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Sepoy martyred 

in 'unprovoked' 

firing at LoC: ISPR 

RAWALPINDI: A 

sepoy of Pakistan Army 

was martyred due to 

"unprovoked" firing by 

Indian forces in the Thub 

Sector of the restive Line 

of Control (LoC). 

The Inter-Services 

Public Relations (ISPR) 

in a statement said that 

the martyred soldier 

Sepoy Zaheer Ahmed 

belonged to Sultanpur 

village of Bhimber district. 

He is survived by a 

widow. Pakistan Army 

troops "retaliated effectively 

and engaged [the] 

enemy's posts involved 

in [the] unprovoked firing", 

added ISPR. 

No holiday in 

Sindh on Iqbal Day 

KARACHI: Sindh 

government has clarified 

that there would be no 

holiday on the occasion 

of Iqbal Day in the 

province. 

Earlier, there were 

news that all educational 

institutes in Sindh 

province will remain 

closed on Friday, 

November 09, on the 

occasion of Iqbal Day. 

Chinese President 

assures to help enhancing 

Pak's exports: Asad 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Minister for Finance 

Asad Umar has said that 

concrete measures will be 

taken to increase exports 

to further strengthen the 

national economy. 

Talking to a private 

news channel, he said the 

Chinese President has 

assured to help enhancing 

Pakistan's exports during 

the recent visit of Prime 

Minister Imran Khan to 

China. 

He said during the 

visit, talks were also held 

with Chinese leadership 

about transfer of leading 

technology of Cyber 

Security to Pakistan. 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister Imran Khan on 

Thursday informed the 

federal cabinet that his 

maiden official visit to 

China was "more successful 

than expected" and that 

the host country has 

"assured every kind of 

assistance to Pakistan". 

The prime minister, 

while briefing the cabinet, 

said that for the first time 

in the history of Pak-China 

bilateral relationship, the 

latter assured the former its 

KARACHI EDITION – Friday, November 9, 2018, Safar 30, 1440 

Visit to China more successful 

than expected, says PM Imran 

Cabinet approves constitution of Policy Board to devise policies of FBR 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing at Parliamentary Party Meeting 

in Parliament House. 

MOSCOW: Russia will 

host the second round of 

the Moscow peace conference 

on Afghanistan this 

month, which its Foreign 

Ministry bills as the first 

direct high-level talks 

between the Taliban and 

Afghan government. 

The importance that 

Russia attaches to the second 

session of the Moscow 

conference on Afghanistan 

on today (Friday) is evident 

from the fact that the 

event, which will be held 

at the level of deputy foreign 

ministers, will be 

opened by Foreign 

Minister Sergey Lavrov, 

who was not present at 

similar meetings on Syria, 

even during that country’s 

full support in the agriculture 

sector. 

During the meeting, the 

premier also approved a 

summary empowering the 

Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR) to issue a tax directory. 

The FBR will publish 

a separate tax directory for 

members of the parliament. 

Furthermore, the federal 

cabinet approved the 

appointment of Rizwan 

Memon as chairman of the 

Trading Corporation of 

most difficult periods. 

Russia’s Foreign 

Ministry sent invitations to 

representatives of 11 countries 

-- Afghanistan, the 

U.S., India, Iran, China, 

Pakistan, Kazakhstan, 

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 

Turkmenistan and 

Uzbekistan. 

The Afghan government 

has already confirmed 

that a delegation 

from the country’s High 

Peace Council will be 

attending, while the 

Taliban also said it would 

send representatives to 

Moscow. 

“A high-ranking delegation 

of the Political 

Office of the Islamic 

Emirate of Afghanistan 

Pakistan, and sanctioned 

the issuance of a license to 

Liberty Air Ltd. 

On the recommendations 

of the ministry of 

interior, the cabinet also 

gave its approval to take 

several individuals into 

protective custody. 

A variety of international 

agreements were also 

given the green light, 

chiefly among which were 

exchange-of-prisoners 

treaties with England and 

Ireland. 

Afghan govt, Taliban to meet 

for 1st direct peace talks 

Russia will host high-level talks in capital Moscow today 

Certain black sheep out to 

sabotage agreement: Rizvi 

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek e 

Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) 

Chairman Khadim Hussain 

Rizvi has said that certain 

black sheep are out to sabotage 

agreement reached with government. 

“Agreement was 

signed with government sincerely. 

Prime Minister should 

ensure peace in the country by 

implementing the agreements. 

Some black sheep are out to 

sabotage this agreement”, he 

said this while addressing a 

big public gathering in New 

Karachi after having a meeting 

with Chairman Ruet e 

Hilal Committee Mufti 

Muneeb Ur Rehman on 

Thursday. 

He held Government 

should rein in its ministers 

who were trying to spread 

chaos in the country by interfering 

in the Din. 

He said nation should pay 

tribute to the Great Leaders of 

the country by observing 

Youm e Iqbal on November 

09 as nations who forget their 

leaders and benefactors donot 

remain alive in the history. 

Rabi-ul-Awwal moon not sighted, 

Eid Milad-un-Nabi to fall on 

KARACHI: Chairman 

Ruet-i-Hilal Committee 

Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman 

announced that the moon for 

the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal 

was not sighted on Thursday 

evening and thus, Eid Miladun-Nabi 

will fall on Nov 21. 

A meeting of the Central 

Ruet-e-Hilal Committee 

took place this evening with 

Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman 

in the chair. 

Following the meeting, 

he announced the moon for 

the month of Rabi-ul- 

Awwal was not sighted 

across the country and 

therefore, the new lunar 

month will commence from 

Nov 9 and 12th Rabi-ul- 

Awwal (Eid Milad-un- 

Nabi) will be celebrated on 

Nov 21. 

The meeting was convened 

at the Pakistan 

Metrological Department in 

Karachi. 

[Taliban] will take part in 

the conference… It is a 

conference about holding 

comprehensive discussions 

on finding a peaceful 

solution to the Afghan 

quandary and ending 

American occupation. The 

Islamic Emirate will also 

give a detailed speech and 

clarify its views and policy 

about all aspects of the 

issue, including restoring 

peace and security,” the 

Taliban said in a statement. 

Former Afghan 

President Hamid Karzai 

also announced his intention 

to attend the conference 

because “any possibility 

of peace talks with 

the Taliban should not be 

ignored”. 

Eight dead in 

road accident 

in Dadu 

Allah Bux Khushik 

DADU: 8 people including 

a woman were killed 

while 28 others were 

injured in a head on collision 

between a passenger 

coach and a trailer, in Dadu, 

Sindh. 

According to media 

reports, a passenger coach 

carrying more than 30 people 

was on its way to 

Karachi from Larkana when 

on Indus high way near 

Makhdoom Bilal it hit with 

a trailer coming from its 

opposite direction. 

As a result 8 people died 

on the spot while 28 others 

including 4 females and 6 

children sustained serious 

injuries. 

All were rushed to nearby 

civil hospital Dadu for 

medico-legal formalities 

and first aid respectively. 

According to hospital 

administration 4 out of the 

28 injured were in critical 

condition. 

Driver of trailer fled the 

scene after the incident who 

later was arrested by police. 

FO rebuffs reports 

of Aasia Bibi 

leaving Pakistan 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Office Spokesperson Dr 

Mohammad Faisal on 

Thursday denied reports 

that Aasia Bibi had left 

Pakistan, saying the recently 

acquitted Christian 

woman was still in the 

country. 

"There is no truth in 

reports of her leaving the 

country — it is fake news," 

Dr Faisal told media. Aasia 

Bibi was released from 

Multan jail last night — 

more than 10 days after the 

Supreme Court overturned 

her conviction and death 

sentence. 

Shortly after the FO's 

clarification, Minister for 

Information and 

Broadcasting Fawad 

Chaudhry called out the 

"irresponsible" behaviour 

of some media outlets for 

running the news of Aasia 

Bibi allegedly leaving the 

country without "confirmation". 

"It has become a norm to 

publish fake news for sake 

of headlines," Chaudhry 

said on Twitter. "#AsiaBibi 

case is sensitive issue; it 

was extremely irresponsible 

to publish news of her 

leaving the country without 

confirmation. I strongly 

urge section of media to act 

responsible." 

The statements by FO 

and Chaudhry come on the 

heels of news reports from 

a day earlier which stated 

that Aasia Bibi had left 

Multan’s women prison and 

was being flown to an 

"unknown destination". 

This particular quote, 

attributed to Aasia Bibi's 

lawyer Saiful Malook, led 

to speculation that she had 

left the country. 

ISLAMABAD: Minister 

of State for Interior Shehryar 

Afridi has stated that those 

who took law into their own 

hands during the protest 

demonstrations will be made 

an example under the law. 

While addressing the 

Senate on Thursday, he 

warned that the government 

would make an example out 

of anyone who will try to 

take the law into their own 

hands. He said that footages 

of the elements, who ransacked, 

were shared with 

Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan 

(TLP) and they disowned 

KHAIRPUR: Former president and cochairman 

of the Pakistan People’s Party 

(PPP),AsifAli Zardari on Thursday said the 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government 

gave a National Reconciliation Ordinance 

(NRO) to clerics who used derogatory language. 

Speaking to reporters in Khairpur, 

Zardari said the government had given an 

NRO last week, referring to an agreement 

between the government and protesters 

belonging to the hardline Tehreek-e- 

Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) who staged sit-ins 

across the country following a Supreme 

Court verdict acquitting Christian woman 

Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case. 

Zardari said, “The clerics who used 

derogatory language against the prime minister, 

Supreme Court judges and the army 

chief were given an NRO.” 

“Those 1,200 poor people who were 

captured on TV will be arrested but an NRO 

was given to those who provoked the vandals,” 

the former president stated. 

Commenting on the government 

approaching the International Monetary 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

PTI govt gives NRO 

to clerics: Zardari 

Says no action taken against TLP leaders even 

though they instigated protesters to become violent 

Fund (IMF) for a bailout, Zardari said, “I 

don’t think we should go to the IMF. We 

should instead strengthen our local markets.” 

Further, the PPP co-chairman said, 

“When we were in the government, we 

worked. We paid people for their land and 

prepared a feasibility draft for Bhasha 

Dam.” Stating that the people are worried 

and the prices of all commodities have 

increased, Zardari said, “When petrol and 

gas prices are increased then prices of all 

goods will rise.” 

“U-turns are always taken, let’s see what 

happens,” he continued. 

Pointing to PPP leader Manzoor Wassan, 

who was accompanying him, Zardari said, 

“Wassan dreamt that the incumbent PTI 

government will not complete its term.” 

Further, speaking on the ongoing inquiries 

by the National Accountability Bureau 

(NAB), Zardari said, “No bureaucrat is 

ready to work in such circumstances.” 

Responding to a question on former premier 

Nawaz Sharif, Zardari said, “Maybe, 

Nawaz and Maryam Nawaz are cooling 

down the situation.” 

KARACHI: View of activists and supporters of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F) during million 

march, at Shahrah-e-Quaideen. 

Law violators would be taken to task: Afridi 

M U LTA N / I S L A M A B A D : 

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood 

Qureshi on Thursday assured that 

legal aid would be provided to 

Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia 

Siddiqui under US lock-down 

since the past decade. 

Addressing the media in Multan 

the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 

leader revealed that he would be 

holding a meeting with the 

detained Pakistani citizen’s sister, 

Dr Fauzia Siddiqui in the coming 

week. 

"Whatever assistance could be 

provided to her while remaining 

within the ambit of law, it is my 

duty and I will do that," he added. 

Moreover, he also avowed that 

the difficulties of the mother-ofthree 

in US’ custody will be tried 

to put at ease by the government. 

them. He said the government 

successfully held 

negotiations with the protesters 

and peacefully 

resolved the matter. 

He said there was a consensus 

among all the stakeholders, 

including the opposition, 

that force should not 

be used against the protesters 

in Aasia Bibi case. He 

said the Prime Minister also 

desired peaceful settlement 

of the issue. Shehryar Afridi 

said the government will 

implement the Supreme 

Court's any order in a review 

petition in the case. "In three 

days of the protests, not a 

single drop of blood was 

spilled," Afridi said. "The 

government will not use bullets 

against its own citizens. 

We will embrace our citizens 

and hold dialogues with 

them. 

On the other hand opposition 

parties in the Senate 

had criticised the government 

for not being forceful 

enough in dealing with TLP. 

“The judiciary, the state 

and the army were dragged 

into the mess: what kind of 

message is being sent with 

these actions?" PPP's 

Parliamentary Leader, 

Senator Sherry Rehman, had 

asked. "The government 

was all talk and no action. 

This was the first time we've 

heard the state challenged 

like this. How can this challenge 

be ignored?. 

Opposition members 

later staged walkout from 

senate over the absence of 

government minister. Even 

the Chairman Senate Sadiq 

Sanjrani has expressed 

annoyance over the absence 

of government members. 

Later five members came 

into the house. 

Qureshi avows provision of 

legal aid to Dr Aafia Siddiqui 

Release of Aafia just needs one signature: Dr Fowzia 

KARACHI: Aafia Movement Pakistan leader and noted neurophysician of the 

country Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has said that DrAafia has already spent 5700 days in the 

American detention and counting. She said for the release and repatriation of Aafia 

special prayers are being offered inside and outside Pakistan. Dr Aafia has cried out 

for help from the jail and it is to be seen if Prime Minister Imran Khan responds to 

her call. In a statement here Thursday, she said the release of Aafia just needs one 

signature of the Prime Minister and we hope that govt of Imran Khan will do this. 

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Friday, November 9, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Anti encroachment drive enters 

4th day; 70pc of Saddar cleared 

Computer science revolution 

changing world, Dr. Zubair Shaikh 

KARACHI: A grand 

anti-encroachment operation 

in Saddar area Karachi 

entered the 4th day on 

Thursday, and more illegal 

shops were demolished. 

The operation was started 

on Monday 5th 

November from the 

Passport Office, which is 

now moved to Akbar Road 

area. 

Officials of anti – 

encroachment department 

of Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation (KMC) along 

with heavy contingents of 

Sindh police and paramilitary 

forces were present 

during the operation. KMC 

used heavy machinery and 

dumpers to carry out the 

operation. 

Illegal shops and structures 

erected on footpaths 

were demolished on the 

fourth day of the operation. 

KARACHI: A World 

Bank delegation met with 

Provincial Minister of 

Sind for Local 

Government and Kacchi 

Abadies Saeed Ghani on 

Thursday and briefed him 

on the modernization 

efforts of water and sewerage 

system in Karachi and 

a project of WSSIP’s project 

for the purpose. 

The four member delegation 

was led by Andres 

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar is visiting the Empress Market after the 

anti-encroachment operation conducted by Karachi Metropolitan Market (KMC). 

It was carried out in the 

areas around New Preedy 

Street, Abdullah Haroon 

Road and Regal Chowk. 

Shahnawaz Ali told the PPI 

that in four days more than 

150 illegally constructed 

shops and thousands of 

has already been removed 

from Saddar.’’ 

He said that the main 

problem in Saddar is at 

Operation in-charge of sunshades were demolished 

least 1000 illegally con- 

District Municipal 

in Saddar. He said: structed shops around the 

Corporation (DMC) South, “70 per cent encroachment Empress Market building 

WB's delegation briefs minister on project 

of water, sewerage system 

Rodi, senior water 

resource management 

specialist. Other members 

were Farhan Ullah Sami, 

senior water and sanitation 

specialist, Sarah 

Afridi, associate investment 

officer and Basharat 

Saeed, water resource 

specialist. 

The delegation assured 

Ghani with investment by 

the World Bank in the sector. 

The provincial minister 

Ghani asked for details of 

the concerned projects 

from MD Water Board and 

other officials, and 

instructed them to complete 

a comprehensive feasibility 

report and prepare 

PC1 in this regard. He 

stressed for the rapid practical 

work to complete the 

project. 

Ghani also agreed with 

the suggestions from the 

KARACHI: Anti encroachment operation in progress demolishing illegal encroachment 

during anti encroachment drive under the supervision of Karachi Metropolitan 

Corporation (KMC) over directions of Supreme Court of Pakistan orders, at Regal Chowk. 

8 arrested from Karachi 

KARACHI: Police 

arrested eight accused 

from different parts of 

the city on Thursday. 

Police conducted raid 

near PIB Colony and 

arrested three accused. A 

drug peddler was arrested 

from Paposh Nagar 

and one kilogram 

hashish recovered from 

him. He was identified as 

a Kashif, said to be a 

serving policeman of 

Madina Colony police 

station. 

Separately, four 

accused were held from 

Baghdadi area of Lyari 

and arms and drugs 

recovered from them. 

delegation for administrative 

reforms. 

Khalid Haider Shah, 

Secretary for Local 

Government, Khalid 

Sheikh, MD Water Board, 

Ayub Sheikh, DMD 

Planning Water Board, 

Muhammad Shakeel 

Qureshi, Director 

Investment Karachi and 

Sewerage Services 

Improvement and other 

also attended the meeting. 

45-year-old 

man commits 

suicide 

KARACHI: A45-yearold 

unknown man committed suicide 

after jumping from 

Gollimar Chorangi Nazim 

Abad bridge, in Karachi. 

According to media reports, an 

unidentified man, 45, committed 

suicide after jumping from 

Nazim Abad pull located at 

Gollimar Chorangi, Karachi. 

On information, Police 

reached the scene and shifted 

the dead into nearby Abbasi 

Shaheed Hospital for medicolegal 

formalities. SHO Rizvia 

Nawaz Brohi has said that they 

found no such thing from the 

victim possession through 

which they could identify him. 

and they will carry out 

operation to demolish these 

shops when a go-ahead is 

given to them by the senior 

officers. 

He said that Saddar 

would be made a model 

area of the megacity 

Karachi as per the orders of 

Supreme Court of 

Pakistan. 

On October 27, the 

Supreme Court ordered 

that all encroachments be 

removed from Karachi 

within 15 days. The 

Karachi mayor and commissioner 

had devised a 

plan to clear encroachments 

from Saddar. 

However, the city witnessed 

a massive traffic 

jam on Thursday owing to 

the anti-encroachment 

operation. Long queues of 

vehicles were seen on the 

roads of affected areas. 

Benazir Bhutto 

remembered as role 

model, Shehla Raza 

KARACHI: Minister for 

Women Development Sindh 

Syeda Shehla Raza said that 

political and social reforms of 

Benazir Bhutto are a magnificent 

role model not only for 

Pakistan but the whole world. 

We need to identify true 

Aalims, the government’s writ 

is to differentiate between 

Ulema and extremists, the 

government must not put the 

nation in front of these extremists. 

This is high time to 

enforce the principles and ideology 

of Benazir Bhutto. 

She was addressing at 

Inaugural ceremony of 

National Conference on Socio 

Political Reforms of Shaheed 

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto at 

ArtsAuditorium, University of 

Karachi. 

She added that every government 

except of PPP considered 

Steel Mills as burden and 

ignored the fact that how many 

families are dependent on it. 

These are assets of the nation, 

those who damaged it, built 

their own steel mills. We saved 

these assets and will save it; 

our leadership wants betterment 

of infrastructure. 

Vice Chancellor of KU 

Prof. Dr Muhammad Ajmal 

Khan said that the purpose of 

establishment of Benazir 

Bhutto Chair is to propagate 

the vision of Benazir Bhuttu 

through academic research. 

KARACHI: Computer 

science revolution have 

changed the world completely 

and our future 

depends on human computer 

interaction, business 

ethics have also been 

changed after introduction 

of computer and transformation 

of technology. This 

was stated by President, 

Mohammad Ali Jinnah 

University, (MAJU) 

Karachi Prof. Dr. Zubair 

Shaikh while he was 

addressing to the first 

anniversary 

of 

International Association 

for Computing Machine, 

(ACM) 

MAJU Students chapter, 

yesterday as Chief 

Guest. Associate Dean, 

Computing 

& 

Engineering, Dr. Asim 

Imdad, head of Computer 

Dock workers plan more protests 

KARACHI: Group photo of International Association for Computing Machine, (ACM) 

M.A.Jinnah University students chapter with President, MAJU Prof. Dr. Zubair Shaikh 

and senior faculty members taken on 1st anniversary of the chapter held yesterday. 

KARACHI: Anti-Car 

Lifting Cell (ACLC) police 

on Thursday claimed to 

have busted motorbike 

lifters’ and drug peddler 

gangs, involved in snatching 

motorcycles, robberies, 

drug peddling and other 

heinous crimes, in two separate 

targeted operations in 

the metropolis. 

ACLC SSP Muneer 

Sheikh in a press conference 

at his office said a special 

ACLC police team 

arrested four gang members 

of motorbike lifters, 

Muhammad Umair, son of 

Riazuddin, Kamran alias 

Phthan, son of Kamil 

Hussain, Koriab son of 

Muhammad Yousuf and 

Hamza son of Riaz and 

recovered eight 

snatched/stolen motorbikes, 

three pistols with 

rounds, 10 cell phones and 

Rs40000 cash from their 

Science department, Dr. 

Shoukat Wasi, head of 

ACM, MAJU students 

chapter, M. Adil Rao and 

Sr. faculty members were 

also present on this occasion. 

Addressing to the 

students of Computer 

Science department, Dr. 

Zubair Shaikh said that 

Computer Science education 

is fascinating the 

world and open for all people 

and he also feel proud 

to be a computer scientists. 

He said that computer science 

is beyond something 

which has changed our life 

style completely and now 

we need transformation in 

every sector. He said that 

the time has come we need 

transformation of our 

banking sector for which 

data science and information 

security system are 

possession. 

SSP further said the 

group of motorbike lifters 

was wanted to the police in 

dozens of motorbikes lifting 

and robberies cases 

including a recent robbery 

incident in Waeel Bakery in 

most important. Dr. Zubair 

Shaikh asked the students 

if you’re looking to leverage 

your love of technology 

to make a difference, 

the rest assured. He said 

that Computer science is 

an incredible career to 

choice for someone who 

wants to change the world. 

He said that the Computer 

Science field is one of the 

fastest growing and highest 

paying career paths in the 

world, however, there is a 

diminishing supply of 

teachers and students interested 

in Computer Science. 

He further said that this is 

largely based on how 

exposed students are to 

technology and resources 

as well as whether or not 

the students are being 

encouraged to explore the 

world of computer science. 

ACLC bust bike lifting, drug peddling gangs 

KARACHI: Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) SSP, Munir 

Ahmed Shaikh addresses to media persons during press 

conference regarding showing recovered the cash, 

mobile phones and other items from arrested criminals, 

at ACLC office. 

Azizabad. 

He said that the accused 

were members of an interprovincial 

gang and they 

have admitted snatching or 

stoling 400 motorbikes and 

selling them to a man 

Saleem in Khuzdar. 

Pakistan to introduce an international 

mathematics, science assessment framework 

KARACHI: Pakistan’s 

plans to introduce an 

international mathematics 

and science assessment 

framework, TIMSS, 

nationwide could deepen 

flaws in the way student 

performance is assessed, 

according to experts at a 

conference jointly hosted 

by the Higher Education 

Commission, the British 

Council and Aga Khan 

University’s Institute for 

Educational Development 

(IED). 

Speakers at the event 

noted that TIMSS – an 

international assessment 

system that measures student 

performance in 

mathematics and science 

– provided a robust, global 

comparison of student 

performance. However, 

they also urged the country 

to work on introducing 

a variety of assessment 

methods as focusing on 

standardised tests alone 

would only reinforce the 

prevailing culture of 

‘teaching to the test’. 

Commenting on the 

value of such summative 

assessment methods (tests 

to judge quality of learning 

at the end of a module), 

speakers noted that 

while they provided a 

good evaluation of a student’s 

knowledge and 

skill acquisition, a more 

rounded assessment of a 

student’s ability requires 

a different approach. 

Conference Chair Dr 

Razia Fakir Muhammad, 

an assistant professor at 

IED, noted that since 

knowledge is changing at 

a rapid pace in today’s 

world just knowing how 

to pass an exam is no 

longer enough. She added 

that assessment methods 

that are in tune with the 

needs of the modern 

world are needed to judge 

higher order skills such as 

problem-solving, critical 

thinking, collaborative 

skills and creativity. 

“The best assessment 

systems improve the quality 

of teaching and learning,” 

said Dr Razia 

Muhammad. “They are 

interactive and dynamic 

in nature and provide a 

holistic assessment of a 

student’s depth of engagement 

with the subject.” 

Using the example of a 

physics class, Dr Razia 

Muhammad explained 

that most students in 

Pakistan memorise the 

formulas of speed, distance 

and time. They then 

learn how to solve simple 

statement-based problems 

that will appear in the 

exam. 

She noted that in other 

education systems, student 

learning was 

assessed through a problem-solving 

exercise in 

groups. For example, a 

student could be asked to 

compare the cost of rides 

by ride-hailing services 

such as Uber or Careem 

in a variety of instances. 

For example, when a journey 

lasts longer due to 

traffic, when a driver is 

kept waiting, or at times 

when a longer route has to 

be taken due to diversions. 

KARACHI: Members of Workers Union of Port Qasim are holding protest demonstration 

for acceptance of their demands, at Karachi press club. 

KARACHI: Protesting 

dock workers of Port Qasim 

are planning to stage sit-in 

in front of parliament house 

Islamabad simultaneously 

along with Karachi protest 

for acceptance of their 

demands. Dock workers 

continued their protest in 

front of Karachi Press Club 

here on 45th consecutive 

day, here Thursday. 

This protest is called by 

the Workers Union of Port 

Qasim CBA to get their 

issues solved by federation 

government and port qasim 

authorities. On Thursday, 

hundreds of workers participated 

in sit-in and chanted 

slogans in favor of their 

demands. 

Union President Akhlaq 

Ahmed Khan said that government 

should accept their 

four demands. Pending 

salaries of five months of 

dock workers should be 

paid; their identity cards be 

issued without any further 

delay and Dock Workers 

Act 1974 be implemented in 

letter in spirit at Port Qasim. 

He told that on assurance 

of few parliamentarians, 

they postponed their ultimatum 

for marching towards 

Sindh governor house but 

no support was provided. 

Our delegation including 

Secretary General Hussain 

Badshah, Additional 

Secretary General Abdul 

Wahid, Qari Ziaullah and 

others were in Islamabad 

since a week to visit parliamentarians. 

They have already met 

with Speaker National 

Assembly Asad Qaiser, 

Federal Defence Minister 

Pervez Khattak, 

Parliamentary Secretary 

Capt. Retd. Jameel Khan, 

MNAs Gul Zafar Khan, 

Aslam Khan, Agha 

Rafiullah, Abdul Qadir 

Patel, Jam Abdul Karim, 

Abdul Akbar Chitrali and 

Federal Minister for 

Religious Affairs Noor-ul- 

Haq Qadri. Our delegation 

has presented them 

demands and urged to raise 

voice for workers on assembly 

floor, he added. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat inspecting 

ongoing road carpeting at Dawood Chowrangi. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting 

Municipal arrangements on the occasion of IDEAS 2018. 

KARACHI: Health workers of City District Government 

Karachi during their special campaign, spraying fumigation 

in different markets to eliminate harmful mosquitoes 

and larvas, at DHA area.

Mainly cold, dry weather is 

expected in most parts of country 

RAWALPINDI: A boy selects leather jackets from a pushcart to wear during the winter season. 

Federal ombudsman is serving for impoverished 

people to resolve their outstanding issues 

Our Correspondent 

SHIKARPUR: The 

impoverished people of 

Shikarpur, Jacobabad, 

Sukkur, Kambar- 

Shahdadkot, Kandhkot- 

Kashmore and others district 

of northern Sindh do 

not know how to lodge 

their complains against 

federal institutions at 

regional offices of federal 

ombudsman of Pakistan at 

Sukkur and Hyderabad 

owing to lack of awareness 

consultant, 

because of people of 

above mentioned district 

are not properly aware 

Staff Report 

BADIN: Polio teams 

should administer polio 

prevention drops to children 

in each and every village 

of Badin district. 

Strict action to be taken 

against those made negligence.These 

views were 

expressed by Dr. Hafeez 

Ahmed Siyal, Deputy 

Commissioner Badin 

while presiding a meeting 

of polio committee held in 

Darbar hall Badin. The 

meeting was participated 

by Haji Taj Muhammmad 

regarding the functions of 

the federal ombudsman 

while there is need to be 

aware them to resolve 

their outstanding problems. 

This was said by 

Ghulam Hussain Soho, the 

regional head of federal 

ombudsman of Sukkur 

and Hyderabad during a 

press conference held at 

Shikarpur Press Club 

while Syed Sagar Hussain, 

Ghulam 

Hussain Khokhar and 

Syed Mehmood Shah 

were also present during 

Mallah, MPA Badin, Dr. 

Ali Nawaz Bhoot, 

Additional Deputy 

Commissioner (one), Dr. 

Mehboob Ali Khuwaja, 

DHO Badin, Assistant 

Commissioners of talukas, 

focal persons, union council 

and area incharges. 

DC Badin directed 

DHO Badin for special 

care of those kids coming 

from other districts along 

with their parents engaged 

in labour work of cutting 

of peddy crop. He said 

mobile teams should be 

press conference. 

Mr Soho, federal 

ombudsman of Pakistan 

has been serving for a long 

and it is for impoverished 

people and poverty stricken 

people and urged upon 

the people to come forward 

and resolve their outstanding 

problems being 

faced by them for a long 

against federal institutions 

Polio teams should administer polio prevention drops 

to children in each and every village: DC Badin 

insisted for polio drops to 

children at various bus 

stops and travelling. DC 

Badin directed focal persons 

to monitor polio 

teams for effective drive 

and positive results. He 

also directed Assistant 

Director, local government, 

to make secretaries 

of union councils responsible 

for collaboration and 

assistance to the polio 

teams and focal persons. 

The melting was also participated 

by representitives 

of different NGOs. 

QUETTA: Relatives of Shabbir Baloch are holding protest demonstration for recovery 

of their love one, at Quetta press club. 

16% Pakistanis think Donald Trump’s 

performance during the last year was good 


According to a Gilani 

Research Foundation 

Survey carried out by 

Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, 

16% Pakistanis think 

Donald Trump’s performance 

during the last year 

was good, for Obama this 

figure was 28% back in 

2016. 61% said Trump’s 

performance was unsatisfactory 

as compared to 41% 

who had similar views for 

Obama. 

A nationally representative 

sample of men and 

women from across the four 

provinces was asked “What 

is your opinion about the 

performance of Donald 

Trump in the last year?” In 

response to this question, 

5% said it was very good, 

11% said it was good, 18% 

said it was appropriate, 26% 

said it was bad, 35% said it 

was very bad while 5% did 

not know or respond to the 

question. 

In comparison to this, 

10% Pakistanis saw 

Obama’s performance in 

2016 as very good, 18% 

said it was good, 23% found 

it appropriate, 20% said it 

was bad and 21% said it was 

very bad. 8% did not know 

or respond to the question. 

including SEPCO, 

HESCO, Pakistan Post, 

State life Insurance, 

NADRA and others only 

filling online form or 

sending a simple application, 

however he ensured 

the people of the area that 

he would play his role in 

the light of rules and 

resolved their issues within 

45 to 60 days, positively. 

However, if the department 

did not comply the 

decision of federal 

ombudsman has right for 

contempt of court. 

Mr Syed Sagar 

Hussain, Syed Mehmood 

Shah and Ghulam Hussain 

Khokhar also advised to 

people to come forward 

and resolve their outstanding 

problems. 

A man kills his young 

daughter and injures 

another in Thar 

Staff Reporter 

MITHI: A man identified 

as Sagram Bheel attacked 

his two young daughters 

with an ax in village 

Khetlari on Thursday morning 

some 60 kilometers 

away from here and killed 

one of his nine-year-old 

Samina. A young girl died 

on the spot due to repeated 

strikes of the ax while her 

younger sister Jamna 14, 

was seriously injured in the 

attack. The area police after 

arresting the alleged killer 

shifted the injured girl and 

the body of Samina to Diplo 

taluka hospital. The body of 

the murdered girl after the 

autopsy handed over to her 

relatives while the injured 

was under the treatment. 

The accused confessing 

the crime before police and 

media persons claimed his 

both girls insisted to buy for 

them some good food during 

the festival Diwali but 

he was not having no money 

to either purchase for them 

food and other things. He 

denied that he was not mentally 

challenged adding said 

that he took extreme step 

since he was upset due to 

the poverty. The SSP 

Tharparkar Imran Quraishi 

taking to strong notice 

ordered his subordinates to 

thoroughly probe the gruesome 

incident on the eve of 

Divali Festival and report to 

him within 24 hours. 

ISLAMABAD: Mainly cold ad 

dry weather is expected in most 

parts of the country during the 

next 24 hours, Pakistan 

Meteorological Department forecasted. 

Intensity of cold increased after 

intermittent snowfall in the upper 

parts of country while humidity 

remained in the weather of 

Karachi and other cities. 

Partially cloudy weather is 

expected in Islamabad, Murree, 

Quetta, Gilgit and Skardu. 

The lowest temperature has 

been recorded as 18.5 degree 

centigrade’s. Quetta remained the 

coldest city with 2 degree centigrade 

temperature. 

Other cities temperatures have 

been recorded as 2 degree centigrade 

in Kalat, Panjgur 8 degree 

centigrade, Sibi and Nokkundi 10 

degree centigrade’s. 

HESCO meter 

reader of Chambar 

trapped by FIA 

Bureau Report 

HYDERABAD: FIA 

Hyderabad caught Hesco 

Chambar sub-division 

meter reader red-handed 

after arranging a successful 

trap under the judicial 

magistrate-I at a local 

hotel, Chambar Tando 

Allahyar on Wednesday. 

The officials arrested 

Hesco Chamber sub-division 

metre reader Ghulam 

Sarwar at the time of illegal 

gratification from 

applicant Abdul Rehman 

who was a resident of 

Chambar district Tando 

Allahyar and lodged a 

complaint with FIA against 

the meter reader about 

bribe following power 

theft. The reader was shifted 

to Hyderabad FIA lockup 

for further actions 

including registration of 

the case, FIA Hyderabad 

SHO inspector Khuda Bux 

Panhwer told Dawn. He 

said that the applicant 

already paid Rs26,000 

recently and he had to pay 

remaining Rs4,000 (today) 

to the reader in order to get 

the deal done. He said that 

the applicant phoned the 

reader to come to a local 

hotel where he reached to 

collect the remaining 

money and he was caught 

red-handedd. 

Bureau Report 

HYDERABAD: A oneday 

advocacy and influencing 

workshop, organized by 

the Sindh Agricultural and 

Forestry Workers 

Coordinating Organization 

(SAFWCO) for the media 

personnel was held here on 

Tuesday at Hotel Indus 

Hyderabad. The objectives 

of the workshop were to 

sensitize media personnel 

on ongoing justice related 

project” Addressing Root 

causes” and seeking their 

support in reporting justice 

related issues. 

As many as 30 media 

personnel from electronic 

and print media participated 

in the workshop and vowed 

to help hosting organization 

Commissioner directs 

improving sanitation 

Our Correspondent occasion, the Deputy 

HYDERABAD: The Commissioner Hyderabad 

Divisional Commissioner Syed Aijaz Ali shah, MD 

Hyderabad Muhammad WASA Agha Abdul Rahim, 

Abbas Baloch has said that the 

situation of cleanliness and 

sanitation must be improved 

Director Land H.M.C. Syed 

Afaque Ahmed Rizvi, XEN 

WASA, ADC-II Hyderabad, 

in city, officers and staff representatives of SITE 

deployed for sanitation work 

ensure their attendance and 

Association Hyderabad and 

other concerned officers were 

adopt the habit of performing accompanied with 

duty with honesty, dedication 

and punctuality. He said that 

officers and officials negligency 

could not be tolerated 

any more. This he said while 

visiting different areas of 

Hyderabad today to ensure the 

Commissioner Hyderabad. 

Divisional Commissioner 

Hyderabad inspected the sanitation 

system and encroachment 

condition of SITE area 

and directed officers of SITE 

Limited that the steps must be 

implementation of Water taken for rehabilitation of 

Commission orders. On this sewerage system. 

Abbas Kassar 

HYDERABAD: Home- 

Based Labour Union 

Hyderabad women leaders 

at a program called for 

implementing existing 

laws and ensuring facilities 

to the home-based workers 

mostly women as they are 

being exploited while they 

are really hard workers 

who want to scratch a 

decent living and bankroll 

their poor families. 

They said this while 

speaking to a large number 

of home-based women 

workers including glass 

bangles, date-cutters and 

others at a home-based 

workers conference held at 

the local press club aimed 

to highlight their problems 

and find out solutions. It 

was organized by Home- 

Based Labour Union 


National 

Hyderabad Sindh. 

Speaking to women 

workers, Union mentor 

Abira Ashfaq, president 

Rubina Habib, general secretary 

Irfana Abdul Jabbar, 

vice president Jameela 

Imamuddin and others 

urged government to act 

upon existing laws and 

ensure facilities. 

They said that workers 

who were illiterate were 

deprived basic facilitiescum-privileges. 

They said 

that they must be registered 

with Sindh 

Employees Social Security 

Institution (SESSI) and 

Employees Old-Age 

Benefit Institution (EOBI), 

while training centres must 

be set up, they must be 

trained to sell their products 

at proper rates in markets. 

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Home-based women workers demand 

registration with SESSI, EOBI 

They said that it was 

sad that these needy and 

poor workers were subsidizing 

business entrepreneurs 

or industrialists as 

they used their houses as 

workshops by deploying 

place, gas, electricity and 

water for eight to 10 hours. 

They said that such informal 

labour was not generally 

covered by the labour 

laws and this long-neglected 

sector was falling victim 

to social and economic 

exploitations in the society. 

They said that these 

women were suffering 

from various diseases 

including lungs, cancer, 

eye-sight –cum-skin problems 

and others but they 

were not given any medical 

facilities and they died 

by visiting facility-stricken 

public hospitals. 

ISLAMABAD: Students of Islamabad Model College for Girls I-8/3 perform a tableau 

during a ceremony organized on the occasion of Iqbal Day at Federal Board Auditorium. 

Activists shows concern over poor 

implementation of child related laws 

Sawan Khaskheli 

MITHI: The child rights 

activists under “Child 

Rights Movement-CRM 

Sindh” a network of more 

than 80 children rights 

focused organizations have 

expressed their concern 

over the poor implementation 

of child related laws 

and pending bills in Sindh 

Assembly and stressed the 

need for immediate proper 

implementation of Sindh 

Child Protection Authority 

Act 2011 along with budgetary 

allocation and by 

establishing Child 

Protection Units in every 

district of Sindh. 

Speaking to the media 

persons here on the other 

and communities seeking 

justice. Executive Director 

of hosting organization 

SAFWCO, Mr. Sarwan 

Latif Baloch welcomed the 

participants and discoursed 

organization past and present 

works in relation to 

improve access to justice by 

vulnerable communities 

either by formal or informal 

ADR system 

Mr. Ghulam Mustafa 

Sangharsi the Programme 

Manager of the Project 

“ARC” presented the project’s 

objectives, progress 

and challenges faced during 

implementation before participants. 

He said that the 

project is under implementation 

with assistance from 

Netherland Embassy under 

day, Advocate Kashif 

Bajeer of CRM Sindh told 

that Civil Society Support 

Programme (CSSP) and 

CRM Sindh were going to 

launch a campaign for the 

creation of awareness and 

proper budget utilization 

as well to develop pressure 

on Sindh government 

to implement concerned 

laws. 

He said that they would 

kick off their drive from 

Thar, where, there was no 

right being given to kids 

adding that lack of implementation 

of legislation 

was the major hindrance 

in protecting vulnerable 

children of Sindh and 

whole the country. 

umbrella of apex organizations 

OXFAM and Safer 

world. He said that SAFW- 

CO has been training local 

community activist on common 

prevailing laws which 

they will provide step down 

training to their respective 

communities. He said along 

with capacity building component, 

they are also 

engaged with different 

stakeholders including 

police, law maker parliamentarians, 

bar councils 

and like minded CSOs in 

order to ensure every 

Pakistani access to free , 

fair and affordable justice. 

In his presentation, he 

hoped that the workshop 

would enable the participants 

to know the works 

Bajeer said that unfortunately, 

millions of children 

were suffering the 

violence, exploitation and 

abuse of all forms in 

Sindh, due to poor implementation 

of existing laws 

adding he expressed that 

the Sindh Child Marriage 

Restraint Act-2013 could 

be effective as far the 

areas like Thar are concerned 

where infants were 

dying in hundreds over 

past five years of that 

menace of aversion of 

Tharis to avoid the laws. 

He also requested media 

persons from across the 

desert district as from 

whole province to play 

vital role in that campaign. 

1-day advocacy workshop held on justice related project 

undertaken by SAFWCO 

and the role that they could 

play in making swift justice 

possible in future. 

Media Journalists also 

shared their opinion and 

suggested various recommendation 

in order to educate 

common people with 

prevailing formal and informal 

justice channels. 

At the end of the workshop, 

Mr.Zulifiqar 

Halepoto, a renowned 

social activist and politician 

concluded the workshop 

and suggested participant to 

form a group who will be 

made responsible to write 

newspaper articles and 

columns related to laws 

which communities need 

most to know. 

HYDERABAD: PPP MPA Jabbar Khan and others chopping Deewali cake at durga Shiv Mandir.

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OPINION 

Sanctions on Iran "unjust" and 

against international law 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

The unlawful withdrawal 

of the U.S. 

President from the 

Joint Comprehensive Plan 

of Action (“JCPOA”) 

unjust sections on Iran is 

the final of long and persistent 

violations of this accord 

on the part of the United States, 

and especially since the coming into office of its 

new extremist Administration. Mr. Trump’s 

absurd insults against the great Iranian nation 

indicates the extent of his ignorance and folly. 

Moreover, his baseless charges against the 

Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 

fact befits a regime which has through its interventions 

dragged the Middle East into chaos and 

ignited terrorism and extremism; whose Zionist 

ally is engaged in unprecedented cruelty, violations 

of human rights and aggression; and whose 

regional clients gave birth to and nurtured terrorist 

groups, which Mr. Trump in a ridiculous 

claim linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is 

regrettable that this kind of individual now governs 

the civilized and peaceful American people. 

US sought to disrupt Iran’s internal affairs by 

exerting more pressure through the recent sanctions, 

but it failed to achieve its desired results. 

“What Americans sought to do was to exert so 

much pressure on Iran that our internal affairs 

would go haywire, and although they did exert 

pressure, they did not succeed in achieving their 

goal,” Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani 

said, various mechanisms and a constructive 

approach based on diplomacy and activation of 

the Iran’s domestic capacities in a bid to ease the 

pressure and circumvent the US sanctions. The 

US has lost credibility with the other permanent 

members of the UN Security Council, Germany 

and the EU, US will be not able to impose its 

will 100% on Iran and some countries will circumvent 

the sanctions. "The US has an addiction 

to sanctions and they believe that the sanctions 

are the panacea that resolve all the problems. 

They don't. They in fact hurt people and 

we have an obligation as a government to minimize 

the impact on the people. But sanctions 

never change policy." Iranian foreign minister 

said, "Sanctions will have an economic impact, 

but they will not change policy. The United 

States must learn that "The US has an addiction 

to sanctions and they believe that the sanctions 

are the panacea that resolve all the problems. 

They don't. They in fact hurt people and we have 

an obligation as a government to minimize the 

impact on the people. But sanctions never 

change policy." "It is the first time that the 

Europeans are not only making statements 

against US, policy but are developing a mechanism 

to avoid these sanctions and to compensate 

for the sanctions, 

French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno 

Le Maire has pledged that Paris will attempt to 

lead the EU's efforts to defy Washington's sanctions 

against Iran and strengthen the international 

role of the euro.The Financial Times cited Le 

Maire as saying in an interview that "Europe 

refuses to allow the US to be the trade policeman 

of the world" now that Washington's new batch 

of anti-Iranian sanctions has come into effect, 

Sputnik reported. He argued that the US-EU row 

over the Iran sanctions and the bloc's push to create 

a new financial mechanism aimed at continuing 

trade with Iran underscored the necessity for 

Brussels to ensure its "economic sovereignty" 

from Washington. The US to take a long hard 

look at its wrong choices and change its 

approach from a failed one it has stubbornly followed 

instead of prescribing behavioral changes 

for Iran, describing it far more effective in bringing 

about resolution to conflicts and crises that 

have bedeviled the Middle East for far too long. 

The US unilateral sanctions against Iran are 

clear violation of international human rights, 

especially the right to development. Iran sanctions 

are “Unjust and Harmful”. Says IdrissJazairy, 

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative 

impact of the unilateral coercive measures in 

UN office in Geneva (22 August 2018). . The UN 

Charter calls for sanctions to be applied only by 

the UN Security Council precisely to ensure such 

wanton attacks on nations are avoided.” 

Ever since election campaign, Mr. Trump has 

declared his hatred of the JCPOA, an accord recognized 

as a victory of diplomacy by the international 

community. Since taking office, Mr. 

Trump has not only made explicit and official 

statements against the agreement in violation of 

its provisions, but has in practice also failed to 

implement U.S. practical – and not merely formal 

commitments under the JCPOA. The 

Islamic Republic of Iran has recorded these violations 

in numerous letters to the Joint 

Commission convened under the JCPOA, outlining 

the current U.S. Administration’s bad faith 

and continuous violations of the accord. Thus 

Mr. Trump’s latest action is not a new development 

but simply means the end of the obstructionist 

presence of the United States as a participant 

in the JCPOA. 

The JCPOA is a multilateral accord adopted 

unanimously in a United Nations Security 

Council resolution, which in contrast with the 

claims of Mr. Trump, is not merely an agreement 

of his predecessor whose implementation can be 

ignored by a succeeding U.S. Administration. 

This action on the part of the U.S. President 

is not limited to the JCPOA. Indeed, violations 

of law and breaking of commitments have 

become a pattern under the current U.S. 

Administration, going from the Paris Climate 

Accord to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Beyond 

further damaging the credibility of the United 

States on the world stage, the U.S. withdrawal 

from the JCPOA has put into question the foundation 

of international relations in today’s 

world, the credibility of accords entered into 

with the U.S. - whether bilaterally or multilaterally 

– and also put the present system of international 

law in serious danger. 

Unlike the U.S., the Islamic Republic of Iran 

is committed to its international obligations and 

sees the upholding of such commitments as a 

fundamental religious principle and an incontrovertible 

norm which underpins international law. 

So far, Iran’s fulfilment of all its commitments 

under the JCPOA has been verified by the only 

internationally recognized authority, namely the 

International Atomic Energy Agency, and 

repeatedly acknowledged by all parties to the 

JCPOA, including the U.S. As such, unfounded 

claims and ludicrous propaganda shows have no 

value or credibility within the JCPOA, especially 

since the International Atomic Energy 

Agency, following the accusations made by 

Trump and his accomplices, has again reiterated 

that Iran is abiding by its commitments under 

the accord. 

Iran, as a country that has remained committed 

to its legal obligations, will pursue the U.S. 

Government’s decision to withdraw from the 

JCPOA as provided by the mechanisms and provisions 

of the accord, and if the U.S. withdrawal 

is not fully compensated and the full interests of 

the Iranian people are not met and guaranteed - 

as stated in the accord and as outlined by Iran’s 

Leader on 9 May - it will exercise its legal right 

to take whatever reciprocal measures it deems 

expedient. Other parties to the JCPOA, and especially 

its three European signatories, must take 

necessary action to safeguard the accord and to 

implement their commitments – which they 

proved incapable of fully performing even while 

the U.S. was nominally a party to the deal, due to 

the obstructions by the Trump Administration – 

and to proceed from giving pledges to taking 

practical action without any preconditions. 

None of the provisions or timeframes within 

the JCPOA, which were the subject of twelve 

years of negotiations, are negotiable in any manner. 

The U.S., which has through its meddling 

and erroneous policies ignited extremism, terrorism, 

destruction, war and child killing in our 

region, is in no position to issue any diktat about 

the Islamic Republic of Iran’s lawful presence 

within its own region nor its effective support for 

the peoples of Syria and Iraq in their endeavor to 

fight extremists. The U.S. and its allies, which 

through their support for the regime of Saddam 

Hussein, including equipping it with chemical 

weapons and the most advanced military equipment 

while blocking Iran’s access to any means 

of defense victimized the Iranian people for eight 

years, and currently turning our region into a 

powder keg through their sale of hundreds of billions 

of dollars of useless advanced weaponry 

devouring the financial resources of the region, 

are in no position to impose restrictions on the 

Islamic Republic of Iran’s lawful means of 

defense, including defensive ballistic missiles 

which have been designed to carry conventional 

weapons based on the bitter experiences of the 

war with the regime of Saddam Hussein. Indeed, 

such efforts explicitly violate the principles of 

international law, and the Islamic Republic of 

Iran’s legitimate right to self-defense under 

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. 

The people of Iran will with calm and confidence 

continue their path towards progress and 

development and the Government of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran has foreseen all necessary 

measures to facilitate this under any circumstance. 

The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a secure and 

powerful state, which derives its security and 

economic development from within, relying on 

the prudent participation and resilience of its 

brave and civilized people, seeks constructive 

and dignified engagement with the world, and as 

shown by its implementation of the JCPOA 

despite the United States’ continuous violations, 

is a trustworthy and committed partner for all 

who are prepared to cooperate on the basis of 

shared interests and mutual respect. 

PTI Govt will bring progress 

through good governance: Chauhan 

LAHORE: Punjab 

Information and Culture 

Minister Fayaz-ul-Hasan 

Chohan has said that PTI 

government will continue 

to work for the progress and 

prosperity of the people. 

Talking to newsmen 

outside Punjab Assembly 

in Lahore on Thursday, he 

said that past government 

ruined the state institutions 

to hide corruption. 

The Minister said that 

Leader of Opposition in 

National Assembly 

Muhammad Shahbaz 

Sharif and Opposition 

Leader in the Punjab 

assembly Hamza Shahbaz 

have committed massive 

HYDERABAD: Workers of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) seize the pushcart 

setups during an anti-encroachment operation in Latifabad 8 area. 

PIMS to organize two-day 

Health symposium 


Administration of PIMS 

hospital has decided to 

organize a two day health 

symposium for the second 

time after lapse of 9 years. 

According to media 

reports, PIMS administration 

has sent special invitation 

letters to President Arif 

Alvi, Prime Minister Imran 

khan, and chief justice of 

Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar 

to attend the symposium. 

Woman stabbed 

injured in Gujranwala 

in looting attempt 

GUJRANWALA: A 

woman was stabbed and 

injured inQillaDeedar 

Singh, near Gujranwala on 

Thursday, while resisting a 

looting attempt. 

The attacker managed 

to escape. 

The injured woman, 

Khalida Bibi was shifted to 

hospital where she was in 

critical condition. 

AIOU to 

celebrate ‘Iqbalday’ 

on Nov. 9 

ISLAMABAD: Allama 

Iqbal Open University 

(AIOU) will celebrate ‘Iqbal- 

Day’ on November 9 by holding 

‘Bait Bazi' and ‘Kalam-e- 

Iqbal’s competitions among 

the students of local educational 

institutions. The event is 

aimed at highlighting the role 

and services of Dr Allama 

Iqbal for Muslims of sub-continent 

for getting separate 

homeland. Eminent scholars 

and poets will attend the ceremony, 

to be presided over by 

the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. 

Nasmir Mahmood. 

Non-serious practice, IGP 

Islamabad orders to take 

action against fake callers 


Inspector General of Police 

(IGP) Islamabad has decided 

to take action against 

wrong callers. 

He revealed this during 

his visit to Safe City Project 

office in Islamabad on 

Thursday. It is pertinent to 

mention here that the 

Islamabad police have setup 

a control room in Safe 

City project (SCP) to 

response any emergency 

call immediately but some 

non-serious individuals taking 

the control room as fun 

and involved in wrong calls. 

The police, however, 

decided to eliminate the 

bogus calls. He said special 

training will be given to the 

call operators to use soft 

language while responding 

callers. 

Police spokesperson told 

Inspector General of Police 

(IGP) Muhammad Amir 

Zulfiqar Khan on Thursday 

visited safe city project 

office. DIG Headquarters 

Nasir Mehmood, DIG 

Operation Faisal Ali, SSP 

O p e r a t i o n s 

Waqarurddinand SP Safe 

City Hasam Bin Iqbal were 

also with IGP. 

The IGP talked with staff 

which was present at the 

safe city office and inquired 

about the namber of calls 

they are receiving. 

The control room 

receives an average 35 to 40 

calls a day, IGP was 

informed. He directed the 

officials to improve their 

performance and further 

enhance their response 

time. He emphasized on the 

training of the call operators. 

He directed the operators 

to adopt the way the callers 

consider them their wellwisher 

and protector. 

Health professionals 

from United States, United 

Arab Emirates, and Britain 

will attend this two-day 

long symposium and will 

deliver special lectures. 

Chairman PIMS Doctor 

Amjad said that after 2009, 

it is for the first time that a 

symposium is being organized 

in the hospital. 

He said in order to make 

sure successful arrangement 

of symposium, different 

workshops under professionals 

of different 

departments of hospital 

will be held from 

November 14. 

Workshops will be 

arranged almost related to 

15 departments of the hospital 

including breast cancer, 

Diabetes, skin diseases, 

Asthma, Eco cardio grapy, 

teeth problems, ultra sound, 

biopsy , burning problems 

and others. 

Innocent kids injured as 

plaster of roof falls 

MIRPURKHAS: Local 

and China-made firecrackers 

were freely used here 

on the occasion of Hindu 

festival Diwali, which 

resulted in burning of two 

Staff Report 

BADIN: The innocent 

kids of ECE class of GBPS 

Ittafaque colony Badin were 

injured as plaster of the roof 

fallen in the class room during 

school hours. 

It was learnt that innocent 

students Fazila and Rehman 

were injured while others 

were prevented. In this connection, 

School head, on the 

term, not disclosing his 

name, said that the condition 

of school building prevails as 

worsens and it was feared 

that it could cause harm and 

damage. He said more than 

350 students were studying in 

the school while teaching 

faculty with their professional 

expertise and hard strive 

utilizing their capabilities for 

provision of quality education. 

He said their school was 

deprived of basic amenities 

including pure drinking 

water, proper furniture and 

others. School head maintained 

that despite of various 

hurdles they were committed 

for immense and prime cause 

of education. On the other 

hand, residents of the locality 

and parents have demanded 

early repair of the building to 

prevent any untoward incident 

while they have also 

demanded provision of basic 

facilities to the school for betterment 

of the students and 

their brighter future. 

shops and four huts while 

two young men went 

deprived their hands. 

Mirpurkhas administration 

failed to control 

buying and selling of 

corruption in development 

projects. He said that former 

Prime Minister 

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 

incurred a huge loss to 

national exchequer 

through LNG deal. 

Three members 

of a family dies 

near Kot Diji 

Abdul Mateen Mahar 

KHAIRPUR: Three 

among brother , two sisters 

died, other one hurt in road 

accident near Kot diji on 

Thursday. 

According to detail a 

mengwar family of village 

Qaim Khan Gopang was 

going to Kot diji on old 

national highway when 

reached near grid station 

Kot diji, it collided with 

truck as result three people 

including Santosh Kumar- 

25, his two sisters 

Dupwali-12 and Sarjina 

were dieed on the spot 

while other sister Ranjna 

devi injured seriously. On 

received information kot 

diji police reached on the 

spot and bodies and injured 

shifted to hospital. 

Police said high speed 

is the cause of accident. 

Primary teachers 

to hold demos in 

Sindh on Nov 10 

SUKKUR: Primary 

teachers of Sindh have 

announced province-wide 

protest demonstration all 

over Sindh on November 10. 

According to details, a divisional 

convention of Primary 

Teachers Association was 

held here, in which PTA 

president Intizar Chalgari, 

deputy general secretary 

SyedAnaruddin Shah, general 

secretary Subhan Shah and 

other leaders took part. 

PTA president Intizar 

Chalgari said that bureaucracy 

of education department is 

not interested in regularizing 

the contract employees and 

to resolve their problems. 

He said the primary teachers 

who have passed national 

testing service (NTS), Iqra and 

Sindh University tests were 

not being regularized? To 

press our demanded we will 

start a protest movement. We 

will protest in all district headquarters 

on 10 November and 

also protest in front of Chief 

Minister House on 15th 

November, he warned. 

Two shops, four huts burned 

in firecracker misuse 

firecrackers in the 

town. One firecracker 

fell on a tire shop and 

another on a spare parts 

shop. Both shops were 

burnt in the fire. 

LAHORE: Disable blind person is holding protest demonstration 

for acceptance of their demands.

13 dead including gunman in 

shooting at California bar 

THOUSAND OAKS, 

Calif: A mass shooting at a 

Thousand Oaks nightclub 

left 13 people dead, 

including a Ventura 

County sheriff's sergeant 

and the gunman, authorities 

said Thursday morning. 

Venutra County sheriff's 

Sgt. Eric Buschow, as 

well as Sheriff Geoff 

Dean, said the suspect was 

killed inside the venue. 

They did not want to count 

him among the 12 victims. 

The shooting happened 

around 11:20 p.m. 

Wednesday at Borderline 

Bar & Grill at 99 Rolling 

Oaks Dr. Ventura County 

sheriff's officials said there 

were reports of shots fired 

at the club. 

Authorities said hundreds 

of people were 

inside the bar when the 

gunfire rang out. In an 

interview, Buschow came 

close to tears and said he 

knows the wounded 

CALIFORNIA: Two young ladies comfort each other after 

a shooting at a California nightclub. 

deputy. 

"It's been a rough night 

for all of us," he said. 

During a press briefing, 

Dean identified the sergeant 

as Ron Helus, a 29- 

year veteran of the department 

who considered retiring 

within the next year. At 

points he choked up, but 

said that Helus died a hero. 

"Ron was a hardworking, 

dedicated sheriff's sergeant. 

He was totally committed. 

He gave his all and 

tonight, as I told his wife, 

he died a hero because he 

went in to save lives, to 

save other people," he 

said. 

Dean also said in his 41 

years in law enforcement, 

he'd never experienced a 

mass shooting. 

"I never thought I 

would see the things 

around the country that 

would happen, but I've 

learned it doesn't matter 

what community you're in, 

it doesn't matter how safe 

your community is, it can 

happen anywhere," he 

said. Witness John Hedge, 

of Moorpark, said he saw a 

UK PM May dives into diplomacy in bid to clinch Brexit deal 

LONDON/BRUSSELS: 

Prime Minister Theresa 

May steps up attempts to 

court European support for 

a draft Brexit deal on 

Thursday as negotiations on 

securing a smooth British 

divorce from the world’s 

biggest trading bloc enter 

their final stages. 

She will meet three other 

EU leaders in Brussels at a 

NATO dinner on Thursday 

and have lunch with French 

President Emmanuel 

Macron on Friday. 

EU officials and diplomats 

tried to play down 

speculation on an imminent 

deal after an Austrian newspaper 

report that a deal 

could be reached “in the 

coming days” send the 

pound higher. 

Some diplomats said 

they felt more optimistic 

than earlier in the week 

about seeing a deal completed 

this month. But one 

senior EU official told 

Reuters: “A deal is certainly 

not done. There’s a bit of 

progress on the backstop 

but we’ve no idea if it will 

fly in London. Both sides 

are still talking, which is 

good, but we haven’t been 

told that a deal is imminent.” 

Irish Foreign Minister 

Simon Coveney, whose 

country insists on a “backstop” 

clause to avoid disruption 

on its land border 

with the British province of 

Northern Ireland, said “not 

by a long shot” should an 

imminent breakthrough be 

taken for granted. 

Even a deal among May 

and her fractious ministers 

would not necessarily mean 

the EU would fall in line, he 

said. 

For their part, British 

officials weighed in also, 

with Foreign Secretary 

Australia independent lawmaker 

to back minority govt: PM 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

SYDNEY: Australian 

Prime Minister Scott 

Morrison said on Thursday 

he has secured support for 

his minority government 

after striking a deal with an 

independent lawmaker. 

Morrison’s conservative 

government was reduced to a 

minority in parliament after 

voters in a wealthy Sydney 

constituency voted for an 

independent candidate in a 

by-election to replace former 

prime minister Malcolm 

Turnbull, who quit politics 

after he was ousted by his 

own party. 

Morrison, who must call 

an election by May 2019, 

had to seek support from 

independents to prevent a no 

confidence vote that would 

trigger an early election. On 

Thursday, the prime minister 

said he had struck a deal with 

Bob Katter, an independent 

MP from Queensland. 

“The agreement will support 

the continued stability of 

the government, and us getting 

on with the job,” 

Morrison said in an emailed 

statement. The government 

promised A$234 million in 

federal funding for irrigation 

and dam projects in 

Queensland, where parts of 

the state have been hit by a 

devastating drought. 

Reuters was not able to 

reach Katter for comment. 

The agreement increases 

the chances of Morrison serving 

out his term in office. 

Lagging behind opposition 

Labour party in opinion polls, 

Morrison had moved to satisfy 

the demands of several independents 

by quietly evacuating 

child refugees from one of 

Australia’s remote Pacific 

detention centers. 

Britain's Prince Charles says: 

I won't meddle when I am king 

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles 

said he will stop speaking out on issues he 

feels strongly about when he becomes king 

as he is “not that stupid”. 

Speaking ahead of his 70th birthday 

next week, the son of 92 year-old Queen 

Elizabeth said that the role of monarch was 

completely different to his current position 

as Prince of Wales. 

“The idea, somehow, that I’m going to 

go on in exactly the same way, if I have to 

succeed, is complete nonsense because the 

two - the two situations - are completely 

different,” he told the BBC. 

Asked whether his public campaigning 

will continue, he said: “No, it won’t. I’m 

not that stupid.” 

Britain has a constitutional monarchy, 

where the monarch has a formal role in the 

formation of governments but an obligation 

to remain neutral and no practical 

political power. 

Charles has been outspoken on topics 

such as the environment and social issues. 

In September Charles said in an interview 

with GQ magazine in September that “My 

problem is I find there are too many things 

that need doing or battling on behalf of.” 

But he told the BBC that he would 

operate within “constitutional parameters” 

as king. 

Jeremy Hunt saying to get a 

deal within seven days was 

“probably pushing it” and a 

government source saying 

that May would probably 

not gather her cabinet until 

next week. 

Nonetheless, with both 

sides believing a deal must 

be done in the coming 

weeks to ensure a smooth 

withdrawal in March, talks 

have become intense. 

May’s interior minister 

Sajid Javid said: “Clearly 

we’re in the closing stages 

... The next few days, the 

next couple of weeks, they 

will be very important.” 

Fighting nears 

hospital in Yemen's 

Hodeidah, trapping 

young patients 

ADEN; Houthi fighters 

battled Saudi-led forces in 

Yemen’s port city of 

Hodeidah on Thursday and 

posted gunmen on the roof of 

a hospital, leaving doctors 

and young patients in the line 

of fire, rights groups and military 

sources said. 

The Houthis raided the 

May 22 hospital in the city’s 

eastern suburbs, sources 

said, as clashes raged on in 

the face of mounting calls 

from world powers, including 

some of Saudi Arabia’s 

main Western allies, for a 

ceasefire. 

“This is a stomach-churning 

development that could 

have devastating consequences 

for the hospital’s 

medical workers and dozens 

of civilian patients, including 

many children,” said 

VILOSNES-HARAU- 

MONT: As the 100th 

anniversary of the end of 

World War One draws near 

next month, bomb disposal 

experts are still digging up 

munitions sunk in the 

killing fields of eastern 

France — and it could be 

another 100 years before 

they are done. 

In Vilosnes-Haraumont, 

where the River Meuse 

snakes north and west from 

Verdun, the German army 

dumped thousands of 

artillery shells into the 

river’s slowly shifting 

waters after the battle of 

Mort Homme in 1916. 

Last week a pair of 

scuba divers plunged into 

the chilly waters to tie ropes 

around dozens of shells 

suspect throwing smoke 

bombs into the front of the 

restaurant. He also said he 

saw a security guard get 

shot. 

"I was at the front door 

and I was talking to my 

stepdad. I just started hearing 

these big pops. Pop, 

pop, pop. There was probably 

three or four, I hit the 

ground. I look up - the 

security guard is dead. 

Well, I don't want to say he 

was dead, but he was shot. 

"He was down. The 

gunman was throwing 

smoke grenades all over 

the place. I saw him point 

to the back of the cash register...and 

he just kept firing. 

I ran out the front 

door," he said. 

Hodge added that there 

may have been about 12 

shots by the time he got 

out of the door. 

He said the gunman had 

a beard, wore a hat, had a 

black jacket and may have 

had glasses. 

At least 27 killed in 

Tajikistan prison riot: 

security sources 

DUSHANBE: At least 

25 inmates and two security 

officers have been killed 

after a riot broke out at a 

high-security prison in 

Tajikistan, three security 

sources said on Thursday. 

The violence started 

late on Wednesday when 

an inmate believed to be a 

member of militant group 

Islamic State attacked a 

guard and seized his 

assault rifle, said an interior 

ministry official who 

declined to give his name. 

Officers restored order 

hours later with the help of 

reinforcements, a security 

official speaking on condition 

of anonymity said. 

The prison in the northern 

Tajik city of Khujand is 

where prisoners convicted 

of religious extremism 

offences, including membership 

of Islamic State, 

are generally held. 

buried in the river bed, 

before a crane dragged and 

carefully lifted a string of 

the rusted ordnance onto the 

MUMBAI: Bollywood 

actor Alia Bhatt recently 

shared that she thinks she 

may have found “the one”. 

The actor confirmed her 

relationship with Ranbir at 

Karan Johar's Koffee with 

Karan last month and was 

asked about being in love 

during a recent interview 

with Vogue India. 

During the interview, 

Alia was presented a dialogue 

from her film Dear 

Zindagi about finding "the 

one” and was asked 

whether it applied to her 

life presently. The actor 

first said that she avoids 

such questions because she 

worries that her work and 

the characters she plays on 

screen will take a backseat 

to her love life. “This 

invariably becomes the 

headline.” 

But then she added, 

“Yeah, I think I have.” 

The actor continued that 

in love, she’s an “affectionate, 

beautiful person.” “I 

have stars and a halo on my 

head, and I’m walking 

around with rainbows. I 

like to keep it simple and 

sweet,” she said. 

Although she isn’t too 

vocal about her personal 

life, Alia said she has never 

tried to hide anything 

either. Actors, in general, 

are very vulnerable. 


International 

5 

Think I've found the one, 

says Alia Bhatt 

Palestinians say Egyptian fire kills 

Gaza fisherman; Cairo denies 

GAZA: Egyptian naval 

forces fired on a 

Palestinian fishing boat 

and killed a fisherman on 

Wednesday, Gaza’s interior 

ministry said, but an 

he met with Chinese 

President Xi Jinping during 

the visit and agreed to 13 

joint projects, without providing 

details. 

The donation marks 

China’s latest gambit to 

make inroads in Central 

America, a campaign that 

has drawn the ire of the 

United States. 

Earlier this year, El 

Salvador cut diplomatic ties 

with Taiwan in favor of 

China, following the 

Dominican Republic and 

Panama. The United States 

promptly recalled its 

A century on from WW1, 100 years of 

work remains to clear munitions 

grassy bank. 

In one day’s work, more 

than five tonnes of unexploded 

shells were dredged 

Egyptian military source 

denied the report. 

Egypt’s navy has in the 

past shot at Gazans whom 

it has accused of crossing 

the maritime border. There 

ambassadors in the region. 

“This historic meeting 

between the governments 

of the People’s Republic of 

China and the Republic of 

El Salvador has produced 

excellent results,” Ceren 

said. “This confirms that 

the establishment of diplomatic 

relations with China 

is my government’s most 

important decision in foreign 

policy.” 

Speaking in Beijing, 

Chinese Foreign Ministry 

spokeswoman Hua 

Chunying said the two 

countries had agreed to a 

from the river, an unusually 

large haul. 

In a normal year, the 

Metz Demining Centre says 

was no initial information 

on whether the fishing boat 

had crossed into Egyptian 

waters. 

Wednesday’s incident 

took place off the coast 

after dark near the southern 

border town of Rafah, 

said Gaza’s interior ministry, 

which is run by officials 

loyal to Hamas. 

“Egyptian naval vessels 

fired toward a Palestinian 

fishing boat near the southern 

sea border of Gaza 

Strip which led to the 

death of Mustafa Abu 

Odah, 30,” the ministry 

statement said. In Cairo, an 

Egyptian military source 

denied the report, without 

elaborating. 

China pledges $150 million aid to El 

Salvador as relationship deepens 

SAN SALVADOR: 

China will give El Salvador 

$150 million to spur development 

of social and technological 

projects, the 

Salvadoran president said 

on Wednesday, the latest 

sign of deepening ties 

between the countries that 

has alarmed the United 

States. 

Salvadoran President 

Salvador Sanchez Ceren is 

returning from his first trip 

to China since the countries 

International’s established diplomatic ties 

in August. Speaking on 

local television, Ceren said 

Amnesty’s 

Middle East Director of 

Campaigns, Samah Hadid. 

series of cooperation projects, 

including in infrastructure 

and education, when 

the two presidents met in 

China last week. 

“The friendly cooperation 

between China and El 

Salvador is developing 

smoothly and rapidly,” Hua 

told a daily news briefing. 

“China is willing to provide 

what help it can for El 

Salvador’s economic and 

social development. The 

relevant help will be 

focused on people’s pressing 

welfare needs in El 

Salvador,” she added. 

it collects between 45 and 

50 tonnes of ordnance, and 

it estimates there are at least 

250 to 300 tonnes still 

buried in the nearby rivers 

and rolling hills of eastern 

France. 

For Guy Momper, the 

bomb clearance specialist 

overseeing the clear-up, it is 

a painstaking but essential 

task to protect people from 

ammunition that could still 

explode and return the 

French landscape to the 

way it was before the war. 

“We need to tidy up the 

land,” said Momper, who 

estimates it could take more 

than a century to clear all 

the munitions. “As a matter 

of principle, from the 

moment a shell is reported, 

we go out and collect it.”

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Biz 

China will continue to support Pakistan 

in economic development: Hua Chunying 

BEIJING: China will 

continue to offer assistance 

and support to 

Pakistan in its economic 

and social development. 

This was stated by 

Chinese Foreign 

Ministry Spokesperson 

Hua Chunying, while 

responding to a question 

during regular press 

conference in Beijing. 

Regarding recently 

concluded visit of 

USC chalks out comprehensive strategy for growth: MD 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Managing Director Utility 

Stores Corporation (USC) 

Wajid Ali Khan Swati has 

stated that USC has 

chalked out comprehensive 

strategy for betterment of 

its all operations. 

He stated this while 

addressing the executive 

board meeting of corporation 

that was held on 

Thursday. 

He informed the members 

that utility stories that 

run in loss would be shifted 

to better location and 

added that all unnecessary 

spending would be controlled 

in this regard. 

Moreover, he stated that 

Senate discusses 

electricity, gas prices 

and foreign policy 


Senate on Thursday 

resumed discussion on the 

agenda items including 

loans from foreign countries, 

increase in the prices 

of electricity and gas and 

the country’s foreign policy 

in the context of Yemen 

issue. Taking part in the 

discussion, Senator Javed 

Abbasi appreciated the 

Senate Chairman and the 

staff of the Senate 

Secretariat for holding a 

successful conference of 

Asian Parliamentary 

Assembly in Gawadar. He 

said the event projected 

soft image of Balochistan 

and Pakistan in the world. 

Criticizing the government 

for increase in 

the rates of gas and electricity 

and adding burden 

of taxes on common people, 

he urged the government 

to withdraw this 

increase. 

He said the parliament 

should be informed about 

the conditions on which a 

financial package was 

secured from Saudi Arabia. 

After deadly Lion Air crash, new focus on 

torrid industry growth in Indonesia 

JAKARTA: In April 

2013, a Lion Air Boeing 

737 missed the runway on 

the Indonesian resort island 

of Bali in bad weather and 

plowed into the sea, cracking 

its fuselage open on the 

rocks. 

All 108 on board survived. 

But a September 

2014 report by Indonesia’s 

air crash investigators highlighted 

errors and poor 

training, saying the 24-yearold 

co-pilot had failed to 

adhere to the “basic principles 

of jet aircraft flying.” 

Lion Air, struggling to 

get off a European Union 

blacklist because of “unaddressed 

safety concerns,” 

COLOMBO: Gleaming 

cranes stretch out on the 

waterfront in the Sri 

Lankan capital Colombo 

as Chinese companies 

construct a $1.5 billion 

new commercial district, 

including hotels, marinas 

and a motor racing track. 

They have already built a 

giant container terminal 

nearby and a huge port in 

KARACHI: Director 

General Pakistan Rangers 

Sindh Maj. Gen. Mohammad 

Saeed has stressed that 

Karachi needs enhanced 

number of policemen who 

must also be fully equipped 

with modern technologies so 

that they could efficiently 

maintain law & order situation 

of a city with a huge population. 

Speaking at a meeting 

during his visit to the Karachi 

Chamber of Commerce & 

Industry, DG Rangers added 

that under Safe City Project, 

high-quality cameras have to 

be installed all over the city to 

easily identify and apprehend 

USC will begin its operation 

very soon to provide 

commodities to people at 

cheap rates as our strategy 

has been finalized. 

PTI government led by 

Imran Khan barred USC 

from purchasing for the 

time being fore cleansing 

the dirt of corruption left 

by previous government as 

this public utility corporation 

was marred with corruption 

nepotism and miss 

management, he added. 

The incumbent government 

examined the whole 

affairs and cleared the bottleneck 

involved in its purchasing 

operation. After 

thoroughly study the government 

has decided to 

start its business again in 

order to provide things to 

the peoples at lower rate. 

Availability of all necessary 

items at USC outlets 

will be ensured, sales of the 

Corporation will be 

increased, all types of 

expenditures will be controlled, 

un viable stores 

will be shifted to viable 

locations, recoveries of 

shortages 

and 

removal/replacement of 

damage stock from stores 

points and ware houses 

will made on urgent basis, 

he reiterated. 

New fast moving items 

will be inducting in the 

the culprits while tracker 

enabled chip-based number 

plates for vehicles/ motorcycles 

have to be provided 

which, if implemented, 

would surely bring down the 

street crimes. “The first fundamental 

requirement is to 

enhance the number of 

policemen and install cameras. 

Secondly, everyone has 

to participate in order to 

resolve law and order 

issues”, he added. 

Chairman Businessmen 

Group & Former President 

KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli, 

Vice Chairman BMG 

Haroon Farooki, President 

KCCI Junaid Esmail Makda, 

asked Airbus, which supplies 

part of its fleet, to help 

improve training. 

The EU removed the privately 

owned budget airline 

from the list in 2016 after it 

determined Lion Air met 

international safety standards. 

None of Indonesia’s 

roughly 100 airlines - most 

of them tiny - remain on the 

EU blacklist, with the last 

few coming off in June. All 

were banned in 2007; the 

national carrier, Garuda 

Indonesia, was the first to be 

the south. 

Now India, the traditional 

power in the region, 

is muscling into port and 

other projects, pushing 

back hard against China. 

The big fear for India is 

that Sri Lanka, just off its 

southern coast and on one 

of the world’s busiest 

shipping routes, could 

become a Chinese military 

outpost. 

But the battle is creating 

political turmoil in Sri 

Lanka. A bust-up between 

President Maithripala 

Sirisena and Prime 

Minister Ranil 

Wickremesinghe over 

how far to accommodate 

Indian interests is a key 

reason the nation’s unity 

government has just fallen 

product range during fresh 

procurements to boost the 

sales of the Corporation. 

He added that all 

employees and official of 

USC is willingly and committed 

to give extra duty 

timing for the betterment 

of the Corporation and for 

the restoration of customer’s 

confidence. 

The Corporation has 

resumes all its procurement 

activities and soon the public 

will notice a positive 

change in USC outlets and 

all quality items will be 

dumped in the Stores 

which will be provided on 

cheaper rates than prevailing 

markets rates. 

Karachi needs enhanced number 

of policemen: DG Rangers 

KARACHI: Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President, Junaid Ismail presenting 

crest to Director General, Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Major General 

Muhammad Saeed during his visit to Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 

Senior Vice President 

Khurram Shahzad, Vice 

President Asif Sheikh Javaid, 

Former Presidents AQ 

Khalil, Majyd Aziz, Iftikhar 

Ahmed Vohra, Younus 

Muhammad Bashir and 

Shamim Ahmed Firpo along 

with KCCI Managing 

Committee Members attended 

the meeting. 

DG Rangers pointed out 

that Karachi has a total of just 

31,000 policemen and 110 

police stations, of which only 

14,000 policemen were 

available to CCPO on any 

given day with no helicopter 

fleet, no forensic labs and no 

other specialized force. 

removed in 2009. 

The crash of a Lion Air 

jet on Oct. 29 into the sea off 

Jakarta has put a spotlight 

back on the airline’s safety 

record, although the cause 

remains undetermined. 

None of the aircraft’s 189 

passengers and crew survived. 

Lion Air’s latest crisis 

illustrates the challenge relatively 

new carriers face as 

they try to keep pace with 

unstoppable demand for air 

travel in developing nations 

while striving for standards 

that mature markets took 

decades to reach. 

Retired air force chief of 

staff Chappy Hakim, an 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan to China, the 

Spokesperson said the 

visit has cemented the 

China-Pakistan friendly 

relations. 

She said the two 

sides agreed to firmly 

advance the China- 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor, set up the task 

force on social and 

livelihood projects to 

constantly enrich and 

expand the CPEC. 

ICCI welcomes 

Chinese assurance 

for doubling 

imports from Pak 

ISLAMABAD: Ahmed 

Hassan Moughal, 

President, Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce & 

Industry has welcomed the 

assurance of Chinese leadership 

during the recent 

visit of Prime Minister of 

Pakistan to Chinato double 

its imports from Pakistan 

and termed it a positive 

development as it would 

help in reducing Pakistan’s 

trade imbalance with China 

and improve the country’s 

dwindling forex reserves. 

However, he said that 

the Pakistani leadership 

should have pressed with 

the Chinese leadership for 

enhanced market access to 

Pakistan on similar lines as 

China has given to 

Bangladesh and member 

countries of ASEAN. 

He said this arrangement 

would have given significant 

boost to our exports to 

China. He said that China’s 

imports from Jan-July 2018 

were over $1.22 trillion 

which showed that it was a 

huge market for Pakistan 

and urged that Pakistani 

exporters should fully capitalize 

this huge potential for 

exports. 

Ahmed Hassan Moughal 

stressed upon the government 

to focus on expanding 

export-based infrastructure 

through policy measures in 

order to trigger the growth 

of exports. He said by 

focusing on export-based 

infrastructure, Vietnam had 

turned the East Asian Crisis 

of 1990s into an economic 

miracle. He said the introduction 

of sound economic 

policies enabled Vietnam to 

increase its exports from 

single digit in 1995 to triple 

digits in 2017 in terms of 

billion dollars as Vietnam’s 

exports of goods had 

crossed $213 billion in 

2017. 

adviser to the transport ministry, 

told Reuters he avoided 

flying with Lion Air or 

other Indonesian airlines, 

with the exception of 

Garuda, which has not had a 

fatal crash since 2007. 

“I know Garuda,” he 

said of the national carrier. 

“The other airlines, I don’t 

believe they do the maintenance 

and training properly.” 

He declined to elaborate 

further. 

Lion Air Managing 

Director Daniel Putut disputed 

any laxity in the airline’s 

safety culture, stressing 

that it conducted maintenance 

in accordance with 

manufacturer guidelines. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

JS Bank rejects reports of 

customer data breach 

KARACHI: JS Bank reiterates its commitment to the 

highest levels of security in terms of customer information 

and deposit protection. 

Our risk management controls and multi layers of protection 

have ensured that the banks data and systems remain 

secure against any untoward fraudulent activity. Our 24/7 monitoring and forensic 

evaluation has also confirmed that no data of JS Bank customers has been exposed 

to any external party. 

We would once again take this opportunity to assure our customers and the general 

public that JS Bank customer data and deposits remain completely secured. 

We thank our customers for their continued trust and confidence in us, as we continue 

to deliver unparalleled services. 

PTCL upgrades exchanges 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) President and 

CEO, Daniel Ritz in a group photo along with PTCL team of I-10 Islamabad exchange. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has 

transformed key exchanges as part of its comprehensive Network Transformation 

Project (NTP) under which Bahria Town, Shaheen Town, Tarlai and I-10 exchanges 

in Islamabad have been upgraded. This transformation will ensure that customers 

residing in these areas are able to experience reliable, high speed internet. 

The transformation has already started to show great results as 53 exchanges, out 

of the 100 which were initially planned, have been successfully transformed, thus 

positively impacting approximately 50% of PTCL’s overall customer base. 

Complaints have considerably reduced by 30% where the network has been 

upgraded. This has resulted in efficient complaint resolution through ‘Motive’, 

which is a unique innovation tool for wireline business aimed at identification of 

complaint’s cause. 

Through a transformed network, PTCL can provide a faster connection with the 

improved copper network and the new fiber network. PTCL has installed 300,000 

high-quality new equipment for customer premises nationwide this year, which 

offers ultra-high data rates of up to 100 mbps. Up to 16 users can connect to the 

high-quality modems at the same time through Wi-Fi. 

Arslan Haider, Regional General Manager, PTCL, Islamabad said, “This project 

has provided numerous benefits to our customers and overall we have had a positive 

response. For PTCL, NTP is a huge factor in our current increase in overall efficiency 

in complaint resolution. In the long run, a satisfied customer base will result 

in not only acquiring new customers but also enable PTCL to contend on another 

level with the competition.” 

This massive transformation project is taking place in major cities across 

Pakistan, whereby customers will be able to experience a faster and more reliable 

network than before. 

Engro Polymer signs US$ 35mn Ijarah 

based long term financing facility with IFC! 

KARACHI: Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited 

(EPCL) announced financing of USD 35mn from International 

Finance Corporation, for expansion plans for its production 

plant of PVC – a chemical used in making numerous plastic 

products construction materials like water and sewerage pipes, 

cables, and consumer items like shoes, packaging films, etc – according to a bourse 

filing on 8th Nov. 

This financing was a part of the initial Rs 10.3bn expansion plan announced earlier, 

out of which Rs 5.4bn has already been raised from the issue of right shares. 

Engro Polymer has been associated with International Finance Corporation 

(IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, since its inception. EPCL, which 

remains the industry leader being the sole producer of PVC resin in Pakistan, disclosed 

adding a new production line of PVC after demand for the chemical continued 

to surge significantly in the country mainly due to a boom in construction activities. 

While speaking at the occasion, Syed Abbas Raza - CFO Engro Polymer and 

Chemicals Limited said: “This financing of US$ 35 million would not only fund our 

expansion plan but would also bring precious foreign exchange to our country. The 

funds from International Finance Corporation will contribute towards the completion 

of the expansion project paving the pathway for development of construction 

activities in Pakistan.” 

EPCL announced investing over Rs10 billion for expansion of the plants including 

those producing other related chemicals like VCM (raw material for PVC) and 

adding a new product to its portfolio namely caustic soda flakes. While expanding 

the business, EPCL will add a new PVC plant with a capacity of 100,000 tons (taking 

total capacity to 295,000 ton per annum) and increase production of VCM (the 

raw material) by 50,000 tons through debottlenecking of the existing plant by the 

third quarter of 2020. 

Engro Polymer aims toward converting all its long term debts on principles of 

Islamic finance mode. Bilal Ahmed, Head of Treasury at Engro Polymer added that: 

“The Company is also in a process of issuance Sukuks to refinance the existing debt 

on the Company’s balance sheet. We aim to complete the exercise before the end of 

2018.” Nena Stoiljkovic, IFC Vice President, Asia and Pacific, said: “Engro 

Polymer’s success highlights the potential of the private sector to build capacity and 

transform industries through the adoption of better technology and standards. This 

investment will send a strong market signal on the positive outlook for the chemical 

sector, while also showcasing Pakistan's promise to mitigate climate change.” 

Nadeem Siddiqui, Senior Country Manager IFC, adding at this occasion: “IFC is 

proud to enter into the first Islamic finance transaction with a manufacturing company 

in Pakistan. This country offers a huge potential for industrial growth and development. 

Hopefully this will be the first of many such transactions that IFC will conduct. 

Behind Sri Lanka's turmoil, a China-India struggle for investments and influence 

apart, government officials 

and foreign diplomats 

said. 

Wickremesinghe, who 

was fired on Oct. 26 and 

replaced by veteran pro- 

China politician Mahinda 

Rajapaksa, told Reuters 

about arguments at a cabinet 

meeting chaired by the 

president last month over 

a proposal to grant development 

of a Colombo port 

project to a Japan-India 

joint venture. 

“There are arguments 

in the cabinet, sometimes 

heated arguments,” he 

said. 

Wickremesinghe did 

not name the president but 

said: “There was a paper 

put forth to not give it to 

India, Japan.”

Boult hat-trick fuels New 

Zealand's win over Pakistan 

ABU 

ABU DHABI: Trent 

Boult became the third New 

Zealand bowler to claim a 

one-day international hattrick 

as his side defeated 

Pakistan by 47 runs in the 

first match in Abu Dhabi on 

Wednesday. 

Pace spearhead Boult 

reduced Pakistan to 8 for 3 in 

their chase of 267 after he 

dismissed Fakhar Zaman 

(one), Babar Azam (nought) 

and Mohammad Hafeez 

(nought) in the third over. 

He finished with figures 

of 3 for 54 as Pakistan were 

bowled out for 219 in 47.2 

overs. "It´s nice to be back 

out there and get the win for 

the boys," said Boult, who 

missed the 3-0 loss in the 

preceding Twenty20 series 

due to the birth of his child. 

"I think the new ball is a 

key part of the game and we 

know what early wickets can 

do to chasing totals. 

"The hat-trick ball I was 

just trying to make him play 

and to slide one onto the 

pads is a great feeling." 

Veteran batsman Ross 

Taylor top-scored with 80 

while wicketkeeper Tom 

Latham struck 68 off 64 balls 

to lead New Zealand to 266- 

9 after they won the toss and 

batted at Sheikh Zayed 

Stadium. 

However, once Pakistan 

skipper Sarfraz dragged a 

Colin de Grandhomme 

delivery onto his stumps 

New Zealand were almost 

home and dry. 

Grandhomme took 2 for 

40 while Lockie Ferguson 

finished with 3 for 36. 

Boult exposed Pakistan´s 

batting woes early on, bowling 

Zaman off his pads 

before having Azam caught 

at slip and then trapping 

Hafeez leg-before with a 

sharp inswinging delivery. 

He joined fast bowlers 

Danny Morrison (v India at 

Ronaldo frustated as Juve gift United victory 

TURIN: Cristiano 

Ronaldo could not hide his 

frustration that despite 

scoring his first Champions 

League goal for Juventus 

the Italian side ´gifted´ a 

dramatic late 2-1 victory to 

Manchester United. 

Ronaldo struck with a 

magnificent first-time volley 

on 65 minutes to leave 

Juve on course for the 

knockout phase, but Juan 

Mata equalized with an 

86th-minute free-kick 

before Leonardo Bonucci 

turned into his own net. 

It was the 121st goal in 

the competition for fivetime 

Champions League 

winner Ronaldo who 

Juventus are counting on to 

help them lift their first 

European title since 1996. 

Instead they must now 

wait for the remaining 

games against Valencia and 

Young Boys to seal their 

passage to the next round. 

United did nothing to 

win the game," Ronaldo 

told Sky Sports Italia. 

"We dominated for 90 

minutes, had so many 

chances, could have killed 

it off three or four times, 

but we relaxed and were 

punished. 

"You can´t even talk 

about luck, because you 

have to find your own luck 

and in this case we just gifted 

it to them. 

"Now we´ve got to lift 

our heads, as we played 

really well and are still top 

of the group." 

Juventus are top of 

Group H on nine points -- 

two points ahead of United 

-- with Valencia now on 

five and Swiss club Young 

Boys eliminated after losing 

3-1 to the Spaniards. 

Sami Khedira and Paulo 

Dybala both hit the woodwork 

before five-time 

Ballon d´Or winner 

Ronaldo brought the capacity 

41,470 crowd to their 

feet when he hammered 

home Bonucci´s long pass 

from just inside United´s 

half. 

United though had the 

final word as Mourinho 

brought on Mata and 

Marouane Fellaini, who 

helped turn the game round 

in just four minutes, the 

Spaniard bending in a freekick 

from the edge of the 

Players Selection Ceremony for 

National T20 Cup 2018-19 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: The PCB 

held Players Selection 

Ceremony for National 

T-20 Cup at Gaddafi 

Stadium, Lahore today. 

Eight Regional sides 

Lahore Blues, Lahore 

Whites, Karachi Whites, 

Rawalpindi, Islamabad, 

Multan, FATA, and 

Peshawar selected 14 

players each to complete 

their set of 18 players 

for the tournament. 

All teams had picked 

four players each before 

the start of the ceremony; 

whereas each team 

had to include atleast 

two Emerging Players in 

their squads. The Player 

Selection Ceremony was 

held in a cordial atmosphere, 

where the regions 

were represented by 

'Go live somewhere else': Virat 

Kohli's rant sparks backlash 

NEW DELHI: India 

captain Virat Kohli has 

provoked a social media 

storm after telling a critic 

to leave the country for 

criticising his batting. 

Kohli told the Indian 

fan to "go and live somewhere 

else" in a video on 

his newly-launched personal 

app, in which he 

responded to comments 

from the public. 

The fan had said Kohli 

was "overrated" and less 

enjoyable to watch than his 

English and Australian 

counterparts, prompting a 

frosty response. 

"Why are you living in 

our country and loving 

other countries? I don't 

mind you not liking me but 

I don't think you should 

live in our country and like 

other things. Get your priorities 

right." 

His outburst prompted a 

backlash on social media 

from cricket lovers across 

India. 

"Virat Kohli's statement 

box to give the visitors a 

scarcely-deserved equaliser. 

Juve were then left in 

shock as Ashley Young´s 

free-kick from the left 

bounced in off a combination 

of Bonucci and Alex 

Sandro after a frantic 

scramble in front of goal. 

For Massimilano 

Allegri´s seven-time 

reigning Serie A champions 

it was a first defeat 

this season. 

"The Champions 

League is a special competition, 

where you could be 

winning, but you can´t 

relax, as anything can happen," 

continued Ronaldo, 

who has won the competition 

four times Real Madrid 

and once with United. 

Usman Khawaja 

confident of recovery 

for first India Test 

SYDNEY: Usman 

Khawaja's comeback from 

surgery on his knee is 

ahead of schedule with the 

opener Thursday confident 

of being ready for the first 

Test against India next 

month. 

The experienced lefthander, 

who hit a fighting 

hundred to help Australia 

scramble to a draw in the 

first Test against Pakistan 

last month, has been out of 

action since the second 

Test of that series. 

His stability at the top 

Presidents and Coaches. 

The junior and senior 

of the order -- which is 

already without the banned 

selection committee Steve Smith and David 

members assisted the Warner -- has been sorely 

regional teams to make missed after a string of 

formidable combinations 

recent Australian batting 

for the T20 tourna- 

ment 

capitulations. 

He underwent surgery 

The National T20 late last month and is 

Cup 2018-19 will commence 

already back running. 

from December 

10, 2018 to December 

25, 2018 in Multan. 

is a reflection of the bubble 

that most famous people 

either slip into or are 

forced into," wrote prominent 

cricket commentator 

Harsha Bhogle on Twitter. 

"Kohli is highly arrogant 

and that is one trait 

which is his Achilles heel," 

tweeted another user. 


KARACHI: Taha Gohar 

fired three goals to help his 

side Qadri Sports record a 

convincing 3-0 victory in 

the second round of matches 

of Leisure Leagues 

Inter-Club Football 

Championship here at 

Sixteen Star Ground. 

In another match Ismail 

Qayyum and Taha 

Mahmood scored two 

goals each to help Phoenix 

FC record formidable 4-1 

victory against Park View 

FC. Anas scored a consolatory 

goal for the losing 

side. 

Meanwhile, Adil scored 

the lone goal of the match 

to help Muslim Rangers 

beat Taj Center by 1-0 

score. RF United thrashed 

Dream FC 3-1 – thanks to 

Napier in 1999) and Shane 

Bond (v Australia at Hobart 

in 2007) as the only New 

Zealanders to take an ODI 

hat-trick. 

Imam-ul-Haq (34) and 

Shoaib Malik (30) added 63 

for the fourth wicket but both 

fell in successive overs 

before the Sarfraz-Wasim 

stand briefly reignited hopes. 

Earlier, New Zealand 

recovered from 78-3 and 

then 210-7 to set a challenging 

target. 

Paceman Shaheen Shah 

Afridi, playing only his 

fourth one-day international, 

jolted New Zealand at the 

start with the wickets of 

George Worker (one) and 

Colin Munro (29). Shadab 

dismissed Kane Williamson 

for 27 before Taylor and 

Latham came together. The 

pair compiled a fourth-wicket 

stand of 130, but a burst of 

three wickets from Pakistan 

leg-spinner Shadab Khan in 

the 42nd over appeared to 

halt their charge. 

Australia rest 

Starc, Lyon for South 

Africa, India T20s 

SYDNEY: Pace spearhead 

Mitchell Starc, veteran 

spinner Nathan Lyon and allrounder 

Mitch Marsh were 

all left out of Australia´s 

Twenty20 squad Thursday to 

play South Africa and India. 

Coach Justin Langer said 

they, along with Peter Siddle, 

would be better off playing 

Sheffield Shield cricket to be 

ready for a busy home summer 

featuring four Tests 

against India and two against 

Sri Lanka. 

In their absence, Marcus 

Stoinis and Jason 

Behrendorff get a chance to 

impress after being included 

in the 13-man squad for a 

single T20 against the 

Proteas and three against the 

Indians. 

"We know coming off the 

back of the tour to the UAE, 

a huge summer at home, and 

the World Cup and Ashes 

just around the corner that we 

have to get the balance right 

between playing our best 

T20 team and preparing for 

the upcoming Test series," 

said Langer. 

"While I know all four 

have a desire to be playing 

for Australia in every format, 

with a really tough Test 

series against India coming 

up, we believe their best 

preparation is to go back and 

get some really good cricket 

under their belts in the 

Sheffield Shield." 

Aaron Finch´s Australia 

is desperate for form. They 

have lost 17 of their 19 onedayers 

and were thrashed 3- 

0 by Pakistan in a T20 series 

in the United Arab Emirates 

last month. Left-armer 

Behrendorff returns after 

recurring back injuries, with 

all-rounder Stoinis, who was 

overlooked for the Pakistan 

series, also back. 

Zaid, Hamza and Fahad for 

scoring one goal each. 

Muneeb Azad scored one 

for Dream FC. 

Mohammad Usman 

braced while Rafay and 

DHABI: Veteran 

all-rounder Mohammad 

Hafeez has been released 

from Peshawar Zalmi – the 

Pakistan Super League 

franchise he represented 

for all three editions of the 

T20 league to date. 

The 38-year old 

announced the news on 

Twitter, thanking the franchise 

and its owner, Javed 

Afridi, for the three-year 

journey and the memories. 

Hafeez has put his 

name down for the draft, 

which will determine what 

team he will be in action 

for during the 2019 edition. 

“ T h a n k s 

@PeshawarZalmi & 

@JAfridi10 for such a 

great journey of 3yrs full 

of fond memories. Had 

fabulous time with U all. 

Now I decided to go to 

Draft of @thePSLt20 , 


Sportlight 

Thanks to all fans of 

@PeshawarZalmi for their 

unconditional love & support. 

wishing u all the best 

for future,” the all-rounder 

tweeted. 

The fourth edition of 

7 

Mohammad Hafeez parts 

ways with Peshawar Zalmi 

DR M. Arif Hafeez 


KARACHI: A three day 

first ever International 

Sports Press Association 

(AIPS) Asia Youth 

Reporters Training 

Workshop successfully 

concluded here at a local 

hotel. 

The event was organised 

by Sports Journalists 

Association of Sindh 

(SJAS) in collaboration 

with AIPS Asia, a first 

such event in the 71 years 

history of Pakistan. 

The workshop was 

largely attended by young 

sports journalists from different 

print and electronic 

media apart from foreign 

young sports journalists 

from Iran, Afghanistan and 

Nepal are participated. 

On this occasion, SJAS 

also awarded Dr 

Muhammad Ali Shah Gold 

Medal in memory of late 

ex-Sindh Minister Dr Syed 

Muhammad Ali Shah and 

Lifetime Achievement 

awards to senior sports 

journalists. 

Speaking at the occasion 

Advisor to Sindh 

Chief Minister for 

Information, Archives and 

Anti-Corruption, Barrister 

Murtaza Wahab said that 

sports journalists have put 

in their untiring efforts to 

promote the country’s 

image. 

He lauded the efforts of 

SJAS and Secretary AIPS 

Asia, Amjad Aziz Malik 

for organising such a great 

event in Karachi. 

Murtaza Wahab welcomed 

all the participants 

from abroad. He assured 

that the Pakistan Peoples’ 

Party (PPP) will provide 

all kind of support to 

sports journalists. 

The participation of 

sports journalists from 

abroad will propagate positive 

image of Pakistan, he 

added. 

On this occasion, Guest 

of Honour, Mayor 

Karachi, Waseem Akhtar 

congratulated SJAS for 

successful event in city. 

Waseem said that the 

entire team of SJAS 

deserves appreciation for 

organizing historic AIPS 

Asia Young Sports 

Reporter Training 

Workshop. 

“Today, SJAS has created 

a history,” he added. 

Mayor Karachi said that 

in order to bring improvement 

in sports, we need to 

create more and more 

opportunities to our 

PSL will commence from 

February 14th, 2019 in the 

UAE. The league will 

move to Pakistan for the 

last eight matches, with the 

final set to be held in 

Karachi on March 17th. 

AIPS Asia Youth Reporters 

workshop concludes 

Shafain scored one goal 

each to help Shafain FC 

beat Maymar Sports by 4-2 

score. Zahid braced for the 

losing side. 

Renegades defeated 

Red Army 2-1 score. Haris 

and Umair scored one goal 

apiece for Renegades while 

Bilal Baloch scored one for 

Red Army. 

Reed's College defeated 

youngsters to polish their 

talent and perform at the 

highest level. 

He said that Karachi 

Metropolitan Corporation 

(KMC) removed all 

encroachments from its 

sports complex and from 

Saddar and other places in 

the city. He said that 

youngsters will be provided 

with maximum opportunities 

to participate in 

sports activities. 

He also urged media for 

comprehensive coverage 

of sports activities in 

KMC. 

Mayor Karachi assured 

SJAS that he will always 

support the organisation 

promoting sports. 

On this occasion, AIPS 

Asia conferred former 

Sindh Sports Minister and 

Patron of SJAS, Dr Syed 

Junaid Ali Shah with “The 

Best Sports Organizer of 

Pakistan” award. 

Former Minister for 

Sports, Dr Junaid Ali Shah 

thanked AIPS Asia for the 

award. “My all efforts are 

for the sports only and it is 

my passion, for which my 

doors are always open for 

all sports lovers, oraganiser 

and sports journalists”, 

he said in remarks after 

receiving the award. 

Taha Gohar scores hat-trick as Qadri Sports win in 

Leisure Leagues Inter-Club Football Championship 

North FC by 2-1 score – 

thanks to Rafay Ansari’s 

two goals. Muhammad 

khalfan scored one for 

North FC. The match 

between Karachi City and 

Burnlay FC ended in a 

goalless draw. 

About Leisure Leagues: 

Leisure Leagues, is a 

company of World Group, 

which is owned by The 

Trunkwala Family. It is the 

largest global organizer of 

5, 6 and 7-a-side football 

events. Leisure Leagues 

has considerably large 

footprints, having organized 

leagues in Wales, 

England, Scotland and 

Northern Ireland. Leisure 

has also been operational 

in United States. Leisure 

Leagues set foot in 

Pakistan in 2016.

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JF-17 Thunder aircraft performs 

during Zhuhai Air Show in China I 

ZHUHAI: A JF-17 

Thunder fighter jet of the 

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) 

put up a dazzling aerial 

performance during the 

Zhuhai Air Show in 

China. 

The breathtaking aerial 

display by the seasoned 

aerobatics pilot wing 

commander Zeeshan 

Baryar included some 

stunning maneuvers like 

the muscle climb, thunder 

turns, slow speed pass and 

inverted flight. 

An over fifteen minutes 

jaw-dropping performance 

by ‘Pride of The 

Nation’, JF-17 Thunder 

aircraft, concluded with 

the trademark vertical 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 

King Salman has embarked 

on a domestic tour this week 

with his favourite son, 

demonstrating his support 

for his chosen heir despite 

the crisis spawned by the 

murder of journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi. 

Roads were lined with 

Saudi flags and images of the 

king and his son Crown 

Prince Mohammed bin 

Salman when they arrived in 

the central region of Qassim 

late on Tuesday. 

Distinguished figures greeted 

them and children offered 

flowers. 

The tour is the latest public 

outreach by the 82-yearold 

monarch, apparently 

intended to shore up the 

power of Prince 

ZHUHAI: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 Thunder performing aerobatics during 

Zhuhai Air Show 2018. 

rolls and disappearing in 

the blue skies of Zhuhai, 

leaving behind hundreds 

Mohammed, known as 

MbS, who has taken over 

day-to-day rule but whose 

international reputation was 

battered in the month since 

Khashoggi was killed in the 

Saudi consulate in Istanbul. 

Media said the king laid 

the foundation for new or 

planned projects worth $1.12 

billion and ordered the 

release of some people from 

debtors’ prison in Qassim, a 

conservative province in the 

heart of the Arabian 

Peninsula. 

“There is a lot of tension, 

fear and apprehension 

among Saudis in the aftermath 

of the Khashoggi affair. 

So it’s a trip that reassures 

the various regions that the 

king is still in his place and 

he’s the highest authority,” 

said Madawi al-Rasheed, a 

London-based Saudi author 

critical of the Al Saud. 

Turkish officials have 

accused MbS of ordering 

Khashoggi’s murder. US 

President Donald Trump has 

suggested ultimate responsibility 

lies with the crown 

prince as de facto ruler. 

Saudi Arabia, which 

offered numerous contradictory 

explanations for 

Khashoggi’s disappearance, 

now says the US-based 

Washington Post columnist 

was killed in a rogue operation. 

MbS broke weeks of 

silence on October 25 to vow 

justice would prevail. 

King Salman stepped in 

to defuse the situation. He 

sent a trusted aide to Turkey 

last month, then fired five 

of spellbound spectators. 

The mesmerized audience 

applauded the thundery 

performance of the 

jet as it landed back. 

Besides aerial display, one 

Saudi King Salman supports son MbS on 

public tour despite Khashoggi crisis 

Alvi urges religious scholars to spread teachings 

of mystic saints for promoting peace 

MULTAN: President Dr Arif Alvi addressing the International Sufi Conference held at 

Bahauddin Zakariya University. 


President Arif Alvi has 

called upon religious 

scholars to spread the 

teachings of mystic 

saints for promotion of 

of peace, love and tolerance. 

He was addressing 

the International Sufi 

Conference at 

Bahauddin Zakariya 

University in Multan 

today, held in connection 

with annual urs of 

great Saint of the Sub 

Continent Hazrat 

Bahauddin Zakariya 

Soharwardy Multani 

Rahmatullah Alai. 

The President said 

Sufis played important 

role in flourishing 

Islam in sub-continent. 

Addressing the conference, 

Foreign 

Minister Makhdoom 

Shah Mahmood Qureshi 

said the teachings of 

Hazrat Bahauddin 

Zakariya (RA) provided 

guiding path for people 

all over of world. 

He said by following 

the teachings of the 

great sufi saint, we can 

promote brotherhood, 

equality and religious 

harmony in our country. 

Jamaat e Islami chairs 

office bearers meeting 

LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat e Islami 

Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq has said 

that any attempt to amend the law safeguarding 

the sanctity of the Holy 

Prophet or to abolish the Islamic provisions 

of the constitution would be fully 

resisted by the nation. 

He said this while addressing a 

meeting of the JI office bearers convened 

to decide the line of action in 

this regard. 

The meeting was attended by the 

provincial chiefs of the party, decided 

to hold public meetings in connection 

with the Rabi ul Awwal, in all big cities 

including federal and provincial capitals, 

to propagate the message of the 

Seerat of the holy prophet to ensure the 

protection of the Namoos e Risalat and 

for the enforcement of the Nizam e 

Mustafa in the country. 

The JI chief said that no nation had 

progressed on the basis of loans. He 

said had this been possible, the African 

countries which had drawn maximum 

loans, would have been much advanced 

today. He said that until and unless the 

country’s economy was strong, the 

affairs of the state could not improve. 

Sirajul Haq said the JI wanted the 

supremacy of the constitution and the 

law because these were the requirements 

for an Islamic welfare state. He 

said the tragedy with the country was 

that individuals were stronger than the 

institutions and that was why democracy 

could not get roots in the country. 

He said the common man had 

expected relief from the PTI government 

but with every passing day, the 

problems of the people were increasing. 

senior officials, including his 

son’s most trusted adviser. 

After weeks of lying low, 

the prince has now returned 

to the public stage. He visited 

troops near the border 

with Yemen, where Riyadh 

is involved in a 3-1/2-year 

war, appearing in an online 

video on Monday with a 

soldier he called a hero. In a 

ceremony at a Riyadh university, 

he laid the foundation 

stone for a planned 

nuclear research reactor. 

Greg Gause, a Gulf 

expert at Texas A&M 

University, said the domestic 

tour with his father did 

not indicate that the royal 

family is in the clear yet, 

only that “the king is confident 

that nothing is afoot 

right now”. 

Protest march in 

France against Indian 

brutalities in IOK 

ISLAMABAD: In 

France, a protest march 

organized by Jammu and 

Kashmir Forum France 

was held at Eiffel Tower 

to condemn brutalities of 

India against Kashmiri 

people in occupied 

Kashmir. 

A large number of 

community members 

from Azad and occupied 

Kashmir and Pakistan 

participated in the march. 

Addressing the protesters, 

speakers including 

Raja Ali Asghar, 

Chaudhry Razaq Dhal, 

Abdul Qadeer and 

Chaudhry Afzal Langah 

said that even women and 

children were not safe 

from Indian forces’ 

aggression in occupied 

Kashmir. 

They said that India 

has no justification to 

illegally hold Jammu and 

Kashmir against the 

wishes of its people. 

Meanwhile, a human 

rights activist has said 

that, at least, 16 mentally-challenged 

persons 

fell to the bullets of the 

Indian forces near forces’ 

camps between 2002 and 

2018. 

JF-17 has been put on display 

showing off its range 

of weapons. 

A large number of 

spectators including the 

potential buyers and 

enthusiasts are taking keen 

interest in JF-17 Thunder 

aircraft. A PAF contingent 

is participating in 12th 

China International 

Aviation and Aerospace 

Exhibition being held at 

Zhuhai, China. 

The sleek and lethal 

fighter aircraft JF-17 

Thunder stands prominent 

in its own class of combat 

aircraft, indigenously built 

by Pakistan Aeronautical 

Complex, Kamra in collaboration 

with China. 

Arba’een walk 

participants has 

exposed India’s 

real face: Gilani 

ISLAMABAD: In 

occupied Kashmir, the 

Chairman of All Parties 

Hurriyat Conference, 

Syed Ali Gilani, has 

praised the participants 

of an annual walk from 

Najaf to Karbala for 

sharing the pain of 

Kashmiri people inflicted 

by brutal occupation 

of India over Jammu and 

Kashmir. 

The people from Iran, 

Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, 

Syria and Nigeria staged 

a silent protest during 

the yearly procession 

known as Arba’een Walk 

against the Indian 

aggression on the 

Kashmiri people. 

The participants 

raised slogans and placards 

in favour of 

Kashmir’s freedom 

struggle as a mark of solidarity 

with their 

Kashmiri brethren in 

occupied Kashmir. 

Syed Ali Gilani while 

hailing the participants 

said Muslim Ummah is 

like a single body and if 

any part of the body is in 

pain the whole body 

feels and expresses it. 

Existing railways network to 

be upgraded: Sheikh Rashid 

S L A M A B A D : 

Minister for Railways 

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed 

says the existing network 

of Pakistan Railways 

would be upgraded and its 

services improved with 

help of China. 

In an interview with , he 

LONDON: British pop 

band the Spice Girls joked 

on Wednesday about their 

plans for a new album after 

announcing they would 

reunite for a UK tour next 

year but said it would feel 

strange performing without 

“Posh Spice” Victoria 

Beckham. 

Fashion designer 

Beckham posted on 

Instagram on Monday that 

she wouldn’t join the other 

four Spice Girls on stage 

again, but wished Geri 

Horner (Ginger Spice), 

said development of the 

Railways' sector would 

ensure success of China- 

Pakistan Economic 

Corridor. 

About future of Gwadar 

port, he said it would be 

the world’s eighth largest 

port, with a capacity to 

Melanie Brown (Scary 

Spice), Melanie Chisholm 

(Sporty Spice) and Emma 

Bunton (Baby Spice) well 

for their six-date tour next 

year. “She’s very excited for 

us... It’s going to be strange, 

you know, because none of 

us can watch the Spice Girls 

on stage but she will be able 

to,” Chisholm said of 

Beckham during an interview 

for Heart Radio. 

Brown said the quartet 

would begin recording a 

new album next week only 

for Chisholm to dismiss the 

accommodate around two 

hundred ships after completion. 

Sheikh Rashid said 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan's recent visit to 

China has silenced negative 

propaganda against 

Pak-China relations. 

Excited Spice Girls say reunion tour 

will feel strange without "Posh" 


National Accountability 

Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi 

filed Reference against 

Harron Rashid, Ex CEO, 

Tahir Maqbool Khakwani, Ex 

Additional Director, NTS, 

Waqar Sami, Ex company 

Sectary,Faiz Ul Akbar, Ex 

Additional Director Ops, 

NTS, Kamil Ahmad, M 

Javaid, Ex Regional Head , 

Yaqoob Jan, Dy Director 

NTS, Imran khan, Ex 

Regional Head of National 

Testing Service (NTS). 

As per details, some 

unscrupulous elements in the 

top management of Nation 

Testing Service (NTS) has 

been found involved in corruption 

and corrupt practices 

and is intentionally playing 

with the future of the candidates. 

They are involved in 

mal administration and financial 

irregularities and have 

caused loss of more than158 

Millions to the organization. 

The accused persons in 

connivance with the Chief 

Executive Officer (CEO) of 

idea and say her band mate 

was “fibbing”. 

The six-date tour, 

announced on Monday, is 

the latest reunion for one of 

Britain’s biggest girl bands, 

who were formed in 1994 

and sold tens of millions of 

albums with hit singles 

including “Wannabe” and 

“Say You’ll Be There”. 

Horner quit the band in 

1998 and the remaining 

members went their separate 

ways two years later 

after releasing the album 

“Forever”. 

NAB files references against ex officials of NTS 

ISLAMABAD: Senate 

Standing Committee on 

Overseas Pakistanis on 

Thursday revealed that the 

human resources ministry 

has been taken back after 

the 18 Amendment. 

The committee was 

curious that why it has 

been called as HRD yet. 

The committee meeting 

was held under the chair 

of Chairman Halalur 

Rehman on Thursday. The 

committee was informed 

that as many as 24 schools 

were being run under the 

overseas and cast Rs1.30 

million annually. 

The committee was further 

informed that 3,366 

students are getting education 

in their schools. The 

meeting decided to not 

open any new school in 

the near future. 

It was also told the 

meeting that negotiation is 

in progress to send 

100,000 Pakistani in Qatar 

and there is hope that the 

parties will reach on consensus 

in December this 

year. It was also observed 

in the meeting that 

Organization of Islamic 

Countries (OIC)’s is satisfactory 

but not good. 

The chairman of the 

committee however, 

avoided to touch other 

issue than overseas. 

Senator Sabir Shah, 

Senator Nighat Mirza, 

Senator Najma Hameed, 

Senator Saima Saeed and 

Senator Shahzad Waseem 

attended the meeting. 

Overseas Secretary 

Asif Sheikh informed the 

meeting that Quranic education 

is being given to 

student up to class 5th 

since 2017. He said as 

many as 3,366 students are 

enrolled in OPF schools 

which cast over Rs1 billion. 

He informed the 

meeting that a comprehensive 

plan has been prepared 

to open new 

schools. 

In order to provide 

facilities, the OPF students 

will be compensated 

if they take admission in 

NTS Mr. Haroon Rashid, has 

recruited fake consultants 

through the regional heads for 

misappropriating/ embezzling 

huge chunks of amounts 

from NTS funds and have 

used these amounts for personal 

gains / benefits. The 

accused with his accomplices 

manipulated the payments of 

false claims of factitious consultancy 

through bank 

cheques and proceeds of 

these cheques were received 

in cash by the accused persons 

for their personal uses. 

Some two dozens schools operating under 

overseas authority, Senate body told 

ISLAMABAD: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman in a group photo with the 

members of the executive body of FATA Youth Jirga at Khyber Pakhktunkhwa House. 

private schools. The compensation 

will be equal to 

the fee of OPF. 

Responding Senator 

Mirza’s question, he said 

our students are going to 

China for getting education. 

He further said no 

new labour law has been 

signed nor they have any 

authority regarding 

CPEC. 

Prime Minster Advisor 

to Overseas Pakistani 

Zulfaqar Bukhari 

informed the meeting that 

he recently took charge 

and will try to lunch new 

projects soon. Initially a 

cell will be open one in 

Pakistan and other in 

abroad. 

Pakistan expresses concern over 

Indian nuclear submarine patrol 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Office Spokesperson Dr. 

Mohammad Faisal has said 

that Pakistan has taken note 

of the first "deterrence" 

patrol of the Indian nuclear 

submarine and the self-congratulatory 

messages in 

India. 

Speaking at his weekly 

briefing here on Thursday, he 

said this development marks 

the first actual deployment of 

ready to fire nuclear warheads 

in South Asia which is 

a matter of concern not only 

for the Indian Ocean littoral 

states but also for the international 

community at large. 

He said the bellicose language 

employed by the top 

Indian leadership highlights 

the threats to strategic stability 

in South Asia and raises 

questions about responsible 

nuclear stewardship in India. 

He said the increased frequency 

of missile tests by 

India, aggressive posturing 

and deployment of nuclear 

weapons calls for an assessment 

of the non-proliferation 

benefits resulting from the 

Indian membership of the 

Missile Technology Control 

Regime. 

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