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Fakhruddin G Ebrahim set to become CEC
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the parliamentary Committee on Appointment of the Chief election Commissioner on Monday unanimously approved Justice (r) Fakhruddin G ebrahim for appointment as the CeC. the committee, which met at the parliament House with syed Khursheed Ahmad shah in the chair, considered the nominations forwarded by the prime minister and leader of opposition in the National Assembly and unanimously confirmed the name of Justice (r) Fakhruddin G ebrahim. Justice (r) Fakhruddin has said he would accept the responsibility if given the opportunity. talking to a private tV channel, ebrahim said he had not yet been informed of his selection by the committee, but would accept the responsibility if it was handed over to him. Continued on page 04
Government passes contempt bill, insists parliament is supreme PPP-led coalition also passes another bill to raise pensions for judges’ widows by 75 percent g PM says govt respects judiciary from ‘core of heart’ g PML-N walks out of House to protest ‘black law’, resumption of NATO supplies g
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espite subtle hints by Chief Justice iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the supreme Court would not compromise on its freedom and that it had the power to strike down any law repugnant to the constitution, the government on Monday went ahead and passed the new legislation on contempt of court, which makes ridiculing courts and defying its orders in an “appropriate” manner a piece of cake for the country’s rulers. Amid loud slogans of “Kala Qanoon Na Manzoor” from the number-weak pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and pMLLikeminded, the pakistan people’s party-led coalition government got the Contempt of Court Bill 2012 passed with majority. interestingly, the National Assembly also introduced another bill to raise the pensions for widows of judges by 75 percent – a measure described by a pML-N MNA as a bid to tempt and divide judges for ulterior motives. Both the bills were introduced by Law Minister Farooq H Naik in the House. He had to face fierce resistance by the pML-N members while introducing the amendment bill to amend contempt of court law, but the government finally sailed through with the bill.However, a strong opposition by pML-N members created a ruckus in the House that was wisely defused by ppp ministers. the pML-N again stood isolated as neither of the other opposition parties, the JUi-F and ppp-sherpao, opposed the bill. taking the House into confidence, Naik said the bill included the 1974 Act and the amendment made in contempt law during the pML-N chief Nawaz sharif’s government. Under this bill, if remarks of any member are expunged by the speaker those remarks would not be quoted as evidence. Moreover, anything said against the armed forces and judiciary would be considered unintentional evidence and shall not be used as evidence. Referring to various constitutional provisions, the minister said the bill was meant for creating “balance”. Continued on page 04
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LHC extends Makhdoom Shahabuddin’s bail until 16th RAWALPINDI aPP
the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended MAN Makhdoom shahabuddin’s interim bail in the ephedrine quota case until July 16. the two-member bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najfi and Justice Chaudhry Yunus was hearing a petition by shahabuddin, which he had filed in the court seeking interim bail and termination of arrest warrant. the court on June 28 had granted the interim bail to him against a surety bond of Rs 100,000. A special court of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on June 21 had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for shahabuddin and Ali Musa Gilani, for their alleged involvement in the ephedrine quota case. three accused in the case including shahabuddin, former director general of Ministry of Health Rasheed Juma and former drug controller Abdul sattar sehwani appeared before the court under strict security cover. the LHC reserved its judgement over a petition filed by Rasheed Juma on June 26, offering to become an approver in the case. in his application, he had assured the court to fully cooperate with the investigation team and share all the information which he had about the drug quota case. the court also reserved its decision until July 16 over a petition of former drug controller Abdul sattar seeking acquittal from the case. Counsel for the petitioner Abdul Rashid sheikh pleaded in the petition that his client was innocent and his name was not mentioned in the FiR. “so, sattar’s arrest was in the case is unjustified,” he added. the legal team representing the ANF said there were strong evidences about the involvement of the former drug controller in the case. it contended that owner of a pharmaceutical company, one of the recipients of the quota, paid Rs 115,500 against a rentedhouse in which Abdul sattar is residing.
The DPC job: Pickpockets rob Sheikh Rasheed GUJRANWALA onLine
president Awami Muslim League (AML) sheikh Rasheed Ahmed was deprived of Rs 12,000 during the long march under Difa-e-pakistan Council (DpC). sources say that president AML sheikh Rasheed Ahmed was addressing the Difae-pakistan Council (DpC) rally when someone picked his pocket and stole Rs 12,000.
Petrol prices to be slashed further ISLAMABAD
AGeNCies petrol prices are likely to be reduced further by Rs 2.5 per liter from July 15. According to sources, the price of high speed diesel is likely to remain stable while a rise of Rs 4 per liter in the price of pOBC, Rs 2 per liter for kerosene oil and Rs 1.75 for light diesel oil by is expected. OGRA has begun preparations in order to execute this project of modifying fuel prices.
isLaMabaD: bomb Disposal squad personnel scan the Jinnah avenue before the arrival of the Difa-e-Pakistan council (DPc) long march in the capital on Monday. INP
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xpRessiNG serious concerns over the performance of the Customs Department regarding smuggled vehicles in Balochistan, the supreme Court on Monday said law and order would obviously deteriorate when government departments were themselves involved in illegal activities. these remarks were given by a two-member sC bench, comprising Chief Justice iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, which was hearing a case regarding the law and order in the province. On Monday the Federal
Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman and Custom authorities also appeared before the court. the court was apprised by Custom authorities that Quetta collectorate had confiscated 200 smuggled vehicles since the last hearing. On this, the chief justice expressed his displeasure and said the Customs Department had worsened the law and order in the province. Advocate General Amanullah Kanrani told the court almost 100 vehicles were seized in Quetta. expressing dissatisfaction over the number of recovery of smuggled vehicles, the chief justice told the advocate general that he (the CJp) could show him (the AG) hundreds of illegal vehicles plying on the roads of the
city. DiG investigation Hamid shakeel advocate told the court that the vehicle used in a suicide attack on pilgrim’s bus in Hazarganji area was without a chassis number thus it could not be ascertained whether it was smuggled or stolen. Customs officials said it was difficult to take action against smuggled vehicles in some areas of the province. At this, the CJp told them to “leave other areas, first take action in the provincial capital”. Representing the Attorney General of pakistan, Deputy Attorney General shafi Mohammad Chandio assured the CHp that government departments were taking action against illegal vehicles.
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A man was killed in a landmine blast while another perished in a firing incident in Jaffarabad and Mastung on Monday. According to report, Mohammad ibrahim was on his way in RD 238 area of Jaffarabad when he stepped on a landmine, which killed him instantly. in another incident, unidentified men opened indiscriminate fire on Noor Ahmad at a bus stop that resulted in his death. the deceased’s body was moved to a local morgue. police also recovered two dead bodies, including a woman from a residence in Hub. the bodies were moved to a local hospital where one body was identified as Abdul Khaliq.
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He Young Doctors Association (YDA) punjab has called off its strike and resumed treatment of patients in all departments of public sector hospitals across the province in compliance with orders of the Lahore High Court. “the normal functioning of indoor and outdoor wards resumed in hospitals on Monday,” YDA punjab office-bearers, including president Dr Hamid Butt, Dr Nasir Abbas and Dr Kashif Bilal told a press conference on Monday. earlier, the YDA punjab had resumed emergency services on saturday on the orders of the Lahore High Court. the YDA began its strike in outpatient departments (OpDs) on June 18, 2012 demanding a service structure for doctors, while it withdrew services from emergency and indoor wards as well after the punjab police launched a crackdown on young doctors on July 1. Following the end of the YDA strike, the process of pakistan Army doctors’ return has begun. these doctors were called in on the request of the punjab government due to the doctors’ strike. Meanwhile, the LHC said strict
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action would be taken if the government or young doctors did not comply with its orders. Lahore High Court Justice Aijazul Hassan heard the case relating to the clash between the punjab government and young doctors over the formation of service structure on Monday. As the hearing began, young doctors lamented that the punjab government had not withdrawn show-cause notices and orders of sacking of doctors despite court or-
ders. implementing the court orders, the young doctors said they had called off their strike. During the proceeding, the lawyer for the punjab government maintained that the authorities had implemented the court orders, adding that the allegations of young doctors were fake and baseless. the judge said both the government and doctors had to follow the directives of court, otherwise strict action would be taken against both.
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Us Ambassador to pakistan Cameron Munter on Monday demanded pakistan to take serious actions against banned outfits working in the country. the demand of the Us ambassador came after Difa-e-pakistan Council (DpC) is carrying out a ‘long march’ against the government for the reopening of NAtO routes. Banned outfits including Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Ahle sunnat Wal Jammat were also participating in the march. During his meeting with Rehman Malik, the ambassador said pakistan should take necessary steps for the safeguard of NAtO trucks as the law and order situation in pakistan was not satisfactory after the reopening of the routes. “pakistan should take necessary steps for the protection of Us diplomats and citizens living in the country,” Munter said. Malik assured the ambassador that pakistan would provide foolproof security to foreigners, including Us citizens, and said that maintaining law and order in the country is the top priority for the government.
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An Air india flight heading for New Delhi from Abu Dhabi with 130 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at Nawabshah Airport after developing a technical fault on Monday. the Airbus A320 flying from Abu Dhabi made an unscheduled stop at Nawabshah airport, around 230 km northeast of Karachi, pakistan Civil Aviation spokesman pervez George told AFp. Another plane brought engineers from india to fix the fault in the hydraulic system and took the passengers to New Delhi, he said. After the emergency landing, the indian captain was offered use of the
IslamabaD: Former pakistan ambassador to Washington, Hussain Haqqani, on Monday has once again refused to appear before the supreme Court in the memo scam case; saying that his right of appeal was affected due to the proceedings of the Memo Commission as it had exceeded its jurisdiction. He raised objections regarding the Memo Commission report and requested the apex court to annul its findings. Haqqani stated he could not come back to pakistan due to security concerns and medical reasons but confirmed his availability via video link. the former envoy said that the commission has overstepped its boundaries. the task of the commission was only to hold an inquiry; however he was put on trial. He claimed that under Article 10- A of the Constitution, he has not been given a fair trial; the commission had recorded a statement by Mansoor ijaz, but had deprived him of the chance to record his. “Despite several prejudiced petitions, the Memo Commission held me responsible for the Memogate,” he said in his report. agencies
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airport lounges for the flight’s passengers and crew, but he declined. “We offered full cooperation to them but the Airbus captain did not
allow the passengers to disembark and only requested drinking water,” said sultan Hasan, spokesman for pakistan international Airlines.
A 15-year-old girl gunned down her father after he objected to her having a boyfriend in Faisalabad, police and witnesses said on Monday. police said the incident took place in Faisalabad’s Bilal town where the girl took out a pistol and opened fire on her father after having a fight with him. they said the girl wanted to marry a boy but her father did not approve of him. the man died on the spot. His body was taken to hospital for autopsy, a police officer said. the police said the boy had given his girlfriend the pistol. Both the boy and girl, whose names were yet be known, have been arrested.
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pakistan is increasing the capacity for NAtO trucks at a key border crossing, in order to speed up the processing time for an expected influx of supplies for troops in Afghanistan, officials said on Monday Customs officials at torkham border crossing AFp that construction had begun to expand dedicated parking space for NAtO containers. islamabad agreed to reopen overland routes to NAtO convoys last week after a seven-month blockade sparked
by a botched Us air raid on a border post that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. “After expanding, the parking capacity for NAtO trucks will be doubled,” Obaidullah Khan, a customs official at torkham, told AFp. “prior to the closure the terminal had a parking capacity of 250 vehicles and now we are expanding it to 500.” Khan said work was also under way on two rooms for customs officers dealing with paperwork for NAtO vehicles, to speed up their transit into Afghanistan. the terminal remained quiet on Monday as no NAtO supply trucks
were able to reach torkham from the Arabian sea port of Karachi, where they have languished for the past seven months. A bulldozer had begun work at the site, uprooting trees while workers spread barbed wire around the back of the terminal, an AFp reporter witnessed. security at the crossing is being boosted, Khan said, to foil taliban militants who have vowed to attack NAtO trucks and kill their crews. Four checkpoints are being set up around the torkham terminal and the number of security personnel will be
raised from the previous level of 550. “We are ready to receive any NAtO truck, you will see more arrangements after the trucks reach,” Meraj Khan, an administrative official at torkham told AFp. the land routes into Afghanistan are vital as the United states and NAtO withdraw troops and equipment that have built up since the Afghan invasion in 2001. the blockade had forced the Us and her allies to rely on longer, more expensive routes through Central Asia, Russia and the Caucasus, costing the Us military about $100 million a month, according to the pentagon.
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Under the 18th Amendment, the tenure of the CeC has been increased to five years from three and the procedure for the appointment has been changed. the CeC was earlier appointed by the president, but under Article 213, the prime minister in consultation with the opposition leader in the National Assembly is required to forward three names to the parliamentary committee for confirmation of one of them. After the parliamentary committee meeting earlier, Khursheed shah said “any fears regarding rigging in elections” should no longer hold merit, adding that ninety percent of the work pertaining to implementation of the Charter of Democracy (CoD) had been completed. ebrahim’s name had been proposed by the pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (pML-N) in May. the pML-N had proposed the names of Justice shakirullah Jan, Justice (r) Fakharuddin G ebrahim and Justice (r) Nasir Aslam Zahid for the post. the government had proposed the names of Justice (r) Munir A sheikh, Justice (r) Amirul Mulk Mengal and Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi. Justice (r) Fakhruddin G ebrahim is an eminent pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, senior advocate supreme Court, former federal law minister, former attorney general of pakistan, former judge of the supreme Court of pakistan and former governor of sindh. He was born on February 12, 1928 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. ebrahim attended the Gujrat Vidyapith and received an undergraduate degree in law in 1949. He also studied courses based on philosophy and attended lectures given by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. in the year 1950, ebrahim migrated to pakistan and attended sindh Muslim College. He received LLM degree and an honorary Juris Doctor in 1960 and later established his own law firm by the name of Fakhruddin G ebrahim & Company. in March 1981, he was amongst the very few judges who refused to take oath under provincial Constitutional Order (pCO) drafted by General Ziaul Haq. the establishment of the Citizen police Liaison Committee in 1989 remains one of ebrahim’s prolific achievements.
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He Difa-e-pakistan Council peacefully ended their log march that they carried out in protest against the reopening of NAtO supply routes to Afghanistan
after staging a sit-in outside the parliament House on Monday. Addressing the participants, the leaders of the DpC vowed to resist the restoration of NAtO supplies. Hafiz saeed said NAtO supplies through pakistan would be stopped at every
cost, adding that conspiracies of india and the Us would not be allowed to succeed. “Rather, such tactics would be defeated with the support of the masses who are the real representatives of the society,” he said. He said the purpose of the long march was to get rid
of the Us slavery, adding that Washington was defeated in Afghanistan and was now was planning to leave it. Maulana samiul Haq said the success of the long march was a viable proof of imprudent policies of the government, and dangers faced by
ideological and geographical boundaries of the federation. Haq said the DpC would also hold a long march from peshawar to torkham on July 16. He highlighted the illegal activities of such figures as Raymond Davis of CiA and others who were
“still quite active throughout pakistan”, and “the recent attack on an army camp in Gujrat was also a part of this chain of events.” the crowd chanted slogans including “Death to the UsA” and one speaker called for the arrest of the CiA chief in pakistan.
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DeRa gHazi KHan: Local residents hold a mock funeral of WaPDa at Jhoke utra in protest against unscheduled and prolonged load shedding on Monday. ONLINE
Dozens dead in US heat as relief rolls in WasHINGTON: A crippling heat wave that has held large swathes of the United states hostage gave way slightly on sunday — but not before leaving dozens dead in several states, officials and local media said. After days of sweltering highs around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in the central and eastern parts of the country, forecasters said that cooler air was slowly swooping south from Canada. “tempera-
tures will drop, bringing some much needed relief,” the National Weather service said. the relentless heat sparked health warnings and sent people to makeshift cooling shelters, shopping malls and overcrowded swimming pools in search of relief. But the oven-like temperatures took their toll all the same, with the elderly and infirm especially vulnerable. the eastern state of Maryland has recorded at least 13 heat-related deaths since June
8, with 11 of the victims aged over 65, ed McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland emergency Management Agency, told AFp. “We are hoping that this is it,” he said in reference to the extreme weather. in Ohio, three seniors with heart problems perished due to the heat after a fierce band of firestorms tore across several states on June 29, leaving them and millions of others without much-needed air conditioning after power cuts. AFP
NOC made compulsory for going to Iran MONITORING DESK A No Objection Certificate (NOC) has been made compulsory for pilgrims and workers going to iran from Khyber pakhtoonkwa (KpK) and tribal areas, Dunya News reported. After the turbat massacre, the interior Ministry sent a notification to home secretaries of KpK, punjab, sindh and FAtA secretariat. the ministry has made the procurement of an NOC mandatory for workers and pilgrims going to iran.
two protesters were killed in overnight clashes with police following the arrest of a prominent shia cleric, activists said on Monday, raising fears of a new wave of unrest in the sunni-ruled kingdom’s east. Akhbar shakuri and Mohammed Filfel, both shia, died and a dozen other protesters were wounded during the clashes that erupted when police opened fire to disperse a demonstration against the arrest of sheikh Nimr alNimr, said the activists. the violence occurred in Riyadh street, the main artery of Qatif city in eastern province, they said. the reports could not be independently verified. the interior Ministry described Nimr as an “instigator of sedition” as it announced that he was arrested at Al-Awamiya in eastern province on sunday, after being wounded in the leg while putting up resistance. He was transferred to hospital and was due to be interrogated, ministry spokesman Mansur turki said, cited by the official spA news agency. “security forces will not tolerate instigators of sedition who have offended their society and homeland, making of themselves tools in the hands of the nation’s enemies,” turki said, apparently referring to the sunni-dominated kingdom’s main regional rival iran. the reported deaths
come after Amnesty international said in May that seven people had been killed and a number of others injured in clashes between the authorities and protesters in the country’s shiite-populated region since November. Nimr’s arrest came 10 days after he had said he was confident that his arrest or killing would be a “motivation” for protests to reignite in the eastern province, during a speech at a mosque in Al-Awamiya. He is considered one of the main proponents of social unrest in the region, where demonstrations first took place in February 2011 after an outbreak of violence between shiite pilgrims and religious police in the holy city of Madina. the protests escalated after the kingdom led a force of Gulf troops into neighbouring Bahrain to help crush a monthlong shiite-led uprising against the country’s sunni monarchy. small groups of shias in Qatif celebrated last month the death of saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, the country’s iron-fisted interior minister, according to videos posted on Youtube. Nimr was also seen in another video making a fiery speech in which he rejoiced at the death of Nayef, who served as interior minister for decades. the 53-year-old cleric had called in 2009 for separating the eastern province’s shia-populated Qatif and Al-ihsaa governorates from saudi Arabia and uniting them with shiamajority Bahrain.
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the decisions of the courts could not be discussed in parliament but there was no protection to the acts of the public office-holders, he asserted. He said parliament, executive and judiciary were three important pillars of our system and article 2A clearly explained that the state shall be governed by chosen representatives of the people. Naik said if protection was not given to elected representatives, how could the will of people prevail. “the acts of holders of public office in their official capacity should not fall in the ambit of contempt,” he maintained. the minister said the government respected the judiciary and nothing was contained in the bill against the judiciary. “the ppp has always respected judiciary and we accepted the orders of the courts.” Referring to the death sentence to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, imprisonment of president Asif Ali Zardari and cases against Benazir Bhutto, the law minister said, all aspects of the constitution were taken care of while framing this bill. He said for-
mer president pervez Musharraf detained judges, but the ppp freed them. “We raised their salaries and are now planning to raise the pensions of judges’ widows from 50 percent to 75 percent,” he said. “Actions speak louder than words. Gilani bowed his head to verdict of the court, he did not storm the court. But, if we respect them, they should also respect us,” he added. the minister said the constitution had been framed by parliament. “if the constitution is supreme and the supreme Court is its guardian, then parliament is the one which created this constitution. Nobody can segregate a child from his mother and no one can be forced to respect the other.” Opposition members, including Khawaja saad Rafiq, Khurram Dastgir, Kashmala tariq, Muhammad safdar and Zafar Baig Bhittani objected to the bill and called it a “black law” urging the government not to pass it. they claimed that the bill would provide a license for abusing authority, make dozens of public office-holders sacred cows and undermine the authority of courts. Clarifying the statements of the
members, the law minister reiterated respect for the courts and said the request to enhance pension for judges widows was made by Justice (r) late Abdul Razzaq thaheem and Justice (r) Naseem sikandar. the matter was referred to the government by the supreme Court. Later, the bill was presented to the House which was adopted with a majority vote. After the passage of contempt of court bill, prime Minister Raja pervez Ashraf assured the National Assembly that the government respected the judiciary from the “core of heart” and dispelled the impression that there could be confrontation between the institutions. “We all are pakistanis and the supreme Court is the supreme court of pakistan and its sanctity is compulsory on all of us,” he said. the prime minister said the contempt of court bill would not obstruct anybody in dispensation of duties. through this bill, the government did not desire making anybody “a holy cow” rather the bill would protect the right to appeal. WalKOUT: the major opposition parties castigated the government’s
decision to reopen the NAtO supply routes, as the pML-N members staged a token walkout from the National Assembly session in protest against the government’s decision, calling it a violation of the decisions taken by parliament and its committee on national security. speaking on a point of order, sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi demanded the government take parliament as well as the people of the country into confidence over the agreements reached with the Us administration. He said parliament and the parliamentary committee on national security had not been taken on board about the government’s agreements made with the Us for opening NAtO supply routes. “Whether it was Us pressure or any secret agreement, the government should take the parliament into confidence. if the government’s decision would satisfy us, we will support it,” he maintained. He also criticized the fact that the Us secretary of state had made the announcement of NAtO supply’s resumption even before the DCC. JUi-F chief Fazlur Rehman said the pCNs had taken six months to draft consensus recom-
mendations which were also ratified by the parliament, but the government ignored all recommendations and opened the NAtO supply routes. “When NAtO supply routes were blocked, the government said it was decided in national interest. When they opened the routes, they again claimed it had been decided in the national interest,” he argued. He said that the pakistani nation had been disgraced by the wrong policies of the government. “there are voices being raised against the NAtO supply reopening. We are not with the Defence Council of pakistan (DpC) but we also are not against their demands … we don’t want civil war in the country but we will hold public demonstrations against the government’s decision on July 13,” he added. Aftab sherpao called for a through debate on NAtO supply routes’ reopening and said the Us refusal to offer an apology was due to the weakness of the civilian and military leadership. asHraf ON NaTO sUpply rOUTEs: However, prime Minister Raja pervez Ashraf vowed to protect and preserve national dig-
nity as well as respect of the parliament and other institutions. “the government is fully aware of national obligations and pride and has firm resolve to protect it.” “We have not hidden anything from the nation and will not do so in future. if there will be any MoU or agreement regarding war against terrorism, we shall place it before the nation,” he added in special reference to resumption of NAtO supplies. He invited opposition to bring business on this issue and the government would welcome to discuss the matter in the parliament. “We stood firm on our demand of Us apology on salala incident. Finally Us tendered an apology and all Us media reported it.” He said pakistan desired a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. the prime minister congratulated the parliament, the parliamentary committee and the nation on selection of a consensus Chief election Commissioner. “Fakharuddin G ebrahim is a person who enjoys confidence of parliament and the people. His appointment as CeC will pave way for impartial and transparent election as desired by the nation.”
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Govt to bring in Audit and Accounts Bill: PM Ashraf says Balochistan his top priority, directs availability of medicines at affordable prices ISLAMABAD
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UDitOR General of pakistan Akhtar Buland Rana called on prime Minister Raja pervez Ashraf at the prime Minister’s House on Monday and apprised him about the working of his office. Rana told the prime minister that his office it ensured the audit of all government organisations every year and the report was presented to the prime minister accordingly. prime Minister Ashraf said the office of the auditor general was very important as it was the custodian of the public’s money. He said he would like to ensure the autonomy of the auditor general’s office, which would enable it to undertake its responsibilities on the basis of transparency and
accountability, the linchpin of good governance. the prime minister assured the auditor general that the government would bring a bill in parliament known as the Audit and Accounts Bill. He expressed his concern that the office was still being run under an ordinance and no legislation to the effect had even been undertaken. Rana said without the autonomy, the international organisations expressed their reluctance to accept the findings of the AG office and insisted on the third party validation. He said the Audit and Account Bill was very important for the credibility of the constitutional office that was assigned such an important constitutional responsibility of auditing the expenditures of the tax payers’ money. balOcHIsTaN: Minister for National Food security and Research is-
rarullah Zehri also called on the prime minister and apprised him about the overall situation in Balochistan, which, he said demanded the prime minister’s immediate attention. Zehri underscored the importance of installation of tube wells in Balochistan based on solar energy which, according to him, would be efficient and cost effective. He expressed his satisfaction on the priority being given to solar energy in the current psDp projects. the prime minister said Balochistan was his top priority and he would soon visit the province to meet the cross section of society with a view to address the sense of alienation of the Baloch people. Ashraf said the subsidy on tube wells would continue as it was important for the agriculture of the province and well being of farmers.
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Authorities are negotiating to change the venue of Difa-epakistan Council’s anti-government rally from the parliament House to Fatima Jinnah park. security arrangements have been completed with 1,500 per-
sonnel of the islamabad Capital police deployed at various points. security on all checkposts has also been tightened. According to the interior Ministry, the participants of the march will not be allowed to enter the Red Zone and Fatima Jinnah park has been specified as the venue for the rally and
the sit-in. However, the DpC leaders are insisting on staging the protest outside the parliament House, against which the authorities are trying to convince the religious alliance leadership. erecting barbed wires at the entry and exit points of the Red Zone, the police have banned the entry of common citizens.
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Owing to a shortage of locomotives and paucity of funds, pakistan Railways has decided to stop the service of two of its passenger trains. sources said the announcement regarding the suspension of Awami express and tez Gam would made public by pR in the next few days, adding that the railways had already informed the federal minister of the plan. the railways has also decided to privatize one of its passenger train, but a
finial decision would be made in a meeting of Railways board on July 15. Meanwhile, around 15 passengers of the pak Business express train were injured when some miscreants pelted stones at the train near Kot Lakhpat on Monday. the Lahore-bound train coming from Karachi was passing through Kot Lakhpat when it came under an attack by some unknown miscreants who pelted stones at its bogie Number 5, smashing its window panes and injuring at least 15 passengers. A case was registered against un-
known persons by police. On the other hand, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has demanded 400 new railway engines for relieving the railways. Responding to queries during the NA question hour, the minister said only 103 railway engines were currently operational, while the remaining were undergoing repairs. He said despite his demand for 400 new railway engines, the government had delivered none, and even the payment of Rs 13 billion for repairs seemed doubtful.
AbDus sAlAm: Pakistan’s unsung hero Nobel prize winning physicist who predicted the ‘God particle’ shunned in his own country because of his religious beliefs NEWS DESK He was the first pakistani to win a Nobel prize in physics after he predicted the existence of the so-called ‘God particle’, but in his home country Abdus salam’s achievements have been written from the record books, according to a report in the Daily Mail. Despite being a leading figure in pakistan’s space and nuclear programme, salam was shunned by Muslim fundamentalists when they took control of the country in the 1970s. Although he was a Muslim, the physicist, who died in 1996, belonged to the Ahmadi sect, who believed Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was their spiritual leader. As a result salam along with pakistanis from other religious minorities, such as shia Muslims, Christians and Hindus were pushed into the wilderness and attacked by militants from the sunni Muslim majority. salam received a string of international prizes and honours for his groundbreaking work in the world of subatomic physics. in 1979, he was joint winner of the Nobel prize for his research on the standard Model of particle physics, which theorized that fundamental forces govern the overall dynamics of the universe. salam and steven Weinberg, with whom he shared the prize, independently anticipated the existence the ‘God particle’ which later became formally known as the Higgs boson after the British professor peter Higgs who said the particle was responsible for endowing other particles with mass. pervez Hoodbhoy, a pakistani physicist who once worked with salam, said the way his colleague had been treated was a tragedy. He added: “He went from someone who was revered in pakistan, a national
a computer generated image of a collision between two protons. The discovery of the so-called ‘god particle’ proved salam’s theory correct. celebrity, to someone who could not set foot in pakistan. if he came, he would be insulted and could be hurt or even killed.” physicists in switzerland stoked worldwide excitement on Wednesday when they announced they have all but proven the Higgs boson particle’s existence. this was done using the world’s largest atom smasher at the european Organization for Nuclear Research, or CeRN, near Geneva. “this would be a great vindication of salam’s work and the standard Model as a whole,” said Khurshid Hasanain, chairman of the physics department at Quaid-iAzam University in islamabad. in the 1960s and early 1970s, salam wielded significant influence in pakistan as the chief scientific
adviser to the president, helping to set up the country’s space agency and institute for nuclear science and technology. salam also assisted in the early stages of pakistan’s effort to build a nuclear bomb, which it eventually tested in 1998. salam’s life, along with the fate of the 3 million other Ahmadis in pakistan, drastically changed in 1974 when parliament amended the constitution to declare that members of the sect were not considered Muslims under pakistani law. salam resigned from his government post in protest and eventually moved to europe to pursue his work. in italy, he created a centre for theoretical physics to help physicists from the developing world. Although
pakistan’s then-president, General Zia ulHaq, presented salam with pakistan’s highest civilian honour after he won the Nobel prize, the general response in the country was muted. the physicist was celebrated more enthusiastically by other nations, including pakistan’s archenemy, india. Despite his achievements, salam’s name appears in few textbooks and is rarely mentioned by pakistani leaders or the media. By contrast, fellow pakistani physicist AQ Khan, who played a key role in developing the country’s nuclear bomb and later confessed to spreading nuclear technology to iran, North Korea and Libya, is considered a national hero. Khan is a Muslim. the president who honored salam would
later go on to intensify persecution of Ahmadis, for whom life in pakistan has grown even more precarious. taliban militants attacked two mosques packed with Ahmadis in Lahore in 2010, killing at least 80 people. “Many Ahmadis have received letters from fundamentalists since the 2010 attacks threatening to target them again, and the government isn’t doing anything,” said Qamar suleiman, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community. For salam, not even death saved him from being targeted. Hoodbhoy said his body was returned to pakistan in 1996 after he died in Oxford, england, and was buried under a gravestone that read ‘First Muslim Nobel Laureate.’ A local magistrate ordered that the word ‘Muslim’ be erased.
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in an attempt to maintain their records, the Child protection and Welfare Bureau has taken to kidnapping children playing outside their houses, City 42 reported on Monday. According to details, the bureau officers have been holding ‘raids’ in different areas of the cities to take children to the bureau office in township to meet their targets for different projects that are being funded by the punjab government and other international donors. in one of the most recent projects worth Rs 180 million, the CpWB has set targets that include enrolment of 2,000 working children below the age of 14 in non-formal schools and of 2,000 higher age group children in the literacy cum skill training classes. these ‘targets’ require for CpWB to ensure the ‘presence’ of these children in the centres and instead of looking for real beggars, child labourers and orphans, the CpWB has resorted to kidnapping children who are being taken care of by their parents and already have a house to live in. the parents of children who are being kidnapped by the CpWB also held a protest and said, “Our children are not orphans nor are they lost. the bureau is kidnapping them and that is causing a lot of distress to us. We request the higher authorities to look into the matter.”
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UNJAB Chief Minister Mian shahbaz sharif has said that loadshedding issue has hurt the country and was a major cause of terrorism. Addressing to the officials of various provincial departments at Minar-e-pakistan tent office on Monday, shahbaz said though terrorism affected the countrymen but energy crisis has deprived millions of people of their jobs forcing them to indulge in criminal activities. “ L o a d shedding is also a major cause of surge in terrorism and other crimes,” he said.
shahbaz said he would have also raised voice if discriminatory attitude in power supply was adopted with any province other
than punjab. the chief minister said by establishing tent office at Minare-pakistan he has tried to jolt the consciences of the federal government which was busy in enjoying the privileges and was giving considerations
t o personal and party interests. shahbaz urged the officials of provincial departments to minimise the nondevelopment expenditures and spend the saved money for welfare of common man who was in grip of multifaceted crises due to poverty, unemployment, energy crisis and uncertain law and order situation. the chief minister also visited the Raiwind road project and directed the concerned authorities and contractors to complete the development work within four months. For this he said if needed night shift should also be started. He said the federal government is trampling all norms of justice by adopting a discriminatory attitude to punjab over the issue of loadshedding and the situation is becoming intolera-
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Religious Affairs Joint secretary sher Ali on Monday offered an unconditional apology to the Lahore High Court (LHC) for levying accusations of partiality on the judges in the Haj corruption case. LHC Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial heard the case. Justice Bandial said “one should think it through at least ten times before terming the court’s judgments as ‘partial’.” “the court was performing its duties in accordance with the constitution,” he added. the CJ remarked that the tax-law was weak in the country and that people evade taxes worth millions of rupees by paying nominal bribes. Last week, Justice Bandial issued a show-cause notice to the joint secretary for criticising the court while hearing contempt petitions against the ministry regarding the allocation of Haj quota. Ali, who appeared to be annoyed with the court’s proceedings on the quota issue, submitted his written reply to the LHC.
in the reply, he stated that the public had approached the courts without a reason and the court had summoned ministry officials despite allocation of Haj quota on merit. He had stated that the court’s proceedings hampered with the smooth functioning of the ministry. Justice Bandial had taken notice of the bureaucrat’s ‘derogatory’ remarks and ordered the security officials to take him into judicial custody. the LHC CJ had remarked that such officers tarnished the image of government institutions. the contempt of court petitions were filed by new tour operators who complained about discrimination on the part of the ministry in awarding quota. they said the court in its earlier order had directed the ministry to also allocate Haj quota among the new tour operators. But the ministry had ignored the order and awarded quota to previously registered operators only, they said. LHC reserved the verdict in the case and subsequently adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
ble for the people of the province. He said people of punjab were being specially targeted in regard to loadshedding and the industry of the province is being destroyed deliberately. He said the people of punjab are being punished for electricity theft and line losses in other provinces. He said it was the need of the hour to implement uniform loadshedding to combat the energy crisis by implementing decisions of energy Conferences but, unfortunately, that was not done, therefore, being the “Khadim-epunjab” it is his duty to protect the right of the people of the province at all cost. He said punjab government was working on multiple projects of generation of energy through coal, hydal, solar and other sources, alongwith implementing projects of electricity generation in industrial estates. He said solar panels would be distributed amongst to the downtrodden families of rural areas. the CM warned federal government not to create impediments in regard to electricity generation projects in provinces, and stressed that if other development projects can be expeditiously implemented, the electricity projects can also be operationalised at a quicker pace. He said action on emergency basis, carried out with true sincerity, was needed to bring the country out of the energy crisis.
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Lahore 07 Govt allocates Rs 50m for flood relief laHOrE: provincial Disaster Management Authority Director General Mujahid sherdil on Monday announced that the government has allocated Rs 50 million for flood relief and for provision of food and vaccinations. sherdil said that all relevant departments had been alerted in case of flooding and the process of food storage had begun. He added that the government had begun stocking up on tents, blankets and other necessary items in case of an emergency. this announcement came in a review meeting for potential floods. aPP
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Lahore High Court Judge Naqeeb shahzad on Monday sent four young doctors accused of the murder of a minor patient on a 14day judicial remand. According to a private tV channel, the doctors at
the Mayo Hospital were accused of pulling a drip tube needle out from a vein of 15-month-old Fahad Husain which resulted in his death. the police registered an First information Report (FiR) against eight doctors on the complaint of the victim’s father under section 302 of pakistan
penal Code (ppC). During this hearing, Matloob, Usman, tajammul and Adil were sentenced to 14-day judicial remand A large number of young doctors gathered on the court premises in support of their arrested colleagues.
ptI condemns terrorist strike on army camp LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
pakistan tehreek-e-insaf (pti) Chairman imran Khan and its central leadership have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on an army camp in Gujrat on Monday. pti Central information secretary shafqat Mahmood stated that the party was extremely concerned over the growing trend of terrorist attacks on security forces of the country. the pti leadership expressed deep sorrow over the incident and prayed for the departed souls and conveyed condolences to the bereaved families.
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Reopening of naTo supply routes challenged in SC
laHOrE: punjab education Minister Mian shujaur Rehman said on Monday laptops distribution among talented students will impact the education sector positively on Monday. “Around 0.3 laptops will be distributed during the current financial year, because only modern education can pave the way to development,” he said, adding that the distribution of these laptops was being done in a transparent manner. He also urged the federal government to put an end to the electricity crisis, saying that it had left many young people unemployed. aPP
laHOrE: Barrister Zafarullah Khan on Monday challenged the reopening of NAtO supply routes in the supreme Court Registry. the petitioner argued that the reopening of NAtO supply routes, also known as Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC), was against the national sovereignty, prestige and in violation of parliamentary resolutions. it would spread new wave of terrorism in the country, he contended, adding that lethal weapons transported via these routes to Afghanistan could be used against pakistan. aPP
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Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Singhnian in Naulakha Bazar was constructed on a mosque site and still survives as a gurdwara
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eRe is a lesson from history for those insisting that the Babri Mosque site be handed over to the Vishwa Hindu parishad party who insist on building a temple in its place because they believe a Ram temple existed there, times of india reported. in Lahore’s famous Naulakha Bazar there still exists the Gurdwara shaheed Ganj singhnian which earlier housed a mosque built in 1722. though the existence of the mosque — demolished in 1935 — had never been doubted, the privy Council ruled in 1940 that Muslim rights over the property had ceased since the 12-year time during which it could have been restored to them had elapsed. the judgment of the privy Council survived partition. in rejecting the demand of Anjuman islamia for restitution, the privy Council said that since no one had sued within a statutory period to eject the person possessing adversely the property belonging to the wakf, plaintiffs “born 100 years later” could not claim any rights. “the land cannot be recovered by or for the mutawali and the terms of endowment can no longer be enforced,” it said. the litigation over shaheed Ganj was very similar to the one being contested over ‘Ramjanambhoomi’. shaheed Ganj came under the sikhs after Lahore was occupied by them in 1762. sikh rule ended only in 1849, after British annexation. A part of the mosque was turned into a shrine for Bhai taru singh, who had suffered religious persecution. When the British came in
1849, the mosque was still with sikhs. then litigation began. in 1850, a case by Nur Ahmad, claiming to be a descendant caretaker of the masjid, came to nothing as he had been long out of possession. On June 25, 1855 Ahmad brought another suit against the sikhs, which was also dismissed. in 1925, the sikh Gurdwaras Act was passed and the shaheed Ganj Gurdwara included as a sikh shrine. Various parties made claims to the gurdwara but the sikh Gurdwaras tribunal held that it stay with a committee of management for the notified sikh
Gurdwaras at Lahore. But on July 7, 1935, the building of shaheed Ganj was demolished, the minutes of privy Council saying “by or with the connivance of its sikh custodians”, leading to riots and disorder in Lahore. Another plaint was made on October 30, 1935, against the shiromani Gurdwara parbandhak Committee. But this was a curious
plaint for it made no claim for possession of the property or ejectment of the defendants or for restoring it to its hereditary owners. it asked for a relief “claiming a declaration that the building was a mosque in which the plaintiffs and all followers of islam had a right to worship, an injunction restraining any improper use of the building and any interference with the plaintiffs right of worship and a mandatory injunction to reconstruct the building.” this was dismissed by the district judge and later by the high court in 1938. Finally, it came to the privy Council. the Babri Mosque, was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar pradesh, india, on Ramkot Hill (Rama’s fort). it was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the indian supreme Court by the rally organisers that the mosque would not be harmed. More than 2,000 people were killed in ensuing riots in many major cities in india including Mumbai and Delhi. the mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of india and was named after him. Before the 1940s, the mosque was also called Masjid-i-Janmasthan. the Babri Mosque was one of the largest mosques in Uttar pradesh, a state in india with some 31 million Muslims. Although there were several older mosques in the surrounding district, including the Hazrat Bal Mosque constructed by the shariqi kings, the Babri Mosque became the largest, due to the importance of the disputed site. it is still a disputed site.
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Foreign News 09 Annan to put new ‘approach’ to rebels after Assad talks Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
Jibril urges unity as Libya wraps up vote count TRIPOLI afP
electoral authorities were finalising the vote count on Monday from Libya’s first free polls in decades as an architect of the revolt that toppled Moamer Kadhafi called for national unity talks. Mahmud Jibril of the National Forces Alliances, which is expected to do well based on preliminary unofficial figures from the weekend election for a national assembly, called for all parties to come together. “We extend an honest call for a national dialogue to come all together in one coalition, under one banner... to reach a compromise, a consensus on which the constitution can be drafted and the new government can be composed,” said the NFA leader. “there was no loser and winner at all. Whoever is going to win, Libya is the real winner of those elections,” Jibril added. His remarks came hours after the leader of the rival Justice and Construction party, Mohammed sawan, admitted the NFA had an early lead in the vote count for the capital and Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi. “the National Forces Alliance achieved good results in some large cities except Misrata,” he added. UN leader Ban Ki-moon called for Libya’s new leaders to govern in a spirit of “justice and reconciliation” as he hailed the country’s first elections since Kadhafi’s downfall.
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NteRNAtiONAL envoy Kofi Annan said he agreed with president Bashar al-Assad on Monday on a new political “approach” to end syria’s 16-month-old conflict that he would put to the rebels. stepping up efforts to halt the carnage which monitors say has cost more than 17,000 lives, the UN-Arab League envoy was reportedly to travel on to iran, syria’s close ally. “We discussed the need to end the violence and ways and means of doing so. We agreed an approach which i will share with the armed opposition,” Annan said after meeting Assad in Damascus. the former UN chief said he had a “constructive” meeting with Assad, on his third such mission for talks on his six-point peace plan for syria since he was appointed in
February. “i had constructive and candid talks with president Assad,” he told reporters at a Damascus hotel, echoing syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi who termed the meeting “constructive and good”. Makdissi also said via twitter that Assad would hold a separate meeting with Foreign Minister Walid alMoallem. Al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the government, said the AnnanAssad talks focused on the results of the Geneva meeting at the end of June of an international contact group on syria. they discussed means “to implement the results of the meeting ... on forming a transitional government in syria that groups government and opposition representatives without mention of Assad’s departure.” World powers at the meeting agreed a plan for a transition which did not make an explicit call for Assad to quit power, although the West and the oppo-
sition made clear it saw no role for him in a unity government. the meetings came as at least 20 people were killed across syria, according to the syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and a day after nearly 100 people died in violence. the opposition syrian National Council (sNC) slammed Annan’s decision to meet Assad, saying thousands have been killed in the country despite an April ceasefire that is a key point of the envoy’s plan. Ahead of his trip to Damascus, Annan, whose military observers in syria have been grounded due to escalating violence, admitted his peace blueprint has so far failed to stem the bloodshed, in remarks published by French newspaper Le Monde. He also expressed frustration that while Moscow and iran are mentioned by some as stumbling blocks to peace, “little is said about other countries which send arms, money, and have a presence on the
ground.” — Us ‘parT Of THE cONflIcT’ — And, in an defiant interview late on sunday, Assad told German public broadcaster ARD that many countries were undermining Annan’s initiative. the United states is “part of the conflict. they offer the umbrella and political support to those gangs to... destabilise syria,” said the embattled syrian leader. Russian president Vladimir putin said on Monday that syria needed dialogue between the regime and opposition rather than foreign intervention to ensure a lasting peace. putin spoke only hours after prominent syrian opposition leader and intellectual Michel Kilo held talks in Moscow with Foreign Minister sergei Lavrov. the Observatory, a monitoring group based in Britain, estimates that 5,898 people have been killed since the Annan-brokered truce was announced.
egypt top court says ruling nullifying parliament ‘binding’ CAIRO afP
egypt’s supreme Constitutional Court said on Monday that all of its rulings were “binding,” in response to a presidential decree reinstating parliament after the court ruled the house invalid. “All the rulings and decisions of the supreme Constitutional Court are final and not subject to appeal... and are binding for all state institutions,” the court said in a statement. several people have gone to court to challenge president Mohamed Morsi’s decision ordering the return of parliament, and the supreme Constitutional Court said it would look into these cases. the court also stressed that it was “not a part of any political conflict... but the limit of its sacred duty is the protection of the texts of the constitution.” the supreme Constitutional Court had said certain articles in the law governing parliamentary elections were invalid, annulling the islamist-led house. On sunday, Morsi in turn annulled the court’s decision, putting himself on a collision course with the judiciary and the military that enforced the ruling when it was in power.
Church of england postpones key vote on women bishops LONDON afP
the Church of england on Monday postponed a final decision on whether to ordain women bishops, an issue that has caused years of wrangling between traditionalists and liberals. the General synod, the governing body of the worldwide Anglican Communion’s mother church, voted instead to hold further discussions on a last-minute amendment that had angered senior female clergy. A final vote is now likely in November. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the communion’s spiritual leader, told the meeting at the University of York in northern england that the adjournment would help “lower the temperature” over the debate. “it is quite clear that the reaction cannot be ignored,” he said. “When there is a reaction of real hurt and offence in the Church, Christians, and Christian pastors in particular, cannot afford to ignore it.” the General synod members voted 288 in favour of an adjournment, 144 against and 15 abstained.
sabuceDo: ‘aloitadores’ (fighters) struggle with a wild horse during the 400-year-old horse festival called ‘Rapa das bestas’ (shearing of the beasts) in spain on Monday. AFP
britain’s coalition strained by house of lords reform LONDON afP
British prime Minister David Cameron faced fierce opposition from within his own party as lawmakers on Monday debated a controversial draft law to reform the upper house of parliament. Mps will vote late tuesday on the House of Lords Reform Bill, which would create a smaller and mainly elected upper house and complete the process of abolishing the right of hereditary peers to sit in the assembly. the draft legislation to overhaul the Lords — an institution dating back to the 14th century — has caused deep
divisions within the Conservative-led coalition, in which the Liberal Democrats are junior partners. Around 70 rebel lawmakers from Cameron’s centre-right Conservative party signed a letter ahead of the twoday debate on the plans, warning that the bill would “pile a constitutional crisis on top of an economic crisis”. they also want the reforms, which are heavily backed by Deputy prime Minister Nick Clegg’s Lib Dems, to be given unlimited parliamentary time for scrutiny, rather than the 10 days offered by the government. A spokesman for Cameron would not confirm reports that
the prime minister had spent the weekend trying to persuade backbenchers to get behind the changes, but said he would discuss the issue with his lawmakers. “No one should be in any doubt about his position on Lords reform. He is committed to these reforms,” the spokesman said. “He and Cabinet colleagues have been making the case over the past couple of weeks. i am sure that he is speaking to colleagues and he will reiterate his position when he does so.” Under the proposed reforms 80 percent of the upper chamber would be elected, while its more than 800-strong membership would be reduced to 450.
Saudi religious police held after deadly car chase rIyaDH: saudi authorities arrested four members of the notorious religious police who allegedly caused the death of a man and the injury of his wife and two children in a car chase, local media reported on Monday. “security services arrested four members of the Commission for the promotion of Virtue and prevention of Vice after they were interrogated (on sunday) over the chase that killed a man and injured his wife and two children in Al-Baha” in the southwest, Okaz daily reported. the men will be charged with “abusing power, chasing a man with his family while ignoring instructions given to members of the committee completely banning chases,” the daily quoted a religious police official as saying. the feared religious police sometimes use unmarked cars to chase those they suspect of violating islamic sharia law, such as unmarried couples. the english-language saudi Gazette reported that the family was approached by a member of the committee “who complained their car stereo was on loudly.” the victim, identified by local media as 34-year-old Abdulrahman al-Ghamidi, then left with his family following an argument with the policeman who chased them, it said. AFP
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Caught in the crossfire courtesy our establishment’s split personality
By Dr Faisal Bari
akistani civilians and military personnel have rendered more sacrifices in the fight against militants than any other country. the army has wrested control of swat from the ttp after a bloody fight and is now deployed in a number of Fata agencies against the militants. this is one aspect of the situation. equally significant is the other aspect. Banned militant outfits under new names continue to hold public meetings and address rallies. An english daily reported on Monday that the leaders of some of these outfits addressed a gathering and collected donations in the name of jihad in Kashmir and Afghanistan in the outskirts of Rawalpindi i.e., under the very nose of the civil and military establishment. the establishment, thus, acts in a way which is indicative of a split personality. pakistan is consequently caught in the crossfire. it is trusted neither by its allies nor by the militants. in November, Nato forces attacked a salala checkpost killing 24 pakistani soldiers. the drone attacks continue with little hope of an end even after the departure of the main body of the Nato troops in 2014. On their part, the militants treat pakistan no better. in June alone, two major attacks in Khyber agency and peshawar killed 33 and 19 civilians respectively. in May, taliban militants beheaded 13 soldiers in North Waziristan. A month later they meted out a similar treatment to seven other soldiers in Upper Dir. On Monday, hours after the Difa-e-pakistan Council marchers crossed the Chenab, militants attacked an army camp on the riverside killing seven. the establishment’s policy of running with the hares and hunting with the hounds has also been disastrous from the diplomatic point of view. the country stands isolated in the region while it is under intense pressure from the Us and its allies. Nato’s “state of the taliban Report” released early this year accused pakistani security services of secretly helping the taliban in Afghanistan. speaking to Khar on the sidelines of the tokyo conference, Clinton again reminded her of the need to take “tangible steps.” the most important one according to her was fighting the militant groups who’ve used pakistan as a rear base to attack American troops and jeopardise the future of Afghanistan. Khar’s talks with her indian counterpart s M Krishna were overshadowed by the revelations made by Let operative Abu Jundal and protests against continued anti-india propaganda by Hafiz saeed. it is time the establishment takes a clear cut direction. it has to realise that the world has developed zero tolerance for militancy under any name and in support of any cause. pakistan must not be made to suffer the fate of a castaway.
an China and india have the per capita incomes that the North American and Western european countries enjoy today? What will the world be like if that were to happen? Do we have the kind of resources, around the world, to even consider the possibility? Can our environment sustain that level of living? And can scientific innovation and technological development achieve this? Clearly there are things that are not possible, even from simple accounting perspective. Not all countries in the world can run trade surpluses. For some to run trade surpluses, others have to run deficits. if the game is about being one of the countries that has surplus, it is a competition game and the moment you think about the world as a whole the entire issue of recommending, to all developing countries, export oriented growth strategies, becomes a bit strange. We can have more overall trade, but, as mentioned, not all countries can have trade surpluses. the issue of the developing world having per capita of the countries of the West is not an accounting impossibility, as with all countries running trade surpluses, but there are serious issues here. Does the world have the kind of resources, fossil fuels, metals and so on, as well as food, to allow such high levels of per capita for all? even if we could produce a lot more food, can we have better fuels, and even if that is possible, can the environment sustain that level of consumption? even if we do not know the answer to the first few questions, though they look improbable enough, the answer to the last question, about environmental sustainability, does look fairly clear. Unless there are really big and substantial changes in the way we deal with cleaning the environment and maintaining and managing it, the environment will not be able
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to support the current per capita income levels of West if they were to spread to large populations like india and China. But this raises very interesting questions for everyone around the world, but especially for countries in the West. Despite the very high per capita income even currently in the West, pursuit of growth seems to be one of the main objectives of economic policy in these countries. it is seen, even post Washington Consensus, as the main means of providing for the poor and for those who are below the average income levels. Versions of trickle down still hold credence. in America, in particular, despite the fact that many researchers have shown clearly that income inequality has increased tremendously and social and economic mobility has decreased in recent times, versions of the American dream still survive and still tickle the imagination of many. there is such tremendous opposition, in almost all of these countries, about thinking about redistribution as a means of making the fortunes more widely shared and more equal. Again United states is the true outlier here too. inequality is not only higher in the Us than in many european countries, and welfare state weaker and more incomplete (Obama health care reform has been termed socialist by many), there is a stronger sense, that comes through in surveys, that people feel that poverty is more the fault of the poor and they are to be blamed for their plight. And hard work can get people out of poverty and reduce inequality. in contrast, while the welfare state is stronger in most european countries, and inequalities lower than in Us, generally, more people, more realistically, also feel that poverty is not the fault of the poor. there are significant systemic issues that also explain poverty and they also explain, to an extent, that hard work alone might not be enough. But here too, apart from the higher taxation levels and stronger welfare states, there are no explicit discussions of the goals of development and growth and their limits and of sharing the fruits better through more specific redistribution programmes. the vision, which was given as utopia by many early to mid twentieth century thinkers and writers, of a time when scientific and technological progress would allow humanity to have enough for everyone with the labour of a few hours a week only from each per-
son, and allowing large amount of leisure time for people to cultivate other interests and pursuits, given the per capita of developed countries is today possible, but is not even being discussed. instead those who have jobs work the full quota or more and a lot of people go without jobs and resources. But the solution that seems to be accepted by most, and as the only solution, is to somehow keep growing so that all can work at full scale. While there is no thinking on the utopia side, even though the utopia seems achievable. is it the case that human want is really insatiable? And even if it has been culturally constructed this way, should it really be the case? For the developing countries, the issues are different. Human need is still very large and deprivation is still at a very high level. even accounting for redistribution issues, growth is needed and given the level of deprivation it is not feasible to even think of not recommending growth, whatever one might recommend on the side of redistribution. But the issue, for the developing countries, to think about, is that do they have to follow the same route as the developed countries? Do they have to make growth the exclusive focus? evidence from a lot of social protection programmes, from developing countries and at a very practical level, seems to be suggesting something else. Growth can be a focus but specific programmes that redistribute to the poor and get them out of poverty traps can help with poverty quite well and they can help in getting higher growth too. And more equitably and with a much broader base. Developing counties should explore these angles a lot more. environmental sustainability issues are not just the dreams or nightmares of naysayers. there are real issues here and ones that need to be addressed despite what is happening on the scientific and technological fronts. the pursuit of growth as the only goal and even as the main goal, especially by the developed world, but even in the developing world, is making these concerns even graver. But there does not seem to be any thought and/or dialogue about it at the popular level. should there not be some thinking about these issues too? The writer is an Associate Professor of Economics at LUMS (currently on leave) and a Senior Advisor at Open Society Foundation (OSF). He can be reached at fbari@sorosny.org
The Pakistani boson our minister makes a discovery too
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eally, life in pakistan has its compensations. We may not amount to much, we may be faint, but we’re definitely pursuing, always. take the Higgs boson, for example: “We have a discovery,” said Heuer, director general of CeRN, speaking at a seminar recently in Geneva. “We have observed a new particle consistent with a Higgs boson,” exactly where the Higgs was expected to be. the long-sought “God particle” may explain why objects in our universe have mass and existence, and may unlock a gateway to some of the universe’s great mysteries. Never one to be left behind and perhaps in a bid to unlock the mysteries of her own mass and existence, our federal minister for national regulations and services made a huge discovery of her own: she observed a particle consistent with a capsule she takes to treat a high blood pressure, exactly where the capsule was expected to be: in the pan. Unlike the discovery of the
Higgs boson which involved hundreds of scientists, her discovery was of course made all by her lonesome, at least initially, since the particle (or capsule) she had ingested earlier was discovered when, as breezily phrased by a national daily, ‘it came out intact in her stool.’ Let me reassure a public ever on the hunt for the inappropriate that **it happens. even the Queen faces this dilemma every day, or at least one hopes she does. Adalat 30, normally bright pink as an innumerable clientele of the drug will attest, was in this case as a tactful lab report noted, ‘light brown and film coated.’ We have in charge of our national ministry for regulations and services a personage discerning and able enough to detect a small (now brown) capsule in the midst of impeccable camouflage, who noted, what’s more, the words ‘Adalat 30’ stamped on the side of the pill facing the viewer (we hope). “Why,” she fumed, “has this
medication re-appeared this way in its original packaging? i must get to the bottom of this (matter),” and she hoofed it to her hotline to contact the relevant persons. Let me explain: the minister possesses a hotline to relevant persons in her capacity as the person in charge of a newly formed ministry, which has under its wing the Drug Regulatory Authority (the DRA). the DRA was established after the promulgation of an ordinance by Mr Zardari on February 16 to regulate the licensing, registration and manufacturing of drugs as per the Drugs Act 1976. so this, and much more than this, concerns for her own health, prompted the minister to raise Cain as well as the federal government analyst Dr Obaid Ali, plus the entire staff of the drug regulation department. sadly, what should have been a masterstroke of detection was discovered to be an error. the minister, a doctor herself, failed to recall (or did she not know?) that Adalat 30 is a timed release medication,
and as timed release medications do, it was returned to its sender, apparently unopened. to quote Wikipedia: ‘time release technology, also known as sustained-release, sustained-action, extended-release, timed-release, modified release, or continuous-release, is a mechanism used in pills, tablets or capsules, to dissolve slowly and release a drug over time. today, most time-release drugs are formulated so that the active ingredient is embedded in a matrix of insoluble substance(s) such as acrylic, which means that the dissolving drug must find its way out through holes (in the matrix). some drugs are enclosed in polymer-based tablets with a laserdrilled hole on one side and a porous membrane on the other side. stomach acids push through this porous membrane, pushing the drug out through the laserdrilled hole. in time, the entire drug dose releases into the system while the polymer container remains intact, to be excreted later
through normal digestion.’ time release technology is nothing new. it has been on the market for more than a decade. An aghast Dr Ali, speaking to the aforementioned national daily, said, “How could such a detail which was even mentioned on the tablet go undetected by the minister concerned, the chairman of quality control, the federal drug inspectors and the top tier of managers?” adding that, “the review and processing of the said complaint reveals the level of professional expertise and competence of officers who forwarded it to the laboratory.” Dr Ali is now, like the Higgs Boson, exactly where we expect him to be: no longer the federal government analyst, since the news report meticulously refers to him as ‘the then federal government analyst’. pity. i’d come to like the man. You see, it never pays, in pakistan, to point out a minister’s incompetence. in matters such as this, our ministers are never faint, and always pursuing.
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Editor’s mail
There are those who believe that all the media does is manipulate what people think. Honestly, we don’t have the time
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t is very easy for the media to manipulate the way people think. there are those that will have you believe this is all the media does, ever. But frankly, we never have time from editing footage, subbing stories and designing layouts to actually plot world domination through careful, subliminal messaging. it would be too arduous and painstaking, especially for people who have to navigate deadlines like indiana Jones navigates traps in ancient Mayan temples. it’s a madhouse. so imagine my delight when i hear people vilifying journalists and anchors for taking sides and telling only one side of the striking doctors’ story. it’s the perfect set up. take an issue that can be broadly termed ‘public interest’; simmer for a few days in the fire of sensationalism and misreporting; bring to a violent boil by petitioning judiciary and government to intervene; and of course, sit back and enjoy. Of course that’s what people think goes on in the newsrooms and editorial meetings of major media houses. And of course, they’re not being quite accurate. What is the doctors’ complaint with the media so far? that it has been blatantly anti-doctor for the duration of this strike? that it has not called By Syed Hassan Belal Zaidi attention to the high-handedness of the punjab government and has instead focused solely on crucifying the young doctors? that it has painted the Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) in a negative light? Well, while it pains me to say this, what else did you expect from the populist mainstream media? You see, media perception of any issue, i.e. the information that it relays and the footage that it broadcasts, is shaped by two things; what the reporters tell it and what feedback it receives from miscellaneous sources. Reporters, especially health reporters, are usually a sly lot. they have to be, because they deal with hundreds of different people (most of them doctors) on a daily basis. to fool a health reporter is usually not an easy task. But it can be done. so while one emergency department may have shut down and others remained open, the reporter can go to that one closed
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ward, shoot footage of wailing women and sobbing children, and air it with the assertion that all (or most) emergency departments in the city, are shut down. A reporter would do this for two reasons: either he’s been told to do it from ‘high up above’; or he’s trying to press the doctors to give him a scoop or settling a petty vendetta (revenge for not giving him a scoop). in any event, this will cause doctors to reconsider and open up to said reporter, who will have a comprehensive piece in the next day’s paper, or a 90-second news story in the 9pM bulletin. there are very few reporters who actually go to the trouble of checking out hospitals themselves. i know some reporters like this; a few are even good friends and sound professionals. One can immediately tell from the way they talk that they are balancing their opinions subconsciously. A good reporter will always, even when giving you his opinion, tell you at least two sides of any story. these good reporters have this to report: the doctors’ strike has been called off, but there is still dissent among the messiahs’ ranks. there are grumblings of defiance from certain groups who, it is said, were even contemplating contempt of court. But sanity prevailed and cooler heads thought that would be going too far. As of Monday evening, out-patient departments and emergency services are (by and large) up and running in most of Lahore’s major hospitals. the new doctors that were ‘hired’ by the punjab government are also an interesting phenomenon. these did not magically appear out of thin air, but were really post-graduate medical trainees who were already working at these hospitals when the YDA went on strike. they were the ones manning the fort in the doctors’ absence and may be safely considered heroes in their own right. And it is ironic that the strike should have inadvertently achieved one of its demands, as the regularisation of these trainees constitutes a major chunk of the YDA charter of demands. that’s a twist of fate if there ever was one. But on the government side, all is not rosy. Already heavily in debt, punjab cannot afford to accede to all the doctors’ demands. so they will try to stall. this has not worked out in the past either and the government has swept things under the rug by trying to divert attention to media-friendly epidemics, such as dengue. But not enough resources are available to revamp or substantially improve the healthcare services offered in the province. Overdraft is not the answer. We need a solution, fast. Before more messiahs become fallen angels. And more of the fallen become false martyrs. Follow @mightyobvious on Twitter for more incoherence in 160 characters or less
Letters should be addressed to pakistan today exclusively.
Why hydropower? Hydropower is globally recognised as a renewable, cheap and reliable resource of energy. it generates electricity with zero emission and produces no waste. there is no requirement of fuel, operating cost is much lower and hydropower plants have longer economic lives than thermal plants. pakistan has total installed power generation capacity of 20,456 MW. However, dependable or de-rated capacity is in the range of 14,000 to 16,000 MW during the year, due to variety of factors, whereas demand for electricity is increasing at an average annual rate of eight peer cent. thus, there is gross power shortage at national level, demand being projected to around 22,000 MW by the year 2010. to resolve the power crisis in long-term and to sustain economic growth, optimal development of hydropower is needed. there are, however, hosts of risks, constraints and specific issues linked to undertaking hydropower projects. these include geological risks, hydrological constraints, problems in water use, need for infrastructure, environmental issues, social problems and generating political consensus. thus, the complexity and long lead-time inhibits private sector to invest in hydropower projects, in spite of various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives being offered in this regard. therefore, there is an urgent need for the government to effectively address the above vital issues relating hydropower development and generation in the country. FAZAL ELAHI Islamabad
no dual nationalities for us information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira claimed that the dual nationality law was being amended for ‘those pakistanis whose hearts beat with their country’. He was addressing media men at Dera Kaira – his hometown Lalamusa. i too belong to Lalamusa. But i have lived in Oslo for many years, yet i have never had the urge to obtain dual nationality. My roots are in Lalamusa; my heart beats for the city that has been associated with manufacturing counterfeit cosmetics. When i go back in memory lane, i see innumerable tongas lined on the Gt road to fetch few passengers that alighted from buses. i was one such passenger. the ride from ‘Lalum UsA’ (that’s how we lovingly called Lalamusa) to my village, six miles on the dirt track meandering through green crops used to rejuvenate our spirit. Alas! Tongas have mostly disappeared and replaced by Qingchis, which make ear-splitting noise. i
would still prefer the whiff of horse dung to the modern Qingchi. Norway is a second home to thousands of pakistanis, many hailing from Lalamusa and Kharian. pakistanis are so high in number that some suggest renaming Norway to Kharway. Yet i assure that hardly anyone wants to get a dual nationality; all of the expatriates want to return to their roots and be buried in their homeland. therefore, Mr Kaira, you need not fire your gun by resting it on our shoulders. We are every inch the pakistani and want to remain so. DR A P SANGDIL Oslo, Norway
Where are we headed? A crowd of around 100 onlookers is watching cheerfully and can be heard shouting that 22-year-old Najiba has committed adultery and must die. As the young woman, huddled in a burka, tries to move, a man walks up and opens fire with his assault rifle. that’s talibanised justice carried out in few hours of accusation, prosecution and execution. this cold-blooded murder took place last week in parwar province in Afghanistan. Also, last week, another hysterical mob of hundreds of people attacked a police station on the outskirts of Bahawalpur in pakistan, dragged a man out of the lock up. the man – accused of blasphemy – was beaten and then burned to death. Later, the police reported that the accused man was mentally unstable, as he kept laughing and chanting when was in the police’s custody. two weeks back, taliban released a video showing severed heads of 17 pakistani soldiers displayed on a blood y white sheet. these soldiers were captured by taliban in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan. these and many other incidents are grim reminders of what the future holds for both pakistan and Afghanistan. taliban may never come to power in a democratic setup but they have succeeded in brainwashing a number of illiterate people, now being joined by some educated religious zealots as well. Whether they will ever rule the respective capital of these inauspicious countries, only time will tell but they are now ruling hearts and minds of a number of people. No one knows how this mess the West created in the 80s will ever be brought under control. MASOOD KHAN Saudi Arabia
a CeC at last the nation is going to have a consensus Chief election Commissioner soon, if consensus is taken to mean agreement between the prime minister and the leader of opposition in the National Assembly. Only time would tell how this consensus was reached between the two major parties in the parliament. Let’s hope this agreement augurs well for the country, including the voters. i would advise the president of pakistan to find a consensus Chairman NAB also. the present incumbent has disappointed every body, including his well-wishers. ASGHAR MAHMOOD Islamabad
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untrustworthy? angelina Jolie receives honorary citizen of sarajevo prize
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oLLyWooD superstar Angelina Jolie has accepted the honorary citizen of sarajevo prize while attending the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital’s film festival. The 37-yearold actor-turned-director stepped behind the camera last year to make in The Land of Blood And Honey, about a romance between a serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman during the 1990s war in the troubled region, reported e! online. Her efforts were praised by government officials at the Assembly of sarajevo canton Parliament for drawing attention to the area and they decided to award her with a special citizenship prize. Jolie flew into the country this week and she stepped onstage during the 18th sarajevo Film Festival on July 7 to officially accept her honour. “The time i spent and the people i met in Bosnia have changed me forever. i can’t tell you how much it means to me to be named an honorary citizen of sarajevo, a city so dear to my heart,” she said. neWs DesK
Dara singh’s condition critical
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resTLer-AcTor Dara singh continues to be very critical and is now undergoing dialysis, a doctor said here on Monday. The 84-year-old was taken to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital saturday following a severe cardiac problem. He remained critical on sunday, and his condition hasn’t improved since. “He is still very critical. His condition has not deteriorated and he is holding up, but he requires a high dose of medication. The problem he came up with during hospitalisation has now affected his kidneys. His kidneys are not functioning the way they should, so we have to put him on dialysis,” ram narain, coo, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, told iAns. Dara singh, who won the title of rustam-e-Hind for his wrestling prowess, entered the film world in the 1960s. He appeared in various films like Watan se Door, Daada, rustom-e-Baghdad, sher Dil, sikandar e Azam, raaka, Mera naam Joker and Dharam Karam. He was last seen in a 2007 release Jab We Met. He has also done TV serials and is best known for his portrayal of Hanuman in ramayan. couRTesy HT
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inger Usher’s 11-year-old stepson Kyle glover has been declared brain dead by doctors after he was struck by a jet-ski. According to sources, glover has not experienced any brain activity since he was admitted in the hospital. However, the decision of taking him off the life support has not been taken as yet, reports tmz.com. Usher’s estranged wife Tameka has not left the hospital since the incident took place. The 33-yearold singer visited the hospital last night. glover was struck in the head by passing jet ski-while riding on an inner tube on Lake Lanier in Atlanta. neWs DesK
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ALLiKA sherawat is known for her whimsical attitude towards her profession. she would always sign a film and take a hefty signing amount. Once she traps the filmmaker, she tries to arm-twist the producer and director. stories of her tantrums and creative interference have always been the talk of tinsel town. the self-proclaimed international actress Mallika sherawat is entangled in yet another controversy. this time, the actress cheated director Ankush Bhatt (of Bhendi Bazar inc. fame) and sagar Ballary (of Bheja Fry fame), by committing for both the directors’ films with almost similar roles. stardust gives you firsthand information on the actress’ duplicity. Mallika sherawat was approached by Ankush Bhatt for his forthcoming film Mumbai Mirror. to be produced by xYZ, she took a signing amount of ` 50 lakhs for the film. she had even shot for two-three days, but after that she just disappeared. When the director tried to get in touch with her, she would not respond to his calls. she would create a fuss over everything, from food to makeup. she even wanted the producers to pay the entire remuneration in advance, which they refused. Finally, when she
realized that they were not willing to succumb to her demands, she excused herself from the project by saying that she was not familiar with the world of gangsters and bar dancers. she was obviously lying throughout because she had signed sagar Ballary’s film saali Khushi where she is playing the role of con-woman and there is a portion where she is shown as a bar dancer. A source close to the unit reveals, “After signing Mumbai Mirror with Ankush Bhatt, she was offered a similar kind of role in sagar Ballary’s movie. she kept Ankush waiting till sagar signed her for the film. she not only cheated Ankush, but also beefed-up her remuneration and signed the film with sagar.” While sachiin Joshi plays the male lead in Mumbai Mirror, Vivek Oberoi plays the lead in saali Khushi. Having paid Mallika a whopping signing fee (approximately ` 50 lakhs) the producer found out that Mallika had a number of reservations about the film, and that included the director. in a panic the production house had to invest a large part of the last month trying to convince the diva that the project is worthy of her august presence. But she was adamant. since the shooting in far-off exotic places was to begin from May, Ankush and his crew were stuck for a leading lady. Finally he had to scout a last-minute replacement and asked Mallika to refund the signing amount. incidentally, the producer had agreed to pay her ` 2 crores for 15 days’ work. Mallika had signed Mumbai Mirror because she couldn’t say no to the huge signing amount which was offered by the producers. But when sagar approached her for saali Khushi with Vivek Oberoi, she couldn’t resist it. “Mallika had worked with Vivek in Kismat Luv paisa Dilli. she
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wanted to work with Vivek again,” says our source. “Mallika will play the title role of Khushi in saali Khushi. it’s basically the part of a con-woman who goes through various adventures and episodes. she plays a bar dancer’s avatar in the most prominent section of the film.” it is evident that Mallika gave a royal ditch to sachiin Joshi and his director Ankush for saal Khushi. says a friend of sachiin Joshi, “Mallika made excuses about how she couldn’t identify with the world depicted in the film. then we hear she had gone and signed a film where she plays exactly the same role. What do we make of this?” the producers apparently want back the sizeable signing amount they gave Ms. sherawat. But she is apparently in no mood to return the money. the friend says, “Her manager wants the signing amount to be ‘adjusted’. But we want no such adjustments and compromises. We just want to put the bitter experience behind.” incidentally, Mallika walked the red carpet for the premiere of sachiin Joshi’s film Aazaan in Dubai. since then, Mallika and sachiin have been good friends. Mallika had reservations about the director Ankush Bhatt. she felt he hadn’t proved himself yet. the producer felt otherwise. they offered to show her the director’s first film Bhendi Bazar inc. But she was not convinced. then she had reservations about her role. so far Mallika has only played urban glamorous characters. in Mumbai Mirror, she was required to play an earthy woman from the street. it’s a character and a world that she wasn’t familiar with. Mallika wondered aloud if she would be able to pull it off,” says the friend. Actor sachiin Joshi reveals, “Mallika did have reservations regarding her role and the director. she wasn’t sure if Ankush would be able to deliver. i showed her Ankush’s first film Bhendi Bazaar inc. Our film goes into an action space completely different from the stylized action that i did in Aazaan. it’s like Ram Gopal Varma’s satya meets Anees Bazmi’s Ready. And i knew Ankush was the right person to direct it.” While Ankush and sachiin Joshi decided to move on with their project, sagar Ballary is in a fix. Now Vivek Oberoi clearly told the director that he will only be a part of the movie if Mallika is acting in it. says a source, “Vivek is very clear on this, it’s either Mallika or no one at all. Vivek hit it off with Mallika during Kismat Luv paisa Dilli. couRTesy sTaRDusT
The actress says, “I walked out a week ago. I had allotted 100 days for the shooting in August as per contract but Mr Bhansali wanted more days to shoot. My managers Reshma Shetty and Zahid Khan thought about it and decided it wasn’t possible as I have signed three new big films for next year. The shooting for one of them begins in October immediately after the release of Heroine. I’ve also given 32 days of promotional time for Heroine as it’s a very special film for me. That wouldn’t have been possible if I had given those dates to Ram Leela.” She further clarifies, “I am extremely ambitious and very career-oriented and my personal life has never come in the way of of my career. My not doing this film has nothing to do with my wedding. Everyone knows Saif and me have been together in a relationship for the last five years and such stories about me being replaced because I am getting married are floated by PR machineries on an overdrive! So people, just back off and let me focus on my
work!” Zahid reveals the other major cause for Bebo leaving the film. “We had fixed a lumpsum amount for a 100-day shoot and had clarified that if the director took more time than that, we would be compensated, on a perday basis. Mr Bhansali was okay with it initially but later he asked for more days and didn’t want to pay us extra for those days. We thought it’s better to do three films in 150 days than just get stuck with one.” neWs DesK
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rienDs With Benefits star Mila Kunis says she does not think she is a good actor. The 28-year-old beauty rose to fame on That 70’s show at the age of 14 and has since starred in movies including Black swan and Forgetting sarah Marshall. But Kunis said that she has never been too sure she is any good in Hollywood. “i always assume that people underestimate me. Why not? Why wouldn’t they? i have everything working against me at this point. i am a woman, i’m a child actress and i was on a television show for eight years. But i have worked really hard to prove them all wrong,” Kunis said. “it’s the stubborn side of me, i still don’t have a clue what i’m doing. i’m confident in my talent, whatever that may be, and i hope i never am. Working this hard is the thing that keeps me sane,” she added. couRTesy HT
Wimbledon is not just a tennis grand slam. it is also home to some of the best tennis fashion in the world.
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V Actor nicole Kidman wants to stay silent on the subject of her ex-husband Tom cruise’s latest marriage split and is reportedly avoiding her friends to not talk about it. cruise and Kidman, who were married for more than 10 years, separated in 2001 with the actor citing irreconcilable differences. The ex-couple have two kids together, reported Daily Mail. Post the split cruise went on to marry actor Katie Holmes but the Dawson’s creek star recently filed for divorce from him. They were married for five years and have a six-year-old daughter suri. “nicole won’t talk, wants her privacy, wants to be left out of this and they (she and cruise) don’t speak much. communication between her and Tom is very limited. nicole really does not want to be dragged into this or say anything to anyone. At some point though, she will probably be forced to say something, and she will most likely support Tom for the sake of their children,” a source said. neWs DesK
Film Review
The Amazing Spider man sTOry: peter parker wants to know the whereabouts of his parents... a search that takes him on a dangerous path.... With great power comes great responsibility. Now who could understand this better than director Marc Webb. After all, the onus of re-booting the spider-Man franchise lay with him. And now that the re-booting (be ready for a whole new series of your favourite super hero to follow soon) is in progress, you really wonder if the new team gives you more bang for the bigger buck. in fact, if the plot is anything to go by, the movie expects all spider-Man fans to not begin where peter parker gets bitten by the deadly spider; go even further and find out why we never got to see his parents ever. And while you do that, there’s the usual crime still towering the streets of the Big Apple. But then more than all that, it’s the romance between Andrew Garfield and emma stone
that takes this spider-Man movie to a whole new level of eQ (emotional quotient) stuff. And just in case you’re expecting a take-two of the famous upside-down spiderMan-Kirsten Dunst kiss, rest assured: you’re not going to be disappointed. something different
in here, but equally smart. talk of different and there is more out there. Gwen stacey (emma stone) is no longer the mute spectator that Mary-Jane was. For emma, it’s all about taking control. if need be she is even ready to give a blow-or-two to the bad guy when
Mr spider-Man can’t handle all that mess alone. Next is Rhys ifans, who as Dr Curt (Jekyll) Connors, ensures that as long as he is on screen, there is enough for spiderMan to do... and enough for you to savour. Finally, for the man in question: Andrew Garfield. Needless to say, Andrew dexterously slips into spidey’s suit (with a sense of humour), even as he excels in the pulverized, alter ego, peter parker. But then, as spider-Man, he takes too long to don the spidey suit. in fact, for most part he is seen settling scores without the spidey mask... after long, long gaps. Finally, even his web does not come naturally to him. He has to work to get that mechanism in place. Of course, when he does dizzily bungee jump across the Manhattan skyline - specially in the King Kong type climax — he still sends a thrill down your spine. couRTesy Toi
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cTor Demi Moore’s relationship with her daughters is reportedly at breaking point as they find her needy post her split from Ashton Kutcher. The 49-year-old, who has three daughters rumer, scout and Tallulah with exhusband Bruce Willis, don’t want to deal with the drama at the moment. “rumer, scout and Tallulah just don’t want to deal with the drama at the moment. since breaking up with Ashton, Demi has been a mess. The girls were there for her through it all -the split and the rehab but now they just feel like they need a little distance,” a source said. “Demi is just being very needy right now and the girls are tired of it, they want a mother not another little sister. They are all concerned that she is going to relapse and head back to rehab and they can’t deal with the stress and worry of it,” the source added. neWs DesK
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A common mAn’s guide to Drunk professor forces students to sit through 23-hour-long science exam
the god PArticle
How will you discuss the most important scientific news of the year — and maybe of the decade — if you don't know anything about it? It's okay. We're here to explain what ‘the God Particle’ is.
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niVersiTy exams are never anyone's idea of a rollicking time, particularly when your professor rambles on besotted for 23 hours, denies you sustenance and bathroom breaks, and covers topics not on the syllabus, such as her wardrobe and outside business interests. And according to students at russia's Kazan Federal University, this is exactly what precipitated on June 26, when an oral nuclear physics examination began at 10:00 AM and ended at 9:00 AM the following day. in an interview with the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, one of the pupils noted, “Towards the end, everyone was just sitting there, totally exhausted [...] The lecturer would go into another room, drink, come back and start telling us about her business." oral exams are not uncommon in russia, and even the instructor admitted that this one in particular ran long. But marathon examiner Landysh Zaripova responded to these allegations with a swipe at her fifteen students' academic aptitude, saying "Do you think i am an idiot? i was sober. The students just decided to get revenge on me because they couldn't pass the exam. neWs DesK
heart attack sandwich to stay on the menu
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He second Avenue Deli won a court fight with a Las Vegas-based burger joint Friday over the names of their gut-busting foods. The new york deli's sandwich called "instant heart attack" is made of sliced pastrami and fried potato latkes. it costs $24.95. The Heart Attack grill in Vegas had ordered the deli to stop serving the fare on trademark infringement grounds. The deli took the grill to court, and a federal judge in new york sided with the deli. owner Jack Lebewohl tells the Daily news of new york he's delighted by the ruling. The second Avenue Deli is also allowed to sell another sandwich called the "triple bypass." afP
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rnesT Borgnine, who died sunday at 95, had the resume of a Hollywood star, but not the distance usually associated with one. Maybe it was the famous gap-toothed smile. Maybe it was the deep, hearty laugh that punctuated a conversation. Maybe it was that, despite numerous roles in film and theater, generations welcomed him into their living rooms as the feisty skipper of TV's McHale's navy. During an acting career of more than 60 years, the connecticut native worked with Helen Hayes on Broadway, with gary cooper and spencer Tracy in film, and, for a much younger generation, as a voice actor in spongeBob squarePants on television. He and Frank sinatra signed their christmas cards "Fatso" and "Maggio," their respective characters in 1953's From Here to eternity, a breakout role for Borgnine. Borgnine's secret for long-term success was to not be another Hollywood pretty face. "i was a character actor. Do i look like a good-looking man? no," he said in a 2011 interview timed to his acceptance of the screen Actors guild's Life Achievement Award. "But, see, i keep working when the rest of the boys are retired."
WHaT Is THE GOD parTIclE? the "God particle" is the name physicist and author Leon Lederman gave to the Higgs boson in his book the God particle: if the Universe is the Answer, What is the Question? it's meant to communicate the importance of the particle to our understanding of physics; Lederman has also said that he settled for "the God particle" because his intended title, "the Goddamn particle," was rejected by the publisher. WHaT Is THE HIGGs bOsON? At its simplest, it's a hypothetical particle that physicists believe gives all other particles mass."Higgs boson" isn't the name of a particle that scientists have seen and observed and recorded with their enormous magic science binoculars; it is the name of a particle whose existence has
been predicted by physicist peter Higgs (among others: Robert Brout, François englert, Gerald Guralnik, C.R. Hagen, and tom Kibble). Over the course of the last five or six decades, particle physicists have been developing a mathematical model for their field that explains, more or less, what the fundamental particles of the universe are and how they interact. the standard Model started as a reverse engineering of the universe, based on what we could say was true with a reasonable degree of certainty thanks to experiments and what theorists could extrapolate from that — a series of sort of educated guesses, or predictions, about what the particles are and how they act at parties. it's a bit like being in a room, blindfolded, and having to draw a picture of its layout: you know one wall is here,
Babies who spend time around pet dogs have fewer ear infections and respiratory ailments than those whose homes are animal-free, said a study released on Monday. the study, published in the Us journal pediatrics, did not say why but suggested that being around a dog that spends at least part of its day outdoors may boost a child's immune system in the first year of life. Cats, too, seemed to convey some protection to babies, though the effect observed was weaker than with dogs. the research was based on 397 children in Finland whose parents made diary entries each week recording the state of their child's health during the infant's first year, from nine weeks to 52 weeks of age. Overall, babies in homes with cats or dogs were about 30 percent less likely to have respiratory infectious symptoms -which included cough, wheezing, rhinitis (stuffy or runny nose) and fever -- and about half as likely to get ear infections. "if children had dog or cat contacts at home, they were significantly healthier during the study period," said the study led by experts at Kuopio University Hospital in Finland. the most protective association was seen in children who had a dog inside at home for up to six hours a day, compared to children who did not have any dogs or who had dogs that were always
and you bumped into another wall there, so you can figure out with varying degrees of certainty the location and size of the other walls, and where the corners are as well. As scientists are able confirm the existence of certain particles through experimentation — in other words, find the other walls — and observe the ways those particles (or walls) deviate from what the standard Model predicts, physicists are able to modify and refine their theory. in 1983, for example, physicists at CeRN (the european Organization for Nuclear Research) found evidence of two bosons — the W and the Z — that had been predicted by steven Weinberg, sheldon Glashow and Abdus salam when they laid out the standard Model in the 1960s. it was a big deal. aND sO THE sTaNDarD mODEl prEDIcTs THE ExIsTENcE Of THE HIGGs bOsON? Yes. in this sense, "predicts" means something like "requires in order to exist." it's the last particle left to be "seen" by scientists, and without it, the standard Model doesn't really work. physicists are hoping to observe (as best they can) the Higgs experimentally — or even better, something similar to, but slightly different from, the Higgs — to help confirm that they're on the Right track. WHy WOUlD IT bE bETTEr If IT WasN'T THE HIGGs? the hunt for evidence of the Higgs boson has been the major focus of particle physics for years now. if physicists find the Higgs exactly as it's predicted to exist in the standard Model, it's kind of boring. they know that the model, being partially theoretical, is unlikely to be a completely accurate picture of the universe at the atomic level. if they can find a particle that does the same work and fulfills the same function as the (theoretical) Higgs, but has certain differences, it helps them modify and refine the standard Model — which in turn helps point the way toward new work. the Higgs boson is a quantum — the minimum possible amount — of this thing called the Higgs field. to paraphrase a famous scientist: the Higgs Field is what gives a particle its mass. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together. (Hypothetically, of course! Remember: we assume the Higgs Field exists because math that describes the universe very well wouldn't work if we didn't include the Higgs Field in it.) Without the Higgs Field, all elementary particles — the six kinds of quarks, electrons and the other five leptons, photons, gluons and the Z and W bosons — would be massless and move at the speed of light. this would not be a very fun universe; or, it might be fun, but fun would be a meaningless concept because nothing would exist. With the Higgs Field, however, some particles slow down: in interacting with the field, they gain mass, and move through the field with more difficulty. (At this level, we should be aware, mass and size don't correlate; mass is a characteristic like electric charge and particles with different masses are the same size.)
outside. "We offer preliminary evidence that dog ownership may be protective against respiratory tract infections during the first year of life," said the study. "We speculate that animal contacts could help to mature the immunologic system, leading to more composed immunologic response and shorter duration of infections." the improvement was significant, even after researchers ruled out other factors that could boost infection risk, such as not having been breastfed, attending daycare, being raised by smokers or parents with asthma, or having older siblings in the household. in addition to having less frequent ear infections and respiratory infections, babies near dogs tended to need fewer courses of antibiotics compared to those who were reared in pet-free households, it said. previous research has shown conflicting results, with some studies finding no benefit for young children being around furry pets and others finding that animal contact appears to offer some protection against colds and stomach ailments. the study authors said their research differs from previous analyses because it focuses solely on the first postnatal year and does not include older children. NEwS DESk
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Rain washes out 2nd day of Test PALLEKELE
PaLLeKeLe: The playing surface at The Pallekele international Stadium is covered with plastic sheeting as rain showers delay the start of play on the second day while australian umpires Steve Davis (R) and Simon Taufel walk back to the pavilion after inspecting the ground and a fisheye lens showa the playing surface at The Pallekele international Cricket Stadium. AFP
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AD weather washed out the entire second day's play in the third and final test between pakistan and sri Lanka in pallekele on Monday. the entire field at the pallekele international stadium was covered as incessant rain since early morning, the heaviest in the region in the last two months, kept the players indoors. Umpires steve Davis and simon taufel waited till 3:00 pm (0930 GMt) before they abandoned play for the day when the weather showed no signs of clearing. Light rain has been forecast for the remaining three days. the match is evenly poised after an enthralling opening day's cricket on sunday when pakistan reduced sri Lanka to 44-3 after being shot out for 226 in their first innings. the interruption gave pakistani wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal time to recover from a hairline fracture in his left hand after he was hit by a rising ball from fast bowler Dilhara Fernando on the first day. Akmal, who retired hurt on 10 but later returned to make 24, did not take the field in sri Lanka's first innings where taufeeq Umar kept wickets. sri Lanka lead the series 10, having won the first test in Galle by 209 runs. the second test in Colombo was drawn.
Court rejects blue turf installer plea
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the Lahore High Court has on Monday rejected the plea of swallow international seeking cancellation of a directive issued by the Director General sports Board punjab for cancelling the company’s contract of laying the blue turf at the National Hockey stadium. LHC Judge Justice Khalid Mahmood rejecting swallow international plea and also gave him one month period to appeal before secretary sports punjab regarding their case. Malik ishrat and Riaz Ahmed Khan represented sports Board punjab and Directorate of sports. it many be mentioned here that ,Usman Afridi of swallow international failed to execute the project in the given deadline of June 14 and he even did not come up with any undertaking or written plea to extend the date for the completion of the work even after the expiry of the period of deadline. the punjab Government provided a special grant of Rs 35 million to lay FiH-approved synthetic turf for the preparation of the pakistan hockey team for London Olympics but the delaying tactics and the inability of the company owner jeopardised the whole process. Afridi was asked a num-
ber of times in writing to complete the work and was also directed to give a day to day progress report of the work. But on every occasion he failed to meet the demand of the contract. He also tried to lay the blue turf on worn-out shock pads which was also in violation of the contract. Afridi was also given personal hearing before project Director Ahmer Kafi, Deputy Director planning Naeemullah Bhatti, Deputy Director tariq Wattoo and sDO Junaid Ahmed. even then he failed to give any undertaking and even did not ask for extension and instead came up with a view that in the current hot weather conditions the work cannot be carried out and even work in the holy month of Ramazan would not be possible. He even went into arbitration before secretary sports Haroon Ahmed Khan who after hearing his case directed Afridi to complete the work as agreed but he still remained ardent in his snail’s pace. the sports Board punjab after giving him ample time to complete the work was forced to cancel the contract of swallow international. swallow international, after the cancellation of the contract went to the court but the Lahore High Court also rejected his plea and asked its owner to take his case before secretary sports.
PCB endorses kaneria ban LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
the pakistan Cricket Board o Monday endorsed a life ban imposed on Danish Kaneria by the england board over a spot-fixing scandal. the integrity Committee of the pCB met recently at Gaddafi stadium to review, among other things, the case of Danish Kaneria and backed the ban imposed by english cricket on the spin bowler and said that the legspinner will remain suspended pending his appeal. the meeting was presided by Chairman pCB Ch. Zaka Ashraf. Chief Operating Officer of pCB, Director General, Director international Cricket Operations, Legal Advisor of pCB and a former judge of the high court attended the meeting. the 31year-old was banned for life from any cricket under the jurisdiction of the england and Wales Cricket Board (eCB) after being found guilty of corruption by a disciplinary panel. essex paceman Mervyn Westfield, who was jailed in February after admitting he had accepted £6,000 to under-perform during a pro40 match between essex and Durham in 2009, had named Kaneria as the link between bookmakers and players. Under international Cricket Council (iCC) rules, sanctions on any player from any member country apply in all other member countries, a rule which the game's governing body said is in place "to stamp out corruption". the pCB said its integrity committee had endorsed the ban imposed by the eCB and will enforce it while Kaneria's appeal is considered. "till the matter is finally concluded by eCB's Appeal panel, the integrity committee decided that Kaneria will not be eligible to play any
cricket match, or participate in any cricket event/activity in pakistan," the pCB said in a statement. “the committee deliberated upon the recent ban imposed by Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) of english and Wales Cricket Board consisting of independent adjudicators against Mr. Kaneria and its implementation in pakistan. the committee discussed in detail the iCC and pCB Anti-Corruption codes under which pakistan Cricket Board is bound to recognize, respect and enforce the ban in it’s respective jurisdiction. it was also brought to the knowledge of the committee that Mr. Kaneria intends to appeal against the decision of the Cricket Discipline Commission. After legal evaluation of the matter the committee agreed that any final decision should only be
taken once the outcome of appeal by Mr. Kaneria was known.” “Keeping in view this aspect, and in the light of the decision by CDC of eCB dated 22nd June 2012, the facts of which are being considered in detail by the integrity Committee, and till the matter is finally concluded by eCB’s Appeal panel, the integrity Committee decided that Mr. Danish Kaneria will not be eligible to play any cricket match, or participate in any cricket event/activity in pakistan,” the statement added. Kaneria took 261 wickets in 61 tests -- the most by a pakistani spinner in all tests -- but has not played in international cricket since the tour of england in 2010. He was not considered for selection in the national team owing to the suspicions on him in the spot-fixing case.
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east zone Whites, West zone Whites match drawn LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
the match between east Zone U-19 and West Zone U-19 has drawn in Regional inter District U-19 cricket event played at iteefaq hospital ground . Resuming overnight score 119/3 West Zone made 271/5 in 70 overs in 1st innings. At the end of the play east Zone Whites has made 187 runs in 2nd innings without loss. Adnan danish has scored centuries in both innings. West Zone Whites took 62 runs lead in 1st innings scoRe: east zone whites 209/8 in 1st innings. adnan Danish 104, agha shehryar 76, Moaz Kinya 3/83, Kamran afzal 5/54. West zone Whites 271/5 in 1st innings. Daniyal zahid 69(no), Waleed naqbi 44, arslan akram 54, M zahid 46, Saad bin Khalid 21. adnan Danish 2/53, ali imran 1/27, M asif 2/66. east zone Whites 187 for no loss in 2nd innings. adnan Danish 109(no), agha Shehryar 67(no). final Score: east zone Whites 209/8, 187 for no loss. West zone Whites 271/5. EasT ZONE `blUEs, NOrTH ZONE blUEs maTcH DraWN: the match between east Zone Blues U-19 and North Zone Blues U-19 has drawn in Regional inter District U-19 cricket event played at LCCA ground . Resuming overnight score 175/7. east Zone Blues has made 213 runs in 63 overs in 1st innings and secures 79 runs in 1st innings. in the 2nd innings North Zone Blues has made 201 runs. North Zone Blues gave 123 runs to east Zone Blues to win the match but at the end of play east Zone blues made 30/3. scoRes: east zone blues 213 all out in 63 overs in 1st innings. M asad 97, Salman Shafiq 24, Shahir Mushtaq 16, zeeshan Mughal 15, bilal zafar 15. farhan nazir 3/40, bilal aslam 2/26, umer fiaz 2/36, Tariq Malik 1/24, agha Sheraz 1/18, iftikhar 1/28. north zone blues 201 in 2nd innings. abdul Rehman 28, farhan naza 23, agha Shamsheer 40, bilal aslam 16, Khursheed Khan 31(no). zeeshan Mughal 5/31, zeeshan arshad 2/35, Tasadaq Hussain 1/54, Shehzad Mirza 1/44. east zone blues 30/3. farhan naza 2/16, Tariq 1/7. final Score: north zone blues 134, 201. east zone blues 213, 30/3.
bible Society annual Sports LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
the 11th Annual sports Festival of the pakistan Bible society was held at the Forman Christian College ground here on Monday. Around 70 teams from Lahore, Gujranwala and sheikhupura took part in the different events including t20 cricket (hardball and tape ball), football and basketball. More than 80 athletes registered for the whole event. the event was officially inaugurated by chief guest James A tebby (Rector Forman Christian College) who shared encouraging words for the youth and appreciated the vision of pakistan Bible society. the event was attended by the members of Bible society including the secretary Anthony A Lamuel who highlighted the importance of peace, love and shared the motto of the sports festival. the whole event is the coordinated-effort of irfan Francis while the guests included Justus Nassir, Mrs. Marina Lamuel, prof earnest N Dulv and Baber Kamal, the whole event was managed by the members and volunteers of the society which also include Justus Nassir, irfan Francis, Ajmal tahir, Cedric Wasim, peter Lal (Multan), Younis Masih (islamabad), Nasim Bhatti (isb), shahid Yousaf (peshawar) and pOWeR (Volunteer group).
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Kevin pietersen has said there is still a chance he could play 'white ball' cricket for england again despite retiring from limited overs internationals. However, the south Africa-born batsman -- who remains a test cricketer -- said it would need a drastic change to england's packed schedule for him to consider a return to one-day and twenty20 matches for his adopted country. "i've had my wife, mother, dad, mother-in-law, brothers and my best mates all saying to me 'don't you wish you were out there batting against Australia (in the on-going one-day series)?' pietersen told Monday's Daily Mail. "And i've said to them i haven't missed it at all. But maybe all i needed was a break. Who knows? i've played a lot of cricket in the last seven years." Asked if he would reconsider his retirement from international cricket's two shortest formats, the 32-year-
old said: "Never say never. i'm a lot older and more mature than a few years ago, so you never know. "Anything can happen. i'll never say no, but the schedule would have to be a hell of a lot different for me to come back. Wait and see." pietersen, one of the undoubted 'boxoffice' stars of world cricket, called time on his international limited overs career when the england management denied him his
wish to carry on playing twenty20s while quitting 50 overs per side one-dayers. they said he had to make himself available for both formats amidst concerns that, otherwise, the 50-over side would be weakened by several players following pietersen's lead. pietersen, man of the tournament when england won the World twenty20 in the Caribbean two years ago, still harbours hopes of helping the side defend their title in sri Lanka in september. "i still hope there might be a compromise for the World twenty20 in sri Lanka," he said. "the squad hasn't been announced. "i would love to play in that and defend our title with england. if it happens, great, but i'm not holding my breath." england's geography means that, uniquely among cricket countries, they are guaranteed a near year-long programme of international cricket. However, pietersen's critics insist he could have kept playing for england in all three major formats and still have given
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himself a break if he'd opted out of the lucrative twenty20 indian premier League. But pietersen said expecting him, or other world stars, to miss the ipL was unrealistic and that his participation wasn't simply a matter of cash. "Okay, the eCB (england and Wales Cricket Board) may say me playing in the ipL makes it hard to rest me but what annoys me is that, with every other board the ipL is a matter of fact. it's not going away," he said. "it's going to be there and players want to play in it. players want to go and earn their money and unless you let them decisions will have to be made. "Big players want to play in front of big audiences. You want to hear your name chanted by 50,000 people. it's amazing. it makes you feel so good. "the window for that has been created by the other boards but unfortunately not ours." england have so far coped well without pietersen and lead Australia 3-0 in a five-match one-day series ahead of tuesday's finale at Old trafford.
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zubair, ali left out of Pakistan’s olympic hockey squad LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
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eFt wingers Mohamamd Zubair and Ali shan were dropped from 18-member pakistan hockey squad named here to take part in the London Olympics starting from July 27. the duo of forwards was dropped following conclusion of a ten-day final leg of training programme which concluded on sunday at hilly centre Abbottabad. However, forwards shakil Abbasi and Rehan Butt were retained in the squad for the London Olympics on Monday. Both players were fined last month for participating in World Hockey series in india, an event that field hockey’s world governing body refused to sanction. Midfielder Waseem Ahmad, who was also fined for his participation in the renegade tournament, made the Olympic squad as well. these two players were axed on the recommendations of the team management which has taken into consideration every aspect before reaching the decision “,said secretary, pakistan Hockey Federation, Mohammad Asif Bajwa on Monday. “the team management has been empowered to choose the playing xi and we have assigned them the task to come up with a combination which is capable in all manners for getting good results in the mega event”, said secretary pHF. He said the team will practice at famous Cannock hockey club to gear up for Olympics.” Our team will play three practice matches during the training, one against Cannock club and two against scotland then moving to London,“ he said adding “the team will play two important practice
matches , one against Belgium on July 24 against and Holland on July 26 to fully get in to action before its first match of the Olympics against spain.” pakistan was once recognized as powerhouse in field hockey but only finished eighth at Beijing, its worst ever Olympic placing. pakistan won gold at the 1960, 1968 and 1984 Olympics in hockey. the pHF fired Michel van den Heuvel as coach in March for violating the federation’s code of conduct, but it was the Dutchmen who guided pakistan to an automatic Olympic place by winning gold at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. since then, Akhtar Rasool took over the team. in the absence of Abbasi, Butt and Waseem, pakistan finished last at the recent seven-team Azlan shah tournament in Malaysia. pakistan is in Group A at the Olympics with Australia, Britain, spain, Argentina and south Africa. pakistan's 18-member hockey team has completed its 10-day training camp for the upcoming London Olympics in the northwestern city of Abbottabad, an official said Monday. the Green-shirts (pakistani team), after concluding their preparations at home, are now ready to leave for Britain thursday where they will be engaged in another 10-day training camp at Birmingham. pakistan coach and manager Akhtar Rasool Monday told local media the team worked on every aspect of the game during the training sessions and all the players were fit and with high morale. According to Rasool, players' fitness was the main focus during the training camp while the coaches also worked hard to improve penalty-corner conversion, defence and midfield.
the coaching staff also used video analysis for the team's opponents at Olympics and told players about the possible game plans against them. "We did everything to improve the players' game besides focusing on our opponents' previous performances and moves during the matches," said Rasool. During the 10-day camp at Birmingham, the players will have enough time to adjust to the conditions where Olympics will be held. pakistani team is likely to play two warm-up matches against Germany and Holland after the Birmingham camp. July 1, the pakistan Hockey Federation (pHF) announced its 20-member Olympic probable squad which was later trimmed to 18. Besides retaining penalty corner specialist sohail Abbas as captain of the team, the pHF selectors had also called back senior players Rehan Butt, shakeel Abbasi, Mohammad imran and Waseem Ahmed. pakistan have been struggling to get back its lost glory in the Olympics where it had won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals. the pakistan hockey team was announced by the National selection Committee after the approval of president pHF. PLayeRs: imran Shah & imran butt (goalkeepers), Muhammad irfan, Sohail abbas (Captain), Syed Kashif Shah & Muhammad imran (full backs), Muhammad Rizwan Junior, fareed ahmed, Rashid Mahmood, Muhammad Tousiq & Waseem ahmed (Half backs), Muhammad Waqas (vice-Capt), Shafqat Rasool, abdul Haseem Khan, Shakeel abbasi, Rehan butt, Muhammad Rizwan Senior & Muhammad umar bhutta (forwards) officiaLs: akhtar Rasool Chaudhary (Manager/Head Coach), Khawaja Muhammad Junaid (Coach), ajmal Khan Lodhi (asstt. Coach), Shahid ali Khan (asstt. Coach), faiz-ur-Rahman (Physiotherapist) & Muhammad nadeem Khan Lodhi (video-analyst).
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Australia's Brett Lee and shane Watson both had their tour of england cut short by calf problems on Monday as they were ruled out of tuesday's fifth one-day international at Old trafford. the duo, who suffered their injuries while bowling during a crushing eightwicket defeat at Chester-le-street on saturday that gave england a series-clinching 3-0 lead in the five-match contest, are now due to fly home to Australia later Monday. Australia team doctor John Orchard said in a statement: "shane Watson and Brett Lee have calf strains -- shane to the left and Brett to the right calf -- sustained during the fourth ODi against england at Durham. "this is the opposite calf to the injury shane had last (Australian) summer. Because both players will miss the final game, they are flying back to sydney for MRi scans and further treatment. "At this stage, they are anticipated to be available for consideration for selection for the iCC World twenty20 (in sri Lanka starting in september), with scan results and response to treatment to determine whether they will be available for consideration for selection for the coming series against pakistan in the UAe (United Arab emirates)." Lee, who went off two balls into his second spell on saturday, and Watson, who managed just the one over, joined teenage paceman pat Cummins (side strain) in returning home early from the tour, while left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson did not play at Chester-lestreet because of soreness in his right foot.
Punjab, Guinness World to sign deal to record Youth Festival LAHORE sTaff RePoRT
LaHoRe: Deputy Speaker and Chairman organising Committee Sports Punjab Rana Mashhood ahmed Khan brief the journalists about the meeting with Lahore Division officials for the holding of the Punjab youth festival 2012. STAFF PHOTO
the punjab Government and Guinness World Records are going to sign a contract to put on record the record breaking performances in the punjab Youth Festival 2012 being held here in August after eid. this was stated by Deputy speaker and Chairman Organizing Committee sports punjab Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan here on Monday after chairing the meeting of the officials of the Lahore Division organizing committee for punjab Youth Festival, National Youth Festival and international Youth Festival 2012. Also present on the occasion were secretary sports punjab Haroon
Ahmed Khan and Director General sports Board punjab and Youth Affairs Usman Anwar. “Our sportsmen and people taking part in the festival will be attempting a number of records in various fields including sports and we hope that to put the name of pakistan in the book through the splendid performance of our sportsmen and talented people,” said Rana Mashood. “some representatives of the Guinness World will be visiting Lahore shortly to sign a contract with punjab Government to record the outstanding performances which will set new marks in the book,” he asserted. During the meeting clear and specific instructions were given to the officials to make the festival a big suc-
cess by taking every aspect of the festival as a social work and not as a burden. Rana Mashhood said that the Youth Festival is going to be the biggest social and sports carnival which will be the mass participation of people from all walks of life. He also praised the vision of the Chief Minister punjab for conceiving the idea of first the punjab sports Festival and then the announcement of the Youth policy and now the holding of the Youth Festival, which is being followed by the world in which countries like Australia, india and europe’s Norway are holding the youth festivals in line of the punjab sports Festival, that was held three months ago. “they have followed this trend and are organizing their festivals on
similar patrons on which we organized the punjab sports Festival,” he maintained. “We have started to receive positive vibes which are the outcome of the punjab sports Festival and now all the enthusiastic approach of the people have started to come at a time when a negative picture of the country is being portrayed in the world. He said the prime objective of the Fes want to portray a positive image of pakistan with the participation of foreign teams which will feature in the international sports festival to be organized in November. “it is a heartening sign that around 22 countries have already confirmed their participation in the punjab international Youth Festival,” he concluded.
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Federer v Murray: Twitter final LonDon: How Sunday's Wimbledon men's final between federer and Murray played out on Twitter: Cuddle from Jonathan Ross. Like that's going to calm me down??? – anDy's MoTHeR JuDy MuRRay Stressing because i just arrived in Sicily & can't find a Tv that's showing the Wimbledon final : Supporting via livescore is stressful. – bRiTisH PLayeR LauRa Robson This is the hardest pounding the Swiss have taken since the british artillery pounded them to dust at Minden in 1759. – TV PResenTeR Dan snoW victoria beckham wearing @victoriabeckham autumn/winter 2012-13 dress at #wimbledon – Vogue.coM uK The last Scots-born player to reach the final was edinburgh's Harold Segerson Mahony in 1896. and he won! – eDinbuRgH eVening neWs Did i just witness Roger's first ever correct challenge?? – beTHanie MaTTeK-sanDs What's the score guys? Me for roger – yuVRaJ singH Located a tv just in time to see andy win the first set. #letsgomurray! :) – LauRa Robson Murray's serve is off the wall – coacH nicK boLLeTTieRi
Tennis at its best. not sure Murray can play any better!fed finds a way in with magic, if Murray doesn't recover fast, it could be curtains! – MaHesH bHuPaTHi now we've got ourselves a tennis match. #wimbledonfinal –TigeR WooDs fed express cool as cucumber !! – nba sTaR Pau gasoL i know everyone is watching finals.im doing something really special :) today.Will let u know later. – us PLayeR VaRVaRa LePcHenKo Just been visiting nanna in hospital.every bed with the andy Murray match on.The nHS are bloody amazing.don't know how the nurses do it! – saRaH boRWeLL @andy_murray + federer both showing pure class! The ball boys/girls enthusiasm to retrieve balls is #Ridiculous ! – Rio feRDinanD fed is making some of his shots look way too easy.. honestly i feel like it's unrealistic for us normal people to even attempt them – soMDeV DeVVaRMan andy_murray did himself, his family and his nation proud today. Played like a champ. His time will come for sure! – goLfeR RoRy MciLRoy WIMBLEDON: Roger Federer of Switzerland holding up his 7 Wimbledon trophies while in the other picture the Swiss great lifts his 17 Grand Slam trophies from centre: Wimbledon 2012, 1st row, from left : Australian Open 2010, Wimbledon 2007, Wimbledon 2009, Roland Garros 2009, US Open 2008. 2nd row, from left : US Open 2007, US Open 2006. 3rd row, from left : Australian Open 2006, US Open 2005. 4th row, from left : Wimbledon 2006, Wimbledon 2005. 5th row, from left: US Open 2004, Wimbledon 2004, Australian Open 2004, Wimbledon 2003, Australian Open 2007. aFp
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While the Bangladesh team is getting ready to play the three twenty20s against ireland later this month, Cricket ireland (Ci) has expressed its desire to play more matches against the full members. Aaccording to its Chief executive Officer Warren Deutrom, "We are one of two members that received Us$1.5 million over the next three years towards the projects that we outlined in our application, which were for more ODis/t20is against the full members, for the establishment of a domestic inter-provincial structure and to establish a new national academy." "Cricket ireland presented to the iCC Financial & Commercial Affairs Committee last month about our application for iCC's targeted Assistance and performance program (tApp). We shall now be in further discussions with iCC about how we might prioritise those projects," he added. "ireland has not applied for Full Member status. We signalled our intention to apply back in 2009, which helped generate the processes that have led to iCC's own independent governance review, a review which contemplates how iCC membership might be reformed". "this process was now discussed in greater detail by the iCC Board and its relevant sub-committees and it is appropriate that we wait for the outcome of this process", he signed off.
south Korea's Na Yeon Choi won the Us Women's Open on sunday, showing a champion's resolve in the face of adversity to claim her first major title. Choi, 24, fired a one-over 73 at Blackwolf Run for a sevenunder total of 281 and a four-shot victory over another south Korean, Amy Yang. Choi had gone into the final round with a six-shot lead thanks to a remarkable 65 in saturday's wind-whipped third round. Yang carded a one-under 71 for a three-under total of 285, with no other players finishing under par for the event. Choi's triumph came on the same course where se Ri pak won the 1998 Us Women's Open, a victory Choi recalls watching on television as a girl. "And 14 years later i'm here right now, and i made it," Choi said. "My dreams come true. it's an amazing day today, and i really appreciate what se Ri did and all the Korean players, they did. it's really no way i can be here without them." pak was among the players who rushed out to spray Choi with champagne and hug her after the last putt dropped at 18. "she (said), 'Hey, Na Yeon, i'm really proud of you. You did a really good job, and you (were) really calm out there,'" Choi said. "she talked to me a lot, and she was hugging me."
Luke Donald has retained his world No.1 spot ahead of the year's third major, the British Open, which starts at Royal Lytham on July 19. the englishman, who defends his scottish Open crown at Castle stuart near Aberdeen this week, stays narrowly ahead of Rory Mcilroy of Northern ireland with Lee Westwood of england in third place. tiger Woods stays at number four leading a list of six Americans in the top 10.
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KoHLeR: na yeon Choi of South Korea lines up her tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the 2012 u.S. Women's open at blackwolf Run. AFP
1. Luke Donald (eNG) 9.83pts 2. Rory Mcilroy (NiR) 8.68 3. Lee Westwood (eNG) 8.11 4. tiger Woods (UsA) 7.73 5. Webb simpson (UsA) 6.61
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WHiTe SuLPHuR SPRingS: Ted Potter, Jr. stands with the championship trophy after winning the greenbrier Classic at the old White TPC. AFP
Rookie ted potter jnr drained a four-foot birdie at the third hole of a sudden death playoff on sunday to edge troy Kelly for a first UspGA tour win at the Greenbrier Classic. potter, ranked 218th in the world, finished eagle-birdie as he erased a four-shot deficit in regulation, carding a final-round 64 to join Kelly on 16-under 264. He became the sixth first-time winner on the tour this season. He earned a winner's prize of $1,098,000 and jumped from 173rd to 51st in the Fedex Cup playoff standings. it was quite a turnaround for the 28-year-old left-hander, who had missed five straight cuts coming into the tournaments. "When you're missing cuts every week, you get down on yourself," potter acknowledged. "i mean, it's hard to pick yourself back
up. But the plus side for me is i was still young. i just knew i had plenty of time and just be patient and it will come back around again." potter said the two-year tour exemption that goes with the win "was just a big relief ... knowing that now i've got a couple years to try to improve on my game and win some more tournaments." Kelly, who started the day two shots behind overnight leader Webb simpson, had five birdies in his four-under 66 on the Old White tpC course. simpson, who claimed a first major title with his Us Open triumph at the Olympic Club in san Francisco last month, surrendered a one-shot lead on the back nine of the final round here for the second straight year. Four bogeys in five holes from the 12th spelled the end of his challenge and he closed with a 73 that left him tied for seventh. "i kind of made a couple bad swings and judged the wind wrong
a bunch of times it seemed like," simpson said of his back nine. "it was just one of those unfortunate nine holes where all week everything had been going right and in nine holes everything couldn't have gone worse." south Korea's Charlie Wi and rookie Charlie Beljan shared third place on 14-under 266. Wi posted a 65 and Beljan a 67. potter became the second rookie to win on the Us tour this season. He had a chance to win at the second extra hole -- the 17th that he had eagled in regulation. After coming up short of the green, potter chipped on to about five feet but missed the birdie putt as Kelly saved par from a greenside bunker. Returning to the par-three 18th, potter landed his tee shot four feet from the pin and made the putt for the victory. Kelly still notched his best career finish, improving on a prior tie for 37th.
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tweeted Woods, using the short form for 'greatest of all time'. "i didn't need to get it through twitter, i got one from himself," Federer told reporters. "He was very pumped up these last couple days for me. He was very supportive." Woods currently has 14 majors as he attempts to chase down Jack Nicklaus's all-time best of 18. Federer's win on sunday took him level with pete sampras's record of seven Wimbledon titles and guaranteed a return to the world number one spot where he will start a 285th week from Monday. sampras was number one for a total of 286 weeks. "it's nice
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in me. they push me further," said Federer. "i wish him (tiger) the best as well. He knows that. Obviously with Facebook and twitter and all this it's much more public now. But it feels great to receive so much support from such great athletes." Federer wouldn't reveal what Woods's personal message had been. "Just happy, you know. Whatever. You can make it up," he joked Federer, only the third man over 30 to win Wimbledon and the second oldest behind Andre Agassi to take the world top ranking, was happy to namecheck a host of sporting inspirations.
Andy Murray vowed to come back stronger than ever after a heartbreaking four-set Wimbledon final defeat against Roger Federer left the distraught scot crying tears of frustration on Centre Court. Murray had hoped to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred perry in 1936, but his dreams were dashed as Federer recovered from a slow start to claim the seventh All england Club title of his magnificent career. it was a devastating blow for Murray, who has played some of the best tennis of his life over the last two weeks but is now on a miserable run of four defeats in his four Grand slam final appearances. the 25-year-old, who broke down in tears during an emotional on-court interview immediately after the match, was still understandably sombre when he fulfilled his media commitments after briefly returning to the locker
room. But, despite his obvious angst at falling short in his home Grand slam, the world number four believes the way he took the fight to Federer in the
first two sets proves he has the game to eventually win one of the four majors. "i'd say that's the best i've played in a slam final. i created chances and went up a set. even the last two sets, i still had chances," said Murray who had been trying to become Britain's first Wimbledon men's champion since Fred perry in 1936. "it wasn't like i gave away bad games or stupid games. i played a good match and made pretty good decisions for the most part, so i'm happy with that. "i felt more comfortable this morning and before the match than i had done in the previous slam finals. "it's not an easy tournament for British players in many ways, but i think i dealt with all of the extra things away from the tournament pretty well, better than maybe i had done in the past. "it was my first time in a Wimbledon final. i'd never been there before. i'm still improving, still playing better tennis, which is all i can do."
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they may specialise in different disciplines but all of iraq's representatives to the 2012 London Olympics know all too well the struggle of training in a country which is dangerous and still rebuilding. iraq's Olympic team heads to Britain hoping to secure medals, an achievement which could help solidify what remains a fragile national identity. But poor infrastructure and difficulties in training mean their chances, pitted against better-equipped and better-trained athletes, look slim. "Weapons and ammunition are all outdated -- all of our
equipment is old compared to other countries, Arab and european," said Noor Aamer Jassim, who will be competing in air pistol shooting. But the 18-year-old is still hopeful. "sport is my life," said the shy, headscarf-wearing youth who dreams of one day working full-time in the field. "i feel very proud to participate in the Olympics in London. i hope to win a medal, to see my country's flag raised." the small team is comprised of two runners, a swimmer, an archer, a shooter, a boxer, a weightlifter and a wrestler. Jassim is one of eight athletes -five men and three women -- the youngest of whom is just 15 years old, heading to the Games which kick off in London on July 27.
iraq has historically fared poorly at the Olympics. its sole medal came during the 1960 Rome Games when Abdul Wahid Aziz won a bronze in men's lightweight weightlifting. the lack of success over the past decade has been put down to the dangerous security situation and poor sporting infrastructure that mean athletes often have to train abroad or on make-shift sites. their nutrition and exercise programmes pale in comparison to more developed sporting nations. "We have at times experienced difficult situations when it comes to training," admitted Adnan taess who runs the 800 metres. "training requires a good atmosphere and a stable situation."
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The 1916 olympics were scheduled to be held in berlin, but were canceled because of what came to be known as World War i. The 1920 games were awarded to antwerp to honor the suffering that had been inflicted on the belgian people during the war. Central european countries and Russia were not invited to the antwerp games, despite objections from ioC president baron Pierre de Coubertin. The olympic oath was introduced for the first time at antwerp. The first oath was taken by victor boin, who won waterpolo medals at earlier games. He gained another in fencing in this edition. The olympic flag was introduced for the first time at the 1920 games. it was designed by baron de Coubertin in 1913, based on an ancient greek artefact, and consisted of five interlaced rings coloured blue, yellow, black. green and red, representing the union of the five continents and all nations. Daniel Carroll completed a unique double in the rugby final when he won his second gold as a member of the uS team. He was also part of the victorious australian team in 1908. He remains one of only two athletes to win gold medals for two different countries. in a performance unequaled in olympic history, nedo nadi of italy earned gold medals in five of the six fencing events. at age 72, Swedish shooter oscar Swahn earned a silver medal in the team double-shot running deer event to become the oldest medalist ever. The 1920 12-foot dinghy sailing event was the only event in olympic history to be held in two countries. The first race was staged in belgium, but the last two races took place in the netherlands because both entrants were Dutch. for the first time, only the national olympic Committees could enrol participants.
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As many as 11 million voters could not be verified in the electoral areas of their residence, while 20.4 million people are not registered on the electoral rolls being finalised by the election Commission of pakistan (eCp) for the upcoming general election, Free and Fair election Network (FAFeN) said in its assessment on Monday. According to FAFeN, more than 20 million people of 18 years and above, with most of them being women, are not registered to vote, while over 80 percent of them are not even registered with the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA). FAFeN says its projection is based on the basis of the estimated popula-
tion as on July 1, made by the government in its economic survey 20112012. “Of the potential 20.4 million unregistered eligible voters, only 3.6 million hold computerised national identity cards, which was made a prerequisite for voter registration under
legislative changes last year,” it said. FAFeN urges the eCp to ensure follow-on door-to-door verification of voters be conducted with full diligence and accuracy before the finalisation of the electoral rolls to facilitate fair elections.
army camp attacked in wazirabad, seven killed IslamabaD: Gunmen killed seven security personnel at an army camp in Wazirabad on Monday, officials said, hours after a protest march against the resumption of NAtO supply convoys passed through the area. the encampment was attacked from a bridge over the river Chenab, close to Wazirabad. “At least seven security personnel including a police official embraced martyrdom and five others were injured due to firing by unknown assailants near Wazirabad,” the military said in a statement. A military rescue party had camped by the Chenab to look for the body of a pilot missing in a helicopter crash in May, the statement said, and the camp came under attack from a bridge. “the exact number of attackers is not known but they came by motorbike and sprayed bullets on the troops from the bridge,” a senior security official told AFp on condition of anonymity. “it is highly likely that the attackers belonged to a banned religious outfit, which is a hand in glove with taliban.” the official added: “Nobody has so far claimed responsibility of the attack but if we follow the pattern of the attack, it looks similar to assaults that these outfits have been carrying out in different cities.” AFP Published by Arif Nizami at Qandeel Printing Press, 4 Queens Road, Lahore.
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He Frontier Corps (FC) is involved in abduction of one out of every three Baloch men, Chief Justice iftikhar Chaudhry said on Monday while hearing the Balochistan unrest case at the supreme Court’s Quetta registry. the chief justice said he had no answer to the grievances of common people regarding law and order in the province, which was why the apex court had been embarrassed. He directed the Balochistan Home Department to make payments to the families of 135 missing persons. provincial home minister, Mir Zafarullah Zehri, also presented himself before the court. the advocate general of Balochistan told the apex court that a gang of three people involved in the killings of religious scholars had been arrested, adding that four missing persons had also been recovered. Chief Justice iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the recovery of only four missing persons showed the non-seriousness of the government. He also asked the Balochistan interior secretary to state in writing that they had failed to control the law and order in the province. the Balochistan AG was of the view that nobody could state anything with 100 percent surety. During the hearing, DiG Operations Hamid shakeel briefed the chief justice on the bomb attack on a bus of pilgrims in Hazarganji. the chief justice flayed the Customs department for such incidents, as they bribed the passengers from Kabul for allowing them to transit.