Pakistan Link The Largest Circulated Pakistani-American Newspaper in North America VOL. 23/22 - 21 Rajab 1434 H Friday, May 31, 2013 US & Canada $1.00 PAGE 10 PAGE 11 PAGE 15 Strategic Pak- PML-F Accepts Altaf Revamps For news, Invitation to Join Committee in updated round China Economic the clock, visit Corridor Government Cleansing Exercise www.PakistanLink.com Nawaz to Keep Foreign, Sindh, KPK Assembly Defense Portfolios Energy Crisis Is First Priority Members Take Oath Kkarachi/Peshawar: The newly Islamabad: Prime Minister-elect Lahore: At a PML-N par- elected members of Sindh and Khy- Nawaz Sharif will oversee the sensi- ty meeting at his Raiwind ber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies took tive foreign and defense portfolios residence on Wednesday , oath of membership Wednesday in as he seeks to forge a working part- Prime Minister-in-waiting inaugural session of the houses in nership with the all-powerful mili- Mian Nawaz Sharif as- Karachi and Peshawar. tary in the early days of his tenure, sured the nation that the A number of newly elected mem- sources said on Tuesday. energy crisis was his par- bers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assem- Sharif, ousted in a bloodless ty’s first priority, He said bly, including PTI-nominee for the military coup in 1999, has decided that after assuming power Chief Minister Pervez Khattak were not to appoint defense and foreign his government would do present in the provincial assembly in ministers in the cabinet he is put- its utmost to bring an end Peshawar. ting together. Instead, he will select to unannounced load- Speaking to the media outside a retired civil servant as an adviser shedding in the country. the Assembly Hall‚ PTI’s nominee for on foreign affairs – Tariq Fatemi - a Earlier, the Pakistan the Speaker’s post Asad Qaisar said former ambassador to the United Muslim League-Nawaz Chief that restoration of peace is the biggest States and the European Union. spoke extensively about the challenge and the government will go The move to defer appoint- energy crisis in his speech to any extent to tackle it. ing a foreign minister suggests that on the occasion of Youm-e- Meanwhile, the Sindh Assembly Sharif wants to get to grips with the Takbeer. Nawaz, who was the session begun with outgoing Speaker government’s relationship with the prime minister when Paki- Nisar Khohro in chair. He adminis- army. stan first responded to India’s tered the oath to 155 MPAs. “The incoming government nuclear tests in 1998, focused A number of newly elected and the army need to be on the on the rampant energy crisis members, including PPP-nominee same page on key foreign policy is- in the country. “What would for the Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah sues, not least Pakistan’s relations others say? That a nation with “It’s a tragedy that a country with atomic weapons is deprived of electricity and has no electricity for even were present in the assembly. with Afghanistan, India and the nuclear capabilities has no 20 hours a day. How can a country develop in such a situation?” the prime minister-in-waiting asked According to official figures, the United States,” a PML-N insider told electricity?” he asked. the issue. shedding across the country ever, this too will take a lot of Pakistan Peoples Party has 66 mem- Reuters, requesting anonymity as he The PML-N Chief said Nawaz urged the na- required billions in invest- time. Rest assured that I will bers, the Muttahida Qaumi Move- was not authorized to speak to the the energy crisis does not tion to be patient and not to ment. work day and night to solve ment 35, the Pakistan Muslim League media about the issue. let him sleep at night and he expect miracles overnight as “We could set up coal- our problems,” - Nawaz nine, the Pakistan PORTFOLIOS, P29 plans to do his best to address the process of ending load- based plants in Karachi; how- NAWAZ, P29 OATH, P29 Kayani for Pakistan MQM Decides to Army-Nato Coordination Pak Students Find New Solution to Load-shedding Sit in Opposition Rawalpindi: Chairman of Nato energy theft. Military Committee, General Knud Shahbaz Khattak and Karachi: The Muttahida Qaumi Bartels called on Chief of Army Staff Abdul Muizz Lodhi of Movement (MQM) on Wednes- (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez PakTurk School Islamabad day announced that it will occupy Kayani at General Headquarters in have designed a GSM- the opposition benches both in the Rawalpindi on Tuesday, according based Automatic Meter National and Provincial Assembly, to an Inter Services Public Relations Reader (AMR) which was Express News reported. The deci- (ISPR) press release. presented in the Infoma- son was made by the MQM’s Rabita The two met to discuss matters trix Romania where their committee, after days of specula- of mutual interest, particularly the project won a silver medal tion. security situation in Afghanistan. in the category of Hard- The party also intends to contest The need to maintain coordination ware Control. the seat of the Sindh chief minister between Nato and Pakistan Army AMR can collect with Syed Sardar Ahmed as their can- was also discussed. consumption data from didate to compete against former chief Gen. Knud was briefed on how power, gas and water me- minister Qaim Ali Shah in Thursday’s Pakistan has heavily contributed to ters without the use of of elections. Faisal Sabzwari will be their the war on terrorism and how count- meter readers. It transmits parliamentary leader. less sacrifices have been rendered by data to a central database MQM’s Farooq Sattar will be the the nation to counter extremism. for billing, troubleshoot- party’s parliamentary leader in the Na- Bringing his visit to a close, PakTurk students with medals and certificates earned at the International Computer Projects Competition ing, and analysis. tional Assembly. Gen. Knud attended a wreath-laying in Romania AMR saves utility The move was confirmed by ceremony at Shuhada Monument. providers the expense of MQM’s MNA-elect Syed Ali Raza Abidi A guard of honor was presented to Islamabad: Two Islam- finals of the International Romania by furnishing a visiting every location to on Twitter. him by a Pakistan Army contingent, abad students have bagged Computer Projects Com- solution to load-shedding read a meter; its billing MQM had secured 18 seats in ISPR reported. silver medals in the world petition held recently in and resolve the issue of STUDENTS, P29 MQM, P29 COMMUNITY MAY 31, 2013 – PAKISTAN LINK – P17 Community Link VOL. 23/22 Friday, May 31, 2013 21 Rajab 1434 H PAGE 18 PAGEPAGE 19egum PAGEPAGE 25 17 For news, Turkish PM Lays Prof Akbar Ahmed Interview with Stone of Mosque Inaugurates Lecture Layla Chatoor, a updated round the clock, visit in Maryland Series at NY ‘Varsity Versatile Designer www.PakistanLink.com Kamran Educational Foundation to Offer More than 100 Scholarships to Students in Pakistan The KEF is perhaps the only non-profit organization of the SF Bay Area which spends 100% donations on giving educational scholarships. There are zero administrative expenses since the Kamran family bears them n By Abdus Sattar Ghazali Kamran family. After registration troduced the board and thanked as a tax-exempt organization it the guests for their support. He Imams Pray at Auschwitz for awarded 96 scholarship in 2011. particularly thanked Syed Sarwat, he Kamran Educational In 2012 the KEF awarded 102 owner of Chandni Restaurant, for Holocaust Dead Foundation (KEF) held scholarships worth $ 30,000.00. his support. prayers facing south towards their its 3rd Annual Fundrais- The Foundation plans to give After the speeches and fund- holy city of Mecca, shoes removed, Ting Dinner on May 25th at the more than 100 scholarships to raising a colorful musical pro- during a Holocaust awareness visit Chandni Restaurant, Fremont/ the needy students in Pakistan in gram was presented. Almas Shab- to the site. Newark, CA. 2013. wani, Sudhir Aravindon and Riya Thousands of Auschwitz pris- Nafees Subedar was the em- The KEF is perhaps the only entertained the audience with oners perished at the wall, which cee of the event. Among those non-profit organization of the their thrilling melodious perfor- is grey and still riddled with bul- who addressed the select audience SF Bay Area which spends 100% mances. let holes. It is a stone’s throw from were prominent Bay Area person- donations on giving educational The Kamran Educational the infamous wrought iron “Arbeit alities - Dr Abdul Jabbar, Dr Mo- scholarships. There are zero ad- Foundation was established by macht frei” (Work makes you free) hammad Nadeem, and Attorney ministration expenses since the the Kamran family in the loving gate at the camp’s entrance. Javed Ellahie. The speakers hailed Kamran family bears these ex- memory their young boy Kamran “What can you say? You’re the noble cause of the KEF in pro- penses. Nazir Khan whose life was tragi- Oswiecim: Muslim leaders from speechless. What you have seen is moting education in Pakistan. Sheikh Aladdin El-Bakri, a cally cut short. Kamran’s family across the globe knelt in prayer beyond human imagination,” a vis- Ibrar Chaudhry, Vice Presi- prominent Islamic scholar, was has been helping the needy and for the Holocaust dead at the ibly moved Imam Mohamed Magid, dent and Treasurer of KEF, briefed the keynote speaker at the event. poor students in Pakistan with Auschwitz’s notorious Wall of Death President of the Islamic Society of the audience about the activities He stressed the importance of scholarships since 2002. on Wednesday, in an emotional visit North America (ISNA), told AFP of the Foundation.