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Vol. XXXVIII No. 180 Regd. No. 241 ZILHAJ 01 1442 -- MONDAY, JULY 12 2021 PESHAWAR EDITION 12 PAGES Price. 20 Israeli cabinet Afghan border guards, extended Official: Troop withdrawal powers of doesn’t mean US has lost customs officials who fled Shabak special service head leverage against Taliban TEL AVIV (TASS): The to Iran returned to Kabul Israeli government WASHINGTON DC possibilities are. And we're den you have all this lever- approved during a weekly (Agencies): John Kirby, doing that as briskly and as age ... that hasn't exactly TEHRAN (Agencies): were accommodated on the (IRGC) Ground Force gave said he has visited the bor- meeting on Sunday the pro- assistant to the secretary of energetically as we can to panned out the last five, 10, Afghan border guards and Iranian soil, he added. an assurance that security der area in person to evalu- posal of Prime Minister Defense for public affairs, find additional options," 15 years Chris," Kirby said. customs officials who fled The general said those prevails along Iran’s east- ate the military prepared- Naftali Bennett to extend on Sunday said the U.S. has Kirby stated, adding that "We had 100,000 troops on to Iran after the Taliban Afghan forces have been fl- ern boundaries, including ness of the armed units sta- the term of office of the not lost its leverage against the U.S. has "sophisticated the ground, so the idea that occupied a number of bor- own back to Kabul follow- the common border with tioned in the region. head of the General the Taliban even though the and robust over-the-horizon if you have boots on the der crossings were returned ing on official request from Afghanistan, following the Considering the devel- Security Service (Shabak) Pentagon is swiftly with- capabilities." ground, all of a sudden that by plane to Kabul, Tasnim the Afghan government, m- recent developments in the opments of the past recent Nadav Argaman until drawing troops from Kirby affirmed that the gives you a leverage has reported, citing an Iranian ade via diplomatic chann- neighboring state. days in Afghanistan, some October 13. This was Afghanistan. U.S. has the capability to not exactly been the histor- police official. els, and upon a decision by Brigadier General smugglers and outlaws announced by the office of "Fox News Sunday" host address threats "even from ical record so far." The spokesman for the the Iranian authorities. The Pakpour on Sunday paid a might seek to take advan- the Israeli prime minister. Chris Wallace asked Kirby afar," pointing to the U.S.'s "What we do have is a Iranian Police, General Afghan soldiers and emp- visit to the Dogarun border tage of the situation and "On July 11, 2021, the if it is reasonable to expect actions in Libya as evi- lot of diplomatic leverage Mahdi Hajian, said on loyees fled to Iran after the crossing in Taibad, a city in infiltrate into Iran, but such government approved the U.S. to be able to add- dence. and we're using that. We are Sunday that a number of Taliban made continuous a- eastern Iran adjacent to moves will undoubtedly Bennett's proposal to ress terrorist threats from Wallace, however, still involved in trying to armed border guards of dvances and took over sev- Afghanistan. draw a harsh response from extend the term of office of Afghanistan when the near- argued that by abandoning broker forward a negotiated Afghanistan and its cus- eral Afghan border stations. Pointing to the recent de- the Iranian military forces the head of the Shabak est military base will be ov- its physical presence in settlement in Afghanistan toms office employees had In the last week, the velopments in Afghanistan, stationed along the eastern Nadav Argaman by one er a thousand miles away. Afghanistan, the U.S., and and nothing has changed fled to the Iranian Border Taliban have overrun areas where a conflict has broken borders, he warned. month until October 13, "We always want to find therefore the Afghan gov- about our commitment to Police station at the com- bordering five countries – out and the Taliban have There is a high level of 2021," the statement said. additional options Chris. ernment, has lost its lever- that. And the rest of the mon border, requesting Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmen- taken control of many intelligence dominance The leader of the Yamina That's why we're working age with the Taliban. international community entry to Iran, following the istan, China and Pakistan. provinces and border cross- over the borders and any Party, Bennett, took the with the neighboring coun- "This argument that also needs to stay commit- recent outbreak of insecuri- IRGC General: ings, the IRGC general said activity with the purpose of oath of office on June 13 as tries that are closer to somehow if you have boots ted to that kind of an out- ty in their country. Common Border with security and calm prevails fomenting insecurity in Iran the 13th Prime Minister of Afghanistan to see what the on the ground all of a sud- come," Kirby added. The problems of those Afghanistan Safe, Iranian along the entire eastern bor- or its surrounding areas will Israel. On June 15, the new Afghan forces and staffers Forces on Alert: der of Iran, including the be dealt with by the armed head of the Cabinet held were addressed, their weap- Commander of the Islamic common border with Afgh- forces decisively, the com- the first working meetings ons were taken, and they Revolution Guards Corps anistan. The commander mander added. with the leaders of the Isr- Syria reported shelling of aeli special services Mos- sad (foreign intelligence) a- nd the Shin Bet, and on Ju- another US military base FBI will go to investigate the ly 8, for the first time since taking office, Bennett visit- DAMASCUS (Agencies): Konoko gas processing 24 US trucks loaded ed the headquarters of the Another American base has plant, where it is located. with stolen wheat leave murder of the Haiti’s leader General Security Service, come under fire in Syria, This was confirmed by RIA Syria to north Iraq: The where he thanked its emp- SANA reported, citing Novosti at the Pentagon. US occupation forces on WASHINGTON DC According to the portal, into the assassination of Haitian President loyees for "a series of se- local sources. According to preliminary Sunday brought out a con- (Agencies): State US officials will meet with President Jovenel Moise, Jovenel Moise was shot cret and open operations". "The base of the Amer- data, there are no casualties voy of trucks loaded with Department of the United and. about. premier by White House correspon- dead in an attack on his res- ican occupation forces at or injuries. stolen Syrian wheat from States on Sunday to send Claude Joseph, appointed dent Monica Alba told idence on Wednesday FM leaves the Omar oil field in the The armed forces of the the silos of Tal Allo in the Haitian delegation in by Moise to the post of NBC , citing official night. The wife of the head eastern province of Deir ez- United States illegally con- Hasaka northern country- connection with the assassi- prime minister by Ariel sources. of state, Martin Moise, was for Tajikistan Zor was fired upon by rock- trolled areas in the north side to north Iraq. nation of President Henri and proclaimed by "Senior FBI and wounded and is now in sta- ISLAMABAD(APP): ets," the statement said. and north-east of Syria - the Local sources in al-Su- Zhovenelya Moise , report- the Senate as interim presi- Homeland Security offi- ble condition at a hospital Foreign Minister Shah According to the provinces of Deir ez-Zor waidiya village, in Hasaka ed portal Juno7 . dent Joseph Lambert. cials are landing in Port-au- in Miami . Mahmood Qureshi Sunday agency's sources, clouds of Al-Hasakah and Raqqa, countryside told SANA that It is noted that it will The parties will discuss Prince this morning to The security forces said left for Dushanbe, smoke are rising from the where the largest oil and a convoy consists of 24 include Presidential Special the settlement of the politi- determine how they can they have identified 28 sus- Tajikistan to attend place. Lebanese TV chan- gas fields are located. trucks loaded with stolen Assistant for the Western cal crisis caused by the help with the investigation pects of involvement in the Shanghai Cooperation nel Al-Mayadeen reports Official Damascus has Syrian wheat from the silos Hemisphere Juan Gonzalez power struggle after the (of the murder)," Alba said, crime, 26 of them are citi- Organization (SCO) that the shelling resulted in repeatedly called the pres- of Tal Allo with a number and I. about. Laura death of the president. citing official sources. zens of Colombia . Foreign Ministers Council. property damage. ence of the American mili- of covered tankers left on Lohman, Deputy Assistant FBI and US Department But the United States is According to the head of During his three-day Last night, SANA tary on its territory occupa- Saturday evening the Secretary of State for of Homeland Security offi- not sending military aid, police, 17 members of the visit, Foreign Minister will reported an attack on anoth- tion and state piracy with Syrian territories, via the Western Hemisphere cers arrive in Haiti July 11 the correspondent empha- criminal group were address the SCO ministeri- er American base. An the aim of outright theft of illegitimate al-Waleed bor- Affairs. to assist in the investigation sized. detained in total. al council. explosion occurred at the oil. der crossing, to north Iraq. The Frontier Post Monday, July 12, 2021 CM aide inspects sanitation and drainage works KARACHI (PPI): Barrister Murtaza Murtaza Wahab said that the park through the area daily. In the previ- Wahab, Spokesperson of Sindh should be reopened to the public by ous rains, the area, especially Government and Advisor to CM planting more plants and trees in Gulbai Chowrangi, was severely Sindh on Law, Environment, the park. The Sindh government affected. Climate Change, and Coastal will rehabilitate all the parks in the A new stormwater drain has Development, visited different city. He asked the citizens to keep been constructed here now to areas of the city on Sunday to their parks clean and avoid littering divert rainwater to the Lyari review development of sanitation in the parks. "Inshallah, with the River, Barrister Murtaza Wahab and drainage works. cooperation of citizens, we will added. He said that the promise He also issued orders to the local make the whole of Sindh, including made by the PPP Government in bodies and district administration Karachi, lush green," he added. Sindh is to be fulfilled and said present on the spot. Wahab said that Wahab met the residents of the that he came here today and saw PPP's Sindh government instead of Chiniot community and DHA at the that the development work was believing in rhetorics believed in residence of PTI leader Sardar Aziz going on vigorously. practical steps. Khan at Defense Phase 7 and had He also visited the site area and KARACHI: Workers use crane to carry sacrifice animals down from the roof top of a house for "We will fully bring back the tra- breakfast with them. Barrister reviewed the development works transporting them to the sacrifice animal market on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha. ditional spirit of Karachi with the Murtaza Wahab listened to the in the site area. He said that there cooperation of citizens. The city's problems of the residents and are 15 major and minor roads on parks will also be completely assured them that they would be the site are out of which three restored." He reached Baghe resolved soon. have been completed and work on Partly cloudy Rustam Park in Clifton on Sunday PPP leader Najmi Alam and other roads is also in progress. weather likely Haleem opposes possible morning and issued orders to KMC workers were also present on the Fire Brigade Road will be com- officials to renovate the park. DG occasion. Later, Sindh government pleted soon. Police Station Road in Karachi Parks Taha Saleem and KMC offi- Spokesperson Barrister Murtaza and other roads will also be com- cials briefed the Sindh Government Wahab left for different visiting the pleted soon. Wahab said that KARACHI (APP): The appoitment of Wahab as spokesperson on the renovation of parts of the city. Sindh government was fulfilling Pakistan Meteorological the park. He inspected the carpeting and its promises made to the citizens Department (PMD) on The officials said in the briefing development works of Gul Bai to resolve their problems on a pri- Sunday forecast partly that works on renovation and reha- Chowrangi Road and Keamari Road ority basis. Criticism of the Sindh cloudy and humid weather Karachi administrator bilitation of the park had been and also spoke to the media. He government is unwarranted conditions with chances of going on with full vigor. KMC's said that this is a very important because if anyone is working in drizzle at morning or night KARACHI(PPI): forced to drink the highly Protection Agency and was Parks Department has also started area of the city where thousands of the country, it is the PPP's Sindh in the metropolis over the Opposition Leader in Sindh contaminated and polluted earning huge amounts by clearing the debris. Barrister small and large vehicles pass government, he concluded. next 24 hours. Assembly Haleem Adil water," he added. He said issuing the NOCs to differ- The minimum and maxi- Sheikh on Sunday opposed that people in every district ent industrial units, builders mum temperatures are the possible move by PPP were forced to drink the and various other owners of expected to remain from 28 leadership to appoint contaminated water after the projects and schemes Rain emergency to 30 °C and 34 to 36 °C, Murtaz Wahab Siddiqui as the advisor Wahab never without proper public hear- declared in Crackdown against respectively with 70 to 80 a Karachi administrator. bothered to take action on ings as per the rulers of percent humidity, in the “This possible decision those involved in that Sepa. He said that the per- district South city over next 24 hours. by PPP rulers will be resis- heinous crime. formance of Mr Wahab as substandard food items in Hot or very hot and dry ted by all leaders of the The PTI leader said that the advisor to chief minister KARACHI (APP): The weather is likely to prevail political parties and the industristal waste from the Sindh, for Law department Administration of District over upper and central parts people of Karachi," he said factories of Hyderabad and had also failed as the prose- South has declared rain stalls, dining cars on trains of the province, However in a statement. Kotri was causing the con- cution department had emergency in view of the dust-thunderstorm/rain He said that Mr Sidduqui tamination in the water failed to provide any assis- forecast about rainfall in KARACHI(APP): Karachi Muhammad drive, DCO Railway may occur at a few places had already been enjoying which was being supplied tance to the litigants and the metropolis from July 15 Divisional Commercial Hanif Gul, said a state- Karachi Hanif Gul said in Mirpurkhas division, two portfolios of law min- to the people of Karachi they were facing great by the Meteorological Officer Railways Karachi ment on Sunday. that strict action would be Thatta and Badin districts istries and was earning through Keenjhar Lake. He hardships in the courts and department. Nasir Nazir in a crack- Hundreds of substan- taken against the vendors during this time duration. enough like his other fellows alleged Wahab being the were running from pillar to The administration has down on stalls of food dard cold drinks and for violating the Partly cloudy or cloudy so any move in that regard minister of environment post to get justice from the canceled the leaves of all items, restaurants, and juices were trashed on the relevant laws to sell food condition with chances of would be resisted. Mr and climate change and courts mainly poor per- concerned officers and staff dining cars in the trains spot while one stall was items. drizzle or light rain is Sheikh alleged that he was coastal development depart- formance of the law depart- to deal with any emergency has seized the substan- sealed during the crack- He further said that the expected along the cost minister of environment, cli- ment had also done nothing ment to take corrective situation during rainfall, dard food items and unap- down. purpose of this special during this time span. mate change and coastal for the devastated coastal measures to bring reforms said a statement issued here proved brands of the The officials con- campaign was to ensure development but had miser- belt of the Sindh where the in prosecution. Sunday. same, besides imposing cerned also suggested the availability of quality ably failed to take actions people were forced to live According to the media The officials concerned fines amounting to Rs closing down the dining food items inside the Corona claims against those, who were pol- very hard lives. reports , the Chief Minister were directed to make 50,000. car of Pakistan Express trains besides the stations luting the water in the river "The devastation and Syed Murad Ali Shah has appropriate arrangements The action was taken for the reported sale of to the railway passengers 4 more lives, and irrigation canals right destruction caused by the suggested Wahab’s name so that timely steps could on the instructions of unapproved and sub-stan- as well as to create a from Sukkur to Karach. terrible impacts of the cli- for Administrator Karachi be taken to prevent possible D i v i s i o n a l dard items. sense of responsibility 292 new cases "The industrial, animal, mate change in the coastal while some of the cabinet damage due to rains, de- Superintendent Railway Referring to the special among the vendors. reported human and all dirts are belt right from Badin to members opposed the watering and immediate dumped in Indus river in Karachi can speak vol- move but the PPP redressal of public griev- LAHORE(APP): Sukkur at various places, umes of the poor perform- Chairman Bilawal Bhutto ances. Coronavirus claimed 4 thus, canals like Begari in ance of this pampered per- Zardari gave approval for The Emergency Control more lives while 292 new Shikarpur, Phuleli in son of PPP leaders," he the appointment. The noti- Room on Rafiqi Shaheed AVLC arrest 7-member cases were reported in Hyderabad, KB Feeder in remarked and alleged he fication for Wahab’s Road near Haqqani Chowk Punjab during the last 24 Kotri and others across the was making money by appointment was likely to located at the Head Office hours. According to the province were being pollut- issuing fake NOCs. be issued after Chief on DMC South is already car lifter gang data shared by the ed due unabated dumping Mr Sheikh alleged that Minister Syed Murad Ali working in three shifts so spokesperson for the of the wastegate and people Wahab was also heading Shah’s return from the that citizens can contact in KARACHI (APP): Anti The recovered vehi- getting drunk. Punjab Primary and are everywhere are being the Sindh Environmental United States. case of any emergency. Vehicle Car Lifting Cell cles, including, Honda The arrested women Secondary Healthcare The staff of Parks, (AVLC) on Sunday Civic, Honda City, Suzuki Qaratul Ain's brother-in- Department (P&SHD) here Building and Roads and claimed to have arrested a Cultus and Alto cars law used to wear his late on Sunday, death toll Mechanical and Electrical 7-member car lifter gang which had been stolen brother's excise police reached 10,819 while total Department including sani- including two women and from different parts of uniform, SSP Rao said. cases 348,085 and recover- Pakistan earned tary and sewerage staff recovered six cars from Karachi and cases had After burning the uni- ies 328,767 in the province. arranged all the necessary their possession. been registered. form, the accused started As per the data provided equipment including open According to Senior The main characters of committing the crime by the P&SHD, currently $10mn from CanSino truck, tractor and de-water- Superintendent of Police the group are Qaratul Ain wearing his brother's 8,499 patients were under ing pumps etc. (SSP), Arif Aslam Rao, and her husband Shujaat, excise cap. treatment in different hos- All the officers will be the action has been taken SSP Arif Aslam Rao said. The SSP AVLC said pitals while 213 recovered phase 3 trials: NIH present in the field along AVLC’s classified infor- He said accused used to accused have stolen about during the same period. with their staff in three mation. The arrested steal cars to satisfy his 20 vehicles in total. The total number to KARACHI (INP): Pakistan they were hopeful of earning country in the last 24 hours. shifts during 24 hours dur- accused have been identi- drug addiction and for The accused Danish is coronavirus cases swelled earned a whopping $10mn around $30 million through Twenty-seven deaths ing the rainy season. fied as Shujaat, Danish, entertainment and the skilled in opening any car. to 5.82 million in the from conducting phase 3 tri- the joint manufacturing of occurred in the last 24 hours, Attaullah, Ehtesham, accused has sold two cars. Further investigation is province after the health als of the Chinese vaccine the vaccine in the country. with the most recorded in Daniel, Qaratalain and The rest of the vehicles underway against the department conducted CanSino, revealed Maj Gen “And this successful ven- Sindh followed by Khyber Six-year-old dies Kanwal. were left in any area after arrested accused, he said. 17,062 more tests for Aamer Ikram. ture has opened doors of Pakhtunkwa, according to COVID-19 during the last Maj Gen Ikram, who is numerous more such oppor- the NCOC's data. after being bitten 24 hours. the head of the National tunities for Pakistan and The country has recorded Institute of Health (NIH) now several biotechnologi- a total of 973,284 cases, by stray dog was speaking at a function in cal companies from the UK, 22,582 deaths, 913,203 LAHORE (INP): A six-year- Former CPLC Chief Japanese the city where he disclosed Korea, Japan and of course recoveries, the NCOC said, old boy died after being bit- that many countries wanted China are willing to conduct adding that there were ten by a stray dog at the city's navy ship to hold their phase 3 trials in Phase-III clinical trials of 37,499 active cases. Yasmeen Park on Sunday. calls on Sindh governor Pakistan. their vaccines in Pakistan," According to a province- The father of the boy said his visited "These experiments can he said. Pakistan on Sunday wise breakdown, the total son, Bilal, was playing in the KARACHI (PPI): Former CPLC Chief community servicing and and projects Karachi port bring millions of dollars into reported the highest coron- cases reported in Sindh so park when a stray dog bit him and Ex-Consultant to Home Department like citizens oversight committee and Pakistan," he said. avirus positivity ratio since far are 346,360, Punjab on the neck. The boy suc- Sindh Sharfuddin Memon called on neighbourhood watch. KARACHI (PPI): Japanese He said Pakistan had also May 30 when the country 348,085, in Khyber cumbed to the wound on the Governor Sindh Imran Ismail at He also offered his assistance to Maritime Self Defence started co-manufacturing the recorded the ratio at 4.09%. Pakhtunkhwa 139,313, in way to the hospital. Governor’s House here Sunday. revamp and reactivate Complaint Cell Force (JMSDF) ship YUU- single-dose Adenovirus The NCOC, sharing the Islamabad Capital Territory Commissioner Lahore has MNA Aftab Siddiqi was also present #136. GIRI visited Karachi port. (Ad5)-vectored Covid-19 daily statistics on Sunday, 83,647, in Balochistan taken notice of the incident on the occasion. Matters of mutual inter- Governor Sindh appreciated his minis- An impressive reception vaccine with CanSino Bio at said 1,980 coronavirus cases 27,961, in Gilgit-Baltistan and sought a report on the ests were came under discussion. Memon trations for the community and assured was arranged by Pakistan the NIH Islamabad, and were detected from 48,382 6,851, and Azad Jammu and matter from CEO health and shared his working experience with the him for utilising his services for the ben- Navy to welcome JMSDF claimed that within a year, tests conducted across the Kashmir 21,067. chief corporation Lahore. Governor Sindh especially with regard to efit of people of Sindh Province. ship, wherein senior offi- cials of Pakistan Navy along with Defence Attaché of Japan received the ship. Three held for According to a PN Guns, Army cannot informaion on Sunday, kidnapping, Pakistan Navy and stand against resistance torturing father JMSDF enjoy longstand- ing cordial relations. Both over property navies have been working of people: Baloch together to ensure safe dispute and secure maritime envi- ISLAMABAD (NNI): ing chaos in Afghanistan. ronment in the region. Deputy Ameer of Jamaat-e- After the defeat of US and LAHORE (INP): The Ships of both navies are Islami Pakistan, former par- NATO forces, all interfer- police arrested three real also participating in liamentary leader Liaqat ence in Afghanistan should brothers involved in kid- Maritime Security Baloch has said that guns, be stopped. Let the Afghan napping and torturing their Operations and have con- army cannot stand against leadership solve its own father over property dispute ducted sea exercises at the resistance of the people problems and recognize the here on Sunday. various occasions. for long. By imposing war, right of the Afghan people to According to details, the Japanese Ship also partic- dynamite, blood and guns decide their own future. culprits hailing from ipated in Ex AMAN-21 and terrorism all over the Addressing the Central Raiwind were in dispute held in Pakistani water in world and by unjustly mark- Consultative Meeting and with father over distributing February this year. ing millions of human Central Political Council, the inherited property. On completion of the beings, the armies are now Liaqat Baloch said that The accused kidnapped port visit, sea exercises learning that guns cannot PTI, following the foot- and took their father to a were conducted between decide. The solution to glob- steps of military dictator- house in neighbourhood Pakistan Navy and al and national problems is ships, PML-N and PPP, where they tortured him to JMSDF ships covering justice and dialogue. has plunged the country get their demands fulfilled. wide range of naval oper- Britain, Russia and the into a quagmire of ideo- A neighour called on 15 ations. The exercise was United States have long logical, political, social and informed about the aimed to enhance interop- been responsible for insta- and economic crises. occurrence after which dol- erability and contribute bility, war and terrorism in After three years of fail- phin police rescued the kid- toward international Afghanistan. The United ures, the PTI has now napped man, arrested his efforts for ensuring mar- States wants to achieve its adopted election slogans three sons Javed, Junaid and itime security in Indian agenda and goals by backing and a strategy of deceiv- Sajjad involved in abduc- KARACHI: Families enjoying at sea view to beat the heat. Ocean Region. India in the region and creat- ing the people. tion and tortured. The Frontier Post Monday, July 12, 2021 03 Mahmood directs timely completion of prerequisites for PSDP projects F.P. Report Provincial Minister Akb- projects which couldn’t be nomic zones in the pro- ar Ayub Khan, Additional reflected in current PSDP, vince be planned as well for PESHAWAR: Chief Min- Chief Secretary Shahab Ali necessary steps be taken on inclusion in the next PSDP. ister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah, Principal Secretary to priority basis for their The meeting was Mahmood Khan has direct- Chief Minister Amjad Ali inclusion in next PSDP informed that a field office ed the authorities concer- Khan, administrative secre- adding that all the projects had been set up at Khyber ned to take steps for timely taries of the concerned to be proposed for next Pakhtunkhwa House completion of PC-1s, feasi- departments and other con- PSDP, must be cleared Islamabad for close coordi- bility and other pre-requi- cerned high ups attended from Provincial Develop- nation with concerned fed- sites of the projects to be the meeting. ment Working Party by eral ministries and divi- proposed for inclusion in The chief minister also December this year. sions in order ensure inclu- Public Sector Development directed them to devise a He also directed the sion of projects proposed PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan chairing a meeting regarding Program PSDP) 2022-23 mechanism for close liaison authorities concerned to by the provincial govern- proposed developmental schemes for PSDP 2022-23. and said that the prerequi- with the concerned federal focus on projects for devel- ment in PSDP, and focal sites of all those projects be entities in order to ensure opment of command area persons of the concerned completed and forwarded the inclusion of important of completed dams, departments have also been to concerned federal forum and priority projects of the Peshawar-D.I. Khan motor- notified in this regard HED extends before March 2022. province in next PSDP. way, dualization of road adding that meetings are Vaccination declared He issued these direc- The chief minister fur- from Indus high way to being held regular basis summer tives while chairing a meet- ther directed that mega Bannu city, construction of with federal concerned ing regarding projects to be projects of public impor- road from Madyan to Ka- authorities in order to vacations till mandatory for wedding proposed for inclusion in tance for all the four regi- lam, Kalam- Kumrat road ensure timely completion PSDP 2022-23 here the ons and the newly merged and other projects of gre- of all the processes for get- July 31 other day, said an official areas be identified for ater public importance add- ting the priority projects of PESHAWAR (APP): Hig- functions in restaurants handout issued here on inclusion in the next PSDP. ing that a mega project for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa her Education Department Sunday. He said that those mega the establishment of eco- reflected in the next PSDP. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ext- PESHAWAR (APP): Khy- ciation, Asif Jamal, be allowed to participate in ended summer vacations of ber Pakhtunkhwa govern- President, Khalid Ayub, wedding and other func- all public sector universi- ment has declared Corona general secretary Jamroz tions while only vaccinated ties and colleges till July vaccination mandatory for Khan, Khan Gul, Rahat persons will be allowed to 31, 2021, said a notification participation in wedding Mughal and Fahad Khan. dine in restaurants. Opposition divides over difference issued on Sunday. ceremonies and dining in During meeting, Corona It was also agreed that In continuation of the restaurants, said an official situation in the province the association will ensure department notification handout issued here by was discussed in detail the vaccination of their all in their ranks, says Pervez Khattak dated June 30, the compe- Home & Tribal Affairs while the representatives of staffers. Similarly, they will tent authority has anno- Department on Sunday. Restaurants and Wedding have to further ensure the PESHAWAR (APP): Fed- Khattak also addressed the Pakistani nation have paid He said, 10 million fam- unced extension of summer In this connection, on Halls Association briefed entry of only vaccinated eral Minister for Defense public meeting. heavy price due to the ilies will be given financial vacations in all public and the directives of Chief Sec- the Special Secretary persons into wedding halls Pervez Khan Khattak Sun- Pervez Khattak said that wrong policies during pre- assistance under the Ehsas private sector universities, retary Khyber Pakhtun- Home & Tribal Affairs while the management of day said that the Opposition Prime Minister Imran Khan vious governments of the program in their respective colleges and Degree Awa- khwa, Dr. Kazim Niaz, the about their problems and restaurants will serve food was disintegrated and the really wanted to devolve Opposition parties. They Union Councils. Its benefi- rding Institutions (DAIs) Special Secretary Home & apprehensions. to only such persons. PDM set up to save the power to the people at the did nothing in the past ciaries are being given live- from July 12 to July 31. Tribal Affairs, Mohammad After discussion it was Furthermore, the associa- plundering of its leaders, grassroots level to intro- rather, the people were stock, their own house The examinations alre- Asif held meeting with the agreed that standard operat- tion will inform the manage- had also come to an end duce a new local govern- pushed into the hell of infl- scheme and small and big ady in progress or sched- representatives of ing procedures issued by ment of all wedding halls and now it was in a frenzy. ment system with active ation and unemployment, loans for business under uled would be continued Restaurants and Wedding National Command and and restaurants regarding He said this while addr- participation of the people. the Minister observed. Ehsas program, he added. under strict adherence to Halls Owners Association. Operation Centre (NCOC) adherence to official SOPs essing a public meeting at He said that non-parties He said, the country can- Pervez Khattak said that the already notified SOPs Those who attended the would be implemented in in letter and spirit. Other- his constituency Manki Sha- elections would be held at not bear the politics of Imran Khan would make for COVID-19. meeting were included letter and spirit and Corona wise stern action would be rif, District Nowshera. He village council level and greed and looting any this country capable stand Special Assistant to Patron-in-Chief of the asso- vaccinated persons would initiated against them. said Prime Minister Imran elections would be held on more. In his 22 years polit- on its own feet and the Chief Minister on Higher Khan’s government will ful- party basis at tehsil level. ical struggle, Imran Khan nation should fully support Education Department KP, fill its constitutional term He said that the people waged a full-fledged jihad Prime Minister Imran Kamran Bangash in his and the opposition should would directly elect candi- against corruption, he said Khan. He said that PTI has tweet clarified that all the also be patient till 2023 elec- dates at tehsil level and and added that from the day become a strong political public and private sector PTI to face a crushing tions wherein PTI would asked the PTI workers to one of the PTI government, force, the opponents have universities, colleges and again come into power after get prepared for local body Prime Minister Imran Khan lost their confidence in the Degree Awarding Instit- next general elections. He elections. “Our opponents was taking practical steps people and that is why PTI utions (DAIs) will be defeat in next general said that PTI would make have no agenda nor do they to eradicate corruption would secure victory in the closed from July 12 to July landslide victories in Azad have any program for the from the country. elections of Azad Jammu 31 in connection of sum- Kashmir election and Local welfare of the people,” he He said that Prime and Kashmir. mer vacations. election, says Sherpao Body election. said and added, the Oppos- Minister Imran Khan had Khattak said that Party Shaukat Khan Advocate ition parties must stop neg- saved the country from eco- workers were the strength F.P. Report ance. power cuts despite the fact of ASC Colony, Naveed ative propaganda and stop nomic crisis and now, he of PTI and they should not Aftab Sherpao said the that the province produced Khan in Manki Sharif, hurling insults against the was paying full attention on get involved in anyone’s Reforms PESHAWAR: Qaumi PTI rulers were in the habit more electricity than its Azhar Nawaz, Haroon, institutions. Hold rallies elimination of inflation and propaganda because the Watan Party (QWP) of blaming the previous consumption. Muhammad Ali Khan also and processions but should unemployment and creat- opposition parties have introduced Chairman Aftab Ahmad government to hide its Aftab Sherpao said given him a grand reception not take law into their ing facilities for the poor been tested by the people Khan Sherpao on Sunday incompetence. The govern- inflation and jobless had before the public meeting hands, he advised. and that is why very soon 4 time and again and they in Excise said the Pakistan Tehreek- ment, he said, was follow- made life miserable for the soon after his arrival. Dr. The Defence Minister million families will get have failed to serve the e-Insaf (PTI) would face a ing diktats of the have-nots. “The rulers are Imran Khattak, Ishaq said, Pakistan and the ration cards. people of Pakistan. Department crushing defeat in the next International Monetary least bothered to provide PESHAWAR (APP): Adv- general election if free and Fund (IMF). relief to the people,” he isor to Khyber Pakhtu- fair polls were held. “The government will lamented. nkhwa Chief Minister for Addressing a gathering raise the power tariff and He added that the slogan Yawar Excise, Taxation and Nar- after inaugurating party the POL prices,” he predict- of change was a ploy to Govt takes back security cotics Control, Khaleeq- office in the Peshawar city, ed. He said the government reach the corridors of promoted ur-Rehman Sunday said he said the people were fed had set a target of Rs610 power. The Pakistan the reforms were being up with the PTI rulers and billion for petroleum levy. Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from politicians introduced in his depart- wanted an end to this gov- He said the International failed to implement its so- ment for quick service ernment. Monetary Fund (IMF) called agenda of change, he PESHAWAR (INP): The Amir Muqam has been Awami National Party delivery to people. “The Pakistan Tehreek- would hold a review meet- added. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gov- taken back. (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Talking to media men in e-Insaf (PTI) will suffer a ing in December this year He added the national ernment has taken back The other important fig- Khan on Sunday said that Nowshera District, he said humiliating defeat if free to push the government to debt was soaring but no security provided to politi- ures from whom the gov- ANP couldn’t be intimidat- the entire system of the and fair election is held,” meet the revenue collection uplift activities were taking cal leaders and important ernment has withdrawn the ed through threats or any department would be digi- he said, adding that the targets, which would trig- place. He said the per capi- personalities, it was security detail are included: other tactics. talized for quick delivery of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ger inflation. ta debt now stood at revealed on Sunday. Nawabzada Amir Khan, Dr In a statement, he said service to people. He said (PTI) should consider itself Criticising the govern- Rs172,727, which spoke According to a notifica- Naeem, Dr Iftikhar, PTI police security from ANP performance based post- lucky if it managed to com- ment, he said the residents volumes about the flawed tion issued by the KP gov- MNA Noor Taj, Senator leadership was withdrawn ings and conduct staff were plete its five-year term con- of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa economic policies of the ernment, the security detail Ayub Afridi (four security at times when threats level being properly monitored. sidering its poor perform- were facing long hours of ruler. F.P. Report consisting of eight security officials taken back), PTI had further increased. He He said the presence of officials provided to former MPA Somi Falak Naz, ANP said that ANP was being all the officers deployed in PESHAWAR: Yawar chief minister Amir Haider leader Salahuddin and NAB targeted for taking clear district offices would be Abbas, Executive Officer Hoti of Awami National DG (KP) Nasir Farooq (7 and determined stance mandatory during office SNGPL, has been promot- Party has been withdrawn. security men withdrawn). against terrorism. time for the resolution of Drinking water scheme ed by Sui Northern Gas Also, the security provided Responding to the act, He strongly criticized public grievances. Pipeline (SNGPL) Board of to President ANP (KP) PML-N president termed it withdrawing police securi- Khaleeq informed that Directors as Senior Officer Aimal Wali Khan and Mian as a criminal move, adding ty from ANP leadership new counters equipped to cost Rs.210 million Operations Billing Pesha- Iftikhar Hussain has been that these leaders had including former Chief with latest equipment were war on the basis of his out- withdrawn. already escaped attacks. Minister Khyber Pakhtu- being prepared in Excise PESHAWAR (APP): KP pipeline is being laid under ect had Rs.70 million cost. standing Performance. The security detail giv- Who will be held responsi- nkwa Amir Haider Khan Directorate where all prob- Minister for Local Gover- the project, beside comple- He said that the PTI gov- According to a notifica- ing protection to Qaumi ble if these leaders Hoti and party’s General lems faced by people nment & Rural Developm- tion of the installation of ernment is focusing in giv- tion issued by SNGPL, Watan Party President encounter any mishap? he Secretary, Iftikhar Hussain would be resolved under ent (LG&RD), Akbar Ayub six new drinking water ing relief and facilitation of Yawar Abbas as an Aftab Ahmad Sherpao and asked. who already lost his only one-roof. He said all avail- Khan has said that clean tube-wells in urban areas of common man and on the Executive Officer also con- PML-N (KP) President APP adds: President son in the terrorist incident. able resources were being drinking water to Haripur the city. basis of performance will nected with people about utilized for achieving the will be supplied from mega The provincial minister form government in Sui Gas problem and its set targets. He said the water supply scheme. The said that work to lay lines Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for resolutions and due to this work on development has estimated cost of the was in full swing that will third term and for second performance he promoted been expedited in the scheme is Rs.210 million. help make the supply of term in centre. to Senior Officer Billing. Admin asked to clear garbage province besides proper He expressed these clean drinking water possi- The provincial minister PESHAWAR (INP): The disposal and cleaning animals on the occasion of monitoring of performance views while talking to ble to urban localities. He said that due to good poli- incidents of birds striking arrangements around the Eid ul Adha, Civil Aviation development projects for media during his short visit said, the project will benefit cies and strategy, the coun- the planes around Bacha airport, make restaurants has launched an awareness benefits of people. to Haripur on Sunday. He 100% urban population. try is registering improve- Relief top Khan International Airport, and meat shops clean and campaign. said that a German funded Furthermore, he said that ment in all sectors and till Peshawar are increasing tidy. Eid ul Adha is also The CAA says that efforts relief agency KFW has construction work on 3500 coming general elections priority due to poor sanitation approaching and steps are being made to ensure already started work on the meters nullah and RCC will fulfill electoral com- PESHAWAR (APP): KP arrangements. should be taken for this, the that airplanes are not harmed Actors, authors project. Box Culvert had been com- mitments and achievement Minister for Housing, Dr, According to the airport airport manager said in a by birds coming in due to express grief He said that that 30 kilo- pleted to drain out rain of targets by 100% and will Amjad Ali has said that manager, due to poor sani- letter penned to the district debris and that the arrival of meters long distribution water from both side of return to people with tri- provision of relief and sim- tation arrangements around administration. birds increases due to the over demise of and 60-62 kilometer main Hazara Highway. The proj- umph. plification of official proce- the airport, birds hovering It is to be noted that due presence of debris. dures to facilitate general on the dirt are causing col- to garbage in the residential The CAA has appealed Dilip Kumar public are top priorities of lisions with planes, and col- areas around the airport, it to citizens to play their part the PTI government. lisions with birds can pose has become common for in safeguarding national PESHAWAR (APP): Act- Addressing a public a threat to aircraft and pas- birds to come to the airport. assets and air travel, dump- ors and authors of KP Charsadda district become gathering at Kotali (Mela sengers. On the other hand, in ing animal remains and Sunday expressed grief and Gah), district Swat, he said The district administra- view of the dumping of the rubbish at designated sorrow over the demise of that public representatives tion should ensure garbage remains of the sacrificial places on Eid al-Adha. renowned bollywood actor a stronghold of PTI: Arif elected for bringing change Yousaf Khan famous as are coming upto expecta- Dilip Kumar. PESHAWAR (APP): He said that all beginning to bear fruit and tions of the masses. Famous actor of Pashto Special Assistant to the Charsadda including the day is not so far when He said that for first time films and stage dramas and Chief Minister, Khyber Shabqadar has become a Pakistan will be in the in the history of the pro- author of “Me aik flop Pakhtunkhwa for Minerals stronghold of PTI where ranks of developed coun- vince, development schemes hero...Lekin” Aman Khan Arif Ahmadzai has said that change has clear effects. tries. worth billions of rupees said that the death of Dilip the government has taken Thanking the people of Referring to Chief were in progress in Tehsil Kumar, who was born at vital steps for bringing dis- Daryab Korona, Shabqadar, Minister Mahmood Khan, Kabal, district Swat and the Mohallah Khudadad near trict Charsadda on the path the Special Assistant said Arif Ahmadzai said that longstanding demand of the historic Qissa Khwani of development. that the people of Chief Minister Khyber construction of road had Bazaar Peshawar on He said this while Shabqadar have proved Pakhtunkhwa has launched completed during the period December 11, 1922, has addressing a big public once again that they are the record development proj- of present government. deeply shocked thousands of meeting at Daryab people who support the ects in the province. He said that the comple- his fans in KP province. Korrona, Tehsil Shabqadar, truth and will continue to The province under the tion of development Aman Khan said that District Charsadda. He said do so in every field. leadership of Mahmood schemes worth billions of Dilip Kumar was the pride significant development The PTI government is Khan is moving towards rupees is ample proof that of Peshawar and expressed projects in education, com- moving towards develop- development. the government elected shock and sorrow over the munications, water, securi- ment. He said that there is no with the agenda of change said demise of Dilip Kumar ty and all other areas have The Prime Minister of precedent in the history of has achieved success under and termed his death was a been completed while Pakistan Imran Khan has Shabqadar for the kind of the leadership of Chief great loss for the world cin- many more are being com- adopted a policy of funda- projects started and com- Minister Mahmood Khan. PESHAWAR: Blacksmith busy in sharping knifes at Rety Bazaar. ema industry. pleted. mental change which is pleted in Shabqadar PK-60. District Monday, July 12, 2021 The Frontier Post

In brief Corona test positivity Suspect of rape case held ratio in Balochistan SARGODHA(APP): Police arrested a man for assaulting sexually remains 9.43 per cent a 4-year-old girl in a nearby village. Police QUETTA (INP): Baloc- Covid-19 reported in National Command and said on Sunday that histan on Sunday reported Balochistan with eight per- Operation Centre (NCOC), Allah Bakhsh, resident 98 cases of COVID-19 with cent positivity rate,” point- 27 more people succumbed of Dakhli Mela village 9.43 positivity rate in last ing to an upsurge in the to the deadly disease in a informed the Mela 24 hours. pandemic in province. single day, pushing the Police station that “In seven districts of the With fresh cases, the nationwide death toll to Mohsin Abbas alleged- province 98 coronavirus aggregate of COVID-19 22,582. ly abducted his daugh- cases reported in 24 hours infections in province has As many as 48,382 tests ter and raped with her. with 9.43 percent positive reached to 27,961. were conducted in the pre- Later, the accused fled tests,” provincial corona It is to be mentioned vious 24 hours, out of the scene. Taking operation cell said in a here that no coronavirus which 1,980 tests found action on the report, statement. tests conducted in 25 dis- positive. SHO Mela Police sta- The ratio of positive tricts of Balochistan in last The infection rate slight- tion Afzal Ahmed cases in Quetta recorded at 24 hours. ly increased to 4.09 per along with team con- 8.3 percent, according to Pakistan continues to see cent from yesterday’s ducted a raid at the the statement. a surge in the COVID-19 3.79%, it said. hideout of accused and “In Turbat 11 new cases cases as 1,980 new infec- There are a total of arrested him. Further of coronavirus diagnosed tions have been reported 37,499 active cases in the investigation was with 36 pct positivity during the past 24 hours, country at present as 908 underway. ratio,” the corona operation taking the country’s virus more people recuperated GILGIT: DIG Gilgit Rang Dr. Mian Saeed Ahmad giving away certificate to police constable for best cell stated. tally to 973,284. from the disease overnight, performance. Two gangsters “In first 10 days of July According to the latest taking the number of recov- arrested 685 positive cases of figures released by the ered people to 913,203. SIALKOT (APP): Pol- Under ice claimed on Sunday Abductors killed in to have arrested two construction gangsters and recov- Health dept continues ered stolen motorcy- dam develops clists from their pos- police encounter session. On a tip-off, mobile vaccination camps crack Sadr police conducted QUETTA (INP): Hundreds LAKKI MARWAT (INP): days back and the abduc- unidentified gunmen ope- a raid and arrested two KHANEWAL (APP): The Haqnawaz Wala and other only 200 guests would be of people evacuated as an Two abductors have been tors demanded Rs5.5 mil- ned fire on a police patrol members of a gang district health department areas of the district on allowed in marriage halls, under-construction dam in killed while one other was lion for his release. party in Lakki Marwat. identified as Rehan continued mobile vaccina- Sunday. 50 percent of customers Balochistan’s Sorab area apprehended after a gun- The police, while acting The incident took place and Usman Amjad and tion camps on Sunday by Keeping in view the would be allowed for din- has developed a crack on fight between police and on a tip-off, surrounded the in Lakki Marwat’s Sherbi recovered 20 bikes keeping in view the sensi- instructions of NCOC in ing halls of the hotels Sunday. the criminals in Lakki abductors and after a gun- Khel area where the assa- from them. The tivity of the fourth wave of which hotels, marriage while the hotels would be As the water of recent Marwat district of Khyber fight recovered the abdu- ilants opened fire on a pol- accused were involved coronavirus. halls, cinema halls, gyms, closed at 12 am. He said rains started to fill the Pakhtunkhwa province, ctee. “During the encounter, ice patrol party in the vicin- in stealing motorcycles In line with special dire- restaurants and cattle mar- that the gym administra- under-construction Tarki police said on Sunday. two abductors were killed ity of Pezo police station. from Daska area. A ctives of DC Agha Zaheer kets have been declared tion has been directed to Dam, the widening crack Divulging details of the while one other was arrest- Police confirmed that case has been regis- Abbas Sherazi, the mobile high risk and entry in these stop fresh registration till has put the adjacent popu- entire episode, the district ed with a weapon,” he said. ASI Kaleemullah was mar- tered against the vaccination camps were places has been made con- further instructions. lated areas at risk. police officer (DPO) in In another violent act tyred in the firing incident. accused. Further being organized at rural ditional with vaccination As per directives of the According to Sorab Lakki Marwat said that a reported recently, an assis- A search operation was investigation was areas in order to ensure max- certificates. district administration entry Deputy Commissioner driver was abducted from tant sub-inspector Kaleem- commenced in the area for underway. imum vaccination to protect The deputy commis- of old persons and children Abdul Qadus Achakzai, the the Ghazni Khel area two ullah was martyred when arresting the attackers. masses from the fourth wave sioner said that entry in would not be allowed in population living near the Power of the deadly virus. these high-risk places cattle markets while only dam was being evacuated The mobile vaccination would be allowed to the take away facility would be to a safer place. shutdown notice camps organized at Police persons having vaccination available at the food points The populated areas near SIALKOT (APP): Guj- lines, Chak 19/8-BR, BHU certificates. He said that set up at cattle markets. the dam facing grave dan- Police reunites two ranwala Electric Power ger are: Gizdaghan, Dun, Company (Gepco) has Naghar and some areas of issued a power shut- the Sorab city. missing kids with family down notice for repair, The administration maintenance of electri- Commissioner for divulged that Saturday’s MULTAN (APP): The Taking action on the as gas cylinder burst cal lines and develop- rain led to filling of the Police reunited two missing application of woman, A minor kid sustained ment works. According under-construction dam. twin brothers with their police formed special teams burn injuries as gas cylinder to the schedule, power implementing SOPs The Tarki Dam is being mother here on Sunday under the supervision of SP burst into a house at Chungi supply from Muzafa- built with a cost of Rs240 who were missing from the Gulgasht Division Dr No 22 here on Sunday. rpur, Adalat Garha SARGODHA(APP): should be soled only at sale Company, Dr. Aftab, million. last day in premises of New Muhammad Raza Tanveer According to Rescue feeders will remain Commissioner Sargodha Dr points, otherwise, strict informed the meeting that Multan police station. to recover the missing kids. officials, fire broke out into suspended on July 14, Farah Masood on Sunday action would be taken four, out of 12 cattle mar- According to police The police team recovered a house as gas cylinder 19, 26, 29, 31 and ordered the officers con- against the sellers. kets established in the divi- sources, Shazia Javed w/o the twin brothers from the burst suddenly and a minor Butter, Khohkar Town, cerned to ensure the imple- Dr Farah Masood direct- sion which would remain Police foil drug Javed Ali resident of nearby market and then kid sustained burn injuries. Iqbal Town, Miana mentation of corona SOPs ed the deputy commission- functional round the clock smuggling Mehria Colony reported to reunited them with their Upon receiving the Pura, Model Town, in cattle market. ers to provide all kinds of for the next ten days, while police that her ten-year-old mother. information, Rescue teams Kashmir Road, Muslim Presiding over a review necessary facilities to buy- the other 8 markets would attempt twin sons Hassan Javed and The applicant Shazia rushed to the spot and con- Town feeders on July meeting to establish cattle ers and sellers in the cattle remain functional in their Hussain Javed went to pur- Javed lauded the police trolled the fire. 29 from 08:00 AM to markets across the division, markets. respective days. KOHAT (APP): The Kohat chase vegetables from the force for recovering her The injured kid was also 02:00 PM. she directed that temporary She advised that public All arrangements have Police foiled an attempt of market on Saturday last and missing kids in few hours. shifted to Nishtar hospital sale points and cattle mar- should follow SOPs prop- been made in the cattle drug smuggling and arrest- did not return till night. Child gets burn injuries after providing first aid. 217 acres state kets be set up away from erly. “Nobody would be markets in the city, he ed a drug dealer on an residential areas. allowed to enter cattle mar- added. The meeting was information in the jurisdic- land retrieved The Commissioner said kets without masks and attended by DCs of all four tion of the Marai Police KHANEWAL (APP): the sale and purchase of sac- both buyers and sellers districts, ADCG Sargodha check post and recovered District administration rificial animals in bazaars, would use hand sanitizers Bilal Feroz, Additional 8400 grams of cannabis MWMC to sprinkle retrieved 217 acres streets and markets should and masks”, she warned. Commissioner Shahbaz from the hidden compart- state land worth Rs 500 be strongly discouraged. Coordination Officer Naqvi and officers of ments of the car coming million during crack- She said that animals Cattle Market Management departments concerned. from Orakzai district here rose essence in Mosques down at Chak 83/10-R on Sunday. on Sunday. The opera- During the checking, MULTAN (APP): The lion. The machinery would tion was carried out Kohat Police arrested Inter- Multan Waste Management He said that the rose also be hired to lift animal under supervision of district drug smuggler Company (MWMC) would essence sprinkling would waste during three days of A s s i s t a n t ‘Work on uplift projects Ahmad Ullah and also sprinkle rose essence be made at Jamia mosques Eid-ul-Adha, he added. The Commissioner (AC) recovered a pistol with (Attar) in mosques and and Eidgahs where Eid lunch boxes would be pro- Babar Sultan in which ammunition from the pos- Eidgahs, to provide clean congregations would be vided to sanitary workers police and revenue in Sialkot begins’ session. Talking to media and pleasant environment held. He said that the initia- during Eid days. staff was also partici- men soon after the arrest of to Multanites on eve of Eid- tive would help to provide a About 50,000 plastic pated. The British cot- SIALKOT (APP): The Ejaz Javed said that a state- pus of Govt College Wom- the alleged drug smuggler ul-Adha. clean and pleasant environ- bags would be distributed ton growing associa- work on development proj- of-the-art hospital consist en University (GCWU) at Ahmad Ullah, SHO Usta- Manager procurement ment to the citizens during among citizens to collect tion had used to contin- ects which include replace- of 250-beds would be built Aimenabad Road. rzai Farid Khan informed MWMC, Muhammad Asif Eid festivity. the animal waste. ue cultivation of crops ment of water supply lines, in the city at a cost of Rs He said the development that the Police team have Shabbir here on Sunday Likewise, limestone, He urged the citizens to despite ending of lease upgrade of sewerage sys- 5.1 billion to provide better projects would be complet- conducted a successful said that the tenders to pur- white powder, phenyl, face cooperate with workers and period. The state land tem, supply of state-of-the- and modern medical facili- ed as early as possible, operation by arresting the chase 100 litres rose masks, gloves, leaflets, plas- hand over bags to them was retrieved and art solid waste management ties to the people. adding the PTI government alleged drug smuggler. essence had been opened at tic bags, panaflexes and oth- instead of throwing on crops were disposed machinery, water treatment He said that a technical was taking steps to mitigate A case has been regis- a cost of about Rs 13 mil- ers would also be purchased. roads and streets. of. Deputy plants, traffic re-engineer- university had been the problems of people and tered against the detained Commissioner Agha ing and parks up-gradation approved in Sialkot would raise their living standard. drug smuggler in Ustarzai Zaheer Abbas Sherazi has begun in the district. be completed at a cost of Rs Pakistan was moving Police Station, he said, ordered officials con- Talking to APP here on 16 billion. ahead successfully towards adding, the accused has cerned to launch crack- Sunday, secretary informa- Mian Ejaz Javed said the the goal of economic stabili- been handed over to the 32 commercials shops down against land tion Pakistan Tehreek-e- government had released ty due to effective policies by investigation team for fur- grabbers at other areas Insaf (PTI) Sialkot Mian Rs 3.5 billion for new cam- PTI government, he added. ther investigation. He of the district. informed that the alleged sealed over SOPs violation drug dealer has confessed Collective to the crime in the prelimi- MULTAN (APP): District National Command and follow precautions meas- Two-day conference held nary interrogation. administration sealed 32 Operation Centre (NCOC) ures in order to avoid 4th Qurbani trend shops including restaurants, had termed hotels, restau- wave of the pandemic. HYDERABAD(APP): PARACHINAR (APP): A Prof. Dr. Imran Khan pre- At the end of the confer- pharmacies and cafes and rants, marriage halls, cine- Partially cloudy weath- Like previous year two-day conference organ- sented their research works ence, Chairman Organizing imposed Rs.50,000 fine mas, gyms and cattle mar- er forecast with chances of mostly people is giving ized by Pakistan Neurolo- in this connection. Committee Prof. Mian Smart lockdown over violation of Standard kets as high risking sectors. rain: The local Met Office preference of “Collec- gical Society and Pakistan In the inaugural ceremo- Ayaz-ul-Haq, Information enforced in Operating Procedures The citizens entering has forecast partly cloudy tive Qurbani” instead Psychiatric Society was ny, Commandant Kurram Secretary of Psychiatric (SOPs) for COVID-19 on these places should have weather with chances of of sacrificing animals held at Governor Cottage Militia Col. Jameel-ur- Society Prof. Dr. Ali Mufti, Balochistan the night of Saturday. vaccination certificates and thunderstorm and rain for individually on Eid-ul- Parachinar on Sunday to Rehman, ADC Naeem Prof. Dr. Imran Khan and The price control magis- the employees, who has the city and its suburbs dur- Azha due to high raise awareness on various Toro, DHO Dr. Ataullah Dr. Amjad Fakhri Neur- QUETTA (PPI): Liaquat trates along with district completed their corona- ing the next 24 hours. prices of animals. In diseases and disorders. thanked the organizers for ologists said that holding of Shahwani, Spokesperson for administration inspected vaccination course should On Sunday, the maxi- the regard various Prof. Dr. Ali Mufti, Prof. organizing the conference such events were informa- provincial government has different commercial cen- be deputed at these places mum and minimum tem- social organizations Dr Huma, Prof. Dr Zafar in Parachinar and said that tive not only for doctors but said that smart lockdown in ters and markets and fined DC remarked. peratures were recorded as including Sailalni Mahmood, Prof. Dr. Mian numbers of such event people of the areas get the province had been enf- Rs 50,000 on the owner of a Public gathering should 42.7 degree centigrade and Welfare Trust (SWT) Ayaz-ul-Haq, Dr. Mehtab should be held to create advantages from modern orced to contain the spread hotel for sheer violation of be restricted to 50 per cent 33.2 degree centigrade have announced differ- Khan, Dr. Yadullah and awareness among people. research and technology. of novel corona virus. SOPs and sealed 32 shops. only in dining halls of respectively. The humidity ent packages to attract Addressing a press con- They took the action on the hotels while the entry of was recorded 50% at 8 AM people to take part in ference at officers club here directives of Deputy Com- elderly persons and kids and 34 percent at 5 PM. combined sacrifice. on Sunday, Shahwani said missioner Ali Shehzad. has been banned in cattle The sun will rise at The residents of vari- that cases of novel coron- On the occasion, DC markets, DC maintained 05:19 AM and set at 19:20 ous localities have also avirus had increased in the Shehzad remarked that and appealed citizens to PM tomorrow. announced for collec- neighbouring countries tive sacrifice to facili- which might affect the peo- tate the people particu- ple, hence, preventive and larly those who cannot precautionary measures afford individual sacri- were essential to be adopt- Dacoits shot at, injure fice with the coopera- ed against the virus. tion of various reli- He added that since gious and social organ- lockdown enforced before SHO, constable isations. While the previous Eidul Azha Mosques and different had produced positive FAISALABAD (APP): looting people near Chak constable were shifted to seminaries have also results, therefore, he said, it Dacoits shot at and injured No.642-GB. hospital while the police made arrangements for had been decided to enfo- a station house officer The police encircled the took a motorcycle into cus- collective sacrifice rce smart lockdown before (SHO) Lundianwala police robbers and ordered them tody from the spot. The while keeping into the the coming Eidul Azha so station and a constable. to surrender.. However, police also registered a case mind the increase in that the spread of COVID- A police spokesman said they opened fire at the against five dacoits. animal prices in the 19 pandemic in the on Sunday that SHO Khalid police team, injured SHO Man electrocuted to recent years has cased province could be con- Mehmood, along with his Khalid Mehmood and death: A young man died to the trend of collec- tained. He said that all busi- team, while on routine Constable (driver) Kamran, of electrocution, in the tive sacrifice. ness centres would remain patrol late Saturday night, and fled the scene. jurisdiction of Gulberg HYDERABAD: Traffic police lifting vehicle from no parking area. closed on Friday. saw some dacoits busy The injured SHO and police station. Monday, July 12, 2021 The Frontier Post

World in focus Dozens of Explosion in Sudan Brazil reports 1,205 more deaths wildfires under SAO PAULO port city kills four (Xinhua/APP) :Brazil registered 1,205 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, rais- control in Greece ing its national death as tensions rise toll to 532,893, the ATHENS (AFP/APP): Greek firefighters Sixty firefighters and 23 fire engines health ministry said have brought dozens of wildfires under tackled the blazes, backed by six helicop- KHARTOUM (AFP/APP): the Sudanese government. killing four people," the Dozens of people later Sunday. As many as control despite high winds, authorities said ters and seven planes. An explosion has killed Hadendoa, the largest Central Committee of gathered outside the public 48,504 new cases were on Sunday, after a coastal village had to be By Sunday, all the fires were under con- four people in a Sudanese subdivision of the Beja Sudan Doctors said in a prosecutor's office in Port detected, taking the evacuated. trol, the Fire Brigade said, while in Evia a Red Sea port city, officials people in the region, fear statement. Sudan demand the total caseload to Holidaymakers and locals were among 57-year-old man was arrested for arson. said Sunday, the latest in a their tribe will be under- Three others were assailants be brought to jus- 19,069,003, the min- 500 people who fled Niborio village on According to ANA news agency, he is a series of violent incidents represented in regional leg- wounded after being shot or tice, witnesses said. istry said. Brazil cur- Evia island after a large blaze ripped farmer who told police that while trying to in the area. islative and executive bod- stabbed, it added. Saturday's explosion rently has the world's through a forest on Saturday. crank start his van, sparks from the Tensions have been sim- ies under the Juba agree- Witnesses said the attack was the latest in a series of second-highest pan- "The fire with the help of the wind exhaust set grass alight and burned mering in recent days in ment. was carried out by unidenti- violent incidents in Port demic death toll, after moved south and as a result the Fire through 400 hectares of vegetation. Port Sudan where anti-gov- Saturday's blast took fied armed men on a motor- Sudan, including an attack the United States, and Brigade officer in charge asked for the pre- The Civil Protection department issued ernment protesters have place late in the evening at cycle but it was not imme- Friday by unidentified the third-largest case- emptive evacuation of the Niborio inhabi- a high risk warning of wildfires over reportedly blocked roads a busy sporting club in Port diately clear what motivat- assailants on security load, after the United tants," civil protection deputy minister Sunday. over rising insecurity. Sudan, the provincial capi- ed it. forces. States and India. The Nikos Hardalias said in a televised emer- Greece faces forest fires every summer, Local media have linked tal of the Red Sea state, and Authorities in the Red On Saturday a man was South American coun- gency briefing on Saturday after 51 fires fanned by dry weather, strong winds as the unrest to rejection by also involved an armed Sea state said in a Sunday killed during a fight on a try, which is experienc- were declared. temperatures soar well above 30 degrees the Hedendoa tribe of an attack. statement that one of the public bus and that same ing a new wave of Four fires, all in areas of dried grass, Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). October peace deal "An explosive device perpetrators had been day there was a failed bid to infections with hospi- were also burning simultaneously in dif- In 2018, 102 people died in the coastal between rebel groups and went off at Al-Amir club... arrested. attack a hotel with explo- tals overwhelmed by ferent locations in the western Attica resort of Mati, near Athens, in Greece's sive, authorities said. patients, has a mortali- towns of Elefsina and Aspropyrgos on worst-ever fire disaster. A government statement ty rate of 253 deaths Saturday, while a forest fire in Varnavas, in According to Kathimerini daily, 179 said that five people were per 100,000 inhabi- the northeast of the peninsula, raged with- fires were caused by negligence and 26 killed on Saturday alone, tants, said the ministry. out threatening homes. deliberately set in 2020. while six others were As of Saturday, 112.9 wounded in recent unrest. million people in The doctors' committee, Brazil have received at an independent union of least one dose of medics, blamed "tribal COVID-19 vaccine, US 'very concerned' strife" for the violence and and over 29.9 million urged security forces to people have been fully step in. vaccinated. Covid variants could Sudan has been led by a transitional civilian-mili- Turkey bus crash tary administration follow- risk recovery: Yellen ing the April 2019 ouster of kills 12 people Islamist president Omar al- ANKARA (AFP/APP): VENICE (AFP/APP): US ants was a "downside risk" and try to avert the next Bashir, who ruled Sudan Twelve people died and Treasury Secretary Janet to the economic recovery, pandemic. with an iron fist for 30 26 others were injured Yellen said Sunday she was while also warning of the "While we're focused on years. when a bus carrying "very concerned" about the dangers of differing paces the medium- and long- The country has since migrants crashed in risk that new variants of of vaccination campaigns. term... we certainly realise been undergoing a rocky eastern Turkey on coronavirus could pose to She said "a lot has been we also need to do more in period marked by a Saturday night, local the global economic recov- done" to finance the pur- the near term," Yellen said. wrenching economic crisis media reported, quoting ery from the pandemic. chase of vaccines by devel- The World Trade and deepening political authorities in the pre- "We are very concerned oping countries, but said Organization, the division. fecture of Van. Among about the Delta variant and the world needed to "do International Monetary the dead were 11 other variants that could something more and to be Fund, the World Bank and migrants and a person emerge and threaten recov- more effective" with the World Health who helped organise ery," she told reporters fol- respect to responding to Organization "have formed Georgia TV their illegal transport, lowing a G20 meeting in outbreaks around the a taskforce to work on this cameraman dies Syria govt raises bread, diesel the authorities were Venice, Italy. world, such as sending and we've asked that we quoted as saying on "We are a connected therapeutics and protective have regular monthly after beating by Sunday. The injured global economy, what hap- equipment. reports on how that work is prices as crisis deepens were taken to hospital pens in any part of the The G20 on Friday heard going and that we address far-right mob and the owner of the world affects all other from a specially commis- this issue more fully in DAMASCUS (AFP/APP): Syrian pounds per month ment an ailing power grid bus was detained, they countries." sioned panel of experts who October" at the G20 minis- TBILISI(AFP/APP):A Steep bread and diesel price ($57 at the official rate), up hampered by fuel short- added. Situated near In their final statement warned the world must ters' next meeting. Georgian TV cameraman hikes went into force in from 47,000 pounds ($37). ages. The pro-government Turkey's eastern border issued late Saturday, G20 invest much more, at least "But certainly variants has died after being badly government-held parts of In a second decree, Al-Watan daily on Sunday with Iran, the city of finance ministers warned $75 billion over the next represent a threat to the beaten by far-right war-torn Syria on Sunday, Assad raised public sector said the diesel fuel hike will Van is used as a cross- that the spread of new vari- five years to prepare for entire globe," Yellen said. assailants during a protest bringing more pain for and military pensions by 40 lead to "an increase in the ing point for migrants against an LGBTQ Pride civilians in a long-running percent, according to price of transportation on their long journey to march, his station said economic crisis. SANA. within and across reach Europe, with Sunday, as pressure mount- Damascus has repeated- A price list published by provinces" by more than 26 many coming from ed on authorities over ly raised fuel prices in the state news agency on percent. The agriculture Afghanistan. In July Pro-Europeans hope for gains attacks on journalists. recent years to tackle a Saturday night showed one and industrial sectors will 2020, a boat carrying up Alexander Lashkarava, a financial crunch sparked by litre of diesel fuel will now also see production costs to 60 migrants sank on 37-year-old cameraman the country's decade-long cost 500 pounds, up from rise, it noted. The cost of Lake Van. as Moldova elects parliament working for independent civil war and compounded the 180 pounds users in heating homes will also TV station Pirveli, was by a spate of Western sanc- most sectors were paying climb by 178 percent, Officer dies in CHISINAU(AFP/APP): backed politician she we can all work together found dead in his bed in the tions. The price of diesel previously. according to Al-Watan. Voters headed to the polls defeated last year, warned for the benefit of our citi- early hours on Sunday, the fuel nearly tripled and the Mustafa Haswiya, of the An economist in helicopter crash to elect a new parliament in against voting for those zens," Sandu told journal- channel reported. price of bread doubled on state-run Syrian Company Damascus who spoke on the MADRID (AFP/APP): Moldova on Sunday after who will "hand over the ists after voting. On Monday, he was Sunday, according to the for the Storage and condition of anonymity said ASpanish customs agent President Maia Sandu dis- country to external control" Promises of honesty and assaulted by a violent mob official SANA news Distribution of Petroleum that the government will con- died Sunday after a cus- solved the previous assem- as he cast his ballot. competence will resonate of anti-LGBTQ protesters agency, only days after Products, said 80 percent of tinue to raise prices as the cri- toms agency helicopter bly to shore up her position Wedged between Ukraine with many Moldovans, who and sustained fractures to Damascus announced a 25 Syria's hydrocarbon needs sis deepens. "As long as there crashed into the sea against pro-Russia forces. and EU member Romania, in recent years have seen his facial bones. percent increase in the price are purchased from abroad is no money entering the while chasing suspected Casting her ballot in the the country of about 2.6 mil- their nation rocked by polit- More than 50 journalists of petrol. using foreign currency. treasury, the price increases drug smugglers off capital Chisinau, Sandu lion has long been divided ical crises, including a $1 were attacked that day by "This was all expected "It was necessary to raise will continue," he said. Spain's southern coast, said she had voted for over closer ties with the billion bank fraud scheme anti-LGBTQ groups and now we fear further prices in order to reduce the The latest price hikes officials said. Two other change in the small ex- European Union or main- equivalent to nearly 15 per- protesting the planned increases in the price of... import bill," SANA quoted came nearly two weeks after customs agents who Soviet country beset by taining Soviet-era relations cent of gross domestic prod- Pride march, which was food and medicine," him as saying. The price of the government in neigh- were also on board the poverty and corruption. with Moscow. With law- uct. Nataliya, a 29-year-old cancelled over safety fears. Damascus resident Wael subsidised bread doubled to bouring crisis-hit Lebanon chopper when it went "I voted so we could put makers loyal to Dodon voting in central Chisinau, Reporters Without Hammoud, 41, told AFP 200 Syrian pounds. The raised fuel prices by more down in waters near things in order in our coun- blocking Sandu's promises said she had backed Sandu's Borders (RSF) condemned while he waited for more state-run Syrian Foundation than 35 percent to combat Sotogrande, a coastal try and to get rid of those of reform after her election centre-right Action and the attacks, saying journal- than thirty minutes to hail a for Bakeries said that the shortages that authorities down near Gibraltar, sur- who robbed our country for win in November, she dis- Solidarity (PAS). ists "sustained injuries that cab to take him to work. rising price of diesel fuel there blame in part on smug- vived the crash, a union so many years," said solved parliament in April "After so many years, included concussion, The price hikes coincid- contributed to the increase, gling to Syria. The provision for Spain's Civil Guard Sandu, a 49-year-old for- and scheduled the snap vote. this country has some kind chemical burns and broken ed with a decree issued by according to SANA. of basic services and staple police force said in a mer World Bank economist "I voted for an honest of hope to drive out the arms." President Bashar al-Assad Diesel fuel in Syria is goods in Syria has been bat- tweet. The cause of the who has pledged to bring parliament to work with, thieves who are sitting here It accused authorities of on Sunday that increases used to power vehicles and tered by the country's civil crash is under investiga- Moldova into the European for a parliament that will for Russian money and to "culpable passivity" and public sector salaries by 50 private generators that run war, which began in 2011 tion, it added. Spanish Union. Her predecessor appoint honest people, choose those who serve the said police had failed to percent and sets the mini- for up to 20 hours per day with government repression Prime Minister Pedro Igor Dodon, a Kremlin- competent people... so that country honestly," she said. protect journalists. mum wage at 71,515 in some areas to supple- of protests. Sanchez offered his con- Georgia's interior min- dolences to the agent's istry said in a brief statement family, and thanked on Sunday that an investiga- security forces for their tion had been opened into work, in a tweet. Chief Iraq PM visits activist in Lashkarava's death. Rights Minister Fabian Picardo activists announced a protest also expressed his con- rally later Sunday to demand dolences to the agency's hospital after abduction, assault Prime Minister Irakli family and sent his "best Garibashvili's resignation wishes for a speedy BAGHDAD (AFP/APP): Iraq's Prime journalist and activistAli al-Mikdam in one of following the death. recovery" to the two Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi early Baghdad's hospitals after security forces Prominent Georgian TV agents who survived the Sunday visited in hospital a pro-democra- released him from his kidnappers". personalities and managers crash. Spain's southern cy activist who has been critical of pro- Mikdam was a key figure in anti-gov- have accused coast is a key entry point Iran armed factions, after the campaigner ernment protests which swept Iraq for Garibashvili's government for drugs bound for had been abducted and assaulted. months from October 2019 calling for of orchestrating a violent Europe due to its prox- Ali al-Mikdam, a young Iraqi journalist, the removal of Iraq's political class, campaign against journal- imity to Morocco, a activist and researcher, had disappeared on which activists branded as inept and cor- ists. "The government not major hashish producer. Friday, sparking widespread concern from his rupt. The protesters also rallied against only encourages violence Smugglers use speed- friends and supporters, before he was released the influence of Iran in the war-battered against journalists, it is part boats to make runs from late Saturday, injured, on the outskirts of country, where powerful pro-Tehran of the violence," Nodar Morocco. Baghdad. A tweet from Khademi's office said armed factions have been integrated into Meladze, TV Pirveli's the premier had checked up "on the health of the national security apparatus. news editor, told AFP. Australia-Singapore travel bubble delayed CANBERRA (Xinhua/APP): UK reports another Spain roasts in Australia's travel bub- ble with Singapore has been delayed until the 32,367 coronavirus cases sizzling heat end of 2021. Dan Tehan, the Minister for LONDON (Xinhua/APP): avirus cases in the country navirus-related deaths. England from having to MADRID(AFP/APP):A Only a sliver of Spain's tioning at home. Others Trade, Tourism and Britain has reported to 5,089,893, according to The total number of coro- self-isolate if they are heat wave enveloped much northern Atlantic coast will headed to the nearby Retiro Investment, confirmed another 32,367 coron- official figures released navirus-related deaths in traced as a COVID con- of Spain on Sunday, driving be spared. park, home to a large artifi- that the travel bubble, avirus cases in the latest Sunday. Britain now stands at tact, BBC reported temperatures to extreme Some sought respite cial lake, or to municipal which will allow quar- 24-hour period, bringing The country also 128,399. Saturday. levels and sending locals from the scorching heat in swimming pools. antine-free travel the total number of coron- recorded another 34 coro- These figures only BBC quoted anony- and tourists scurrying for the air conditioned galleries Tickets for all the capi- between the two coun- include the deaths of peo- mous sources as saying shade and cooling waters. of Madrid's Prado museum, tal's 19 outdoor swimming tries for the first time ple who died within 28 that no decision had been National weather office whose collection includes pools were sold out on since March 2020, will days of their first positive taken and ministers want- AEMET issued heat warn- works by Rembrandt, Sunday. Capacity was lim- not open until the end test. Nearly 87 percent of ed to see evidence the ings for most of the coun- Rubens and El Greco. ited due to virus safety of the year, according the country's adults have move would be safe. try, with the thermometer "We thought this would measures. to Nine Entertainment been inoculated with their British Health expected to rise above 40 be a good plan for a day The authorities advised newspapers on Sunday. first dose of COVID-19 Secretary Sajid Javid has degrees Celsius (104 like today," said Rosa people to drink water fre- The scheme was set to vaccine while over 65 per- said that from Aug. 16, degrees Fahrenheit) in Alfageme, 44, waiting in quently, wear light clothes open in July or August cent have had their second people in England who Madrid and the southern line to enter the museum and avoid prolonged expo- but has been postponed jab, according to the latest have received two doses city of Seville for the sec- with her husband and six- sure to the sun. as a result of Australia's figures. will no longer have to ond day running. year-old daughter. Meteorologists said the interrupted vaccine Ministers are consider- self-isolate if they come Spain's first bout of "It's like this every year, temperature could climb as rollout and the COVID- ing exempting fully vacci- into contact with someone extreme heat of the year is we almost forget," said high as 44 Celsius in the 19 outbreak in Sydney. nated National Health who has tested positive forecast to spread east on Alfageme, adding the fami- Guadalquivir valley near Service (NHS) staff in for COVID-19. Monday before easing. ly does not have air-condi- Seville on Sunday. 6 The Frontier Post Monday, July 12, 2021 Leader The Frontier Post JALIL AFRIDI Dutch terrorist revealed Managing Editor Printed and published by Mahmood Afridi at Moraka’s Printers, 27 Abdara Road, University Town, Peshawar. the truth about Europe Peshawar Office: 091-5700095, 0300- 9009001 Peshawar Fax: 091-5703687, Post Box No. 573 court in Rotterdam liked to post then on Vladimir Kornilov cies of Europe. Lawsuits France. The most striking E-mail: [email protected] Lahore Office: 0335-4026284 is scheduled to YouTube, a captive pilot like the one ending in the thing is that he quietly stud- Email: [email protected] Adeliver a verdict on with traces of torture on his in this interview did not What problems Europe Netherlands are now taking ied there at the University Islamabad Office: 0321-5066253 a high-profile war crimes body is led to the bank of hide the fact that his battal- received after that can be place in different countries. of Provence with a degree Email: [email protected] case next Friday. On the the Euphrates, along the ion became a structural remembered for a long In 2018, a Düsseldorf in international relations, Karachi Office: 021-32213411, 0300-8340907 dock is a 49-year-old resi- way, Abu Khudar tells why subdivision of "Al-Nusra" time. The most telling court handed down a life having won a grant under Email: [email protected] dent of the town of he is going to execute the and "Al-Qaeda". And US example is the massive ter- sentence to a 43-year-old the European Erasmus pro- “USA and Canada Toll Free Number 1-800-5905747 Capelle (the very south of officer, and then personally Secretary of State John Ke- rorist attacks in Paris in field commander operating gram. The families of the the Netherlands), who has participates in a cold- rry at the debate in Congr- November 2015, which in Aleppo under the name Syrian victims accuse him lived there since 2014 blooded shooting. 26 shots ess on America's military killed 130 people, not Abu Dib. As a militant of of involvement in torture, with his wife and seven from pistols and Kalash- intervention assured that counting the terrorists. But the "Free Syrian Army" murder, kidnapping, and children, a bus driver, and nikov assault rifles are he- there is no "al-Qaeda" in this crime was planned by (yes, the same "moderate terrorist recruitment. a player on the local foot- ard. The defendant now sa- Syria. If you remember, this the militants in Syria, while opposition"), he personally There are a lot of such Guantanamo’s ball team. The Dutch ys that he shot past, but this provoked an angry reaction the perpetrators were main- kidnapped and tortured processes in Europe now. prosecutor demands that does not sound convincing. from Vladimir Putin, who ly citizens of European people, some to death. While vividly discussing this "exemplary family In any case, the prosecu- said : “The most basic com- states who had combat Then he calmly received some of them, the Western future, lifers man" be sentenced to 27 tors, after analyzing the bat link is Al-Nusra the so- experience of "fighting refugee status in Germany, press is amazed at how years in prison for the video, established that Abu called al-Qaeda unit . They against the Assad regime." until one of the torture vic- such people could get into cold-blooded execution of Khuder at least once fired a know about it. And I just Especially many tims recognized her tor- the territory of European a prisoner, committed by revolver at the victim. was not very pleased and attempts at terrorist attacks mentor. countries, settle there, and and warden him in Syria in July 2012. Now the Dutch press is this is surprising, we com- are carried out by immi- Last year, a Budapest legalize themselves. This he Chief Prosecutor of Guantanamo bay Brig In court documents, he trying to portray shock: this municate with them, we grants from Syria in court sentenced a former press simply forgot how goes by the name Ahmad is necessary, the cold- proceed from the assump- Germany, which was the Syrian fighter (presented to only seven or eight years General Mark Martins announced his surprise al-Q., but in Syria he was blooded executioner lived tion that they are decent leader of the "open door the press under the name F. ago it created the image of Tretirement on Thursday, making a trial in the known as Abu Huder, a among us and blended well people. Well, he’s lying. policy" for militants. In Hassan) to life in prison for these terrorists as "fearless case appear increasingly unlikely. The US Army serv- field commander of the with our society. And some- And he knows that he’s July 2016, a 21-year-old at least two cases of public fighters for democracy in ing Brigadier General had served in the chair for near- Gurabaa Mohassan detach- how everyone had already lying. It’s sad. " Syrian refugee attacked execution, in particular the Syria." ly a decade, stuck to the seat and repeatedly delayed ment, which was a structur- forgotten that at the Until the invasion of the passers-by with a machete beheading of a local imam. When a Dutch court pro- his retirement during the past. As per reports, current- al unit of the so-called Free moment when this militant Islamic State terrorists in in Reutlingen, Germany, The first war crimes case nounces a (probably harsh) ly he was scheduled to man the position till his retire- Syrian Army, which the performed executions and Iraq in the summer of 2014, killing a pregnant woman against Syrian militants in verdict on Abu Huder next ment in 2023. US media is originating different West is trying to present as even bragged about them, the West tried to portray and wounding several oth- the Netherlands was the week, it is likely to cause prophecies regarding the premature retirement of the a "democratic opposition", laying them out for every- these militants as "fearless ers. The Islamists then case of 24-year-old Dutch considerable resonance in Chief Prosecutor of the Guantanamo Bay Prison and and at the same time the one to see, in the West he heroes", "moderate opposi- claimed responsibility. citizen Osama Ahlafa, who the local media. But one mourning his incomplete agenda of prosecuting the terrorist organization was presented as a hero. tion", "freedom fighters", In October of the same fought in the ranks of the can almost certainly be sure trial of Conspirators of the 9/11 incident and killers of Jabhat al-Nusra. Literally a few days after vexingly dismissing many year, Syrian citizen Jaber Islamic State and the Free that Dutch readers will not 3 thousand Americans. According to US media, the As a noble "fighter the recording of the video, video frames such as those al-Bakr was arrested in Syrian Army from 2014 to be reminded of how the retirement of Brig Martin would cause delay in the against the Assad regime," which is now imputed to now appearing in the Dutch Leipzig, who allegedly fled 2016. In 2019, the court events of 2012 (when the prosecution of the accused of the 9/11 incident. While this Syrian, along with his him, the British newspaper court... Many European his country in connection sentenced him to 7.5 years militant carried out a public quoting remarks of the family members of the victims large family, received The Guardian published a media outlets romanticized with persecution for "criti- in prison for photographs in execution) were then cov- of the incident, the media reported it as a setback to refugee status in the long article dedicated to their fellow citizens who cizing the Assad regime." which a militant happily ered by the European and the prosecution process and wished that it would be Netherlands without any this terrorist. She presented went to fight "for the free- The 22-year-old Syrian was posed in front of a crucified Russian media. Otherwise, problems. And, perhaps, he him as "one of the bravest dom of Syria." And only accused of preparing a ter- prisoner. The terrorist, of you will have to admit that better if Martin remains in the seat up to 2023. would have remained in and ruthless people in the when these same "warriors rorist attack at a Berlin air- course, said in court that he it was Russia who called In fact, American people usually perceive the this status for a long time if province of Deir ez-Zaur" of light" crossed the border port. Two days after his did not participate in the the participants in the things as projected by the concerned quarters and do the German police in 2019 (a region in eastern Syria with Iraq, the "good guys" arrest, he was found hanged execution, but the very fact events in Syria by their not look at the other side of the picture. Two decades did not pay attention to his where Abu Khudar's mili- suddenly turned into "bad in a prison cell. of his involvement in the proper names: terrorists - are more than sufficient to conclude the cases if one suspicious meetings in their tants operated on). And to guys", and the West began In October 2019, a bullying of the body of a terrorists, and their victims has evidence to prove the claim. The United States country with former mili- top off this image, she col- to make noise about the Syrian refugee in Limburg, prisoner was recognized as - victims. In contrast to the had put hundreds of innocent people in the heavily tants of his battalion. orfully painted how he gave threat of terrorism. Germany, attempted to a war crime. Western media, which then guarded detention facility over the years, while Actually, the Germans an interview, being wound- But even earlier, a cam- massacre passers-by using Now in France there is a pretended that they "did not Martin and his colleagues failed to get the culprits pointed out this activity to ed in the left arm by a paign began to welcome a stolen truck. Since no one rather noisy trial over the notice" the videos of public hanged from the court. So, we believe that Martin and their Dutch colleagues. And sniper bullet, all in bandag- Syrian refugees in Europe, was killed, he received only once public face of the executions and torture com- his colleagues were overdue to be shuffled from their then a video arose in which es and armbands. especially among those nine years in prison. jihadist group Jaysh al- mitted by militants who positions much before, if the US government was Abu Khuder was personally Let us recall that this who were "persecuted by Such activity of yester- Islam (Army of Islam). were considered "moderate wanting to expedite the prosecution of the involved in the was a period when the West the Assad regime." In this day's "fighters for the free- Majdi Nema, who acted as democratic opposition" in Guantanamo bay inmates. Presently, there are voices execution.an officer of the unequivocally supported wave, the ruthless execu- dom of Syria" and the the spokesman for this mil- the West. Well, they them- among the American people and heirs of the victims Syrian government army. the Syrian terrorists, calling tioner Abu Huder got to the Islamists sympathetic to itant structure under the selves called these terrorists of the 9/11 to change the prosecution strategy for con- In the terrible footage, them "moderate" and even Netherlands. And many them caused serious con- name of Islam Allush, was heroes, and now they won- clusion of the cases including use of plea bargain or which the Syrian militants "democratic." Abu Khuder others followed him. cern to the security agen- arrested in January 2020 in der why these "heroes". guarantee of less punishment to an accused as reward for his help during the case proceedings. Some critics are in the view that the United States government is not in favor of concluding the cases of EU’s counter-project to China’s Belt and Road the remaining 40 prisoners of Guantanamo Bay or a long time now, Efforts will include a list Luca Bertuzzi countries and investors Asked by EURACTIV because most of the prisoners had not been charge- Western diplomats of “high impact and visible understanding what it is whether the new scheme sheeted yet by the Martin and his colleagues prosecu- Fin the EU and projects”, to be drawn up in of the Council’s conclu- initiatives to support and and how to tap into the could impact Chinese busi- tors. There had been the Afghan Taliban, Al-Qaeda beyond have kept tabs on the next nine months, in sions and will look for with what amount of financing, which is easier ness opportunities for Eur- terrorists, and affiliates, who were not involved in any China’s Belt and Road addition to its 2018 EU- ways to work with member money, an EU source told said than done, and politi- ope, the chamber said “the activity against the US and its allies but had been Initiative (BRI), an ambi- Asia connectivity strategy states to mobilise public EURACTIV. cal commitment is required EU needs to play a more detained on suspicions or likely to be involved in any tious infrastructure proj- to move towards a “global- and private sectors, and At the same time, sever- to break down the bureau- active role on the global future activity against US interests. The US govern- ect that harks back to the ly connected” EU with provide a legal and eco- al EU diplomats have cratic silos and provide stage, and repeat its own ment and Security agencies want to keep these ancient Silk Road, with a Africa and Latin America, nomic framework for pointed towards a lack of clarity and strategic direc- connectivity miracle across detainees behind the bar to avoid any potential dam- vast collection of develop- and a soft power communi- investment in different reference in the conclusions tion, Small said. other regions while adjust- age to US interests. ment and investment ini- cation drive with a shiny parts of the world. to a budgetary line for the “There are plenty of peo- ing its own rules to counter Presently, the Biden administration is heading to tiatives that stretch from logo and (hopefully) catchy A final version of the initiative and a weak enco- ple in the EU system who China going global”. close the Guantanamo Bay prison during the current East Asia to Europe and name. communication is expected uragement for EU compa- have thought very seriously “At the same time, it is fiscal year by September 30 and did not allocate funds beyond. “The Council notes that to be announced during nies to engage in strategi- about all these questions imperative that the EU for the facility after the due date to ensure its closure. Launched in 2013 by other key economies have Ursula von der Leyen’s cally important but eco- and know what needs to be remains fundamentally President Xi Jinping, it sig- developed their own appr- State of the Union address nomically risky locations. done, including on various open to private investment According to reports, the military court and prison at nificantly expanded Chi- oaches and tools for con- in autumn. “How do the human- ingenious ways of mobiliz- and ensures legitimate, Guantanamo Bay had cost the US more than $ 6 bil- na’s economic and political nectivity and underlines the But will this idea fly? centric approach and the ing finance – now they Chinese private investment lion since 2002. The Biden administration has various influence, but in Europe it need for all such initiatives EURACTIV under- sustainability aspect trans- need to be backed proper- can continue to follow mar- legal, political and security issues regarding the future has created uneasiness thro- and actions to apply high i- stands that there is current- late to international connec- ly,” he added. ket forces in the European of the detainees after closure of the Guantanamo ugh debt traps (Montenegro nternational standards,” say ly a lack of clarity in the tivity remains to be seen. Looking beyond Europe, economy,” it added, which detention facility. So, many of the US officials whose most recently) and massive the conclusions, seen by European approach and in Europe still needs to define while Russia has become would “go without saying jobs were nourished due to the unending detention of investment in critical infra- EURACTIV, and add that how it distinguishes itself which countries to deal one of the BRI’s most that the EU should continue the prisoners are likely to disturb by Biden's decision structure worldwide. the EU’s chief diplomat, from the US and Chinese with, how, and what these enthusiastic partners, other to expand cooperation with and these stray birds had started searching for a better Experts see the BRI as Joseph Borrell, is “to pro- approaches. countries will get out of it,” third countries, most China on areas of shared livelihood without waiting until September 30. one of the main pillars of ceed swiftly with the imple- The main political push the source added. notably India and Japan, bilateral interest, such as Hopefully, the Biden administration would decide the bolder Chinese statecraft mentation” of the idea. for the EU to have an over- “To succeed the EU’s have sought to balance their climate change, biodiversi- fate of the prisoners of the Guantanamo bay prison under Xi, a pushback According to EURAC- all strategy comes from the scheme will need a strong concerns about China’s ty, energy and international according to the provisions of international law and against the US’ ‘pivot to TIV information, EU member states, notably narrative, credible resourc- ambitions against the BRI’s development”. Geneva Convention. Asia’ and a recipe for a ambassadors had agreed on France and Germany, but ing, political commitment, potential benefits. And what will the looming Chinese economic the conclusions without some sources say that due and far less fragmentation At the same time, the EU Chinese do? middle-income trap. changes in the text. to different geographical than previous, more tenta- Chamber of Commerce in Asked about Beijing’s Now, EU foreign minis- EURACTIV under- (and economic) priorities, tive efforts,” Andrew China recommended views of the leaked plans, Global taxation ters are on Monday (12 stands that the European the final proposal could be Small, senior transatlantic Europe should review its the Mission of China to the July) set to sign off on a Commission is cooperating diluted. fellow with the European internal regulations, fash- EU told EURACTIV they counter-scheme to the BRI, with the European External It could also potentially Council on Foreign ion shields to protect itself are not yet in a position to under the bulky working Action Service and various lead to a clash between Relations (ECFR), told from BRI-related market comment and are awaiting and developing title of ‘Connecting Europe Commission services on Berlin and Paris over which EURACTIV. distortions and push for the official EU announce- countries Globally’. how to proceed on the basis regions to focus on, what This would require reciprocity with China. ment on the matter. inance Ministers and Governors of Financial Institutions of the G-20 have met Saturday and Here’s why I’m going to court to challenge a rigged Fdiscussed the framework for an international tax overhaul with special focus on a global minimum cor- porate tax of 15 percent that is a top priority of the election - words I never thought I’d write about Britain Biden administration. The issue of Base Erosion and ostal votes used to where the winning margin George Galloway ejected from a rally of mine proved in court. Profit Shifting (BEPS) by the international multina- make up a handful is close, particularly less in Dudley in 2019. He had I knew at the instant the tional firms was under discussion at several interna- Pof votes in elections - than 1% of the vote, this demand, as I pointed out in This media narrative of travelled from Birmingham incident was happening that tional forums including G-7, G-20, World Bank, now they comprise close was denied by the parliament over 15 years my bringing “divisive- to Batley and surprisingly it was a potential game- Organization for Economic Cooperation and to half. And, in Batley and Returning Officer. It was ago, has become a corrupt ness”, even “violence”, to found his way to the very changer and very damaging Development (OECD) and others over the last sever- Spen, they were all under requested by both the Tory mechanism to rig elections. the election campaign was mosque both she and I were to me. That's before I knew al years. The recent plenary meeting of the Finance the control of a Labour runner-up and by myself. It Words I never thought I'd a steady drumbeat, the canvassing that afternoon. it had been staged by a Ministers of G-7 Countries agreed on 15 % global council which supported was denied without reason. write in relation to my own sound-track to the by-elec- He has nothing to do with political enemy, who'd trav- taxation in June this year. the Labour candidate. It The “slew of votes” country. But the stuff of my tion. Yet not only was it Batley, nothing to do with elled a hundred miles to do The issue of BEPS by the international multina- stinks. which tuned up in the dead legal action begins long false, it was an organised me, and yet his unexpected it, who'd had to be thrown tional firms was emerged by the overwhelming “George was matching of night were “postal before that. falsehood and was the very intervention in the cam- out of one of my events, increase in digital trade of western business giants Labour vote for vote, at one votes”, though they did not A former friend and col- reverse of the truth. paign undoubtedly turned who had travelled the coun- such as Amazon, Facebooks, Googles and other point he moved ahead of arrive by post, but by open league of mine, Phil The photographic and the tide. try harrassing Labourites online business and marketing platforms which grab them. Then a whole slew of black plastic bin bags in Woolas, was expelled from video evidence of our cam- He never mentioned me, on LGBTQ issues, and who billions of dollars through online businesses across votes arrived on the unmarked cars with no Parliament in 2010, his paign posters being torn has stated that his appear- was known by at least the the world but these giants usually pay a meager tax table…” police presence, entirely election victory - by 103 down by Labour council- ance had nothing to do with Labour candidate's minder. This testimony from a unsealed, unprotected from votes - set aside, and he was lors is readily available, but me, and the only person in That's before one of the money to the countries where their head offices rival party counting agent potential contamination. disqualified from standing was never reported by any- the whole encounter who biggest "false-statements" located where as they did not pay a single penny to who witnessed the counting This, in the highest profile again. His crime was the one. Ditto the video of undoubtedly knew him, a in recent electoral history those countries from where they generate money. of votes at the Batley and by-election in many years. making of false statements Labour activists destroying neighbouring Bradford was uttered by my oppo- Therefore, the international community and world Spen by-election is just a In 2001, just 4% of the against his Liberal our PA speaking system. I Labour MP, stood laughing nent and went half-way financial institutions had been working on a unified tiny sample of the evidence votes cast in Batley and Democrat opponent. will never forget the thin- behind the Labour candi- round the world before the mechanism to deal with the problem on equal foot- we shall lead in our legal Spen were postal votes. In Woolas's offence pales lipped arrogance of the date throughout the truth could get its trousers ing. During a recent meeting the G-20 finance min- action to set aside the result 2019, it had gone up to into insignificance com- activist who did it. The encounter. on. There is much more, isters and central bank governors announced their of the election and force a 21%. In this by-election in pared to what his party did local police were “too Worse, much worse, the from the vast overspend on backing of major elements of the OECD’s tax re-run of the contest. 2021, it was an astonishing to me in 2021. busy” to act on it. Labour candidate after the the Labour election cam- framework. To be clear, I am NOT 42%, explaining the strange Photoshopped pictures This false narrative was event said on camera that I paign, busting, perhaps According to reports, the final agreement having saying that I won the elec- sensation of having won the of me holding weapons in set by the election-chang- had “stood on the other side twice over, the allowable complete details about the tax rate and base for a tion, still less that I am election comprehensively the presence of my small ing turning point of the of the road, laughing” dur- election expenditure, to the global minimum tax is under preparation and would unhappy with the stunning on the day and yet losing it children, fake claims that I campaign. The haranguing ing her ordeal. Labour Council (the same be ready for formal approval of the heads of the 22% vote share which we in the dead of night. supported and was backed of the Labour candidate by This footage was end- one which counted the states and Chiefs of International financial institu- achieved from a standing Leaving 16,000 votes in by the fascist murderer of an anti-LGBT campaigner lessly played on television votes) spending scarce tions by October this year. Currently, the Biden start in just four weeks in a the tender care of a Labour the late Jo Cox MP, sister of outside the Medina on newspaper websites and council money removing administration agreed on a 15 % global tax rate but is constituency where I was local authority in a by-elec- my Labour opponent in the Mosque. This ugly event was referenced by innumer- thousands of my election still struggling to raise the global corporate tax more frequently, ubiquitously, tion in which the fate of the by-election, were a daily has now turned into elec- able Labour figures posters three days before described as an "outsider". Labour leader was at stake occurence. Not a single tion-myth. And it was all throughout the rest of the polling day on unlawful than 15 percent in the final draft of the agreement to The conduct of the was always a triumph of MSM outlet even reported co-ordinated by a Labour campaign and beyond. It grounds, and on the very provide financial relief to American corporate giants. count, while egregious, sus- hope over the bitter experi- it. Virtually every media campaign atop of which was a big fat lie. Not only day yet another Labour However, there is a huge financial prospect for third picious, damning, is not the ence of all those who have outfit reported that Labour was a Blair-era spin-doctor was I not on the other side leaflet came out headlined, world developing countries like Pakistan because main thrust of my court fought Labour in its campaigners had been flown-in from France to of the road laughing, I was “Galloway running out of after the imposition of the global taxation system challenge, but it does put citadels in the past. They egged by my supporters. take charge. on the same side of the steam”. Much, much more. these countries would be able to generate revenue the tin-hat on a contest so could teach Tammany Hall Not a single one reported The man shouting at my road, a hundred yards away If there is any justice left from online trade and other platforms whose sellers Orwellian as scarcely to be a trick or two. that a minor with drug Labour opponent - mainly and very far from laughing. in this land, this rigged are based out of the country. Therefore, Pakistan believed unless you were Postal voting used to be problems, with not the about Kashmir before turn- Importantly, I was on election in Batley and Spen monetary watchdog FBR must be watchful about this there. for people who were sick, remotest connection to our ing to LGBT issues - not camera throughout the will not stand. global phenomenon, which would double down its Though tradition stipu- serving overseas, or house- campaign, was then arrest- only had no connection to event and all of the forego- Follow him on Twitter performance during next fiscal year. lates a recount of the votes bound. Postal voting on ed for it. me, but had been physically ing can be and will be @georgegalloway. Opinion Monday, July 12, 2021 The Frontier Post 7 Why did the Americans kill the President of Haiti he high- profile who landed troops there. Victoria Nikiforova drugs, but later this infor- All nations that surrender assassination of Local farmers were afraid mation was called unreli- their sovereignty to the THaitian President that their land would be been carried out in this able. Americans have a dream Jovenel Moise and his taken away from them, and style. The Haitian authorities that the United States will wife became the main revolted. It was drowned in Against this background, presented the public with turn them into a showcase. news in July, however, to blood. The Americans kil- the execution of President the biography of the Ukraine, Georgia, the be honest, no one was led thousands of Haitians, Moiz looks sad, but, alas, it detained James Solage. The Baltic states continue to particularly surprised. executed the country's pop- is natural. This is the fate of US citizen was both a hope that they will have Nor did it look strange ular leader, Charlemagne many countries that are plumber, an electrician, and everything like in West that two American citi- Peralt, and installed their considered sovereign, but a professional soldier who Germany after the war. The zens were involved in the own president. At the same in fact are US protectorates. served in the military Marshall Plan, American attack. And the fact that time, they took their land Shortly before his death, police. He worked as a chocolate and American the authorities, unable to from farmers. Jovenelle Moise quarreled security guard at the cinema, cheap housing, a cope with the chaos in the It would seem that civi- with the American authori- Canadian Embassy in Port- lot of work, the richest US country, called in market open to their goods. American troops to help. We are not going to claim that the mercenaries who killed Moise These people point- Haiti and the United received orders from Washington. The president had enough ene- blank do not want to see States have a long and mies inside the country as well, and here they got used to solving that the time of shop win- uneasy relationship. problems exclusively "according to concepts." However, for the dows has passed a long "The island of bad luck" current chaos in Haiti - the poorest country in the world - the time ago. Whatever country has long been a classic United States is directly responsible. the States undertake in our example of a failed state. time, they inevitably make Haitian leaders were regu- lization should have come ties. Washington demanded au-Prince. Then he became Haiti out of it. The same larly dumped during mili- with the occupation. The that he leave office as soon an advocate for children poverty and despair, the tary coups and also sent to American authorities could as possible. Moiz argued and founded a charitable same rampant criminality, the next world. The tradi- restore order in a miserable that his presidential term organization in Florida. and the US ambassador is US-China tensions take tion was started by the country torn apart by anar- had not yet expired. Not During interrogation, looking after all this post- country's first president in chy and poverty. However, only that, in January 2020 James Solage and another apocalypse, placing his 1806: after less than two life did not get any better. he dissolved the parliament US citizen, Joseph Vincent, candidates on the kingdom. an ominous legal turn years of rule, citizens liter- In 1934, the Americans and for the last year and a testified that a certain Look at Albania, ally tore him apart. withdrew their troops, but half ruled the country on Mike, who was clearly not Macedonia, Georgia, he downward spiral Brad Glosserman ments have negotiated this Economy, politics, social continued to appoint and his own. The American-dic- a Haitian, spoke only Romania, look at... well, in United States- issue for years, resolution sphere in the country - all remove Haitian presidents. tated Haitian constitution English and Spanish, let's not talk about Ukraine. TChina relations has announced in June that it assumed new urgency last this is a continuous catas- All the leaders of the state secures the supreme power orchestrating the murder. All of them were dealt with taken a new legal twist would put certain Chinese year following revelations trophe, and it has been were closely guarded from in the country to the parlia- We are not going to according to the Latin that threatens to further solar panel manufacturers of massive fraud at Luckin dragging on for more than Washington. ment. In the fall, Moiz claim that the mercenaries American scenario. Having decouple the world’s two on its sanctions lists Coffee, which resulted in two hundred years. Photos For decades, despite all planned to amend this point who killed Moise received plunged the country into largest economies. because of allegations of the company’s delisting of Haiti - pure post-apoca- its atrocities, the legendary and strengthen the presi- orders from Washington. chaos, a single people was Not only is Beijing use of forced labor, the from the New York Stock lypse, trash and ruins. The Duvalier dynasty sat on dent's power. The president had enough technically split into beefy, determined to frame this Chinese Ministry of Exchange after its share poverty in the country is American bayonets. Papa Over the past year, lead- enemies inside the country cynical elites and rapidly confrontation as one in Commerce said it would price imploded. such that even the poorest Doc and his son Baby Doc ing American politicians as well, and here they got impoverished masses. Only which the US is the aggres- take “necessary measures” US punters would have states have to help. Cuba committed a genuine geno- have urged Moise to call used to solving problems in rare cases did the rem- sor and China is merely to protect those companies’ been unwilling to invest in sends doctors, Venezuela cide to their fellow citizens, presidential and parliamen- exclusively "according to nants of Soviet civilization defending itself, but in rights and interests. the company had they throws up gasoline. And all but they regularly served tary elections and surrender concepts." make it possible to do with- doing so it is developing Regulatory authority is known that it had intention- the same, the population is the business interests of power. He was called a dic- However, for the current out a civil war. and deploying the same good – but legislation is ally fabricated more than sick, starving and dying American companies and tator by the leading chaos in Haiti - the poorest The meaning of these tools that Washington has better since it provides a $300 million in retail sales, out. How did it come therefore remained unsink- American media. However, country in the world - the manipulations is quite deployed. firmer legal foundation for knowledge that they were about? able. he continued to bend his United States is directly clear. The population of the This mirror imaging action. That reasoning denied because of uncoop- The history of Haiti is a In 1991, another sadist, line. responsible. limited territories of the threatens to lock in a reflex- spurred China to pass an erative Chinese regulators. series of occupations and Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was Perhaps all this is just a For more than a century, post-Soviet space is neces- ive tit-for-tat dynamic that anti-foreign sanctions bill These developments civil wars. First, the indige- imposed on the Haitians for coincidence. However, on this state has been in the sary for Washington exclu- ensures the relationship that empowers the govern- threaten to roil the bilateral nous population - the presidency. Again torture, the night of July 7, well- zone of their influence. Its sively as cannon fodder. deteriorates further. ment to seize assets from relationship in new and Indians - were exterminated executions, extrajudicial armed men in balaclavas economy has been They are expected to fight China is aggrieved by a and deny visas to individu- unprecedented ways. Calls in full by the French killings of opponents, again broke into the residence of destroyed into rubbish, the against Russia. But who in lengthening list of US als who formulate or imple- by foreign authorities for invaders. Then the local a war against our own peo- the President of Haiti and state cannot pursue an inde- their right mind will go to actions intended to punish ment US anti-China sanc- access to information that population drove out the ple. The population driven very professionally shot pendent policy. Well, what war if there is something to the country, its companies, tions. Beijing considers sensitive French and the entire white to despair has repeatedly Jovenel Moise and his wife. kind of independence is eat, drink and wear? Right. or its leaders. (Chinese It also allows individuals have prompted a crack- population of the island tried to overthrow the pres- The foreign trail was vis- there, if just a little some- This means that it is neces- anger is also being directed and companies to sue “indi- down in China on “illegal was massacred for this ident. But American special ible immediately. The thing - and the leader sary to drive the population elsewhere in the Western viduals and organizations” securities activities.” The business. The entire 19th forces flew to his rescue attackers spoke Spanish arrives "seven bullets, like into hopeless poverty and world, with Australia and in Chinese courts for com- campaign will tighten regu- century passed in continu- every time. (Haiti is a French-speaking in Sarajevo"? such hopelessness that even the European Union also pensation of losses result- lations for companies list- ous civil wars, during Only in 2004 did country). Seven killers Crime in the country is war will seem like a wel- targeted for retribution.) ing from “discriminatory ing abroad and focus on which poor blacks slaugh- Aristide get tired of were shot dead during the off the charts. Poverty is come way out of the Beijing is especially restrictive measures.” cross-border transfers of tered the elite - the rich Washington. The para- arrest. Nineteen people amazing. The only source impasse. galled by America’s The law effectively cod- data. mulattoes. The mulattoes, troopers again flew for him, were detained. Two of them of income is the earnings of Haiti is a good example increasing resort to sanc- ifies the measures that the If the government fol- in turn, hired black troops, but this time they took him turned out to be American a million people who have of how not to do politics. tions against Chinese enti- Ministry of Commerce had lows through, that project and they were already out of the country and citizens of Haitian descent. gone abroad. Who Said And the tragic fate of its ties and demands that third taken, providing a legal will deflate if not crush the slaughtering their brothers exiled to the Central It was said that the "Ukraine"? president is a useful warn- parties respect and enforce basis for administrative international ambitions of in the race. African Republic. For more killers were able to break No, no, we're talking ing to the leaders of coun- them worldwide. There is actions taken by the China’s most promising Since 1915, the territory than a hundred years, the into the residence, posing about Haiti. The sad experi- tries selling their independ- also irritation with US laws Chinese government. But companies, since every cut- of Haiti was taken under external administration of as employees of the US ence of this country should ence to Washington for a that mandate disclosure of its intent is simple: it ting-edge enterprise in the control by the Americans, the Republic of Haiti has agency for the fight against be looked at by very many. low price. information that China authorizes both the govern- digital economy is making feels is best held close, ment and private actors to its money from data. such as audits of companies sue companies that follow Those losses could be that aim to list on US stock foreign laws that ban them significant: 34 Chinese exchanges. from doing business with companies raised $12.4 bil- Who will get bogged down in the Two years ago, China China. lion in IPOs on the New started to devise legal coun- Moreover, this month York Stock Exchange in the termeasures it could use to the Cyberspace first half of 2021. Many in target companies that Administration of China Beijing would prefer to see ‘graveyard of empires’ next? respect those laws and ordered ride-sharing com- those offerings move to sanctions. Such moves pany Didi Chuxing’s be Hong Kong. .S. President Joe Throughout history Abdullah Muradoglu prime minister by then- Americans accused China were initially more symbol- removed from local mobile It isn’t just entrepreneurs Biden announced Afghanistan has gained a Russian President Boris of secretly providing ic than substantive, but app stores because it had eager to tap international Uthat America’s mil- reputation of being the America's second Vietnam, Yeltsin. weapons to the Taliban. Beijing has become more violated the recently passed financial markets who are itary mission to "graveyard of empires." even though the Biden ad- Putin, who built his Furthermore, China, the serious as the US-China Data Security Law, which being hurt. Any business Afghanistan will end on One of the empires that ministration has been reluc- career in the KGB, the U.S.’s global rival, enjoys relationship has deteriorat- regulates the collection and with global ambitions is August 31. His adminis- could not hold on to tant to accept it. The Tali- CIA’s only rival during the close ties with India's ed. use of personal data. going to be squeezed. tration refuses to accept Afghanistan was the Soviet ban, on the other hand, is Cold War era, may even adversary Pakistan. There Beijing first said that it The call came hours The tension is acute for the prevalent view that Union. close to re-establishing its have wanted to facilitate are serious border disputes would create an “unreliable before Didi went public on auditing companies – they the U.S pull-out from In the 1980s, the United control, which it lost due to the U.S. getting bogged between India and China entities list,” like that of the the New York Stock can’t certify accounts for Afghanistan will spark a States helped turn Afghani- the American intervention. down in Afghanistan. Why that can turn into conflict at US Commerce Department, Exchange, and other com- multinational clients with- "Saigon moment." stan into a graveyard for the Americans believe that not? By hitting two birds any given moment. Thus, in order to: panies were quickly out access to books in When the United States Soviets. The Soviet Union the Russians are secretly with one stone, Putin has Beijing will be eager to fill safeguard national sov- ensnared in the enforce- China and overseas. As withdrew from Vietnam in was forced to withdraw supplying the Taliban with simultaneously become the vacuum left by the ereignty, security and ment action. The move was Daniel Goezner, a member 1973, Northern forces con- from the country after 10 weapons to turn Afghanis- more comfortable in American withdrawal from development interests, forced by Didi’s initial pub- of the Public Company tinued to advance in the years of occupation. The tan into America's second Chechnya and let the U.S. Afghanistan. maintain a fair and free lic offering (IPO), which Accounting Oversight South. In 1975, the capital, unsuccessful invasion of Vietnam. Similar allega- sink further into the Afghan Should developments international economic and the authorities claimed Board, the US accounting Saigon, quickly fell into the Afghanistan is widely con- tions based on intelligence quagmire. Revenge is a unfold like that in trade order, and protect the would give foreigners regulator, explains, “The hands of Northern powers, sidered one of the crucial sources have frequently dish best served cold, and Afghanistan, India will be legitimate rights and inter- access to the company’s audit firms are caught in the thus dissolving the U.S.- reasons that led to the col- been featured in American the Russians have never eager for China to get ests of Chinese enterprises, databases by virtue of their middle of two warring backed Southern govern- lapse of the Soviet Empire. media. If you recall, forgotten America's nefari- bogged down there. There other organizations or indi- shareholdings. jurisdictions.” ment. Between 1979 and 1989, Vladimir Putin initially ous activities in are groups in Afghanistan viduals. That would violate the Every company doing Emphasizing that an approximately 15,000 provided assistance to facil- Afghanistan in the 1980s. that compete with the After first brandishing law’s requirement that the business in both jurisdic- Afghan army of 300,000 Soviet soldiers perished in itate U.S. military opera- Which empire will take Taliban. The Sino-Taliban that stick in May 2019, Chinese government tions could face the choice soldiers, trained and Afghanistan during the tions in Afghanistan. He America’s place in the link could result in turning however, China has not approve the release of any between obeying US or equipped by the U.S., fac- occupation. The financial also let the U.S. establish “Afghan graveyard”? This these groups against China. used it. The Ministry of China-based data to foreign Chinese law. Complying ing off against a 75,000- toll of the occupation was bases in both Uzbekistan is the million-dolalr ques- Of course, India, which is Commerce never put any judicial or law enforcement with US sanctions will strong Taliban force, Biden also quite high. History and Kyrgyzstan. tion these days. establishing a strong rap- names on the list, although agencies. expose those operations, rejects the views that the loves irony: twenty years After spending long Developments in port with the U.S., can the government did hit Wang Jiangyu, a law their executives and even capital Kabul will definite- later, the U.S. had to with- years working for the KGB, Afghanistan are closely secretly funnel support to think tanks, non-govern- professor at the City their families to legal jeop- ly be overrun by the draw from Afghanistan, Putin later became the head related to Russia and these groups, while mental organizations and University of Hong Kong, ardy in China. Taliban. However, the pre- which it entered to over- the Federal Security Serv- China. Both the Russians Washington, on the other individuals – such as US points to the EU “blocking Failing to do so, risks vailing view in the U.S. is throw the so-called Taliban. ice (FSB), which replaced and the Chinese seem pre- hand, controls the Kabul Senators Marco Rubio and statute” designed to counter equally strong penalties in that the Taliban will seize The money spent by the the KGB after the collapse pared for a Taliban regime. administration. Therefore, Ted Cruz and former US US sanctions to justify the US – although families control of Kabul, and U.S. over the course of the of the Soviet Union. In fact, China's relationship it seems Afghanistan will Secretary of State Mike China’s own law. are not going to be targeted indeed the Biden adminis- invasion of Afghanistan During Putin’s tenure as with the Taliban predates continue to be the scene of Pompeo – with visa bans, And while Chinese offi- unless they actually work tration has accepted this stands at around $1 trillion. the head of the FSB, he was the U.S. invasion. proxy wars for a while or forbade Chinese compa- cials and experts insist it for the company. possibility. Afghanistan has become surprisingly appointed as Alongside Russia, the longer. nies from doing business will only be used defen- As a result, says Greg with them. sively when other countries Gilligan, chairman of the Failure to use that instru- apply sanctions first, it’s American Chamber of ment didn’t stop the still “a warning to the US: Commerce in China, “This Ministry of Commerce China will not endure this new law presents potential- OPEC is letting the oil bears play from wanting to expand its treatment as easily as it ly irreconcilable compli- toolbox. In January this once did,” says Wei ance problems for foreign il producers The first part looked Julian Lee But nobody sees that as raising production more year, it announced “Rules Jianguo, a former com- companies with respect to a beware. Far from easy. credible. quickly than it had previ- on Blocking Unjustified merce vice-minister. conflict of law between for- Obeing bullish for The Organization of soared, with U.S. West Even if the United Arab ously anticipated. There’s a Extraterritorial Application The prospect of foreign- eign jurisdictions and prices as initially thought, Petroleum Exporting Texas Intermediate hitting Emirates doesn’t quit real risk that happens in an of Foreign Legislation and ers getting their hands on China.” the rift at the heart of Countries’ 13 members and its highest since 2014. OPEC or embark on a pro- uncontrolled way if they Other Measures,” which users’ data isn’t the only He and his colleagues OPEC and the informa- their allies agreed on the Oil demand is gathering duction surge — it has said can’t agree to a compro- are designed to “block” for- thing that irks Chinese reg- can only hope that the US tion vacuum it has creat- need to pump more oil to pace, as more countries it won’t do either, at least mise. eign extraterritorial sanc- ulators. and China “do not force our ed risks sending them into meet rising demand as the from India to the U.K. ease not yet — it’s unlikely that Until one is found, every tions and export controls Chinese officials were companies to only choose a tailspin. world recovers from the restrictions. producers will stick to their scrap of data, every minis- targeting Chinese actors. outraged in December last one side or the other.” When the 23-nation pandemic. The International Energy output targets when cus- terial utterance and every Interestingly, the rules year when the US passed Foreign companies OPEC+ oil producer But not everyone backed Agency sees global oil use tomers clearly need more of oil analyst’s note will be target the sanctions and the Holding Foreign worry that they are about to alliance repeatedly failed to extending the deal, at least increasing by 3.1 million their crude. pored over and markets will export control measures Companies Accountable become “sacrificial pawns reach an agreement to raise not in its current form. barrels a day between the None of the producers react to the tiniest change in that impact third countries, Act, legislation that in a game of political production earlier this The United Arab second and third quarters, wants a return to the free- intonation. Don’t be sur- not US measures that block requires companies listing chess,” said Joerg Wuttke, month, the concern in the Emirates refused to do so if with another 1.35 million for-all that followed the last prised if you find Twitter trade between the US and on US exchanges to pro- president of the European market was that the world the alliance didn’t address barrels a day added in the breakdown in their relation- awash with rumors that China. In other words, vide audits from their Union Chamber of would be short of oil. what it sees as an unfairly fourth. ship in March 2020. But suggest a price war is com- Beijing is going after non- Chinese operations – access Commerce. Saudi Arabia and Russia, low baseline production The mood ought to still that’s what they risk repeat- ing. US countries and compa- that is banned by the If businesses are sweat- the alliance’s largest pro- level from which its cuts be extremely bullish, but ing. This is what discord nies that enforce US sanc- Chinese government – and ing, hardliners in both the ducers and de facto leaders, are measured. Saudi Arabia OPEC+’s failure has left a The recovery in prices does: It creates fertile con- tions, hoping to divide to prove that they are not US and China must be glee- had devised a plan for the balked at fiddling with that void that’s being filled by a this year has been under- ditions for uncertainty and those so-called “like-mind- controlled by any foreign ful as the wedge between group to raise its produc- starting point and, more bearish narrative. pinned by OPEC+’s speculation. ed” allies. government. their two countries goes tion target by 400,000 bar- importantly, it wouldn’t The day after WTI hit its extraordinary cohesiveness. For that reason, if no However, after the US While the two govern- deeper. rels a day each month until approve the output increas- six-and-a-half-year high, it One of the strengths of the other, it’s in the two the end of the year, and es without the extension. had dropped by $6 a barrel. deal has been its credibility, nations’ shared interests to possibly longer. For good It blamed the UAE for With no date set for the with the group meeting fre- find common ground and a Important Notice measure, they wanted to blocking an agreement to full group to meet again, quently to adjust the targets singular message. The The Frontier Post will not be responsible for the comments in the articles extend the output pact until pump the extra oil the mar- the existing deal holds, to a recovery that was ini- longer they don’t, the more and letters. The Frontier Post requests the writers of articles and letters the end of 2022, instead of ket will need in the coming which means no more out- tially slower than expected. risky the oil market to please make sure that they write their email addresses and mention letting it expire at the end months. As news of the fail- put increases until May The group now needs to becomes for bulls. the names of the cities, towns, districts or tehsil of their of April. ure sunk in oil prices 2022. remain just as nimble in Bloomberg residences at the bottom of their articles and letters. The Frontier Post Monday, July 12, 2021 Govt trying to resolve issues of SME sector on priority basis: Razak FAISALABAD (APP): exports, he said. He was also appreciative of was surprised that number Advisor to Prime Minister About DLTL (Duty the role of APBUMA in of exporters had declined on Commerce, Textile, Drawback of Local Taxes organizing SME sector and whereas exports were Industries, Production and and Levies), Razak Dawood said that no doubt it was growing substantially. He Investment Abdul Razak said the finance ministry had one of the biggest elected said that there were three Dawood said that small and earmarked Rs 20 billion, out trade bodies of SME sector main factors for setting up medium enterprises (SME) of which Rs 8 billion had which was contributing in a new industry including sector was contributing 95 already been disbursed big way in national exports. acquiring land and getting percent share to the nation- among the exporters. He Earlier, APBUMA Vice connection of electricity al economy and the govern- underlined the importance of Chairman Engineer Bilal and gas. ment was fully cognizant of cotton which was raw mate- Jameel appreciated the gov- He said that Pakistan had their importance and trying rial for entire textile chain ernment efforts in facilitat- great potential for the to resolve their issues on and said we have to take ing export sector and said export of salt and marble. top priority basis. proactive measures to that the role of SME sector He said that Salt Asso- KARACHI: President & CEO of U Microfinance Bank Limited Kabeer Naqvi and President & CEO Addressing a meeting of enhance cotton production. could not be ignored. He ciation had also been creat- of Bank Alfalah Limited Atif Bajwa signing an agreement. All Pakistan Bed-sheets & He mentioned different said that major issue con- ed and his ministry was Upholstery Manufacturers options to increase cotton fronted by SME sector was making strenuous efforts Association (APBUMA), yield but added that well- high rate of GST which was for resolving their issues. he said the economy had considered policies should eroding the liquidity. He Similarly, the problems of PIA, private been stabilized and now a be framed to avoid any said the government should marble and mining sectors U Microfinance Bank, new target for exports backlash from any sector. consider “no tax no return would also be resolved on airlines’ fares would be fixed after Eidul He said that most of duties policy” so that SME could top priority basis. Azha during a meeting of on raw material had already work in a hassle free envi- NA Standing Committee increase by Bank Alfalah announce stakeholders with Prime been withdrawn while steps ronment without any prob- for Finance and Economic Minister Imran Khan. were underway to withdraw lem of liquidity crunch. Affairs Chairman Faizullah over 100% He said the government any remaining duties or Later, addressing a func- Kamoka also addressed the ISLAMABAD (INP): The a strategic partnership was already providing taxes to ensure adequate tion of Pakistan Textile meeting and acknowledged Pakistan International facilities to SME sector. He supply of polyester in the Exporters Association the contribution of exports. Airlines (PIA) and other F.P. Report establish this partnership The ceremony was held said that most of the raw domestic market. (PTEA), Abdul Razak He said the government had private airlines in the coun- with Bank Alfalah, which in the head office of Bank material consume by the The Advisor urged the Dawood stressed the need resolved their problem of try have jacked up their KARACHI: President & is aimed at exploring Alfalah and was witnessed SME sector had been zero- APBUMA members to for long term policy for the imminent nature in recent fares up to 114 percent CEO of U Microfinance avenues to collaborate, by the senior management rated. The remaining taxes explore new markets for substantial growth of the finance bill and we are wor- ahead of Eid ul Adha. Bank Limited Mr. Kabeer design innovative products of both institutions includ- and duties would also be exports and said that they economy and exports. He king to resolve the remain- According to sources, Naqvi and President & and work together in mov- ing Mr. Saad ur Rahman withdrawn so that SME should come up with tangi- said that exporters must be ing issues on priority basis. prior to the hike, the airlines CEO of Bank Alfalah ing the banking sector for- Khan - Group Head - Corp- sector could fully exploit its ble proposals during their acknowledged for their PTEA Chairman Muha- were charging Rs7,000 fare Limited, Mr. Atif Bajwa, ward. This alliance will orate, Investment Banking, potential and give a quan- meeting with prime minis- contribution in stabilizing mmad Ahmad also spoke from passengers traveling signed off a strategic part- help us serve more cus- Financial Institutions and tum jump to national ter immediately after Eid. national economy but he on the occasion. between Karachi to nership to promote financial tomers and bring more International Business - Islamabad or Lahore. inclusion in the country. Pakistanis in to the bank- Bank Alfalah and Ms. The one-side ticket of This new relationship ing net. Mariam Pervaiz - Chief airlines from Karachi to not only strengthens the Mr. Atif Bajwa, Pres- Commercial Officer & Lahore has been charged at bond between both banks, ident & CEO of Bank Chief of Staff - U Pakistani cherries growers Rs13,000 while Rs25,000 but also promises to open Alfalah praised U Micro- Microfinance Bank. has been charged for two- up multiple avenues for finance Bank as an emerg- Establishing itself as a way tickets of flights trav- collaboration, including ing player and recognizable pioneer within the industry; eying vast Chinese market eling between Karachi, medium to long term debt brand and commented that U Bank is the largest Lahore, and Islamabad. funding, credit structuring Bank Alfalah is always microfinance bank in terms BEIJING (APP): Pakistani make them competitive the local traders or commis- requirements to regulate The increase in fares and synergizing their committed towards build- of our network of 201 bran- cherries farmers are eying food to be savored by sion agents. domestic sales, meet stan- ahead of Eidul Adha will respective businesses to ing strategic alliances with ches and 200 ATMs across vast market of China as Chinese consumers. It turns out that credit dards of export destinations, cause further difficulties scale. key market players. This 183 rural areas and cities in demand of this fruit is As Pakistani farmers are source also plays a role in and build brands. for the people of the coun- Speaking on the occa- partnership is in line with the country, providing a increasing among the eyeing this vast market, farmers’ choice of market- In Pakistan, most cherry try as the rising inflation sion Mr. Kabeer Naqvi, its vision and mission to wide range of microfinance Chinese consumers beca- China Pakistan Agricultural ing channels. Farmers get- producers sell their prod- has already done a number President & CEO of U seek new ways to enable its loans, digital & branchless use of its taste, large size and Industrial Cooperation ting credit or prepayment ucts to contractors, who on them and is continuing Microfinance Bank said customers to shape their banking solutions and and prime quality. Information Platform from the informal sources then sell the fruit to whole- to do so. that we are delighted to lives and businesses. deposit products. The yield of cherries has (CPAIC) offers some meas- mostly sold cherry at the salers before they reach recently witnessed a boost ures to be taken to expedite farm gate, which brings retailers. in Pakistan but so far, they cherries export to China. lower net return than those During this process, pre have not been able to make According to a report participating in the market. packaging can provide any significant entry into released by CPAIC, Researchers believe that additional protection for the Pakistan earns $ 503.910 million by the international market, Pakistani cherry growers credit provision from for- products. But only 12% of including China where mainly get cherry prices mal sources needs to be the cherry producers used cherries are gaining popu- and other information from more easily accessible to wooden crates and cartons exporting transport services: PBS larity in recent years as traders who are grabbing the cherry growers so that to pack cherries. ISLAMABAD(APP): review, the exports of sea $ 16.470 million to US $ ices rose by 11.07 percent, high-end fruit with high most of the profits. they can make an independ- Apart from packaging, Pakistan earned US $ transport services however 41.120 million current year, from US $ 23.300 million prices, China Economic In this regard, an infor- ent decision regarding cher- CPAIC proposes that it is 503.910 million by provid- witnessed increased of the PBS data revealed. to US $ 25.880 million, in Net (CEN) reported. mation management system ry marketing. Financial also necessary to furnish ing different transport serv- 56.56 percent, by going up The exports of air trans- addition the export of other It can be seen that China’s can be set up to convey rel- institutions may ease loan appropriate facilities for the ices in various countries from US $ 44.250 million port however witnessed air transport services cherry imports have been on evant market information to procedures and mitigate cherry industry, such as during the first ten months last year to US $ 69.280 decrease of 29.46 percent decreased by 25.90 percent the rise in both volume and all stakeholders more effec- financial restrictions on sufficient cold storage and of fiscal year (2020-21) as million during the period by going down from US $ from US $ 159.670 million value. China mainly imports tively. The lack of access to cherry producers, contrac- convenient transportation. compared to the correspon- under review. 582.190 million last year to to US $ 118.320 million. cherries from New Zealand, institutional credit may tors, exporters, and other If export zones are creat- ding period of last year. Among the sea transport US $ 410.680 million dur- Meanwhile, the exports Chile, Argentina, and other limit investments, thereby market traders. ed, all necessary infrastruc- This shows decrease of services, the exports of ing July-April (2020-21). of road transport services countries in the Southern reducing the efficiency of Over 92% of cherry tures can be equipped there, 24.46 percent as compared to freight services increased Among the air transport during the period under Hemisphere due to seasonal the marketing system. growers describe their vari- including cold storage, US $667.040 million earned by 1.37 percent from US services, the exports of pas- review witnessed a decline differences. According to a statistical eties as “good”, but only 8% refrigerated transportation through provision of services $27.780 million last year to senger services decreased of 46.66 percent by going Pakistani cherries may study a few years ago, about graded their cherries. facilities, financial institu- during the corresponding US $ 28.160 million where- by 33.25 percent, from US down from US $ 29.210 be no match in this regard, 54% of the households have Grading and standardization tions, certification laborato- period of fiscal year (2019- as the exports of other sea $ 399.220 million to US $ million to US $ 15.580 mil- but their juicy taste, large taken credit from informal should be clarified based on ries, marketing information 20), PBS reported. transport services also rose 266.480 million, whereas lion during this year, it size, and prime quality credit sources, mostly from national and international analysis departments, etc. During the period under by 149.67 percent from US the exports of freight serv- added. Global stocks: Q2 earnings to begin, Saudi Arabia puts local results seen upbeat price cap on gasoline as DUBAI (Agencies): The the US Consumer Price this year if the economy delta-driven setbacks resul- Ongoing weakness in second quarter earnings Index is to be released on continues to perform well, ted in uncertainty plaguing US bond yields, if seen, oil hits multi-year highs season kicks off in the Tuesday and retail sales are so analysts will be watch- market sentiments. would continue to support week ahead, with reports expected Friday. CPI infla- ing for signs of optimism Analysts opine that growth stocks, gold prices, RIYADH (Agencies): achieve the public interest, to SR2.44, would be sub- from US lending heavy- tion rose at a higher than from both those commodi- investors should expect the and the broader commodity Saudi Arabia on Saturday and support local economic ject to the approved cap and weights JPMorgan Chase, expected annual rate in ty-driven central banks. continued ebb and flow of complex, potentially at the announced it was putting a activity,” according to an that the periodic review of Goldman Sachs and other May, and June could also New COVID-19 fears the virus to drive traders’ expense of the US dollar. price cap on gasoline from official statement, which prices would continue with- major financial companies be as hot. The US Federal triggers uncertainty appetite for risk assets The first half of 2021 July 10 to support local also said the government out exceeding the afore- being released first. Reserve has said it would The global spread of the throughout the rest of the was a strong start for the consumption and economy would bear any costs that mentioned cap. Q2 earning season to allow inflation to rise above more infectious delta vari- year and beyond. economy and the global growth, as oil prices hit may result from the differ- Oil rose to a six-year high begin its targeted level. ant of the COVID-19 virus US bond yields are stock markets, but analysts multi-year highs this year. ences in pricing. last week after OPEC+ was Earnings for top global Elsewhere in the world, remains a critical area of dropping view that the investment It is the first time the “Housing and energy unable to reach an agree- companies are expected to China GDP and UK CPI are focus for traders. US government bond yie- landscape is changing as country is capping prices costs constitute 25 percent ment to ratify a production be up sharply this quarter, key economic events, along The variant has now lds are one of the most imp- the recovery has transi- since it first liberalized of the inflation basket for increase, spurring concerns compared to a year ago with key central bank mon- been identified in more ortant indicators to watch. tioned into expansion. them in 2018 and linked Saudi consumers, so reduc- of a supply shortfall and fur- when economies are shut etary policy decisions from than 100 countries, includ- The yield on the benchmark Will stock momentum them to international price ing the energy burden on ther oil price hikes. down because of the pan- the Bank of Canada and the ing those with high vaccine 10-year US Treasury bond continue? movement. households is a very sup- Fuel consumption is ris- demic and business came to Bank of Japan. rates, and it even forced fell 12 basis points last Last week offered US The Kingdom issued a portive decision for the ing in countries such as the a standstill. Bank of Japan more Tokyo to declare a state of week, one of the worst one- labour market readings to royal directive to keep Saudi economy as it will US, India and China during Banks including Wells likely to be dovish emergency and prohibit week slides in a year. Federal Reserve minutes to gasoline prices at SR2.18 free more disposable the summer driving season. Fargo, Bank of America, With Tokyo in lock- spectators from this Traders worry that per- rising uncertainties around ($0.58) for octane 91 and income for spending on Travelers in the US have hit Citigroup, and Morgan Sta- down, the Bank of Japan is month’s Olympics as haps the Fed’s “transient” COVID-19 variants and SR2.33 for octane 95, the other activities that will the road with gusto, leading nley among others are exp- more likely to lean dovish COVID-19 cases hit a 2- view of price pressures was their implications for global Saudi Press Agency report- boost growth,” Mazen Al- to rapidly draining invento- ected to provide an insight at its meeting later in the month high in country. correct after all and that we growth. ed, citing the Energy and Sudairi, head of research at ries and refineries running into their own performance week, but both the Bank of Is market uncertainty may be past peak inflation While stocks logged Water Price Reforms Al Rajhi Capital, told Arab close to full-bore to keep up in the second quarter but Canada and Reserve Bank returning? fears, even if the next cou- another solid week, touch- Executive Committee. News. with demand. also into the US economy’s of New Zealand (RBNZ) For traders who had ple months’ worth of infla- ing new highs, the headlin- “This stems from the According to the royal Oil in London and New ongoing recovery. have reasons for optimism written off the virus amidst tionary figures remain ele- er was the move in interest leadership’s keenness to directive, the prices of York is trading above $74 US Consumer Price around their economies. widespread vaccine avail- vated. rates, which have pulled reduce the living burdens of gasoline for July, which and Goldman Sachs pre- Index on Tuesday RBNZ could be looking ability, at least in the devel- US bond weakness to back notably from their citizens and residents, its saw octane 91 increase to dicted that oil prices would On the economic front, to raise interest rates later oped world, last week’s help stocks highs earlier this year. continuous pursuit to SR2.28 and octane 95 rise hit $80 later this year. Workers bodies demand scrapping of IMF, World Bank deals KARACHI (PPI): A repre- Khurshid Ahmed, General unions that a joint platform the workers in the country ers’ settlements and busi- form unions be fully ers and demanded that a workers’ rights in mining, sentative consultation mee- Secretary of All Pakistan of a national level trade is very worrying and the nesses should be stopped restored the Trade Union place to work. But health the resolution added. ting of the trade unions and Workers Confederation; union and a trade union will policies of the present gov- on the basis of the decisions Act of 1926 be restored. and security conditions The meeting emphasized workers organisations of Nasir Mansoor, General be announced at a major ernment, including the of the Supreme Court in the Workers’ welfare agencies, should be improved. the urgent need to protect across Pakistan here on Secretary of National Trade national convention to be agreements reached with name of encroachment and including Social Security, The meeting also called the shipbreaking industry in Sunday while deciding to Union Federation (NTUF); held in September this year. the IMF and the World no one should be evicted EOBI and the Workers’ on political organizations to Pakistan, as well as to pro- form a unified Confe- Habibuddin Junaidi, It was pledged that all Bank are anti-workers. from his residence or busi- Welfare Fund, needed give prominence to labor vide basic necessities, deration of labour demand- People’s Labour Bureau; the trade unions would Anti-labour decisions ness without providing major reforms to benefit issues in their governmen- including workers’ health ed the government to with- Karamat Ali, Executive work together and make a such as privatization should alternatives. workers. tal affairs, organizational and safety, insurance, social draw all anti-workers poli- Director of PILER; trade collective effort to solve be withdrawn immediately, Immediate attention The participants structure and policies and security, and housing facili- cies including privation and unions leaders Aslam Wafa, problems instead of con- a resolution passed at the should be paid to the agri- expressed concern over the to ensure a tripartite consul- ties close to the industry. conditionalities dictated by Sultan Khan, Ms. Rubina fronting each other. The end of the meeting demand- cultural sector and basic increasing number of tation process. Take steps to prevent acci- the IMF and World Bank. Jameel, Bushra Arain also meeting announces its full ed. Workers expelled from labour rights and facilities industrial accidents and Mining workers in the dents. Organised by Pakistan addressed the meeting. support for the workers’ the public sector institu- should be provided to the called for immediate revo- country suffer due to They demanded to pro- Institute of Labour The worker bodies demonstration to be held in tions like PIA and Steel laborers, farmers and culti- lutionary measures to pre- absence of occupational vide full protection to Education and Research agreed to unite the labor Lahore next week. Mills should be reinstated. vators working in the agri- vent them. health and safety and non- women working in govern- (PILER) at PILER Centre unions across the country The meeting rejected the Pakistan Steel, PIA and cultural sector. ILO The meeting also availability of other labor ment, industrial and com- the consultation was on a single platform and anti-labor policies of the Public Sector Institutions Conventions and other expressed concern over a rights. Especially in mercial establishments, presided over by Abdul establish a national level present government and should be run under profes- labor laws should be recent accident in Balochistan, there have home-based and agricultur- Latif Nizamani, Convener organization. It was reiter- demands that all such deci- sional, technical, financial applied to areas that are not Bangladesh in which more been a series of accidents in al. Discrimination against of National Labour Council ated at the meeting that sions, which have harmed expert boards and meritori- considered at all. than 50 workers were killed the recent past. Immediate women in wages and other and addressed by the key there was general agree- the workers should be ous administration. The meeting also and expressed solidarity steps must be taken to pro- welfare facilities should be labour leaders including ment among the trade reversed. The situation of The demolition of work- demanded that the right to with the Bangladeshi work- tect health and safety and abolished. 09 The Frontier Post Monday, July 12, 2021

Shabbir clinches title of 25 chief Novak Djokovic of Naval Staff Open Golf C’ship wins sixth F.P. Report KARACHI: Closing cere- mony of 25th Chief of The Naval Staff Open Golf Championship 2021 Wimbledon title held at Karachi Golf Club (KGC). Chief of the LONDON (Agencies): the SW19 fortnight. Berrettini saved two Naval Staff Admiral Novak Djokovic won his "A seven-year-old boy match points at 5-3 in the Muhammad Amjad Khan sixth Wimbledon title to in Serbia constructing a fourth set with a con- Niazi grace the occasion equal Roger Federer and Wimbledon trophy with trolled volley and a as Chief Guest. Rafael Nadal's record of improvised materials and 101mph forehand winner The four days long Golf 20 men's Grand Slam vic- standing here with a sixth down the line. But the Championship, held from tories after fighting back real trophy is incredible. It Italian could not fight off 08 to 11 July 2021, has to beat Italy's Matteo is amazing." the third as he sliced a become a major event in Berrettini. Having already backhand into the net. golfing circles since 1995. The 34-year-old Serb claimed the Australian Djokovic fell flat on his The categories in the won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 Open and French Open, back with his arms out- championship included 36 in front of a passionate Djokovic is the fifth man stretched after sealing a holes each for KGC and vocal 15,000 crowd in history - and only the hard-fought victory, while Professionals/ Caddies, on Centre Court. second in the Open era Berrettini's contrasting Senior Contestants Seventh seed Berrettini, after Rod Laver in 1969 - emotions on the opposite Professionals, Junior 25, received loud backing to win the first three baseline - bending over Professionals, Seniors and but could not maintain his majors of the season. double with his hands on Ladies. 18 holes matches advantage in his first And with Djokovic his knees - illustrated the were played for Juniors major final. Top seed retaining his crown at the effort he had expended in (Cat A & B), 9 holes london: Novak Djokovic kisses the winner's trophy after beating Italy's Matteo Berrettini during Djokovic has now won all All England Club, he has defeat. for Veterans and 72 holes their men's singles final match on the thirteenth day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. three Grand Slam men's moved a step closer to After taking the acclaim each for Amateurs & titles in 2021. becoming the second of a rapturous Centre Professionals. With prize "Winning Wimbledon player to achieve a Court crowd, Djokovic money of PKR 8.5 M, the was always the biggest 'Golden Slam'. Only climbed up to his support event continues to be the Saud Shakeel dream for me when I was a Germany's Steffi Graf in team to celebrate before highest prize money golf Pakistan in danger of kid," said the world num- 1988 has ever won all four finding a few spare sec- event of the country. reflects on ber one, who dropped a set majors and the Olympics onds to have a selfie with In addition, several for only the second time in in a calendar year. one young fan. prizes were also awarded his Lord’s to the winners of different whitewash, says categories. performance More than 600 enthusi- LAHORE (Monitoring ast golfers participated in Desk): Middle-order bats- the championship that man Saud Shakeel was Ramiz Raja attracted golfers across the quick to grab the opportu- country. nity when he scored a ISLAMABAD(APP): stand how it can be been formed in [just] two Chief of the Naval Staff, gutsy half-century against Former captain Ramiz defended now as initially days and Pakistan had a while speaking at the occa- England at Lord’s in only Raja feels that the [after the first defeat] glorious chance to win the sion appreciated KGC staff his second one-day inter- Pakistan team were in some people were of the series in England after 40 and the organizers for national. The way the 25- danger of facing a white- view that this team should years. Look how the seamless conduct of the year-old constructed his wash at the hands of a sec- be given some time as it things have turned that championship and congrat- 77-ball 56-run innings ond-string England team takes time to get acclima- now Pakistan are under ulated the winners for their helped the former Pakistan in their ongoing three- tized in England. the danger of a white- remarkable success. Naval Shaheens captain to grab match ODI series. “But that argument did wash,” he added. Chief also lauded standard some attention in an other- Pakistan have suffered not have any strength as The cricketer-turned- of the game that provided wise disappointing two back-to-back humili- they were facing a two commentator raised ques- exciting and quality enter- London visit. ating defeats against number England side. If tions on the performance tainment. Saud is a product of England, losing the first you take out Ben Stokes, of coaching staff, selec- He further said that domestic cricket and has ODI by nine wickets no member of this current tors and some players and Pakistan Navy takes pride performed exceedingly before conceding a 52-run outfit will be part of said it was high time for in promoting healthy sports well in various stages of defeat in Saturday’s England’s regular team in Pakistan Cricket Board in the country. Towards the age-group cricket, before match. the near future,” Ramiz (PCB) to bring changes. end, the winner of making his debut for the “If you try to measure said in a video on his “If the alarm bells don’t Championship, Mr. national team. The left- Pakistan’s this series YouTube channel. ring now I don’t know Muhammad Shabbir Iqbal hander featured for defeat on a Richter scale “We are talking about a when these will. Enough also thanked Pakistan Navy Karachi U16 in the Pepsi of the earthquake, you glorified county team that is enough now. Fans are and the sponsors for organ- PCB Cricket Stars U16 will find this is a 15 mag- has outclassed Pakistan. It heartbroken. Such head- ising the mega event that Tournament 2011-12 and nitude jolt. This is a mas- was being said [about this lines are unbearable for KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi provided excellent golfing scored 122 runs from five sive blow. I don’t under- England] team that it has them,” he said. giving away prize to the winner of 25th CNS Open Golf Championship 2021. opportunity for all. matches at 61. He then got a taste of top quality cricket when he featured for Pakistan in the Noor Zaman ICC U19 World Cup in Argentina defeats Brazil 2014, where he scored 127 clinches PSA runs at 25.40. Saud cap- Satellite tained Pakistan to victory 1-0 to win Copa America in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in RIODEJANEIRO Leandro Paredes and Di had five assists. He had a Tournament Bangladesh in 2019, con- (Agencies): Lionel Messi María took the places of clear opportunity in the ISLAMABAD(APP): tributing 86 runs in four finally lifted his first major Nahuel Molina, Nicolas 88th minute, tried to dribble Noor Zaman clinched the matches. trophy for the national team Tagliafico, Guido Rodríguez Ederson, but the Brazilian Professional Squash Saud had earlier made a as Argentina defeated and Nicolas Gonzalez. goalkeeper stopped him. Association (PSA) trip to England in 2016, Brazil 1-0 on Saturday to Brazil, a team recog- “I can't cry yet,” Di Satellite Tournament where alongside Babar win the Copa America title. nized for its steadiness, did Maria said after the match. played here at the Mushaf Azam and Hasan Ali, he Argentina's winning goal not make any changes from “We dreamed of getting Squash Complex on had featured in four List A at the Maracana Stadium in the team that advanced to this, and we fought. Many Sunday. matches and one four-day Rio de Janeiro came in the the final. The teams were people criticized us and Pakistan Squash match. In the only four- 22nd minute after Rodrigo de cautious early in the match, asked us not to come back Federation (PSF) was day match against Sri Paul made a long pass to barely offering chances. (to the national team).” organizing a series of four Lanka ‘A’ in Worcester, he Angel di Maria. The 33-year- When Argentina opened the The title, however, pro- PSA Satellite had scored two half-cen- old veteran striker took advan- scoring in a rare Brazil vides Messi some relief Tournaments of turies with 86 his highest tage of some sloppy defend- defensive mistake and Di after all the questions US$1,000 prize money score. ing from left back Renan Lodi Maria's classy finish, the throughout his career on each here at Mushaf A modest Saud, reflect- to take control and lob it past match became more physi- his effectiveness playing Squash Complex. The 2nd ing on his journey from goalkeeper Ederson. cal and Argentina success- for the national team. Tournament of the series age-group cricket to When the match ended, fully stopped the ball from The South American tro- concluded on Sunday Lord’s, said: “I feel really a tearful Messi knelt down getting to Neymar. Neymar phy is a relief for Argentina, with the semifinals and proud and privileged to get and put his hands on his tried hard with dribbles and which won its last major final. a chance to play for my face. Then most of his passes, but the Selecao title when Messi was only 6 In the final Noor country after going teammates ran in his direc- barely threatened Argentina years old. Saturday's victo- Zaman beat Hamza Sharif through the age-group.” LAS VEGAS: Dustin Poirier, left, and Conor McGregor during their tion to celebrate and threw goalkeeper Emiliano ry in Rio gave the team its with a game score of 11- Sharing his emotions of him into the air. Once criti- Martinez in the first half. 15th Copa America title, 9, 9-11, 1-11, 11-9,11-9. playing at Lord’s, Saud lightweight fight during the UFC 264 event. cized by Argentina fans for Argentina sat in the back, this time unbeaten, equaling The match lasted for 41 said, “It feels a great hon- his quietness, he went to hoping for counter-attacks. Uruguay's total. minutes. our to play at Lord’s. It the few hundred guests Brazil coach Tite tried to Brazil has won the Earlier in the semifi- was a different feeling all chanting his name at the change the dynamic of the South American title nine nals Noor Zaman beat together. I had made up my Conor McGregor Maracana and chanted with match by replacing defen- times. “If we achieved Muhammad Ashab Irfan mind to perform here, them. Messi kissed the tro- sive midfielder Fred for something, it was by mak- with a game score of 14- which could help my phy before lifting it into the Roberto Firmino, and man- ing things natural. It is 12,11-7,11-9 in the match side.” injures leg, Poirier wins air during the presentations. aged to do so for much of above all about transparen- which lasted for 27 min- Reflecting on his 56-run The match at the the second half. But though cy, one enters the other utes while Hamza Sharif knock, Saud said, “When I Maracana started with some the Selecao had more ball leaves. No one has a safe defeated Faraz went to the crease, the sit- UFC 264 showdown surprises. Argentina coach possession there were few place," said Argentina coach Muhammad with a game uation was not good for Lionel Scaloni made five real opportunities. Messi's Scaloni. "I hope fans enjoy score of 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, our side. Misbah Bhai had LAS VEGAS (Agencies): division UFC champion. ture his fearsome MMA changes from the starting performance in the final this. They wanted to win it 14-12 in 33 Minutes. told me to stay on the Conor McGregor sat and “Just the thing had sepa- form over the past half- lineup that beat Colombia on was not as impressive as in as much as us, they felt iden- The 3rd Tournament wicket for a long time. The seethed with his back on the rated, and I bleedin’ landed decade — and despite his penalties in the semifinal. previous matches of the tification with this team, of the series would be same thing was told by cage, a temporary cast on the wonky leg like protestations, there was lit- Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian tournament, during which which may play well or played between, July Fakhar Zaman when I around his left shin and foot. Anderson Silva that one tle in the first round at UFC Romero, Marcos Acuna, he scored four goals and badly, but never gives up.” 12-13. joined him in the middle.” The biggest star in mixed time, something similar to 264 to suggest McGregor Along with his batting, martial arts was convinced that,” McGregor said, refer- was back in elite form. Saud also showed his he had just been robbed of ring to longtime mid- Poirier was largely in bowling skills when, with revenge on Dustin Poirier dleweight champ Silva’s control of the opening his left-arm spin, he pro- by a broken leg. infamously gruesome bro- round, parrying vided Pakistan the much- “I was boxing the bleed- ken leg against Chris McGregor’s kicks and needed breakthrough by in’ head off him, kicking Weidman. “It’s a mad busi- landing several strikes ending the dangerous the bleedin’ leg off him,” ness.” UFC President Dana before getting control over looking third wicket part- McGregor shouted. “This White said he was told McGregor on the ground. nership by dismissing Phil is not over! If we have to McGregor broke his shin After McGregor got up Salt (60). take this outside for him, near the ankle. McGregor from a long stretch of Narrating how he got we’ll take it outside.” will have surgery on punches and elbows, the wicket of Salt, Saud McGregor’s animosity Sunday morning. Poirier knocked him down said: “The captain and toward Poirier hasn’t cooled, Poirier said he thought one last time — and vice-captain had given but this fight trilogy ended McGregor’s leg broke McGregor’s ankle bent me the ball to stop the — for now, at least — with when he checked one of gruesomely as he fell. free flow of runs. I start- another victory for his more McGregor’s kicks earlier in “It (stinks), because I ed to get spin from the mild-mannered enemy. the fight. McGregor dis- was going to beat the guy if pitch after that I main- Poirier beat McGregor for agreed, saying there was his leg held up,” Poirier tained my line and length, the second time in six “not one check.” “You said. “I need to digest it all, and was rewarded with months when McGregor never want to get a win that because right now, it kind Salt’s wicket. I was really was unable to continue after way, but what happened of feels weird. excited to get my first the first round at UFC 264 was the result of checking It’s not a good feeling.” scalp in the international on Saturday night. a kick,” Poirier said. “I’m White confirmed Poirier cricket as it is always a McGregor (22-6) fell to more than sure of it. He got will get the next shot at memorable one.” the canvas and never got up what he had coming to new lightweight champ Pakistan have already after a punch by Poirier him. Karma is a mirror.” Charles Oliveira. White lost the series but 10 Super (28-6), who will get the McGregor dropped to 1- also said he expects a League points will be up UFC’s next lightweight 3 in the cage since 2016, fourth fight between for grabs when the two title shot. McGregor’s leg when he abdicated his UFC McGregor and Poirier at sides go head to head at and ankle buckled when he title reigns and accepted a some point after Edgbaston Tuesday. The stepped back from the wildly lucrative boxing McGregor’s leg heals. “The 25-year-old remains confi- blow, and Poirier finished match with Floyd fight didn’t get finished,” dent of the team's turn- the round raining blows Mayweather. McGregor White said. “You can’t have RIO DE JANEIRO: Players of Argentina celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2021 Copa around in the third ODI. down on the former two- has been unable to recap- a fight finish that way. America final against Brazil at Maracana Stadium. 10 Monday, July 12, 2021 The Frontier Post

InIn briefbrief PM expresses Six including 2 women arrested RAWALPINDI (APP): resolve for clean, Police on Sunday bust- ed a brothel and arrest- ed six accused includ- ing two women, allegedly involved in green Pakistan immoral activities. According to a police F.P. Report hills in the area were being turned into s p o k e s m a n , green owing to the Billion Tree Tsunami Naseerabad police act- ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran campaign in the province. ing on a tip-off, con- Khan Sunday expressed his strong resolve ““Matta in Swat - Barren hills turning ducted a raid and net- to leave ‘a clean and green Pakistan for green. Incredible results from our ted four namely future generations’ of the country. Billion Tree Tsunami campaign in Asghar, Asif, The prime minister on his twitter han- Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. InshaAllah, we Khurram, and Sulman dle posted a video clip of Matta, in Swat, will leave a clean and green Pakistan for and two women name- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying that barren future generations.” ly Sajida and Shumaila. A case has been registered against the accused while fur- ther investigation is ‘Shehbaz accused of sending underway, he added. IRSA releases Rs 25b abroad through forgery’ RAWALPINDI: A large numbers of people stand in queue purchasing sugar outside Utility store at Sunday weekly bazaar Committee Chowk area in the city. water F.P. Report in the National Assembly ted that the opposition F.P. Report Shehbaz Sharif was leader was not willing to ISLAMABAD: Minister accused of sending Rs 25 give answers to the queries ISLAMABAD: Indus for Information and billion out of Pakistan of Federal Investigation River System Broadcasting Chaudhry through forgery. Agency's team and only COVID-19 national tally Authority (IRSA) on Fawad Hussain said on In a tweet, the minister made lame excuses. Sunday released Sunday that Pakistan said so far, the said amount Fawad Hussain 291,100 cusecs water Muslim League-Nawaz had just been traced but, the remarked that the release of from various rim sta- (PML-N) President and real figure could be much Shehbaz Sharif from jail reports show rise in active tions with inflow of Leader of the Opposition higher. The minister regret- was not less than a joke. 326,300 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, cases; over 4% positivity ratio water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam Citizens’ gear up to finalize ISLAMABAD (APP): The national every 100 tests performed to identi- patients. was 1438.45 feet, tally on Sunday of total active fy infected individuals. Since the pandemic broke out, a which was 54.45 feet COVID-19 cases was recorded as The maximum ventilators were total of 973,284 cases were detected higher than its dead Eid shopping due to 37,499 with 1,980 more people test- occupied in four major cities that also included the perished, level 1386 feet. Water ing positive for the deadly virus and including Islamabad 15 percent, recovered and under treatment inflow and outflow in 908 people recovering from the dis- Lahore 17 percent, Bahawalpur 18 COVID-19 patients so far, includ- the dam was recorded probability of closure of markets ease whereas 70 infected persons percent and Multan 13 percent. The ing Azad Jammu and Kashmir as 171,100 and were admitted in the hospitals in criti- maximum Oxygen beds (alternate 21,067, Balochistan 27,961, GB 155,000 cusecs respec- ISLAMABAD(APP): val in befitting manner. mise on family's health” cal condition during the last 24 hours. oxygen providing facility other than 6,851, ICT 83,647, KP 139,313, tively. The water level With only around a week Aliya Khan, a mother of she said. 27 corona patients died during ventilator administered as per med- Punjab 348,085 and Sindh 346,360. in the Jhelum River at left in the religious festival three children said, "I have Waseem Khan, a govern- last 24 hours, 26 of whom were ical requirement of COVID patient) About 22,582deaths were record- Mangla Dam was of Eid-ul-Azha, majority of completed shopping for my ment employee said under treatment in the hospitals and was also occupied in four major ed in country since the eruption of 1155.30 feet, which the people have started family fearing the increas- although the COVID-19 one in his respective home or quar- cities of Gilgit 36 percent, Skardu the contagion. Around 5,599 people was 117.50 feet higher finalizing their preparations ing rush of people in the has affected the businesses antine facility, according to the lat- 67 percent, Karachi 32 percent and perished in Sindh, 15 of them died than its dead level of through completing their coming days and the risks of many and has made me est update issued by the National Swabi 38 percent. in hospitals and one out of the hos- 1040 feet whereas the shopping and buying the of another wave of realized of the fact that my Command and Operation Center Around 211 ventilators were pitals in the past 24 hours. Some inflow and outflow of sacrificial animal, due to COVID-19 in case of job with fix salary is a (NCOC). occupied elsewhere in the country 10,819 people died in Punjab with water was recorded as the probability of the clo- increased social interac- blessing for me due to Most of the deaths were reported while no COVID affected person four deaths occurred in hospitals in 44,100 and 25,000 sure of markets amid fourth tions". which I will be able to cel- from Sindh and followed by Khyber was on ventilator in Balochistan, the past 24 hours. cusecs respectively. wave of COVID-19. Talking to APP, she said, ebrate this Eid with the Pakhtunkhwa. Out of the total 27 and Gilgit Baltistan (GB). As many as 4,359 people expired The release of water at Buying sacrificial ani- “It is difficult to do exces- same spirit. deaths occurred, 16 were on venti- Some 48,382 tests were conduct- in KP, six of them died in hospitals, Kalabagh, Taunsa and mal for the people is diffi- sive shopping during the "I have purchased the lators. ed across the country on Saturday, 783 individuals died in ICT, one of Sukkur was recorded cult task this time too as prevailing price hike situa- sacrificial animal through There were 2,119 covid infected including 16,929 in Sindh, 17,062 them expired in the hospital, 317 as 180,800, 137,400 majority of the people are tion in the country and we an online site and my kids patients under treatment in critical in Punjab, 10,035 in Khyber people died in Balochistan, 111 and 30,600 cusecs cautious about their safety have to buy a sacrificial are so much excited to condition and 70 of them were Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 1,670 in infected people perished in GB and respectively. Similarly, due to the health risks animal too so we are focus- spend a good time by tak- admitted in various Covid dedicated Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 594 people in AJK succumbed to from the Kabul River a posed by the new wave of ing on buying the most ing care of the animal, dec- healthcare facilities of the country 1,039 in Balochistan, 641 in GB, the deadly virus. total of 38,200 cusecs COVID-19. essential items”. orating and feeding it ", he during last 24 hours. and 1,006 in AJK. A total of 15,056,787 corona of water was released The citizens are thinking Shagufta Mehmood, a said. “The citizens have The National Covid positivity Around 913,203 people have tests have been conducted so far, at Nowshera and over adopting the best pos- working woman who lives been warned of the fourth ratio during last 24 hours was recovered from the disease so far while 639 hospitals are equipped 39,000 cusecs released sible way of buying and in a joint family system, wave of COVID-19 but the recorded 4.09 percent. The Covid across Pakistan making it a signifi- with COVID facilities across the from the Chenab River sacrificing the animals said "Seven members of local markets were not positivity ratio is the percentage of cant count with over 90 percent country. Some 2,390 corona at Marala. either through online avail- our family have gone complying with any of the actual positive cases appearing in recovery ratio of the affected patients were admitted in hospitals. able shops or visiting mar- through the coronavirus Standard Operating Three markets kets with following all the symptoms during the third Procedures (SOPs) to stay precautionary measures to wave of COVID-19 so we safe from this virus”, set up: MCI prevent from the risk of are more careful on this Kamran Ali, who lives near ISLAMABAD (APP): catching virus. occasion”. Karachi Company said. Admin sets up 10 cattle markets for sale The Metropolitan A number of women can “We have completed our “Majority of the people are Corporation Islamabad be witnessed in the main shopping for Eid through thronging to the markets (MCI) has set up three markets and shopping malls different official websites these days for Eid shopping of sacrificial animals in Rwp district markets in the outskirts of the capital looking for of brands and decided to and ignoring the SOPs of the federal capital to dresses, shoes and other perform the ritual of sacri- completely which can pose RAWALPINDI (APP): Rawalpindi Gujar Khan cattle market was set tion from Congo virus. allow sale and purchase essential accessories to cel- ficing animal online this serious health risks to them district administration has set up 10 up near Domeli Bridge while the The administration has directed of sacrificial animals ebrate the upcoming festi- time as we cannot compro- and others”, he said. cattle markets for sale of sacrificial sale point of sacrificial animals of the officials of livestock depart- ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. animals in Rawalpindi district Murree Tehsil is near Lower Bazar ment to set up camps at all entry The sale points were including three at Bhatta Chowk, Murree. Kalar Syedan Mandi was points to spray the animals against established in suburban Adiala Road and Chakri Road in set up at Mangle bypass, he added. the tick. areas including Rawalpindi city areas. Similarly, Kotli Sattian sale The teams of livestock depart- Barakahu, Taramri and Vaccination certificate must Municipal Corporation point of sacrificial animals is near ment would also continue anti- Tarnol in compliance Rawalpindi (MCR) and Chovera Bazar near Rescue-1122 Congo spray in and at main entries with the anti-coronavirus Cantonment Board authorities have office and Kahuta cattle market is of the cattle markets. standard operating proce- for tourists’ hotel bookings in imposed a ban on the entry of sac- near Tanki Road near Chan Shah, Rawalpindi Cantonment Board dures (SOPs) issued by rificial animals in the city and can- Kahuta. allowed the contractor to set up a the district administration tonment areas. Under the ban, the Taxila and Wah Cantt cattle mar- temporary cattle market in Bhatta to curb the virus spread, AJK, northern areas: NCOC sale and purchase of the animals kets were set up at G.T.Road Wah Chowk and imposed a ban on sale MCI Administrator has been restricted on the occasion Cantt near Sharif Hospital Stop, and purchase of sacrificial animals Syeda Shafaq Hashmi F.P. Report Jammu and Kashmir gyms, cinemas and wed- of Eid ul Azha. The decision was HIT Taxila, Sunday Bazar Timber in all other cantonment areas. told APP. "It was respon- (AJK) and Khyber ding halls would also help taken to maintain cleanliness and Market Road and POF near Wah Authorities concerned have been sibility of MCI to provide ISLAMABAD: The Pakhtunkhwa. The Forum ensure confirmation of avoid waste pollution in the city, Cantt. directed to strictly implement stan- opportunity to citizens of National Command and has issued an elaborate vaccination certificates, said a MCR spokesperson. He advised the citizens that on dard operating procedures (SOPs) Islamabad to perform Operation Centre procedure for verification the Forum said. According to a district adminis- the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, all to contain the spread of coron- their religious duties (NCOC) on Sunday has of vaccine certificate at The Forum had also tration spokesperson, the adminis- possible precautionary measures avirus. along with safety meas- initiated special measures the entrances of tourist directed to ensure guide- tration on the directives of Deputy should be adopted to avoid Corona Strict action would be taken ures," she noted. “Acom- to strictly implement sites and hotels. lines’ implementation of Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi and Congo viruses. against vendors who violate orders plete ban will remain in SOPs in all high risk sec- The Forum has issued pre-existing SOPs for bus Aamir Aqiq Khan, has set up 10 In order to protect the citizens besides imposition of heavy fine place on the sale of sacri- tors and made vaccination detailed instructions to all terminals, railway sta- approved cattle markets for Eid-ul- from the Congo virus, clean the and confiscation of the animals, ficial animals within the certificate mandatory for provinces for strict imple- tions, intercity and intra- Azha. In Rawalpindi, cattle mar- markets as well as ensure the health RCB spokesman said. premises of cities,” she tourists’ hotel bookings in mentation of SOPs. The city transport, mosques kets of sacrificial animals were set and hygiene of the animals. “RCB has finalized arrange- said, adding the staffers AJK and Northern Areas. Forum has also formed and bazaars. up at Bhatta Chowk near Koh-e- The administration has restricted ments to launch a grand operation and the traders at the cat- The NCOC taking seri- teams to ensure compli- The Forum had also Noor Mills Rawalpindi Cantt, free movement of sacrificial ani- against illegal animal markets and tle market would be vac- ous note of deadly ance of wearing face- issued a detailed checklist Punjab Cooperative Housing mals inside the city so that it could would take strict action in accor- cinated. Earlier, the COVID-19 virus strains masks and implementa- for district administra- Society Adiala Road and Chakri properly spray the animals at the dance with the law against the vio- National Health Ministry prevailing in the country, tion of social distancing tions also including com- Road near Al-Haram City. entry points to ensure their protec- lators,“ he added. has also issued guidelines also violations of standard and safety protocols. prehensive inspection to contain the virus operating procedures to The Forum, in the light procedure mentioned in spread during Eid ul- prevent COVID-19 and of these instructions, had the instructions for ensur- Azha. “Social distancing the risk of pandemic also issued directives for ing safety protocols in should be ensured at the spread in view of the implementation of SOPs high risk sectors. cattle markets besides arrival of Eid-ul-Azha. related to cattle markets However, strict disci- also implementing direc- The Forum has and Eid-ul-Azha to limit plinary action would be tives regarding face- declared vaccination disease spread. taken against the violators mask,” the ministry said. mandatory for hotel book- The special directives and the institution not ings for tourists visiting issued for the manage- complying with the SOPs, Mazari fumes over Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad ment of restaurants, the Forum warned. security withdrawal ISLAMABAD(INP): Acting upon its auster- ity drive, the federal 20 “Delta COVID-19-variant” government has started taking back extra secu- rity from its federal cases reported in RWP ministers triggering a protest from Federal RAWALPINDI (APP): In an alarming during the last 24 hours in the district with fif- Human Rights development, around 20 cases of Delta- teen belonged to Rawal Town, sixteen from Minister Shirin Mazari COVID-19 variant were reported during Potohar town and Rawalpindi Cantt each, two against slashing her the last 24 hours in the district, said a from Taxila and three from Gujar Khan. security detail. Sources handout issued here Sunday. “Presently 46 coronavirus confirmed patients said on Sunday that The District administration warned the were admitted to various facilities of the city Human Rights residents that the 4th wave of COVID-19 including 10 were admitted in Holy Family Minister Shirin Mazari spread was more dangerous compared to Hospital,10 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital,18 in was fumed over feder- the previous ones and people were advised Institute of Urology and 8 in Fauji Foundation al government’s deci- to get themselves vaccinated at the earliest Hospital ".The report said that one patient was sion to remove three of to avoid further spread of the disease. on a ventilator in critical condition,17 stable and hers five security men. The District administration has asked the 28 were in moderate condition. She rued that since she government employees to submit their vacci- District Health Authority updated that was not provided with nation certificate by July 12 else their salaries so far 868,897 people including 32,127 the squad car then why will be stopped. He appealed to the people to health workers and 836,770 senior citizens the government had strictly observe the COVID-19 SOPs. have jabbed themselves against the lethal reduced her security According to the daily situation report issued coronavirus (COVID-19) across the dis- detail. by the District Corona Management centre here trict since the vaccination administering Sunday, as many as 52 patients were reported drive launched on March 10. ISLAMABAD: A large numbers of people are busy in shopping at Sunday weekly bazaar at Aabpara. 70 Taliban killed NDSF repulsed Taliban attack KANDAHAR (Agencies): Seventy Taliban TAKHAR (Agencies): The National insurgents have been killed in Kandahar since The Frontier Post Defense and Security forces repulsed an Saturday. Jamal Naser Barakzai, spokesman armed Taliban attack in Takhar. Abdul for the Kandahar Police Command said that Hadi Nazari, spokesman for 217th Pamir the Taliban were killed in a clearing operation Corps said taht a group of armed Taliban by defense and security forces launched with attacked the checkpoints of Shurab, support of the air force in Dand district, Chamqchar, Nahr Chaman Takhar and Kandahar and the 7th district of the provincial faced with several resistances of the check- capital. He added that eight other insurgents points of the National Defense and were wounded and a number of their weapons Security Forces, and fled the area with were destroyed during the operation. Zil Hajj 01, 1442 — Monday, July 12, 2021 casualties.

Asia is comparable to a living body composed of soil and water. The heart that beats inside the body is Afghanistan. The destruction of Afghanistan would be the destruction of Asia. And in its progress and prosperity lies the well-being of Asia. - Allama Iqbal Australia completes full withdrawal from Afghanistan, leaving behind trail of war crime allegations KABUL (Agencies): Aust- sonnel from Afghanistan, campaign has come to an from Afghanistan in 2013. out by its troops. conduct” detailed in the gal behavior to cover up the withdrawal from the coun- ralia has confirmed the end formally ending the coun- end,” the defense minister “This war is ending, not In December, a four-year explosive report. killings. Australian media try, dismissing concerns of of its military involvement try’s military presence said. with victory, not with investigation commis- Since then, other grue- outlets claim that, among a Taliban takeover of in Afghanistan, as the US- there. Canberra said in Australia mobilized defeat, but with hope that sioned by the government some allegations have other alleged crimes, Kabul. He vowed that the led coalition accelerates its April that it would follow some 39,000 troops over Afghanistan is a better found evidence that come to light as the result Roberts-Smith killed an United States won’t “walk exit from the war-torn Washington’s lead by pled- the past two decades as part place,” then-Prime Minister Australian troops commit- of a defamation case unarmed farmer whose away” from Afghanistan, nation. Canberra’s role in ging to remove its remain- of the US-led military inter- Tony Abbott said at the ted dozens of murders in against several Australian hands had been handcuffed suggesting that the US the 20-year conflict has ing troops by September. vention in Afghanistan. time. Afghanistan. However, the media outlets brought by a behind him, by kicking the could continue military aid been sullied by war crime Dutton noted Australia Forty-one Australian serv- While Australia’s report determined that special forces soldier, Ben civilian over a cliff and to the country. The insur- allegations. was ready to join the US in ice members were killed involvement in the drawn- responsibility for the Roberts-Smith. Newspaper ordering another soldier to gent group has scored a Defense Minister Peter future military operations during the war, which even- out war has officially come alleged crimes “does not reports allege that Roberts- shoot him. The Aussie sol- string of victories over the Dutton announced on that are deemed to be “in tually became a dragged- to an end, in recent months extend to higher headquar- Smith gruesomely mur- dier has denied the claims. past several weeks, report- Sunday that over the past our national interest or in out stalemate with the the country has begun to ters.” dered six Afghan men dur- Meanwhile, US edly seizing more than a several weeks, Australia the interest of our allies.” Taliban. Canberra with- grapple with claims of Canberra later apolo- ing his tour of duty, and President Joe Biden has dozen districts across the had pulled 80 support per- “For now, though, that drew the bulk of its forces alleged war crimes carried gized to Kabul for the “mis- then engaged in other ille- defended Washington’s country. Afghan Air Forces apply measures to Force pilot, Pursuing peace accord, protect Bagram Airfield MMA fighter US envoy back in region BAGRAM (TOLOnews): Sayed Mohammad, an sit together and make peace killed in The Afghan National Army Afghan National Army so that the country becomes KABUL (Khaama Press): forces have increased secu- officer at Bagram Airfield. stable,” said Jawed. Kabul United States special envoy rity measures around “We are deployed here “With the withdrawal of KABUL (TOLOnews): An to Afghanistan’s peace Bagram Airfield, the in Bagram. We are fully Americans, there is no Afghan Air Force pilot Zalmai Khalilzad said that Defense Ministry said, days prepared to defend and excuse for Taliban to con- named Azizullah, and a as their military engage- after the US forces left the secure this area,” said tinue violence,” said mixed martial arts fighter ment in Afghanistan comes base following two decades Ehsan, an Afghan National Mohammad Arif, a resident (MMA) named Fatah were to an end, it does not mean of presence there. Army officer. of Bagram. “This war has killed in attacks in Kabul in an end to their commit- The Defense Ministry Some residents of no legitimacy.” the last 12 hours, security ments to Afghanistan. said that the Afghan forces Bagram district said that President Ghani on sources said. Zalmai Khalilzad has will use the base for coun- two decades of US pres- Friday visited the base and The pilot was killed by begun his new round of trip terterrorism purposes. ence in Bagram did not said a team should be gunmen in the Beni Hesar to the Qatari capital Doha “Bagram Airfield will be change the situation in assigned to appoint offi- area in Kabul’s District 8 and the region. used as a powerful center Afghanistan, calling on the cials for the management of on Saturday evening, The veteran diplomat in for command of operations warring parties to agree on Bagram prison. sources said. his tweeter post wrote that and the deployment of the peace. Afghan forces last week But police said investi- US is determined to vigor- second units of the Air Jawed, a resident of said they are looking into gations into the incident are ously work with all Afghan Force,” said Rohullah Bagram.who runs a restau- ways to effectively use the ongoing and “this man was parties and regional and Ahmadzai, spokesman for rant in the area for years, facility. not a military person.” international stakeholders the Ministry of Defense. said he hopes that peace The evacuation of the The Taliban has claimed to try to help the Afghan “We will defend our will be ensured in the coun- US forces from Bagram responsibility for the attack sides- Afghan government nation as well as our digni- try as foreign forces are Airfield has been accompa- on the pilot. and the Taliban- find a path ty and pride until the last leaving the country. nied with many questions On Sunday morning, to ending the ongoing war. drop of our blood,” said “We want our elders to as well as concerns. Fatah, 21, an MMA fighter, Khalilzad’s tweets fur- was in a clash with ther reads that US diploma- unknown attackers in the cy vis-à-vis Afghanistan is Sar-e-Kotal area in the to pursue a peace agree- north of Kabul, security ment between the Islamic 1,075 new cases of Corona, sources said. Republic and the Taliban. “The motivation of the Zalmai Khalilzad’s visit clash is not yet clear,” the of Qatar and the region tions are still in sheer dead- Doha, the Taliban delegation both parties in their joint 67 deaths reported security source said. comes at a time when the lock now after roundabout and that of Afghan’s in Iran statement said that the nego- KABUL (TOLOnews): On and total deaths is 5,791, This is the first of two But Kabul police said intra-afghan peace negotia- one year. Apart from talks in was found promising and tiations will be continued. Sunday, the Ministry of according to figures by the vaccine consignments to that seven people were Public Health reported Public Health Ministry. arrive this month, bringing arrested over the incident 1,075 new positive cases of On Friday, Afghanistan the total donation to around and investigations are COVID-19 out of 3,717 received 1.48 million doses 3.3 million doses. ongoing. Men detained samples tested in the last 24 of Johnson & Johnson Johns Hopkins Also, a bomb blast tar- KABUL (Agencies): Kabul India pulls staff from hours. COVID-19 vaccine provid- University reports that the geted a vehicle in Kabul’s police arrested 18 men on The ministry also report- ed by the US. number of deaths from District 17 on Thursday suspicion of criminal ed 67 deaths from COVID- The Ministry of Public COVID-19 globally is morning but there were no offenses in the past 48 19 and 851 recoveries in Health said the implemen- more than 4,027,175 and casualties, police said. hours in Kabul. Kandahar consulate the same period. tation of the vaccine was the number of known glob- No group including the Kabul Police Command The number of total started in the country’s al coronavirus cases is Taliban has claimed as saying that the Kabul KABUL (AFP/APP): India withdrawal from the coun- External Affairs said in a recorded cases is 134,653 health centers on Saturday. 186,562,325. responsibility for the blast. Police Command arrested has evacuated about 50 try. statement. the men in several opera- diplomats and security per- The Taliban also clashed “This is purely a tempo- tions on suspicion of crimi- sonnel from its consulate in with government forces rary measure until the situ- nal offenses with three Kandahar, the former this week on the edge of ation stabilises. The con- rifles from different parts Taliban bastion in southern Kandahar city, the capital sulate continues to operate Taliban attack on Ghazni pushed back of Kabul. Afghanistan, after days of of Kandahar province, through our local staff GHAZNI (TOLOnews): early hours of Sunday people that the security The statement did not The source added that intense fighting, officials where the hardline Islamist members.” Taliban attacks on several morning, the statement sources will defend the provide details about possi- the detainees are suspected and a security source said movement was born. A security source said security outposts in Ghazni said, adding “the Taliban city. ble security force casual- of theft, drug trafficking, Sunday. “The Consulate General about 50 Indian personnel, city were pushed back on faced a response from the “The Taliban escaped ties in the clashes. wounding and transfer of The insurgents claimed of India has not been including some six diplo- Sunday morning, the joint security forces, and from the areas after the In the meantime, Gen. illegal weapons from the this week that they now closed. However, due to mats, have been evacuated provincial police office their attacks were pushed arrival of the reinforce- Shir Mohammad Andewal, first, second, third, fourth, control 85 percent of the intense fighting near from the consulate. said in a statement. back.” ments. Several Taliban a military commander in fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, Afghanistan, much of it Kandahar city, India based It was still unclear The Taliban attacked In the statement, Fazel were killed and wounded in Ghazni, pledged that the tenth, twelfth, seventeenth, seized since early May personnel have been whether they were brought security outposts in PD3, Ahmad, the provincial the clashes,” the statement security forces will “brave- eighteenth and twenty-first when US-led foreign brought back for the time to Kabul or evacuated to PD6, PD1 and PD5 in the police chief, assured the said. ly” defend the city. districts of Kabul. forces began their final being,” India’s Ministry of New Delhi. Economy hard hit by Covid-19 pandemic, say experts KABUL (Pajhwok): Afgh- the first quarter of the cur- the same period of last year. spend it in solar year 1400. that did not happen. At the economy and government effect on the economy of These packages helped anistan’s exports in the first rent fiscal year, exports Again, the imports do not Due to the budget same time, the professor had been more pronounced. the people and the country people find access to food quarter of the current fiscal declined by 1.7 percent, include the smuggling and deficit, he reasoned, the said, huge businesses Alokozai confirmed the for that matter. and the private sector had year have declined by 1.7 compared to the same peri- re-import of items. government of Afghanistan should have helped small outbreak of Covid-19 had Nooria Nuzhat, spokes- been supported by the gov- percent, compared to the od last year. Covid-19 hits people’s had borrowed 17.4 billion companies, as they did in led to the closure of facto- woman for the Ministry of ernment, she claimed. same period of the previous The Trade Statistics economy: afghanis from the the US. ries, export reduction Economy, agreed the out- Fawad Ahmadi, year, says the National Yearbook shows Afgha- Qais Mohammadi, pro- International Monetary Media evidence outlets exports and import hikes, break of the coronavirus in spokesman for the Ministry Statistics and Information nistan’s exports in the solar fessor of economics at Fund. Afghanistan had pre- highlighted the govern- costing Afghanistan losses Afghanistan had caused of Commerce and Industry, Authority (NSIA). year 1399 accounted for Kardan University told viously received $1.8 bil- ment’s ineffectiveness in worth millions of dollars. negative impacts. said accurate export and On the other hand, about $776.7 million. In Pajhwok Afghan News the lion loans from other coun- implementing its policies The country’s economy Families, individuals, import statistics were pro- imports rose by 2.6 percent 1398, they stood at about impact of Covid-19 had tries and international insti- and the Covid-19 crisis was nose-diving with each businesses and corporations vided by NSIA. during the period, with $863.8 million. been felt by every family, tutions. amply exposed administra- passing day, he said, citing had been affected on the But with the inaugura- economists saying that A comparison of the sta- not only in Afghanistan, but “In general, domestic tive corruption. In short, the fighting in provinces, one hand and government tion of the Khwaf-Herat unemployment and poverty tistics for these two years across the globe. Some of production has fallen, economist alleged, the Taliban’s seizure of ports revenue, commerce and and Aqina-Andkhoy rail- had surged since the out- shows exports had individuals temporarily lost poverty and unemployment rulers showed no mercy to and the destruction of elec- trade balance challenged on way lines and the adoption break of the Covid-19 in decreased by more than 10 their jobs while others were have risen and the country’s the people. tricity pylons as other factors the other, she pointed out. of other measures, Afghan- the country. percent in 1399, compared affected permanently, the economic situation has Mohammadi also took a affecting people’s economy “Across Afghanistan, we istan’s exports have seen a The outbreak of the to 1398. economist said. gone from a not-so-good to swipe at the government for the government revenue. have a number of families reasonable improvement. coronavirus has affected In the first quarter of During the first wave of the worst. This can be failing to help small firms, Citizens rendered job- that find it difficult to He claimed about 60 most of the countries across 1400, the exports work out the coronavirus, he called an economic col- or grant exemptions from less by Covid-19: arrange the cost of accom- sectors of the economy had the globe, but Afghanistan, at about $200.2 million. recalled, a number of lapse,” he remarked. taxes and electricity bills to Nilofar, a resident of modation, diagnosis and recently attained self-suffi- which heavily relies on But in the same period of organisations and compa- Mohammadi urged the keep the economic cycle Khair Khana area of Kabul treatment of Covid-19. Due ciency. For this reason, the assistance from the interna- 1399, they stood at about nies had been unable to pay government to provide intact. In other countries, and teacher at a private to economic problems, they import of items produced in tional community, had suf- $203.6 million. their employees. As a con- livelihoods, health services, governments provided school, said: “With the out- are unable to take preven- the country had stopped fered even more economi- NSIA indicates the sequence, they fired most wages and food for the relief and even people break of the virus, all peo- tive,” she added. completely. cally. expert volume in the first of their staffers, affecting poor. However, the fact shared their money with ple were affected, including Nuzhat said preventive Abdullah Fattah Ishrat As a result of the pan- quarter of this year the poor. should not be ignored that others, he continued. my family. I am a teacher at steps, including holidays, Ahmadzai, spokesman for demic, the quarantine decreased by 1.7 percent, He added some of the the government had helped However, he hastened to a private school. When quarantine, downtime and the Ministry of Labor and imposed in 2020 and some compared to the same peri- organisations were still fac- the people to some extent in acknowledge that helping quarantine was announced, disruption of normal activi- Social Affairs, said more restrictions this year have od of last year. However, ing economic crisis and their the first wave of the virus. the poor and needy in the our salaries were not paid. ties affected the income of than two million people caused an increase in the figure excludes the employees were jobless. However, the economist first wave of the virus was a We were thus hard hit these individuals and families were currently jobless. unemployment, a fall in the smuggling and re-export of Referring to the fact that regretted the corrupt played commendable job on the last two years.” and took a toll on manufac- After the outbreak of the country’s exports and a goods. most of the Afghans live ducks and drakes with the part of the authorities. Hamid, a resident of the turers and enterprises. virus in the country, he hike in imports. Imports in 1st quarter below the poverty line, he government’s assistance to Meanwhile, Khan Jan Chahar Qala area of Kabul, Working hours at the acknowledged, unemploy- Economists and other of current fiscal up: said government assistance the poor. Alokozai, a member of the who worked as an NGO company level had been ment rose. Due to last officials admit the virus has According to NSIA, the might have mitigated peo- He hit out at the munici- board of directors of the bodyguard, told Pajhwok: reduced and there had been year’s quarantine, some hard hit the economy of the imports of officially regis- ple’s problems in the past. pality for its inability to Afghanistan Chamber of “After the outbreak of the a difference in the produc- institutions, including people and the country. tered goods in 1399 But Covid-19 severely hit deal with the quarantine sit- Commerce and Industry virus, our organisation sus- tion level and raw material schools, higher education NSIA says 47.30 percent of accounted for about the masses, who are now in uation and distribution of and deputy head for trade pended staff. When the production in Afghanistan, institutes and hotels, fired people are currently living $6537.6 million, but the a worse economic situation. aid to the people. He also and investment, said the quarantine ended, it hired with global markets also some of their employees. below the poverty line, 36 figure rose to $6776.8 mil- Mohammadi added in slammed the Ministry of coronavirus had caused half of its staff. Now I’m feeling the impact, she said. Ahmadi said with the percent of the population lion in 1398. The imports areas of industry, educa- Public Health for misusing deaths and harmful effects jobless and our economic The crisis had also affect- outbreak of the disease, all lacks food security and fell 3.5 percent in 1399 tion, services, health, inter- its budget. on manufacturing, com- situation is very bad.” ed the revenue of the gov- borders, including airspace, more than two million compared to 1398. net, hotel management, He branded as cruel the mercial, economic and Hamid — the sole bread- ernment such as taxes, fees, land routes and train servic- remain unemployed. Imports in the first quar- recreational parks, entre- government officials who other sectors. winner for his four-member tariffs, rents and service es were shut at once. Export decreased in ter of 1400 amounted to preneurs had been affected. stole people’s bread instead Being war-torn, impov- family — lives in a rented fees, Nuzhat maintained. But this year, Afgh- last two years: $1570.2 million, compared Most of workers have been of distribution food, cash erished, import-reliant and house. “The coronavirus The spokeswoman opi- anistan and other countries The Trade Statistics to $1530.0 million in the rendered jobless, facing and jobs to them. landlocked country, has ruined our lives. It has ned the government includ- took better measures to Yearbook, published by same period of the previous financial woes. In such trying circum- Afghanistan was in need of brought the economy of the ed to unveil support meas- check the spread of the pan- NSIA, says Afghanistan’s year. On rising unemployment stances, he believed, tax international assistance, he majority to zero.” ures, including bread distri- demic. Trade routes were exports decreased by 10 In the first quarter of and declining incomes, he exemptions and job securi- noted. For these reasons, he Officials also acknowl- bution and a national food kept open, he explained. percent in the solar year 1400, imports increased by said the government did not ty should have been said, the negative effects of edge the outbreak of Covid- package programme to pre- Imports and exports contin- 1399, compared to 1398. In 2.6 percent — compared to have enough budget to ensured. But unfortunately, the Covid on the Afghan 19 has had a devastating vent further damage. ued smoothly. The Monday, July 12, 2021 Frontier Post China’s Price to Pay for Party Control the world’s largest ride- of endangered potential as hailing and food delivery Xi consistently backs service, Didi. The ripples away from the market lib- could be long-lasting and eralizations he once far-reaching for the lucra- appeared to champion. tive relations between The story could not be China and Wall Street. more clearly written than Dealogic shows that through the accompany- Chinese companies have ing charts from Rhodium raised $26 billion from and the Atlantic Council’s new US listings in 2020 GeoEconomics Center. and 2021. From 2000 to 2018, Until this week, the China’s economic growth greatest concern for shook the world as it Frederick Kempe an unmistakable message investors was that new US expanded its share of the at home and abroad of accounting rules would global gross domestic his was a clarify- who is in charge. stymie that flow. It is now regulators put Didi under text of a series of stalled product (GDP) from 4 ing week for glob- Chinese domestic com- more likely to be Chinese cybersecurity review, or reversed Chinese eco- percent to 16 percent. under Xi has repeatedly has it that the West was Tal investors—or panies, particularly of the regulators themselves banned it from accepting nomic and marketization China enjoyed similar attempted to reform the naïve to think that for anyone concerned tech and data-rich variety, who plug the spigot. new users, and then, in reforms. growth in goods exports Chinese economy, only to China’s economic growth about authoritarian cap- will be more likely to The facts are that Didi the next days, went even The latest came on and imports. pull back. The accompa- and modernization, which italism—of just how shun Western capital mar- Global Inc. began trading further by instructing app Thursday when the Wall At the same time, how- nying chart provides a the West so enthusiasti- much the Chinese kets and adhere to party on the New York Stock stores to stop offering Street Journal reported ever, China’s inward port- useful overview of what cally supported, would Communist Party (CCP) preferences. Foreign Exchange on June 30, Didi’s app. that the Cyberspace folio investment grew has become habit. eventually bring with it would be willing to pay investors, only too happy auspiciously one day Credit all of that to a Administration of China, from near zero to just 2 “The consequences of political liberalization. to ensure its dominance. to accept risk for the ahead of the CCP centen- mixture of increasingly which reports to Xi, percent of the global total that failure are clear,” Now the conventional The answer, according long-proven upside of nial celebration. authoritarian politics, reg- would police all overseas while its outward portfo- Rosen writes. Since Xi wisdom is that China has to a rough calculation Chinese stocks, now must One early hint of trou- ulatory concerns over data market listings. lio investment grew from took control, total debt shown it can be brutally from a new partnership factor in a growing risk ble was that the company privacy and US markets, On that same day, near zero to only 1 per- has risen to at least 276 authoritarian and eco- formed by the Rhodium premium as Xi tightens played down the block- and the continual expand- Chinese medical data firm cent. This is not just percent of GDP from 225 nomically dynamic Group and the Atlantic the screws. buster listing. Not only ing of fronts in the US- LinkDoc became the first unachieved potential from percent. It now takes ten simultaneously. Council, is as much as “Wall Street must now did company officials Chinese contest. Chinese company to ditch the past—it is now also yuan of new credit, up What’s probably more $45 trillion in new capital acknowledge that the risk resist the usual routine of The cost to investors by its IPO after the Didi the deeply endangered from six, to create one true is that Xi may soon flows into and out of of investing in these com- ringing the opening bell. Friday was a drop to only news. Expect more potential for the future yuan of growth. GDP face the contradictions China by 2030, if the panies can’t be known, They went further by 67 percent of the stock’s Chinese companies to that could equal the esti- growth fell to 6 percent in between his simultaneous party were willing to pur- much less disclosed,” instructing their employ- original value. If that’s as shelve planned listings mated $45 trillion through the year ahead of the pan- desire for economic sue serious reform. It’s an writes Josh Rogin in the ees not to call attention to far as the downside goes and for many others to 2030. demic from 9.6 percent. dynamism and increased immeasurable loss of eco- Washington Post. the event on social net- and if the regulatory retal- remove them from con- In a must-read analysis Writes Rosen: “At authoritarian control. nomic dynamism. “Therefore, U.S. investors works. iation against Didi stops sideration. of the Chinese economy some point, China’s lead- History shows he cannot What is clear is that shouldn’t be trusting their Still, Didi’s shares rose where it is, this week For all the billions of in Foreign Affairs, ers must confront this have both, but for the Chinese President Xi futures to China Inc.” 16 percent on the second could still be dubbed a lost investment capital Atlantic Council nonresi- tradeoff: [S]ustainable moment, Xi appears will- Jinping, during this The story that triggered day of trading, setting the win by Didi executives. this could bring over the dent senior fellow Daniel economic efficiency and ing to risk the dynamism month’s celebration of the this week’s stir was the company’s market value The more serious mat- short term, the larger cost Rosen, who is also a political omnipotence do in favor of the control. one hundredth anniver- $4.4 billion US initial at nearly $80 billion. ter is the wider chilling is one that could be meas- Rhodium Group founding not go hand in hand.” Follow him on Twitter sary of the CCP, has sent public offering (IPO) of But by July 2, Chinese effect, coming in the con- ured in trillions of dollars partner, argues that China Conventional wisdom @FREDKEMPE. Pope Francis addressed believers Branson Russian fighters escorted returns for first time after surgery from space US aircraft over Black Sea ROME (Agencies): Sergey visible pleasure he greeted important it is to have not the first appeal of the NEWMEXICO(AP): MOSCOW (Agencies): "To identify air targets naissance and electronic Startsev. Pope Francis for the believers gathered out- good, accessible, free Pope to the faithful from Swashbuckling entrepre- The Su-30SM and Su-27 and prevent violation of the warfare aircraft and the CL- the first time after an intes- side the hospital building, health care and the health the Agostino Gemelli hos- neur Richard Branson hur- fighters rose to escort two state border of the Russian 600 Challenger reconnais- tinal operation, which was according to tradition, care system that guarantees pital. tled into space aboard his US Air Force planes over Federation, Su-30SM and sance aircraft and escorted performed on him a week addressing them with the it. "This precious blessing Earlier, about 20 times own winged rocket ship the Black Sea, RIA Novosti Su-27 fighters from the air them over the Black Sea. ago, on Sunday at noon (at words: "Dear brothers and must not be lost. It must be such a prayer was per- Sunday in his boldest adv- reports with reference to defense forces of the Sou- Violations of the state 12.58 Moscow time) first sisters, good afternoon!" preserved!" - he stressed. "I formed by Pope John Paul enture yet, beating out fel- the National Defense thern Military District were border did not happen. appeared in front of the In turn, the numerous want to express my grati- II, who repeatedly under- low billionaire Jeff Bezos. Control Center of the taken into the air," the mes- Earlier, Sputnik radio re- believers on the balcony of believers who filled the tude and encouragement to went treatment in this clinic The nearly 71-year-old Russian Federation. sage says. ported that the US plans to the 11th floor of the Roman courtyard of the clinic on the doctors, all medical and even called it "Vatican- Branson and five crewm- Foreign aircraft approa- The pilots identified the "contain" China by the na- hospital "Agostino Sunday greeted the appear- workers and hospital staff. 3", meaning that "Vatican- ates from his Virgin Gala- ching the Russian border f- targets as the American EP- val forces in the Pacific Gemelli", where his ward is ance of the Pope on the bal- They work hard. And let us 2" is the summer papal res- ctic space tourism company ound radar airspace control. 3E Ares electronic recon- Ocean. located. cony with joyful shouts and pray for all the sick, espe- idence in Castel Gandolfo reached an altitude of about The traditional meeting thunderous applause. cially those who are in the near Rome. It is not without 53 miles (88 kilometers) o- of the pontiff with believers The pontiff stressed that most difficult situation," reason that a monument to ver the New Mexico desert on the occasion of the mid- he was glad to have the Pope Francis urged and the Polish pontiff, canon- — enough to experience Afghan authorities erect day prayer "Angel of the opportunity to hold this tra- asked for the intercession ized in April 2014, was three to four minutes of Lord" is broadcast live by ditional meeting with of the Mother of God. At erected in the courtyard of weightlessness and see the the Vatican Media TV com- believers, even while in the the same time, he pointed the hospital. curvature of the Earth — “iron dome” over pany of the Holy See and clinic. "Thank you all. I to several small children Around midnight last and then safely glided back the Italian state television really felt your closeness who were next to him on Sunday, the Holy See circu- home to a runway landing. Rai. Usually the Pope rais- and the support of your the balcony, who are also lated a message stating that “Seventeen years of hard Kabul against Taliban es this prayer on Sunday prayers. Thank you very being treated at the clinic. Pope Francis had under- work to get us this far,” a from the window of the much!" - he said. The Pontiff concluded his gone "elective surgery for jubilant Branson said as he KABUL (Agencies): Air d- ness ... in repelling missile thousand people live. Vatican Apostolic Palace , The Pope noted that in appeal to the faithful with a diverticular disease of the congratulated his team on efense means have been in- strikes," the Afghan Interior Official in Kabul said preceding it with a sermon. these days of hospitaliza- traditional blessing, which sigmoid colon" at the the trip back. stalled at the airport of the Ministry said. that the offensive of the Pope Francis looked tion, he has strengthened was greeted with shouts of Agostino Gemelli Hospital Branson became the first Afghan capital in case of p- The Taliban launched an movement's representatives somewhat weary, but with his opinion about how "Viva il Papa!" ("This was in Rome. person to blast off in his ossible missile strikes by t- offensive against major Af- had been stopped. own spaceship, beating he Taliban, RIA Novosti re- ghan cities amid the with- "Iron Dome" - Israel's air Bezos by nine days. ports with reference to the drawal of American troops. defense system, which con- He also became only the media. The day before, it was sists of a radar, control cen- Israeli prime minister blames second septuagenarian to "The recently installed reported that the Taliban ter and installation for the depart for space. (John air defense system has been attacked the second largest destruction of missiles. O- Glenn flew on the shuttle at operating in Kabul ... since city in the country - fficials appreciate its effec- Iran for crisis in Lebanon age 77 in 1998.) Sunday. The system has Kandahar, where, accord- tiveness in repelling air att- With about 500 people demonstrated its effective- ing to the 2016 census, 614 acks by Palestinian groups. TEL AVIV (TASS): The The prime minister the area of the border with republic's population was watching, including most severe financial and noted that Israel "is closely Lebanon on Saturday night, below the poverty line. Richard Branson’s wife, economic crisis in Lebanon following the situation illegally importing 43 small There is an acute short- children and grandchildren, is caused by the fact that developing there [in arms into Israel, which age of fuel oil and gasoline a twin-fuselage aircraft Turkmenistan denies the country is under the rule Lebanon], including the could be used in terrorist in the country, two large with his space plane of Iran. This statement was ministers of defense and activities. power plants have been attached underneath took made on Sunday at the foreign affairs." "We'll be Lebanon has been expe- shut down, the supply of off in the first stage of the data on pulling troops weekly meeting of the on the lookout," he added. riencing a severe financial electricity to the country's flight. Israeli government by the "The Israel Defense and economic crisis for cities has been reduced to The space plane then Prime Minister of the Forces and the police about two years now, which four hours a day. detached from the mother to Afghan border Jewish state Naftali seized weapons smuggled has engulfed all spheres. There is a catastrophic ship at an altitude of about Bennett. [from Lebanon] into Israel The coronavirus pan- shortage of medicines in 8 1/2 miles (13 kilometers) ASHGABAT (Agencies): sources and photographs Turkmen-Afghan border," "Lebanon is on the verge worth millions of shekels demic and the explosion in hospitals, and many phar- and fired its engine, reach- Reports about the pulling of from the field, wrote that the Ministry of Foreign of collapse, like all coun- (one shekel is equal to the port of Beirut only macies have closed due to ing the edge of space. military forces by Ashgabat had decided to Affairs of Turkmenistan tries under Iranian rule. about 25 rubles), which, of made it worse. Against the an acute shortage of medi- The entire flight up and Turkmenistan to the border strengthen its borders with statement said. This time Lebanese citizens course, is one of many backdrop of the financial cines. back aboard the sleek white with Afghanistan do not the help of heavy equip- Referring to the data of are paying for it. It should examples of what is hap- collapse, prices for basic In addition, for more ship, named Unity, took correspond to reality and ment. the Ministry of Defense, be understood that pening [at the border]," the commodities rose signifi- than ten months the country just under 15 minutes. are "frankly biased," the "In recent days, a num- the Ministry of Foreign Lebanese citizens pay a Israeli prime minister con- cantly. has been living without a Virgin Galactic conduct- Central Asian country's ber of media outlets have Affairs of Turkmenistan high price because of Iran's tinued. ... The army press According to the World government due to endless ed three previous test flig- Foreign Ministry claims . been spreading unverified stressed that all military seizure of their country," service reported earlier that Bank, by the beginning of disagreements among hts into space with crews of The day before, the por- and openly biased reports units remain in places of Bennett’s office said. ... suspects were detained in 2021, more than 60% of the politicians. just two or three. tal Turkmen.news, citing about the situation on the permanent deployment. Afghanistan: The forever war ends with too few lessons learned Judith Miller Fukuyama noted in 2004 in ago that nation-building ing, a free-wheeling press human and economic Biden asserted that Kabul, from Afghanistan in April, have done far more early on The Atlantic magazine, rarely advanced American and non-governmental resources, it also should the Afghan capital, would the Taliban began violating to protect not only the oe Biden and Donald Washington took on rough- national security interests. organizations were emerg- have learned — but appar- not become another Saigon the agreement that the Afghans who worked with Trump don’t agree ly one new nation-building “It just doesn’t work for ing, and the Taliban were ently has not — that cutting of 1975 when the North Trump administration Americans, but also the Jon much, but both commitment every other us,” he concluded in his nowhere in sight. But and running without a Vietnamese seized control. helped craft in 2020, by Afghan government and have argued that Am- year between the end of the 2011 book, “A Vulcan’s then U.S. attention and coherent strategy for what “There is going to be no launching a massive offen- forces charged with pro- erica’s seemingly forever Cold War and 2005. While Tale: How the Bush materiel shifted to Iraq — comes next in Afghanistan circumstance in which you sive against Afghan forces, tecting the country’s 38 war in Afghanistan, the Fukuyama argued that Administration with catastrophic conse- not only undermines are going to see people as well as Afghan villages million people. He should nation’s longest, must America should learn how Mismanaged the quences for Afghanistan. American credibility being lifted off the roof of and towns. In the past two have found ways to ensure end. A majority of Repu- to improve its nation-build- Reconstruction of “The problem,” Zakheim abroad but may eventually an embassy of the United months, the Taliban have that the U.S. would be able blicans and Democrats ing capabilities, since there Afghanistan.” says, “is that we’re so easi- endanger security at home. States from Afghanistan,” taken control of at least 150 to use its air power effec- also now apparently share almost surely would be a Perhaps the British were ly distracted.” Biden appears to be flee- he said. of the country’s 421 dis- tively from neighboring their view that U.S. troops next time, its wars in better at it, given their In his speech Thursday, ing Afghanistan without But how, exactly, is he tricts, U.S military officials states to support Afghan should leave Afghanistan Afghanistan and Iraq seem lengthy colonial experi- Biden argued that history addressing that fundamen- planning to protect the say. Biden’s response was army units. He should have and Afghans to their fate. to have ended the nation’s ence, Zakheim speculated warned of the inevitability tal issue, Frank Wisner, a 18,000 Afghans who not to surge forces or addi- devised plans for keeping As President Biden argu- zeal (or tolerance) for such when I spoke with him. But of failure in Afghanistan. former ambassador and worked with American tional assistance to the Afghan air force flying ed Thursday, in an impas- forays, at least temporarily. unlike the British, whose “No nation has ever unified close observer of the forces as interpreters, driv- America’s beleaguered even after foreign mainte- sioned speech defending “There are no longer colonial offices were Afghanistan, no nation,” he region, tells me. In his ers and facilitators (or their allies, as President Obama nance contractors with- his decision to withdraw many defenders of nation- staffed by officials who insisted; neither the British speech, which Wisner estimated 58,000 to 75,000 reluctantly did in 2009, or draw. And he should have all U.S. forces from Afg- building,” Richard A. often had devoted their nor the Soviets succeeded called “unfortunate,” the family members) who risk even to slow the pace of the already tried to persuade hanistan before Sept. 11, Clarke, a former senior lives to understanding and in stabilizing the country. “I president failed to indicate being murdered by the withdrawal. Instead, Biden Afghanistan’s problematic “We did not go to Afgha- national security adviser in manipulating the people will not send another gener- how he plans to support the Taliban following a U.S. said the withdrawal would neighbors, including Iran, nistan to nation-build.” Republican and Democratic whose countries they occu- ation of Americans to war beleaguered Afghan gov- pullout? Moreover, the be completed by Aug. 31, which also fears chaos on “Nation-building,” it administrations, tells me. pied, “Americans just don’t in Afghanistan with no rea- ernment, round up number of Afghans who 10 days before his original its border, to join seems, has become a dirty While most administrations have the cultural sensibility sonable expectation of Afghanistan’s neighbors require such protection is Sept. 11 goal. Washington in creating a word in America’s foreign would have invaded for it. You take an army achieving a different out- and the region to help sup- likely to grow, warns Though Biden pledged ring of containment if the policy lexicon, a concept Afghanistan to destroy recruit from Kansas and come,’’ Biden declared. port Kabul and contain the Wisner, who played a key ongoing economic support government in Kabul falls. inexorably linked to Osama bin Laden and al plop him in Mazar al- But there is a difference chaos should the U.S.- role in the evacuation of for the Afghan government There is little sign so far Washington’s disastrous Qaeda after 9/11, a series of Sharif, and what do you between giving up on the backed government fall, South Vietnamese allies. and vowed that the U.S. that such an overall politi- post-9/11 interventions in presidents “stumbled or got expect to happen?” perhaps impossible dream and deter the Taliban from While Washington initially would continue to assist cal strategy exists, or that Afghanistan and Iraq and, lured into trying to make Still tempted by such of building a free, inde- attacking U.S. and allied estimated that 150,000 Afghan forces after the specific plans and capabili- before that, its “humanitari- Afghanistan look like missions, however, pendent, and stable forces, massacring its own South Vietnamese would pullout, that pledge was ties are in place. an interventions” in Montgomery County,” he Zakheim argues that U.S. Afghanistan — given its rivals and foes, hosting al need American help to sur- undermined by the U.S. There may be no good Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, says. Nation-building is so nation-building might have centuries of tribal, religious Qaeda again and crossing vive, the number grew to departure from way to withdraw from a Kosovo and East Timor. seductive because “we’re worked in Afghanistan had and ethnic hatreds — and other American “red lines.” close to 1 million within a Afghanistan’s largest air war. But there is a wrong Conservatives long have Americans,” he adds, and President Bush not gotten sacrificing the economic For example, the U.S. is decade. “The first numbers base at Bagram in the dead way to do so if it is likely to been skeptical of such “Americans tend to think “distracted” by his 2003 freedom and human rights leaving apparently without are rarely the final num- of night on July 2 without a result in a military fiasco, human rights interventions, that every problem has a invasion of Iraq and “had that 20 years of America’s having military intelligence bers,” Wisner said. word to Afghan authorities. political collapse, and the and liberals of invasions solution if we try harder, resources not been diverted presence has fostered. If capabilities in place to The Taliban already have Looters arrived before squandering of American aimed at strengthening spend more, get smarter.” from Afghanistan to Iraq.” America has concluded that enable America to help pro- reacted to the apparent lack Afghan commanders even influence and credibility at American security. Yet the Dov S. Zakheim, a for- By late 2003, he said, 2 nation-building is beyond tect Afghan forces, or to of an overarching U.S. realized their American home and abroad. In adher- U.S. has done a lot of inter- mer senior defense official million Afghans had its capabilities and, hence, carry out surveillance and strategy for what comes allies were gone. ing to Trump’s politically vening since the end of the in the Reagan and Bush returned to the country, unwise to undertake absent counterterrorism operations next. As soon as Biden A key lesson of the “for- driven withdrawal sched- Cold War. As political sci- administrations, says he small businesses and a willingness to stay indefi- swiftly in much of the announced America’s ever war” is that Biden ule, Biden now risks just entist and author Francis finally decided two decades schools for girls were open- nitely and spend vast country. In his speech, unconditional drawdown could — and should — that. Printed and published by Mahmood Afridi at Moraka’s Printers, 27 Abdara Road, University Town, Peshawar. Managing Editor Jalil Afridi. Phone 0300 9009001 [email protected]