Thursday, 18 April, 2013 Jamadul Sani 7, 1434Rs 17.00 Vol III No 291 19 Pages Islamabad — Peshawar Edition

salman Butt andMuhammad asiflose ban appeals

Salman Butt and Mohammad Asifhave lost their appeals to the Courtof Arbitration for Sport over banshanded down for spot-fixing. TheInternational Cricket Council bannedButt for 10 years, with fivesuspended, and Asif for sevenyears, with two suspended, for theirrole in the spot-fixing scandal thatalso involved team-mateMohammad Amir. page 15

pakistan blamesIndia for playing‘double game’

Pakistan’s Secretary of DefenseLieutenant General (r) Asif Yaseen Malikon Wednesday blamed New Delhi forplaying a ‘double game’ with Islamabad.Addressing a conference on Security andStrategic Situation in south Asia, Maliksaid on one hand there are efforts forincreasing people-to-people contactswhile on the other hand India is makingdeliberate attempts to deprive Pakistanfrom essential water resources. page 04

seCp drags 23 bigbrokerage entities to court

The Securities and Exchange Commissionof Pakistan (SECP) finally filed a “criminalcomplaint” in a sessions’ court against agroup of 23 entities including brokeragehouses, investment companies andindividuals relating to renowned businessfamilies. The apex regulator, in itscriminal complaint number 242, hasalleged manipulation in listed shares ofAzgard Nine Limited (ANL) at KarachiStock Exchange (KSE). page 09

the special secretary in absentia

Being true to his portfolio, HealthDepartment Special Secretary BabarHayat Tarrar has been enjoying a“special” status of being on a trainingcourse without relinquishing the chargeof such a crucial post in a departmentfaced with so many challenges,Pakistan Today has learnt. Tarrar is agrade 19 DMG officer who is currentlydoing a staff college course forpromotion to the next grade. page 08

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Mourners bidsolemn farewellto Britain’s ‘IronLady,’ Margaretthatcher

“After the storm of a lifelived in the heat ofpolitical controversy,there is a great calm.”And so it seemed insideSt. Paul’s Cathedral onWednesday as more than2,300 guests from 170countries stilled theirquiet chatter and waited,silently, for the coffin ofMargaret Thatcher toenter. page 07

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The Election Tribunal has voiced the sentiments

of the nation by disqualifying Pervez Musharraf’s

nomination papers — Shahbaz Sharif

SC annulSlIFEtIME SECuRItyFOR aShRaF, MalIk

iSlAMABAd: The Supreme Court hascancelled the notification regardingprovision of lifetime security to formerprime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf andformer interior minister Rehman Malik.The five-member Supreme Court bench –headed by Chief Justice IftikharMuhammad Chaudhry – reviewed the suomotu case, during which ControllerGeneral Atif Usman told the court that“this lifetime security facility for thesetwo VIPs will cost the government Rs290,000,000 annually”. The chief justiceasked Malik to deliberate “what exactdangers were being faced by him, andwhy do only you require security?”reminding him that under Article 9, thestate was responsible for protection oflife and property of every citizen and notjust VIPs. Noting that this notificationhad been issued without reference to anyrules and regulations, the courtsummoned the interior secretary duringThursday’s (today) hearing with allrelevant records. AGENCIES

PESHAWARSAJJAD ALI

AWAMI National Party(ANP) leader GhulamAhmed Bilour onWednesday flatly said thatthe president, army chief,

the chief justice and chief election com-missioner would be responsible for any fu-ture terrorist attack on him.

Around 18 ANP workers includingsome police officials were killed and sev-eral others, including Bilour, were injuredin a suicide attack on the party’s electioncampaign in Peshawar on Tuesdayevening.

Bilour threatened that an FIR wouldbe lodged against the president of Pak-istan, Supreme Court chief justice, chief ofarmy staff, chief election commissionerand the leaders of all those political partieswho did not condemn terrorists if anymember of the Bilour family or party wastargeted henceforth. ‘I believe in a Godwho saves lives’ Less than 24 hours afterhe escaped a suicide blast on his convoy,the senior ANP leader said that despite se-vere threats to his life, he would not stepback from contesting elections.

“The ANP leaders and workers arebeing targeted but we will not cower fromthe attacks and run from the election bat-tlefield,” Bilour said. Bilour called Tues-day’s attack a cowardly act of terrorismand added that if the CJSC, COAS, Chair-man ECP and the president of Pakistan sattogether and tried, they would arrive at asolution to deal with the threat of terror-ism. “We are fighting a war for the sover-eignty and integrity of the country; we donot have personal enmity with anyone,” hesaid, posing the question, “why ANP ac-tivists and leaders are particularly being

targeted by the terrorists?”The former minister further urged the

public to come forward and openly de-nounce terrorist acts in which innocentpeople have lost their lives.

“Ulema should come forward andneed to collectively issue a Fatwa againstterrorism. Whereas other political partiesshould also come forward and defend ANPbecause we are neither non-Muslims nornon-believers; we believe on humanityand have the same faith of Maulana Hus-sain Ahmed Madani and Maulana AbdulKalam Azad,” he said.

“I do not care for my life,” Bilourvaliantly declared, while adding that theterrorists’ attempts to deter ANP politicalworkers from their path were futile andthat the party would continue denouncingterrorists and their activities.

tAliBAn APoloGiSe: Bilour, how-ever, finds himself in a peculiar quandaryafter the Taliban apologised to him for theinjuries sustained in the attack, claimingthey were unaware the senior leader wouldbe at the gathering. “We apologise to Ghu-

lam Bilour because we announced anamnesty for him,” Taliban spokespersonEhsanullah Ehsan had told reporters bytelephone from an undisclosed locationhours after the blast. “The TTP’s targetwas Haroon Bilour.”

Bilour threatens FIR againstpresident, army chief, CJ and CEC

ghuLaM ahMed BILourAnP leAder

We are fighting a war forthe sovereignty and

integrity of the country;we do not have personal

enmity with anyone... whyANP activists and leaders

are particularly beingtargeted by the terrorists?

another anp Leader targeted In Charsadda, 3 InjuredCHARSADDA: Another Awami National Party leader came under attack asa remote controlled bomb exploded near his vehicle on Wednesday. Localpolice said that the blast occurred at Sar-Dhari area of Charsadda when alocal ANP leader, Farooq Khan was driving by in his vehicle. Farooq Khanwas among three people injured in the attack. Farooq Khan is running theelection campaign for party chief Asfandyar Wali. Taliban militants havethreatened to attack the election campaigns of ANP, MQM and PPP andWednesday’s attack was the eighth on the ANP in recent days. STAFF REPORT

ISLAMABADAPP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed has said that thesecurity situation in the country is not ahurdle in holding free, fair and transparentelections per schedule.

“The security situation is not satisfac-tory but despite that the ECP will holdelections in all districts of the country andFATA on time,” he said. He said the secu-rity situation in Punjab, which was 60 per-cent of the total population, wassatisfactory, adding that though law andorder in Karachi was an issue, the situationin the rest of Sindh was normal.

“Law and order in some districts ofBalochistan is unsatisfactory and securitysituation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is alsonot satisfactory,” the ECP secretary said.

However, he added that the ECPwould hold a meeting with the provincialgovernments within the next 10 days to fi-nalise the security plan. He said local po-lice, the Rangers and the army had beenassigned to provide security to politicalleadership in troubled areas.

Ahmed said it was a good omen thatnearly 14 political parties were participat-ing in the election in Balochistan and allpolitical parties in KP were also actively

taking part in the democratic process.To a question, he said a total of 500

teams of the ECP had been deployedacross the country to monitor theelection campaign of the can-didates with the help of1,000 video camerasaiming to detect vi-olation of the codeof conduct.

“The teamswill prepare re-ports of theelection cam-paign of all272 con-stituencies andassigned tosubmit the re-port and take ac-tion against theviolators,” he said.

The ECP secre-tary said the electioncode of conduct had beenprepared with the coordination ofpolitical parties, civil society and themedia.

“The ECP has already achieved 80percent of its goals and objectives whichwere set by it.”

He said before the elections, a total of

15 goals and 130 objectives had been setfor ensuring free, fair and transparent elec-tions, adding that the preparation of error-

free computerised electoral rollwas a great achievement of

the ECP. “The transparent

electoral rollswould serve as a

foundation forholding free,impartial andacceptable toall electionsin the coun-try,” he said.

Ahmedsaid all citi-

zens havingcomputerised

national identitycards (CNIC) had

been registered asvoters. “Printing of

ballot papers would beginsoon and the army has been de-

ployed at the printing press.”About granting voting rights to over-

seas Pakistanis he said, “It is the desire ofall that our brothers living in various coun-tries should be given the right of fran-chise.”

Ahmed said around 4.5 million over-seas Pakistanis had been registered as vot-ers, adding that the ECP had earlierdecided to grant a right to vote to expatri-ate Pakistanis through postal ballot.

“Now the Supreme Court had di-rected the authorities to devise an IT re-lated plan to provide voting right toexpatriate Pakistanis.”

The secretary said NADRA had pre-pared software to enable overseas Pakista-nis to cast their vote. “However, in such ashort time it is not possible for the ECP tomake voting arrangements for overseasPakistanis.”

To a question, he said some politicalparties had expressed reservations onsome clauses of the code of conduct eventhough it had been prepared with the co-ordination of all political parties.

He said, “The ECP has not mentionedany new clause in the code of conduct andreservations from the political parties willbe addressed.”

He said every political party had theright to propagate its ideology and every-one was free to highlight its manifesto.

To a question, Ahmed said articles 62and 63 were part of the constitution andbefore the elections both the articles werediscussed with the political parties for theireffective implementation.

Security situation will not hinder polls: ECP secy

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consTiTuTion And before TheelecTions boTh The ArTicles

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One dead, 20 injuredin Miranshah clash

MIRANSHAHAGENCIES

At least one person was killed and 20 others werewounded on Wednesday when the Pakistani armyand Taliban militants clashed in Miranshah, anofficial said. “Twenty people were injured and onewas killed during the clash between the army andmilitants,” Dr Niaz Ahmed, from the mainMiranshah hospital, told a foreign news agency. Theviolence began just before sunset when militantsstarted firing at army troops during which a localgrocery trader was killed in the cross-fire, said ajournalist who lives in the area. The 20 injured wereall civilians, including two girls who were hit byshrapnel after a mortar shell landed inside theirhouse. Both sides continued firing for two hours andthe clash ended only after civilians urged a ceasefire,using loudspeakers from nearby mosques, so thatthey could take the injured to hospital. Many housesand businesses were also damaged due to the use ofheavy weapons, reported the correspondent.5 killed, 7 injured in SWA drone At-

tAck: At least five people were killed and seven otherswere injured on Wednesday morning in a US drone strikein South Waziristan Agency. According to reports, the USdrone fired two missiles at a house located in the BabarGhar village in the Wana district of South Waziristan. Theattack destroyed the compound completely and killed fivepeople while leaving seven others injured.

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Musharraf is a test

case for the judiciary.

— Aitzaz Ahsan

ISLAMABADTAYYAB HUSSAIN

PRIME Minister MirHazar Khan Khoso onWednesday took seriousnotice of the recent spateof terrorist activities in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistanand directed Interior Minister MalikHabib to immediately devise a plan tocounter terror threats by taking onboardauthorities in all four provinces.

A source in the federal cabinet toldPakistan Today that a high-level meet-ing would be held within the next fewdays and the inspectors general police(IGPs) of all four provinces would beattending the meeting.

Briefing the media on the cabinetdecisions, Information Minister ArifNizami said the prime minister vowedthat the government would take all nec-essary measures to hold “credible polls”while law and order would be improvedto provide a secure environment to thevoters as well as the candidates.

Responding to a volley of questionsabout registration of treason case underArticle 6 of the constitution by the care-taker government against former dicta-tor General Pervez Musharraf, Nizamisaid the government would implementthe court’s verdict “in letter and spirit”.

“The matter is sub-judice so I willnot comment. However, let me statethat the court’s verdict would be imple-mented in letter and spirit,” he added.

Asked whether the governmentwould ask the Election Commission ofPakistan to review its scrutiny process,the minister said an independent ECPhad been formed in line with the Char-ter of Democracy (CoD) reached be-

tween the leaderships of the PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Mus-lim League-Nawaz (PML-N). “Thegovernment can only facilitate the ECP,it cannot direct it,” he added.

At the onset of the meeting, theprime minister condemned the recentwave of terrorism in Karachi and Khy-ber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the culprits ofthese terrorist acts would be brought tothe book at all costs.

Nizami said the prime minister di-rected the law enforcement agencies tobeef up security and urged the provin-cial governments to keep a vigilant eyeon any suspicious activity and evolve amechanism to counter any such terroristact with iron hands.

The cabinet offered prayers for allthose martyred in Tuesday’s earthquakeand terrorist acts, Nizami added.

“The prime minister said the man-date of the caretaker government was toassist the ECP in conducting free, fairand transparent elections. He said thecaretaker government would act in a

non-partisan fashion and dissuade fromindulging in any kind of partisanship,”the minister said.

Nizami said the minister for waterand power briefed the cabinet on thecurrent energy situation and immediateand short-term steps being taken by theministry to ease out the current energycrisis.

These steps, he added, includedarrangement of additional financial sup-port from Ministry of Finance for fuelprocurement and allocation of gas topower plants that were non-operationaldue to less or non-availability of gas.

“These steps would result in easingout the current hours of power outagesto some extent,” Nizami said, addingthat the situation would improve furtherwhen generation from hydel sources in-creases with enhanced river flow.

The cabinet considered and ap-proved the public sector procurement ofwheat crop 2012-13. Based on the con-sultations with the provinces, 7.91 mil-lion tons of wheat would be procured

by provinces and PASSCO.He said the cabinet also reviewed

consumer price index and discussed thetrend of prices of essential commodi-ties. The cabinet was informed that of53 items, prices of 28 remained un-changed and prices of 10 items de-creased. The cabinet expressedsatisfaction over the decreasing trend inthe CPI.

The minister said the cabinet re-viewed status of implementation of cab-inet’s decision pertaining to NarcoticsControl Division. The cabinet was in-formed that 68 percent of the decisionstaken by the cabinet had been imple-mented and the remaining were in theprocess of implementation.

The cabinet, Nizami added, wasalso informed that Pakistan had signedMOUs with 29 countries on coopera-tion in narcotics control.

The minister for law and justicealso gave a presentation on interna-tional arbitration/litigation, the ministerconcluded.

tribunal allowsSheikh Waqas torun in polls, PPP,PMl-Q candidatesnot so lucky

SARGODHA / LAHORESTAFF REPORT

An election tribunal on Wednesday accepted theappeal of Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz(PML-N) leader Sheikh Waqas Akram, allowinghim to contest the upcoming elections from NA-89 Jhang IV constituency. However, sources toldPakistan Today that Akram would not becontesting in elections. However, his father, whohad been granted the ticket from PML-N, wouldbe contesting in his place from NA-89, againstAhle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) chief AhmadLudhianvi. Akram had made this announcementin a large public gathering that even if he gotclearance for the election tribunal, his fatherwould remain the candidate for the constituency.Sources further told Pakistan Today that Akrammaintained that he would only contest in electionsonce the fake degree case was resolved. Earlier, areturning officer had rejected Akram’s papersafter his A-level certificate was declared fake.Akram was the former federal minister foreducation and training. Akram, who contestedNA-89 on the PML-Quaid’s ticket, emergedvictorious after securing 51,733 votes, whileLudhianvi secured 44,894 votes as anindependent candidate.WAjAhAt And MAdhiAnA: Furthermore,an election tribunal rejected the appeal filed byPakistan Muslim League–Quaid (PML-Q) leaderChaudhry Wajahat Hussain for contesting theNA-104 constituency in Jallalpur Jattan-Karianwala. Chaudhry Wajahat is the youngerbrother of PML-Q president Chaudhry ShujaatHussain. The objections on Chaudhry Wahajat’spapers stated that he did not declare his assetscorrectly. Moreover, an election tribunaldisqualified Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)member Aslam Madhiana from contesting theupcoming elections. Madhiana’s nominationpapers were earlier rejected by a returning officerand the PPP leader had appealed against thedecision. Based in Sargodha, Madhiana hadintended to contest elections from PP-31. ThePPP leader was last year accused of beating anelderly school teacher and breaking his legs.

the religion cardwill land you inprison, ECP warnselection hopefuls iSlAMABAd: The Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced thatcandidates who were seeking votes on basis ofreligion and ethnicity would be sentenced tothree years in prison. The ECP, in acommuniqué, said that prison terms would alsobe handed to candidates who used bribery as ameans to gain votes. Three-year jail termswould also be awarded for casting fake votesand stopping others from voting, the ECP said.Transporting individuals to polling stations otherthan family members was also prohibited;candidates found violating the rule would alsobe awarded three years jail terms. Presidingofficers were given-on-the spot authority to takeaction against those in violation of the laws andthe police was given authority to arrest violatorson election day. INP

Shutter-down strike inBalochistan againstattack on Zehri

QUETTANNI

Shutter down strike was observed in differentcities of Balochistan on Wednesday to protestagainst the attack on PML-N leader SanaullahZehri’s convoy. On Tuesday, at least fivepeople including Zehri’s son, brother andnephew were killed when roadside bomb hittheir election convoy in Khuzdar district. Toprotest against the incident, a complete shutterdown strike was observed in Quetta, Khuzdar,Zehri, Kalat, Bakhtiyarabad, Dera MuradJamali, Panjgur and other areas on PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) call.

Govt asking mediabodies to refrainfrom coveringbanned outfits

ISLAMABADAPP

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting iswriting letters to the Pakistan Electronic MediaRegulatory Authority (PEMRA) and mediarepresentative bodies, asking the private media toavoid carrying the statements of banned outfits.“This ministry, however, is addressing a letter tothe All Pakistan Newspaper Society, Council ofPakistan Newspapers Editors, PakistanBroadcasters Association as well as PEMRA toadvise their respective private channels andnewspapers not to carry the statements of bannedoutfits’ spokespersons,” according to the concisestatement of the ministry submitted in theBalochistan High Court on Wednesday. Theconcise statement has been submitted by theMinistry of Information in compliance with theBHC’s April 9 judgement. According to thestatement, the ministry, in consultation with theElection Commission of Pakistan, had recentlyfinalised a code of conduct for the print andelectronic media as well as for the political partieswherein a ban had been imposed on hate literatureand its propagation which negatively impact thesocial and political order in Pakistan. In thisregard, PEMRA had specifically imposedfinancial penalties on a number of channels forviolating the terms and conditions of theirlicences, whereby they were supposed toobserve an acceptable code of conduct per therelevant law, the statement said.

QUETTASTAFF REPORT

An aftershock of magnitude six on the Richter scalejolted parts of Balochistan on Wednesday morning cre-ating fright and panic among the people.

According to details, an earthquake hit the MashkelTehsil of Washuk district of Balochistan located on thePak-Iran border. The tremor centered in Mashkil andnearby areas, with the main effect felt in Dalbandin,Nau Kundi, Noshki and other parts of the provincialcapital. A private TV channel quoted geographical ex-perts saying that the quake was 80 kilometers deep in-side earth crust. Rescue teams faced difficulty in theaffected areas due to the massive destruction.

It may be recalled that thirty-four people were killedand scores others were injured as powerful earthquake

measuring 7.9 on Richter scale had hit Mashkel Tehsilat the Pak-Iran border on Tuesday afternoon. Strongtremors were felt in different parts of Pakistan, Iran,India and the Gulf countries.

According to officials of the seismic centre, theTuesday’s earthquake was amongst the top three majorearthquakes in the area. The magnitude-wise deadliestearthquake hit the area in 1905 which was measured 8on the Richter scale. The earthquake of May 1935 inwhich about 30,000 people perished, was recorded at7.5 on the Richter scale.thouSAndS Without relief: Meanwhile,thousands of people are waiting for relief in Mashkil.The village population of around 15,000 is without asingle medical practitioner and the only available med-ical facility is a rural health center, which could hardlycater for the critically injured.

no compromise on candidates,voters’ security, vows khoso

nizAMi sAys govT ToiMPleMenT courT’s verdicTAgAinsT MushArrAf inleTTer And sPiriT

Aftershock jolts parts of Balochistan again

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Arif Nizami briefs journalists about the decisions taken in the

cabinet meeting on Wednesday. INP

QUETTA: Army doctors attend to a girl on Wednesday who was injured in Tuesday’s deadly earthquake. INP

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I will challenge my disqualification in the

Supreme Court. My son Khurram Pervez will

participate in the elections if the apex court does

not accept my appeal. — Raja Pervez Ashraf

PPP, PMl-Q alliancewill eliminatecorruption inPunjab: BilawalKARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said thealliance between Pakistan MuslimLeague-Quaid (PML-Q) and PPP willeliminate looters and corrupt politiciansfrom Punjab, media sources reported onWednesday. In his video address to partyworkers, Bilawal said those who criticisePPP must scrutinise their ownperformance first. “The people will voteinto power those who actually servedthem and not those who only madeclatter,” he said. He said conspiracies arebeing hatched to postpone and disruptelections. Bilawal urged the caretakergovernment and the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) to providesecurity to all contesting candidates. NNI

Pakistan blamesIndia for playing‘double game’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Secretary ofDefense Lieutenant General (r) AsifYaseen Malik on Wednesday blamed NewDelhi for playing a ‘double game’ withIslamabad. Addressing a conference onSecurity and Strategic Situation in southAsia, Malik said on one hand there areefforts for increasing people-to-peoplecontacts while on the other hand India ismaking deliberate attempts to deprivePakistan from essential water resources.Malik also said India was responsible forfailure of several rounds ofcomprehensive strategic dialoguebetween the two countries, adding thatdespite being close to agreeing ondisputed issues, there was no progress.He said Pakistan is facing a number ofinternal and external security threats,adding that extremism and militancy isthe biggest threat the country faces.Malik said US forces will complete theirwithdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 butthe Afghan government is perplexed overthe post-withdrawal situation. ONLINE

Former PtV MD filesappeal againstIhC’s decision ISLAMABAD: Former PakistanTelevision managing director Yousaf BegMirza on Wednesday filed an intra-courtappeal against a decision of theIslamabad High Court in which it haddeclared Mirza’s appointment illegal. Theapplication moved under Section 3 ofthe Law Reforms Ordinance 1972, theformer PTV boss, raised a number ofquestions before the court. Hecontended that the impugned judgementwas in violation of articles 4, 9, 10A andprinciples of natural justice. He said hewas neither allowed a fair trial nor dueprocess was adopted, adding that theappellant was never put on notice quahis appointment in 2006, which endedon June 21, 2008 nor the appointmentin 2010, which was to end in October2013. Raising another objection, Mirzasaid the petitioner could not havechallenged the appellant’s appointmentto 2010 in a petition filed in 2008. APP

Gujranwala policeseize 1,540 riflesGUJRANWALA: Gujranwala policeclaimed to have thwarted a plan tosabotage election campaign onWednesday. Acting on a tip-off, thepolice raided a house in Gujranwala cityand seized 150,000 bullets and 1,540rifles. The police also arrested foursuspects from the house. On the otherhand, the Kohat-based accused said theyhad a legal permit to sell weapons.However, the police said the accusedwere planning to smuggle arms. NNI

MUZAFFARABADAGENCIES

PRESIDENT Asif AliZardari on Wednesdaypaid tribute to the Kash-miri separatist executed

in India in February for allegedlyplotting to attack the Indian par-liament and called his hanging“abuse of judicial process”.

Muhammed Afzal Guru washanged in New Delhi on February9 for his part in a deadly attack onthe Indian parliament in 2001,sparking more than a week ofprotests in the disputed Hi-malayan territory. Zardari’s re-marks to the joint session of theAzad Jammu and Kashmir As-sembly in Muzaffarabad are

likely to inflame tempers in India.Zardari said “force and oppres-sion” would not silence calls forself-determination in Kashmir,

where a separatist conflict hasclaimed an estimated 100,000lives over the last 20 years.

“The hanging of AfzalGuru through abuse of judicialprocess has further angered

the Kashmiris,” he said,praising Guru by

quoting a versewritten by FaizAhmed Faiz.“The dignity andesteem withwhich a personheads towards

the place of exe-cution is immor-

tal. On contrary, thelife is but a transitory

phase.” Zardari also saidthat counter-terrorism requires

practical cooperation and ter-rorism could not be foughtthrough blame game and hostilepropaganda.

“We believe that Pakistanand India should not allow terror-

ists and militants to dictate theagenda,” he stressed. “The Kash-miris have paid in their blood forthe failure of the internationalcommunity. I salute the courage,the resolve and the determinationof the Kashmiris.” The presidentsaid that history had taught themthat oppression could not endure.

“People cannot be sup-pressed indefinitely. Suppressioncannot long endure. This is thelesson of history.” Zardari reiter-ated Pakistan’s stance that theywould not give up on Kashmir.

“If we are to surrender thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir,we will be surrendering Pakistan.The governments may come andgo, but we cannot abandon thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir.”

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDISTAFF REPORT

The federal government on Wednesdayappeared hesitant to proceed against for-mer president Pervez Musharraf during thehearing in the treason case against the for-mer army chief, as the attorney generalsaid the interim government’s prime re-sponsibility was to conduct free, fair andtransparent elections.

On the other hand, the former presi-dent succeeded in getting pre-arrest bailfrom the Lahore High Court RawalpindiBench in the Benazir Bhutto assassina-tion case against two surety bonds worthRs 500,000 each.

During the SC hearing, Attorney Gen-eral Irfan Qadir tried giving an oral sub-mission, but the court stopped him anddirected him to file a written reply.

According to the submitted stance, thecaretaker cabinet deliberated whether ithad a mandate in view of paucity of timein terms of its priorities, according towhich the foremost priority was to ensurefree and fair elections in the country.

“Whether preparation for a case ofhigh treason in the present circumstanceswould in any way adversely affect the im-

partiality of the caretakers, as viewed bypeople of Pakistan in general and politicalparties in particular… whether it would beproper to initiate any such proceedingsafter the holding of elections or beforethat, since the Ministry of Interior ispresently preoccupied in providing secu-rity to thousands of candidates of all overPakistan and their entire focus is presentlyon the forthcoming elections,” the govern-ment’s reply said.

The court in its order observed that thefederation prima facie appeared not takingany steps for forming a special court andto date had not authorised anyone for thepurpose to submit a complaint in writingunder Section 3 of High Treason (Punish-ment) Act 1973 against Musharraf.

Justice Jawwad S Khawaja said, “Wehave a joint objective and that is to respectthe rule of law and to protect the constitu-tion.” The two-member bench directed thesecretary of interior to submit relevantdocuments pertaining to the steps takenafter the Sindh High Court Bar Associa-tion judgement, the Senate’s unanimousresolution or after March 24, when formerpresident Musharraf landed in Pakistan.

The court ordered Musharraf’s lawyersto give an application to Chief Justice

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for the for-mation of a larger bench minus the CJP.

The bench also directed the interiorsecretary to submit a written reply onwhy no action had so far been takenagainst the former president for violat-ing the constitution. It later adjournedthe hearing until Monday.MuShArrAf’S SuPPorter

BeAten uP: Meanwhile in Rawalpindi,a group of lawyers and workers of All Pak-istan Muslim League (APML) clashedwith one another, just as Musharraf suc-ceeded in getting a pre-arrest interim bailfrom the LHC Rawalpindi Bench in theBB assassination case.

During the course of the hearing, Bar-rister Salman Safdar, counsel for Mushar-raf said his client was involved in themurder case of former prime minister Be-nazir Bhutto on political basis.

“Musharraf was involved in the caseon the basis of a statement of Americanjournalist Mark Seigal, his statement wasnever cross-examined in any court of lawso it has no legal value,” Safdar said.

Justice Ali Baqir Najfi asked Mushar-raf’s lawyer, “Why did your client stayoutside the country for a long time?”

The lawyer said his client was facing

severe threats and had survived two sui-cide blasts and several other life attempts.

“Benazir Bhutto was assassinated inDecember 2007, while Musharraf left thecountry in April 2009,” Safdar said.

“The investigation of the case wastransferred to FIA in 2010, but the FIAcan only investigate the financial crimecases not murder and criminal cases,”the lawyer added.

The division bench granted an interimbail to Musharraf and directed him to ap-pear before the court on April 24.

Notice was also issued to the FIA, ask-ing it to submit a reply on the next date ofhearing. During Musharraf’s visit to theLHC Rawalpindi Bench, tight securityarrangements were put in place, still 400policemen and Rangers failed to save theAPML workers from being thrashed by agroup of lawyers.

When Musharraf left the court room,his party workers tried to raise slogans, butwere cut short by the lawyers of theRawalpindi District Bar and High CourtBar. Before Musharraf’s arrival, police ar-rested a suspect named Nisar and recov-ered a 30 bore pistol from his custody.

He was shifted to a police station forfurther investigation, officials said.

Musharraf to dragROs to Supreme Court

KARACHIAAMIR MAJEED

Having apparently been ousted from the elec-tion race, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML)chief and former president Pervez Musharrafhas decided to wage a legal battle against thereturning officers (ROs) of the Election Com-mission of Pakistan (ECP) for rejecting hisnomination papers in all constituencies.

The APML chief had filed nomination pa-pers from NA-32 Chitral, NA-48 Islamabad-I,NA-139 Kasur-II and NA 250-Karachi.

The ROs from all four constituencies re-jected his nomination papers over the same ob-jection that was that he had subverted theconstitution and had sacked the top judiciary ofthe country in 2007, and there did not fulfil thecriteria of articles 62 and 63. The APML chieffiled an appeal against the rejection of his nom-ination papers for NA 250 Karachi in the SindhHigh Court (SHC) Election Tribunal but thecourt rejected his appeal. Musharraf has nowdecided to move the SC. “The cases against theparty chief are pending before courts and he isyet to be announced a culprit,” APML Informa-tion Secretary Muhammad Ali Jaffery told Pak-istan Today on Wednesday. “APML chief Gen(r) Pervez Musharraf has decided to file an ap-peal in the SC against the rejection of his nom-ination papers by the ROs,” Jaffery verified.

He asked how the ROs could reject thenomination of the party chief on allegationswhich had not been confirmed so far.

WASHINGTONAGENCIES

A letter addressed to US PresidentBarack Obama has preliminarilytested positive for the deadly poisonricin, the Federal Bureau of Investi-gation said Wednesday.

In a statement, the FBI saidthe investigation into the lettersent to Obama and another sent toSenator Roger Wicker was ongo-ing, adding there was “no indica-tion of a connection” to theBoston Marathon bombings.

The FBI said additional testswould be carried out over the next24 to 48 hours to confirm the pres-ence of ricin.

The US Secret Service said theletter had been intercepted at amail screening facility outside theWhite House on Tuesday, the sameday authorities said a letter wassent to Wicker that also showedtraces of ricin.

Secret Service spokesman EdwinDonovan said the agency, which pro-tects the president and his family,was working closely with the US

Capitol Police and the FBI to tracethe origins of the letter.

At the US Capitol, sections oftwo Senate office buildings werebriefly cordoned off amid reports ofa suspicious package.

Capitol Police later said resultsof tests conducted at the Hart Senateoffice building were negative and theclosed-off areas were reopened.

US Capitol Police confirmed oneman was being questioned.

“Right now they are interviewinga person but that person is not in cus-tody. He has not been detained,” aUS Capitol Police officer told AFP.

Senator Carl Levin issued astatement Wednesday saying oneof his staffers had discovered a“suspicious-looking letter” at a re-gional office in Michigan andhanded it over to authorities forfurther investigation.

The discovery of the letters rat-tled nerves following the bomb at-tacks near the finish line at theBoston Marathon on Monday thatkilled three people and injured morethan 180 others, though it was notclear if the incidents were linked.

aPtMa refuses toaccept loadmanagement plan

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association(APTMA) leadership has refused to acceptthe load management plan of electricity andgas from next week onwards, saying that theindustry will register FIRs against the con-cerned departments if they tried to forciblyclose the textile mills in Punjab. Addressing apress conference, APTMA Chairman AhsanBashir and group leader Gohar Ejaz said theAPTMA members would not close downtheir mills and let the workers sit idle due toload shedding of electricity and gas. Ejaz saidthat the industry has never witnessed such anabnormal load management and it is simply asign of inefficiency of the caretaker set up. Hesaid the schedule also suggested discrimina-tion against the Punjab-based industry. Hesaid the industrialists would approach thecourts for relief in case the government deniedgas and electricity supply to Punjab industries.“We will not tolerate any discriminationagainst the industry in Punjab,” he said.Bashir said the APTMA members would holda sit-in if the government continued with sixhours load shedding from next week. He saidthe government had assured the APTMAmanagement of ending load shedding but itwas not keeping its promise.

Zardari strikes a nerve by callingGuru’s hanging ‘abuse of process’

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paKIstan. the governMentsMay CoMe and go, But we

Cannot aBandon KashMIrIs

Letter addressed to obamatests positive for ricin: FBI

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no

vice. And moderation in the pursuit of

justice is no virtue. –Barry Goldwater

ISLAMABADSTAFF REPORT

iNSURGENCy in the province ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa is a warwaged against the state ofPakistan, said Law, Justice andHuman Rights Minister Ahmer

Bilal Soofi at the annual report launchingceremony of the Jinnah Institute onWednesday.

Addressing the participants, Soofisaid the issue of extremism was notregime specific but was rather statespecific and must be addressed as such.Muslim scholars must incorporatecontemporary debates in their teachingcurricula, he said while speaking as achief guest at the launching of thereport titled “Extremism Watch:Mapping Conflict Trends in Pakistan2011-2012”. The report maps incidents

of religious extremism over the last 15months and identifies violent and non-violent attacks on Sufi shrines andagainst Hazara other religiousminorities.

Jinnah Institute Director Raza Rumisaid that extremism was a long term trenddue to massive indoctrination donethrough textbooks, sermons and statepolicy. He said the issue of terrorismshould not be confused with extremism,though the two often overlap. Heexplained that the report recorded 379incidents of extremism from October2011 to December 2012, which showed67 percent increase over the previousyear’s recorded incidents.

He said the number of casualties inthe recording period was 559 while 718were injured across the country. He saidthe highest number of casualties tookplace in Balochistan where a wave of

violent sectarian attacks against the Shiacommunity caused the death of at least190 people. “Sectarian violence isresponsible for the highest death tollacross the country with 525 people killedthis year,” he added.

Marvi Sirmed said the Hindu lowcaste women were mistreated in thecountry. She said there was no family lawavailable that could protect thesewomenfolk and that it was impossible toprove whether a marriage or divorce hadtaken place. She said the state hadneglected their low status in society.

Security analyst Imtiaz Gul said thatmost political parties skirt around theissue of militancy but as a matter of factextremism is a manifestation of systemicfailures of the state institutions, whichinclude lack of rule of law.

He also said that extremism was notspecific to a particular geographic

location, adding that “If we do not standup to the challenge, then Pakistan willremain politically and socially isolated.”

TV anchor Dr Moeed Peerzada gavea historical overview of extremism inPakistan. He emphasized that secularpolity should be established in Pakistanthrough curricula reforms. He saidpolarization between the Pakistani eliteand religious right should end.

Maulana Amin Shaheedi of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen said that therewas an urgent need for sectarianharmony in the country and violenceagainst the Shia community needed tobe checked. He further said that the civiland military institutions of the countryshould wake up to the dire situation andprotect all Pakistani citizens irrespectiveof their faith or creed.

The event was attended by hundredsof people from all walks of life.

‘Extremism: greatest challengeto Pakistan’s progress’

ISLAMABADSTAFF REPORT

The earthquake of 7.9 magnitude onRichter scale that hit mainlyBalochistan in Pakistan on 16 Aprilhas stirred afresh the debate onimportance of following earthquake-resistant building codes.

The 16 April earthquake was a starkreminder about the hazards and risks theearthquake-prone areas are facing, saysSaif Muhammad Hussain, an earthquakeengineer by profession.

Hussain, who is also USAID’sEarthquake Reconstruction andRecovery Program chief, says thatone of the main reasons forwidespread devastation and loss of

life during the 2005 earthquake wasthe lack of earthquake resistantstructural design and construction ofthe buildings.

While addressing an awarenessprogram in Islamabad, Hussain saidthat hundreds of thousands of liveshad been lost in recent decades inmany parts of the world due topoorly engineered and improperlyconstructed buildings in highseismic zones.

“Due to recurring earthquakes,comprehensive seismic building codes,guidelines and standards are followed inearthquake-prone areas of the world.There is no early warning system forearthquakes.

The only way to avoid loss of life

and infrastructure is to strictly followearthquake-resistant building codes suchas the 1997 Uniform Building Code(UBC), Hussain said.

Hussain informed the gatheringthat concrete walls, columns andbeams must have extra steel towithstand movement caused by theearthquake forces and floors androofs must be properly anchored tothe walls, beams and columns toprevent their collapse on theoccupants during an earthquake. Hefurther said that strict adherence tothe UBC codes in KP and AJ&Kwould enable buildings to withstandstrong earthquakes, preventcollapse, save lives, and avoidfinancial losses.

tWO GIRlS aBDuCtED

FROM CaPItalISLAMABAD: Two young women wereabducted from the federal capital inseparate incidents, police reported onWednesday. Only identified by her firstname, Sidra went missing from the area ofI-9 when she went for shopping in I-8Markaz. Her brother Afzal Ahmad told thepolice concerned that he had parked hismotorbike in I-8 Markaz and had askedSidra to wait as he would buy somethingfrom the nearby shop and return. Accordingto the police, when Ahmad returned, Sidrawas missing. Ahmed suspected BabarHussain, Wajid Ilyas and their accomplicesfor abduction of sister. Separately, MangtaKhan lodged a complaint with the policeconcerned that his daughter Ishrat Bibiwas missing since March 27. Khan alsoaccused Bashir and Mushtaq for fleecing asum of 75,000 rupees from him with apromise of recovering his daughter, whichthey did not fulfil. ONLINE

‘Seismic building codes necessaryin earthquake-prone regions’

IhC REJECtS CDaREPORt OnEnCROaChMEntSISLAMABAD: The IslamabadHigh Court (IHC) on Wednesdayrejected the Capital DevelopmentAuthority (CDA)’s report onencroachments in the capital.A single member bench of IHC,comprising of Justice Shaukat AzizSiddiqui, ordered this whilehearing the petition filed byJahangir Khan Jadoon against theCDA on encroachments. The courtordered the CDA director toprepare a comprehensive reportand submit it by April 23.Earlier on April 15, JusticeSiddiqui had ordered a CDAofficial to submit a detailed reporton encroachments in the capital.The court ordered this afterJadoon submitted through hispetition that encroachers wereincreasing in the capital withevery passing day but the CDAwas reluctant to take actionagainst the land grabbers. APP

nEW DMG OFFICERStO EnD CORRuPtIOn In CDaISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Divisionhas decided to replace the topbrass in the Capital DevelopmentAuthority (CDA) and appoint newofficers from the DistrictManagement Group (DMG) to endculture of corruption in theauthority, sources revealed onWednesday. Sources in the CabinetDivision said the decision had beentaken after a large number of theofficers in the CDA were allegedlyinvolved in allotment of plots,particularly allotment ofcommercial plots. Sources said thatmost of the officers in the CDA ondeputation were involved in corruptpractices so they would be sent totheir parent departments. Fifteenofficers from the DMG will replacethese officers in the first phase, thesources revealed. The CDAchairman said that he himself hadsent the summary to the CabinetDivision for this replacement. “It isour resolve that the CDA be made acorruption free entity; therefore,officers from other groups anddepartments could also be inductedin addition to the DGM officers,” headded. ONLINE

MAINTENANCE NEEDED: Sewage creating various problems at Main Sadiqabad Road. SAJJAD ALI

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who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry

out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition. –Carl Jung

‘thIS IS nO

Way tO tREat

WOMEn’ISLAMABAD

STAFF REPORT

The National Commission on theStatus of Women on Wednesdaycondemned the conduct ofReturning Officers and DistrictReturning Officers with the womencandidates at the initial stages ofthe scrutiny of nomination papers.NCSW also expressed dismay overthe sexiest remarks made by ROsand DROs about womencandidate’s by asking them aboutage, looks, and even the wisdom ofstanding for election. In addition,NCSW was informed that thepapers off a women candidate wererejected by the RO in clear violationof the law for not being on the localelectoral list when she was aregistered voter from another area.Her financial situation constrainsher from appealing in the tribunal.In a statement, NCSW informedthat even after the acceptance ofher papers by the ElectionTribunal, Speaker NationalAssembly Dr Fehmida Mirza isbeing served notice on a dailybasis and asked to respond tocomplaints on issues alreadycleared by the relevant authorityi.e. the State Bank of Pakistan,adding that the notices have beenissued to her husband also who isnot a candidate. The SBP hasalready objected to the ECP for theunlawful behavior of the RO, butwith no action thus far from ECPagainst the RO.NCSW strongly condemned themost recent case of information bypolitico religious elements wherebythe sole woman candidate fromFATA has been forced to withdrawher candidature. NCSW urges theECOP to take effective steps to stopthe harassment, intimidation andmanipulation of women’sparticipating in this first democratictransition in Pakistan’s history.

ISLAMABADAPP

Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir HazarKhan Khoso has stressed that theMinistry of Railways must runefficiently so that the general publicbenefit from it.

Khoso said this while talking toFederal Minister for RailwaysAbdul Malik Kasi whocalled on him at the PrimeMinister’s House.

Khoso said thePakistan Railways waspopular and cheap means

of transportation so improving itsefficiency was imperative.

The prime minister directed Kasi tolook into the matters that hindered efficient

operation of the Pakistan Railways andtold him to rectify administrative andfinancial hiccups.

Earlier, Kasi briefed the primeminister on the working of the

Pakistan Railways. He assured theprime minister that he would

follow the guidelines givenby him and would make a

positive difference in theperformance of thePakistan Railways.

ISLAMABADAPP

VARIOUS sports grounds in the federal capitalare in dire need of maintenance but theCapital Development Authority (CDA)seems less interested in taking care of thesegrounds. The hockey ground at G-7

Markaz is in a deplorable condition and may get worseif the CDA does not undertake appropriate measures. Acemented cricket pitch has been put up on the hockey

ground and goal posts have been pulled out. Similarly,a football ground in Sector G-7/2 is being used bypeople for drying clothes rather than playing football.

Keeping in view the current state of affairs and inactionby the CDA, the Islamabad Hockey Association (IHA) andthe Islamabad Football Association (IFA) should take stepsto promote sports by preserving these grounds.

Talking on the issue, CDA Director Sports andCulture Malik Atta said the CDA chairman hadgiven them fresh directives to maintain the sportsgrounds in the federal capital. “I have requested the

CDA chairman to provide us with more staff formaintenance,” he said, adding that security guardswould be deployed in each ground for its safety.

Atta also vowed to remove the cemented cricket pitchfrom the hockey ground in G-7 Markaz.

When contacted IFA secretary Muhammad Zaman,he said the football ground in Sector G-7/2 is under ayouth football club but it is the CDA’s job to maintain thegrounds in the capital. “We can take notice of a groundonly when a club requests us to do so,” he said. The IHAsecretary was not available for a comment.

VaRIOuS SPORtS GROunDS WIthOutPROPER MaIntEnanCE

WORlD hERItaGEDay tODayISLAMABAD: World

Heritage Day will be marked

today across the world

including Pakistan to raise

awareness on the

importance of protecting and

preserving heritage, which is

defined as the “shared

wealth of humankind”. The

day is a wonderful reminder

of rich past of humankind.

On April 18, 1982 the

International Council for

Monuments and Sites

(ICOMOS) organized a

symposium in Tunisia where

calls were made for

celebration of an

“International Day for

Monuments and Sites”

around the world. The idea

gained popularity and the

committee sent the proposal

to the United Nations

Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

(UNESCO). The general

conference of UNESCO

passed the resolution in

November 1983 on this day.

Since then, the world

annually celebrates the

“International Monuments

and Sites Day” as “Word

Heritage Day” on April 18.

Monuments and sites can

only be protected with the

collective efforts of the

international community. APP

Pm emphasises efficientrunning of Railways

ISLAMABADAPP

Former Punjab Chief Minister andPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)leader Mian Shahbaz Sharif claimed thatpeople would elect his party due to its pastperformance.

Talking to a private TV channel,Shahbaz said his party would end thepower crisis within two years after comingin power. He said all the candidates mustbe provided security against terror threat.He urged the people to support his partydealing with the challenges the countrywas facing.

Answering a question, Shahbaz saidhis government had allocated billions ofrupees for education and health sectors inthe Punjab. He said laptops weredistributed among deserving students,adding that Danish School System was alandmark achievement of his government.He also said that if the PML-N came inpower then it would continue the Pak-Irangas pipeline project. He also said thatdelaying in polls would be disastrous forthe country. Urging the people to join thepolling process, he said democracy wasflourishing in Pakistan as the firstdemocratic transition of power was beingcarried out in the country.

PEOPlE WIll VOtE FOR PMl-n: ShahBaZ

‘NO FEAR’: Encroachers rule the roost on a pedestrian

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only to have new leaders

turn cruel. — Che Guevara N

LONDONAGENCIES

“aFTER the storm ofa life lived in theheat of politicalcontroversy, there

is a great calm.” And so itseemed inside St. Paul’s Cathe-dral on Wednesday as morethan 2,300 guests from 170countries stilled their quietchatter and waited, silently, forthe coffin of Margaret Thatcherto enter. Those words from theRight Rev. Richard Chartres,Bishop of London, in manyways summed up the moodwithin: This was a farewell to astateswoman and Britain’s pio-neering first female prime min-ister but also to a very humanmother and grandmother nowgone to her final rest.

The domed white marblesplendour of St. Paul’s,Christopher Wren’s master-piece, only served to remindthose within of how insignifi-cant even the greatest of lead-ers is in the end. The coffin’ssolemn arrival was signalled tothose waiting inside by the

muffled tone of the cathedralclock tolling the hour. Far fromthe fierce political debate andfervent protests that raged inThatcher’s life — and indeedin the nine days since her death— the coffin was carried qui-etly in by uniformed membersof the armed forces. Draped ina Union flag and topped with awhite flower arrangement, itwas placed carefully on a bierdirectly before the guests ofhonour at the service, QueenElizabeth II and Prince Philip.

They sat across the aislefrom Thatcher’s children,Mark and Carol; and hergrandchildren, Michael andAmanda; and next to servingPrime Minister DavidCameron and his wife. Wel-coming the congregation, theVery Rev. David Ison, dean ofSt. Paul’s — who himself thisweek evoked the lasting angerand hurt felt by some in Britainas a result of Thatcher’s poli-cies — recalled now “her lead-ership of this nation, hercourage, her steadfastness, andher resolve to accomplish whatshe believed to be right for the

common good.”Giving thanks for the

country’s traditions of freedom,democracy and rule of law, heinvited those gathered to pray.Only twice did a quiet murmurof laughter punctuate thesolemn calm of the proceed-ings, when Chartres recountedanecdotes which gave a morepersonal sense of Thatcher’sdealings with those she met.

She may not be able to con-trol how she is judged by futuregenerations, but the late primeminister’s hand was behind muchof the service that marks the endof her physical presence on Earth.Cameron, who now leads theConservative Party that Thatcherheaded from 1975 to 1990, gavethe second short reading from theKing James Bible. The Arch-bishop of Canterbury, JustinWelby, rounded off the servicewith the final blessing. Thehymns and predominantly Eng-lish music, chosen by Thatcherand her family, reflected the tastesof a woman Cameron describedlast week as a “patriot prime min-ister” with a “lion-hearted love”of her country.

WASHINGTONAGENCIES

US authorities intercepted aletter that contained thedeadly poison ricin and wasbound for Senator RogerWicker’s office, officials saidon Tuesday, triggering newsecurity concerns a day afterthe terror attack in Boston.

The tainted letter was de-tected during a routine mail in-spection at an off-site facilityand did not reach the US Capi-tol or Wicker’s Washington of-fice, a Senate aide said, citingSenate Majority Leader HarryReid. Senate Sergeant at ArmsTerrance Gainer broke thenews to the chamber’s mem-bers, saying in a statement that“the Senate mail handling fa-cility that services members’DC offices has received mailthat tested positive for ricin.”Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion Director Robert Muellerand Homeland Security Secre-tary Janet Napolitano briefedsenators about the incidentduring a closed-door meetingTuesday evening on theBoston bombings, the Senateaide told reporters.

Wicker released a briefstatement saying the matter isunder investigation by the FBI

and US Capitol Police.“I want to thank our law en-forcement officials for their hardwork and diligence in keepingthose of us who work in theCapitol complex safe,” he said.“Gayle and I appreciate every-one’s thoughts and prayers.”Officials gave no indication whythe letter was sent to Wicker, aRepublican two-term Senatorfrom the southern state of Mis-

sissippi. They also made nomention of whether anybody fellill during the incident.

The SITE monitoring serv-ice reported overnight Wednes-day that Wicker was the targetof anger from US-based militiagroups and white supremacistsfor his vote that helped moveforward gun reform debates inthe Senate. One poster to an on-line forum wrote “Traitorous

dirtbags...TREASON! Everyone of you communist, liberal,anti-white, anti-American filththat voted in favor of this con-stitution-trashing motion shouldHANG from the HIGHESTLIMB publicly, as an exampleto all other would-be traitors toour once-great country. FILTH”In another thread, a poster said“organisation is going on be-hind the scenes,” in response tosomeone who lamented a lackof planning “for what needs totake place here.” It was notclear whether there was a con-nection between the Boston at-tacks and the ricin discovery,but the heightened security con-cerns in the wake of Monday’sbombings near the finish line ofthe Boston Marathon gaveadded resonance to the positivericin test. “While we have noindication that there are othersuspect mailings, it is impera-tive to follow all mail handlingprotocols,” Gainer said. Law-makers on the other side of theUS Capitol, in the House ofRepresentatives, were also in-formed of the breach. “It is im-perative that if you are openingmail, that you take precautionsas well as to be vigilant,” theHouse Sergeant at Arms officesaid in an email to congressmembers and their staffs.

CARACASAGENCIES

Henrique Capriles, Venezuela’s opposition leader,has called off a march by his supporters in the cap-ital, Caracas, saying his rivals were plotting to “in-filtrate” the rally to trigger violence. Theannouncement came on Tuesday after demonstra-tions turned violent a day earlier. Seven people werekilled in the violence after the electoral councilruled out Capriles’ demands to recount votes. “Theillegitimate one and his government ordered thatthere be violence to avoid a vote count! They arethe ones responsible,” he said. Capriles had planneda peaceful march to the offices of the electoral au-

thority to present the opposition’s demands for afull vote recount. The country remained on edgeas Nicolas Maduro, the president-elect, accusedthe opposition of orchestrating a coup and bannedprotests against results of Sunday’s election.Capriles who has repeatedly demanded a recount,responded on his Twitter account, blamingMaduro and his government for the violence. In aseparate development, the country’s chief prose-cutor announced an investigation into the post-election violence. National Guard troops fired teargas and plastic bullets on Monday to disperse stu-dents protesting against the official results asMaduro - the successor of late President HugoChavez - was formally declared the winner.

taliban bombkills 7 afghancivilians: official

KABULAGENCIES

A roadside bomb planted bythe Taliban tore through a vanin western Afghanistan onWednesday, killing sevencivilians and wounding threeothers, a provincial officialsaid. The civilians were trav-elling to the town of Shindandin Herat province when theirvehicle was hit by an impro-vised explosive device oftenused in Taliban attacks ontroops, said Mohidin Noori, aprovincial governmentspokesman. “It was the workof enemies of Afghanistan,the terrorists,” Noori said, re-ferring to the Taliban insur-gents. He said women andchildren were among the ca-sualties but had no details. Po-lice in Herat confirmed theincident, the second of its typein two days in the country. OnMonday a roadside bomb hita tractor in southernAfghanistan, killing sevencivilians and wounding four.

BANGALOREAGENCIES

A powerful bomb exploded Wednesday nearthe office of a political party in the southern In-dian city of Bangalore, injuring at least 16 peo-ple, police said. The bomb was planted in amotorcycle parked about 100 meters (yards)from the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party inBangalore’s Malleshwaram neighborhood, saidLalrokhuma Pachau, director general of policein Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is thecapital. The injured were being treated atnearby hospitals, where doctors said the con-dition of two people was serious, Pachau said.

Ten of the injured were policemen whowere on duty near the party office, he said.

Scores of party supporters were in thebuilding at the time of the explosion, with elec-tions to the Karnataka assembly due to be held

early next month. Witnesses said the blast wasso powerful that nearby buildings shook andwindow panes were shattered.

Pachau said it was too early to say whatkind of explosive had been used or who wasresponsible for the blast.

“At this stage we cannot say what materialhas been used in the blast. Investigations aregoing on,” he said.

Police cordoned off the area and forensicexperts were gathering evidence from the blastsite. Three cars and several scooters werecharred in the blaze that followed the blast. Apolice bus parked nearby was also badly dam-aged. Malleshwaram is a residential area in theheart of Bangalore, India’s information tech-nology hub. Throngs of people crowdedaround the explosion site and police had topush them back to allow sniffer dogs and bombexperts to gather evidence.

Mourners bid solemnfarewell to Britain’s ‘Ironlady,’ Margaret thatcher

Bombing in Bangalore injures 16

ricin found in letter to us senator’s office

venezuela opposition leader calls off rally

FBI release Boston Marathon bomb details WASHINGTON: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)agents have said the Boston Marathon bombing was carriedout with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives,nails and other lethal shrapnel, but said they still didn’t knowwho did it and why. An intelligence bulletin issued to lawenforcement and released late on Tuesday included a pictureof a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag the FBIsaid were part of a bomb. Earlier, law enforcement officialssaid they had recovered forensic evidence that suggested thetwo explosive devices which ripped through participants ofthe marathon on Monday may have been inside heavy blacknylon bags. The FBI and other prominent law enforcementagencies repeatedly pleaded for members of the public tocome forward with photos, videos or anything suspicious theymight have seen or heard. Barack Obama, the US president,branded the attack an act of terrorism but said officials didn’tknow “whether it was planned and executed by a terroristorganization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of amalevolent individual”. Speaking at a joint law enforcementnews conference on Tuesday, Richard DesLauriers, the FBIspecial agent in charge of the case, said that investigatorshad received “voluminous tips” and were interviewingwitnesses and were analysing the crime scene. AGENCIES

LONDON: British military personnelcarry the coffin of former primeminister Margaret Thatcher into StPaul’s Cathedral for her funeralservice on Wednesday. AgenCIeS

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I condemn the barbaric and senseless attacks in

Peshawar, Balochistan and Hyderabad. My

deepest condolences go out to all the victims and

their families. — CEC Fakhruddin G Ebrahim

ISLAMABADNNI

PR E S E N T I N G a seven-point manifesto, the Pak-istan Muslim League-Quaid(PML-Q) leaders onWednesday vowed to curb

terrorism, educate all and manage energycrisis in a better way.

PML-Q leaders included MushahidHussain, Kamil Ali Agha and FarrukhKhan were speaking at a seminar onPMLQ manifesto.

The event organised by the SustainableDevelopment Policy Institute (SDPI) wassixth in series of seminars, planned to bringmanifestos of political parties into discus-sion and assess their impact on electoratesin run up to the general elections. MoazamBhatti of SDPI moderated the proceedings.

Giving introductory remarks, DrAbid Sulehri, executive director, SDPIexpressed his concerns over recent at-tacks on political parties, which he saidwere serious threat to democracy andcould jeopardise the whole electionprocess in the country.

Presenting salient features of mani-festo, Senator Mushahid Hussain identifiedextremism and terrorism as the most im-portant challenges facing Pakistan and pro-

posed to revise and redefine the ‘nationalsecurity’ paradigm. “Notion of national se-curity in today’s Pakistan has to includenon-military dimensions such as economy,energy, education, food security, parlia-ment, media, judiciary as key componentof national security,” he explained.

With a promise to combat extremismand eliminate terrorism, he proposed estab-lishment of ‘national security council’along with an effective ‘counterterrorismstrategy’ executed through lead organisa-tion based in Prime Minister Secretariat.He also underlined the need for enhancedcooperation and synchronisation of civiland military, centre and provinces andwithin various law enforcement agencies.

Citing Sri Lankan example, he said ex-tremism could be eliminated throughstrong political will, a broad national con-sensus, getting media onboard and supportfrom international community.

Briefing on party legacy, Hussain saidthat Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jin-nah, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah “are our rolemodels and we will move forward fulfill-ing their mission”. He said the PMLQ as-pires to build a democratic Pakistanthrough a human rights agenda which is in-clusive and promotes a just, tolerant andpluralistic society.

He expressed concern over deteriorat-ing security situation during election cam-paign and said that they had requested theinterim government to hold a meeting withpolitical parties to ensure security of can-didates and voters during elections. ThePML-Q promised to provide free educationto all. The PML-Q senator also vowed toform a special parliamentary committee toaddress all legitimate interests and con-cerns of free media, including a compre-hensive insurance policy for journalists.

Talking about the policy on energy cri-

sis, Kamil Ali Agha said that energy crisishad surfaced due to mismanagement andcorruption. He said that additional 10 per-cent resources given to provinces in NFCaward should have been given to energysector to remove circular debt. Briefing onwomen’s empowerment, Farrukh Khan saidthe PMLQ had empowered women throughallocating 33 percent seats in parliament.She said that the party would establishwomen protection centres for the poor, agedand displaced women in all major cities.

Dr Muhammad Islam, Iqra University

dean, said that a majority of voters do notcast their votes on the basis of manifestosand they had a little relevance in politicaldynamics of Pakistan. He said the PMLQmanifesto had elements of ritualism andsymbolism. He pointed the absence ofrural area development in the manifesto.

Analyst Lt-Gen (r) Talat Masoodlaid emphasis on raising the consciousof people and holding parties account-able for their promises. He pointed to-wards improving relations with theneighboring countries.

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MushAhid sAysexTreMisM AndTerrorisM Are MosTiMPorTAnT chAllenges

LAHOREUMAIR AZIZ

Being true to his portfolio, Health Depart-ment Special Secretary Babar Hayat Tarrarhas been enjoying a “special” status ofbeing on a training course without relin-quishing the charge of such a crucial postin a department faced with so many chal-lenges, Pakistan Today has learnt.

Tarrar is a grade 19 DMG officer whois currently doing a staff college course forpromotion to the next grade. Officials ofthe Health Department revealed that thespecial secretary is not available for visi-tors during the office hours besides there isno time for him to come to work.

“Previously he used to sit on Satur-days but even that is no more the casesince the announcement of two holidaysin the province,” an official on the condi-tion of anonymity said.

Health Department shares thisstrange distinction with just a few otherdepartments for receiving hundreds ofapplicants and visitors everyday becauseit involves management of one of the

largest human resource in the province.Doctors, nurses, paramedics are only afraction of visitors coming to the depart-ment for one task or the other.

A senior official on the condition ofanonymity, however, revealed that the slotsof special secretaries were created in a fewdepartments to cope with the overwhelm-ing burden of work. Higher Education,Health and local government departmentswere given a special secretary to share theworkload with the secretary.

“The special secretary is almost as im-portant as the secretary and, in the HealthDepartment he is the one who shares al-most all responsibilities along with the sec-retary and his absence has caused a lot oftrouble,” the official added.

The recent outbreak of measles and theupcoming season of dengue are two greatchallenges that the Health Department andthe government faces.

Absence of officer on such a key slotputs things into jeopardy.

Besides disturbance in the routineoffice work, the trouble has passed on tovisitors as well, who coming from as far

as Rajanpur, have to return disappointedor made to wait for several days. Scoresof visitors, however, thought it was onlythe tip of the iceberg as only a monthhad passed from the three-month train-ing programme.

“I’ve come here for the extension ofmy current charge of associate professorand the staff tells me that the special sec-retary does not sit and refers me to othersections which again send me back here. Ithas become so hectic and wastage of time,”a doctor visiting from south Punjab at theHealth Department told Pakistan Today.Another lady doctor waiting for ex-Pak-istan leave shared similar views.

Interestingly, Tarrar has recently sur-vived the major bureaucratic reshuffle inPunjab despite being on Staff Collegetraining while many other officers relin-quished their charge.

Sources reveal that he is a close rela-tive of PML-N leader Afzal Tarrar—thereason he was not transferred besides beingallowed to continue staff college holdingsuch an important office.

Talking to Pakistan Today, Health

Special Secretary Babar Hayat Tarrar saidthere was no prohibition in rules on hold-ing the office and taking staff college atthe same time.

“This has been the tradition in the civilservice and I’m not the only exception,”Tarrar said. He, however, admitted that hewas not taking visitors, but explained thatpublic dealing was not “important” in thedepartment because all work was happen-ing as per routine.

“I personally follow up on all files aftertraining time and work till late hours. I’malso holding meetings of important com-mittees and will participate in the donor’sand dengue conference in the near futureas well,” he added.

Caretaker Health Minister SaleemaHashmi said the problems in the healthdepartment needed to be fought on warfooting.

“One bureaucrat is not important forus, we need more doctors, more medi-cines and more facilities; one person doesnot make any difference, as the entireteam is dedicated in coping with thesechallenges,” she added.

The special secretary in absentia

SC orders speedingup efforts to ensureSadiq’s arrest

ISLAMABADONLINE

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesdayordered law enforcement agencies to gear upefforts to ensure the return of former OGRAchairman Tauqir Sadiq to Pakistan. A two-member SC bench led by Justice Jawwad SKhawaja took up the case for hearing onWednesday. NAB Prosecutor General KK Aghatold the SC that the UAE court had conductedhearing of Tauqir Sadiq case on April 15 and thecourt had given time until May 20 to theaccused Tauqir Sadiq for further preparation ofthe case. “The UAE court has not releasedSadiq. The NAB chairman has written a letter tocaretaker government seeking its cooperation toensure return of Tauqir Sadiq to the country.Reply to this letter has not been received,therefore, more time can be allowed,” Aghacontended. Justice Khawaja remarked,“Whatever is with you be filed in the court. Andwho went there [UAE]?” He further remarked,“We don’t want to make any interference in thecase.” “We want the government and NAB toaccelerate the pace of their efforts in this regard.The lawyers who have appeared there can tellthe details better.” The hearing of the case wasadjourned until May 23.

Woman burntin acid attack

FAISALABADINP

A woman was scorched in an acid attack byher brother-in-law over a domestic disputelate Tuesday night in Faisalabad. Accordingto details, 40-year-old Saima Bibi, hailingfrom Fatehpur locality of the city, had adispute with her in-laws. Following a heatedexchange of words, a younger brother of herhusband hurled acid at her, seriously injuringher. The attacker immediately fled the scene.The scorched woman was rushed to CivilHospital Faisalabad where according tohospital sources her condition was critical.The police registered a case against theaccused and started raids to arrest him.

LAHORE: Women perform rituals during the annual Urs of Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman on Wednesday. ONLINE

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People will have to now decide rationally whether those

two percent inherited politicians should sit in assemblies

on the pretext of democracy or the true representatives

of this nation. — MQM’s Mustafa Kamal

KARACHIISMAIL DILAWAR

THE Securities and Ex-change Commission ofPakistan (SECP) finallyfiled a “criminal complaint”in a sessions’ court against

a group of 23 entities including brokeragehouses, investment companies and indi-viduals relating to renowned businessfamilies.

The apex regulator, in its criminalcomplaint number 242, has alleged ma-nipulation in listed shares of Azgard NineLimited (ANL) at Karachi Stock Ex-change (KSE).

The critics, however, have raised theireyebrows questioning as to what made theapex regulator take almost six “long”years in moving against irregularitieswhich were committed in April 2007.

The institutions accused in the com-plaint include JS Global Capital Limited,Jahangir Siddiqui and Company Limited,Jahangir Siddiqui & Sons Limited, Ja-

hangir Siddiqui Securities Services Lim-ited, JS Investment Limited and Aziz FidaHussain and Company Limited.

While the individuals nominated areSaad Saeed Farooqui, Mehboob AliKalyar, Muhammad Sadiq Patni, SyedNizam Shah, Humayun Shaikh, AliaSheraz Monoo, Amna Humayun Shaikh,Nasreen Shaikh, Ahmed Shaikh, Muham-mad Riaz, Muhammad Ijaz, Irfan Aziz,Saba Irfan Aziz, Zehra Nazim Aziz, Mo-hammad Iqbal and Muhammad MubashirHameed Dagia.

“This honorable court may be pleasedto take cognizance of the acts committedby the above named accused in terms ofsection 24 of the Securities and ExchangeOrdinance, 1969 whereby the share priceand volume of the ANL shares were arti-ficially increased through criminal manip-ulation in terms of section 17,” the SECPsubmitted in court.

Referring to KSE’s trading data, theSECP complaint said during 73 tradingsessions, taking place between April 2 andJuly 13, 2007, unusual hikes in trading

volume and price of ANL shares were no-ticed on the KSE screen.

During the period in review, theSECP said, the price of ANL stakes in-creased by 132 percent peaking at Rs 52.5per share on July 3, 2007 as against its av-erage price of Rs 22.85.

This resulted in the SECP forming atwo-member investigation team in No-vember 2007 to probe into the trading ofANL shares under section 21 of the rele-vant ordinance.

While the inquiry was underway, theregulator went on to inform the court, thevolume and share price of the ANL againmarked an “astonishing” surge.

During 96 trading sessions, rangingfrom November 29, 2007 to April 22,2008, the average trading volume peakedto 16.8 million shares (on Jan 18, 2008).In terms of price, the company’s sharesboosted by 168 percent to close at Rs 96.4on April 21 from Rs 36.6 of November28, 2007, the commission said in the com-plaint.

“The abnormal increase in price and

volume of the ANL share indicated ma-nipulation on the KSE trading terminal,”the SECP said.

Citing trading data at the client/UINlevel, the SECP said a “concentrated andconcerted buying and selling” was ob-served among clients of two brokeragehouses namely JS Global Capital andAziz Fida Hussain & Company Limited.

“These prohibited and manipulativetrading practices by the group membersimpacted both the volume as well as priceof the ANL share” during the two subjectperiods, the SECP prayed.

Besides its officials, the regulator hasnamed as witnesses on its behalf the man-agers of Faysal Bank, MCB, Saudi PakCommercial Bank, PICIC CommercialBank, JS bank, Bank Al-Habib and offi-cials of the Central Depositary Companyof Pakistan Limited, KSE and the Na-tional Clearing Company of PakistanLimited.

These witnesses, per the petition,would produce in court relevant recordand/or prove copies sent to the SECP.

Market manipulation: SECP drags23 big brokerage entities to court

ISLAMABADAGENCIES

The government has reshuffled almostthe entire top bureaucracy in the FederalBoard of Revenue, moving over a dozenGrade-21 officers in one go.

The notification of transfers andpostings of 14 Grade-21 officers and oneGrade-20 officer was issued on Wednes-day.

The changes at the top level in Is-lamabad and at regional tax offices cameonly a few days after the appointment ofAnsar Javed as FBR Chairman andShahid Hussain Jatoi as Member Admin-istration. The government has transferredMuhammad Raza Baqir, who was serv-ing as Member Inland Revenue Opera-tions, and posted him as ChiefCommissioner IR Regional Tax Office(RTO-II) Lahore.

Baqir had recently been appointedmember operations and took certain cor-rective administrative measures to boostdeclining tax revenues. In one of the

steps, he changed the mode of collectingsales tax on mobile phones from activa-tion stage, a method that became obso-lete a decade ago and is now causingrevenue slippages, to import stage.Though the move was not received well,particularly by cellphone dealers, it is ex-pected to generate annually Rs5 billionin taxes. The member inland revenue isresponsible for collection of income tax,sales tax and excise duty.

Mustafa Ashraf, who was serving asChief Commissioner RTO-II, has beenbrought back in FBR headquarters asMember IR Operations. He had servedas Member Audit and had restarted anaudit exercise, but it was again chal-lenged in the court.

The government has given addi-tional charge of Member Tax Policy toMuhammad Aqil Usman, who is alsoMember Legal. The post of MemberPolicy was created in September 2012 toaccommodate Asrar Raouf after retire-ment. However, Raouf’s contract was re-voked earlier this month. There are

divergent views in the FBR over separa-tion of policy and operational functionsof inland revenue as a majority want boththe functions should be under one head.

Riffat Shaheen Qazi has been ap-pointed Member Facilitation and Tax-payers Education (FATE) while herpredecessor Aftab Ahmad has beenposted as Chief Commissioner RTO,Rawalpindi.

Within days, the FBR has reversedits decision of appointing Ijaz HussainShah as member (without a portfolio)and appointed him as Director Generalof Directorate General of Intelligenceand Investigation IR.

Shaista Abbas, who was serving asDG Intelligence, has been transferredand posted as Chief Commissioner RTO-III, Karachi.

Sameera yasin, who was serving asDG of Directorate General of InternalAudit, has been transferred and posted asDG Directorate General of Training andResearch. Raana Ahmad, CommissionerIR RTO Rawalpindi, has been posted as

DG of Directorate General of InternalAudit.

Shafqat Mahmood has been postedas DG of CREST, Lahore, a project re-cently launched by former FBR chair-man Ali Arshad Hakeem to stop illegalsales tax refunds. Mahmood was earlierserving as Chief Commissioner RTO,Lahore.

Mian Saeed Iqbal, CommissionerRTO Islamabad, has been posted asChief Commissioner IR RTO Peshawar.

Chaudhry Safdar Hussain, MemberIR, has been posted as Chief Commis-sioner RTO Lahore and Abdul NasirButt, Chief Commissioner RTO-IIIKarachi, has been brought in the FBR asmember without specifying his post.

Qaisar Iqbal, the only Grade-20 of-ficer who was serving as FATE chief, hasbeen made Chief of Administration FBR.

The FBR also appointed RaanaSeerat as Project Director of Tax Admin-istration Reforms Project-II in prepara-tion to get another loan of $300 millionfrom the World Bank.

Govt reshuffles FBR hierarchynational solidarityconference on 25th

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

Qaumi yakjehtiConference(nationalsolidarityconference) willbe held on April25 in Islamabadto review lawand order

situation, PakistanUlema Council

(PUC) ChairmanTahir Mahmood

Ashrafi told reporters onWednesday. He also said a

strategy would be chalked out with consensus in this regard.The PUC chairman said the council would issue a fatwa(edict) with regard to the religious status of casting a vote.He said the country needed national unity at this point oftime. “Fire has blanketed all areas from Karachi to Khyberand in order to extinguish this fire all religious and politicalforces must jump into the field,” Ashrafi concluded.

PMl-n and PMl-F tocontest pollsjointly in Sindh

KARACHISTAFF REPORT

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional(PML-F) have decided to contest the nextpolls in Sindh jointly along with 10-partyalliance. PML-N Punjab President ShahbazSharif visited Karachi on Wednesday and metPML-F President Pir Pagara and discussedthe electoral alliance for the polls. Whileaddressing a joint press conference after themeeting, Shahbaz said that the alliance withPML-F and other parties would remainintact, adding that the alliance would holdaccountable those who had harmed thecountry in the past five years. He said that theoverall political situation was discussed withPir Pagara. He said that they would take partin elections jointly, adding that Pir Pagarahad prayed that the elections would not bepostponed and would be held on time. Hesaid that there would be no hurdle for NawazSharif to become the prime minister for thethird time, adding that no one could stopNawaz from becoming PM. Pir Pagarathanked Shahbaz for visiting him. He saidthat there were few things which would beresolved soon, adding that he prayed that theelections would be held peacefully.

PMl-n announcescandidates for 25constituencies

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)announced candidates for 25 provincial assemblyconstituencies on Wednesday. The candidates andtheir respective constituencies are: Imran Nazir(PP-137), Mushtaq Mughal (PP-138), Bilalyaseen (PP-139), Sajid Zahoor (PP-140),Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman (PP-141), HamzaShahbaz Sharif (PP-142), Shahbaz Ahmad (PP-143), Akhtar Ali (PP-144), Wahid Gul (PP-145),Malik Waheed (PP-146), Mohsin Latif (PP-147),Akhtar Rasool (PP-148), Rana Mashhood (PP-149), Ishtiaq Ahmad (PP-150), Syed TauseefShah (PP-151), Khawaja Salman Rafiq (PP-152),Ramzan Sadique Bhatti (PP-153), Zaeem Qadri(PP-154), Mian Naseer Ahmad (PP-155), yasinSahul (PP-156), Rana Tajamal (PP-157), MalikGhulam Habib (PP-158), Saiful Malook (PP-160). PP-159 and PP-161 are open and it is likelythat Shahbaz Sharif will contest from theseconstituencies. Meanwhile, the PML-N awardedtickets to Sheikh Rohail Asghar from NA-124,Wahid Alam Khan (NA-27) and Suhail Shaukatfrom NA-130. Interestingly, the party in the finalline-up has sidelined former MPAs Dr SaeedElahi, Dr Asad Ashraf, Ijaz Ahmed Khan andHafiz Nauman while most surprisingly AkhtarRasool made a comeback.

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shahbaz Sharif talks to reporters after meeting with Pir Sahab Pagara at Raja House on Wednesday. PPI

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Provide security to those in the line of fireElections and security concerns

left in the lurch

Earthquake damage

As tremors were felt across Pakistan, hundreds of houses in the Maskhail regionof Balochistan, 600 kilometres southwest of Quetta, were tumbling down likecards. The official count of the number of dead: 34 and counting. The official

toll of the damages: yet to be made. When an earthquake of around 7.8 on the Richterscale with its centre of origin in Iran shook up some of our desks and cutlery, the worstwas feared. It became a reality in the already deprived province of Balochistan, wherethe disenfranchisement of the people and the lack of an effective state apparatus,compound the scale of every natural tragedy. Unlike the 2005 earthquake in KhyberPakthunkhwa, there is no easy way to access the region, with a drive through theinsurgency-hit area likely to take at least two days.

Air drops are the best bet to getting aid and personnel into the region and flying outthe injured. The fact that four military helicopters were dispatched on Wednesdaymorning to evacuate the at least 20 critically injured from Mashkail to CombinedMilitary Hospital, Quetta is a good sign. The abandoned people of the Balochistanprovince need to be shown that the Pakistani state cares about them. With hundreds ofhouses completely destroyed by the powerful tremors generated by the quake and severalpeople still buried under the rubble, the continuing aftershocks, coming in at 6.0 on theRichter scale, left the people without any shelter on the street and full of fear onWednesday. The immediate needs are to be food items, station doctors in the area andprovide temporary shelters. There has been no indication of when the National DisasterManagement Authority shall dispatch such. Moreover, there is the larger question ofwhen will the affectees be resettled.

The important thing is to realize that resettlement must go ahead without waiting forthe US aid. While the US Secretary of State John Kerry has promised that “they standready to offer assistance in this difficult time,” it must be remembered that disaster reliefcontributed to a thaw in relations between the US and Iran, which accepted US personnelfollowing the huge Bam earthquake in 2003. Given the current state of disaffection withthe Pakistani state in Balochistan, perhaps this tragedy offers an opportune moment toextend a warm hand towards our Baloch brethren. But again it must be reiterated that itshould be less about show, and more about the actual substance of the aid extended. Withcaretaker Prime Minister Khoso having offered an olive branch to Baloch nationalists ina recent visit to Quetta, it is time that he delivered some substance. The question is: shallthe caretaker government realize the need to do more than issue condolences on thesuffering of the people of Balochistan?

THE TTP is zeroing in on three political parties. While the MQM and the ANPhave lost one candidate each, three belonging to the latter have sustainedinjuries in terrorist attacks. Dozens of ANP’s activists have died in the

unending TTP offensive against the party. Last week theANP candidate for NA-4Arbab Ayub Jan survived by the skin of his teeth, while on Wednesday it was the turnof Asfandyar Wali’s election campaign coordinator Farooq Khan. On Tuesday 17persons were killed when the TTP attacked the ANP candidate Haroon Bilour. Thesame day a grenade was thrown at the house of PPP’s nominee for NA-1 in Peshawar.In Balochistan at least four people died, including Sanaullah Zehri’s son, brother andnephew, when a blast targeted his convoy. Zehri was proceeding to attend an electionrelated gathering,

One simply fails to understand why the security provided to the leaders of thethree parties was withdrawn despite the threats to their lives. Asfasndyar Wali andSen. Zahid Khan have questioned the motive behind what he considers a studiednegligence. The ANP chief has called it a conspiracy against the party. The MQMsupremo has gone a step further. He maintains that this is a part of a well thought outplan to keep all liberal forces out of the assemblies and facilitate the right-wingextremists. Taking note of the militants’ sparing Punjab while making it increasinglydifficult to continue the election campaign in other provinces, he has asked whetherthose who matter wanted to hold elections only in Punjab or in the entire country. Hehas asked the ECP if it wanted Pakistan to be limited to Punjab only and if so otherprovinces would be forced to follow their own path according to their inclinations.Few would disagree that as far as Karachi is concerned the alliance that ruled Sindhwas itself responsible for the deterioration of law and order in the city. This is all themore true about the MQM which remained in power for 10 years straight. Thishowever cannot be argued against the ANP’s KP administration which fullysupported the campaign to establish the writ of the state in Swat and its leaders stoodup to the threats posed by the TTP for five years.

The ECP has thrown the ball into the caretakers’ court. The KP chief minister hasshifted the responsibility to the country’s political parties by issuing a call for theAPC. This amounts to abnegating his responsibilities as a caretaker CM. Unlessimmediate measures are taken, the parties under attack might be forced to demand thepostponement of the polls or worse still withdraw from the elections. This would callinto question the genuineness of the polls. There is a need under the circumstances forthe caretakers at the center and the provinces to take firm measures to ensure thesafety of all participants in the line of fire.

A chance to win baloch hearts

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The state is looking the other way

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health

problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000

people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. – Ralph Nader

THE Awami National Party(ANP) campaign for the up-coming elections is goingalong the swaggering videostatements and escalated

bomb attacks by Taliban and nonchalantresponses by the other political parties es-pecially those who have been given clear-ance by the Taliban.

While I was penning these lines, an-other bomb attack has ripped a cornermeeting at Peshawar, killing fifteen in-cluding five policemen and injuringANP’s senior leader Ghulam AhmadBilour. The attack was followed by auda-cious statements by the ANP leadershipwith discontent over lack of security fromthe interim government and inevitable se-ries of condemnations by the politicalleadership.

The complaints about lack of securitywere responded by Musarrat Qadeem,spokesperson of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwagovernment, pointing towards the deathsof five policemen in the attack. Also aftersuch incidents there is a repeated argumentthat suicide attacks cannot be averted. Atthe end there is an all-pervading sense ofhelplessness among those at the receivingend who have been left in the lurch withthe state looking the other way.

A few months back, the news of a par-adigm shift in the military’s approach to-wards existential threats were proclaimedby different circles. While there washardly any new thing or fresh approach to-wards the forces held responsible for in-ternal threats, the internal threat narrativewas woven around militant factions hav-ing tacit support by the external forces.The new doctrine seems directed more to-wards the insurgency in Balochistan andthe resistance groups fighting the state andless concerned towards the terrorism fromideologically driven religio-fanatics oranti-minorities organizations. At least theaction or inaction towards the former andthe latter bears witness to this.

The military offensives against Tal-iban in Malakand and FATA have not ledto tapering off of their ability to commitviolence except for short intervals of tran-quility. The offensives against them were

primarily focused over military goals ofgaining control of the territories fromwhere Taliban were operating andachievement was measured through thenumber of casualties inflicted on the mil-itants (killing the foot soldiers and lowercadres mostly) and equipment destroyedor appropriated. But it failed to liquidatetheir organizational structure and networkof terror utilized by them for recruiting,funding, gathering information and plan-ning to attack various targets.

The TTP sought to seize territories tocreate space for them, replaced the erodedadministrative structures with one of theirown based on coercive measures and fa-cilitated training grounds to those re-cruited through their vast network of sisterJihadi groups across the country. Aftermilitary offensives against them, they lostabsolute hold of some territories but stillpossess the ability to disrupt military orcivilian control of larger territories withacts of terror and organized assaults. Theycommit deliberate violence against civil-ians in order to obtain religious and ideo-logical objectives. Thus achievementagainst them should have been measuredin terms of acquiring more secure atmos-phere for the civilians and preventing eco-nomic fallout of these offensives. Whenmeasured in these unconventional ways,these offensives did not deliver.

One may object that military liabilityis to deal with the violent aspects of ter-rorism only; responsibility to deal withother facets of the dilemma lies with otherorgans of the state and society as well.But, the problem with a military domi-nated state of Pakistan is, the whole nar-rative against terrorism revolves around itsperceived geostrategic goals. During thelast one year, it has been proven time andagain that most of the political parties andreligio-political pressure groups have

echoed security establishment’s stanceneeded at the domestic and internationallevel.

It is not needed to go into more detailbut a few instances can put some light onthis assumption. The Kerry-Lugar bill, thedebate post Osama bin Laden fiasco, uni-lateral calls for “giving peace a chance”,the outrage over Salala attacks, blockingand allowing NATO supplies, parliamen-tary resolutions, the religious decreeagainst terror attacks ‘exclusively’ in Pak-istani territory and response to the Mem-ogate scandal by the largest oppositionparty, personal interest of its leader MianNawaz Sharif, the matter dealt by superiorcourts and the media role in all these is-sues are few instances where various or-gans of the state and political players havesought to attune with the military estab-lishment and harmonized with their posi-tions on different occasions.

With an eye on the US withdrawalfrom Afghanistan, the days of confronta-tion with Pakistani Taliban seems to beover. Reconciliation is the new mantra tomend ties with the Taliban to get them asbackup forces for the Afghan Taliban.Pakistan is advocating a reasonable sharefor the Afghan Taliban in the upcomingpolitical settlement. The political ownersto the anti-Taliban; anti-militancy bidshave lost their significance. Security es-tablishment makes or breaks allianceswith different political parties and religio-political pressure groups regarding theirshort term and long term priorities and ob-jectives. It adopts or abandons allies – em-bracing them at a particular time andditching them when not needed.

Ali Arqam is a journalist based inKarachi, he can be contacted ataliar-qam@hotmail.com or interacted on twit-ter @aliarqam

ECP, thank you for tryingWe are grateful towards Election Commission of Pakistan

(ECP) for at least its - now aborted - attempt to stop political par-ties to vow voters in the name of religion and sects. On April 14,ECP announced that use of religion or sect as a tool to seek voteswould be considered as violation of election rules. Of course, theorder did not get the approval of the hundreds of religious-sec-tarian party candidates running for the upcoming national andprovincial assemblies elections. While it was ROs nominated bythe judiciary who approved these candidates as qualified for elec-tions but the overall responsibility lies with the ECP. After re-ceiving the expected harsh reaction from the same groups, theECP announced within 24 hours that it had not issued any suchdirective. Thank you ECP, at least you tried.

Masood KhanJubail, Saudi Arabia

targeted attacks on politiciansIt is a matter of grave concern that violence on various po-

litical candidates continues unabated. The recent attack on theANP leadership must be condemned in no uncertain terms by alland sundry. Currently it is the ANP. The PPP and MQM have

also been openly threatened by militants, but other political par-ties must not assume they are safe. The attacks should be con-demned together. The road to elections seems to be gettingbloodier, but postponement will be even worse.

SAIRA DARLahore

Who wants more IPPsThermal power plants are consuming 27,000 tons per day of

mostly imported oil for generating power at Rs16 per unit whichthe government is supplying to the consumers at Rs8 per unit, in-curring huge losses. Does it make sense for the PPP to say that hadBenazir’s energy policy not been reversed things would have beenmuch better? On the contrary, things would have been muchworse, we would have been importing and consuming more oiland producing expensive power and subsidising it. This propa-ganda by PPP is to cover up the faulty policy of putting all oureggs in the thermal basket. IPPs, at best, should have been a shortterm measure. If long term hydel projects had been initiated, wewould not be importing so much oil today. It is bad enough to pur-sue a faulty policy but it is even worse to praise it is to pull woolover people’s eyes.

Engr Khurshid AnwerLahore

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Iran the Boston Marathon back in 1968, and, my feetcovered with blisters inside my Keds sneakers, draggedacross the finish line to meet my waiting uncle at a timeof about 3 hours and 40 minutes. It was close enough

to the time that the current bombing happened in this year’srace — about four hours from the starting gun — that had Ibeen running it this year, I might still been near enough to thefinish line to have heard the blasts.

That really brings home to me the horror of what just hap-pened.

At the same time, I’m reminded that back when I ran myBoston Marathon, which was only weeks after the VietCong’s bloody Tet Offensive, we didn’t give a thought to theidea of the Viet Cong bringing their war home to America.Now you have to at least wonder whether this bombing mightin some way have been linked to America’s various warsabroad.

We don’t at this point have a clue who was behind thisatrocity, but whether it was some foreign terrorist organiza-tion, a contingent of Taliban fighters seeking to bring theAfghan War to the US, or a domestic right-wing groupprotesting abortion, the income tax or the country’s “Kenyan”president, it should be a wake-up call to the nation that ourviolent national culture and our imperial pretensions willeventually reap us a whirlwind.

A country that goes around blowing up children inAfghanistan by the score, as happened last week in KundarProvince, Afghanistan, that claims for itself the right to killanyone, anywhere, if the president or his designees in the Pen-tagon and the CIA decide that person is a threat or an annoy-ance (and that is willing to kill lots of innocent bystanders,including women and kids, to do it), a country that encouragesits police to act like an occupying military force in their juris-dictions, breaking into homes in SWAT gear at dawn, pointingassault rifles in people’s faces, arresting people on trumped-up charges, such a country and its people at some point mustrealize that such behavior invites a violent response.

This time, it was apparently crudely made IEDs thatkilled three and tore the limbs from other people innocentlyparticipating in or watching a road race. Note, though, thatwe had never even heard of IEDs until Bush’s and Cheney’scriminal invasion of Iraq. Next time, it could just as easily bea home-made remotely piloted drone aircraft carrying a loadof TNT or some other deadly explosive.

The point is you reap what you sow. Violence begets vi-olence.

So America, the most violent country in the world today,lurches from one act of mayhem to another. It really matterslittle whether the slaughter is caused by a wack-job armedwith a few high-capacity-clip automatic pistols or a foreignor domestic terrorist armed with a couple of crude IEDs. Thevictims are just as dead or maimed either way.

We cannot hope to escape this kind of thing if we go onas we are going.

If the government responds to this latest tragedy by dou-bling down on its domestic spying campaign, by enhancingpolice powers, by stepping up its deadly global drone war,and by invading or meddling in more countries abroad, wecan expect more and more violent attacks aimed at killingAmericans here at home.

I’m especially contemplating the danger of blowback be-cause we learned here in Philadelphia only two weeks agothat the Pentagon has decided to set up a drone piloting basejust two miles from my house on the site of the mothballedWillow Grove Naval Air Station. None of the local pols whowere effusively praising the announcement, hailing it as a job-creating phenomenon, gave a thought to the reality that thiswas bringing the front line of the Afghan War to the suburbsof Philly, and that besides putting a bunch of killers in uni-form in our midst, it was putting a big bull’s eye right in asuburb full of civilians. (See my article about this in the latestissue of CounterPunch’s new monthly magazine.)

Clearly we need a new approach — one that relies on fos-tering international peace and cooperation, and that here athome seeks to rekindle some sense of community, and of rev-erence for the rights and freedoms that many people havedied for, but which have over last two decades been whittledaway until they are vestigial or barely recognizable.

Maybe too, we Americans could look at the latest carnagein Boston and recognize it as the very thing that our militaryhas been engaged in doing in our name in places like Iraq andAfghanistan — right down to the deliberate and sick timingof a second bomb to blow up people who are coming to theaid of victims of the first bomb, which is the wretched MOof the US bombing and drone strike campaigns along theAfghanistan/Pakistan border.

I’m disgusted by the attack on the Boston Marathon, andwhoever did it is truly twisted, but no less twisted are the Pen-tagon officers and who planned the attack that killed those 10children in Kundar, or the president who ordered the levelingof the Iraqi city of Fallujah. We Americans are far too selec-tive in our sense of horror and outrage.

It all makes me sick. I’m going out for a run.

Dave Lindorff is a founder of This Can’t Be Happeningand a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Poli-tics of Illusion.

A violent act again in a violent nation

THANKS to the march of democracy uponPakistan, we have been blessed with twoconsecutive parliaments that have com-pleted their tenures. One of them was a

dictator’s parliament and is hence ineligible for anysorts of records, while the other marked the successfulreturn to “proper democracy” that was envisioned byour sage political leaders. But is the current politicalprocess truly democratic? The answer, unfortunately,is that the best revenge need not be truly democratic.Just democratic enough to tick all the relevant boxes!

Face it. Over the past two decades, only one oftwo major political parties has held power: the con-glomerated acronyms of the Pakistan People’s Partyand the various karmic incarnations of the PakistanMuslim League. This is not to say that they are theonly two parties worth voting for in the country, noris it a reflection on the quality of their “leadership”. Itjust means that they have the most effective election-eering infrastructure and they were the most broad-based of the available crop.

To be honest, I have nothing against the PakistanTehreek-e-Imran. Right before the 2002 elections, Iremember a PTV crew approached me and a fewfriends and asked us who we would vote for. Withoutmissing a beat, I remember saying, “Imran Khan, ofcourse”. Today, I look back on that naïve remark andwonder, why not?

Truth be told, I will never really forgive the PTIfor boycotting the 2008 general elections, becausethen, that uber-annoying slogan that all PTI-wallahsstuff down your throats today would’ve been off thetable. I am, of course, referring to the, “Give us achance, we’re still untested and untainted” mantra. Itwould’ve been far better for democracy had Imran andhis allies jumped into the fray on the 18th of February,2008 and hoped for the best. That they chose to boy-cott and deprived their (potential) voters of the chanceto vote for a “real” third option is a slight I will not

soon forget.The democratic process, contrary to popular be-

lief, is far more important than democracy itself.Grass-roots representation is the key to ensuring alevel political playing-field for all segments of society.As it stands, the current polls seem to be yielding moreof the same: sundry electables are being awarded tick-ets on all sides and the promised “change” is nowherein sight. yes, sure, the PTI will point to its youth lead-ers and the PML-N will point to its sidelining of stal-warts such as Ayaz Amir in the favour of “freshblood”, but the truth is, this is just more of the same.

The greatest political tragedy of our country is thatthe democratic process was never allowed to continue,democracy was not allowed to nurture leaders. Today,politics is a kin-based and bankrolled affair. The inde-pendents, by and large, do not stand a chance. Oppor-tunists such as Shah Mehmood Qureshi and others whoseek to caucus with the winning party post-polling,rather than contest on one predetermined platform, aredoing exactly what I would’ve thought they would. The18th Amendment was a masterstroke of exclusionarypolitics and the anti-horse trading stipulation will side-line and expose the selfish streak in many-a politician.Our people, however, fail to see through the façade.

Anecdotally, I have heard from many observersthat those who have no sustained access to media,mainstream, social or otherwise, are far more in-formed in their political decisions. I would have to

agree. Politics is a constituency-to-constituency game.There is no such thing as national politics, exceptmaybe at the center. Of course, you need leaders witha national vision to run the country, but the processthey must follow to rise to the top must be one that isentrenched in – not divorced from – local politics atthe grass-roots. The man at the constituency level un-derstands this; the social media pundit from Islamabadis still struggling with the concept.

All manner of terrorists, ruffians, thieves, murder-ers, pillagers and assorted psychopaths are celebratingelection season. you should too. Not because you havea death wish, but because you don’t. Stay home forfear of death and you’ll rue your life for the next fiveyears. you may end up ruing it anyway, but at least ifyou vote – and that too for a candidate of your choos-ing, you’ll be able to sleep better at night. The objec-tive of all detractors, no matter what their methods, isto stall, delay or guillotine the electoral process. Themore they attack, the more their desperation shows.The only way to defeat them is to stand up to them.We cannot cower at home while these scumbags runamok. The show must go on.

Come election day, every stained thumb is asgood as a beaten and bruised terrorist. Remember that.

The writer is a journalist-turned-developmentconsultant. For more incoherence in 140-charactersor less, follow @mightyobvious_

CommEnT CThursday, 18 April, 2013

11If we don't believe in freedom of

expression for people we despise, we don't

believe in it at all. – Noam Chomsky

Do you feel lucky, punk?All manner of terrorists, ruffians, thieves, murderers, pillagers and assorted psychopaths are celebratingelection season. you should too

DAVE LINDORFF

Reaping theWhirlwind

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Mukul DEVPlayS thE VIllaInIn MEntal

Mukul Dev was in for a pleasant surprisewhen Sohail Khan offered him the mainvillain’s role in his next, Salman Khan-starrer Mental. Interestingly, there was nolook test or audition — Mukul was simplyasked to meet Sohail and sign on thedotted line. Apparently, Sohail had likedMukul’s work in two of his recent releases.Mukul will also play a grey character inShahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha’supcoming film Rambo Rajkumar. Theactor, who also has a Bengali and Southfilm in his kitty, will soon start shooting forMental. Says Mukul, “Just one call fromSohail did it all. I’m really excited to be apart of the film.” NEWS DESK

thatChER FunERal:anDREW llOyDWEBBER, ShIRlEyBaSSEy anDkathERInE JEnkInSIn attEnDanCEThousands gathered in London onWednesday for the funeral of MargaretThatcher. The ceremony brought togetherworld leaders, friends, family and a fewcelebrities including opera singer KatherineJenkins, actor Michael Crawford, composerAndrew Lloyd Webber and Shirley Bassey.Queen Elizabeth II and her husband,Prince Philip, were also on hand. The coffincontaining the body of the former U.K.prime minister nicknamed the “Iron Lady”was borne on a gun carriage through thestreets of London—with thousands ofspectators lining the streets—to St. Paul’sCathedral, where the ceremony took place.While protesters were expected, givenwhat a polarizing figure Thatcher hadbeen, the number was reportedly minimalnear the church. A private cremation andfuneral were to follow. NEW DESK

I love being black in America,

and especially being black in

Hollywood. — Will Smith

NEWS DESK

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewartlooked loved up at the Coachella MusicFestival in California over the weekend,but we wonder how long that will last withthe news the Twilight babe has signed upfor the sequel of Snow White and TheHunstman, the movie where she met direc-tor Rupert Sanders who she had a flingwith last summer.

The 23 year-old was forced to apolo-gise to her boyfriend, Rob, in a publicstatement after the brunette was pho-tographed passionately kissing the marrieddirector last June in Los Angeles and whileit might be sensible to steer clear of thatsubject in the future, Kristen will now re-visit the movie where the couple were firstthrown together, for the sequel.

The news was confirmed at Cinema-Con yesterday, by Universal Pictures

chairman Adam Fogelson who also re-vealed that Sanders wouldn’t be returningto direct according to Just Jared, no doubtas a consequence of the fling.

K Stew confirmed in December thatshe was up for a sequel and claimed shewas “so excited” about it. “It’s gonna beamazing,” she told Indiewire magazine,“I’m so excited about it, it’s crazy.” “I’mnot allowed [to discuss the film],”

Revealing talks for a sequel began asearly as last year she went on: “The otherday I said that there was a strong possibil-ity that we’re going to make a sequel, andthat’s very true, but everyone was like,‘Whoa, stop talking about it.’ So no, I’mtotally not allowed to talk about it.”

It’s unknown if Chris Hemsworth willreprise his role as the Hunstman in themovie opposite love interest Kristen whoplays ethereal beauty Snow White orwhether Charlize Theron will return as the

evil queen.Let’s hope she manages to keep this

move strictly professional this timearound! Looks like K Stew isn’t going tobe able to forget her “momentary indiscre-tion” in a hurry. At the weekend she hadan uncomfortable run-in with Rupert’snow estranged wife Liberty Ross. Bothwomen arrived to watch Jurassic 5 atCoachella with Kristen, reportedly leftupset by the appearance of the women,whose marriage she helped ruin. “Kristenhas tried so hard to put everything fromlast year behind her and she still feels in-credibly guilty,” a source told The Sun.“She and Rob had turned a massive cornerin recent months and they were both thereto enjoy themselves.” They added, “Thelast thing she wanted to do was make Lib-erty feel uncomfortable, either. She lookedpretty upset in the backstage bar later onthat evening.”

NEWS DESK

ACTOR John Abra-ham believes thathis role of gangsterManya Surve in‘Shootout At

Wadala’ will reintroduce him to theaudiences.

The actor, who is famous for hisphysique, feels he has finally man-aged to step out of his image byplaying this real-life inspired char-acter.

Surve, a member ofthe Mumbai under-world, was gunneddown in an en-counter withpolice at sub-urban Wadalain 1982, inwhat is saidto be thec i t y ’ sf i r s trecordede n -counter.

“Thestory of

Manya Surve isvery interest-ing, it was ad i f f e r e n tcharacter. Itis not arisk, it isa re-in-t r o d u c -tion ofJ o h n

Abraham. It is a new beginning.Hope people see me in a differentlight.”

“For the first time I have leftJohn Abraham behind. People willremember Manya Surve and I amconfident about it. We are hopefulpeople will like the film,” John

told reporters.The actor, whose last film ‘I Me

Aur Main’ did not do well at the boxoffice, thinks negative roles bringhim more attention.

“Whenever I do negative rolesthe films work. Last time I did a pos-itive role and the film did not work.I love negative roles. Normal is bor-ing... anyone can play a hero, to playnegative is an edge,” he said.

Directed by Sanjay Gupta,‘Shootout at Wadala’ stars John, AnilKapoor, Kangana Ranaut, TussharKapoor and Sonu Sood in lead roles.The film is slated for release on May3.

“We all play gangsters in thefilm, we have not glorified them,shown gangsters like they are. Wehave tried to stay close to the facts,”said the actor, who is teaming upwith Gupta after ‘Zinda’.

Whenever I do negativeroles the films work:

JOhn aBRahaM

ISLAMABADAPP

The 72nd Birth anniversary of famous Pakistani tradi-tional qawwal Aziz Mian was observed on Wednesday.

Aziz Mian, one of the more traditional Pakistaniqawwals, was born as Abdul Aziz on April 17, 1942 inDelhi, British India. The exclamation “Mian”, which heoften used in his qawwalis, became part of his stagename.

At the age of ten, he began learning the art of qawwaliunder the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. He re-ceived sixteen years of training at the Data Ganj BakshSchool of Lahore, and obtained a degree in Urdu litera-ture from the University of Punjab, Lahore.

Aziz Mian was the only prominent qawwal who usedto write his own lyrics.

For his service in philosophy and music, the gov-ernment of Pakistan awarded him the Pride of Per-formance medal in 1989. He was fond ofdiscussing religious and sufi paradoxes in hisqawwalis.

He often directly addressed Allahand complained about the misery ofman. In addition to his own poetry,Aziz Mian performed poetry by AllamaIqbal, and a number of contemporaryUrdu poets, including Sadiq and Qa-teel Shifai.

Aziz Mian died from complica-tions of hepatitis on December 6,

2000. He is buried in Multanin the graveyard of Nau BaharShah.

72nd birth anniversaryof Aziz Mian observed

Paltrow named‘most-hated celebin hollywood’

NEWS DESK

Gwyneth Paltrow probably has plenty of fans, but itseems the blonde beauty has even more haters as shehas topped the list of the 20 Most Hated Celebrities inHollywood. The gorgeous and perfectly fit 40-year-oldmother has earned her fair share of haters on the list -combined by Star magazine, the Fox News reported.The second place was bagged by Kristen Stewart, whoobviously made the cut because she admitted tocheating on her heartthrob boyfriend Robert Pattinsonwith a married man last year. Chris Brown was rankednumber 20, with stars like Jesse James and AngelinaJolie being listed farther towards the top of the list.Serial daters Taylor Swift and John Mayer were alsosaid to be most hated. Others who made to the listincluded Kim Kardashian, her mom Kris Jenner, AnneHathaway, Justin Bieber and Lindsay Lohan.

Here are the top twenties:1. Gwyneth Paltrow2. Krsiten Stewart3. Jennifer Lopez4. John Mayer5. Katherine Heigl6. Matt Lauer7. Madonna8. Justin Bieber9. Anne Hathaway10. Kris Jenner11. Kim Kardashian12. LeAnn Rimes13. Ashton Kutcher14. Jay Leno15. Angelina Jolie16. Lindsay Lohan17. Shia LaBeouf18. Taylor Swift19. Jesse James20. Chris Brown

Kristen Stewart ‘confirmed’ for Snow White and the Huntsman sequel

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It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds

fly, waves pound the sand. I beat

people up — Muhammad Ali

NEWS DESK

While it’s been a rough few weeks for JustinBieber (who received heat for a comment he leftin the guestbook of Anne Frank’s house), his exseems to be doing just fine.

Selena Gomez made an appearance on “TheEllen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday in whichshe opened up to the host about everything fromthe Bieber breakup to her new single status tomeeting Brad Pitt at the MTV Movie Awards.

Wearing an edgy cutout dress and super sexynude heels, the starlet took it in stride when De-Generes joked, “I know you want to talk aboutyou and Bieber not being together anymore.” Atfirst, Gomez tried to laugh it off, but eventuallyEllen got her to commit a verbal answer when

the talk show host noted, “We’re concerned thatyou’re happy and we want you to be happy.”

And that’s when Selena finally confessed,“yeah, I am. I met Brad Pitt. I’m great.”

She did, however, admit that no guys haveasked her out since the breakup. When De-Generes suggested maybe that’s because guysare intimidated, the 20-year-old agreed, “Prob-ably.” Though she did add, “That’s a lot nicerthan to just say they’re not into me.” But whatkind of guy is Miss Gomez looking for, exactly?

“Someone that can make me laugh,” she re-vealed before quickly adding, “Great to my par-ents.”

“And it doesn’t matter if they’re in the busi-ness?” DeGeneres asked. “Ah, no,” Gomezreplied.

SElEna GOMEZtalks life after Bieber,meeting Brad Pitt

NEWS DESK

Bradley Cooper- the one-time sex-iest man alive- has been romanti-cally linked to women such as ZoeSaldana, Renée Zellweger, andJennifer Lopez.

And yet the woman he’sspending much of his time withthese days is … his mom. The 38-year-old is sharing an address withhis mother Gloria following his fa-ther’s death, and he explains howthat’s working out for him in a

new interview with Details.“The best way I can answer

that is to say we’re surviving. Bothof us,” the “Place Beyond thePines” star tells the mag. “Let’sface it: It’s probably not easy forher, by the way, to be living withher son. It’s life. And right now,two years after my father’s death,this is where we are. My family isvery close, and my dad dying wasbrutal for all of us. It was a schism,and its aftershock has not stopped.And we need each other. So here

we are.”“But don’t get me wrong,”

he continues. “It’s not withoutcomplications. It’s not like I livein a compound and she’s in theguesthouse. No. She’s in the nextroom. But here’s the thing:She’s a cool chick. Wecan hang, and shecan roll with thepunches. If thatwasn’t the case,there’s noway.”

anGElIna JOlIE`Stopless photo to be auctioned

A topless picture of Angelina Jolieposing with a horse will be

auctioned in London`s Christie’sauction house next month. The

37-year-old`s colouredphotograph shows her toplesswith her head held back andhands caressing a whitehorse`s head as the animalnuzzles her chest, reported

Sun Online. The photo isauctioned as a part of TheWild Side of Photography

sale. Jolie was photographedby David LaChapelle in 2001when she was 25-years-old.The photograph is expected to

fetch between 25,000 to 35,000pounds. A tattoo of her ex-husband`sname Billy Bob that was erased after they

divorced, can be seen on Jolie`s leftarm. Two large tattoos on her stomach

can be spotted as well. Anotherphoto of Jolie and Brad Pitt

before they came out as coupleis also placed in the auction.

The black-and-white photowas taken for W

magazine in 2005. Thepicture features

Jolie, Pitt and fivechildren sittingaround a diningtable to praybefore eating.The picture isexpected to draw8,000-12,000pounds. NEWS DESK

SC gives SanjayDutt a monthto surrender

Former ‘sexiest man alive’ BradleyCooper lives with his mom

neW delhi: The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday gave

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt a month’s time before going back to jail for

possessing arms supplied by plotters of the deadly 1993 Mumbai blasts. Dutt

was sentenced to five years in jail for possession of illegal weapons in the long-

running case linked to the 1993 Mumbai bombings. He will have to serve over three

years of the sentence as he has already spent 18 months in prison. Earlier on Monday,

Dutt had pleaded before the court to keep the punishment in abeyance until the

governor decided on a pardon. Moreover, Dutt had appealed that he wanted some time

to complete his shoots before serving the jail term. The court had previously said that

Dutt should be jailed by April 18. In an emotional press conference last month, the

actor had said he would not appeal against his sentence. AGENCIES

NEW YORK: Knicks fan Ben Stiller with rapper Drake at a recent game.

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IThursday, 18 April, 2013

14Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely

frustration for the life you deserved and have never been

able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists..

it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.” ― Ayn Rand

Toyota’s global sales of gasoline-electrichybrid vehicles have surpassed 5 millionin a milestone for a technology that wasinitially greeted with scepticism.

The Japanese automaker, whichsaid on Wednesday it had sold 5.125million hybrid vehicles as of the end ofMarch, started selling the Prius, theworld’s first mass produced hybrid pas-senger car, in 1997.

Gas-electric hybrids deliver fuel ef-ficiency by switching back and forthbetween a gasoline engine and electricmotor depending on speed and otherdriving conditions, and recharges as ittravels. “What an achievement for thistechnology to have grown this wide-spread,” said Vice Chairman TakeshiUchiyamada, known as “the father ofthe Prius” for having led the team thatdeveloped the hit model.

“I believe there is a lot more roomfor this technology to grow,” he told re-porters at Toyota’s Tokyo office on

Wednesday.Toyota’s hybrid vehicles now ac-

count for 14 per cent of its global salesand 40 per cent of its sales in Japan.Toyota Motor Corp. sells 19 hybrid pas-senger car models and one plug-in hy-brid, and is promising 18 new hybridsfrom now through December 2015.

Mr. Uchiyamada recalled that ex-pectations had been low for the hybridto catch on. The production plan hadcalled for barely 1,000 cars a month, hesaid, and he had to beg to raise it to thatfrom 300 a month.

But when the Prius was announced,people were flocking to dealers in Japanto place their orders. And there wasn’teven a sample model to check out yetin the showrooms.

When the Prius was launched in theUS, it was again met with enthusiasm,by people Uchiyamada called “opinionleaders,” including Hollywood stars.

It was almost all too good to be

true, he recalled, as marketing expertshad warned that Americans wouldlikely not want a car like the Prius be-cause gas prices were then relativelylow. Since then, gas prices have sky-rocketed and nations around the worldare grappling with pollution and globalwarming.

After the March 2011 quake,tsunami and nuclear disasters in Japan,hybrids found a new use, helping de-liver electricity during blackouts in dis-aster zones.

The hybrid has been so successfulthe only obstacle for Toyota may be thatmany rivals are in the game now.

“Toyota has led the world on cost-effective fuel-saving hybrid technologyfor more than a decade, but the compe-tition is really heating up,” said DavidFriedman, senior engineer and deputydirector of the clean vehicles programat the Union of Concerned Scientists inWashington, DC. NEWS DESK

IN response to the word’s migrationto the digital domain, Danny Fein isputting classic novels back on paperand…fabric. His companyLitographs, takes a much loved

book and squeezes the whole thing onto aposter or t-shirt with an illustration thatweaves in and around the words.

So far they have created nearly 100posters and 6 t-shirts including Moby Dick,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, TheGreat Gatsby and The Origin of Species. Thenext product to be covered with words willbe a tote bag with a plan to makeword-coated shower cur-tains in the near future.Humans Invent spoke toFein to find out how it’spossible to cram somany legible words ontoa poster or t-shirt.Is it hard to fit awhole book on aposter or a t-shirt?

It depends on the length of the book.Right now we offer two sizes of poster, sowe offer the 24×36” and 18×24” and the24×36” poster can fit about 75,000 words.One thing we’re aiming to release later thisyear is something like a series of postersfor really long books such as Moby Dickor Origin of the Species. One thing thatwe’ve done in the past is print some extra

large posters, 36×54” which actually fit allof Moby Dick – and we are considering towhether to go down that route or offer two24×36” posters that you could hang nextto each other. What we found is that be-cause most customers aren’t interested inreading the entire book from start to finish,for the most part, the priority seems to befinding a size that will work at home andfinding a design that speaks to you. It is acombination of utility – of actually havingthe complete text on there – and the aes-thetics of the product itself.How do you create the images?

We work with artists from all over theworld. At this point we’ve worked with

close to 30 artists. We have a list of titlesthat we’re interested in offering and we giveeach artist that list and let them choose.

We want them to create illustrationsfor books that they feel passionate aboutand the feedback we’ve received this end

is that it is one of the artists’ favorite proj-ects because it lets them go back and thinkabout a book they may not have read sincehigh school or college. They pass us thedesigns without text, just with the raw col-ors and then we actually have proprietarysoftware that can turn those images intolithographs. I feel the most effective de-signs are the ones that use the negativespace to bring out the image and the otherbenefit of that is that we have more spacefor the text if we are using the bulk of theposter for that.What books have you made into

posters or t-shirts so far?

We have released our 88th poster andwe also list the next nine coming up so weare nearly at 100 posters and at the mo-ment we just have six of them that we’vemade into t-shirts. Those six were funded

through a Kickstarter campaignduring the holidays last

year. What we are work-ing on now is comingup with a similar sys-tem that we have forthe posters in order to

have a consistent re-lease schedule for new t-

shirt designs. We’ve releasedtwo new posters a week since last April sowe’ve been on an extremely aggressiveschedule with the posters. With the t-shirts,

it is just not possible to move that quickly,it is a really complicated process, we actu-ally have to order hundreds of t-shirts atonce to be able to print, so we are workingon it but it is most likely going to be amonthly release schedule for the t-shirtsstarting sometime this summer. The otherproduct we are releasing within the nextfew weeks is a tote bag and I think we aregoing to launch with between 6 and 10 totebags and we’re going to aim to release onenew tote bag every week.What other products are you

going to make?

We’ve had requests for shower curtainsso it is likely that will be the next product welook at but I see the tote bags, t-shirts andposters forming our core product line. Wework with fantastic local printers and theyare always looking to innovate. For onething, we are going to begin printing on can-vas for the posters as well as acrylic poten-tially. It isn’t that easy to find a material thatworks for this design because anytime youintroduce any texture to the material it makesit really difficult to read the text. For the totebags we needed to find a material that wasdurable enough to hold 100-200 lb of booksbut also simple enough in its texture that thewords were legible. And we’ve actuallyfound an amazing fabric for that that wemight be able to adapt for some other prod-ucts down the line.COURTESY HUMANS INVENT

Google celebratesIndia’s firstpassenger trainwith doodle

India’s first passenger train thatchugged out of Bori Bunder in Bombayto Thane 160 years ago was relived byInternet search engine giant Google onits homepage on Tuesday. In thedoodle, the locomotive train replacesthe first ’O’ of the word Google. Theidea of a railway to connect Bombaywith Thane, Kalyan and with the Thaland Bhore Ghats first struck GeorgeClark, the then chief engineer of theBombay government, during a visit toBhandup in 1843. The first railway ranover a stretch of 21 miles fromBombay to Thane. The formalinauguration ceremony on April 16,1853 saw 14 railway carriages,carrying about 400 guests; leave BoriBunder at 3.30 pm amid loud applauseand to the salute of 21 guns. NEWS DESK

amateurs findmars lander lost 42 years ago

The Mars 3, a Soviet lander, wentmissing back in 1971 after performingthe first soft landing on Mars. It operatedfor 15 seconds, failed, and eventuallycame to rest ... somewhere. The exactlocation was unknown, thanks to radiocommunications that were disabled,possibly thanks to a dust storm. But ateam of amateur researchers may havefound the lander, Scientific Americanreports. They studied images fromNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,taken in 2007, and spotted somethingthat could be the Mars 3—plus objectsthat could be its descent module, heatshield, and the parachute, all nearby andin the expected landing area insidePtolemaeus Crater. Another photo of thesame area on the Red Planet's surface,taken by the NASA orbiter in March,backs up the Russian team's case, butthey'll continue studying the pictures toconfirm the finding. NEWS DESK

litographs: the pictures thatpaint 75,000 words

Whatsapp has 'moreusers than twitter'

Smartphone messaging app WhatsApphas more users than Twitter, claims itsboss. Jan Koum says the companyprocesses 8bn inbound and 12bnoutbound messages every day. He didnot reveal exactly how many activeusers the service has, but Twitterofficially quotes 200 million per month.Speaking at the Dive Into Mobileconference in New York, Mr Koum saidhe had no plans yet to cash in on itssizable user base through traditionalmeans. "We do have a manifestoopposing advertising," said theWhatsApp CEO. "We're proud of that.Who likes advertising? "We're sobombarded with ads so much in ourdaily lives and we felt that smartphonesaren’t the place for that ... You don’twant to be interrupted by ads whenyou’re chatting with your loved ones."The app, which allows smartphone usersto send free texts, pictures and videos,currently charges 69p per year in theUK and 99 cents in the US. NEWS DESK

toyota’s hybrid vehiclesales pass 5 million

your heart, Lungs May Be aBLe to sMeLLWhile your nose sniffs that fresh

espresso, your heart could well be

enjoying it, too. Researchers find that

the heart, lungs, and even the blood

may be capable of smelling, LiveScience

reports. The nose has olfactory

receptors to pick up on chemical

compounds traveling through the air,

and it appears that those receptors are

found elsewhere in the body. It's

already known that sperm have odor

receptors, possibly to help find the egg.

"Sensomic" researchers—who

investigate aromas—put blood cells in a

divided chamber; the other side

contained a smell compound. The cells

traveled toward the odor. But exactly

what was going on remains a topic for

further research. "Does this mean that,

for instance, the heart 'smells' the

steak you just ate? We don't know the

answer to that question," says a

scientist. NEWS DESK

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LAHORESTAFF REPORT

SALMAN Butt andMohammad Asif have losttheir appeals to the Court ofArbitration for Sport over

bans handed down for spot-fixing. TheInternational Cricket Council bannedButt for 10 years, with five suspended,and Asif for seven years, with twosuspended, for their role in the spot-fixing scandal that also involvedteam-mate Mohammad Amir.

The 28-year-old Butt was named asthe orchestrator of a plot to bowldeliberate no-balls in the Lord's Testagainst England in 2010, with Asif andAmir the men who delivered them.

Lawyers for Butt say the Court ofArbitration for Sport has dismissed hisappeal to get the ban overturned.

A statement released by FaraniJavid Taylor Solicitors says they “willcontinue to explore other avenues toappeal Mr. Butt's case to help himresume his professional cricket careerimmediately.”

Amer Rahman, who representedButt during his appeal, said Butt is“bitterly disappointed” with thedecision.

A Court of Arbitration for Sportstatement read: "The Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS) has

dismissed the appeals filed by thePakistani cricket players MohammadAsif and Salman Butt against thedecisions taken by the InternationalCricket Council Tribunal on 5 February2011 in which Mr Asif received sevenyears ineligibility (two suspended) andMr Butt ten years (five suspended)following an investigation into spot-fixing in relation to "no balls" bowledduring a Test Match played in Londonin 2010."

A statement said: "The CAS Panelfound that there was no evidenceadvanced by Mr Asif which clearlyexculpated him and that hissubmissions did not break the chain ofcircumstantial evidence or in any wayundermine the reasoning contained in

the ICC's Tribunal's decision."In regard to Butt, the CAS statement

said: "The CAS panel was notpersuaded that the sanction imposed bythe ICC Tribunal was disproportionate,nor that any of the mitigating factorsadvanced by Mr Butt qualified asexceptional circumstances."

Several news agencies, includingSky Sports and the BBC, quoted apress release issued by Butt's lawyersas saying he was "bitterlydisappointed" with the CAS decisionbut would continue to fight to clear hisname.

Butt, Asif and Mohammad Amirhad been found guilty at SouthwarkCrown Court in November 2011, oncharges of conspiracy to cheat and

conspiracy to accept corrupt paymentsover deliberate no-balls bowled duringthe Lord's Test between Pakistan andEngland in August 2010.

Amir, the third player to be caughtin the News of the World sting, decidednot to appeal against the five-year ICCban against him.

The ban does not permit the playersto take part in any official match -international, domestic or club - untilat least September 2015.

All three players served time. Buttserved seven months of a 30-monthprison sentence, Asif was releasedfrom Canterbury Prison in Kent onJune 3 2012 after he served half of ayear-long sentence while Amir spentthree months in a young offenders'institution after admitting his charge ata pre-trial hearing.

LAHORE STAFF REPORT

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman ZakaAshraf has presented a copy of the PCBconstitution to the President of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC), AlanIsaac, in Dubai during the ICC Boardmeeting.

The said constitution has repealed the2007 PCB constitution; is compliant withthe ICC’s charter document; conforms tothe requirement of ICC with regard toIndependence of the Boards andprevention of undue interference bygovernments in cricket administration inmember countries.

On the occasion, Zaka said: “It hasbeen a long, consultative and thoughtfulexercise, and included input fromstakeholders including ICC. I amdelighted that in the end, we have beensuccessful in delivering a constitution thatis in compliance with the ICC’srequirement and will be beneficial forcricket in Pakistan in the long run.”

“The completion of his extremelyimportant task also reflects ourcommitment as a responsible Member ofthe ICC. PCB will continue to take allnecessary steps which are in the bestinterest of our Great Sport.”

Alan Isaac, President ICC whilecongratulating the PCB said: “I mustcompliment Zaka Ashraf, his team andthe Government of Pakistan for their

efforts in producing a constitutionwhich makes the process of electing itsChairman more democratic and reducesthe risk of inappropriate governmentinterference in line with the ICC’sconstitutional provisions.” A copy of

PCB Constitution was also presented toICC Chief Executive David Richardsonwho discussed the salient features of theConstitution and also appreciated PCB’sefforts. During the said meetings,Chairman PCB was assisted by COO

PCB Subhan Ahmad and Taffazul Rizvi,PCB’s Legal Advisor. The ICC Boardalso welcomed and commended the PCBand Government of Pakistan for thechanges to the Constitution of PakistanCricket Board.

Butt, asif lose ban appealsSPoRTS

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15It might be entertaining for the viewers but I tell you,it's not very enjoyable when you're out there with somuch pressure and only six balls. – AB de Villiers

PCB presents copy of its constitution to ICC

PCB comes upwith new scandalsprevention plan

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

The Pakistan Cricket Board planned to send agroup of secret monitors to keep an eye on itscricketers during their May-June tour toEngland in an effort to stop players fromgetting involved in any scandal. Officialsources said the PCB had devised a strategy toavoid any scandal or controversy during theupcoming tough tour. "The decision came afterseeing the history of our team's tours toEngland. Whenever our team went on tour, theplayers were dragged into some controversyby the media," the sources said. Pakistan willstart their tour to England on May 17 where itwill play two One-day International matcheseach against Scotland and Ireland beforeparticipating in the eight-nation ICCChampions Trophy scheduled to start on June7. The main job of the undercover observerswill be to watch the players' activities insideand outside the hotel and at grounds.According to the sources, the PCB has alsofinalised a list of rules and regulations for thetour and all the players will have to sign on aspecific agreement. Under the agreement, astrict observation will be on the usage of phoneand Internet by the players during their officialstay in England. Players will not be allowed tomove freely in public and participate indinners or parties. But the tour managementcommittee will make arrangements for theteam's collective tours for shopping andrecreation. During Pakistani team's last tour toEngland in 2010, three top players were foundinvolved in a spot-fixing corruption scandal.

Battle isnot lost yet:asif's lawyerMUMBAI: Mohammad Asif andSalman Butt have lost their appealsagainst the ICC suspension, but thePakistani bowler has not lost thebattle yet, according to his lawyer,Ravi Sukul. Speaking exclusivelyfrom Ahmedabad, where theGuyana-based lawyer has come torepresent some other case in India,said, "I am very disappointed withthe CAS outcome, but strongly feelthat everything is not lost yet forAsif". "Asif can still appeal againstthe CAS judgement in Federal Courtof Switzerland. I have not spokento Asif on this, but am expectinghim to speak to me tonight anddiscuss on this subject. He alwaysseeks my advice and has few daystime to appeal at Swiss Court", headded. Barrister Ravi Sukul and hiswife, Savita Sukul provided legalrepresentation to Mohammed Asifat CAS. "While punishing Asif, theICC clearly violated and beachedthe Article 6 law on Human Rights"."I argued at the CAS that ICC'sprocedure was flawed. The ICCdecided to hold proceedings evenbefore a criminal trial took place inthe UK". BIPIN DANI

SPORTS DESK: Salman Butt, the former Pakistancaptain, has accepted that he will now have to serve therest of his ICC ban after his appeal to the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS) was rejected although heremains determined to resume his career in little morethan two years. "I have already served two years andeight months and after another two years and fourmonths and I can still play," Butt told reporters at ModelTown Green Ground in Lahore, the place where he startedplaying cricket. Wearing a black polo shirt and blue jeans,he looked far more confident than in his previous publicappearance when he returned home after serving sevenmonths in prison. "I want to play cricket and getting theappeal was the only hope," he said. "I wasn't more than50 percent sure that the decision would come in myfavour, but still there was a hope that I would be able toreduce my ban but now there is no way other thancompleting rest of my ban." Butt was given a 10-year banfor his part in the 2010 spot-fixing controversy, five yearsof which were suspended on condition that, throughoutthat period, he commits no further breach of the ICC codeand that he participates, under the auspices of the

Pakistan Cricket Board, in a programme of anti-corruptioneducation. However, while Butt "accepted the ban" he todiscuss any wrongdoing and shunned away any questionsabout admitted his part in spot-fixing. "I am here to talkabout rejected appeal and not the case," he insisted. "Ourstance which was on day one, is the currently the same."It is understandable that if during the first five years ofthe ban Butt doesn't take part in any educationalprogramme the suspended five years will come into effect.Suspension can be waved only on the condition if he takespart in a PCB anti-corruption education programme."What I know from my lawyer is that only five years outthe ten are effective and I have already spent half of it,"Butt said.He then cited the age of current Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq as a sign that he will have a chance to resume hiscareer. "In the remaining time I want to work hard," headded. "Obviously it's a struggling time but it's alwaysgreat to rise after fighting with tough times. The captainof the Pakistan team is 39 years old...I will be 30 when Iserve the ban in two years time so I don't find any reasonnot to play cricket."

Butt still aims to play again

officiAl sources sAyThe Pcb hAd devised AsTrATegy To Avoid AnyscAndAl or conTroversy

DUBAI: Zaka Ashraf, presenting a copy of the PCB constitution to ICC Chief Executive David Richardson in Dubai during

the ICC Board meeting. Also seen in the picture is PCB COO Subhan Ahmad and PCB’s Legal Advisor Taffazul Rizvi.

ICC welcomesCaS decision

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

The International Cricket Council haswelcomed the decision of the Court ofArbitration for Sport that rejected the appealagainst the 10-year ban file by former Pakistancaptain Salman Butt and seven-year ban byMohamamd Asif. ICC Chief Executive DavidRichardson following the decision of the Courtof Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that rejectedappeals by Salman Butt and Mohammad Asifagainst the decisions of the independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal, which had been imposedunder the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code inFebruary 2011, said: “The ICC notes andwelcomes the decisions of the CAS as theyvindicate and confirm the processes andprocedures followed by the ICC over the pastcouple of years in respect of this important,sensitive and high-profile matter. “Thedecisions strengthen our resolve to alwaysremain vigilant and keep the game clean at allcost, whilst continuing to educate the playersabout the threats and ways to combat thechallenges faced by our sport.” Butt’s appealwas limited to challenging the sanction only,whilst Asif challenged both liability andsanction. In both cases, the appeals weredismissed in their entirety. The ICC will nowreview the detailed judgement before makingany further comments. The independent anti-corruption tribunal, chaired by Michael Beloff,QC, had found Salman Butt, Amir and Asifguilty of charges relating to spot-fixing at theLord’s Test match between England andPakistan in August 2010. In addition, SalmanButt was also found guilty of breaching theICC Anti-Corruption Code by failing to reportan approach made to him by Mazhar Majeedto engage in corrupt activity during The OvalTest match earlier in the same month.

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PRESIDENT Pakistan OlympicAssociation, Lt Gen retd ,SyedArif Hasanhas said that theInternational Olympic

Committee has taken serious view of theformation of a provincial OlympicCommittee by the so-called interimcommittee of the POA. ‘This matter is in theknowledge of IOC which will also discussit in its meeting next month in Switzerland’,he told newsmen here on Wednesday at theclosing ceremony of the national womencycling championship.

POA Chief sounded very confidentwhen asked that the recent decisions of theinterim committee to disrupt the smoothworking of POA , saying they are illegalsteps which are in clear violation ofOlympic charter and can draw an action ofthe IOC. ‘Our so far positive efforts haveaverted any disciplinary action orsuspension by the IOC as we are trying toresolve the issue with mutual understanding

through dialogue with those who are aimingto cause confusion with their time to timeannouncements and actions,’ he added.

‘Our doors are open to everyone but wewill not tolerate any illegal action orformation of parallel provincial Olympicassociation as recently announced in Sindh,’said Gen Arif. He said IOC is hand in handwith POA on every affair pertaining to POAwhich is up-dating the world body on everyissue arising in Pakistan sports. To aquestion the POA President made it clearthat the interim committee has no legalauthority or a mandate to send teams abroadas announced by it few days ago that itwould be sending Pak contingent to IslamicGames Indonesia.

‘First of all the Interim committeeis not aware that these games havebeen postponed and its fresh dateswill be announced in due course oftime, secondly no country is going toaccept or to allow the participation ofa illegal contingent which is notapproved by the POA,’ he added. Hedisclosed that the POA has

finalised the strength Pak contingent for theIslamic Games and theaccreditation process of playersand officials have beencompleted. He termed therecent decisions of theinterim committee as ‘pressure tactics ‘to causeconfusion and to keeppressure under POAwhich was not bothered bysuch methods. Answeringquestion, he said, theannouncement ofholding the

national games by the interim committee inIslamabad in June is another illegal

step to harm the interest of sportsin Pakistan. ‘National Games

were held in Lahore earlier thisyear and POA does notrecognize the holding of these‘bogus games’, Gen Arif said.He said the dispute in the

cycling federation will soon beresolved as the POA was in

touch with international cyclingfederation on this issue

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IOC takInG SERIOuS VIEWOF PaRallEl POa: GEn aRIF

"I will ensure that we will give much needed foreign exposure

to our cricketers by arranging for more 'A' and Under-19

tours. – SLC's new president Jayantha Dharmadasa

HARAREAGENCIES

Zimbabwe had their backs to the wall forthe first half of the day, only for theircaptain Brendan Taylor to lead a fightbackwith his third Test century. It was animpressive knock from Taylor and, giventhe circumstances leading up to the match,his unbeaten 105 may be one of the bestknocks by a Zimbabwean batsman in recenttimes. The home side ended the first day on217 for 4, a significantly better positionthan seemed possible at one stage. Taylor'sinnings meant Bangladesh remainedfrustrated as they floundered an opportunityto take command. However, the fourwickets would give the visitors hope of abetter second day, with the knowledge thatZimbabwe have few experienced batsmenin their line-up.

Taylor's positive attitude should rub offon his team-mates, especially the other free-flowing batsmen. He began his innings witha lofted six off Enamul Haque jnr, andcontinued to dominate Bangladesh's mostused spinner on the day. He swept Enamulwith comfort and drove him, regardless ofa deep fielder's position down the ground.

Against the pace bowlers, Taylor wassteadfast and batted them out withouttaking too many risks. He left deliveriesthat were close to the offstump, especiallythose that didn't let him free his arms. Hedrove well against the seamers, too, butwaited for scoring opportunities on the leg-side, as the Bangladesh bowlers lost some

of their energy in the second and thirdsessions.

Taylor reached his century off exactly200 balls, with one of his signature shots,flaying the ball through cover off the frontfoot. He remained unbeaten on 105 off 211balls at stumps, with Elton Chigumbura atthe other end on 6. Taylor survived adropped catch off Enamul on 35, whenShahriar Nafees couldn't hold on to a toughchance at long-on. It was Taylor's onlylapse of concentration and it was perhaps

the costliest of the three dropped catches onthe day. Nafees had earlier dropped asimple chance off Timycen Maruma's edgein the first over, and Mohammad Ashrafulhad dropped Malcolm Waller when thebatsman was on 22. Waller went on to scorehis second half-century in Test cricket. His55 came off 138 balls with just threeboundaries, as he focused on pickingsingles and pushing up the run-rate duringhis fourth-wicket partnership with Taylor.The pair added 127 at 2.97 runs per over

and, for the 40-odd overs they were at thecrease, Zimbabwe were a different battingside. Bangladesh had their moments in thefirst session when Robiul Islam, their bestbowler on the day, removed Maruma andVusi Sibanda within the first 15 overs.Maruma, a middle-order batsman and oneof three debutants for Zimbabwe in thisTest, batted cautiously and left most of thedeliveries he faced. Sibanda, the moreaggressive of the pair, hit one boundary andmissed many deliveries before his middle-stump was uprooted by a Robiul yorker.

Maruma fell lbw to the same bowler afew overs later and, as Rubel and Robiulcontinued to bowl tightly, Zimbabwelooked in big trouble.

Bangladesh, however, squandered theirchances at taking control. Masakadza andTaylor added a slow 43 for the third wicketand the Masakadza wicket should havehanded Bangladesh enough momentum.They had to wait almost three hours fortheir next breakthrough, when Waller fell toRubel, two overs after the second new ballwas taken. Chigumbura, playing in his firstTest since 2011, was bowled by Rubel, butthe third umpire decided that Rubel hadoverstepped the line.

Mushfiqur Rahim hardly used SohagGazi, continuing with Enamul throughoutthe second session, and after tea as well.Another folly was the lack of an aggressivefield when Robiul was bowling. There werealso some close leg-before shouts, but onecould say that Bangladesh made moremistakes than the home side.

Taylor’s ton leads Zimbabwe fightback

ItF to hearPakistan DavisCup appealLAHORE: The International TennisFederation (ITF) has agreed to hearan appeal by Pakistan against theawarding of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 11 tie to NewZealand, the Pakistan TennisFederation said on Tuesday. "It is amajor breakthrough for us after wegot confirmation from the ITF theywill be hearing our appeal against thereferee's decision," PTF secretaryMumtaz Yousuf told Reuters. Pakistanwere disqualified from this month'sDavis Cup tie against New Zealandplayed in Yangon, Myanmar after SriLankan referee Ashita Ajigala ruledthat the grass court had becomeunplayable and dangerous. The tiewas played in Myanmar after NewZealand refused to visit Pakistan dueto security concerns. Pakistaniplayers had officials stronglyprotested against the decision toaward the tie to New Zealand. "Wethink that the ITF's decision toconsider our appeal shows howseriously we are taking this matterand how seriously the ITF views ourreservations on the referee'sdecision," Yousuf said. The appeal willbe heard by the ITF's Board ofDirectors next month. STAFF REPORT

MOHALIAGENCIES

Azhar Mahmood’s figures of 3-21proved crucial as the Kings XI Punjabnarrowly beat the Kolkata KnightRiders by four runs in their Pepsi IPLclash at the Punjab Cricket AssociationStadium in Mohali on Tuesday.

An 18-ball blitz of 42 fromManpreet Gony had earlier steered thehosts to a score of 157 for nine, despitea 15th over hat-trick from Sunil Narine(4-0-33-3). However, the men fromKolkata appeared on course for victoryas a 71-ball third-wicket partnership of105 between Gautam Gambhir (60) andEoin Morgan (47) had left their teamneeding just 52 runs from 42 ballls.

But the final twist came as aprocession of wickets turned the gamein favour of the home side, and the

Kings XI attack, led by Mahmood,restricted the Knight Riders to just 153for nine. Both teams now have fourpoints to their credit on the table,although Punjab move above Kolkatainto fifth spot by virtue of their superiornet run-rate. Having been sent in to batfirst by the visitors, the opening duo ofAdam Gilchrist (7) and Mandeep Singh(41) took 14 runs from the third overbefore the out-of-form Gilchrist wastrapped in front by SachithraSenanayake (4-0-28-2) in the fourthover with the score on 24.

The pair of Singh and MananVohra (17) consolidated things for thehome side, with the former easing thescore past 50 in the eighth over as hedrilled a full toss past bowler RajatBhatia (4-0-30-0) to the boundary.However, Vohra’s hand came to an endan over later as he skied one back to L

Balaji (4-0-39-1), and when Singh’sfaint edge from the bowling of JacquesKallis (4-0-24-3) was snared bywicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla at thestart of the 11th over, Punjab werestruggling at 70 for three.

David Miller (20) and DavidHussey (12) played positively in theovers that followed, and took the scoreto 99 midway through the 15th over.However, it proved to be the pre-cursorto the Narine show. Hussey was first togo, as the keeper held on to a sharp top-edged cut. Mahmood’s leading edgethen lobbed straight back to the gleefulWest Indian the following ball to leavethe crowd in a stunned silence. And,with the tension building, Narinedelivered the first hat-trick of IPL sixas his carrom ball dislodged the offstump of Gurkeerat Singh. The loss ofMiller the following over left the

innings in tatters at 109 for seven, butsome late impetus came from anunlikely source. Gony blasted a fourand a six off the 18th over from Balaji,before two sixes and two fours offNarine in the penultimate overcatapulted the total to 150. Theexperienced Kallis pegged things backat the end with a double-strike,including the wicket of Gony, but thehosts had reached a competitive totalby that stage. KINGS XI PUNJAB: AC Gilchrist(capt & wk), Mandeep Singh, DJHussey, DA Miller, Azhar Mahmood, MVohra, Gurkeerat Singh, PP Chawla, PKumar, MS Gony, P AwanaKOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: MSBisla (wk), G Gambhir (capt), JHKallis, YK Pathan, MK Tiwary, EJGMorgan, R Bhatia, DB Das, SMSMSenanayake, SP Narine, L Balaji.

Punjab seal thrilling victory

ICC allocates$422,000 forafghanistanLAHORE: With an aim to develop morecompetitive teams among its full, associate/affiliate members, the International CricketCouncil (ICC) has allocated $422,000 forthe Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) fromthe its Targeted Assistance and PerformanceProgramme (TAPP). It was decided duringthe second of the four board meetings ofthe ICC and IDI (ICC DevelopmentInternational, the commercial arm of thecricket’s governing body) held here on April16 and 17. “The ICC introduced a TAPP fundof $12 million in January 2012 to helpdevelop more competitive teams at thehighest level by targeting the lower rankedfull members and higher ranked associate/affiliate members for assistance,” the ICCsaid in a statement. “The Board hadpreviously received applications and gaveawards to Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland,Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (theNetherlands), NZC, WICB and ZimbabweCricket.” The statement added that thisfunding for the ACB is for the developmentof the National Cricket Academy in Kabuland is subject to the fulfilment of certainconditions. During the two-day meeting, theICC also received an update on anti-corruption matters from Y.P. Singh, ICC’sHead of ACSU, including an overview of theACSU workshop that took place here onMarch 22 involving personnel from the ACUsof the ICC and member boards. STAFF REPORT

ZIMBABWE 1st innings

T Marumalbw b Robiul Islam 10

V Sibanda b Robiul Islam 5

H Masakadza c Mahmudullah b Enamul Haque jnr 25

BRM Taylor* not out 105

MN Waller b Rubel Hossain 55

E Chigumbura not out 6

Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 5) 11

Total 217

FALL OF WICKETS 1-10 (Sibanda, 8.1 ov), 2-22 (Maruma, 14.4

ov), 3-65 (H Masakadza, 39.2 ov), 4-192 (Waller, 81.6 ov)

BOWLING: Robiul Islam 24-6-56-2, Rubel Hossain 20-6-42-1,

Nasir Hossain 5-2-3-0, Enamul Haque jnr 29-3-76-1, Sohag

Gazi 11-0-33-0, Mahmudullah 1-0-3-0

BANGLADESH team

Jahurul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Ashraful,

Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir

Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Enamul Haque jnr, Rubel Hossain, Robiul

Islam

Match details

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to field

Test debuts T Maruma, KO Meth and R Mutumbami

(Zimbabwe)

Player of the match tba

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and AL Hill (New

Zealand)

TV umpire TJ Matibiri

Match referee BC Broad (England)

Reserve umpire O Chirombe

SCOREBOARD

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ANIT-DOPING SEMINAR

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Boardwill hold National Anti-Doping Seminarat Medical Centre Pakistan SportsBoard, Islamabad on Thursday. Theseminar will be held at 9.00 am to03.00 pm and would raiseawareness, about harmful effects ofdoping in sports and to educate thesports persons about Anti-Dopingrules. Delegates from different sportsfederations and departments andathletes would attend this seminar.Resource persons will deliver lectureson different aspects of doping insports.ZAFAR MEMORIAL CRICKET CLUB

WIN: Zafar Memorial Cricket Clubbeat Shah Sports by 30 runs here atthe Railway Allama Iqbal institutecricket ground. Zafar Memorial Club batting first261/9 after 35 overs. Hassan Munir75, Arslan Butt 72, Usman Liaqat 52,Hafiz Mashood 35 & Ayaz Kausar 25runs. Shah Sports bowlingMuhammad Afzaal 3/34, MuhammadRafi 2/40 & Asghar Ali 2/35 wickets.In reply Shah Sports 231 all out after33 overs. Muhammad Babar 37,Zaeem 26 & Abu Bakkar 70 runs notout. Zafar Memorial bowling UsmanLiaqat 3/35, Talha Moazzam 3/40,Hafiz Mashood 2/30 & Ayaz Kausar2/35 wickets. Usman Liaqat declaredman of the match.NIT CLUB DEFEAT KDA IN

A FRIENDLY MATCH

KARACHI: NIT club beat KDA officerscricket club by 51 runs in a friendly T-20 match played recently at KCCAStadium Karachi. NIT scored 200 runswith the loss of 3 wickets in allottedovers. Ibrahim and Matiuddin Siddiquiremained highest scorer with 78 and49 runs respectively. In reply, KDAofficers could score only 149 runs for7 wickets loss. Ghafoor took 2wickets. Wazir Ali Khoja, MD NIT hassent a message of felicitation to theNIT team captain on this victory. MDNIT has hoped that the team willperform again in CDC/NIT T-20 crickettournament to be commence in thelast week of April-2013. STAFF REPORT

MUGHALPURA SPORTS ADVANCE

LAHORE: Mughalpura Sports hasadvanced into the next round of 28thM Yaseen Akhter Memorial cricketevent when they beat Kashmir Crownclub by 4 wickets played at KashmirCrown ground Shahdra the otehr day. SCORES: Kashmir Crown Club 124.Ayaz Tanvir 25, Naeem 30, YAqoob 16,Imran 13. Ali Haider 4/12, M Ahmed3/21, Ali Raza 1/28, Ahmed Junior 1/26.Mughalpura Sports 126/6. Jamshaid 20,Shehryar 26, Shehzad 14, Ali HAider27(no), NAeem 17(no). Ansar 2/28,Tariq 2/25, Adil 1/31, Awais 1/24. MUSLIM GYM DOWN CRESCENT

CLUB: Muslim Gym has moved intothe next round of 28th M YaseenAkhter Memorial cricket event whenthey outplay Crescent Club by 14 runsplayed at Kashmir crown groundShahdra the other day. SCORES: Muslim Gym 129 all out.Junaid Jaan 53, Farhan Zanar 30, AdilSardar 10. Umer Farooq 2/18, ZaheerKhan 2/27, Zahid 1/24, Arslan Butt1/32, Ameer Ali 1/26. Crescent Club115/9 in 20 overs. Ameer Ali 31,Akhtar Shah 22, Imrahim Khan 12,Atif 10. Junaid Jann 5/16, Noman1/17, Waqas Aslam 1/16. RISING STAR MARCH TO

QUARTERS: Rising Star has marchedinto the quarter final of 28th MYaseen Akhter Memorial cricket eventwhen they outplay Pindi Gym by 36runs played at Township AlbilalGround on Wednesday. SCORES: Rising Star 193/5 in 20 overs.Aamir Butt 102(no), Abdul Muqeed 34,Yasir Ali 18, Taimoor Talib 13. Shahid2/38, Imtiaz 1/35, Sajad 1/24. PindiGym 157 all out in 16.5 overs. Imtiaz45, NAdeem 31, Tariq 22, Asad 19,Umer 15(no). Abdul Muqeed 4/15,Ghulam Shabir 2/39, Naseem ullah1/33, Sajad Butt 1/20, Yasir Ali 1/24. 22ND NATIONAL KARATE FROM

MAY 3: The Pakistan KarateFederation is organizing the 22ndNational Karate Championship on May3-5 at Crescent Sports Complex,Faisalabad. Teams from all theaffiliated units of Pakistan KarateFederation including WAPDA, Army,Railways, Police, Punjab, KhyberPakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Sindh,Islamabad and FATA are participatingin the championship. Thechampionship will be held in IndividualKumite, in 50, 55, 60, 67, 75, 84 andabove 84 kgs in senior category.Besides, competitions will also be heldin Team Kumite, Individual Kata, TeamKata and similarly in Juniors (Under16), the competitions will be held inIndividual Kumite in 48, 52, 57, 63 kgweights, and Individual Kata. The PKFhas also announced the OrganizingCommittee for holding theChampionship in a befitting manner.Organizing Committee consists ofRana Abdul Jabbar Khan (Chairman),(Chief Executive Officer FESCO). Al-Hessam-ul-Haq Organizing Secretary(Secretary Faisalabad KarateAssociation), * Mr. Khalid Rashid ChiefCoordinator (Chief Engineer (Ops)FESCO). STAFF REPORT

SPoRTSS

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17David's got some unfinished business with Thompson. I

believe that David was caught by a lucky shot and anyone

can go down with those types of shots. – Dereck Chisora

BANGALOREAGENCIES

The Dehli Daredevils collapsed under thepressure of the super over after fighting theirway back into a game which swungdramatically against the Royal Challengersat Bangalore on Tuesday night. They hadmanaged to defend their mediocre total of152 thanks to a spectacular collapse by thehome team, but in the super over they losttwo wickets for 11 runs, chasing a target of16, based on two pulled sixes by AB deVilliers off Umesh yadav.

David Warner pulled straight into thehands of Chris Gayle at backward point offthe first ball from Ravi Rampaul, and whileIrfan Pathan made an effort with a four andsix, Ben Rohrer was bowled off the last ball.It had all seemed so easy when RoyalChallengers captain Virat Kohli and De

Villiers enjoyed a superb partnership of 103off 75 balls when chasing the Daredevils’target. Then, at 129 for two, De Villierschanced his legs once too often and was run

out by a direct throw from Morne Morkel atmid-off for 39 off 32 balls. Just 22 ballslater, the Royal Challengers were sevendown for 138 with eight balls to go andKohli out to a poor shot to Jayawardene atextra cover. Kohli had blasted his way to 65off 50 with seven fours and a six.

Despite a six from Rampaul, the RoyalChallengers could not pierce the field and ascrambled bye off the last ball gave them achance with a super over. It was the RoyalChallengers' fourth win in six games, puttingthem top of the log, while the Daredevils arein crisis with five straight defeats this season.Defending a target off 153 at a run rate of7.65, the Daredevils' hopes were lifted whenyoung stand-in opener Lokesh Rahul fellearly and the formidable Chris Gayle thick-edged a cut to yadav at third man, leaving thehome team at 43 for two. Earlier, when Gaylepushed a single off Nehra’s first ball, he

brought up his 5 000th T20 run and his 2000th in the IPL. That brought Kohli and DeVilliers together and the drama began. TheDaredevils had earlier squandered a greatstart by Virender Sehwag and Warner whoposted a healthy 43 after five overs. Then, onthe last ball of the power play, Warner, on 15off 13 balls, slapped a delivery straight backto Vinay Kumar and two balls later Sehwagchipped a soft catch to Kohli at mid-on. Outfor 25 off 23 and all the good work undone.ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

CH Gayle, KL Rahul, V Kohli (capt), AB deVilliers, AB McDonald, KB Arun Karthik(wk), R Vinay Kumar, R Rampaul, RPSingh, JD Unadkat, J Syed MohammadDELHI DAREDEVILS: V Sehwag, DAWarner, DPMD Jayawardene (capt), MCJuneja, BJ Rohrer, KM Jadhav (wk), IKPathan, M Morkel, S Nadeem, A Nehra,UT Yadav.

RCB sneak home after dramatic collapse

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

Under the 'Ufone-PCB king of speed',program the trials of fast bowlers for theround-1 held in Abbottabad and Quettahere on Wednesday. These trials are partof the MoU signed between Ufone andPCB earlier this month to hunt and trainthe best raw talent in fast bowling.

Ameer Hamza and Usman Khanwere the lucky ones, who got selectedafter the trials in Abbottabad with topspeed of 134km/h and 131km/h. M.Ismailand Saizullah selected from Quetta withthe top speed of 134 km/h and 132km/h.

After the selection in round-1, theyhave qualified for the 2nd round of trials,which is scheduled to be held on Sunday21, 2013 in National Stadium, Karachiand Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Trials forround-1 for the rest cities are scheduledon 18th April in AJK (Mirpur) and finally

on April 20th in Lahore. A total of 20selected fast bowlers from the round-1will join the round-2 of trial. The Ufone-PCB ‘King of Speed’ trials for emergingyoung fast bowlers have been completed

so far in 6 cities including Multan,Faisalabad, Garhi Khuda Baksh,Islamabad, Karachi and Peshawar and atotal of 12 bowlers with 2 from each cityhave been qualified from these cities forthe 2nd round of trials.

After the completion of both rounds,the three selected players (via wild card)will join Wasim Akram along with otherbowlers from the Pakistan National teamin the camp to be hosted in Karachi.

Trial camps are being set up in 10cities from across Pakistan over 5-7 daysand any bowler with a bowling speed of145 kmph or more will be selected. Toreward upcoming talent participating inthe camp, there will be a grand prize ofRs. One Million for the bowler whoachieves the bowling speed of above 145kmph. In case of multiple participantsachieving this speed, the winner will beselected through another round or amountto be equally shared.

King of Speed trialsreach Abbottabad, Quetta

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london marathon chiefissues call for supportLONDON: London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel hascalled on the population of the capital to show their supportfor the event in the wake of the bombing in Boston.Organisers have reviewed security measures in light of theBoston attack that left three people dead and 150 injured -and Bitel expressed confidence that safety can be assured forrunners and spectators. A period of silence will be held beforethe start of the London Marathon to pay tribute to those killedand injured in Boston, and organisers are also encouragingrunners to wear black ribbons. A separate campaign has beenlaunched for runners to cross the line with their hands overtheir hearts There have been no withdrawals from the raceand stars taking part include Mo Farah, who is running halfthe distance to prepare for the full distance next year. Bitelsaid: "We have now completed that review and I am pleasedto say that as a result the race and all the events around therace will go ahead. "Obviously in the light of what hashappened in Boston we have had to look at security and wehave a detailed and well-thought out plan with theMetropolitan Police. "But when you see something of thenature of what has happened in Boston you have to takeaccount of it and say is there more you can do. AGENCIES

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Punjab clinchInter-provincialu-14 SwimmingtitleLAHORE: The Punjab provinceswimmers clinched the PakistanSports Board Inter-provincial Under-14 Swimming Championship titleafter it secure 211 points atIslamabad on Wednesday.The championship which was held atIslamabad Sports Complex poolfrom April 15 to 17 saw Punjabswimmers create another fournational records in 50 metresfreestyle, 50 metres back strokeand 50 metres butterfly.Punjab’s Mohammad Rizwan aftergaining 100 points alone wasdeclared the best and fastestswimmer of the championship. Forhis achievement Rizwan alsopocketed Rs 10,000 from chiefguest Commissioner IslamabadTariq Perzada. Punjab which created three nationalrecords on the opening day,established another four throughMohammad Rizwan and MohammadHamza.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 96 pointswas placed second while Islamabadwith 64 points was third.Balochistan 28 and FATA two werefourth and fifth in the championship.On the day five events were heldand in all of them Punjab swimmerswon gold medals.In 50 metres freestyle, Rizwan set anew record with a timing of 31.62seconds and was followed byMohammad Hamza of Punjab andHussaid Ahmed of KPK.In 100 metres freestyle, Rizwan wonanother gold medal for Punjab whileHamza got silver and Hussaidbronze.In 50 metres backstroke, Hamza seta new mark of 41.65 seconds to getgold whgile Abdur Rehman also ofPunjab was second and Ali Abbas ofBalochistan was third.In 50 metres butterfly, Rizwan wonhis third gold medal by setting anew record of 36.19 seconds. AzamKhurshid of Islamabad and FarhanShahid of KPK were second andthird in the category. Earlier, Punjabwon gold medals in 200 metresfreestyle, 100 metres breaststroke,100 metres backstroke and 100mertes butterfly. STAFF REPORT

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18I haven't competed at the London Diamond League since

2009 but it has always been a great meet with lots of Jamaican

support - it almost feels like running at home. – Usain Bolt

wAtCh It LIve

LONDONAGENCIES

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger maintainshis side have what it takes to finish in thetop four after being held to a goalless drawby Everton. The Gunners had won fourleague games in succession to move aboveboth Tottenham and Chelsea in the race forChampions League qualification.

However, despite plenty of endeavour,Wenger's men were unable to breakdown adetermined Everton, who utilised all theirphysical qualities if not collecting the winthey probably needed to harbour any realhopes of getting into the top four.

Arsenal's best chances fell to OlivierGiroud, but the France striker failed to testTim Howard and the hosts had to be content

with a point which sees them move twoclear of their London rivals below them, buthaving played more matches. "We shouldhave won the game, but it still keeps us in astrong position in the race for the top four,"said the Arsenal manager. "We had thechances to score, and that's my regret.Maybe we used power instead of techniquetoo much in our finishing. "My belief wasalways strong and still is. I am confident wewill do it. The best way is to put the sameeffort into the next game."

Wenger also praised Everton forpushing the Gunners all the way in the game."you have to respect the effort Everton putin. They decided to make it very physical forus to disturb our game and sometimes wenta little bit over the edge, but the referee hadto make the right decision.

Wenger rues draw but has faith in top four finish

Samir winscliffhanger

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

Pakistan’s Davis Cupper and future hopeSamir Iftikhar (UNM) fought back first setdeficit and made a huge comeback toovercome Victor Ouvrard (NEV) 1-6, 6-4,6-4 as University of New Mexico Loboswere able to edge past University of LasVegas Wolf Pack with close score of 4-3on their home courts. According to report received here, thematch started off with doubles withNevada earning wins at numbers one (9-8)and two (8-4) to get the doubles point butUNM fought back by winning first 3singles with 2 matches going to full threesets. UNM will now travel to San Diego,California to face conference opponent#42 ranked San Diego State on April 14,2013. It is pertinent to mention that 21 year oldSamir of Pakistan WAPDA is currentlyon Tennis and Educational Scholarship inUSA and rose to broke to #103 NCAANational Ranking last month.

PostponedLAHORE

STAFF REPORT

The National Beach NetballChampionship 2013 has been postponedwhich was to be held on April 19 atKarachi due to unavoidablecircumstances. Acording to an official ofthe organizing committee, the saidchampionship will be organized in the lastweek of May at Karachi.

MONTE CARLOAGENCIES

nOVAK Djokovic will behoping his gamble to play inthe Monte Carlo Mastersdoes not leave his claycourt

season going bust after he decided to testhis injured ankle in the glamorousprincipality. Djokovic's participationprovided a boost to the organisers, whonow have three of tennis' Big Four playingin the event, with only Roger Federeropting to stay away from Monaco.

While Djokovic, who badly sprainedhis ankle 10 days ago, eight-timeschampion Rafa Nadal and U.S. Openholder Andy Murray will begin theirseasons on red dirt on Wednesday, JuanMartin Del Potro moved into the thirdround with tricky 1-6 6-4 6-3 win overAlexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday.

The towering Argentine, who had notplayed on clay since last year's FrenchOpen, struggled to find his feet in theopening set as Dolgopolov dictated playand produced some fine dropshots.

As the sun set over the Mediterranean,Del Potro started to play deeper and tookadvantage the Ukrainian's wayward shotsto wrap up the next two sets for victory.

“It was really tough to start playing onclay against him. you always try to playlong rallies to feel the clay, to settle yourplay,” fifth seed Del Potro said.

“He plays fast, he comes to the netoften ... After one hour and a half, I feltbetter,” added the world number six,who had not planned to come to MonteCarlo but was given a wildcard. Frenchnumber one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga alsomade it to the last 16 thanks to anauthoritative 7-6 6-2 victory overNikolay Davydenko. Sixth-seed Tsongatrailed 0-2 in the first set but quicklyregrouped and whipped up the roaring

crowd by charging to victory. Worldnumber nine Gasquet completed asuccessful day for the French favouritesas he showed no ill effects of the ankleinjury that kept him out of the DavisCup quarter-finals and completed a 6-13-6 6-1 win over countryman BenoitPaire. Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic was the

only top-10 player to suffer an early exitwith a 7-6 6-1 defeat by BulgarianGrigor Dimitrov. Nadal will launch hisbid for a ninth consecutive Monte Carlotitle against little-known AustralianMarinko Matosevic, while 2012 runner-up Djokovic faces a tricky outingagainst Russian Mikhail youzhny.

LAHORE: Punjab female riders produced a high quality brandof cycling to win the title of the national cycling championshiphere on Wednesday at cycling velodrome. Punjabgathered 159 for an outstanding performance toremain the all time leaders during the three-dayevent organised by Pakistan Cycling Federation(IdrisHaider Group). President, Pakistan OlympicFederation, Lt Gen retd Syed ArifHasan was thechief guest on the occasion and witnessedthe final day events with keeninterest. Higher EducationCommission got the second placefollowed byWapda. Sindh was atnumber fourth followed byRailways andBalochistan. HEC

riders anticipated greater agility and stamina to win two finalsasWapda took one on the final day.HEC won theone kilometre teams sprint and 100m sprintasWapdawon the elimination race. Following are

the results of the finals: 1KM team sprint, HEC,Gold 1M36S.56P ,Punjab Second Silver, Railways bronze.

100m sprint, Mehwish HEC, Gold, 16S.24Prommna Punjab, Silver, Alvina, Punjabbronze.

Elimination race, Aysha Amin, Wapda, Gold4M26S.69P, Nimra, Punjab, Silver,

Mehwish HEC bronze. Late the chief chiefLt Gen retd Airf Hasangave away theprizes and medals among the notablewinners.Chief Judge of the event was

was Siqqiue Bhatti. STAFF REPORT

Punjab women win national Cycling

novak ready, Del Potroadvances at Monte Carlo

nadal starts against MatosevicMONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal linesup on Wednesday againstAustralian Marinko Matosevic at theMonte Carlo Masters as theSpaniard begins his campaign for arecord ninth straight trophy at theiconic venue. Nadal's opponentMatosevic faces the toughest ask intennis after winning his first matchon clay in almost a year to openTuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 successover Fernando Verdasco. Top seed Novak Djokovic meanwhile informedtournament director Zeljko Franulovic that he would be fit to make his start inthe second round after a bye. Djokovic has been putting in training and testson his injured right ankle over the past few days. He will begin against RussianMikhail Youzhny, who stands a respectable 3-4 in their career series.Wednesday's line-up features Nadal, Djokovic and second seed Andy Murray,whose profile has been the quietest of the major contenders so far. AGENCIES

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