is powered by Huawei’s Kirin 710 Octacorechipset 

that has an improved performance of up to 75%, an enriching gaming 

experience and silky smooth operations. The HUAWEI Y9 2019 is sure to meet the 

entertainment needs of youngsters with its remarkable gaming and video features. 

IMC announces financial 

results for 1st Quarter 

KARACHI: The Quarterly Board Meeting of Indus Motor 

Company Ltd. (IMC) for the first Quarter of FY 18-19 was held on 

October 26, 2018. 

The CKD and CBU sales of IMC for the quarter ended 

September 30, 2018 were 15,560 units, up by 1.3% compared to 

15,354 units for the same period last year. 

The company’s sales turnover increased to Rs 34.9 billion, up 12% over Rs. 31.2 

billion in the last quarter. The increase in revenue represents change in sales mix and 

slightly improved volumes compared to the same period last year. 

The profit after tax in the first quarter of FY18-19 was Rs 3.5 billion, down by 

3.3% from Rs 3.6 billion achieved during the same quarter last year. Earnings per 

share decreased by 3.3% to Rs 44.63, as compared to Rs. 46.17 in the same quarter 

last year. The profit has declined mainly due to increase in cost of inputs on account 

of rupee devaluation against all major currencies. 

ZTBL starts Islamic Banking 

ISLAMABAD: Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd has started the regular launch of Islami 

Banking. 

In the current era, Islamic banking is very important for any financial institution 

and especially in the agricultural sector where farmers feel hesitant to 

take loans on interest due to which the importance of Islamic banking has 

increased . 

Further to build a productive image of the bank and the welfare of the 

employees and their Promotion which took place during his tenure will always 

be remembered in golden words.

Four-member special PCB committee 

to oversee all cricketing matters 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

LAHORE: The Pakistan 

Cricket Board has constituted 

a four-member special 

committee to oversee all 

cricketing matters in the 

country. 

According to a notification 

issued by the PCB 

today, former cricketer and 

selector Mohsin Khan will 

serve as the chairman of the 

committee. Former captains 

Wasim Akram, Misbah-ul- 

Haq, Urooj Mumtaz are the 

other three members of the 

committee. 

A press statement issued 

by the board said the special 

committee would assist and 

advise the PCB chairman in 

the review of the plans for 

LAHORE: First Punjab 

Jinnah Development Golf 

Tournament started at 

Pakistan Air Force 

Skyview Golf & Country 

Club Lahore today. 

promotion and conduct of 

game of cricket at all levels 

in the country. 

The term of reference for 

the committee include formulating 

playing conditions 

for domestic matches, overseeing 

appointment of 

selection committees, overseeing 

the appointment of 

national team coaches. 

The four-member committee 

will meet the chief 

selector and coach (men, 

Brigadier (Retd.) 

Shahid Wahab Rao, 

Secretary Punjab Golf 

1st Punjab Jinnah Development Tour Golf Tournament 

Commences at PAF Skyview Golf & Country Club 

LAHORE: Punjab Golf Association (PGA) Secretary, Brigadier (Retd) Shahid Wahab 

Rao in a group photo along with Participants of 1st Punjab Jinnah Development Tour 

Golf Tournament held at PAF Skyview Golf and Country Club. 

One Day Netball workshop 

held on 5th November 


KARACHI: Pakistan 

Netball Federation is 

organizing the "One Day 

Netball Workshop" to be 

held on 5th November 

2018 (Monday) at 

Auditorium of City School 

PAF Chapter, Karachi 

from 9.00. am to 1.00 pm. 

The main aim of this 

workshop to create the 

awareness of netball basic 

rules, netball technique & 

skill, attacking & defending 

techniques and also 

formation of the game with 

basic coaching of netball. 

All sports related persons 

i.e. coaches, players, 

umpires, sports teachers, 

sports coordinator etc are 

also eligible to participate 

in this workshop. 

The last date of 

Registration is 3rd 

November 2018, however 

the registration fee is free 

of cost. 

Pakistan Netball federation 

will also award the 

participation certificates 

among the participants. 

Pakistan Edged Past Malaysia 

1-0; face them again is Semis 

Association (PGA) was 

the chief guest at the opening 

ceremony. 

Sponsored by Punjab 

Golf Association, the 

tournament will be played 

from 26 till 28 October, 

2018 at PAF Skyview 

Golf & Country Club 

Lahore. Besides Pakistan 

Air Force, professional 

golfers from all over 

Pakistan will participate 

in the event. 

PAF Skyview Golf and 

Country Club has recently 

been awarded accreditation 

with Pakistan Golf 

Federation (PGF) and 

hence selected to host its 

first ranking tournament. 

women and junior teams) 

three times a year, and 

review plans for the development 

of umpires, referees 

and curators. 

The committee will also 

receive an annual assessment 

of performance from 

the management on 

umpires and referees. It will 

be responsible for preparation 

and quality of pitches, 

the condition of playing 

facilities (dressing rooms, 

practice facilities including 

net wickets), and giving 

views on any other matter 

referred by the chairman. 

Former cricketers 

Mudassar Nazar, Haroon 

Rasheed, and Zakir Khan 

will assist the committee in 

carrying out its functions. 

Zakir Khan will serve as 

Director International 

Cricket, Haroon Rasheed 

will act as Director 

Domestic Cricket, while 

Mudassar Nazar will perform 

duties as Director 

Academies. 

Jason Gillespie 

Eyes Australian 

Selector Role 

SYDNEY: Australian 

bowling great Jason 

Gillespie and current 

Sussex County Cricket 

Club coach has said that he 

wants to take up a more 

"challenging role" as he 

revealed his aspirations to 

get involved in the selection 

committee for Cricket 

Australia (CA). 

Gillespie, who had also 

helped Yorkshire to backto-back 

Division One 

crowns in 2014 and 2015, 

said that it is hard for the 

national team selectors to 

pick players in the 50-over 

format banking on their performances 

in the Big Bash 

League. 

Gillespie, touted as a 

possible Australia head 

coach before Justin Langer's 

appointment in May, has 

also coached as a consultant 

for Cricket Australia in the 

past. "I'd certainly love to be 

involved in selection at 

some point in the future," he 

retire against told cricket.com.au. 

Tearful Naomi 

Osaka retires 

from WTA finals 

SINGAPORE: Japanese 

sensation Naomi Osaka's 

WTA Finals debut ended in 

tears on Friday as she was 

forced to 

Kiki Bertens, handing the 

Dutchwoman a surprise 

spot in the semi-finals. 

Bertens won the first set 6- 

3 in 47 minutes at the 

Singapore Indoor Stadium 

before US Open champion 

Osaka, who wiped away 

tears, forfeited the match. 

It was a bitterly disappointing 

end for the 21-year-old, 

who came into Singapore 

as the form player but lost 

three-set matches toSloane 

Stephens and Angelique 

Kerber. 

But it was enough for 

Bertens to seal a final four 

spot in her debut at the season 

finale, having defeated 

top seed Kerber earlier in 

the round-robin phase. 

Bertens only qualified 

for the WTA Finals just 

days before the tournament 

after world number one 

Simona Halep withdrew 

due to injury. 

SINGAPORE: A confident 

Sloane Stephens 

stormed into a semi slot at 

the WTA Finals with a 

convincing straight sets 

victory against top seed 

Angelique Kerber Friday, 

joining fellow debutant 

Kiki Bertens in the knockout 

stage. 

The former US Open 

champion continued her 

unbeaten run in Singapore 

with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph in 

101 minutes, her fifth 

straight-sets victory in a 

row over Kerber. 

After topping Red 

Group, Stephens will play 

Czech Karolina Pliskova 

in the semi-finals. 

For the first time since 

2003, none of the top four 

seeds advanced to the 


KARACHI: Irfan 

Memorial FC District East 

beat Young Patni FC district 

central by 3-0 score 

line in their Pre quarter 

final match, while moved 

in last quarter final in All 

Karachi Abdul Waheed 

Memorial 5 Star football 

tournament here on 

Tuesday at Noorani 

Eidgha Ground New 

Karachi. 

A one side clash 

between Irfan Memorial 

(east) and Young Patni 

(central) yesterday, Irfan 

Memorial took a 1-0 lead 

in 8th minute when Young 

Patni Muhammad Bilal 

scored an qqqqown goal 

while trying to clear a shot 

from Islah’s Saleem 

Patni.at the half time score 

was 1-0. 

At the half time The 

Chief guest Haji 


Sportlight 

Muhammad Owais 

Material Walay and vice 

Preaident DFA Central 

Muhammad Shamim were 

introduces with both team 

Players While President 

Hussaini FC Muhammad 

Sabir Khatri, Secretary 

DFA Central & 

International Footballer 

M.Saleem Patni, 

Tournament Secretary 

Muhammad Sadiq Khatri, 

Ex member Central 

Wassem Alam, 

Muhammad Tahir, 

Muhammad, Shakeel, 

Zakir Khatri, Abdul 

Kareem Joji, Shahid Tao, 

Umer Farooq Khatri, 

Arsalan, Kashan, 

Muhammad Anwar, Ghani 

Handa were also present. 

Young Patni was under 

pressure during all time in 

the match encounter due to 

solid defence and excellent 

combination of Irfan 

7 

Irfan Memoral FC moved last 

eight in All Karachi Soccer 


KARACHI: Al Karam 

Sports defeated Nazeer 

Hussain Gymkhana Colts 

by 2,wickets in the KCCA 

Zone One Challenge Cup 

T-20 Cricket Tournament 

played at the TMC 

Ground. 

Summarized Scores: 

Batting first Nazeer 

Hussain Gymkhana Colts 

Scored 180 for 7 in allotted 

20 Overs. 

Shahzor Khan scored 

63,runs,Wajahat Iqbal 38 

and Hafiz Uzair 24.Butt 

Khan, Muhammad 

Mushfiq and Waleed 

Sheikh got two wickets 

each. 

In reply Al Karam 

Sports Scored 184 for 8 in 

19.3 Overs.Akhtar Abbas 

Memorials’ motivated 

players.Young Patni failed 

to score 

in the second half from 

the winners while Saleem 

Patni’s kick from the distance 

of 20 meterqllll on 

right side. The ball quickly 

into the net over the head 

of opponent goal keeper in 

35 minutes while Irfan 

Memorial make the lead 2- 

0, after 13 minute The 

yuong patni player did the 

fowl in Penalty aria referee 

Saleem uddin Babar 

awarded the penalty kick 

while Saleem Patni scored 

the goal and score was 3-0 

and score was sane till the 

final Visel of the refree. 

The matches were 

supervised referees by 

Saleem uddin Babar, Syed 

Kaleem and Syed Babar 

Naseem while Syed 

Khursheed Ali Shah was 

the match commissioner. 

Al Karam Sports win in Zone 1 

Challenge Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament 

KARACHI: Group Photo of Al Karam Sports Zone 1 with Munir Ali Qadri,Arif Waheed 

,Tariq Hafeez,Wasim Alvi and Dr.Arif Hafeez on the Occasion of Zone One Challenge 

Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament. 

semi-finals of the WTA 

Finals. 

"I stayed solid the 

whole time knowing there 

was a lot on the line," 

Stephens said after the 

match. 

"I knew it was going to 

be a battle and just tried to 

play as hard as I could." 

The match started 

tensely, with Kerber 

unable to convert seven 

break points in Stephens´ 

first three service games, 

and the missed opportunities 

proved costly. 

An energetic Stephens 

made her pay by converting 

all three of her break 

points to draw first blood. 

The American impressively 

counterattacked and 

pinpointed the lines to 

frustrate Kerber, who survived 

an injury scare when 

she landed awkwardly 

midway through the first 

set. 

Kerber was immediately 

under pressure in the 

second set and saved seven 

break points in the fourth 

game before cracking 

under the pressure. 

There was still fight left 

in the German, who broke 

straight back but continued 

to struggle on serve. 

"If the court was a little 

bit faster, maybe the result 

would be on my side 

today," she said. "I made a 

little bit more mistakes 

than usual." 

On her fifth break point, 

Stephens claimed the decisive 

break in the eighth 

scored 57 runs,Waleed 

Sheikh 31,Zain ul Hoda 30 

not out and Ahmed Ali 

14.Hafiz Talha took 3 

wickets for 34 runs and 

Ahmed Talal took 2 for 25. 

Result: Al Karam 

Sports won by 8 Wickets. 

Toss: Al Karam Sports 

Umpires: Kamran 

Fahim and Ejaz Khan 

Scorer: Rashid Aslam 

Stephens downs top seed Kerber, storms into WTA finals 

game and then served it 

out to knockout the 

Wimbledon champion. 

Bertens faces unbeaten 

Elina Svitolina after a 

hamstring injury forced 

Naomi Osaka´s retirement 

earlier Friday. 

She won the first set 6- 

3 in 47 minutes before US 

Open champion Osaka, 

who wiped away tears, forfeited 

the match. 

It was a bitterly disappointing 

end for the 21- 

year-old, who came into 

Singapore as the form 

player but lost three-set 

matches to Stephens and 

Kerber. 

"I hurt my left hamstring 

in the first match 

(against Stephens)," Osaka 

told reporters. 


KARACHI: It was these 

two teams' last match of the 

round robin phase at the 

Hero Asian Champions 

Trophy Hockey 

Tournament at the Sultan 

Qaboos Sports Complex in 

Muscat, Oman. 

Both Pakistan and 

Malaysia had already qualified 

for the semifinals, and 

also virtually assured to 

face each other again in the 

last four stage. 

Still, there was more 

than the bragging rights 

attached to this tie. 

What added spice to this 

match was the fact that 

Malaysia's head coach, 

Dutchman Roelant 

Oltmans, was in charge of 

Pakistan team till one 

month back. 

Under Oltmans tutelage, 

Pakistan had defeated 

Malaysia 4-1 when the two 

sides last met, in the Asian 

Games two months back. 

Nothing much to 

describe the first 30 minutes. 

There were some soft 

circle entries at either end. 

The only shot at the goal 

came via an Imran Butt 

blunder. Pakistani net minder's 

ridiculous clearance 

went to an opponent at the 

top of the circle. The 

Malaysian forward, who 

had all the time in the 

world, made a hash of it, 

shooting straight at Imran 

Butt. Neither side had a 

penalty corner. Things 

livened up in the second 

half. The tempo was faster 

and both the teams had 

some good chances but fine 

show by the two custodians 

and poor shooting meant it 

was still goal less after 

three quarters. 

2nd ACBS / IBSF Snooker Asian 

Tour In China From 28th Oct 


KARACHI: The 2nd championship of 

the Asian Tour 10 Reds Snooker 2018, will 

be held from 28th–31st October 2018 in 

Jinan, China. The hosting honours are with 

CBSA, the Chinese Billiards & Snooker 

Association. Played in the new popular format, 

the 1st championship which witnessed 

the 24 leading players of the world was held 

in Doha, Qatar. It was won by Muhammad 

Bilal from Pakistan. 

The( PBSA) Pakistan Billiards & 

Snooker Association in its press release has 

announced that the 3 member team which 

will participate in second stage of the ACBS 

Asian Tour 2018 will include the following 

players: Muhammad Bilal, Haris Tahir, 

Babar Masih. 

Red Army thrashes Sixteen Star Academy in Leisure 

Leagues School and Academy Championship 


KARACHI: Red Army 

recorded a convincing 2-0 

victory against Sixteen Star 

Academy in the ongoing 

Leisure Leagues School and 

Academy Championship 

here at Sixteen Star Ground. 

Mohammad Bilal and 

Mohammad Sheharyar 

scored one goal each for the 

winners in the small-sided 

football tournament match. 

In another match, 

Sixteen Star Green defeated 

Anglo GBSS School by 1-0 

score thanks to Qumber 

Abbas for producing the 

solitary goal of the match. 

The third match between 

Muslim GBSS School and 

Titans FC ended in a goalless 

draw. The match 

between Red Army Jr. and 

Sixteen Star Blue also 

ended in a draw. 

Leisure Leagues, is a 

company of World Group, 

which is owned by The 

Trunkwala Family. It is the 

largest global organizer of 

5, 6 and 7-a-side football 

events. Leisure Leagues has 

considerably large footprints, 

having organized 

leagues in Wales, England, 

Scotland and Northern 

Ireland. Leisure has also 

been operational in United 

States. Leisure Leagues set 

foot in Pakistan in 2016. 

Last year, Trunkwala 

Family brought former 

football super star Brazilian 

Ronaldinho and Friends – 

including former 

Manchester United stalwart 

Ryan Giggs, former 

England goalkeeper David 

James, Dutch star George 

Boateng, former French 

players Robert Pires and 

Nicolas Anelka and 

Portuguese player Luis Boa 

Morte. Two high-voltage 

matches were played in 

Lahore and Karachi when 

foreign players of other 

sports including cricket 

were reluctant to visit 

Pakistan due to security 

apprehensions. Leisure 

Leagues is now organizing 

different small-sided football 

events throughout 

Pakistan in more than a 

dozen cities. Leisure 

Leagues is also organizing 

small-sided football events 

in schools and colleges as 

well. Leisure Leagues has 

also played an important 

role in establishing 

International Socca 

Federation (ISF) and also 

played an important part in 

organizing first ever ISF 

World Cup in Portugal. 

Leisure Leagues has also 

established Pakistan Socca 

Team, which has participated 

in ISF Socca World Cup 

and has won ‘Fair Play’ 

award.

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Pakistan and AJK fully respect 

neutrality of UNMOGIP: Masood Khan 

ISLAMABAD: 

ISLAMABAD: Sardar 

Masood Khan, President of 

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 

Friday visited the Pakistan 

Headquarters of the United 

Nations Military Observer 

Group in India and Pakistan 

(UNMOGIP). 

The President met the 

Head of the Mission and 

Chief Military Observer, 

Major General José Eladio 

Alcaín, and other officers of 

UNMOGIP. 

During the meeting, the 

President said that the people 

of Jammu and Kashmir 

and Pakistan attach the 

highest importance to the 

second oldest peacekeeping 

mission of the United 

Nations, which has been 

rendering its services since 

1951 with the highest degree 

ISLAMABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan 

addressing a seminar regarding “7 Decades Resistance: UN Kashmir Report and the 

Way Forward” at a local hotel. Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Convener Tehreek-e-Hurriyart 

Conference Ghulam Muhammad Safi, Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal 

and Ameer Jammat Islami AJK Chapter Abdul Rasheed Turabi are also present. 

of professionalism in pursuance 

of the UN Charter 

and the UN Security 

Council Resolutions. 

ISLAMABAD: The sought list of the airhostesses 

Pakistan International 

on seniority basis. 

Airline management has 

decided to remove as many 

as 80 airhostesses serving 

The purpose of their 

removal from services is to 

reduce financial burden on 

on various stations of the the organization. As per 

country from their services, 

sources said on Friday. 

details, more than 1,850 

airhostesses are currently 

The affected airhostesses 

serving the PIA. 

were serving the PIA PIA Spokesperson 

on contract basis and the 

management has decided 

to not extend their contracts. 

Following the decision, 

the management has 

Mashood Tajor when asked 

refused possibility of any 

such decision. He said no 

employee is being removed 

from service. He denied 

The President also 

apprised the Head of the 

Mission about the situation 

along the Line of Control 

any such development. 

He said many of PIA 

employees are languishing 

in the jail of different countries 

due to their alleged 

involvement in illegal 

activities and many others 

are on leaves. 

He said many of PIA 

employees have been left 

the organization, adding 

that no one was removed 

from service. The 

spokesperson said he 

didn’t receive any letter in 

and informed him that the 

Government of Pakistan, 

Government of Azad 

Kashmir and the Armed 

Alleged downsizing , PIA to remove 

over 80 airhostesses from service 

Google fires dozens for sexual 

harassment in 2 years 

At least 48 employees, including 13 senior managers fired, company’s CEO says 

NEW YORK: Google 

fired at least 48 employees 

in the past two years for 

sexual harassment allegations, 

the company's CEO 

said Thursday. 

Sundar Pichai told 

employees in an e-mail 

that Google is taking an 

"increasingly hard line" on 

sexual misconduct at the 

company. 

He said the dismissals 

included 13 senior managers. 

The statement came in 

response to an article in the 

New York Times that 

claimed sexual misconduct 

at the company. 

Android creator Andy 

Rubin received a $90 million 

pay-off after Google 

asked him to resign over 

sexual harassment allegations 

while witnesses 

signed a confidentiality 

agreement, according to 

the newspaper. 

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah offers fateha after condolence 

with MPA Abdul Jabbar Khan on his brother’s death at his residence. 

Chief of EU’s Election Observation Mission calls on FM 

EU lauds continuity of 

democratic process in Pak 

ISLAMABAD: The European Union Chief 

Election Observer Michael Gahler called on 

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in 

Islamabad on Friday. 

The two sides discussed successful conclusion 

of general elections and peaceful transfer of power 

to democratically elected government for a third 

consecutive time. 

Foreign Minister highlighted that Pakistan has 

been welcoming international election observers 

since 2002 and EU Observers were deployed 

across the country in general elections of 2002, 

2008, 2013 and 2018. 

European Union Chief Election observer recognized 

continuity of the democratic process 

which was essential for creating an enabling 

environment for peace, stability and development 

in the country. 

He also handed over a copy of the final report 

of EU-EOM on general elections 2018. 

Governor 

asks students 

to excel in IT 

B A H A W A L P U R : 

Governor Punjab, Ch 

Muhammad Sarwar has said 

that the students should 

excel in contemporary disciplines 

of knowledge especially 

Information 

Technology (IT). 

He stated these remarks 

while addressing the 14th 

Convocation of Islamia 

University of Bahawalpur as 

chief guest here on Friday. 

He said “we have to 

eliminate illiteracy and 

excel in the modern world 

through education”. 

He advised the students 

to obey and respect their 

parents and never to forget 

their roots. 

this connection so far. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that as many as 

80 airhostesses have 

allegedly been removed 

from their services. These 

employees were servicing 

at different stations, including 

Karachi, Lahore and 

Islamabad. 

PIA AVP Flying 

Services Nadia Khan said 

as many as 1,637 airhostesses 

are serving the organization. 

PM takes notice of 

delay in disposal 

of official work in 

Gov’t offices 

ISLAMABAD: 

Minister Imran Khan while 

taking notice of delay in 

work at government offices 

decided to introduce yellow, 

green and red color for correspondence. 

According to media 

reports, with the help of 

these colors, nature of official 

work will be determined. 

A special letter from government 

office has also been 

issued to related institutions . 

PM Imran Khan while 

taking notice of slow paced 

official work in government 

offices has issued letter to 

respective departments . 

It has been said in the letter 

that decision has been 

taken to seek help from colors 

to ensure timely disposal 

of official works. 

It has been said further 

that green color will be used 

for general nature correspondence, 

and yellow paper 

will be used after passage of 

50 percent. 

DEAD SEA: The death 

toll from flash floods near 

Jordan’s shore of the Dead 

Sea rose to 20 on Friday, in 

what Civil Defense officials 

said was one of the deadliest 

incidents in the kingdom 

involving schoolchildren. 

The search for survivors 

continued after daybreak, 

with helicopters and teams 

with sniffer dogs scouring 

the rocky slopes near the 

Dead Sea in the Jordan 

Valley. 

The body of a 12-yearold 

girl was found early on 

Friday and several more people 

were still feared missing, 

said the director general of 

the Civil Defense, Mustafa 

al-Basaiah. 

Thirteen of the dead and 

26 of about three dozen people 

injured in Thursday’s 

flash floods were middle 

school children, officials 

said. They said three of those 

killed, including two students, 

were Iraqis living in 

Forces of Pakistan have 

come up with a comprehensive 

strategy to provide protection 

and relief to the residents 

living along the Line 

of Control in Azad Kashmir, 

that includes construction of 

bunkers and increase in 

compensation for the 

affectees. The President 

wished the Observers well 

and assured them of the full 

cooperation in completion 

of their mission. 

President Masood Khan 

said that Pakistan and Azad 

Kashmir fully respected 

absolute neutrality and 

impartiality of UNMOGIP. 

Peace and security, he 

said, were imperative for 

South Asia, and the mission 

was playing a very constructive 

role in that regard. 

Thunder burns 

two Pakistanis 

in Jeddah 

JEDDAH: Two 

Pakistanis working in Saudi 

Arabia have fallen victim to 

the lightening that led to their 

unfortunate demise. 

According to the details, 

both were found dead behind 

a petrol pump. Saudi Arabia 

has been suffering from 

heavy rains for the last few 

days owing to which the rain 

water flooded the entire 

country. On Wednesday, two 

Pakistani herdsmen died 

because of the lightening but 

news of their death surfaced 

on Thursday when a passerby 

seen their dead bodies. 

The casual observer 

immediately reported the 

incident to the local police. 

The police rushed to the site 

Prime and found their bodies with 

burning signs on different 

parts of the bodies. 

KARACHI: The Council of 

Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) 

has expressed great concerns over 

the denial of Government 

Advertisements to Sindh-based 

Newspapers and called upon the 

Federal Government to stop the 

information department from crushing 

the media institutions of the 

province.This demand was raised at a 

meeting of Editors ofSindh-based 

newspapers in its Sindh Committee 

Meeting which was convened to 

deliberate upon the non-release of 

Federal Government's advertisements 

pertaining to announcements, 

employment opportunities, auctions, 

procurements, tender notices, public 

welfare schemes, development projects 

and other public awareness campaigns 

to Sindh-based newspapers. 

A resolution adopted at the meeting 

says that the incumbent Federal 

Government which chooses to ignore 

UN announces Human Rights 

Awards for Asma Jahangir 

United 

Nation has announced to 

confer Human Rights 

posthumous award to Asma 

Jhangir, a social activist 

and renowned lawyer 

acknowledging her services 

for humanity. 

The announcement for 

award to late Asma Jhangir 

appeared on official twitter 

of President General 

Assembly of United Nation 

Maria Fernanda. He wrote 

in his twitter that “we are 

W A S H I N G T O N : 

Actress Scarlett Johansson 

has reportedly rejected 

funding from Saudi Crown 

Prince Mohammed bin 

Salman for an upcoming 

film. 

The actress was supposed 

to star in a movie 

about Pulitzer prize-winning 

photojournalist Lynsey 

Addario, which was going 

to be directed by Ridley 

Scott. 

In an interview with the 

New York Times, Addario 

said Johanson's call to reject 

funding was made before 

the killing of Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi. 

Saudi officials last week 

said Khashoggi, a columnist 

for The Washington 

Post, was killed in a fistfight 

at its consulate in 

Istanbul. 

“Scarlett Johansson said 

absolutely not,” Addario 

told the New York Times on 

Wednesday. “She said: 

‘This guy is perpetuating 

the war in Yemen. He has 

women in prison.’” 

The photojournalist 

noted the reason bin Salman 

announcing UN wards for 

the winners of 2018” 

The president UN sated 

that names of four winners 

of awards including Asma 

Jhangir(late) are announced 

for their services and 

regarded the awards a 

proud for him. 

Besides Asma Jhangir, 

other winners include 

Rabeeka Jumy of Tanzania, 

Brazelian lawyer Joenia 

wapizana and Human 

Rights Organization “Front 

wanted to be a part of the 

film was a part of a larger 

"charm campaign" which 

would make the West 

believe the crown prince 

was interested in American 

culture. Bin Salman went to 

Hollywood in April, and 

met with movie stars and 

studio executives, including 

actor Dwayne Johnson and 

Oprah Winfrey. 

"A pleasure to have a 

Line Defenders” 

Asma Jhangir is the 

fourth Pakistani who won 

Human Right Awards of 

United Nation. 

Earlier in 1978 Begum 

Rehna Liaqat Ali Khan, in 

2008 Benazir Bhutto and in 

2013 Malala Yousaf Zai 

have also won the awards. 

Asma Jhangir has struggled 

for rule of law, independence 

of judiciary and 

restoration of democracy in 

Pakistan. 

US actress rejects funding 

for film from Saudi prince 

Scarlett Johansson cites war in Yemen, imprisonment of women in 

rejecting money from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 

Sindh-based newspapers in respect 

of advertisements should also stop 

benefitting from the income generated 

by the coal, gas, oil, port and other 

resources of Sindh. 

The meeting strongly urged Prime 

Minister Imran Khan and Federal 

Information Minister Fawad 

Chaudhry to ensure immediate, judicious 

and impartial distribution of 

advertisements among Sindh-based 

newspapers on the pattern of 

National Finance Commission 

award. 

The resolution further says that 

the act of pushing newspapers of 

Sindh into an economic crisis will 

not only render thousands of journalists 

and media workers jobless, but 

will also deprive the people of their 

right to access to information. It 

warns that such measures are harmful 

foe Federal solidarity. 

Those who spoke at the meeting 

private dinner with the 

Crown Prince of Saudi 

Arabia, Mohammed bin 

Salman," Johnson said in an 

Instagram post after meeting 

bin Salman. 

Johanson has previously 

come under fire for quitting 

the charitable organization 

Oxfam because of her rejection 

of the Boycott, 

Sanctions, and Divestments 

movement. 

CPNE demands advertisement for Sindh-based newspapers 

Amman. 

The incident began early 

Thursday afternoon when 37 

students from an Amman 

private school, along with 

seven adult chaperones, as 

well as other visitors were 

taking a break at hot springs 

several kilometers from the 

Dead Sea shores. Sudden 

heavy rains sent flash floods 

surging toward them from 

included CPNE Secretary General 

Dr. Jabbar Khattak, Deputy 

Chairman Sindh Committee 

GhulamNabiChandio and senior 

members 

AijazulHaq, 

AamerMahmood, KaziAsadAbid, 

Hamid HussainAbidi, Adnan Malik, 

Anwar Sajidi, Tahir Farooq, Sher 

Muhammad Khuhawar, Abdul 

Khalique Ali, Abdul Rehman 

Mangrio, Muhammad Tahir, 

MuzaffarEjaz, Ahmed Iqbal Baloch, 

Muhammad YounusMahar, Rafiq 

Ahmed Pirzada, Mian Tariq Jawed, 

Usman Arib Sati, Faisal Shahjahan, 

SuhbatBuriro, Muhammad 

JafarJatoi, Bashir Ahmed Memon, 

Raza Shah, DrWaqarYousufAzimi, 

QaziShahmeer, Salman Qureshi, 

Amir Khatak, Tariq Aziz, 

RafaqatTanoli, Ali Bin Younus, 

MehmoodAlam 

Khalid, 

ZahidaAbbasi, HasinaJatoi and Sidra 

Kanwal. 

Death toll in Jordan flood rises to 20, mostly children 

DEAD SEA: Jordanian rescuers search for survivors of flash floods at the Dead Sea 

area. The body of a 12-year-old girl, was recovered early Friday, a day after middle 

school students and teachers visiting hot springs in the area were swept away by the 

torrent. Civil defense officials say the surge, caused by heavy rains, carried some for 

several kilometers (miles) toward the Dead Sea. 

higher ground, sweeping 

them away, some as far as 

the Dead Sea, officials said. 

A complex rescue operation 

involving helicopters, 

divers, sniffer dogs and hundreds 

of searchers continued 

into the night Thursday and 

resumed Friday. Israel’s military 

said it also dispatched a 

rescue team at the request of 

the Jordanian government. 

Brig. Gen. Farid al- 

Sharaa, a Civil Defense 

spokesman, said Friday that 

the flooding was one of the 

deadliest incidents in recent 

memory involving schoolchildren. 

Jordan’s KingAbdullah II 

canceled a planned working 

visit to Bahrain, initially 

scheduled for Friday. He was 

to have been the keynote 

speaker at a security conference. 

In a message on his 

Twitter account, the monarch 

said that “the pain of each 

father, mother and family is 

my pain.” He also expressed 

anger toward those who he 

said “failed to take measures 

that could have prevented 

this painful incident,” but 

stopped short of assigning 

specific blame. 

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