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Noted writer 

Fahmida Riaz laid 

to rest in Lahore 

LAHORE: Noted 

poet and writer Fahmida 

Riaz, who died a day 

earlier from a protracted 

illness, was laid to rest at 

the Bahar Shah graveyard 

in Lahore on 

Thursday evening. 

Her funeral prayers 

were held at Jamia 

Masjid Askari I in the 

provincial capital. A 

large number of people 

from all social strata 

attended the funeral 

prayers and paid a rich 

tribute to her for her 

services in the field of 

literature. 

NEPRA raises 

power tariff by 47 

paisa per unit 

ISLAMABAD: The 

National Electric Power 

Regulatory Authority 

(NEPRA) on Thursday 

approved a hike of 47 

paisa per unit in the tariff 

of all power distribution 

companies, except 

for K-Electric, on 

account of fuel cost 

adjustment for 

November 2018. 

The increase came 

after the cost of fuel went 

up in November while 

power consumers paid 

lower tariffs. The tariff 

revision would help 

recover the lost amount, 

the regulator said. 

LONDON: Chief 

Justice of Pakistan Justice 

Mian Saqib Nisar has said 

ISLAMABAD/NEW 

DELHI: India on Thursday 

gave a go-ahead to 

Pakistan’s proposal to build 

Kartarpur corridor to facilitate 

Sikh pilgrims wishing to 

visit the Gurdwara Darbar 

Sahib in Narowal District 

near the Indian border. 

According to diplomatic 

sources, the Indian Home 

Ministry wrote a letter to the 

Pakistani High Commission 

in New Delhi in which 

Islamabad's decision to open 

the Kartapur corridor was 

appreciated. 

The Indian cabinet 

agreed to the offer at a meeting 

chaired by Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi in 

KARACHI EDITION – Friday, November 23, 2018, Rabiul Awal 14, 1440 

India endorses Pakistan’s 

offer to open Kartarpur border 

PM Imran to lay foundation stone of Kartarpur corridor on Nov 28 

SIALKOT: Sikh community members are participating in religious worship rites during 

a religious ceremony held at the historical Babey Di Beri Gurudawara. 

I S L A M A B A D : T h e 

Supreme Court on Thursday 

reserved verdict in a suo 

motu case pertaining to 

2017’s Faizabad sit-in staged 

by Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) 

against controversial 

changes in lawmakers’ oath 

– the weeks-long protest had 

left the twin cities paralysed. 

view of the 550th birth 

anniversary of Baba Guru 

Nanak Dev Ji in 2019. 

The Gurdwara Kartarpur 

Darbar Sahib in Narowal in 

Pakistan's Punjab province 

holds religious significance 

for the Sikh community. It is 

where Baba Guru Nanak 

settled down after his travels 

as a missionary. He lived 

there for 18 years until his 

death in 1539. 

“In landmark decision, 

the Cabinet approves building 

and development of 

Kartarpur corridor from 

Dera Baba Nanak in 

Gurdaspur district to 

International Border. 

Kartarpur corridor project 

with all modern amenities 

and facilities to be implemented 

with Central 

Government funding,” 

India’s Home Minister 

Rajnath Singh tweeted following 

the meeting. 

Pakistan Information 

Minister Fawad Chaudhry 

hailed the development, calling 

it “a victory of peace 

lobby in both countries” and 

“a step towards the right 

direction.” 

“Indian Cabinet endorsement 

of Pakistan’s proposition 

on 

#KartarPurBorderOpening 

is a victory of peace lobby in 

both countries, its a step 

towards the right direction 

SC reserves verdict in Faizabad sit-in 

Justice Isa says supremacy and sovereignty of the 

parliament is continuously being undermined 

A two-member bench 

comprising Justice Qazi 

Faez Isa and Justice Mushir 

Alam reserved the verdict 

after hearing arguments in 

the case. 

During the hearing, 

Justice Qazi Faez Isa 

observed that every force in 

the country is subservient to 

the Constitution and stressed 

that whoever defies it is a 

‘traitor’ in view of Article 5 

and 6. 

The Article 5 reads that 

loyalty to the state is the 

basic duty of every citizen 

and obedience to the 

Constitution and law is the 

[inviolable] obligation of 

every citizen wherever he 

may be and of every other 

person for the time being 

within Pakistan. While 

Article 6 states that “any person 

who abrogates or subverts 

or suspends or holds in 

abeyance, or attempts or 

conspires to abrogate or subvert 

or suspend or hold in 

abeyance, the Constitution 

by use of force or show of 

force or by any other unconstitutional 

means shall be 

guilty of high treason. 

16770 complaints through PM 

office app resolved so far: Durrani 

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to 

Prime Minister Iftikhar Durrani on Thursday 

said that 110,000 complaints were received 

through PM office app out of which 84,000 

complaints are under process while 16770 

have been resolved. 

Addressing a press conference in 

Islamabad on Thursday, he said that most of 

the complaints received were about the 

municipal services whereas the number of 

maximum complaints resolved from a sector 

that construction of dams 

is imperative for Pakistan. 

Talking to Pakistanborn 

members of British 

Parliament in London, he 

said funds are required to 

was energy sector as 6303 complaints were 

addressed relating to the sector. 

The PM’s special assistant went on to say 

that more than 12,000 complaints were related 

to the education sector were received, 

adding that complaints regarding land revenue, 

law and order, health and other departments 

were also received. “More than 4000 

complaints were received from overseas 

Pakistanis,” he said and added no complaint 

was so far received with regard to corruption. 

Construction of dams imperative for Pakistan: CJP 

construct Diamer Bhasha 

Dam and overseas 

Pakistanis want to donate 

in the dam fund. 

He said that the unresolved 

water crisis will 

force the people to migrate 

from the country if not 

addressed. He said that no 

society can sustain without 

justice. 

Justice Saqib Nisar also 

visited the British 

Parliament and witnessed 

the Question-Answer session 

of the house. 

and we hope such steps will 

encourage voice of reasons 

and tranquillity on both sides 

of the border,” Chaudhry 

tweeted. 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan will perform a groundbreaking 

ceremony of the 

Kartarpur corridor on 

November 28, 2018, 

Foreign Minister Shah 

Mehmood Qureshi informed 

via a Twitter post. 

“Pakistan has already 

conveyed to India it's decision 

to open Kartarpura 

Corridor for Baba Guru 

Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary. 

PM Imran Khan will 

do break ground at 

Kartarpura facilities on 28th 

November. We welcome the 

Sikh community to Pakistan 

for this auspicious occasion.” 

More than 3,000 Sikh 

pilgrims arrived in Lahore 

from India via special trains 

on Wednesday to celebrate 

the 549th birth anniversary 

of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji 

from November 21-30. 

The main ceremony will 

be held on November 23 at 

Nankana Sahib, which will 

be followed by a visit to 

Hasanabdal on the 24th, 

Lahore on 26th then Rohri 

on the 28th. The pilgrims 

will return to India on 

November 30. 

GILGIT: Pakistan 

Peoples Party (PPP) 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto 

Zardari on Thursday 

slammed Prime Minister 

Imran Khan for "criticising" 

his political opponents on 

foreign visits. 

During an address to the 

Pakistani community in 

Kuala Lumpur, Prime 

Minister Imran Khan had 

said the longer he remains in 

power, the more dangerous it 

would get for the opposition 

and those making the most 

noise know they have to go 

to prison. 

Addressing a press conference 

in Gilgit, Bilawal 

said, “The prime minister's 

behaviour is unprofessional. 

He criticises his political 

opponents during foreign 

RAWALPINDI: Exprime 

minister (PM) 

Nawaz Sharif on Thursday 

has appeared before 

accountability court in Al- 

Azizia Steel Mills reference. 

During the hearing 

headed by Justice 

Mohammad Arshad, 

Nawaz Sharif said that 

National Accountability 

Bureau (NAB) prosecutor 

has failed to provide evidence 

to prove his indictment 

in the case. 

PM makes another He also refused to present 

any witness in his 

watchdog commission defence. 

to check corruption Earlier, Nawaz Sharif’s 

lawyer Khawaja Haris had 

ISLAMABAD: Prime requested that his client 

Minister has given will answer the remaining 

approval for constituting questions regarding Al- 

Whistle Blower and Azizia Steel Mills reference 

Vigilation Commission 

on November 22 

(WBVC) to ensure the which was accepted by the 

oversight of corrupt officers 

and employees and to 

court. 

It is worth mentioning 

protect the corruption here that the cases against 

informer employee. Nawaz family stemmed 

After constitution of the from the Panama Papers 

commission not only the 

informer employees would 

be given protection but 

also gifts. 

Thursday, PM was brief 

regarding the legal amendments 

in a meeting of legal 

task force. 

Law Minister Dr 

Farogh Naseem apprised ISLAMABAD: With millions 

Prime Minister Imran 

of young people enter- 

Khan that after amendments 

ing the workforce each year, 

in the laws the get- 

fiscal resources severely coning 

ting justice would be made strained, and economic risks 

easy for government servants. 

on the rise, countries in the 

Middle East, North Africa, 

The main aim of the Afghanistan, and Pakistan 

legal reforms is to meet the (MENAP) region are at a 

PTI manifesto about the defining moment. 

acquisition of justice. International Monetary 

He further added that Fund (IMF) in a report 

for speedy justice system released that bolstering the 

the technology solutions private sector is critical to 

are going to be added, and meeting this challenge, but 

the courts would be assisted 

the key to doing so increasing 

in provision of justice. private investment in 

the 

KUALA LUMPUR: PM Imran Khan 

said on Wednesday that the opposition parties 

are in a hurry to see an end to his government 

in order to protect their corruption. 

Those making noise know that they will 

soon end up in jails, said the PTI chairman 

while addressing the Pakistani diaspora in 

Kuala Lumpur. Prime Minister Khan is on a 

two-day official visit to Malaysia. “They 

[opposition] are so desperate to see the back 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

Bilawal calls Imran puppet PM 

Bilawal slams PM Imran for 'criticising' 

political opponents on foreign visits 

trips when he should be representing 

the government." 

“A prime minister visits 

another country to support it 

but he [Imran Khan] speaks 

about politics. Imran Khan 

formed the government by 

stealing votes,” Bilawal 

added. 

The PPP leader continued, 

“PPP is a strong party. 

We have faced dictators such 

as Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez 

Musharraf and we will now 

face this puppet prime minister.” 

“The country’s economic 

condition is worsening day 

by day and the prices are 

skyrocketing. The federal 

government should stop its 

policies that are against the 

poor people,” Bilawal added. 

"The government is 

leak that disclosed expensive 

and undeclared property 

allegedly owned by them 

in London. 

Former PM Nawaz 

Sharif, his daughter 

Maryam Nawaz and sonin-law 

Captain Safdar were 

convicted and sentenced to 

demolishing shops in the 

name of encroachments. 

This government is against 

the poor. It should take the 

poor into consideration 

before making decisions.” 

Criticising the government, 

Bilawal said, “Not a 

single step has been taken to 

curb corruption. Imran Khan 

is an insecure leader whose 

government is very weak. 

He wants to pressurise his 

opponents by taking revenge 

so that they do not oppose 

him.” 

“If we want to curb corruption 

we have to hold 

everyone accountable,” 

Bilawal asserted. 

“There should be one rule 

for everyone and it has to be 

the same for everyone and 

non-political,” he added. 

Al-Azizia reference 

Nawaz Sharif refuses to 

present witness in his defence 

Private investment should 

be encouraged: IMF 

IMF report states policymakers need to 

focus on reforms on education, infrastructure, 

financial development and governance 

prison for ten years, seven 

years and one year respectively 

in Avenfield verdict. 

However, the convictions 

were suspended by 

Islamabad High Court 

and they were released 

from Adiala jail till final 

decision. 

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif is 

leaving NAB Court after case hearing. 

region has long been elusive. 

Some factors that boost 

private investment such as 

growth in export markets and 

the evolution of oil prices are 

outside the influence of the 

region’s policymakers. 

However, other factors that 

the report shows have a 

meaningful impact on private 

investment, including education, 

infrastructure, governance, 

and access to finance 

all areas where MENAP 

countries could improve can 

be directly impacted by policy 

choices. 

Opposition in a hurry to see fall of my govt: Imran 

Premier says liberals and religious have joined hands to ‘save democracy’ 

of my government that they declared it a failure 

on the very first day even before my victory 

speech,” said the prime minister, adding 

that the political opponents should have at 

least given his government 90 days before 

start assessing its performance. Both liberal 

and religious parties have joined hands to 

‘save democracy’, said Imran, adding that 

the opposition parties were only gathering 

together to protect their corruption. 

Ashiana Housing scam 

Court approves 

seven-day transit 

remand of Shehbaz 

LAHORE: Accoutability 

court on Thursday approved 

seven-day transit remand of 

Pakistan Muslim League- 

Nawaz (PML-N) president 

and Opposition Leader in 

the NationalAssembly (NA) 

Shehbaz Sharif for appearance 

in National Assembly 

session due to be held 

tomorrow. 

Sharif appeared before 

Judge Syed Najmul Hassan 

amid strict security in a case 

pertaining to Ashiana 

Housing scam. 

During the hearing, NAB 

adopted stance that speaker 

NA has issued production 

orders of Shehbaz Sharif. It 

appealed the court to extend 

the suspect’s transit remand 

which is soon to end on 

November 24. 

The judge while granting 

the transit remand rejected 

NAB’s plea seeking additional 

14-day physical 

remand of the former 

Punjab CM. 

Sharif’s lawyer objected 

that his client’s remand 

should be granted to NAB 

until November 24. 

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Friday, November 23, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Protest clogs traffic on 

Karachi’s Shahrae Faisal 

CPNE to establish Media University 

KARACHI: A massive 

traffic jam was reported 

on Karachi’s Shahrae 

Faisal and its surrounding 

areas on Thursday following 

a protest over delay in 

approval of new water 

connections. 

The thoroughfare has 

been blocked from Karsaz 

to Awami Markaz. The 

route leading to the airport 

is temporarily closed 

too. The traffic coming 

from Tower to the airport 

is being shifted to Shah 

Faisal Colony. 

Traffic is being diverted 

to alternate routes. 

Only two tracks of Shahre 

Faisal are open for traffic. 

KARACHI: Massive 

encroachments over the 

land of scenic Bagh Ibne 

Qasim Park have become a 

nightmare for the government 

authorities as the 

squatters are not in mood to 

vacate the precious land. 

Sources said that a powerful 

encroachment mafia 

has occupied precious land 

in the Bagh Ibne Qasim 

Park and they are not willing 

to vacate it. Previous 

day a team of anti-encroachment 

officials was sent to 

KARACHI: A large numbers vehicles stuck in traffic jam during protest demonstration 

of Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) against Karachi Water 

and Sewerage Board (KWSB) for not issuing NOCs of water to builders, outside KWSB 

building located on Shahrah-e-Faisal road. 

Encroachments of Bagh Ibne Qasim nightmare for govt 

the park to get vacated the 

encroachments, but the 

armed encroachers chased 

away it. 

The sources said previously 

such a botched operation 

was carried out in 2007, 

but the powerful encroachers 

prevailed. They said in 

the nearby localities of 

Clifton there are big 

e n c r o a c h m e n t - b a s e d 

colonies, which are also a 

touch challenge for the 

authorities. 

Bagh Ibne Qasim is a 

KARACHI: Inspector 

General of Police (IGP) 

Sindh Dr Syed Kaleem 

Imam congratulated the 

force for successful handling 

of the security affairs 

on the eve of Eid Milad-un- 

Nabi and also hoped for 

effective policing measures 

and high vigilance in the 

future. 

The police chief congratulated 

police and rangers 

for ensuring effective security 

arrangements on the 

occasion. He termed it great 

success due to cooperation 

among Police, Rangers and 

other law enforcers. He said 

that Karachi police is working 

hard to ensure protection 

to the life and property 

of the citizens and crime 

will be eliminated from the 

bueatiful beachside park of 

the megacity, covering 130 

acres (0.53 km2). It is visited 

by over 10 million people 

each year. The park has a 

turtle pond, murals of 

dinosaurs, 24 washrooms, 

20 stone canopies and a 

large rose garden. It overlooks 

the 90 meter Port 

Fountain of Karachi Port 

Trust (KPT). The park's 

name commemorates the 

8th century Arab conqueror 

hero of Sindh, Muhammad 

Bin Qasim. 

IGP appreciates effective 

security on Eid Milad 

KARACHI: View of celebration religious procession in connection of Birthday 

Ceremony of Holy Prophet on the occasion of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal hold by thousands of 

devotees is passing through the road at Malir. 

megacity. 

He further said that 

confidence of people on 

police department has 

increased and appealed 

more cooperation from the 

citizens to make Karachi 

crime free city. He said 

that intelligence-based 

operations should be 

increase in future to trace 

out criminal elements. 

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RISING LUNG DISEASE IN PAKISTAN 

Smoking fourth leading cause of 

death worldwide: Dr Nisar Rao 

Staff Reporter 

KARACHI: Chronic Obstructive 

Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects more 

than 340 million people worldwide and 

represents the fourth leading cause of 

death, after, heart attacks, strokes and 

infectious diseases, this was stated by 

Prof Nisar Rao, President Pakistan Chest 

Society and Director Ojha Institute of 

Chest Diseases, Karachi. He was 

addressing a meeting organized by 

National Alliance for Tobacco Control in 

collaboration with the Aga Khan 

University (AKU) to commemorate the 

World COPD. Although COPD is 

increasing in prevalence, it is widely 

under-diagnosed and under-treated in 

Pakistan, regretted Dr Rao. 

COPD day is organized by GOLD ( 

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive 

Lung Disease) every year in the month of 

November. Many national organizations 

like Pakistan Chest Society, National 

Alliance for Tobacco Control are also participating 

in this worldwide event.COPD 

is projected to be the 3rd leading cause of 

death by 2020. More than 3 million people 

died of COPD last year. Globally, the 

COPD burden is projected to increase in 

coming decades because of continued 

exposure to COPD risk factors particularly 

in developing country like Pakistan 

Smoking is by far the most important 

risk factor responsible for this disease, said 

Professor Javaid Khan, of AKU and Chair 

National Alliance for Tobacco Control. 

“Significant cost, societal and quality of 

life benefits could be achieved if greater 

steps were taken to prevent the condition, 

such as greater access to smoking cessation 

programs, earlier diagnosis and appropriate 

management strategies to control the 

condition and arrest disease progression” 

explained Prof Khan. Rising atmospheric 

pollution in Pakistan in recent years could 

result in exponential increase in the number 

of cases with COPD in the country, 

warned Prof Khan. 

The park was ceremonially 

opened by then 

President Pervez Musharraf 

on February 27, 2007. It 

was created by the Clifton 

Beach Development Project 

on the location of the former 

Toyland Theme Park at a 

cost of Rs600million. 

This park has also 

remained in limelight due to 

some mega corruption and 

controversy stories. In past 

it was also illegally handed 

over to the real estate tycoon 

Malik Riaz’s Bahria Town. 

Body made to identify 

encroachers 

KARACHI: A body has 

been made to identify the elements 

behind encroachment on 

government property and 

amenity plots. Officials 

sources said that in the light of 

Supreme Court’s order, Govt 

of Sindh had formed a threemember 

committee.According 

to the orders of Chief Secretary 

Sindh. Commissioner Karachi 

will head the committee and 

Secretary local govt and 

Director anti-corruption establishment 

will be its members. 

The protest is being 

staged by members of the 

Association Builders and 

Developers against the 

water and sewerage 

board. 

At least 2,000 people, 

including MQM-P’s 

Farooq Sattar and PTI’s 

Alamgir Khan, have been 

protesting for the last 

three hours. 

The protesters say that 

they haven’t been provided 

with a no-objection 

certificate for water connections 

for new buildings. 

KWSB’s failure to 

issue NoC has halted the 

construction of 550 buildings, 

they say. 

SSU conducts 

flag march 

KARACHI: Under the 

directives of IGP Sindh Dr. 

Syed Kaleem Imam, DIGP 

Operations Maqsood 

Ahmed and Commandant 

Special Security Special 

Security Unit Sindh Police 

Ghulam Murtaza 

Tabassam, the commandos 

of SSU under the supervision 

of Superintendent of 

Police (SP) SSU Abdul 

Sattar Bhutto conducted 

flag march on the eve of 

Eid Milad un Nabi 

(SAWW). 

The flag march was 

organized to show solidarity 

and develop confidence 

in general public. 

The well-equipped 

commandos went round 

various areas of the city to 

develop confidence and 

sense of effective security 

arrangements to 

Karachiites. 

Besides, Special 

Weapons and Tactics Team 

(S.W.A.T) of SSU 

equipped with latest 

weapons and communication 

system are alert as 

quick response force to 

challenge any emergency 

situation if created. 

Police arrest 1723 across Sindh 

KARACHI: On the 

directions of Inspector 

General of Police (IGP) 

Sindh Dr Syed Kaleem 

Imam, Sind police claimed 

to have arrested 1723 

alleged criminals, during 

ongoing crackdown drive 

in all districts and police 

ranges of Sindh. 

According to police 

sources, Karachi police 

conducted operations 

against drug pushers and 

arrested 334 drug peddlers 

and recovered 629 grams 

of heroin, 290 kilograms 

hashish, 671 kilograms 

gutka, 271 litters of local 

wine and a huge quantity 

of betel nuts form the 

arrested accused. 

Police arrested 211 

accused in Sukkur, 442 in 

Shaheed Banazirabad, 56 

in Larkana, 449 in 

Hyderabad and 231 in 

Mirpurkhas. The police 

also recovered 318 grams 

of heroin, 545 grams 

hashish; 136268 kilograms 

gutka, 117310 liters of 

local wine and a huge 

quantity of betel nuts form 

their possession. 

Inspector General of 

Police Sindh declared DIG 

Hyderabad Naeem Ahmed 

Sheikh and DIG Shaheed 

Banazirabad Nawaz Sheik 

as ‘officers of the week’ at 

province level for them in 

view of his best performance. 

The police chief also 

declared SSP Dadu 

Tanveer as ‘officer of the 

week’ at district level. 

KARACHI: The Council 

of Pakistan Newspaper 

Editors (CPNE) has 

announced establishment of 

the Media Academy to 

unveil, update and upgrade 

the talent of working media 

practitioners through 

knowledge about modern 

trends and technology in 

media, training courses and 

relatednetworking. 

The announcement 

about the Media Academy 

was made in a ceremony 

organized by CPNE, with 

D.WAcademy's Deputy 

Country Manager Ms. Lena 

Elter,D.W Academy representative 

andChief 

Executive Officer Deutsche 

WellePakistan Mr. Asif 

Khan among the prominent 

participants. 

Speaking on the occasion. 

CPNE Secretary 

General Dr. Jabbar Khattak 

said under the Academy 

through regular programs of 

media education and media 

training, training modules 

on journalism, computer 

use, marketing, circulation, 

distribution and revenue 

generation so that the capacity 

of people engaged withdifferent 

sections of media 

could be enhanced through 

academics and training 

workshops. 

Its pertinent tomention 

that despite their association 

with media, training in these 

departments has been 

ignored in Pakistan. 

Dr. Jabbar Khattak said 

that the courses/training 

offered by the CPNE Media 

Academy will be altogether 

different from those of universities' 

media education 

because the Academy will 

only impart knowledge and 

training of 'applied skills' to 

persons associated with different 

sections of media. 

He said under the 

KARACHI: National Muhammad Javaid Ahmed, 

Accountability Bureau Ex-Assistant Director, 

(NAB) Karachi here Muhammad Kamran, Ex- 

Thursday filed five references 

AD KDA, Sadaruddin, 

in Accountability Muhammad Zeeshan, 

Court Karachi in various corruption 

Feroze Ahmed, Javaid 

cases after comple- 

tion of investigation process 

Ibraheem, estate brokers, 

Syed Mohsin Raza S/o Syed 

and legal formalities. Muhammad Rizvi, XEN 

Two references each were Clifton, Ex Asst-Director 

filed against accused Syed Gulistan-e-Johar, Abdul 

Nasir Abbas, Ex-DG KDA, Saeed Khan, Assistant 

Academy's 'Continuing 

Media Education' program, 

and with the cooperation of 

the DuecheWalley 

Academy, foreign experts 

will be called to deliver 

knowledge about modern 

trends and technology in 

media so that media institutions 

may acquire manpower 

laced with practical talent. 

The CPNE Secretary 

General said the Academy 

will also impart required 

expertise to ensure implementation 

of Journalists' 

Code of Conduct. He said 

the Academy's training programs 

will particularly 

focus on curbing fake news 

and hate/extremist material. 

Ms. Lena Elter said regular 

training of media persons 

is necessary for understanding 

modern trends in media 

and taking benefit of technology 

therefore the establishment 

of CPNE Media 

Academy is a landmark 

occasion. She further said 

DW Academy has remained 

in partnership with CPNE 

since 2015, and it will focus 

significant objectives, like 

imparting training on physical, 

psychological and digital 

security of people associated 

with media in Pakistan 

over the next three years. 

She said the two countries 

will share experiences about 

media institutions. Asif 

Khan lauded efforts being 

made by CPNE to train and 

raise awareness of journalists, 

media workers and others 

associated with media 

and said CPNE Media 

Academy will become 

cause and catalyst of positive 

changes in Pakistan's 

media scenario. He said the 

Academy may also help 

reduce distance between 

educational institutes and 

media institutions. 

NAB files 5 more references 

in corruption cases 

Director, Gulistan-e-Johar, 

(KDA), Kaleemullah 

Kashani, Muhammad 

Haneef Alias Patni, Nadeem 

Ahmed Siddeeqi, Additional 

Director, KDA. 

One reference was filed 

on the charges of fraudulent 

transfer of three residential 

plots (Gulistan-e-Jauhar) of 

genuine allottees to other 

beneficiary persons. 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah along with Nasir Hussain Shah, 

Sindh Works and Services Minister, Saeed Ghani, Sindh Local Government Minister and 

Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Information and Law are 

participating in celebration religious procession in connection of Birthday Ceremony of 

Holy Prophet on the occasion of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal hold by thousands of devotees is 

passing through the road near New Memon Masjid. 

Celebrity makeup artist and stylist Mona J speaks on 

‘Royal Elegance’ at Air War College, PAF Base Faisal 

KARACHI: Makeup and beauty guru, Mona 

Jamal,popularly known as Mona J of Mona J Salon, 

was honoured as the chief guest at a lunch arranged 

by ladies of Air War College, PAF Base 

Faisal,recently. 

With the theme of Royal Elegancethe event featured 

Mona J looking absolutely stunning in an 

emerald green outfit, with makeup and styling done 

by none other than herself, and taking the stage to 

educate the ladies about beauty and self-grooming. 

After the informative talk by makeup artist, businesswoman 

and social media influencer,an interactive 

Q & A session took place where women discussed 

their concerns openly. Mona shared with 

gusto her expertise on makeup, skincare, hair, and 

ways to look good. 

Speaking on the occasion Mona J said, “It is 

imperative for every woman to invest in herself and 

keep herself well-groomed. It pays dividends as the 

first impression is often the last impression and a 

well-groomed personalways leaves a lastinggreat 

impression.” 

The afternoon came to an end with delicious 

lunch served and handing out of gifts and flowers to 

the guests as a token of appreciation.

Rainfall in northern 

Balochistan ends dry spell 

ISLAMABAD: 

QUETTA: The winter 

has reached to its freezing 

intensity in Quetta, Qalat, 

Chaman and other parts of 

northern Balochistan after 

rainfall, reported on 

Thursday. 

The met office has predicted 

light rains at various 

places in northern Pakistan. 

The rainfall at various 

places in Balochistan has 

blessed the province by 

ending the ongoing dry 

spell in the region. 

In the rainy spell, 

Quetta, Qalat, Musakhel, 

Qilla Abdullah, Pishin, 

HEC PhD scholarships to be announced soon 

ISLAMABAD: In continuation 

2025. In 2017, as many as Allied Health Sciences, 

of the US- 200 Pakistani scholars Agriculture, Veterinary 

Pakistan Knowledge were sent to the US universities, 

Sciences, Computer 

Corridor (Phase I), Higher 

while the target for Science, Emerging 

Education Commission the year 2018 is to send Technologies, Water 

(HEC) will soon announce over 300 scholars. Resources, and Energy. 

PhD scholarships for HEC will soon advertise 

The Pakistani students 

Pakistani scholars and 

scholarships seeking selected for scholarship 

non-PhD faculty to pursue applications from will avail themselves of an 

PhD in the US universities 

in the academic year 2019. 

Pakistani/ AJK nationals to 

pursue doctoral studies in 

opportunity to study in the 

selected top 235 US universities 

Under the US-Pakistan the fields of Arts and 

or universities 

Knowledge Corridor, HEC Humanities, Design and falling under the 23 university 

aims to send 10,000 Media, Social Sciences, 

systems mentioned 

Pakistani scholars for PhD Engineering, Basic on HEC website. 

in various subjects by Sciences, Medical and The US-Pakistan 

Habibullah Rehmani 

passes away 

M A. Rehmani 

M I R P U R K H A S : 

Member of Jama Masjid 

Jhodo Habibullah 

Rehmani has been laid to 

rest beside the Sakhi 

Shanshah Taj Muhammad 

graveyard here on 

Thursday . hundred, s of 

mourners reached to 

attend the funeral . Late 

Habibullah Rehmani was 

died due to Miocardial 

attack at Jama Masjid 

Jhodo 

Habibullah Rehmani 

was went for pray Namaz 

E Asar in Jama Masjid 

Jhudo here on Eid Melad 

u Nabi day wensday , 

early he was celebrated 

Eid Melad u Nabi which 

attend the procession of 

Eid Melad u Nabi . 

hundreds of Mourners 

surrounded the body at the 

funeral procession as they 

performed the last rites of 

the late Habibullah 

Rehmani at Sakhi 

Shahanshah Taj 

Muhammad graveyard . 

Among the relatives , 

member, s of Jama Masjid 

Jhodo , various communities 

Rehmani , 

Qaimkhani , Nagori , 

Memon , Rajput , Malik , 

Mir , Pakhtoon , Baloach 

and others local communities 

, Seniour 

Journalists of Mirpurkhas 

and prominent politicians 

who attended the funeral 

attend his funeral and 

condolence to the 

Khursheed Rehmani , 

Hameed Rehmani , Abid 

Rehmani , Akber Rehmani 

at his residents Jhodo . 

Knowledge Corridor was 

conceptualised to significantly 

increase the number 

and quality of faculty in 

the higher education institutions 

of Pakistan. In 

order to ensure achievement 

of the project targets, 

HEC is actively negotiating 

on Documents of 

Understanding with the 

US universities to place 

cohorts of Pakistani scholars 

in ranked US universities 

to complete their doctoral 

studies. 

400 jobs go against rules 

as SMBBMU faces crisis 

LARKANA: Vice Chancellor (VC), Shaheed 

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBB- 

MU), Larkana, Dr Aneela Atta-ur-Rahman Thursday confessed 

that the university was not in good shape. 

The major issue is education and the university is also 

facing administrative crisis, she said while addressing 

newsmen at a local press club. She said previous VCs 

Ghulam Asghar Channa and Akbar Haider Soomro were 

not experienced, but she had remained Pro-VC at LUMS 

for two times besides being seven times incharge VC. 

She said she wanted to do more and more for the university, 

but "I am facing hurdles". She said no research 

work is being carried out which is the fundamental job of 

any university and doctors are busy in their private works. 

There is neither selection board nor syndicate, she 

revealed. Aneela said no accountability of wrong doings 

had so far been done in the university which should be carried 

out at once. 

She said she had briefed Sindh Chief Minister Syed 

Murad Ali Shah about the prevailing situation in the university 

and he had assured all out support. 

The VC said she wanted to make state of the art university. 

She said she had prepared agenda of 300 things which 

would be made for upbringing of this most important medical 

institution which include centralization of finance 

department which had never been done in the past. 

Chaman and other cities 

received rainfall pushing 

the mercury down in the 

region. Several low-lying 

areas submerged in the 

incessant rainfall. 

The met department has 

forecast more rains in 

Quetta and Zhob divisions 

in Balochistan. The weather 

advisory has also predicted 

light rainfall in 

Islamabad, Murree, 

Peshawar, Chitral, Dir, 

Malakand, Hazara and 

Mardan divisions, Kashmir 

and Gilgit-Baltistan regions 

and light snowfall at hills. 

”U-turn” nothing 

but plain lies: 

Nafisa Shah 

SUKKUR: U-turns of 

the sitting rulers are 

nothing but the plain 

lies, as the Pakistan 

In 

Occupied Kashmir, complete 

shutdown is observed 

Thursday against the 

killing of Tehreek-e- 

Hurriyet leader, Mir 

Hafeezullah by Indian 

troops. 

Chairman of Tehreek-e- 

Hurriyet, Mohammad 

Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) Abdul Rauf 

government is befooling SUKKUR: Mayor 

Pakistan nations with Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

false promises, said PPP Islam Shaikh and British 

leader 

Shah. 

MNA Nafisa Deputy High Commissioner 

Miss Ellen Burns inaugurate 

Addressing a press the 1st International Digital 

conference at the Sukkur Library of British Council in 

Press Club, she charged interior Sindh namely 

in first 100 days of his “Digital Wall” at Mir 

government, Imran Masoom Shah Municipal 

Khan had told more than Library Sukkur. As per 

100 lies. She said he 

also failed to fulfil his 

promise of not going on 

details on Thursday British 

Deputy High Commissioner 

Miss Ellen Burns, British 

foreign visits during Council Mr. Chris Hunt and 

first three months of his 

government. 

She said the biggest 

Head of Libraries & Digital 

Services Mr. Afnan Khan 

has visited the Mir Masoom 

lies of the Pakistan Shah Municipal Library 

Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) Sukkur. The Mayor Sukkur 

government are the lies Barrister Arsalan Islam 

their MPs are telling in Shaikh, Deputy 

Parliament. 

She flayed the prime 

minister for terming U- 

Commissioner Mr. Ghulam 

Murtaza Shaikh, Deputy 

Mayor Mr. Tariq Hussain 

turns as a hallmark of Chohan & Municipal 

great leadership, Commissioner Pir Wahid 

adding irrespective of 

Imran Khan’s claims, 

Bux welcome the British 

Delegation while at the 

people of Pakistan occasion various UC 

know that U-turns are Chairman’s Women 

just plain lies. PPP Members and other 

Senator Aijaz Dhamra Municipal Officers were 

was also present. also present. Meanwhile 

Our Correspondent 

SUKKUR: Sukkur IBA 

University clinched first 

and second positions in 

“Virtual Battle Field”, 

while secured third position 

in “Clash of Minds” 

and “Hemisphere 

Combat”. 

The competitions were 

held on November 20 and 

21 under the umbrella of 

Neuro Warfare-2018 

organized by “Case 

Research Centre (CRC)” 

Sukkur IBAUniversity, 

which is said to be one of 

its signature events. 

Islamia University 

Bahawalpur secured third 

position in Virtual Battle 

Field, while PIDE 

Islamabad and Institute of 

Management Sciences 

Peshawar got first and second 

positions, respectively 

in Clash of Minds and 

Institute of Business 

Management Karachiand 

Air University Islamabad 

secured first and second 

positions, respectively in 

Hemisphere Combat. 

The winners of first 

position were awarded 

Rs.50,000 and those 

secured second position 

were given Rs.30,000 and 

Rs.15,000 were given to 

the third position holders. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

the Vice Chancellor 

Sukkur IBA University 

Prof. Nisar Ahmed 

Siddiqui said, “From day 

one two forces in the 

human beings are at war, 

which if directed into right 

direction would ultimately 

result into developing 

inner forces and guide 


National 

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Shutdown observed in IoK 

Mayor Sukkur Barrister 

Arsalan Islam Shaikh and 

British Deputy High 

Commissioner Miss Ellen 

Burns, British Counsel Mr. 

Chris Hunt has inaugurated 

“Digital Wall” at Mir 

Masoom Shah Municipal 

Library Sukkur. During 

Media Briefing Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh says, that, the 

Sukkur is the 1st City in 

interior Sindh where 

“Digital Wall” is established 

with the help and coordination 

of British Council. 

Through a joint venture 

between Sukkur Municipal 

Corporation and British 

Council has developed the 

infrastructure of Mir 


Library Sukkur by conversion 

into Solar System and 

Installation of Air 

Conditions to provide facilities 

to Students. Now with 

this “Digital Wall” students 

can access Millions of 

Books on a single click and 

also download it at their 

Home, College and 

Universities with Bar Code 

Technology. Sukkur 

Ashraf Sehrai visited the 

residence of Mir 

Hafeezullah in Achabal 

area of Islam district and 

described his killing as a 

heinous and cowardly act. 

Addressing the people 

there, he said under a wellplanned 

conspiracy, top 

religious and political leadership 

was targeted from 

time to time to deprive the 

Kashmiri people of their 

leadership. 

He, however, said these 

killings did not dampen the 

resolve of the resistance 

leadership which continued 

to carry forward the movement 

against all odds. 

British Deputy High Commissioner 

inaugurates 1st digital library at Sukkur 

them towards the path of 

positivity”. 

Welcoming the participants 

to the war of minds, 

he said, all the segments of 

Neuro Warfare are unique 

in terms of providing a 

platform to the students to 

showcase their abilities 

and gain experience to 

brighten their future. He 

said, with critical thinking 

people can find multiple 

solutions to their business 

problems and was hopeful 

that, during two days of 

Neuro Warfare at Sukkur 

IBA University, will benefit 

the participating students 

at large. He also 

urged upon them to share 

experience with each other 

to further polish their 

ideas. 

For his part, the 

Registrar Sukkur IBA 

University Engr. Zahid 

Hussain Khand according 

warm welcome to the participants, 

shed light on various 

initiatives of Sukkur 

IBA University, which 

included, National Talent 

Hunt Program, Sindh 

Talent Hunt Program, 

Science, Technology, 

Engineering and 

Mathematics, Community 

Colleges, SIBA Testing 

Services, Solar System and 

much more. According to 

him, Sukkur IBA 

University is producing 

950KW clean energy 

through its Solar System 

and entire university is 

being run on solar system 

throughout the day. In this 

way we have stopped 

release of tons of CO2 in 

the environment and thus 

sharing our responsibility 

towards green and clean 

Pakistan. 

Neuro warfare is one of 

the signature events of 

Sukkur IBA University 

and it takes place each year 

Municipal Corporation will 

purchase Books amounting 

to Rs. 2.0 million for Mir 


Library Sukkur. British 

Deputy High Commissioner 

Miss Ellen Burns says that, 

she is very lucky to have the 

chance to visit this 

Wonderful City and also 

appreciate the efforts of 

Youngest Mayor for establishment 

and development 

of Mir Masoom Shah 

Municipal Library and 

ensure to continue their supports 

in future. 

Mr. Chris Hunt British 

Council share his thoughts 

with Media that Pakistan & 

Britain jointing working for 

Mutual Benefits and 

Improvement of Life Style 

of People of Pakistan and 

Britain will continue his 

support in Pakistan for 

Improvement of Education 

Sector. In the last Mayor 

Sukkur Barrister Arsalan 

Islam Shaikh and Deputy 

Mayor 

Mr. 

TariqueHussainChohan had 

present the souvenir of 

Sindh Topi & Ajrak to the 

British Delegations. 

Neuro Warfare-2018, which is said 

to be one of its signature event 

at a larger scale then previous. 

This year Participants 

from 15 different 

Universities all across 

Pakistan participated in 

Neuro Warfare as it is the 

only competition of its 

stature. 

Objective of the Neuro 

Warfare is to let 

Participants Experiment 

and Experience the exposure 

like never before. 

In “Clash of the Minds” 

(case study competition) 

on day one of the participants 

was assigned a case 

study from the industry 

and participants analyzed 

and presented the case 

study in front of the Jury 

members to compete for 

the prize. To give them real 

time exposure, both the 

case and Jury were from 

the Industry and judged 

their skills on real time 

skills of analyzing and presenting 

the case study.

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OPINION 

Iqbal------ Quran and Muslim Unity 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

Muslims are supposed to work together 

towards a common goal set by the Quran 

and shown by the Prophet (PBUH) 

through his Sunnah. They are brothers and sisters 

because they are bonded by the common 

ideology of the unity of God 

and the unity of humankind. 

These are the foundational 

principles of Islam. The Quran 

and the Sunnah of the Prophet 

(PBUH) require Muslims to work 

for the unity of the Ummah. 

Muslims are required to be merciful 

towards each other (The Quran (48:29)) 

and be like the body where if any part hurts the whole 

body should feel the pain (Hadith). But, are Muslims 

practicing this injunction of the Quran and the 

Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH)? Muslims and various 

Islamic organizations are working hard but it is frustratingly 

obvious that the above goals are ever so illusive. 

Instead of Muslims being united in mercy 

towards each other, they are, on the whole, far from 

it. Instead of feeling the pain and misery of other 

Muslims (Chechens, Palestinians, Kashmiris, for 

example), most of us are happily enjoying our material 

comforts of life. Is Muslim unity only a dream 

that cannot be fulfilled? Many argue that all this talk 

of Muslim unity is out of date. Islam may have once 

united Muslims but present reality makes it impossible. 

They say it is nice talk, which makes Muslims 

feel good but an unrealistic goal that cannot be 

achieved. Muslims spend (and have spent) a lot of 

their time and emotional energy debating this issue. 

We will come back to this fundamental questionis 

Muslim unity possible, and if it is, then how to 

achieve it? But first, let us find out the present state of 

Muslims and compare it with the Iqbal’s visionary 

diagnosis of their problems. 

Muslim misery and suffering is as common today 

as it was in the days of Iqbal. Every day that passes 

brings more death and destruction to Muslims, only at 

a much wider scale. It is sad to see Muslim governments 

collaborating with non-Muslims to inflict damage 

and suffering against fellow Muslims. Many 

Muslim groups are also engaged in fighting against 

each other in many parts of the Muslim world. And in 

some countries where Muslims are in minority, their 

condition is even worse. As a minority they are systematically 

being subjected to discrimination, humiliation, 

persecution, torture, and rape. One wonders: is 

it ever going to end? 

When Greeks attacked Turkey in 1923 (at the 

behest of the British) Iqbal’s heart started crying. He 

knew that it was not just an attack on Turkey, but it 

was an attack on Islam itself. He tried to free the 

Muslim mind from the prevailing colonial mentality 

and from Muslims’ own narrow self-interests. He 

wrote the poem "Tolu-e-Islam" which later became 

one of his classic works. [Copies of this poem were 

sold and all proceeds were sent to Turkey.] He said: 

"Hawas ne tukretukrekardiya hay na’uinsanko 

ukhuwwatkabayan ho jamohabbatkizaban ho ja 

ye Hindi, woKhurasani, ye Afghani, woTurani 

tu ay sharmindayehsahiluchhalkarbekaraan ho ja" 

"Greed has torn apart humankind. You (Muslims), 

become role models of love and brotherhood. Get 

beyond the narrow boundaries of nationalities (like 

Indian, Khurasani, Afghani, and Turkish) and jump 

into the limitless ocean (of Islam)." 

Observing the present situation in which Muslims 

find themselves today, Iqbal’s soul must be feeling 

extremely restless. Alas! There is no Iqbal today 

among Muslims who can guide the Muslim Ummah 

against the forces that are bent on its destruction. But 

the Muslim Ummah can also be torn apart due to 

internal conflicts. 

In fact, this is what is happening to Muslim 

Ummah today. Probably, there are no people in the 

world today who have been as divided as Muslims. 

They are divided along religious, political, ethnic, 

cultural, racial, linguistic, and sectarian lines. These 

divisions extend further into subdivisions. Status, 

wealth, fame, and fortune have also created social differences 

among Muslims. 

Muslims are divided at the root into Sunnis and 

Shias. Sunnis are further divided into Hanafi, Maliki, 

Shaafai, and Hanbali. Shias too are divided into 

Kesania, Zaidia, Imamia or Ithna ‘Ashari, Ismalia, 

etc. Sunnis are also divided into Ahle-hadith and 

Ahle-fiqha. In the Indian subcontinent (at least) Ahlefiqha 

are further divided into Deobandis and 

Barelwis. Similar differences exist in other places as 

well. Are all these divisions and differences schools 

of thought as many Muslims claim? Whether or not 

we admit it, these differences and divisions do create 

physical, emotional, and psychological barriers 

amongst us. Iqbal says that these differences create 

prejudice in human beings: 

"Shajar hay firqaarayee, ta’assub hay samariska 

yewophal hay jojannat se nikalwata hay adamko" 

"These divisions are the branches of a tree; its fruit 

is prejudice. This is the fruit which gets Adam (man) 

expelled from Jannah (peaceful life)." 

Although in North America we do try to work 

together (despite our religious differences) in a civilized 

manner, but our brothers and sisters back home 

are not that fortunate. There, these differences sometimes 

lead to violence and killings. Why is that 

despite clear warnings of the Quran and the Sunnah 

(I) 

of the Prophet (PBUH) against it? Is it due to the prejudices 

that are the inevitable results of our divisions, 

as Iqbal mentions in the above poem? 

With all these divisions and differences, can we 

progress in the world? Iqbal does not think so: 

"Firqabandi hay kaheenaurkaheenzateinhain 

kyazamanemeinpanapnekiyaheebateinhain" 

"Somewhere are religious divisions and somewhere 

are differences based on caste. Is this the way 

to prosper in the world?" 

He further says: 

"Tum syedbhi ho Mirzabhi ho Afghan bhi ho 

tumsabhikuchh ho bataokimusalmanbhi ho" 

"You are Syed; you are Mirza; you are Afghan. 

You are everything. Tell me, are you Muslim too?" 

Here Iqbal uses the word "Syed" to represent the 

caste system that has penetrated Muslims (especially 

in the Indian subcontinent because of Hindu influence). 

He uses the word "Mirza" to represent the ruling 

elite and the word "Afghan" to represent the differences 

in Muslims based on region, language, and 

race. 

All these differences are anti-Qur’anic. When 

Iqbal poses the question, "Tell me, are you Muslim 

too?" he implies that those who feel proud and superior 

compared to other fellow Muslims because of 

these labels attached to their names (and not because 

of Taqwa), they are not entitled to be called true 

Muslims. 

Qur’an says that those who create differences in 

the Deen (Islam) are among the Mushrikun: 

"Be not among the Mushrikun i.e., those who create 

differences in Deen (Isalm) and become sects. 

Each (sectarian) party quite content with itself (that it 

is following the correct path)." (30:32) 

"And those who create division in Deen (Islam) 

and become divided into sects, O Prophet (PBUH)! 

You have no part in them in the least." (6:159) 

The Prophet (PBUH) is reported to have said: 

"Anyone who gets even one feet away from the 

Ummah has taken out the Islamic yoke from his neck, 

even if he prays and fasts." 

That is why Qur’an calls upon all Muslims to be 

united and hold on steadfastly to the rope of Allah 

(i.e. Qur’an) and gives a stern warning to them not to 

create any divisions (3:103) amongst themselves. 

If we look at the global picture as a whole, we find 

that the number of Muslims has grown steadily to 

more than a billion today. Muslims possess the richest 

resources of the world and the most fertile lands 

of the earth. In spite of this, how ironic that the most 

vulnerable and the most dependent people on earth 

are also Muslims. 

Coming to the religious level, we find that the 

number of mosques is growing everywhere. The 

number of Muslims going to mosques is also increasing. 

The number of Muslims performing the annual 

pilgrimage increases every year, and in fact, has to be 

controlled to restrict the number. The number of 

Muslim organizations has been growing steadily. 

Whenever some differences arise among Muslims in 

one organization, they create another one and build 

another mosque. Noticing such an abundance of religious 

fervor among Muslims, Iqbal was led to say: 

"Masjid to banadishabbharmeinimaankehararatwalon 

ne manapnapuranapapi hay barsonmeinnamazi 

ban nasaka" 

"Those with fervor in their faith built the mosque 

in a night, but the heart is sinful and did not prostrate 

in years." 

Now, let us come to the real question. In spite of 

all the speeches and the sermons exhorting Muslims 

to unite, we see that the result is disappointing, to say 

the least. Why is that? The only way to diagnose this 

problem is to find the root cause according to Iqbal. 

We will have to go deeper into our hearts to find 

out the root cause of our problems. If we look only at 

the outside, then just like a tree, we will see its trunk, 

the branches, and the leaves. And if the roots have 

become infected with a disease, no matter how strong 

the rest of the tree is, sooner or later it is going to die. 

Actually, its demise may be hastened even by a moderate 

wind. No amount of nourishment given to the 

branches and leaves will help prevent its final demise. 

Obviously, the source to which we must turn to 

find out the root cause of the problem must provide 

the necessary guidance to diagnose it. According to 

Iqbal, the necessary guidance to diagnose all our (not 

just Muslims’ but entire humanity’s) ills is contained 

in the Qur’an: 

"Wahiderinabimariwahinamuhkamidilki 

‘ilajiskawahiaabenishatangez hay saaqi" 

"It is the same old disease, the same psychological 

problem of the heart. The cure is also the same, ‘Aabe-Nishat’ 

i.e., the Qur’an." 

Qur’an says: 

"O mankind! There has come to you a guidance 

from your Lord and a cure for the disease in your 

hearts." (10:57) 

Thus according to Qur’an and Iqbal, the disease of 

all our problems lies in our hearts and therefore, the 

cure should also begin there. Iqbal says: 

"Zaban se kahbhidiya la ilahaillah to kyahasil 

Dil-o-nigahMusalmannaheen to kuchhbhinaheen" 

"What can you accomplish by saying la ilaha with 

your tongue? If your heart is not a Muslim, then it is 

nothing." 

That is, the Iman should enter the depths of the 

heart. Simply saying that I believe is not enough, 

according to the Quran (49:14). 

Will regulate social media in 

collaboration with tech giants: Fawad 

ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Federal Minister for Information and 

Broadcasting addressing One -Day Conference on "National Security, Nation Building 

& Mass Media". 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Minister for Information 

Fawad Chaudhry on 

Thursday vowed to regulate 

social media in collaboration 

with tech giants. 

Addressing a ceremony 

Our Correspondent 

SHIKARPUR: An oil 

tanker, full of diesel, was 

overturned when it 

allegedly lost its control 

when it tried to save 

itself to strike with the 

car and commuter 

wagon, both were suddenly 

collided in front of 

it, which resulting, it 

overturned and destroyed 

its complete oil [diesel], 

at Shikarpur-Khanpur 

Indus highway, in the 

in the federal capital, 

Fawad Chaudhry said that 

they had contacted international 

bodies to regulate 

the social media in the 

country. 

He said the government 

precinct of Khanpur 

Police Station, some 20 

kilometers away from 

here, on Thursday, which 

resulting three passengers 

of fast moving car 

identified as Hyder Ali 

Khan and his wife Ms 

Anila and their minor 

baby girl Anila and 

Abdullah Khan all of by 

caste Mehud Pathan sustained 

injuries, but all of 

them were reported out 

of danger. 

wanted to form one authority 

to regularity three different 

mediums of social 

media. 

Fawad said they were 

establishing Pakistan 

Media University so as to 

Oil tanker overturned, oil destroys 

Our Staff Reporter 

BADIN: Couple of 

Tharparkar has appealed 

for legal protectio. 

In this connection Asif 

Ali Shaikh, 22, inhabitant 

of village Bhataro of 

Deeplo and Aisha 

Sheikh,18, inhabitant of 

Nafees Nagar Kunri, 

while talking with journalists 

in Badin press 

club on Thursday said 

they embraced Islam on 

27th of October, 2018, 

and they also got married. 

They said earlier, they 

were called Bheemraj 

Bheel and Khatijan Bheel 

but they have embraced 

Islam and their names 

Area police rushed on 

the spot and controlled 

over the situation and 

locals were restrained 

from collecting diesel 

because of oil was being 

spilled from the crashed 

oil tanker. 

Shikarpur-Khanpur 

Indus highway is considered 

one of the most danger 

roads of Shikarpur 

where often deadly incidents 

took place; it was 

learnt. 

Couple appeals for legal protection 

Allah Bux Khushik 

DADU: on account of 

Eid Miladun Nabi SAW 

rellies and religious gethering 

were organized in 

dadu Dadu, Johi, Mehar 

and other parts of district 

here on Wednesday. 

The main relly was 

taken from Tathair Masque 

inwhich more than 30 

small rellies participated in 

which converted into procession. 

Religious scholars, 

Citizens, children political 

leaders and beaurcacy officers 

attended the relly. 

It was led by Molana 

Abdul Waheed Qureshi, 

Dilbar Sain, Mufti Khaleel 

Ahmed, Khursheed Shah 

and other religious leaders 

attended the relly. 

The procession 

marched various streets, 

colonies and roads of dadu 

were changed. They 

alleged that their relatives 

were threatening 

them of huge damage and 

life loss. 

They said they were 

feared that their relatives 

would attack over them. 

They appealed to SSP 

Badin and other high ups 

for legal protection. 

and converged at Katchri 

road where religious 

scholars preach the sermon 

about the life of Hazrat 

Muhammad Peace Be 

Upon Him. 

Religious scholars 

urged government to stop 

religious extremist across 

the country. 

Later, Ahal Sunit-ejamit 

leader Molana Abdul 

Waheed Qureshi held 

responsible dadu district 

tackle the challenges of 

new era and underscore the 

need of innovation in 

media. 

The minister said the 

government trying to make 

such a new regularity 

authority, which would be 

compatible with the 

requirements of the modern 

era. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that Fawad 

Chaudhry, on October 18, 

had said that government 

would establish a new 

media regulatory authority 

by abolishing the existing 

Pakistan Electronic Media 

Regulatory Authority 

(Pemra). 

While addressing the 

Senate’s Standing 

Committee on Information 

and Broadcasting in 

Islamabad, Fawad had said 

the Ministry of 

Information has prepared a 

draft law in this regard 

which has been sent to all 

stakeholders to solicit their 

recommendations. 

Sextuplets born 

to Lahore lady 

LAHORE: A lady, here 

previous day, gave birth to 

sextuplets. 

A woman, Mrs Kashif, 

belonging to Ravi Road 

gave birth to sextuplets in a 

local hospital. 

Here six babies included 

four girls and two boys. 

However, one of the baby 

girls died after birth. Other 

babies were shifted to 

Children Hospital Lahore 

for better care as they were 

underweight babies. 

Pillion riding ban 

lifted in Quettaa 

QUETTA: Government 

lifted the ban on pillion riding 

here Wednesday. 

Pillion ridding was 

banned in Quetta for one 

day (21 September) due perceived 

threat to security on 

12th of Rabi-ul-Awal by the 

Government of Balochistan, 

Home and Tribal Affairs 

Department, Quetta. 

Two die in 

Khairpur mishaps 

KHAIRPU: Two persons 

died in different 

mishaps near here. 

A pedestrian, Aftab 

Mastoi died on the 

National Highway near 

Mehrabpur, when a fast 

vehicle hit him. Police 

arrested the driver and 

began probe. 

Separately, one Ahsan 

Memon, 29 died when a 

wall at village Kanda 

Khahi fell over him near 

Bhirya town. 

Eid Miladun Nabi (SAW) celebreated in Dadu 

administration for not 

cleaning religious rallies 

rotes and illegal load shedding 

during religious gathering 

in dadu district. 

During religious gathering 

tighten security arrengment 

were done by police 

and SSP Dadu Parviz 

Khan Umrani and assistant 

commissioner dadu 

Nazir Ahmed Soomro 

reviewed the security management 

in dadu.

'World is more polarized 

after Trump came to power' 

Turkish parliament speaker says US sanctions on Iran and Russia had affected whole region 

IZMIR, Turkey: The 2016 presidential 

election in the U.S. has upset 

the world, creating a new global crisis, 

the Turkish parliament speaker 

said Thursday. 

S T O C K H O L M : 

Denmark suspended arms 

sales to Saudi Arabia for the 

Kingdom’s role in the 

killing of Saudi journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi and the 

humanitarian crisis in 

Yemen, the foreign ministry 

said on Thursday. 

In a written statement, 

the ministry said: “Saudi 

Arabia plays clearly a negative 

role in the humanitarian 

crisis in Yemen and the 

killing of Khashoggi. It is 

time to send a clear warning 

signal from Europe to Saudi 

Arabia.” 

The move came after 

Germany halted all arms 

sales to Riyadh and France 

said it would decide soon 

on sanctions over the murder 

of the Saudi journalist. 

Khashoggi, a columnist 

Binali Yildirim, who attended an 

economic forum in the western 

Turkish province of Izmir, slammed 

U.S. government policies after 

President Donald Trump took office 

for The Washington Post, 

went missing after entering 

the Saudi Consulate in 

Istanbul on Oct. 2. 

After initially saying he 

left the consulate alive, the 

Saudi administration admitted 

weeks later that he was 

killed there. 

According to the UN, 

Yemen is the world’s worst 

humanitarian crisis. As the 

conflict enters its fourth 

year, around 14 million 

people in Yemen, or half the 

total population of the 

country, are at risk of 

famine. 

Hailing Germany’s 

move to suspend arms 

sales, Denmark Foreign 

Minister Anders Samuelsen 

said that he expected other 

EU countries to take a similar 

decision. 

in November 2016. 

"Especially after the U.S. election, 

the world became more polarized. 

Protectionism and arbitrary 

decisions [of the U.S. government] 

has accelerated an unpredictable 

global crisis," he said. 

Yildirim added that direct and 

indirect sanctions imposed by 

Washington on Turkey, Iran and 

Russia had affected the whole 

region. 

He said regional problems in the 

Middle East have renewed threats 

against Turkey. 

"This chaos near Turkey affects 

us and Turkey is paying a great 

price. We have been paying it for 

Denmark suspends arms sales to Saudi Arabia 

Following Germany in move, Denmark cites Kingdom’s role in killing 

Samuelsen also criticized 

the U.S. for continuing 

to sale arms to the 

Kingdom. 

eight years but we don't ignore them. 

We give a helping hand to people in 

trouble," Yildirim said, referring to 

civil war in Syria and Turkey's 

efforts to help Syrian refugees. 

"Countries who have imperial 

goals have difficulties understanding 

this. Because they see everything 

as money." 

Turkey hosts 3.5 million Syrian 

refugees -- more than any other 

country in the world. 

Syria has only just begun to 

emerge from a devastating civil 

war that began in 2011 when the 

Bashar al-Assad regime cracked 

down on demonstrators with unexpected 

ferocity. 

Iran hosts international 

conference on Yemen 

amid Saudi war 

of journalist Khashoggi, humanitarian crisis in Yemen TEHRAN: The 

Head of Russian spy agency accused 

of British poison attack dies 

MOSCOW: The head of 

Russia’s military intelligence 

agency that the West 

has blamed for a string of 

brazen attacks died on 

Wednesday after “a serious 

and long illness”, the 

Russian defense ministry 

said on Thursday, hailing 

him as a “true son of 

Russia.” 

The Ministry of 

Defence heaped praise on 

Colonel-General Igor 

Korobov, 62, who had run 

the spy agency, best known 

as the GRU, since 2016, 

saying he had been made a 

Hero of Russia for his service 

in the post, the highest 

state award. 

“The loving memory of 

this wonderful person, a 

true son of Russia, a patriot 

of the Fatherland Colonel- 

General Igor Valentinovich 

Korobov will always be in 

our hearts,” the ministry 

said in a statement. 

Defence Minister Sergei 

Shoigu, a close ally of 

President Vladimir Putin, 

expressed his condolences 

to Korobov’s relatives, 

while state news agency 

TASS cited a military 

source as saying Vice- 

Admiral Igor Kostyukov, 

the agency’s first deputy 

head, had been standing in 

for Korobov during his illness 

and was the favorite to 

formally take over his role. 

Britain has accused the 

GRU of attempting to poison 

former Russian spy 

Sergei Skripal and his 

daughter with a nerve 

agent, the Netherlands has 

accused it of trying to hack 

the global chemical 

weapons watchdog, and 

U.S. intelligence agencies 

say it tried to hack the 2016 

presidential election. 

Russia denies all those 

allegations. 

Death toll from California 

wildfire climbs to 83 

563 people still missing in the deadliest wildfire in California 

ANKARA: The death 

toll from the Camp Fire in 

the U.S. state of California 

has climbed to 83, the 

local sheriff said late 

Wednesday. 

The number of the 

deaths has risen after 

search teams found two 

more bodies in the towns 

of Paradise and Magalia, 

Butte County Sheriff Kory 

Honea told a press briefing. 

According to Honea, 

the rain and mudflows 

made the process of 

searching difficult and 563 

people are still missing. 

Honea also said that the 

searchers were “working 

diligently” to identify 

those killed in the fire and 

will not take the day off for 

Thanksgiving on 

Thursday. 

The deadliest wildfire 

in recorded state history 

has also destroyed more 

than 13,500 homes. 

India: Thousands of 

farmers march to 

demand land rights 

NEW DELHI, India: 

Thousands of Indian farmers 

in the western Indian state of 

Maharashtra marched to the 

state capital Mumbai on 

Thursday, demanding loan 

waivers and land ownership. 

The farmers began march 

from different parts of the 

state on Tuesday and assembled 

at the historical Azad 

Maidan in Mumbai. 

Rajendra Singh, a Ramon 

Magsaysay Award winner is 

also among the protesters. 

This is the third time this year 

when the farmers took to the 

streets in Maharashtra state. 

Thousands of farmers 

under the banner of All India 

Kisan Sabha had carried out 

a similar protest in March 

this year to press for their 

demands. 

Lok Sangharsh Morcha, 

an organization of farmers, 

has warned the state government 

that they will not leave 

the ground until their 

demands are met. 

“We have been consistently 

asking the state government 

to fulfill our longstanding 

demands, but the 

response has been lukewarm. 

We are forced to 

launch this agitation,” 

Pratibha Shinde, general secretary 

of Lok Sangharsh 

Morcha, told reporters in 

Mumbai. 

BERLIN: German 

Chancellor Angela 

Merkel pledged on 

Thursday to make every 

effort to ensure that the 

U.K.’s withdrawal from 

the EU will happen in an 

orderly manner. 

“I can tell you that, I 

will do whatever I can to 

get an agreement,” 

Merkel told business 

leaders, during her 

address at the German 

Employers Day event in 

Berlin. 

“A disorderly withdrawal 

would be the 

worst possible thing, not 

International Conference 

on Supporting the 

Oppressed and Resistant 

Yemenis has kicked off in 

the Iranian capital, with 

dozens of intellectuals and 

civil rights activists from 

35 countries in attendance. 

The event, which 

opened in Tehran on 

Thursday morning, is 

expected to highlight the 

sufferings of the Yemeni 

nation caused by a brutal 

Saudi-led war on the 

impoverished country. 

The one-day conference 

will also feature speeches 

by Iranian officials and 

several representatives 

from resistance movements 

in the region. 

Backed by the US and 

the UK, Saudi Arabia and a 

coalition of its vassal states 

unleashed the deadly military 

aggression against 

Yemen in March 2015 in 

an attempt to reinstall the 

country’s former Riyadhallied 

regime. 

The Saudi-led offensive, 

coupled with a naval 

blockade, has destroyed 

Yemen’s infrastructure and 

led to famine in the importdependent 

state. 

The military standoff 

has so far killed about 

56,000 Yemeni people, the 

Armed Conflict Location 

and Event Data Project, a 

nonprofit conflict-research 

organization, said recently. 

Bureau Report 

SYDNEY: Ambulances 

have responded to almost 

100 calls cross Sydney as a 

wall of red dust swamped the 

city. The New South Wales 

(NSW) Office of 

Environment and Heritage 

has rated the particle quality 

in the air "very poor" across 

the Sydney, particularly in 

the east and north-west. 

The worst-affected area in 

the city is Parramatta North, 

which is rated "hazardous" 

according to the government's 

website. This means 

everybody in the area, and 

especially people with heart 

and lung disease, should 

"avoid outdoor exertion and 

stay inside as much as possible". 

LOS ANGELES: Kim 

Kardashian and Kanye 

West on Wednesday donated 

$500,000 to firefighters 

and victims of a massive 

Southern California wildfire 

that came close to 

destroying the celebrity 

couple’s own multimillion-dollar 

mansion. 

Kardashian, appearing 

on “The Ellen DeGeneres 

Show,” said she and West 

hired private firefighters to 

protect their home and others 

in their neighborhood 

in rural Calabasas, north of 

Los Angeles. 

Kardashian, West and 

their three children were 

among thousands of people 

forced to evacuate their 

homes during the 93,000- 

acre (37,635-hectare) 

Woolsey fire two weeks 

ago that spread into coastal 

Malibu, destroying 1,500 

buildings and killing three 

people. 

Kardashian, a businesswoman 

and star of reality 

show “Keeping Up With 

the Kardashians,” said the 

flames “got to our gate. We 

are still not in our home 

now. The smoke, the smell 

is too intense.” 

She said the couple felt 

blessed at being able to 


International 

hire private firefighters. 

“Our house is right on 

the end of a big park,” she 

said. “We were able to get 

private firefighters... and 

they saved our home and 

saved our neighborhood. I 

had them make sure they 

controlled every house on 

the edge, so it wasn’t just 

our home.” 

Kardashian, West, and 

the rapper’s fashion company 

Yeezy and sportswear 

company Adidas, which 

makes his sneakers, donated 

$400,000 to victims of 

the fire and to California 

firefighters. 

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Kim and Kanye donate $500,000 

to California wildfire relief efforts 

MOSCOW: Russia on 

Thursday said that the U.S. 

has been training the militants 

at its At Tanf military 

base in the southeastern 

Syria. 

Russian Foreign Ministry 

spokeswoman Maria 

Zakharova said Moscow is 

concerned about the U.S. 

unwillingness to decide the 

problems, existing around 

"the occupied territory". 

"A large military base is 

deployed in the sovereign 

territory of a UN member 

They also donated a further 

$100,000 to firefighter 

Michael Williams, who 

fought the blaze in his 

neighborhood after narrowly 

escaping from his 

own burning home. 

The Woolsey fire is 

now 93 percent contained. 

A separate fire in northern 

California destroyed more 

than 12,000 homes and 

businesses in the town of 

Paradise and killed 81 people. 

Another 700 are still 

unaccounted for almost 

two weeks after the blaze 

swept through the town, 

beginning on Nov. 8. 

Russia: US uses base in 

Syria for militant training 

Moscow is concerned about US unwillingness to deal with 

problems over ‘occupied territory’, says Russian Foreign Ministry 

Throughout the city, as 

well as north to the Hunter 

region and south to Illawarra, 

dust contamination is rated 

poor to hazardous. Anybody 

suffering symptoms is 

advised to use their reliever 

medicine, and contact medical 

advice if symptoms persist. 

NSWAmbulance Control 

Centre director and Assistant 

Commissioner Tony Gately 

state, in a strategically 

important area at the tri-border 

of Syria, Iraq and 

Jordan, near the route, connecting 

Baghdad and 

Damascus, which, according 

to numerous evidence, is 

preparing militants," she 

said. 

According the datum 

published earlier by 

Anadolu Agency, some 

7,700 square kilometers of 

the At Tanf region in the 

Syrian-Iraqi border are currently 

under U.S.-backed 

opposition control. 

In early September, the 

U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition 

began war games at At 

Tanf garrison in what it said 

are exercises aimed at honing 

"warfighting skills for 

counterterrorism operations". 

Wall of red dust swamps Sydney 

only for the economy but 

also for mentality [while 

discussing] our future 

relationship,” she added. 

Merkel said despite 

progress achieved in 

Brexit talks, she expected 

more discussions on the 

withdrawal agreement, 

especially in the U.K. 

British Prime Minister 

Theresa May’s Cabinet 

approved last week a draft 

deal struck by the EU and 

British negotiators, but it 

faced mass criticism from 

within her party and from 

the opposition Labour 

Party. 

Spain’s reservations 

about the status of 

Gibraltar was another big 

hurdle ahead of the 

extraordinary Brexit summit 

on Sunday. 

European Council 

President Donald Tusk 

announced on Thursday 

that the negotiators have 

reached an agreement on 

a join text on the U.K.’s 

said extra paramedics and 

call takers had been rostered 

on. "People need to stay 

inside where possible, drink 

plenty of fluids, and avoid 

exercise.”Anyone prone to 

respiratory distress needs to 

be absolutely vigilant," he 

said. 

Elsewhere, Victorians are 

expecting heavy winds and 

rain, Queenslanders are 

expecting scorching temperatures 

and residents in 

Adelaide are cleaning up 

after wild winds ripped 

through much of the city 

overnight. 

The NSW Office of 

Environment and Heritage 

earlier issued an air quality 

forecast alert of poor for the 

Sydney region as wild westerly 

winds of up to 45 km/h 

threatened to limit visibility 

for the city’s motorists. 

Merkel: I will do everything to get a Brexit agreement 

German chancellor warns disorderly Brexit would be ‘worst possible thing’ for economy 

future relations with the 

EU, but he also underlined 

that this text now 

needed approval by the 

EU leaders. 

“I have just sent to 

EU27 a draft Political 

Declaration on the Future 

Relationship between EU 

and UK,” Tusk said on 

Twitter. 

“The Commission 

President has informed 

me that it has been agreed 

at negotiators’ level and 

agreed in principle at 

political level, subject to 

the endorsement of the 

Leaders,” he added.

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Biz 

Saudi says new mining project to 

increase non-oil GDP by 3 percent 

ISLAMABAD: The 

Economic Coordination 

Committee (ECC) accorded 

approval for sale of 200,000 

tons of wheat from the surplus 

stocks available with 

PASSCO to Poultry 

Association of Pakistan 

(PPA). 

The meeting of the ECC 

of the Cabinet (ECC) was 

held here Thursday. Finance 

Minister Asad Umar chaired 

the meeting. 

ECC in consideration of 

the proposal from Ministry 

of Industries and Production 

approved a grant of Rs. 

TURAIF: Saudi 

Arabia’s King Salman on 

Thursday inaugurated the 

Waad Al-Shamaal mining 

project which is expected 

to boost the kingdom’s 

gross domestic product by 

24 billion riyals ($6.4 billion) 

and its non-oil GDP 

by around 3 percent. 

The kingdom will 

invest 85 billion riyals in 

the project, a 440-square 

km city for mining industries 

in the northern region, 

the ministry of energy, 

industry and mineral 

resources said in a statement. 

The completion of the 

next phase will lift the 

kingdom’s phosphate fertiliser 

production to 9 million 

tonnes annually, 

Energy Minister Khalid al- 

Falih said. 

“This will make the 

kingdom the second 

KARACHI: FPCCI former 

Chairman Standing 

Committee on Horticulture 

Exports, Ahmad Jawad 

said on Thursday that The 

Chinese New Year is 

scheduled to be celebrated 

on 5 February and Kinnow 

is a traditional Chinese gift 

during the New Year season 

as a holy fruit. 

"Kinnow exporters rush 

your kinnow exports to 

Malaysia. It is time that 

you make the fruit popular 

among the Chinese population. 

The Chinese constitute 

almost 40 percent of 

the total population of 

Malaysia. At present citrus 

export to Malaysia is 

enjoying a preferential 

trade agreement and in the 

light of PM Imran Khan 

Malaysia's recent visit, the 

prospect of trade could 

now even be better," he 

said in a statement. 

He said: “According to 

Jawad, the fruit could be 

marketed in Malaysia profitably 

because of the following 

reasons: 

Recognition of Pakistani 

1,066.078 million for payment 

of outstanding dues 

(provident fund, gratuity and 

payroll dues) to families of 

deceased employees of 

Pakistan Steel Mills. 

ECC discussed the proposal 

submitted by Ministry 

of Commerce & Textile to 

allow import of cotton from 

Afghanistan/Central Asian 

states via the land route 

through the Torkham Border. 

The Committee accorded 

approval for the import with 

the condition that all sanitary 

and phytosanitary regulations 

shall be abided. ECC 

largest producer of phosphate 

fertilisers in the 

world,” Falih added. 

Mining is key to the 

kingdom’s efforts to diversify 

its economy away 

Kinnow in the market for 

its best quality, availability 

of sufficient cargo space 

for Malaysia, demand of 

the product in the local 

market, high purchasing 

power for the consumers, 

and value-addition through 

better marketing techniques”. 

Similarly during the 

coming season, starting 

from December 1, the 

Pakistan will likely to set 

an export target of 270,000 

tons and this year’s total 

anticipated production is 

Pakistan offers France investment 

opportunities in diverse fields 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for planning, development & reform, Makhdum Khusro 

Bakhtyar talking to ambassador of France, Mr. Marc Barety, who called on him. 

ISLAMABAD: Minister countries. 

and added the his county 

for Planning and Bakhtyar declared was financing in different 

Development Makhdum France an important development 

projects including 

khusro Bakhtyar on 

partner of Pakistan hydropower, urban manage- 

Thursday invited French and lauded the contributions ment and restoration of heritage 

businessmen investment of French Development 

sites. 

opportunities in diverse Agency (FDA) in the country. 

Foreign Minister 

fields in the country. 

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood 

Talking to French The minister said that Hussain Qureshi. on 

ambassador to Pakistan France had expertise in solar November 21, had said in 

Marc Barety who along energy production and may pursuance of economic 

with Country Director of look to finance projects in diplomacy, the Foreign 

Agence Française de this sector in view of huge Office would extend its full 

Développement Jacky potential that the country cooperation with every ministry 

Amprou, called on him in offers. 

to bring investment and 

Islamabad, khusro Bakhtyar Bakhtyar called for generate employment 

highlighted the investment bilateral cooperation to opportunities in Pakistan. 

friendly climate and policies boost tourism sector in Addressing Pakistani 

in the country. 

Pakistan as well as in upgradation 

community in Kuala 

He said Pakistan offers 

of transmission Lumpur, Malaysia, he 

attractive investment incentives 

and France may consider 

system. 

The French ambassador 

emphasised the need for 

economic diplomacy saying 

exploring more said that AFD was willing to we have to invite the 

avenues for investment to expend the scope of its Pakistanis to come and 

the mutual benefit of two cooperation in the country invest in their country. 

ECC approves sale of 

surplus wheat to PPA 

also directed the relevant 

ministries to engage with the 

industry for establishment of 

a permanent quarantine facility 

for cotton imported 

through land route. 

Secretary Ministry of 

National Food Security 

shared with the meeting a 

report on value chain of 

sugar. The ECC took note of 

the issue of pending payments 

to sugarcane growers 

as well as difficulties faced 

by the millers in view of surplus 

stocks, possibility of 

their export and redressal of 

liquidity issues. 

Kinnow season beginning from 1 Dec 

around 2.2 million tons. 

Jawad further said Iran 

like Russia is a big market 

for Pakistani kinnow; however, 

due to non-issuance 

of an import permit by the 

Government of Iran, the 

export of kinnow to this 

market remains suspended 

for the last couple of years 

which needs to be taken up 

with the Iranian Commerce 

Ministry. Pakistan can 

export fruits, vegetables 

and value added products 

worth $1 billion to China 

in the next five years. 

ISLAMABAD: Utility 

Store Cooperation (USC 

has signed an MoU with 

Food Fortification to 

redress the issue of malnutrition. 

The Memorandum of 

Understanding was signed 

by MD Utility Store 

Corporation Wajid Ali 

Swati and team leader of 

Food Fortification , 

Stewart King . Under the 

agreement Vitamin “A , 

Vitamin “D”and iron 

would be added in flour, 

ghee and cooking oil of all 

brands available at USC 

stores. 

On the occasion MD , 

USC Wajid Swati told the 

media that after the agreement 

, the USC has got distinction 

to supply healthy 

and nutrition added food 

items to the people. 

He said that the USC 

was the first organization 

to introduce idionized salt 

in the country, latter on its 

usage was made mandatory 

under the legislation. Some 

45 percent of the country’s 

population especially 

from hydrocarbons, as the 

government aims to more 

than triple the sector’s contribution 

to the nation’s 

economic output by 2030. 

Saudi authorities estimate 

the region holds 500 

million tonnes of phosphate 

ore, around 7 percent 

of global proven reserves, 

mainly in the Al Jalamid 

and Umm Wu’al areas 

between Arar and Turaif. 

The energy ministry 

estimates the kingdom’s 

unused mineral resources 

to be valued at 5 trillion 

riyals ($1.33 trillion). 

Saudi Arabia’s efforts 

to build an economy that 

does not rely on oil and 

state subsidies involves a 

shift towards mining vast 

untapped reserves of bauxite, 

the main source of aluminium, 

as well as phosphate, 

gold, copper and 

uranium. 

KP govt to revive 

sick industrial units 

ISLAMABAD: KP govt 

has prepared a plan to revive 

sick industrial units in 

province. A report quoting 

spokesman of the Industrial 

Department said that out of 

two thousand and three hundred 

industrial units; only 

eight hundred are operational 

in KPK. It said efforts are 

afoot to revive the fifteen 

hundred industrial units. It 

said the government is also 

planning to provide tax 

rebate to the foreign 

investors for investment in 

the industrial sector. 

USC, Food Fortification sings MoU 

for supply of healthy food items 

women are the victim of 

malnutrition. 

“The cooperation is 

striving hard to restore its 

confidence among the people 

. Now our entire focus 

is on supply of healthy edibles 

and different measures 

are being taken in this 

regard.”, he added. 

Replying a question he 

said that any of the 

employee of USC would 

not be fired . However such 

officers would be changed 

who would fail to show 

performance. The administration 

is taking steps for 

changing the locations of 

such stores that are running 

in the loss. It is also devising 

a policy to cut down 

expenditures for bringing 

down losses down. 

some support to gold,” said 

Peter Fung, head of dealing 

at Wing Fung Precious 

Metals in Hong Kong. 

The dollar drifted lower 

on Thursday as demand for 

CORPORATE CORNER 

PTCL, Bank of Khyber signs deal 

for managed services contract 

ISLAMABAD: PTCL Chief Business Services Officer, Adil Rashid and Bank of 

Khyber Chief Information Technology Officer, Azfar Ali signing a partnership agreement 

for Managed Services during signing ceremony held at PTCL Headquarters. 

KARACHI: The Bank of Khyber signs Pakistan Telecommunication Company 

Limited (PTCL) for managed services contract for a period of five years. Under this 

agreement, PTCL will manage and maintain active & passive network operations on 

behalf of the bank at more than 170 branches countrywide, as well as support the 

bank in meeting the current and future customer demands. 

PTCL will also be managing the bank’s overall point to point & point to multi 

point connectivity, along with dual media connectivity. 

The partnership agreement was signed by Adil Rashid, Chief Business Services 

Officer, PTCL and Azfar Ali, Chief Information Technology Officer,Bank of 

Khyber. On the occasion, Dr. Daniel Ritz, President & CEO, PTCL, Basharat 

Qureshi, EVP, Digital Services, PTCL, Suleman Awan, General Manager, Digital 

Services North, PTCL, Shehbaz Jameel, CEO & MD, Bank of Khyber, and Gulzeb 

Jadoon, Head of Information Technology Infrastructure, Bank of Khyber, were also 

present along with officials from respective companies. 

Shehbaz Jameel, CEO & MD, The Bank of Khyber, said, "This agreement meets 

the strategic long-term plans of the bank in increasingoperational efficiency. To optimize 

our costs for better network management we have entrusted PTCL for their 

support to maintain our network. This will allow us to maximize our focus on business 

development, improve the quality of our services and provide value added quality 

services to our customers." 

Dr. Daniel Ritz, President & CEO, PTCL, said, "Managed services has become a 

standard practice globally for operators and banks. I am happy that PTCL will manage 

the network operations of the bank, which will help to reduce the operational 

expenditure, enabling them to focus more on providing innovative solutions to their 

customers." 

With more than 15,000 service professionals working across Pakistan, PTCL is 

the leader in managed services and has the scale required to meet the needs of top 

businesses countrywide. 

‘Water for Women’ Project 

Phase 2 launched 

KARACHI: Phase 2 of the ‘Water for Women’ project, 

which overall seeks to replenish 200 million litres 

of water in the freshwater starved, arid area of 

Kohistan, district Thatta of Sindh has now been 

launched by the project partners Coca-Cola Pakistan 

and Indus Earth Trust. The aim of this project is to replenish ground water by harvesting 

rainwater for about 5,500 inhabitants of 25 villages covered by the project 

area. Earlier in the now completed Phase 1, the project has over-achieved the water 

replenishment target that was set. The Coca-Cola Foundation will be providing PKR 

13.7 million as a grant for Phase 2, which will last for about one year. 

The project work includes the excavation of 25 rainwater reservoirs. Installation 

of 10 hand pumpsfor use by the local communities and the distribution of 200 water 

wheels to the women in the target villages, who typically have the responsibility of 

fetching water for their families’ daily use. It also targets Sustainable Development 

Goals (SDG) 3, Better Health and Wellbeing, and SDG 6, Clean Water and 

Sanitation. The soft components of the project include setting up of Community 

Based Organizations to empower communities and trainings to build the capacity of 

women local leaders. 

Speaking about the project,Fahad Qadir, Director Public Affairs & 

Communications of Coca-Cola Pakistan explained, “Kohistan is one of the most 

marginalized communities in Sindh,where poverty is rampant andaccess to basic 

facilities, including clean drinking water is not available around the year. In the communities 

here, the women are responsible for fetching water from several kilometres 

away, spending about 3 hoursdaily in this. This not only reduces their available day 

time hours for productive use but also has significant negative health impacts, by 

carrying heavy water load on their heads. This project will vastly improve water 

accessibility and means the women can now use their time more productively to care 

for their young, increase income for the family or obtain education.” 

Coca-Cola Pakistan is already water positive by recharging 2.7 billion litres back 

to the communities through various projects undertaken throughout the country, 

against a target of 1.9 billionand will continue to deliver on the Company’s global 

pledge of water conservation and protection. 

Gold holds firm on subdued dollar 

BENGALURU: Gold 

prices were steady in holiday-thin 

trade on Thursday 

after hitting a two-week 

peak in the previous session, 

with improved risk appetite 

weighing on the U.S. dollar. safe-haven 

Spot gold was 0.1 percent 

higher at $1,227.25 per 

ounce at 0742 GMT. Prices 

on Wednesday marked their 

strongest since Nov. 7 at 

$1,230.07 per ounce. U.S. 

gold futures were flat at 

$1,227.6 per ounce. 

“The market is a bit slow 

today with low volume due 

to the Thanksgiving holiday… 

The dollar is slightly 

on the downside, giving 

currencies 

remained subdued after a 

rebound in global equities. 

Meanwhile, Asian shares 

seesawed in cautious trading 

with China extending losses 

as investors fretted about 

slowing global growth in the 

face of rising U.S. interest 

rates and trade tensions. 

The dollar has been 

under pressure this week as 

cautious comments by Fed 

officials about a potential 

global slowdown raised 

doubts on the pace of interest 

rate hikes. 

The doubts were heightened 

by data released on 

Wednesday that showed 

weekly jobless claims rose 

to a more than four-month 

high and new orders for 

U.S.-made capital goods 

were unexpectedly flat in 

October. 

“We are seeing some 

impact of the weaker than 

expected durable goods 

number, which has reinforced 

investors to question 

their expectations of rate 

hikes in 2019 and weaker 

dollar followed,” said ANZ 

analyst Daniel Hynes. 

A fourth rate hike for this 

year is expected next month 

and policymakers had earlier 

indicated two more by June 

2019. 

Prospects of higher U.S. 

interest rates are negative for 

dollar-priced gold as they 

raise the opportunity cost of 

holding bullion. 

Gold has been holding up 

well amid a weaker dollar, 

geopolitical tensions like 

Brexit and the U.S.-China 

trade war and an unconvincing 

stock market, said Brian 

Lan, managing director at 

Singapore dealer GoldSilver 

Central. 

Spot gold may end its 

bounce around a resistance 

at $1,231 and then test a support 

at $1,211 per ounce, 

according to Reuters technical 

analyst Wang Tao. 

Indicative of investor 

sentiment toward bullion, 

holdings of SPDR Gold 

Trust, the world’s largest 

gold-backed exchange-traded 

fund, rose 0.27 percent to 

762.92 tonnes on 

Wednesday. 

Deal signed to 

enhance energy 

connectivity 

KABUL: Asian 

Development Bank (ADB) 

today signed a memorandum 

of understanding 

(MOU) for a series of 

energy projects, which 

will help Afghanistan 

enhance energy security 

and efficiency, boost energy 

supply, and strengthen 

the country’s cross-border 

trade in energy. 

Afghanistan President 

Mr. Mohammad Ashraf 

Ghani witnessed the MOU 

signing held in Kabul, 

along with ADB Country 

Director for Afghanistan 

Mr. Samuel Tumiwa, cabinet 

ministers, and members 

of parliament. The total 

amount of the proposed 

projects is $200 million, 

which includes $106 million 

from ADB’s Special 

Funds and $94 million in 

cofinancing from the 

Afghanistan Infrastructure 

Trust Fund, established in 

December 2010 to provide 

funding for the country’s 

infrastructure requirements.


Sportlight 

7 

Pakistan beat New Zealand, 

Wales in Veterans World Cup 

Mani admits PCB’s 

stance was weak 

KARACHI: Pakistan 

Veterans overpowered 

New Zealand and Wales 

with contrasting results in 

Over 50’s Veterans World 

Cup underway in Sydney. 

In the match played on 

Wednesday at the Old 

Kings Oval Ground, 

Pakistan Veterans defeated 

QUETTA: Tehmina Asif 

has been elected unanimously 

as Softball 

Federation of Pakistan 

(SFP) Chairperson during 

Annual General Meeting of 

SFP held here in Quetta at a 

local hotel. 

The meeting was 

presided over by SFP 

President Haider Khan 

Lehri. The meeting was 

also attended by SFP 

Secretary Asif Azeem, vice 

presidents, associate secretaries 

and members. 

Balochistan Softball 

Association (BSA) 

Secretary Nasim Khan proposed 

the name of Tehmina 

Asif for the post of SFP 

chairperson, which was 

unanimously accepted by 

the members. 

Haider Khan Lehri lauded 

Tehmina Asif for leading 

National Softball Academy 

successfully in a short period 

of time by promoting 

the game of softball. 

He added that academy 

under Tehmina Asif has 

supplied softball equipments 

to provincial associations 

from academy platform. 

“Tehmina Asif has made 

possible the establishment 

of Pakistan’s first softball 

team owned by private 

entity - Omar Associates 

women softball team. 

New Zealand in an exciting 

finish by 10 runs. 

Pakistan won the toss 

and opted to bat first. The 

team scored 231-9 in allotted 

45 overs. Skipper 

Ghulam Ali scored 59 runs 

with one six and six fours. 

Sagheer Abbas batting at 

No. 8 scored a match saving 

inning of unbeaten 44 

runs. Sajid Ali contributed 

36 runs while Shahid 

Anwer added 26 runs. For 

New Zealand, A. Nuttal 

and A. Dale took three 

wickets each for 41 and 45 

runs. 

Batting second New 

Zealand side was in deep 

Meanwhile, in just six 

months NSA has hosted 

World Softball Day, 

Olympic 

Day, 

Independence Day Softball 

Festival, and Defense Day 

I n t e r - P r o v i n c i a l 

Championship, which is a 

great feat,” Lehri said. 

“I hope Tehmina Asif, in 

her new capacity as 

Chairperson SFP, will further 

help in promoting and 

making softball progress in 

the country,” he added. 

Meanwhile, it was also 

decided in the meeting that 

Lahore will host 15th 

National Women Softball 

Championship next year. 

Abbottabad will host Men’s 

trouble losing first five 

wickets with only 37 runs 

on board. Their inning was 

rescued by excellent D. 

Robinson (75 runs) and A. 

Dale (61 runs) in an excellent 

partnership of 90 runs 

for the sixth wicket. 

New Zealand could 

only score 221 runs for 

loss of nine wickets and 

lost the match by 10 runs. 

Amir Tousif and Jaffer 

Qureshi took three wickets 

each for 30 and 58 runs 

respectively. Robinson of 

New Zealand was declared 

Man of the Match. 

In the match played on 

Tuesday at the Alan 

Davidson Oval Ground, 

Pakistan overpowered 

Wales by five wickets. 

Wales batted first and put 

on board 153-7 in a match, 

which was reduced to 43 

overs because of rain. S. 

Maddock scored 43 runs 

Tehmina Asif elected as SFP Chairperson 

Imaad Ali win WESPA Youth Cup 

Scrabble qualifying Tournament 

Dr M Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Team 

Scrabble Pakistan for 

WESPA Youth Cup 2018 

Syed Imaad Ali won the 

qualifying tournament for 

the selection of the Pakistan 

team for the WESPA Youth 

Cup (WYC) scrabble at 

BVS Parsi School. Imaad 

also won a free return ticket 

to participate in the WYC. 

Pakistan is attempting to 

become the only country in 

history to win all the four 

major youth scrabble 

events. 

The WYC event takes 

place every year in a different 

venues of the world. 

During 2018 it will be held 

in Dubai, United Arab 

Emirates from Thursday 

13th – 15th December 2018. 

About 80 players took 

part in the qualifying tournament. 

The players were 

divided into two divisions. 

In the Dvision A ,Syed 

Imaad won 13 of the 18 

matches and maintained a 

spread of 1379 to take the 

first position 

Ali Rashid Khan also 

won 13 matches but stood 

2nd with a spread of 365. 

Hasham Hadi was the 3rd 

with 12 wins and a spread of 

533. 

The top ten players who 

got selected from Division 

A are: 

Syed Imaad Ali, Ali 

Rashid Khan,Hasham Hadi 

Khan, Hamza naeem, 

Monis Hussain Khan, 

Usman Shaukat, Sohaib 

Sanaullah, Mirza Taha 

Hasan, Basil Ali Khan, M. 

Saim Usmani 

The players that qualified 

for the team from 

Division B are: 

Ali Wasif, Afham Imtiaz, 

Ahmed Atta Khatri, Syed 

Hammad Hamid, Amna 

Khushnood, Momina 

Riazuddin, Menaal Basit, 

Eshaal Basit 

Rishit Kumar, Hamza 

Baber, The WESPA Youth 

cup is the premier youth 

event and one of the four 

major youth scrabble events 

in the world. Pakistan has 

already won the other three 

namely Junior World 

Scrabble Championship, 

Princess Cup International, 

Causeway Challenge 

International. 

National Softball 

Championship next year. 

It has also been decided 

in the meeting to give only 

playing rights to departmental 

teams. Members 

were also asked to give the 

input regarding softball 

team participation and 

preparation for next year’s 

National Games in Quetta. 

Lehri has also directed 

provincial association to 

hold their elections this 

year by December. He also 

asked provincial secretaries 

to prepare their last 

year’s activity report and 

next year’s activity plan, 

which will be put on SFP’s 

website. 

Mominul ton propels 

Bangladesh in West 

Indies Test 

C H I T T A G O N G : 

Mominul Haque struck an 

unbeaten century for 

Bangladesh on the opening 

day of the first Test against 

the West Indies in 

Chittagong 

Mominul was batting 

on 116 as the home side 

reached 216-3 at tea after 

skipper Shakib Al Hasan 

won the toss and elected to 

bat first at the Zahur 

Ahmed Chowdhury 

Stadium. 

The left-hander brought 

up his eighth Test hundred 

with a six and four in successive 

overs. He now 

shares the record with 

Tamim Iqbal for scoring 

the most Test centuries for 

Bangladesh. 

It was Mominul's third 

century in consecutive 

innings at this ground, and 

his fourth anywhere this 

year -- only India's Virat 

Kohli has scored as many 

Test centuries in 2018 so 

far. 

Mominul helped to 

steady Bangladesh's 

innings after pace bowler 

Kemar Roach struck in the 

first over of the morning, 

dismissing opening batsman 

Soumya Sarkar for a 

duck. 

He shared 104 runs with 

Imrul Kayes for the second 

wicket and another 48 runs 

with Mohammad Mithun 

for the third. 

Darren Sammy Captain Peshawar Zalmi Team in PSL 4 2019 


KARACHI: The 

Peshawar Zalmi management 

announced that 

Darren Sammy will lead 

the side this PSL 4. It is 

believed that his captaincy 

proved to be fruitful 

for the team as they 

won the PSL 2 and runners 

up in PSL 3. 

The yellow storm will 

perform exceptionally 

well in PSL under his 

captaincy. Further, the 

inclusion of Misbah ul 

Haq would prove beneficial 

for Zalmi’s. A two 

time winning PSL 

Captain, Misbah will not 

only prove to be helpful 

for the youngsters but 

also help Darren Sammy 

with his experience. 

the PSL drafts were 

held in which the two 

major picks for Zalmi 

were the T20 sensation 

Kieron Pollard in the 

platinum category and 

Misbah ul Haq in the 

Diamond Category. 

It is noteworthy that 

the 38 year 

old,Muhammad Hafeez, 

one of the most proficient 

all-rounder of 

cricket is no longer playing 

for Peshawar Zalmi. 

The all-rounder 

announced his 3 year old 

disassociation with 

Peshawar Zalmi on his 

Twitter account few 

days before the PSL 4 

Draft. 

The team management 

includes: Head Coach 

Mohammad Akram, 

Team Manager Arshad 

Khan, Wahab Riaz and 

Kamran Akmal. 

while M. Donovon 

remained unbeaten 32 

runs. Javed Hafeez and 

Jaffer Qureshi took two 

wickets each for 28 and 38 

runs respectively. 

In response, Pakistan 

reached the target with five 

wickets in hand. Ghaffar 

Kazmi and Dastagir Butt 

scored 40 and 36 runs 

respectively for the winners. 

C Hudson took three 

wickets for 15 runs. 

Dastagir Butt was declared 

Man of the Match. 

In the round matches 

played on Wednesday and 

Thursday, Australia beat 

Canada by eight wickets 

and New Zealand by two 

wickets. England beat Sri 

Lanka by five wickets 

and South Africa by six 

wickets. Wales defeated 

South Africa by three 

runs and Sri Lanka beat 

Canada. 

Red Army, Bismillah 

Sports in Leisure 

Leagues Inter-Club 

C’ship final 

KARACHI: Red Army 

defeated Phoenix FC while 

Bismillah Sports overcame 

Hazara FC in the semifinals 

of the 24-team Leisure 

Leagues Inter-Club 

Championship here at 16- 

Star Ground and qualified 

for the summit clash of the 

tournament. 

Abdullah’s solitary goal 

helped Red Army overpower 

Phoenix FC by 1-0 

score in the first semifinal 

match. 

In the second semifinal, 

Bismillah Sports overcame 

stubborn Hazara FC 4-3 on 

penalty kicks after regulation 

time ended in a goalless 

draw. 

Earlier in quarterfinals, 

Phoenix FC defeated 

Magician FC 2-1. Shaheer 

and Ismail Qayyum scored 

one goal each for Phoenix 

FC while Muddasir score a 

consolatory goal for 

Magician FC. 

Red Army overpowered 

Reed's College 2-0 with Ali 

and Ramish scoring one 

goal each for the winners. 

Abdul Haq’s lone goal 

took Bismillah Sports in 

semifinals after the team 

defeated Did FC 1-0 in the 

third 

encounter. 

quarterfinal 

NEW DELHI: Sakshi 

Dhoni recently celebrated 

her 30th birthday 

along with friends and 

cricketers Robin Uthappa 

and Hardik Pandya. As 

Sakshi thanked everybody 

for making her day 

special, she had a special 

message for Robin 

Uthappa and thanked him 

for bringing MS Dhoni 

KARACHI : The 

Pakistan Cricket Board 

(PCB) Chairman Ehsan 

Mani has admitted that the 

board lacked conclusive 

documents in compensation 

case against the Board of 

Control for Cricket in India 

(BCCI). 

The PCB lost its legal 

battle against the BCCI in 

front of the Dispute 

Resolution Committee 

(DRC) formed by the 

International Cricket 

Council (ICC) for the compensation 

case worth of $70 

million USD for not honouring 

the alleged 

Memorandum of 

Understanding (MoU). 

According to the MoU, 

which was signed at the time 

of the formation of ‘Big 

Three’ in 2014, both archrivals 

were due to play six 

bilateral series between 

2015-2023, four of which 

were supposed to be hosted 

by Pakistan. 

But not a single series 

was materialised as the 

BCCI claimed that they’ve 

not received clearance from 


K A R A C H I : 

Outstanding performance 

by Zainul Hoda and Farish 

Karim helped Al Karam 

Sports to move into quarter 

finals of KCCA Zone One 

Challenge Cup T-20 

Cricket Tournament after 

beating their opponent 

here at TMC Ground. 

Al Karam Sports beat 

the federal government, due 

to which PCB filed the compensation 

case in front of the 

ICC. 

Talking exclusively to 

Cricket Pakistan, Mani 

admitted that PCB’s stance 

in the case was weak. 

“Documents which PCB 

had were not conclusive due 

to which, the Disputes 

Resolutions Committee 

(DRC) gave its judgment in 

favour of Board of Control 

for Cricket in India (BCCI),” 

said Mani. “The panel said 

it was a moral agreement 

between that two cricket 

boards and India should 

have played, but was not 

legally binding agreement.” 

Mani — who had the 

experience of working with 

ICC as the president — 

believes the governing body 

members should not go 

towards litigation and 

instead they sought out the 

matter with mutual understandings. 

“I was against the case 

from day one,” he said. “But 

when I took the charge as 

PCB chairman, the proceedings 

of the case were almost 

over and we were on the 

weaker side so there was no 

option left we had to pursue 

it. I was told that before the 

decision was made regarding 

taking BCCI to the court 

over the matter, the board 

consulted leading legal 

experts from England’s 

Queen’s Counsel and they 

gave green signal for the 

case. But I believe in any litigation, 

there is all ways a 

risk.” 

Commenting on BCCI’s 

ultimatum of filing expenses 

recovery claim, Mani said if 

PCB had won the case, they 

would have done that same. 

“Obviously, BCCI will file a 

claim against us for the 

recovery of their expenses as 

we would have done the 

same if the result was in our 

favour,” he added. 

Talking about the future 

of the Indo-Pak cricketing 

ties, Mani said PCB will talk 

to their Indian counterpart 

on equal terms. “We will 

talk about cricket but on 

equal ground,” Mani concluded. 

Al Karam Sports moves 

into quarter finals 

and her together. The former 

World Cup-winning 

captain and Sakshi had 

tied the knot in a private 

ceremony back in 2010 

and it seems Robin 

Uthappa played the role 

of a cupid in their love 

story. "Thanks to this 

man here Mahi n I r 

together !!! It was great 

meeting u Robbie and 

Nazeer Hussain achieved the target scored 

Gymkhana by 30 runs.Al 124 For all in 18.5 

Karam Sports made 154 Overs.Farhan Mohsin 

runs for the loss of eight Scored 29 runs, Saqib 

wickets in 20 Overs.Zainul Siddiqui 24 and Shahrukh 

Hoda Scored 65 Asim 21.Farish Karim 

runs,Abdul Ghafoor 28 took 3 wickets for 20 runs, 

and Farish Karim Babat butt Khan 2 wickets 

15.Madni Zubair took 2 

wickets for 23 runs. 

In reply Nazeer Hussain 

for 23 runs and Saad ul 

Hasan 2 for 12. 

Farish Karim declared 

Gymkhana failed to Man of the Match. 

Sakshi Dhoni thanks Robin Uthappa for 

bringing MS Dhoni and her together 

Sheethal ... Thank u guys 

for coming and lot's of 

cuddles to the lil one ! 

And Sheethal you looking 

HoT as ever!," Sakshi 

wrote on her official 

Instagram account. 

Actress Sophi 

Choudry and singer 

Rahul Vaidya were also 

present at the birthday 

bash. 

Hardik Pandya, who is 

currently out of the 

Indian team, hogged the 

limelight and flaunted his 

bromance with MS 

Dhoni. 

"Forever love," 

Hardik Pandya captioned 

a picture of him with 

Dhoni. 

Both Dhoni and 

Hardik are not part of 

India's T20I squad, 

which is playing a threematch 

series against 

Australia. 

Shortly after Sakshi's 

birthday bash, Hardik 

courted a controversy as 

fans were left wondering 

if he was caught smoking 

on camera. The video 

featuring the Indian allrounder, 

standing right 

behind MS Dhoni during 

the cake-cutting ceremony 

was doing the rounds 

on social media. 

As far as Dhoni is 

concerned, he has only 

scored 275 runs in 19 

matches in 2018, with his 

highest being an unbeaten 

42. After Dhoni 

missed out on a spot in 

India T20 squad, India 

skipper Virat Kohli said 

the World Cup-winning 

captain still remains an 

integral part of the limited-overs 

team.

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NAB striving for corruptionfree 

Pakistan: Chairman 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Chairman National 

Accountability Bureau 

Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal 

has said that NAB is striving 

for corruption-free Pakistan 

and mega corruption cases 

will be taken to their logical 

conclusion on priority basis. 

Chairing a meeting in 

Islamabad he said that the 

cases involving smaller 

amounts would be sent to 

the relevant anti-corruption 

institutions for concluding 

the investigation and 

inquiries on merit within ten 

months. 

He said due to the use of 

latest technology and training 

programmes to enhance 

capability of its officers, 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

office Spokesperson Dr 

Muhammad Faisal has said 

that Pakistan's policy of 

restraint should not be construed 

as weakness. 

Responding to a question 

during his weekly News 

Briefing here on Thursday, 

he said belligerent statements 

from India have 

ISLAMABAD: Chairman NAB, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal chairing meeting to review 

performance of all regional bureaus especially progress on mega corruption cases at 

nab headquarters. 

conviction rate in NAB is 

77 percent. He said that due 

to the efforts of NAB 

against corruption 

Pakistan's ranking has 

improved by nine points 

become a regular feature. 

He urged New Delhi to 

demonstrate restraint and 

wisdom before issuing a 

statement. 

He said Pakistan is open 

to hold dialogue with India, 

but it should be a two way 

communication. He said our 

Prime Minister had proposed 

a meeting of the foreign 

ministers of Pakistan 

and India on the sidelines of 

UN General Assembly session 

to evolve a way forward 

to discuss all outstanding 

issues, including terrorism, 

about which Pakistan 

has its own specific concerns, 

including that emanating 

from India as it evident 

in the confession of 

according to the international 

competition indicators. 


Pakistan's policy of restraint should 

not be construed as weakness: FO 

KARACHI: Federal 

Minister for Water 

Resources Faisal Vawda 

called on Governor of 

Sindh Imran Ismail at 

Governor's House 

Thursday. 

He informed the 

Commander Kulbhushan 

Jadave. 

However, this was 

peremptorily canceled by 

India on baseless pretexts. 

To another question, he said 

India is a serial alleger and it 

has become its second 

nature to blame Pakistan for 

any development without 

blinking an eye. 

Faisal Vawda calls on Governor 

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal 

Vawda exchanges views with Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail 

during meeting held at Governor House. 

Governor about various 

under consideration 

projects to meet water 

demand of the Province. 

He also informed the 

Governor regarding 

recent meetings with 

Chief Minister Sindh and 

Corps Commander 

Karachi. He said that he 

had taken Sindh 

Government into confidence 

with regard to 

stern action against illegal 

hydrants in the city. 

"Federal Government is 

committed to extend full 

support to Sindh 

Government to stop illegitimate 

business of illegal 

hydrants in the city. 

Likewise, illegal water 

connections are have to 

be removed to ensure 

smooth supply of water 

to the citizens," he reiterated. 

He further informed 

that a "Task Force" was 

being notified to address 

the water issue in the 

city. 

Governor Sindh 

appreciated the efforts of 

Federal Minister for 

Water Resources and 

assured him of all support 

and assistance to 

address the long standing 

water issue in the city. 

apprised that NAB recovered 

2,580 million rupees 

from corrupt elements and 

deposited in the national 

exchequer during the tenure 

of its existing chairman, 

which is a record achievement. 


briefed that NAB apprehended 

503 people during 

last 12 months, received 

44,315 complaints out of 

which 1,713 complaints 

were scrutinized, inquiries 

were held against 877 people 

and investigations 

were launched against 227 

people, whereas 440 corruption 

references were 

filed in various accountability 

courts. 

National Aviation 

Policy reviewed 

KARACHI: A meeting 

was held at Aviation Division 

under the Chairmanship of 

Secretary Aviation with industry 

stakeholders to discuss the 

National Aviation Policy and 

propose recommendations for 

revision of the policy. 

After a detailed interactive 

discussion as proposed by the 

aviation industry stakeholders, 

the chair constituted a committee 

including representatives 

from all elements of aviation 

sector. 

The committee is required 

to submit its recommendations 

in two (02) weeks time, 

covering all facets of aviation 

including rationalization of 

"open sky" as "open & fair 

sky policy", aircraft manufacturing 

industry and taxation 

regimes in aviation for revival 

of aviation sector to supplement 

economic growth in 

Pakistan. 

‘Traffic Enforcement Unit’ launched 

to regulate traffic on Shahrah-e-Faisal 

KARACHI: Karachi 

police chief Dr Amir 

Ahmed Shaikh on Thursday 

inaugurated a special unit, 

Traffic Enforcement Unit, 

to control traffic on one of 

the city’s busiest artery 

MUMBAI: Madame 

Tussauds in Singapore 

unveiled its first-ever lifelike 

wax statue of Anushka 

Sharma. The Zero actor 

was thrilled to see her 

identical figurine. 

Anushka’s life-like figure 

holds a phone personally 

inviting visitors to 

snap a selfie with her, 

which can be digitally 

shared with friends and 

family. This is the first 

ever wax statue in the 

Singapore museum with 

this unique feature. 

Anushka’s wax figurine 

has been placed in the IIFA 

Awards Experience segment 

of the wax museum 

where you can re-live the 

glamour of the Bollywood 

awards ceremony. Other 

B-town celebrities who 

find a place in this portion 

of the museum include 

Shah Rukh Khan and 

Amitabh Bachchan. 

Shahrah-e-Faisal. 

The Additional Inspector 

General of Sindh Police 

(AIGP) inaugurated the unit 

at Cantt Traffic Police 

Chowki. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

he said the unit comprises 

20 cars and 16 twowheelers. 

The purpose 

behind setting up this unit is 

to effectively regulate traffic 

on Shahrah-e-Faisal, he 

explained. 

Anushka Sharma unveils 

her interactive wax statue 

Govt committed to ensure complete 

peace in Punjab: Buzdar 

ISLAMABAD: Punjab 

Chief Minister Sardar 

Usman Khan Buzdar has 

said that government is 

committed to ensure complete 

peace in the 

province. 

He was addressing the 

passing out ceremony of 

7th batch of Dolphin Force 

at Chung Police Training 

Centre in Lahore on 

Thursday. 

He said Dolphin Force 

will be introduced in other 

big cities of the province 

including Dera Ghazi Khan 

in a phased manner. He 

said equipping police with 

latest weapons and training 

on modern lines is the policy 

of the government. 

He also announced that 

police training colleges 

will be established in DG 

Khan, Sahiwal and 

Sargodha. 

Dawoodi Bohra community’s devotion in Pak applauded 

KARACHI: Member National Assembly, 

Muhammad Najeeb Haroon lauded the Dawoodi Bohra 

community’s zest and devotion in Pakistan and 

expressed hope that the rest of the country would follow 

the suit. 

During an address at an inter-school bilingual declamation 

contest of the country’s reputed Dawoodi Bohra 

community schools, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader 

commended the efforts of participants and the vision 

they delivered of the esteemed national and religious 

heroes. 

“It's platforms like these that ingest in the youth a 

sense of patriotism and responsibility and mold their 

thinking capabilities,” he stated. 

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23 Nov 2018

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