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IslamabadFriday, June 12, 2020 Pakistan’s First AndP Only DiplomaticO Daily STPrice Rs. 20 COVID-19: PM Opposition Indian bide to Imran Khan ready playing with seize Kashmir to help India people’s lives territory to fail Briefs Court says Shahbaz tested positive sugar be sold DNA at Rs 70/kg LAHORE: PML-N Presi- dent and Leader of the Op- Government barred from taking position in the National As- sembly Shehbaz Sharif has action on the sugar inquiry tested positive for corona- virus, party spokesperson commission report for 10 days Marriyum Aurangzeb con- firmed on Thursday. The lawyer told the court price hike. “Sugar is a ne- Shehbaz, 69, a cancer sur- DNA that an ad-hoc committee cessity for a common man. ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar in a meeting with PM Imran Khan. – DNA vivor, is isolating at home, was formed in February to The government should Aurangzeb said, adding ISLAMABAD: The Islama- take action over the rising take measures in this re- NA Speaker that the PML-N leader bad High Court barred the sugar prices. He added that gard.” was following his doctors’ government from taking the commission asked the To this, Salman Akram calls on PM Opposition playing advice on how to fight the action on the sugar inquiry federal government to car- Raja, another attorney infection. commission report, issuing ry out a forensic audit. present at the hearing to PML-N representative Ata directives for the product to IHC CJ asked the details represent a sugar mill own- DNA Tarar revealed that Sheh- be sold at the rate of Rs70/ about what the commission er, stated that the commis- with people’s lives baz had himself tested for kg for the next 10 days. had said about the rising sion did not separate the ISLAMABAD: Speaker Na- COVID-19 after showing The 10-day stay order was sugar prices. use of sugar for the public tional Assembly Asad Qais- Political magicians could not mislead the people mild symptoms of the infec- issued by Chief Justice “The commission, in a 324- and commercial purposes er called on Prime Minister by using the forum of Parliament: Shibli tion. He said that the result Athar Minallah on Thurs- page report, mentioned a in its investigation. Imran Khan here on Thurs- of the test came back posi- day who was hearing a peti- lot of reasons [for the sugar To this, Khan interjected day. The meeting discussed global situation in the wake had set the direction of tive on June 10, at 4pm. tion filed against the sugar price hike],” Khan told the and told the court that the matters related to the DNA of the outbreak of coronavi- the country on the path inquiry commission report. court. He added that the commission did not com- budget session, being held rus, he said in a statement. of prosperity and develop- During today’s hearing, commission had requested ment on the availability of on Friday. ISLAMABAD: Minister for Khawaja Asif’s speech was ment and all the challeng- World one of the counsels for the that action be taken against sugar for the public. Information and Broad- a collection of contradic- es were being handled ac- sugar mill owners, Makh- the FBR, FIA and NAB of- “What was the price of casting Senator Shibli tions and an attempt to cordingly. hailing relief doom Ali Khan, told the ficials. sugar two years ago?” the COVID-19: Faraz on Thursday asked distort the facts, he added. The people of Pakistan, court that the Constitution Justice Athar Minallah judge asked. Khan respond- the Opposition not to play “Political magicians” could he said, were conscious packages: has stated that the feder- asked the counsel again ed by saying that in Novem- PM ready with the lives of people for not mislead the people by and those who prioritized ation and provinces have about what the commission ber 2018, the price of sugar the sake of petty political using the forum of Parlia- personal interests over NA told different rights. said regarding the sugar was Rs53/kg. to help and personal gains. ment as previous regimes national interests could no Pakistan Muslim League- have destroyed national in- longer befool the people. India Nawaz leader Khawaja stitutions and made them He lamented that the Op- DNA Asif’s speech in the Nation- directionless, Shibli said. position was playing poli- DNA al Assembly was a mani- He said that Prime Minis- tics instead of giving pos- ISLAMABAD: Parliamen- 7 virus cases from Pak festation of complete igno- ter Imran Khan, following itive suggestions to tackle tary Secretary for Textile, ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister rance of the regional and his reformation agenda, the crisis. Commerce, Industries and Imran Khan has offered help Production Aliya Hamza discovered in China to neighbouring India to help on Thursday informed the it overcome the coronavirus National Assembly that of them are Pakistani. crisis, saying he was willing Bill Gates phones Pakistan the world institutions were DNA Up to now, all the 6 import- to share Pakistan’s success- Economic hailing the relief packages ed cases from Pakistan have ful cash transfer programme. Gen Qamar Bajwa announced by the govern- BEIJING: Seven COVID-19 been transferred to hospital Sharing a news report claim- Survey ment for different segments cases from Pakistan were for treatment. ing that 34% of household of the society during COV- discovered in China on Meanwhile, 138 close con- across India ‘will not be able launched ID-19 crisis. June 10 (Wednesday), six in tacts on the same flight to survive more than a week Speaking in the National shanghai and one in Jinan, have been found and placed without add (additional) as- Assembly, she said that Sec- Shandong province. states, amidst imported under a centralized quaran- sistance’’, the prime minister DNA retary General of United Chinese mainland report- cases discovered in China tine for observation. said, “I am ready to offer help Nations and international ed 11 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 6 COVID-19 COVID-19 outbreak in Pa- and share our successful cash ISLAMABAD: Advisor to media had also appreciated on June 10, and all of them cases discovered in Shang- kistan has spread rapidly transfer prog, lauded interna- Prime Minister of Finance Pakistan’s relief package were imported ones. hai were imported from since June 1st. On June 4th, tionally for its reach and trans- and Revenue, Dr. Abdul announced to provide assis- Gwadar Pro quoting the Pakistan. the data of Pakistan’s con- parency, with India”. Hafeez Shaikh Thursday tance to poor people during data released by China Na- Two cases of them are Chi- firmed cases has exceeded formally launched the pre- this difficult time. tional Health Commission nese nationals and 4 cases China. budget document, ‘Pakistan polio eradication drive in She said that due to Prime Economic Survey 2019-20’. ECP Pakistan. Minister Imran Khan’s debt DNA The pre-budget document The Army Chief said de- relief call, the loans of devel- suspends shared the key economic ‘US troops should not fully withdraw’ ISLAMABAD: Co-Chair of spite COVID-19, Pakistan oping countries were being indicators and the perfor- Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- Army in support of gov- deferred. She said that sug- WASHINGTON: The US Central Command’s top general, Marine Gen. Kenneth F. Mc- hearing mance of different sectors dation, Bill Gates has ap- ernment’s efforts, has al- ar and flour crises had badly Kenzie, said that he cannot recommend a full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan of the economy during the preciated Pakistan Army’s ready made preparations affected the country during unless the Taliban demonstrate they no longer support al-Qaida forces there. fiscal year 2019-20. DNA help in anti-polio campaign to restart the anti-polio the governments of Paki- “If conditions would allow, we’re prepared to go to zero” by May, McKenzie said in a The Survey highlighted the through provision of securi- campaign in the country in stan Peoples party and Paki- video conference hosted by the Washington-based think tank Middle East Institute. main features of the policies ISLAMABAD: In view of ty, monitoring and bridging coming weeks. stan Muslim League Nawaz. “If asked my opinion, those conditions have not been fully met.” undertaken by the present rapidly growing number of of capacity gaps. He said it is a national duty The Secretary said that it The US is currently on track to reduce troops to 8,600 by next month, as part of a government, that focused coronavirus patients in the He expressed these views and Pakistan Army plays a was unfortunate that PML-N larger withdrawal plan, provided that conditions are met by the Taliban. McKenzie’s on bringing the macro-eco- country, the Election Com- during telephonic conver- part in the significant initi- and PPP had not constituted remarks come just weeks after news reports indicated President Donald Trump had nomic stability and putting mission of Pakistan (ECP) on sation with Chief of Army atives undertaken by gov- any commission to probe demanded the Pentagon draw up plans to fully withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the economy on growth tra- Thursday suspended hearing Staff General Qamar Javed ernment and health care different crises during their the Nov. 3 presidential election. – DNA jectory. of all the cases for one month. Bajwa, in the backdrop of departments of provinces. tenures. She said that credit The survey covered pre and for making the commission post-COVID-19 economic to probe sugar and flour cri- situation of the country ses went to Prime Minister besides giving detailed Imran Khan. picture of growth and in- vestment, agriculture, man- Miscalculations about lockdown ufacturing, mining, fiscal HE deadly COVID-19 has investigation is necessary also be- ard Operating Procedures (SOPs). appears to be a major contributing development, money and Inside... started taking heavy toll cause it would help avoid any such COMMENT Regrettably, nobody is giving any factor when things get out of con- credit, capital markets, in- T on all and sundry with tragedy in the coming days. importance to SOPs. People are trol in such situations. flation, debt and liabilities. Measures to number of casualties increasing In Pakistan regrettably the is- seen roaming around in markets WHO has recommended inter- abnormally. Over 7 million people sue was not taken seriously. The without masks. Rules of social dis- mittent lockdowns in Pakistan. help SMEs worldwide have been affected by Prime Minister to begin with tancing are being flouted without Pakistan officials have shelved Govt decides imperative: the virus while number of those termed it a mere flue and thus any fail. In smaller cities particular- this idea albeit for the time being. not to open experts who have lost their lives while said nothing to worry about. The ly people hardly believe there ex- Things have been made so hotch- – Page 02 battling this monster has jacked security and health institutions ists a virus with the name of coro- potch that nobody knows what educational up to mind boggling levels. While failed to analyze situation properly na. They all tend to term it a mere to do and where to go. In the Is EU’s bond COVID 19 continues to wreak and could not foresee what would hoax. This approach is unfortunate given circumstances damage can institutes havoc, unfortunately blame game happen in future. and alarming. be contained by making people scheme its among various countries has also The lockdown policy was intro- The death toll in Western countries abide by rules of social distancing LAHORE: A high-level Hamiltonian become order to the day. The duced and followed haphazardly especially US, Britain, France, Ita- and use of masks. meeting of the civil and moment? United States especially chose due to which people did not take ANSAR BHATTI ly and Spain remained highest how- It is also intriguing to note that ho- military leadership of Pun- – Page 03 to take China to task for what it necessary precautionary meas- when a smart lockdown was need- ever these countries implemented tels and restaurant have not been jab has decided not to open called ‘the Chinese virus’ that ures and thus massive spike in ed and when complete lockdown strict lockdown policy that is why allowed to work, which is surpris- educational institutions in view of the current situa- Pak urges world had shaken the world without any corona cases was reported. I per- was needed we went for a smart life has returned to normalcy in ing because wherever lockdowns discrimination. sonally support and agree with the most of these countries. New Zea- were eased cafés and restaurants tion of the Coronavirus and to take notice of lockdown. We all are now paying While mystery of spread of virus contention of the Prime Minister heavy price for this miscalculation. land happens to be the first coun- were the first ones to have permis- has decided to formulate Indian atrocities still remains a shrouded, demand about lockdown that continues Since lockdown at the initial stage try, which has gone corona free. Of sion to operate. an effective management in IOJ&K of the US president and various lockdown would have eliminated has already done the damage there- course, Pakistan cannot be com- Likewise, sports activities have policy to curb the spread of coronavirus in Lahore. CGSS, Islamia other countries appears logical the poor and destroyed economy fore to this extent one is in league pared with these countries but we also been allowed in all countries. and genuine that the cause of in toto, nevertheless govt and rele- can surely draw some lessons. But in Pakistan sports activities According to details, a spe- Varsity sing MoU with the prime minister that lock- spread must be investigated and vant institutions made some grave down was not an option anymore, The biggest lesson is literacy. With are still banned, which makes no cial meeting was held under shared with the world as it has miscalculations about spread of however catastrophic impact of the an educated nation, we can certain- sense. Let us hope these sectors the chairmanship of Chief – Back Page almost destroyed even the strong- virus and its peak time. virus can only be avoided or mini- ly fight against such pandemics are also allowed to work sooner Minister Punjab Sardar Us- est economies of the world. The We introduced complete lockdown mized only by following the Stand- effectively. Ignorance ostensibly rather than later. man Buzdar. – DNA IslamabadPOST 02

METROLITEFriday, June 12, 2020 Govt signed Briefs MoU with IOK youth private sacrificing hospital ISLAMABAD: Parliamen- lives tary Secretary for Health Dr. Nausheen Hamid Thurs- ISLAMABAD: Hurriyat day said that the federal gov- leaders and organizations ernment has signed a Mem- in Indian Occupied Kash- orandum of Understanding mir while denouncing the (MoU) with leading private spree of killing unleashed hospitals in the country by Indian troops in Shopi- to combat the coronavirus an district over the past pandemic and to facilitate three days have paid glow- patients of coronavirus with ing tributes to the mar- free treatment. tyrs saying that the youth Talking to PTV news chan- are sacrificing their lives nel, she said health depart- for the freedom cause. ment and leading private According to Kashmir Me- hospitals in capital have fi- dia Service, Jammu and nally reached an agreement, Kashmir Tehreek-e-Maza- according to which these hamat Chairman, Bilal private health facilities will Siddiqi, in a statement treat needy and deserving issued in Srinagar, today, COVID-19 patients at the said the red hot blood of government’s expense. martyrs would never go Ministry of health is under in vain. discussion with the private “Destruction of houses hospitals in this regard and properties, loot and which would be implement arson are deliberate at- soon, she said, adding, any tempts of awarding col- patient who will be refereed lective punishment to the from government hospitals freedom-loving people of to private hospital to get Kashmir,” he added. free of cost health facilities Bilal Siddiqi said that ISLAMABAD: Turkish Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul gives relief package to a needy women. – DNA there. She said that these the Kashmiri youth were private hospitals would choosing resistance path established separate COV- against luxurious and ID-19 wards with HDUs, promising carriers and ICUs and ventilators and were fighting the sacred all these health facilities war of freedom to liber- have their own laboratories ate their motherland from Measures to help SMEs for the testing and diagno- brutal Indian occupation. sis of COVID-19. Nausheen Reacting to the mass de- explained that needy COV- struction of properties in ID-19 patients would be re- Reibon, Pinjora and Sug- imperative: experts ferred to private facilities oo in Shopian district, he once all the beds at the said these are acts of cow- ‘Better business regulatory environment for SME sector in Pakistan’ public and charity hospitals ardice, aimed at inflicting were filled.–APP collective punishment to organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) the freedom loving Kash- miri people.–APP required beyond the short- and digitized as per provincial He further said that SDPI businesses, he concluded. view that business associa- Higher DNA term relief which may be an- and local level laws, he added. research shows that small Mr Amir Qureshi, repre- tions are weak and need sup- nounced in Federal Budget Dr Vaqar Ahmed, Joint Exec- businesses will need support senting Habib Bank Limited port. Women-led businesses Education Santosh ISLAMABAD: The business for the year 2020-21 and take utive Director, SDPI, while beyond the credit facilitation (HBL), highlighted that the face barriers which need spe- regulatory environment for a medium to longer term view sharing the latest research recently announced. As costs banks will need to develop cial attention by all regulatory Symposium Kumar small & medium enterpris- of difficulties faced by small en- conducted by his institute, related to compliance with non-conventional ways of eval- bodies. Therefore, more flex- es (SMEs) needs to be im- terprises. Mr Mukesh Kumar, said that about 1.4 million social distancing and health uating risks and improve de- ible financial products for the on 19th remembered proved through appropriate Provincial Head of SMEDA, SMEs may face 50% decline related SOPs increase, firms livery of refinance schemes. smallest enterprises need to measures to enable them to Sindh, was of view that as the in their income and 3 million need support towards defer- Mr Asif Cheema of Asian be developed, she said. ISLAMABAD: South Asia Higher Education Sympo- DNA cope with the unprecedented ways of doing business are SMEs in Pakistan may need ment of utility bills for next Development Bank informed Barrister Ahmed Bashir, on challengers posed by Cov- changing fast as a result of Cov- assistance in after Covid19 quarter and support in digi- the participants that his in- the occasion said that Securi- sium will be held on “Tran- ISLAMABAD: The 38th id19. This agreed notion was id-19, we need to come up with scenario. He said that almost tizing production, marketing stitution was helping the gov- ties & Exchange Commission sition to remote learning death anniversary of ver- shared by the stakeholders the responses that may meet 9.5 million of non-agricultural & distribution. ernment to improve credit of Pakistan (SECP) should during the COVID-19 pan- satile Pakistani film actor during online public-private the requirements of the di- jobs are at risk. According to The reduction in customs guarantee schemes, and put provide a legal framework for demic” on June 19. Syed Musa Raza, popu- dialogue ‘Better business verse kinds of enterprises. He another research, he said, , duties and other trade taxes in place a risk mitigation fund. social businesses. The speak- National Coordinator Inter larly known as Santosh regulatory environment for said that some micro and small 58% SMEs had already laid off should be ensured, especial- Mr Ibrahim Kasumbi of Ka- ers including Ather Naqvi, University Consortium for Kumar was observed on SME sector in Pakistan’ or- businesses may be in need of employees whereas 47% had ly, on the import of health-re- rachi Chamber of Commerce Senior Journalist and Ms Promotion of Social Scienc- Thursday (June 11). ganized by the Sustainable loans but for others we may reduced employee salaries. lated equipment. Besides, & Industry (KCCI), said that Shereen Naqvi, representing es Pakistan and Country Co- He was born in 1925 in Development Policy Institute need to give one-off grants to Besides, women-led enterpris- the regulatory Moderniza- FBR should revisit its tax re- School of Leadership also ordinator Global Academics Lahore. He graduated (SDPI), here on Wednesday. help them stand back on their es have reported 61% reduc- tion Initiative can help in gime for micro and small en- highlighted various aspects of Leadership Academy Paki- from Osmania University, The participants on the occa- feet. Moreover, the regulatory tion in their revenue forecast reducing number of regula- terprises. Ms Shaista Ayesha emerging situation related to stan, Murtaza Noor will be Hyderabad. sion noted that measures are requirements may be eased for April – June 2020. tory steps and costs faced by from SEED Ventures, was of SMEs in Pakistan. representing Pakistan in Santosh Kumar was wide- the symposium. The sourc- ly regarded as a dignified es told APP on Thursday and charismatic fellow. He that IUCPSS Coordinator was often offered roles in Murtaza Noor along with government order, but he Ehsaas Emergency experts from other South respectfully declined in Asian countries would par- favour of people, he felt, Cash Program in Pindi ticipate in the event. were better suited for The speakers would share such positions. RAWALPINDI: As many as from 26 points in Rawalpin- updates and developments Kumar was active in Pa- 124,897 persons have re- di district while the cash in high education sector after kistani cinema during the ceived Rs 12,000 each cash was disbursed among the the outbreak of COVID-19, 1950s and 60s and is con- here in Rawalpindi district deserving families affected he added. This experience sidered to be the first ro- under Ehsaas Emergency by the lockdown. sharing session will also high- mantic hero of Pakistani Cash programme launched He said, 14 centers were set light the lessons learnt by the films. by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf up in Rawalpindi city, two in South Asian nations from the His first film was “Ahen- (PTI) government on the Gujar Khan, three in Mur- massive shift to online educa- sa” made in 1947 in India, directives of the Prime Min- ree, two in Kallar Syedan, tion in the region. and his first film in Paki- ister Imran Khan to provide one each in Kahuta, Taxila, National Coordinator Inter stan was “Beli”. financial assistance to the Wah Cantonment, Kotli Sat- University Consortium Pa- deserving families. Accord- tian and Karor. kistan, Murtaza Noor would ing to a district administra- The safety and security highlight the various steps IOK youth tion spokesman, the admin- of the Ehsaas Emergency taken by higher education istration has provided cash Cash beneficiaries arriving sector of Pakistan espe- sacrificing amounting to Rs 1498.764 to collect cash assistance cially online education and million to 124,897 persons is the top priority of the effective engagement of lives in the district under the government, he said add- students. Higher education leadership senior academics ISLAMABAD: Hurriyat programme. ing, to ensure coronavirus and experts will also attend leaders and organizations He said, 26 centers were protective measures dur- the online session.–APP in Indian Occupied Kash- set up for Rawalpindi dis- ing payment operations, mir while denouncing trict including tehsil Gu- special disbursement ar- the spree of killing un- jar Khan, Taxila, Murree, rangements were put in KP conducts leashed by Indian troops Kahuta, Kallar Syedan and place in close coordination in Shopian district over Kotli Sattian. He said, the with the authorities con- 3,000 corona the past three days have poor families received cash cerned. – APP paid glowing tributes to tests daily the martyrs saying that the youth are sacrificing ISLAMABAD: Provincial their lives for the free- Minister for Health Taimur dom cause. Saleem Jhagra Thursday According to Kashmir Me- said that the Khyber Pakh- Educationists term Covid19 an opportunity tunkhwa has achieved the dia Service, Jammu and during the online dialogue eas adversely. She said that Ms Ayesha Aslam, HOD Office, while highlighting var- tunities. He said that the crisis Kashmir Tehreek-e-Maza- capacity to conduct 3,000 ahnoor nsar ‘COVID 19 Pandemic and it’s high time to create bal- Junior Section at National ious possible coping mecha- resulted by the pandemic has to hamat Chairman, Bilal M A corona tests daily. Health and Education Chal- ance between the education Level, Pak-Turk School Sys- nisms, said that launching ed- be over after a few months but Siddiqi, in a statement In a message on twitter, he ISLAMABAD: Covid19 has lenges to Public and Private and health and therefore, tems, was of view that the ucational channel has been a adapting new technology would issued in Srinagar, to - timely initiative by the govern- have positive result on our edu- said people could call on posed serious challenges Education System’organ- moving towards e-learning pandemic has pushed back day, said the red hot ment as an effort to respond to cation system. 1700 for free corona test. for education and health ized by the Sustainable De- is the area to be focused our development goals in- blood of martyrs would challenge. She said that various He said that online learning Rapid Response Team of sectors across the world. velopment Policy Institute upon at the moment. cluding in education sector never go in vain. institutions from public as well would also expected to reduce Health Department would However, the pandemic has (SDPI), here on Tuesday. Mr Qaiser A. Raja, CEO, in an unprecedented man- “Destruction of houses as from the private sector are the numbers of drop out chil- visit their homes to collect only accelerated the pro- Dr Ayesha Babar Kavish, Skills Enhancement Acad- ner. The challenge for the busy in building their capacity dren as well as the gender gap and properties, loot and specimen. cess of e-learning which has Head of MPH, Pakistan In- emy (SEA), UK, the crisis teachers and the students is to strengthen e=learning which and the girl students may get arson are deliberate at- He urged people to adopt already been inevitable. Pa- stitute of Ophthalmology, resulted by Covid19 has now to be quickly adaptive is an encouraging sign. benefitted from the e-learning tempts of awarding col- precautionary measures kistan, like other countries Al-Shifa Hospital, Rawal- provided us an opportunity to e-learning to overcome Dr Sajid Amin, Policy Research that were finding traditional ed- lective punishment to Analysts at SDPI, said that ucation inaccessible for various and follow approved stand- of the world has to embrace pindi, said that education, to update the curriculum this learning-crisis. the freedom-loving peo- every change initially seems reasons. Mr Shahid Minhas ard operating procedure the much needed change. health and economy are and remove whatever that Ms Saima Subtain, School ple of Kashmir,” he add- disruptive to existing opportu- from SDPI earlier presented an to contain the virus from The educationists and re- interconnected and the pan- has become obsolete before Education System Analyst ed. – APP nities but eventually it leads to overview of the pandemic and spreading, Radio Pakistan search analysts said this demic has it all of these ar- putting it online. and Director SEA- Pakistan opening up of the new oppor- its impact on the education. reported. – APP Friday, June 12, 2020 03 IslamabadPOST Pakistan’s First And Only Diplomatic Daily Unsuccessful Editor-in-Chief: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti Accountable governance Deputy Editor: Abid Raza AKISTAN has witnessed a number of unsuccessful and incompetent HE creation of an enabling environment for a merit-oriented, realis - governments but it seems the current regime will set a new and higher Vol: 01 Issue: 69 tically paid bureaucracy to perform and deliver social good is an im - P standard. The tall claims of the Kaptaan have turned out to be nothing Email: [email protected] T portant dimension of institution building. The public services cannot but a mirage. Soon after coming into power, the party started exposing the resist the pressures of powerful groups in society unless they are fortified luxuries enjoyed by former PM Nawaz Sharif and his family. The PM House Phone: 051-2266165 / 051-2261960 with a sense of security of service. was opened and, from buffaloes to VIP cars, everything was on exhibition. This Off: Awan Plaza, Block 18-A, G-8 Markaz Islamabad But, given the low threshold of moral, financial and professional integrity in our almost led to the impression that Khan would move into a five-marla house, rid- society and wide-spread prevalence of corruption, an effective and objective sys- ing a bike to the PM’s office to perform his official duty. The gullible imagined tem of restraint is essential to check the arbitrary exercise of power and misuse that their ministers would now give up expensive and luxury cars and vacatw of public office for personal gain. All those who exercise power must be held fully furnished ministers’ colonies, chief minister houses, governor houses and accountable for their actions. Wrongdoers must be punished but the damage to parliament lodges. This was also the time when people were entertained with society will have been done: the mechanisms of restraint must also operate while ludicrous claims about the fuel price of the helicopter used by the PM to visit they are in the act of doing wrong. It is, therefore, important to supplement puni- Bani Gala. The PM House still stands where it used to. Other palatial houses tive accountability with prevention of misuse of power. Punitive accountability is occupied by chief ministers, governors and ministers are also right where they a delicate and difficult process. As powerful groups are likely to come within its were. More lavish cars and vehicles have been added to the imperial caravans mischief, it is essential that the process enjoys a high degree of credibility in the of the prime minister, his brigade of the ministers and advisers as well as a public eye and is not misused as a means of a political witch-hunt. The bare min- myriad of chairmen of various useless task forces whose sole job is to do noth - imum and irreducible principles of credible accountability are as follows. First ing. The much-vaunted ‘Western’ democracy has been turned into a mockery and foremost, nobody should be above the law. There should be no sacred cows. with principles of transparency, freedom of press and accountability having The second principle is that of fair-play: the same set of rules should apply to all, been torn to shreds. Critics argue that Khan acts like an autocrat, making life without any discrimination whatsoever. The third principle is that it should not difficult for those who do not please him. The media remains a target and the be selective and directed but universal and across-the-board; it should look at incarceration of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is a glaring example of it. This speaks the offence and not the offender. And last but not the least, it should follow the volumes about the ‘respect’ accorded to freedom of the press. The solemn due process of law. A multi-pronged strategy is required to prevent corrupt prac- promise of accountability has also evaporated in thin air after the sugar report. tices and abuse of authority. First, a new governance paradigm is taking shape Khan tried to woo the support of working class people by pointing out the under the impact of powerful forces such as economic integration, technological gross anomalies in our justice system and political structure, which according advances and diffusion of democratic ideas. Governments all over the world are to Khan, benefits only oligarchs. But his time in power so far has witnessed withdrawing from direct provision of goods and services and increasingly playing police brutalities – not only in Punjab where the Sharifs ruled in the past but in the role of enabler, facilitator, and regulator. In sync with the changing role of the the most perfect province of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa as well. The justice system state, wide-ranging reforms based upon the principles of deregulation, liberalisa- of the country continues to help the powerful instead of the oppressed. One of tion and privatisation should be undertaken. Structural reforms in the areas of the ways to improve it would have been to allocate more funds for hiring judges trade, taxation, financial sector and corporate governance should be deepened to and prosecutors in lower courts. Simple reforms in the police could also have promote the ease of doing business and to minimize intervention by government been instrumental in stamping out these injustices but Khan’s government, agencies. Second, like other countries, Pakistan needs to focus its attention on which allegedly lavished money on the Tiger Force and a social media team to revamping rules, processes and institutions so as to replace control mechanisms counter criticism, chose not to allocate sufficient funds for this purpose. by market forces but at the same time provide effective and transparent regula- Skyrocketing inflation and bailout packages to rich businessmen created tion to cope with issues stemming from market failure. Third, it is important to skepticism among PTI supporters, which was further solidified when the dismantle cumbersome regulations that clog economic transactions and breed government recently made a callous decision terminating over 9000 work - corruption, especially in the areas of taxation, trade regime and regulatory re- ers of the Pakistan Steel Mills. quirements. This will reduce opportunities for rent seeking. Is EU’s bond scheme its Hamiltonian moment? ANY believe that the recent Franco-Ger- tain sense unavoidable, partly because the main because they were not federal competences. But Daniel Gros man proposal for a European recovery source of government revenues — external tariffs — after FDR won a landslide re-election in 1936 and M fund — to be financed by bonds issued had also been transferred to the federal level. Like- threatened to add more supportive justices, the by the EU — could be the bloc’s “Hamiltonian mo- wise, the large-scale introduction of Eurobonds court changed its position — known as “the switch ment.” This term refers to the 1790 agreement would necessitate the transfer of a substantial in time that saved nine” — allowing him to imple- spearheaded by Alexander Hamilton, the US’ first share of national government revenues to EU level, ment most of his initiatives. treasury secretary, whereby the US federal gov- along with restrictions on national fiscal policy, as Then, as now, the key issues were unemployment ernment assumed the debts incurred by the new Societe Generale Chairman Lorenzo Bini Smaghi and poverty relief. The New Deal did not simply country’s 13 states during the American War of In- has eloquently pointed out. But few EU member override state competences in those domains, but dependence. states, including those advocating Eurobonds, instead provided states and municipalities with On superficial inspection, this analogy seems to would be willing to abandon a large part of their large federal funding for public works and unem- warrant the introduction of Eurobonds right now. fiscal sovereignty. For these reasons, it is difficult ployment compensation. But a closer look reveals that the equation “Ham- to argue that Europe’s current situation in any way In a similar vein, the 750 billion ($852 billion) Third, the federal ilton=Eurobonds now” does not hold for three rea- resembles that of the US in the late 18th century, “Next Generation EU” fund proposed by the Euro- government’s assumption sons. First, whereas the US states had incurred and that now is the time to introduce large-scale pean Commission on the heels of the Franco-Ger- of state debts that most of their debts in a common cause, namely the risk-sharing on Europe’s national public debts. man proposal would channel EU funds through war against Great Britain, that is not true of today’s Some have instead compared the proposed Eu- member states and regions. And the bloc’s €100 Hamilton engineered EU member states. Although some might argue ropean recovery fund to the 1948 Marshall Plan, billion SURE initiative to mitigate unemployment was in a certain sense that the bloc’s governments are all fighting against under which the US provided war-ravaged Western risks in hard-hit member states, which has already another common enemy, namely the coronavirus Europe with substantial aid to finance reconstruc- been agreed upon, also carries echoes of the New unavoidable, partly disease (COVID-19), this analogy is misleading. tion. But, again, the differences are more impor- Deal. EU member states would be willing to aban- because the main The additional debt that most governments will in- tant than the similarities. Above all, the problem don a large part of their fiscal sovereignty. cur to keep their national economies afloat during today is not ruined physical infrastructure, but The lack of a European unemployment insurance source of government the pandemic will be large, but it will constitute rather the sudden limitation on the use of existing scheme should not be surprising. In the US, unem- revenues — external only a fraction of their total debt. productive resources. ployment insurance is also still based on state-level tariffs — had also been Assume, for example, that the Italian government Arguably the most relevant US historical parallel schemes that the federal government supplements has to spend the equivalent of 15 percent of gross for Europe today is President Franklin D. Roo- during recessions (the $2.2 trillion US economic transferred to the federal domestic product (GDP) to mitigate the looming sevelt’s New Deal of the 1930s. After all, the US rescue package that Congress adopted in March in- level. Likewise, the pandemic-induced recession. The country’s debt- had entered the Great Depression with a fragment- creased federal jobless payments by far more than to-GDP ratio would then increase to about 150 per- ed banking system organized along state lines, in previous downturns). large-scale introduction cent, but the common fight against the coronavirus and with the states also responsible for unemploy- Roosevelt’s reforms have stood the test of time of Eurobonds would would have accounted for only a tenth of the total. ment insurance and poverty relief. The New Deal and are now accepted as an essential part of the Second, the US states’ wartime debts were not re- changed all that, but much of Roosevelt’s program US “economic constitution.” The longer-term chal- necessitate the transfer paid in full by the federal government, because the had to overcome resistance. Although his adminis- lenge for the EU will be to implement its COVID-19 of a substantial share portion owed to private creditors was substantially tration quickly established a banking union by cre- crisis measures in such a way that they, too, come of national government restructured — what we would now call “private sec- ating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in to be seen as useful economic stabilization tools tor involvement” — before the federal government 1933, introducing fiscal measures and reorganizing when more normal times return. revenues to EU level, assumed them. But a restructuring of EU member unemployment insurance turned out to be much Daniel Gros is Director of the Centre along with restrictions on states’ existing debt today is out of the question. more difficult. In particular, the US Supreme Court for European Policy Studies. Third, the federal government’s assumption of repeatedly stymied the New Deal by ruling that Copyright: Project Syndicate. national fiscal policy state debts that Hamilton engineered was in a cer- some of its central elements were unconstitutional – Courtesy Arab News How China Would Lead Global Economy Amid COVID-19 UMANS built many an institution over histo - attracting more political mass. Muslims have paid for are given wide coverage on social and mainstream Ehtisham Amer ry for effective governance. Starting from a the rise of the fortune of BJP with their blood. BJP media, Muslims are harassed and traumatized. When H family unit and ending up in tribes and clans knows it and has made every effort to turn Muslims in state institutions fail to provide security to minorities, wasn’t achieved over a century but millennia, perhaps. particular and all minorities in general to accept the faith in state apparatus is further lowered. This psy - All rules, laws, and conventions were and are framed status of an unequal citizen within India. chological warfare against Muslims has turned them for one basic, fundamental purpose in mind: protecting BJP has adopted a clever strategy for this ignominious to look inward and settle in modern-day equivalents of the vulnerable against the abuse of power by majority. purpose. Modern democratic states make conscious Ghettos. The systemic disenfranchisement of Muslims That’s the underlying reason for all human activity in efforts to avoid the label of intolerant state. All ef - was evident during the 2019 elections when BJP did all of its manifestations. Laws to protect women and forts are made to improve the image as a benevolent, not offer its ticket to any Muslim candidate. That was not men, conventions to protect rights of children and all-encompassing state which treats all of its citizens a clear message to 220 million Muslims that they Do not the adults and we have sets of other laws and con - equally without prejudice to race, religion, or ethnic - not matter to BJP, thus to India. Muslim representa - ventions to protect and safeguard interests of weaker ity. That’s not what BJP wants to be seen as. India is tion in the lower house of India fell from 49 in 1980 to parties in any disagreement or dispute of any nature. diverse is a given fact. How this diversity is managed 29 in 2019. This occurred when the Muslim population India prides and projects itself as the largest democracy is what makes India stand out. Under BJP, there is an has increased from 80 million (1981) to 200 million of the world. By sheer numbers, the claim isn’t very de - institutional effort to turn Muslims and minorities as (2019 estimates). fective. But any attempt to dig deeper than skin reveals nonexistent beings. How Muslim hatred threatens Indian society came India is a lucrative market sins of horrendous proportion, enough to make even a Lynching was an uncommon practice in pre-BJP India. to light when a Hindu boy, with a Muslim sounding moderate totalitarian state look magnanimous. Indian BJP government of 2014 created, what many call, an name (Sahil), was lynched for chasing a Hindu girl. for western goods and politics has been tilting, very visibly, towards rightwing eco-system of Muslim hatred leading to mob lynching. Only when his Hindu identity was revealed, that state services and here lies the extremist agenda over the last three decades. When the Before BJP, state institutions made some effort to re - apparatus agreed to take the culprits to court of law. world at large was busy transforming state and society address Muslim grievances and kept a lid on commu - As a Muslim, Sahil would not have had this luxury to future growth of world towards more tolerant and inclusive statehood, India nal hatred. BJP removed the lid, led the charge against see his murders being prosecuted. has been breeding its kind of extremism in plain sight. minorities, and has brought India to a point where mi - All independent studies, media reporting point to a commerce. India’s middle 2014 and life thereafter has been a case of a sudden norities are openly threatened by cow vigilantes. TV an - dangerous trend of state patronage of communal vio - class, at 360 million, is departure from the high morals of secularism and chors, with communal hatred driven agenda, have found lence. State either facilitates or looks the other way tolerant India, enshrined in the Indian constitution their rating and fortune soar over the last 5 years. when Muslims are subjected to brutalities. World con - larger than the population and professed by founding fathers of India. Well, In - There is however a method to this madness. BJP has sciousness has however been shaken out of slumber dia holds a unique ignominy to have assassinated its deliberately promoted Muslim lynching and acts of after a brutal crackdown on peaceful protestors in Del - of the USA and about father of the nation within 6 months of its founding. cow vigilantes. Effort is made to give wide circulation hi against controversial citizenship act, which makes to catch up with the EU That is a story for some other times. to the videos and acts of Muslim lynching. The ques - a case for turning Muslim population as second-class The gene of communal hatred, released by BJP since tion arises as to why would a government deliberately citizens of India with no or minimal rights. zone (445 million). India 2014, has now started to stare India in eyes. Politics tries to promote a negative image of its governance This atmosphere of fear has turned Muslims into an of hatred and religious divide has turned India into a deficiencies. object of vilifications and Muslim vendors and traders has promoted itself as a country which is a shadow of its tolerant past. Being a India is a lucrative market for western goods and ser - face social and commercial boycott, making it harder counter lever to Chinese Muslim in India, the largest minority comprising near - vices and here lies the future growth of world com - to survive. How would India look like for minorities ly 18 % of the population, is now like a German Jew merce. India’s middle class, at 360 million, is larger when the term of BJP ends in 2024 is anybody’s guess. expansionist designs under the Nazi regime: limited rights as a citizen in than the population of the USA and about to catch up The world had witnessed the Nazi regime push its Jew - your country of birth. with the EU zone (445 million). India has promoted it - ish citizens into holocaust in the 20th century. Anoth - and is becoming darling BJP, the ruling party of India, has never expressed any self as a counter lever to Chinese expansionist designs er holocaust of a bigger proportion is brewing in India. of the west desire to be seen as a secular party. It knows its core and is becoming darling of the west. Is anyone concerned about it? constituency and does every political gimmick to keep When mob lynching and brutalities against Muslims (The writer is a security analyst, based in Islamabad) Islamabad FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 | WWW.ISLAMABADPOST.COM.PKPOST Briefs Indian attempt to seize Kashmir territory Iraq, US launch forcibly doomed to fail: Chinese scholar strategic India's moves will have no effect on the Chinese side, nor will they change the fact that China exercises talks sovereignty over relevant territories and the status quo that China exercises effective jurisdiction BAGHDAD: After months the issue of Kashmir and its ti-Indian activists. Kashmir within its so-called that China exercises sover- of tensions, Baghdad and DNA illegal occupation by the In- Dr. Wang Shida noted that union territories of Jammu eignty over relevant territo- Washington are poised dian government. the recent round of In- and Kashmir. ries and the status quo that to launch strategic talks BEIJING: India’s attempt to A review of the region's his- dia-Pakistan air battles was This forced China into the China exercises effective Thursday to reset ties -- but forcibly seize Kashmir ter- tory easily reveals that India the first of its kind after Kashmir dispute, stimulat- jurisdiction. even with a new US-friend- ritory is doomed to fail, as has often emphasized its the third India-Pakistan war ed China and Pakistan to Secondly, India used domes- ly Iraqi premier, a major it against all human norms own interests and appeals of 1971 and also a formal take counter-actions on the tic legislation to deny the breakthrough is unlikely. and the relevant resolutions concerning border issues, confrontation of formation Kashmir issue, and dramat- U.N.'s designation of Kash- Due to coronavirus travel of the UN’s Security Coun- including that of Kashmir. size between Indian and ically increased the difficul- mir as a disputed region. restrictions, top-level talks cil on the issue. According to Dr. Wang Pakistani air forces since ty in resolving the border Regardless of how "confi- expected to take place in This was stated by Chinese Shida, since, Kashmir was the Kargil conflict in 1999, issue between China and dent" India is and no matter Baghdad have been demot- scholar Dr. Wang Shida in controlled by India, the situ- as well as the so-called cold- India. how good it feels about it- ed to a brief online kick- an article published by the ation in Indian-administered start strategy implemented Just as what Mr. Wang Yi, self, its attempts to forcibly off session, as Iraq faces China Economic Net on Kashmir has never been by India against Pakistan for State Councilor and For- seize territory are doomed a spike in cases as well as Thursday. calm: Clashes have repeat- the first time. eign Minister, mentioned to fail. For example, in the a looming financial crisis. India has, since last August, edly broken out between Based on this precedent, in his meeting with Indian First Kashmir War of 1947 That has tempered expec- taken constant actions to Muslims who make up the India's frequent military Minister of External Affairs India seized that Indian-ad- tations for the first strategic unilaterally change the majority of the local pop- actions against Pakistan Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, ministered territory, but dialogue between Iraq and status quo of Kashmir and ulation and the Indian au- become more likely in the India's moves challenged that action led to a pro- the US in a decade, which continued to exacerbate thorities; there has always future, while Pakistan, un- China's sovereign rights and longed period of military will chiefly address the fate regional tensions. Such been a separatist tendency, der great pressures, might Indian government, he said, very foundation for building interests and violated the confrontations between In- of the US-led military coa- efforts show India blinded which has become increas- be forced to use tactical nu- has posed a challenge to Pakistan. agreement on maintaining dia and Pakistan along the lition, as well as economic by "double confidence, he ingly fierce in recent years clear weapons as a return. the sovereignty of Pakistan On the Chinese side, India peace and tranquility in the Kashmir Line of Control. and cultural ties. added. and posed a big worry to the The possibility of an all-out and China and made the "opened up new territory border areas between the It consumed military, eco- “The entire US-Iraq bilat- Dr. Wang who is working Indian authorities. war or nuclear war between India-Pakistan relations and on the map," incorporated two countries. nomic and diplomatic re- eral relationship will not with Institute of South The Indian authorities India and Pakistan has thus China-India relations more part of the areas under the The Chinese side was seri- sources, and as a result be fixed in a single day,” Asian Studies at the China have resorted to constant increased instead of de- complex. local jurisdiction of Xinjiang ously concerned about this. the processes of domestic said Robert Ford, an ana- Institutes of Contemporary high-handed policies on this creasing. He was the view for Pa- and Tibet into its Ladakh India's moves will have no economic development and lyst at the Middle East In- International Relations issue and even "physically The abolition of Article 370 kistan, the ownership of union territory, and placed effect on the Chinese side, modernization were set stitute and a US diplomat (CICIR) wrote in detail on eliminated" the leading an- of the Constitution by the Kashmir is a matter of the Pakistani-administered nor will they change the fact back, Dr. Wang Shida added. in Baghdad during the last round of strategic talks in 2008, which ironed out the US drawdown from the oc- Trump cupation that began after PM taking influential says to Over 61 pc vents the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. – APP restart available for business groups to task rallies Pakistan Committee on Insurance. ceuticals, private hospitals, opportunity by private COVID-19 patients WASHINGTON: US Pres- DNA He said that PM is staying and pharmacies that engage hospitals. Commenting received ident Donald Trump has tors have been occupied alive to the hardships of in overcharging deter the on the ongoing oil crisis, said that he will launch ral- Adnan Yousaf till date. NCOC told that ISLAMABAD: Prime Min- people and ensuring that the rest as complaints are in- he said that black sheep good: Asad lies soon in four states, in- 780,825 tests had been ister Imran Khan is taking harsh times are not further creasing across the country. in the regulator and min- cluding the battleground of ISLAMABAD: National conducted. to task the most influen- exacerbated by profiteering, Majority of private hospi- istry are misguiding the Florida, signalling a rapid Command and Operation Some 5,838 patients have tial business groups in the therefore, he has ordered tals are charging exorbi- government by presenting DNA restart to his election cam- Centre (NCOC) apprised been admitted in 779 hos- country for the sake of that anyone found involved tant bills for hospital care cooked statistics. paign after it was stalled by on Thursday that over pitals with COVID-19. masses which is a welcome in the plunder must face the of persons who tested pos- He proposed at least one ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s the coronavirus pandemic. 61 percent ventilators The highest 26,573 COV- move, a business leader full force of law irrespective itive for COVID-19 which billion rupees of fine on Ambassador to the United Trump said he'll start in allocated for COVID -19 ID-19 tests have been said Thursday. of his influence is highly illegal and unethi- every oil marketing com- States Asad Majeed Khan Oklahoma on Friday next were still vacant and conducted in country in PM has ordered “max- Dr Murtaza Mughal not- cal, he said. Reasonable pany involved and regis- has said that the measures week, before heading to available at across coun- last 24 hours. imum” punitive action ed that pharma and pri- per day tariff for each cat- tration of criminal cases taken at international level Florida, Arizona and North try hospitals. Furthermore 25 portable against wheat, sugar and oil vate hospitals mafia have egory for private hospitals on their facilitators. Pet- to provide debt relief to the Carolina. NCOC was apprised that ventilators had been des- mafia which is a laudable stepped up their unethical should be fixed rol pumps have become a coronavirus-hit developing "We're going to be starting not a single patients was patched to Karachi by Na- step in the right direction, practices after the out- as soon as possible as gov- major source of spreading countries have helped Pa- our rallies. We believe the on the ventilator in Azad tional Disaster Manage- said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, break which should be no- ernment hospitals cannot virus as people are rush- kistan in coping with a very first one will probably be ... Jammu and Kashmir ment Authority (NDMA) President Pakistan Econ- ticed and curtailed. accommodate the increas- ing for fuel for which oil difficult economic situation. in Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklaho- (AJK), Balochistan and during last 48 hours. omy Watch and Convener He said that an example ing number of patients marketing companies are Talking to a US television, ma. Beautiful new venue, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). A total of 25,730 beds FPCCI Central Standing should be made of pharma- which is seen as a golden responsible, he said. he said the crisis stemming brand new. They're looking Some 1,584 non COVID have been allocated from the pandemic could forward to it. They've done ventilators were availa- across the country to not have come at a worse a great job with COVID, as ble across the country to meet the requirements of time for Pakistan because you know," he told reporters meet any emergency. COVID-19 patients. While the “very tough economic at the White House. – APP Of the total 1,400 venti- 5,433 oxygenated beds reforms” that government Pak urges world to take notice lators reserved for COV- have been earmarked for undertook over the last one Dozens ID-19, only 368 ventila- COVID-19 patients only. year had just begun to pro- of Indian atrocities in IOJ&K duce results. killed as Turkey passes Lufthansa DNA south China 'nightwatchmen' bill says 22,000 ISLMABAD: Pakistan has BEIJING: Floods and mud- once again urged the inter- slides in south China have ISTANBUL: Turkey's parliament passed a controversial jobs to go national community to take uprooted hundreds of thou- bill on Wednesday giving neighbourhood patrols greater notice of Indian atrocities sands of people and left doz- powers, with critics accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdo- BERLIN: German airline against innocent Kashmiris ens dead or missing, state gan of wanting to build a loyal "militia". The new law gives Lufthansa said Thursday in Occupied Kashmir. media reported Thursday. "nightwatchmen", who walk the streets at night to report that it would have to slash This was stated by Foreign The bad weather has burglaries and disturbances, almost the same powers as po- 22,000 full-time jobs as the Minister Shah Mahmood wreaked havoc on popu- lice. They will now be allowed to carry firearms and have recovery in demand for trav- Qureshi while chairing a lar tourist areas that had the powers to stop and search people. el following the coronavirus high level meeting at For- already been battered by With more than 28,000 members, the nightwatchmen in- pandemic will be muted. eign Office in Islamabad on months of travel restric- stitution -- which is attached to the interior ministry and “The recovery in demand in Thursday. tions during the coronavi- dates back more than 100 years -- has grown considerably the air transport sector will The meeting also discussed rus outbreak. after an attempted coup in July 2016 against Erdogan. The be slow in the foreseeable the global epidemic situa- dia against Indian govern- to play its conciliatory role defeat this global epidemic Torrential downpours un- bill's debate in parliament triggered heated exchanges, with future,” the airline said. It tion, regional and national ment. He said the world is in Afghan Peace Process following precautionary leashed floods and mud- deputies even coming to blows during a feisty session on said the group would oper- security and Pakistan's engaged in dealing with a with sincerity to establish measures issued by the gov- slides that caused nearly Tuesday. Erdogan's AKP party, which put forward the bill, ate about 100 fewer aircraft efforts for lasting peace in global epidemic, but on the peace in the neighboring ernment. 230,000 people to be relo- says the new rules will enable the nightwatchmen to more after the crisis. This will Afghanistan. other hand, India wants to country. The meeting was attend- cated and destroyed more effectively help law enforcement by thwarting burglaries lead to “a total of 22,000 The Foreign Minister said destroy the peace and sta- Shah Mahmood Qureshi ed by Adviser on National than 1,300 houses, official and preventing assaults on the streets. In old Turkish films fewer full-time positions in that the extremist face of bility of the region through said the government is us- Security Moeed Yousaf, state news agency Xinhua the guards are portrayed as benevolent uncles patrolling the Lufthansa Group, half of India has been exposed to its Hindutva policies. ing all resources to control Foreign Secretary Sohail reported, citing the Minis- the streets with a whistle between their lips, on the lookout them in Germany”. – APP the world and voices are The Foreign Minister said the spread of coronavirus. Mahmood, senior civil and try of Emergency Manage- for troublemakers. But the opposition accused Erdogan of also being raised within In- that Pakistan will continue He said we, as a nation must military officials. ment. – APP authoritarianism by setting up a loyal armed force. – APP CNG industry Ashiana-e- seeks tax CGSS, Islamia Varsity sing MoU Iqbal case relaxation facilitate cooperation in academic agreed fields for developing a cided that CGSS will link Islamia Ahmed, (Retd) - Vice President DNA research. sound cooperation in the future. University of Bahawalpur with var- CGSS and Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar- adjourned ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan It was decided that CGSS and Is- Furthermore, both the institu- ious international universities and Mahboob, Vice Chancellor, Is- till June 16 Compressed Natural Gas As- ISLAMABAD: Major General lamia University of Bahawalpur tions will work and explore oppor- will also initiate student exchange lamia University of Bahawalpur sociation (APCNGA) has said Hafiz Masroor Ahmed (Retd), (IUB)will work together to pro- tunities to involve the academia in programs. (IUB)signed the MoU on behalf of LAHORE: An accounta- the CNG industry is passing Vice President CGSS and Briga- mote joint research projects on the multilateral fields. It was de- Major General Hafiz Masroor their respective organizations. bility court on Thursday through difficult times due to dier Abdullah Khan (Retd), Senior adjourned hearing of Ashi- economic slowdown caused Member Advisory Board CGSS ana-e-Iqbal Housing scheme by the coronvirus (COVID-19) visited Islamia University of Baha- case till June 16 due to law- pandemic and needs the gov- walpur (IUB). yers' strike. ernment attention to mitigate The visiting dignitaries met with Accountability Court Judge its financial woes. Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Amjad Nazir Chaudhry con- Justifying the government Vice Chancellor, Islamia Univer- ducted the case proceed- assistance, APCNGA Cen- sity of Bahawalpur (IUB), Senior ings, wherein jail authori- tral Chairman Ghiyas Ab- Head of Departments and Faculty ties produced accused Ahad dullah Paracha in a news re- Members. Cheema. lease said the CNG stations During the occasion, a Memo- Former Bureaucrat Fawad had been operating during randum of Understanding (MoU) Hassan Fawad and a plead- the lockdowns to provide was also signed between Center er on behalf of Opposition services to the vehicles for Global & Strategic Studies Leader in National Assem- performing emergency du- (CGSS), Islamabad and Islamia bly Shehbaz Sharif also ties. – DNA University of Bahawalpur (IUB). appeared before the court. Both the institutions agreed to – APP Published by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti, Printed at Rohani Art Press, Islamabad