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after London also blamed it for Saudi Energy the attacks, the Students News • Agency ISNA reported. Minister Khalid Al “During the meeting with Falih’s comments come Iran’s foreign ministry official, as Kokuka Courageous Iran strongly condemned the un- Bahrain ‘new leader and Front Altair head founded allegations and criticised Britain’s unacceptable stance re- to ports in the UAE. garding the attacks in the Gulf of in MMA rankings’ Oman,” it said. GCC adds British Foreign Secretary Jere- TDT | Manama to• international my Hunt issued a statement Fri- condemnation of attacks Khalid Al Falih at a meeting of G20 energy and environment ministers in day blaming Iran and its Islamic he Kingdom has reached Karuizawa, Japan. Revolutionary Guard Corps for the top of the mixed on two oil tankers the attacks, saying no other state Tmartial arts world as the in Gulf of Oman Emirates’ coast were carried out or non-state actor could have country is now the leader in IM- by a state-actor using sophisticat- been responsible. MAF-WMMAA world rankings, Dubai ed technology. Meanwhile, crew members of surpassing Kazakhstan, Swe- GCC Secretary-General Dr Ab- The attacks were the Norwegian-owned oil tanker den, Russia, and New Zealand. HH Shaikh Khalid audi Arabia has called for a dullatif Al Zayani added to the carried out by a that was attacked landed Satur- The positive results in the swift response to the threat chorus of international condem- state-actor using day in Dubai after two days in Asian and African Open tour- filled one of its main objectives, Sto energy supplies, two days nation yesterday, describing the sophisticated Iran. naments were instrumental in ahead of what promises to be a after attacks on two tankers in the attacks as a dangerous escalation technology. Associated Press journalists the rise of Team Bahrain. historical International Combat Gulf of Oman. and violation of international saw the crew of the Front Altair Bahrain led the African Week. “There must be a rapid and laws. SHAIKH ABULLAH AL NAHYAN after their Iran Air flight from Open, ahead of hosts South Af- Around 550 athletes from 60 decisive response to the threat of He also said that it was a direct responsible. Bandar Abbas, Iran, landed in rica, with four gold medals, two nations will gather in Bahrain energy supply, market stability threat to maritime safety and the On Friday, the US military re- the UAE. bronzes, and one silver; while for the IMMAF-WMMAA World and consumer confidence, which world’s energy supply. leased video footage it said sug- Earlier, the oil tanker left Iran’s Team Bahrain also had a sig- Championships, from Novem- are posed by recent terrorist acts He said that “this attack is a ter- gested that Iran wanted to hide territorial waters and was under nificantly positive result at the ber 9th to the 16th, and His in both the Arabian Sea and the rorist act that calls for the inter- evidence that it was behind the tow to the UAE, shipping officials Asian Open, with 13 medals in Highness’ vision for the sport Arabian Gulf, against the major national community to respond attacks. said Saturday. total, including five golds, one will once again be exposed to global energy supply chains,” quickly and decisively to protect Iran has repeatedly threatened The Norwegian company silver, and seven bronze medals. the entire world, as his contri- Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih international shipping lines in to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz - which owns the ship said spe- After four years of His High- butions continue to transform said at a G20 meeting in Japan. this vital region of the world.” the narrow shipping lane into the cialists would board the vessel ness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad the mixed martial arts world His comments came as the UAE US President Donald Trump Arabian Gulf through which one on Saturday to assess the damage. Al Khalifa’s attention turning and the sports industry as a foreign minister Shaikh Abdullah said the attack had Iran “written fifth of the world’s oil is trans- The other tanker that was at- to the development of mixed whole, Brave Combat Federa- bin Zayed Al Nahyan said the Gulf all over it” and Saudi Arabia said ported. tacked, the Kokuka Courageous, martial arts in the Kingdom and tion said yesterday in a state- of Oman attacks and an attack it agreed with Washington’s ini- Iran on Saturday summoned was heading to port Saturday, its abroad, Team Bahrain has ful- ment issued. See Page 5 last month on four tankers off the tial assessment that Tehran was the British ambassador to Tehran owners said.

TRAGIC END Six years old boy dies after being forgotten on Dubai bus DON’T MISS IT Dubai Police yesterday con- alone inside the bus after all The boy was firmed that the driver and bus other children had alighted. Yoga event held identified• as Mohammed supervisor are being questioned Colonel Faisal Al Qasim, ahead of World over negligence. Director of Security Media 02 Farhan, son of Faisal K P, The boy was identified as Mo- at Dubai Police, said the boy Yoga Day who hails from the south hammed Farhan, son of Faisal was left inside the bus for nine Indian state of Kerala. K P, who hails from the south hours after the driver closed the ‘Global peace, a Indian state of Kerala. door without checking if there 04 collective goal’ Dubai Police have confirmed was anyone inside. Dubai that the driver and bus super- “Command Room received a visor are being questioned over call about the body of the child BD20,000 fine n a shocking incident, a six- negligence. inside the private bus of the planned for firms year-old boy died after he Tragedy struck Farhan’s centre. Officers went to the lo- 05 ‘not prioritising Iwas forgotten inside a bus family just ahead of his eldest cation and found that the bus for several hours in Dubai, Du- sister’s wedding, scheduled to was had carried a group of hiring of citizens’ bai Police said yesterday. be held on July 25, the fami - young children to the centre in The Asian boy was forgotten ly friend was quoted by Gulf the morning. After all students inside a bus belonging to the News. left, the bus door closed but Centre for Memorising Quran He said Farhan was the one child got left behind. It was in the Al Quoz area from 8am The boy was forgotten inside the minibus in Al Quoz area. Later Dubai Police youngest of four children. only at 3pm that his body was onwards on Saturday. seized the minibus. Dubai Police said the boy was found,” he said. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 02

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday attended the Gulf Education Conference Exhibition, which was held under his patronage and organised by Future Masters. Shaikh Mohammed recognised the importance of providing wide-ranging opportunities for gifted and talented children in order to increase their contribution to the Kingdom’s development. He said that today’s global competitiveness has shaped a new economic landscape that requires educators to further develop the creative and innovative potential of young people. National Ambulance Project launched Project aims to ensure fast responses to medical emergencies Manama districts by the end of the cur- ERs Departments of the Salmani- rent year, which are equipped ya Medical Complex, the BDF nterior Minister, General with the most advanced ambu- DID Hospital and the King Hamad Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah The project reflects lances and qualified medics. University Hospital. IAl Khalifa, yesterday an - the development levels The project, which is managed He said that the project re - nounced the official launch of by the Interior Ministry, operates KNOW flects the development levels the National Ambulance Project of various service within the highest level of disci- of various services sectors in after evaluating the prepared- sectors in Bahrain pline in performance and com- Bahrain to meet the needs of ness and taking all procedures to meet the needs of petency to ensure fast response citizens and the scientific devel- to enhance the quality of related citizens. to medical emergencies through Thirteen centres opment in the ambulance, safety services. benefiting from the best interna- and emergency medicine fields. GENERAL SHAIKH RASHID in all districts will The move is part of the imple- tional experiences in this field. be equipped with The public could contact the mentation of a Royal decree of The project includes linking most advanced main Operations Room to make His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa the Operation Rooms with the requests to the National Ambu- Al Khalifa to form and regulate The project was also launched The services were launched latest communication and con- ambulances and lance. the National Ambulance Cen- in line with the directives of in the first phase in Muharraq trol systems and Geographical qualified medics The National Ambulance Pro- tre to manage and develop the His Royal Highness Prince Sal- Governorate and the Southern Security System to ensure swift by the end of the ject is dedicated to ensuring fast ambulance services in Bahrain man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Governorate, and then in the response. current year. response to the medical emer- through coordination between Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Capital Governorate and the The Interior Minister stressed gencies, follow up and provide the Interior Ministry and the Commander and First Deputy Northern Governorate. that the project requires co-or- Ambulance Centre Directorate the needed medical services be- concerned authorities. Prime Minister. There will be 13 centres in all dination between the National and the ambulance centres and fore reaching hospitals. Yoga event held ahead of World Yoga Day

Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha, centre, took part in the event. Scores took part in the event making it a big success. TDT | Manama the Kingdom of Bahrain at Khalifa Sports City stadium on Friday, 21 June 2019 from 7.00 pm- cores of yoga enthusiasts from different 9.00 pm, the embassy said in a statement issued. walks of life laid down their mats and “Yoga is the journey from ‘me’ to ‘we’. In Sperformed ‘asanas’ as the Embassy of today’s world, people suffer from stress related India organised an event at the iconic Bahrain ailments and also lifestyle related diseases. Yoga Fort yesterday. offers a solution to these ailments. The event was held in the run up to the “The lecture-demonstration at the event International Day of Yoga 2019, which will be would bring out the salient features of how observed on June 21. practicing Yoga help fight stress and find peace. A mega event for Fifth International Day of As food plays an important role in achieving Yoga- ‘Yogafest21’ would be organised with holistic health, yoga event would be followed by the support of Ministry of Youth and Sport of a vegetarian food festival,” the statement added. 3 SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019

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ing to the Arab Peace Initiative Shaikh Khalid and the relevant resolutions of • the international legitimacy. highlighted attempts The Minister of Foreign Af- to destabilise brotherly fairs pointed out that as part countries such as Yemen, of the Kingdom’s keenness to Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. develop the Middle East and to empower the Palestinian people in particular; it will host an He reiterated economic workshop entitled Bahrain’s• unflinching “Peace to Prosperity” in part- position vis-a-vis the nership with the United States Palestinian issue that of America. The workshop, he explained, supports the brotherly will support the development Palestinians’ legitimate efforts in the region and em - Shaikh Khalid speaks at the summit. Shaikh Khalid with President Emomali Rahmon. rights to establish their power the Palestinian people independent state. In his speech, Shaikh Khalid ciples of respect for sovereignty ers and serious threat to inter- in order to strengthen their expressed Bahrain’s appreci- and non-interference in the in- national maritime traffic, the capabilities and resources and ation of efforts and the varied ternal affairs of states. minister stressed the need for achieve prosperity and wellness, Dushanbe plans and proposals put forward In this regard, he spoke of the The path to peace the international community to through investments to benefit by member-states to build con- attempts to destabilise brotherly requires common shoulder its responsibilities to the region as a whole. inister of Foreign Af- fidence and face all challenges countries such as the Republic visions and mutual ensure the safety, protection and Earlier, Shaikh Khalid, con- fairs, Shaikh Khalid and threats. of Yemen, the Syrian Arab Re- understandings, freedom of maritime navigation veyed greetings from His Maj- Mbin Ahmed bin Mo - The Kingdom recognises the public, the Lebanese Republic based on principles and the flow of energy supplies esty King Hamad bin Isa Al hammed Al Khalifa, has stressed summit’s important role in pro- and the Republic of Iraq and the in this vital water corridors in Khalifa to President Emomali that providing a secure and moting exchanges among the occupation of land and islands in of respect for this important region for the Rahmon of the Republic of Ta- stable environment in light of individuals and welcomes its the region. sovereignty and non- global economy and interna- jikistan. The minister also con- challenges and dangers facing efforts to establish the business He cited in particular the oc- interference in the tional peace and security. veyed the greetings and good the region and achieving peace and youth councils to involve all cupation of the Palestinian ter- internal affairs of He reiterated Bahrain’s un- wishes of His Royal Highness and prosperity is a collective sectors of society in the process ritories and the Greater Tunb, states. flinching position vis-a-vis the Prime Minister, Prince Khal- responsibility. of co-operation for full achieve- Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa Palestinian issue that supports ifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and This came as the minister took ment of the United Nations 2030 islands of the United Arab SHAIKH KHALID the brotherly Palestinians’ le- His Royal Highness Prince Sal- part, on behalf of His Majesty sustainable Development Plan, Emirates, calling for effective gitimate rights to establish their man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the the King, in the Fifth Summit on he said. cooperation and coordination through extremism and terror- independent state on the bor- Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Confidence Building Measures This, he continued, requires to address issues and acts that ism. ders of June 4, 1967, with East Commander and First Deputy in Asia, held yesterday in Du- common visions and mutual undermine peaceful coexistence In the light of the recurrent Jerusalem as capital within the Prime Minister, to the Tajikistan shanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. understandings, based on prin- and well-being of the peoples terrorist attacks against oil tank- two-state solution and accord- President.

Kingdom to attend global New excom elected human resources conference Manama

oard Chairman of the International Federation of Training and Develop- Bment Organisations, Dr Ibra- 1,000 him bin Khalifa Al Dosari will participants from head Bahrain’s delegation at across the globe who the 48th ‘Conference on Hu- are interested in human man Resources Development resources management in light of Digital Transforma- and development, will tion’. attend the conference. The conference, which will convene from June 24 to 26 in the Bosnian capital, Sara - More than 25 keynote speak- jevo, will shed light on dig - ers and experts from all over ital transformation and ad - the world will be lecturing at vanced technology and their the conference, which will at- effect on developing human tract over 1,000 participants The Bahrain Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has elected its new executive committee for resources. Mr Al Dosari from across the globe who are the year 2019-20. The executive committee’s new term will begin on August 1. Above, seated from left to right are: The Bahraini delegation will interested in human resourc- Sunita Gupta (Joint-Treasurer), Raghupathy Iyer (Treasurer), Sandeep Shah (Vice-Chairperson), Maheshkumar Narayan hold a big pavilion represent- its civilisational image and es management and develop- (Chairperson), Ajaykumar Chettuvetty (Secretary) and Ragunathan P (Joint Secretary). Standing from left to right are: ing Bahrain and highlighting achievements. ment. Bhavin Deliwala, Chetan Dongra, Garvita Shrivastava, Riya Bhansali and Jagadish Padmanabhan.

Arab League voices GCC chief condemns Gulf tanker attacks Riyadh Gulf area. solidarity with Saudi A day after explosions blew CC Secretary General Dr holes in two oil tankers just out- Cairo undermine the Kingdom’s se- Abdullatif Al Zayani has side Iran’s territorial waters, rat- curity and stability. Gstrongly condemned at- These attacks are tling international oil markets, the he Arab League has He condemned the attacks tacks targeting two oil tankers, terrorist acts that call administration seemed caught strongly condemned the on civilian targets, in breach in the Gulf of Oman. for a firm, crucial and between pressure to punish Iran Tterrorist attack target- of the international law pro- He described the attacks as a deterrent response and reassure Washington’s Gulf ing Abha International Airport visions. dangerous escalation, a violation by the international Arab allies without drawing the with a projectile launched by He denounced the Houthi of all international norms and community to protect the US closer to war. Iranian-backed Houthi terror- attempts to expand the crisis, laws and a direct threat to the “Iran did it,” Trump said on ist militias, which left 26 people which would have serious pit- freedom of navigation and world international navigation Friday on Fox News Chan - injured, including women and falls on the regional security energy supplies, in addition to routes. nel’s Fox & Friends. He did children, from various nation- and stability. jeopardising regional and inter- DR AL ZAYANI not offer evidence, but the US alities. The Arab League Secretary national security and peace. military released video it said Arab League Secretary Gen- General reiterated full soli- Mr Al Zayani said that these showed Iran’s Revolutionary eral Ahmad Aboul Gheit af- darity with Saudi leadership, attacks are terrorist acts that in this vital region of the world. also held out hope that implicit Guard removing an unexploded firmed full solidarity with the Government and people in con- call for a firm, crucial and de- Meanwhile, US President US threats to use force will yield mine from one of the oil tankers Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in fronting these heinous acts, terrent response by the interna- Donald Trump has blamed Iran talks with the Islamic Republic targeted near the Strait of Hor- confronting these heinous acts, wishing the injured a quick tional community to protect the for attacks on oil tankers near the as the Pentagon considers beef- muz, suggesting Tehran wanted condemning any attempts to recovery. international navigation routes, strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he ing up defences in the Persian to cover its tracks. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 05 BD20,000 fine planned for firms ‘not prioritising hiring of citizens’ Lawmakers upset over ‘majority of jobs going to expatriates’

TDT | Manama panies should also come under search and selection process and Mohammed Zafran The lawmakers scrutiny. interview proceedings. • The lawmakers stated that ma- The ministry had stated that stated that majority ines, as high as BD20,000, jority of the jobs in the private an e-system had been estab - of the jobs in the would be imposed on com- sector are going to expatriates, lished to exchange information private sector are panies that are not giving while Bahrainis are struggling 70 between the the ministry and F per cent wage support going to expatriates, priority to Bahrainis during re- to get jobs. LMRA. cruitment, if MPs get their pro- According to them, the exist- for the first year has been The National Employment while Bahrainis posal passed. ing initiatives to reduce unem- introduced by the Labour Programme launched in the are struggling The proposal has been made ployment among Bahrainis is not Ministry to ease the hiring Kingdom in February includes an process for citizens. to get jobs. by MP Ghazi Al Rahma alongside enough. awareness campaign to encour- four other fellow lawmakers in- The government had, a few age citizens to register with the The government cluding Mohammed Al Abbasi, months ago, announced a major programme, amending the un- • Ali Ishaqi, Ahmed Al Amer and Mr Al Rahma initiative to increase the hiring of professional training, as well as employment insurance draft law had, a few months ago, Yousef Al Thawadi. new Bahraini graduates. wage support for the candidates (78/2006) in order to increase announced a major They aim to amend the labour The MPs stated that a fine of As per the initiative, if a busi- up to 70 per cent for the first compensation fees, increasing initiative to increase law to add an article that states a minimum of BD5,000 and a ness decides to hire Bahraini year, 50pc for the second year, fees associated with the Parallel the hiring of new that all employer needs to give maximum of BD20,000 must be graduates registered with the and 30pc for the third year. Bahrainisation System and the Bahrainis priority in the event of imposed on violating companies. Ministry of Labour, a number of The ministry would also pro- Flexible Work Permit and Rede- Bahraini graduates. a job opening and failing to do so They added that renewal of benefits will be provided to ease vide administrative services, signing Tamkeen’s Training and would result in fines. work permits of violating com- the hiring process, including free which include the candidate Wage Support Programme.

Brave to return to the UK Domestic workers ‘no longer TDT | Manama Mohammed Zafran nounced in the coming days, face troubles in the Kingdom’ along with further details of TDT | Manama the once-in-a-lifetime show, worker (domestic expatriate em- Supriya Reginald rave Combat Federation which promises to turn mixed ployees and their equivalents), will return to the Unit- martial arts upside down,” or- and all recruitment offices are Bed Kingdom next month ganisers added. he implementation of obliged to apply it. with an event in London, or- Brave CF President Mo - insurance scheme for “We are monitoring the tripar- ganisers announced. hammed Shahid said that the Tdomestic workers is a tite agreement and if needed, we Titled “Brave 24: London,” promotion is aiming for more positive step towards securing are willing to propose amend- the upcoming event at the traction in Europe. them as well as their rights, said ments for the welfare of all the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Brave is looking “The whole MMA communi- Majeed Maarij, secretary to the parties involved.” will be the second time Brave to connect ty expects Brave to take up the board of directors at Bahrain Re- He said the Kingdom’s govern- CF is visiting the UK. responsibility on our shoulders cruiters Society yesterday. We are monitoring ment and the Labour Ministry Last year the promotion the biggest to develop the sport in every Mr Majeed’s comments come are in their best efforts to en- had organised an event titled influencers to the place and every different con- in light of the Labour Market the tripartite sure the rights of each and every “Brave 13: Europe Evolution” best fighters in tinent, and that is why we are Regulatory Authority (LMRA) agreement and worker are protected. at The SSE Arena in Belfast, the world. going to Europe. launching a new permit sys- if needed, we are “The Kingdom is a signatory Northern Ireland, which was MR SHAHID “Brave is looking to connect tem to domestic workers a few willing to propose to almost all global conventions its first event in Europe. the biggest influencers to the months ago. amendments for that ensure the rights of workers. “BRAVE 24 will be an in - best fighters in the world. This The system is aimed at the wel- the welfare of Like any advanced country in the vite-only event, made to con- involved, as BRAVE looks to is about taking MMA to the next fare of both the workers and their all the parties world, no-one including domes- nect the sport of mixed mar- introduce MMA to a wider level to expose the best and employers. tic workers need not now worry tial arts to the highest level of audience, and provide them fastest-growing sport in the “Domestic workers now face involved. about their rights being violated.” influencers across all walks with the unique opportunity world to the wider audience. no more troubles in the King- MR MAJEED He added that nearly 60 per of life, including social me - of watching the best fighters “We want to make sure the dom, especially after the imple- cent of domestic workers in the dia, business, sports, and other in the world live, as well as sport grows.This is the vi - mentation of tripartite agree- this year, which regulates the re- Kingdom are from the Philip- ventures. several other attractions,” or- sion of His Highness Shaikh ment and insurance for them. lationship between the Employ- pines, followed by Indonesia “The show is set to be a ganisers said. Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa The LMRA adopted the Tripar- ment Office, the employer (the (20pc), African states (15pc) and luxurious experience to all “The fight card will be an- and that’s what we want to do.” tite Domestic Contract in March household) and the domestic India (5pc). MoE keen on incorporating ‘citizen lessons’ in curriculum Manama the values of good citizenship among students. he Education Ministry The proposal is part of has asserted that it has The proposal is the efforts being exerted to Tattached great interest part of the efforts strengthen the national fun- in consolidating the values of being exerted damentals among students citizenship among students to strengthen according to the best educa- through school curriculum tional practices, in line with and other activities, in line the national the initiatives of the National with the directives of His Maj- fundamentals Project to Develop Education esty King Hamad bin Isa Al among students. and Training, the ministry Khalifa. MINISTRY said. The ministry added that The initiative aims at pro - the implementation of the moting the values of openness, Citizenship and Human tional acclaim. accepting each other, respect Rights Enhancing Schools The ministry pointed out for human rights, cultural plu- Project, aiming to transform that the proposal submitted ralism and co-existence, out schools into environments by the Speaker of the Coun- of the belief that the culture to strengthen the values of cil of Representatives, Fawzia of peace and rejection of vi - citizenship, loyalty, national Zainal, to develop the current olence and extremism are es- unity, co-existence, tolerance citizenship course aims to sential principles that should and human rights, has yield- consolidate the ongoing na- be instilled in the minds of ed outstanding results, and tional efforts and achieve the youngsters through school earned the Kingdom interna- common goals of promoting curricula and activities. 06 SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 world Hong Kong govt suspends divisive extradition bill Hong Kong 2003: National security law ome half a million people marched against a controversial at- ong Kong’s embattled Stempt by the government to introduce a national security law leader yesterday said a that critics feared would hammer free speech. Hdivisive bill that would The bill, which came after a deadly outbreak of severe acute allow extraditions to China respiratory syndrome, was the first mass demonstration movement would be “suspended” in a ma- the city’s pro-Beijing leaders had faced since the 1997 handover. jor climbdown from her govern- It was eventually shelved and set in process the resignation of ment after a week of unprece- then chief executive Tung Chee-hwa. dented protests. The city’s pro-Beijing lead- 2012: Education protests er Carrie Lam has come under huge pressure to abandon the ens of thousands of predominantly young demonstrators, many controversial legislation, includ- Tof them school children, surrounded the city government’s ing from her own political allies complex for 10 days. The target of their ire was a government order and advisers. for schools to teach “Moral and National Education” classes that “The government has decid- praised China’s communist and nationalist history while criticising ed to suspend the legislative republicanism and democracy movements. amendment exercise, restart our The government abandoned the curriculum and some of the communication with all sectors protest leaders, such as then 15-year-old Joshua Wong, went on to of society, do more... work and become leading democracy advocates. listen to different views of society,” Lam told reporters Saturday. 2014: Umbrella Movement “We have no intention to set a deadline for this work and or two months in late promise to report to and con- F2014 tens of thousands sult members of the legislative of protesters paralysed parts council panel on security before Wednesday’s clashes were the worst political violence in Hong Kong since its 1997 handover to China of the city with mass stu - we decide on the next step for- dent-led demonstrations and ward.” business and legal bodies -- and But others have warned sit-ins to demand democrat- The international finance hub a record breaking rally on Sun- against Lam bending to the pro- ic reforms such as the right was rocked by the worst political day where organisers said more testers. to elect the city’s leader. violence since its 1997 handover than one million protesters hit “If the government caves in to There were clashes and to China on Wednesday as tens the streets. violence and external influences, scenes of violence, until then of thousands of protesters were “I feel deep sorrow and regret in the long run that would also rare in the semi-autonomous territory, as police used pepper spray dispersed by riot police firing that the deficiencies in our work make Hong Kong ungovernable,” and tear gas to break up the demonstrations. tear gas and rubber bullets. and various other factors have pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip It becomes known as the Umbrella Movement after some dem- As criticism mounted, signs stirred up substantial contro- told reporters. onstrators used umbrellas to protect themselves. also emerged of a growing dis- versies and disputes in society Opposition to the extradition Police dismantled the main pro-democracy site in December, comfort among Communist Par- following the relatively calm bill has united an unusually wide hauling off a hard core of protesters who vowed that their struggle ty leaders in Beijing, and Lam periods of the past two years,” cross section of Hong Kong. would live on. held her press conference Sat- The government has Lam said. Protest organisers had been But the movement failed to win any concessions and many of urday at the same government decided to suspend calling for a full withdrawal of its leaders are now in prison. complex that was besieged by the legislative ‘Lost credibility’ the bill, not a postponement. protesters earlier in the week. amendment On Friday she found herself James To, a lawmaker from The South China Morning exercise, restart our facing growing calls from within the city’s pan-democrat camp, Post said Lam held an emergen- her own political camp to re- called on Lam to step down. China backs suspension of bill communication with Shanghai, China cy meeting on Friday night with verse course and tamp down “The credibility of our chief her advisers while Chinese of- all sectors of society, spiralling public anger -- includ- executive has already been writ- ficials were also meeting in the do more... work and ing from hardline pro-Beijing ten off, it’s a kind of government hina’s government said yesterday it supported the decision of nearby city of Shenzhen to map listen to different lawmakers. that cannot have any credibility CHong Kong’s leader to suspend an unpopular bill that would a way out of the impasse. views of society “Shouldn’t (we) cool the citi- to rule anymore,” he told report- allow extraditions to China and which sparked a week of protests. Tensions were running high zens down? I think to postpone ers Friday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang called the CARRIE LAM with protest organisers planning HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE it for a little bit is not a bad thing. Beijing has vocally supported decision an attempt to “listen more widely to the views of the another mass rally on Sunday. At this moment, the govern- the bill and earlier this week community and restore calm to the community as soon as possi- Lam, who is appointed by a ment should self-examine,” Ann threw its full support behind ble”. “We support, respect and understand this decision,” Geng committee stacked with Beijing to consider abandoning the bill, Chiang, a hardcore pro-Beijing the Lam administration, calling Shuang said in a statement. loyalists, had previously refused despite months of criticism from lawmaker, told i-Cable News. protesters “rioters”. Pakistan politician does livestream with cat whiskers, ears Peshawar, Pakistan accident. politician in northwestern “The cat filter was turned on APakistan was given paws by mistake” Yousafzai said, add- for thought after his press con- The cat filter ing “let’s not take everything so ference was streamed live on was turned on by seriously”. Facebook with the “cat filter” mistake. Let’s not “I wasn’t the only one -- two turned on, giving him on-screen take everything so officials sitting along me were whiskers and ears. seriously also hit by the cat filter,” he The online stream of region- SHAUKAT YOUSAFZAI joked. al minister Shaukat Yousafzai The live stream continued speaking with journalists went with the whiskers and ears in viral on Friday after a member place, even after the error was of his social media team acci- stan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, pointed out by users. dentally activated the filter on which is in power in Khyber A press statement, issued by the social network. Pakhtunkhwa province. the PTI social media team said Comments started pouring in Pakistani children point at a computer screen showing a screen grab of a press conference attended by provincial minister Images from the press con- the incident happened because as Facebook users noticed pink Shaukat Yousafzai and streamed live on social media, in Islamabad ference were still available on of “human error”. cat-like ears and whiskers had officials. eral: “Shaukat Yousafzai looks er -- was deleted minutes after social media. “All necessary actions have appeared on the heads of the There’s “a cat in the cabinet” like a cat -- Meow meow meow,”. the press conference from the Yousafzai confirmed the in- been taken to avoid such inci- minister and two accompanying one said. Others were more lit- The video -- seen by a report- official Facebook page of Paki- cident and said it happened by dents in future,” it said. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 07 Tanker hit in attacks heads to port Front Altair leaves Iran waters Tehran, Iran

he Norwegian-owned Front Altair oil tanker has left Iran’s Tterritorial waters and was under tow to the UAE two days after it was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, shipping officials said yesterday. The tanker was one of two vessels that were rocked by explosions as they passed through Gulf of Oman waters on Thursday. The Front Altair is “heading toward the Fujairah-Khor Fak- kan area in the United Arab Emirates”, head of ports of Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan told the semi-official news agency ISNA. The tanker “has left Iran’s territorial waters,” he said, adding that it was being towed and sprayed with water to cool the hull. The Norwegian company which owns the ship confirmed it had left Iranian waters and said specialists would board the vessel yesterday to assess the damage. “The 23 crew members of the ‘Front Altair’ remain safe and well, with plans being made for their repatriation soonest,” Frontline Management said. The crew, who were rescued by Iran after the vessel caught fire and transferred to Bandar Abbas, were to fly to Dubai on Saturday night, ISNA said.

Fire and smoke billowing from Norwegian owned Front Altair tanker (file)

and access to energy” after heading to port in the United The Kokuka the incident Thursday, which Arab Emirates. Courageous• was sent crude prices soaring amid We still don’t know “We still don’t know if the a tense standoff between Iran if the tanker goes tanker goes to Khor Fakkan or carrying highly and the US. to Khor Fakkan or Fujairah as they are very close,” flammable methanol The Kokuka Courageous said a spokesman, referring to their repatriation soonest,” she The oil tankers hit Thursday was carrying highly flammable Fujairah as they are two Emirati ports on the Gulf added. morning were 10 nautical miles very close The vessel was methanol through the Gulf of of Oman. apart and headed to Asia when • Oman when was rocked by ex- A SPOKESMAN, REFERRING TO TWO Maritime experts would then ‘Allegations against Iran’ they were struck by explosions heading to port plosions, causing a blaze that EMIRATI PORTS ON THE GULF OF seek to transfer its highly flam- Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- after passing through the Strait OMAN. in the UAE was quickly extinguished. mable cargo to shore, according hammad Javad Zarif tweeted of Hormuz, some 25 nautical US President Donald Trump to an unnamed official quoted by that the US had “immediately miles off Iran’s southern coast. Front Altair was said the twin attack, which also Japanese state media. jumped to make allegations The Front Altair was carrying towed• away from targeted a tanker owned by Os- “From a viewpoint of global against Iran without a shred of naphtha, a refined petroleum lo-listed company Frontline, had energy security, it is necessary factual or circumstantial evi- product, when it was hit by three Iranian waters Iran “written all over it”. for the international community dence.” explosions, according to Norwe- He was speaking hours after to jointly deal with the act,” said The United States has also ac- gian officials. The Front Altair the US military released grainy fluence in the region, called Japanese trade minister Hiro- cused Iran over May 12 sabotage Blocking the Hormuz Strait was• carrying naphtha footage it said showed an Ira- yesterday for a de-escalation in shige Seko at a G20 energy and attacks on four tankers anchored would be a relatively low-tech, nian patrol boat removing an tensions. environment meeting in Japan in the Gulf of Oman off Fujairah. high-impact countermeasure “unexploded limpet mine” from “We remain hopeful in attain- on Saturday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Iran could take against any at- Dubai one of the tankers. ing a broader framework for co- The other ship which came Guterres called for an independ- tack by the United States, and Iran has repeatedly threat- operation with Iran,” he said at under attack, the Norwegian-op- ent investigation. would severely disrupt global Japanese tanker, one of ened to block the Hormuz Strait, a summit in Bulgaria. erated Front Altair, was being “It’s very important to know oil supplies. two vessels attacked in a narrow seaway vital to the Acting US Defense Secretary towed away from Iranian waters the truth (and) that responsi- But Trump played down the Asensitive Gulf waters this world’s oil supplies, in the case Patrick Shanahan said an “inter- and would undergo a damage bilities are clarified,” he told re- threat. week, was heading to port yes- of a conflict with the US. national consensus” was needed assessment later Saturday, said porters at UN headquarters in “It’s not going to be closed, terday, its owners said. But the UAE’s Foreign Minis- to resolve the situation. a spokeswoman for its operator. New York. it’s not going to be closed for The United Arab Emirates ter Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed The Japanese tanker’s To - “The 23 crew members of the “Obviously that can only be long and they know it. They’ve called on world powers “to se- Al Nahyan, whose country is kyo-based operator Kokuka con- ‘Front Altair’ remain safe and done if there is an independent been told in very strong terms,” cure international navigation bitterly opposed to Iranian in- firmed Saturday the vessel was well, with plans being made for entity that verifies those facts.” he said. US infant boy cut out of mother’s womb dies at hospital

ing. described as the elder Figueroa’s The baby had The baby had been hospital- boyfriend, was charged with • ized on life support and was con- concealing the murder. been hospitalized on sidered brain dead, according to With the baby’s death, family life support and was the family. attorney Frank Avila told a news considered brain dead “It is with great sadness that conference that new murder we inform you of the passing charges are warranted. Chicago of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez,” “The baby was murdered,” family spokeswoman Julie Con- Avila said. “We’re asking the treras said in a Facebook post. prosecutor to bring murder baby cut out of his murdered Police said they discovered charges against these three vi- Ateenage mother’s womb Ochoa-Lopez’s body hidden in a cious, evil murderers and an- died Friday at a Chicago hospi- garbage can at Figueroa’s home ybody else who helped them.” tal of severe brain injury nearly about three weeks after she went Ochoa-Lopez’s family has said two months after the attack, the (L-R) Clarisa Figueroa, her daughter Desiree and her boyfriend Piotr Bobak were arrested for luring a young mother to missing. undocumented members of the family said. their home, strangling her and cutting out her baby The two women suspects have Latino community in Chicago Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, was a Facebook group to their home 46, and her daughter Desiree, The elder Figueroa allegedly been charged with the murder of did not provide crucial informa- killed on April 23 by a Chicago with the promise of free baby 24, strangled the teen, who was claimed the baby as her own Ochoa-Lopez and the aggravat- tion about the missing person’s woman and her daughter, who supplies. nine months pregnant, and cut after calling for medical help be- ed battery of the baby. case because they feared speak- lured the expectant mother via Police say Clarisa Figueroa, the baby out of her. cause the child was not breath- Piotr Bobak, 40, whom police ing to police. THE FOUNDATION STONES FOR A BALANCED SUCCESS QUOTE ARE HONESTY, CHARACTER, OF THE INTEGRITY, FAITH, LOVE AND DAY LOYALTY. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 ZIG ZIGLAR

Daesh’s demonic second coming … stronger than ever before?

BARIA ALAMUDDIN

Daesh will llow me to make a bold pre- aspire to diction: Within a few years, Anot only will Daesh return to be more prominence, but it will become expo- nentially more vigorous and difficult geographically to defeat. Daesh continues to be the wealth- dispersed iest terrorist organisation in history, with hundreds of thousands of dol- to avoid lars stashed away in readiness for its re-emergence. Tens of thousands of presenting Daesh personnel may still be at large, or deployed as sleeper cells across an easy Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile, about 100,000 detainees with various levels target, it will of Daesh affiliation languish in mass camps. Their status is problematic, consolidate because of their multinational character: Should their home countries its strength in reluctantly accept them back, or leave the shadows them to rot or hang? Let us not forget that Daesh per- why many ordinary Iraqis and Syri- scape to embark on a war of attrition paramilitaries who have today been with the stigma of Daesh association to avoid petrated the worst crimes known to ans tolerated Daesh (other than sim- against security forces. put back in control of localities re- branded upon entire communities. humanity: Burnings, stonings, be- ply out of fear) will be a major factor By 2011 Al-Qaeda in Iraq was a duced to ashes by coalition bomb- Aside from discredited allies of the provoking headings, rape, genocide and other in allowing this menace to return. defeated force. Yet Nouri Al Maliki’s ing campaigns. Iraqis are squeezed Hashd, few respected Sunnis are systematic atrocities. Yet its ideology Daesh’s rule varied markedly sectarian policies, his purge of Sunni between two evils: “Hashd” mili- allowed to hold political posts. It is a decisive remains potent, with wide-reaching across its so-called caliphate. While politicians, and his reliance on brutal tants and Daesh are equally guilty of dangerous for Iraq’s national unity propaganda capabilities: A few sym- foreign jihadists brutally imposed paramilitaries to entrench his pow- sectarian atrocities. Before the 2018 that Sunnis are left feeling more al- response bolic victories (the recapture of a alien theocratic models upon major er alienated Sunnis and other com- elections, Sunnis in areas liberated ienated and angry than ever. town, a spectacular terrorist attack…) cities, in small rural towns Daesh munities. By 2013, Iraq was awash from Daesh were widely prevent- Deprived of core territories in Syria could inspire thousands of confused leaders were predominantly locals. with a furious ferment of protest ed from accessing documentation and Iraq, Daesh has become more and sick individuals to flock back into The result was an organic hybrid movements and anti-state forces — allowing them to vote, access ben- dangerous. Thousands of foreign its ranks. between local traditions and Daesh’s Islamists, tribes and Baathists. Daesh efits and travel around the country. fighters who avoided capture have It is tempting to assert that because rigid asceticism. When Daesh was swept to power out of this complex Paramilitaries terrorised returnees dispersed, either quietly heading Daesh’s actions were self-evidently purged, local jihadists simply melt- milieu. into fleeing back into exile. Thus, a home or migrating to new battle- evil, all those who lived under it must ed into the mountains, using their The fight-back against Daesh was high proportion of the population fields, pledging to wreak mayhem be evil too. Our failure to recognise exhaustive knowledge of the land- partly franchised out to Iran-aligned have effectively become non-persons, and attract new recruits wherever London bomb factory, a sign of Iran’s terror campaign Hizbollah’s secret stash of tonnes of ammonium nitrate is just the tip of the iceberg

CON COUGHLIN appraisal of that view in the light of However, British intelligence recent events. Earlier this week, it officials close to the investigation he latest revelation that was revealed that London raided a believe the stockpile was part of an Iranian-backed terror terrorist cell with links to Hizbollah an international Hizbollah scheme Tgroup has been stockpiling four years ago. It was stockpiling for future terror attacks in Europe. bomb-making materials in London three tonnes of explosive materials They have drawn parallels between has shed fresh light on Tehran’s on the outskirts of London in what the stash of chemicals discovered reach in Europe. has been described as a secret bomb in London and a similar case in For decades after the Islamic rev- factory. Cyprus at around the same time. olution of 1979, Iran mainly confined The bomb-making group was Hassan Bassam Abdallah, a 28-year- its terrorist activities to the Middle discovered in the autumn of 2015, old member of Hizbollah’s military East region, using the Revolutionary shortly after Britain had become one wing, was convicted of possessing Guard Corps and proxies such as of the signatories to the controver- 65,000 ice packs filled with am- Hizbollah to target opponents and sial nuclear deal. monium nitrate which he admitted undermine moderate Arab regimes. Even though former prime min- were for use in future terrorist at- There was, of course, the brief isters David Cameron and There- tacks in Larnaca. He was subse - flurry of terrorist activity in Paris in sa May – who was then serving as quently jailed for six years. the immediate aftermath of ayatol- home secretary – were informed of For years, whenever I have raised lah Ruhollah Khomeini’s emergence the discovery, the fact that it was the subject with senior British intel- as the leader of the revolution, as not made public suggests they were ligence officials, they have repeat- his followers sought to neutralise keen not to reveal any information edly denied the existence of Irani- opponents of the clerical regime. that might damage the flawed nu- an-backed sleeper cells in the UK, Other notable acts of Iranian ter- clear agreement. maintaining the traditional line that rorism outside the region include Even now, British authorities are Iran’s terrorist activity was mainly the infamous 1994 attack against reluctant to disclose too many de- confined to the Middle East. a Jewish institution in Argentina, tails. A brief statement issued by But in reality, the discovery of this which killed 85 people. the Metropolitan Police this week London bomb factory is part of an But for the most part, the focus of simply stated that counter-terror- upsurge of Iranian terrorist activity Iran’s activities has been confined ism specialists had raided four prop- in Europe in the past decade. to the region, where attacks have erties at addresses in north-west Concerns that Hizbollah had ex- been deployed as an effective tactic London – three businesses and a panded its operations in Europe in support of Tehran’s drive for re- home – and that a man in his 40s first surfaced in 2012 when the gional dominance. was arrested on suspicion of plot- group carried out a bomb attack Now, intelligence officials in Eu- ting terrorism, although he was later against a tour bus in Bulgaria, rope are undertaking a radical re- released without charge. prompting the European Union to Hizbollah supporters hold placards during a gathering in Beirut.

Hon. Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Editor-in-Chief Mahmood AI Mahmood | Chairman & Managing Director P Unnikrishnan | Advertisement: Update Media W.L.L | Tel: 38444692, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 38444680, Email: [email protected] Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877 | Email:[email protected] | Website: www.newsofbahrain.com | Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing THE FOUNDATION STONES FOR A BALANCED SUCCESS ARE HONESTY, CHARACTER, TODAY 1836 1846 1858 1858 QUOTE DAY IN OF THE INTEGRITY, FAITH, LOVE AND The formation of the London The Papal conclave of 1846 Abraham Lincoln delivers The Battle of Morar takes place HISTORY DAY LOYALTY. Working Men’s Association elects Pope Pius IX, beginning his House Divided speech in during the Indian Mutiny. gives rise to the Chartist the longest reign in the history Springfield, Illinois. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 ZIG ZIGLAR Movement. of the papacy.

Daesh’s demonic second coming … stronger than ever before? Participating TOP in the plastic ban TWEETS4 Deprived of core territories priority states, most experts concur in Syria and Iraq, Daesh has that the necessary prerequisites are become more dangerous. in place for Daesh to again achieve breakout capacity. However, Daesh in 01 Thousands of foreign 2019 it is a greatly more experienced, fighters who avoided globe-straddling and organically inte- BARIA ALAMUDDIN capture have dispersed, grated force than it ever was in 2014. Daesh will either quietly heading Affiliated factions in Libya, Western llow me to make a bold pre- home or migrating to new Africa, Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan, aspire to diction: Within a few years, battlefields, pledging to Indonesia and elsewhere will act in CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD not only will Daesh return to wreak mayhem and attract concert to make Daesh’s second com- espite the Greatest be more Aprominence, but it will become expo- ing a truly globalised phenomenon. DPresidential Harass- he Supreme Council for nentially more vigorous and difficult new recruits wherever they Where is the globalised response ment of all time by people Environment has an - geographically to defeat. end up. to an entity that is consolidating its that are very dishonest Tnounced that Bahrain Daesh continues to be the wealth- strength across dozens of states? and want to destroy our will ban single-use plastic next dispersed iest terrorist organisation in history, In 2014 the world feigned aston- Country, we are doing month. It is a much-needed with hundreds of thousands of dol- ishment when a hitherto unknown great in the Polls, even move especially in our country, to avoid lars stashed away in readiness for its terrorist horde swarmed across much better than in 2016, and where land resource is limited re-emergence. Tens of thousands of claimed attacks in Mozambique and of Iraq and Syria. Yet Daesh’s expan- will be packed at the and our maritime area is being presenting Daesh personnel may still be at large, the Democratic Republic of Congo, sion had already been obvious for Tuesday Announcement polluted by plastic to the det- or deployed as sleeper cells across two states not known as hotbeds of over a year to those who cared to pay Rally in Orlando, Florida. riment of our marine life and an easy Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile, about Islamist extremism. The group also attention. If history is condemned KEEP AMERICA GREAT! coral reefs. 100,000 detainees with various levels reported pledges of loyalty from oth- to bloodily repeat itself, it will be @realDonaldTrump The use and availability of target, it will of Daesh affiliation languish in mass er Sahel factions, further indications through criminal lack of foresight plastic is so widespread that, camps. Their status is problematic, of an ambitious pan-Africa strategy. and leadership in failing to eradicate 02 like tobacco and sugar, it is dif- consolidate because of their multinational char- Daesh Mark II has learned a lot a menace that should never have ficult to eliminate. After all, we acter: Should their home countries from defeat. It will aspire to be more been allowed to reconstitute itself as all know that these items are bad its strength in reluctantly accept them back, or leave geographically dispersed to avoid an existential global threat. for us but they are there within the shadows them to rot or hang? presenting an easy target, it will con- When grievances are addressed, reach and we use them regularly. Let us not forget that Daesh per- why many ordinary Iraqis and Syri- scape to embark on a war of attrition paramilitaries who have today been with the stigma of Daesh association they end up. solidate its strength in the shadows to citizens’ voices are represented and a Still, there are success stories to avoid petrated the worst crimes known to ans tolerated Daesh (other than sim- against security forces. put back in control of localities re- branded upon entire communities. There have been recent deadly avoid provoking a decisive response, culture of tolerance is cultivated, so- about reduction of plastic pol- humanity: Burnings, stonings, be- ply out of fear) will be a major factor By 2011 Al-Qaeda in Iraq was a duced to ashes by coalition bomb- Aside from discredited allies of the Daesh assaults in northern Lebanon and it will avoid unnecessarily al- ciety becomes effectively immunised lution. Sri Lanka, for instance provoking headings, rape, genocide and other in allowing this menace to return. defeated force. Yet Nouri Al Maliki’s ing campaigns. Iraqis are squeezed Hashd, few respected Sunnis are and the Sinai, along with horrific at- ienating local people. Daesh is also against the nihilistic, hateful propa- akhs of aspirants from has completely banned use of systematic atrocities. Yet its ideology Daesh’s rule varied markedly sectarian policies, his purge of Sunni between two evils: “Hashd” mili- allowed to hold political posts. It is tacks against Sri Lankan churches a seeking to overcome past enmities ganda of both right-wing and Islamist LKashmir & Ladakh are plastic bags and you are given a decisive remains potent, with wide-reaching across its so-called caliphate. While politicians, and his reliance on brutal tants and Daesh are equally guilty of dangerous for Iraq’s national unity couple of months ago that killed over with rivals such as Al-Qaeda, which extremists. Prevention is a thousand made to travel to Chandi- your shopping in reusable paper propaganda capabilities: A few sym- foreign jihadists brutally imposed paramilitaries to entrench his pow- sectarian atrocities. Before the 2018 that Sunnis are left feeling more al- 250 worshippers. We can guarantee had weakened the jihadist move- times better than cure. We know this, garh, Delhi, Samba, Jam- packaging, whether it is fruits response bolic victories (the recapture of a alien theocratic models upon major er alienated Sunnis and other com- elections, Sunnis in areas liberated ienated and angry than ever. more such attacks, whether against ment. The knee-jerk racism and Is- yet instead we choose once again to mu, Punjab, etc. for NET, and veg or even the gemstones town, a spectacular terrorist attack…) cities, in small rural towns Daesh munities. By 2013, Iraq was awash from Daesh were widely prevent- Deprived of core territories in Syria Egyptian Copts, Asian tourist resorts, lamophobia of an emergent Euro- leave the hen-house door wide open NEET, GATE, JNUEE, etc. that the country is famous for! could inspire thousands of confused leaders were predominantly locals. with a furious ferment of protest ed from accessing documentation and Iraq, Daesh has become more overcrowded African malls, or West- pean far-right will leave disaffected for the wolves. This violates our Right to The latest trend is edible or bio- and sick individuals to flock back into The result was an organic hybrid movements and anti-state forces — allowing them to vote, access ben- dangerous. Thousands of foreign ern stadiums and other public places. young Western Muslims increasingly Education. We demand degradable cutlery and crockery its ranks. between local traditions and Daesh’s Islamists, tribes and Baathists. Daesh efits and travel around the country. fighters who avoided capture have Already, in a dozen states across vulnerable to the blandishments of (Baria Alamuddin is an award-winning permanent testing centres because plastic spoons last more swept to power out of this complex Paramilitaries terrorised returnees journalist and broadcaster in the Middle It is tempting to assert that because rigid asceticism. When Daesh was dispersed, either quietly heading northern and sub-Saharan Africa, a extremists. East and the UK. She is editor of the in Kashmir & Ladakh and than 200 years Daesh’s actions were self-evidently purged, local jihadists simply melt- milieu. into fleeing back into exile. Thus, a home or migrating to new battle- resurgent Daesh is carving out some- Without radical efforts to address Media Services Syndicate and has urgent relocation of exam in landfills. evil, all those who lived under it must ed into the mountains, using their The fight-back against Daesh was high proportion of the population fields, pledging to wreak mayhem thing resembling a new trans-con- sectarianism, militancy, injustice and interviewed numerous heads of state.) centres. The government One company be evil too. Our failure to recognise exhaustive knowledge of the land- partly franchised out to Iran-aligned have effectively become non-persons, and attract new recruits wherever tinental “caliphate.” Last week it social exclusion in Iraq and other @Shehla_Rashid has taken the in India even produces fla- correct step but the voured spoons 03 cycle of change will and forks that be complete only can be eaten if we, the people like a biscuit London bomb factory, a sign of Iran’s terror campaign after the meal! participate in the How can progress. large corpo- Hizbollah’s secret stash of tonnes of ammonium nitrate is just the tip of the iceberg rations help rump promised af- the no-plastic Tfordable health care, movement? then tried to rip care away Usually we CON COUGHLIN appraisal of that view in the light of However, British intelligence One positive outcome from finally designate the entirety of Hiz- from millions. Said he was hear of fines recent events. Earlier this week, it officials close to the investigation Iran’s increased terrorist bollah as a terrorist organisation. for working people, then for using plas- he latest revelation that was revealed that London raided a believe the stockpile was part of Previously, London sought to make passed a tax bill benefit- tic. However, an Iranian-backed terror terrorist cell with links to Hizbollah an international Hizbollah scheme activity has been to push a distinction between the group’s ting the top 1% & corpo- studies have Tgroup has been stockpiling four years ago. It was stockpiling for future terror attacks in Europe. the British government political and military wings, with rations. He’s ripped babies shown that rewards work better. bomb-making materials in London three tonnes of explosive materials They have drawn parallels between to finally designate the only the latter designated a terror- from their parents & called How about giving customers a has shed fresh light on Tehran’s on the outskirts of London in what the stash of chemicals discovered entirety of Hizbollah as a ist organisation, thereby allowing neo-Nazis “fine people.” It’s bonus point for every time they reach in Europe. has been described as a secret bomb in London and a similar case in terrorist organisation. representatives of the political wing time for a new president. bring their own reusable bags For decades after the Islamic rev- factory. Cyprus at around the same time. to maintain links with prominent @KamalaHarris and give them a spending reward olution of 1979, Iran mainly confined The bomb-making group was Hassan Bassam Abdallah, a 28-year- British politicians such as Labour if they collect about 50 bonus its terrorist activities to the Middle discovered in the autumn of 2015, old member of Hizbollah’s military leader Jeremy Corbyn. 04 points? That works better than East region, using the Revolutionary shortly after Britain had become one wing, was convicted of possessing Moreover, the growing awareness a fine for using plastic. Guard Corps and proxies such as of the signatories to the controver- 65,000 ice packs filled with am- that Iran’s terrorist infrastructure We also need to request res- Hizbollah to target opponents and sial nuclear deal. monium nitrate which he admitted poses a threat to Europe comes at taurants and hotels to switch undermine moderate Arab regimes. Even though former prime min- were for use in future terrorist at- a time when Iranian aggression is from using plastic water bottles There was, of course, the brief isters David Cameron and There- tacks in Larnaca. He was subse - increasing in the Middle East. since this is one of the biggest flurry of terrorist activity in Paris in sa May – who was then serving as quently jailed for six years. Saudi officials have accused Teh- polluters. In Bahrain’s hot cli- the immediate aftermath of ayatol- home secretary – were informed of For years, whenever I have raised ran of being behind a Houthi mis- mate, how about carrying our lah Ruhollah Khomeini’s emergence the discovery, the fact that it was the subject with senior British intel- follow America’s lead in designat- sile strike against Abha airport in am close to many elderly reusable water bottle and getting as the leader of the revolution, as not made public suggests they were ligence officials, they have repeat- ing Hizbollah’s military wing as a southern Saudi Arabia this week, Ipeople who live hidden eateries to recognise this right his followers sought to neutralise keen not to reveal any information edly denied the existence of Irani- terrorist organisation. which injured 26 people, while Iran away, forgotten, neglected. to drink water from our homes opponents of the clerical regime. that might damage the flawed nu- an-backed sleeper cells in the UK, In June last year, two Iranian will inevitably be the focus of inves- And I thank those who are instead of highly-priced bottled Other notable acts of Iranian ter- clear agreement. maintaining the traditional line that diplomats were expelled from the tigations into the explosions that committed to a more in- water? rorism outside the region include Even now, British authorities are Iran’s terrorist activity was mainly Netherlands for plotting political have reportedly hit two oil tankers clusive society, which does Finally, it boils down to our the infamous 1994 attack against reluctant to disclose too many de- confined to the Middle East. assassinations in the country, while in the Gulf of Oman. The latest in- not need to throw away sense of responsibility. The gov- a Jewish institution in Argentina, tails. A brief statement issued by But in reality, the discovery of this France’s intelligence ministry foiled cident follows accusations made by those who are weak in ernment has taken the correct which killed 85 people. the Metropolitan Police this week London bomb factory is part of an a bomb plot the same month to tar- US national security adviser John body and mind. #WEAAD step but the cycle of change will But for the most part, the focus of simply stated that counter-terror- upsurge of Iranian terrorist activity get a rally of opposition groups in Bolton that Iran was responsible @Pontifex be complete only if we, the peo- Iran’s activities has been confined ism specialists had raided four prop- in Europe in the past decade. Paris. Then, in October, Danish au- for last month’s attacks against four ple participate in the progress. to the region, where attacks have erties at addresses in north-west Concerns that Hizbollah had ex- thorities accused Iran of an “unu- oil tankers off the coast of Fujairah. (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood been deployed as an effective tactic London – three businesses and a panded its operations in Europe sual and serious” plot to murder an These elements suggest that Iran Disclaimer: (Views expressed is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily in support of Tehran’s drive for re- home – and that a man in his 40s first surfaced in 2012 when the Arab separatist leader. has embarked on a new campaign by columnists are personal and Tribune and the President of the gional dominance. was arrested on suspicion of plot- group carried out a bomb attack One positive outcome from Iran’s of terror in which Europe is just as need not necessarily reflect our Arab-African Unity Organisation Now, intelligence officials in Eu- ting terrorism, although he was later against a tour bus in Bulgaria, increased terrorist activity has been likely to be targeted as the Middle editorial stances) for Relief, Human Rights and Coun- rope are undertaking a radical re- released without charge. prompting the European Union to Hizbollah supporters hold placards during a gathering in Beirut. to push the British government to East. terterrorism)

Gulf Air’s inaugural Malaga flight touches down

Gulf Air’s flight GF021 was welcomed into Malaga Costa del Sol Airport with a water cannon salute Officials during a photocall

TDT | Manama non salute and, upon arrival, a sengers were handed commem- mid-September we will fly twice celebratory event was held at orative gifts. a week to Malaga and provide the airport with various digni- Gulf Air’s Chief Executive Of- this great opportunity for every- ulf Air celebrated its in- This is a remarkable event for us to fly, for the taries, Costa del Sol Tourism ficer Kresimir Kucko said: “This one to try our newest Dream- augural summer service first time, to Spain and especially to Malaga Authority, a number of local is a remarkable event for us to liner and our newest premium to and from Malaga Costa media and travel industry rep- fly, for the first time, to Spain leisure destination.” G GULF AIR’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KRESIMIR KUCKO del Sol in South Spain. resentatives, alongside airport and especially to Malaga, which The seasonal flights are Gulf Air’s flight GF021 was officials. is widely popular for being a operated by Gulf Air’s flag - welcomed into Malaga Costa Before departing from Bah- summer resort for many of our ship aircraft Boeing 787-9 del Sol Airport with a water can- rain International Airport, pas- passengers. From today until Dreamliner.

Dr Al Jalahma keynote GFH launches Harbour Row sales speaker at BDFEX Forum TDT | Manama

he organisers of BDFEX Tannounced Dr Mariam Al Jalahma, CEO, National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA), as a keynote speaker. The event, first forum for business development in the health sector, will take place under the patronage of Lieu- tenant General Doctor Sheikh Mohamed Bin Abdullah, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health, on October Dr Al Jalahma keynote speaker at 23 and 24, 2019. BDFEX Forum The International Business Consultancy and Development Company (PROACT), and Unit- ed Gulf Industrial Consortia GFH sales centre booth Harbour Row residences (UGICON) will organise the event. The Forum aims tre booth. launched for luxury, state-of- erties, said, “We look forward Dr Al Jalahma will review to create new jobs TDT | Manama Harbour Row situated at the the-art studios, one, two and to furthering rapid progress at the efforts of Bahrain to Bahrain Financial Harbour is three-bedroom apartments and Harbour Row and to welcoming achieve comprehensive health in the industry by FH Properties, the real estate made up of six buildings, split exclusive penthouses with pri- future residents to this one-of- coverage and provide the best encouraging invest- Garm of GFH Financial Group, between the West and East vate swimming pools. The first a-kind project.” health services. ment in both small has launched sales of its land- side, four of which are residen- instalment of 15 per cent is due Among the works now com- BDFEX aims to reinforce the and medium enter- mark Harbour Row residences tial buildings consisting of 322 14 days from booking, the sec- pleted on the East and West local content of the health - prises and linking with an exclusive financing plan apartments, with the other two ond instalment of 15pc due on side residences are all substruc- care sector by providing new entrepreneurs with as the development continues to buildings set to house a prime handover, with the remaining ture and superstructure works technologies and investments investors progress. five-star hotel and 150 hotel 70pc to be paid after that in 60 which are progressing aggres- to achieve sustainable devel- GFH Properties will also be apartments. equal monthly instalments. sively on finishes. MEP works opment in the health sector showcasing offerings to visitors Sales and an exclusive financ- Commenting, Laith Al Me- and external cladding is also in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia at The Avenues with a sales cen- ing package have now been mar, Acting CEO of GFH Prop- well underway. as well. US allows Iraq to import Iranian energy for three more months Reuters | Baghdad purchasing Iranian energy. The State Department said tric is in the running to win a country of Iranian power. he United States has allowed “An additional 120-day waiv- the United States continued large share of multibillion-dollar Iraq relies heavily on Irani- TIraq to import Iranian gas er was granted to allow Iraq to to insist on “diversifying en - contracts to rebuild Iraq’s elec- an gas to feed several power for its power grid for another continue to pay for electricity ergy imports away from Iran,” tricity system amid intense US stations, importing roughly 1.5 three months by extending a imports from Iran,” the US State however. lobbying efforts. billion standard cubic feet per waiver to sanctions - but insists Department said in an emailed President Donald Trump’s Washington reimposed sanc- day via pipelines in the south that Baghdad seek alternative statement. administration has said oil-rich tions on Iran’s oil industry in No- and east. sources. An Iraqi government source Iraq must become more self-re- vember, citing concerns about its Although Iraq has one of the Iraq has had several exten- said the extension was given liant for its electricity, including nuclear programme and what world’s largest natural gas re- sions to the waiver first granted during a phone call between by harnessing gas energy and it said was its meddling in the serves, it has moved slowly to last year after Washington reim- Prime Minister Adel Abdul reducing flaring at oil produc- Middle East. develop them and has relied on posed sanctions on Tehran’s oil Mahdi and US Secretary of State tion sites. Iraqi officials have said they Iran to supply it with gas and sector forbidding countries from Mike Pompeo. Mike Pompeo US energy giant General Elec- might need years to wean the electricity. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 11 Pakistan gets $3.4 billion ADB lifeline

nuclear-armed state plagued by Last month, Pakistan Islamist militancy. • Political analysts say that reached an accord with while the IMF programme may IMF for a $6 billion help stabilise the economy, it bailout package could bring more hardship due to austerity measures. The government The government unveiled its • first federal budget under the unveiled its first federal government of new Prime Min- budget under the ister Imran Khan on Wednes- government of new day aimed at meeting the terms Prime Minister Imran of the IMF loan, and included a number of expected belt-tight- Khan on Wednesday ening policies. Officials had forecast growth Officials had forecast of 4 per cent for the next finan- growth• of 4pc for the cial year, but after Revenue Min- next financial year ister Hammad Azhar delivered his budget speech to parliament on Tuesday, the government re- Reuters | Islamabad leased a budget document showing it had trimmed its growth akistan will receive $3.4 estimate for the coming year billion in budgetary sup- to 2.4pc. Pport from the Asian Devel- The government has already opment Bank (ADB), the de facto slashed its year to June 2019 finance minister said yesterday, growth forecast to 3.3pc from as the government seeks help to the 6.2pc predicted at the time overcome a ballooning balance of the last budget. of payments crisis. The IMF estimates growth of Last month, Pakistan reached about 2.9pc during the same pean accord in principle with the A Pakistan shopkeeper waits for customer at his rice shop at a market in Karachi. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government vowed to collect more taxes and riod. International Monetary Fund make cuts in spending in a closely watched budget presented to parliament on June 11, weeks after reaching a deal with the IMF for a $6 billion bailout Inflation, which hit 9pc in (IMF) for a three-year, $6bn bail- May, is seen accelerating to be- out package aimed at shoring up tween 11pc and 13pc during the its fragile public finances and Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh eas as trade competitiveness, 2019/20 fiscal year. strengthening a slowing econ- said on Twitter. energy sector and capital mar- Under the IMF’s terms, Paki- omy. $2.2 billion will be released this fiscal year (FY), “$2.2bn will be released this kets development,” Pakistan’s stan is also expected to let the The ADB financing would starting in the first quarter of FY 2019-20. This fiscal year (FY), starting in the Finance Ministry said in a rupee currency weaken to help come on top of the IMF loan, will help the reserve position and the external first quarter of FY 2019-20. This statement. correct an unsustainable current with most of the funds to be dis- account will help the reserve position Financial crises have shak- account deficit and cut its debt bursed in the current fiscal year. and the external account.” en the world’s sixth-largest na- while trying to expand the tax ADB “The will provide $3.4bn FINANCE MINISTER HAFEEZ SHAIKH The first disbursement is to tion repeatedly over the years, base in a country where only 1pc in budgetary support,” de facto “cover such policy reform ar- threatening the stability of a of people file returns.

India to impose tariff on 28 US goods from today New York state lawmakers pass Reuters | New Delhi Delhi. India initially issued an or- new protections for renters ndia will impose higher tar- der in June last year to raise Iiffs on 28 US products in- import taxes as high as 120 the protections they deserve. of the Big Apple, one of the cluding almonds, apples and per cent on a slew of US items, Since 1994, about We’ve stood with them, fought world’s top 10 most expensive walnuts, a government notifi- incensed by Washington’s re- • for them tooth-and-nail, and cities. cation said. fusal to exempt it from higher 300,000 rent-controlled now the wait is finally over,” While rents vary by neighbor- The new duties take effect steel and aluminum tariffs. apartments have New York Mayor Bill de Bla - KNOW WHAT hood, monthly rent for an aver- starting today. But New Delhi repeatedly vanished in the city sio said after compromise age two-bedroom apartment in It was previously reported delayed raising tariffs as the of New York alone legislation was reached this New York has increased from that India was preparing to two nations engaged in trade week. $1,938 in January 2011 to $2,831 levy higher tariffs following talks. Trade between them The text -- which Democrat- in January 2019, according to in- Washington’s withdrawal of stood at about $142.1 billion New York, United States ic Governor Andrew Cuomo The new law should dustry data analysis from Rain- key trade privileges for New in 2018. quickly signed into law -- elim- directly affect about 2.4 maker Insights. awmakers in New York inates rules that allowed build- million New Yorkers, out The measure does not just Lstate on Friday passed a bill ing owners to increase the rent of a population of rough- affect New York City; it also aimed at protecting lower-in- when an apartment changed ly 8.5 million, who live offers protections across the come families from skyrock- hands. in close to one million state of 20 million people -- in- Drought forces Namibia to eting rents -- a move seen as a It also will prevent new ten- cluding for those renting mobile victory for tenants amid a crip- ants from being charged for rent-controlled apart- homes -- from giant rent hikes, auction 1,000 wild animals pling lack of affordable housing. extensive renovations via in- ments. The legislation questionable evictions and steep Windhoek, Namibia parts of the country faced the The vote -- the culmination creased rents, and help keep only applies to buildings security deposits. deadliest drought in as many of a years-long battle between owners from reducing the num- built before 1974, with “These reforms mean we can rought-hit Namibia has as 90 years. powerful real estate owners ber of rent-controlled apart- six or more units. go from just holding the line to Dauthorised the sale of at In April, an agriculture min- and housing rights advocates ments. actually growing the number of least 1,000 wild animals -- in- istry report said 63,700 animals -- became possible after the No- Since 1994, about 300,000 apartments New Yorkers can cluding elephants and giraffes died in 2018 because of dete- vember elections, which left rent-controlled apartments That has forced low-income afford,” said De Blasio, one of -- to limit loss of life and gen- riorating grazing conditions Democrats in full control of the have vanished in the city of New and even middle-class families nearly two dozen Democratic erate $1.1 million for conserva- brought on by dry weather. state legislature. York alone, according to official to move, fueling gentri- presidential candi- tion, the authorities confirmed Namibia’s cabinet an - “Tenants have pounded on figures. fi- cation dates. Saturday. nounced this week that the Albany’s door for decades for “Given that this year is a government would sell about drought year, the [environ- 1,000 wild animals. ment] ministry would like to They include 600 dis - sell various type of game spe- ease-free buffalos, 150 spring- cies from various protected bok, 65 oryx, 60 giraffes, 35 areas to protect grazing and at eland, 28 elephants 20 impala the same time to also gener- and 16 kudus -- all from na - ate much needed funding for tional parks. parks and wildlife manage- The aim is to raise $1.1 mil- ment,” environment ministry lion that will go towards a spokesman Romeo Muyunda state-owned Game Products said. Trust Fund for wildlife conser- The authorities declared a vation and parks management. national disaster last month, There were currently about and the meteorological ser- 960 buffalos in its national vices in the southern African parks, 2,000 springbok, 780 nation estimate that some oryx and 6,400 elephants. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 12

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G20 energy ministers to collaborate to keep stability

Women wearing “hanfu” - traditional Chinese clothing - in a street after attending a gathering of hanfu devotees in Beijing. Japan’s Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko Beijing, China she dresses customers for pho- country do not even understand told AFP. to shoots and even plans han- our traditional clothing or don’t The 37-year-old said she over- Japan | Karuizawa bilateral meetings,” he said, ressed in a flowing fu-style weddings. wear them, how can we talk came her reservations after go- referring to talks with officials long robe adorned with about other essential parts of ing out dressed in a full outfit nergy ministers from the from several countries includ- beaded floral embroi- Ancient style, new fashion our culture?” she said. last year. EGroup of 20 major econ- ing Saudi Arabia and the Unit- Ddery from a bygone era, stylist In modern China, the hanfu Meanwhile, the movement omies have shared concerns ed States. Xiao Hang looks like she sur- community spans the gamut: ‘Strange clothes’ to revive Han ethnic clothing is over attacks on tankers in the Saudi Energy Minister faced from a time machine as from history enthusiasts to ani- There is some way before the raising questions about nation- Gulf and will collaborate to Khalid al-Falih told Seko in she strides across the bustling me fans, to students and even style reaches mainstream ac- alism and Han-ethnocentrism maintain stability in the oil their bilateral meeting that it Beijing metro, attracting cu- young professionals. ceptance in China. –- a sensitive issue in China market, Japan’s Industry Min- took recent events, including a rious glances and inquisitive Yang Jiaming, a high school In March, two students in where the government is wary ister Hiroshige Seko said yes- May 12 attack on four tankers questions. student in Beijing, wears his Shijiazhuang Medical College of any inter-ethnic conflict. terday. off the United Arab Emirates, China has embraced Western outfit under his school uniform. in northern China were report- For instance, within the hanfu Two tankers, one operated “very seriously.” fashion and futuristic technol- “Two-thirds of my wardrobe edly threatened with expulsion community, there is long-run- by a Japanese shipping compa- The recent attacks were ogy as its economy boomed in is hanfu,” he said, decked out for wearing the outfits to school. ning opposition towards the ny, were attacked on Thursday. more harmful than physical recent decades, but a growing in a Tang-style beige gown and Others say they’re deterred qipao, the high-collared, fig- The United States blamed Iran damage to the ships as they number of young people like black boots at a hanfu gathering, by the odd looks they get when ure-hugging garment that used for the attacks, raising con- affected global confidence in Xiao are looking to the past adding that his classmates and wearing hanfu in public. to be a staple of women’s ward- cerns about a confrontation energy supply security, he said. for their sartorial choices and teachers have been supportive “I used to be very embar - robes. and driving up oil prices. “The Kingdom is committed to donning traditional “hanfu”, or of his style. rassed to wear (hanfu) out,” Also known as cheongsam in “The most important thing ensuring stability of global oil “Han clothing”. A government-supported screenwriter Cheng Xia Cantonese, the qipao -- meaning was that we have shared an markets,” he added. These historic costumes of revival in Chinese culture has “Qi robe” -- began as a long, understanding among energy Dan Brouillette, US deputy the Han ethnic majority are given the hanfu community a loose dress worn by the Man- ministers that we need to work secretary of energy, also con- enjoying a renaissance in part boost: since he entered office chus or “Qi” people who ruled together to deal with the re- demned the attacks. because the government is pro- in 2012, President Xi Jinping China from the 17th century to cent incidents from energy se- “We stand firmly with Jap- moting traditional culture in has supported the idea of pro- the early 1900s. curity point of view,” Seko told anese and everyone else,” he a bid to boost patriotism and moting a Han-centric version Its popularity took off in 1920s reporters at a meeting of G20 told a news conference on the national identity. of heritage. Shanghai when it was modified energy and environment min- sideline of the G20 ministerial Period dramas have also con- In April, the Communist into a fitted must-have, favoured isters being held this weekend meeting. tributed to the surge in interest Youth League of China launched by actresses and intellectuals in Karuizawa. A G20 summit is to be held for traditional Chinese garb -- a two-day conference for tradi- as a symbol of femininity and “Same thing happened at our in Osaka on June 28-29. “The Story of Minglan”, a TV tional Chinese garb, including refinement. series set in the Song Dynasty, hanfu. “Some people... think that garnered more than 400 million A live broadcast of the event the cheongsam was inspired viewers in three days when it drew some 20 million viewers, in the Qing Dynasty, which is debuted earlier this year. alongside a visceral outpouring not enough to represent Chi- Sudan’s Bashir to appear There is no uniform defini- of emotions. na. There are nationalist un- tion of what counts as hanfu “Chinese people have aban- dertones in this issue,” said in court on graft charge since each Han-dominated doned their own culture and Chinese culture scholar Gong dynasty had its own style, but chosen Western culture. The red Pengcheng. Khartoum, Sudan protests against his 30-year the outfits are characterised by marriage gown has now become “It is a good trend to explore iron-fisted rule. loose, flowing robes that drape a wedding dress,” wrote on user traditional culture and clothing usted Sudanese leader Bashir “will appear in court around the body, with sleeves on Bilibili, a video streaming culture... There are many things OOmar al-Bashir is to ap- next week following charges that hang down to the knees. platform popular among young we can talk about, and we need pear in court next week to face of corruption and possessing “When we were little, we anime, comic and gaming fans not shrink to nationalist con- charges of corruption and ille- foreign currency”, Al-Waleed would also drape sheets and in China. frontation.” gal possession of foreign cur- Sayyed Ahmed told reporters, duvets around ourselves to pre- Clothes are the “foundation Yang, the high school stu- rency, the acting prosecutor without specifying the day. tend we were wearing beautiful of culture,” said Jiang Xue, who dent, is more upbeat. general announced yesterday. Bashir was facing charges in- clothes,” Xiao said. is part of Beijing-based hanfu He said: “At the very least, The announcement came cluding “possessing foreign Xiao, who used to work at a club Mowutianxia, which has we can wear our own tra - more than two months after funds, acquiring suspected and state-owned machine manu- received funding from the Com- ditional clothes, just like the the military overthrew Bashir illegal wealth, and ordering the facturing company, now runs munist Youth League. ethnic minorities.” following mass nationwide (state of ) emergency”. her own hanfu business, where “If we as a people and as a 13 SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019

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MOVIE REVIEW ‘Slender Man’ is a tedious paint-by-numbers of horror cliches ‘Slender Man’ misses the mark on its meme, comes up skinny on scares

lender Man is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed Sby Sylvain White and written by David Birke, based on the character of the same name. The film stars Joey King, Julia KNOW WHAT Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Alex Fitzalan, and Taylor Rich- ardson, with Javier Botet as the title creature. Based on an internet meme Development of the film began in that led to a brutal stabbing, May 2016, with Birke hired to write this doctored frightener has the script and much of the cast signing truly missed its moment on a year later. Filming took place in Massachusetts in June and July 2017. Released in the United States on Au- positive score; social media monitor gust 10, 2018, the film grossed over RelishMix noted that “the majority’s $51 million worldwide and received a feeling toward [the] film” was negative. largely negative reception from critics David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave and audiences. For her performance, the film a D, writing “a tasteless and Sinclair was nominated for the Golden inedibly undercooked serving of the Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Internet’s stalest creepypasta, Slender Actress. Man aspires to be for the YouTube era Joey King in “Slender Man” On Rotten Tomatoes, Slender Man what The Ring was to the last gasps of holds an approval rating of 7% based he’s positively robust compared to the On Metacritic, the film has a weight- Audiences polled by CinemaScore the VHS generation. But... there’s one on 71 reviews and an average rating of flimsy assortment of scares generated ed average score of 30 out of 100 based gave the film an average grade of “D–” fundamental difference that sets the 3.2/10. The website’s critical consensus by the would-be chiller that bears his on 15 critics, indicating “generally un- on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak re- two movies apart: The Ring is good, and reads, “Slender Man might be thin, but name.” favourable reviews”. ported filmgoers gave it an “awful” 38% Slender Man is terrible.” 14 SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019

‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot will Jennifer Lawrence gets those depict working women: Madonna feels pre-wedding jitters Elizabeth Banks Los Angeles Los Angeles Instagram is ennifer Lawrence who lizabeth Banks says her designed to make is all excited and busy in upcoming directorial, Jplanning her wedding Ethe reboot of “Charlie’s one feel bad with art dealer Cooke Ma- Angels”, will explore the themes roney is getting wedding of women at work, which also Los Angeles makes people “a slave to win- jitters. includes movements like ning other’s approvals.” The actor who got en- #MeToo and Time’s Up. hoto “You get caught up in gaged in February, and en- In an interview with The and comparing yourself to other joyed an engagement par- Hollywood Reporter, the 45- Pvid- people. Should I be like that, ty in New York, opened year old actor-director said eo-sharing social act like that, look like that? up about her relation- she wants to show that wom- networking site Will that make me more ship, wedding plans and en have more complex things Instagram is packed popular, or more success- more on Thursday going on in their lives than with dozens ful?” Madonna told during an episode of their relationships with oth- of celebrity the UK paper, Catt Sadler’s “Na- er people. accounts. One reported ked” podcast as Fox “I went back to the orig- such celeb- Page Six. News cited it. inal idea in ‘Charlie’s An- rity Ma - To- Aside from her gels’, which was that wom- donna, who wards excitement over en were in the workforce. has almost the end the marriage And all of the things 14 million of the with Maroney, that I feel are happen- followers, inter- (she said he’s ing in the women’s feels Insta- view, the “the great- movement right now, gram is designed 60-year-old est human whether it be #MeToo, “to make you feel Madonna singer re- being [she’s] or I say this in a time bad.” vealed that ever met”), the of dire straits for women’s In a recent interview she is also consider- 28-year-old Academy rights in this country right now with The Sun, the Amer- ing standing for pres- i - Award-winning actor but I feel like all those things are ican singer expressed her dential elections. She, how- also admitted that she happening because women are in displeasure with the social ever, immediately added: “I recently had a moment the workforce in greater numbers media platform and said it can’t imagine a worse job. where she was less than than ever in human history,” Banks said. calm.

Los Bradley Cooper in Angeles Khloe Kardashian doesn’t wish to talks to star in Del see Jordyn Woods again ctor Freida Pin- Los Angeles Toro’s ‘Nightmare to is the latest star to Alley’ Ajoin the cast of filmmaker Ron Howard’s next directorial hloe Kardashian is not ready to venture “Hillbilly Elegy”. make peace with Jordyn Woods Los Angeles The project, which hails from Netf- Keven after Kylie Jenner has, for lix stable, is based on the bestselling cheating on her sister’s then-boyfriend ctor Bradley Cooper is memoir of the same name by author Tristan Thompson. Ain negotiations to head- JD Vance. After the controversy, the Kar- line filmmaker Guillermo Pinto, who most recently featured in dashian-Jenner family has decided del Toro’s next feature, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle”, joins to keep their distance from Woods the remake of “Night- Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Ben- including Khloe, who shares mare Alley”. nett and Gabriel Basso in the project. 14-month-old daughter True with According to Varie- Freida Pinto boards Ron ex-boyfriend Thompson. “Khloe ty, actor Leonardo Di- never wants to see Jordyn again,” Caprio was previously Howard’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ the source said. circling the project but According to Variety, actors Bo Hop- A source informed People that has since passed it. kins and Owen Asztalos have also “Kylie and Jordyn are friendly, but Sources told the out- boarded the cast. it seems they will never be as close let that Cooper, who The film’s story, described as a mod- again as they were. They will never most recently directed ern exploration of the American be BFFs again.” and acted in Academy Dream, follows three generations However, “Kylie is happy that their Award nominated film “A of an Appalachian family as told relationship isn’t as negative and dra- Star is Born”, has received by its youngest member, matic as it was,” said the source. an offer for the project. It is a Yale Law student Khloe “It’s Kylie’s choice to have some con- not yet known whether he forced to return Kardashian tact with Jordyn. She understands that has struck a deal for it. to his home- it’s still all very sensitive and hurtful town. for Khloe,” the source further explained.

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One reported ked” podcast as Fox Brazil opened the a shanked cross that drifted just three seasons. “I went back to the orig- such celeb- Page Six. News cited it. Copa America with a beyond Lampe’s far post with A free practice only su- inal idea in ‘Charlie’s An- rity Ma - To- Aside from her the goalkeeper scrambling to perlicence requires at least gels’, which was that wom- donna, who wards excitement over 3-0 win over Bolivia cover it. 25 points. en were in the workforce. has almost the end the marriage Tite’s team were treated to a The FIA said holders of And all of the things 14 million of the with Maroney, AFP | Sao Paulo, Brazil barrage of jeers from the 67,000 such a limited superlicence that I feel are happen- followers, inter- (she said he’s crowd when the half-time whis- would be granted an addi- ing in the women’s feels Insta- view, the “the great- brace from Philippe tle went. tional point per Formula movement right now, gram is designed 60-year-old est human Coutinho handed hosts Bolivia’s best moment had One world championship whether it be #MeToo, “to make you feel Madonna singer re- being [she’s] ABrazil a winning start to perhaps been a cheeky nutmeg event if they did at least or I say this in a time bad.” vealed that ever met”), the the Copa America on Friday in of Casemiro by Raul Castro on 100km in a session with - of dire straits for women’s In a recent interview she is also consider- 28-year-old Academy a 3-0 victory over Bolivia as the the edge of his own 18-yard box. out incurring any penalty rights in this country right now with The Sun, the Amer- ing standing for pres- i - Award-winning actor absence of superstar Neymar It had been slim pickings. points. but I feel like all those things are ican singer expressed her dential elections. She, how- also admitted that she was quickly forgotten. Fans’ spirits were quickly lift- “A maximum total of 10 happening because women are in displeasure with the social ever, immediately added: “I recently had a moment Barcelona’s Coutinho scored Brazil’s Philippe Coutinho (2-L) scores a header against Bolivia ed after the restart, though, as such additional points may the workforce in greater numbers media platform and said it can’t imagine a worse job. where she was less than from the penalty spot early in Coutinho fired home from the be awarded per driver for than ever in human history,” Banks said. calm. the second half and added a game, the fans want us to win headed well wide. spot on 50 minutes after a con- free practice sessions over a close-range header three min- and play well, so that’s why they The pitch at the Morumbi sta- tentious penalty award. three year period,” it added. utes later. jeer,” said the match-winner, BETTER dium wasn’t helping flowing Richarlison’s attempted cross The new all-female W Los Substitute Everton netted a whose goals papered over the football, with Bolivia in particu- struck Jusino’s arm, which was Series, which started this Bradley Cooper in Angeles Khloe Kardashian doesn’t wish to sensational third five minutes cracks of an at times disjointed lar struggling to string passes by his side and only slightly away year, will also be eligible for see Jordyn Woods again from time to clinch a Group A performance. KNOW together. from his body, but after consult- points from 2020. The FIA talks to star in Del victory for coach Tite’s tourna- “We always want their sup- “We’ve got to be honest, Brazil ing the video assistant referee, did not say how many would ctor Freida Pin- Los Angeles Toro’s ‘Nightmare to is the latest star to ment favorites in Sao Paulo. port but we’re focused on the beat us and beat us well,” said Argentine handler Nestor Pitana be awarded to the winner. join the cast of filmmak- The build-up to the compe- objective, which is the match,” Bolivia coach Eduardo Villegas. pointed to the spot. Alley’ A tition had been dominated by Coutinho told Brazil’s SportTV. Brazil, wearing white shirts Bolivia were stunned and just er Ron Howard’s next directorial hloe Kardashian is not ready to Neymar’s woes, firstly when he “Whistles or cheers, the im- Neymar was ruled out and blue shorts, weaved almost three minutes later their de - venture “Hillbilly Elegy”. make peace with Jordyn Woods of the Copa America Los Angeles The project, which hails from Netf- even after Kylie Jenner has, for was accused of rape by a Bra- portant thing is to stay focused geometric patterns around their fence went missing as Firmi- Windies all-rounder K zilian model, and then when he and get the win.” because of an ankle unambitious visitors but strug- no reached the bye line and lix stable, is based on the bestselling cheating on her sister’s then-boyfriend ctor Bradley Cooper is memoir of the same name by author Tristan Thompson. damaged ankle ligaments in a Brazil made a bright start and injury gled to test Lampe. chipped the ball to the back post Brathwaite Ain negotiations to head- JD Vance. After the controversy, the Kar- friendly last week, forcing him predictably dominated the early Their best chances came from for Coutinho to head home from reprimanded for line filmmaker Guillermo Pinto, who most recently featured in dashian-Jenner family has decided out of the Copa. possession and chances. Bolivian mistakes and Richarli- barely two yards out. del Toro’s next feature, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle”, joins to keep their distance from Woods If Brazil’s first half perfor- But surprisingly their great- block from a Roberto Firmino son should have scored into an Reluctant to push men for- showing dissent the remake of “Night- Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Ben- including Khloe, who shares mance was anything to go by, est threat came from set-pieces flick that came straight at him. open goal when a woeful Lampe ward, Bolivia never looked like mare Alley”. nett and Gabriel Basso in the project. 14-month-old daughter True with the Paris Saint-Germain star was with Coutinho’s corner delivery And a few minutes later, tow- clearance went straight to him, getting back into the match. According to Varie- Freida Pinto boards Ron ex-boyfriend Thompson. “Khloe sorely missed, but Coutinho’s causing panic in the Bolivian ering center-half Thiago Silva but the Everton forward failed “If you want to qualify (for ty, actor Leonardo Di- never wants to see Jordyn again,” brace at least silenced the jeers backline. was left unmarked eight yards to lift the ball over defender the knock-out stages) you have Caprio was previously Howard’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ the source said. that met the team at half-time. Bolivia’s goalkeeper Carlos out to meet another Coutinho Adrian Jusino, who headed clear to attack a little more,” admitted circling the project but According to Variety, actors Bo Hop- A source informed People that “Whistles are part of the Lampe made an instinctive delivery, but he inexplicably from the edge of the 18-yard box. Villegas. has since passed it. kins and Owen Asztalos have also “Kylie and Jordyn are friendly, but Sources told the out- boarded the cast. it seems they will never be as close let that Cooper, who The film’s story, described as a mod- again as they were. They will never most recently directed ern exploration of the American be BFFs again.” and acted in Academy Dream, follows three generations However, “Kylie is happy that their Barty looking forward to Award nominated film “A of an Appalachian family as told relationship isn’t as negative and dra- West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite Star is Born”, has received by its youngest member, matic as it was,” said the source. fresh start on grass during nets an offer for the project. It is a Yale Law student “It’s Kylie’s choice to have some con- Khloe Reuters | London Reuters | London not yet known whether he forced to return Kardashian tact with Jordyn. She understands that has struck a deal for it. to his home- it’s still all very sensitive and hurtful town. for Khloe,” the source further explained. ewly-crowned French est Indies all-round- NOpen champion Ashleigh Wer Carlos Brathwaite Jennifer Lopez all set to tie the knot with Barty is looking forward to a has received an official rep- CHANGE OF NAME Jennifer Aniston reveals about fresh start as she gets ready to rimand and one demerit boyfriend Alex Rodriguez Jennifer Lopez begin her build-up to Wimble- point for showing dissent I, TAHSEEN D/O Los Angeles and Alex her new crush Steve Carell don on Birmingham’s grass- to an umpire’s decision dur- MOHAMMED Rodriguez Los Angeles courts next week. ing the World Cup match ZAHEERUDDIN RAFI, merican actor and singer Jennifer Lopez is on Against most people’s pre- against England, the Inter- dictions the 23-year-old Aus- national Cricket Council holder of Indian Passport cloud nine as she is all set to marry her love, ennifer Aniston revealed that she has Junior players with their certificate confirming their official ranks during a ranking event conducted by Bahrain Tennis tralian notched up her first (ICC) said yesterday. No. M4599470, dated Alex Rodriguez after dating him for a huge crush on actor and comedi- Academy (BTA). Invited players participated in matches against other academy players in a round-robin format in three A Grand Slam title on Parisian Australia’s Ashleigh Barty poses with Brathwaite showed his 31.03.2015 issued at two years. an Steve Carell. age groups: 8-and-under, 10-and-under and 12-and-under at the Dilmun Club, Saar. At the end of proceedings players J clay rather than the lawns to the trophy at the Roland Garros displeasure after he was ad- BAHRAIN having permanent According to Fox News, the 49-year-old ac- The 50-year-old made the revelation were presented with certificates. Keagan Fernandes (8-and-under), Abdulaziz Al Betairi (10-and-under) and Rohan residence at (full address in tor is excited about her fourth marriage. The on Friday when she sat down to talk Mukherjee (12-and-under) achieved the number one ranking in their respective age groups which her all-court game is nis. It’s one of the best times judged caught behind off India) ASMITA UPAHAR actor opened up about her upcoming wedding about her new Netflix movie and also most suited. of the year. The bonus is I’ve England fast bowler Jofra – II, A-301, POONAM celebrations in a new behind-the-scenes vid- about her upcoming series on Apple’s All eyes will now be on the been playing a lot of tennis and Archer during the 44th over SAGAR COMPLEX, eo from her ‘It’s My Party’ tour. new streaming service, Apple TV+, world number two as she at- hitting a lot of balls. Now it’s of the West Indies innings MIRA ROAD (E), THANE “I’d like a big wedding and I’d like reported Fox News. tempts to do something only about adjusting to the surface. on Friday. – 401107 and presently to get married in a church this time,” During her appearance, the Root is England’s glue, says Morgan six women have ever achieved “But I find it an easy adjust- “Brathwaite admitted the residing at (full address in she explained while rehearsing for actor admitted that all of the — win the French Open and ment to make. I feel fresh; I offence and accepted the Bahrain) FLAT NO - 25, a show. “I’ve never been married in ladies on the comedy-drama Reuters | Southampton he responded with his second Root struck 11 fours and faced Wimbledon back to back. feel good.” sanction proposed by David BUILDING NO - 645, a church.” web television show ‘The century of the tournament as only 94 balls in his 100 not out “In all honesty this is a Barty, a former junior Wim- Boon of the Emirates Elite ROAD 2107, GUDAIBIYA, “I’ve been married three times, Morning Show’ have a huge ngland captain Eoin Mor- the hosts secured their third as England strolled to a target fresh start, a clean slate and bledon champion who quit Panel of ICC Match Referees BAHRAIN, will henceforth and one was nine months and crush on Steve Carell. Egan heaped praise on bats- win in four matches. of 213 with nearly 17 overs to a new season, jumping on the tennis in 2014 to play first- and, as such, there was no be known as (Given name) one was 11 months, so I don’t “He’s like a silver fox now,” man Joe Root whose polished “Exceptionally pleased, I spare, fuelling their hopes of grass,” Barty told reporters on class cricket, said she was need for a formal hearing,” TAHSEEN RAFI (Surname) really count those,” she added. Aniston said. “And he just came century led the team to an think he is now the highest run winning the World Cup for the Friday at the Edgbaston club still enjoying the glow of her the ICC said in a statement. MOHAMMED. Objection(s) The other two marriages that in and no one expected, you emphatic eight-wicket Cricket scorer in the tournament,” Mor- first time. which again has attracted a achievement in Paris where Four demerit points with- if any, may be forwarded to the singer is referring to are know ... everybody was so cute, World Cup victory over West gan told a news conference. “It’s probably a side of his high-class field ahead of next she beat Czech youngster Mar- in a two-year period incurs Embassy of India, P.O Box her relationships with Ojani and he’s so shy and fantas - Indies on Friday. “He’s scored two hundreds. batting that has got better over month’s Wimbledon. keta Vondrousova to become a ban from one test or two 26106, Bldg 1090, Road 2819, Noa from 1997 to 1998 and tic. He’s just better with age, Root was pushed up the order He’s such an important player the last two or three years that “I’m excited to be here in the first Australian woman one-dayers or two T20Is, Block 428, Al Seef, Kingdom to Cris Judd from 2001 to it’s amazing.” to open after Jason Roy sus - for us. He is the glue that holds people haven’t seen a lot of, his Birmingham. This is a time of for 46 years to win the Roland whatever comes first for the of Bahrain. 2003. tained a hamstring injury, and everything together.” expansive game,” Morgan said. year that I love playing ten- Garros title. player. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 16

Cricket World Cup 2019 standings

Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Finch, Starc shine as Australia 5 4 1 0 0 0.812 8 New Zealand 4 3 0 0 1 2.163 7 England 3 2 1 0 0 1.307 4 India 3 2 0 0 1 0.539 5 Sri Lanka 5 1 2 0 2 -1.778 4 Australia edge Sri Lanka West Indies 3 1 1 0 1 2.054 3 Bangladesh 4 1 2 0 1 -0.714 3 S Africa 5 1 3 0 1 -0.952 3 Pakistan 3 1 1 0 1 -2.412 3 Aaron Finch and Mitchell Afghanistan 4 0 4 0 0 -1.264 0 Starc• power Australia to victory in World Cup Today’s match Australia go top of the India v Pakistan World• Cup standings Emirates Old Trafford, AFP | London Manchester 12:30pm ustralia captain Aaron Finch and pace bowler Mitchell Starc stole Athe show as the holders eased to an 87-run win over Sri Lanka at the Oval on Saturday. Finch equalled his career-best one- Rohit Sharma Mohammad Amir day international score with a masterful 153 and Steve Smith chipped in with 73 » India is unbeaten and in excellent form but they are going to be without Shikhar as Australia scored 334-7. Dhawan in this match Needing a World Cup record run- » Pakistan won against England, the favourite to win this tournament, and cannot Aaron Finch plays a shot chase to claim a shock win, Sri Lan - be counted out. Mohammad Amir is going to be very difficult to face in overcast ka got off to a flying start thanks to a wickets for 42 runs, have only one win He was well-supported by Smith’s 73 conditions. first-wicket partnership of 115 between from their five matches, a disappointing from 59 balls and the pair put on 173 » India has a very good record against Pakistan in recent times and has never lost captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal run that includes two washouts. runs for the third wicket. a match against them in a World Cup Perera. They face a struggle to reach the Together with opening partner David But Perera departed for 52 and when semi-finals with only four matches left, Warner, Finch took the attack to the Sri India Pakistan Karunaratne fell on 97 the game swung a spell that features encounters with Lankans after being put in to bat under India have won 10 out of the 15 complet- Pakistan have managed just three wins from back in Australia’s direction. title contenders England and India. cloudy skies in south London. ed one-day internationals that they have the seventeen matches they have played so Starc was the catalyst with a fiery Sri Lanka had briefly looked capable played this year. With two wins and a wash- far this year in the fifty-over format. At the spell of three wickets in six balls, Aus- of surpassing the World Cup chase set Australia out from their first three matches in the moment, they don’t find themselves in a very tralia eventually dismissing Sri Lanka by Ireland, who made 329-7 to beat D. Warner b De Silva 26 ongoing World Cup, the men in blue are comfortable position in this World Cup as they for 247 thanks in large part to his 4-55 England in 2011. A. Finch c Karunaratne b Udana 153 sitting on the third spot in the CWC 2019 are lying in the eighth position on the CWC from 10 overs. Karunaratne and his opening partner U. Khawaja c Udana b De Silva 10 standings with five points. After registering 2019 points table with just three points from Kane Williamson added three wickets Perera blasted 24 from the first two S. Smith b Malinga 73 a six-wicket win over South Africa in their four games. Pakistan began their campaign on of his own as Australia made it four wins overs and reached their fifty partner- G. Maxwell not out 46 campaign opener at Southampton, they a losing note with a heavy seven-wicket loss to from their five group matches after pre- ship in just the seventh over. S. Marsh c Siriwardana b Udana 3 got the better of Australia by 36 runs in the West Indies at Nottingham but came back viously beating Afghanistan, the West But Starc bowled Perera and Ja - A. Carey run out (Udana) 4 their next match at London. India, however, strongly to stun hosts England by 14 runs at Indies and Pakistan. son Behrendorff dismissed Lahiru P. Cummins run out (Udana) 0 had to share points with New Zealand in the same venue. Their next fixture against Sri Their lone defeat in the 10-team tour- Thirimanne for 16 as Australia hit back. M. Starc not out 5 their previous game at Nottingham due to Lanka at Bristol got washed out before they nament came against India and their A six from Kusal Mendis in the 31st Extras (lb4, nb1, w9) 14 abandonment. suffered a 41-run defeat against Australia in Total (seven wickets, 50 overs) 334 latest victory puts them well on course over signalled Sri Lanka’s intent to get Probable XI their previous match at Taunton. for a semi-final berth. cracking. New Zealand Probable XI Sri Lanka, who lost their last seven But crucially Karunaratne stumbled Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli D. Karunaratne c Maxwell b Richardson 97 (c), Vijay Shankar/Dinesh Karthik, MS Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar short of his maiden World Cup century K. Perera b Starc 52 when he carelessly flicked Richardson L. Thirimanne c Carey b Behrendorff 16 Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz to Glenn Maxwell at backward point. K. Mendis c Carey b Starc 30 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami/ Ahmed (c/wk), Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, That left Sri Lanka 186-3 and set the A. Mathews c Carey b Cummins 9 Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, stage for Starc to turn the screw by dis- M. Siriwardana b Starc 3 Bumrah Mohammad Amir missing Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara T. Perera c Warner b Starc 7 PITCH REPORT 153 Perera and Mendis in quick succession. D. de Silva not out 16 runs were scored by Mendis’s mistimed drive off Starc re- I. Udana c Finch b Richardson 8 Everyone is going to have one eye in the sky because rain has already Opener and captain Aaron duced Sri Lanka to 222-7 and shattered L. Malinga c Khawaja b Richardson 1 played havoc with the tournament. The weather forecast is not good. Finch off 132 balls their resistance. N. Pradeep c Carey b Cummins 0 There is a lot of rain expected to fall on match day. The current Earlier, Finch took the Sri Lanka at- Extras (lb2, w6) 8 forecast suggests a 50% chance of rain throughout the day. We tack apart with a dazzling display that Total (all out, 45 overs) 247 have to hope for a miracle otherwise the most awaited match of included 15 fours and five sixes. the tournament may be a washout. Head to Head • India and Pakistan have played 127 completed one-day internationals against each South Africa eye first win after bundling out Afghanistan other in the past with the scoreline reading 73-54 in favor of the latter. • India have beaten Pakistan six times in the last eight ODI encounters between the two AFP | Cardiff nations. India won both their matches against them in last year’s Asia Cup at the UAE. • The two teams have faced each other just once at the Old Trafford in the 50-over outh Africa bowled out Afghan- format. The match was played at the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup with India emerging istan for just 125 in a rain-short- victorious by 47 runs. Sened match in Cardiff on Saturday as they fought to keep their faltering World Cup hopes alive. Harbhajan warns India stars to expect Faf du Plessis’s side have endured a torrid campaign so far, losing their first sleepless night as Pakistan loom three matches and then picking up one point from a rain-ruined match against AFP | London stands. the West Indies. The 38-year-old spinner played Afghanistan, who have lost all three arbhajan Singh has warned 17 times against Pakistan in a of their matches in England and Wales, HIndia’s stars to expect a sleep- 236-match ODI career for India, made a bright start but their middle less night ahead of their World Cup including arguably their biggest order collapsed spectacularly and just showdown with arch rivals Paki- ever match in the 2011 World Cup three of their players reached double stan today. semi-finals on home soil in Chan- figures. India legend Harbhajan knows digarh. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan plays a shot as South Africa’s Quinton de Kock looks on There was little sign of the carnage from bitter experience just how It was such a critical fixture that to come when Hazratullah Zazai and When play resumed Hashmatullah the space of seven balls when he was stressful it is to take part in one of Harbhajan lay awake for hours Noor Ali Zadran put on 39 runs for the Shahidi was out without any addition bowled by Phehlukwayo. most fierce rivalries in world sport. tossing and turning in bed the night first wicket. to the score, caught in the slips by Du When Gulbadin Naib was caught by The tense political situation be- before the game as he visualised the After a short rain delay Zazai was the Plessis off the bowling of Andile Phe- Aiden Markram of the bowling of Tahir, tween India and Pakistan lends an furious response from the Indian first to go, caught by Rassie van der Dus- hlukwayo for eight. Afghanistan were teetering on the brink extra level of animosity whenever public if they lost. sen for 22 off the bowling of paceman Leg-spinner Tahir bowled Zad - of disaster at 77-7. the feuding neighbours clash on the “The memories of that game was Kagiso Rabada. ran for 32 with his first ball and then Rashid Khan struck 35 from 25 balls, cricket pitch. I couldn’t sleep the night before, Chris Morris trapped Rahmat Shah caught Asghar Afghan off his own with six fours, but even his late flourish Their latest meeting comes with even though I tried my best,” Har- lbw for six and Afghanistan were 69-2 bowling for nought in the same over could only lift the score to 125, which the stakes even higher than usual bhajan said. after 20 overs when the heavens opened to plunge Afghanistan into deep looks hopelessly inadequate. in the World Cup at Old Trafford “I was just worried about what again and the covers came on, with of- trouble. At the time of closing South Africa this weekend and Harbhajan is well would happen if we lost the game. ficials opting to reduce the match to 48 Mohammad Nabi became the third scored 87 runs in 19 overs without losing aware just how high emotions will There were a lot of thoughts com- overs a side. Afghan batsmen to lose his wicket in a wicket. be running on the pitch and in the ing into my mind.