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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The PML-N is ready tobring down PPP government in AzadJammu Kashmir through a no-confidence motion of in next session ofAJK Legislative Assembly, to be heldon June 6, source said.The PML-N at present holds 14 seatsin AJK, four of which were thoserepresenting the Kashmiri diaspora inPunjab. The total seats in AJKLegislative Assembly are 41. The PML-N has decided to tumble the PPPgovernment by lodging a no-confidence motion against AJK PrimeMinister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed. Agrand opposition coalition comprising

PML-N with 14 seats, Barrister SultanMehmood Chaudhry group with sevenseats, Muslim Conference five seatsand 4 MLA’s (member legislativeassembly) of PPP who won seats fromMirpur and Kotli are supporting RajaFarooq Haider, opposition leader in theassembly, source added.In a clandestine meeting held inMirpur last week between Raja FarooqHaider of PML-N and Barrister SultanMehmood Chaudhry of PPP, it wasdecided that after accomplishment ofno-confidence against Majeed, RajaFarooq Haider would be nominated asnext the AJK premier, whereasBarrister Sultan would be appointed asthe president by replacing current

President Sardar Yaqoob Khan.Barrister Sultan Chaudhry, formerAJK prime minister, when contactedfor his point of view told TheSpokesman that his party People’sMuslim League had grabbed five seatsin previous elections and he merged hisparty with Pakistan the PPP. He saidthey had hoped that they would standtogether for people of Azad Kashmirand facilitating them in giving them acorruption-free Kashmir but thepeople in AJK were very muchdisappointed with the PPPgovernment due to enormouscorruption of the current AJK cabinet.“It is right time to carry change ingovernment. We shall support any kind

of constitutional eKorts to change theexisting government,” he asserted.Syed Zulfiqar, the PML-N AJKmedia coordinator, told TheSpokesman that it’s not the choice oftheir party to bring change in the AJKgovernment through no-confidencebut the people living Kashmir as wellas the overseas Kashmiris areexhausted of hearing corruptionscandals and scams involving thecurrent ministers. Sardar TahirTabassam, former adviser to AJKprime minister and spokesman ofMuslim Conference said they werebeing contacted by PML-N AJKleadership, seeking help regarding no-confidence against the incumbent

premier. “We are observing the changesin Pakistan and current politicalsituation of AJK thoroughly. We shalldecide in our central executive councilmeeting which is scheduled to be heldon May 25 at Mujahid Manzil,Rawalpindi with Sardar Ateeq AhmedKhan in the chair,” he said.The PPP came into power in 2011 bywinning 19 of the 41 seats. The MuslimConference, the Kashmir-based partythat has ruled the region for much of itshistory since 1948, had one of itspoorest showings, winning only fiveseats. While outgoing AJK PrimeMinister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khanof the Muslim Conference was able towin his own seat, his son was defeated

in LA-26, in a constituency whereopponents alleged that the ballotpapers were designed to ensure thatvotes cast by PPP and PML-N voterswould be invalidated.PPP candidate was able to win anarrow victory over the PML-Ncandidate because a strong MCcandidate was playing the role of aspoiler, splitting away enough right-wing votes to ensure that the left-wingPPP’s candidate won.Of the 49 seats in the region’sassembly, 41 are electedrepresentatives. Twenty-nine representthe residents of AJK itself, while 12 arereserved for the Kashmiris living indiKerent parts of Pakistan.

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The PML-Nhas challenged theappointments and transferson key government postsduring the caretaker set upin the Supreme Court ofPakistan.PML-N leader KhwajaAsif challenging theappointments and transfersadopted the stance that thecaretaker government hasexceeded its mandate byappointing new people andtransferring existingoJcers on key positions,and demanded the SC tosuspend suchappointments.The postings ofChairman NationalHighway Authority,Chairman NEPRA, MD SuiSouthern and SuiNorthern, MD PakistanMineral, ChairmanNational Fertilizers, MDOGDC, Chairman StateLife, Chairman PTDC,Chairman Software ExportBoard and DG FIA havebeen challenged.He stated that thecaretaker federalgovernment has no right to

make such appointmentsor transfers. Therefore, thecourt should declare themnull and void for beingunconstitutional andillegal. Khawaja Asif hasmade the federation andthe caretaker primeminister parties in the case.On the other hand,Information Minister ArifNizami, while replying toa question in connectionwith postings andtransfers, has said hepersonally believed thatthese were justified beforeelections, but there was no

room for them now.However, he said he wouldnot say more as the matterwas sub judice. He wastalking to journalists inIslamabad. Nizami’sreservations came a dayafter another member ofcaretaker setup, AhmarBilal Soofi, expressedsimilar views on theissue. The debate isgaining heat variousquarters are questioningthe wisdom behind thelong-term actions takenby the caretakergovernment. –AGENCIES

RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: An anti-terrorism court hasapproved the bail of formerpresident Gen (retd) PervezMusharraf in the BenazirBhutto murder case. The former president hasbeen ordered to submit twobonds of Rs 1 million each.Earlier, the ATC hadreserved its verdict overMusharraf ’s bail plea in thecase. Musharraf ’s bail pleawas heard by ATC judgeHabibur Rehman. Duringthe hearing, Musharraf ’scounsel Salman Safdar saidhis client could not be heldresponsible for not carryingout Benazir’s autopsy as itwas Asif Ali Zardari who haddecided not to do it.Musharraf ’s counselargued that it was theFederal InvestigationAgency (FIA) that had heldthe former presidentresponsible for Benazir’sdeath. Safdar alsoquestioned why ChaudhryPervez Elahi, Former IBchief Ejaz Shah and HamidGul were not part of theinvestigations even thoughBenazir Bhutto had toldAmerican journalist MarkSiegel that they should beheld responsible for herdeath if something happensto her. –ONLINE

PML-N set to overthrow AJK government

Appointments and transfers

PML-N moves SCagainst caretakers

Musharraf’sbail in Benazircase approved

IG Police Bani Amin,family embroiled inhonour killing

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RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: Army Chief GenKayani has said the nation has provedthat it could face any challenge anddefeated the ‘misguided minority’.Addressing a symposium onimprovised explosive device here onMonday, he said the nation came outand cast their votes despite terrorthreats. They also defied unfoundeddictates of an insignificant andmisguided minority. He said: “As anation, our commitment to moderation,prosperity and rule of law is total andunwavering. We have the resolve and afirm belief to overcome the challengestowards attainment of these goals.”

Kayani said: “We are determined forthe prosperity and the rule of law in thecountry, and would overcome thechallenges facing the country. One ofthese challenges is the threat ofterrorism. In fighting this menace, weshare the experience of many othernations. We have a rich experience ofdealing and succeeding against thefaceless enemy who employs highlyinnovative means of destruction. Inpursuit of global peace, we have torespond to this enemy equallyinnovatively while always staying a stepahead.” The COAS said improvisedexplosive devices (IEDs) have posed a

new dimension of threat to the public aswell as the law enforcement agencies.This threat is multidimensional andcomplex. The threat and impact of theseweapons is not Pakistan-specific. IEDshave caused devastation at both regionaland global levels. These have been usedwith unfortunate consistency in Iraqand Afghanistan and other countries ofthe world. He said the recent Bostonbombings involving use of homemadeIED manifests the internationaldimension of this threat and serves as astark reminder that even the mostdeveloped nations of the world remainvulnerable to this threat. –ONLINE

Kayani greets nation, says ‘misguided minority’ defeated by vote

LLAAHHOORREE:: The president ofPML-N, Mian NawazSharif, has stressed the needto repay the circular debitamounting to Rs 500 billionforthwith to resolve theworst energy crisis faced bythe country.He was speaking to themeeting of newly-electedMNAs and MPAs, whohave won elections onPML-N’s ticket. He saidthat the PML-Ngovernment would reduceexpenditures by 30 per centas the succession of luxurieswould not be continued onthe money, which thecountry takes as debt.He said that the peoplewould know about the rightdirection of the PML-N’sgovernment and feel thediKerence within 30 days.However, he refused to giveany specific deadline foreliminating loadshedding.He said that the nationhad wasted 65 years inpolitical clashes and leg

pulling. “Now it is the hightime to set new traditions bysmooth transfer of power.The people are looking forthat Pakistan where meal ofthree times, self-respect andother facilities are availableto them.” Nawaz Sharif saidthat Taliban's oKer for talksshould be taken seriously asevery issue could not beresolved through use ofpower and bullet.He further added that anelected government hasevery right to complete itsconstitutional tenureaccording to the mandategiven by the people. Now theepisodes of topplinggovernments by coming onthe streets should be closedforever. “We won with hugemargins and lost withnarrow margins,” he said.Nawaz said he was happyover the fact that theprevious parliament hadcompleted its tenure, addingthat the tradition tooverthrow governments

through agitations mustnow come to end now.“Civilised nations followthe constitutional means forchange and I am proud thatin Pakistan transfer of powertook place in a peaceful anddemocratic way,” he said,adding this process shouldcontinue. About the electioncampaign, he said the PML-N did not resort to anynegative campaigning andgave only positive messageto the masses for change.Nawaz Sharif said his partyhas accepted the mandate ofall political parties in generalelections. He said his partyhad the opportunity to formgovernment in KhyberPakhtunkhwa with the helpof other parties but after theelections we announced it isthe right of single largestparty to form thegovernment there. He saidhis party would formgovernment in Balochistanto resolve the problems of theprovince.–ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: InformationMinister Arif Nizami hassaid the federal budget forthe next financial year islikely to be announced in thefirst week of next month.He was responding toquestions by newsmen afteraddressing a seminar hereon Monday afternoon.The minister said SenatorIshaq Dar of PML-N isexpected to be the FinanceMinister in the newgovernment and he is busypreparing budgetaryproposals these days.About power outages‚ hesaid apart from gap insupply and demand‚ theinability of the FinanceMinistry to release funds toensure an uninterruptedsupply of fuel to powerplants is also a factor.He said Khwaja Asif‚ who islikely to be minister for Waterand Power in the PML-Ngovernment‚ and a team ofexperts are preparing plansfor overcoming the shortageof power. He said thecaretaker government shouldalso seek input from this teamto help people. About postingsand transfers‚ he said hepersonally believes that thesewere justified before electionsbut there was no room forthem now. –ONLINE

LLAAHHOORREE:: PPrriimmee mmiinniisstteerr--eelleecctt NNaawwaazz SShhaarriiff aaddddrreesssseess tthhee nneewwllyy--eelleecctteedd PPMMLL--NN mmeemmbbeerrss ooff nnaattiioonnaall aanndd pprroovviinncciiaall aasssseemmbblliieess oonn MMoonnddaayy.. –ONLINE

Rs 22b to be releasedtoday for buying fuelIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Federal Minister for Water and PowerMusadiq Malik has said Rs 22.5 billion will bereleased today (Tuesday) to purchase fuel for powerproduction for the current month while Rs 42 billionwill be released the next month. Addressing a pressconference here on Monday, he said the ministryarranged resources for an uninterrupted supply ofpower during the election days. However, soon afterthat the power production declined and the nation isfacing a severe power crisis. He said that fuel supplyhas been reduced to 10,000 metric ton against 19,000tons in election days and gas supply has declined to 75mmcfd. Therefore, the power production dropped.Following the whole scenario, the prime minister hasordered the Finance Department to release Rs 22.5billion on Tuesday to continue the supply chain of oilin the country. –ONLINE

KKHHAARR:: A security forcepersonnel was gunned downwhen a polio vaccinationteam was attacked in BajaurAgency borderingAfghanistan on Monday.Officials said miscreantsin Mamond area openedfire on an anti-polio team.A soldier of Levies, whowas escorting theimmunisation team, waskilled in the attack whereasthe team membersremained safe in theattack. –ONLINE

Nawaz to cut govt expenses by 30pc

Circular debttop on agenda

Soldier killed inBajaur attackon polio team

Budget inJune’s firstweek: Nizami

PM House says postings,transfers done as per rules IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The Prime Minister House has rejectedreports carried in certain sections of media regardingpostings and transfers by the caretaker government. ASpokesman of the PM House has regretted that awrong‚ malicious and misleading impression wascreated. He said that all postings and transfers havebeen done after due examination and deliberations inconsultation with Establishment Division on the basisof reports and summaries from ministries concernedhighlighting and underscoring need for change ofincumbents either for ineJciency‚ incompetence or ongrounds of unsuitability. –ONLINE

National, international conspiracies behind PPP defeat: ZardariLLAAHHOORREE:: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday claimed that conspiracies being hatched by national andinternational institutions were the reason behind the election defeat of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). However, hecalled PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in the evening and congratulated his party on gaining a simple majority in thegeneral elections. In his pre-parliamentary address in Lahore earlier in the day, Nawaz had pointed out that PresidentZardari had not sent him a note of congratulations. President Zardari then called Nawaz felicitating him on PML-N’ssuccess in the general elections. It is worth noting that Zardari had told a party meeting that said he wouldcongratulate Nawaz Sharif if the PPP workers allowed him. Zardari also talked to JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehmanand ANP chief Asfandyar Wali on the phone and exchanged his views about issues facing the country with the partyleaders. Earlier in the day, the president met PPP ticket holders from Punjab and said he could not take part in electioncampaigning due to the restrictions placed on the oJce of president. He added that his three children will be active inpolitics. About the results of Elections 2013, Zardari said PPP was sidelined in the elections under an internationalconspiracy. He said a committee headed by Aitzaz Ahsan would look into the poor performance of the party in theelections. Zardari said some PPP enthusiasts did not like his policy of reconciliation. –AGENCIES

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The Saudiconnection seems

to have come tothe rescue ofMian NawazSharif on theissue that willdefine hisgovernment themost—energy.

Sheshnag is told that Saudi Arabia hascommitted supply of oil on deferredpayment to bail out the Nawazgovernment in its energy crisis—at leastin short term. Oil tankers will reach bythe time Mian Saheb will be sworn in asthe Prime Minister.This might be the reason of Nawaz

Sharif ’s confidence in his Lahore speechwhen he announced that people willknow about the government’s directionwithin a month. The royal Kingdom keptitself at a distance from the PPPgovernment for several reasons. Theprominent one was that Saudis were nothappy with Asif Zardari’s move to startthe gas pipeline with Iran-- besides itsextra aPection towards Nawaz Sharif.The oil supply will help Nawaz Sharif to

break the cycle of circular debt for thetime being. The Saudi oil will helpgeneration of electricity at a faster pace,thus reducing load-shedding to someextent. The Nawaz League may also havea few other cards up its sleeves. It plansto come hard on Gencos, which it believesis exaggerating its oil usage, thus creatingan artificial shortage of supplies and thusalso making mega bucks in the process.Many say the scam is to the tune ofbillions of rupees and is about to hit thefan in the coming weeks. Many morepoliticians and bureaucrats are likely tobe jailed for that.PML (N) plans to use the saving to

reduce circular debt and also to set thegeneration companies rolling forproducing electricity. The party has alsodone its homework to cut line lossesand improve recoveries. But the biggestshot in the arm will be the Saudi oilsupplies.However, it is yet to be seen whether the

increased Saudi influence will have anyimpact on our relations with Iran,particularly on the gas pipeline project.PML (N) was not happy over thecommissioning of the project towards theend of the PPP government. ShahbazSharif was on record criticizing the move,saying that the PPP government shouldhave left it for the next government todecide. But this will be the crucial issuebetween the Nawaz League, supported bySaudi Arabia and the US on one handwhile Rawalpindi on the other--whichremains committed to this newrelationship with Iran.

Saudi oil to bail out Nawazin energy crisis

HOMER BALOCH

PESHAWAR: The daughter-in-law of Inspector Generalof Islamabad (IGP) Bani Amin Khan was found dead mys-teriously in her house on Sunday morning, while the TownPolice of Peshawar is trying its best to save the accused byadopting its traditional tactics of delaying in FIR registra-tion of the case due to the pressure from Islamabad Police.According to details, deceased Waheeda, wife of Ali Amin

and mother of two children was found dead in her father’shouse located in Town area of Peshawar, while the sister’sof the deceased alleged IGP’s son Ali for murdering Wa-heeda.Inspector Sardar Hussain, the SHO of Town Police Sta-

tion Peshawar told The Spokesman that the FIR of the caseis yet to be registered as after the final report of postmortem comes. “The initial post mortem report states thatWaheeda died of a natural death”, said SHO Sardar. He fur-ther added that, “However the organs of the deceased aresent to a forensic lab in Lahore for a detailed inspection”. Inhis confusion, SHO Sardar Hussain while providing detailsof the initial report to The Spokesman also stated that thereport also mentions that Waheeda died of falling ‘from thestairs’, but at the next moment he stated that there were nowound marks on her body, according to the report. Thiscontradiction also exposes the Town Police’s tactics to savethe highly influential chief of federal police from the case byhiding the causes of the incident.When he was asked about the status of FIR, he said the

deceased sisters have submitted an application against IGPIslamabad Bani Amin Khan, his wife, and Son Ali Amin

for allegedly murdering Wa-heeda. “It is stated in the appli-cation that Waheeda has beengiven poison, and Ali AminKhan along with his father andmother is allegedly involved inmurdering his wife”, said SHOSardar. He said the family mem-bers of the deceased in theirstatement to the police has statedthat Deceased Waheeda, whowas residing in Islamabad, was

visiting them in Peshawar and she looked fine at night be-fore going to sleep, but when her mother and a house maidchecked her room at the morning at 9 AM, she found herdead lying on the floor.Replying to a question regarding the logic behind sub-

mitting the application by the victim’s family, he said “Ac-cording to her family members, deceased Waheeda was anopen minded lady and was not obeying the restrictionsmade by her husband and his family to adopt ‘Parda’, Theysay it was an honor killing (allegedly)”. On the other handaccording to some sources, deceased Waheeda was havingsome issues with her husband and his family regarding in-heritance.According to sources, IGP Islamabad’s son Ali Amin is

also alleged for his involvement immoral activities and sup-porting the criminal elements, specifically the drug mafiawithin the capital territory by using the influence of his fa-ther, on the other hand IGP Bani Amin Khan himself is al-leged for being blue-eyed of a land mafia head.

Daughter-in-law murder: IG Police BaniAmin, family embroiled in honour killing

SALMAN ABBAS

ISLAMABAD: Vacation of suits inparliament lodges from the formerparliamentarians has become a majortask for the Capital Development Au-thority (CDA) as a large number ofthose MNA’s, who lost the 2013-Gen-eral Elections, have not left the gov-ernment accommodation even afterlapse of deadline given to them by thecivic body and national assembly.However, the CDA management has

now decided to use force against theviolators.Many of the Former MNA’s who had

full confidence in their success, during2013 elections, had hired the parlia-ment lodges on rent till month of Junedespite the fact that limit of former as-sembly expired in March.However, the results of general elec-

tions appeared to be shocking forsome parliamentarians as most ofthose, who hired suits on rent till June,have lost the election. Whereas, CDAhas time and again asked them to va-cate the lodges and given the deadlinetill May 20th which has lapsed now.“But still 116 MNA’s are occupying

suits in parliament lodges and around 25

in MNA’s hostel even after their defeat inelections,” said a senior CDA oOcial.Document available with The

Spokesman showed that total numberof suits to be retained by re-electedMNAs in parliament lodges and gov-ernment hostel is 130. Whereas, 146MNA’s had to vacate the suits in par-liament lodges and MNA’s hostel outof which only 30 has left the govern-ments accommodation so far. 116 for-mer parliamentarians have yet tovacate the suits, according to the CDAdocument.Sources confided to The Spokesman

that many of the parliamentarians in-cluding Palvasha Khan, Qayum Jatoi,and Shahnaz Wazir Ali had hired the

lodges on rent till June by getting per-mission from house and library com-mittee which was headed by formerDeputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi.According to the current status, the

allotment of suits in Parliament lodgesand government hostel will be done bycommittee constituted under chair-manship of special secretary, NationalAssembly. The national assembly hasformally issued notices to the EX-MNA’s to vacate the suits in the par-liament lodges & government hostelby 20-5-2013 after which suites willbe got vacated forcibly. However,those MNAs/senators who have beenre-elected in the general elections areallowed to retain their existing suites.

SAEED MINHAS

ISLAMABAD: A trilateral war ofwords has ensued between Presi-dency and Prime Minister House onthe issue of massive transfers andpostings in the federally controlledcorporations and bureaucracy.Former chief minister of Punjab

Shahbaz Sharif was the one who ini-tiated this controversy by accusing di-rectly his political opponent andPresident of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardariof orchestrating transfers and postingof huge number of bureaucrats fromvarious ministries besides uprootingthe managing directors and CEOs ofvarious federally administered organ-izations like NESPAK, OGDCL, Suigas companies, etc.President Zardari was the first one

to rebuke former chief minister Pun-jab Shahbaz Sharif for leveling base-less accusations against the ‘symbol offederation’. Through his age-oldspokesperson who was gifted a sen-ate seat by the President for his longservices in the spinning section ofpresidency, Senator Farhat UllahBabar was on record passing the buckonto the caretakers for undertakingthe transfers unilaterally.To add fuel to the fire and perhaps

make it worse for Shahbaz Sharif andeven Presidency, Caretaker PrimeMinister Justice (Retd) Mir HazarKhan Khoso has also jumped into thering by strongly criticizing all thosewho are questioning his intentions inthis matter.It was the first time that PM Khoso

has defended the deputation of hisown son from Baluchistan govern-

ment to money minting NationalHighway Authority (NHA). Khosobelieves that since his son was notsafe in the province, therefore, hisdeputation to Islamabad was nothingbut a routine matter. Ignoring all theprinciples of ‘conflict of interest’ andthe fact that his son was working inthe same province for the past 25years, Khoso showed the guts to de-fend his fatherly act for his son.A clarification issued by the

spokesperson of the PM House readscontradictory statements. On the oneside the spokesperson, Shafqat Jalil hassaid that caretakers removed MDs andCEOs of many corporations but on theother hand it reveals that PM has ap-pointed NHA chairman believing hewas the most competent of the rest oflot and was taking special interest inone strategic road in Baluchistan. TheSpokesman regretted that a wrong,malicious and misleading impressionwas created which was unwarrantedand asked indirectly both the Presi-

dency and Shahbaz Sharif that “itneeds to be eschewed”.The Spokesman said that all post-

ings and transfers have been doneafter due diligence, examination anddeliberations in consultation with Es-tablishment Division on the basis ofreports and summaries from min-istries concerned highlighting andunderscoring need for change of in-cumbents either for ineOciency, in-competence or on grounds ofunsuitability etc. The clarification didnot mention that why MD SNGPLwas removed because he refused togive uninterrupted gas supply to oneof his personal secretary in Punjab.The Spokesman said that no new

appointments have been doneagainst much harped removal ofMDs, CEOs of OGDCL, SNGPL,SSGPL, USC, PTA and EOBI be-sides others. Acting charge has beengiven to the next senior most in suchorganization till the new govern-ment appoints new persons after

due process.The Spokesman further clarified

that the oOce of Chairman NHA hasbeen assigned to Dr. Sajjad Balochpreviously serving as Director Gen-eral, Gwadar Development Authoritynow appointed Member NHA, a pro-fessionally sound oOcer holding PhDdegree from USA in Civil Engineer-ing/Highways. Major considerationbeing acceleration of work on fasttrack on Gwadar-Rato Dero Road.The Spokesman said as regards

mis-statement on account of PrimeMinister’s son’s transfer to NHA, suf-fice is to state that he is a qualifiedcivil engineer in C&W Baluchistansince 1988, now in BS-18 since 2009.As per deputation policy, he has beenposted one step higher in BS-19 cou-pled with Aghaz-e-Haqooq Baluchis-tan package. Security concerns also

did not allow his continuation in theprovince, he added.The Spokesman emphasized that in

fact the Caretaker Government is en-gaged in the cleansing process to af-ford the new political governmentample scope and space to carry on thegood work, which is being done now.All actions of the Caretaker Govern-ment are within the ambit of law,rules, competent jurisdiction and withnoblest of intentions and high idealsof good governance. These actions arealso in accordance with the guidelinesgiven by Ministry of Law and Justicebased on international practices ofcaretaker governments.DiPerence of opinion or disagree-

ment is understandable but mali-cious mud-slinging, slandering andscandal mongering is most inappro-priate, the Spokesman said.

ZEESHAN JAVAID

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing caretakers are ac-cusing the recent PPP-led government of si-phoning oP over Rs 75 billion each year fromthe resources of ministry of water and powerwith the help of top bureaucrats thus deprivingthe tax payers of their hard earned Rs 375 bil-lion in last five years. This disclosure was made by the caretaker

federal minister for water and power, Dr. Mu-sadik Malik at a press conference where he wasto announce an injection of another Rs 22.5 bil-lion in power sector to smoothen out things forthe upcoming government of Nawaz Sharif. Theminister, however, bunked the questions re-garding his own feats during his short stint inthe ministry where he has helped his hand-picked bureaucrats to remove many incum-bents on allegations of misappropriation ormismanagement. He admitted that number of oOcials have al-

legedly been found involved in corruption busi-ness, hence were sacked from their positions.However, he was reluctant to address the ap-pointments made with his signature on keyposts in power sector to facilitate their favorites.Nevertheless, defending his fresh appoint-

ments, the minister just could not resist thetemptation to boost about their activities andconsidered them neat and clean oOcers. Theministry oOcials, however, believe that the fed-eral minister has appointed his classmates andblue eyed to run the power sector in the min-istry, who at best are described as statisticiansand not as power experts. Since the minister

had to remain dependent on this elevated newcartel of oOcers, therefore, he was all praisesform them. The oOcers under question are named by

the ministry oOcials as additional secretaryArshad Mirza and joint secretary ZarghamKhan. Mirza is a defecto secretary of the min-istry while Zargham, a classmate of the minis-ter from good old days of FC College Lahore, isrunning the power supplies besides headingthe scandalous National Transmission andDispatch Company (NTDC). Ministry sourcesconfirmed that bureaucratic cartel of powerministry is headed by additional secretary Ar-shad Mirza and Joint secretary Zargham Khanwho have hijacked the entire business of powersector. The ministry water and power under its

immediate supervisor, federal minister Mu-sadik Malik and his close allies includingjoint secretary Dr Nasarullaha, who was alsoclass mate of caretaker federal minister informer Christian college, spent their wholeenergy to facilitate their buddyAsad.I.A.Khan to reinstate as MD NationalEngineers Services Pakistan. Boosting about the role of caretakers, the fed-

eral minister read out statistics provided bythese two oOcials. The minister while applaud-ing his own performance said that ministry ofwater and power during the interim tenure in-jected more than 2500MW in the national grid.The additional secretary Arshad Mirza, a closebuddy of caretaker federal minister water andpower hired the services of Ms ShumailaMehmood against the hefty amount of Rs.

450,000 per months despite knowing the factthat she didn’t posses required qualification andexpertise. The lady under question claims tohave served as civil Judge in Azad Kashmir butsources believe that she did not even have a lawdegree to her name.After dealing with a flurry of questions about

his purported claims, the federal minister con-tinued to read out from his drafted speech that"despite high problems, we have done our bestand are sure to leave a better than previouspower sector for the new government. He saidthat to seek a permanent resolution of energycrisis in the country, the power managers hastemporarily injected Rs. 22.5 billion in powersector to minimize the gap between demandand supply of electricity.Resorting back to his blame game, the federal

minister did not reveal any names nor anynumber of employees involved in the huge cor-ruption allegedly made in the last five years. Herepeatedly said that big guns of power sector re-mained involved in huge corruption of worthRs. 75 billion per year.Addressing the press conference after a meet-

ing convened by caretaker chief executive of thecountry, just days before their natural demise,caretaker federal minister Dr. Musadik Malikrevealed that during last five years of formerPakistan People’s Party (PPP) democraticregime plundered the amount of Rs. 375 billion.Federal minister claimed that within couple ofdays, ministry water and power would be ableto generate 11,500MW to 12,000MW, whichwould be helpful to bring down the miseries ofpower electricity consumers, while Rs. 42 bil-

lion more needed in next month to cater the en-ergy issue.Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan

Khoso has also directed the Finance mangersto immediately release Rs. 22.5 billion to theMinistry of Water and Power for provision offuel to the thermal power plants. As decidedby the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Financewould forthwith release Rs. 15 billion for pro-vision of fuel while another sum of Rs. 7.5 bil-lion would also be released subsequently onimmediate basis to generate additional powerto further reduce the gap between demand andsupply.The country has the installed generation ca-

pacity of Hydel power generation more than6134MW, however Water and Power Develop-ment Authority still stood on generation capac-ity not more than 3500 to 33700MW, ministrywater and power injected billion of rupees togenerate thermal power, which is much costlythan Hydel resources, despite to achieve setHydel installed capacity.According to a research approved by Interna-

tional Financial Institutions (IFIs) includingAsian Development Bank (ADB) and WorldBank (WB) revealed, the country (Pakistan) hastotal potential of power generation more than350,000MW through alternative energy re-sources including wind, solar, small hydro andBio Mass, however since the establishment ofAEDB, which was formed in the rule of formerpresident Gen (Retd) Pervaiz Musharaf in2002, claimed a nominal contribution of only100MW renewable energy through wind re-sources during more than one decade.

Massive transfers, Postings

Khoso rebukes both PresidentZardari, Shahbaz Sharif

Power sector: Caretakers Energy minister blamesPPP government of 375 billion corruption

141 former MNAs illegally occupyingparliament lodges

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

Security plan forChinese delegationreviewedSTAFF REPORT

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Interior Minister MalikMohammad Habib Khan on Mondaydirected the concerned authorities toensure foolproof security arrangementsfor the upcoming visit of high-poweredChinese delegation to Pakistan.He chaired a high-level meeting atMinistry of Interior to review securityplan made for the upcoming visit of highpowered Chinese delegation to Pakistan.The meeting was attended by FederalSecretary Interior, Additional SecretaryInterior, DG NCMC, ChiefCommissioner, Islamabad IG police,representatives of Rangers, FC and lawenforcement agencies.The Minister directed to ensurefoolproof security arrangements for theupcoming visit of high-powered Chinesedelegation to Pakistan also comprisingChinese premier. He directed the police tobe vigilant and security level should befurther increased in and aroundIslamabad. He further directed that aerialsecurity surveillance be carried out incoordination with police. He furtherdirected that specific traKc plan includingalternate arrangements should be made tofacilitate the general public so that noinconvenience is faced by the public.

Nizami termsdemocracy imperativefor economic growthIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Caretaker FederalMinister for Information andBroadcasting Arif Nizami has said that astable democracy and democraticinstitutions will be vital for economicgrowth and peace in the country. Talkingto a private television channelé he saidthat the country was facing challengesand the new government would have totackle them by strong political will.Information Minister has expressedhope that new Government would turnPakistan into a peaceful and stablecountry. ––OONNLLIINNEE

CDA to cleanse G-8/4footpaths from showroom vehiclesIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The CapitalDevelopment Authority hasannounced to remove show roomsvehicles illegally parked daily onfootpaths in G-8/4 within a weekCDA sources said chairman CDA hasissued directives formally toenforcement directorate to removethe vehicles from all the foot pathsparticularly outside Awan Plaza in G-8/4, which are parked by the ownersof vehicle showrooms. Theshowroom owners park theirvehicles illegally daily and thispractice is creating embarrassmentto the pedestrians as all thefootpaths are blocked by the vehiclesowned by the show rooms. ––OONNLLIINNEE

Withdrawal of car-parkingfee demandedIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Citizens have voicedstrong protest against imposition ofcar parking fee at BenazirInternational air port and demandedimmediate withdrawal of this unjustlevy. Civil Aviation Authority hasslapped car parking fee at the rate ofRs 40 per car or vehicle but nosecurity arrangement has been put inplace by the authority in respect of thevehicles, said a car owner. No car-parking fee is charged at any other airport in the country but here at thisairport the citizens are being subjectedto this arbitrarily imposed fee by CAA,which is unjust and an act ofhighhandedness. The chit which isissued to the vehicle owners who parktheir vehicles after making payment ofRs 40 rings alarming bell for theowner of the vehicle when the warninginscribed thereon flashes “airportauthority will not be responsible if thevehicle is stolen or damage is caused toit”. When the authority does not takeany responsibility then why we arecharged this fee, questioned a group ofowners of the vehicles. The citizenshave demanded car parking fee bewithdrawn forthwith otherwise theywill resort to the court. ––OONNLLIINNEE

Man attempts suicide overdomestic disputeRRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: A middle-age manattempted to commit suicide overaltercation with his wife andsustained severe injuries in the area ofNew Town here the other day. Thevictim’s mother, namely Maryam, toldthe police that the couple hadfrequently quarrel over some minordomestic dispute. She told the policethat Zameer (40) fed up from hisroutine issues went into the room,locked it and shot himself resultantlyhe sustained severe injuries. Afterhearing the gunshot, the family triedto enter into the room but the roomwas locked from inside. They brokedown the door and saw that Zameerwas lying in pool of blood. Later on,he was shifted to hospital for medicalaid. Police registered the case andstarted thorough investigation. ––OONNLLIINNEE

Hearing of missingprisoners case adjournedIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The Supreme Courthas adjourned the hearing of Adialajail missing prisoners’ case for threedays being Justice Sheikh AzmatSaeed on leave besides issuing noticeto home secretary KhyberPakhtunkhwa. A 3-member bench ofSC headed by the Chief Justice ofPakistan (CJP) Iftikhar MuhammadChaudhry took up the case for hearingMonday. Tariq Asad advocateappeared on behalf of the accusedpersons in the court during the courseof hearing. The court remarked, “Asjustice Shekh Azmat Saeed is part ofthis bench and the case will be heardwhen he returns. Tariq Asad advocatesaid illegal proceedings had beeninitiated against his clients and it wasessential that it be got stopped.” ––OONNLLIINNEE

RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: Non-installation of newtransformer in place of out of order transferhas given rise to voltage problem for theresidents of Muslim Town at the cost oftheir precious electronic appliances.The previous transformer installed in Al-Muslim street Muslim town was removedand taken away by the IESCO personnel forrepair works since several days before butneither the defective transformer has beenrepaired nor has any new transformer beeninstalled so far.This state of affairs is causing heavyfinancial loss to the inmates as thefluctuating situation of voltage has deprivedthem of costly electronic appliances,including refrigerator, television and other

items. A sudden enormous rise and fall involtage plays havoc with the preciouselectronic gadgets.“We are poor salaried class and we havegot refrigerators and TV from the marketunder installment arrangement but they areno more with us as they have beencompleted burnt due to sudden upsurge involtage. We are worried how we will pay theremaining installments,” said a group ofresidents.The residents have demanded of IESCOto install new transformer immediatelyotherwise they will sue the authority forpayment of damages being caused by thevoltage problem due to lack oftransformer. ––OONNLLIINNEE

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The HigherEducation Commission has startedfive-day training workshops for theprincipals/administrators of aKliatedcolleges of the public sectoruniversities at Peshawar, Lahore andKarachi, under the World BankSupport Programme for TertiaryEducation in Pakistan.About 92 principals of aKliatedcolleges from four provinces areparticipating in the workshops. Themain topics of the workshop includestrategic and financial management,auditing, planning, development

communication skills, andinformation technology.Speaking on the occasion throughvideo conferencing, ExecutiveDirector HEC, Prof. Dr. MukhtarAhmed said that college education isvery important pillar of highereducation in Pakistan and after 18thamendment; HEC is working closelywith the provincial higher educationdepartments to bring collegeeducation at par with internationalstandards. He also assured that HECwould provide every sort of possiblefacilitation and assistance to bringquality in the college education. Fida Hussain Director General

Academics HEC in his welcomeremarks informed that through thisinnovative and first sort of activity800 college administrators are beingtrained over the period of three year. He also informed that trainingworkshop is aimed at enhancingcapacity and skills ofPrincipals/Administrators ofaKliated Colleges for improvingquality of governance, administrationand management.The World Bank has also agreed tosupport HEC’s Medium-TermDevelopment Framework-II for theyear 2011-15 through TertiaryEducation Support Program. For

eLective execution of the programme,implementation modalities have alsobeen agreed and Government ofPakistan and World Bank signed anagreement in 2011. Under thisagreement, the success of executionwould be measured through keyperformance indicators, including 10disbursement linked indicators.Among these DLIs, the fourth one

relates to improving quality of collegeeducation. Through this newprogram, during first year ofexecution, 100 degree colleges on thebasis of provincial quota would beselected for capacity building in thefields of academic and financial

management. In addition, themebased training programs would alsobe oLered to the principals andteaching faculty of the colleges. The purpose of the trainingprogram is to train them forinternational examination andassessment best practices, as thesecolleges are likely to follow semestersystem. HEC is implementing this programby involving all the relevantstakeholders, i.e., designated colleges,directorates of education, provincialbureau of curriculum and training,the aKliating universities andprovincial education departments.

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: In an effort tobring the cash-starved CapitalDevelopment Authority out offinancial crunch, the civicbody has finalisedarrangements for the auctionof commercial plots on May 21and 22 at Jinnah ConventionCentre.A meeting to finalise thearrangements for auction washeld here at CDAHeadquarters, which waspresided over by ChairmanSyed Tahir Shahbaz. On thisoccasion, the chairman of theAuction Committee, MemberFinance Azhar Ali Chaudhry,Members of the AuctionCommittee, Member Planningand Design Syed MustafainKazmi, Member Estate Shaista

Sohail, Director EstateManagement-I, Director EstateManagement-II and oKcers ofFinance and Planning Wing ofthe CDA were also present. Syed Tahir Shahbaz wasapprised that 22 commercialplots of diLerentcategories, includingplots for fillingstations, weddinghalls, five-star hotels,

conference/exhibitioncentres and Class-IIIshopping centres, locatedin Sector E-11, Markaz G-11,Markaz G-10, Markaz I-8,Markaz G-9, F-10, I-10, F-11,and Blue Area would be oLeredfor open bidding.Chairman CDA said that thepurpose of the auction is toprovide business opportunities

to traders communities, addingthat the authority is committedto facilitate the businesscommunity to help boost theeconomic activities in thefederal capital.

Due to fast expansion ofIslamabad, CDA hasalso planned toextend the businessactivities in thecity. To meet therequirements ofthe residents, CDAis offering

commercial plots foropen auction. He said thatthe authority would ensurethe transparency during theauction process.The auction would besupervised by the auctioncommittee, headed by AzharAli Chaudhry Member

Finance and comprising ofSyed Mustafain Kazmi,Member Planning and Design,Shaista Sohail, MemberEstate, Deputy DirectorGeneral Finance, DirectorEstate Management-I,Director Estate Management-II and Director PublicRelations as its members.To ensure maximumparticipation of the public, theauthority has alreadyconducted country-widepublicity of the upcomingauction. Different banks havealso finalized arrangementsfor establishment of countersto facilitate the participants ofthe auction. Chairman CDAwas informed that brochureswith terms and conditions areavailable at One-WindowOperation of the CDA.

LLeeaaddeerr ooff PPTTII DDrr.. SShhaahhzzaadd WWaasseeeemm llaayyiinngg cchhaaddaarr aatt tthhee GGoollrraa SShhaarriiff sshhrriinnee.. —— OONNLLIINNEE

92 principals to attend training workshops� WB-supported programme’s main topics include strategic and financial management, auditing and planning

AA vviieeww ooff tthhee ssuunnsseett aatt MMaarrggaallllaa HHiillllss dduurriinngg pprreesseennccee ooff dduusstt iinn tthhee aaiirr.. ——OONNLLIINNEE

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The CapitalDevelopment Authority hassuKcient stock of water to meetwater requirement for theongoing summer season, however,due to power outage, tube wellsinstalled in different sector of citywould cause hassle in supply ofwater to the residents of thefederal capital.This was stated by CDAChairman Syed Tahir Shahbazwhile inaugurating CDA’s “Clean &Green Islamabad” campaign here

in Sector I-8 on Monday. TahirShahbaz directed Water SupplyWing of the Authority to ensureuninterrupted supply of water tothe residents of Capital City insummer season.He has also directed WaterManagement Wing to supply waterthrough water tankers to thosesectors facing acute shortage ofwater. He said that staL of watermanagement will work round theclock in three shits so that thecomplaints could be addressedpromptly; moreover, services ofprivate tankers would also be hired.

He has also directed to repair allthose water tankers which neednecessary maintenance. ChairmanCDA has requested the citizen ofIslamabad to use the water frugallyto avoid its wastage.Earlier, Shahbaz visited diLerentareas of Sector I-8 to inspect roads,parks, water supply system,sewerage system and grounds. Hedirected the concerned formationsof the authority to carryout repair,maintenance and renovation workin those areas. He appreciated theactive participation of public,especially, school children in the

campaign. On this occasion, MemberEnvironment Ahsan Ali Mangi,Member Engineering, SanaullahAman, Coordinator of thecampaign “Clean and GreenIslamabad” Rawal Khan Maitlawere also present. School Children,Citizens and civil society membersalong with Chairman CDA tookactive part in cleanliness drive.Participants of “Clean and GreenIslamabad” campaign assured theirfull support and requested the CDAchairman to extend the campaignto all parts of the city.

Su�cient water available forsummer season, says CDA chief

Voltage fluctuation plays havocwith precious electronic gadgets� Non-installation of transformer protested

Cash-strapped CDA to sell 22 plotsSizzling mercurypropels sale of icecream, drinksIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Following the advent of summerseason and unscheduled power outage in thefederal capital the sale of Ice cream and drinkshave risen. With the rising sizzling weather inIslamabad, The shopkeepers has also increasedthe prices of ice cream and several other drinksdue to which the many citizens are facingdiKculties.The citizens of G-7 told that to beat the summerheat now they are not able to buy cold drinks dueto the increasing prices.According to metrological department, thewave of severe summer has gripped Punjab,Sindh, including Islamabad and other plain areasand predicted high intensity of heat in next twoweek. The unscheduled power outage hasincreased the problems of citizens.Meanwhile, the citizens demanded fromconcerned authority to take concrete stepsregarding the rising prices of ice cream so thatthe masses would get some relief. ––OONNLLIINNEE

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

THE SPOKESMANChief Editor: Huma Ali

Resident Editor: Saeed Minhas

PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif 's re-election as Prime Minister hasreceived mixed responses in India.Many have welcomed the electoralverdict, stating that Sharif is the bestbet for India. His earlier attempts forpeace with India, and the recentelectoral campaign where he madesome bold statements with regard toties with India are used to put forththis argument. The Pakistan PMspoke not only about closereconomic ties but also promised anenquiry into Kargil and the 26/11Mumbai attacks. Others however arenot so hopeful, since they believethat while Sharif ’s intentions may beright, taming the army would not bethat simple. The fact, that he wasPM during the 1993 Mumbai blastsand the Kargil aggression has alsobeen highlighted by the skeptics.While at the national level, the

debate is likely to go on about theimpact of Sharif on Indo-Pakrelations, and the coming monthswill make it clear whether he cantransform his intentions into actions,one sure way of improving ties couldbe through the Punjab's. Not simplybecause both India and Pakistanhave Punjabi Prime Ministers, butbecause the path towards dialogueand reconciliation which was begunby Nawaz Sharif himself and the lateInder Kumar Gujral, who shared awonderful rapport, has definitelyfound strong resonance in both Eastand West Punjab over the pastdecade. While it would be incorrectand unfair to assume that there is nopeace constituency outside the twoprovinces, there is no doubtwhatsoever that because of theirgeographical location and economicgains from a good relationship thetwo provinces have shown the way.Apart from the foresight of the

national leadership, credit should go

to the provincial governments ofboth sides, for not just indulging in'jhappis and pappis', but alsoexploring cooperation in theeconomicdomain. While the processof interaction between the twoPunjabs was begun by ChaudhryPervaiz Elahi and CaptainAmarinder Singh, their successorsShahbaz Sharif, the younger brotherof Nawaz, and Parkash Singh Badalhave done their bit in carrying thisforward. Badal's deputy Sukhbirvisited Pakistan in October along

with a business delegation andexplored areas where the twoPunjabs could cooperate.The positive impact of the thaw

between the Punjabs is borne out notmerely by trade figures across theWagah-Attari border, but also bychanging the sentiment in PakistaniPunjab. The potential benefits of amore purposeful relationship withIndia, especially in the economicsphere, has certainly played somerole in blunting the Anti-Indiasentiment in Pakistan's Punjab. Thefact, that no political party foughtthe elections on an Anti-India plank

was a strong illustration of thispoint. While Nawaz during the 1997election campaign had spoken aboutbetter ties with India, Kashmir was aclear caveat. This timeeconomicsovershadowed other disputes duringthe campaign. Emotive issues suchas Kashmir and water received verylittle mention. While there is nodoubt that things may change when‘Sher-E-Punjab’ is actually in power,the fact that the campaign was bereftof emotive issues is a positive signwhich India should not

Sharif needs to deal with domesticproblems such as terrorism and aneconomy in the doldrums, and alsoconvince the Indians that he isgenuinely committed to peace bybeing firm on terror groups,especially the Lashkar-E-Tayebawhich carried out the Mumbaiattacks, whom he has been accusedof being soft on. India can help himin a big way, by reaching out in theeconomic sphere. A sound beginningcould be made by increasing tradebetween the two Punjab’s and otherborder regions such as Rajasthan-Sind and Gujarat-Sind. This would

not only benefit India’s border states,but also the Pakistan economy andwiden the constituency for peace inthat country. Such a situation couldstrengthen Sharif vis-à-vis the armyand give him the space to make somebold gestures. A good beginningtowards this could be made by statelevel delegations from Rajasthan,Gujarat and Punjab . This would beuseful in the Indian context, as itcould build a strong consensus forbetter relations with Pakistan –something which is sorely missing –since Gujarat is ruled by a BJPgovernment and Punjab by theShiromani Akali Dal an ally of theBJP. The next step could be a highlevel delegation led by the PrimeMinister, accompanied by ChiefMinisters of these states, just as hewas accompanied by Chief Ministersfrom states bordering Bangladesh –barring West Bengal -- on his Dhakavisit in 2011. Such engagementwould ensure that the focus is oneconomics, rather than contentiousissues.The last two years have clearly

shown, that as long as the focus is onmutual economic benefits and notemotive issues, the appetite for peaceis likely to increase on both sides.Hopefully, both countries will realizethis, and ensure that pragmatismand realism takes precedence overemotion and historical baggage. Thebusinessman in Sharif seems torealize this, one just hopes that NewDelhi seizes possible opportunitiesarising from the visible change in thePakistani mindset. If not, then itshould leave it to state governments– such as Punjab -- to do so andthink imaginatively.

TRIDIVESH SINGH MAINI IS A NEWDELHI BASED ANALYST AND

INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICYANALYST

Block 11, G-6/1, Aabpara, Islamabad

Telephone: 051 260 7153-4

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Apart from the foresight of the nationalleadership, credit should go to the provincial

governments of both sides, for not justindulging in 'jhappis and pappis', but also

exploring cooperation in theeconomicdomain. While the process of

interaction between the two Punjabs wasbegun by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and

Captain Amarinder Singh, their successorsShahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of

Nawaz, and Parkash Singh Badal have donetheir bit in carrying this forward

Power tariff hikeTheNational Electric PowerRegulatory Authority (NEPRA) hasincreased the electricity tariT by Rs.5.8per unit for the domestic as well ascommercial consumers. The increase ismassive. The people are in a state ofshock and awe. Already under

unbearable inflationary pressures, theysimply do not know how they wouldcope with the recent unwarrantedincrease in the electricity tariT which isgoing to have a chain eTect on all itemsof daily consumption. The peoplesincerely expect that the incominggovernment will overrule this nerve-racking and consumer-unfriendlydecision of NEPRA, and immediatelywithdraw this hike in electricity tariT.

M FAZAL ELAHIISLAMABAD

TV shows panicking peopleTV Shows try to sensationalize newsitem and create dramatic eTect toenhance their ratings. The race forratings forces them to twist and turnthe arms. Today I would like to discussthe three talk shows and their hosts.This will give us bird's eye view. For

the last few days they have beencontinuously hammering the rigging

and discussing on this themereligiously. The people have becomesick of it , and are nomore interested towatch such programs.Each anchor or host has his or her

likings. For example, Kamran Khanafter the elections has been all praisefor the PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. Hehas become the epitome of virtue andpiety. He sees no wrong, and hears nowrong about the PML-N leadership.They have become clean, fair and Godfearing persons. They have cleanedtheir act, andMr. Kamran has giventhe certificate. Kamran Khan is theworst of all. He wants to impose hisslanting views upon the public.He has shown clear bias against PPP

and its leadership. For him they are thecorrupt, morally depraved and satanicpeople. They are the cause of every ill ofthe society. He gets riled up and startsblaming the PPP leadership. Heminces no words to paint them dark.NowNawaz Sharif is his favoritepolitician and he thinks he is going to

deliver and would keep his promises.He will dig the canals of honey andmilk throughout the country, and pavethe roads with gold and silver bricks.He has also showered praises for hisyounger brother the notorious scamartist Shahbaz Sharif.We are at the verge of economic

collapse and looking forward towardsthe government to solve our economicwoes. The question is can they do itandmatch the performance ofdeveloping countries economic revivaland recovery.He has given full credit to Shahbaz

Sharif 's grand performance in bringingthe developmental projects, like JunglaBus service at a huge expense to theexchequer. He thinks Shahbaz hasperformed amiracle in Punjab, and asa result has won the general electionswith a thumpingmajority. Heconveniently forgets their corruptionand ill-conceived schemes on whichtremendous resources of the countryhave been diverted and spent. He has

neglected health and educationservices. He has treated young doctorsin amanner that has wreaked havocand brought them dismay.He is a vindictive person and young

doctors are facing his bad temper andhumiliation. See no evil, hear no evil ishis policy, when he talks highly if theduo. The second talk show that I wantto discuss is Capital Talk byHamidMir. He is a lesser evil as compared toKamran Khan. He too imposes hisviews not just on the guests, but alsothe viewers. He isMr Know-all, andpresents clips of the earlier recordedshows to embarrass the guests.This is unacceptable negative

approach in journalism and brings badname to the channels and the quality ofprograms. Should we impose censor orregulate themedia, especially the socialand internet media. On today's showhe presented four guests who raisedhue and cry against rampant rigging inthe elections. Some was genuineconcern based on facts. The

responsibility of this massive rigginglies on the shoulders of the ECP andCEC. The party that engineered theriggingmust be brought to justice, torestore the confidence of the people inthe elections process. ECPmustpronide suitable remedy in case ofrigging at any polling station. Theymust address this issue on prioritybasis. The third andmost importantcriticism is directed towardsMayaKhan Show. This host is currentlydoing her show on Express TVchannel. She has been axed previouslyby Sama TV and ARY TV channels.She is a bold performer and a creativeperson. She deals with highlycontroversial topics. She exploits girlsand women to boost the ratings of hershow. She is unstoppable girl thatgiggles toomuch.

WAQAS AHMEDLAHORE

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Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid has said that reaching a final peaceagreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time, andboth the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. This ideawas floated by Israelis in March, but the Palestinians have repeatedlyrejected this option, fearing an interim deal that falls short of theirhopes will become permanent. In the past many accords were made toresolve the issue. The Oslo Accord was based on the principle of “Landfor Peace”, and the US was a guarantor for implementation of theagreement. But Israel would not implement it. Even former PresidentBush’s ‘road map’ had been torn into pieces by Israel. It is too wellknown that the Israeli lobby afflicts US Congress and the President. Theimmense power of the Jewish lobby is a proven fact, and nobody onCapitol Hill will dare defy this all-powerful lobby. Even of the mostpowerful US Senators in American history William Fulbright had oncebluntly said on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’: “Israel controls the US Senate”.The fact remains that protection of Israel is cornerstone of Americanforeign policy; but Israel takes advantage and creates problems for theUS. Many conflicts in the Middle East owe their origin to Israel becausethe US formulates its policies to protect Israel from any palpable threatfrom any country in the region. When Afghanistan was bombed duringClinton’s presidency, it was to kill Osama bin Laden because he wantedthat Israel should vacate Arab lands. He also wanted that the USshould withdraw its forces from Saudi Arabia, because the objective oftheir presence is keeping the region under its control, which is in theinterest of Israel. Even when the US attacked Iraq, it was to destroy apowerful Arab country that could have posed threat to Israel at anystage. Anyhow, the US cannot ensure security to Israel in this way andthe only sure guarantee for Israel’s security is creation of a viable,democratic and dynamic Palestinian state. And any ruse andsubterfuge to make permanent settlements in West Bank is fraught.Of course, apart from Israel’s intransigence, division between Fatahand Hamas further emboldens Israel to procrastinate on the issue.Since Prime Minister Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority (PA) hasresigned, and with Khaled Meshal winning a new mandate asHamad’s boss there is hope for a unity government in PA. Secondly,Muslim fraternity is its own enemy. The role of Organization ofIslamic Conference (OIC) has been dubious, and it is mute on theissue. On the other hand, on 29th April 2013 Arab League delegationrepresenting 22 Arab countries revisited its plan proposed more thana decade ago. Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani aftermeeting John Kerry said: “Whereas the 2002 peace initiative calledfor Israel’s complete withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, an eventual dealwould probably involve minor land swaps”. One can infer from thisstatement that some Jewish settlements built on occupied land in theWest Bank could remain part of Israel. This is the position Israel hastaken; therefore Arab League should not support Israel’s stance andstand with Palestinians.

Israel’s chicaneries

In the good old days of cricket, matches werewon and lost in pristine sportsman spirit. Butthe face of cricket has changed altogether. Intoday’s corporate cricket culture, the old valueshave died down. Contrary to the past, in theultra-commercialised cricket fields of today,matches are NOTwon and lost; they are soldand bought out of a massive greed for money.Cricket is a reason for living to millions of fansscattered all over the world. It is evenmorethan that. To many cricket-crazy soulswielding a bat and ball in streets and corners ofevery city and town, it is a faith or religion. Yetthere is another big lot that are consistent thatit is running in their veins in place of blood.Therefore, all these creatures worship theirfavourite players like idols or semi Gods.Indian Premier League (IPL) is facing thevolleys of heavy canon fires from all directionsafter the spot-fixing scandal involving threeRajasthan Royals players, S. Sreesanth, AnkeetChavan and Ajit Chandila. The scandal hascast aspersions on the sanctity of cricket. It hasadded weight to the growing concerns ofcorruption plaguing the game. The angrycricket lovers have termed IPL as IndianPranksters League which is playing with theiremotions.The future of cricket is terribly clouded. With acorruption scandal surfacing for the secondsuccessive time at the lucrative IPL, the eScacyof the ICC and its Anti Corruption and SecurityUnit (ACSU) unit to curb the menace has alsocame under question. Cricket is no longer agentleman’s game and has instead become agambling den which is destroying a generation.It is beyond a reasonable doubt that India’s

notorious underworld riT-raT has taken overthe defacto control of cricket. It is the sameriT-raT which is calling the shot from behindthe curtains. In such an atmosphere, illegalsyndicates continue to thrive and Indianmediaestimates put the amount bet on 2009 IPLTwenty20 competition at $427million. Butthis is an old story, the recent figures hasincreased far higher than that. It is worthmentioning that an average IPL player islegally earning $ 500,000/- per annum. This isworst kind of mental sickness if they still opt toearn more through deceptions.The shameful revelations of modus operandi ofthe sold out players shows that they weresending pre-determined signals to the bookiesto facilitate them to put maximum bets. Thesignals were such that these won't have everraised any suspicion on or oT the field.Disgraced cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandilaand Ankeet Chavan were willing to doanything - tuck a towel in the trouser, rotatethe wrist band, pull their T-shirt up and down,pull out the locket around their neck, dostretching and warming up exercises and evenset the field to earn those big bucks, accordingto the investigation oScers.If the players failed to give the signal, themoney was lost as it happened in the case ofAjit Chandila. He was supposed to pull up hisshirt to signal the start of the manipulated overbut he forgot to give the signal. Though he

conceded the agreed 14 runs, the bookies couldnot place any bets since they didn't get thesignal. This led to a lot of arguments anddemand for return of the money (Rs 20 lakh)advanced to him. Another Rs 20 lakh was to begiven after the match.Not only cricket, but most of the famous gamesof the world has this black shadow of betting. Itis the innocent public who has more love forgame and pay to watch it and forget to giveimportance to their family and profession. Theangry fans suggest boycotting all the sports bynot going to stadium or watching on TV. Thepoor gate-money at stadiums will frustratedthe advertisers and sponsors which afterdeclining public response will reduce theirspending. Once this lack of public interestcontinues to rise, the stakes will come downand cricket fields will be purged of corruptionthereafter.It is an objective theory that with the advent ofT-20 cricket, the incidence of gambling hasincreased manifolds as the bookies havefocused all their attention on these events.Following many scandals of match fixing inTest and One- day cricket, the scrutiny andclose monitoring has made the match fixingvery diScult. Here comes the spot fixing,where it is easier to seal a deal on individualbasis. T-20 is prime target due to the speed andthrill of the game, brief timing and sure results.The ICCmust take a swift and stern action to

save International cricket. They have no otherchoice but to put pressure to completely banthe IPL T20 cricket format, at least in India. Itis the because India has turned out to be thelargest breeding ground for bookies havingtons of black money bags at their disposalduring these matches. It is wrong to assumethat these bookies have sacks full of currency;they have rooms full of black money to ill-invest in the game.It is time to remember once again the biggestevent of the recent cricket history. The India vPakistanWorld Cup semi-final inMohali onMarch 30, 2011 may just have been the mostkeenly anticipated game of cricket ever played.The whole Asian subcontinent came to astandstill on that day as the primeministers ofIndia and Pakistan were the part of the livecrowd watching ‘the clash of titans’. Believe itor not, this encounter was fixed. If anyone hasany doubt about it; please read award winningBritish sports-betting journalist Ed Hawkins’sbook titled “Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy - AJourney to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld”released in November 2012.Interestingly, Hawkins who had spent monthsinvestigating corruption in cricket —wasfollowing the game on TV at home in Londonwith a friend. India batted first and wasrelieved that Pakistan’s fielders contrived todrop Sachin Tendulkar four times on his way to85. But as their innings came to an end,

Hawkins received a tweet from an Indianbookmaker called Parthiv, a contact he hadestablished during his investigations. Themessage cast a doubt on the fairness of one ofthe most sought after fixtures. Hawkinswrote:With the innings winding down andmyfriend Cherrene oTmaking more tea, I checkemails, news sites, Facebook and, finally, myTwitter account. Parthiv had sent a message:‘Bookie update. India will bat first and scoreover 260, 3 wickets fall within the first 15overs, Pakistan will cruise to 100, then lose 2quick wickets, at 150 they will be 5 down andcrumble and lose by a margin of over 20 runs.’Those who remember the details of this matchwill agree that the match endedmore or less onthe similar script which Hawkins got wellbefore the delivery of the first ball.The writer was so disappointed during hisinvestigation stories of match fixing that hewrote in dismay: “After all of it, I will neverwatch a cricket match in the same way again.”Times of India has commented the book in thefollowing paragraph: At the end of it all, adisillusioned Hawkins feels ‘he would nevertruly believe the game is pure’. With itsattention to detail and feel for character, thebook oTers much in terms of novelty andknowledge— stuT that may push the naïvecricket fan out of his comfort zone.

THEWRITER IS A FREELANCER

It’s not cricket

Sharif needs to deal with domestic problems such as terrorism and an economy in thedoldrums, and also convince the Indians that he is genuinely committed to peace by beingfirm on terror groups, especially the Lashkar-e-Tayeba which carried out the Mumbaiattacks, whom he has been accused of being soft on

CH .FARAKH SHAHZAD Cricket is a reason for living to millions of fans scattered all over the world. It is even more than that. Tomany cricket-crazy souls wielding a bat and ball in streets and corners of every city and town, it is a faithor religion. Yet there is another big lot that are consistent that it is running in their veins in place of blood

TRIDIVESH SINGH MAINI

Indo-Pak relations: The need forimaginative economic engagement

Tunisian PM vows firmaction after Islamist unrestTTUUNNIISS:: Tunisia's Islamist premier AliLarayedh vowed tough action againstAnsar al-Sharia on Monday afterbloody clashes between police andmembers of the radical Salafist group,hinting at a shift in government policy.Tunisia has been rocked by waves ofviolence blamed on militant Islamistssince its January 2011 revolution, andLarayedh reacted angrily to the latestunrest, which erupted after theauthorities banned the group's annualcongress. At least one protester waskilled and 15 police hurt, with victimdue to be buried later on Monday inEttadhamen, the poor Tunis suburband renowned Salafist strongholdwhere Sunday's clashes broke out.Ansar al-Sharia and a police sourcesaid a second protester was also killed,but the interior ministry said his deathwas not linked to the clashes, while theSalafists insisted neither victimbelonged to their movement. Larayedhsaid around 200 Salafists werearrested and vowed firm action againstthe group considered close to Al-Qaeda that he linked for the first timeto "terrorism," prompting analysts tosee a possible shift in governmentpolicy. –AGENCIES

Suicide bomber kills 14 atAfghan province councilKKAABBUULL:: A suicide bomber dressed ina police uniform killed 14 peopleincluding a prominent provincialcouncil chief Monday in northernAfghanistan in an attack outside thecouncil headquarters, authorities said.The Taliban insurgency quicklyclaimed responsibility. Seeking toweaken the Afghan government,Taliban insurgents have been carryingout attacks and assassinationsintended to intimidate both oOcialsand civilians ahead of next year'swithdrawal of most internationaltroops. Baghlan provincial councilleader Mohammad Rasoul Mohseniwas entering the compound in themorning when the bomberapproached on foot detonated hisexplosives in the provincial capital ofPul-e-Khumri, said Baghlan chief ofpolice Asadullah Sherzad. The attackerwas dressed in police uniform andblended with oOcers at a checkpointnear the council headquarters, thenslipped into a group of peoplesurrounding Mohseni and set oP hisbomb in the crowd, said Baghlandeputy police chief Mohammad SadeqMuradi. –AGENCIES

New record: Everest climbedwithout prosthetic limbsKKAATTHHMMAANNDDUU:: SudharshanGautam, a Nepali- Canadian citizen,has become the first amputee toclimb the Qomolangma, also knownas Everest in the West, without thehelp of prosthetic limbs, Nepaleseauthorities said on Monday. "Wereceived the information thatGautam who has no hands climbedthe Mt. Everest," Dipendra Paudel, asection official at Nepal's MountainDepartment under Ministry ofTourism and Civil Aviation, toldXinhua. Gautam climbed the tallestmountain on Earth to spread themessage that "disability is notinability." Gautam, who lost hishands at the age of 16, climbedQomolangma without usingprosthetic limbs. "The 'No Hands atthe Top of the World' climb isintended to show the world thateven people living with significantphysical disabilities haveoutstanding abilities and immensecapacities," Gautam wrote on hisprivate blog before going to climbthe Qomolangma. –AGENCIES

RAJEEV SHARMA

INDIAN oOcials used suchsuperlatives as ‘substantive’,‘fruitful’, ‘forward-looking’ indescribing the delegation-leveltalks between the visiting

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and hisIndian counterpart ManmohanSinghon Monday and insisted that thetalks underlined the growing numberof complementarities between the twomost populous nations on earth.However, this writer has a diPerenttake with apologies to the Indiandiplomatic establishment. Here is alook at why the India-China statementfails to address major issues.Since the two premiers did not take

any questions after their meeting andonly read out their respectivestatements before the media atHyderabad House, the Joint Statementreleased shortly after the talks is theonly instrument in the public domainthrough which one can assess andanalyse Li’s visit.But the important way to embark on

such an exercise is to focus on what wasnot said and not written. The 35-paragraph Joint Statement is silent onthree major points of interest for the

Indians and one point of Chineseinterest where fortunately the Indiansstood their ground, despite the Chinesepleading and goading.From the Indian point of view, the

three points conspicuous by theirabsence: (i) China’s recent incursioninto the Depsang Valley of Ladakh, (ii)the presence of thousands of Chinesetroops in Pakistan-administeredKashmir, and (iii) the issue of stapledvisas for Indian Kashmiris. Non-mention of the last two points in theJoint Statement shows that the twosides continue to be completelydivergent on these issues.To put it in other words, China has

made it clear that it will not give anyconcession to India on its newapproach of increasing its presenceon the Pakistani territory from Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly Northern Areas)to Gwadar port.There are murmurs in the strategic

corridors that Pakistan isconsidering to hand over Gilgit-Baltistan to China on a fifty-yearlease for developing the region.The Ladakh incursion was not

mentioned in the Joint Statement,perhaps because it was consideredjust a “local tent episode” by the

Chinese. However, the two sides aremulling over a Border DefenceCooperation Agreement (BDCA)that China proposed to India on 4March, 2013 and India responded bygiving its own version of the BDCAto China on 10 May.Since India’s response to the Chinese

BDCA was given less than ten daysbefore Li’s India visit, the Chinese didnot have enough time to prepare for itand therefore the issue did not come upfor discussion between the two primeministers, S Jaishanker, India’sambassador in China, said on 20 May.Gautam Bambawale, joint secretary

in the East Asia division of the Ministryof External APairs, was asked about theBDCA at a briefing by the MEA on 18May. He responded thus: “That is asubject which is being discussedbetween the two governments and itwill continue to be discussed includingduring this visit. So, we will have towait and see.”Bambawale was pestered further

for a more elaborate answer and wasasked about the Indian government’stake on the Chinese proposal thatthe troops level should be frozen atthe current level, implying that theChinese want to curb the Indian

military plans along the Line ofActual Control (LAC). Bambawaleresponded thus to this poser: “Thisis an intergovernmental agreementwhich is currently being negotiated.So, obviously I cannot say anythingabout it because this is a processwhich is on. Whenever theagreement is finalised and when it issigned, you will get to know thedetails of the agreement. Right nowI cannot say anything because it is awork in progress. We are actuallynegotiating it with the Chinese andthey are negotiating it with us. So, Ithink I will have to say just say thesewords and stop there.”At the core of this important question

is the Indian Army’s plan to set up aChina-specific Mountain Strike Corpswhich is meant to be deployed in theIndian Northeast. The $15 billionIndian Army plan has been in theworks for quite some time. The matteris currently pending with the CabinetCommittee on Security (CCS), the apexIndian body on security issues. TheUnited Progressive Alliancegovernment of Prime MinisterManmohan Singh is under pressure inthis election year to act tough on Chinaand set up this military corps.

But the fact is that it is more of apolitical decision than a militarydecision and the Sino-Indian bilateraldiplomacy will decide which way thewind should blow.From the Chinese perspective, the

Joint Statement did not have thecrucial clause of India pledging itssupport to the One-China policy. TheChinese lobbied hard for this clause butthe Indians put their foot down andrefused to oblige them. This is a majorfeel-good area for Indian nationalists.However, it is not as if that there were

no complementarities between the twosides. On the contrary, there was aforward movement on many areas. Acareful study of the Joint Statementreveals the following ten areas ofcomplementarities:1. Both sides reaOrmed… mutual

sensitivities for each other concernsand aspirations. para 2

2. Both countries view each other aspartners for mutual benefit and notas rivals or competitors. para 3

3. Consider the potential for abilateral Regional TradeArrangement and review the stateof negotiations on the RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP). para 7

4. While striving to realize the tradeturnover target of US$ 100 billionby 2015, the two countries agreedto take measures to address theissue of the trade imbalance. para 9

5. The Chinese side shall providegreater facilitation to Indianpilgrims for the Gang Renpocheand Mapam Yun Tso Pilgrimage(Kailash Manasarovar Yatra). para16

6. Two sides agreed to consult theother parties with a view toestablishing a Joint Study Group onstrengthening connectivity in theBCIM region. para 18

7. Encouraged the SpecialRepresentatives on boundarydispute to push forward the processof negotiations. para 24

8. Two sides shall work together tomaintain peace and tranquility inthe border areas in line with theprevious agreements. para 24

9. The two sides will furtherstrengthen cooperation on trans-border rivers. para 26.

10.Support for an “Afghan-led,Afghan-owned” reconciliationprocess. para 28.

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Why India-China statement fails to address major issues

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BBAAGGHHDDAADD:: At least 43 peoplewere killed in car bomb explosionstargeting Shi'ite Muslims in theIraqi capital and the southern oilhub of Basra on Monday, policeand medics said.The attacks brought the number

of people killed in sectarianviolence in the past week to almost200. Tensions between Shi'ites,who now lead Iraq, and minoritySunni Muslims have reached theirhighest level since U.S. troopspulled out in December 2011.No group claimed responsibility

for the bombings. Iraq is home to anumber of Sunni Islamistinsurgent groups, including the alQaeda-aOliated Islamic State ofIraq, which has previously targetedShi'ites in a bid to provoke a widersectarian confrontation.Nine people were killed in one of

two car bomb explosions in Basra,a predominantly Shi'ite city 420km (260 miles) southeastofBaghdad, police and medics said."I was on duty when a powerful

blast shook the ground," saidapolice oOcer near the site of thatattack in the Hayaniyaneighborhood."The blast hit a group of day

laborers gathering near a sandwichkiosk," he told Reuters, describingcorpses littering the ground. "Oneof the dead bodies was still

grabbing a blood-soaked sandwichin his hand."Five other people were killed in a

second blast inside a bus terminalin Saad Square, also in Basra,police and medics said.In Baghdad, a parked car

exploded in a busy market in themainly Shi'ite eastern district ofKamaliya, killing seven people,police said.A further 22 people were killed in

blasts in Ilaam, Diyala Bridge, al-Shurta, Shula, Zaafaraniya andSadr City - all areas with a highconcentration of Shi'ites.In the western province of Anbar,

the bodies of 14 people kidnappedon Saturday, including sixpolicemen, were found dumped inthe desert with bullet wounds tothe head and chest, police andsecurity sources said.When Sunni-Shi'ite bloodshed

was at its height in 2006-07,Anbar was in the grip of al Qaeda'sIraqi wing, which has regainedstrength in recent months. In2007, Anbar's Sunni tribes bandedtogether with U.S. troops andhelped subdue al Qaeda. Known asthe "Sahwa" or Awakening militia,they are now on the governmentpayroll and are often targeted bySunni militants as punishment forco-operating with the Shi'ite-ledgovernment. –AGENCIES

Car bombskill 43 Shiasin Iraq

MMAAKKHHAACCHHKKAALLAA:: At leasteight people are dead and20 are injured after a carbombing Monday inRussia's volatile NorthCaucasus region, securityoOcials told CNN.The incident -- which

occurred in Makhachkala,capital of the semi-autonomous republic ofDagestan -- also causedsignificant damage. TheoOcials say they believe lawenforcement oOcers mayhave been the target becausethe explosion occurredoutside a local marshal'sbuilding.One car bomb already had

been found by securityoOcials, who were in theprocess of defusing it whenanother bomb, in a separatevehicle, was set oP.An Islamic insurgency has

taken hold in the NorthCaucasus and there is astrong presence of Islamicmilitants fighting againstMoscow's rule.Tamerlan and Dzhokhar

Tsarnaev -- the suspects inthe Boston Marathonterror attack last month --had ties with the region.The brothers are ethnicChechens who lived inKyrgyzstan and Dagestan.Authorities who've beeninvestigating how thebrothers becameradicalized are interestedin a trip Tamerlan Tsarnaev took to Dagestanlast year. –AGENCIES

SSEEOOUULL:: North Korea fired two short-rangemissiles on Monday, making six launches inthree days, and it condemnedSouth Koreafor criticizing what it said were itslegitimate military drills.South Korea's Defense Ministry said

North Korea had fired one missile onMonday morning and a second one in theafternoon. Both were fired into the sea oPNorth Korea's east coast, a ministry oOcialsaid. The launches come hard on the heelsof more than two months of threats fromNorth Korea that it would wage a nuclearwar against South Korea and the UnitedStates if it were attacked. The Northcondemned joint U.S. and South Koreanmilitary exercises, that ended in late April,as a rehearsal for an attack on its territory."We are conducting intense military

exercises to strengthen our defensecapacity," North Korea's KCNA newsagency quoted the Committee for thePeaceful Reunification of Korea, the bodythat handles inter-Korean issues, as sayingon Monday. "Our military is conductingthese exercises in order to cope with themounting war measures from the U.S. andSouth Korea, which is the legitimate rightof any sovereign country." North Koreafrequently fires short-range missiles,although the current spate of launches hasdrawn criticism from South Korea and theUnited States after the recent threats fromthe North. Seoul on Monday condemnedthe launches for stoking tension in theregion while Beijing, the North's solemajor ally, called for restraint."These launches are its tactic of signaling

to the world that the regime is willing tonegotiate now, while at the same timesaving face," Kim Yeon-su, a professor atKorea National Defense University inSeoul, which is part of the DefenseMinistry, said of North Korea.

Kim said that North Korea had anarsenal of hundreds of short- andmedium-range missiles. There appears tobe little prospect of talks between NorthKorea and the United States asWashington insists that Pyongyang needsto abandon its nuclear weapons program,something the isolated and impoverishedstate has said it will not do. “We remain vigilant for the possibility

that the North may launch more” missilesand rockets, a spokesman for the SouthKorean Defense Ministry said, insistingupon anonymity until his governmentmade a formal announcement.He said a projectile was launched from

the North’s east coast in a northeasterlydirection Monday morning, followed byanother in the afternoon.Kim Jang-soo, the national security

director at the presidential oOce in Seoul,responded to the first launching Monday byaOrming South Korea’s call for the Northto stop firing missiles. He said that thelaunchings, whether intended to testPyongyang’s weapons or to demonstrate itsfirepower, “raised tensions,” according toKim Haing, a presidential spokeswoman.After months of bellicose rhetoric from

the North, relative quiet had appeared to besettling on the Korean Peninsula untilSaturday, when the North suddenlylaunched three projectiles and followedwith another launching Sunday. The moveshave rattled the region, where governmentsremain puzzled over Pyongyang’s motives.North Korea routinely tests its short-

range missiles, which are primarilydesigned to strike South Korea andAmerican military bases there. But analystssay the North’s missile tests are often timedto raise tensions and push Washington andSeoul to consider economic and diplomaticconcessions. –AGENCIES

North Korea firessixth missile in 3 days

Eight deadin Russia’svolatile north

WWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN:: Secretary of StateJohn Kerry is heading back to theMiddle East this week to press hiscase for peace talks between Syrianrebels and President Bashar Assad'sregime amid increasing signs the newU.S. strategy to halt the war is beingundermined by Russia.Kerry departs Monday for

discussions with the sultan of Oman.He then goes to Jordan to gather with10 of America's closest European andArab partners to discuss how toadvance a political transition and endmore than two years of bloodshed in

Syria, before traveling on to Israel.For the Syria negotiations to

succeed, the Obama administration isbanking on Russia's help.The U.S. and Russia have wrangled

repeatedly while more than 70,000Syrians have died, but they now saythey're working together to startdirect talks between Syria'sgovernment and the opposition inGeneva next month. Washingtondemands Assad's ouster, while Russiacontinues to provide the Syrian leaderwith military aid and diplomaticcover, but President Barack Obama

this week said the meeting "may yieldresults." The optimism echoes themessage of Kerry, who during hisMoscow visit earlier this monthdeclared that the old Cold War foes,by rejuvenating Syrian peace hopes,were demonstrating how they "canaccomplish great things togetherwhen the world needs it."For all the heady talk of

cooperation, however, Russia hascontinued to rebuP Americandemands that it cut oP militarysupport for Assad.Moscow is preparing to give Syria

state-of-the-art ground-to-airmissile systems, Israeli oOcials say.It is beefing up its naval presencenear its base in northwestern Syria,reports suggest. And, in the latestrevelation, U.S. oOcials say Russiahas provided the Assad regime withanti-ship cruise missiles. Gen.Martin Dempsey, the chairman of theJoint Chiefs of StaP, said the transferof the advanced anti-ship missiles is"an unfortunate decision that willembolden the regime and prolong thesuPering." On the diplomatic front,the situation isn't much better. There,

Russia has repeatedly blocked aproposal for an expanded SecurityCouncil trip to Turkey and Lebanonto study Syria's refugee crisis,according to U.N. diplomats. Thecontinued friction between Moscowon the one hand and Washington andits partners on the other comes as theObama administration is evaluatinga range of options, including militaryones, to break the stalemate in Syria'scivil war and respond to evidence thatAssad's forces used small amounts ofchemical weapons in two attacks inMarch. –AGENCIES

Kerry oP to ME to advance struggling Syria plan

30 Hezbollah fighterskilled in Syrian offensiveDDAAMMAASSCCUUSS:: About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant groupHezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to PresidentBashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town ofQusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Opposition sources and statemedia gave sharply diPering accounts of the outcome of Sunday'sferocious battles in the town, long used by rebels as a supply routefrom the nearby Lebanese border to the provincial capital Homs. Theassault on Qusair appeared to be part of a campaign by Assad's forcesto consolidate their grip on Damascus and secure links between thecapital and the government strongholds on the coast via the contestedcentral city of Homs. State news agency SANA said the army had"restored security and stability to most Qusair neighbourhoods" andwas "chasing the remnants of the terrorists in the northerndistrict".However, opposition activists said rebels in Qusair, about 10km (six miles) from the Lebanese border, had pushed back most of theattacking forces to their original positions in the east of the town andto the south on Sunday, destroying at least four Syrian army tanks andfive light Hezbollah vehicles. The activists did not give a figure for thenumber of rebel fighters and civilians killed in the clashes. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 48 rebels hadbeen killed, as well as four civilians, three of them women. TheObservatory's director, Rahim Abdurahman, put Hezbollah casualtiesat 23 dead and 70 wounded. –AGENCIES

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

Directives for removal oftinted glass in policevehicles white washedRRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: Despite the strictdirectives of City Traffic OfficerAbdur Razzaq, the police officialshave failed to remove tinted glassesand extra revolving lights frompolice vehicles. The RawalpindiCPO had given transparentdirection to all police official andcops that they should remove tintedglasses and unnecessary revolvinglights from their vehicles otherwisestrict action would be taken againstthose who would try to violate thelaw. In view of this, approximately,four day had passed but no one hastaken serious notice of CPOdirections. ––OONNLLIINNEE

President promulgates‘Surveying & MappingOrdinance‚ 2013’IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: President Asif AliZardari on the advice of the PrimeMinister has promulgated‘Surveying and MappingOrdinance‚ 2013 to regulate andimplement the surveying &Mapping standards and to enableSurvey of Pakistan (SoP) toeffectively assume its role ofNational Mapping Organization.Spokesperson to the PresidentSenator Farhatullah Babar said"Surveying & Mapping Bill-2013‚prepared by Survey of Pakistanduly approved by the Cabinet wasunanimously recommended by theNational Assembly StandingCommittee on Defence.

Three more children die of measles, Punjabdeath toll hits 90LLAAHHOORREE:: Three more children diedof measles on Monday, bringingoverall death toll from the outbreakin Punjab to 90 since January. Thedeceased children who passed awaytoday were under treatment inChildren Hospital Lahore. Some9,000 children are aPected bymeasles in Punjab, triggering theprovincial health authorities tolaunch a children's vaccination week(April 24-30). However the outbreakis still out of control and causingdeaths across the country. ––OONNLLIINNEE

Air chief meets S Arabiandefence ministerIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Air Chief MarshalTahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the AirStaP, Pakistan Air Force, who is on anoOcial visit to Saudi Arabia, called onCrown Prince of Kingdom of SaudiArabia, Prince Salman Bin AbdulazizAl Saud, who is also the DefenceMinister of the Kingdom. Both thedignitaries discussed matters ofmutual interest and various fields offuture cooperation between the twobrotherly countries. –– PPRR

In the Court of Mr. Muhammad Tariq Wali Judge BankingCourt-I, 13-A Qafla Road Tehkal Payan, Peshawar

Case No.102/1 Date of hearing 18/6/2013 atCamp Court Bannu.

Suit for the recovery of Rs.977845/-United Bank Ltd Serai Naurang Versus Qudrat Ullah & Other

Notice versus :(1) Qudrat Ullah Khan S/o Saif Ullah Khan (2) SaifUllah Khan S/o Muhammad Ayaz Khan r/o Noor AboSamand Begu Khel District Lakki Marwat. (3) AmirNafees S/o Muhammad Nafees R/o Nasor Din begukhel district Lakki Marwat.Where as the plaintiff Bank has instituted a suit forthe recovery of Rs.977845/- against you undersection 10(2) of the Financial Institution (Recovery ofFinances) Ordinance 2001. You are herebysummoned to obtain leave of the court to appear anddefend the suit within 30 days after receipt/publicationof the notice in the newspaper failing which anexperte decree shall be passed in favour of theplaintiff Bank with costs.

Seal of Court

(Kefayat Ullah) Registrar Banking Court-I, Peshawar.

AHMAD NABI

KKHHYYBBEERR AAGGEENNCCYY:: Since long thetribesmen are facing shortage ofhealth facilities in their respectiveareas and the situation was furtherworsen when the supply ofmedicine to 13 Basic Health Unitsstopped for the last four months inall three tehsils of Khyber Agency.The elites of diPerent tribes

demanded of the HealthSecretariat, Fata to forthwithprovide medicines to BHUs. SherHaidar, the elder of Kam Shelman,said, “Patients return to homeswithout taking required medicinesand compelled to go to far-oP areasfor treatment of minor diseases.”The Kam Shelman locality, he

said, is lying on the distance ofaround 13 km from Landi KotalHeadquarters Hospital and it wasthe only BHU in his area servingpatients, however the unavailabilityof medicine had increased thetroubles of patients.Regretting over the stoppage of

medicine over Torkham BHU forlong, resident of the area, AsadShinwari, said, “More than onehundreds patients in which 60patients are reported to be childrenare treated on daily basis, howeversince the time of suspension of

medicine, the patients mostly thepoor ones who cannot bear privatemedical expenditures come andreturn to homes without getting themedicines which is the matter ofgreat concern. He demanded of health

directorate, Fata to instantlymaintain the supply of freemedicines to BHU.”Sources from Primary Public

Health Institution (PPHI) said asmany as 10 BHUs among 13 arefunctional in Khyber Agency whilethree of them have suspendedservices in Bara due insurgencybeing prevailed there. Most of theBHUs have been established in far-flung areas of Khyber where there isno any other big hospital so thattribesmen could meet its treatmentrequirement.Commenting over the stoppage

of medicine over BHUs in Fata, theDirector Health Fata Secretariat,Dr Fawad said the provision ofmedicines to BHUs was theaccountability of PPHI and thedepartment had given all these oncontract while on the other side,sources from PPHI termed theFawad’s statement wrong andsaying the Health DepartmentFata had stopped the fund formedicine.

Lack of healthfacilities irkstribesmen

KKAARRAACCHHII:: Alima Khan, sister ofPTI chairman Imran Khan, onMonday said that the leadership ofPTI would take decision toregister FIR against the murder oftheir deceased leader ZahraShahid. Speaking to mediapersons at Karachi airport soonafter her arrival here, Khan saidthat she came here to representImran Khan for ‘Soim’ of ZahraShahid Hussain who was shotdead on Saturday night.Alima Khan said Karachi is part

of Pakistan and every citizen hasright to come here added thatpeople of Karachi have brokenthe chain of fear and terror to freethis city. She said PTI workerswere receiving threats but theycame out to protest against themurder of Zahra.To a query, she said party

leadership would decide when andagainst whom to lodge FIR inZahra murder case. She saidImran Khan has accused Britishgovernment for killing of ZahraShahid as threats were coming

from London added that BritishoOcials have contact PTIchairman in this regard.She said that her brother would

be discharched from hospital inthree to four days. ––OONNLLIINNEE

SHANEL KHALIQ

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD.. National Physical andStandards Laboratory achieved theAccreditation Certificate award by PakistanNational Accreditation Council here at aceremony on Monday. The certificate waspresented to NPSL on the World MetrologyDay celebrations in Islamabad. NPSL received this certificate for its on-site

calibration services for thermal and massmetrology and by virtue of this NPSL is nowable to provide internationally traceablecalibration services to the satisfaction of itscustomers in conformance with the applicablerequirements of ISO/IEC 17025-2005.Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, the secretary of

Ministry of Science and Technology who wasthe chief guest on the occasion, said thatmetrology provides the road map for achievingquality by ensuring that the measurementdevices and instruments used are continuouslycalibrated to assure their accuracy, traceabilityand conformity to international standards. He further said that accurate measurements

have the potential to help address challengessuch as global climate change, providesustainable sources of clean water, food andenergy, and maintain a wholesomeenvironment for the well-being of all people.Berend De Groot, Head of Cooperation, EUDelegation to Pakistan, appreciated themarathon ePorts put in by the NPSL to getaccreditation for its labs in association with keypartners such as EU funded TRTA IIprogramme which is implemented by UNIDO.Pakistan can potentially brand itself in theglobal markets by achieving such hallmarks forremoval of Technical Barrier to Trade as

demonstrated by NPSL, he added.Mr. Bruno Valanzuolo, Chief Technical

Advisor, TRTA II programme, highlighted theassistance provided by the programme toquality infrastructure institutes to bring theirservices at par with the international standards.He added that NPSL should follow a businessplan for commercialization of its calibrationservices for its sustainability and furtherstrengthening of traceable measurementservices for the industry.During the technical sessions six metrology

related papers were presented i.e.Measurements in daily life, VacuumStandardization, Metrology for technical up-gradation, Metrology and Accreditationsupport to Trade, Metrology in Chemistry,Technical interventions to enhance exports. Dr. Shaukat Parvez, the chairman of PCSIR,

appreciated the NPSL and said that it is a monofunctional service provider with a mandate ofhighly specific objectives and quality functionsto carry out measurements traceable at aninternational level in conjunction with otherNational Metrology Institutes of the world. Hefurther said that NPSL also provides advisory,consultancy and training services regardingawareness among traders, exporters, productusers, consumers, manufacturers andproducers. Shaheen Raja, the Director Generalof NPSL, said that this is the first time thatPakistan is celebrating World Metrology Day.“Metrology is a bridge which connects thescience and technology with the commerce andeconomy,” he said and added that soundmetrological base developed by several nationshas boosted the trade and exports of thesenations and these have grown manifold andPakistan needs to follow similar pursuits.

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LLAAHHOORREE:: MMeenn ccoovveerr tthheeiirr ffaacceess ttoo aavvooiidd ssccoorrcchhiinngg wweeaatthheerr iinn tthhee pprroovviinncciiaall ccaappiittaall.. —— OONNLLIINNEE

LLAAHHOORREE:: The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajirancentral general secretary Naeem Mir has beenappointed as the spokesperson of the PakistanTahrik-e-Insaf Punjab chapter.According to a press release, issued here on

Monday, the PTI Punjab general secretary DrYasmin Rashid has issued a notificationaccording to which, she appointed the formerPML-N information secretary as PTI Punjabspokesman.The Press release said that Naeem Mir also

worked as an information secretary of thePunjab PML-N traders’ wing, however heresigned from all his oOces of the N League dueto policy diPerences.PTI Punjab president Ejaz Ch, on this

occasion, congratulated the newly-appointedspokesman of the PTI, saying he is a sincere andcommitted political worker and his joining ofthe PTI will make a positive ePect on the party.

“This is a positive step and we appreciate thecommitment and services of Naeem Mir notonly for the betterment of the traders but alsofor the nation as a whole,” he stated. ––OONNLLIINNEE

KKAARRAACCHHII:: PPTTII aaccttiivviissttss cchhaannttiinngg ssllooggaannss dduurriinngg aa pprrootteesstt aaggaaiinnsstt kkiilllliinngg ooff tthheeiirr lleeaaddeerr ZZaahhrraa SShhaahhiidd.. —— OONNLLIINNEE

Lab gets accreditationas country celebratesWorld Metrology Day

PTI leadership to decidewho to nominate in FIR

No headway in ZahraShahid’s murderKKAARRAACCHHII:: The police have notyet found a clue to theassassination of PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf ’s senior vicepresident of Sindh chapterZahra Shahid Hussain who wasgunned down in Karachi lateon Saturday. Imran Khan hasblamed the killing of ZehraShahid on MQM chief AltafHussain who deniedresponsibility, condemned thekilling and demanded aretraction from Khan. MQMalso sue Imran Khan for Rs50billion for defaming AltafHussain. Zara was gunneddown on Saturday night inKarachi. ––OONNLLIINNEE

PTI protests against severe traffic jam in KarachiKKAARRAACCHHII:: Severe traOc jam was witnessed at Mohamad Ali (MA) Jinnah Road and itssurroundings due to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sit-in protest here on Monday. As permedia reports, the PTI’s protest will start soon at the road but before it police have closed theroad for traOc. TraOc jam was witnessed on Shahra-e-Faisal, M.A Jinnah Road, I.I.Chundrigar Road, Awan-e-Saddar Road and others. Long queues of vehicles were also seen onBurn Road, Jama Cloth, Kala Pul, Korangi Road, Qayyumabad Crossing and other main roads.Long queues of vehicles were witnessed and commuters looked angry, sweating in hotconditions. ––OONNLLIINNEE

Trader leader made PTI spokesman

Bar’s strengthis judiciary’spower: CJPIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: ChiefJustice IftikharMuhammad Chaudhryof Pakistan said Mondaythat Bar is an integralpart of the judiciary,which always played anePective role forstrengthening andsupporting it.He was talking to a 36

Member delegation ofDistrict Bar Associationsof Sialkot, Pasroor andDaska at Supreme Court.The delegation washeaded by MalikMushtaq AhmedKhokhar, PresidentDistrict Bar AssociationSialkot. CJP admired therole of the legal fraternityespecially young lawyersin the movement forrestoration of deposedjudiciary in which theystood fast and struggledhard to bring rule of lawin the society.Talking about the issue

of appointment of localcommissioners, he saidthat local commissionersunder National JudicialPolicy have beenappointed with view totrain and facilitate theyoungsters and toencourage them in thefield of law.The delegation shared

the hardships andproblems faced by thelegal fraternity and thelitigant public. ––OONNLLIINNEE

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

Shehzad Roy performs in RomeROME: The Embassy of Pakistan in Rome, in collaboration with ZètemaProgetto Cultura, an agency of Rome’s Municipality, organized a concert byfamous Pakistani music star Shehzad Roy on Saturday, 18thMay 2013.The concert was held in Villa Borghese, the second largest public park inRome, and was part of “La Notte dei Musei” (The Night of Museums). LaNotte deMusei is an important event on Rome’s cultural calendar. On thisnight, a series of events such as concerts, plays and other culturalperformances are organized at various locations in the city. The audienceincluded important representatives of the Italian government, cultural andmedia leaders, the diplomatic corps as well as the Pakistani and Italiancommunity. The concert presented Pakistan's rich heritage, especially itsmusic and poetry, to the Italian audience. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Priyanka Chopra's life in school booksNEWDELHI: Priyanka Chopra was pleasantly surprised on a recent visit to a Delhi school asthe chief guest at their choir festival, that the Class 5 students of the school have an entirechapter on the actor’s life in their text book. Courtesy her army background, Chopra spent herchildhood in a number of places, and her story of constantly moving base and wide exposure isnow part of the Class 5 Environmental Studies textbook in the first chapter titled RovingFamilies, Shifting Homes. The actor grew up in Bareilly, Lucknow,Mumbai in India andNewton, Massachusetts and Iowa in the USA. The chapter also has pictures of Priyanka’s familyand herMissWorld winning moment. A source close to the actor says, “This is the first time anactress has been honoured in such a manner”. Dr Jyoti Bose, the principal which has the book inits curriculum, says, “We chose the book on the basis of overall content and didn’t even knowthat Priyanka was featured in the chapter. As a sheer coincidence, we chanced upon the chaptera day before her visit and decided to surprise her with it. She was overwhelmed.” -SHOWBIZ DESK

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LONDON: UK comedian Russell Brandhas been voted the smelliest-lookingmale celebrity. The 37-year-old topped apoll carried out to mark the launch ofthe Panasonic SteamWashingMachine,with 35 per cent of the votes. Peoplepolled across the UK voted him aboveother bedraggled-looking stars likeBeady Eye frontman and former Oasismember LiamGallagher, The RollingStones' Keith Richards and Twilight starRobert Pattinson. No surprises for whotopped the female list. Hippie pop starKesha got the most votes, while BritneySpears came in second. Pattinson's co-star Kristen Stewart, UK bodybuilderJodieMarsh and actress HelenaBonham Carter made up the rest of thefemale top five. -SHOWBIZ DESK

MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap is to producean ambitious project Bombay Velvet thatstars Ranbir Kapoor and AnushkaSharma as onscreen lovers in theMumbaiof 1950s. The firstmovie in the plannedtrilogy on theMaximum city, BombayVelvet will go on floors in July 2013 and isslated for a worldwide release onDecember 25, next year. Set against thebackdrop of love, greed, violence and Jazz,the film tells the story of howBombaybecame aMetropolis. Ranbir Kapoor andAnushka Sharma, who have been pairedtogether for the first time, play loverswhose lives intermingle with theevolution of the city of Bombay, throughthe 50s to early 70s. Bombay Velvet is myfirst film in a trilogy about Bombay,before it became aMetropolis. It's a storythat has always fascinatedme andwehave been developing it for about fouryears, and I am very excited that now itsfully ready,’ said Anurag. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Comedian Russell Brandvoted 'smelliest looking'

LONDON: Celebrity footballer DavidBeckham reportedly loves to styledaughter Harper and has taken over theduty of styling her. David, who recentlyannounced retirement from the sport,likes to make his 22-month-olddaughter wear bright clothes whereaswife Victoria has a diOerent choice."Victoria has always dressed Harperbeautifully, but lately it`s been Davidwho`s taken the reins. David tends topick her bright clothes, whereas Victoriais a fan of a more conservative, neutralpalette. He adores doting on her anddressing her up," Grazia magazinequoted a source as saying. The couplealso has three sons, Cruz, eight, Romeo,10, and Brooklyn, 14. -SHOWBIZ DESK

David Beckham lovesstyling daughter

CANNES: FormerMissWorld and actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looking stnning as she wears black andgrey Elie Saab couture gown at the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis.

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MUMBAI: People magazine named Bollywoodactress Deepika Padukone as India’s “MostBeautiful Woman” for the year 2013. The YehJawaani Hai Deewani actress wore orange oOshoulder gown to unveil the cover of PeopleMagazine. For the fashion magazine's edition, theleggy lass shared her style secret and someexclusive pictures of her growing up over theyears.She told People magazine, "I hope that if I'm

being called most beautiful, it’s got more to dowith the person I am and not just because of theway I look. If I am appreciated for the warmth Ishare, it would be a bigger compliment. Last yearDeepika Padukone was voted as India's MostDesirable Woman in a 2012 poll conducted byTime. Currently Padukone is busy promoting herupcoming flick Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaniopposite former boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor thisyear. The actress has three big banner projects inher hand. She is working for Ram Leela withRanveer Singh, Chennai Express with ShahrukhKhan and Kochadaiyaan with Tamil superstarRajinikanth.

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LAHORE: US based Pakistanifilmmaker Mumtaz Hussain hascalled on Pakistanis to stopwatching Bollywood andHollywood movies. He has oOeredhis guidance and support to savethe sinking ship of Pakistani filmindustry.In an interview, Mumtaz

Hussain who is in Pakistan thesedays, urged the government to playits role for the revival of largescreen by encouragingindependent filmmakers, movies

on social issues and imposing aban on screening and sale ofcommercial movies by followingIran. He added that his experienceof filmmaking with Hollywoodactors, actresses and othertechnical staO could help Pakistanifilm industry. He advisedfilmmakers, audience and filmproduction students not to followBollywood movies and filmindustry, which is only working forcommercial purposes. He said thatHollywood movies are far betterthan Bollywood in almost everyfield.

As an artist, Hussain hasdisplayed more than 26 exhibitionsof artworks including paintingsand calligraphy. His paintings arein several universities as part oftheir permanent collection. Being aprolific writer, his Urdu book "GoolAinak Ka Pechay" has been abestseller whereas two more booksin Urdu and English will bepublished soon.He urged the government to

follow Iran's steps in strengtheningtheir film industry by imposing aban on import of foreigncommercial movies.

Ranbir, Anushka to play loversof 1950s in Bombay Velvet

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LAS VEGAS: Pop stars Justin Bieberand Taylor Swift won the big prizeson Sunday at the BillboardMusicAwards, which also honoredlegendary performersMadonna andPrince. Bieber, who was named topmale artist, also performed at theshow at theMGMGrand GardenArena in Las Vegas. He also tookhome Billboard's first MilestoneAward, chosen by fans, for musicalinnovation and ingenuity. "I'm 19years old. I think I'm doing a prettygood job, Bieber said. "It shouldreally be about the music. This is nota gimmick. I'm an artist and I shouldbe taken seriously. And all this otherbull should not be spoken of."Swift won the top award of the

night, artist of the year. She thankedher fans by telling them: "You are the

longest and best relationship I'veever had." Pop divaMadonna wasnamed top touring artist for her"MDNA Tour," 2012's highest-grossing concert series.The BillboardMusic Awards,

hosted by "30 Rock" star TracyMorgan, opened with BrunoMarsperforming "Treasure." The showended with the Icon Award forPrince, in recognition of his uniquecareer and accomplishments in themusic industry. Prince performed amedley to close the show, but did notdeliver an acceptance speech.

Deepika Padukone declaredthe most beautiful woman

Pakistani filmmaker urges ban on Bollywoodmovies

LOSANGELES:Marc Forster's 'WorldWar Z', featuring BradPitt, will open the 35th annualMoscow Film Festival on June20. The firstmembers of the competition jury are Iranianwriter-directorMohsenMakhmalbaf and French-Swissfilmmaker UrsulaMeier, said theHollywood reporter. They alsounveiled the first 10 competition titles. The festival would oOer aretrospective of documentaries on theOlympic Games,retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras.It will have a special programme devoted to Dutch cinema. "Wereceivedmore than 1,500 entries, but I feel we have created aprogram that reflects the core principles of the festival," LeonidVereshchagin, producer of the festival said. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Brad Pitt's 'World WarZ' to open MoscowFilm Festival

Bieber, Taylor big winners at Billboard Awards

LIST OF ARTIST AWARDSTop Artist: TAYLOR SWIFTTop New Artist: ONE DIRECTIONTop Male Artist: JUSTIN BIEBERTop Female Artist: TAYLOR SWIFTTop R&B Artist: RIHANNATop Rap Artist: NICKI MINAJTop Country Artist: SWIFT

ALBUM AWARDSTop Billboard 200 Album/Top CountryAlbum: Red - Taylor SwiftTop Pop Album: 21 - AdeleTop R&B Album: Unapologetic - RihannaTop Rap Album: Pink Friday: RomanReloaded - Nicki MinajTop Rock Album: Babel - Mumford & Sons

SONG AWARDSTop Hot 100 Song/Top Radio Song/Top Streaming Song (Audio): Somebody That IUsed to Know - Gotye feat. KimbraTop Digital Song/Top Pop Song: Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae JepsenTop Streaming Song (Video): Gangnam Style - PSYTop R&B Song: Diamonds - RihannaTop Rap Song: Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz

LONDON: If it's true that the way toa man's heart is through his stomach,PrinceWilliam is about to fall in lovewith KateMiddleton all over again.A source tells UsWeekly that thepregnant Duchess of Cambridge, 31,has been taking cooking classes fromthe couple's new housekeeper,Antonella Fresolone. Fresolone, theinsider says, worked for 13 years atBuckingham Palace, where she waswell-known for her delicious Italiancooking. The Duke and his wife hiredher three weeks ago, during whichtime she has been teaching mom-to-beMiddleton how to make "anumber of new dishes" in the smallkitchen at Nottingham Cottage. Theexpectant royal has been indulgingher domestic side more andmore inrecent weeks, as her July due dategrows ever closer. Earlier this month,she was spotted shopping for decorfor the home she shares with PrinceWilliam. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Kate takingcooking classes

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CANNES: Film stars come to Cannes topromote themselves and their projects sowhere better to launch a wry documentarybemoaning the seeming dominance ofcelebrity pulling-power over content?With parties, pitching and paparazzi

already in overdrive at the world's premiermovie market, director James Toback onSunday showed "Seduced and Abandoned",the story of how he and actor Alec Baldwintalked to directors, investors and studioheads at Cannes last year to seek fundingfor a filmwith no A-list star. They neverintended tomake the film, but its seeminglybankable plot about a spy and a journalistin Iraq turned out to be no compensation

for its lack of big names.Baldwin himself was dismissed as amere

television actor, and the female star,Canada's Neve Campbell, star of the"Scream" films, was said to have little boxoNce power. "Money follows stars," saysToback in the documentary, acquired byTimeWarner's HBO.As well as being the world's top cinema

showcase, Cannes brings together up to40,000 professionals to buy and sell filmsand seek funding for projects, but many ofthese never see a film.One investor tells Toback that he doesn't

even read scripts but decides whether toback a project based on the stars involved,as themarketing of amovie has becomemore important than its content.

Cannes — where celebritysells and celebrities sell

Imran to be discharged fromhospital within 2 weeksLLAAHHOORREE:: Doctors at ShaukatKhanum Hospital said that the testsand x-rays reports of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khanwere satisfactory. According to thehospital sources, PTI chief is likely to bedischarged from the hospital in the nextten to twelve days. Imran Khan isundergoing physiotherapy treatmenteveryday now, sources said. –ONLINE

PTI calls off Lahoresit-in after eight daysLLAAHHOORREE:: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf(PTI) has called oO its sit-in against thealleged poll rigging in NA-125. Theprotest which started on May 12 atLalik Chow of Defence area continuedfor eight days with a large number ofpeople including man and womenexpressing resolve to continue theirmovement for the progress of thecountry. They refused to end the sit-indespite several appeals made by thelocal leaders of the PTI. However, thesit-in was finally called oO after ImranKhan’s request, which was conveyed tothe protesters by his sister AleemaKhan. –ONLINE

karachi violenceclaims five more livesKKAARRAACCHHII:: Amid protests by PTI andJI, five more people were killed onMonday in diOerent incidents of firingand violence in the country’s commercialhub Karachi, oNcials said. According tolocal police, a worker of a political party –Qasim Chandio – was gunned down inSafora Goth. A 40-year old Siraj was shotdead in Iqbal Market, Orangi Town,while another 45-year-old Yaqoob waskilled near Denso Hall. Similarly, 30-year-old Mehtab was killed in the Malir15 area. A 40-year-old Nasir Mohammadwas killed and a woman was injured in asimilar firing incident near AirportSignal on Shahrah-e-Faisal. –ONLINE

Father kills daughter,her paramourSSAANNGGHHAARR:: A father killed his daughteralong with her paramour over theiralleged relationship at Goth GhulamDhari on Monday. Mawali Khaskhilisuspected his daughter Munawar ofhaving relations with Niaz Hussain. Hedeclared them karo kari and murderedthem. Later, he went to the police stationand confessed to his crime. –ONLINE

11 injured as generatorexplodes in PeshawarPPEESSHHAAWWAARR:: At least eleven personswere injured when a generator at ashopping plaza exploded at Saddar onMonday. According to initial reports, ablast occurred at one of the shoppingplazas adjacent to Bilor Plaza in Saddararea of Peshawar. As a result ofexplosion, eleven persons werewounded while the building was alsopartially damaged. Rescue and policeteams reached the site and kicked oOrescue eOorts. –ONLINE

Man burnswife in FaisalabadFFAAIISSAALLAABBAADD:: A woman with burnwounds was brought to hospital in a criticalcondition after her husband allegedly sether on fire in Faisalabad. According torescue sources, Muhammad Jameel burnthis wife after splashing petrol on her over adomestic issue in Madina Town area.Ishrat Bibi was severely injured and wasshifted to the Allied Hospital. In astatement, the accused claimed that he didnot burn his wife. Instead she committedthe act herself. –ONLINE

PTI wins two Sindh Assemblyseats in partial re-pollsKKAARRAACCHHII:: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf candidates Khurram Sher Zamanand Samar Ali Khan have won theSindh Assembly seats - PS-112 and PS113 - according to unoNcial results.According to the unconfirmed andunoNcial results, Khurram Sher Zamangot 35,505 votes and Samar Ali Khansecured more than 38,000 votes. –ONLINE

ANP leader survivesgrenade attack in karachiKKAARRAACCHHII:: Awami National Party’s(ANP) Sindh provincial leader SirajLala Monday escaped a hand grenadeattack here. According to sources,unknown attackers hurled the grenadeat his residence in Landhi area ofKarachi. Talking to the media, ANPspokesman said Siraj Lala escaped theattack unhurt, while several otherssustained wounds. –AGENCIES

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Justice Jawwad SKhawaja has remarked formerpresident Pervez Musharraf raisedthe slogan of “Pakistan Bachao” toabrogate the Constitution and it isknown to everyone what has notbeen done by the dictators with thiscountry. He gave these remarks whilepresiding over a three-memberbench of Supreme Court (SC) duringthe course of hearing of treason caseagainst Pervez Musharraf Monday.At the inception of hearing, AKDogar, counsel for Maulvi IqbalHaider, filed his written arguments inthe court. The court remarked,“Please continue your arguments till

reply from new government come onthis count. May be new governmentchanges its policy and adopts a newdecision in respect of Musharraf.”AK Dogar argued “treason isconstitutional oOence; therefore, itspunishment should be severe.”Justice Jawwad S Khawajaremarked: “Musharraf raised theslogan of save the state “RiasatBachao” instead of “save the law”.AK Dogar said confessing thecrime is like the one as if someoneabrogated the Constitution and itstood implemented against him.Justice Ejaz observed, “If this courthas no authority to initiate

proceedings then who will do it. Thegovernment also does not takeaction.” Justice Jawwad S Khawajaremarked, “This stage is over now.The matters have gone far ahead.”AK Dogar said “Judges sit in jury inUS and initiate proceedings. Onecommits crime and does not appearin the court. He is summonedrepeatedly and even then he does sothen the courts have to initiateproceedings. Fair trial must beconducted. When a notice is issued toany person then trial begins againsthim in a way.AK Dogar read out a decision fromJustice (r) Yaqoob Ali Khan that if

someone ruins legal order thentreason case will be registered againsthim, proceedings will be initiatedand punishment will be given to him.SC full court has also said thisalready. Ibrahim Satti said thisdecision was given by a five member’sbench and not by a full court. Buttheir stance and matter was diOerentand it was a minority view.Justice Jawwad S Khawajaremarked that was not a minorityview. AK Dogar said all the changeswhich have come in terms ofjudiciary or politics do owe tolawyers’ movement. It was saidthereby no power hungry will be

allowed to come in the country andno one will dare to abrogateconstitution”. He also cited to AsmaJahangir case.He argued had the lawyers notlaunched the movement then thematters would have remained intactand no one would have been there tostop them. Lawyers’ movementimparted courage to the judiciary.That is why judiciary is standing firmagainst the dictators and is renderingdecisions without fear. Yahya Khanallowed army chief to impose martiallaw under article 260 and to go forevery option. The hearing of the casewas adjourned till May 23. –ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: NationalAccountability Bureau ChairmanAdmiral (r) Fasih Bokhari Monday saidthe country cannot be purged ofcorruption unless the system isreformed otherwise all the eOorts ofcorruption watchdogs would go in vain.“Without correcting the system theagencies would be chasing the thieveswithout being able to stop the growthof thieves that has reachedunmanageable proportion todaythroughout Pakistan right down tolocal government level,” the NABchief said talking to the newsmenhere. He said the governancestructure in Pakistan has beendistracted over the years to allowcorrupt practices within the currentrules, laws and Constitution.

The reason why prevention is usedas primary tool in all advancecountries is so that systemic flaws areidentified and removed so thatcorrupt practices cannot becontinued under distracted anddiscretionary clauses of law enforced.He said as the apex accountabilitybody of Pakistan, it is incumbent onNAB to advice federal and provincialgovernments on system to eliminatecorrupt practices.“This activity is more importanttoday and takes priority ofenforcement and catching thieveswho are numerous for the limitedcapacity of NAB to cope with,” heremarked, adding that the use ofNAB in the past as tool againstpolitical opponents distracting it

from its more importantfunctions has only given rise togreater corruption down to thelowest level.He said the Bureau is all set topresent an immediate and long termaction plan to the new government tostrengthen its anti-corruption eOortsby adopting preventive methods.He said NAB was determined tofollow the new government’sdeclared intent of zero tolerance forcorruption, and full promotion ofmeritocracy for good governance.Bokhari said NAB was activelypursuing an expansion plan and hasdecided to set up three new regionsfor eradication of corruption andbetter monitoring of its activitiesacross the country.

“This expansion is part of theprogram to reach out to district leveland be more responsive tocomplaints of the general public.” He said the DGs conference hadalso agreed that the Bureau wouldhave its own police force for eOectivesecurity and field operations.Moreover, the NAB had alreadyapproached the Caretaker PrimeMinister for getting two of itswings back including EconomicCrime Wing and Anti CorruptionWing from FIA to strengthen thebureau.He said NAB has recentlyreleased annual report showingthat during 2012, the NAB had theregistration 7,565 complaints,completed 392 inquiries, filed 95

references, and recovered Rs 25billion. He said NAB authorized232 fresh inquiries in 2012,raising pendency to 978 includingthe backlog of 746 inquiries. Outof total investigation cases, 147have been finalized while theremaining 232 are under process,said the annual report that is astatutory requirement.During the year 2012, the NABalso recommended placement of192 accused on the Exit Control List(ECL) through the Ministry ofInterior. During the year 2012, thebureau filed 95 references in theAccountability Courts, making atotal of 719 cases, including 624cases already pending in the trialcourts. –ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: NADRAchief Tariq Malikannounced that asoftware would bedeveloped in two weeksto enhance the capacityof NADRA regardingverification of thumbprints.Speaking to reportershere on Monday, Maliksaid that NADRA wouldbe able to verify up to500, 000 thumb printsper day after enhancingit capacity at the requestof the ElectionCommission of Pakistan(ECP). He said asummary would beforwarded to thecaretaker government toseek expenses neededfor this exercise. “Wehave assured ourcomplete cooperation tothe commission,” hesaid. He added thatverification of thumbprints would cost Rs 10to 15 per vote. Speakingon this occasion, ECPSecretary IshtiaqAhmed said thatdemands for verificationof votes through thumbprints show people havefaith in the commission.The rigging allegationsraised by some circleshave made the demandfor checking thumbimpressions of votersgain space inmainstream and socialmedia. They argue thatthumb impression checkis a must to ascertainthe transparency ofpolls. –ONLINE

RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: So far more than51,000 people at national level havelost their lives as a result of blastscaused by IEDs since the start ofthe war on terror.This was stated by DirectorGeneral Military Operations(DGMO) Maj Gen Ishfaq NadeemAhmad at a C-IED symposium herethe other day.He also spoke on the IED threatspectrum, suOerings from IEDs,significance of Whole of NationApproach, Pakistan Army’s C-IEDstrategy, follow in eOorts,challenges and future plans to meetthe IED threat.He opined that under a de-radicalisation programme, theyouth could be prevented fromjoining militancy by creatingawareness against menace ofterrorism. Chairman C-IEDOrganisation Maj Gen SohailHafeez discussed menace of IEDand Pakistan Army’s eOorts incountering this threat. He talkedabout the hidden trauma, natureand type of casualties andrehabilitation challenges.In his presentation,Anchorperson Talat Hussaindilated on the role of media in

community awareness and publicresponsibilities in dealing with themenace of IEDs.He strongly supported the role ofmedia, especially radio, televisionand the print for creating awarenessamong the people against the threatof IED. Deputy Director forOperations/ Intelligence Integration,Joint Improvised Explosive DeviceDefeat Organization, USA, Brig GenRoberts P Walters Jr shared the USexperience on countering the IEDthreat. In his presentation, Director,Battlefield Manoeuvre and MasterGeneral of Ordnance, Major GeneralNick Pope of the British Army lookedat international eOorts on counterIEDs and sharing of best practices,especially focusing on lead nations’C-IED models (USA, UK andAustralia). The daylong activityspread over four sessions broughttogether seven speakers includingtwo senior oNcers as speakers fromUSA and British Army and anestimated 170 participants including60 foreign diplomats/delegates andguests from the government, army,law enforcement agencies, academia,industry, private sector, subjectmatter experts, members of local andinternational media. –ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Former foreignminister Sartaj Aziz has said thePML-N government will play its partto normalise relations with India.Sartaj Aziz, in an interview,noted that Nawaz Sharif hadalready said that his governmentwould pick up from where thepeace process was left before the1999 military coup by then armychief Pervez Musharraf.The PML-N government “willdo its part to lower tensions withNew Delhi and normaliserelations”, Aziz said.The new government’s overallforeign policy will remain thesame though it will try to ensurethe proper implementation of thepolicy, he said.“Our policy will be to ensurepeace and decrease extremistthreats (so) we can set an agendato improve the economy. At thesame time, we will not

compromise on our basic foreignpolicy principles. So it will needthorough thinking andconsultations in parliament toevolve consensus,” the 84-year-oldsaid. On the issue of dialogue withthe banned Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan, Aziz noted that Sharifhad already said that hisgovernment will hold talks onlywith groups that “accept Pakistan’sconstitution and democraticsystem”. “It is premature to saywhether or not we will talk to acertain group,” he said.“The PML-N government willformulate a formal policy afterconsulting all stakeholders, andthis will take some time.” Aziz saidPakistan will play its role for apeaceful and stable Afghanistan.“Pakistan will do whatever it canfor Afghan peace as instability inAfghanistan will have a directimpact on Pakistan.” –ONLINE

LLAAHHOORREE:: Six independent MNAs-electfrom FATA joined the PML-N on Monday. The newly-elected six members fromtribal region called on PML-N chief andexpected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif athis residence in Raiwind.Shahbaz Sharif and other party leaderswere also present in the meeting.Haji Tori, Shadi Gul, Bismillah Khan,Bilal Rehman and GG Jamal were amongFATA members who joined the victoriousparty. The PML-N emerged as a winner inthe May 11 elections, managing to securearound 124 seats in the centre.Earlier, on Sunday, the PML-Nattained a majority in the NationalAssembly after 18 independentcandidates joined the party, placing it ina position to form government at thecentre without striking an alliance withany other party. Several independent

candidates belonging to influentialpolitical families of Punjab and Sindhprovinces are among those who havejoined the PML-N. –ONLINE

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BalochistanMP joins PML-NQQUUEETTTTAA:: An independent candidatefrom the Balochistan Assembly, MirAasim Kurd Geelo, has announced tojoin the PML-N. At a news conferencein Quetta, he said the PML-N enjoysthe majority and will solve theproblems being faced by the province.PML-N Balochistan PresidentSanaullah Zehri and Abdul QadirBaloch MNA and other leaders werealso present on the occasion. –ONLINE

Chinese PM arrives tomorrowIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will bearriving here tomorrow (Wednesday) on a two-dayvisit. Li embarked this weekend on his first foreign tripsince taking oNce, heading to Pakistan, India,Switzerland and Germany as Beijing seeks to addresssecurity and economic disputes. During his visit theChinese Prime Minister will also hold wide rangingtalks with President Zardari and Caretaker PrimeMinister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso‚ which will befollowed by a joint stakeout. The Prime Minister willalso host a banquet for his Chinese counterpart. TheChinese PM will also meet leader of political parties.On the second day of his visit‚ President of PakistanMuslim League (N) Mian Nawaz Sharif will call on LiKeqiang. President Asif Ali Zardari will host aluncheon for the distinguished guest. The Chineseprime minister will hold a joint meeting with ChairmanSenate and Speaker National Assembly. He will visitPak-China Friendship Centre and plant a sapling atShakarparian. Pakistan and China would sign severalMemoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperationin various fields during the forthcoming visit of ChinesePrime Minister Li Keqiang. –ONLINE

� Says govt will pick up from where the peaceprocess was left before the 1999 military coup

JJAACCOOBBAABBAADD:: At leasttwo people were killedand several othersinjured on Monday afterpolice opened fire todisperse an irate mob.Violence erupted inDodapur area ofJacobabad, after clashesbroke out between policeand agitated locals whowere protesting againstthe abduction of a localwoman fromHyderabad. A largenumber of peoplegathered outside theDodapur police stationin protest against theincident. –ONLINE

Police kill 2protesters inJacobabad