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610 The Babar opposes Karachi Kings decision to An English Daily published simultaneously from Lahore and Faisalabad S Arabia in talks to relegate him PAGES 12 | Rs 20 Buwww.thsebusiiness.ncom.pk eRsab- ul- Aswal 03, 1440, Mondacyu,tN ooilv oeumtpbuetr a1f2t,e r2 018 US waivers hit prices Poland interested in agri, pharma sectors of Pakistan: Envoy g Polish companies working to promote energy sector of Pakistan, vast prospect for expansion of trade between two friendly countries ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of agriculture and pharmaceutical and tion and Germanisation, after great up- istan’s socio-economic uplift and en- He told that during the previous between the two countries. Poland to Pakistan Piotr A Opalinski leather sectors of Pakistan. risings, free Poland was reinstated on hancing its defence capabilities, he government of Pakistan Muslim The Commander’s Cross was said his country enjoy very special ties He expressed their views while talk- the map of the world. said, adding that some Polish compa- League Nawaz (PML-N) for Defence awarded to him by Mr Andrzej with Pakistan which would be deepened ing about the 100 years of Poland’s In- This was mainly due to the perse- nies are engaged in helping Pakistan Khurram Dastgir-Khan and his Polish Duda, the President of Poland, for further by the passage of time. dependence here on Sunday. verance and dedication of the active to develop the coal-mining industry, counterpart Mariusz Blaszczak his outstanding contribution to the Polish companies have been working He said, Poland is a democracy, with part of Polish society, who, during the he added. signed an agreement between the two development of friendly relations in promoting the energy sector of Pak- a President as a head of State, whose period of servitude, passed down their He appreciated the exporting high countries on cooperation in the field and cooperation between the Repub- istan and there is a vast prospect for ex- current constitution dates from 1997. allegiance to the language and na- quality surgical and sports goods of of defence in Warsaw. lic of Poland and the Islamic Repub- pansion of trade between the two “On 11 November 1918, the dreams tional culture to new generations of Pakistan and said that the textiles, The two sides hailed the agreement lic of Pakistan. friendly countries, he said. of generations of Poles came true: young poles” he added. leather garments and high-quality Bas- as an important step in consolidating He underlined the importance of He said that Poland is interested in after 123 years of serfdom, Russifica- Warsaw also take interest in Pak- mati rice very popular in Poland. and institutionalising defence relations the two countries relations. C M FM Asad Umar PM summons Y K presides meeting of over ECC allied parties meeting today on 14th ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Min- LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran ister Asad Umar will preside over an Khan has directed Governor Punjab Economic Coordination Committee Chaudhry Sarwar to extend full support (ECC) meeting today (Monday), having to Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. four points agenda. PM took immediate notice of the mat- ECC will approve gas load manage- ter of video related to meeting between ment plan as the petroleum ministry had Jahangir Tareen and the Speaker Punjab earlier sent the summery to ECC in this Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi. regard, sources said. Imran Khan along with Jahangir The meeting will discuss the issues re- Tareen met Governor Punjab Ghulam lating to LNG terminal construction while Sarwar on the night between Friday and the production of gas from the DhokHus- Saturday. PM said to Governor Punjab in sain One Field will also come under con- unequivocal terms that provincial matters sideration, sources added. —Online be resolved through reconciliation and mutual understanding. Usman Buzdar is empowered Chief Minister and he should be fully sup- Pakistan will ported. The internal differences can cause harm to both federal and Provin- cial governments. Therefore, sagacity always stand should be paraded rather than taking any sentimental decision. with Palestinians, Imran also directed Sarwar to acceler- ate the pace of contacts in connection PARIS: US Presidents Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin with Senate polls. He also asked Gover- says Maleeha and other world leaders at the global commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World War I. nor Punjab to talk to members of assem- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Perma- bly including allied parties. nent Ambassador to UN Dr Maleeha An important meeting of allied parties Lodhi has said Pakistan will always has been summoned on November 14. stand with Palestinians. Supporting PM statement after the In a video message, Maleeha Lodhi meeting, Chaudhry Sarwar said that said Pakistan has enhanced financial sup- Usman Buzdar is Chief Minister wield- port to Palestinian refugees. ing full powers and is pursuing Imran Assistance has been increased under World leaders mark 100 Khan vision. Full cooperation with government orders and as per people Usman Buzdar will continue and we will wishes. The schools of Palestinian chil- stand fully with Usman Buzdar in strug- dren will remain open and clinic will not gle for change. —Online shut due to this additional financial aid. She further said Pakistan will continue yeThe aBusinerss Repsort siCneremoncies in eNew ZeaWland, Aus- Wand GermaIn C haAncellor Arngelamopen wiorlds and ta muiltilacteral weorld," to stand always with Palestinians broth- tralia, India, Hong Kong and Myanmar Merkel, who on Saturday poignantly chief organiser Justin Vaisse told AFP. ers and sisters. PARIS: World leaders gathered began a day of memorial events around visited the forest clearing in northeast- Despite the show of unity at the Arc UNHCR to The agency providing aid to Pales- under driving rain in Paris on Sunday the world for a conflict that involved ern France where the Armistice was de Triomphe, tensions lurk beneath the tinians refugees while lauding generous to lead global commemorations mark- millions of troops from colonised signed, had signaled beforehand that surface. Trump, whose hardline na- move by Pakistan has said Pakistan has ing 100 years since the end of World countries in Asia and Africa. they intended to use the Paris cere- tionalism has badly shaken the Western halt Afghan War I, at a time of growing nationalism The leaders of Commonwealth na- mony to warn about the modern-day alliance, arrived in Paris on Friday and diplomatic tensions. tions, whose forces were deployed danger of nationalism. criticising host Macron for being "in- repatriation for Around 70 leaders including United under British command 100 years ago "This day is not just about remem- sulting". Trump took umbrage at a re- States (US) and Russian Presidents also sounded a message of peace and bering, but should be about a call to ac- cent interview in which Macron talked Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hope for the world in the new century. tion," Merkel said. Merkel will give the about the need for a European army three months marked the centenary of the 1918 "This was a war in which India was opening address alongside UN Secre- and listed the US along with Russia The Business Report Armistice in the French capital at 11am not directly involved yet our soldiers tary General Antonio Guterres at a and China as potential threats to na- local time. After church bells rang out tional security. ISLAMABAD: The United Nations across France, the leaders sat together at g The "America First" leader, who High Commissioner for Refugees the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the French President Macron delivered a near faced criticism on Saturday for can- (UNHCR) announced that it has decided Arc de Triomphe for a memorial that in- 20-minute speech that called on his fellow celling a trip to an American cemetery to suspend the repatriation process of cluded classical music and the reading because of rainy weather, will snub Afghan refugees in Pakistan for around aloud of letters by WWI soldiers. leaders not to forget the lessons of the past the Peace Forum. Other attendees of four months due to cold weather, Radio French President Emmanuel Macron the memorial service and Forum in- Pakistan reported on Sunday. delivered a near 20-minute speech that and the hopes of people worldwide for peace cluded Turkish President Recep According to a spokesperson of the called on his fellow leaders not to for- Tayyip Erdogan, Canadian premier United Nations High Commissioner helped Palestinians always and on get the lessons of the past and the fought world over, just for the cause of peace conference in Paris following the Justin Trudeau and Israel's Benyamin for Refugees, the repatriation process every forum. It may be recalled that hopes of people worldwide for peace. peace," Indian Prime Minister Naren- memorial service on the Champs-Ely- Netanyahu, as well as Putin. will be halted from Dec 1 till Feb 28 Maleeha Lodhi had said on October 20 "Ruining this hope with a fascination dra Modi said on Twitter. sees. Sunday's ceremony was deliberately next year due to drop in temperature that the aid for Palestinians on humani- for withdrawal, violence or domination "For our tomorrows, they gave their The Paris Peace Forum, conceived international and cross-cultural. Beni- and severe cold. The spokesperson fur- tarian grounds should not be held would be a mistake for which future today," Australian Prime Minister Scott by Macron, is intended to highlight the nese singer Angelique Kidjo (L) per- ther said that United Nations High hostage to political interests. generations would rightly find us re- Morrison told people gathered at a cer- importance of international institutions forms in front of heads of state and Commissioner for Refugees centres in She said that peaceful Palestinian sponsible," Macron told them. emony in Canberra. in helping resolve conflicts, avert wars government attending a ceremony at Pakistan and Afghanistan will remain demonstrators are being killed in Gaza. The He added: "Let us build our hopes British Prime Minister Theresa May and spread prosperity. the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on No- closed during the winter. expansion of illegal Israeli settlements is rather than playing our fears against and Prince Charles, standing in for "The aim of the forum is to show vember 11, 2018 as part of commemo- It was also announced that registered going on unchecked. She further held de- each other." The service concluded Queen Elizabeth, attended a separate that there are lots of forces in the inter- rations marking the 100th anniversary refugees will not be given financial com- viation from resolutions related to occupied with the bugle call that was played at remembrance event in London where national system ─ states, NGOs, foun- of the 11 November 1918 armistice, pensation in case of returning to C Baitul Maqaddas was made. —Online 11am on Nov 11, 1918 to signal the end thousands of well-wishers also paid dations, intellectuals, companies, who n Afghanistan during the period. The oper- M Continued on Back Page ation will resume from March next year. of fighting on the Western Front. their respects to fallen soldiers. Macron believe we need a world of rules, an Y PTI govt PSDF corruption case K to improve NAB shows significant economy soon: progress in investigation Zain Qureshi ISLAMABAD: The National Ac- Punjab, Additional Chief Secretary, MULTAN: Federal Parliamentary countability Bureau (NAB) has Chairman Planning, Secretary Serv- Secretary for Finance Makhdoomzada showed significant progress in the in- ices S&G and others were in among Zain Hussain Qureshi said Sunday that vestigation of corruption case of Rs 15 the board members of the company. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) govern- billion of Punjab Skills Development Due to wrong planning of board ment inherited financial crisis, created by Fund (PSDF) the sub department of members, the officers have given loss the outgoing government. Ministry of planning Punjab. of Rs11m on monthly basis in form of Talking to people at Union Council The inner sources stated on Sunday allowances and other fringe benefits. Rudd, MNA Zain Qureshi said that huge that NAB would soon record the state- The contract of training and orienta- loans were acquired during the last ments of Chief Executive of Com- tion was awarded to private companies regimes. However, the incumbent gov- pany, Jawad Khan, Marketing Head and given them large amounts. ernment would improve economy soon, Madiha Alvi, Amir Pasha, Aqeel NAB arrests former, serving adding that the country would receive fi- Mumtaz and Muhammad Ahsan. senior CDA officials nancial help from Saudi Arabia. Investigations against PSDF have NAB Rawalpindi arrested former Similarly, the recent visit of Prime been started on the orders of Supreme and serving senior CDA officials as Minister Imran Khan to China would also Court of Pakistan, this company is well as the contractor for illegal award help to improve country's economy. among those 56 companies established of 36 kanals (4.5 acres) of land at He urged people to continue support by former Chief Minister Punjab Mian prime location of 3rd avenue, diplo- for the PTI, adding that the incumbent Shahbaz Sharif. In preliminary inves- matic enclave Islamabad. government would make Pakistan green tigations it have been revealed that The arrested CDA officials include and stronger. Provincial Minister for through this company overall Rs15bn Ghulam Sarwar Sandhu ex-director Energy Dr Akhtar Malik, Vice Chair- looted from national exchequer. Urban planning CDA who recently de- man UC Rudd Ali Ahmed Bhinder, A large amount was looted on the moted from the post of DG to deputy Mumtaz Khan, Rana Riasat and others name of training and orientation for director and Nusratullah ex member ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser being brief by GM SNPGL Arbab Saqib pertaining were also present. —Online over aged citizens, Chief Secretary planning CDA. —Online to SNGPL projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the Parliament House. The Business | LAHORE/NATIONMAonday,L November0 12, 2018 Quick Read Pakistanis in Buckinghamshire PHP arrests donate Rs2.35m 148 outlaws for dams ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani By Our Staff Reporter community in Aylesbury town of Buckinghamshire, England has LAHORE: The Punjab Highway Patrol donated £13,455 equaling Rs (PHP) arrested 148 culprits, return lost wal- 2.35 million for the construction let to real owner with Rs21,5000 cash. of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand According to PHP spokesperson, PHP dams in Pakistan. post Mailsi link found a wallet and returned The community donated the it to the real owner Allah Ditta after search. funds following the appeal from Patrolling Police arrested 30 proclaimed Aylesbury Ghausia Masjid of the offenders and 14 court absconders. Simi- town which prompted over- larly PHP team arrested 63 culprits by tak- whelming response. ing into possession 1,165 liters liquor, The executive committee of 12,481 grams charas, as well as arrested 41 the mosque assured the people culprits on having illicit arms and recov- that whole of the amount would ered 39 Pistols, one Kalashnikov, five Rif- be donated to the officially desig- fles, five Guns, 220 Cartages and 511 nated fund. The committee said bullets from their possession. they were also receiving further funds and that they were com- mitted to supporting the noble PTI govt working to cause of dams' construction.— boost economy: MNA APP ISLAMABAD: PTI's Member of the Thesis Display of National Assembly (MNA) Sheikh Mo- hammad Yaqoob Saturday said the Pakistan UCAD IUB to be Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was working to boost the country's economy inaugurated today and after the successful foreign visits of BAHAWALPUR: Thesis Dis- Prime Minister Imran Khan, it was again play 2018 of University College on the path of progress and prosperity. of Arts and Design (UCAD), the Talking to PTV News, he said discussion Islamia University of Ba- was underway with team of International hawalpur will be inaugurated Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the bailout today (Monday). package and its terms and conditions, one Vice Chancellor Prof Dr finalized, would be made made public. Qaiser Msuhtaq would be the Replying to a question regarding cases LAHORE: Women weigh cotton to fill in the quilts at her work place. chief guest of the inauguration against the Sharif family, he said the Na- ceremony while renowned artist tional Accountability Bureau was an inde- Amin Guljee will be guest of pendent national institution and the PTI honor. Various forms of art and government had nothing to do with its offi- design made by the students of cial matters. The cases against the Sharif UCAD for their final thesis family were not framed during the PTI gov- No rift with PML-Q: Ch Sarwar would be put on display in the ex- ernment, which were in fact instituted dur- By Our Staff Reporter adding that he enjoyed decades long the past 70 years which could not be About the private-public partnership, relations with the Chaudhrys. cleared overnight. he said philanthropists must come for- hibition which would be open for ing the the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz display from November 13 to regime, he added.—APP LAHORE: Punjab Governor About the 100-day performance of He said that accountability was vital ward and play their role in installation Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Sunday the Punjab government, he said Rome for establishing a corruption-free soci- of water filtration plants for a healthy November 16.—APP said that there was no rift with the was not built in a day, adding that the ety, adding that the PTI leadership in- society, adding that it was not possible coalition partner Pakistan Muslim mess created due to mismanagement of cluding Prime Minister Imran Khan for the governments to take all the fi- PLFE attracts League (PML-Q) and he enjoys cordial the previous political regimes during had presented itself for accountability. nancial burdens. Agri Women, relations with Speaker Punjab Assem- juvenile labour face 150,000 visitors bly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. ISLAMABAD: As many as top 50 Talking to the media after installa- discrimination brands in the three-day long Pakistan tion of a water filtration plant at the Central Jail Faisalabad, he said that the Basis facilities for female ISLAMABAD: The female Lifestyle and Furniture Expo (PLFE) has and juvenile agricultural work- attracted over 150,000 visitors especially PML-Q was an important ally of the government and its grievances would force namely women and chil- traders, displaying office and home furni- journalists at workplaces urged dren are facing acute ture, besides decorative accessories. be addressed, adding that there was no ISLAMABAD: Female journalists of federal capital have been facing a number of challenges in fulfillment of their point of dispute between the two par- discrimination as they are being The exhibition was arranged by leading professional responsibilities due to unavailability of required facilities from their respective media organizations. ties. paid low wages, part-time work, brand Master MoltyFoam and Master Ce- Mostly female journalists complained that despite heavy work load, their respective media organizations are reluctant About the upcoming Senate elec- unfavorable working environ- leste Pakistan, the largest mattress manu- to ensure provision of basic requirements for them, which are prerequisite for making their job easier. ment and a lack of social and eco- tions on two Punjab seats, he said that They said that they are work in every aspect of journalism but still failed to have support system to address issues they facturing company, which was concluded Waleed Iqbal and Seemi Ezdi of Pak- nomic protection in spite of hard here on Sunday, offering upto 40 per cent face on daily basis. The female journalists complained about limited maternity leaves, poor transport facility, late salaries work of long hours. istan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would win and less job security. discount on displaying items, said Asad these seats with the support of coalition Women and children make up Shah, an employ of the company. They said that the number of new comer female journalists are increasing day by day but there is no mechanism to ad- approximately one third of the partners including the PML-Q. dress their genuine issues. “When a large number of female journalists are working, the question still exists how the media Over the years, Asad said the company To a query, Sarwar said that Punjab agricultural task, from seed sow- had been playing a pivotal role in offering can reflect public opinion when the sector is so unrepresentative of the society it serves.” ing to harvesting, they participate Chief Minister Sardar Usman Khan Shabiha Naqvi, a senior journalist said that media industry has not made enough arrangements to promote a sense of new business ties for the furniture industry Buzdar was the only fountainhead of in entire process but their work- by arranging such expos. The visitors, in- safety for female journalists, considering their genuine issues being faced by them daily. ing conditions need to be ad- power and being a chief executive of She said that the major issue they face is transportation. She said that media industry failed to “provide their female cluding various interior designers, furniture the province, later was enjoying all the dressed. manufacturers and importers, thronged the employees with transport to get to the locations where they need to report from, particularly when they need to work late. Khawar Mumtaz Chairperson powers. “Despite these challenges, increasing numbers of female journalists working in media are true role models for other exhibition. An exciting visitor Naveed About the meeting between the of National Commission on Sta- Ahmed said carpet, rugs, outdoor and kids' women,” Madina Parveen, another female journalist said. tus of Women (NCSW) said that PML-Q leaders and Jahangir Tareen, She said the only way to encourage these working female journalists is to ensure their basic facilities at workplaces and furniture, decorative accessories and office the governor said that sometimes mis- country’s agriculture is consid- furniture under one roof were providing a address their issues. Senior representatives from private media houses demanded to ensure safety of these basis issues to ered as backbone of the economy understandings crop up even within a resolve it so that female journalist can work more properly.—APP shopping haven to the buyers.—APP family, but were easily resolved, because of its contribution to Pakistan may earn big remittances through hair transplantation LAHORE: Pakistan can earn big transplant, as this procedure in their But desirous of hair transplantation foreign remittances through hair countries is 10 times costlier com- should contact only qualified cos- transplantation as around 200 for- pared with Pakistan, added Dr Hanif metic surgeons, he advised. Dr Nasir eigners visit different cities of the Saeed. said that at least 200 quacks were ac- country for the purpose due to skilled He urged the government to ex- tive in hair transplantion field. About and comparatively low cost trans- empt the treatment from all kinds of actual cost of safe hair transplantion, plantation in the country. taxes including GST to bring foreign Dr Nasir said that its cost varies as It shows that foreigners have trust exchange in the country. per the space where hair are to be in skills and expertise of Pakistani Meanwhile, another hair transplan- transplanted. surgeons, said renowned cosmetic tation surgeon Dr Nasir of Hair Club However, its cost ranges between surgen Dr Haneef Saeed while talking International disclosed that scores of Rs 40,000 to Rs 125,000 usually in a to APP here on Sunday. He said the quacks had also been active in the safe environment i.e. sterilised theatre government should promote medical field, and they offer low-cost proce- by a qualified surgeon. tourism including hair transplantation dure which was causing skin diseases However, he added, quacks were as this could also increase public and hepatitis among those getting this charging Rs 20,000 to 25,000 for the revenues by bringing foreign remit- particular treatment. procedure. He advised those desirous tances in Pakistan. He said that hair transplantation, of hair transplantation to contact only At present, foreigners from Gulf which started for the first time in the qualified cosmetic surgeon, who are countries, Europe, the USA, Canada country in 1999, was growing at a fast members of the Hair Restoration So- and Australia visit Pakistan for hair pace. ciety of Pakistan.—APP LAHORE: A vendor showers water on seasonal fruit guava to keep it fresh. Illegal gas filling continues, authorities turn a blind eye Cheetay.pk enters into strategic ISLAMABAD: Despite a loss of over two hundred precious human lives last year the ille- gal lethal business of decanting Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) continues unabated and author- ities turning a blind eye to the issue seem waiting for another catastrophe to happen. “The loss of around 200 lives and heavy damage to public property due to explosions last partnership with WWF initiative as an official seed delivery partner and will in not only galvanizing change by starting a move- year could not shake the conscience of authorities concerned to take some solid measures to assist WWF in raising donations for tree plantation. ment but will also help in raising awareness and ed- curb the menace” said Farrukh Shehzad a resident of Rawalpindi. Considering the fact, the simplest plastic normally ucating our audience”. On this occasion, Hammad Illegal filling points are located in densely populated areas, even a number of them near to used in grocery bags takes over 100 years to disin- Naqi Khan, Director General WWF-Pakistan said, schools, posing a constant threat to human lives and property, said Babar Malik another dweller tegrate. With the help of this collaboration, Cheetay “What we eat not only affects our own health, but of the city. will introduce friendly reusable grocery bags for its also the environment. Food is at the heart of many The substandard gas cylinders were icing on the cake and no authority was ready to take ac- customers. Moreover, they will encourage restau- environmental issues – it is a significant contributor tion and passing buck to each other, he complained. Babar said his cousin lost his life last year rants to reduce the use of plastic; and educate their to climate change and responsible for almost 60pc of after receiving severe injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in an illegal decanting shop. partner restaurants regarding the dangers of plastic global biodiversity loss (due to the clearing of for- The shop was closed due to public wrath and reaction at that time but within one year a new on human health and the Environment. Commenting est land for agricultural purposes). shop has emerged this year in the same vicinity, he added. Shaista Malik a lecturer of Sociol- on the collaboration, Ahmed Khan, founder & CEO Through this partnership, we aim to make con- ogy at Viqar-un-Nisa Post Graduate College criticized general public for their unawareness of Cheetay, said “I’ve always wanted to make a dif- sumers aware of this linkage in order to promote and indifferent attitude towards this lethal practice. She said people must complain with the rel- ference by doing something that really matters, better food consumption. We also aim to promote evant authorities to remove this unauthorized filling station to ensure protection to their lives which creates a lasting impact not just for us but for environment-friendly packaging options and en- and properties. LAHORE: Cheetay.pk, has announced a strate- posterity as well. courage Cheetay’s customers to act as responsible “Illegal decanting is definitely a serious crime but it provides livelihood to thousands of gic partnership with the World Wide Fund for Na- This is our chance to play our part. Being socially global citizens by reducing their consumption of sin- families and facilities them with in areas of walking distance,” said Chairman All Pakistan ture (WWF-Pakistan), the largest wildlife and nature responsible and working to improve the world we gle-use plastics such as disposable cutlery and plas- LPG Distributors Association. conservation organization in Pakistan. The core ini- live in is not only imperative but consistent with our tic straws.” He however said, the authorities concerned should take stern action against these non au- tiatives of this endeavour are to promote eco- core values. It has always been my prerogative to Since deforestation creates an imbalance in the thorized LPG filling points in suburban areas after providing them alternatives. When con- friendly packaging solutions, raising awareness contribute positively to our society through reduced global climate by increasing carbon dioxide, Chee- tacted an official of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), requesting not to be named, amongst the masses to reduce single-use plastic pollution, negligible use of plastic bags, focus on or- tay will be the official logistics partner in helping stated that they keep a strong check on vehicle cylinders filling stations and suspend their per- usage and supporting the tree plantation campaign ganic food and a whole lot more. with the Rung Do Pakistan tree planting cam- mits whenever they find an irregularity there.—APP called “Rung Do Pakistan”. Cheetay will join this This collaboration will enable us to make strides paign.—PR The Business |02 FAISALAMBondaAy, NovDember 12, 2018 Crushing season Rights and interests of sugarcane growers to be protected at all costs By Our Staff Reporter guidelines and information about the policy of purchase o sugarcane with complaint cell and FAISALABAD: Divisional Commissioner telephone numbers be displayed at the main Asif Iqbal Ch has cleared that the rights and gates of the Sugar Mills and sites of author- interests of the sugarcane growers would be ized Kandas as well. During the meeting the protected at all costs during the crushing sea- sugar mills management informed that the son and no exploitation against them would crushing season was being started from last be tolerated. week of this month and assured that necessary He was presiding over a Divisional Agri- facilities would be provided to the sugarcane cultural Advisory Committee in which the growers. representatives of Sugar Mills of the division Director Agriculture gave briefing on pre were also participated. Additional Commis- arrangements of crushing season and told that sioner Coordination Haroon Rasheed, Direc- sugarcane was sown on 515570 acre areas in tor Agriculture Ch Abdul Hameed, Director the division. He told that 19 Sugar Mills were Livestock Dr Saleha Gull and other officers functional in the division and sugar mills are were also attended the meeting. bounded to start crushing season by 30 No- Divisional Commissioner asked the sugar vember under Punjab Sugar Factories Control mills management to follow the prescribed Act. Representatives of sugarcane growers policy of Punjab govt and relevant laws dur- raised some issues regarding the crushing sea- ing the crushing season and crushing season son and purchase of sugarcane. should be started by 30 November otherwise Business of fake bottles in name of min- legal action would be taken under Punjab Fac- eral waters at full peak in F’abad: The busi- tories Control Act and fine would also be im- ness of fake bottles in the name of mineral FAISALABAD: Governor Punjab Chaudhary Sarwar inaugurates sitting area at the Central Jail Faisalabad. posed against the Sugar Mills management waters is at full peak in the city while Punjab fail to start the crushing season till the given Food Authority (PFA) has kept mysterious si- date. He said that regular monitoring of crush- lence. According to the details, at important Country’s per ing season would be carried out to implement public places including General Bus Stand, Anti- polio campaign the govt. policies regarding the purchase of Railway Station, Private Wagon Stands, Hos- capita fish sugarcane. He asked the sugar mills manage- pital and other points the sale of substandard ment to avoid any unjustified deduction in and hazardous water in the name of mineral is consumption is purchase of sugarcane and no complaint re- at its peak without any hesitation which is 77,21,00 kids to be administered garding the less weight would be tolerated. causing different diseases among the public. 2 kg per annum He stressed for paying the sugarcane dues According to the sources, local made bottles By Our Staff Reporter to the farmers within stipulated days under of mineral water being used similar labels of policy and rules. Divisional Commissioner the different famous brands are being sold in FAISALABAD: The polio vaccine drops said that middlemen would be discouraged the city but local officials of PFA are not tak- country per capita fish con- By Our Staff Reporter strictly and stern action would be taken ing any action against these fake mineral sumption is only 2 kilograms against the illegal and unauthorized Kandas. water bottles while DG Operations team of as compared to world of 21 FAISALABAD: As Hedirected that the boards pertaining to the PFA is taking action in Faisalabad. kilograms annually. many as 77,21,00 children It was stated by experts at under 5years of age would the inaugural session of semi- be administered polio vac- nar on aquaculture: opportuni- cine drops in the two selec- ties and challenges arranged tive Tehsils (City & Sadar) by Department of Zoology, of the district during the wildlife and Fisheries, Uni- anti- polio campaign which versity of Agriculture Faisal- would be continued from 12 abad at Seminar Room of to 14 November and addi- Science Block, UAF the other tional two days would ob- day. served as sweeping days for The seminar was chaired administering the polio by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr drops to the left over chil- Zafar Iqbal Randhawa, while dren due to any reason. Dean Faculty of Sciences Dr This was told by Deputy Muhammad Ashghar Bajwa, Commissioner Sardar Sai- Department Chairman Dr fullah Dogar on Sunday, Hammad Ahmad, Dr Abdul while inaugurating the spe- cial anti polio campaign at Mateen and other notables FAISALABAD: Deputy Commissioner Sardar Saifullah Dogar inaugurates also spoke on the occasion. Children Hospital Jhang special anti-polio campaign by administering polio drops to a child. Dr Iqbal Zafar said that road. CEO Health Mushtaq aquaculture is still an un- Sipra, DHO Dr M Asif trict was being carried out officers for effective moni- basis. DHO Dr M Asif She- tapped area; as there was an Shahzad, Medical Superin- to completely wipe out the toring of the campaign to hzad informed that all nec- immense potential for devel- tendents Children and DHQ chance of polio virus. achieve the 100% target. essary arrangements are opment of the sector in terms hospitals Dr Habib But- He urged upon the par- He directed that polio finalized to implement the of nutrition, employment, and tar, Dr Khalid Fakhar, Dr ents to get their children teams should present on campaign and total 1855 poverty alleviation. Bilal Ahmad and other doc- vaccinated during the anti public points and no negli- polio teams would remain He said that the country has tors were also present on polio campaign for com- gency would be tolerated active during the campaign been blessed with very rich the occasion. plete eradication of polio during the Sub National for administering the polio agricultural and animal re- Deputy Commissioner virus in the country. Immunization Days(SNIDs) vaccine drops to the chil- sources both terrestrial and said that polio campaign in Deputy Commissioner di- and he would himself mon- dren under 5 years in the aquatic. He directed the UAF the selective Tehsils of dis- rected the health authority itor the campaign on daily City and Sadar Tehsil. scientists and experts to ad- dress problems of farming community and to develop model farm of fisheries, live- stock and agriculture. He added that the UAF had CHINIOT: Farmers busy in the field making rows to sow new crop. mapped out a plan to convert the agricultural field a model ones to demonstrate the farm- ing community and for the scientific purpose. Dr Asghar ‘Transparent investigation Bajwa said that there were areas in fisheries sector, in which a scientific understand- a must to probe RLNG ing including low-cost feed formulation and preparation, production of fast growing agreements with Qatar’ disease resistance fish, intro- By Our Staff Reporter its daily expenditures and volume its duction of more species in monthly income. They said that complete aquaculture, improvement of post release survivor ship of FAISALABAD: Transparent investiga- elimination of corruption is impossible till fish and pond management tion should be arranged for RLNG agree- the tight grip round the corrupt elements. need be carried out. He ments with Qatar and guilty person Unluckily, since the existence of Pakistan, stressed upon the need to run involved in corruption and kickbacks fake claims were start of the corruption fisheries and aquaculture ac- should be taken to task while all RLNG which has now complete gripped the roots tivities on scientific scale Dr agreements should be reviewed so that its of country, they added. Hammad Ahmad said that positive impacts should be helpful for the They said that in past many governments world fish production reached economy of the country said Chairman All raised slogan against the corruption but they 171 million tons per annum Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Associa- forgotten their motive and started support to currently. He said that the tion (APTPMA) Rizwan Ashraf and Re- the corrupt elements. seminar will come up with gional Chairman Habib Ahmed Gujjar in a Now for the first time in history of Pak- new avenue for the develop- joint press statement. istan it seems that corrupts should be pun- ment of the sector. He added They said that probe into agreements with ished hard. No doubt this way is very tough that we had to make the cele- Qatar should be made along with investiga- but Pakistan could put on way to progress brated efforts to increase the CHINIOT: A worker of Wapda busy in repairing of transformer without any safety tion of investment cost of RLNG terminals, only through elimination of corruption. aquaculture production in a which needs the attention of authorities concerned.

FBR to resolve all pending tax cases 136 poultry farms registered in Faisalabad through third party committees FAISALABAD: The registration She said that objective of the reg- involved in defrauding people of parts of the city. The police arrested mother and sister sustained multiple By Our Staff Reporter process of poultry farms is continue istration was to ensure provision of heavy amounts on the pretext of 10 suspects and recovered Illegal injuries. The injured were rushed to in Faisalabad division and the sur- quality poultry products to the peo- sending them abroad. Among the weapons from their possession. The hospital in critical condition. Police FAISALABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has de- vey of 136 poultry farms has so far ple at affordable rates. She urged accused include Qurban Ali, Zaheer police also arrested 8 proclaimed have handed over the body to the cided to resolve all the 31,000 of pending tax cases through been completed. the poultry farmers to get their Khan, Mudasar Iqbal, Mohammad offenders from different areas of the family after completing legal for- third party committees, the board will establish alternative This was stated by Director Live- farms registered as it would also en- Nadeem ur Rehman, Shabbir Hus- city. Cases have been registered malities. resolution committees under the leadership of retired session stock Dr Saleha Gull in a press sure provision of necessary facili- sain, Zahid Sarfraz, Mohammad against the accused. Two commit suicide: Two per- judge it is learnt here on Sunday. The FBR has planned to statement issued here on Sunday. ties to them. This will encourage Sehgal, Pervaiz Maseeh, Moham- One killed, two injured in road sons including a girl committed sui- resolve the pending tax cases in different forums which is at She said the department com- other farmers to get their farms reg- mad Anwar and Usama. accident: A youth was killed while cide over domestic issues here least 31,000 and for this purpose the board will establish dif- pleted survey of 136 poultry farms istered, she said and added that fur- Meanwhile, FIA team held three his mother and a sister sustained in- Sunday. In the first incident, 22- ferent committees will be headed by a retired session judge, and registration certificates were ther information and guidance can shopkeepers including Rashid Niaz, juries in a road accident near Morh year-old Imtiaz of 550-GB swal- the board will pay to these committee heads a lump sum being issues to them. be obtained through helpline of Haji Umer Draz and Khurram She- Satyana here on Sunday. lowed poisonous pills after amount of Rs2,00,000 while the members of the committee She said that certificates would livestock department 080009211. hzad for selling illegal DTH/digital According to Rescue 1122, Asim quarreling with his mother Janat will get Rs1,000 sources added. The FBR and the applicant be valid for one year and would be 10 human traffickers held: The receivers in different areas of the Rafiq (19) along with his mother Bibi. He died at the Allied hospital. will be bound to accept the decision of the alternative reso- renewable. She said that livestock Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) city. Cases have been registered Shaheen Bibi and sister Kinza In another incident, Shazia lution committee however, criminal proceeding cases and officers were sending reports to claimed on Sunday to have arrested against the accused. Rafiq, residents of Chak No 170- daughter of Imran resident of 249- cases which needs further law explanations will not be sent their divisional offices after visiting 10 human traffickers during a spe- 18 criminals arrested: The po- GB, was riding a motorcycle near RB swallowed poisonous pills over to these alternative dispute resolution committees. The basic these mills and farms and in light of cial crackdown from Faisalabad lice claimed on Sunday to have ar- Morh Satyana when a rashly driven domestic issues and fell uncon- aim of establishment of these committees is to facilitate the the reports and then certificates and Sargodha. FIA spokesman said rested 18 criminals including 8 loader rickshaw hit them. As a re- scious. She was taken to a hospital taxpayers and in this regard the board will amend the sec- were being issued. the arrested human smugglers were proclaimed offenders from various sult, Asim died on the spot while his where she died. —APP tion 321 of Income Tax Rules 2002. The

O Business Minimum 15:0 C Maximum 27:0 OC Sunset 05:10pm Sunrise (Tomorrow) 06:33am | Metropwww.tohebusinesls.comi.pktanMonday, November 12,0 20138 Instead of giving, PTI strip jobs from youth: Siraj By Our Staff Reporter FAJAR 05:02 AM LAHORE: Amir, Jamaat- ZOHAR 11:47 PM i- Islami (JI) Senator Sirajul ASR 02:47 PM Haq, has said that the PTI had promised jobs to the youth MAGRIB 05:09 PM but large number of people had lost their jobs during the ISHA 06: 32 PM last two months due to the closure of different institu- tions. Quick Read Talking to the media at Swabi after attending a wed- ding, he said that the PTI had announced conversion of the Five shelter country into the Madina state homes to be but not a single step in that di- rection had been taken so far. constructed in He said the government should adopt immediate steps Lahore: CM in these directions so that the By Our Staff Reporter masses did not lose hope in the government. LAHORE: The JI chief further said that the PTI leadership had promised a change but it was following the line adopted by the previous governments Punjab Chief and the confidence of the Minister Sardar Usman people had been shaken with Buzdar said that follow- the government approaching ing the revolutionary vi- the IMF and the price hike sion of PM Imran Khan caused due to different deci- they will change the des- sions. tiny of people. He said that welfare of common man is very first priority LAHORE: A man on his way along with herd of camels. Minister holds of Pakistan Tehrik-e- Khuli katchahri Insaf. Main objective of estab- By Our Staff Reporter lishing shelter home is to provide facility of spend- LAHORE: Provincial ing night to poor people PTI to succeed in its mission of Minister HR&MA Aijaz who visit Lahore. It will Alam Augustine held Khuli facilitate them in such a Katchahri (Open Court) at way that they won’t have Zial Katchahri Okara for the to spend night outside. immediate solution of public He also added that ini- issues. Another senior mem- Bys Oure Staff rReporvter inleaggue is talkming on assuamptions and psredicet- dsistric,t ad minsistrataion anyd PHAs to tak e Ano- of lthe eparkse so thme concerned authorities tially five shelter homes ber of PTI Chaudhary Slaim ing of failure of the present government. tice of the situation and take action accord- should act to ensure the implementation of Siddique was also present will be established in LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Abdul He added that those who remained in ingly. rules and regulations in this regard and stop pilot project. Foundation there. Aleem Khan has said that masses would be power for more than three times and last 10 Aleem said there will be no permission to the practice of marriages in the parks in any The Minister heard public stone of first shelter justified to ask this question that if Nawaz & years are not ready to give even 10 months damage the grass, plants and beautification part of the city. home has been laid near complaints and provided Zardari did not looted the national exchequer to Imran Khan and his team and start bashing prompt solution on the spot. Railway station. He said then who is responsible of the present deteri- for their personal motives. The provincial minister said that shelter homes of two orating situation of the country and why debt Aleem Khan said that PTI Government that our doors will be al- Kanal lands will be con- of thousands billion dollars is there. has already its journey in the right direction WASA pre-budget meeting held ways open to solve the structed near Railway sta- He said that in front of media every ruler and no one should remain in misunderstand- By Our Staff Reporter tion and Data Darbar of the past is busy is proving himself inno- ing as we know our manifesto which would problems of common peo- ple and PTI’s government while rest three will be of cent but telling the truth that how much cor- be fully implemented in the coming years for LAHORE: Pre Budget meeting took place for the Year 2018-19 under the Chairman- believes in the service of one kanal each. ruption they did in their regimes and how which concrete planning has already been ship of Managing Director WASA Syed Zahid Aziz and Vice Chairman WASA Sheikh the people. Talking to Chief Minister said that many relatives were given perks and privi- made in 100 Days Plan for each department. Imtiaz Mehmood at WASA Head Office here on Sunday. media representatives, the shelter home being con- leges through nepotism and while remaining He said that short and long term planning has Director Finance Mr. Ather Mehmood comprehensively elaborated the budget fore- provincial minister said that structed at Lahore will be in power for continuous ten years how much also been made for introducing new system cast for 2018-19 year. Director Admin Malik Mushtaq Tiwana briefed the human all the promises with the record of corruption was made by them. in the country. He asked the people to con- resource sector of WASA and highlighted areas to make human Resource department a state of art where trav- people should be fulfilled. While talking to the people in public gath- tact Public Secretariat for any complaint more productive and efficient in progress. Vice Chairman urged to make the system elers will be provided He said that Almighty God ering here on Sunday, Aleem said that our where computerized system has been devised effectual for the sake of better delivery of services to the consumers and also to make with other facilities and political opponents should remain calm and for their redresser. had provided us the opportu- WASA Lahore sustainable in its resources. its working capacity will wait we will disappoint any of our voters and Meanwhile, He took notice of the com- nity to serve the people and Managing Director WASA briefed to Vice Chairman WASA that WASA Lahore be extended to other each and every promise made would be ful- plaints of holding marriage functions in dif- with the help of local system will control non development expenditures and taking measures for efficient rev- cities as well. He said that filled. He said that every leader of Nawaz ferent parks and public places. He directed the problems of the people enue collection. credit of welfare projects will be resolved soon. like shelter homes goes to the leadership of Tehrik- e-Insaf and that he him- self will monitor the PSCA emergency headway of this excep- tional project. CM said that he and his team will response time improved rem‘aNin ov igbilaannt ofonr the welfatrea onf psufbelirc. of by 15 minutes By Our Staff Reporter received 36,196 calls. Cases were generated teachers’ for action on genuine calls that went up to LAHORE: The Punjab Safe Cities Au- 1,988 in number. Kasur IC3 provided Elec- By Our Staff Reporter thority (PSCA) Headquarter takes pleasure in tronic Evidence Data pertaining to 6 heinous sharing Law and Order Statistics for its Kasur crime cases and investigations to facilitate LAHORE: Project for the month of October. Kasur’s Op- Punjab Police and other LEAs. Furthermore, erations Monitoring Center (OMC) secured in coordination with Punjab Police and TMA, more than 2,602 observations that warranted PSCA Kasur managed to foil 222 bids of ille- interception of more than 623 suspicious per- gal land grabbing and encroachments. Spokesperson sons and screening of 652 vehicles by Mo- It's worth mentioning that integrated oper- of Chief Minister Punjab Dr. hafiz Force. As many as 105 of such vehicles ations rendered by IC3 of PSCA Kasur have Shehbaz Gill said that no were detained pending further investigations. somewhat reformed emergency response time ban has been imposed on The OMC employs state of the art CCTV overall. A reduction of not less than 15 min- the transfer of teachers in Surveillance Operations through the geo- utes in average response time carried out by Punjab neither any order strategic grid of cameras within the city. On Muhafiz Force, CTP and Punjab Police was has been passed on by Chief violations of traffic laws and felonies of ensured and observed. Minister in this regard. wrong parking - 659 tickets were issued in the Average response time for Muhafiz Force He further added that as month of October and 171 Warning Notices remained 2-3 minutes whereas for Police Sta- per decision of Chief Minis- were issued to violators. During the past tions the same remained between 10 to 15 ter routine transfers of month PSCA Kasur’s Emergency Helpline 15 minutes. LAHORE: A vendor displays and arranges dry fruits to attract the customers. teachers is in process. Moreover CM has approved the summary of funding for PEEF. We are proud PES responds Parents should of our culture, to 877 road immunise kids from heritage: Chohan incidents Pneumonia, says Yasmin By Our Staff Reporter level besides providing them ade- By Our Staff Reporter were among the victims of these lives due to Pneumonia simply because of quate opportunities to showcase road traffic crashes. The statistics negligence of their parents” she regretted. LAHORE: Punjab Minister for their products and demonstrate pro- LAHORE: The Punjab Emer- show that 232 RTCs were reported She advised the mothers to be careful in Information and Culture Fayaz ul fessional competence. He said that gency Service (Rescue 1122) re- in Lahore which affected 220 per- winter season because virus of Pneumonia Hasan Chohan has said that we are Punjab Idols would be started in sponded to 877 road traffic crashes sons placing the Provincial Capital usually attacks in cold weather. “Only proud of our culture and under the the Province for talent hunt and (RTCs) in all 37 districts of Punjab at top of the list followed by 86 in warming of infants was not enough, we have dynamic leadership of Prime Min- providing platform to youngsters. during the last 24 hours. In these Faisalabad with 96 victims and to vaccinate our kids to avoid Pneumonia” ister Imran Khan Pakistan’s diver- Chohan informed that health RTCs 03 people died, whereas 963 Multan at third with 58 RTCs and sified culture would be promoted cards would be issued to artists in she said. The Health Minister further said were injured. 70 victims. that all walks of life should play their role to across the globe. the Province for their medical Out of the injured 548 were seri- The details further reveal that He stated this while addressing treatment and Rs. 4 lakh can be al- make Pakistan disease free country. “Today ously injured requiring shifting to 963 victims were affected by road is World Pneumonia Day, let us join hands the closing ceremony of Annual located to each artist for treatment different hospitals. Whereas, 412 traffic crashes including 760 males Lok Mela at Loke Virsa Shakarpar- in case of serious illness. The Pun- with international community for better fu- minor injured victims were treated & 203 females, while age group of ture of our society” she said. ian on Sunday. jab Minister also said that cultural at the incident site by Rescue Med- the victims show that 144 were Parliamentarians, high officials, Moreover a special Anti Polio Drive events would be organized at all ical Teams thus reducing the bur- under 18 year of age, 500 were be- representatives of all Provinces in- Arts Council in the Province. He By Our Staff Reporter would also be kicked off from November den of Hospitals. tween 18 and 40 years and rest of cluding Gilgit Baltistan and Azad also awarded cash prizes on excel- 12. More than 7 million children would be Kashmir, Executive Director Lok lent performances. The majority (82 percent) in- the 319 victims were reported LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr administrated anti polio vaccine in 12 dis- Virsa Shahera Shahid, Director Later, Fayaz ul Hasan Chohan volved Motorbikes, therefore ef- above 40 years of age. According Yasmin Rashid has stressed upon parents to tricts, declared as sensitive. These districts Rawalpindi Arts Council Waqar visited stalls and admired the work fective enforcement of traffic laws to the data, 724 motorbikes, 121 make their children immunized from deadly included Lahore, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur, Ahmed, artists and large number of and skills of artists. Executive Di- and lane discipline is essential to auto rickshaws, 85 motorcars, 42 disease of Pneumonia. DG Khan, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, people attended the ceremony. rector Lok Virsa Shahera Shahid reduce this increasing number of vans, 07 passenger buses, 32 trucks In a message on the eve of World Pneu- RY Khan, Layyah, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi Provincial Minister said that gov- expressed her gratitude to all par- Road Traffic Crashes. and 89 other types of auto vehicles monia Awareness Day (Nov 12) she reiter- and Attock. More than 18,000 Sehat ernment is committed to promote ticipants and those who had ac- Further analysis showed that 416 and slow moving carts were in- ated that Punjab government was committed Muhafiz polio eradication teams of Health culture values and work of our arti- tively participated in different drivers, 23 underage drivers, 132 volved in aforesaid road traffic ac- to immunize every child from diseases. Department Punjab would run door to door sans at national and international activities. pedestrians and 415 passengers cidents. “Every year thousands of children lost their campaign. The Business | 04 SCIENCE & TECHNOLMOondaGy, NovYember 12, 2018 Weather model for predicting severe storms is helping fight California Wildfires cle by my colleague Trevor Name) and 9th, 2018. The NASA Earth Observa- casting information. According to a grated smoke.” It is the "Near-surface dry conditions, has forced over tory website points out that, discussion on NASA' Earth Observa- smoke" that bothers our eyes and ag- 250,000 evacuations as it spreads to Strong winds pushed the (Camp) tory page, gravates upper respiratory issues like the coast. Courageous firefighters and fire to the south and southwest The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh asthma. Smoke in the vertical column officials are risking their lives to battle overnight, tripling its size and spread- Smoke model, or HRRR-Smoke, is a hazard to the aviation community the blazes, but so is an interesting ing smoke over the Sacramento Val- builds on NOAA’s existing HRRR and other activities vulnerable to blend of weather satellite data and the ley...The High-Resolution Rapid weather model, which forecasts rain, smoke in the Earth's atmosphere. popular HRRR weather forecast Refresh Smoke model, using data from wind, and thunderstorms. It ingests One limitation of the HRRR-Smoke model. National Oceanic and Atmospheric real-time data from the Joint Polar model is that it relies on data from A long time workhorse of the U.S. Administration (NOAA) and NASA Satellite System’s Suomi-NPP and polar orbiting satellites that take snap- satellite fleet is the Landsat Program. satellites, shows the smoke should NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellites, as shots twice per day. The advantage of The image above is from the Opera- continue to spread west. The image well as NASA’s Terra and Aqua satel- polar orbiting satellite data is the tional Land Imager (OLI) on the Land- also shows two more fires in southern lites...Central to HRRR-Smoke is an high-spatial resolution. However, sat 8 satellite. Using a combination of California, the Hill and Woolsey Fires. important metric called fire radiative wildfires can rapidly evolve. Ravan infrared (heat) and visible sensors, the While the images themselves are power. FRP is a measurement of the Ahmadov, developed the HRRR- active fires and the associated smoke breathtaking and useful for locating amount of heat released by a given fire Smoke model at NOAA’s Earth Sys- plumes causing particularly bad air fires, I hope you noticed the mention in megawatts. A large fire, for exam- tems Research Laboratory. He told SINGAPORE: The wildfires in ies were found inside their cars, ac- quality in Northern California are of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh ple, might reach about 4,000 NASA he hopes to incorporate geo- California have been utterly remark- cording to officials. For the first time clearly seen. The Landsat-8 is devel- (HRRR) Smoke model. This model is a megawatts per pixel (750x750 meters). synchronous satellite data in the future able and equally destructive. Cal Fire in a decade, Sacramento County put oped by NASA for the U.S. Geologi- new experimental effort developed at Calculating radiative power and where for near-constant viewing of rapidly reported on November 9th that the restrictions on burning from fireplaces cal Survey (USGS) and images the the NOAA Earth Systems Research it is distributed can help scientists pin- evolving fires. Spatial resolution will Camp Fire had surpassed 90,000 acres and wood stoves because of a wildfire. entire Earth every 16 days. Laboratory (ESRL) and the Coopera- point the active front of a fire and pre- suffer, however, because such satel- but was only 5 percent contained. At Unhealthy air is a significant problem The image below was captured by tive Institute for Research in Environ- dict the density and trajectory of the lites are 22,000 miles above the Earth. the time of writing, nine people were in fire-impacted regions. Further down the Moderate Resolution Imaging mental Sciences. It builds on the smoke it will emit. A forecast for Saturday November confirmed dead in the Northern Cali- the California coast, the Woolsey Fire, Spectrometer (MODIS) on NASA's capabilities of the HRRR weather HRRR-Smoke forecasts include 10th is provided below. The link for fornia fire. Tragically, some of the bod- powered by Santa Ana Winds (see arti- Terra satellite. According to NASA, model that many of us in the weather “Near-surface smoke” (within 26 feet the experimental HRRR-Smoke prod- this image was captured on November community rely on for short-term fore- of the ground) and “Vertically inte- ucts is found here.—AFP JunoCam captures magnificent view of Jupiter’s North-North temperate belt

CUPERTINO: A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno space- craft. Appearing in the scene are several bright-white “pop-up” clouds as well as an anticyclonic storm, known as a white oval. This color-enhanced image was taken at 1:58 p.m. PDT on Oct. 29, 2018 (4:58 p.m. EDT) as the spacecraft performed its 16th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, Juno was about 4,400 miles (7,000 kilo- meters) from the planet’s cloud tops, at a latitude of approximately 40 degrees north. Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran created this image using data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam imager. JunoCam’s raw images are available for the public to peruse and to process into image products at: http://missionjuno.swri.edu/juno- cam. Another report adds: Apple Inc said on Saturday it had found some issues affecting some of its iPhone X and 13-inch MacBook Pro products and said the company would fix them free of charge. The repair offers are the latest in a string of product quality prob- lems over the past year even as Apple has raised prices for most of its laptops, tablets and phones to new heights. Its top-end iPhones now sell for as much as US$1,449 and its best iPad goes for as much as US$1,899. Apple said displays on iPhone X, which came out in 2017 with a starting price of US$999, may experience touch issues due to a component failure, adding it would replace those parts for free. The company said it only affects the original iPhone X, which has been superseded by the iPhone XS and XR released this au- tumn. The screens on affected phones may not respond correctly to touch or it could react even without being touched, the Cupertino, California-based company said. For the 13-inch MacBook Pro computers, it said an issue may re- sult in data loss and failure of the storage drive. Apple said it would service those affected drives.—Reuters ‘Bionic mushroom’ can generate electricity without using fossil fuels LONDON: Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology You'll have to reinstall overwatch in New Jersey have come up with an unexpected way to produce electricity without using fossil fuels: A mushroom covered with bacteria. The “bionic mushroom” was announced in the journal Nano Letters and has captured the imagination of the public due to to get its next big update its wacky creativity. NEW YORK: Blizzard is apparently tance as our moon. “The Kordylewski clouds are two of the Earth’s surface, existing at ‘Lagrange Bacteria have been of interest to energy researchers for years planning to release a patch for Overwatch In a paper published in Monthly No- toughest objects to find, and though they points’ where the gravitational pull of due to their ability to generate oxygen, process oil spills, and gen- so enormous, you can't download and in- tices of the Royal Astronomical Society, are as close to Earth as the moon, are Earth keeps objects in stable orbit. Scien- erate electricity. However, the cyanobacteria in question here have stall it like an ordinary update. A company scientists stated that there is a presence of largely overlooked by researchers in as- tists believe that the Lagrange point can proven difficult to work with because they cannot survive for long representative has posted a warning on its two clouds of dust orbiting Earth at al- tronomy. It is intriguing to confirm that now be used to store Earth’s pollution or enough on artificial surfaces to be useful for power generation. The forum, telling players to prepare for a most the same distance as the moon. The our planet has dusty pseudo-satellites in even serve as ‘transfer stations’ for Mars breakthrough came when scientists considered using a common massive rollout that will force the client discovery is the confirmation of the study orbit alongside our lunar neighbor,” said missions, reported Metro. button mushroom like those you find in the grocery store as a sur- to fully reinstall itself. The rep said it will that dates back to early 1960s when the co-author Judit Slíz-Balogh. The beautiful lunar portrait shows off face for the bacteria. Mushrooms naturally have an ecosystem of bring some pretty substantial back-end dust clouds were actually spotted. The clouds are about 250,000 miles the moon partially covered in darkness bacteria living on them so they provided the perfect home for the changes to Overwatch, and Blizzard The clouds are very faint and are col- from Earth’s surface, existing at ‘La- with a blue glow, which seems to be orig- cyanobacteria to thrive. The basis for the mushroom generator is couldn't find a way to get it to install over lections of incredibly tiny particles grange points’ where the gravitational pull inating from Earth which is not shown in the observation that bacteria and fungi like mushrooms often live the current version of the game. stretched over a huge area that makes of Earth keeps objects in stable orbit. Sci- the picture, described CNET. in a state of symbiosis where both lifeforms benefit each other. Unfortunately, that means you have no Earth seem like a dwarf. These ‘moons’, entists believe that the Lagrange point can Blood Moon next month to be the With the refinement of 3D printing technology, it is now possible choice but to find a way to make it work as people are calling them, aren’t exactly now be used to store Earth’s pollution or longest of the century to produce tiny materials which interact on a microscopic scale. if you have a capped connection. Blizzard like the moon. These are just huge, thin even serve as ‘transfer stations’ for Mars The picture was released by the ESA This means that bacterial cells could be affixed to the mushroom doesn't have a release date for the update clouds of dust that are trapped in Earth’s missions, reported Metro. along with a post describing how moon with a net of 3D printed nanoribbons that are spiraled over the yet -- the company only issued an early orbit, reported BGR. Moreover, Space images always leave has lately been the subject of focus for mushroom cap. The combination of bacteria and mushroom en- notice, most likely because some users Astronaut shares phenomenal image of viewers in awe and we just can’t take eyes human exploration. Planning to put hu- ables a process called “photosynthetic bioelectricity generation,” might raise hell if they suddenly have to moon off a recent stunning image of our moon mans on moon, ESA said, “With resources which is a fancy way of saying that when researchers shone a light reinstall a whole game when they were The clouds are many times the size of captured by an astronaut in space. to create fuel and sustain a research base onto the bacteria, it produced a tiny amount of electricity. merely expecting a patch. Once the gam- Earth, but cannot be seen with naked eye European Space Agency’s (ESA) astro- looking promising, the Moon could in the As the amount of electricity produced is small, in order to be ef- ing giant announces a date and time, you since not enough light bounces off the naut Alexander Gerst has been aboard the longer term become a stopover on our fective at a practical scale, a whole series of mushrooms would be may want to plan accordingly and sched- tiny particles to travel to Earth. These dust International Space Station (ISS) for his way to Mars and even a habitat in itself required. With several mushrooms wired together, enough electricity ule your other downloads for a later date. clouds have actually been named ‘Ko- ‘Horizons’ mission. Instead of snapping within decades.” could be produced to light a small lamp. Researcher Dr. Sudeep Joshi, Another report adds: Scientists have rdylewski clouds’ – in respect of as- pictures of Earth from up above, Gerst Moreover, Gerst have also focused on a postdoc in the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics claimed in a new study that the Earth is tronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski, the moved his camera to our moon to show snapping pictures of Earth, having a view at the Indian Institute of Science, told BBC News: “We are looking being orbited by two extra ‘ghost moons’, first one to actually spot the clouds in the beauty of the celestial body.The similar to that of our neighboring Red to connect all the mushrooms in series, in an array.—AFP which are located at exactly the same dis- 1961. clouds are about 250,000 miles from Planet.—Reuters Plastic microfibers found for first time in wild animals' stool, from South American fur seals LONDON: For the first time, plastic microfibers have been discovered in wild either the researcher or the animal, and it's easy to identify both fur seals and their animals' stool, from South American fur seals. The findings were made by a team feces. Dr. Seguel says his colleagues are conducting similar, follow-up tests in other of Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Georgia, who parts of South America. suggest examining scat from pinnipeds can be an efficient way to monitor envi- "It's not too late to act to heal our oceans, but one of the first steps is determin- ronmental levels of microfibers and microplastics in the environment. Their study ing how much we have damaged the ecosystem through our activities, like pro- was published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. ducing and disposing of plastic," said Dr. Kelly Diehl, Morris Animal Foundation "It's no secret that plastic pollution is one of the major threats to marine ecosys- Interim Vice President of Scientific Programs. "Studies like these will help us learn tems, but we're learning now just how widespread that problem is," said Dr. Mauri- those answers so we can begin to make better decisions for the health of marine cio Seguel, a research fellow at the University of Georgia. "These samples are life." invisible to the naked eye. We want to understand factors that are driving their dis- Morris Animal Foundation has funded other fur seal studies at Guafo Island with tribution and what this means for animals in the Southern Hemisphere." Dr. Seguel's team. The team examined the scat of 51 female South American fur seals on the remote One found that factors that contributed to a die-off of South American fur seal Guafo Island, in southwestern Chile, from December 2015 to March 2016. Each pups included mites, pneumonia and changing sea surface temperature. In another, sample's inorganic material was dissolved in a solution in a lab, leaving only the researchers discovered hookworms feed at a constant rate on their seal pup hosts microscopic, plastic particles to be analyzed. Researchers then found 67 percent of before they produce eggs and die, a strategy which also often kills the pups as well. the samples showed a remarkable abundance of microfibers, which until now had Explore further: Hookworms employ live fast/die young strategy in fur seal pup only been reported in animals fed in captivity. hosts, study finds More information: Angela Toepp et al, Randomized, controlled, Microplastics are plastic fragments smaller than 5 millimeters. Microfibers are ing ocean currents, before being consumed by plankton and continuing up the food double-blinded field trial to assess Leishmania vaccine effectiveness as im- the least studied form of microplastic. They are small hairs of plastic, less than 1 chain through fish and, finally, to the seals. There isn't enough evidence to deter- munotherapy for canine leishmaniosis, Vaccine (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.vac- millimeter in size, from materials such as polyester or nylon and can end up in the mine if microfibers have any adverse effects on mammals, but some studies have cine.2018.08.087 ocean through waste water after cleaning, no matter how thorough the treatment. indicated morphological changes in fish. In an attempt to court the youths who have been fleeing from its flagship plat- They also can absorb a wide array of pollutants. Scat analysis, the team noted, could be a good tool to monitor the exposure of form, Facebook has once again dipped into its bag of tricks and pulled out a Tik- The researchers believe the microfibers arrived at Guafo Island through chang- marine mammals to plastics as it's effective and non-invasive, poses no danger to Tok clone. Lasso, a music-filled video sharing app that Facebook has reportedly The Business | 05 HEAMonLdayT, NovHember 12, 2018 Children with autism able to thrive in mainstream preschools more than 40 children aged between 15 cannot be made until a child is three amined data on 1,272 patients in Aus- and 32 months over a period of three years old. tralia, the Netherlands and the US with years in randomly assigned classrooms, The latest findings, published in aca- new or worsening PAD symptoms in tracking improvements in aspects rang- demic journal Autism, showed that it their legs and ankles. ing from vocal and social interaction was important for children with a dis- Overall, one third of patients were skills to verbal cognition and adaptive ability to have the opportunity to learn current smokers, but fewer than one in behaviors via intervention methods, re- with their peers in regular educational five were referred to smoking cessation searchers said in a statement on Sunday. settings, said university researcher Dr counseling and just one in 10 were pre- The findings confirmed that support- Cathy Bent. scribed a medication to help them quit. ing preschoolers with autism in main- "It can also help prevent discrimina- "Patients with PAD need to be more stream early childhood settings was tion and negative social perception to- aware of the long-term risks of smok- achievable, said the university's re- wards people on the spectrum, as it ing associated with their disease be- searcher Dr Kristelle Hudry. gives children without a disability the cause it not only leads to worsening of "We found that the overall quality of chance to become more accepting of di- their disease, but also increases their the learning and teaching environment versity from an early age," said Bent. risk of losing limbs from the disease in the mainstream playrooms was ex- "We aim to start a new study next and having heart attacks and strokes," ceptionally high and graded equal when year with a particular focus on the train- said lead study author Dr Krishna Patel compared to the specialized play- ing and support we provide educators... of the University of Missouri-Kansas rooms," said Hudry. As a growing number of toddlers are di- City. "This means the extra training and agnosed with autism, it's becoming in- "Treatments for PAD such as stents added requirements involved in includ- creasingly important to provide families and bypass surgeries often fail if pa- ing children with autism into main- with more choice," said Hudry. tients continue to smoke," Patel said by stream classrooms did not detract from Smokers with narrowed blood ves- email. student development or reduce the sels in their legs would do well to quit "Quitting smoking is difficult, but amount of attention staff gave to typi- smoking, but many doctors may not be doing so will help halt the progression cally developing children. giving them enough support to do it, a of their PAD disease and may even re- " Autism is a developmental disorder recent study suggests. verse some of these risks." that includes difficulties with social in- Smoking can dramatically increase The study offers fresh evidence of teraction and restricted behavior. About the risks of peripheral artery disease just how difficult smoking cessation can one in 200 Australians are affected by (PAD), which restricts blood flow to the be. Researchers checked with patients autism and most of them are boys, ac- extremities and can lead to mobility on their smoking status when they SYDNEY: Children with autism are new findings that point to the need for search. cording to health industry figures. The limitations, amputations and heart at- started the study and again after three, able to thrive in mainstream preschools kids with disabilities to learn with their The La Trobe University study, symptoms may be noticeable from the tacks. six and 12 months. After three months, just as well as in specialized settings, in peers, according to latest Australian re- touted as the first of its kind, involved age of two but a firm diagnosis usually For the current study, researchers ex- the smokers' odds of quitting were just Health hazards: 31 cases of Zika virus Winter aliments reported in central India rise as the cold NEW DELHI: As many as 31 persons have reportedly been in- fected with Zika virus in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, air breezes in local media reported Sunday. ISLAMABAD: As the winter Although some media reported that two persons died due to Zika wind breezes in, on one hand it pro- virus, state health department officials stated that the cause of these vides a much sought after relief and deaths has yet to be confirmed. respite from the scorching heat of State's leading newspaper "The Hitavada" quoted Director of summer while on the other it also State Vector Borne Disease Control Department Dr Himanshu ushers in problems for those suffer- Jaiswar as saying that health officers have collected 200 samples ing from ailments which the cold ag- of suspecting Zika virus infected patients. gravates. "Samples were sent to Viral Research and Diagnostic Lab In the twin cities of Rawalpindi (VRDL) of AIIMS Bhopal. and Islamabad a huge rush of pa- VRDL confirmed 31 patients suffering from Zika virus infec- tients complaining of asthma, sea- tion," he said, adding that out of 31 patients, seven are from state sonal and perennial allergic rhinitis, capital Bhopal, 12 from Sehore and 12 from Vidisha cities. allergic conjunctivitis, skin rashes, According to Jaiswar, the Health Department has also sent these urticaria, angioedema, and other der- samples to National Institute of Virology Pune to be further con- firmed. matological problems not related to Meanwhile, in the wake of rising cases of Zika virus and other allergies, is being witnessed vector-borne diseases, Health Department and Bhopal Municipal Speaking to the media, Pakistan Corporation is taking joint preventive measures. Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) They are conducting awareness programmes and fogging at Senior Pulmonologist Dr Rehana counter in parts of Bhopal.—AFP Kousar said the change of weather was the main cause of asthma, flu and dry cough, and the people should take preventive measures to avoid medical complications. Anti-polio campaign Fakhar Hayat, who works at Al- lergy Centre, National Institute of begins today Health (NIH), said as pollen count PESHAWAR: A three-day oral polio vaccination (OPV) was gradually increasing in the fed- campaign is starting in Tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa eral capital, people, particularly from today (Monday) with increased focus on vaccinating Death toll tops 200 in DR asthma patients, should immediately every child in Bajaur and Khyber Districts. start adopting precautionary meas- Three-day anti-polio campaign will continue from No- ures, such as use of face mask and vember 12 to November 14, under the supervision and se- avoid oily meal. curity provided by District Health Officers, Deputy Congo Ebola outbreak He said the NIH was working to Commissioners, and security forces, which will be followed KINSHASA: The death toll began on August 8, more than mary challenge in the current epi- curred in West Africa in 2014," produce allergy vaccine im- by catch up of missed children and surveillance, said the from an Ebola outbreak in the 25,000 people have been inocu- demic, followed by community which spread to nine countries munotherapy in sufficient quantity spokesman on Sunday. eastern Democratic Republic of lated, the health ministry said ear- mistrust. and involved more than 28,000 Total of 896,205 children, below the age of five years, will Congo has risen to more than 200, lier this month. "When there is an attack, the cases, she said. be vaccinated with only oral polio vaccination in seven Tribal the health ministry said on Satur- Another report adds: The cur- operation actually freezes. So we But there is worry that the cur- Districts by 4084 teams, comprising 3777 mobile teams, 215 day. rent Ebola outbreak in the Demo- hold the operation. And when the rent outbreak was in an active fixed teams and 92 transit teams. Programme Manager EPI/PEI The ministry said it had cratic Republic of Congo is the operation stops, the virus gets ad- conflict zone in North Kivu, mak- Dr Iftikhar Ali said that there will be increased focus on vacci- recorded 201 deaths from the most severe in the country's his- vantage and it affects us in two ing it hard for health workers to nating every child, especially, children on the move, in the tribal virus and that 291 cases have been tory with 319 confirmed and ways," he told reporters in Kin- track down and isolate cases, the districts, particularly Bajaur and Khyber districts, as two polio confirmed since the outbreak probable cases, the health min- shasa. "And one is catching up on official said. cases from Bajaur and one from Khyber have been confirmed began in August. istry said late on Saturday. the backload. Because when oper- "It is occurring in an area of ac- since last anti-polio campaign in September 2018. He said en- About half of the cases were in The hemorrhagic fever is be- ations are stopped, there is always tive conflict, so physical insecu- hanced efforts have been planned for improving the quality and in- Beni, a city of 800,000 people, in lieved to have killed 198 people in a backload of vaccinations, or rity is a persistent challenge and crease monitoring in Bajaur and Khyber districts during this the North Kivu region. North Kivu and Ituri provinces, contact tracing. And the other, the complication to the ongoing re- campaign. The UN's Department of Peace- where attacks by armed groups second problem, is that more sponse efforts," the official said, Dr Iftikhar Ali said virus is still in circulation and could keeping on Friday called on and community resistance to cases are generated because we speaking on condition of strike to harm any unimmunized child. Parents and caregivers, es- pecially those who are on travel, should be cautious as only hope of armed groups active in the region health officials have complicated can't vaccinate them," he said. anonymity. "At this point we are saving their children from lifelong paralysis is anti-polio drops ad- not to hinder efforts to fight the the response. The confirmation of new cases not seeing cases spread across any ministered by polio workers who come to knock on your door, disease. Congo has suffered 10 Ebola has accelerated in the last month incredibly large geographic area," Teams responsible for respond- outbreaks since the virus was dis- and an emergency committee of the official said, adding that most ing to the outbreak "have faced covered near the eponymous World Health Organization ex- cases were in the city of Beni and threats, physical assaults, repeated Ebola River in 1976. perts said in October that the out- increasingly in nearby Butembo. destruction of their equipment and "The current epidemic is the break was likely to worsen The rate of new cases has accel- to treat the patients suffering from kidnapping," Health Minister Oly worst in the history of DRC," Jes- significantly unless the response erated in recent weeks, and neigh- nasal, respiratory tract, skin, gas- Ilunga said on Friday. sica Ilunga, a spokeswoman for was stepped up. Moreover, boring Uganda has said it will begin trointestinal tract and food related al- "Two of our colleagues in the the ministry told Reuters. United States is worried about the to vaccinate some of its health work- lergy problems, who were visiting Rapid Response Medical Unit With over 300 cases the epi- outbreak of Ebola in conflict-hit ers against Ebola in case the viral the centre in large numbers. The pa- have even lost their lives in an at- demic also ranks as third worst in eastern Congo where there are hemorrhagic fever spread from tients with severe complications tack," he said. the history of the continent, fol- 312 confirmed and probable cases Congo. The World Health Organi- were referred to government hospi- The outbreak is the tenth in DR lowing the 2013-2016 outbreak in and 191 deaths, a USAID official zation's committee has said that the tals, including Pakistan Institute of Congo since Ebola was first de- West Africa where over 28,000 said on Thursday. outbreak did not yet constitute a Medical Sciences (PIMS), for med- tected there in 1976. cases were confirmed and an out- "We are absolutely concerned public health emergency of interna- ical care, he added. Fakhar Hayat Ebola is a serious infectious break in Uganda in 2000 involv- about the ongoing outbreak in the tional concern. The USAID official said allergy producing particles after disease that can spread rapidly ing 425 cases. Democratic Republic of Congo," said the United States had deployed entering the nose came into contact through small amounts of bodily World Health Organization Di- the senior USAID official, who is over two dozen technical experts to with its internal lining causing irri- fluid, causing internal bleeding rector-General Tedros Adhanom working with response teams, told the country to work with Congo's tation, inflammation and swelling and potentially death. Ghebreyesus said on Thursday Reuters. "It is not comparable at health ministry since the outbreak and as a result the people started Since a vaccination programme that security represented the pri- this point to the outbreak that oc- was first reported in August.—AFP sneezing.—Agencies

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Back to comedy CYRIL ALMEIDA being slyly revealed and a delightful little juxtaposi- Chief Editor t least there’s the tion set up: multibillion comedy of poli- rupee accounts in the name Irfan Athar Qazi tics to distract of unwitting impoverished froAm figuring out whether types. Street vendors, the we’re now far right and in- homeless, folk clinging to E-mail: [email protected] sane or still merely centre the lowest rungs of the [email protected] right and dysfunctional. economic ladder — But the comedy could be they’re stealing from you, of a better quality. the poor people of Pak- Tijarat House, 14-Davis Road, Lahore Shahbaz is wanted for istan. something something be- By the time some of it 0423-6312280, 6312480, 6312429, 6312462 cause he did something — any of it — arrives in a something to someone trial court and gets Cell # 0321-4598258 something. Nobody knows chucked out on appeal, we Fax: 042-36362767 what exactly — not even, may find that a great deal apparently, the chaps who of it was exaggerated or have been set after Shah- simply invented. In a court 1st Floor Ahmed Plaza near Zong Office baz — but it’s hugely im- — OK, in some courts — Susan Road, Faisalabad, Ph: 041-8555582 portant. it doesn’t matter what you And for whatever it is know, it matters what you Cell: 0307-6000375, 0321-4598258 that he is supposed to have can prove. But in the court ISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI done, Shahbaz has to be in of TV-driven public opin- prison. Immediately and ion, Zardari never had a N-125 Circular Road, Ph: 051-5551654, forever. Throw away the chance. 5532761, Cell # 0300-8567331 key. The big question, seem- KARACHI Mercifully, no one has ingly: will it stick? But if 3rd Floor Kehkashan Mall 172-I Block II PECHS to pretend any longer that it won’t stick, then what’s Opp Rehmania Masjid Main Tariq Road this game has much to do the point in doing all of Ph: 021-34524550, Cell # 0300-8251534 with anything other than this? Seems like an awful politics. Back in more in- lot of trouble and disrup- nocent days, that incipient tion for relatively small accountability phase be- gains. Nawaz is out, but tween Panama and he’s not out-out — the Status of economy Nawaz’s ouster, folk scheme used to keep him A place called home brushed up on the law, out for now almost itself analysed precedent, stud- carving a path back for DR IKRAMUL HAQ is the responsibility of the state and especially in Africa, Latin America, ied the facts. History was him. should have been its top priority. Asia and various post-disaster re- going to be made. Shahbaz is in jail and Pakistan has taken 14 International Monetary t is unfortunate that since But it has been criminally ignored gions. Then came the judge- maybe in his future lies a Fund (IMF) bailout packages since 1980 - some were Prime Minister Imran Khan by successive governments. There is There are many worthwhile stud- ment and in the aftermath criminal conviction. But if completed (including the Extended Fund Facility announced the Naya Pakistan no doubt that it can also boost our ies that can help us design a work- no one even bothered to it does come to that — and Housing Programme, his ‘flagship economy substantially. New habitats able model for the Naya Pakistan pretend that it was any- with Shahbaz you can 2013-16 though it left the country worse off than be- I thing other than that oldest never know — the sheer project’ aimed at constructing five in the vicinities of already crowded Housing Programme. A remarkable fore) and others not as political considerations were million houses for lower income cities, linked through a mass public research paper, titled ‘A Compre- of fights dressed up for awkwardness of the allowed to prevail and the programme abandoned segments over the next five years, transport system, with modern hensive Review on Low Cost Build- more modern times. So, scheme to get Shahbaz will before completion. Significantly Pakistan’s four suc- everybody has been questioning its amenities and job opportunities can ing Systems’, dispels the there’s no point in trying to eventually undo the weight viability and debunking it. change the entire landscape of Pak- misconception that low-cost housing understand what kind of of a conviction. As for cessive governments, sought IMF loans in the first actual legal trouble Shah- Asif, he’s already laughed A better approach that everyone, istan. Unfortunately, there is un- is suitable for only subnormal work six months of their tenure indicative of the poor baz may be in because his and told us that a spell be- including the PTI government, founded pessimism and negativity and is built by using cheap building state of affairs they inherited. The IMF approved a troubles aren’t actually of hind bars may help resur- should have taken was to invite ex- all around, which has especially materials that are of low quality. The loan of $596 million to Pakistan in 2000 with total the legal kind. rect his and his party’s perts in related fields who could been propagated by media anchors fact is that low-cost housing is done Oh, and have you heard fortunes in Punjab. And external debt of $36 billion. The letter of intent (LoI) suggest innovative ideas for build- portraying the Naya Pakistan Hous- through the proper management of that Nawaz may be back in yet it’s happening — and signed by DrIshrat Husain as Governor State Bank of ing modern, low-cost, environment- ing Programme as impractical, unre- resources. the clinker soon? Sure, expanding. The ridiculous Pakistan (SBP), disturbingly advising the prime min- friendly houses, creating superb alistic, financially unviable, and a The cost of reduction is achieved why not. The appropriate and transparent schemes to localities around big and small cities non-starter. by selecting more efficient material ister on civil service reforms at present, and Shaukat amount of time has passed knock out the principal po- – as is done in other countries. We Let’s examine some success sto- or through an improved design that since the death, so off the litical players in the land Aziz as Musharraf ’s selected Finance Minister with are becoming a nation of disparag- ries in low-cost housing. The Shel- increases access to buildings for father-daughter duo may — or the principal political no macroeconomic experience acknowledged that ing ideas, rather than one that works ter Project’ started by the Akhtar low-income groups. The other be to jail again. Appar- players who are deemed gross official reserves had declined from $1.7 billion collectively for the benefit of people Hameed Khan Memorial Trust worthwhile studies are: ‘Developing ently, the suspension order unworthy, undesirable or (7.4 weeks of imports) to $0.9 billion (3.7 weeks of who are deprived of the basic (AHKMT) in 2012 proved to be an Assessment Framework for Af- wasn’t very well reasoned not worth cutting a deal amenities of life. quite helpful for the flood-affected fordable and Sustainable Housing’ — but the suspension with. imports) and the budget deficit had, “widened to 6.5 Projects like the Naya Pakistan population. While we love to criti- by Stephen Pullen, Michael Arman, order argued the sentenc- But why so messy and percent of GDP in 1999/2000, from 6.1 percent of Housing Programme should be dis- cise, we often fail to mention the ex- George Zillante, Jian Zuo, Nicholas ing was wholly flawed. clumsy? GDP in 1998/99, adversely affected by the delayed cussed above party lines as in their traordinary contributions of Akhtar Chileshe and Lou Wilson (Institute Who’s right? Who cares. If you start with there’s adjustments in domestic petroleum prices, an in- success lies a reduction in the exist- Hameed Khan and, after his death, for Sustainable Systems and Tech- Right is the chap who has no good way ever of doing the final say and until then it, then you’re probably crease in the government’s interest bill, an overrun ing economic disparities and better those who work for the AHKMT. nologies University of South Aus- facilities for the have-nots/people in right is whatever the last OK with a bit of a mess. in defense expenditures, the settlement of accumu- This is just one example. There tralia); and ‘Sustainable Housing lower-income groups. are many more organisations of this and Building Materials for Low-in- guy who had a say said. Crack eggs, omelette, etc. lated tax refunds, and additional provincial transfers The Naya Pakistan Housing Au- nature, such as Anjuman Mimaran (a come Households’ by J Bredenoord, Never mind that we may On top of that you can add to municipalities in lieu of abolished local taxes.” thority, announced on October 10, non-profit society dedicated to rais- an international urban planner/hous- have stumbled into a fairly a layer of arrogance — if There is one major difference between the LoIs 2018, still awaits a legal framework. ing the standards of architectural de- ing researcher at the Housing Re- interesting legal debate you think the shots are and a thoughtful resolution yours to call, then you Even its official website hasn’t been sign and building construction in search Group in the Netherlands. prepared by the civilian governments and Mushar- could further the cause of don’t much care for criti- launched. Nevertheless, the scheme raf ’s regime. In 2000 the focus was: “on the expen- Pakistan). The PTI is relying on Back in 2000, a seminar was held real accountability: where cism of how you do what is receiving an overwhelming re- ‘babus’ who often pose hindrances. at the Lahore School of Economics should the burden of proof you’ve decided is your job. diture side, current spending will fall on account of sponse, according to a Nadra direc- Success lies in forming partnerships to discuss the concept developed by lower interest expenditure, reduced outlays on sub- lie and what triggers it? But that still leaves the tor. The salaried class is showing a with people who are working to- Anjuman Mimaran for urban devel- But no one really cares. question of efficacy. On sidies, and lower defense spending in relation to keen interest and over 5,000 appli- wards empowering the have-nots. opment, which has immediate rele- The point isn’t the law, the the touchstone for doing GDP,” though it was later acknowledged that the cations have been received. Nadra The bureaucracy didn’t present any vance for the Naya Pakistan point is to get Nawaz. Or it what it takes to get what economies were not achieved mainly because after will soon launch an online applica- solutions in the past and won’t offer Housing Programme. It was based was anyway. It had seemed you want, surely the ouster tion portal so that people in remote any solutions in the future. Arif on high-density, low-rise, low-tech 9/11/2001 Pakistan received considerable aid, that 2018 was going to be schemes have to be judged areas can also submit their forms. Hasan recently highlighted in an ar- development that could integrate the year of nudging out on how successful they are though mostly in loans. Zardari and Nawaz Sharif ad- It is time that that the PTI govern- ticle published in ’Dawn’: “The se- housing employment and social in- one chap and ushering in in achieving the outcome ministrations did not consider reducing current ex- ment consults people who have suc- riousness of the housing issue in frastructure, with a balanced mix of the next. But we’re not sought. But how does it re- penditure and instead reduced development cessfully executed projects of Pakistan can be judged from the fact income and occupational groups. even halfway through No- ally help if in trying to en- expenditure, with a negative impact on growth. low-cost houses like Khuda ki Basti. that conservative estimates put the This concept is extremely relevant vember and the scheme gineer ouster you end up The government is relying on bu- housing backlog at nine million for the Naya Pakistan Housing Pro- has expanded. creating a path for the Sadly, Asad Umar’s supplementary budget indicates reaucrats with no knowledge in this units which is increasing at 300,000 gramme that is aimed at providing This week was about ousted to potentially return the continuation of the flawed policy of his two regard. Instead, it should consult ex- units annually because of unmet de- affordable housing for low-income softening up Shahbaz, but to the same position you predecessors - reduce development expenditure to perts like Kamil Khan Mumtaz, the mand. 62 percent of this demand is groups. It provides insights on how the real skill is being were trying to oust them meet the budget deficit target rather than current winner of the Aga Khan Award for for lower income groups”. we can release pressure on existing honed in the hunt for Asif from? and his goons. The N- What’s the point to ei- expenditure. Architecture, Nayyar Ali Dada and In none of the meetings held for urban centres and fuse economic ac- Arif Hasan – just to mention a few – League is howling about ther grand or tawdry No doubt, Umar’s support for two Dar era policies the Naya Pakistan Housing Pro- tivity into rural areas, leading to sus- who have the ability to execute low- gramme have technologies from tainable ‘green’ urban media trials and what not, minus-Nawaz, -Shahbaz, - is inexplicable in economic terms including sup- cost housing projects. China that have already been se- communities”. For the success of the but it’s really the big PPP Zardari, -whoever schemes targets who are being soft- porting withholding taxes that are largely in the Arif Hasan has not only written lected by International Center for Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, if they don’t actually end ened up through the media. up getting minused? extensively about low-cost housing Materials Technology Promotion the prime minister should consult re- sales tax mode and hence are either indirect whose It’s that much easier with There really is only one projects, but has also executed such incidence on the poor is greater than on the rich (ICM)/China Building Materials searchers, experts and doers, not Asif and his goons — be- possibility left: it’s not projects. He was also a member of (though the Federal Board of Revenue erroneously Academy (CBMA) been discussed. those who are making houses for the cause in the court of TV- politicians, the point is to the Orangi Pilot Project between These technologies are especially elite and doling out charity money claims that 80 percent of all direct taxes collected driven public opinion, discredit politics itself. To 1981 and 2000 under the legendary selected for low-cost housing in de- from government funds that could there is no second opinion what end? We’ll just have are withholding taxes) or imply payment of addi- social scientist, Akhtar Hameed veloping countries. Low-cost hous- have been better utilised to provide on Asif. to wait and see. Maybe the tional taxes by the filers – one cut at source and Khan. Constructing decent, afford- ing technology is now keenly housing, health centres and good But the scale of the quality of the comedy will again if the filer purchases any item that has a with- able housing for the underprivileged needed in most of these countries, public schools. PPP’s alleged corruption is improve, too. holding tax levied on it. Now Umar needs qualified economists to assist him and his decisions must be carefully discussed by cabinet members. More education more peace children of the age group five to 16 and development. The education the Higher Education Commission. continue their education. The first its present site. In 1932 the principal, ties. To hold all these faculties ad- years. The State shall provide free system in Pakistan is generally di- Pakistan produces about 445,000 intermediate class (FA) started with Miss McNair, agonized about mov- ministratively, credit goes to princi- and compulsory education to all vided into six levels: preschool (for university graduates and 10,000 Joan McDonald as principal. BA ing to Agra where the Kinnaird had ple of the college/university Prof. Dr. children of the age of five to sixteen the age from 3 to 5 years), primary computer science graduates annu- classes commenced in 1917. The been offered the campus of St. Rukhsana David who is qualitative years in such a manner as may be (grades one through five), middle ally. A number of institutions of American Presbyterian Mission and John's College. This offer was de- educationist and have full experience determined by law". Overall Net En- (grades six through eight), high higher learning are active in the the Church Missionary Society clined, thus the campus was pre- of circulating abilities in the univer- rollment Rate (NER) at the primary (grades nine and ten, leading to the country, but the Higher Education joined in 1919 to make Kinnaird a served. No doubt Kinnaird has more sity. The Vision of Principle of Kin- level for the age group at both na- Secondary School Certificate or Commission recognizes 206 institu- union institution. Others followed. than a century old rich history and naird college and university is to be a tional & provincial levels 2015-16 is SSC), intermediate (grades eleven tions. There is a comprehensive list From 1913 to 1922 the college was tradition of excellence in educating centre of excellence for the education recorded at 54 percent as compared and twelve, leading to a Higher Sec- of higher education institutions the only women's liberal arts college young women. Students’ success of women in south Asia by offering to 57 percent in 2014-15, showing a ondary School Certificate ), and uni- which are active in Pakistan. Kin- in the Punjab. The college moved to cannot be defined by qualifications an academic program of international decline of 3 percent. Amongst the versity programs leading to naird College is a women's liberal Jail Road after it was determined alone. The graduates leave as dy- standard, engaging in research and provinces, only Sindh remained sta- undergraduate and graduate degrees. arts college located in Lahore, Pun- that more space was needed. In namic young women, equipped to service that serves the development MUHAMMAD ble with 48 percent while Punjab Higher education in Pakistan is the jab, is one of them. 1933, the college acquired land near play leadership roles in whatever of new knowledge and ideas and pro- NADEEM BHATTI and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa declined systematic process of students con- Kinnaird College was established Lahore's canal and buildings were path they choose in life. To achieve motes social responsibility and active from 64 percent to 59 percent and 54 tinuing their education beyond sec- in 1913 by the Zenana Bible and constructed to house the increasing this, students are encouraged not citizenship. This is in recognition and ducation is awareness percent to 53 percent. Balochistan ondary school, learned societies, and Medical Mission. In 1919, Presby- numbers of young women studying only to commit themselves to their continuation of the reputation the col- even power to move has witnessed a significant decline two-year colleges. The governance terian Mission Church and the at the college. So By the end of 1939 academic program but equally im- lege has of being the most prominent through the world. Pak- from 39 percent in 2014-15 to 33 of higher education is maintained Church Mission Society joined a it reached its full length of 20-acre portantly to participate in extensive and prestigious institution for women istaEn is a country with the estimated percent in 2016-17. The overall under the Higher Education Com- consortium to fund and operate the (81,000 m2) campus. The science opportunities available beyond the in Pakistan. Education always help a population of 22 crore with 51 per- Gross Enrollment Rate at the Pri- mission . In Pakistan, the higher ed- college. It, in 1926, moved to its cur- department was not founded until classroom. women to be a serious and prime part cent men and 48.76 percent of mary level for the age group at na- ucation system includes the public, rent campus on the Jail Road, where 1950 — two world wars, lack of fi- The standards of Kinnaird univer- of society to promote more compan- women while 0.24 transgender are tional/provincial levels 2016-17 was private, military, and vocational uni- it grew over the years and by 1939 nance, and partition of the subconti- sities are proud of by academic pro- ions in the shape of her kids to run so- living here. recorded at 87 percent as compared versities, all accredited by the the college had grown into a 20-acre nent were the main hindrances. The grams which provide a holistic ciety smooth and easy in present and Literacy rate in Pakistan is quite to 90 percent in 2013-14 showing a Higher Education Commission. (81,000 m2) campus. The college student body grew from six to 170 education taught by well qualified future. Although knowledge and ed- shameful as compare to many un- decline of 3 percent. Education in Since independence, new universi- was established at the start of the by 1951. (By 2010 it was over faculty and equally proud of sporting ucation are the power and it always derdeveloped countries. In 2016-17 Pakistan is overseen by the Federal ties have expanded throughout the 20th century when it was housed 4,000.) The early students were success, dramatics, debating, art and gives a lesson to forgive other’s mis- the literacy rate falls on 58 percent Ministry of Education and the country with support provided by near Kinnaird High School. The pre- mainly Christians joined by more musical excellence and other creative takes to be a brave and smooth part declining from 60 percent. Article provincial governments, whereas the the University Grants Commission , mier women's college in Pakistan, and more Hindus. Kinnaird College avenues for students to pursue and of society and all these things suc- 25-A of Constitution of Pakistan ob- federal government mostly assists in which had been an autonomous in- was founded in 1913, now called In- moved from its first site in and benefit from. The elected student cessfully spread the peace in society. ligates the state to provide free and curriculum development, accredita- stitution of recognizing universities terserve. Pupils of Kinnaird High around Kinnaird High School in council along with faculty advisors • The writer is Chairman of Pak- compulsory quality education to tion and in the financing of research until 2002 when it was preceded by School (founded 1864) pleaded to 1926 to Lake Road, and in 1938 to plays a central role in all such activi- istan Columnist Council The Business | OPINMonIdaOy, NovNember 102 20718 Fruits of appeasement ABDUL BASIT successive civilian and military regimes to restore peace. These agreements em- allowed to join politics with the hope of execution, the TLP transformed itself into Not only were the TLP’s demands ac- have co-opted the religious right to gain boldened the militants and allowed them moderating their hard-line ideological a political party with a sharp sectarian cepted, it also got away with the seditious ollowing the Supreme Court’s ideological legitimacy, improve their pub- time and space to increase their influence outlooks. However, this amounts to turn- bent. speeches and threats its leaders had hurled landmark decision to acquit lic image and neutralise political compe- in society. ing the logic of reintegration approach on In the 2018 general elections, the TLP at politicians and institutional heads. Iron- Aasia Bibi (who spent eight tition from religious groups. The military In 2009, the PPP signed a pact with the its head. Radical and extremist groups are has emerged as Pakistan’s fifth largest po- ically, for all its sins and crimes, the TLP yeaFrs on death row) in a blasphemy case, regimes kowtowed to the religio-political extremist cleric, Sufi Muhammad of reintegrated into politics after they mod- litical party in terms of numbers of vote only tendered a half-hearted, one-liner of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) groups to undermine secular parties. Un- Tehreek-e-Nifaaz-e-Shariat-e-Muham- erate their views and reform their extrem- received (2.2 million), surpassing estab- an apology for “hurting anyone’s senti- locked down the country’s major cities fortunately, this appeasement policy has madi (TNSM). A few days later, Sufi ist ideologies. Put differently, moderation lished religious-political parties in politi- ments or causing inconvenience without and brought normal life to a standstill. empowered religious groups to such an Muhammad declared Pakistan’s parlia- is a prerequisite, not an outcome of rein- cal weight and electoral performance. The reason.” Indubitably, the threshold for re- The TLP demanded the government to extent that they have dictated policymak- ment and judiciary un-Islamic and “sys- tegration. party has a devout membership which is ligious intolerance has become danger- place Aasia Bibi’s name on the ECL and ing from outside parliament through agi- tems of infidels.” The nature of Nawaz Keeping the above in view, the TLP is growing in numbers. And social media ously low in Pakistan. A slight file a review petition in the SC to reverse tation. Sharif government’s deal with the TLP in a classic case of what is wrong with Pak- has further expanded the party’s outreach. provocation involving religious senti- the decision. The TLP’s rabblerousing In 1949, Pakistan’s legislative assem- November 2017 to end the sit-in is no dif- istan’s approach to preventing and coun- The TLP has positioned itself in Pak- ments can quickly spill over into violence. clerics provoked open mutiny and issued bly adopted the Objectives Resolution – a ferent from the agreement signed between tering violent extremism. The two istan’s religious-political landscape as the The boundaries of hate and bigotry have threats against the three SC judges who guideline for constitution-making – which the TLP and the PTI government on No- agreements signed with the TLP in No- self-appointed protector of the blasphemy expanded, as the state seems to be on the had given the verdict. mandated that no law or policy contrary vember 2, 2018. vember 2017 and November 2018, as laws. From vigilante and mob violence, retreat. The never-ending appeasement Initially, the Imran Khan-led PTI gov- to Islamic teachings could be enacted in The continuous appeasement of the re- well as allowing it to register as a political the TLP has attained the capability of per- policy of the state has empowered ex- ernment took a stern notice of the sedi- the country. In the 1970s, the then prime ligious right seems to be neutralising Pak- party and contest general elections, have petrating organised violence at a large tremist groups to such an extent that now tious remarks against the country’s minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto passed the istan’s hard-earned gains against violent centre-staged a right-wing group that was scale. The three-day sit-in this month cost they are openly challenging and defying institutions. It warned the protesters not to Second Constitutional Amendment to ap- extremism after the tragic Army Public on the fringes of politics. In other words, Pakistan’s flagging economy Rs100 bil- decisions of the superior judiciary and challenge the writ of the state. Three days pease a coalition of religious-political par- School attack in Peshawar in December Pakistan’s poorly-thought approach has lion to Rs120 billion. challenging the writ of the state. Pak- later, notwithstanding the initial blazing ties that had threatened to bring down his 2014. Co-option has allowed these groups mainstreamed extremism instead of over- The five-point agreement signed be- istan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan response, the government capitulated and government. to increase their influence in society – coming it. The TLP’s genesis lies in the tween the PTI government and the TLP and his government have started off on a signed an agreement with the TLP, result- Likewise, military dictator Ziaul Haq with catastrophic effects for inter and revival of Barelvi politics in Pakistan. The has endorsed its extremist narrative and wrong footing in dealing with the chal- ing in an end to nation-wide protests. heavily relied on religious parties for po- intra-faith harmony in Pakistan. Pakistan TLP emerged in 2011 as a resistance entrenched it in Pakistan’s political land- lenge of violent extremism in Pakistan. In However, this is not the first time that a litical legitimacy and power perpetuation. will have to reconsider its policy of main- movement to free Mumtaz Qadri, the con- scape. The agreement is so vaguely his first brush with the extremists, Khan Pakistani government has appeased the Similarly, General Pervez Musharraf streaming radical Islamist groups into pol- victed assassin of former governor Pun- worded that both sides are interpreting it had capitulated to the pressure leading to religious right. Since Pakistan’s inception, signed several deals with militant groups itics. Various radical groups have been jab Salmaan Taseer. Following Qadri’s differently even before the ink has dried. the resignation of Atif Mian, a Princeton Our future with China DR ABID QAIYUM SULERI after realignment of CPEC’s second- Recognising that the UN sanctions phase focus, China will finance some regime and the work of the FATF he title of the joint state- of the projects in the above-men- may be used as a tool of foreign pol- ment, ‘Strengthening tioned areas, especially in industrial icy coercion, China and Pakistan China-Pakistan All Weather development and agriculture. have also underscored the need for StrTategic Cooperative Partnership; Pakistan had signed a Free Trade all UN members to avoid politicisa- Building Closer China-Pakistan Agreement (FTA) with China, which tion of these instruments (paragraph Community of Shared Future in the led to an increase in bilateral trade 44). New Era’, issued in Beijing by both but also a huge trade deficit for Pak- Like Pakistan, China also shares the governments on November 4, istan. The two sides agreed to con- borders with India and Afghanistan. 2018 speaks volumes not only about clude the second phase of the FTA, That turns China an important player the success of Prime Minister Imran which would have concrete measures in South Asia. China and India have Khan’s maiden visit to China, but to address this imbalance. The meas- two separate border disputes (Aksai also about the future pathways of ures would include broadening mar- Chin and Arunachal Pradesh). How- China-Pakistan cooperation. ket access for agricultural and ICT ever, China does have deep eco- Many were expecting that the PM products from Pakistan, and simpli- nomic ties with India and bilateral would return from China with a fying customs, quarantine and phy- trade amounting to $85 billion. multi-billion cheque in his pocket for tosanitary procedures (paragraph 15 China, while emphasising the impor- balance of payments support. There of the joint statement). We may not tance of pursuit of dialogue to pro- is no immediate mention of that in be able to capture one percent share mote regional cooperation and the joint statement. However, as I in China’s $2 trillion imports in the lasting peace, has supported Pak- wrote last week, China would require near to midterm future, mainly due to istan’s efforts for improvement of agreement upon certain financial in- our supply side constraints. How- Pakistan-India relations and for set- struments and modalities before it ever, a revision (and implementation) tlement of outstanding disputes be- makes payment to Pakistan. of the FTA between Pakistan and tween the two countries (Paragraph China has been depositing its China along the measures agreed by 39). money in the State Bank of Pakistan both sides would certainly double Both countries have also resolved to support our balance of payments Pakistan’s exports to China in the to support an “Afghan-owned, in the past. It deposited $2 billion near future. Afghan-led” peace process, and sup- during the interim setup and half a Expressing satisfaction at the op- ported Afghanistan to hold the sec- billion US dollars in May 2018 to erationalisation of the currency-swap ond tripartite support Pakistan’s balance of pay- agreement, both sides have agreed to (China-Afghanistan-Pakistan) for- ments. During the last five years, it further strengthen cooperative ties of eign ministers’ dialogue aimed at Money for nothing S. AKBAR ZAIDI beg in front of the IMF. The finance min- have been the UAE and China, since Pak- has deposited around $8 billion dol- financial and banking sectors (para- deepening trilateral cooperation for ister in his press conference after the istan doesn’t really have too many friends lars in the State Bank of Pakistan. graph 17). The currency-swap shared progress, development and orget about what the IMF is China trip suggested that the Chinese — would provide enough assistance These deposits were on top of CPEC arrangement for bilateral trade is ex- security and for strengthening peace about to demand from Pakistan, would help Pakistan and perhaps make which would allow Pakistan to avoid a loans; the State Bank pays an annual pected to be increased to 20 billion and stability in Afghanistan (para- now even the Chinese have said loans of around $6bn, saying that the bal- large loan from the IMF. In his words profit (interest) against such deposits yuan and PKR385 billion. Likewise, graph 41). that aid and assistance to Pakistan needs ance-of-payments crisis was ‘over’. after his supposedly triumphant return (we will also pay three percent per Chinese investors will be getting While China has reaffirmed its F ‘further negotiations’. Conditionality? There are reports that China might de- from Saudi Arabia, “now the government annum profit to Saudi Arabia for their profit in rupees and will be able support to Pakistan on many counts, God forbid. Just ‘detailed discussions’. posit as much as another $2bn supporting won’t need much from the IMF”, a claim their recent deposits). The SBP gov- to repatriate it in yuans. This including the issue of non- prolifera- With the prime minister of Pakistan Pakistan’s reserves. However, already which has just been endorsed by his fi- ernor and the secretary of finance are arrangement would take off a pres- tion, Pakistan too has reaffirmed its having admitted to the world that the Pakistan needs to return loans of $12.4bn nance minister. With China having made in Beijing and, along with other sure of around $2.75 billion from support to China in safeguarding its country is in desperate straits and in need in the remaining fiscal year of which its let’s-wait-and-see policy public, and things, might have been discussing a Pakistan’s dollar reserves. Pakistan sovereignty and security, and com- of loans and aid from wherever and how- $5.6bn are short-term loans, with more so far, not much news on the other notional interest rate that we would will also be able to float yuan bonds bating separatism, terrorism, and ex- ever they come, it is not at all clear what than half of this amount having to be re- friendly country supporting Pakistan, the be paying to China for its anticipated in the international market, and thus tremism including the East Turkistan position it will be in to negotiate. This, es- turned to China. These include the $2.5bn math just doesn’t quite add up. It seems deposits. reduce its dependency on dollars and Islamic Movement -ETIM (paragraph pecially after having been told by the already deposited earlier by China with that a sizable loan is still required from China may also advance some euros. 36). It has also unequivocally sup- Chinese that Pakistan needs to fix its own the State Bank to support foreign ex- the IMF to help the economy in what re- money against CPEC’s second phase Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ported the One-China policy and all problems and not rely on the largesse of change reserves. Having celebrated the ally is an exaggerated and artificial eco- projects. Before committing any new Qureishi has rightly pointed out that efforts made by the Chinese govern- its ‘all-weather’ friend all the time. The announcement of a loan from Saudi Ara- nomic crisis. Going back to the IMF money on CPEC, it needed to know the success of the visit to China ment to realise national unification best advice anyone could have given Pak- bia of around $6bn, split between some implies that here the negotiations which PM Khan’s views on CPEC’s early should not be assessed merely in (paragraph 5). Relations among states istan, and perhaps just what the IMF is cash lent for just a year and a deferred will be undertaken will be on the terms of harvest phase (EHP). While in oppo- “economic” terms. Apart from eco- are based on their national interests. about to repeat. payment facility for oil, which is also to the IMF, and not the government of Pak- sition, PM Khan was a strong critic nomic cooperation, the Chinese lead- The joint statement released after PM The hope that by bending low, by con- be reviewed after three years, free money istan. While the three friendly countries of lack of transparency and low ership has also conveyed its support Khan’s visit to China reflects a huge fessing that Pakistan is in desperate straits coming to Pakistan seems to be drying might give Pakistan a longer leash in their value for money of the EHP. Accord- to Pakistan’s commitment and efforts convergence of our respective na- and in need of friends will bail it out has up. The demands of the opposition in par- detailed discussions or negotiations, the ing to paragraph 9 of the Nov 4 joint to counterterrorism, assured Pakistan tional interest. The China-Pakistan received a particularly pertinent reality liament to know the terms and conditions IMF, no friend of any country, will at best statement, both sides reviewed the of its support in implementing a all-weather strategic cooperative check. The many tall claims made by a of the financial support from the Saudis offer a short whipping leash which will EHP and expressed satisfaction that counterterrorism strategy, and com- partnership is strong enough. How- minister of this government before he left were never addressed. And, while the for- have to be accepted by Pakistan’s so- rapid progress has been made in all mended the tremendous sacrifices ever, “to build closer China-Pakistan for China, that the prime minister’s visit eign minister stated that there were ‘no called negotiating team. After 12 IMF areas especially in the energy sector made by the Pakistani nation in the community of [a] shared future in the will bring in large sums of money and conditions’ for the Saudi loan, what is programmes since the 1980s, all talk of – meaning PM Khan’s approval of fight against terrorism. new era” the Chinese cannot help us that he expects a ‘good economic pack- significant is that the largesse from the ‘home-grown’ solutions are a mere eye- the outcomes of the EHP. This has In the backdrop of Pakistan’s much. We can only turn a ‘lending’ age’ and not just the rescheduling of the Saudis came after the prime minister’s wash. The solutions and conditions at- $2.7 billion owed to China to be repaid second official visit to the kingdom. The tached to the loan are always the IMF’s. paved the way for a consensus on fu- placement on the FATF grey list, China into an ‘investing’ and ‘im- this year has been put on hold. first bore no fruit, and it was only fol- The expected tough conditionality will ture trajectory and new areas of co- China has very explicitly recognised porting’ China if we improve our On the day that the IMF team arrived lowing the murder of journalist Jamal have a serious impact on the populist operation within CPEC, in line with Pakistan’s efforts in actively ways, standards, cost, and ease of to negotiate — and for once the term re- Khashoggi at a time when Saudi Arabia promises of the PTI government. Already the priorities of the PTI government. strengthening financial regulations to doing business. This is something ally matters — with the Pakistan govern- was being snubbed by many other with inflation at 8.2 per cent, the highest Thus, both sides have agreed to focus combat terrorism financing and that is beyond a 100-day agenda but ment over a sizable loan, there was no friendly countries that Pakistan received in four years, with a trade imbalance and on socio-economic development, job called on relevant parties to view which certainly needs to be achieved bailout from China. Some promises, this money for standing with the Saudis. a deteriorating exchange rate, Pakistan’s creation, livelihoods, industrial de- Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts in within five years if PM Khan really some MoUs, but so far nothing to make After his return from Saudi Arabia, the stabilisation programme, if the IMF velopment and agriculture in the sec- an objective and fair manner (para- wants to explore the true potential of the country’s position anywhere near prime minister announced that two other agrees to one, will have consequences ond phase of CPEC. One expects that graph 36 of the joint statement). Pak-China friendship. comfortable or confident as it begins to friendly countries — and that could only slowing down GDP growth. Letters to the Editor earned money. The FIA have already called all government will be prepared to handle all these quality education are the right of only a few in- The tragedy of Thar the heads of the banks for discussion on cyber challenges in an effective manner. fluential individuals. This growing inequality is TLP protest security. In Pakistan, where banks are still un- Dr Najeeb A Khan the main reason why Pakistan hasn’t climbed up This refers to the letter ‘The protest’ (No- Residents of Thar continue to suffer, while popular among people, incidents like the current ISLAMABAD the ladder of success and progress. The author- the authorities concerned have failed to take ef- one will create panic among account holder who ities concerned need to take strict action against vember 10) by Malik T Ali. The writer has aptly fective steps to alleviate their suffering. The will lose confidence in banks. The banking au- those who are involved in corruption. Pakistan suggested that the fact that the government did- chief justice has recently ordered an inquiry to thorities need to take strict measures to provide The poet of the East must be free from corrupt elements so that it can n’t want to use the stick against the TLP leader evaluate the status of projects undertaken at the fool proof security to account holders and ensure walk on the path to prosperity and development. doesn’t absolve the ruling party of its responsi- local level to counter infant mortality, chronic that such incidents are not repeated in the future. Dr Allama Iqbal was not only a distinguished Akhlaq Dilmurad bilities. TLP workers were allowed to damage malnutrition and water shortages in the area. Muhammad Ahsan poet, but an exceptional scholar and a brilliant TURBAT public property and to harass citizens. The au- In Thar, malnourished women give birth to NOWSHERA philosopher. He laid the foundation of an inde- thorities concerned let them block major roads. malnourished children who have little or no pendent nation for Muslims. An individual of this Instead of punishing the people who held the chance of survival. This situation should be an stature should be honoured across the country with Remote working country hostage, our government released ar- eye-opener for the PPP government that has Affordable housing great zeal. The Iqbal Day celebrations shouldn’t rested workers. The government’s claims that it been in power in the province for the last remain restricted to schools, but corporations People working from home play a vital role in didn’t want bloodshed are also ludicrous. There decade. While the provincial government has The PTI-led government has launched an am- should also play their part in advancing his legacy. the country’s economic development. Remote will not be a single person who would want the arranged for the free distribution of 50kg of bitious scheme which aims at providing afford- Sidra Ayub working is a global concept and today thousands government to kill its own people. wheat for every household in Thar, it is time the able housing for lower income families. The KARACHI of people work from home for both domestic and Why can’t the government at least punish the PPP-led Sindh government took remedial meas- initial plan of the government is to construct at international clients. The government needs to miscreants who were found to be guilty of dam- ures to tackle the vulnerable situation in Thar. least five million houses across the country. This play its role in safeguarding home-based work- aging public and private property? The govern- Baba Faiz laudable initiative would provide accommoda- Fighting corruption ers’ interests. It should set up marketplaces, both ment knows that charged workers caused a huge BALL NIGWAR tion to those people who don’t have enough offline and online, so that these home-based amount of loss. The prime minister has even means to own their homes. However, the gov- Corrupt practices in Pakistan are increasing workers may have access to these markets that asked the Punjab government to prepare com- ernment has to plan efficiently to carry out this at an unprecedented pace and it is unfortunate offer competitive rates. The Sindh government pensation packages. The point is: why should Attack on banks project. The mushroom growth of housing soci- that the authorities concerned have failed to is perhaps the only government that have intro- taxpayers pay for the mischief of a certain eties have already encroached upon fertile agri- tackle the situation. Our society is already di- duced the Sindh home-based worker’s policy to group? Why can’t the authorities ask those who The FIA has revealed that the data of almost cultural land in many cases resulting in new vided into the haves and have-nots. It is always develop strategies and plans to protect home- are responsible for this loss to compensate peo- all of banks in Pakistan has been hacked. With challenges associated with unplanned urbanisa- the poor who have to bear the brunt of wide- based workers. Other provinces must follow suit. ple whose property has been damaged? the reports doing rounds in public, bank cus- tion. Five million houses would need additional spread corruption in a country. It is unfortunate Abdul Rahman Malik Huzaifa Imran tomers are now concerned about their hard- electricity, gas and water. It is hoped that the to see that in our country prestigious jobs and KARACHI KARACHI The Business | NATIOMNondayA, NoveLmber 120, 28018 Quick Read Govt seeks feasibility report Anti-encroachment for hospital RAWALPINDI: The Pun- jab govt has sought feasibility operation continues report for the establishment of a new hospital at Chakri. in Karachi District Planning Officer Dr The Business Report Ahsan Ali told APP Sunday , that the Punjab government KARACHI: Grand operation against en- asked the Chief Executive Of- croachments in parts of Karachi continued ficer Health Authority to pre- for another day on Sunday. pare a feasibility report of According to details, the Karachi Devel- setting up a 100-bed hospital opment Authority (KDA) team had halted at Chakri at the earliest. the operation on Friday and then resumed it He said that government on Saturday. The KDA demolished illegal was committed to provide constructions outside the shops at Samama best health facilities to the Shopping Complex and Rabia City by using people at their doorstep and heavy machinery. health department was prepar- The shop keepers were also allowed to ing a report along with their remove their items from the footpaths ahead suggestions for setting up a of the operation. hospital. —APP The authorities said that the drive was launched across the country on the direc- tives of the court while the shop keepers 6 held for using complained that they were not informed prior to the action. substandard Talking to media outside Empress Mar- cylinders ket on Sunday Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar said that anti-encroachment opera- SIALKOT: Police claimed tion will restore Karachi to its natural and on Sunday to have arrested six historical beauty. drivers for using substandard He said that the 30-year-old contract be- gas cylinders in their vehicles. tween KMC and the markets have been ter- During the special checking, minated therefore it was important to the police found substandard demolish, now parks will be made on that gas cylinders fitted in vehicles land to restore Empress Market to its origi- of public transport and ar- nal state. Akhtar informed that affectees of rested drivers Javaid, Ghulam operation will be provided with an alterna- Rasul, Gulfam, Iqbal, Bashir tive place and a committee has been formed and Allah Rakha. Cases have been registered against the ac- for this purpose. He added, “We do not KARACHI: A view of demolished encroachments after anti-encroachments conducted by Karachi Metropolitan cused. —APP want to affect anyone’s business and we Corporaion (KMC) in Empress Market after Supreme Court’s orders. will not repeat the mistakes of the past.” PTI govt to Trader receives hold everybody extortion slip for accountable: Dar Steps to be taken to overcome ISLAMABAD: Chairman Rs0.5 million Prime Minister's Youth Pro- gramme, Usman Dar has said The Business Report accountability of all was the main slogan of PTI menifesto KARACHI: Extortionists once again in the general election and the have become active in Karachi’s Lyari area low pressure of gas: Qaiser same agenda had been ISLAMABAD: Speaker National As- present on the occasion. He further added that Gas lines are especially in educational institutions. and spreading terror. adopted by the government. The trader of Karachi has been told to sembly Asad Qaiser has said that during While talking to the meeting, the being upgraded in the city. The ministry has undertaken different winter season there is a need to take Speaker said that the people of the Pe- He assured the speaker that the com- drug demand reduction initiatives in- Talking to a private news give extortion money worth half a million channel, he said NAB was a rupees, in an extortionist slip with Gang steps to overcome low pressure of Sui shawar and their surrounding areas are pletion of this transmission line would cluding Publication of Public Service gas in Peshawar and its surrounding facing problem due to low pressure of reduce the low pressure of gas in Pe- Message “Say No to Drugs” on public completely independent and War commander’s name ‘Wasiullah sovereign national institution, Lakho’. According to details, unknown areas on emergency basis. Sui Gas during winter. shawar and its adjacent areas. sector advertisements, on Sui Gas Con- He said that the provisions of basic fa- In view of this public difficulty, he di- Narcotics ministry raising sumer Bills on inland postal envelopes, and it was not under the govt's person pasted the extortionist slip outside control. —APP the shop last night. On the slip one na- cilities to the people and to solve their rected the SNGPL officials to resolve awareness against drug hazards Metro Bus Terminals, Centaurs Shop- tional and one international phone num- problems are the priorities of the gov- this matter immediately. The Ministry of Narcotics Control ping Mall, Giga Mall and SAFA Gold bers were mentioned with the name of the ernment therefore steps are being taken Earlier, MNAs from Peshawar in- (MNC) has conducted 352 across coun- Rawalpindi Islamabad. 12 electricity gang commander. on emergency basis for this purpose, said formed the Speaker about the problems try awareness raising campaigns against Rehabilitation centre Quetta has been The police is of the view that the gang is a press release issued here on Sunday. arising from low pressure of gas in Pe- drugs usage hazards in the last five years. closed due to unavailability of staff since pilferers held led by Wasiullah Lakho and Zahid Ladla Asad Qaiser chaired a meeting to re- shawar and its adjacent areas. According to official sources, during January, 2016. 15,289 drug addicts have who are using different national and inter- solve the issue of low pressure of Sui On this occasion, MD SNGPL Amjad the campaign, the ministry organized been treated in these centers. SIALKOT: Twelve per- national numbers to contact traders, how- gas with Members of National Assem- Latif and GM SNGPL Peshawar told the various seminars, lectures, awareness According to the last survey of drug sons were caught for pilfering ever, in most of the cases international bly and the officials of Sui Northern speaker that the mega project has been walks, sports events, tableau, essay com- users in Pakistan conducted with the col- electricity in various parts of numbers are being used. It is pertinent here Gas Pipeline Limited. MNAs Ali started to solve the problem of low pres- petitions, sports events, free medical laboration of UNODC in 2013, approxi- the district. During special to mention that it is the fourth incident of Muhammad Khan, Mujahid Khan, sure of Sui gas in Peshawar. camps, advertisements in print & elec- mate 6% of the population or 6.7 Million checking, the teams of extortion reported during previous few days Noor Alam Khan, Arbab Sher Ali, Under this project, a new transmission tronic material and distribution of infor- people between the age of 15-64 years GEPCO raided at various raising the question over the performance Arbab Amir Ayub, Malik Anwar Taj, line is being attached with the existing mational material to inform the masses are using any illicit drug including mis- areas of the district and caught of law enforcement institutions. Usman Khan Tarakai, Managing Di- transmission line from Dara Adam khel about hazards of drug usage. use of prescription drugs. Out of which, red handed twelve consumers rector SNGPL Amjad Latif, General to Hayatabad, which covers 32 kilome- The Youth Ambassador Program was about 16.5% ( 1.1 Million) of youth be- while stealing electricity di- Manager SNGPL Peshawar Saqib ters long and the project, will be com- launched to engage the youth in propa- tween the age of 18-to 28 years is using rect from main electricity lines 'Locally developed Arbab and their senior officials were pleted in December this year. gation of awareness against drug abuse, illicit drugs. —APP by tampering meters. —APP garlic planter facilitates farmers' Port Qasim protesting MULTAN: Agriculture Mechanization Research Institute (AMRI) prepared mod- dock worker’s kids ern garlic planters which are available on commercial basis in various cities. This was stated by Director AMRI Ghu- hold silent demo at KPC lam Siddique while talking to APP here on By Our Staff Correspondent their sit-in camp during this demo. Sunday. He informed that AMRI used to Their sit-in camp entered in its work on reverse engineering with an aim to KARACHI: Large number of 48th day and they are still waiting ensure early rovision of cost effective ma- small and young kids took to for officials to solve their issues. chinery to local farmers. streets to demand for payment of Speaking to journalists on this He informed that they imported garlic salaries and secure jobs of their occasion, General Secretary of the planter at a cost of Rs 500,000. After copy- fathers working at port Qasim. Workers Union of Port Qasim ing it, AMRI prepared the machine at a cost Kids staged a silent demonstration CBA Hussain Badshah demanded of Rs 150,000 only, he added. Now, the ma- in front of Karachi Press Club that government should accept chine is available on commercial basis at different shops in the region. here on Sunday morning. their demands. The AMRI also imparted training to Kids were holding placards and Pending salaries of five months workers of various private engineering units banners inscribed with slogans – of dock workers should be paid; so that they could develop the machines in we want to learn – we want to their identity cards be issued with- large quantity. continue our education – pay out any further delay and Dock To a question about the utility of garlic salaries to our fathers – uncle Workers Act 1974 be implemented planter, Director AMRI Ghulam Siddique prime minister don’t close doors in letter in spirit at Port Qasim, he informed that about 190,000 to 200,000 of employment for our parents – urged. garlics were planted in an acre manually chief justice uncle secure jobs of We will announce our next and it was very difficult job. our fathers – we want justice etc. strategy in few days if government The farmers have to bear Rs 20,000 acre A large number of protesting still put deaf ear to our demands, labour charges. —APP dock workers were also present in he added. KARACHI: Childerns of Port Qasim protest dock worker hold silent demo at the KPC Hospitals witness rush DoAM to resume survey of asthma patients of archaeological sites ISLAMABAD: With the ad- adopting precautionary meas- vent of winter season, hospitals ures, such as use of face mask in the twins cities of Rawalpindi and avoid oily meal. frm December and Islamabad are witnessing a He said the NIH was work- ISLAMABAD: The Department of Archaeology and Museums (DoAM), great rush of patients complain- ing to produce allergy vaccine National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Division will resume sur- ing of asthma, seasonal and immunotherapy in sufficient vey of archaeological sites in federal capital by December, which was halted perennial allergic rhinitis, aller- quantity to treat the patients due to unavailability of funds. gic conjunctivitis, skin rashes, suffering from nasal, respira- The first- ever archaeological survey was initiated by DoAM to find po- urticaria, angioedema, and other tory tract, skin, gastrointestinal tential sites in five zones of Islamabad for excavation, preservation and doc- dermatological problems not re- tract and food related allergy umentation, and saving the precious heritage for future generations. lated to allergies. problems, who were visiting The project of conducting archaeological survey in the capital, at the cost Talking to a private news the centre in large number. of Rs 2 million, was approved by National Fund for Cultural Heritage channel, senior pulmonologist The patients with severe (NFCH) to address the threat of endangered sites and monuments due to cli- of Pakistan Institute of Medical complications were referred to mate changes and construction, DoAM Assistant Director Mahmoodul Has- Science (PIMS) Dr Rehana government hospitals, includ- san informed while talking to APP. Kousar said the change of ing Pakistan Institute of Med- The team of archeological experts from DoAM has so far identified 30 an- weather was the main cause of ical Sciences (PIMS), for cient archaeological sites and monuments in Zone IV of the capital with the asthma, flu and dry cough, and medical care, he added. funds worth Rs 1 million released at that time. The survey work was stopped soon after utilization of the whole amount the people should take preven- Fakhar Hayat said allergy and now the survey will start again after acquiring the rest of Rs 1 million tive measures to avoid medical producing particles after enter- which will be utilized for survey work as well as publication of those iden- complications. ing the nose came into contact tified sites. Mahmoodul Hassan said the survey was being carried out by the Fakhar Hayat, who works at with its internal lining causing archaeological experts who had divided Islamabad into five zones, and the Allergy Centre, National Insti- irritation, inflammation and objective behind the survey is to conserve the endangered archaeological tute of Health (NIH), said as swelling and as a result the sites and monuments. The team, conducting the survey, is comprised of ar- pollen count was gradually in- people started sneezing, nasal chaeological experts, photographers, draftsmen and other staff members, creasing in the federal capital, itching, watery nasal dripping, who are recording the details of the sites for documentation and finding po- ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive Pakistan Furniture Council Mian Kashif Ishfaq after signing people, particularly asthma pa- watering of eyes and getting a tential sites for excavation. DoAM assistant director said the discoveries so an MoU with Chinese Company at the Shanghai Convention Centre. tients, should immediately start sore throat. —APP far explored from Zone IV include historical monuments. —APP The Business | 09 WORLD STOCKS/COMMODIMTondaIy, ENoveSmber 12, 2018 Quick Read S Arabia in talks to cut oil output after US waivers hit prices Venezuela hoping ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia is discussing a barrel on Friday, and is leading discussions on in Abu Dhabi on Sunday attended by top pro- Japan, Italy, Greece, Taiwan and Turkey. This proposal that could see OPEC and non-OPEC cutting oil output next year, the sources said. ducers Saudi Arabia and Russia. “No one ex- group takes as much as three-quarters of Iran’s to steeply raise oil oil producers cut output by up to 1 million bar- Under a deal set to expire at the end of the pected the waivers. Saudi Arabia wants to at seaborne oil exports, trade data shows. rels per day, two sources told Reuters on Sun- year, OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to least put a floor under oil prices. No one wants The U.S. administration has vowed to reduce output next year day, as the world’s top oil exporter grapples with curb output by around 1.8 million bpd. a free fall in prices,” the source added. Iranian oil exports to zero and U.S. President ABU DHABI: Venezuela is hoping to a drop in crude prices. But producers ended up cutting more - partly Kazakh deputy energy minister Magzum Donald Trump has put pressure on Saudi Arabia steeply raise oil output next year but will The sources said any such deal would depend due to unexpected outages in Venezuela, Libya Mirzagaliyev told reporters in Abu Dhabi that to raise output to cool the market. respect any new deal if OPEC agrees to on factors including the level of Iranian exports and Angola - and so agreed in June to limit cuts he understood Saudi Arabia was suggesting What sanctions? Oil sinks into bear market reduce output from December, Oil Minis- after the United States imposed sanctions on to the agreed level, meaning restoring about 1 using August-October output levels as a base- Iran’s crude exports could fall to little more ter Manuel Quevedo said on Sunday. The Tehran but granted Iran’s top oil buyers waivers million bpd in output. line for determining cuts. Brent LCOc1 crude than 1 million bpd in November, roughly a third south American OPEC nation’s current oil to continue buying oil. Riyadh was surprised by OPEC and its allies will meet in Vienna on on Friday fell 47 cents, or 0.7 percent, to set- of their mid-2018 peak. But traders and analysts output is 1.5 million barrels per day and it the waivers granted to customers such as China Dec. 6-7 to decide on output policy for 2019. tle at $70.18 a barrel. It lost about 3.6 percent say that figure could rise from December as im- aims to increase that by 1 million bpd and India, a move which hit oil prices, at least “There is a general discussion about this (cut). on the week and has shed more than 15 per- porters use their waivers. Saudi Energy Minister “soon”, he told reporters in Abu Dhabi. three industry and OPEC sources told Reuters. But the question is how much is needed to be re- cent this quarter. Khalid al-Falih said last month the kingdom Quevedo was speaking in Abu Dhabi Now Saudi Arabia wants to act to prevent a duced by the market,” one of the sources said Washington gave 180-day waivers to eight would pump 11 million bpd in November, up where an oil market monitoring commit- further slide in prices which fell below $70 a ahead of a meeting by a monitoring committee Iranian oil buyers - China, India, South Korea, from 10.7 million bpd in October. —Reuters tee was held on Sunday, attended by top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia. A ma- jority of OPEC and allied oil exporters support a cut in the global supply of crude, US drillers add oil Oman Oil Minister Mohammed bin rigs for fourth week Hamad al-Rumhi said earlier in the Emi- in five: Baker Hughes rati capital. “Many of us share this view,” Why are Iraq’s Kirkuk the minister said when asked about the NEW YORK: US energy need for a cut. Asked if it could amount to firms added oil rigs for a 500,000 or one million barrels per day, he fourth time in the last five, replied: “I think it is unfair for me to keeping the rig count at its throw numbers now.” Saudi Arabia is dis- oilfields so important? BAGHDAD/ABU DHABI: Iraq’s which could take around two years. highest in over three years cussing a proposal to cut oil output by up oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region The Rosneft pipeline has been up- even though crude futures to 1 million barrels per day by OPEC and have taken on new significance after the graded to a capacity of 1 million bpd, were on track to fall for a fifth its allies, two sources close to the dis- United States restored oil sanctions which could accommodate a current week in a row to their lowest cussions told Reuters on Sunday. against neighboring Iran. Washington is 400,000 bpd coming from other oilfields level since February. Venezuela will comply with its debt ob- pressuring Baghdad to resume exports in Kurdistan, plus the 300,000 bpd that Drillers added 12 oil rigs in ligations and considers itself a partner that stopped last year. would come from Kirkuk, Kurdish au- the week to Nov. 9, bringing with Chevron Corp. and other compa- Iraq aims to raise its export capacity thorities say. the total count to 886, the nies, Quevedo said, adding the problem to 8.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in Iraqi authorities say they still need to highest level since March is with the American government. — the coming years from less than 5 mil- feed local refineries - where Kirkuk’s 2015, General Electric Co’s Reuters lion bpd currently, 1 million of which current output is being diverted - so (GE.N) Baker Hughes energy could come via Kirkuk. But that re- even if exports from Kirkuk resume, services firm said in its sumption is not just a question of turn- they won’t exceed 100,000 bpd at first, closely followed report on Fri- IndiGo switches 125 ing the tap back on. meaning total exports via Kurdistan day. That was the biggest Airbus A320neo orders Volume and revenue. The halting of would be only 500,000 bpd. weekly increase since late exports from Kirkuk stopped nearly That would be smaller than peak Kur- May when drillers added 15 to longer range A321s 300,000 bpd flowing out of Iraq towards dish exports of 700,000 bpd before the rigs. The US rig count, an Turkey and international markets - caus- have been on hold since October 2017 pipeline, built and controlled by the failed referendum and not enough to early indicator of future out- NEW DELHI: IndiGo, India’s largest ing a net revenue loss of some $8 billion when Iraqi government forces took con- Kurds. Iraq’s government must use that, help Turkey cut its reliance on Iranian put, is higher than a year ago domestic airline, has switched 125 of its since the stoppage last year. trol of Kirkuk from the semi-au- or build a new pipeline. It is considering oil. when 738 rigs were active be- existing Airbus A320neo jet orders to the Most of Iraq’s exports come from tonomous Kurdish authorities in both options. Iraq and Iran were exchanging only cause energy companies have longer range A321neo model, according southern fields, but Kirkuk is one of the northern Iraq, in response to a referen- On paper, Baghdad. But if Iraq de- small volumes of oil before the new ramped up production to cap- to an Airbus source. IndiGo now has 150 biggest and oldest oilfields in the Mid- dum calling for Kurdish independence. cides to use the Kurdish pipeline to ex- sanctions - around 30,000 bpd in each ture prices that are higher in of Airbus SE’s A321neo jets on order, dle East, estimated to contain about 9 The Kurds had controlled Kirkuk and port oil, it needs to negotiate. direction, including from Kirkuk - but 2018 than 2017. More than the source said. The orders showed in billion barrels of recoverable oil. its oilfields after Islamic State militants The Kurds will likely seek a greater Iraq’s economy as a whole is highly de- half the total US oil rigs are in the official October review on Airbus’ The United States also sees Kirkuk as drove the Iraqi army out in 2014, and share of Iraqi state oil revenue in return. pendent on trade with Iran. Turkey gave the Permian Basin, the coun- website. InterGlobe Aviation Ltd’s In- an option to help offset global shortfall Kurdish forces in turn ejected the mili- Baghdad might also have to contend Khashoggi tapes to European nations try’s biggest shale oil forma- diGo is one of Airbus’ biggest global in oil supply caused by its sanctions on tants. Resumption of exports from with Russia’s Rosneft, which bought the Iranian gas supplies feed Iraqi power tion. Active units there customers with 430 jets on order. It has Iran, which forbid purchasing Iranian Kirkuk depends on negotiations be- Kurdish section of the pipeline last year. stations, for example. Washington has increased by five this week to almost triple the market share of nearest oil. Washington has pressured Baghdad tween Baghdad and the Kurds. As soon as Baghdad and the Kurds given Iraq a waiver for Iranian gas as 492, the most since January rival Jet Airways, which recently to suspend all shipments of oil to Iran The pipeline Baghdad once used for reach an agreement - hence U.S. pres- well as food items, but says this is only 2015. US crude futures were grounded some planes as it struggles to and resume flows from Kirkuk to exports via Turkey was wrecked by Is- sure to do so. If no deal is reached, Iraq temporary, causing uncertainty in Bagh- trading around $60 per barrel, conserve cash and turn its business Turkey, industry sources say. Exports lamic State - leaving only one working will have to build the new pipeline, dad. —Reuters their lowest in over eight around. IndiGo had previously said it months, as global supply in- plans to add to its fleet of Airbus creased and investors worried A320neos and ATR 72 turboprops at a about the impact on fuel de- rate of around 6 planes a month. It will mand of lower economic add 30 percent capacity this financial ‘Ababis’ and ‘Star growth and trade disputes. year to maintain dominance of the Looking ahead, crude futures world’s fastest growing aviation market, Wnrs’: Knockoffs thrive for calendar 2019 CLYstc1 although its parent company has just and calendar 2020 CLYstc1 recorded its first quarterly loss since list- were both trading around $61 ing. —Reuters in China e-commerce a barrel. —Reuters BEIJING: Sneakers on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform look like Adidas, but are branded "Ababis". Under- Colombia’s Cano wear resembling Calvin Klein are called "Caiwen Kani". Toys Total plans new with an uncanny resemblance to a certain blockbuster movie offshore Angola well Limon pipeline hit franchise opt for "Star Wnrs". As China held its massive annual "Singles Day" online sales to boost oil output by new bomb attack event on Sunday shoppers could still find cheap imitations on LUANDA: French oil BOGOTA: Colombia’s state-run oil Alibaba's Taobao app despite the company's efforts to curb company Total said on Sun- company Ecopetrol said on Sunday it was sales of counterfeit goods. United States and European com- day it plans to drill 13 wells mounting another cleanup operation after a panies have long complained about the theft of intellectual on block 17, offshore Angola, bomb attack on the Cano Limon pipeline. property in China, a central issue in the US-China trade war. President Xi Jinping renewed a pledge this week to protect in order to maintain produc- The attack is the 78th this year on the 485- tion of 400,000 barrels per mile (780-km) pipeline, which has been IP rights, and a law is set to take effect on Jan 1 to punish e- commerce companies if fake goods are sold on their plat- day of crude until 2023 in out of service for much of 2018 because of Africa’s second largest crude bombings and illegal taps. The pipeline, forms. But few moments of the year highlight the policing mountain authorities face quite like Singles Day - China's producer. In a statement, the which can transport up to 210,000 barrels company said the wells, per day, was not functioning at the time of equivalent to "Black Friday". AFP was able to find a veritable treasure trove of knock- which will connect marginal the attack. It was also bombed on Thurs- fields to existing floating day. The latest bombing took place in offs on Taobao ahead of the Nov 11, or "Double 11", shop- ping spree. During last year's event, consumers spent a record platforms, would be divided Toledo municipality in Norte de Santander between two projects. province, Ecopetrol said on Twitter. The US$25 billion through Alibaba's platforms. According to the company, US$10 billion had been generated in the first hour CLOV 2 will involve company did not say who it held responsi- drilling seven additional ble, but military sources have blamed pre- of this year's sales. By 11.00am (0300 GMT), sales had hit US$20.5 billion. Almost every Chinese smartphone has a ver- wells to produce 40,000 bar- vious attacks on the pipeline on fighters sion of the Taobao app, making it one of the world's largest on- rels of oil per day. First oil is from the National Liberation Army (ELN) line trading platforms with 634 million active monthly users. expected in 2020. Dalia 3 rebel group. The ELN, considered a ter- A pair of "Ababis" trainers - with four instead of Adidas' will see six new wells drilled, rorist group by the United States and the inimitable three stripes - retails at the mouth-watering price producing 30,000 barrels per European Union, has about 1,500 combat- of only 39 yuan (US$5.70). "Balenciaca" sneakers with an un- day, with oil coming on- ants and opposes multinational companies canny resemblance to the Balenciagas worn by the likes of stream from 2021. The proj- that its leaders accuse of seizing natural re- Kim Kardashian cost just $18. Fake Louis Vuitton handbags ects, along with the sources without benefiting Colombians. retail at just US$17, well below the price of the authentic prod- previously announced Zinia Colombian President Ivan Duque has de- uct. In the streets of Beijing, some people struggled to figure 2, will enable Total to main- manded the group free all its hostages and out if the products shown to them by AFP journalists were the tain production from block cease criminal activities before he will real thing. "I can't really tell the difference," said Li, a 26-year- 17 of more than 400,000 bar- consider restarting peace talks that began old man staring at a pair of "Caiwen Kani" underwear. "It rels per day, the company last year under his predecessor, Juan looks authentic. It is original." —Agencies DUBAI: A view of Dubai Stock Exchange. said. —Reuters How to be a homeowner on a freelance income SINGAPORE: Freelancing is like borrowing S$500 or less; but we doubt nary Account (OA) is used to make the the full 80 per cent of your property note of what you’re being asked for, maintenance for six months. Always being in a fortress. A lot of the people that helps for all intents and purposes down payment on your flat, and it’s also value. Likewise, HDB doesn’t have to and have those documents ready when make sure you have an emergency outside wish they can get in, and a lot here.) used to make monthly mortgage repay- lend you the full 90 per cent. Depending it’s time to submit your loan application fund, which can cover six months of the of people inside wish they can get out. Furthermore, self-employed people ments (unless you’re one of the rare on your credit score – and sometimes for real. mortgage. Freelancer incomes fluctu- Regardless of how you ended up have a 30 per cent haircut on their people who want to pay for it in cash). based on your self-employment status – In general, you’ll need at least your ate, and sometimes stop – in the worst- being a freelancer/contract worker/port- salary. So if you make S$4,000 a If you take a bank loan for your flat, you may get a loan of just 75 per cent of tax statement from IRAS, and proof of case scenario, the emergency fund will folio job worker, you might be worried month, the bank considers you as mak- your CPF OA can finance up to 15 per the value of your property. income (fore example invoices or re- buy you time to find a tenant (or offload about the whole “down payment and ing S$2,800 a month. As such, your cent of your property down payment, Having an endowment plan can help ceipts to and from registered compa- the property at a decent price and down- mortgage” situation. maximum monthly repayment amount with the remaining 5 per cent to be paid make up the difference. In the event you nies) dating back 12 months. grade). Here are some steps you can take to- is S$1,680. for in cash. don’t need it, you can use the endow- 5. Work like a lunatic one year before Don’t forget to factor in conservancy wards reaching your goal of being a For illustration purposes, a three- If you get a HDB loan, your CPF OA ment plan to: buying your home and maintenance fees. homeowner: room flat costs about S$300,000. You can finance up to 10 per cent of your (1) Make a bigger down payment, The year before you make a loan ap- 7. Incorporate a company and pay 1. Don’t under-declare your income can borrow up to 90 per cent of this property loan, but if HDB grants you a thus paying less every month plication, work yourself to the bone. yourself a salary Don’t claim to make less than you re- with an HDB loan, so you’d get loan of up to 90 per cent, you might not (2) Keep the down payment as an Forget vacations, all you need to re- One option that makes it easier to get ally do. First off, it’s illegal; you’re re- S$270,000 from the bank. Over 25 have to fork out any cash at all. emergency fund (see point six). member is that sleep and rest are for the loans is to incorporate a business. You quired to contribute a minimum sum to years at 2.6 per cent interest (standard Your CPF OA is also used for fees As an aside to buying an endowment weak. Take on a few more clients than can then pay yourself a salary from that your MediSave at least, and tax evasion for HDB loans), you’d be paying such as conveyancing or refinancing, so plan, you can also consider ETFs and you normally would, or do more for the business and move one step closer to is frowned upon. But that’s not our around S$1,225 per month. you do want to keep a healthy amount Singapore Savings Bonds. Talk to a ones you have so you can charge a being a homeowner. field. We’re here to tell you as a home- If you were to under-declare your in- in there. wealth manager for more options. higher fee. Try to make your pay cheques con- owner that, property-wise, you can for- come (for example, claim that you earn 3. Consider getting an endowment 4. Keep your accounts sorted The idea is to ramp up your income sistent. For example, say you pay your- get about getting a home loan if you S$1,500 a month instead of the actual plan to meet the down payment Before becoming a homeowner, hire as much as you can before the applica- self a salary of S$3,000 a month. On don’t properly declare your income. In S$4,000 a month), you wouldn’t be able Endowment plans are insurance poli- an accountant if you must, but keep tion, so that you qualify for a larger loan good months, when you make S$5,000, order to get a mortgage, the bank to take a loan for the three-room flat cies for the homeowner, which provide your accounts in order. You must be amount. It’s okay if you can’t sustain still pay yourself the said S$3,000, and checks that loan repayments don’t ex- mentioned above. a lump sum payout after a certain num- able to produce invoices, receipts, tax the pace of work beyond the year; you leave the extra S$2,000 as retained ceed 60 per cent of your monthly in- Also, did we mention it’s illegal to lie ber of years. You can plan ahead to statements, and so forth to prove your may choose to wind things down once earnings. come, inclusive of all your debts. about your income? We feel that it’s im- meet the down payment on your flat, income to the bank. your loan is approved. During slow months, you can tap this So if you’re making S$4,000 a perative to stress this point again. such as by taking a 10-year endowment An easy way to find you what you Of course, a nice bonus is that you’ll surplus cash to maintain your income at month, you’d only be able to take a loan 2. Do make voluntary CPF contribu- plan. need is to walk into a bank right now, make more money that year, which can S$3,000. Try to avoid an erratic income with a total repayment of S$2,400 a tions, when you get a windfall But wait, we mentioned in point two and tell them you want In-Principle Ap- go into your savings. You’ll need that level that, if charted, resembles an ECG month. If you officially make S$0 a If you had a good month at work with that your CPF OA can be used for the proval for a mortgage. now that you have a regular mortgage of someone having a heart attack. month, guess how much loan you can lots of clients, or won the lottery, or re- down payment right? So why do you The mortgage bankers will ask you to service. You can consider paying yourself take. (Actually the answer is S$500, ceived some kind of windfall, consider also need to save up for it? The reason to produce certain documents if you let 6. Make sure you have enough re- more in the year leading up to your loan since most banks don’t check if you’re putting it in your CPF. Your CPF Ordi- is that banks aren’t obliged to loan you them know you’re self-employed. Take serves to service the mortgage and application. —Agencies The Business | 10 SPOMonRday,T NoveSmber 12, 2018 QQuuiicckk RReeaadd PCB terminates franchise rights of PSL team Multan Sultans

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has terminated the franchise agree- ment with Schon Prop- erties which granted franchise rights of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Multan Sultans after the franchise failed to meet is financial obli- gations. Following the termination of contract all rights in respect of the team have now been reverted back to the PCB. The PCB, in a statement, stated that the termination was brought about due to the former franchisee’s inability to meet its financial obligations under the agreement. How- ever, PCB has reaffirmed that the fourth edition of the PSL will go ahead as planned with six teams and the same num- ber of matches. “The Board shall take complete responsi- bility of all player and coach contracts,” said the joint statement by the PCB and Schon Properties. It said that pending further updates, the team shall be re- ferred to as “The Sixth Team” of the PSL. “The team se- lection for the sixth team at the player draft scheduled to be held on 20th November 2018 will be done by PCB itself,” it announced. The PCB will now enter into a public tender process to grant repackaged rights of the sixth team. “The rights holder would have the option of choosing the sixth franchise city and name,” a PCB spokesman said. Chairman PCB Ehsan Mani, following the development, said that it is to ensure strict adherence to contractual obli- gations for the well-being of Pakistan Super League. “I want to reassure our partners – franchisees, sponsors, play- ers, coaches and fans – that the Pakistan Super League will take place as planned. Our preparations are in full swing starting with the PSL Draft in Islamabad," Mani said in a statement issued by the PCB. "The 2019 edition of the PSL will be a memorable one with as many as eight matches including the play-offs and the final scheduled to take place in Pakistan.” PSL-4 will kick off in the UAE with a glittering opening ceremony fol- DUBAI: Trent Boult chases the ball in his follow-through as Mohammad Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman steal a quick single during third ODI against New Zealand. lowed by the opening game on February 14, 2019. PCB ap- preciates that Schon Group was the only bidder to meet the Reserve Price ($5.2 million per annum) PCB had set for the sale of the Multan Franchise. This was double the amount Qalandars’ development for which PCB had in 2015 sold the most valuable PSL Franchise Team. Asher Schon in particular has worked hard Fakhar, Babar, Haris fire in building the Multan Sultans brand. Asher Schon stated, programme helps young “It has been a privilege being a PSL team owner over the past year. I am proud of the support Schon has always ex- players go places tended to Pakistan cricket and current affairs notwithstand- as Pakistan set NZ 280 The Business Report cent tour to Australia was ing, will continue to passionately support it.” —APP DUBAI: It’s hard not to wonder also part of players develop- where this Pakistan side has been all SYDNEY: Few years ago, ment programme where they Mahmudullah urges BD to along. Batting first against a team that Maaz Khan was wandering played the Quin Series and has tormented them recently, Pakistan on the streets of Bajaur with finished third, ahead of two play in positive frame of mind cast away the trepidation they appear to dreams of playing cricket for big bash teams Sydney Six- carry whenever they come up against Pakistan, but had no way to ers and Hobart Hurricanes DHAKA: Stand-in an elite team of late, bossing the innings realise them. after losing to Sydney Thun- Bangladesh skipper throughout as they racked up 279. Last week, he represented ders in the play-off. Mahmudullah said his A 108-run partnership between the ir- Pakistan Super League side Before that, they defeated team would go into the repressible Babar Azam and an irre- Lahore Qalandars in a five- Sydney Sixers and Sydney second Test against sistible Haris Sohail today was at the team competition in Sydney, Thunders in first round but Zimbabwe in Dhaka heart of the domination, but in truth, Australia. got beaten by Auckland Aces on Sunday with ‘a pos- Pakistan had control all along, with “I had never dreamt of before the game against Ho- itive frame of mind’ to nothing that New Zealand did holding coming out of Bajaur, let bart was washed out. Aqib rise above their recent them back for long enough. alone playing in Australia,” Javed, Qalandars Director failures. Bangladesh are under pressure to win after Zim- There were three half-centuries for Maaz told Private tv in Syd- Cricket Operations and one Pakistan, but it wasn't until Haris Sohail babwe thrashed the home side by 151 runs in the first Test DUBAI: Babar Azam plays a square cut ney. “It’s all because of La- of the leading forces behind in Sylhet to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series this week. came that they shifted gears. In a mag- hore Qalandars who brought the development program, “To be frank none of us were thinking of a loss. We are nificent innings just when Pakistan drive over the bowler's head that per- ploited that. But it was in particular the me here, before coming to says that this training is close thinking positive. If you think negative you may get stuck needed to ensure they didn't fall away, fectly pierced the gap between mid-on liking Haris took to Boult that set the Australia I also played in to his heart as it’s giving in that place,” Mahmudullah told reporters on Saturday he delivered against his favourite oppo- and mid-off. Boult was the unlikely tone for Pakistan's surge. The over after Abu Dhabi. These two tours something back to Pakistan. ahead of the game. “So we are trying to keep in a positive sition. A glorious cover drive off Ish man Pakistan chose to target today. The that straight drive, he carted another changed my life,” he said. “I have won a cricket world frame of mind and win the game by playing good cricket.” Sodhi got him off the mark, and was bowler has tormented Pakistan several two boundaries off him, one glided past Maaz was one of the 16 cup, have won U19 World Bangladesh were heavily criticised for their poor show in only a harbinger of what was to come. times over the years, but today, Pakistan third man and the other a classy back- cricketers who were picked Cup as coach, but this pro- the first Test when they were dismissed for 143 and 169 He swiftly took over as the senior part- shook off any doubts they had and tar- foot punch. Even when he came on in by the Lahore Qalandars for gramme is very special and runs in two innings. It was the eighth consecutive Test in- ner from Babar as Pakistan's run rate getted the leader of New Zealand's pace the death overs, he couldn't quite pull nings where Bangladesh failed to cross the 200-run mark. shot up, each stroke he played more a attack. It didn't help the left-armer was- things back the way he's done so ex- Mahmudullah urged his team-mates to show more fighting work of art than a functional tool to get n't having his best day; New Zealand in pertly of late. His final figures of 10-0- spirit. “I think we are suffering because of a lack of disci- his side going. The best shot perhaps general were guilty of being too short 80-1 were the second most expensive of pline (in batting). You have to raise your concentration in came against Trent Boult , a straight and wide to batsmen who expertly ex- his ODI career. —Cricinfo Tests. Otherwise, the chance of performing well is limited,” he said. “In slow and spinning wickets where the ball comes late, you have to play it that way. —AFP New Zealand’s Corey Anderson Pakistan, India reignite joins PSL’s Platinum roster

The Business Report rivalry in Women’s World T20 the player development pro- close to my heart,” Aqib said. KINGSTOWN: A promising Pak- In 2012 in Galle, India needed 14 from our families. “We play the gramme this year. The pro- “These boys were nowhere LAHORE: New istan side will take on high-flying in the last over bowled by Sana Mir, games with a different kind of pas- gramme not only provided but today they are playing Zealand all-rounder India in a group league encounter on and lost by one run. Then, in 2016, in sion, and it brings its own unique these players to play against against the top teams. This is Corey Anderson has Sunday at the ICC Women’s World a rain-hit match in Delhi, Pakistan feeling. Compared to other matches, top teams in UAE and Aus- very significant,” he said. become the latest for- T20, currently being hosted in the we play with double the emotion. tralia, but also gave them an For the players, the pro- eign player to join the West Indies. We’re hoping for the best wishes of opportunity to impress teams gramme is life changing. platinum roster of Pak- Pakistan, after back-to-back victo- people back home.” around the world. The Australia tour was a istan Super League for ries in the warm-up fixtures leading Pakistan and India will face off at Two of them, Farzan Raja real test for the batsmen in the 2019 edition. An- up to the sixth edition of Women’s the Guyana National Stadium, Provi- and Ahsan Mirza, grabbed the squad. While they strug- derson, 27, has been World T20, were beaten by Australia dence, today at 11.00am local time. this opportunity well by gled to score on board, they inducted in the plat- in their tournament opener. The world Squads Pakistan: Javeria Khan earning contract from gained an experience which inum category of the PSL draft, which is scheduled to take number one side made 165-5, beating (c), Bismah Maroof, Aiman Anwer, Cricket Tasmania. will always benefit them. place on November 20th. He has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs Pakistan by 52 runs by limiting them Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha “This is the success of our “It’s not easy to bat here, and 31 T20Is for New Zealand. Anderson broke Shahid to 113-8. Zafar, Diana Baig, Muneeba Ali, player development pro- the conditions here are to- Afridi’s record for the fastest ODI century when he cracked India kicked off their World Cup Nahida Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Natalia gramme,” said Sameen tally different from what we the milestone off just 36 balls, on New Year's Day in 2014 campaign with a formidable 34-run Pervaiz, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Rana, COO of Lahore Qa- get at home,” said batsman against West Indies. AB de Villiers broke Anderson's victory over New Zealand, as skipper Sana Mir, Sidra Ameen, Sidra Nawaz landars while talking to this Mohammad Faizan. “But record a year later, reaching the ton off 31 balls against Harmanpreet Kaur dominated the day India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Sm- correspondent. The player touring here at this stage of West Indies. AB de Villiers and Australia’s Steve Smith are with a 51-ball 103, featuring eight riti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Jemimah development programme is a career has made us realise some of the other high-profile players headlining the PSL sixes. beat India by two runs on the DLS Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, unique talent hunt, which how things are in Australia roster. Windies trio of Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and In Twenty20 internationals, India method. Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), isn’t limited to finding talent; which will help us improve,” Sunil Narine are also part of the platinum players list. Aus- Women have won eight encounters Nida Dar, Pakistan’s Player of the Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja it ensures that a player gets a he added with a promise of tralian star Chris Lynn, who was ruled out of last year’s against Pakistan Women, but both the Match in 2012, said on Friday, “These Patil, Ekta Bisht, D Hemalatha, Mansi proper chance to enhance doing better in future by tournament for Lahore Qalandars due to an injury, has also times they have lost have been in ICC matches always have pressure, from Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati their skills by playing proper learning from the mistakes signed for the upcoming season of Pakistan Super League. Women’s World T20s. the Indian side, the Pakistani side, Reddy. —AFP top-level cricket. Their re- of this tour. Iran women attend Asian football final in rare ‘victory’ TEHRAN: Hundreds of Iranian headline reading: "Iranian women's vic- real breakthrough," Infantino said. women attended a crunch football tory in Asian finals." Haft-e Sobh news- Women were barred from attending match in Tehran, in a rare step seen paper, which has no marked political matches after the 1979 Islamic revolu- Sunday as a "victory" by local newspa- affiliation, carried a banner headline on tion, with clerics arguing they must be pers and hailed by FIFA as an "historic its front page that said: "A thousand real protected from the masculine atmos- and festive day" for the sport. women." phere and sight of semi-clad men. About a thousand women were al- The Asian Football Confederation They have also worried about the lowed into Azadi Stadium late Saturday and FIFA presidents praised the atten- crush of men and women when leaving to watch Iranian giant Persepolis FC dance of women at the match, in a joint stadiums. The ban on women in stadi- battle it out in the Asian Champions statement. "I thank the authorities in ums has been frequently criticised from League with Japan's Kashima Antlers, Iran for making it possible for a diverse across the political spectrum. an AFP reporter said. and socially representative crowd to On Sunday, state-run IRNA reported The Japanese side triumphed 2-0 on witness an extraordinary occasion," said that authorities had allowed a select aggregate, after a goalless draw in AFC president Salman al-Khalifa. group of 850 women fans to attend the Tehran, but for the reformist Etemad "Tonight, was historic in so many Persepolis-Kashima Antlers match. newspaper the clear winners were Iran- ways," he said. Gianni Infantino, head Sazandegi newspaper said most were ian women. "Women were the winners of world football's governing body "handpicked" and included female rela- of Azadi ("Freedom" in Farsi) match," it FIFA who attended the match, said he tives of the local side as well as women said in a bold headline on its front page. was "delighted to personally" see Iran- football and futsal players. Reformist A picture on the front page of another ian female football fans inside the newspaper Shargh reported that about reformist daily, Sazandegi, showed 100,000-capacity stadium. "Today is a 500 female fans were kept outside the TEHRAN: Persepolis’ female fans cheer for their team during the second leg of the AFC Champions women cheering at the stadium with a historic and festive day for football, a stadium gates. —AFP League final football match between Iran’s Persepolis and Japan’s Kashima Antlers. The Business | INTERNATLahIorOe MNondayA, NoveLmber 121, 20118

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The caravan, made up mostly have the capacity to help them,” the right part for whichever of six of vehicles from one country to But General Motors Co GM.N of Hondurans, started north again said Oscar Misael Hernandez, re- different vehicles built at the another. illustrates some of the pitfalls of on Saturday morning following a searcher at the Colegio de la plant, according to Ryan Fulker- Weakening China sales, market relying on single models. While rest of four days in Mexico City. Frontera Norte. son, director of new model engi- stagnation in America and fears The No. 1 automaker’s U.S. They carried backpacks, blan- Trump made his hard-line poli- neering during a walk along the of a full-blown trade war have plants producing popular pickup kets, food, many with children in cies toward immigration a key line. “No matter which model only added to uncertainty, spook- trucks are running around the tow, and took the metro and then issue ahead of Tuesday’s midterm comes down the line, the right ing auto investors. clock to meet demand, others that walked to the town of Tepotzot- elections. He has vowed to de- parts are waiting for it,” said Nissan and rival Japanese au- make a single car model are run- lan. There they were helped onto ploy troops at the border to stop a Fulkerson. tomakers Honda Motor Co Ltd ning well below capacity. buses and trucks by authorities, caravan of migrants, who say Designing assembly lines to 7267.T and Toyota Motor Corp At the GM plant in Lordstown, QUERETARO: Hundreds of means that migrants will have to who stopped traffic to ask mo- they want to seek asylum in the build more than one type of vehi- 7203.T have been the best at flex- Ohio, workers make only the Central American migrants re- present themselves at U.S. ports torists if they would take the mi- United States, citing violence in cle dates back decades. But the ible manufacturing, auto experts Cruze compact sedan, which has sumed their march north through of entry to qualify for asylum and grants to the city of Queretaro, their own countries. ability to shift production from and industry executives said. His- suffered a 26.5 percent sales de- Mexico on Saturday, en route to follow other rules unveiled on where a shelter was set up at a Another report adds: At points one type of vehicle to another is torically, Japanese automakers fo- cline this year through Septem- the U.S. border where President Thursday that seek to limit asy- stadium. along the assembly line at Nissan now proving vital for an automo- cused on interchangeable ber. The plant is running a little Donald Trump has effectively lum claims. Some of the migrants are set to Motor Co Ltd’s 7201.T largest tive industry coping with multi- processes and platforms out of over 30 percent capacity, on one suspended the granting of asylum “It doesn’t matter what rules arrive to the border city of Ti- U.S. factory, workers wheel trol- ple challenges. necessity - because one model for shift. “We continuously look at to migrants who cross illegally. (Trump’s) government imposes juana on Monday, while others leys past shelves selecting parts Consumers around the world the Japanese market could not our global operations to find Trump’s Friday order, which we cannot go back to our coun- later in the week to Reynosa and wherever they see a green or blue are shifting rapidly away from sustain an entire factory. ways to drive greater efficiency went into effect on Saturday, tries. I have a bullet in my arm other border towns, according to light. traditional sedans in favor of U.S. and European automakers and capacity utilization,” GM migrant shelters. Dave Green, president of sport utility vehicles. The recent have worked to catch up. For ex- said in a statement.—AFP Donations flow in for Austrian Colonel suspected of spying Melbourne attack's Bangladesh opposition alliance to for Russian 'Trolley Man' arrested : APA SYDNEY: A homeless man who used a shopping trolley to contest polls 'to rescue democracy' ZURICH: A senior Austrian fend off a knife-wielding attacker as he stabbed at police in persecution in Myanmar, but its crit- ics have decried Hasina’s increas- military officer believed to have Melbourne has been unexpectedly rewarded by grateful citi- spied for Moscow for decades zens who had donated more than A$50,000 ($36,000) by Sun- ingly authoritarian rule. In particular, they have attacked her for has been arrested, a spokesman day evening to help him. for Salzburg prosecutors told Pedestrians walk past a box of the government’s heavy-handed handling of student protests this Austria’s press agency APA. flowers that were placed at the site a The retired officer was ar- day after where a man killed one per- year and its crackdown on free speech. rested in Upper Austria on Fri- son in what authorities said was a ter- day and is being questioned, the rorist attack, near the Bourke Street While announcing the election date on Thursday, K.M. Nurul spokesman said. mall in central Melbourne, Australia, Conservative Chancellor Se- November 10, 2018. Huda, the head of Bangladesh’s Election Commission, urged all par- bastian Kurz, who governs in Michael Rogers, nicknamed “Trol- coalition with the far-right and ley Man” on social media, repeatedly ties to participate in the election “to make it meaningful”. pro-Moscow Freedom Party, on tried to ram the attacker, Hassan Friday announced that a retired Khalif Shire Ali, who was lunging at police and had earlier Hasina and Khaleda, who be- tween them have ruled Bangladesh colonel was believed to have stabbed three people, one fatally, in Friday’s attack. spied for Moscow from the His actions were filmed by witnesses, and local media and for decades, are bitter rivals and the BNP says its leader has been jailed 1990s until this year. a charity tracked him down afterwards to get his story. Prosecutors are considering “I have seen the trolley to the side, so I’ve picked it up and on trumped-up charges to keep her out of politics. requesting pre-trial detention I ran and threw the trolley straight at him. Got him but didn’t after the interrogation. get him down,” Rogers told Channel Seven. Another report adds: Some 70 world leaders gathered under rainy Another report adds: New “And I did that motion about - quite a number of times, but York police were still trying to it just wasn’t getting him down,” he said. skies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday for a solemn ceremony piece together on Wednesday a Rogers’ bravery was made even more remarkable as he was mystery over two young women meters away from a vehicle containing gas cylinders that Shire to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. whose bodies were discovered a Ali had set alight. He quickly became a hero on social media week ago on the rocky Manhat- as people praised his selfless act. US President Donald Trump, Russia President Vladimir Putin, tan shore of the Hudson River, Donna Stolzenberg, the founder of registered charity Mel- bound together with duct tape bourne Homeless Collective, started a fundraising page on Go- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens of monarchs, presidents around their waists and ankles. FundMe to help the homeless DHAKA: A group of opposition fair elections, but the ruling Awami government is seeking to be re- Since then, New York City man. parties in Bangladesh, including the League says the demand is uncon- elected for a third successive term. and prime ministers from Europe, COURT NOTICE Africa, the Middle East and beyond police have determined that Tala “As a person he just de- Bangladesh Nationalist Party stitutional. “With the aim of rescuing democ- Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, In the Court of Nadeem serves it,” she told Reuters by (BNP), said on Sunday it plans to The BNP, which is in disarray fol- racy and a continuation of the move- joined French President Emmanuel Anjam Mian Additional Dis- Macron to mark the moment guns were sisters from Saudi Arabia telephone from Melbourne. contest the Dec. 23 general election, lowing the jailing of its chief, for- ment to sustain a democratic living in Virginia, and at least trict & Session Judge / Gas By Sunday evening it had despite the ruling party last week re- mer prime minister Khaleda Zia, on process, Jatiya Oikyafront decided fell silent across Europe a century Utility Court Okara ago. 100th anniversary commemo- one of them was reported miss- raised more than A$52,000, jecting a series of its demands. corruption charges, had also pressed to participate in the election,” said ing two months ago. year:2018 exceeding its original goal of The Jatiya Oikyafront, a 20-party for a caretaker government at the Hossain in a statement, following ration of the Armistice, in Paris Suit for recovery of Rs Heads of states and governments The city's medical examiner A$45,000. alliance led by 81-year-old Dr 2014 election and boycotted it after days of deliberations with alliance has yet to determine the cause of 40800/- Stolzenberg said Rogers Kamal Hossain, had in particular the demand was not met. The last members. attend a commemoration ceremony SNGPL etc. for Armistice Day, 100 years after death, be it a double homicide was going to need a lot of sup- wanted a caretaker government to election was marred by deadly vio- Hasina’s government has won or a suicide pact. The medical Versus port including with financial take over in the weeks heading into lence and shunned by international widespread global plaudits for let- the end of World War One, at the Saeed Ahmad s/o Man- Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, examiner's office said the bod- literacy and in making sure the polls. The BNP says a caretaker observers as flawed. ting in hundreds of thousands of Ro- ies were not decomposed when zoor Ali r/o House No 313, nobody takes advantage of government is essential for free and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s hingya refugees who fled November 11, 2018. —Reuters Street No 3 Qadir Colony found by a passer-by on the af- him. ternoon of Oct 24, indicating Tehsil & District Okara “Michael is experiencing The court has called you they had not been dead long. homelessness and probably California The sisters had recently re- again and again, but the im- hasn’t had much experience plementation seems difficult, Turkish air strike 'neutralizes' 14 quested asylum in the United with large sums of money.” fire death toll States without giving a reason therefore this ad is being is- Ms Stolzenberg said her or- sued for you to appear in this rises to 23 for the application, the New ganization would also help Kurdish militants in Iraq: military York Times reported, citing po- court on 17-11-2018 at 9:00 him to find housing and or- ISTANBUL: An air strike by a were in preparation for an attack on that has killed about 40,000 people. am yourself or through your CALIFORNIA: The death Turkish warplane “neutralized” 14 military bases, were neutralized. Another report adds: For years, lice. The sisters' mother also re- ganize trauma support for him toll from the most destructive fire ceived a call from the Saudi lawyer. Otherwise the action to process the extraordinary militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Weapons, hideouts and armories they heard little from daughters who would be taken against you to hit California rose to 23 on Workers Party (PKK) in northern were destroyed,” the military said, went to join Islamic State. Now Arabian embassy in Washington events of Friday afternoon. Saturday as rescue workers re- and after that no excuse or Iraq, the military said on Sunday, de- using its term for the PKK. dozens of families across Europe telling her about the asylum ap- Reuters was unable to contact covered more bodies of people plications, the Times reported. objection would be accepted. Rogers. —AFP stroying hideouts and armories. Turkey regularly carries out air have received messages from those killed by the devastating blaze. The Turkish army uses the phrase strikes against PKK targets in north- same women, desperate to return The New York Police Depart- Firefighters are battling rag- neutralize when it has killed, cap- ern Iraq, where the group is based in home from detention in Syria. ment declined to confirm the ing fires at both ends of the COURT NOTICE COURT NOTICE tured or wounded combatants. The the Qandil mountains. Suzanne Anciaux and Nabila Ma- Times' report. The sisters' fam- state, but there is little hope of ily could not immediately be In the Court of Muham- In the Court of Nadeem air strike carried out on Saturday tar- The PKK, considered a terrorist or- zouz, attend a meeting of "Mothers' containing the flames anytime reached for comment. mad Saleem Iqbal Addi- Anjam Mian Additional Dis- geted the Avasin region, the military ganization by the United States, the Jihad", a group aiming to repatriate Bel- soon. "Today, 14 additional Saudi Arabia's consulate gen- tional District & Session trict & Session Judge / Gas said. European Union and Turkey, has gian women and children held in Syr- bodies were located, which eral in New York did not com- Judge / Gas Utility Court Utility Court Okara “Fourteen armed members of the waged a three-decade insurgency in ian refugee camps, in Antwerp, brings our total number to 23," ment on the Times report Depalpur year:2018 separatist terror organization, who Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast Belgium September 8, 2018. —AFP Sheriff Kory Honea told a directly. year:2018 Suit for recovery of Rs news conference. Ten of the In a statement, the consulate Suit for recovery of Rs 11150/- bodies were found in the town said it had appointed a lawyer to 129610/- SNGPL etc. of Paradise while four were follow the case "to avoid inac- SNGPL etc. Versus discovered in the Concow area, Iraq rail service back on track curate reporting". The Saudi Versus GE(Svcs) Quarter No both in Butte County, Honea embassy in Washington was Mian Azhar Zaman s/o 28/9 T Block West Okara said. Rescuers could be seen also extending its "support and Muhammad Zaman r/o Mo- Cantt District Okara removing remains over a pe- after war with Islami(c$2. 50S) fotr aa ticktete, commuter Thamer aid in this trying time" to the sis- hallah Marhana Basirpur The court has called you riod of several hours in Para- Mohammed said. ters' family, the statement said. Tehsil Depalpur District again and again, but the im- dise and placing them in a “You don’t have to stop at check- Okara plementation seems difficult, black hearse. Pieces of bodies points, and it’s safer. You avoid road The court has called you therefore this ad is being is- were transported by bucket, accidents,” said the 42-year-old, a Fal- again and again, but the im- Separatist-held sued for you to appear in this while intact remains were car- luja resident studying for a history plementation seems difficult, court on 17-11-2018 at 9:00 ried in body bags. —AFP doctorate in Baghdad. regions hold therefore this ad is being is- am yourself or through your The revival in July of the daily serv- sued for you to appear in this elections in lawyer. Otherwise the action ice, once a feature of an extensive rail court on 28-11-2018 at 9:00 CORRECTION OF FATHER NAME would be taken against you network dating back to the Ottoman am yourself or through your and after that no excuse or eastern Ukraine empire, is a vivid example of Iraq’s at- lawyer. Otherwise the action objection would be accepted. KIEV: Rebel-controlled would be taken against you tempts to recover from decades of un- rest. Donetsk and Luhansk regions in and after that no excuse or eastern Ukraine hold leadership objection would be accepted. COURT NOTICE Passengers see it as a metaphor for the country’s state: security has im- elections on Sunday in the In the Court of Muham- proved enough to allow unhindered shadow of a conflict that has COURT NOTICE mad Saleem Iqbal Addi- I Muhammad Nadeem passage through countryside domi- killed more than 10,000 people tional District & Session Shah S/O Charag Shah Sabar nated for years by Islamic State and al and poisoned relations between In the Court of Nadeem Judge / Gas Utility Court have passed Secondary Qaeda militants. But the train is dilap- Ukraine and Russia. Anjam Mian Additional Dis- Depalpur School Examination,2016 idated and shudders as it gathers Ukraine and its international trict & Session Judge / Gas year:2018 under Roll no 163548 from speed. backers have lined up to con- Utility Court Okara Suit for recovery of Rs Board of Intermediate and The state of the tracks allow a demn the vote as a sham ma- year:2018 49400/- Secondary Education Sahi- steady pace of up to around 70 miles nipulated by the Russian Suit for recovery of Rs SNGPL etc. per hour (100 km), but no more. authorities and in violation of a 13680/- wal. My father’s name is Versus Dozens of windows have been 2015 Minsk ceasefire agree- SNGPL etc. Charag Shah Sabar. Whereas Muhammad Akram s/o smashed by children who play in the ment. The United States urged Versus on my certificate my father’s Muhammad Nawaz r/o Gali BAGHDAD: At Baghdad’s grand when it marauded through western dirt in poor Baghdad districts and pelt voters to boycott. Backed by Karam bi bi through name has been mentioned as Moscow, separatist rebels Sheikh Hakam wali Mohal- Muhammad Charag Shah. but half-empty railway station, a sin- and northern Iraq in 2014. carriages with stones as they cruise by. Muhammad Din r/o House lah Pir Islam Haveli Lakha seized territory in eastern No 73 Naseem Fatima Which is incorrect, I want to gle train is sputtering to life. It is the The rapid advance of the militants “I hope the service will keep run- Tehsil Depalpur District newly revived daily service to Falluja, shut down the line, before U.S.- ning, but in the last few days there Ukraine after pro-Western Colony Okara get change my father’s name protests toppled President Vik- Okara a dusty town to the west once infa- backed Iraqi forces drove them out of have been delays. Sometimes it runs The court has called you from Muhammad Charag tor Yanukovich in February The court has called you mous as a Sunni insurgent stronghold. Falluja in 2016 and defeated them in out of fuel on the journey, or has tech- again and again, but the im- Shah to Charag Shah Sabar. 2014 and Russia annexed again and again, but the im- Passengers walk on a platform be- Iraq in late 2017. nical failures,” Mohammed said. plementation seems difficult, If any person/agency/organi- Crimea a month later. plementation seems difficult, fore boarding a train to Fallujah, the After a four-year hiatus, hundreds Abdul Sittar Muhsin, a media offi- therefore this ad is being is- zation has any objection, therefore this ad is being is- newly resurrected service to the city, of rail passengers now travel the 30 cial for the national operator Iraqi Re- The United States called the sued for you to appear in this same may intimated in writ- sued for you to appear in this at a railway station in Baghdad, Iraq miles (50 km) between Baghdad and public Railways, said the company elections a charade to give false court on 17-11-2018 at 9:00 court on 28-11-2018 at 9:00 ing to Security Board of In- legitimacy to Moscow-approved am yourself or through your November 7, 2018. Falluja in just over an hour. By car, the was in dire need of funding to keep am yourself or through your termediate and Secondary The driver and conductor assure journey can take several. the service running. “We did this with leaders already installed in the lawyer. Otherwise the action lawyer. Otherwise the action Education Sahiwal within 15 self-proclaimed Donetsk and would be taken against you that the tracks running through Anbar “The train saves time. The Bagh- the company’s money and we’re oper- would be taken against you days. Candidate’s name province are now clear of mines dad-bound leg arrives at 8 a.m., which ating at a loss,” he said. Regular pas- Luhansk People’s Republics. It and after that no excuse or and after that no excuse or Muhammad Nadeem Shah announced new sanctions on objection would be accepted. planted by Islamic State and of col- suits my schedule. It’s also cheaper” sengers include unemployed youth objection would be accepted. S/O Charag Shah Sabar. lapsed bridges the group blew up than by car at 3,000 Iraqi dinars looking for work.—Reuters Russia on Thursday.—AFP 12 NADRA cancels more than 9000 NICs Sum of Rs 908b earmarked for ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Au- thority (NADRA) has canceled more than nine thousands Na- BISP during last 11 years tional Identity Cards (NICs) that got through fake documents. ISLAMABAD: A sum of Rs 908 billion were earmarked for The Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) during last 11 years The inner sources stated that NADRA has canceled these NICs after collected sold evidences against them with the help of Fed- and financial aid in cash has been provided to 50,89,503 under eral Investigation Agency (FIA). Sources stated that as many as UCT program. As per documents available with Online BISP 9080 foreign citizens have unlawfully got NICs and these were liv- budget has been increased every year. Rs 34 billion were allocated ing in different cities of country without any fear. Sources further for this program in the financial year 2009-09 which has been in- stated that FIA hasn’t done any action against those foreign citi- creased by Rs 90b. For the financial year 2018-18 BISP budget zens who NIC’s canceled by NADRA. —Online LBahore, Muonday, Nsovemibern 12, 201e8 Rab-s ul- Aswal 03, 1440 has been earmarked amounting to Rs 124b. —Online

PML-N leader Money-laundering case kills niece FIA issues notices for 'honour' From Our Staff Correspondent to 726 MQM GUJRANWALA: In yet another ap- workers palling incident of violence against From Our Staff Correspondent women, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) leader Zahid Anayat ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency Butt killed his niece Laika for ‘honour’ (FIA) has issued notices to 726 workers of the Muttahida the other day. Qaumi Movement (MQM) in connection to a money-laun- The incident occurred in Gujranwala. As dering case, sources said on Sunday. per details garnered, the ill-fated Laika The investigative agency’s Counter-Terrorism Wing sent wanted to marry person of her choice. out notices to 726 people working at different positions However, Zahid Butt along with his brother within the party, instructing them to get in touch with its Is- killed the ill-fated girl with bullets. Latter, lamabad head office, the sources said. the culprits buried the girl in the wee hours The said party workers are accused of depositing large of Sunday in bid to hide their crime. sums of money into the funds of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foun- Police have lodged case against the dation (KKF), a charitable organisation that operates under local PML-N’s leader and his brother. The the jurisdiction of MQM. The FIA, on Friday, had obtained hunt for arrest of the culprits is underway. non-bailable arrest warrants for four former and current In a similar incident few days ago, two MQM leaders in connection with the case. ill-fated girls were first abducted and An anti-terrorism court in Karachi had issued non-bail- raped by an influential landlord and when able arrest warrants for Babar Ghauri, Khawaja Sohail the victims returned home, their uncle Mansoor, Ahmed Ali and Arshad Vohra. killed them to ‘restore honour’. According to sources, the four have been directed to ap- The incident occurred in Jamaluddin pear before FIA today (Monday, Nov 120). Wali area of Sadiqabad. The father of the A money laundering case was lodged against the MQM C ill-fated sisters stated that an influential supremo and KKF in Karachi in 2017. landlord abducted his daughters Naheed However, it was later transferred to the FIA's Counter- M and Bisma and raped them. “The accused Terrorism Wing, Islamabad. It is also pertinent to note here LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain addresses that the MQM, following an inflammatory speech by the Y released them on Sunday night”, the fa- during a seminar on "Trend of Intolerance and Responsibility of State". ther was quoted as saying. party founder in August 2016, divided into two factions, K with Pakistan-based members distancing themselves from their London-based leadership. Maulana Haq murder mystery War of ideologies never Police convoy stands unraveled ambushed in ISLAMABAD: The mystery of high- profile murder of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq could not resolved, although 10 days have fought with guns but Sargodha been lapsed when he was killed in his SARGODHA: The unidentified armed men am- bedroom in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi on bushed a police convoy on Sunday in Kachcha Sarkar, November, 2 2018. Sargodha, killing a notorious absconder criminal Tariq Police was unsuccessful so far to draw Shah in exchange of fire. a conclusion in investigation from The notorious criminal Tariq Shah was being taken in a through dialogue: Fawad police van to identify some seized weapons when four un- Maulana’s blood-spotted shirt, found — Says no political crisis The minister said the country power of gun and consequently He said, "Prime Minister hanging in his bathroom after assassina- in Pakistan was faced with a 'Fikri' (ideo- the society was left with no Imran Khan is a true lover of armed men opened fire. Police, in retaliation , also opened tion, while his Secretary Ahmed Shah logical ) crisis, which was evi- leader. The same situation, he Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad fire and during trade of fire Tariq Shah sustained serious has not been included in the investiga- LAHORE: Federal Minister dent from the situation arisen said, also prevailed in Pakistan, (Peace Be Upon Him) and he injuries and later he succumbed to his wounds, said RPO tion process. Police have initially ar- for Information and Broadcasting due to the Supreme Court 's as the past governments did not landed bare-footed in Madina." Police office. The attackers managed to escape and police rested three people but they did not Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sun- judgment in Asia Bibi case. back the people, who advocated For the first time in Pakistan, informed the high-ups about the incident and registered the provide any concrete development in the day said the war of ideologies It was not an institutional or for peace, condemning terrorism he said, a prime minister had First Information Report (FIR) against the unidentified investigation process. —Online was never fought with guns, state crisis, but social intolerance, and extremism in the light of Is- talked about 2.5 million children persons and barricaded the area immediately. rather the same could be won which served the interests of lamic teachings. of madaras (religious seminaries) Tariq Shah had abducted a 9th class student of Tarag through arguments and dialogue. those who wanted to achieve In that clash of narratives, he and thought of their well-being, High School for ransom in an old enmity. —Online Unfortunately those spreading their political motives in the said, a number of Ulema, includ- besides bringing them into the ‘LEAs rendered rifts and disharmony in the soci- name of religion. "Such create a ing Maulana Hassan Jan and national mainstream. ety were devoid of any logic, he new issue in the name of religion Maulana Sarfraz Naeemi, had Pir Syed Kabir Ali Shah Gilani great sacrifices said, adding that there was no po- every now and then," he added. also to sacrifice their lives. of Choora Sharif stressed for PTI Punjab leader litical crisis in Pakistan, rather it The religious circles, he said, The minister said things had comprehending the myth of was an ideological one. should have rebelled against now changed substantially as the Siyasat-e-Madina for replicating for peace’ He was addressing a seminar those who had created chaotic people knew the elements who the model of Riyasat-e-Madina found ‘involved in LAHORE: Minister of State for Inte- titled 'Adam Bardasht Ka Rujhan situation in the country in the were exploiting religion for their in Pakistan. Pakistan's former rior Shehryar Khan Afridi on Sunday said Aur Riyasat ki Zummadariya' name of religion. political gains. Fawad called upon ambassador to Iran Khalid Sharif that people of the country were proud of (Tendency of Intolerance and But unfortunately, it did not Ulema, Mashaikh and other reli- said the Ulema, Mashaikh and re- diesel smuggling’ their all law-enforcement agencies State's Responsibilities), organ- happen in case of Pakistan which gious leaders and the society to ligious leaders must play their The Business Report (LEAs), who rendered great sacrifices to ised here by the Pakistan Jour- had to suffer for long due to war take ownership and play their role due role to curb sectarianism. ensure peace in Pakistan. —APP nalists Foundation (PJF). in neighbouring Afghanistan, in the clash of ideology by pro- The seminar was also addressed KARACHI: A local leader of the ruling Pakistan He said the Pakistan Tehreek- which had cast negative impacts moting the values of peace, toler- by renowned journalists Sajjad Mir, Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who contested from NA-169 Ba- e-Insaf (PTI) government would on the the ideology and thought ance and harmony in the society. Zia Shahid, Qayyum Nizami, Dr hawalnagar and lost in the July 25 general elections, has extend support to all those of its people towards the state. The incumbent government Sughra Sadaf, Dr Raghib Naeemi, been allegedly involved in diesel smuggling, a local news World leaders Ulema, Mashaikh and religious He cited that in Afghanistan, would fully support them in pro- PJF Chairman Zulfiqar Rahat, Gen channel reported on Sunday. While surrendering to a Customs Court in Karachi, Continued from Front Page leaders, who advocated peace, religious and other people, who moting the true narrative of reli- (Retd) Ghulam Mustafa, Ali tolerance and harmony in the so- talked with logic, were killed by gion through peaceful and logical Ahmed Dhilon, Farrukh Sohail and Mian Abdul Rasheed claimed that he had not committed ciety through logic and dialogue. those, who believed only in dialogue, he added. Haider Mehdi. —APP any crime and sought bail immediately. The French-born Chinese-American Custom Officials said that the accused has been in- cellist Yo-yo Ma, West African singer An- volved in misdeclaration of assets, smuggling and that bail gelique Kidjo and a European youth or- should not be granted. He allegedly caused loss of over chestra with a Russian conductor all Rs20 million to the national exchequer. performed. Police were on duty to ensure However, the court accepted Rasheed’s bail plea on maximum security in a city repeatedly PEW supports FBR reforms surety bond of Rs0.1 million each in four cases, and or- targeted by jihadists since 2015. dered him to appear before the court in the next hearing. Despite these measures, a protester According to an investigation officer, Rasheed, a Mul- from the radical feminist group Femen — Move to infuse confidence in business community tan resident, is the chief executive officer of M/S Kamran managed to jump over a barricade and got From Our Staff Correspondent laboratories. In 2009, he imported petroleum products. within metres of Trump's motorcade as he made his way up the Champs-Elysees. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) Chairman Brig Muhammad Aslam Khan (retired) on Sunday supported reforms in She was hauled away by security along the FBR terming it a positive step which will infuse confidence in the business community. with two others who were stopped on the The decision to limit the role of FBR to tax collection and entrusting policymaking to Tax Policy Board is a major step in the right direc- Heroin smuggling edge of the famous avenue. tion which will lessen the complaints of the taxpayers, he said. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that limiting the role of tax ad- About 70 current-day nations were in- ministration was demanded by the business community which will improve the situation and reduces dependence on foreign loans. volved in WWI, which had six empires The decision is a larger shift in the governance of the tax administration which is opposite to what the former government did that aug- bid foiled at IIA and colonial powers at its heart: Austria- mented the sufferings of masses, he added. Brig Muhammad Aslam Khan said that FBR is pushing the policy of regressive taxation as it con- ISLAMABAD: Heroin smuggling bid has been foiled Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Rus- tinues to collect 82 percent taxes from masses while the ratio of direct taxation is only 18 percent which is fanning poverty. at Islamabad International Airport (IIA). sia and the Ottoman Empire. He hoped that the Tax Policy Board will improve the taxation system to ensure equal distribution of wealth which will provide relief to One kg heroin and 1,200 gram chars have been seized Around 10 million soldiers are esti- masses and help expand the tax net. At the occasion, Dr Murtaza Mughal, President PEW said that government will form a committee which from Doha bound passenger at Islamabad International mated to have been killed during the will formulate a larger tax reform framework with the help of independent tax. Airport. According to the airport sources, drugs was hid- fighting and more than double that num- He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first speech promised to start the reform process with the FBR. He should also try to reduce den in the secret parts of harmonium. ber wounded. Between 5 and 10m civil- corruption in the department and ensure that tax should be used to provide services to the taxpayer which will automatically improve the re- Arrested suspect has been handed over to Anti Narcotics ians are estimated to have been killed. lationship between the state and the taxpayers. Force (ANF) for further investigations. —Online

C Saad pens letter to NAB M Y chairman, accuses Lahore K DG of being biased By Our Staff Reporter courts of law,” he was quoted as tions that has put him in hot water saying in the letter. from the Pakistan Electronic Media LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim “Therefore, I don’t see National Regulatory Authority (Pemra). League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Accountability Bureau Lahore con- “NAB respects all respectable Khawaja Saad Rafique, in a letter ducting transparent probe under lawmakers,” read a statement is- written to National Accountability these circumstances,” he added. sued by the anti-graft watchdog on Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Saleem Shahzad’s recent appear- Friday, adding that the bureau will (retired) Javed Iqbal on Sunday, ance on TV talk shows has infuri- look into the matter to ascertain if said the bureau’s Lahore Director ated the former ruling party and details contrary to facts, violating General, Saleem Shahzad had be- also caught National Accountability rights of the parliamentarians, come a party against him. Bureau chairman’s notice. were shared during the TV inter- Conveying his reservations, the Speaking to some private news views or not. former railways minister suggested channels on Thursday, he talked The National Accountability Bu- that his cases, currently being in- about inquiry and references initi- reau Lahore DG is also making vestigated under Shahzad, should ated against PML-N leaders includ- headlines over allegedly holding a be probed by any regional team of ing Rafique and party’s president fake university degree. NAB other than Lahore. Shehbaz Sharif for their alleged role On Saturday, the Supreme Court “The NAB Lahore DG discussed in various graft cases. delisted his fake degree case after details of ongoing investigation Taking notice of the situation, fixing to hear it on Monday. The against me on national TV in an at- National Accountability Bureau scandal surrounding the NAB DG’s tempt to prove me guilty of charges Chairman Iqbal later sought the degree was also discussed during a before even presenting the case in record of Shahzad’s media interac- news show on Thursday. KARACHI: Police shift Indian fishermen arrested after allegedly straying into Pakistan's territorial waters.

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