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IslamabadTuesday, January 12, 2021 Pakistan’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 Army to stay Nancy Pelosi United Nations calm despite says House will chief urges provocations impeach Trump climate action Detailed News On Page-01 Detailed News On Page-06 Detailed News On Page-07 Briefs President Army to stay for facilities to business calm despite community DNA ISLAMABAD: President provocations Dr Arif Alvi has urged DGISPR says Army never interfered in the business community elections; PDM has no justification o to take steps for the finan- come to Rawalpindi however it is welcome cial inclusion of different- ly-abled people by providing and shall be served with tea upon arrival them jobs according to their ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa calls on Prime Minister Imran Khan, skills and talents. Talking to DG ISI Lt. General Faiz Hamid is also present. – DNA a delegation of traders led by Naveed Miraj / DNA Pak for peace Haji Tahir Naveed in Islama- COAS bad, he said the government RAWALPINDI: Inter-Service Public Rela- is taking steps to provide tions (ISPR) Director General Major-Gener- in Afghanistan calls on traders a business-friendly al Babar Iftikhar has said army will stay on its ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly PDM vows to environment. The President course despite all provocations adding false Asad Qaiser Monday said that Afghan peace PM Imran said the government has narrative was being built against Pakistan process would be culmination of an era of provided a financial stimulus Army that it ever interfered in the election peace and prosperity in Afghanistan and the A.M.Bhatti package of over 1.2 trillion process. He said this during a press confer- region. He reiterated Pakistan’s all-out sup- ence on Monday. He further said PDM crit- ISLAMABAD: Prime Minis- remove PTI govt rupees to support the busi- port to Afghan led and Afghan owned peace ter Imran Khan and Chief ness community. icism against Pakistan Army was unwarrant- process. He said this in a conversation with of Army Staff General Qa- ed adding it they come to Rawalpindi they Afghanistan’s Hizb-e-Wahadat-e-Islami Chair- Fazl announces that PDM would stage a protest in mar Javed Bajwa Monday will served with tea and refreshments. man Muhammad Karim Khalili who met PM Imran expressed their resolve to front of Election Commission on January 19 The army’s spokesperson said the last 10 Speaker here along with a delegation. bring the perpetrators of years were a challenging time in every as- During the meeting, Pak-Afghan relations gle is for reinstating peo- him, asking that why the launches unfortunate Mach incident pect for Pakistan, but in 2020 alone the and the political situation in the region Bureau Report ple’s rights laid down in the anti-graft watchdog was to justice. The resolve was coronavirus pandemic and locust attack and issues of mutual interest came under Constitution. However, this unable to see the corrup- ‘Raast’ reiterated during the army put the country’s food security and econo- discussion. The Speaker said that Paki- PESHAWAR: In yet another government was bent upon tion of the incumbent gov- chief’s call on the prime my in severe danger. Meanwhile, he said, stan was desirous of seeing a peaceful demonstration of political tampering it, he added. ernment. He announced DNA minister. During their banned organisations were being facilitat- and prosperous Afghanistan which was in might, the leaders of Paki- “Our struggle is against that PDM would stage a meeting, they discussed ISLAMABAD: Prime Min- ed on the western border. Yet, despite all the best interest of not only Pakistan but stan Democratic Movement those who snatched the demonstration in front of the national security situa- ister Imran these challenges, the state, institutions, the entire region. He said that peaceful gathered in Malakand on mandate of the people.” Election Commission on tion, the PM Office Media Khan has the armed forces and intelligence agencies Afghanistan was imperative for the de- Monday. Addressing the He said that there is no January 19 and would also Wing said in a press release. launched and most importantly the Pakistani people velopment and prosperity of the region. public gathering, Maulana such thing as democracy take out an anti-Israel ral- “The unfortunate Mach, Pakistan’s faced these challenges with a united front. He said that Pakistani and Afghan people Fazlur Rehman said that the left in the country, “in fact ly in Karachi on January Balochistan incident was first instant were bound in ever lasting ties of religion, ‘incompetent government’ the government is conspir- 21. He said that the army highly condemned. It was Digital Pay- Continued on Page 06 brotherhood, history and culture. – DNA snatched the rights of the ing against the Constitution is an institution and an in- ment System ‘Raast’ taking resolved that the perpetra- people but “this sea of peo- and provinces”. tegral part of the state but the country from cash to tors would be brought to jus- ple would remove this gov- The PDM chief challenged it must remain impartial. digital economy. Addressing tice,” the press release said. ernment from power”. the National Accountabili- Director General Inter Ser- the launching ceremony in He said that PDM’s strug- ty Bureau (NAB) to arrest Continued on Page 06 Islamabad on Monday, he Japanese envoy vices Intelligence Lt Gen said the ‘Raast’ initiative will Faiz Hamid was also present help boost formal economy, in the meeting. The continu- financial inclusion of women, ous human rights violations praises polio drive in the Indian Illegally Oc- Turkish FM arrives today and eradicate poverty from cupied Jammu & Kashmir the country. The Prime Min- ID-19. This year marks the Qureshi and call on the (IIOJK) and the frequent ister said cash economy is snar hatti 25th anniversary of Japan’s Shujaat Hamza Prime Minister and Presi- A B ceasefire violations over the the biggest hurdle in tapping anti-polio assistance to Paki- dent during the visit. The Line of Control also came true potential of 220 million ISLAMABAD: Matsuda stan. Its total assistance has ISLAMABAD: Turkish For- two Foreign Ministers will under discussion. population of Pakistan. He Kuninori, Ambassador of Ja- reached US$ 229 million. eign Minister Mevlut Ca- review the entire gamut of said cash economy badly pan has praised Pakistan’s Ambassador Matsuda added, vusoglu will pay an official bilateral relations and ex- affect tax collection, which decision to launch the first “I sincerely hope that the year Flour visit to Pakistan on 12-14 change views on regional is evident with the fact that polio vaccination drive of of 2021 marks a great step to- January 2021 along with and international issues. only two million out of 220 2021 and reiterated Japan’s wards eradicating polio as well price falls a delegation. The Turkish Foreign Minister Cavu- million people are tax filers. commitment to continue as controlling COVID-19. Foreign Minister will hold soglu’s visit to Pakistan is its support to eradicate po- To that end, Japan will con- bilateral talks with Foreign Enemies lio from Pakistan and the itizers and maintaining safe tinue to focus on health, DNA Minister Shah Mahmood Continued on Page 06 globe. During the five-day distances. water & sanitation and ed- are fuelling campaign, around 285,000 Ambassador Matsuda paid ucation in terms of its as- ISLAMABAD: With timely polio workers will engage tribute to the frontline polio sistance to Pakistan, which intervention by the federal sectarianism in the vaccination of over workers for the protection are necessary to ensure a government, price of wheat 40 million children, wear- of children from polio in the healthy and cultural life to flour has fallen to a seven- Abid Raza ing masks, using hand san- harsh environment of COV- all citizens.” and-a-half-month low in the local markets all across the ISLAMABAD: Minister country. According to the for Interi- SBP governor optimistic data released by the Bureau or Sheikh of Statistics, the price of 20 Rashid kg flour bag in Multan was Ahmed on about economic outlook reduced by Rs 390 while the Sunday said price of flour bag in Karachi that enemies ISLAMABAD: Expressing optimism about lion in 2019. But its second review remains became cheaper by Rs 120. of the country were trying to the country’s economic outlook despite pending since early last year. In Larkana, a bag of flour be- create unrest through sectar- the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, “We hope to have good news for the mar- came cheaper by Rs 80 while ianism as major cities were Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr ket and the world that we are putting the in Bannu, the price of a bag put on high alert. He said the Reza Baqir has said the country is in talks programme back on track,” he said at a of flour decreased by Rs 20. govt had recently arrested with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Reuters Next conference on Monday. Last According to the PBS, a bag terrorists from Bahara Kahu to put the fiscal support programme back year, staff from the IMF and Pakistani au- of flour has been reduced and Sargodha. He said the on track. With dwindling foreign exchange thorities reached an agreement to pave the from Rs 1,250 to Rs 860 in government would fulfill de- reserves and struggling economy, Pakistan way for disbursement of $450 million in Multan, from Rs 1,320 to Rs mands of Hazara community entered a three-year International Mone- 1,200 in Karachi, from Rs and address their issues. To tary Fund (IMF) programme worth $6 bil- Continued on Page 06 1,200 to Rs 1,120 in Larkana. a query, the minister said he was the first one who went to Quetta after the tragic in- cident of Machh. India spoiler of region’s Inside... Chairman CDA directs to ensure peace, says FM Qureshi transperancy – Page 02 and expressed firm commit- engage with the new admin- soon write to the new U.S. Naveed Miraj / ment to protect the coun- istration of the United States Secretary of State Anthony IGP lays floral Agencies try’s interests at all costs.. as President Joe Biden takes Blinken in view of further- wreath at Martyrs’ He said Pakistan would con- up his official responsibili- ing Pak-U.S. relations. Monument ISLAMABAD: Foreign tinue to expose India’s ill ties on January 20. On Pakistan Democratic Al- – Page 03 Minister Shah Mahmood intentions, adding that the He mentioned that Biden liance, he termed it a “neg- Capital admin assess Qureshi on Monday said In- government had made con- had been chairman of the ative alliance of people with needs of markets dia was supporting terrorist tacts with friendly countries Foreign Relations Commit- different ideologies” aimed development activities in Pakistan and at the platform of United Na- tee as a senator and was at putting pressure on the – Page 04 thus posed a serious threat tions and Security Council familiar with the region be- institutions to get their cor- The truth about to the region’s peace. level. The Foreign Minister sides visiting Pakistan. ruption cases withdrawn. Trump’s mob In a statement, the Foreign said the government would He expressed his intent to He said PDM President – Page 05 Minister called upon the Maulana Fazlur Rehman Misbah blames international community had made two major an- injuries, Covid to take notice of India’s nouncements, one to re- protocols for defeat constant attempts to under- sign from the Assemblies – Page 06 mine peace in the region. and the other about Long Japarov wins Qureshi said India was play- March, which both had end- Kyrgyzstan election: ing the role of a spoiler in ed up into failure. Preliminary results the Afghan peace process He said Pakistan Peoples – Page 07 as it did not want peace and Party had backed away from stability to prevail. ‘Second wave the call of resignations fol- declining due to He said Pakistan was deter- lowed by the Pakistan Mus- timely efforts’ mined to fight India’s nefar- lim League-N, which clearly – Page 08 ious designs by highlighting showed that they had no these at diplomatic front, unity in their ranks. IslamabadPOST 02 NATIONAL Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Turkish Briefs delegation calls on Sindh KP MPA governor arrested after court DNA KARACHI: A seven-member rejects bail Turkish Cultural delegation called on Sindh Governor DNA Imran Ismail at Sindh Gov- ernor House in Karachi on ABBOTTABAD: Khyber Monday. The delegation Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assem- was led by Turkish drama bly MPA Faisal Zaman was Ertugrul Ghazi’s producer arrested after an anti-terror- Kemal Tekden. ism court (ATC) dismissed Actor who performed a role his plea for protective bail of solider in the drama Celal in the murder case of PTI Al and other actors Mustafa, leader Malik Tahir Iqbal. Kadir Erdogan, Kashif Hus- He was taken into custody sain Ansari, Topcu Aykut from the court premises Ayik and Nurbanu Tekden after the judge turned down were in the delegation, ac- his bail plea. According cording to a press release. to the Counter-Terrorism On the occasion, famous Department (CTD), Faisal Pakistani film and television Zaman is accused of orches- actors including Humayun trating Tahir Iqbal’s murder. Saeed, Adnan Siddiqui, Ah- Iqbal was killed along with san Mashkoor, Baby Umaiya friend Sardar Gul Nawaz in Mashkoor, Mariha Mahesar, Ghazi Tehsil on September Asif Khattak, Sarwar and Dr 13. Earlier, Faisal Zaman Saqib were also present. had secured transit bail in Governor Imran Ismail on the case from the Islama- the occasion felicitated the bad High Court. ISLAMABAD: Zahida Parveen Secretary I&B giving away certificate to the participants during passing out ceremony of 37th specialized training Turkish delegation on the Accused Sher Zaman ar- programme STP domain specific 30th Mid- Career Management Course (MCMC). – DNA success of the Turkish drama rested on a charge of assas- Ertugrul Ghazi at interna- sinating the PTI leader in a tional level. He said that Pa- statement recorded under kistan and Turkey had close Section 164 CrPc in the relations. He further said that court of judicial magistrate Pakistan accorded highest Abbottabad had reported- importance to her friend- ly confessed that he had ly-relations with Turkey. Lat- gunned down the PTI lead- Chairman CDA directs er, the Governor presented er at the instigation of MPA them Sindhi traditional gifts Faisal Zaman. of Sindhi Topi and Ajrak.The delegation thanked the Sindh Police make to ensure transperancy Governor for his hospitality. breakthrough SC admits in cabby’s DNA Meesha’s murder case ISLAMABAD: Budget al- located for the repairing plea against of machinery and vehicles DNA should be spent wisely, LHC decision LAHORE: Lahore police said the Chairman Capital claimed on Monday to have Development Authority DNA identified the suspected (CDA) here on Monday. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme murderer of a young driver Handy machinery which Court (SC) on Monday ac- of an online ride-hailding is being used for cutting cepted for preliminary hear- service. They said the man, grass is being replaced by ing singer Meesha Shafi’s who travelled in the de- the latest technology, he petition filed against the ceased’s car on his last ride, added. Lahore High Court’s (LHC) turned out to be his murder- According to detail, Chair- order in the sexual harass- er. He has been identified man Capital Develop- ment case against fellow as Tahir who is friends with ment Authority Aamir Ali ment yesterday. During dumper, 3 Shezors, 01 ex- lifters, 07 compactors and The Chairman devised looking after of the vehi- singer Ali Zafar. the arrested suspect, Mo- Ahmed visited the depart- his visit to department of cavator and one dozer. other vehicles during his special committee at the cle. He directed to restore A three judge bench of the hsin. Mohsin had called on- ment of sanitation, and environment he inspected Similarly the chairman visit to the department of occasion to inspect the ex- the machinery which is apex court, led by Justice line for a ride for his friend, department of environ- 3 tankers, 12 tractors, 01 inspected 3 buckets, 04 sanitation. pense at the repairing and not in order, he added. Mushir Alam, issued notices the police said, adding the to respondents Ali Zafar and motive behind the murder Advocate General Punjab. would be known once Tahir ‘Govt promulgates The singer had initially is apprehended. Price hike of building material filed a complaint with the The bullet-riddled body of provincial ombudsperson in Muhammad Ali, 26, was all ordinances as per 2018, accusing Zafar of har- found by the police in San- assment. The plea was sub- da Town of Lahore on Jan discouraging investors law, Constitution’ sequently rejected on tech- 6. His father had lodged a nical grounds, stating that kidnapping complaint after tors which will also reduce employ- worry about the red tape, therefore, they “All the ordinances are promulgated Ibrar Khan ment while the foreign investors are are demanding transparent mechanism. as Shafi and Zafar “did not he did not return for long. as per spirit of the Constitution,” he have an employer-employee The police returned the asking for facilitation to invest in local He noted that black sheep in prop- ISLAMABAD: Chairman of National property market, he said. Mian Zahid erty sector easily deprive locals and said and added was any ordinance relationship”, the case could body to the bereaved family not be heard [in that forum]. after his post-mortem was Business Group of FPCCI, President Hussain said that government should expatriates of their lifetime savings ultra vires to the Constitution, if Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectu- check the increase in cost of construc- due to the absence of effective laws The complaint had been filed carried out and reassured any the Supreme Court being the under the Protection Against them of speedy investiga- als Forum and All Karachi Industrial tion and consider demand of the for- to protect investments. He said that Alliance, and former provincial min- eign investors to empower the Board the government as well as the central Harassment of Women at tion into his killing. guardian could revoke it Workplace Act, 2010. ister Mian Zahid Hussain on Monday of Investment so that they can get the bank has tried their best to increase said the increasing price of building benefit on one window operation. lending to the private sector to sta- ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Dr Farogh Na- Shafi had then appealed Sindh decides material has become a threat to the Talking to the business community, the bilise the economy but banks have seem Monday said the federal government had promulgat- against the decision before Construction Package. veteran business leader said that foreign provided loans amounting to almost ed all the ordinances as per law and the Constitution of the the Punjab governor, whom issuance of The increasing price of construction investors know the environment in dif- Rs118 billion only which matches the country without re-promulgating a single ordinance so far. her legal team considered material is disheartening local inves- ferent concerned departments and they advance of the corresponding period. Responding to the opposition members speeches in the Sen- the competent authority to BB Mazdoor ate, he said all past governments including Pakistan Peoples review any decisions made Cards Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) by the ombudsperson. also promulgated ordinances during their tenure. The oppo- However, the Punjab gov- sition should analysis how many ordinances had been issued ernor also upheld the DNA so far since 2008, he added. “All the ordinances are promul- ombudsperson’s decision KARACHI: The Sindh gov- gated as per spirit of the Constitution,” he said and added in July 2018, dismissing ernment has decided to was any ordinance ultra vires to the Constitution, if any the her request on technical commence issuance of Be- Supreme Court being the guardian could revoke it. grounds. Shafi subsequent- nazir Bhutto Mazdoor Cards He categorically said these ordinances were issued when ly approached the LHC to in order to provide essential the parliament was not in session. Majority of the ordinanc- challenge the governor’s facilities and grants to the es were converted into acts of the Parliament or lapsed, he decision, where the LHC industrial labourers. said. Regarding the ordinance about Sindh and Balochistan’s also endorsed the ombud- The Sindh government took islands, the minister said the said ordinance had already sperson’s decision. During a decision to start issuance been lapsed on December 28, 2020. Litigation about the said today’s proceedings, Shafi’s of special cards among la- ordinance was also pending before the Sindh High Court, he counsel told the court that, bourers from this month added. He said the government had to pass FATF related “The [Lahore] High Court ordinances from the joint session of the Parliament due to to provide them with free ruled that Meesha Shafi non-cooperation of the opposition. Regarding rights of Ba- medical facilities, academic was not an employee.” “Stu- lochistan and other provinces, the minister said no one could benefits and other grants. dents at educational insti- usurp the rights of Baloch people. How much investment During the first phase of the tutions are also harassed, was made in the provinces, he questioned. programme, 625,000 indus- and they are not employed He said the Ministry of Law’s doors were open for all the by the educational institu- trial labourers will be issued opposition members. The government would honor all Benazir Bhutto Mazdoor tions. Is harassment not to positive suggestions of the opposition, he added. He said be prosecuted?” he argued. Cards which makes Sindh national unity and supremacy of the parliament were the the first province to provide government’s top agenda. Earlier, speaking on the motion special facilities to its labour- that this house may discuss the alarming propensity of the LHC moved ers. The cards will be issued federal government to usurp and subvert the parliamenta- through the National Data- ry and provincial rights guaranteed in the Constitution by against sale base and Registration Author- attempting to rule the country by ordinances, especially of cigarettes ity (Nadra) which had been the current case of attempted illegal land grab of Sindh provided Rs1 billion funds by and Balochistan’s islands as well as resources, Mir Ka- the Sindh government. DNA HYDERABAD: Singer Deba Seher singing ghazal during Sham Ghazal Mehfil at Allama Umar Bin beer Shahi of the National Party said the government had Dawood Pota library. – DNA Photo by Jan Ali Laghari issued around 40 ordinances in two and half years. – DNA LAHORE: The Lahore High Sastaticket. Court (LHC) on Monday is- pk Partners sued notices to the author- ities concerned to submit with TPL their response to a petition Insurance against smoking and sale of Governor lauds NHMP’s role for road safety cigarettes near educational institutions. A single bench Athar Sufi Governor Punjab wished that all other departments may follow NHMP as role model. He further added that of the LHC comprising police work is very difficult and IG NHMP Kaleem Imam has always worked for welfare of his subordinates Justice Shahid Jamil Khan LAHORE: a one-stop shop heard the petition filed by for all travel related servic- Mehmood, Commandant Chaudhry Sarwar said that that all other departments Governor Punjab Chaudhry tions because of exemplary Advocate Azhar Siddique. es has partnered with TPL DNA Training College DIG Me- this water filtration plant, may follow NHMP as role Sarwar said that selection on training of its officers. The petitioner stated be- Insurance, Pakistan’s first hboob Aslam, DIG M4 Sul- which has capacity to puri- model. He further added merit, quality training and IG NHMP thanked Gover- fore the court that there Direct Insurance Company, LAHORE: National High- tan Chaudhry, DIG Central fy two thousand liter water that police work is very diffi- non political interference nor Punjab for his visit to are shops in close proximi- to provide travel insurance ways & Motorway Police is Zone Mazhar Ul Haq Kakak- per hour, is gift for trainee cult and IG NHMP Kaleem are those traits which can Training College and said ty to educational institutes, servicesto ensure safe trav- an organization which has hel, DC Sheikhupura Asgar officers of NHMP. Imam has always worked for make this country Quide’s that his arrival has boosted where cigarettes are readily el experiences. made us feel pride not only Joyia, DPO Sheikhupura Governor Punjab wished welfare of his subordinates. Pakistan. Governor Pun- morale of the officers. IG as- available, due to which the Following the partnership, in Pakistan but among com- Ghulam Mubashar Maiken jab Chaudhry Muhammad sured Governor that NHMP culture of smoking is fast customers will have access ity of nations by adhering to and other officers of motor- Sarwar appreciated the ef- officers will bring all their spreading among youth. to TPL’s Travel Insur- the values of honesty, cour- way police were present on forts of IG NHMP Dr. Syed energies forward for rule of He said he repeatedly made ance products while they tesy and equal implementa- the occasion. Kaleem Imam and Comman- law, service to humanity and requests to the relevant compare airline and hotel tion of law said Governor Upon arrival at NHMP dant Training College DIG safety of life and property of authorities to take action prices on Sastaticket.pk. Punjab Chaudhry Muham- Training College, Gover- Mehboob Aslam for training commuters. At the end of in this regard but his pleas Additionally, Sastaticket. mad Sarwar while inaugu- nor Punjab Chaudhry Mu- officers on modern lines. event, IG NHMP presented fell on deaf ears. The peti- pk customers will get cov- rating water filtration plant hammad Sarwar was given Earlier, at the start of the honorary shield to Governor tioner requested the court erage of up to Rs. 100,000, at NHMP Training College, guard of honor by officers of ceremony, IG NHMP Dr. Punjab. Governor Punjab to issue directives for the including protection Sheikhupura. Provincial NHMP. Later on, Governor Syed Kaleem Imam prayed Chaudhry Muhammad Sar- government to impose a against accidental death, Minister for Human Rights Punjab inaugurated water for departed souls of NHMP war also presented souvenir blanket ban on sale of ciga- permanent total disability, Ijaz Alam, Provincial Min- filtration plant donated by Shuhda. IG said that NHMP to IG NHMP and apprecia- rettes near educational in- medical evacuation and ister for Disaster Manage- Sarwar Foundation. While enjoys a distinct place tion letter to commandant stitutions. The hearing was loss of baggage and CNIC. ment Authority Mian Khalid talking to officer of NHMP among all police organiza- DIG Mehboob Aslam. adjourned until February 4. 03 IslamabadPOST

METROLITETuesday, January 12, 2021 Lok Virsa, Briefs Embassy of Iran to ETBP issues collobrate notice to 106 Madrasas/ Raja Pervaiz ISLAMABAD: The National shrines Institute of Folk and Tradi- RAWALPINDI: The Evac- tional Heritage (Lok Virsa) uee Trust Board Punjab has planned to start cultur- (ETBP) on Monday issued al projects with embassy of notices to 106 Madrassas Iran in Pakistan to promote and shrines in three dis- culture and traditional herit- tricts of the Rawalpindi di- a g e o f b o t h c o u n t r i e s . vision. According to ETBP Executive Director Talha Ali spokesman, the custodians Khan Khushvaha on Mon- of the shrines and Madras- day told APP that Islamic sas were directed to get Republic of Iran is marking themselves registered with its active contributions to the Board else action would promote cultural ties in Pa- be taken against them. kistan. He said that in this He informed that it was regard cultural counseller of mandatory for the prop- Iran had been collaborated erties under the control together both at the muse- of Board and run by the ums level as well as country private owners to provide level to propagate and cre- detailed information of the ate deep understanding of assets and annual income c o m m o n H e r i t a g e . statement to the ETBP. He said that in collobra- He said that notices were is- tion with embassy of Iran sued in three districts of the grand festivals and ex- division including 64 in dis- hibitions will be held in trict Jehlum, 21 Attock and p r e m i s e s o f L o k V i r s a . 21 in Rawalpindi. “ A fine of He said that “Pakistan and Rs 2.5 million including rig- Iran are cooperating in orous imprisonment up to many areas and we would like to initiate some joint five years would be awarded if ISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Islamabad Police Qazi Jamil ur Rehman pryaing at National Police Martys’ Monument. – DNA they failed to provide the right ventures. He said that soon information under the ETBP Lok Virsa would start some 2020 Act”, he added. – APP project and joint ventures for promotion of cultural values and hertigae of both Killer of countries. He said that Paki- policeman IGP lays floral wreath stan and Iran share a lot of history, language and herit- arrested a g e a n d I s l a m i c h e r i t a g e . He added that relations be- ISLAMABAD: Islamabad tween Tehran and Islama- Police have arrested a drug bad were centuries old and pusher for killing a police at Martyrs’ Monument both countries were bonded head constable few days through religious and cul- before, a police spokesman On his arrival at Police Line Headquarters, a smartly turned out contingent of tural similarities. said. He said that Head The strengthening of bonds Constable Afzal Janan got Islamabad police presented him guard of honor. DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed, between Iran and Pakistan bullet injury in his head was a matter of great pleas- when he tried to arrest a DIG (Headquarters) and other senior police officials were also present on the occasion ure, he stated. drug pusher Safarish alias Kodu during police encoun- contingent of Islamabad police their compatriots elsewhere in before the anti-social elements. and ensured protection to the ter. After receiving the bul- DNA presented him guard of honor. the country have added a golden He said police is basically a lives and property of the citi- CDWP let fired by drug pusher, the DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin chapter in the history, written risky job and police officer has zens,” the IGP Islamabad added. head constable Afzal Janan ISLAMABAD: Inspector Gener- Syed, DIG (Headquarters) and with blood of their martyrs. to handle brutal and mindless vi- He also urged the other police- approves 4 struggled for life in hospital al of Islamabad Police Qazi Jamil other senior police officials were He said the courageous role olence. Everyone is proud that men to devote their lives for ser- health sector where he expired. ur Rehman on Monday laid floral also present on the occasion. played by the police in the cap- Islamabad Police has always kept vices to people because no other Special teams were consti- wreath at National Police Mar- The IGP also offered Fateha for ital has won hearts of people as dictum of duty before self and task is better than it. projects tuted to arrest the killer and tys’ Monument and lauded the the martyrs of Islamabad police the brave custodians of law and the entire nation and the police IGP Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Re- police finally succeeded to services of those who sacrifices and also wrote his views in visi- order prevented many disasters department is proud of its brave hman said there is no alternate arrest him from Nilore area. their lives for bright future of the tors’ books placed there. by timely nabbing mischievous and gallant Shaheeds. of live, however, families of mar- DNA next generation. Further investigation is The newly appointed chief of elements. He said that 50 po- “We are proud of martyrs of all tyred personnel would be given all ISLAMABAD: The Cen- On his arrival at Police Line Head- underway. IGP Islamabad Islamabad police said that po- licemen embraced martyrdom in police officials who have written compensation as per package an- tral Development Working quarters, a smartly turned out Qazi Jamil ur Rehman and lice in the national capital like the line of duty but did not bow golden chapter with their blood nounced for martyred personnel. Party (CDWP) on Monday DIG (Operations) Waqar approved four projects of Uddin Syed have appreciat- Murad for health sector worth of over ed this performance. – APP PARC approves 22 Rs 20 billion. 2nd Pakistan Mountains strategy to The meeting of the CDWP Police recover was held, which was pre- 17,350 kites, thwart Indian research projects sided over by Deputy Chair- Pride Awards on Jan 27 designs Azeem Khan Chairman, PARC / man Planning Commission arrest 12 It is essential to attract others to follow the Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan. DNA footprints of the living legends and award re- BoD of ALP while presiding over the Senior officials from federal RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi cipients to contribute their services to the DNA meeting welcomed the committee governments also partici- police on the directives of ISLAMABAD: Seven dedicated profession- mountains and its communities. Not only pated in the meeting while City Police Officer (CPO) ISLAMABAD: Minister for members and urged the participants representatives from pro- als serving the mountain communities and conservation and development of mountain Communications Murad Rawalpindi Muhammad Ah- putting their best efforts for the conserva- resources, we also need to encourage peo- vincial governments partic- san Younas have initiated Saeed has requested the to adopt good quality research ipated through video links. tion and development of mountains’ natural ple promoting mountain culture, crafts, ag- National Assembly Speak- a crackdown on the people resources will be awarded with the 2nd Pa- ricultural and horticultural products. ISLAMABAD: PARC convened its 33rd Meeting of the The meeting approved a er and Senate Chairman to Board of Directors (BoD) of Agricultural Linkages Program involved in kite selling and kistan Mountains Pride Awards. The stakeholders downstream shall provide project namely “Establish- convening a special session (ALP) to approve new research projects in order to promote flying and recovered 17,350 A grand ceremony will be organized by the marketing and networking opportunities to ment of 200-bed Mother & of the Parliament for for- research and development activities. The activities proposed kites and 95 kite flying Development Communications Network the communities and their local organiza- Child Hospital and Nurs- mulating a comprehensive under the ALP projects are directly related to both the objec- string rolls from the posses- (Devcom-Pakistan) in Islamabad with the tions to contribute their bit of efforts to up- ing College, Attok district, strategy to deal with the ne- tives as specified in the vision 2030 and other plans of the sion of 12 accused netted support of development partners and lift the life and livelihood for the lo- Punjab” worth Rs 5.82 bil- from different areas, a po- farious Indian designs. Government of Pakistan and to promote agricultural sector lion. While it also approved organizations serving the land and cals. We all need to highlight the The minister, in a letter, lice spokesman said. people of northern highlands. in Pakistan. At the beginning of the meeting, DG P&DD and another project namely importance of the mountains said Pakistan was an im- Executive Director of ALP Dr. Muhammad Munir Ahmad He said that Rawalpindi po- Devcom-Pakistan launched “Establishment of 200-bed as a hub of natural resourc- portant member of the briefed about the agenda of the meeting. All Technical Mem- lice had launched an opera- Pakistan Mountains Pride Mother & Child Hospital es for the people living Muslim Ummah and the bers of PARC and other senior officials were the participants. tion to impose the ban and Awards in 2019 to recog- and Nursing College” worth there and downstream, United Nations, and was A total of 24 research & development projects as recom- rounded up 12 kite sellers nize the services par ex- Rs8.1 billion. and need to inculcate playing a significant role mended by Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of ALP during last 10 days. cellence of the individuals informed policy-making Similarly the CDWP also He said the Gungmandi, in promoting peace and were presented for evaluation and approval of Board of approved another similar that they rendered over for the conservation of harmony in South Asia. Directors. All the technical members presented projects Cantt, Sadiqabad and Civil the years to the moun- mountain resources by project worth of Rs. 5.8 Line police conducted raids He said Modi-led Indian for their respective division and all the participants of billion. The main objective tains of Pakistan and its creating awareness and government was using all the meeting extended their suggestions. Resultantly, in different areas and recov- communities. The signif- networking among the of these three mother and ered over 17,350 kites and its resources to destabilize 22 projects which include research in the fields of Plant child hospitals projects are icance of the awards is that key stakeholders. He said Pakistan. Sciences, Animals Sciences, Agricultural Engineering 95 kite flying string rolls they are titled after the names Pakistan is blessed with 11 to improve access of margin- from the possession of kite It had started a new cam- and Natural Resources were approved by the concerned alized communities to quali- of the living legends to recognize ranges of mountains including paign against Pakistan un- Board for further processing. Azeem Khan Chairman, sellers. Separate cases have their lifelong services to the moun- three of the world’s largest namely ty maternity and immediate been registered against all der the umbrella of fake PARC / BoD of ALP while presiding over the meeting new born care, quality ser- tains and its communities in different sectors. Karakoram, Hnidukush and Himalaya. All NGOs, which were issuing welcomed the committee members and urged the par- the accused while further Devcom-Pakistan Executive Director Munir the mountain ranges have their own charac- vices including medical and investigation are underway. false statements and patron- ticipants to adopt good quality research. surgical services to mother Ahmed is the founder of Pakistan Moun- teristics and treasures of natural resources. ising so-called intellectuals. He added that the ALP is supporting in achieving research/ The CPO has appreciated tains Pride Awards (PAMPA) and Pakistan But, most of them remained untapped over and child to strengthen pre- performance of the police of- The minister said Europe's development goals for development of agriculture sector in ventive services like immu- Mountain Festival (PMF), the 10th edition the years. Same is the case of human re- Disinfolab had fully ex- Pakistan and PARC is running this program very efficiently ficers and directed them for of which was concluded in December 2020 sources – the mountain communities. They nization, nutrition and fam- effective policing measures posed India's conspiracies since its inception. Describing of the projects under dis- ily planning to children and despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Talking had been deprived of social and infrastruc- against Pakistan. cussion which were approved by the Board, the Chairman in the city. He said all out about the objective of the PAMPA, he said tural development for long. Then, some in- mother of the catchment efforts should be made to The most worrying aspect of PARC told that all these projects will help in achieving agri- population. that we need to recognize the services of in- dividuals and organizations started working its report is the under-hand cultural improvement, food security in the country and will counter increasing trend of dividuals and organizations that have played for the uplift of the communities to support kite selling and flying. – APP assistance India is receiving play an important role in raising the living standards of the their key role to inspire others. the Pakistan government’s initiatives. from amongst us, he added. people of respective areas as well. – DNA NEPRA CTP speeds to probe up campaign nationwide against power outage beggars AIOU, Civil Services Academy sign MoU According to the MoU, both the organizations will cooperate with each other in education, DNA RAWALPINDI: City Traffic training and research in addition to organizing seminars and lectures jointly Police (CTP) Rawalpindi ISLAMABAD: The National have accelerated their on-go- each other in education, training jointly. While addressing the to get itself benefited from the He further said that he would Electric Power Regulatory ing campaign against profes- Rana Farrukh and research in addition to or- participants, Dr Sajid Yoosufani vast experience of AIOU in the like officers who were getting ex- Authority (NEPRA) has sional beggars while 17,608 ganizing seminars and lectures said that his organization wants field of distance education. tensive training at Civil Services taken serious notice of the were arrested from city ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open Academy could receive a Post recent nationwide power roads during 2020. The CTP University (AIOU) and Civil Ser- Graduate Diploma or degree af- blackout. lodged 273 FIRs in different vices Academy, Lahore signed a ter completing their training on The National Electric Pow- police stations against beg- Memorandum of Understanding the pattern of Pakistan Army at er Regulatory Authority gars caught from different (MoU) at the main campus of the Pakistan Military Academy and (NEPRA) has, therefore, areas, said in-charge CTP, university here on Monday to co- Staff College. decided to constitute a Anti-Begging Squad. operate in education, training Prof Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum thanked high powered committee He said that the squad on and research fields. the director general and ex- of the top professional the directives of Chief Traf- Vice Chancellor, AIOU Prof Dr pressed his hope that Civil Ser- from National Electric fic Officer (CTO) Rawalpin- Zia Ul-Qayyum and Dr Sajid Yoos- vices Academy would cooperate Power Regulatory Authori- di had launched grand oper- ufani, Director General, Civil Ser- with AIOU by providing training ty (NEPRA) and renowned ation and rounded up over vices Academy, Lahore signed the to the AIOU administrative of- protection engineers from 17,608 during last year. He agreement on the behalf of their ficers to enhance their adminis- the private sector to ascer- said, the CTP were trying respective organizations. trative capabilities. tain the reasons and facts to eliminate begging from Senior academic and adminis- Dr Yousfani assured him that about this incident, said a the city roads and during trative officers of the university Civil Services Academy will not press release issued here their efforts, professional were present at the MoU signing only train AIOU administrative Monday. The committee beggars were being sent ceremony. staff but would also offer its ser- will also give recommen- behind the bars. – APP According to the MoU, both the vices to the university students dations to avoid such inci- organizations will cooperate with in various capacities. dents in future. IslamabadPOST 04 TWIN CITIES Tuesday, January 12, 2021 AG starts Briefs arguments in presidential SC hears reference appeals in Shahzeb DNA ISLAMABAD: Attorney murder case General Khalid Javed start- ed his arguments before DNA the Supreme Court on Monday over the presiden- ISLAMABAD: The Supreme tial reference on Senate Court of Pakistan while elections. hearing appeals against con- The government has sought victions in Shahzeb murder opinion of the apex court case, directed petitioners by a presidential reference counsel to submit case pa- over the Senate elections pers to the court in a proper to be conducted with open arrangement. ballot. A five-judge larger Three convicts Shahrukh bench, headed by Chief Jatoi, Siraj Talpur and Ghu- Justice Gulzar Ahmed lam Murtaza Lashari have and comprising of Justice submitted pleas against Mushir Alam, Justice Umar their life imprisonment con- Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz ul viction in Shahzeb murder Ahsan and Justice Yahya Af- case. The court also issued ridi, hearing the reference. notice over the appeal of The court had issued notic- Shahrukh Jatoi to the mem- es to the all stakeholders bers of the aggrieved family and has received replies of of Shahzeb Khan. the provincial assemblies A three-member bench of of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the apex court headed by Punjab and the National Justice Mabool Baqar heard Assembly. Both the prov- the case. The counsel of the inces have supported to convicts argued before the conduct Senate elections bench that after compromise by open ballot. between the two parties, the ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ilya Khan President ICCI and Amer Ali Ahmed Chairman CDA posing for a picture during their visit to F-10 Markaz. – DNA The bench had issued no- sentences in a case com- tices to Advocate Generals, muted. Justice Qazi Ameen, the Election Commission a member of the bench, of Pakistan, Chairman Sen- asked the counsel to submit ate, Speaker National As- the agreement between the Capital admin assess needs sembly and the Speakers of parties in the court. “Your provincial assemblies. case papers are not properly Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal arranged, submit the papers (JUI-F) submitted its objec- again in proper arrange- tions over the jurisdiction ment,” Justice Qazi Ameen of markets development of the court over the mat- directed the counsel. ter and its counsel Kamran The bench adjourned fur- Murtaza sought the court’s ther hearing of the case for Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan and Amer Ali Ahmed inspected various areas of these permission to submit its three weeks. Twenty-year- two markets to see the situation of infrastructure and interacted with the contentions in writing. old Shahzeb Khan, son of a “The matter should be DSP, was gunned down on traders to know about the requirements of development works sent to the parliament as it the night of December 24, should take decision on the business community and CDA along with ICCI leadership, which ness activities. He said that ICCI he would continue to work with 2012, in Karachi’s Defence issue,” the counsel argued. officers of various departments showed that he was quite serious in in collaboration with Presidents of ICCI for addressing development Housing Society. DNA The court granted permis- were also present at the occasion. addressing the development needs Trade Associations of respective issues of all major markets so that sion to JUI-F to submit its ISLAMABAD: Sardar Yasir Il- Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan and Amer of markets. He apprised him that markets would form a Mediation business activities could flourish reply in writing. NEPRA yas Khan, President, Islamabad Ali Ahmed inspected various are- the lack of parking facility was a Committee that would work with in the federal capital. Former senate chairman Chamber of Commerce & Indus- as of these two markets to see the major issue of the traders of mar- traders and CDA for removal of en- President ICCI and Chairman Raza Rabbani sought the imposes try (ICCI) along with Amer Ali situation of infrastructure and in- kets including Blue Area and F-10 croachments from markets. CDA have set a new trend by court’s permission to be a Ahmed, Chairman CDA visited teracted with the traders to know Markaz and said that CDA should Addressing the traders of Blue Area conducting visits of markets by party in the case in his per- Rs13m fine the two major business centres about the requirements of devel- arrange early auction of plots for and F-10 Markaz, Amer Ali Ahmed, taking the trade associations on sonal capacity. “It is a con- of Islamabad including Blue Area opment works. parking so that parkings could be Chairman CDA said that the civic board. This was the third joint vis- on PESCO stitutional matter and only and F-10 Markaz to assess the They identified many issues in- built and run on BOT basis, which body has decided to upgrade the it of President ICCI and Chairman the parliament has been en- ISLAMABAD: National needs of markets development cluding need for carpeting of will generate revenue for CDA and basic infrastructure in markets. He CDA to see the on-ground situa- titled to take a decision or Electric Power Regulatory and take remedial measures to roads, repair of footpaths, putting help in resolving parking issues for said that CDA has already started tion of markets for early resolu- pass an amendment,” the Authority (NEPRA) has address the issues traders. Mu- lids on manholes of gutters, resto- business community. the process of carpeting roads, tion of traders issues. veteran lawyer argued. imposed a fine of Rs13 mil- hammad Ejaz Abbasi former ration of streetlights, trimmings of He also informed the traders of repair of footpaths, restoration of They have already visited Super lion on Peshawar Electric President ICCI, Yousaf Rajput trees, removal of encroachments these markets that ICCI was in streetlights, improving sewerage Market, Jinnah Super, Rana Mar- Supply Company (PESCO) President Traders Association and repair of broken fences etc. to close liaison with CDA to work & sanitation systems. He said CDA ket, Farooqia Market, Melody Over 20m on charges of negligence Blue Area, Ahmed Khan Presi- improve the beautification of mar- jointly for the better develop- was in the process of identifying Market and Aabpara Market. They resulting in fatal incidents dent Traders Association F-10 kets and uplift their image. ment of markets and commercial plots in markets for construction of would conduct more joint visits to lost livelihood during the period of July to Markaz, Raja Hassan Akhtar and Speaking at the occasion, Sardar areas in Islamabad and assured multi storey parking. various markets of Islamabad to December, 2019. Ali Akram Khan Executive Mem- Yasir Ilyas Khan, President ICCI them that CDA would accelerate He said that many development see their issues and start required due to NEPRA upon receipt of re- bers ICCI, Tahir Abbasi former appreciated the approach of Amer efforts to resolve major issues of works were in progress and trad- development works in order to lockdowns ports of 26 deaths due to Senior Vice President ICCI, Ma- Ali Ahmed, Chairman CDA for con- the trading community in order to ers would see more improvement promote the ease of doing busi- electrocution during the lik Sagheer Ahmed, members of ducting visits to various markets facilitate them in promoting busi- in coming days. He assured that ness in the Islamabad region. above period, constituted a DNA two members investigation ISLAMABAD: More than committee under Section ‘Transparent 20 million people lost live- 27A of NEPRA Act 1997 to lihood due to lockdowns visit the relevant areas, con- Senate imposed to halt spread of duct investigation and ascer- Covid-19, a survey con- tain the facts and possible elections ducted by the Pakistan violations of NEPRA Laws, Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Rules and Regulations. will be Pak’s revealed. The investigation commit- victory’ According to the survey tee’s report revealed that conducted to evaluate the 14 out of the total 26 fatal- impact of Covid-19 on the ities occurred on part of DNA well-being of people, 6.7 PESCO’s negligence, said ISLAMABAD: Chairman million people witnessed a press release issued here of the Senate’s Standing reduction in their earn- on Monday. Committee on Information ing due to the lockdowns Therefore, the authority is- and Broadcasting Faisal and economic downturn sued a show cause notice to Javed Khan on Monday has brought on by the pan - PESCO under Section 27B said that holding transpar- demic. of the NEPRA Act, 1997 and ent and fair Senate elec- Pakistan’s workforce was later gave an opportunity of tions will be the victory of recorded at 55.7 million hearing to the company. Pakistan. Talking to media before the onset of Cov- Based on the evidence avail- outside the Supreme Court id-19 but this declined to able on record, submissions (SC), the senator said that 35 million due to the lock- of PESCO and relevant pro- Prime Minister (PM) Im- downs. However, after the visions of the laws, rules and ran Khan wants to stop first wave of the pandemic regulations, the authority selling and purchasing of was over, the number of concluded that the PESCO votes in the upper house of workforce rebounded to a has failed to discharge its the Parliament. bit lower than pre-Covid statutory obligations to main- Elimination of corrup- period (52.5 million). It tain safety standards as laid tion from everywhere is disclosed that 10 per cent down in the relevant Code the mission of Pakistan households reported food and Manual. Further, PES- Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he insecurity during the first CO failed to report fatalities added. The reaction came wave of the pandemic. immediately to the authority after Jamiat Ulema-e-Is- in a prescribed manner as lam, during hearing of envisaged under NEPRA Per- 5-day anti- presidential reference formance Standards (Distri- by SC, opposed holding bution) Rules, 2005. – APP polio drive Senate elections by open ballot. During the hear- kicks off Five arrested ing, the federal govenr- ment submitted written on gambling response while Sindh gov- DNA RAWALPINDI: In a crack- ernment was granted one RAWALPINDI: The five-day down against anti-social ele- ISLAMABAD: Air Vice Marshal (R), Ijaz Mahmood Malik, presenting a magazine on promotion of tourism more week to furnish its anti-polio campaign kicked ments, police have arrested in Pakistan to President Dr Arif Alvi, at Aiwan-e-Sadr. – DNA stand on the reference. off in the entire district of five gamblers besides recov- Rawalpindi on Monday to ering bet money Rs 6780, cover more than 885,000 10 motorcycles, five mobile children below five years phones and a pick up from age. In-charge anti-polio their possession, a police drive Chaudary Muhammad ‘Govt to establish Ehsaas Nashonuma Centres’ Hussain told APP that 2964 spokesman said on Monday. He informed that Chontra Nashonuma is a 3-year programme that delivers conditional cash transfers to the vulnerable polio teams , 270 health Police got information that centers, allied hospitals and some people were gambling pregnant women and mothers with children under two years, linked to the consumption tehsil headquarter hospi- on the cock fight in the area. of specialized nutritious food, immunizations, and attendance of health awareness sessions tals are participating in the During the course of ac- drive. During the campaign, tion, police arrested three World Food Programme. lochistan, the Nashonuma Cen- in Pakistan where the highest he said, over 280,000 chil- gamblers identified as Zu- DNA Alongside, the steering commit- tres are also being opened at the burden is within the poorest seg- dren have been so far ad- bair Khan, Adeel Khan and tee’s Terms of References, stra- basic health unit level to ensure ments of the population, she said. ministered the polio vaccine Shafqat and seized 3780, ISLAMABAD: Around 48 Ehsaas tegic avenues for scaling up the easy access to the facility. Continuing, she said, “To enhance on first day while 885,000 ten motorcycles, three mo- Nashonuma Centers were being programme, lessons from the first Reflecting on the expansion of the the programmatic and awareness children is the set target of bile phones and a pick up. established in 13 districts of the phase, priorities for quality en- first phase from 7 to 13 of the nu- outcomes of the Ehsaas Nasho- the campaign which would Meanwhile, Taxila police country to provide health servic- hancements, adaptations and inte- tritionally vulnerable districts in numa in an effective manner, it is be achieved by January 15. held two gamblers namely es and conditional cash transfers grations introduced in the design the country, Dr. Sania stated, “The highly important to focus on the He said polio drops were Nazir and Sabza Ali and re- mainly to prevent children from and roll out of the programme first phase of Ehsaas Nashonuma instructional beneficiary centred also being administered at covered over Rs 3000 and stunting growth issue. were discussed. provides a solid, context-driven and communication.” The meeting was transit points to ensure that two mobile phones from their This was revealed during the intro- The committee also discussed years, linked to the consumption scalable model for integrating nu- attended by two federal ministries all children be immunized possession. Police registered ductory meeting of Ehsaas Nasho- coordination of nutrition specific of specialized nutritious food, im- trition-sensitive approaches within and six provincial ministries rep- below five years age. separate cases against all numa steering committee held programmes at the federal level to munizations, and attendance of social protection platforms.” resentatives along with other offi- He said staff deployed for the accused under the gam- under the chairmanship of Special ensure cross-country, cross-minis- health awareness sessions. “The expansion of the programme cials from Foreign Commonwealth the campaign have been bling act. City Police Officer Assistant to the Prime Minister terial, inter-sectoral and inter-pro- Turning policy into action, 48 Eh- will be anchored upon the lessons and Development Office, the World instructed that no negli- Muhammad Ahsan Younas on Social Protection and Poverty vincial collaboration for preven- saas Nashonuma Centres across from the field, operational reviews Bank, World Food Programme, gence in this regard would appreciated the performance Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar. tion of stunting and malnutrition 13 districts are being established and impact assessments that have World Health Organization, Asian be tolerated. of Police teams and directed The steering committee members among children. Nashonuma is a countrywide at the district and been embedded in the concep- Development Bank, UNICEF, Fed- Hussain advised parents to take strict action against were briefed on the progress of 3-year programme that delivers Tehsil level to provide health tualization and design of Ehsaas eral Expanded Programme for Im- to come forward and play such anti-social elements who Ehsaas Nashonuma programme conditional cash transfers to the services under one roof through Nashonuma”, she said. munization and Pakistan Poverty their role to ensure vacci- were violating the law. – APP that is being implemented in part- vulnerable pregnant women and the programme. In keeping with The policy action is envisaged to Alleviation Fund and Nashonuma nation of their children to nership with the provinces and mothers with children under two geographical spread out of Ba- address high rates of malnutrition operations team from BISP. eliminate the disease. Tuesday, January 12, 2021 05 IslamabadPOST Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Rising cotton prices Editor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Pakistan enters Deputy Editor: Abid Raza HE last few months have been booming for Paki- stan’s textile industry—our textile exports recovered ABC CERTIFIED the dark mode from the initial losses of the coronavirus pandemic. T Vol: 01 Issue: 248 Muhammad Omar Iftikhar Data published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows Email: [email protected] that the textile shipments have surged by 3.8 per cent to LL cities of Pakistan were engulfed in darkness on $4.8 billion between July and October from $4.6bn a year Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 the night of January 09, 2021. While the cause is still ago. December overall has been a good month for Paki- Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad being ascertained, some reports claimed it to be an stan’s exports, with our numbers hitting over $2.3 billion, A “engineering fault.” At 11:41, the system tripped causing the the highest ever for this month. flow of power to be interrupted. The electricity across the Yet while the textile industry seemed to be stable last week, country was resumed after a lapse of nearly 12 to 15 hours. there are symptoms of trouble in the future. Cotton prices The social media users, especially those on Facebook and in the local market hit a 10-year high of Rs11,000 per maund Twitter, began sharing their reasons behind the blackout. (40kg) in the week. Some analysts predict that prices may Some said it to be a military coup while some humorously further increase 20 to 50 per cent in the coming days. connected it to an alien invasion. While some were talking The rise in prices has been due to increasing demand. This sense by saying that the power grid has tripped, the rest is good in some ways—cotton is getting huge export orders were sharing memes about this incident. While such a pow- despite the Covid-19 pandemic led slowdown in economic er shutdown and a blackout do not bode well for the effec- activities. However, the rise in demand needs to be comple- tiveness of the government, it did show us a lighter side of mented with a similar increase in production—that is just not our nation. A similar power breakdown in a Western coun- happening. Cotton production has declined in the country— try may have compelled people to take on the streets, loot this implies something very wrong in the economic process of stores, and create havoc, the people in Karachi showed an it all. It means that the growers are not benefitting from the opposite reaction. They began sharing memes and jokes rising prices and thus do not have an interest in increasing about the power breakdown on social media. Such a black- production. This is worrying—the rising local demand means out wasn’t taken seriously by the Pakistanis as we as a na- that there is a need to import around 7.0 million bales, again tion are accustomed to spontaneous interruptions of power hampering the progress that rising export orders would have. that at times do last for more than 12 to 24 hours. Moreover, The textile industry, our largest exporter, will lose its we have become prone to such incidents and events. competitive advantage should the cost of production be Imagine the time in 2010 when Cyclone Phet entered Sindh too high. The need for revitalising production is ever and it was predicted that heavy rainfalls would occur in the prevalent—this is why the government has just evolved a province. The people of Karachi went to the Sea View to wit- comprehensive package for the textile and apparel value ness the incoming Cyclone Phet. They did so despite the au- chain to promote local production and exports from the thorities asking them not to. The power blackout was again country. It is hoped that through this package, sufficient a strong reminder to the people of Pakistan and to the world attention is paid to the growers and farmers to incentivise that we as a nation can withstand any hurdle unless it is not them into production through good profits. backed by political or religious differences. The truth about Trump’s mob HE storming of the US Capitol on Jan. “How the South Won the Civil War,” this variety on the white politicians themselves. This was Jeffrey D. Sachs 6 is easily misunderstood. Shaken by of mob violence has been a critical part of up - unacceptable, but not unpredictable. Trump has T the ordeal, members of Congress have per-class white America’s defense of a hierarchi- repeatedly told his followers that they are losing issued statements explaining that America is cal society for more than 150 years. America; and the Republicans’ loss of Georgia’s a nation of laws, not mobs. The implication is America’s culture of white mob violence goes two Senate seats to an African-American and a that the disruption incited by President Don - hand in hand with its gun culture. The hundreds Jew doubtless added to the rage. Trump may ald Trump is something new. It is not. The US of millions of privately owned firearms in the have been unusually crude in his race-baiting, has a long history of mob violence stoked by US disproportionately belong to whites; and, but his approach has been perfectly in keeping white politicians in the service of rich white as the historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz points with that of the Republican Party at least since Americans. What was unusual this time is that out powerfully in “Loaded: A Disarming History the party’s “Southern strategy” in the 1968 elec - the white mob turned on the white politicians, of the Second Amendment,” “gun rights” have tion, in the wake of that decade’s civil rights leg - rather than the people of color, who are usual - long been invoked by vigilante white mobs to islation. Until last year, Trump was getting the ly the victims. Of course, the circumstance of suppress blacks and Native Americans. Stoking job done for his party’s plutocrat donors, bosses this rioting is crucial. The aim was to intimi - mob violence against people of color is typically and business allies. The 2020 election was his to date Congress into stopping the peaceful tran - how rich whites channel poor whites’ grievanc- lose — and lose it he did. But the reason was not sition of power. This is sedition and, in stoking es away from themselves. Far from being a spe - that he was too racist toward people of color; it it, Trump has committed a capital offense. cifically Trumpian tactic, it is the oldest trick in was that he was overwhelmingly malevolent and In the past, such mob violence has been aimed the American political playbook. Want to pass a incompetent in the face of a killer pandemic. In the past, such mob at more traditional targets of white hate: Afri - regressive tax cut for the rich? Just tell econom - In the grand sweep of history, America is indeed can-Americans trying to vote or desegregate ically struggling whites that blacks, Muslims and turning the corner on its past of racism and violence has been aimed buses, housing, lunch counters, and schools; immigrants are coming to impose socialism. white mob violence. Barack Obama was elected Native Americans trying to protect their hunt - Trump has done precisely this throughout his to the presidency twice and, when Trump won in at more traditional targets ing lands and natural resources; Mexican farm - presidency, warning that, without him in office, 2016, he received fewer votes than his opponent. workers demanding occupational safety; or the Americans will “have to learn to speak Chinese.” Between Kamala Harris’s election as vice presi- of white hate: African- Chinese immigrant laborers who previously At his rallies, he routinely champions the Second dent and Georgia’s Senate elections this week, Americans trying to vote built the railways and worked the mines. These Amendment and rails against nonwhites, telling there is strong evidence to show that America groups were the targets of mob violence stoked congresswomen of color to “go back” to the is gradually shifting away from white oligarchic or desegregate buses, by Americans from President Andrew Jackson “totally broken and crime infested places from rule. By 2045, non-Hispanic whites will consti- and the frontiersman Kit Carson in the 19th which they came.” He has urged his followers tute only around half of the population, down housing, lunch counters, century to Alabama Governor George Wallace in to manhandle opposition demonstrators and to from about 83 percent in 1970. After that, Amer- and schools; Native the 20th. Viewed in this historical light, the mob throw them out — not just from his rallies, but ica will become a “majority-minority” country, of righteously indignant “good old boys” who from the country itself. He has praised white su - with non-Hispanic whites accounting for about Americans trying to protect stormed the Capitol had a familiar appearance. premacists as “very fine people.” After his Con - 44 percent of the population by 2060. As Trump put it in his speech fomenting the riot, federate flag-waving mob stormed the Capitol, For good reason, younger Americans are more their hunting lands and they were out to “save” America. “Let the weak he said: “We love you, you’re very special.” cognizant of racism than previous generations (politicians) get out. This is a time for strength,” The Republican Party fully backed Trump and were. The Trumpian virulence on display at the natural resources; Mexican he declared, deploying familiar riffs. “They also his politics of incitement right up until the af - Capitol may have been dismaying. But it should farmworkers demanding want to indoctrinate your children in school by ternoon of Jan. 6, when the mob swarmed the be seen as a desperate, pathetic last gasp. Fortu - teaching them things that aren’t so. They want Capitol. But Republican leaders’ fealty to Trump nately, the America of racist white rule is reced - occupational safety; or to indoctrinate your children. It’s all part of the has not been driven merely by his hold on the ing, if still far too slowly, into history. comprehensive assault on our democracy.” party’s base. Trump represents the essence of US President-elect Joe Biden may have prom - the Chinese immigrant Throughout American history, most mob vio- the American right. His assigned role has always ised a “return to normalcy,” but the truth laborers who previously lence has come not as a spasmodic explosion of been clear: To stack the judiciary, cut taxes for is that there is no going back. The world is protest from below, but rather as structural vio - corporations and the rich, and push back against changing in fundamental ways and the actions built the railways and lence from above, instigated by white politicians demands for social spending and environmental the world takes in the next few years will be preying on the fears, hatred and ignorance of the regulation, all while inciting the baying mob to critical in laying the groundwork for a sustain - worked the mines white underclass. As the historian Heather Cox fight “socialism.” able, secure and prosperous future. Richardson documents in her brilliant new book, Jan. 6 went awry because the white mob turned – Courtesy: Arab News The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story N December 19, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin outside help to make any substantial purchase. allowing a few medical supplies donated by international ac- Yara Hawari Netanyahu received the Pfizer-BioNTech COV- Several PA officials have mentioned the possibility of ob- tors to be transported into Gaza. This, despite its responsi- O ID-19 vaccine on live television. This kicked off a taining a quantity from the COVAX programme, the WHO- bility under international law as an occupying power to pro- high-paced national vaccination campaign that has seen led scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer coun- vide the supplies itself. Creating the impression that Israel more than a million Israelis, some 12 percent of the coun- tries. But it is likely this will take a long time – the vaccines is helping the Palestinians in good faith to tackle the virus try’s population, receive the jab in less than two weeks intended for COVAX have not yet gained “emergency use” while keeping them under occupation, was a remarkable – the highest rate in the world. Multiple factors paved approval by the WHO, a precondition for distribution to achievement of the Israeli propaganda machine. But this is the way for Israel to take the lead in the global vaccina- begin. In early December, the PA also claimed it reached not surprising considering that Israel had hid the violence tion race. Being a relatively small country – both by land a deal with Russia to receive some four million doses of of its regime with such illusions for decades. area and population – certainly helped. Having a digitised its Sputnik V vaccine in the coming weeks. However, Rus- Indeed, Israel is often praised by the international commu- national healthcare system which requires all citizens to sian officials recently notified the PA they do not yet have nity and media for letting the odd Palestinian patient from be registered also contributed. Moreover, unlike other enough supplies to fulfil non-domestic orders. Gaza receive treatment in Tel Aviv hospitals. In these “feel states, the Israeli government did not hesitate to recruit All this would not have mattered, if Israel met its legal, good” stories, however, the real reason why Palestinians the army to help with the administration and distribution moral and humanitarian obligation to vaccinate the Pal - need to go to Israel to receive treatment is seldom men- of the vaccine. There is also a political dimension to the estinians living under its military occupation. The Israeli tioned: The crippling military siege that prevents local hos- fast roll out – Netanyahu is fighting for political survival officials are trying to evade responsibility by claiming pitals from obtaining the necessary equipment and supplies and winning the vaccine race might tip the balance in his the PA is yet to ask Israel for assistance in procuring the to provide treatment themselves. No doubt, whenever the favour in the upcoming March elections. vaccine, and that, under the Oslo accords which never PA succeeds in securing a vaccine shipment, this achieve- But there is a dark side to Israel’s “vaccine success sto- came to fruition, all vaccination programmes in the West ment will once again be presented to the international ry”: While it is immunising its citizens against COVID-19 Bank should be led by the PA. Yet this ignores the fact community as a sign of “great coordination” between the at an unrivalled rate, the Israeli government is not doing that Article 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention specif - Israelis and the Palestinians. Indeed, to deliver the vaccines The Palestinians, of course, anything to vaccinate millions of Palestinians living under ically provides that an occupier has the duty of ensuring to the Palestinians living in occupied territories, the PA will its military occupation. In a cruel irony, hundreds of doses “the adoption and application of the prophylactic and need to coordinate with the Israeli regime, which maintains are not the only ones who on the cusp of expiration were reportedly thrown away in preventive measures necessary to combat the spread of full control over everything going in and out of the West were practically kicked out Israeli clinics last week, while millions of Palestinians are contagious diseases and epidemics”. In other words, the Bank and Gaza. Hence, when and if the Israelis “allow” the being denied the vaccine. Indeed, while the vaccine roll-out Israeli regime has a legal obligation to procure a suffi - vaccines to be delivered to the Palestinians, they will likely of the vaccine race even in Israel includes the Palestinian citizens of Israel, it does cient amount of COVID-19 vaccines for Palestinians liv - be hailed by many in the international community for “coop- not include some five million Palestinians living in the West ing under its military occupation. erating” and “coordinating” with the Palestinians. before it started. Most Bank and Gaza. Since 1967, these two Palestinian territo- Furthermore, both Israeli and international law ban Israel The Palestinians, of course, are not the only ones who were ries have been under Israel’s military occupation, with the from allowing the distribution of a vaccine in Gaza and the practically kicked out of the vaccine race even before it countries in the Global latter also suffering from a blockade since 2007. West Bank that it has not approved for its own population. started. Most countries in the Global South have also been Among many things, this regime of absolute control has So, Israel is not only responsible for vaccinating Palestini- left out of the race, with most of the vaccine doses that will South have also been left had a direct and detrimental effect not only on Palestinians’ ans living in the occupied territories, but it also has a legal be available in the short-term being allocated to rich nations access to healthcare but also the quality of the care on of- obligation to ensure the vaccines they eventually receive that have the funds, and the political might, to buy them. out of the race, with most fer in the West Bank and Gaza.. Israel’s occupation has left meet the approval criteria of the Israeli healthcare system. But Israel’s military occupation, and unrivalled control over the Palestinian healthcare system undersupplied and with Since the beginning of this unprecedented global public the Palestinian population, makes the challenge facing the of the vaccine doses that insufficient medical facilities. For years, rather than being health emergency, however, Israel not only refused to live authorities in the West Bank and Gaza especially formida- allowed to develop self-sufficiency, Palestinians living in the up to its clearly defined legal obligations to the Palestinian ble. Places like the occupied territories, where the health will be available in the occupied territories were forced to rely on outside help to people but also created a false picture in which it is work- infrastructure is weak and it is difficult to maintain basic meet their most basic healthcare needs. ing with the PA to defeat the virus. In March last year, for social distancing or hygiene requirements, should be prior- short-term being allocated Thus, when COVID-19 hit, the Palestinian authorities were example, when it “allowed” the entry of medical supplies itised in vaccination efforts. And yet, because of prevailing in no shape to implement effective pandemic mitigation and equipment into Gaza, Israel received praise from the structures of oppression, they won’t be. to rich nations that have strategies or procure the necessary medications and vac- likes of the UN for “cooperating” with the Palestinians with So as the world watches Israel’s speedy vaccination pro- cines to protect Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority regard to tackling COVID-19. gram in awe, it must not ignore the bigger picture – that the funds, and the political (PA) is yet to secure a sufficient quantity of vaccinations In effect, the Israeli regime, which singlehandedly depleted the Israeli regime is refusing to provide the vaccine to the to immunise the Palestinian population against COVID-19. the capabilities of the Palestinian healthcare system through millions of people it is forcefully ruling over. might, to buy them And due to its dire financial situation, it will need significant its decades-long military occupation, was being praised for – Courtesy: Al Jazeera IslamabadPOST 06 WORLD / SPORTS Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Turkish FM Briefs arrives today Pakistan, Azerbaijan agree on From Page 01 Erdogan’s part of regular high-level exchanges between the two office quits countries. This will be his expanding military relations third visit during the last two WhatsApp and half years. The fraternal relations between Pakistan and Turkey are deeply em- oreign esk F D bedded in common faith, ANKARA: Turkish President culture and history and un- Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s me- derpinned by exceptional dia office says it is quitting mutual trust and respect. WhatsApp after the mes- Pakistan-Turkey bilateral re- saging app’s move to oblige lations have been institution- many of its users to agree to alized under the High Level a controversial new privacy Strategic Cooperation Coun- policy. In statements made cil (HLSCC), which is the through WhatsApp on Sun- highest level decision-making day, presidency officials said forum, providing strategic di- that media office will update rection to further boost the journalists via BiP, a unit of partnership. Co-chaired by Turkish communication com- President Erdogan and Prime pany Turkcell, from Monday. Minister Imran Khan, the 6th Following WhatsApp’s Session of HLSCC was held forced update in its privacy in Islamabad in February policy this week, users in 2020. The Strategic Econom- Turkey have objected to it ic Framework (SEF), signed on Twitter with the hashtag at 6th Session of HLSCC, has #DeletingWhatsapp. 71 action points for deeper According to Turkish state cooperation between the two media quoting Turkcell, BiP countries in diverse fields. gained more than 1.12 mil- lion users in just 24 hours, boasting more than 53 mil- PDM vows lion users worldwide. to remove Alternations made to WhatsApp’s terms and ser- PTI govt vices will be effective from February 8 and they will al- From Page 01 low it to share data with par- “The military leadership ent company Facebook and has to explain whether it is its other subsidiaries. a party and if it is a party, Users have to agree to the then our protest is justi- new terms in order to be fied,” he added. able to keep using the appli- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, cation after the deadline. while addressing the ral- On Saturday, Ali Taha Koc, ly, said that the people of head of the Turkish Presiden- Malakand have given their tial Digital Transformation decision against this ‘select- Office, criticised WhatsApp’s ed government’. “Consider new terms of services and today’s rally a referendum,” the exemption from the new he added. He said that the data-sharing rules for users people of Khyber-Pakh- in the United Kingdom and of strategic partnership. The lah Almighty to the souls of all Meanwhile, A delegation led uled to meet with high-ranking tunkhwa (K-P) have been the European Union. DNA Minister of Defense of the servicemen and civilians who by Azerbaijani Foreign Minis - officials of Pakistan. suffering at the hands of Republic of Azerbaijan Colo - died as Shaheed, and healing ter Jeyhun Bayramov will leave Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minis - these incompetent and fake BAKU: The Pakistani delega - nel General Zakir Hasanov to the wounded. for an official visit to Pakistan ter Mevlut Cavusoglu said that rulers for seven years. Biden tion led by the Air Chief Mar - has met with a delegation led Both delegations discussed on January 13-14, 2021, the on January 13, 2021, a meeting “These people are hypo- nominates shal Mujahid Anwar Khan is on by the Commander of the Air the issues of development of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry of the foreign ministers of Tur - crites and liars. Whatever a working visit to Azerbaijan. Force of the Islamic Republic cooperation between Azerbai - told Trend. key, Azerbaijan and Pakistan they promised they haven’t Burns as The meeting expressed satis - of Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal jan and Pakistan in the mil - Within the framework of the will take place. deliver,” he said and added faction with the development Mujahid Anwar Khan. itary, military-technical, and visit, the second trilateral He noted that the meeting will that PPP delivers whatever CIA director of traditional friendship and In turn, the Commander of the military-educational spheres, meeting of the foreign minis - be held in the capital of Paki - it promises as former prime mutual trust between the peo - Air Force of Pakistan congrat - including cooperation be - ters of Azerbaijan, Turkey and stan - Islamabad, adding that minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Monitoring Desk ples of the two countries, in - ulated the Azerbaijani people tween the Air Forces of the Pakistan is scheduled for on he will also meet face-to-face fulfilled his promise by abol- cluding Azerbaijani-Pakistani on the victory in the Patriotic two countries, and further ex - January 13, and for January 14, with his Azerbaijani counter- ishing Frontier Crimes Reg- WASHINGTON: US Pres- relations, as well as the level War, wished the mercy of Al - pansion of relations. the Azerbaijani FM is sched - part Jeyhun Bayramov. ulations (FCR). ident-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced former Deputy Secretary of State SBP governor William Burns as his nomi- optimistic nee for CIA director. Australia apologizes over Juventus beat “Bill Burns is an exemplary about diplomat with decades of ex- Sassuolo to move perience on the world stage Indian players’ racial abuse economy keeping our people and our country safe and secure. He of hearing racist slurs while fielding rivals has been tarnished by the actions fourth in Serie A From Page 01 shares my profound belief Sports Desk near the boundary rope. of a small number of spectators over IMF funds pending approval that intelligence must be On Sunday, Siraj approached the um- the past two days,” Head of Integri- Cristiano Ronaldo complet- from the global lender’s ex- apolitical and that the ded- CANBERRA: Cricket Australia apol- pire pointing towards the stands and ty and Security Sean Carroll said in a Sports Desk ed the scoring deep into in- ecutive board, which is yet icated intelligence profes- ogised to the India team on Sunday action was paused as police ejected a statement. “As hosts, we once again jury time, rifling in his 15th to take place. sionals serving our nation and launched a probe into allegations small group of fans from the ground. apologise to the Indian team.” Venues MILAN: Champions Juven- league goal this term. Dr Baqir said there was no deserve our gratitude and re- visiting players were subjected to ra- Cricket Australia launched a parallel New South Wales, which operates the tus battled to a 3-1 victory “It was a painful match, disagreement on the end spect,” Biden said in a state- cial abuse by some fans in the crowd investigation with New South Wales Po- stadium, said security camera footage over 10-man Sassuolo to badly managed after our ad- goal between the two sides, ment. “Ambassador Burns during the third Test at Sydney Crick- lice, promising to take the “strongest was being reviewed to assist the inves- close the gap on the top vantage, but the important and that Pakistan needs to will bring the knowledge, et Ground. The Indian team lodged measures” against anyone found to be tigation and any fans identified as en- three in Serie A on Sunday. thing was winning even if increase its low tax to GDP judgment, and perspective an official complaint after play on guilty. “It is most regrettable that an gaging in racial abuse would be banned Andrea Pirlo’s side won we were a little disorgan- ratio. Pakistan and the IMF we need to prevent and con- Saturday after bowlers Jasprit Bum- otherwise excellent test match contest- from the Sydney Cricket Ground and their third straight league ised,” added Pirlo. have been working to imple- front threats before they can rah and Mohammed Siraj complained ed in tremendous spirit by two friendly other major stadiums in Sydney. match for the first time this It was a bruising clash for ment IMF-supported eco- reach our shores,” he added. season to move fourth, sev- the reigning champions, nomic reforms, in particular “The American people will en points behind leaders AC who are chasing their 10th tax collection, aimed at stabi- sleep soundly with him as Milan with a game in hand. title in a row, as they lost lising the economy and shor- our next CIA Director.” “It was important to give forward Paulo Dybala and ing up a yawning fiscal deficit. Burns, a career diplomat, continuity and win tonight, Weston McKennie to inju- Though the bailout pro- has served in the US Foreign because otherwise the ry in the first half. gramme is still pending, Service for 33 years, as well match played on Wednes- Midfielder McKennie Pakistan received $1.4 bil- as in a number of national day at San Siro was use- pulled up after 18 minutes lion in emergency financing security positions across five less,” said Juventus coach with a muscle problem and from the IMF to allow it to Democratic and Republican Andrea Pirlo whose side was replaced by Welsh in- fund targeted and tempo- administrations, Biden’s ended Milan’s 27-match ternational Ramsey. rary spending increases transition team noted. unbeaten run midweek. Dybala was substituted aimed at containing the “Whether it’s cyber attacks Sassuolo played the entire three minutes before the pandemic and mitigating its emanating from Moscow, second half a man down af- break after receiving treat- economic impact. the challenge China poses, ter Pedro Obiang saw red ment for a knock to his left Authorities are counting on or the threat we face from for a dangerous challenge knee, with Swede Dejan the IMF bailout package to terrorists and other non- on Federico Chiesa. Kulusevski coming on in bolster Pakistan’s fiscal po- state actors, he has the ex- Defender Danilo put Juven- his place. sition and increase global perience and skill to marshal tus ahead in the 50th min- Juve are already without confidence in its economy. efforts across government ute when he fired home his Alex Sandro, Juan Cuad- and around the world to en- first goal of the season. rado and Matthijs de Ligt sure the CIA is positioned to But seven minutes later who tested positive for Army to stay protect the American peo- Sassuolo pulled level with coronavirus. calm despite ple,” the statement said. Gregoire Defrel brilliantly There was also a scare for finishing off a Hamed Jun- forward Chiesa, who was provocations ior Traore through ball. left screaming in pain and India prepares Substitute Aaron Ramsey clutching his left ankle fol- From Page 01 gave Juventus the advan- lowing Obiang’s tackle. He said that along with re- for vaccine tage again eight minutes But Alvaro Morata re- storing peace in the tribal roll-out from time when he tapped turned from injury, coming districts along the western in a Gianluca Frabotta on for the final minutes of border, socio-economic pro- TURIN: Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo competes during a Serie A football match cross to claim his first goal the game for his first out- jects were also launched Foreign Desk between Juventus and Sassuolo in Turin, Italy. – DNA of the campaign. ing in 2021. in this period. Maj Gen If- NEW DELHI: India aims tikhar said concrete steps to begin vaccinating its 1.3 were taken to strengthen billion people against coro- Pakistan’s borders with Af- navirus from Saturday, a ghanistan and Iran, adding colossal and complex task that the security situation compounded by safety wor- Pelosi says House will impeach Trump improved considerably as a ries, shaky infrastructure “The horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President result of successful opera- and public scepticism. tions against terrorism. In one of the world’s biggest is intensified and so is the immediate need for action” He said that whether it roll-outs, the world’s second was India’s condemnable “We will act with urgency, because away as soon as possible”. ified himself from ever, certainly, Representative David Cicilline designs or the application most populous nation hopes Foreign Desk this President represents an immi- During an interview on 60 Min- serving in office again,” Toomey from Rhode Island, a leader of to inoculate 300 million peo- of hybrid warfare against nent threat,” Pelosi said in a letter utes aired on Sunday, Pelosi in- said. “I don’t think he is electable the House effort to draft impeach- Pakistan; internal threats ple – equal almost to the pop- WASHINGTON: House Speak- late on Sunday to colleagues. voked the Watergate era when in any way.” While many have crit- ment articles accusing Trump ulation of the United States – or external challenges, we er Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday “The horror of the ongoing assault Republicans in the Senate told icised Trump, Republicans have of inciting insurrection, said on “not only showed and identi- by July. First to get one of two the House will go ahead with im- on our democracy perpetrated by President Richard Nixon, “It’s said that impeachment would be Sunday that his group had 200- vaccines granted “emergency fied [the threats] with facts, peachment proceedings against this President is intensified and so over.” “That’s what has to happen divisive in a time of unity. plus co-sponsors. The articles, if but also combatted them approval” will be 30 million President Donald Trump as she is the immediate need for action.” now,” she said. Senator Marco Rubio from Florida passed by the House, could then health and other front-line successfully. The world is pushes Vice President Mike A stunning end to Trump’s final With impeachment planning inten- said that instead of coming togeth- be transmitted to the Senate for recognising this [Pakistan’s workers, followed by around Pence to invoke constitutional 10 days in office was under way as sifying, Toomey said he doubted er, Democrats want to “talk about a trial, with senators acting as ju- 270 million people aged over position] as well, because authority to remove Trump from politicians warned of the damage impeachment could be done be- ridiculous things like ‘Let’s im- rors to acquit or convict Trump. the truth always prevails”. 50 or deemed high-risk all office following last week’s deadly the president could still do before fore Biden is inaugurated, even peach a president’” with just days If convicted, Trump would be re- over the vast nation. DG ISPR said Operation assault on the Capitol. President-elect Joe Biden was in- though a growing number of pol- left in office. Still, some Republi- moved from office and succeeded Raddul Fasaad “consolidat- About 150,000 staff in 700 On Monday, Pelosi’s leadership augurated on January 20. iticians say that step is necessary cans might be supportive. by the vice president. It would be districts have been specially ed the achievements of the team will seek a vote on a resolu- Trump, holed up at the White to ensure Trump can never hold Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse said the first time a US president had entire decade” through “a trained, and India has held tion calling on the vice president House, was increasingly isolated elected office again. he would take a look at any articles been impeached twice. several national dry runs whole of nation approach”. and Cabinet officials to invoke after a mob rioted in the Capitol “I think the president has disqual- that the House sent over. Illinois Potentially complicating Pelosi’s He said through this oper- involving mock transporta- the 25th Amendment, a consti- in support of his false claims of Representative Adam Kinzinger, decision about impeachment was ation, the terrorists’ sup- tion of vaccines and dummy tutional provision that allows the election fraud. Five people were a frequent Trump critic, said he what it meant for Biden and the port base, their facilitators, injections. Authorities will vice president and the Cabinet to killed in the violence at the Cap- would “vote the right way” if the beginning of his presidency. abettors, financiers and use the experience from remove the president from office itol Building in Washington, DC. matter were put in front of him. While reiterating that he had weapons were destroyed holding elections in the if they deem him unable to per- A Republican senator, Pat The Democratic effort to stamp long viewed Trump as unfit for to a large extent. “Today, world’s biggest democracy, form his duties. Pence and the Toomey of Pennsylvania, Trump’s presidential record – for office, Biden on Friday side- there is no organised ter- and from regular child im- Cabinet would have 24 hours to joined Republican Senator Lisa the second time – with the indeli- stepped a question about im- rorist infrastructure com- munisation programmes for act before the House would move Murkowski of Alaska in calling ble mark of impeachment had ad- peachment, saying what Con- parable to the past left in polio and tuberculosis. towards impeachment. for Trump to “resign and go vanced rapidly since the riot. gress did “is for them to decide”. Pakistan,” he said. IslamabadPOST 07 BUSINESS / WORLD Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Kim assumes Briefs late father’s mantle WHO experts SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has to visit from had his official party title changed, state media re- Thursday ported Monday, assuming BEIJING: Ten World Health a position previously held Organization scientists will by his late father in what visit China from Thurs- analysts said was a move to day to probe the origins of bolster his authority. The Covid-19, authorities said North Korean economy is Monday, more than a year struggling in the face of after the pandemic began self-imposed coronavirus and amid accusations Bei- isolation, and is subject to jing has tried to thwart the multiple sanctions over its investigation. banned nuclear weapons The long-awaited mission and ballistic missile pro- is of great political sig- grammes. nificance at a time when At the same time, nucle- the coronavirus pandemic ar talks with the United has devastated the world, States have been dead- caused almost two million locked since the collapse of deaths, and brought the the Hanoi summit between global economy to a virtual Kim and President Donald standstill. The WHO team Trump in February 2019. “will conduct joint research The ruling Workers’ Par- cooperation on the origins ty of Korea “unanimously of Covid-19 with Chinese adopted” a decision to scientists”, the National elect Kim as general sec- Health Commission said in retary at its congress on a statement that provided Sunday, the official KCNA no further details. ISLAMABAD: A delegation of business community, led by Haji Tahir Naveed, meeting President Dr. Arif alvi, at Aiwan-E-Sadr. – DNA news agency reported. “All A last-minute delay to the the delegates expressed mission earlier this month full support with stormy earned China a rare rebuke applause in great excite- from the head of the WHO. ment,” it said. Director-General Tedros The South Korean military Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Japarov wins Kyrgyzstan said it detected signs that he was “very disappointed” a military parade may have China had not authorised been staged Sunday night the team’s entry -- especial- for the congress. ly as two members were al- The last such gathering ready en route. election: Preliminary results five years ago had named Beijing sought to downplay Kim as party chairman in the tension, however, with what was largely seen as foreign ministry spokes- Speaking to supporters in Bishkek’s central square -- the site of revolutions in 2005 a formal coronation for woman Hua Chunying call- and 2010 as well as unrest last year that helped propel Japarov to power -- he said the leader, who was in his ing it a “misunderstanding”. early 30s at the time. The The WHO experts will have opponents were “scaremongering” in their depictions of him as a hardliner new title comes after Kim to quarantine for two weeks pledged at the meeting on arrival, but are expected Voters went to the polls ment: parliamentary, presi- Minister Kubatbek Boronov to strengthen his nucle- later to visit Wuhan -- the Foreign Desk in Kyrgyzstan Sunday to dential, or no change. and Parliament Speaker ar-armed nation’s military city where the deadly virus choose a new president as Turkic council If a presidential candidate Dastan Jumabekov to step capabilities, and called the was first detected in late BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan’s for- well as decide on the consti- gets more than half of the down on Oct. 6. Speaking to US his country’s “foremost 2019. – APP mer Prime Minister Sadyr tutional changes in the form hails elections votes Sunday, he will be supporters in Bishkek’s cen- principal enemy”. – APP Japarov won Sunday’s pres- of government. elected, and if not the top tral square -- the site of revo- idential elections, according Shaildabekova said that Foreign Desk / DNA two candidates will proceed lutions in 2005 and 2010 as Indonesia to unofficial results. Presi- almost 34% of the voters to a second round. Sunday’s well as unrest last year that Indonesia extends ban dent of the Central Election voted in the referendum. ANKARA: The Turkic Council on Monday in a statement election in the Central Asian helped propel Japarov to approves Commission Nurjan Shaild- Some 81% of them voted congratulated Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan over their country comes in the wake of power -- he said opponents on foreign abekova told reporters that for the presidential form of successful elections held on Jan. 10. Secretary-Gener- protests which erupted last were “scaremongering” in Chinese Japarov secured around 79% government, she added. As al of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreyev sent a con- October after eight political their depictions of him as a visitors of the votes, citing prelimi- many as 3.5 million regis- gratulatory letter to Sadyr Japarov, who won Sunday’s parties rejected parliamenta- hardliner. vaccine JAKARTA: The Indonesian nary results. Shaildabekova tered voters started to cast presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, the council said in ry election results, claiming “There will be no dictator- government on Monday de- added that the voting was their votes at 2,474 polling the statement. Amreyev conveyed his sincere congratu- the process was unfair. ship as some scaremon- Foreign Desk cided to extend its travel re- carried out in 2,474 ballot stations nationwide at 8.00 lations and best wishes of peace, prosperity, and unity The demonstrators gers say. There will be a strictions for foreign nation- boxes in the Central Asian a.m. local time (0200GMT). to the people of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan’s former Prime stormed the parliament and dictatorship of law and JAKARTA: Indonesia’s als for another two weeks country and around 96% of Seventeen candidates run Minister Sadyr Japarov won Sunday’s presidential elec- other buildings and clashed justice,” he said, borrow- Food and Drug Monitoring amid COVID-19 concerns, a the ballots were counted. for the presidency, includ- tions, according to unofficial results. President of the with police, demanding new ing a phrase from Russian Agency (BPOM) approved senior minister said. Noting that there were over ing former Prime Minister Central Election Commission Nurjan Shaildabekova told elections. In response, the leader Vladimir Putin, a COVID-19 vaccine devel- At a press conference here, 3.5 million voters in the Sadyr Japarov, former Par- reporters that Japarov secured around 79% of the votes, election authority annulled whose country is a key ally oped by China’s Sinovac the country’s chief eco- country, Shaildabekova said liament Speaker Adahan citing preliminary results. The election in Kyrgyzstan the election results. Clash- for Kyrgyzstan. “We have Biotech for emergency nomic minister Airlangga that more than 1,3 million Madumarov, ex-head of was held Sunday to elect a new president as well as de- es between protesters and waited for this moment for use, the office’s chairwom- Hartarto said that the gov- voters cast ballots in the State Committee for Na- cide on the constitutional changes in formation of the security forces left at least 30 years,” Japarov told sup- an, Penny K. Lukito, stat- ernment on Monday start- presidential election and tional Security Abdil Se- government. Upon the invitation of Kazakhstan, the one person dead and 590 porters feasting on pilau ed during a virtual press ed implementing stricter referendum, which corre- gizbayev. The country also council assigned the Turkic Council Mission to monitor others injured. and bread at a concert of conference here on Mon- restrictions on community sponds to some 37%. voted on its form of govern- the parliamentary elections in the country. The unrest had forced Prime traditional music. day. “CoronaVac has met activities for two weeks. the requirements for EUA President Joko Widodo has (emergency use approv- also agreed to extend the al),” Lukito highlighted prohibition of foreigners Divers search while referring to Sino- from entering the country vac’s COVID-19 vaccine. for another two weeks until The approval for emergen- Jan. 28, said the minister for black boxes cy use was granted after a who is also chairman of the comprehensive review of JAKARTA: Indonesian divers searched waters off Jakarta the vaccine’s interim results National COVID-19 Mitiga- Monday for black boxes from a passenger jet that crashed tion and Economic Recov- of the late clinical trials con- at the weekend with 62 people aboard, as investigators ducted by Sinovac in Indo- ery Committee. took up the grim task of identifying victims’ remains. The government had earlier nesia, Brazil, and Turkey. Retrieving the boxes -- cockpit voice and flight data recorders Result of the trials con- banned international visi- -- will likely help explain why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737- tors from entering Indone- ducted in Bandung by 500 plunged about 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) in less than Sinovac and state-owned sia from Jan. 1 to 14. The a minute before slamming into the Java Sea. Investigators closure exempts foreign vaccine manufacturer Bio- have so far been unable to say why the 26-year-old plane Farma showed CoronaVac state officials at some levels crashed just four minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, but they and who are required to ap- to be 65.3-percent effec- do know the location of the black boxes. The plane’s captain, tive, essentially clearing ply tight health protocols. Afwan, a 54-year-old father of three, who like many Indone- The closure for foreigners the minimum standard set sians goes by one name, was a former air force pilot with by the World Health Organ- was made due to the emer- decades of flying under his belt, according to local media. gence of a new COVID-19 ization for an emergency Some of the 2,600 personnel working in the recovery use approval at 50 percent. variant. – APP effort involving dozens of boats and helicopters are In Brazil, the vaccine was hauling body parts, twisted piece of wreckage and pas - tested to be 78-percent ef- ‘1.5 million sengers’ clothing from shallow waters about 23 metres fective, while it was found (75 feet) deep. Underwater photos supplied by Indone - to be 91-percent effective vaccinated sia’s navy showed a sea floor littered with wreckage. in a test result in Turkey, Body bags filled with human remains are being taken to Lukito revealed. The chair- globally with a police hospital where investigators hope to identify vic- woman spoke of her office Sputnik’ tims by matching DNA from their remains to living rela- also having met with the tives. Rapin Akbar, who gave a blood sample to the hospi- National Commission for MOSCOW: Russia an- tal, had five relatives on board including an older sister, a Drug Review, epidemiolo- nounced Monday that 1.5 nephew and his wife and their seven-month-old baby. gists, and the Indonesian million people around the They were flying back to Pontianak, the city on Indo - Technical Advisory Group world had received its Sput- nesia’s section of Borneo island which had been flight on Immunization (ITAGI) nik V coronavirus vaccine as SJ182’s destination, about 90 minutes away. “(My to share and to peer-review part of an initiative Kremlin nephew) had planned to go back to Pontianak on Sun - the vaccine’s test results. critics have described as a day but changed his mind and decided to fly on Satur - ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Kazakhstan Akan Rakhmetullin casts his vote during Kazakhstan geopolitical push. day instead,” the shocked Akbar told AFP. – APP elections. The Kazakstah embassy established a polling station at the embassy. – DNA Cases among The Russian Direct Invest- ment Fund (RDIF), which overseas has financed the develop- ment of the Sputnik V coro- Indonesians navirus vaccine, confirmed rise to 2,742 the figure to AFP without United Nations’ chief urges climate action offering a breakdown of where the jab was distrib- “The General Assembly’s declaration on the granting of independence to colonial peoples DNA uted. “We cannot say how many in 1960 was a milestone for self-determination,” he said, adding that since the UN was JAKARTA: The number of of them are in Russia and in established, more than 80 former colonies have gained their independence confirmed cases of COV- the rest of the world,” RDIF ID-19 reported among spokesman Arseny Palagin NEW YORK: In his first major and gender equality,” he said, re- tary-General stressed the need highlighted serious gaps in global ducted last year revealed climate overseas Indonesians rose said, adding that individual speech of the year, United Na- flecting on some of its accomplish- for greater action in the face of cooperation and solidarity. action is a top priority for the to 2,742 with seven more nations could release data tions Secretary-General Antonio ments since then in the course of pressing issues, including the pan- “We have seen this most recently world’s people, more than 1.5 mil- positive infections detected, separately. Guterres underlined the need for his speech which was released at demic. Nearly two million COV- in vaccine nationalism, as some lion of whom shared their hopes the Indonesian Foreign Min- Russia became the first global cooperation to address to- UN Headquarters in New York. ID-19 deaths have been reported rich countries compete to buy vac- and fears as part of events mark- istry said on Monday. country last August to regis- day’s challenges such as the coro- It is the place where UN Mem- worldwide as of Sunday, according cines for their own people, with ing the UN’s 75th anniversary. Of the new cases, five were ter a vaccine, months ahead navirus pandemic and climate ber States can peacefully ad- to data from the World Health Or- no consideration for the world’s People worldwide also want to see reported in Britain and two of Western competitors, change, while also highlighting dress their differences and find ganization (WHO). poor,” he said. Meanwhile, global better access to healthcare, edu- others in Kuwait. and Moscow has boasted UN’s role in promoting the right solutions to global challenges, The Secretary-General has fre- response to the climate emergen- cation, safe water and sanitation, In addition, there were addi- of more than one billion or- of self-determination. according to the 193-member quently spoken of how the crisis cy has been “utterly inadequate,” according to the survey. tional seven recoveries from ders for the jab abroad. The UN chief was speaking on Assembly’s current President, has exposed inequalities and fra- he added. Although the UN chief The majority, or a staggering 97 COVID-19 recorded in the Health Minister Mikhail Sunday during a virtual event to Volkan Bozkir of Turkey. gilities, both within and among described the pandemic as “a hu- per cent, called for improved in- overseas group, bringing its Murashko said this month commemorate the 75th anniver- “Over the past 75 years, we have countries, including threats to man tragedy”, he emphasized that ternational cooperation to address total number of recoveries that more than 800,000 sary of the first meeting of the achieved more together than we women and girls. It has further it can be an opportunity to achieve global challenges. to 1,917 or 70 percent of Russians had received Sput- UN General Assembly, which was could have apart,” he said in a a more sustainable and equitable UK Minister of State, Lord Ah- all cases. The group’s total nik and that 1.5 million held in London. video message for the online com- world, as outlined in the Sustain- mad, acknowledged the collective COVID-19 death toll stands doses had been distributed “The General Assembly’s dec- memoration, which was co-hosted able Development Goals (SDGs) concern over the damaging impact currently at 167. throughout the country of laration on the granting of inde- by the Foreign, Commonwealth and the Paris Agreement on Cli- of climate change on the natural Currently, 658 patients of around 147 million. pendence to colonial peoples in and Development Office of the mate Change. environment and global security. the overseas group are be- But there is scepticism sur- 1960 was a milestone for self-de- United Kingdom. “The central objective of the Unit- “We all need to find new ways of ing treated for the coronavi- rounding Moscow’s virus termination,” he said, adding that “As we move into the next 75 years ed Nations this year is to build a doing things, so our progress is rus infection. statistics and health officials since the UN was established, and our world becomes ever more global coalition for carbon neutral- not at the expense of our planet The high numbers of cas- in December conceded that more than 80 former colonies connected, let us tighten those ity by the middle of the century. but by us working together,” he es in overseas Indonesians the death toll from the pan- have gained their independence. bonds, so we can best protect and We need meaningful cuts now, to said, recalling that the UK will were reported in Saudi Ara- demic was nearly four times “The work of the General Assem- deliver for the peoples we serve.” reduce global emissions by 45 per co-host the latest global climate bia with 270 cases, followed higher than previously re- bly has helped to boost global While the international commu- cent by 2030, compared with 2010 change conference, known as by Qatar with 188, Singa- pore 281, Kuwait 173, and ported. – APP health, literacy, and living stand- nity can be proud of its collective levels,” he said. Guterres also COP26, to be held in Glasgow, ards, and to promote human rights accomplishments, the Secre- reported that a global survey con- Scotland, in November. Malaysia 168. IslamabadTUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021 | P WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKOST Global Briefs virus cases PML-N asks ‘Second wave declining surpass Omar, Vawda 90 million to resign DNA DNA due to timely efforts’ NEW YORK: Worldwide coronavirus cases have LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim According to the data, the number daily admissions of Covid patients in hospitals surpassed 90 million, ac- League-Nawaz (PML-N) has cording to Reuters tally, submitted a resolution in had declined from its peak of 269 patients on November 30 to 183 patients on Jan 11 as nations around the Punjab Assembly demanding globe scramble to procure resignations of Federal Min- He added in the first week of to the people to keep on taking The minister also shared a data re- vaccines and continue to ister for Power Omar Ayub Khayam Abbasi December, the admissions of precautionary measures in order garding the trends of Covid cases. extend or reinstate lock- and Federal Minister for Wa- COVID-19 patients was at peak to avoid any further spread of According to the data, the number downs to fight new coro- ter Resources Faisal Vawda. ISLAMABAD: Minister for Plan- in hospitals, whereas in second the pandemic. daily admissions of Covid patients navirus variants. The resolution, which was ning, Development and Special week of the month, the number “If we do the right things we shall in hospitals had declined from its The novel coronavirus has submitted by PML-N MPA Initiatives Asad Umar Monday of patients on oxygen and venti- inshAllah continue to safeguard peak of 269 patients on November picked up pace in the past Sumera Komal, demands said that COVID-19 cases and lators was high and in the third lives and livelihoods”, he added. 30 to 183 patients on January 11. few months with about that an inquiry commission mortality rate in the second week mortality rate was high Asad Umar said, “The devastation Similarly the number of deaths one-third of total cases be formed to investigate the wave had started declining due and then started declining. unfolding in countries like USA has also declined from 78 died on registered in the last 48 causes behind national-wide to the timely and result-oriented He said decisions and results and UK these days where there December 21, 2020 whereas on days, according to a Reu- power breakdown and identi- decisions of the government. were highly correlated. were more cases and Covid deaths January 11, the number of deaths ters tally. fy the people responsible for In a series of tweets, the minis- “Data clearly shows that corona than at any time in the first wave, has declined to 32. Likewise the Europe, which became the blackout within one week. ter said that “when the second health consequences are strong- show the danger that could face number of critical hospitalized the first region to report On the other hand, elec- wave accelerated we closed high ly correlated with our decisions us, if we do not continue to do the corona patients has also declined 25m cases last week, re- tricity supply in the country risk areas identified by our anal- and personal choices,” he said. right things, with both the state from 2,511 patients on December mains the worst-affected has not been fully restored ysis in last week of November”. He however reiterated his advice and citizens playing their role”. 07 to 2,286 patients on January 11. area in the world, followed even a day after a massive by North and Latin Ameri- breakdown that had plunged cas with 22.4m and 16.3m Pakistan into darkness. JUI opposes cases respectively. Power supply was gradually Dr. Aafia refuses to meet Power shutdown: The United Kingdom, the being restored to major cit- Senate worst-affected European ies across Pakistan on Sun- election by Seven workers country, crossed 3m cases day after it was hit by a mas- Pakistan’s consul general on Friday. sive electricity blackout. consular visit was arranged self by post or through the open ballot Sources said that it might DNA for the consul general in jail warden or through her suspended Pak, US take a few more hours to Houston to meet Dr. Aafia appointed attorney. In the ISLAMABAD: Seven staff at one of Pakistan’s biggest resume the power supply DNA ISLAMABAD: The Islama- on Sept 4, 2020, it said. absence of a lawyer, the only power plants have been suspended after a technical to prevent across the whole country. bad High Court (IHC) was During the meeting, accord- other option was that the in- ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ule- fault sparked a massive grid breakdown at the weekend, The electricity distribution COVID-19 informed on Monday that ing to the report, Dr. Aafia mate file the petition herself ma-e-Islam, during hearing plunging the entire country into darkness. system in the nation of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui declined herself informed the consul through the prison warden. of presidential reference by The blackout hit all of Pakistan’s major cities, including more than 210 million peo- in prisons to meet Pakistan’s consul general that her Covid-19 “To address this caveat, our Supreme Court, has opposed the capital Islamabad, economic hub Karachi and the sec- ple is a complex -- and del- general in Houston when test came negative. “Dr. Consul General in Houston holding Senate Elections by ond-largest city Lahore, lasting around 18 hours in most icate -- web, and a problem he visited the prison where Aafia was alert in her con- planned a visit to FMC to open ballot. As per details, Su- areas. The employees at Guddu thermal power plant in DNA in one section of the grid she is detained to seek her versation with the Consul meet Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. The preme Court of Pakistan heard Sindh province were suspended “on account of the neg- can lead to cascading break- ISLAMABAD: From De- consent for filing a mercy General. She also informed meeting was scheduled on presidential reference which ligence of duty”, according to the Central Power Gener- downs countrywide. cember 28 to January 7, petition before the US De- the Consul General that she March 27, 2020, which was sought guidance by the apex ation Company, which operates the facility. Guddu plant, the US Embassy in Is - partment of Justice. had recently been examined cancelled due to Covid-19 court regarding holding senate built in the 1980s, is one of the country’s largest and gen- lamabad’s International COVID-19 Justice Aamir Farooq of the by her psychiatrist who de- pandemic. As an alternative, election by open ballot. Centre erates power from furnace oil and natural gas. The sus- Narcotics and Law En - IHC was hearing a petition clared her (mentally sound petition was sent to FMC submitted written response pended staff included a manager and six junior employees. forcement (INL) section claims 32 seeking measures for her and) well,” it read. so that it could be forward- while Sindh government was The blackout, which started shortly before midnight collaborated with the more lives repatriation to the country. On December 28, 2020, ed to DoJ, however, FMC granted one more week to fur- on Saturday, was caused by an engineering fault Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Ministry of Foreign it said the ministry’s addi- informed that Dr. Aafia re- nish its stand on the reference. which tripped the system and caused power plants (KP) Prisons Depart- Affairs submitted a report, tional secretary (Americas) fused to sign the additional Attorney General Khalid Javed across the country to shut down. Pakistan’s electric - ment to deliver PKR Ibrar Khan stating that consular visits held a telephonic conversa- consent form for dispatching submitted written reply, stat- ity supply system is a complex and delicate web, and 9,762,700 in personal had been suspended by the tion with Dr. Fowzia, sister the petition to DoJ,” it said. ing that the presidential refer- a problem in one section of the grid can lead to cas - protective equipment ISLAMABAD: The national prison authorities in Feder- of Dr. Aafia, during which, “Consul general approached ence is related to the scope of tally of total active COV- cading breakdowns countrywide.– DNA (PPE), hand sanitizer, al Medical Centre (FMC) the former briefed the latter prison authorities for consular Article 226 and the Supreme soap, and gloves to staff ID-19 cases in Pakistan on Carswell due to the pan- about the last consular visit access at the earliest possibili- Court is bound to comment Monday reached 35,246 as and inmates to prevent demic. As a result, it said, and the latest status of her ty. Only after the intervention on the reference sent by the the spread of COVID-19. 1,877 more people tested prison meetings of the con- mercy petition. of our Embassy in Washing- President. The court can also Large-scale operation positive for the deadly virus The provision of PPE for sul general with Dr. Aafia Following the signing of a ton, a special consular visit comment on future legislation. staff and personal hy - and 1,402 people recovered had been put on hold. mercy petition by Dr. Aafia was arranged for Consul The presidential reference is against terrorists from it during the last 24 giene items for inmates However, the report de- during the December 2019 General on 24th September admissible under Article 186 of during the pandemic is hours. Thirty two corona tailed, the consul general consular visit, the embassy 2020, however, consent form the constitution of Pakistan, he patients had lost their lives in Balochistan part of an ongoing part - remained in touch with the had approached the US De- couldn’t not be signed during stated. It was further stated QUETTA: Provincial Home Minister of Balochistan Mir nership between the U.S. out of which 29 were under prison authorities in order to partment of Justice (DoJ) that meeting.” The report that India also holds Senate treatment in hospitals and Ziaullah Langove Monday said that a large-scale operation Mission to Pakistan and get update on the health and for further course of action, said: “Consul General again elections by open ballot and against terrorists has been commenced in Balochistan. Mir the KP Prisons Depart - three others in their respec- well-being of Aafia, which the report said, adding the went to meet Dr. Aafia on if the elections in Pakistan tive homes or quarantines, Ziaullah Langove chaired a meeting on law and order situa- ment to improve pris - were regularly shared with Office of Pardon Attorney at 15th December 2020 but were held under the con- tion where the participants reviewed an investigation report ons and build capacity according to the latest up- her family. Due to efforts the department advised that prison authorities informed stitution then secret voting date issued by the National regarding the Machh massacre besides discussing the fu- of corrections officials of the Pakistan embassy in the signed petition could him that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui would have been mentioned ture strategy and recommendations. “A large-scale opera- throughout Pakistan. Command and Operation Washington DC, a special be filed by the inmate her- had refused to meet him.” in the Election Act. Centre (NCOC). tion has been commenced against terrorists as the enemies Under this trusted part- During the last 24 hours of the country are behind the latest wave of terrorism,” said nership, INL and the KP most of the deaths had oc- the minister. He said that the anti-state elements wanted Prisons Department re- curred in Punjab followed to divide the nation on sectarian and ethnic basis besides main committed to train- by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa carrying out terrorist activities in an organised way. ing prison department (KP). It said that out of the Langove said that the province is currently at a war zone and officials in basic and ad- total 32 deaths during last action will be taken at the site where terrorists are present. vanced correctional insti- 24 hours 17 patients died on Earlier in the month, at least 11 coal miners had been brutally tution management and ventilators. No COVID-19 af- killed after being kidnapped by armed men in Machh shooting providing hundreds of its fected person was on ventila- incident on January 3. The terrifying incident had shaken the staff with security, pro- tor in Azad Jammu and Kash- nation, whereas, the relatives of the victims organised sit-ins tective, and digital equip- mir (AJK), Balochistan and along with the dead bodies for almost a week to protest against ment to enhance their ca- Gilgit Baltistan (GB) while the killings. After holding negotiations with the government pacity to manage prisons 294 ventilators were occu- team, the protestors had ended their sit-in in Quetta on last more efficiently and en- pied elsewhere in Pakistan. Friday night and agreed to bury their loved ones. – DNA sure security of prisons. Some 34,524 tests were conducted across the coun- try on Sunday, including 10,571 in Sindh, 13,396 in Punjab, 5,798 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3,546 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 537 in Balochistan, 349 in GB, and 327 in AJK. ECP reserves verdict on plea against Talpur BAKU: Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov presenting souvenir to Air Chief Marshal, Mujahid Anwar Khan (Related News on page 6). – DNA DNA ISLAMABAD: The Elec- tion Commission of Paki- stan (ECP) reserved on Monday a verdict on a pe- tition seeking disqualifica- Sherry Rehman rejects tion of People’s Party lead- er and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur as a Sindh Assembly member. increase in power tariff A five-member bench, exchequer billions of dollars headed by Chief Election Staff Report NEPRA notifies Rs but clearly the government Commissioner (CEC) does not care”. Sikandar Sultan Raja, ISLAMABAD: Parliamenta- “Every other month, bil- reserved its judgement, ry Leader of the PPP in the 1.6 per unit increase lions are being stolen from which will be pronounced Senate, Senator Sherry Re- ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory people in the name of fuel on February 8. During hman said, “People are still Authority (NEPRA) on Monday notified Rs1.6 per unit in - adjustment. Instead of pro- the hearing, Farooq H recovering from the nation- crease for October and November 2020 under the monthly viding relief to people, this Naek, a counsel for Ms wide power blackout and fuel adjustment mechanism. The regulator conducted pub- government has become a Faryal Talpur, requested now another crisis awaits lic hearing on December 30, on the petition filed by Cen - burden on them. Their in- the bench to dismiss the them. It is shocking that the tral Power Purchase Agency (CPPA). competence knows no limit. plea for being non-main- government is increasing The CPPA had sought Rs1.52 per unit increase in the tariff All our organizations are tainable. power tariffs when it should for the said months. The authority has approved Fuel Charge victims of their mismanage- Two Pakistan Tehreek- be focusing on restoring Adjustment (FCA) of Rs 0.2925/kWh, having impact of Rs.2.9 ment. Is there anything that e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Ar- power and fixing the fault billion for the month of October 2020, and positive FCA Rs this government can han- salan Taj and Rabia Azfar so that future incidents like 0.7696/kWh, having impact of Rs 5.5 billion for the month of No- dle?” she questioned. had moved the petition in these can be avoided”. vember 2020. The FCA would be charged in the billing month Parliamentary Leader of the the ECP seeking disqual- “Tabahi sarkar has plunged of January 2021 to all consumer categories of ex-WAPDA dis- PPP in the Senate, Senator ification of Ms Talpur as the country into darkness in tribution companies, except lifeline consumers and K-Electric. Sherry Rehman concluded member of the provincial every way possible and they The FCA would remain applicable only for one month. by saying, “This government assembly over allegedly have no plans of stopping. really needs to fix its prior- concealing her assets. We have become a laughing tually running the country” are struggling with rising in- ities. Blaming everything They stated the PPP lead- stock in front of the world she added. flation. They are in need of on the opposition can not er should be disqualified because of their incompe- Rehman said, “The increase relief but Instead, the gov- take them far. People have under Article 62 of the tence. It does not come as in the price of electricity ernment is hiding behind caught on to their lies and Constitution as she failed a surprise that the failure will impose an additional it and deferring an inquiry want relief from them. Even to declare details of her as- of safeguards was the cause burden of Rs8.40 billion into suspected contract after 48 hours, the power sets before the ECP, which of power failure. The whole on consumers. This comes violations by independent has not been fully restored. means she is no longer system is running on an ad at a time when people are power producers by two Dismissing few officers is ‘Sadiq and Ameen’. hoc basis as no focus or already suffering from the months. These violations not enough. Incompetent time is being spent on ac- effects of the pandemic and may have cost the national ministers should be fired”. Published by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti, Printed at Rohani Art Press, Islamabad: Ph: 051-2266165, Email: [email protected]