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BA adopts resolution against Altaf’s speech QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning a recent speech by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain, who has already apologised for his remarks.

The resolution was tabled by Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti during the session that resumed today with Deputy Speaker Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo in the chair. All political parties on the treasury and opposition benches signed the resolution demanding action against the MQM and Altaf Hussain in relation to his speech.

Members of the National Party, PakhtunKhwa Milli Awami Party, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl, Awami National Party and others signed the resolution that said objectionable language against the army could not be tolerated.

Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, who was present during the session, endorsed the resolution that was unanimously adopted after it

was tabled for voting.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major-General Asim Bajwa had on Friday condemned the statements made by MQM Quaid Altaf Hussain in relation to the army, saying the matter would be legally pursued.

Hours after a strong reaction from the army, the MQM Quaid apologised to “national security institutions” and “all patriots” for his remarks about the 1971 war and the call to India’s intelligence agency for help. Altaf said he wanted to clarify that remarks seeking assistance from India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had been made “satirically”. Altaf also praised the armed forces and said he had always respected the Pakistan Army.

The latest chain of statements began on Thursday after Malir SSP Rao Anwar made startling claims that two arrested suspects Tahir alias Lamba and Mama Junaid, who had been sent to India for anti-state training, belonged to KATHMANDU: People line up for supplies on Saturday. The death toll from last Saturday's powerful earthquake in Nepal reached 6,659 and a total of 14,062 others were injured, the country's home ministry said. —Xinhua the MQM. —FP Monitoring

Govt bound to ensure respect for army: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muham-

mad Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday the government was responsible for protecting the integrity and respect of the armed forces.

The prime minister, in a statement, said the apology tendered by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain was a good step. He, however, added that the matter pertaining to the country’s security and national interests was extremely sensitive and one should

be careful while saying something on the subject. Such irresponsible statements, Nawaz said, not only hurt the integrity of the national institutions but also the public’s feelings and sentiments.

The prime minister urged the media to fully adhere to the code of conduct in accordance with the Constitution and law, and ensure that no irresponsible statement or anyone speaking against the national interest was promoted. —FP Monitoring

Martyrs’ mission to be followed: Mirwaiz

ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Con-

ference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Saturday the people of Kashmir would continue the mission of their martyrs, taking it to its logical conclusion.

Mirwaiz said this while addressing an extraordinary meeting of his party, Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, in Srinagar, the media reported.

He paid rich tributes to prominent martyred Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone, as well as the victims of the Hawal massacre and other martyrs.

Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar on 21st May in 1990. On the same day, 70 mourners were killed when Indian troops fired at the funeral procession of the martyred leader in the Hawal area of Srinagar. Twelve years lat-

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er, on the same day in 2002, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone was martyred by unknown attackers, when he was returning after addressing a gathering at Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar.

The participants of the meeting expressed serious concern over the plight of the illegally detained Kashmiris and demanded their immediate release. They also supported the APHC Chairman’s stand that Kashmiri Pandits should return to their native places and start living with their Muslim brethren instead of separate colonies. Meanwhile, senior Hurriyat leader Shabbir Ahmed Shah, in a statement issued in Srinagar, said setting up separate townships for Pandits, settling non-Muslim refugees and issuing permanent resident certificates to the nonKashmiri school children were part of India's conspiracy to change the demography of the region. —FP Monitoring

Won’t quit party leadership until last breath: Altaf

PTI to move KP, Sindh, Punjab assemblies against Altaf

LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak indicated on Saturday that resolutions would be passed against Altaf Hussain in the provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab.

Khattak said the statements by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain were akin to inciting hate, the media reported on Saturday.

Khattak maintained that he condemned Altaf Hussain’s statements and would move for passing a resolution against him after consulting with coalition parties.

Opposition Leader in the Punjab AsLONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain sembly, Mehmoodur Rasheed, will announced on Saturday that he would not quit party leadership “until his last breath”.

Addressing a gathering of party workers in Huston via telephone from London, Altaf Hussain said a “campaign of allegations and propaganda” had been launched against the MQM. Altaf said talks of registering cases against him were going on and TV channels had been RAWALPINDI: Fresh airstrikes by the issued notices not to air his statements. Pakistan Army in North Waziristan The MQM quaid insisted that he nei- Agency and Khyber Agency have killed ther maligned army nor asked for help 44 terrorists, including 16 foreigners, from Indian intelligence agency RAW. besides destroying several hideouts.

“Despite this, I apologised from the According to the Inter-Services Pubpeople and state institutions,” he added. lic Relations (ISPR), fresh aerial strikes Altaf said various leaders had expressed were carried out in North Waziristan inappropriate views against the army but Agency and Khyber Agency on Saturday. no action was taken against them, adding The ISPR said 28 terrorists were killed that a liberal party like the MQM was be- in the aerial strikes in Tirah Valley of ing termed traitor. He said attempts to Khyber Agency, while 16 foreign terrorsuppress the party were being made at ists were killed in the aerial strikes in the all levels but their spirits would not be de- Datta Khel area of North Waziristan terred. —FP Monitoring Agency. –FP Monitoring

Fresh airstrikes in NWA and Khyber kill 44 terrorists

Afghanistan marks victory day

on Saturday marked the 23rd anniversary of Mujahidin victory against the Soviet Union which falls on April 28.

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the country remembers the courage and sacrifice of its Mujahidin or holy warriors during the fight against the Soviet Union invasion.

“In that same spirit and tradition, we must also remember the current generation of brave Afghan men and women, our national security forces, who continue to defend the values,” Ghani told audience during a ceremony held at Presidential Palace, adding that “Afghan forces are defending their country, and are also sacrificing their lives.”

Afghans after over one decade of re-

sistance evicted the occupation forces of the Soviet Union from their country and ousted the last Moscow-backed regime from power on April 28, 1992 and the day has been celebrated as victory day since then in the central Asian country.

The Afghan leader also vowed to continue to push for peace in the country.

“We will remain engaged and involved in bringing peace. The stability will find its way only in the shadow of the peace.

We believe in peace.”

Ghani and other leaders have repeatedly offered peace talks with the Taliban.

However, the militant group has categorically rejected the offer, saying there will be no talks until all foreign troops leave the country. —Xinhua

move the resolution on Monday in this regard, it has been learnt. Rasheed said Altaf Hussain’s comments were culpable and the federal government should take legal action against it.

Talking about the resolution, he said not only would the remarks of the

MQM quaid would be condemned but also a clear cut demand would be put forward to the federal government to take legal action against Altaf Hussain.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has also announced to put forward a resolution in the Sindh Assembly against Altaf Hussain.

In another development, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced that a resolution would be passed in the Punjab Assembly against Altaf Hussain. PML-N Parliamentary Leader the Punjab Assembly Aurangzeb Nalotha termed Altaf Hussain’s comment an attack on national unity. —FP Monitoring

Capital traders get one hour extension as govt relents SHEHRYAR MALIK ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim

League-Nawaz (PML-N) government on Saturday reached an agreement with the traders of Islamabad that the new timings for the closure of shops in the federal capital would be 9:00 pm.

The government’s earlier order to close all shops in the federal capital by 8:00 pm backfired, resulting in a call for protest by the local traders, who threatened to observe a wheel-jam strike if the government did not review its decision.

Talking to ‘The Frontier Post’ here on Saturday, Anjuman-e-Tajiraan Islamabad representatives confirmed that the dialogue between the government and traders bore results since both parties agreed on closing the shops in the federal capital by 9:00 pm.

“The agreement came after the traders

warned the government that they would seal Islamabad if their demands were not met,” claimed a trader who owns a shop in Sector G-8 Market.

It is worthwhile to mention here that the PML-N government had ordered the traders to close their shops by 8:00 pm in order to save electricity and to use the day light for more duration of time. In this context, the traders of Islamabad observed the strike and protested against the decision on April 28.

“Most of the people visit our shops at night, mostly after 8:00 pm. If this order was implemented, our business would be badly affected,” claimed Syed Talha Ahmed, a local shopkeeper near Zia Masjid. “We respect the government’s decisions and would endorse them if they are fair. The government should have considered our livelihood before passing such orders,” Ahmed added.

SSP Rao escapes murder attempt KARAHCI: KARACHI: Former SSP Malir Anwar’s convoy came under attack in

the Malir area of Karachi where assailants hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the police vehicles. The policemen escaped unhurt, however, five attackers were killed in retaliatory fire, said Anwar. The SSP said he was returning from slain DSP Fateh Muhammad Sangi’s residence, who was martyred earlier on Friday, when unidentified assailants, in one car and three motorcycles, hurled hands grenades and opened fire at his convoy. Anwar stated that he was heading to inspect the incident site where DSP Sangi was killed when his convoy came under attack. “Police retaliated promptly to the attack, killing five attackers, who appear to be from Taliban,” he said. He further said that weapons and hand grenades were recovered from the killed attackers; however, their identities were still unknown. —FP Monitoring

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WOMEN PROTECTION BILL PROPOSES TAGGING HARASSERS

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to bring a women protection bill in the provincial assembly as per which women protection officers will be appointed in each district. These women officers will immediately take action upon calls from affected women. Rescuing and providing shelter to affected women will also be responsibility of the government. The bill also recommends attaching tracking devices with harassment offenders. Financial exploitation of women by lying about salary and income will also be made a crime. A GPS location tracking device will be attached to those harassing women and will be restrained from going near places where women they harassed work and hangout. –FP Monitoring

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LHC FORMS 84 BENCHES LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik on Saturday formed at least 48 single, 20 division and as many as 16 special benches to wind-up different cases in the next week. The LHC registrar issued judicial roster on the directives of the court CJ. According to the roster, at least 29 single and 12 division benches have been formed. While as many as 16 special benches have been formed to hold hearings of key cases. For the Rawalpindi bench at least two division while four single benches have been formed. As many as ten single and four division benches have been formed for the Multan bench. –FP Monitoring

‘Govt plans to increase seminary students’ stipend’

Another site needs attention of Archaeology Department as this arch of Mughal era is being damaged by placing sign boards. —Zubair Mehfooz

Shahbaz Sharif inspects development projects

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif paid eight hours long visit to Faisalabad and inspected various development projects. Members of national and provincial assemblies belonging to Faisalabad also met the chief minister in which law and order situation and progress on development projects were reviewed.

The chief minister also took aerial view of Canal Expressway and ongoing construction work of Jhaal Chowk Underpass and Flyover. He also visited development projects by van.

The chief minister laid the foundation stone of girls hostel and Punjab Bio-Energy Institute at Agriculture University, Faisalabad. Shahbaz arrived at Faisalabad in Saturday morning and after aerial view of development projects of Faisalabad particularly Canal Expressway and Jhaal Chowk Underpass and Flyover, also inspected mega project of Canal Expressway at Gatwala.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that the mega project of Canal Expressway has the importance of economic corridor for the people of Faisalabad and a huge amount of Rs 6 billion will be spent on this project.

He said that 25 kilometer long Ex-

Farmers announce long march STAFF REPORT

LAHORE: Kisan Board Pakistan on Saturday announced a long march against the government for rights of farmers.

Kisan Board Pakistan central president Sadiq Khan Khakwani said that Kisan Board held several conventions and meetings for rights of farmers so that farmers could be delivered right amounts of crops but to no avail as the government remained obstinate and did not deliver to the farmers of all provinces in the country.

He said that Kisan Board Pakistan would make rounds of country and convince farmers to participate in the long march to be held on October, 4 and sit in Islamabad till the acceptance of their demands.

pressway from Saiyanwala to Gatwala will be of three lanes and flyovers and underpasses will be constructed at important places.

He said that after the completion of this project, five tehsils of Faisalabad will be linked with motorway.

He said that this project is an excellent gift for the people of Faisalabad due to which trade, economic and industrial activities will be promoted in the Manchester of Pakistan and thousands of new job opportunities will be created.

Shahbaz said that the distance of Faisalabad and Lahore will be reduced by 30 minutes after completion of Canal Expressway project due to which not only precious time but fuel will also be saved. He directed authorities concerned to carry out the work day and night on Canal Expressway project and complete it at the earliest. A briefing about the Canal Expressway project was also given to the chief minister on this occasion.

During visit to Agriculture University, Faisalabad, Shahbaz said that accommodation facility will be available to one thousand female students and this will be the biggest girls hostel of the country. He said that both projects will

cost one billion rupees.

Talking to journalists, the chief minister said that Agriculture University Faisalabad is one of the best 100 universities of the world and this honour has been achieved due to hard work of vice chancellor, faculty members, teachers and students of Agriculture University. He said that agriculture and livestock sectors are of great importance for the promotion of national economy.

He said that economy can be promoted on sound footings through the development of agriculture and livestock sectors and these two sectors can become oil and gas for Pakistan as Allah Almighty has bestowed us rich land and water.

He said that if we utilize all resources with honesty and work hard, than there is no reason that Pakistan could not become a developed and prosperous country. Mentioning the role of women in practical field, Shahbaz said that a large segment of Pakistani society comprises women. He said that women have proved their metal in agriculture, medical, engineering and other fields but most of women do not take part in practical field after completing education.

He said that women should play their

LAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has launched the expansion phase six of its New School Programme (NSP) in the province. This expansion phase is launched in two categories; under the individual entrepreneur category, 43 partner schools will be opened by the individual entrepreneurs in 13 selected districts. In another category, NSP has involved six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to open 182 partner schools in 16 selected districts in order to ensure equal access to quality education.

PEF Managing Director Dr Aneela Salman stated this while presiding over a departmental meeting at her office Saturday. The meeting was attended by

was headed by civil judge Shehzad Aslam in which the petitioner Mubeen Aeshi stated that LDA officers’ are not giving the ownership of the allotted plot to her. She also said that the LDA officers’ are complying to contempt of court and are not following the notices as civil court has

field clerks and its approval will soon be obtained.

He said that all chairmen should strictly scrutinize the scholarships being given to deserving students of educational institutions of their respective areas as information has been received that higher amount than the number of mustahqeen is being given to educational institutions under this head.

He further said that rehabilitation of mustahqeen is the top priority of the government and under the new scheme, a sum of Rs. 50 thousand to two lakh is being given to boy and girl students who have completed vocational training.

The Minister also stressed upon chairmen to keep a close contact with the philanthropists of their respective areas to motivate to donate generously to the zakat account of the department. He said that letters are also being written to DCOs asking them to extend all out help to concerned chairmen and District Officers Zakat.

The Minister further said that in order to facilitate Mustahqeen in receiving financial assistance from Zakat fund, Zakat department is being organized with the demands of present age. He further said that the purpose of convening the meeting was to exchange the experiences and gain knowledge about problems, so that the system of provision of zakat could be further improved. –FP Monitoring

PML condemns Altaf’s remarks, supports army

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League has once again reiterated its complete and full support for the armed forces of Pakistan and clearly stated that tirade of anyone against the armed forces is not acceptable.

In a statement on Saturday, the party's spokesman has said that this a popular institution of the people of Pakistan, it has rendered laudable great services for security of Pakistan in every difficult time whether these be aggression of the enemy, internal concerns, natural calamities or any other challenge, Pak Army has excelled all institutions in security of the

country on every occasion and helped the people.

Strongly condemning the statement of Altaf Hussain, the spokesman said that there could not be greater hostility towards the country than calling the intelligence agency of an enemy country for help, our party is standing shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces of Pakistan all the time and in all respects and strongly condemns every tirade against the armed forces of the country, this matter should immediately be probed and legal steps be taken accordingly. –FP Monitoring

Protest held against SHO

LAHORE: Residents of Green Town on Saturday staged a protest against senior House Officer (SHO) Saleem Sindho for assisting land mafia in the area. The residents urged the govern-

PEF launches expansion phase 6 of NSP

concerned officers of the foundation.

She expressed the satisfaction that this expansion will open the doors of free quality education to the deserving students in the remote areas to change their quality of life through education. PEF will provide monthly fee as well as textbooks to the students enrolled in these partner schools so that the students’ families living at the fringe of poverty may not be burdened in any way.

She said that PEF will also provide free capacity building facility to school teachers for improving overall teaching standards to ensure child-friendly schooling. This will help to infuse self-confidence in the students, she said. –FP monitoring

Arrest warrants for former DG LDA, 8 officers’ issued

LAHORE: Civil court in Lahore has issued arrest warrants for former Director General (DG) Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Umer Rasool including eight officers and one sub-inspector in contempt of court case.

According to details, the hearing

effective and positive role in practical field. The chief minister said that projects of billion of rupees have been started for the people in Faisalabad and there is no example of such development projects in the history of Faisalabad.

He said that with the completion of these projects, economy of Faisalabad will strengthen, industry will progress, job opportunities will be created and labourers will become prosperous.

He said that keeping in view the economic requirements and prosperity, these revolutionary projects of infrastructure will prove a game changer for an industrial city like Faisalabad.

Shahbaz said that the Canal Expressway Project from Gatwala to Saiyanwala will play an important role for keeping the traffic smooth and after completion of this project, a number of surrounding localities will be linked with this mega project.

He said that this project is a great gift for the people of Faisalabad. Similarly, Jhaal Chowk Underpass and Flyover project is being completed at a cost of Rs.3 billion and amount of three billion rupees is also being spent on the link road development projects, he added.

—FP Monitoring

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Zakat & Ushr Malik Nadeem Kamran has said that increase in monthly scholarships of the students studying in district seminaries is also being considered.

Addressing a meeting of chairmen of District Zakat Committees of the province, he said all district chairmen zakat committees are authorised to inspect vocational training institutes in their respective areas and should immediately report if any irregularity is detected so that action be taken against the persons involved.

Secretary Zakat & Usher Habib ur Rehman Gillani, Administrator Zakat, chairmen District Zakat Committees and concerned District Officers Zakat were present on the occasion.

The minister said that the courses conducted for deserving boy and girl students at vocational training institutes and the courses arranged at other private institutions will be got evaluated by Punjab Information Technology Board.

He said that third party audit of the amounts given from zakat fund to these vocational institutes will also be arranged.

Nadeem stressed upon newly elected chairmen to closely study Zakat Act so that they could know about their responsibilities and authorities. He said that a summary is being prepared for regularization of zakat paid staff and

also issued a degree in her favour. The court after hearing the arguments issued arrest warrants of eight people which include former DG LDA, six other officers’ and sub-inspector of Johar Town police station and has ordered to present them before the A cop frisks a motorcyclist at a check post. —Mohsin Raza court on May 8.–FP Monitoring

ment to take strict action against the accused SHO whereas on the other hand, a woman while doing protest also got fainted and was taken to the hospital.–FP Monitoring

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ANF FOILS ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE HEROIN

ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Saturday foiled an attempt of a foreigner to smuggle heroin to China at Benazir International Airport in Islamabad. According to sources, the suspect Prince Gillan Leonard is a citizen of South Africa and was stopped on ANF counter on the airport where he confessed the possession of 65 capsules of high quality heroin during interrogation. The suspect was trying to smuggle heroin to China through Bangkok. –DNA

BRIEF Young man gunned down OUR CORRESPONDENT DIR: According to police a 21 years

boy identified as Latif Ullah was on the way to home then unknown people started unprovoked firing on him and then the culprit runaway from the scene Police registered a FIR against the two people named Muhammad Ayaz and Muhammad Amin and started further investigation.

Couple arrested with drugs OUR CORRESPONDENT DIR: Two Smugglers nabbed along with four thousand grams original quality “Chars” says DSP Farman Ullah and Inspector Atta Ullah.

They said in press beiefing on Saturday here that the smugglers were identified as Wife and husband and are resident of Takht Bhai Mardan Their name was Shah Khalid and Nageena, Police registered FIR against both under the act of narcotics and will further investigate

Pen-down strike at DHQ Hospital OUR CORRESPONDENT UPPER DIR: A Pin-Down strike held

at District Head Quarter Hospital against the administration here on Saturday. All the doctors, Nurses , and paramedics stuff stopped the work and treatment of the patents The Doctors Dr. Zahid Khan, Dr. Rafi Ullah, Dr. Mati Ullah, District Surgeon Dr. Muhammad Islam, Dr. Nazrul Islam and Dr. Zamin and the other Nursing stuff Muryam Bahadar, Hajra, Zainab Kiran, Shabeena, Fatima and other joined the strike. It’s a noteworthy Dir Valley was very cold in this regard the government give the relief to servants, the staff They said that our yearly “Char-Coal” and “Fire-Wood” were not distributed among us in grad-wise and the administration was involved in the unlawful activities, They further added that the government allocated a huge money for us but unfortunately the distribution system for clerical stuff and administration was not good.

They demanded to investigate the matter

‘Teachers training must to improve education’ RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has completed capacity building training of 40,000 teachers in the province and it is hoped that new lot of teachers would help improve the overall quality of public sector schooling because of their good academic qualifications and professional training imparted to them. Chairman, Standing Committee on Education in the Punjab Assembly, Engineer Qamar ul Islam Raja said this while addressing the concluding ceremonies of two different teachers' training programs held at Government Teachers Training College and Govt MC High School in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

DPM stresses Kashmir settlement under UN ISLAMABAD: The Democratic Peo-

ple’s Movement (DPM) has said that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and dispute over it should be settled in accordance with the Kashmiris' aspirations under the UN resolutions. The DPM General Secretary, Muhammad Shafi Reshi, in a statement in Srinagar appreciated the assertion of Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson that establishing of separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir Valley was against the UN resolutions. —FP Monitoring

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ANP PRESIDENT QUITS 3-PARTY ALLIANCE DIR: Awami National Party (ANP) District president Raja Amir Zaman leave the three party alliance Speeking press conference in Dir he said that a month ago three parties alliance was established in all districts, All parties meeting were held in this regard . He further said that the members of Alliance were agree against the Jumati-Islam (JI) and Pakistan Tehreeki Insaf (PTI) but unfortunately they are not giving priority to this. Raja says that we are discourage nobody of the alliance and were to meet but until we are awaiting for the positive signal,and resultantly I quite the alliance a wake up against the all parties and also announced that ANP will contest all the seats. —Our Correspondent

Syed Ali Gilani for demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: The Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani, demanding demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir has said that granting of right to self-determination to the Kashmiris according to the UN resolutions is the only way to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

Syed Ali Gilani addressing a big gathering in Tral said that Pakistan was ready to pull out its troops from Azad Jammu and Kashmir if India implemented the UN resolutions on Kashmir, KMS reported.

"Pakistan has been saying that it will remove forces from Azad Kashmir and give people a choice to vote. Demilitarization should take place from Jammu and Kashmir, especially from residential areas.

People have been killed, women raped and property damaged by the Indian armed forces in Kashmir," he said.

The leader maintained that India was suffering from arrogance of power and was terrorizing people in Indian Occupied Kashmir by the military might.

They have killed more than 1 lac people in the past 25 years. Our forests and water resources are being looted from us. India's armed forces are occupying high altitude and beautiful places besides plains of Jammu and Kashmir," he added.

He said that the people of Kashmir would continue their ongoing liberation movement till it reached its logical conclusion.

Syed Ali Gilani hit out at the pro-India

Peoples Democratic Party and its patron and the Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, saying that they were no lesser evil as some people thought.

"Mufti Sayeed has no powers. The powers are in Nagpur and in New Delhi, under RSS and Rajnath Singh and his party BJP. Mufti's policies and his loyalty to India are very dangerous for Kashmir," he stated.

The veteran leader said that the Kashmiri people were not against the return of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley but they would not accept separate townships for them. He said that a propaganda was being unleashed that there was a massacre of Hindus in occupied Kashmir but the fact was only 219 of them were killed from 1990 till date.

Syed Ali Gilani said that the annual Amarnath Yatra should be restricted to 15 or 30 days only while the number of yatris should be decreased. He said that long duration of yatra and huge number of pilgrims were causing damage to the ecology of the territory.

He said that India had started a new tactic to introduce non-state subjects as state subjects by allotting Permanent Residence Certificates to nonKashmiri school children. He said that the move was aimed at changing Muslim majority of Jammu and Kashmir into minority.

Earlier, Syed Ali Gilani was greeted with Pakistani flags. People who flanked him also carried Pakistani flags. —FP Monitoring

Pakistan sends more relief assistance to quake-hit Nepal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan sent more relief

assistance to the earthquake-hit people in Nepal on Saturday, officials said.

“At the instructions of the Prime Minister, two plane loads of relief items were dispatched to Kathmandu on Saturday,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Two C130 aircrafts of the Pakistan Air Force carried over 600 tents, 4 tons of medicines and dry food items. About a dozen Nepalese post-graduate medical students in Pakistan were also airlifted to serve their countrymen during the testing times of Nepalese nation.

The Prime Minister has approved provision of 20000 tents, 20 tons of rice and medicines, as requested by the Nepalese authorities, a Foreign Ministry statement said.

The planes were seen off at the airport by the Ambassador of Nepal Bharat Raj Paudyal, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Disaster Man-

PeSHAwAR: A man plays Rubab at his shop on Charsadda Road on Saturday. —DNA

SMS complaint system set up for general public

KP being modernised to facilitate citizens, says DC TARIQ ULLAH WARDAK DIR: We know that destruction makes a

big noise but construction is silent as witnessed after the 2013 general elections in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pekhawar Riaz Masud told The Frontier Post on Saturday.

The DC said that the government aimed at rectifying past mistakes and go ahead with an eye on improvement for the betterment of the KP people. In order to bring justice to people’s doorstep in Peshawar district, there is a dire need to streamline the system, for which the government has started an SMS complaint system for the general public.

“The general public can SMS about any kind of problem or lodge a complaint by sending an SMS to the Deputy Commissioner Peshawar,” the DC said.

The method of sending an SMS is to write “DCP (space) your complaint”.

The complaint then reaches through an online system of DC Peshawar, under the administration forward the massage

to its concerned office/head of department with direction to resolve the issue/complain with a target time and the administration of the system time and again acknowledge himself about the issue till its resolution.

The DC said the system has already been installed and the phone/cell number of all officers with the focal persons and heads of departments so the complaint could be furnished to them. The complaint is then received on the mobile number of the government concerned officer before it is acted upon.

Once the received complaint is forwarded to an officer, it is marked on his part and a countdown starts thereafter.

The officer/department tries to redress the complaint within two days if it is in the nominal process, or it may extend to a week’s time if it is a complex process i.e. involving more than two or three officers/departments.

In case any officer/department fails to resolve the complaint, the matter is then brought to the notice of the KP chief secretary.

RMC Convocation

Bilawal slams attack on PPP leaders 551 medical graduates get degrees agement Authority, Military Operations and Pakistan Air Force.

The Ambassador of Nepal deeply appreciated the much needed support and assistance from Pakistan, the statement said. An extensive relief operation is likely to continue in the next few days, the Foreign Ministry said. —DNA

RAWALPINDI: As many as 551 graduates were awarded degrees at the 11th convocation

of Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) held here at RMC auditorium on Saturday.

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Prof Ahsan Iqbal was the chief guest while Chairman Board of Management, Dr Muhammad Aslam, Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Health Sciences, Maj Gen (Retd) Muhammad Aslam, Principal, Rawalpindi Medical College and Allied Hospital, Prof Dr Muhammad Umar, senior faculty heads, Prof Rizwana Ch Prof Muhammad Shoaib Shafi, Prof Muhammad Aslam, Prof Rai Muhammad Asghar, Prof Riaz Ahmed Sheikh, Prof Fehmida Shaheen, Prof Fareed Minhas and others were present on this occasion. —DNA

‘Pakistan enjoying strong business culture, good roads’

ISLAMABAD: Visitors to Pakistan are

surprised to discover a strong business culture and good roads as the country is mid-table in the World Bank's easeof-doing-business rankings, well above India, reports London based The Economist newspaper.

"Those in search of a thriving stockmarket, a stable currency and low inflation would not normally pitch up in Pakistan. It is more readily thought of as a pit of instability than as a source of opportunity. Yet Pakistan is enjoying a rare period of optimism about its economy," The Economist said in its a recent article about Pakistan's economy.

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper owned by The Economist Group London. The newspaper while highlighting Pakistan's economic performance said that International Monetary Fund (IMF) reckons that the economy will grow by 4.7% next year, the fastest rate in eight years.

Consumer prices rose by 2.5% in the year to March, the smallest increase for more than a decade. Twice already this year the central bank has lowered its benchmark interest rate.

Some indicators are pointing to an upturn in spending. Compared with a year

Until now 6,000 approximately users have been registered with this system and around 800 complaints have been received in which 450 are valid and more than 200 complaints had been resolved by the district administrator.

The DC urged the people of Peshawar district to send their complaints through the newly-introduced SMS system so their complaints could be redressed.

At present, this system is on a test run for three months, but seeing it is properly using the people. It is almost sure that it may be extended and may be extended within the entire KP province.

According to the departmental sources, the SMS complaint will start and the province will soon point out irregularities in examinations to focus on education added. Section 144 will be imposed close to examination halls throughout the province and the education department becomes bio-metric for ghost officers.

The DC said that a big achievement of the KP government was the anti-encroachment campaign.

earlier, cement sales, which are a guide to how much construction is taking place, rose by 5.5% from July to March.

Car sales rose by 22% over the same period, the paper said.

It added that a fall of two-fifths in the oil price is a huge slice of luck for a country such as Pakistan. It relies on imported fuel oil for two-fifths of its power supply and is prone to periodic balance-ofpayments crises.

The country's import bill can easily overwhelm the foreign-exchange earnings from textile exports and the remittances that Pakistanis working in the Middle East and Europe send home.

In 2013-14 Pakistan's net import bill for oil came to $12.6 billion, or around 5% of GDP. But if oil prices stay low, Pakistan could save a total of $12 billion in the next three years, the paper said quoting the IMF. The money could be spent on things with more local content and give the economy a lift, The Ecoconomist said. It said that the government of Nawaz Sharif takes some credit for the economy's new stability.

It has stuck to an IMF programme agreed to in 2013, a few months after it came to power in Pakistan's first-ever handover from one civilian government

to another. Foreign-exchange reserves have more than doubled, to $17.7 billion.

Electricity tariffs have been raised, and some unpaid bills collected, easing the cash burden on hard-pressed distribution companies. Tax receipts have risen, albeit from pitiful levels, in response to efforts to broaden the base and cut exemptions, the paper said.

The Economist said that the revenue agency has sent over 150,000 tax notices to non-payers. More retailers are being drawn into the indirect-tax net. A draft budget aims to bring the budget deficit below 4% of GDP in 2015-16, from a peak of over 8%.

A privatisation drive that stalled last June resumed in April, when the government sold its stake in Habib Bank, the country's largest lender, for $1 billion.

Three-quarters of bids came from foreign investors. Pakistan's stockmarket has doubled in dollar terms since the start of 2012, thanks in large part to such foreign interest.

Privatisations will only add to the market's variety and appeal. Listed companies are highly profitable, although in part because they often face too little competition, the paper said.

"The visitors to Pakistan are sur-

prised to discover good roads and a strong business culture.

The country is mid-table in the World Bank's ease-of-doing-business rankings, well above India."

The infrastructure is solid enough to support big fast-food chains: McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut and Subway have 187 outlets between them, more than in all of Sub-Saharan Africa's "frontier" economies combined, says Daniel Salter, of Renaissance Capital, a stockbrokers, the paper said.

The Economist said that the progress in providing economic stability is encouraging.

But Pakistan needs sustained growth of 5-7% a year if it is markedly to cut poverty-at the last count, nearly a quarter of Pakistanis were below the poverty line.

It said that optimists point to a sharp decline in recent years in the number of deaths from terrorist attacks. Now the army is stepping up operations in regions bordering Afghanistan that harbour the Pakistani Taliban and other militants. "If we had more security, we could double or triple our orders," The Economist said quoting a businessman. —FP Monitoring

KARACHI: Bilawal

Bhutto Zardari Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has strongly condemned terrorist attacks on PPP Minister Javed Nagori’s office in Karachi and convoy of PPP FATA President Akhunzada Chattan in Bajaur Agency.

It may be recalled that Akbar Nagori, brother of Sindh Minister Javed Nagori was martyred following injuries in grenade attack that wounded five more PPP workers last night. Convoy of PPP FATA President Akhunzada Chattan was attacked with remote-controlled bomb, in which he miraculously escaped unhurt. Bilawal Bhutto Zardar said that such coward attacks cannot deter his Party, its leaders and workers from drifting the cause of elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. “PPP remains the only political party of the nation which is being targeted by the terrorists and their sponsors for building a narrative against cancer of extremism and terrorism,” he added.

PPP Chairman expressed his sympathies with Javed Nagori and his family for the loss. He also praised Akhunzada Chattan for waging the war on the Party platform for the rights of FATA people and assured that Party will stand by them through thick and thin. —DNA

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TABLE TENNIS PLAYER'S GESTURE TRIGGERS WIDE IMITATION SUZHOU: Chinese table tennis player Zhang Jike's motion of lying on the floor to give way for teammate's ball return flares up recently, triggering wide imitation among fans. In the men's doubles second round at the Suzhou table tennis worlds, Zhang Jike, twice singles world champion, crouched on the floor to give his teammate Xu Xin a clear way to return the ball on Wednesday. Zhang's picture was later posted on the ITTF website and the sport governing body lauched "Do The Zhang Jike" on its twitter, which obtained active response worldwide among table tennis fans. —Xinhua

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GOLF: KIWI CAMPBELL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT WELLINGTON: Former US Open champion Michael Campbell has said he has retired from tournament golf at the age of 46 and will concentrate on coaching instead, New Zealand press reports said. Campbell's greatest moment came at the 2005 US Open when he held off Tiger Woods, then at the peak of his form, to win his only major title. Subsquently the New Zealander's career went into a long tailspin and he failed to win another tournament. He did not play at all last year. "Obviously (winning the US Open) 10 years ago was something special for me and for the country and for golf itself. —FP Monitoring

Tamin hits double ton as Bangladesh-Pakistan first Test end in a draw

KHULNA: Tamim Iqbal smashed Bangladesh's highest Test score of 206 as the first Test against Pakistan petered out into a draw after another run feast in Khulna on Saturday.

The hosts made light of the 296-run deficit in the first innings as they posted a mammoth 555 for six in their second knock before the match was called off after tea on the fifth and final day. The draw was a morale-booster for Bangladesh, who had lost all their eight previous Tests against Pakistan, ahead of the second and final match starting in Dhaka next Wednesday.

A stalemate was always on the cards on the heart-breaking pitch for bowlers at the Sheikh Abu Naser stadium which produced 1,515 runs for the loss of just 26 wickets over the five days.

Bangladesh had made 332 in the first innings after electing to take first strike and Pakistan replied with 628 on the

back of a double-century from Mohammad Hafeez.

The home team's batting assault left Pakistan still searching for their first win on the tour after being whitewashed 30 in the one-dayers and also losing the Twenty20 international.

The huge lead was wiped off by a record 312-run opening stand between left-handers Tamim and Imrul Kayes, which was Bangladesh's highest-ever partnership for any wicket.

Kayes was dismissed for 150 in the morning session, holing out in the deep against left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar after striking 16 boundaries and three sixes. But Tamim continued unhindered as he moved into the 190s by striking leg-spinner Yasir Shah for two consecutive sixes before reaching 201 with a straight-driven six off seamer Junaid Khan. That shot helped him surpass current captain Mushfiqur Rahim's 200

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against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2013, which was the previous best Test score by a Bangladeshi batsman.

Tamim hit 17 boundaries and seven sixes before he was stumped off Hafeez just before tea attempting another big hit.

But Pakistan's misery in the field continued after Tamim's departure as star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stepped in to hit an unbeaten 76.

Shakib put on 64 for the fourth wicket with Mohammad Mahmudullah (40) and 60 for the sixth with Soumya Sarkar (33). Rahim, who had sat out the SUZHOU: China's Liu Shiwen competes during the women's singles final against Ding Ning at the 53rd Table entire fourth day's play due to a finger in- Tennis world Championships on Saturday. Liu Shiwen lost 3-4 and claimed the silver medal. —Xinhua jury, failed to open his account when he padded up to Hafeez and was declared leg-before.

Spinners Shah (0-123) and Babar (1125) were the most expensive of the seven bowlers used by Pakistan to contain the flow of runs. FP Monitoring

National coach Naveed pins high hope of Pakistani players in India

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MADRID: Around 150,000 fans will

cheer on Spanish world champion Marc Marquez in the Moto GP in Jerez on Sunday.

Along with fellow Spaniard, Jorge Lorenzo, who on Friday announced he was extending his contract to ride for the Yamaha team, the reigning world champion is the big attraction for the annual pilgrimage to the south west of Spain for motorbike enthusiasts from all over Spain.

The long weekend means fans from all over the country are able to make the trip to not only watch Sunday's race but also Friday's practice session and Saturday's qualification in a weekend which generates an estimated 50 million euros (55 mil-

lion US dollars) for the local economy.

Marquez needs a win to keep up the chase of Italian, Valentino Rossi, who is the current leader of this year's World Championship and much of the interest will be in how his able to respond after injuring a hand after falling in the last race as he and Rossi dueled for the lead.

At the start I was worried that it would hurt, but it has responded well and I was able to ride without painkillers," said Marquez, who explained that he has only carried out short sessions and added that the main issue would be "how my hand responds on Saturday after having worked it on Friday." —Xinhua

Britain’s Dowsett breaks hour world record CYCLING

MANCHESTER: British

cyclist Alex Dowsett set a new world hour record by completing 52.937 kilometres at the Manchester Velodrome on Saturday. The 26-year-old Team Movistar rider improved the mark of 52.491km set by Australia's Rohan Dennis in February. It is the fourth time the record has been broken since September 2014, and it may not stand for long. Dowsett's fellow Briton Bradley Wiggins, the former Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic gold- attempt on the record in London on medallist, is scheduled to make an June 7. —FP Monitoring

tion in collaboration with International Olympic Committee will host an international Taekwondo Course under its Sports Structure Programme for Development here at Lala Rafique Sports Arena from May 26 to June 2.

This was stated by President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taekwondo Association Haji Ilyas Afridi while talking to APP here on Saturday. He said it would be for the first time in the history that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is hosting international Teakwondo Course with the joint venture of International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Taekwondo Federation and Pakistan Taekwondo Federation.

It is an honor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taekwondo Association to act as host, he added. He said the Course of it important because it teaches all the participants about modern day techniques in the games besides giving awareness to the people associated with the Games about changing rules of the games.

He said international Technical Official and Referee Murtaza Hassan, hailing from District Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been nominated by World Taekwondo Federation as Director of the Course. A very senior Master of the World Taekwondo Federation is also coming for the course, he disclosed. It is a great opportunities for those associated with the Games to learn much updated Techniques about Taekwondo, Ilyas Afridi said.

While appreciating President Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Col. (R) Waseem Ahmad Janjua for his untiring efforts in bringing Pakistan among beat Asian countries. He said they have also sent invitations to all the senior male and female players of Taekwondo in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA to attend the course and learn much updated techniques about the

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Coach Naveed Khan Saturday pinned high hopes from the Pakistani Junior team going to represent the country in the forthcoming SARC International Junior Table Tennis Championship to be commencing at New Delhi, India from June 16-19, 2015.

Talking to APP, national coach Naveed Khan said that the junior players, both boys and girls, have potential to show their worth in the forthcoming international event. He also lauded the efforts of the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation for sending the junior players to the international event.

It would certainly be a great boost to the young aspirants of the game while playing against tough teams from SARC countries, said Naveed Khan, who is associated with the Games as coach since long. I'm pretty sure that our junior players would show good result against tough teams of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan etc, he added.

He said announcing the team now would give ample time to the players to go under rigorous training and prepare

themselves for the toughest challenges.

He disclosed that with playing against tough teams, the young players would certainly learn more through international exposures. Our players are actually lacking international exposures but they have good talent, Naveed Khan added.

He said player like Fahad Khawjah is a great hope for the country even when he will represent the national senior team while another promising player Kainat Malik, both were trained and coach by Naveed Khan, have to show her skills internationally.

While recalling Naveed Khan disclosed that player like Rameez, who was training and coach by him, is now a potential for country at international level. He said currently Swat, is producing good talented player despite the area gone through barbarism during militancy.

Naveed Khan said that surprisingly the whole of Malakand Division went under a dark era because of militancy and insurgency but despite all such Malakand is considered as a hub of the table tennis.

Rameez, Jamal, Arbab Khan are hailing from Swat with other players like Wajid, Afsar, Fahad Khawjah, Ummam Khawjah, hailing from Khy-

Wood, Rashid added to England squad for Ireland clash

LONDON: Durham pace bowler Mark Wood and Yorkshire

leg-spinner Adil Rashid have been named in England's squad for next week's one-day international against Ireland in Dublin.

The pair are currently in the Caribbean for England's tour of the West Indies, but neither player has featured in any of the three Tests. Eleven players have already been selected for the Ireland fixture next Friday, with the England and Wales Cricket Board announcing that would be topped up by those who did not make the cut for the final Test against the Windies.

"England selectors today announced that Yorkshire's Adil Rashid and Durham's Mark Wood will complete England's 13-man squad for the one-day international (ODI) against Ireland on Friday May 8 at Malahide, Dublin," an ECB statement read on Friday.

"Rashid and Wood will return home early from the West Indies to join up with the rest of the England ODI squad to face Ireland." Wood will hope to make his England debut despite having only featured in 18 List A matches.

Rashid has already represented the Lions this year and has

played in five one-day internationals, although his last appearance for the senior England team came in November 2009. England will be captained by James Taylor in what will be his 18th one-day international, with regular 50-over captain Eoin Morgan away in the Indian Premier League.

James Vince, Sam Billings, Zafar Ansari, Lewis Gregory and David Willey are the other uncapped players in an inexperienced squad. —FP Monitoring

Missing Djokovic opens door to Nadal in Madrid TENNIS

MADRID: For the first time this season someone other than Novak Djokovic will claim a Masters event as the Serb misses out in Madrid after winning in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo.

Djokovic also claimed the opening Grand Slam of the season in Australia, but has opted for extra rest to aid his bid to land a first French Open title in June. The absence of the world number one could prove a big boost for defending champion Rafael Nadal as he tries to get his season going on home soil after a poor start to the campaign by his standards.

Nadal has won just one tournament

this year in Buenos Aires back in February and has only one win against a top 10 opponent in a 19-7 record on the year.

The 14-time Grand Slam champion described his performance as "awful" in crashing out to Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open last week. But he recovered from a similarly unsettling start on the clay last season to go onto claim his fourth title in Madrid before securing a ninth French Open.

Three-time winner Roger Federer returns after missing last year's event due to the birth of his second set of twins, whilst Andy Murray will be confident of improving on his best ever showing in Madrid since the tournament moved onto clay having not progressed past the

quarter-finals in five previous attempts.

However, the biggest threat to Nadal could come from last year's finalist Kei Nishikori, who looked in fine form as he

ber Pakhtunkhwa, would certainly come up at national and international levels. About the Junior team, he said, in the boys Junior players like Afzal Ahmad, Muhammad Arbeel, Adil Iqbal, Abdullah Nazeer have great potential and certainly they need much international exposures while in the Girls Junior team Anam Ilyas, Farwa, Maria Khan, Haleema Ali have something to show against tough teams. He said now the boys and girls have more time to have rigorous training and coaching so that to give good result. “I’m sure they could,” Naveed Khan added.

Selected probables.

Junior Boy: Afzal Ahmad (Punjab), Muhammad Arbeel (Punjab), Abid Iqbal (Punjab), Abdullah Nazeer (Islamabad).

Girls Junior: Anam Ilyas Punjab, Farwa Arif Punjab, Maria Khan Punjab, Haleema Ali Sindh, Cadet Boys: Faizan Punjab, Fahad Khawjah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Obaid Shah (Sindh) Cadet Girls: Hareem Anwe Sindh, Kainat Malik (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). —FP Monitoring

hasn't lost in Madrid since 2010, winning the tournament in 2012 and 2013 before injury forced her to pull out at the quarter-final stage last year. Amazingly, though, the American claimed she was "not as ready for the clay-court season as I thought I was" in being taken to a deciding set before beating Italy's Sara Errani on Fed Cup duty two weeks ago.

The 19-time Grand Slam champion also faces a tough draw with Sloane Stephens a potential second round opponent and a meeting with sister Venus or Victoria Azarenka lying in wait in the third round. retained his title in Barcelona.

Defending champion Maria SharaOn the women's side, Serena Williams will be aiming to continue her imperious pova is on the other side of the draw 20-0 start to the season. Williams also along with Simona Halep, who the Russ-

ian overcame to win last year's final. "I enjoy playing here a lot. I got to the final in 2013 and lost to Serena then last year I managed to go a step further and win. The objective this year is to defend my title," said Sharapova.

After reaching the Australian Open final, Sharapova has had a poor couple of months, losing her first match in Miami and Stuttgart in her last two tournaments and being surpassed by Halep in the rankings. "At this stage of my career I don't take the ranking as seriously. I was number one in the world and it is something that comes and goes," she added. "I doesn't matter, the important thing is that I continue have the chance to win matches and tournaments." —FP Monitoring

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n their recent report on reforms in FATA, the bureaucrats of whom the commission for the stated reforms was constituted did what bureaucrats do best wherever they get the chance: to further strengthen the stranglehold of bureaucracy. In the recent report which has been submitted to Khyber Pakhunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Khan who is also the Federation’s representative in Fata, the commission has suggested oversight bodies on the performance of the government offices in the tribal areas.

These oversight committees will be head by the dreaded political agents who are being finger pointed to be solely responsible for the dire straights in which the tribesmen find themselves. What is worse, the political agents and assistant agents and the staff of their offices have a say in everything that officially happens or does not happen in the tribal areas. To make such individuals heads of supervisory bodies for keeping in check or carrying out audit of the wrongdoings of their or their own staff is a very cruel joke. In such a scenario the political agents will declare their own or their lower staff’s wrong decisions or wrongful acts as legitimate and appropriate.

Their will be no further recourse for the victims of the political agents or their as much infamous staff. It seems the commission comprising of bureaucrats wished to make the tribesmen feel helpless against the government officials and they were successful, for now the tribesmen will know that if they have to complain against the political agent, it will be a futile attempt to correct the wrong as the oversight body hearing the complaint will be headed by the same political agent. The commission in its bounty has also recommended extending the authority of the Supreme Court to the tribal areas. Of course, the members could not have been ignorant that the overwhelming majority of tribesmen are so poor that they will not be able to pay the enormous fees of Supreme Court lawyers.

The Frontier Post strongly suggests to Governor Mahtab Khan to trash the report of the commission. We request him to form a fresh commission comprising of respectable and well-known members of civil society. Such individuals as constitutional lawyers, honorably retired judges of high judiciary, civil rights advocates, individuals who have championed the cause of democracy, famous administrators who have a record of including people at the grass level in decisions and implementation of these decisions. We also request the Governor to give such a commission the vision of making the tribesmen as much empowered as possible; to find ways and means to introduce modern governmental institutions in the tribal society in keeping with the local customs and traditions.

Of course, the best course would be to create a provincial setup in Fata and the chance to the tribesmen to elect their own representatives to the assembly of their own province. However, if that is not immediately possible; at least, a system which is very near to provincial autonomy and which is run by individuals elected by the voters in the tribal areas. Such a report should also recommend provisions for reaching the ultimate goal of making the tribal area into a full fledged provincial unit of the federation of Pakistan. Anything less will be considered as playing mind games with the tribesmen who have now, after many experiences, become wise to the trickery of bureaucracy in cohorts with dishonest politicians.

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Children privacy rights

akistan is a signatory to nearly all international treaties that consider privacy as a fundamental human right, including the UN Declaration of Human Rights and The International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, but excluding the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW). Furthermore, the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan recognizes the individual’s privacy as an inviolable right by specially guaranteeing the dignity of citizens, privacy of home, the protection of life, liberty and body as fundamental rights. Provisions for privacy are further enunciated in the various laws of the country, subdivided into individual, informational and spiritual domains. These laws, meanwhile, have both positive and negative implications on privacy rights in Pakistan and are, as such, considered the main instrument in this study for understanding the dynamics of privacy in the country. A scrutiny of these laws is essential for devising a set of pragmatic guidelines for stakeholders concerned; to serve as a policy framework on which laws can be evaluated and corrective action taken.

Although the notion of privacy varies when we take into account racial, ethnic, societal or temporal changes,the fundamental elements demarcated by Gavison set a baseline for understanding the acts of these variables on privacy requirements. A common principle for guiding nation states in the formulation of country special claws is therefore critical for uplifting the standards of living around the world.

Recognizing the importance of privacy has, as such, resulted in various global accords that identify privacy as a fundamental human right Pakistan ratified the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC) on December 12, 1990. Article 16 of this convention deals exclusively with the privacy rights of children. The important point to note here is that this convention recognizes children’s right to privacy as equal to that of an adult. It therefore demarcates the privacy boundaries of the child as similar to that of an adult by including his or her privacy, family and correspondents within the personal privacy domains. This article also takes into account a child’s honor and reputation under privacy rights by prohibiting any unlawful attacks thereon. It further establishes right to protection of law for the child with regard to his or her privacy rights.

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As Yemen unravels, a threat rises

BY CHRISTINA ASQUITH

here are two main schools of thought about the sudden resignation on Thursday of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi of Yemen and his cabinet.

Mr. Hadi, a weak statesman who has been a staunch ally in Washington’s battle against Al Qaeda and other Sunni extremists, may have decided to cede control, feeling he was outgunned by the Houthis, the Shiite rebels who took up arms against the government after years of political grievances. Or he might have announced he was stepping down, expecting that the Houthis would be willing to strike a deal because they may not be interested in governing one of the world’s most impoverished and combustible nations.

On Wednesday, Mr. Hadi’s government was reported to have struck a power-sharing agreement with the Houthis, who are currently in control of the capital. It is not clear why it unraveled.

The United States and Yemen’s neighboring countries must nudge the antagonists in this crisis toward a com-

promise that avoids the wholesale collapse of the state. The implications of a complete unraveling of government institutions would be catastrophic.

Mr. Hadi’s resignation followed weeks of tense negotiations with the Houthis, who have their strongholds in northern Yemen and receive significant support from Iran. Mr. Hadi, a major general in the Yemeni Army, came to power in 2012 as the sole candidate on the ballot, backed by the dominant party and the opposition. If the civilian government he led has in fact folded, the power void could lead to a deeper fragmentation of the country and a dramatic increase in violence. Under this scenario, it would become increasingly hard for the United States to continue battling the Yemeni affiliate of Al Qaeda, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, and one of the most active and lethal wings of the terrorist network. The group, which is Sunni, took credit for the recent massacre at the office of a satirical magazine in Paris. It also has plotted several attacks on American targets.

A widening sectarian conflict in

Yemen could more forcefully draw Saudi Arabia, the neighboring Sunni kingdom, and Shiite Iran into an unpredictable power struggle in which neither side would hold the upper hand. If the Houthis attempt to govern the majority-Sunni nation, the Qaeda affiliate would almost certainly gain more support.

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While the Houthis have long professed animosity toward the United States, they have much to lose if the Qaeda group continues to make inroads, a prospect Washington and Mr. Hadi dread.

“We have overlapping interests with the Houthis,” said W. Andrew Terrill, a

The deepest war wound may be the anguish of moral injury

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BY NANCY SHERMAN oral injury’ in war may be the deepest wound. When the Greek playwright Sophocles came home from war, in the 5th century BC, trust and betrayal must have been on his mind. He wrote “Philoctetes,” about a wounded Greek warrior abandoned by Odysseus on the way to Troy.

The stench of Philoctetes' wound and his wails of distress made him a liability. That is, until Philoctetes' sacred bow, a gift from the god Heracles, turned out to be the Greeks' last hope for defeating the Trojans. Odysseus returned to rescue Philoctetes (or at least his bow), but he dared not show his face to the man he had left behind. Hidden, he coached a young soldier, Neoptolemus, on how to build rapport with Philoctetes in order to exploit it to get the bow.

The twist in the play is that real trust is cultivated instead; and with it, hopes that heals.

The ancient Greeks understood Philoctetes' agony and salvation in the context of the Peloponnesian War. Modern Americans can apply it to the longest conflicts in American history: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, in which 2.7 million troops have served. Many are bringing home the weight of resentment and betrayal, and often guilt and shame, even if it's masked by a stoic military demeanor. Like Philoctetes, some feel betrayed by commanders or unit members; some by civilians who've been “at the mall while we've been at war”; and some by politicians they think have failed to take full responsibili-

ty for the wars they started.

The term “moral injury” resonates with these troops. It's an old concept. The notion of a wound that is moral, or occasioned by “contempt” and “injustice,” is the centerpiece of sermons by Bishop Joseph Butler in early 18th century England.

From the philosopher's perspective, the concept is a way of talking about anguish caused by wrongdoing (real and perceived ) — others toward you, you toward others, others toward others, you toward yourself. Agent, victim and witness are all players in the moral conscience.

And transgression isn't the only issue at the heart of moral injury. So is falling short of the lofty ideals of military honor. That the military code — never abandon a buddy, bring all your troops home, don't put innocents at risk — is impossible to meet doesn't always register deep down. The result may be shame, and all too often suicidal shame.

Transgressions aren't the only issues at the heart of moral injury. So is falling short of the lofty ideals of military honour. Moral injury is distinct from post-traumatic stress disorder, which is generally thought of narrowly as a fear-conditioned syndrome marked by hyper-vigilance and flashbacks. The prevailing treatment for PTSD is therapy to “recondition” the fear response. But guilt, shame, raging resentment and betrayal are different from fear. To overcome them requires relationships that rebuild a soldier's sense of trust in himself and others, no small order given the effects of war.

—Courtesy Los Angeles Times

Middle East scholar at the United States Army War College who has studied Yemen’s recent power struggles. “We are all probably more concerned about AQAP than Yemen’s other problems.”

The United States is not known to have a direct, open line of dialogue with the Houthis, but it would be in Washington’s interest to start building a relationship, even through back channels. The tactics the Houthis have used to pressure Mr. Hadi, including surrounding his home and holding his chief of staff hostage, are deplorable. But some of their grievances about widespread corruption and poor governance are legitimate. And despite the group’s stated hostility toward the United States and Israel, it does not appear intent on attacking Western targets.

Given some constructive international mediation, there’s a chance Mr. Hadi and the Houthis could manage to steer the country away from a dangerous collapse. Facilitating that would probably require deft deal-making backed by Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United States.

—Courtesy New York Times

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Dr Yasir Nazir - Big Loss

After a few days of the killing of Sabeen Mahmud on April 29, Professor Waheedur Rehman, alias Yasir Rizvi, fell another victim of targeted killing.Teachers and students burst into tears when the news broke, for each one of us knew that we had lost another valuable life, a dedicated teacher and an accomplished journalist. Unfortunately, we have forgotten the value of life; people are brutally killed every day in Karachi — for how long will this go on and where will it end?

MARVI MASUD KARACHI

Hit show — Pakistan Idol result announced

The wait is over and the people have spoken! The inaugural season of Pakistan’s biggest music competition has come to an end and Zamad Baig has emerged as the first Pakistan Idol. After months of searching for a voice to represent the nation, judges Bushra Ansari, Ali Azmat and Hadiqa Kiyani went auditioning through the cities of Pakistan and choosing a final 24 to compete in the show. After weeks of seeing some thrilling musical performances it came down to the last two, Mohammad Shoaib and Zamad Baig, and the finale certainly didn’t disappoint.

After a set of thrilling music performances and emotional montages came the moment of truth. Over a million Pakistani’s had cast their votes and Zamad Baig emerged as the winner.

As part of his winnings he received a brand new Honda Aspire, Rs. 2.5 million and as a steppingstone into his career he also received a music contract worth millions from Pepsi. Pepsi was also first on the scene to congratulate Zamad Baig as the first Pakistan Idol, airing their new TVC starring the young musician and revealing him to the world right after the Grand Finale ended. Once again congratulations to Zamad Baig for being titled the first Pakistan Idol and kudos to Pepsi for continuing to do amazing work for the music industry in Pakistan.

MUHAMMAD OMAR KARACHI

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No change in Pak-China Economic Corridor: Ahsan

RAwALPiNDi: Venders selling watermelons at a stall on Ashraf Road. —FP Monitoring

Ukraine seeks $16b from Gazprom in pricing dispute

KIEV: Ukraine is seeking more than

$16 billion from Russia's Gazprom in its appeal to an arbitration court in Stockholm over a long-running gas pricing dispute between Kiev and Moscow, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday. Ukraine's state gas business Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom are bound by a 10-year gas agreement signed in 2009.

Kiev is challenging the price of Russian gas, and billions of dollars in debts which Russia says have accrued, and appealing to international arbitrators for a definitive ruling.

"The transit contract is not fair for Ukraine and more than $10 billion should be paid to Naftogaz from Gazprom to compensate for losses. In this way, the overall sum we are seeking from Gazprom in terms of the gas supply contract and the transit contract is already over $16 million," Yatseniuk

said in a post on Facebook.

Previous gas disputes between Ukraine and Russia have affected the European Union, where Gazprom meets a third of gas demand. Around 40 percent of that gas travels via Ukraine, which until recently bought most of its own gas from Russia.

In April, Ukraine signed an interim deal for cheaper supplies of gas from Russia for the next three months, providing a breathing space for both sides in the protracted wrangle over pricing.

The dispute has been soured politically by Russian support for separatists in Ukraine's east.

Gazprom has said Kiev owes it over $170 million for gas supplied to eastern Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Kiev has refused to pay for Russian gas supplied directly to the regions as it is powerless to control the flows. –FP Monitoring

US stocks rally after weak 1Q GDP data NEW YOR: Wall Street stocks finished

the week on a positive note after a bruising two-day retreat following a dismal US economic growth report.

Friday’s rally limited the losses, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally dipping 56.08 points(0.31 percent for the week to 18,024.06 and the broadbased S&P 500 shedding 9.40 (0.44 percent) to 2,108.29. The decline in the Nasdaq was deeper, with the tech-rich index dropping 86.69 (1.70 percent) to 5,005.39 In a week packed with major earnings, economic reports and a Federal Reserve meeting, the most impactful news was Wednesday s stunner that the US economy grew just 0.2 percent in the first quarter. The dismal gross domestic product figure, reflecting in part the drag from exceptionally cold winter weather and the West Coast port strike, prompted soul-searching on Wall Street. "What a disappointment to think the US economy barely grew at all in the first quarter with the fed funds rate at the zero bound for more than six years now," said Briefing.com analyst

Int'l handmade carpet exhibition in October

LAHORE: Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will organise 33rd Pakistan International Handmade Carpet Exhibition here on October 6.

The PCMEA Central Chairman Usman Ghani said here Saturday that a PCMEA delegation would meet Federal Commerce Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir on May

Cell phone import rises 13.06pc ISLAMABAD: The mobile phone imports

into the country increased by 13.06 percent to US $539.583 million during first nine months of the year 2014-15 over the same period of last year's imports of $477.255 million.

On month on month and year on year basis, the cell phone import in March also increased by 1.05 percent and 64.94 percent when compared to the import in February 2015 and March 2014 respectively, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The mobile phone import during March 2015 stood at $73.929 million against the import of $73.161 million in February 2015 and $44.822 million in March 2014. Similarly, the overall telecom imports also increased by 14.70 percent during July-March (2014-15) over the same period of last year.

The imports of telecom into the country during first nine months of current fiscal year, were recorded at $1.071 billion against the imports of $933.543 million in July-March 2014-15. –FP Monitoring

4 to discuss the three-day exhibition.

He said that he himself, SVC Qamar Zia, former chairmen Major (R) Akhtar Nazir Cooki and Sheikh Khalid Saeed, the CTI Chairman Saeed Khan and others would be part of the delegation. Usman Ghani said, "We want to hold the exhibition in a way that it can provide an excellent opportunity of connecting the areas of interest. –FP Monitoring

India brushes off concerns over gold import spike MUMBAI: Weak oil and commodity prices are offsetting concerns at India’s central bank over the impact of a spike in gold imports on the broader economy, officials say, even as the industry forecasts another three months of strong buying.

A more sustained increase in bullion imports after June, however, could cause concern, a policymaker said. “(While) we have the comfort from low oil prices, there is a large cushion and we don’t need to be very concerned about the gold imports numbers,” said one senior official involved in policy decisions, who declined to be named.

Concern would kick in if imports stay at or over 100 tonnes a month after June, he said.

Gold imports more than doubled in March to 125 tonnes from a year ago around the festival of Akshaya Tritiya — considered by many in India to be an auspicious time to invest.

Industry players expect imports to av-

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday challenged the politicians who have accused the government of altering the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to substantiate their allegations with evidence.

Addressing the convocation of the Rawalpindi Medical College in the garrison city, the minister assured that "not a single inch of the originally proposed route has been changed" and that "such baseless allegations" were not in the nation's interest.

Iqbal said China's investment of $46 billion would prove a milestone for Pakistan's economic development and would change the outlook of the country's economy.

He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would brief parliamentary leaders on matters relating to CPEC on May 13.

The minister said that youth is the future of Pakistan and they have a major role to play in the development of the country.

During Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Pakistan, Pakistani and Chinese officials signed a series of over 50 accords to inaugurate the CPEC, which will create a network of roads, railways and pipelines linking China's restive west to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.

The project is part of Beijing's “Belt and Road” plan to expand its trade and transport footprint across Central and South Asia. It will give China easier access to Middle Eastern oil via the deepwater port of Gwadar.

The project generated controversy with political leaders particularly of smaller provinces alleging that the project had been altered to benefit Punjab.

The route apparently under its original plan ran from Gwadar to Quetta, then up to Zhob before veering east towards Dera Ismail Khan.

The government was criticised for

Inc makes style statement in Lahore

LAHORE: It’s time to get super chic as Inc. continues to hit the international fashion scene; expanding into Lahore, KSA as well as the GCC and ME regions. With wide-ranging ready-to-wear collections, Inc. is becoming a household name for stylish contemporary wear. The brand was born through the latest value initiative of the leading global retail organisation Alhokair Fashion Retail, a subsidiary of the Fawaz Alhokair Group, and is heavily supported by local partner Retail Cluster, under the management of Tariq Khan. The company has the distinction of having brought some of the biggest fashion brands to the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

Inc., as conceptualized in their tagline ‘Celebrate your Style’, offers an affordable fashion destination for the entire family, where everybody’s distinctive style is realized and celebrated. The brand’s unique outlook on the industry focuses on style, which is more than simply ‘following the latest trends’, but rather a means of achieving total confidence through what you wear.

Inc. offers a wide of range of looks that

Dar to attend ADB BoG meeting in Baku

are focused on the customer themselves, offering outfits that fit their demands specifically; be it for working professionals looking for clothes that reflect their attitude, or parents who are looking for stylish, comfortable and affordable clothes for their kids, Inc. have the versatility to cater to all style needs.

Commenting on the expansion plans, Jacques Rheeder, the CEO of Inc., said, “We are very pleased to further expand Inc. into the GCC region and beyond. We are confident that the brand, meeting the growing demand for stylish contemporary fashion, will emerge as a key player in the international fashion industry Tariq Khan expressed his delight that the launch of the M.M. Alam Road flagship store will complete the initial plan of introducing the brand to the three major cities of Pakistan, following the successful launch of the brand in Dolmen Mall, Karachi and the Centaurus in Islamabad. He also announced that two further stores, one in Lahore and one in Islamabad, are also close to being launched as a result of how well received the brand has been in the country thus far. –FP Monitoring

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator

Muhammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in the 48th annual meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors. He would also have other important meetings and engagements during his stay at Baku from 2-5 May, 2015, says a statement received here Saturday.

The ADB Board of Governors meeting would open on May 4 preceded by Governors Roundtable on `Fluctuating Commodity Prices and Their Impact on Asia'. Governors Plenary on "Opportunities and Challenges for Livable Asian Cities" would be held on May, 5 followed by second business meeting.

The finance minister would meet president ADB, Takehiko Nakao the same day. The governors Seminar on `Rethinking Growth Potential and Growth Models (ERCD)' would be the key feature of events earlier on May, 03 along with CNBC debate on "Asia's Economic Outlook".

The Finance Minister during the course of his stay would also have meetings with European Investment Bank

erage 60 tonnes from April onwards, rising 30 per cent until June.

Indians are the world’s biggest consumers of bullion, and typically imports rise during the festive or marriage seasons, when gold is popular as a gift. Imports have been driven by such seasonal demand and lower bullion prices: on Wednesday, spot gold prices were down over 6pc from a year ago.

“Gold imports are going to be higher in the April-June quarter as now there is more clarity on import rules and demand is good at lower prices,” said Bachhraj Bamalwa, director at the All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation. Most of the March imports were by banks, while the star trading houses — leading private firms — contributed to only 30pc of the purchase, reversing an earlier trend, the policymaker said. “Banks are more disciplined and organised than the star trading houses, so that’s not a worry for us,” said the policymaker, pointing to the RBI decision to make it Tariq Khan cutting ribbon at the opening ceremony of Alhokair Fashion Retail. —FP Photo

Taking a closer look: Chinese solar investments

LAHORE: Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park, built by the government of Punjab for private solar power generation companies, is located in Bahawalpur and has more than 6,500 acres of land with full infrastructure for utility-scale solar power projects. Two companies have come together to be the first investors in this facility, and, according to their own reports, are already energised and feeding the grid. One is QAS, the local partner and sponsor of the project, wholly owned by the government of Punjab. The other is TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis Ltd, the Chinese Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contrac-

having allegedly changed this route to go straight east from Gwadar towards Khuzdar, then slightly northeast to cross the River Indus near Ratodero and connect with the road network in Sindh.

The government has however strenuously denied that any route changes were made, arguing that two routes are being pursued, and on the request of the Chinese, the second route was being built first simply because it was cheaper to do so. –FP Monitoring

tor, and also the Operations and Management (O&M) partner. This means that QAS owns the project, but TBEA builds the plant, procures the equipment, and operates and maintains the plant after it has entered commercial operations. TBEA procured its photovoltaic (PV) panels from another Chinese supplier, JA Solar.

Mounting systems, foundation and construction services for the PV panels have been procured from Powerway Renewable Energy and Clenergy, both also Chinese companies. The latter two are private concerns, but TBEA is a massive power equipment manufacturer with a huge

presence in transmission systems and transformers. It is not clear whether it’s a government or an entirely private company, but it is publically listed. It was selected, we are told, after an international competitive bidding process.

TBEA originally bid $152 million for the EPC contract, plus $4.7m for onshore taxes, but after getting the bid, announced a discount of $18.7m “on account of perpetual friendship between Pakistan and China”. Nepra ignored the discount for purposes of tariff calculation, since it was unlikely that subsequent solar IPPs would be able

to get similar treatment.

An upfront solar tariff was determined by Nepra in January 2015, relying almost entirely on project costs furnished by QAS. Other projects that seek to set up utility-scale PV plants in the solar park in Bahawalpur, or anywhere in the country, will be paid according to the same tariff.

“For CPINE, to ensure 17pc Equity IRR is the requirement from company board for investing in overseas projects.” Without this assured return, “[n]o obvious investment advantages and attractions can be shown in doing projects in Pakistan comparing [sic] to doing similar solar pow-

er projects in China. Furthermore, there would be no chance of getting this project approved in our company’s board meeting”. Mind you, this is a far lower assured return than what Nepra’s upfront tariff for coal is offering.

And finally, the tariff should be “denominated and settled in USD for our risk estimation”.

A large rush into solar generation is getting under way in Pakistan, and 1000MW worth of projects have been given Letters of Interest. The Punjab government ought to be congratulated for taking the lead in the development of a solar park in Bahawalpur. –FP Monitoring

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BRIEF Pak-Iran border commission to open new trade points QUETTA: The Pak-Iran Border

Commission has decided to establish a hotline, open four new trade points and increase security forces’ patrolling along the borders. Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattah headed the Pakistani delegation at the three-day meeting held in the Iranian city of Zahidan. The governor of Sistan-Baluchestan led the Iranian team at the meeting.

Sources said that matters pertaining to border security, trade and drug smuggling were discussed at the meeting.

Both sides expressed their reservations on some issues and suggested measures to resolve them. The meeting decided to discourage human smuggling to European and other countries through Iran from Pakistan. It was also decided to take strict action to stop drug smuggling from border areas of the two countries. –FP Monitoring

Police apprehend two suspects during raid KARACHI: Aziz Bhatti police on

Saturday have detained as many as two suspects for creating an environment of fear in the area whereas a huge cache of weapons and hand grenades were also confiscated from their possession. As per details, the accused have been identified as Faisal and Asif Rehman who were shifted to some undisclosed place for further investigation. –FP Monitoring

ITA organises rally to increase enrolment in schools WAHEED PHULPOTO SHIKARPUR: To increase enrolment

ratio in the government primary schools of Shikarpur district, a rally to promote education was organised

by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) accompanied by District Education Department (DED) schools and community on Saturday.

Participants carried banners and placards inscribed with the messages asking parents to enroll their children in schools and ITA literatures asking children to go for school and eliminate poverty’.

Rally started from Government Boys Primary School (GBPS) Jamra and marched through the village. On the way rest of the community also joined the walk as well. The rally covered more than 2 kilometers area. Students were chanting slogans in favor of education.

Addressing the rally Maqbool Ahmed Laghari District Manager (ITA) and Zahid Ahmed Bhanbhro pointed out that as the new academic year began, it was important and appropriate that as many children as possible need to be enrolled in schools and the parents to be made aware of the value of educa-

Akhunzada Chattan survives blast in Bajaur Agency

Police recover woman's body from Federal B area KARACHI: Police on Saturday have recovered a woman’s body from a house in block 15 of Federal B area in Karachi.

As per details, the neck of the woman was chopped which created difficulties in identification process whereas the body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post mortem. Moreover, police have started investigation into the matter. –FP Monitoring

Boy drowns in a pond OUR CORRESPONDENT SHIKARPUR: 11 years old boy

identified as Karan Bheel drowned near Sultan-Kot in the limits of Sultan-Kot Police Station in a pond as his foot slipped and he fell on Saturday. Later local divers and Area Police Officials (APOs) rushed on the spot and handed over the body of deceased to his heirs after conducting post-mortem from Local Hospital.

KHAR: Pakistan People’s Party for-

mer MNA Akhunzada Chattan on Saturday survived an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bajaur tribal region's Mandal area.

According to reports, Chattan was on his way from the town of Khar to Mandal village to attend a political gathering when the IED planted on a roadside exploded near the village. As a result, some vehicles in Chatan's convoy got damaged but he managed to escape the attack unhurt.

In another development, security forces destroyed hideouts of suspected militants in Bajaur's Mamond area.

Bajaur, one of the seven regions comprising Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), is governed by tribal laws.

The region has undergone military operations against an insurgency led by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The area is also known to be infested with militants, including those from Al Qaeda and other armed extremist organisations. –FP Monitoring

tion which is the basic right of their children and allow them to unfold their talents, dreams and desires through proper education.

Addressing the rally participants further said that Pakistan is facing hard time in the history as 25 million chil-

dren are out of school and a number of them are dropped out after being enrolled. They emphasized to enroll as many students as possible and also urged students and parents to ask their parents and friends to ask their elected representatives that what they

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Brother of PPP minister killed in Lyari attack KARACHI: A brother of Pakistan Peo-

ple’s Party (PPP) MPA and provincial minister Javed Nagori was killed and three others including a policeman were injured in a grenade attack, targeting the PPP office in Lyari area of the city on Saturday.

The provincial minister remained safe in the grenade attack while four other people sustained injuries. The injured were taken to a hospital for treatment where Akbar Nagori succumbed to his injuries.

Information Minister Sharjeel Memon condemned the grenade attack on Nagori’s office and directed the authorities to bring the terrorists to book.

Bilawal House Spokesman termed the attack as a huge conspiracy, adding that the enemies of the country couldn’t have digested PPP’s successful rally in Lyari.

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has sought a report from the police into the attack.

DIG South Dr Jameel said that as were doing for education in their con- many 32 gangsters were arrested in stituency.

Lyari over the last 32 days.

A large number of students and He said that a huge cache of arms was teachers participated in the rally. also recovered on Thursday from Liaquat Colony area of Lyari. He said the grenade attack may have been a reaction over the police raids. –FP Monitoring

PFUJ, KUJ protest Karachi University teacher’s killing

KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) on Friday held a joint protest demonstration outside Karachi Press Club against brutal killing of KU Assistant Professor and journalist Waheedur Rehman.

The Journalists, carrying placards and banners, raised slogans against the killing of the journalist and government negligence to capture the killers.

Addressing journalists, KUJ Secretary General AH Khanzada said now all the journalists will be united and they would call a combined meeting of PFUJ and KUJ soon over the killing of media persons.

Senior journalist Amir Latif while supporting Khanzada’s statement, he said now the time has come that all journalists should get united. He said

killers of innocent citizens were roaming freely and no one is there to stop them. He said a joint meeting would be called in which they would device strategy for betterment of journalists.

PFUJ Secretary General Khursheed Abbasi said a selective target killing of

journalists is being carried out, therefore, administration should take notice of this heinous issue and provide protection to media persons. He said while performing duty, journalists would have to be more careful and alert.

He demanded of the government to

immediately arrest killers of journalists. Senior journalist Khursheed condemned the silence of federal and provincial governments for not arresting the killers of journalists. He demanded of the government to arrest the murderers of journalists and punish them. –FP Monitoring

ATC extends physical remand ATC remands accused of of Nine-Zero suspects two PML-N workers

KARACHI: Faisal Mota and Farhan Shabir, who were arrested during the Rangers raid at Mutahidda Quomi Movement (MQM) headquarters Nine-Zero were presented in an antiterrorism court (ATC) on Saturday.

Accused of murdering policemen in the city, the physical remand of both accused was extended till May 16.

Meanwhile Naeem alias Guddu who is accused in the May 12 case was also presented in the ATC. He is accused of murdering two political workers during the May 12 carnage in Karachi. The accused was sent on judicial remand till May 14.

ACM's daughter caught while doing cheating in inter exams:

Members of vigilance team on Saturday have caught the daughter of Assistant Commissioner Malir (ACM) while doing cheating during ongoing intermediate examination in Memon Goth in Karachi. As per details, Assistant Commissioner’s daughter threatened administration whereas her guards also brutally beaten up the staff.

On getting the information regarding the incident, Controller Examination Imran Chishti arrived at the scene and said that the girl can be disqualified for three years in this case.

Moreover, the administration stated to contact Assistant Commissioner in this regard. –FP Monitoring

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court remanded a suspect to prison in a double murder case pertaining to May 12 mayhem.

Mo¬hammad Na¬eem alias Guddu along with his absconding accomplices had been booked for allegedly killing two workers of Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) in Model Colony on May 12, 2007.

After the period of his physical remand expired, the police presented the suspect before the court where judge Bashir Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Khoso of ATC-I sent Na¬eem to prison on 14-day judicial remand. The investigation officer was also asked to submit a probe report on

next hearing.

According to the prosecution, Asghar Ali Shah and Jahanzeb of PML-N were gunned down and two other sustained injuries in Model Colony area.

The city had witnessed one of the most terrifying incidents in recent history when around 50 people were killed and over 100 wounded across the city during May 12 riots when the then deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry arrived at Karachi airport to attend a lawyers’ gathering. The former Chief Justice was forced to fly back to Islamabad after nine hours' restricted stay at the airport. –FP Monitoring

Sindh government to establish labour courts KARACHI: The Sindh government will establish labour courts in each division of Sindh to hear the cases of workers and will convene a South Asian conference on labour issues this year.

Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah made this announcement CM house. A labour task force is also being formed in order to implement labour laws in the province and committees will be constituted to frame the labour policy, he said.

“The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, being labour-friendly, will build schools, technical institutes, hospitals and dispensaries in each labour colony in the province,” he said. “Workers, their children and families will be given free treatment and education,” he said, adding that five top students from schools in each labour colony will be awarded scholarships to complete their higher education abroad.

Regarding labour inspections in factories, the chief minister referred to the Baldia factory incident where many workers perished, and said, “We cannot afford to repeat that incident, which is why the government is going to strengthen labour inspections in factories.”

Shah also promised to implement a minimum wage of Rs10,000 for the workers and said a task force, comprising both men and women, will be formed to enforce the government decision.

Speaking about the Sindh government’s shares in the Workers Welfare Fund and the Employees Old Age Benefit Institution, Shah said that Sindh’s share is greater than any other province.

“During each Council of Common Interest (CCI) meeting, I raise this point to get our due share, but the federal government is not willing to release the amount,” he said, adding that after the 18th Amendment, both of these institutions should be handed over to the provinces.

Earlier, PPP vice-president Sherry Rehman and Chaudhry Manzoor Ali of the People’s Labour Bureau Pakistan also addressed the gathering that was attended by a large number of PPP labour unions.

Ali said. “Those workers who were holding white flags in their hands were demanding that eight-hour duties be fixed in factories, but state machinery turned the white flags red with their blood,” he said, adding that PPP

leader Benazir Bhutto had planned to end anti-worker policies, which was achieved in the last PPP tenure.

He said the PML-N government was bent upon privatising public institutions at throwaway prices, but the PPP will not let it do so. “No decision can be made without the consent of the Sindh government. I request the chief minister to take up this issue in every CCI meeting by opposing the privatisation policy that is an antilabour policy,” he said.

Ali added that the federal government had sold the Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) to a company that did not even have a bank account, let alone an office.

“The PML-N government has minted money in billions of rupees that is why it hands over the government-run profitable institutions to their kith and kin,” said Ali. He said that around 169 government institutions, including banks, PTCL and KElectric, had been privatised, which had resulted in high levels of unemployment as these private companies fired many existing employees. –FP Monitoring

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UNSC emergency session on Yemen fails to evolve consensus

UNITED NATIONS: Amid escalating crisis in Yemen, the UN Security Council met in an emergency session on Friday afternoon, but failed to agree on a Russian-drafted statement calling for pauses in fighting to allow delivery of humanitarian aid.

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, who called the closed-door session, wondered why his colleagues talk about the need to help but cannot take action. The meeting took place a day

after UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon warned that basic services in Yemen were “on the brink of collapse”.

But in the latest sign of increasing tensions between Russia and the West, who are already at odds over Syria and Ukraine, the Russian envoy said his three-paragraph statement on Yemen was met with a “procrastination reaction”.

“I was prepared to drop a reference to (a call for) an immediate ceasefire, just at the very least they need to have peri-

Iran pledges to protect shared security interests with Yemen DUBAI: Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday Tehran would not let

regional powers jeopardise its security interests in Yemen, the media reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian Peninsula.

Iran has denied accusations from Western and Arab states that it is arming Shi’ite Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen. But it has regularly condemned a Saudi-led air campaign against the insurgents. “Others will not be allowed to put our shared security at risk with military adventures,” Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, according to the Iranian media in an article published on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the guardian of Sunni Islam, has long vied for influence with Iran, the region’s main Shi’ite Muslim power.

The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since late March against the Houthis and their allies, whose rapid advances forced Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government into exile in Riyadh. —FP Monitoring

Kerry says US wants to renew ties with Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: US Secretary of State John

Kerry said on Saturday the United States wanted to renew ties with Sri Lanka and announced the start of an annual bilateral dialogue after years of tensions with the island nation’s former government.

Kerry arrived in the South Asian country earlier on Saturday, the first time in a decade that a US secretary of state has visited Sri Lanka. Washington had years of tensions over human rights with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was unseated by Mathripala Sirisena in a surprise election win in January.

Sri Lanka had also tilted heavily towards China as Rajapaksa fell out with the West over human rights and allegations of war crimes at the end of the government’s drawn-out conflict with Tamil separatists, which ended in 2009.

Kerry said Washington wanted to work with Sirisena and lauded the new government’s efforts to tackle

corruption, build democratic institutions and address the wrongs of the past through a process of national reconciliation.

“I am here today because I want to say to the people of Sri Lanka in this journey to restore democracy the American people will stand with you,” Kerry said after meeting Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. “We intend to broaden and to deepen our partnership with you,” he said while announcing the annual dialogue.

Samaraweera called Kerry’s visit a “momentous occasion” and said it “signified the return of our little island nation to the center stage of international affairs.”

Kerry has been credited in Sri Lanka for his role in pressing for peaceful and inclusive elections, and for calling Rajapaksa on the eve of voting to urge him to respect the outcome. —FP Monitoring

Rebel shelling kills 12 in Aleppo DAMASCUS: At least 12 people were

killed on Saturday by a fresh rebel shelling on government-controlled areas in the country’s northern city of Aleppo, the media reported.

The shelling by the Badr Martyrs Brigade comes a day after opposition activists said the Syrian army killed the militant groups’ leader. The Badr group is known of being responsible for the bulk of the shelling against the government-controlled areas in the western part of Aleppo city.

The media said the “terrorists” who fired the rockets were entrenched in the Bani Zaid neighbourhood in eastern Aleppo. It added three children were among the killed civilians. The state news agency said Saturday the shelling came after seven people were killed by similar attack on Thursday.

Separately, the media said the Syrian

Special Forces carried out night raids against the extremist groups’ positions in the Jisr al-Shughour city, which fell to the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front last month. Many militants were killed during the overnight raids.

Meanwhile, jihadist websites posted an online video, purporting to show the jihadist militants staging a blast at the National Hospital of Jisr al-Shughour, the last remaining position for the government troops inside the city.

The video showed a huge blast by a booby-trapped vehicle at the gates of the hospital, followed by the intrusion of a number of militants to the facility. In southern region, the media said the Syrian forces in the provinces of Daraa and Qunaitera pounded the rebel supply lines near Israel. —Xinhua

odic pauses to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian supplies, they could not even agree to that," Churkin said after the meeting on Yemen.

“If you cannot agree to a motherhood and apple pie statement, what can you agree on,” he told reporters, adding: “They pay lip service; they say ‘things are very bad, but what can we do about it’.”

Churkin said UNSC members were consulting with their capitals over the statement, but he was sceptical about any agreement. The fighting among various Yemeni groups and the airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition have helped create a humanitarian crisis in what was already the Arab world’s poorest country.

Prospects for the UN-led peace talks are uncertain at the moment.

The Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, insists that talks be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Churkin said the Houthi rebels would not go there. He added that Russia sees no interest “on the part of those engaged in bombing” in engaging with the new UN envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

The secretary-general said on Thursday that more than 1,200 people had been killed in the conflict, which has turned into a kind of proxy war between Yemen’s powerful neighbour Saudi Arabia and Iran, a Russian ally. —FP Monitoring

Landlord sets child ablaze on suspicion of burning fields SHEIKHUPURA: An influential landlord

on Saturday torched a 10-year-old boy on suspicion of setting wheat fields on fire in Sheikhupura.

At least two people were arrested after the news of the incident was aired on the media. Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also taken notice of the incident.

According to details, flames from fireworks launched by children in Sikhan Wali village fell into a nearby wheat farm causing damage to the crop. In the aftermath, a landlord identified as Quyyum threw a labourer’s son Farhad into fire.

The boy kept pleading for mercy but it fell on deaf ears of the landlord. As a result, 40 per cent body of the boy was burnt and he was shifted to a local hospital. The boy is in critical situation at the trauma centre.

The Manawala Police Station ignored the incident, but later registered a case and arrested the landlord and his accomplice Younas after it was reported on the media. Shehbaz Sharif has also taken notice of the incident and has ordered immediate inquiry. —FP Monitoring

Saulat Mirza to be hanged on 12th KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker Saulat Mirza will be hanged on May 12 at Machh jail after an anti-terrorism court issued his fresh death warrants on Saturday.

Mirza was sentenced to death for killing Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Managing Director Shahid Hamid, his driver Ashraf Brohi and security guard Khan Akbar in a July 1997 shooting. In April 2014, he was transferred to Machh jail’s death cell after his mercy plea was rejected by the Sindh High Court and president of Pakistan. —FP Monitoring

iSLAMAbAD: Australian High Commissioner Peter Heyward walking on the ramp during a fundraiser fashion show ‘Colors of Hope’ organised by Paper Miracles on Saturday. —DNA

Afghan delegation to meet Taliban in Qatar

KABUL: An Afghan delegation left on

Saturday for Qatar, where it will hold two days of “open discussion” with Taliban representatives aimed at ending Afghanistan’s long war, according to an official.

“A 20-member Afghan delegation, two from the High Peace Council, left to attend talks in Qatar on Sunday and Monday,” Abdul Hakim Mujahid, first deputy of the council, told the media.

“It will be an open discussion based on peace talks in Afghanistan,” said Mujahid, adding that representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Taliban would be in attendance.

The High Peace Council was established by former Afghan President Karzai in 2010 to negotiate peace with the Taliban and other insurgent groups, but so far there has been very little

progress.

The Taliban’s official spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, confirmed that an eight-strong Taliban delegation would attend the event, which is being organised by the Pugwash Council, a global organisation that promotes dialogue to resolve conflicts.

However, the Taliban s attendance “does not mean peace talks or negotiations at all,” the Taliban s spokesman cautioned. Previous efforts to open dialogue with the Taliban have collapsed.

The group opened an office in Qatar in June 2013 as the first move towards a possible peace deal, but it shut a month later after enraging thenAfghan President Hamid Karzai by styling itself as the unofficial embassy of a government-in-exile.

The Taliban have denied rumours of having previously engaged in talks with the Afghan government and have always insisted that this would only happen if foreign forces withdraw unconditionally from Afghanistan.

Last month the Taliban launched their spring offensive across Afghanistan, stepping up attacks on government and foreign targets and inflicting a heavy toll on civilians and Afghan security forces.

This year’s Taliban offensive marks the first fighting season in which Afghan forces will battle the insurgents without the full support of US-led foreign combat troops. NATO’s combat mission formally ended in December, but a small follow-up foreign force has stayed on to train and support local security personnel. —FP Monitoring

Sacrifices by martyrs won’t go in vain: COAS

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif

said on Saturday that terrorism would be rooted out from Pakistan at all costs and that the sacrifices of martyrs would not go in vain.

Raheel was speaking to the media after attending the funeral of Captain Qasim, who was martyred in fighting against terrorists in Tirah Valley and was presented with guard of honour at Race Course Ground Rawalpindi by Pakistan Army’s squad.

The funeral prayers were also attended by Naval Chief Ad-

miral Zakaullah and other senior military and civil leadership.

The army chief paid tribute to the martyred captain and expressed determination to continue the war against terrorism until elimination of last terrorist from the Pakistani soil. He said the sacrifices of martyred soldiers would not go in vain.

Expressing pride and honour at his son’s bravery, Captain Qasim’s father said that his son had made him proud by sacrificing his life for the sake of the country’s security. -FP Monitoring

Maldives police arrest opposition leaders, 200 protesters after clashes MALE: Authorities in the Maldives

arrested three opposition leaders and nearly 200 other people after clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding the resignation of the Indian Ocean islands’ president and the release from jail of his predecessor and the main opponent.

With the arrests, nearly the entire opposition leadership behind Friday’s anti-government protests were detained, opposition lawmaker Eva Abdulla said on Saturday. The detentions could exacerbate an acrimonious political climate in the archipelago nation, which is still in its early years of democracy.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, said "”here are troubling signs that democracy is under threat in the

Maldives, where former President Nasheed has been imprisoned without due process. That is an injustice that must be addressed soon.”

Police arrested Sheik Imran, leader of the Islamic conservative Adhaalath or Justice Party; Ali Waheed, chairman of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party; and Ameen Ibrahim, deputy leader of Jumhooree or the Republican Party.

The government accused Imran of inciting violence among the protesters with the aim of overthrowing it. It did not comment on the arrests of the other opposition leaders.

Thousands of people marched in the capital on Friday, accusing President Yameen Abdul Gayoom of jailing his predecessor, Mohamed Nasheed, and others who he sees as political threats.

The opposition activists ran through a cordon of shield-carrying police protecting the military headquarters in Male and clashed with officers.

Police fired tear gas and arrested 192 protesters. They later declared that the demonstration was not peaceful, saying they will break up any gathering without warning.

Police told reporters that Imran “incited violence among protesters with the aim of toppling the government and called for clashes with the police if necessary.”

However, Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party said police charged the protesters without provocation.

The protesters also beat up two police who were flown to neighbouring Sri Lanka for treatment.

Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years in

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prison in March for ordering the arrest of a senior judge when he was president three years ago. He was sentenced under the country’s terrorism laws after the court declared that the arrest was akin to kidnapping.

Nasheed’s imprisonment after a rushed trial sparked widespread international condemnation.

Known for its luxury island resorts, the Maldives became a multiparty democracy in 2008, when Nasheed was elected president, ending the autocratic 30year rule of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

Nasheed resigned in 2012 after weeks of public protests against the arrest of the judge, who Nasheed’s government had accused of being corrupt and politically biased. In 2013, he lost a presidential election to the former leader's half brother. —FP Monitoring