VOLUME 13 | No 323 Lahore Regd No. CPI 251 WORLD STOCKS/COMMODITIES SPORTS 6 6P9 P10 The Pound regains ground as Brexit Zverev defies storm rages An English Daily published simultaneously from Lahore and Faisalabad boo-boys to stun Federer PAGES 12 | Rs 20 Buwww.thsebusiiness.ncom.pk eRsabi-ul-Aswal 10, 1440, Monday, November 19, 2018 PTI govt making all-out efforts for economic stability: Fawad The Business Report Talks were underway with the Interna- It was the PTI’s manifesto and Prime pet prevailed during the past regimes. PM Imran would take the nation into the National Accountability Bureau. tional Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilize Minister Imran Khan fought the last The corrupt were shielded only to per- confidence on November 29 over the To a question, the minister said without ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for the economic situation. general election on the promise to make petuate their rules, but that culture had government’s performance on comple- protecting the rights of minorities, a Mad- Information and Broadcasting Fawad said the previous governments the corrupt accountable with recovery now changed, he added. tion of 100 days, he added. ina-like state could not be established in Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said had trapped the country in the debt web. of the stolen public money. He said the last governments of Pak- He said Punjab CM Usman Buzdar the country. It was the government’s re- the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gov- The borrowed amount was spent on un- The PTI government, he said, was istan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was taking revolutionary steps for the sponsibility to protect all minority com- ernment was making all-out efforts for necessary projects or the ones which taking steps to take the looters and and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had betterment of the people of his province. munity members, including Asia Bibi, the economic stability of the country. were only profitable for them. thieves of the public money to task. The destroyed the government departments The PTI government would not disap- who was in Pakistan, he added. The minister, in an interview with a The national wealth was stolen by the crackdown against the corrupt would through their corrupt practices. Political point the people of Punjab, he added. As He said a new media regulatory au- private news channel, said the economy last rulers or spent at their personal continue and no one would be spared. appointees could be witnessed in every regards reshuffle in the bureaucracy, the thority would be set up, which would reg- was in dire straits due to wrong policies whims, he alleged. The minister said the “We will bring the change that we department, he added. He said the peo- minister said it was meant to appoint ulate all kinds of media, including social of last regimes. The PTI government recovery of national wealth looted by the have promised to the people at the hus- ple had given mandate to the PTI and right persons at key posts. media. A law was under consideration had taken many corrective measures, Sharifs and Zardari could end the finan- tings,” Fawad said. He said the culture attached high hopes to its government. He said the current government had under which no one would be let scot- which were showing positive results. cial crisis being faced by the country. of sweeping everything under the car- They would not be disappointed. not made even a single appointment in free for defaming anyone, he added. C M Y K PM, Al Nahyan discuss bilateral,

rThe Beusinegss Repiort onPM aoffers lpra yeri at ssues shrined on the walls. Sheikh Zayed Mosque PM’s visit to UAE would ISLAMABAD: Prime PM Imran Khan Sunday be of great importance Minister Imran Khan met visited the iconic Sheikh Former Ambassador Sun- Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Zayed Grand Mosque of Abu day said UAE and Pakistan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Dhabi during his day-long were enjoying brotherly, his- Nahyan during his day-long official visit to the United torical relations and the visit visit to the United Arab Emi- Arab Emirates. of PM Imran Khan to UAE rates on Sunday. The prime minister was had great importance and The premier is accompa- warmly received by Yoseuf would be result-oriented. nied by Chief of Army Staff Alobaidli, Director General Former Ambassador Fauzia General Qamar Javed Bajwa of Sheikh Zayed Grand Nasreen talking in a Radio and senior members of his Mosque, said a PM Office Programme said , UAE could cabinet. PM Imran and his statement. He offered prayer support Pakistan in establish- delegation discussed bilat- in the mosque and appreci- ing industrial zones. The bi- eral, regional and global is- ated the grandeur of the im- lateral relations between the sues of mutual interest with pressive mosque. United Arab Emirates and Crown Prince Mohamed bin PM lays wreath at Pakistan have acquired new Zayed Al Nahyan, who is Martyrs Memorial dimensions at all political, ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Imran Khan in a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the Crown Prince also Deputy Supreme Com- PM Imran Sunday visited economic and social levels of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, at the Presidential Palace mander of the UAE's Armed Wahat Al Karam (Oasis of emerging into trust-worthy Forces, and his delegation. Dignity), a martyrs memorial strategic partnership and are Upon his arrival at the Trump to Pakistan presidential palace earlier on g Govt asked to Sunday, PM Imran was pre- PM Imran visited iconic Sheikh Increase in exports They don’t do a sented with a guard of hon- Zayed Grand Mosque of Abu sell loss-making our and welcomed by the damn thing for us Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Dhabi during his day-long state enterprises only way to avoid Foreign Minister Shah official visit to the UAE g Railways PSM, PIA, Discos The Business Report Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Petro- among loss-making entities WASHINGTON: US President Don- leum Minister Ghulam Sar- in Abu Dhabi, constructed to still continuing, she added. external debt: Asad ald Trump on Sunday lambasted Islam- war Khan, Minister of pay tributes to those who had UAE is as politically and From Our Staff Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Federal Minis- discussion was underway with the abad by saying that, the country ‘doesn’t Energy and Power Omar sacrificed lives for their economically important ter for Finance Asad Umar has IMF team that is now in Pakistan. do a damn thing for us’ as well as claim- Ayub Khan as well as adviser country. The PM, who is on country as SA and China for ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan said that enhancing the country All the four Provincial Secre- Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday ing that Pakistan helped shelter the then to PM on Commerce Abdul day-long visit of the UAE, Pakistan, she mentioned. She exports was the only way to over- taries, Governor State Bank are al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. Razak Dawood are accompa- laid wreath at the monument said in Pakistan, UAE surely asked the government to sell the come the external debt or we have negotiating with the IMF teams loss-making state enterprises with- Trump also defended his administra- nying the PM on the visit. located near Sheikh Zayed has encouraged investment to seek more loans from IMF to and all the technical issues are tion’s decision to pull hundreds of mil- This is PM Imran's second Grand Mosque, according to and helps in greater trade and out any delay. run the affairs of the country. being taken under discussion in Turning around the overstaffed lions of dollars in military aid to visit to the country, the first a PM Office statement. commerce activities. UAE is Talking to a private news chan- the meeting, he told. Islamabad in interview to Fox News. official one being on Septem- The monument is made up one of largest investors in state-run-enterprising facing poor nel, he said that when PTI gov- The Finance Minister said that leadership is something that has been “You know, living – think of this – ber 19. Later, the two leaders of 31 metal panels leaning on Pakistan but bilateral trade ernment came into power, the it is our moral responsibility to living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pak- introduced their respective one another and engraved has been steadily growing experienced many times in the past country's economy was facing the brief the Parliament, once the without any success, it said. istan in what I guess they considered a delegations to each other be- with Arabic calligraphy. It over years and people-to-peo- deficit of Rs 800 billions. agreement done with IMF we will nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen fore they proceeded for the consists of different sections ple contacts are constantly on The time has come for the gov- He said that trade can be im- disclose all the terms and condi- ernment to stop betting money on the nicer,” Trump said, referring to bin meeting to discuss bilateral, including a Pavilion of Hon- increase, she adds. proved with all the neighboring tions in the National Assembly. Laden and his former compound in Ab- regional and global issues of our where the names of 196 dead horses eating into national fi- country, including Afghanistan, n Continued on Back Page nances, said Dr Murtaza Mughal, bottabad, Pakistan. The compound was mutual interest. Emirati martyrs are en- Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. The destroyed shortly after the United President PEW. These entities are minister said that Saudi Arabia draining resources since decades and States Naval Special Warfare Develop- was taking keen interest regarding ment Group forces, in a helicopter raid, the cost of maintaining these mon- the investments in different proj- sters is four percent of GDP which is killed bin Laden in 2011. Qureshi invites Norwegian ects of Gawdar Port. “But living in Pakistan right next to unbearable, he added. Similarly, the minister said we Dr Murtaza Mughal said that SBP, the military academy, everybody in Pak- have deep rooted cultural and istan knew he was there,” he added. firms to invest in Pakistan OGDC, NBP, PPL, PSO, and brotherly relations with Iran and PARCO are among paying dividends “And we give Pakistan $1.3 billion a currently, the trade volume with year . … [bin Laden] lived in Pakistan, — Two foreign ministers stressed upon need while almost two hundred enter- Iran is about 1.5 billion dollar that prises including Pakistan Steel Mills, we’re supporting Pakistan, we’re giving should be enhanced. them $1.3 billion a year, which we don’t to further promote bilateral relations PIA, Railways, and the Discos are The Finance Minister said that ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Af- vestment, edu- among loss-making entities. give them anymore, by the way, I ended Pakistan is the country where it because they don’t do anything for us, fairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday invited cation, culture The PIA having 15,000 employees there was a lot of investments op- the Norwegian companies to invest in Pakistan and parliamen- continue to drain resources while it they don’t do a damn thing for us.” portunities in different fields and The United States has canceled in renewable energy, water and waste man- tary exchanges. has fallen from national pride to na- we will welcome all the countries agement, fisheries, and ports and shipping. The two For- tional embarrassment due to inept $300m in aid to Pakistan for its lack of who want to invest here. decisive action against militant groups. During his meeting with Norwegian eign Ministers leadership, an excessive workforce, Replying to a question about counterpart, Ine Eriksen Soreide, on the appreciated the and politicisation. The cancelation of aid is part of Pres- the China visit, the minister said ident Trump’s New Year tweet in which sidelines of Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu role of a vibrant Last year alone, the railways ate that it was very successful visit of Replying to another question, Dhabi, the Foreign Minister urged the Nor- Pakistani dias- up Rs38.5 billion of government he launched a scathing criticism against Prime Minister Imran Khan to the Minister said that every year Pakistan for betraying the US. wegian firms to emulate the successful busi- pora in Norway, money to gross mismanagement and China and Chinese President and around 20 lac youth came in the “The US has foolishly given Pakistan ness model of Norwegian telecom firm which acted as a bridge between the two incompetence and this year an addi- Prime Minister assure their full market and it was the govern- more than $33 billion in aid over the Telenor in the country, according to a state- countries and expressed satisfaction that it tional Rs37 billion has been bud- support and cooperation in every ment's responsibility to provide last 15 years, and they have given us ment issued by Foreign Ministry. was positively contributing bringing the two geted for the purpose. field, beside showing their com- them jobs. These opportunities nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of Recognising the positive developments in countries closer through people-to-people In almost all the state-run-enter- plete confidence in the leadership would be created by the foreign or our leaders as fools. They give safe bilateral relations, the two foreign ministers contacts. The two foreign ministers discussed prises the individual interests super- of Pakistan, he added. private investment in different haven to the terrorists we hunt in stressed upon the need to further promote bi- the situation in Afghanistan and emphasised sede those of the organisations, Replying to another question field including agriculture, con- Afghanistan, with little help. No lateral relations in all areas of mutual interest, the importance of promoting peace and rec- corruption has become the order of about IMF, Asad Umar said that struction and tourism, he added. more!,” Trump tweeted on January 1. including political, economic, trade and in- onciliation in the country. —APP the day while the only way out is genuine financial restructuring which is not possible given the gov- ernment’s current state of finances. Petroleum group exports jumps 94.14 percent ECC meeting ISLAMABAD: The exports of pe- ous year. According to details, the ex- $7.282 billion during first four months released here on Sunday. the week under review average prices of troleum products from the country dur- port of petroleum crude during Jul-Oct of current fiscal year against the ex- As compared to the corresponding 05 items registered decrease, while that ing first four months of current financial 2018-19 rose to $104.166 million from ports worth of $7.037 billion in same week of last year, the Sensitive Price of 25 items increased with the remain- tomorrow year 2018-19 increased by 94.14 per- $33.1 million thus posting a sharp in- period of previous year. Indicator (SPI) for the combined ing 23 items’ prices unchanged. ISLAMABAD: The Economic cent against the exports during same pe- crease of 214 percent. Weekly inflation rises 0.42% group in the week under review wit- The items which registered decrease Coordination Committee (ECC) riod of previous year. Similarly the export of petroleum Weekly inflation for the week ended nessed an increase of 5.71 percent, in their prices during the week under re- meeting has been convened tomor- The petroleum products and coal ex- production also increased by 36 percent on November 15 for the combined in- and for the lowest income group, it in- view included LPG cylinder, tomatoes, row (Tuesday). port rose to $187.55 million in July-Oc- to $55 million from 40.24 million in the come group posted an increase of 0.42 creased by 1.69 percent. gur, red chilly powder (loose), and mus- Federal Minister for Finance Asad tober 2018-19 against the exports worth corresponding period of last year, percent as compared to the previous The weekly SPI has been computed tard oil. The items which recorded in- Umar will chair the meeting. The of $96.61 percent during same period whereas the export of petroleum top week. The Sensitive Price Indicator with base 2007-08=100, covering 17 crease in their average prices included inner sources stated the four point of previous year, according to latest naptha also increased by 21 percent as (SPI) for the week under review in the urban centers and 53 essential items for chicken, onions, bananas, pulse moong, agenda would discuss in the meet- data released by Pakistan Bureau of it increased from 23.288 million in Jul- combined group was recorded at 238.7 all income groups and combined. pulse mash, pulse masoor, potatoes, ing. The members would discuss the Statistics (PBS) here on Sunday. Oct 2018-19 to $28.4 million in same points against 237.7 points registered Meanwhile, the SPI for the income pulse gram, eggs, powdered milk, geor- sugar production cost and its price. On year-on year basis the petroleum period of current year. in the previous week and in the lowest groups from Rs 8001-12,000, Rs gette, long cloth, firewood whole, cook- The government had already issued group and coal export also increased by It may be noted that the overall mer- income group the indicator also in- 12,001-18,000, 18,001-35,000 and ing oil, vegetable ghee (loose), directions for taking affective meas- 84.2 percent to $41.73 million in Octo- chandise export during the period creased from 219.16 points in last above Rs 35000 per month increased by vegetable ghee (tin), shirting, beef, mut- ures regarding to prevent tax dodg- ber 2018 as compared to the exports of under review also witnessed an in- week to 220.05 points, said latest data 0.42 percent, 0.43 percent, 0.43 percent ton, garlic, sugar, rice basmati, rice irri- ing in sugar mills. —Online $22.65 million in same month of previ- crease of 3.48 percent as it increased to of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) , and 0.41 percent respectively. During 6, tea, and wheat flour. —APP The Business | LAHOMRonday,E November0 19, 2018 Quick Read Govt to use all resources to PHC teams visit restore UCH: Aijaz 25,284, seal over 7,000 By Our Staff Reporter quackery outlets LAHORE: Provincial Minis- ter for HR&MA Aijaz Alam Au- By Our Staff Reporter gustine has said that availability of medical facilities in hospitals LAHORE: Pursuant to the Supreme across the country is the top pri- Court orders of the mid-April, the Punjab ority of the PTI’s Government. Healthcare Commission has sealed more He said that current Govern- than 7,000quackery outlets, while its teams ment of the Punjab will use all have visited 25,284 treatment centres. available resources to ensure the According to details, as per the census, provision of treatment facilities in out of the visitedcentres, around7,900 the missionaries Hospitals after quacks had shutdowntheir quackery outlets the disappointing performance of to venture intoother businesses. Moreover, past government. He expressed the district administrations had also in- these views while speaking to the spected 3,212 premises, and sealed media persons after an important 1,534outlets as per the Punjab Healthcare meeting at United Chirstian Hos- Commission Act 2010. Since this mid- pital (UCH) co chaired by CJ April, both the PHC and district authorities Saqib Nisar, CS Punjab Naseem had cumulatively inspected28,496 treat- Nawaz and Board members at ment centres, and sealed over 8,500 quacks’ UCH Hospital. businesses. The PHC teams had sealed913 Speaking on the occasion, the quackery outlets in Lahore, followed by provincial minister said that there 543 in Faisalabad, Sheikhupura 472, Gu- was a golden era of State of the jranwala467and Kasur 422. Art UCH, when patients were Moreover, the Commission had received came from all over the country over 3,450desealing applications. While for treatment but due to many proceeding further on these requests, the reasons this hospital involved in PHC hearing committees had imposed fine many scandals. He said in the of over Rs206 million on them. Also, it is tenure of PTI all the measures pertinent to mention here that the Commis- will be taken to restore its lost sion has closed down over 17,000 quack- reputation. The provincial Minis- ery outlets in the province since July 2015. ter said that he is grateful to the Chief Justice of Pakistan for spe- LAHORE: A person gives blood sample for glucose test during Diabetic Mela at the Jilani Park in the connection with the World Diabetic Day. cial interest in UCH’s matters and PHP issues monthly formed a committee to solve the issues. He said that HR&MA De- performance report partment has started work to en- By Our Staff Reporter sure the best facilities in the missionary’s hospitals all over LAHORE: The Punjab Highway Patrol Mega development project for the Punjab to ensure the protec- (PHP) registered 2,087 cases against rash tion of missionaries Hospitals. drivers, illicit arms holders, drinkers and drug paddlers, arrested 234 proclaimed of- fenders and 76 court absconders during the Multan to be announced soon: CM Ikhlaq for month of October. PHP team help 17,042 By Our Staff Reporter Insaf has spun the resources towards Talking to the Chief Minister, Mem- your period and you are well aware of road commuters and reunited 63 lost chil- promotion of backward areas. PTI has bagged votes bers of National and Provincial As- the issues of people. In contrary to dren to their parents and 332 injured per- LAHORE: Members of National in the name of CHANGE and so sembly said that the development past, practical steps are being taken to quality education sons were provided with first aid. and Provincial Assembly of Multan, Change is inevitable, he added. package for DG Khan, Tunsa and resolve problems of people. Ideas were The PHP also impounded 66,326 motor- LAHORE: Provincial Minis- City President of PTI and other senior CM said that nominating MPA of a Barthi is historic. exchanged for development of South cycles that have no documents or using fake ter for Special Education Punjab, officials called on Chief Minister Pun- backward Tehsil as Chief Minister of They added that South Punjab will Punjab, especially people of Multan in number plates. Punjab Highway Patrol made Chaudhry Muhammad Ikhlaq jab Sardar Usman Buzdar at Circuit Punjab is the proof of actual change. be a developed area of Punjab during the meeting. a commendable performance regarding il- Sunday stressed the need for pro- House Multan. licit arms, liquor and drugs. During last motion of quality education and Sardar Usman Buzdar said that all month, nine Kalashnikov, 12 Riffles, 42 Car- personality grooming of students. of his members are not less than any bines/Guns, 202 pistols, 10,400 litter liquor, Buzdar gives cheques to victims Addressing the participants CM for him and he will continue meet- 86401 Grams Chars and 1420 Grams heroin after inaugurating 'SIAL School', ing with them. He said that develop- were recovered from culprits. PHP Traffic he said any country could never be ment projects worth of billions of of Ghazi Ghaat incident Management posts issued 14m954 tickets of developed without promotion of rupees have been announced for Dera Rs. 675,9624 to traffic violators. By Our Staff Reporter quality education and access of Ghazi Khan, Tunsa and Barthi likewise Their recovery ratio is 93% which everyone to the quality education. mega development project for Multan LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar visited injured travelers and families of deceased at Circuit amounts Rs. 6298324. Comprehensive He lauded the role of teachers, will be announced soon. He said that House Multan. These were the affectees of Ghazi Ghat traffic accident that took place near Dera Ghazi Khan. training program have been arranged for saying that good and dutiful teach- he will have a detailed visit to Multan In Multan Circuit House, CM visited each and every individual one by one and extended his condolence. Moreover, he training of PHP officials. In October 2018, ers had ever been a precious asset shortly. provided financial assistance of 05 Lac each to the families of deceased and 75 thousand to every individual who got in- department arranged 02 different courses. of the whole society. Ch M Ikhlaq Furthermore, he added that previous jured. He commiserated with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones and offered Fateha for them. Under Green Highway drive, 156,160 said that students were the future governments have ignored Southern While conversing at this moment, CM said that he is deeply sadden over this tragic incident that has cost various precious plants have been planted in beat areas of the of the country and the government Punjab including Multan. There lives and Punjab government is standing in solidarity with the lamenting families in this hour of anguish. Financial assis- posts, upon which, 62,948 plants survived was providing them maximum fa- wouldn’t be any deprivation in this tance is surely not the compensation of this huge loss as this pain could be felt only by those who have lost their loved ones, and reached at natural growth their survival cilities, enabling them to serve the area if it has got attention in past. He he added. Members of National & Provincial Assembly from Multan, Leaders of Tehreek-e-Insaf Multan, Commissioner ratio is 40precent. furthermore PHP 2148 nation.—APP said that the government of Tehreek-e- Multan Division, RPO Multan, Deputy Commissioner Multan and other officials were also present on this occasion. Edu institutions to be affiliated with university of same division: Minister LAHORE: Minister for Higher Education Punjab Yasir The minister said the provincial government would es- Humayun Sunday said the colleges and university cam- tablish standard community schools across the province puses would be bound to be affiliated with the universi- in which low grade marks students would be accommo- ties of the relevant division and prevailing system would dated to carry on their education. be soon reviewed in this regard. Emphasizing the need of Information and Communica- In an exclusive chat with this agency here, "the minis- tion Technology usage in modern hour, the provincial ter said that provincial government will not allow to any minister said that the classes at college level would be educational institution to get affiliation with any univer- taken by the lecturers through video links. This facility sity out of its division." would be provided in those colleges having no lecturer in The current affiliation system of the colleges and sub- any specific subject and services of other institutions campuses of the universities would be amended as per would be engaged in this regard, he added. suggested plan to facilitate students and speed up opera- The minister said that state-of-the-art- smart colleges tions in both public and private sectors. would be established across the province in first phase The universities were existing in all divisions of the around four colleges would be established in North Pun- Punjab except Rawalpindi and DG Khan, the minister jab, Lahore, Chakwal and DG Khan. said adding that feasibility report has been tabled in the While lauding the role of present chief of Federal budget for the establishment of two divisional universities Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Tariq Banuri, in these remaining areas. the minister said due to his (Banuri's) proactive role the “The provincial government would achieve maximum issues of provincial and federal HEC’s were resolved and targeted goals in education sector by next five years in there was a cordial working environment now. the province.The performance of colleges already estab- Yasir said the authority of degrees' verification would lished at Punjab level would be improved rather than to remain HEC's prerogative. He said that a credit hour sys- focus on building new ones” he told. tem would also be introduced to facilitate the students of He said that two years BA/BSC programmes at more higher education which would enable them to migrate than 700 colleges at Punjab level would be converted into from one university to other and could also transfer their LAHORE: Participants of a walk organised by TRSF and Zoo management for awareness of the four years BS programmes by 2020. subjects.—APP traffic laws pass through main campus. DIG directs SPs to review ‘Govt to make sincere 200 foreigners visit security arrangements efforts to overcome By Our Staff Reporter problems’ Pakistan monthly for LAHORE: DIG Operations Lahore Waqas Nazir on Sunday ordered for further beef- By Our Staff Reporter ing up security in the provincial metropolis to maintain law and order. LAHORE: He issued directions to all divisional SPs to review security arrangements in their re- hair transplant spective divisions and set up pickets for thorough checking of people. He also directed LAHORE: Pakistan can USA, Canada and Australia contact qualified cosmetic the officials to properly check all vehicles at entry and exit points of the city. earn substantial foreign re- visit Pakistan for hair trans- surgeon instead of unquali- mittances through hair trans- plant because this treatment fied quacks lacking any The DIG said that the police would conduct search operations on daily basis in every Federal Minister for Education and Profes- plantation as around 200 in their countries is 10 times medical degree and training division to maintain law and order situation of the city. sional Training Shafqat Mahmood Sunday said the gov- foreigners visit different costlier as compared to Pak- regarding hair transplanta- All divisional SPs have been directed to brief the policemen about sensitivity of the ernment was focusing on the issues being faced by the cities of the country for this istan, said Dr Hanif Saeed. tion. duty and security threats, the DIG added. people. purpose monthly largely due He said the government To a question about the The personnel of Dolphin force and Police Response Unit (PRU) have also been di- Addressing a discussion on "Pakistan -- the Way For- to skilled and lower cost of should promote this medical cost of safe hair transplanta- rected to conduct patrolling on roads. The policemen have been directed to keep a vigi- ward", held at Alhamra on Sunday, he said the govern- transplantation in the coun- tourism like other countries tion, Dr Nasir said that its ment had special focus on elimination of poverty, try. of the world, and this would cost varies as per space lant eye on suspected elements and activities, he added. ensuring rule of law, strengthening of education and This was stated by a also promote soft image of where hairs were to be trans- crackdown on drug-peddlers democracy in the country. prominent cosmetic surgeon Pakistan. planted. However, its costs The police have arrested 10 drug-peddlers and seized five kilograms of hashish, 50 The minister said that the problem of the country was Dr Haneef Saeed while talk- Meanwhile, another hair from Rs.40,000 to Rs bottles of liquor, ice, cocaine and other drugs during the current month. that its wealth had been plundered. He said that funda- ing to APP here on Sunday. transplantation surgeon Dr 125,000 usually in a safe en- SSP Operations Lahore Mustansar Feroz said that the police launched a crackdown on mental problems must be discussed and all those who He said the government Nasir of Hair Club Interna- vironment i.e a sterilized drug-peddlers around educational institutions in the provincial capital. looted the country must be condemned. could promote medical tional disclosed that scores theatre and a qualified sur- tourism as this could also in- of quacks were also active in geon. He said that these accused were arrested red-handed while selling drugs at MAO Col- To a question, Shafqat said with the grace of Allah Almighty, the PTI government would strive to reduce crease public revenues by hair transplant practice and However, quacks were lege, Superior University, Diyal Singh College, Central Model School and other educa- poverty in the country besides making sincere efforts to bringing foreign remittances were offering cheaper serv- doing this practice of hair tional institutions. strengthen economy and increase exports by 2023. in the country. ices which caused skin dis- transplant in Rs 20,000 to Death of Tableeghi Jamaat Ameer condoled He hoped that in the history of country, this year the He said almost 200 for- eases, besides spreading Rs 25,000 but not without The Lahore police have expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Ameer country's exports would be higher than ever. eigners visit major cities of hepatitis in the country. hazards of infection and of Tableeghi Jamaat Haji Abdul Wahab. PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmad, speaking on Pakistan every month for He said that hair trans- disease. He advised the de- The senior police officers including Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore and the occasion, said, "We have to strengthen the federa- hair transplant as Pakistani plantation which started first sirous people to always doctors provide world qual- time in the country in contact qualified cosmetic DIG Operations offered condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace tion". Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Senator Nuzhat ity hair transplant services. 1999,was growing at a sharp surgeon belonging to Hair of the departed soul.They said that invaluable services rendered by Haji Abdul Wahab as Sadiq said the collective efforts were required to steer At present, foreigners pace but those desirous of Restoration Society of Pak- a religious scholar will always be remembered. the country out of problems. Senator Hasil Bizenjo also from gulf countries, Europe, hair transplantation should istan.—APP spoke on the occasion. The discussion was held in a series of programmes held at Alhamra in connection with the 'Fourth Interna- tional Faiz Festival'. The

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Abdul Wahab The quality of the service, facilities and the team are By Our Staff Reporter second to none and I’m thrilled that I can use all my LAHORE: Chief Minis- experience at such an exciting ter Punjab Sardar Usman time to deliver a quality Buzdar has expressed deep branded hotel.” sense of sorrow over the de- He continued: “I believe mise of Ameer of Tableeghi that true substantial and sus- Jamat and renowned reli- tainable success is only ob- gious scholar Haji Abdul tainable with and through the Wahab. selection and retention of the In his condolence mes- right people as well as dedi- sage, CM prayed eternal cated and genuine leadership. peace for the departed soul Individualized service with a and patience for his family to personal touch, customer care bear this irreparable loss LAHORE: Cars at display at Pakistan's first used car live auction at the Expo Centre. with fortitude. He paid trib- ute to the selfless service of Haji Abdul Wahab for pro- motion of Islam and said that the late one has dedicated his Record progress, revolutionary changes life for preaching and his noble services for religion will always be remembered. will be seen in every dept, claims Aleem By Our Staff Reporter ten years consecutively actually progressed the departments of WASA, Sui Gas, LDA, who failed to resolve the issues will be held JI pays homage in a reverse fashion and even snatched the PHA and Waste Management in public sec- accountable as well. Senior Minister Abdul to Tabeelighi LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Abdul basic facility of clean drinking water from retariat. He claimed that the computerized Aleem khan also gave instructions to organ- Aleem khan has said that we do remember the people. record of all the complaints and applications ize Mehfil Milad and celebrate Eid Milad un Jamaat chief the promises done with the masses and jour- No addition of any new hospital or edu- is being maintained as well and those officers Nabi (SAWW) at a huge level. ney in the right direction has already been cational institute is brought, in fact, already and consistently high-quality By Our Staff Reporter started in this regard. built Mian Mir hospital did not get functional delivery are decisive in He expressed this while addressing the because of political reasons. Abdul Aleem PEF celebrates Eid Milad-un-Nabi achieving long-term success LAHORE: Amir Jamaat- party workers and delegation of citizens at Khan said that he now has directed health de- i- Islami (JI) Senator Sirajul By Our Staff Reporter in any kind of business.” Public Secretariat. He said that with the partment to immediately move forward and Pearl-Continental Hotels & Haq on Sunday expressed blessings of Allah Almighty, we will progress make Mian Mir Hospital fully functional. deep grief over the sad de- LAHORE: The birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was celebrated with Resorts are the largest collec- tremendously and set a new record that will Aleem Khan asked citizens to not only use religious fervor at the head office of the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF). tions of five-star hotels in mise of the chief of the benefit the commoners of the society. their rights but also fulfill their duties to- Tableeghi Jamaat, Haji The success and peace in the world and the life hereafter will be achieved only following Pakistan with properties in Aleem khan claimed that revolutionary wards national objectives also. He reinforced the teaching of Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S). This was stated by Managing Director of Punjab Ed- Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Abdul Wahab who breathed progress will be seen in all the departments the importance of participation of citizens in his last this morning. ucation Foundation (PEF), Col (r) Imran Yaqub at the ceremony of Eid Milad un Nabi. He Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, under the leadership of Imran Khan for the progress of the country and asked them said that the arrival of Rabia-ul-Awal reminds us of the reward of Allah for Muslims Who sent and Muzaffarabad. In his condolence mes- which priorities have been set in 100 Days to play a vital role to get the best of the re- sage, the JI chief said that the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.S) as merciful for all the worlds. Pearl-Continental Hotels is Plan which is now at final stages. sults. According to PEF spokesman, Quran Khawani, Naat Khawani, and speech was delivered a subsidiary of Hashoo Group Haji Abdul Wahab had de- He mentioned that the basic facilities of Senior minister was told about the issues voted his entire life for the with religious enthusiasm. Religious scholar highlighted Seerat-e-Tayyba in the ceremony who also operate Marriott life is a right of every citizen and no delay of different areas of constituency of NA 129, and said that if we adopt the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.S), we will be success- Hotels in Islamabad and preaching of Islam and the will be taken in this very thing. Senior min- PP 157 & 158.Senior Minister said that co- ful in the world. At the end of ceremony MD, DMDs, Directors, Additional Directors and Karachi through a franchise mission of his life was to ister said that the party who ruled Punjab for ordinators have already been appointed for carry the message of Islam to other employees prayed collectively. system.—PR each and every human being. He said that the services of Haji Abdul Wahab for the propagation of Islam were un- forgettable. He prayed for the 45 more medical related professions salvation of the deceased. He also prayed that Allah Almighty may grant courage qualify for interest free loans to the member of the bereaved By Our Staff Reporter applications being completed within 40 days” she family besides the leaders and said. Health Minister expressed her satisfaction over the workers of the Tablighi Ja- LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin return ratio of interest free loans which stood to above maat to bear this great with Rashid has formally introduced further 45 medical re- 97 percent. patience and fortitude. lated professions to be qualified for interest free loans “People who return loans in time know that this Acting Ameer of the JIP, under Punjab Health Foundation (PHF) self-support amount would be utilized in helping more jobless pro- Hafiz Muhammad Idrees, scheme in a “Road Show” held here on Sunday. fessionals to start their own business” she said. More- also paid homage to the de- While addressing the launching programme Health over setting up private clinics in far flung areas not ceased for his invaluable serv- Minister said that Punjab Government was providing only would provide health facilities at door step to the ices for the propagation of public and private medical sector with necessary fa- dwellers of same localities but would also reduce in- Islam. He said that the life of cilities alike. “PHF in a first phase would provide clination to government jobs. She also expressed her Haji Abdul Wahab was a 100,000 new job opportunities for medical profes- satisfaction over transparency in PHF matters. source of guidance for every sionals. Secretary Specialized Health Saqib Zaffer in his ad- Muslim. JI Secretary General, Self-support scheme was an ideal programme to re- dress said that “Road Show” was first public level pro- Liaqat Baloch, also condoled duce pressure on public sector jobs. Canvas of this gramme for launching of loan scheme. “I am happy the sad demise of the Haji scheme would be extended gradually” said the Min- that PHF has developed transparent system thanks to Abdul Wahab. A high level JI ister. She told the participants of “Road Show” that hardworking of its MD. Work burden of public health delegation headed by acting only professionals from private sectors including doc- facilities would be automatically reduced by encour- Ameer, of the JI, Hafiz tors, homeopaths, hakims, telemedicine experts, aging private medical businesses” he said. Muhammad Idrees, repre- home care, dental experts, nurses, health gyms and The Secretary also directed PHF to provide max- sented the JI at the funeral of nurses would be helped out to establish their own imum facilities to the applicants. Ajmal Bhatti, MD Haji Abdul Wahab. The dele- business. PHF said that loan scheme was a major step to pro- LAHORE: People purchase fresh vegetables from stalls at a model bazaar. gation included JI deputy “Loans ranging from Rs 0.2 million to 2.5 million vide one crore jobs under Prime Minister’s pro- chief, Dr Farid Ahmed would be distributed as “Qraz e Hassna” to more than gramme. “Separate counselling cell has been Piracha, and Syed Latifur 45 medical professions” said Yasmin Rashid. She also established to provide consultancy to new comers” Rehman Shah. told that applicants can apply online. “Process on all he said. PU, RSC’s int’l moot on medical chemistry, drug discovery Rescue 1122 marks ‘World Day of By Our Staff Reporter covery: visualizing biological processes, cur- rent research in medicinal chemistry, structure LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU), and fragment-based drug design, target discov- Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims’ Royal Society of Chemistry and other scientific ery and validation, natural products drug dis- By Our Staff Reporter veloping countries like Pakistan. and academic institutions have jointly organ- covery, drug-receptor interaction and case While quoting the statistics of road traffic crashes in Punjab, he said ized first international conference on medical studies from target validation to novel drugs. LAHORE: The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Vic- that service has rescued over 2.3 million victims of road traffic crashes chemistry and drug discovery here on Sunday. She said that the conference had provided an tims with theme Safer Roads and Mobility have been observed on Sun- across the province so far, whereas Rescue Service alone is managing The conference was aimed at stimulating re- opportunity to Pakistani researchers to con- day in all around 900 road crashes on daily basis and most of the breadwinners of search collaboration, networking and engage- tribute to international research in Medicinal districts of society are being affected in these crashes. ment within the medicinal chemistry, chemical Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Drug Dis- Punjab in re- DG Rescue Punjab said that road traffic crashes had been observed biology and drug discovery community, as well covery. membrance of as the leading cause of injuries since the inception of Emergency Serv- as with those in related disciplines between The conference was attended by over 200 millions of ice in 2004. Out of 2.3 million injured due to RTCs, 242404 had Head Pakistan & the United Kingdom. delegates from academic, industrial and R&D victims of Injuries, 41948 had Spinal Injuries, 217834 had Multiple Fractures, Moreover, it aimed at promoting, supporting fields which include chemists, pharmaceutical road crashes, 353622 had Single Fractures, whereas fortunately 1477973 (63%) were their families minor injuries. and encouraging the advancement of chemical scientists, medical doctors, biotechnologist, and communi- DG Rescue Punjab further observed that males were the vulnerable sciences in Pakistan particularly research in the biochemist, professors, researchers, scientists, ties, to pay road users as 79 percent of the victims were males and 21 percent fe- areas of medicinal chemistry, chemical biology CEOs, directors and students belonging to the tribute to the males were affected in road traffic crashes whereas 25603 died at the and drug discovery. fields of chemistry, biology, pharmacy & med- d e d i c a t e d site of acci- More than 30 experts in the field of medici- icine. Abdul Basit from PU’s School of Bio- emergency responders including rescuers, police and medical profes- dents in Pun- nal chemistry, chemical biology and drug dis- logical Sciences got third position in the poster sionals, who daily deal with the traumatic aftermath of road crashes. jab. covery presented their research work. competition. In this regard awareness seminars, rallies and workshops have been The analy- From Punjab University, Prof Dr Waheed Book launching ceremony today organized to highlight the significance of Safer Roads and Mobility sis of data fur- Akhtar, Prof Dr Anjum Nasim Sabri, Prof Dr Punjab University (PU) Oriental College will which is based on Pillar 2 of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action ther revealed Kanwal Amin, Prof Dr Tayyab Husnain and organise book launching ceremony of “Tarikh- for Road Safety. The victims of road crashes have also been invited to over speeding twenty-two researchers also delivered oral e-Farishta” by Secretary Academy of Persian the event to share their experiences of Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) and was the lead- talks, presented research work and posters. Dr Language & literature, Iran Prof Dr Moham- instant safety measures while traveling on roads. ing cause of Anjum Nasim Sabri said that the conference mad Reza Nasiri today (Monday) at Sheerani DG Rescue Punjab was invited as Chief Guest in the Seminar on a c c i d e n t s had covered the main areas including pro- Hall, Old Campus. World Remembrance Day by Institute of Road Safety Traffic Environ- (40pc), fol- tein/enzyme systems targeted for therapeutics Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz ment Pakistan at National Press Club. Speaking on the occasion he said lowed by interventions, particularly for the treatment of Ahmad Akhter, President Payam e Noor Uni- that nearly 1.3 million people die annually and over 50 million disabled careless driving (33pc), Wrong Turns (8pc) and others cases 12pc. Cancer, cardiovascular diseases and anti-biotics versity, Iran Prof Dr Mohammad Reza Zamani due to the road traffic accidents and 90% of these deaths occur in de- Whereas 1577 cases of One Wheeling were reported. developments, chemical biology in drug dis- and others will attend the ceremony. The Business | SCIENCE & TECHNLOahoreL MOondaGy, NovYember 190, 24018 NASA launches Cygnus spacecraft to the ISS on resupply and waste disposal mission SINGAPORE:Northrop these experiments include a demonstra- was designed to burn up upon re-entry He was referring to Wang Jian, co- Grumman's Cygnus cargo tion of 3D printing, recycling and simu- into the Earth's atmosphere and so pro- chairman and co-founder of HNA Group, spacecraft was successfully lating the formation of celestial bodies out vides an excellent opportunity for waste- who died in a fall in France in early July launched to deliver supplies to of stardust, NASA said in a statement. disposal. this year. He was referring to Anbang In- the International Space Station Cygnus also carried medical supplies, The spacecraft is loaded with several surance founder, Wu Xiaohui, who was (ISS) on Saturday, NASA said spacesuits and other equipment to replace tonnes of trash from the ISS and disposed sentenced to 18 years in prison last May in a statement. items that never made it to orbit last of with the spacecraft as it is burnt to a for “abuse of power.” Carrying about 3,400 kilo- month because of a Russian rocket fail- crisp passing through the Earth's atmos- He was also referring to Liu Qiang- grams of science, research, ure; the two men who were riding the phere. dong, the chief executive of JD.com, who supplies and hardware, the rocket survived their emergency landing. This Cygnus (or Swan) is named the 'S was arrested in the US on suspicion of Cygnus spacecraft blasted off Three other astronauts are set to launch S John Young' to honor the legendary as- rape this September. in the agency's Antares 230 from Kazakhstan on 3 December. tronaut who walked on the moon and In a country where a corruption probe rocket from NASA's Wallops The Cygnus spacecraft as it departs commanded the first space shuttle flight. can result in the suicide of a top general, Flight Facility in Virginia, the from the International Space Station in Young died in January this year. the relinquishing of the chairmanship at statement announced. 2014. Image courtesy: ESA Another report adds: SpaceX is Alibaba by Jack Ma, now China’s richest This shuttle of rations to the The Cygnus spacecraft as it departs NASA’s other commercial shipper for the man, in order to return to his true voca- ISS crew makes it Northrop from the International Space Station in space station; its Dragon capsule is set to tion of “teaching and education” at once Grumman's tenth delivery 2014. Image courtesy: ESA lift off in early December. seems pragmatic and inspiring. flight to the ISS. The spacecraft The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to The Cygnus spacecraft will remain at Once a cash-strapped English teacher, is expected to arrive at the sta- stay for three more months at the ISS be- the space station until February. Ma amassed an extraordinary $46 bil- tion on Monday 19 November. fore its destructive re-entry into Earth's at- “A big tree attracts the wind,” my lion or so in wealth by building China's The crew resupply missions mosphere. In a multi-year agreement with friend at the Alibaba Innovation Centre biggest e-commerce operator, which allow astronauts in the ISS to NASA, the unmanned Cygnus cargo said, reminding me of a Chinese proverb owns Taobao, TMall, and Alibaba.com; carry out dozens of new and spacecraft is part of an ongoing garbage and prompting a speculation of Jack Ma’s AliPay, which has become synonymous continuing investigations, con- disposal arrangement for trash generated retirement. He elaborated: with mobile payment; and AntFinancial, tributing to almost 250 science onboard the ISS. Big personas are all either killed or ar- a US$150 billion finance subsidiary and research studies. Some of The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel rested or jailed. that, alone.—AFP Tesla starts Sprint deal may taking Model 3 close as early as first-quarter next orders in China year: T-Mobile TOKYO: Tesla Inc has started taking orders for its Model WASHINGTON: T-Mo- 3 sedan in China for a deposit of 8,000 yuan ($1,153.60), ac- bile US Inc’s TMUS.N Chief cording to the electric carmaker's China website www. Financial Officer said there is a possibility that its $26 billion Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said, “Probably some acquisition deal of Sprint Corp deliveries in March, but April is more certain”, after a Twitter (S.N) will close as early as the user asked when the deliveries in China would begin. first quarter of 2019. The company has been banking on its Model 3 sedan, the A smartphones with Sprint performance of which is seen crucial to the carmaker’s future. logo are seen in front of a Shares of Tesla rose 1.6 pct at $353.93 in morning trading. screen projection of T-mobile China is the largest market for electric vehicles and most logo, in this picture illustration forecasters predict that its sales in the country will speed up taken April 30, 2018. rapidly as government regulation drives toward a goal of 100- REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illus- percent electric vehicles by 2030. tration Tesla had signed a deal with Shanghai authorities in July to T-Mobile, majority owned build its first factory outside the United States, which would by Deutsche Telekom AG cost around $2 billion to construct and would double the size (DTEGn.DE), agreed in April of its global manufacturing. to buy wireless carrier Sprint The Shanghai Gigafactory, based in eastern China, aims to and the deal was initially ex- manufacture Model 3 and Model Y cars, with annual capacity pected to close in the first half of 250,000 vehicles, according to a filing. of 2019. Tesla is also developing plans to start producing about 3,000 The Federal Communica- Model 3s per week in Shanghai in the initial phase of its Gi- tions Commission (FCC) and gafactory 3 to reduce the impact of tariffs. the Department of Justice are Another report adds: At the Tokyo Game Show, the world's currently scrutinizing the deal. top firms compete to show off their very latest in high-tech “The only remaining thing gaming gadgetry: from head-spinning virtual reality to cutting- that is happening is deposi- edge multiplayer e-sports. tions with the DoJ, which have But crowds were flocking not only to the latest smartphone started and will be completed shoot-em-up, but classic games from the 1980s like Donkey in a few weeks,” CFO J. Brax- Kong and Mario Brothers, as manufacturers wheeled out re- ton Carter told the Morgan vamped versions of their old games consoles to capture a new Stanley TMT Conference in market. Barcelona. Alongside the top-of-the-range latest models such as the “At this point, it’s more PS4, Japanese electronics giant Sony caught everyone off SpaceX gets nod to put pointing to the second quarter guard by announcing the release of a miniature console - de- as more probable (but) it could signed like the original PlayStation - with 20 vintage games. still be first quarter,” Carter Nostalgic fans and curious new gamers will find PlaySta- said. tion classics such as the 1997 role-playing game Final Fantasy 12,000 satellites in orbit The agreement between the ORLANDO: SpaceX got the green light this shorten the communication time between inter- that planets are out there, littering the night sky, VII and 1998-1999 racing game R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. third and fourth largest U.S. "Twenty-five years after we launched the first PlayStation week from US authorities to put a constellation net users on Earth and space-faring satellites, just waiting to be found." of nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit in order to speeding up surfing speeds. TESS is designed to build on the work of its wireless carriers in April was in Japan, we are offering this version not only for fans from reached after four years of on- back in the day but also for those who never knew this con- boost cheap, wireless internet access by the But this low altitude may be difficult to main- predecessor, the Kepler space telescope, which 2020s. tain and smaller satellites tend to have shorter discovered the bulk of some 3,700 exoplanets and-off talks that set the stage sole," said Shu Takura, spokesman for Sony Interactive Enter- for the creation of a company tainment. Sony's move to roll back the years comes two years The SpaceX network would vastly multiply lives than bigger ones. documented during the past 20 years and is run- the number of satellites around Earth. The FCC has also authorized other compa- ning out of fuel. that would compete more fa- after bitter rivals Nintendo launched the NES, a palm-sized vorably with the top two wire- version of its eighties era games console, tapping into nostal- Since the world's first artificial satellite, Sput- nies to launch satellites, including Kepler (140 NASA expects to pinpoint thousands more nik, was launched in 1957, humanity has sent satellites), Telesat (117 satellites), and LeoSat previously unknown worlds, perhaps hundreds less players, Verizon gia for titles from the early era of home video games. Communications Inc (VZ.N) The console - which retails for around US$60 - comes with just over 8,000 objects into space, according to (78 satellites). of them Earth-sized or "super-Earth" sized - no the United Nations Office for Outer Space Af- Another report adds: A planet-hunting orbital larger than twice as big as our home planet. and AT&T Inc (T.N). 30 games including Nintendo's famed Super Mario and Don- Their first round of merger key Kong characters. "These old games are not beautiful but fairs. telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our Those are believed the most likely to feature Between one quarter and one half of those are solar system discovered two distant planets this rocky surfaces or oceans and are thus consid- talks had ended unsuccessfully we used to play them with school friends in the arcades and in 2014 after the then Obama playing them makes you automatically think of this friendship believed to still be operational. week five months after its launch from Cape ered the best candidates for life to evolve. Sci- On Thursday the US Federal Communica- Canaveral, Florida, officials said on Saturday. entists have said they hope TESS will ultimately administration expressed an- and old memories come flooding back," said Soichiro titrust concerns. Morizumi, a gamer and game developer himself.—Reuters tions Commission (FCC) announced it had au- NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satel- help catalogue at least 100 more rocky exo- thorized SpaceX to launch 7,518 satellites, lite, better known as TESS, made an early dis- planets for further study in what has become Carter said on Friday the adding to 4,425 satellites it has already ap- covery of "super-Earth" and "hot Earth" planets one of astronomy's newest fields of exploration. companies have provided 25 proved. in solar systems at least 49 light-years away, MIT researchers on Wednesday announced million pages worth of docu- None of the satellites has launched yet. marking the satellite's first discovery since its the discovery of Pi Mensae c, a "super-earth" ments to the DoJ, filed 600 Elon Musk's company has six years to put April launch. planet 60 light-years away orbiting its sun every pages public information half in orbit, and nine years to complete the TESS is on a two-year, US$337 million mis- 6.3 days. The discovery of LHS 3844 b, a "hot- statement with the FCC and satellite network, according to FCC rules. sion to expand astronomers' known catalogue earth" planet 49 light-years away that orbits its held meetings with other U.S. SpaceX wants most of the satellites to fly in of so-called exoplanets, worlds circling distant sun every 11 hours, was announced on Thurs- government departments. low Earth orbit, about 208 to 215 miles (335 to stars. day. The two companies have 346 kilometers) high. While the two planets are too hot to support Pi Mensae c could have a solid surface or be also defended their deal by That would put them below the International life, TESS Deputy Science Director Sara Sea- a waterworld as the composition of such planets saying they need to merge Space Station, which orbits about 250 miles ger expects many more such discoveries. is a mixed bag, Martin Spill, NASA's pro- to build the next generation (400 kilometers) above Earth. "We will have to wait and see what else TESS gramme scientist for TESS, said in a phone in- of 5G wireless technology SpaceX's interest in such a low orbit is to discovers," Seager told Reuters. "We do know terview.—AFP in a robust nationwide net- work.—AFP

SHANGHAI:R Moast peiopnle wsoul di asn- pwectedo, thre plredsenc'es of woatelr hdas enot swte wdoulde be seeieng arn atcce lceratred eviewaticail ntimeg fra m'em and paoterntiatllyi a nenw, llifae. kes', revealsatom ss antd outherd creaytures known to have sume that the presence of heavy rains in meant a flourishing of life in the Ata- of what the Earth could look like in mil- different, ecosystem to work with, too. A strange, but strangely efficient, existed on ancient Earth. Hemimastix cracked, dry terrain like desserts would cama, but on the contrary, the rains have lions of years. Don’t be too surprised to find the catchy family kukwesjijk clearly plays with pretty be a positive development. But add in caused a huge devastation in the present Details about the study appear in a term ‘forensic paleo biology” to be lap- The Hemimastigotes family currently much a full deck, in terms of functional- the global threat of climate change, and microbial species before rainfall. Our paper, titled "Unprecedented rains deci- ping on the shores of scientific publica- consists of 10 known species under the ity. the picture becomes a little bit different. study shows that high rainfall has caused mate surface microbial communities in tions pretty regularly. It’s going to take name Spironemidae, and they’re classi- Another question is way less obvious, From the rapid growth in toxic algae the mass extinction of most indigenous the hyperarid core of the Atacama some damn good research to pin all this fied further with the description “het- but important: How did these strange blooms to the dramatic decrease in the microbial species. Desert", which was published Novem- down. erotrophic flagellates” meaning they creatures survive, and transition from a number of certain ancient trees, the tell- The extinction range reaches 85%, as ber 12th in the Scientific Reports jour- Alien? Not very likely. can’t produce their own food internally totally different, almost entirely unsus- tale signs are everywhere. Now, it a result of the osmotic stress caused by nal. Another report adds: This new The very major deal, of course, is not and source either from a primary source pected, ecology to multiple different seems, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the the sudden abundance of water. Native kingdom includes active predators. being classifiable as plant, animal, or or from some other organism (het- ecologies for 500 million years? oldest and driest desert on Earth, may microorganisms, perfectly adapted to That’s a somewhat jarring note in the any of the other forms of life on Earth. erotrophics) and have flagella, whip like They’ve survived multiple mass extinc- also be affected by these shifts. live under extreme dryness conditions otherwise rosy picture of microbes Alien? Almost certainly not. To be clas- appendages . This description of the ob- tions which annihilated 99% of ancient In a study released by a team of re- and optimized to extract the low envi- roaming around doing microbe things, sified as alien, it’s reasonable to expect vious, however, also asks the question life. They even seem to be doing OK in searchers from Spanish Centro de As- ronmental humidity, have been unable to passively absorbing and processing nu- different DNA or equivalents, etc. That’s about exactly what the Hemimastigotes the Anthropocene, the human era, ar- trobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA) in adapt to the sudden flooding, dying trients, etc. Predation requires a pretty evidently not the case with Hemi- were eating a billion years ago, and guably one of the more toxic environ- Madrid has pointed out the surprising ef- under the new water excess conditions." complex, highly active ecology. It also mastigotes, raising yet another range of that’s not too clear, either. ments in Earth’s history. fects that unprecedented rainfall--the The study is also significant because it requires access to protein and energy, questions. Not least of those questions is Canadian researchers from Dalhousie One thing for sure – The new king- first in more than 500 years--is having was carried out by a team of astrobiolo- meaning a truly advanced set of ecolog- how do you get a whole kingdom devel- University hit the jackpot. They found dom will provide biology, ecology, and on the local ecosystem. gists, scientists who look for clues about ical requirements. oping so differently from the same DNA two different species together on the related sciences with invaluable learning The rains, which have continued for the formation of the Earth, as well as our Also very much to the point, they’re resources? Bluff Wilderness Trail in Nova Scotia, tools. The sound of jaws dropping will several months, have resulted in what neighboring planets. The team argues eukaryotes, multi celled. Eukaryotes are Ironically, the sheer 100% difference including the rather dramatic Hemimas- not be a coincidence. the researchers describe as "the forma- that a similar scenario took place on supposed to be the next step up from sin- of Hemimastigotes does support one tix kukwesjijk species, pictured, which From the safety of their research ves- tion of previously unrecorded hyper- Mars, starting with the extinction of cer- gle celled protists, and this is a true mys- very well known theory about the ori- looks like a very focused flea/jellyfish sel, scientists are exploring one of saline lagoons", adding that due to the tain microbial life: the nitrates found in tery. Did Hemimastigotes take that gins of life on Earth. Earth is known to and acts like a squid. It has flagellates, Earth's last frontiers: the sea floor: to dis- sudden and extreme presence of water Atacama Desert, which the microbes critical eukaryotic step, but on a totally have been very different billions of years swimming tendrils, and uses them for cover more about valuable minerals vital in the local ecosystem, the local micro- feed on, have been in the desert for more different, long gone, evolutionary lad- ago. It was a totally different environ- both movement and to drag food in to its in the manufacture of smartphones. The bial species have been impacted by the than 13 million years, the researchers der? ment. Modern families of species date mouth, sucking out the interior cyto- scientists, from the University of Bergen "osmotic shock [that occurs] when water believe. Eukaryotes are believed to have back to the Pre-Cambrian, over 500 mil- plasm and nutrients. Pretty advanced, in Norway, are sending robots 2,500 me- becomes suddenly abundant". "Therefore, the Atacama study sug- evolved in the 2 billion year range, but lion years ago. Hemimastigotes precede even for animals which came hundreds tres (8,000 feet) down into the waters Rains in the World's Oldest Desert gests that the recurrence of liquid water of course there are some issues with that by over double that period of time. of millions of years later. Manipulating between Norway and Greenland, to try Are Creating 'Martian Lakes', Reveals on Mars may have contributed to the ex- what evolved, when, and where, and it The logic goes, therefore, that mod- objects doesn’t “just happen”, either. to understand the environments poten- Study tinction of Martian life, if it ever existed, may be that Hemimastigotes is a very ern forms of life as we know them sim- This is no hick prokaryote at work, tially rich with rare earth minerals. "The Although it seems counterintuitive, as rather than became an opportunity for important clue in those contexts. Given ply couldn’t have existed back then. The obviously. The method of feeding alone ocean sea floor on Earth is, for the most Armando Azúa-Bustos, a researcher at the re-flowering of resilient microbiota", the difficulties of finding fossils this old, environment was totally wrong for has to have had quite a lineage tacked on part, unknown," scientist Thibaut Bar- CAB and first author of the study, ex- explains CSIC-INTA scientist and study let alone micro fossils, the theory of the them. If there was life, something else, to it. The method of predation is effi- reyre told Reuters. "It's totally fair to say plains, it has set up an urgent scenario: co-author Alberto G. Fairén. If true, this rise of eukaryotes is predictably a bit therefore, would have to have existed. cient, suggesting a lot of adaption, and that we know much more about the sur- "Our group has discovered that, con- would mean that, ironically, if we were hazy. If Hemimastigotes are a billion This new kingdom of oddball eukary- quite possibly a good general purpose face of the moon and Mars - mapped by trary to what would be intuitively ex- to repopulate the planet of Mars one day, years old, there is now at least a theoret- otes could well be a first glimpse of that prey range. The prey are also classic di- satellites and different devices - than we The Business | 05 HEAMoLndayT, NovHember 19, 2018

Brain disease infectailarnmedg,” sa idd Seneator eDourg Jo npes. op“uI lovle ahuntingi. Io do nevery dtimeu I gert inBecgause hof thue wnay thte istnudy gwas sFoeod Saafetsy Aouthonrity found residue It can have a major effect on the deer a chance to so if I see a deer with it I will conducted, it is impossible to say that from one or more pesticides on 44 per- population. “It transfers through the shoot it and I will call the game warden, the organic foods people ate were the cent of the conventionally produced ground. If an infected deer dies and but other than that I am not worried reason why they had fewer cases of can- food samples that were tested. Mean- years down the road another deer comes about Chronic Wasting Disease,” said cer. But the results are significant while, 6.5 percent of the organic food and eat in the same spot they can con- Long. enough to warrant follow-up studies, the samples tested had detectable pesticide tract it that way,” said Donovan Long. “We will just keep an eye on it. That’s researchers wrote. residues. Hunter, Donovan Long said it's im- all we can do," said Williams. “Further research is required to iden- In the U.S., more than 9 out of 10 portant for everyone to recognize the Senator Jones says there still isn't tify which specific factors are responsi- people have measurable amounts of pes- symptoms. enough research yet on Chronic Wasting ble for potential protective effects of ticides in their urine or their blood, and “Drooling, the deer is disoriented, Disease and he hopes to soon get federal organic food consumption on cancer these concentrations are known to fall brain damage and walking in circles like resources that will help find and study risk,” they wrote Monday in the journal when people switch from convention- they don’t know where they are at," he the most vulnerable areas. JAMA Internal Medicine. ally produced foods to organic ones. added. Another report adds: To reduce your The researchers have an idea about Struggling to bring your high blood LOS ANGELES: Rifle season began "It’s dangerous because it can defi- Just a few days ago Senator Doug risk of cancer, you know you should quit what factors those may be: pesticides. At pressure under control, even with the on Saturday. A lot of hunters hit the nitely hurt you and your family because Jones introduced a bill to tackle this dis- smoking, exercise regularly, wear sun- least three of them — glyphosate, help of medications? Open your mouth woods looking for deer, but they also if you harvest a deer it can do harm," ease. screen, and take advantage of screening malathion and diazinon — probably and say “aha!” if you see tooth decay or need to be on the lookout for Chronic said Drew Williams. “It's a serious problem… one that tests. New research suggests another cause cancer, and others may be car- gums that are sore, bleeding or receding. Wasting Disease that may be making it's Recent cases of Chronic Wasting Dis- needs an additional study. I want to item might be added to this list: Choose cinogenic as well, according to the In- You may have found the culprit. way to Alabama. It's a contagious brain ease have been confirmed within 50 make sure that we can do all that we can organic foods over conventional ones. ternational Agency for Research on Researchers reported Monday that in disease and can potentially infect hu- miles of Alabama. to prevent this from spreading in Ala- A study of nearly 70,000 French Cancer. adults whose hypertension was being mans who consume diseased deer. "I think everybody in Alabama is con- bama, so we can maintain our herd and adults who were tracked for an average Previous studies have found that pes- treated with medications, systolic blood NBC 15 spoke with local hunters cerned about this because it's gradually the hunters will have all the deer they of 4.5 years found that those who ate the ticide residue is more prevalent on con- pressure — which measures pressure in about the threat. They say they haven't moving east from the west. There have need," Senator Jones said. most organic foods were less likely to ventionally grown produce than on its the vessels when the heart beats — got seen any deer with this disease, but they been some recent reports in Mississippi As for now, local hunters say this develop certain kinds of cancer than the organic counterparts. For instance, a re- higher as the health of their teeth and aren't letting down their guard. and it has people in Alabama even more won’t stop them from hitting the woods. people who ate the least. port out this year from the European gums declined.—AFP WHO evacuates Ebola staff as violence intensifies in Beni BENI: Sixteen World Health Organization (WHO) staff mem- bers mobilized against the Ebola epidemic in eastern DRC had to leave Beni where a shell hit the building they were occupying on Friday evening, during clashes between peacekeepers and rebels, WHO told AFP. “It was in the exchanges of fire that the house received a shell. It was not a deliberate attack on the villa,” Dr. Michel Yao, Ebola coordinator in Beni, told AFP. No one was injured, he said, without indicating who fired the shell. Last week, the Congolese military backed by the UN peace- keeping force launched an offensive against rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) around Beni, eastern Democratic Re- public of Congo. It was in the exchanges of fire that the house re- ceived a shell. It was not a deliberate attack on the villa This is the first time that WHO has had to evacuate personnel, even temporarily, since the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic was de- clared on 1 August in the highly dangerous Beni region. The 16 members (out of a total of 191 WHO members in Beni) left on Saturday for Goma “to relieve stress” and awaiting a solu- tion for their housing, according to Mr Yao. “It’s a two-storey villa and the staff had taken refuge downstairs. The shell landed on the roof in one of the toilets,” he said, adding that some people are “traumatized. Earlier Saturday, the Congolese Ministry of Health reported that the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Beni had been suspended after armed clashes the day before, “a few metres from the Emer- gency Operations Centre and hotels in which several teams are housed”. On Friday evening, UN Mission in Congo (Monusco) peace- keepers repelled a new offensive attributed to the armed group ADF “after several hours of clashes” in the Boikene district, at the northern entrance of Beni, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily bulletin. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has massacred hun- dreds of civilians since 2014 and killed at least seven peacekeep- ers this week in clashes, wanted to “attack one of the Monusco bases”, according to this official Congolese document. Friday night’s clashes resulted in two houses and a car being burned about 100 metres from one of the hotels occupied by Ebola teams, according to an AFP correspondent. “The Minister of Health, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga, deplores these acts of violence (…). The epidemic remains dangerous, especially in Beni,” adds the Ministry of Health. Historically Ugandan Muslim rebels who withdrew to eastern Congo in the 1990s, the ADF have been attacking the city of Beni since September, following massacres targeting mainly Oïcha in the north or roads and fields in the bush. Newly approved Worse than opioids: Alcohol deaths pill rapidly cures sleeping soar among the middle aged, women sickness — Alcohol kills more people each year than overdoses through LONDON: The first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness has cancer, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis and suicide, among other ways been approved for use in endemic TORONTO: The last time than overdoses – through cancer, "The story is that no one has no- chief strategy officer at the non- countries starting next year (2019). lawyer Erika Byrd talked her way liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis and sui- ticed this," says Max Griswold, profit Well Being Trust, says the The European Medicines Agency out of an alcohol rehab center, her cide, among other ways. who helped develop the alcohol es- larger health challenges in the on Friday approved use of fexinida- father took her to lunch. From 2007 to 2017, the number timates for the institute. "It hasn't South are to blame for high alco- zole shown to be effective in treat- "Dad, I know what alcohol has of deaths attributable to alcohol in- really been researched before." hol death rates. Southern states ing all stages of sleeping sickness. done to me," she told him that day creased 35 percent, according to a The District of Columbia, less typically rank near the bottom in This approval is a result of clinical in January 2011. "I know what it new analysis by the Institute for than 10 miles away from the Ven- national rankings in cancer, car- trials led by the Drugs for Neglected A tribute was paid Saturday in Beni to the six peacekeepers from has made me do to you and mom. Health Metrics and Evaluation at able law office where Byrd was a diovascular disease and overall Diseases Initiative (DNDi), a non- Malawi and the Tanzanian peacekeeper killed this week in the of- But that wasn’t me." the University of Washington. The partner, had the highest rate of health. profit research and development or- fensive against the ADF conducted jointly with the Congolese By the time she died three death rate rose 24 percent. death from alcohol in the country, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas and ganisation, and an application army. Fifteen Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed on 8 December months later, Byrd had blocked her One alarming statistic: Deaths according to the institute's analy- Tennessee rounded out the five states submitted by Sanofi, a global bio- last year in an attack on a UN base in the Beni region attributed to parents' calls because they kept among women rose 67 percent. sis. Georgia and Alabama came in with the strongest alcohol control pharmaceutical company focused on the ADF. Elections are scheduled in the DRC on 23 December. Ear- having her involuntarily commit- Women once drank far less than second and third. policies, the researchers reported. human health. lier this week, the UN representative in Congo, Leïla Zerrougui, ted. They once had a magistrate men, and their more moderate Alabama, in fact, ranked third States with more stringent alcohol The new drug, fexinidazole, said she was “increasingly alarmed” by the situation in Beni, wor- judge hold a hearing at her hospital drinking helped prevent heart dis- among states with the strongest al- control policies had lower rates of which comes as a simple pill, cures rying about the security situation that threatens the holding of elec- bed. He ordered herto undergo a ease, offsetting some of the harm. cohol control policies, as rated by binge drinking, they found. Nevada, all stages of the disease within 10 tions in many parts of the eastern part of the country. month of in-patient treatment. While teen deaths from drinking medical researchers in a 2014 re- South Dakota, Iowa, Wyoming and days. An eighth child has died at a New Jersey rehabilitation center Byrd, who died in April 2011 at were down about 16 percent dur- port published in the American Wisconsin had the weakest alcohol Results showed the pill could also where 23 people have been infected in a deadly viral outbreak, state the age of 42, is among the rising ing the same period, deaths among Journal of Preventive Medicine. control policies. David Jernigan, a eliminate the need for systematic health officials said. number of people in the United people aged 45 to 64 rose by about States can influence drinking – professor at Boston University's hospitalisation following the clinical The outbreak of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing States who have been killed by al- a quarter. especially dangerous binge drink- school of public health who has spe- trials on 749 patients in the Demo- and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey, was first reported by cohol in the last decade. People's risk of dying, of course, ing – with policies such as taxes on cialized in alcohol research for 30 cratic Republic of Congo and Cen- the New Jersey Department of Health on Tuesday with the deaths It's an increase that has been ob- increases as they age. What's new alcohol and restrictions on where years, notes that the beer industry tral African Republic. of six children with compromised immune systems. —AFP scured by the opioid epidemic. But is that alcohol is increasingly the and when it can be sold. holds considerable sway in Wiscon- “This is only the first step – we alcohol kills more people each year cause. Psychologist Benjamin Miller, sin.—AFP now need to ensure patients can ac- cess and benefit from this new drug,” Dr Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, DNDi director of neglected tropical SMake-a-Wish program tied to diseases said in a statement. The current intravenous drug Cancer patient given false lower hospital costs for sick kids eflornithine, must be given over many days with intravenous fluids TORONTO: Kids with life-threatening illnesses who receive a special as the drug can cause severe irrita- all-clear on genetic test gift from the Make-a-Wish Foundation may have lower hospital costs than tion of the skin which is such a bur- LODON: A woman who was told by were informed last month that she had low in calories, it contains vitamins A, B, C sick children who don’t get these gifts, a U.S. study suggests. den. But fexinidazole can be taken Crumlin children’s hospital that she did not tested positive for the BRCA1 gene. The and K as well as minerals such as iron and Make-a-Wish arranges experiences, or “wishes,” for children with pro- from home. “While current treat- carry a gene which put her at high risk of woman was told in 2009 by Crumlin hos- potassium. It also works as a natural di- gressive, life-threatening, or life-limiting illness. ments are safe and effective, they re- developing cancer has discovered she was pital that she had tested negative, and it has uretic which can help to flush away toxins Researchers compared unplanned hospital admissions and emergency quire a patient to be hospitalised and misinformed, after being diagnosed with since emerged that her test result was in- and excess fluid. Another important factor room visits for 496 patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, pose a huge logistical burden on the the disease. correct. that parsley helps with is in maintaining Ohio and a control group of 496 kids with similar illnesses who didn’t receive health system. The woman, who does not want to be She now wants the HSE to organise a re- blood sugar balance, and the chlorophyll a wish. Fexinidazole comes as a simple identified, is being treated for an aggres- view of all BRCA genetic tests content can aid weight loss. It also contains Compared to children who didn’t receive a wish, children who did 2.5 pill: this is a huge leap in how we sive form of ovarian cancer. Her doctors Another report adds: If you are aiming enzymes that improve digestion and play a times more likely to have a drop in unplanned hospital admissions in the year can tackle this deadly disease,” Dr for weight loss, role in losing weight. after the wish compared to the year before, and 1.9 times more likely to have Victor Kande, the principal investi- apart from moni- Lemon juice, a favourite among a drop in emergency room visits from the year before to the year after, the gator of the trials said. toring your diet weight watchers, boosts hydration in the study found. Sleeping sickness or human and exercise rou- body, helps in digestion, and maintains Overall, 62 percent of kids who received “wishes” had lower charges dur- African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is tine, you should the body’s pH balance. Here’s how you transmitted by tsetse flies. It occurs in also try a combina- can make a nutritious drink using pars- ing the second year than during the first year, as did 42 percent of kids who 36 sub-Saharan Africa countries and tion of lemon juice ley and lemon: Another report adds: A didn’t receive “wishes.” and parsley. While new study of women with ovarian cancer “For the first time we are able to quantify the impact of a “wish” using the most affected people live in rural lemon juice is a shows that ignorance about the condition healthcare utilization data such as emergency department visits, hospitaliza- areas. It is usually fatal without treat- good detoxifier, is common among patients in all 44 tions, and costs,” said lead study author Dr. Anup Patel of Nationwide Chil- ment. The disease causes neuropsy- when combined countries surveyed. And that ignorance dren’s. chiatric (nerve mental disorder) with parsley, it can has a cost. The disease is more treatable, “It matters to patients and families, as we have shown that a ‘wish’ may symptoms including aggression. This work wonders for even potentially curable, in its early allow the patient to be home more with their family, not miss school, and is in addition to psychosis (an im- your weight loss stages. The women's answers also sug- save families money in healthcare costs,” Patel said by email. paired relationship with reality), and regime and help in gested their doctors were ignorant. Many The average national cost of a wish is $10,130, which covers the expenses a debilitating disruption of sleep pat- losing belly fat. of them reported that diagnosis took a related to the wish experience including overhead and staffing needs, re- terns that gives this neglected disease While parsley is long time and that they weren't referred searchers note in the journal Pediatrics Research.—AFP its name.—AFP The Business | EDITORMonIdaAy, NovLember 109 26018

Poverty and Sindh MUHAMMAD ABBAS modern age, there are hun- KHASKHELI dreds of villages in Sindh where people have never Chief Editor recent World Bank seen Karachi or Hyderabad. report, titled ‘The They don’t even have any Irfan Athar Qazi state of water sup- idea about what large cities plyA, sanitation and poverty in look like. The situation in E-mail: [email protected] Pakistan’, has categorically Balochistan is not too differ- defined the ratio and causes ent from Sindh. 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But overall, TPB role causes of poverty, the report the city bears the burden of states that owing to the snail’s 2.5 percent of the country’s cannot hold pace at which industrial poor. Meanwhile, Lahore’s GHAZI SALAHUDDIN Though this explanation has come surrender to the bigots. One reason growth has taken place in poverty rate is 2.2 percent. If rather late because the ‘U-turn why the PTI’s persistent political Pakistan, there hasn’t been as the poor population of these While addressing a press conference Information ne often wonders if the Khan’ nick-name is not that recent, aggression is bound to have an ad- sharp an increase in urbanisa- two cities is combined, it will Minister FawadChaudhry announced that the govern- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, it is intriguing that Imran Khan has verse impact on the overall situation tion as many had expected. be equal to the population of Currently, only 35 percent of ment has decided to set up a Tax Policy Board (TPB), after it is firmly at the named Napoleon and Hitler as two is that our society is already af- 10 of the poorest districts of helm, plans to keep the temperature leaders who, he suggested, had suf- flicted with extremism, intolerance the country’s total population the country where the in line with the long standing demand of the business O high to generate anxiety and anger fered heavy losses by not taking and a terrifying lack of civility. Add is lives in the cities. This in- poverty rate is six or seven community. He added that the Federal Board of Rev- at the popular level. That may be timely U-turns. Does he look up to to this the gruesome incidents of vi- dicates that a large part of the times more than these cities. enue (FBR) would only be required to collect taxes the reason why, for instance, a these leaders – or why did these olence and violations of human population still lives in the re- The report states that mote rural regions of the Sindh and Balochistan are once the Board has been established and would not rather quarrelsome Fawad Chaudhry names pop up suddenly in his imag- rights that occur with intolerable has been unleashed on the opposi- ination? Napoleon, of course, is frequency. country. poorer than Punjab and KP. take any policy decisions though one would assume tion. shining star on the horizon of lead- In this context, the entire episode Similarly, 80 percent of the Sindh’s rural population typ- country’s poor live in rural ically depends on agriculture that as a member of the Board Chairman, FBR may We had this sorry spectacle in the ership, despite his Waterloo. We of the kidnapping, torture and mur- areas. Many of them don’t Senate this week. And in the mean- and the other fields related to provide valuable inputs as to the likelihood of meet- know that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was der of SP Tahir Khan Dawar is a have the same degree of ac- the agricultural sector. But time, other PTI warriors like Pun- ing targets from any tax-related decision taken by the fascinated by Napoleon and col- negation of the government’s re- cess to the basic necessities of for a long time, the sector is jab’s Fayyazul Hasan Chauhan have lected his biographies. Imran, we solve to maintain law and order and Board. The provision for setting up a Board with the life, such as healthcare facili- in a critical state owing to remained in action. There are a trust, is an admirer of Z A Bhutto – protect the lives and property of cit- ties, education, drinking some adverse techniques or objective of separating tax policy formulation from number of other ministers who are just as any emerging leader in Pak- izens. Tahir Dawar was kidnapped water, electricity and roads, as manmade practices used by tax administration is available in the amended Sec- easily prompted to lapse into an at- istan is likely to be. But why Hitler? from Islamabad on October 26 and people living in the urban locals as well as the lack of tion 6 of the FBR Act 2007; however, it was never ac- tack on both the leaders and the per- Was it a Freudian slip or some- it is incredible that the crime re- areas do. attention received by govern- formance of the previous thing? Besides, what U-turns not ceived little coverage in the media. In rural areas, the enrol- ment entities. tivated. The Policy Board would consist of members, government. It is true that the PTI taken had made the difference for So much so that the special assistant ment rate of boys at primary In 2013, the World Bank including Minister for Finance, Chairman; Minister government has yet to complete its Napoleon and Hitler? to the prime minister told a foreign schools stands 13 percent issued a report regarding the for Commerce, member; Minister for Industries, first 100 days and it is not moving In any case, Imran Khan wants us radio channel two days after the kid- whereas the number of boys agricultural crises in Sindh. It enrolled at secondary schools stated: “Since 1999, the per member; Minister for Textile Industries, member; in high gear with any confidence to believe that he has a sense of his- napping that Tahir Khan was safe in about what governance is all about. tory and that he has a good grip on his house. Finally, Dawar’s body stands is 11 percent less than capita income of Sindh’s Minister for Privatisation, Chairman Senate Standing But the manner in which the party’s the situation, howsoever complex was discovered in Afghanistan. He what it is in urban areas. For rural population has been de- Committee on Finance and Chairman National As- leaders run down their political ad- and intractable it might be. So, the had been tortured and then killed. girls, the figures stand at 17 creasing to 0.5 annually”. percent and 14 percent, re- sembly Standing Committee on Finance would be versaries would show that this in it- moves he is making on the political There are some sordid details of The prime reason behind spectively. such a menace is the old- members and other members as specified in the FBR self is what they think they are chessboard are meant to be well how his body was handed over to the supposed to be doing. As critics considered. If this is reassuring in Pakistani officials at the Torkham Among all the provinces, fashioned feudalistic ap- Balochistan has been de- proach of local landlords in Act. Prime Minister can nominate any other member have been saying, it seems hard for any sense, we need to find some border on Thursday. I am not able to clared as the poorest province as per Federal Board of Revenue Act 2007. them to grasp the reality that they in delaying access to modern- purpose in the noises that PTI lead- tell the entire story because of many of the country where 62 per- day agricultural techniques. power and not perched on a con- Shortly after Imran Khan was sworn in as the ers like Fawad Chaudhry are mak- complications and the dark patches cent of the total population As a result, the per acre in- Prime Minister, the government was being advised tainer, surrounded by charged pro- ing and in the environment of that cannot be explained. face extreme deprivation and come becomes almost next to testers. uncertainty and disarray that these But the most glaring fact is that to set up a TPB. On September 29, the Finance Min- live below the poverty line. In nil. In addition, the unavail- Without any doubt, this conduct noises have fostered. the government was found wanting Sindh, there is huge gap in the ability of water in many dis- isterAsad Umar confirmed that the government in- has the approval of the party leader- There is another point here, se- in its response to a crime that has quality of life between the tricts of the province to tended to set up a board and assured the business ship, as reflected by the choice of mantically speaking. A leader must vast implications at so many levels. rural and urban population, cultivate land is also a factor community that it would have representation on the some of their ministers in the centre surely have the courage to change Some very crucial questions are which is estimated to be that affects this sector. In the and in Punjab. his opinion or strategy when facts raised. It is instructive that Imran around 30 percent. In Punjab coastal belt of the province, board. One would advise the government to ensure Is Imran Khan aiming for a new change and a new situation Khan himself is the interior minis- and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sea intrusion has been play- that private sector representation not be industry- form of politics that, in his view, emerges. But a U-turn has another ter; and State Minister for Interior this figure stands 13 percent ing a lethal role in destroying specific, as that would generate charges of nepotism. thrives on anxiety and uncertainty? implication. It suggests a reversal of Shehryar Afridi seemed totally baf- and 15 percent, respectively. the agricultural prospect of If someone wants to see the region. Thatta, Sujawal Setting up a TPB may sound like a good plan but its Is he adopting a new revolutionary one’s direction and a kind of ideo- fled by what had happened. approach to cope with an environ- logical surrender. For the PTI, the Actually, we did not need to be re- this gap between the rural and Badin has been prone to effectivity may be constrained by the quality of rec- ment of high tension? Is it some easier interpretation would be a bro- minded by this heartrending tragedy and urban population, he such sea intrusions for years. ommendations made by its members and its ability kind of playing to the gallery in re- ken promise. Imran Khan’s adver- that we live in perilous times. How- wouldn’t have to go too far. As a consequence, hundreds These disparities can be ob- of acres of productive in to take advice from tax experts. membrance of his ‘dharna’ days? saries will be ready with many ever, the government we have is not He now seems to be ready to examples of promises not kept. inclined to arrest this slide into a served if we compare the these three districts have be- The question is whether the establishment of the standard of life in Karachi come totally infertile. In ad- show that he is capable of some cre- Alas, there is also a lot of unin- deeper discontent because it is itself with living standard in vil- TPB would add value to the existing structure. At ative and philosophical interpreta- dition to this mega threat, the tended confusion with reference to promoting conflict and tension. It lages that are situated near lack of access among the present, the Ministry of Finance tables a set of taxa- tions of how a leader can bring Imran Khan’s policy decisions. It does not realise the importance of the city. While travelling to- rural population to basic fa- tion policy measures every year before the budget is about ‘tabdeeli’ and create a new re- creates the impression that things peace, order and tranquillity. Inci- ward Thatta via the National cilities such as education, finalised. The FBR compiles recommendations - its ality. Talking to a group of senior may be getting out of control. Or, dentally, in the tussle between the Highway, we realise that the healthcare, safe drinking journalists in Islamabad on Friday, perhaps, there is no sense of direc- Senate chairman and Information own and those proposed by various sectors/sub-sec- villages along both sides of water and sanitation have he defended himself against the op- tion. The most obvious illustration Minister Fawad Chaudhry, who had the highway lack proper made their lives all the more tors - and comments on revenue that may be gener- position’s indictment of his frequent of this problem is how Imran Khan refused to apologise for his behav- schools, health centres and difficult. Under such perilous ated/lost as a consequence of a specific tax proposal. U-turns. He is reported to have ar- had vowed to established the writ of iour and was banned from attending safe drinking water facilities. circumstances, it comes as no In other words, the decision to impose/reduce/raise gued that a leader who does not take the state when protests began over the ongoing session, Imran Khan is The situation becomes worse surprise that Punjab and KP U-turns is not a true leader. The Asia Bibi’s acquittal by the reported by some to have taken when we visit remote vil- provinces are comparatively a tax or withdraw another rests with the govern- point is that the leader must take de- Supreme Court, earning the ready Fawad Chaudhry’s side. It amounts lages of the province where richer than Sindh. Most of ment, which may decide to submit it for parliamen- cisions according to changing cir- applause of enlightened citizenry. to saying: “Carry on, Fawad, the people don’t even have ac- these problems can still be tary approval or not. The FBR is mainly engaged in cumstances. But his government was willing to party is with you”. cess to reach cities. In our solved by the government. collection. The TPB would be well advised not to reinvent the wheel and carefully assess the recom- mendations of the NTRC. Areopagitica, Iqbal, and Milton DR NAAZIR MAHMOOD seminar where critical views are ex- speeches are analysed. Even in Islamic of ethnicity, nationalism, patriotism, reli- some of Cromwell’s policies. In the ans, Milton used religion itself to fight pressed while discussing matters of ‘na- history, some very well-respected per- gion and security are not new. In the 18th mid-1640s, when Milton wrote Are- for freedom of expression. He was con- n November 9, the birthday of tional interest’. What our young writer sonalities have not been spared by schol- century, Thomas Paine championed free- opagitica, England was in the throes of a vinced that freedom of expression was Allama Iqbal, an article titled has written is not an entirely new per- ars. If you read histories by Tabari and dom of expression in America and Eu- bitter and bloody civil war between the for the public good. Milton was a lone ‘Iqbal: poor philosophy, rich spective. Other critics, historians, and Ibn Khaldun you will find chapter after rope through his writings, such as forces of the king and his opponents. voice but he hoped that he could move poOetry’, written by a young writer, ap- writers have written about Iqbal in a way chapter where they highlight the rights ‘Common Sense’ (1776), ‘Rights of Man’ Milton was not a member of parliament the house with his appeal. He felt proud peared on these pages. The article pre- that does not always confirm our official and wrongs of not only the founding fa- (1791), and ‘Age of Reason’ (1794). and could not deliver his speech in the that he was promoting liberty in his sented a point of view that is not version of Iqbal as the dreamer of Pak- thers of various dynasties including More than a century earlier, it was John house, so he decided to write his essay country. normally found in our government-ap- istan, as a Muslim nationalist, and as a Banu Umayyad and Banu Abbas, but Milton who wrote ‘Areopagitica’ (1644), in a pamphlet form. He wrote against Milton believes that true civil liberty proved textbooks. It critically analysed philosopher of outstanding merit. Ali also of even those who were involved in which became an instant success. Even publication censorship, although he was is when the complaints of citizens are Iqbal, both as a philosopher and as a Abbas Jalalpuri, Ali Sardar Jafri, Dr politics during the early years of Islam. If after almost four centuries, it still reads supporting Presbyterians in parliament. freely heard, seriously considered and poet. Mubarak Ali, Dr Salahuddin Derwesh, you read Imam Ghazali and Ibn Rushd, like a seminal text on freedom of expres- He argued against parliament’s 1643 Or- speedily redressed. If you apply that to In a nutshell, the gist of the article was Jagan Nath Azad and some others in- you will be amazed at how divergent sion. dinance for the Regulating of Printing, today’s world – including America, that Iqbal was a much better poet than he cluding Iqbal’s son, Javed Iqbal, have their thinking was. In 17th-century England, parliament also known as the Licensing Order of Egypt, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, was a philosopher. This apparently in- discussed and presented Iqbal in a light Even during the 19th and 20th cen- and the king were vying for power. 1643. According to this law, parliament Turkey, and many other countries – you nocuous argument drew the wrath of the that is different from the official Pak- turies you will see daring writers who Though the Church of England had been required authors to have a licence ap- see a contrarian approach to public com- nationalistic and patriotic lot who cannot istani line of thinking on him. Irrespec- intellectually sparred with each other; established in the 16th century, the proved by the government before their plaints and grievances. Trump calls his tolerate even slight critical appraisal of tive of the quality of their arguments, their books are not only available but are struggle of power was still going on. work could be published. For Milton, it opponents ‘nasty’, ‘rude’, and ‘terrible’; our national heroes. This displeasure did they have helped us see and understand also in popular demand. Reading Sir Parliament consisted of aristocrats who was both personal and a social matter of General Sisi imprisons anyone who calls not only come from the traditional pro- Iqbal with a diverse perspective. Iqbal, Syed Ahmed Khan’s interesting com- were conscious of any criticism hurled significance as he had suffered censor- him a dictator; Modi promotes Hindu moters of the Two-Nation Theory, but Jinnah, Liaquat, and other leaders we mentaries on scriptures and Akbar Alla- at them or at their beliefs. In that situa- ship himself in his efforts to publish his fundamentalism, and in Pakistan you also from some senior journalists who place at a higher pedestal than ordinary habadi’s satirical poetry on Sir Syed tion a bill was presented that could rein- writings in which he had defended a can’t even critically analyse your na- command respect for their own courage mortals were all human beings. Iqbal both amuse and enlighten you in their force the requirement for licence if married person’s right to divorce. For tional poet without inviting the wrath of in the face of adversity. It seems that the was a literary genius with his own pecu- own ways. Just reading Maulana Mau- anyone wanted to print a book. John practising Christians, his was a radical ‘patriots’. Saudi Arabia dismembers the purview of blasphemy is soon going to liar style of thinking and writing. All lit- doodi’s marvelous book ‘Khilafat o Milton emerged as a fierce critic of this stance which was condemned by the bodies of journalists and Turkey takes extend to include, in addition to religious erary giants have been subjected to Malukiat’ clarifies so many confusions law and advocated that licensing was an censors. Just like it was with Sir Syed over media houses. leaders, all founding fathers such as M A critical analysis and reams have been about the third caliph of Islam and his infringement on the people’s right to who was considered a heretic by many In this gloomy scenario, writers such Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, and Liaquat Ali written about their achievements and successors. The book is not only avail- print, purchase and read books. Though orthodox Muslims, Milton’s writings – as Iqbal, Milton and Paine should be Khan. This tendency of not critically failures. From Homer and Shakespeare able, but also highly appreciated by Is- Milton was a Puritan, he was against ab- including ‘Areopagitica’ – were full of read with a clear mind and a critical eye. analysing our heroes has had a damag- to Hali and Faiz, all draw critics and his- lamists and secularists alike. solute powers given to the king or to references to scriptures which he used to Learning and understanding do not ing impact on our society. Universities torians to their life and work. For politi- Freedom of expression, both verbal parliament in matters of book printing. strengthen his arguments. Since the come with reverence to ideas, poetry and colleges have already been in- cal leaders, it is slightly different. More and written, is a fundamental right; but He was with Cromwell in his fight English parliament at that time was and philosophy. They come with grilling structed not to arrange any conference or than their writings, their decisions and efforts to curtail this freedom in the name against the king but got disillusioned by dominated by the Calvinist Presbyteri- and questioning the very thoughts that The Business | OPINMonIdaOy, NovNember 109 20718 Dreams and expectations MUHAMMAD AMIR RANA the basics now and trying to find ways equation for Chinese companies, but the Dambisa Moyo, in her recent book Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent visit to Pakistan becomes more complex when for broader cooperation that takes them demand to bring things into the public Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is China, both sides agreed to resolve all it does not want to be tagged as a client ed largely by a jubilant CPEC beyond CPEC. The CPEC initiative discourse and make them transparent an- Failing to Deliver Economic Growth — their issues through constructive high- state but still finds it hard to diversify discourse in recent years, Pak- came at a time when Pakistan’s econ- noyed them. In the regional and strate- and How to Fix It, has argued that sys- level dialogue. China and other major its strategic, economic and diplomatic istan-China ties have entered a omy was under severe stress and its re- gic context, too, Pakistan’s dependence tems like the one in China could be- actors in the South China Sea tensions relations. However, albeit gradually, revLiew and rationalisation phase. The lations with the US were at a low point. on China increased. An interesting com- come more prevalent despite their are trying to pacify the situation, with Beijing, Riyadh, Istanbul and to some outcome of this process has yet to be Pakistan perceived CPEC as a ground- ment has been made that China wants a severe implications for individual liber- China increasing its geo-economic ties extent Moscow have become significant seen, but it has already started to raise breaking project that would shift its eco- partner for its geo-economic ambitions ties. in the region. The Philippines have re- in Pakistan’s relations with the interna- expectations on both sides. nomic and defence cooperation needs but Pakistan is in search of another China’s economic growth and its suc- cently signed agreements involving tional community and in managing its On the eve of Prime Minister Imran towards China. However, China was not America. Pakistan’s strategic compul- cess story of poverty reduction have economic cooperation and China has ties with Washington, Delhi, Kabul and Khan’s visit to Beijing, many in Pak- willing to take America’s place and, in- sions have been shaping its foreign pol- caught the attention of many nations in- agreed to provide $73 million in eco- Tehran. Pakistan may not be expecting istan were anticipating maximum eco- stead, wanted Pakistan’s geo-economic icy orientation, including bilateral ties cluding Pakistan. These two factors are nomic and infrastructure assistance to much from China in financial terms, but nomic cooperation from China — at cooperation to make its Belt and Road with China. boosting its image as a soft power. To the country. the latter country would have certain least a six-billion-dollar package. This Initiative a success. In fact, these diver- On the other hand, China has a global sustain this image, China would have to China is following a similar approach expectations. These expectations vary anticipation rested on their idea of the gent motives were not properly thought dream, which is linked to an ambitious avoid initiating confrontation in the re- in South Asia as it moves to transform from concessions for Chinese compa- strategic significance that Pakistan has through during the inception phase; nor idea of rejuvenation where it sees itself gion and the world at large. Where the its relations with India. In Chinese For- nies in Pakistan to the latter’s role in re- for the Chinese dream of comprehensive had the two sides realised the future as a leader of global governance. The ongoing trade war between the US and eign Minister Wang Yi’s words, “...the gional affairs. China does not want an global connectivity for China’s econ- complications. While for China, CPEC BRI is an instrument to fulfil this China is concerned, many analysts be- strategic value of China-India coopera- escalation in tensions in its neighbour- omy. As it appears now, China is more was a tool to achieve its broader con- dream. Through geo-economic connec- lieve that this will not be protracted as it tion will speak for itself, and there will hood whether these are in South, East concerned about the early completion of nectivity goal, Pakistan perceived it as tivity, China will develop its soft power, would have negative consequences for be a prospect of the dragon and the ele- or Central Asia. These tensions vary the CPEC projects under way. Perhaps an antidote to all its ills ranging from which will also help it to boost its geo- both sides in the longer term. China is phant dancing together”. For Pakistan, from extremism and terrorism to border it had not experienced any uncertainty economic to geopolitical. strategic and political advantages. Soft also cultivating a new geo-economic re- the challenge is how to develop com- disputes and they attract global atten- about the fate of CPEC projects since Domestically, the trade and invest- power needs a soft image; a state with lationship in its immediate neighbour- patibility with the ambitious Chinese tion, which is not good for CPEC or the the initiative was launched in 2013. ment atmosphere was made China- authoritarian traits cannot develop this hood where it is attempting to pacify designs without compromising on its BRI as a whole. The economy and rela- In fact, both countries have been friendly. The government and image. However, China is trying to de- tensions. Its relations with Japan are conventional strategic objectives. China tions with its neighbours remain Pak- caught in their own trap of CPEC sloga- bureaucracy even discouraged compa- velop compatibility with global norms changing rapidly, and trade and eco- cannot portray its adversaries as ene- istan’s main challenges. These can be neering, with ‘game changer’ being a nies from other regions to invest in Pak- without compromising on what are its nomic cooperation are transforming bi- mies to forward its geo-economic and addressed if the power elites come out popular catchphrase. They are back to istan. Initially, it proved an ideal core principles. Renowned economist lateral ties. During Japanese Prime political interests. The challenge for of their hibernation. Easy business SIKANDER BIZENJO year. If Pakistan manages to get out istan’s performance has deteriorated of the bottom tier, it will not be the as compared to last year. Getting midst talk of the crises first time. The country was ranked at credit covers two aspects: the looming over the econ- 70th in the EoDB report in 2008. strength of credit reporting systems omy, it was assuring to However, keeping the current eco- and the laws in facilitating lenders. heAar Prime Minister Imran Khan take nomic conditions in mind, moving The numbers by the World Bank pride in the improved business envi- up at least 36 spots in one year will paint rather a bleak picture in this ronment of the country and his ambi- be a tough challenge. area. For instance, compared to the tious aim of ensuring Pakistan’s Three of Pakistan’s neighbouring South Asian average of 5.5 in report- place among the top-100 economies countries have made substantial ing credit information and protecting by next year. progress this year: Afghanistan has the legal rights of investors, Karachi To put these in context, the World moved up 16 places, China is up 32 and Lahore both have a score of 2, Bank in its latest ranking of Ease of and India has managed to jump up 33 whereas, India leads with 8 points. Doing Business (EoDB) has put Pak- places in the last twelve months. The data in the EoDB report is very istan 11 points above where it stood When there is so much room for de- comprehensive and accentuates not last year. This ranking is considered velopment, big leaps are rather eas- only the areas where Pakistan has as the primary guidebook against ier; once amongst the top tier, performed critically low but also the which foreign investors base their in- moving up becomes much harder. At pinning-points where it can improve vestment-related decisions. This this point, Pakistan too can capitalise the most. It is worth mentioning that year’s ranking has comfortably posi- on its immense untapped potential, Afghanistan has been termed as the tioned Pakistan at 136 out of 190 considering the vast availability of top improver of this year’s ratings countries ranked. It is clearly not an scope for development. Hence, it is and one of its successes come from impressive number – but it is still 11 not irrational for PM Khan to aim for ameliorations in the getting credit points better than what Pakistan was Pakistan to be amongst the top-100 category. Getting credit is an easier ranked the previous year. Now that economies by 2019. area for Pakistan to penetrate as it Pakistan has improved its standing had a better score last year. by a momentous 11 points, the perti- According to the Government of And, lastly, Pakistan has also nent question is: can PM Khan’s Pakistan’s Vision 2025, the target is to failed to hold its previous position in wish of Pakistan being among top- bring Pakistan among the top 50 the category of ‘paying taxes’. Given 100 of the rankings be fulfilled by economies by 2025. Noting this target, the current fiscal challenge in the next year? and PM Khan’s ambitions, it is crucial economy, a solid taxation system is The World Bank calculates EoDB to carefully initiate reforms in areas unquestionably the need of the hour. ranking by measuring and tracking where it would bring about maximum, In the words of Dr Faisal Bari, the changes related to 10 parameters: yet sustainable, results. For a start, predominant factor contributing to starting a business, dealing with con- Pakistan must focus to regain its lost the present fiscal challenges is a struction permits, getting electricity, points alongside any other planned re- “poorly designed and poorly func- Elite capture DR FARRUKH SALEEM launderers need to capture licensed history. Pakistan’s future depends on registering property, getting credit, forms. In addition, a holistic view of tioning tax system.” Pakistan does banking entities so that suspicious our leaders. Why do nations fail? Are protecting minority investor, paying the report shows three key areas where not have to look far for potential n 2006, Nawaz Sharif and Be- transaction reports (STRs) can be sup- our leaders greedy? Are our leaders taxes, trading across borders, enforc- the country has lost points this year. remedies; the World Bank under- nazir Bhutto signed the Charter pressed. Mega money-launderers need selfish? How well do our leaders know ing contracts, resolving insolvency, Therefore, several changes can be scores the positive reforms carried of Democracy that laid the foun- to capture the State Bank of Pakistan history? and labour market regulation. It is made in the regulations and laws out by all countries in its final report. daItion for the Pakistani elite to capture (SBP) so that SBP’s Financial Moni- Of the 30 million Pakistani families, worthwhile to note that in Pakistan’s within these three areas. For instance, the report asserts that, the state of Pakistan (and the resources toring Unit (FMU) takes no action on a thousand Pakistani families have context, the surveys for this ranking First, Pakistan ought to try to re- “China made paying taxes easier by in it). State capture is “systemic polit- STRs. managed to capture most of the state’s were only carried out in Lahore and cuperate its lost score by improving abolishing the business tax, allowing ical corruption in which private inter- Question: Where do the funds for resources. Elite capture has had two Karachi. the time it takes for a venture to get for joint filing and payment of all ests significantly influence a state’s mega money-laundering come from? consequences: One, Pakistani citizens According to the World Bank, a warehouse ready, including obtain- stamp duties and by implementing decision-making processes to their Answer: There are five sources: At the have lost trust in the institutions of the progress in Pakistan’s position is ing necessary licences and permits, several administrative reforms to own advantage”. federal level, the Rs800 billion Public State. Two, rampant poverty is the di- ‘Elite capture’, a parallel phenome- Sector Development Programme rect result of the elite capture of state credited to reforms instituted in three go through inspections and obtain lower the compliance time.” Thus, non, is a form of “corruption whereby (PSDP). At the provincial level, four resources. We are not poor, but have areas. To begin with, Pakistan suc- utility connections. According to the Pakistan can either seek foreign ex- public resources are biased for the annual development programmes been conscripted into poverty because cessfully introduced the one-stop EoDB report, Pakistan has lost 25 pertise – perhaps from China – or benefit of a few individuals in detri- (ADPs) of over Rs1 trillion. Mega of elite capture. We are not beggars, registration system which made it points in the category of ‘dealing follow models that have worked in ment to the welfare of the larger pop- money-launderers at the federal level but have been conscripted into beg- easier for businesses to start a new with construction permits’. This un- economies similar to it without wast- ulation”. need to capture the PSDP and mega gary because of elite capture. We now venture in Pakistan. In addition, reg- derscores the point that the issue of ing time or resources in reinventing Money laundering is the “process of money-launderers at the provincial produce the most expensive electricity istration-related reforms such as au- paperwork red tape has in fact gone the wheel. creating the appearance that large level need to capture ADPs and then in the world because of elite capture. tomated administration procedure up in the previous year. For Pakistan The present administration has amounts of money obtained from laugh all the way to the bank. Over the We have built the most expensive and enhanced transparency were in- to gain business confidence, it is im- taken over with the promise of insti- criminal activity originated from a le- past five decades, Pakistan’s ‘elite rapid transit systems because of elite troduced. These further contributed perative that it focuses to cut back tuting significant socio-economic re- gitimate sources”. Mega money-laun- democracy’ has had 11 elections. Pak- capture. According to Transparency in reducing hassles related to regis- the hassles attached with opening a forms, primarily to bring about dering is a collective endeavour. For istan’s elections are an intra-elite com- International, elite “capture is one the tration of property. Lastly, reforms warehouse. The most significant im- changes to ameliorate the economic mega money laundering, the mega petition. Our democracy is ‘exclusive’ most pervasive forms of corruption”. money-launderers need to capture the and our economic institutions are ‘re- Addressing elite capture requires were initiated to ease the process of provements in this area were credited conditions of the country. If PM state. Mega money-launderers need to verse Robin Hood’ –rob from the poor “anti-corruption strategies…enhanc- resolving insolvency. These were to India, which has recently launched Khan and his close economic aides capture the Securities and Exchange and give to the rich. ing state capacity and public-sector done through initiating the reorgani- a single-window clearance system, carefully target and hit the right Commission of Pakistan (SECP) so Why do nations fail? Daron Ace- management, strengthening the ac- sation procedure and improving the shunning all the requirements of con- notes, cracking into the top-100 that fictitious companies can be regis- moglu and James Robinson published countability of political leaders...free- continuation of the debtor’s business ventional paperwork. Pakistan can economies shall not be a distant tered and are allowed to operate. Mega a 546-page book titled ‘Why Nations dom of information during insolvency proceedings. The either follow India’s model or con- dream anymore. However, improved money-launderers need to capture li- Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity legislation…e-government mecha- aforementioned administrative re- struct its own model. Either way, it business environment across the censed banking entities so that ficti- and Poverty’. The authors recommend nisms…conflict of interest structuring in three areas helped Pak- has to be done urgently. Second, in country should be the desired end, tious accounts can be opened and are focusing on three leadership qualities: rules…asset declaration require- istan climb up 11 spots in just one the area of ‘getting credit’, Pak- not being placed in the top 100. allowed to be operated. Mega money- greed, selfishness and knowledge of ments.” Letters to the Editor consider increasing the number of buses so that ket is downright depressing. For so many peo- NCDs. It is indeed a tragedy that there is no his policy in national interest, taking frequent Approved rates more students can benefit from this facility. ple, the building’s glory and grace has been awareness among patients regarding how they U-turns takes the country to nowhere. Given the rising inflation rate, it is difficult for brought back. However, none of them consid- can report substandard medicines and also about Dr Najeeb A Khan The acute shortage of medicines in the market students to cover transport expenses. If more ered to discuss the devastating effects this oper- the initiatives which can save them. ISLAMABAD has given a chance to medical store owners to buses are included, it will make it easier for stu- ation has had on the poor and how the Kiran Farooq sell available medicines at higher prices. Many dents to commute to and from the university. shopkeepers will cover the loss they have in- KARACHI shopkeepers have started selling medicines at Aamir Hameed Baloch curred. It is the responsibility of the government Stagnant exports the price double than the original one. The gov- ISLAMABAD to compensate these shopkeepers and provide ernment should take notice of the situation and an alternative location for them to set up their The next U-turn? During the first four months of the current ensure that all medicines are sold at govern- stalls and shops. fiscal year, the current account deficit is re- ment-approved rates. Assistance to shopkeepers Tooba Ansari According to Prime Minister Imran Khan, tak- ported to have reduced to $4.81 billion. Muhammad Ahsan KARACHI ing U-turns is a sign of leadership. Should the While there has been no significant drop in NOWSHERA The Empress Market that was constructed nation now wait for a U-turn on this statement? the import bill, the exports continue to be during the British Raj slowly became the most- Engr Tariq Malik stagnant. This should be a cause for alarm. visited market of Karachi. With time, small Fake medicines RAWALPINDI Cosmetic measures like the imposition of Transport facility shops start opening up along the market. Soon, more taxes on import items have not reduced the market was surrounded by hundreds of Hundreds of people die in Pakistan each year ***** the demand for luxury and non-essential A large number of students from Islamabad shops selling different essential items. Recently, after consuming fake and counterfeit medicines. goods. The adverse trend in imports and ex- and Rawalpindi are enrolled at the International the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Criminals who are responsible for selling fake Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that ports indicates that the government’s eco- Islamic University, Islamabad. In addition, its launched an anti-encroachment drive across the medicines are still out of the reach of the law- taking U-turns is a sign of good leadership. The nomic strategy has failed to produce results. need- and merit-based scholarships have even al- city. During the operation in Saddar, the author- enforcement agencies. In such circumstances, truth is that reviewing strategies and taking U- One cannot understand why the government lowed students from remote areas to move to the ities razed over 1,000 shops that were illegally patients have no other option but to trust their turns are two entirely different things. We have is shying away from placing a complete ban capital for higher studies. While the varsity of- opened around the market. Thousands of shop- pharmacist and hope that the medicine they are seen many occasions where leaders make tall on the import of luxury and non-essential for- fers many facilities, it doesn’t offer transport fa- keepers have been deprived of their only source consuming is genuine and. The ‘Access Pro- claims which may not see the light of day due to eign goods. This ban could have been an ef- cility to students. The university is running only of earning. But the operation was met with a lot gram’ by a Swiss-based pharmaceutical com- ground realities to play upon the emotions of fective and quick tool to bring down the 75 buses for thousands of students living in dif- of praise from people who took to Twitter and pany acts like a savior for patients of emotionally charged crowds and get them to import bill. Exports would grow when ex- ferent parts of the twin cities. Owing to the rela- Facebook to share the before and after pictures non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Through vote for them. It is true that revising a plan in portable surplus is available. For this, the tively small number of buses, many students are of the market. The fact that an overwhelming this programme, patients have access to authen- accordance with changing situations is a wiser production capacity needs to be raised. compelled to stand on the footstand of the already majority of residents consider vendors and stall tic and FDA-approved medicines at the throw- option than rigidly following a predetermined Arif Majeed overloaded buses. The university authorities must owners not-worthy of having a space in a mar- away price of $1 per month per treatment of policy; and while it is okay if someone rethinks KARACHI The Business | NATIOMNondayA, NoveLmber 190, 28018 Quick Read Teams constituted to convince parents for polio vaccination Protesting dock RAWALPINDI: The Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi has con- workers of Port stituted teams to approach and con- vince parents who refused to Qasim establish vaccinate polio drops to their chil- dren. street school Incharge Anti-Polio drive Muhammad Hussain here on Sun- By Our Staff Correspondent day said during the recent polio campaign concluded on November KARACHI: To save future of their kids 16 in the entire district, around 500 among growing financial crisis due to non- children parents refused to vaccinate payment of salaries, dock workers of Port polio drops to their children. Qasim has started a weekly makeshift street Talking to APP, he said teams school at their sit-in camp established for found and vaccinated four children last 55 days in front of Karachi Press Club. in the area of Chaman Zar Colony Majority of these kids are out of school after convincing their parents. He on account of non-payment of fees, after said, "Refusal cases were reported which misery of dock workers is in- from all tehsils of the district and creased. As a mitigation step, workers their number was significantly very have started this street school in their camp low as around only 500 refusal case where on one side, kids were being taught were reported while the number to while their parents were protesting for vaccinate children were 840,250". their demands on other side. Hussain said situation was im- We are very eager to continue our school proving and hoped that all refusal again but our fathers have not money to pay cases would be covered within a fees since last few months. We are disturbed week to make the country free from and looking towards end of this misery, Polio virus. —APP small kids told reporters here on Sunday. We are not paid our salaries of last five months and are being asked sacked by the From River Jhelum to Rawalpindi Chinese company handling two births at Port Qasim. We could not even pay school Project for supplying fees on time causing mental stress for our water approved kids too. To reduce kids stress, we have started this school here, workers told. RAWALPINDI: The government Akhlaq Ahmed Khan, President, Work- of Punjab has accorded an approval ers Union of Port Qasim CBA vowed that HYDERABAD: Naat Khuwans recite Naat during celebrations of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) at the Latifabad. afresh for the Jhelum water supply they won’t allow anyone to destroy future project aimed to overcome water cri- sis in Rawalpindi. According to Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), Arif Abbasi, the Punjab gov- ernment has decided to overcome Export-oriented flower farming water issue and planned to obtain water from Jhelum River so that Rawalpindi city could be provided with required quantity of water. He said, under the project water can fetch huge returns would be first brought to Murree and MULTAN: Promotion of export-ori- ate income Rs 150,000 to 300,000, storage as these facilities would enable Nishtar hospital faces shortage ented flowers farming, especially rose, from an acre, depending upon man- farmers to fetch much more income. of dialysis machines Kotli Sattian from Kohala, Jhelum not only can help increase the earning of agement and modern agriculture prac- The dried rose petals could be ex- Nishtar Hospital, the largest health River and then would. —APP of our kids. We will continue this street farmers but also earn foreign exchange. tices. The per acre cost of flower crop ported to many countries. At interna- facility of South Punjab, is facing school on every Sunday until demands are The rose flower is used for manu- was nearly 40,000 only and once the tional markets, there was huge demand shortage of dialysis machines used for met, he warned. facturing of various daily used articles crop was cultivated, then it starts of- of the flowers because it was used in kidneys related ailments since long, Mardan Winter We want that Dock Workers (regulation including medicines, cosmetics, sham- fering flowers production for 15 years, making many articles. Rose petals, APP has learnt reliably. Festival start of employment) Act 1974 should be imple- poo, soaps, lotion, creams, cuisines, the official informed. could be preserved in dried form for Initially, the outpatient department mented as done at Karachi Port Trust. Port rose oil, and many other commodities. President Rose Flower Association long time after drying it in dehydration (OPD) of Nishtar hospital, had im- tomorrow Qasim Authority should issue cards to dock Over 1000 acres rose flower crop Rafique Khan Manais told APP that rose plant. Similarly, the cold storage facil- ported 34 machines, of them, 4 had ex- workers which are pending since years and was cultivated at Tibba Sultanpur area flower crop was very much beneficial for ity enhances shelves life of flowers for pired after completing 25,000 hours MARDAN: Three-day Mardan years. We should be paid our pending of district Vehari and the cultivation of farmers. He suggested that farmers nearly two months. functioning, a few years back. Winter Festival organised by district salaries and our charter of demand be ac- flowers was on rise continuously in the should pay focus toward flower farming. There were some particular sea- According to Nishtar Bio Medical administration will start from to- cepted, he demanded. region, said assistant research officer The flower crop provide economic sons when flowers pay high returns. Engineer report, another 10 machines morrow (Tuesday) at Millan Shadi Akhlaq Ahmed Khan said that few gov- Floriculture Department Muhammad opportunity to labourer women also. He, however, added that the govern- have also gone out of order after com- Hall Sports Complex. ernment representatives are trying to con- Iftikhar while talking to APP here. The women labourers were paid Rs 10 ment had promised of making of cold pleting double functioning hours (50,000 Members of organizing commit- vince us to end this protest on their verbal He informed that farmers were tak- per kg for plucking of the flowers. storage and installation of dehydra- hours) which further reduced the num- tee, Ajmal Shah Yousafzai, Imran assurances but we will not end it until get ing interest in cultivation of the rose Similarly, the government should offer tion plants in Tibba Sultanpur. ber of dialysis machines to 19 only. Safi, Zahir Ullah and Ali Yousafzai written agreement, he clarified. flower crop. The flower crop was necessary facilities including installa- He hoped that the government However, these machines are still said that all the arrangements had highly paid as compared to different tion of dehydration plant for drying of would honour its pledge and install being used which were not catering to been completed for participants and other crops. The farmers could gener- flower petals, and provision of cold plant in the flower market. the need of dialysis patients. —APP guests. They said that Qirat competition, Week long traffic Babo Ji show, inam ghar, mashaloona, magic show, modeling laws awareness Fine of Rs 37.1m show, play land, cartoon would be parts of the festival. camp kicks off Women register their Different stalls including cultural imposed on 1,112 food, fashion jewelery, handicrafts By Asim Choudhry and others. They invited all Pakista- worth by adopting pilferers in October nis to come and participate in the VEHARI: A week-long camp was festival. —APP arranged at General Bus Stand to give traf- MULTAN: Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) fic laws awareness to the masses. teams along with task forces imposed fine of Rs 37.1 mil- The camp will provide traffic laws profession of carpentry lion on 1112 power pilferers in 13 districts of Multan re- Foreign diplomats to awareness to the bike riders, drivers of car, ISLAMABAD: Carpentry, profession since long domi- with ease. She said her father gion in October last. tractor-trolley and other heavy vehicles. a profession only confined to nated by males only, she said. was ill and bed-ridden and she According to MEPCO spokesperson, the teams along- visit SCCI today On the occasion, District Police Officer the males in our society,is "And carrying carpenter’s tra- has to support her three fam- with task forces and police checked 13,869 connections (DPO) Atif Ikraam said bike riders must use now becoming woman's ditional instrument like, saws ily members. The courageous of various categories and caught 1112 consumers while SIALKOT: A delegation of 31 side mirrors and Helmet to save themselves choice and a number of them and hammers etc was not an Rozina said she was also car- stealing electricity through illegal means. junior foreign diplomats from 22 from any untoward situation. He said heavy in the garrison city have easy go but with the passage rying on her studies and at- As many as 876 applications were sent to various police friendly countries will visit Sialkot vehicles should avoid overloading which is started exhibiting their worth of time I manged to do it be- tends classes in government stations while cases have been lodged against 205 power Chamber of Commerce and Industry the biggest reason behind road traffic inci- shoulder to shoulder with cause after the death of my fa- collage woman. pilferers during the same period. (SCCI) today (Monday). dents. The must also use reflectors at front men. ther I am only a breadwinner She said she had also to go Chief Executive Officer Engineer Muhammad Akram According to the SCCI Vice Pres- and back side of vehicles. Speed limit must Elaborating her story a car- of my six family members. through sever criticism of rel- Malik directed the superintending engineers (SEs) of all ident Aamir Hameed Bhatti, the be followed specially in the areas where penter Amna, resident of I am the eldest one and it atives but when I proved that circles to raid against power pilferers without any dis- diplomats will discuss in details the rthere is smog and bad weather conditions, Banni said “Women are mak- was my responsibility to carry dignity was to earn livelihood crimination. He ordered to remove installations of de- matters of mutual interest during a the DPO added. ing their marks and are the whole burden," she added. and feed the family not to seek faulters and not installed connections till payment of dues. meeting scheduled to be held at DSP Traffic Malik Raees, Transporter equally contributing in the na- She said she was discouraged alms are get involved in ille- He directed SEs to get report from checking teams on daily SCCI. They will also visit some lead- basis and submit it to MEPCO Headquarters. —APP Asif Choudhry, Maqsood Ahmad, Asim tion's economy against the by people and criticized for gal trades. "Now the people ing industrial units in Sialkot. —APP Choudhry, Traffic Officer Ghulam Abbas, myth of lack of confidence, choosing this profession but it have started realizing my ef- M Altaf, Mohammad Shafiqque, Choudhry market-oriented risks and so- was better to earn livelihood forts and have started praising Saleem and other were also present. —APP cial-cultural hindrances”. with own hands than to seek and taunt young shirk-worker She said, “When I realized alms and begging Amna said males a quote my success." that boys were capable of col- she has to break her education She said initially she was lecting wood and turning it after intermediate due to fi- manufacturing chairs and ta- Baler for better into good furniture and mak- nancial crisis after after her fa- bles. She said it was a good ing money, I decided I should ther's departure but "it was my omen that our women were utilisation of learn to do the same. I’m com- passion to become a skilled entering in to those profes- peting with men for marketing person”. sions only confined to men crops remains vital products, and making furni- Another carpenter Rozina, and contributing to the coun- MULTAN: Agriculture Mechanization ture.” Working in a furniture manu- try's development. Research Institute (AMRI) was working on She said that after three facturing unit at college road She also hinted a positive preparation of cost effective baler machine, months' training with an ex- Rawalpindi, said she was change in society's behavior in order to facilitate farmers avoid them pert male carpenter, she proud to adopt this field and towards women which was a burning crops remains. started making traditional as it was well paying and she source of encouragement for Usually, the farming sector used to burn small chairs. It was a very dif- could mange to fulfill her them to enter this kind of pro- corp-remains which not only creates envi- ficult decision to enter in a family's basic amenities of life fession. —APP PESHAWAR: Formers busy in their filed cutting of spinach crop. ronmental issues but also deprives farmers of handsome income from their agriculture field, said Director AMRI Ghulam Siddique while talking to APP. The Director said that AMRI was prepar- KP to install water meters at cars washing stations ing a low cost machine namely baler and it would help farmers to take extra financial PESHAWAR: Khyber meters at these stations at all cost wash business was being considered standard of 58 MAF, which should next five years. gains instead of burning crops residues Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Environ- and heavy fine would be imposed most lucrative as it involves com- be a matter of great concern for pol- He said the campaign under plant which causes pollution. ment and Forests, Syed Muhammad against violators. paratively smaller capital for setting icy makers and planners. for Pakistan would be launched in He added that harvested rice and wheat Ishtiaq Sunday said that water me- Millions of gallon of clean drink- up a station. In Peshawar, Rs 200 The high population growth, mis- February next year and Billions straws were usually burnt in agriculture ters would be installed at cars wash- ing water had been wasted at thou- was being charged for washing car’s use of water, climate change, poor Trees Afforstration Project under field. The new machine would help farmers ing stations to curb massive misuse sands of car wash stations due to body only while detailed service water management, lack of political which one billion and 180 million as it would baled straws. of potable water in the province. lack of proper mechanism owing to takes 400 rupees. will and urbanization were the main plants were planted in last four years The baled straw could be used as animals In an exclusive interview with lackluster approach of the past During car wash, massive potable reasons behind the water and energy would be extended to tribal districts. fodder or in paper industry. The farmers APP, he said Pakistan was con- regimes in the country. water was being wasted on most of crisis in the country. Hospitals were directed to ensure could earn handsome amounts after balling fronted with a major challenge of The PTI government had taken a these stations where water was being The government could collect a disposal of waste imperative for the straws and selling it to market. water shortage and wastage of clean lead role by directing the owners of drilled via electric pumps, causing lot of money by bringing this prof- clean environment," the minister To a question about prices of rice drinking water could not be allowed these stations to install water meters substantial economic loss to the na- itable business under tax-net. The said, adding heavy fine would be im- straw, he informed that baled rice straw at car washing stations in the and upon failure heavy fines would tional kitty in the water starved minister said ban on use of non- posed on all those stone crushing ma- was sold Rs 220 per mound. Similarly, province. be imposed besides sealing of the country. degradable plastic bags, which are a chines operating in populated areas the machine was also capable of baling He said Environment Protection stations, he said. In populated areas, water connec- major cause of environmental and besides owners of cement and mar- animal fodder grass which could be ex- Agency has started action against The massive misuse of water at tions for these stations were mostly water pollution, has been imposed ble factors that failed to install filtra- ported to many countries. those car washing stations, which most of these stations was not only offered from the main water supply and strict action would be taken tion plants to control smoke About price of the machine, he in- were operating illegally or involved causing dropping of ground water line and domestic consumers were ad- against violators. emission. formed that Rs 500,000 was being spent in wastage of water. Moreover, the table but also leading to water pollu- versely suffer due to colossal use of To curb environmental pollution, The minister urged people to use on the preparation of machine. He re- agency wasissuing notices to con- tion by draining chemically contam- potable water for cleaning of vehicles. desertification and climate change, cloths made bags instead of plastic marked that AMRI was working on re- cerned owners with direction to in- inated water in the sewerage lines. As per international standards, he said KP government would plant bags and help the government in verse engineering basis. It had imported stall water meters at earliest. The draining of chemically con- about 40 per cent of the river flows additional one billion saplings under making the environment clean and baler machine at a cost of Rs 1.5 million The minister said the provincial taminated water after washing of ve- were required to be stored whereas Plant for Pakistan project of the fed- green. He said Environmental Tribu- in recent past. —APP government was committed to regu- hicles was also making negative Pakistan had only 13.29 million acre eral government under which 10 bil- nal was setup in Peshawar by the KP late this business by installing water effects on life of water species. Car feet (MAF) storage against required lion saplings would be planted in Government to dispose of cases on The Business | 09 WORLD STOCKS/COMMODIMTondaIy, ENoveSmber 19, 2018 Quick Read Pound regains ground as Brexit storm rages NEW YORK: The pound rebounded against achieve,” said Dean Popplewell, an analyst at ing group. Meanwhile, in European stock mar- In New York, oil prices also ended lower for the J.Crew CEO James the dollar, a day after a severe shellacking, as Oanda. In the late European afternoon, the kets, Brexit fears kept prices down, with bank- sixth straight week but benchmark WTI crude Brett steps down some investors were willing to bet on British pound was up around 0.6 per cent against the ing shares particularly under pressure “over was flat. Exxon Mobil added one per cent while Prime Minister Theresa May getting a contro- dollar, off earlier highs, but slightly down concerns of a disorderly UK exit from the Euro- fellow Dow member Chevron grew 1.8 per cent. after short tenure versial Brexit draft deal through parliament, against the euro. The British currency slumped pean Union,” said analysts at Charles Schwab. “Oil and gas stocks are doing well, because oil dealers said. Even as dark clouds continued to 1.7 per cent against the dollar Elsewhere, Wall Street eked out a split finish prices are off their lows. We seem to have found NEW YORK: J.Crew Group Inc, gather over the prime minister’s political future, The biggest daily drop for more than two — reversing some earlier losses following hope- a floor in that sector,” Chris Low of FTN told known for its preppy men's and women's many felt she might just get enough support for years. But analysts warned that the outlook for ful comments on trade from US President Don- AFP. Asian stock markets earlier swung clothing, said on Sunday that its Chief Ex- what she called “the best deal for Britain,” they the British currency’s trajectory was uncertain. ald Trump — but still finishing the week sharply throughout Friday’s session, as investors ecutive Officer James Brett is leaving the said. “Stability in the pound ... could be short-lived, lower after a string of earlier losses. Trump gave weighed China-US trade speculation. Trump company, effective immediately. The deci- “The pound is holding on to its early Friday with clamours for a vote of no confidence from the major stock indices a bump in early after- said China offered a list of trade concessions as sion, which leaves the retailer without a morning gains, on the back of UK PM May’s Conservative Brexiteers meaning the political noon, announcing that Beijing had made over- part of a move to smooth relations ahead of a CEO ahead of the key holiday shopping radio interview in which she said her deal was upheaval will continue as we end the week,” tures toward resolving the US-China trade war G20 summit where he is expected to meet Chi- season, was described in a statement as a the best Brexit compromise the UK could said Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG trad- so he might not need to impose yet more tariffs. nese President Xi Jinping. —AFP mutual agreement between Brett and the New York-based company's board of di- rectors. Brett, a long-time retail veteran who was named to the job in June 2017, Stocks’ sunny said he and the board were "unable to bridge our beliefs on how to continue to finish can’t evolve all aspects of the company." He had What politics and drugs have to replaced retail legend Mickey Drexler, make up for who remains chairman of the J.Crew board. In the company's second quarter, it rocky week said same-store sale rose 5 percent follow- NEW YORK: US stocks ing a decrease of 5 percent in the same do with the hike in rice prices finished higher as trade hopes quarter last year. Net losses in the quarter THAILAND/SINGAPORE: Be- province of Ubon Ratchathani is one of gruang Rice Mill. He does not expect growing other crops or stop farming al- rose, but they couldn’t com- totaled US$6.1 million, down from cause of its taste and texture, it is the the main areas for growing Thai jas- rice production this season to be better. together. This has contributed to the pensate for a rocky week in US$18.5 million a year earlier. The exec- key ingredient in the old favourite mine rice, which can thrive because of And there has already been good de- shortage of Hom Mali rice. Going for- which the retail picture soured utive's responsibilities will be assumed by among Singaporeans, chicken rice. Hom the soil and climate there. mand this year, domestically and inter- ward, prices may also continue to rise and technology shares lan- an office of the CEO, comprised of four Mali – or fragrant Thai jasmine rice – is But unlike other types of rice that nationally, for the stocks that Thailand because young people do not want to guished. Treasuries advanced senior J.Crew executives including Presi- also preferred by local Chinese restau- farmers elsewhere can produce up to has, noted Mr Khajornkiat. But the become farmers. The income is too low and the dollar retreated. dent and Chief Operating Officer Michael rants. five times a year, Thai jasmine rice is weather has not been the only notable and the risks too high for them, so they Equity markets have re- Nicholson. That office will manage the It is one of Thailand’s premium ex- harvested only once a year. And a deli- factor. A rice-pledging scheme from are moving to the cities. This is becom- acted swiftly to trade-related company's operations as the board works ports, and the World Rice Conference cate balance is involved. 2011 to 2013 under the previous gov- ing a serious issue, as the average age headlines in recent days as in- to establish a permanent management has named it the world’s best rice five “We need water to run into the fields ernment – headed by former Prime of Thai rice farmers is now 51. “In vestors look for any hint that structure, according to J.Crew. —Reuters times since 2009. But that quality, for to a depth of 15 centimetres,” said Minister Yingluck Shinawatra – has north-eastern Thailand, the agricultural the threat of more tariffs will the most important staple in Asia, has farmer Vichai Pimpam. also been costly. land and labour are declining,” high- be removed, and the S&P 500 come at an increasingly higher price. “If it rises any higher than that, it The programme encouraged farmers lighted Knowledge Network Institute of Index surged Friday after US China’s FAW recalls For hawker Wong Teck Tham, the isn’t good because the rice stalks won’t to grow as much rice as possible and Thailand senior fellow Somporn Isvi- President Donald Trump ap- vehicle over fuel cost of the rice had increased by more grow straight, and the wind would blow bought the crop from them at 50 per lanonda. “At the same time, the re- peared to signal a willingness than 10 per cent over the past five it over easily. cent higher than the market price. The maining workforce is ageing. These to reach a deal with China at pump defect years, to about S$100 for every 50 kilo- Herein lies a major issue. Owing to supply was then stockpiled to create an factors are affecting the price.” this month’s G-20 summit. grammes. insufficient public funding, the irriga- artificial shortage to jack up prices. Take, for example, 35-year-old But those gains were tem- BEIJING: China’s FAW Group Com- He was shocked, however, when it tion system is lacking in the province. While the policy proved popular in Charuwan Chanthop, a daughter of rice pered by flagging consumer pany Limited, a state-owned automaker in then increased to S$108 around the So a successful harvest depends on the the rural areas, the government could farmers from Ubon Ratchathani. She and retail shares. Department- northeast China’s Jilin Province, is recall- middle of this year. “I’ve never used whims of the weather. And extreme not sell the rice at prices covering the moved to Bangkok when she was 16 store chain Nordstrom Inc de- ing over 280,000 automobiles starting from rice that’s so expensive,” he said. But weather has not been uncommon in re- purchase cost, administration and stor- and owns an art gallery now. “My fam- clined on disappointing December 28, 2018, due to a fuel pump de- the hike has been far steeper for local cent years. In 2016, Thailand experi- age. And a political scandal erupted. ily was poor. We knew nothing but results, following let-downs fect. The recall affects the company’s B70, rice importers: Up by 58 per cent since enced its worst drought in decades, and Eventually the funds dried up, leav- farming. I asked myself, ‘Did I really from Macy’s Inc and Dillard’s X80 and B90 car models under own brand last year, according to the Singapore Ubon Ratchathani was one of the ing hundreds of thousands of farmers want to be a farmer?’ Then I decided to Inc. Technology stocks wa- Besturn, as well as joint venture brand General Rice Importers Association. provinces that suffered the most. unpaid and millions of tonnes of rice leave and move to Bangkok to find a vered as chipmaker Nvidia Mazda 6 sedans, manufactured between And with the price of Thai jasmine The supply of Hom Mali rice from rotting in warehouses. The cost to the job that can support my family,” she Inc had its worst trading day 2011 and 2016, according to a statement rice now at its highest in a decade the harvest at the end of last year was country? An estimated 640 billion baht said. The drugs infesting her province, in a decade after issuing a from the State Administration for Market owing to a supply shortage, they will also quite low, said Thai rice exporter (S$26.7 billion), said Thailand Devel- along one of the trafficking routes in the lower-than-expected fourth- Regulation. Defective parts in the fuel quarter outlook. At the same pumps of some of the vehicles may cause have to remain on the alert for more Khajornkiat Sa-Nguankulchai. Factors opment Research Institute distin- Mekong region, played a part in that de- hikes, as the series For Food’s Sake dis- such as the dry weather as well as guished fellow Nipon Poapongsakorn, cision. “My home town has a drugs time, California utilities abnormal abrasion, and lead to fuel disrup- PG&E Corp and Edison Inter- tion and unintended engine stop in extreme covers. (Watch the episode here.) floods caused the shortage, which in an expert on the Thai rice industry. problem. There are a lot of drug dealers Singapore imports more rice from turn caused the price to increase, added After the military government came in my village, so (families) want to send national began to recover cases, the administration said. The com- from steep losses brought on pany will replace the defective fuel pumps Thailand than from any other country. Mr Chokchai Lorattanakul, the manag- into power in 2014, it changed tack and the kids away … (to help them) escape And the kingdom’s north-eastern ing director of Ubonsangcharoen Run- encouraged farmers to diversify by the problem,” she said. —Agencies by the wildfires that swept the free of charge. —APP state. Energy firms also ad- vanced as crude continued its rally after a record losing Nestle to shift streak. All told, the S&P 500 Nespresso global HQ Rolls-Royce, others still fell 1.6 per cent on the week. “There’s a lot of things that to Vevey to save money preparing for hard Brexit the market’s wondering about LONDON: British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said with Trump’s latest announce- it was continuing with contingency plans as uncertainty ment on trade. It’s obviously grows over whether Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit an unsettled issue and some- plan will receive parliamentary backing. thing that will continue to “This agreement is only a draft,” Chief Executive Warren drive the markets for a few East told BBC radio joining a line of industry captains urg- weeks,” said Curtis Holden, ing politicians to be pragmatic and not torpedo an agreement senior investment officer at that would allow UK-EU trade to keep flowing. “We are Tanglewood Total Wealth going to continue with our contingency plans and that in- Management, who added: cludes buffer stocks so that we have all the logistical capac- “You’re seeing some anxiety, ity that we need to carry on running our business.” too, over Christmas spending, Manufacturers like Rolls-Royce fear new customs duties which is typical for this time and red tape could threaten the just-in-time delivery of thou- of year.” Equity markets re- sands of parts on which they depend if Britain crashes out of main volatile as the slowing Chinese economy and uncer- ZURICH: Swiss food giant Nestle will the European Union on March 29. May’s office has released statements from a number of major companies such as Dia- tain outlook for earnings coin- relocate the headquarters of coffee business cide with investors’ adjusting Nespresso in 2021 from Lausanne to the geo, the London Stock Exchange and Royal Mail in support of her deal. The British pound clawed back losses as May to the effects of tightening US group’s main campus in Vevey, 20 km (12 clung to her Brexit plan, and Britain’s FTSE 100 and FTSE monetary policy. Political ten- miles) away, to save money. Nestle said on 250 both recovered, rising 0.2 and 0.3 percent respectively sions in Europe — from the Friday that the move will involve shifting after sharp sell-off. But she is still grappling with the biggest UK to Italy — are also hitting 350 employees but will not result in job crisis of her premiership following the resignation of key sentiment. Sterling advanced losses. Nespresso employs more than ministers in protest over the draft deal, and faces a tough bat- as investors grappled with 13,000 people worldwide, out of a total tle to get it through parliament if she survives. “The politi- Britain’s political turmoil, Nestle workforce of 323,000. “The move of cal situation remains uncertain,” German carmaker BMW while oil hovered around $57 Nespresso to Vevey offers the advantages said late adding that it would continue to prepare for the (Dh209.36) a barrel in New of being closer to the group headquarters, worst-case scenario, which is what a no-deal Brexit would York. Some of the pressure on while allowing Nespresso to remain fully represent. BMW’s Mini plant in Oxford accounts for 13 per- the dollar and bond yields fol- concentrated on its business,” Nestle said. cent of Britain’s total car production, with nearly 220,000 lowed remarks by Federal Re- “The move will lead to operational and cost cars built there last year. The Scotch Whisky Association, serve vice-chairman Richard benefits.” Vevey on Lake Geneva was which represents one-fifth of all UK food and drink exports Clarida, who said on Friday where Henri Nestle, a German-born entre- by value, said a no- that policy is getting close to preneur, developed infant cereal dubbed deal Brexit would neutral and there is some evi- “flour with milk” in around 1866, which cause “consider- dence of global slowing. The helped launch the world’s biggest food able difficulties” British pound managed to re- company. Nestle said work on creating a for the industry and bound after posting the global headquarters for Nespresso at Vevey increase cost biggest drop in more than two will start late next year and be completed and complexity. NEW YORK: Traders at the New York Stock Exchange. US equity indexes fluctuated years as several ministers re- by early 2021. —Reuters —Reuters as energy and utility gains were offset by plunging retail and technology stocks. signed. —Reuters

From a kampung shed, how a family fishball empire was built on automation SINGAPORE: It was in a shed be- ucts, for Singapore and some 20 over- in the supermarket,” Ms Lim said “We knew there was already processed shape of a fish ball, which then passes scratch any more. Some of them buy the hind their kampung house in Changi seas markets. proudly. After adopting the Japanese fish meat that we could use. It was con- through a metal detector, is cooked, vac- yellow-tail fillet from us (or) the ready- where the Lim family first made fish But all this would not have happened way of production, they were able to in- sistent in quality and there was no fish uum-packed and frozen before it is dis- made paste … They’d just need to form balls by hand – scraping, seasoning, if Mr Lim did not have the foresight to crease their output from three tonnes a odour, as compared to handmade,” she tributed locally or overseas. them into shapes – into the fish balls – at mixing and moulding yellow-tail fish venture into automation early on. year in the 1970s to more than six tonnes said. For the fresh fish balls, there is a their stalls.” She has become so familiar into balls well into the night. “If we’d continued to make fish balls in 1984 to nearly 5,500 tonnes of all The fish paste, or surimi, from Japan “hand-shaped” machine to mimic the ir- with the products, especially the yong Patriarch Lim Boon Chay got into this by hand, we wouldn’t have been able to products today. is composed mainly of fish. Now, they regular texture of real handmade fish tau foo, that when she patronises a stall, trade out of necessity; as a provision grow the business because there’d be a Their fully automated lines now in- import surimi from many countries, such balls. Mr Lim is so particular about their she can recognise the taste of the paste if shop owner in the 1970s, fish balls were limitation on the production volume,” clude grinding, processing and auto- as Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. quality of the products that there is even it is from DoDo. When asked if there is among his best-selling items, but the said Ms Lim, the deputy CEO of Thong packaging facilities. “They wash away all the blood of the a machine called a texture analyser. It value in still making fish balls by hand, quality and supply provided to him were Siek Global, which also distributes the When they first ventured into mass The family also invested in equipment mimics the human biting action, testing Ms Lim said it does “touch people’s inconsistent. DoDo fish balls and other products. production, however, their challenge was from Japan to blend the seasoned paste the hardness and flexibility of the fish hearts”. “People think it’s different, al- One of his customers recommended The family’s big break came in the to maintain the taste and quality of their (it contains yellow-tail fish fillet) based ball from the production line. though the taste and texture are the same that he make his own fish balls, gener- 1980s, when they had to move from their fish balls. They had to design processes on their recipe. One of the staff also samples and as what we produce in the factory. It’s ously shared a recipe and taught him kampung house to a public flat, forcing to suit their recipes. To start off, they de- The paste goes along an automated grades the fish ball. “It should be springy the sentimental value, I think,” she how to do it. them to upgrade their fish-ball-making cided to use raw materials from Japan. line, where a machine moulds it in the and firm,” said one of the quality control added. Mr Lim’s eldest daughter Novelle, shed to a proper factory. But operations supervisors. She disagreed that traditional fish who was a toddler then, recalled spend- were still labour-intensive. The paste is regularly sent to the re- balls are necessarily better than factory- ing many hours playing at the shed, It was during this time that Mr Lim search and development team to test its made ones. Her factory, she maintained, watching her parents and grandparents at travelled to Osaka, Japan on a study trip, quality before it is made into fish balls. produces good fish balls, similar to what work, and then helping out during the and learned that fish balls could be Although automation has taken over some hawkers make on their own. To holidays when she was in primary frozen and were found in many forms the operations, some processes are still produce its fresh local fish balls, the fac- school. and flavours there. too delicate to be done by machinery and tory uses yellow-tail fish from Indone- They even operated stalls at a wet “When he came back, he said, ‘Oh, are largely done by hand, such as the cut- sia, which the supplier fillets and freezes market during the peak Chinese New this business can grow very big. It can ting of yong tau foo and inserting the fish before exporting. “The process is the Year period, when she would pitch in grow beyond Singapore.’ And that’s paste. same with the hand-scraped ones. We’d overnight. That was how the DoDo when he started to look at exporting our Apart from supermarket chains, some blend them, form them into shapes, and brand of fish balls started, growing to a products,” recalled his 42-year-old of the company’s clients include stall the difference is we won’t cook it, so that 150,000-square-foot factory in Senoko daughter. He decided to automate owners, who find it difficult to hire man- our consumers would buy the fresh fish Way – and another in Malaysia. Today, processes to increase the output, and in- power to make the yong tau foo items balls to cook back home,” she said. “The with a workforce of 500, the two facto- troduced the concept of vacuum-packed from scratch. “It’s really tiring. They’d key to the taste is the raw materials we ries process over 15 tonnes of fish meat fish balls, which gave the product a four- have to get up very early in the morning, use.” To her, making fish balls is not daily and more than 60 varieties of fish- week shelf life. “I think, in the 1990s, we like 3am or 4am,” said Ms Lim. “(Many) only a business, but also a passion, hav- based foods, such as yong tau foo prod- were the first company to sell fish balls stall owners don’t do the fish balls from ing grown up with the product. —Agen- The Business | 10 SPOMonRday,T NoveSmber 19, 2018 QQuuiicckk RReeaadd Bangladesh’s Shakib returns for West Indies Test Pakistan need 176 to win

DHAKA: Skipper Shakib Al Hasan returned from injury as Bangladesh on Saturday named a 13-man squad for AfBU iDHrABI: sPakistan n eedT 176 runes to sspintner Y asiar Shah gto a balal that bieat tnhe bats-st New Zealand the first Test against the West win the first Test after New Zealand were dis- man´s push and removed the bail. Indies, starting in Chittagong missed for 249 in their second innings on the Earlier With a Test match strike rate of 43, on November 22. It was third day in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. a career average of 38 and a CV that boasts feared Shakib would be side- Medium pacer Hasan Ali took his maiden involvement in two partnerships in excess of lined for at least three months five-wicket haul with 5-45 while leg-spinner 300 in his career, BJ Watling is built for the after he underwent surgery on an Yasir Shah finished with 5-110 — his 14th grind of UAE Test match cricket. Those traits injured finger in late September. He five-wicket haul in an innings — as New came in especially handy for New Zealand in missed the recent home series against Zimbabwe but Zealand lost their last six wickets for 29 runs. the middle session on Sunday, where Watling, Bangladesh chief selector Minhjaul Abedin said the all- Henry Nicholls and Bradley-John Watling alongside Henry Nicholls, whose contribution rounder recovered from the injury sooner than expected. “He defied Pakistan as New Zealand reached 200- was in no way any less valuable, kept Pak- has been cleared by the physio to play against the West In- 4 at tea. New Zealand were in danger of los- istan out altogether. dies,” Minhajul told AFP. “There is no pain in his finger now. ing the Test after three quick wickets fell in Fortitude was required to get through at a And he should be available from the first Test. He has a lack the space of just 22 runs in the first session time when Pakistan had ripped out the top and of match practice. But we thought as a senior cricketer he with medium pacer Hasan Ali taking two in middle order in the opening session, with this could adjust,” he said. Left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam, who the same over. But Watling survived a leg-be- pair being the last specialist batsmen for New played against Zimbabwe, made way for Shakib. Batsman fore decision on review after umpire Bruce Zealand. They played like men who under- Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain, and pacers Saiful Islam and Oxenford raised his finger off Bilal Asif for stood the responsibility on them without Abu Jayed, who were also part of the squad for Zimbabwe, 15. Watling took full advantage of the re- being overburdened by it. Very rarely were have also been excluded. Top-order batsman Soumya Sarkar prieve and added 67 in the second session false shots played in pursuit of runs, but was recalled for the Test. The hosts also included uncapped without losing a wicket. Hasan (3-30) had equally, the score did not stagnate altogether. off-spinner Nayeem Hasan in the squad. Nayeem was in the brought Pakistan back in the game in the first Sixty-six runs in 30 overs might not suggest squad for the home series against Sri Lanka earlier this year session. Hasan, who had opener Tom Latham fluency, but it did provide a glimpse of the but did not play. The West Indies will play two Tests, three yesterday, trapped a dangerous looking Taylor steeliness with which the pair brought New one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 internation- leg-before with a sharp incoming delivery for Zealand back into the game. Nicholls had als during their month-long series in Bangladesh from No- 19 and then had Jeet Raval caught behind by reached his half-century before tea; he was vember 22 to December 22. wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed for 46. Raval unbeaten on 51 off 138 balls, and if his team Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (Capt), Soumya had added 86 for the second wicket with are to win this Test match, it will be an in- Sarker, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Mominul Haque, Kane Williamson who made 37. Raval hit nings more satisfying than many hundreds he Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah Riyad, five boundaries in his 120-ball knock. may go on to score throughout his career. Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Khaled Resuming at 56-1 New Zealand had pinned Pakistan didn't bowl badly, which is what Ahmed and Nayeem Hasan. hopes on their skipper Williamson. But it was made the passage of play so absorbing. Yasir Raval who smashed two boundaries and then Shah and Bilal Asif were spinning the ball Shiffrin leads after first took a single off Mohammad Abbas to take sharply and beat the bat a number of times, New Zealand into the lead. But just 12 runs and found edges enough times to keep the run of slalom in Finland into the lead Williamson was bowled by leg- fielders excited. —AFP ABU DHABI: BJ Watling and Henry Nicholls get together

LEVI: American star Mikaela Shiffrin topped the leaderboard Marquez defies after an assured first run of 45.06 seconds in the world injury to qualify Zverev defies boo-boys cup slalom in Levi, Finland. fifth for Valencia The 23-year-old Olympic to stun Federer, champion, who has won five MotoGP of the past six World Cup slalom titles and the last two CHESTE: World cham- sets up Djokovic final overall titles, led Sweden’s Frida pion Marc Marquez battled LONDON: Alexander being distracted by a ball Hansdotter by 0.14 seconds. Petra bravely through injury to Zverev claimed one of most dropped by a ballboy at the Vlhova of Slovakia, who won at Levi last year, edged into qualify fifth for the season- significant wins of his fledg- opposite end of the court. third with a time of 45.65. Both Hansdotter and Vlhova ending Valencia MotoGP be- ling career as he beat Roger Federer looked bemused but started faster than Shiffrin but lost time over the second half hind pole-sitter Maverick Federer to reach the ATP Fi- after Brazilian umpire Car- of the course. Blustery, head-on winds meant the start was Vinales, as the retiring Dani nals title match but became los Bernardes checked with delayed while organisers moved the starting line down the Pedrosa had to settle for ninth an unwitting pantomime vil- the young lad, who verified slope. —AFP ahead of his farewell race. lain in bizarre scenes at the Zverev's complaint, the Marquez dislocated a shoul- 02 Arena. point was replayed. Shahjahan Khan wins der, which he has injured sev- The 21-year-old German The Federer-loving eral times before, most upstart produced some daz- crowd were in uproar and to Canadian squash tournament recently while celebrating zling tennis and thoroughly make matters worse Zverev after clinching the world title deserved a swashbuckling composed himself and 7-5 7-6(5) win against the slammed down a 137mph SARNIA, CANADA: Pak- in Japan last month, when six-time champion to set up ace to level the breaker at 4- istani squash player Shahjahan sliding out on his first quali- a Sunday showdown with 4. Federer then made a hash Khan won the Simon Warder fying lap. NAPLES: Katherine Kirk of Australia plays her shot from the seventh tee. world number one Novak of an attempted drop volley Memorial Squash Open He staggered back to his Djokovic. As he has been all at 4-5 - cue more bedlam in 2018 in Sarnia, Canada. feet and jogged to the Honda week, and for most of the the crowd - and two points Hailing from Quetta, Khan pits clutching his left arm as past six months, Djokovic later Zverev sealed victory defeated Finland’s Henrik it hung unnaturally at his side. was in superlative form to when he belted away a Mustonen 3-2, 6-11, 11-9, After receiving help push- outclass South Africa's backhand drive volley. 11-3, 3-11 and 11-7 in the Figure skating: Olympic ing the joint back into place, Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-2 in Rather than bask in the final. The 23-year-old, in addi- the Spaniard returned to the the day's late action. glory of beating the 20-time tion to winning the $11,000 prize track to seal a spot on the sec- Zverev faces a monumen- Grand Slam champion, the fund, has also secured a place in the PSA World Champi- champions Hanyu and ond row. "It was a fall that I tal task against the relentless tousle-haired youngster onships and will represent Pakistan in Chicago next year. wasn't expecting at all be- Djokovic, who he lost to 6-4 ended up apologising for a The players will compete for a prize purse of $1 million. cause I wasn't pushing," said 6-1 in the round-robin stage, situation not of his making. The tournament will feature a 64-player draw. Speaking to Zagitova win in Moscow Marquez, who has already se- but he will surely have a "I want to apologise for the the media Khan said, “It is my dream to play in the World MOSCOW: Japan's two-time Olympic "Mozart L'Opera Rock" free programme cured a fifth top-class world fairer audience than against situation in the tiebreak," Championships and make Pakistan proud.” —Agencies champion Yuzuru Hanyu overcame an in- was good enough to secure the first ever crown. Federer. Rather then being Zverev said on court. "The jury to his right ankle to win the men's title, ISU Grand Prix podium for a Georgian. An- "I can be satisfied with able to celebrate becoming ballboy dropped the ball and PWF name 18 women while Pyeongchang gold medallist Alina other Japanese skater, Kazuki Tomono, fifth. I feel ready to fight for the first German since Boris it's in the rules that we have Zagitova won gold in the women's compe- fourth after the short programme, climbed the podium, and why not for Becker in 1996 to reach the to replay the point. "I apolo- players for training camp tition at the Rostelecom Cup. to third overall with a 238.73-point total. the victory." Yamaha's final of a tournament often gised to Roger at the net and The 23-year-old double world champion Meanwhile, home darling Zagitova, who Vinales seized pole as he dubbed "the fifth slam", he he said 'it's okay it's in the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) Hanyu secured his second straight Grand also claimed gold at Helsinki, was in a class looks to finish third in the rid- was shamefully booed and rules.'" Boos rung around Sunday announced 18 women players for training camp for Prix title this season, after winning in of her own. The 16-year-old earned 142.17 ers' standings ahead of heckled during his post- the arena again, forcing on- the preparation of South Asian Games to be held in Nepal in Helsinki, and stamped his ticket for the points for a solid presentation to "Carmen Valentino Rossi, with Alex match speech. All because court interviewer Annabel March next year. —APP Grand Prix Final in Vancouver next month. Rins second on the Ricardo when serving at 3-4 in the Croft to spring to his de- Teenager Zagitova added to short pro- Tormo de Cheste circuit. second-set tiebreak and with fence. "I'm not sure why gramme success, winning the event with an Italian Andrea Dovizioso Federer in charge of a rally you are booing, he is telling overall score of 222.95 points. Hanyu went Huzaifa off to USA for two completed the front row of Zverev shouted "hang on" the truth," she told the into the free programme with a 20-point the grid. Vinales was only and stopped the point after crowd. —Reuters top Int’l junior tennis events lead after setting a world record in Friday's 11th-fastest after practice and short programme, but his preparations were had to go through the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top junior player Huzaifa cut short when he fell during an official Abdul Rehman flew to USA on late Saturday night to take practice session. repechage to get into the final Portugal qualify for part in two high-powered international events, Junior Orange He left the rink with ice packed around Suite" to win the women's section, finish- qualifying. Bowl International Tennis Championship and Eddie Herr In- his right ankle. Last year an injury to the ing clear of second-placed compatriot Sofia "It's incredible, it's been a Nations League semis ternational Junior Tournament. —APP same ankle caused him to miss the Grand Samodurova by almost 25 points. very good weekend, we're Prix Final. However, Hanyu returned to the But Zagitova refused to rest on her lau- working very well, I'm super with 0-0 draw in Italy rink for the competition, making a number rels. "I still have plenty of homework to happy," Vinales told Movis- Scotland boost Nations of errors during his free routine to "Art on do," she said. "Today I was focused on my tar. "It would be impressive if MILAN: Portugal became the first team to qualify for League promotion chances Ice" by Edvin Marton. jumps. Now I need to concentrate on the I could make the podium." the Nations League semi-finals when they held on for a The Sochi and Pyeongchang Olympic artistic impression to come to Carmen Pedrosa's bid to leave profes- goalless draw away to Italy to make sure of top spot in sional motorcycling with a SHKODER: Scotland's hopes of earning promotion to champion did enough to collect 167.89 image as close as possible." Lim Eunsoo Group Three in the competition's top tier. Italy dominated 32nd MotoGP win suffered a League B of the Nations League were boosted after a con- points, to give him 278.42 overall. His fans of South Korea, who was sixth after short the first hour and Portugal were rescued by goalkeeper Rui blow, as Marquez's Honda vincing 4-0 win over 10-man Albania in Shkoder. strewed the ice of Megasport arena with programme, finished third on 127.91 Patricio who twice denied Ciro Immobile when the forward Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser gave Scotland the lead in the dozens of Winnie the Pooh toys celebrating points. This year's world championship team-mate could only qualify looked set to score. He also saved Lorenzo Pellegrini's 14th minute, before Albania captain Mergim Mavraj was dis- their favourite success. runners-up Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir ninth. "I did my best but did- header from close range in stoppage time. Portugal have missed after receiving two yellow cards in quick succession "I twisted my foot this morning and it re- Morozov of Russia, the Skate America n't manage to get a better po- seven points from three games in the three-team group, two seven minutes later. The visitors took full advantage of the ally hurts," Hanyu told Olympic Channel. winners, who led the pairs competitions sition for tomorrow," said the ahead of Italy who have finished their campaign. Poland, numerical advantage, plundering three more unanswered "(It) wasn't as bad as last year. This injury after the opening day, underlined their su- 33-year-old. "If it rains to- who visit Portugal for the group's final game on Tuesday, goals, starting with Steven Fletcher's penalty in first half made me change my programme and sadly premacy with a flawless skating of their morrow track conditions will have one point and have already been relegated. It was the stoppage time. James Forrest's second-half double made sure I couldn't perform the way I wanted. I could free programme. They've got a 141.78- be the key... So let's wait and second time in a year that Italy were eliminated from a com- of Alex McLeish's third win of his second spell in charge of have done better." Hanyu finished almost point mark for their free routine to "Win- see how the weather is petition by a 0-0 draw at the San Siro, having failed to qual- Scotland, meaning they can win Nations League Group C1 30 points clear of Morisi Kvitelashvili ter" by Balmorhea, winning the event with and see what we can do ify for this year's World Cup following the same result if they beat Israel at Hampden Park on Tuesday. —Reuters whose almost flawless presentation of his 220.25 points overall. —Agencies tomorrow." —AFP against Sweden last November. —Reuters

CHESTE: Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Italian rider Rossi falls during the third MotoGP free practice session. The Business | 11 INTERBALTAHORIE O MNondayA, NovLember 19, 2018 QQuuiicckk RReeaadd More than 400 hurt in French APEC leaders divided after US, China spat PORT MORESBY: Leaders held for the first time in Papua New Pence, Xi insisted the initiative was ested in a better relationship with poor capital Port Moresby. fuel price protests: Minister from 21 Asia-Pacific nations failed Guinea, was overshadowed by not a "trap" and there was no "hid- China "but there has to be change" Xi has been the star of the show, Sunday to bridge gaping divisions at speeches from Chinese President Xi den agenda" - amid criticism that it in Beijing's trade policies. front and centre at official photos PARIS: More than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a summit overshadowed by a war of Jinping and US Vice President Mike amounts to "chequebook diplo- With fears that a trade war be- whereas Pence has kept a lower pro- a day and night of "yellow vest" fuel price protests around words over the US and China as they Pence, which appeared to represent macy" in the region. tween the two rivals could cripple file, only deciding at the last minute France that claimed one life, Interior Minister Christophe vie for influence in the region. competing bids for regional leader- Xi also lashed out at "America the Pacific Rim economy, some at- to stay overnight in Port Moresby - Castaner said on Sunday. The injury toll, more than double For the first time in the history of ship. First" trade protectionism, saying it tendees voiced concern about the shelving original plans to fly in and the last tally provided on Sunday, followed a "restive" night the APEC grouping, leaders were Pence warned smaller countries was a "short-sighted approach" that growing rivalry for influence in the out from Cairns in Australia. As if to in 87 locations around the country where protesters had unable to agree on a formal written not to be seduced by China's mas- was "doomed to failure". The feisty region. "Business leaders do not counter Chinese largesse, the US, blocked roads to express their anger at a series of hikes in declaration amid sharp differences sive Belt-and-Road infrastructure barbs on a gleaming white cruise want to speak out, but behind the Australia, New Zealand and Japan petrol tax. The injured, 409 in total, included 28 members over trade policy. "The leaders programme, which sees Beijing ship moored in Port Moresby set the scenes here, they are talking over on Sunday announced a project to of the police, military police, and fire brigade. Castaner told agreed that instead of a traditional offer money to poorer countries for scene for a potentially fiery meeting dinner saying 'how has this hap- boost electricity capacity in Papua RTL radio about 288,000 people had taken part in Satur- leaders' declaration, they would construction and development proj- between Xi and US President Don- pened'?" said Denis O'Brien, the bil- New Guinea. day's protests at 2,034 locations countrywide. About 3,500 leave it to the hands of PNG as the ects. The "opaque" loans come with ald Trump at the G20 summit in Ar- lionaire chairman of Digicel. The project aims to raise the per- stayed out overnight, he added. Police questioned 282 pro- chair to issue a chair statement on strings attached and build up "stag- gentina at the end of this month. "It's a very forced situation, one centage of the PNG population with testers in total, 73 during the night, of which 157 were taken behalf of all the members," said gering debt", Pence charged, mock- But Xi and Pence, who both wore country is trying to force all the other access to electricity from 13 per cent into custody. "Last night was restive... There were assaults, Zhang Xiaolong, a spokesman from ing the initiative as a "constricting shiny, red shirts provided by the Pa- countries to change tariffs agreed to 70 per cent. And as the US and fights, stabbings," Castaner said. "There were fights among the Chinese foreign ministry. belt" and a "one-way road". He cific island did hold talks on Satur- over years," O'Brien told AFP. China vie for influence in the re- 'yellow vest' protesters. There was a lot of alcohol at certain Canada's Prime Minister Justin urged nations instead to stick with day night at the leaders' gala dinner. Trump - and Russian President gion, the statement dangled the venues, which led to this idiotic behaviour." Protest organ- Trudeau admitted there were "dif- the United States, which doesn't Pence told reporters on Sunday: "I Vladimir Putin - both decided to skip prospect of similar projects for isers have called for the continuation of demonstrations ferent visions on particular elements "drown our partners in a sea of debt" spoke to President Xi twice during the gathering, leaving the spotlight countries that "support principles Sunday at about 150 locations countrywide, the minister with regard to trade that prevented or "coerce, corrupt or compromise the course of this conference. We on Xi who arrived two days early to and values which help maintain and added. Groups blocked roundabouts, major highways and full consensus on a communique your independence". In a speech to had a candid conversation." open a Chinese-funded school and promote a free, open, prosperous thoroughfares to express anger over tax rises on fuel, argu- document." The annual gathering, business leaders just minutes before He told him that the US is inter- road in Papua New Guinea's dirt- and rules-based region." —AFP ing it has shrunk personal spending power under President Emmanuel Macron. Tempers flared at times as some driv- ers confronted the protesters or tried to force their way through the barricades. In the eastern Savoie region, a woman trying to get her daughter to a doctor panicked after protesters surrounded their car and banged on the roof, ac- celerating into the crowd and killing a 63-year-old woman. The protesters are nicknamed "yellow vests" for the high- visibility jackets they wear. —AFP World media gather in Istanbul for Palestine

ISTANBUL: A major conference opened in the Turkish city of Istanbul with a view to raising world awareness about the Palestinian cause. Organized by the Beirut-based Palestine International Forum for Media and Communica- tion, the two-day conference, themed “Palestine Addressing the World”, brings together hundreds of journalists, aca- demics and writers from around 60 countries around the world. “We are here in Istanbul to bring worldwide media organizations together to raise awareness about the Pales- tinian cause,” Director of the Forum Bilal Khalil told Anadolu Agency. “Our big aim is to raise awareness on the universality of the Palestinian cause and create a network- ing platform for media professionals from all over the world,” he said. He said around 700 reporters from 300 in- ternational press and media organizations are taking part in the conference. Hisham Qassim, Secretary-General of the forum, said the conference aims to mobilize efforts of media people to defend the Palestinian cause. “We are working to increase awareness regarding the Palestinian cause among the peoples from all over the world,” he said in his opening speech. He said the meeting “gives an op- portunity for the media and press people to meet and ex- change their experiences with a view to understanding the Palestinian cause and spreading the truth of it.” In his speech, Qassim decried ongoing Israeli violations against journalists and media organizations in the Palestinian terri- tories, the latest of which was the bombing of the head- quarters of Al-Aqsa television in the Gaza Strip. Early this week, Israeli warplanes fired at least 10 missiles at the MADRID: People cross the Perrault Bridge over the Manzanares River. Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television, destroying its building com- pletely. Since late March, more than 200 Palestinians have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire during anti-occupation protests near border of the Gaza Strip. According to its website, the forum says it aims at en- Islamic State loses hancing coordination between Arab and international media Argentine submarine wreck organizations to support the Palestinian cause by organizing holdout in South Syria, media forums, specialized conferences, and training work- shops, as well as coordinating media campaigns. —APP found one year after disappearance faces deadly air raids MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina: 30 meters long were spotted in a at the San Juan's Mar del Plata base. BEIRUT: Syrian regime hundreds of regime fighters Coalition hits back over reported The crushed wreckage of an Argentine "moon-like zone with craters and It also came just before the Seabed forces retook control of the were sent as reinforcements, submarine has been located one year canyons," said Navy Captain Enrique Constructor was to leave for mainte- last southern holdout of the the Observatory said. State civilian deaths in east Syria after it vanished into the depths of the Balbi, adding that the hull had been nance in South Africa. Before setting Islamic State militant group news agency SANA reported Atlantic Ocean with 44 crew members, "crushed inwards." off, the searchers decided to check an as a monitor said air strikes regime forces had made "a BEIRUT: The US-led anti-jihadist coalition hit back in the country's worst naval disaster in Aguad met earlier with family mem- area which bad weather had previously killed dozens in a remaining great advance in Tulul al- Sunday at reports its air strikes on an Islamic State group decades. bers to show photos taken by an under- prevented them from examining. militant pocket in the coun- Safa" and said they were holdout in eastern Syria had killed civilians, appearing to There has been "positive identifica- water robot. They showed a propeller, The Seabed Constructor, equipped try’s east. combing the area for any re- blame their deaths on regime forces. The jihadist IS group tion of the ARA San Juan," at a depth the sub's bow with torpedo-launching with cameras that can submerge 6,000 More than seven years into maining militants. That vic- overran large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in of more than 800 meters (2,600 feet), tubes, and an upper section of the ves- metres below the surface, was set to re- Syria's grinding civil war, tory has whittled down the 2014, declaring a "caliphate" in territory it controlled, but the navy tweeted, confirming the ves- sel lying on the ocean floor. ceive a US$7.5 million reward for find- multiple forces are battling to militant group's territorial has since lost most of it to various offensives. In war-torn sel had imploded. Experts say raising "We are all destroyed here," said ing the missing sub. Ocean Infinity was push IS out of its remaining control to a single pocket in Syria, multiple offensives have now whittled down terri- the submarine would be an enormous Yolanda Mendiola, the mother of crew- also assigned the task of hunting for scraps of territory in the the east of the country, where undertaking costing a billion dollars or tory IS once controlled to a small pocket in the eastern man Leandro Cisneros, 28. "I still had Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which country. Regime forces re- it faces a separate assault by more. Defense Minister Oscar Aguad hopes that they could be alive," Luis vanished without trace in March 2014 province of Deir Ezzor on the Iraqi border. A Kurdish-led took the southern area of US-backed forces. A Kur- said Argentina had "no means" to do so. Niz, the father of a missing sailor, told en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. alliance backed by the coalition is battling to expel IS from Tulul al-Safa as the jihadists dish-Arab alliance supported Relatives of the dead sailors were reporters, even though President Mauri- Experts say the submarine would that holdout on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, while pulled back into the desert by a US-led coalition has Russian-backed regime forces have been fighting the ji- seen hugging each other, holding their cio Macri's government had declared have been crushed by water pressure after months of fighting, the been fighting to expel IS hadists west of the river. The Syrian Observatory for heads in despair and crying incon- two weeks after the sub's disappearance once it dropped below about 600 me- Britain-based Syrian Obser- from that far eastern patch Human Rights monitor said coalition strikes on Saturday solably. The Seabed Constructor, a ship that there could be no survivors. tres. They believe that water seeped in- killed 43 people, including 36 family members of IS fight- owned by US search firm Ocean Infin- A small group of family members side through a defective snorkel valve, vatory for Human Rights near the Iraqi border since ers in the village of Abu al-Husn in the jihadist pocket. But ity, made the discovery Friday, one day protested outside the naval base Satur- triggering the tragedy. The San Juan's said. September. The Observatory the coalition denied that its air raids there had killed any after the first anniversary of the disap- day, holding a banner emblazoned with loss was the first major tragedy to hit Pro-government fighters said coalition air strikes early non-combatants. The US envoy for the coalition, Brett pearance of the San Juan. the number "44" - for the lost crew Argentina's navy since the Falklands regained control of the vol- Saturday on the village of McGurk, on Sunday appeared to blame regime forces sta- The ship had set out in September in members. Another banner declared, "44 War against Britain in 1982. Ar- canic plateau between the Abu al-Husn in Deir Ezzor tioned "across the river" for the civilian casualties. "Re- the latest attempt to find the San Juan, Hearts of Steel - Never Forget!" gentina's navy has been criticised for provinces of Damascus and province killed 43 people, in- ports of civilian casualties attributed to coalition strikes are whose disappearance cost the navy's Lawyer Sonia Krescher questioned its clumsy handling of the case since Sweida "after IS fighters cluding 36 family members false. All other forces should cease uncoordinated fires top officer his job. The navy lost con- the timing of the sub's discovery, say- first reporting the San Juan - one of the withdrew from it and headed of IS fighters. "It's the high- from across the river immediately," he said on Twitter. In tact with the submarine on Nov 15, ing it was "weird" coming after the one- country's three submarines - was over- east into the Badia desert", est death toll in coalition air a statement late Saturday, the coalition reported 19 coali- 2017, about 450 kilometres (280 miles) year anniversary of its loss. "We are due at Mar del Plata on Nov 16, 2017. Observatory chief Rami strikes since the Syrian Dem- tion strikes on IS targets "free of civilian presence" be- from the coast while it was travelling going to ask them to refloat it," she It took naval officials days to acknowl- Abdel Rahman said. ocratic Forces (SDF) tween late Friday and Saturday afternoon in the jihadist northward from Ushuaia, at Argentina's said. "We need to see the bodies and edge that the old, German-built sub- The withdrawal likely launched its attack against enclave, which includes the town of Hajin. The coalition's southern tip. Admiral Jose Villan, the know what happened." Added Cecila marine had reported a problem with its came "under a deal with the the IS pocket" in September, "initial assessment following the strikes is that there was navy's new top commander, said that Kaufmann, who lost her husband Luis batteries in its final communication. regime forces" after weeks of Abdel Rahman said. no evidence of civilians near the strikes", it said. But the the rough terrain on the ocean floor Leiva, "Now that they've found it, they And it took them 10 days to say there encirclement and air raids, he Seventeen of those killed coalition "detected a total of ten additional strikes in the made it difficult for search vessels, need to give us back our loved ones." had been an explosion on board, which said. In recent weeks, air were children, he said, while same area of Hajin that did not originate from the coali- which had already trawled the site, to The discovery came the day after a experts said was likely linked to the strikes on the Tulul al-Safa seven of the dead remained tion or partner forces", it added. —Agencies find the sub. Pieces that were 11, 13 and sombre ceremony, attended by Macri, battery problem. —Agencies pocket had increased and unidentified. —AFP

Suspected stingray stab kills swimmer off Australia beach SYDNEY: A swimmer imal", police said. He was mania Police Senior Consta- fish that rarely attack hu- has died after a stab to his brought onto the beach by ble Brett Bowering told the mans. But their barbs, at the stomach in a suspected friends but suffered a heart Sunday Tasmanian. end of their tails, are coated stingray attack off an Aus- attack and was unable to be "It's a pretty traumatic in- in toxic venom which they tralian beach, in a rare fatal resuscitated, police added. cident to see." use to defend themselves encounter with the fish. "It's consistent with (a Locals told the Tasmanian when threatened. The 42-year-old's death stingray injury) but further the man swam frequently at Most injuries result from came more than a decade investigation and examina- the beach. people stepping on them in after world-renowned tion of the deceased may be Commonly found in trop- shallow water and getting a "Crocodile Hunter" Steve able to give a bit more of a ical waters, stingrays are a barb in the ankle, experts Irwin was killed when a concrete fact on that," Tas- flattish, diamond-shaped say. —AFP stingray barb punctured his chest while he was filming on the famed Great Barrier Reef. The man was in waters off Lauderdale Beach some 23km (14 miles) from Ho- bart in the southern island state of Tasmania on Satur- day (Nov 17) when he "sus- tained a puncture wound to SHANGHAI: A general view of the Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland, a hotel built on the site his lower abdomen ... possi- of a former quarry, before its opening to the public. bly inflicted by a marine an- 12 L&JC plans one-day donor moot Significant round of talks on dams in first week of Dec with IMF today ISLAMABAD: Law and Justice Commission (L&JC) of Pak- ISLAMABAD: The significant round of talks with Interna- istan has decided to convene one-day donor conference on raising The tional Monetary Fund (IMF) will start today (Monday) in Is- funds for Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams in first week of De- lamabad. According to sources, IMF has recommended cember. Talking to TLTP the other day, Secretary of the Commis- amendments in Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), increase num- sion Dr Raheem Awan said that CJP will chair the conference in ber of filers in country, to impose new taxes of worth more than Islamabad. During the first week of July this year, CJP had an- Rs160bn and increase the interest rates. Also IMF recommended nounced the Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund which was government to control expenditures, but the government has dif- later joined by Prime Minister Imran Khan. —TLTP LBahore, Muonday, Nsovemibern 19, 201e8 Rabis-ul-Aswal 10, 1440 fered with IMF for imposing a mini budget on public. —Online

3 killed, 10 hurt Restructuring in grenade attack on Amritsar of ailing export gurdwara sector demanded From Our Staff Correspondent The Business Report ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders AMRITSAR: At least three people (ICST) on Sunday asked the government to restructure were killed in a grenade attack at Ni- the ailing export sector to reduce dependence on loans rankari Bhawan gurdwara in Amritsar, In- and provide jobs. dian media reported on Sunday. Pakistan is suffering from limited export surplus while About 15 injured people were hospi- business community favour export of raw materials and talised, according to police officer Di- low value-added products which should be redirected, it nesh Singh. According to initial reports, said. The heavy concentration of exports in few com- the congregation at the gurdwara located modities and few markets has led to export instability, said in Amritsar's Adliwal village was at- Patron CST Shahid Rasheed Butt. tacked by two unidentified persons on a He noted that incentives are frequently announced for motorcycle. Eyewitnesses said that the the export sector, especially to the textile sector which has attackers also had assault rifles, The not increased exports but enriched some exporters. Hindustan Times reported. Shahid Rasheed Butt said that fundamental changes are Police officer Dinesh Singh says the required for the restructuring of the export sector so that it two masked men threw the grenade at a can have a positive impact on the overall situation which prayer hall. It exploded away from the is very discouraging, he observed. main congregation in the compound, Pakistan has already lost a significant part of the inter- where hundreds of devotees were pray- national textile clothing market to regional rivals and now ing, he said. The injured are being treated we are fast losing yarn markets to the much cheaper prod- in the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and Ivy ucts from competitors, he added. Hospital in Amritsar. Yarn exports from Vietnam have become a threat due to Authorities have not yet blamed any- increased Chinese investment and relocation of textile C one for the attack. units, he said, adding that domestic cotton consumption M Indian province of Punjab has been is increasing in Vietnam and Bangladesh while it is de- largely peaceful for over two decades JHELUM: Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting clining in Pakistan. Pakistan can only overcome chal- Y after the state's authorities brutally sup- addresses workers convention at the Fatehpur. lenges in the export sector if it diversifies its exports in K pressed a violent insurgency for an inde- commodities and also in terms of markets. pendent Sikh homeland in the 1980s and Other issues include low value-added and poor quality early 1990s. of exportable items, obsolete use of machinery, using out- dated technology, higher wastage of inputs, low labour productivity, little spending on research and development, Thousands attend inability to meet requirements of consumers in terms of Taliban hold talks fashion and design, failed delivery schedule and the dearth funeral prayers of marketing techniques. of martyrs in IOK ISLAMABAD: Thousands of people with US envoy Zalmay Tableeghi Jamaat attended the funeral prayers of the two martyred youth in their native villages in Shopian and Pulwama districts on Sunday. Amir Haji Abdul According to Kashmir Media Serv- ice(KMS), the youth, Nawaz Ahmad Wahab passes away Wagay and Yawar Ahmad Wani were The BKusiness Rehport acusls thie senlsitizve negaotiationds. i bani travnel ban. Qaibtan, aand has rgiven in to a num- By Our Staff Reporter killed by the Indian troops during a cor- US officials could not immedi- Khairkhwah and Fazl were ber of the group's longstanding don and search operation in Reban area QATAR: The Taliban have ately be reached for comment. among five senior Taliban mem- demands, beginning with the LAHORE: Amir of the Tableeghi Jamaat (TJ), Haji of Shopian district. held three days of talks with The State Department has refused bers released from the US prison holding of direct talks. As the bodies of martyrs were brought Abdul Wahab, passed away in Lahore on Sunday at the age United States (US) envoy Zal- to comment on reported talks at Guantanamo Bay in 2014 in Pakistan has meanwhile re- of 95 after a battle with dengue. to their native areas in Reban, Shopian may Khalilzad in the Gulf state with the Taliban. exchange for US Sgt Bowe leased a number of high-level and Bhatnoora, Pulwama, thousands of The funeral prayer was offered here at the Raiwind of Qatar, where the militant A third individual with knowl- Bergdahl, who was captured by Taliban prisoners, including the Tableeghi Markaz after Maghrab prayers. Maulana mourners from adjoining and far-off areas group has a political office, a edge of the discussions said the the Taliban after walking off his movement's co-founder, Mullah thronged the two villages to attend the fu- Nazarul Rehman led the funeral prayer, which was at- Taliban official and another in- Taliban pressed for a postpone- base in Afghanistan in 2009. Abdul Ghani Baradar. tended by hundreds of thousands of people from across neral prayers of the martyrs. dividual close to the group ment of next year's presidential The five are now based in In a lengthy statement issued Multiple rounds of funeral prayers the country. Haji Abdul Wahab had been admitted to Doc- claimed on Sunday. elections and the establishment of Qatar, and are seen as having earlier this month, the Taliban tors' Hospital for the past few days after being afflicted were held for both the martyred youth. The talks are aimed at renew- an interim government under enough stature to sell a peace deal had demanded the lifting of The bodies of the youth were lifted to the with dengue. He also suffered from asthma and was put on ing the Afghan peace process and neutral leadership. to insurgents fighting on the front sanctions against the group's life support on Saturday, according to a close aide of his graveyards amid pro-freedom slogans eventually winding down Amer- Abdul Sattar Sirat, an ethnic lines. President Donald Trump leaders, the release of prisoners and anti-India slogans. belonging to the Tableeghi Jamaat. ica's longest war. Tajik and Islamic scholar, was harshly criticised the 2014 pris- and the recognition of their of- Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed grief and sorrow Scores of men and women wept bit- Seventeen years after the US- suggested as a candidate to lead oner exchange, and in a speech fice in Qatar. terly on the occasion. —APP over Haji Wahab's demise, Radio Pakistan reported. He of- led invasion that ended Taliban an interim administration. last August pledged to send in ad- The Afghan government is fered his condolences rule, the militants control nearly The individual, who also spoke ditional US forces and redouble deeply opposed to any recogni- to the bereaved fam- half of Afghanistan and carry out on condition of anonymity be- efforts to defeat the Taliban. tion of the Qatar office, which the ily, and said Haji PM, Al Nahyan near-daily attacks on local secu- cause of the sensitivity of the But that strategy has had little Taliban in the past have billed as Wahab's services as a rity forces and government offi- talks, said Khalilzad wants to if any impact on the ground, with a government in exile. religious scholar will Continued from Front Page cials. The two individuals reach a settlement within six the Taliban keeping up a steady Khalilzad has been touring the always be remem- claimed Khairullah Khairkhwah, months, a timescale the Taliban tempo of attacks and a militant region in recent days, and report- bered. Federal Minis- Ambassador said, Pakistan offers vast the former Taliban Governor of said was too short. Islamic State group affiliate car- edly met with Afghan President ter for Religious opportunities for foreign direct invest- Herat, and Mohammed Fazl, a Khalilzad also proposed a rying out massive bombings tar- Ashraf Ghani on Sunday. Affairs and Interfaith ments and joint ventures in infrastructure former Taliban military chief, at- ceasefire, which the Taliban re- geting members of the Shia He is expected to press Ghani Harmony Noorul development, electricity generation, tended the marathon talks. jected, the individual said, adding community. to cobble together his own nego- Haq Qadri expressed water desalination, agricultural based in- The two individuals spoke on that there was no agreement on The Trump administration now tiating team, which could prove deep sorrow over dustries, insurance and real estate. condition of anonymity because the release of prisoners, opening appears focused on reaching a difficult given the deep divisions Haji Wahab's demise. Former Ambassador Mushtaq Ahmed they were not authorised to dis- the Taliban office or lifting a Tal- political settlement with the Tal- within the government. "Haji Abdul Mehar also said, PM’s visit to UAE is of Wahab's contribu- great importance as it would further en- tion to religious affairs will always be remembered," he hance the trade relations with UAE. said. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also ex- Pakistan is huge potential for foreign pressed his sorrow over the Tableeghi Jamaat Amir's investments and foreign investors should death, according to Radio Pakistan. be given incentives for investment, he Pakistanis’ phone calls cost He said Haji Abdul Wahab rendered innumerable serv- said. Pakistani community working in ices towards the preaching and spread of Islam's message. foreign countries should also play their He recalled that the TJ leader always based his preach- role as ambassadors of country. ing on Islam's message of peace, and had proved through Dubai and Karachi are financial hubs his conduct that sentiments of peace and love can bring of the region, he highlighted. Rs 1,097b in three years four phone companies and these companies from consumers in 2015 while Rs. 106.03 had lasting changes in the mindset and character of a person. It is expected that a remarkable eco- Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar also ex- nomic package would be extended by were providing different packages to been changed from consumers in connection masses. However, despite of enjoying dif- with phone calls in 2016. Moreover, Rs 113.76 tended heartfelt condolences towards the grieving fam- UAE to Pakistan, he hoped. ily. Various PML-N leaders, including Nawaz Sharif, PM grieved over demise ferent packages of mobile companies peo- billion had been received in 2017. ple have spent Rs 1097 billion on phone Pakistan Mobile Communication Limited Shahbaz Sharif, Hamza Shahbaz, Amir Muqam and Mar- of Haji Abdul Wahab riyum Aurangzeb offered their condolences to the fam- OM Imran Sunday expressed deep calls during the past three years. Jazz had changed Rs. 110.24 billion in 2015, According to the available documents, in 141.72 billion in 2016 and Rs 163.74 billion in ily of the deceased and acknowledged the Amir's grief over the demise of Ameer of Tab- contributions to religious affairs. lighi Jamaat Haji Abdul Wahab. 2015 phone calls of Rs 3,17.82 billion had 2017 from consumers of phone calls. In a statement issued by PM Office, the done, in 2016 phone calls of Rs 365.48 had Pakistan Telecom Mobile Limited U- PM, who is in UAE on day-long visit, ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis have set a new done. In 2017 phone calls of Rs 4,12.28 bil- Phone limited had changed Rs 56.39 million said late Haji Abdul Wahab would be re- record of phone calls as they have done phone lion phone calls done. CM Pak Limited Zong in 2015, Rs. 59.12b in 2016 and Rs. 57.99 membered forever as a religious scholar calls of Rs 1,097b during the past three years. had charged Rs 52.93 billion from con- billion in 2017 from consumers. Pakistan Govt has taken 100 and for his services for Islam. It was revealed in the officials’ docu- sumers in the capacity of phone calls in 2015. Mobile Communication Limited Jazz was He prayed for peace of the departed ments that total 70 million Pakistanis have Likewise, in 2016 Rs. 58.62 and in 2017, Rs. leading the way among the mobile compa- soul and courage to the grieved family to mobile phones and this was higher percent- 72.79 million had received. Likewise, Telenor nies as it had received Rs. 419.70b from con- U-turns in first 100 bear the loss with fortitude. age in South Asia. Currently, Pakistan has Pakistan Limited had collected Rs 99.25 billion sumers during the past three years. —Online days: Bilawal C The Business Report M GILGIT-BALTISTAN: Lashing out at the Pakistan Y Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Pakistan Peoples Party 'Sad' Trump visits fire-wracked (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday K that the party that has come into power by ‘stealing man- date’ has taken at least 100 U-turns in its first 100 days. Addressing a public gathering in Gilgit-Baltistan, he California, blames mismanagement came down hard on Prime Minister Imran Khan led gov- The Business Report charred,” he added after looking map spread across a table showing US to make final conclusions California after surveying damage ernment, saying those who made promises of building five at a street lined with melted cars, where fires continue to burn. on Khashoggi killing in days from wildfires, Trump said, "We'll million houses and creating 10 million jobs have snatched PARADISE: President Donald tree stumps and the foundations of Keeping alive an earlier contro- The United States (US) will be having a very full report over employment and roofs Trump expressed sadness on Sun- wrecked houses. versy, Trump repeated his claim make final conclusions by early the next two days, probably Mon- from heads of the poor. day at the devastation caused by The deadliest and most de- that California had mismanaged next week over the killing of Jamal day or Tuesday." State Department “They are totally in- fires in a California town, but per- structive wildfire in California’s its forests and was largely to Khashoggi, President Donald Spokeswoman Heather Nauert ear- capable of handling the sisted in his controversial claim history, the so-called Camp Fire, blame for the fires. Trump said on Sunday, following lier said reports indicating the US economy and running that forest mismanagement is re- has now claimed 76 lives after au- “I’m committed to make sure reports that the Central Intelligence had already made final conclusions other affairs of the sponsible for the tragedy which thorities on Sunday confirmed that we get all of this cleaned out Agency (CIA) had held Saudi in the case were "inaccurate". government … they has left 76 dead and more than five more victims. and protected, (we’ve) got to take Crown Prince Mohammed bin "There remain numerous unan- have taken over 100 U- 1,000 listed as missing. The blaze has devoured an area care of the forest, it’s very impor- Salman responsible. swered questions with respect to turns in as many days,” “This is very sad,” Trump said roughly the size of Chicago, de- tant,” Trump said in Paradise. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly the murder of Khashoggi," she he remarked. after surveying the remains of stroying nearly 10,000 homes and Days ago Trump threatened to changed its official narrative of the added. The State Department will The PPP leader said Paradise, where nearly the only more than 2,500 other buildings. cut federal funding to California October 2 murder, first denying continue to seek facts and work that people of ‘Naya people out on the road were In Chico, near Paradise, Trump over its alleged “gross misman- any knowledge of Khashoggi's with other countries to hold those Pakistan’ have rocked foundations of Pakistan. emergency services workers, sur- met with firefighters and other first agement” of forests. whereabouts and later saying he involved in the killing accountable, “They made tall claims and painted a rosy picture of rounded by the twisted remains responders at makeshift headquar- Brian Rice, president of Cali- was killed when an argument de- Nauert said, "while maintaining their rule before the general elections, but they have them- of a community incinerated by ters for emergency services. fornia Professional Firefighters, generated into a fistfight. Earlier the important strategic relationship selves forgotten about those promises, those who had the flames. High-ranking fire officials re- called Trump’s earlier remarks this week, a Saudi prosecutor ex- between the US and SA." claimed to prefer suicide over borrowing money are cele- “They’re telling me this is not counted how quickly the fire “ill-informed,” noting the federal onerated the Crown Prince of in- "In the meantime, we will con- brating securing financial aid,” he added. “10 rupees ki roti as bad as some areas; some areas spread, complicating evacuation government had cut spending on volvement in the brutal murder. tinue to consult Congress, and 15 rupees ka naan, ye hai Naya Pakistan wah re wah Imran are even beyond this, they’re just efforts, as Trump studied a huge forest management. Speaking to reporters in Malibu, work with other nations. Khan,” Bilwal chanted slogans with the crowd.

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