18 November 2018

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Metropolitan: 

Quaidabad blast 

an attempt to 

disturb Karachi’s 

peace: CM Murad 

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National: 

Rulers have 

taken 100 U-Turns 

before 100 days: 

Nasir Shah 

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Back: 

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role to achieve 

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vision 2030 

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PM to visit 

UAE today 

ISLAMABAD: Prime 

Minister Imran Khan will 

leave on a one-day visit to 

UAE today (Sunday). 

The invitation to his 

visit was extended by 

Crown Prince of Abu 

Dhabi Sheikh 

Mohammed bin Zayed 

bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. 

The Prime Minister 

will be accompanied by 

Ministers of Foreign, 

Finance, Energy, and 

Petroleum as well as 

Advisor on Commerce. 

During the visit, discussions 

will be held on 

bilateral relations and 

matters of regional and 

international interest. 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan will meet with Vice 

President and Prime 

Minister of UAE Sheikh 

Mohammed bin Rashid 

Al Maktoum, besides 

other high officials. 

Khawaja Asif 

mocks PM Imran's 

'U-turn' remarks 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Khawaja Muhammmad 

Asif, former minister and 

senior leader of the 

Pakistan Muslim league- 

Nawaz, on Saturday 

mocked Prime Minister 

Imran Khan for his 

remarks that leader who 

does not take "U-turns” 

according to the requirements 

of the situation is 

not a true leader. 

The former minister 

said in Twitter post, Imran 

Khan will take U-turn on 

his statement about U- 

turn too. Wait a bit, it 

won't be long. 

The prime minister 

passed the remarks during 

an interaction with senior 

media persons on Friday. 

Former police 

officer gunned 

down in Quetta 

QUETTA: Former 

Deputy Inspector General 

(DIG) of Police Naeem 

Kakar was killed on 

Saturday after unidentified 

gunmen opened fire at him 

at Zargoon Road, police 

said. Kakar was critically 

injured in the firing and 

succumbed to his wounds 

at the Combined Military 

Hospital, DIG Abur 

Razzaq Cheema said. 

Balochistan Chief 

Minister Jam Kamal Khan 

Alyani has taken notice of 

the incident and sought a 

report from the inspectorgeneral 

of Balochistan 

police. He has also 

ordered directed law 

enforcers to ensure the 

swift arrest of the culprits. 

WASHINGTON: Saudi 

Crown Prince Mohammed 

bin Salman ordered the 

killing of journalist Jamal 

Khashoggi, the CIA concluded, 

according to the 

Washington Post. 

The newspaper cited four 

anonymous sources. 

"The CIA’s assessment, 

in which officials have said 

they have high confidence, 

is the most definitive to date 

linking Mohammed [bin 

Salman] to the operation and 

complicates the Trump 

administration's efforts to 

preserve its relationship with 

a close ally," the Post wrote. 

According to the article, 

the CIA reached its conclusion 

by examining multiple 

intelligence sources, including 

a telephone call between 

the Saudi ambassador to the 

U.S. and the prince's brother, 

Khalid bin Salman, with 

Khashoggi. 

KARACHI EDITION – Sunday, November 18, 2018, Rabiul Awal 9, 1440 

CIA concludes Saudi 

crown prince ordered 

journalist's killing 

Conclusion reached by examining multiple intelligence 

sources, Washington Post cites anonymous sources 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Supreme Court on Saturday 

ordered the transfer of 

Omni Group Chairperson 

Anwar Majeed, Abdul 

Ghani Majeed and Hussain 

Lawai, who are being tried 

for involvement in fake 

bank accounts, to 

Islamabad. 

Anonymous sources who 

spoke on condition of 

anonymity said Khalid told 

Khashoggi he should go to 

Saudi's Istanbul Consulate 

for documents he needed to 

get married, assuring him it 

would be safe. 

"It is not clear if Khalid 

knew that Khashoggi would 

be killed, but he made the 

call at his brother’s direction, 

according to the people 

familiar with the call, which 

was intercepted by U.S. 

intelligence," the Post wrote. 

Fatimah Baeshen -- 

spokeswoman for the Saudi 

embassy in Washington -- 

The hearing of the case 

was held at the Lahore SC 

registry, where Chief 

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar 

said Anwar Majeed should 

be transferred to PIMS 

Hospital and Abdul Ghani 

Majeed and Hussain Lawai 

should be sent to Adiala jail 

saying they held too much 

said Khalid and Khashoggi 

did not discuss "anything 

related to going to Turkey," 

stating the CIA’s "purported 

assessment are false." 

Khashoggi, a frequent 

contributor to The 

Washington Post, was killed 

on Oct. 2 inside the Saudi 

Consulate in Istanbul. 

After weeks of denying 

any involvement in the 

crime, Saudi Arabia later 

admitted that Khashoggi had 

been killed inside the consulate 

but claimed the Saudi 

royal family had no prior 

knowledge of any plot to 

murder the journalist. 

"The CIA’s conclusion 

about Mohammed’s [bin 

Salman] role was also based 

on the agency’s assessment 

of the prince as the country’s 

de facto ruler who oversees 

even minor affairs in the 

kingdom," the newspaper 

wrote. 

Fake bank account case 

SC orders to shift Hussain Lawai, 

Anwar Majeed to Islamabad 

CJP says they hold too much clout in Karachi for an 

independent investigation to be carried out 

KARACHI: The Karachi 

Metropolitan Corporation 

(KMC) on Saturday sent a 

report regarding the antiencroachment 

operation in 

the metropolis’ Saddar area 

to the commissioner and 

stated that 2,500 shops were 

razed. 

In keeping with the 

Supreme Court’s directives, 

KMC prepared a report on 

power in Karachi. 

He said they should be 

transferred so an independent 

investigation could be 

carried out. The Director 

General of the Federal 

Investigation Agency 

Bashir Memon said Anwar 

Majeed was not cooperating 

in investigations. 

the anti-encroachment operation 

in Karachi’s Saddar 

and surrounding areas which 

was conducted from 

November 5 to 15. 

Along with its report, 

KMC also sent pictures of 

the area cleared following 

the drive to the Karachi 

commissioner. 

As per the report, 2,500 

illegal shops were razed during 

the anti-encroachment 

operation. Six RCC basement 

and a two-storey building 

were also demolished to 

“restore Empress Market”. 

“480 illegal shops on 

Sohrab Khattak Road, 150 

encroachments on Sarmad 

Shaheed Road and 450 stalls 

at Shahrah-e-Iraq were 

demolished during the 

drive,” the report added. It 

SC orders 

revival of Karachi 

Circular Railways 

KARACHI: The 

Supreme Court of Pakistan 

on Saturday ordered 

authorities to take steps to 

immediately revive the 

Karachi Circular Railway 

(KCR) project and clear all 

KARACHI: Chief of 

Army Staff (COAS) 

encroachments on General Qamar Javed 

Railways 

metropolis. 

land in the Bajwa on Saturday visited 

Pakistan Rangers Sindh 

A meeting was headed headquarters in Karachi 

by Justice Gulzar Ahmed and applauded rangers’ 

at the apex court's Karachi role inimproving security 

registry. The divisional situation in the Sindh 

superintendent informed province. 

the meeting that there were Rangers Sindh Director 

encroachments on several General Major General 

plots of land owned by the 

Pakistan Railways. 

Muhammad Saeed gave 

the army chief a detailed 

The court ordered briefing about the security 

authorities to clear all railways 

tracks in the metropolis 

and encroachments on 

situation of the province, 

including law and order 

situation in the metropolis. 

land owned by Pakistan General Bajwa also 

Railways with the help of appreciated other law 

the deputy commissioner. 

The court also ordered 

enforcement agencies for 

improved security environment. 

authorities to prepare 

bogies for the project with He said: “Karachi is an 

the help of the KMC and engine of the national 

local administration. 

Further, the court ordered 

the revival of tramlines 

within the city. 

The court directed 

authorities to speed up the 

current anti-encroachment 

drive, ordering that no 

encroachment be visible in 

the city. The Defence 

Housing Authority (DHA) 

and cantonment boards 

were ordered to clear 

encroachments, while 

authorities were also 

ordered to demolish shops 

illegally built under the 

FTC Bridge. 

Experts say the revival 

of the Karachi Circular 

Railway (KCR) mass transit 

project could potentially 

serve millions of daily 

commuters, decongesting 

the often-jammed roads in 

the megalopolis. However, 

the long-pending plan has 

seen several hiccups over 

the years. 

2,500 shops demolished in Karachi’s Saddar area: KMC 

Anti-encroachment operation was conducted in Empress Market, surrounding areas 

FIA arrests 

banking fraud 

suspect from Jhang 

JHANG: Federal 

Investigation Agency (FIA) 

has arrested another suspect, 

involved in deceitful 

banking transactions, from 

Jhang on Saturday. 

“A team of FIA conducted 

an investigation 

soon after a complaint 

from Muhammad Sadeeq, 

a resident of Abbottabad, 

stating that Rs 105,000 

were withdrawn from his 

bank account”, said 

Assistant Director Cyber 

Crime Wing Shoaib 

Haroon. 

A suspect Asif, who 

used to call people pretending 

to be a bank officer and 

gather their account details, 

was traced during investigation 

into the matter, the 

FIA’s official added. 

further said that 7,500 sun 

shades at Akbar Road and 

surrounding areas were also 

removed. 

“Encroachments on 

Zaibunnisa Street, Magazine 

Line, Abdullah Haroon 

Road, Raja Ghazanfar Ali 

Road and Mir Karam Ali 

Talpur Road were also 

removed,” the report read. 

KARACHI: Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman, Asif Ali Zardari in meeting with Senior 

PPP leader Sardar Lateef Khosa along with the newly-elected President of Supreme 

Court Bar Association (SCBA) Amanullah Kunrani and others, at Bilawal House. 

35 Pakistani politicians own 

properties in UAE: FIA 

ISLAMABAD: Out of 895 Pakistani nationals who own properties in the United 

Arab Emirates (UAE), 35 are politicians, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) 

informed the Supreme Court on Saturday. The FIA submitted a report to the apex 

court, stating that out of the total, 374 Pakistanis declared their UAE properties 

under an amnesty scheme. Whereas, 674 Pakistanis submitted affidavits to the FIA. 

Seven of those who have declared their assets in Dubai are facing NAB cases, 

according to the report. 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Karachi engine of 

national economy: COAS 

Army Chief says security environment of 

Karachi will be further improved 

ISLAMABAD: Special 

Assistant to the Prime 

Minister on Accountability 

Shahzad Akbar on 

Saturday claimed the government 

has traced the 

Sharif family’s new property 

in central London. 

Speaking at a press conference 

alongside PM’s 

adviser on media affairs 

Iftikhar Durrani, Mr Akbar 

said the matter would be 

referred to the National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB) for a probe. 

He said late Begum 

Kulsoom Nawaz owned a 

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar 

Javed Bajwa presides over the high level meeting on 

security situation of the Province including law and 

order of Karachi during his visit to Pakistan Rangers 

Sindh Headquarters. 

economy and we shall further 

improve its security 

environment so that positive 

business trajectory 

could be maintained.” 

flat in central London 

which her husband Nawaz 

Sharif failed to disclose in 

his assets details. 

Mr Shehzad claimed 

PML-N president Shehbaz 

Sharif and Maryam Nawaz 

illegally used the prime 

minister’s plane during the 

party’s previous term, 

squandering Rs340 million 

of the public money on 

their air travel. 

He said details about 

the funds spent in the name 

of gifts by the previous 

government over the past 

five years have also been 

Commander Karachi 

Corps Lieutenant General 

Humayun Aziz accompanied 

the army chief during 

the visit. 

PM’s aide claims tracing Sharifs’ 

new property in London 

Alleged use of govt planes by Shehbaz, Maryam to be referred to NAB 

ISLAMABAD: Shahzad Akbar, Special Assistant To Prime Minister on Accountability 

and Iftikhar Durrani, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Media, addressing a joint 

press briefing. 

Asad Umar lauds National 

Financial Inclusion Strategy 


Finance Minister Asad 

Umar on Saturday chaired 

a meeting of the 

Economic Advisory 

Council’s (EAC) Sub- 

Groups on National 

Financial Inclusion 

Strategy (NFIS) and 

Fiscal Sector in 

Islamabad. 

The meeting was 

attended by all major 

stakeholders and members 

of the sub-group from the 

Ministry of Finance, State 

Bank of Pakistan, Federal 

Board of Revenue and 

Security and Exchange 

Commission of Pakistan. 

State Bank of Pakistan 

(SBP) Governor Tariq 

Bajwa presented a 

National Financial 

Inclusion Strategy to 

improve quality and 

increase access to financial 

services in Pakistan. 

He outlined targets and 

necessary policy actions 

to be taken at various levels 

in the coming years to 

achieve these targets. 

The discussion 

revolved around fasttracking 

digitization of 

financial services to reach 

out larger number of consumers, 

small and medium 

business and newly 

emerging entrepreneurs 

throughout country. 

The minister appreciated 

the strategy and emphasized 

on diligently timelining 

the goals, targets and 

actions to be taken, and 

cautioned against delaying 

the implementation 

process of the strategy. 

gathered. Four matters 

involving members of the 

Sharif family will be sent 

to the Bureau for probe 

after which it would file 

references against them in 

relevant courts, he added. 

Iftikhar Durrani said 

Shehbaz Sharif spent 

Rs600 million of the taxpayers’ 

money on his trips 

by air during his stint as 

Punjab chief minister, 

adding that he spent another 

Rs600 million on provision 

of security to the 

Sharif family’s Jati Umra 

residence in Raiwind. 

Police approach 

court for exhumation 

of Samiul Haq’s body 

ISLAMABAD: Police 

on Saturday approached the 

court seeking permission for 

exhumation of Jamiat-e- 

Ulema-e-Islam’s (JUI-S) 

Maulana Samiul Haq’s body 

and post-mortem to complete 

legal requirements. 

On the other hand, heirs 

of Maulana Samiul Haq 

strictly refused to allow 

exhumation of his body 

terming it a useless exercise. 

Hamidul Haq, son of 

Maulana Samiul Haq, said 

that they did not receive any 

court notice yet and added 

that their family will not 

allow to exhume his body at 

any cost. 

He further said that not a 

single suspect involved in 

assassination of any political 

leader has been arrested so 

far in the country. 

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Sunday, November 18, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Quaidabad blast an attempt to 

disturb Karachi’s peace: CM Murad 

Rafique Rajpar 

Senior Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: On the 

15th day of Sindh theater 

festival, Arts Council of 

Pakistan Karachi staged a 

play with the name of 

“Alif Akh Ba Badak”. 

The play was directed 

FIR registered against unknown suspects 

KARACHI: security forces are seen at the site of bomb blast. 

KARACHI: Chief 

Minister Sindh Syed Murad 

Ali Shah on Saturday said 

he cannot comment on the 

nature or target of the 

Quaidabad blast till completion 

of the investigation. 

“Two people were killed 

while 12 others were 

injured in the blast and one 

is said to be in critical condition,” 

the chief minister 

confirmed while talking to 

the newsmen here in 

Karachi. 

“Investigation into the 

incident was underway to 

know the intensity, nature 

and target of the blast. Till 

the investigation is complete 

we cannot say anything,” 

Shah said. 

He termed the attack an 

attempt to disturb peace and 

and written by Shah 

Nawaz Bhatti. The play 

was staged and performed 

at Arts Council’s auditorium. 

The drama was the 

part of ongoing Sindh theater 

festival by Arts 

harmony of the metropolis, 

adding perpetrators will be 

put behind the bars soon. 

Council of Karachi, which 

was arranged in collaboration 

of Sindh Culture 

Board. 

The hall of the Arts 

Council had been filled 

with people. Exciting 15th 

An explosion that took 

place on Friday under the 

Quaidabad flyover in Malir 

Play entitled Alif Akh Ba Badak 

mesmerizes audience at ACP 

K-Electric conducts kunda-removal drive 

KARACHI: K-Electric 

(KE) conducted a kunda 

removal and infrastructure 

upgradation drive in 

Mehmoodabad. During the 

drive, several illegal connections 

were removed, 

117 PMTs were converted 

into Aerial Bundled Cables 

(ABC) with provision of 

over 2,400 low-cost 

meters. 

KE spokesperson said, 

“The power utility reiterates 

that illegal connections 

and encroachments 

around power infrastructure 

are a potential public 

safety hazard and we have 

always raised our voice 

against this menace. Going 

forward, our efforts to 

clamp down power theft 

will grow more stringent 

while we have also identified 

encroachments around 

our power infrastructure to 

concerned authorities for 

immediate action.” 

KE also seeks support 

from the community to 

help curb the menace of 

electricity theft. Reports of 

power theft may be made 

by calling at 118 or 021- 

99000 or through KE’s 

Facebook and Twitter 

pages or anonymously via 

email 

at 

speakup@ke.com.pk 

Earlier this year, similar 

kunda-removal and infrastructure 

upgradation 

drives were carried out in 

parts of Liaquatabad, 

Surjani Town, Lyari, 

Chakiwara, Ahmed Shah 

Bukhari, Rangiwara resulting 

in curbing power theft 

with reduced load-shed 

and minimal fault ratio. 

KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG), Dr. Kaleem Imam isinspecting the 

Traffic Police Helpline and Complaints Call Centre 1915 during his visit, at Central 

Police Office (CPO). 

World Prematurity Day urges 

great care for babies 

KARACHI: Likewise 

other parts of the country, 

the World Prematurity Day 

was observed today 

(Saturday to put the spotlight 

on premature babies. 

Retinopathy of 

Prematurity (ROP) is a 

dynamic, time-bound disease 

that is not present at 

birth. The condition afflicts 

the eyes of pre-term babies 

that have typically received 

intensive neonatal care (with 

or without oxygen therapy) 

that helps to save their life, 

but severely affects their eye 

development. The condition 

is characterised by the development 

of abnormal blood 

vessels in the retina of the 

eye, resulting in scarring and 

retinal detachment. ROP can 

be mild and may resolve 

spontaneously, but in serious 

cases, may progress rapidly 

and lead to blindness, 

according to international 

media. 

ROP typically starts only 

two-three weeks after birth, 

providing a window for 

screening and activating 

treatment at the right time, 

while the baby is still under 

neonatal care at the hospital. 

ROP can, however, be 

treated by lasers if detected 

by proper retinal examination 

before 30 days of birth. 

“Tees Din Roshni Ke” 

(Thirty days for Vision) 

should become a slogan that 

is implemented for all preterm 

babies. 

day, people lined outside 

the auditorium to watch 

the play "Alif Akh Be 

Badak" which was performed 

in Sindhi language. 

All the audience highly 

entertained and enjoyed 

the show immensely. The 

play revolved around the 

story of a middles class 

family, who decides 

against educating their 

son, the grandmother 

being an advocate of " 

Education for all" revolts 

against this decision. In 

general, it was a humorous 

play and audience enjoyed 

it allot. The on-going 

Sindh theater festival will 

last till 18 November that 

includes 20 Urdu and 

Sindhi plays. 

Islam preached love 

and brotherhood: 

JI leader 

KARACHI: Acting 

Ameer of the Jamaat e 

Islami, Pakistan, Hafiz 

Muhammad Idrees, has said 

that every moment of the 

holy Prophet’s life is a 

source of guidance not only 

for the Muslims but for the 

entire humanity. 

In a statement here on 

Saturday, he said that Allah 

Almighty had termed the life 

of the last and final Prophet 

Muhammad, as the best 

model for all human beings. 

He said the message of the 

Rabi ul Awwal was that the 

faithful their lives in accordance 

with the teachings of 

Allah and His Prophet and 

made every effort that no 

human being was hurt in any 

manner through our words 

or deeds. 

KARACHI: Ninth classic 

car rally with nationwide 

participation 

embarked on journey, after 

offering fatehA at Mazaree-Quaid 

Karachi, to 

Khyber today. The Vintage 

Car owners from across 

Pakistan is participating in 

the rally with their vintage 

and classic cars. 

This event is a cultural 

image booster for Sindh 

and contributes to a softer 

image of Pakistan. The 

district of Karachi, claimed 

lives of at least two people 

while several others sustained 

wounds. 

According to the local 

police, the blast took place 

in a heap of used clothes 

placed beneath the bridge 

injuring around a dozen 

people. The blast, which 

was heard far away, caused 

panic in the locality. A large 

number of policemen had 

reached the blast site and 

cordoned it off for security 

reasons. 

Following the incident, 

power supply was also suspended 

to the area. 

Meanwhile, FIR was 

registered against unknown 

suspects on Saturday in the 

C o u n t e r - T e r r o r i s m 

Department's police station. 

City hospitals 

put on high alert 

KARACHI: Medical & 

Health Services 

Department of Karachi 

Metropolitan Corporation 

(KMC) has declared high 

alert in all medical institutions/ 

hospitals of KMC in 

connection with Rabi-ul- 

Awal from 20 to 22 

November 22,2018. 

As per directives of 

Mayor Karachi, high alert 

had been declared in all 

medical institutes of 

Medical & Health Services 

Department KMC on the 

eve of Rabi-ul-Awal. 

All heads of institutions 

and focal persons have 

been instructed to make 

foolproof arrangements to 

deal with any medical 

emergency in their respective 

hospitals during emergency 

day from 20 to 22 

November 2018. 

They have been directed 

to ensure availability of 

doctors, medical staff and 

medicines during threeday 

emergency. 

All kinds of leaves are 

hereby cancelled and staff 

on leave is directed to 

report to their respective 

department immediately. 

KARACHI: Special 

Security Unit has been 

upgraded and declared ISO 

certified 9001:2015 by 

UKAS according to its 

newest version. It is the first 

ever counter terrorism and 

security outfit of the police 

in the country to be ISO certified. 

The United Kingdom 

Accreditation Systems 

(UKAS) has certified 

Special Security Unit on its 

outstanding professional 

rally started from Mazar-e- 

Quaid –e- Azam and will 

pass from all cities, town 

and village of Sindh as 

well as Punjab and reach 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 

24th November 2018. 

The law and order situation 

is very ideal and we 

also give message internationally 

that Pakistan is a 

peaceful country, which 

also offers good opportunities 

for foreign investors. 

In this rally, men and 

Mind your own business, Imran Ismail asks 

Murtaza Wahab after 'English criticism' 

K A R A C H I : 

Responding to Murtaza 

Wahab's criticism of his 

incorrect use of English 

language, Sindh Governor 

Imran Ismail on Saturday 

advised the Adviser Chief 

Minister to mind his own 

business. 

"Murtaza Wahab is 

obsessing about my 

English" he said while 

talking to the media. The 

governor also went on to 

challenge Wahab to a 

English language competition. 

"If Murtaza Wahab 

Special Security Unit upgraded 

to counter terrorism effectively 

Ninth classic car rally embarks on journey 

desires an English language 

competition, he 

should come out," the governor 

was quoted as saying 

by a private TV channel. 

The governor defended 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan's remarks about u- 

turns he has taken during 

his political career, and 

said whatever the premier 

said was correct. 

Responding to a question 

about Fawad 

Chaudhry's recent speeches, 

he said the federal 

information minister himself 

is responsible for 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Madressatul Islam 

University (SMIU) awarded 

271 degree to passingout 

students at its convocation, 

held Convention 

Centre of the Golf Club, 

DHA, Karachi 

The 142 got graduation 

degrees whereas 129 

received master’s degrees - 

194 were male and 77 

female. Eight meritorious Madressatul 

students were awarded with 

gold medals, six of them 

were female. Another seven 

were bestowed with silver 

medals, four of them were 

female. 

Sindh Governor Imran 

Ismail and provincial minister 

for women development 

Syeda Shehla Raza 

awarded gold and silver 

medals to 15 meritorious 

students. 

Speaking at the convocation, 

the governor said he 

felt honoured while being 

present at the convocation 

of the university, where 

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad 

Ali Jinnah had received his 

early education and spent 

most of his academic life’s 

years. 

“No other educational 

institution could be more 

prestigious than Sindh 

Islam 

University where my 

leader, the founder of 

Pakistan, had been 

enrolled,” said the governor. 

He advised the students 

who had completed 

their education at the SMIU 

to chase their dreams as 

they liked, but those 

dreams should not be 

dreamed without Pakistan. 

He said the country had 

produced great brains, yet, a 

dominant majority of them 

everything he says. 

On Thursday, Adviser 

to the Sindh Chief Minister 

on Information and Law 

Barrister Murtaza Wahab 

asked Ismail to write in 

Urdu on Twitter instead of 

tweeting in incorrect 

English. 

Talking to media persons 

at the Sindh 

Assembly , the adviser 

said that posting tweets in 

the national language was 

a better option for the governor 

than using incorrect 

English on the micro-blogging 

website. 

271 students awarded 

degrees at SMUI convocation 

quality services. It is a great 

milestone achieved by SSU 

on maintaining its state-ofthe-art 

security services. 

SSU is now in the list of 

the world’s finest security 

organizations certified by 

UKAS Britain on its outstanding 

professional quality 

services in counter terrorism 

operations and providing 

foolproof security to vital 

installations and important 

personalities. 

women of all age group are 

participating and showing 

tremendous interest. These 

cars like Rolls Royce, 

Mercedes, Ferrari, Ford 

Mastang, Chevrolet etc are 

valuable assets of our 

country and it is the great 

achievement for provincial 

government of Sindh, that 

we are conducting the such 

rally. The Sindh government 

is feeling proud for 

conducting this significant 

event. 

KARACHI: Wrinkles 

are a natural part of getting 

older, and there’s no reason 

to dread getting them. 

Also known as rhytides, 

they are folds in your skin. 

As you age, your skin produces 

less of the proteins 

collagen and elastin, which 

makes your skin thinner. 

Environmental exposure, 

dehydration, and toxins 

can all make your face 

more likely to develop pronounced 

wrinkles. 

But if you’re especially 

concerned about your 

skin’s appearance as you 

grow older, you may want 

to speak to a dermatologist. 

“If you’ve engaged in 

lifestyle habits, such as, 

smoking or excessive 

drinking, you should be 

particularly vigilant of 

your skin’s appearance, as 

you may be at risk for skin 

cancer,” says Dr Amitabh 

Kumar, skin specialist, 

Max Hospital, Delhi. 

If you would like to 

slow the signs of aging on 

your face, these are some 

natural ways to do so the 

medical community continues 

to learn more about 

how sugar consumption 

would migrate to other 

countries at the expense of 

the country’s loss. 

“Pakistan deserves to 

offer success stories to the 

world, which we have not 

been able to do over the 

years for one reason or 

another. But, you should 

come forward and become 

inspiration for the generations 

to follow,” said the 

governor. 

He said the outgoing students 

owed a lot to the 

country and it was the payback 

time. 

He said loving and contributing 

better things to the 

country was part of the partnership 

every citizen had 

with one’s motherland. He 

added the students should 

enter into various fields 

including economy, politics 

and arts etc. and set examples 

for the world. 

Ending wrinkles is a 

possible healthcare 

can affect your health. 

Sugar in your body sets off 

a process called glycation, 

and advanced glycation 

end products (called 

AGEs) are no good for 

your skin. “AGEs break 

down the collagen in your 

body and, over time, can 

make you look older. 

AGEs have also been 

linked to food preparation 

methods such as grilling 

and frying (as opposed to 

baking and boiling). 

Limiting your intake of 

sugar and oil-rich foods 

will help your face retain 

its youthful shape,” says 

Dr Kumar. 

Smoking is bad for your 

health for lots of reasons, 

but many people don’t 

know that it can age your 

face prematurely. One fascinating 

study by the 

American Society of 

Plastic Surgeons compared 

the faces of 79 pairs of 

identical twins in which 

one had a smoking habit 

and the other one didn’t. 

The striking differences in 

their ages made it clear 

that smoking does affect 

the condition of the skin on 

your face. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting 

ongoing developments on the occasion of Rabi-ul-Awal.

Rulers have taken 100 U-Turns 

before 100 days: Nasir Shah 

LARKANA: Sindh 

Minister for Works, 

Services, Prisons and 

Religious Affairs Syed 

Nasir Shah said on Saturday 

that rulers had taken 100 U- 

Turns despite the fact they 

had not yet completed 100 

days. He said the rulers 

claimed that they would not 

give NRO but would conduct 

accountability was in 

fact shifting the attention 

from real issues. He said the 

government had brought 

tsunami of destruction and 

price hike. 

While talking to 

reporters at local press club 

here today, Shah said that 

PPP leadership had always 

faced courts and even now 

prepared and asked if article 

24 of NAB was only for 

PPP and PML-Nawaz leadership. 

Shah also asked why no 

action was being taken 

against the PTI partners. He 

said 70% people were 

Abdul Mateen Mahar 

KHAIRPUR: 7000 candidates 

participated in Preentry 

test for 2500 seats in 

various departments of 

SALU on Saturday. 

According to detail Shah 

Abdul Latif University, 

Khairpur the third largest 

University of the Province 

of Sindh, conducted Pre- 

Entry Test 2019 for 

Bachelor Programs 

The Media Coordinator 

GARHI KHUDA BUX: Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Prisons, Syed 

Nasir Shah talks with media persons during his visit at Bhutto Mausoleum. 

included in the government 

who were elected in the past 

as well and PTI leaderships 

had been calling them bandits 

in the past. He said 

rulers cannot give NRO neither 

can they dictate 

Supreme Court or JITs. 

Muhammad Ibrahim 

Khokhar told news man 

that about 7000 students 

competed for more than 

2500 seat available in various 

Institutes and 

Departments whereas, 

s o m e 

Institutes/Departments also 

offer admissions in Evening 

Program too. 

The Vice Chancellor 

Prof. Dr. Parveen Shah, 

Shah said how can Aleema 

Khan turn her properties of 

1.5 billion into white money 

which were built after 

Shoukat Khanum Hospital 

donations, he alleged. 

Shah said Sindh 

Governor Imran Ismail was 

making his position political 

and he should work under 

the law. He said 70% infrastructure 

of Sindh was 

destroyed during mega 

flood of 2010 and then rains 

also brought havoc which 

was restored by previous 

Pre entry test held for admissions in SALU 

7000 candidates participated in pre entry test admission for 2500 

Staff Reporter 

KHAIRPUR:The Vice 

Chancellor, Shah Abdul 

Latif University, Khairpur 

Prof. Dr. Parveen Shah 

handed over two Point 

Buses to the Directors of 

the Ghotki and Shahdadkot 

Campuses on Saturday. 

seats of bachelors programs at SALU khairpur 

New buses point handed over to SALU 

Vice Chancellor handed 

over the keys of the 

Point Buses to Prof. Dr. 

Maqsood Zia and Prof. Dr. 

Asif Ali Shah the 

Directors of Ghotki and 

Shahdadkot Campuses in 

the presence of Pro-Vice 

Chancellor Professor Dr. 

PESHAWAR: Activists of Awami National Party (ANP) are holding protest demonstration 

for acceptance of their demands, at Peshawar press club. 

Pro-Vice Chancellor 

Professor Dr. Muhammad 

Yousuf Khushk, Registrar 

Prof. Dr. Syed Asad Raza 

Abidi, Deans of all 

Faculties, President and 

General Secretary SALU- 

TA Prof. Dr. Ikhtiar Ali 

Ghumro visited the venue 

of the entry test along with 

the teams of media personnel 

and University officials. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

the Vice Chancellor 

told that SALU is the best 

and ideal seat of learning 

fort higher education. 

People trust the Alma Mater 

and aspirants from more 

than 12 Districts of the 

province prefer SALU as a 

choice and preferred destination 

of higher education. 

Besides 7000 aspirants, 

a huge crowd exceeding 

20,000 was gathered at 

University. In such a 

crowdy event all the 

arrangements for security, 

transport and other facilities 

were ensured at the 

campus. 

The event was coordinated 

by the teams of Shah 

Abdul Latif University, 

Khairpur, District 

Government, Law 

Enforcing Agencies and 

Media Groups. 

According to Director 

Admissions, Mr. Nazeer 

Mangnejo, the results of the 

entry test are displayed at 

the website of SALU. 

It is pertinent to mention 

that the test for Masters 

Programs is scheduled 

today i.e 18 November 

2018. 

DC directs to 

issue tenders for 

Muhammad Yousuf 

Khushk and Registrar and 

others The Senior 

Transport Officer Khushi 

development works 

Our Correspondent 

Muhammad Shaikh and HYDERABAD: The 

office bearers of Deputy Commissioner 

Employees Welfare Hyderabad Syed Aijaz Ali 

Association were also Shah has said that 

present on the occasion. restoration of beauty of 

Hyderabad was our priority 

because Hyderabad is 

our city and we all should 

work for its development. 

This he said while chairing 

a meeting of 

Oversight Committee of 

Maintenance & 

Rehabilitation at his main 

office today. 

He said that we will 

make Hyderabad a model 

city to facilitate citizens. 

He directed 

authorities that tenders 

for development schemes 

should be given transparently 

and no political 

pressure will be accepted 

in this regard. 

He stressed on timely 

completion of all development 

schemes. 

Natural antibiotic strips bacteria of their defenses 

ISLAMABAD: New 

research finds that an 

insect-derived antibiotic 

can destroy the protective 

membrane of some of the 

most prevalent drug-resistant 

bacteria. This could 

pave the way for a new 

class of antibiotics that 

could help tackle the current 

drug resistance crisis. 

In the United States, 

antibioticresistance causes 

over 2 millionillnesses and 

23,000 deaths each year. 

The World Health 

Organization (WHO) surveyed 

half a million people 

and found that the five 

most common drug-resistant 

bacteria are: 

Escherichia coli, 

Klebsiella pneumoniae, 

Staphylococcus aureus, 

Streptococcus pneumoniae,Salmonella. 

With the exception of S. 

pneumoniae, all the above 

are Gram-negative bacteria. 

The name comes from 

Hans Christian Gram, a 

physician who developed 

the Gram test. This is a 

chemical stain test that 

divides bacteria into 

Gram-positive and Gramnegative. 

Finding new ways of 

destroying Gram-negative 

bacteria is a major challenge, 

with some important 

implications for the 

growing public health crisis 

that is antimicrobial 

resistance. 

New research may have 

found a way to penetrate 

these bacteria's defenses. 

Scientists at the University 

of Zurich (UZH) in 

Switzerland found that 

thanatin, a naturally occurring 

antibiotic produced by 

an insect called the spined 

soldier bug, can attack the 

external membranes of 

Gram-negative bacteria. 

John A. Robinson, from 

the Department of 

Chemistry at UZH, is the 

corresponding and last 

author of the new paper, 

which was recentlypublished 

in the journal 

Science Advances. 

Robinson explains the 

motivation for the recent 

study, saying, "Despite 

huge efforts from academic 

researchers and pharmaceutical 

companies, it has 

proven very difficult to 

identify effective new bacterial 

targets for antibiotic 

discovery." 

"One of the major challenges 

is identifying new 

mechanisms of antibiotic 

action against dangerous 

Gram-negative bacteria." 

As Robinson and colleagues 

explain in their 

paper, an asymmetric outer 

membrane protects Gramnegative 

bacteria. This 

double layer is made up of 

lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 

molecules on the outside 

and membrane glycerophospholipids 

in the 

inner layer. 

The researchers used a 

model of E. coli and in 

vitro binding studies to test 

whether the antibiotic thanatin 

can bind to certain 

proteins called "Lpt proteins," 

which create a 

bridge from the inner 

membrane to the outer 

membrane of the double 

layer that protects Gramnegative 

bacteria. 

This bridge is then used 

to transport LPS molecules 

to the outer side of the 

membrane, creating a 

defensive barrier. 

PPP governments, he 

claimed. He said tiles are 

not being laid in any jail for 

any VIP but these were 

fixed previously in Karachi 

jail. He said air-coolers will 

be provided to inmates during 

summer season and hospitals 

of prisons will also be 

improved. He confessed 

that corruption is rampant in 

jails for which new IG has 

been posted, he added. 

He said boundary wall of 

Larkana Central Jail will 

soon be constructed and it 

will be upgraded to resolve 

its issues. He said number of 

under trial prisoners is 

increasing day by day and 

they are also being produced 

in the relevant courts 

regularly but pace of their 

cases is very slow. 

Earlier, Nasir Shah visited 

Bhutto leader's graveyard 

in Garhi Khuda Bux, showered 

rose petals at their 

graves and offered prayers 

for the departed souls. 

SC dissolves Punjab 

Healthcare Commission 

board, orders new one 

to be formed 

LAHORE: The Supreme 

Court on Saturday dissolved 

the Punjab Healthcare 

Commission board and 

ordered the formation of a 

new board. During a hearing 

at its Lahore Registry on 

Saturday, a two-judge bench 

headed by Chief Justice 

Saqib Nisar ordered that a 

new board be formed with 

members of good repute. 

Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan said 

the institution is a regulator 

but instead there are politics 

afoot. Punjab Health 

Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid 

informed the court that the 

board had been formed on 

the orders of the Supreme 

Court. I had high hopes from 

you, Justice Nisar told Dr 

Rashid. “What kind of people 

have you included in the 

board?” he asked her. 

Members Hussain Naqi and 

Aamir Raza’s verbal 

exchange had nothing to do 

with the rest of us, said 

another board member 

Shafqat. The court had summoned 

the board members 

and health minister to ascertain 

the reasons for the resignation 

of Justice (retd) Amir 

Raza Khan as the board’s 

head. The board should be 

biased and independent, said 

Justice Nisar. 


H Y D E R A B A D : 

Pakistan Peoples Party 

MPA Abdul Jabbar Khan 

has said 100 days performance 

of PTI government is 

disappointing. This government 

has no vision nor 

any program for uplift of 

people but it was from first 

day engaged in crushing 

opposition through 


National 

revenge. He said people 

had pinned hopes that PTI 

government would provide 

relief to them and reduce 

price hike but instead of 

solving the problems of 

people it has instead ended 

subsidy and increased 

prices of gas, power and 

daily consumer items to 

such extent that people 

have been pushed to wall. 

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PTI govt’s 100 days performance 

disappointing: Jabbar Khan 


He said now people have 

come to know that it is 

only PPP that can serve 

them and solve their problems 

as PPP had carried 

record development works 

in past and provided relief 

to people. He said if people 

become more disappointed 

they could take 

accountability of PTI government. 

SHIKARPUR: The few 

gangs of kidnappers are 

active in Shikarpur, 

Ghotki, Kandhkot- 

Kashmore and other districts 

of northern Sindh to 

kidnap youths and middle 

aged person by luring 

female voice by using 

modern techniques and 

tools through making 

voice calls to mimic in 

female voice on phone first 

befriending them and after 

developing an understanding 

and encourage them to 

visit their designated place 

to complete the logically 

end of love when victim 

reaches there the members 

of kidnappers kidnap the 

latter and who demand for 

ransom money at least 

Rs50 million from the 

heirs of kidnapped men. 

A 22-year-old youth 

identified as Syes Shoieb 

Shah, of 25, tailor master 

by profession, inhabitant 

of marginalised locality of 

Shikarpur, was kidnapped 

by luring female voice on 

reaching at designated 

place. 

Syed Shoieb Shah went 

to meeting his female 

friend on 07th November 

of running month, but he 

did not returned while on 

13th November, the heirs 

of former received a call 

for ransom money Rs2.5 

million. 

The last location was 

traced by Shikarpur police 

is Machi Bundo, the 

Katcha area of Ghouspur 

town of Kashmore- 

Kandhkot district, claimed 

his heirs. 

The heirs of kidnapped 

youth including Zubair 

Shah, Aamir Shah and others 

recorded their protest 

in front of Shikarpur Press 

Club and expressed their 

compel that they are not in 

position to afford ransom 

money and demanded the 

high ups for legitimate 

Practice of kidnapping by luring female 

voice still ongoing, another kidnaps 

help for releasing their 

youth. 

It is noteworthy that 

Abubakar Solangi and 

Moula Bakhsh Solangi, 

resident of Obaro town of 

district Ghotki, have kidnapped 

from Shikarpur in 

the precinct of Rustam 

Police Station one month 

before, but police are still 

clueless to trace their 

whereabouts and another 

incident of kidnapping 

took place. 

Shikarpur police should 

play its pivotal role with 

great gusto, but Shikarpur 

police are just busy tracing 

location of kidnapped men 

despite taking serious 

action against them. 

LAHORE: Residents of Alipur Sabzi Mandi are holding protest demonstration for recovery 

of their missing children, at Lahore press club. 

Jatoi community continued protest of toke hunger strike 

on 79th day against the non arrest killers in Sukkur 

concerned Staff Reporter 

KHAIRPUR: Several 

members of Jatoi community 

on Saturday continued 

their protest and token 

hunger strike hunger strike 

for the 79TH consecutive 

day on Sunday in front of 

the Sukkur press club over 

non-arrest of suspected 

killers and land grabbers. 

The angry protesters 

including Dilmrad Jatoi, 

Edan Jatoi, Yasin jatoi told 

that builder Rao Shakir and 

his accomplices notorious 

criminals including Mehar 

Jatoi, Panah Lalabo, 

Ghaffar Rajpute, Essa 

Malik, Ayoob Seelro and 

others occupied their land 

with the help of revenue 

officials and Airport police. 

They further alleged that 

many times assailants had 

attacked their homes, and 

recently one young member 

of their community was 

killed and six people were 

injured in an attack. 

They claimed that 

despite of an FIR (First 

Information Report) and 

arrest warrant issued by 

Sukkur Court against them, 

police have not taken any 

action against the criminals. 

The victim family members 

told newsman that 

Sukkur police is providng 

protocol to killers and pressurizing 

to hold talks (Jirga) 

with killers or withdraw 

from case. 

They appealed to the 

Chief Justice of Pakistan 

(CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar and 

Chief of Army Staff (CAS) 

General Qamar Javed 

Bajwa to take notice of the 

matter, deliver justice 

according to the 

Constitution of Pakistan by 

arresting the killers and 

ensure provision of protection 

to them. 

HYDERABAD: Shiite mourners are participating in procession of Chup-Tazia on the occasion of 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal 

every year to commemorate the death of Hazrat Imam Hasan al-Askari (RA).

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OPINION 

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)- 

Mercy to all Mankind 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

In the fifth and sixth centuries 

the world stood on 

the verge of a chaos and 

that mankind was likely to 

return to the condition of barbarism 

where every tribe and 

sect was against the next, fighting 

each other, law and order 

were not known. There wasn’t any 

hope to bring mankind into unity and 

to save humanity. At that period of darkness and 

ignorance Muhammad (P.B.U.H) was born as a 

mercy to mankind as Almighty God says in the 

Holy Qur’an “ We sent you not, but as a mercy for 

all creatures”(21:107). 

The Prophet Muhammad was sent as the last 

prophet. He closed the long line of messengers. He 

was a living example of the sublime morality of 

God's last revelation. A Muslim needs to try to emulate 

the behavior and the morality of the Prophet 

Muhammad. Allah confirms that in a verse: 

“You have an excellent model in the Messenger 

of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the 

Last Day and remember Allah much. (33: 21) 

The Prophet's words "The most perfect believer 

in respect of faith is he who is best of them in manners." 

This make clear, morality is one the most 

important components of true faith. It is therefore an 

important religious duty to learn about and practice 

the very best examples of it. 

The Prophet’s Character 

The good character and the ethics of the Prophet 

made all who dealt with him love him. It has been 

narrated that Zaid Ibn Haritha was captured and 

Lady Khadija brought him to serve the Prophet 

Muhammad( P.B.U.H). After some days, Zaid’s 

family asked the Prophet to release him for ransom 

. The Prophet told them that if Zaid chose to go with 

them, he would give him to them without ransom. 

Zaid chose to remain with the Prophet. His family 

said to him “ woe be to you! Do you prefer slavery 

to freedom!” Zaid answered in affirmative and 

added,” By God ! So long as I accompanied him( 

the prophet) , he never asked me why I did or did 

not do any thing, I would do or would not do” . So, 

Zaid stayed with the Prophet who took good care of 

him, as accustomed by the Arabs before the mission. 

Thus he was called “Zaid son of Muhammad” 

until adoption was prohibited by God. 

The Prophet was the fairest person to all the people: 

those who were closed to him and those who 

were not ,and both the strong and weak , even if 

they were non –Muslims. The Prophet derived his 

ethics and morals from God’s guidance. 

The Prophet was always tolerant 

Throughout his life, however, he showed an 

interest in each and every one, warned them about 

their mistakes , and tried to educate them in all matters, 

from cleanliness to matters of faith. That compassionate, 

tolerant, understanding and patient attitude 

of his was the means by which many peoples' 

hearts warmed to Islam and developed a genuine 

love for the Prophet. Allah describes this pleasing 

attitude adopted by the Prophet towards those 

around him in the Qur'an: 

‘It is a mercy from Allah that you were gentle 

with them. If you had been rough or hard of heart, 

they would have scattered from around you. So pardon 

them and ask forgiveness for them…’ (3: 159) 

The Prophet never pressured those around him to 

accept the religion, nor imposed conditions on 

them. Instead he always used the pleasantest ways 

to tell them about it. He always supported the community 

of the faithful with his strong conscience, 

and was a benefactor to them at all times. Those 

believers who were able to comprehend the conscientiousness 

of the Prophet regarded him as closer to 

them than all others, and humbled themselves 

towards him. 

Everyone thought that the Prophet honoured him 

more. Whoever came to him could see his face... He 

used to call his companions by their surnames with 

honour and he used to give one surname who had no 

surname... He was very affectionate and kind in 

dealing with the people... The Prophet's human 

love, kind thought and compassion, which turned 

those around him to true religion and warmed their 

hearts to faith, is that superior morality which all 

Muslims should seek to reproduce. 

The exemplary justice of the Prophet 

In the Qur'an, Allah commands believers to "Be 

upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allah 

alone, even against yourselves or your parents and 

relatives. Whether they are rich or poor, Allah is 

well able to look after them. Do not follow your 

own desires and deviate from the truth..." (4: 135). 

With the rules he imposed on Muslims, his just 

and tolerant attitude towards those of other religions, 

races and tribes, and his way of not discriminating 

between rich and poor, but treating everybody 

equally as Allah's Messenger is a great example 

to all of mankind. The Prophet abided by Allah's 

commands, even with such difficult people, and 

never made any concessions in his implementation 

of justice 

During the time of the Prophet Christians, 

Jews and pagans were all treated equally. The 

Prophet abided by the verse "There is no compulsion 

where the religion is concerned…" (1: 256), 

explaining the true religion to everyone, but leaving 

them free to make up their own minds. The 

noble attitude of the Prophet being in total harmony 

with the morality of the Qur'an, should be 

taken as an example of how members of different 

religions today should be treated. During his final 

sermon, the Prophet called on Muslims in these 

terms: "There is no superiority for an Arab over a 

non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab; nor 

for white over the black nor for the black over the 

white except in piety. Verily the noblest among 

you is he who is the most pious." 

The Prophet was most considerate and compassionate 

The Prophet was a compassionate man, full of 

love and understanding. He took an interest in the 

physical and spiritual problems of his friends, relatives 

and all those around him, Muslims or non- 

Muslims, and took all appropriate measures to 

ensure their health, security and happiness. He 

took them under his wing, and always bore in 

mind their lot in the hereafter by encouraging 

them to remain godly. These features of the 

Prophet that are an example for all of humanity.The 

Prophet reminded his companions to be 

compassionate, and was the greatest model for 

them in that regard: 

"Those who have mercy will receive the mercy 

of the Most Merciful. Have mercy on those who 

are on earth, the One in heavens will have mercy 

on you. 

The Prophet was always courteous 

Some of those who surrounded the Prophet 

were less than well-mannered and cultured. It can 

be seen from a number of verses that they could 

not understand how thoughtless they were and 

that their behavior could make others uncomfortable. 

For instance, verses speak of people entering 

houses by the back instead of the front, arriving 

when the Prophet was dining, or else taking 

up his time by talking for a long time. The 

Prophet Muhammad on the other hand, was very 

thoughtful, courteous, patient and civilized, and 

treated such people nevertheless with the greatest 

tolerance. Also, in the most pleasant manner, he 

warned those around him against behavior that 

would make others uncomfortable, and thus won 

their sympathy, teaching them through patience 

and perseverance. That comportment made him 

an excellent example for all believers. 

Because of his being both a Messenger of 

Allah and a head of state, the Prophet was in constant 

contact with people from all walks of life, 

from the wealthy leaders of states and tribes to 

poor, defenseless women and orphans. He was 

able to communicate with and win the hearts of 

people whose social status, ways of life and customs 

were very different from one another, he 

exhibited understanding, patience and a desirable 

attitude. The Prophet was always optimistic and 

pleasant, never harsh or rude . He never caused a 

ruckus in the markets , was never indecent or a 

eulogist. 

Additionally, the Prophet avoided three things 

when dealing with people . Firstly, he never 

insulted or defamed people. Secondly, he would 

not speak except regarding things for which he 

would hope to receive some reword from God, 

and when he spoke, the attendees would sit attentively, 

and when he remained silent , they would 

speak but without quarrel. The would also listen 

one another politely. Thirdly , he was patient with 

strangers despite their ill manners and answered 

them in a kind manners. 

The Prophet also said that fearing God and 

treating people will lead to paradise He also used 

to say that the true pious Muslim is he who has 

the best ethics. Further the Prophet Muhammad( 

PBUH) was an extremely successful social 

reformer as well as spiritual and political leader 

who championed the rights of the women, weak 

and oppressed. 

At his last will and testament the Prophet’s 

farewell sermon is devoted more to the theme of 

establishing a lasting peace among the people 

than any thing else. His injunction to respect the 

life and possession of other people, his constant 

reminder to take care of the wives and to treat the 

slaves well; also his parting injunctions to forget 

all blood sheds and forgive interest on all borrowed 

sums, these are fundamental principles of 

achieving peace and harmony in the word. 

Karen Armstrong , an internationally 

renowned expert on religion, a powerful voice for 

interfaith understanding said in her book, 

‘MUHAMMAD A PROPHET FOR OUR 

TIME’:- 

“ As a paradigmatic personality, Muhammad 

has important lessons, not only for Muslims but 

also for western people . His life was a Jihad ; as 

we shall see , this word does not mean ‘holy war’ 

, it means ‘ struggle’. Muhammad literally sweated 

with the effort to bring peace to war- tone 

Arabia and we need people who are prepared to 

do this today. His life was a tireless campaign 

against greed , injustice and arrogance.” 

PMA Sindh asks for posting of 

doctors at their domicile districts 

SHEIKHUPRA: At 

least 25 students of a private 

school were injured when 

their school bus skidded off 

the road and overturned 

near Kala Shah Kaku area 

of Sheikhupura on 

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Medical Association leader, Pir Manzoor Ali addresses to 

media persons during press conference held at Hyderabad press club. 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Pakistan Medical 

Association (PMA) Sindh 

office-bearers appealed to 

Chief Justice of Pakistan 

(CJP) to take a notice of 

unjustified transfers of doctors 

to Tharparker and rampant 

corruptions in Sindh 

health department. 

They also announced 

holding province-wide 

protest and to observance a 

black day on Nov 22 

throughout Sindh in this 

regard. They also urged 

Sindh chief minister to pay 

attention to the health 

department and address 

grievances of doctors. 

They said this while 

speaking at a news conference 

held at the local press 

club on Saturady. PMA 

Sindh general secretary Dr 

Pir Manzoor, vice president 

DrAbid Qaimkhani, finance 

secretary Dr Gulzar Jumani, 

coordinator Dr Lala Jaffer 

and others were present. 

They complained that 

approximately 250 doctors 

were transferred to 

Tharparker from various 

district of the province during 

a week as the Supreme 

Court’s order is being misused. 

They said that the 

court ordered Sindh health 

department to fulfill a 

shortage of doctors in Thar 

because of poor situation 

there. 

They said that those 

doctors who got admissions 

to medical universities and 

then jobs because of their 

domicile of Tharparker, 

they must be transferred 

and posted there first. They 

said that around 250 new 

doctors for only Thar were 

Saturday. 

According to details, the 

bus was going to Khewra 

salt range on a picnic trip 

when it skidded off the road 

and overturned near Kala 

Shah Kaku area. As a result, 

inducted in the health 

department through Sindh 

Public 

Service 

Commission (SPSC) 

recently, but their whereabouts 

were unknown so 

Peoples 

Healthcare 

far. They said that except 

for monthly salaries, Sindh 

government also 

announced a special 

monthly package for doctors 

of Thar including 

90,000 for 17-grade doctors 

and 140,000 for 18-and-19- 

grade doctors to improve 

health facilities there. 

They said that Sindh 

25 students injured as school 

bus overturns in Sheikhupura 


Legendary actor of television 

‘Shafi Muhammad 

Shah’ was remembered on 

Saturday on his 11th death 

anniversary by his fans all 

over the world. 

Shafi Muhammad Shah 

(September 1949–17 

November 2007), was born 

in Kandiaro, Naushahro 

Feroze District, Sindh, and 

got fame as a renowned television 

actor. 

Among his kins and peer 

groups he was recognized 

with the name `Shah-jee’. 

Shafi began his career as 

a radio presenter from the 

Hyderabad; later honed his 

acting skills by taking part 

in plays broadcast from that 

radio in 1960s. Meanwhile, 

he obtained a postgraduate 

degree from the University 

of Sindh, Jamshoro. 

He later moved to 

Karachi and began his 

career as an actor. 

PTV play Urta Asman, 

directed by Shahzad Khalil, 

was his debut performance. 

His career took a boost by 

Urdu-drama-Serial “Teesra 

Kinara”, producer by late 

‘Shahzad Khalil’ from 

where he joined the elite 

club of the leading TV stars. 

Shafi became a household 

name with the popularity 

of Teesra Kinara. He 

25 students sustained 

injuries. The injured were 

shifted to Shahdara and 

DHQ Sheikupura hospitals 

for treatment. The condition 

of four students was to stated 

to be serious. 

Remembering legendary 

actor Shafi Muhammad Shah 

Free wheat 

distribution in 

Mithi continues 

MITHI: Deputy 

Commissioner Tharparkar 

Muhammad Asif Jamil, 

said that from the District 

Administration the distribution 

of free wheat in the 

drought-hit families in 

Tharparkar is continue on 

transparent way on a daily 

basis, by which first Phase 

completed and distribution 

work is continue followed 

by the second phase , till the 

Free wheat is being distributed 

among the 2 lack 78 

thousand 939 families so 

far. This he was expressed 

in his statement on a daily 

basis by releasing a report 

on relief work activities in 

the District Tharparkar. In 

the same way, 31 thousand 

95 pregnant and lactating 

women have distributed 

ration bags through 137 

sentinantal points (nearby 

centers). Deputy 

Commissioner Tharparkar 

said that 1513 sick women, 

men and children have been 

treated in the remote areas 

with the help of 13 medical 

camps on daily basis by the 

Health department and 

PPHI. (G.R.K)H. No. 216. 

Staff Report 

T.M KHAN: System 

was digitalized in developed 

countries and compete 

the modern era, computer 

technology was 

essential. 

These views were 

expressed by renowned 

journalist, writer and 

social activist, Akash 

Santorai while delivering 

lecture in programmme 

Diwali show and education 

awareness organized by 

Wedak Youth society in the 

village Bhooro Kolhi at 

Tando Muhammad Khan 

town on Saturday. 

Mr. Santorai said those 

who would be unknown of 

the computer technology 

to be considered illeterate 

and both English and computer 

were essential to 

meet the challenges. He 

said ancient Hindu communities 

remained under 

influence of religion, politics, 

economy and classification 

and they need to rid 

out such hurdles and 

chains and slavery and 

must prepare plan for 

brighter future. He said it 

was regrettable that they 

earned accolades for his 

acting in many plays, especially 

Chand Girahan, 

Dairey, Aanch, Bund Gulab 

and Mohabbat Khawab Ki 

Surat. 

Shafi acted in all mediums 

of entertainment, from 

radio, theater to films and 

television. During his 30- 

year career, He performed 

in over 50 drama serials and 

over 100 television plays in 

the Urdu and Sindhi languages 

on different television 

channels. 

Shafi Muhammad and 

his wife, Batool had four 

daughters: Alina, Arsalna, 

Zainab and Sheherbano; 

and a son, Ali. He goes by 

Ali Asghar, is a graduate of 

Karachi Grammar School 

and works for the highly 

reputable Pakistani publication 

Herald. 

were taught fake and false 

history in connection of 

religion, politics, economy 

and social norms causing 

they were indulged in inferiority 

and deprivation. 

Mr. Akash Santorai said 

difference of castes of 

Hindus were used as card 

and self ends by religious 

leaders and political 

notable. 

While addressing 

Advocate Ram Kolhi said 

due to illeteracy their communities 

remained under 

slavery of local Waderas 

and feudals but time was 

changed and youths were 

government kept spending 

billions of rupees of budget 

on two non-governmental 

organizations (NGOs) --- 

Primary 

Initiatives 

(PPHI) and Integrated 

Health Services (IHS) but 

there was a big question 

mark over their efficiency, 

while government was also 

running its program like 

maternal, newborn and 

child health (MNCH) and 

other programs but all 

failed to revamp health 

facilities in Thar. 

Approximately 

200.79 million tree 

saplings planted 

during three years 


Approximately 200.79 million 

saplings of different 

plants had been planted 

across the country during 

the past three years and 

country has total 88.41 hector 

of forest land. 

According to detail, vast 

number of plants 170 million 

had been planted in 

KP. Out of 88.41 hector of 

forest land nearly 4.55 million 

hector was covered 

with forest which approximately 

less than 4%. 

Nearly 5.1% was national 

forest. 

According to the available 

documents, around 

207.98 million different 

saplings of trees had been 

planted in country from 

2016 to 2018 as most trees 

planted in KP province. 

175.64 million in KP, 

13.92 million in Punjab, 

6.79 million in Sindh, 1.09 

million in Balochistan and 

1.9 million in Balochistan. 

It further noted in documents 

that 207.98 trees had 

been planted in county during 

the spring season and 

107.03 million in 2017 

monsoon season. 

Currently, Punjab has 

20.51 million hector area of 

forest and only 0.55 million 

covered with forest. 

Computer technology was essential to meet 

the digitalized sysytem: Akash Santorai 

joining main stream and 

contesting election to 

waderas which was better 

sign towards change of 

attitude and improvement. 

Dr. GM Gul, education 

expert and principal, Indus 

medical college said political 

parties must end the 

game of minority wings. 

The ceremony was also 

addressed by Sachanand 

Aaria,Venesh Kumar, 

Professor Parshotam 

Waswani, Engineer Amrat 

Panhwani, Rai Singh 

Thakur, Babu Lal 

Aaria,Tulsi Das Aaria and 

others.

China chides US to portray 

Silk Road plan as 'trap' 

PORT MORESBY: 

China’s President Xi Jinping 

has rejected US criticism of 

Beijing’s Belt and Road 

Initiative, saying it is not "a 

trap". "It is not designed to 

serve any hidden geopolitical 

agenda," Xi emphasized 

on Saturday in an address 

before a meeting of the Asia 

Pacific Economic 

Cooperation (APEC). 

He was referring a massive 

infrastructure and 

development project spanning 

Southeast Asia, Central 

Asia, Africa, the Middle 

East and Africa. 

"It is not targeted against 

anyone, and it does not 

exclude anyone. Nor is it a 

DAYR AL-ZAWR: 

Dozens of civilians, mostly 

women and children, have 

been killed when the USled 

coalition purportedly 

fighting the Daesh Takfiri 

terrorist group conducted 

fresh airstrikes against residential 

areas in Syria’s eastern 

province of Dayr al- 

Zawr. 

Local sources, speaking 

on condition of anonymity, 

told Syria’s official news 

agency SANA that US-led 

military aircraft struck the 

village of al-Buqa'an on the 

outskirts of Hajin town on 

trap, as some people have 

labelled it," Xi said. 

He further lashed out at 

"America First" trade protectionism 

and in an open 

criticism of Washington 

Saturday, leaving at least 40 

people dead. 

The development came 

only two days after 17 people 

of the same family lost 

their lives when US-led 

coalition fighter jets fired 

missiles into buildings in 

Albu Badran village. 

Most of the slain civilians 

had apparently been 

displaced earlier from the 

nearby town of al-Baghuz 

in the Abu Kamal district of 

Dayr al-Zawr province. The 

town has recently witnessed 

fierce clashes between 

Daesh terrorists and militants 

from the Kurdish 

Democratic Union Party. 

Separately on Thursday, 

US-led warplanes struck al- 

Susah village in the same 

Syrian province. Six civilians 

were killed and several 

buildings destroyed in the 

aerial attacks. 

On November 13, the 

Syrian Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs and Expatriates 

condemned a recent 

airstrike by the US-led 

coalition against the eastern 

town of al-Shaafah, which 

left more than 60 people 

dead and injured, arguing 

underlined that global trade 

rules should not be applied 

"with double standards or 

US-led coalition airstrikes kill 40 

people in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr 

UN: Yemeni parties to attend 

peace talks in Sweden 

Parties show renewed commitment to work on political 

solution, says special envoy Martin Griffiths 

W A S H I N G T O N : 

Warring factions in Yemen 

have confirmed they will 

attend peace talks in 

Sweden, UN Special 

Envoy to Yemen Martin 

Griffiths said Friday. 

"This is a crucial 

moment for Yemen. I have 

received firm assurances 

from the leadership of the 

Yemeni parties," said 

Griffiths at a UN Security 

Council meeting. "They 

are committed to attending 

these consultations. I 

believe they are genuine." 

Griffiths said he will 

head to Sanaa next week, 

and would travel with the 

delegation to the consultations 

in Sweden, if necessary. 

The UN envoy noted he 

was close to "solving the 

preparatory issues that will 

allow us to make this happen." 

"With increased international 

attention, has 

come a renewed commitment 

from the Yemeni parties 

to work on a political 

solution," Griffiths said. 

Impoverished Yemen 

has been wracked by violence 

since 2014 when 

Shia Houthi rebels overran 

much of the country, 

including the capital, 

Sanaa, and al-Hudaydah 

province. 

The conflict escalated 

in 2015 when Saudi Arabia 

and its Sunni-Arab allies 

launched a massive air 

campaign in Yemen aimed 

at rolling back Houthi 

gains and shoring up the 

country’s pro-Saudi government. 

The violence has devastated 

Yemen’s basic infrastructure, 

including its 

health and sanitation systems, 

prompting the UN to 

describe the situation as 

“one of the worst humanitarian 

disasters of modern 

times”. 

As China-US friction rises, their 

armies hold joint disaster drills 

NANJING: Soldiers 

from China and the United 

States wrapped up a week 

of joint disaster relief drills 

on Saturday, in a display of 

cooperation against a backdrop 

of worsening ties 

between the two countries 

over trade, the disputed 

South China Sea and selfruled 

Taiwan. 

Relations between the 

world’s two largest 

economies have plumbed 

new depths under U.S. 

President Donald Trump, 

who is due to meet Chinese 

President Xi Jinping at the 

G20 summit in Argentina 

starting late this month. 

The exercise, held in the 

eastern Chinese city of 

Nanjing, comes a week 

after Chinese Defence 

Minister Wei Fenghe and 

top diplomat Yang Jiechi 

visited Washington, where 

U.S. officials urged China 

to halt militarization of the 

South China Sea. 

But there was no sign of 

those strains as Chinese and 

U.S. soldiers simulated 

plucking people from earthquake-destroyed 

buildings 

and treating survivors’ 

injuries at a People’s 

Liberation Army (PLA) 

base on the outskirts of 

Nanjing. 

Troops practiced search 

and rescue in a small mockup 

of a devastated urban 

area post-earthquake, using 

sniffer dogs and other gear 

to search for people buried 

in the fake rubble. 

“Only through more 

contacts, more exchanges 

and cooperation in areas of 

common interest can we 

effectively increase mutual 

trust and effectively reduce 

misjudgments,” Qin 

Weijiang, deputy commander 

of the PLA’s eastern 

theater command, told 

reporters. 

“So I think bilateral 

exchanges can start from 

humanitarian and disaster 

relief exchanges and 

expand to other areas of 

common interest.” 

Robert Brown, 

Commanding General of 

the U.S. Army Pacific, said 

the exchange was 

“extremely important”. 

that the massacre clearly 

pointed to the fact that 

members of the military 

alliance had no respect for 

moral values, international 

rules and regulations 

besides the lives of innocent 

civilians. 

The ministry, in two 

separate letters, addressed 

to United Nations Secretary 

General Antonio Guterres 

and the rotating president 

of the UN Security Council 

Ma Zhaoxu, called on the 

Security Council to fulfill 

its responsibilities and stop 

US-led aerial assaults. 

French protesters 

block roads over 

higher fuel taxes, 

one dead in accident 

PARIS: A motorist accidentally 

hit and killed a protester 

taking part in a campaign 

of road blockades 

across France on Saturday, as 

thousands gathered on 

motorways in a backlash 

against higher fuel taxes. 

The demonstrators, part 

of a grassroots movement 

dubbed the “yellow vests”, 

caused logjams on highways 

and blocked roundabouts as 

they railed against the fuel 

tax hikes introduced by 

President Emmanuel 

Macron. 

The protests, largely 

orchestrated on social media 

and which aimed to prevent 

road access to some fuel 

depots and airports, have also 

drawn broader support from 

some voters dissatisfied with 

Macron’s economic reforms 

and his governing style. 

At a blockade on a road in 

the southeastern department 

of Savoie, a driver panicked 

when protesters surrounded 

her car and she accelerated, 

hitting and killing a woman 

demonstrator, French Interior 

Minister Christophe 

Castaner said in televised 

comments. 

Sixteen people were lightly 

injured in other accidents 

across the country, and a person 

run over by a car in 

northern France was in a critical 

state, according to the 

interior ministry, which estimated 

some 50,000 demonstrators 

were participating in 

Saturday’s protests. 

selfish agendas." 

The project is also known 

as Silk Road Economic Belt. 

Xi made the remarks at 

the APEC summit in Papua 

New Guinea, where US 

Vice President Mike Pence 

touched on the US-China 

trade dispute, saying that the 

Trump administration will 

not change course of tariffs 

until China “changes its 

ways.” While Washington 

has imposed tariffs on $250 

billion in Chinese imports, 

Beijing has slapped tariffs 

on $110 billion in imports 

from the US in retaliation, 

effectively halting its purchase 

of key US agricultural 

exports. 

UK PM May 

defends Brexit deal 

as opponents plot 

no-confidence vote 

LONDON: British Prime 

Minister Theresa May won 

the backing of the most 

prominent Brexiteer in her 

government on Friday as 

she fought to save a draft 

European Union divorce 

deal that has stirred up a plot 

to force her out of her job. 

More than two years 

after the United Kingdom 

voted to leave the EU, it is 

still unclear how, on what 

terms or even if it will leave 

as planned on March 29, 

2019. 

Just hours after announcing 

that her senior ministers 

had collectively backed her 

divorce deal, May was 

thrust into her premiership’s 

most perilous crisis when 

her Brexit Secretary 

Dominic Raab resigned on 

Thursday to oppose the 

agreement. 

Other mutinous lawmakers 

in her party have openly 

spoken of ousting her and 

said the Brexit deal would 

not pass parliament. 

But May, who has defiantly 

vowed to stay on as 

prime minister, got a rare 

boost on Friday when 

Michael Gove, the most 

prominent Brexit-supporting 

minister, gave his backing 

to her, saying he would 

stay on as environment 

minister. 

Asked if he had confidence 

in May, Gove told 

reporters: “I absolutely do.” 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 


International 

MUMBAI: Saif Ali 

Khan and Amrita Singh’s 

daughter, Sara Ali Khan, is 

all set for her Bollywood 

debut with the 

filmKedarnath. 

Sara, who has been busy 

promoting the film, was 

asked during a recent interview 

with Red FM about 

Saif's wife and actress 

Kareena Kapoor Khan and 

the influence she has had on 

her. 

Sara revealed that she 

was a huge fan of Kareena's 

character Poo, from the 

movie Kabhi Khushi 

Kabhie Gham. 

Speaking about her 

favourite thing about 

Kareena, Sara quoted Poo’s 

line from K3G and said, 

"That she is her own 

favourite person. 'Main apni 

favourite hoon!' (I am my 

favourite).” 

“I have grown up watching 

K3G. I sometimes can't 

associate her beyond Poo. 

It's really shocking," she 

added. 

Earlier, during the trailer 

launch of Kedarnath, Sara 

was also asked about 

Kareena and what she 

taught her about making her 

debut in Bollywood. 

"Kareena Kapoor Khan is 

amazing in the way she 

works and is extremely professional. 

If there is anything, 

I would like to learn 

from her it is her professionalism. 

I would like to 

imbibe her professionalism 

in me," Sara had responded. 

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Sometimes can't associate Kareena 

beyond Poo from K3G: Sara Ali Khan 

DUBAI: Iran and Iraq 

could raise their annual 

bilateral trade to $20 billion 

from the current level 

of $12 billion, President 

Hassan Rouhani said on 

Saturday, amid concerns in 

Tehran over the economic 

impact of renewed U.S. 

sanctions. 

Rouhani’s remarks, 

made after a meeting with 

visiting Iraqi President 

Barham Salih, came about 

two weeks after the United 

States restored sanctions 

targeting Iran’s key oil 

industry as well as its 

banking and transportation 

sectors. 

“... through bilateral 

efforts, we can raise this 

figure (for bilateral trade) 

to $20 billion in the near 

future,” Rouhani said in 

comments broadcast live 

Directed by Abhishek 

Kapoor, Kedarnath is slated 

to release on December 7. 

Rouhani sees Iran, Iraq expanding 

trade despite U.S. sanctions 

MELBOURNE: A man hailed as a 

hero for trying to stop a terrorist has 

spent the night in jail, after being 

charged over a series of Melbourne 

burglaries. 

Michael Rogers, who has been 

sleeping rough for 18 years, was 

dubbed the Bourke Street 'Trolley 

Man' after he was caught on camera 

trying to fight off terrorist Hassan 

Khalif Shire Ali with a shopping trolley 

during last Friday's rampage but 

his heroic act was quickly overshadowed 

after the police announced on 

Thursday Rogers was wanted in connection 

with break-ins in Melbourne's 

CBD and St Kilda areas. 

A Victoria Police spokesperson 

confirmed that Rogers presented himself 

to authorities about 10pm yesterday. 

He was questioned by detectives 

before being charged with two counts 

of burglary, two counts of theft and 

committing an indictable offence 

whilst on bail. 

A fundraising page was launched to 

thank Rogers for his bravery and to 

give him a second chance in life after 

last week’s terrorist attack. The page 

was shared thousands of times online 

and has raised more than $144,300 in 

just five days through more than 5175 

individual donations. 

The organiser of the account, 

Donna Zen, said the funds would be 

on Iranian state television. 

“We held talks on trade 

in electricity, gas, petroleum 

products and activities 

... in the field of oil exploration 

and extraction,” 

Rouhani said. 

Iraqi officials told 

Reuters last week that Iraq 

had agreed to trade Iraqi 

food items in return for 

Iranian gas and energy 

supplies. 

Baghdad is seeking 

U.S. approval to allow it to 

import Iranian gas for its 

power stations. Iraqi officials 

say they needs more 

time to find an alternative 

source than a 45-day waiver 

granted to it by the 

United States. 

“It will be important to 

create free trade zones at 

our shared border and to 

connect the two countries’ 

railways,” Salih said. 

'Trolley Man' behind bars over Melbourne burglaries 

GAZA: The Palestinian 

resistance movement 

Hamas has pledged to target 

Tel Aviv next time 

should Israel attack the 

blockaded Gaza Strip. 

Speaking at a memorial 

service for the Palestinians 

killed in recent clashes 

with Israeli soldiers in the 

city of Khan Yunis on 

Friday, Hamas leader in 

Gaza Yahya Sinwar 

warned Israel not to test 

the resistance group again. 

"I advise Israel not to 

try and test us again. This 

time you did not have a lot 

of casualties and you managed 

to rescue your special 

forces," he said. “You 

should not try again, 

because next time you will 

have to release thousands 

of prisoners." 

Sinwar also warned that 

the next time Israeli forces 

entered the Gaza Strip, 

held in a trust account by accountants 

to ensure Rogers is "financially guided 

as he moves forward". 

"He's an absolutely incredible 

human," GoFundMe organiser, Donna 

Zen, wrote on the page but while many 

have congratulated Rogers for his 

"heroic actions" on Bourke Street, others 

have questioned whether the 

fundraiser should have been launched. 

It appears the comment section of 

the fundraising page has been closed. 

Others on the fundraising page are 

now calling for the money to be donated 

to charity. 

It's been more than one week since 

Melbourne's CBD descended into 

chaos when Shire Ali lit his car on fire 

on Bourke Street. 

He then fatally stabbed iconic 

restaurateur Sisto Malaspina and 

injured two others before being shot 

by police. 

Hamas threatens to hit Tel Aviv in response to next Israeli aggression 

they would only return via 

a prisoner exchange for 

“thousands of prisoners.” 

Last week, Gaza witnessed 

its worst flare-up of 

violence since the 2014 

war. It began with an 

Israeli commando raid and 

a spate of deadly airstrikes 

against Gaza. 

The Israeli aggression 

triggered retaliatory rocket 

attacks by Palestinian 

resistance groups into the 

southern parts of the occupied 

territories. Hamas 

fired more than 460 rockets 

at the occupied lands in 

less than 24 hours.

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Biz 

Gov’t has no plan to privatize SOEs 

having strategic importance: Asad Umar 

Govt should take important steps to eliminate 

unemployment: Tania Gul Advocate 

Present Govt should provide employment to public: Provincial leader 


Minister for Finance Asad 

Umar has said that the government 

has no plan to privatize 

the State Owned 

Institutions (SOEs) having 

strategic importance such 

as Pakistan Steels Mills 

(PSM) 

Pakistan International 

Airlines (PIA), and 

Pakistan Railways, however 

the government would 

privatize the institutions 

with no strategic value. 

“Pakistan Steels Mills is 

one to those projects which 

possess immense strategic 

value for the state as keeping 

in view the background 

of presence of huge iron 

ore, and coal reserves in the 

country, it can become a 

base for industrialization,” 

he said. 

He said the government 

has given the management 

of PSM 45 days to come up 

K A R A C H I : 

Ambassador of Finland 

Harri Rämäräinen has said 

that as Pakistan holds huge 

potential for Finnish companies, 

the Embassy of 

Finland plans to bring a 

Finnish delegation comprising 

prominent businessmen 

to Karachi next 

year whereas the Karachi 

Chamber can also look 

into the possibility of sending 

business delegation to 

Finland. 

“If a delegation intends 

to visit Finland from 

Karachi Chamber, we 

would ensure a good program 

for them during their 

visit. We would be very 

happy to host the delegation 

from your city in 

Finland so that you could 

see our achievements that 

could also be applicable 

for your city including the 

clean technology, energy 

efficiency and how we 

with a comprehensive plan 

of running the mill at its full 

capacity so that it could 

become a profitable project. 

“The past two governments 

had conducted feasibility 

study o the project, 

one conducted from Russia 

and the other from China 

and the both countries said 

the project was quite feasible 

and it could run with 

profit. 

“During early days of 

the Pakistan Muslim 

League-N government, 

China conducted the feasibility 

study of Steel Mills 

and said that if the government 

poured into the project 

an investment of Rs 80 

billion, the mill could 

achieve the capacity of 1.3 

million ton steel per year, 

and at that time the mill 

was running on the capacity 

of only 0.15 million and 

later on the mill was totally 

change waste into energy”, 

he added while speaking at 

a meeting during his visit 

to Karachi Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry 

(KCCI). 

Honorary Consul 

General of Finland in 

closed down,” he said 

while talking to a news 

channel. 

He said had “Being on 

opposition benches, we 

repeatedly asked the PNL- 

N government to implement 

the Chinese advise of 

investing Rs 80 billion, but 

the government paid no 

heed to us which resulted in 

further bleeding of the institutions 

and it had to pay 

even more than Rs 80 billion 

in term of subsidy for 

PSM employees’ salaries”. 

To a question, Asad 

Umar said during Pervaiz 

Musharraf tenure, the PSM 

was giving running on profit 

with production capacity 

of 85 percent and erased all 

the previous deficit of PSM 

and then he planned to privatize 

it years and then they 

tried to privatize the PSM. 

The minister said the 

Washington formula of no 

Karachi Sadia Khan, Vice 

Chairman Businessmen 

Group & Former President 

KCCI Anjum Nisar, Acting 

President KCCI Khurram 

Shahzad, Vice President 

KCCI Asif Sheikh Javaid, 

Chairman KCCI’s 

state intervention in the 

business of the country was 

not implemented by any 

developing country. 

“No one can give the 

example of any developing 

country who has implemented 

this formula during 

last 50 years across the 

world. China, Singapore, 

Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, 

Qatar, UAE, and India, all 

have very large commercial 

State Owned Entities,” he 

added. 

He said despite having 

huge representatives in the 

parliament, the PML-N 

government could not 

divest the SOES except 

only one small entity, but it 

paid no attention on the 

bleeding entities which 

kept on posing further losses 

to the government. 

With regard to PIA, the 

finance minister said that 

recently the government 

Finnish delegation due next year in 

Karachi, says Harri Rämäräinen 

KARACHI: Acting President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry Khurram 

Shahzad presenting crest to Ambassador of Finland Harri Rämäräinen during his 

visit to KCCI. Honorary Consul General of Finland in Karachi Sadia Khan, Vice 

Chairman BMG and Former President KCCI Anjum Nisar, Former President KCCI A.Q. 

Khalil, Vice President KCCI Asif Sheikh Javaid, Chairman Diplomatic Missions and 

Embassies Liaison Shamoon Zaki and Members of Managing Committee KCCI are also 

seen in the picture. 

German high-tech company plans to explore local 

partners for business, investment in Pakistan 

BEIJING: A high-tech 

German company specialized 

in developing and 

manufacturing high-end 

products is looking forward 

to explore the 

Pakistani market through 

local partnership to tap 

business and investment 

potential. 

"We are a partner of 

China power, a big 

Chinese electric power 

company and our company 

also intends to explore 

business and investment 

opportunities in Pakistan 

which is an important 

country in South Asia," 

Sales Executive of IBG 

Hydro-Tech, Dirk Gerber 

told APP here on Saturday. 

Gerber is currently visiting 

China to attend the 

five-day China Hi-Tech 

Fair in Shenzhen in South 

China's Guangdong 

province. 

He informed that his 

company is already working 

in the Indian market 

but its management is also 

looking forward to directly 

approach the Pakistani 

market. 

Expressing confidence 

into the current economic 

situation in Pakistan, he 

said that Pakistan's economy 

is now gearing and 

there more business and 

investment opportunities 

for foreign companies. 

About the functioning 

of his company, he said it 

focusses its activities on 

developing and manufacturing 

high-quality products 

in the field of robotics, 

sewer cleaning, and 

pipe rehabilitation. 

Chairman SECP confesses unlawful 

use of powers in trade decades ago 


Incumbent chairman 

Securities and Exchange 

Commission of Pakistan 

(SECP) Tahir Mehmood has 

confessed before FIA 

(Federal Investigation 

Agency) of doing secret 

business under illegal use of 

powers. In his confessional 

statement to FIA, Tahir 

Mehmood said he assisted 

Tahir Siddique and Sheikh 

Barkat Ullah in establishing 

companies through suspicious 

means in 2002. 

Tahir Siddiqui was a 

blue-eye man of business 

community and had deep 

relations with Mehmood. 

Mehmood had also relations 

with the then time EOBI 

Chairman Sheikh Barkat 

Ullah. The troika of these 

three persons established 

several other companies and 

in 1999 when present chairman 

SECP was a trivial 

employee had involved in 

aiding these two people in 

under-handed matters and 

also involved in sending 

money. 

KOHAT: People are buying warm clothes at roadside setup as demand of warm clothes 

increases during the winter season. 

Diplomatic Missions & 

Embassies Liaison Sub- 

Committee Shamoon Zaki, 

Former President KCCI 

AQ Khalil and KCCI 

Managing Committee 

Members also attended the 

meeting. 

China not insensitive 

to Pakistan’s 

problems: FPCCI 

ISLAMABAD: Federation of 

Pak Chambers of Commerce 

and Industry on Saturday said 

China is not indifferent to the 

problems of Pakistan. China 

has remained the best friend 

and it has always played an 

unforgettable role in stability 

and prosperity of Pakistan, it 

said. Pakistan is facing a 

budget deficit and other serious 

issues but China will 

never leave us alone, said VP 

FPCCI Karim Aziz Malik. 

Talking to the business community 

after a recent visit to 

China, he said that he met a 

number of top officials and 

leading businessmen including 

Huang Kunming, head of 

Propaganda Department of 

the Communist Party of China 

and a member of the Politburo 

who were genuinely concerned 

about Pakistan. 

had approved a bailout 

package of Rs 23 billion to 

carry on the business of the 

airline but said “this is not 

the solution and is 

only a bandage; it needs 

much more money to keep 

it on track”. 

“But now I have told 

them categorically that next 

time I will give the money 

only after fulfilling two 

conditions, first there 

should be such a visible 

leadership about which we 

can trust that it can deliver, 

and second that a comprehensive 

plan with a set 

direction to turn around the 

fate of airlines.” 

He said the new PIA 

head had been given a task 

of preparing a comprehensive 

plan to make PIA commercially 

viable and profitable, 

and for this the government 

has given twomonths’ 

time. 

Visible economy 

increase in last 

three months 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister for Finance Asad 

Umar has said in last three 

months there was a visible 

increase in the country's 

economy. 

Talking to a private news 

channel, he said that when 

PTI government came in to 

power, the country was going 

through economic crisis and 

the government was considering 

all the options to uplift 

the economy. 

The Minister said both the 

foreign visits of Prime 

MinisterImran Khan were 

very successful, which 

helped in settling the economy 

of the country. 

Asad Umar said "the government 

was taking loan on 

minimum interest rate, rather 

looking for financial aid". 

He said that bailout package 

was unavoidable from 

the International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) to help country's 

economic challenges. 

He said the government 

has no plan so far to privatize 

Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), 

Pakistan 

Airline (PIA) and Pakistan 

Railways (PR). 

BEIJING: China's FAW 

Group Company Limited, 

a state-owned automaker 

in northeast China's Jilin 

Province, is recalling over 

280,000 automobiles starting 

fromDecember 28, 

2018, due to a fuel pump 

defect. 

The recall affects the 

company's B70, X80 and 

B90 carmodels under own 

brand Besturn, as well as 

joint venture brand Mazda 

6 sedans, manufactured 

between 2011 and 2016, 

according to a statement 

from the State 

Administration for Market 

Regulation. 

Defective parts in the 

fuel pumps of some of the 

ISLAMABAD: Tania 

Gul Advocate, Provincial 

leader of the Qaumi 

watan Party said that 

unemployment is a bad 

thing for the people and 

we should be united to 

eradicate this misconstitution, 

Due to unemployment 

the stove does not 

burn in poor people houses 

because poverty has 

made people lives hard 

and because of unemployment 

people are killing 

each other, ransom and 

several other crimes are 

increasing which is a 

swing mark on the current 

government,if the government 

will provide 

employment to the people 

then the murder, kidnapping 

and other crimes will 

automatically end. 

Provincial leader 

Muhtarma Tania Gul 

Advocate, said in a press 

statement with the 

European International 

proposed having a dialogue 

with the business community 

in both the countries 

and make room for having 

more agreements to launch 

new initiatives. 

Iftikhar Malik made it 

clear that Pakistan should 

take steps in direction of 

minimizing trade deficit 

between both the countries 

and focus on those items 

which would be exported 

to this brotherly Islamic 

country. He said that 

imports from UAE to 

Pakistan increased last year 

from $6.62 billion to $7.23 

billion whereas exports 

from Pakistan to UAE has 

decreased about 1.83 per 

cent from $1.08 billion to 

$1.06 billion.He further 

said traditional and historical 

relationship is the foundation 

of our future cooperation 

and both the countries 

initiated work on a 

framework to boost trade 

and investment and to 

Media in German and 

Urdu Global Network UK 

that it is demanded from 

the current government to 

take important measures 

to eliminate unemployment 

and provide employment 

to the youth so that 

poverty can be eliminated, 

Adding that the current 

government should make 

large businesses and other 

factories for public 

employment so that people 

can get jobs easily. 

PM Imran Khan's visit to UAE 

tap new avenues in trade 

LAHORE: SAARC 

Chamber of Commerce 

and Industries Senior Vice 

President Iftikhar Ali 

Malik Saturday expressing 

hope that Prime 

Minister Imran Khan’s tour 

to United Arab Emirates 

(UAE) will not only help 

Pakistan to boost its export 

besides exploring new 

trade potential but also 

mutually beneficial 

for both the countries. 

In his statement issued 

here on Saturday he siad 

that if steps are taken timely 

in right direction 

then the current trade 

volume of $8 billion 

between Pakistan and UAE 

will be surpassed in coming 

years. 

He said at this juncture, 

we are able to build on the 

historic relationship by 

encouraging investors on 

International both sides to make use of 

the business and cooperation 

opportunities. He also 

avoid double taxation. 

Appreciating Prime 

Minister Imran Khan’s sincere 

efforts to increase 

Pakistan’s export besides 

steering the country out of 

the current fiscal crisis, he 

said the whole nation is 

standing with the Prime 

Minister at 

this crucial time and 

the business comunity 

will support Imran Khan 

in his economic initiatives. 

He said that its good 

omen that Prime Minister 

got excellent response 

during his maiden visits to 

China and Saudi Arabia 

He said that entire business 

community had 

already reposed full confidence 

on the top leadership 

of PTI led government 

committed to quick 

uplift of the down trodden 

besides facilitating the 

traders for addressing 

their all genuine grievances 

on top priority. 

China's FAW recalls vehicle over fuel pump defect 

their foreign buyers they 

need to be facilitated to 

open back to back LC or 

place order with the local 

manufacturer on the 

same terms and conditions 

as per the order or 

parent L/C of the foreign 

buyer in their favour and 

the SME exporters facilitated 

to pay the local 

KARACHI: The 

Union of Small and 

Medium Enterprises 

lamented that the commercial 

banks welcome 

the big importers and 

exporters but do not 

encourage the SMEs to 

indulge in back to back 

orders and L/Cs especially 

after the 2008 global 

credit crunch and down manufactures 

slide in commodities. 

The SMEs need the 

facility of finance against 

back to back business 

and also need the facility 

to act as intermediaries in 

three way merchanting. 

President UNISAME 

Zulfikar Thaver said that 

the SME exporters when 

they get letter of credits ( 

LC) or firm orders from 

after 

receipt of payment from 

the buyer or on discounting 

the L/C opened in 

their favour. 

The amount paid to 

the local manufacturer 

will be lower than the 

amount in the parent L/C 

because the SME 

exporter will deduct his 

profit and will also 

recover L/C charges and 

expenses. 

Thaver said likewise a 

back to back L/C can be 

opened by a local buyer 

in favour of an SME 

importer who imports 

goods from a foreign 

buyer and sells the goods 

to the local buyer 

against a back to back 

L/C. The terms and conditions 

are the same 

except that the importer 

keeps his profit and adds 

on the bank charges and 

expenses. 

UNISAME experts 

said the third type is for 

three way trade whereby 

the importer places order 

or opens L/C in favour of 

one country and sells the 

goods to the buyer in the 

third country. The shipment 

is made by the seller 

to the buyer in the 

third country but the 

order is placed and L/C 

is opened by the 

importer who imports 

from the manufacturer 

in one country and sells 

it to the buyer in the third 

country after adding his 

margin. 

All the above types 

are beneficial to the 

SMEs and it is important 

that commercial banks 

understand the system 

and not decline three way 

merchanting and support 

the intermediaries. The 

commercial banks need 

to change their mindset 

and accommodate international 

systems of merchanting. 

vehiclesmay cause abnormal 

abrasion, and lead to 

fuel disruption and unintended 

engine stop in 

extreme cases, the administration 

said. The company 

will replace the defective 

fuel pumps free of 

charge. 

Commercial banks discouraging SMEs, complains UNISAME chief 

Exports to third world 

countries can be 

increased as most of the 

third world countries 

lack contacts with the 

manufacturers and purchase 

goods through 

intermediaries who have 

network and are connected 

with global manufacturers. 

In most of the 

advanced countries of 

the world the intermediaries 

are doing good 

business because of 

their contacts with the 

manufacturers on the one 

hand and on the other 

hand they have contact 

with the buyers in the 

third world countries as 

most of them were once 

ruled by the European 

countries.

Trent Boult and spinners lead 

New Zealand's fightback 

ABU DHABI: There's a 

thrilling Test match unfolding 

in Kandy, and two days 

in at Abu Dhabi, there's reason 

to believe something 

similar might be brewing 

here. On a fascinating day 

of Test cricket, New 

Zealand kept dragging 

Pakistan back just when the 

hosts looked like they might 

slip away out of reach. They 

were kept to no more than a 

modest lead of 74, before a 

gritty partnership between 

Kane Williamson and Jeet 

Raval - 56 off 129 balls - 

chipped away at it, New 

Zealand 18 runs from parity 

with nine wickets still in 

hand. 

It was, in the end, New 

Zealand's day, the fact they 

clawed back into the match 

no mean feat, given how far 

behind they were after being 

bowled out for 153 yesterday. 

Even today, New 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: England's 

overnight score in the second 

innings against Sri 

Lanka is not 0-0 but it 

should be read as 5 runs for 

no wicket, according to 

world's renowned Indian 

cricket statistician 

Mohandas Menon. 

In the ongoing second 

Test match against Sri 

Lanka at the Pallekele 

International Cricket 

Stadium, five penalty runs 

for Sri Lankan batsman running 

short have been added 

to the England's first 

Zealand's bowlers were in 

charge over large periods 

and could have made 

inroads earlier. Trent Boult 

was exceptional throughout 

the day, and Williamson's 

decision not to start the day 

with him looked like an 

error. Just the second ball of 

his spell, he seamed one 

away from Azhar Ali that 

innings total. 

Even the cricket specific 

website and the BBC have 

also not shown England's 

2nd innings total as 5-0. 

"England before the start 

of their 2nd innings should 

have been 5 for no wicket. 

Why it is not added (in the 

second innings) I can't say", 

speaking exclusively, he 

said. 

"Usually the team batting 

2nd should have started 

with 5-0, but this time they 

added it to England's Ist 

inns", he added. 

However, according to 

very nearly caught the edge, 

and two balls later, a simple 

chance was grassed by 

Raval at short midwicket. 

All day, Boult was 

unplayable, mesmeric, 

even, on a pitch where it 

looks especially hard to get 

settled. In the six overs 

before Boult was brought on 

for the first time, Pakistan 

the MCC (Marylebone 

Cricket Club), the custodian 

of laws of cricket, the five 

penalty runs are rightly 

added to England first 

innings. 

Explaining the reason, 

Fraser Stewart, the Cricket 

Academy Manager at 

Lord's, said, "41.18.4 When 

5 Penalty runs are awarded 

to the fielding side, they 

shall be added as Penalty 

extras to that side’s total of 

runs in its most recently 

completed innings. If the 

fielding side has not completed 

an innings, the 5 

Cricket statisticians differ over 

England's second innings opening score 

HYDERABAD Girls players prove their skills during trials for the selection For PCB Under- 

17 Women cricket coaching camp for Karachi zone academy, at Digri college ground. 

PHF extends deep condolences on 

the death of Olympian Rizwan Munir 

Sports reporter 

KARACHI: President 

PHF, Brig (R) Khalid 

Sajjad Khokhar and 

Secretary PHF, Shahbaz 

Ahmed have expressed 

their grief over the sudden 

demise of hockey 

Olympian Rizwan Munir 

Bhutta. The goalkeeper's 

notable appearances 

included Olympics 1988, 

Champions Trophy 1988 

and the Junior World Cup 

PALLEKELE: Opening 

batsman Dimuth 

Karunaratne struck an 

unbeaten half-century to 

lead Sri Lanka’s recovery 

after three early wickets 

from England left-arm spinner 

Jack Leach had left the 

hosts rattled on the fourth 

day of the second test on 

Saturday. 

Chasing 301 for a serieslevelling 

win on a turning 

Pallekele track, Sri Lanka 

reached 93 for three at lunch 

after being reduced to 26-3 

by Leach’s brilliant spell of 

spin bowling with the new 

ball. Karunaratne was 54 

not out with experienced 

former captain Angelo 

Mathews unbeaten on 28 at 

1989. 

In his message, 

Shahbaz Ahmed said, "We 

played together for 

Pakistan's senior as well as 

the junior teams. 

He was also my room 

mate on several international 

tours. 

I am still trying to come 

to grips with the shocking 

news. I pray to Almighty 

Allah to bless the departed 

soul with eternal peace and 

grant courage to the 

bereaved family to bear the 

loss." 

Karunaratne leads Sri Lanka 

recovery after Leach triple-strike 

the break, the duo having 

added 67 for their unbroken 

fourth wicket stand. 

England, however, wasted 

chances to dismiss both 

batsmen with all-rounder 

Ben Stokes the guilty fielder 

and off-spinner Moeen Ali 

the unfortunate bowler on 

both occasions. 

Karunaratne, who made 

63 in the first innings, was 

on 21 when his edge off 

Moeen flew past Stokes at 

slip and the batsman also 

survived a leg before decision 

in the final over before 

the lunch interval. 

He was given out lbw off 

leg-spinner Adil Rashid but 

overturned the decision on 

review with replays confirming 

the ball was missing 

leg stump. 

Stokes dropped a relatively 

easier chance when he 

dropped Mathews at slip 

with the batsman on seven. 

Leach had given England 

the ideal start in their quest 

for a series-clinching win 

when he lured Kaushal Silva 

out of his crease with a 

flighted delivery to be 

stumped for four. 

Dhananjaya de Silva was 

out to a smart catch by 

Keaton Jennings at short leg 

for one off Leach while 

Kusal Mendis was also 

trapped lbw for the same 

score, with England overturning 

the umpire’s not out 

decision on review. 

Penalty runs shall be added 

to the score in its next 

innings". 

Another cricket statistician 

from South Africa also 

echoed the MCC law. "The 

penalty runs are added to 

England’s first innings". 

"If the batting team is 

penalized and the fielding 

team has already batted 

then the penalty runs are 

awarded to the previous 

innings. If the batting team 

is penalized and the fielding 

team has not yet batted then 

the runs are added to the 

upcoming innings", he said. 

Golf C’ship 

in progress 

ISLAMABAD: At the 

conclusion of the second 

round in this three rounds 

8th Chief of Naval Staff 

Amateur 

Golf 

Championship in progress 

at the Defence Raya Golf 

Course, the champion in 

command was Ahmed 

Baig of Garrison Golf 

Club. Ahmed Baig displayed 

tremendous playing 

abilities and managed to 

acquire control of this 

competition with a two 

rounds aggregate score of 

125, nineteen under par. 

Never before has a participant 

excelled to this extent 

in a Championship in 

Pakistan. His nearest competitor 

going into the final 

phase is Salman Jehangir 

of Lahore Gymkhana. 

Salman is placed at a gross 

aggregate score of 145 and 

is twenty strokes behind 

the leader. 

Sports reporter 

KARACHI: The Asian Cricket 

Council (ACC) Annual General 

Meeting (AGM) has just concluded 

in Lahore, Pakistan. Delegates 

from ACC member countries and 

officials were in attendance. This 

was the first AGM hosted by 

Pakistan in more than a decade. 

The members were briefed 

about the ACC Development 

plans, events and the programs 

scored 28 without loss. In 

the nine overs that followed, 

they managed just six runs 

and lost two wickets. It 

could have been several 

more, the way Boult kept 

moving the ball outside off 

stump, long after the ball 

had ostensibly grown too 

old to swing. However, it 

was Ish Sodhi - also introduced 

somewhat late and 

clearly the better spinner on 

the day - who got the first 

wicket. It wasn't the best 

ball, a low full-toss that 

Haris scooped up to short 

midwicket. New Zealand 

deserved their luck, and five 

balls later, Boult got the 

wicket he had deserved. 

Azhar Ali had been at the 

crease for 95 balls, scoring 

only 22 and not looking 

nearly like getting back to 

form. It was a corker of a 

delivery that sent Azhar 

packing, another ball that 

seamed and swerved outside 

off stump, but it also 

required excellent reflexes 

from BJ Watling to dive 

sharply to his right and complete 

a one-handed grab in 

front of first slip. It was the 

second of four wickets he 

would take; his performance 

good enough to grace any 

five-for. 

Southgate pushes 

England to get 

even with Croatia 

L O N D O N : G a r e t h 

Southgate has challenged 

England to end their 

“brilliant year” in memorable 

fashion by beating 

their World Cup conquerers 

Croatia at Wembley to 

reach the Nations League 

Finals on Sunday. 

Southgate’s side defied 

expectations earlier this 

year by reaching the 

World Cup semi-finals 

for the first time since 

1990, where they were 

beaten by Croatia after 

extra-time in a gruelling 

clash. 

The England manager 

created a vibrant young 

group that revitalised the 

country’s relationship 

with a national team that 

had been much maligned 

for their serial underachievement. 

“It has been a brilliant 

year. Whatever happens 

on Sunday, we’ve had 

real shoots of progress 

and achieved some outstanding 

results and really 

good performances and 

blooded a lot of new players,” 

said Southgate on 

Friday. 

“It’s given us a real 

depth to the squad and 

competition for places.” 

Although England’s 

World Cup run ended in 

heartache in Moscow 

against Sunday’s opponents, 

the momentum 

from the tournament has 

carried over to this season. 

Now England can gain 

a measure of revenge 

over Croatia in their winner-takes-all 

Group A4 

showdown at Wembley. 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Cricket Club has qualified 

for the final of 

KCCA Zone VI Dawood 

Khan Memorial Cricket 

Tournament after beating 

Northern Gymkhana by 

six wickets here at TMC 

Ground. 

Muhammad 

Northern Gymkhana 

batted first and put 

onboard 164 runs before 

losing all of its wickets in 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

implemented in 2017. A brief 

presentation was made on the 

recently held Unimoni Asia Cup 

in the UAE. The tournament 

attracted huge crowds at the two 

venues (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) 

and top quality cricket was witnessed, 

the event was a big success 

for the ACC. 

The ACC Presidency has been 

handed over to Bangladesh with 

Mr. Nazmul Hassan (President 

Bangladesh Cricket Board) taking 

over from Mr. Ehsan Mani 

(Chairman PCB) for the term 

2018-2020. 

Commenting on his new role as 

the President of the ACC, Mr. 

Nazmul Hassan said that “I am 

honoured to take over the coveted 

role of ACC President. My foremost 

endeavour would be to bring 

the Asian cricket playing countries 

together and promote the 

sport around the region. The Asian 

wing is right now the strongest as 

far as international cricket is concerned 

with as many as five Test 

playing nations and two countries 

with ODI status. 

I have already been associated 

with ACC for a number of years 

and I hope my experience will 

help me in taking the ACC to 

greater heights in unison with all 

member countries.” Mr. Nazmul 

Hasan concluded. 

KARACHI: Punjab 

Hockey Association hosted 

a reception in the honor 

of Pakistan’s World Cup 

bound team at a local 

hotel. 

The team is in the final 

stages of preparation for 

the World Cup in the 

Indian city of 

Bhubaneswar starting hockey 

from November 28. 

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Pakistan CC cruises into 

cricket tourney final 

33.5 overs. Nadeem 

Javed batted well for the 

side scoring 78 runs with 

the help of eight boundaries 

and four sixes off 65 

balls. Fahad Iqbal contributed 

51 runs. 

Adnan Kalim and 

Salman 

picked three wickets for 

29 and 21 runs respectively 

while Danish Aziz 

took two wickets for five 

Khawaja, President Punjab 

Hockey Association, who 

is also the CEO of the 

Grays of Cambridge and 

Chairman Sialkot Airport, 

wished the team all the 

success for the World Cup, 

‘Pakistan’s recent victory 

at the Asian Champions 

Trophy has raised hopes of 

the entire nation’. 

Also present on the 

occasion were former 

stalwarts 

Islahuddin, Akhtar Rasool, 

Tauqeer Dar and Tahir 

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runs. 

In response, Pakistan 

Cricket Club achieved the 

victory total with six 

wickets in hand in 24 

overs. Akbar ur Rehman 

(45 not out) and Rameez 

Raja (39 runs) batted well 

for the side. 

Pakistan Cricket Club 

will meet Alamgir 

Gymkhana in the summit 

clash. 

Punjab Hockey hosts 

World Cup Team 

LAHORE: The 

Pakistan women’s team 

is facing a financial crisis 

as the centrally-contracted 

players have not been 

paid their monthly retainers 

for more than six 

months, according to a 

report by ESPNCricinfo. 

According to the 

report, the Pakistan 

women’s team — who 

were knocked out of the 

ongoing ICC Women’s 

World T20 during the 

group stage — has to rely 

on match fees and 

expenses as the only 

source of income. 

Due to a change of 

governance in the 

Pakistan Cricket Board 

(PCB), the players have 

not been awarded new 

central contracts despite 

the previous one ending 

in June, 2018. 

The report also stated 

that during the recently 

concluded tours of 

Bangladesh and 

Malaysia, and the ongoing 

World T20, the team 

was only receiving match 

fees and US$75 daily 

expense allowances. The 

team also received 

US$50 as a daily 

allowance for the training 

camp before the 

beginning of the tournament. 

Former captain 

Bismah Maroof also had 

a meeting with PCB 

selection committee to 

discuss the problem and 

it was decided that players 

would be reimbursed 

the outstanding six-anda-half 

month’s salaries 

along with signing of 

new contracts — as soon 

as they reach back home 

During the meeting 

Afghanistan was unanimously 

selected as full member ACC. 

Members also spoke about the 

inclusion of cricket in multi sports 

events like the Asian Games, 

efforts should be made to ensure 

the same for the 2022 Asian 

Games scheduled in China. 

The members meanwhile also 

discussed the possibilities of 

resumption of international cricket 

in Pakistan through the ACC 

platform. 

The Emerging Teams Asia Cup 

2018 is being jointly hosted by 

Zaman as well as President 

PHF Brig (rtd) Khalid 

Sajjad Khokhar, Secretary 

Punjab Hockey 

Association Lt Col (rtd) 

Asif Khokhar and 

Executive Secretary 

Punjab Hockey 

Association Rai Usman. 

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Khawaja was presented 

with a hockey stick and a 

shirt, signed by the 

Pakistan’s winning squad 

of the Asian Champions 

Trophy. 

Women’s national team not 

paid for over six months 

from the Caribbean. 

Other dues related to 

match fees will also be 

cleared. 

The main reason for 

the delay appears to be 

administrative, the 

implementation of a new, 

revised contract system 

the collateral damage as 

Najam Sethi’s PCB gave 

way to Ehsan Mani’s, the 

report said, adding that it 

is understood that the 

contract payments for the 

period July-December 

2018 are the ones 

delayed because they 

could not be signed off 

on before the team left 

for Bangladesh. 

With just one win 

against Ireland from their 

three group games, 

Pakistan will not 

progress to the semifinals 

in Antigua. 

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Annual General Meeting, Lahore 

PCB and Sri Lanka Cricket, with 

the Group B matches taking place 

in Karachi next month (Group A 

matches are being hosted in Sri 

Lanka) the members felt it is a 

step in the right direction for 

bringing back top quality cricket 

in the country. The ACC endeavour’s 

to take similar steps in the 

future. 

Mr. David Richardson (CEO 

ICC) gave a presentation to the 

ACC member countries on the 

ICC Global Strategy and how it 

can help them to growth the game 

in their respective countries. 

Mohammad Aflah, President 

Cricket Board of Maldives 

thanked PCB and National 

Cricket Academy Management 

(NCA) for organizing a successful 

tour of Lahore last month. 

Mr. Ehsan Mani in his address 

thanked the ACC and ICC officials, 

“I want to thank the ACC 

members, Mr. David Richardson 

(ICC, CEO) and other ICC officials 

for coming over to Lahore 

for the AGM. The Asian region is 

incredibly important for the 

future of international cricket 

comprising the biggest fan base 

for the game.

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Franco-German Friendship as a 

model for Pakistan and India 

KARACHI: The event 

started off with Mr. Ahsan 

Mukhtar Zubairi’s introductory 

speech on the event 

and a very brief general 

introduction of the aims and 

objectives of CPSD along 

with some of its successes. 

Which was followed by a 

non-interactive session by 

Mr. Ingo Espenschied (an 

expert on French – German 

and European relations) 

from Germany. 

Mr. Espenschied outlined 

some of the events of 

the world war 1 and how 

the war between Germany 

and France had brought 

catastrophes on the Europe. 

His case study was based on 

GUJRANWALA: The 

lawyers on Saturday have 

continued to shut district 

courts on consecutive 

fourth day in Gujranwala 

and demanded to form 

Lahore High Court (LHC) 

regional benches. 

The closure of courts has 

ISLAMABAD: Charting 

economic and social 

progress in modern societies 

depends on a clear vision 

and a strategy about how to 

get there. Wise political 

leaders know the direction in 

which they would like their 

societies to develop, balancing 

the interests of present 

and future generations. 

Qatar National Vision 2030 

builds a bridge between the 

present and the future. It 

envisages a vibrant and 

prosperous country in which 

there is economic and social 

justice for all, and in which 

nature and man are in harmony. 

His Highness The 

Amir Sheikh Tamim bin 

Hamad Al Thani said “ We 

need to galvanize our collective 

energies and direct them 

toward these aspirations. 

Strong Islamic and family 

values will provide our 

moral and ethical compass. 

The welfare of our children, 

and of our children yet to be 

born, demands that we use 

our resource-wealth wisely. 

Qatar must continue to 

invest in its people so that all 

can participate fully in economic, 

social and political 

life. Qatar must invest too in 

the region near the Alsace 

province in France, which 

had been annexed by 

Germany after brutal conflicts. 

The small town of 

Verdun, which was a mere 

world class infrastructure to 

create a dynamic and more 

diversified economy in 

which the private sector 

plays a prominent role. This 

requires continuous 

improvements in the efficiency, 

transparency and 

accountability of government 

agencies. Qatar’s 

National Vision is authentic. 

It has emerged from intensive 

consultation across 

Qatari society. It is based on 

farming town, had at least 

150000 casualties alone. He 

stated that the idea of a unified 

Europe had first originated 

from the soldiers stationed 

in the town. 

LHC regional benches 

The catastrophes of the 

World War 1 and the World 

War 2 were based on hereditary 

enmity between 

European states and Europe 

had been a continent which 

Lawyers continue to shut district courts in Gujranwala 

badly disrupted the judicial 

system as more than 8000 

cases were not heard in 

these four days. 

On November 14, scores 

of enraged lawyers had 

demonstrated protest across 

the Punjab, demanding to 

form high court benches. 

California searches for 1,000 missing in 

deadliest fire as death toll rises to 71 

CALIFORNIA: Forensic 

recovery teams pressed their 

search for more victims in 

the flame-ravaged northern 

California town of Paradise 

on Friday (Nov 16) as 

authorities sought clues to 

the fate of about 1,000 people 

reported missing in the 

state’s deadliest wildfire on 

record. 

Remains of at least 71 

people have been recovered 

so far in and around a Sierra 

foothills hamlet that was 

home to nearly 27,000 residents 

before the town, 

280km north of San 

Francisco, was largely incinerated 

by the deadly Camp 

Fire on the night of Nov 8. 

More than a week later, 

firefighters have managed to 

carve containment lines 

around 45 percent of the 

blaze’s perimeter, up from 35 

percent a day earlier, even as 

the burned landscape grew 

slightly to 57,000 hectares. 

Besides the toll on human 

life, property losses from the 

blaze make it the most 

destructive in California history, 

posing the additional 

challenge of providing longterm 

shelter for many thousands 

of displaced residents. 

With more than 9,800 

homes up in smoke, many 

refugees from the fire have 

taken up temporary residence 

with friends and family, 

while others have pitched 

tents or were camping out of 

their vehicles. 

The agitated lawyers 

stormed office of Deputy 

Commissioner Sardar 

Saifullah Dogar who was 

chairing a session at that 

time. Earlier, lawyers 

staged a march, while holding 

placards and banners, 

towards the LHC chief justice’s 

courtroom despite 

being stopped by the police 

personnel. 

They raised slogans for 

establishment of LHC 

regional benches and also 

warned to shut the district 

courts if the demand was 

not met. 

Pakistan needs 

to arrest ticking 

Population 

nomb: moot told 

LAHORE: Ameer, 

Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, 

Senator Sirajul Haq, currently 

on a visit to Sudan, on 

Saturday, had separate meetings 

with the head of the 

Islamic Movement of 

Morocco, Ibrahim al 

Sheikhi, and member of the 

Supreme Council of 

Tunisia’s al- Nahdha 

Movement, Al- Sheikh 

Jamal Nasir. At both these 

meetings, he discussed 

issues of bilateral interest 

and underscored the need 

for strengthening the ties 

between Pakistan and 

Morocco and Tunisia. 

Haq said on the occasion 

that the solution of all the 

problems being faced by the 

Muslim Ummah lay in the 

unity of the Muslim world. 

He said that the Islamic 

movements all over the 

world were playing their 

best role for world peace 

and stability. 

was full of conflict till the 

1945, the end of the World 

War 2, the enmity between 

the nation had reached 

nowhere. The underlying 

themes of extreme nationalism 

had given birth to a 

very militaristic European 

society and war was seen as 

something to be proud of. 

However, after the end of 

the World War 2, the 

European Coal and Steel 

Community was established 

in July, 1952, which 

had given birth to what is 

now known as the 

European Union. 

“Utopia and a possible 

garden of eden is a unified 

Europe” 

Balochistan got 

Rs 1500 bn during last 

10 years: Fawad Ch 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Minister for Information and 

Broadcasting Fawad 

Chaudhry has said Rs 1500 

billion were transferred to 

Balochistan during last ten 

years from the federal kitty, 

reported on Saturday. 

Quoting Minister of State 

for Revenue Hammad Azhar 

in his tweet today, the minister 

said 1500 billion rupees 

were given to Balochistan 

during last ten years from the 

federal govt’s exchequer. He 

said the amount transferred 

to the province does not 

include provincial taxes collected 

during the period by 

the Balochistan govt. 

CANBERRA: A simple 

but dignified ceremony was 

organized at the Pakistani 

High Commission (PHC) in 

Canberra to present souvenirs 

to Prof Dr John S. 

Biggs and Mrs. Biggs to 

acknowledge their services 

in the field of medical education, 

family medicine 

training, assessment of postgraduate 

education and betterment 

of health system in 

Pakistan. The Steering 

Committee of Family 

Medicine and the Vice 

Chancellor of University of 

Health Sciences, Lahore, 

Pakistan had decided to 

present Professor and Mrs. 

Biggs these souvenirs as a 

Pakistani can play role to achieve Qatar National vision 2030 

Next Month First Qatar visa center will be operated & administered by Abdullah Khalifa Al-Mohannadi 

the guiding principles of 

Qatar’s Permanent 

Constitution. It reflects the 

aspirations of the Qatari people 

and the resolve of their 

political leadership. Qatar’s 

National Vision belongs to 

the government, the private 

sector, civil society and to all 

Qatari citizens. I call on all 

to work hard and utilize your 

expertise to help achieve the 

goals of the Vision and to 

advance our nation’s development. 

In this way, we will 

build a bright future for the 

people of Qatar.” 

Achievement of the 

Vision 2030 is a national 

responsibility.All sections of 

Qatari society and all sectors 

have an important role to 

play. This will require significant 

institutional and organizational 

capacity building; 

efficient and transparent 

delivery of public services; 

fruitful public-private cooperation 

and partnerships; the 

creation of a vibrant climate 

for business; and a larger 

space for civil society. It is 

stated by major Abdulla 

KhalifaAL-Mahanadi director, 

department visa support 

services from Qatar Ministry 

of Interior at a dinner hosted 

by H.E. Saqar al Mounsori 

ambassador of Qatar at his 

residence , in the meeting 

with Rasheed Ahmad 

Chughtai president of IUC 

and resident editor of Daily 

Messenger Abdulla Al- 

Mohannadi informed that 

next month first Qatar visa 

center in Islamabad would 

Land grabber seize plot 

of former CJP’s widow 

LOS ANGELES: Pop 

singer Justin Bieber and 

model Hailey Baldwin 

have confirmed that they 

have tied the knot, 

In September, months 

after announcing their 

engagement, rumors 

swirled that Bieber and 

Baldwin were married and 

were spotted at the New 

York City Marriage 

Bureau. Baldwin had, 

however, stated in a sincedeleted 

tweet that she wasn't 

married ‘yet’. The couple 

has now made their 

marriage official. 

Bieber posted a picture 

of him and Baldwin on his 

Instagram and captioned it, 

“My wife is awesome”. 

Soon after the post, 

Baldwin changed her 

Instagram handle to her 

married name. Baldwin's 

username is now @haileybieber 

on Instagram. 

be operated and it would be 

administrated by him. 

Saqar Al- Mansouri 

ambassador of Qatar more 

explained that Pakistani 

Business men and professionals 

are playing a major 

role in banking, medical 

and construction sectors of 

Qatar. Recently an agreement 

has been reached to 

increase the Number of 

Pakistani blue collar workers 

in Qatar to 100,000. He 

ISLAMABAD: The 

gang leader of land mafia 

Irfan Ullah Kundi has 

grabbed the one kannal 

plot located at Judicial 

Town Murree of former 

Chief Justice Saeed-uz- 

Zaman Siddiqui’s widow. 

The notorious land 

grabber of the area Kundi 

has already confiscated vacate the plot. 

plots of almost 29 noble 

people so far. The widow 

and son of Justice Saeeduz-Zaman 

Siddiqui were 

supervising the construction 

of the boundary wall 

around their plot. In the 

mean time land grabber 

Irfan Kundi reached there 

with a gang of hooligans. 

He threatened both 

mother and son that he 

would murder them with 

one burst of automatic 

weapon if they would not 

The culprits 

have also made 

widow of Saeed-uz-Zaman 

Siddiqui, his son and the 

laborers hostage on the 

gun point in broad day 

Bieber and Baldwin are 

believed to have tied the 

knot back in September at 

a New York City courthouse, 

although they didn't 

confirm the news themselves 

until last month verbally 

to a fan and now to 

the world on Instagram. 

Baldwin, a model who 

has taken small acting 

roles, is the daughter of 

"The Usual Suspects" 

further explained The 

Government of Qatar and 

Pakistan enjoy an exceptionally 

cordial relation 

and intend to widen cooperation 

in economic, 

defence and political sectors 

to ensure mutual 

growth and benefit. 

Pakistan possesses vast 

resources and an incredible 

investment potential. 

Qatari business 

groups/companies should 

partake in the privatization 

process of Pakistan as well 

as focus on investment 

opportunities in the fields 

of livestock and dairy. 

Governments of both countries 

are determined to promote 

bilateral relations on 

a broader front. he noted 

that Qatar's strategy for 

light. After some time the 

wrongdoers shoved the 

real owners out of the plot. 

The son of late Chief 

Justice Barrister Afnan 

Siddiqui gave an application 

to Taret Police Station 

, Murree. He also 

appealed Chief Justice of 

Pakistan Justice Saqib 

Nisar for early dispensation 

of justice. 

S a e e d - u z - Z a m a n 

Siddiqui also remained on 

the slot of Governor of 

Sindh. 

Justin Bieber, Hailey Baldwin 

confirm their marriage 

mark of gratitude for their 

enormous work in Pakistan. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

High Commissioner 

Babar Amin thanked Prof 

Biggs and his spouse for 

their selfless and valuable 

services to assist the government 

of Pakistan in the 

medical field. He said that 

Dr Biggs’ contributions will 

go a long way in enhancing 

actor Stephen Baldwin and 

niece of Alec Baldwin, the 

"30 Rock" star and nemesis 

impersonator of US 

President Donald Trump. 

The model's mother is 

from Brazil. Bieber, the 

Canadian-born pop singer 

is one of the world's 

biggest-selling musical 

acts and dated singer and 

actress Selena Gomez off 

and on for years. 

Babar Amin presents souvenirs to Dr Biggs at PHC Canberra 

CANBERRA: Pakistani High Commissioner Babar Amin 

presenting Souvenir to Prof Dr Biggs. 

medical services in Pakistan 

especially in the field of 

family medicine. He also 

lauded Dr. Biggs’ contributions 

in fostering friendly 

relations between the medical 

fraternity of Australia 

and Pakistan. 

The High Commissioner 

stated that Pakistani doctors 

were also rendering valuable 

services in Australia in 

various specialties. He 

added that the Australian 

medical institutions can further 

take advantage of the 

vast Human Resource 

potential of Pakistan in the 

medical field including of 

doctors, paramedics and 

nurses. 

international cooperation 

came in response to the 

Qatar National Vision 

2030, and in keeping with 

the country's commitment 

to the 2030 Sustainable 

Development Goals. She 

added that the Qatari strategy 

focused in particular on 

realizing Goal 17 of the 

Sustainable Development 

Goals, which was dedicated 

to pursuing International 

Partnerships for 

Development to end poverty 

and providing employment, 

Education, healthcare 

assistance for the least 

developed countries. 

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