11 November 2018

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Metropolitan: 

Sindh govt 

bans purchase 

of new 

official cars 

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National: 

Big names in 

Sindh will be 

arrested soon: 

Shaikh Rasheed 

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Nine killed, 

35 missing in 

California wildfire; 

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Punjab bank 

president resigns 

LAHORE: Punjab 

Bank president Naeem 

ud Din has resigned 

from his office. 

His service tenure 

was going to expire after 

one month but he tendered 

resignation before 

expiry of his service 

tenure. Naeem ud Din 

had made the institute a 

profitable entity. 

Nawaz, Maryam 

submit reply 

in SC 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif and his 

daughter Maryam 

Nawaz on Saturday submitted 

their replies in the 

court in Avenfield reference 

case. 

The Supreme Court 

had sought replies from 

the Sharif family after 

the slamabad High Court 

(IHC) accepted their bail 

application and release 

them. 

Indian forces 

martyr two more 

youth in IoK 

SRINAGAR: Indian 

occupation forces in their 

fresh act of state terrorism 

on Saturday martyred 

two more Kashmiri 

youth in Pulwama, 

Indian Occupied 

Kashmir (IoK). 

According to the 

Kashmir Media Service 

(KMS), Indian forces in 

its latest act of barbarism 

in the held valley, martyred 

two more 

Kashmiris in Pulwama 

under the pretext of an 

operation in the area. 

Soon after the martyrdom 

of youth, the puppet 

administration suspended 

internet services 

in an attempt to halt 

information from being 

spread worldwide. 

SC delists hearing 

of DG NAB Lahore’s 

fake degree case 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Supreme Court of 

Pakistan on Saturday 

delisted the hearing of a 

case concerning an 

alleged fake academic 

degree held by Director 

General National 

Accountability Bureau 

(DG NAB) Lahore Major 

(Retd) Shahzad Saleem. 

The registrar’s office 

of the apex court had earlier 

fixed the case for hearing 

on November 12, 

2018 by a three-judge 

bench headed by Chief 

Justice of Pakistan Justice 

Saqib Nisar. 

KARACHI EDITION – Sunday, November 11, 2018, Rabiul Awal 2, 1440 

First step towards welfare state’ 

PM Khan launches 

shelter home project 

Khan Says govt stands by Supreme Court's decision in the case 

LAHORE: Prime 

Minister Imran Khan says 

the government will soon 

launch a comprehensive 

poverty alleviation program 

in the country. 

He was addressing the 

groundbreaking ceremony 

of Shelter Home project for 

the people, who spend their 

nights under the open sky, in 

Lahore on Saturday. 

The Prime Minister said 

coordinated efforts will be 

made by engaging all the 

organizations working for 

welfare of people to alleviate 

poverty in the country. 

He said the government 

will benefit from China's 

experience of bringing 

seven hundred million people 

out of poverty in thirty 

years. 

Expressing his resolve to 

make Pakistan a truly welfare 

state, Imran Khan said 

establishment of Shelter 

Home for homeless people 

in Lahore is the first step to 

this direction. 

He said five sites have 

been allocated for establishing 

Shelter Homes for the 

homeless people, and he 

will also ask for setting up 

such shelters in Rawalpindi, 

Peshawar and Karachi. 


the country has come out of 

the crisis of repayment of 

loans owing to the strenuous 

efforts of the government 

during the last two months, 

and now all efforts will be 

put in for initiating publicwelfare 

projects. 

Responding to a question, 

the Prime Minister said 

the government wants 

supremacy of the law in the 

country. 

He said the government 

stands with the Supreme 

Court decisions and there 

will be no compromise on it. 


the verdicts of the Supreme 

Court will be enforced with 

letter and spirit. He said the 

founder of Pakistan had 

envisioned a welfare Muslim 

state where all citizens can 

enjoy equal rights regardless 

of creed, ethnicity, race, language 

and gender. 

LAHORE: Prime Minister, Imran Khan offering Dua after unveiling the plaque of 

Groundbreaking of Shelter Home during ceremony held at Railway Station. 

Ayyan challenges arrest warrants 

Say the arrest warrant was issued despite them submitting a 

RAWALPINDI: Model 

Ayyan Ali has challenged 

non bailable arrest warrants 

issued by Customs 

Court in currency smuggling 

case. 

Currency smuggling 

case came up for hearing 

before Customs Court 

Rawalpindi Saturday. 

The accused Ayyan Ali 

challenged her non bailable 

arrest warrants 

medical certificate at a previous hearing 

through her new counsel. 

The counsel for the 

accused took the plea that 

arrest warrants were 

issued even after application 

for sickness and medical 

certificate were presented. 

The new counsel for 

Ayyan Ali assured the 

court that Ayyan Ali will 

appear before the court on 

December 08. 

ISLAMABAD: The Saturday for an extension in 

National Accountability his remand. 

Bureau (NAB) on Saturday The accountability 

arrested Opposition leader in watchdog had sought a fifteen 

the National Assembly 

days remand from the 

Shahbaz Sharif in another 

case pertaining to Ramzan 

court. The accountability 

court complied with NAB’s 

Sugar Mills. 

request and approved 

Shehbaz has been in Shehbaz’s physical remand 

NAB custody in the by 14 days in the Aashiana 

Aashiana Housing Scheme 

case and has been on physical 

remand. His remand 

ended on Friday and was 

Housing Scheme case. 

According to details, a 

bridge amounting to Rs500 

million was built to facilitate 

presented before the the Ramzan Sugar Mills. It 

accountability court by is alleged, that Shehbaz during 

NAB authorities on 

his tenure as the chief 

The court admitted 

Ayyan Ali petition for 

hearing and issued notice 

to customs team besides 

adjourning hearing of the 

case till December 08. 

New counsel for Ayyan 

Ali while talking to media 

men outside the court said 

Ayyan Ali’s health condition 

has improved and she 

will soon come to 

Pakistan. 

Stranded Pakistani Zaireen 

in Iraq repatriated: FO 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Office Spokesperson, Dr. 

Muhammad Faisal has said 

that Pakistan's Embassy in 

Iraq has successfully managed 

to send all stranded 

Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) 

back to the country. 

In a tweet on Saturday, 

he said an inquiry is being 

initiated against the tour 

operators whose inefficiency 

led to the problem 

for the Pakistanis Zaireen. 

He 

Ambassador Sajid Bilal 

and his team for their 

efforts on this occasion. 

The Spokesperson also 

welcomed the Zaireen 

back to home. 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

PANJGUR: A view of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft coming from Karachi that skidded off the runway 

at Panjgur Airport during landing. 

Rift between Punjab governor, CM? 

Elahi asks Tareen to 

control Chaudhry Sarwar 

PML-Q leaders want Tareen to resolve their ‘issues’ with Punjab governor 

LAHORE: The PML- 

Q leaders seem to be concerned 

about Punjab 

Governor Chaudhry 

Sarwar's leadership. 

Party leaders 

Chaudhry Pervez Elahi 

and Housing Minister 

Tariq Bashir Cheema met 

with Jahangir Tareen, 

Punjab Mines and 

Minerals Minister Hafiz 

Ammar Yasir to share 

their concerns. 

In a leaked video, 

Cheema can be heard 

saying: “Sir, you should 

control Sarwar.” After 

which Elahi says the 

same thing. “He will not 

let your chief minister 

continue [for long],” 

Cheema adds. 

The video has led to 

people questioning who 

is pulling the strings in 

Punjab. It is interesting to 

note that they chose to 

approach Tareen, who 

was disqualified last year. 

Tareen played an integral 

role in wooing independent 

candidates to join PTI 

so it could form the government 

in the centre and 

Punjab. Pervaiz Elahi 

cleared the air and said 

that there are no rifts in 

their coalition. 

While addressing a 

press conference in 

Lahore, he said that discussions 

are normal for 

all political parties. “If 

we don’t share our reservations, 

then how will we 

resolve our issues?” he 

asked. 

Some PML-Q leaders 

have complained of interference 

in their constituency. 

He said that if a 

Pakistan to get $1bn from Saudia 

in Next two days: Asad Umar 

4000 illegal properties of Pakistanis in Dubai 

traced, claims Finance Minister 

KARACHI: Finance 

Minister Asad Umar says 

Pakistan will get $1billion 

from Saudi Arabia in the 

next two days. 

One billion dollars will 

be given to Pakistan out of 

total $6 billion loan offered 

by Saudis to rescue 

Pakistan’s economy. Saudi 

Arabia on Oct 23 had agreed 

to give Pakistan $3 billion in 

foreign currency support for 

a year and a further loan 

worth up to $3 billion in 

appreciated deferred payments for oil 

imports to help stave off a 

current account crisis. 

Speaking at a gathering 

at Overseas Investors 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Industries in Karachi, Mr. 

Umar said several illegal 

properties of Pakistanis had 

also been unearthed in 

Dubai during a recent investigation. 

The minister said the 

government was focused at 

increasing volume of industrial 

production. 

Mr. Umar said his government 

very much aware 

about problems faced by 

industrialists and traders. 

“We will make efforts to 

resolve them at the earliest.” 

He said: “We have found 

4,000 illegal properties of 

Pakistanis in Dubai.” 

The minister was of the 

view that all necessary steps 

were taken to revive the 

national economy. 

video of any party meeting 

is leaked then the 

people will be left 

shocked. 

“There were some 

reservations, and it common 

in all parties,” he 

said. Elahi, who is the 

speaker of the Punjab 

Assembly, remarked that 

his party has supported 

PTI in all elections. 

When asked why they 

chose to approach Tareen, 

Elahi said that he was the 

only one available. “We 

approached the one who 

was easily available.” 

The remarks have not 

gone down well with 

Chaudhry Sarwar. He is 

said to have forwarded 

the video to Prime 

Minister Imran Khan. 

Sarwar declined to comment 

on the matter. 

minister of Punjab, issued 

illegal orders for the construction 

of the bridge. 

NAB Prosecutor Waris 

Ali Janjua informed the 

court of Shehbaz’s arrest in 

the Ramzan Sugar Mills 

case. 

The opposition leader 

appeared in court after his 

physical remand extended 

twice ended and was accompanied 

by officials from the 

National Accountability 

Bureau’s Lahore office. 

The anti-graft watchdog 

had previously summoned 

PIA flight makes 

hairbreadth 

escape from 

accident 

PANJGUR: PIA flight 

PK 517 has escaped from 

accident by hair breadth 

as it veered off the runaway 

during landing at 

Panjgur airport. 

According to media 

reports, PIA flight PK 

517 coming from 

Karachi landed at 

Panjgur airport when 

suddenly one of its tyres 

burst and as a result it 

became out of control 

and moved towards the 

ground instead of runway. 

On the other hand, 

according to the PIA 

Spokesperson and airport 

officials tyre of the plane 

exploded after it landed 

on ground instead of runway 

after it went out of 

control. 

They said all the passengers 

were safe that 

were later sent to their 

homes. 

Shehbaz arrested in Ramzan Sugar Mills case 

Court approves Shehbaz's physical remand for 14 days in the Aashiana Housing Scheme case 

LAHORE: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Aurangzeb and 

others raise slogans outside the Civil Secretariat while protesting against the arrest 

of Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif during his hearing 

at the Accountability Court. 

Punjab govt submits report in SC on damages protests 

Punjab suffered Rs260m loss 

during three-day TLP protests 

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government on Saturday 

submitted a report regarding the losses suffered during 

the protests by hard-line Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 

(TLP) following the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit 

Christian woman Aasia Bibi in Pakistan’s most highprofile 

blasphemy last week. 

According to the report, public and private property 

worth Rs260 million was damaged during the three-day 

protests by TLP activists. The protests began on Oct 31, 

when the SC announced the decision to acquit Aasia and 

lasted till Nov 2 when the government signed an agreement 

with the protesters. 

The protesters blocked multiple roads across the 

country and set fire to vehicles at certain locations. 

The government then initiated a countrywide crackdown 

against those involved in vandalism and arson during 

the protests. Approximately 1,800 individuals were 

arrested and charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act 

(ATA). However, the government later announced that it 

would not make any further arrests and even exonerated 

TLP from the violent incidents. On Nov 6, Chief Justice 

of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar took notice of the 

vandalism during the protests. 

Shehbaz’s sons Salman and 

Hamza Shehbaz, the directors 

of the mill, for investigations. 

Salman instead of 

appearing before NAB left 

abroad, while Hamza could 

not give satisfactory answers 

regarding the case. 

Security was beefed up 

around the court premises 

and routes leading to the 

judicial complex were 

blocked by containers. 

Scores of PML-N workers 

clashed with police personnel 

after being barred from 

reaching the court. 

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Sunday, November 11, 2018 

Metropolitan 

PN conducts beach cleaning, tree 

plantation campaign at Seaview, Clifton 

KARACHI: In order to 

create awareness amongst 

general populace regarding 

importance of cleanliness, 

Pakistan Navy conducted 

Beach Cleaning & Tree 

Plantation Campaign at 

Sea view. 

A large number of PN 

officers, men, students of 

Bahria Colleges/ Bahria 

Model Schools and various 

civil society segments participated 

in the Campaign. 

Mr Imran Ismail Governor 

Sindh graced the occasion 

as Chief Guest. 

In his closing remarks, 

Governor Sindh highlighted 

the adverse effects on 

climate change caused by 

pollution and importance 

of clean and green environment 

in mitigating those 

adverse effects. He 

acknowledged PN efforts 

in preserving Coastal and 

Marine ecosystem and 

urged other government 

and non government 

KARACHI: Following 

the federal government’s 

footsteps, the Sindh government 

on Saturday 

KARACHI: Members of civil society participate in the beach cleaning at Sea View during 

Pakistan Navy beach cleaning and tree plantation campaign. 

Organizations to follow PN 

in this prestigious national 

cause. In the end, Governor 

also planted a sapling at 

A.K Khan Park and joined 

the participants in Beach 

Cleaning. 

Participants of beach 

cleaning campaign collected 

garbage & used plastic 

launched an austerity 

drive. 

A spokesperson for 

Sindh Chief Minister 

articles from the beach. 

Presence of showbiz & 

sports celebrities in the 

campaign boosted up 

morale of the participants. 

Earlier, Rear Admiral Asif 

Murad Ali Shah said the 

provincial government has 

banned the purchase of 

new official cars as part of 

Sindh govt bans purchase of new official cars 

Govt officials should pay car installments themselves: Sindh CM 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah presides over Cabinet meeting 

at New Sindh Secretariat. 

Youth found dead in generator shop 

KARACHI: A youth 

was founded dead in a generator 

shop in New 

Karachi’s Madina Colony 

area on Saturday. 

According to rescue 

sources, a 25-year-old 

Ahsan son of Amaan, was 

found dead from a generator 

shop in New Karachi 

Madiana Colony. 

According to police the 

shopkeeper had called the 

boy and locked up him in 

the shop over nonpayment 

of dues. The deceased’s 

family alleged that the 

shopkeeper was involved 

in the death of youth. 

However, police arrested 

the shopkeeper, Adnan, 

and started further investigation. 

The body was shifted to 

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital 

for medico-legal formalities. 

Rangers, police claim busting 

gang of extortionists 

KARACHI: Sindh complaint of the trader. 

Rangers and police on The Rangers official 

Saturday claimed to have 

busted a gang of extortionists 

by arresting five suspects 

in Orangi Town area 

disclosed identities of the 

arrested extortionists as 

Rehanuddin, Muhammad 

Abid, Muhammad Amir 

of the metropolis as they Mohammed Gibran 

were extracting bhatta Rabani, and Sikandar. 

from a trader Muhammad The spokesperson citing 

Islam Bashani. 

their crimes said 

According to Rangers Rehanuddin along with his 

spokesperson, the paramilitary 

accomplices committed 

force and police in a jewelry in international 

joint operation apprehended 

cricketer Muhammad 

five extortionists on Sami’s house located 

on 

Jehangir Road on 1999. He 

further said that the 

accused were also 

involved in different 

dacoities including, looting 

a cearing company in 

Tower area, Mehreen 

Group of Company, a barbershop 

in Dalmia area, 

Hamid Pakwan Center in 

Paposh Nagar during 2008 

to 2018. Rehanuddin was 

said to be the gang leader 

and had been arrest in several 

time by police. 

the austerity drive. 

The cabinet has 

approved the ban on the 

purchase of new vehicles 

for official use, the 

spokesperson added. 


spokesperson, the ban will 

be in place for three years. 

Addressing a meeting 

of the Sindh cabinet, the 

provincial chief minister 

said, “I want to draft a new 

policy regarding use of 

official vehicles and a 

grade 17 officer should be 

given a car that is bought 

on lease.” 

“Government officials 

should pay installments for 

the vehicles themselves,” 

Shah said while adding 

that the vehicles will be 

handed over to the officials 

when the installments are 

completely paid off. 

Seminar on 

“Censorship” in 

University of Karachi 

KARACHI: A seminar 

is scheduled to be held on 

“Censorship” in 

Department of Mass 

C o m m u n i c a t i o n , 

University of Karachi on 

Tuesday 13th November 

2018 at 4pm. 

Seminar will be 

presided over by Dr 

Munawar Hussain 

(President Asian Union 

Forum). The speakers of 

the event are Maqsood 

Yousufi (General Sectary 

Karachi Press Club), Tariq 

Shadab (General Sectary 

Asian Union Forum), 

Mubashir Mir (Editor 

Daily Pakistan) and Siraj 

Ahmed (Controller News 

ARY). Guest of Honor 

will be Asif Azeem (Social 

Worker). 

Seminar will held in 

Sarwar Naseem Hall, 

Khaliq, Commander 

Karachi welcomed the participants 

and highlighted 

PN efforts regarding protection 

of Coastal as well 

as Marine ecosystem 

through Mangroves & various 

tree plantation campaigns. 

Pakistan Navy, in addition 

to its role of safeguarding 

Maritime fronts, 

pledges its full support in 

environmental sustainability 

and conducts beach and 

harbour cleaning activities 

and tree and mangroves 

plantations ranging from 

coasts to margala hills on 

regular basis. In order to 

promote protection of natural 

environment particularly 

marine environment, 

Pakistan Navy has always 

been on forefront to raise 

awareness on environmental 

issues among masses. 

PN efforts to clean up the 

recent oil spillage off the 

coast of Mubarak village 

are true manifestation of its 

resolve to sustain natural 

quality of life. The four day 

long cleaning operation not 

only helped in saving 

marine life but also prevented 

great damage both 

to the economy and environment. 

Today's beach 

cleaning and tree plantation 

campaign was the continuation 

of Pakistan 

Navy's resolve for the betterment 

of environment. 

Bilawal extends 

greetings to Hindu 

communities 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Peoples Party Bilawal 

Bhutto Zardari Chairman 

on Saturday extended 

greetings to Hindu communities 

all over the 

world in general and 

Pakistan in particular on 

the eve of Diwali festival 

being celebrated on 

Wednesday. 

In his message on 

Diwali, the PPP Chairman 

held out assurances to the 

non-Muslims living in 

Pakistan that his Party will 

always stand for their protection 

and promotion as 

equal citizens of the state 

as per the vision of the 

founding fathers of the 

country and teachings of 

our religion Islam. 

Bilawal said that 

Diwali is celebrated as a 

triumph of good over evil 

and light over darkness, 

adding that philosophy of 

PPP is also fight against 

darkness, injustices and 

inequality. 

The PPP urged all those 

celebrating Diwali to hold 

special prayers for the 

peace, prosperity and 

progress of the country as 

well as for interfaith harmony 

and cohesive coexistence 

in the society. 

He also asked the PPP 

leaders, especially those 

of Minority Wing, to celebrate 

and share festivities 

with the have-nots among 

who need more attention 

and care. 

Sattar threatens to reveal Dubai 

property-holders' names after MQM ouster 

KARACHI: A former 

top official of the 

Muttahida Qaumi 

M o v e m e n t - P a k i s t a n 

(MQM-P) on Friday night 

threatened to disclose the 

names of people who "have 

made and owned properties 

in Dubai". 

Addressing a press conference 

here in the city's Pir 

Ilahi Buksh (PIB) Colony 

— his residence — after his 

unceremonious ouster from 

the party, Dr Farooq Sattar, 

the MQM-P's former convener, 

said the workers' 

trust had eroded due to the 

presence of spielers in the 

Rabita Committee. 

"I invite the loyal party 

workers to leave the Amir 

Khan group," he said, referring 

to the group known as 

the Bahadurabad faction of 

the MQM. 

"I will lay bare the 

secrets of people [who] 

have made and owned 

properties in Dubai in a 

week," Sattar added, 

explaining that he had challenged 

party leaders Amir 

Khan and Kunwar Naveed 

Jamil to call a meeting of 

the workers. 

The former MQM-P 

leader further mentioned 

that his "fault" was that he 

"asked members to disclose 

their sources of income". 

That, he said, ultimately led 

to his exit. 

"'Minus one' was an 

accident but 'minus two' 

was being planned for a 

year," he said. 

Earlier in the day, the 

political party, already in tatters 

after having faced internal 

conflicts recently, issued 

an official notification to 

expel Sattar and advised 

workers via the Rabita 

Committee, its top decisionmaking 

body, to cut communication 

with him. The 

decision was made after the 

Rabita Committee held an 

emergency session in 

Bahadurabad, with Khawaja 

Izhar-ul-Hassan saying the 

party’s rules and regulations 

were known to everyone 

and someone flouting them 

could not stay in the party. 

Sattar had previously 

stepped back from the 

party matters after he was 

not issued a ticket for the 

by-election. He had also 

resigned from the Rabita 

Committee last month — 

something that came in the 

backdrop of his confirmation 

that he was consulting 

with his close friends over 

an offer he had received 

from the ruling Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to 

join the party. 

Differences between 

Sattar and another party 

leader, Khalid Maqbool 

Siddiqui, had intensified 

prior to the July 25 general 

elections, following 

which the MQM-P was 

split into two groups — 

the former's PIB faction 

and the latter's 

Bahadurabad one. 

Following August 22, 

2016 violence in Karachi, 

Sattar had taken over as the 

chief of the party's Pakistan 

faction and severed ties 

with the leadership in 

London. 

KARACHI: A police personnel is gathering the personal information of twelve Indian 

fishermen who were arrested by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) for violating 

territorial limits. 

Sindh govt imposes ban on 

use of plastic bags 

KARACHI: The Sindh 

government imposed on 

Saturday a ban on the manufacture, 

sale and purchase 

of non-biodegradable polythene 

bags in the province. 

An official of the environment 

department 

informed the cabinet during 

a meeting that the manufacture 

and use of polythene 

bags is a crime. 

On this, the cabinet 

approved the environment 

department’s request to 

impose a province-wide 

ban on the use of them. 


spokesman of the Sindh 

chief minister, in the next 

three months, there will be 

a ban on the use of plastic 

bags in different districts of 

the province. 

Further, the cabinet 

approved the release of 

aged prisoners after a new 

list is put together every 

three months. The cabinet 

also approved the release of 

aged prisoners with dangerous 

diseases. 

The prisons medical 

committee will submit 

details of the aged prisoners 

to the cabinet while an eye 

will be kept on those prisoners 

released under the 

district administration, the 

spokesperson added. 

Chief Minister Sindh 

Syed Murad Ali Shah also 

directed that details regarding 

prisoners abroad be also 

provided to him. 

Moreover, 

the 

spokesperson said, the 

Sindh government will 

release prisoners after the 

payment of bail. 

It was also decided in 

the meeting that the governor, 

chief minister, the interior 

minister, speaker, the 

Chief Justice of the Sindh 

High Court, chief secretary, 

inspector general (IG) of 

the police and the two additional 

IGs be provided with 

bulletproof cars. 

The cabinet also 

approved the formation of a 

committee under the legal 

advisor Murtaza Wahab 

along with Imtiaz Sheikh, 

Shabbir Bajjar, IG police 

and interior secretary to 

observe the police roles and 

report to the cabinet. 

Asim’s lawyer complete argument on NAB’S witnesses 

KARACHI: Advocate 

Farooq H Naik has completed 

the cross questioning on 

statements of two witnesses 

of NAB in DrAsim Hussain 

reference. 

The 17 billion rupees corruption 

case against DrAsim 

Communication Hussain and other suspects 

regarding illegal tenders 

came up for hearing in 

Accountability Court (AC) 

Karachi. Dr Asama Hussain, 

other suspects and witnesses 

presented in court. 

Farooq H Nair counsel to 

suspect Iqbal Z Ahmed has 

completed cross-questioning 

on two NAB witnesses. 

Later AC adjourned the 

further hearing of the case 

till November 17. 

Mass 

Department. It is being 

organized by Final Year 

students of Mass 

C o m m u n i c a t i o n , 

University of Karachi 

under supervision of the 

department. 

Speakers will discuss 

the matters related to censorship 

and self-censorship 

in media and how it 

affects journalism and 

reporting. 

KARACHI: Former Federal Minister Dr. Asim arrives Accountability Court for case 

hearing. 

KARACHI: People face inconvenience due to sewerage water accumulated on the road 

at the entrance of Dr Ruth K. M Pfau Civil Hospital which requires attention of the 

authorities concerned. 

Emergency care experts and ‘igniters’ 

speak their mind at AKU 

KARACHI: Imagine a 

child receiving a ‘pain-free 

invisible’ injection at an 

emergency department. The 

needle is hidden in a watchlike 

device with a hollow 

dial and a local anaesthetic 

at its base numbs the area of 

the needle’s insertion, thus 

making it pain-free. 

The idea is the brainchild 

of Mir Ibrahim Sajid, a 

third-year student at the Aga 

Khan University’s Medical 

College, and one of the six 

presenters at an Ignite session 

– part of AKU’s 21st 

National Health Sciences 

Research Symposium that is 

focusing, this year, on 

‘emergency care: time and 

life matter’. Ignite, a speedy 

presentation series with just 

five minutes for 20 slides, is 

organised by AKU’s Critical 

Creative Innovative 

Thinking forum and is 

intended to light a spark in 

the audience to think differently. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

inspecting ongoing road carpeting.

Big names in Sindh will be 

arrested soon: Shaikh Rasheed 

ISLAMABAD: 

LAHORE: Railways 

Minister Sheikh Rasheed on 

Saturday predicted that "big 

names" in Sindh will be 

arrested soon in the money 

laundering case. 

Addressing a press conference 

at the Railways 

Headquarters in Lahore, 

Rasheed said, “Prime 

Minister Imran Khan will 

inaugurate the Hyderabad 

Express on November 15.” 

“It has been decided 

that the Lahore-Faisalabad 

train will travel till 

Multan," he said, adding 

"The Pakistan Railway 

Academy Walton will be 

turned into a university.” 

Rasheed added, “Retired 

contract employees will be 

RAWALPINDI: Punjab 

government has accorded 

approval afresh to water 

supply project under which 

water will be brought to 

Rawalpindi city from River 

Jhelum , Murree. 


reports, provincial minister 

Mian Mehmood Ur Rashid, 

Chairman RDA Arif 

Abbasi and Deputy 

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed addressing a press 

conference. 

Water Project for supplying water from 

River Jhelum to Rawalpindi approved 

SHAKARPUR: As 

many as 8 children got 

critically injured in a collision 

between school van 

and a tractor at Jacobabad 

Bypass in Shakarpur on 

Saturday. 

Commissioner overviewed 

this project after undertaking 

a visit of route of the 

project. 

70 million gallons 

water will be supplied to 

Rawalpindi city daily under 

this project. 

More than 3 kilometer 

water pipe lines will be laid 

under this project. 

Pipelines are already 

A collision happened 

between school van and a 

tractor on Saturday at 

Jacobabad Bypass, when 

tractor lost control while 

mounting a height and hit 

straight with school van 

available as per requirements 

and generators have 

also been purchased. 

This project is aimed at 

supplying water to Murree 

and Kotli Sattian after 

bringing it from River 

Jhelum Kohala. 

In order to reduce the 

estimated cost this water 

will be thrown in the Rawal 

dam through bigger pipe 

School van-tractor collision 

leaves 8 school children injured 

due to which 8 children got 

critically injured. They 

were shifted to Shakarpar 

hospital for initial medical 

assistance where doctor 

declared the condition of 

three children as serious. 

PESHAWAR: Students and visitors take keen interest at stall during Awareness 

Exhibition Ceremony held at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines Headquarters. 

PML-N MNA, brother held for 

using stolen electricity 

GUJRAT: The Water 

and Power Development 

Authority (WAPDA) on 

Saturday arrested a PML- 

N MNA Nasir Bosaal and 

his brother for allegedly 

using stolen electricity at 

their farm house. 

The local Wapda team 

along with the local police 

raided the farm house of 

PML-N MNA Nasir Bosal 

and his brother Akhtar 

Bosal in Gujrat and arrested 

six persons, including 

Bosal brothers red-handed. 

The police have registered 

a case against them 

under the relevant law. 

According to details, the 

Wapda team was informed 

by locals that the MNA is 

using electricity while 

direct connection with the 

main power supply line 

passing near his farm 

house. The team, however, 

arrested them red-handed 

after conducting a raid at 

the farm house. 

How a key protein boosts memory, 

learning in the adult brain 

ISLAMABAD: A protein 

that plays a key role in 

early neural development 

is also essential for learning 

and memory in the 

adult brain. 

The protein, called 

netrin, strengthens connections 

between brain cells. 

This is according to 

recent research led by the 

Montreal Neurological 

Institute and Hospital (The 

Neuro), a teaching and 

research institute of 

McGill University in 

Canada. 

Scientists already knew 

that netrin is essential for 

the development of the 

embryonic and infant 

brain, where it helps make 

connections between brain 

cells, or neurons. 

The recent research 

reveals that the protein 

also strengthens those neural 

connections, or synapses, 

in the adult brain's hippocampus, 

an area that is 

involved in memory and 

learning. 

The journal Cell 

Reports recently published 

a paper on the study, which 

the team conducted on 

cells from developing and 

adult rat brains. 

"It was a mystery," 

comments senior study 

author Dr. Timothy E. 

Kennedy, who runs a 

research laboratory at The 

Neuro, "why neurons 

would continue making 

netrin in the adult brain 

after all the connections 

had already been made in 

infancy." 

According to Dr. 

Kennedy, the scientists 

saw that a neuron releases 

netrin when it becomes 

active. The protein 

strengthens the connection 

to a neighboring neuron by 

signaling the two neurons 

to "make the synapse 

stronger." 

The recent study follows 

a long train of work 

that started nearly 7 

decades ago when Donald 

Hebb, a psychology professor 

at McGill 

University, proposed his 

ideas of how the brain 

learns and makes memories. 

line from junction meant 

for supplying water to 

Murree and Kotli Sattian. 

The network for providing 

water to Rawalpindi city 

and Cantt is already existing. 

Only Rs 260 million 

will be spent for supplying 

water to Rawal Dam from 

Murree, Kotli Sattian 

Junction. 

Woman killed 

for ‘honour’ 

in Swat 

SWAT: A woman was 

shot dead in Swat by 

unidentified men in the 

name of ‘honour’. 

According to details, 

the woman was travelling 

in a rickshaw when 

unknown assailants riding 

a motorbike arrived and 

sprayed the woman with 

bullets. 

She died on the spot. 

Terror gripped the locality 

after the attack and law 

enforcement personnel 

cordoned off the area to 

collect evidence of the 

murder. 

Police could only confirm 

that it was the case of 

‘honour killing’, adding 

they were further investigating 

it. 

The country adopted 

legislation against “honor 

killings” in 2016, introducing 

tough punishment and 

closing a legal loophole 

that had allowed killers to 

walk free if pardoned by 

family members. 

The law against the 

“honour killing” was 

approved during the joint 

sitting of the Parliament on 

October 6, 2016. Under the 

bill titled ‘The Anti- 

Honour Killing Laws 

(Criminal Amendment 

Bill) 2015’ stated that 

killing relatives of the victim 

would only be able to 

pardon the killer if he is 

sentenced to capital punishment. 

However, the culprit 

would still face a 

mandatory life sentence of 

twelve-and-a-half years. 

let go in a year’s time." 

The railways minister 

continued, “Ticket prices 

will increase from 

November 21 due to an 

increase in diesel prices. 

Further, the Rasheed said, 

that he can see the end of corrupt 

politicians in the coming 

year. "Many politicians have 

requested for a National 

Reconciliation Ordinance 

and one of them is Shehbaz 

Sharif." Pointing towards the 

money laundering case, 

Rasheed said, “Huge things 

are going to be uncovered 

from the ice-cream [falooda] 

vendor. The ice-cream vendor’s 

account will tell us who 

is profiting which can lead to 

great arrests in Sindh.” 

Three killed, seven 

injured in Pakpattan 

road crash 

PAKPATTAN: At least 

three people were killed and 

seven others sustained 

injuries as a speeding passenger 

bus rammed into a 

roadside tree at Sahiwal 

road here on Saturday. 

As per details, a passenger 

bus heading to 

Faisalabad from Fort Abbas 

collided with a tree at 

Sahiwal road this morning, 

resulting in death of three 

passengers including two 

women, while seven other 

passengers were wounded 

in the mishap. 

The injured and the bodies 

were transported to 

Taluka Headquarters 

Hospital (THQ) Arifwala. 

In another road crash 

incident on November 8, at 

least eight people lost their 

lives and 20 others including 

children and women 

were injured in a collision 

between a passenger bus 

and trailer at Indus 

Highway near Dadu. 

The passenger bus was 

heading to Karachi from 

Larkana when the accident 

took place. 

Our Correspondent 

SHIKARPUR: A large 

number of residents of 

Mohalla Tharopur gathered 

and passed a resolution 

to settle down the 

issues including low gas 

pressure, prolonged power 

outages, and others core 

problems being faced by 

them with self help basis 

The 

federal government 

announced on Saturday 

that it will officially celebrate 

the month of Rabiul 

Awwal. 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry 

announced the government’s 

decision on Twitter. 

“The government will 

celebrate the month of 

Rabiul Awwal officially. 

The information ministry 


National 

Alameen (S.A.W.W) 

Conference,” Chaudhry 

tweeted. 

On November 6, the 

federal government had 

announced that will host a 

has chalked-out programs 

in this regard. Prime 

Minister Imran Khan will 

inaugurate 

the 

International Rahmatul-lil- 

two-day Khatm-e- 

Nabuwat (Peace Be Upon 

Him) Conference in 

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Govt to officially celebrate 

month of Rabiul Awwal: Fawad 

ISLAMABAD: “Despite 

the fact that free vaccination 

is available in Pakistan, preventable 

disease Pneumonia 

is killing as many as 92,000 

children annually under-5- 

years of age”, revealed by 

leading pediatricians in a 

statement to mark upcoming 

World Pneumonia Day on 

November 12. 

According to the World 

Health Organization estimates, 

pneumonia accounts 

for 16% of the total child 

deaths making it the leading 

killer of children less than 5 

years of age Globally. 

‘Globally, Pneumonia 

accounts for more than 

920,000 deaths among children 

under- 5. An estimated 

99 percent of children who 

die of pneumonia live in 

developing countries. 

Dr. Tabish Hazir, Former 

Head of Pediatrics at PIMS 

said, “Pneumonia is a form 

acute respiratory infection 

that affects the lungs. 

‘Children under five with 

severe cases of pneumonia 

may struggle to breathe, with 

their chests moving in or 

retracting during inhalation 

(known as ‘lower chest wall 

in drawing’). 

Young infants may suffer 

convulsions, unconsciousness, 

hypothermia, lethargy 

and feeding problem.” 

‘Pneumonia is caused by 

a number of infectious 

agents, including viruses, 

Islamabad, which will be 

attended by Imam-e- 

Ka'aba, vice chancellor of 

Al-Azhar University, 

Mufti of Syria, and scholars 

from Iraq and Tunisia. 

The religious scholars 

attending the two-day conference 

will highlight different 

aspects of the holy 

life of Hazrat Muhammad 

(PBUH), according to a 

statement issued from the 

PM's office. 

Pneumonia kills 92,000 children 

under 5 annually in Pakistan 

bacteria and fungi. 

The most common bacterial 

causes of pneumonia 

amongst children include: 

Streptococcus pneumoniae 

and Haemophilus influenzae 

type b (Hib),’ said Dr. 

Tabish. He said, “Preventing 

children from developing 

pneumonia in the first place 

is critical to reducing its 

death toll. Fortunately 

Pneumococcal conjugate 

vaccine (pneumonia vaccine) 

was introduced in 

Pakistan’s EPI program in 

October, 2012, and this 

achievement made Pakistan 

to become the first South 

Asian country to include 

PCV in its national immunization 

program. 

LARKANA: Members of Chandio Community block road burns tyres as they are holding 

protest demonstration against high handedness of police department, at Jinnah Bagh road. 

Residents of the Mohalla gather to settle down 

the outstanding problems with self help basis 

LAHORE: Lahore High 

Court (LHC) Chief Justice 

Muhammad Anwaarul Haq 

inaugurated the first-ever 

evening court in Lahore at 

Judicial Complex. Justice 

Sardar Muhammad Shamim 

Khan, Justice Muhammad 

Farrukh Irfan Khan, Justice 

Athir Mahmood, Justice 

Muzamil Khtar Shabir, 

Justice Shakil-ur-Rehman 

Khan, Punjab Bar Council 

without any difference of 

creed, colour and politics 

to reach up to the mark, 

here on Saturday. 

The participants of the 

mohalla assured the meeting 

who would unite and 

play their pivotal role to 

resolved the outstanding 

issues of Mohalla because 

of elected representative 

Vice Chairman Bushra 

Qamar, Lahore Bar 

Association President Malik 

Arshad, District and 

Sessions Judge Lahore Abid 

Hussain Qureshi, Senior 

Civil Judge Lahore Shakeeb 

Imran, civil judges and a 

large number of lawyers 

were present. 

The model Guardian 

Court will deal with the 

cases of minors’ custody, 

have failed to fulfill its 

promise made by them 

before election due to 

which they have compelled 

to settle down the 

outstanding problems with 

self help basis for the larger 

interests of the people 

of the Mohalla. 

Shafique Sanjrani, 

Moran Khan Sanjrani, 

especially in order to keep 

the children of separated parents 

away from traditional 

environment of courts. 

The pilot project has 

been initiated from Lahore 

and the evening court will 

work from 2 p.m to 7p.m. 

The project will be extended 

to 36 other districts if 

required for expeditious 

decision of family cases 

under the West Pakistan 

Ghulam Qadir Kaladi, 

Abdul Sattar Soomro, 

Shahab uddin Sanjrani, 

Saleem Odho, Nasim 

Bukhari, Kashif Odho, 

Asghar Chohan, Yasir 

Shah and others attended 

the meeting and ensured 

their full support to 

resolve the issues of 

Mohalla. 

LHC CJ inaugurates first-ever evening court 

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

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

at Murree Road. 


Islamabad police on 

Saturday imposed a ban on 

the ride of heavy bikes in 

the residential areas. 

According to detail, the 

heavy bikers are prohibited 

to ride the bikes from 9 pm 

to 6 am in residential areas. 


Islamabad traffic police 

official ban has been 

imposed after the people 

complained. The residents 

complained about noise 

pollution and traffic hindrance 

caused by heavy 

bikers. 

Federal Capital police 

has also run advertisements 

on social media in 

Family CourtsAct, 1964 and 

the Guardians & Wards Act, 

1890 to secure the welfare of 

the minors and protect the 

best interest of the litigant 

public. Speaking on the 

occasion, LHC Chief Justice 

Muhammad Anwaarul Haq 

said that he was connected 

with this profession for the 

past 40 years and had 

worked with almost all sorts 

of courts and tribunals. 

Capital police imposes 

ban on heavy bikes ride 

this respect and directed 

police officials to conduct 

the immediate challan 

those who violate the rules. 

The bikers have been 

racing on the signal free 

corridors of Kashmir Road 

and Islamabad Expressway 

every day. The ban on 

heavy bikes will be strictly 

implemented in residential 

areas. 

It was worth mentioned 

here that heavy bikers 

come on Federal Capital 

highways during night in 

groups. Federal Capital 

residents complained 

about noise pollution and 

traffic hindrance caused by 

heavy bikers.

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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI 

OPINION 

Greetings to our 

Prophet (PBUH) 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

The Prophet 

M u h a m m a d 

brought about a 

nation and a civilization 

that in a relatively very 

short space of time won 

the prime position 

amongst all other nations. 

The Muslims attained such 

achievement so long as they 

adhered to the teachings of the Prophet 

Muhammad. Today even though the Muslims are 

numerous, they do not occupy the eminent station 

amongst the nations anymore, because they did 

not adhere to “the two momentous things” that 

the Prophet Muhammad left behind for them. The 

Muslim nation may still be a candidate to lead 

mankind to bliss and prosperity if they ensure to 

adhere to the teachings of the Prophet 

Muhammad and his successors. According to 

many Prophetic teachings and traditions the Holy 

Quran and the Ahl al-Bayt are considered as the 

two inseparable and complementary components 

of the divine message. Towards the end of his 

life, the Messenger of Allah often used to say: “I 

leave with ye the two momentous things - the 

book of Allah and my kin the people of my Ahl 

al-Bayt. As long as ye adhere to them both ye will 

never go astray after me.”From early days, the 

Prophet gradually established an Islamic system 

of governance and a way of life. In its first years, 

the nascent Muslim community in Medina had to 

contend with a number of attacks and onslaughts 

by the Quraysh and their allies. The Prophet used 

every opportunity to teach the Muslims the right 

code of conduct for a Muslim in times of war and 

peace; from personal and ethical qualities they 

must aspire for, to social, political and fiscal policies. 

What a joyous month it is on the Islamic calendar, 

the month of Rabi’ulAwwal. It is the 

month that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon 

him) was born. The Prophet (peace be upon him) 

brought light and guidance to the people of 

Arabia, and to the world, leading them to the worship 

of one God, after they had been worshipping 

idols. 

Muhammad (peace be upon him) put an end to 

the ignorant practices that existed in the Arabian 

Peninsula at the time, such as: rampant prostitution, 

treating women as a commodity, tribal pride, 

revenge, infanticide (burying newborn baby girls 

alive), and alcoholism. 

This indeed is a happy month. All Muslims 

worldwide should commemorate the Prophet’s 

birth and his life by reviving the tradition that 

many Muslims have neglected, and that is sending 

peace and blessings upon our Prophet every 

day ten times, a hundred times, two hundred 

times. We have become too preoccupied with our 

day-to-day affairs that we have forgotten this 

important act of worship. 

Muslims should incorporate this practice in 

their daily habits and routines. 

The well known scholar, Al-Albani, wrote in 

his prologue to the book Merits of Sending 

Blessings Upon the Prophet by Ismail bin Ishaq 

Al-Qadi: 

“Multiply the number of times that you say, 

‘May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon 

Muhammad.’ Say this at all times of the day. 

Each time you say it, in return Allah will send 

blessings upon you, raise your status, increase 

your good deeds, erase some of your bad deeds, 

and lighten the burden of the worries that you 

carry, regarding this world and the Hereafter.” 

Imagine this; your greetings of peace and 

blessings reach the Prophet. Although the 

Prophet (peace be upon him) cannot hear us in the 

physical sense, the angels inform him of our 

greetings and prayers. 

Make a special effort on Fridays to increase 

the number of times that you say, “May the peace 

and blessings of Allah descend upon 

Muhammad.” 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to his 

companions, “On Fridays recite the salawat 

(peace and blessings) for me repeatedly! The 

salawat will be conveyed to me.” When it was 

asked whether it would be conveyed to him after 

his death, the Prophet answered, 

“Soil does not rot Prophets’ bodies. Whenever 

a Muslim says the salawat for me, an angel 

informs me of it and says, “So-and-so’s son, soand-so 

of your ummah sent his salaam and 

prayed for you.’” (Abu Dawood) 

After performing each of the five daily 

prayers, remain seated on your prayer rug just for 

a couple of minutes, before rushing off to the 

never-ending tasks of your day, and repeat it ten 

times: peace and blessings be upon Muhammad. 

If you are with a group of friends, talking 

together, when you part remind one another to 

say this prayer. When you enter the mosque and 

when you leave it, mention the peace and blessings 

upon Muhammad. Over the dinner table with 

your family and children, mention this prayer 

upon the Prophet. 

Whoever hears the mention of the Prophet and 

does not say ‘peace be upon him’ is miserly. 

As for the benefits that you will gain by mentioning 

peace and blessings upon the Prophet, 

there are plenty. 

So, what are the merits that we gain and why 

is it so important to say, “May the peace and 

blessings of Allah be upon you, O Muhammad,”? 

One of the companions of the Prophet (peace 

be upon him), Abu Talha, noticed that the 

Prophet’s face was lit, and he appeared very 

happy. Abu Talha said to the Prophet (peace be 

upon him), “O Messenger of Allah! I see joy and 

delight in your countenance!” 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Yes, 

for Gabriel has just come to me saying: O 

Muhammad, whoever among your ummah 

invokes blessings upon you once, Allah records 

for him ten good deeds, erases from his account 

ten evil deeds, and raises him ten degrees because 

of it.” (Al-Sakhawi) 

Simply by mentioning the Prophet’s name and 

wishing him peace and blessings, we can earn so 

many good deeds. 

A close companion of the Prophet, Abdur 

Rahman ibn Awf said that he had once asked the 

Prophet (peace be upon him), “O Messenger of 

Allah! You made a prostration so long that I was 

afraid that Allah has taken your soul during it. 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Gabriel 

came to me and gave me the glad tiding that 

Allah, the Praised and Exalted, says: “He who 

sends salat on you, I will send salat on him, and 

he who greets you I will greet him”, so I made a 

long prostration out of gratitude to Allah. 

(Ahmad) 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) has said, 

“The closest people to me on the Day of 

Resurrection will be those who invoked the most 

blessings upon me.” (At-Tirmidhi) 

Muslims wish that they could have seen the 

Prophet’s face, heard him speak, and stood 

behind him in prayer. We wish that we will see 

the Prophet (peace be upon him) and be close to 

him in the Hereafter. By invoking peace and 

blessings upon the Prophet, we can earn his companionship. 

Excerpts from a poem by NovidShaid 

Prayers On The Prophet by NovidShaid 

O Allah! 

Send Your peace and prayers upon him 

And upon his companions and kin, 

By the number of letters that were ever typed 

or written 

In every alphabet of every language from the 

beginning 

On palm leaves, palm tops, leaves of paper and 

on rocks 

On every screen, scroll, sign, tablet, journal or 

box, 

On every sheet of paper, cardboard, metal, 

whatever size, 

From the day You made this life 

To the end when we arise 

Every day a thousand times! 

O Allah! 


And upon his companions and kin 

By the number of tears shed by grieving lovers 

And the hungry cries of babies for their mothers 

By the number of embraces between brothers 

In the number of confiding words between sisters 

And the smiles of rejoicing new fathers 

In the number of sweets offered by grandfathers 

And the doting glances of grandmothers 




O Allah! 


And upon his companions and kin 

By the number of every glorious sunrise in the 

east 

And the number of every haunting sunset in 

the west 

By the number of clouds that ever covered the 

sky 

And the number of stars that ever twinkled in 

the night sky 

Of every drop of rain, snow or sleet the sun 

ever dried. 




Two women arrested at Islamabad 

airport for smuggling heroin 

ISLAMABAD: Two 

women travelling to 

Madina were caught 

smuggling heroin at the 

Islamabad airport. The 

Taxila police also arrested 

three narcotic dealers. 

The Anti-Narcotics 

Force at the Islamabad 

Airport caught two women 

trying to smuggle narcotics 

to Madina, Saudi 

Arabia. The women, identified 

as Shamim Bibi and 

Asma Riasat, each swallowed 

40 capsules loaded 

with heroin. 

The women were travelling 

on a private airline 

and going for Umrah. 

The ANF arrested them 

both. On the other hand, 

the Taxila police is cracking 

down against narcotic 

Our Correspondent 

S H I K A R P U R : 

Shikarpur district police 

have convened one day 

seminar pertaining modern 

investigation techniques to 

aware all investigation officers 

of district Shikarpur, 

here on Saturday. 

The 

Senior 

Superintendent of Police 

Shikarpur Sajid Ameer 

Saddozi was chief guest 

while ASP Shikarpur 

Farooque Amjad was honorable 

guest. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

the SSP Shikarpur and 

the ASP Shikarpur highlighted 

the importance of 

modern investigation techniques 

and expressed their 

experience and directed 

them to implement over the 

standard rules of investigation 

so that justice could be 

served and real suspect 

should be punished. 

DSP Shikarpur Khalid 

Mangiro, was also shared 

dealers. They seized 1,000 

litres of alcohol and arrested 

two bootleggers. 

In a separate raid, the 

Investigation techniques, 

on day seminar holds 

M A. Rehmani 

MIRPURKHAS: The 

141st birth anniversary of 

national poet Allama 

Muhammad Iqbal was celebrated 

here on sataday with 

zeal and fervour. a colourfull 

event by Faisal Zai 

President all private 

schools management assocation 

Mirpurkhas at local 

school auditorium 

Mirpurkhas , in which rich 

tribute was paid to poet of 

the east. 

President of All Private 

Schools, Faisal Khan zai 

presented impressive goals 

on the basis of the program 

and thanked all the guests. 

Speakers on the occasion, 

Major Retired Masroor 

Bags , Professor Yaqoob , 

Professor Naveed , Prof. 

Chandomal , Mr. Ghulam 

Nabi Chandiga and other 

speakers addresses to the 

ceremony about their 

address regarding Iqbal's 

talk and philosophy. Zahid 

kk , Mohammad Masood 

Abbas , Professor Aceem 

Akhtar. 

in Poetry , speeches , 

his experience with 

Investigation Officers on 

the occasion. 

Later, SSP Shikarpur 

put out a press release 

wherein he stated that 

investigation officers of 

Shikarpur are well trained 

and discharging their 

duties with honestly but 

knowing every aspect 

regarding modern techniques 

is important for all 

investigation officers, read 

statement. 

APSMA, set to celebrate 

‘Iqbal Day’ with zeal and fervour 

22 clinics of quakes 

sealed in TMK 

TANDO MUHAMMAD 

KHAN: As many as 22 

clinics of quakes were 

sealed here during an operation 

against quackery. 

On to the orders of apex 

court district admisntration 

officers raided in different 

areas including Hyder 

Colony, Nasarpur, Laghari 

Stop ,Dhando, Moya and 

Gharani Moori and sealed 

some 22 clinics and 1 medical 

store of quakes. 

2 Chinese 

engineers injured 

in road mishap 

MORO: Two Chinese 

engineers were slightly 

injured in a road mishap 

near here. Rescue sources 

a car going to Karachi 

collided with another car 

on Daulatpur Bypass near 

here. 

As a result two Chinese 

engineers were slightly 

injured. However, they 

were given first-aid before 

being discharged. 

ISLAMABAD: Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Minister for 

Tourism Muhammad Atif 

Khan says the government 

has identified fifteen tourist 

spots for the promotion of 

tourism in the province. 

students competition's was 

held between various 

School,s of district 

Mirpurkhas of Allama 

Iqbal through his talent and 

Kalam Iqbal the competition 

. The first position in 

the appointment was 

Shahbaz, Fahima Ahmed of 

the age group of Public 

High School, Air Force 

Foundation Hania Ismail 

and Swam-e-Iqbal High 

School. Thanks . in this ceremony 

attend a large no,s 

of people,s , Journalists , 

teachers , and other's. 

police arrested Bilal Amin 

and seized 1.5kg of charas. 

Shortage of insulin 

irks Diabetics patients 

in holy family hospital 

RAWALPINDI: The 

shortage of insulin in Holy 

family hospital Rawalpindi 

has become a sources of 

embarrassment for poor 

diabetic’s patients. 

They are forced to buy 

insulin from private medical 

stores on higher rates. 

As per media reports, 

there is shortage of insulin 

in Holy family hospital for 

past two months. After surfacing 

of insulin scandal in 

Benazir Bhutto hospital, 

the insulin is being purchased 

in less quantity due 

to which patients have to 

face difficulties in acquiring 

insulin. 

The condition in DHQ 

hospital is satisfactory as 

Insulin is available for 

patients here. Diabetic’s 

disease is rising to alarming 

proportion day by day 

and non availability of 

insulin in an allied hospital 

has raised question mark 

on the tall claims of administration 

regarding uninterrupted 

provision of medicines 

to poor patients. 

Smuggled 

diesel seized 

near Jacobabad 

JACOBABAD: Customs 

seized Iranian smuggled oil 

in raid near here. The 

Customs took action on Thul 

Road and intercepted an oiltanker 

truck (TKT101) 

going from Quetta to 

Karachi, with 40000 liters of 

smuggled high-speed diesel. 

Customs Police Chowki 

Jacobabad incharge Aziz 

Katpar said on secret information 

they took action 

and recovered 40 thousand 

liters of diesel from a hidden 

tank inside truck but 

driver managed to flee. 

15 spots identified to 

promote tourism 

In an exclusive interview, 

he said these spots are located 

in Malakand, Hazara and 

Mardan Divisions. Atif 

Khan said facilities at the 

existing tourist resorts are 

also being enhanced to facilitate 

tourists. 

He said one million 

tourists visited these tourist 

resorts last year while three 

million tourists are expected 

to visit these areas during the 

current year. 

HYDERABAD: Water Commission Chairman, Justice (Retd) Ameer Hani Muslim 

inspecting cleaning drive during his visit, at Rani Bagh Park in Hyderabad.

Trump, Macron agree on European 

defense after European army spat 

PARIS: France’s 

Emmanuel Macron and 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump agreed on Saturday 

on the need for Europe to 

bear more of the burden 

for defense, papering over 

an earlier Trump tweet that 

described Macron’s call 

for a European army as 

“very insulting”. 

Meeting for talks at the 

Elysee ahead of commemorations 

to mark the 100th 

anniversary of the end of 

World War One, Macron 

welcomed Trump with a 

firm handshake, but there 

appeared to be less immediate 

warmth between 

them than in the past. 

Seated on gilded chairs, 

Macron placed his hand on 

Trump’s knee and referred 

to him as “my friend”, while 

Trump too sought to find 

NEW DELHI: Air quality 

has been deteriorating 

common ground on an issue 

that has caused friction. 

“We want a strong 

over recent weeks in 

India’s capital New Delhi 

Europe, it’s very important 

to us, and whichever way 

we can do it the best and 

as farmers burn crop 

residue in neighboring 

states and the smoke combines 

with industrial and 

vehicular emissions. 

The festival of Diwali 

on Wednesday, when revelers 

set off firecrackers late 

into the night, pushed pollution 

to levels that federal 

government agencies call 

“very poor” or “severe”, 

and hazardous to health. 

Reuters set up a camera 

on top of the Delhi bureau 

more efficient would be 

something we both want,” 

said Trump. “We want to 

A window into the deadly pollution in India's capital 

‘Islamic State claims responsibility 

for Melbourne terror attack’ 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: An 

attacker who stabbed a 

man to death in a terrorist 

incident in central 

Melbourne was known to 

federal intelligence authorities 

and police. 

One man was killed and 

two others were injured in 

the attack in Bourke Street 

which began at about 4 pm 

yesterday. 

The 31-year-old attacker 

was shot in the chest by 

police and died in hospital. 

Victoria Police 

Commissioner Graham 

Ashton said police would 

not reveal the attacker's 

name at this stage, but said 

he was known by officers 

largely because of members 

of his family. 

"We are treating this as 

a terrorist incident." 

"Initially that person didn't 

have any identification on 

them but we believe we 

now have confirmation of 

the identity of that person," 

Ashton said. 

Ashton said the counter-terrorism 

unit was 

investigating and revealed 

he'd come to Australia 

from Somalia in the 1990s, 

lived in Melbourne's 

northwest and was known 

to police through relatives 

who were persons of interest. 

Islamic State (IS) 

claimed responsibility for 

the attack late on Friday 

night, saying on the 

group's Amaq news website 

that one of its fighters 

carried out the attack, but 

providing no evidence for 

the claim. 

The 31-year-old began 

his rampage by setting fire to 

a car before going after 

members of the public. 

The car contained several 

barbecue-style gas bottles, 

which hampered attempts to 

extinguish the blaze quickly. 

The video shows the man 

wielding a knife and attacking 

a group of police officers 

near the intersection of 

Swanston Street. He had 

stabbed three other people 

before attacking police. One 

of the victims died at the 

scene and he is yet to be formally 

identified. 

"Our thoughts are with a 

brave Tasmanian, Rod 

Patterson, his family and 

friends. A nicer bloke you 

wouldn’t meet. It’s not surprising 

he would step in to 

help others. We all wish him 

well," he said. 

Prime Minister Scott 

Morrison praised the bravery 

of the police and 

bystanders and said 

Australia would 'never be 

intimidated by these 

appalling attacks and go 

about our lives and enjoy the 

freedoms the terrorists 

detest. 

Premier Daniel Andrews 

described the attack as an 

"evil, terrifying thing". 

Police continue to urge 

the public to avoid the center 

of the city. Hundreds of officers 

and emergency services 

remain at the scene. 

An officer shot the 

attacker who was taken to 

Royal Melbourne Hospital 

under police guard, where 

he later died. He has been 

identified as someone 

known to police and who 

came to Australia from 

Somalia in the 1990s. 

Rains and floods kill eight in Jordan, 

force tourists to flee Petra 

AMMAN: Heavy rains 

and flooding killed at least 

eight people in Jordan and 

forced authorities to evacuate 

more then 3,700 

tourists from the ancient 

city of Petra on Friday, 

officials said. 

The visitors were taken 

to safe areas before flash 

floods inundated parts of 

the mountainous city famed 

for its carved rock ruins, 

government spokeswoman 

Jumana Ghunaimat said. 

Authorities declared a 

state of emergency in the 

Red Sea port city of Aqaba 

further south as downpours 

started in the afternoon. 

Civil defense divers 

searched for five people 

whose car was swept away 

by floods in the Madaba 

area, southwest of the capital, 

state news agency 

Petra said. 

A major highway that 

links Amman with the south 

was also closed. The government 

announced the closure 

of universities and 

schools on Saturday and 

mosques were opened to 

shelter civilians in areas hit 

by the floods. 

Two weeks ago, 21 people, 

mainly children, died 

after they were swept away 

in flash floods on a school 

outing in the Dead Sea 

region, in one of the country’s 

worst natural disasters 

in decades. 

Politicians and members 

of the public criticized the 

emergency services at the 

time, saying crews had been 

unprepared, and two ministers 

were forced to resign 

after a parliamentary committee 

found negligence. 

to capture the deterioration 

in air quality over the past 

few weeks in the city of 20 

million, described the 

World Health Organisation 

as the sixth-most polluted 

city in the world. 

The photographs, taken 

with a fixed camera, are 

matched with air quality 

data to illustrate the scale of 

the problem. Another series 

of photographs shows air 

quality at 11 a.m. each day 

from Oct 20 to Nov 8. 

Turkish air strikes 

'neutralize' 15 

Kurdish militants 

in Iraq: military 

ISTANBUL: Airstrikes 

by Turkish warplanes have 

“neutralised” 15 militants of 

the outlawed Kurdistan 

Workers Party (PKK) in 

northern Iraq, the military 

said on Twitter on Saturday, 

destroying hideouts and 

armories belonging to the 

group. The Turkish army 

uses the phrase neutralize 

when it has killed, captured 

or wounded combatants. 

The air strikes carried out 

on Friday targeted the Gara, 

Zap and Avasin-Basyan 

regions of northern Iraq, 

Turkish military said, adding 

that the militants were 

believed to be preparing to 

carry out an attack. 

“Fifteen armed members 

of the separatist terror organisation, 

who were in preparations 

for an attack to military 

bases, were neutralised, hideouts 

and armories were 

destroyed by air strikes carried 

out on Nov. 9,” the military 

said, using the term it 

applies to the PKK. 

Turkey regularly carries 

out air strikes against PKK 

targets in northern Iraq, 

where the group is based in 

the Qandil mountains. 

The PKK, considered a 

terrorist organization by the 

United States, the European 

Union and Turkey, has 

waged a three-decade insurgency 

in Turkey’s largely 

Kurdish southeast that has 

killed some 40,000 people. 

JAKARTA: Indonesia 

authorities said on Saturday 

they had stopped the search 

for victims of a plane crash 

that killed all 189 people on 

board, but would keep 

looking for the Lion Air 

flight’s second black box, 

the cockpit voice recorder. 

“There is nowhere left 

to search and we have 

stopped finding victims’ 

bodies,” Muhammad 

Syaugi, the head of the 

national search and rescue 

agency (Basarnas) told 

media. “We will limit our 

operations to monitoring.” 

The nearly new Boeing 

Co. 737 MAX passenger 

plane crashed into the sea 

on Oct. 29 just minutes 

help Europe but it has to be 

fair. Right now the burden 

sharing has been largely on 

the United States.” 

Macron echoed those 

sentiments, saying he wanted 

Europe to bear a greater 

share of the defense costs 

within NATO, a point he 

has made repeatedly since 

taking office, alongside 

calls for Europe to develop 

its own military capability. 

“That’s why I do believe 

my proposals for European 

defense are totally consistent 

with that,” Macron said 

in English. 

Fresh off U.S. congressional 

elections that saw 

his Republican Party’s 

power eroded, Trump is in 

Paris to bolster the U.S.- 

European alliance during 

the Armistice commemorations. 

Melbourne police 

see Islamic State 

'inspiration' 

behind stabbings 

MELBOURNE: An 

Australian man who set fire 

to a truck laden with gas 

cylinders in the center of 

Melbourne and stabbed one 

person to death was inspired 

by Islamic State but did not 

have direct links with the 

group, police said on 

Saturday. 

Police identified the man 

responsible for Friday’s 

attack as Somali-born 

Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 30, 

and said he was radicalized 

and inspired by the militant 

group’s propaganda. He was 

shot by police and died in 

hospital. 

Police said Shire Ali’s 

Australian passport was 

canceled in 2015 after an 

intelligence report he 

planned to travel to Syria, 

but an assessment was made 

that while he had radical 

views, he posed no threat to 

national security. 

Islamic State claimed 

responsibility for the attack, 

which came two days before 

Remembrance Day, marking 

100 years since the end 

of World War One, without 

providing any evidence. 

WASHINGTON: Saudi 

Arabia on Saturday requested 

the United States to halt 

refueling the Kingdom's aircraft 

fighting in the Yemen 

war. The Saudi press agency 

reported the Saudi-led coalition 

has increased its capability 

to independently conduct 

inflight refueling in the wartorn 

country. 

"As a result, in consultation 

with the United States, 

the Coalition has requested 

cessation of inflight refueling 

support for its operations in 

Yemen," it said in a statement. 

A decision on halting 

refueling the Saudi planes 

would have little impact on 

after taking off from 

Jakarta en route to Bangka 

island near Sumatra. 

Syaugi said 196 body 

NEW YORK: Rap legend 

Ice Cube released a 

new politically charged 

song with President Donald 

Trump squarely in the 

crosshairs. 

A cut from the gangsta 

rap pioneer's album set for 

a December 7 release, the 

song Arrest the President 

does not explicitly mention 

Trump but touches on some 

of his administration's 

scandals including its controversial 

immigration policies 

and the probe into collusion 

with Russia. "Arrest 

the president, you got the 

evidence/That is Russian 

intelligence/When it rains it 

pours," Ice Cube raps. 

"Did you know the new 

white was orange? Boy, 

you're showing your 

horns," the rapper continues, 

referring to Trump's 


International 

oft-mocked skin tone. 

"Let's meet at the White 

House/Run in and turn the 

lights out." 

The West Coast rapper 

5 

Rapper Ice Cube takes aim at 

Trump with new song 

MOGADISHU: The 

number of people killed 

when suicide bombers 

and gunmen struck a popular 

hotel in Somalia’s 

capital has risen to 39 

from the initial 22, police 

said on Saturday. 

Guards at the Sahafi 

hotel and the adjacent 

CID office opened fire 

after two suicide car 

bombs went off on Friday 

afternoon, A third explosion 

from a bomb placed 

in a three-wheeled “tuktuk” 

vehicle near the hotel 

also hit the busy street. 

“We have confirmed 

39 civilians died and 40 

had teased the new track on 

Tuesday as American voters 

cast ballots in the heated 

midterm election seen as a 

test of Trump's presidency. 

Death toll from Somalia 

hotel attack rises to 39 

bags containing human 

remains had been retrieved 

and 77 victims identified 

after forensic examination. 

LONDON: Britain may 

not be able to reach a 

divorce deal with the 

European Union because a 

number of contentious 

issues still stand in the 

way, trade minister Liam 

Fox said on Saturday. 

“We are seeing a difficult 

end to the negotiation,” 

he told Sky News. 

Asked what would 

happen if Britain failed to 

get its way over outstanding 

issues such as 

Northern Ireland, he said: 

“Well in that case we may 

not be able to reach an 

agreement with the 

European Union.” 

Authorities have downloaded 

data from one of the 

black boxes found last 

week, the flight data 

others were injured in 

yesterday’s blasts,” said 

Mohamed Hussein, a 

police officer in the city. 

“The death toll may 

rise because some people 

are still missing.” 

The militant Islamist 

group al Shabaab, linked 

to al Qaeda, claimed 

responsibility for the 

attack on the Hotel 

Sahafi, which is near the 

headquarters of Somalia’s 

Criminal Investigations 

Department (CID). 

Somalia has been 

engulfed by violence and 

lawlessness since dictator 

Mohamed Siad Barre was 

toppled in the early 

1990s. 

Fox says Britain may not get 

a deal with the EU 

US asked to stop refueling Saudi aircraft in Yemen war 

Saudi-led coalition increased its capability to conduct inflight 

refueling in war-torn country, Kingdom’s media says 

the fight, said the U.S. 

media, adding it would allow 

the U.S. administration to 

signal action against Saudi 

Arabia. 

According to the agency, 

the coalition hoped that the 

upcoming UN sponsored 

negotiations in a third country 

would lead to a negotiated 

settlement and see an end 

to the aggression by the 

Iranian-backed Houthi militias' 

against the Yemeni people 

and countries in the 

region, including the threat 

of ballistic missiles and 

unarmed aerial vehicles 

(UAVs). 

The move comes amid 

outrage by American lawmakers 

about the killing of 

Washington Post columnist 

Jamal Khashoggi at the 

Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. 

After offering vacillating 

explanations for Khashoggi's 

disappearance, Riyadh has 

acknowledged he was killed 

in a fist fight after he entered 

the diplomatic facility. 

Khashoggi's body has not 

returned to his family despite 

calls for the Kingdom to do 

so amid speculation it was 

chemically dissolved. 

U.S. Defense Secretary 

James Mattis said the U.S. 

supported Riyadh decision 

for Washington to halt refueling 

of aircraft. 

Indonesia stops search for victims of Lion Air crash 

recorder, but are still looking 

for the cockpit voice 

recorder. 

Soearjanto Tjahjono, the 

head of the transportation 

safety committee (KNKT), 

said finding the voice 

recorder would be critical 

to understanding the cause 

of the crash. 

“From the black box 

data, we know about 70-80 

percent of what happened 

but to 100-percent understand 

the cause of the accident... 

we need be able to 

know the conversation that 

took place in the plane’s 

cockpit,” he said, declining 

to elaborate on what the 

flight data recorder had 

revealed.

6 


Biz 

Tax courts being 

established for speedy 

trial of tax cases: Asad 


Finance Minister Asad 

Umar has said that an 

amount of one billion dollars 

from Saudi Arabia 

will be received by 

Pakistan within a couple 

of days. 

In a meeting with 

industrialists at Overseas 

Chamber of Commerce 

and later talking to media 

in Karachi on Saturday, he 

said tax courts are being 

established for speedy trial 

of tax cases as the case 

regarding 1300 billion 

rupees tax are currently 

under trial in courts. 

Asad Umar said that 

FATF is serious issue and 

there is hope of progress 

in January next year in the 

issue. 

He stressed on the need 

for improving tax collecting 

machinery. 

The Minister said 

Hundi and other illegal 

methods of bringing 

money have caused 

immense damage to the 

country. 

He said there are assets 

of four thousand 

Pakistanis in Dubai, while 

ninety-seven thousand 

Pakistanis also possess 

properties in other countries 

of the world as well. 

SRO 1305 to backtrack financial inclusion, 

encourage cash economy: Makda 

KARACHI: President 

of the Karachi Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry 

(KCCI) Junaid Esmail 

Makda, while strongly 

opposing the issuance of 

SRO 1305 (I) 2018 by 

Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR), stated that by giving 

access to account holders 

info under the said 

SRO, efforts being made 

for financial inclusion will 

be backtracked because it 

would encourage cash 

economy due to fear of 

harassment. 

In a statement, Makda 

pointed out that under this 

SRO, FBR had prescribed 

a Cash Withdrawal 

Statement for banks to 

report information of persons 

who have withdrawn 

cash exceeding Rs 50,000 

in a day and taxes deduction 

thereon for filers and 

non-filers, aggregating to 

Rs1 million or more during 

the month. 

“Instead of seeking 

information of both filers 

and non-filers, it would 

have been appropriate to 

seek information of nonfilers 

only which would 

have encouraged non-filers 

to become filers, resulting 

in broadening the tax net of 

the country,” he added. 

Referring to Karachi 

Chamber’s clear stance 

against the massive discretionary 

powers to FBR, 

President KCCI stated that 

the present government has 

assured from time to time 

that no harassment will be 

made either by FBR or FIA 

but such SROs may lead to 

further harassment to the 

masses, including the 

members of the business 

and industrial community. 

He said, “As we firmly 

believe in legislations, the 

Karachi Chamber has 

always vocally opposed the 

SRO culture which has to 

be ended as it only paves 

RAWALPINDI: A man prepares tawa qeema for the customers. 

way for harassment and 

corruption.” 

“If given access to 

account holders’ details, 

more avenues of corruption 

will open where tax officials 

will start making 

under the table money by 

harassing people and businesses,” 

he added. 

He urged the Ministry 

of Finance to withdraw the 

‘draconian’ provisions and 

laws which have extended 

immense discretionary 

powers to the officers of 

Inland Revenue. “We 

believe it is a core issue, 

resulting in loss of productivity 

and mental torture to 

the business community,” 

Junaid Makda said, “These 

laws have kept a large 

number of potential taxpayers 

out of the tax 

regime. In fact, these laws 

are a deterrent to broadening 

of tax-net and have 

resulted in promoting the 

culture of tax-evasion.” 

FBR issues Rs8.741bn sales tax refunds to 

739 claimants from export-oriented sectors 


Federal Board of Revenue 

(FBR) has released sales 

tax refunds of to Rs 8.741 

billion to some 739 

claimants from five 

export-oriented zero-rated 

sectors such as textiles, 

carpets, leather, sports 

goods and surgical instruments. 

The Bureau had issued 

an advice to the State Bank 

of Pakistan for making the 

payment of refunds to the 

exporters against 4,117 

refund payment orders 

issued up to November 8, 

2018, an FBR press statement 

said here Saturday. 

The refund payments 

would be transmitted electronically 

to the respective 

bank accounts of the 

claimants by the SBP by 

the close of banking hours 

on Monday, November 12, 

it added. 

The FBR said the payments 

had been made to all 

those claimants of the 

aforesaid categories, who 

had provided their bank 

account details in IBAN 

format. Those refund 

claimants, who had not 

provided account number 

in the IBAN format, 

should provide the same 

through their user ID on 

FBR’s web portal, it 

added. 

The statement said the 

FBR was conscious of the 

problems being faced by 

the businesses on account 

of outstanding refunds and 

was working on a plan to 

pay the remaining outstanding 

refund claims at 

the earliest. 

Dry fruit rates hike 

LARKANA: As winter 

weather is about to start the 

rates of dry fruit have skyrocketed 

in Larkana. 

In winter season, the 

consumption of dry fruits 

increases, but the poor and 

low-income people are getting 

affected with the 

increasing prices. 

In local market almonds 

are being sold from Rs1400 

to Rs1600 per kilogram, 

pistachio from Rs2400 to 

Rs2600, walnuts Rs1200 to 

Rs1400, dried figs Rs1400 

to Rs1600 and cashew nut 

from Rs1600 to Rs2000 per 

kilogram. 

Due to increasing prices, 

public is unhappy with the 

sellers. It is demanded by 

them to keep a strict price 

control in the district. 

Govt lauded for 

empowering 

ADRCs 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Islamabad Tax Bar 

Association (RITBA) on 

Saturday lauded the government 

for improving 

rules for Alternate Dispute 

Resolution 

(ADRCs) which will facilitate 

taxpayers as well as 

the tax collectors. 

The move to empower 

ADRCs will provide relief 

to taxpayers and reduce litigation 

thereby lessening 

the burden on the courts 

and the tax administration, 

it said. 

The out-of-court settlement 

of tax disputes has 

become an important part 

of the tax system around 

the world while it was not 

effective in Pakistan until 

recently resulting in many 

problems, said Syed 

Tauqeer Bukhari, President 

of RITBA. 

He said that revenue of 

over Rs1.276 trillion is 

stuck at different stages of 

litigation in 31,098 cases 

which is part of the numerous 

challenges the tax system 

is facing. 

Syed Tauqeer Bukhari 

said that it is very important 

to understand the reasons 

for such a high number 

of cases against the 

FBR so that tax collection 

can be improved which is 

dismally low. 

QUETTA: People are buying clothes from a roadside setup outside Ayub Stadium. 

SAARC CCI Pakistan chapter cancels Chennai’s 

visit due to Indian hostility towards Pakistan 

LAHORE: SAARC 

CCI Pakistan chapter cancelled 

Committees 

its three-day visit to 

India at the eleventh's hour 

to participate in the 76th 

executive meeting of 

SAARC chamber, commencing 

from Nov 10 in 

Chennai India due its hostility 

towards Pakistan 

especially in regard of sabotaging 

19th SAARC 

Summit which slowed 

down the pace of regional 

cooperation and integration. 

Talking to media here 


Ahmed Hassan 

Moughal, President, 

Islamabad Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry 

has called upon the government 

to give more 

focus to the furniture 

industry which has great 

potential to promote 

business activities and 

exports. 

He said Pakistan has 

huge scope for producing 

high quality furniture 

products as its many 

regions were known for 

NEW YORK: Apple Inc 

said on Friday it had found 

some issues affecting some 

of its iPhone X and 13-inch 

MacBook pro products and 

said the company would fix 

them free of charge. 

The repair offers are the 

latest in a string of product 

quality problems over the 

past year even as Apple has 

raised prices for most of its 

laptops, tablets and phones 

to new heights. Its top-end 

iPhones now sell for as 

much as $1,449 and its best 

iPad goes for as much as 

$1,899. 

Apple said displays on 

iPhone X, which came out in 

2017 with a starting price of 

$999, may experience touch 

issues due to a component 

failure, adding it would 

replace those parts for free. 

The company said it only 

affects the original iPhone 

X, which has been superseded 

by the iPhone XS and XR 

released this autumn. 

The screens on affected 

phones may not respond correctly 

to touch or it could 

react even without being 

touched, the Cupertino, 

California-based company 

on Saturday, SAARC CCI 

Senior Vice President 

(SVP) Iftikhar Ali Malik 

said Prime Minister Imran 

Khan’s maiden speech 

after assuming premiership 

reflected Pakistan’s 

foreign policy towards 

India as Imran said if India 

would take one step, 

Pakistan would take two 

steps forward to normalize 

relations for the betterment 

of the poor strata of the 

region. “But India’s Prime 

Minister Modi response 

was arrogant and negative 

exquisite woodwork and 

carving. He said if the 

government paid more 

attention to this industry 

and provided support, 

this industry could make 

significant contribution 

to improving exports of 

the country. He was 

inaugurating Pakistan 

Lifestyle and Furniture 

Expo as Honorable 

Guest that was organized 

by Furniture Pakistan 

and Event Mania at 

Islamabad. 

Ahmed 

Hassan 

said. 

For the 13-inch 

MacBook Pro computers, it 

said an issue may result in 

data loss and failure of the 

storage drive. Apple said it 

would service those affected 

drives. 

Moughal said that the 

global furniture market 

was reportedly valued at 

over USD 331 billion in 

2017 and was expected 

to reach around USD 

472 billion by 2024. 

However, Pakistan’s 

share in this huge market 

was quite nominal and 

stressed that there was an 

urgent need to chalk out 

a comprehensive strategy 

to explore international 

market for boosting 

exports of Pakistan’s 

world-class furniture 

Only a limited number of 

128GB and 256GB solidstate 

drives in 13-inch 

MacBook Pro units sold 

between June 2017 and June 

2018 were affected, Apple 

said apple.co/2AXkeEw on 

its website. 

which marred another sincere 

effort of Pakistan 

towards normalization of 

relationship,” adding he 

said India missed a goodwill 

gesture from Pakistan 

side as relationship 

between two countries is 

reciprocal and one cannot 

run this on one way traffic 

as there is always two way 

traffic to strengthen the 

relations between the 

neighboring countries. 

He further said despite 

the “unfortunate cancellation” 

of the planned meeting 

of foreign ministers on 

the sidelines of the United 

Nations General Assembly 

in New York, Pakistan 

showed leniency and ready 

to open the border for 

Indian pilgrims to access 

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in 

Kartarpur. “India will have 

to decide on the future 

course of engagement with 

Pakistan but Islamabad is 

ready to discuss all outstanding 

issues as it 

believes wars and hostility 

provide no solution,” he 

added. 

ICCI for focusing on furniture industry to promote exports 

products. 

He emphasized that 

the government should 

cooperate with furniture 

manufacturers and 

exporters in organizing 

exhibitions in foreign 

countries that would help 

in promoting Pakistan’s 

exports in international 

market. 

He said Pakistani foreign 

missions should 

also explore potential of 

Pakistani furniture products 

in their respective 

countries. 

Apple finds quality problems in some 

iPhone X and MacBook models 

OSLO: Norway said it 

was freezing all defence 

material export licences 

to Saudi Arabia over 

recent developments in 

the country and the war 

in Yemen. 

The announcement 

came amid international 

outrage over Riyadh's 

killing of Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi in the 

kingdom's consulate in 

Istanbul in October, 

though Norway did not 

mention the murder 

specifically. 

"We have decided 

that, in the current situation, 

no new licences are 

to be granted for exports 

of defence-related products 

or dual-use items for 

military use to Saudi 

Arabia," Foreign 

Minister Ine Eriksen 

Soreide said in a statement. 

"The decision was 

taken after an overall 

assessment of recent 

developments in Saudi 

Arabia and the region, 

and the unpredictable situation 

in Yemen," the 

foreign ministry said. 

Norway sold defence 

material worth more than 

41 million kroner ($4.86 

million, 4.29 million 

euros) to Riyadh last 

year, according to 

Norwegian news agency 

NTB. 

The Scandinavian 

country has never 

allowed exports of arms 

or ammunition to Saudi 

Arabia, the ministry said. 

It said it had no indication 

that Norwegian 

defence-related products 

were being used in 

Yemen, and stressed its 

decision was "precautionary". 

Saudi Arabia leads a 

coalition that intervened 

in Yemen in 2015 to support 

the government 

there against Houthi 

rebels who are backed by 

Riyadh's arch enemy 

Iran. 

The coalition has been 

waging an aerial bombing 

campaign in Yemen 

aimed at pushing the 

Houthis back, but the 

rebels still hold the key 

port city of Hodeida and 

the capital Sanaa. 

Last year, Apple began a 

massive battery replacement 

program after it conceded 

that a software update 

intended to help some 

iPhone models deal with 

aging batteries slowed down 

the performance of the 

phones. The battery 

imbroglio resulted in 

inquires from U.S. lawmakers. 

In June, Apple said it 

would offer free replacements 

for the keyboards in 

some MacBook and 

MacBook Pro models. The 

keyboards, which Apple 

introduced in laptops starting 

in 2015, had generated 

complaints on social media 

for how much noise they 

made while typing and for 

malfunctioning unexpectedly. 

Apple changed the design 

of the keyboard this year, 

adding a layer of silicone 

underneath the keys. 

Norway freezes defence export licences to Saudi 

Pro-government forces 

are currently pushing 

deeper into Hodeida amid 

fierce fighting. 

Nearly 10,000 

Yemenis have been killed 

in the conflict since 2015, 

according to the World 

Health Organization. 

Human rights groups say 

the real death toll may be 

five times higher. 

Several aid organizations 

and opposition parties 

have recently 

demanded that Norway 

halt its defence material 

exports to Saudi Arabia.

Member Test Squad announced for first 2 

Test matches against New Zealand in UAE 

DR M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: The 

National Selection 

Committee headed by 

Inzamam ul Haq after consultation 

with Captain 

Sarfraz Ahmed and Head 

Coach Mickey Arthur has 

announced the 15 member 

Test squad for two Test 


KARACHI: There 

were some "anxious" 

moments for Ben Foakes' 

family members before 

the debutant wicket-keeper 

& batsman registered a 

hundred against Sri 

Lanka on the second 

day's play in the first Test 

at the Galle International 

Stadium on Wednesday. 

Foakes, the overnight 

batsman was five short of 

his first Test hundred 

when the ninth wicket fell 

at the other end. 

"That was a very nervous 

time. But he got there 

so I’m happy for him", 

Ben Foakes' elder brother, 

Matt Foakes, also a 

cricketer, who has arrived 

in Sri Lanka with his 

mother (Fiona), said 

exclusively over telephone 

from the ground. 

matches against New 

Zealand. The three match 

Test series will commence 

from November 16-20 in 

Abu Dhabi. The second 

Test match will be played 

in Dubai from November 

24-28, whereas the last 

match of the series will be 

played in Abu Dhabi from 

December 3 to 7, 2018. 

The team has been 

"It was a very emotional 

time. I would have 

cried had he not reached 

to his hundred". 

"Absolutely amazing 

day for Ben! Super proud 

of him and all the hard 

selected keeping in mind 

the conditions of the 

UAE, where Shahdab 

Khan and Fakhar Zaman 

have been rested from the 

Test matches and have 

also been advised to 

undergo training at the 

NCA. Shaheen Shah 

Afridi has been included 

in the squad keeping his 

current form. Saad Ali 

included in the side after 

performing in domestic 

cricket and recent 

Pakistan 'A' series in the 

UAE,” concludes Chief 

Selector Inzamam ul 

Haq. 

The selected players are: 

1). Muhammad Hafeez 

2). Imam Ul Haq 

3). Azhar Ali 

4). Haris Sohail 

"Anxious" moments before Ben Foakes' 

Test century, admits his brother 

World Cup Probables Feted 


KARACHI: The probables 

for the Pakistan team 

attending the training camp 

for the forthcoming hockey 

World Cup were feted at the 

Spice Bazaar restaurant, 

Friday evening. 

The lavish dinner was 

arranged by Imran Afaq, the 

chief executive of Yum 

Group. 

Among others, it was 

attended by some prominent 

businessmen and retired 

bureaucrats. 

A video prepared by the 

Pakistan Hockey Federation 

comprising glimpses of 

Pakistan's four previous victories 

at the World Cup and 

the current team's preparation 

for the 2018 World Cup 

was shown on the big 

screen. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Imran Afaq said, 

"Hockey is our national 

game and has brought glories 

to the nation. We should 

honour the national players 

and boast their morale 

before an important event 

like World Cup". 

The businessmen present 

on the occasion pledged to 

extend support to the national 

game. 

Pakistan team's manager 

Hassan Sardar and head 

coach Taqueer Dar thanked 

Mr ImranAfaq and also presented 

him with a shirt 

signed by the players and 

management of the Pakistan 

team which recently won 

the Asian Champions 

Trophy in Oman. 

National Athletics 

Championships next week 

KARACHI: The 49th 

edition of National 

Athletics Men and 

Women Championships 

will run from November 

16 to 18 in Islamabad. 

Around 500 athletes 

will be seen in action during 

the tournament and 

would be seen representing 

Punjab, Sindh, KPK, 

Baluchistan, FATA, AJK, 

G i l g i t - B a l t i s t a n , 

Islamabad, Army, 

WAPDA, Navy, Air 

Force, HEC and Railway. 

A total of 23 men’s and 

21 women’s events will 

be held during the threeday 

tournament. The tournament 

was initially 

scheduled for Lahore but 

it was later shifted to 

Islamabad. 

Sri Lankan Rangana Herath 

signs off in 8th spot 

DUBAI: Rangana Herath, 

the iconic Sri Lankan left-arm 

spinner, finished his international 

career in Galle, and didn’t 

have one of his great outings. 

He picked up just three 

wickets over two innings, and 

that saw him slip from No.7 to 

No.8 in the ICC Test 

Rankings for bowlers. 

Returning to Sylhet, for 

the Test match that finished 

first, at the end of 

Zimbabwe’s 151-run win 

over Bangladesh, the noteworthy 

performers from 

Zimbabwe were rewarded. 

Hamilton Masakadza, the 

Zimbabwe captain, hit 52 and 

48 on a tough pitch, and that 

helped him gain 12 spots to 

move up to No.34 with a 

career-high 568 points, while 

the other batting star for the 

team, Sean Williams, who 

scored 88 and 20, also earned 

a career-high 429 points and 

got to a career-best No.77, a 

jump of 17 places. 

From Bangladesh’s point 

of view, the standout performer 

was Taijul Islam, the 

left-arm spinner, who had 11 

wickets in the match. Islam’s 

feat took him up five positions 

to No.31, his best ever, 

with a career-high points 

tally of 569. Across in Galle, 

where England won by 211 

runs, Keaton Jennings and 

Ben Foakes were the big performers 

with the bat and 

Moeen Ali and Jack Leach 

with the ball. 

Jennings, who scored 46 

and 146* jumped a remarkable 

41 places to No.46 with 

518 points – his best ever, 

while Foakes, a centurion in 

his first Test innings, entered 

the rankings at No.69. 

work he has put in. He 

has really pushed hard for 

this opportunity and has 

managed to grab it. What 

a day!", the brother 

added. 

Foakes century scoring 

shot was a four. His 

last three scoring shots 

before being Lakmal's 

victim were all fours. 

"He (Ben) didn’t lose 

concentration. He was 

trying to get Jimmy 

(Anderson) on strike. 

Scoring it with a 1 or a 4 

didn’t matter. He wouldn’t 

have cared if he didn’t 

get a 100 as he is a team 

player". 

An extremely proud 

brother to watch my 

brother achieve his ambitions 

and dreams. All his 

hard work to pay off. 

"It’s a very emotional 

day for me and my mum", 

the brother signed off. 

Foakes is the fifth 

wicket keeper to score a 

century on his Test debut. 

Prior to him, Matt Prior 

did so against West Indies 

at Lord's in 2007. 

Root wants 

England to build 

on rare road win 

GALLE: England skipper 

Joe Root is hoping the 

drought-snapping test victory 

over Sri Lanka on Friday 

will prove just the start of a 

run of success away from 

home for his team. 

The 211-run victory was 

the first away win for 

England in 14 tests going 

back more than two years, a 

first on the road under 

Root's captaincy and only a 

fourth defeat for Sri Lanka 

at Galle in their last 14 

matches at the venue. 

"It's not just us, like we're 

the only side that struggles 

away from home, it's across 

the board in test cricket," 

said the 27-year-old batsman. 

"That makes it even 

sweeter when you do come 

to a very difficult venue, like 

Galle, and manage to win. 

"Hopefully we can build 

on this and it's not just a oneoff 

for us. We can go to 

Kandy with huge amounts 

of confidence and look to 

still improve and get better." 

Sri Lanka were disappointed 

not to give spinbowling 

great Rangana 

Herath a win in his last 

match and have concerns 

over the fitness of captain 

Dinesh Chandimal, who 

suffered a groin strain during 

the match. 

HONG KONG: Gaby 

Lopez was unable to snare 

a second ace on China's 

Hainan island on Saturday 

but rock solid golf in 

windy conditions gave the 

Mexican a one-shot victory 

5). Asad shafiq 

6). Baber Azam 

7). Saad Ali 

8). Sarfaraz Ahmad. ( captain) 

9). Yasir Shah 

10). Bilal Asif 

11). Muhammad Abbas 

12). Hassan Ali 

13). Shaheen Shah Afridi 

14). Faheem Ashraf 

15). Mir Hamza۔ 

Pressure eases on 

Australia after ODI 

win, says Hazlewood 

M E L B O U R N E : 

Australia's victory over 

South Africa in a one-day 

international on Friday 

helped lift the pressure 

following a poor run of 

results for a side coming 

to terms with plenty of 

off-field distractions, 

according to vice-captain 

Josh Hazlewood. 

Cricket in Australia has 

been mired in controversy 

since the side were 

embroiled in a ball-tampering 

scandal in South 

Africa in March, with a 

damning report into the 

sport's administration 

leading to a slew of resignations 

and sackings. 

The team had also not 

won a limited-overs 

match since January, 

which may have been one 

of the reasons behind a 

crowd of fewer than 

18,000 turning up at the 

vast Adelaide Oval to 

watch them set up a series 

decider in Hobart on 

Sunday. 

The seven-run win, 

however, could be the catalyst 

for the team as they 

looked ahead to India's 

visit Down Under later in 

the Australian summer, 

Hazlewood told reporters 

in Adelaide on Saturday. 


KARACHI: Shiva 

Singh, a member of India's 

victorious Under-19 World 

Cup winning team was not 

born when Trevor 

Chappell delivered the 

underarm ball (against 

New Zealand at 

Melbourne on Feb. 1, 

1981), which became 

internationally controversial 

thereafter. 

Shiva Singh believes 

that if he is "allowed" to 

rotate himself 360-degrees 

before delivering the ball, 

it would "draw positive 

attention". 

UP's left-arm spinner 

Shiva Singh's delivery, 

which he bowled just prior 

to the delivery by rotating 

360 degrees himself 

(against Bengal in CK 

Nayudu Trophy) was 

declared "dead ball" by the 

umpire. 

"My next match is 

against Rajasthan (at 


KARACHI: The 4th 

Pakistan PBCC Blind 

Cricket Premiere League 

2018 was inaugurated at 

the Dring Stadium 

Bahawalpur. The event will 

be played from 9th to 12th 

November 2018 at Dring 

Bahawalpur. Teams from 

Karachi, Bahawalpur, 

Multan and Faisalabad are 

taking part in this event. To 

make this league competitive, 

best players of 

Pakistan Blind Cricket 

Team have been distributed 

in all team. 

The league was inaugurated 

by Mr. A. Khan, 

Deputy Commissioner 

Bahawalpur, Syed Sultan 

Shah Chairman PBCC & 

Ex-President World Blind 

Cricket. Mr. Jam Raees 

Azam, Divisional Sports 

Officer, Bahawalpur and 

Syed Salman Bokhari, 


Sportlight 

Director Marketing PBCC 

were also present on the 

occasion. 

The first match details 

were as follows: 

1st Match: Bahawalpur 

Vs Karachi 

Venue: Dring Stadium, 

Bahawalpur 

Bahawalpur defeated 

Karachi by 9 wickets in the 

first match of the league. 

Put into bat, Karachi made 

178 runs in 20 overs for the 

loss of 7 wickets. 

Muhammad Akram scored 

93 runs but wasn’t enough 

to put a par score on the 

board. Shahzaib, Mujeeb 

and Ijaz claimed a wicket a 

piece. 

Bahawalpur chased the 

target of 179 runs in 14.2 

overs for the loss of only 1 

wicket. Muhammad 

Rashid’s brilliant ton made 

this target easy for 

Bahawalpur. He remained 

7 

4th PBCC Blind Cricket Premiere 

League: Commences in Bahawalpur 

ISLAMABAD: World 

Cup Hockey Tournament 

will start from 28th of Nov 

and will continue till 16th 

Dec in Bhubaneswar, 

India. 

Pakistan Hockey 

Federation has already 

announced the management 

of the national team 

which will be lead by head 

coach Tauqeer Ahmad. 

Hockey teams from sixteen 

countries are participating 

in the Cup and have 

been divided into four 

unbeaten on 107 runs. 

Kashif was the only bowler 

to claim a wicket. 

Result: Bahawalpur won 

by 9 wickets. 

Man of the Match: 

Muhammad Rashid 

2nd Match: Faisalabad 

Vs Multan 

Venue: Dring Stadium, 

Bahawalpur 

Faisalabad nailed down 

Multan in a thriller. Batting 

first Multan made immense 

total of 246 runs on the 

board for the loss of 4 wickets 

in 20 overs. Mosin Khan 

and Matiullah scored 50’s. 

In reply, Nisar Ali’s 

unbeaten 185* runs inning 

helped Faisalabad to seal 

last ball victory. Faisalabad 

lost 4 wickets during the 

process. 

Result: Faisalabad won 

by 6 wickets. 

Man of the Match: Nisar 

Ali. 

Hockey World Cup 2018 Tournament to 

start in Bhubaneswar, India from Nov 28 

Jaipur) on 14th and will 

speak to umpires and 

match referee before the 

match and will seek their 

permission to allow me to 

bowl such deliveries", 

Shiva Singh, speaking 

exclusively, said. 

"My "switch delivery" 

has more variations and it 

pools. Pakistan has been 

placed in Pool D with 

Germany, Malaysia and 

Netherlands. 

This is the 14th edition 

of the Hockey Cup. Last 

year Australia had won the 

Cup by beating Argentina. 

India's left-arm spinner Shiva Singh to seek umpires and matchreferee 

permission to rotate himself 360 degrees in his run-up 

at the Blue Bay LPGA for 

her first title on the elite 

women's tour. 

Lopez celebrated her 

25th birthday with a holein-one 

at the par-three 17th 

during the third round on 

Friday to help her to a oneshot 

lead over world number 

one Ariya Jutanugarn 

going into the final day. 

The world number 136 

hit four back-nine birdies 

in a one-over-par 73 that 

proved enough to keep her 

Thai playing partner at 

arm's length as she finished 

on eight-under 280 for the 

$2.1 million tournament. 

Lopez finally showed 

some nerves with two 

bogeys to finish, including 

a three-putt on the 72nd 

green, but was soon enjoying 

the shower of sparkling 

drinks from her fellow 

players that is traditional 

for maiden winners. 

"It wasn't an easy day, it 

was tough," said Lopez, 

the first Mexican winner 

on the tour since Lorena 

Ochoa claimed the last of 

her 27 titles in 2009. 

"I wasn't going to sit 

and protect my lead, I was 

going to go out and give it 

my all and if it didn't go my 

way, then okay." 

Ariya also shot a 73 for 

second place ahead of 

France's Celine Boutier, 

is difficult to read by a 

batsman. I don't intend to 

use it frequently because 

then it would not remain a 

mystery". 

Shiva Singh has one 

more mysterious delivery 

to bowl. "During my run 

up before the delivery, I 

immediately stop (at the 

popping crease) and re-run 

a little and deliver the ball. 

The umpires have not 

objected to this style of 

bowling and batsman often 

gets confused and loses his 

wicket". 

Shiva Singh's father, 

Ajit Singh, also a former 

cricketer and who has also 

been his coach, says, "I 

have not taught my son to 

bowl such deliveries. If 

umpires advise him to stop 

such tactics, I would 

advise Shiva to stop bowling 

in this fashion. The 

umpire was right when his 

illegal delivery was 

declared no ball". 

Mexican Lopez wins in Blue Bay for maiden LPGA title 

who celebrated her 25th 

birthday with a flawless 

six-birdie 66 for third place 

on six-under at the Jian 

Lake Blue Bay layout. 

World number two Park 

Sung-hyun of South Korea, 

who also played with 

Lopez and Ariya, endured 

a miserable front nine and 

could only manage a 74 for 

a share of seventh with 

Ariya's older sister Moriya 

(71). 

Lopez, an alumnus of 

the University of Arkansas 

golf programme, was the 

second first-time winner on 

the LPGA's Asian swing 

after Nelly Korda claimed 

her maiden title in Taiwan 

two weeks ago. 

Defending champion 

Shanshan Feng of China 

finally fired in the fourth 

round with a 68 to finish 

ninth, seven shots behind 

Lopez.

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Nine killed, 35 missing in California 

wildfire; Malibu threatened 

PARADISE: Wildfires 

burned out of control across 

California, killing at least 

nine people in a mountain 

town and forcing residents 

to flee the upscale beach 

community of Malibu in the 

face of a monster fire storm. 

All nine victims were 

found in and around the 

Northern California town of 

Paradise, where more than 

6,700 homes and businesses 

were burned down by the 

Camp Fire, making it one of 

the most destructive in state 

history, according to 

California Department of 

Forestry and Fire protection 

data. 

“This event was the 

worst-case scenario. It was 

the event we have feared for 

a long time,” Butte County 

Sheriff Kory Honea said at 


Election Commission of 

Pakistan has constituted 

‘Post Election Review 

Working Groups’ to examine 

anomalies occurred 

during the July 25 general 

elections. 

The ECP has formed at 

least 13 working groups 

tasked with different 

assignments including 

delimitations, preparations 

of electoral lists and enlistment 

of political parties. 

The working groups 

a press conference. 

“Regrettably, not everybody 

made it out.” 

The remains of five of 

the victims were discovered 

in or near burned out cars, 

three outside residences and 

one inside a home, Honea 

said. 

Another 35 people had 

been reported missing and 

three firefighters had been 

injured. 

The flames descended 

on Paradise so quickly that 

many people were forced to 

abandon their cars and run 

for their lives down the sole 

road through the mountain 

town. 

A school bus was among 

several abandoned vehicles 

left blackened by flames on 

one road. 

The Camp Fire, which 

broke out on Thursday at 

the edge of the Plumas 

National Forest northeast of 

Sacramento, has since 

blackened more than 

90,000 acres and was only 5 

percent contained as of 

nightfall on Friday. 

ECP forms working groups to 

find flaws in electoral process 

will also examine anomalies 

in allotment of electoral 

symbols, deployment 

and training of election 

staff, constitution of 

polling stations, printing 

and dispatchment of ballot 

papers, malfunctioning of 

result transmission system 

(RTS), monitoring of elections, 

formation of appellate 

tribunals and security 

for overall elections. 

The groups will also 

give suggestions for better 

management of the next 

general elections. 

The ECP had received a 

number of complaints on 

the election day, with ones 

related to RTS on the top. 

RTS is an android application 

which enabled election 

officers to send the 

results to the ECP in real 

time, but the app malfunctioned 

soon after it was 

made functional by the 

ECP on the election day. 

An inquiry was later 

also conducted on failure 

of RTS, which caused 

President Rouhani: New US 

sanctions have no effect on Iran 

TEHRAN: President 

Hassan Rouhani says the US 

administration is seeking to 

exert pressure on the Iranian 

people through imposing 

"inappropriate" sanctions 

that he said would affect 

their livelihood. 

Rouhani made the 

remarks at the end of a meeting 

of the heads of the three 

branches of power in Tehran 

on Saturday. 

He rejected Washington's 

claim that it is not after putting 

pressure on the Iranian 

nation, but rather on the 

Iranian government and the 

Islamic establishment. The 

claim, Rouhani said, is 

"totally incorrect and inaccurate, 

and they (the American 

officials) have themselves 

exposed this fact." 

He further stressed that 

the Iranian people were 

already standing against US 

sanctions contrary to what 

Washington expected. 

"The Iranian nation have 

demonstrated their resistance 

and withstanding and it is 

clear that the one who is 

thinking about pressure and 

oppression against the people 

is the ruling US administration 

not the other side," 

Rouhani said. 

"They are the ones who 

want to negatively affect 

people's lives and their 

everyday livelihood through 

inappropriate and wrong 

sanctions," he added. 

The Iranian chief executive 

also said that the US had 

targeted the country's banking 

system as well as its 

exports of oil and other 

goods to hit the Islamic 

Republic's revenues and its 

import of basic goods. 

However, Rouhnai said, 

the fresh round of anti-Iran 

sanctions, which took effect 

on November 5, "had no 

impact on the country's economic 

trend because the US 

had already used all the 

weapons at its disposal and 

had nothing new to use 

against us." 

The US just filled in a 

long list of sanctions only to 

have "psychological effect" 

on the Iranian nation, he 

noted. 

Earlier this week, the 

administration of US 

President Donald Trump 

unleashed a second round of 

sanctions against Iran. The 

punitive measures targeted 

700 individuals, banks, aircraft, 

ships and companies 

tied to Iran’s energy and 

financial industries. 

They came months after 

Washington scrapped the 

2015 Iran nuclear accord, 

called the Joint 

Comprehensive Plan of 

Action (JCPOA), despite 

international objections. 

APC used for carrying Shahbaz 

to airport goes out of order 

LAHORE: The 

Armored Personnel 

Carrier (APC) which 

used to bring Shahbaz 

Sharif (arrested in 

Ashiana Housing 

Scandal) at Lahore airport 

went out of order on 

Saturday. Police officers 

re- started APC by pushing 

it. 

As APC which was 

used for bringing 

Pakistan Muslim League 

(PML-N) President and 

leader of Opposition in 

National Assembly 

Shahbaz Sharif (arrested 

in Ashiana Housing 

Scandal) to accountability 

court reached Lahore airport, 

it went out of order 

and police officers started 

APC by pushing it. 

delay in transmission of 

results to the election commission. 

Nadra teams had to go 

to the offices of Returning 

Officers to activate the 

RTS software, and according 

to the ECP, the RTS 

software was installed in 

the smartphones of all 

Presiding Officers (PO) 

who were able to transmit 

Form 45 (containing tabulated 

results of the polling 

station) via their phone to 

the ECP on election day. 

PM for expediting 

implementation of 

Tobacco track, 

trace system 2005 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister (PM) Imran Khan 

while expressing concern 

over delay in implementation 

of Tobacco Track and 

Trace System 2005 has 

directed to enforce the system 

early. 

The PM took notice of 

delay in implementation of 

Tobacco track and trace system 

menace of fake cigarettes on 

Saturday besides issuing 

directives for putting in 

place this system as soon as 

possible. Competition commission 

has raised objection 

over bidding procedure of 

this system saying that the 

bidding procedure should be 

simple so that international 

A total of 6,453 homes 

had been destroyed in 

Paradise and elsewhere, 

Honea said, along with 260 

commercial buildings. The 

Tubbs Fire, which 

destroyed 5,636 structures 

in Napa and Sonoma counties 

in October 2017, is listed 

by Cal Fire as the most 

destructive in state history. 

In Malibu, some 500 

miles (800 km) to the south, 

flames driven by hot Santa 

Ana winds gusting up to 50 

miles per hour (80 kph) 

raced down hillsides and 

through canyons toward 

multi-million dollar homes. 

Thousands of residents 

packed the Pacific Coast 

Highway to head south or 

took refuge on beaches, 

along with their horses and 

other pets. 

Court extends 

interim bail of 

Malik Riaz, 9 others 

RAWALPINDI: An anticorruption 

court (ACC) in 

Rawalpindi on Saturday 

extended the interim bail of 

Bahria Town Chairman 

Malik Riaz, as well as nine 

other suspects, in a case pertaining 

to land-related fraud 

and forgery of 1,170 Kanal 

of land belonging to the 

Punjab Forest Department. 

The property tycoon, who 

initially was not present on 

Saturday, later appeared 

before the court. 

On October 23, Riaz was 

granted interim bail by the 

court after a FIR was registered 

against him as well as 

other government officials in 

the Rawalpindi Anti 

KARACHI: After a 

few days of action the 

operation to remove 

Saddar and Empress 

Market area from 

encroachments seems 

slowing down. 

It was learnt that the 

pace of operation was 

slowed down after the 

shoppers of illegal 

bazaars around the 

Empress Market staged 

protests and sit-ins. On 

Saturday morning the 

bazaars around the 

Empress Market were 

closed, and a few shopkeepers 

were present in 

their protest camp in front 

of the Empress Market 

building. 

Operation was carried 

out for one day at motorcycle 

market of Akbar 

Road, but it was cosmetic 

Four civilians critically injured as 

Indian forces open fire across LoC 

RAWALPINDI: Indian 

forces on Saturday resorted 

to unprovoked fire in Leepa 

Sector along the Line of 

Control (LoC) employing 

heavy calibre weapons. 


wing of armed forces, the 

Inter Services Public 

Relations (ISPR), as usual 

the Indian forces deliberately 

targeted civilian population 

and injured four 

innocent civilians. 

The injured namely 

Zaheer, Nasir, Munir and 

Shaukat are the residents of 

Bijildar and Battlian villages. 

Pakistan Army effectively 

responded by targeting 

Indian posts, said the 

ISPR. 

The Indian forces along 

the LoC and the Working 

Boundary are continuously 

targeting Pakistani side 

with heavy weapons. 

In 2018, the Indian 

forces have carried out 

more than 2312 ceasefire 

violations along the LoC 

and the Working Boundary, 

resulting in killing of 35 

innocent civilians, while 

injuring 135 others. 

This unprecedented 

escalation in ceasefire violations 

by India continued 

from the year 2017 when 

the Indian forces had committed 

1970 ceasefire violations. 

On November 3, 

The Indian Deputy High 

Commissioner J.P. Singh 

was summoned by the 

Foreign Office to lodge 

protest over death of 22- 

year-old Munazza Bibi, 

who was martyred in 

unprovoked ceasefire violations 

by Indian forces 

it said. 

The providers should 

also cut down on game 

shows, reality shows and 

singing contests that feature 

celebrities. 

along the Line of Control 

(LoC) in Bhimbar Sector. 

“The deliberate targeting 

of civilian populated areas 

is indeed deplorable and 

contrary to human dignity, 

international human rights 

and humanitarian laws. The 

ceasefire violations by India 

are a threat to regional 

peace and security and may 

lead to a strategic miscalculation,” 

said Director 

General (SA & SAARC) Dr 

Mohammad Faisal. 

The FO spokesperson, 

urged the Indian side to 

respect the 2003 Ceasefire 

arrangement, investigate it 

and other incidents of 

ceasefire violations, 

instruct the Indian forces to 

respect the ceasefire in letter 

and spirit and maintain 

peace on the LoC and the 

Working Boundary. 

China cracks down on celebrity 

hype and fake click-through rates 

SHANGHAI: Chinese 

broadcasters and online 

entertainment sites should 

avoid celebrity hype and 

crack down on fake audience 

and click-through 

rates, state media quoted the 

National Radio and 

Television Administration 

as saying. 

The edict comes after 

Beijing ordered A-list 

movie star Fan Bingbing to 

pay about 884 million yuan 

($129 million) in taxes and 

fines, spurring widespread 

discussion on the moral 

health of China’s film 

industry. 

Some programs overpaid 

celebrities, destroying 

industry order and leading 

teenagers into worshipping 

stars and money, Xinhua 

Establishment news agency said, citing the 

administration. 

Radio and television stations, 

along with online 

audio-visual service 

providers, should scrap vulgar 

content, promote core 

socialist values and keep 

children away from entertainment 

and reality shows, 

Corruption 

police station on Oct 5. In 

addition to Riaz, the FIR 

named forest department 

officials, revenue officers as 

well as former Punjab chief 

minister’s secretary GM 

Sikandar, who were accused 

of providing support in the 

land-related fraud. 

Addressing a reception 

in Brussels, he said 

India by all means of 

brute tactics is trying to 

suppress the popular liberation 

struggle of gallant 

people of Kashmir. 

Farooq Haider said 

Kashmiris are struggling 

hard against all odds to 

achieve their goal of liberation 

from India which 

has also been promised 

to them by the world 

in nature as hundreds of 

shops erected on footpaths 

were left 

untouched. Only some 

In a letter posted on her 

official account on the 

Twitter-like platform Weibo 

last month, Fan said she 

would overcome “all difficulties” 

to pay her penalties. 

AJK PM seeks world role in settlement 

of Kashmir dispute 

designed for curbing ISLAMABAD: AJK 

Prime Minister has urged 

civilized world to help in 

achieving a peaceful settlement 

of Kashmir issue 

under the UN Security 

Council resolutions. 

companies could also participate 

therein. 

The competition commission 

also objected that 

the international companies 

did not take part in the bidding 

for want of procedure 

of bidding and competition 

and only one company participated 

in bidding. 

Saddar anti-encroachment drive slows down 

KARACHI: A large number of people have gathered as the workers of Karachi 

Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) use heavy machinery to demolish the buildings during 

an anti-encroachment operation at Akbar Road. 

body. 

He appreciated the 

Kashmiris living in 

Europe for making untiring 

efforts to highlight 

the Kashmir issue at 

international level. 

Zardari extends greetings to Hindu communities 

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party 

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chairman on 

Saturday extended greetings to Hindu 

communities all over the world in general 

and Pakistan in particular on the 

eve of Diwali festival being celebrated 

on Wednesday. 

In his message on Diwali, the PPP 

Chairman held out assurances to the 

non-Muslims living in Pakistan that his 

Party will always stand for their protection 

and promotion as equal citizens of 

the state as per the vision of the founding 

fathers of the country and teachings 

of our religion Islam. 

Bilawal said that Diwali is celebrated 

as a triumph of good over evil and 

light over darkness, adding that philosophy 

of PPP is also fight against darkness, 

injustices and inequality. 

The PPP urged all those celebrating 

Diwali to hold special prayers for the 

peace, prosperity and progress of the 

country as well as for interfaith harmony 

and cohesive coexistence in the society. 

He also asked the PPP leaders, 

especially those of Minority Wing, to 

celebrate and share festivities with the 

have-nots among who need more attention 

and care. 

sunshades before these 

shops were pulled down, 

but illegal structures constructed 

over footpaths 

were not razed, allegedly 

due to political pressure. 

However, sources in 

administration said the 

operation was continued 

and each and every illegal 

structure would be razed, 

albeit gradually, as the 

apex court has already 

ordered them to clear 

Saddar, Regal, Empress 

Market and surrounding 

areas of illegal encroachments. 

However, illegal intracity 

bus terminals in 

Saddar area were seen 

fully operating, as the 

long arm of the law was 

yet to reach them. 

CMYK CMYK 

CMYK 

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11 November 2018

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