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PReSIdenT AsifAli Zardari onSunday called forconsensus andunity among the

people in combating terror-ism, saying the decision oflaunching a military action innorth Waziristan Agencycould not be taken by the gov-ernment alone.

Addressing the conclud-ing session of the 5th nationalConference of South Asia FreeMedia Association (SAFMA)at the President’s House,Zardari said, “Whether wefight the war against militantstoday or tomorrow, we will doit with unity.”

“It’s easy to be emotional, itis easy to take a country to warbut you don’t ride a tiger untilyou are sure when to get off.”

In this connection, thepresident made it clear thatthe government would act inaccordance with its agendaand schedule and “not ac-cording to dictation fromsomewhere else”.

Zardari said complete un-derstanding existed amongstate institutions and the gov-ernment was capable of han-dling issues.

However, the presidenthighlighted the need for con-sensus and recalled that thegovernment had guided thenation towards Swat and theSouth Waziristan operationsonly because the nation hadagreed to them.

“But today, we don’t haveconsensus,” he said.

“We agree we need totake on this mission, but weare not ready to accept a pos-sible blowback.”

He said in accordance

with the policies of BenazirBhutto, he preferred reconcil-iation to handle terrorismand extremism.

“If we don’t reconcileamongst ourselves, we cannotreconcile with other coun-tries,” he remarked andadded, “We need to accom-modate other nations.”

Zardari said the attack onMalala Yousafzai was an at-tack on the nation’s valuesand on the future of cominggenerations.

“This was not an ordinaryterrorist act. She was attackedbecause she raised the flag ofpeace and education for chil-dren.” The president said ter-rorists wanted to impose theiragenda by force but theywould not be allowed to suc-ceed in their nefarious designsunder any circumstances.

Pakistan asksUS to takeout Fazlullah

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Pakistan has sought swiftand effective military actionby US forces against thefugitive leader of SwatTaliban Maulvi Fazlullah andhundreds of his followers,who have taken refuge inAfghanistan and wereinvolved in the failedassassination attempt onMalala Yousafzai.The vital issue of militaryaction by US forces againstFazlullah’s group was raisedby Pakistani authorities withUS Special RepresentativeMarc Grossman, whoconcluded his two-day visitto Islamabad on Sunday.Ambassador Grossman haddetailed discussions withForeign Minister HinaRabbani Khar and Chief ofArmy Staff General AshfaqParvez Kayani on variousissues of mutual interest andit was during these talks thatPakistan’s civilian andmilitary leaders took up theattack by militants onMalala, the 14-year oldeducation activist.“Grossman was told that thisgroup of Taliban led byFazlullah had become amajor source of concern forPakistani authorities as ithad not only been involved inthe killing of dozens of

Don’t ride thetiger if you can’tget off: Zardarig President says national consensus needed for NWA operationto avoid blow back g No foreign dictation acceptable for actionagainst militants g Wants end to polarisation over extremism

LAHORE: Saddi Muhammad achieves a record for using his mustache to pull a 1.7 tonne

pickup truck up to a distance of 60.3 metres at the week-long youth festival on

Sunday. Pakistan may not have brought home any medals from this summer’s

Olympics, but it can now lay claim to world records in chapati-making, plug-wiring and

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Eight militants killed inOrakzai shellingPESHAWAR: At least eight militants were killed and six others wereinjured as security forces shelled their hideouts in Upper OrakzaiAgency on Sunday morning. According to details, the security forces,acting on a tip off, shelled the suspected hideouts of militants inMamozai and Khadazai localities of Orakzai Agency with heavyartillery fire. As a result of the shelling, several hideouts weredestroyed and eight militants were killed. Sources said the death tollmight rise, as several militants were likely buried under the rubble ofthe destroyed hideouts. The security forces have accelerated actionagainst terrorists in Khyber and Orakzai Agencies after the attack onteenage education activist Malala Yousafzai. AgEnciES

Lightning strikes three FCsoldiers in Kurram AgencyPARACHINAR: Three Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were injured duringa thunderstorm that struck Trimangal village in the Kurram Agency onSunday. According to hospital sources and political administrationofficials, an FC check post near the Pak-Afghan border in the Gawisar areawas struck by lightning which injured three soldiers. The injured soldierswere admitted to a hospital in Parachinar. In a separate incident, oneperson was injured in a land mine blast in the Boshera area. inP

8 killed in old Karo-karidispute between two tribesKHAIRPUR: At least eight people, including two women, were killedwhile seven others were injured over old enmity between Tunio andSundrani communities near Gharhi Yasin on Sunday. According todetails, some armed men attacked a cattleman Rehmatullah Tunio nearGharhi Yasin of district Shikarpur. Later, hundreds of armed personsattacked Agha Farm killing six people of the Sundrani community,including Yasin Sundrani, Mir Hazaro Sundrani, Ali Hyder Sundrani,Mehar Sundrani and Farzana Sundrani, and injuring seven. The armedpersons also attacked a village, Ismail Sundrani, falling under thejurisdiction of Gharhi Yasin police station burning over 20 houses. Theinjured were taken to Larkana and Shikarpur civil hospitals fortreatment where the condition of three people was declared critical. Thebodies of the deceased were brought to civil hospitals at Shikarpur andGharhi Yasin for autopsy following which they were handed over to theirfamilies. Shikarpur police reached the venue two hours following thestart of the incident and started rescue operations while a fire brigadefrom Shikarpur controlled the fire. The cause of these murders is statedto be old enmity over Karo-kari. A big contingent of police was deployedacross the tension ridden area. Shikarpur SSP Pervez Chandio toldmedia sources that the situation had been brought under control. inP

PM leaves to become Haji ISLAMABAD: PrimeMinister Raja Pervez Ashrafleft for Saudi Arabia onSunday to perform Haj alongwith his family. Sources saidSaudi King Shah Abdullahinvited the PM to SaudiArabia as a royal guest. Theprime minister will also visitMadina and visit themausoleum of ProphetMuhammad (PBUH). He willreturn to Pakistan onOctober 28. OnLinE

Don’t use Malala toattack Waziristan: TIQUETTA: The Tanzeem-e-Islami (TI) staged a protest rallyagainst the proposed military operation in north Waziristanon the pretext of the attack on teenage education activistMalala Yousafzai in Swat. The protesters held banners andplacards inscribed with anti-government and anti-US slogans.Addressing the rally, speakers of the rally said theycondemned the attack on Malala Yousafzai terming it as“inhuman”. They said Islam does not allow the killing ofchildren and women, even during war. “Islam is a peacefulreligion which does not even allow the unnecessary cutting oftrees,” they said, adding that the attack on Malala was part ofa well thought out conspiracy. The speakers said the USforeign policy had brought havoc to various Muslim countriesduring the past decade. They criticised the US for its rhetoricover the Malala attack despite the fact that their drone attacksin Pakistan had killed numerous innocent people, includingwomen and children. The speakers said the United States’dubious behaviour vis-à-vis Malala and her family had madetheir intentions suspcisious. They said that pictures of Malalaand her father alongside Richard Holbrooke and CIA agentswere a clear sign that the US had vested interests connected tothe issue. They asserted that a conspiracy was hatched againstPakistan and Malala was used as a tool for theaccomplishment of a nefarious goal. They said that it wasstrange to note that Malala was attacked in Swat, while amilitary operation was being planned in north Waziristan.They further said that the victory of jihadists in Afghanistanhad become clear, while US and nATO forces were on theverge of retreat. This loss, they said, was unbearable for theanti-Islam and secular elements inside Pakistan and that waswhy they were advocating an operation in north Waziristan.The speakers appealed to the Pakistan Army to reject alldemands for launching an operation in north Waziristan for itwould be an attack on the integrity of Pakistan, they claimed.They urged the army to detach Pakistan from the so-calledAmerican led war on terror. SHAHzAdA zuLFiqAR

LAHOREAFP

PAKISTAn may not havebrought home any medals fromthis summer’s Olympics, butthe country can now lay claimto world records in chapatti-

making, plug-wiring and chessboard-ar-ranging.

A weekend of bizarre record attemptsin Lahore began on Saturday night when42,813 people in the national hockey sta-dium sang the national anthem together,smashing the previous best of 15,243 heldby India. On Sunday, Mohammad Man-sha went flat out to set a new record formaking chapattis — mixing, kneading,spinning and cooking three in three min-utes and 14 seconds — while 12-year-oldMehek Gul took just 45 seconds toarrange the pieces on a chessboard usingonly one hand.

neither of these feats had been at-

tempted before under thewatchful eye of a GuinnessWorld Records official.But Ahmed AminBodla broke a moreestablished recordwhen he landed 616martial arts kickson a punch bag injust three minutes,beating the previ-ous best of 612 alsoset by a Pakistani.

The events wereheld as part of a week-long youth festival inLahore, where Guinnessadjudicator Gareth deavesensured fair play, manager SherAli told AFP. While some people mightprefer care over haste when it comes toelectrics, Mohammad nauman lit up thecrowd as he wired a household plug in adazzling 35 seconds. In a land with a

proud tradition of facial hair,Saddi Muhammad set a

record by using hismoustache to pull a

1.7 tonne pickuptruck a distance of60.3 metres, towild applausefrom the crowd.elsewhere, danielGill and Moham-mad Rizwan set a

new record forheading a footballbetween them,managing 335

consecutive headers inthree minutes 45 seconds.

But there was heartache for onecontender, whose bid to claim the recordfor most T-shirts donned in three minuteswas disallowed when officials ruled hehad failed to smooth down all of the 59shirts properly.

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Adeel Amjad says;A moral victory: Useless it would be if the decision is not implementedby the government.

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The Taliban leader who apparently or-dered the assassination of a MalalaYousafzai last week may not be well-known outside the remote, picturesqueSwat Valley. But there he is infamous forhis long campaign against female educa-tion.

experts who are following Fazlullahsince long are of the view that the attackon Malala has drawn the attention of se-curity institutions back towards the reclu-sive Swat Taliban leader.

Fazlullah, the 30-something leader ofa local Taliban branch, is also well-knownto a very different set of people: US troopswho have been gunning for him since hefled into neighbouring Kunar province inAfghanistan three years ago.

Because of his long record of violenceand civilian executions, he is considereda priority target for nATO forces, accord-ing to analysts. “He’s on everyone’s targetlist,” said Jeff dressler, senior researchanalyst at the Institute for the Study of

War, who has assisted the US military inAfghanistan. dressler’s assessment wasshared by US officials, who spoke on thecondition of anonymity with the Wash-ington Post.

Fazlullah is also known as “MullahRadio” for his use of a roving transmitterto broadcast lyrical rants against the cen-tral government in Pakistan, music, edu-cation and the polio vaccine.

He married into militancy when hewed the daughter of the founder of theSwat-based branch of the Taliban, knownas the Movement for the enforcement ofIslamic Sharia, or TnSM, its Urduacronym. After the US invasion ofAfghanistan in 2001, he led his men thereto fight American troops. But he rose toprominence only in the mid-2000s,through his broadcasts.

Fazlullah is considered a charismaticpreacher, recruiting not only suicidebombers but also village women, whohave donated their precious jewels andother valuables to his cause, experts say.

Fazlullah formed an alliance withother Taliban factions, and together they

laid siege to the Swat Valley between2007 and 2009. His fighters blew up hun-dreds of schools, beheaded villagers,flogged women, killed dozens of soldiersand policemen, forced the exodus of morethan a million residents and advanced towithin 60 miles of the capital, Islamabad.

His followers ultimately grew to10,000 and used their strength to forcethe Pakistani government into threepeace deals. Fazlullah and his men estab-lished training camps and allowed alQaeda members to join them in battle.

“He could marshal thousands oftroops,” said Bill Roggio, editor of theLong War Journal, who has been follow-ing Fazlullah for years.

But by 2009, the Pakistani army hadhad enough and pushed the TnSM out ofthe valley.

Since then, the group’s members havefloated across the ill-defined border be-tween Kunar in Afghanistan and the Ba-jaur tribal area in Pakistan, according tocounterterrorism experts.

Fazlullah is no longer able to conductparamilitary operations and may not be

in day-to-day command of much. He hastried to maintain his stature and publicstanding by attacking those most vulner-able and least likely to resist: schoolchild-ren and their parents, experts say.

Last month, in what analysts see as abid to maintain his fading presence in theregion, Fazlullah began planning the exe-cution of 14-year-old MalalaYousafzai.She had once made the case for more se-curity in girls’ schools at a sit-down withUS envoy Richard C Holbrooke. Througha diary about life under the Taliban thatwas published by the BBC, she had be-come the face of Pakistani girls whoyearned for an education in a countrywhere many still lack access.

According to statements by ehsanul-lah ehsan, a spokesman for Fazlullah, theTnSM leader selected four assailants,who spent weeks gathering informationabout Malala Yousafzai’s travels andplanning the attack. The group also sentthe girl and her father warnings to stopspeaking out against TnSM and in favourof Westerners such as Obama.

On October 9, two gunmen stopped a

rickety, open-backed truck carrying adozen girls to school in Mingora, Swat’slargest town. The gunmen asked forMalala by name, jumped into the back ofthe vehicle and shot her twice, point-blank.

“Let this be a lesson,” ehsan lecturedthe media afterward.

The attack on Malala Yousafzai ismeant to draw attention to Fazlullah, saidexperts who have followed his career. “Itis what they thrive on,” said Shuja nawaz,director of the South Asia Center at theAtlantic Council in Washington. “Thisgives them a new lease on life. It can re-vive his support system.”

nawaz said that until there is strong,community-based policing, “these guyswill continue to scare and intimidate peo-ple.”

Malala Yousafzai’s shooting has out-raged Pakistanis, prompting demonstra-tions in support of girls’ education.Pakistani officials have said that theyhave made several arrests in the case, butFazlullah remains at large and may still beacross the border, in Afghanistan.

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THe government is consider-ing a plan to cut the powers ofOil and Gas Regulatory Au-thority (OGRA) chairman andmembers after facing stiff re-

sistance from the regulator for puttingRs 9 billion burden of gas theft on gasconsumers.

Sources said a minister of the in-cumbent government was pressing thepresident and the prime minister to theamend OGRA Ordinance to delegatepowers to the federal government to firechairman and members of OGRA when-ever it felt so. At present, the federalgovernment has to send a case to Fed-eral Public Service Commission (FPSC)to remove the chairman or members of

OGRA if they are found guilty of somemisconduct or malpractices. But the fed-eral government wants to end the role ofthe FPSC in the sacking with immediateeffect.

The plan has been considered afterthe government faced stiff oppositionfrom OGRA to shift the Rs 9 billion bur-den of gas stolen by the rich and themighty to the poor, which the cabinethas already approved. The cabinet in itsmeeting on October 11 principally ap-proved shifting the burden of a whop-ping Rs 9 billion on to poor gasconsumers for gas theft and the non-re-covery of gas bills by utilities. Thesources said OGRA Chairman SaeedAhmed Khan had bitterly opposed themoving of the summary in the cabinet,arguing that the poor gas consumersshould not be punished for gas theft and

the inefficiency of recovery of bills atany cost.

However, the powerful cabinetmembers paid no heed and principallyapproved the summery. After OGRAearlier rejected a petition by both gasutilities seeking the payment owing, thegovernment adopted another way to getthe approval of the summary seekingmore fleecing of legitimate consumerswho regularly paid their gas bills.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC)has already taken notice of the frequentincrease in the price of gas and ex-pressed annoyance over what it calledthe practice of recovering pilferage andtheft losses in the supply of compressednatural gas (CnG). The court on October18 also questioned why consumers hadto be burdened through tariff adjust-ments to cover up the follies of others.

Criminals go subterranian topilfer petrol worth Rs 270mFAISALABAD: Police registered a case of oil theft worth Rs 270 million from aPak Arab Refinery pipeline. The alleged criminals include a retired employee ofa sensitive agency named Zafar and his confederates Mehboob and Faisal. Thetrio had been stealing oil for quite some time from the pipeline by digging anunderground tunnel in the area of Chak no.9 Bholey Wala, which falls under thejurisdiction of nishatabad police station. The PARCO pipeline which theytargeted carried bulk oil from Sheikhupura to Faisalabad. Gas masks, generatorsand other equipment was found from the tunnel but the culprits remain at largewhile police is conducting raids at different places to arrest them. OnLinE

Fazullah back in focus after attack on Malala

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Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bazinjo,the senior vice president of na-tional Party, said that the estab-lishment was responsible for thedeteriorating law and order situa-tion in Balochistan.

In a brief talk with local jour-nalists in Turbat on Sunday, theBaloch nationalist leader said thatif free and transparent electionswere conducted in Balochistan hisparty would win adequate seats.

He said that the boycott of thelast general elections by national-ist parties had paved way for obe-dient servants of the establishmentto form a government.

The nP leader strongly criti-cized the establishment for its rolein politics saying that it was re-

sponsible for 70 percent of the de-teriorating law and order situationin Balochistan. Had the Balochgovernment played its role effec-tively, state agencies and FrontierCorps would have not beenin power. The local government’sincompetency was equally respon-sible for these grievances.

Bazinjo said that nP wouldtake an active part in coming gen-eral elections by fielding its candi-dates in the province to stop theestablishment from interfering inelections. He said that if Balochnationalists boycotted elections itwould be harmful for the Balochnation.

He said that the governor’srule was not a solution forBalochistan and regretted that theBaloch were targeting their ownbrothers.

establishment responsible for 70%

of Baloch grievances: Bazinjo

Govt planning getting power tosack OGRA chairman, members

Petrol, CNG pricesgo down by Rs 2ISLAMABAD: The government on Sundayslashed the prices of petrol and compressednatural gas (CnG) by Rs 2. The new rateswill be effective from Monday (today). TheOil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)had sent a summary to the Ministry ofPetroleum and natural Resources onSaturday, recommending a decrease inpetrol prices by Rs 2.32 per litre, HighSpeed diesel by Rs 0.33 per litre and CnGby Rs 2.12 per kg as part of the regularrevision of POL prices. The summary wasapproved by the ministry after which theprice of petrol will be Rs 101.8 per litre,Light Speed diesel is reduced by 63 paisasper litre and Kerosene Oil by 61 paisas perlitre. In addition, the Finance Ministry hasalso approved a reduction in CnG price byRs 2.12 per kilogram in Region-1 (Potohar,KP and Balochistan) and Rs1.94 in Region-2(Sindh, Punjab). The new prices will beeffective from Monday (today). AgEnciES

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KUWAIT CITYAFP

KUWAITI riot police on Sun-day fought with tens ofthousands of angry protest-

ers, using tear gas, sound bombsand rubber bullets as activists re-ported several people injured andmany arrests, witnesses said.

They said they saw at least 10men on the ground apparentlyafter inhaling tear gas, and formerMP Abdullah al-Barghash toldAFP he saw injured men beingtaken to hospital in ambulances.

Barghash and other activistsput the number of protesters atmore than 100,000, which wouldbe the largest gathering in the his-tory of the Gulf state, but independ-ent onlookers estimated the crowdat more than 30,000. Police madeno estimate. The opposition calledthe demonstration to protestagainst a decision by emir SheikhSabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah toamend the electoral law. Activistsclaim the change is aimed at elect-ing a rubber-stamp parliament.Riot police earlier prevented pro-

testers from gathering at three sitesset by organisers, using tear gas andbatons to disperse them and arrest-ing several people including formerIslamist MP Waleed al-Tabtabai.

Later organisers asked protest-ers to gather at an alternative site inthe capital where demonstrators cutoff the country’s key seaside ArabianGulf Road for several hours. Maskedpolice in full riot gear repeatedlyfired tear gas and sound bombs andlater used rubber bullets to dispersethe crowds led by former oppositionMPs. “It looks like a battlefield,” Mo-hammad Rashed, a private sectoremployee, told AFP as he left thescene, accompanied by his wife andother relatives.

earlier, riot police beat protest-ers gathering for the demonstra-tion, organisers and witnesses said.Several people including former Is-lamist MP Waleed al-Tabtabaiwere arrested, organisers said ontheir Twitter account. Witnessestold AFP that riot police usedsmoke bombs to disperse crowdswho began to gather at the threedesignated demonstration sites.

The organisers immediately

changed the venue to an alterna-tive location in Kuwait City andurged protesters not to clash withpolice. Organisers had expectedthe protest to be “the biggest pro-cession in the history of Kuwait”,and advised people to remainpeaceful after a stern warning byauthorities that they would pre-vent any “illegal” demonstration.The demonstrators were sched-uled to march on the Seif Palacewhich houses offices for the emir,crown prince and prime minister.

The Interior Ministry had cau-tioned that processions are illegalin Kuwait and that protesters couldonly gather in a square opposite theparliament building, warning itwould deal harshly with violators.Police cordoned off empty areasalong the demonstration routes inan apparent bid to limit protesternumbers by restricting parking, anAFP correspondent reported. Theprotest was called by the Islamistand nationalist-led opposition inprotest at a the emir’s decision toamend the electoral law, despite ithaving been confirmed by a courtlast month.

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A diminished but resiliental Qaeda- the force behindthe 9/11 attacks- isattempting a comeback inAfghanistan’s mountainouseast as US and allied forceswind down their combatmission conceding a smallbut steady toehold to theterrorist organisation. “Al Qaeda could try toreconstitute itself but theywould do so at their ownperil given the intensepressure they and otherterrorist groups are facing inAfghanistan,” PentagonPress Secretary George Littlesaid on Saturday. This is amassive concern for UScommanders, who hadintensified strikes against alQaeda sanctuaries in recent

months. It also undercutsthe Obama administrationnarrative which portrayed alQaeda battered to the pointof being a non-issue inAfghanistan, as allied troopsstart packing their bags. Theway things stand at present,an unquestionably weakenedal Qaeda appears to havepreserved some limitedmeans of regenerating insideAfghanistan while USinfluence in the countrywanes. The final US combattroops are scheduled to leaveby december 31, 2014, atwhich point security matterswould be turned over to theAfghan government. “Theyare trying to increase theirnumbers and take advantageof the Americans leaving,”Paktika province police chiefGeneral dawlat KhanZadran said in an interview

in the governor’s compound.He mentioned no numbersbut said al Qaeda had movedmore weapons across theborder from Pakistan. Foryears the main target of USled forces had been theTaliban, rulers ofAfghanistan and protectorsof al Qaeda before the USinvasion in 2001. now theirstrategic goal is to prevent alQaeda from finding asanctuary once again inAfghanistan from whereattacks could be launched onUS soil. US General John Allen, thetop commander ofinternational forces inAfghanistan, said al Qaedahad re-emerged and althoughits numbers were small, thegroup according to Allen didnot need a large presence tobecome influential.

Don’t ride thetiger if you can’tget off: Zardari

He emphasised the need forstrengthening the economy to effectivelydeal with all challenges, including theone posed by terrorism. expressingconcerns over polarisation and divisionon the issue of extremism, Zardari citedthe assassination of former Punjabgovernor Salman Taseer and asked theparticipants about the number of peoplewho had sided with the family.“Taseer’s son was kidnapped, how manypeople tried to help his family? The answeris very few,” he replied. “not a singlelawyer was willing to fight Salman Taseer’scase, whereas a retired chief justice hadoffered his services to the killer, Qadri.”On the issue of terrorism and religiousextremism, Zardari reminded theparticipants of a speech by the oppositionleader in the national Assembly, addingthat talking to the opposition on such anissue seemed meaningless. He, however,reminded media personnel about theirresponsibilities at this crucial stage andurged them to help build a consensus onthis issue and to unite the nation.SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam andnusrat Javed also addressed the session.

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Pakistani soldiers, but also planned andexecuted the attack on Malala to silence hervoice,” a diplomatic source said, seekinganonymity.He said the US special representative wastold that it was the responsibility ofAmerican and nATO troops stationed onthe other side of the Afghan border to takeout Fazlullah, also known as Radio Mullah,and his followers.Fazlullah’s group crossed over intoAfghanistan after it was defeated by thearmy in Swat in a sweeping militaryoffensive in 2009.In recent months, the group’s militantshave attacked Pakistani border posts indir, Chitral and Bajaur and killed severalsoldiers.Swat Taliban spokesman Sirajuddinrecently admitted that Fazlullah orderedthe execution of Malala after whichspecially-trained militants were sent toassassin the teenager.The diplomat said Ambassador Grossmanassured the Pakistani leadership that hiscountry would continue to take steps foreliminating the scourge of terrorism inAfghanistan and he would also convey thePakistani demand for military actionagainst Fazlullah’s group to the USleadership.In a statement issued on Sunday by the USembassy, Ambassador Grossman said, “Iam always happy to be back in Pakistan.”“We have many shared interests –including terrorism, supporting a stableand secure Afghanistan, increasing marketaccess and economic opportunity, andsupporting civilian democracy, tolerance,pluralism and civil society,” he said.Grossman expressed his appreciation forPakistan’s support for an Afghan politicalprocess, including through the US-Afghanistan-Pakistan Core Group, andnoted that “we want to continue ourimportant coordination on the borderand to counter terrorism in the region.We want to work together to find ways tocooperate to make Pakistan, Afghanistan,and the region secure, stable, andprosperous”.“The frank, honest, and respectfulconversations we had are essential tofurthering the vital relationship betweenthe United States and Pakistan and toensuring our shared security and economicprosperity,” the ambassador said.According to the statement, Grossman’svisit follows recent engagements, includingSecretary Clinton’s meetings with ForeignMinister Khar in Washington andPresident Zardari in new York inSeptember, as well as the recent US-Pakistan Law enforcement andCounterterrorism Working Groupconvened in Washington, dC on October 5.

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TehranAFP

Iran on Sunday hanged three“terrorists” for bombings in2010 that killed a total of 67people in restive Sistan-Baluchestan of southeastIran, the judiciary in theprovince bordering Pakistansaid.

A statement from the ju-diciary named the men asYahya Charizehi, AbdoljalilKahrazehi and AbdolbassetRigi, who were executed inthe prison of the provincialcapital of Zahedan.

Charizehi and Kahrazehiwere convicted for a bombingin Chabahar city in december2010 that killed 39 peopletaking part in a Shia religiousprocession, said Zahedan’sprosecutor MohammadMarzieh, quoted by Mehrnews agency.

Rigi was convicted for ablast in Zahedan in July of thesame year that targeted Rev-

olutionary Guards and killed28 people, according to thesame source.

The judiciary branded thethree men “terrorists,” with-out mention of Jundallah, aSunni rebel group whichclaimed both attacks.

The hangings came twodays after a suicide bomberoutside a Shia mosque killedtwo Basiji, Islamic militia-men, and wounded five oth-ers at a mosque in Chabahar.

S i s t a n - B a l u c h e s t a n ,which shelters a significantSunni minority in over-whelmingly Shia Iran, has foryears been the scene ofbloody attacks by Jundallah,whose chief Abdulmalek Rigiwas captured and hanged in2010.

Tehran accuses US,British and Pakistani intelli-gence of supporting thegroup, which was officiallydesignated a “terrorist organ-isation” by the United Statesin June 2010.

Police battle protestersin Kuwait

Iran hangs three‘terrorists’ for2010 bombings

KABUL: The Taliban onSunday rejected a Un reportthat roadside bombs caused themost civilian casualties inAfghanistan, calling it a“Western propaganda”.Taliban spokesman ZabiullahMujahid said they only used thebombs to target foreign troopsand Afghan security forces. “Byspreading such propaganda theyare trying to prevent us fromplanting bombs which cause thedeaths of invaders in ourcountry,” he said in an email.The Un mission in Afghanistanon Saturday urged insurgents toend the use of roadside bombs,also known as improvisedexplosive devices or Ieds, sayingthey were by far the biggestkiller of civilians in the conflict.The call came a day after 19civilians died and 15 wereinjured when their bus struck amine in northern Balkh province

on Friday.The Un said the blast wascaused by an Ied planted alonga busy public road and set off bya pressure plate. It said thebomb was “consistent withdocumented patterns and tacticsof choice by the Taliban”. Iedskilled 340 civilians and injured afurther 599 over the past ninemonths, an increase of almost30 percent compared to thesame period last year, the Unsaid. But the Taliban spokesmandenied any insurgents wereoperating in the area of Balkhprovince where Friday’s blastoccurred. He said the Talibanused only remote-controlledroadside bombs which, unlikethe devices automaticallyactivated by pressure-plates,allowed a bomber to choose thetime of the blast and specificallytarget coalition troops and theirAfghan allies. Agencies

Al Qaeda resurging in Afghanistanwhile US withdraws its forces

taliban say their bombs don’tcause most Afghan deaths

KARAcHi: A policeman guards arrested indian fishermen at a police station on Sunday. Pakistan maritime security agency (PMSA) arrested 39 indian fishermen on

Saturday and seized seven boats for illegally fishing in Pakistan’s territorial waters. Afp

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SOME BiRdS ARE nOT MEAnT TO BE cAgEd: A boy displays a young falcon on Airport Road in quetta to attract customers, despite ban on the sale of falcons. The raptors

are declining in number in the wild because of unchecked hunting and sales. However, poverty-stricken people, oblivious to the threat to species, often capture wild birds

and sell them locally for some much-needed extra cash. inp

GUJAR KHANAgEnciES

THe election Commissionof Pakistan (eCP) hasbeen made independentand arrangements forfree and fair elections

have also been made, Prime MinisterRaja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Sunday.

Addressing a public gathering,the prime minister said by therewould be no fraud in the upcomingelections as the eCP had been madeindependent.

The prime minister said no onecould defeat the Pakistan People’sParty, adding that conspirators wouldeven lose their surety money in thenext election. He said the PPP hadgiven blood for democracy and no onecould steal its mandate as was done in

the past. Ashraf also announced devel-opment projects worth over Rs 12 bil-lion for Gujar Khan tehsil and

adjoining areas. He announced widen-ing of Mandra-Chakwal road at a costof Rs 2.70 billion and Sohawa-Chak-wal road at the cost of Rs 3.30 billion.He also inaugurated construction ofRs 425 million Gujar Khan Underpassand Rs 160 million doltala-GujarKhan Road and launched 157 projectsfor provision of electricity at a cost ofover Rs 125 million. Ashraf also inau-gurated 255 small schemes for distri-bution of natural gas at a cost of Rs 2.5billion that would benefit populationof over 300,000, in 70 villages. “Workis already underway in 185 villages.”

He inaugurated project for con-struction of streets in 33 UnionCouncils at a cost of 1.65 billion. Theprime minister also inaugurated aLawyers Chamber Complex in GujarKhan. People from all walks of life,including lawyers, students, workersfrom various trade unions, womenand elderly attended the gathering.Special security arrangements weremade for people.

NEW DELHIAFP

Fifty years ago India tasted bitter defeatat the hands of China in a brief borderwar, and the memory still spooks newdelhi’s leaders as they try to competewith their powerful Asian neighbour.

In 1962, badly-equipped Indiantroops were humiliated in the four-weekbattle over the Himalayan frontier, withChinese forces pouring through themountains and advancing as far as theplains of Assam.

China then withdrew to the currentborder but it still claims much of the remoteIndian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and thedispute consistently sours efforts to im-prove ties between the regional rivals.

In the last 20 years, both countrieshave experienced rapid development butChina’s faster economic growth and itsemergence as a world power has only un-derlined India’s misgivings over the warthat began in October 1962.

“There is no doubt that the war stillplays a key role in defining our diplomaticties with China,” said Sreeram Chaulia,head of the Jindal School of International

Affairs near new delhi.“A sense of insecurity dominates the

equation. India will never forget the war,nor can it forgive China for advancing sofar into its territory.” The border betweenIndia and China has been the subject of 14rounds of fruitless talks since the war and,despite warm words during official visits,friction remains high on the border itself.

Indian army officials say troops de-ployed by both countries hoist nationalflags near the border, and even throw cig-arette butts into the disputed zone, to ex-press their claims over the territory.

“Fifty years after its worst militarydebacle, India is still playing catch up.China is way ahead of India in the secu-rity and economic spheres,” G.Parthasarthy, a retired army officer andformer diplomat in new delhi, told AFP.

“We still cannot match their prowessand the border talks yield no significantresults. They just keep the issue brewing.”

In their last major disagreement,China protested angrily during the Indian2009 election campaign when PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh visitedArunachal Pradesh, which China markson maps as a part of its Tibet region.

Both sides accuse each other of reinforc-ing the military presence in the area, withIndia now deploying about 20,000 soldiersand also building roads and an airfield to im-prove its transport and logistic links.

As India and China focus on maintain-ing economic growth, another outbreak offighting appears unlikely and last monththey decided to resume joint military exer-cises in an outward sign of improving ties.

“We have reached the very importantconsensus of further promoting thefriendly, strategic partnership,” China’sdefence Minister Liang Guanglie said aftermeeting his Indian counterpart A.KAntony last month. On the economic front,India in August invited China to invest inits new flagship manufacturing zones aspart of a push to broaden commercial rela-tions and cut a ballooning trade deficit.India’s trade deficit with China soared 42percent to nearly $40 billion in the last fis-cal year, while total bilateral trade climbed27 percent to $75 billion.

Some analysts say the rivalry oncefought in the Himalayas is now a proxywar in smaller regional countries asChina tries to increase its influence inPakistan, nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

China is helping India’s arch-rivalPakistan in key strategic projects andsome western countries are concernedabout its plan to help Islamabad buildmore nuclear power plants.

“earlier they fought over a small terri-tory, now they are fighting for regionaldominance,” said nani Gopal Mahanta, apolitical science professor in the northeaststate of Assam. “India and China may de-clare their long-standing brotherhood but thefact is their relation is shrouded in darkness.”

A recent survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center showed anoverwhelming majority of Chinese are waryof India’s growth, with 62 percent admittingthey have a negative opinion of India. Just23 per cent said they saw India favourably.

For India, where confidence in thecountry’s economic prospects has recentlyfaltered, the reality that China is racing fur-ther ahead as the dominant force in the re-gion only fuels suspicion. “As both nationsgrow and develop, our greatest challenge ishow India learns to live with China,” TheTimes of India said in an editorial to mark50 years since the war. “We fear China, weenvy China, we don’t want to be China butwe want to be as efficient as China.”

Police, Food dept foil bidto smuggle 2,000 kgsof meat to Afghanistan

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The police and food department officialsfoiled a bid to smuggle 2,000 kilogrammesof meat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa intoAfghanistan. According to details, anAfghanistan bound bus was stopped at theKarkhano Market checkpoint before entryinto Khyber Agency. during checking2,000 kg of beef hidden on the roof of thevehicle was found. The police and the fooddepartment took the meat into theircustody and arrested the driver whoclaimed he was not the owner of the beefand was offered a sum of Rs 5,000 to takeit to Afghanistan. The police registered acase and started search for the smugglers.

Malik warns of actionagainst forced collection of hides

ISLAMABADAgEnciES

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sundaywarned that the government would act againstgroups found involved in collecting hides ofsacrificial animals. Talking to reporters, Maliksaid there was a complete restriction onbanned outfits from collecting hides ofsacrificial animals. “All law enforcementagencies will remain on high alert during theeid holidays,” he said. The interior ministersaid strict security measures were being madeon eidul Azha. To a question, he saidtransporters should use Shahra-e-Karakoramfor Gilgit-Baltistan. He said the people ofGilgit-Baltistan had played an important rolein cubing sectarian violence.

three convicts escape fromHaripur district jail

HARIPURinP

Four murder convicts managed to flee fromHaripur jail but the police managed to re-arrest one on Sunday. Jail sources said thatthe prisoners identified as Safdar, Sohrab,Sher Afsar and Tariq Jamil escaped fromprison by scaling the wall. A heavycontingent of the police cordoned off thearea and started a hunt for them, whichresulted in the re-arrest of the accusedSafdar. However the other three convictsmanaged to escape. Police said that effortsto re-arrest the run away convicts wereunderway. Sources claimed that somepolicemen deployed in the jail were involvedin helping the convicts escape.

Govt has made arrangementsfor free, fair elections: PMg Ashraf says no one can defeat PPP g Unveils rs 12b development package for Gujar Khan

50 years after war, India chafes over defeat to China

PPP committed toresolving masses’problems: Kaira

ISLAMABADAPP

Minister for Information and BroadcastingQamar Zaman Kaira said that PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP) was committed toresolving the masses’ problems at theirdoorstep. Talking to a private TV channellast night, he said that PPP enjoyedpopularity at the grassroots’ level and washad taken allied parties on board fordecisions pertaining to important nationalissues. Replying to a question, Kaira saidthat funds for the Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting had been utilized in atransparent manner. A budget of Rs 2billion for the ministry was reflected in thenational budget, it had been subject toauditing, details of which had beenpublished in documents, he added. Hedispelled the impression that funds hadbeen given to certain journalists to seektheir favour. He said, “I have never givenmoney to journalists to buy their loyalty.”Kaira said that he would quit politics if asingle penny was proved to have been givento journalists to buy his or her loyalty.Answering another query, he said that theoffice of the president was political by allstandards but its actions were neutral andimpartial. He said that President Zardariwas a great leader who had successfullyhandled the party’s affairs and had movedforward after the death of Benazir Bhutto.He said that fake cases had been madeagainst President Zardari. He said that thePML-n leader had endorsed the fact thatall cases against PPP were politicallymotivated. no charges against thepresident could thus be proved, he added.

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THe newly appointed ChairmanCapital development AuthorityTahir Shahbaz said that hewanted to ball the jack but with

a realistic mindset by setting all ambi-tious projects aside and focussing on thedoable ones.

"We should only mull over projectswithin our capabilities. Being a civic bodywe are supposed to prioritize what everbrings relief to residents. Unfortunately,during the last several years, CdA hadlost trust among people that needs to berestored at top priority," the chairmansaid in an interview with APP.

He said that massive recruitment inCdA had burdened it financially andphysically, operations could not improveas inertia pervaded and residents of thefederal capital were getting estrangedfrom the city developers.

He said that the main focus would beon training inefficient workers and teach-ing them how to deal with the public sothat CdA may regain its lost trust thatwould ultimately help eliminate variousanomalies as well.

Tahir said, "How we can run a civicbody when the applicants and officialspre-empt their tactics. The former tries toget his work done and the latter tries toentangle him to mint money. We need toreplace this with a friendly atmosphere

and a positive mindset."He said that CdA had banned fresh

recruitment and started working on anew Human Resource policy to scrutinizethe workforce appointed during the pre-decessor's tenures and suggest criteria forappointments in the future.

He said that to ensure transparencyand expeditious response to applications,CdA had started the computerization ofland records. In the next phase, theserecords would be uploaded on CdA’swebsite. This would also help residentssubmit and check the status of their ap-plications.

The chairman said that the other tasktaken up by him was the scrutiny ofkiosks that had become a blot on the cap-

ital city’s beauty. They had been set upwithout specific land identification or de-sign.

"There should be need based criteriato allot space for kiosks. There shouldalso be a specific design for them to makethem attractive and worth seeing. A com-mittee had been formed to devise a policyon kiosks as well," he remarked.

The chairman said that a committeehad been formed to suggest steps for CdAto generate revenue as it was having ahard time paying its employees.

The chief said that on directives ofthe Cabinet division, CdA had startedconducting a drive to conserve water,electricity and gas to make Islamabad amodel for other cities of the country.

CDA has no ‘ambitious plans’CDA Chairman Tahir Shahbaz says authority focusing on doable projects

Kashmir Highway

expansion project

in doldrumsISLAMABAD

AgEnciES

The mega project of widening of theKashmir Highway, leading to newBenazir Bhutto Road, is in doldrumsdue to the indifference of the Capitaldevelopment Authority (CdA).According to sources, a constructionfirm had sent a notice to the CdAurging them to stop the work on theproject. It was learnt that the mainreason for the delay was the inabilityof the department to release funds tothe construction companies workingon the project.The CdA had divided the project intotwo sections, the contracts for whichwere given to two different construc-tion firms. Contract of the first sec-tion was awarded at Rs 1,649 millionwhile the contract of the second sec-tion was awarded at Rs 1,699 mil-lion, resulting in a gross cost of Rs3,248 million. The contracts wereawarded in February 2011 and wouldend in February 2013.According to the CdA sources,progress on the first section was verydisappointing as only eight percentof the work was completed until now.However, 35 percent work had beencompleted on the second section,said the sources. The sources in-formed that Rs 35 million of pay-ment to the contactor of section oneof the project was still pending, whileRs 250 million of payments for thesecond section was also due, thesources told agencies. Similarly, Rs 48 million was re-quired for the construction of a rail-way bridge, which had not beenissued by the finance wing yet. TheCdA had paid Islamabad electricSupply Company (IeSCO) and Pak-istan Telecommunications CompanyLimited (PTCL) in advance, but theywere yet to transfer the service linesto the area. When contacted, a CdAofficial said the federal governmentwas to pay 50 percent for the projectas it was a BSdP project. The fed-eral government had released Rs 95million but the accounts officer au-thorised to sign the assignment ac-counts cheques had gone for Hajjand the approval and verificationprocess of the signatures of theother official, who had been author-ized for the task, could not be com-pleted yet, he said. The paymentswould most probably be released tothe construction companies in thenext week, he said.

ISLAMABADAgEnciES

The Capital development Authority(CdA) has failed to resume the con-struction work on the roads in Sector I-11 which was halted due to the problemsin getting possession of the land evenafter a lapse of three months.According to sources, the contract forthe road construction work in sectors I-11/1 and 2 was awarded in October 2011at a cost of Rs. 180 million and it was tobe completed in 18 months, but thework was halted three months ago dueto problems in getting the acquisition ofthe land. The CdA’s Land departmentand enforcement department were put-ting the blame of failure on each other,the sources revealed.The sources told agencies that an

Afghan refugees’ settlement in sector I-11/1 was not only hindering the devel-opment work in the sector but was alsoposing a grave security risk in the area.The authorities concerned, includingthe CdA and the interior ministry werenot paying any heed to the problem, thesources added.The allottees had expressed concerns onthe situation as they were allotted plotsof land in the sector in 1992, but theycould not get possession of their plotsowing to the many problems includingthe Afghan settlements and lack of de-velopment work.The allottees appealed to the InteriorMinister, A. Rehman Malik to shift theAfghan settlement to another localityand demanded of the CdA Chairman,Syed Tahir Shahbaz to resume develop-ment work in the sector.

cDA fails to resume roadconstruction work in sector i-11

dysfunctional signals cause traffic mess ISLAMABAD

AgEnciES

Failure of the traffic police to operate traffic signals has contributed to traffic messand accidents in the federal capital as most of the traffic signals are handled manu-ally by a lone warden. While talking to agencies, citizens deplored the mishandling oftraffic signals in the capital city, saying that a solo traffic warden would manually op-erate traffic on major intersections as the traffic lights were completely switched offin the evening. They said that a single warden deployed on the intersections failed toproperly regulate the situation as traffic from opposite sides would create a deadlockwhen motorists moved in from all sides. On the other hand, a severe shortage of traf-fic wardens could be felt by the citizens as only one warden was deployed at majorintersections to monitor and regulate the traffic. It was not possible for the trafficwarden to keep a check on traffic rules violation while simultaneously regulating thevehicular traffic. Traffic signals mostly remained switched off in the evening and thesituation had been further aggravated by the absence of traffic wardens.

ISLAMABADAPP

With eidul Azha just a week away,sale of slaughtering and cookingtools is witnessing an unprecedentedsurge in the twin cities of Islamabadand Rawalpindi.

A number of stalls were beingestablished in different markets andlocalities ahead of eidul Azha to selltools used for slaughtering, cuttingand cooking meat which comprisedof knives, meat cleavers, barbequetools including “Angeethi” (hand-made-oven) and steel bars.

This year eidul Azha would becelebrated on October 27. Accordingto the Islamic calendar, the occasionwould be celebrated on the 10th,11th and 12th of Zilhaj.

Street vendors had been roam-ing around the city on bicycles to selldifferent slaughtering tools and tosharpen blunt knives for peopleahead of eid.

A stallholder Usman Ali toldnews agencies that these were ex-ceptional days for them as theycould do sufficient business as com-pared to the other months of theyear, adding that during the first twodays of eidul Azha the butcher’swould demand a high price for theirservices. This might be the reasonwhy a large number of people pre-ferred sacrificing their animalsthemselves to avoid any inconven-ience, he said.

Another stallholder said thatbusiness of sharpening rusted toolswas yet to gain momentum as eidwas still five days away, while addingthat most people got their old knivesand choppers sharpened before theoccasion.

A shopper said that street ven-dors and stallholders were charginghigh prices for different slaughteringtools.

Purana Qila and Banni areas inRawalpindi are considered as the

two main markets where slaughter-ing tools are easily available atwholesale rates.SECURITy ARRANgEMENTSFINALISED: The RawalpindiCommissioner, Indad Ullah Bosalhas directed the police officials toensure foolproof security at places ofeid prayers, cattle markets andshopping markets of all the districtsof the division.

According to sources, eid vaca-tions of police personnel, securityagencies and other related depart-ments had been cancelled in thisconnection.

The commissioner issued thesedirectives in a meeting to finalise thesecurity arrangements for eid-ul-Azha the other day. Speaking on theoccasion, the commissioner saidthat police officials in plain clotheswould be deployed in the major mar-kets and shopping plazas of the cityto ensure proper security for the cit-izens.

‘expensive’ slaughtering tools selling like hot cakes

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THE HAVE And THE HAVE-nOTS: A man carries a huge sack on his head as he passes outside the heavily-fortified Parliament House on Sunday. onLine

RAWALPINDIAPP

AeRIAL firing in jubilation hasbecome a great nuisance forthe citizens as they expresseddeep concern over the indif-

ferent attitude of the police and the dis-trict administration towards the sheerviolation of the marriage ordinance inthe city and its suburbs.

display of fireworks and aerial fir-ing had become a routine activity dur-

ing marriages, without which everymarriage procession was considered tobe incomplete.

Aerial firing had claimed scores ofprecious lives in the past and the crimi-nal negligence shown by the authoritiesconcerned had proved very disturbingfor the citizens.

Secret warehouses located atnarankari Bazaar and Raja Bazaar werestuffed with fireworks which were beingsold with impunity.

Social, religious and political circles

had demanded from the government toimplement the marriage ordinance inletter and spirit, besides bringing the vi-olators to justice to avert any majormishap.

despite a ban imposed by theSupreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) aswell as the Rawalpindi district govern-ment on the use of fireworks and aerialfiring, the people were witnessed to beflouting the orders at different func-tions. In congested areas of Rawalpindiand its suburbs, firing in jubilation had

become a routine as there was no one tocheck the illegal practice.

When contacted, a police officialsaid that due to paucity of manpower itwas impossible for them to maintainvigilance over all marriage halls andother marriage functions organized inhomes, which made it impossible forthem to book the violators according tothe law. Public and social forums calledupon police authorities to ensure theenforcement of the ban and urged themto take action against the violators.

Jubilant aerial firing becominga nuisance for citizens

ISLAMABADAPP

national database and Registration Au-thority (nAdRA) has so far issued 1,15,000 Computerized national IdentityCards (CnIC) to persons with disabili-ties (PWd) enabling them to avail spe-cial medical, education and transportfacilities.

These cards would help the disabledpersons to avail facilities and special in-centives announced for them by the gov-ernment for their empowerment andensuring a respectable life for them, said

an official of the Ministry of Capital Ad-ministration and development division(CAdd) here on Sunday.

Talking to agencies, he said that vi-sually impaired persons were also eligi-ble to appear in five groups of the civilservice competitive examinations andaccording to the rules, a writing assistantwould be provided to them. In addition,15 minutes of extra time would be givento them to complete their paper, headded.

He informed that the governmenthad announced 50 percent concessionon train and air fare for PWds having

CnIC, adding that 25 percent fare con-cession had also been allowed to their at-tendants.

"Visually impaired persons are alsoallowed to open accounts in the banks,"he stated.

Special persons were also granted a10 years upper age relaxation in govern-ment jobs, the official said, while addingthat two percent job quota for PWds wasnot only implementable in the govern-ment sector as private organizationswere also bound to abide by this law.

He also urged the management ofspecial person's institutions to immedi-

ately issue medical certificate to everynew student enrolled in their institutionsso that he/she would be able to avail thebenefits of this facility.

"There is no need to show sympathyfor persons with disabilities and insteadthey should be provided with equal op-portunities to prove their skills and be-come active and productive members ofthe country," the official commented.

He informed that the governmenthad established vocational centres forPWds throughout the country so thatthey could learn technical skills and earna respectable living for themselves.

115,000 cnics issued to pWDs

ISLAMABADAPP

The Capital development Authority(CdA) finally started installation of adirely needed pedestrian bridge atZero Point, bringing a ray of hope forpedestrians who used to risk their livesto cross the 10-lane Islamabad High-way.

"Foundation work for the pedes-trian bridge has been completed. Itwould take almost a month to com-plete," a CdA official said on Sunday.

He said that the Heavy MechanicalComplex had been tasked with the in-stallation of the steel-structured bridgethat had cost Rs 18 million. The bridge

would facilitate safe movement ofpedestrians moving to and from sec-tors G-7 and G-8 and government of-fices and media houses located nearby.

The CdA had already constructed apedestrian bridge near I-8 intersectionto facilitate movement of pedestriansas it neighboured federal colleges andwitnessed heavy movement of stu-dents.

The daily crime report of Islam-abad Police revealed that almost two tothree hit-and-run incidents took placein Islamabad that sometimes alsoclaimed pedestrians' lives.

The CdA had widened IslamabadHighway to 10 lanes, constructed 7thAvenue and 9th Avenue and was trying

to widen the Kashmir Highway to 10lanes. However, the installation ofpedestrian bridges at various locationswas yet awaited.

every day hundreds of peoplecrossed the eight-kilometre 9th Avenuelocated between sectors F-8, G-8, H-8,I-8 and F-9, G-9, H-9 and I-9. Impor-tant locations including Fatima JinnahPark, weekly bazaar, Allama IqbalOpen University and hundreds of in-dustrial units were located along thisroad.

"I feel lucky to find a safe gap amidthe heavy traffic but the CdA is yet un-able to realize the miseries of pedestri-ans," said Tauheed Ali, a pedestriancrossing Islamabad Highway.

Hope for pedestrians atthe Zero point interchange

cdA plans to get

over 215 MGd

water for

rawalpindiISLAMABAD

APP

The Capital development Au-thority (CdA) has chalked out acomprehensive plan to get over215 MGd (million gallons daily)of water from different sources toovercome water scarcity in thecapital, according to a documentsubmitted before the parliament.According to the document, theCdA would construct 15 MGd ca-pacity Charah dam that wouldprovide 7.5 MGd water toRawalpindi, which would amountto 50 percent of water providedfrom the dam. The constructionof the dam would be completedin four years.Moreover, a pipeline was alsobeing laid to get 200 MGd waterfrom Tarbela dam. Moreover, 75 percent work hadbeen completed to ensure thesupply of water to thirteen sec-tors of the city.

Malfunctioning

cctV cameras

pose security riskRAWALPINDI

AgEnciES

Most of the CCTV (Close CircuitTelevision) cameras installed atimportant places of Rawalpindicity and the Cantonment area toenhance security have gone out oforder, but the authorities con-cerned are not paying any heed torepair them.According to sources, 60 percentof the cameras were out of order,thus creating a big lapse in thesecurity arrangements for theresidents of the city. The sourcesrevealed that Rawalpindi city hadno CCTV cameras, while therewere 37 cameras installed at dif-ferent intersections and impor-tant places in the Cantonmentand Chaklala areas. A total of 10 cameras were in-stalled in the district courts, outof which seven were not workingproperly, the sources said, addingthat most of the CCTV camerasinstalled at Mareer Chowk,Ammar Chowk, Scheme Three,GPO (General Post Office) Chowkand many other places were with-out cables and could not recordany footage.The district government did notinstall any cameras inRawalpindi city and the camerasput in by the traders and busi-ness community on their ownwere in a state of disrepair asthere was no control room in thearea. The business communityand residents of Rawalpindi haddemanded of the authorities con-cerned to repair the CCTV cam-eras to ensure that the law andorder situation was not dis-turbed.

32 suspects

arrested during

Koral search

operationISLAMABAD

APP

The Koral Police Station conductedsearch operation in various areas fallingunder its jurisdiction and nabbed a totalof 32 suspects, a police spokesman saidon Sunday. The search operation wasconducted by the Koral police station indifferent areas and included the scanningof under-construction buildings, housesand hotels. A total of 32 suspects werearrested by the police during the opera-tion for failing to produce proper identi-fication documents. Following thedirections of Islamabad Inspector Gen-eral of Police (IGP), Bani Amin Khan, ateam of the mentioned police stationheaded by sub-divisional police officer(SdPO), Arshad Khokhar, Station HouseOfficer (SHO), Mehboob Ahmed and Ad-ditional SHO, Malik Akhtar conductedsearch operations in different areas ofthe city. The police teams had also im-pounded two suspected vans and fourmotorbikes as these were being drivenwithout any valid documents. The IGPand Islamabad Senior SuperintendantPolice (SSP), Yaseen Farooq directed theofficials concerned to expand the searchoperation to other areas of the city andasked them to ensure strict monitoringand vigilance of suspected elements. Thepurpose of starting the search operationwas to ensure foolproof security in thecapital city, the IGP added.

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instructor: Shahid Waheed

timings : 4pm - 6:00pm

days : Monday, tuesday & Wednesday.

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Our drumming circle is a (free!) ongoing

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ISLAMABADSTAFF REPORT

SUPReMe Court Bar Association of Pak-istan (SCBAP) hosted a conference en-titled “Peace through Law” at AvariHotel, Lahore on October 19 and 20.

Hundreds of leading lawyers from both Pakistanand India attended the conference.

SCBAP Secretary Aslam Zar and PresidentYaseen Azad delivered the welcome addresses andJustice Tassadaq Hussain Jillani delivered thekeynote address. He stressed upon the impor-tance of civic duty in a democracy by noting thatthe most important office in a democracy is thatof a citizen. The president of the Supreme CourtBar Association of India, Pravin H Parekh, fol-lowed with a speech on behalf of the Indian dele-gation. Parekh, thanking the Pakistani legalcommunity for their hospitality, expressed theneed for continuing peace between Pakistan andIndia and conveyed an eager anticipation for thesuccessful completion of the conference. Thespeeches were punctuated by a heart-warmingrendition of Supreme Court Anthem ‘Justice forAll’ by thirty choir members from Lahore Ameri-can School and Lahore Grammar School. Theopening session was followed by a dinner and mu-sical event hosted by Punjab Governor LatifKhosa at the Governor House.

The Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan,Iftikhar Chaudhry, delivered his opening keynoteaddress on Saturday, the main day of the confer-ence. He stressed the importance of independentand responsible judiciaries in two countries andencouraged their legal communities to facilitatepeace and stability in South Asia. The discussiontitled ‘Peace through Law’ was divided into sixmodules: Terrorism, Counterterrorism andHuman Rights, Regional Peace, Rule of Law andeconomic development; Role of Media in Pro-moting Peace; Role of Bar in Promoting Cultureof Tolerance; Leadership and Good Governance;and Cyber Crime and Legislation. each sessiontook place over the course of two hours with anhour and a half devoted to the principal speakers,experts in these topics and half hour devoted toaudience questions and discussions.

The first session, Terrorism, Counterterror-ism and Human Rights, was chaired by JusticeMian Saqib nisar, a judge from the SupremeCourt of Pakistan, and co-chaired by Akhtar

Hussain, Pakistan Bar Council vice chairmanand a member of the Indian delegation. At theend of the session, participants agreed on certainrecommendations for improving peaceful rela-tions, including developing mutual legal frame-work between the two countries. They also agreedthat in conflict areas anywhere in Pakistan includ-ing Balochistan and KP, the laws of conflict wereapplicable. Furthermore, it was highlighted thatsince judiciary was an organ of the state, its deci-sions and pronouncements had internationalrepercussions and were treated as official statepositions. In this context, Pakistan’s judiciaryought to be mindful of the international impact ofits judicial decisions and pronouncements. For in-stance, the 1956 decision of Pakistan’s superiorjudiciary regarding durand Line had come to beaccepted and recognised as Pakistan’s official po-sition on the matter. The participants also agreedthat Pakistan needed to upgrade its criminal jus-tice system to meet challenges posed by insur-gents and non-state actors.

The second session, Regional Peace, Rule of

Law and economic development, was chaired byShahid Hafiz Kardar, former governor of the StateBank of Pakistan and co-chaired by Attorney AliZafar, Competition Commission ChairpersonRahat Kunain Hassan and an Indian delegate,Manjit Singh Khaira. At the end of the session,participants agreed on certain recommendationsincluding the importance of regional peace andstability to economic progress in two countries. Itwas also agreed that well-established tradition ofrule of law attracted investment by providingstringent and effective legal safety net for contrac-tual breaches. It was also resolved that trade be-tween India and Pakistan would reap economicrewards for both countries and also act as a potentconfidence-building measure.

The third session, the Role of Media in Pro-moting Peace, was chaired by Justice Sh AzmatSaeed, a Supreme Court of Pakistan judge. At theend of the session, participants agreed on certainrecommendations including the need for a moreresponsible and fact-based media coverage inIndia and Pakistan. It was also agreed that al-though media was a commercial enterprise, it stillowed a public duty to refrain from whipping upwar hysteria as witnessed in the aftermath ofMumbai attacks.

The fourth session, the Role of the Bar in Pro-moting a Culture of Tolerance, was chaired byJustice ejaz Afzal Khan, another Supreme Courtof Pakistan judge and co-chaired by Anwar Man-soor Khan, president of the Sindh High Court BarAssociation along with a visiting member of theIndian delegation. At the end of the session, par-ticipants agreed on certain recommendations in-cluding the continued interaction betweenmembers of legal communities of the two coun-tries to promote peace, harmony and tolerance.In this regard, the positive interaction betweenmembers of legal communities of two countries inthe past year was also lauded.

The fifth session, Leadership and Good Gov-ernance, was chaired by Justice

Jawad S Khawaja, a Supreme Court of Pak-istan judge, and co-chaired by Abid HassanMinto, former president of the SCBAP as well asa visiting member of the Indian delegation.

At the end of the session, participants agreedon certain recommendations including the needfor creative and effective leadership in two coun-

tries to find fresh solutions to longstanding dis-putes between the two countries. It was alsoagreed that good governance in a trilateral sepa-ration of powers system requires the executive,legislative and judicial branch to operate withintheir independent domains and not interfere inone another’s constitutional zone of independ-ence.

It was stressed that judiciary ought to exerciserestraint in ‘political questions’ that were capableof being resolved by the political branches of gov-ernment.

The final session, Cyber Crime and Legisla-tion, was chaired by Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman, chief justice of the Islamabad HighCourt and co-chaired by Justice Mansoor AliShah, a Lahore High Court judge, as well as a vis-iting member of the Indian delegation. At the endof the session, participants agreed on certain rec-ommendations including the dire need for updat-ing and framing cyber crime laws in Pakistan. Itwas stressed that whereas legal systems of ad-vanced jurisdictions in the world have developedrobust legal mechanisms to counter cyber crime,Pakistan relied on obsolete Telegraph Act 1885and Wireless Act 1933 to tackle this fast expand-ing area of crime.

The first three sessions were conducted si-multaneously from 11am to 1pm and the remain-ing three sessions were conducted simultaneouslyat 3pm to 5pm. Participants freely chose sessionsaccording to their interests and shifted betweensessions to experience as much as possible. Younglawyers acting as rapporteurs also attended thesesix sessions and were responsible for document-ing the topics discussed in each session andpreparing session recommendations. Ahmer BilalSoofi, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, thendelivered these recommendations during the clos-ing session.

Yaseen Azad, in his concluding remarks,thanked the lawyers from two countries for mak-ing the conference a success. Justice Umar AtaBandial, Lahore High Court chief justice, also de-livered a closing address and thanked the atten-dees from both Pakistan and India for theirparticipation and dedication to peace building.The closing session was followed by a grand din-ner at Avari Hotel hosted by Punjab Chief Min-siter Shahbaz Sharif.

Attaining peace throughthe supremacy of lawn Indian, Pakistani judicial community join heads to make way for peace, agree tocontinue collaboration in various fields n Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhrysays weak rule of law promotes terrorism, military dictatorship n Participants agreethat Pakistan needs to move away from ‘obsolete’ laws framed by the British

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BEIRUTAFP

A car bomb exploded outside a policestation in a Christian quarter of damas-cus on Sunday, killing 10 people, moni-tors said, while a similar attack struckSyria’s second city of Aleppo.

“Ten people were killed and 15 oth-ers wounded when a car bomb explodedin Bab Tuma Square in front of the po-lice station,” in the capital’s Old City,said the Syrian Observatory for HumanRights. It did not specify if the casualtieswere police or civilians, while a securitysource earlier gave a death toll of seven.

The official news agency SAnA saidit was “an explosive device plantedunder a car in the courtyard of BabTuma by an armed terrorist group.” Itcaused significant material damage,state television said. It was the first suchattack in Bab Tuma, one of the oldestquarters of the capital, since an anti-

regime revolt broke out in March 2011,costing 34,000 lives nationwide, accord-ing to the Observatory. A large part ofSyria’s Christian community backs Pres-ident Bashar al-Assad, fearful of the in-fluence of Islamists in the revolt.

SAnA also reported that a number of“terrorists” were killed when a bomb theyhad planted by a mosque in the Assali dis-trict of southern damascus exploded pre-maturely. The Observatory reported fierceclashes between the army and rebels inAssali, and that the bodies of two menwere found shot dead in the nearby neigh-bourhood of Qaboon. In the town of Ha-rasta, the northeast of the capital, sixpeople, including three rebels, were killedin clashes and shelling, said the watchdog,which also reported bombardment of thenearby town of Irbin. elsewhere, an un-specified number of soldiers were killed orwounded in a roadside bombing near Al-Tal, a town just north of damascus.

In Aleppo, a car bomb exploded in

the Sarian district, leaving body partsscattered, an AFP correspondent said. Asecurity source said the blast was causedby “a suicide car bomber,” but a casualtytoll was not immediately available. Also

in the northern city, fierce clashes brokeout between rebels and troops aroundthe ancient Citadel, the Observatorysaid, adding that four rebels were killedin fighting across the city.

09Foreign News

LOndOn: A man demonstrates outside downing Street in central London on Sunday a gainst the government's austerity

policies and call for an alternative economic strategy that puts jobs and growth first. Tens of thousands of people marched

through London in protest against the British government's austerity measures. union leaders were set to call for the

demonstration to be followed by a general strike against the steep spending cuts introduced by Prime Minister david

cameron's coalition government in a bid to cut Britain's huge deficit. Afp

Monday, 22 October, 2012

MOSCOWAFP

RUSSIAn troops on Sundayreported killing 49 mili-tants in a massive securitysweep that followed angrycomments from President

Vladimir Putin about raging violence inthe troubled north Caucasus.

The national Anti-Terror Committeesaid the operation was conducted acrossseveral republics in the volatile Muslim re-gion and resulted in the removal of someof the most “odious” guerrilla commandersand their followers. “The coordinated ac-tion helped terminate the activities of sev-eral odious gang leaders, gang membersand their associates, substantially damag-

ing the system under which the bandits op-erate,” the Interfax news agency quoted acommittee statement as saying. The com-mittee said the “large-scale and massive”raids involved both local and federal troopsand that 90 militia bases had been de-stroyed. It gave no details about the timeframe for the operation or when it began.

Putin held a meeting on Friday on thenorth Caucasus in which he berated offi-cials for failing to do enough to bring theregion under full control after it wit-nessed two post-Soviet wars for the inde-pendence of rebel Chechnya. The regionhas since witnessed an Islamist insur-gence that has focused most heavily onChechnya’s larger eastern neighbourdagestan and the poverty-wrecked re-public of Ingushetia. Russian official are

especially concerned about security onthe restless frontier as they prepare tostage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games inthe nearby Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Putin referred to the Winter Gamesand Russia’s subsequent plans to host thefootball World Cup in 2018 as reasons tokeep a close eye on the problem. “I wouldlike to point out that a series of verymajor events — both sports-related andpolitical — will soon be held in Russia,”Putin told his top security advisers at themeeting. “It is a matter of honour for alllaw enforcement officials to ensure thatthese events are staged in a normal, busi-ness-like and festive manner, so thatnothing can put a pall over these events.”

Putin did not specify what politicalevents he had in mind. Russia held elec-

tions in March that saw the veteranleader return to a third presidential term.

Security officials last year announcedthey had uncovered a plot to attack Sochiduring the Olympics that they linked toguerrillas based not only in the northCaucasus but also Georgia, Russia’s re-gional foe. Officials in Tbilisi angrily de-nied the charges and accused Moscow oftrying to pin blame on them for their ownsecurity problems. The Anti-Terror Com-mittee statement listed a series of opera-tions conducted in dagestan and otherrepublics that resulted in the discovery ofhuge caches of arms and explosives.

It added that 30 people had been ar-rested while another 20 were “convinced”to appear at police stations voluntarilyand confess their involvement in rebel

gangs. Ingushetia president Yunus-BekYevkurov published what he said was hispersonal mobile phone number that therebels could use to confess their past ille-gal activities and come clean.

“Today, you can all return home hav-ing repented for what you have done,”Yevkurov wrote in his blog. “I promiseeveryone who comes in peace and givesthemselves up that they will have all theirrights protected,” he said.

But the RIA novosti news agency saidonly 17 militants had handed themselvesover to Ingush authorities voluntarily inthe past two years. The death of 49 guer-rillas in a single Russian operation wouldbe a serious blow to rebel forces that havereportedly lost slightly more than 300men since the start of the year.

Russian troops kill 49 militants in massive sweep

Damascus police station bombing ‘kills 10’

White House deniesreport on US-Irannuclear talks

WASHINGTON/NEW YORKAPP

The White House late Saturday denied aNew York Times report that the US andIran have agreed to one-on-onenegotiations over Iran’s nuclearprogramme. “It’s not true that the UnitedStates and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks or any meeting after theAmerican elections,” national SecurityCouncil spokesman Tommy Vietor said ina statement distributed by the WhiteHouse. “We continue to work with theP5+1 on a diplomatic solution and havesaid from the outset that we would beprepared to meet bilaterally,” he said.“The president has made clear that he willprevent Iran from getting a nuclearweapon, and we will do what we must toachieve that,” Vietor said. The New YorkTimes, earlier, reported on its websitethat the US and Iran had agreed for thefirst time to one-on-one negotiations overIran’s nuclear programme.

China to set updrone bases formarine surveillance

BEIJINGAPP

China will establish two drone bases innortheast Liaoning Province for real timesurveillance on coastal waters, localauthorities have said. One of the twobases will be built on a land reclamationlot in the coastal city of Yingkou to coverthe Bohai Sea area. The other will beconstructed in dalian city to cover partsof the Yellow Sea within the province’sjurisdiction, according to the oceanic andfishing department of the provincialgovernment. The drones will be used toidentify illegal land reclamation activitiesand sand dredging, and monitor marineenvironments along the coast and on islets.

Myanmarminorities fight tosave mother tongue

TAUNGGYIAFP

For half a century a single precious copyof a textbook kept the language ofMyanmar’s Shan people alive forstudents, forced to learn in the shadowsunder a repressive junta.now with a reformist governmentreaching out to armed rebel groups afterdecades of civil war, calls are growing toreinstate ethnic language teaching inminority area state schools as part ofreconciliation efforts.“Shan is the lifeblood of the Shanpeople. If the language disappears, thewhole race could disappear too,” saidSai Kham Sint, chairman of the ShanLiterature and Cultural Association(SLCA) in the state capital Taunggyi.

Tycoon’s bloc takescontrol of newGeorgia parliament

KUTAISIAFP

Georgian tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili’scoalition took control of parliament onSunday after its shock election win thismonth as the legislature convened in acontroversial new building in aprovincial city.“It will be the most balanced parliamentGeorgia has ever had,” Ivanishvili’s rival,President Mikheil Saakashvili, said as heopened the first session of parliamentsince his party’s election defeat onOctober 1. “Georgia has become anormal european democracy for whicheurope’s doors will open,” he said at theparliament in the central city of Kutaisi.Billionaire Ivanishvili’s Georgian dreamcoalition has 85 seats in the 150-seatassembly after unexpectedly winning thepolls which were praised by the ex-Sovietstate’s Western allies as a step forward fordemocracy. Saakashvili’s defeated formerruling party, which had dominatedGeorgia since the 2003 “RoseRevolution”, takes the remaining 65 seats.“We are not enemies, but politicalrivals... It is not a time for hatred, it is atime for debates and cooperation,”Saakashvili told his opponents in thenew parliament after the bitterly-foughtelection. Ivanishvili has already beennominated as prime minister bySaakashvili, who will remain presidentfor another year until his two-termmandate ends.The billionaire, whosenomination is set to be confirmed byparliament in the coming days, attendedthe opening session as a guest.“We must do everything to avoidconfrontation, we must do everythingfor cooperation,” Ivanishvili toldjournalists. As prime minister, he willgain wide-ranging new powers when thepresidency’s role is reduced underconstitutional changes that will comeinto force after Saakashvili steps downin 2013.

KANOAFP

Hundreds of residents of a northeast-ern nigerian city were fleeing Sundayafter three days of Islamist attacks thatleft at least 31 dead and many buildingsand properties razed, witnesses said.

The troubled city of Potiskum hadbeen under security lockdown sinceThursday with troops patrolling thestreets and residents keeping in-doorsfor fear of new attacks.

Security was relaxed Sunday morn-ing and hundreds of residents took ad-vantage to flee the restive city. “A lot ofpeople are leaving the city following therelaxing of the lockdown on the city by

soldiers this morning,” said a residentwho gave his name as Hassan. “Hun-dreds of residents, especially those liv-ing on the outskirts of the city, whichhave been worst hit by the attacks, arefleeing with their belongings,” he said.

“Those of them with personal carsare stuffing personal belongings intotheir vehicles and heading out of the city,while others are taking buses and taxisat the garage and along the main road,heading south,” he said. Hassan said hewas already thinking of abandoning theembattled city in the coming days. Afleeing resident, Hamisu nababa, saidhe was leaving with his entire family.

“My wife and three children are intrauma from the attacks and want a

change of environment where they canhave peace,” he said, adding they wereheading to Kaduna, some 600 kilome-tres (350 miles) to the west, to staywith a relation. “Many people are leav-ing now that the military has openedthe road and allowed people to move inand out of the city,” he added.

Potiskum, the commercial hub ofYobe state, has been hard hit by neardaily attacks by Boko Haram Islamistsin recent weeks, prompting heavy de-ployment of troops and armoured vehi-cles to forestall fresh violence.“Soldiers have tightened security in thecity with several checkpoints mountedevery few hundred metres all over thecity,” resident Bukar Kolo told AFP.

residents flee nigerian city after attacks kill 31

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Monday, 22 October, 2012

Though the short order in AsgharKhan Case is a moral victory forall the democracy cravingforces in Pakistan, a lot has yetto be done to restore confidence

in the system. In fact, the real test of dem-ocratic forces in Pakistan starts now. Thecountry is mired in problems related to lawand order, human rights, supremacy ofconstitution, sovereignty along with vari-ous social issues. The systematic destruc-tion of the political infrastructure in thepast has largely been exposed by media,which interestingly takes a special interestin constitutional cases involving the pres-ent government. But the issue of military’srole in the Pakistani politics sums up everyaspect of the debate on the future of gov-ernance infrastructure in Pakistan. Theshort order has been issued and detailedjudgment is still awaited. The civilian gov-ernment will now be tested in its resolvewhen it executes the decision given by theapex court.

The role of the office of President isclearly defined in the Constitution of Pak-istan. Since long the personalities occupy-ing this chair have been more or lessinvolved in the political victimisation oftheir opposing parties. The latest decisionnot only highlights the causes of failure ofdemocratic regimes in Pakistan but alsoputs a burden on the government to imple-ment the decision. Realistically speaking,if the government implements the courtorder, it would be for the first time in thecountry’s history that top generals, includ-ing a former COAS, are tried for interven-ing in political affairs of the country.Obviously, this will send a strong signal tothe barracks.

The political elite, mostly of the rightwing, including nawaz Sharif, Mir Zafarul-lah Jamali, Jam Yousaf, Begum AbidaHussain and Hasil Bizenjo, will now comeunder strong criticism for their ratherquestionable past. The scars left by contin-uous interventions of the dictatorial normshave brutally affected the true spirit of

governance in this country. The healingprocess for the democratic regime in Pak-istan will take time. The politician of thiscountry is either corrupt or too afraid torisk anything that will annoy the men inuniform. Thus, so far, the so-called intelli-gent politicians have always found ways toshake hands with the military regimes. Un-fortunately, they have also provided amoral victory to all the martial law admin-istrators in the country. Considering this,it is no strange that each mainstream po-litical force is or has once been part of themilitary regimes in the past.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan haslargely been praised for its role in handlingtough cases related to the political elite ofthis country. The decisions in many ofthese cases have been made public, manyare still to come. The question mark on thehuman rights in Pakistan has been well an-swered by the apex court but the lack of willby the government to implement the deci-sions in their full spirit is a demoralisingfactor for the country. The ‘untouchables’have finally been questioned for their rolein the past and are also being scrutinisedfor their acts in the present regime. Soon,a clear line will be drawn among all theforces of this country wherein the line willbe based on their willingness to follow thedecisions of the apex court.

The social problems that we face nowcan only be answered by a regime strongenough to strike down negative forces inthe country. Such governance structurecan only be ensured by a mechanism thatensures impeachment of those that havealways taken advantage of the system and

caused problems in flourishing democracyin the republic.

Many do believe that the fate of theirmasters lies in the hands of the so far un-touched class of this country. Many do be-lieve that the existence of this class is a factand whatever they do must be appreciated.Many still insist that nothing can be donein this country without gaining the supportof military. Many still continue with theidea that their command is the law in Pak-istan. Many believe that the adverse effectsof this judgment will be minimum whereall the political parties are flexing theirmuscles to take part in the upcoming elec-tions.

But change is inevitable and it is duefor this country. Whether this change re-sults in changing the future of this nationand providing a smooth ride for the yearsto come has yet to be seen.

Practically speaking, the civilian gov-ernment lacks its control in tribal belt dueto militancy, in Balochistan due to contin-uous insurgency and many other areas ofthe country due to deterioration in law andorder. The political parties have beenfound criminally involved in making hastydecisions in the past. The upcoming elec-tions could decide the future of this nation.There will be blood on the streets of Pak-istan in the upcoming elections, as it gen-erally happens. How much this can beavoided depends, to some extent, howsoon and how well the decision of the courtis implemented in its true spirit.

The writer can be reached ata.amjad@decurious.com

A moral victoryuseless it would be if the decision is not implemented by the government

By Adeel Amjad

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The Pak-uS relation

back on track

Arocky road it has been for Pakistan and US of late as faras their mutual relation is concerned. From militarycooperation to civilian aid, all things worth working onsuffered as a result of a series of incidents that made

America suffer the wrath and anger of the public, in some caseseven official, in Pakistan. The once strategic relation wasreduced to the one mired with suspicion, distrust and anger. Butas the fates would have it, the common enemy of both –terrorism – proved to be the very factor that held intact therelation, even though it wasn’t in an ideal condition. However,the resumption in the relation has started gaining momentum.

The hints of improvement are clearly visible in the US envoyfor Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman’s meetings withthe Pakistani military leadership the other day, along with aninterview for the national television. While quelling the fear thatthe US was insisting on Pakistan to launch the north Waziristanmilitary operation to root out militants there, he said mutualrespect and trust should form the basis of the relation between thetwo. exactly what Pakistan has been demanding of Washington.A simple message it may be, but a diplomat’s nonetheless. Thereis something important between the lines and it’s not thatsimple. The new stance by the Obama Administration hasn’ttotally scrapped the idea of an operation in nW, it has just putthe onus on Pakistan as to its timing. Thus effectively thwartingcriticism and offering Islamabad a sense of control over theissue, a demand Pakistan has been nagging the US about.

For Pakistan, the war on terrorism is not just about certainnumber of militants, or drones, or military operations; it is morethan that. It is an existential war for Pakistan in which actualmilitary operations, or drone attacks, are only but battles,leading us one step at time nearer to the goal of overcoming theforces of oppression. The real battle has to be waged on theideological grounds. That’s where oppression and violenceshould never be allowed to hold sway. Tragic as it may be butthe Malala incident has brought forth to the nation the barbaricand oppressive mindset, still locked on violence as a means totheir nefarious ends. By capturing this moment, termed as the‘Malala moment’ by The New York Times, and the publicsupport, the civilian and military leadership has the moralbacking for an operation in nW.

now is the time for them to step up, own this malaise thatplagues our society, root it up and make this country safe formillions of other Malalas. Only by taking action now can wecome up to the expectations of our nation, our allies and peaceloving people all over the world. The US has already shown itstrust in Pakistani leadership in this regard. It’s time we proveour resolve as well.

Muslims are raging with emo-tions being hurt over the insaneand unwanted for act of some-

one unknown filmmaker in the USA.True, we the followers of ProphetMuhammad (PBUH) are united in loveand esteem for the ever greatest benefac-tor of humanity, but the way this esteemand love has spilled over the roads andstreets across the country has put moreonus on us to prove ourselves rationaland logical as to how to propagate the

teachings of the Holy Prophet. We, theMuslim of more than 50 independentstates, have always been a source ofamusement and weirdness for the rest ofthe world. Whenever we took to streetsand gave vent to our anger, the reasonsbehind such behavior are normally be-yond the comprehension of most of thepeople on the roads.

Being emotional rather than reason-able had always been an easy way for allwho have little longing for progress andpragmatism, and are prone to whateveris taught to them, that too without anylogic. History holds testimony to thisfact that in subcontinent the Mughalkings spent their time in buildingpalaces and forts when the West was rac-ing towards progress and modernity. Itcould have been an era of logic, knowl-edge and reasoning had there not beenconstructed palaces and forts out ofemotions and lasciviousness and insteadthe focus was put on education, medi-cine and research. Inept and naïve ap-proach driven by emotions has alwaysbeen our mark. The more we are carriedby emotions towards the business of life,the more the nation becomes blind of it-

self and the leaders representing them atthe world forums.

Religious symbols, objects, places,and prophets must be sacred and re-spectable for all. One thing that cannotbe denied, whether the right of freedomto expression is vested in the constitu-tion or the international law or not, isthat no one is allowed to make fun ofthese religiously sacrosanct symbols, ob-jects, places and personalities. Take thisexample: an ordinary old man, whateverthe demeanor he wears, would be no oneto us. But the moment a friend says thatthat old man is his father, it wouldchange all and we would stand up in re-spect and greet the old man. One wouldhardly afford to be disrespectful in thechanged scenario.

now imagine what would be, andwhat must be, our feelings if we sud-denly come to know that a person whowe are defiling through words or visualrepresentation is that other person’sprophet – who he holds dearer and moresacred than his life and blood relations.

Will we exercise the same right offreedom of expression if we know the re-ligious and emotional attachment of the

person with whom we are having a cupof tea? Obviously not. Though we maynot see him in the eye, we cannot abuseand show disrespect to the person whois his father or elder of any of us, no mat-ter how different opinions we have abouthim.

Morality and decency, if ever existedor continue to exist somewhere, mustcome into practice to cope with or to ac-commodate certain differences with peo-ple having different viewpoints. Thefundamental right to freedom of expres-sion can never be denied but abusingsomeone’s character without any logicalreasoning seems in itself an absurd idea.

However, no inference must bedrawn that others’ prophets or saints areless respectful in any manner whatso-ever. Being Muslim alone must not bethe criteria to be proud of and to de-mand respect for their holy objects orprophets. Injuring, defiling, outragingsomeone’s religious feelings and insult-ing someone’s religion must be as big acrime as we think of that of othersagainst ours.

But the question is what will happenif all such considerations are totally ig-

nored and the right to freedom of ex-pression is exploited to test peoples’nerves and mettle?

Being Muslims, we hold our reli-gious associations and beliefs in high es-teem and reverence. What if a person isnot a Muslim and does not believe andthink the way we do? Well, for starters,he must not be killed. He must not bepersecuted. He must not be consideredas something less than a human being.He must not be considered of a low ori-gin or race. doing this with other people,who worship their own gods, wouldthereby become an argument to in ourfavour when we are meted out the sametreatment in other countries.

Condemning blasphemy by vandalis-ing and taking to streets alone won’tbring anything good to the Muslimsacross the globe. Instead, logic, rational-ism and pragmatic approach can help inmore than one way, provided we comeout of the mindset we have fallen intosince a long time.

The writer is a staff member ofPakistan Today and he can be reachedat shoaib_lq@yahoo.com

One fulfills the purpose, the other defeats the purpose

Logic or emotion

By Ch Shoaib Saleem

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Mycoplasmas are present in everyspecies including avian but varioustypes of Mycoplasmas are present inpoultry, among which four pathogenicMycoplasmas are Mycoplasmagallisepticum (MG), Mycoplasmasynoviae (MS), Mycoplasmameleagridis (MM) and Mycoplasmasiowae (MI). MG is the most importantpathogen of poultry causing ChronicRespiratory disease (CRd), infectioussinusitis and air sacculitis in poultry.

Mycoplasma gallisepticum is themost economically significantmycoplasmal pathogen of poultry. Themajor economic losses due to CRd arereduced growth rate and feedconversion, decrease egg productionin breeders and commercial layers(15-25 eggs per hen housed in 60weeks), decrease hatchability, reducedegg selection pressure because of thereduced hatching egg availability,reduced day old chick quality,increased chick mortality because ofthe exacerbated consequence ofconcurrent infection, condemnationand downgrading of carcasses,increased medication cost, costlycontrol measures involvingbiosecurity, vaccination, costlyeradication measures involvingdepopulation and site cleaning, costlymonitoring programs involvingserology and PCR. The carcasses of

birds sent to slaughter may also bedowngraded. M. gallisepticuminfections are notifiable to the WorldOrganization for Animal Health (OIe).

Bird suffering from avianmycoplasmosis showed clinical signslike rales, coughing, nasal discharge,and air sacculitis with low mortality inuncomplicated cases in chickens.Wide diversity of clinicalmanifestation primarily pulmonarywith coughing and respiratory distressin chickens but decrease in eggproduction can occur. differentclinical signs of the respiratory systeminclude coughing, sneezing, rales,nasal discharge and conjunctivitis.Gross pathological lesion consists ofmucoid to mucupurrulent exudates intrachea, bronchi, air sacs, nasalcavities but even in the absence ofapparent clinical signs, the economicimpact may be significant.

M. gallisepticum is transmittedduring close contact between birds aswell as on fomites. Aerosol spreadoccurs over short distances and can beresponsible for transmission within aflock. M. gallisepticum is alsotransmitted vertically in eggs.Shedding in the egg can vary; eggtransmission is more frequent in birdsinfected Avian Mycoplasmosis(Mycoplasma gallisepticum) duringlaying than in birds infected before

they mature. Infected birds carry M.gallisepticum for life, and can remainasymptomatic until they are stressed.

The diagnosis of mycoplasma canbe done on the basis of history,clinical signs, isolation, culturing,morphological, biochemical,serological and molecular techniques.Advanced techniques such asAmplified Fragment LengthPolymorphism (AFLP) technique,Pulsed-Field Gel electrophoresis(PFGe), Random AmplifiedPolymorphic dnA (RAPd),conventional Polymerase ChainReaction (PCR) and Real Time PCR(RT PCR) have also been applied forclassification and analysis of thegenetic relationships among differentisolates of Mycoplasmas. due toimpact of MG in poultry flocks,several countries try to eliminate itwith some achievements throughactive surveillance, antibiotics andmanage mental practices. Withdevelopment of RSPA (Rapid SpotPlate Agglutination), eLISA (enzymeLinked Immunosorbent Assay), HI(Haemagglutination Inhibition) testsfor rapid assessment of serumantibodies against MG, or PCR usedfor confirmation of Mycoplasmagetting great attention to control it.

M. gallisepticum can be controlledby heat treatment or tylosin to

eliminate egg transmission fromvaluable breeding animals.Biosecurity measures are important inpreventing transmission on fomites.Wild or pet birds can also carry M.gallisepticum, and should be excludedfrom poultry operations. Infectionscan be eliminated from a farm bydepopulation of the flock, followed bythorough cleaning and disinfection ofthe premises. Most commonlyuseddisinfectants are thought to beeffective for M. gallisepticum.Recommended disinfectants forbuildings and equipment includephenolic or cresylic acid disinfectants,hypochlorite, and 0.1%glutaraldehyde. Mycoplasmas aretypically fragile and only survive inthe environment for a few days; birdscan be re–introduced after 2 weeks.

Vaccination is generally onlyemployed where keeping the flocksfree of MG are not possible. Liveattenuated strains such as ts11, MG6/85 have been tested for use in layersand breeding stock with varying levelsof residual virulence, immunity.Failure of imported vaccine to provideprotection against the local infectiousagents may principally due toimmunological and antigenic reasons.

DR MUSHTAQ AHMAD, PROFDR MASOOD RABBANI

UVAS, Lahore

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Sanctity of the institutionWith the technological development,

materialistic obsession and the changingenvironment the change in thinking is also takingplace. In order to be liberal and broadminded agroup of people has started preaching the concept offreedom in a very unrealistic way. They wish to havea loose society with free relationships, where no oneinterferes. Young girls and boys live with each otherand leave whenever they want. Institution ofmarriage turns secondary and is not consideredimportant. even if marriage takes place, it is aformality and soon problems of separation anddivorce begin to crop up.

The most important question arises why familiesare breaking up and who is responsible for thisalarming social menace. In this context the numberone enemy is the mistrust. The pseudo liberal andenlightened, plus the media are all the timehighlighting the problems in families andencouraging youngsters that the family and itsvalues are of trivial significance but own self andfulfillment of personal desires is more importantthan anything else. This leads to looking for excusesto blame others and find ways towards a break-up.

The services of detective agencies are beingintroduced to find out weaknesses of the spouse, sothat it becomes easier to break up with the person.These companies have their own interests to watch.First and foremost is business and making money.

They are not concerned about any morality or itssocial ill effects. They simply demand huge sums toconduct investigations. This new trend in oursociety is going to make our value based socialsystem even more brittle.

We have a matured culture, traditions andvalues skimmed through our religion and society.Our joint family system is our strength which bindsour family members when it comes to moral issues.even if doubts arise, elders are there to guide,counsel and help find a solution. Seeking help fromoutside to prove the unfaithful behaviour of yourspouse puts the complete family system on fire. Weneed to be highly punitive for those who profess anysuch practice against the faithful or un-faithfulattitude of the life partner.

In Western cultures, these agencies have brokenfamilies and have isolated people even further. Crimeand psychiatric help have increased manifold. Checkingyourself first and understanding the sanctity of theinstitution of marriage is the only solution.

ANWAR PARVEENIslamabad

Smoking sheeshaAccording to a recent study sheesha is a serious

threat to the health of teenagers, especially theyoungsters. This habit was found to be mostcommon in the 17-25 years age group with 65percent sheesha smokers being male and 35 percent

females. There is another dangerous thing aboutsheesha and that is the use of prohibited andadditive substances in more than 30 percent ofsheesha outlets by owners or by smokers.

It can cause abnormalities and is a major threatto human life. One puff of the sheesha smokecontains more than 4800 active chemicals. Many ofthese chemicals are known to cause mouth and lungcancers, heart disease, respiratory and otherdiseases. According to a research of World HealthOrganisation the volume of smoke inhaled in an hour-long sheesha session is estimated to be the equivalentof smoking between 100 and 200 cigarettes.

non-smokers, particularly pregnant women,babies, children and the elderly are at risk frombreathing in sheesha smoke. Sheesha has becomelike a fashion in Pakistan and younger generationsomehow find it more appealing than cigarettes,when it is known as more injurious to health.

Sheesha bars use some chemicals, sometimeseven alcohol, in sheesha to make it more pleasant.In my opinion, the government has to do detailedlegislation to ban such chemicals and ban sheesha.But we all know, when it comes to theimplementation, nothing is practised as per law.

In the rest of the world, the younger generationdoesn’t find it as appealing as in Pakistan as theyare kept busy in other recreational activities by thegovernments.

FIZZA NAVEEDLahore

chronic respiratory disease of poultry

barabaric act of talibandid the Taliban overplay their hand

when their gunmen shot a 14-year-old Pak-istani girl simply because she wanted to goto school? We can only hope. Just when youthink the militant Islamic Taliban movementcan’t sink any lower, you hear another storyas deplorable and cowardly as the shootingof Malala Yousafzai. As the world knows bynow, Taliban gunmen shot and criticallywounded her in a recent assassination at-tempt as she was coming home from schoolin Pakistan’s battle-scarred Swat Valley.

Her crime? Public advocacy of educationfor girls. Questioning the Taliban’s sexistreading of Shariah law, the Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan organization told the media in anOct 10 letter that Yousafzai was guilty ofleading a “campaign against Islam.”

In fact, she led no such thing, but theTaliban are too fanatical to see the differ-ence. The letter accuses Yousafzai, whogained global fame through an online diaryshe wrote for the BBC, of being “pro-West,”promoting Western culture and “invitingMuslims to hate mujahedeen,” the Talibanterm for holy warriors. In fact, the Taliban,which helped give birth to Al-Qaea nextdoor in Afghanistan, have made it easy forthe world to hate the movement. This time,one hopes, the Taliban have gone too farfor their own good. even the usually timid,indifferent and corruption-riddled Pak-istani national government has beenshaken out of its usual lethargy toward Tal-iban encroachments in the Swat Valley.

FARIHA SAEED UNSERILahore

Public transport systemPetrol prices have hit the roof, CnG is

unavailable most of the week and not every-one owns a car that runs on diesel. This hasmade the lives of the people a lot more diffi-cult than they already were. If only the gov-ernment invests in a public transport systemcan our commuting problems be solved. notonly will such a system make the roads lessbusy, it will also help hundreds of thousandsof people who cannot afford to buy cars yethave to because they do not have any otheroption. A new and improved public trans-port system will in effect lead to less usage offuel as well. I hope the authorities take noteof this issue and come up with a solution.

NIMRAH AMJADKarachi

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Amrita Arora blessedwith a baby boy

ActrESS Amrita Arora delivered her secondchild, a baby boy, here Saturday, says herbrother-in-law, Arbaaz Khan. “Yipppeeeee!

Amrita and Shakeel have another baby boy!!! He`stoo cute! congrats,” Arbaaz, who is married toAmrita`s elder sister Malaika, tweeted Saturday.Malaika confirmed the news, saying: “Yes, she hasbeen blessed with a baby boy.” She did not revealany further details. Amrita is married tobusinessman Shakeel Ladak, and they already havea son named Azaan, who was born in 2010. Amritawas heavily pregnant, but didn`t miss thecelebrations of her best friend, actress KareenaKapoor`s wedding to Saif Ali Khan, earlier this week.She was seen glowing during the pre-weddingcelebrations oct 14, as well as on the nikaah-cum-post wedding party tuesday night. nEWS dESK

Kanye West to propose toKim Kardashian?

SINGEr Kanye West might just end upsurprising his socialite girlfriend KimKardashian with an engagement ring on her

32nd birthday Sunday. Popular host and ‘Keeping UpWith the Kardashians’ producer ryan Seacrest fuelledthe rumour, reports a website. Seacrest has impliedthat Kardashian might be getting more than shebargained for when West whisked her off to rome ona romantic break with the intent of celebrating herbirthday. Discussing whether there is any truth to therumours that Kardashian is “demanding anengagement ring”, on his KIIS radio show, Seacresttold his co-host Ellen K: “I think we could definitelysee an update on this story on Monday.” “It`s only amatter of time before Kanye pops the question. theyare madly in love with one another and as far asKanye is concerned he wants to spend the rest of hislife with Kim. “It`s just a case of making sure the ringis perfect because she`s his princess,” a source told awebsite. nEWS dESK

Ewan McGregor to star oppositeKate Hudson in next

Actor Ewan McGregor will be paired withKate Hudson in a romantic comedy titled“Born to Be King”. Written and directed by

“Driven” star Peter capaldi, the film puts McGregorin the role of a movie extra who bears uncannyresemblance to a movie star and Hudson in the roleof a Hollywood starlet falling in love with the extra.While McGregor has signed up for the film, Hudsonis still in negotiations to play the female lead,reported Aceshowbiz. Filming will begin in Januaryat Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. Hudsonis busy promoting Mira Nair`s “the reluctantFundamentalist” while McGregor is to star in JuanAntonio Bayona`s “the Impossible”. nEWS dESK

He’S been loved for hiscarefree nature in ‘Socha naTha’, respected for his graveavatar in ‘Shanghai’, and hasbeen at the receiving end of

some genuine appreciation for ‘dev d’. The‘unconventional’, utterly dashing Abhaydeol (heightened by his black shirt!) was atthe Zee news office recently. AnanyaBhattacharya, in a free wheelie, speaks tothe star about films, the industry, hisupcoming ‘Chakravyuh’ and a lot more.excerpts from the conversation:

YOU’VE BEEN SEEN IN SEVERAL UNCONVENTIONALROLES. WITH ‘DEV D’, YOU SMASHED IT ALL. WHAT DOYOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN‘CHAKRAVYUH’?

I play a character who sort of goesundercover and then he starts tosympathise with the enemy. A role like that– for any actor – is interesting. It’s such aclear graph. It was something that I’d do atthe drop of a hat.

PRAKASH JHA IS ONE OF THOSE DIRECTORS IN THEINDUSTRY TODAY, WHO KNOW HOW TO BLENDSERIOUS SUBJECTS WITH COMMERCIAL CINEMA. HOWWAS THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH THEFILMMAKER?

Before we started to shoot, he sat downwith me and we discussed the script and soon. On sets, he (Jha) doesn’t direct. You’vealready been given the graph and anunderstanding of the character – and Ithink he expects one to do his job as anactor. If I wanted to do something differentin the moment, I’d ask him and consult himon it, he’d guide me and he completelysupported me each time. He’s a verybalanced director; he tells you what hewants, he expects you also to give your ownpersonality to it. The rest of it – becausehe’s so meticulous – shooting was a breeze.I know that I’ve said that this has been one

of the easiest films that I’ve shot; it soundslike I’m saying that it was a piece of cake.But no, by that what I meant to say was,that, he’s so well-prepared that things wentsmoothly. every day went exactly asplanned. Also, Prakash has a great sense ofhumour; even in his anger he’s sweet!

HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS ROLE FROM THE KIND YOU’VEPLAYED SO FAR – GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU’VE DONESO MANY ‘DIFFERENT’ ONES?

For me this film is much bigger than thecharacter. The atmosphere, the issue, thebackground – all of that just takes over.You’re just transported into this world andthen you get to know these characters. A lotof the films that I’ve done are very character-driven. You need to go with the characterand you discover the world. Here, it’s theother way round; in that sense it’s different.In ‘Zindagi na Milegi dobara’, my characterwas a very urban one and quite happy-go-lucky; Krishnan in ‘Shanghai’ was a mucholder, more reserved and almost arrogantSouth India; and this is again an urbancharacter. Ironically my character in‘Chakravyuh’ is also named Kabir, but he’snot happy-go-lucky and privileged like Kabirin ‘Zindagi na Milegi dobara’. Here Kabir isa little more hard-working, comes from amiddle-class background. Your charactersget defined by their backgrounds.

HOW IMPORTANT IS ‘CHAKRAVYUH’ FOR YOU? WILLTHIS BE ABLE TO MARK A WATERSHED IN YOURACTING CAREER?

I don’t know... I’ve sort of stopped lookingat all those things now. Ultimately, you dofeel the pressure because there’s a lot moreescapism and sex being sold in our industrythan issues. You can’t make issue-basedfilms and expect to have a commercialrelease. However, Prakash Jha is one of theonly people who have managed to strike aperfect balance between a formula plot andcontent which is driven by an issue. So I’dhope that this film does well; I just feel thatwe’re competing against a movement whichis more selling a film on looks, on songs.That is fine, but that’s ninety per cent of thework that one comes across in the industry.Within that, it gets very difficult to sustainsomething that’s not a part of the majorchunk. You have insecurities of whetherthis film will be accepted or not becauseeven the audience is not conditioned toaccept such stuff – they want six-packs intheir heroes, they want a close-up of thefemale anatomy and item numbers, sexualinnuendoes; and it’s hard to sell anythingthat doesn’t have all of that.

HOW HAS YOUR JOURNEY IN THE INDUSTRY BEEN SO FAR?

It’s been great – there have been ups anddowns, then a bit of a fight to find my ownindividuality and space – but it’s all paid offreally well. I’m being accepted much morenow than I was when I came into theindustry. I’m thankful for my friends andthose who supported me! nEWS dESK

There’s a lot more sexbeing sold in our industrythan issues: Abhay Deol

I n 2002, when Ben Affleck’s career hitrock bottom, no one expected him tobounce back. A few years later, when hemade his directorial debut with GoneBaby Gone (2007), most critics bit theirtongues. Affleck’s choice of acting rolesalso miraculously went up a notch, andbehind the camera, he proved his talentyet again with The Town (2010). Thoughhis latest film, Argo, has just released,there’s already a buzz about Oscar nom-inations — making it three out of threehits for the actor-director. Here, he dis-cusses Argo and its challenges.

There’s already an Oscar buzzabout Argo. How important areawards and recognition in yourscheme of things?When you work for as long as we all have,on something like this, the focus is juston the audience coming to see it. Other-

wise, you’ve spent all that time for a plas-tic disc. The goal is to have it be as largea collective experience as possible.

you’ve directed twice in the past.How was it different the third timearound?I think there’s a lot of scepticism towardsactors directing in particular, and I un-derstand that. But I had some good in-stincts; I knew where I wanted to go. Idon’t think my first movie was a homerun, but it was a single and it got megoing.

The two films you’ve directedpreviously have been based inareas you have grown up around.How difficult was it to move intounfamiliar territory?Unfortunately we couldn’t shoot in Iran,where the story is based. The same polit-

ical issues that were at play 30 years agoare still at play now. So we shot in Turkey,which is next to Iran. I was really excited,because I thought we could get a lot ofFarsi-speaking people to convincinglyplay Persian, but we couldn’t get anyone.It turned out that these people wereafraid that if they would be seen in thismovie, their relatives would pay the priceback in Iran. So the irony of it is that wewent back to LA, which it turns out theycall ‘Tehran-geles’. There are 500,000Persians down there, and everyone’s anexpert.

Any plans of making a film withyour wife Jennifer?I would love to work with Jena (JenniferGarner) and if we get a film that suits us,we will go for it. We both try to balanceour work well to spend more time withour kids. cOuRTESY HT

People are sceptical when actors direct films: Ben Affleck

Official weddingphoto of Saif Alikhan and KarenaKapoor Khan.

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Genelia supports riteish’sfilm at MFF

BoLLYWooD actress Genelia D`souza wasthrilled that her husband riteishDeshmukh`s Marathi production ‘Balak

Palak’ was screened at the 14th Mumbai FilmFestival Saturday. the film deals with teenagers`curiosity regarding sex. “I am very happy to behere. I am so happy that the film is being screenedat the prestigious Mumbai Film Festival. I haven`tseen the film and I`ll be seeing it here for the firsttime,” Genelia told reporters at the Inox theatre insouth Mumbai, before the film`s screening. “BalakPalak” revolves around the life of four teenagefriends, who discover that a fellow resident of theircolony leaves due to a disgraceful event. they takeit up as a challenge to find what this act is. theactress was dressed casually in a black top anddenims. After a relationship of eight years, riteishand Genelia tied the knot Feb 3 this year. nEWS dESK

Daniel radcliffe, girlfriendpart ways

It has been reported that Harry Potter star Danielradcliffe has split from his girlfriend rosie coker. therewas a lot of secrecy about Daniel and rosie’s

relationship when they first started dating but once itbecame public knowledge, Daniel spoke openly about hislove for rosie. However, once again, young love has had tocome to an end, as radcliffe and coker decide to bring anend to their relationship. the reports of a split wereconfirmed by rosie’s father Malcolm, who admitted that sheis not taking it too well and has gone away to try and getover the heartbreak. He told the Daily Mail, “rosie’s not inthis country at the moment. She’s trying to move on. Shewon’t want to talk about it.” It is believed that the breakupbetween Daniel radcliffe and rosie coker came after theactor had an affair with his Kill Your Darlings co-star ErinDarke. However, it is believed that Daniel brought an end tohis affair with Erin, which left the up and coming actressdevastated. Unfortunately though, Daniel radcliffe and rosiecoker where not able to get past this and have decided thatit is best to go their own separate ways. nEWS dESK

styles’ liplocking breaksswift’s heart

SINGEr taylor Swift is said to be upset afterseeing a picture where singer Harry Styles isshown kissing a model. Styles, 19, was

captured locking lips with US model Emma ostilly inNew Zealand. Swift, 23, saw the pictures online. thetwo are said to be very fond of each other and areplanning to be together as a couple. “taylor really likedHarry and he hinted at making it official with her,”thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying. “She had herlove goggles on and didn`t care what anybody had tosay about him. She was heartbroken,” the sourceadded. nEWS dESK

‘ FR I e n d S With Benefits’ starMila Kunis may be the sexiestwoman alive but marketing exec-utives at fashion house Christiandior are reportedly angry over her

recent 25-pound weight gain. The 29-year-old ac-tress, who is dating Ashton Kutcher, is said tohave piled on the pounds and has been steppingout in public looking less-than-polished, reporteda website. “Since pairing with Ashton, she is con-stantly photographed looking like a total mess. Itis not the image dior wants to send. When theysigned Mila, she was a total waif; they didn`tworry about making her agree to a weight limit inthe contract. They are really regretting that now,”the website said quoting a source. “The companypaid her a fortune and is very frustrated with howshe looks. The marketing people have even offeredto supply a wardrobe for her,” it added. “Ashton hasbeen with tons of models, and that is the body typehe likes. He had been dropping subtle hints, but shewas not getting it, so he just told her flat-out that she istoo fat. They had a huge battle and Mila told him to leave if hehas a problem with her weight,” the source said. nEWS dESK

MILA KUNIS angers Christian Dior by getting fat?

After his song “Jugni” was used in the movie`Cocktail`, Punjabi folk singer Arif Lohar sayshe would love to work with his Indiancounterparts. “If we can make a new sur (tune)and make something new, I am always open forit. Whenever good collaboration happens, I willalways be up for it,” Lohar told reporters. Heprefers that people pick songs from his bouquet,the way Homi Adajania did in “Cocktail”, andadded: “I write my own songs and try thatpeople take my songs. The songs that I get, Ihave to mould myself according to that.Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesnot happen.” Known for singing Punjabi songslike “Alif allah” and “Bole mitti da”, the 46-year-old has done many international performancesaround the world, including the US and Britain.After receiving an overwhelming response fromforeign-based music lovers, he feels that “sur(tunes) is the only language that musicunderstands, which brings a sense of peace withit”. Talking about the budding musicians andsingers, Lohar said every voice has its own tasteand eventually gets fame. nEWS dESK

Tom Hanks inadvertently dropped an f-bomb duringan interview about his new movie ‘Cloud Atlas’ on

‘Good Morning America,’ on Friday. The 56-year-old actor told news anchor elizabeth Vargas thatif she asked him to speak as one of theapproximately 75 characters he assumes in theepic ‘Cloud Atlas’ he might utter a profanity, theWashington Post reported. Hanks gave it a shot

and got about eight words in before he saidthe f-word. Both he and Vargas immediately

gasped. And both apologized. “I’m sorry,I slipped into a brand of acting. I have

never done that before. I want toapologize to the kids in Americathat are watching this right now,”TMZ.com quoted him as saying.“And let me say that the next timeI’m on the show, there will be aseven-second delay,” he said. The50-year-old journalist thenattempted to proceed with themovie discussion, but the two-time Oscar winner recognizedthere was stillsome comedy to be milked fromhis gaffe. Hanks later apologizedon Twitter too. “This morning

Tom Hanks accidently used anexpletive during a live interview on

GMA with elizabeth Vargas,” an ABCspokesperson issued a statement about

the incident. nEWS dESK

TOm HAnkSapologizes for F-word bomb

Arif Lohar keen tocollaborate withIndian musicians

Veteran film-maker Yash Chopra, known as India’sking of celluloid romance, died on Sunday justweeks after announcing he would not direct anymore movies. He was 80. A Yash Raj Films spokes-woman said Chopra died in the evening. The film-maker had been admitted to a Mumbai hospital lastweek and was being treated for dengue fever. “I’min shock and numb, can’t believe the news, the manwho immortalised love, Mr. Yash Chopra is nomore,” actor Akshay Kumar said on Twitter. Bornin 1932 in Lahore, now in Pakistan, Chopra wasfavoured by leading Indian actors with his moviesseen as a sure-fire way to become a hit with audi-ences. The film-maker proved his mettle with in-tensely emotional and tragic movies, many of whichwent on to become box-office blockbusters.Chopra’s Bollywood career spanned five decades,and at an event marking his 80th birthday lastmonth, Chopra narrated how he came to Mumbaiwith 200 rupees in his pocket, hoping to make it asa film director. Since then, Chopra made some of In-

dian cinema’s most memorable films — suchas “deewar”, “Kabhi Kabhie”, “Silsila” and“Chandni”. His flamboyant style of film-making,movies filmed in exotic locales and mellifluousmusic became a hallmark, endearing him to filmgo-ers. Chiffon sarees and the Swiss Alps are so syn-onymous with Chopra’s style of film-making that

Switzerland Tourism even offered visitors a guidedtour of the places where the director filmed some ofhis most famous songs and scenes. Riding on hissuccess, Chopra established Yash Raj Films, one ofBollywood’s biggest production houses, churning outat least three movies a year. In november, the filmstudio announced its foray into Hollywood, signingon actors such as nicole Kidman and Jason Batemanfor its overseas productions. Chopra also producedIndian cinema’s longest-running blockbuster, “dil-wale dulhania Le Jayenge” (1995), which markedthe debut of his son Aditya as director. “I have nevermade romantic films. I have made films on humanrelations, and humans are complicated people,” hesaid at the event in September. “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”,with Chopra at the helm for the last time, opens incinemas in november, eight years after his last proj-ect “Veer-Zaara“, a passionate tale of love across bor-ders. The film features Shahrukh Khan, one ofBollywood’s biggest stars, along with Katrina Kaifand Anushka Sharma. nEWS dESK

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S O what in our minds makes a car a fu-ture classic? Three things: Significanceto either the automaker or industry, rar-ity (which very well may leave a few sig-nificant cars off this list), and styling

with staying power – because who wants to ownan ugly classic car? Also (with one exception) thevehicles in question have to currently be on sale.With that in mind, here are our Top 5 new Car-Future Classics:

BMW M3We believe the e90-series M3 might become

a future collectible for a few reasons. For starters,this generation of M3 represents the end of an erafor the storied M Car. BMW’s M cars have alwaysbeen known for their high-revving naturally aspi-rated engines. Unfortunately, the future of the Mcar lies with the turbocharger, which means theM3′s rev-happy 414-hp, 295-lb-ft 4.0-liter V-8could be the last naturally aspirated M motor toever be built. Because of that, the M3 will likelybecome a prize for future BMW collectors.

Cadillac CTs-V WagonThis is the car that many thought GM didn’t

have the cojones to build: a nürburgring-slayingstation wagon packing a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 producing 556 hp and 551 lb-ft of torque, drivingthe rear wheels through a proper six-speed man-ual transmission. The CTS-V Wagon has a couplethings going for it on the collectible front: it’s aniche product so not many exist (relatively speak-ing), it’s expensive, which keeps it out of thehands of its mostly young fans, and it’s truly stun-

ning to look at. The CTS-V Wagon very well maybe a blockbuster at Barrett-Jackson auctions inthe distant future.

Chevrolet Corvette Zr1Like the C4 Corvette ZR-1 before it, the C6

Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is bound to become a col-lectible This Corvette represents the best of theC6 ‘Vettes, and is easily among the best Corvettesever made. The ZR1 is guaranteed collectible sta-tus thanks to the stories behind it: this is the firstCorvette to crack 200 mph and the first to costover $100,000. It’s also a world beater, havinggone up against the best europe and Asia has tooffer, like the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and nissanGT-R. So why will the Corvette ZR1 be a futureclassic? Because America.

Fisker KarmaLikely to be a controversial choice, the Fisker

Karma nonetheless easily meets the criteria to be

a future collectible. The Karma is significant toFisker and the automotive industry because theKarma is not only the first vehicle Fisker has everbuilt, but it’s also the first luxury extended-rangeelectric vehicle. The Karma’s got rarity too, espe-cially considering all of the production delays thatwere necessary for Fisker to recall all of its vehi-cles. Lastly, the Karma is a striking automobile tolook at, and it’ll likely look just as good as it doestoday 20 or 30 years from now.

Ford shelby GT500What could be more significant than being

both the most powerful factory Mustang ever andthe first Mustang with a 200-mph top speed? Sim-ple: Carroll Shelby. The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500is the last factory Shelby Mustang that the dearlydeparted Shelby ever worked on. Because of thatconnection, the car’s big 5.8-liter 662-hp super-charged V-8, and the ridiculous top speed, theShelby GT500 is most certainly on its way to be-coming a collectible. nEWS dESK

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Top 5 new car future classics

Man charged with disrupting Utah flight

AUkrainian immigrant, who is accused ofdisrupting an airline flight and assaultingits crew because he believed the wing was

on fire, was ordered on Friday to remain in custodyin Utah to face charges. A federal judge ordered amental evaluation for Anatoliy Baranovich, 46,who authorities said had been drinking and hadpassports for 19 women and $6,500 in cash in hisluggage. Prosecutors believe the mentalexamination may shed light on Baranovich’sactions during a delta Airlines flight from Bostonto Salt Lake City on Monday. Baranovich ischarged with one count each of damaging anddisabling an aircraft and interference with a flightcrew. defense attorneys asked that Baranovich bereleased because his behavior was an aberration. Apermanent U.S. resident, Baranovich has nohistory of violence or any record of criminalbehavior or arrests in the U.S., his lawyer said.district Magistrate Judge dustin Pead said he wastroubled by Baranovich’s access to passports andcash, which could make him a flight risk. no newhearing dates have been set. If convicted,Baranovich faces a possible maximum sentence of40 years in federal prison. nEWS dESK

Poland’s narrowest building opens

Abuilding just 92 cm (36 inches) wide as itsnarrowest point was opened in Warsaw onSaturday as an artistic installation that will

be a home from home for Israeli writer edgarKeret. Keret, who told news channel TVn24 hewould live there when he visits Warsaw twice ayear, said he conceived the project as a kind ofmemorial to his parents’ family who died in theWorld War Two Holocaust. Wedged into thenarrow gap between two existing central Warsawblocks of flats on the edge of the former WarsawGhetto, the several-level structure was designed byPolish architect Jakub Szczesny and is never morethan 152 cm (60 inches) wide. “It contains allnecessary amenities such as a micro-kitchen, mini-bathroom, sleeping cubicle and tiny work area, allaccessible via ladders,” Szczesny explained. Thestation called Keret House Poland’s, possiblyeurope’s, narrowest residential building. AgEnciES

Microsoft removes Facebookand Twitter apps from Xbox 360

IT has been revealed that Microsoft hasremoved Facebook and Twitter apps from theXbox 360 as part of its mandatory dashboard

upgrade ahead of the global roll out on October 23.It is believed that the platform holder hasimplemented the move in an effort to encourageInternetexplorerusage ontheconsolewhichwill beaddedforXboxLiveGoldsubscribers. A company representative told IGnthat the social networking apps are being “retired”as part of a “streamlining” strategy. nEWS dESK

PRAGUEOnLinE

A Czech father of one who survived for morethan six months without a real heart has died atthe age of 37.

Jakub Halik had his heart replaced with twomechanical pumps in pioneering surgery lastApril after an aggressive cancerous tumour wasfound. doctors say his death was caused by liverfailure, and not the artificial heart itself.

Mr Halik, a former firefighter, was waitingon the transplant list for a suitable donor whenhe died. despite not having a pulse and alwayshaving to carry a battery pack to power his me-chanical heart, Mr Halik was able to walkaround and even use the hospital gym.

He was not able to accept a donor heart ear-lier because the cancer meant he would not beable to take the drugs he would need for a suc-cessful organ transplant. The radical surgeryhad only ever been tried on one other patient, aman in Texas, who survived for just a week.

‘HEALTHy MAN’: Mr Halik’s operation wascarried out by Jan Pirk, director of cardiology atthe Institute of Clinical and experimental Med-icine in Prague. His team used two plasticpumps, each designed to perform the separatetasks of the left and right sides of the heart.

Speaking at a press conference in Augustmore than four months after the surgery, MrHalik said he felt “very good physically”, and saidhe had made the right choice to proceed with theoperation. “It was hard for me but I didn’t haveany other chance at all,” he told reporters. “It wasacknowledged that with the tumour I can survivefor about one year and I decided to fight and doit this way.” He said the experience of livingwithout a heart had not been difficult.

“I don’t even realise it, because the functionsof the body are the same, only my heart is notbeating and I have no pulse anymore,” Haliksaid. “Otherwise I am functioning like a healthyman at present.” doctors said it is unclear howhis liver failed. They are awaiting the outcomeof a post-mortem examination.

Morocco deniespagan rockcarving destroyed

The Moroccan government has deniedthat an 8,000-year-old rock engravingdepicting the Sun as a divinity has beendestroyed in the south of the country in anattack residents had blamed on ultra-orthodox Salafi Muslims.Communications Minister Mustafa el-Khalfi took journalists to the site of thepagan engraving in the Toukbal nationalPark to demonstrate that reports of itsdestruction were untrue. Ahmed Assid, aprominent activist for the indigenousAmazigh people and member of the RoyalInstitute for Amazigh Culture (IRCAM),had said the petroglyph had beendestroyed this week and that localactivists had blamed Salafis. However,Assid said at the time he had yet to seepictures of the reported damage. Moroccohas generally followed a tolerant form ofSunni Islam, but Salafis rose toprominence after the September 11 attackson the United States in 2001. Hundredswere jailed after suicide bombings in thecity of Casablanca in 2003. Amazigh, orImazighen, are berbers who lived in northAfrica long before Muslims arrived therein the 7th century. While there are noofficial figures on their numbers, Moroccois widely believed to have the biggestAmazigh community in the world. AgEnciES

The story of a Yorkshire house-wife who spent five years in herchildhood living with a colonyof capuchin monkeys inColombia is to be told for the

first time in a book andplanned television documen-tary. Marina Chapman learntto catch birds and rabbits withher bare hands after being

abandoned in the jungle bykidnappers, it was reported.

The Tarzan-like episodewas brought to an end whenshe was discovered by huntersbut by her ordeal continuedwhen she was sold to a brothelin the city of Cucuta, andgroomed for prostitution. Sheescaped and spent years on thestreets, sometimes being ar-rested and kept in a cell, butwas eventually taken in by aColombian family to work as amaid in her mid-teens, andtook the name of Marina Luz,according to the account givento a newspaper.

The book about her life hasalready been sold in seven coun-tries and is being published inBritain next April, while a tele-vision documentary is alsobeing planned. cOuRTESY TT

Yorkshire housewife ‘raised by monkeys in jungle’

Czech man with no heart dies after six months

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THe clouds hung heavy overnewlands but the rain thathas blighted much of thisChampions LeagueTwenty20 stayed away, al-

lowing a tight and intense encounter thatended with delhi daredevils moving topof the group. The headliner for daredev-ils was the much-maligned Ajit Agarkar,who took two big wickets before coollyfinishing off the game with the bat.

Though Perth Scorchers were elimi-nated after this defeat, they showed typi-cal Australian tenaciousness to take thematch to the final over. On a track whereit was tough for the batsmen to time theball, Scorchers could run up only 121, ascore which is rarely defended inTwenty20 cricket and which looked evensmaller given the heavyweights in thedaredevils batting. The heads didn'tdrop, however, and they steadily chippedaway at the daredevils.

Their appetite for a scrap was high-lighted by nathan Rimmington. In the15th over, Virender Sehwag, nearing ahalf-century and the last big-name bats-man remaining, slashed a chance to thirdman, where Rimmington fluffed thecatch, and for a six too. In a low-scoringmatch, that seemed the slip that wouldseal Scorchers' fate. Instead, Rimmingtonhit back by removing Irfan Pathan off thevery next delivery, and then getting thecritical wicket of Sehwag three balls later.

That set up a tense finale. namanOjha, the last recognised batsman, putaway a short delivery from Brad Hogg forfour, but was otherwise ill at ease. Henicked a jaffa from nathan Coulter-nile

to the keeper in the 18th over but wasn'tgiven out, though two balls later he edgedit once more, and this time there was noneed for the umpire to even raise his fin-ger as the deviation was so clear.

Three wickets in hand, and 17 to getoff the final two overs on a difficult track.not a problem for Agarkar, who carvedan inside-out lofted off drive for four inthe penultimate over, before crashing alow full toss for four on the first ball ofthe final over to ease daredevils towardsvictory.

The trickiness of the pitch was shownby Sehwag's scoring pattern. Usually abatsman who loves the boundaries, andisn't the keenest between the wickets, Se-hwag had to run 30 of his 52 and was reg-ularly looking for the quick single,instead of the massive hit out of the park.He was the only one of the daredevilsbatting stars to get to double-digits: Ma-hela Jayawardene guided a half-volley toshort fine leg, Ross Taylor missed astraighter one from Michael Beer andKevin Pietersen miscued to backwardpoint.

daredevils' other overseas player,Morne Morkel, was at his best, though, aswere the rest of their four-pronged paceattack. After Morkel bowled HerschelleGibbs in the first over, Shaun Marsh andSimon Katich re-built the innings with a73-run stand. They could step up thepace, though, and just as they looked toopen out, Agarkar removed both to suckthe momentum midway through the in-nings.

Morkel, daredevils' bowler of thetournament in the IPL, then returned toinflict more damage. The highlight wasthe 19th over, when with Scorchers look-ing to swing at everything, he conceded

just a single and dismissed the dangerousMitchell Marsh.

despite the batting letdown,

Scorchers gave it their all but couldn'tdent the chances of the only IPL team stillalive in the tournament.

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PERTH ScORcHERS

HH gibbs b Morkel 6

SE Marsh c Sehwag b Agarkar 39

SM Katich c Jayawardene b Agarkar 34

MR Marsh c Pietersen b Morkel 20

L Ronchi† c Agarkar b Morkel 2

MJ north* not out 8

17

nM coulter-nile not out 2

EXTRAS 10

TOTAL 121

did nOT BAT nJ Rimmington, JM Mennie, gB Hogg, MA Beer

FALL OF WicKETS 1-11 (gibbs, 1.5 ov), 2-84 (SE Marsh, 12.6 ov),

3-87 (Katich, 14.1 ov), 4-99 (Ronchi, 16.1 ov), 5-112 (MR Marsh,

18.1 ov)

BOWLing

iK Pathan 3-0-20-0, M Morkel 4-0-19-3, uT Yadav 4-0-24-0, AB

Agarkar 4-0-14-2, KP Pietersen 3-0-26-0, P negi 2-0-12-0,

dELHi dAREdEViLS

dPMd Jayawardene* c Beer b Mennie 4

V Sehwag c Mennie b Rimmington 52

u chand c †Ronchi b Mennie 3

KP Pietersen c MR Marsh b Beer 9

LRPL Taylor lbw b Beer 5

iK Pathan c Katich b Rimmington 14

nV Ojha† c †Ronchi b coulter-nile 6

P negi not out 7

AB Agarkar not out 11

EXTRAS 12

TOTAL 123

did nOT BAT M Morkel, uT Yadav

FALL OF WicKETS 1-10 (Jayawardene, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (chand, 3.6

ov), 3-45 (Pietersen, 7.4 ov), 4-60 (Taylor, 9.5 ov), 5-94 (Pathan,

15.1 ov), 6-96 (Sehwag, 15.4 ov), 7-104 (Ojha, 17.4 ov)

BOWLing

nJ Rimmington 3.3-0-29-2, JM Mennie 4-0-21-2, nM coulter-

nile 4-0-25-1, gB Hogg 4-0-27-0, MA Beer 4-0-18-2,

Match details

Toss delhi daredevils, who chose to field

Points delhi daredevils 4, Perth Scorchers 0

Player of the match AB Agarkar (delhi daredevils)

umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire M Erasmus

Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Reserve umpire Jd cloete

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Delhi knock out Perth in low-scorer

trott prefers

to bat at No 3NEWSDESK

Jonathan Trott has said that he wouldprefer to stay at no.3 during england'sTest series in India after the late inclu-sion of Kevin Pietersen had encourageddebate about whether he should be askedto open the innings, Cricinfo reported.Andrew Strauss' retirement from Testcricket had left england contemplating achoice between two uncapped openers -Yorkshire's Joe Root and nick Comptonof Somerset - alongside Alastair Cook atthe top of the order.But the addition of Pietersen to the squadafter his long-standing dispute with theengland hierarchy was settled has givenengland the option of opening with Trott,tried and trusted, and giving Pietersen theno.3 spot that he has made his own in av-eraging more than 50 over 34 Tests, butwhose form has faltered in the past year."I've enjoyed batting no.3 in my career,since my second Test match when I wasput in that position, and I feel like I'vedone a pretty good job there," Trott toldSky Sports news. "But, if asked to openI'd have to - or I'd like to - do what theteam wants me to. no.3 is my preferencebut we'll just have to wait and see. I don'tthink it will come to that." With Pietersenthen likely to bat at no.4 and Ian Bell re-garded as a certainty in the top six, re-taining Trott at three would leave eoinMorgan, Jonny Bairstow and Samit Patelvying for the final batting spot.Trott became the latest player to voicesupport for Pietersen's return after a 73-day exile following his outburst after theend of the Headingley Test against SouthAfrica that he might have played his lastTest for england."Kevin is a world-class player and if youwant to be a successful team you needyour best players playing," Trott said. "Aslong as everything has been straightenedout between Kevin, the eCB and themanagement squad then hopefully every-thing can be laid to bed - and I thinkeverything has been.

Samuels and

Narine on the moveNEWSDESK

West Indies' success in the ICC WorldTwenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 has been re-flected in the Reliance ICC T20I PlayerRankings which were released today (Mon-day) with the man of the match in the final,Marlon Samuels and impressive youngspinner Sunil narine, both recording risesof 20 places in the batting and bowlingrankings respectively. Samuels, who ham-mered 78 and took one for 15 in the 36-runsvictory over the host Sri Lanka, leapt 20places to 18th in the batting rankings andwas up seven places to equal ninth in theall-rounders' table. Both represented ca-reer-best ratings as did his improving bowl-ing ranking of 60th – up 19 places.Sunil narine's three for nine in the finalcapped an impressive tournament and his20 place move took him to equal 13th in thebowling rankings with a career best ratingof 638 while his colleague Samuel Badree,who claimed the key wicket in the final ofSri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara with his leg-breaks, moved a staggering 46 places to47th in the rankings table.Chris Gayle, who dominated the ICC WorldTwenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 semi-final againstAustralia, moved into second place in thebatting rankings behind new Zealand'sBrendon McCullum. Gayle leapfroggedplayer of the tournament Shane Watson, ofAustralia, who drops to third in the battingrankings but maintains his position asnumber-one all-rounder and is still sixth inthe bowling rankings. For Sri Lanka theonly consolation was Ajantha Mendis whoovertook england's Graeme Swann to standsecond in the bowling rankings, while An-gelo Mathews rose six places to joint 18th.Mathews also moved up one place in the all-rounders table to join Samuels in ninthplace. Meanwhile, West Indies has movedup five places to second in in the RelianceICC T20I Championship table after beatingnumber-one ranked Sri Lanka in the final ofthe ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012.Sri Lanka has retained the number-one spotdespite the loss in the final.

NEWSDESK

Sky TV may not send its team of com-mentators to cover england's tour ofIndia, which begins in november, unlessa dispute with the BCCI over access fortheir commentary team to the Test ven-ues is resolved, Cricinfo reported. Skyhold the UK rights for the series, but the

Sunday Times in London reported thebroadcaster had received an unexpecteddemand from the Indian board for addi-tional fees totalling more than £500,000($800,000) for their commentary teamto have facilities at the grounds.

eSPncricinfo understands the figurebeing quoted to Sky is the BCCI's esti-mate of 'realistic costs' related to Sky's

wish to have independent and unilateralcoverage of the India-england series. Thecost includes, among other things, studiospace for Sky's own panel of commenta-tors and satellite uplinking from the ven-ues for 30 days of cricket. Sky'sinterpretation is that securing of TVrights should automatically assume suchprovisions as part of the deal.

Sky warned their bank of commenta-tors, including former england captainsMichael Atherton, nasser Hussain andIan Botham, that they regard the BCCI'sdemands as brinkmanship, and that theymay not travel unless a solution can befound. If the dispute is not settled, Skywould be forced to accept commentaryfrom the host broadcaster or set up a stu-dio outside the grounds.

Problems for UK broadcasters havebeen a common feature of englandgames in India. during a one-day serieslast year, televison audiences in India andengland were deprived of the first threeovers of a match in Hyderabad becauseof a dispute between the host broadcasterof the time, neo Sports, and PrasarBharati, the government agency respon-sible for uplinking live telecasts out ofIndia.

There was also an issue about SkyTV's own commentators awaiting whatone Sky commentator told eSPncricinfowere "government clearances", beforebeing able to broadcast live out of India.As a result, the Sky TV producers madeuse of the neo Cricket commentary team,which included Matthew Hoggard anddermot Reeve. There were also problemsfor Sky before england's 2006 tour ofIndia, when they agreed terms with nim-bus, who had just bought the rights toIndia's home matches, only a few daysbefore the series began.

sky and Bcci inpre-series dispute

the first three overs of the india-england Odi in Hyderabad in 2011 were lost due to tV audiences.

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KARACHISTAFF REPORT

PAKISTAn All StarXI beat Interna-tional World XI bysix wickets in thesecond and lastmatch of World XI

AO Trophy, aiming to restore in-ternational cricket in Pakistan.

Batting first, World XI set a143-run target in full 20 overs atthe loss of nine wickets in thematch played at national StadiumKarachi.

The visitors suffered an earlyblow in the form of Sanath Jaya-suriya departing in the first overwithout getting off the mark.

World XI would have been re-stricted below 100 runs, thanks tolast wicket 57-run stand betweenAdam Sanford and nantie Hay-ward, who was the top-scorer forhis team making 42 runs off 14.

Pakistan XI’s openers Imrannazir and Shahzaib Hasan put ariveting performance, makingmore runs together than the firstnine players of the opponentscould make.

Pakistan lost three wicketswithin 16 runs after Shahzaib de-parted at 87, making 39 runs off19.

Imran nazir strengthened theperception that he played bril-liantly when the match was not theinternational one. He made 53

runs off 33, scoring five sixes andfour fours.

Though Pakistan XI achievedthe target in the match, time willtell if the series would blaze a trailin restoring international cricket inthe country.

earlier, Pakistan All Stars XIrestricted International World XIto 142-9 in the allotted 20 overs.

Sent into bat by Pakistan AllStars XI captain Shoaib Malik, In-ternational World XI batsmenmade a disastrous start as they losttheir captain opener Sanath jaya-suriya in the very first over andsince then the team could not re-cover until the last pair provided agreat resistance adding 57 for anunbeaten tenth wicket5 partner-ship.

number eleven batsmannantie Hayward top scored withan unbeaten 42 while his partnernumber ten batsman Adam San-ford remained not out on 14. Onlytwo other batsmen – opener AndreSeymore (25) and MohammadShahzad (11) could get into thedouble-figures.

For the hosts, slow left-armbowler Faraz Ahmed capturedthree wickets for 20 runs andseamer Tabish Khan claimed twofor 19.

Pakistan All Stars XI, led byAfridi, won the first match of theseries by a big margin of 84 runs.The match was played on Saturdayat the same venue.

inTERnATiOnAL WORLd Xi AJ Seymore c sub (Rameez Raja (2)) b Faraz Ahmed 25ST Jayasuriya* lbw b Sohail Khan 0Saeed Bin nasir c Shoaib Malik b Tabish Khan 7RL Powell run out (umar Akmal) 3SR Taylor lbw b Tabish Khan 4Mohammad Shahzad† b Faraz Ahmed 11Shapoor zadran c Faisal iqbal b umar Akmal 4A nel c umar Akmal b Faraz Ahmed 0MS Tshabalala st †zulqarnain Haider b Shoaib Malik 6A Sanford not out 14M Hayward not out 42EXTRAS 26TOTAL 142FALL OF WicKETS 1-1 (Jayasuriya, 0.3 ov), 2-29 (Saeed Binnasir, 4.3 ov), 3-38 (Powell, 6.2 ov), 4-43 (Taylor, 6.5 ov), 5-67(Mohammad Shahzad, 9.1 ov), 6-70 (Seymore, 11.2 ov), 7-70(nel, 11.3 ov), 8-83 (Tshabalala, 14.3 ov), 9-85 (Shapoor zadran,15.4 ov)BOWLingSohail Khan 2-0-11-1, Mir Hamza 3-0-17-0, Tabish Khan 3-0-19-2, Faraz Ahmed 4-0-20-3, Shoaib Malik 3-0-5-1, umarAkmal 1-0-3-1, Asad Shafiq 2-0-35-0, imran nazir 2-0-21-0PAKiSTAn ALL STAR Xi imran nazir c sub (Fawad Khan) b Taylor 53Shahzaib Hasan c Saeed Bin nasir b Hayward 39umar Akmal st †Mohammad Shahzad b Taylor 6Shoaib Malik* c Hayward b Taylor 13Asad Shafiq not out 23Faisal iqbal not out 3EXTRAS 8TOTAL 145did nOT BAT Faraz Ahmed, Tabish Khan, Sohail Khan, MirHamza, zulqarnain Haider†FALL OF WicKETS 1-87 (Shahzaib Hasan, 7.2 ov), 2-99 (imrannazir, 9.1 ov), 3-103 (umar Akmal, 9.3 ov), 4-126 (Shoaib Malik,13.1 ov)BOWLingA nel 1-0-18-0, Shapoor zadran 2-0-19-0, A Sanford 1-0-18-0,MS Tshabalala 2.4-0-35-0, M Hayward 2-0-7-1, ST Jayasuriya4-0-24-0, SR Taylor 4-0-22-3Match detailsToss Pakistan All Star Xi, who chose to fieldSeries Pakistan All Star Xi won the 2-match series 2-0Player of the match imran nazir (Pakistan All Star Xi)umpires Riazuddin and Saleem BadarTV umpire Khalid MahmoodMatch referee Anwar KhanReserve umpire Junaid ghafoor

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Pakistan Star XI beat Int’l XI by 6 wickets

taylor rubs

shoulders with

cricket's eliteNEWSDESK

When it was announced that interna-tional exhibition matches would beplayed in Pakistan this weekend, thepresence of a former Test veteran likeSanath Jayasuriya in a World XI squadwould not have raised too many eye-brows. The presence of an Americanteenager just might do the trick though,Cricinfo reported.Mixing and mingling with the likes ofJermaine Lawson, Andre nel and Jaya-suriya will be Steven Taylor, an 18-year-old left-hand opening batsman fromMiramar, Florida, located 20 miles northof Miami. USA has produced youngstersin recent years that looked like glitteringgems at the junior level only to lose theirluster before falling short of reaching thesenior team. Taylor on the other handhas continued to sparkle and has achance to become America's first home-grown star since Bart King led the first-class bowling averages in england in1908.Taylor played the first of two games forthe International World XI against Pak-istan All Star XI in Karachi, scoring arun-a-ball 15 while batting at no.3."If you look at the rest of the Under-19players in America, Steven is way ahead.He has a tremendous amount of talent,"fellow USA team-mate Orlando Bakersaid. Taylor first toured with the men atthe age of 15 in november 2008 whenBaker captained a USA squad at theWICB Cup in Guyana. Taylor earned thenickname "Bob" on the trip after showingup wearing a SpongeBob SquarePantsbackpack. In the four years since, he hasgrown into a punishing opener and hisintimidating batting style has forcedBaker to stop calling him Bob, instead la-beling him "the American Chris Gayle."Baker should know since he grew up withGayle as the two played for the JamaicaU-19 team together in 1996 and 1997 be-fore Baker moved to America."Playing with a guy like Chris Gayle,Steven gives me so much resemblance ofhim in terms of his power, his timing andI just hope he keeps working hard be-cause he has a lot of talent," Baker said."When you look and you can find aplayer like this in America with so muchcricketing talent, so much natural talent,you want to nurture this talent."

LAHORE STAFF REPORT

The Provincial Level of the PunjabYouth Festival 2012 has rolled into ac-tion as strong resistance was witnessedamong the competitors of the nine divi-sion at different venues of the city onSunday. The competitions are beingheld between school, colleges, univer-sity and general public categories andon the day apart from expo Centre,Iqbal Park Sports Complex and PunjabStadium several other venues were en-gaged for the competitions.

In the volleyball university levelcompetitions, Lahore beat Sahiwal, Gu-jranwala defeated Sargodha and Multanoutplayed Bahawalpur.

In the college level competitions,Faisalabad beat Bahawalpur, Multanbeat Sahiwal, dG Khan defeated Sar-godha and Gujranwala beat Lahorewhile in school level matches, Gujran-wala beat dG Khan, Sargodha beat Ba-hawalpur, Rawalpindi beat Lahore andMultan beat Sahiwal. In boys universitylevel volleyball competitions, Sargodhabeat Rawalpindi, Gujranwala outplayedSargodha and Lahore defeated Multan.

In the college level competitions,Faisalabad beat Multan, Bahawalpurbeat Rawalpindi, dG Khan beat Sar-godha and Sahiwal defeated Lahore

while in school level, Gujranwala beatdG Khan, Faisalabad beat Rawalpindi,Lahore beat Sargodha and Multan de-feated Bahawalpur.

In the general public events, Faisal-abad beat Bahawalpur, Gujranwala beatRawalpindi, Lahore beat Multan andSargodha beat dG Khan.

In Athletics general public events,Sahiwal bagged first 3 positions. The100 M race was won by Sakhawat Hus-sain, in 800 M's winner was Mo-hammed Akram, Mohammed Sammadof Faisalabad won the 1500 M racewhereas the long jump's winner wasMohammed Imran of Gujranwala. Mo-

hammed Mushtaq of Lahore won shotput and Sahiwal's Mohammed Adeelbagged first position in javelin throw.

In school division athletics events,100 m race, Hafiz Waqas of Gujranwala.In 200 m, Lahore's Mohammad Laeeq.In 800m, Sahiwal's Arslan Ali was thewinner in 1500m. Faisalabad's AhsanShehzad took the long jump, Faisal-abad's Fahad Adeel got in shot put andMultan's Mohammad Arshad were de-clared winners.

In football matches at universitylevel, Sargodha beat Gujranwala by 4goals. At school level football, Faisal-abad, Rawalpindi and Lahore were de-clared winners beating dG Khan,Bahawalpur and Gujranwala. At collegelevel football, Rawalpindi beat Multanand Sargodha defeated Gujranwala atpenalty kicks while Faisalabad beat Ba-hawalpur. In general public events,Multan, Rawalpindi and dG Khanachieved first positions in footballmatches. Gujranwala, Lahore andFaisalabad were the losers. In girls uni-versity level table tennis competitions,Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Lahore beatMultan, Gujranwala and Bahawalpurrespectively. In college level, Faisal-abad, Bahawalpur, dG Khan and Sahi-wal won their matches. In universitylevel basketball, Faisalabad while ingeneral public level, Lahore won.

tight competitionsbegin provincial Level

Navy win Nationalcanoeing

ISLAMABADPR

12th national Canoeing Championship2012 was jointly organized by Pakistannavy and Islamabad Canoe Club atRawal Lake, Islamabad from 19th to 21st.Over 100 canoeists from Pakistan navy,Pakistan Army, Islamabad Canoe Club,Sindh Canoe, KPK Club, Zubair CanoeAcademy, Baluchistan Canoe Club,Sukkur Canoe Club, Lahore Canoe Cluband Lahore Canoe Association contestedin 15 events of the championship. CdreAther Mukhtar SI(M) of Pakistan navywas Chief Guest for the final ceremonywho gave away medals and trophy to thewinners. Pakistan navy like all previous 11 na-tional Championships being held since1994 won the overall Championship Tro-phy of this year’s event also.

Waster busters

claim Newage cupLAHORE

STAFF REPORT

Waster Busters beat Vogue Furniture inthe final to claim newage Polo Cup hereat the Lahore Polo Ground on Sunday. Waste Busters busted an eight and a halfgoals win when the losing side scoredseven goals. In fact it was the one and ahalf goal handicap that earned WasteBusters a win otherwise the goals scoredin the field were even at seen. In the subsidiary final, Millat Tractors de-feated Adisseo by six and a half goals tofour. The winners entered the field withhalf a goal advantage. Ahed nawaz Ti-wana was declared the player of thematch for his controlled game while MalikAzam Hayat noon and Ali Malik super-vised the matches and chief guest AbdulHaye Mehta, President Lahore Polo Club,gave the prizes to the winners.

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Kookaburra balls

for Pakistan

domestic cricketNEWDESK

The PCB has decided to use Kookaburraballs in domestic cricket from the ongo-ing season to keep with internationalstandards. The imported balls were usedin domestic competitions from 2000until 2007, when the Ijaz Butt-led ad-ministration encouraged the use of lo-cally-manufactured balls, Cricinforeported.The decision came after the PCB's exec-utive Coordination Committee (eCC)met with the national coaching staff,captain, and chief selector to discussvarious areas of improvement for thePakistan team."It was agreed that domestic cricket re-quires improvements in fielding, fitness,application of technique and otherareas," the PCB said. "The eCC hasunanimously decided to use Kookaburraballs in both first-class and domesticlimited-overs cricket. It has also beendecided that during the national camps,the same brand of cricket balls used forpractice will be used in that particulartour."The Kookaburra ball will be used fromthe fifth round of the President's Tro-phy, starting november 2. The playerswill continue to use the Grays ball forthe fourth round, which starts on Sun-day. However, the PCB director JavedMiandad was against the idea of usingimported balls, but was out voted whenthe eCC invited Twenty20 captain Mo-hammad Hafeez, coach dav Whatmore,fast-bowling coach Mohammad Akramand chief selector Iqbal Qasim for themeeting.Some PCB members were reportedly un-happy with the quality of the locallymanufactured balls, following com-plaints from players over the last twoseasons. The balls were said to havehard leather, causing player injurieswhile fielding, and on occasions torewithin 20 overs in first-class games.However, the chief executive of Grays,Khawar Anwar Khawaja, brushed asidethe reports. Grays have been supplyingballs to the PCB since 1973."We are extremely unhappy as ulti-mately the PCB is denting Pakistan'sown industry by giving preference to theimported balls," Khawaja told Cricinfo."We are always flexible towards com-plaints, ready to talk and produce thebest ball according to their demands. Iagree there were complaints about thehardness of the ball two years back be-cause we were asked to make machine-made balls and it obviously takes timefor it to mature."The white Kookaburra balls are used inone-day internationals, while the redone is used in Tests in most nationsapart from India (SG) and england(duke).Miandad had objected to the use ofimported balls while announcing therevamped domestic season lastmonth."It is just an unwanted debate to have aKookaburra ball assuming that it willenhance the quality of cricket," Miandadsaid. "Quality actually lies with thebowler and batsman. We have producedlegendary bowlers who used locallymade cricket balls. To me it's just an ex-cuse to have a Kookaburra or duke ball.It will only increase the costs and noth-ing else."

Murray pulls

out of baselPARIS

AgEnciES

The US Open champion, who also with-drew from the event last year, has cho-sen to rest his back in preparation forthe upcoming Paris Masters and WorldTour Finals in London, starting on 29October and 5 november respectively.He will be replaced as second seed byJuan Martin del Potro, who won in Vi-enna on Sunday and is currently tryingto secure a spot in the World Tour Fi-nals at the 02.Roger Federer has won the title in five ofthe last six years.

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MOSCOWAgEnciES

DenMARK'S CarolineWozniacki claimedher 20th career titleby beating top seedSamantha Stosur 6-24-6 7-5 in a thrilling

Kremlin Cup tennis final on Sunday.The third-seeded dane trailed Sto-

sur 1-3 in the third set but recoveredher poise to draw level, then broke theAustralian in the 12th game to clinchher second title of the season after win-ning the Korea Open last month.

"I think I played some good tennis,"Wozniacki, who saved three breakpoints in the ninth game of the finalset, told a news conference.

"Sam also played well and it couldhave gone either way. But I hit somegood shots close to the lines on impor-tant points and it made the difference,"added the former world number one.

Stosur, who fought back from a setdown to beat another former worldnumber one Ana Ivanovic in Saturday'ssemi-final, looked on course to end her13-month title drought after she brokeWozniacki to love at the start of thefinal set. But the Australian, who waslooking for her first title since winninglast year's U.S. Open, lost her serve inthe sixth game and was broken deci-sively in the 12th.

She saved the first match pointwith an ace but missed a running fore-hand on the second to concede defeatafter two hours and 13 minutes.

"I definitely had a few chances. I

think I went for the right shots butmissed by a couple of inches," said Sto-sur, who has a poor record in finals,winning only three of 15.

"I'd rather be aggressive and go formy shots than wait for my opponent tomake a mistake," added the worldnumber nine, who will be the first re-serve at the WTA Championships,

which start in Istanbul on Tuesday."despite the defeat I'm happy with

the way I played for the whole tourna-ment here. I'm going to Istanbultonight, will have one day to preparemyself, and if I get a chance to playthere, I think I'll be ready."

Italian second seed Andreas Seppicame from behind to beat Brazilian

Thomaz Bellucci 3-6 7-6 6-3 in themen's final. Bellucci, seeded fourth,twice served for the match in the sec-ond set, but Seppi fought back to forcea tiebreak.

The world number 25 then secureda key break midway through the finalset before claiming his second title ofthe year.

Wozniacki beat Stosur towin Kremlin Cup final

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Pakistan delay

zimbabwe tour in

wake of india seriesLAHORE

STAFF REPORT

The Pakistan Cricket Board has post-poned a tour to Zimbabwe in decem-ber in anticipation of a bilateralone-day series against India. A seniorofficial of the board was quoted by anews agency that under the future tourprogramme of the InternationalCricket Council, Pakistan were due tovisit Zimbabwe for a Test and one-dayseries in december. "But since it is tooclose to the series against India wehave informed the Zimbabwe authori-ties the tour should be held sometimenext year," the official said.Pakistan have been invited by the Indianboard to play three one-day internation-als and two T20 matches in december.Bilateral cricket between the nuclear-armed neighbours were snapped afterthe 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166people were killed. India blame Pak-istan-based militants for the incident.

Venus wins first

title since 2010EUROSPORT: Venus Williams of theU.S. hits a return to compatriotBethanie Mattek-Sands during theirwomen's singles match at the U.S.Open tennis tournament in new York(Reuters) The American former worldnumber one, a seven-times Grand Slamwinner, has suffered serious healthproblems in recent years but has beenon the comeback trail since the start ofthis season. The 32-year-old claimedWimbledon and Olympics doublescrowns with her younger sister Serena,but this is her first solo win since the2010 Acapulco title and her 44th careertitle. AgEnciES

Akram to inspiredomestic cricketers

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

Legendary left-arm pacer Wasim Akramwill once again inspire domestic crick-eters to give their best by playing along-side them in the third edition of the GulfSuper Sixes tournament, to be held fromnovember 30 to december 14.Arshad Zaheer, the Chief executive Offi-cer of Crayon Communications, wasquoted by Gulf news: “We will onceagain bring in outstanding internationalcricketers from around the world to playfor the eight teams that finish on top.The names of the cricketers will be an-nounced soon.” The event will be spon-sored by Gulf Oil and the LandmarkGroup.Last year, top cricketers like MuttiahMuralitharan, Vinod Kambli, nayanMongia, Maninder Singh, Sanath Jaya-suriya, Lance Klusener and Imran nazirtook part in the event.Akram, the brand ambassador of theevent and who had played in the firsttwo editions, said: “The Gulf Super Sixescorporate cricket league has an out-standing group of talented individualswith phenomenal cricket skills. As a per-son with a strong passion for cricket, Ifeel it is my obligation to pass myknowledge down to these players andhelp them develop the game further forfuture generations to thrive. People whocome to watch these players will be fullyentertained with the standard of play.”The sixth edition will be held under theauspices of the dubai Sports Counciland dubai Cricket Council. The quali-fiers and final will be played at Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC) GlobalCricket Academy grounds and dubai In-ternational Cricket Stadium.

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

PCB chairman ZakaAshraf on Sunday saidthey were negotiatingwith five boards, in-cluding Sri Lanka, tobring their teams to

Pakistan and hoped that internationalcricket will resume in the countrysoon. Ashraf said the ongoing friendlyexhibitions matches with a World XIwas a step in that direction and itwould eventually pave the way for Testteams visiting Pakistan.

"I think these matches are a goodstep and we supported and encour-aged these matches. despite being pri-vate matches they generated a lot ofenthusiasm from the fans and willhelp us in our endeavours to convincebig teams to play in Pakistan," Ashrafsaid.

The first exhibition T20 match onSaturday saw a semblance of interna-tional return to Pakistan for the firsttime since militants attacked the SriLankan team in Lahore in March,2009.

Since then no Test teamhas toured Pakistan be-cause of security concerns.Former players fromLanka, West Indies,South Africa andcurrent membersof the Afghanistanand USA teamsare in the worldeleven whichcame to Pakistanon the invitationof the sports min-

ister of the Sindh province dr Mo-hammad Ali Shah. Ashraf said he washappy to see the big crowds attendingthe matches. "The people have sentout a very positive message to the out-side world that they should come andplay in Pakistan."

Ashraf also disclosed that the PCBwas in negotiations with some boardsto send their teams to Pakistan.

"When you talk of internationalcricket, we are in negotiations withBangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwecricket boards. I was in Colombo re-cently and I talked to them aboutsending their team. We are talking to

two otherb o a r d s

as well but I am not going to revealnames. We have given them securityplans and hope good results will comesoon," he said.

"We will give you a good news re-garding the resumption of interna-tional cricket in Pakistan very soon,maybe in 2013. I am sure the day isnot far when we have big time cricketin Karachi, Lahore and other cities,"Ashraf said.

Pakistan had this year invited theBangladesh cricket Board to send itsteam to play a one-dayer and a T20game in April but after agreeing to thetour the Bangladesh backed out at thelast moment.

The Bd board backed out after thedhaka high court passed a restrainingorder on the board sending the teamto Pakistan because of security con-cerns.

Ashraf said the board was alsoseeking help of former players.

"We are taking ex cricketers withus on the matter because we needtheir services for the revival of thegame. We are doing our efforts andhope that cricket will be revived onour grounds."

The West Indies board also re-cently refused to send their A team to

Pakistan to play a reciprocal seriesbecause of security fears but

agreed to play theseries in the UAe.The PCB how-ever turneddown the offerinsisting theWest Indies A

team mustplay in Pak-istan.

PCB in contact withfive boards, says Zaka

PARISAgEnciES

Paris St Germain went to the top ofLigue 1 on Saturday after a KevinGameiro header clinched a hard-fought1-0 home victory over Stade Reims.

Tennis great Rafa nadal, who re-ceived a PSG jersey from striker ZlatanIbrahimovic before kick-off, looked onas Reims wasted a chance to go ahead inthe 40th minute when diego’s penaltywas saved by keeper Salvatore Siriguafter Gregory van der Wiel had handled.

Gameiro, who scored twice lastmonth in the only other league game hehas started this season, then headed in aneat cross by Maxwell in the 65thminute.

PSG have 19 points from ninegames, ahead on goal difference fromOlympique Marseille, who visit bottomclub Troyes on Sunday.

“It was hard because the interna-tional break prevented us from working

together,” said coach Carlo Ancelotti. “Itis important to go top even if it’s only forone night.”

PSG struggled with an experimentalmidfield in the first half, althoughGameiro had an effort cleared off theline by full back Aissa Mandi in the 29thminute.

Reims twice went close at the end ofthe opening period, diego failing to con-vert his penalty and Maxwell clearing aPape Souare header off the line.

PSG upped the pace after the breakand were unlucky when Blaise Matuidiand Jeremy Menez hit the woodwork be-fore Gameiro finally broke through.

Reims almost snatched an equaliseras Julien Toudic’s scissor-kick struck thecrossbar with five minutes to go.

PSG and Marseille are three pointsclear of Toulouse, who are third aftercrushing evian Thonon Gaillard 4-0.

Franck Tabanou produced a superbsolo effort to give Toulouse a 24th-minute lead. emmanuel Riviere then

scored either side of half-time beforedaniel Braaten struck late on.

Valenciennes are fourth on 15 pointsafter they recovered from conceding anearly goal to destroy Lorient 6-1.

Lorient, who had Arnaud Le Lan andInnocent emeghara sent off, are eighthin the table.

Benjamin Corgnet headed the visi-tors in front after seven minutes beforeCarlos Sanchez and Anthony Le Tallecreplied for Valenciennes.

Gael danic (penalty), Le Tallec againand a late double from VincentAboubakar wrapped up the convincingvictory.

Le Lan was dismissed after 18 min-utes for a bad tackle and emeghara re-ceived his marching orders in the 76th.

Champions Montpellier, who hostOlympiakos Piraeus in the ChampionsLeague on Wednesday, are down in 16thplace after losing 2-1 at Stade Rennes.

Jean Makoun nodded the hometeam in front from a Julien Feret corner

nadal watches gameiro put psg top

KARACHIAgEnciES

South African cricketer Andre nel,who is part of the International WorldXI, participating in the two Twenty20exhibition matches in Karachi, hassaid Pakistan cannot be denied forlong as they are too vital to interna-tional cricket. "I think that Pakistanshould not be denied for long, theyare vital to international cricket and Idon`t see major security concernshere, the people have been warm andwe are being looked after very well," aprivate new agency quoted nel, assaying. nel said he was extremely

happy to be a part of a process, whichshould eventually bring internationalcricket back to Pakistan.

The T20 matches between the In-ternational XI and a Pakistan AllStars XI at the national Stadiummarked the return of internationalplayers and cricket, albeit unofficial,to Pakistan for the first time since theterror attack on the Sri Lankan teambus in March 2009. The InternationalWorld XI, captained by Sri Lankanlegend Sanath Jayasuriya and featur-ing several former South African andWest Indian Test players took on aPakistan All Stars side led by ShahidAfridi in two Twenty 20s in Karachi in

the weekend.Another prominent member of

the International World XI was WestIndian batsman Ricardo Powellclaimed that the security force inplace in Karachi was the biggest hehad ever seen. "I have traveled theworld for cricket but never saw betterand more stringent security arrange-ments, I am happy to be in Pakistanand feel that I am contributing to agreat cause by being here," he said.Powell feels that international cricketin Pakistan would receive a tremen-dous boost once the two exhibitionmatches set to take place on the week-end end trouble free.

pakistan vital to international cricket, cannot be denied for long: Andre nel

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PAKISTAn Muslim League-nawaz onSunday refused to be part of any moveby the Federal Investigation Agency

(FIA) to probe into the Asghar Khan case, de-manding the constitution of an independentcommission for the purpose.

However, the party said in accepted thedecision of the Supreme Court in the case inits true essence. Flanked by PML-n leadersMushahidullah Khan and dr Tariq FazalChaudhry at a press conference at PunjabHouse, Leader of the Opposition in nationalAssembly nisar Ali Khan said ever since thepassage of the verdict by the Supreme Court,all guns had been trained at the PML-n. Clar-ifying, nisar said the Asghar Khan case wasnot about the PML-n but a coalition of eightpolitical parties called the Islami Jamhoori It-tehad (IJI), which was randomly headed byseveral leaders, including nawaz Sharif.“TheSupreme Court has mentioned that anamount of Rs 60 million had been distributedamong politicians, but complete details of thedistributed amount have not been furnishedyet, so it would be too early to criticise thePML-n over the issue,” he said.

He was of the view that those politicianswho could not win the mandate of the people

because of their performance were trying tohurl up a storm with the Asghar Khan case. de-manding authorities concerned to constitute anindependent commission to probe into the case,nisar said none of his party leadership wouldappear before the FIA in this connection.

“The FIA under Interior Minister RehmanMalik is being used for protecting the corrupt andthat is reflected in the nICL and Haj scams’ inves-tigations. How can it conduct a transparent inves-tigation in the Asghar Khan case?” He alsodemanded the constitution of a “truth and recon-ciliation commission” as agreed in the Charter ofdemocracy (COd) to avoid media trials of politicalparties. Criticising President Asif Ali Zardari, theopposition leader said the Presidency was misus-ing its powers and funds more than the Presidencythat doled out money to politicians in 1993.

He was of the view that the whole episodestarted when former prime minister Zulfikar AliBhutto constituted a political cell in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that became func-tional under the Ziaul Haq Regime and itsrecent act was under General Pasha’s tenurewhen it distributed billions of rupees from se-cret funds and public money to the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaaf. The PML-n leader said dur-ing Musharraf’s regime, billions of rupees weredistributed among PML-Q leaders and thesame was admitted by the former dictator in hisbook. “We are ready for accountability, but will

not appear before the FIA,” nisar reiterated.Criticising PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, he said

the PM should read the Supreme Court orderagainst him in the RPPs case before pointing fin-gers at others. Calling it a great opportunity toend involvement of agencies in national politicsand to remove garbage from Pakistani politics, hedemanded everything should be out in the openand the nation should be informed about the cor-rupt elements and the institutions to block theirway into politics forever. To a question, the PML-n leader said there existed only allegations of cor-ruption at the moment without any solid proofand the real trial would begin after a thorough in-vestigation into the issue.

HYDERABADAFP

efforts to stem the worryingloss of earth’s dwindling nat-ural resources received aboost Saturday when a Unconference in India agreed todouble biodiversity aid topoor countries.

But in a week that saw400 plants and animalsadded to a “Red List” at riskof extinction, some observerssaid this was not enough toreverse the decline in speciesand habitats that humans de-pend on for food, shelter andlivelihoods.

A quarter of the world’smammals, 13 percent ofbirds, 41 percent of amphib-ians and 33 percent of reef-building corals are now atrisk of extinction, accordingto the International Union forConservation of nature.

“efforts to conserve na-ture must be urgently scaledup if we want to meet the2020 deadline to save all lifeon earth,” it said of the deal.

Governments reached anearly-morning agreementafter long nights of tough bar-gaining in Hyderabad, southIndia, to double biodiversity-related funding to developingcountries by 2015 and main-tain the rate until 2020.

This was from a baselineof average annual aid in theperiod 2006-2010, said adocument issued at the closeof the Convention on Biologi-cal diversity (CBd) meeting.

no figures were men-tioned, but there was consen-sus among observer groupsthat a doubling of govern-ment biodiversity aid fromdeveloped countries to poorones should yield an annualfigure of about $10 billion (8billion euros).

It was also agreed that atleast 75 percent of recipientcountries must report ontheir spending by 2015 anddraw up national biodiversityplans.

Un countries decided atthe last CBd conference innagoya, Japan, two years agoto an ambitious 20-point planto turn back the tide of biodi-versity depletion by 2020.

The so-called Aichi Biodi-versity Targets include halv-ing the rate of habitat loss,expanding water and landareas under conservation,preventing the extinction ofspecies on the threatened list,and restoring at least 15 per-cent of degraded ecosystems.

Green group WWF saidabout $200 billion must beinvested in biodiversity everyyear if the targets are to bemet.

“What’s been agreed inHyderabad represents lessthan half this number,” it saidin a statement and called thedeal “disappointing”.

Conservation Interna-tional, too, said much moremust be done.

“We do have concernsabout what the investmentlevels will actually be andwhether or not they will besufficient,” said the group’sbiodiversity director LinaBarrera. In crunch talks thatonce again saw battle linesdrawn between developingand affluent states, negotia-tors in Hyderabad clashedover the extent and timing ofadditional aid. Canada ob-jected to the deal, but did notblock its adoption, complain-ing that many recipient coun-tries had failed to meet atarget for reporting on theirbiodiversity spending andneeds.

Francisco Gaetani, chief

negotiator for Brazil — acountry which other dele-gates accused of taking atough stance on behalf of thedeveloping world — said thedeal “could be more ambi-tious”, but the country was“satisfied”.

CBd member countrieslamented at the close of thetalks that “the lack of suffi-cient financial resources” washampering progress.

And they called on oneanother in a joint statement“to consider all possiblesources and means that canhelp to meet the level of re-sources needed”.

The global economictroubles have left govern-ments less keen to divertmoney to conservation, espe-cially in developing countriesbattling inflation, poverty andunemployment.

“In the context of the fi-nancial crisis, this is a gooddeal,” French environmentMinister delphine Batho toldAFP.

And european commis-sioner for the environmentJanez Potocnik said it was “anessential contribution”.

The conference awardedthe next CBd meeting in 2014to South Korea.

It also identified morethan 50 zones that need pro-tection on the high seas,where no national laws applyand international rules areoften vague, leaving themvulnerable to damaging fish-ing and oil prospecting prac-tices.

The CBd, to which 193countries are signatories,marks its 20th anniversarythis year.

It has already missed onekey deadline when it failed tomeet the target set to arrestbiodiversity loss by 2010.

NEW DELHI: India will not permita Pakistani judicial commission tovisit again to cross examine the Mum-bai terror attack witnesses unless anIndian national Investigation Agency(nIA) team is allowed to go to thatcountry first and determine the neces-sity of such an exercise.

India wants to send a team of nIAto Pakistan to examine the materialevidence collected against arrested26/11 terror attack prime accused in-cluding LeT commander ZakiurRehman Lakhvi and six others againstwhom the trial was going on in a courtin Rawalipindi, a report in Times ofIndia said on Sunday.

new delhi also wanted to under-stand why the Pakistani court was notready to acknowledge the interna-tional convention of accepting a bilat-eral treaty between two sovereignnations, Indian Home Ministry offi-cials said. The eight-member Pak-istani judicial commission had visitedIndia following a bilateral agreement

which said the commission would notquiz the magistrate who had recordedthe statement of Kasab, the investigat-ing officer of the case and two doctorswho conducted the post-mortem ofslain terrorists.

However, after the Pakistani courtdealing with the 26/11 case had said thatevidence collected by the commissionduring its first visit to India in Marchhad no “evidential value” to punishthose involved in the Mumbai terror at-tack, Islamabad had asked new delhi toallow its panel to visit Mumbai again.The Pakistani judicial commission,which had included prosecutors and de-fence lawyers, visited Mumbai in March.

“Unless the nIA team is allowedto visit Pakistan and understand thenecessity of the second visit of thePakistani judicial commission toIndia, it is difficult for us to say any-thing now,” an official said on thepossibility of allowing the secondvisit of the Pakistani judicial com-mission to India. inp

PML-N rejects probeinto funds’ doling by FIAg Opp leader says PMl-N accepts Sc verdict but wants constitution of independent

inquiry commission g No PMl-N leader to appear before rehman Malik–led FiA

India refuses to welcome judicial panelunless NIA team visits Pakistan

World pledges more moneyto protect biodiversity

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