12 December 2018

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018 

Metropolitan 

Karachi’s CNG stations to be closed 

indefinitely as city suffers from gas shortage 

KARACHI: The government 

has decided to shut 

down all CNG stations for 

an indefinite time in Karachi 

due to gas shortage. 

Commuters faced 

immense problems because 

of the shortage of public 

transport on roads. Buses 

and mini-buses may stop 

their operations too. 

There has been a shortage 

of gas in Karachi for the 

last four to five days. Two 

gas fields of SSGC—Tando 

Jam and Gambat gas field— 

have been suffering from a 

gas shortage. The factories 

and industries are feeling 

the pressure too. Workers 

come to factories but cannot 

do anything as there is no 

gas. 

SITE Association 

President Saleem Parekh 

KARACHI: To make 

Pakistan a true civilized 

society, it is necessary that 

the government accepts and 

ensures that every Pakistani 

citizen deserves equality, 

justice and human dignity, 

said Pasban Democratic 

Party President Altaf 

Shakoor. 

In a statement on the 

occasion of the 

International Human 

Rights Day, he said the 

constitution of Pakistan 

guarantees basic rights to 

all citizens, but the Wadera 

and elite class, vested interests 

and corrupt politicians 

are the main hurdle in realization 

of the legal and constitutional 

rights of the 

common Pakistani citizens. 

He said the rich and elite 

class enjoys all rights and 

privileges, while the common 

man is deprived of 

remarked that the situation 

of gas is quite bad. “It seems 

like a conspiracy of SSGC 

and bureaucracy to hamper 

our exports.” He remarked 

that exporters will pay the 

heavy cost of lack of production. 

their basic rights. He said in 

order to become a justbased 

society justice should 

be doled out to each and 

every citizen, irrespective 

of their class, creed, color, 

economic and social status. 

Altaf Shakoor said the 

human rights day is 

observed every year on 10 

December – the day the 

United Nations General 

Assembly adopted, in 

1948, the Universal 

Declaration of Human 

Rights. This year, Human 

Rights Day marks the 70th 

anniversary of the 

Universal Declaration of 

Human Rights, a milestone 

document that proclaimed 

the inalienable rights which 

everyone is inherently entitled 

to as a human being -- 

regardless of race, color, 

religion, sex, language, 

political or other opinion, 

On Monday, the Sui 

Southern Gas Company 

asked for a 14% increase in 

the price of gas. The company 

asked the Oil and Gas 

Regulatory Authority to 

increase the price by Rs84, 

taking it to Rs671 per 

national or social origin, 

property, birth or other status. 

Pasban leader said the 

secret of the success of all 

developed nation is that 

they strictly defend the 

basic rights of citizens and 

ensure that justice would be 

doled out to all without any 

discrimination at every 

cost. He said sadly in our 

country the constitution 

and law are not being 

implemented in true manner 

when it is the matter of 

interests of poor and downtrodden 

people. 

He said the lack of education, 

healthcare, job and 

shelter facilities as required 

to be given under the constitutional 

provisions is 

self-evident that the rulers 

of Pakistan do not believe 

in basic human rights of 

people and they are not 

MMBtu. 

CNG Association 

President Ghiyas Paracha 

said the decision to shut 

down CNG stations is 

unjustified, adding that an 

artificial shortage was being 

created. 

‘Poverty and hunger are on the rise also in ‘Naya Pakistan’ 

KARACHI: An elderly woman with her daughter holds bundles of dry woods on their 

heads to use as fuel on Super Highway area, as yesterday through all over the world 

observes International Human Rights Day but these nomad people are not aware of 

their basic rights. 

10th Tehzeeb Festival starts from Dec 14 

KARACHI: Tehzeeb Raza Ali Khan (from 

Foundation of Pakistan in India) - grandson of the 

collaboration with Karachi legendary Ustad Bade 

Arts Council is holding its Ghulam Ali Khan and 

10thTehzeeb Festival on UstadFateh Ali Khan 

14-16 December 2018. 

The 3-days event features 

different genres and 

styles of our traditional 

(Gwalior Gharana). 

It will also showcase 

young musicians including, 

Shahzeb Ali, Turab 

music: Kheyal, Thumri, Ali, Shehroz Hussain, 

ghazal and folk music presented 

by some of the brilliant 

Imran Ilyas Khan, Ahmed 

Raza Khan and others. 

musicians of WaliFateh Ali Khan from 

Pakistan. It also features Afghanistan will also be 

renowned artistes from participating in the event 

India and Afghanistan. to present kheyal and 

The event will feature Persian Kalam. 

Ustad Hamid Ali Khan Musicologists including 

(Patiala Gharana), Ustad UstadShahid Hamid (clas- 

Special drive against vehicles 

plying with open letter decided 

KARACHI: Sindh 

Excise and Taxation 

Department has taken serious 

notice of the news that 

certain number of the vehicles 

are being plied on the 

roads with open letter and in 

this regard, a special drive 

against vehicles plying with 

open letter is going to be 

launched in collaboration 

with Sindh police. 

This was decided in a 

meeting chaired by Sindh 

Minister for Excise and 

Taxation & Narcotics 

Control and Parliamentary 

Affairs Mukesh Kumar 

Chawla here in his office on 

Tuesday. Secretary Excise 

and Taxation Narcotics 

Control Abdul Rahim 

Shaikh, Director Generals 

Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh, 

Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and 

other directors also attended 

ready to give equality, justice 

and human dignity to 

the poor and marginalized 

sections of society. He said 

poverty and hunger are on 

the rise also in ‘Naya 

Pakistan’. He said the citizens 

even today witness 

the same VIP culture, same 

level of arrogance and 

ignorance and same level 

of bureaucratic corruption 

and incompetence in the 

country. He said in these 

circumstances the dream of 

true basic rights to all people 

seems a pipe dream. He 

said the government lacks 

both courage and vision to 

make Pakistan a true 

Islamic welfare state, in 

which all basic rights of 

citizens are strictly safeguarded. 

He said millions 

of citizens of Pakistan do 

not get even clean drinking 

water. 

Construction of 

Gulshan Iqbal 

Hospital halted 

Meanwhile, Karachi 

Transport Ittehad President 

Arshad Bukhari said there 

was no need for a strike as 

public transport will automatically 

stop running if 

CNG is unavailable. He 

placed the blame on the 

petroleum ministry and 

CNG administration. 

The CNG association 

has issued a strike call outside 

the SSGC office in 

Karachi tomorrow 

(Wednesday). 

The Sindh government 

sidelined itself from the 

issue, placing blame on the 

federal government instead. 

Sindh Energy Minister 

Imtiaz Sheikh said Prime 

Minister Imran Khan had 

not fulfilled his promise to 

provide gas on his visit to 

Karachi. 

PPHI providing 

facilities at 1176 health 

units- Dr. Azra Pechuho 

KARACHI: Provincial 

Minister for Health and 

Population Welfare Dr. Azra 

Fazal Pechuho has said that 

Peoples Primary Healthcare 

Initiatives (PPHI) has done 

a remarkable performance 

and providing better health 

care facilities to the people 

of Sindh. This she said 

while presiding over a 

meeting with PPHI here in 

her office on Tuesday. CEO 

PPHI Dr. Ghulam Ali 

Soomro, Dr. Zeb Dahar and 

PSO Abdul Ghaffar Surhio 

also attended the meeting. 

The meeting was informed 

that PPHI was providing 

health care facilities at 1176 

health units across the 

province in 22 districts of 

Sindh except Karachi and 

Nawabshah. On this occasion 

Sindh Minister for 

Health and Population 

Welfare Dr. Azra Pechuho 

reiterated her commitment 

to provide better health 

facilities to the people of 

Sindh and expressed her 

hope that PPHI would continue 

to provide better 

health care facilities to the 

people of Sindh. in another 

meeting with a delegation 

TECH4Life with in her 

office the Provincial 

Minister for health and population 

was informed that 

supply of telemedicine system 

alongwith complete 

installation, training and 

support fulfilling all technical 

specifications will establish 

five telemedicine clinics 

in districts Mithi, 

Qambar shahdadkot, Dadu, 

Jamshoro and Khairpur 

Mirs soon. 

Rangers arrest 2 MQM-London suspects, 

makes biggest-ever arms recovery 

Sikandar Rajput and ammunition from a 

Staff Reporter house No R-369 in Mohala 

Azizabad, Federal B Area. 

KARACHI: Sindh The Rangers have 

Rangers on Tuesday declared the recovery as 

claimed in a Press Release the biggest arms and 

issued to media that they ammunition cache ever 

have arrested two members 

unearthed in Karachi. 

of Muttahida Qaumi They recovered 195 

M o v e m e n t - L o n d o n ’s rifle grenades, 98 

(MQM-L) South Africa grenades-40 MM, 52 hand 

Network from North grenades, 13 eliminating 

Karachi’s Sector-10 and grenades, 90 Awan 

recovered a huge cache of 

arms and ammunition during 

an intelligence based 

bombs, 11 RPG-7 rockets, 

49 safety fuses, 170 detonators, 

17 kilograms of 

operation. 

plastic explosives, two 

A Rangers spokesman RPG-7 weapons, one 

said in the Press Release grenade launcher 40-MM, 

that on an intelligence two MP five, six MGs, five 

report about MQM LMGs, one HMG, two 

London’s South Africa dragger snipers, four 

Network members, a SMGs, one 222-bore rifle, 

Rangers team carried out a one point 22-bore rifle, six 

targeted raid in North 7-MM rifles, two G-3 riles, 

Karachi’s Sector-10 and 

apprehended two accused 

Mustaqeem and Muqeem. 

two 30-bore pistols, four 

under barrel SMG grenade 

launchers, one 17-GS, one 

The spokesman further telescope, four silencers, 

said in the light of both 13 superior SMGs, 107 

accused’s revelations during 

different magazines, 

interrogation, the para- 

military forces also recovered 

a huge cache of arms 

17160 SMG rounds, 100 

G-3 rounds, 3770 rounds 

of 222-bore rifle, 332 MM 

KARACHI: The construction 

work on 400-bed 

Sindh Government Gulshan 

e Iqbal Hospital has been 

KARACHI: The launching 

ceremony of state of the 

halted by the Works & 

art 3,000 tonne Survey 

Services Department of 

Vessel, being built for 

Sindh Government for past 

Pakistan Navy, was held at 

several months due to 

Yang Zong, China. 

unknown reasons. 

Reliable sources at Sindh 

Health Department told PPI 

The ship was launched 

into Yangtze River. Chief 

Naval Overseer (China), 

that the construction work 

Commodore Azfar 

on 400-bed Sindh Govt 

Humayun graced the ceremony 

Gulshan e Iqbal Hospital, 

Karachi, was started in May 

as Chief Guest. The 

vessel is under construction 

19, 2009 with cost of 

at Jiangsu DAJIN Heavy 

Rs436.356million which 

Industries Company 

was supposed to be completed 

Limited China and is the 

2012-13 but PC-I of 

project was revised on May 

15, 2014 again with 

increased cost of 

Enquiry initiated against 

Rs1736.359million. 

CHK accountant 

sical vocalist), Professor The project was supposed 

Shahbaz Ali (Harmonium) 

to be completed by KARACHI: Sindh It will probe the allega- 

and RakaeJameel (Sitar) the end of 2016 but only 70 Health Department has constituted 

tion of misappropriation of 

will also perform. per cent work could be done 

an enquiry commit- 

budget/funds related to diftion 

The festival also so far due as Works & tee to probe the allegation of ferent heads i-e P.O.L 

includes a literary session Services Department has misappropriation of budget/funds 

charges others, purchase of 

captioned Halaat-e- temporarily halted work at 

against Mukhtiar drugs & medicines repair of 

GhairHaazira by Anwar project site for last several Ahmed Qureshi, accountant furniture & fixtures, repair 

Maqsood, which is an months. 

Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital of machinery & equipments 

imaginary conversation The ground plus three Karachi (CHK). 

and M&R for the year 2017- 

with the iconic personality stories building of hospital According to a notification, 

18, 2018-19 against 

Jaun Elia (1931-2002). has been divided in several 

a three-member accountant Mukhtiar 

Tehzeeb Festival is blocks. 

enquiry committee comprised 

Qureshi Civil Hospital 

sponsored by Getz The construction work of 

of Arshad Khokhar, Karachi. 

Pharma, Thar Foundation, Block-A and Block-B and Deputy Secretary Health The committee members 

PSO, Martin Dow, Thar Block-C was almost completed. 

Department (Budget), are required to probe into 

Foundation and Pepsi. The 

However, construc- 

(chairman), Muhammad the allegation; findings 

event is open to public and tion work of Block-D, Younus Section Officer should explicitly fix the 

entry is free. 

Block-E and administrative (PM-1), (member) and responsibility upon the officer/official 

block was temporarily halted 

Irfan Arain Section Officer 

and submit the 

by the department con- 

budget (member) was con- 

report to health department 

cerned. 

stituted. 

within 15 days. 

Ex-provincial minister 

health Sindh Jam Mehtab 

Hussain Dahar had given PMA reiterates demand to increase 

December 2016 as deadline 

the meeting. 

to the contractor for completion 

health budget to 6pc of GDP 

Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh 

of the project during his KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has 

informed the meeting that tenure but the work is yet to reiterated its demand to increase health budget to 6pc of 

for special drive against be completed. The high-ups GDP. A PMA release here Tuesday said with reference to 

vehicles plying with open of Sindh health department news published in print media regarding Chief Justice of 

letter, seven officers in districts 

had also decided to convert Pakistan’s criticism on medical facilities in the country. 

South, City, this general hospital into Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) appreciates the efforts 

Centra,?East, Korangi West Institute Of Traumatology and concerns of Chief Justice of Pakistan to improve the 

and Malir had been assigned and Orthopaedic health delivery system of Pakistan to provide better facilities 

to assist Sindh police and for Rehabilitation after completion 

to the Poor masses of the country. PMA has been raising its 

the purpose, a letter had 

of the project but now voice for the last many years to address the issues of health 

been issued to Inspector construction work at project delivery system and medical education on priority basis but 

General of Police. site is in limbo. 

the governments always pay least attention to the health. 

rifle rounds, and 21820 

MMG rounds. 

The spokesperson said 

that the suspects had managed 

to flee during a raid at 

Nine Zero in 2015. The 

rangers said suspect 

Mustaqeem was in contact 

with Shujauddin alias 

Bobby in South Africa. 

The Rangers said that the 

suspect Mustaqim flew to 

India in 1992 along with 

Javaid Langra. 

The suspect was 

involved in several terrorism 

activities in 1993 after 

his return from India, 

adding that both the suspects 

were assigned to 

assassinate a number of 

political leaders of the city. 

Director General Rangers 

Sindh Major General 

Muhammad Saeed inspected 

the recovered arms and 

ammunition and appreciated 

rangers team for successful 

operation. He also determined 

to establish peace in 

Karachi at any cost. The 

arrested accused and arms 

were handed over to police 

for further legal action. 

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar leaving Supreme Court registry building 

after his hearing of anti-encroachment case. 

Launching ceremony of state 

of the art Survey Vessel held 

largest survey vessel to be 

built for Pakistan Navy 

under Sino-Pak collaboration. 

Once completed, the 

new ship will be one of the 

most technologically 

advanced survey vessels of 

Pakistan Navy and will 

strengthen Pakistan's 

marine scientific research 

capability while providing 

flexibility to carry out 

underwater search and 

localization operations. 

While addressing the 

ceremony, the Chief Guest 

highlighted that Pakistan 

Navy has strong traditions 

in hydrography and the 

newly launched Survey 

Vessel with its extended 

endurance and advanced 

survey equipment will 

enhance Pakistan's oceanographic 

survey capability. 

He also acknowledged concerted 

efforts made by 

Bestway Group, Dajin 

Shipyard and all involved in 

the project for timely 

achieving the significant 

milestone of launching. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Mohammad Baloch 

along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat and 

MPA, Jan Alam Jamot conducting meeting regarding 

development works. 

KARACHI: Chairman District Council Karachi, Salman 

Abdullah Murad inaugurating Community and Women 

Centre. Chief Officer, Masroor Ahmed Memon and District 

Engineer, Fazal Mehmood Gul also present on the occasion. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi 

inspecting rare plants at Fateh Bagh in North 

Nazimabad.


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Overseas Pakistanis will have to 

pay tax on bringing more than 

one cell phone: Fawad Chaudhry 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry has said 

overseas Pakistanis can 

bring with them only one 

cell phone to Pakistan and 

there will be no tax on it, 

however they will have to 

pay tax on additional cell 

phones. 

He said in a statement 

on site twitter of social 

website “ we are importing 

mobile phones valuing 2 

billion dollars and if we 

don’t impose tax on them 

then how will we run. 

He said that tax on 

mobile cell valuing below 

60 dollars is equal to nothing, 

however, 38 percent 

tax has been slapped on 

costly mobile phones. 

What will be more appropriate 

taxation than this. 

Tax culture will have to 

adopted, he added. 

AJK PM lauds Pakistan's 

initiative on opening Kartarpur 


Prime Minister of Azad 

Jammu and Kashmir 

(AJK) Raja Farooq 

Haider Khan has appreciated 

the Pakistan government's 

initiative for 

taking steps on opening 

Kartar Pur corridor and 

demanded to open such 

corridors across the 

LOC. 

Addressing a seminar 

here, he observed that 

there is a need to move 

tactfully forward 

towards the resolution 

of the Kashmir issue. 

He said 9/11 incident 

has given opportunity 

to India to sabotage the 

Kashmir freedom struggle 

in disguise of terrorism. 

Govt to introduce uniform 

syllabus: Shafqat 


Minister for Education 

and Professional 

Training Shafqat 

Mehmood has said that 

the government is the 

planning to introduce 

uniform syllabus 

across the country. 

Talking to a private 

news channel, he said 

more schools would be 

established in the 

country to promote 

quality education. 

The minister said 

the government is 

also working on raising 

the standard of 

government 

schools and to 

increase the enrollment 

of the students. 

He said technological 

trainings of teachers 

would also be conducted 

to enhance 

their skills. 

Jatoi community continued hunger strike 

on 103rd day over non arrest of killers 

Abdul Mateen Mahar 

Staff Reporter 

KHAIRPUR: Several 

members of Jatoi community 

on Saturday continued 

their protest and token 

hunger strike hunger strike 

for the 103 consecutive 

day on tuesday in front of 

the Sukkur press club over 

non-arrest of suspected 

killers and land grabbers. 

The angry protesters 

including Dilmrad Jatoi, 

Edan Jatoi, Yasin jatoi, 

Hamadullah Jatoi, Allah 

Dino Jatoi and otherss told 

newsman that renowned 

land grabber builder Rao 

Shakir and his accomplices 

notorious criminals including 

Mehar Jatoi, Panah 

Lalabo, Ghaffar Rajpute, 

Essa Malik, Ayoob Seelro 

and others occupied their 

land with the help of revenue 

officials and Airport 

police. 

They said that Rao 

Shakir along with his 

armed persons land hundreds 

peope have been 

grabbed by fource of 

They further alleged 

that many times assailants 

had attacked their homes, 

and recently one young 

member of their community 

was killed and six people 

were injured in an 

attack. 

ADC Thatta takes stand against 

use of ghutka manpuri in schools 

Abbas Kassar 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Additional Deputy 

Commissioner Thatta 

Imranul Hassan Khwaja 

has asked for identifying 

teachers who take Ghuka 

Manpuri during class 

hours and report same to 

monitoring officer so to 

correct the morality of 

such teaches because such 

practice can cast negative 

affects to students. This he 

said while chairing district 

education oversight committee 

meeting at Makli. 

Additional deputy commissioner 

took stock of 

operational and closed 

schools in detail and 

expressed dissatisfaction 

OUR STAFF REPORT 

BADIN: Large number 

citizens of district Badin 

were suffered of their stolen 

cellular phones. Those cellular 

phones were stolen from 

thier shops, homes and other 

public spots. 

Couple of months ago, 

many citizens registered their 

complaints and applications 

at CRO branch of SSP office 

Badin but due to negligence 

those costly cellular phones 

were not recovered. In this 

connection citizens Naeem 

on performance of Taluka 

education officers of district 

except DEO Thatta. 

He asked these TEOs to 

improve their performance 

and take care of children’s 

education as we can only 

make advances through 

better education. He said 

until officers and teachers 

do not improve their performance, 

the students cannot 

build their bright future. 

He said monitoring officers 

have been appointed for the 

purpose of getting closed 

schools reopened and to 

ensure attendance of teachers. 

He said he has received 

complaints against teachers 

absence and closed 

schools. 

Citizens suffers of 

stolen cellular phones 

Akhtar, Roshan Ali, Farman, 

Aqib Ali and others deplored 

that they have complaints to 

SSP office for recovery of 

their cellular phones but they 

were not justified. 

It was learnt that those 

stolen cellular phones were 

sold out in the market while 

it was also feared that those 

could be used by criminals in 

ill practice or criminal activities. 

Citizens have demanded 

from SSP Badin for recovery 

of their stolen cellular 

phones.

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OPINION 

Effects of US sanctions on 

Iran’s natural gas projects 

OmidShokriKalehsar wrote in Tehran Times about Effects of US sanctions 

on Iran’s natural gas projects hereby we reproduce for its importance 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

Iran holds the second largest 

natural gas reserves in the 

world. Despite this advantage, 

the country controls less than one 

percent of the world’s natural gas 

market. Nevertheless, Iran is the 

third largest gas producer and, over 

the past few years, has focused on 

increasing its share of the global gas market. By the 

end of 2017, according to the National Iranian Gas 

Company, Iran was producing 800 million cubic 

meters per day. 

Iran’s short-term intention is to increase the volume 

of gas available for export by 365 million cubic 

meters per day by 2021. 

Exporting natural gas takes a back seat in terms 

of priorities to more immediate economic considerations 

like boosting investment into oil fields, satisfying 

domestic consumption, and expanding gasbased 

industries. Iran has 50 independent gas fields, 

of which currently only 23 are developed and producing. 

Iran’s largest gas field at South Pars, with 

reserves of 14 trillion cubic meters, accounts for 

around 40 percent of the country’s gas reserves. In 

2017, Iran produced 130 billion cubic meters of natural 

gas from this field. Iran plans to complete 

Phase 11 in the next two years so that it can produce 

about 180 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. 

But based on estimates from the Ministry of 

Oil, South Pars will experience a significant drop in 

pressure, known as the “dew point,” probably 

around 2023. 

In 2015, after the signing of the nuclear agreement, 

Iranian officials repeated calls for an injection 

of around $100 billion in foreign investment into the 

country’s oil, gas, and petrochemical sector. Most of 

Iran’s oil wells have entered the second half of their 

lives. With 8 percent of oil production dropping 

automatically year on year, Iran desperately needs 

technology and capital from foreign countries just to 

stabilize its oil production. The US ban on companies 

engaging in dollar deals with Iran, however, 

means that large financial institutions risk heavy 

fines from the Treasury Department, thus hampering 

any progress in Iran’s ability to gain such investments 

through formal and legal restrictions. 

Iran signed major agreements with foreign companies 

in the natural gas sector, including contracts 

for the development of the 11th phase of the South 

Pars field with both French and Chinese partners 

designed to increase the production capacity of the 

field by 56 million cubic meters per day. After the 

US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, however, the 

French company Total abandoned the contract, and 

China National Petroleum Corporation officials 

stated that only they would remain in Iran’s natural 

Vijay Kumar 

N A W A B S H A H : 

Human right activist 

Farzana Jamali has decided 

to take a part in politics 

because in this way I can 

serve the masses irrespective 

of caste and religion 

differences, she told to 

daily messenger. 

I want to uplift the people 

of Hassan Jamali who 

are completely backward 

and there is a lot of ignorance 

that must be nipped 

in the bud that will come 

true with power of votes. 

Mostly people my village 

are hopeless because 

lack of education and education 

behaves like back 

bone of society with the 

force of education system 

can be changed. 

gas sector. However, Chinese companies do not 

have a good record in Iran’s oil industry. For 

instance, several Chinese companies have delayed 

work in the Azadegan Fields for no good reason. 

Also, Chinese firms with interests in the United 

States or in US-funded projects may be reluctant to 

invest in Iran. 

According to Mohammad Hassan Adeli, former 

secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries 

Forum, sanctions are one of the main reasons for 

Iran’s failure in its gas export policy. However, 

other factors include the long process of achieving 

consensus on big decisions in Iran and a prevailing 

opinion among Iranian policymakers that gas 

should only be consumed domestically or turned 

into petrochemical products. 

Iran has plans to increase its export of natural gas 

to other countries. For instance, Iran and Pakistan 

began work on a pipeline in March 2013 that would 

send 1.5 million cubic meters per day natural gas to 

Pakistan. However, US sanctions against Iran may 

force Pakistan to seek a less controversial alternative. 

Iran is also eyeing the European market. But 

gas exports to Europe face two major problems. 

Firstly, traditionally, Russia has dominated this market 

and Iran cannot hope to play as large a role as 

Russia in supplying gas to Europe. Second, in order 

to export Iranian gas via pipeline to Europe, Iran 

must secure transit through several intermediary 

countries. 

Given recent developments in the energy market—not 

to mention the sanctions imposed by the 

Trump government—attracting foreign capital and 

technology to the Iranian energy industry, especially 

the natural gas industry, carries none of the optimism 

of previous years. 

Foreign private companies have enough financial 

resources to make a splash in the Iranian market. 

But attracting foreign investment requires a 

suitable legal framework and an efficient and fast 

decision process, as well as political stability. In 

addition, Iran needs to revise its foreign policy and 

solve its issues with neighbors as well as the West. 

With neither foreign technology nor capital, Iran 

will not be able to produce more oil and gas to 

export to neighbors, let alone export to the EU. 

At present, major natural gas producers such as 

Russia and the United States have made huge 

investments in their own natural gas sectors. If these 

major natural gas producers control the regional and 

world gas markets, Iran is likely to struggle to find 

importers. Boosting Iran’s share of the market from 

one percent to 10 percent, as the government would 

like to do, is possible only with foreign investment, 

which requires a reduction of political risk in the 

country and an effort to eliminate tension with 

neighboring countries.(Tehran Times ) 

Sindh Minister for ipants of the campaign. and empower women in 

Women Development Syeda Shehla Raza further Sindh in this regard Thar 

Shehla Raza has urged upon said that besides such successful 

will not be remained as 

the NGOs that to involve 

events at Sindh Thar, Thar definitely be 

the social sector on permanent 

level, women protection changed Pakistan, I called 

basis for resolve of 

women issues and problems 

in a practical manner so the 

cell with 1094 free toll 

number 24/7 has also been 

established in her office to 

the NGOs to help and join 

hands as not me only but all 

together we would do for 

women could be more redress grievances, issues the women. Not only provide 

strengthen and strong by all being faced by the women 

legal support assis- 

means. 

This she observed while 

addressing at closing and 

Certificate distribution ceremony 

through their complaints 

and personally visits to the 

cell. Under which 28 out of 

58 different complaints had 

tance but talk for their productive 

health, discourage 

the early child marriages 

and motivated them from 

of 16 days of been resolved while 30 are doing early child marriage. 

activism and awareness in process to seek detailed We want only assistance not 

campaign regarding celebrations 

of” International 

reports and facts from the 

concerned, it will provide 

Govern any body 

She further asked the 

day for Elimination of relief to respective complainers. 

NGOs to come forward at 

Violence against Women” 

organized by the Wonder The Minister Women 

one Platform, competition 

is the best way, to compete 

Women association of Development Sindh has and fight against un awareness, 

Pakistan held at local hotel 

here to recognize the partic- 

said that practical step are 

being taken to make strong illiteracy to move for- 

ward jointly to fulfill the 

International day for Elimination of Violence against Women 

Practical step are taken to make strong and empower women in Sindh: Shehla Raza 

dream into reality She has 

extended her full cooperation 

to NGOs to sit together 

in her office as its their 

office, they will decide to 

what to do for the betterment 

of the women whatever 

they wants, trainings, 

legal support and help, 

counseling etc,. 

Syeda Shehla Raza has 

announced that Women 

complex is being established 

in Sukkur which will 

be model for all women 

where all activities will be 

held, She invited NGOs to 

not to hold workshops, 

seminar and their activities 

in hotel but will hold such 

activities and events in the 

complex of Pakistan, which 

will be inaugurated very 

soon as it will be the first 

Culture of education alone can save all 

other forms of culture, stress speakers 

JAMSHORO: “I am 

amazed to witness the 

exceptional talent of the 

pupils studying at Dr. N.A. 

Baloch Model School 

University of Sindh, 

Hyderabad,” said Vice- 

Chancellor, University of 

Sindh, adding that the quality, 

character and caliber of 

the skits performed by the 

school children were 

nowhere less than excellent; 

which reflected the unusual 

confidence and competence 

of the students. This he said 

in his remarks at the eve of 

a cultural day program 

organized by Dr. N.A. 

Baloch Model School 

Hyderabad at its premises. 

The program was 

presided over by VC-SU 

Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad 

Burfat, while Dr. Syed 

Abdul Qadir Shah Director 

Private Schools Hyderabad 

Region was the Chief 

Guest, whereas SU 

Registrar Prof. Dr. 

Muhammad Saleem 

Chandio and Dean Faculty 

of Education Prof. Dr. 

Saleha Parveen were the 

Guests of Honor at this 

occasion. 

In his presidential 

address, Dr. Burfat further 

Anti-polio drive: 13 

UCs declared high 

risk in twin cities 

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMAB 

AD: 13 Union Councils 

(UCs) have been declared as 

high risk in the twin cities 

after some samples of polio 

virus have been found positive. 

According to media 

reports, the anti-polio drive 

has been started across 

Punjab. 

1, 91, 00,000 children of 

age 5 will be administered 

polio drops including 8, 

48,250 children of district 

Rawalpindi. 

In district Rawalpindi 5- 

day anti-polio campaign has 

been started that will continue 

till December 14. 

13 union councils including 

1 to 11 UCs, UC 22 and 

UC 33 has been declared as 

high risk after finding samples 

of polio virus positive. 

Special attention will be 

paid towards these Union 

Councils. 

547 area Incharge UC 

MOs, 2503 mobile teams, 5 

fixed points, and 120 transit 

points have been set up by 

the District Health 

Rawalpindi. 

Exclusive interview with human rights activist Farzana Jamali 

I have filled nomination 

form on the vacant 

seat of UC Hassan Jamali 

and I hope people will of 

village support me in this 

regard. 

If I will win then I 

uplift the people who have 

become distressed and I 

will mostly focus on education 

through it every can 

fight for their Rights. 

ever building of the Women 

development department 

Sindh where will be women 

hostel, complaint cell, day Shaheed 

care centre, crises centre, 

vocational institute &, gym, 

there we will invite you all 

in the ceremony we wants 

we should work through 

you people. 

The Minister has appreciated 

the efforts of all 

NGOs representatives who 

were not only contributed in 

16 days campaign also distributed 

certificate among 

them as token of appreciation 

as we did not kept 16 

days only for 16 days but it 

was the continued process 

of joint efforts and activities 

permanently. She said that 

all others are actively participated 

but she had not 

said that he was proud of 

the pupils of Dr. N.A. 

Baloch Model School, 

Hyderabad and considered 

them as his real power. He 

said he also believed in the 

unprecedented power of 

education, which alone possessed 

the capacity to 

change the world. Citing 

Nelson Mandela, he said 

that education was the only 

instrument by exploiting 

which one could conquer 

the world. 

“Along with the power 

of education is the immense 

power of the prayers of a 

mother. A mother’s prayer 

could transform your lives; 

hence, you should always 

Abdul Mateen Mahar 


KHAIRPUR: 7th class 

student crushed to death 

by speedy train near railway 

station Ghotki on 

Tuesday. 

properly active in the campaign 

but she will to do so 

in future. Benazir Bhutto 

Hockey 

Tournament progress, she 

added.will be held very 

soon and as I the chairperson 

of Women Hockey 

Association of Karachi. 

She lauded the contributions 

of the Asma Shah and 

Dr Shah, Sarim Burney, 

Dureshawar, Zia Awan, are 

very helpful and contributed 

in their women protection 

cell as we had 12 

cell in the districts while 2 

shelter home run by Sarim 

Burney, we will be together, 

only wants your cooperation 

and it will be continued 

The 16 days of activism 

and awareness campaign 

has been starting from 25th 

be grateful, kind, loving and 

caring to your parents and 

keep seeking their blessings,” 

Dr. Burfat said. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Chief Guest Shah said 

that only those nations had 

excelled in the world that 

had easy access to quality 

education and command in 

use of technology. He said 

that empowerment of 

women was always a result 

of education. He termed 

women empowerment and 

education necessary for 

each other. 

Shah congratulated 

school principal Rashdi and 

his team upon successfully 

organizing an important 

According to police 

boy Inayatullah chachar - 

13 s/o Khameso chachar 

student of seventh class of 

Iqra public school ghotki 

was crossing railway track 

near ghotki railway station 

after off of school, Hazara 

November to December 

10, 2018 throughout the 

Sindh provinces are being 

celebrated by the Women 

Development Department 

Sindh in collaboration of 

12 different NGOs. More 

than 56 multi task activities 

were held at Karachi, 

Hyderabad, e Thatta, 

Badin where many successful 

activities and 

awareness for women 

rights, early child marriage, 

career counciling, 

awareness about Breast 

disease to the girl students, 

domestic violence against 

women, legal assistance 

etc were held in above 

areas to abreast the women 

and students of different 

colleges and universities 

including communities. 

event like Cultural Day at 

the school. He said that the 

people of Jamshoro and all 

stakeholders of University 

of Sindh were fortunate to 

have got an exceptionally 

meritorious and personally 

upright individual like Dr. 

Burfat as the Varsity Vice- 

Chancellor after a long 

time; stressing that after Dr. 

Burfat had joined as VC- 

SU, a number of positive 

changes both in academics 

and administration had 

started becoming visible. 

“If we want to conserve our 

culture, we would need to 

compulsorily seek education. 

This is the only way 

forward”, he urged. 

7th class student crushed to 

death by speedy train in Ghotki 

RAWALPINDI: City Police station while already 

Police Officer (CPO) working SHO Mirza Javed 

Rawalpindi has transferred 

six Police station, Station 

house officers ( SHOs). 

has been appointed in Cantt 

Police Station. Due to proceeding 

of Sardar Shakeel 

Qaisar Nadeem has been to attend course Tahir 

appointed at New Town Rehan has been appointed 

express coming to Lahore 

from Karachi crushed him 

and died on the spot. 

Police pieces of body 

collected from the spot 

and shifted to ghotki hospital 

for legal formalities 

later handed over his heirs. 

SHOs of six police stations reshuffled in Rawalpindi 

PESHAWAR: 21 police 

officers of grade 17 in 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

(KP) has been promoted 

and transferred. 


reports, Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa 21 police 

officers of grade 17 have 

been promoted and transferred 

in different cities. 

DSP Zia UR Rehman 

has been appointed as FRB 

Malakand and Sher Afsar 

as SDPO in Kolachi 

Kohat, and Assad Zubair 

as SHO .Malik Sajid has 

been appointed as SHO 

Ratta Amral , Nasir Mumtaz 

for Res Course and Sohail 

Zafar as SHO Wares khan 

police station . They have 

been started their work. 

KP, 21 Police officers promoted 


KHAIRPUR: Kumb 

police recovered 24 kilograms 

of hashes, stolen 

motor cycle in a raid, 

arrested one accused on 

Tuesday. 

According to Kumb 

police a team led by SHO 

raided at village Langho 

near kumb and arrested a 

narcotic dealer Nihal Khan 

Langho and recovered 24 

kilograms of hashes, one 

stolen motor cycle no. registration 

no. MMA-5110 

from his possession. 

Kumb police did register 

the case against 

arrested accused under 

the laws and is further 

investigating. 

appointed as DSP head 

quarter 

Hangu 

,Muhammad Tariq as DSP 

Anti corruption ,Fazal 

Waheed as DSP security 

,Amir Nawaz appointed as 

DSP and Liaquat Khan as 

DSP investigation . 

MYC calls all 

parties conference 

Kumb recovered 24 Kgs 

hashes, motor cycle, arrested 

on Thursday 

one accused in raid ISLAMABAD: Milli 

Yakjehti Council (MYC) 

summoned an All-Parties 

Conference (APC) on 

Thursday (Tomorrow) taking 

notice of talks in 

National Assembly about 

establishing ties with 

Israel. The MYC invited 

all parties from government 

and opposition to discuss 

the arrival of Israeli 

jet plane in Pakistan. 

In this regard complaints 

are domestic violence, 

harassment, custody 

of children and their 

expanse, family matters, 

counseling and re counseling. 

The theme of 16 days 

activism was “Safe Woman 

strong society” which was 

inaugurated by the Speaker 

Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj 

Khan Durrani and ended 

today here with the participation 

of all stake holders, 

civil society, elected representatives, 

NGOs. are helping 

and assisting whole 

campaign in a realistic 

manner. Many MOUs with 

the NGOS were also 

signed to support, provide 

legal assistance and career 

counseling to the needy 

and poor women in Sindh.

250,000 refugees could return 

to Syria next year: UN 

GENEVA: A quarter of 

a million Syrian refugees 

could return home next 

year, despite massive hurdles 

facing returnees, the 

UN said Tuesday, urging 

support to the millions still 

in neighbouring countries. 

"We are forecasting ... 

up to 250,000 Syrians go 

back in 2019," Amin Awad, 

who heads the UN refugee 

agency’s Middle East and 

North Africa operations, 

told reporters in Geneva. 

"That figure can go up 

and down according to the 

pace with which we are ... 

removing the obstacles to 

return," he stressed. 

There are currently 5.6 

million Syrian refugees living 

in the region, including 

around one million born 

into displacement, according 

to UNHCR data. 

The agency said that 

117,000 refugees had 

returned to Syria since 

2015, including 37,000 this 

year. 

"These are organised 

TEHRAN: President 

Hassan Rouhani has 

expressed Iran’s support for 

intra-Yemeni negotiations, 

saying the invaders have 

come to the realization that 

making peace with the 

Yemeni nation is the only 

option available to them. 

“Today, there are more 

signs than before of striding 

toward peace in Yemen,” he 

returns, completely voluntary, 

in safety ... and of 

course with UNHCR 

involvement," Awad said. 

Despite the winding 

down of Syria’s devastating 

conflict, which has killed 

more than 360,000 people 

since 2011, Awad said 

returnees face a whole host 

of obstacles. 

These range from documentation 

confirming identity 

and property in Syria to 

a dire lack of education, 

healthcare and sanitation in 

the places to which they 

return. 

There are also issues 

related to conscription and 

questions around those who 

deserted the army when 

they left Syria, Awad said. 

And there are obstacles 

said at the end of a meeting 

of the heads of the three 

branches of government in 

Tehran on Tuesday. 

President Rouhani was 

commenting on the ongoing 

Iran’s Rouhani voices support 

for intra-Yemeni peace talks 

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (C) meets with heads of the Iranian 

Parliament and Judiciary, Ali Larijani (L) and Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani. 

SJA Jafri 

Bureau Chief Australia 

MELBOURNE: Victoria 

Police Counter Terrorism 

Command is pleased to 

partner with the Leadership 

in Counter Terrorism 

Alumni Association 

(LinCT-AA) to deliver the 

2018 International Counter- 

Terrorism Forum in 

Melbourne. 

The forum theme: 

‘Solving the CT Puzzle – 

Informed, Innovative and 

Responsive’ will draw on 

the knowledge and experience 

of law enforcement, 

emergency management, 

government and academic 

experts from around the 

world. 

Deputy 

Commissioner 

Specialist Operations 

Wendy Steendam said the 

forum is based on the concept 

that terrorism prevention 

in the current environment 

is complex and 

requires challenging new 

ways of thinking. 

“In an evolving, dynamic 

and very complex environment 

the opportunity to 

be able to bring specialists 

together is invaluable,” DC 

Steendam said. 

“The recent counter-terrorism 

arrests and events 

were seen in Melbourne 

highlight’s the continual 

need for focus in this area. 

“Sharing knowledge and 

experiences from around the 

world will go a long way to 

shape and lead innovation. 

As a collective, we strive to 

look for the gaps and what 

pieces we may be missing to 

counter terrorism at its core. 

“We will reassess existing 

trends, look at what is 

happening now, what happened 

in the past and look 

to the future in order to 

UN-mediated talks in 

Sweden between delegations 

from Yemen’s Houthi 

Ansarullah movement and 

the country’s former Saudibacked 

regime. 

The talks are meant to 

end nearly four years of a 

bloody Riyadh-led war, 

which was launched in 

early 2015 to reinstall 

Yemen’s former Saudifriendly 

government. 

Having failed to achieve 

their objectives, the aggressors 

have now pushed the 

ex-Yemeni government to 

attend peace talks with the 

Houthi movement, which 

has been both running state 

affairs and defending the 

country against the Saudiled 

offensive. 

“We have always supported 

intra-Yemeni talks,” 

said the Iranian president. 

500 world top counter-terror experts gather in Melbourne 

inform our understanding 

of local, national and global 

threats.” 

This is the second time 

the conference will be held 

in Melbourne with the three 

day program to include presenters 

from a range of 

backgrounds including the 

UK’s Metropolitan Police, 

Commissioners’ from 

Queensland and New South 

Wales corrective services 

and recently retired Chief of 

Police from Edmonton 

Police Service. 

related to physical security 

even in places where the 

fighting has stopped, 

including large amounts of 

unexploded ordinance. 

UNHCR is working 

with the Syrian government 

to try to improve conditions 

for those who wish to 

return, Awad said. 

The UN refugee agency, 

along with the development 

agency, meanwhile 

launched an appeal for 

$5.5 billion to support 

national efforts in 2019 and 

2020 in Turkey, Lebanon, 

Jordan, Egypt and Iraq to 

continue hosting the millions 

of Syrians still not 

ready or able to return 

home. 

"It is critical that the 

international community 

continues to recognise the 

plight of Syrian refugees 

and provides vital support 

to host governments ... to 

help shoulder this massive 

burden," Awad said. 

Tuesday’s appeal is to 

help 5.6 million Syrian 

refugees as well as 3.9 million 

members of vulnerable 

host communities. 

"Communities in the 

region hosting refugees 

from Syria have shown 

tremendous generosity, yet 

are increasingly themselves 

under strain," 

Mourad Wahba, head of 

UNDP’s Arab States 

region, said in a statement. 

Death toll in suicide 

attack near Kabul 

jumps to 12 

KABUL: The death toll 

from a suicide bombing targeting 

a security forces convoy 

outside Kabul early 

Tuesday jumped to 12, officials 

said, with eight civilians 

killed in the latest Talibanclaimed 

attack near the 

Afghan capital. 

The car bomb follows a 

wave of deadly violence 

against Afghan forces across 

a year in which insurgents 

have inflicted record-high 

casualties on security personnel 

in the war-torn country. 

"Twelve people including 

four members of the security 

forces were killed," ministry 

of interior deputy 

spokesman Nasrat Rahimi 

told. Kabul police confirmed 

the casualties, adding that 

women and children were 

among the dead. The blast 

took place in Paghman district 

west of Kabul as the 

convoy was returning from 

an overnight operation, interior 

ministry spokesman 

Najib Danish told. 

MUMBAI: It was an 

year ago that Indian cricket 

captain Virat Kohli and 

Bollywood actor-producer 

Anushka Sharma married 

in a dreamy Tuscany, Italy. 

As Anushka and Virat celebrate 

their first wedding 

anniversary in Australia, 

the cricketer opened up 

about his wife and the positive 

influence she has 

brought to his life in an 

interview to Adam 

Gilchrist. 

MUMBAI; As he turns 

96 on Tuesday, Bollywood 

legend Dilip Kumar continues 

to get the love of his 

fans who have embraced 

his prolific performances in 

a glorious career that has 

earned such epithets like 

Indian cinema’s Kohinoor 

and Tragedy King. 

Instead of having a 

glitzy affair, Dilip Kumar 

will be surrounded by his 

family members and close 

friends on his special day. 

His friend Faisal Farooqui 

told IANS: “Saab has 

never wanted to celebrate 

birthdays. The last birthday 

we celebrated as a big 

event was his 89th birthday, 

which was in 2011 

and of course, saab 

enjoyed that. Dilip Saab is 

not a big fan of celebrating 

birthdays. 

“He has not done that in 

a very long time and birthdays 

are occasions where 


International 

the family gets together 

and some close friends get 

together. So, Saab’s brothers 

and sisters would 

come, (his wife) Saira 

Banuji’s extended family 

will come and then my 

family and some close 

friends gather together. 

Even when Saab was 

active socially and personally, 

he was not fond of big 

celebrations. So, doing justice 

to that tradition, 

Sairaji has not planned 

anything big.” 

5 

Dilip Kumar to celebrate 96th birthday with 

wife Saira Banu, close friends and family 

PARIS: Groups of "yellow 

vest" protesters across 

France responded scathingly 

to the "crumbs" offered 

by President Emmanuel 

Macron in a speech intended 

to defuse their revolt, but 

others acknowledged his 

efforts. 

"Nonsense," "a charade", 

"a bluff" and "a drop 

in the ocean," were among 

the immediate reactions 

that greeted the head of 

state´s televised speech 

Monday evening announcing 

an increase in the minimum 

wage and a range of 

other financial measures. 

At a roundabout in the 

southern town of Le 

Boulou, some 150 "yellow 

vests" gathered around a 

loudspeaker listened carefully 

to the president´s 

words before starting to 

shout in chorus. 

"He is trying to do a 

pirouette to land back on 

his feet but we can see that 

he isn´t sincere, that it´s all 

smoke and mirrors," said 

Jean-Marc, a car mechanic. 

"It´s just window dressing, 

for the media, some 

trivial measures, it almost 

seems like a provocation," 

said Thierry, 55, a bicycle 

mechanic who donned the 

yellow vest a fortnight ago. 

"All this is cinema, it 

doesn´t tackle the problems 

of substance," he told AFP 

before taking part in blocking 

the Boulou turnpike on 

the French-Spanish border. 

"We´re really wound up, 

we´re going back to battle," 

he said. 

Less than an hour after 

the presidential address, the 

A9 toll booth from Spain 

was completely paralysed, 

an AFP photographer said. 

"Maybe if Macron had 

made this speech three 

weeks ago, it would have 

calmed the movement, but 

now it´s too late," said 

Gaetan, 34, one of the 

"Rennes Lapins Jaunes" 

(Yellow Rabbits of 

Rennes). "For us, this 

speech is nonsense." 

In the northwest, at a 

roundabout at the end of the 

A28 in Montabon, near Le 

Mans, "yellow vests" gathered 

under a heated tent to 

watch the president on TV, 

sharing a picnic. 

"Too bad, blew it 

again!" exclaimed Etienne. 

"Santa Claus has nothing in 

Saira, 22 years younger 

to Dilip Kumar, has been 

like a rock in supporting 

the icon, who has been in 

frail health over the past 

few years. She will host a 

dinner with around a dozen 

people at their residence, 

Farooqui said, adding: “He 

is recuperating in such a 

way that he does not need 

any hospitalisation now. 

He is at home and has a 

restricted diet, which is 

taken care of by Saira 

Banuji.” 

Yellow vests' denounce 

Macron speech as 'charade' 

his sack," laughed Hubert. 

Over in eastern France, 

at the Cafe de la Paix in 

Commercy, about 15 "yellow 

vests" watched 

Macron´s speech with a 

glass of Picon and a basket 

of fries, interrupting the 

presidential address with 

ironic sneers. 

"Sir feels bad," 

Elisabeth, a 66-year-old 

retiree, said mockingly as 

the president acknowledged 

that he had "hurt 

some". 

"It was about time," 

added Damien, in his thirties. 

"Liar," a woman shouted. 

"He is being held 

hostage so he drops some 

crumbs," said Jonathan, a 

35-year-old official. 

In the southern commune 

of Realmont, "gilets 

jaunes" from all four corners 

of the department of 

Tarn gathered at the roundabout 

to heave a sigh and 

release nervous laughter. 

"The people asked him 

to resign and he puts plasters 

on third-degree burns 

(...) this is total rubbish," 

said Pierrot, an RSA artist 

in Albi. 

Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli celebrate first wedding 

anniversary, he says the actor changed him as a person 

Speaking about 

Anushka, Virat said that 

she widened his horizons. 

“When I met my wife I 

began to change. I came 

from a very different background 

from north India 

and I had no idea of what 

happens in any other 

sphere of society or anyone 

else’s life. Her life was 

very different and it came 

with her own challenges 

and perspective on things,” 

he said in the interview. 

He added, “It was 

amazing to just see 

myself- how much different 

things were to the way 

I think. I was not a very 

practical person before 

that. But, she has changed 

me a lot. I’ve learnt so 

much from her. That’s 

what it’s supposed to be 

like, you should help each 

other grow and she has 

certainly helped me 

grow.” 

Theresa May to meet EU leaders in bid to rescue deal 

LONDON: Theresa Secretary Amber Rudd would go ahead - prompted 

decision to make but what he had "made a promise" 

May will meet European said further talks with 

Labour leader Jeremy 

I would say to my col- 

to do so The Brexit secre- 

leaders and EU officials Brussels would focus on Corbyn to secure a threehour 

leagues is: you now face tary said policy "had not 

later for talks aimed at rescuing 

the Brexit "backstop" on 

emergency debate on 

the certainty of failure with changed" despite a 

her Brexit deal. 

She will hold talks with 

Dutch PM Mark Rutte and 

Germany's Angela Merkel 

the Irish border, which 

May earlier admitted had 

caused MPs "widespread 

and deep concern". 

Tuesday. 

"It cannot be right that 

the government can unilaterally 

alter the arrangements," 

Theresa May, you must be 

brave and make the right 

decision to change prime 

minister." 

European court ruling the 

UK could cancel Brexit 

without permission from 

the other 27 EU members 

after postponing a Critics object to the 

said Corbyn, who 

A Labour backbencher The prime minister told 

Commons vote on the backstop, a temporary customs 

earlier accused Mrs May 

was expelled from the MPs on Monday that a 

deal. 

arrangement of "losing control of 

Commons after grabbing number of European lead- 

The UK PM has said 

she needs "further assurances" 

designed to prevent the 

need for checkpoints at the 

events". 

No date has been set for 

the ceremonial mace in 

protest. As the symbol of 

ers had "indicated that they 

are open to discussions to 

about the Northern Irish border if a long-term the Brexit deal to be put 

royal authority in find a way to provide reas- 

Ireland border plan to get 

backing from MPs. 

solution cannot be agreed 

with the EU, because it 

before MPs, although May 

indicated the final deadline 

Parliament, the mace is 

required for the House to 

surance" over the backstop. 

European Council imposes different regulations 

for the vote was 21 

meet and pass laws; it has However, Irish Prime 

President Donald Tusk 

in Northern Ireland January. 

He is trying to get 26th MP to do so on Conservative MPs must been seized several times Minister Leo Varadkar said 

insisted the EU would "not from the rest of the UK Leading Conservative enough Tory MPs to submit 

Monday. 

submit letters for any chal- 

by protesting MPs over the it was not possible to rene- 

renegotiate" but said leaders 

and risks becoming perma- 

Brexiteer Jacob Reeshelp 

letters of no confi- 

"I want to encourage lenge to be initiated. years 

gotiate the Irish border 

would discuss how to nent. 

Mogg said May lacked the dence in the PM to trigger those who are thinking Former Brexit minister Former Prime Minister backstop proposal without 

"facilitate UK ratification". 

The PM's abrupt U-turn "gumption" to put her a leadership contest. about it; get it done," Blunt Steve Baker told BBC David Cameron insisted he "opening up all aspects" of 

- after days of repeated "undeliverable" deal The Times reported that told the paper. 

Radio 4's Today pro- 

had no regrets about call- 

the Brexit withdrawal 

Work and Pensions insistence that the vote before MPs. 

Crispin Blunt became the Forty 

eight gramme: "It is a grave ing the referendum, saying agreement.

6 


Biz 

Dollar rate falls by 20 

paisa in open market 

KARACHI: The US 

Dollar on Monday had registered 

a decline of 20 paisa 

in open market after which 

green side is trading at Rs 

138.60. 

On the other hand, the 

dollar value remains intact 

at interbank sans fluctuation 

to trade at previous 

Rs.138.90. 

Following a 20 paisa 

E-commerce growth: Sale 

value reaches Rs100b mark 


Pakistan has witnessed reasonable 

growth in e-commerce 

activities over the 

past few years as sale value 

KARACHI: It is high 

time for the oil and gas sector 

of a developing country 

like Pakistan to adopt most 

updated, stringent, and digital 

safety systems and 

regimes as being practised 

by the European Union to 

safeguard the environment. 

“I would not say that we 

should all start blindly following 

the EU’s regulatory 

and safety regime as 

adjustments should be 

made in it according to the 

peculiar environment of 

any country but so far the 

European system provides 

the best industry practice 

for the oil and gas sector,” 

said Raja Bou Fakher 

Aldeen, representing 

Technical Centre of Middle 

Eastern Region of Bureau 

Veritas that is a Francebased 

international certifi- 

of industry is on rise and 

reached Rs100 billion 

mark. According to State 

Bank of Pakistan, the sales 

of local and international 

e-commerce merchants 

were Rs20.7 billion in 

2017 and Rs 40.1 billion in 

2018 with an encouraging 

growth of 93.7 percent. 

Call for Pakistani oil, gas sector to upgrade to 

EU’s safety regime to safeguard environment 

cation provider having 

HSE (Health, Safety, 

Environment) expertise 

also. 

Mr. Aldeen is speaking 

here at a Technical Seminar 

on “OPEX Services for 

O&G Industry” attended 

by the representatives of 

oil, gas, and related industries 

of the country. 

The HSE expert based 

in the UAE said that during 

his stay in Pakistan, he was 

more than willing to interact 

with the representatives 

of the government and regulators 

here in order to help 

Pakistani oil and gas industry 

to adopt the best safety 

systems. 

“It is basically not the 

issue of new assets being 

developed by the oil and 

gas sector of a country like 

Pakistan as such safety systems 

would be very much 

there owing to the international 

collaboration and 

partnerships as this is basically 

the problem of the 

existing assets whose safety 

standards have to be 

upgraded and digitized to 

meet the EU’s standards,” 

said Mr. Aldeen. 

He said that his company 

had recently worked 

with the government of 

Lebanon so that the 

Lebanese assets in oil and 

gas sector should adopt the 

most updated safety systems. 

He said that regulatory 

regimes of Pakistan so far 

assessed by him showed 

that government and regulators 

in the country were 

working in the right direction 

to protect the environment. 

LCCI for construction permission 

making easy for business community 

the province will have to 

take the ownership of doing 

business indicators related 

to the province of Punjab for 

the improvement of business 

climate in the 

province”, he added. 

He said that Pakistan’s 

performance is below the 

par in the indicator of dealing 

with construction permits” 

where the country is at 

166th place as compared to 

Hong Kong and China who 

are occupying first position. 

Almas Hyder recommended 

that automation of 

urban land record on land 

record management infor- 

LAHORE: Lahore 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry (LCCI)’s President 

Almas Hyder has said that 

dealing with construction 

permits is a surmounting 

task for Pakistani business 

community and slowing 

down the smooth running of 

businesses. 

In a statement issued 

from LCCI on Tuesday he 

said that there is a dire need 

for more automation and 

streamlining the procedures 

adopted by the civic bodies 

in line with the best country 

in dealing with construction 

permits where it takes only 

72 days and 11 procedures mation 

to get the construction permit 

of a warehouse. 

“Political leadership of 

system(LRMIS) 

should be expedited. He 

said that court proceedings 

or stay orders, if any, 

should be displayed at 

LRMIS. He further stated 

that all rules, regulations 

and procedures for dealing 

with construction permits 

should be listed and placed 

on one website. 

The LCCI President 

demanded that commercialization 

fee of land should be 

eliminated and zoning 

should be clearly demarked 

so that conversion is not 

needed. All stakeholders 

should be added in committee 

which decides zoning 

for commercial and industrial 

activities. He said that 

water and sewerage connections 

should be provided 

automatically within 30 

days of approval of construction 

permits. 

HYDERABAD: DIG Hyderabad Naeem Shaikh holding meeting with Saleem Shaikh 

President Hyderabad Chamber Of Commerce and Industry. 

increase in the open market, 

dollar is trading between Rs 

138.60 to Rs 138.90. 

The financial experts 

are of the view that Prime 

Minister Imran Khan’s 

recent Karachi visit is 

good omen for the economy 

as an improvement 

was seen in purchase of 

the power, cement and 

banking sectors. 

Agriculture sector 

being made part of 

multi billion dollars 

CPEC project 

ISLAMABAD: The 

National Assembly (NA) 

was informed on Tuesday 

that government is giving 

priority to the uplift of agriculture 

sector as this sector is 

also being made part of multi 

billion dollars China 

Pakistan Economic Corridor 

project. 

Responding to the points 

raised by Ajmal Khan on the 

problems faced by farmers, 

Information Minister Fawad 

Chaudhary said the government 

is giving priority to the 

uplift of agriculture sector as 

this sector is also being made 

part of multi billion dollars 

China Pakistan Economic 

Corridor project. 

He said that country 

whole economy depends on 

agriculture and sitting government 

was committed to 

solve the problems of farmers. 

Earlier, member 

Assembly Rao Ajmal has 

stated that wheat sowing 

process has been completed 

across the country. He stated 

that government earlier 

promised to provide 0.1 million 

ton fertilizer and currently 

50000 ton fertilizer has 

reached. National 

Assembly was also informed 

that no gas load shedding is 

being carried out in any part 

of the country. 

Responding to a calling 

attention notice moved by 

Agha Hassan Baloch, 

Minister for Petroleum 

Ghulam Sarwar Khan admitted 

there is issue of low gas 

pressure in different cities. 

He said Sui Southern Gas 

Pipelines Limited is executing 

two projects of replacing 

the old pipelines with new 

ones at a cost of 2.28 billion 

rupees. He said the laying of 

new pipelines and installations 

of new compressors 

will help address the issue of 

low gas pressure. 

The Petroleum Minister 

said the gas distribution companies 

have also been directed 

to check their losses and 

gas theft. Minister of State 

for Parliamentary Affairs Ali 

Muhammad Khan said all 

the stakeholders including 

the political parties should sit 

together to formulate a charter 

of economy. 

On the protest of teachers 

of basic education community 

schools at D.Chowk in 

Islamabad, Minister of 

Education Shafqat Mahmood 

assured that their salaries will 

soon be paid after approval of 

over three billion rupees by 

the Executive Committee of 

the National Economic 

Council for this purpose. 

Abdul Qadir Patel stated that 

fifty seats of Lyari Medical 

College has been reduced and 

this decision will affect our 

people. On this Minister of 

Education Shafqat Mahmood 

stated that Lyari Medical 

College has no link with education 

ministry. Sindh and 

PMDC looks this. 

A number of bills were 

laid before the House on 

Tuesday. These are: The 

Constitution (Amendment) 

bill, 2018 (Articles 25 B, 51, 

63 B, 92 and 106), Pakistan 

Psychological Council Bill, 

2018, The Election 

(Amendment) Bill, 2018, 

The Legal Practitioners and 

Bar Councils (Amendment) 

Bill, 2018 and The 

Constitution (Amendment) 

Bill, (Article 106). 

CORPORATE CORNER 

DS-Concept announces rebrand to ‘Tradewind’ 

The new brand reinforces the company’s investment in innovation and serves as an 

opportunity to remain unique in the marketplace 

KARACHI :DS-Concept, a Multinational German based, global provider of trade 

finance solutions for export enterprises, has changed its name to Tradewind. The firm, a 

recognized leader in international export factoring, decided on the change in order to illustrate 

its prominent role in financing cross-border transactions, which resemble trade winds 

on the globe. Like the conductive climate its namesake’s currents provide for trade, 

Tradewind propels commerce worldwide, with its network of more than 20 offices on 4 

continents. 

Via export factoring solutions of Tradewind Pakistan, suppliers can offer desired credit 

terms to their international buyers from 30 days up to 120 days without any risk and 

avail immediate post shipment finance in foreign exchange as well as security of their 

receivables. With more liquidity in hand, the supplier plans to further penetrate the international 

market and enhance ones business by grabbing potential buyers. “We are glad to offer a cash flow solution 

that satisfies not only the client’s, but also its buyers’, needs. Tradewind Pakistan has been recognized as a 

pioneer in factoring services in the region, providing its services since 2006, and is happy to see that our clients 

are meeting the rising demand to conduct business on open account terms with our help” states Mr. Rafi-ul- 

Hasan, Managing Director of Tradewind Pakistan. 

The group has built an unrivaled reputation for the depth of its international finance expertise by maintaining 

a network of offices around the world including the USA, China, India, Hong Kong, UAE, Turkey, Bangladesh, 

Pakistan, Iceland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Peru and its headquarters in Germany. Combining financing, credit protection, 

and collections into a single trade finance facility, Tradewind offers streamlined, flexible and best-inclass 

services. 

ISLAMAABAD: Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan 

Country needs sustained growth of petroleum reserves, 

supplies to control huge import bill: Sarwar Khan 

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ghulam 

Sarwar Khan opened the Annual Technical 

Conference in Islamabad. Event is held every year by 

Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists and 

SPE Pakistan (Society of Petroleum Engineers), with 

the support and active participation of Oil & gas professionals 

and E&P businesses operating in Pakistan. 

He said that the theme of the conference “Challenges 

and strategies to sustain E&P growth” very rightly 

addresses the prevailing energy challenges the country 

is facing. Our country needs the sustained growth of 

indigenous petroleum reserves and indigenous supplies 

to control the huge import bill. This conference 

highlights the investment opportunities for international 

local businesses. International speakers attending 

the conference are very effectively sharing their knowledge and technology experiences which can improve 

Inaugurated the Annual Technical Conference (ATC) 2018. 

Pakistan’s E&P industry. He said, “our government will make all out efforts to increase exploration acreage by 

introducing more exploration blocks in the country. We are encouraged to see that companies participated and 

offered winning bids for the blocks in exploration bid round that took place last month. This shows the trust of 

investors and their interest in future exploration licensing rounds”. He appreciated the efforts of organizers and 

participants and encouraged them to continue to discuss the challenges and the means & tools of sustaining 

exploration and production activities and ensure indigenous supplies of oil & gas continues. 

Secretary Petroleum Mian Asad Hayaud Din said, “the gathering of geologists, geophysicists and petroleum 

engineers is always inspirational and motivating because they offer strategies and share innovative ways of finding 

and enhancing new petroleum reserves and production in the country. Pakistan is bestowed with huge shale 

gas and conventional oil & gas resources, locked up in areas of difficult access. We need high level of commitment, 

technology and financial resources to find and develop these natural resources. Only way to make this happen 

is that all stakeholders including public sector companies, private IOCs, GOP organizations all work together 

as a synchronized and efficient team.” He applauded the efforts of PAPG, SPE Pakistan and country’s E&P 

companies in organizing such activities and taking steps to enhance country’s energy security. Dr. Saeed Khan 

Jadoon, Chairman Conference, thanked the Minister, officials and participants and stressed that the sustaining 

E&P growth requires formulation of commonly agreed strategy. Oil and gas are major contributor of energy and 

require aggressive efforts for their search and development. For last 60 years, efforts are continuously made to 

explore conventional oil and gas reservoirs while unconventional reservoir are yet to be exploited. In this conference, 

Geo-technical Workshop (GTW) is also being organized to address new methodologies. 

Dr. Nadeem Ahmad, Chairman PAPG and Technical Committee, said that over the last 10-15 years, replacing 

reserves and maintaining oil and gas production has remained a serious challenge for our domestic oil & gas 

industry. “New value” is created only through “Exploration” which is the starting point of “petroleum value 

chain.” Organic growth costs 2-4 times less than buying reserves or importing oil and gas. Dr. Nadeem sadi, 

“Exploration-based growth does miracles for the countries in saving the foreign exchange ($), supporting other 

businesses, generating the economic activities, and it spares funds to spend on unproven high-risk high-reward 

opportunities in under-explored remote regions. Support of state organizations is required to facilitate “access” 

to these territories, both operationally and in the form of incentives. 

Samsung Pakistan Launches the World’s 

First Ever Quad Camera Smartphone 

KARACHI: 11th December, 2018 – In keeping with its commitment towards maximum efficiency and innovation, 

Samsung Pakistan recently introduced the new Galaxy A9, the world’s first quad camera smartphone. 

With four rear cameras such as the 8MP Ultra Wide camera, the 10MP Telephoto Camera, 24MP Main Camera 

and the 5MP Depth Camera, customers will now be able to take four times the quality of photos for all their special 

occasions. All four rear cameras of the new Samsung Galaxy A9 offer a diverse range of options that gives 

customers the freedom of choice while taking photos. The 8MP Ultra Wide Camera offers a 120º view that helps 

capture a vast landscape while the 10MP Telephoto Camera with 2x optical zoom displays beautifully detailed 

photos even from a distance. In addition, the 5MP Depth Camera adjusts the depth of field, blurring out the background 

to deliver quality, professionally touched photos. Finally, the 24MP Main Camera is able to shoot crystal 

clear photos in both intense and low light conditions and minimizes other disruptions for greater detail. 

Apart from the aforementioned features, customers will also be able to use intelligent features such as Scene 

Optimizer and Flaw Detection to enhance the quality of their photos with complete ease. Other features on the 

phone include a 6.3-inch Infinity Display that offers a more expansive view, greater storage with 6 GB RAM and 

128GB internal storage, Dolby Atmos surround sound, a sleek, ergonomic touch that makes it easier to hold and 

a unique, colorful design that speaks to customers’ aesthetic sense. 

With the new Samsung Galaxy A9, Samsung Pakistan hopes to provide customers with greater flexibility that 

in turn helps them to make the best of their phone, thereby allowing them to enjoy their special moments to the 

fullest. This amazing device is available across in the price of PKR 99,999. 

Pak-Qatar Takaful & IBA-CEIF along with Islamic 

Finance Industry leaders honor Dr. Ishrat Husain 

KARACHI: Pak-Qatar Takaful 

Group jointly hosted an event with IBA 

Center for Excellence in Islamic 

Finance (CEIF) to honor Dr. Ishrat 

Husain, Advisor to the Prime Minister 

for Institutional Reforms & Austerity. 

The Managing Director of Pak-Qatar 

Takaful, Mr. Said Gul, along with all 

renowned and prominent leaders of 

Islamic financial industry attended the 

event including CEOs, Shari’a Scholars, 

Regulators, and Practitioners. 

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ishrat 

emphasized and said, “It is my desire to 

see the Islamic Finance Industry to 

grow to 50% of the total financial 

KARACHI: Mr. Said Gul, Managing Director Pak-Qatar Takaful Group 

and Mr. Jameel Ahmad, Deputy Governor SBP presenting a token of 

appreciation to Dr. Ishrat Husain. Dr. Farrukh lqbal, Executive Director, 

IBA and Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddqui, Founding Director of IBA-CEIF also 

present at the occasion. 

industry and that every key player in 

attendance plays a vital role in achieving 

that target.” The session was concluded 

as Mr. Said Gul, Mr. Jameel 

Ahmad, Dr. Farrukh Iqbal and Mr. 

Ahmed Ali Siddiqui presented Dr. 

Ishrat Husain with a unique gift of old PKR currency notes with signatures of Dr. Ishrat as Governor State 

Bank of Pakistan in the year 2001.


Sportlight 

7 

Didn't retire from Tests out of 

fear of facing Steyn, says Hafeez 

Pak crash out of World Cup after 

emphatic 5-0 defeat by Belgium 

LAHORE: Veteran allrounder 

Mohammad Hafeez 

has rejected the rumours 

surrounding his retirement 

from Test cricket, clarifying 

that he did not retire from 

Tests out of fear of facing 

South Africa's Dale Steyn in 

the upcoming tour. 

Speaking to Geo News 

Hafeez said, “I did not retire 

from Test cricket because I 

was not performing. I 

retired from Test cricket 

because of personal reasons.” 

“I have achieved many 

milestones in my career and 

there were no other milestones 

left for me to play 

Dr M. Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Mr. Ehsan 

Mani Chairman Cricket 

Board gave assurance of 

full support to activities of 

Pakistan Veterans Cricket 

Association. 

A delegation of PVCA 

led by the Chairman 

Fawad Ijaz Khan met 

Ehsan Mani at the National 

for,” Hafeez said, adding, "I 

want to focus on white ball 

cricket from now on.” 

Stadium Karachi yesterday. 

Mr. Fawad briefed 

Mr. Mani about the 

Seniors, Veterans, Super 

Veterans and School 

Cricket organized regularly 

by PVCA. Mr. Mani 

said he was aware of the 

activities of PVCA and 

fully appreciated the 

efforts and gave special 

praise for the Inter School 

Tournament regularly 

Responding to a question, 

the 38-year-old said, 

“People think that I am 

organized by PVCA. 

Mr. Fawad presented 

the idea of Youth 

afraid of South Africa's 

playing conditions and 

[Dale] Steyn and [Kagiso] 

Rabada.” 

“I have to face these 

bowlers in one-day cricket 

also. I will answer these 

statements with my performance." 

Turning to the subject of 

Lahore Qalandars whom he 

will be leading in the next 

edition of the Pakistan 

Super League (PSL), 

Hafeez said, “Qalandars 

have entrusted me with a 

huge responsibility. I will do 

my best with the help of the 

players and management.” 

Praising the Qalandars 

PCB Chairman assures Full Support to PVCA 

KARACHI: Group photograph of Mr. Ehsan Mani Chairman PCB with PVCA officials. 

Seen from left to right Salman Sarwar Butt, Ejaz Faqih, Fawad Ijaz Khan Chairman 

PVCA, Nadeem Omar, Amjad Islam, Alamgir Ahmed and Shariq Hasib. 

HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

SJAS cancels 5 journalists 

membership 


KARACHI: Sports 

Journalists Association of 

Sindh (SJAS) has cancelled 

membership of five 

members over their migration 

and settling abroad; 

this announcement was 

made by Secretary SJAS, 

Muhammad Asghar 

Azeem after the approval 

of SJAS General Body. 

The General Council 

confirmed the decision to 

remove membership of 

five journalists who shifted 

have abroad were, Fahad 

Aziz, Sohail Abbas, Abdul 

Majid, Fasahat Fatima and 

Syed Ali Hassan. 

On this occasion, senior 

journalist Rashid Aziz 

became a member SJAS. 

According to details, 

SJAS organised its Annual 

General Meeting (AGM) 

here at Karachi Water & 

Sewerage Board Officers 

Club on Sunday, where 

Secretary SJAS presented 

the annual working of the 

body and annual budget 

report to its members. 

The General Council 

also agreed with the annual 

budget. 

General Council hailed 

SJAS annual performance 

and their effort on organising 

a historic event ‘AIPS 

Asia Youth Sports 

Reporter Workshop’ in 

November. 

Patron SJAS, Dr. 

Farhan Essa appreciated 

SJAS’ efforts and said that 

SJAS is moving on the 

right track. 

Farhan Essa while discussing 

regarding the 

annual audit of SJAS, it is 

laudable to have the audit 

done through recognised 

auditor. 

Patron SJAS and ex- 

Sindh minister, Dr. Syed 

Junaid Ali Shah said ‘I 

have attended the last three 

AGM of SJAS, and I am 

self-witnessed of SJAS’ 

annual performance. 

SJAS organised a memorable 

international event 

titled ‘AIPS Asia Youth 


Workshop’ in Karachi, 

where the participation of 

senior sports journalists 

and guidance to young 

journalists, proved the 

authenticity of SJAS, he 

added. 

Secretary SJAS also 

announced to send three 

members for Pakistan 

Super League (PSL-4) 

coverage to Dubai. 

Later, President Tariq 

Aslam thanked all the 

members for attending the 

meeting. 

KARACHI: Senior Vice President Sindh Olympic Association Eng. Syed Mehfooz Ul Haq 

cutting ribbon along with Sardar Muhammad Abbas Khan Saldera Patron in-chief 

Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation to inaugurate 5th Saldera All Pakistan Tenpin 

Bowling Championship, Ahmer Abbas Saldera, Dr. Kausar Abbas Khan Saldera also 

seen in picture. 

Development Program 

which PVCA can do in 

collaboration with PCB. 

Mr. Mani told PVCA officials 

that he will discuss 

with us once the new CEO 

of PCB takes charge in 

February 2019. Mr. Fawad 

also discussed with Mr. 

Mani possibilities of inviting 

Seniors Team of other 

countries to tour Pakistan. 

Mr. Mani also congratulated 

PakistanVeterans 

Cricket Team for the 

excellent performance in 

just concluded Veterans 

World Cup played in 

Sydney. 

Mr. Fawad also requested 

Mr. Mani to arrange a 

grand function for Qamar 

Ahmed after his retirement 

from Cricket Journalism 

after the South African 

Series. Mr. Mani gave a 

positive response and said 

that PCB will also honour 

Chishty Mujahid.The 

PVCA delegation included 

PVCA Directors Nadeem 

Omar, Alamgir Ahmed, 

Salman Sarwar Butt, Ejaz 

Faqih, Shariq Hasib, 

Amjad Islam and senior 

member Brig. (Retd.) 

Salauddin. 

Dananjaya suspended 

from bowling over 

illegal action 

DUBAI: Sri Lanka offspinner 

Akila Dananjaya has 

been suspended from bowling 

in international cricket 

over an illegal action, the 

International Cricket Council 

announced on Monday. 

Dananjaya was reported 

over a suspect bowling 

action during last month´s 

first Test of the England 

series in Sri Lanka, which the 

tourists won by 211 runs on 

their way to a 3-0 whitewash. 

He underwent an independent 

assessment of his 

bowling action on November 

23 in Brisbane which 

revealed his deliveries 

exceeded the 15-degrees 

level of tolerance permitted 

under the regulations. 

"International Cricket 

Council today announced 

that an independent assessment 

has found the bowling 

action of Sri Lanka´s offspinner 

Akila Dananjaya to 

be illegal and, as such he has 

been suspended from bowling 

in international cricket 

with immediate effect," the 

ICC said in a statement. 


KARACHI: The 21st 

Annual General Meeting 

(AGM) of World Blind 

Cricket Ltd took place in 

Kathmandu, Nepal on 10th 

and 11th of December 2018. 

The elections of the 

Executive Committee of 

World Blind Cricket Ltd 

held WBCL during that. 

Pakistan contested on 

two positions of Executive 

Committee and was elected 

unopposed. Syed 

Muhammad Salman Tariq 

Bokhari elected as First 

Vice President of WBC (for 

the 1st term) whereas Maher 

Muhammad Yousaf Haroon 

elected as Director 

Technical for WBC for the 

3rd consecutive term. 

They have been elected 

for the term of next two 

years, 

for their work in finding 

new talent, the former captain 

said, “Qalandars have 

done great work with the 

players' development programme.” 

“Our [Lahore 

Qalandars] aim is now to 

win matches in PSL. We 

have a good combination of 

players, especially AB de 

Villiers who is a worldclass 

player,” Hafeez said. 

“The best thing is we are 

trying to convince de 

Villiers to play the full 

length of the tournament. If 

that happens we will get to 

see him in action in 

Pakistan also.” 

PSF announced 

group of junior 

players 


KARACHI:Pakistan 

Squash Federation has 

selected a group of junior 

players for participation in 

US Junior Championship 

2018 and the British Junior 

Championship, 2019. A 

comprehensive training 

camp was arranged for 

selected players at Mushaf 

Squash Complex, 

Islamabad. 

The US Junior Squash 

Championship would be 

played between 15 – 18 

December, 2018 at Bostan 

for which PSF has selected 

04 players. Abbas Zeb 

would play in U-19 age 

group, Muhammad Hamza 

Khan and Noor Zaman 

would play in U-15 age 

category and Hummam 

Ahmadwould participate 

in U-13 Category. All the 

players of USA junior will 

depart today at 2000 hrs. 

Subsequently, British 

Junior 

Squash 

Championship would be 

played at Birmingham 

(UK) between 02 – 06 

January, 2019 in which 

Abbas Zeb will play in U- 

19 whereas 03 players , 

Haris Qasim, Farhan 

Hashmi and Asad Ullah 

Khan) will play in U-17 

age category. 


KARACHI: Rawalpindi 

region defeated Islamabad 

Region by six runs and 

Lahore Region White 

defeated Lahore Region 

Blues by 6 wickets in the 

15th Golootlo National T20 

Cup 2018-19 here at 

Multan Cricket Stadium. 

Summarized Scores: 

Rawalpindi Region: 

154-4 in 20 overs (Sami 

Aslam 56, 47 balls, 6x4s, 

Haisder Ali 28, 15 balls, 

2x4s, 2x6s, Nasir Nawaz 

23, 18 balls, 2x4s, 1x6, 

1. Syed Salman Bokhari 

(Pakistan) First Vice 

President 

2. Maher Yousaf Haroon 

(Pakistan) Director 

Technical 

Decisions made on 

Pakistan’s proposals: 

1. Upon Pakistan’s proposal, 

World Blind Cricket 

B H U B A N E S WA R : 

Pakistan crashed out of the 

ongoing Hockey World 

Cup in Bhubaneswar, after 

losing 5-0 to Belgium in an 

all-important cross-over 

match. 

The match was played 

between the two teams to 


KARACHI: Steven 

Stern, a key member of the 

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern 

(DLS) system, which is 

being used by the ICC 

(International Cricket 

Council) for the rain 

affected matches is in 

India to take part in a 3- 

day seminar arranged by 

MathsportsAsia 2018 in 

Jamshedpur. 

The ICC updated the 

new version, which came 

into affect from October 1 

this year. 

Steven Stern, the 

Professor of Data Science, 

Bond Business School, 

Bond University, Australia 

delivered his lecture on 

"Rain Rules in Modern 

Limited Overs Cricket: 

The Duckworth-Lewis- 

Stern method in context. 

Speaking exclusively, 

he said, "I will be speaking 

about the basic principles 

that any reasonable rain 

rule should satisfy and 

then discuss whether the 

prominent competitors 

such as DLS, VJD and 

WASP are consistent with 

these principles". 

Interestingly, India's V. 

Jayadevan, a Civil 

Engineer, whose VJD sys- 

secure a place in the quarter-final 

of the tournament. 

The lone point that the 

men in green earned in their 

group D match was against 

Malaysia, where they were 

held to a 1-1 draw. They 

lost their other two games, 

1-0 to Germany and 5-1 to 

tem, which also got praise 

from Sunil Gavaskar, is 

also scheduled to present 

his calculations for the rain 

affected matches on 

Tuesday. 

This is Steven Stern's 

first visit to India. 

"Yes, this is my first 

visit to India, and I am 

amazed with the constant 

motion of the place!". 

the Netherlands. 

Earlier, before this 

match, Pakistan and 

Belgium have played 

against each other twice in 

the World Cup, with 

Pakistan winning both the 

times, 2-0 in 1973 and 3-2 

in 2002. 

ICC's rain ruler arrives in India 

Hammad Azam 22*, 22 

balls, 1x6, Immad Wasim 1- 

21, Sohail Khan 1-29, 

Umar Gul 1-33, Junaid 

Khan 1-34). 

Islamabad Region: 148- 

7 in 20 overs (Sohail Khan 

39, 3x4s, 2x6x, Immad 

Wasim 33*, 26 balls, 4x4s, 

Faizan Riaz 32, 34 balls, 

2x4s, Rohail Nazir 21, 18 

balls, 4x4s, Asif Ali 2-14, 

Zahid 2-23). 

Result: Rawalpindi 

Region won by 6 runs 

Man of the match: Sami 

Aslam (Rawalpindi 

Ltd has endorsed “Cricket 

for the Blind Women”, and 

bilateral series, competitions 

between member 

countries will have the status 

of International series. 

2. World Blind Cricket 

Ltd has endorsed the forthcoming 

Pakistan-Nepal 

Blind Cricket Series as the 

Region) 

Toss: Islamabad Region 

won the toss and to field 

1st International series of 

Women Blind Cricket. 

3. World Blind Cricket 

Ltd will form a panel of proficient 

Umpires and every 

member country must nominate 

at least 1 umpire who 

is qualified and well versed 

in Umpiring both normal 

and blind cricket. 

Though being in India, 

Stern did follow the Test 

match in Adelaide. 

"I am certainly following 

the Test match, and am 

sad that Australia seem to 

be destined for a loss, but 

the match was much closer 

than I thought it would be, 

so maybe there is still 

some hope for the rest of 

the series", he signed off. 

Rawalpindi region and Lahore Region 

White win in Golootlo National T20 Cup 

Umpires: Muhammad 

Asif and Faisal Afridi 

TV Umpire: Waleed 

Yaqoob 

Reserve Umpire: Khalid 

Mahmood Sr. 

Referee: Shahid Butt 

Official Scorer: Wasim 

Abbas 

in the second match of 

Golootlo National T20 Cup 

Lahore Region White beat 

Lahore Region Blues by 6 

wickets at Multan Cricket 

Stadium. 

Summarized Scored: 

Lahore Region Blues: 

139-9 in 20 overs (Rizwan 

Hussain 55, 35 balls, 3x4s, 

3x6s, Nauman Anwar 23, 

23 balls, 2x4s, Adnan 

Akmal 21*, 17 balls, 2x4s, 

Ammad Butt 3-18, Bilal 

Asif 2-35). 

Lahore Region White: 

141-4 in 18.5 overs 

(Salman Butt 47, 39 balls, 

7x4s, Zeeshan Ashraf 26, 

27 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Saif 

Badar 25*, 13 balls, 2x4s, 

1x6, Ehsan Adil 2-42). 

Outcomes of 21st Annual General Meeting 

(AGM) of World Blind Cricket Ltd 

4. Totally Blind (B1) 

players shouldn’t be used as 

sandbags as a close-in fielder. 

They must not field with 

in the 5 yards C-Circle 

drawn on either side of the 

wickets. 

5. On the recommendations 

of Pakistan, certain 

laws specifically for the 

Blind Women has been 

approved. 

6. The account of World 

Blind Cricket ltd will be relocated, 

opened and operated 

in UAE. 

Other Major Decisions: 

7. Minimum quota for 

the number of overs to be 

bowled by B1 bowler in 

limited overs game is 

increased from 30% to 

40%. 

8. WBC has created the 

post of CEO as a paid 

employee.

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Resolution of Kashmir dispute 

prerequisite for peace: Tehmina 

ISLAMABAD: Foreign 

Secretary Tehmina Janjua 

has said that Pakistan will 

continue to play its 

dynamic and constructive 

role for ensuring lasting 

peace and stability in the 

region. 

She was addressing the 

inaugural session of twoday 

International 

Conference titled "Conflict 

and Cooperation in South 


Federal Government has 

decided to collect new 

data of all federal 

employees of Grade 1 to 

Grade 22 working in different 

government departments. 


reports, establishment 

division has sought particulars 

of all federal 

employees of Grade 1 to 

22 working in the minis- 

HYDERABAD: HESCO Chief Executive Officer, Rahim Ali Otho inspecting electric connections 

and security in various areas. 

Sindhi Culture of Indus Valley Civilization 

Recognized by the Government of Alberta, Canada 

Asia: Role of Major 

Powers", organized by 

Policy Research Institute, 

in Islamabad on Tuesday. 

The Foreign Secretary 

said political settlement in 

Afghanistan is the only 

way to overcome all the 

challenges confronting 

Afghanistan and the 

region. 

Tehmina Janjua said 

resolution of lingering 

Government decides to collect new 

data of federal employees 

Our Correspondent 

CALGARY: On the eve 

of Sindhi Cultural Day that 

was observed in Calgary on 

December 8, the 

Government of Alberta has 

officially Recognized the 

Sindhi Culture and the contributions 

that Albertan 

Sindhi’s have made in the 

Province. 

In his inaugural speech at 

the Recognition celebration, 

Alberta Minister of Culture 

and Tourism Honourable 

Ricardo Miranda officially 

announced the recognition 

and lauded the role of Sindhi 

Community in promoting 

the diversity and inclusion in 

the Province of Alberta and 

the rich heritage and culture 

of Indus Valley Civilization 

that that has been introduced 

by the Community. 

The other speakers 

included Alberta Minister of 

Community and Social 

Services Honorable Irfan 

Sabir and the renowned 

Pakistani Canadian Scientist 

and recipient of Tamgha-e- 

Imtiaz, Dr. Naweed Imam 

Syed. Both speakers provided 

their views on Sindhi culture 

and appreciated the role 

of Sindhi community in promoting 

the Sufi culture of 

Sindh. 

In his welcome speech 

Sindhi Community Leader 

and co-organizer of the 

event, Mr. Mashhood Qazi 

thanked the Premier of 

Alberta and Culture 

Ministry for bestowing the 

official Recognition to the 

Sindhi Cultural Day. He 

mentioned with pride that 

Alberta has become the first 

province in the entire world 

that has Recognized Sindhi 

ters, divisions, 

autonomous and subordinate 

departments. 

2 pages form has also 

been issued in this regard. 

It has been directed to 

all federal employees that 

they should mention their 

name, father name, CNIC 

no, dual nationality, blood 

group, passport no, marital 

status, dual nationality 

of their partner, details of 

children, religion, vehicle, 

motorcycle, disability, 

designation, scale and 

date of commencement 

of job in the prescribed 

form. 

Meanwhile details 

regarding service group, 

appointment place, 

province, educational status, 

training experience 

since the last 3 years, residence 

and details of position 

till July 2018 has also 

been sought. 

Culture. Mr. Qazi mentioned 

brief history of Indus Valley 

Civilization and the commonalities 

of Sindhi culture 

with that of Alberta culture. 

He thanked the Members of 

Government Caucus, especially 

Hon. Culture Minister 

for hosting the Sindhi 

Cultural Day celebrations in 

Alberta. 

Mr. Ahmer Nadeem 

Memon, the co-organizer of 

the event and leader of 

Sindhi Community detailed 

the roots of Indus valley civilization 

and how the Sindhi 

The purpose behind 

data collection is to compile 

a comprehensive 

record of all federal 

employees so that flaws 

could be removed. 

Earlier, government 

didn’t have such data of 

federal employees. 

In this way, marriages 

of federal employee’s 

with foreign females or 

sur- 

dual nationals had 

faced. 

New report raises hopes 

for Mediterranean and 

Black Sea fisheries 

ROME: Although the 

main commercial fish species 

in the Mediterranean and 

Black Sea are still overfished, 

pressure has reduced 

over the past years, raising 

hopes - for the first time - for 

the recovery of fish stocks, 

according to new FAO- 

GFCM report launched today. 

The percentage of overexploited 

fish stocks decreased 

by 10 percent - from 88 percent 

in 2014 to 78 percent in 

2016. More efforts are needed, 

however, to ensure longterm 

fish stock sustainability, 

warns The State of 

Mediterranean and Black Sea 

Fisheries. 

This means more support 

for the small-scale fishing 

sector, which employs most 

fishers and causes least environmental 

damage; reducing 

bycatch and discards; and 

introducing more drastic 

measures such as significantly 

reducing fishing or establishing 

fisheries restricted 

areas (areas where fishing 

activities are regulated). 

culture has progressed over 

years. He emphasized on the 

role of Sindhi community as 

vibrant and inclusive community 

in Alberta. He 

thanked all the participants 

Kashmir dispute as per UN 

Resolutions is also a prerequisite 

to peace and tranquility 

in the region. 

Expressing his views on 

the occasion, China's 

Ambassador to Pakistan 

Yao Jing said China's Belt 

and Road Initiative provides 

for great economic 

cooperation and connectivity 

in the region and 

beyond. 

Demo held 

against medicines, 

doctors shortage 

N A U S H E H R O 

FEROZ: Local political 

and social activists, 

along with citizens, 

held a protest demonstration 

outside local 

press club on Tuesday 

to press the provincial 

government to upgrade 

the civil hospital of the 

city and end shortage of 

medicines an doctors. 

The protesters, 

including Atta 

Muhammad Solangi 

and Younus Rajpar, also 

staged a sit-in for some 

time and raised slogans 

against the government 

for not providing better 

health facilities despite 

keeping its health sector 

among its top priorities. 

ISLAMABAD: NAB 

has authorized an inquiry 

against M/s Park Lane 

Estate Company (Pvt) Ltd. 

and officers of Capital 

Development Authority on 

allegation of illegal transfer 

for their presence. 

A special message of 

Alberta Premier Honorable 

Rachel Notley was read recognizing 

the Sindhi culture 

and role of Albertan Sindhi’s 

176 police Sub Inspectors 

promoted as Inspectors 

RAWALPINDI: 176 

Sub Inspectors of police 

have been promoted to post 

of Inspector in Punjab 

Police. 

10 Inspectors among the 

promoted persons belong 

to Rawalpindi and martyred 

Police Officer son 

Sub Inspector Mian Imran 

MUMBAI: Alia Bhatt 

and Ranbir Kapoor are two 

of the biggest stars in 

Bollywood today. Their 

relationship is obviously 

the talk of the town. While 

the world speculates endlessly 

about what the duo 

will do next, what their 

respective parents think 

about them is worth knowing. 

In the past, we have 

read Rishi Kapoor speaking 

frankly about it. His 

comment ‘Neetu likes her, 

I like her, Ranbir likes her. 

Get it?’ more than summed 

up what the Kapoors 

thought of the couple. 

Now, Mahesh Bhatt, 

Alia’s father, has spoken at 

length about them. In a 

long interview to The 

Telegraph, he acknowledged 

candidly that the two 

were in a relationship. 

“Well, of course they’re in 

love. You don’t need to be 

a genius to get that!” he 

was quoted as saying. 

When asked if he had any 

in making Alberta a better 

place to live. The message 

was read by the Emcee Ms. 

Deborah Drever, who is the 

Member of the Alberta 

Legislative Assembly. 

Abbas also includes. 


reports, Additional IG 

Punjab has issued promotion 

orders of 176 Sub 

Inspector to the position of 

Inspector across Punjab 

including Rawalpindi 

region. 

Mian Imran Abbas, 

advice to give to his daughter, 

his answer was a frank 

denial. He said he had 

never taken any advice, as 

a youngster, and believed 

every human being had the 

right and required intelligence 

to chart his or her 

journey by himself/herself. 

He even added that 

whether they would go in 

for marriage too would be 

their call. He added that the 

very institution of marriage 

needed to be questioned in 

the second decade of 21st 

century. 

Over 100 people were 

invited by the Government 

of Alberta to attend this 

event including members 

of the Government Caucus, 

dignitaries from Pakistan, 

India and other countries, 

together with large number 

of Sindhi community 

members who came from 

various parts of Alberta. 

The honorable 

Ministers were presented 

with traditional Ajrak and 

Sindhi Topi by the organizers 

Ahmer Nadeem 

Memon and Mashhood 

Qazi, while both organizers 

were awarded with Shields 

by Alberta Culture 

Ministry in recognition of 

their services to promote 

Sindhi Culture in Alberta. 

Qaisar Sakhawat, 

Mohammad Ashraf, 

Mohammad Tariq, 

Mehmood Hussain, 

Mohammad Liaqat, Ishtiaq 

Nasir, Ashraf, Mohammad 

Nawaz and Mohammad 

Iftikhar are from 

Rawalpindi region among 

the promoted inspectors. 

Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor are in love, doesn’t 

take a genius to get that, says Mahesh Bhatt 

of land. According to a 

NAB press release issued 

here on Tuesday, CDA illegally 

allotted 118 kanal and 

14 marla land of Punjab 

Forest Department to M/s 

Park Lane Estate Company 

(Pvt) Ltd. It said that former 

President Asif Ali Zardari 

and PPP Chairman Bilawal 

Bhutto Zardari are 50 percent 

shareholders of M/s 

Park Lane Estate Co. (Pvt) 

Ltd. 

Mahesh also spoke 

about Sanju where Ranbir 

played the titular role. “I 

loved Ranbir (Kapoor) but 

that’s not the Sanjay Dutt 

that I know. Ranbir 

brought his own emotional 

chord to it but I don’t think 

Rajkumar (Hirani) was 

claiming to the world that 

he’s making an exact 

replica. People who are 

very close to Sanjay cannot 

connect with that portrayal 

in the movie. But 

India seems to have loved 

it,” he said. 

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Nepotism is on its peak in 

House Building Finance 

Corporation(HBFC) as MD 

appointed his close relative 

on important position on 

contract and doled out millions 

of rupees on him 

against the rules . 

The Officer’s Association 

of HBFC wrote a letter to 

Finance Ministry reveling 

the corruption of Managing 

Director, who not only presented 

the important slot of 

legal advisor to his relative 

but also gave Rs 10 million 

loan for house building 

against the merit, so that he 

could not be fired from service 

in future as loan would be 

outstanding against him. 

The Officers’Association 

also sends a copy of their 

communication to MD 

HBFC in which investigation 

of the matter is demanded 

or else the association 

The Manager, Attorney 

Holder and Director of M/s 

Park Lane Estate Company 

(Pvt) Ltd were repeatedly 

summoned, but they willfully 

avoided joining the 

proceedings of NAB. 

HBFC ‘s big bosses distribute heavy fund 

among close associates, family members 

would carry out protest 

against wastage of public 

fund. On the other hand the 

brother of MQM’s MPA 

Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan 

was also given the loan of Rs 

10 million whereas according 

to rules and regulations 

house building loans cannot 

be given to contractual 

employees as well as staffers 

having less than five years of 

service . 

According to sources 

many employees had won 

the case from National 

Industrial Relation 

Commission (NIRC), but the 

head of Lahore region filed 

review petitions against 

them in different high courts 

of the country and heavy 

amount was paid to the 

lawyers , whereas the policy 

of the organization does not 

allow to pay more than Rs 

0.3 million to any lawyer for 

litigation in high court. 

The program included 

live performance by Sindhi 

sisters on famous ‘Mor tho 

Tilly’ followed by national 

Sindhi songs by a famous 

singer Priyamvada and 

Mashhood Qazi. The participants 

enjoyed the music 

and community members 

performed traditional 

dances on Sindhi songs. 

Snacks, tea and coffee were 

served to all attendees of 

this colorful cultural event. 

The 

official 

Recognition Certificate 

was distributed amongst all 

attendees followed by a 

mix and mingle of community 

with Honorable 

Ministers. 

On this occasion, Sindhi 

cultural stalls were the centre 

of attraction for participants 

that were beautifully 

decorated by Mrs. Farida 

Memon. Honorable 

Ministers took keen interest 

in learning more about 

Sindhi culture and appreciated 

the depth of the roots 

of this culture. 

The program ended with 

traditional ‘ho jamalo’ sung 

by all participants. 

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