6 December 2018

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Metropolitan:
Pakistani
involved with child
pornography ring
in Spain: DG FIA
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National:
CM Punjab
transfers 12
education
bureaucrats in a day
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International:
Turkey seeks
arrest of two Saudi
crown prince allies
over Khashoggi
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Pakistan Railways
increases fares
by 19 percent
LAHORE: The
Pakistan Railway
increased train fare by
10-19 percent, said a
notification issued on
Tuesday.
The fare increase will
be applicable from
December 7.
Under the new fare
schedule, there will be
an increase of as many
as Rs 540 of Green line
train from Karachi to
Islamabad. The new
fare price will now
stand at Rs5,880 per
person.
There has been
increase of 12 percent
on the fare of Karachi
Express, Business
Express, Shalimar and
Shah Hussain Express;
while 13 percent on
Khyber Mail, Awam
Express and Allama
Iqbal Express.
Dollar closes
at Rs138.60 in
interbank market
KARACHI: Dollar in
interbank after two days
of slide again show rising
trend and closed higher
on worries on economic
front.
Dollar in interbank
reached to its highest
level during the session
hitting Rs 139 level on
the economic worries
and most of the deals
struck on that level.
However, as some of the
big requirements fulfilled,
dollar saw some
small trimming.
15 Punjab cops named
for UN mission
LAHORE: Government
has decided to send 15
police officers working
in Punjab on UN peacekeeping
mission and
interior ministry has
sought their details.
Police officers will be
designated as planning
officer P-4 in Africa.
ISLAMABAD: Prime
Minister Imran Khan on
Wednesday said that Chief
Justice of Pakistan (CJP)
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
laid foundation stone of
Naya Pakistan through his
verdicts in Panama Papers
cases.
Addressing a ceremony a
one-day symposium to control
population in Islamabad
on Wednesday, he said that
Chief Justice of Pakistan
(CJP) Justice Mian Saqib
Nisar laid foundation stone
of Naya Pakistan through
his verdicts in Panama
KARACHI EDITION – Thursday, December 6, 2018, Rabiul Awal 26, 1440
Will run an effective campaign
to control population: PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Imran Khan addressing the National Symposium on
"Alarming Population Growth in Pakistan Call for Action" at Supreme Court of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: Chief
Justice of Pakistan (CJP)
Mian Saqib Nisar has
remarked mobile phones
have been snatched from
Majeed family in jail for
the very reason that
Supreme Court (SC) is having
audio recording of
Omni group threats.
SC bench presided over
by CJP took up for hearing
alleged fake bank accounts
case here Wednesday.
At the inception of hearing
counsel for Omni group
told the court banks and
Papers cases, adding that the
CJP led the responsibility of
democratic governments.
The prime minister said
that democratic governments
only think of a fiveyear
term and this shortterm
thinking has led to
chaos.
Khan said that the only
that society progress which
upholds supremacy of the
law, adding that the institutions
should work within
their jurisdiction.
He went on to say that a
society can progress only if
rule of law is upheld in the
Omni group have to file settlement
agreements on
repayment of loans.
Naeem Bokhari counsel
for Bank said disappearing
25 lac bags of sugar is a
criminal act.
Chief Justice remarked
if this fraud has been committed
then resort to civil
and criminal forums. It
seems as if all proceedings
was on paper only for bank
guarantee. Case be got registered
against the bank
employees who are
involved in it. Action will
country, adding that the
basis of success of state of
Madinah was rule of law.
He said democracy and law
complement each other.
Imran Khan said that
visionary leaders think
ahead of times and unfortunately
the leadership in the
last three decades did not
vision or plan anything for
development of the country.
"Short term planning does
not bear fruit, and only long
term planning is a recipe to
success," he said.
"In Naya Pakistan rule of
law is being implemented,"
Mobile phones are snatched from Majeed family
in jail as court received audio of threats: CJP
Farmers stage
protest rally to protest
demands in Lahore
LAHORE: Farmers in
Punjab have once again
taken to streets for pressing
their demands.
Farmers hailing from different
areas of Punjab including
Multan, Vehari,
Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar
Khan, Rajan Pur and other
districts have staged a
protest demonstration at
Multan Road.
Due to protest of farming
community , flow of traffic
has been disrupted badly.
Heavy contingents of
police have also reached the
occasion to counter an
unwanted situation. Kissan
Ittehad rally has demanded
that previous prices of urea
and fertilizer should be
restored. Sugar Mills should
be made functional forthwith
besides announcing price of
sugarcane and payment of
previous outstanding dues
should be made immediately.
The route to Thokar Niaz
Bag has been closed for
general traffic by
containers.
erecting
be launched against those
who are involved in loan
and guarantee matters.
He said remarked FIA
will probe into this all matter
and this is the order of
the court.
Shahid Hamid counsel
for Omni group said group
is not defaulter on payment
of any one. The farmers are
disturbed over the closure
of sugar mills. Chief Justice
remarked court will take
over sugar mills. We will
not allow any loss to be
caused to the farmers.
White House confirms Trump
sent letter to PM Imran seeking
support in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The
White House on Tuesday confirmed
that US President
Donald Trump had written a
letter to PM Imran Khan.
The letter was not shared
with the media, but the
National Security Council
spokesperson shared that the
US president requested full
support for the Afghan peace
process and urged cooperation
for Special Representative for
Afghanistan Reconciliation
Ambassador Zalmay
Khalilzad’s trip to the region.
The letter recognizes that
“Pakistan has the ability to
deny the Taliban sanctuary on
its territory,” the spokesperson
said adding that the letter also
makes clear that “Pakistan’s
assistance with the Afghan
peace process is fundamental
to building an enduring US-
Pakistan partnership."
On Monday, Prime
Minister Imran Khan in an
interview with TV anchors
said he had received a letter
from US President Trump. In
the letter, Trump asked
Pakistan to play its role in
Afghan peace talks which are
aimed at catalysing an end to
the 17-year invasion of
Afghanistan by US troops.
The prime minister said
Trump had sought Pakistan’s
assistance in bringing the
Taliban leadership to the
negotiating table.
“We will try to make the
Afghan Taliban engage in
dialogue with the US,” the
prime minister replied when
asked about the way forward
following Trump’s letter.
Following Trump's letter,
US Special Representative
for
Reconciliation
Khalilzad arrived in
Islamabad on Tuesday.
During his meeting with
Foreign Minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi, the US
envoy reiterated US
President Donald Trump’s
desire to seek Pakistan’s
cooperation for peace and
stability in Afghanistan.
the premier said and
referred to the case of CDA
that despite being under to
him asked questions about
his property in Banigala. Six
new legislations will be presented
in the National
Assembly soon to bring
legal reforms, he added.
Imran Khan said that
many investors have
expressed their desire to
invest in Pakistan due to
enhanced confidence on
policies of new government
and improved governance
structure.
He said that a strong
political will is required to
tackle the issue of mushrooming
growth in population,
adding that education
and technology will be used
to control population. All
stakeholders, including
Ulema, have to play role in
this effort and mosques
should spearhead this message,
he added.
"A comprehensive campaign
will be launched on
population control in media
to inform the people of the
problems associated with
rising population and also
its impact on environment."
He said everyone will be
taken on board on this
important national issue.
Fake accounts: SC
tells NBP to file case
against Omni group
ISLAMABAD: : Prime
Minister (PM) Imran Khan
and Co-Chairman of the
Bill & Malinda Gates
Foundation, Bill Gates had
a telephonic conversation
on Wednesday.
Bill Gates appreciated
http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk
Bill Gates assures Imran Khan of
cooperation in various fields
ISLAMABAD: PML-N
spokes person Maryam
Auranzeb has said his ability
and cabinet ill performance
is enough to pull down
Imran Khan government
and opposition will have not
to bother for this job.
“ Some times he comes
to know from his wife that
he is Prime Minister (PM).
The point to ponder is this
that PM Imran Khan has
said snap elections can take
place. The PM who is not
sure about completing his
term then why the opposition
should need to pull
down his government.
Because the ability and his
cabinet performance is
enough to pull down his
government”, she said this
while talking to media men
outside Accountability
KARACHI: The
Supreme Court of Pakistan’s
(SC) Karachi on Wednesday
has directed the National
Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to
file a case against Chairman
of Omni Group Anwar
Majeed.
The Supreme Court
resumed the hearing today
and the Chief Justice of
Pakistan (CJP) said that FAISALABAD:
Omni Group mills will not
be shut down, rather its
administration will be handed
over to some other entity.
Advocate National Bank
Naeem Bukhari told the
court that Omni Group had
pledged over 250000 bags of
sugar with the bank but bags
were transposed which is a
crime.
the PM for his efforts
towards Polio eradication.
He assured Imran Khan of
continued cooperation in
various fields. Bill Gates
also felicitated Imran Khan
on being elected as the
Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Court (AC) here
Wednesday.
This is a settled matter
that that PM Imran Khan
does not know himself he is
doing and thinking what. He
gave statement on TV two
Meanwhile, the premier
thanked Bill Gates for
cooperation in social sector.
Babr bin Ata, Prime
Minister’s Focal Person on
Polio Eradication, also
assisted the Prime Minister
during the telephonic call.
Imran ability, his cabinet ill-performance enough
to pull down his govt: Maryam Aurangzeb
RAWALPINDI: Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi along with former information and broadcasting
minister Maryam Auragnziab addressing a press conference
at Press Club.
days back that Finance
Minister Asad Umar said
that dollar value is increasing.
Two days after it he said
that he has come to know
from TV that dollar value
has scaled up.
COAS calls on PM Imran
Pakistan
Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI) former
Secretary General
Jehangir Tareen has said
that no one knows whose
ministry is in the danger
adding this secret is only in
the chest of the Prime
Minister Imran Khan.
While talking to media
men in Faisalabad on
Wednesday he said Prime
Minister Imran Khan had
only said that elections can
be held at any time however
he didn’t think about pretime
elections.
He claimed that if elections
will be conducted
before time then again PTI
will gain the victory.
Replying to a question,
Jehangir said he has no
quarrel or contradiction
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff
(COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on
Wednesday called on Prime Minister
Imran Khan.
During the meeting, matters pertaining to
country’s internal and external security situation
came under discussion.
The COAS also apprised the prime minister
of Pakistan Army’s professional preparedness.
Matters relating to Afghanistan’s situation
and reconciliation process were also
discussed in the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, PM Imran
Khan said that Pakistan will continue to play
role for peace in the region.
He said that the Pakistan supports every
step to restore peace in Afghanistan.
Only Imran Khan knows whose
ministry is in danger: Jehangir Tareen
plenary of 11th South Asia
Economic Summit (SAES)
held under the auspices of
Development
Policy Institute (SDPI) in
Islamabad on Tuesday.
We really need to think
out of the box solutions for
regional cooperation amid
tensions and confrontations
between the two states, the
minister said, adding that
Intra-regional trade, especially
trade between India
and Pakistan, is one of the
major growth drivers.
Stressing the need to create
political space for regional
cooperation, he said it is our
inability that we failed to get
people of the region out of
poverty. It is a real opportunity
for those political leaders,
who believe in a peaceful
and prosperous South
Asia.
Highlighting the government’s
role in promoting
with the Finance Minister
Asad Umar.
He said government has
come into power since the
last 3 months and so many
attacks are being made
against it.
He claimed that PTI is
making efforts for a new
Pakistan and we are clearing
waste of the last 30
years.
Kartarpur Corridor is a welcoming step
for peaceful co-existence: Suleri
Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD: Indian
response to Pakistan’s goodwill
gesture to open Sustainable
Kartarpur Corridor was
unfortunate; however,
Pakistan is still pinning
hopes to strengthen SAARC
cooperation in future. This
was stated by Federal
Minister for Finance,
Revenue, and Economic
Affairs Asad Umer while
speaking at the inaugural
Afghanistan
Zalmay
cross regional energy transfer
and inter-regional trade,
Asad Umer said channelization
of non-political forums
to build political space for
policy making is required for
an effective cooperation
among South Asian states.
Commenting on the
recent dollar spike against
rupees, the minister said that
the neutrality of State Bank
of Pakistan (SBP) is intact
and we believe in autonomy
of the institution whereas
there is no change in the government
policy. He said that
the recent decision on
exchange rate was taken by
the central bank, however,
there is a need to improve the
communication mechanism,
that’s why the SBP governor
has also been taken on board
to devise a communication
mechanism in this regard.
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Pakistani involved with child
pornography ring in Spain: DG FIA
KARACHI: Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime
cell Director General Captain
(retd) Muhammad Shoaib on
Wednesday revealed that the
agency has received a complaint
from Spain regarding the involvement
of a Pakistani man in an international
child pornography ring.
The FIA cybercrime DG spoke
at News’ programme about the
recent arrest of a suspect, Hamza,
in Karachi over child pornography
charges and explained, “We are
receiving complaints of two kinds
of criminals — one working in
Pakistan and the other who are
involved with foreign groups. We
have evidence regarding both kinds
of criminals.”
“As far as the Karachi case is
concerned, the suspect had added
1,600 women and children who
were Pakistani citizens to his
[Whatsapp] group and we have evidence
of this. We have evidence of
international members on the
groups as well as they are not only
reported in Pakistan but abroad as
well,” Capt (retd) Shoaib
explained.
Explaining that “1,600 members
is the number of group members
[on the particular WhatsApp group]
and includes victims as well as suspects”,
Capt (retd) Shoaib said not
all those who are a part of the group
can be held responsible or deemed
as involved for not exiting or joining
the group. “There is still not
much awareness between children
and even adults regarding why they
have been added to a particular
group. If someone sends you an
invitation to a group sometimes
you accept it without thinking or
knowing that the person could be
involved in crimes.”
The FIA cybercrime cell DG
delved into details regarding the
first case of child pornography in
Karachi and said, “If you consider
the Karachi case, a young child was
asked by the suspect to make a
video so he sent an inappropriate
video and it was shared on the
[WhatsApp] group. Because the
child’s neighbours and children
were part of the group, everyone
found that his video is available on
the internet and after that the child
isolated himself and stopped going
to the market or school. After this,
the child’s parents found out and
they reported it to FIA.”
Further, responding to a question,
Capt (retd) Shoaib said, “A
group with more than two members
becomes a network which can
include victims and active criminals.
It is subject to investigation
regarding how many are victims
and how many are criminals.”
He added that recently a case has
been reported from the frontier.
“The suspect saved 1,000s of videos
of children and we are investigating
who the members of the group are
as some have been internationally
recorded. He is a part of an international
group and the videos recovered
from him were mostly of foreign
children. Spanish embassy also
reported this as after the crime was
reported and arrests were made they
learnt a Pakistani member is also
involved.”
“As for the Karachi case, some
members were residents of the US
as their embassy reported,” the FIA
cybercrime cell DG shared.
He further said that the cybercrime
cell has a lot of evidence and
it is not essential that a case be
reported in Pakistan to ensure
action against those involved in
child pornography.
“We suspect that there a lot of
such cases but people are not
reporting them owing to shame or
other reasons,” Capt (retd) Shoaib
said while adding that the “impact
is not the same” when cases are not
fully reported.
Police arrest 26 suspects in raids
Police arrest 26
suspects in raids
KARACHI: Karachi
Police on Wednesday
claimed to have arrested 26
suspects during overnight
operations in different
parts of the metropolis.
According to police
sources, police conducted
search operations in
Karachi’s South Zone,
Darakshan and Garden
areas and nabbed seven
drug peddlers and 18 street
criminals.
Separately, Ibrahim
Hyderi police detained a
robber, when he was fleeing,
after injuring two people
who resisted robbery
bid. Police also recovered
weapons, snatched cell
phones, hashish, gutka,
contraband and cash from
KARACHI: Karachi
Metropolitan Corporation
(KMC) has demanded a
grant of Rs200mn to collect
debris and rubble of
the razed illegal structures
in District South and Old
City areas.
Sources said the KMC
KARACHI: Karachi Police on Wednesday claimed
to have arrested 26 suspects during overnight operations
in different parts of the metropolis.
According to police sources, police conducted
search operations in Karachi’s South Zone, Darakshan
and Garden areas and nabbed seven drug peddlers and
18 street criminals.
Separately, Ibrahim Hyderi police detained a robber,
when he was fleeing, after injuring two people
who resisted robbery bid.
Police also recovered weapons, snatched cell
phones, hashish, gutka, contraband and cash from their
possession. Police registered FIRs against detainees
and started further probe.
their possession.
Police registered FIRs
has no funds to collect
debris from streets and
repair footpaths, where
anti-encroachments operations
were recently carried
out. In this regard
M e t r o p o l i t a n
Commissioner Dr Saifur
Rehman, in a letter, has
against detainees and started
further probe.
KMC needs Rs200mn to collect debris
demanded financial assistance
of Rs200mn from
secretary local government
and secretary finance.
It was feared that if the
financial assistance was
not granted the KMC may
not be able to lift debris
from the city streets.
SHC extends pre-arrest bail of former minister
KARACHI: Sindh High
Court (SHC) on Wednesday
extended pre-arrest bail till
11th January granted to former
local government minister
Jam Khan Shoro in
case pertaining to the
National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) inquiry.
A two-member bench of
the SHC heard the plea,
seeking pre-arrest bail of
former Sindh minister
belonging to the ruling PPP.
The bench asked from the
NAB prosecutor that where
the documents regarding the
meeting of Karachi
Development
(KDA) were.
Authority
The NAB prosecutor
told the court that they had
said that there are signatures
of Shoro on the minutes of
meeting.
The bench remarked
until the minutes of that
meeting are presented
before the court how it
could approach to the realities.
The court directed the
NAB prosecutor to submit
the meeting minutes on next
hearing and it also directed
the Information Officer
(IO) of the NAB to get
preparation of its every
question.
According to the NAB,
three inquiries are in
progress against Shoro.
The NAB had submitted
its response on the plea
challenging the inquiries.
The court asked Shoro’s
counsel to file comments on
NAB’s response and
extended the bail till
December 22. In 2017,
Shoro transferred 62 government
plots to his alleged
frontman, Oshak Rahojo.
The former Karachi
Development Authority
(KDA) director-general
Nasir Abbas has already
been arrested in the same
case. The auction of the
plots caused a loss of Rs180
million to the national
KARACHI: Children are waiting for water to fill their gallons as due to shortage of
water in Scout Colony.
Newborn found dead
in Korangi
KARACHI: The body of
a new-born baby was recovered
from a garbage pile in
Korangi area of the metropolis.
According to details, a
newborn was found dead in
a garbage pile of a Korangi
locality within the remit of
the Zaman Town police station,
police and rescue
sources said. They added
that area people spotted the
body in a garbage pile near
Korangi 100-Quarters. “The
body was badly disfigured
and mauled by stray animals,”
said rescue sources.It
body was shifted to Chhipa
morgue after police medicolegal
formalities.
KARACHI: Arham bin Farrukh Student of Karachi Public
School Jauhar Campus Receiving the Gold Medal from
Usman Faraz President Karachi city taekwondo association
in all karachi inter school taekwondo championship.
Fire erupts in
make shift huts
KARACHI: Fire erupted
in make shift huts near
Nagan Churangi .
According to media
reports, fire broke out in
make shift huts near Sir
Syed Police station area of
Nagan Churangi. Fire
brigade reached the scene
and extinguished fire. No
loss of life has been
reported.
Man injured
by muggers in
robbery bid
KARACHI: A man was
shot and injured by muggers
during a robbery in
Bhittaiabad area of the city
in wee hours of
Wednesday.
According to rescue
sources, two robbers riding
a motorcycle tried to loot
36-year-old unknown man
in Bhittaiabad area, but he
resisted. As a result, the
muggers shot and injured
him, and fled away.
The injured was sent to
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
for treatment.
exchequer.
Shoro is also accused of
taking bribes through his
front men in Malir District
Municipal Corporation
(DMC). The NAB had
claimed that former administrator
of the DMC, Abdul
Rasheed, and Muhammad
Anwar are reportedly the
front men for Shoro, who
used to collect monthly
bribes for him.
These men have already
confessed to their crimes.
The former minister is also
accused to have illegally
obtained 262 acres of agricultural
land in Deh
Kohistan in District Thatta.
SHC summons
Home Secy in license
rejection case
KARACHI: Sindh High
Court (SHC) on Wednesday
summoned Home Secretary
of Sindh for his explanation
in a petition against the rejection
of license of private
security company.
A two-member bench of
the SHC heard the petition
filed by Universe Security
Service. The company said
that its license was rejected
on report of ISI. The security
companies face difficulties
due to the lack of licensing
authority and a proper policy
in Sindh, it maintained.
The counsel of the petitioner
told the court that an
application was submitted in
2015 to allow that service be
started in Sindh after Punjab.
The petitioner stated that
Chief Minister of Sindh in
November 2017 had allowed
them for working in Sindh
but in 2018 the federal interior
ministry rejected their
license.
KARACHI: Qureshi
Enterprises has organized
“MEO & Smartheart Pet
Show 2018 “ in Pakistan
Maritime Museum,
Karachi. Pet Lovers
attended the show in thousands
and enjoyed the
show to its fullest.
Different and unique kinds
of pets from all over the
City have been exhibited
in this grand event.
During the prize distribution
ceremony, Dr.
Saleem Qasier (Chief
Guest) has praised that
thousands of pet lovers has
attended this one of its
kind show. Mr. Fahim
Qureshi, Founder Qureshi
Enterprises said that his
Ignorance to
SMEs dismays
Unisame
KARACHI: The Union
of Small and Medium
Enterprises (UNISAME)
has expressed deep concern
at alleged nonseriousness
of the ministries towards
resolving the issues of the
SME sector at a meeting of
the Steering Committee
held on 4th December at
Board of Investment (BoI)
to revise the SME policy
2007 which remained just a
document due to nonimplementation.
UNISAME in a statement
said this must not happen
again. Policies need to
be implemented in letter
and spirit the members
asserted.
KARACHI: Board of
Intermediate Education
Karachi (BIEK) has issued
the admit cards and date
sheets for Intermediate
President UNISAME Science Arts, Commerce,
Zulfikar Thaver raised serious
objection to the absence
of adviser to Prime Minister
and Humanities (private)
supplementary examinations
2108, which will
(PM) Imran Khan Razzak commence
on
Dawood who failed to turn December15.
up. The meeting was cochaired
by secretary
Ministry of Industries and
Production (MoI&P) and
Senator Nauman Wazir
who is also considered an
SME expert due to his long
association with the sector.
Thaver urged the chairpersons
and the chief executive
officer (CEO) of the
Small and Medium
Enterprises Development
Authority (SMEDA) Sher
Ayub, the executive director
of State Bank of
Pakistan (SBP) Syed Samar
Hasnain, the consultants of
USAID, Nadia Jehangir
general manager (GM)
SMEDA and other participants
to take notice of the
fact that the SMEs need
intensive care and not simple
pain killers.
MEO & Smartheart Pet
Show 2018 held in Karachi
KARACHI: Mr. Fahim Qureshi, Founder Qureshi
Enterprises presents shield to participant during
organized “MEO & Smart heart Pet Show 2018“ in
Pakistan Maritime Museum,for Pet Lovers attended the
show in thousands and enjoyed the show.
organization is organizing
such shows for so many
years for Pet lovers and
KARACHI: Members of All Empress Federation Association are holding protest demonstration
against encroachments drives organized by Jamat-e-Islami (JI), at Empress Market.
BIEK: Admit cards for Inter exams issued
reiterated his commitment
to continue these shows in
coming years.
The admit cards of private
candidates have been
dispatched to their residential
addresses, said a
BIEK notification on
Wednesday.
The private candidates
who fail to received their
admit cards by December
11 should contact the
BIEK offices on
KARACHI: Sindh
High Court (SHC) on
Wednesday issued notices
to Federal government,
Sindh government and
Inspector General of
Police (IGP) Sindh over a
petition filed against the
arrest of the activists of
T a h r e e k - e - L a b a i k
Pakistan (TLP).
The SHC directed the
December 12. The Board
has informed the candidates
that no withheld or
duplicate admit card
would be issued to any
regular or ex-student
directly unless the college
principal concerned forwarded
the case along
with two attested passport
size photographs.
KARACHI: Helicopter of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency participating in exercise
BARRACUDA- IX held at North Arabian Sea near Karachi.
SHC seeks govt reply on
arrests of TLP activists
officials to submit their
replies until 26 December.
The applicants stated
before the court that more
than 150 of their activists
were illegally arrested
and they were not allowed
to meet with their families.
The court, later,
adjourned the hearing till
26th December.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Mohammad Baloch
along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat,
Municipal Commissioner, Safdar Ali Baghio meeting with
Suparo Welfare delegation.

CM Punjab transfers 12
education bureaucrats in a day
LAHORE: Usman K.
Buzdar, the chief minister of
Punjab, transferred 12 civil
servants from the ministry
for school education in a
single day.
“This is unprecedented.
It may be the largest shuffle
in the history of this department,”
a senior official in
the ministry expressed to a
news channel, on the condition
of anonymity. Under
the Civil Servants Rules,
1973, the method of
appointments, promotions
and transfers has to be laid
down by the ministry or
division concerned. “But in
this case,” adds the official,
“The chief minister gave the
direct orders. Even the secretary
of education was
informed only 30 minutes
before the written orders
came.”
It is unclear if the Murad
Ras, the minister of education,
was in the know. He
Our Correspondent
SHIKARPUR: Retired
Justice Ameer Muslim
Hani, the head of the
Supreme Court-mandated
water commission, visited
water ponds of Shikarpur
including Shahi Bagh,
Shaheed Malang Baba and
Hajana drainage ponds and
directed the district administration
to keep an eye
over cleanliness of the
ponds and expressed his
satisfaction of ongoing
work for water ponds on
the direction given by
water commission.
During his visit he took
serious notice of releasing
the drainage water into
Begari canal of a colony
situated near Begari Canal
and directed the authorities
concerned to release
drainage water of colony
through pumping station.
Later he issued directions
to Secretary Live
Stock Aijaz Ahmed
Mehsar to complete all
necessary formalities
regarding PC1 within a
week to build cattle colony
without further ado.
did not respond to requests
for comments by the news
channel.
The notification, dated
December 4, only carries
the signature of a junior official,
Shafqat Ali, the section
officer in the ministry.
Of the 12 district education
officers immediately
shuffled, seven are 19-grade
Head of water commission
visits Shikarpur
Shahub Usto, prominent
advocate and petitioner
of the case, told the
media men that a committee
will be formed to
recruit sanitation workers
within three months for
cleanliness in the city.
Syed Hassan Raza, the
Deputy Commissioner
Shikarpur, briefed the head
of water commission
regarding removal of
encroachments on main
roads of Shikarpur while
occupation on the lands of
ponds and cattle colony
have also been removed
adding despite lack of sanitation
workers district
administration has been
endeavoring to clean the
city.
SSP Shikarpur Sajid
Ameer Saddozai, officers
of public health department,
Irrigation department
and others concerned
official were also flanked
during the visit of head of
water commission.
Later, the head of water
commission went to
Jacobabad district for same
purpose.
bureaucrats. A large number
of the men have been reassigned
to cities in South
Punjab, including Multan,
Vehari, R.Y. Khan.
Interestingly, the chief minister
himself hails from a
city in South Punjab.
Taseem Noorani, a
retired bureaucrat, says that
while it not mandatory to
get the approval of the minister-in-charge
“it is an act
of common courtesy” to
keep the minister and secretary
in the loop.
This comes in the midst
of reports of administrative
crises and tug-of-war for
control in Punjab.
Buzdar was elected as
chief minister by Prime
I S L A M A B A D :
Allama Iqbal Open
University (AIOU) here
on Wednesday held a
national seminar on
‘Seerat-un-Nabi’, highlighting
its importance
in development of a
healthy society and to
motivate the youth seeking
aspirations from
Quran and Sunnah for a
better life.
Chairman Council of
Islamic Ideology Dr.
Qibla Ayaz was the keynote
speaker on the
occasion, who underlined
the need of society’s
integration and
rejuvenation by following
the Seerat-un-Nabi.
The event, presided
over by the Vice
Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zia
Ul Qayyum was jointly
arranged by the
U n i v e r s i t y ’ s
Departments of Seerat
Study and Urdu.
A ‘Mefile-Naat’ was
also organized on the
occasion that was participated
by prominent
poets including Iftikhar
Arif. The speakers at the
Minister Imran Khan's
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. In
September, Khan promised,
at a gathering of civil servants,
that "promotions will
be made on merit, isolated
from political pressure." But
those claims are proving
hollow in Pakistan most
populous and politically
important province. Since
taking office in August,
Buzdar has had a patchy
record with the bureaucracy
in the province.
Appointments have either
been slow or haphazard.
The Punjab ministry of education
did not have a secretary
for the last three
months. Finally, Sheikh
Zafar Iqbal was appointed
the secretary of school education
last week, on
November 23. Surprisingly,
Iqbal has no prior experience
in the province. Earlier
he served in Sindh and then
in the centre.
AIOU holds national seminar
on ‘Seerat-un-Nabi’
seminar were of the
view that the life and
teachings of Hazrat
Muhammad (PBUH)
was the best role-model
for the development of a
peaceful and prosperous
society.
The present’s days
socio-economic problems
could only be
addressed by adhering
to Seerat-un-Nabi. In
this connection, they
said the role of educational
institutions and
parents are highly
important.
Abbas Kassar
H Y D E R A B A D :
Pakistan Democratic
Party Hyderabad district
chapter held protest
demonstration outside
press club here
Wednesday against what
they called worst form of
governance of PTI government
during its 100
days. Addressing demonstration
PDP president
Arshad Arain said government
of PTI had got votes
from people under pledge
to end inflation and not to
beg from IMF but after
Thursday, December 6, 2018
National
coming into power PTI
government was beseeching
IMF for bail out package
due to which it has
flooded country with sky
rocketing prices of consumer
goods. He said government
has failed miserably
to provide relief to
people during its promised
100 days. He
demanded resignation of
finance minister Asad
Umar. Protesters chanted
slogans against PTI and
Asad Umar and also
torched portraits of Asad
Umer. He alleged that
3
Pasban demo against sky high
prices: demand Asad Umar to quit
value of Pak rupees was
willfully drowned by failure
to control rise of dollar
rate. He said prices of
gas, electricity, water and
petroleum prices were on
rise constantly since
inception of this government.
He said under guise
of encroachments homes
and shops of poor were
dismantled while those of
powerful and influential
were spared. He demanded
to give up agenda of
foreign powers and problems
of people be solved
on priority basis.
SUKKUR: Chairman Water Commission Justice (R)
Ameer Muslim Hani inspecting flowing of drainage
water to the river at Bunder road.
How Coffee May Help Prevent
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
ISLAMABAD: The ent kinds of coffee extracts
Alzheimer’s Association — light roast, dark roast,
suggests people should and decaffeinated dark
develop a “brain-healthy”
lifestyle involving exercise,
diet, and activities.
roast — affected the gathering
of three compounds
in the brain.
Americans love their Those compounds are
coffee.
amyloid-beta and amyloidtau,
More than 6 out of 10 of
us reach for a cup every day
and regular coffee drinkers
average 2.7 cups daily.
So, it should come as
amino acids that appear
in higher concentrations in
people with Alzheimer’s
disease as well as alphasynuclein,
a protein linked
good news to many that to the development of
coffee consumption could Parkinson’s disease.
have a neuroprotective The researchers found
effect, reducing a person’s that a group of compounds
risk of developing called phenylindanes in coffee
Alzheimer’s disease as well
as Parkinson’s disease.
That’s according to a
new study from researchers
at the University of Toronto
and the Krembil Research
Institute in Canada.
had a significant effect
on preventing the two amyloids
from clumping together
in the lab.
These amyloid clumps,
often referred to as plaques,
are commonly considered a
Many prior studies key indicator — and perhaps
have suggested a link
a cause — of
between coffee consumption
Alzheimer’s disease,
and a reduced risk of
both Alzheimer’s disease
according to the National
Institute on Aging.
and Parkinson’s disease. Dark-roasted coffee
For this study, the extracts performed best
researchers decided to dig against plaque formation,
a little deeper.
both in caffeinated and
Specifically, they decaffeinated form,
looked at how different
compounds in three differ-
although all three extracts
had some benefit.

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Thursday, December 6, 2018
National
SC rejects Azam Swati’s apology, says
he can be tried under Article 62(1)(f)
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ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI
EDITORIAL
Should people's rights be trampled
upon by anti-people actions?
Adam Tooze
The European Union and Italy have been in a
standoff over the Italian government's debt for
weeks. Brussels - supported by the rest of the
governments of Europe - seems to believe that Rome
will soon back down, delivering another victory for
European Union discipline. But that's far from certain.
Moreover, even if the Italian government does fall in
line, the political consequences may prove disastrous
for Europe. However, the drama ends, Europe is playing
a dangerous game.
The confrontation began in October, when the
government in Rome put forward a draft of its budget
for 2019, which proposed an increase to Italy's
deficit. On October 23, the European Commission
rejected the budget - an unprecedented move. Since
then, Brussels has initiated steps to penalise Italy
under the European Union's strict excess-deficit rules.
Italy's real financial problem, however, is not the
annual budget shortfall but the country's mountain of
outstanding debt, running to a total of 2.6 trillion
euros, most of which was piled up decades ago by
political parties that no longer exist. Today the debt
burden hovers around 133 per cent of gross domestic
product.
Debts at this level can easily become unsustainable,
growing faster than the income necessary to
repay them. The debt is widely held by banks inside
and outside Italy. A scenario in which Italy had difficulty
meeting its financing needs would deal a shattering
blow to Europe's fragile financial system.
Given this delicate balance, there is little room for
error. Every opportunity must be taken to lower the
ratio of debt to gross domestic product.
With the eurozone's having experienced a modest
recovery since 2013, and even Italy's economy growing
again, the European Commission argues that Italy
should tighten its belt. Rome demurs.
Of course, no government wants to embrace cuts.
But there is a more basic point here: For the commission
to declare Italy fit to make budget cuts just
because the country has seen some growth is in glaring
contradiction to actual economic and political
RECENT act of terrorism in a public park in
Pakistan where people from all strata of society
walk in with families, that of course
includes women and children, raises a question
whether jihadi or freedom fighters for people's rights
should kill common and innocent people by their terrorizing
anti-people actions and, if they do, can they be
called representatives of people? An obvious answer is
a definite No. Some analysts in the East as well as the
West claim that both the terrorists and the governments
fighting against terrorism are restricting the freedom of
movement and choices of the people in conducting
their daily lives, even a visit to a park, and both groups
justify their actions as being right! It's government's job
to answer for terroristic deeds and those who commit
them if these jihadis or officials who are inwardly infiltrators
within governmental ranks and who allegedly
are indirectly involved in bombing and aiding terrorism
will even listen to and accept the government or its representatives
that terrorist factions do not recognize as
legitimate representatives of the people.
FREEDOM has limits and that without such limits
that preserves laws and principles of freedom, a concept
of freedom simply sounds intruding, unnecessary
and senseless. A freedom to use knife does not allow
freedom to kill another person with it. That may be a
majority opinion in an educated and sensible society.
Some politically benefiting leaders, groups and parties
do oppose it, saying people's freedoms, rights and privileges
can be terminated under extra ordinarily criminal
and terroristic times in order to save the lives of those
very people who complain that their constitutional
rights are being trampled upon by intelligence and
security agencies working under people's voted governments.
Some do question: Why are not terrorists,
rather than common people, being subjected to state
surveillance? Many terrorists are unknown and cannot
be monitored. Constitutional freedom and rights are
being reduced and eliminated, instead of reducing and
eliminating terrorism. Governments do claim that they
have succeeded in very significant terms in curbing targeted
terrorism, but opposition leaders and parties challenge
at least some of these claims in many countries
led by USA in its post 9/11 anti-terror fight worldwide.
At least outsideAmerica in its Muslim state allies, most
of all those planners at large and their briefed and
trained terrorists are not caught, punished and terminated
forever. It's even claimed that terrorism was not
decreased despite counter terrorism killings but that terrorism
and terrorists have increased. It's said that under
a lying and deceiving system run by corrupt elite and
their stooges, mostly innocent persons were targeted by
secret services. That's one sad and common characteristic.
Most emphasis can be against terrorism, not civil
rights and human liberties, which are being restricted,
instead of limiting criminal terrorism and all those terrorists,
who are not even known and were not punished
or eliminated for good. People get naked in their washroom,
bathroom, changeover and bedroom etc. It may
distract investigators from their professional duties, and
make them behave like amateurs. It's a dismal situation
and is quite ridiculous. Aside knowing human weakness,
which even professionals are not immune from,
amateurs are quite likely to blackmail citizens in these
poor predicaments, having their photographs and films
on audio-visuals and from their mobile phones, TV sets
and internet or emails in computers. Governments and
security agencies can ensure transparency, accountability,
punishment and elimination of terrorism, instead of
killing and thus multiplying the number of avenging
terrorists, until a killing is unavoidable and compulsory.
Also, it's an undeniable factor that freedom comes
with a price. No country, however wonderful it may
appear, is safe from those who either want to harm its
citizens from the inside or the outside. It is naive to
think freedom does not come with a price. If anyone
wants a well-governed nation, then its people need to
have security. If you are not doing wrong, why worry?
If you have nothing to hide, why worry?
One shares one's life online for anyone to see, then
how can one say "it is wrong to have politicians or their
henchmen look at it"? So once something bad happens
with your personal information you protest against the
same system that you are all of a sudden in need of for
protection. Why? We need freedom but we need security
too! Imagine you are talking with your friend and
someone hack your call and that person is threatening
you against your own life. You need security. So it's
better if someone knows that, or someone call the
police. Imagine if your children are in that situation and
you can't do nothing: Who will protect them? The government,
concerned officials and security agencies, of
course.
Those who forget or negate these facts asserts that
such surveillance is not justified, as "we need freedom
and privacy" as our birthright! Imagine if your private
conversations, your actions, and every single word of
yours is being eavesdropped and spied on? How would
you like that?! Almost all educated and civilized
nations are free. Why, if we have the right to freedom,
can't we have any privacy?! It's a constitutional right,
after all. Surveillance is too intrusive, and can be kept
at necessary level only. Government surveillance is not
justified, because citizens have a right to be free from
unjustified governmental intrusions. The purpose of
government is to allow people to live free. The purpose
of government is not to oppress people or make them
slaves as an outcome of their private actions.
Government should protect people from others, not
oppress people themselves. It is wrong to watch your
citizens' every move.
OPINION
Why Italy is too big to fail for
the European Union
conditions.
Over the past 10 years, Italy's gross domestic product
per capita has fallen. This decline is unique among
large advanced economies. (It is even worse than
Japan's infamous lost decades.) And the suffering is
extremely unevenly distributed: More than 32 per
cent of Italy's young people are unemployed. The
gloom, disappointment and frustration are undeniable.
For the commission to declare that this is a time
for austerity flies in the face of a reality that for many
Italians is closer to a personal and national emergency.
The two parties that make up the current Italian
government, the League and the 5-Star Movement,
were elected in March to address this crisis. The
League is xenophobic; 5-Star is erratic and zany. But
the economic programmes on which they campaigned
are hardly outlandish. The League wants tax cuts for
its core constituency of small businesses. The 5-Stars
want a minimum income guarantee for their voters in
Italy's poorer southern regions. Both want to coddle
Italy's pensioners. These proposals will increase the
deficit. But at the same time, Rome argues, they will
deliver a much-needed stimulus.
Even on the European Commission's pessimistic
assumptions, the deficits proposed by Rome wouldn't
send the debt burden out of control. What would tip
Italy into real crisis would be a sudden upward adjustment
in yields not to 3 per cent but to 5 per cent or
more. If that were to happen, caused by a shock to the
market's confidence in Italy, there would be an explosive
surge in debt service costs. The European
Commission is, of course, bound to defend its rules.
But how does the European Union expect the confrontation
to play out?
Brussels has a limited range of sanctions at its disposal.
Unlike Greece, which was a net recipient of
European Union largesse, Italy is a net contributor to
the European Union's budget. It won't be easy to make
penalties and fines stick. It will therefore have to be
the markets that deliver the discipline. But that is a terrifying
prospect: Not only is Italy's debt huge, but
Italy's banks are not minnows, either. Italy is both too
big to fail and too big to bail.
RAWALPINDI: Excise
department has issued
notices to 88000 citizens to
pay property tax.
According to media
report 5 percent rebate will
be given to the citizens who
pay their property tax till
ISLAMABAD: The
Supreme Court has rejected
Federal Science and
Technology Minister Azam
Swati’s apology in the
Islamabad IG transfer case
and said he can be tried
under Article 62 (1)(f).
Article 62 (1)(f) of the
Constitution is a provision
requiring elected officials
to be ‘sadiq and ameen’ or
honest and righteous.
Former prime minister
Nawaz Sharif and PTI
leader Jahangir Tareen
were disqualified under
this clause.
During the hearing on
Wednesday, Chief Justice
Saqib Nisar said that Swati
is a publicly elected official.
He asked whether this
was the way he behaved
with the people of the
country. He went on to
question whether a public
official had women arrested
over a few cows.
The three-judge bench
December 31 and operation
will be carried out to seal
their properties who fail to
pay the tax within stipulated
period.
According to excise
department sources, software
has been updated and
hearing the suo motu proceedings
against Swati had
asked him on Tuesday to
submit a written reply in
the case after seeking clarification
under Article 62
(1)(f) earlier.
Why shouldn’t we
88000 citizens from Rawalpindi put
on notice for payment of property tax
By Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD: Abdul
Rashid son of Muhammad
Hassan Mari resident of near
Muhammadi Masjid
Wadhduwah road
Imtiaz Dharani
MITHI: Making one of
Pakistan’s most impoverished
districts the first stop of
her first official visit to the
country, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General
and UN Women Executive
Director Phumzile Mlambo-
Ngcuka on Wednesday
called upon the entire community
to end child marriages
and voice their commitment
to change the lives
of girls and young women
for the better future.
“Becoming a ‘zero childmarriage’village
will require
everyone’s efforts. girls and
young women must have the
means and information to
make their own decisions.
They need to know that they
are not property. They have
both rights and a voice to say
no ,” Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka
said in her dialogue with
over 300 residents, notables
of the area, government officials,
civil society representatives
and members of the
local press. They gathered at
the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto
Cultural Complex in the district
capital, Mithi, at an
event to mark the 16 Days of
Activism against genderbased
violence campaign.
“When the whole nation
commits to tackling deeprooted
traditions like child
marriage head-on, millions
of girls stand to benefit. This
is also a task for men, who
can accelerate progress by
saying simply ‘I will not
marry a child’,” the
Executive Director said.
Calling on religious and
traditional leaders to use
their position of authority to
take a stance against violence
and protect the rights
notices for payment of
property tax with 10 percent
increase have been issued to
88000 citizens. Tax
amounting to Rs 1.5 billion
has been slapped on citizens
which has been fixed target
for the current fiscal year.
Demo against missing of 10
years boy from madarassa
Hyderabad Bunglows held
protest demonstration in
front of press club here
along with other religious
leaders and his friend against
disappearance of his 10 year
old sonAzam Tariq who was
student at Madrassa Tehsin
Quran Gulshan Mustafa
Bhitai town Qasimabad. He
told that last day a teacher of
Madrassa Qari Wali
Muhammad told him that
his son was not present in
Madarassa where his son
was student and doing Hifz
Quran. Abdul Rashid told
media outside press club
here that he thought his son
might had gone to village
but when he could not know
his whereabouts , as such he
went to police station Bhitai
Nagar Hyderabad where he
lodged FIR but so far nothing
is known about his son.
He made appeal to higher
authorities to help recover
his missing son.
Missing person commission disposed of
3492 cases: Justice (R) Javed Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: The
Missing Persons
Commission have disposed
of 3,492 out of
5,608 cases up to
November 30, 2018 due to
personal efforts of its
President Justice (R)
Javed Iqbal, Secretary
Commission Farid Ahmed
Khan said in a statement
on Tuesday.
He said the disposal of
such large number of
cases was a great achievement
as per the monthly
progress report of cases of
alleged enforced disappearances
till Nov 30,
2018. A total of 5,507
cases were received up to
October 31, 2018 to
Missing Person
Commission, Islamabad.
of girls, the Executive
Director received pledges
from religious clerics, registrars
and local politicians to
make Thar as a ‘zero child
marriage’ village and set an
example for others to follow.
It is estimated that there are
650 million women and girls
in the world today who were
married before age 18.
During the past decade, the
global rate of child marriage
has declined—from one in
four young women aged 20-
24 being married as children,
to almost one in five.
make an example of Swati,
asked Justice Nisar. He
asked what action the PTI
had taken against Swati.
The prime minister transferred
the IG with a single
phone call, why shouldn’t
we summon him for an
explanation, asked the top
judge.
He said he didn’t even
want Swati’s money for
the Supreme Court’s
Diamer-Bhasha and
Mohmand Dam Fund.
Swati is accused of
being involved in the
transfer of Islamabad IG
Jan Mohammad after
Swati’s son registered a
case against a family for
trespassing on his land.
Man dies on his
way to cattle pen
FAISALABAD: A man
has died on his way to cattle
pen being hit by motorcycle.
According to media
reports, Allah Ditta, 50 a
resident of Kemotabiq City
Tandliwala was walking to
a cattle pen nearby his
home, and he was hit by a
motorcycle and died on the
spot.
The accused motorcyclist
fled the scene.
DC Badin holds
meeting of safe
house committee.
Our Staff Report
BADIN: Deputy
Commissioner Badin, Hafeez
Ahmed Siyal presided a
meeting of safe house committee.
The meeting was participated
by Additional
Deputy Commissioner (one)
Dr. Ali Nawaz Bhoot,
Additional Deputy
Commissioner
(two) Asadullah Khoso,
Deputy Director, social welfare,
Abdul Ghaffar Khoso,
security Incharge, Ashraf
Nunari and representitives of
NGOs. DC Badin directed
assistant director, social welfare
that staff and other needed
facilities must be provided
to safe house so that women
could be provided residence
as per court orders.
On the other hand, DC
Badin also presided a meeting
in connection of maintainence
and care of filter
plants and RO plants installed
in the city. The meeting was
participated by ADC (one)
ADC (two), Executive
Engineer, public health,
Barkat Ali Khuwaja, CMO
Badin, Javed Ali, Assistant
Commissioners of talukas.
UNO officials urged people to avoid the child marriages
At the national 16 Days
of Activism event in this
southeast district of
Pakistan, the Executive
Director encouraged families
and the community to
be more vigilant to prevent
and report cases of underaged
marriage. She also
urged the religious leaders
who solemnize marriages to
confirm whether the bride
and groom are of legal age,
stressing the importance of
birth certificates and national
identity cards for verification
child is 18.

Thursday, December 6, 2018
International
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Turkey seeks arrest of two Saudi
crown prince allies over Khashoggi
ANKARA: A Turkish
prosecutor has demanded
that arrest warrants be issued
against two Saudi nationals
close to Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman
over the murder of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish
source close to the investigation
said on Wednesday.
The chief prosecutor's
office in Istanbul filed an
application on Tuesday to
obtain the warrants for
Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud
al-Qahtani, described in
court documents as being
“among the planners” of the
murder of the Washington
Post contributor Khashoggi.
Saudi journalist
Khashoggi, a critic of the
kingdom's leadership, was
last seen on October 2
entering his country's consulate
in Istanbul.
His disappearance had
been shrouded in mystery
and triggered an international
crisis, with Turkish
officials accusing Saudi
Arabia of a state-sponsored
killing.
After denying Turkey's
accusations for two weeks,
Saudi Arabia finally admitted
that the journalist was
killed inside the consulate.
Ranveer Singh and Ajay Devgn
shooting a special song for the film
MUMBAI: A few days
back, the makers of
Ranveer Singh’s muchawaited
‘Simmba’ released
the trailer of the film. The
trailer gave a hint that it is
going to be an actionromantic
drama. Now, as
per the source, director
Rohit Shetty is shooting a
song with Ranveer Singh
and Ajay Devgn for the
film. Ganesh Acharya will
choreograph the dance
number for Ajay and
Ranveer. For the song,
they have organized 50
women dancers and 60
men dancers along with 50
foreigners.
In the trailer also Ajay
Devgn made a special
appearance as Bajirao
Singham, and now the
excitement of the
'Singham' fans has reached
another level with the
reports of the song doing
the rounds.
'Simmba' Rohit Shetty’s
another cop series after
Ajay starrer ‘Singham’ and
‘Singham Returns’. Both
were recorded as a hit and
did a good business at the
box office. This Ranveer
Singh and Sara Ali Khan
starrer will hit the big
screen on December 28.
Houthis: Only a political solution
can end the war in Yemen
SWEDEN: Abdul Malik
al-Ajri says the rebels want
a land, sea and air blockade
on Yemen to be lifted at
upcoming talks in Sweden.
Stockholm, Sweden - A
senior Houthi leader says
his group hopes upcoming
peace talks in Sweden will
end the war in Yemen and
lead to an "inclusive political
dialogue".
Abdul Malik al-Ajri told
Al Jazeera that the Houthis
are hoping to discuss a
range of issues at the talks,
including the drafting of a
new constitution and the
decentralisation of power.
"We are hoping these
negotiations will help end
the war," al-Ajri said.
"We will be calling for
the land, sea and air block-
Disha Patani hurts herself while
performing an action scene
MUMBAI: Disha Patani
who is currently busy
shooting for the film
‘Bharat’ got hurt on her
knees while performing an
action stunt with burning
flames.
As per the source, the
actress is now back in
action after a short rest. She
is putting in all the efforts
to give the best shot for her
character. A few days
before, she shared a
glimpse of her look from
the film but the makers
have still kept details about
Disha’s character in a wrap.
Slated to release on Eid
next year, the movie stars
Salman Khan, Katrina
Kaif, Disha Patani, Tabu
and Sunil Grover in important
roles. It's being directed
by Ali Abbas Zafar and
produced by Atul
Agnihotri.
British MPs deal PM May
stinging rebukes on Brexit
LONDON: Prime
Minister Theresa May
launched a momentous
Brexit debate Tuesday
after suffering a string of
stinging rebukes from MPs
that exposed her lack of
support in parliament.
The House of
Commons voted 311-293
to force the government to
publish the full legal
advice it received from the
attorney general about the
divorce deal May struck
with the European Union
last month.
The government had
failed to publish the advice
in full despite a resolution
passed by MPs last month.
May's critics believe the
report is full of embarrassing
details about Britain
being forced to follow EU
rules for years to come
while having no say in its
decisions.
Her government argues
the prime minister has the
right to receive legal
advice in private, but after
the latest parliamentary
defeat promised to release
the full tome on
Wednesday ahead of next
Tuesday's contentious
Brexit vote.
"This house has now
spoken and it's of huge
constitutional and political
signficance," said opposition
Labour Party member
Keir Starmer.
Lawmakers also backed
an amendment that will
give them a bigger say in
what happens if May's deal
is voted down -- an outcome
that looks likely.
It would let MPs draft a
"Plan B" that May will
face intense pressure to
follow.
A defeat for the prime
minister next week could
trigger a no-confidence
vote leading to early elections,
leaving the Brexit
process in utter chaos.
ade imposed on Yemen [by
Saudi Arabia and the UAE]
to be lifted, and for restrictions
on goods entering the
country to be lifted."
Saudi Arabia has led a
coalition fighting against the
Houthis since March 2015,
months after they toppled
President Abd-Rabbu
Mansour Hadi's government.
According to the UN,
the planned "consultations",
which could start on either
Wednesday or Thursday,
will be attended by the main
"parties to the conflict" -
even as Saudi Arabia and
the UAE, who play a leading
role in the war, and Iran,
which supposedly backs the
Houthis, are not invited.
However, all three countries,
which have considerable
leverage over the
opposing sides, have said
they support the UN's initiative
to end the war, al-Ajri
said.
The Special UN Envoy
for Yemen, Martin Griffith,
has been hoping to get both
sides to agree to a "framework"
that "establishes the
principles and parameters
for UN-led, inclusive
Yemeni negotiations to end
the war, and restart a political
transition".
"Yemen is a small and
simple country. It is culturally
homogenous and there
are no ethnic or cultural
divisions," al-Ajri said.
"We hope to engage in an
inclusive political dialogue
that will lead to a new transitional
process.
"Yemen’s need for federalism
is so that it can overcome
one centre of power
and the country’s wealth can
be distributed fairly among
everyone."
Divided UK
braces for once-in-alifetime
Brexit vote
LONDON: As British
MPs prepare for a historic
vote on the future of Brexit,
the country is back on a campaign
footing and the bitter
divisions of the 2016 referendum
have re-surfaced.
Second referendum campaigners
are setting up stalls
at Christmas markets nationwide,
while hardline
Brexiteers are pushing their
message of a clean break on
tours of Britain.
"It really does feel like
2016 all over again," said
Politico's Jack Blanchard,
reacting to the daily news
diet of dire economic forecasts
and heated political
debates.
Different sides in the
debate are urging people to
put pressure on their MPs
ahead of the December 11
vote, hoping their vision of
Britain's future will win the
day.
Polls indicate that some
Britons -- a minority -- do
support Prime Minister
Theresa May's compromise
deal with Brussels, hoping to
put an end to a tortuous
debate.
MOSCOW: Russian
President Vladimir Putin
suggested that Russia would
develop intermediate-range
nuclear arms in response to
the US exiting a key Sovietera
arms control agreement.
“It seems our American
partners think … they should
have such arms,” he said.
“What will our response be?
Simple. We’re going to do
the same.”
US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo said on
Tuesday that the US would
suspend its obligations under
the 1987 Intermediate-range
Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty
within 60 days over what it
New Caledonians ordered
to shelters in tsunami
alert after big quake
NOUMEA: A shallow
and powerful 7.5-magnitude
earthquake struck
off New Caledonia
Wednesday prompting a
tsunami alert and evacuations
on the Pacific
island, authorities said.
The Pacific Tsunami
Warning Centre said that
tsunami waves had been
"observed" in the region
but did not say where.
Residents of New
Caledonia, which lies
north of New Zealand,
received text messages
directing them to go to
refuges immediately,
with waves of up to three
metres possible, according
to the warning centre.
But people in New
Caledonia and nearby
Vanuatu said they did not
feel the quake, and
tsunami warning sirens
were not immediately
activated in Vanuatu.
"Hazardous tsunami
waves are forecast for
some coasts," the Pacific
TsunamiWarning Center
said, after earlier warning
that the danger zone
included "coasts located
within 1000 kilometres
of the earthquake epicentre."
The epicentre was
some 300 kilometres east
of Noumea.
RIYADH: Saudi
Arabia's King Salman has
invited Qatar's Emir Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
to attend the upcoming Gulf
Cooperation Council
(GCC) summit set to take
place in Riyadh on
December 9, the official
Qatar News Agency reported.
The announcement on
Tuesday follows Qatar's
decision a day earlier to
withdraw from the
Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
(OPEC), a move seen by
some analysts as deeply
symbolic given Qatar's
Australian Police Recognize 6th Annual
ThinkUKnow Volunteers Awards
Bureau Report
CANBERRA: Six
ThinkUKnow volunteers
have been recognised by the
Australian Federal Police as
part of this year’s
International Volunteer Day.
The awards are provided
to ThinkUKnow volunteers
who demonstrate an ongoing
commitment to the success
of the program through
the quality and quantity of
presentations delivered, as
well as their role in championing
online child safety
within their organisation
and the local community.
State and Territory
police youth presenters
have also recognised
through the ‘Youth Partner
of the Year’ Award, given
modest oil output.
Qatar News Agency
(QNA) said in a tweet the
emir received "an invitation
from the King of Saudi
Arabia" for the meeting.
The invitation was delivered
by the Bahraini secretary
general of the GCC,
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al
Zayani, during a reception
by Qatar's Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs Sultan
bin Saad Al Muraikhi.
QNA did not say if
Sheikh Tamim would
travel to Saudi Arabia.
A quartet of Arab
states, composed of Saudi
Arabia, the United Arab
to the organisation that has
delivered the most youth
presentations per capita
and/or contributed the most
towards the success of the
program.
Minister for Home
Affairs Peter Dutton said
the work of the
ThinkUKnow volunteers
and partners cannot be
understated.
“These awards recognise
the effort and dedication of
our ThinkUKnow volunteers
and our industry partners
who continue to make
a difference for young people,
their parents, carers and
teachers.”
“I commend their dedication
to online safety education.
It is integral to our
Emirates (UAE),Bahrain,
as well as non-GCC
member Egypt, imposed
a land, sea and air blockade
on Doha in June
2017.
community that this work
continues and Australians
continue to be reached,”
Dutton said.
The Queensland Police
Service (QPS) was awarded
the ThinkUKnow Youth
Partner of the Year Award
due to its ongoing support
and expansion of the program
in metropolitan and
regional areas.
In 2017-18 QPS volunteers
delivered 152 presentations
to more than 10,000
students. During the 2018
presentation training rollout,
a record number of 200
QPS members attended
training.
“The work of
Queensland Police Service
and the expansion of
ThinkUKnow across the
state is a fantastic achievement.
I would like to personally
thank the members
who have dedicated themselves
to championing
online safety in addition to
their official duties.”
Saudi king extends invitation to Qatari
emir to attend GCC summit
describes as Russian “noncompliance.”
Speaking in Moscow on
Wednesday, Mr Putin said
that the US had decided to
blame Russia as a pretext for
getting out of the deal.
“Pompeo is so late with
this. First, the US announces
its intention to leave the
agreement, and then decides
to look for the reasons,” he
said. “They revert to their
easiest and most familiar
refrain: Russia’s to blame.”
The US and Russia have
accused each other of violating
the 1987 deal since at
least 2011. The last inspections
were made in 2001.
The Saudi-led bloc
accuses Doha of abetting
"terrorism" and contributing
to instability in the
region, allegations Qatar
has categorically denied.
Putin says Russia will start developing intermediate-range
missiles if US does not back down on arms control treaty
In his first term, Barack
Obama’s administration
toyed with the idea of leaving
the treaty over Russia's
alleged development of a
new mid-range cruise missile.
Eventually, and under
pressure from German
Chancellor Angela Merkel,
the US stuck with the deal.
Moscow admits to having
the SSC-8 missiles in question,
but says they do not violate
the treaty. What’s more,
Russia accuses the United
States of being in breach of
the deal itself, arguing that its
European missile defence
systems are capable of taking
offensive nuclear loads.

6
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Biz
Pak Japan relations may
enhace further: Soomro
ISLAMABAD: Federal
Minister for Privatization
Muhammad Mian Soomro
has said that Pakistan
esteemed relations with
Japan as they have an
exemplary bilateral relations.
Addressing an event
organized on Japan’s
emperor Akihito’s 85th
birthday, he congratulated
the emperor and hailed the
bilateral relations, saying
both countries have political,
diplomatic and economic
relations for
decades.
Soomro said that Japan
was cooperating Pakistan in
various fields.
Japan’s ambassador to
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization Mian Muhammad Somro addressing
the ceremony during the celebration of 85th birthday of His Majesty the
Emperor at local hotel .
Pakistan Takashi Kurai also
addressed the event and
said the emperor of Japan
Akihito had traveled
KARACHI: A Group picture of Junior Foreign Diplomats visit at Federation House
Karachi. Mr. Tariq Haleem, Vice President FPCCI, Syed Ibne Abbas, Director General
Foreign Service Academy along with Junior Foreign Diplomats from different countries
are also seen in the picture.
World Bank’s doing business team meets chairman
P&D to discuss db reforms progress in Sindh
KARACHI: The World Bank’s “Doing
Business Reform Advisory Scoping
Mission”, visiting Pakistan, met with Mr
Muhammad Waseem, Chairman Planning
& Development (P&D) Board Sindh on
Wednesday, to discuss the progress of the
Doing Business Reforms in Sindh.
Currently Sprint-III of the Doing Business
Reforms is underway.
This year Pakistan has improved its ranking
by 11 points, moving from 147th to
Exigent steps needed to boost
carpet export in the country
LAHORE: Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and
Exporters Association demanding the government to
take exigent measures on war footing basis to boost
exports and without concrete steps economy of the country
can not be recuperated.
Addressing an exigent meeting of the Association
called to discuss the problems facing by the carpet industry,
Group Leader Abdul Latif Malik said the government
should chalk out comprehensive plan to ink free
trade agreements with other countries including
Malaysia, Turkey and Thailand. On this occasion, the
Carpet Institute Chairman Saeed Khan, Association's
Senior Vice Chairman Ijazul Rehman, Senior Member
Riaz Ahmed, Latif Malik, Maj (R) Akhter Nazir, Akbar
Malik and others were also present.
All the members discussed in details the challenges
and problems being faced by the carpet industry and they
expressed concerns over the uncertainty prevailing in the
national economy.
Abdul Latif Malik said it was a good omen that Prime
Minister Imran Khan gave assurance to the office bearers
of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry that
the government would provide all due support to
exporters to enhance the volume of export of the country.
He said the government should now materialize its
plan in this regard and announce trade policy after finalizing
its shape.
He suggested the government to focus on signing
FTA not only with China but also with Turkey, Thailand,
Malaysia and especially those countries where made in
Pakistan products to be displayed.
He also urged the concerned authorities of Trade
Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to accelerate
efforts for international marketing of the local products
and envisage policy for sending delegations abroad
and holding of single country exhibitions.
136th position in the World Bank’s ‘Doing
Business Report’. The meeting was attended
by all relevant stakeholder government
agencies, including SBI that has been at the
helm of these reforms in Sindh.
Representatives of the government agencies
updated the participants on the DB reforms.
Chairman P&D Sindh lauded the efforts of
all agencies who worked towards Pakistan’s
improvement in the ranking, and appreciated
the support extended by the World Bank.
KARACHI: The capital
market was once again under
the command of bears with
the index suffer fresh
declines under the lead of
cement, steel, auto manufacturer,
oil and gas exploration
on continuous rise in foreign
debts and difficulties facing
to clear on-going payments
and rumors of changes in the
ministry level especially the
finance minister.
Salman Ahmad, head of
equity sales at Aba Ali Habib
said that rise in the benchmark
interest, reaching to
double digit was the main
factor behind slippage in the
share values which reached
to 10 percent. “The companies
with leverage position
like cement and steel sector
which borrowed in the last
two years for expansion have
been under threat because of
rising interest rate, which
would throttle the earnings”,
he said.
The market underwent
heavy selling pressure and at
one time index lost more than
800 points, however, some
respite came following the
Pakistan in 1962. “When I
was appointed in Pakistan
I S L A M A B A D :
Ahmed Hassan Moughal,
President, Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce
& Industry has shown
great concerns over the
rising external debt and
liabilities of Pakistan that
have reached $96.7 billion
by the September
2018 and called upon the
government to take
urgent measures to cope
with this problem.
He said the rising debt
would constrain economic
growth of the country
and put more burden on
the common man as the
country would have to
divert more financial
resources towards debt
servicing.
He said that Pakistan’s
debt liabilities have been
increasing constantly for
he informed me about his
visit to Pakistan”, Kurai
said.
He said that Japan was
cooperating with Pakistan
in its health, economy and
other fields.
He also talked about the
history of kingship in Japan
and said it had a history of
around 2000 years.
Japan is celebrating the
last state birthday of
Emperor Akihito as the
crown prince Naruhito will
succeed him in May 2019. .
On the occasion, Federal
Minister Muhammad Mian
Soomro, the special guest to
the ceremony, chanted the
slogans of Pak-Japan
friendship.
$96.7 billion external debt and
liabilities should be cause of
concern for policy makers: ICCI
the last many decades
due to which the cost of
rising debt servicing was
taking a heavy toll on the
overall economy while
development and public
welfare projects were
suffering. He called upon
the government to devise
an out of the box strategy
in consultation with private
sector to rid the
country of the trend of
heavy borrowings.
Ahmed Hassan
Moughal said that since
2010 to 2018, Pakistan
has witnessed about 200
percent increase in its
total debt and liabilities
as in 2010, Pakistan’s
total debt and liabilities
were around Rs.10 trillion
which have escalated
to over Rs.30 trillion by
September 2018.
PSX records fresh decline of
299 points, touches 39,303
KARACHI: Brokers are busy in trading at Pakistan
Stock Exchange.
news that Prime Minister
Imran Khan would soon visit
Karachi and would holds
with business community
and will be briefed on stock
market performance, Salman
said.
According to an analyst
the market lacked positive
developments from the economy
side. Once again the
rupee depreciated against
dollar with a smaller margin
but it hints it reach to Rs 140
level one of the conditions of
the IMF to acquire loans.
The same analyst said that
high cost of borrowing in
shape of rising interest rate
hitting hard to all the manufacturing
units. Moreover rising
rupee/dollar parity also
impacting companies have
foreign exchange leveraged
like cement, pharmaceuticals,
oil companies, refineries and
gas exploring companies.
Another factor which
dented the sentiment was
continuous talk of change in
guards at the ministry of
finance. Though Minister for
FinanceAsad Umar categorically
denied the removal of
the resignation but the market
has been full of rumor that he
has resigned or removed and
two or three names have been
discussed in the corridors of
federal capital.
CORPORATE CORNER
EPCL signs agreement with Water Foundation to
provide safe drinking water in Ghaghar Phattak
KARACHI: Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited signs agreement with The Water
Foundation with aim to provide safe drinking water to the community residents of
Gaghar Phattak, Bin Qasim Town, Karachi. Group picture shows Mr. Imran Anwer,
CEO & President – Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited and Mr. Iqbal Adamjee,
Chairman – The Water Foundation signing the agreement along with other official.
KARACHI: Engro Polymer has signed an agreement with The Water Foundation
with an aim to provide safe drinking water to the community residents of Gaghar
Phattak, Bin Qasim Town, Karachi. Under the agreement five water purification/filtration
plants will be established and operated by The Water Foundation which shall
be funded by Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited. The agreement was signed by
Mr. Imran Anwer, CEO & President – Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited and Mr.
Iqbal Adamjee, Chairman – The Water Foundation.
This initiative is another step by Engro Polymers to serve the communities as
company recently also signed agreements with TCF to establish two new schools
and an agreement with Sina Health, Education & Welfare Trust to setup a primary
healthcare unit in the vicinity.
By taking this preventive measure to improve the health conditions of residents
of the communities in Gaghar Phattak, Bin Qasim Town, Karachi, the company has
decided to setup these water purification/filtration plants. This will provide safe
drinking water to the residents to help avoid several water borne diseases. These
water purification/filtration plants will be established in different villages of Gaghar
Phattak where company is also setting up two new schools with TCF and also one
primary healthcare unit with Sina Health, Education & Welfare Trust said, Rao
Mubeen Ahmed, Head of Public Affairs & CSR of the company. He further added
that these plants will be providing safe drinking water to more than 6,000 households
per day.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Imran Anwar, CEO, Engro Polymer & Chemicals
said: “Education, Health & Safe Drinking water is the basic need of these communities
and the company is committed to perform its part towards its CSR initiatives.
He also added that only a healthy and educated society can bring a positive change.
We, at Engro, feel it is also our responsibility to provide our adjoining communities
the opportunities to improve and change in this regard.
Mr. Iqbal Adamjee, Chairman – The Water Foundation said, Engro Polymer is
taking good initiatives to improve the living and health conditions of needy communities
and The Water Foundation will help them to provide safe drinking water to
the community residents in a professional manner.
Meezan Bank becomes the First Islamic
Bank of Pakistan to get License to act as
Banker to Issue Initial Public Offering (IPO)!
KARACHI: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s Best Bank has now
become the first Islamic Bank in the country to be granted a license
by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to act as
‘Banker to the Issue’ for Initial Public Offering of Shares (both for
Book Building and General Public portion) for companies going
through listing at Pakistan Stock Exchange.
After successfully launching its electronic-Initial Public Offering (e-IPO) subscription
facility for its customers, in which Meezan Bank was the first and only bank in
Pakistan that allowed registered investors to make payments through all its Alternate
Distribution Channels including Meezan Bank’s ATMs, Internet Banking and Mobile
Banking Application, this BTI license enables the Bank to provide full range of Initial
Public Offering services to its customers and the corporate sector in Pakistan.
Commenting on this occasion, the Deputy CEO of Meezan Bank, Mr. Ariful Islam
said: “Meezan Bank is focused on providing innovative value-added services to customers
leveraging on state-of-art technology. Customers will now be able to easily
invest in new share issues by subscribing through the e-IPO facility.’’
Meezan Bank is the 7th largest bank in Pakistan and the leading Islamic bank of the
country. The Bank provides a comprehensive range of Islamic banking products and
services through a retail banking network of more than 600 branches supported by a
countrywide network of 600 ATMs, VISA & MasterCard Debit cards, a 24/7 Call
Center, Internet Banking and Mobile Banking facility.
Meezan Bank has consistently been recognized as the ‘Best Islamic Bank in
Pakistan’ by numerous local and international institutions. The Bank has also been recognized
as the ‘Best Bank in Pakistan’ by Pakistan Banking Awards– the most prestigious
awards in Pakistan’s Banking sector, which is a testimony of the Bank’s commitment
to excellence. Other awarding institutions include Islamic Finance News -
Malaysia, Global Finance magazine - New York, Asset AAA - Hong Kong, Asiamoney
– Hong Kong, The Banker – United Kingdom, South Asian Federation of Accountants,
Islamic Finance Forum of South Asian Awards, Pakistan Banking Awards – Dawn &
IBP Pakistan, Employers Federation of Pakistan and CFA Association - Pakistan.
KARACHI: Dr. Farhan Essa, MD & CEO Dr. Essa Laboratories arranged Hi-tea in honour of Chairman CAP Kaukab
Iqbal and Team of Consumers Association of Pakistan. On this occasion, Group photo of Kaukab Iqbal Chairman, Dr.
Farhan Essa Chairman Sindh, Sheikh Khalil ur Rehman Sr. Vice Chairman, Obaidullah Nadeem Vice Chairman
Plantation Committee, Nasir R. Zaidi Vice Chairman, Syed Turab Shah Chairman Media Committee, Dr. Khalid
Sheikh Sr. Vice Chairman Healthcare Committee, Mujeeb Ur Rehman General Secretary, Sameer Shamsi Joint
Secretary, Furqan Bilal Chairman Central Karachi , Syed Tariq Shah Vice Chairman Advisory Council, Sohail Ahmed
Siddiqui Vice Chairman Sindh, Hammad Ali Shah Executive Coordinator, Mahwish Khan Coordinator to Chairman
Sindh, Anum Rukhsar Coordinator to Chairman, Huda Paracha Event Coordinator, Dr. S. M. Tanveer, Abdul Razzaque,
Hasnain Rizvi, Syed Tanveer Hussain, M. Fayyaz. Khan, S. M. Shoyb Hussain and M. Atiq Naveed.
Pakistan invites
Morocco to invest
in tourism sector
ISLAMABAD: Minister for
Planning, Development and
Reform Makhdoom Khusro
Bakhtiar has invited the
Moroccan businessmen to invest
in Pakistan’s tourism sector as
the country was blessed with
beautiful natural scenery and
landscapes where tourism could
be promoted in a befitting manner
through an effective strategy.
After the Memorandum of
Understanding that Morocco and
Pakistan have signed in
Islamabad in 2016 to strengthen
cooperation in the field of training
and scientific and academic
research, Pakistan seeks to
extend cooperation into tourism.
KARACHI: Brokers are busy in trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on
Wednesday, December 05, 2018. The Pakistan Stock Exchange saw another bloodbath
on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 index plunged by 888 points during intraday
trading, closing at 39,303 points.

Thursday, December 6, 2018
Sportlight
7
New Zealand face uphill battle
after Azhar, Shafiq hit hundreds
ABU DHABI; Azhar
Ali ended his century
drought to put Pakistan
close behind New
Zealand’s first-innings
total in the third and final
Test in Abu Dhabi on
Wednesday.
The 33-year-old was
unbeaten on 111 for his
15th hundred and first
since May last year, guiding
Pakistan to 224-3 at
lunch on the third day, just
50 behind New Zealand’s
total of 274.
At the break, Asad
Shafiq was unbeaten on 55,
helping Azhar add 139 for
an unbroken fourth wicket
stand as Pakistan seek a big
lead to force a seriesclinching
win.
The three-match series
is tied at 1-1.
MOSCOW: The IAAF
upheld a ban against
Russia's athletics federation
over doping in the country,
pending full access to doping
data stored in Moscow
and financial compensation.
Russia's athletics federation
(RUSAF) has been suspended
since 2015 over a
report commissioned by the
World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) that found evidence
of widespread, statesponsored
doping in the
sport. The IAAF, the sport's
governing body, said
RUSAF still needed to meet
two criteria -- access to
samples of Russian athletes
in a Moscow lab and full
financial compensation for
investigation and legal costs
-- before the ban is lifted.
Russia's reinstatement
has been rejected on numerous
occasions by the IAAF
Azhar edged medium
pacer Colin de
Grandhomme through the
over the past three years
and should it fail to meet
conditions in the coming
months, it could risk missing
out again on sen ding a
team to next September's
world athletics championships
in Doha, Qatar.
The European indoor
championships are even
earlier, in Glasgow in
March, and take place
before the next IAAF
Council meeting has a
chance to meet to discuss
further developments later
that month.
Since 2015, some individual
Russian athletes
have been allowed to compete
internationally as neutrals
provided they met certain
criteria that showed
they had operated in a dopefree
environment.
"If the Russians can and
will release the (drugs)
slips for his ninth boundary
to complete his first century
after 18 barren innings.
samples is up to them. I
hope they will deliver the
data by the end of this year,"
said Rune Andersen, head
of the IAAF's task force on
Russia, sitting next to IAAF
President Sebastian Coe.
"We have received no
assurances that it will be
delivered to us directly. The
assurances have been given
to WADA and WADA has
set a deadline of December
31. We will have to rely on
receiving the data from
WADA."
The IAAF said the athletics
integrity unit must
confirm it has been given
the data.
"All of the data and
access to the samples that it
needs to determine which of
the Russian athletes...have a
case to answer for breach of
the IAAF anti-doping
rules," the IAAF said in a
Azhar, whose last hundred
was against the West
Indies in Dominica in May
Russian athletics federation remains banned, IAAF says
District Central lifts Mayor
Cup hockey league title
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: District
Central clinched the title of
1st Mayor Karachi Gold Cup
Inter-District Hockey
League 2018 after defeating
District West by 4-1 at the
Karachi Hockey Association
(KHA) Olympian Hanif
Khan-Junaid Ali Shah
Stadium.
According to details,
Arbaz scored a goal in 6th
minutes in 1st quarter,
District West's Zohaib scored
an equalizer in 17th minutes
of the game.Abbas Haider of
Central scored a goal in
penalty corner in 45th minutes,
Hammad Ayaz scored a
goal in 54th minutes, while
Shahzaib scored for victors
in last quarter of the game.
A large crowd converged
at the stadium to encourage
both the finalist teams.
Provincial Minister
Shahla Raza, Olympians
Hanif Khan, , Ahmed Alam,
Haseem Khan, Patron KHA
Women Wing, Asma Ali
Shah, Secretary KHA
Women Wing, Beenish Ali,
Chairman KHA, Gulfaraz
Ahmed Khan, SVP Dr S A
Majod ,Secretary KHA,
Syed Haider Hussain,
Council Member, Zahid
Mehmood, are also present
at the occasion.
Mayor Karachi, Waseem
Akhter graced the occasion
as a Chief Guest.
Parents pay surprise visit at
Mithali's birthday party
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: On a day
when T-20 captain
Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
and vice-captain Smriti
Mandhana endorsed
Ramesh Powar (as India
coach), with whom Mithali
Raj can not have eye-to-eye,
her parents gave a surprise
visit at their daughter's birthday
party in Vijayawada.
"Mithali is playing in
Vijayawada and without
informing her, we made a
surprise visit from here
(Hyderabad)", Mithali's
father, Dorai Raj, speaking
exclusively, said.
Mithali, who turned 36
on Monday, cut cake with
her friends and fans. The
party was also attended by
few Andhra Pradesh Cricket
Association officials.
"We rarely get opportunity
to celebrate Mithali's
birthday (on December 3),
as on most occasions she is
out of the country / town
and playing somewhere"
"She and her mother
(Leela Raj) are very upset
with the recent controversies
and she (Mithali) was
very happy to see us at the
birthday party. We wanted
to support her in this difficult
time".
"There were many supporters
gathered and we
hardly interact with
Mithali".
Mithali's brother,
Mithun, however could not
remain present at her party.
"I am in Geneva to
attend the UN conference
and well, everyone is disappointed
with the happenings",
he said.
In the meantime, there
seems to be a division
among team members.
Few in Mithali's group
are wondering how the e
mails of captain and vice
captain are written and
leaked on the same day...
"Somebody in the BCCI
is only responsible for the
mess. There is no professionalism.
It is clear that
the language of the letter
written by Harman Preet is
not hers.
statement.
"The task force stands
ready to meet as soon as
these conditions have been
met in order to make a recommendation
to Council
for the reinstatement of
RUSAF."
But the IAAF said it had
eased its demand on Russia
accepting the WADA-commissioned
report by
Richard McLaren.
"It is not an easy one, as
we would have wanted
Russia to clearly acknowledge
the McLaren report,"
Andersen said.
"But it is difficult not to
do that when WADA has
done it and we will have to
move on and deal with
what we think is most
important, to get access to
the data and the samples.
That is what counts when it
comes to the athletes."
Rizwan says doesn’t
blame Sarfraz for
non-inclusion in team
KARACHI: Mohammad
Rizwan, wicketkeeper-batsman
of Pakistan cricket
team, has said that he doesn’t
blame Sarfaraz Ahmed for
his non-inclusion in the
team.
“I don’t think like that,”
he said, when asked if he
finds himself unlucky that
the national team is currently
led by a wicketkeeper and
that blocks his way to the
national squad.
“I have played enough
ODIs with Sarfaraz as batsman
and that can happen in
future too as there are teams
travelling with two wicketkeepers,”
he said. “But, I
don’t think I’m not playing
for Pak because of Sarfraz. I
will play whenever it’s written
for me,” he added.
The 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman
from
Peshawar expressed his
delight on current form and
said that he’s in the best form
of his career.
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: Bismillah
Sports overcame Red Army
recording a 1-0 victory in
the summit clash of Leisure
Leagues Inter-Club
Championship here at 16-
Star Ground.
Ubaid Soomro scored
the solitary goal of the
match in the 12th minute,
which was enough to take
Bismillah Sports to victory
stand, where 24 teams participated.
According to Leisure
Leagues Area Manager
Riaz Ahmed, the tournament
was organized in collaboration
with World
Group, where 24 teams featured.
The 24 teams were
divided into eight groups,
having three teams in each
group. The top team from
each group qualified for
2017, took 210 balls to
reach the three-figure
mark.
He has so far stuck 10
boundaries while Shafiq
has seven in his 22nd halfcentury.
New Zealand skipper
Kane Williamson took the
second new ball in the 81st
over with Pakistan comfortably
placed at 213-3,
but nothing worked for the
bowlers on a flat Sheikh
Zayed Stadium pitch.
Resuming at 139-3,
Azhar hit Trent Boult for a
boundary off the first ball
of the day and then
smacked spinner Ajaz
Patel for another to enter
the eighties. Boult has figures
of 2-54 while fellow
paceman Tim Southee has
taken 1-39.
Manchester
City beat
Chatford 2-1
LONDON: Manchester
City's nervous finish in an
otherwise comfortable win
at Watford showed "you
can never relax in the
Premier League", according
to manager Pep
Guardiola.
The reigning champions
had controlled Tuesday's
game and led through goals
from Leroy Sane and Riyad
Mahrez but Abdoulaye
Doucoure scrambled in for
Watford in the 85th minute
to give the hosts hope of an
unlikely comeback.
Watford sent goalkeeper
Ben Foster forward for setpieces
in a frantic finish,
with Guardiola introducing
defensive reinforcements to
deal with the pressure, but
the visitors held on for their
seventh successive league
win.
The win saw City reestablish
their five-point
lead at the top of the table,
which could be cut to two
when Liverpool play
Burnley. "We were much
the better side - we
deserved to win but you
have to kill," Guardiola
said.
"It is never over at 2-0,
you need the third goal. "In
the last few minutes they
had chances. For five minutes
they were better than
us. "You can never relax in
the Premier League, that's
why it is nice."
The trip to Vicarage
Road was City's second of
13 matches in 44 days and
Guardiola once again rotated
his squad, as he did in
the weekend win over
Bournemouth.
Sergio Aguero remained
sidelined with injury, top
scorer Raheem Sterling was
rested and an entirely different
back four was
brought in, including captain
Vincent Kompany and
England defenders Kyle
Walker and John Stones.
quarterfinals. The matches
consisted of 20-minute
halves.
Earlier in semifinals,
Bismillah Sports defeated
Hazara United on penalty
kicks while Red Army overpowered
Phoenix FC 2-0 to
Abu Rehan CC win in
Fazal Mahmood National
Club Cricket Tournament
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: Abu
Rehan Cricket Club Zone
One beat Khudad
Gymkhana by 5 runs in
2nd PCB Fazal Mahmood
National Club Cricket
Tournament .
At Al Nadil Al Burhani
Ground Abu Rehan CC
batted first and put on
board 215-10 in 34.3
Overs.Akhter Munir was
the top scorer for the side
with 52 runs while
Muhammad Fahim scored
42 runs,Faraz Ahmed 30
and Muhammad Hammad
22.Muhammad Mahmood
took 3 for 35 while Syed
Mehdi and Murtaza Hasan
got two wickets each.
In reply Khudada
Gymkhana was bundled
out for 210 -10 in 44.3
Overs.Saad Ahmed
Scored 47 runs,
Muhammad Sameer 36
and Taimoor Ali
32.Akhter Munir captured
3 wickets for 49
runs while Muhammad
Asghar got 2 for 39 and
Muhammad Rizwan 1
for 27.
Dr M. Arif Hafeez
Sports Reporter
KARACHI: WAPDA,
the long standing national
champions, retained the
title at the 30th National
Women Hockey
Championships beating
Punjab Colours 4-0 in the
final at the National
Hockey Stadium, Lahore.
Comprising almost
entirely of internationals,
WAPDA were the
favourites having won all
their matches with ease
including a 5-0 victory
over Punjab Colours in the
pool game.
However, it was the
Punjab side which made
the early inroads and had a
couple of chances in the
early minutes. The defending
champions settled
penalty corners
down and from their first
penalty corner, Pakistan's
ace PC expert Ishrat Abbas
sounded the board with her
trademark angular flat hit.
HYDERABAD: Alhumdulillah Team Pakistan wins Silver
in Doubles and GOLD in Singles in the unified tennis invitational
Santo Domingo America ! What a huge moment
for Pakistan! #Asim Ahmed Shaikh, Student of
GVTCPWD's, Karachi.
WAPDA retains National Women Hockey
Title; easy 4-0 win over Punjab Colours
qualify for the final.
President District
Football Association (DFA)
Central Syed Usman Shah
was the chief guest during
the closing ceremony.
Usman Shah praised
Chairman World Group
Later in the first quarter
both the sides wasted a PC
each.
The second quarter saw
almost complete domination
of WAPDA and the
ball mostly remained in the
opponents' half. No less
than six chances were
squandered by them.
Punjab net minder Tahira,
later declared tournament's
best goalkeeper, shone
under the bar. Half Time:
1-0 Just after the change of
the sides, the goal which
was coming for a long time
finally arrived. Sana
Allahditta putting it in
from a very close range.
After conceding the second
goal, Punjab enjoyed a
good spell earning two
but the
proper execution was missing.
In the dying minutes of
the third quarter, little Sana
Allahditta scored twice to
complete her hat trick.
First she pounced upon
a PC rebound and soon
after capped a move from
right.
Last quarter was the
most evenly contested.
Both the sides had chances,
open play and PCs.
But it ended 4-0 for
WAPDA.
It was a creditable performance
from the Punjab
Colours; the only provincial
side to qualify for the
semis. Almost all their
player came from the
Rukhsana Arshad Women
Hockey Academy. Earlier,
the playoff for the third
position saw an exciting
game between Army and
HEC. Army won 3-2
HEC twice came from
behind to equalise but
couldn't neutralise army's
third goal. Chief guest Air
Vice Marshal Irfan Ahmed,
Officer Commanding
Central Air Command, put
gold medals around the
winning team's necks.
DG Sports Board
Punjab, Nadeem Sarwar
presented silver medals to
Punjab Colours.
Secretary PHF, Shahbaz
Ahmad gave bronze
medals to Army.
Player of Tournament:
Hammra Latif (WAPDA)
Goal Keeper of
Tournament: Tahira Islam
(Punjab) WAPDA received
a cash prize of Rs 50,000
from the sponsors while
Punjab Colours got richer
by Rs 25,000.
DG Sports Board
Punjab gave Rs 50,000 to
the Punjab side and Rs
25,000 to WAPDA Chief
guest AVM Irfan Ahmed
announced Rs 50,000 for
the winners and Rs 25,000
each for the runners up and
the third placed army.
Bismillah Sports clinches Leisure Leagues Inter-Club title
Mehmood Trunkwala for
providing opportunities to
youngsters to play football.
He added that organizing
of several such tournaments
at different level
throughout the country
shows Trunkwala’s commitment
towards the game
of football, which has been
helping Pakistan’s youth by
inspiring them to remain
involved in healthy activities,
which subsequently
keep them away from antisocial
behavior.
Usman Shah also
assured his full support to
Leisure Leagues for its
endeavors to promote the
game of football in the
country.
At the end, he distributed
trophies and prize
money. The winning team
received cash prize of
Rs7000, while the runnerup
side received Rs3000.
Meanwhile, Leisure
Leagues is also organizing
inter-club championships
at five different venues of
the city with 32 teams featuring
on knockout basis at
each venue.

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SC orders formation of new
JIT to probe Model Town case
ISLAMABAD: Supreme
Court (SC) on Wednesday
has disposed of Pakistan
Awami Tehreek’s (PAT) plea
seeking formation of new
joint investigation team
(JIT) to probe Model Town
carnage and directed the
provincial government to
reconstitute the team.
A five-member larger
bench headed by Chief
Justice of Pakistan (CJP)
Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising
Justice Asif Saeed
Khosa, JusticeAzmat Saeed,
Justice Faisal Arab and
Justice Mazhar Alam Mian
heard the case.
During the proceedings,
PAT chief broke into tears
and said that the victims of
Model Town incident are
waiting for the justice from
past four years. The previous
Joint Investigation Team
(JIT) was formed without
taking us into confidence, he
added. Meanwhile, the
Punjab advocate general
said that the government is
not having any issue over
establishment of new JIT
ISLAMABAD: Special
Assistant to Prime Minister
on Accountability Shahzad
Akbar on Wednesday said
that an agreement has been
signed between Pakistan
and Switzerland on sharing
of bank accounts details.
Addressing a press conference
in Islamabad on
Wednesday, he said that
following the agreement
with Switzerland, the government
could get bank
accounts details.
ISLAMABAD: Pkistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahir ul
Qadri Leavening supreme court after model town case
hearing at supreme court ,Chief Justice of Pakistan
Saqib Nisar orders formation of new Joint Investigation
Team to probe Model Town case.
over which, the court
wrapped up the plea and
ordered to form new team
for the investigation.
SC had issued notices to
146 persons including former
prime minister and
Pakistan Muslim League-
Nawaz (PML-N) supremo
Nawaz Sharif, former
Punjab CM and party president
Shehbaz Sharif and his
He said that the agreement
was government’s
another great achievement,
adding that the previous
governments deliberately
avoided signing an MoU
with Geneva.
The special assistant
went on to say that
Pakistan would start getting
information about
bank accounts of its citizens
from Switzerland
within two weeks time.
Shahzad Akbar said that
Model Town Massacre: Gullu Butt tries
to hug Tahir Ul Qadri on arrival in SC
ISLAMABAD: The suspect involved in the model
town massacre and damage to vehicles Gullu Butt on
his arrival in the Supreme Court where he tried to hug
Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahir Ul Qadri
but supporters and workers pushed him away.
According to media reports, on Wednesday when
hearing of the model town case started in the apex
court, PAT Chairman Tahir Ul Qadri as soon as tried to
enter into the court through court’s door then Gullu
Butt turned up and he shook hands with Tahir Ul Qadri
and also tried to hug him but supporters and workers
of PAT present there pushed him away.
son Hamza Shehbaz in case
pertaining to formation of
Joint Investigation Team
(JIT) in Model Town carnage
case. Earlier, Lahore
High Court (LHC) had
turned down PAT plea seeking
summons of ex-prime Muslim
minister Nawaz Sharif, former
Chief Minister of
Punjab (CM) Shahbaz
Sharif and ten other ministers
in the case.
PAT, in its appeal against
the ruling of the trial court,
had requested LHC to call
former ministers Khawaja
Saad Rafique, Rana
Sanaullah, Khawaja Asif
and others in the case.
Police sources had
revealed that former Punjab
law minister and Pakistan
League-Nawaz
(PML-N) leader Rana
Sanaullah was the mastermind
of the carnage.
Sanaullah had directed to
Shahzad Akbar hints at opening
Swiss cases against Zardari
SJA Jafri
Bureau Chief Australia
SYDNEY: Counter
Terror Police have revealed a
“personal grievance” was
behind the alleged terror hit
list found at a Sydney
University which led to the
arrest of a Sri Lankan man.
Australian cricketer
Usman Khawaja’s brother,
Arsalan, was yesterday
arrested in Parramatta by
police from the Joint Counter
Terrorism Team. Arsalan
Khawaja was granted bail
during an appearance this
afternoon at Parramatta
Local Court.
Under his bail conditions,
Khawaja must surrender his
passport and not approach
within 100m of campuses of
the University of NSW. He
must also report to a police
station three times a week.
Assistant Commissioner
Mick Willing yesterday confirmed
authorities are alleging
Khawaja is responsible
for setting up Mohamed
Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen, 25,
with a forged notebook,
which contained a plot to kill
former prime minister
Malcolm Turnbull and former
foreign minister Julie
Bishop.
“What we will be alleging
is that he was set up in a
planned and calculated manner,
motivated in part by personal
grievance”. “We have
no information to suggest
there is an ongoing threat to
the community. “We can
never be complacent because
the terrorist threat in this
country continues to be very
real. We had to act early at the
time, given the nature of the
million on his 25 private
visits abroad on government
expense and the case
was referred to National
former president and
Pakistan Peoples’ Party
(PPP) co-chairman Asif
Ali Zardari’s Swiss
accounts have US$ 72 million,
adding that following
Accountability
the JIT report in Omni
case, the government
could knock the doors of
Swiss banks.
He said that former
prime minister and
Pakistan Muslim League-
Nawaz (PML-N) supremo
Nawaz Sharif spent Rs250
Australian cricketer's brother 'forged
terror kill list because of grievance'
threats that were contained in
that notebook.”
Khawaja, 39, was arrested
on Tuesday and taken to
Parramatta Police Station,
where he has been charged
by Counter Terror Police in
relation to the alleged attempt
to pervert justice and the forgery
of documents.
NSW Police cameras captured
the moment he was
stopped by officers in his
Ford Mustang GT and taken
into custody. On August 31,
Nizamdeen was arrested after
the notebook was located at
the University of New South
Wales and charged with creating
a document in connection
with preparing for a terrorist
act.
He then spent four weeks
behind bars before being
released on bail in
September, after it was
revealed he was incorrectly
imprisoned. Hand-writing
experts found differences
between the script in the
notebook and Nizamdeen's
own writing and following
"definitive advice" yesterday
the charges were formally
withdrawn. Nizamdeen is
now seeking legal costs and
compensation.
Zardari wearing a turban, it seems he
is going to jail: Sheikh Rashid claims
ISLAMABAD: Federal
Minister for Railway Sheikh
Rashid Ahmad has said that
former president Asif Ali
Zardari has worn a turban as
it seems he is going to jail.
While talking to media
persons in Islamabad on
Wednesday, Minister said
that dacoits have caused
harm to the country’s economy.
He saidAsifAli Zardari
has worn a turban that shows
he is going to jail.
Talking about railway
he said we are launching
better projects for railway
employees’.
Health and Education
projects are also under consideration,
he added.
Minister said ML 2 and 3
will be inaugurated soon.
He claimed that historic
profit of Rs 97 million has
been made in one day and
now with the help of Allah
we will add profit of Rs 10
billion.
He said increased fares
of the trains can be
reviewed after 30 days.
The reason behind hike
in the train fares is the
increased imports value,
minister added.
Bureau
(NAB) which would
investigate the misuse of
authority.
On the occasion, the
special assistant said that
the government has decided
to form an institute to
eradicate poverty and Dr
Ashfaq Hassan would head
the department.
Woman
gunned down
by husband
FAISALABAD: Love
marriage Girl killed by husband
after five month,
accused arrested and Police
registered case. According
to media reports, M Tayyab
love marriage to Haleema
resident of Khanewal five
month ago. Quarrel between
the couple after two month of
wedding came on surface
which grew up. A day ago
accused Mohammad Tayyab
gunned down Haleema on
biter words.
HYDERABAD: On the
directives of Federal
Secretary Energy Division,
Irfan Ali and Chief
Executive Officer HESCO,
Raheem Ali Otho and
under direct supervision of
CBA leader, HESCO conducted
grand operation
against power thieves
throughout the region comprises
of 13 districts.
Under power rules and
regulations legal actions
are taken against the power
thieves accordingly and as
many as 25 letters were
submitted for FIRs registration
in various relevant
police stations.
Further six thieves have
so far been arrested so far
and and kunda connections
of over Rs.20,000 were
also disconnected.
Besides this, Chief
Engineer Operations,
Abdul Haq Memon lead
operations along with CBA
labour leader, Abdul Latif
Nizamani, Superintendent
launch operation against the
Model Town protesters
despite opposition from the
then home secretary Azam
Suleman, they added.
On June 17, 2014,
Punjab police went to
remove the barriers placed
outside PAT Chief Dr
Tahirul Qadri’s residence
and MQI Secretariat in
Model Town. The MQI
workers resisted the move
which led to a deadly clash
leaving 14 workers dead and
dozens injured.
Farewell lunch for
outgoing Pakistani
ambassador
JEDDAH: Consulate
General of Pakistan,
Jeddah held a farewell
lunch for the outgoing
Ambassador of Pakistan to
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Khan Hasham bin
Saddique, in Jeddah.
The lunch was attended
by all officers including the
Consul General Mr.
Shehryar Akbar Khan.
While speaking at the
occasion Khan Hasham
said that the friendship
between the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
is above personalities and
has its roots in the peoples
of both the countries. He
said that the people to people
contact between the
two countries has provided
base to these relations and
it has been strengthened
with each passing day.
He said that he enjoyed
every day of his stay in the
kingdom due to two major
reasons. First reason, he
said, is the closeness to the
holiest places of the
Muslims, and opportunity
to perform the holy religious
“ibadat”. Second is
the opportunity to serve the
large diaspora of the
Pakistani community living
in the kingdom, he added.
Engineer Operation Circle
Hyderabad, Muhammad
Akbar Durrani and
Director S&I Zahoor
Girl critically injured on face
for resisting sexual assault
MULTAN: A girl has
received stab injuries on
face while resisting a sexual
assault by a young man.
According to Police,
young man entered into
MUMBAI: Bollywood
actor Katrina Kaif has
opened up about her breakup
with Ranbir Kapoor and
said that she now sees it as
a ‘blessing’.
After years of dating,
the Bollywood stars had
called it quits in 2016.
While Ranbir had opened
up about the break-up and
shooting together after
they parted ways, Katrina
had maintained silence.
However, the actor who
will next be seen in Bharat
alongside Salman Khan, in
a recent interview with
Vogue said, “I now see it
as a blessing because I was
able to recognise my patterns,
thought processes
and things that I had been
so sure of my whole life. I
could see them from a
whole different perspective.”
She further told the
magazine that it was one of
the few times in her life
that she only had herself to
focus on and owing to that,
she realised that she didn't
really know herself. “It’s
like a period of not knowing,
a period of being
uncomfortable because
you’re seeing yourself in
your raw form without
embellishments and then
accepting that you don’t
really know who you are,”
she said.
Regarding the notion
that she is reserved,
“S” house and tried to
subject her to sexual
assault and after resistance
from the girl,
accused injured her face
with a sharp tool and
fled the scene. Injured
girl was immediately
shifted to hospital.
Police have arrested
the accused and registered
case.
Katrina Kaif says she now sees breakup
with Ranbir Kapoor as 'a blessing'
I S L A M A B A D :
Foreign Minister (FM)
Shah Mahmood Qureshi in
a ceremony held at the
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Islamabad
Wednesday distributed
books, school bags, stationary
and items of winter
clothing among 200
Afghan refugee children.
Addressing the ceremony,
Foreign Minister
Qureshi highlighted the
generous hospitality
extended by the people of
Pakistan to their Afghan
brothers and sister during
the last four decades. At
any given point during
these years, on average
over three million
Afghans have been living
in Pakistan. He stated that
Pakistan had ensured education
facilities to the
Afghan refugees at par
with its own citizens and
will continue to invest in
the education of the
refugee children as it is
the real investment for a
prosperous future of
Afghanistan. He also
underscored the importance
of trilateral cooperation
between Pakistan-
China-Afghanistan for
peace in Afghanistan and
the region, deepening
Katrina said, "I don’t like
to blame other people, the
responsibility is on me…
but the trigger is how you
approach me. I’m very
sensitive, and if someone
approaches me with a lack
of warmth or affection, the
wall goes up.”
Katrina also termed
regret as “the single-most
useless emotion on the
planet". “Whatever decision
you make at that time
in your life, it’s the best
decision you could have
made at that moment.
That’s why you made it!
Now, it’s hindsight. Of
what use is hindsight?” she
asked.
Katrina and Ranbir
were seen together in films
such as Ajab Prem Ki
Ghazab Kahaani, Rajneeti
and Jagga Jasoos.
FM distributes school bags, winter clothing
among Afghan refugees children
Ahmed Sheikh disconnected
over 4,000 illegal
connections in
Qasimabad, Abdullah
connectivity, mutual
development and economic
prosperity.
On this occasion,
Ambassador of China Yao
Jing appreciated Pakistan’s
continued hospitality to
millions of Afghan
refugees and expressed his
country’s desire to work for
expanding trilateral cooperation
in areas of mutual
interests. The Afghan
C.d’A thanked Pakistan for
hosting Afghan refugees
for almost four decades and
stated that the trilateral
cooperation will contribute
towards peace and stability
in Afghanistan.
HESCO Chief directives resulting grand
operation against power theft
Centre and submitted letters
for lodging FIRs.
Chief Executive Officer
HESCO appealed general
public and media to cooperate
culminating power
theft and improving power
supply system.
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