28 Oct 2018

CMYK 

CMYK 

CMYK 

Metropolitan: 

SC orders for 

elimination of 

encroachments from 

Karachi within 15 days 

Page 2 

International: 

Saudi rejects 

Turkey call 

to extradite 

Khashoggi killers 

Page 5 

Sportlight: 

Pakistan beat 

Australia by 11 

runs, clinch 

T20 series 

Page 7 

CMYK 

Member APNS 

ABC CERTIFIED 

Reg. No. 1655 

CMYK 

CMYK 

Rs 10.00 Vol. X No.298 8 Pages 

On Tips 

Prayer Timings Karachi 

Fajr 

4:51am 

Sunrise 

6:09am 

Zohar 

12:34pm 

Asr 

5:08pm 

Maghrib 

6:59pm 

Isha 

8:18pm 

City Temperature 

Min Max 

Khi 27 ο C 31 ο C 

Lhr 24 ο C 38 ο C 

Isb 27 ο C 37 ο C 

Qta 20 ο C 32 ο C 

Psh 26 ο C 37 ο C 

FOREX RATES 1800GMT 

GBP/USD 1.32 

EUR/USD 1.13 

USD/JPY 100.49 

USD/CHF 0.97 

Two arrested for 

gang-rape of 27-yearold 

girl in Karachi 

KARACHI: Police 

on Saturday arrested two 

suspects for allegedly 

raping a 27-year-old girl 

in Karachi’s Delhi 

Colony area. 

According to details, 

the police arrested two 

suspects namely Qaiser 

and Shahzad from the 

city’s Delhi Colony area 

for repeatedly raping 

and providing drugs to 

an orphan girl. A third 

suspect named Taimoor 

is still at large. 

Police say the first 

suspect was arrested on 

the complaint of the victim’s 

mother who reportedly 

fought with him 

after he approached her 

and her daughter during 

a market visit. 

The victim’s mother, 

in her statement, said 

that she was on a market 

visit when the one of the 

suspects approached 

them and started harassing 

her daughter upon 

which they cried for help 

which resulted in gathering 

of a crowd and ultimately 

the police. 

ATC extends 10-day 

physical remand of 

Mansha Bomb 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Anti-terrorism Court on 

Saturday extended the 

10-day physical remand 

of land mafia don 

Mansha bomb and his 

son. According to 

details, the land mafia 

don Mansha Bomb and 

his son was produced 

before the ATC judge 

Sheikh Sajjad after ending 

their physical 

remand. 

The investigative 

officer told the court that 

during the investigation 

rupees 4.28 million were 

found from them. 

Nisar denies news 

regarding joining 

political party 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Former interior minister 

and firebrand politician 

Chaudhry Nisar on 

Saturday dismissed 

reports that he was joining 

any political party. 

Addressing to the 

workers, who gathered 

to welcome him after 

returning from 

London, he said that 

the country was heading 

towards a political 

confrontation, adding 

that the instability 

would increase in the 

country if the issue of 

political confrontation 

is not addressed. 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

People’s Party (PPP) cochairman 

Asif Ali Zardari on 

Saturday said that he or his 

party are not interested in 

toppling the Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. 

Addressing a press 

conference in Lahore, the 

former president said that he 

doesn’t want to topple the 

government but wants the 

PTI to fail and leave the government. 

KARACHI EDITION – Sunday, October 28, 2018, Safar 18, 1440 

Zardari rules out chances of NRO with govt 

Not interested in 

toppling PTI govt 

Says real problem is with me, but my friends are being nabbed 

LAHORE: Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman, Asif Ali 

Zardari addresses to media persons during press conference 

held at local hotel. 

LAHORE: Ex-prime 

minister Nawaz Sharif on 

Saturday has summoned 

consultative meeting of 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Nawaz (PML-N) to deliberate 

on anti-government 

alliance. 


senior leaders including 

Khawaja Asif, Khawaja 

Saad Rafique and Marriyum 

Aurangzeb will attend the 

meeting. The participants 

will discuss strategies 

regarding anti-government 

alliance. 

About the upcoming All 

Parties Conference (APC) 

against the government and 

the the parties’ participation, 

he said that the initiative was 

taken by Maulana Fazlur 

Rehman and it is yet to be 

seen if the conference sees 

the light of the day or not. 

“Neither Nawaz (Sharif) 

needs me nor do I need him, 

this initiative (APC) was 

taken by Maulana Fazlur 

Rehman and it is yet to be 

Earlier, Jamiat Ulemae-Islam-Fazl 

(JUI-F) Chief 

Maulana Fazlur Rehman 

telephoned Nawaz and 

suggested that the opposition 

parties should unite “at 

the earliest in their bid to 

give tough time” to the 

government. Fazl while 

informing Nawaz of the 

former’s meeting with 

Zardari suggested that the 

opposition parties should 

unite “at the earliest in their 

bid to give tough time” to 

the government. 

Nawaz Sharif on his part 

seen if it is successful,” said 

Zardari while answering a 

question about a PML-N, 

PPP alliance against the government. 

The PPP co-chairman 

claimed that he is being 

“attacked from all sides” and 

his friends are being arrested 

for ‘they’ want to repeal the 

18th amendment. 

“I am being attacked 

from all sides and have now 

realized that the quarrel was 

about the 18th 

Amendment.” He added that 

all four provinces including 

Punjab would not agree to 

roll back the legislation as 

Punjab is the biggest beneficiary 

of the amendment 

because of its large population 

and the amount it 

receives. 

Replying to a question, 

the former president said 

had never been a beneficiary 

of the NRO. He said the former 

chief justice of the apex 

court had nullified the NRO 

and all the cases against him 

had been reopened. 

Nawaz calls meeting to 

deliberate anti-govt alliance 

FIA arrests Anwar 

Majeed’s son 

CJP summons Omni Group’s records 

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Officials 

arrested Omni Group Chairman, Anwar Majeed’s son 

Nimar outside the Supreme Court Registry. 

KARACHI: The from the FIA. 

Federal Investigation Chief Justice Mian 

Agency (FIA) on Saturday 

arrested Omni Group chairman 

Saqib Nisar in his remarks 

questioned how someone 

Anwar Majeed’s son who stole the public’s 

Nimar outside the Supreme 

Court Karachi Registry’s 

premises. 

The apex court, resuming 

hearing of the mega 

money could be granted B 

or C facility in prison. 

During the hearing, the 

court was told that Rs11 

billion worth of sugar had 

money laundering and fake ‘disappeared’ from the 

bank accounts case in sugar mills owned by 

Karachi earlier, rejected Omni Group, at which the 

Anwar Majeed’s request chief justice expressed 

for B-class facility in annoyance and questioned 

prison and summoned how the FIA or the police 

records of Omni Group could allow that to happen. 

said he would decide on any 

future strategy after consulting 

with his party members. 

Former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan 

People’s Party (PPP) cochairman 

Asif Ali Zardari 

have yet to decide on their 

meeting. 

Sources close to the 

development said the 

PML-N supremo is still 

holding consultations with 

party workers over a potential 

alliance with the PPP 

and a final decision will be 

taken later. 

Assets beyond income 

NAB approves 

inquiry against 

Shehbaz Sharif 

LAHORE: National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB) on Saturday has 

approved inquiry against 


Nawaz (PML-N) president 

and Opposition Leader in 

National Assembly (NA) 

Shehbaz Sharif in a case pertaining 

to assets beyond 

income. 

According to details, the 

bureau will ask another 10- 

day physical remand of 

PML-N president from 

accountability court on 

October 29. 

On the other hand, NAB 

has claimed to have found 

more evidence against 

Shehbaz Sharif in Ashiana 

Housing scandal. 

The anti-corruption 

watchdog has accused 

Shehbaz of misusing the 

authorities of Punjab Land 

Development Company’s 

(PLDC) board of directors. 

While recording the statements, 

former officials of the 

company revealed that contracts 

were awarded to the 

favorite firm after cancelation 

on the directives of then 

Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif. 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

LAHORE: Activists of Youth Forum for Kashmir (YFK) hold a protest rally to express solidarity with Kashmiri people 

on the occasion of Kashmir Black Day at Egerton Road. 

Kashmiris on both sides of 

LoC observed Black Day 


Kashmiris on both sides of 

the Line of Control and the 

world have observed Black 

Day on Saturday to convey to 

the world that India has occupied 

Jammu and Kashmir 

against their will and is denying 

them their inalienable 

right to self-determination. 

On October 27, 1947, the 

Indian troops had invaded 

Jammu and Kashmir and 

occupied it in total violation 

of the Partition Plan of the 

subcontinent and against the 

Kashmiris’ aspirations. 

In Azad Kashmir, main 

function of the day was held 

in Muzaffarabad which was 

attended by Prime Minister 

Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq 

Haider Khan, Federal 

Minister for Kashmir Affairs 

and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin 

Khan Gandapur and other 

prominent personalities. 

Speaking on the occasion,Ali 

Amin Khan Gandapur saluted 

Kashmiri people for their 

passion and determination in 

their just cause. 

He said Pakistan will continue 

to extend moral, diplomatic 

and political support to 

the Kashmiri brother and sisters 

and raise voice for them 

at all available forums. 

He said no power on earth 

can deprive Kashmiris of 

their right to self- determination 

acknowledged by the 

United Nations as well. 

In his address, AJK Prime 

Minister Raja Farooq Haider 

Khan said that Azad Jammu 

and Kashmir was liberated 

by the sons of soil from 

Dogra rulers after tremendous 

sacrifices and reiterated 

the resolve of the Kashmiri 

people that struggle would 

continue till the liberation of 

the occupied part of Jammu 

and Kashmir from India and 

make it a part of Pakistan. 

Fawad dispels rumors of visit 

of Israeli PM to Pakistan 

CAA denies entrance of Israeli aircraft in Pakistani airspace 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Information Minister, 

Fawad Chaudhry has dismissed 

the rumors that 

Israeli premier has landed 

in Islamabad on a secret 

visit on Saturday. 

Chaudhry said this on 

twitter in a response to a 

tweet of former Interior 

Minister Ahsan Iqbal 

demanding immediate 

clarification from the federal 

government on the 

issue. 

He wrote that “the reality 

is that neither Imran 

Khan is Nawaz Sharif nor 

there is any fake Aristotle 

in his cabinet. We will not 

hold secret talks either 

with Modi Jee or Israel. Aviation’s 

Had you really care about 

Pakistan, we would not 

have been in the current 

situation. So, don’t express 

worry as Pakistan is in safe 

hands now”, Fawad 

replied in a detailed Tweet. 

“The way federal minister 

for information and 

broadcasting lost his cool 

on demanding clarification, 

it seems something is 

suspicious”, the former 

interior minister responded. 

The editor of Hareetz, 

an Israeli English newspaper, 

claimed that Israeli 

PM Netanyahu had landed 

in Pakistan on a secret 

visit. He in a series of 

tweets, stated that 

Netanyahu and his delegation 

remained in Pakistan 

for ten hours. 

On the other hand, Civil 

spokesperson 

has also denied landing of 

Israeli aircraft at any airport 

in the country. The 

spokesperson termed it 

mere speculations. 

CM Sindh meets CJP in his chamber at SC Karachi registry 

Not responsible for providing records to JIT, says Murad 

Says meeting was not held over the alleged non-cooperation by the Sindh government with JIT 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Accountability Bureau eration by the Sindh government 

institution, not the chief min- 

Minister Syed Murad Ali (NAB) was discussed in the 

with the Joint ister, Murad said. He lament- 

Shah on Saturday called on 

Chief Justice of Pakistan 

meeting, he said. 

It is recalled that Pakistan 

Investigation Team (JIT), 

which has been formed by 

ed that the JIT had given just 

two days to the provincial 

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar in People Party (PPP) and the Supreme Court to probe government to get details 

his court chamber in Karachi 

and discussed various significant 

matters. 

Talking to media after the 

meeting, the Chief Minister 


Nawaz (PML-N) had earlier 

this month vowed to give 

tough time to the government 

over NAB’s actions 

the mega money-laundering 

scam. He added that matters 

pertaining to the provincial 

working were also discussed 

in the meeting, adding that 

about irrigation works and 

services, adding that how 

can the details be provided to 

it in a short period. “The 

Chief Justice congratulated 

clarified that he was not against members of the he also informed the top me on again becoming the 

summoned by the Chief 

Justice but he had requested 

him for a meeting. Among 

other matters, the National 

opposition parties. 

The chief minister said 

that the meeting was not held 

due to the alleged non-coop- 

judge about the complaints 

of the JIT. 

Providing information to 

the JIT is the duty of the 

CM,” Murad said, adding 

that the judge also hailed the 

improvement in hospital’s 

conditions in Karachi. 

CJP angry over providing 

facilities to Shahrukh Jatoi in jail 

Landhi jail superintendent suspended over provision of ‘C’ class facilities to Shahrukh 


Former Senate 

Opposition Leader, 

Senator Sherry Rehman 

submitted adjournment 

motions in the Senate to 

discuss the government’s 

foreign debt agreements, 

its possible intervention 

KARACHI: Taking 

strong exception to provision 

of ‘C’ class facilities to 

death row convict 

Shahrukh Jatoi at Landhi 

jail, Chief Justice of 

Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar 

on Saturday ordered suspension 

of the jail superintendent. 

The chief justice visited 

different barracks of the 

Landhi jail and expressed 

annoyance when he saw 

Shahrukh Jatoi being provided 

‘C’ class facilities 

instead of being kept in a 

death cell. 

He asked the jail superintendent 

as to how he provided 

such facilities to the 

death row prisoner. “Where 

this man should be,” CJP 

asked while pointing to 

Shahrukh Jatoi. 

Later, he returned to the 

Supreme Court’s Karachi 

registry where acting prisons 

IG appeared before him 

on his directives. 

CJP Nisar asked the IG 

how the convict awarded 

death penalty was provided 

such facilities and directed 

him to take action against 

those responsible. 

Jatoi, and his friend 

Siraj Talpur were sentenced 

to death while his younger 

brother Sajjad Talpur and 

their cook Ghulam Murtaza 

Lashari were awarded life 

in prison by an anti-terrorism 

court in the Shahzeb 

Khan murder case. 

PPP seeks transparency on 

terms of foreign debt 

in the Middle East conflict 

and rising gas prices. 

“As this government 

enters its first year, there 

are three issues that need 

urgent attention and 

deliberation, our economy, 

our seemingly directionless 

state of foreign 

affairs and rising gas 

prices. 

Unfortunately, the parliament 

has been sidelined 

in major decisions concerning 

major developments 

that will impact the 

future of Pakistan, its liabilities 

and its exposure. 

CNS witnesses 

wide ranging naval 

maneuvers 

KARACHI: In the backdrop 

of ongoing major 

Maritime Exercise SEA- 

SPARK 2018, Chief of the 

Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar 

Mahmood Abbasi witnessed 

the wide ranging naval 

maneuvers by an array of 

naval combat platforms in 

North Arabian Sea which 

was aimed to showcase the 

combat readiness of 

Pakistan Navy. 

Upon his arrival onboard 

Pakistan Navy Ship at North 

Arabian Sea off Ormara, 

Admiral Zafar Mahmood 

Abbasiwas received by 

Commander Pakistan Fleet, 

Rear Admiral Muhammad 

Amjad Khan Niazi.Deputy 

Chief of Naval Staff 

(Operations), Rear Admiral 

Faisal RasulLodhi was also 

present. Chief of Naval Staff 

was given detailed briefings 

on conduct of the exercise 

and deployment of PN assets 

out at sea including ships, 

submarines, aircraft, UAVs, 

Special Forces and Pak 

Marines along with elements 

of PMSA and PAF. 

CMYK 

CMYK 

CMYK

2 

Sunday, October 28, 2018 

Metropolitan 

SC orders for elimination of encroachments 

from Karachi within 15 days KARACHI: 

KARACHI: Supreme 

Court (SC) has ordered for 

elimination of encroachments 

from Karachi. 

A bench headed by Chief 

Justice of Pakistan Justice 

Saqib Nisar heard a case 

against land mafia in 

Karachi at the SC’s Karachi 

registry. 

Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib 

Nisar has remarked court 

order is in place and there 

is no need to seek permission 

from any one. CJP 

inquired from Additional 

IG Amir Sheikh “ will you 

get eliminate encroachments. 

Tell us your plan. 

Additional IG Amir 

Sheikh replied “ we are 

ready to extend full cooperation. 

Mayor Karachi Wasim 

KARACHI: Senior 

most journalist and columnist 

Mr. Mehmood Sham 

has said that universities 

and media houses should 

cooperate with each other Changing 

for betterment of journalism. 

Specially media houses 

should send their media 

persons to the Department 

of Media and 

Communication Studies of 

Sindh Madressatul Islam 

University and other universities 

for their proper 

training. 

KARACHI: Anti encroachment operation in progress demolishing illegal encroachment 

during anti encroachment drive under the supervision of Karachi Development 

Authority (KDA). 

Akhtar told the court 70 percent 

area of Empress market 

located in Sadar has been 

cleared. 

CJP remarked not only 

He said this while 

addressing the students of 

Department of Media and 

Communication Studies of 

SMIU on the subject of 

Paradigms: 

News in the Digital Age, 

as a guest speaker at the 

Senate Hall of the university. 

Mr. Mehmood Sham 

said that in the past when 

they were addressing the 

new generation of that 

time, belong to media they 

used to say that we were 

Empress market but the surrounding 

areas should also 

be got cleared. 

Mayor Wasim Akhtar 

assured that sadar area will 

talking to Moalana Zafar 

Ali Khan, Shorash 

Kaashmiri, Pir Ali 

Mohammad Rashdi, 

Ibrahim Jalis, Shoukat 

Siddiqui, Qazi Abdul 

Majeed Abid and Sirajul 

Haq Memon of future, but 

today, time has been 

changed and they can’t say 

like that about the present 

day young generation of 

journalism. 

He further said that 

media persons must be 

trained in their profession 

and they should have command 

on language. Apart 

from it, they must read literature, 

history, politics 

and other subjects, because 

they will clear the horizon 

of their mind when they 

will write a story. 

He said that the history 

of print media in South 

Asia is more than one century 

old and it had gotten 

be got cleared fully. 

The court directed 

Cantonment boards and 

Rangers to extend cooperation 

with administration in 

Senior journalist Mehmood Sham delivers lecture at SMIU 

KARACHI: View of traffic jam due to irresponsibility of traffic police official, creating 

problems for the normal flow of traffic showing negligence of concerned authorities, at 

Nazimabad area. 

Entry Test for Karachi 

medical colleges tomorrow 

KARACHI: The entry 

test for admissions to 

medical, dental and pharmaceutical 

colleges in 

Sindh province will take 

place on Sunday at the 

NED University of 

Engineering and 

Technology Karachi. 

Discussing the arrangements, 

Vice Chancellor 

Jinnah Sindh Medical 

University Prof SM Tariq 

Rafi said that a total of 

8,000 students would 

appear in the Karachi 

Centre alone while the 

tests would also be organized 

in other parts of 

Sindh province by the 

National Testing Service 

(NTS). 

He also said that the 

local administration had 

notified to facilitate students 

and their parents as 

well as to ensure smooth 

running of traffic in the 

adjoining areas. 

Advisor to the VC on 

Admissions Prof Irfan 

Ashraf announced at the 

occasion that those students 

who haven’t 

received their admit cards 

yet, may download their 

admit cards from the NTS 

website and bring printouts 

of those with any 

photo identity to sit in the 

test this morning. 

Appearing in this entry 

test is essential for admissions 

to all public and private 

medical, dental and 

pharmaceutical colleges 

in the province of Sindh, 

according to the centralized 

induction policy of 

the Pakistan Medical & 

Dental Council (PMDC). 

birth from literature. In the 

past there were no media 

departments in universities. 

That is why; editors 

and sub-editors were mostly 

poets and short story 

writers. Therefore, today’s 

students of media departments 

must read classical 

literature of Urdu and 

other languages. He suggested 

them to read 

Deputy Nazir Ahmed, 

Munshi Prem Chand, 

Krishan Chander, Quratul 

Ain Hyder, Asmat 

Chugtai, Intzar Hussain, 

Ashfaq Ahmed, Abdullah 

Hussain and Mustansir 

Hussain Tarar. 

He said that the content 

must be given preference 

in journalism. He also said 

that young generation is 

future of Pakistan; therefore 

they must get quality 

education and work honestly. 

Karachi police arrest 

11 accused in raids 

and encounters 

KARACHI: Karachi 

police have arrested 11 

accused including an injured 

following raids and encounters 

with police. 

According to details 

Gulshan Maimar police near 

theTotal Petrol pump have 

arrested the accused Kashif 

alias Kashi following an 

encounter and shifted to hospital 

for medical treatment. 

A case has been registered 

against the accused. 

Docks police in an operation 

in Machhar Coloney 

have arrested drug paddlers 

Nur Islam Jaffar alias Dako 

and Abdul Shakoor and 

recovered arms and and 

drugs from their possession. 

A case has been registered 

against them. 

Super Market Police have 

arrested two dacoits Dilawar 

and Naiman alias Shah Rukh 

from Liaquatabad, near the 

Adam Bakery and recovered 

mobile phones, arms and 

cash from their possession. 

KARACHI: Gambat 

Institute of Medical 

Sciences (GIMS) is introduced 

a most advance cancer 

treatment facilities for 

residents of upper Sindh as a 

state-of-art cancer treatment 

centre would be made operational 

within six months. 

Founder Director of 

GIMS Dr Raheem Bux Bhatti 

while talking to PPI, said the 

this regard remarking the 

law and order situation 

should be dealt with as per 

law. CJP ordered encroachments 

should be removed 

from all footpaths. 

Mayor Karachi told the 

court welfare trusts serve 

the poor persons meal on 

footpaths. Should these be 

removed as well. 

CJP remarked “provide 

an other place to them for 

serving meal to poor persons. 

Mayor Karachi said “ 

I have no powers in this 

regard. I wield no powers 

of magistrate. 

CJP remarked task to get 

clean city has been given to 

mayor Karachi Wasim 

Akhtar. 

The court gave 15 days 

to joint team for elimination 

of encroachments. 

Rangers arrest 

five criminals 

in raids 

KARACHI: 

Rangers on Saturday 

claimed to have arrested 

five suspects from different 

areas of the metropolis. 

According to a Rangers’ 

spokesman, a rangers’ team 

conducted targeted raids in 

Garden and Mubina town 

areas and apprehended four 

street criminals and a drug 

peddler. They were stated to 

be involved in robberies, 

snatching of valuables and 

drug peddling. 

AVCC recover two 

foreigners, arrest 

the kidnapper 

KARACHI: 

Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) 

on Saturday recovered two 

foreigners from the captivity 

of a kidnaper in 

Karachi’s Tariq Road area. 

DIG CIA Ameen Yousuf 

Zai in press conference said 

that two Nigerian businessmen 

were missing since 

one month in Karachi and 

the police had registered an 

FIR and had stared investigation. 

The AVCC team today 

conducted a raid near Tariq 

Road area and recovered 

the two foreigners identified 

as David and Paitraq 

and also arrested a kidnapper, 

Abdul Ahad Lashari. 

The police has registered a 

case against the accused 

and started further investigation. 

KARACHI: At least 

one man was killed while 

his brother was injured 

upon putting up resistance 

during a robbery incident 

in a house at Super 

Highway, Ayub Goth, 

Karachi. 

According to media 

reports, a man, W* along 

More fire engines to be given to 

KMC soon: Saeed Ghani 

Sindh 

Local Government 

Minister Saeed Ghani has 

said that more fire tenders 

will be given to the 

Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation very soon in 

order to enhance its capabilities 

to do firefighting 

operations in the city. 

Sindh Local Govt minister 

stated this at a meeting 

with a delegation of 

National Forum for 

Environment and Health 

(NFEH). 

It should be recalled 

here that at a ceremony 

held earlier in the month in 

Karachi, Sindh Chief 

Minister Syed Murad Ali 

Shah handed over 10 new 

fire tenders and a 104 

meters-long snorkel to different 

municipal agencies 

of the province. Out of 

these equipment, the 

snorkel having a cost of Rs 

495 million and three fire 

tenders with the cost of 

each fire engine Rs 19 million, 

were given to the 

KMC. The Sindh CM on 

the occasion expressed his 

resolve to provide maximum 

support in the similar 

manner to enhance firefighting 

capabilities of 

municipal agencies in 

every district and taluka of 

the province. 

Meanwhile, the Local 

Government minister while 

talking to the NFEH’s delegation 

said that the compulsory 

firefighting 

arrangements should be 

beefed up at all public 

places, in the industries, 

hotels, and shopping malls 

institutions of the federal 

government and various 

others had complained of 

slow trial of their cases in 

the lower courts. 

Land Cases: Some fifteen 

women and men 

along with their children 

told the chief minister that 

Sardar Sher Mohammad 

Rind through his people 

had illegally occupied their 

lands in Nawabshah. They 

in the province. 

He said that concerned 

industrialists, owners of the 

buildings, municipal 

administrations, and concerned 

citizens all were 

under strict obligation to 

take the due fire safety 

measures and also spread 

awareness in this regarding 

among the general public. 

Saeed Ghani on the 

occasion eulogized the 

services of NFEH for promoting 

public awareness 

on the issue of fire safety 

measures to be undertaken 

in the urban areas. He said 

that provincial Local 

Government Department 

would provide utmost support 

in all such good initiatives 

and efforts by the 

concerned non-governmental 

organizations. 

CM meets protesters, listens 

to their grievances 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Chief Minister Syed 

Sindh Murad Ali Shah just after 

meeting Chief Justice of 

Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar 

met with the people 

protesting outside the 

Supreme Court of Pakistan 

for redressal of their grievances. 

The chief minister on 

Saturday after meeting 

with Chief Justice of 

Pakistan in his Chamber 

was going back to CM 

House when he saw hundreds 

of people carrying 

banners, placards and 

handbills staging protest 

outside Supreme Court. He 

got down of his car and 

met each and every 

protesting person and listened 

to them patiently and 

Anti- ordered redressal of their 

grievances which were 

related to his government. 

Most of the grievances of 

the people were against the 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah 

listening the complaints of protesters, outside Supreme 

Court Registry. 

requested the chief minister 

to intervene into matter 

and get their lands vacated 

and get them protection. 

They also said that they 

were trying to meet Chief 

Justice of Pakistan for 

retrieval of the possession 

of the land. The chief mister 

directed chief secretary 

to get a detailed report the 

commissioner Hyderabad 

for necessary action. 

KARACHI: Activists of Youth Forum for Kashmir raise slogans during a protest on the 

occasion of Kashmir Black Day outside Karachi Press Club. 

One killed, another injured during robbery incident 

expansion work of 500-bed 

health facility was underway 

in fast pace and capacity of 

beds would be reached 800 in 

near future. He said the state 

of the art cancer treatment 

centre would be made functional 

soon. 

He said cancer centre 

would be equipped with all 

advance facilities. He 

informed that GIMS is 

with his brother Q* was 

present at their house when 

some unidentified armed 

masked men entered in 

their home located in Ayub 

Goth, Karachi for robbery. 

Upon showing up 

resistance during robbery, 

suspects opened fire both 

of them. 

equipped with modern facilities 

and offer liver transplant, 

open heart surgery, 

angioplasty, renal transplant, 

dialysis, trauma & burns 

treatment, neonatal care, 

stroke management, blood 

bank facility, advanced diagnostic 

lab facility. It has TB 

Centre, Eye Centre, ICU, 

gynaecological ward, referral 

response centre, urology 

ward, general ward, ENT 

department, dental department, 

neurology department, 

operation theatres and 

coronary care unit to people 

of upper Sindh. 

GIMS Director Dr 

Raheem Bux Bhatti, said 

when he took over the hospital 

in 1974, it was a tworoom 

dispensary, which had 

been established by the 

As a result, one man 

died while his brother sustained 

injuried that was 

rushed to nearby local hospital 

for first aid. 

Police have registered a 

case and started an investigation. 

On the other hand, 

CCTV footage of a robbery 

incident happened 

two days before outside a 

factory in SITE area 

Karachi has been surfaced. 

It has been seen in the 

video that three unknown 

armed masked men, sitting 

in a vehicle had intercepted 

a motorcyclist and looted 

him. 

GIMS introduces cancer treatment facilities 

rulers of Khairpur State. 

Soon in 1981, the 

Dispensary was given the 

rank of Taluka Hospital. 

Later, in 1997, Taluka 

Hospital was declared 

Model Taluka Hospital with 

the efforts of Dr Rahim Bux 

Bhatti. In 2003-5, Taluka 

Hospital was renamed as 

“Gambat Institute of 

Medical Sciences”. 

KARACHI: Mr. Grant Raubenheimer, VP Operations Avari Hotels along with Mr. Azeem 

Qureshi , Corporate Director Sales , General Manager Beach Luxury Hotel inaugurated 

the talk of the town “Arabic Food Festival” at Avari Towers Hotel. 

Think Tank constituted for restructuring Sindh health dept 

KARACHI: Sindh Health 

Department has constituted a 

seven-member core committee 

to assist policy makers and 

cooperate in restructuring & 

reforming agenda of health 

department. 

Special Secretary, Health 

Department Sindh, Dr Nasim 

Ul Hasan Ghani Sahto has been 

appointed as chairperson of core 

committee. The members of 

core committee are Dr Khadim 

Qureshi, Dr Aijaz Khanzada, Dr 

Nadeem Shaikh and Dr Ghulam 

Murtaza Memon. 

Representative(s) of 

JSI/USAID are appointed as coopeted 

member and MS. Jamila 

Soomro as member/secretary of 

core committee. 

The core committee has been 

formed after meeting of USAID 

on September 18, 2018 with 

Health Minister Sindh. It was 

decided to establish the Reform 

Support Unit at Sindh Health 

Department. 

The seven-member core committee 

act as think tank for 

assisting policy makers and 

coordinating for restructuring & 

reforming agenda of health 

department, to take step to 

ensure establishment of Reform 

Support Unit (RSU), to develop 

organogram & linkages for 

proper working of RSU, to 

coordinate with stakeholders, to 

assess requirement of funds, to 

provide technical support , to 

coordinate support districts & 

divisional officers, organise 

meeting with relevant stakeholders 

and any other task 

regarding restructuring & 

reform as per assigned by the 

competent authority.

Protest against sugar mills for 

not starting crushing season 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: On 

call of Sindh Hari 

Committee various growers, 

political parties and 

social organizations held 

protest demonstration in 

front of press club here 

Saturday against not starting 

crushing season by 

sugar mills, non payment of 

arrears of last year and not 

paying sugarcane rate notified 

by government. 

Participants included workers 

of communist party of 

Pakistan, Sindh Hari 

Committee and Sindh 

growers organization. 

President Sindh Hari 

Committee Gulab Pirzado, 

general secretary professor 

Munawar Talpur,CPP 

leader Imdad Kazi and 

comrade Iqbal, Sindh 

Growers president Raza 

Chandio led the protest. 

Criticizing government 

SHIKARPUR: The 

large number of the 

activists belonging to various 

welfare societies, Social 

Education and city organisations 

took out the 

Department 

protest rally and staged a 

demonstration outside the 

Shikarpur Press Club to 

condemn the atrocities on 

Jammu and Kashmiri 

people, here on Saturday. 

HYDERABAD: Members of Sindh Hari Committee (SHC) are holding protest demonstration 

for acceptance of their demands, at Hyderabad press club. 

they said rulers were running 

to whole world for 

begging loans but had 

ignored agriculture which 

was source of livelihood of 

nation and that they have 

Speaking on the occasion 

Din Muhammad 

Shaikh Deputy Director 

Welfare 

Shikarpur, 

Parvez Abro, Abdul 

Salam Unar President 

Shikarpur Press Club, 

Agha Israr Pathan 

President PFUJ, Rahim 

Bux Jamali General 

Secretary PFUJ, Imran 

not taken no step to encourage 

agriculture and industrial 

production. They said 

lands of Sindh and Punjab 

were producing wheat and 

paddy of billions of rupees 

Memon Chief Executive 

SDP, Abdul Wahab 

Kaghzi, President APCA 

Shikarpur, Madam 

Shahnila, Madam Hina 

Abro, Moulana Abdul 

Fatah Mahar, Shahid 

Lakho, Riaz Soomro and 

others strongly condemned 

the atrocities’ on 

Kashmiris and demanded 

the Pakistan Human 

but due to wrong policies of 

rulers agriculture was on 

brink of ruination. They 

sugar mills mafia was ruling 

Sindh and imposing its 

decision on growers.They 

Rally holds in support of Kashmiris 

Suspect involved in changing chassis numbers of 

stolen vehicles apprehended along with equipments 

Our Correspondent 

S H I K A R P U R : 

Assistant Superintendent 

of Police [ASP] Shikarpur 

claimed to have arrested an 

accused involved in changing 

chassis numbers of 

stolen vehicles, recovered 

full box of equipment for 

changing chassis number, 

and a car from his possession 

during a press conference 

held at his office, here 

on Saturday. 

Farooque Amjad, newly 

posted ASP Shikarpur, 

claimed that following on 

the spy information, New 

Faujdari Police alerted and 

succeeded in arresting an 

accused identified as Ali 

Gohar Malano by caste and 

recovered a box full of 

equipment for changing 

chassis number, and a car 

from his possession near 

Beggari canal [water canal] 

by concerned police. 

Mr Farooque Amjad 

further said that accused 

would change chassis 

numbers of stolen vehicles 

and has links with similar 

gangs involved in steeling 

vehicles while he had been 

arrested in 2009 and later 

he was awarded two years 

imprisonment when he 

found guilty and after his 

release he once again started 

his practice. 

Area police have 

lodged a case 117/2018 

under section 324-353-4- 

68-471-472 and 485-86 on 

the behalf of state at New 

Faujdari Police Station. 

ASP Farooque Amjad, 

in his message, warned 

dacoits, anti state elements 

and other social evils to 

surrender themselves 

before police otherwise 

strict action would be 

taken against them and no 

one would be allowed to 

take law into their own 

hands for the larger interests 

of the people of 

Shikarpur. 

ATTOCK: School boys on their home while hanging at the back of a wagon which may 

cause any unpleasant incident. 

Rights Associations, 

Government of Pakistan 

and other Social Welfare 

Organizations to 

approach the United 

Nations Organizations for 

curbing the massacre and 

genocide of the people of 

Jammu and Kashmiris 

and leave them freely 

according to the resolution 

passed by UNO. 

Minor baby girl dies 

in road mishap 


SHIKARPUR: A 3 

year-old-girl was died in 

road accident at Larkana- 

Shikarpur Indus highway 

in the precinct of Dakhan 

Police Station, some 35 

kilometers away from 

here, on Saturday. 

A 3 year-old-girl identified 

as Tayyaba daughter 

of Jawad Magsi, inhabitant 

of Shahdadkot district, 

died when ill-fated family 

was coming from 

Shahdadkot to Shikarpur, 

riding on their motorcycle, 

in a collision took place 

between a fast moving 

Truck and a motorcycle, 

which was coming from 

opposite direction at 

Larkana-Shikarpur Indus 

highway, an official of 

concerned police station 

added. 

Area police rushed on 

the spot and apprehended 

the Truck driver identified 

as Muhammad Adnan, resident 

of Gujjar locality of 

Faisalabad district of 

Punjab province and transported 

the body of 

deceased girl to DHQ 

Shikarpur for an autopsy 

and handed over to her relatives 

after necessary medical 

legal formalities. 

A case was to be registered 

till filling of this 

news file. 

PTI govt to revamp PM Delivery Unit, 

launch online citizen facilitation system 

ISLAMABAD: The government 

of Pakistan 

Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is all 

set to revamp the Prime 

Minister’s Delivery Unit and 

launch an online facilitation 

system to redress complaints 

of citizens and improve coordination 

among ministries 

and different tiers of governance. 

According to official 

sources, the Prime Minister’s 

Delivery Unit is being reorganized 

and revamped by 

utilizing ICT-based systems 

to make it more efficient and 

improve its effectiveness. 

The purpose of this reorganization 

is to facilitate the 

general public, overseas 

Pakistanis and foreigners 

and promptly redress their 

grievances. 

The system will also 

ensure facilitation of parliamentarians 

in pursuance of 

their issues with the federal 

ministries and divisions and 

other concerned government 

entities to enable them to 

easily identify correspondence 

and time lines communicated 

to them by 

PMDU. 

The PMDU is setting up a 

Task Management System 

for the purpose of ensuring 

more efficient coordination 

between the Prime 

Minister’s Office (PMO) and 

federal ministries/divisions 

along with the attached 

entities and offices of the 

Chief Secretaries. 

The system will ensure 

efficient tracking of any specific 

task related to a concerned 

ministry/division and 

issues related to office of the 

Chief Secretary or a general 

task, which would be monitored 

by the Prime Minister 

personally. All such tasks 

with implementation timelines 

will be communicated 

to the concerned offices from 

the platform of the PMDU. 

The focal persons nominated 

by all offices have 

already been trained on various 

aspects of the system 

during a daylong session. 

For the purpose of pursuing 

the assigned task, a follow 

up mechanism has been 

devised wherein a colour 

coded theme will be applied 

on the official correspondence 

of PMDU and on the 

dashboard of the Task 

Management System. 

Green paper will carry 

instructions of general 

nature, communicating tasks 

with timelines. Yellow paper 

will serve the purpose of 

reminder when 50 percent of 

the time stipulated for an 

assigned task elapses. 

Yellow paper will also be 

used for communicating 

instructions and tasks of 

urgent nature. Red letter will 

serve as a final reminder 

upon lapse of 90 percent of 

the assigned timelines. 

This will help all concerned 

to clearly identify 

letters of PMDU from 

other official correspondence. 

All the assigned 

tasks communicated from 

the platform of the PMDU 

will be time bound and the 

concerned entity has to 

ensure compliance. 

said on one hand mills start 

crushing season late by 

more than a month while 

on the other they were not 

paying rate fixed by authorities. 

They said sugar mill 

owners were virtual rulers 

of province. If they continued 

their attitude of last 

year then it was feared that 

sugarcane production in 

Sindh would come to end 

and growers will suffer loss 

of billions. They said 

despite ruling by Sindh 

High Court sugar mills 

were not paying them the 

price according to fixed rate 

and also their arrears of billions 

were still outstanding 

to millers. They made 

appeal to chief justice 

Pakistan and chief justice 

Sindh to order sugar mill 

owners to start crushing 

season by 15 November 

and to pay the growers their 

outstanding dues to millers. 

Data Ganj 

Bakhsh (RA) Urs 

from today 

LAHORE: The district 

administration has finalised 

all arrangements for threeday 

975th annual Urs of 

Hazrat Ali bin Usman Al- 

Hajveri, popularly known 

as Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh 

(RA), to commence from 

today (Sunday). 

Punjab Chief Minister 

Usman Buzdar will inaugurate 

the Urs celebrations by 

laying a floral wreath on the 

shrine of 10th century saint 

and opening of Sabeel of 

milk on Sunday morning. 

Special langar (food 

stalls) would be set up at 

designated places of the 

shrine for the general public 

attending the Urs celebrations. 

Food would be 

doled out round-the-clock 

among the visitors and 

devotees during the threeday 

celebrations. 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Municipal Corporation 

Rawalpindi has decided to 

conduct anti-encroachments’ 

operation at night 

too. 

According to media 

reports, special teams have 

been constituted for carrying 

out operation against 

encroachments’ in 3 shifts. 

Operation against 

encroachments that was 


HYDERABAD: A rally 

to express solidarity was 

taken out from Shahbaz 

building to Gymkhana 

here Saturday to observe 

black day against occupation 

of Kashmir and Indian 

forces atrocities on people 

of Indian occupied 

Kashmir(IOK). The rally 

was led by Additional 

deputy commissioner 

Hyderabad -2 Ali 

Muhammad Babar. 

Addressing rally ADC said 

Indian has been suppressing 

freedom struggle of 

Kashmiris since long and 


National 

has let loose reign of terror 

and atrocities against them 

but all in vain. Kashmiris 

were sacrificing their lives 

for cause of freedom 

which he hoped they 

would achieve one day. He 

made appeal to UNO and 

international communities 

to force India to honor resolutions 

of UNO on 

Kashmir. He said Kashmir 

was our heart and would 

continue supporting their 

struggle for freedom. He 

said to observe Kashmir 

day was meant to let the 

world know Indian atrocities 

on armless Kashmiris. 

3 

ADC leads rally for 

solidarity with Kashmiris 

LAHORE:The people 

belonging to various cities 

called on Chief Minister 

Punjab Sardar Usman 

Buzdar here on Saturday. 

Speaker Punjab Assembly 

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, 

provincial ministers and 

parliamentarians were also 

present on the occasion, 

says a handout issued here 

on Saturday. 

The chief minister listened 

to problems of over 

300 people and issued 

direction to resolve them. 

The chief minister went to 

the seats of all citizens and 

shook hands with them and 

assured them to resolve 

their problems. 

“We have not seen a 

chief minister like Usman 

Buzdar who is redressing 

public grievances day and 

night”, People said. Talking 

to the people,Usman 

Buzdar said, today a common 

man was the chief 

minister of the province 

and my relations with the 

public had strengthened 

than the earlier. 

He said that he got peace 

and comfort by resolving 

people’s problems and it 

Assistant Commissioner 

Sara Javed said aim of 

today’s was to inform the 

world about cruelties and 

repression of Kashmiris 

by Indian forces and to 

show the world ugly face 

of India. The rally was 

participated by officers 

and staff of various 

departments including 

information department, 

members of NGOs and 

civil society. Rally was 

chanted slogans against 

Indian atrocities against 

Kashmiris in IOK and in 

favor of their freedom 

sgtruggle. 

CM Punjab listens to people’s problems 

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar hearing the complaint of a senior 

citizen during public meeting. 

conducted in two shifts has 

now increased to three and 

one more team of antiencroachments 

staff members 

have been set up in 

Municipal Corporation in 

the supervision of Chief 

Officer Shafqat Raza and 

district officer regulation 

Peer Shehzad Gohar. 

Third shift will conduct 

operation in the night and 

operation will be carried 

out in the commercial 

areas only to avoid resistance 

of traders. 

Municipal Corporation 

said that warning has 

already been issued to 

businessmen for demolition 

of encroachments and 

shades at their own outside 

the shops and now 

implementation will be 

geared up. 

Notices have been 

was his obligation and 

responsibility. He said links 

with the people would 

strengthen further with the 

passage of time and that he 

would not run the government 

affairs in a traditional 

manner. 

Everything will be done 

with the approach of the 

‘Naya Pakistan’, the CM 

added. He said the public 

support was very much 

needed for the change. “The 

people of Punjab are my 

asset and I will not allow 

anybody to hinder your 

legitimate work”, he added. 

Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi decides to 

conduct anti-encroachment operation at night too 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for 

Education, Mian Shafqat Mahmood 

chaired a meeting of the management 

of Aiwan-e-Iqabl here on 

Saturday. The Minister was briefed 

in detail about working, performance 

as well as problems of the 

Aiwan-e-Iqbal. The meeting was 

held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal. 

On this occasion, Aiwan-e-Iqbal 

Chairman Arif Nizami, Joint 

Secretary Hanif Akhlaq, Deputy 

Secretary Rab Nawaz Abbasi and 

Aiwan-e-Iqbal Administrator Anjum 

Waheed were also present. 

issued to more than 700 

shopkeepers in different 

areas of the city. 

However, Rawalpindi 

cantonment board has 

demolished 12 illegal 

shades and 38 stoops while 

carrying out antiencroachment 

operation. 

On the other hand, 

Chaklala Board has 

demolished more than 200 

illegal shops. 

Edu Minister chairs meeting with Aiwan-e-Iqbal’s management 

ISLAMABAD: A study 

published this week in The 

BMJconcludes that treatment 

with a particular 

blood pressure medication 

increases the risk of lung 

cancer, compared with 

other blood pressure drugs. 

A widely used hypertension 

drug comes under 

scrutiny in a new study. 

People use angiotensin 

converting enzyme 

inhibitor drugs (ACEIs) 

for managing hypertension. 

They are effective, and 

doctors consider them relatively 

safe when people 

take them for short periods 

of time. 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Education Mian Shafqat Mahmood chairing a 

meeting regarding Aiwan-e-Iqbal. 

Common drug may increase lung cancer risk 

Earlier studies have 

hinted that ACEIs might 

increase people's cancer 

risk, but findings have not 

been conclusive; most 

existing studies only had 

access to relatively small 

sample sizes or for short 

periods of time. 

Recently, scientists 

from McGill University in 

Canada set out to investigate 

whether ACEIs 

increase the risk of developing 

cancer, specifically 

lung cancer. They published 

the results earlier 

this week. 

Scientists have theorized 

that ACEIs might 

increase lung cancer 

risk by encouraging a 

buildup of two particular 

substances in the 

lungs: bradykinin and 

substance P. 

Bradykinin is a peptide 

that causes blood 

vessels to dilate, reducing 

blood pressure; substance 

P, which is also a peptide, 

can act as a neurotransmitter. 

Scientists have associated 

both of these compounds 

with lung cancer 

tissue: bradykinin is 

thought to directly stimulate 

the growth of lung 

cancer, while lung cancer 

tissue expresses substance 

P, possibly encouraging 

tumor proliferation. 

The researchers 

involved in the current 

study, led by Prof. Laurent 

Azoulay, dipped into the 

medical records of almost 

1 million people in the 

United Kingdom. All 

patients had started taking 

blood pressure-reducing 

drugs in 1995–2015. 

The participants were 

18 years of age or older 

and had no previous incidence 

of cancer. The 

research team followed 

them for an average of 6.4 

years. Across this time 

period, doctors made 

almost 8,000 lung cancer 

diagnoses.

4 


National 

Exhibition on Black Day 

showcased at RAC 

KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. 

Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 

messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk 

Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi 

Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Editor Special Reports: Muhammad Rafique Rajpar 

Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar - Islamabad Bureau Chief: Hameedullah Khan 

ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

OPINION 

Islam always cares for human's body and soul 

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

Rasheed Ahmed Chughtai 

firms are a 

disgrace”, says 

“These 

one of the protesters. 

“We believe they 

pollute the air and our 

groundwater and that 

they are directly responsible 

for this virus.” The 

farm director general 

stop journalists from 

inspecting the pig sheds, 

claiming that it is people who 

are thereat to pigs, and not the other way 

round. “Pigs cannot transmit viral infections 

to humans. But it is a scientific fact 

that swine can pick up the flu virus from 

humans,” he argues. But Director of Public 

Health and Agriculture at the US Humane 

Society said: “There is evidence that flies 

landing on animal waster can spread the flu 

virus for miles around”. He added: “Pigs 

waste lagoons are a great danger to human 

health. There are many ways – the winds 

for example – that illness can be spread 

from them. In the case of this current Swine 

flu the virus can easily escape from farm 

facilities.” Forbidden For many reasons, 

but basically on health grounds, Pork is 

proscribed by the dietary laws of Islam and 

Judaism. Even among some secularists, 

pork is considered unfit for human consumption. 

The Qur’anic verse clearly 

states: “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. The Holy Qur’an 

also spells out vividly that pork is actually 

impure animal, so it should not be eaten. It 

says: “Say, “I do not find within that which 

was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to 

one who would eat it unless it be a dead 

animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of 

swine – for indeed, it is impure – or it be 

[that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated 

to other than Allah. But whoever is 

forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] 

nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, 

your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.” Al- 

An’am (Animals – 145) Since ancient 

times, Jews have been known among non- 

Jewish observers through their distinctive 

dietary observances. Many of these dietary 

laws relate to the ancient Temple cult. 

Certain animals, considered unclean (see 

Genesis 7:2-3), could not be used in sacrificial 

service at the altar. Therefore, they are 

not to be eaten even in secular settings (see 

Deuteronomy 14:3-21). Into this category 

fall pigs, donkeys and other animals. Pig 

also regarded as unclean even among 

Christians. The Egyptian Church leaders 

are all agreed that Swine is unclean animal 

among Christians, but its consumption is 

not prohibited. But should not be eaten if 

confirmed dangerous to humans. In his 

statement upon the outbreak of the Swine 

Flu, Pope Shnoda III – of Alexandria 

declared that the Coptic do not eat pork but 

it is eaten by foreigners in Egypt.” He also 

urged people of Christian faith to refrain 

from eating pork, not because its forbidden, 

but for its dangers to health. He said: “The 

dangers posed by this animal are due to the 

fact that it feeds on dirty things.” Pig disease 

Pigs are subject to many infectious 

and parasitic diseases. Diseases can be 

divided into infectious and noninfectious. 

Infectious diseases are transmitted between 

animals and include various bacterial, viral, 

and mycoplasmal organisms, as well as parasites. 

Noninfectious diseases include poisonous 

plants, toxins, nutritional excesses 

and deficiencies, and metabolic diseases 

such as ulcers. Common diseases include 

transmissible gastroenteritis, which is often 

fatal to piglets (even when vaccinated); leptospirosis, 

which can also infect humans 

and most warm-blooded animals; pseudorabies, 

a viral disease that causes high mortality 

in piglets; and erysipelas, a bacterial 

infection that causes inflammation of the 

skin and swelling and stiffness of the joints. 

Cholera and foot-and-mouth disease. 

Necrotic enteritis and other infections of 

the intestinal tract are largely controlled by 

antibiotics. Atrophic rhinitis produces 

sneezing, crooked snouts, and poor performance 

and is controlled by a combination 

of vaccination and antibiotics. 

Parasitic diseases can be divided into external 

and internal parasites. External parasites 

include lice and mites (which cause 

mange). Internal parasites include various 

(II) 

worms. Common noninfectious diseases 

include mycotoxins (produced by molds 

and fungi present on various feedstuffs), 

ulcers, mange, and feeds accidentally contaminated 

by pesticides. Older nonpregnant 

pigs can be given lightly contaminated feed 

with minimal risk, whereas young pigs are 

more susceptible to mycotoxins. Parasites 

such as tapeworms or protozoa may enter 

the body in contaminated food, invade the 

intestines, and enter the bloodstream to 

lodge in the muscle tissue. One such parasite 

is the pork tapeworm larva, 

Cysticercus, which causes nodules in the 

muscle tissue and brain. The organism 

grows, lays its eggs, and then dies. The 

nodes become calcified and may be seen on 

X rays. The pork tapeworm (Taenia solium, 

or Taeniarhynchus solium), found wherever 

raw pork is eaten, lives in the human intestine 

in its adult stage. Each proglottid, following 

fertilization, may contain as many 

as 40,000 embryos encased in separate capsules. 

If the embryos, which pass out with 

the host’s feces, are eaten by a mammal 

such as a dog, camel, pig, monkey, or 

human being, the larva emerges in the 

digestive tract. It bores through the intestinal 

wall into a blood vessel and is carried 

to muscle tissue in which it forms a protective 

capsule (encysts) and is called a cysticercus, 

or bladder worm. If the cysticercus 

is eaten alive in raw meat, it attaches 

itself to the host’s intestine and develops 

directly into a mature adult. African swine 

disease :highly contagious and usually fatal 

viral disease of swine that is characterized 

by high fever, lesions, leukopenia (abnormally 

low count of white blood cells), elevated 

pulse and respiration rate, and death 

within four to seven days after the onset of 

fever. The virus responsible for African 

swine fever is classified as an iridovirus. It 

is physically, chemically, and antigenically 

distinct from the toga virus that causes hog 

cholera (swine fever). African swine fever 

virus can survive heat, putrefaction, smoking, 

partial cooking, and dryness and lives 

up to six months in chilled carcasses. The 

incubation period is from 5 to 15 days. The 

disease was first identified in 1910 in 

Kenya, where it was noted in domestic 

swine after contact with forest pigs and 

warthogs. It was confined to certain parts 

of Africa until 1957, when the disease 

spread—perhaps by means of processed 

pork products—to Portugal and then to 

Spain, Italy, Brazil, and other countries. 

During the 1970s, African swine fever 

spread to South America and certain 

Caribbean islands, but rigorous eradication 

programs have controlled the disease in the 

Caribbean area. African swine fever is difficult 

to distinguish from acute classical 

hog cholera. Both diseases produce high 

fevers that last for about four or five days. 

Once the fever has subsided, however, 

African swine fever virus characteristically 

causes death within two days (as opposed 

to seven days for hog cholera). Although 

immunization has been effective in the prevention 

of hog cholera, no immunization 

measures have been shown to be effective 

in the prevention of African swine fever, 

nor is there any effective treatment of the 

disease. The prohibition of pigs and pig 

products from countries in which the disease 

exists has prevented its further spread. 

Swine Flu medicine Tamiflu might provide 

the cure but still it is temporary. The British 

government announced that stocks of drugs 

– known as antivirals to fight the imminent 

threat of a Swine pandemic are being built 

to cover 80 % of the country’s population. 

With that UK is considered one of the best 

prepared countries around the world. The 

key in fighting this disease is Tamiflu and it 

has already proved effective on patients in 

Mexico. The demand for Tamiflu is soaring. 

But will it cover the rest of the world? 

How about the unprotected 20% of the 

British. And for how long shall the drug 

last? Aren’t we heading for another 1918 

Spanish Flu that left 50 million people 

dead! Isn’t it high time our scientist contemplated 

Allah’s truthful statement: “Say, 

“I do not find within that which was 

revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one 

who would eat it unless it be a dead animal 

or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine – 

for indeed, it is impure – or it be [that 

slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to 

other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by 

necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing 

[its limit], then indeed, your Lord 

is Forgiving and Merciful.” Al-An’am 

(Animals – 145) Possibly we will never 

ever worry about Swine diseases, again. 

LAHORE: A case has 

been registered against the 

prominent actor Gulu Butt 

of Model Town disaster 

upon an application by 

Shaista of Misri Shah. 

Shaista accused Butt of 

kidnapping his child 

ISLAMABAD: Students keenly take interest in the paintings displayed during an exhibition 

organized to mark Kashmir Black Day at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA). 

RAWALPINDI:Aphotographic 

exhibition arranged 

by Rawalpindi Arts Council 

depicting the atrocities of the 

Indian Forces on the innocent 

people of Occupied 

Kashmir was put on display 

here on Saturday. 

Parliamentary Secretary 

for Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit 

Baltistan Sobia Kamal Khan 

accompanied by Naheed 

Manzoor, and Resident 

Director RAC Waqar 

Ahmed inaugurated the 

exhibition. 

More than hundred pictures 

on current issue were 

showcased in the exhibition 

which highlighted the violation 

of the human rights by 

the Indian forces. 

Expressing her views on 

the inaugural ceremony, 

Sobia Kamal said that the 

series of the atrocities of the 

Indian forces on the innocent 

people of Jammu & 

Kashmir is the violation of 

the human rights and is challenge 

for the international 

powers claimant of human 

rights. 

She said that United 

Rehan with the support of 

his accomplice Asif Butt 

and his spouse Rabia and 

sent the child abroad under 

fake documents. 

It is also told that on the 

plaint of Shaista a case has 

also been registered in 

Nation is silent on the issue 

of this violation. Naheed 

Manzoor said that India’s 

rigid and unrealistic stance 

on Kashmir was the main 

hurdle in peaceful settlement 

of the Kashmir issue. 

Police register case of kidnapping 

a child against Gulu Butt 

SRINAGAR: In occupied 

Kashmir, the High 

Court Bar Association 

(HCBA) has urged the 

United Nations to play its 

effective role in resolving 

the lingering Kashmir 

dispute. 

The HCBA at a meeting 

of its executive committee 

in Srinagar said 

that unresolved Kashmir 

Thana Shadman against 

the administration of a private 

Omar hospital at jail 

road accusing them of 

issuing a fake birth certificate 

of Rehan showing that 

Rehman had born in this 

hospital in 2013. 

HCBA urges UN to play role 

in resolving Kashmir dispute 

Dr. Zia to assume 

charge of AIOU's 

VC in coming week 

ISLAMABAD: An eminent 

educationist Prof. Dr. 

Zia-ul-Qayyum will take 

over as Vice Chancellor of 

Allama Iqbal Open 

University (AIOU), the 

country’s biggest educational 

institution in the 

coming week. 

Dr. Zia who enjoys 

high-profile academic 

background was appointed 

yesterday for the prestigious 

slot by the President 

of Pakistan, in his capacity 

as the University’s chancellor. 

His appointment was 

made for four-year tenure. 

He will get the honour of 

running the affairs of the 

AIOU that is considered as 

the country’s largest educational 

institution in term 

of its enrollment (about 1.3 

million students) and country-wide 

academic infrastructure 

network (44 

regional offices). 

Quetta constituency 

winner declared 

‘foreign national’ 

during probe 

QUETTA: A candidate 

belonging to Hazara 

Democratic Party (HDP) 

who emerged victorious 

from PB-26, Quetta, in 

the July 25 elections has 

been declared foreign 

national during probe of 

the Federal Investigation 

Agency (FIA) regarding 

dual nationality. 


Ahmed Ali Kohzad had 

won the elections on HDP 

ticket from PB-26. The 

candidate was investigated 

by the FIA and 

National Database 

Registration Authority 

(Nadra) over his purported 

dual nationality. 

Kohzad had received 

5,117 votes against 

Muttahida Majlis-i- 

Amal’s Wali Muhammad 

who had secured 3,242 

votes in the general elections. 

LARKANA: As many 

as 8763 male and female 

students will appear in 

the entry test which is 

scheduled for Sunday, 

Octboer 28. 

Out of these candidates, 

2404 are males and 

3061 are female students 

who are expected to 

appear to win a seat in 

Chandka Medical 

College (CMC) and 

GMC. 

In Ghulam 

Muhammad Mahar 

Medical College (GMC), 

Sukkur, 1295 male and 

2003 female candidates 

will appear in the test to 

have a seat to become a 

doctor in future. The test 

dispute was the main 

cause of tension between 

Pakistan and India and its 

amicable settlement 

would bring permanent 

peace in the region. 

will be held at Police 

Training Center in 

Larkana. Entry Test will 

be conducted by National 

Testing Services (NTS) 

which has been centralized 

which means the students 

can appear at any 

center in Sindh which 

suit them or is near to 

their residence. 

The Test will be held 

under the security of 

police and Rangers and 

will be monitored though 

CCTV cameras for which 

arrangements have been 

finalized. The relevant 

authorities of Shaheed 

Benazir Bhutto Medical 

University (SMBBMU) 

visited the spot and 

Resident Director RAC 

Waqar Ahmed thanked all 

the guests and said Pakistan 

will continue to support 

Kashmiri people till the 

achievement of their right of 

self determination. 

Clean and Green 

Pak drive a national 

cause: Murad Saeed 

ISLAMABAD: Minister 

of State for Communications 

Murad Saeed has said, under 

Prime Minister’s Clean & 

Green Pakistan drive, 

afforestation programme 

along more than 1200 KMs 

Motorways and Highways 

Network of National Highway 

Authority will help solve 

issues being faced due to climatic 

change in the country. 

In the past trees valuing 

Rs.300 Billion were cut down 

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

province. Trees play vital role 

to avoid natural calamities like 

floods and heat wave. 

He was addressing a ceremony 

held in connection with 

Clean Green Pakistan at 

Construction Technology 

Training Institute (CTTI) 

Islamabad. 

Secretary Communications 

Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, 

Chairman NHA Jawwad 

Rafique Malik and senior officers 

from Ministry of 

Communications, NHA & 

CTTI participated. Director 

CTTI threw light on functioning 

and achievements of the 

Institute. Murad Saeed said, 

Clean & Green Pakistan drive 

is adopting form of national 

cause under which we are to 

protect our forests and to contribute 

for planting more & 

more saplings throughout the 

country. 

8763 to appear in NTS for 400 medical 

seats in Larkana-Sukkur region 

expressed satisfaction 

over arrangements made 

so far. There are 250 seats 

of Chandka Medical 

College, 100 seats of 

GMC and 50 seats of Bibi 

Aseefa Dental College 

(BADC). Male and 

female students of Dadu, 

Jacobabad, Kambar- 

Shahdadkot, Kashmore, 

Larkana, Naushehro 

Feroze, Shikarpur, 

Ghotki, Sukkur and 

Khairpur districts are eligible 

to appear in the test. 

Total 8797 students had 

applied for the test out of 

which 8763 were 

declared valid and 34 

have been declared 

invalid. 

MULTAN: Traders are burning tyres on the road during a protest in favor of their 

demands at Clock Tower Chowk.

Saudi rejects Turkey call to 

extradite Khashoggi killers 

Al-Jubeir's remarks come amid Turkish investigation Jamal 

Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul 

MANAMA: Turkey is a 

friendly country to Saudi 

Arabia, Saudi Foreign 

Minister Adel al-Jubeir said 

on Saturday. 

"Turkey is a friendly 

country and we have good 

trade and investment relations 

with it," al-Jubeir said 

in reply to a question during 

the Manama Dialogue security 

conference in Bahrain. 

The remarks came amid 

a Turkish investigation into 

the killing of Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi inside 

the Saudi Consulate in 

Istanbul. 

Khashoggi, a columnist 

for The Washington Post, 

had gone missing since 

entering the consulate on 

Oct. 2. 

After weeks of denying 

any knowledge of his 

whereabouts, Saudi officials 

last week admitted that 

Khashoggi had died inside 

the consulate building. 

Turkish President Recep 

MANAMA: U.S. 

Defense Secretary Jim 

Mattis said on Saturday 

that the killing of Saudi 

journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi undermined 

Middle Eastern stability 

and that Washington 

would take additional 

measures against those 

responsible. 

Washington Post 

columnist Khashoggi’s 

Tayyip Erdogan said 18 

suspects arrested in Saudi 

Arabia over Khashoggi’s 

killing should be extradited 

to Turkey to face the trial. 

“The Kingdom will hold 

those involved in the case 

accountable,” al-Jubeir said 

in reply to a question about 

the Turkish request to extradite 

the suspects for trial. 

Commenting on a 

murder has escalated into a 

crisis for the world’s top 

oil exporter. Saudi 

Arabia’s allies have reacted 

with outrage toward a 

country that is the lynchpin 

of a U.S.-backed regional 

bloc against growing 

Iranian influence in the 

Middle East. 

But Mattis also said 

U.S. respect for the Saudi 

people was undiminished, 

German decision to stop 

arms sales to Saudi Arabia 

over the case, al-Jubeir said 

Riyadh has stopped buying 

weapons from Germany for 

some time, without giving 

further details. 

On Friday evening, 

German Chancellor Angela 

Merkel renewed her pledge 

to stop selling arms to Saudi 

Arabia until the circumstances 

surrounding 

Khashoggi's death were 

revealed. 

Meanwhile, al-Jubeir 

said the Gulf crisis did not 

impact military coordination 

among members of the 

Gulf Cooperation Council 

(GCC), including Qatar. 

The GCC "will remain 

the most important institution 

for the Gulf States," he 

Mattis says Khashoggi killing 

undermines regional stability 

Syria summit to discuss 

‘permanent cease-fire' in Idlib 

Merkel’s spokesman says Istanbul summit to discuss demilitarized 

zone, ways to achieve lasting cease-fire in Idlib, Syria 

BERLIN: Meeting in 

Istanbul on Saturday, leaders 

of Turkey, Russia, Germany 

and France will discuss 

ways to achieve a “permanent 

cease-fire” in Idlib, 

Syria, according to 

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 

spokesman. 

“The Turkey-Russia 

agreement on a demilitarized 

zone in Idlib has been 

an important first step to prevent 

a large-scale military 

assault and a humanitarian 

catastrophe there,” Steffen 

Seibert said in a video message 

posted on Twitter. 

“And now the question 

will be how to move from 

there to a permanent ceasefire 

in Idlib, achieve permanent 

security for the people 

of Idlib,” he stressed. 

Turkey and Russia 

agreed on Sept. 17 to establish 

a demilitarized zone in 

Syria's northwestern 

province of Idlib. 

Under the deal, opposition 

groups in Idlib are to 

remain in areas where they 

are already present, while 

Russia and Turkey carry out 

joint patrols in the area with 

a view to preventing a 

resumption of fighting. 

Turkish President Recep 

Tayyip Erdogan is hosting 

the four-nation summit, with 

the participation of Merkel 

as well as Russian President 

Vladimir Putin and French 

President Emmanuel 

Macron. Staffan de Mistura, 

the UN special Syria envoy, 

will also attend the summit. 

while Saudi Foreign 

Minister Adel al-Jubeir 

said those behind the 

killing would be prosecuted 

in the kingdom and that 

the investigation would 

take time. 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump has said he wants to 

get to the bottom of the 

case, while also highlighting 

Riyadh’s role as an ally 

against Tehran and 

Islamist militants, as well 

as a major purchaser of 

U.S. arms. 

“With our collective 

interests in peace and 

unwavering respect for 

human rights in mind, the 

murder of Jamal 

Khashoggi in a diplomatic 

facility must concern us all 

greatly,” Mattis told a conference 

in Bahrain. 

“Failure of any one 

nation to adhere to international 

norms and the rule of 

law undermines regional 

stability at a time when it is 

needed most,” Mattis said. 

He did not mention de facto 

Saudi ruler Crown Prince 

Mohammed bin Salman by 

name at any point. Saudi 

Arabia’s public prosecutor 

said Khashoggi’s killing 

was premeditated, contradicting 

a previous official 

statement that it happened 

accidentally during a tussle 

in the Saudi consulate in 

Istanbul. 

Saudi officials have 

also said he was accidentally 

killed in a botched 

security operation to return 

him to the kingdom. 

Oman says time to 

accept Israel in region, 

offers help for peace 

MANAMA: Oman 

described Israel as an 

accepted Middle East state 

on Saturday, a day after 

hosting a surprise visit by 

its prime minister that 

Washington said could 

help regional peace efforts. 

Oman is offering ideas 

to help Israel and the 

Palestinians to come 

together but is not acting as 

mediator, Yousuf bin 

Alawi bin Abdullah, the 

sultanate’s minister 

responsible for foreign 

affairs, told a security summit 

in Bahrain. 

“Israel is a state present 

in the region, and we all 

understand this,” bin Alawi 

said. 

“The world is also 

aware of this fact. Maybe it 

is time for Israel to be 

treated the same [as others 

states] and also bear the 

same obligations.” 

CCTV captures Australian cop kicking woman in custody 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: The trial 

of two Victoria Police officers 

accused of assaulting a 

woman in custody has 

begun. Leading Senior 

Constable Nicole Munro and 

Senior Constable Steven 

Repac have pleaded not 

guilty to assault charges 

stemming from an incident 

in the Ballarat watch-house 

in 2015. 

Crown Prosecutor 

Andrew Grant yesterday 

outlined the case against the 

accused, referring heavily to 

CCTV footage from inside 

the Ballarat police station on 

the night in question. 

The alleged victim, 

Yvonne Berry, then took the 

stand at the Ballarat 

Magistrates’ Court. The 

court heard Ms Berry was 

arrested for being intoxicated 

and taken to the station by 

the two defendants just 

before 11 pm on January 14. 

Ms Berry said she was 

left in the cell for more than 

an hour before a different 

officer came to the door and 

a scuffle ensued. She 

described the scuffle as a 

"push and shove at the door." 

After this, it's claimed 

capsicum spray was applied 

before she walked down a 

corridor and into a storage 

room. The court then heard 

a group of officers 

restrained her, and took her 

back to the cell. 

At that point, it is alleged 

Leading Senior Constable 

Munro kicked Ms Berry 

once and Senior Constable 

Repac stomped or kicked her 

five times. 

said, underlining keenness 

to spare the GCC the impact 

of differences among members, 

particularly in the military 

side. 

A six-nation bloc of oilrich 

Arab Gulf states, the 

GCC is composed of Saudi 

Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, 

Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. 

Last month, Qatar 

attended a meeting of the 

GCC chiefs of staff for the 

first time since the outbreak 

of the Gulf crisis in mid- 

2017 to discuss ways to 

strengthen military and 

defense cooperation. 

In June of last year, 

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the 

United Arab Emirates 

(UAE) and Bahrain collectively 

severed ties with 

Doha, accusing it of supporting 

terrorism. 

The Saudi-led axis also 

imposed an air/land/sea 

embargo on Qatar, which 

continues to vociferously 

deny the terror allegations. 

Israel strikes 

dozens of targets 

in Gaza Strip 

GAZA CITY: Israel 

launched airstrikes early 

Saturday against several targets 

in the Gaza Strip in 

response to rockets it said 

were fired towards the country. 

Fighter jets and helicopters 

pounded 80 Hamas targets 

in Gaza in an operation 

lasting more than two hours, 

the Israeli army said in a press 

release. 

The army said on its 

Twitter account that 30 rockets 

had been fired from Gaza 

towards Israel since late 

Friday but 10 were intercepted 

by its Iron Dome missile 

defense system. 

Sirens were heard in Israeli 

settlements near the Gaza- 

Israel buffer zone because of 

the rockets fired from Gaza. 

Israel targeted several 

sites, including two weapons 

manufacturing facilities, five 

military compounds, a training 

compound, a tunnel and 

an anti-aircraft observation 

post. There have been no 

deaths from the airstrikes, 

according to Palestinian medical 

sources in Gaza. 

Eyewitnesses toldAnadolu 

Agency that Israeli jets struck 

five Hamas targets in Gaza. 

Gaza Health Ministry 

spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra 

said an Israeli airstrike damaged 

the Indonesia Hospital in 

northern Gaza. 

Other eyewitnesses said 

several people at the hospital 

were slightly injured from 

glass shards and pieces of concrete. 

The hospital, inaugurated 

by the country’s vice president 

in 2016, was the latest foreign 

hospital to open in Gaza 

following the $34 million 

Turkish-Palestinian Friendship 

Hospital, a project Turkish 

President Recep Tayyip 

Erdogan – then premier -- 

agreed to sponsor in 2010. 

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s 

President Maithripala 

Sirisena on Saturday suspended 

parliament till Nov. 

16, a day after removing 

Ranil Wickremesinghe as 

prime minister and replacing 

him with former leader 

Mahinda Rajapaksa in a surprise 

move that signals escalating 

political tensions in 

the South Asian nation. 

“The president has prorogued 

the parliament,” cabinet 

spokesman Rajitha 

Senaratne told reporters. 

Minutes earlier 

Wickremesinghe, who says 

he remains prime minister, 

urged the speaker to convene 

parliament to prove he 

retained his parliamentary 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 


International 

M E L B O U R N E : 

Britain’s Prince Harry and 

wife Meghan were greeted 

by rapturous applause on 

Saturday when they arrived 

for the final day of the 

Invictus Games in Sydney. 

The royal couple 

watched most the wheelchair 

basketball final and 

then presented gold medals 

to the U.S. team which comfortably 

beat the 

Netherlands by 29 points to 

17. 

A large crowd had 

packed into Sydney’s 

Olympic Park to watch the 

last day of the week-long 

competition, with attention 

only diverted from the 

match for a short time as the 

couple entered and sat with 

the crowd. 

The Invictus Games, 

founded by Harry, is an 

international paralympicstyle 

event for military personnel 

wounded in action. 

Former England soccer 

captain David Beckham, 

who is an Invictus ambassador, 

also attended the basketball 

match. 

Both Harry and Meghan 

wore remembrance poppies 

on their chests, with 

Meghan’s fixed upon her 

maroon top. 

On Saturday evening, 

Harry and Meghan are due 

to attend the closing ceremony 

of the event, which has 

5 

Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan 

attend final day of Invictus Games in Sydney 

KABUL: At least five 

people were killed and 15 

more wounded when a suicide 

bomber detonated a 

car packed with explosives 

outside a police compound 

in central Afghan province 

of Wardak on Saturday, a 

police spokesman said. 

The early morning 

bombing in Maidan Shahr, 

the main city of the 

province, some 35km (22) 

miles southwest of the capital 

Kabul, happened as 

policemen and civilians 

were going inside the base, 

said Hekmat Durrani, a 

spokesman for the police 

chief. 

Three civilians and two 

policemen were among the 

dead, Durrani said, adding 

that the casualty figure 

could rise as policemen and 

first responders were busy 

recovering the wounded 

and bodies from collapsed 

walls and debris. 

No group has claimed 

responsibility for 

Saturday’s attack but the 

Taliban insurgents fighting 

to overthrow the Westernback 

Kabul government 

has carried out some of the 

seen some 500 competitors 

from 18 nations take part. 

The royal couple will 

move on to New Zealand on 

Sunday, where they are 

expected to be greeted by 

Prime Minister Jacinda 

Ardern. 

The tour of 

Commonwealth countries 

has seen the royal couple 

meet drought-stricken 

Australian farmers, visit the 

world-famous Bondi Beach 

and spend time in the Pacific 

nations of Fiji and Tonga. 

Suicide bombing kills five, 

wounds 15 in central Afghanistan 

ANKARA: The fiancée 

of murdered Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi says 

she has declined an invitation 

to the White House 

from US President Donald 

Trump, accusing him of not 

being sincere about investigating 

the killing. 

Hatice Cengiz told 

Turkish TV she thought the 

invitation was aimed at 

influencing public opinion 

in the US. 

Khashoggi was killed in 

the Saudi consulate in 

Istanbul three weeks ago. 

Riyadh denies the ruling 

royal family was involved 

and blames "rogue agents". 

Saudi Arabia initially 

denied all knowledge of the 

journalist's fate but the 

Saudi public prosecutor 

now describes it as premeditated 

murder. 

Trump has said he is 

"not satisfied" with the 

Saudi account. However, 

while he has floated the 

possibility of imposing 

sanctions. He has also 

deadliest bombings against 

government installations in 

past years. 

Strategically located 

along the route connecting 

Kabul to the southern 

region, Wardak is ideally 

placed for insurgents who 

control nearly mountain 

villages to use as a staging 

ground for suicide bombings 

inside Kabul. 

The sprawling base built 

by the Americans, is home 

to hundreds of Afghan 

policemen from where they 

conduct operations in two 

nearby provinces. 

Khashoggi fiancée snubs Trump 

invitation to White House 

majority. 

“I have the majority in 

the parliament, convene the 

parliament to resolve this,” 

Wickremesinghe told a press 

conference in Colombo on 

Saturday, flanked by all his 

coalition partners except 

Sirisena’s party. 

“Only parliament can 

show who has the majority,” 

he said. 

The parliament suspension 

means Wickremesinghe 

will not immediately have 

an opportunity to prove his 

majority, amid speculation 

that some of his party members 

would cross over to 

back Rajapaksa for perks 

stressed the importance of 

the two countries' ties. 

The president also said it 

was "possible" Crown 

Prince Mohammed bin 

Salman did not know about 

the killing. Khashoggi had 

been an outspoken critic of 

the crown prince, the de 

facto Saudi ruler. 

In comments at security 

conference in Bahrain, US 

Defence Secretary Jim 

Mattis said Khashoggi's 

death in a diplomatic facility 

"must concern us all". 

He said the United 

States "does not tolerate 

this kind of ruthless action 

to silence Mr. Khashoggi, a 

journalist, through violence." 

Sri Lanka president suspends parliament 

after sacking PM as political rift deepens 

and ministerial portfolios. 

The island nation’s 

Media and Finance 

Minister Mangala 

Samaraweera on Friday 

condemned Rajapaksa’s 

appointment as “an antidemocratic 

coup” and violation 

of the constitution. 

A delegation of the 

European Union said on 

Saturday that it was closely 

following the events in Sri 

Lanka. 

“We urge all parties to 

fully act in accordance with 

Sri Lanka’s constitution, to 

refrain from violence, to follow 

due institutional 

process, to respect the independence 

of institutions, and 

freedom of media.”

6 


Biz 

PM Imran forms ECNEC with 

Asad Umer as Chairman 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister Imran Khan has 

constituted a seven-member 

Executive Committee 

of the National Economic 

Council (ECNEC) with 

Minister for Finance, 

Revenue and Economic 

Affairs Asad Umer as its 

chairman, said a notificaion 

issued by the 

Cabinet Division. 

According to the notification, 

the members of 

ECNEC included Minister 

for Planning, Development 

and Reform, Makhdoom 

Khusro Bukhtiar, Adviser 

to the Prime Minister on 

Commerce, Textile, 

Industry and Production 

and Investment, Abdul 

Razak Dawood, Adviser to 

the Prime Minister on 

Institutional Reforms and 

Austerity, Dr Ishrat 

Hussain, Minister for 

Finance, Punjab Makhdum 

Hashim Jawan Bakht, 

Nisar Ahmed Khuhro from 

Sindh, Minister for 

Finance, Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Taimur 

Saleem Khan Jhagra and 

Minister 

for 

Communication and 

KARACHI: A shopkeeper has displayed dry fruits at his shop to attract customers 

whereas the price of dry fruits has increased with arrival of the winter season. 

Saudi financial package to Pak 

will stabilize the economy: FM 

LAHORE: Pakistan is 

one of the best countries 

around the globe and picture 

being portrayed 

about this great country 

has nothing to do reality. 

Pakistan has a shining 

future and is a best destination 

for doing business. 

These views were 

expressed 

by. 

Massimiliano Pasqualini 

from Italy while speaking 

at the Lahore Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry. 

The LCCI Acting 

President Khawaja 

Shahzad Nasir, Vice 

President Fahim-ur- 

Rehman Sehgal and former 

Executive 

Committee Member 

Chaudhry Khadim 

Hussain also spoke on the 

occasion. 

“No truth behind the 

negative propaganda by 

the international media as 

I have found Pakistan a 

great country with 

immense economic 

potential and Pakistani 

nation is peace loving”, 

Massimiliano Pasqualini 

added. 

He said that businessmen 

of the both countries 

should hold sector-wise 

study to evolve a comprehensive 

joint strategy to 

enhance volume of trade 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Minister Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi has expressed 

optimism that Saudi financial 

package to Pakistan 

will stabilize the economy. 

Talking to media in 

Multan this evening, he 

said the economic difficulties 

faced by the country 

will be reduced with assistance 

from friendly countries. 

He said the news 

regarding landing of an 

Israeli airplane in Pakistan 

is baseless and it has 

already been denied. 

Replying to a question, 

the Minister said China is a 

true friend of Pakistan and 

has always assisted us in 

every hour of need. 

Pakistan has a shining future: 

Massimiliano Pasqualini Italy 

between the two brotherly 

countries. 

He said that Pakistan is 

the most important country 

of Asia and its private 

sector has the ability to do 

a lot at economic front. 

They must have strongest 

liaison with their Italian 

counterparts to extract 

huge benefits from Italian 

expertise. 

He said that businessmen 

of Italy see Pakistan 

as an emerging market 

and are keen to make 

investment & joint ventures 

in various economic 

sectors. 

He said that there is a 

huge business potential in 

the two countries that 

should be tapped. He said 

that there is a vast scope 

for joint ventures in energy, 

pharmaceutical, agro 

infrastructure, automobile, 

textile and marble 

sectors. 

The LCCI Acting 

President Khawaja 

Shahzad Nasir said that 

Italy had been very supportive 

to Pakistan within 

the EU with special reference 

to trade-related 

issues. Italy is Pakistan’s 

third biggest market in 

Europe and bilateral trade 

is likely to touch new 

heights in near future. 

Govt asked to encourage 

women empowerment 


Islamabad Women's 

Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry (IWCCI) on 

Saturday asked the government 

to promote 

women empowerment to 

ensure rapid social and 

economic development. 

It also asked the business 

community to match 

their words with action 

over the empowerment of 

women for the sake of 

future generations. 

This was observed during 

a workshop organised 

by IWCCI which was conducted 

by the chamber’s 

consultant Sara Ansari. 

The businesswomen 

observed that the companies 

run by women face 

difficulties while dealing 

with the state-run or privately 

owned businesses. 

Businesswomen are 

discouraged as they are 

provided little space for 

participation in economic 

activities which results in 

losses and frustration. 

The IWCCI members 

said that society should 

enable women to thrive in 

an environment that 

empower their strengths 

which would lead to 

increased performance 

and productivity levels 

which will benefit the 

country. 

Dawood held 

meeting with cement 

industries association 

ISLAMABAD: 

Razak Dawood, Advisor to 

Prime Minister on Textile, 

Commerce, Industry & 

Production and Investment 

hold a meeting with the 

Cement Industries 

Association in review of 

cement supply demand situation 

and prices in 

Pakistan. 

Cement Industries 

Association told the 

Advisor that Cement industry 

is full filling the need of 

the county; Pakistani companies 

exporting clinker to 

Bangladesh are doing so 

via the sea route. 

The demand for clinker 

in Bangladesh has gone up 

and its prices have also 

gone up, Association 

added “It’s a good breathing 

space for Pakistani 

cement manufacturers to 

export our surplus clinker 

to Bangladesh and other 

parts of the world. 

Abdul Razak Dawood 

said Cement Industries 

should be ready for increase 

production capacity along 

with the increased demand 

from housing infrastructure 

projects portray a positive 

picture for the future of 

Pakistan’s cement sector. 

LARKANA: A delegation 

of 25 members of 

Larkana Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry 

(LCCI) called on PPP 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto at 

Bhutto House here on 

Saturday and apprised him 

of the prevailing situation in 

Larkana. 

The delegation, led by 

LCCI president Abdul 

Ghaffar Shaikh, told this 

scribe that he informed 

Bilawal that Larkana had 

got nothing in the past-10- 

year PPP rule and now it 

looks like the ruins of 5000- 

year old city of Mohenjo 

Daro. He said only one road 

Works Department, 

Balochistan, Nawabzada 

Tariq Khan Magsi. 

Other officers of the 

federal and provincial governments 

as well as of the 

government of AJK, 

Gilgit-Baltistan and FATA 

shall be invited to the 

meetings of ECNEC on 

need basis, it added. 

Deputy Chairman, 

Planning Commission 

(when appointed), 

Secretary, Economic 

Affairs Division, 

Secretary, Finance 

Division and Secretary, 

Planning, Development 

and Reform Division will 

join the council meetings 

by special invitation for all 

items, the notification 

added. 

Railways to generate 

Rs 10bn revenue: Sh Rashid 

Steps being taken to put railways on modern lines 

LAHORE: Pakistan 

Railways (PR) Minister 

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed 

Saturday said that railways 

earned Rs 1.1 billion more 

revenue in the freight sector 

during last two months, 

compared with the same 

period of the previous year. 

Addressing a press conference 

at PR 

Headquarters here, he said 

that the department would 

earn a revenue of Rs 10 

billion due to untiring 

efforts of its officers and 

employees. The minister 

said that President Dr Arif 

Alvi would inaugurate 

Dhabeji Express, running 

Abdul 

from Karachi to Dhabegi 

on October 31, whereas 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan would inaugurate 

Hyderabad Express, running 

from Karachi to 

Hyderabad, soon after having 

a visit to China. 

The PR would also start 

Rehman Baba and Sindh 

Express trains, he added. 

He asked the administration 

of Karachi Stock 

Exchange (KSX) and others 

who were using the 

land owned by Pakistan 

Railways worth billion of 

rupees, to immediately 

vacate it. Sheikh Rashid 

said that WiFi facility had 

been installed at all divisional 

stations, whereas 

cameras and PR police had 

also been deputed at warehouses 

in order to protect 

PR’s stock and assets, he 

added. 

He said that they wanted 

to launch the containers 

doorstep service within 

next three weeks to bring 

further improvement in 

freight sector, while in this 

regard task force for 

freight trains had been 

directed to achieve set targets, 

he added. 

The minister said that 

tracking devices on modern 

system would be 

installed at all locomotives 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed 

Ahmad addressing during a ceremony at Railway 

Headquarters. 

of railways to estimate the 

fuel consumption and its 

report would also be 

uploaded at internet for 

people, he added. 

Sheikh Rashid said that 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan’s visit to China 

would be of great importance 

which would also be 

proved very fruitful for 

Pakistan Railways as 

China-Pakistan Economic 

Corridor (CPEC) was 

linked with the PR. The 

country’s economy could 

not flourish without 

Railway, he said and added 

that “when rail will run, 

economy will move 

ahead”. 

Larkana turned ruins of Mohenjo Daro in 

past ten years: LCCI leader tells Bilawal 

had been built in Larkana 

on other side of railway 

track and rest of Larkana 

was ignored, the road was 

being used by VIPs only, 

but the common residents 

were facing serious hardships 

as 35% drainage 

scheme had not yet been 

completed since last few 

years due to which low 

lying areas mostly remained 

submerged under sewage 

water. 

He said: "We thanked 

him for giving new fire 

brigade to Larkana 

Municipal Corporation but 

we also requested him to 

restore old fire brigade system 

which was made during 

the regime of Zulfiqar Ali 

Bhutto near Zulfiqar Bagh. 

We also made complaints 

against non-construction of 

roads and streets in entire 

Larkana." Shaikh said that 

he told PPP Chairman that 

he was importer and 

exporter and he also randomly 

visited foreign countries 

in connection with his 

trade but he felt ashamed in 

inviting his foreign businessmen 

friends because 

condition of Larkana was so 

worst that he always kept 

them on false promises that 

one day he would take you 

to my Larkana. 

RAWALPINDI: A man is displaying traditional bakarkhani at his shop to attract customers. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

Shaheen Air looks to 

spread its wings again 

Bureau Report 


Pakistan’s secondbiggest 

airline – Shaheen 

Air International (SAI), 

which has been grounded 

for the last five 

months apparently due to 

default on payments of 

government dues – is 

hoping to fly back into 

the skies by January next year. The airline, which needs around Rs3.1 billion to 

resume operations, has taken on board its stakeholders in the Middle East, East Asia 

and western regions to arrange required funds, an airline official, who requested 

anonymity, told The Express Tribune. Shaheen’s flight operations have remained 

suspended since May 2018, except for special Hajj flights and the flight that brought 

back stranded Pakistanis in China. 

“We will simultaneously resume operations on all the 11 routes on which we 

were flying prior to the suspension of operations,” he said. 

The routes included regions and countries like the Middle East and China and 

three domestic destinations Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, he said. 

Much before the current financial crisis hit the airline, it was operating on 18 

routes with more than 15 aircraft. The fleet size has now cut down to seven after the 

airline returned five recently leased A-319 jets and some of the aging aircraft were 

permanently grounded. Responding to the speculation echoing in the market that the 

airline had been sold to a Saudi Arabia-based investor, which would soon take over 

the management control; he said, “We are reviewing all the available options for the 

financial arrangement.” He, however, cautiously ruled out the management change. 

“The law does not allow selling 100% stake in any of the local airlines to foreign 

investors. Local airlines must retain the majority 51% stake,” he said. “Secondly, if 

we are to give shareholding to a Saudi Arabia-based investor, then we need to have 

a local partner in Saudi Arabia (which is not the case at this point in time),” he 

added. The official added that Shaheen Air had taken on board all the stakeholders 

in the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman and China (who operate in their respective 

countries on behalf of the airline) for the financial arrangement. 

He, however, did not clarify the mode of the financial arrangement whether it 

would be a loan, an investment, a mixture of the two, or some other option. “We are 

working from dawn to dusk …very soon we will give you good news regarding the 

required financial arrangement,” the official stressed. The Sehbai family, which 

owns the airline, is looking in multiple directions to revive the airline, including 

arranging the financing from their friends and other resources. 

Besides, the airline is also working with local travel agents to cope with the situation. 

“We are also working to recover stuck revenue from local travel agents that 

come to around 50-70% of the required money…they are cooperating beyond 

expectation.” He ruled out the possibility of bankruptcy and replied, “We would 

resume operations by December or latest by January 2019.” 

He elaborated that the airline owed Rs1.6 billion to the Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR) and another Rs1.5 billion to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on accounts 

of taxes and services, respectively. The dues accumulated in the three months prior 

to the suspension of operations by the airline. 

The rupee depreciation of around 9.6% to Rs115.61 to the US dollar from 

December 2017 to April 2018 also badly hit the financial health of the airline as it 

makes a majority of its payments in dollars. 

Market talk suggests that the default by the airline is not only the primary reason 

for the suspension of operations, but other airlines’ monopolistic and anti-competitive 

influence and lack of a level playing field also pushed the airline to the verge of 

closure. Currently, the one-way fare for Karachi to Islamabad flight has shot up to 

Rs14,000 to Rs23,000 compared to between Rs10,000 and Rs14,000 prior to SAI’s 

suspension of operations. 

SAI Chief Marketing Officer Zohaib Hassan said, “SAI had two ways to normalize 

its financial planning, either SAI would close its operation and clear dues in 

a normal way of all agencies or they had to operate as normal and delay the payments 

to the agencies like FBR and CAA, as SAI also practiced in the past.” 

He said the airline followed the latter option, however, the CAA started closing 

the profitable sectors due to which Shaheen was now facing a crisis. 

In the last 20 years, at least four local airlines have shut down in Pakistan, while 

the four in operation remain in trouble these days. Besides, another four airlines 

have announced acquiring flying rights, but remained non-operative due to the nonfriendly 

behavior of CAA, he added. 

Microsoft overtakes Amazon as 

second most valuable U.S. company 

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp regained its spot as the second most valuable 

U.S. company after a disappointing quarterly report from Amazon.com wiped 

$65 billion off the online retailer’s market capitalization. 

Apple Inc tops the list at over $1 trillion after crossing that threshold in 

September. Microsoft’s market capitalization was Wall Street’s highest in late 1998 

through early 2000 before the dot-com bubble burst. 

Amazon’s shares dropped 7 percent, the most in nearly three years after its holiday 

season sales outlook missed targets, fanning concerns that Wall Street’s tech 

darlings are finally starting to face stronger competition. 

Microsoft fell a more modest 1.1 percent in a broad technology sell-off that was 

also driven by a weaker-than-expected report from Google-parent Alphabet Inc, 

leaving the Nasdaq composite index down 1.9 percent late Friday afternoon. 

Shares of Microsoft remain up nearly 4 percent from Wednesday, when the fourdecade-old 

software company beat quarterly profit expectations, driven by its cloud 

computing business that competes with Amazon’s. 

Its stock market value on Friday stood at $823 billion, on track to close above 

Amazon’s for the first time since April, when it gave up its spot as second largest 

company by market capitalization. 

Amazon was worth $805 billion on Friday, after falling below Microsoft’s in 

extended trade on Thursday. The drop was equivalent to the combined values of 

Target Corp and Corning Inc. 

Amazon’s tumble left it up around 40 percent year to date, while Microsoft has 

gained about 25 percent in 2018. On Wednesday, Amazon’s stock traded at the 

equivalent of 70 times expected earnings, its lowest level since 2011. 

The average analyst price target for Microsoft puts its market cap at $963 billion, 

while the average price target for Amazon values it at $1.068 trillion. 

Apple will report quarterly results on November 1.

Pakistan beat Australia by 

11 runs, clinch T20 series 

DUBAI: 

DUBAI: Pakistan survived 

an onslaught by big 

hitter Glenn Maxwell to 

win the second T20 international 

by 11 runs in a 

last over finish against 

Australia in Dubai on 

Friday. 

Maxwell hit a chancy 

37-ball 52 with four 

boundaries and a six but 

could not score the 23 runs 

required in the final over 

as Australia — chasing 

148 to win — ended up at 

136-8 in their 20 overs at 

Dubai stadium. 

Pakistan were lifted to 

147-6 by Babar Azam (45) 

and Mohammad Hafeez 

(40) after Sarfraz Ahmed 

won the toss and opted to 

bat. Pakistan won the first 

match by 66 runs in Abu 

Dhabi. The third and final 

match is also in Dubai on 

Sunday. 

The win is skipper 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Lyari 

Brothers FC famous of 

District South beat the 

strongest club in Karachi 

Azam Sports FC district 

east by a 1-0 score line in 

7th Pre quarter final 

match, while reached in 

Quarter final of All 

Karachi Abdul Waheed 

Memorial 5 Star football 

tournament at Noorani 

Eidgha Ground New consist on 

Karachi. 

The only magic goal 

scored by Striker captan 

Sarfraz's 10th T20 series 

win since taking over as 

captain in September 

2016, including a tri-series 

win in Zimbabwe in July 

this year. That highlights 

Pakistan's number one 

ranking in the shortest format 

as they powered 

Australia for a second 

match running. 

Muhannad Khalil in 29th 

minuet with unforgettable 

effort when Aza Sports's 

goalkeeper Shahid Islam 

was out of the goal post 

and unable to stopped the 

very powerful and hight 

kick of Muhammad Khalil. 

The Winner Lyari 

Brothe was dominating 

most of the time in the pre 

quarter final match with 

excellent game and short 

passes, after a goal the 

Azam Sprts forward lne 

Muhammad 

Mubeen, Faisal and Kashif 

put the pressure on Lyari 

Brothers by many attack’s 

Australia were once 

again derailed at the outset 

with D'Arcy Short run out 

for two in a controversial 

manner with replays showing 

he had grounded the 

bat but was given out by 

television umpire Riaz 

Rashid. Skipper Aaron 

Finch (three) and big hitter 

Chris Lynn (seven) failed 

with moves they got many 

sure chances to comeback 

and leveling the score but 

unfortunate they failed 

when goalkeeper Yaseen 

stopped the counter attack 

from Muhammad Mubeen 

to suer chance to score the 

goal in 45 minute. 

At the half time The 

Chief guet Muhamnad 

Saleem Usnan material 

Walay and Muhammad 

Imran Chori were introduces 

with both team 

Players While Vice president 

of DFA Central 

Muhammad Shamim, 

Secretary DFA Central & 

for a second match running 

as Australia were 

struggling at 31-3. 

Maxwell, dropped 

thrice on 18, 34 and 52, 

then added 30 for the 

fourth wicket with 

Mitchell Marsh (27) but 

Pakistan continued to take 

wickets to keep the 

Australian chase in check. 

Lyari Brothers FC moved in the quarter 

final in 5 Star Foitball Tourney 

SINGAPORE: The 

Women's Tennis 

Association has dedicated 

its trophy for the topranked 

player of the year 

in honor of Chris Evert. 

Simona Halep receives 

the newly named Chris 

Evert WTA World No. 1 

Trophy as she is the yearend 

No. 1 for the second 

season in a row. Halep isn't 

playing at the ongoing 

WTA Finals due to a back 

injury. 

Evert was the first WTA 

No. 1 in 1975, when she 

won 15 titles. She says 

she's "honored and privileged'' 

to have her name on 

the trophy. The American 

finished her career in 1989 

with 157 singles titles and 

18 Grand Slam singles 

titles. 

Steffi Graf earned the 

year-end No. 1 a record 

eight times from 1987-96. 

International Footballer 

M.Saleem Patni, 

Tournament Secretary 

Muhammad Sadiq Khatri, 

Muhammad Tahir, 

Muhammad, Shakeel, Zakir 

Khatri, Abdul Kareem Joji, 

Shahid Tao, Imran Mama, 

Sohail Patni, Umer Farooq 

Khatri, Arsalan, Kashan, 

Muhammad Anwar, Ghani 

Handa were also present. 

The matches were 

supervised referees by 

Sabir Baloch, Syed 

Kaleem and Babar 

Naseem while Abdul 

Kareem was the match 

commissioner. 

New trophy for World No. 1 

player named for Chris Evert Sports Reporter 

Stokes wants to put court case behind 

him as he eyes Ashes and World Cup 

LONDON: Ben Stokes 

hopes his on-field performances 

as an England 

all-rounder are what he 

will be remembered for by 

the cricket public rather 

than a late-night street 

brawl last year. 

Stokes was acquitted of 

a criminal charge of affray 

at a trial in August following 

the incident outside a 

nightclub in Bristol, southwest 

England, in 

September 2017. 

But Stokes has still 

been charged with bringing 

the game into disrepute 

by the England and Wales 

Cricket Board. 

Both Stokes and England 

team-mate Alex Hales, who 

was with him during the 

altercation but did not face a 

criminal charge, are now due 

to appear before a cricket 

discipline commission 

(CDC) in December. 

Stokes, however, wants 

to focus on the future ahead 

of a packed 2019 where 

England will both stage the 

World Cup and face archrivals 

Australia in a home 

Ashes series. 

“Look, it’s all about looking 

forward now,” Stokes 

told the BBC in Colombo 

ahead of a one-off Twenty20 

in Sri Lanka on Saturday. 

“We’ve got a huge summer 

coming up with the 

Ashes and the World Cup so 

I’m fully focused on that. 

Looking at things that went 

on (in the past) is not the 

way I like to think about 

things. It’s all about looking 

to the future.” 

The nightclub incident 

prompted England to leave 

him out of the side that lost 

the Ashes 4-0 in Australia 

and also saw Stokes stripped 

of his position as the Test 

side’s vice-captain. 

PCB Pepsi Cricket 

Stars U-16 tournament 

start from Oct 29 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) is 

organizing the PCB-Pepsi 

Cricket Stars U-16 Inter 

Regional Tournament 

2018-19, to start from 

October 29 simultaneously 

in Lahore, Karachi, 

Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 

The 16- 

regions,Karachi,Lahore, 

Hyderabad, Bahawalpur, 

Larkana, Dera Murad 

Jamali, Quetta, 

Abbottabad, Sialkot, 

Faisalabad, Islamabad, 

Rawalpindi, Multan, 

FATA, Peshawar, AJK, 

along with a team from 

School Cricket named 

National Schools team will 

feature in the tournament. 

The 17 participating 

teams were divided in 

three groups, where the 

matches will be of 45- 

overs. The top two teams 

from each group would 

qualify for the super-six 

stage, where the round 

matches will take place in 

Faisalabad and Sialkot, 

simultaneously 

November 8 to 10. 

from 

CANBERRA: Aaron 

Finch was named Australia 

s new one-day captain 

Saturday ahead of their 

upcoming series against 

South Africa, with Test 

skipper Tim Paine and his 

deputy Mitch Marsh axed. 

The explosive batsman 

is already in charge of the 

Twenty20 team and takes 

over from Paine who averaged 

just 7.2 in Australia s 

5-0 ODI series rout by 

England in June. 

Spin veteran Nathan 

Lyon was another notable 

omission, although Shaun 

Marsh kept his place 

despite a dire recent Test 

series against Pakistan in 

the United Arab Emirates. 

Alex Carey and Josh 

Hazlewood were appointed 

When Marsh and Ben 

McDermott (three) fell in 

quick succession Australia 

were in danger of falling to 

another under-100 total but 

Maxwell and Nathan 

Coulter-Nile fought hard 

during their 59-run seventh 

wicket stand. 

When Shaheen Shah 

Afridi started the last over 

Australia needed 23 to 

win. Coulter-Nile hit a 

towering six off the first 

ball and then took a single 

but Maxwell holed out off 

the next ball to end all 

hopes of an Australian 

win. Shaheen took 2-35 

while spinner Shadab 

Khan finished with 2-30. 

Pakistan's total was 

built around a solid 70-run 

partnership between Azam 

and Hafeez who built the 

innings after Fakhar 

Zaman was out for 11 with 

the score at 29. 

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. 


KARACHI: The 3rd day 

highlights of the world 

scrabble championship are 

as follows: 

The first four positions 

are: 

Nigel Richards of New 

Zealand consolidating his 

position at the top. Now 

having 20 wins from the 26 

matches he is maintaining a 

healthy spread of 1412. 

Kevin McMahon of 

Scotland made rapid strides 

to climb to the 2nd position 

with 19 wins and a spread of 

845. 

2016 world champion 

Brett Smitheram is holding 

firm at the 3rd position with 

18.5 wins. 

The Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) won 

the troll war against the 

International Cricket 

Council when it hit back at 

the sport’s governing body 

with a befitting reply over 

the curious case of the 

‘biscuit’ trophy. 

Moments after Pakistan 

beat Australia in the second 

T20 international at 

Dubai on Friday night to 

clinch the three-match 

series, PCB gave the ICC a 

taste of its own medicine 

on Twitter. 

The ICC had made fun 


Sportlight 

PCB trolls back ICC 

over ‘biscuit’ trophy 


KARACHI: Beach 

Luxury Hotel as part of 

itssustainability initiatives 

towardsenvironmentallyfriendly 

practices for a 

Greener Society invited 

Team Cycologists to execute 

a dedicated cycling 

ride as part of the 

hotel’s‘GoGreen’ drive. 

Beach Luxury Hotel 

being the only resort hotel 

in city of Karachi was 

established on March 21, 

1948. This four star hotel 

also holds the honor for 

being the firstinternationally-acclaimed 

hotel established 

after independence 

at Karachi. It is nestled 

adjacent to the city’s financial 

& business hub I.I. 

Chundrigar Road, set 

amongst lush tropical gardens 

and palm trees, offeringpanoramic 

view of 

of the series trophy, which 

features a giant biscuit nestled 

on top of the stumps. 

The bizarre design created 

much amusement in the 

cricket world, and the 

social media came up with 

dozens of memes mocking 

the trophy. 

The governing body 

was not one to be left 

behind. Its Twitter handle 

had quipped, “You vs the 

trophy she told you not to 

worry about.” 

The PCB was quick to 

take revenge when 

Pakistan beat Australia to 

theArabian Sea creek leading 

to Karachi Harbor with 

acres of natural mangroves 

that offer a very charming 

and relaxed atmosphere. 

Since there is an 

increased emphasis for a 

Greener Pakistan tocombat 

with climate change and 

global warming challenges, 

Beach Luxury and 

Cycologists teamed up for 

this initiative. The objective 

of the ride was also to 

encourage the citizens to 

adopt cycling as a healthy 

activity and a pollutionfree 

mode of transport. 

At the break of dawn 

over 50 cyclists paddled 

from Zamzama through the 

streets of Clifton, cycling 

by I. I. Chundgrigar Road 

all the way to Lalazaar. 

Upon reaching the 

hotel, the Cycologists 

group was warmly greeted 

7 

take a decisive lead in the 

series. 

"Dear @ICC Who 

cares? Both are ours!" it hit 

back. 

A visibly sheepish ICC 

responded, "Oh crumbs" 

(pun intended). 

The win was Sarfraz 

Ahmed's 10th T20 series 

win since taking over as 

captain in September 

2016, including a tri-series 

win in Zimbabwe in July 

this year. 

The third and final 

match is also in Dubai on 

Today. 

Cycologists Cycling ride to 

Beach Luxury Hotel 

Jesse Day of USA on 4th 

with 18 wins. 

The Pakistani players 

had another excellent day 

with Moiz Baig creating a 

sensation by beating Nigel 

Richards, arguably the 

greatest scrabble player of 

all times, by a massive margin. 

Moiz remained at the 

No. 3 spot for a while but 

ended the day at the 8th 

position after a defeat in the 

last match. 

Wasim Khatri also made 

a good start beating the 

2014 world champion Craig 

Beevers in the first match of 

the day. Both Waseem and 

Moiz remained in the top 

ten positions but Waseem 

ended the day at 19th. 

The Division B continues 

to be an all Pakistan 

show with the top 5 positions 

still occupied by the 

Pakistani players. 

The position holdings of 

the World Scrabble 

Championship are: 

Hammad Hadi continued 

ruthlessly on the 3rd day 

with a succession of wins. 

He remained on top almost 

from the word go and didn’t 

relent for a moment. 

Hammad has 22 wins from 

the 26 matches and maintains 

a spread of 2337. 

Sohaib Sanaullah was no 

less impressive. He is firmly 

placed at 2nd with 21 wins 

and a spread of 2658. 

Hammad and Sohaib 

by the staff of Beach 

Luxury Hotel who provided 

a guided tour of the 

building and shared a brief 

history reminiscing its 

journey over 6 decades. 

The cyclists also planted 

saplings at the Hotel 

with their team and 

pledged to demonstrate a 

more socially and environmentally 

responsible 

behavior towards the motherland. 

Cycologists is a DHA 

Karachi based non-profitable, 

easy Cycling and 

Social meet up group that 

brings together those interested 

in cycling and 

improving their health and 

fitness. The group organizes 

rides every Saturday and 

few regular days of the 

week with routes ranging 

from regular streets to the 

highlights of Karachi. 

World Scrabble Championship 2018: Niel 

Keeps Lead; Div. B Pakistan Dominated 

joint vice-captains in a 14- 

man squad that sees the 

return of fast bowlers 

Mitchell Starc and Pat 

Cummins. 

"It s very exciting. I m 

very humbled, very honoured 

to lead the side and 

lead Australia," Finch said, 

welcoming having a bowler 

as his deputy. 

"I think it s really 

important to have the 

voice of the bowlers there 

as well... a lot of the time 

batters are in leadership 

roles and bowlers are neglected 

in terms of that and 

it s almost an us versus 

them at times." 

National selector Trevor 

now seem certain to qualify 

to the quarter finals. 

Young Imaad Ali who 

made a sluggish start to the 

tournament finally returned 

to form and won 7 of the 

nine games played today. 

He is now placed 3rd with 

17 wins and a spread of 

1592. 

Hassan Hadi also continued 

to be in good form and 

maintained his 4th position 

with 17 wins and a spread of 

1341. 

Tariq Pervez is also on 

17th wins but is relegated to 

the 5th position with a 

spread of 1271. 

Terry Kang Rau of USA 

continues to be the top non 

Pakistani player at No. 6. 

Paine axed with Finch named Australia’s new ODI skipper 

Hohns said the leadership 

decisions were based on 

presentations the players 

made, their vision for 

Australian cricket and their 

actions on and off the field. 

"We expect Aaron, Josh 

and Alex to lead the side 

through a big Australian 

summer... they ll also be 

driving our standards and 

values as we prepare our 

defence of the World Cup, 

which is only seven months 

away," he said. 

We believe the squad 

we have selected will 

give us a great opportunity 

to not only be competitive 

at home this summer, 

but it also allows us 

to start to build continuity 

leading into next year s 

tournament."

CMYK 

CMYK 


CMYK 

CMYK 

CMYK 

Pak-Iran Cultural relations perpetual and 

fraternal ties outstanding: Bahram Kian acting 

Cultural Attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran I S L A M A B A D : 

Members of the European 

and Belgium Parliament 

Rasheed Chughtai 

ISLAMABAD: PAK- 

ISTAN and Iran have very 

strong historical relations. 

The bilateral relations 

between the two countries 

are anchored with very 

strong foundations, being 

immediate neighbours. Both 

the states have deep religious, 

ethnic, cultural and 

linguistic bonds. In the 

recent past, there are some 

major developments in 

Pakistan-Iran relations. 

Bahram Kian acting 

Cultural Attaché of the 

Islamic Republic of Iran 

said in a meeting with 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

president of IU and resident easternmost 

editor of Daily Messenger 

Islamabad 

He discussed that 

Pakistan enjoys good relations 

with Iran since the partition 

of sub-continent. Both 

the countries have successful 

agreements regarding 

the different socioeconomic 

fields. Relations between 

Iran and Pakistan have 

spanned since the common 

prehistoric Indo-Iranian heritage. 

The Western region of 

Pakistan was one part of the 

satrap's 

provinces of Persian Empire 

which included the areas of 

Satraps provinces of present-day 

Pakistan. Even as of 

today, many antique and 

historic buildings in 

Pakistan have classical 

Persian writings on manuscript 

of the buildings. After 

the establishment of 

Pakistan on August 1947 

ISLAMABAD: PPP sage on Kashmir black day 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto here Saturday. He held 

Zardari has said 5 lac international community 

Indian forces are perpetuating 

illegal occupation of 

will have to rein in Indian 

Prime Minister Modi to 

Kashmir since the last 71 stop persistent Indian 

years and international troops atrocities against 

community can not remain people of Kashmir. 

mute continuously over As many as 70000 

illegal occupation of Kashmiris have been killed 

Kashmir. 

during their freedom struggle. 

He said this in his mes- 

Pakistan is emotionally, 

spiritually and historically 

attached with people 

of Kashmir. We will continue 

our moral and diplomatic 

support to Kashmiris 

till their freedom struggle 

is materialized. 

Co-chairman PPP Asif 

Ali Zardari has said seeking 

freedom from India is 

legitimate right of people 

of Kashmir. PPP is sure 

,Iran has a unique distinction 

of being the first country 

to internationally recognize 

the status of Pakistan. 

He referred memoranda 

of understanding to expand 

cultural, art cooperation, 

historic, and lingual commonalities 

of Iran and 

Pakistan and asserted that 

art and culture can play an 

important role in strengthening 

bilateral ties. He 

thanked the government of 

Pakistan for promoting 

Iranian language and culture 

in Pakistan especially 

in the fields of art and calligraphy. 

He said ““More 

serious measures should be 

undertaken to introduce the 

poets of Iran and Pakistan 

in these two countries to get 

the people of Iran and 

Pakistan closer,” 

He also narrated that 

Allama Iqbal was a great 

poet and his motto was to 

unite Muslim Ummah and 

preserve rich Islamic culture. 

He, through his revolutionary 

poetry spread the 

Pakistan will continue moral, diplomatic 

support to Kashmiris: Bilawal 

PEMRA chairman for 

crackdown agaisnt ilelgal DTH 

LAHORE: Officials of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) are showing the dish antennas 

broadcasting Indian content to the media recovered during a crackdown at FIA 

Regional Office. 

I S L A M A B A D : during a visit on Saturday, 

Chairman, Pakistan he instructed PEMRA officers 

Electronic Media 

and staff to coordinate 

Regulatory Authority with other law enforcement 

(PEMRA) Muhammad agencies such as Federal 

Saleem Baig Saturday Investigation Agency, 

urged to launch effective Customs Intelligence, 

enforcement campaign Police and Rangers so that 

against illegal Indian no room could be left for 

DTH, C-Line and Android those indulged in this illegal 

Boxes and a complete 

business. 

crackdown against its sales He further stressed 

and associated activities. upon that orders of 

While addressing Supreme Court of Pakistan 

Officers and Staff at issued in this regard should 

Regional Office Karachi be complied with in letter 

and spirit and no laxity 

should be shown as illegal 

proliferation of Indian 

DTH is not only detrimental 

to our social, cultural 

and religious values but 

also causing huge financial 

loss to the country’s 

exchequer. 

Therefore, all out 

efforts should be made to 

make this campaign effective 

as this drive will also 

pave way for promoting 

Pakistani DTH, which 

would be launched, soon. 

that one day Kashmir will 

be liberated from occupation 

of Indian forces. 

He went on to say PPP 

stands with people of 

Kashmir. International 

community should play its 

proactive role in ensuring 

justice to oppressed 

Kashmiris so that sun of 

freedom rises soon in 

Kashmir. 

No German arms to 

Saudi until Khashoggi 

case is clarified: Merkel 

PRAGUE: German 

Chancellor Angela Merkel 

vowed on Friday that Berlin 

would not export arms to 

Saudi Arabia until the murder 

of dissident journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi is clarified, 

a stance French 

President 

Macron dubbed "pure demagoguery". 

"The case of journalist 

Khashoggi is, of course, 

something incredible, I told 

the Saudi king yesterday in 

our telephone conversation," 

Merkel said at a press 

conference with Czech 

Prime Minister Andrej 

Babis. 

"We need to clarify the 

background of this horrible 

crime and until that, we will 

not supply weapons to Saudi 

Arabia," she added, reiterating 

comments made earlier 

this week. 

The stance led to a clash 

with France's Macron who 

told reporters in the Slovak 

capital Bratislava on Friday 

that stopping arms sales to 

Saudi Arabia would be 

"pure demagoguery". 

The sale of weapons "has 

nothing to do with Mr. 

Khashoggi. One shouldn't 

mix everything up," he said. 

Consultations under way over new Hajj policy: Noorul Haq 

MULTAN: Federal 

Minister for Religious 

Affairs and Interfaith 

Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri 

Saturday said that consultations 

were under way to 

introduce new five-year Hajj 

policy. 

Addressing a Hajj consultative 

workshop organised 

by the Directorate of Hajj 

Multan here, he announced 

that the new Hajj policy and 

Hajj operation 2019 would 

be better than the previous 

years. The minister said that 

efforts were being made to 

increase Pakistan Hajj quota 

from the next year, as a large 

number of Hajj applications 

could not be entertained 

every year. He said that the 

Saudi Arabia government’s 

formula for Hajj quota for 

the Muslim countries was 

one person per thousand 

people. He said the Saudi 

Arabia authorities would be 

contacted to increase 

Pakistan’s Hajj quota. 

He stressed for the training 

of Hajj pilgrims as it was 

necessary for performing all 

rituals of Hajj in a better way. 

He directed the Ministry of 

Religious Affairs to make 

short movies about Hajj and 

release it on the social media 

to inform the people. 

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

Haq Qadri addressing the participants of hajj consultative workshop. 

massage of great Islamic 

norms and conveyed that if 

united Muslims can rule the 

world. The role of Allama 

Muhammad Iqbal Lahori is 

so rich and valuable that all 

those who are reviving the 

rich Islamic culture and civilization, 

think of him. The 

affection and attachment of 

the Iranians towards the 

great philosopher and religious 

reformer multiplies 

when he narrates his deep 

ideology in Persian language 

and finds the 

“Articulation in Dari” 

“Even sweeter”. The teachings 

of this rare thinker are 

still the guidelines of the 

journey towards the “Unity 

of the Muslim World”. In 

the light of such teachings, 

the fragmentation and sectarianism 

could be replaced 

with unity and passion and 

the process of evolution in 

the Islamic world might be 

started. The voice the 

preacher of Muslim unity 

still resounds in the ears of 

the true believers: 

SPAM terms his 

UK visit very 

successful 

LONDON: Special 

Assistant to PM (SAPM) on 

accountability, Mirza 

Shahzad Akbar has termed 

his visit to United Kingdom 

and meetings with government 

officials very successful 

and hoped it would help 

Pakistan check corruption 

and curbing money laundering 

besides recovery of 

assets acquired abroad 

through illegal means. 

He was talking to a group 

of Pakistani media persons at 

PHC here the other day. 

Deputy High Commissioner 

of Pakistan to UK 

Muhammad Ayub was also 

present on the occasion. 

Speakers demand probes of 

human rights violations in IoK 

and community leaders 

have demanded an independent 

international investigation 

into the gross 

human rights violations in 

the Indian occupied 

Kashmir as recommended 

by the United Nation’s 

Office of High 

Commissioner on Human 

Rights (UNOHCHR) in its 

report this year. 

They were addressing a 

conference organized by the 

Embassy of Pakistan in 

Brussels at the Press Club 

Brussels Europe to observe 

Black Day for Kashmir 

with a view to draw attention 

of international community 

to the human rights 

violations in the Indian 

occupied Kashmir, a message 

received here Saturday 

said. 

Those who spoke on the 

occasion included Vice 

President of Brussels 

Parliament Eman Ozkara, 

Member Brussels 

Parliament Dr Manzoor 

Zahoor, Belgian human 

rights activist Andy 

Vermaut, Honorary Council 

General of Pakistan in Gent 

Karin Zoeter , representative 

of student’s union of 

KU Leaven University 

Wim Kneapen, councillor 

Shazia Manzoor, Deputy 

Head of Mission, Embassy 

of Pakistan Asif Memon 

and 7-years old Pakistani 

student Maham Sohail. 

Video messages of 

members of European 

Parliament including those 

of Members of European 

Parliament Jean Lambert, 

MUMBAI: Bollywood 

actors Malaika Arora and 

Arjun Kapoor are going to 

tie the knot next year, 

according to Filmfare. 

After a picture of the 

couple holding hands at an 

airport sent the internet into 

a meltdown, reports now 

suggest that the two are getting 

married next year and 

may even go official with 

their relationship soon. 

A source close to the 

couple spilled the beans to 

Filmfare about the duo’s 

nuptials and said, “Malaika 

and Arjun are extremely 

fond of each other." 

"They have never really 

spoken about each other 

but they are extremely 

happy in their own personal 

space and in a steady 

relationship now, Malaika 

and Arjun plan to take their 

relationship to next level 

and tie the knot next year,” 

the source added. 

Arora and Kapoor have 

been rumored to be together 

for several years, following 

her divorce to fellow 

Bollywood actor Arbaaz 

Khan. 

Julie Ward, Amjad Bashir, 

Wajid Khan and Mishaal 

Malik wife of detained 

Kashmiri leader Yasin 

Malik were also present on 

the occasion. 

In their messages, they 

called upon the international 

community to take action 

for addressing growing violence 

by the Indian forces in 

IoK. A documentary depicting 

human rights violations 

in IoK was also screened. 

The speakers were of the 

view that for the international 

community there was 

almost no accessibility to 

the Indian occupied 

Kashmir and India’s refusal 

for access to representatives 

of the UN High 

Commissioner for Human 

Rights to investigate violations 

of human rights posed 

a big problem. 

Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor 

to tie the knot next year 

occupation and demanded 

independent international 

investigation of this matter 

as recommended by the 

United Nation’s Office of 

High Commissioner on 

Human Rights (UNO- 

HCHR) in it’s report 

released in June this year. 

The conference was 

attended by a large number 

of audience representing all 

walks of life. 

The speakers included 

Vice President of Brussels 

Parliament Mr Eman 

Ozkara, Member Brussels 

Parliament Dr Manzoor 

Zahoor, Belgian Human 

Rights Activist Andy 

Vermaut, Honorary Council 

General of Pakistan in Gent 

Karin Zoeter , 

Representative of Student’s 

Union of KU Leaven 

University Wim Kneapen, 

Councillor Shazia 

Manzoor, Deputy Head of 

Mission, Embassy of 

Pakistan Mr Asif Memon 

and 7 years old Pakistani 

student Maham Sohail. 

However, Arora has 

denied the rumors’ and said 

that she and Kapoor were 

just 'close friends'. 

Pakistan Embassy Brussels 

Commemorates Kashmir Black Day 

Emmanuel 

BRUSSELS: The 

Embassy of Pakistan in 

Brussels organized a conference 

at the Press Club 

Brussels Europe to observe 

Black Day for Kashmir 

with a view to draw attention 

of international community 

to the human rights 

violations in the Indian 

occupied Kashmir. 

Members of European 

and Belgian Parliament and 

community leaders highlighted 

atrocities committed 

by the Indian forces of 

ISLAMABAD: Minister 

of State for Parliamentary 

Affairs Ali Muhammad 

Khan on Saturday said that 

the day is not far away when 

the people of Indian 

Occupied Kashmir (IoK) 

would get independence 

from India. 

Speaking at the Report 

Launching ceremony titled 

“The Case of Human Rights 

Violations in Kashmir” by 

the Center of Peace and 

Social Studies (CPASS), the 

present government was 

making efforts to make 

Pakistan economically 

strong and powerful in the 

world. He said that Pakistan 

came into being on the name 

of Islam that teaches us religion 

tolerence and freedom.He 

warned India and 

said our patience is not our 

weakness. We are nuclear 

nation and know how to 

defend our soil, he added. 

He strongly condemned 

the atrocities of the Indian 

forces in Occupied Kashmir 

on the innocent people.He 

said that the whole nation 

should come forward to play 

its role. Director General 

CPASS Asif Khurshid said 

that Kashmir has been the 

major outstanding issue 

between the two South 

Asian nuclear nations. 

He said that CPASS has 

also suggested some recommendations 

and a comprehensive 

way forward for the 

newly elected government 

of Pakistan. 

Former High 

Commissioner of Pakistan 

Abdul Basit, MNA Ms. 

Video messages of 

members of European 

Parliament including those 

of MEP Jean Lambert, MEP 

Julie Ward, MEP Amjad 

Bashir, MEP Wajid Khan 

and Mishaal Malik wife of 

detained Kashmiri leader 

Yasin Malik were also 

screened on the occasion. 

In their messages the 

MEPs called upon international 

community to take 

action for addressing growing 

violence by the Indian 

forces of occupation. 

Day not far away, people of IoK get independence 

from India: Ali Muhammad Khan 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Engr. Ali Muhammad Khan 

speaking during the launching of a report on human rights violations in Occupied 

Kashmir at Riphah Institute of Public Policy. 

Farrukh Khan, Dr. 

Manzoor Afridi, Dean of 

Public Policy Department, 

Riphah University. 

Director General Center of 

Peace and Social Studies 

Asif Khursheed, Managing 

Diector Kashif Zaheer 

Khamboo also attended 

the event. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

Chief Editor and Publisher Muhammad Taqi Alvi, Office No.509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I. Chundrigar Road Karachi. Tel. 021-32214988/32214990 Fax: 021-32214989 Printed by Jilani Printing Press ST-8 Block-10/A Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi.

28 Oct 2018

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?