3 November 2018

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Govt appoints 

Aamir Zulfiqar new 

Islamabad IGP 

RAWALPINDI: Religious 

scholar and Jamiat Ulema-e- 

Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief 

Maulana Samiul Haq was 

assassinated in a knife attack 

in Rawalpindi on Friday. 

As per the details, 

Maulana Samiul Haq sustained 

injuries in a targeted 

attack at his house in a private 

housing society in 

Rawalpindi’s Gulraiz area. 

He was shifted to local 

hospital for medical assistance 

where he succumbed 

to his wounds. 

KARACHI EDITION – Saturday, November 3, 2018, Safar 24, 1440 

Funeral prayers to be offered in Akora Khattak today 

Maulana Samiul Haq 

killed in Rawalpindi 

Influential religious scholar, former senator stabbed to death inside residence, 

son confirms; PM, COAS, CJP among others express sorrow at Haq’s death 

A file photo of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) chief 

Maulana Sami ul Haq. 

Haq’s son Maulana 

Hamidul Haq confirmed his 

death in the attack. 

"He was resting in his 

room during Asr time when 

his driver/guard went out for 

15 minutes. When he 

returned, he found Maulana 

Samiul Haq dead in his bed 

and his body covered in 

blood," Sami s son said. 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan has strongly condemned 

the martyrdom of 

Maulana Sami-ul-Haq. In a 

statement from Beijing, 

where he is currently on visit 

to China, the Prime Minister 

directed to investigate the 

incident and bring the perpetrators 

to justice. The prime 

minister said Maulana Samiul-Haq 

was a great scholar of 

Islam. 

Chief of Army Staff 

(COAS) General Qamar 

Javed Bajwa also strongly 

condemned the assassination 

of renowned religious 

scholar and political 

leader Moulana Samiul 

Haq. He expressed grief 

and condolences to the 

bereaved family. 

On the other hand, 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Nawaz (PML-N) supremo 

Nawaz Sharif and party 

president Shehbaz Sharif 

also condemned Haq’s 

assassination. 

Samiul Haq was born on 

December 18, 1937 in Akora 

Khattak, North-West 

Frontier Province of British 

India (now Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). His 

father was Moulana Abdul 

Haq. 

He began his education in 

1366 AH (1946 or 1947 CE) 

at Darul Uloom Haqqania, 

which was founded by his 

father. There he studied fiqh, 

usul al-fiqh, Arabic literature, 

logic, Arabic grammar 

(sarf and nahw), tafsir, and 

Hadith. 

He was well versed in 

Arabic but also used Urdu, 

the national language of 

Pakistan, and the regional 

language of Pashto. 

He was a religious scholar 

and former Senator. He 

was member of the Senate 

from 1985 to 1991 and 

again from 1991 to 1997. 

Haq was the chancellor 

of Darul Uloom Haqqania. 

Haq served as chairman of 

the Difa-e-Pakistan Council 

and was the leader of his 

own faction of the Jamiat 

Ulema-e-Islam political 

party, known as JUI-S. 

Samiul Haq was also a 

founding member of 

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. 

He had also served as a 

member of the Senate. He 

formed Mutahida Deeni 

Mahaz (United Religious 

Front), an alliance of relatively 

small religio-political 

parties, to participate in 

Pakistani general election, 

2013. 

RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter- 

Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major 

General Asif Ghafoor on Friday has said 

that the verdict announced in Asia Bibi 

case was totally judicial and army has nothing 

to do with it. 

In a statement, DG ISPR said that every 

Muslim loves Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) 

and that the case of Asia Bibi remained 

under hearing in the courts for 10 years. 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Dragging army into every 

case deplorable: ISPR 

SC decision to acquit Asia a legal matter; armed 

forces nothing to do with it, says DG 

ISLAMABAD: The 

T e h r e e k - e - L a b b a i k 

Pakistan has agreed to end 

sit-ins across the country as 

the government agreed to 

put Aasia Bibi’s name on 

the Exit Control List. 

The TLP will announce 

ending sit-ins across the 

country after they reached 

an agreement with the government. 

The TLP and other religious 

parties such as the 

JUI-F and Sunni Tehreek 

have reacted badly to the 

October 30 acquittal of 

Christian woman, Aasia 

Bibi, in an eight-year blasphemy 

case. 

According to the 5-point 

agreement, the government 

will initiate the legal 

process to place Aasia 

Bibi’s name on the ECL 

and won’t object to the 

review petition filed by the 

litigants. 

Dragging Pakistan Army into every case 

is deplorable as it is currently engaged in 

the war on terror and it is close to winning 

it. We should not be distracted, he added. 

DG ISPR said that the government also 

wants to resolve this matter to improve the 

law and order situation across the country. 

Army should not be subjected to criticism 

alongside observance of respect for 

the Constitution, he said. 

TLP ends sit-in after 

agreement with govt 

Government won’t object to the review petition filed by the litigant 

The government will 

immediately release all the 

protesters arrested on 

October 30 and after it, the 

agreement said. The TLP 

leaders will apologize for 

issuing ‘painful’ statements 

and hurting the sentiments. 

Noorul Haq Qadri, the 

religious affairs minister, 

and Punjab Law Minister 

Raja Basharat were signatory 

to the agreement from 

government side. 

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Federal Government has 

appointed Aamir 

Zulfiqar as the 

Islamabad Inspector 

General Police (IGP). 

Zulfiqar is an officer 

of the Police Service 

Pakistan (PSP) group 

and has served as IG 

Motorway Police. 

His other postings 

including IG Operations 

Punjab, DIG Operations 

Punjab, DIG CTD 

Punjab, RPO Multan, 

CPO Multan, SSP 

Special Branch Lahore, 

SSP Operations Lahore 

among other designations. 

Earlier, the Supreme 

Court suspended an 

order transferring IGP 

Islamabad Jan 

Muhammad. 

IMF bailout talks to 

commence from Nov 7 

ISLAMABAD: A 

delegation of 

International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) is all set to 

visit Pakistan on 

November 7 for talks 

on a bailout package. 

According to 

details, IMF has also 

prepared conditions 

that include control on 

privatization, tax 

reforms, circular debts 

and inflations for 

Pakistan to avail the 

package. 

On October 11, 

Pakistan formally 

requested IMF for 

bailout package after 

Federal Minister for 

Finance Asad Umar 

met IMF chief 

Christine Lagarde. 

Xi calls for ‘new era’ 

in ties with Pakistan 

China promises Pakistan support as 

Khan tells of 'very difficult' economy 

BEIJING: PM Imran Khan handshake with President 

Xi Jinping upon arrival at the Great Hall of the People. 

BEIJING: Chinese 

President Xi Jinping has 

expressed willingness to 

work together with Prime 

minister Imran Khan to 

strengthen Pakistan-China 

all-weather strategic partnership 

and build a new era of 

shared destiny. He made the 

remarks during a meeting 

with Prime Minister Imran 

Khan at the Great Hall of the 

People in Beijing. 

Xi Jinping said China 

attaches great importance to 

its relations, with Pakistan 

reaffirming they were “allweather” 

friends. 

He reiterated China's 

steadfast support to Pakistan 

on all issues of core interest. 

In his remarks, Prime 

Minister Imran Khan 

emphasized President Xi's 

vision of Belt and Road initiative 

and its flagship project 

CPEC would translate 

into a win-win situation for 

shared prosperity in the 

entire region and beyond. 

Imran Khan said friendship 

with China is the cornerstone 

of Pakistan's foreign 

policy and expressed 

the desire to further consolidate 

this relationship. 


Khan said Pakistan stands by 

China in safeguarding mutual 

interests, shared ideals and 

promoting multilateralism. 

He extended an invitation 

to President Xi Jinping to 

visit Pakistan which he 

Pak may get $6bn 

financial support 

from China 

BEIJING: China is 

expected to provide 

Pakistan $6billion financial 

support while agreement in 

this regard could be 

reached during Prime 

Minister Imran Khan’s 

ongoing visit to China. 

Sources informed that 

out of the total $6 billion, 

$3 billion would be given 

to Pakistan for the China- 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor , while $1.5 billion 

each would be doled 

out in grant, and loan. 

accepted. 

Both the leaders reviewed 

the entire gamut of bilateral 

relations and held in-depth 

discussions on regional and 

global matters of mutual 

interest. 

The two leaders agreed to 

work closely to overcoming 

growing political and economic 

uncertainities. 


Khan amd President Xi also 

reviewed progress of CPEC, 

expressed satisfaction on its 

achievements and undertook 

for its early completion to 

maximize the benefits for 

Pakistan. The Chinese 

President congratulated 

Prime Minister Imran Khan 

on his election and assumption 

of office. Prime Minister 

Imran Khan thanked the 

Chinese President, government 

and the people of 

China for their warm sentiments 

and hospitality. 

Hamza skips 

appearance before 

NAB in assets case 

LAHORE: Leader of the 

Opposition in Punjab 

Assembly Hamza Shehbaz 

on Friday failed to appear 

before the National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB) Lahore in connection 

with an inquiry launched 

against him for allegedly 

amassing assets beyond 

known sources of income. 

As per details, the PML- 

N leader was served a subpoena 

to turn up before a 

NAB team for questioning, 

but he failed to do so. 

He said he was unable to 

show up because of the current 

law and order situation 

in the provincial capital. 

NAB had summoned 

Hamza Shehbaz and his 

brother Salman Shehbaz in a 

case pertaining to alleged 

possession of assets beyond 

known sources of income. 

Afterwards, Hamza 

obtained protective bail from 

the Lahore High Court until 

November 13 to avoid his 

possible arrest at the hands of 

the Bureau. 

LAHORE: Activists of Tehreek Labaik (YR) are protesting against the acquittal of Asia 

Bibi in blasphemy case in front of Punjab Assembly Mall Road at Faisal Chowk. 

Azam Swat should resign from his office: CJP 

SC forms JIT to probe into 

assets, properties of Azam Swati 

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has 

remarked that Azam Swati should resign from his office. 

CJP further remarked “ Azam Swati is so egoist that he 

got an IG Police transferred. He got the parents and their 

children arrest and sent them to jail. Will such people run the 

country. This offence on his part is against the state. 

CJP gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member 

bench of SC Friday during the course of hearing of suo 

motu notice in connection with transfer of IG police. 

IG Jan Muhammad appeared in the court and he excused 

himself from continuing to perform duties as Islamabad IGP 

and told the bench, “I cannot work given the present circumstances 

and request the court to grant permission on my 

transfer." CJP remarked, Ok, if he is saying then it is permitted. 

Counsel of Azam Swati appeared in the court during 

hearing of the case and presented apology wherein 

police was held responsible for the incident. CJP while 

rejecting apology remarked “ we are constituting JIT on this 

matter which will include best officers of NAB, IB and FIA. 

Hamid Gul’s son 

survives attempt on life 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Abdullah Gul, the son of former 

spy chief Gen Hamid 

Gul, escaped an attempt on 

life at Islamabad’s 

Expressway, reports said 

Friday night. 

He remained unhurt in 

the assassination bid, they 

added. 

Talking to a local news 

channel, the ex-ISI DG’s son 

confirmed, “I was attacked 

near the old Islamabad airport.” 

“I was driving my 

jeep when two cars intercepted 

me, and seven to 

eight bullets were fired at 

my vehicle,” he stated, 

adding that he was earlier 

informed by law enforcement 

agencies that his name 

was on the threat list. 

Protests caused Rs150bn loss to economy so far 

Major cities of Punjab including Lahore face petrol shortage 

KARACHI: The country’s economy 

suffered a loss of Rs150 billion as 

the economic activities across the country 

are at standstill for the last three days 

KARACHI: Sea port gives a deserted look as the main Port Road has been 

blocked due to the protests of various religious parties against acquittal of 

Asia Bibi in blasphemy case. 

in wake of countrywide protests after 

the Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi 

in the blasphemy case. 

The protests being largely led by the 

Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party have 

spread uncertainty leading to the shutting 

down of business and trade activities 

across the country. Business activities 

at the ports have also closed and the 

traders would have to pay billions in 

damages. Fuel shortage was also lingering 

across the country as supplies have 

stopped for the last three days including 

Karachi and Lahore. Activities in the 

vegetable markets have come down a 

half for last three days, while the supplies 

of medicines have also disturbed 

due to closure of medicine markets. 

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Saturday, November 3, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Burglars loot over 25 

shops at MA Jinnah road 

Markets remain closed in megacity 

KARACHI: The 

Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi 

chapter amir Hafiz 

Naeem-ur-Rehman has 

demanded that the the federal 

government should 

file a review petition 

regarding the verdict of 

apex court in Asia Bibi 

case. 

KARACHI: A watchman who sustained injuries during a clash with the robbers is sitting 

outside the shops in Delhi Market at M A Jinnah Road while rangers personnel 

are also present. 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: A gang of 

16 burglars looted more 

than 25 cloth shops in 

Jama Cloth Market of the 

city in the wee hours of 

Friday. 

According to sources, 

the robbers broke the locks 

of 25 cloth shops in 

Lucknow Cloth market 

and looted millions of 

rupees cash and goods. 

They also tortured night 

watchman of the market. 

The shopkeepers registered 

their protest, and 

questioned the efficiency 

of law enforcement authorities. 

Receiving information 

about the incident, the 

security personnel reached 

at the scene and started an 

investigation into the matter. 

Meanwhile, all major 

He was addressing a 

protest demonstration 

against the verdict at 

Lasbella Chowk. A large 

number of people and 

party workers attended the 

demo. 

Hafiz Naeem 

announced that the 

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) would 

markets remained closed 

in the megacity Karachi on 

stage a protest rally 4th 

November, Sunday on 

University Road from 

Bait-ul-Mukarram to 

Hasan Square. 

“The lovers of Hazrat 

Muhammad (Peace Be 

Upon Him) will never tolerate 

blasphemy at any 

cost,” he said. 

Friday, as different religious 

and political parties 

JI announces protest rally in Karachi on Sunday 

KARACHI : A Group photo taken at PEBS Eye & General Hospital on the occasion of Eye 

Donation Awareness Program with Dr. Qazi Wasiq, Dr Raheel Tehsin, Mrs. Nusrat 

Jahan, Mr. Shafiq-ur-Rahman Usmani, Dr. Samina Rauf, Mr. Waseem Rais & students of 

social welfare department, University of Karachi. 

Mapping service giant HERE 

Technologies signs deal with TPL 

KARACHI: TPL Maps 

(PvT) Ltd, Pakistan’s first 

and largest mapping company 

has signed a 

Memorandum of 

Understanding (MoU) with 

HERE Technologies, a global 

leader in mapping and 

location platform services. 

Leadership team members 

of both companies met 

in Berlin to discuss a potential 

partnership between TPL 

Maps and HERE 

Technologies. It was agreed 

that HERE Technologies 

and TPL Maps will work 

towards establishing a technology 

partnership and 

product collaboration 

around map content operations 

and related platforms 

and services, as well as the 

joint development of a goto-market 

strategy in the 

Automotive and Enterprise 

sectors for Pakistan and the 

region. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Stefan Hansen, Senior 

Vice President and General 

Manager HERE 

Technologies for EMEAR 

region said “At HERE we 

are working to bring alive 

what we call “the 

Autonomous World”, a 

world infused with location 

intelligence for innovative 

solutions from autonomous 

driving to smart city infrastructures. 

Our MOU for a 

strategic partnership with 

TPL Maps is a major step in 

bringing these solutions to 

Pakistan and the region.” 

Adnan Shahid, CEO TPL 

Maps said “We are very 

excited with the collaboration 

opportunities with 

HERE Technologies. This 

MoU with HERE 

Technologies is the result of 

a lot of hard work in developing 

indigenous Pakistani 

maps and local expertise in 

location-based services” 

Also present on the occasion 

were Mr. Ali Jameel, 

CEO, TPL Corp, Mr. Philip 

Mott – Director, Strategy & 

Growth, EMEAR, Mr. 

Haitham Alaqqad – Head of 

RMC, MEA HERE and 

other team members of both 

companies. 

HERE Technologies was 

recently ranked as World No 

1 before Google in mapping 

and navigation by Ovum. It 

provides 4 out of 5 in-car 

navigation systems in North 

America and Europe in 

addition to other enterprise 

solutions worldwide. TPL 

Maps provides navigation 

and mapping solutions to 

automotive sector in 

Pakistan and other intelligent 

location based solutions. 

This partnership will 

help foster the location 

based solutions for the local 

market. TPL Maps is a part 

of TPL Corp – a holding 

company for eight innovative 

business enterprises 

ranging from Insurance and 

telematics to properties and 

logistics. 

KARACHI: People face inconvenience as the main Port Road has been blocked due to the 

protests of various religious parties against acquittal of Asia Bibi in blasphemy case. 

Hafiz Naeem alleged 

that the western world is 

hatching conspiracy 

against the Ummah. He 

said that the people are 

protesting and expressing 

their anger over the verdict. 

He demanded to put 

the name of Asia Bibi on 

ECL. 

SHC summons 

AG in removal of 

employees’ case 

KARACHI: Sindh High 

Court (SHC) on Friday issued 

notices and sought reply from 

Sindh Advocate General and 

others pertaining to the 

removal of employees of 

Sindh Technical Educational 

and Vocational Authority 

(STEVA) by 26 November. 

A two-member bench 

headed by Justice Adnan 

Kareem heard the petition 

filed by a sacked employee, 

Sana Afzal, and sought reply 

form Advocate General Sindh 

by 26th November. 

The petitioner Sanan Afzal 

told the court that she and 

some other employees had 

been working in STEVA for 7 

years. After 7 years of service, 

they were told that as they got 

low score in National Testing 

Service (NTS) they were 

being dismissed from service. 

KARACHI: Faculty of 

Engineering Sciences and 

Technology and Institute of 

Engineering and 

Technology, Hamdard 

University Karachi has 

organized 21st International 

Multi Topic Conference 

(INMIC) 2018 on November 

1, 2018 at Main Campus, 

Hamdard University, 

Madinat al-Hikmah, Karachi 

in collaboration with the 

Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers 

(IEEE), USA and its Karachi 

Section. 

The inaugural session of 

the INMIC 2018 was held 

yesterday at Bait al-Hikmah 

(Library of Hamdard 

University) Auditorium, 

chaired by Prof. Dr. Syed 

Shabibul Hasan, Vice 

Chancellor, Hamdard 

University Karachi. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Prof. Dr. Syed Shabibul 

Hasan said that he felt privileged 

to be in the midst of 

eminent engineers, scholars 

had given a call of protest. 

Market areas in the city 

were shut. Many petrol 

pumps were closed and 

public transport remained 

thin. 

Protests and road 

besieges continued in different 

areas. However, 

traffic police issued guidance 

for the commuters 

about the closed and disturbed 

routes. 

Police and others law 

enforcers patrolled in different 

areas. However, till 

the Friday prayer no any 

major incident was reported. 

The government had 

already announced that the 

educational centers would 

remained close in the 

megacity on Friday. 

Commissioner 

Karachi handout 

KARACHI: After 

Jummah prayers, some 

Ulema and their followers 

held demonstrations and 

sit-ins in various parts of 

the city and dispersed 

peacefully, said a handout 

issued from Commissioner 

Karachi House. 

No untoward incident 

took place. However, at 

some points there were 

traffic congestions but 

resolved through diversions. 

According to 

Commissioner Karachi 

handout, the citizens are 

advised to remain calm as 

the situation is lowly and 

gradually getting back to 

normalcy. 

Students Talent 

Show suspended 

KARACHI: Dow university 

of Health Sciences 

(DUHS) has suspended the 

Students Talent Show due 

to law and order problem 

in the city. 

The new date for the 

contest has been set 

November 13, 2018. The 

students of 13 different 

constituents of Dow 

University will be participating 

in the contest. 

and researches at this INMIC 

Conference 2018 and offered 

deep gratitude to the distinguished 

delegates who had 

come all the way from different 

cities of Pakistan and 

abroad to attend this international 

conference which 

aimed at bringing together 

concerned stakeholders on a 

common platform for 

exchange of knowledge and 

expertise in the field of science 

and technology. 

‘I am confident that this 

International Forum for the 

presentation of technological 

advances and research 

results in the fields of 

Electrical Engineering, 

Electronics, Computer, 

Telecommunication and 

Information Technology will 

serve its purpose by providing 

the participants an insight 

in the emerging areas of science 

and technology’, he 

said, adding that Shaheed 

Hakim Mohammed Said, the 

Founder Chancellor of 

Hamdard University was so 

CM orders updating of syllabus 

and text books as per UN goals 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Chief Minister Syed Murad 

Ali Shah on Thursday 

directed the education 

department to update its 

syllabus and text books to 

align them with the United 

Nations Sustainable 

Development Goals 

(SDGs) 2030 for which 

special focus be paid on 

improvement of Science, 

Mathematics and English 

language books. 

This he said while presiding 

over a meeting at 

CM House to improve 

school education system. 

The meeting was also 

attended by Education 

Minister Syed Sardar Shah, 

Principal Secretary to CM 

Sajid Jamal Abro and 

Secretary Education Qazi 

Shahid. 

He said that the 

improvement in the syllabus 

and text books to 

align them with the SDGs 

must be made. “We have a 

very small number of 

Science, Maths and English 

teachers; therefore, their 

recruitment should be made 

through an special 

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah presides 

over a meeting on school education held at CM House. 

process,” he said. 

Briefing the chief minister, 

Secretary School 

Education Qazi Shahid said 

that 483 schools had been 

upgraded to middle and 

high school level, building 

of 185 existing primary and 

secondary schools reconstructed, 

214 shelterless 

schools provided with new 

buildings and three public 

schools at Ghotki, Tando 

Adam and Umerkot had 

been established. 

The chief minister was 

told that 4206 high enrolment 

schools were being 

provided with basic missing 

facilities like boundary 

wall, washroom, drinking 

water, furniture and additional 

class rooms. Some 

2632 schools would be 

made functional by June 

30, 2019. 

Replying to a question 

by the chief minister, the 

education minister said that 

of 22,844,303 out of school 

children, 6,413,227 were 

children, including 

3,383,270 girls, in Sindh. 

The education minister 

said that the major problems 

about drop of school 

children included dearth of 

post primary schools in 

transition; missing facilities 

in 9839 schools, 17701 single 

school teachers and 

4910 shelterless schools. 

KARACHI: Group photo of the students of Al Hameed Collegiate, North Karachi who visited 

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi headed by Director, collegiate Nisar 

Khan. Assistant Professor, MAJU Ghulam Muhammad and Marketing Executive, 

Danyal Javed also seen in the photo. 

Sindh police arrest 8251 

suspects in 43 days 

KARACHI: Police on 

Friday claimed to have 

apprehended 8251 alleged 

criminals, including absconders, 

proclaimed offenders, 

robbers and kidnapers, from 

different cities of Sindh 

province from 12 

September to 31 October 

2018. 

According to police 

sources, Karachi police conducted 

operations against 

criminals in different parts 

of the metropolis and arrested 

1097 absconders, 117 

proclaimed offenders, 251 

Hamdard University holds 21st INMIC-2018 

KARACHI: Prof. Dr. ShabibulHasan, Vice Chancellor, Hamdard University; Prof. Dr. 

ValiUddin, Dean. Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Prof. Dr. Dil 

Muhammad Akbar Hussain; Dr. Eng. Danish Aziz; Prof. Dr. Kok-Lim Alvin Yau; Prof. Dr. 

Muhammad ShahabSiddiqui and Dr. Tariq Javid, Chairman of the Conference addressing 

the 21st International Multi-topics Conference 2018 at Bait al-Hikmah Auditorium, 

Hamdard University, Madinat al-Hikmah. 

immersed in the research 

endeavors that he had not 

only participated in a number 

of national and international 

conferences on Science, but 

also sponsored and organized 

several conferences on 

‘Science and Muslim scientists’ 

of mediaeval era. In 

line with his mission and 

vision, Hamdard University 

has been at the forefront in 

promoting research and 

development related activities 

since its inception, he 

concluded. 

Earlier speaking at the 

conference, Prof. Dr. Vali 

Uddin, Dean, FEST, 

Hamdard University said 

that recently, Hamdard 

University had achieved 

another milestone by getting 

first electronic engineering 

batch accredited on OBE 

level II by Pakistan 

Engineering Council (PEC) 

which had granted ‘OBE 

accreditation’status to only 4 

engineering programs (out of 

92) in Sindh till date. 

street criminals, five kidnappers, 

11 terrorists, 1669 

dacoits in which 14 robbers 

and dacoits were killed during 

111 police encounters. 

During search operations 

in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, 

Shaheed Banazirabad, 

Larkana and Sukkur police 

apprehended 2298 absconders, 

1401proclaimed 

offenders, eight terrorists, 

1320 dacoits, 49 street criminals 

in which three criminals 

were killed while several 

arrested in injured condition 

during 134 police 

KARACHI: Very low 

OPDs attendance was 

observed hospitals of both 

Sindh Health Department 

and Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation (KMC) in the 

megacity, as compared to 

attendance of normal 

working days due to the 

ongoing protest and strike 

by religious parties. 

The patient attendance 

at the out-patient departments 

of major hospitals 

including the Jinnah 

Postgraduate Medical 

Centre, Dr Ruth Pfau Civil 

encounters. 

The Counter Terrorism 

Department also arrested 33 

dacoits and three terrorists 

during the corresponding 

period. 

Meanwhile, IGP Sindh 

Syed Kaleem Imam appreciated 

Additional Inspector 

General of Police Dr Amir 

Sheikh for better performance 

and also ordered him to 

take stern action against 

proclaimed offenders, 

absconders, drug pushers, 

offenders and criminals 

involved in other offenses. 

Low OPDs attendance 

witnessed in city hospitals 

Hospital Karachi, Abbasi 

Shaheed Hospital, 

National Institute of Child 

Health, National Institute 

of Cardiovascular 

Diseases, Karachi Institute 

Heart Diseases, Lyari 

General Hospital and other 

hospitals remained very 

low, mainly due to the 

unavailability of public 

transport. 

At the Civil Hospital 

Karachi the OPD attendance 

was about one-third 

of the normal day figures 

at 11 am. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

inaugurating Taleem-ul-Quran Centre for women 

Tayyaba Masjid. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi 

inspecting road carpeting.

Garrison city faces shortage of 

food and fuel due to blockades 

THARPARKAR: 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Citizens of garrison city 

hit by widespread shortages 

of food and fuel 

triggered by blockades, 

strikes continued for 

the last three days 

against the Asia Bibi's 

acquittal. 

A crippling strike by 

Tehreek Labaik Ya 

Rasool Allah and other 

religiopolitical parties 

threatens even more 

chaos, causing widespread 

shortages of 

fruits, vegetables, eggs 

and gasoline. Schools, 

offices have been shut 

down due to protests. 

The transporters and 

MULTAN: An 11-yearold 

who lost his limbs due 

to the power utility negligence 

in a locality of 

Karachi, has regained artificial 

limbs thanks to a 

Multan doctor, reported 

on Friday. 11-year old 

Haris lost both arms as a 

result of getting electrocuted 

by high tension 

wires recently. 

Haris was admitted to 

Civil hospital Karachi. His 

rickshaw driver father, 

Abdul Qayyum said that 

his son was playing on the 

roof on July 25 this year, 

ISLAMABAD: Containers placed at Express Chowk are being removed after the workers 

of Jamat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema Islam, Almi Tehreek Khatm-e-Nabuwat, Madaras 

Dinia Islamia and Milli Yakjehti Council were given permission to offer Juma prayers 

during their protest against acquittal of Asia Bibi in blasphemy case. 

Multan doctor rehabilitates child who 

lost limbs in electrocution 

RAWALPINDI: Only 

2days have been extended 

for the submission of 

admission forms in private 

medical colleges at 

Rawalpindi. 

The extension of only 

2days has been made for 

submitting admission 

when he slipped and got 

tangled up with the high 

tension wires. 

Haris was shifted to the 

hospital and the doctors 

successfully managed to 

save his life but had to cut 

off both his arms. He spent 

a month at the Burns 

Centre of Civil Hospital 

under treatment. 

His father pleaded for 

help for his son’s treatment 

and said the doctors told 

him that Haris needed to 

be shifted to a private hospital 

for the procedure. 

Doctors said arms of 

the boy had to be cut off to 

save his life as the infection 

would’ve spread to the 

rest of his body. 

The doctors further said 

that the child will get prosthetic 

arms but the procedure 

is complicated, timeconsuming 

and expensive. 

The incident turned the 

life of the affected child 

and his family upside 

down. 

But Multan’s Dr. 

Akram, who is a specialist 

in implantation of artificial 

limbs, promised the family 

to treat Haris and provide 

Two days extension given for filing 

admission forms in private medical colleges 

forms by the students in 

private medical colleges 

which come under the 

administrative control of 

Rawalpindi medical university. 

Under the directives 

of Vice Chancellor 

(VC) Professor Dr. 

Muhammad Umer, admission 

forms can be submitted 

from Nov 2 (Friday) 

and Nov 5 (Monday) while 

forms can’t be filed on 

Saturday and Sunday. 

Almost 1500 candidates 

have been submitted forms 

in private medical colleges 

for admission till now. 

ISLAMABAD: Workers of Jamat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema Islam, Almi Tehreek Khatm-e- 

Nabuwat, Madaras Dinia Islamia and Milli Yakjehti Council are offering Juma prayers 

in front of Parliament House during their protest against acquittal of Asia Bibi in blasphemy 

case. 

Non disbursement of salary to teachers 

of 4500 primary schools handed over to 

Education Foundation protested 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Teachers of 4050 primary 

schools which have been 

handed over to Education 

Foundation all over Punjab 

province including 

Rawalpindi have voiced 

strong protest over non 

disbursement of salary to 

them since the last six 

months. 

According to media 

reports Non payment of 

salary to these male and 

female teachers have compounded 

their economic 

woes as this apathy on the 

part of government for 

keeping them deprived of 

their salaries has put their 

families on the brink of 

starvation. Even the street 

shop keepers have refused 

to give any commodity to 

them on credit. 

The accounts office has 

withheld their salaries for 

want of funds. 

The teachers associations 

have demanded of 

government to immediately 

release their salaries to 

these teachers otherwise 

the teachers community 

will be forced to go to 

streets. 

BANNU: Residents have blocked Miryan Road by burning the branches of trees during 

a protest against electricity load shedding. 

him the capacity to do 

things in a normal way. 

Dr. Akram has now 

honoured his promise with 

the family and implanted 

the child artificial limbs 

successfully after a surgical 

process for three days. 

Haris now can pick 

things like a normal person 

and his parents are also 

happy to see rehablitation 

of their child. 

Dr. Akram has also 

promised the family to 

provide artificial limbs and 

medical support to the 

child for life. 

Jamshoro: Four 

killed in bus, oil 

tanker collision 

JAMSHORO: At least 

four people were killed and 

10 others were wounded 

when a bus collided with an 

oil tanker at the Super 

Highway near Nooriabad 

Cement Factory in Jamshoro 

on Thursday late night. 

According to details, a 

passengers bus going to 

Punjab from Karachi collided 

with an oil tanker due to 

over-speeding in Jamshoro, 

killing four people on the 

spot and injuring 10 others. 

Police and rescue teams 

reached the spot and shifted 

the injured to Nooriabad trauma 

centre. Meanwhile, IG 

Sindh Dr Kaleem Imam has 

taken notice of the accident 

and directed SSP Jamshoro to 

monitor relief work. 

Provision of quality 

education to masses 

key priority of PTI-led 

govt: Shafqat 


Minister for Education 

Shafqat Mehmood has said 

that provision of quality 

education to the masses is 

a key priority of the PTIled 

government. He said 

this while talking to media 

during his visit to the 

Mazar of Quaid-e-Azam 

Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 

Karachi on Friday. 

hoarders are reportedly 

exploiting the opportunity 

and they have higher 

the fairs and rates. 

Friday, the city was 

standstill against the 

decision of apex court, 

mobile service and 

internet was suspended 

the whole day, citizens 

irked considerably. 

Citizens told Online 

that the life was paralyzed 

the garrison city, 

even they unable to 

shift their patients to 

the hospital. 

They urged the government 

and protestors 

to solve the issue amicably. 

Protest mars 

train service in 

parts of country 

LAHORE: The ongoing 

protest against the Supreme 

Court (SC) verdict in Asia 

Bibi case has badly affected 

the timings of trains across 

the country. 

According to details, rail 

service between Lahore and 

Faisalabad has been suspended 

while scheduled 

departure of Jaffar Express 

from Peshawar to Quetta has 

also been canceled. 

On the other hand, 

Allama Iqbal, Karakoram, 

Khushaal, Awaam, Karachi 

and Pakistan Expresses faced 

delay due to lack of passengers. 

Moreover, routes of 

several trains have also been 

changed in the wake of security 

concerns. 

On October 31, Supreme 

Court (SC) had acquitted 

Asia Bibi, a Christian 

woman who was facing 

death sentence for blasphemy, 

and ordered to release 

her on immediate basis. 

A three-member bench 

headed by Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib 

Nisar and comprising Justice 

Mazhar Alam Khan 

Miankhel and Justice Asif 

Saeed Khosa heard the case 

during which, Asia’s appeal 

against her execution was 

approved. 

Following the decision, 

the protesters took to the 

streets and blocked main 

roads in different cities. 

JAMSHORO: The 

stage has been set by SU 

administration to conduct 

Pre-Entry Test for admission 

to the Master Degree 

Programs 2019. 

As per announcement 

issued by the office of the 

Director Admissions, the 

test will be conducted on 

Sunday, November 4, 2018 

at all SU Campuses as 

scheduled. More than 3500 

male and female candidates 

will be participating 

in the test, which will 

simultaneously be taken at 

Infants 

continue to succumb to malnutrition 

in Sindh’s drought 

affected district of 

Tharparkar, as three more 

toddlers fall prey at Mithi’s 

medical facility to this 

chronic disease on Friday. 

The recent fatalities rise 

the number of death toll to 

540 during last four months 

of the current year in the 

area. Thar’s situation fails to 

improve despite relief measures 

by the PPP government 

in Sindh to address food 

shortage in the region. 

Earlier this week, 

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the 

Chairman of PPP stressed 

the need to address malnutrition 

in the area. This he 

stated while meeting party 

MPA from the area, Arbab 

Lutfullah, who met him to 


National 

brief about current situation 

of Thar. 

Last week, the elected 

representatives of 

Tharparkar were directed to 

submit a report on the situation 

in the drought-stricken 

district by former President 

and Co Chairman Pakistan 

People’s Party (PPP) Asif 

Ali Zardari. 

Chief minister’s special 

assistant on human rights Dr 

Khatu Mal met the former 

president to brief him over 

current situation of Thar. 

On the occasion, Asif 

Zardari said that the people 

of Thar will not be left alone 

in this difficult time and 

directed the provincial government 

to ensure all 

humanly possible efforts to 

provide relief. 

On the other hand, Chief 

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Three more infants succumb 

to malnutrition in Thar 

Justice of Pakistan (CJP) 

recently heard a case related 

to the drought in Tharparkar 

at the apex court’s Karachi 

registry. 

He issued directives for 

the authorities concerned to 

take substantial steps to 

improve miserable situation 

in Thar. 

CJP Nisar was informed 

that distribution of wheat is 

ongoing in the region and 

special nutrition package is 

also being provided to 

address the issue of malnutrition. 

Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) during the 

hearing said he will visit 

Thar himself to inspect the 

situation in the area, where 

chronic malnutrition continuing 

to add to the misery of 

the people living in droughthit 

area. 

SU will keep striding ahead on 

progress fast-track: Dr. Burfat 

the varsity’s main campus 

at Jamshoro, Badin, Dadu, 

Larkana, Mirpurkhas and 

Thatha campuses. 

The pro-vicechancellors 

and focal persons 

of the additional SU 

Campuses will personally 

supervise the test proceedings 

at their respective 

campuses. 

Department of 

Commerce at the main SU 

campus has been designated 

as the waiting venue for 

both male and female parents 

of the candidates. 

In this connection, the 

transport office of the varsity 

has issued a comprehensive 

schedule and 

route plan. As per this 

plan, the university point 

buses will be setting out at 

7:30 am from SU Old 

Campus Hyderabad, 

Tower Market, Hotel City 

Gate, Latifabad No. 5 and 

7, Agriculture Complex/ 

Qasimabad, Naseem 

Nagar via Bypass, Kotri, 

Jamshoro Phattak and 

Thermal Power House. 

The route for teachers, 

JAMSHORO: VC-SU 

Prof. Dr. Fateh 

Muhammad Burfat has 

declared Sindh University 

a cynosure of poor masses 

of Sindh; stressing that 

SU’s first-time-ever inclusion 

in top 450 Asian universities 

bespeaks of its 

academic, research, and 

professional standards. 

This Dr. Burfat said in 

his remarks given during 

surprise visit of varsity 

departments/ institutes 

including Institute of 

English Language and 

Literature and Department 

of Media and 

Communication Studies. 

Dr. Burfat observed that 

an entire catalogue of positive 

transformation at SU 

after his assumption of 

office as VC was witness 

to his wise vision, change 

agenda and sincere commitment 

as educational 

leader. 

The vice chancellor 

enumerated infrastructural 

overhaul, launch of online 

attendance system, installation 

of biometric system, 

introduction of online 

admission process, congenial 

faculty- administration 

relationship, mega 

academic events, celebration 

of national days, international 

research events 

and other scores of reforms 

were all a result of dedicated 

efforts of varsity stakeholders 

under his guidance. 

Dr. Burfat said that 

under the patronage of 

Government of Sindh, 

especially of CM Sindh 

Syed Murad Ali Shah and 

Higher Education 

Commission Islamabad 

help and cooperation SU 

would continue its 

progress march forward 

with increasingly vigorous 

spirit. 

On the occasion, Voice 

of Sindh London news 

director Sarvech Odho, 

Dean SU Arts Faculty 

Prof. Dr. Rafique A. 

Memon and other academic 

heads accompanied the 

vice chancellor. 

SU all set for master program pre-entry test 

2019 on Nov 4, transport route plan issued 

ISLAMABAD: The federal 

government’s National 

Toxicology Program 

released its final report 

Thursday on whether cellphones 

cause cancer. The 

final verdict: cellphone radiation 

may sometimes cause 

tumors in rats at high, continuous 

doses, but not in 

people. 

The report leaves open 

the possibility that the kind 

of radiation produced by 

cellphones might have the 

potential to cause cancer, 

but it does not answer the 

question of how that might 

happen. The findings are 

unlikely to satisfy many 

people. 

"The National 

Toxicology Program concluded 

there is clear evidence 

that male rats 

exposed to high levels of 

radio frequency radiation 

like that used in 2G and 3G 

cell phones developed cancerous 

heart tumors," the 

National Institutes of 

Health, parent agency of the 

NTP, said in a statement. 

The final report doesn’t 

change much that the 

researchers said in a preliminary 

report released in 

February. It found there is 

evidence that bathing rats in 

certain types of cellphone 

radiation for their entire 

lives might raise the risk of 

certain cancers in some of 

the rats. 

The findings do not 

apply to people, they said. 

“The exposures used in 

our studies are not directly 

comparable to the exposures 

that humans typically experience 

when using a cellphone,” 

said the National 

Toxicology Program’s John 

Bucher. The NTP team did 

not expose the rats to the 4G 

frequencies now in common 

use. 

The NTP gave its 

February report to experts 

for review, and Thursday’s 

report reflects their comments. 

In general, Bucher 

said, they advised the NTP 

to strengthen its confidence 

in what was found. 

The two most significant 

findings: Male rats bombarded 

with high doses of 

cellphone radiation had a 

higher risk of a type of rare 

officers and employees of 

the university to enter and 

exit the campus will be 

from Bab-ul-Islam gate 

along Marui Girls Hostel. 

Both male and female candidates 

will be entering 

the premises from station 

bend to get to the test 

venue. 

Mini Hospital of the 

varsity has also been set 

up five first-aid points at 

four main locations of the 

test centers; whereas, the 

fifth point will be in form 

of mobile service. 

Final report says cellphone radiation may cause cancer in rats but not people 

“We agree that these findings should not be applied to human cell phone usage,” the FDA said 

cancer called a schwannoma 

in the nerves surrounding 

the heart. In February, 

the NTP said there was 

some evidence this happened 

but now says the evidence 

is clear. 

And they said there was 

now equivocal, or unclear, 

evidence that some female 

rats may develop similar 

tumors. 

"In the brain of males, 

there were increased incidences 

of malignant 

glioma," the report added. 

In a seeming contradiction, 

male rats exposed to 

cellphone signals lived 

longer than rats not 

exposed. They were especially 

less prone to a type of 

inflammatory kidney disease.

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

DOWNING a regime's war planes may well signal 

a strong probability of downing that regime 

too. Al-Qaida affiliated terrorists' recent downing 

of Syrian bomber may signal the end of Damascus 

winning many battles and surviving a five year long terrorism 

of a hundred thousand foreign trained alien terrorists 

from hundred countries. 

REBELS used to capture a battleground but could 

hold on to an area until Syrian government's war planes 

bombed and forced them to withdraw or flee to another 

area. This went on for quite some years. It was clear that 

elected President Asad was winning a foreign imposed 

militancy and terrorism mostly due to superior war position 

of Damascus air power which the rebels did not 

have. If they had anti aircraft guns, rockets and missiles, 

they could shift the tide of war to the favor of many so 

called "Islamic terrorists" including chiefly Islamic State 

of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or IS). Big powers behind 

Mideastern Sunni majority kingdoms and shaikhdoms 

who wanted to topple Shia Asad regime 

SAUDI Arabia just did that, according to international 

reports, which was of course like usual against often 

repeated claims for years by Riyadh and allies that they 

(officially) disapprove of terrorism in Syria, but this 

action of supplying arms and equipment to even mostly 

foreign non-Syrian terrorists to shoot down Syrian state 

warplanes sufficiently proved that (privately) Mideast 

rulers and shaikhdoms were supporting and indirectly 

fighting a continued five-year long terrorism and supplied 

anti aircraft weapons to serve ongoing terrorism, as 

news had it a couple of weeks ago, and now a turning 

point may be ahead with a challenge to superiority of 

Syria in air power. 

WELL-KNOWN were lies of war mongering leaders 

who talked of peace but continued their military adventures 

here, there and everywhere, thanks to advanced 

electronic media and more freedom enjoyed by non-state 

media who spread some truths not carried by enslaved 

media controlled by governments or by media controlled 

by financial or institutional empires. 

LOSS in standing and credibility was thus suffered 

mostly by United Nations Organization (UN) reduced to 

issuing war permits and sending UN peace keepers to 

safeguard invading armies. Disgrace in reputation of 

fairplay was a loss of big powers and their lackey 

regimes abroad who trampled upon international laws of 

sovereignty of nations and interfered into purely internal 

affairs of other countries. The UN, US, European Union 

and Muslim world, especially most of those Saudi led 

OIC members in Mideast may topple some leaders with 

or without war or talks and usurp some territories or rich 

By Osama Al Sharif 

It was not the first time that the Palestine Central 

Council (PCC) had adopted decisions and made 

recommendations to end commitments by the 

Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the 

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) towards Israel 

under the Oslo Accords. In fact there was a sense of deja 

vu this week when the PCC met in an ordinary session 

chaired by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 

Similar decisions were adopted earlier this year and 

Abbas had vowed, on more than one occasion, to carry 

them out. But he didn’t. There are no guarantees that this 

time it would be different. 

One thing the PCC, the second highest Palestinian 

body after the Palestine National Council (PNC) which 

is the PLO’s parliament in exile, did not do is to dissolve 

the Palestine Legislative Council (PLC), which has been 

dominated by Hamas since 2006. 

No one is sure that the PCC has the legal right to do 

so. Fatah, the largest faction in the PLO, had called on 

the PCC, through its Revolutionary Council, to dissolve 

the PLC and hold new presidential and legislative elections. 

The terms of the president and the PLC had 

expired by the end of 2010. 

Abbas was furious that the PCC’s meetings in 

Ramallah this week were boycotted by major 

Palestinian factions such as the Democratic Front for the 

Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Popular Front 

for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Hamas and 

Islamic Jihad are not members of the PLO. He described 

the boycott as shameful, but the two key Fatah partners 

responded by decrying the stalling and procrastination 

in implementing previous resolutions and the current 

state of unilateral decision making within PLO’s body. 

Occupying power 

The PCC’s final communique this week, which was 

carried out by Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) stated 

the following: “In view of Israel’s continued denial of 

the signed agreements, the PCC, in confirmation of its 

previous decision and considering that the transitional 

phase no longer exists, decides to end the commitments 

of the PLO and the Palestinian National Authority 

towards its agreements with the occupying power, suspend 

recognition of the State of Israel until its recognition 

of the State of Palestine on the June 4, 1967 borders 

with East Jerusalem as its capital, end security coordination 

in all its forms, and disengage economically from 

Israel on the grounds that the transitional phase, including 

the Paris Economic Protocols no longer exist.” 

Whether Abbas and the PLO’s Executive Committee 

will implement these resolutions remains to be seen. 

EDITORIAL 

A Beginning Towards The End? 

OPINION 

resources of some countries. But this is a small gain 

compared to their losing that more valuable and more 

precious trust of nations worldwide. Perhaps a world 

conquest ambition has gotten the better of any and all 

human values and rights publicized so much but seldom 

acted upon by international power players on world 

chessboard of politics where bought off the shelf leaders 

and illiteracy ridden but rich resource countries are no 

more than pawns. 

UNDERSTOOD is a coming big bang and change in 

war with fighting strategy moved in favor of terrorists 

and terrorism as Syrian war planes who used to bomb 

and liberate areas usurped will not be able to do so anymore 

when they're shot down. This rephrased means foreign 

rebels, a million from 100 countries according to 

Syrian leaders, will remain in command of their "conquered" 

areas as if they're just up for grabs on a disgraceful 

"might is right" law of jungle with wild animals 

without any established rights other than inhuman force. 

FORECAST and warnings since many years to stop 

infiltration of terrorists from Turkey and other countries 

into Syria went unheeded by those mentioned warring 

powers who have made Syria and Syrians a laboratory of 

their alien frankensteinish adventures. Syria's case may 

become much like Libya which was reduced from best 

before war to worst after war. No one seems to care now 

for rights of Libya and Libyans after foreign war mongers 

got what they wanted of what some Muslim world 

analysts perhaps rightly describe as a wrongly victimized 

Qadhafi regime and his country where Libya and 

Libyans have become lawless and reckless in anarchy 

now and no one is ensuring rights of neither Libya nor 

Libyans who have reportedly lost a heaven and now live 

under a hell after war. Another caution thrown to the 

wind and not cared for was to stop Syrian war from 

spreading further with terror acts extended up to Turkey, 

which prolonged and supported terror and terrorism, and 

to Lebanon as Hezbollah and Asad are being targeted for 

their being of minority Muslim Shia sect in a war of big 

powers' divide and rule policy and majority of other 

Muslim population. Another report attributed to among 

most credible military news media spoke of late about 

thousands of tons of arms and ammunitions being 

shipped to Mideast and destined for war. Mideast official 

alliance of war mongers -- and they probably falsely 

make themselves believe as if they're a defense coalition 

-- may do well to limit this war against destruction of 

Syria and killing of Syrian nation as this victimized 

country is all but destroyed of its infra-structure with millions 

killed, injured and homeless men, women and children 

living in worst conditions within and outside Syria. 

Unravelling of the Palestinian national movement 

The deepening Fatah-Hamas rift and US-Israel moves have left 

people to face the vicious occupation on their own 

Abbas had frequently threatened to end the all-important 

security coordination with Israel. In fact such coordination 

was suspended a few months ago, at least on paper, 

while Israel gave signs that it had never stopped. 

So what did Abbas really want? He had hoped that 

the dissolution of the PLC would take any remaining 

legitimacy from Hamas, which has been in control of 

Gaza since 2007. Hamas has been engaged in secret 

talks with Israel to reach a long-term truce that would 

end the economic blockade and reinforce its grip on 

power. 

Egyptian efforts to conclude a reconciliation deal 

between Fatah and Hamas and end more than a decade 

of widening rift had been unsuccessful. Abbas fears that 

the US, Israel and other parties are moving to cement a 

de facto separation between West Bank and Gaza Strip. 

But the Palestinian Basic Law is clear that the PLC 

cannot be dissolved under any circumstances and that 

only when newly elected candidates are sworn in that 

the old council ceases to exist. This means that in case 

of Abbas’ death or inability to govern due to ill health, 

speaker of the PLC, currently a Hamas member, will act 

as interim president. 

Failing to unite 

Legal and political wrangles have done little to end 

the rift, hold fresh presidential and legislative elections 

or respond to a series of US and Israeli moves that have 

undermined Oslo and other agreements. Abbas has 

resisted pressure to resume contacts with Israel and the 

US, but he has failed to unite the domestic front or 

reform the PLO. To say that the Palestinians are going 

through their worst days ever in the past 25 years is a 

gross understatement. 

The latest PCC meeting has deepened the Fatah- 

Hamas rift but it also underlined the estrangement of 

Fatah’s closest partners, DFLP and PFLP. Added to this 

is the effect of US and Israeli financial penalties against 

the PNA which have put additional burdens on 

Palestinians, especially in the West Bank. 

If as Abbas says the US is about to pass the second 

Balfour Declaration through the so-called ultimate deal 

aimed at liquidating the Palestinian Question, then inter- 

Palestinian unity is the one thing that can stand in its 

way. 

Unfortunately, Abbas has neither been able to secure 

that unity nor has he been forthcoming in carrying out 

his threats against Israel. Even Fatah itself is now suffering 

from divisions and internal rancour. The bitter 

fact is that the Palestinian national movement is unravelling, 

leaving the Palestinian people on their own in the 

face of vicious occupation. 

ISLAMABAD: Mobile 

phone services were partially 

restored in different 

parts of Islamabad and 

Lahore on Friday evening. 

As part of security 

measures, the government 

had decided to suspend 

mobile phone services in 

four cities including 

Islamabad, Lahore, 

Rawalpindi and 

Gujranwala. 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry earlier on 

Thursday said that cellular 

services would remain suspended 

in the four cities 

from dawn to dusk (8am to 

7pm). 

Earlier in the day, State 

Minister for Interior 

Affairs, Shehryar Afridi 

ruled out the use of force 

against the people, protesting 

countrywide against 

acquittal of Asia Bibi and 

said the writ of the state 

Allah Bux Khushik 

Water Commission head 

justice r Amir Hani 

Muslim to Supreme Court 

Chief Justice , following 

court direction 93 sanatery 

employees were sacked 

DADU: Municipal 

Committee Dadu 

Chairman Ghulam Mustfa 

Brohi freed 93 sanatery 

employees from their jobs 

over direction of Supreme from their jobs. 

Court of Pakistan here on 

Friday. 

Speaking to media person 

Ghulam Mustfa Brohi 

said that after complaint of 

He said 

that after shortage of 93 

employees of daily wages 

sanatery workers on their 

place ruglar employees 

were appointed to clean 

will be ensured. 

Government was striving 

to meet a peaceful solution 

of continuing protests, 

he said and added that the 

sitting government was 

hopeful for a positive 

‘breakthrough’ of the matter. 

Expressing concern over 

unrelenting protests by religious 

groups following the 

top court’s verdict acquitting 

Asia Bibi in blasphemy 

case, military’s spokesperson 

Maj. Gen Asif Ghafoor 

on Friday had asked religious 

parties to become a 

part of the legal process. 

In a statement here, the 

director general Inter- 

Services Public Relations 

city from heap of grabdge. 

He said that a latter will be 

sent to local government 

secercty Sindh for reappointment 

of sacked 

employees. 

It remembered that 2 

years ago late Municipal 

Committee Chairman Gull 

Hassan Qumbrani had 

appointed 93 employees 

on daily wages. 

(ISPR) had said a review 

petition had been filed over 

the court decision, adding 

“it will be better if the law 

is allowed to run its course 

on the matter.” 

He said everyone’s limits 

were defined by the law 

and the constitution and all 

people must respect and 

adhere to it. 

Young boy selling bananas 

93 daily wages municipal 

robbed by demonstrators 

in Sheikupura 

sanatery employees sacked in dadu SHEIKUPURA: A 

Food bags for poor Hindu People and cheques 

for helpless patients were distributed on Diwali 

Imtiaz Dharani 

MITHI: Pakistan Hindu 

council represntatives distributed 

food bags among 

600 poor hindu people and 

cheques of total 5 lacs 

among 18 serious helpless 

patients on diwali occasion. 

We will provide wheel 

Education Festival 

held in Larkana 

L A R K A N A : 

Community Mobilization 

Program (CMP), Sindh, 

organized 

Festival at Government 

Saint Joseph High School 

Larkana on Friday with 

the assistance of USAID. 

About 700 students of 

several other primary, 

elementary and secondary 

schools took part in the 

program. Twenty different 

projects were displayed 

by the male and 

female students regarding 

science, handicrafts, 

health & hygiene and 

local culture. MPA 

Ghanwar Ali Isran visited 

the stalls of event. The 

students demonstrated 

practical performance of 

their projects before the 

visitors. 

Other events were 

also held such as speeches 

on girls education and 

child rights, tableau, 

dance performances and 

cultural shows. Isran said 

that this mega brilliant 

event will definitely create 

an awareness among 

the masses regarding 

importance of education. 

He said education is fundamental 

right of every 

child which cannot be 

denied at all. 

chairs to disabled ones and 

Sewing Machines to widows 

said MNA Ramesh 

Vankwani, Chief patron 

Pakistan Hindu Council . 

Five days before Diwali 

festival celebrations by 

Hindus, Pakistan Hindu 

council supported to poor 

Hindus by providing Food 

bags among 600 poor hindus 

for celebrating diwali 

and also by distributing 

Cheques of 10,000 to 

50,000 Rupees among 18 

Helpless patients , total 

amount of 5 Lacs. 

Pakistan Hindu council 

always supported poor hindus 

by provinding possible 

facilities of Education , 

Dawry to Hindu Girls, 

food bags to Needy people 

and other by collecting 

funds from our all members 

and distribute among 

Needy ones by faith said 

MNA Ramesh Vankwani , 

Chief Patron Pakistan 

Hindu council , while distributing 

Food bags among 

Poor Hindu People in 

Mithi . 

LARKANA: Protest held for restoration 

of 400 municipal employees 

LARKANA: The daily 

wage employees of Larkana 

Municipal Corporation 

Education (LMC), who have been 

removed from their jobs, continued 

their protest for the last 

19th day here on Friday for 

their reinstatement. 

They gathered at their 

protest camp set up at Jinnah 

Bagh roundabout where they 

continue their demonstration 

Our Correspondent 

THUL: Fatima Fertilizer is providing free 

of cost soil analysis facilities and provided 

special chemistry acidic fertilizers Sarsabz 

Nitrophos and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 

according to condition of our soils. Abdul 

Samad Abro Development Manager South 

Zone discussed on current soil fertility status 

and continuously cultivation of high yielding 

varieties resulting mining of nutrients from 

soils. The use of balance and recommended 

demanding restoration of their 

jobs. 

As many as 122 sanitation 

staff members have also been 

removed from Municipal 

Committee Naundero after 

which cleanliness has been 

affected. Approximately 400 

employees havebeenremoved 

from LMC alone due to which 

their families and little kids are 

at the verge of starvation. 

video on social media went 

viral Friday in which 

someone can see clearly 

that a mob of Tehreek-e- 

Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) 

protestors were looting 

bananas from a young fruit 

purveyor s cart. 

The young hawker was 

selling bananas at 

Sheikhupura’s Batti 

Chowk where he was 

molested by far-right religious 

party s demonstrators 

who attacked at his 

cart and fled away after 

snatching his livelihood 

while boy resisted to protect 

his bananas with the 

help of a stick. 

However, a poor kid 

whose only means of 

livelihood was to sell fruits 

on a cart was robbed by 

protesters can be seen in 

clip, the mob spares no one 

in its objective. 

AIOU issues roll 

number slips of postgraduate 

programs 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) will hold annual 

exams (Spring 2018) of its 

Post-graduate programs 

from 12th November in 

Rawalpindi-Islamabad and 

other parts of the country.According 

to the 

Controller Exams, the programs 

include: BBA, PGD, 

BS, MA/M.Sc, MS/M.Phil 

and Ph.D. Roll Number 

slips have been dispatched 

to all the students, enrolled 

for Semester Spring 2018, 

at their postal addresses. 

The same have also 

been placed at the 

University’s official website. 

Exam centers have been 

set up at the nearest places 

of the students’ residences 

or work places. All possible 

efforts have been made 

to ensure transparency in 

the entire exams’ process. 

Benefits of sustainable production of 

wheat crops highlights in mega seminar 

doses of fertilizers will help to get maximum 

yield of wheat crop, this was said by 

Islamuddin Memon Technical Services 

Officer, during a mega seminar convened by 

Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited organized 

on sustainable production of Wheat crop 

at Thul. Mr. Khuda Bux Kalwar Senior 

Instructor Agriculture Training Institute 

Jacobabad suggested to cultivate high yielding 

varieties of Wheat i.e. TD-1, SD-1, 

Imdad 2005, Moomal 2002 at their farms.

US grants waivers to 8 

countries importing Iranian oil 

The US government has agreed to let eight countries continue buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions 

on Tehran next week. This comes as Iran says the waivers show its oil cannot be withdrawn from the market 

TEHRAN: The US 

administration has agreed to 

allow eight countries to 

continue purchasing Iran’s 

crude oil after Washington’s 

sanctions on Tehran take 

place next Monday, a senior 

official said Friday. 

The administration official 

told Bloomberg that 

waivers were aimed at preventing 

oil price hikes and 

would be granted in 

exchange for continued 

import cuts. 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: The 

massive storm is being 

moved towards Melbourne 

from the west and has 

caused a thick haze. 

In Werribee, the storm 

appears to have already significantly 

affected air visibility. 

It remains unclear 

whether the dust storm has 

affected road or air traffic in 

the area. 

Weather-zone told media 

the dust may have been 

picked up in strong wind 

gusts that are passing over 

the region. 

"There are very strong 

westerly winds that have 

surfaced as part of a cold 

front." "There are very 

strong surface winds," meteorologist 

Jacob Cronje said. 

The Bureau of 

The source said US 

Secretary of State Michael 

Pompeo was expected to 

announce the number of 

exemptions later on Friday. 

In addition to Japan, 

India, and South Korea, the 

US would grant the oil 

waiver to China as well, 

two people familiar with 

Washington-Beijing discussions 

said on the condition 

of anonymity. 

The other four countries 

to get waivers remained to 

Meteorology (BoM) has 

also issued a severe weather 

warning for damaging winds 

during the cold front, with 

gusts of between 50 and 

100km/h expected. 

The warning has been 

issued for southern and 

mountain areas of Victoria, 

with peak gusts of up to 

100km/h, also predicted for 

be identified, but Turkey 

was predicted to be one of 

them. Turkish Energy 

Minister Fatih Donmez 

announced on Friday he 

had heard rumors that the 

US is going to exempt 

Ankara from the upcoming 

sanctions. 

However, he said, he had 

not received written notification 

regarding the possible 

exemption. 

Previously, Pompeo had 

said it was "our expectation 

alpine areas. 

"Locations which may be 

affected include 

Warrnambool, Bendigo, 

Seymour, Maryborough, 

Ballarat, Geelong, 

Melbourne, Traralgon, and 

Bairnsdale," the BoM warning 

said. 

The dust storm comes as 

hay fever sufferers were 

that the purchases of Iranian 

crude oil will go to zero 

from every country or sanctions 

will be imposed,” but 

also acknowledged that 

waivers were being negotiated 

with nations that said 

crude from the Middle East 

producer was critical to 

their energy industry. 

Iran’s reaction 

Iran on Friday said that 

the waivers granted by the 

US showed the Iranian 

crude was needed and could 

not be withdrawn from the 

market. 

"The waivers granted to 

these eight countries shows 

that the market needs Iran's 

oil and it cannot be pulled 

out of the market ... I don't 

know whether these 

waivers are permanent or 

temporary ones," IRIB 

quoted Iran's Deputy Oil 

Minister Ali Kardor as saying. 

The US decision to grant 

the waivers came after 

major importers of Iranian 

crude resisted calls by 

Washington to end their oil 

Dust storm moving towards Melbourne causes thick haze 

Netanyahu admits Israel behind Europe’s 

row with Iran over murder plot allegations 

SOFIA: Prime Minister 

Benjamin Netanyahu has 

admitted that Israel is 

behind what Iran calls "false 

flags" in Europe where 

Tehran has been accused of 

assassination plans. 

Netanyahu on Thursday 

claimed that Israel had 

recently revealed a number 

of “Iranian plots to carry out 

attacks on European soil.” 

Speaking to reporters 

after talks with his 

Bulgarian counterpart in 

Sofia, Netanyahu said he 

had “warned” Europe of 

what he called “possible 

Iranian attacks on its soil.” 

He did not provide further 

details, but his comments 

could be a sign that 

the accusations recently 

raised by Belgium and 

Denmark against Iran had 

been triggered by the Israeli 

regime. 

Back in June, Belgian 

authorities said that Iranian 

diplomat Assadollah Assadi 

had been arrested over suspicions 

of plotting a bomb 

attack on a meeting of the 

terrorist Mujahedin Khalq 

Organization (MKO). 

Germany later extradited 

the Iranian diplomat to 

Belgium. 

Hamas demands Britain 

apologize for Balfour Declaration 

Document that paved way for creation of Israel celebrated its 101st anniversary on Friday 

GAZA CITY, Palestine: 

Palestinian resistance 

group Hamas has demanded 

that Britain apologize 

for the 1917 Balfour 

Declaration, which paved 

the way for the creation of 

Israel -- and the dispossession 

of the Palestinians -- in 

1948. 

Hamas issued its 

demand on Friday, which 

coincided with the infamous 

document’s 101st 

anniversary. 

The Balfour Declaration 

was a letter sent by 

Britain’s then foreign secretary, 

Arthur James 

Balfour, to Lord Walter 

Rothschild, a prominent 

Zionist leader, on Nov. 2, 

1917. In the letter, Balfour 

declares his government’s 

support for a “national 

home for the Jewish people” 

in Palestine. 

In a Friday statement, 

Hamas demanded a British 

apology for the fateful document. 

“Britain must apologize 

to the Palestinian 

people [for the Balfour 

Declaration and subsequent 

creation of Israel] 

and allow for the repatriation 

of refugees displaced 

from historical Palestine,” 

the statement read. 

warned this week to prepare 

for the thunderstorm asthma 

season, which can strike any 

time from late spring to early 

summer. 

Ten Victorians died from 

thunderstorm asthma in 

November 2016, and 1400 

more were hospitalized, in 

what emergency services 

labelled as an epidemic. 

Turkey lifts sanctions on 

U.S. officials, matching 

Washington's move 

ANKARA: Turkey lifted 

sanctions on Friday on 

the U.S. Secretary of 

Homeland Security and 

Attorney General, the foreign 

ministry said, minutes 

after Washington removed 

two Turkish ministers from 

its sanctions list. 

The ministry said in a 

statement the sanctions on 

Kirstjen Nielsen and Jeff 

Sessions, which include a 

travel ban into the country 

and freezing of assets in 

Turkey, had been lifted in 

response to the U.S. move. 

NEW DELHI: An Indian politician 

who resigned from the government 

last month after more 

than a dozen women accused him 

of sexual harassment, said on 

Friday he had a consensual relationship 

with a New York-based 

journalist who has accused him of 

raping her. 

Pallavi Gogoi, chief business 

editor at National Public Radio, 

wrote in a Washington Post column 

on Thursday that the former 

junior foreign minister, M.J. 

Akbar, “ripped off my clothes and 

raped me” in a hotel room in India 

purchases as winter looms. 

The US will reintroduce 

the new sanctions targeting 

Iranian oil on Monday and 

American officials have 

said Washington does not 

want to harm friends and 

allies dependent on the oil. 

The waivers would 

ensure the continued flow 

of Iran’s crude oil to the 

global market, potentially 

calming fears of a supply 

crunch and further suppressing 

international oil 

prices just before midterm 

elections in the US. 

However, the waivers 

seem to be making the sanctions 

totally irrelevant, as 

the countries receiving 

them account for a lion’s 

share of the oil Iran exports. 

According to the Iranian 

Oil Ministry, 60 percent of 

the country’s oil exports go 

to Asian countries, including 

China and India – the 

two top clients – as well as 

South Korea and Japan, and 

the remaining 40 percent to 

European countries including 

Turkey. 

Canadian ministers 

call for end to 

Yemen conflict 

ANKARA: Canada on 

Friday called on all parties to 

bring a permanent end to the 

ongoing conflict in Yemen. 

“We deplore the ongoing 

violence, which has led to 

mass malnourishment, 

severe food insecurity, death 

and the world’s largest 

humanitarian crisis," Foreign 

Minister Chrystia Freeland 

and International 

Development Minister 

Marie-Claude Bibeau said in 

a joint statement. 

The ministers said 

Canada has provided $130 

million of life-saving humanitarian 

aid to affected communities 

since the beginning 

of the conflict in 2015. 

"We remain deeply concerned 

by reports that all parties 

to the conflict have 

repeatedly contravened international 

law and have 

obstructed humanitarian 

assistance," they said. 

Freeland and Bibeau also 

called for "rapid and unimpeded" 

access for humanitarian 

assistance, and urged all 

parties to the conflict to fully 

comply with international 

humanitarian law. 

"Canada welcomes the 

important work of Martin 

Griffiths, the UN’s Special 

Envoy of the Secretary 

General for Yemen, and fully 

supports efforts to resume 

talks toward a permanent and 

peaceful end to this conflict," 

the ministers added. 

Bureau Report 

CANBERRA: Some 

plucky lunch thieves are 

ruffling feathers at 

Parliament House in 

Canberra. 

A Senate Committee 

yesterday heard officials 

have brought in a "fake 

hawk" to scare magpies 

away - but it hasn't been 

enough to stop them from 

preying on people eating in 

LOS ANGELES: It’s 

been 14 years since Garrard 

Conley, the gay son of an 

Arkansas Baptist preacher, 

was sent to conversion therapy 

and two years since he 

published a memoir about 

what he calls the “psychological 

torture” he endured 

there. 

But it was only after 

watching “Boy Erased,” the 

movie version of his own 

story, that what happened to 

him fully came home. 

“With memoir and writing, 

you are able to create 

some padding around the 

experience. But on film you 

can’t hide anything,” Conley 

said. “I was able to have 

some distance from it and to 

see myself and think ‘Oh, I 

didn’t do anything wrong.’ I 

submitted to conversion 

therapy under duress - I was 

going to lose my family, the 

God that I knew, and the 

community. When you see it 

enacted on screen it makes it 

a little bit clearer,” he said. 

“Boy Erased,” opening in 

U.S. movie theaters on 

Friday, stars Lucas Hedges 

as Conley, with Nicole 

Kidman and Russell Crowe 

playing his parents. 

It dramatizes then 19 


International 

year-old Conley’s stay at a 

“Love in Action” religious 

fundamentalist center in 

2004 where gay men and 

women were beaten with 

bibles by family members, 

drilled in “manly” sports, 

and told their same-sex 

attraction was linked to alcoholism 

and gambling in their 

families. 

Some 700,000 

Americans have been forced 

to undergo a form of conversion 

therapy, according to 

the Williams Institute at the 

University of California, Los 

Angeles. Some 36 U.S. 

states still allow the practice. 

Conley hopes the film 

will serve both as an act of 

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'Boy Erased' steps up battle 

against gay conversion therapy 

IDLIB, Syria: At least 10 

civilians were killed and 

dozens more injured on 

Friday in attacks by the 

Syrian regime and proregime 

terrorist groups in 

Syria's northwestern Idlib 

de-escalation zone. 

The regime and Iranianbacked 

terrorist groups have 

been firing artillery into the 

villages of Jarjanaz and Al- 

Tamanah, both of which are 

situated inside the de-escalation 

zone, the parameters 

of which were laid down in 

a recent agreement between 

Turkey and Russia. 

Despite the agreement 

(signed on Sept. 17 in the 

Russian resort city of 

Sochi), regime forces have 

also continued to target rural 

areas of Latakia province, 

southern Idlib, western 

Aleppo and northern and 

solidarity to those who have 

gone through such programs 

and to help end them. 

He has helped set up a 

website, with the backing of 

LGBT groups, and a podcast 

series, “Unerased,” that 

takes a comprehensive look 

at the history of gay conversion 

therapy through the stories 

of those who have gone 

through it, their parents, and 

some of those who used to 

administer. 

One of them is former 

“Love in Action” director 

John Smid, who resigned 

from the organization in 

2008, later married his gay 

partner, and who has apologized 

publicly. 

Syria regime, allies target 

Idlib, killing 10 civilians 

Attacks in Idlib's de-escalation zone violate Turkey-Russia ceasefire agreement 

WASHINGTON: With 

just four days until millions 

ofAmericans head to polling 

stations across the U.S., 

President Donald Trump is 

on a mission. 

Trump is set to continue a 

campaign blitz in battleground 

states pivotal to 

Republican success in the 

U.S. midterm elections that 

will see him embark on trips 

to Montana and Florida on 

Saturday and Georgia and 

Tennessee on Sunday. 

The intense electoral 

push will be capped on the 

eve of the Nov. 6 polls when 

Trump will visit three states 

in one day – Ohio, Indiana 

and Missouri – in a sign of 

how important these races 

are for a president seeking to 

fulfill his legislative agenda 

western Hama. 

In line with the Sochi 

deal, opposition groups last 

month withdrew their heavy 

weaponry from specified 

regions of Idlib. 

Syria has only just begun 

to emerge from a devastating 

conflict that began in 

2011 when the Assad 

regime cracked down on 

demonstrators with unexpected 

ferocity. 

US midterm elections: Trump's agenda at stake 

President to hit the campaign trail hard as Republicans 

seek to maintain hold on the federal legislature 

courtyards. 

"You know there's a 

conspiracy theory about the 

magpies being incredibly 

aggressive just at parliament 

house, more aggressive 

than anywhere in 

Australia," Labor Senator 

Kimberley Kitching said. 

"Do we need more than one 

fake hawk?" 

Fiona Knight, from the 

Department 

of 

Parliamentary Services, 

told the committee other 

measures were being used 

to keep "magpies, ducks 

and pigeons" at bay. 

"They are a nuisance. 

We've got an audible bird 

sounder as well that we've 

been using," she said, referring 

to a device which 

emits an ultrasonic frequency 

that deters birds. 

"It has been a serious 

with just two years left on 

his first, and possibly sole, 

term. 

The president’s travel 

schedule is based on internal 

White House planning 

first made public by 

Bloomberg and is subject 

to change. But parts of the 

schedule that have already 

come to pass have squared 

with the president’s visits. 

Republicans currently 

hold a razor-thin one-seat 

majority in the Senate, and 

while their hold on the 

House of Representatives 

is far firmer, it is most 

threatened in that chamber. 

The party and the 

president can ill-afford to 

lose either part of the 

bicameral legislature. 

‘Most aggressive magpies' at Australian Parliament House 

23 years ago. 

At the time, she and Akbar 

worked for the same newspaper. 

She said after the attack, Akbar 

had continued to “defile me sexually, 

verbally, emotionally” for 

issue with people being 

attacked by magpies while 

they're eating. And there 

has been magpies around 

the children's daycare centre 

as well." 

Senate President Scott 

Ryan suggested a cat might 

help solve the problem. 

While Liberal Senator 

James Patterson came up 

with a tongue-in-cheek 

solution. 

Indian politician says had consensual relations with journalist accusing him of rape 

months. 

Akbar has been one of the highest-profile 

targets of a growing 

#MeToo movement in India. 

The movement began in the 

United States more than a year ago 

but only gained traction in India in 

recent weeks. In a statement to 

Reuters partner Asian News 

International (ANI), Akbar said 

the accusation of rape and violence 

were false. “Somewhere 

around 1994, Ms. Pallavi Gogoi 

and I entered into a consensual 

relationship that spanned several 

months,” Akbar said.

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Qureshi, Wang reaffirm complete understanding 

on early realization of CPEC projects 

BEIJING: Pakistan and 

China on Friday reaffirmed 

their complete common 

understanding on early realization 

of China Pakistan 

Economic Corridor (CPEC) 

projects besides agreeing to 

continue strategic communication 

on regional and 

global issues of importance. 


KARACHI: By the 

grace of Almighty Allah 

the Karachi Port Trust 

(KPT) managed the handling 

of a heaviest single 

package over 510 Metric 

Tons smoothly and successfully 

on 31-10-2018 

discharged from M. V. 

"DA AN" V-033 at West 

Wharf. The operation was 

managed and supervised 

by the Operations Division 

of KPT and especially the 

team of Traffic 

Department. The whole 

operation was well 

planned, effectively coordinated 

in accordance with 

international standards 

with the required level of 

supervision of domestic 

and international experts. 

It is the matter of great 

satisfaction that the 

Pakistani Ports provided 

the required level of facility/comfort 

as per requirements 

of the Country. The 

handling of very heavy 

package remains smooth 

despite the inherited 

requirements of safety of 

package, vessel and the 

port infrastructure. The 

KPT from very beginning 

This was reaffirmed during 

a meeting between 

Foreign Minister Shah 

Mehmood Qureshi and 

China’s State Councilor and 

Foreign Minister Wang Yi 

in Beijing. 

The meeting of the two 

foreign ministers was held 

in the lead up to the meeting 

between Prime 

Minister Imran Khan and 

Chinese President Xi 

Jinping, Foreign Office 

Spokesman Dr. 

Muhammad Faisal said in 

a series of tweets posted on 

his official twitter handle. 

The meeting was held in 

a spirit of mutual understanding, 

longstanding their steadfast commitment 

friendship, and close cooperation. 

Both foreign ministers 

to strategic partner- 

ship and underscored tak- 

underscored the ing it to new heights. The 

importance of the Pakistan- two foreign ministers discussed 

China all-weather strategic 

further building 

cooperative partnership for 

shared future in the new 

the bilateral relationship 

on the 10-point agenda 

era, the Spokesman said. covering multifaceted 

They also reaffirmed practical cooperation. 

Rate of price hike 

Setting milestone by handling over 510 remained by 2.56 pc 

during October 

metric tons single package at KPT ISLAMABAD: The 


exports of Pakistan were 

raised to 6 billion dollars 

during last decade, whereas 

13.71 percent increase of 

exports was recorded in the 

current year as compared to 

last year . 

Now the exports of the 

country stand at 23.22 billion 

dollars that were 20.422 

billion dollars in the FY 

2016-17. Online has got the 

documents which revealed 

that the exports of the country 

was falling constantly 

from 2013-14, where the 

exports were 25110 million 

USD that fell in 2014-15 to 

23667 million dollars . Then 

again in 2015-16 the exports 

slipped down to the level of 

20787 million USD, whereas 

it plunged down once 

again in 2016-17 to 20422 

million dollars. The exports 

showed some improvement 

in 2017-18 as it came to 

23.222 billion dollars. 

The current financial 

year brought encouragement 

for the exports of the country 

. The rise in exports in the 

country was due to sectors 

of textile, football, leather 

goods, shoes, surgical instruments 

, chemical, engineering 

equipments and precious 

stones . 

The rise in exports of textile 

is almost 85 percent, 

which were 12.45 billion 

USD in 2016-17 which has 

come to 13.53 billion dollars 

in 2017-18. Those products 

that are becoming the reason 

of improvement of exports 

in textile group including 

raw cotton (increase of 33.6 

percent), bed sheets(5.77 

pc)cotton thread (10.30 percent), 

art silk (38.85 percent), 

synthetic textile (65.9 

percent)net ware (15.17 percent), 

readymade garments 

showed the I improvement 

of exports by 36.26 percent , 

while 11.22 pc increase in 

exports was shown by 

refined cotton. However the 

export of canvass , tent and 

coarse cloth fell down by 

97.87 percent. 

ensures safe and sound 

handling of cargo as per 

the expectation of international 

shipping community 

and constantly improve its 

infrastructure like PDWCP 

with the designed depth of 

18 meters. 

Last year the Port also 

breaks its own record of 

handling maximum tonnage 

in a one year. The 

management of specialized 

mechanism as per 

standards under fool-proof 

arrangements in consultation 

with experts in the 

field is appreciable and the 

Port is equipped and ready 

to deliver by maintaining 

its leading role from very 

beginning. 

Pakistan's exports shows 

increase after many years ISLAMABAD: The 

Four-day WMO Business 

Conference 2018 kicks off 


KARACHI: Four-day 

Business Conference 2018 

“Changing Global 

Economy – The Pakistan 

Opportunity” under the 

aegis of World Memon 

Organisation (WMO) was 

kicked off in attendance 

with over 400 delegates 

from different parts of the 

world here at a local hotel. 

The conference hosted 

by Pakistan Chapter of 

WMO will continue till 

November 04 at various 

locations of the city. influential 

Multiple sessions were 

held on different topics of 

current affairs, business 

environment, new business 

ideas, news ventures, success 

stories etc. 

Session on information 

technology was moderated 

by the Vice President 

WMO Global Youth Wing 

and CEO Hashmanis 

Group of Hospitals 

Arsalan Hashmani. Other 

speaker of this session was 

Asif Peer, CEO, Executive 

Director & MD at systems 

Ltd. 

Speaking on this occasion, 

the youngest CEO of 

a hospital in Pakistan 

Arsalan Hashmani said 

that the WMO business 

conference is the annual 

focal point for the many 

successful, affluent and 

businessmen, 

entrepreneurs and professionals. 

With a delegate 

list of over 400 may arriving 

from around the globe 

for this event, it is a unique 

opportunity for Pakistan to 

provide advice, guidance 

and incentives to attract 

local and foreign investment 

that the Memon community 

is capable of, he 

added. 

We all want to see a 

successful Pakistan in our 

lifetimes and we seize the 

opportunity at this business 

to improve our understanding 

and confidence in 

Pakistan and look forward 

to a future of success, he 

stressed. 

Arsalan Hashmani 

highlighted the importance 

of information technology 

in the changing world and 

stressed that more and 

more people should get 

them well versed with this 

technology to promote 

their businesses. The government 

should provide 

more relief and opportunities 

so this industry could 

also compete at world 

level, he urged. 

business community of 

Islamabad was playing 

important role in the development 

of the local economy 

and Metropolitan 

Corporation Islamabad 

(MCI) would take measures 

to resolve issues of 

trade and industry on priority 

basis. 

This was observed by 

Sheikh Anser Aziz, Mayor 

Islamabad while talking to 

a delegation of Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry (ICCI) that 

called on him in his office 

led by Ahmed Hassan 

Moughal President ICCI. 

Sheikh Anser Aziz said 

that fifty percent of the 

street lights in Islamabad 

were in working condition 

and the remaining would 

also be restored soon. 

He said the sanitation 

work was assigned to contractors 

and it would be 

further improved to ensure 

proper sanitation and 

price hike in the country was 

noticed with the rate of 2.56 

percent in October as compared 

to September 2018. 

The Pakistan Statistics 

Bureau has issued the data of 

price hike for October 

according to which average 

rate of dearness in the country 

was 5.95 percent in the 

last four months whereas the 

index of dearness remained 

at 7 percent in the last month 

of October. The price hike 

of natural gas, LPG, petroleum 

products, poultry , eggs, 

cigarettes, soap dry fruits, 

and vegetables recorded in 

the country due to , which 

the transport fare and tuition 

fees of educational institutions 

was also raised . 

PSB’s report also stated 

that the price of gas was 

increased by 104.91 percent 

whereas the poultry meat 

was increased by 35 percent. 

MCI to resolve business community 

issues on priority: Sheikh Anser Aziz 

Dr. Arif Alvi to launch 

My Karachi Exhibition 

as per schedule on Nov 3 

KARACHI: The launching 

ceremony of 16th My 

Karachi – Oasis of 

Harmony Exhibition will 

be held as per schedule on 

November 3, 2018 (Today) 

in a local hotel which will 

be presided over by 

Honorable President of the 

Islamic Republic of 

Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi as 

Chief Guest. 

Governor Sindh Imran 

Ismail, Chief Minister 

Sindh Syed Murad Ali 

Shah, prominent Federal & 

Provincial Ministers, leadership 

of Businessmen 

Group, KCCI Office 

Bearers, Managing 

Committee, distinguished 

diplomats, representatives 

of Business and Industrial 

Community will also participate 

in this glittering 

event. 

On the occasion, the 

business and industrial 

community of Karachi 

Chamber, besides celebrating 

the launch of My 

Karachi Exhibition, would 

also formally extend full 

support to Prime Minister’s 

Clean & Green Pakistan 

Drive which is in the larger 

interest of the country. 

cleaning in the federal capital. 

He said if any market 

association wanted to 

develop car parking or 

install filtration plan in 

market on self-finance 

basis, MCI would allow 

them to do such works. 

He instructed Director 

( M u n i c i p a l 

Administration) and 

Director (Sanitation) to 

visit ICCI to know about 

the problems of business 

community. 

Speaking at the occasion, 

Ahmed Hassan 

Moughal, said that the 

issues of trade license and 

signboard tax have not 

been resolved for the last 

many years due to which 

traders were facing problems 

and MCI was losing 

revenue. 

He said last year, a consensus 

was developed on 

Rs.60/per sq yd as signboard 

tax rate, but MCI did 

not implement it. 

LAHORE: The business 

community on Thursday 

rejected the increase in the 

price of petroleum products 

terming it a wrong decision 

which hit the economy hard. 

The Pakistan Industrial 

and Traders Associations 

Front former Chairman Irfan 

Iqbal Sheikh condemned the 

government for increasing 

prices of petroleum products 

up to Rs6 per liter, terming it 

bad news for the country’s 

economy, as this hike in fuel 

rates would lead to increased 

cost of production cost of 

doing business as well. 

KARACHI: A vendor is displaying guavas to sell and earn a livelihood for his family. 

KATI fears further drop in 

exports due to shutdowns 

Karachi: President 

Korangi Association of 

Trade &Industry(KATI) 

Danish Khan, Senior Vice 

President FarazurRehman 

and Vice President Maheed 

Salman expressed concern 

over continuous shutdowns 

during the week. According 

to a statement released by 

KATI the president Danish 

Khan said that country is 

already facing economic 


National Assembly’s sitting 

on Friday lasted for only 11 

minutes and was adjourned 

without addressing its 

scheduled business amidst 

lack of quorum, observes 

the Free and Fair Election 

Network (FAFEN) in its 

daily Factsheet. 

The Assembly met for 11 

minutes. The sitting started 

at 1109 hours against the 

scheduled time of 1030 

hours. The Deputy Speaker 

presided over the entire sitting 

in the absence of the 

Speaker. 

crisis due to dropping 

exports , during the whole 

week industrial production 

were disturbed due to 

protests erupted after an 

apex court decision. He 

urged the government to 

resolve current crisis 

through dialogue and 

resolve the concerns amicably. 

He said that due to closure 

of market and roads 

and interruptedmovement 

The Leader of House 

(Prime Minister) did not 

attend the sitting. 

The Leader of 

Opposition was not present. 

As many as 64 lawmakers 

(19%) were present at outset 

and 51 (15%) at adjournment 

of the sitting. 

The parliamentary leaders 

of PML-N and BAP 

attended the sitting. As 

many as three out of 10 

minority lawmakers were 

present. 

The House did not take 

up any of the agenda items 

appearing on Orders of the 

within Karachi, country 

faces losses of billions 

rupees. Danish Khan said 

on the one hand the PM and 

commerce minister were 

emphasizing to boost 

exports but at other side 

industry is facing that kind 

of closedowns , “ it will 

almost be impossible to 

meet exports goals for 

industry in such conditions” 

he added. 

NA adjourned without 

addressing scheduled business 

Irfan Iqbal demanded the 

government to withdraw the 

hike immediately, saying it 

would ruin the manufacturing 

sector entirely. He while 

strongly reacting on this 

anti-industry and anti-masses 

decision, said that government 

did not ever bother to 

pass on the benefit of 

decrease of oil prices in 

international market and 

earned billion rupees, which 

was a sheer injustice and 

now made a huge raise. He 

said that the timeline for the 

increase in the prices of 

petroleum products was also 

raising questions. He said 

that at a time when the 

whole industry was suffering 

due to high cost of doing 

business, the raise in POL 

prices was bound to give a 

further blow to the industry. 

Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said 

that the business community 

had for the last many months 

been calling on the concerned 

government circles to 

take measures for the promotion 

of alternate fuels as 

trade deficit was fast widening 

due to heavy imports 

under the head of petroleum 

products. He demanded of 

Day which comprised 15 

private members’ bills, five 

private members’ resolutions 

and five private members’ 

motions under Rule 

259, two Calling Attention 

Notices and a motion for 

raising a matter of public 

importance under Rule 87. 

The scheduled private members’ 

business was pending 

since last Tuesday. 

An NP lawmaker pointed 

out the lack of quorum at 

1115 hours that led to the 

adjournment of the House 

till Monday, November 5, 

2018 at 1700 hours. 

Businessmen reject hike in oil rates 

the government to withdraw 

raise in the prices of POL 

products otherwise industry 

would be collapsed within 

no time and government 

would lose main source of 

revenue. 

He said that business 

community will never allow 

the government to damage 

the economy and make the 

life of people miserable to 

please international lenders. 

Chairman PIAF Mian 

Nauman Kabir also termed 

it bad decision for economy. 

He said that after increasing 

in the prices of electricity 

and gas in the last months, 

prices of fuel has also been 

increased which will lead to 

cost of doing business which 

will definitely hurt the trade 

and industry, He said that 

life of the dispossessed is 

being made difficult through 

frequent revisions in petroleum 

prices during last few 

months while containing 

theft of energy remained 

low of the government’s 

agenda. He said that those 

who had claimed to transform 

Pakistan into a welfare 

state have disappointed 

masses as well as the business 

community through 

their performance.

15 member ODI squad announced for 

three-match ODI series against New Zealand MELBOURNE: 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: The 

National Selection 

Committee headed by 

Inzamam ul Haq, after 

consultations with Captain 

Sarfraz Ahmed and Head 

Coach Mickey Arthur, has 

annouced the 15 member 

ODI squad for the threematch 

ODI series against 

New Zealand. 

The ODI series against 

New Zealand will commence 

from November 

7.The first two matches of 

the series will be played in 

Abu Dhabi on November 

7th and 9th, respectively, 

W A S H I N G T O N : 

Wayne Rooney missed a 

penalty in a shootout as 

DC United were knocked 

out of the MLS play-offs 

in the first round by 

Columbus Crew. 

The former England 

captain, 33, took the first 

penalty after the match had 

finished 2-2 following 

extra time, but his shot was 

saved by Zack Steffen. 

Luciano Acosta and 

Nick DeLeon also missed 

from the spot as DC lost 

the shootout 3-2. 

Earlier, DeLeon had 

scored in the 116th 

minute to send the game 

to penalties. 

Frederic Brillant had 

given DC the lead in the 

21st minute, before 

Federico Higuain - the 

brother of AC Milan striker 

Gonzalo Higuain - 

scored twice for Crew. 

"It's disappointing to 

lose on penalties but as a 

team we can be extremely 

proud of what we have 

achieved in the last few 

months," said Rooney. 

"Really we had no right 

to make the play-offs. To 

do that we have brought 

belief back to the fans, the 

team and we have to build 

on that." The team were 

bottom of the Eastern 

Conference when Rooney, 

Manchester United's 

record scorer, joined from 

Everton in June. 

Rooney, who was made 

captain after three games, 

scored 12 goals and provided 

seven assists as DC 

United clinched a play-off 

spot with a game to spare. 

Elsewhere, Los Angeles 

FC's maiden MLS season 

ended in defeat as they lost 

3-2 to Real Salt Lake, with 

ex-Manchester City 

defender Nedum Onuoha 

playing the full game for 

Real. 

There will be plenty of 

British interest in the conference 

semi-finals, with 

Onuoha, New York Red 

Bulls' Bradley Wright- 

Phillips and Scotland international 

Johnny Russell of 

Sporting Kansas all 

involved. 

The conference semifinals 

are played over two 

legs between 4 and 11 

November. 

whereas the third and final 

ODI of the series will be 

played in Dubai on 

November 11th, 2018. 

Pakistan ODI Squad 

against New Zealand. 

1. Fakhar Zaman 

2. Muhammad Hafeez 

3. Imam Ul haq 

4. Babar Azam 

5. Shoaib Malik 

6. Asif Ali 

7. Haris Sohail 

8. Sarfraz Ahmed (C)-W/K 

9. Shadab khan 

10. Imad Wasim 

11. Faheem Ashraf 

12. Hassan Ali 

13. Junaid Khan 

14. Shaheen Shah Afridi 

15. Usman Khan Shinwari 

Nabi signs up with 

Wayne Rooney misses penalty as Melbourne Renegades 

for second season 

DC United lose in MLS play-offs M E L B O U R N E : 

Semi Final Line up Completed of All Karachi 

Abdul Waheed Memorial 5 Star Soccer 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: The Semi 

Final Line up has been 

completed in All Karachi 

Abdul Waheed Memorial 5 

Star football tournament 

when Usmanabad Union 

FC reached the semi-finals 

after defeating Muslim 

Star FC 4-3 on shootout 

here at the Noorani Eidgha 

Ground New Karachi. 

Usmanabad Union now 

will meet Islah Baloch in 

the first semi final and 

Hyderi Baloch will face 

Lyari Brothers. in second 

semi final while the two 

loosing team's of both 

semi final will play the 

third position match on 

Saturday 3rd of November 

at 4:pm. The final of the 

event will be played on 

Sunday 4rth November at 

3: pm. 

Earlier the replay quarter 

final of Usmanabad 

Union FC and Muslim Star 

FC fought superbly in the 

stipulated time to score 

one goal each. Later, on 

penalty kicks, Usmanabad 

FC edged past their rivals 

4-3. Arif ull Haque scored 

a goal (27th minute) from 

the Musim Star FC while 

Hikmat Ullah leveled the 

scored in (29th minute) 

the ended at 1-1 in regular 

time. 

The Chief guest Zafar 

Iqbal Patni, Muzzail Patni 

and Abdul Patni, were 

introduces with both team 

Players while, President 

host Hussaini FC 

Muhammad Sabir Khatri 

Irshadi, Secretary 

Muhammad Hasan 

Ghanchi, Vice President 

DFA Central Akif Khan, 

Muhammad Shamim, 

Gold Medalist Secretary 

and Secretary DFA Central 

Muhammad Saleem Patni, 

tournament Secretary 

Muhammad Sadiq Khatri, 

Secretary DFA Shaheed 

Benazeer abad Master 

Riasat, Muhammad 

Shakeel, Zakir Khatri, 

Muhammad Tahir, Abdul 

Kareem Joji,Shahid Tao, 

Umer Khatri, Ghani 

Handa, Muhammad 

Anwar, Faqeer 

Muhammad, Muhammad 

Aralan and Kashan were 

also present. 

The match were supervised 

referees Abdur Rouf 

Baloch, Sabir Baloc and 

Syed Kaleem Hussain 

Saleem fourth official was 

Saleem uddin Babar while 

Abdul Kareem was the 

match commissioner. 

India have best chance to win 

in Australia: Tendulkar 

NEW DELHI: Cricket 

icon Sachin Tendulkar 

believes India will have their 

best ever chance of winning 

a Test series in Australia 

when they go there this 

month with home stars 

Steve Smith and David 

Warner banned. 

"If you see the Australian 

teams which have played in 

the past and then you compare 

this one, yes we have a 

very good chance," 

Tendulkar said in an Indian 

television interview broadcast 

late Thursday. 

Virat Kohli´s side begin 

the tour with three Twenty20 

internationals, four Tests and 

three one-day matches in 

less than three weeks with 

mounting home expectations 

boosted by the absence 

of Smith and Warner from 

the home side. 

India have never won a 

Test series in Australia and 

Tendulkar told the CNN 

News 18 broadcaster that it 

was "possibly our best 

chance to go out there and 

beat them". Smith and 

Warner are serving a oneyear 

bans for a ball-tampering 

scandal on tour in South 

Africa this year. Cameron 

Bancroft has been suspended 

for nine months. 

Tim Paine is leading the 

Australian Test side in 

Smith´s absence and the 

team recently lost a two-Test 

series to Pakistan in the 

United Arab Emirates. 

India have maintained 

their home supremacy with 

a 2-0 thrashing of the West 

Indies. 

But they lost 2-1 in South 

Africa and then were outplayed 

in England 4-1. 

"I think they (Australia) 

have had better teams, they 

have had players with more 

experience," Tendulkar said. 

He added that the current 

side was "inexperienced" 

and "getting back together" 

after the ball-tampering 

scandal. "The Australians 

are known to be competitive 

and I will not be surprised if 

they put up a competitive 

fight. To go out there and 

challenge them is not going 

to be easy but we have the 

ammunition to go out there 

and challenge them." 

Pakistan reach 

SAFF Under-15 

C’ship final 

KARACHI: Mohibullah 

hit a brace to put Pakistan in 

the final as they crushed 

hosts Nepal 4-0 in the semifinal 

of the SAFF Under-15 

Championship in 

Kathmandu. 

Pakistan went ahead 

when Nepal conceded an 

own goal in the 54th 

minute. Pakistan put more 

pressure on the technically 

strong Nepal and doubled 

their lead when Mohibullah 

hit from the spot in the 59th 

minute. Nine minutes later 

Pakistan created panic in 

Nepal’s area which gifted 

them the second penalty and 

Mohibullah once again did 

not make any mistake, slotting 

home his second goal. 

In the 77th minute, 

Mudassar Nazar added to 

the misery of Nepal when 

he landed Pakistan’s fourth 

goal on penalty.“It was a 

tough game,” Pakistan’s 

Brazilian coach Jose 

Portella said in the postmatch 

press conference. 

“We won but the first half 

was very tough as Nepal 

played very well. In the second 

half when we scored 

first goal it became easy for 

us,” the coach said. 

Nepal’s coach Sanoj 

Shrestha said that his team 

lost to physically stronger 

Pakistan’s side. Pakistan 

Football Federation (PFF) 

secretary Col Ahmed Yar 

Lodhi was happy with his 

colts’ achievement. 

ZHUHAI: Former world number 

one Garbine Muguruza battled 

past second seed Anastasija 

Sevastova to clinch a place in the 

semi-finals of the WTA Elite 

Trophy in China on Friday. 

The two-time grand slam winner 

from Spain won her final 

round-robin match — effectively a 

playoff for a semi-final spot — 6- 

7, 6-2, 7-6. 

Sevastova, 22 from Lativa, took 

a nip-and-tuck first set in Zhuhai 

after a tie-break, but Muguruza, also 

22, comfortably won the second. 

The decider was a thriller for the 

fans at the Hengqin International 

Tennis Center, who witnessed some 

nailbiting tennis as the players 

fought toe-to-toe. 

But world number 17 Muguruza 

took control in the final tie-break, 

producing some fantastic shots to 

Afghanistan allrounder M 

Nabi has signed with the 

Melbourne Renegades again 

for the upcoming Big Bash 

League season. The 33-year 

old was a revelation for the 

Renegades in the seventh 

season. Of all players who 

bowled 20 overs or more in 

the tournament, his economy 

rate of 5.76 was only bettered 

by his Afghanistan teammate 

Rashid Khan (5.65) and 

Ashton Agar (5.74). Nabi 

took eight wickets at just 

18.62 and his bowling in the 

Powerplay was particularly 

impressive. 

He also made 52 off 30 

balls in a Man-of-the-Match 

performance in the win over 

the Melbourne Stars. Nabi 

was a huge part of the 

Renegades run to the semifinal, 

and his absence due to 

international duty was sorely 

felt as the Renegades lost to 

the eventual champions 

Adelaide Strikers. 

Overseas spinners have 

again proved a popular 

choice for BBL teams following 

the success of both 

Nabi and Rashid. Another 

spinner from Afghanistan - 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman - signed 

with Brisbane Heat while 

Nepal legspinner Sandeep 

Lamichhane joined the 

Melbourne Stars and will be 

replaced by Lancashire and 

England Lions legspinner 

Matt Parkinsonwhen he 

heads to the Bangladesh 

Premier League. 

PARIS: Rafael Nadal 

pulled out of the Paris 

Masters on Wednesday 

guaranteeing Novak 

Djokovic’s return to the 

world number one spot. 

Announcing his withdrawal 

at a hastily arranged 

press conference Nadal said: 

“My abdominal muscles 

haven’t felt good for the past 

few days, especially on 

serve, doctors recommended 

that I didn’t play.” 

Djokovic arrived in Paris 

knowing that he would 

regain the top spot he relinquished 

two years ago if he 

bettered the Spaniard’s performance 

at the indoor event 

he has won four times. 

An 

Australia team still feeling 

reverberations from the 

Cape Town ball-tampering 

scandal will face their 

demons against SouthAfrica 

in a one-day series starting 

in Perth on Sunday. 

The teams meet for their 

first international clash since 

the ill-tempered test series 

wrapped up in Johannesburg 

in April with Australia's reputation 

in tatters and three of 

their players sent home in 

disgrace. 

While seven months 

have passed, Australian 

cricket has struggled to 

move on from the Newlands 

nightmare, and the release of 

a culture review this week 

re-opened the wounds. 

The Longstaff report 

blamed Cricket Australia in 

part for the events in South 

Africa, and fierce reaction to 

its contents ultimately led to 

chairman David Peever 

resigning on Thursday. 

As the board scrambles 

to rebuild its credibility, 


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Aaron Finch's Australia will 

hope to restore some faith in 

the national team with wins 

against the Proteas in the 

three-match series. 

The on-field behaviour of 

both teams will be closely 

scrutinised given the overt 

hostility that blighted the test 

series, which South Africa 

won comfortably 3-1. 

The tour was plagued by 

multiple incidents of misconduct 

and the bad blood 

spilled over into a stairwell 

altercation between David 

Warner and Quinton de 

Kock on the fourth day of 

the first test in Durban. 

Along with former captain 

Steve Smith and 

Cameron Bancroft, Warner 

remains banned for his part 

in the ball-tampering scandal, 

which saw Bancroft 

caught on camera trying to 

hide a piece of sandpaper in 

his trousers while fielding. 

While there will be no 

chance of another flare-up 

between Warner and wicketkeeper 

De Kock, Proteas 

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Australia, South Africa clash for 

first time since tampering scandal 

LAHORE: Batsman 

Ahmed Shehzad's fourmonth 

doping ban has been 

extended by six weeks 

because he played club 

matches during the period of 

ineligibility, the Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) said on 

Friday. 

The PCB banned 

Shehzad for violating antidoping 

regulations after he 

tested positive for a prohibited 

substance in May and his 

suspension was scheduled to 

end on November 10. On 

October 19, the PCB served 

a notice to the 26-year-old 

due to him playing during 

his suspension for the 

Lahore-based Muslim 

Gymkhana Cricket Club, 

which is affiliated with the 

board. 

Shehzad apologised in 

his response to the PCB, but 

said he was unaware of the 

rules and did not breach 

them intentionally. 

"First let me unreservedly 

tender my apology for my 

error of judgement. 

Although ignorance of rules 

is no excuse, I would nevertheless 

like you to know that 

I was unaware of the PCB 

rules," the board quoted 

Shehzad as saying in a statement. 

The PCB had the option 

of imposing a new ban of 

four months on the cricketer 

captain Faf Du Plessis 

expects a frosty reception 

from Australian crowds. 

"We are not expecting 

anything less. Zunaid our 

security officer has been 

working hard in the gym," 

he remarked last month. 

Australia enter the series 

with a dismal recent record, 

having won only two of 

their last 13 one-day internationals, 

a run that includes a 

5-0 whitewash away to 

England. 

Only seven months out 

from a World Cup being 

hosted in England and 

Wales, the world champions 

have slumped to sixth in the 

rankings. 

Leaving aside the distractions 

of the Longstaff 

review,Australia suffered an 

injury scare on Friday, with 

Finch leaving the field with 

a bruised finger after being 

rapped on the glove by a 

Mitchell Starc delivery during 

training. 

He was later cleared to 

play after a scan. 

PCB extends Ahmed 

Shehzad's doping ban 

The Wimbledon and US 

Open champion becomes 

the first player to start the 

season outside the top 20 

and end up top of the ATP 

rankings since Marat Safin 

in 2000. The 14-time Grand 

Slam champion had begun 

his pursuit of the top spot in 

encouraging fashion with a 

7-5, 6-1 defeat of Joao Sousa 

on Tuesday, his 19th consecutive 

win. 

For Nadal it means 

delaying his long awaited 

comeback from injury 

which has kept him sidelined 

since the US Open. 

Nadal was forced to 

withdraw from his US Open 

semi-final against Juan 

Martin del Potro in early 

September with a knee 

injury. The problem also 

sidelined him for Spain’s 

Davis Cup semi-final 

against France, and also 

from tournaments in Beijing 

and Shanghai. 

“It’s been a difficult year 

but decided to extend his 

original sanction by six 

weeks due to Shehzad´s 

"immediate admission of 

fault", "honesty" and the 

matches he participated in 

being "friendly" club games. 

Nadal’s withdrawal in Paris hands Djokovic top spot 

win it 7-1 after over two hours and 

45 minutes on court. 

She joins Australia’s Ashleigh 

Barty and Germany’s Julia Goerges 

for me in terms of injuries, 

and so I’d prefer to avoid 

doing anything drastic,” he 

told the media minutes 

before his intended match 

against compatriot Fernando 

Verdasco who instead faced 

-- and lost to -- Tunisian 

lucky loser Malek Jaziri. 

Muguruza through to Zhuhai semis after tense decider 

in Saturday’s semi-finals. 

Madison Keys, Daria Kasatkina 

and Wang Qiang could all still qualify 

from the last group. Keys will 

go through if she beats China’s 

Wang in straight sets later on 

Friday. 

Earlier France’s number one 

Caroline Garcia missed out on a 

semi-final spot despite beating 

Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets. 

The 22-year-old won 6-4, 6-4 

but because she lost more than 

seven games to the Belarusian, 

Barty scraped through the roundrobin 

group following her win over 

Garcia on Thursday. 

A straight-sets win, or even a 

loss in three sets, would have been 

enough for 20-year-old Sabalenka, 

but the tournament’s youngest 

player joins Garcia in being eliminated 

from the tournament.

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PN successfully demonstrates 

fire power at North Arabian Sea 

13 dead as bus crashes into river 

after woman fights driver in China 

Footage shows the bus plunging into the Yangtze River after the driver is hit by a passenger and loses control of vehicle 

CHONGQING: A bus Yangtze River. Fifteen Thirteen bodies were During the ensuing 

crash that killed 13 people 

was sparked by a fight 

between the driver and an 

angry passenger, according 

to Chinese state media. 

The bus had veered into 

people had been on the 

bus, including the driver. 

The vehicle's black box, 

which recorded the bus's 

mechanical condition and 

operational details, was 

found and two people were 

listed as missing. 

According to the China 

Daily, a female passenger 

named Liu had missed her 

stop and asked the driver 

fight, the driver lost control 

and the bus went into 

the river. Footage published 

by the newspaper 

appeared to show the fight 

between the driver and 

the wrong lane and collided 

found on Wednesday. to stop immediately. passenger and then 

with an oncoming car in The bus was also sal- 

After he refused, she hit screams could be heard 

Chongqing on Sunday vaged and pulled out of the his head with her mobile form the passengers as the 

before it plunged into the river. 

phone. 

bus veered out of control. 


KARACHI: First of its 

kind initiative by a Pakistan 

origin American to establish 

private International Cricket 

Centered Multi-Sports 

Complex in Houston will 

provide hundreds of jobs to 

skilled Pakistanis and promote 

bilateral trade, and 

business opportunities 

between USA and Pakistan. 

Managing Partner and 

President ICCMC & 

America Pakistan Business 

Forum Nawaid Isa also 

announced to name one of 

its club houses after 

threat. Firing of missiles is 

an expression of our 

resolve to shoulder the 

sacred responsibility of 

defending Pakistan. PN has 

also initiated RMSP in line 

with national objectives 

and international obligations 

to maintain peace and 

order at sea in the region 

and beyond. 

Later, the chief guest 

reviewed fleet units and fly 

past by Naval Air Arm. The 

chief guest applauded operational 

readiness of PN 

Fleet and commended officers 

and men of Pakistan 

Navy for their commitment 

in the line of duty. He 

added that Pakistan Navy 

has transformed into a 

strong and formidable force 

in protecting national maritime 

interests in the region 

and beyond. 

renowned businessman 

Chairman Din Group S. M. 

Munir (Sitar-e-Imtiaz, Sitare-Isar, 

Justice of Peace) to 

recognize its untiring efforts 

for development of business 

opportunities in Pakistan. 

Inauguration of Pakistan 

Chapter of this forum and a 

seminar to promote business 

and investment opportunities 

between the two countries 

was hosted by the 

Public Relations Standing 

Committee of the Federation 

of Pakistan Chambers of 

Commerce & Industry 

(FPCCI) here at the 

Indian troops martyr one more 

Kashmiri youth in Kupwara 

ISLAMABAD: In 

occupied Kashmir, Indian 

troops in their fresh act of 

state terrorism martyred 

one Kashmiri youth in 

Kupwara district. 

The troops killed the 

youth during a cordon and 

search operation at 

Sagipora in Handwara area 

of the district. 

The victim was identified 

as Naseer Teli, a resident 

of Armapora, Sopore 

KARACHI: In an 

impressive display, 

Pakistan Navy Destroyers 

demonstrated their fire 

power (Missile Firings) in 

North Arabian Sea. 

Chairman Joint Chief of 

Staff Committee, General 

Zubair Mahmood Hayat, as 

the chief guest witnessed 

Live weapon firing from 

PNS MOAWIN; a newly 

commissioned combat 

logistic support ship. Fire 

power demonstration was 

also witnessed by Chief of 

Air Staff, Air Chief 

Marshal Mujahid Anwar 

Khan and senior officers 

from the three services. 

The event was conducted 

at the culmination of Sea 

Phase of Major Maritime 

Exercise Seaspark-18, 

which was conducted to 

validate war fighting con- 

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Ship Shah Jahan demonstrating fire power in North Arabian Sea. 

cepts under hybrid threat were successfully fired by at the occasion stated that 

MUMBAI: Priyanka 

environment involving support 

Pakistan Navy Ships Pakistan Navy is ready in 

Chopra has responded to 

of PAF and Pak Army. SHAMSHEER and all respects to defeat any 

criticisms over her deci- 

Chief of Air Staff also SHAHJAHAN. The live misadventure and aggression 

sion to wear a dress by 

appreciated the joint operations, 

firings at sea remained 

against Pakistan in the 

Marchesa, the fashion 

especially enhanced highly successful as both Maritime Domain. Pakistan 

brand co-founded by 

coordination between PN missiles hit their targets Navy fleet is a four dimensional 

Georgina Chapman, 

and PAF in Maritime affirming PN war fighting 

force which is com- 

estranged wife to dis- 

domain. 

The Anti Ship Missiles 

capability. 

Chief of the Naval Staff 

bat ready and prepared to 

tackle Grey Hybrid Warfare 

graced Hollywood producer 

Harvey Weinstein. 

The Indian actor chose 

to wear a white strapless 

China says it maintains 

gown from the label for 

a clear position on her bridal shower, which 

was celebrating her 

Kashmir issue 

impending nuptials to 

ISLAMABAD: China musician Nick Jonas. 

says it maintains a clear cut 

position on Kashmir issue and 

all the cooperation between 

Beijing and Islamabad including 

on Bus Service has nothing 

to do with territorial dispute. 

This was stated by 

After Marchesa posted 

a photo on Instagram of 

the outfit, Chopra was met 

with a furore of criticism 

as people accused her of 

supporting a label with 

close ties to Weinstein, 

Chinese Foreign Ministry who faces numerous 

spokesperson in his press 

briefing in Beijing. 

A private Pakistani transport 

company has recently 

charges of sexual assault, 

which he denies. 

Now, the 36-year-old 

has spoken to Women’s 

launched bus service from Wear Daily about the 

Lahore to Chinese city of backlash, explaining that 

NA session Kashgar via Islamabad. Spokesperson 

said China-Pak hers “and it’s not her 

Chapman is a friend of 

adjourned due to 

Economic Corridor is an economic 

cooperation project don’t think it is right to 

fault”. She continued: “I 

lack of quorum 

ISLAMABAD: The between two countries. He take it out on a self-made 

National Assembly session 

adjourned due to lack 

of quorum on Monday, 

said it is not targeted against 

any third party, it has nothing to 

do with territorial dispute and it 

woman what somebody in 

her life did. 

“That’s the wrong attitude. 

majority members on will not affect China's principled 

[And] that was a 

treasury benches were 

position on Kashmir. beautiful gown and 

absent. 

Soon after a recitation 

from the Holy Quran, and 

Rain, hail lash Islamabad 

Snowfall in Gilgit-Baltistan caused landslides 

owing to which roads have been blocked 

ISLAMABAD: Rain 

and hailstorm with snowfall 

and gusty winds resulted in 

the weather turning cold in 

the federal capital. 

Rain in Jhang, Narowal, Pakistan 

Chichawatni and adjoining 

areas also resulted in the 

temperature dropping. 

Snowfall in Gilgit- 

Baltistan caused landslides 

owing to which roads have 

been blocked. While there 

has been continuous snowfall 

for the last 36 hours in 

Hunza. 

According to the 

Meteorological 

Department (PMD), rain 

with hail and winds is 

expected in scattered places 

across the province. 

Rain is also expected in 

Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, 

Peshawar, Kohat and 

Rawalpindi divisions, the 

PMD added. 

Further, 

Kashmir and G-B are also 

expected to receive along 

with showers at isolated 

places in Dera Ismail Khan, 

Sargodha, Lahore and 

Gujranwala. However, dry 

weather is expected elsewhere 

in the country. 

PM’s visit to China very important 

for the country: Zartaj Gul 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for 

Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir on Friday 

said that the Prime Minister's first visit to 

China is very important as number of 

Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) 

would be signed between the two friendly 

countries. 

Talking to media outside the Parliament 

House, she said that more investment will 

come to the country which would bring stability 

in our economy. The Minister said that 

Saudi Arabia and China are two very close 

friends of Pakistan. She said that the interest 

of the country is top priority for the government 

of PTI. She said that the Prime 

Minister's China visitwould be very successful 

and will further strengthen close bilateral 

ties between the two friendly countries. 

SDPI announces Sustainable 

Development Journalism Awards 2018 

Bureau Report 


Sustainable Development 

Policy Institute has announced 

‘Sustainable Development 

JournalismAwards 2018’. The 

awards to winning journalists 

will be distributed at its 21st 

Sustainable Development 

Conference (SDC) scheduled 

as 4 - 7 December 2018 in 

Islamabad. The entries for the 

award that will have cash prize 

as well will be received from 

throughout the country. 

In recognition of their dedicated 

works, six journalists 

(three each from print and 

electronic media) will be 

selected for the awards on 

their best news stories/articles/Op-eds, 

and news packages/documentaries/talk 

show 

respectively. Two awards will 

be given to photojournalists. 

The main theme of the products 

must focus the issues on 

sustainable development, 

including climate change, disasters, 

socio-economic development, 

water energy and sustainable 

development goals 

(SDGs) etc. 

Naat-e-Rasool Maqbool 

SAW, Agha Hassan of the 

Balochistan National 

Party (Mengal) pointed 

out lack of quorum. 

Deputy Speaker Qasim 

Khan Suri subsequently 

ordered a head count and 

then adjourned the session 

till Monday 5pm after 

finding that the quorum 

was not complete. 

LAHORE: Ameer, 

Islamabad, The assembly's 

Jamaat e Islami Senator 

Siraj-ul-Haq has said that 

Prime Minister Imran Khan 

should behave like a chief 

executive of the country, listen 

to the protestors view 

point and present the government 

adjournment considerably 

irked the opposition, as 

they were trying to complete 

stance with arguments. 

He was addressing a rally 

here on Friday which was 

the quorum but held to protest against SC 

Deputy 

adjourned 

hastly. 

the 

Speaker 

session 

decision acquitting Christian 

women Aasia of the charge 

of blasphemy. He said that 

area of Baramulla district. 

The occupation authorities 

have imposed restrictions 

in Sopore and adjoining 

areas and ordered closure 

of educational institutions 

to prevent demonstrations 

against the 

killing. The authorities 

have also suspended the 

internet service. 

Meanwhile, complete 

shutdown is being 

observed in different areas 

deserved to be worn by a 

bride-to-be. 

“It made me feel like a 

princess. It was the right 

of Budgam and Pulwama 

districts today against 

killings Kashmiri youths 

by Indian troops. 

All shops, business 

establishments and educational 

institutions are 

closed while traffic is off 

the road in Pampore town 

of Pulwama district and in 

Khansahab, Khag, 

Aripanthan, Beerwah, 

Poshker and Arizal areas 

of Budgam district. 

Priyanka Chopra responds to criticism and defends 

decision to wear Marchesa dress to bridal shower 

the PTI government had 

plunged the nation in a difficult 

situation as on one side, 

price hike was causing hardships 

for the people while on 

the other hand, and there was 

an attempt to attack the faith 

of the masses. Addressing 

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, 

the JI chief said that nobody 

had questioned the faith of 

Chief Justice but if the 

Session Court and the High 

Court could give a wrong 

judgment, the apex court 

Federation House. 

Former chief executive 

TDAP S. M. Munir was 

chief guest on this occasion. 

Senior office bearers of 

FPCCI including Mirza 

could also do the same. He 

demanded that a larger 

Supreme Court bench be 

constituted to hear Aasia’s 

case afresh and till the decision 

of the bench, Aasia’s 

name be place on ECL. 

Siraj said that the British 

Prime Minister had greeted 

her nation on the SC decision 

and the United Nations had 

also welcomed the decision, 

while the entire Muslim 

world was in a state of grief 

and shock. He said that all 

Ikhtiar Baig, Shujat Ali 

Baig, Chairman FPCCI SC 

on PR were present. 

A delegation of businessmen 

and investors led by 

Nawaid Isa, Managing 

choice”. Chopra paired the 

feather-skirted gown with 

a diamond necklace and 

nude stiletto heels. 

Imran should listen viewpoint of 

protestors suggests JI's head 

‘USA ICCMC project will provide 

hundreds of jobs to Pakistani skilled’ 

KARACHI: President America Pakistan Business Development Forum Nawaid Isa is 

presenting shield to chief guest business community leader Chairman Din Group S.M 

Munir during a seminar on bilateral trade between USA and Pakistan and inaugural 

ceremony of AM-PAK BDF Pakistan Chapter here Federation House of FPCCI. 

those seeking guidance from 

London and Washington and 

acting on the dictation of the 

IMF and the World Bank had 

ganged up against the 

Islamic laws especially the 

Blasphemy law. He said the 

politicians who had been 

threatening to give tough 

time to the PTI govt only to 

save their skin and their ill 

gotten wealth were now 

offering their cooperation to 

the government against the 

blasphemy law. 

Partner & President ICCMC 

and America Pakistan (AM- 

PAK) 

Business 

Development Forum has 

travelled from USA to join 

this event in Karachi. 

Other members of delegation 

present in event 

included Mike Robinette, 

Head of GEO CRE, a commercial 

real estate development 

firm and also a ex- 

Director of Development, 

City of Middletown, Ohio, 

ex-Director of Economic 

Development and Finance, 

City of Franklin, Ohio, 

Tahira Jaffar, Head of Ark 

Investment Companies with 

the focus of investments in 

healthcare markets, Tom 

Drauschak, President & 

Owner of Earth Enterprises 

(also performed land development 

projects for hundreds 

of residential, commercial, 

municipal and 

industrial clients. Developed 

many golf courses and wrote 

books on the subject. 

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