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15 killed, 968injured duringlast 24 hoursBy Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: At least 15people were killed while968 sustained injuries in861 road accidents in Pun-jab during last 24 hours.Out of total injured, 555

were seriously injured re-quiring shifting to differenthospitals, whereas, 398minor injured victims weretreated at the incident siteby rescue medical teams.The analysis showed that

371 drivers, 17 juveniledrivers, 131 pedestrians and466 passengers were amongthe victims of these crashes.The statistics show that 193accidents were reported inLahore which affected 196persons placing the provin-cial capital at top of the listfollowed by 83 in Faisal-abad with 96 victims andMultan at third with 65 ac-cidents and 69 victims.As many as, 674 motor-

cycles, 128 rickshaws, 97cars, 49 vans, 11 passengerbuses, 26 trucks and 94other vehicles and slowmoving carts were involvedin the accidents.

By Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: The Chief Minister Pun-jab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturdaysaid that Bahawalpur province wouldbe restored or Bahawalpur regionwould be made part of proposed South-ern Punjab province.The decision would be taken with

consensus of all stakeholders, addingthat no decision was made so far re-garding establishment of Southern Pun-jab province secretariat.He was talking to news conference

here on Saturday after presiding overmeeting of the Punjab cabinet held atIslamia University Bahawalpur (OldCampus).Usman Buzdar said that Janobi Pun-

jab Soba Mahaz was made on singlepoint agenda of demarcation of South-ern Punjab province. “We will meet our promises of mak-

ing of a province for people of SouthPunjab,” he said.In reply to a question, the CM said

that committee had been formed at fed-eral and provincial level to furnish theirrecommendations for demarcation of

Southern Punjab province. “We havebeen waiting for recommendations offederal and provincial committees setup for making of Southern Punjabprovince. He was asked questionwhether Bahawalpur province wouldbe restored through executive order andSouthern Punjab would be madethrough legislation; he replied that thematters would be decided with consen-sus.He said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-

Insaaf government had decided to takeall decisions regarding making ofSouthern Punjab province with consen-sus.He said that people of Bahawalpur

were lucky that Punjab cabinet hadconvened its first ever meeting onSouthern Punjab in Bahawalpur.Answering to another question, he

said that it was yet to be decided whereSouthern Punjab province secretariatwould be established.“So far, we did not decide where

Southern Punjab province will be es-tablished,” he said, adding that how-ever, the decision in this regard wouldbe taken with consensus of all stake-

holders. He said that he visited Ba-hawal Victoria Hospital and listened tocomplaints regarding the hospital be-sides directing the officials to solve theissues. He said that he also visited

Model Bazaar Bahawalpur whereshops were gutted in huge fire. He saidthat the government would help the af-fectees of fire incident. He said thatcommittee was also constituted to re-

view encroachment issue. He said thatministers and provincial secretarieshad been assigned duties to review is-sues and problems confronted by peo-ple in every area.

Bahawalpur or South Punjab province, consensus needed: Buzdar

LAHORE: Members of the transgender community sit on horse buggies after the approval of their basic rights bill.

Punjab University 127th convocation

VC urges students to compete world through knowledge, skills

By Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz AhmadAkhtar has said that this is the age of competition and students must equipthemselves with knowledge, skills and moral values for development ofcountry as there is survival of the fittest only in the global village. He wasaddressing the 127th Convocation of Punjab University at Faisal Audi-torium here on Saturday. University of Okara Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zakria

Zakar, University of Baltistan Vice Chancellor Prof Dr MuhammadNaeem Khan, Registrar Dr Muhammad Khalid Khan, Acting Controllerof Examinations Muhammad Rauf Nawaz, Additional Controller of Ex-aminations Raja Shahid Javed, President PU Academic Staff AssociationDr Mahboob Hussain, deans of various faculties, members of Syndicate& Senate, heads of institutions, faculty members, people from variouswalks of life and a large number of degree, medal holders and their par-ents were present on the occasion. Addressing the ceremony, Prof Niaz Ahmad Akhtar said that only

those were getting success who were performing well in their relevantfields and the graduates must make efforts to turn their organizationsinto profitable institutions. He said that the institutions that did not de-liver good services were either destroyed or replaced by other institu-tions. He said that the university had taken several initiatives to

produce best graduates in all the fields. He said that in the last sixmonths, the curriculum of almost all the academic programs of the uni-versity had been updated as per modern needs of the hour. He said thatPU’s Asian ranking had improved 39 times in just four months due today and night efforts of PU administration and teachers. He said thatPU was now among top 39 percent universities of the world who hadmade rapid progress in 2018. Whereas at the convocation, a blind female student Zoya Kaleem re-

ceived gold medal by securing top position in BS (Honours) politicalscience. Iranian female student Farzaneh Fouladgar obtained her PhDdegree in the subject of clinical psychology. Husnain Javed and WardaFatma, who are husband and wife, received their PhD degrees in the sub-ject of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Two sisters Asmat Zohraand Hajira Rehman also received their PhD degrees in the subject ofChemistry. Two sisters Sumaya and Hafsa received gold medals in MAElementary Education. 131 PhD, 478 MPhil/MS, 325 MA/MSc, 217 un-dergraduate degrees and 331 Medals distributed among students. Accumulatively, 131 PhD, 478 MPhil/MS, 325 Master’s, 217 under-

graduate degrees and 331 medals were distributed among students. Asmany as 85 medals were distributed among undergraduate students, 68medals among Master’s students and 115 medals were distributed amongMPhil/MS students. A total of 1419 degrees and medals were distrib-uted in the convocation.

Waseem-ur-Rehman Khan

Our religion Islam tells usthat this world is a prepa-ration ground for the

world hereafter, which is our per-manent abode to live in. Oneshould keep this lesson of Islam in

mind. At the same time I also recallWilliam Shakespeare’s poetry fa-mous line from ‘As You Like It’spoken by Jaques that “All theworld’s a stage”. This was my les-son which I studied when I was astudent of English literature. Nowthe need to write this piece came tomy mind when my sincere col-league and brotherOmar Daraz passedaway peacefully aday before hisdeath, saying me “see you tomor-row”, I replied “inshallah”. Butwho knows that day would nevercome and he left us gloomy andsad. No doubt, everyone has toleave this mortal world one day butsome people are so lovely that theirdeparture to our next destination

leaves us sad and gloomy. OmarDaraz, a pious, straight forwardand polite man, who worked aspersonal assistant to our re-spectable Chief Editor of TijaratGroup of Publications Jamil AtharQazi. He was so devoted to hiswork that he never allowedwastage of any office items, in-

cluding undue elec-tricity use. Mya c q u a i n t a n c estarted with him

when I joined Daily The Businessin 2012 which later developed soquickly that it now seems that ourrelations were from our childhood.He used to wait for me daily at myduty time and whenever I was a bitlate his first question was “Khairiatthee” (all is well). His words used

to give me a sense of closenesswhich is rare and not so commonnowadays.The qualities of Omar Daraz

were so many but his knowledge,interest and inclination towardsIslam attracted me the most. I usedto spend some time with him be-fore starting my office work to hearIslamic teachings and somethingnew. He was in the habit of col-lecting some religious guidelinesfrom Urdu newspapers for me andused to convey me like a teacher. Iam indebted to him to what I havelearnt from him and what he told ortaught me.I have no words but to pray for

the eternal peace for Omar Darazsoul and courage to the bereavedfamily to bear this loss. —ameen.

A sincere colleague who is no more

In memoriam

Rs 55m collected on400,000 e-challans

By Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: An amount ofRs 55 million was recoveredfrom traffic rules violatorsthrough 400,000 e-challansobserved by Punjab SafeCities Authority (PSCA) dur-ing last three months.The violations currently

being observed, and updatedperiodically, includes over-speeding, line and lane, one-way and signal jumping. Themotorists within the CCTVfencing of provincial capitalreceived more than 350,000tickets for signal jumping,50,000 tickets for over-speed-ing and 10,000 tickets for one-way and lane violationsrespectively.The PSCA ensured collec-

tion of fine amounts from theadamant defaulters with mul-tiple unpaid e-challans by in-tercepting them enroutethrough vigilant ground forcesof Dolphin Squad, CTPL andPRU tipped from IC3.The motorists have been ad-

vised to pay the e-challans asthey received, to avoid inter-ception by police teams andresulting nuisance. E-challanscan be paid in all branches ofboth National Bank of Pak-istan and Bank of Punjab. Thestatus of e-challans can bechecked by giving number ofCNIC and vehicle registrationnumber on PSCA website.

Cantt police arrest

235 outlaws By Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: Cantt DivisionPolice in its crackdownagainst the criminals arrested235 criminals and recovered675 liters of liquor, morethan six kg charas, nine pis-tols, four rifles, one Kalash-nikov and more than 230bullets. SP Cantt Division Asif

Ameen had directed con-cerned DSPs and SHOs totake strict action againstcriminal gangs. Police alsorecovered 38 thousands ofrupees from the criminals inits successful action againstgamblers. Cantt Division Po-lice also arrested 86 crimi-nals for violating OneWheeling, Kite Flying, Aer-ial Firing, Marriage andLoudspeaker Acts.

Fire breaks out atshopping plaza LAHORE: Fire on Satur-

day morning broke out at anelectronics plaza on Lahore’sHall Road. According to therescue sources, the blaze hasengulfed four shops on the sec-ond floor of the plaza however,the firefighters and rescueteams have started an operationto douse it. It is to be men-tioned here that Hall Road isthe biggest market for electron-ics, TVs, mobile phones, com-puters etc in Lahore. —APP

By Our Staff Reporter

LAHORE: Inspector General of PunjabPolice Amjad javed Saleemi said that all po-lice officers have been appointed accordingto their own choices to provide them bettermental concentration and commitment sothat they may play their positive role forelimination of crimes and now the time hascome to show their performance. They will have to ensure protection of

property and lives of people by working dayand night to stamp out crimes from the soci-ety. Any negligence will not be tolerated inthis regard. These views were expressed bythe IG Punjab Amjad Javed Saleemi whentaking strict departmental action against DSPPind Dadan Khan , upon his proven negli-gence on the application of a citizen. Ac-

cording to the details, a citizen Faisal Ejazregistered his complaint through IGP 8787complaint cell on 24th December 2018 thathe with his two friends was going to Chak-wal on 17th December when four individu-als met them near Pind Dadan Khan andlooted around Rs450000 from them under bypointing weapons. After this, he submitted anapplication for the registration of an FIR toSHO Pind Dadan Khan but all in vain.After this, the citizen Faisal Ejaz submitted

an application through IGP 8787 complaintcell which was sent to DSP Pind Dadan Khanfor further proceedings whereas the DSP didnot take any action on this rather misbehavedwith him. The IGP took strict departmentalaction against DSP Pind Dadan khan for notaddressing the problem of complainant whosubmitted his complaint through 8787.

IGP takes action against DSPover negligence, carelessness

Foreign firms must hire local labour: ChohanLAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information Fayaz-Ul-Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that foreign companies investing in Pak-

istan would have to hire Pakistani labor instead bringing manpower from their own country, adding that legislation would be madein this regard soon. He was addressing a news conference here, after attending meeting of Punjab cabinet that was held at IslamiaUniversity Bahawalpur premises to review issue of demarcation of proposed Southern Punjab province and other issues.He said that huge investment was being made in Pakistan by Chinese and other foreign companies. “Huge investment is being

made in Pakistan under China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) project,” he said, adding that several foreign firms had also beenheading towards Pakistan to invest in different sectors.He, however, said the government wanted all these foreign companies to hire and avail local labor of Pakistan instead bring-

ing it from their own countries. “Legislation will be made soon to make the foreign companies bound to hire local Pakistan la-borers for their projects in Pakistan,” he said. He said that Punjab Power Development Board Act bill also be presented in thePunjab Assembly. He said the government was going to take measures to introduce modern technology on water in the province.He said that data on water would be collected from all areas of Punjab to make water policy. “We are going to form Punjab

Water Policy to resolve issues pertaining to water,” he said. Regarding to lifting ban on jobs, he said that jobs would be givento unemployed youth including disabled persons. “Quota of disabled persons in government jobs would remain and disabledpersons would also be given jobs in government departments,” he said. He said that the government would form a uniform pol-icy regarding vehicles in government departments. “Government vehicles will be given to the officials in accordance with their designation,” he said. He said that incumbent Punjab government took steps for welfare of people of the province within lastfour years which could not taken by previous governments even during last 100 years. He said that the former chief ministerof Punjab was a ‘drama man’ who used to throw mike in press conferences. He said that PTI-led government took actionsagainst all mafias including Zardari mafia. —By Our Staff Reporter