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Follow us Follow .theasiantelegraph.net Deadline to receive Army chief’s Riyadh Ehsaas Emergency Cash visit a testament to Payment is August 31 ‘strong’ relations with Saudi Arabia: Pakistani ISLAMABAD Special Assistant to the Prime Foreign Office Minister on Social Protection ISLAMABAD and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Sania Nishtar Friday announced Bajwa’s visit to Saudi Arabia was a testament to that the deadline to receive the enduring strong relations between the two Ehsaas Emergency Cash is August 31. The relatives of all Thursday. Bajwa visited Riyadh earlier this week deceased eligible persons and countries,and met with the PakistaniSaudi Deputy Foreign Defense Office Minister said on those facing problems such as Prince Khalid bin Salman to discuss security biometric verification will be cooperation. The Pakistani army described able to receive their money up the general’s trip as being “primarily military to one month after the end of affairs oriented.” “The long-term strategic the programme, she said in a relationship between the two brotherly countries statement. VoM is time-tested and will continue to grow to our

mutualIslamabad, benefit,” adding Foreignthat the Office visit was spokesperson evidence Zahidof “the Hafeez unchanged Chaudhri fraternal told relations a press briefingand close in contact” between the nations. Chaudhri said the OIC had played an important role in the Kashmir ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan chairs ameeting oo new projects initiated by Ministry of Science & Technology here on Friday. Photo by VoM dispute and had deputed a special envoy and set Govt approves project for promotion of science, technology issue. The Himalayan region has been at the heart upof tensions a contact between group specifically Hindu-majority to deal India with and the Time to call out countries Universal Health Insurance Program of KP Govt first step towards welfare state: PM Muslim Pakistan for decades, being the cause of perpetrating terrorism against PM Imran Khan said this bold step is in line with our Founding Father’s vision for Pakistan and a first step towards welfare state two of three wars between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Both countries claim the region in full, Pakistan: Moeed ISLAMABAD sity at the Prime Minister House. Minister for Sci- briefed on the progress on the proposed University but each administers only in part. On Aug. 5 last ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated the ence and Technology Fawad Chaudhary presented a for Engineering and Emerging Technology to be set year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi split Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for giving univer- roadmap for building the capacity of the country in the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two federally (SAPM) on National Security and Strategic sal health insurance coverage of one million rupees production and exports of medical equipment. The project of clean water supply and provision of rel- controlled territories and took away its special Policy Planning Moeed Yusuf said it was Prime Minister commended the efforts of Ministry upevant at the jobs PM to House. youth andThe briefingwomen acrossalso focused the country. on the privileges, sparking outrage from Pakistan. “The time to call out countries perpetrating In a tweet, the Prime Minister said this bold step is in of Science and Technology for domestic production The meeting approved the launch of STEM project contact group on Jammu and Kashmir has held terrorism against Pakistan. In a tweet, perline familywith our to its Founding citizens despiteFather’s financial vision for constraints. Pakistan of protective kits, ventilators and other equipment in collaboration with universities to promote sci- four meetings so far on the issue of Jammu and the SAPM said, “As we pay tribute to over - ence and technology, engineering and mathemat- Kashmir since India’s illegal actions of Aug. 5, 85,000 Pakistanis who lost their lives in said that this policy is only prevalent in a few devel- ize all its projects so that implementation on them 2019 and three of those meetings were held at the terrorism, the world needs to recognize andoped a states first step and nottowards in the welfare USA. He state. expressed Imran proud Khan could be started. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Fri- special laboratories for modern science, technology, level of foreign ministers. Pakistan commended of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for taking this during Covid-19. He directed the ministry to final day said the country’s development was linked with icsengineering at 400 higher and mathematicssecondary schools. will be In set first up phase, at 40 Saudi Arabia’s important role in the OIC contact against terror.” He added that it was now lead and hoped all other provinces will follow suit. promotion of science and technology, and directed schools. Around 100,000 children in 400 schools group on Jammu and Kashmir,” Chaudhri said. Pakistan’stime to call sacrifices out countries and achievementsfrom where He said that the government is also moving to do the will have access to education and training in modern On relations with Saudi Arabia, he added that the terrorism against Pakistan was planned, same at the federal level. The government has ap- related projects. The prime minister was chairing a sciences. Chaudhry Fawad Hussain also presented two countries had “strong” economic, political, proved a project for promotion of science, technol- supported and carried out. VoM formeeting early onfinalization new projects of the of scienceMinistry and of Science technology and a roadmap for increasing manufacture of medical security, and military cooperation at all levels. ogy, engineering and Mathematics education in four - equipment and boost its exports. The prime minis- hundred higher secondary schools across the coun- tended by Minister for Science and Technology ter was apprised about a detailed plan to modernize try. The approval was given at a meeting chaired by Technology,Chaudhry Fawad here Hussain,at PM Office. Commerce The meeting Adviser was Abdul at the agriculture sector and enhance its production Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Friday. Razzak Dawood, the Secretary Finance, Chairman through use of modern technology. Prime Minister The meeting was informed that the project will be executed with cooperation of universities and it will The minister for Science and Technology briefed the for agriculture sector to boost the country’s exports, help to provide latest education to one hundred thou- Federalprime minister Bureau aboutof Revenue the key and projects, other senior achievements officials. Imranstressed Khan utilizing lauding the the potential proposed of youth scientific while projects carry- sand children. The meeting was also informed about and future plans launched during the last two years ing out the projects. He directed that obstacles to the the progress made so far towards the establishment for promotion of this sector. The prime minister was proposed projects be removed. VoM of Engineering and Emerging Technology Univer- Revolutionary steps taken to reform education Int’l Day of Reduction in current account deficit, increase in sector: Shafqat Remembrance & Tribute remittances reflect govt’s achievements: Dr Shahzad ISLAMABAD will get scholarships annually. Similarly, he said, pro- to Victims of Terrorism Bureau Report government made hectic efforts in Minister for Federal Education and Professional grammes have also been initiated for training of nurses. ISLAMABAD this regard. The Leader of the House Training Shafqat Mahmood says several revolutionary The Minister said Pakistan gave an outstanding response being observed today Leader of the House in the Senate said the government would not get steps have been taken in consultation with all stakehold- to the Covid-19 challenge in education sector. He said it ISLAMABAD Dr Shahzad Waseem Friday said that blackmailed from anyone and was ers during the last two years to reform education sector was decided with consensus among all the provincial The first International Day of Remembrance controlling COVID-19 pandemic, re- fully committed to fulfill all prom- in the country. Presenting his ministry’s two-year per- education ministers to close educational institutions dur- and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism duction in current account deficit and ises which were made with the peo- formance at a news conference in Islamabad on Friday, ing the pandemic, and then decided to reopen them on (RTVT) is being observed on Tuesday around increasing foreign remittances were ple during the general elections. He he said the inter-provincial education ministers forum September 15. He said a review meeting will be held on the globe. Terrorism is the most dehuman- some of the achievements, which re- said although the government had was made functional to reach consensus decisions for the seventh of the next month to decide about reopening izing factor in the present world. Pakistan flect the success of the government handled coronavirus effectively but development of the education sector. The Minister said of the institutes. He Minister said four million students among top five most affected countries which policies. In an informal interaction there was need to do lot of in health efforts to introduce uniform curriculum in the country were promoted to the next class from Class nine to 12, has lost 22,191 civilians and 6,887 law en- with media persons, he said interna- sector. Replying to a question, he said are bearing fruit as uniform curriculum from class one which was widely accepted. Shafqat Mahmood said a tele forcement officials by acts of terrorism from tional community was acknowledg- the President’s joint session address to five has been prepared and uploaded on the Ministry’s school was started on April 7 after closure of schools on 2003 to December 2017, according to the ing the government policies against was not an ordinary address but had website. He said schools will teach one curriculum from March 13. He said for higher education, online education facts of South Asia Terrorism Portal, 2017. coronavirus. He said world financial a great importance. He said Indian April next year. He said the uniform curriculum will was started. The Minister said a new department has Secretary General United Nations Antonio institutions were praising the pru- Prime Minister Narindra Modi policies lead to developing national cohesion in the country. He been created at the Ministry of Education to continue Guterres, in his message, said terrorism is dent economic policies of the coun- had unveiled the face of its secularism said model text books are also being prepared. Shafqat distance education. VoM one of the most challenging issues of our time try and all economic indicators were and destroyed the image of the larger Mahmood said the government engaged with Madaris and a serious threat to international peace giving positive signals for strengthen democracy. He said India was isolat- and developed a mechanism to ensure that the religious and security. From Tajikistan to the United national economy, adding that the ing in the world now due to fascist seminary students also study national curriculum along Kingdom, from Baghdad to Barcelona, these policies of Modi’s government, adding with Dars-e-Nizami. He said the students of Madaris ruthless attacks have shaken us all to the that Indian government was openly vi- will have employment opportunities like students of core. No country can consider itself immune, olating human rights and committing contemporary education in practical life. In order to with almost every nationality in the world atrocities not only against unarmed promote skills of the youth, he said, Hunarmand Jawan falling victim to terrorist attacks, he said. Kashmiris but all the minorities which programme was launched. He said vocational training Today, the International day of Remembrance were living in India. He said Kashmiri programmes have also been stated. He said National of, and Tribute to, the victims of terrorism, people had raised their flag of inde- Accreditation Council has been established to have an reminds us to stop and listen to the victims pendence despite of facing barbarism oversight look at the vocational training institutes. As and survivors of terrorism, to raise up their of Indian forces against them in Indian for the higher education, Shafqat Mahmood said under voices and recognize the impact terrorism Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir Ehsaas programme, fifty thousand university students has on their lives.VoM (IIOJK). VoM EU, Britain trade blame after scant progress towards post-Brexit deal Global Market Bureau Report transition arrangement that keeps previ- summit of the bloc’s 27 national leaders Stocks struggle higher as PMIs weigh BRUSSELS/LONDON ous rules in place while they negotiate a to enable ratification this year. Beyond the Britain and the European Union made new partnership, to be effective from 2021, biggest stumbling blocks, differences also Awais Siddique/Sohail Majeed Butt economic activity on the margins.”A stron- unemployment benefits at 28 million. The scant progress towards a deal on future on everything from trade and transport to linger in discussions on migration, secu- LONDON ger pound weighed on UK’s export-heavy Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s business ties in talks this week, and their chief energy and security. The EU says Britain rity, dispute-settling mechanisms, human Global stock markets enjoyed cautious FTSE 100. Meanwhile U.S. futures pointed index also missed expectations and together negotiators blamed each other for the can only go on trading freely with its lucra- rights guarantees and other areas. With gains on Friday, taking their cue from Wall to a flat open. The S&P 500 has rallied 54% the weak readings pushed down nomi- stalemate as time ticks down to an end- tive single market of 450 million people if the coronavirus pandemic wreaking eco- Street tech shares, but tepid economic data from its March low in a world awash with nal U.S. yields and dragged on the dollar. of-year deadline. “Those who were hoping London accepts “level playing field” rules nomic havoc and both sides of the Channel and lofty valuations reined in the advances monetary and fiscal stimulus, but money Benchmark U.S. 10-year debt yields were for negotiations to move swiftly forward to guarantee fair competition. Without an wanting to avoid an even deeper recession, in the wake of huge rally that has wiped out managers are questioning the future tra- last steady at 0.6461%. In currency markets, this week will have been disappointed,” the agreement, trade and financial ties be- EU sources had been relatively upbeat in coronavirus losses. Global stocks advanced jectory. “We think equity markets, certain the euro inched higher to sit at $1.1838 with EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, told a tween the world’s fifth-largest economy recent weeks that an agreement could be 0.2% while the pan-European STOXX 600 credit markets, and the U.S. dollar have yet the dollar weighed down by concerns over news conference after two full days of talks and biggest trading bloc would break reached on time. Barnier sounded down- climbed 0.4% after healthy gains in Asian- to fully reflect the long-term impact of ult- the strength of a U.S. economic recovery in in Brussels. His British counterpart David down, potentially deepening the economic beat on Friday, however, saying he was Pacific bourses in the wake of U.S. tech ra-loose Fed policy,” said Mark Haefele, Chief the wake of the jobs data. A bounce in the Frost said a deal on post-Brexit relations crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “disappointed and concerned” because shares closing higher on Thursday, shrug- Investment Officer at UBS Global Wealth greenback after Federal Reserve minutes was “still possible” and was still London’s Disagreements over state aid rules and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had ging off some sombre unemployment data Management. Overnight, clouds returned that fell short of dovish market expectations goal but would not be easy to achieve. fishing quotas have so far thwarted a deal, told the EU he wanted to speed up the ne- in the world’s top economy. European stock to the U.S. labour market outlook, with wore off fairly quickly and the dollar looked “There are ... significant areas which re- which the EU says must be in the making gotiating process over the summer. “This markets also looked beyond fresh num- weekly jobless claims back over a million set for a ninth consecutive weekly loss aga- main to be resolved and even where there in time to be approved at an Oct. 15-16 week, once again, as in the July round, bers painting a muted economic outlook to put the total number of Americans on inst a basket of currencies. The Japanese yen is a broad understanding between ne- the British negotiators have not shown with purchasing managers’ index releases inched up to 105.59 after an inflation miss gotiators, there is a lot of detail to work any real willingness to move forward on from France and Germany as well as the supported real yields while China’s yuan through,” Frost said in a statement. “Time issues of fundamental importance for wider euro zone falling short of expecta- surged to a seven-month high as traders is short for both sides.” British officials the European Union,” Barnier said. “And tions, flagging a slowing momentum in bet on Chinese growth. Meanwhile sterling said London was willing to talk about any this despite the flexibility which we have the recovery. “European stocks shrug off sat flat against the dollar to sit at $1.3222. issue and that the EU’s insistence Britain shown over recent months.” Barnier said faltering flash PMIs,” said Michael Hewson, In commodity markets, the prospect of must accept its position on state aid and no progress at all was made this week on chief market analyst at CMC Markets. “The production cuts had oil prices on track for fisheries meant Brussels was responsible the vexed question of fishing rights in UK latest flash PMI data for August in France a small third straight weekly gain. On the for slowing the talks down. On Jan. 31, waters, and overall negotiations often ap- and Germany would appear to point to a day, Brent crude futures slipped a slither Britain became the first country ever to peared to be going backwards rather than plateauing in economic activity, particularly to $44.84 a barrel and U.S. crude future to leave the EU, which it had joined in 1973. forwards and so, at this stage, an agree- in the services sector, where rising infec- $42.73 a barrel.Gold was a touch softer at Their relationship is now governed by a ment looked unlikely. tion rates here could well be tempering $1,936.7 an ounce. Saturday,Monday, August July 27, 22, 2020 2020

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Editor-in-Chief: Amna Malik Editor: Syed Mushahid Naqvi KP police Station heads given Phone: + 92 51 2814017 Offce # 407/408, 4th Floor, Evacuee Trust, Agha Khan Road, F-5/1 Islamabad financial powers 500 accountants also need to be hired for the police policing. Regarding the incidents of target-killings in station-based budget system. He said that the police Waziristan tribal districts, the police chief said that department had also proposed a rise in investigation the number of such cases had lowered drastically Health experts suggest and fuel ceilings hoping that the incentive would en- but in a lot of cases, terrorism and personal issues hance the quality of investigations The police chief were interconnected. Regarding the terror outlook wondered how a station house officer (SHO) could in merged districts, he said that it was mostly associ- serious lockdown deliver the goods with just 20 liters of petrol at his ated with the border situation but the current border Expressing serious concern over the rapid hike in the number of con- Hadi Bandial disposal. He said that the police department was ac- fencing was playing a critical role in bringing down firmed cases and deaths due to corona in the nation, the health special- tively working on the activation of public safety com- the terrorist threats. He said that 80 to 90 per cent ists have once more urged the general public to remain at home and take missions and regional complaint commissions in line of the border fencing work has already been done precautionary measures. While talking at a briefing at the University he Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa police with the KP police act, 2017 which had made judici- and it would drastically reduce terrorist attacks. He of Heah Sciences on Wednesday, UHS Vice Chancellor Prof JavedAkram department will begin the police ary part of the scrutiny committees for those bodies. said that both Malakand Levies, merger with the po- said that more than 100 individuals had lost their lives while battling station-based budgeting the next DrAbbasi said the police department had prepared lice and the extension of Customs Act to the region the lethal virus over the last 24 hours, making it four deaths in a single financial year. Provincial Police a proposal seeking amendment by the government was due to “Exemption from regular laws of the land hour. Considering it a dark day for the country, the UHS Vice Chancellor ChiefDrSanaullahAbbasi said that the to some sections of the KP Police Act, 2017, which creates grey areas, which is not a great thing and said people were left with no other alternative except for protecting government had already approved the had made judiciary part of the scrutiny committees should be dealt with as soon as possible”. He said. themselves by thoroughly following the standard operating procedures proposal to give financial powers to the station house for those bodies.He said that the department had He also stated that the police department was work- (SOP’s) to curb the spread of corona virus. He eagerly scattered the mis- officers (SHOs) and it had already been notified.He proposed the replacement of the judiciary’s repre- ing against the remnants of militants in Malakand interpretation that at the end everyone would fall victim to the virus. said that the proposal to create 500 additional vacan- sentatives in scrutiny committees with independent region and recently arrested people involved in the “Regardless not more than 20% people would get the infected and out cies for the purpose has also been approved, while members or parliamentarians. Related policing in target killings. of those only 5 to 7 percent would fall seriously sick,” he said. He asked Tthe provincial public service commission has been the merged tribal districts, the police chief said that the doctors not to make any delays in putting seriously ill corona virus allocated the task for recruiting people. “The recruit- around 26,000 Khasadar and Levies personnel have patients on ventilator. “This must be the last choice as 80 to 90 percent ment has been withheld due the ongoing Corona pan- been merged with police, while the recruitment of of those patients put on ventilators could never return,” he cautioned. demic” he said. The police chief said that allowing additional 3,000 was already in process. He also said The UHS VC additionally focused on the requirement for trained labor the SHOs to act as draw and disburse officers was a Fata had recorded a little governance but following to oversee ventilators and other hardware in the hospitals. He said great achievement. He also said that police station merger with the province, it was on its way of stabi- Pakistan expected to follow the footsteps of China to save its health- would get separate finds for themselves in the future lization.He also stated that the police were already Writer is the CEO of Mélange IT Solutions & The care workers from Covid-19. “We need better standard protective gear budget plan. DrSanaullahAbbasi said that apart from registering FIRs in the province and recently, the Asian Telegraph, an expert on Political Economy, and essential training for our forefront workers else they will keep on financial de-centralization, he had also delegated state became part in an honor killing case in North & Director of Bandial Group getting infected,” he added. National Institute of Blood Diseases’ (NIBD) the appointment powers to committee authorized Waziristan tribal district for the first time in history head DrTahirShamsi said getting convalescent plasma therapy is the to arrange important appointments including those of Pakistan.Dr Sana stated that the police require- most secure method available and an early utilization of plasma was of the district police officers. Police chief says that working more to bring the region under effecting suggested to the patients who were in moderate to extreme phase of the disease to avoid going from initial stage to requiring a ventilator. Disclaimer: Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not necessarily reflect The Asian Telegraph point-of-view Today in History Budget session just a August 22-1968-Czechs protest against Soviet invasion A behind-the-sceneformality agreement says between opposition the government and two significant opposition parties, the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has given n the streets of Prague and in the United a virtual walkover to the government during the current budget Nations headquarters in New York City, meeting of the National Assembly, making it just a formality, as Czechs protest against the Soviet invasion of the two parties have made a deal not to vote for cut motions and their nation. The protests served to highlight not to call out quorum till the passage of the financial budget the brutality of the Soviet action and to rally plan by June 30.The opposition parties have likewise reached a worldwide condemnation of the Soviet Union. conclusion that maximum 86 people (one-fourth out of the total IOn August 21, 1968, more than 200,000 troops of 342-member house), 46 from the treasury and 40 from the the Warsaw Pact crossed into Czechoslovakia in opposition, will be available in the house at one time to assure response to democratic and free market reforms the social distancing policy following the corona virus pandemic being instituted by Czech Communist Party General in the nation. Surprisingly, the provisions of the agreement, Secretary Alexander Dubcek. Negotiations between which were called rules for guaranteed following of SOPs Dubcek and Soviet bloc leaders failed to convince (Standard Operating Procedures) to stop the spread of corona the Czech leader to back away from his reformist virus, were read out on the floor of the house by PPP's Syed platform. The military intervention on August 21 NaveedQamar on the instructions of Speaker AsadQaiser at the indicated that the Soviets believed that Dubcek was sitting on Wednesday which additionally saw an uproarious going too far and needed to be restrained. On August dissent for a concise period from PPP individuals over the 22, thousands of Czechs gathered in central Prague to government’s latest decision to privatize Pakistan Steel Mills protest the Soviet action and demand the withdrawal (PSM) subsequent to offering a golden handshake to its workers. of foreign troops. Although it was designed to be a The JamiatUlema-I-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), the other small opposition peaceful protest, violence often flared and several party, nonetheless, not just rejected the arrangement, naming it protesters were killed on August 22 and in the days "unlawful and illicit", its individuals additionally organized a to come. At the United Nations, the Czech delegation demonstration before the dais of the speaker to fight expulsion passionately declared that the Soviet invasion was resolution. The 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia se- power in April 1969 and the Czech Communist Party of their seats from the house as just 86 seats were set in the illegal and threatened the sovereignty of their nation. verely damaged the Soviet government’s reputation adopted a tough line toward any dissent. The “Prague house after the understanding. Representative Speaker They called on the U.N.’s Security Council to take ac- around the world, and even brought forth condemna- Spring” of 1968, when hopes for reform bloomed, QasimSuri, who was directing the sitting without the speaker at tion. The Council voted 10 to 2 to condemn Russia’s tion from communist parties in nations such as China would serve as a symbol for the so-called “Velvet the later stage, declared that the seats for the JUI-F individuals invasion; predictably, the Soviet Union vetoed the and France. Nonetheless, Dubcek was pushed from Revolution” of 1989. would be set in the house and every one of their individuals would be permitted to partake in the procedures.

Hollywood actors Russell and Caren talk new film ‘Unhinged’ Unveiling Rogue Planets With NASA’s

LOS ANGELES In any other year, “Unhinged” would have passed Roman Space Telescope by with little notice, an enjoyable popcorn flick rounding off the summer season after the block- CALIFORNIA Astronomers have only tentatively dis- buster movies had come and gone. But this year, New simulations show that NASA’s covered a few of these nomad worlds the road rage thriller has found itself in the fast Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope so far because they are so difficult to lane with everyone paying attention. Back in May, will be able to reveal myriad rogue plan- detect. Roman will find rogue planets by “Unhinged” promised to “test the waters” for film ets – freely floating bodies that drift conducting a large microlensing survey. distributors as the first film to open in American through our galaxy untethered to a star. Gravitational lensing is an observational theaters after the shutdowns brought on by the Studying these island worlds will help us effect that occurs because the presence of outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). understand more about how planetary mass warps the fabric of space-time. The Now, after three rounds of delays, the film will make systems form, evolve, and break apart. effect is extreme around very massive ob- good on that promise as theaters attempt to bounce Astronomers discovered planets beyond jects, like black holes and entire galaxies. back after months of being shuttered. Arab News our solar system, known as exoplanets, in Even solitary planets cause a detectable was joined by the film’s stars Russell Crowe and the 1990s. We quickly went from know- degree of warping, called microlensing. If Caren Pistorius to find out more about the film. ing of only our own planetary system to a rogue planet aligns closely with a more “Unhinged” has a simple premise that builds off an realizing that planets likely outnumber distant star from our vantage point, the experience that anyone who has been behind the the hundreds of billions of stars in our star’s light will bend as it travels through wheel of a car knows all too well: road rage. The galaxy. Now, a team of scientists is find- the curved space-time around the planet. film follows divorced, single mother Rachel, played ing ways to improve our understanding The result is that the planet acts like a by Pistorius, stuck behind a pickup truck in rush- of planet demographics by searching for natural magnifying glass, amplifying light hour traffic. Unbeknownst to her, the man in the rogue worlds.“As our view of the uni- from the background star. truck, played by Crowe, is the same one that the verse has expanded, we’ve realized that audience watched murder a couple and burn down our solar system may be unusual,” said their house in the film’s cold open. After honking Samson Johnson, a graduate student at and a shouting match, Rachel finds herself being Ohio State University in Columbus who pursued by the man as he sets out on a vicious ram- anger and bring it to life in the extreme here. Crowe, and gravitas serve to carry the film. As is the case led the research effort. “Roman will help page to destroy everything and everyone Rachel credited as simply “The Man,” turns in an engagingly with most slasher flicks, the star of the film is the us learn more about how we fit in the loves.“Some people seem to just take that moment intimidating performance. His initial conversation villain. The job of the rest of the cast is to run, freak cosmic scheme of things by studying of you being vulnerable like that to threaten you with Rachel where he demands she apologize for out and, in many cases, be murdered. “It was incred- rogue planets.”The findings, published with cars, and it’s never made any sense to me,” honking at him is chilling, his barely contained rage ibly grueling physically and emotionally because in the Astronomical Journal, center on Crowe said of his experiences with real-life angry oozing past his attempt to be polite. And once his I can’t help but put myself in that state of mind,” the Roman Space Telescope’s ability to drivers.Nevertheless, Crowe is able to capture that campaign of terror begins in earnest, his deep growl Pistorius told. locate and characterize isolated planets. TAT Special Naval Chief Inaugurates New Joint Maritime Information Coordination Centre

Sohail Majeed Butt clude reps of relevant stakeholders.The ISLAMABAD new setup of JMICC has been equipped The inauguration ceremony of with indigenously developed Joint new state of the art Joint Maritime Maritime Information Sharing (JMIS) Information Coordination Centre software, a modern Operations Room (JMICC) held at Karachi. Chief of the and associated infrastructure. The ca- Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood pacity enhancement will enable JMICC Abbasi graced the occasion as Chief to effectively knit maritime entities of Guest and inaugurated the new Pakistan and International Information setup.Joint Maritime Information Fusion Centres (IFCs) to augment safety Coordination Centre (JMICC) functions and security in the maritime domain. as a nerve centre to harmonise the ef- During the ceremony, the Naval Chief forts of all maritime related organi- termed the event an important mile- zations/ agencies. It helps generating stone, which will further support PN’s a coordinated response to maritime effort to promote maritime security in security challenges within Pakistan’s the region. He appreciated the indig- Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), pri- enous efforts to develop such a state of marily through information sharing the art system. The inauguration cer- and inter department/ agency coordi- emony was attended by Chief of Staff nation. The centre was established in (Operations), Commander Pakistan February 2013 and is manned round Fleet, Commander Coast, Commander the clock by a competent team which in- Karachi and other Senior Naval Officers. Saturday, August 22, 2020

www.theasiantelegraph.net S&P affirms Pakistan’s long-term rating at B and official funding will remain critical to Stresses Islamabad faces no Pakistan’s external debt sustainability.”“The stable outlook reflects our expectations that imminent shortfall in financ- donor and partner financing will ensure that Pakistan can meet its external obliga- Kanye West’s presiden- ing to meet expenditure tions over the next 12 months and that the Bureau Report country will continue to roll over its com- tial plans rocked KARACHI mercial credit lines,” it said.It also affirmed S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Pakistan’s long-term issuer rating on Pakistan’s sen- long-term sovereign credit rating at ‘B-’ ior unsecured debt and Sukuk trust certifi- and short-term rating at ‘B’ with a stable cates at ‘B-’.According to S&P, the ratings on outlook, meaning that Covid-19 has tem- Pakistan remain constrained by a narrow tax porarily disrupted government’s aim of base and domestic and external security economic balancing as the need for foreign risks, which continue to be high.Although lar, Pakistan had made strong progress to- and local financing to meet expenditure may the country’s security situation has gradu- wards containing its twin current account remain high with likely drop in the tax-to- ally improved over the recent years, ongoing and primary fiscal deficits, and had begun to GDP ratio in FY21.However, Islamabad vulnerabilities weaken the government’s ef- rebuild its foreign exchange reserves along- faces no imminent shortfall in financing to fectiveness and weigh on the business cli- side a more flexible rupee exchange rate meet the budgeted expenditure nor does it mate, it added.“The Covid-19 pandemic has regime,” the agency said.The pandemic will encounter a situation that can lead to de- exacerbated Pakistan’s economic downturn further challenge progress in some of these fault on foreign debt repayment since it and we expect the sovereign’s credit metrics areas, especially fiscal consolidation and re- is under the International Monetary Fund to remain under pressure for the next two to serve accumulation.“Renewed weakness in (IMF) programme worth $6 billion since three years.”Prior to onset of the pandemic, the economy will undermine revenue gen- July 2019.“The government had made solid Pakistan was making important headway eration while complicating the government’s progress towards important fiscal and eco- towards implementing economic and fiscal efforts to curtail expenditure,” it said. “The DUBAI nomic reforms prior to the start of the global reforms under its loan programme with the government is likely to focus on implement- The ‘All Day’ hitmaker’s campaign to be President coronavirus outbreak and reform momen- IMF.As of end-December 2019, the govern- ing last year’s new revenue measures in the of the USA has been rocked by another blow tum should return once the pandemic is ment had met all performance criteria and current fiscal period, rather than to intro- after the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted better contained,” Standard & Poor’s Global completed all structural benchmarks of the duce additional policies against a backdrop on Thursday (20.08.20) to remove him from the Ratings said in its commentary. “Multilateral IMF programme, the report said.“In particu- of poor business and consumer sentiment.” ballot in the swing state - which has 10 electoral votes - because he did not file the required docu- ments before the state’s 5 August deadline for in- Fearing shipping crunch, retailers set earliest-ever holiday sale plans dependent candidates, TMZ reports.Kanye - who was also removed from the ballot in his home Bureau Report also joined rival Walmart (WMT.N) in an- ing more gifts and essentials during the state of Illinois after officials ruled more than half NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES nouncing store closures on Thanksgiving “very different holiday season.” Same- of his submitted signatures were invalid - had The coronavirus pandemic is upending and plans to bypass the midnight Black day delivery takes strain off delivery previously accused democrats in Wisconsin of the way U.S. consumers shop and the Friday door-buster sales that tradition- firms like United Parcel Service (UPS.N) spying on his presidential campaign.His gripe holidays will be no exception as major ally mark the start of the holiday season and FedEx (FDX.N) because it’s done by came after an official complaint was filed asking retailers and shippers roll out their but are incompatible with the pandem- “gig” drivers for companies like Shipt, the Elections Commission to check his submitted earliest-ever shopping season. Target ic’s social distancing recommendations. DoorDash and Postmates.One supplier documents for fake signatures.In the 43-year-old UAE lenders (TGT.N), Best Buy (BBY.N) and Kohl’s Kohl’s Chief Executive Michelle Gass said to a big box retailer told Reuters that rapper’s response to the complaint, he accused (KSS.N) have moved winter holiday pro- on Tuesday that “a holiday season like the chain is bracing for a 30% decline local democrats of hiring a private investigator banking on grad- motions up to as early as October. They no other” means emphasizing comfort- in holiday spending this year, though to probe his street team, who had been gathering able apparel, home the National Retail Federation (NRF) signatures on his behalf, as part of an “organised ual recovery essentials and trade group has yet to release its holi- effort of harassment and intimidation” against Bureaau Report kids’ toys, all cat- day forecast.“It’ll be interesting to see his campaign, but insisted they were wasting Dubai egories that have if stores even have Black Friday sales or their time as there was no wrongdoing to un- Profitability at UAE banks will performed well as are open on Black Friday,” said Randy cover. Earlier this month, Kanye published his remain under strain in the second shoppers largely Hare, portfolio manager at Huntington presidential platform - which details the formal half of 2020, with recovery largely opt to remain at Private Bank, who says he is “starting set of principal goals he hopes to achieve if he to be gradual and dependent on the home.Target CEO to think about how we want to be po- wins the election - at kanye2020.country.VoM rebound in economic activity amidst Brian Cornell on sitioned into the holiday season.”Some low interest rates, an increase in non- Wednesday said logistics firms are urging retail clients Rachel McAdams sparks performing loans (NPLs) and impair- the retailer will to pace promotions - for example, push- ment charges following the outbreak stress same-day ing big-screen TVs one week and holiday pregnancy rumours of coronavirus, say analysts.First-half delivery and add sweaters the next - to ease the crush.“It data showed that despite a massive thousands of items can’t be a blitz of every single you increase in NPLs and impairment available via these product you have online. Let’s pick and charges, lending by major banks re- services, includ- choose,” said Scott Sureddin, DHL Supply mained strong following the instruc- tion of the Central Bank of the UAE to extend deferments to businesses Huawei suffers under US pressure and individuals as a cushion against the effect of Covid-19.The UAE’s 13 Bureau Report likely going to get worse rather than better.”In the finished. It says sales rose 13 percent to 454 billion major listed banks recorded a 60 BEIJING latest blow, the US Commerce Department this yuan ($65 billion) in the first half of 2020. But after per cent year-on-year decline in For nearly a decade, Huawei kept worldwide sales week confirmed rules announced in May that will spending a decade and billions of dollars to become net profit during the first half, from growing as Washington told US phone companies bar non-American companies from using US tech- a leader in next-generation tech, the company faces Dh17.76 billion to Dh10.71 billion. not to buy its network equipment and lobbied al- nology to make processor chips and other compo- the threat of being shut out of many major markets. The rise in loan loss provisions was a lies to reject China’s first global tech brand as a nents for Huawei without a government license.The That is a setback for the CCP’s ambition to make major factor, rising 38 per cent from security threat.Focusing on Europe, Asia, Africa president of Huawei’s consumer business, Richard China a global tech leader.Western companies Dh9.19 billion in the first half of and China’s booming market, Huawei became the Yu, says it is running out of chips for smartphones. and consumers may also lose access to Huawei’s 2019 to Dh12.73 billion.M.R. Raghu, biggest maker of switching gear and a major smart- Yu said as of Sept. 15, contractors will be forced resources that can cost 30 percent less than that managing director of Marmore Mena phone brand. As the White House cut off access to to stop making Kirin chips designed by Huawei’s of rivals Ericsson and Nokia.US, European and California Intelligence, said UAE banks wit- American components and Google’s popular music engineers.“This is a very big loss for us,” Yu said Japanese suppliers of processor chips and other Rachel McAdams is reportedly pregnant with her nessed a sharp decline in profitabil- and other smartphone services, Huawei unveiled Aug. 8 at an industry conference, China Info 100. technology stand to lose billions in sales to Huawei. second child.The Notebook star was photograp- ity and deterioration in asset quality its own processor chips and app development. Huawei heads a growing list of Chinese tech names “It doesn’t benefit any country to exclude Huawei,” hed with what appeared to be a blossoming baby during the first half due to the dual Last year’s sales rose 19 percent to $123 billion. the Trump administration is targeting as security said IDC’s Nikhil Batra. bump while shopping at Los Angeles children’s impact of coronavirus-related lock- Now, Huawei is suffering as Washington intensifies risks in an initiative called Clean Networks. It wants store the Reckless Unicorn on Wednesday, but a re- down measures and low oil prices. a campaign to slam the door on access to foreign countries to remove them as suppliers to telecom presentative for the typically-private McAdams has Among major UAE banks, Emirates markets and components in its escalating feud systems, undersea cables and app stores.The White yet to comment on the telling pictures, obtained NBD’s net profit for the first half fell with Beijing.European and other phone carriers House has banned unspecified transactions with by the New York Post’s Page Six.The 41-year-old, 45 per cent to Dh4.1 billion, First that bought Huawei gear are removing it from their Chinese-owned platforms TikTok and WeChat, who stepped out in a long-sleeved, peach-colou- Abu Dhabi Bank’s dropped 24 per networks. Huawei got a flicker of good news when and is pressing TikTok’s owner to sell it. In June, red dress, flat sandals, sunglasses, and a face mask, cent to Dh4.8 billion and Abu Dhabi it passed rivals Samsung and Apple as the No. 1 the Pentagon added Huawei and surveillance firm is already mum to a son born in 2018, although Commercial Bank’s slipped 38.6 per smartphone brand in June, but demand abroad HikVision to a list of companies it said were owned she has yet to reveal the name of the tot, who she cent to Dh1.43 billion, mainly due to is plunging.“Huawei is losing market share quite or controlled by the Communist Party’s (CCP) mili- welcomed with her screenwriter boyfriend Jamie an increase in impairment charges. dramatically outside China,” said industry analyst tary wing. Last year, the Chinese owner of Grindr Linden.McAdams was able to keep her apparent Paul Budde. “Their international position is most was ordered to sell the dating app. Huawei is hardly pregnancy out of the spotlight while promoting her most recent film, the Will Ferrell comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, as the June press tour was all conducted virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.She previously gushed about her experience with motherhood Pakistan to adopt an aggressive approach in third Test:Ramiz Dorilton takeover marks end in late 2018, telling Britain’s Sunday Times, “It’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me, Bureau |Report hands down.”Reflecting: “(People) say your life is ISLAMABAD of an era for Williams F1 not your own anymore, but I had 39 years of me, I Former captain Ramiz Raja has asked was sick of me,” McAdams said she was relieved to Pakistan team to adopt an aggressive Bureau Report future management structure. focus on family life and not just herself.VoM strategy against England in the third GREENSBORO, N.C Dorilton’s website says, however, Test and aim to level the series.The Former Formula One champions that it partners with companies Taylor Swift covers stu- final fixture of the three-match series is Williams announced their sale “that are led by strong manage- commencing on Friday at Southampton. to U.S.-based private investment ment teams and have a success- dent’s $30,000 tuition fees England won the first Test, while the firm Dorilton Capital on Friday, ful history and culture.“We firmly second match ended in a draw as rain a deal that marked the end of believe in our companies contin- and bad light hindered most of the an era for the struggling family- uing with the elements that have play.“Don’t fear defeat. You can’t win the owned team.They will continue made them successful,” it added. series but you can level it by winning the will have to do better captaincy. I will succeed in saving series [by winning the to race under the Williams brand Williams will be the second U.S.- third Test,” he told Pakistan team while want him to remove himself from the match], you will become a [real] team. and remain at their Grove head- owned team, after Haas, in a speaking on his YouTube channel ‘Ramiz one-down position and bat at down the This will give you confidence, which quarters in England, the state- sport that sees North America Speaks’.The cricketer-turned commenta- order.He said Pakistan should try to post will also help you win the T20 series ment added.It said the deal for as a key growth area under com- tor said Pakistan should move forward a big total and bowl out England ear- against the hosts,” added the 58-year- Williams Racing was supported mercial rights holders Liberty without looking at the back. “When you lier. “Although somehow it is a difficult old.Pakistan last won an away Test unanimously by the board, in- Media, who are headquartered play with an aggressive mind, then your wicket for batting, Pakistan should try match in England in 2018. Since then, cluding 78-year-old co-founder in Colorado.They are the third each and everything [ability] is used to score around 300 to 325 runs to put they lost six successive away games – Frank Williams, and would se- oldest and most successful con- positively.”He said Pakistan would have England in pressure.It is a difficult task three in South Africa, two in Australia, cure the long-term success of the structor in the sport’s history, to create pace in the match and play it but not impossible. The thinking should and one this series in England – before struggling team.“This may be the with 114 wins and 16 titles, as if it would end in four days. “Azhar Ali not be that of a draw mentality.“If you rain forced a draw last Test. end of an era for Williams as a but have not won a race since family owned team, but we know 2012 and their last champion- it is in good hands,” said deputy ship was with Canadian Jacques LOS ANGELES Bayern squad better than 2013 treble winners, principal Claire Williams, Frank’s Villeneuve in 1997.Founded in Taylor Swift has assisted a teenager in the U.K. daughter.“The sale ensures the 1977 as Williams Grand Prix with her university dreams by donating more says Neuer team’s survival but most im- Engineering, the team were at than $30,000 (£22,700) to cover her tuition portantly will provide a path to their peak in the 1980s and 90s fees.Vitoria Mario, who moved to London from Bureau Report 34, was in goal at Wembley in 2013 start Sunday’s final, although striker success.”Williams, whose cur- with champions Alan Jones, Keke Portugal as a young teen, had recently created SHANGHAI when Bayern completed their first Robert Lewandowski, the Champions rent drivers are Britain’s George Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel a GoFundMe page online to solicit donations, Bayern Munich captain and goalkeeper treble by beating Borussia Dortmund League top-scorer with 15 goals, Russell and Canadian Nicholas Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill after learning she wasn’t eligible for a student Manuel Neuer says the current squad 2-1 to add the Champions League to was on the losing Dortmund side. Latifi, had announced in May and Villeneuve.The team finished loan or grant to help pay for her mathematics is better than the 2013 Champions the Bundesliga and German Cup titles. Neuer says the current Bayern squad they were considering selling last overall in 2019, despite using course at the University of Warwick.Describing League-winning side, who they are Only four survivors of the 2013 team has more depth. Brazil playmaker the team as part of a strategic re- the same engines as champions herself as ‘a young Black 18 year old with a trying to emulate in Sunday’s final -- Neuer, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba Philippe Coutinho, three French World view.There were no financial de- Mercedes, and are currently last dream’ who had found herself ‘in a position of against Paris Saint-Germain.Neuer, and Thomas Mueller -- are likely to Cup winners -- Lucas Hernandez, tails given and a spokeswoman this year after six races without uncertainty’, Mario explained why she was try- Benjamin Pavard and Corentin Tolisso could not confirm the team’s points. ing to raise around $53,000 (£40,000).“Sadly, -- and Germany centre-back Niklas my father has passed away, and my mother re- Suele were among the internation- mains in Portugal,” she wrote on the campaign als on the bench against Lyon in the page.She added that: “Moving away from her semi-final.“The difference to 2013 is was a challenge but it was a sacrifice worth that we have top players across the being made, in my family’s eyes. ‘If you can get board, back then, we won with fewer a university education in the UK, you will be players,” said Neuer.The Germany set apart for life’.”Mario had only managed to captain said the players waiting to raise less than a third of her donation goal by come on to make an impact make the Thursday, when Swift, who is known for her difference.“We have a class of players charitable fan endeavours, suddenly stepped beyond the 18-man squad - it’s fantas- up and opened her cheque book.VoM tic what players we have.” Saturday, August 22, 2020 The Asian Telegraph www.theasiantelegraph.net

ECP reminds political President urges world parties to submit to take notice of military accounts’ statements for siege in IIOJ&K FY 2019-2020 the state institutionsSRINAGAR of the ISLAMABAD President Dr. Arif Alvi says all The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has once again reminded ofcountry ensuring including rule of law parliament, and social political parties to file with the army and judiciary are on the Commission their statement of same page with a united approach accounts for financial year 2019- 2020 by 29th of this month. In a press justice for the people. He was release, the Commission recalled addressing the joint sitting of that Section 210 of the Elections Act, parliament on the start of new 2017 provides that a political party parliamentary year in Islamabad. shall submit to the Commission The President, in his address, within sixty days from the close touched upon several issues, of a financial year, a consolidated from the government’s pro- statement of its accounts audited by active foreign policy, strategy a Chartered Accountant on Form-D. to deal with the coronavirus VoM pandemic, improvement in economic situation and launch itof is social the success welfare of projects nation which alwayshave altogether stood solid put with the resilience country on path to prosperity. He said put the country’s policy in right to deal every challenge. The internationalPresident said theand governmentregional CPEC will change fate of direction in view of challenging people of entire region: wouldscenario.He not recognize lauded Prime Israel Minister until Imran Khan’s recent policy Yasinzai statement where he said Pakistan the Palestinians were given their ISLAMABAD due rights. He termed the stance in line with the views of Quaid- Governor Balochistan Amanullah ISLAMABAD: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi warmly receives Federal minister for Foreign Affairs, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khan Yasinzai has said that the QureshiFM visits at Hainan to ProvinceChina of China here on Friday. Photo by VoM Chinaand it Pakistanwill change Economic the fate Corridor of the on Palestine. On the Kashmir is a project of great significance dispute, he said Pakistan rejected addressing the participants of a India’s move of August 5 last year Chinese counterpart discuss bilateral relations: FM aimed at changing demography people of the entire region. He was of Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir Valley. He said India is Webinar titled “Economic Progress trying to impose the ideology of and Public Welfare through CPEC’’ Hindutva against Muslims and held on Thursday under the auspices ISLAMABAD theother Indian minorities Illegally in the Occupied country. of Communist Party of China. The passion and empathy that bind sified since 5th August military Dr Alvi urged the world to take Governor said that the Coronavirus ForeignFM Minister expresses Shah Pakistan’s Mahmood usunwavering together are commitment much stronger to siegefight ofcurse eight of million terrorism Kashmiris notice of the military siege in pandemic badly affected the Qureshi held a meeting with his than the forces of intolerance, in the valley with extra judicial economy of the entire world but at Chinese counterpart Wang Yi hatred and violence. Shah Mah- killings and brutal use of force Jammu and Kashmir. He thanked this critical juncture China provided in Hainan province of China on mood Qureshi said Pakistan has against peaceful protestors. China, Turkey, Malaysia, Iran all possible medical and financial Friday. They discussed bilateral suffered the most from terror- Shah Mahmood Qureshi called and Azerbaijan for their strong assistance to various countries relations and other matters of ism as it lost more than seven- upon the international commu- support to Pakistan on the issue including Pakistan. VoM mutual interest. The Foreign ty thousand lives and suffered nity to prosecute the Indian civil of Jammu and Kashmir, and Minister is in China to represent economic losses of 120 billion and military personnel involved condemning the Indian atrocities. Pakistan in the second round of dollars. He said thousands of in the state terrorism and seri- VoM China-Pakistan Foreign Minis- our valiant soldiers and law en- ous crimes against humanity. He ters Strategic Dialogue. Foreign forcement personnel have laid said the political leaders have Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi down their lives in defending been imprisoned whilst thirteen has expressed Pakistan’s unwav- the motherland. The Foreign thousand Kashmiri youth have ering commitment to fight the Minister said as we commemo- been subjected to abduction curse of terrorism. In a state- rate this day, we must remem- and torture. The Foreign Minis- ment on the occasion of Interna- berby Indiaand venerateagainst innocentthe victims peo of ter said on its part Pakistan is tional Day of Remembrance and worstple of Indian form ofIllegally state terrorismOccupied committed to show the victims Tributestani nation to the has Victims shown of that Terror the- - of terrorism that they are not ism, he said the resilient Paki- alone and the international com- Jammu and Kashmir. He said the munity stands in solidarity with NA pays tribute tovalues Mir ofHasil enlightenment, Khan Bizenjo com- Indian stateML-1 terrorism project has will inten generate- them, whereverSpecial they are. armours VoM gifted to Islamabad Kendo employment opportunities

ISLAMABAD and treasury benches in National As for people: Rashid body to promote Japanese martial art Hasil Khan Bizenjo for democracy in- Bureau Report it taught people to discipline oneself and Members belonging to the opposition cluded Khawaja Asif, Aslam Bhutani, Bureau Report - Raja Parvez Ashraf, Ghous Bux Mehr, sembly paid glowing tributes to the ISLAMABAD Shakoor Shad, Shehryar Khan Afridi, ISLAMABAD services of Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo for Agha Hassan Baloch, Qaim Khani, Qa- respect one’s opponents. In this regard, promotion of democracy. Expressing sim Khani, Sabir Hussain Kaim Khani, the process of restructuring All Japan Kendo Federation Thursday he expressed further expectation on bilat- grief and sorrow over his death, they Mohsin Dawar and Ramesh Kumar. The Minister for Railways gifted Kendo armours (BOGU) to the Is- eral cooperation in the area of education. saidwas ahis seasoned death is politician a big loss and to aPakistan nation speaker said that Mir Hasil Khan Bi- Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says lamabad Kendo Association to promote He expressed his gratitude to Irfan Bhatti, and Balochistan. They said Bizenjo zenjo was a major political figure who Kendo, the famous form of traditional Jap- representative of the Islamabad Kendo As- - madethe house immense offered contributions fateha for National to the of Railways is continuing. anese martial arts in Pakistan. The origin sociation, for his consistent efforts over al leader whose services will always politics of the country. At the outset, Talking to media in Rawal- of Kendu sport goes back to above 1000 the years to promote Japanese martial arts be remembered. They said that Hasil pindi on Friday, he said Main years to the “Samurai” warriors’ arts of the among the Pakistanis and hoped that the Khan Bizenjo was a patriotic Pakistani Party Chief Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bi- Line-1 project will generate sword, with an accent on fighting finesse gifts would provide a platform for all those whothat alwaysa gallery spoke should about be the designated rights of zenjo who passed away in Karachi yes- numerous employment op- as well as character building. The ceremo- who are keen to learn and practice Kendo smaller provinces. They suggested terday. Later, the chair adjourned the portunities for people. In ny to celebrate the promotion of Kendo in in Pakistan. Federal Minister Shafqat Mah- proceedings of the house till Monday response to a question, he Pakistan was held at the official residence mood said that Japan was a wonderful in the parliament house to recognize at four pm without taking up the agen- said Prime Minister Imran of Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Mat- friend and donor to Pakistan and anything the services of leaders like Mir Ha- da of the day in respect and memory of Khan will never give NRO to suda Kuninori, a Japanese embassy press related to Japan and its culture was very sil Khan Bizenjo. Minister for Human Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo. VoM anyone. Earlier, addressing release said. The event was attended by important for the country. He expressed Rights Shireen Mazari, in her remarks, a ceremony in Rawalpindi, Federal Minister for Education, Profes- his good wishes and success for Islamabad said everybody accepts the democratic he said several projects of sional Training, National Heritage and Cul- Kendo Association in its future endeavors. struggle of Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo. She alsocial new sectoreducational development institu ture Shafqat Mahmood, and representative Irfan Bhatti, representative of the Islam- said his persona was also democratic have been completed in of the Islamabad Kendo Association Irfan abad Kendo Association, while speaking and he used to raise his voice in a very Rawalpindi. He said sever- Bhatti.and culture Speaking was aon perfect the occasion, way of bringing Ambas- on the occasion thanked the All Japan Ken- dignified and democratic manner. She - sador Matsuda said that exchanges in art do Federation for gifting Kendo armors to said Hasil Khan Bizenjo was a strong tions have been established Islamabad Kendo Association which, he voicewho paidfor the tributes rights ofto Balochistanthe struggle and of in Rawalpindi to provide the people of two countries further closer. said, would help them in further promot- he has left behind a vacuum. Others quality education to the He said that Kendo was now considered ing this traditional form of Japanese mar- citizens. VoM an important part of education in Japan as tial arts in Pakistan. VoM Russia’s Navalny, Putin’s nemesis and crusader against graft Oil prices dip on sluggish coronavirus recovery Bureau Report ed leader of an opposition operating Oil and stocks fall as

MOSCOW heporters was say convicted it and other of corruption cases against by markets still rattled by Rystad Energy said in a note. At the same Street was knocked from its recent highs mostly outside official structures. That Russian authorities in 2013. His sup- Fed minutes time,including the OrganisationRussia were of focused the Petroleum on en on Wednesday after the Fed’s minutes Alexei Navalny has been the biggest preeminence has faded amid inter- Bureau Report Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies from its July meeting spooked investors thorn in the Kremlin’s side for more nal policy differences and squabbling himhe said are last politically year after motivated. police raided “Putin the is DUBAI/LONDON - by showing that the swift labour market than a decade, persistently detailing among various factions, and some oth- very angry and is stamping his feet,” Oil prices edged lower on Friday but suring that members who had overpro- rebound seen in May and June had likely whatin a country he says where is high-level the opposition graft andhas er opposition figures have questioned across Russia in what they said was an duced against their commitments would slowed. The S&P 500 had reached an all- mobilising crowds of young protesters howedly fardetained his support for organizing extends beyondpublic homes and offices of his supporters reduce their output. Reuters on Thurs- time high earlier in the week as prices Russia’s big cities. He has been repeat- held near a five-month high as an easing day reported that an OPEC+ internal re- recovered to their pre-pandemic levels. no meaningful power. The 44-year-old investigation into money laundering port showed the group wanted oversup- The sudden bearishness spilled into that dented the ruling party’s hold on of coronavirus lockdowns aids a slow lawyer, in a coma in hospital on Friday meetings and rallies and sued over the at his foundation. Four days earlier, recoveryBrent crude in fuelLCOc1 demand futures whilewere majordown ply between May and July compensated Asian markets overnight and contin- after a suspected poisoning, has never detailed investigations into corrup- he had led a tactical voting campaign crude producers seek to limit supply. for with cuts this month and next. It also ued in the European session, although challenged President Vladimir Putin tion which he posts on his YouTube showed OPEC+ expects oil demand in shares started to recover as the morn- at the ballot box but is the highest- channel, gaining millions of views. He Moscow city assembly. The son of an $0.52, or 1.1%, at $44.38 a barrel by 2020 to fall by 9.1 million bpd and by ing progressed. MSCI’s broadest index of profile leader of Russia’s deeply di- was barred from running in a presi- army officer, he was born on June 4, 0850 GMT, heading for a 0.9% weekly as much as 11.2 million bpd if there is Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan had its vided government opponents. Part of dential election in 2018 and jailed 1976, and grew up mainly in Obninsk, a prolonged resurgence of coronavirus biggest daily decline in five weeks while brought tens of thousands of people decline. US West Texas Intermediate a new generation prepared to take to last summer after calling for mass about 100 km (62 miles) southwest of (WTI) crude CLc1 futures were down infections in the second half of the year. the MSCI world equity index, which the streets to make their views heard, opposition protests in Moscow which Moscow. After a law degree, he spent The Federal Reserve’s doubts over the tracks shares in 49 countries, was down foundation has been found guilty of $0.48, or 1.1%, at $42.34 but on track he came to prominence when demon- time in the United States on a fellow- fordeepest a weekly downturn gain ofon aboutrecord 0.9%. has stut The U.S. economic recovery kept markets in 0.6% at 1042 GMT. The pan-European strations against Putin took off in De- onto the streets. His anti-corruption ship at Yale, which pro-Kremlin critics euro zone’s economic recovery from its the red on Thursday, even though Eu- STOXX 600 fell 0.8% and London’s FTSE cember 2011, 12 years after the for- have seized on as evidence that he is - ropean stock indexes spent the morn- 100 was down 1.14%.Several Fed poli- mer KGB officer first came to power. violating a “foreign agent” law and a foreign agent. In 2007, he was ex- tered this month as the pent-up demand ing recovering from initial losses. Wall cymakers said they may need to ease Navalny was one of the first protest pelled from Russia’s liberal Yabloko unleashed by the easing of lockdowns in monetary policy to help get the econo- leaders arrested and after 15 days in opposition party for nationalist views July has dwindled, a survey showed on my through the coronavirus pandemic. jail for obstructing police, he emerged which he has since toned down. He Friday. In another sign of sluggish recov- “It’s easy to forget that we’ve just experi- a hero, with protesters chanting his also studied securities and exchanges enced one of the largest and most severe greater transparency for shareholders ery, India’s crude oil imports fell in July name at demonstrations and giving and bought small stakes in some of to their lowest since March 2010 amid economic shocks on record,” said Kasper histests booming, started to rousing fade in speechesthe spring the of Russia’s biggest companies to demand Elmgreen, head of equities at Amundi. hospital in a serious condition after renewed coronavirus lockdowns and biggest cheers. By the time the pro- refinery maintenance. “Demand, in our “This story is not over yet, despite what and the public.He is now in a Siberian view, is only likely to near pre-pandemic the markets might be indicating,” he 2012, Putin was back in the Kremlin levels in 2021 and the rest of 2020 will said. “We are navigating a ship here with as president while Navalny had estab- falling ill on a flight and being stretch- be a muted struggle while facing the ef- unusually low forward visibility and a lished himself as the largey undisput- ered off the plane. fects of the second wave,” consultancy very wide range of outcomes.”

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