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Pakistan Presidential Election Situation at ‘boiling point’ at on September 4 Greek refugee center, U.N. says

Upcoming Presidential Elections will be held The United Nations refugee agency called on by secret balloting on Tuesday. Greek authorities on Friday to speed up transfer of In this regard, the Chief Election Commissioner eligible asylum-seekers to the mainland, saying the has asked presiding officers to ensure secrecy of situation at an overcrowded reception center on ballot. Lesbos island was “reaching boiling point”. Lesbos, Members of Senate, National and all provincial not far from Turkey, was preferred entry point into assemblies will not be allowed to carry out mobile the European Union in 2015 for nearly a million Rescue personnel work at the site of a phones or any other electronic device in the prem- Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, who still comprise Refugees and migrants arrive on a raft bus crash new Thoreau, New Mexico. ises of the polling station. about 70pc of far lower rate of new arrivals, it said. on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Army chief, Iranian Qureshi, Iranian counterpart FM take up discuss regional peace, stability security matters

ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday, the Foreign Office said. During the meeting, the two min- isters discussed ways to enhance cooperation and strengthen relations between the two countries, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Qamar Faisal tweeted. Jawed Bajwa met Iranian Foreign Minister The two dignitaries discussed Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday. regional peace and stability. Zarif The military’s media wing, Inter Services also conveyed best wishes from the Public Relations (ISPR), said the Iranian foreign Iranian leadership to the new minister called on the army chief at the General Pakistani government under Prime Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Minister Imran Khan. General Bajwa and Zarif discussed regional Foreign Minister Zarif arrived in security and matters of mutual interest, it added. Pakistan on Thursday for a two-day The Iranian foreign minister appreciated visit, the first foreign dignitary to Pakistan’s contributions for conflict prevention in visit the country since the new gov- the region, ISPR added. ernment took over. Pakistan is taking sincere steps for peace and He was received by high-level Minister for Foreign Affairs During the meeting, investment, human resource devel- stability in the region, Zarif was further quoted as Pakistani officials upon his arrival. Kazuyuki Nakane called on his the two dignitaries discussed areas opment, and science and technol- saying. Earlier today, Japan’s State Pakistani counterpart Qureshi. of cooperation including trade, ogy. CEC to ensure PM expresses resolve for LHC dismisses presidential election petitions ballot secrecy improving Karachi law & order against Sharifs’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister LAHORE: The Lahore High Imran Khan has expressed the Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed resolve to extend full cooperation to petitions to suspend the conviction further improve law and order situa- of former prime minister Nawaz tion in Karachi. Sharif, his daughter Maryam He was talking to Governor Sindh Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd) Imran Ismail who called on him in Safdar in Avenfield reference case. Islamabad on Friday. A three-judge bench headed by The prime minister said he is LHC’s Justice Shahid Waheed and ISLAMABAD: The Chief Election aware of the problems plaguing comprising Justice Aatir Commissioner of Pakistan Sardar Raza Khan has Karachiites and that it is a matter of Mehmood and Justice Shahid directed presiding officers to ensure secrecy of concern that some areas in the mega- Jameel Khan heard the appeals ballot in presidential election. polis continue to lack basic ameni- seeking the release of the Sharif No member of the National Assembly (NA), ties. family members. Senate or the provincial assemblies will be allowed He assured the PTI government is The petitioner had stated that to carry their phones or any other electronic devices committed to extend cooperation for National Accountability into the premises, the instructions stated. the resolution of the problems faced Ordinance (NAO), 1999, better No photos should be taken and those voting by the people of Karachi. known as NAB Ordinance, was should maintain secrecy, he said. He said, “The government will do initiated by former president A total of 706 votes will be cast, with 342 its utmost in making Karachi a bet- cussed political situation including ment will extend every possible Pervez Musharraf but lapsed after MNA’s and 104 senators voting, while the provin- ter place and will consult all con- the upcoming presidential elec- cooperation for resolution of prob- the 18th Amendment. cial assemblies will have 65 votes each. cerned departments and will take tions. lems faced by the people of Karachi A three-time prime minister Ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has note off their suggestions as how to They also discussed problems and Hyderabad. was sentenced in accordance with nominated Dr Arif Alvi as its presidential candi- improve the quality of life for the faced by Sindh province especially The MQM delegation included a dead law, the petitioner said. date while the Pakistan Peoples Party has named people. the people in Karachi and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Dr Farogh The petition requested the court Aitzaz Ahsan as its candidate. Meanwhile, a delegation of MQM Hyderabad. Naseem, Aminul Haq, Kanwar to declare the Sharif family’s sen- Meanwhile, the other opposition parties have called on Prime Minister Imran The prime minister Imran Khan Naveed, Nasreen Jalil and Mayor tences null and void as they were fielded Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief as their Khan in Islamabad today and dis- assured that the federal govern- Karachi Wasim Akhtar. convicted through a dead law. presidential candidate.

Another boy electrocuted We’ll see how transfers are made: CJP by high-tension wire ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday Police and the Regional Police Officer in personal KARACHI: Another case of a child losing their began hearing a suo motu notice of the transfer of capacity. Meanwhile, inquiry officer has also been arms due to electrocution has surfaced, a day after Pakpattan District Police Officer Rizwan Gondal summoned along with his report on the matter. an eight-year-old boy had his arms amputated in a following an alleged altercation with the former The inquiry report has also been forwarded to similar incident in the metropolis. husband of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife. IG Punjab. According to the report, Gondal was Eleven-year-old Haris, a resident of Surjani A three-member bench of the apex court headed responsible for not conducting an inquiry against Town, slipped and fell from the second floor of a by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib officers who misbehaved with Bushra Bibi’s madrassa. According to reports, he tried to lessen Nisar is hearing the suo motu case. ex-husband Khawar Maneka. the impact of his fall by holding on to a low-hang- As the hearing went under way, Justice Nisar Further, the report stated that the DPO ‘twisted’ ing high tension wire, which electrocuted him. asked, “What is this case? For the past five days, the matter and shared it on social media. Both of his arms were badly burnt as a result, the whole nation has been discussing it.” Reports of Gondal’s transfer sparked a contro- and had to be amputated. “I keep repeating this, we want an independent versy earlier this week, as speculation suggested The grieving father of the boy has registered a police force,” he remarked. 1am?” Justice Nisar asked. that the police officer was transferred because of case against K-Electric, the city’s sole power sup- Justice Nisar continued, “If the transfer was Further, Justice Ijazul Ahsan remarked, “We the August 23 altercation between the police and plier, as the family awaits action against those made on the request of the chief minister or the will not tolerate political interference or influ- Maneka. responsible. person sitting next to him then this is not right.” ence.” According to reports, police personnel under This is the second such case to have emerged The CJP also inquired where Jameel Gujjar and To this, the CJP added, “We will see how trans- Gondal’s watch tried to stop Maneka at a check- within the span of a week. On Thursday, eight- Khawar Maneka were. fers are made through exerting pressure.” point for speeding but he did not stop. The police year-old Umer of Karachi’s Ahsanabad area was “Why was the DPO asked to visit Maneka’s The top court has summoned Pakpattan DPO then chased his vehicle and managed to intercept electrocuted when a loose wire fell on him. house to apologise and why was he transferred at Rizwan Umar Gondal, Inspector General Punjab him. P 2 EDITORIAL & OPINION Real challenge PM Khan faces

Nabeel Hussain Now comes the real challenge for Imran Khan “Hum dekhnege”. It is the voice of a common Pakistani who stood Pakistan’s smart diplomacy Hum dekhenge…. in the long queues on election day, just to change the future Lazim hai k hum bhi dekhenge…. of his/her (she males included) country and cast their vote to prevents world unrest These famous lines are excerpted from change and for a prosperous future of Pakistan. The overall Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s famous revolutionary voter turnout as identified by Elections Commission of poem. The poem elucidates the basic desire of common Pakistan was 51 % which is a huge turn out if compared with Small and effective moves on part of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs people that “We will see a time when Mountains of previous elections, this can be considered as first victory of against planned blasphemous venture of a Dutch lawmaker worked well and Injustice are blown away like a cotton.” Reincarnating this Imran Khan and his party PTI for giving a sense to the peo- he announced cancellation. The pressure initiated by Foreign Minister Shah poem right now is to remind Imran Khan the real challenge ple of Pakistan and educating them about the power of vote. Mehmood Qureshi and mounted by rest of the Muslim world in addition to he has to face in future is the desire of common people of The Faiz poem Hum dekhnege” was chanted during 2013 saner voices from the influential capitals forced the lawmaker to cancel his Pakistan. Imran Khan a revolutionary, cricketer turned General Elections of PTI and during Azadi March, but it was cartoon competition that was scheduled for November. It shows that sincere politician and his party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) won not chanted in 2018 election rallies of PTI, the poem might and timely efforts always succeed at every level. Ordinary citizen in Pakistan at least 115 seats for the National Assembly and formulated be misplaced by PTI’s DJ, but Imran Khan should remember in general the residents of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were tense till yester- coalition government post July 25 General Elections. that people still remember this poem. day in wake of protest call of the Labaik movement. Not just the protestors Imran Khan is the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. His Negating all the propaganda’s such as Army’s meddling, called off their strike and protest calls but also masses have been relieved of party made clean sweep in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and also media censorship and political engineering, can we just tension. People were so tense having memories of terrible blockade by the came as runner up in the Punjab Assembly with 66 and 119 stick to the real sensation of a general election where com- seats respectively. mon masses make choice for their future leader. I think same movement when they had protested during the previous regime by There was propaganda and many allegations before the theoretically and practically election is the only process blocking Faizabad in twin cities and every important crossing all over the elections that Imran Khan was being supported by Pakistan where a common person can make his desire for the future country. On the contrary the incumbent government tackled the protestors Army and the international media referred him as ‘ladla’ or of his country, where a layman an illiterate a clergy or feu- skillfully, let them reach Rawalpindi and kept them engaged and informed the blue-eyed boy of Pakistan Army. There were also alle- dal stands equal and can make their choice. So for this we them about the efforts underway at the level of diplomacy. For one reason or gations made on Pakistan Army that the election was polit- have to keep this propaganda tools a bit apart while appre- the other, the protesting followers of Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi also lis- ically engineered and the army had put a bar on media. ciating and understanding the essence of democracy. tened to accommodating government in office. Within minimum possible These allegations went wrong as the GE-18 were recog- People of Pakistan have done their job and now it’s the time timeframe Foreign Minister Qureshi brought into action his skills and con- nized by international observers from Europe and India as for Imran Khan to fulfill his due promises. Pakistan’s econ- nections and yielded as well. The planner of the event was a far-right opposi- transparent, fair and free. Indian Observer S. Y. Qureshi omy is facing huge challenges and is struggling to avert a cur- tion Dutch lawmaker, who for years had lived under round-the-clock protec- expressed his views on NDTV calling Pakistan’s recent rency crisis that has presented new government with its big- tion because of death threats sparked by his fierce anti-Islam rhetoric. elections as “free, fair and transparent”. gest challenge. Many analysts and business leaders expect According to international media he had to cancel a planned Prophet Post-elections Imran Khan delivered his victory speech, that another IMF bailout, the second in five years, will be Muhammad PBUH cartoon contest Thursday, following concerns of extreme where he talked about both domestic and foreign policy needed to plug an external financial gap. Imran Khan’s party issues of Pakistan. He outlined the solution of Afghanistan has promised the common masses to produce 10 billion job threat. “To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to quagmire through “negotiations”. The major bone of con- opportunities and end corruption, ensure transparency. let the cartoon contest go ahead,” Geert Wilders said in a written statement, tention between India & Pakistan is the Kashmir issue for In UK France and Pakistan people now understand the noting he did not want others endangered by the contest he had planned for which he referred that both parties should negotiate to power of vote and what is right or wrong for them. Political November. The contest was scheduled to be held at the tightly guarded offices resolve this issue. He also considered CPEC as life line of engineering is a propaganda tool to divert the people atten- of his Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliament building. Coming back to Pakistan economy and appreciated the efforts of Pakistan tion from their actual right. Pakistan, if all other Ministries under Prime Minister Imran Khan exercise all-weather friend China in making CPEC a success for Let’s get back to the basic theme of this article which governance in the same prompt manner, the dream of a changed and new Pakistan economy. On domestic front he promised some lies on Faiz’s “Hum Dekhenge” that rise of populist sup- Pakistan can also come true again within a minimal time span.zx reforms in the existing infrastructures and refrained him- port for Imran Khan can be understood under these three self to keep protocols and luxuries, while being in office. scenarios.

ECONOMY SECP asks ‘ultimate MARKETS ROUND UP beneficial ownership’

details from all firms Market Highlights Foreigners barred from ISLAMABAD: With the issuance of Circular CURRENT INDEX 41742.24 No. 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission CHANGE -121.28 buying in Malaysian city of Pakistan has intensified its efforts to combat PERCENT CHANGE -0.29% terror financing and money laundering. HIGH 42006.03 FOREST CITY/KUALA The circular dated August 29 has been issued LOW 41626.70 LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime to all companies, making them responsible to VOLUME 88,492,360 Minister Mahathir Mohamad on comply with Section 453 of the Companies Act VALUE 5,624,335,225 Monday declared that foreign- and maintain a register of ultimate beneficial ers will not be granted visas to ownership. Currency Symbol Buying Selling Charts live in the giant Forest City real Under the directives of the circular, all com- Australian Dollar AUD 89 96 estate project on the country’s panies having legal persons as their members/ southern tip, a major threat to shareholders are required to maintain up-to-date Bahrain Dinar BHD 326 330 the marketing strategy for the information relating to their beneficial owners. Canadian Dollar CAD 94.5 99.25 development. The natural person is the individual who China Yuan CNY 17.9 18.35 It is not his first broadside ultimately owns or controls the company Danish Krone DKK 19.05 19.95 against the plan by Chinese through direct or indirect ownership of not less developer Country Garden than 10 per cent shares, voting rights, owner- Euro EUR 142 148 Holdings Co to create a new city ship or controlling interest in that company. Hong Kong Dollar HKD 15.55 16.3 that was envisaged to eventu- All companies operating in the country are Indian Rupee INR 1.68 1.89 ally house 700,000 people on required to obtain the ultimate beneficial own- Japanese Yen JPY 1.09 1.18 reclaimed land near Singapore, ership information from their members and Kuwaiti Dinar KWD 404.5 409 but it could be his most damag- also ensure that this data is maintained and ing. The company has been tar- “One thing is certain, that Country Garden Pacificview updated in a register of beneficial ownership. Malaysian Ringgit MYR 29.7 30.75 geting foreigners more than city that is going to be built can- Sdn Bhd, the joint venture The information must be obtained and main- NewZealand $ NZD 81.3 83.4 Malaysians for sales of the not be sold to foreigners,” between Country Garden and tained — irrespective of the number of levels of Norwegians Krone NOK 14.55 15.3 apartments. Mahathir said at a news confer- the Johor state government that ownership pattern — until the natural person Omani Riyal OMR 318.5 324.5 A top official at the project ence on Monday in Kuala is developing Forest City, said exercising ultimate ownership or control and told Reuters last week that in the Lumpur in response to a ques- in a statement it is in touch with lying at the end of the ownership chain is revealed. Qatari Riyal QAR 33.6 34.65 weeks immediately after tion from Reuters. “We are not Mahathir’s office as it seeks The minimum fields of information required Saudi Riyal SAR 32.4 33.85 93-year-old Mahathir came going to give visas for people to clarification. It said it believed to be filled by the companies have been speci- Singapore Dollar SGD 88.7 94.25 back into power, through a come and live here.” Mahathir’s comments “may fied through the circular. Swedish Korona SEK 13.3 14.05 shock election victory in May, Mahathir, who was have been taken out of context In case no natural persons are identified — Swiss Franc CHF 126.4 129.1 demand for the apartments had Malaysia’s leader from 1981- in certain media reports” as after having exhausted all possible means or weakened, and that the uncer- 2003, said the government’s they do not correspond with the there is any doubt that the persons identified are Thai Bhat THB 3.65 3.95 tainty remained a concern. objection was “because it was content of a meeting between the beneficial owners — these shall be entered in U.A.E Dirham AED 33.25 34.7 Mahathir’s latest comments built for foreigners, not built for the prime minister and Country the register of beneficial ownership the names of UK Pound Sterling GBP 158 164 are likely to exacerbate those Malaysians. Most Malaysians Garden Holdings Chairman the natural person(s) who hold the position of US Dollar USD 123.75 124.5 concerns. are unable to buy those flats.” Yeung Kwok Keung. senior managing official(s) of the company. SECP intensifies efforts India accepts Pakistan’s objections over to combat terror financing Pakal Dul, Kalnai projects ISLAMABAD: LAHORE: India has accepted wanted to place spillway of 1,000 The Security Pakistan’s objections over the Pakal megawatts of Pakal Dul Dam on E x c h a n g e Dul and lower Kalnai power projects Chenab River in Indian-occupied Commission of after Pakistan put forth concrete evi- Kashmir, about 15 metres down Pakistan has inten- dence against the projects India has against the permissible limit, which sified its efforts to started on the Chenab River, sources will give the country undue leverage combat terror informed Geo News on Friday. of holding 11,000 acres of feet water financing and The development came during a in addition to the allowed volume of money laundering. two-day meeting between the delega- water storage. A press release says, on the directive of Chairman tions from Pakistan and India Water India also planned to establish Shaukat Hussain, the SECP has issued Circular with a Commissions. water storage capacity of 88,000-acre view to maintaining a register of ultimate beneficial Pakistan contended that the pro- feet on Chenab River with the setting ownership. jects violate the Indus Waters Treaty up of Pakal Dul Dam. This circular has been issued to all companies mak- signed between the two countries. Pakal Dul Dam is a reservoir-based ing them responsible to comply with Section 453 of the According to sources, the nine-mem- scheme currently under construction Companies Act. ber Indian delegation accepted on Marusudar River, the main right The circular has directed all the companies having Pakistan’s objections over the issue bank tributary of Chenab River in Pakistani counterpart Syed Meher Ali gent will be visiting India in legal persons as their members/shareholders to obtain and signed a joint declaration after Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district in Shah were present at the signing of the September for the next phase of the and maintain up-to-date information relating to their conferring with its ministry. Jammu and Kashmir, while lower declaration. talks, the sources added. ultimate beneficial owners likewise natural persons Indian Water Commissioner Kalnai project is of 48 megawatts on A two-member Pakistani contin- According to officials, India who ultimately own or control the company. Pradeep Kumar Saxena and his another tributary of the river. P 3 WORLD POLITICS Turkey rushes to buy advanced Russia air defence system

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey will buy some of Russia´s highly-sophisticated air defence systems “in the shortest time” — a purchase that has alarmed Ankara´s NATO partners. “Turkey needs S-400s and its deal has been done,” Erdogan said in the western city of Balikesir. “God willing, we will buy them in the shortest time.” In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to speed up the first deliv- eries of the S-400s, which had previously been scheduled for the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020. The S-400 is the latest generation surface-to-air defence system developed by Russia and is considered by NATO countries to pose a threat to their aircraft. Such a major purchase of weaponry from Moscow has raised concerns over Turkey´s strategic orientation and the compatibility of the systems within the alliance. It comes at a time of high tension between Turkey and the United States, its NATO ally, over Ankara´s detention of an American pastor on terror-related charges. The crisis has strained ties and sent the already-fragile lira into freefall against the dollar, with US President Donald Trump doubling tariffs on aluminium and steel from Turkey. That prompted Ankara to impose similar measures on several US products. Erdogan has remained defiant in the face of US sanctions and said Turkey was not without an alternative, warning it could turn to new allies and markets. Rescue personnel work at the site of a bus crash new Thoreau, New Mexico. Washington has warned Ankara against delivery of S-400s from Russia, say- ing any such acquisition would inevitably affect the prospects for Turkish mili- tary-industrial cooperation with the United States. Erdogan on Friday said Turkey “needed cooperation with other countries as GLOBAL ISSUES much as that with Europe and America.” Former Australian UN calls on China to PM resigns from Blasphemous caricature parliament, govt contest cancelled free Uighurs from loses majority

‘re-education camps’ Australia’s former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, strip- ping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority. Turnbull last week said he would resign from parliament after he was ousted from office in a bitter - par ty-room contest which ushered in the country’s sixth leader in the last dec- ade. “The speaker of the house of par- liament received a resignation letter from Malcolm Turnbull this after- An anti-Islam damned opposition leader in the Netherlands noon,” said a source familiar with has cancelled proposed blasphemous caricature competition the matter. The source declined to be after strong protest by government and people of Pakistan. named as she is not authorised to talk The far-right politician, who is known for his incendiary to the media. speeches and protests against immigration and Islam Until a by-election can be con- announced cancellation of the contest planned for November GENEVA: United Nations human rights between the mostly Muslim Uighur minor- tested, Australia’s new Prime experts voiced concern on Thursday over ity and the ethnic Han Chinese majority. Minister Scott Morrison is left rely- citing strong reaction by the Muslims. alleged Chinese political “re-education The independent experts said during the ing on the support of independent camps” for Muslim Uighurs, and called for review that the panel had received many lawmakers to pass legislation, inhib- the immediate release of those detained on credible reports that a million ethnic iting the government’s agenda just the “pretext of countering terrorism”. Uighurs are held in what resembles a “mas- eight months out from an election. Three Bulgarian ministers sacked The UN Committee on the Elimination of sive internment camp that is shrouded in Besides no longer having a major- Racial Discrimination cited estimates that secrecy”. Panel expert Gay McDougall ity in the lower house of parliament, SOFIA: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov sacked three ministers on “from tens of thousands to upwards of a mil- described it at the time as a “no-rights zone”. the government does not control the Friday over a bus accident in which 17 people died, saying politicians needed to lion Uighurs” may be detained in the far In its conclusions, the panel said it was upper house Senate. take responsibility for a crash that provoked an outcry over the poor state of the western Xinjiang province. alarmed by: “Numerous reports of detention According to the latest opinion country’s roads. Borissov demanded the resignations of Transport Minister Its findings were issued after a two-day of large numbers of ethnic Uighurs and polls Australia’s ruling Liberal- Ivaylo Moskovski, Regional Development Minister Nikolay Nankov and Interior review of China’s record, the first since other Muslim minorities held incommuni- National coalition will struggle to be Minister Valentin Radev. 2009, earlier this month. cado and often for long periods, without re-elected in a poll due by May 2019. “We accept all political responsibility and therefore we resign,” Radev told a China’s foreign ministry rejected the alle- being charged or tried, under the pretext of After a tumultuous Liberal party news conference, also attended by Nankov. “We obviously have not managed to gations at the time, and said that anti-China countering terrorism and religious extrem- leadership battle last week, the organize things in a way to avoid such an accident.” forces were behind criticism of policies in ism.” two-party-preferred vote between More than 20 people were also injured in Saturday’s crash in northwest Xinjiang. It regretted that there was no official data the opposition Labor party and the Bulgaria, in which the bus fell into a ravine near the town of Svoge. China has said that Xinjiang faces a seri- on those detained “for even non-threatening coalition blew out 56-44 in favour of Hundreds of residents of Svoge, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Sofia, have ous threat from religious militants and sepa- expressions of Muslim ethno-religious cul- Labor, which would translate into a protested daily since the accident to demand an overhaul of the road section ratists who plot attacks and stir up tensions ture like daily greetings”. heavy election defeat. where the accident happened. Myanmar army fakes photos and history of Rohingya crisis

MYANMAR: A new book on the Rohingya crisis sands of Bangladeshis were killed by Pakistani written by Myanmar military propagandists uses troops. fake photographs and a chilling rewriting of history Another image shows a crowd of men who appear in what appears to be an attempt to justify the killing to be on a long march with their backs bent over. of thousands of Rohingya over the last year in “Bengalis intruded into the country after the British attacks by the army that the UN has condemned as Colonialism occupied the lower part of Myanmar,” genocide. the caption reads. The 117-page book, published in July by the The photo is apparently intended to depict army’s department of public relations and psycho- Rohingya arriving in Myanmar during the colonial logical warfare, includes what it calls “documentary era, which ended in 1948. Reuters determined the photos”. picture is in fact a distorted version of a colour image A Reuters investigation reveals that the prove- taken in 1996 of refugees fleeing the genocide in nance of three of the eight historical photographs Rwanda. contained in the book were faked. The photograph was taken by Martha Rial for the The book purports they were taken in the western Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The newspaper did not state of Rakhine, when in fact one was taken in immediately respond to a request for comment on Bangladesh, one in Tanzania and a third is falsely the use of its photo. labelled as depicting Rohingya entering Myanmar Another picture, also printed in black and white, from Bangladesh, when in reality it shows them shows men aboard a rickety boat. “Bengalis entered attempting to leave. Myanmar via the watercourse,” the caption reads. One of the photographs shows a man standing Actually, the original photo depicts Rohingya and over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. The text Bangladeshi migrants leaving Myanmar in 2015, says the image shows Buddhists murdered by when tens of thousands fled for Thailand and Rohingya during ethnic riots in the 1940s. Malaysia. But a Reuters examination of the photograph The original has been rotated and blurred so the shows it was actually taken during Bangladesh’s photo looks grainy. It was sourced from Myanmar’s Violence has forced more than 720,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar to areas like 1971 independence war when hundreds of thou- own Ministry of Information. Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh. P 4

RANDOM CLICK CITY NEWS Shehryar Afridi Army is under govt, says Fawad at helm of

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister billion besides infrastructure projects interior ministry Fawad Chaudhry on Friday shared that worth $6 billion under the CPEC, he Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General shared, adding that projects worth Rs42 Qamar Javed Bajwa, during Prime billion have yet to be undertaken under Minister Imran Khan’s visit to GHQ yes- the pact. terday, had said in categorical terms that On Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert like other institutions, the army too is a Wilders cancelling a blasphemous cari- subordinate institution of the govern- catures contest, Chaudhry said the ment. development was a diplomatic success Speaking to reporters outside the for Pakistan. Parliament House earlier today, Chaudhry “Pakistan responded to the issue with informed that COAS General Bajwa said cooperation from Turkey and other the army is bound to implement policies members of the Organisation of Islamic ISLAMABAD: On August 18, when framed by the civilian government. Cooperation,” he said, adding that there the newly-elected prime minister The army top brass briefed the Prime was a need for a global strategy to tackle announced his 21-member cabinet, his Minister and federal ministers on impor- issues such as these. name wasn’t there. Neither was the port- tant security and defence-related issues Chaudhry pointed out that the govern- folio. It seems that the premier, Imran during the GHQ visit, Chaudhry said. ment of Netherlands was not in favour of Khan, was adamant to keep the Interior The info minister said that poli- with India, which remains an important Imran Khan to lift people out of poverty the competition. Majority of people in Ministry, tasked with the maintenance of cy-making is the privilege of the elected agenda of the government, he said, add- cannot be realised without increased the Western world were against the blas- order, security and law enforcement, for government but it has to bring all stake- ing that instead of confrontation, interaction with Central Asian phemous caricatures, he said, adding himself. holders on board in order to formulate Pakistan and India should join hands to Republics. that the controversial contest injured The assumption only turned out to be policies. fight their common enemy of poverty. About China, Chaudhry said the sentiments of over two billion Muslims half true. This week, Prime Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Pakistan The minister noted that Saudi Arabia China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and therefore, laws should be framed Imran Khan named Shehryar Afridi, an desires to further strengthen its ties with is a strategic partner of Pakistan, and the (CPEC) serves as a geo-economical pact against such actions. elected member of the parliament from its neighbours, and emphasised the need country also wants to maintain good between the two countries. He reiterated He said PM Imran has directed Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the for peaceful relations with India. relations with Iran, United States and the that the government is committed to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood state minister, therefore a junior minis- Pakistan wants stability in Russian Federation. complete CPEC projects. Qureshi to raise the issue at the United ter, for Interior. While Afridi has not Afghanistan and normalisation of ties He said the dream of Prime Minister There are energy projects worth $22 Nations. been appointed as a full minister, he will be running the department for now. The 47-year-old won the July ballot from the NA-32 constituency in Kohat, after defeating Gohar Khan Bangash of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). ‘Shape up or He secured the same constituency (then NA-14) in the last election, but in 2016 was deseated by the election commission we’ll quit’, Trump over misdeclaration of assets. Born in Kohat in 1971, he completed his masters in International Relations tells WTO from the Peshawar University. While he sat for the civil service exams, he was not President Donald successful. Trump has threatened to One of his brothers, Major (r ) Tariq pull the United States out Javed also served in the bureaucracy of the World Trade after his stint in the armed forces. His Organization if it does father, Nadir Shah Afridi, was the dis- not “shape up.” trict counsellor in the 1990s, and later a His remarks, made in member of the parliament. an interview with The Ministry of Interior is no light- Bloomberg News on weight portfolio. Previous ruling parties Thursday, were the latest have entrusted it into the hands of unwa- in a series of attacks on vering loyalists. After 2013, the then- institutions of the global Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif handed it order that the US helped to build after World War II. over to his close confidant, Chaudhry “If they don´t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Nisar Ali Khan. Trump told the news agency, describing the agreement to set the organisation up as “the single worst trade deal ever made”. Refugees and migrants from camp of Moria stand in front of riot police during protest Trump, who has previously criticised the WTO´s dispute settle- over the camp’s conditions, in the city of Mytilene, on Greek island of Lesbos ment system as being unfavourable to the US, said Washington Drizzle turns had “rarely won a lawsuit” there although things began changing last year. weather pleasant “In the last year, we´re starting to win a lot,” he said. PM assures MQM-P of support “You know why? Because they know if we don´t, I´m out of in Karachi there.” China, which is currently embroiled in a trade war with the US, in resolving Karachi issues KARACHI: Residents of the metropo- joined the WTO in 2001 — a move which US Trade Representative lis woke up to light drizzle which turned Robert Lighthizer has described as a mistake. weather pleasant early Friday morning. Trump made the threat as Washington presses challenges at the ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on The drizzle, however, turned roads WTO against trading partners that have fought back against tar- Friday assured the Muttahida Qaumi Movement- slippery, causing skidding for commuters iffs on importers that were imposed by the Trump administration. Pakistan (MQM-P) of the federal government’s headed to work in the morning. support for resolution of problems plaguing The weather turned pleasant and mul- Karachi. tiple areas of the metropolis, including A delegation of MQM-P called on the prime I.I. Chundrigar Road, FB Area, Gulshan, Japan’s foreign minister minister in Islamabad earlier today, where the Nazimabad, University Road. two parties discussed the political situation The Met Office has forecasted light calls on FM Qureshi including the upcoming presidential elections, drizzle will continue intermittently for along with other matters. the next 24 hours. ISLAMABAD: Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs They also discussed problems faced by the Rain is also expected in Malakand, Kazuyuki Nakane called on his Pakistani counterpart Shah Sindh province, especially Karachi and Hyderabad. Hazara, Mirpur Khas and Gilgit- Mahmood Qureshi on Friday, the Foreign Office said. PM Imran told the delegation that the federal Sindh Imran Ismail, who called on him earlier Baltistan today. On Saturday, rain-thun- During the meeting, the two dignitaries discussed areas of government will extend all possible cooperation today. dershower is expected at isolated places cooperation including trade, investment, human resource devel- for resolution of problems faced by the mega cit- During the meeting, the premier expressed in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Malakand, opment, and science and technology, Foreign Office spokesperson ies. resolve to extend full cooperation to further Hazara divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit- Dr Mohammad Faisal tweeted. The MQM delegation included Khalid improve law and order situation in Karachi. Baltistan and Kashmir. The visiting minister also highlighted the new opportunities in Maqbool Siddiqui, Dr Farogh Naseem, Aminul The prime minister said he is aware of the Mainly hot and humid weather is Pakistan for trade and investment. Haq, Kanwar Naveed, Nasreen Jalil, and Mayor problems plaguing Karachiites and that it is a expected elsewhere in the country. Minister Nakane is set to hold meetings with high-level civil Karachi Waseem Akhtar. matter of concern that some areas in the megapo- and military officials during his Pakistan visit. Prime Minister Imran Khan also met Governor lis continue to lack basic amenities. Brothers booked for torture, murder Zardari granted interim bail in money laundering case of wives in Multan

KARACHI: A local banking court on Friday granted country.” MULTAN: Two brothers were arrested interim bail to former president and Pakistan Peoples The FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to for allegedly torturing their wives and Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in connec- money laundering from fictitious accounts, including killing one of them over a domestic dis- tion to a money laundering case. Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. Zardari’s close aide pute in the Rangeel Pur area of Multan on Zardari along with his counsel Farooq Naik Hussain Lawai was arrested in July in connection with Thursday night, Geo News reported. appeared before the banking court in Karachi and was the probe. According to police, the two men, who granted interim bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs2 The former president’s other close aide and Omni are brothers identified as Amjad and million. Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, Abdul Sohail, recently married two sisters, Earlier, on August 17, the local banking court had Ghani, were also arrested by FIA earlier this month. 28-year-old Abida and 26-year-old issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Zardari and Majeed’s three other sons have been granted interim Shahnaz. other absconding suspects in the ongoing probe. bail. Both the brothers would often beat However, on August 18, the Islamabad High Court Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at some private banks their wives and torture them, police said. (IHC) approved the former president’s petition for pro- were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where trans- One of the brothers, Amjad, poisoned tective bail in the case and ordered him to appear before actions worth billions of rupees were made, according his wife who died on the spot, police the relevant court before September 3. to sources. added. As Zardari arrived for the hearing, a journalist com- back in one.” The amount, according to FIA sources, is said to be Authorities registered FIR against the mented that he did not come in a helicopter to which the Responding to a question, the PPP co-chairman said, black money gathered from various kickbacks, com- suspects and launched an investigation former president responded, “Wait a little, I will come “Aitzaz Ahsan will become the next president of the missions and bribes. into the incident.