19 December 2018

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Metropolitan: 

Pact signed to launch 

a fleet of 60 fullyloaded 

ambulances 

in Karachi 

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National: 

Punjab 

government 

allows celebrating 

Basant festival 

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International: 

Xi Jinping 

says China 

'will never seek 

hegemony' 

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Govt to facilitate 

media in every possible 

manner: PM Imran 

I S L A M A B A D : 

Prime Minister Imran 

Khan on Tuesday said 

that the government will 

facilitate media in every 

possible manner towards 

discharge of its professional 

obligations. 

Talking to the 

Minister for Information 

and Broadcasting Fawad 

Chaudhry, who called on 

him at his office, PM 

Imran said that the government 

fully believes in 

freedom of expression 

and the critical role of an 

independent, vibrant and 

responsible media 

towards socio-economic 

development of the 

country. 

COAS Bajwa, Qatar 

Emir discuss security 

cooperation 

R A WA L P I N D I : 

Chief of the Army Staff 

(COAS) General Qamar 

Javed Bajwa on Tuesday 

met with Sheikh Tamim 

Bin Hamad Al-Thani, 

Emir of the State of 

Qatar in Doha. 

According to an 

Inter-Services Public 

Relations (ISPR) press 

release, COAS Qamar 

Javed Bajwa and Qatar’s 

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin 

Hamad Al-Thani discussed 

measures to 

enhance bilateral security 

cooperation. 

Ban imposed on 

washing cars with 

hosepipes in Punjab 

LAHORE: The Lahore 

High Court (LHC) on 

Tuesday banned the use of 

hosepipes while washing 

cars in Punjab and directed 

that vehicles be washed 

with water buckets 

instead. 

According to details, 

LHC judge Justice Shahid 

Karim issued a written 

order on a petition seeking 

water conservation and 

controlling its wastage. 

ISLAMABAD: Federal 

Information Minister 

Fawad Chaudhry said on 

Tuesday that government 

will recover the looted 

wealth from former finance 

minister Ishaq Dar. 

"Ishaq Dar will return 

and the money he looted 

will be recovered. We are 

more eager for the money 

than Dar though," said the 

information minister in a 

media talk at the Islamabad 

Chamber of Commerce. 

KARACHI EDITION – Wednesday, December 19, 2018, Rabi-ul-Thani 11, 1440 

Govt to recover wealth 

looted by Dar, says Fawad 

Chaudhry claimed that the politics of Nawaz, Zardari has come to an end 

DUBAI: The Afghan 

Taliban have agreed to consider 

a US request for a sixmonth 

ceasefire if Pakistan, 

Saudi Arabia and United 

Arab Emirates (UAE) guarantee 

that Washington will 

establish an interim government 

in Afghanistan and 

appoint a Taliban-favoured 

leader as its head, according 

to media reports. 

Saudi Arabia, UAE and 

Pakistan were the only three 

countries to recognise the 

Taliban government during 

its five-year rule from 1996- 

2001. Quoting Taliban officials, 

Reuters reported that 

Afghan Taliban attach strings 

to US call for ceasefire 

Taliban say will consider six-month ceasefire if 

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE guarantee US 

will establish interim govt in Kabul 

on the second day of talks in 

Abu Dhabi arranged by 

Pakistan, the US delegation 

asked Taliban to announce a 

six months’ ceasefire in 

Afghanistan. However, the 

insurgent group has sought 

guarantee from Saudi 

Arabia, UAE and Pakistan 

regarding establishment of 

an interim government in 

Kabul of their choice. 

The Taliban also said 

they held talks with UAE, 

Saudi Arabia and Pakistani 

representatives on the withdrawal 

of foreign forces 

from Afghanistan and its 

security and reconstruction. 

PTI govt failing on its 

own: Khursheed Shah 

Says PPP, PML-N will have to do 

nothing to topple the government 


Pakistan Peoples Party 

leader Syed Khursheed 

Shah has said that the 

opposition, including PPP 

Co-chairman Asif Zardari 

and Opposition leader 

Shehbaz Sharif don’t need 

to do anything to topple 

the government. 

“Imran Khan’s government 

is falling on its own,” 

he added. 

Addressing the media 

in Islamabad on Tuesday 

the PPP stalwart stated that 

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of 

Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on 

Tuesday called on Turkish President 

Recap Tayyip Erdogan in Konya, 

Turkey. 

During the meeting, the CJP highlighted 

the special love and affection 

between the people of Pakistan and 

his party does not need to 

do anything to topple the 

government. “The current 

majority they have in the 

parliament is not their 

own.” 

“We want this government 

to continue, if 

midterm elections take 

place PTI will not be able 

to bag the 35 seats they 

won in the previous elections,” 

Shah stated. 

He alleged that the PTI 

even stole MQM and 

PPP’s mandate. 

Chaudhry claimed that 

the politics of former prime 

minister Nawaz Sharif and 

former president Asif Ali 

Zardari has come to an end. 

"We have attained our 

political destination now 

we are going for our 

desired financial destination," 

he said. 

Chaudhry remarked that 

the opposition protests 

whenever the government 

talks about accountability. 

The information minister 

said that the United 

States of America 

expressed its gratitude to 

Pakistan for facilitating 

talks with the Afghan 

Taliban. 

"We are normalising our 

relations with the US. 

Pakistan's global image is 

improving, British Airways 

has resumed its operations. 

France has changed its 

travel advisory and 

Germany is planning to," 

he added. 

NAB Chairman 

agrees to meet 

political leaders 


Chairman National 

Accountability Bureau 

(NAB) Justice retired 

Javed Iqbal on Tuesday has 

agreed to meet political 

leaders of the country. 

According to NAB’s 

spokesperson, Mr Javed 

Iqbal is ready to meet 

political personalities of 

the country, after a letter 

penned by leaders hailing 

from opposition benches. 

“Chairman NAB 

respects members of the 

parliament, the meeting is 

expected to take place after 

his Lahore visit,”, the 

spokesperson said. 

It is worthwhile to mention 

here that Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi, Akhtar 

Mengal, Naveed Qamar, 

Ahsan Iqbal and Asad 

Mehmood requested 

Chairman NAB for a meeting 

through a letter. 

Many political leaders 

including, Nawaz Sharif, 

Shehbaz Sharif, Ishaq Dar, 

Khawaja Saad Rafique, 

and others are facing corruption 

charges. 

Chairman NAB, on 

Thursday (December 6) 

while ruling out allegations 

of nepotism, had said the 

bureau is carrying out 

across the board accountability. 

Responding to the critics, 

he said NAB is an 

independent body and has 

no sympathies for any 

political party or an individual. 

ISLAMABAD: British 

Airways will resume flights 

to Pakistan next year after a 

10-year absence that followed 

a major hotel bombing, 

becoming the first 

Western airline to restart 

flights to the South Asian 

nation. 

BA halted flights following 

one of the most highprofile 

attacks in Pakistan’s 

history, the 2008 Marriott 

Hotel bombing in the capital, 

Islamabad, which took 

place during a period of 

devastating Islamist militant 

violence that swept the 

country. 

But security has since 

improved, with militant 

attacks sharply down in the 

mainly Muslim country of 

208 million people. In 

Islamabad, a web of road 

checkpoints dotted across 

the city for more than a 

decade has mostly been dismantled. 

Richard Crowder, the 

Deputy British High 

Commissioner to Pakistan, 

told reporters in Islamabad 

BA’s return was in large part 

due to “an improvement in 

the security environment in 

this country”. 

Pakistani officials hailed 

BA’s move, saying it will 

offer confidence to other 

foreign investors and make 

the country less isolated. 

“Once it gets around the 

world that British Airways 

has put its stamp of approval 

on Pakistan, it will put us 

one or two notches up as a 

country to do business 

with,” said Commerce 

Minister Abdul Razak 

Dawood. 

BA, which is owned by 

Spanish-registered IAG, is 

due to begin the London 

Heathrow-Islamabad service 

on June 2, with three 

weekly flights by the airline’s 

newest long-haul aircraft, 

the Boeing 787 

Dreamliner. 

At present, only lossmaking 

national carrier 

http://www.dailymessenger.com.pk 

British Airways to resume 

Pakistan flights after a decade 

Diplomat says airline’s return due to ‘improvement in security environment’ in country 

Indian spy Hamid Nehal 

Ansari released from 

Mardan jail 

ISLAMABAD: An 

Indian spy, Hamid Nehal 

Ansari was released from 

Mardan jail on Tuesday. 

He was arrested in 

Kohat in 2012 and was 

awarded three years 

imprisonment in 2015 for 

illegal entry into the country 

and forgery of documents. 

The Indian spy has been 

shifted to Islamabad for his 

onward journey to India. 

CJP calls on President Erdogan 

Turkey. 

President Erdogan also expressed 

his warm sentiments for the people of 

Pakistan and welcomed the chief justice 

to the city of Moulana Rumi, a 

press release issued here said. 

The CJP later participated in the 

“Seb-i-Arus” being held in Konya to 

KONYA: Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar shaking 

hands with Turkish President H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

commemorate the death anniversary of 

renowned Sufi saint and poet, Maulana 

Jalaluddin Rumi, and witnessed the 

“samah” ceremony as part of the commemorative 

events. 

Earlier in the day, the CJP held a 

meeting with President of the Turkish 

Constitutional Court Prof Dr Zuhtu 

Arslan in Ankara. 

The two sides exchanged views on 

legal and judicial matters of mutual 

interest. The CJP briefed his Turkish 

counterpart on the working of the judicial 

system of Pakistan. 

He also outlined the initiatives being 

taken by the Supreme Court of Pakistan 

in furtherance of the fundamental rights 

of the people. 

He emphasized that promotion and 

protection of the fundamental rights of 

the common citizens of Pakistan 

remained the highest priority for the 

Supreme Court, as provision of those 

rights had a direct impact on the lives of 

the common citizens. 

He said the Supreme Court was 

working to ensure that the Executive 

would take all possible measures to 

uphold the fundamental rights. 

ISLAMABAD: Richard Crowder (R), Deputy British High Commissioner to Pakistan, 

delivers a news conference along with Robert Williams (C), head of the sales for Asia 

Pacific and the Middle East for British Airways and Zulfi Bukhari, special assistant 

on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development. 

ISLAMABAD: The 

National Accountability 

Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday 

said that it has not given a 

clean chit to Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief 

Minister Mehmood Khan 

in Malam Jabba land leasing 

case. 

NAB, in a statement, 

clarified that the clean chit 

claimed by Mehmood 

Khan in Malam Jabba land 

Pakistan International 

Airlines (PIA) flies directly 

from Pakistan to Britain, but 

its aging fleet of planes is a 

frequent source of complaints 

by passengers. 

Middle Eastern carriers 

Qatar Airways, Etihad 

Airways and Emirates 

[EMIRA.UL] have a strong 

presence in Pakistan and 

have been eating into PIA’s 

dwindling market share. 

Turkish Airlines also lays on 

a regular service to Pakistan. 

Islamabad has been running 

international advertising 

campaigns to rejuvenate 

its tourism sector that was 

wiped out by Islamist violence 

that destabilized the 

country following the 9/11 

attacks in the United States 

in 2001 and the U.S.-led 

war in Afghanistan. 

Pakistan was formed at 

leasing case was not true. 

The statement of 

Mehmood Khan before the 

joint investigation team 

(JIT) of KP NAB was 

unsatisfactory and he could 

be summoned again anytime 

in the same case, 

NAB added. 

Meanwhile, four KP 

NAB prosecutors on 

Tuesday tendered their resignations 

to the NAB 

partition at the end of British 

rule in India in 1947 and 

more than a million people 

of Pakistani origin live in 

Britain. 

Robert Williams, Head 

of Sales for Asia Pacific and 

the Middle East for British 

Airways, said the carrier 

believes the route “will be 

particularly popular with the 

British Pakistani community 

who want to visit, or be 

visited by, their relatives”. 

Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, 

a special assistant to Prime 

Minister Imran Khan, said 

“British Airways coming 

back after a decade shows 

you where we were and 

how far we have come”. 

No ‘clean chit’ given to 

KP CM, NAB clarifies 

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for 

Interior Shehryar Afridi on Tuesday has 

revealed that the drugs are being sold in top 

lists educational institutions and large 

amount of students used drugs in 

Islamabad. 

Addressing a ceremony in police line 

about rights of children, the minister said 

that a survey has shown the 75 percent 

female students and 45 male students take 

chairman, citing “personal 

issues” as the reason. 

The prosecutors include 

Umer Farooq, Ashfaaq 

Dawoodzai, Hasnain Tariq, 

and Zairullah Khattak. The 

prosecutors had been serving 

the anti-graft body for 

many years. As a result of 

the prosecutors’ resignations, 

the ongoing cases in 

the accountability court are 

likely to be impacted. 

75% female, 45% male students 

use drugs, reveals Afridi 

crystal meth in the capital. 

It is pertinent to mention here that 

Crystal methamphetamine, also called ice, 

is a drug which consists of colourless crystals 

of varying sizes and shapes that are 

used by smoking, insufflations and injecting 

into one’s body. The minister asserted 

that they are taking strict actions against the 

immoral videos. He mentioned that 64000 

videos were recovered from Sargodha. 

Senate unanimously condemns 

Indian violence in held Kashmir 

ISLAMABAD: After National Assembly, the Senate of Pakistan on Tuesday unanimously 

passed a resolution strongly condemning the recent barbarism by the Indian security forces 

in Occupied Kashmir that claimed lives of a number of innocent Kashmiris in Pulwama. 

The resolution moved by Pakistan People’s Party’s Sherry Rehman stated that no journalist, 

foreign tourists and Humanitarian organizations are being allowed to enter the 

occupied valley. Expressing her views in senate on the resolution, Minister for Human 

Rights Dr Shireen Mazari said the government was working on a concrete blueprint for 

the resolution of Kashmir issue. 

Ms Mazari said UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution moved by 

Pakistan reaffirming the inviolability of right to self-determination for all people without 

exception including the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine. 

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018 

Metropolitan 

SHC grants bail to four 

alleged target killers 

Pact signed to launch a fleet of 60 

fully-loaded ambulances in Karachi 

KARACHI: Sindh High 

Court (SHC) on Tuesday 

granted bail plea of four 

alleged target killers of 

Muttahida Qaumi 

Movement (MQM) on the 

surety of Rs0.5 million for 

each. 

A two-member bench of 

the SHC heard the bail plea 

filed by accused Kamran 

Madhuri and others who 

said to be high profile target 

killers of MQM. The 

court granted their bail plea 

on the surety of Rs0.5 million 

each. 

The other accused are 

Suhail Nadeem Arain, 

Mohsin and Abdul Subhanu-llah. 

According to the prosecutor, 

there were many 

cases registered against the 

Contact Drive. The 

Conference, featured the 

provinces clerics who, as 

influential opinion leaders 

emphasized on the safe use 

of natural gas. They appreciated 

SSGC’s role in stemming 

the declining trend of 

the number of deaths and 

injuries as a result of its 

safety awareness programs. 

The eminent clerics and 

social workers stressed on 

the customers to avoid gas 

theft since it was against 

the very tenets of Islamic 

beliefs and education. The 

speakers included Maulana 

accused Kamran but got 

bail in three cases. He said 

that Kamran was still in 

prison in more than four 

cases. 

Prosecutor told the court 

that accused was booked in 

murder cases and he pleaded 

the court that his bail 

plea should be rejected. 

Counsel of the Kamran 

told the court that there was 

KARACHI: Careless 

use of gas-fired appliances 

during winters are a cause 

of unnecessary deaths and 

injuries especially in the 

bitterly cold regions. 

Every year, the Company 

launches ’Winter Safety Syed Muhibullah Agha, 

Campaign’ in Balochistan Allama Syed Hashmi 

to create awareness about 

this hazard, through a blend 

Mosavi, Sayed Habibullah 

Chishti, Professor Arshad 

of Below the Line and 

Above the Line activities. 

Yameen, 

Muhammad 

Mufti 

Ahmed 

SSGC Corporate Qandhariand social worker 

C o m m u n i c a t i o n Abdul Kakar. In their 

Department, in conjunction speeches, SSGC’s Madni 

with Regional Office, Arafat Siddiqui, GM 

Quetta organized, like in 

the yesteryears, an Ulema 

(Distribution-Balochistan) 

and Shahbaz Islam, GM 

Conference at Quetta Press (HR and Corporate 

Club as part of their Social Communications) underscored 

the need to practice 

safe use of gas. They said 

that as a result of regular 

campaigns, there has been a 

sharp drop in the number of 

casualties and emphasized 

that gas theft was a main 

drain on SSGC’s resources 

and called on Ulemaand 

other opinion makers in 

Balochistan to discourage it 

in every forums. 

Later in the evening, the 

organizers held a dinner for 

the media fraternity of 

Balochistan at a local hotel. 

SSGC’s management represented 

by Amin Rajput, 

AMD, Imran Farookhi, 

DMD (Corporate 

Services), Saeed 

Larik,SGM (D-North), 

Madni Arafat Siddiqui, GM 

(D-Balochistan) and 

Shahbaz Islam,GM (HR 

and 

Corporate 

C o m m u n i c a t i o n s ) 

addressed the media persons. 

They appreciated the 

fact that due to the annual 

winter safety campaign, the 

number of causalities from 

no allegation over his client 

in this case. 

Prosecutor told the court 

that Kamran Madhuri is a 

dangerous criminal; there 

are total 11 different cases 

registered against him. He 

said the Anti-Terrorism 

Court (ATC) has already 

rejected bail plea of four 

accused. 

Prosecution further said 

Winter safety campaign bringing about 

positive outcome in Balochistan: SSGC 

KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG), Dr. Kaleem Imam in high level meeting 

with delegation of 41st Specialized Training Program for Pakistan Administration 

Services held at CPO Headquarters . 

Gang involved in looting people through 

fake foreign company website held 

KARACHI: Federal Investigation 

Agency (FIA) has nabbed group of four 

suspects involved in looting of 10,000 people 

by developing fake websites foreign 

company . 

FIA, during a search operation in 

Karachi arrested a gang of four people 

involved in looting 10,000 people after 

establishing fraudulent website in the name 

of foreign company. 

FIA cyber crime Karachi Deputy 

Director Abdul Ghafaar said that suspects 

were deceiving people in respect 

of multi level marketing on name of 

Italian company . 

Pakistani citizens were being sold out 

fake currency through this fraudulent website 

besides looting them on name of easy 

income. 1.5 US dollar per man had been 

received from 10,000 people. 

Suspects were making sale and purchase 

of American dollar in the form of online 

electronic currency. 

Suspects have received more than 200 

million RUPEES on name of virtual currency 

and crypto currency. 

Deputy Director further said that four 

suspects have been held in different areas of 

Karachi through raids. 

2 separate cases have been filed against 

all of them. 

He said two key suspects of this gang are 

the residents of Nawab Shah while FIA is 

carrying out raids for their arrest. 

KARACHI: Traffic police officials removing fancy number plate from a vehicle during a 

campaign against replica registration and fancy number plates near Metropole at 

Shahrah-e-Faisal road. 

careless use of gas appliances 

has shrunk during the 

last couple of years. They 

thanked the media for propagating 

the message about 

precautionary measures to 

the customers, with the 

result that so far no death 

has been reported from callous 

use of gas from anywhere 

in Balochistan. 

In their remarks, 

President Quetta Press 

Club Raza Rehman and 

President of Balochistan 

Union of Journalists Khalil 

Ahmed pointed out at incidents 

of issues of low gas 

pressure in Quetta and 

other adjacent areas. The 

MD assured them that the 

management of SSGC is 

closely looking into the 

issue of low pressure and is 

taking practical steps such 

as expanding transmission 

infrastructure across 

Balochistan as well as setting 

up LPG-Air Mix plants 

to ensure uninterrupted gas 

supply to an ever increasing 

customer base. 

IFC recognizes 

National Foods Limited 

as family-friendly entity 

KARACHI: A case study, 

‘Retaining Top Talent 

Through Family Friendly 

Policies’ published by 

International 

Corporation, a member of the 

World Bank Group, has identified 

National Foods Limited 

as having family friendly policies 

for their employees. 

The case studies feature a 

total of 5 companies which 

were evaluated on the basis of 

gender diversity policies 

which enable these organizations 

to retain top talent.Afew 

of the metrics evaluated were 

the percentage of women 

working in these organizations, 

the support provided to 

their employees who are 

working parents and also the 

business impacts of such family 

friendly policies. 

National Foods has built a 

Daycare for their employees 

who are encouraged to bring 

in their kids and toddlers who 

remain under the supervision 

of trained caregivers. National 

Foods has also incorporated 

flexible work arrangements, 

which encourage employees 

to be attentive to their family 

needs without compromising 

their work quality. Aiming to 

provide good benefits to its 

employees, NFL also provides 

medical allowance on top of 

salary and health & life insurance. 

The Company has a 

100% maternity return rate 

showing that females are comfortable 

in working for NFL 

after becoming mothers. 

The different policies 

which encourage a healthy 

work life balance has helped 

NFL in enabling their employees 

to excel in performance 

which in turn puts the whole 

organization in an upward trajectory. 

Speaking at the 

launch, Abrar Hasan—CEO 

of NFL said, “We are honored 

to be a strong advocate of gender 

diversity. Such case studies 

help in establishing benchmarks 

in the industry, enlightening 

all the players to build 

family friendly environments 

for their employees. Our goal 

is to become an employer of 

choice for women.” 

that accused had attacked 

on police van in Chakra 

Goth, in which four policemen 

were martyred and 

some policemen and citizen 

were got injured. 

It said that all accused 

were recognized by witnesses 

before the magistrate. 

All accused are 

involved in target killing 

and other offenses. 

More facilities for 

Hujjaj demanded 

KARACHI: Pasban 

Democratic Party has 

demanded more facilitates 

for the Hujjaj and saving 

from the explioation of private 

Hajj operaters. 

Pasban in a release here 

said said that the President 

House has already sent their 

Hajj policy 2019 suggestions 

to the formulation committee 

and it is hoped that they 

would be incorporated soon 

in the coming policy. 


Pasban Democratic Party’s 

Public Issues Committee 

Director Abu-Bakr Usman 

after discussions with 

experts and debates in different 

forums had formulated 

their suggestions regarding 

the Hajj policy and submitted 

them to the President 

House, which has now forwarded 

them to the formulation 

committee. 

Pasban President Altaf 

Shakoor hoped that these 

suggestions would soon be 

incorporated and they would 

help in ending corruption 

and malpractices in private 

Hajj quota and greatly facilitate 

the Hujjaj. The Pasban 

has suggested that the like 

the government Hajj quota 

there should be only one 

package of the private Hajj 

quota. The private Hajj operations 

should be given a total 

of 50000 seats. The private 

Hajj operators should be 

Finance given quota only when they 

take oath that they would not 

go to litigation. 

The Hujjaj should be provided 

the best accommodation, 

three-time food and 

transportation services as per 

the charges of government 

Hajj package. On their 

return the airlines should 

be made bound to allow 

them a baggage up to 

46kilograms. Hujjaj should 

be given a mandatory gift 

of blanket, prayer rug and 

Darri for Manna, Arafat 

and Muzdalifah rituals. 

Special quota for the senior 

citizens should be continued. 

For the candidates 

who could not be selected 

during last three ballots, 

more quotas should be earmarked. 

The applications 

for the Hajj would be invited 

in May 2019, so as to 

facilitate the Hujjaj to 

deposit their payments. 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah witnesses signing ceremony 

between Sindh Government and Patients Aid Foundation for lunching emergency 

ambulance service, held at CM House. 

KARACHI: Sindh Chief 

Minister Syed Murad Ali 

Shah taking a historic decision 

of launching an ambulance 

service with a fleet of 

60 fully-loaded vehicles in 

the city, entered into an 

agreement with Patient’s 

Aid Foundation (PAF) to 

operate the facility on 

Public Private Partnership 

(PPP) mode. 

The agreement with 

Sindh government was 

signed by PAF official 

Mushtaq Chhapra and 

Health Secretary Usman 

Chahchar at the Chief 

Minister’s House today. 

The signing was witnessed 

by the Sindh Chief 

Minister, Health Minister 

Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, 

CM’s Advisor Murtaza 

Wahab, Principal Secretary 

to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, 

KARACHI: Speakers at 

the meeting of Shura 

Hamdard Karachi have 

urged the nation and the 

government to follow the 

principle of Quaid: “Faith, 

Unity and Discipline” in 

letter and spirit, because it 

is the only way out and 

mean to get rid of all social 

evils and to solve economic 

problems of the country. 

The meeting was held 

on the theme: “Quaid-i- 

Azam’s concept of state 

KARACHI: Christian people are getting prepare for the 

celebrations of Christmas Day in connection of 

Christmas Celebration ceremony coming ahead. 

Secretary Finance Syed 

Najam Shah, Special 

Secretary Health Dr Dabir, 

PAF’s Zahid Bashir, 

Executive Director JPMC 

Dr Seemi Jamali, Tariq 

Mahmood of JPMC, 

Murtaza Abbas Kazmi of 

Aman Health Care Service. 

The Sindh government 

during current financial 

year will take over the service 

of Aman Ambulances 

and run it in the city of 

Karachi in collaboration 

with PAF. ”In the second 

step, the goal is to expand 

the Karachi fleet of ambulances 

from 60 to 200 by 

the end of the 2019,” the 

chief minister said. 

It may be noted that 

there is already a successful 

pilot project underway in 

the districts of Thatta and 

Sujawal with 25 life-saving 

and today’s Pakistan”, 

chaired by Justice (Rtd) 

Haziqul Khairi at a local 

club. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

the guest speaker and 

former Director of Quaid-i- 

Azam Academy, Karachi, 

Khuwaja Razi Haider said 

that Quaid-i-Azam 

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was 

the most important leader 

among the leaders born 

during the last 150 years in 

South Asia. The title of 

ambulances by the name of 

Sindh Peoples Ambulance 

Service, which has been 

successfully operating for 

the past two years under a 

similar public-private partnership 

between Sindh government 

and Aman. 

Shah said that the expansion 

in Karachi and rural 

areas of the province would 

be undertaken under the 

proposed name as Sindh 

Emergency Medical 

Services. He added that 

concurrently, the ambulance 

service would be 

expanded to all districts of 

Sindh on an incremental 

basis under the new name. 

He disclosed that the existing, 

as well as the expanded 

service, would be made 

available free of cost immediately 

for the benefit of the 

public. 

‘Faith, Unity and Discipline’ 

only way-out: Shura Hamdard 

‘Quaid-i-Azam was 

given to near about 24 

leaders, including Abul 

Kalam 

Azad and Muhammad 

Ali Johar and finally it 

came to Muhammad Ali 

Jinnah and be affixed to 

him, he informed. 

He said the first book on 

Quaid-i-Azam was written 

by Sarojini Naidu in 1918, 

and one hundred of books 

written on Quaid-i-Azam 

were completed in 2018. 

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi, Waseem Akhtar addresses during Workshop for Female 

Journalist organized by Pakistan Council of Media Women held at Old KMC Building. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch 

along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat inspecting 

ongoing developments at Labour Colony. 

KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting 

sewage work.


Former prime minister 

Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday 

expressed his regret at 

the attack on a television 

cameraman by his security 

guards and vowed to 

take the incident to its 

logical conclusion. 

Speaking to journalists 

at the accountability 


National 

court, a regretful Nawaz 

said the incident should 

never have taken place 

and that he was as saddened 

by it as the journalist 

community. 

Wajid Ali, a cameraman 

working for private 

news channel Samaa TV, 

was filming Nawaz as he 

was leaving the 

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Guard’s attack on cameraman: 

Nawaz regrets incident, vows action 

Parliament House on 

Monday when his security 

guards attacked and 

injured him. Video 

footage shows the guards 

chasing the cameraman, 

who ran to save himself 

but was eventually overpowered 

and brought to 

the ground with kicks to 

his face. 

Punjab Assembly addresses 72 

percent Agenda in fifth session 

ISLAMABAD: The dance was 235 and the 

Punjab Assembly lowest 190. Similarly, six 

addressed nearly three quarters 

(72%) of its scheduled 

business during its fifth session 

out of eight minority lawmakers 

attended each sitting 

on an average. The 

that continued Chief Minister did not 

between December 3 and attend 

any 

December 14, 2018. The 

session, comprising ten sittings, 

sitting throughout the session 

while the Leader of 

continued for 23 hours the Opposition attend- 

and 14 minutes with each 

sitting, on an average, starting 

an hour and 28 minutes 

ed only one out of ten sittings 

for 25 minutes. 

The Speaker attended 

behind the scheduled three sittings and chaired 

time and lasting for two 

hours and 20 minutes. 

the House for three hours 

and 48 minutes (18% of 

According to FAFEN's the proceedings) while 

headcount conducted during 

the Deputy Speaker 

the proceedings, an attended all sittings 

average of 79 (21%) and presided over the 

members present at the 

start and 71(19%) at the 

proceedings for 14 hours 

and 58 minutes (72% of 

adjournment of each sitting. 

the proceedings). The 

On the other hand, remaining ten percent 

the official attendance proceedings (two hours 

statistics show that an and nine minutes) were 

average of 221 members chaired by a member of 

attended every sitting. the 

Panel 

The highest official atten- 

of Chairpersons. 

Residents of Deeplo holds 

protest demo against allegedly 

occupation of shrine 

Staff Report 

BADIN: Villagers of 

village Boli and Bhaneli 

near Deeplo held protest 

demonstration in front 

of Badin press club 

against allegedly occupation 

of shrine on 

Tuesday. The protest led 

by Vijo Bheel, Kombho 

Bheel, Geno Bheel, 

Ghulam Nabi, 

Muhammad Ibrahim 

Lund and others. 

They also held press 

conference in Badin 

press club. While talking 

with journalists villagers 

said they were 

devotees of shrine Haji 

Pir Pachhmai near their 

village and large number 

of Muslims and Hindus 

were followers and 

devotees of the shrine. 

They said every year 

annual fair was also 

organized by the devotees 

and visitors were 

facilitated water of the 

well. They alleged that 

some greedy individuals 

have allegedly occupied 

the shrine and selling 

narcotics and thrown 

waste material in the 

well to snatch water 

facility for visitors. 

They alleged that those 

selfish individuals have 

occupied plot of the 

shrine. They said selfish 

persons were causing 

conflict and creating 

unrest among the devotees 

delibrately.The villagers 

said they have 

such complaint to 

Deeplo police station 

but police was neglecting 

to take legal action 

against culprits.They 

demanded removal of 

occupation from the 

shrine of Haji Pir 

Pachhmai and just. 

HESCO asked to end load 

shedding, detection bills 

Our Correspondent 

HYDERABAD: Vice 

president of Hyderabad 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry Syed Iqbal Jafri has 

expressed concern on old 

and poor condition of electric 

wires and poles which were 

posing danger for life of citizens 

as such he asked Hesco 

chief to take notice of this 

and take measures to carry 

Staff Report 

out repair of wires and poles. 

He said there was also need 

that Hesco should solve the 

issues of ever increased 

unscheduled load shedding 

and also exaggerated/detection 

bills. He said traders and 

businessmen were a big consumer 

of power as such it 

was responsibility of Hesco 

to solve their issues on priority 

basis. 

Joint consensus and strategy was needed to 

justify down-trodden people-Advocate Fayaz Abro 

BADIN: Joint consensus and strategy of journalists and 

lawyers was needed to gather single platform for real justification 

with helpless,needy and down-trodden people and 

protection of the rights of every citizen. These views were 

expressed by Advocate Fayaz Abro, newly elected president 

of Badin District Bar Association while addressing a 

ceremony organized by Badin press club in his honour.

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Punjab government allows 

celebrating Basant festival 

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Hitting back at critics mocking his ideas to 

boost the national economy encouraging 

poultry farming Prime Minister Imran 

Khan branded them as having “colonized minds that 

make fun of ‘desis’ [like him] but hail 'walaitis' 

when they talk about such ideas!" 

The prime minister seems to have strung an otherwise 

deep chord deep within many hearts when he 

accused the critics of his economic uplift plan by 

using the word “colonized mind” in the text of his 

Twitter message. Yes, colonization does take a 

heavy toll on the psyche of the subjects who try to 

follow the colonist rulers by adopting not only their 

habits, customs, attitude, and manners in all spheres 

of life be it politics, economics, customs, traditions, 

and laws as is the case with us but also adulteration 

of faith. In short, colonization changes the mindset 

of the subjects to a point where they are conditioned 

to hate themselves and their social, cultural, and 

most of all religion because inferiority complex is 

the end product of colonization. 

Exploring what he calls the ‘pathology of colonization’ 

is his article “Colonization and Identity” 

Chris Kortright says that colonization is based on 

the doctrine of cultural hierarchy and supremacy.” 

The introduction opens up with these words, “The 

present global stratification and make-up has been 

dictated in totality by the colonization and conquest 

of European nations. Although direct colonialism 

has largely ended, we can see that the ideology of 

colonialism has lingered in the identity of people 

within the general cultural sphere as well as the 

institutions of political, economic, and social practices. 

Colonization or the “colonial complex” is: (1) 

colonization begins with a forced, involuntary 

OPINION 

China in 2025-- Triumph over 

Trump in Cold & Hot War 

Defeat of US’s Hypocrisy & Pretense attitude To The World 

(III) 

OPINION 

Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai 

Mutual trade must be 

restricted too. The US 

already imposes tariffs 

on about half of China’s imports. 

Trump has threatened to subject 

all imports to tariffs if necessary. 

Also the export to China is a target. 

For its economy China 

depends heavily on strategic components 

such as chips. In May 2018, the 

export of chips to ZTE, a large Chinese telecom group 

that employs 75,000 people, was temporarily halted, 

threatening the company to go bankrupt. Top manager 

Kathleen Gaffney predicts this is only the beginning:“We 

are the leaders in technology and innovation 

in the chip industries. China in the long term wants to 

be a leader as well. It’s gonna be Made in China by 

2025. So it’s really important that we make that difficult 

for them to do: export controls. That is a real signal 

that will damage China but not hurt the overall 

economy. These are the kind of actions that we are 

going to see.” 

Most serious observers are convinced that the trade 

tariffs imposed will have an adverse effect on the US 

economy and will resolve the trade deficit with China. 

But that’s not the real concern of Trump and his clique. 

Their focus “is on trying to disrupt China’s technological 

rise rather than on doing a deal that’s best for the 

US economy”, in the words of an investor.The Trump 

government is also trying to extend its trade war with 

China to other countries. In the recent negotiations 

with Canada and Mexico on a new free trade agreement, 

Trump has included a clause stating that these 

two countries may not conclude a trade agreement 

with a “non-market economy”, in other words with 

China. The intention is to sign such an agreement in 

the future with countries such as Japan, the European 

Union and Great Britain. If the US succeeds, it will be 

a hard blow to China and the start of a kind of “economic 

iron curtain” around the country. 

The anti-China attitude is not limited to Trump and 

a few hawks in his government. Large parts of the 

establishment believe that the US and China are 

engaged in a long-term strategic rivalry and that the 

rise of theAsian giant poses a threat to the US position. 

There is a growing consensus that trade and national 

security policies should no longer be separated and 

that the White House should provide a strong response 

to its strategic rival. The hunger for confrontation is 

growing. 

The anti-Chinese mood can be found among 

Republicans, free market ideologists, national security 

hawks and people of the Pentagon. But also among 

Democrats and part of the unions and the left. 

Thismeans that the hostility towards China will probably 

be long-lasting and in any case will not disappear 

with the departure of the current president. 

The military superiority of the US is overwhelming. 

It has 800 military bases spread over 70 countries 

and more than 150,000 troops in 177 countries. 

Military spending annually exceeds $600 billion that is 

more than a third of the world total. It is three times as 

much as China and per inhabitant it’s even 12 times as 

much. 

For 70 years, the US Army has dominated the seas 

and airspace of almost the whole planet, including East 

Asia. It had almost complete freedom of movement 

and the ability to deny enemies this freedom. Trump 

wants to keep it that way: 

The arms race is in full swing. The US spends 150 

billion dollars a year on military research, that’s five 

times as much as China. They are feverishly working 

on a new generation of highly sophisticated weapons, 

drones and all kinds of robots, which a future enemy 

will not be able to cope with. The F-35 contains the top 

technology of the moment and has a lead of about 15 

to 20 years over the Chinese jet fighters. In the development 

of these high-tech weapons, artificial intelligence, 

quantum mechanics, laser technology, supersonic 

speeds, nuclear ignitions and electronic warfare 

play an increasing role. They are the war sciences of 

the future. 

“If deterrence fails I am convinced … if we are up 

against a peer or near-peer we are going to have to 

fight for space superiority,” says General John 

Raymond, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force 

Space Command. 

“The US has never had to fight against an adversary 

that has been able to throw as deep as and as 

dense as the US. The use of guided munitions in any 

future war will be so widespread and profound” that it 

will make “a lot of sense to be the one to shoot first”. 

The second track is military encirclement. For its 

foreign trade, China depends for 90 percent on maritime 

transport. More than 80 percent of the oil supply 

has to pass through the Strait of Malacca (near 

Singapore), where the US has a military base. 

Kissinger once said: “control oil and you control 

nations”. In any case, Washington can easily cut off oil 

flows to China. Currently the country has no defence 

against it. Around China the US has more than thirty 

military bases, facilities or training centers (dots on the 

map). By 2020, 60% of the total US fleet will be stationed 

in the region. It is no exaggeration to say that 

China is encircled and squeezed. Imagine what would 

happen if China were to install even one military facility, 

let alone a base near the US. 

In this context the development of small islands 

in the South China Sea should be seen as well as 

the claims of a large part of this area. Controlling 

the shipping routes along which its energy and 

industrial goods are transported is of vital importance 

to Beijing. IN future China will be super 

power in the field of world economy as well as in 

geopolitics and US will be looser due its Hypocrisy 

& Pretense attitude TO The World (thepageinternational@gmail.com) 

“Colonized Minds!” 

entry; (2) the colonizing power alters basically or 

destroys the indigenous culture; (3) members of the 

colonized group tends to be governed by representatives 

of the dominate group; and (4) the system of 

dominant-subordinate relationship is buttressed by a 

racist ideology.) This process has created the identities 

of both the colonized and the colonizer with 

pathological effects. It has destroyed both the lives 

and the cultures of the colonized and implanted a 

culture of destruction upon all inhabitants, both the 

colonized and the colonizer.” 

The 190-year colonization of India-Pakistan subcontinent- 

that begun with Robert Clive winning 

what is called the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and 

ended with the culmination of British rule with the 

creation of Pakistan as a separate homeland in 

August 1947- has corrupted the minds and souls of 

us- the former subjects- so thoroughly that we are 

being still governed by their laws. And our rulers, 

who been colonized just as thoroughly as their people, 

have never ever tried to make the laws that neither 

reflect our moral and social values nor our religious 

beliefs. 

That explains why Pakistan Penal Code usually 

called PPC, Majmua-e-Taazirat-Pakistan in Urdu, 

which was prepared by Lord Macaulay in 1860 on 

the behalf of the then British colonial Government 

of India as the Indian Penal Code, and the Code of 

Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which the British 

colonist master drafted in 1898, still forms the basis 

of our penal and justice dispensing system. 

Since the British colonists designed the laws to 

keep subjects in line and in check the PPC drafted 

by our former colonial master is still being used by 

successive rulers to suppress political opponents 

and critics as well as to silence public dissent. 

LAHORE: Punjab government 

has decided to 

allow Basant festival celebrations 

in February 

reported on Tuesday. 

“Basant will be celebrated 

in Lahore in the second 

week of February,” 

UBAURO: Sukkur 

Electric Power Company 

(SEPCO) has achieved 

additional revenue of 

Rs2Crore from just two 

Khuli Katchehries (public 

meetings), said SEPCO 

Executive Engineer (XEN) 

Meraj Shaikh here Tuesday. 

Information Minister 

Fayazul Hassan Chohan 

said while speaking to 

media persons here. 

Chohan said, Basant is 

an enormous economic 

activity and a source of 

promoting tourism, and 


Sepco arranged a public 

meeting in which electricity 

consumers of the area 

registered their complaints, 

got corrected their bills and 

deposited their arrears. 

Meraj Shaikh said that 

previously they held two 

added that its celebrations 

should remain within the 

prescribed rules and regulations 

keeping in view the 

public safety. 

“Basant committee will 

present its recommendations 

within a week.” 

SEPCO gets 2 Crore revenue 

from two public meetings 

SARGODHA: A man 

has axed his wife to death 

in the name of honor and 

later he has committed 

suicide by consuming 

toxic pills. 

According to police 

public meetings at Daharki 

and Mirpur Mathelo and 

each resulted in additional 

revenue of Rs1 Crore. He 

said they would resolve the 

issues of consumers and 

hold more and more public 

meetings in other areas 

also. 

Man commits suicide after axing his 

wife to death in the name of honor 

Youth killed 

after being hit 

by trailer-truck 

NAUSHEHRO 

OZE: A youth was killed 

when a trailer-truck hit him 

in Kandiaro town in district 

Naushehro Feroze on 

Tuesday. 

The youth, Shoaib 

Shah, was on his way 

when a trailer-truck hit him 

on the National Highway 

in Kandiaro town. As a 

result, he suffered severe 

injuries and died on the 

spot. The driver fled to 

unknown destination soon 

after the accident. 

The body was brought 

to a nearby hospital and 

later handed over to heirs 

after the completion of 

medico-legal formalities. 

The police have 

impounded the vehicle and 

started search for the fleeing 

driver. 

Govt working on vision 

of PM for bright future 

of nation: KP CM 

ISLAMABAD: Chief 

Minister Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood 

Khan has said that the 

provincial government is 

efficiently working on the 

vision of Prime Minister 

Imran Khan for the bright 

future of the nation. 

Addressing a function 

in Peshawar, he said 

TEVTA has been established 

to provide skilled 

manpower for CPEC related 

projects. 

Mehmood Khan said 

thirteen technical training 

centers have been handed 

over to Pakistan Air Force 

to provide digital skills to 

youth. 

He said funds for 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

Impact Challenge Program 

have been enhanced from 

five hundred million to two 

billion rupees. 

sources one laborer 

Akhtar axed his wife 

Nadia Akhtar 30 in the 

name of honor in the area 

of Pathan Kot, 

Sargodha and later committed 

suicide by swallowing 

toxic pills. 

Nadia is stated to be 

mother of 3 children The 

bodies have been taken to 

hospital for postmortem. 

Police have started 

investigation. 

Appointment of 70 lecturers in 

Rawalpindi colleges approved 

RAWALPINDI: Higher 

FER- Education Department 

Punjab has accorded 

approval to appointment 

of lecturers on the vacant 

posts in all the colleges 

across Punjab including 

Rawalpindi. 

Lecturers will be 

appointed on 2978 vacant 

seats under Public Service 

Commission all over the 

province. 

R A W A L P I N D I : 

Decision has been taken to 

launch crackdown against 

those involved in selling 

gas compressors in 

Rawalpindi. 

District administration 

Rawalpindi will take 

immediate action against 

those found involved in 

selling gas compressors in 

In Rawalpindi district 

70 male and female lecturers 

of Grade 17 will be 

appointed on 70 vacant 

posts. 

There are 70 posts 

lying vacant in the colleges 

of Rawalpindi, 

Attock, Chakwal, and 

Jhelum. 

The process of appointment 

of teachers will be 

started this month. 

markets in order to address 

low gas pressure problem. 

Influential persons have 

installed gas compressors 

in their homes by means of 

which they draw and consume 

the gas abundantly 

and the remaining consumers 

are left at the 

mercy of low gas pressure 

in certain area of 

Reacting over criticism 

from Mushahidullah Khan, 

the minister said people of 

KP are aware how many 

trees were planted in the 

province by the PTI government. 

Basant is one of the 

most colourful and celebrated 

festivals in 

Pakistan, particularly in 

Punjab. However, after a 

rise in the number of 

deaths due to chemicalised 

twine, the provincial government 

had banned the 

kite festival in Punjab a 

couple of years back. 

In 2005, the Supreme 

Court had also banned the 

festival over deaths caused 

by the use of sharp and 

glass coated strings. 

Several petitions challenging 

the ban were dismissed 

by the court. 

Two outdated schools 

buildings locked due 

to fear of collapse 

MADEJI: The buildings 

of the Government Girls 

Primary School and the 

Government Boys Primary 

School of village Sallar 

Jakhro in Garhi Yasin 

Taluka have become outdated 

due to which the students 

of both schools are studying 

at a private place which has 

ruined their future. 

The villagers locked the 

buildings due to their dangerous 

condition. The socalled 

education emergency 

imposed in Sindh was 

exposed when a team of 

journalists visited the 

schools. 

The little boys and girls 

were getting education 

while sitting on earth amid 

cold weather without furniture 

as if they were living in 

stone age. 

Two primary teachers 

were retired from service 

five years ago, but no substitute 

has so far been provided 

due to which school 

has been closed since last 

five years. 

The only lady teacher is 

imparting education to the 

girls and boys at her home 

as the building of the school 

is in shabby condition. 

Villagers Khadim Hussain 

Jakhro, Kakal Jakhro, 

Mujeeb, Shahid, students 

Sonia, Nadia, Rehan, Aqeel 

Jakhro and others held a 

protest demonstration 

against the issue. 

Decision taken to launch crackdown 

against sellers of gas compressors in RWP 

Rawalpindi. The house 

wives have raised the issue 

of low gas pressure due to 

installation of compressors 

by certain people. 

The gas pipeline of 

larger diameter will be laid 

in the localities of NA 60 

and 62 to address long 

standing problem of low 

gas pressure. 

HYDERABAD: Sindh Governor, Imran Ismail and others attend funeral prayer ceremony 

of President Hyderabad Gymkhana and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Javed Junejo.


International 

5 

Xi Jinping says China 

'will never seek hegemony' 

Emily Blunt's terrifying moment 

as the new Mary Poppins 

BEIJING: Chinese 

President Xi Jinping has 

vowed that his country will 

not develop at the expense 

of other nations, in a speech 

marking 40 years since 

China introduced major 

economic reforms. 

However, he also said 

that the global super power 

would not be told what to do 

by anyone. 

Late leader Deng 

Xiaoping's campaign of 

"reform and opening up" 

began four decades ago. 

The resulting growth has 

made China the second 

largest economy in the 

world. 

Xi said despite this 

growth, China would "never 

seek global hegemony" and 

also highlighted its contributions 

towards a "shared 

future for mankind". 

Critics say China continues 

to crack down on political 

dissent and take a hard 

stance against any of ethnic 

or social instability 

Also in recent years, the 

country has struggled with 

MOSCOW: President Vladimir 

Putin said on Tuesday that there 

was nothing to stop Russia and the 

United States holding talks with 

other countries about the possibility 

of them joining a landmark arms 

control treaty that is at risk of 

unraveling. 

The United States delivered 

Russia a 60-day ultimatum earlier 

this month to come clean about 

what Washington says is a violation 

of the Intermediate-range Nuclear 

Forces Treaty between Moscow and 

Washington. 

The pact keeps intermediaterange 

U.S. and Russian missiles out 

of Europe. Washington has spoken 

of quitting the treaty altogether 

unless Russia returns to what it 

calls “full and verifiable compliance.” 

Moscow denies it is in breach of 

mounting debt and slowing 

economic growth. 

Xi spent much of his 

lengthy speech listing 

examples of China's 

progress over the past 

decades, praising them as 

"epic achievements that 

moved heaven and Earth". 

He said that given its 

success, "no-one is in a 

position to dictate to China 

what to do or not to do". 

At the same time, he 

stressed what he described 

as Chinese efforts to work 

towards the greater global 

good, saying Beijing was a 

"promoter of world peace," 

a "defender of international 

order" and holding "a leading 

role in dealing with climate 

change". 

China's economic reform 

was initiated by then leader 

Deng Xiaoping in 1978 and 

the programme was ratified 

on 18 December that year. 

The reform path turned 

the country away from the 

old style communism of 

Mao Zedong when collectivisation 

had led to an 

impoverished and inefficient 

economy. 

the treaty and accuses the United 

States of violating it. 

Both sides have noted that other 

countries remain free to develop 

weapons banned under the treaty, 

and the United States has in particular 

raised concerns about China 

with U.S. National Security Advisor 

John Bolton warning Moscow that 

The transformation 

focussed on agricultural 

reform, private sector liberalisation, 

industry modernisation 

and opening to international 

trade. 

Xi Jinping described the 

reforms as a "break from the 

shackles" of previous mistakes. 

He said the last 40 

years had been a "quantum 

leap for socialism with 

Chinese characteristics," 

driving China's "great rejuvenation 

in modern times". 

The Chinese president 

made no direct mention of 

the current trade dispute 

with the US but stressed his 

country's contribution to 

economic globalisation and 

international order. 

The row with the US has 

led to a spiral of tit-for-tat 

tariffs with potentially serious 

economic consequences 

for both China and the US 

should they fail to resolve 

the dispute. 

Despite the economic 

reforms, the past decades 

have not brought change to 

China's rigid one-party system 

of communist rule. 

China's president gave 

his Tuesday speech in the 

Putin: Nothing to stop new states joining 

nuclear pact with U.S. and Russia 

Migrant family who fled tear 

gas at U.S. border seeks asylum 

TIJUANA, Mexico: 

Members of a group of 

Honduran migrants, which 

included a mother who had 

been photographed running 

with her daughters 

from tear gas several 

weeks ago, began seeking 

asylum at the U.S. border 

with Mexico on Monday, 

according to a Reuters witness 

and lawyers for the 

group. 

The group comprised 

mostly teens but also 

included Maria Meza and 

her children, the lawyers 

said. The family appeared 

in a widely circulated photograph 

taken by Reuters 

as they fled tear gas 

thrown by U.S. authorities 

during a protest at the border 

last month when some 

migrants rushed the U.S. 

fence. 

Sandra Cordero, from 

advocacy group Families 

Belong Together, which 

accompanied the migrants, 

said eight unaccompanied 

minors were being 

processed for asylum. 

Meza and her family were 

also being processed, 

Cordero said. 

Russian lawmakers back law jailing 

anyone urging teenagers to protest 

MOSCOW: Russian 

lawmakers approved draft 

legislation that would 

make it a jailable offense 

to call on teenagers to 

attend unauthorized street 

protests, a move Kremlin 

critic Alexei Navalny said 

on Tuesday was designed 

to frustrate his own activity. 

Navalny, a 42-year-old 

lawyer who says he wants 

to succeed Vladimir Putin 

as president, has tried to 

win the support of a young 

demographic, including 

teenagers, some of whom 

have attended his nationwide 

anti-Kremlin 

protests. 

Police have sometimes 

dispersed his rallies using 

force and jailed hundreds 

of attendees, including 

teenagers, whose presence 

has drawn sharp criticism 

from the Kremlin which 

has accused Navalny of 

manipulating minors for 

political gain. 

The new legislation 

proposes introducing fines 

of up to 50,000 rubles 

($750) or a jail sentence of 

up to 15 days for anyone 

calling on people aged 

under 18 to attend unauthorized 

protests. 

Companies or organizations 

that encourage 

minors to attend could be 

fined up to 500,000 rubles 

under the new law. 

Chinese missiles have the capability 

to strike the Russian heartland. 

“Yes, it is true, there are certain 

problems with this agreement (the 

treaty) - other countries that possess 

intermediate and short range missiles 

are not part of it,” Putin told 

top military officials at a Defence 

Ministry meeting. 

Lebanon set to 

get new govt in 

days: politicians 

BEIRUT: 

leaders are on track to agree 

a new national government 

in the next few days, politicians 

said on Tuesday, raising 

hopes for an end to more 

than seven months of wrangling 

that has darkened the 

outlook for its struggling 

economy. 

Efforts to form the new 

government, led by Prime 

Minister-designate Saad al- 

Hariri, have been obstructed 

by conflicting demands for 

cabinet seats that must be 

parceled out in line with a 

finely balanced, sectarian 

political system. 

Heavily indebted and suffering 

from a stagnant economy, 

Lebanon is in dire need 

of an administration that can 

set about long-stalled 

reforms to put public debt on 

a sustainable footing. 

Great Hall of the People in 

Beijing's Tiananmen 

Square, where calls for 

political reforms were brutally 

crushed by the military 

in 1989. 

In his address, Xi reiterated 

his belief in strengthening 

the party leadership and 

praised Beijing's crackdown 

on corruption. 

Critics say the rule of Xi 

Jinping has been marked by 

an ever intensifying crackdown 

on political dissent. 

Authorities have also 

been accused of excessive 

control of religious groups 

and brutally repressing the 

Muslim Uighur minority in 

Xinjiang province. 

Xi Jinping is widely seen 

as China's most influential 

leader since Mao Zedong. 

In 2017, he cemented his 

power, enshrining his political 

views in the constitution. 

Xi Jinping is widely seen 

as China's most influential 

leader since Mao Zedong. 

In 2017, he cemented his 

power, enshrining his political 

views in the constitution. 

German court rejects 

far-right complaint 

against Merkel's 

asylum policy 

BERLIN: Germany’s 

top court on Tuesday 

rejected a complaint from 

the far-right Alternative 

for Germany (AfD) 

against Chancellor 

Merkel’s government 

over its liberal asylum 

policy. 

The constitutional 

court said the AfD - the 

biggest opposition party 

in Germany’s lower house 

of parliament - had failed 

to demonstrate how 

Merkel’s decision to open 

the borders to migrants in 

2015, without asking the 

German parliament for 

approval, could have 

affected the party’s constitutional 

rights. 

The court refused to 

even hear a lawsuit that 

the AfD’s parliamentary 

group had brought in 

May. 

The decision marks a 

blow for the anti-immigration 

Lebanon’s 

party, which has 

heavily campaigned 

against Merkel’s migration 

policy - an issue 

which helped it win seats 

in the national parliament 

for the first time in the 

September 2017 election. 

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign 

Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif 

has blasted the hawkish Israeli premier 

for openly boasting of the 

regime’s “offensive missiles,” saying 

such a warmonger is in no position 

to voice “concerns” about 

Tehran’s defensive missile program. 

Zarif was reacting Tuesday to 

Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments, 

who said a day earlier that the 

regime was developing missiles 

capable of hitting any target in the 

Middle East region. 

Netanyahu also said the regime 

was working on weapons systems 

with “special capabilities that no 

other country has,” adding, “This is 

the offensive power of Israel which 

is very important for us in all sectors.” 

NEW YORK: She takes 

on a beloved movie character 

and dances with penguins, 

but what really terrified 

British actress Emily 

Blunt was descending 

slowly from the clouds as 

the new Mary Poppins. 

More than 50 years 

after it first charmed audiences 

worldwide, Blunt 

stars in the sequel “Mary 

Poppins Returns” as the 

magical English nanny 

with a no-nonsense 

demeanor but a twinkle in 

the eye. 

The Walt Disney Co 

movie, starting its global 

roll-out this week, is set 20 

years after the musical fantasy 

that made Julie 

Andrews a star. 

Despite new music, a 

new cast and new director 

SAO PAULO: A fire raced 

through a neighborhood in the 

Brazilian jungle city of 

Manaus early on Tuesday, 

engulfing at least 600 wooden 

houses built on stilts due to 

seasonal floods and sending 

thousands fleeing from their 

homes. 

No deaths were reported 

Rob Marshall, “Mary 

Poppins Returns” pays 

homage to the original 

1964 film, including the 

arrival of the singing 

nanny from the skies 

above London. 

This time, however, 

Poppins floats down holding 

a battered kite rather 

than her parrot umbrella 

but with her signature carpet 

bag still in hand. 

Blunt said she was “terrified” 

filming the scene 

while hoisted high up on a 

crane. “It’s very high. Rob 

(Marshall) wanted to do 

one shot where I start in 

the air and I come down 

and the cameras are here 

and I walk straight into my 

close-up.” 

“We did about four 

takes and then I was like, 

from the blaze, which authorities 

said may have been triggered 

by a pressure cooker 

explosion. Four people were 

injured, and more than 2,000 

people were forced to flee, 

Amadeu Soares, head of the 

Amazonas state security ministry, 

told reporters at the 

scene. 

‘Rob - please say you have 

it now. Have you got it? 

Just say you have it’,” said 

the actress, best known for 

her roles in thriller “A 

Quiet Place” and comedy 

“The Devil Wears Prada.” 

Like the original, 

“Mary Poppins Returns” 

features fantasy sequences, 

dance numbers, animated 

dancing penguins. There’s 

even a cameo for a tapdancing 

Dick Van Dyke, 

93, who played Bert, the 

cheery London chimney 

sweep, in the 1964 film. 

However Andrews, 83, 

who won an Oscar for her 

performance as Mary 

Poppins, has placed herself 

outside the spotlight, with 

no role in the sequel and 

no appearances at red carpet 

events. 

Fire engulfs 600 stilt homes in 

Brazil city Manaus; thousands flee 

Soares said preliminary 

information from residents 

pointed to a kitchen incident 

involving an exploding pressure 

cooker as the possible 

cause, though a full investigation 

was under way. 

Television images showed 

desperate scenes of residents 

trying to flee through tight, 

labyrinthine alleyways. 

Firefighters spent several 

hours trying to control the 

blaze, but struggled to prevent 

houses from going up in 

flames. Such fires are common 

in poorer neighborhoods 

and slums in Brazil, where 

scant government planning 

during decades of rapid urbanization 

resulted in informal 

settlements sprouting up, 

housing millions who sought 

jobs in urban centers. 

Russia, Iran, Turkey meet, seeking deal 

on new Syria constitution body 

In his tweet, Zarif wrote, “First, 

Netanyahu stands next to nuclear 

BOMB factory and threatens Iran 

with annihilation. Now, he openly 

boasts about his “OFFENSIVE" 

missiles that can reach anywhere.” 

The minister has in fact made a 

reference to Netanyahu’s visit in 

August to the regime secretive 

Dimona nuclear weapons facility, 

GENEVA: Russia, Iran 

and Turkey are nearing 

agreement on the composition 

of a Syria committee 

that could pave the way for 

the drafting of a new constitution 

and for elections after 

a devastating civil war, 

diplomats said on Tuesday. 

The foreign ministers of 

the three nations, who support 

opposing sides in 

Syria’s nearly eight-year-old 

conflict, began talks in 

Geneva to seal their joint 

proposal and seek the United 

Nations’ blessing for it, they 

added. 

Iranian Foreign Minister 

Javad Zarif, asked on arrival 

whether he expected to reach 

an agreement with counterparts 

Sergei Lavrov of 

Russia and Mevlut 

Cavusoglu of Turkey, told 

reporters: “I hope so.” 

Staffan de Mistura, U.N. 

Special Envoy for Syria who 

steps down on Dec. 31, has 

tried since January to clinch 

agreement on the identity of 

150 members of a new constitutional 

committee to revitalize 

a stalled peace process. 

President Bashar al- 

Assad’s government and the 

opposition fighting to topple 

him have each submitted a 

list of 50 names. But Russia, 

Iran and Turkey have haggled 

over the final 50 members 

from civil society and 

“independent” backgrounds, 

diplomats say. 

Zarif blasts Netanyahu for ‘boasting of offensive missiles’ 

from where he threatened Iran with 

a nuclear attack. 

That threat drew strong criticisms 

from Tehran, which wrote to 

the United Nations, calling on the 

world body to condemn Israel and 

bring the regime’s atomic weapons 

program under its supervision. 

Netanyahu’s latest comments 

come days after the hawkish prime 

minister said Israel was prepared to 

launch attacks inside Iran if its survival 

was at stake. 

The Iranian foreign minister 

further pointed to the hype created 

by the Western states over Tehran’s 

latest test of a conventional ballistic 

missile and said the Israeli premier 

“whines about Iran’s 

Deterrent and DEFENSIVE missiles, 

and the West parrots his 

“concerns.””

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Biz 

Pakistan, Exim Bank of China agree to 

expand cooperation in diverse fields 

BEIJING: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar talking to 

President of China Exim Bank. 

BEIJING: Pakistan and Export- 

Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) 

have agreed to expand cooperation 

in diverse fields on Tuesday. 

According to the details, Federal 

Minister for Planning, 

Development and Reform 

Makhdum Khusro Bakhtiar on 

Tuesday met with Li Ruogu, 

President of Exim Bank in Beijing 

and sought cooperation to initiate 

new projects in the country. 

Talking to Exim Bank president, 

Khusro Bakhtiar said that that 

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 

(CPEC) is further strengthening the 

ties between Pakistan and China. 

He maintained that nine economic 

zones under China- 

Pakistan Economic Corridor will 

help Pakistan overcome its trade 

deficit. 

On the occasion, Li Ruogu said 

that Pakistan is the top most partner 

of Exim Bank in connection 

with the investment and added that 

many projects under CPEC are 

continued in collaboration with the 

bank in Pakistan. 

Finance Minister Asad Umar, 

on November 28, had said the government 

was not in hurry to obtain 

a bailout package from the 

International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) to boost the country’s foreign 

exchange reserves. 

JICA to provide technical help 

to boost gloves industry 

SIALKOT: A joint consultative 

session of Japan 

International Cooperation 

Agency (JICA) and 

Pakistan Gloves 

Manufacturers and 

Exporters Association 

(PGMEA) was organized by 

Trade Development 

Authority of Pakistan 

(TDAP), Regional Division 

(North), Sialkot office under 

the Chairmanship of Mr. 

Qamar Zaman, Director 

General (DG),TDAP, 

wherein, the JICA officials 

met with the concerned 

stakeholders from the 

Sialkot gloves manufacturing 

industry. 

The session was organized 

to identify the export 

potential of the Japanese 

Market for the Sialkot 

based 

Gloves 

Manufacturing and 

Exporting Industry. During 

the session Mr. Masao 

Otsuka, JICA Advisor to 

TDAP informed the business 

community that the 

Sialkot Gloves Industry is 

exporting its products to all 

the international markets 

and have a great potential to 

tap the Japanese market. 

CORPORATE CORNER 

Dawlance offers 5 Year Warranty on 

Tempered-Glass Hobs of Cooking-Range 

KARACHI: Dawlance is 

the technology leader in 

Pakistan’s home appliances 

market and a fully owned subsidiary of Arcelik – the 

largest Turkish enterprise, which is also the thirdlargest 

manufacturer in Europe. In order to promise 

unmatched reliability and experiences for the consumers, 

Dawlance has now introduced a 5 Year 

Warranty on the Tempered Glass of its Glass top Hobs 

in its Cooking Appliances range. With effect from 

December 2018, the consumers can avail this one-time 

replacement warranty. 

This unmatched warranty offer is another pioneering 

feature of this European Quality manufacturer that 

has risen way above the competition. Since more than 

three decades, Dawlance has won the hearts of millions 

of consumers. With the entry of Arcelik into 

Pakistan, Dawlance has seen robust new investments 

and innovations, to elevate the quality of its employees, 

operations and products. 

The Head of Marketing at Dawlance - Hasan Jamil 

said that; “Inspired by the unshakeable confidence that 

Dawlance – Arcelik family has in the durability of its 

products and operational teams, we have also introduced 

a unique ‘Grand Warranty Offer’. As our products 

continue to perform beyond the users expectations, 

we are ensuring complete peace of mind for the 

consumers. These stylishly designed, high-performance 

products also promise more than 35% conservation 

of energy for the households.” 

JS Bank tackles climate 

change at COP24 

KARACHI: JS Bank Delegates Safee Ul Haq and Sonia 

Madad with Malik Amin Aslam - Advisor to the Prime 

Minister atthe Conference of the Parties (COP24) in 

regards to the UN Convention on Climate Change. 

KARACHI: JS Bank in its continued efforts to promote 

youth development and tackle climate 

change, sponsored two delegates to the Conference of 

the Parties (COP24) a meeting of the governing body 

on the United Nations Framework Convention on 

Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

The two individuals, Safee ul Haque from the 

Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and Sonia 

Madad from Federal Medical and Dental College 

Islamabadtravelled to Kotawice, Poland for this meeting. 

Under this platform, countries from around the 

world meet to advance the aims of the Paris 

Agreement on climate change and achieve progress on 

its implementation guidelines.

Team manager resigns after Pakistan's 

dismal Hockey World Cup outing 

MULTAN: 

LAHORE: Pakistan’s 

team manager Hasan 

Sardar resigned from his 

post following team’s dismal, 

win-less performance 

in the recently concluded 

Hockey World Cup. 

Pakistan were kicked 

out of the tournament by a 

dominant Belgium team 

after a 5-0 thrashing in the 

cross-over match. 

Earlier, Pakistan lost 1- 

0 to Germany, drew 1-1 

against Malaysia and then 

faced a 5-1 humiliation at 

the hands of the 

Netherlands in their group 

D. 

Goal difference helped 

them enter pre-quarterfinals, 

but just to add more 

woe to their misery. 

Sardar, however, was 

all praiseful of Pakistan 

team, saying “their overall 

performance was not that 

Dr M Arif Hafeez 

Sports Reporter 

KARACHI: Royal FC 

has claimed the title of 

eight-team Leisure 

Leagues Hyderabad 

Season 4 while runner-up 

team FC Thunderbolts 

along with Royal FC has 

also qualified for next 

bad”. 

“We could’ve scored on 

a lot of occasions, but we 

missed those chances. I 

year’s Hyderabad Intra 

City Championship. 

The final match 

between Royal FC and FC 

Thunderbolts has ended in 

a goalless draw at Wapda 

Ground in Hyderabad. 

Royal FC claimed the title 

after it was adjudged winner 

of the league on the 

will soon submit my report 

which will comprise of 

suggestions to improve the 

state of hockey in 

basis of better goal difference. 

Shahbaz Ali Solangi 

(Royal FC) and Noroz 

Noji (FC Thunderbolts) 

were adjudged Best 

Players of the league while 

Best Goalie award went to 

Muhammad Abid Memon 

(Royal FC). 

Pakistan,” he told . 

He further suggested 

some changes, which 

included “replacing some 

Royal FC, FC Thunderbolts qualify for 

Hyderabad Intra City Championship 2019 


KARACHI: In the 

opening match of the 

Haier Hockey Series 

Open at the National 

Hockey Stadium, Lahore, 

Uzbekistan outplayed 

Afghanistan 11-0 in a 

completely one sided 

match. 

Senior Minister 

Punjab, Raja Bahsahrat 

was the chief guest at the 

opening ceremony of this 

FIH event. 

He was accompanied 

by the President PHF, 

Brig (rtd) Khalid Sajjad 

Khokhar and officials of 

PHF and Punjab Hockey 

Association. 

The second match was 

played between Pakistan 

President XI and Nepal. 

It is pertinent to mention 

that Pakistan 

President XI's is appearing 

as a guest team. 

Their matches are all 

'friendly games' and 

carry no points towards 

the actual tournament. 

It also turned out to be 

a lop sided contest. 

The Pakistan 

President XI consisting 

of young emerging players 

easily defeated Nepal 

9-0. 

Abdullah powers Al-Fatima Academy 

into Inter-School Cricket final 

KARACHI: Wicketkeeper and opener Abdullah Zareen’s unbeaten knock of 152 

runs guided Al-Fatima Academy to an imposing six-wicket victory over Ibrahim Ali 

Bhai Secondary School in the semifinals of the PVCA-EBM Inter-School Cricket 

Tournament 2018 here at the Eastern Star Ground. 

Abdullah, the skipper of Al-Fatima Academy, remained unconquered on 152 off 

101 balls with the help of 25 boundaries which allowed his team to reach the target of 

266 with almost 10 overs to spare and six wickets in hand. 

Earlier Ibrahim Ali Bhai Secondary School posted a total of 265 for eight in the 

allotted 40 overs. Opener Irfanullah smashed a couple of towering sixes along with 11 

fours in his 86 off 65 balls. Captain Muhammad Abbas contributed 49 off 67. 

Leisure Leagues has 

established an impressive 

infrastructure where top 

performing teams from its 

several leagues and tournaments, 

held in their respective 

cities quality for intracity 

leagues. The champion 

side of the intra-city 

leagues, which held in different 

cities of the country, 

qualify for leisure leagues 

national finals. 

The winner of the 

national finals gets a once 

in a lifetime opportunity to 

qualify from Pakistan to 

represent the country in the 

Socca World Cup, which 

saw its inaugural edition 

held in Portugal earlier this 

year. Lahore’s ICAW qualified 

for the mega event 

after going through the 

leisure leagues qualification 

process. It featured in 

the tournament against top 

football playing nations 

and also won the ‘Fair 

Play’ award. 

Uzbekistan Rout Afghanistan 11-0; 

Pakistan billiards & 

snooker association 

Pakistan President XI beat Nepal 9-0 KARACHI: The 

PBSA would like to take 

this opportunity to 

address the matter of the 

non-participation of 

players in the recently 

held tournament at Marsa 

Alam, Egypt. It is necessary 

to give a background 

of the matter. 

The central contract 

were sent to all provincial 

associations on 16th 

November 2018 for signatures 

of players being 

offered central contact 

for 2019, while players 

from Sindh, KPK and 

few players from Punjab 

have already signed the 

contract. The association 

had decided to renew the 

contract without waiting 

till last minute, as last 

year some players had 

restored to pressure tactic 

one day before the 

national championship 

2018 by refusing to participate 

if contracts did 

not include terms of their 

choosing. The PBSA 

agreed to what was reasonable 

and manageable, 

including increase in 

daily allowances, monthly 

players honorarium 

and prize money of winner 

in all national ranking 

tournaments. 

It is pertinent to mention 

here that the players 

are aware of the contents 

of the central contracts, 

renewed every year, 

which is evident from the 

above stated demands 

placed before the 

Nationals 2018 and if any 

change or deviation in the 

central contract 2019, 

was observed, the same 

could have been informed 

to the association. 

old players with new 

ones”. 

Sardar was also of the 

opinion that both Pakistan 

senior and junior teams 

need foreign coaches to 

become better. 

Earlier, Touqeer Dar 

resigned from the head 

coach role citing 

Pakistan’s unbeaten outing 

at the World Cup. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan 

Hockey Federation president 

Khalid Sajjad 

Khokhar has ordered an 

investigation into the 

Hockey World Cup debacle. 

The four-man investigating 

commission put in 

place by the PHF president 

will prepare a performance 

report of the team in the 

World Cup, and it will also 

report on the downfall of 

hockey in general. 

800 teams participate 

in Standard Chartered 

Tournament 

KARACHI: Agha 

Khan, Khara Dar won the 

Girls and Lyari Kakri won 

the U-14 Boys Standard 

Chartered Karachi United 

Youth League Final that 

concluded in Karachi. 

Earlier, Baldia Centre and 

KU Academy had won the 

U-10 and U-12 boys editions 

respectively. This 

league was sponsored by 

Standard Chartered, as part 

of its community service 

mandate to promote sports 

amongst children. 

The final tournament 

was held at the Karachi 

United Stadium and was 

attended by more than 400 

spectators hailing from different 

areas of Karachi. 

The objective of the 

“Standard Chartered 

Karachi United Youth 

League” was to provide a 

platform for Youth football 

teams from across Karachi 

who came together, broke 

barriers and inculcated the 

spirit of competition. A 

total of 720 boys’ and 80 

girls’ teams participated in 

the league which kicked 

off at Karachi United 

Stadium on 14thSeptember 

2018. 

A total of 800 boys and 

girls from across Karachi 

participated in this tournament. 

As many as128 

matches were played in 

different locations including 

Old Golimar, Clifton, 

Malir, Baldia, Liyari, 

Korangi and Mauripur. 

Through this tournament 

12 community centres 

were engaged. 

Commenting on the 

sponsorship, Ms. Khadija 

Hashimi, Head of 

Corporate Affairs and 

Brand & Marketing said, 

“This was a tremendous 

opportunity for us to further 

enhance our commitment 

to the communities in 

which we operate. 

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan 

Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to 

renew talks with Cricket Australia to 

convince them to play at least two oneday 

internationals in Karachi next 

year. A five-match ODI series is 

Former 

captain Wasim Akram on 

Tuesday said Sarfraz 

Ahmed should continue 

his job as captain of the 

Test side beside leading 

Pakistan team in ODI and 

T20 formats. 

Asked during a press 

conference whether 

Sarfraz should leave the 

captaincy of the test side 

as recently advised by 

Shahid Afridi, Wasim 

Akram said he is unable to 

understand the criticism 

against Sarfraz . 


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No Imran Khan, Miandad waiting in line to 

replace Sarfraz: Wasim on Afridi's statement 


International Gold Cup 

Kabaddi tournament would 

be played at Iqbal Stadium 

Faisalabad from January 3 

to 7. 

According to 

Muhammad Tayyab 

Gilani,spokesman of 

Divisional Kabaddi 

"Somebody tell me a the Pakistan cricket team. 

name who would replace Shahid Afridi on 

Sarfraz. There are no Saturday advised Sarfraz 

Imran Khan and Javed Ahmed to leave Test 

Miandad waiting in line cricket captaincy and 

to replace him, " said focus only on One-day 

Waseem. 

International and 

"I think Sarfraz Ahmed Twenty20 International 

is performing well (as cricket. 

captain)," he said adding Talking to the media, 

that upcoming South he said that as the World 

Africa tour would be a 

huge challenge. 

"But South Africa tour 

is always tough for every 

side not just Pakistan," 

said the former captain of 

Cup 2019 is going to be 

held in just a few months 

it is necessary for Sarfraz 

to be well prepared to lead 

Pakistan team in the mega 

event. 

International Kabbadi tournament 

in Faisalabad from 3 January 2019 


KARACHI: The 

Quarter Finals & Semi 

Finals of US Junior Squash 

Championship were played 

on 17 December, 2018.Two 

Pakistanis have reached 

tournaments Finals after 

defeating their opponents 

in the Semi Finals. Detailed 

results are appended below: 

Quarter Finals: 

Under-13 : 

Humam 

Association said Monday a 

total 15 teams from across 

the country would participate 

in the tournament. 

Kabaddi teams of 

Pakistan Air Force (PAF), 

Wapda, Army, Sui Northern 

Gas Pipelines Limited 

(SNGPL), Higher Education 

Commission (HEC), 

Ahmad from Pakistan beat 

Salem Youssef from Egypt 

with a game score of 13/11, 

9/11, 8/11, 11/8 and 13/11. 

Under-15 : 

Muhammad Hamza 

Khan from Pakistan beat 

Mohamed Abdullah from 

Egypt by 11/9, 11/9 and 

12/10. Whereas, Carney 

Tedd from USA beat Noor 

Zaman from Pakistan with 

a game score of 6/11, 11/7, 

Police, Pakistan 

Railways, POF Wah, 

Islamabad, Punjab, KPK, 

Sindh and Balochistan will 

take part in the tournament 

whereas Iranian and Indian 

Kabaddi teams have also 

been invited for this event. 

Iran has confirmed its participation. 

Two Pakistanis reached final in US 

Junior Squash Championship 

7/11, 11/9, 12/10. 

Semi Finals: 

Under-13 : 

Humam 

Ahmad from Pakistan beat 

Ahmad Haq from USA 

with a game score of 11/7, 

11/6 and 11/9. 

Under-15: 

Muhammad Hamza 

Khan from Pakistan beat 

top seed of the event Sosa 

Federico from Mexico by 

11/5, 11/9, 11/5. 

KARACHI: Azman Kamran(Prep1C),Anabia Kamran(Class 1F) KPS Pre Primary,Gulshan 

Campus ,Won Gold medal in Inter School and Inter Club taekwondo Championship. 

Azman Kamran also got Bronze medal in National taekwondo Championship. 

PCB to convince Australia to 

play at least two ODIs in Karachi 

scheduled between Pakistan and 

Australia to be played in the United 

Arab Emirates in March 2019, a private 

news channel reported Monday. 

The two teams will face each other 

again at the end of October when 

Pakistan will play a series of two Tests 

and three T20Is down under. 

After initial talks to convince 

Australia to tour Pakistan for the series 

yielded no results, the PCB has decided 

to resume the talks with Cricket 

Australia next month. The board has 

decided to invite Australian officials to 

Karachi to monitor the security 

arrangements during the Pakistan leg 

of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 

fourth edition. Last time Australia 

played in Pakistan was over two 

decades ago. They visited the country 

in 1998 under the captaincy of Mark 

Taylor. Meanwhile, Australia High 

Commissioner Margaret Adamson 

will also send a report to CA regarding 

law and order situation in the country. 

He has already given green signal 

regarding improved security situation 

in Pakistan during a ceremony hosted 

by the board.

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President for collective efforts 

to tackle climate change 

NAROWAL: 


President Dr. Arif Alvi 

Tuesday stressed upon creation 

of mass awareness 

about the impacts of environmental 

hazards and climate 

changes, observing 

that art could play a significant 

role by making people 

conscious about such challenges. 

He also called for sharing 

the collective responsibility 

to tackle the issues of 

environmental and climatic 

changes. 

The President was 

addressing a an art exhibition 

ceremony titled “Art 

for climate change” 

arranged by the Pakistan 

National Council of Arts 

(PNCA) here to highlight 

artists’ endeavours for preserving 

the natural beauty 

of the country. 

Dr Alvi regretted that 

scenic valleys and pristine 

environment of the northern 

areas and spots like Naran 

etc, were being ravaged by 

the human activities of 

felling trees and contaminating 

the environment 

with the construction of residential 

units. 

He recounted how 

LAHORE: Punjab government 

has decided to 

constitute inquiry committee 

following the notice 

taken by Prime Minister 

(PM) on the matter of 

leakage of audio of 

provincial law minister 

Raja Basharat and MS 

Benazir Bhutto Hospital 

Rawalpindi. 

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi inaugurating the Exhibition “Art for Climate 

Change-2018”. 

Young Doctors have 

given deadline to law minister 

Punjab Raja Basharat 

to tender his resignation 

within three days. 

According to media 

reports Dr Areeba Abbasi 

resignation has not been 

accepted so far. Young 

Doctors Association has 

also become party in the 

Naran appeared to offer 

during the 60s and 70s and 

said now, the human activities 

were also posing threat 

to the famed Fairy meadows 

of Gilgit Baltistan. 

The existential threat to 

the human lives that climate 

change posed required 

immediate action by all the 

stakeholders, he stressed. 

The President also narrated 

his efforts in Karachi 

for creation of environment 

awareness among students 

by distributing pencils carrying 

a variety of seeds 

which drew huge response. 

He said the people 

should also develop interest 

in tree plantation and growing 

of vegetables in their 

homes and lamented that 

when compared with other 

cities of the world, in 

Karachi, balconies were 

still denuded of flowers and 

green vegetation. 

The efforts should be 

made with a sense of 

responsibility in saving the 

environment for the future 

conflict and the association 

has given deadline of 

3 days to Raja Basharat to 

resign from his portfolio. 

Young Doctors association 

is supporting Medical 

Superintendent (MS) 

instead of Dr Areeba. 

Sources said Dr 

Tariq Niazi transferred Dr 

Areeba on personal 

of the coming generations, 

he stressed. 

The event was arranged 

jointly by Gallery 6, 

Raja Basharat-MS video leakage matter: Punjab 

govt decides to constitute inquiry committee 

Nawaz seeking NRO for 

Maryam, claims Sheikh Rashid 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways, Sheikh 

Rashid Ahmad talking to media during his visit to PIMS. 


Federal Minister for 

Railways Shiekh Rashid 

Ahmed on Tuesday 

claimed that the Pakistan 

Muslim League-Nawaz 

supremo is seeking an 

NRO for his daughter 

Maryam Nawaz from 

powers that be while 

Zardari is not interested 

in any deal for Bilawal. 

Speaking in 

Rawalpindi, the federal 

minister said that there 

will be a crackdown 

against the looters before 

March 2020. 

“Even after March if 

they manage to escape 

then only God can save 

Pakistan,” he said. “The 

nation voted for Imran 

Khan for accountability 

against the looters. Those 

stole national resources 

Gilani hails PM Imran's 

statement to take up 

Kashmir issue in UNSC 

ISLAMABAD: In 

occupied Kashmir, 

Chairman of All Parties 

Hurriyat Conference, 

Syed Ali Gilani has 

hailed Prime Minister 

Imran Khan's statement 

that the issue of gross 

human rights violations 

in occupied Kashmir will 

be taken up in United 

Nations Security 

Council. 

In a statement in 

Srinagar, Gilani said 

Pakistan, being main 

party of the dispute, 

needs to do much more to 

stop endless genocide in 

held territory. 

He called for convening 

an urgent meeting of 

OIC to put a check on 

bloodbath in Kashmir. 

are traitors.” 

Rashid said that economic 

crisis is the prime 

issue of the country, and 

the reason behind it is the 

presence of ‘vultures’ in 

the political structure of 

the country. 

“Those who looted 

Pakistan are being respected 

and no one cares for 

those who gave sacrifices 

for the country. But the 

nation now knows who is a 

thief. And they know they 

are carting protocol,” he 

added. 

The railway minister 

said that case should be 

registered against former 

prime minister Nawaz 

Sharif on the attack 

against Samaa’s cameraperson. 

“They only think 

about themselves. And 

leave people stranded. 

They know that they 

have become unpopular 

so they are using their 

thugs to attack people,” 

he said. 

Rashid appealed Chief 

Justice of Pakistan to 

take notice of the case. 

grudge and he was too 

behind leaking audio. He 

had turned down law minister 

plea for stopping the 

transfer of Dr Areeba. 

Dr Zaman brother of Dr 

Tariq Niazi also remained 

MS of this hospital who 

was removed from his 

post due to his differences 

with Hanif Abbasi. 

Punjab govt launches 

vehicle registration 

smart card 

LAHORE: Punjab Chief 

Minister Usman Buzdar on 

Tuesday inaugurated issuance 

of smart cards for registration 

of vehicles. 

All the vehicles would now 

be registered through the smart 

card that would be available at 

Rs530. The main aim of this 

initiative is to discourage fabrication 

of documents and 

streamline the whole process 

of registration. 

The car registration card 

would carry features like vehicle 

owners’ name, CNIC 

details, chassis number, registration 

number, date of registration, 

engine number, previous 

registration, token tax 

expiry date, number of cylinders, 

type of body, color of 

vehicle, maker’s name, class 

of vehicle, unladen weight, reg 

laden weight, tyre size, front 

axle, rear axle, other axle, year 

of manufacturing, seating 

capacity, horse power/CC and 

Assessed Annual Tax. 

The new automated card 

features a Near Field 

Communication (NFC) chip 

which helps verify the card 

details and displays expiry 

date of the token tax. 

Pakistan Tourism 

Development Corporation, 

Civil Society Coalition for 

Climate Change, Snow 

Leopard Foundation and 

PNCA. 

The President said 

Pakistan boasted of the 

world’s best tourist spots 

and the improved security 

situation in the country had 

also attracted a huge number 

of tourists to the northern 

areas and Gilgit 

Baltistan. 

With involvement of 

local populace, such areas 

abound in wild life could be 

saved, he added. 

He said the world was 

making efforts to control 

the challenge of global 

warming. 

Dr. Alvi said he had 

always taken keen interest 

in arts and culture, and narrated 

his wide travels across 

the globe to witness diverse 

arts of different civilizations. 

He said Pakistan had the 

rich heritage, including the 

Buddhist’s civilization sites 

which could further 

increase tourism in the 

country. 

The President said different 

mediums of arts 

could be utilized for highlighting 

different social 

issues, and informed that 

they would be arranging an 

event in the Presidency to 

highlight Ghalib’s poetry. 

Later, the President 

reviewed and appreciated 

the art works of different 

artists displayed at the 

PNCA. 

No one is above law: 

Shehryar Afridi 

ISLAMABAD: Minister of 

State for Interior Shehryar 

Afridi on Tuesday said that 

it is the responsibilty of the 

State to protect the lives of 

people. 

Addressing a ceremony 

in Islamabad on Tuesday, he 

said that it is the right of the 

media workers’ to protest 

against torture on a TV 

channel cameraman. 

“No one in this country 

is above the law,” he added. 

The state minister urged 

the parents to keep a close 

watch on their children who 

have access to modern 

media gadgets and falling 

prey to these elements. 

Afridi categorically stated 

that strict action will continue 

against the drug mafia 

which is targeting our youth 

in educational institutions. 

The minister of state said 

all the black sheep within 

the law enforcing institutions 

will also be taken to 

task for their collusion with 

the drug barons. 


National Highways and 

Motorway Police 

(NH&MP) have asked 

motorists to avoid travel 

on Motorway at night during 

ongoing foggy weather 

conditions. 

Talking to APP an official 

of the Motorway 

Police said that the commuters 

should use the G T 

Road or any other suitable 

road in heavy fog besides 

keeping fog lights of their 

vehicles on and observe 

12 school children injured, 

school van hits train 

LAHORE: Renowned 

film, television and stage 

actor Ali Ejaz passed away 

in Lahore on Tuesday after 

suffering a cardiac arrest. 

He was 77. 

Starting his career in 

1967, Ejaz was well known 

for his role in popular television 

comedy-drama 

series Khawaja and Son. 

His other television hits 

include serials like Lakhon 

Mein Teen with Qavi Khan 

and Athar Shah Khan and 

Dubai Chalo. 

He started his film 

career in 1961 and worked 

in films such as FBI 

Operation Pakistan (1971), 

Sona Chandi(1983), and 

Chor Machaye Shor 

(1996). 

Not only did Ejaz make 

a name for himself in the 

world of film and television 

but in 2015 he launched a 

social welfare project near 

12 

school children were 

injured after a school van 

hit with a train in 

Narowal. 

According to media 

reports, a school van carrying 

some school children 

was on its way 

and near Payjwali station 

it hit with Laasaani 

express on its way from 

Narowal to Lahore. 

As a result, 12 children 

suffered serious 

injuries and were rushed 

to nearby DHQ Narowal 

Hospital for first aid. 

Police have registered 

a case and started an 

investigation. 

Renowned film, TV actor Ali Ejaz 

passes away in Lahore 

Sialkot under his non-government 

organisation Ali 

Ejaz Foundation. The project 

titled Homes for the 

Welfare of the Old People 

aims to build 132 homes. 

Malik Sikandar becomes leader of 

opposition in Balochistan assembly 

QUETTA: Malik Opposition, Balochistan deliberations, 

Sikandar Khan Advocate, Provincial Assembly, says 

Member Provincial a Notification issued by 

Assembly, has been the Balochistan 

declared Leader of Provincial Assembly 

Opposition as he commands 

the majority of the 

Secretariat here. 

Opposition parties, 

Members of the however, after lengthy 

ISLAMABAD: Minister for 

Information and Broadcasting Ch. 

Fawad Hussain called on Prime Minister 

Imran Khan at Prime Minister’s Office 

and briefed him about matters pertaining 

to the Information Ministry and the 

reforms being carried out in state-media 

organizations, Pakistan Broadcasting 

Corporation and Pakistan Television 

Corporation, to make them efficient and 

effective. 

The Prime Minister while reposing 

full confidence in the leadership of 

Information Ministry desired that 

Information Ministry should play a leading 

role in all matters related to media. 

The Prime Minister said that 

finally 

agreed to nominate Malik 

Sikandar Advocate for the 

position of Opposition 

Leader of Balochistan 

Provincial Assembly. A 

formal notification in this 

regard was issued here. 

PM reposes full confidence 

in Information Minister 

control over speed. 

He said that safety of 

the motorists was top priority 

of the NH&MP and 

those sections of the 

motorway are closed 

where visibility falls to 

zero level. 

Citizens should avoid 

unnecessary travels due to 

dense fog besides avoiding 

use of mobile phones,he 

said. 

He said that the live 

transmission of FM-95 

MHz provides information 

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Mr. Asad Qaiser in a Group Photo with members of Parliamentary 

Taskforce on SDGs at Parliament House. 

about weather updates regularly 

and the road users 

should get the weather 

Government will provide every possible 

support and resources in projecting 

Pakistan’s image abroad as well as highlighting 

Government’s agenda of 

reforms and change before the public. 

He said the present Government fully 

believes in freedom of expression and 

the critical role of an independent, 

vibrant and responsible media towards 

socio-economic development of the 

country. 

He reiterated that the Government 

will facilitate media in every possible 

manner towards discharge of its professional 

obligations. Secretary 

Information Shafqat Jalil was also present 

during the meeting. 

Motorists advised to avoid travel on 

Motorway at night during foggy weather 

ISLAMABAD: A view of foggy weather in federal capital 

during the morning hours. 

ISLAMABAD: President 

Dr Arif Alvi has said that the 

civil services training institutes 

must ensure that the 

quality of training which they 

impart to the officers matches 

the requirements of modern 

era with special emphasis on 

increasing their capacity of 

service delivery to the people 

of Pakistan. 

He was chairing the meeting 

of Board of Governors of 

National School of Public 

Policy (NSPP) here on 

update before starting their 

journey in ongoing foggy 

conditions. 

Alvi stresses on quality 

civil services training 

Tuesday. 

Rector, National School 

of Public Policy Azmat Ali 

Ranjha presented a report on 

the implementation of the 

decisions taken during the 

last meeting. 

He also apprised the 

Board about the steps being 

taken to improve upon the 

existing training manuals, 

qualification and requirements 

of the faculty in addition 

to welfare of general 

employees of the school. 

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19 December 2018

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