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Prayer at 04Eid-Ul-Adha Princess Margaret School

The Physics of The Day of Judgement How to be an Effective & Confident person Putting Islam into your Child’s Summer Fun

Here are the top 07municipal election issues Surrey Mayor Joins 15Vancouver Bohras’

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Canada’s rate hike will Hamza boasts his desire to be part of canvassing Maldivians voice outrage as disgraced Sri Lankan

Eid ul Adha Celebrates at PM High School Surrrey,s Ground

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Premiers demand meeting with federal government to talk health-care funding

Health spending tops the agenda for the 13 provincial, territorial premiers meeting in Victoria today anada’s premiers kicked off the second day of meetings in B.C. Tuesday by demanding a meeting with federal government representatives to come up with a new agreement on health-care funding. “It’s past time for the federal gov-

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ernment to stop quibbling, to stop saying that we don’t have a problem with our publicly funded national health-care system, and sit down at a table with the 13 premiers from provinces and territories,” B.C. Premier John Horgan, this year’s chair of the Council of the Federation, said Tuesday in Victoria. Horgan said Continue at page 5

‘Terrorism’: Abe killing seen as attack on Japan’s democracy

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OKYO (AP) — An attack on democracy and freedom of speech. A throwback to the political murders of prewar Japan.

Terrorism.Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance by politicians and on social media are widespread following the daylight assassination by homemade gun of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a major political force even after he stepped down in 2020 as the nation’s longest-serving political leader.

“The bullet pierced the foundation of democracy,” the liberal Asahi newspaper, a regular foil of the conservative, sometimes history-revisionist Abe, said in a front-page editorial after the killing. “We tremble with rage.”Part of the collective fury is because crime is so rare in Japan, where it’s not uncommon to see cellphones

and purses lying unattended in cafes.

Gun attacks are vanishingly rare, especially in recent years and especially in political settings, though they have happened.But the shock can also be traced to the setting: Abe was killed near a crowded train station, in the middle of a campaign speech for parliamentary elections, something that Japan, despite a long history of oneparty political domination and growing voter apathy, takes seriously. Mikito Chinen, ”Source: ca.finance.yahoo.com

Canadian food suppliers warn grocery ‘Powerful quarters’ opposed EVMs to chains more price hikes are coming ‘sway’ results, PTI chief claims

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No relief in sight for sky-high grocery bills

Canadian food suppliers are once again issuing notices to grocery retailers, informing them of upcoming price hikes.The letters signal more price increases will hit grocery stores this fall in a year that has already seen nearly double-digit increases in food costs.In some cases, the higher prices are due to the Canadian Dairy Commission’s approval of a second milk price increase this year. Farm gate milk prices are set to go up about two cents per litre, or 2.5 per

cent, on Sept. 1.Yet dairy-processing companies appear to be tacking on their own increases as well — the socalled piggybacking of price hikes industry observers warned would Continue at page 5

HANG: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday lamented that his efforts to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) to ensure transparent polls in Pakistan were scuttled by “powerful quarters”, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and the major political parties who allegedly endorsed rigging.

“When I was in government, I tried really hard for 2.5 years to introduce EVMs for free and fair polls in Pakistan… [which] would have al-

lowed us to organise transparent elections,” Imran Khan said while addressing a political gathering in Jhang in connection with by-polls on July 17.The two political families — Pakistan Peoples Party and PaContinue at page 5

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f ait h 0n the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (saw), who said:Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you. related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).

The Physics of The Day of Judgement

Ask the Imam (Q&A)

Adzan and the Iquamah when you pray alone?

Question 93708:

o you say the Adzan and the iquamah when you pray alone? I have just embraced Islam and I read books on Salaat and they do not say.

Praise be to Allah.

It is mustahabb (recommended, encouraged) for the person who is praying alone to say the Adhaan and Iqaamah, because of the general meaning of the reports that refer to them.

Al-Shaykh Mansoor al-Bahwati (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: They (the Adhaan and Iqaamah) are Sunnah (for the person who is praying alone) because of the general meaning of the hadeeth of Uqbah ibn Aamir, who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Your Lord likes it when a shepherd at the top of a mountain pass calls the Adhaan for prayer and then prays. Then Allaah says, Look at this slave of mine, saying the Adhaan and the Iqaamah for prayer and fearing Me. I ask you to bear witness that I have forgiven

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BY: MOHAMMAD HUMAYOUN KHAN a world where science and technology

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he belief that mankind will rise from the grave, an integral part of the three Abrahamic faiths Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, is not just a myth or wishful thinking but is based on real scientific principles. Rising up from the grave and coming back alive can happen simply with the reversal of time.

“When we are dead and have become dust and bones, Shall then we indeed be raised again?” (Quran 56:47) “Man thinks that, We shall not assemble his bones, Yes truly! We are able to restore his very fingers!” (Quran 75:3-4) With advancement in science and technology we tend to see the world from the critical eye of science. We see people dying but no one has returned from the dead to tell us about afterlife. Is it possible to really know that there is life after death other than religious belief? There is a surprising answer which we can have as science has advanced to the point that it is possible to look at the very basis of reality as we know it, the fabric of space and time.

There are many questions that arise in our minds. What happens to us on dying? What is soul? Does it leave the body to enter the spiritual world, which is beyond human perception in some other dimension? Are the souls reincarnated entering some other body to be recycled again as in the beliefs of some eastern religions? Is the soul captured and kept somewhere until the Day of Judgment to be reunited with the body that rises from the grave? How can a body that had decayed and disappeared into dust regain its original shape and form? We can believe what we wish; however the modern world is based on truthful pursuit of science. Truth cannot be decided on wishful thinking or majority vote; if that was the case then Columbus would have surely fallen of the earth in 1492.

We live in a world that demands proof and is not just content with belief. The belief or even the proof is only for the believer, as belief comes from within our hearts. The greatest of proofs will not satisfy the non-believer, while the slightest evidence can be a great source of comfort for the believer. In this context let us look at the story of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be on him) given in the Quran. (Quran 2:260.) Prophet Ibrahim wanted to know how God gives life to the dead. He had the faith of a man who was willing to sacrifice his own son for the sake of God, yet he wanted reassurance; which then was given to him in the form of a great miracle. Ordinary people like us are also in need of reassurance in

have assumed greater importance than religion.

There is only one version of the Quran.

It is the only religious book that even the critics of Islam admit was never altered since its revelation to Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) fourteen hundred years ago. Scientific advancements have provided better understanding of many verses of the Quran that had appeared obscure in the past. The Quran accurately describes a variety of scientific facts that were discovered in the last one hundred years. For the Muslims this is one of the many reasons that the Quran is truly a revealed book.

Many verses in the Quran describe the future of the universe and The Day of Judgment. The event being depicted is not some local or earthly event caused by atomic war or natural disaster. The verses appear to describe some great final catastrophe that will affect the whole universe. There is mention of the final earthquake, the darkening of the stars and the sun, the opening of gates in the sky and “a time” in which mankind will see what they had done before so that they will become witnesses against their own selves. Quran appears to be describing reversal of time and gravity.“We warn you of doom at hand. A day when a man will look on that his own hand has sent before, And the non-believers will cry: “Wish that we were dust.”” (Qur’an 78:40) “The earth with the mountains shall be lifted and crushed with one crash.”

(Qur’an 69:14) The contraction of the universe with reversal of time and gravity will commence the beginning of the end which may last for thousands and possibly millions of years. We will be removed from the regressing effects of reversed time as we come back alive at the point in time which we had died. A beautiful natural mechanism similar to black holes will create openings or gates in the sky and we will be taken across many dimensions to beyond this universe by the angels of the Grand decent. Everyone will be removed no one will be left behind.

“A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder, And the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.”

(Quran:25:25) “...And We gather them together, as to leave not one of them behind.”

(Qur’an18:47) IS RESURRECTION A PHYSICAL PROCESS? “It is God, Who sends the winds and they raise a cloud, Then leads it to a dead land and revives the earth after its death.

Such is the Resurrection.” (Qur’an 35:9) Above the resurrection of the dead is compared to physical processes which are based on laws of nature like the growth of plants after rain; this suggests that revival after death is also based on some physical laws. We know that the energy from the sun heats up the oceans and water vapor rises to produce the clouds. Temperature differences cause the winds to blow across the continents carrying clouds to distant lands. Dormant seeds sprout into new plants with life giving rain fall even in the harshest of places. Sometimes in the future as our knowledge of the universe, increases the reality of “The Day of Judgment” may become widely accepted as the truth. Verses in the Quran suggest that the knowledge of the Day of Judgment is within the grasp of human understanding and mankind will become aware of this knowledge.

“We shall show them our signs on the horizons and within themselves, Until it will

My slave and will admit him to Paradise.

(Narrated by al-Nisaai). The Adhaan and Iqaamah are also Sunnah for travellers, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to Maalik ibn al-Huwayrith and his cousin: When you two travel, say the Adhaan and Iqaamah for prayer, and let the elder of you lead the prayer. (Agreed upon). Mutaalib Oolaial-Nuha, part 1, Baab al-Adhaan.

It is makrooh (disliked) for him to neglect the Adhaan and Iqaamah. Al-Shaafai (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: If a man neglects to say the Adhaan and Iqaamah when he is praying alone or in congregation, I regard that as makrooh, but he does not have to repeat the prayers he did without the Adhaan or Iqaamah.

(Source: IslamQA) https://www.islamicity.org/qa/? become apparent to them, that it is the truth ...” (Qur’an 41:53) THE TRULY TREMENDOUS UNIVERSE “The creation of the heavens and the earth is definitely a greater thing than creation of mankind, however, most of mankind knows not.” (Qur’an 40:57) The extent and majesty of the universe is truly tremendous and it gives us a glimpse of the tremendous power of Allah (SWT).

The circumference of our planet earth is about forty thousand kilometers, which is a distance that light, can travel seven times in one second. As the distances become larger the numbers however become mind boggling. The universe is so vast that the distances between stars and galaxies have to be measured in “light years,” which is the distance traveled by light in a year at the speed of three hundred thousand kilometers per second.

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Prayer Schedule in Greater Vancouver July 15-29, 2022, Zul Hijjah 16-*30 -D.H 21443H

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Eid-Ul-Adha Prayer at Princess Margaret School ground organized by BCMA

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n July 9, after a gap of almost three years due to Pandemic Covid-19, the Eid-ul-Adha Prayer was held at the school ground of Princess Margaret High School, Surrey. Thanks to the determination and dedication of event organizers and the management committee of BCMA’s Surrey Jamea Masjid and Rema Masjid, Surrey.

Thousands of Muslims poured in, to perform Eid ul Adha Prayers, the Sunnah Way. A large number of Seniors, Women, Childrens, Adults,Youth from every shape, colour, creed and language came together for one reason only, to commemorate the Quranic tale of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacri-

fice Ismail as an act of obedience to Allah. .The celebration was attended by Surrey Mayor Mr Doug McCallum, Provincial Labour Minister Mr. Harry Bains and Surrey Newton Federal MP Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal.

BCMA Surrey/Delta branch Chairperson Mr Mohammed Janif welcomed attendees at the event, followed by a unity speech and message from BCMA President Mr Asad Gondal. Both Imam’s, Mufti Mohammed Mouadh Surrey/ Delta and Imam Sheryar Bashir from Masjid Al Rehmah spoke on the importance of celebrating Eid Al Adha.

The eid prayer led , and concluded with a Khutba from Mufti Mohammed Mouadh.

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Lankan meltdown lessons

HE spectre of the Sri Lankan situation has come to haunt many a developing nation facing serious economic challenges. After an economic meltdown, the South Asian country is now witnessing the unravelling of its political system.

A mass uprising triggered by rising commodity prices has forced the government out. But the crisis is far from over.

As a financially bankrupt country, which doesn’t even have money to import oil and other essential commodities, Sri Lanka is now negotiating with the IMF for a bailout package and seeking financial help from various countries. It needs some $6bn urgently just to keep itself going until the end of the year. The massively indebted country has already defaulted on its external loan repayments making it harder for it to salvage the situation.

What led to Sri Lanka’s economic collapse is obvious. Crippled by the shortage of foreign exchange, the country has not been able to pay for imports of even essential commodities such as fuel. In fact, the crisis had been building up for many years as the country piled up foreign debts to the tune of $51bn. A large part of the foreign loans was reportedly spent on huge non-productive infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, flawed economic policies made things worse.

While struggling to service the loans, the economic crunch aggravated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism, which has been the mainstay of the Sri Lankan economy, was the most affected by the prolonged lockdown, greatly diminishing the island’s foreign exchange earnings. Foreign direct investment also dried up because of the rise

News Cont from Pg 1 happen.. Lactalis Canada, for example, said in a letter to customers it must implement an average national market increase of five per cent this September, a rate it said that takes into account the CDC pricing increase, as well as “significant inflationary costs” the com-

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in incidents of terrorism and economic and political instability.

Consequently, its currency collapsed by 80 per cent, making imports much more expensive.

Food inflation rose to 57pc.

The Sri Lankan turmoil is a classic example of an economy caught in an acute debt trap.

The Sri Lankan turmoil is a classic example of an economy caught in an acute debt trap, while failing to boost its revenues. Indeed, political corruption, too, played a role in the country’s financial collapse. Now the IMF is the last hope for the country of 22 million, but aid will not come without stringent conditionalities that may increase the hardship of the people. In fact, a bailout by itself won’t provide a long-term solution, which requires undertaking fundamental structural reform to resuscitate the economy.

There are many developing countries, including Pakistan, which confront a similar predicament. We may not be in Sri Lanka’s shoes yet, but are not very far off as there are some comparable symptoms. With negotiations with the IMF apparently inconclusive, and the much-awaited financial support from friendly countries yet to come, the country is not in a good state.

Without an IMF deal, no international financial assistance will come in. The government may have taken some hard decisions, such as raising fuel prices and increasing taxes, but it seems that not enough has been done to satisfy the IMF which has hardened its position. Time is certainly running out for the government, with the coming debt-servicing obligations.

Foreign exchange reserves are fast depleting. The country needs some urgent help for its external debt-servicing obligations that are projected to be $23bn in 2022-2023. What is most alarming is the component of rising commercial loans. In the next five years, the country will have to repay, on account of amortisation and the mark-up amount owed by the public sector, a sum of $49.23bn. It is an extremely alarming situation, with no signs of any fundamental change in economic outlook. We may not be facing an imminent threat of default, but the prospect is certainly staring us in the face.

It could become a reality if we don’t take timely action to stem the rot. The situation has gone beyond the usual patchwork job that we have been doing for so many years.

It is not just the external debt but, mainly, the ballooning internal debt that has brought the country close to bankruptcy. The major problem is that we have been living for a very long time beyond our means and have been borrowing money even to run the state. Dependence on foreign aid has further crippled our ability to stand on our own feet.

Unfortunately, no government, military or civilian, has made any effort to solve this perennial problem. With the tax-to-GDP ratio hovering at around less than 9pc, the country will remain trapped in perpetual financial crises. What makes the situation even more untenable is the fact that a major chunk of the budget is going towards debt repayment and defence. There is little information available on the defencerelated component of external debts.

Heavy domestic borrowing at very high interest rates is at the heart of the macroeconomic crisis faced by the country. That has also been the reason for our becoming a permanent client of the IMF. The stringent conditionalities that come with bailout packages also shackle economic growth.

Meanwhile, population explosion has made it harder to feed the increasing number of people in the country, making us more reliant on the import of food items. All that needs a long-term approach to deal with the economic challenges that cannot be resolved through taking makeshift measures and seeking bailouts from external sources.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that there is a limit to our resort to the ‘begging bowl’ and that even ‘friendly countries’ are reluctant to help. We cannot continue to cash in on our geostrategic importance for long.

Moreover, perpetual political instability, a deteriorating internal situation and the higher cost of doing business have discouraged the flow of direct foreign investment in the country. True, our exports nominally increased last year, but this was not enough to address the increasing current account deficit. Some external factors such as the rise in petroleum and commodity prices may have also contributed to worsening the crisis, but it is mainly our policy flaws that are now coming to haunt us. What happened in Sri Lanka must serve as a timely warning.

Courtesy by: Zahid Hussain

The writer is an author and journalist.

Laysa Lil Insana illa ma’ sa’aa That man can have nothing but what he strives for.

Canadian food suppliers warn grocery chains more price hikes are coming pany is facing. Arla Foods Canada issued a similar notice, saying price increases on its products coming this September reflect higher milk ingredient costs and the “inflationary impacts across freight and packaging.” Saputo Dairy Products Canada also said it would imple-

ment price increases in the five per cent range, depending on the category. “Producers have faced increased production costs, as well as rising feed, energy and fertilizer costs, which have had a significant impact on this year’s farm gate milk price adjustment,” Saputo said in a

letter to its retail customers.

“In addition to these regulated increases, there have been unprecedented and sustained inflationary pressures affecting manufacturing, energy, labour and distribution costs throughout the entirety of the supply chain.”Source:cbc.ca/

‘Powerful quarters’ opposed EVMs to ‘sway’ results, s

kistan Muslim League-Nawaz hands with these parties against who influence the results of elec- umpire nexus despite all odds — ruling Pakistan for the past 35 years opposed these reforms to save their “fake votes”, he claimed.

Mr Khan alleged that ECP head Sikandar Sultan Raja also joined

News Cont from Pg 1 the two orders of government must meet to “do what Canadians want us to do and get ourselves back on track” with a “world-class healthcare system, not one that is crumbling under our feet.”

the EVMs even though it was the “job of the ECP to ensure fair polls”.“And those people who have been in power in this country for quite some time… those

tion whenever they want to, they also opposed these voting machines,” the former prime minister alleged without naming anyone.

Ex-PM says will defeat turncoat-

Taking a dig at the CEC, Mr Khan said the election commissioner should have resigned after the “massively rigged local government elections” in Sindh.. S: DN

Premiers demand meeting with federal government to talk health-care Horgan said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the premiers that, once the pandemic public health emergency was over, the two sides would meet to hash out the future of health care funding in

Canada. No such meeting has been set, he added.. The premiers say the federal government is only covering 22 per cent of health-care costs in Canada. They say they want that federal share raised to 35 per cent and

maintained at that level over time.

The federal government, meanwhile, disagrees with the math the provinces are using to determine who should pay for what.? Source:cbc.ca/

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‘A very difficult decision’: PM Trudeau defends returning Russia-Germany pipeline turbines

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada’s decision to grant a two-year Canadian company an exemption to federal sanctions, allowing them to return turbines from a Russian pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany. The prime minister said that while it was “a very difficult decision,” Russia is trying to “weaponize energy as a way of creating division amongst the allies,” and that Canada’s move was made to help Germany in the short-term as it and other European countries work to reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas.

“Canada has been one of the strongest countries in the world in standing with Ukraine,” Trudeau said during a press conference in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday, vowing the continuation of support such as sanctions, while citing the billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid offered to-date.

The turbines, part of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, were sent to Siemens Canada in Montreal for repairs, but once the federal government imposed sanctions on Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom, the company was restricted from sending

Petroleum levy to stay unchanged at Rs10 per litre ISLAMABAD: On Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ’s explicit instructions to reduce the price of petroleum and products in line with the reduction in their international price the Finance Division on Wednesday moved a summary seeking up to 15 percent reduction in petroleum prices with effect from July 16 – one day prior to the 20 by-elections to be held in Punjab that would determine the fate of the Punjab government.

As usual, the final decision in this regard will be taken by the Prime Minister.

“Any reduction in the price of petroleum and

products will be in line with the IMF agreement with the Petroleum Levy (PL) remaining unchanged at 10 rupees per litre while the reduction in the international price will be passed onto the consumers”, an official of Petroleum Division told Business Recorder on condition of anonymity.

At present the PL on petrol stands at Rs10 per litre, on HSD, SKO and LDO at Rs 5 per litre each while sales tax is zero.

National Assembly has approved a rise in the maximum limit of PL from Rs 30 per litre to Rs 50 per litre to achieve the budgetary target of Rs 750 billion in Finance Bill 2022-23.

Sources in Petroleum Division told this correspondent that it the government is unlikely to fetch Rs 750 billion from PL in the current financial year at the current PL rate as that would enable a maximum collection of Rs14 billion per month. Additionally, a revenue shortfall of Rs 45 billion per month would be experienced if the 17 percent general sales tax (GST) is not slapped on these products.

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz said on Wednesday had the PML-N allowed him, he would have resigned and joined the campaign for the by-elections. He told a press conference after his meeting with South Punjab’s PPP president Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood at Model Town that some Punjab ministers resigned from their offices to join the electioneering for the PML-N candidates for 20 seats. Highlighting the importance of the contest, he said he too could have join hands with them by resigning from his office as the election code of conduct barred the public office-holders from running the campaigns of any candidate. But, he said, his party didn’t allow him to resign and join the campaign.

Referring to the alliance between the PML-N and the PPP, Hamza said it was not for making a government but they had united for the national cause. He hoped that the alliance would win popularity from the people and the ruling coalition would achieve success on all 20 seats. He said the ruling alliance would not do vindictive politics the way Imran Niazi did, after the victory and would jointly work to improve the national economy.

Criticising Usman Buzdar for failing to serve the masses, he said heaps of garbage would be found in the streets of Lahore and other

Punjab towns during the past four years but cleanliness remained exemplary across the province on Eid (after he took over on April 16). He said havoc was played with the province in the name of Waseem Akram-plus as Farah Gogi and Ahsan Jameel looted Punjab ruthlessly.He said he worked for the welfare of the masses even though his cabinet could not be formed for two months (for certain reasons). He said he chalked out a programme to provide subsidised flour and 100 units of electricity free to the masses for the first time in the history of the country.

He thanked PPP leaders Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari for supporting his government and promised not to leave any stone unturned in making the people prosperous with the help of the allies.“No single party can change the destiny of the country and we all have to work together. We will have to do away with hatred in order to take the country forward,” he said. S: dawn.com

of that debt quickly,” Campbell said.

That won’t be an easy feat for some Canadians. Campbell said she has seen studies saying Canadians have more debt than ever before and for every dollar someone in the country makes they owe an average $1.86.

“Individuals are really going to have to buckle down and figure out how to manage all of this debt,” Campbell said.

If you can’t pay off your debt and your financial situation isn’t set to improve, she recommends seeking help from a licensed insol- The Pakistan Army is not authorised or empowered to undertake commercial activities vency trustee. outside its domain for welfare purposes unSPENDING Between inflation, supply chain snags, less expressly permitted by the federal govshortages and rising rates, most goods and ernment, said the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) detailed judgement issued on Wednesservices are becoming more expensive.

However, as pandemic-related restrictions day in a case pertaining to encroachments in ease, people are eager to venture out of their Margalla Hills National Park. In January, the homes, gather and partake in favourite past IHC had ordered capital authorities to seal times again.“My guess is in the short term off Monal Restaurant and take control of people will continue to spend because it is the Margalla Greens Golf Club built on ensummer, people love to be outside and enjoy croached land. It had also declared illegal the military’s claim to 8,000 acres of Margalla this time of year,” Campbell said.

“However, I say that with caution. I think Hills National Park. we’re going to see increased debt levels and The decision to seal Monal Restaurant was there will be a reckoning where people have later suspended by the Supreme Court in to curb their spending because inflation is March. In the case’s 108-page detailed judgereally killing us and really making it hard for ment issued today, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah noted that the Pakistan Army Act, us to make ends meet.”

1952, the Air Force Act, 1953 and the PakiSource: ctvnews.ca/

stan Navy Ordinance, 1961, were promulgated to regulate the respective branches of the armed forces and their discipline. “The Pakistan Army has no power nor jurisdiction to, directly or indirectly, engage in business ventures of any nature outside its composition nor to claim the ownership of state land,” the judgement said, adding that the military’s constitutionally defined roles were to defend Pakistan and act in aid of civil power if called upon to do so.“[Neither] the Pakistan Army nor its officers are authorised or mandated to undertake, directly or indirectly, any activity such as leasing government land for commercial purpose,” the judgement said.

Regarding the military’s claim to 8,000 acres, the detailed judgement said that it could not own or acquire land given for its use other than as provided under the Constitution and the relevant laws.“[Neither] the Pakistan Army nor any other branch of the armed forces can claim the ownership of the land allocated by the federal government for its use.” The judgement said the military’s stance regarding the claimed acres of land was “atrocious and in violation of the scheme of the Constitution and the applicable laws”.

Source: dawn.com

the equipment back. On Saturday, Canada announced it had decided to grant a “timelimited and revocable permit” to allow the equipment to be returned. Canada faced pressure from both Russia and Germany to return the turbines to Germany, fearing the risk of further energy instability. The energy giant claimed it needed the turbines in order to continue supplying Germany, after already considerably decreasing the gas flow through the pipeline, prompting the Germans to express concern over a lack of reserve supply.“Countries in Europe, particularly Germany, have stepped up massively in their support of Ukraine as well, and we need to hold together, particularly faced with the attempts by Russia to weaponize energy policy, to divide us amongst ourselves,” Trudeau said, adding that Canada’s sanctions are meant to target and punish “Putin and his cronies,” not other allied countries.“And that’s exactly why we took this difficult decision, to be there for our allies, to ensure that in Europe — not just governments, but populations — stay steadfast and generous in their support of Ukraine.” Ukrainian Congress Trying To Quash PermitThe contentious decision — while backed by the U.S. and the EU — has been roundly condemned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as the federal opposition parties. And, it is now facing a legal challenge.On Tuesday night the Ukrainian World Congress announced that it had filed a notice of application for judicial review of the decision with the Federal Court, arguing that granting the permit “was not reasonable, transparent, or properly authorized.”

Source: ctvnews.ca

How the Bank of Canada’s rate hike will impact mortgages, loans and spending

TORONTO - The Bank of Canada increased its key interest rate by one percentage point Wednesday in the largest hike the country has seen in 24 years. The move indicates the central bank will take a more aggressive approach to tackling inflation, which sits at a 39-year high of 7.7 per cent and has made groceries, vacations and other purchases more pricey. The hike to 2.5 per cent will also impact mortgages, loans and spending habits.

MORTGAGES

Commercial banks and other financial institutions usually raise or lower their mortgage rates in tandem with the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hikes. This means those with variable mortgages will be affected and anyone whose mortgage rate is up for renewal will likely have “sticker shock,” said Laurie Campbell, director of client financial wellness at advisement firm Bromwich + Smith.

“It’s going to be a situation where a lot of people are going to be rethinking whether they can continue to afford that home,” she said.“We’ve seen 10 years leading up to this of continued housing increases and the housing market going astronomically insane. Now, it will level off no doubt with these interest increases.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she saw people tap into their home equity, so some have a traditional mortgage and second mortgage on their property. If there is a correction in the housing market, she fears they could end up owing more on their homes than the property is even worth.

LOANS

People with variable rate lines of credit, personal loans or car loans are all impacted by interest rate hikes. “A lot more of their money is going to be going to interest and they probably want to up their payment, if they can, to cover that and make sure they get out

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Maldives gov’t faces backlash for accepting Sri Lankan president Maldivians voice outrage as disgraced Sri Lankan leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives.

Male, Maldives – Maldivians woke up on Wednesday to the news of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s surprise arrival on a pre-dawn flight, sparking a fierce backlash as the Maldives government was accused of helping the disgraced leader escape justice. Rajapaksa fled to the neighbouring Indian Ocean archipelago hours before his promised resignation over Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in decades. The 73-year-old flew on a Sri Lankan Air Force plane with his wife and two bodyguards to the Maldives capital, Male, the Sri Lankan Air Force confirmed.

On Wednesday afternoon, a group of Sri Lankan expatriates protested at the artificial beach in Male, carrying a banner that read: “Dear Maldivian friends, Please urge your government not to safeguard criminals.”

Riot police swiftly snatched banners and placards, and dispersed the crowd. One Sri Lankan man was taken into custody.

On social media and in the comment sections of news outlets, Maldivians expressed outrage and solidarity with Sri Lankan protesters, calling for Rajapaksa’s repatriation and condemning the “shameful” decision

to facilitate his departure. Concerns were also raised over the safety of an estimated 8,000 Maldivians who reside in Sri Lanka amid the continuing unrest. The Maldivian government “sheltering Gotabaya Rajapaksa and aiding him evade accountability for war crimes and corruption is a betrayal of the people and activists of Sri Lanka who had supported struggle for democracy in Maldives,” tweeted Ahmed Shaheed, a UN Special Rapporteur and former Maldives foreign minister. Ismail Naseer, the editor of the Maldives’ main newspaper, asked in an op-ed: “Why should Maldivians become the intermediary for fleeing easily after running a nation into the ground? Why should the Maldives government fall to such a lowly state? Why did one person become more important to the Maldivian state while many millions are starving and despairing? There’s no one to give an answer!”

Source: cbc.ca/news/politics

Here are the top municipal election issues for North Shore voters: poll

Traffic and transportation tops the list, no surprise there

Council meetings are stretching on into the night. Candidates are crafting their platforms.It’s a municipal election year, whether we like it or not.

But what’s on the voters’ minds ahead of the Oct. 15 local government elections?

North Shore News polled readers and asked the question: What is the most important issue to you in this year’s municipal elections?

The poll ran from Feb. 23 to March 4.

Of the 1,024 votes, we can determine that 416 are from within the community. The full results are as follows: Tackling the housing crisis. 20.91% local, 22.95% total Improving traffic/transportation options.

45.19% local, 36.23% total Combating climate change. 13.94% local, 14.75% total Keeping taxes down. 19.95% local, 26.07% total The deadline to submit nomination papers to get on a council or school district ballot is Sept. 9.

Results are based on an online study of adult North Shore News readers who are located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

The margin of error, which measures sample

variability, is +/- 3.05%, 19 times out of 20.

North Shore News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

Source: nsnews.com

What do you think is the most pressing issue in Surrey?

• Policing • Crimes and gangs • Transit • Housing/affordability • Development • Governance Is it policing? Maybe housing and affordability. Perhaps governance?

Source: vancouversun.com

We had a tough call last night

Liberals prioritizing big corporations at the expense of Canadians

“After days of Rogers outages, many Canadians and businesses still cannot access services they need to work. Over the weekend, emergency services were inaccessible, meaning that people were unable to call 9-1-1

during life-threatening emergencies. This is deeply upsetting and unacceptable.

Minister Champagne meeting with Rogers as a top priority shows that the Liberals are fixated on protecting the profits of telecom giants instead of helping Canadians. People need accountability here— what happened was unacceptable.

We will be looking at bringing Rogers, Interac and Minister Champagne to committee to figure out what happened, and to make sure this never happens again. The NDP is calling on the Liberals and the CRTC to launch a formal investigation into the Rogers outage to get to the bottom of this for Canadians.

New Democrats also believe that Rogers has a responsibility to pay back small businesses that lost revenue during the outage.”

Source:NDP Media Centre

Canada now has the largest percentage of common-law couples in the G7 The makeup of Canadian households is continuing to change, with alternatives to family households — such as roommates — and common-law marriages all seeing significant increases, says the latest census data release from Statistics Canada. “In recent decades, there has been a gradual decrease in the share of households composed of only one family with no additional people,” the media release said. “Alternatives like living

alone, with roommates, or with extended family members have grown in popularity.” Households composed of roommates who are unrelated to one another still account for only four per cent of households — but they also make up the fastest-growing household category in Canada. The 663,835 roommate households reported in the new census represent a 54 per cent increase between 2001 and 2021, and a 14 per cent increase since 2016. Statistics Canada said the challenges associated with finding and paying for housing have contributed to that shift in household makeup.

The number of multi-generational homes or multiple family dwellings has grown by 45 per cent since 2001 and now accounts for seven per cent of all households in Canada.

After trending upward for the past 20 years, the number of young adults aged

Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement:

Number of singles, common-law relationships and roommates rises as Canada’s households evolve

Dear Mohammad The Patrick Brown campaign had a tough call last night.

Patrick spoke with hundreds of supporters from across the country.

Canadians of all religions, backgrounds and communities who joined the campaign to build a modern, inclusive Conservative Party. Many had never joined the Conservative Party before. They didn’t see themselves in the party, they didn’t feel they would be listened to, they didn’t think they’d have a voice around the table.

But they embraced the vision the campaign put forward. They took a leap of faith that Patrick was sincere in his commitment – the party he would lead would look like Canada.

That it didn’t matter what God you worshipped, what colour your skin was, who you loved or what you wear. People who had been voiceless before would have a voice.

So it was devastating to hear the heartbreak that this dream was dying. That the campaign was disqualified from the leadership race through a flawed process that seemed designed only to prevent these new voices from assuming their rightful position of influence within the party and to protect an old network that had always run things and were bound and determined to continue running things.

This is not a path forward for the Conservative Party of Canada. This is a path to irrelevance. The Brown campaign will continue to pursue all legal options before it. We have some of the best lawyers in Canada working

20 to 34 living with at least one parent remained constant in 2021 at 35 per cent, the same level it was in 2016. While the number of young adults living with parents was highest in large urban centres such as Oshawa, Toronto, Windsor and Hamilton — where almost half of 20 to 34 year-olds lived with at least one parent — their share of households in cities

Is it ? for us. There is a strong likelihood, however, this won’t succeed before the vote.

If that is the case, Patrick has been clear he would support any new leader of the CPC except Pierre Poilievre. If it comes to that, he will be voting for Jean Charest. He encouraged his supporters to stay involved, do their research and make their own choice for next leader of the party.

He has high regard for Dr Leslyn Lewis who he considers a friend and has worked with provincially. He also has great admiration for Scott Aitcheson who has put forward many policy positions, such as supporting LGBTQ2 and fighting Bill 21 in Quebec, he supports. But at the end of the day Jean Charest has the best chance to stop Pierre Polievre extremism.

But killing our campaign does not kill the vision we have for the party. And we will succeed eventually.

So many of you put your hearts, your souls and countless hours into this campaign. And this is not how we want it to end.

But this is an obstacle, not a finish.

Because our vision of the party is the right one. And we will continue, with love in our hearts and fire in our souls, to fight to see it triumph. And we will.

Thank you all so much.

The Brown campaign

did decline slightly.

The number of 20 to 34 year olds living with at least one parent declined by three per cent in Vancouver and by one per cent in Montréal and Toronto. Statistics Canada said that change could have been caused by young adults moving to smaller communities during the pandemic... Source::cbc.ca

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No slowdown yet in U.S. inflation, as rate rises to 9.1% in June

Cost of living went up by 1.3% in the month of June alone.

The U.S. annual inflation rate defied expectations and rose to a new multi-decade high of 9.1 per cent in the year up to June.

The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics said Wednesday that the cost of living rose by 1.3 per cent in the month of June alone, and in three of the past four months.

Rising costs for gasoline, shelter and food were the main drivers of the annual uptick.

Energy prices have increased by 41.6 per cent in the past year. Food costs are up by 10.4 per cent. Shelter costs are up by 5.6 per cent. Economists had been expecting the rate to decline slightly from the 40-year high of 8.6 per cent reached the month before, but instead it ticked even higher, reaching its highest point since 1981.

Royce Mendes, an economist with financial services conglomerate Desjardins called the numbers “red hot” and says they will likely compel the U.S. central bank to raise its lending rates even more aggressively in the coming months, upping its rate by 0.75 of a percentage point in August and again in September. “The Fed will take some relief from the fact that commodity prices and market-based inflation expectations have been falling recently. But that won’t be enough to alter their near-term plans,” he said in a note to clients.Source: cbc.ca/news

US signals Biden will avoid shaking hands during Middle East trip

Despite the new COVID prevention guidelines, the US president has shaken the hands of Netanyahu and Gantz early in his visit to Israel.

As Joe Biden starts his first visit to the Middle East as US president, the White House has signalled that he will avoid shaking hands with dignitaries and counterparts to decrease the risk of contracting COVID-19.

But the new guidelines, which come ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between Biden and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, were not rigorously enforced upon the US president’s arrival in Israel on Wednesday; he shook the hands of Israeli officials. “We’re in a phase of the pandemic now where we are seeking

to reduce contact and to increase masking … to minimise spread,” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Air Force One. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre echoed his comments.

“We’re trying to minimise contact as much as possible,” she said. The precautions, however, appear to have been short-lived in Israel. Biden fist-bumped Israel’s interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog after landing in Tel Aviv. But later in the day, footage showed him shaking hands with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Benny Gantz. He also shook hands with officials at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial.

Later this week, Biden will fly to Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to meet regional leaders in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. The White House has confirmed that he will also meet with bin Salman, who the US intelligence community accuses of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Source: aljazeera.com

Ukraine to get $1.7bn in new aid to pay healthcare workers

The United States has sent some $7.3bn in aid to Ukraine since its invasion by Russia began in late February.

said paying health workers’ salaries is becoming more difficult each month “due to the overwhelming burden of war”. “$1.7 billion is not just yet another financial support; it is an investment that makes us a step closer to victory,” Liashko said in a statement.

To date, USAID has given $4bn in budgetary support to the Ukrainian government. These funds have been used for keeping gas and electricity flowing to hospitals and schools, getting humanitarian supplies to citizens and paying the salaries of civil servants and teachers, the organisation said.

USAID Administrator Samantha Power said that as Putin’s “assault on Ukraine’s public services continues, the US is rushing in with financial support to help the government keep the lights on, provide essential services to innocent citizens and pay the healthcare workers who are providing life-saving support on the front lines.” Last week, the administration of US President Joe Biden said it will send another $400m in military equipment to Ukraine, the 15th package of military weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine from US Department of Defense stocks since last August.This new set of funds will be used for humanitarian purposes.

“This aid will help Ukraine’s democratic government provide essential services for the people of Ukraine,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a written statement.

Ukraine is getting an additional $1.7bn in assistance from the United States government and the World Bank to pay the salaries of its beleaguered healthcare workers and provide other essential services.

The money coming Tuesday from the US Treasury Department, the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is meant to alleviate the acute budget deficit caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal war of aggression”, USAID said in a statement.

While many medical staffers have left Ukraine, some hospitals have shut down and other hospitals have been bombed. The health workers who remain in Ukraine do their jobs under dire circumstances.

Source: aljazeera.com/ Viktor Liashko, Ukraine’s minister of health,

Moroccan probe finds 23 Melilla border dead likely ‘suffocated’

Morocco state-backed group says 23 migrants likely died of ‘mechanical asphyxiation’ during border crossing attempt.

At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated”, the state-backed National Human Rights Council of Morroco (CNDH) has said.

The number of dead – after an estimated 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the Spanish territory’s frontier on June 24 – was the worst in many attempted migrant crossings over the years into Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla enclaves in North Africa – the European Union’s only land borders with Africa.

Adil El-Sehimi, a doctor who examined the bodies during a CNDH fact-finding mission, said on Wednesday that the victims had most likely died of “mechanical asphyxiation”, when a force or object prevents a person from breathing.

CNDH Chief Amina Bouayach said that a total of 23 people had died in the incident, confirming the official toll.

Migrants run on Spanish soil after crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain Migrants run on Spanish soil after crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain [Javier Bernardo/AP Photo] In addition to the deaths, 200 Moroccan and Spanish law enforcement officers and more than 70 civilians were injured in the melee.

None of the dead have been buried and autopsies remain pending, Bouayach told a press conference in Rabat to present the initial findings of the CNDH probe.

Spanish human rights group Caminando Fronteras says as many as 37 people lost their lives.Five days after the incident, Human Rights Watch (HRW) cited “reports that the authorities in Morocco may be organising hasty mass burials” of the dead, along with photographic evidence of recently dug graves in nearby Nador.

Describing the events of June 24, CNDH said large numbers of migrants, “armed with sticks and stones … split into two groups: the first stormed a border post closed since 2018 and the second climbed nearby walls topped with barbed wire”.The dead had been crushed in part of a border post where manual turnstiles allow the passage of a single person at a time, the group said.

Source: aljazeera.com

The delegations of Turkey, Iran, and Russia have arrived in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, for two days of trilateral talks, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov has told reporters.

The meetings are designed to find a permanent solution for the eight-year Syrian civil war and

include ongoing talks on drafting a postwar constitution, political transition, security, and resettlement of refugees.

Known as the Astana process, the first meeting was held in Turkey in January 2017 to buttress UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva.

This is the 14th such meeting to take place.

Sanat Kushkumbaev, deputy director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, told Euroactiv on December 5 that the meeting will “focus on technical issues, in the northern part of Syria, the area of Idlib, and the banks of the Euphrates.” He added: “It’s about expanding previous agreements regarding the same zone, in the northeastern direction. This is a sensitive area where there are Turks, Kurds, and remains of the terrorists from Islamic State.”

Based on reporting by TASS and EuractivSSource: rferl.org/

Russia, Turkey, Iran Hold 14th Round Of Talks On Syria War In Kazakhstan

UN extends Syria aid deliveries from Turkey by six months Security Council votes to allow aid deliveries from Turkey to continue until January 10 to people in northwest Syria.

The UN Security Council has agreed to extend the authorisation for cross-border aid deliveries to people in Syria by six months, reaching a deal on its third attempt after the mandate for the operation expired.

Western countries had called for a one-year extension but Russia, whose military presence in Syria has been key to the survival of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, triumphed in a Security Council resolution adopted in New York on Tuesday.

In what was described as a compromise solution to break a days-long deadlock, the mandate was granted another six months, with the option of extending it for a further six months. The resolution also calls for a special report on the humanitarian situation in Syria.The vote was 12-0, with the United States, United Kingdom and France abstaining.The mandate had expired on Sunday, after Russia used its veto power late last week to block

Western-backed Security Council resolutions to extend it by one year.

Ireland’s UN Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason said before the vote that after difficult negotiations the two countries “redoubled efforts to meet the dire needs in Syria”.

The operation delivers badly needed humanitarian aid to more than four million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest...

Source:aljazeera.com/

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How to be an Effective & Confident person.

By:Asma Shums, dence. By taking concrete actions that im- learned a trick that changed everything in

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ne of the things that held me back from pursuing my dreams for many years was fear of failure … and the lack of self-confidence that I needed to overcome that fear. It’s something we all face, to some degree, I think.

The key question: how do you overcome that fear?

By working on your self-confidence and self-esteem. Without really thinking of it in those terms, that’s what I’ve been doing over the years, and that’s what helped me finally overcome my fears, and finally pursue my dreams. I still have those fears, undoubtedly. But now I know that I can beat them, that I can break through that wall of fear and come out on the other side. I’ve done it many times now, and that success will fuel further success.

Taking control of your self-confidence If you are low in self-confidence, is it possible to do things that will change that? Is your self-confidence in your control?

While it may not seem so, if you are low in self-confidence, I strongly believe that you can do things to increase your selfconfidence. It is not genetic, and you do not have to be reliant on others to increase your self-confidence. And if you believe that you are not very competent, not very smart, not very attractive, etc. … that can be changed.

You can become someone worthy of respect, and someone who can pursue what he wants without negativity You can do this by taking control of your life, and taking control of your self-confi-

prove your competence, your self-image, you can increase that self-confidence, without the help of anyone else.

1. Groom yourself. This seems like such an obvious one, but it’s amazing how much of a difference a shower and a shave can make in your feelings of self-confidence and for your self-image. There have been days when I turned my mood around completely with this one little thing.

2. Dress nicely. A corollary of the first item above … if you dress nicely, you’ll feel good about yourself. You’ll feel successful and presentable and ready to tackle the world. Now, dressing nicely means something different for everyone … it doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a $500 outfit, but could mean casual clothes that are nice looking and presentable.

3. Photoshop your self-image. Our selfimage means so much to us, more than we often realize. We have a mental picture of ourselves, and it determines how confident we are in ourselves. But this picture isn’t fixed and immutable. You can change it.

Use your mental Photoshopping skills, and work on your self-image. If it’s not a very good one, change it. Figure out why you see yourself that way, and find a way to fix it.

4) Kill negative thoughts. Goes handin-hand with the above item, but it’s so important that I made it a separate item.

You have to learn to be aware of your selftalk, the thoughts you have about yourself and what you’re doing. When I was running, sometimes my mind would start to say, “This is too hard. I want to stop and go watch TV.” Well, I soon learned to recognize this negative self-talk, and soon I

my life: I would imagine that a negative thought was a bug, and I would vigilantly be on the lookout for these bugs. When I caught one, I would stomp on it (mentally of course) and squash it. Kill it dead. Then replace it with a positive one. (“C’mon, I can do this! Only one mile left!”)

5) Get to know yourself. When going into battle, the wisest general learns to know his enemy very, very well. You can’t defeat the enemy without knowing him.

And when you’re trying to overcome a negative self-image and replace it with selfconfidence, your enemy is yourself. Get to know yourself well. Start listening to your thoughts. Start writing a journal about yourself, and about the thoughts you have about yourself, and analyzing why you have such negative thoughts.

And then think about the good things about yourself, the things you can do well, the things you like. Start thinking about your limitations, and whether they’re real limitations or just ones you’ve allowed to be placed there, artificially. Dig deep within yourself, and you’l 6) Act positive. More than just thinking positive, you have to put it into action. Action, actually, is the key to developing selfconfidence. It’s one thing to learn to think positive, but when you start acting on it, you change yourself, one action at a time.

You are what you do, and so if you change what you do, you change what you are. Act in a positive way, take action instead of telling yourself you can’t, be positive. Talk to people in a positive way, put energy into your actions. You’ll soon start to notice a difference.

7) Change a small habit. Not a big one,

like quitting smoking. Just a small one, like writing things down. Or waking up 10 minutes earlier. Or drinking a glass of water when you wake up. Something small that you know you can do. Do it for a month.

When you’ve accomplished it, you’ll feel like a million bucks.

8) Focus on solutions. If you are a complainer, or focus on problems, change your focus now. Focusing on solutions instead of problems is one of the best things you can do for your confidence and your career.

“I’m fat and lazy!” So how can you solve that? “But I can’t motivate myself!” So how can you solve that? “But I have no energy!”

So what’s the solution?

9) Smile. Another trite one. But it works. I feel instantly better when I smile, and it helps me to be kinder to others as well. A little tiny thing that can have a chain reaction. Not a bad investment of your time and energy.

10) Be grateful. I’m a firm believer in gratitude, as anyone who’s been reading this blog for very long knows well. But I put it here because while being grateful for what you have in life, for what others have given you, is a very humbling activity … it can also be a very positive and rewarding activity that will improve your self-image.

Email: asmashums@gmail.com

Who is eligible for a 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose? A province-by-province breakdown Some provinces are updating 4th-dose of 12 and 64 may also be eligible at that time fourth shot (or, for the general population, eligibility as Canada enters 7th wave Although all provinces are offering a fourth a second booster, as some immunocompro-

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s a seventh wave of COVID-19 begins sweeping across Canada, with the Omicron BA.5 subvariant driving transmission, some provinces are expanding eligibility for a fourth dose of the vaccine.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) released its guidance for a fall booster campaign late last month. The federal advisory body recommended that those with increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 should be offered a shot in the fall, adding that anyone between the ages

dose to eligible groups, as of June 19, just over half of Canadians have yet to receive their third dose, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

“I would really double down on those efforts, in terms of getting fourth doses into the most vulnerable, and third doses into a lot of people who are still eligible but have not yet received them,” said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist and physician with the University Health Network in Toronto.

While most provinces are already offering a

mised individuals receive a third shot during their primary series) to their most vulnerable residents, some — such as Quebec and P.E.I. — have expanded eligibility substantially.. ”Those who would most benefit from a fourth dose are people on the older end of the spectrum and people with underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk for severe infection,” Bogoch said, speaking specifically to the eligibility guidelines in July 2022.

“That’s what the data suggests,” he said. “So even if it’s opened up, just remember, that’s

who would most benefit from a fourth dose.”

Below, CBC News has gathered eligibility guidelines from every province and territory.. Source: cbc.ca

COVID pandemic is ‘nowhere near over’: WHO chief

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he coronavirus pandemic is “nowhere near over”, the World Health Organization’s chief has warned, citing new waves around the world and voicing concern the virus is “running freely”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was worried that case numbers were continuing to rise and “putting further pressure on stretched health systems and health workers”. “As the virus pushes at us, we must push back. We’re WHO chief warns case numbers are con- in a much better position than at the begintinuing to rise, putting further pressure on ning of the pandemic,” he told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday.“Of course, stretched health systems and workers.

there’s been a lot of progress. We have safe and effective tools that prevent infections, hospitalisations and deaths. However, we should not take them for granted.” Amid increasing COVID transmission and rising hospitalisations, Tedros urged governments to “deploy tried and tested measures like masking, improved ventilation and test and treat protocols”.The WHO’s emergency committee on the pandemic met on Friday via video-conference and determined the pandemic remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest alarm

the WHO can sound. The UN health agency first declared the alert for COVID on January 30, 2020 – a determination can help accelerate research, funding and international public health measures to contain a disease.

Meanwhile, WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told the meeting global COVID cases reported to the WHO increased by 30 percent in the last two weeks, largely driven

by Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 and and the lifting of public health and social measures. Source: aljazeera.com

Rogers outage points to need for greater oversight of critical industry

Tighter regulations required for a sector ‘foundational to the very operation of society,’ expert says he massive Rogers Communications outage last Friday that prevented many Canadians from accessing crucial services demonstrates the need to better regulate the country’s telecommunications sector, experts say.

On Monday, Industry Minister FrançoisPhilippe Champagne called a meeting of telecom CEOs, including Rogers’s Tony

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Staffieri, to talk about ways to prevent similar service disruptions in the future.

Champagne said he wants to see the companies create a plan within 60 days for mitigating the impact of future outages on consumers that includes providing emergency roaming. But experts say the issues facing the industry go beyond a quick fix.

The outage halted basic communication and internet access, stopped financial payments and in some cases blocked people from making emergency calls, underscor-

ing the essential role of internet providers.

“The fact that we can have one provider go down and knock off so much of our internet, really, I think raises significant questions about how we approach internet regulation, given it’s more and more critical capacity in our everyday lives,” said Fenwick McKelvey, an associate professor of communications at Concordia University in Montreal and an expert in telecommunications policy. ..

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Surrey Mayor Joins Vancouver Bohras’ Canada Day Celebrations

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oug McCallum, Mayor of the City of Surrey, was Guest of Honor at the Canada Day celebrations of the Dawoodi Bohra community of Vancouver.

After a recital of the Holy Quran, the Vancouver Bohra community’s leader, Huzeifa Hamid, reminded everyone that the Dawoodi Bohras adhere to Prophet Mohammed’s saying that love and devotion towards one’s country are part of the faith. He informed Mayor McCallum that, “If there is anything the community can do towards the betterment of the City of Surrey, we would be happy to help.” An introductory video on the Dawoodi Bohras preceded a presentation by Mr. Khozema Khambati on the community’s activities over the last year.

Mayor McCallum commented how Surrey is both multicultural and the fastest growing city in BC. He noted how people from all over the world are welcome to live in the vibrant city of

Surrey. He described how knowing your neighbor is an important part of Surrey life, and the role of the City is to build the infrastructure to keep its community members safe.

“I can see in your eyes how excited you are,” the Mayor said, “and it is nice to see all the pleasant faces with smiles. We want to work and learn from each other. Canada is a Great Nation with a strong history. It is a real pleasure to be here today.”

The Mayor commended the community on their tree planting activities, part of the Dawoodi Bohras’ global Project Rise initiative, saying that caring for the environment was important and helps to keep our communities healthy and active.

Huzeifa Hamid presented Mayor McCallum with a shawl and flowers. A cake was cut by the Mayor and the children of the community, before the celebrations concluded with a flaghoisting ceremony and the National Anthem.

Putting Islam into your Child’s Summer Fun

By Maysoon Zaza

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very spring, school-age children practice their counting skills-the daily count down before summer break.

Children view summer as a time of carefree play, little responsibility, and little structure.

But is this the best course for parents to treat their children’s summer vacation?

Children who attend school during the academic year are used to 180 days, 8 hours a day; 5 days a week structured environment.

Therefore, the summer can be boring for a child if left in a totally unstructured environment. In addition, with a little creativity there are endless opportunities for incorporating fun learning activities that utilize Islamic concepts into a child’s summer days. These activities can range from Islamic day-camps and trips overseas to parent organized activities with other Muslim children within the same community. We have all heard of children who have memorized the Qur’an at a young age in traditionally Muslim countries; but how many of us have heard of a child in the West accomplish this task? The merits of obtaining Islamic knowledge in the Qur’an and Sunnah are numerous.

The Qur’an states,“...Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge...” [58:11].

It is imperative that the parents teach their children Islamic knowledge. Furthermore, because of the additional time, summer provides an excellent opportunity for families and children to focus on obtaining Islamic knowledge. While this includes Qur’an, Arabic, prayer, and fasting, it also includes such necessary items as learning Islamic Adaab (manners) and Akhlaaq (moral development). Another important issue is that

children also need to be provided with Islamic activities that incorporate socializing with other Muslim children. After all, socialization is an important part of childhood. It can also play an important role in the development of a child’s overall Islamic identity.

Dr. Hamdan believes that socializing with other Muslim children over the summer is especially important for the child attending public school. “This may be the only time for children attending public school to socialize with other Muslim children.” This re-emphasizes that it is essential that parents monitor what types of experiences are available for their children.

Brother Riyad also suggests that parents need to make the effort to participate in their children’s activities. With parental participation, activities tend to run much smoother.

Furthermore, parents participating in their children’s activities provide the perfect opportunity for parents to have fun with their children while leaving behind the usual dayto- day routine of every day life.

Travel Overseas

While book work and classroom instruction is an important part of acquiring Islamic knowledge for children, so is learning about Islam through life experiences. For some parents who have the financial means, traveling overseas to visit relatives, perform ‘Umrah, or attend summer Arabic language programs are methods of acquiring Islamic knowledge. Two years ago, brother Atif Sawaie discovered that when he took his five-years-old son Raji to Jordan, Raji’s Arabic language skills improved 30% during his one-month visit. “When he first went to Jordan he know very little Arabic. At the end of the visit he was able to communicate most of his needs to our family in Arabic.”

One of the reasons for Raji’s dramatic language growth was his interaction with other children. While initially there was a small degree of language miscommunication between the children, by the end of the visit any problems from language differences

were nonexistent. Furthermore, Raji viewed the trip as being very positive and a lot of fun. Brother Atif very strongly recommends traveling overseas with your children. He believes that this is his son’s best chance to learn Arabic. Other positive learning experiences included learning both Islamic manners and Arabic culture.

Plan Organized Community Activities

A sister living overseas once described the United States as the “land of Islamic conferences.” If traveling overseas is not an option, perhaps a family vacation at an Islamic conference or camp would help family members acquire Islamic knowledge and experience an Islamic environment. Many national organizations hold mini-conventions, workshops, or camps during the summer months.

These camps tend to focus on the fun activities while maintaining an Islamic environment and experience. According to brother Riyad Shamma the benefits of an Islamic environment are tremendous for the child. “An Islamic environment brings out the very best in people,” he said.

Plan your Own Activities

While some parents opt for trips overseas, organized Islamic camps, or attend Islamic conferences, the majority of parents end up planning their own children’s activities for the summer. For most, the typical summer activities and day trips include going to the zoo, parks, library, museums, and other historical attractions. It is possible to incorporate Islamic concepts in these activities. It just takes a little creativity and organization.

Furthermore, with some additional planning, why not expand your activities to include other children within your community? For example, why not plan a picnic at the park for several families in your community.

Besides the usual activities that center around food and free play- several mothers could plan an activity for the children that utilizes an Islamic theme (i.e., Qur’an recitation or a game that relies on Islamic knowledge).

Another meaningful activity is to organize an Islamic Scouting Troop for your community.

Other activities which may be of interest for

older children is to donate their time and energy to improving their local communities.

Such activities could include tutoring English to non-English speaking brothers and sisters, cleaning the Masjid once a month, or grocery shopping for a sick Muslim. These types of activities help lay the foundation for children to learn the importance of helping our fellow Muslims. Planning group activities for youth is not as complex as it is seems.

The key is organization and cooperation of several other community members. Finally, it is time to develop a plan of action with attainable deadlines. It is important to plan activities in advance in order to work out any unexpected problems.

Planning and implementing plans does not have to be an adult-only adventure. Try to involve the children as much as possible.

This is especially important for the teenagers. When motivated, they have good ideas about what activities would benefit them not to mention they tend to be very zealous planners. More importantly, by involving older children in the process you are teaching them valuable skills in organization and planning which they can utilize in the Ummah as adults.

In conclusion, Summer lends itself as a perfect time for family activities. Use this opportunity to acquire Islamic knowledge, do righteous deeds and have fun at the same time? The benefits are enormous. Besides creating stronger family bonds, it may also gain additional blessings and good deeds for the Day of Judgment.

One obtains the benefits from the activity by the intention put into the activity. From Umar ibn al-Khattab who said that Allah’s Messenger said, “Actions are according to intentions, and for every person is that which he intended. So he whose migration was for Allah and his Messenger, then his migration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose migration was to attain some worldly goal or to take a woman in marriage, then his migration was for that which he migrated.” (Bukhari).

Reprinted from Al-Jumuah Magazine

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Suri’s unilateral ruling did not enjoy parliamentary immunity: SC

SLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a detailed judgement explaining the reasons behind its decision to set aside a controversial ruling by the National Assembly speaker on April 3 that dismissed the noconfidence motion against then prime minister Imran Khan. In the verdict authored

by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the top judge stated that by dismissing the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, Mr Suri prima facie breached his constitutional duty.

Justice Bandial said the April 3 ruling failed to qualify for protection of the internal proceedings of parliament under Article 69(1) as it was “not the outcome of a vote in the national assembly instead, it was a unilateral decision”. Justice Bandial observed that the controversial action by the deputy speaker triggered a chain of events, the most concerning aspect of which was that it allowed the then PM to claim the constitutionally repugnant outcome of avoiding the no-trust motion without a vote by the assembly.

The court’s foremost priority was the maintenance of constitutional order which could only be achieved if the assembly was restored, Justice Bandial added.

Cypher not shown to court

Justice Bandial, while referring to the cypher used by Mr Suri to dismiss the motion against Imran Khan, explained that the text of the cypher was not shown to the apex court, though its contents were partially disclosed in the detailed reasons issued in support of the deputy speaker’s ruling.

The detailed reasons in addition to cabinet decision of April 2 acknowledged the need for an inquiry to establish the alleged collusion between the opposition and a foreign state.“Such an inquiry into facts can, in the first place, be carried out either by a commission constituted by the federal government under the 2017 Act or by a specialised commission constituted under an Act of parliament or an ordinance,” Justice Bandial observed. The PTI’s plea that the apex court should take suo motu over the defence of national security and allegation of breach of sovereignty was without precedent, the ruling explained. Moreover, the opposition members who filed the notice were granted leave to move the motion against the then PM on March 28, crystallised the constitutional right and obligation for there to be a vote under Article 95(2) on the motion.

This right/obligation cannot be defeated or

curtailed except by a vote on the floor of the assembly, the ruling said, adding: “Since the deputy speaker’s ruling unilaterally refused the right of vote granted by the constitution, no immunity under Article 69(1) attaches to it and the same can be reviewed by the court.”

High treason

Meanwhile, Justice Mazahar Alam Khan Miankhel, who retired on July 13, in his additional note observed that the exercise of authority was a sacred trust which was violated by the president, then PM, the then speaker, the then deputy speaker and the then law minister.

“Whether these acts attract Article 6 of the Constitution (high treason) is also left open to be determined by the parliamentarians to ponder should they leave open the doors for such unconstitutional acts or take suitable measures to stop such like mess in future,” Justice Miankhel suggested.

The elected representatives of the people were prevented from voting on the resolution and for such blatant transgression of the Constitution there must be consequences and the law must take its course, Justice Miankhel added.

‘Doctrine of necessity’

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, in his additional note, observed that the action of the deputy speaker was biased, on the basis whereof, if permitted to hold fresh elections, would amount to giving licence to an authority to misuse the extraordinary power of the doctrine of necessity.

This country has already experienced misuse of the doctrine of necessity by the hands of unconstitutional forces time and again, which were legitimised by the apex court, but it did not achieve the desired results, he added. Rather, the democracy suffered a lot because of misuse of the doctrine of necessity, Justice Mandokhel observed. He added the courts must discourage every action, which was contrary to the constitution and democratic norms. Source: dawn.com/

Ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak tops first vote to be next UK PM ormer finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

Sunak, whose resignation as finance minister last week helped precipitate Johnson’s fall, secured support from 88 of the party’s 358 Members of Parliament (MPs), with junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt second with

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67 votes and foreign minister Liz Truss third with 50. Those remaining — which also includes former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, Attorney General Suella Braverman, Tom Tugendhat, chair of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee — will go through to a second round on Thursday.

Subsequent ballots will be held among the Conservative lawmakers, eliminating the candidate with the fewest votes each time, to whittle the field down to a final two by July 21. The

new leader will then be chosen from those two by the 200,000 Conservative party members in the country at large, and be announced on September 5. While Sunak might be the most popular contender with his colleagues, a YouGov poll of nearly 900 party members found Mordaunt was the favourite, beating any of the others in a run-off. She had a huge lead over Sunak, who fared badly against almost all his rivals, and is now the bookmakers’ favourite.

Source: dawn.com/

PTI moves ECP against ‘rigging’ ahead of Punjab by-elections

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he PTI on Wednesday filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against “pre-poll rigging” ahead of the by-elections on 20 Punjab Assembly seats scheduled for July 17. The petition, a copy of which is available with Dawn. com, was filed by PTI’s Omar Ayub Khan.

The petitioner stated that he was actively participating in campaigning for the upcoming polls when he observed “numerous irregularities and things that are impeding fair and impartial elections”.

He highlighted that the electoral watchdog was bound to conduct free, fair and transparent election in accordance with the law.

Highlighting 19 constituencies where byelections are to be conducted, he alleged that voter lists had been altered while voters had been “reshuffled” in violation of the Election Commission Act, 2017. “One of the most egregious examples of their illegality is electoral roll/voters list of PP-140 Sheikhupura. In this constituency, final electoral

roll/voters list issued, dated May 20, was after the announcement of [the] election schedule, which again is a violation of the law.” The petition stated that the total number of voters as per the lists issued in 2018 and 2020 was 2,239 and 2,875, respectively, which rose to 5,573 in May 2022. “This sudden increase is ambiguous and casts serious doubts on the transparency of [the] upcoming by-elections.” The petitioner said that the way things stood in the province, “no free, fair, transparent or impartial elections” could be held. He alleged that officials, on the directives of the “acting government”, were “taking notes and interfering” with the upcoming by-polls.“A prime example is of DC Rajanpur, who can be seen campaigning with PML-N candidates which is a clear violation of both ethics and Section 187 of the Election Commission Act, 2017.” He also alleged that the Jhang district police officer had clearly been posted to commit “pre-poll rigging” while the government’s candidate

for PP-07 was offering bribes to voters in an effort to influence them. ‘Govt shifting blame of pre-poll rigging onto establishment’ Addressing a press conference in Lahore later in the day, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry reiterated the party’s claim that pre-poll rigging was being conducted prior to the bypolls. He alleged that the party’s candidates and workers were being harassed by the police, who were acting on the directives of the provincial government. He claimed that the provincial government was trying to portray as though it was receiving “orders from above”.“The establishment should beware of the snakes up their sleeves such as Attaullah Tarar and Rana Sanaullah. They are carrying out [raids] and putting it on the establishment.” Fawad went on to claim that the government had planned pre-poll rigging in some areas and later tried to shift the blame onto the establishment.

The PTI leader stated that the party had approached the ECP for the disqualification of

19 candidates in the race who had been deseated for defection. He expressed the hope that the petition would be taken up in a day or two.“In this way, at least genuine PML-N candidates will participate on the election.”

He also claimed that failure of PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s election campaign had forced the government to forfeit ministers in order to retain its hold over Lahore. “Half the cabinet had to resign because no one was satisfied with Maryam’s campaign.” Source: https://www.dawn.com/

the grounds of his office as protesters, some holding national flags, milled and took pictures. Other demonstrators at one point broke into state television studios, as the country’s months-long political and economic crisis appeared to be moving towards a climax. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, promised at the weekend to resign on Wednesday after escaping his own official residence in Colombo just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it. He flew to the neighbouring Maldives early on Wednesday. As president, he enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to have wanted to go abroad before stepping down to avoid the possibility of being detained.

But midnight passed with no announcement he had stepped down.

Sri Lankan protesters, some holding national flags, on a balcony after storming Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office. Sri Lankan protesters, some holding national

flags, after storming Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office In his absence, he named as acting president Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, whose own office was soon mobbed by thousands of demonstrators demanding both officeholders should go.

Tear gas and water cannon fired by police and the declaration of both a nationwide state of emergency and a curfew failed to disperse them and the crowd poured into the building.One protester was killed due to suffocation from tear gas, police said. Helicopters hovered over protesters in Colombo on Wednesday, in what a protest leader called an “attempt to intimidate”.“We don’t accept illegal state of emergency imposed by an il-

legal prime minister. We want both Gota [Rajapaksa] and Ranil [Wickremesinghe] to go, not to impose emergency rule,” protest leader Kalpana Madhubhashini told Al Jazeera. “State of emergency wasn’t imposed to protect people but to oppress the people.

We urge everybody to come and join the protest at Galle Face,” Madhubhashini said, referring to a main protest site in the city...

Surce: aljazeera.com

Protesters storm Sri Lankan PM’s office after president flees

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rotesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannon and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister’s office after the country’s embattled president fled overseas, with the crowd demanding both men step down in the face of an economic crisis.

In a televised statement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he had instructed the military and police to do “what is necessary to restore order”.

But armed security personnel stood by on

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