Vol - I, Issue - I July 2011 Positive Post Monthly publication to create a soft and positive image of Prime Minister lauds victorious First Pakistani Winter Olympian Brings special atheletes Pride to a Small Village By: Shahban-ul-Haq with their work. He urged the provin - The special children won 17 gold, 25 BS27 22117 cial governments to search for po - silver and 14 bronze medals in By Mohiuddin Abro tential youth in pursuance of the Athens. Pakistani athletes competed BS35 22936 , July 8: government`s policy to include in eight sports: athletics, aquatics, Prime Minister Yousuf Skier Muhammad them in the national mainstream. badminton, basketball, boxing, Raza Gilani paid Abbas made a little cycling, football and table tennis. glowing tributes to The government, Gilani stated, sporting history by the country`s special children who would continue its support to The Prime Minister announced registering Pakistan in the Winter grabbed a total of 56 medals at the promote sports in the country, reward of Rs 500,000 each for those Olympics 2010 in Vancouver, British Special Olympics World Games re - adding that the triumphant special athletes who won gold medals at the Columbia, Canada. The 24-year-old cently held in Athens. Speaking at a children would become goodwill Athens Olympics, Rs 300,00 for Abbas came in ranked 3,764th in the ceremony organized to acknowl - ambassadors. The Prime Minister silver medal winners and Rs 100,000 world. He was hardly a medal threat, edge the performance of the special paid tribute to the coaches who for bronze medal winners. Whereas and wound up third-to-last among children, at the Prime Minister house worked day and night to make the a Rs100,000 cash reward was the 81 skiers who finished both runs. in Islamabad, he said Special Chil - children achieve success which announced for each coach. But it’s not about that. His ambitions dren are the heroes of the nation eventually brought good name to Agencies are to soak up the moment and gain who brought laurels to the country the country. a few helpful hints to bring back to his tiny slope and inspire others. But Japan to provide Hina Rabbani Khar by competing in off-the-beaten- Pakistan more $50m becomes Foreign Minister path competitions, the ones the top to control polio skiers only attended when they were By Syed Omair Ahmed younger – if at all – he accumulated Soha Malik BS28 2229 enough International Ski Federation BS33 22767 (FIS) points to meet the Olympic Islamabad, July 20: ISLAMABAD , July 9: It standards. As a young boy in the far Hina Rabbani Khar was stated by the north of Pakistan, Muhammad took the oath of Japanese ambassador Abbas would find pieces of scrap Foreign Minister of Pakistan in Mr. Hiroshi in a meet - wood at the nearby air force facility Islamabad on Monday . She is the ing with Prime Minister Gillani at the and, with a little help, fashion them first woman who will be holding the PM house in Islamabad that Japan into rudimentary skis. He attached office of the Foreign Minister. will provide an additional $50 them to his feet with rubber bands. The Chairman of the Senate Farooq Contd. on P.g 7 million for the polio eradication ap pointment is a demonstration of H.Naek administered the oath of program. the government ’s commitment to Foreign Minister from Hina Rabbani bring women into mainstream and Pak Media role Khar. would send positive message about in PEACE better Meanwhile President Pakistan`s soft image. than ’s said in a statement that her Courtesy, Express Tribune Shafaq Younus Usman Colorful Pakistani Beetle Takes BS30 2491 , July 10: Frenchman on Road Trip to Paris Pakistan and India need to revisit their Prime Minister Gillani thanked the By Subhan Mir visa related policies Japanese government for their con - BS27 21225 besides creating opportunities to sistent support in the polio eradica - provide the maximum interaction tion and also their continuous help A French doctor, Vincent among the peoples of both the and support to Pakistan in other dif - Loos, is taking “Foxy sides. ficult times for example Japanese as - Shahzadi” — a 25-year- Contd. on P.g 6 sistance in the aftermath of the 2005 old Volks wagen Beetle, ‘Foxy’ as they’re earthquake and 2010 flood affected known in Pakistan — for a road trip people. from Islamabad to Paris to promote a “softer side of Pakistan”. The doctor has Ambassador Hiroshi was also very just finished three years’ work at a local grateful of Pakistan’s assistance in hospital. Doctors without borders in - the aftermath of the earthquake and deed – or perhaps doctors without tsunami in Japan and also said that sense. The “Foxy” should reach Paris in the Pakistani community’s help in Positive Post Positive Post Twenty Six Projects July 2011 Vietnam, Pakistan to Promote Positive Post bilateral Trade cooperation to get 37,000MW By Kinza Paracha for businesses of both sides to from River Indus A Monthly publication of BS33 2814 exchange and expand their business cooperation. Bilateral Hanoi: The Vietnam cooperation between Vietnam Chamber of Com - and Pakistan has finally merce and Industry developed o ver the past years and the Trade Development , with two way trade turnover Authority of Pakistan held a reaching 222.7 million dollars workshop in Hanoi on Friday in 2010 from over 80 million A compilation of news made by on trade cooperation between dollars in 2005. students of Mass Communication the two countries, with the By Shafaq Usman and Media Studies of Greenwich hope to provide opportunities Courtesy, The News BS30 22491 University to highlight positive Lahore: Water and Power aspects of Pakistan Country ’s Forex reserves at record high Development Authority (WAPDA) has planned 26 projects By Subhan Mir foreign exchange reserves were over River Indus and related Patron BS27 21225 boosted in June by inflows of tributaries to incorporate their Seema Mughal 411 million dollar. Including a collective 37,000 MW potential Vice Chancellor : Pakistan`s foreign loan of 191.9 million dollar from into national grid. The NTDC exchange reserves rose to a the World Bank. Higher export Deputy Manager (extra High Editor Voltage), Muhammad Ishaq, record 18.30 billion dollar in the proceeds and a record inflow of Ayla Hassan stated this, while briefing a week ending July 23, from 18.23 remittances have helped forex Assistant Professor media delegation from Lahore at billion the previous week, a reserves grow steadily. senior State Bank official said in Khan Khuwar Power Station in Courtesy The Nation Contd. on P.g 6 Editorial Advisory Board Karachi on Thursday. Pakistan`s Iqbal Jamil Head Department of Mass Communication and Rs 900 million allocated for Thar coal power project Media Studies By Mohiuddin Abro Salman Altaf BS35 22936 Assistant Professor Islamabad July 21: Federal Finance Graphics & Layout Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Shazia Anwar on Thursday that Rs 900 million had been approved for the Thar coal Mailing Address gasification project to generate 100 Greenwich House: DK-10, 38th, Street, MW of electricity. Darakshan, Phase VI, DHA, Karachi. He made the announcement after a Tel: 091-35840397/98, meeting , in Islamabad, attended by Fax: 091-35851910 Minister of Petroleum and Natural email: [email protected] Resources Dr Asim Hussain and Dr website:www.greenwichuniversity.edu.pk Samar Mubarakmand, Member (Science and Technology) of the Acknowledgement Planning Commission. investment by leading international shown interest in the project. Dr Positive Post acknowledges the courtesy Dr Mubarakmand said at the companies dealing with develop - Mubarakmand said work on the of the newspapers from which the news has been taken by students. meeting that success of the Thar ment of under ground coal. Accord - project was in progress coal project would encourage ing to him, sev eral companies had Contd. on P.g 6

Editor’s note Germany ratifies investment Currently the society and the country as a whole seems to be in confusion treaty with Pakistan due to various factors. Masses are depressed more when they see a gloomy By Abdul Wajid Naeem picture on media. What media portrays may be right but there is BS30 2460 positivity in the country too. Keeping this in mind the management of Greenwich University has decided to bring out a monthly newspaper by ISLAMABAD, July 8: Germany has the name of “Positive Post”. ratified the new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) With Pak - Positive Post will highlight the achievements and developments istan after obtaining consent of its pertaining to Pakistan that are usually overshadowed by our young parliament. The entry into force of electronic media. new Bilateral Investment Treaty Pakistan. It will also strengthen It is our endeavour to make think more positively and that is will boost economic cooperation cooperation between corporate one of the reasons of bringing out this publication. with Germany, and guarantees sectors of the two countries. favourable conditions for Your suggestions and comments regarding the Positive Post are welcome. German companies to invest in Contd. on P.g 7

2 Positive Post Positive Post Norwegian firm to set up 500MW wind power project CT scans cut lung cancer deaths By Subhan Mir By Subhan Mir BS27 21225 BS27 2125 Published: July 4,: Current or former heavy ISLAMABAD: July 9: Norwegian company smokers screened with low-dose CT scans NBT has expressed interest in establishing experienced a 20 percent reduction in lung a 500-megawatt wind power project in Pak - cancer deaths. istan, by investing about $1 billion in alter - native energy, according to NBT Chairman Arne Myre. WASHINGTON: Current or former heavy smokers screened with low-dose CT Contd. on Pg 6 Contd.on P.g 7 The Unsung Hero of Pakistan Hoists Tameer Bank launches Pakistani Flag on world ’s Rooftop micro-insurance product By Yasir Ansari his father, he gradually started sum - By Shafaq Usman ident & CEO Tameer Microfinance BS33 2759 miting the peaks of Gilgit-Baltistan BS30 22491 Bank and Dr Mehdi Kazmi, CEO one after another. Before he knew it, Asiacare Life & Health Insurance Islamabad: Tameer Microfinance The 48-year-old Hassan had reached newer heights. In Company signed the agreement in Bank in partnership with AsiaCare mountaineer is the the summer of 2009, Sadpara decided the presence of officials of both has launched a health micro-in - only person in to pay a visit to the Himalayas. After a the organizations. surance product that will be of - Pakistan to have climbed some of meeting with President Asif Ali fered to low income individuals to The aim is to help poor house - the world’s highest peaks without Zardari, in which Sadpara expressed provide them quality healthcare holds have access to formal insur - supplemental oxygen. To put things the hope of getting financial when they need it most. ance that protects against health into perspective, this means having assistance from the government, the risks such as severe chronic ill - to climb to altitudes where oxygen president directed his request to the To mark the launch of the product ness, accidents and obstructed levels are less than half of those at Alpine Club. Following a wait of nine a signing ceremony was held in Is - births. sea level. months, Sadpara was sent off to lamabad. Nadeem Hussain, Pres - Courtesy, The Nation Sadpara is the first Pakistani to have climbed K2, Gasherbrum I, Gasher - brum II, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak and Khushbakht to Inaugurate First Mount everest. He is now determined Women Entrepreneurs Exhibition to include his name in the Guinness Book of World Records by scaling all By: Yasir Ansari of the world’s 14 highest peaks. “I have BS33 759 enough talent and skill to accomplish , July 7: Haq Parast MNA this within a short span of time,” he Khushbakht Shujaat will inaugurate says, adding that he hopes that he the First Women entrepreneurs can bag the award before any other exhibition today at a local hotel. mountaineer does. However, he is Nepal, home of Mount everest. He left Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce sceptical about getting the money he along with his four-member team, and Industry (HCCI) President Gohar needs. On the bright side though, which comprised his younger brother Ullah said this at a press conference Sadpara did get the monetary assis - Muhammad Sadiq, but since the held on Thursday at the HCCI. tance he required in his pursuit to expedition cost $10,500 each, the scale the ‘Goddess of the Sky’. “The rest of the team members had to be He said the HCCI, in association with day I planted my country’s flag on the sent off for trekking at the base camp two private firms, was holding the world’s highest peak was the most instead. Hassan continued his ascent exhibition from July 7-9. This significant day of my life,” he says. along with a group of Nepalese programme is being organized for women who are keen to display their mountaineers on the world’s highest the first time in the history of products, including cosmetics, Sadpara began as a mere porter who peak. Hyderabad , where 40 stalls will be dresses, embroidery and others tagged along with foreign expedi - Contd. on P.g 6 given free of cost to deserving Courtesy: The News tions and trekking teams. Inspired by Awareness drive against Hepatitis launched By: Shahban-ul-Haq Pakistan. Media organizations BS27 22117 spread awareness among the masses about hepatitis and its Islamabad: Motorway and Highway causes. Police launched a one-day awareness campaign in Islamabad, The Motorway and Highway Police aimed at informing the motorists distributed informative pamphlets about the potentially fatal hepatitis on the Islamabad highway, to the disease. motorist about the preventive This awareness campaign came in measures to be taken to fight the the wake of the World Hepatitis Day disease. which was observed through out Courtesy: The Nation 3 Positive Post Positive Post Ramazan offers opportunity Greenwich University To quit smoking: Scholar Organizes Turkish Mela By Yasir Ansari the habit. He said By Mohiuddin Abro the banners of `Long Live BS33 2759 Islam strongly dis - BS35 22936 Pakistan-Turkey Friendship approves habits and and `Pakistan-Turkey Dosti Karachi: Ramazan offers a great op - practices that are Karachi, 19th July. A Turkish Mela Zindabad. Various aspects of portunity for the Muslims to quit cig - hazardous either to was or ganized by the students Turkish culture, heritage, people, arette, a powerful addictive health of the person of Greenwich University at a dresses, food, economy and substance, said senior religious concerned or those local amusement park, in scholar and representative of Quran progress were highlighted around them. `Al - Karachi. A statement of the during the festival. Academy, engineer Naveed Ahmed. though there exists no mention of institution on Monday said that Talking to media in a session organ - tobacco during the era of the Holy apart from students, various We want to promote further the ized by Pakistan Chest Society to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be private companies set up their friendly ties between Pakistan commemorate national quit tobacco upon Him) yet all addictive sub - stalls. and Turkey, remarked a student stances were prohibited`, he added. of Greenwich University. day, he said fasting compels an ad - Courtesy, The Nation The venue was decorated with dict, including smokers, to change Courtesy, The Nation his or her mindset, environment and Mini tourist Pak Frigate on train to start in maritime security Islamabad mission in Kuwait By Subhan Mir BS27 2125

ISLAMABAD, July 11: An American Perry class frigate is now on its way to Pakistan, after being refur - bished and manned by 240 Pak - istani sailors. After 30 years service in the US Navy, the USS McInerney By Shafaq Usman was retired, then underwent $69 Pakistan and Iran: Vegetable Exports BS30 22491 . million of refurbishment before entering Pakistani service. The re - Power Talks up by 87 percent Islamabad: Though the miseries of furb included the addition of more commuters of twin cities of anti-submarine capabilities, Strat - By- Syed Omair Ahmed By: Abdul Wajid Naeem Rawalpindi and Islamabad are yet egy Page reported. BS28 229 BS30 2460 to be addressed, however, there is good news for all the recreation The Perry’s are 4,100 ton ships that Karachi, July 10: Pakistan is in a con - KARACH July 10: export of vegetables seekers, as a mini tourist train will have a crew of 220 and are armed tinuous constructive dialogue with and fruits from Pakistan registered an be in their access by July 30. with a 76mm gun, six tubes for Iran’s electricity minister Majid increase of 87.01 percent and 16.55 launching Mk 46 anti-submarine Namjou on what appears to be a suc - percent in value terms, respectively, The Chairman of Capital Devel - torpedoes, and a 20mm auto can - cessful attempt to obtain electricity during the last eleven months of the opment Authority will formally non as anti-missile defence. As requirements in Pakistan. 2010/11, a lead-fruits worth $26.1 inaugurate t he mini train on July built, the Perry’s had a missile million were exported during the pe - 30 in a bid to facilitate and enter - launcher for SM-1 anti-aircraft or Pakistan has had a significant short - riod from July to May2010/11, which tain the visitors and the locals. Harpoon anti-ship missiles (from a fall of electricity to empower the na - was 16.55 percent higher than Capital Development Authority 40 missile magazine), but these tion with a deficit of 5000 watts. The 446,516 tonnes of fruits worth $22.4 has successfully conducted the were removed from all US Perrys in talks with Iran have led to pact where million exported in the same period test drive of the train and now it is 2004. This was done because US Pakistan will receive 1000 watts en - of 2009/10, Ahmad Jawad, CeO, Har - ready to be on the road for the allies needed the dwindling sup - ergy from Iran in an export venture. vest Tradings 590, 503 tonnes, which general public. ply of SM-1 missiles more than US earned $20.6 millions in 2010/11. ships did. Iran has been a leading producer and Mini tourist train will start its provider of electricity and is a sup - Country earned $1,973 thousand by journey from Rose and Jasmine The two SH-60 helicopters carried plier to countries like Iraq, exporting legumious vegetables Garden with a speed of 20 to 25 by the Perrys could still use their Afghanistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan. (pulses) during last eleven months of kilometers per hour and will cover smaller Penguin anti-ship missiles. the year 2010/11. The export of different landmarks of the city. The Perrys have air search radar The project will help curb the in - pulses was recorded at only 37 and sonar, and a top speed of 55 creasing violent situation in the tonnes during the same period. The fare of Mini tourist train for country that’s power ridden and has kilometres an hour. If Pak built However, rice export from the coun - adults would be Rs 200 and for been facing countless predicaments children Rs 150. today, the Perry’s would cost try observed negative growth as ex - about $300 million each. in its industrial and business sectors. Courtesy, The Nation port of the commodity decreased by 0.69 percent as about 3,411,726 Pakistan plans to use its Perry class However, the minister for power and tonnes of rice exported in last 11 frigate for the anti-piracy patrol off resources Asim Hussain of Pakistan months of last financial year as com - “BE POSITIVE Somalia. But the enhanced anti- went on to add that the imported pared with 3,771,986 tonnes of rice submarine capabilities indicate power will still fall short of the re - exported during the same period of THINK POSITIVE” service against Indian subs as well. quired amount. fiscal 2009/10. Courtesy: The Nation Courtesy – Press TV Courtesy: The News 4 Positive Post Positive Post entertaintment Pakistani Film “Bol ” attracts thousands, ClASSICAl MUSIC a real breakthrough for Pakistani Cinema IN PAKISTAN By Subhan Mir By Shafaq Usman BS27 2125 BS30 22491 Karachi July 12. ‘It was a real classic feature film KARACHI, July 5: Three-month summer work - which I have watched produced in Pakistan’. This shop to learn flute, tabla, harmonium and was the comment of a local businessman Mr vocals began in Karachi on Monday . Mushtaq Ahmed who rearely watches movies in cinema houses. Mushtaq said that his children Ustad Hanif, the coach, said that the workshop insisted him on watching this movie and I am very aims at training aspiring singers and instrument happy that I did it. He further said BOL theme was players the basics. “There is a misconception excellent and the production by that learning classical music takes very long. I speaks for it self. believe that like any other activity, students can all credit goes to Shoaib Mansoor for taking a new start practising as soon as they get some basic Since its release, “Bol” has been attreacting cast, which delivered to the satisfaction of the music education.” thousands of movie lovers across Pakistan. It has people. broken all the previous records of Box office. Bol is like a fresh draught of air in Pakistani Cinema The story and its treatment is of such standard that and it has justified that if you have will and you can compare any of the feature film of conviction you can also produce movies of Hollywood and . The music and the international standard in Pakistan. performance by the actors were very natural and Courtesy : FROM “CHANNO” TO CHARITy .... By Mohiuddin Abro BS35 22936 KARACHI, July 4: Ali Zafar, the singer-turned-actor, He hoped to transfer the necessary skills to is hopeful to impart his talent for music to the students over the three months. He said that under-privileged children. approaches to teaching had changed overtime. “In old times, the ustads were illiterate people Our music industry’s blue-eyed boy has done it but still learned in the arts. Today’s educated again! It is nothing related to Jhoom, his latest people should feel more confident about album, nor its songs nor videos. It’s all about Ali mastering it,” he said. Zafar being in the headlines and creating ripples not only on the Indian shores but on his country’s He said learning was primarily about brains not soil too. the “tools”, a melodic voice or quick, deft fingers. The multi-faceted singing personality is also a with various non-profit organizations. He regretted that classical music was fading In painter, model and an actor. Zafar’s song “Dekha” Pakistan. In India, he said, people were doing According to a source close to the singing sensa - from his album Masty was part of the soundtrack well to save the art. He said that some ustads tion, “Ali was contemplating quite a few options of American film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps transferred the knowledge slowly and made which was released on September 24, 2010. He is but finally decided on sharing his knowledge on quick learning difficult. “It took my ustad five the fourth Pakistani artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali music with the underprivileged as he wants to put years to teach me how to count the beats. I feel Khan, Strings (a musical band) and to his talent to good use and looks like he’s found the I can teach it to my students within three have his song featured in an American film. right way.” months given they put their effort and hard Zafar, who made his film debut in Indian director When asked Ali Zafar about work,” he said. Abhishek Sharma’s comedy film , is his charitable plans and music lessons for under- in the news these days for many a good reason, privileged children, he emphatically asserted: Ten-year-old twin sisters, Mahnoor and across the border. Just one step, as far as Tere Bin “Music is something that comes naturally to me Mahrukh, have been Hanif’s students since Ladeni’s concerned, earned the singer-turned- and I consider it to be the purest thing I can 2009. Their father, Tanveer, who also learned actor great accolades everywhere, especially in impart at the moment.” classical singing, said that after giving his daughters initial training in singing, he had sent Bollywood. Times of India’s list of The Hottest New Face of them to Lok Rahs to learn flute playing. Recently, the chocolate boy won the top slot as 2010 (Male) the Hottest New Face in an online poll conducted 1 Ali Zafar Tere Bin Laden Ali Zar, a Forman Christian College student, will by . Zafar is followed by Ranveer 2 also attend the workshop. He said he had also Singh of Band Baaja Baaraat. The poll on the In - 3 Suriya Rakta Charitra attended a dramatic workshop at Lok Rahs last dian publication’s website is known to be a trans - 4 Rajat Barmecha Udaan year. “This year, I wanted to learn the harmo - parent and fair voting mechanism. 5 Akshay Oberoi Isi Life Mein nium to understand and appreciate classical When the celeb wins laurels, he thinks it is better 6 Vikram Kennedy Raavan music,” he said. to appeal to the masses and has a charitable pur - 7 Luv Sinha Sadiyaan pose in mind. Ali Zafar has plans to give back to 8 Badmaash Company Muhammad Arshad Mahmood, one of the society. He intends to promote his cause for char - 9 Faruk Kabir Allah Ke Bande workshop organizers, said that the security ity by teaching music to underprivileged children. 10 Kher Teen Patti Apparently, the Pakistani prince of pop is in talks Coutesy: The express Tribune Contd. on Pg 7 5 Positive Post Positive Post

Contd. Colorful Pakistan...... Wapda told to expedite work on Tarbela dam expansion an intensive care specialist, re - stored the car to full health, then By: Abdul Wajid Naeem The project includes installation of three units of hired an artist to paint in the BS30 2460 450MW each on the existing tunnel-4 being used for local style known as “truck art”. irrigation releases. The project will provide about 3.5 Vincent Loos is travelling by ISLAMABAD, July 8: Water and Power Minister Syed billion units of cost electricity to the national grid per Foxy, and is paying homage to a has asked Wapda officials to expedite year. local motoring cult. Dozens of work on the Tarbela fourth extension project and Courtesy: DAWN well-maintained Beetles ply the complete it ahead of schedule. He issued the directive streets. (the writer’s, in a cool while presiding over a meeting during his visit to Tar - grey, is Betsy, a proud 1967 bela dam. model.) After completion, the project costing 756.9 million The body is covered in a psyche - dollar will provide cheap electricity and help ease the delic array of flowers, waterfalls power crisis in the country. The extension project will and the faces of famous Pakista - provide additional generating capacity more cheaply nis. The idea behind the 6,000- and cleaner than any thermal alternative with almost mile trip is to promote the “soft no long-term fuel cost. The project is considered to be side” of Pakistan. “We want to very attractive because the dam, storage reservoir and show the world it’s not just tunnel have already been built and water supply has about terrorism,” says Loos. Now been assured. the “Foxy Shahzadi”, or Beetle Contd. The Unsung Hero of Pakistan...... Contd. Colurful Pakistani ...... Princess, is the most distinctive Finally, on May 12,2011, the Pakistani also be interested in attending such about two weeks. Only six months car from Lahore to Lyons. His flag was hoisted on Mount everest for training institutes. It could ultimately ago Vincent Loos’s ride was a dust- team is equipped with an ample the second time. After Nazir Sabir, be a good source of foreign smeared wreck, collapsed at the stock of spare parts and a line of president of the Alpine Club . exchange,” he says. bottom of an Islamabad street wait - poetry inscribed on the ing for a final trip to the scrapyard. bonnet: “every mother’s prayer is Pakistan’s Hassan Sadpara became Currently, there are hardly 20 Loos, an intensive care specialist, re - the second Pakistani ever to conquer countries that have their flags a breeze from paradise.” stored the car to full health, then everest. planted on the roof of the world and hired an artist to paint in the local Courtesy: Express Tribune, it is because of mountaineers like style known as “truck art”. Vincent Contd. Pak Media role in peace...... But the extreme terrain of the Nazir Sabir and Hassan Sadpara that Loos is travelling by Foxy, and is pay - Himalayas has not been the most Pakistan is one of them. Trust deficit has caused both challenging obstacle in the moun - ing homage to a local motoring cult. Pakistan and India heavily and its Dozens of well-maintained Beetles taineer’s life, who struggles to make Eight-Thousanders: time to focus on trade and ply the streets. (the writer’s, in a cool commerce opportunities in order ends meet. Inspired by his father, The world’s highest peaks Sadpara took a risk in pursuing grey, is Betsy, a proud 1967 model.) to strengthen economies of both (mountain, ranges, country, height) moun- taineering but does not feel the countries and achieve peace in duly repaid. “I represented Pakistan The body is covered in a psychedelic the region. Acclaimed Indian 1. Mount everest, Himalayas in Nepal and hoisted the nation’s array of flowers, waterfalls and the journalist Barkha Dutt of NDTV Nepal/Tibet (8,850m) flag on top of the world’s highest faces of famous Pakistanis. The idea moderated the discussion. 2. K2, Karakoram, Pakistan/China peak. There should at least have behind the 6,000-mile trip is to pro - (8,611m) The purpose of the event was to been a federal representative at the mote the “soft side” of Pakistan. “We 3. Kangchenjunga, Himalayas, promote a free and frank exchange airport to receive me,” he says. want to show the world it’s not just Nepal/India (8,586m) about terrorism,” says Loos. Now the of views. One of the Participants said Mountaineering is one of the most 4. Lhotse, Himalayas, Nepal/Tibet “Foxy Shahzadi”, or Beetle Princess, that they need to open not just their challenging sports in the world, (8,516m) is the most distinctive car from La - eyes but ears too and some felt that requiring the adventurer to risk 5. Makalu, Himalayas, Nepal/Tibet hore to Lyons. His team is equipped there is a need to focus on the his/her life but it does not get the (8,462m) with an ample stock of spare parts concrete developments possible on same respect — and funding — as 6. Cho Oyu, Himalayas, and a line of Urdu poetry inscribed both sides of the border by focusing other sports in the country, despite Nepal/Tibet (8,201m) on the bonnet: “every mother’s on and utilising trade opportunities. the fact that Pakistan has immense 7. Dhaulagiri, Himalayas. Nepal prayer is a breeze from paradise.” Another point highlighted was the potential for mountain-climbing. (8,167m) demand to broaden areas of “Pakistan has 50 peaks above the 8. Manaslu, Himalayas, Nepal Courtesy: Express Tribune, interaction between peoples of height of 7,000m — that makes it a (8,163m) Contd. Twenty Six Projects...... India and Pakistan. One of the great tourist attraction. The govern - 9. Nanga Parbat, Himalayas, participants expressed his views ment should develop infrastructure Pakistan (8,125m) Besham area of Shangla district. that Pakistani media was playing a to attract foreign tourists,” says 10. Annapurna, Himalayas, Nepal better and more positive role in Sadpara who feels that economic (8,091m) Muhammad Ishaq further said that projecting Indian image in Pakistan and security conditions deprive this 11. Gasherbrum I, Karakoram, after the losses and damages to unlike India's media. industry of the attention it deserves. Pakistan/ China (8,068m) transmission lines during the historic devastating floods in As a mountaineer Sadpara wishes to 12. Broad Peak, Karakoram, Another participant underlined the Pakistan, the General Manager revive the tourism and adventure in - Pakistan/China (8,047m) need for a more pragmatic approach (Grid System Operation) Sharafat dustry. “I am ready to establish a 13. Gasherbrum II, Karakoram, to bridge the gap between the two Siyal has been looking after all the Mountaineering Training Institute Pakistan/ China (8,035m) neighboring countries and that the 26 power projects over River Indus in Skardu to train the youth if the 14. Shisha Pangma, Himalayas, ongoing engagement between for which a British company is government is ready to support it. Tibet, (8,013 m) both the countries at various levels being consulted. This would be helpful in training should be taken further. Courtesy: The Express Tribune, local talent, and foreigners would Courtesy, The Nation Courtesy: The News 6 Positive Post Positive Post

Contd. Rs 900 million ...... Contd. CT Scans cut lung...... Contd. Norwegian Firm...... and the first 50 MW gasifier had scans experienced a 20 percent image scan of the chest as a whole, Speaking at a meeting with Water been completed. reduction in lung cancer deaths while a standard chest X-ray yields a and Power Minister Syed Naveed compared to those screened using single image of the entire chest Qamar on Monday, said the com - The project to cost Rs 8,898.7 chest X-rays, a US study found. where anatomic structures like on pany had already applied for a Let - million, with a foreign exchange top of each other, and thus some - ter of Intent (LOI) and after its The National Lung Screening Trial, component of Rs 5,847.3 million, times CT conceals a cancerous tumor issuance, it would complete a conducted starting in 2002 among had been approved by the executive in its early stages. 250MW wind project within 18 53,454 patients at a high risk of committee of National economic months. de veloping lung cancer, is the first to “The results of the study say that the Council on Dec 9 last year. time has come for considering LDCT show that screening using low-dose According to Myre, NBT owned 27 screening for lung cancer,” said Con - Courtesy, The Nation celical computed tomography can per cent shares of Nordic Wind stantine Gatsonis, a leading statisti - Contd. Classical Music...... reduce lung cancer mortality by Power, a reputed name among cian in the trial and chair of identifying tumors early. wind turbine manufacturers in the situation in the country held biostatistics in the public health pro - world. He said his company would people back from learning Lung cancer is the most lethal form gram at Brown University’s Warren establish hydropower projects in performing arts. The registration of cancer in the , where Alpert Medical School. fees, he said, had been kept low to more than 94 million current or for - Pakistan and asked for setting tar - make it affordable to a greater mer smokers are at elevated risk of “For the first time, we have a study iff and providing support. that says, ‘Yes, you can actually re - audience. the disease. Naveed Qamar said the company’s duce lung cancer mortality in heavy involvement in Pakistan’s wind en - Registration forms are available for Patients have often not learned they smokers via screening.’ Rs 2,000 at Punjab Lok Rahs office had lung cancer until they experi - ergy market would be encourag - This is tremendous.”Study co-author in Garden Town. They can also be ence symptoms of the disease, at ing for the market and other Ilana Gareen noted that the screen - accessed online. which time the cancer is likely ad - investors. vanced and has less chances of get - ing’s impact should not be consid - Qamar claimed that all depart - About the coach ting cured. ered alone, but rather in tandem ments concerned would be con - Ustad Hanif is a gold medalist in with diagnosis. Scientists compared mortality rates tacted to speed up the process, flute playing and classical “The screening and subsequent di - between those current and former allowing timely initiation of the singing from the All Pakistan agnostic work-up will also impact heavy smokers between the ages of project. He also asked Alternative Music Conference. He has an patients’ emotional and physical 55 and 74 who received three an - energy Development Board audio engineering degree from health and will result in increased nual screenings using low-dose CT (AeDB) to finalise upfront tariff for the University of Manchester, levels of health care utilization,” she scans compared to those receiving wind projects with National elec - and learned flute playing from said in a statement. chest X-rays for the nearly decade- tric Power Regulatory Authority Pundit Chander Das in India and long study. The research results, published on - (Nepra). Khadim Hussain Haider and line in the New england Journal of Master AW Neelam in Pakistan. Participants had smoked at least a “Alternative energy projects re - Medicine, provides a more detailed Currently, Ustaad Hanif has been pack a day for a minimum of 30 main the government’s top prior - analysis of results first published in teaching music at several years, and were current or former ity and it will offer incentives to November 2010, along with addi - schools, Care Foundation and smokers without symptoms, signs or investors who establish wind tional data showing a stronger link the Lok Rahs. history of lung cancer. power projects by 2012,” added between the use of the CT scans and Qamar. Courtesy: The Express Tribune A helical CT (computed tomogra - a drop in mortality phy) uses X-rays to obtain a multi- By AFP Courtesy: The Express Tribune Contd. Japan to provide...... Contd. Pakistan Fast Track...... raising funds for the affected people topics that included anti-corruption, far more frequently. portant techniques of making the was highly respected and reported anti-doping, discipline and attitude,” ball swing. But I am here to instruct by the Japanese media. added Alam. “And in the evening “The idea is to let the bowlers un - them all to enhance their ability. derstand the use of a new ball with It is great to know that the two session, we had both coaches and more authority which is more lethal The PCB have been struggling to countries enjoy a multi-faceted players .working together one-on- than the reverse swing these days,” find support from the full member relations and have always come one in a bid to enhance their skill added Nawaz. boards in reviving international forward to assist each other in level with the help of video analysis.” cricket in Pakistan, given the security period of distress. “So I think we have to learn how to A shift in focus Meanwhile, Nawaz concern in the region. Pakistan has use the ball with more authority and Courtesy: The Nation emphasised that the programme not hosted any of the ICC full mem - not just rely on reverse swing. We will be focusing on the bowlers im - ber teams since the attack on Sri Contd. First Pakistani...... have to bring about a transition in proving their use of the new ball to Lanka’s team bus in 2009. However, These days, Abbas uses Atomic skis the thinking of the bowlers who the best of their abilities, keeping in Afghanistan made the first trip to the and equipment donated to him have been relying too much on re - mind ICC’s new regulation where country earlier this year. through his country’s ski federation, verse swing, ignoring the other im - bowlers will have to use the new ball along with the Pakistan Air Force. Courtesy: Express Tribune, Abbas is skiing for the country of his Contd. Germany ratifies...... birth and for the pride of the small, After ratification by Germany, the statistics showed that during fiscal primitive village in which he still “Once you new Bilateral Investment Treaty year 2009-2010, Germany was fifth lives, deep in Pakistan’s mountain - has replaced the old agreement largest source of Foreign Direct replace negative ous north. When these games for protection of investment, Investment in Pakistan. thoughts with began, Abbas walked into B.C. Place which the two countries had as part of a curious fraternity: almost Positive ones, signed in 1959. Germany is an The new version of Bilateral one quarter of the 82 countries at important source of Foreign Investment Treaty was signed on you’ll start the Vancouver Games are, like Direct Investment in Pakistan. Dec 1, 2009, in Berlin during the Pakistan, represented by a single having Positive Many German companies are visit of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza athlete. doing business in Pakistan, and Gilani. results” Courtesy: The Nation Courtesy: DAWN 7 Positive Post SPOrtS “But to gain full benefit, Pakistan “The ICC has no business to tell us IMRAN BACKS ICC must fix the cricket structure with a how to run our cricket,” said BAN ON GOVERNMENT MEddlING new constitution on regional Mahmood, calling for legal action grounds where officials are elected.” if necessary.

Khan said the changes could allow “We must resist on this and Pakistan to perform better. although legal action is the last resort, one has to back it because “If we have our cricket structure we have to draw a line on sover - right, Pakistan has more talent than eignty,” said Mahmood. anywhere in the world, and we will dominate the world,” said Khan, who Former spinner Iqbal Qasim thought led Pakistan to their only World Cup Pakistan would have trouble in title in 1992. enacting the change.

Former PCB chairman Arif Abassi “While other Boards like england said reform had long been needed. and have a proper system, “I resigned in 1996 because there By: Abdul Wajid Naeem The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Pakistan will face some problems in was uncalled for government inter - BS30 2460 whose chairman Ijaz Butt was implementing the change and they ference when I wanted to make the appointed by the president, was not will need to overhaul the system PCB a private company with shares,” KARACHI: Pakistan’s legendary for - immediately reachable for comment from grass-root level,” said Qasim. said Abassi. mer captain on Thurs - but it has threatened legal action in day welcomed a decision from the past if the constitution is Abassi said the ICC was after Pak - “We need to think out a proper plan, cricket’s governing body to ban po - changed. istan after a slew of public irregular - be it with the government’s help, to litical appointments, calling for a ities and said: “It’s now time we find implement the change in two years.” total revamp of the national board. Khan told AFP that the PCB now had the right people to overhaul our sys - a chance to become a real institu - tem and who know how to do it,” he and Sri Lanka are also The ICC executive board on Thurs - tion if the system was overhauled. said. directly affected by the amendment day gave cricket boards 12 months as their cricketing affairs are similarly to implement free elections and an - “The amendment will help Pakistan But fellow former PCB chief Khalid run on government directives. other 12-month grace period to as there is no transparency and Mahmood rejected the ICC imposi - enact the changes before any sanc - accountability in the current set-up,” tion as a violation of Pakistan’s inde - Courtesy AFP tions would be considered. Khan told AFP. pendence. Pakistan Fast-Track Coaching Programme: Focus shifts from reverse swing KHAN & WASEEM to using the new ball OUTPUNCH RIVAlS IN JAKARTA Soha Malik By Kinza Paracha BS33 22767 BS33 2814

LAHORe, July 5: The Pakistan Fast- Islamabad, July 5: Amir Khan and Track Coaching Programme kicked Muhammad Waseem won their re - off in July and will be looking to spective matches to progress to shift the bowlers’ focus from reverse the next round. swing to using the new ball more ef - Pakistan boxers punched their way fectively after the International batsmen under the supervision of into the quarter-finals of the 21st Cricket Council’s (ICC) new regula - former fast-bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz President’s Cup International Box - The 64-kg light-welterweight bout tion of using two new balls from and batsman Mohsin Khan and Ijaz ing Tournament in style. between Khan and Hutasoit each end. Ahmed. turned out to be the fight of the While, South Asian Games bronze day. The 20-year-old from Lyari, The ICC executive committee in its While on international tours, players medallist knocked floored his rival with a deadly recently-held annual meeting in do not have enough time to address down Indonesian boxer Deni Huta - punch within the first two minutes Hong Kong recommended restrict - the flaws in their technique with the soit in the first round of his bout, of the match. In the first minute, ing the elective Powerplays to be - coaches individually,” PCB’s Game flyweight boxer and Common - Khan’s combination of left and tween the 16th and 40th over of and Development Director Intikhab wealth Games bronze medallist right punches clearly disoriented each innings and also directed the Alam told reporters. Muhammad Waseem outpunched his opponent forcing the referee to use of two new balls per innings – Reza Korzbori of Iran 22-6 in his make a mandatory count. one from each end – changes that “So availing the spare time, we have pre-quarterfinal match. will come into effect from October organised this programme to dig Hutasoit, however, was able to re - this year. into the players’ techniques and help Indonesia’s Dadan Amanda, how - cover, but as soon as the bout re - them make crucial improvements. ever, got the better of the third sumed, a lethal punch floored him The ongoing PCB Fast-Track Coach - Pakistani playing today, as Syed for good. Khan next faces Russain ing Programme is providing training “On the first day in the morning Muhammad Hussain was defeated Malinin Alexander. to the country’s top bowlers and session, we had lectures on various 30-10. Contd. on P.g 7 Courtesy: The Express Tribune 8