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4 Sunday, November 11, 2018 National KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Editor Special Reports: Muhammad Rafique Rajpar Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar - Islamabad Bureau Chief: Hameedullah Khan ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI OPINION 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! Send Your peace and prayers upon him 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 From the day You made this life To the end when we arise Every day a thousand times! O Allah! Send Your peace and prayers upon him 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. From the day You made this life To the end when we arise Every day a thousand times! 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 Sunday, November 11, 2018 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.
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