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 : 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- 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 ’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 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 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 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, ingT 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 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. education and urged the audience The KMF has an ambitious to the Nazi German death camp in after prayers and viewing the camp’s The KEF was registered as a to donate generously to support plan to build a Foundation Cen- southern Poland. infamous gas chamber and crema- tax-exempt charity organization KEF’s efforts in promoting educa- ter for cultural and artistic activi- Imams from Bosnia, India, toria. “Whether in Europe today or in 2009. Thirty scholarships were tion in Pakistan. ties, as well as religious and social , Jordan, Palestine, Saudi in the Muslim world, my call to hu- given between 2002 to 2010 for At the end Mohammad Nazir functions. Arabia, Turkey and the United States manity: End racism, for God’s which funds were raised by the Khan, President of the Fund, in- offered traditional Muslim “salat” IMAM, P19 www.PakistanLink.com P18 – PAKISTAN LINK – MAY 31, 2013 COMMUNITY garage. n Wednesday, May 15, Prime Minister Erdogan 2013, Turkish Prime Min- ‘A Symbol of Friendship’ : Turkish PM Lays talked about what the TACC cen- ister Tayyip Erdogan ter meant to Turkish as Oplaced a ceremonial stone on a 15- Stone of 100M Masjid Complex in Maryland well as to American society at large. acre construction site in Lanham, He criticized groups promoting Is- Maryland that will likely become lamophobia and urged the many the largest and most striking ex- Turkish graduate students to get amples of Islamic architecture in involved with the project. He also the western hemisphere. delighted the crowd of several hun- The Turkish American Culture dred guests by saying he will come and Civilization Center (TACC) is back for the October 2014 opening a project of the government of Tur- ceremony “if he is still around.” key and is meant to “serve as a so- The TACC Center will consist cial, cultural, and religious center of five main buildings: a masjid for all visitors, including activities constructed using 16th century for the promotion and introduction classical Ottoman architecture that of the values of the Turkish Civiliza- can hold 760 worshipers; a two- tion” according to an information story, 19,990 SF Cultural Center packet distributed by TACC at the Building including a 220-seating invitation-only ground breaking cer- performance hall; a 9,850 SF rec- emony. reational building with a 180-seat The project is well underway, restaurant and traditional coffee and two industrial cranes tower over shop; a 43,450 SF traditional Turk- the skyline along Good Luck Road. ish bath for up to 22 people at a time Concrete and steel pillars are up, and and indoor pool and sports center; even two small domes are already and 18,500 SF of guest housing visible. TACC leaders estimate the including 16 one-bedroom apart- complex will be completed by Octo- ment units. ber 2014. Maryland’s Secretary of The cost of the five-building State John McDonough delivered complex is estimated to be around greetings from Governor Martin $100 million according to sources O’Malley and talked about the sis- familiar with the engineering aspects ter city relationships between Tur- of the project. The entire complex key and Maryland. - The Muslim will be serviced by an underground Link Ahmed Rehab to Receive Community Builders Award 2013

ach year Community Builders Chi- cago (CBC) honors an individual within the community whose work exemplifiesE excellence in community ser- vice. We look for people whose work is making a significant difference in the lives of others and improving the condition of our community. The award is given at CBC’s Annual Banquet which is sched- uled for this Sunday at Lazzat Banquets in Streamwood, IL. Ahmed Rehab, the dynamic Executive Director of CAIR Chicago, is the recipient of “Community Builder Award” for 2013. In announcing the award, Dr. Munir Chaudry, President of CBC said, “We at CBC Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Maryland’s Secretary of State John McDonough (right) speak at the inaugural ceremony have followed Ahmed Rehabs’s work in the community with great respect and admira- Judge Rules First Joint Masjid tion as he has courageously and relentlessly PTI, MQM Hold fought to stem the tide of Islamophobia, against ‘America’s Badminton Tournament Samin Faruqi preserve the civil rights of and pro- mote a better understanding of Islam by our Toughest Sheriff’ Protests in US 2013 on June 22 Grieved neighbors.” New York: Muttahida Qaumi Move- Adding to it ,Azher Quader, Executive Phoenix: Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio ment (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek- he Southern California Mus- Ms Saeeda Faruqi, mother of Director of CBC commented, “His My Jihad violated the constitutional rights of Latino i-Insaf (PTI) have been holding com- lims Community Organiza- Samin Faruqui, President of Unit- Campaign receives our special recognition drivers in his crackdown on illegal immi- peting demonstrations here since the tion is holding the ‘First Joint ed for Pakistan Independence and as it aims to inspire so many, both within gration, a federal judge found on Friday, murder of PTI leader Zara Shahid MasjidT Badminton Tournament, Pakistan Club, and mother-in-law our community and outside it, to a life of en- and ordered him to stop using race as a Hussain in Karachi. 2013’ on June 22nd at the San Ga- of Rubina Faruqi, prominent com- gagement and involvement, so essential for factor in law enforcement decisions. The members and supporters of briel Valley Badminton Club locat- munity member, passed away in the growth of goodwill and understanding, The ruling against the Maricopa the PTI mounted a protest in front ed at 3410 Pomona Blvd.Pomona, Culver City on Saturday, May 25. among people of different cultural and ideo- County sheriff came in response to a class- of the British Consulate in New York CA 91768 Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Ilehe Ra- logical traditions.” action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers on Friday. They blamed MQM chief For any query in this regard jeoon. Ahmed Rehab is Executive Director of that tested whether police can target illegal Altaf Hussain for the death of Ms please contact your local masjid or She was laid to rest in the the Chicago Office of the Council on Amer- immigrants without racially profiling US Hussain. Sister Asmaa (OCIF) 949-595-0480, Westminster Memorial Park on ican-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest citizens and legal residents of Hispanic On their part, the MQM sup- Sister Annan (IIOC) 714-533-6203, Sunday. Qul for the departed soul Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group. origin. porters held a protest demonstra- Sister Sabiha (ISOC) (714) 531 1722, were held at the Islamic Society He also serves as CAIR’s National Strategic US District Court Judge Murray Snow tion on Saturday at the United Na- Sisters Yasmin /Dina (ICOI) 949-786- of Orange County, Garden Grove, Communications Director. ruled that the sheriff’s policies violated the tions, condemning the PTI for what 4264, Farhan Qadri (ISCN) 714-260- CA on Monday. A prolific writer and lecturer on con- drivers’ constitutional rights and ordered they said were malicious allegations 2006, Arif Hyder (CVIC) 909-319- The late Saeeda Faruqi had temporary social issues including civil rights, Arpaio’s office to cease using race oran- hurled at Mr Hussain. 2674 Dawar Naqvi 310-729-0107. been of late suffering from Al- media relations, and Islam-West relations, cestry as a grounds to stop, detain or hold The MQM has held protest ral- Email: [email protected] zheimer’s disease. She was 83. She Rehab has spoken at various university cam- occupants of vehicles — some of them in lies in eight American cities, includ- The mission of the Southern is survived by two sons – Samin puses in Chicago and around the nation. crime sweeps dubbed “saturation patrols.” ing Washington, Dallas and New California Muslims Community Or- and Amin Faruqi- and four daugh- Rehab comments regularly as a guest “The great weight of the evidence is York. It has vowed to keep holding ganization is to organize activities ters – Sara Faruqi, Nighat Faruqi, on various local, national, and international that all types of saturation patrols at issue demonstrations until PTI relents and and mobilize the community to forge Sabiha Badr and Shaista Faruqi. TV and cable news programs, as well as on in this case incorporated race as a consid- apologises to Mr Hussain. —Masood unity among its members. In the past, May her soul rest in peace and radio stations. He has been interviewed over eration into their operations,” Snow said in Haider, Dawn SCMCO has successfully organized Allah grant the bereaved family 150 times by news publications such as the a written ruling. an Inter-Masjid Eid Festival and sev- courage and fortitude to bear the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, He added that race had factored into sheriff,” and his officers violated the con- eral sports events, says an announce- loss. Ameen. the Daily Herald, the Washington Post, the which vehicles the deputies decided to stitutional rights of both US citizens and ment. Orlando Sentinel, the Economist, the Bos- stop, and into who they decided to investi- legal immigrants alike in their zeal to ton Globe, the International Herald Tribune, gate for immigration violations. crack down on people they believe to be The ruling came days after a US would usher in the biggest changes in im- Crain’s Business Magazine, ’s Die The lawsuit contended that Arpaio, in the country illegally. Senate panel approved a landmark com- migration policy in a generation if passed Zeit, the BBC and many more. who styles himself “America’s toughest prehensive immigration legislation that by Congress. www.PakistanLink.com COMMUNITY MAY 31, 2013 – PAKISTAN LINK – P19

n May 23rd, Professor to understanding the war on ter- Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khal- Professor Akbar Ahmed Inaugurates Annual ror based in the conflict between dun Chair of Islamic central governments and tribal OStudies at American University Lecture Series at New York University peripheries. in Washington, DC, and former Dr Rowan Williams, the for- Pakistani High Commissioner mer Archbishop of Canterbury, to the gave the called this study “compulsory Inaugural Annual Lecture to the reading for Western governments.” American Friends of the School It will be published in Pakistan by of Oriental and African Studies Mr Najam Sethi, recently the care- at New York University in New taker Chief Minister of the Pun- York City. jab. Speaking to a capacity crowd in the Grand Hall of the Global Center for Academic and Spiritual IMAMS FROM P17 Life, Ambassador Ahmed pre- sake, end anti-Semitism, for God’s sented his new book The Thistle sake, end Islamophobia for God’s and the Drone. The Freedom sake, end sexism for God’s sake... Tower, the building constructed Enough is enough,” he said. on the site of the World Trade “When I saw what happened Center, stood tall in the backdrop for the people here, I tried to pre- and could be seen clearly, adding a vent my tears from my eyes because somber note to the occasion. it’s very difficult to see how many Prominent members of the people were killed without any engaged and interested audience reason,” Palestinian Imam Barakat included Imam Khalid Latif, the Hasan from Ramallah said. Chaplain of the New York Police “I am from Palestine and my Department, who joined Am- people are suffering now, since 65 bassador Ahmed onstage after Earlier, His Excellency Ufuk of Pakistan; Mr. Shahid Hussein, Ambassador Ahmed’s new years until now, so of course I feel his lecture for a dialogue; Imam Gokcen, the Permanent Repre- Imam Shamsi Ali, Ms, Zeba Sal- book is The Thistle and the Drone: for others who have suffering,” he Shamsi Ali, the imam of the larg- sentative of the Organization of man of SOAS, and Ms. Brooke How America’s War on Terror added. est mosque in and Islamic Cooperation to the United Beardslee. Became a Global War on Tribal The visit was part of a Holo- a leader in ; Mr. Nations, hosted a lunch in honor Professor Ahmed was accom- Islam, published by Brookings caust awareness and anti-genocide Shahid Hussein, Senior Adviser to of Professor Ahmed and to dis- panied on his trip to New York by Press. It is the third part of a trilo- program organized in part by the US the Development cuss his latest book. The guests his chief of staff, Harrison Akins. gy in which he examines relations State Department’s Office of Inter- Program; Mr. Saleem Rizvi and included His Excellency Masood At the lunch, Ambassador Gokcen between the West and the Mus- national Religious Freedom. Of the Mr. Fasih Udin, two prominent Khan, the Pakistani Ambassador described Professor Ahmed as a lim world after 9/11. In his latest six million killed by the Nazis Pakistani lawyers in New York to the UN; Ambassador Shaukat “leading voice in the world” and study, in addition to his detailed during World War II, a million were City; in addition to a number of Fareed of the United Nations; called the book a “major contribu- discussion of the Tribal Areas and murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau, leading professors and rabbis. The Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, the UN tion” to understanding the com- Baluchistan in Pakistan, Profes- mostly in its notorious gas cham- lecture was presided over by Ms. Assistant Secretary-General for plexities of the conflicts facing sor Ahmed uses 40 case studies of bers, along with tens of thousands Brooke Beardslee, the President of Economic and Social Affairs and many nations today. Ambassador tribal societies across the Muslim of others including Poles, Roma and the American Friends of SOAS. former governor of the State Bank Khan, likewise, praised the book. world to provide a new paradigm Soviet prisoners of war.

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Glimpses of the fundraiser organized by Helping Hand for Relief and Development

n By Fatima Farooki one aware of the plight of orphans The program started with an We also enjoyed the joint per- Public Relations Coordinator as well as to motivate them to pro- inspiring talk by Hafiz Saheb Ashrafi formance of Nasheed by Waseem Pictures by Anwar Khawaja mote the cause of orphans world- who also moderated the program. Baig and the Meraj Academy Stars. wide. We then had the Helping Hand Fundraising by Shaikh Monzer elping Hand for Relief and We are very thankful to the video presentation about orphans. Talib was done after the Maghrib Development organized support of the Muslim community Hossein Behizad spoke next break. a fundraiser “With Love of Glendale, The Islamic Center of and eloquently spotlighted the Comedy by Mohammad Amer toH Orphans of the World” on Sat- Glendale Leadership, and the Meraj plight of orphans. The Meraj Acad- was enjoyed by all after dinner had urday, April 27th, 2013. The pur- Academy Stars, the students, who emy Stars performed Nasheed that been served. pose of the fundraiser was to raise performed wonderfully and whose was truly inspiring. We thank all those who came funds for orphans of the world and participation was facilitated by their We were further inspired by and ask those who could not make to serve the guests with a wonder- parents, director, principal, and the Nasheed performed by Waseem it to the event to donate to support ful dinner program to make every- teachers. Baig. orphans at www.hhrd.org/OSP www.PakistanLink.com