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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Nawabzada ChangezMarri, PML-N nominee for chiefminstership of Balochistan, has saidBalochistan is an integral part ofPakistan and it will always remain apart of the federation.He said this in an interview here.Nawabzada Marri, son of topseparatist leader Nawab KhairBakhsh Marri, is known for hisblatant pleadings for a unitedPakistan and firebrand opposition toseparatist movements going on inthe province of Balochistanincluding those being led by hisfather Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marriand two brothers.Jangayz, 53 has been elected to theBalochistan Assembly as a nomineeof PML-N from his ancestralconstituency of Kohlu, a place thathas been the hub of fighting betweenMarri militants and the securityforces. Balochistan standsdistinguished among all theprovinces for its outrightpronouncement for annexation toPakistan during independencemovement of the country. But certaindisgruntled elements are inflamingthe sentiments of those who arebehind the so called separationmovements. Some excerpts from theinterview are given below.QQuueessttiioonn:: How you foresee the

success or failures of apprehensions

slipping from tongues and findingway to media on the fate ofBalochistan?AAnnsswweerr:: Balochistan is an integralpart of Pakistan and it will alwaysremain a part of the federation.QQuueessttiioonn:: Your allegiance andcommitment to the country isunwavering, unfaltering and beyondany question. God forbid if therevolting sentiments go to certainunbridled extent in the province, wecan perceive what in the prevailingsituation in the province whetherthey will go to overwhelm you indriving you to side with the fumingelements or you will be foundstanding firm behind the patrioticelements?AAnnsswweerr:: For years I have beendefending Pakistan and its interestsagainst all those who are trying tobreak it. I will continue mycampaign of defending this country.QQuueessttiioonn:: You believe what if thedemocratic dispensation is key to allthe problems besetting the countryor an armed struggle is antidote toall evils eating into the social,economic and political fabric of thefederation like termite.AAnnsswweerr:: I believe inparliamentary democracy as ourpolitical and economic issues canonly be solved through thedemocratic process. –ONLINE

WWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN:: TheUnited States has said boththe governments of Pakistanand India will have to opt forcourse of peace now.The US State Departmentspokesperson told the mediahere that the US advises boththe heads of state of Pakistanand India to initiate directdialogue saying newdemocratic government inPakistan can help improverelationship between the twocountries. “We also make itclear that NATO forces pullout from Afghanistan willtake place as per schedule,”the spokesperson stated.The new government inPakistan is going to comeinto being democraticallyand US hopes that situationin Pakistan can improveconsiderably now becauseprospect for change at peoplelevel has been created due towhich stability is poised tocome into the country.US State Departmentadvised the incumbentleadership of Pakistan andIndia to demonstrate utmostrestraint saying “ the wayboth Manmohan Singh andNawaz Sharif talked to eachother in recent days and bothhave given positive vibes, ithas generated hope in USthat both the countries willsucceed in sorting out theirproblems this time. Thespokesperson said US waskeeping a watchful look in theevolving situation in Pakistanand whatever situation willbe there, comments can begiven thereupon, addingthat Obama had held out assurance to Nawaz ofhis whole heartedcooperation. –ONLINE

LLAAHHOORREE:: Chief of Army StaLGen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani andPML-N President Nawaz Sharifhave proximity of views ondeclaring the drone attacks as asheer breach of the country’ssovereignty and said these attacksshould come to a halt forthwith.The army chief held animportant meeting with NawazSharif at the residence of ShahbazSharif here on Saturday. Themeeting took place at thejuncture when Mian NawazSharif is going to assume theoKce of prime minister. Themeeting continued for 4 hours.Both of them exchanged viewsat length on national securitysituation, war on terror and othernational issues. Shahbaz Sharif was also presenton the occasion. The army chiefreached the residence of ShahbazSharif in a private car. Sharifbrothers welcomed him. Themeeting was held at the request ofthe army chief. Both the leadersdined together.The army chief gave briefing toNawaz Sharif on national securitysituation and terrorism.Nawaz Sharif presented hisnational charter to army chief.Both the leaders reiterated theirresolve to sort out problems. Thearmy chief held out assurance of

every possible cooperation toMian Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Shariflauded the role played by army inextending security cooperationfor the May 11 polls.The observers said the meetingis of paramount significance,which would dispel theimpression created by certaincircles on the mistrust betweenthe army and the nextgovernment. The army chief inhis address on Yaum-e-Shuhadahad come down hard on thoseforces who do not consider war onterror as Pakistan’s own war. Hewas of the view how this war wasnot our own at this juncture oftime when our jawans areembracing martyrdom, gettinginjured and becoming crippled.

On the other hand, NawazSharif has been holding thestance that the issue should beresolved by means of dialogue.Certain information has alsocome that the new government isengaged in evolving a securitypolicy on this count under whichthe national stance will bepursued on the matter of war onterror. Sources said both theleaders agreed on declaring droneattacks a blatant violation ofcountry’s sovereignty and placedstress that these strikes should bestopped forthwith.Pentagon in its latest statementhas reiterated resolve to continuedrone strikes and national circlesfrom Pakistan are voicing concernover this statement. –ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The three topcelebrities of Pakistan will quit theiroKces in the current year.According to the law, the presidentof Pakistan Asif Ali zardari wouldcomplete his tenure in September2013 and the upcoming presidentwould be decided by the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)being majority party in the centre.After the victory of the PML-N inMay 11 general elections, the nextgovernment of Pakistan will beformed by the PML-N while the nextexpected premier is Nawaz Sharif.

Army chief General Ashfaq PervaizKayani would retire in November2013. Chief Justice of PakistanIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhrywould retire on December 11 andTasadduq Hussain Gilani would takeoath as the new chief justice of theSupreme Court of Pakistan. These retirements are veryimportant given the fact that thePML-N is all set to form the newgovernment in the country aftergeneral elections, while it is facingmultiple challenges on internal andexternal fronts. –AGENCIES

PPEESSHHAAWWAARR:: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) designateparliamentary leader for KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP) AssemblyPervaiz Khattak has said that“we are ready to give whateverrespect the terrorists want.“We don’t talk ofTalibanisation. We sayterrorism is there in theprovince. It is not known to uswho is behind terrorism.Whosoever are involved interrorism we request themthere should be peace in theprovince. Whatever respectthey want we are ready to givethem. We are ready toreintegrate them into society,”he said this in his exclusiveinterview with BBC hereSaturday.He went on to say that hewanted peace should prevail inthe province and Pakistanshould make progress. “We willwork together with MianNawaz Sharif in federation to

eliminate terrorism from thecountry,” he added. Respondingto a question, he said “we havecome here with the agenda thatpeace is established herethrough dialogue. We are readyto talk to all political forces andconcerned people from tribalareas through jirga or whateverthe other ways are.”About his newly-elected teamhe said, “Youth have stood upfor bringing about change. Theexperienced people gave nodevelopment to the province

and they devastated it andmade it corrupt. These youthswill bring change.”Hinting at new challenges, hesaid there were severalchallenges being faced by them.“Education stands destroyed.Hospitals stand destroyed. Wehave bureaucracy likeunbridled horse. There is rampant corruption.Nothing is ok. It will be myendeavour that a role modelgovernment comes in theprovince,” he held. –ONLINE

LLAAHHOORREE:: The power crisishas worsened in Punjab,leading to 12 hours of load-shedding in urban areas ofthe province. According toLESCO sources, Lahoreregion is facing demand ofover 3000 MW ofelectricity while it is gettingonly 1200 MW. Theshortfall has risen to 1800MW. As a result, Lahore issuLering from one-hourload-shedding after everytwo hours. –ONLINE

LLAAHHOORREE:: InformationMinister Arif Nizami has saidthe caretaker government hasfulfilled its responsibility ofholding elections in atransparent manner andpolitical parties shouldrespect one another'smandate. Addressing a newsconference here on Saturday,he said electoral processshould not be madecontroversial by levelingrigging charges. He said thecaretaker governmentfulfilled its promise of holdingfree and fair elections.He said no major incidentof terrorism took place onpolling day. He said the 60per cent turnout showspositive attitude of thepeople towards democracy.To a question, Nizamihoped the PML-N chiefNawaz Sharif would utilisehis experience to put thecountry on the path toprogress. About theupcoming visit of theChinese prime minister‚ heexpressed the confidencethat it would lead tofurther strengthening ofeconomic and strategiccooperation between thetwo countries. –ONLINE

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Kayani, Nawaz forend to drone strikes

Balochistan integralpart of Pakistan: Marri

Parties told notto make pollscontroversial

JUI-F accepts PML-N o$er to join federal government

Pakistan,India have toopt for peacenow: US

PTI ready to give‘respect’ to terrorists

President, COAS,CJP to retire this year

Electricityshortfall now6,000 MW

PTI promises LB polls in KhyberPakhtunkhwa within 90 daysMMUULLTTAANN:: Pakistan Tehreek Insaf leader Javed Hashmi hassaid that PTI would ensure Local Bodies elections in KhyberPakthunkhwa within 90 days. Addressing district bar Multanhere on Saturday, he said PTI has emerged as a national partyacross the country following the May 11 elections. JavedHashmi said even MQM had to surrender to people’s power,and this was because people did not want Saudi style rule herein Pakistan. –ONLINE

Sherry urges US to stop drone attacksWWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN:: Sherry Rehman, who hasrecently resigned as Pakistan Ambassador tothe US, urged Washington to stop droneattacks as they were damaging its image.Addressing at a farewell ceremony given in herhonour at the Pakistani embassy, She said thattrade should be the basis for the relationsbetween Islamabad and the US. Former CIAchief David Petraeus who also attended the ceremonyapplauded Sherry Rehman’s role in improving ties between thetwo countries. He said Pakistan and US resolved the problemsthrough dialogue. –ONLINE

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has announced itsdecision to join the federal government.The decision was taken during ameeting of the party’s central workingcommittee chaired by Maulana FazlurRehman. The PML-N had oLered theJUI-F to join the federal governmentduring an earlier meeting betweenShahbaz Sharif and Fazl in Islamabad.The committee during its meetingevaluated the oLer of the PML-N anddecided to join the federal governmentto be headed by the Nawaz-led partywhich emerged as the largest party in thehouse. The Fazl-led party is yet to decide

its terms and conditions with the PML-N. The meeting was also attended byAkram Khan Durrani, Maulana AbdulGhafoor Haideri, Maulana Gul Naseeb,Senator Talha Mehmood and otherleaders of the JUI-F.Earlier Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chiefMaulana Fazlur Rahman saidnegotiations with the PML-N onformation of federal and provincialgovernments were under way.He was briefing the media after hismeeting with a PML-N delegationhere on Saturday, led by Raja ZafarulHaq. PML-N’s MNA-elect Dr TariqFazal Chaudhry and KhawajaMuhammad Khan Hoti were alsopresent on the occasion . Fazl said

neither they accept the mandate of thePTI nor any contact was made withthem. He said power politics is not ajoke but it is a serious issue and hisparty is tackling it very seriously.Maulana said the drone attacks are theassaults on national sovereignty and thosewho introduced drones are sitting in thelap of Tehrik-i-Insaf.Raja Zafarul Haq said he extendedformal invitation to Maulana FazlurRahman for joining the upcominggovernment on behalf of Nawaz Sharif.He said the pre-requisites of the JUI-Fchief would be conveyed to the topleadership of the PML-N.He hoped that the aLairs of forminggovernment would be settled with the

JUI-F. However, the talks between twoparties are at the initial stage. He said thatit is high time to show open heartednessin the interest of the country. Raja toldjournalists that the army chief had metNawaz Sharif and briefed him about thesecurity situation of the country.Asked why the PML-N was invitingother parties when it has simple majorityat the centre‚ Raja said the country isfacing immense challenges and theserequire a broad-based support for theruling party to address them satisfactorily.To a question‚ Maulana FazlurRehman said a decision will be takenon the finalisation of the contours ofthe cooperation and the objectives tobe achieved.

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Three bodies of soldiersrecovered from GayariRRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: Three dead bodies ofShaheed soldiers were recovered fromGayari sector of Siachen on Saturdaybringing the total number of bodiesrecovered so far to 128. According to anISPR spokesman here, on April 7, 2012,140 soldiers and civilians of 6 NorthernLight Infantry Battalion came under ahuge snow slide at Gayari andembraced shahadat. He said that 121bodies of Shuhada were recoveredbefore suspension of Operation Gayari,due to winter on November 27, 2012.After opening of weather and meltingof snow, search for remaining 19Shuhada commenced on April 15, 2013by employing 228 military personneland 29 heavy engineering equipmentpieces including excavators, dozers anddrill machines. It is once againreiterated that these sustained eSortswould continue till recovery of lastman, he added. AGENCIES

Energy crisis, security mainpriorities of new govt: PML-NIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Senator Pervez Rasheedhas said that energy crisis and internalsecurity will be two main priorities ofthe new government of the PakistanMuslim League-N. In an interview‚ hesaid both these issues were hamperingforeign investment in the country‚which has weakened the economy. ThePML-N lawmaker said they have donethe homework to make Pakistan a safeplace for foreign investment. To aquestion‚ he said that PML-N PresidentNawaz Sharif wants to chalk out anational agenda with the cooperation ofall political parties to steer the countryout of the crises it is facing today. ONLINE

President, PM condoledemise of Barrister Bacha KKAARRAACCHHII:: President Asif Ali Zardarion Saturday expressed profound griefover the demise of eminent lawyer andhuman rights activist Barrister BachaKhan who passed away in Peshawar onSaturday. Lauding his services, thepresident said that Barrister BachaKhan, a self-made man of courage andconviction, was a prominent lawyer, ahuman rights activist and a greatchampion of democratic values. He willbe remembered by the legal and humanrights fraternity for a long time and thevoid created by his death will be hard tofiIl, the president said in a condolencemessage to his family. Prime MinisterMir Hazar Khan Khoso expressed hisdeep grief over the passing away ofprominent lawyer and political leaderfrom Khyber Pakhtunkhaw BachaKhan in Peshawar. In his message ofcondolence to his family, the PrimeMinister praised the services of BachaKhan for the protection and promotionof rights of people and rule and law.The Prime Minister prayed for thedeparted soul and grant of courage tothe bereaved family to bear this losswith fortitude. AGENCIES

PTI husband divorces wifefor voting Nawaz Sharif SSAARRGGOODDHHAA:: A supporter of PakistanTehrik-i-Insaf has divorced her wife onsupporting candidate from PakistanMuslim League Nawaz, media reportedon Saturday. Shafiq, who married awoman from his family in Hafizabad,was annoyed over support of his wifeShamim for PML-N’s candidate in NA-166. After Shamim’s vote to NawazSharif ’s candidate, a verbal war startedin the house which ultimately led todivorce from Shafiq. Earlier in asimilar political saga, a couple fromRaiwind named their twins after thename of both of PML-N Nawaz Sharifand Shahbaz Sharif. �ONLINE

12 target killers arrested in GujranwalaGGUUJJRRAANNWWAALLAA:: Police have arrested 12dangerous target killers for involvementin bank robberies and killings of policeoRcials in Gujranwala. According toreports, Gujranwala police conductedseveral raids in the city and managed tocaptured 12 notorious and dangerousculprits including two dangerous wantedfugitives Ali and Azhar from diSerentareas. Captured criminals haveconfessed of many robberies andmurders including killings of eightpolice oRcials in the city. During initialinterrogation, the police have come toknow that these held culprits hadrobbed 18 banks and 43 armoredvehicles of the banks. ONLINE

Man shot dead in LyariKKAARRAACCHHII:: A man was killed andanother injured as gunmen opened firein Lyari area of Karachi late Fridaynight. Police said that unknownassailants opened fire in Lee Marketand escaped, leaving two men injured.The injured were taken to the CivilHospital Karachi for treatment whereone of them died of his wounds.Identity of the deceased was yet to beascertained. ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Federal Minister for Science &Technology and Education & Training Dr SaniaNishtar has said that the Higher EducationCommission is a success story and all should beproud of the capable leadership and tremendouscontribution of this role model autonomousorganisation.She said this while addressing inauguration

ceremony of a national seminar on future ofresearch in Pakistan which concluded here atHEC. The seminar and exhibition wereorganised to showcase the research contributionof higher education sector towards economy andcommunity.The minister said that due to collective and

concerted eSorts of HEC in coordination withuniversities, the quality and research output inhigher education institutions of the country haveshown improvements and Pakistan has beenacknowledged as rising star by the internationalcommunity in a number of research disciplines.Dr Sania also emphasised over paradigm shift

to innovation and entrepreneurship, market-based research and close university, communityand industry linkages. The event demonstratedsocial and economic impact of creativity andresearch carried out in universities and how theprofessionals see the future of research inPakistan.The seminar also provided an opportunity to

stakeholders to define the future direction ofresearch in Pakistan and the role of highereducation institutions. The event was attendedby Ministry of Education & Training SecretaryQamar Zaman Chaudhry, vice chancellors,representatives of industries, academia andinternational organisations.Speaking on the occasion, HEC Chairperson

Dr Javaid R Laghari said that since inception ofHEC, universities have responded vociferouslyto the initiatives taken by HEC towards thepromotion of research and development. Hesaid that universities have initiated diSerentresearch projects related to agriculture, business

and industrial needs, which are being sharedwith the related stakeholders and other sectionsof the society.The Lancet Editor Richard Horton

appreciated eSorts of HEC and acknowledgedthe contribution of Pakistani scientists. He also

emphasised over translation of knowledge intoaction and its application for the developmentof the country. The experts were of the view thatadequate funding may be ensured to promoteresearch in Pakistan. The minister alsoappreciated the exhibition. ONLINE

Minister calls HEC a success story

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Ionut Budisteanu,19, of Romania was awarded firstplace for using artificial intelligenceto create a viable model for a low-cost, self-driving car at this year’sIntel International Science andEngineering Fair.Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, Calif

and Henry Lin, 17, of Shreveport, Lareceived the Intel FoundationYoung Scientist Award of $50,000.“We support the Intel InternationalScience and Engineering Fairbecause we believe that science and

math are the foundation ofinnovation, which is imperative forglobal economic growth andadvancing society,” said NaveedSiraj, country manager at the IntelPakistan.“This competition encourages

millions of students worldwideevery year to explore their passionfor math and science whiledeveloping solutions for globalchallenges.” This year,approximately 1,600 youngscientists were chosen to compete in

the fair. They were selected from433 aRliate fairs in more than 70countries, regions and territories.In addition to the winners

mentioned above, more than 500finalists received awards and prizesfor their innovative research.Awards included 17 Best ofCategory winners who eachreceived a $5,000 prize. The IntelFoundation also awarded a $1,000grant to each winner’s school and tothe aRliated fair they represent.“We congratulate Ionut, Eesha and

Henry on their success,” saidElizabeth Marincola, president ofthe Society for Science & Public.The fair honours the most rising

student entrepreneurs, innovatorsand scientists. Finalists are selectedannually from hundreds of aRliatedfairs. Their projects are thenevaluated onsite by more than 1,200judges from nearly every scientificdiscipline, each with a PhD or theequivalent of 6 years of relatedprofessional experience in one ofthe scientific disciplines. ONLINE

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: A scuQe was broke outbetween employees of the CapitalDevelopment Authority and the IslamabadPolice personnel on Saturday after a waterfrom overfilled tanker of CDA firefighterdepartment soaked the police personnel’ssitting in nearby police vehicle.The incident took place in front of Marriot

Hotel. After getting wet from the waterflowing out from overfilled tanker, the policepersonnel stop the driver of CDA tanker andstarted beating him. The police personnelalleged that they got wet just due tonegligence of the driver.However, after sometime a large number

of CDA employees gathered in front of thehotel and encircled the police vehicle. Theyalso asked the police personnel to come outof the car and thrashed them whichprovoked the situation. The CDA employeesalso staged protest against the police and alsochanted slogans against the securitydepartment.They said that the police had tried to

misuse their authority by beating agovernment servant. Later, tanker’s driverGul Zareen submitted an application beforethe Secretariat Police Station to register caseagainst the police personnel who thrashedhim. However, the patch-up was arrangedbetween the employees of both thedepartments after intervention of CDAlabour union leaders.

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: A 9th class student fromPakTurk School has developed a software toregulate traRc eSectively during rush hoursand won silver medal in the e-bikoInternational Project Olympiad held recentlyin Ankara, Turkey.Muhammad Abdullah Abid developed

‘Rush Hour Controller’ which can changetraRc signals according to the number ofvehicles on the road after collecting datathrough a webcam. Encouraged by theinvention, the PakTurk administration senthim to participate in the global informationand communications technologycompetition where 176 projects from 48countries including US, Thailand, India,Afghanistan, Turkey, Nigeria, Albania, Braziletc were presented.Abid stood second in the category of

software development to bag second prizeand additional reward of $ 300 from theorganisers of the contest. Commenting onthe success, PakTurk Education DirectorKamil Ture said that a general symbol ofdevelopment was technology which helpsindividuals and societies meet their needsmore easily. “We should encourage ambitiousof students to become technology literates tobuild the future with their dreams,” he said.

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Justice Noor ul HaqQureshi has been sworn in as permanentjudge of the Islamabad High Court. ChiefJustice of Islamabad High Court JusticeAnwar Khan Kansi administered the oath.Oath taking ceremony was held in the courtwhich was attended by judges, seniorlawyers and other dignitaries. ONLINE

Justice Noor swornin regular IHC judge

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KKAARRAACCHHII:: A bailout package worthRs11 billion will soon be given toPakistan Steel Mills for procurementof raw materials so as to enhanceproduction to 80 percent by the endof this year.According to spokesman Shazim

Akhtar, PSM had to enhanceproduction up to 60 precent in firstphase by the end of August 2013,while Rs11 billion bailout packagewill be given through single trenchin a shape of soft loan beingprovided by National Bank underthe federal government guarantee.It is further stated that a bank

consortium is formed to work outthe working capital requirement of

PSM and arrange fundingaccordingly. In the light of abovementioned bailout package, PSMhas re-organised the maintenance,operational and productionstrategies to get maximum benefitfrom the bailout package withinminimum possible period, thespokesman said.He said that it was imperative to

mention there that a placement oforder and shipment of raw materialshad also been planned to maintainat least 90 days stock of rawmaterial, especially iron, ore andcoal. The PSM is also making alleSorts to enhance the productionlevel from 26 per cent CAPU. ONLINE

Intel Science Fair winners announced

PSM to get Rs 11bbailout package soon

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: Sarwar Bari, boardmember of the Free and FairElection Network, Fridaydemanded of the ElectionCommission to publish all resultsand statements of the court on ECPwebsite.Speaking at the National Press

Club, Bari condemned attitude ofthe Pakistan Muslim League-Nagainst FAFEN Chief ExecutiveORcer Muddasar Rizvi, whonowadays been facing more than 16criminal cases in Punjab because ofallegedly issued wrong statisticsabout general election 2013.

The oRcial further said thatPML-N candidate for NationalAssembly’s constituency NA-122Ayaz Sadiq threatened the chiefexecutive oRcer. “This country is not owned by

any MNA, Mullah and general, it isthe country of 18 million peoples,”Bari maintained.In response to a spate of first

information to the FAFEN, civilsociety organisations have calledupon political parties and stateauthorities to stop harassment,intimidation, persecution andprosecution of the network and itsoRcials for making significantcontribution to the transparency of

general election and urged releaseof vote counts from all pollingstations before oRcial notificationof any election results.He also demanded that the forms

include form XIV (statement of thecount), which records the votes foreach candidate, and form XV(ballot paper account), whichaccounts for the ballot papers,before certifying results. In addition, ECP must release

form VI (consolidation statementof the results of the countfurnished by the presiding oRcers)and form XVII (result of thecount), which are finalised by thereturning oRcers.

ECP asked to publish all resultsIISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The ElectionCommission has rejected theapplication for recounting inPP-42. Independent candidateKhuda Bakhsh Tiwana andPML-N candidate Waris Kaloocontested the election in PP-42while the latter won the pollswith the margin of 661votes.Tiwana filed the applicationseeking recounting of the votesdue to alleged rigging in thegeneral election. Rejecting plea,the ECP issued the notificationabout success of Kaloo. ONLINE

ECP rejects plea forrecounting in PP-42

KKAARRAACCHHII:: Cement makersboosted the Karachi StockExchange, which bounced backafter closing lower a day earlier.The benchmark 100-share indexended 0.59 percent, or 120.43points, higher at 20,537.03, whileKSE-30 Index rose by 46.89 pointsto close at 15921.28 level.Fauji Cement and D.G.Khan

Cement rallied in anticipation ofthe government allocating a highbudget for developmentexpenditures. Pakistan State Oil

Company Ltd gained Rs9.00,with investors hoping theresolution of circular debt wouldhelp the oil marketing company,dealers said.DG Khan Cement Company Ltd

rose 2.21 percent to Rs75.50 andPakistan State Oil Company Ltdwas up 4.23 percent at Rs244.50.On Friday, the shares of 381companies were traded out ofwhich 242 closed higher, 113 closedlower while 26 remainedunchanged. ONLINE

KKAARRAACCHHII:: Pakistan State Oil(PSO) has reached yet anothertechnological milestone byintroducing chip-based SmartCards which are the first of theirkind to be launched by any Oilmarketing company in Pakistan. The formal launch ceremony was

organized under the theme of “YourWorld Just Got Smarter!" at DHAGolf Club, here on Saturday. Thelaunch event featured high-profileguests and decision makers fromacross the corporate sector. Theevent highlights includedperformance by the country’sleading musical band as well as alaser show by a foreign artist. Introduced with the objective of

providing increased convenience forPSO card customers, these fuelcards incorporate added securityfeatures in the form of chip-basedencryption technology whichsecures all customer informationresiding in the chip fromunauthorized access. Usage of these cards will benefit

corporate customers by facilitating

administrative supervision,economizing fuel expenses andselection of customized cardsoptions.Speaking at the occasion, CEO

Naeem Yahya said, “Through thelaunch of this Smart Card, PSO hasfurther underlined its standing as acustomer-centric company which iscontinually introducing newproducts and services to provideever greater benefits to theconsumers at large.” In its eSorts toachieve this goal, the leading publiccompany has been introducing newinnovative ideas to oSer increasedvalue for its customers.Being the perfect fuel

management solution for corporateentities as well as individualcustomers, PSO’s new chip-basedfuel cards will undoubtedly set newstandards for OMCs acrossPakistan. With a well-establishedtrend of innovation and continualimprovement in customer serviceprovision, PSO is committed toresponsibly providing for the fuelneeds of the nation. ONLINE

Karachi Stock Exchangegains 120 points

PSO launches Fuel Cards

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resigns there will b no PTINadeem F. Paracha@NadeemfParacha8hPTI & PMLN should be given time for'dialogue' with extremists. But they betterhave a Plan B. They'll be needing it soonerthan they think.Salman@salman297914mRemind me who blocked it?“@SenRehmanMalik: I propose to youth togather in D chowk Isb to demand the openingof U tube .I will join u all.Riaz Ali Turi@RiazToori24mBelieve,it is statement of CJ PHC “People haveused their votes to take revenge, the new govtshould expect the same treatment if they fail"Arooj Zahra@ArooojZahra29mArmy gets money for dying while poorpoliticians get abuses & ppl say they deservepainful death, how abt u urself? we all arecorrupt

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

The mandate has finallybeen generated for

Sharifs, independentshave been sent in hoardsto join his League andeveryone who matters inthe foreign lands havefelicitated the new victorbut then what on earth iskeeping them so humbly

worried? We have found out through ourgood friends in Jati Umrah that it isnothing but fragile state of economy. Finances remains the Achill’s heel of

Nawaz League as they are running fromliterally pillar to post to understand an areawhere they never showed good scores in thepast. Dollar famed Ishaq Dar, Khadme Aalaof Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and even primeminister in waiting Nawaz Sharif himselfare trying to spend some time with theeconomic wizards these days. A trip hereand a call-on there has become one of thedaily routine for the elder Sharif these days.Though it has been kept very clandestinebut Sharif has called all the bank chiefs ofthe country to find out not only their bagsbut also to learn the tricks which he mighthave to employ with the visiting IMFdelegation due in first week of June. A visitin this regard to a farm house in Lahorewas just one of those ePorts. Sharif islearned to have spent well over three hoursat the farm house to enjoy his favouriteLahori dishes as well as dig out someinformation about the economic giants ofthe country. The luncheon was kept sosecret that hardly anyone knew in the nosymedia houses hence was neither reportednor quoted anywhere else. Scam riddled gurus of the stock exchange

are being consulted and even AmbassadorOlson was asked about civilian aid, yetIshaq Dar and Sartaj Aziz are finding noother way but to rely on the old ways ofprinting more money to oPset the initialcrunch. Carry on Jatta remains theapproach for the time being unless Sharifs’manage to extract some petro-dirhams oraid-dollars to draw a near possible first 100days plan.

Independents dont havemuch to gain this timeTAHIR NIAZ

ISLAMABAD: With the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)falling close to the touch line of simplemajority in the national assembly andeasily crossing the number requiredfor formation of government in thePunjab Assembly, the independentlyelected members to both the housesare not of that worth as they were inthe 2008 post-election scenario.The general elections 2013 results

have put the independents in a weakerposition as far as their bargaining forjoining the respective governments isconcerned. Irony is that this time theindependents themselves arecontacting the political parties insteadthe political parties run after them towin their support. In view of its thinpresence in the upper house of theparliament and visibly lacking simplemajority in the house, the PML-Nwhich is going to form its governmentin centre is focusing more on thesmaller parties which haverepresentation in the Senate so that itget support of those parties and didnot face that diOculty in carrying outlegislation.The PML-N secured 124 general

seats in the national assembly with 28elected independently. As a number ofindependents including JamshedDasti and Legharis have announced tojoin the PML-N, the PML-N hasextended invitation to JUI-F to jointhe federal government. The reasonwhich seemed to have compelled the

PML-N to take along the Fazl-ledparty in the national assembly issimply the Senate and not the nationalassembly though it has won 10 seats inthe lower house of the parliament. In Punjab Assembly, PML-N has

gained 214 general seats out of the 293so far announced by the ECP. Punjabassembly has 297 seats and thenumber of independently electedmembers stood at 42. PML-N does notneed the independents at the momentto form government rather theindependents are going mad to join itand take benefits of treasury members.The situation in Sindh Assembly is

also similar to the Punjab Assembly asfar as utility of independents isconcerned. PPP has won 65 seats outof 123 announced so far by the ECP.The house consists of 130 members.PPP’s former ally MQM has bagged37 seats. The independents in theassembly are five only. If PPP andMQM form a coalition government inthe province, the independents are notof that worth.In KPK Assembly, PTI has gained

35 seats out of 97 announced so far.The house consists of 99 members. 13independents were elected to theprovincial assembly. PTI, JI andQaumi Watan Party have decided toform coalition government in theprovince and the independents arejoining the PTI so as to have taste ofpower in the coming days.In Balochistan Assembly, the

situation is somewhat diPerent.Although 8 independents were elected

to the provincial assembly but nopolitical strife is likely in the post-election scenario between diPerentpower groups on independents forformation of government as twomajor parties; PML-N andPakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party havealready announced to jointly formgovernment in the province. In 2008,the independents including MianManzoor Wattoo not only enjoyedminister-ship but also succeeded incommanding PPP Punjab chapter inreturn of his support for the party atcentre.The ECP has already asked all the

independent candidates to submit anaOdavit stating that each one of themis joining a particular political partyvoluntarily and without any coercion.The aOdavit shall be duly swornbefore the Oath Commissioner andshall be deposited with the ProvincialElection Commissioner concerned.All the successful candidates for

General Elections, 2013 shall file theirReturns of Election Expenses latest by20th May, 2013 with the ReturningOOcers concerned. The candidateswho shall be elected against reservedseats for women and minorities shallalso file their Returns of ElectionExpenses with the Returning OOcersconcerned.Any successful candidate including

the candidates for seats reserved forwomen and non-Muslims shall not benotified in the oOcial gazette, unlesshe deposits the Returns of ElectionExpenses as required under the law.

BY ZEESHAN JAVAID

ISLAMABAD: Besides the energy cri-sis, the country has also been facing oneof the other human base crises of waterscarcity in the country, while the watermanagement authorities including of-fice of Indus Water Commissioner re-mained silence as usual over wateraggression by India.Sources informed daily “The

Spokesman” that the oOce of IndusWater Commissioner never owned theformer oOce of advisor to prime minis-ter in water and agricultural resources,which was formed on the recommen-dation of president house and formerpremier Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani to ac-commodate their buddies.The neighboring country India,

which is located at the eastern border ofPakistan, following its aggressive policy,started to build more than 150 small,medium and mega hydropower proj-ects on the western rivers includingIndus, Chenab and Jehlum as peragreed Indus Water Treaty 1960.Already Pakistan and India both

knocked the door of Permanent Courtof Arbitration (PCA) twice over two dif-ferent controversial issues including900MW Baghliar hydropower projecton the western river Chenab and330MW Kishan Ganga HydropowerProject (KGHP) on river Jhelum, how-

ever Indian government drafted a planto construct 150 run-of-river hy-dropower power plants on westernrivers of which 47 projects are above thegeneration capacity of 50MW.Interestingly, nobody in water and

power ministry and other stakes in-

cluding Water and Power DevelopmentAuthority (WAPDA), National Engi-neering Services Pakistan (NESPAK)and the vacant oOce of advisor to PrimeMinister for water and agricultural re-sources, which is no more now after thenatural demise of former democratic

rule on March 16th, about such a sensi-tive issue.The most sensitive trans-boundary

water issues particularly between Pak-istan and India now has been dealt bythe private limited companies includingNational Engineering Services Pakistan

(NESPAK) and Turk Pak Internationaljust after hijacking the whole publicbusinesses by strong cartel of bureau-cratic regime.

A strong group of bureaucracy com-prising managing director NESPAK,Asad.I.A.Khan who also holding thesame oOce in Turk Pak Internationalthe allied company of NESPAK, self-claimed legal expert Ms. ShumailaMehmood, Pakistan commissioner forIndus waters, Mirza Asif Baig, Deputysecretary (water) Dr. Samar Ali, oOceof federal secretaries of ministry waterand power Rai Sikandar, Imtiaz Qaziand section oOcers in ministry waterand power, these are the machineswhich performed nothing but makemillions and billions.In 1960, Pakistan and India signed a

treaty governing the rivers in Indianand Pakistani Punjab and how waterwas to be shared. India got the threeeastern rivers, the Ravi, Sutlej and Beas;while Pakistan got the western ones, theIndus, Jehlum and Chenab.The 1960 Indus Water Treaty does

not permit India’s reduction below“Dead Storage Level” of the water levelin the reservoirs of Run-of-River Plantslocated on the rivers allocated to Pak-istan under the Treaty.The bureaucracy in past dealt with

controversial hydropower projectcaused heavy loss to national interest as

adopting delaying tactics in diPerentcontroversial hydropower projects be-tween Pakistan and India.The oOce of Indus Water Commis-

sioner (IWC) expressed their seriousconcerns over the poor performance offormer Advisor to Prime MinisterKamal Majeed Ullaha’s team particu-larly over the unjustified taken up casesproposed cases including Wullar Bar-rage and Nimo Bazgo with PermanentCourt of Arbitration (PCA).Speaking exclusively with ‘The

Spokesman’, the senior oOcial of IWCinformed that despite the incompe-tency of team dealt with internationalwater disputes led by former advisor topremier on water and agriculture re-sources, which cause the loss of Rs. 500million just in a single case of contro-versial 330MW Kishanganga hydropower project, proposed to contact PCAover another project Wullar Barrage byIndian Side.He said that without consultation

with IWC, authority has been startedthe work over the documentation ofcases about controversial Wullar Bar-rage, Nimo Bazgo and some others,probably filed in PCA during upcomingcalendar year 2014, adding that the di-alogue between both countries could bethe best solution despite filling the caseparticularly with the team having non-technical and legal experience.

Water-Wars: India Contunues to advance dry-Pakistan strategy

Musharraf still mired in hot watersGhumman Saga

SALMAN ABBAS

ISLAMABAD: Apparently the withdrawal ofcomplainant against former military rulerGeneral (retired) Pervaiz Musharraf in judge’sdetention case has paved the ways for his release,however, legal and constitutional experts doesnot seem immediate relief for Musharraf, sayingthat it has now become responsibility of state toprosecute the case. Advocate Supreme Court and pioneer

President IHC Bar Chaudhry Ashraf Gujjar toldThe Spokesman that the role of AslamGhumman, complainant against Musharraf,was just of informant and now it was theresponsibility of state to prosecute the case evenafter disassociation of Ghumman from it.On August 11, 2009, an FIR was registered

against Musharraf for detaining the judges of apexcourt including Chief Justice Iftikhar MuhammadChaudhry after promulgating emergency in thecountry in 2007. The application for registrationof FIR was submitted by Aslam GhummanAdvocate. However, on Friday, Ghummansurprisingly disassociated himself from the casewhich raised many eye-brows as to whompressure he took such a decision.“The role of Ghumman was ended after

submitting an application against Musharrafand the notable thing is that the section 7-ATAwas included in the case on directions of courtand it is non-compoundable oPense,” saidAdvocate Gujjar, adding that the state wasultimate authority to withdraw case againstformer President Musharraf.Legal Expert and Supreme Court lawyer,

Advocate Babar Sattar also expressed similar

views while saying that the role of Ghummanwas just of informant, adding that only inpersonal cases it was possible to make patch-upbetween two parties after withdrawal of case.“But case registered against Musharraf was ofdiPerent nature and state has direct link withthis and it is also responsible to further proceedthe case,” said Babar. “Public prosecutors aresupposed to investigate the case for presentingthe evidence, if any, before the court, which hasfinal authority to decide the matter,” he added.

Former complainant against MusharrafAdvocate Aslam Ghumman said that he had gotregistered an FIR against Musharraf in 2009after a long struggle. “I had just fulfilled myresponsibility of informing the police about whatI had witnessed during that period but now Ihad withdrawn from the case,” said Ghumman.Replying to a query, he said that there were no

direct threats to him but he was feeling insecure.Ghumman went on saying that his decision wasfor the sake of national interest. “In current

situation, the trial of Musharraf was not innational interest due to which I had withdrawnfrom the case,” he added.It is relevant to note here that during the last

few weeks, at least three lawyers includingspecial prosecutor of Islamabad police, SyedTayab have dissociated themselves from theJudges Detention case.Meanwhile, the lawyer for Musharraf on

Saturday submitted a bail plea Anti TerrorismCourt (ATC) Islamabad for bail of his client. Thecounsel for Musharraf submitted before the courtthat complainant of case has withdrawn whereasthe challan was also yet to be submitted before thecourt and under such circumstances accusedshould be released on bail. During the course ofhearing, new Public prosecutor of case AamirNadeem Tabish requested before the court that heneeds some time to study the case. Upon which,the court rejected the bail plea of Musharraf andadjourned the hearing till May 22nd.In a separate hearing of judges detention case,

ATC Islamabad Judge Kosar Abbas Zaidiextended the judicial remand of the Gen(retired) Musharraf for further 14 days.After the judge resumed the hearing of case,

Musharraf ’s lawyer on behalf of his clientpresented an application before the court,seeking exemption of appearance of the accused.The lawyer appraised the court that that formerpresident, due to security reasons could notappear before the court. The court exempted theformer president from appearing in one hearing.Upon the expiry of Musharraf ’s 14 days remand,the court extended his remand for further 14days and directed the police to produce theaccused before the court on June 1, 2013.

Nawaz trying to learnEconomy

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

THE SPOKESMANChief Editor: Huma Ali

Resident Editor: Saeed Minhas

Mummy-daddy burger bachaas

Once upon a time, in the lands asbarren and dry as deserts, there liveda king who cared and prayed for hispeople. One day, strange as it was,heavy clouds appeared and started topour. Soon the little dropletsblanketed the region as far as onecould see; except, something moreodd then happened. As the waterattracted the desiccated hearts,everyone drenched themselves in thejoys it brought along. The evil indisguise started showing its truecolors without delay as one afteranother; men, women and childrenwent hysterical. The rain waterbrought with it a potion that createdsuch panic and havoc that the entirekingdom went foolish. The King wasinformed about the unthinkable butthe good fellow could not do muchabout it. He consulted the last personother than him left untouched by theevil waters for a solution. It would beimpossible to undo what hadhappened; the wilderness that hadtaken over the people, the sins theynow committed and the malice thatnow ran in their blood was all out oftheir control. The sorrowful eyes ofthe good King longed for a reply. Theadvisor concluded that the only wayfor the King and him to come out ofthe torture of watching the people inthat state was to bathe in the samedemonic rain.Post-election scenes in Pakistan showan urban elite class taking to thestreets. However, it would be amistake to brand them exclusivelythe mummy-daddy burger bachaas asthe ground reality shows there ismore to this picture. These are notjust the guitar playing, jean clad,English speaking lads and lasses, thiscrowd is more interesting than how ithas been portrayed by the oppositionso far. It is a conglomeration ofmulti-talented college/universitygoing dynamic lot scattered all overbig and small cities of Pakistan. Youwill find brilliant individuals

achieving professional studies addingmore variety to this crème of thesociety. They also have iconic figuresfrom among them by their side;actors, singers, poets, writers andsocial workers who have a voice;hence, a varied stratum of the socialorder has joined this bandwagon.If elite means the top selection of apeople, then indeed it is Pakistan’selite out on the streets today on acause. Best because they are youngand energetic, smart and educated,focused and determined to dosomething exceptional in life. Andtoday they believe in their cause.What makes them really dangerous

for the traditional politicians is thatthese youngsters consider they havebeen wronged. They also realize thatthe weak and the poor who bravedout on the May 11 might not be in aposition to face the powerfullandlords and feudal lords for long.The older generation with variousobligations and other domestic issueswould also find it diVcult to lead thisstruggle for the country, now leavingit all up to the youth to decide whichway their future goes. They nowunderstand the reasons forsystematically keeping them awayfrom getting politicized, onlyexpected to watch the show asspectators. However, as they say onfacebook these days, when thepoliticians of the country failed us;the hero of the nation saved us.Charismatic, honest and daring; wise

and visionary – Imran Khan has thequalities of a true leader that hasaspired millions of hearts today. Theyknow he has been wronged and justas he has always stood by their side,even from his ICU bed, not as a partyleader rather a national hero. Thisyouth recognizes the need for themto show the same resilience theircaptain has displayed. “Successfulpeople are fearless. They fight theirfears. They are not scared of failure,”says their leader Imran Khan, “Go bywhat your objectives are, what yourpassions are, and never everdowngrade your ideals in themoments of weakness. When you've

suWered a setback; that really is thetime to reflect why you have suWereda setback and correct the mistakeand keep going towards the ideal. It'snot a defeat that destroys you; it'sbeing demoralized by the defeat thatdestroys you. As long as you keeplearning from defeats you will alwayskeep coming back and get strongerall the time.”Eventually, like a project or a casestudy, these strange individuals havebeen searching for evidences, reasonand tactics behind election rigging,also keeping an eye on theconsequences if they let go of thisopportunity today. So far, it seemshighly unlikely that they would.Almost a week has passed and theyare still hitting the roads in Karachievery day despite serious threats, inSialkot, Hyderabad, Faisalabad,

Peshawar and many other cities too;however, Lahore stands out for theirstamina to beat the May heat withouta moment's break. No acts of a sinnerking visiting a saintly hero changestheir perception of right and wrong.No flowery meeting blurs their viewnor do they fear any threat. These aresmart kids who make a good team.It seems that where the outdatedintellectuals and politicians weretaking a lot of pride in theirexperience of handling fraudulentelections, they misread the scenariothat their doings would trigger thistime round. Indeed, it is not just asection of our society battling for ourrights otherwise it should beassumed that Taxila has moremummy-daddy youth thanLahore…highly unlikely!To these confident individuals theproblem is clear, the elections wererigged and the unprecedentedturnout onMy 11 stands witness tothat. No customary remarks by theriggers and their apologists can nowconvince those who have experiencedthese crimes with their own eyes.Luckily, the entire electoral exercisehas not gone futile as it soondeveloped into an eye-opener formillions of ignorant populaceregarding the corrupt system thatcontrols their lives.Interestingly, what this newlypolitically aware youth isrecommended today by the matureand experienced advisors is to letthings be as they have always been.To them the solutions seem to beeither surrendering to their tricks,learning their wickedness or becomeif possible become like them. Theyare being counseled on our main-streammedia to bathe in thedemonic rain to come out of thistorture of watching their nationsuWer. Thankfully, the good fellowshave declined all such guidance.Their story does not end in bleaknesssince they have better solutions inmind to turn over a new leaf.

THEWRITER IS A FREELANCER

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Telephone: 051 260 7153-4

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It is Pakistan’s elite out on the streets todayon a cause. Best because they are educated,

focused and determined to do somethingexceptional in life. And today they believe intheir cause. They realize that the weak and

the poor who braved out on the May 11 mightnot be in a position to face the powerful

landlords and feudal lords for long

PTI should show maturityPakistan Tehreek e Insaaf needs toshowmore maturity. They have todefine their priorities and recognisethat their greatest challenge is thegovernance of KP.While one does not

expect them to be corrupt, it remainsto be seen how they tackle the Taliban.Will they appease and, consequently,facilitate them or combat them. Lawand order is a provincial subject.Shooting down drones is not; neitheris foreign or defense policy. As far asaccusation of rigging is concerned, itmust be pursued in a proper manner,without causing any disturbance. Atmost they would get a couple of moreseats which would be excellent as weneed a stronger voice in theopposition. The expectation that theywould win the election is unrealistic.

SUNDASNAWAZLAHORE

Fading traditionsRespect was a very important word inour vocabularies till a decade ago but itseems that it has become extinct, notonly from our vocabularies but alsofrom our lives. A nation that has

started abandoning its elders, puttingfrail parents in old homes andhandicapped siblings in SOS homes orEdhi homes, has brought tears tomany eyes.I remember an incidentnarrated by Ashfaq Ahmed in one ofhis books showing the respect, thatdeveloped countries give to theirteachers. He says: “Once in Rome(Italy) I had to appear before amagistrate for not paying my fine ontime. When the judge askedme thereason for the delay, I told him that Iwas a teacher and that I had been busyfor some days, before I could completemy sentence, the judge said, ‘A teacheris in the court.’ On hearing this, all thepeople present there stood up, alongwith the judge. That day I realised thesecret of the development of thosenations”. His point was that there aresome professions and relations thatdeserve respect without asking, but inour schools and colleges, the teachersare not respected anymore. Studentsdon’t stand up to great the teachers, or

stand up while answering a question.In our anxiety to copy the west, we aretaking only bad habits andabandoning our good traditions.

ASAD SHEIKH

KARACHI

Terrific trafficThere seems to be two traVc rulesrunning in every city, one for the poorand one for the elite; until and unlessthe law becomes unanimous foreveryone we will be remain anenslaved nation to corruption. I wouldlike to draw the attention of theauthorities to the increasing number ofroad accidents in Klang. Many peoplehave lost their lives to reckless drivingas this road has no speed limit andtraVc wardens to monitor the traVcbut they seem to lack the spirit to doanything to control the fast traVc. Ionce saw a womanmowed down by aspeeding car; everyone was helpless todo anything and the woman died on

the road. There is a need to have traVcpolice, who exercise their duty withcare and diligence. By addressing thisissue, it is hoped that the publicawareness to the dangers of recklessdriving can be raised. It is time thetraVc authorities took strongmeasures against these recklessdrivers, which could include heavyfines and forfeiting of driving licenses,if found guilty.

MATEENMOEEZ

ISLAMABAD

Sheesha smokingAddiction to hookah or sheeshasmoking is becoming a global publichealth problem, especially in Asia andMiddle East. The global tobaccoepidemic continues to kill millions.The majority of these deaths areestimated to occur in developingcountries. Current research, treatment,and policy eWorts focus on cigarettes,while many people in developing

regions smoke tobacco using Hookahor Sheesha. Hookah or Sheeshas havelong been used for smoking tobacco inAsia particularly in Pakistan. Sheeshasmoking is often a social activity andtwo or more people may share thesame pipe.But people should be careful that

hookah smoking also has side eWects,very similar to those of tobaccosmoking. It aWects two vital organs ofbody: the lungs and heart. Sheeshasmoke is definitely not only as toxic ascigarette smoke in equivalentamounts, but the smoker also gets ismuchmore compared to that ofsmoking a cigarette. So young peopleaddicted to sheesha should definitelybe concerned about its adverse eWecton health.

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM

ISLAMABAD

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Twenty-one persons were killed and around 60 others sustained injuriesin two separate bomb blasts during the Friday prayers at two mosques inBazdarra village in Palai Union Council of Malakand Agency. Theirtarget most of the times are though innocent citizens, security assets andinstallations are not immune either from their thuggery. On one handTTP spokesman oWers olive branch to the government and on the otherhand the militants continue with their barbaric acts. When the PPP andANP, the parties the TTP considered as pro-American and anti-Talibanhave been routed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and the PML-N andTehreek-i-Insaf are poised to form federal and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa(KP) governments respectively, the TTP should have stopped the attacksas a gesture of goodwill. That point besides, the KP administration likeother provincial administrations has failed in saving the people’s livesbecause the local intelligence set up is not working eVciently andeWectively. Therefore, provincial administration should revamp police,CID and other intelligence departments, and they must coordinate withthe federal government agencies.As a matter of fact, the militants had been targeting schools, videoshops, shrines and mosques during the MMA tenure in KP from 2003 to2008, though the MMA was against any military action against the TTP.The militants tried to take advantage from the rift between the federalgovernment and the MMA, as latter’s leadership was opposing tooth andnail the operation in Waziristan. Militants had expected that the MMAwould be able to build up enough pressure that the federal governmentwould ask military to end the operation. Perhaps the TTP is resorting tosimilar tactics, and even before the elected governments are in place,they continue with their heinous acts to exert pressure to stop themilitary operation. In the past, they used the gimmick of talks to gaintime, to regroup and reorganize. Of course, previous provincialadministrations had failed, as there pervaded such a startling slothamong the provincial hierarchy’s ranks to get over the preliminaries thatthey were not aware of the tough fight they had at their hand.Since 1980s, Pakistan is in the vortex of violence having diWerentdimensions, and before that sacrilege of or targeting mosque orImambargah was unheard of in Pakistan, but later attacks in FATA,Hangu, Quetta, Lahore, Charsadda, Peshawar, Dir and Jamrud made thepeople wonder as to how human beings could descend to such acts ofbarbarism. PML-N and Tehreek-i-Insaf should put their act together,and even before forming their governments they should work out as towho they should talk to because there are diWerent groups in the TTP.Secondly, they should do a bit of homework and formulate theframework for holding talks with the TTP. Finally, they must take thenation into confidence vis-à-vis if the TTP refuses to accept theconstitution, the judiciary and the parliament the government wouldhave no other option but to establish the writ of the state with full force.The TTP perhaps considers PML-N and PTI’s desire for talks as a sign ofweakness.They have to act fast and give the TTP the message, if theywish to hold negotiations, they must stop the attacks.

Malakand blasts

So far, Japan is going along with this plan.The Sensaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute wasdormant until stirred up recently by Tokyo.As tension heated up, the US then shippedmissiles to Japan, with the lameexplanation that it was meant to deterNorth Korea. Newly elected PrimeMinister, Shinzo Abe lost no time declaringthat Japan will increase defense spending,that China is “wrong” in this dispute andthere’s nothing to negotiate. By contrast,Abe said he could sit down with SouthKorea over another sea breeze stare down,since “both nations share liberal anddemocratic values, and have respect forbasic human rights and the rule of law,”unlike China, that is.Such a verbal reverse kick won’t soon beforgotten, especially from an adversarywhose meat and bone crimes are still fresh.Three quarters of a century ain’t ish in Asia.The chiefs of Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi,Sony and Sanyo, etc., must be gagging atAbe’s posturing, for it’s never wise to giveyour best customer the finger, and overwhat, a few symbolic rocks, with a fistful oftuna thrown in, wasabi not included? It’sunderstandable that Japan is reluctant toyield its primacy in Asia to China, but theseprovocations surely won’t reverse the tide,only yield dire consequences.A chunkier China is certainly something todread, as it has already knocked aside itsfirst victims, the Southeast Asian flyweightsbordering the South China Sea, or what iscalled “the East Sea” by Vietnamese. Thisoil rich and strategically important

territory has been claimed entirely byChina, including islands just off theVietnamese coast, explored, mapped andexploited by the Nguyen Dynasty since the17th Century. By contrast, the officialChinese map from 1904 still showedHainan, much further North, as China’ssouthernmost point. Whatever. With itsmuch improved navy, China sees preciousoil within reach, so it simply shovesVietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia andBrunei out of the way. No profit sharingagreement here. Everything will go to thenew boss, same as the old boss, what EastAsia has had to contend with for millennia.If the American Empire can claim thePersian Gulf as a key territory to bedefended and exploited, what’s stoppingChina from doing the same to the SouthChina Sea? But this is not really aboutlogics, only might. One does what one canget away with. America has also inserteditself into the South China Sea fracas, andhas even conducted joint military exerciseswith its former enemies, Vietnam andCambodia, all to counter China.Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, wasgroomed by the Vietnamese to be their ally,after an invasion to dislodge Pol Pot, whowas backed by the Chinese. For smokingPot, Vietnam was invaded by China in 1979,

during a 28-day war that caused 6,000Chinese deaths, with Vietnamese casualtiesunknown. (In 1995, locals in Sapa told meeveryone just ran for the hills, and theChinese simply destroyed everything intheir paths, including the church in themiddle of town, and bridges they hadthemselves built during the Vietnam War.)Sen, once dubbed “The One-Eyed Lackey ofthe Vietnamese,” then became friendliertowards the deeper-pocketed Chinese, andeven allowed a Chinese navy ship to dock inSihanoukville in late 2008. Now he’sgetting chummy with the US, thus pissingoff China, but not totally. A very corruptman, Sen will hug anyone or anything ifyou shove enough bills into his pocket, butthese strange maneuvers are also notuntypical of the complicated flirtation,hedging and whoring of many smallcountries. To survive, they must latch on tovarious patrons, even those who havescrewed them royally not long ago.Which brings us to Vietnam. For the lastmonth or so, the Vietnamese blogospherehas been howling over a leaked tape by oneColonel Tran Dang Thanh, of a ramblingspeech he gave to Hanoi’s universityprofessors. In it, Thanh revealed Vietnam’sstance towards Russia, Iran, North Koreaand, most interestingly, China and the

United States.Thanh praised Iran and North Korea,“someone we must emulate,” for standingup to a super power, the US, but went atextreme length to explain why Vietnammust yield to China, whom he waxedpoetically as “a friend whose mountainjoins our mountain, whose river joins ourriver, who shares with us the East Sea, amutual friendship,” then added this joke ascoda, “though our hands may shake, ourlegs still kick furiously,” prompting chucklesfrom his audience. The bottom line,though, is that Vietnam can’t go to waragainst China because it will get its asskicked. China is simply too big, Thanh said,stating the obvious. As for leaning on theUS, Thanh declared that America is simplyan unreliable ally, that it will only useVietnam as a pawn against China. Further,“They have never been truly good towardsus [!], their crimes the heavens won’tforgive, and the earth won’t pardon.”Evoking Vietnam’s struggle against theWest, Thanh reminded his audience ofChina’s contributions, “During our four-year fight against the French, our 21-yearfight against the Americans, the people andgovernment of China had sacrificed theirrice and torn from their own shirts to giveus each grain of rice, each gun, each pair of

sandals so that we could be victoriousagainst the French and Americans.” Thanhdid admit that China has invaded Vietnamabout twenty times altogether, and isencroaching now, but still, it is a neighbor,a huge and permanent nuisance thatVietnam must forever deal with, and itwould be foolish to expect help fromAmerica, a distant pseudo friend that notso long ago tried to bomb Vietnam back tothe Stone Age.Soon enough, though, we’ll see Chinese oilrigs erected off Vietnamese coastline.Humiliated by China, and pressured bydomestic disgust at governmental, orrather, national impotence, Vietnam mayjust turn to the US to help it deal with itsrecurrent foe. Such is the fate of a smallcountry. To be born small is to have ahandicap one must live with. Collectively,Americans are spared from this condition,hence our swagger, although individually,we can feel pee wee enough, especially aswe are jettisoned, individually, from allcollective aims that make any sense. Oureconomy is illusory, our government puffedup by slogans and lies, and there’s nonational agenda beyond boundlesscorruption and endless war, against muchof the world, and even ourselves.

THE WRITER IS A FREELANCER

World War in Asia?

You might not enjoy the end of this story that I will just now narrate for you. Idid not like it either. After all, hopelessness covers such bitter agony inside itsmanifolds that it eventually turns you weak and worthless

LINH DINH With the Asia Pivot, the US wants to encircle China, and supply old and new allies with missiles aimed at itsmain rival. An amped up arms race means cash flow for the world’s biggest death dealer. If all these Asiannations buy as many American fighter planes as Taiwan, US armament workers can knock down a few moreBud Lites, and take their wives and kiddies to Ruby Tuesday twice a week even

HAFSA SIDDIQUE

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

HUSSAIN HAQQANI

Washington has not had aneasy timemanaging theU.S.-Pakistani relationship, to put

it mildly. For decades, the UnitedStates has sought to change Pakistan'sstrategic focus from competing withIndia and seeking more influence inAfghanistan to protecting its owninternal stability and economicdevelopment. But even thoughPakistan has continued to depend onU.S. military and economic support, ithas not changed its behavior much.Each country accuses the other ofbeing a terrible ally - and perhaps bothare right.Pakistanis tend to think of the

United States as a bully. In their view,Washington provides desperatelyneeded aid intermittently, yanking itaway whenever U.S. oOcials want toforce policy changes. Pakistanis believethat Washington has never beengrateful for the sacrifice of thethousands of Pakistani military andsecurity oOcials who have diedfighting terrorists in recent decades,nor mourned the tens of thousands ofPakistani civilians whom thoseterrorists have killed. Many in thecountry, including President Asif AliZardari and General Ashfaq Kayani,the army chief, recognize that Pakistanhas at times gone oP the Americanscript, but they argue that the countrywould be a better ally if only theUnited States showedmore sensitivityto Islamabad's regional concerns.On the other side, Americans see

Pakistan as the ungrateful recipient ofalmost $40 billion in economic andmilitary assistance since 1947, $23billion of it for fighting terrorism overthe last decade alone. In their view,Pakistan has taken American dollarswith a smile, even as it covertlydeveloped nuclear weapons in the1980s, passed nuclear secrets to othersin the 1990s, and supported Islamistmilitant groups more recently. Nomatter what Washington does,according to a growing cadre of U.S.senators, members of Congress, andeditorial writers, it can't count onPakistan as a reliable ally. Meanwhile,large amounts of U.S. aid have simplyfailed to invigorate Pakistan'seconomy.The May 2011 U.S. covert operation

in Abbottabad that killed Osama binLaden brought the relationship to anunusually low point, making it harderthan ever to maintain the illusion offriendship. At this point, instead ofcontinuing to fight so constantly for solittle benefit - money for Pakistan,limited intelligence cooperation for theUnited States, and a few tacticalmilitary gains for both sides - the twocountries should acknowledge thattheir interests simply do not convergeenough tomake them strong partners.By coming to terms with this reality,Washington would be freer to explorenew ways of pressuring Pakistan andachieving its own goals in the region.Islamabad, meanwhile, could finallypursue its regional ambitions, whichwould either succeed once and for allor,more likely, teach Pakistani oOcialsthe limitations of their country'spower.

FRIEND REQUESTIt is tempting to believe that tensions

between the United States andPakistan have never been worse. Andto be sure, the public in each countrycurrently dislikes the other: in a 2011Gallup poll, Pakistan ranked amongthe least liked countries in the UnitedStates, along with Iran and NorthKorea; meanwhile, a 2012 Pew pollfound that 80 percent of Pakistanishave an unfavorable view of theUnitedStates, with 74 percent seeing it as anenemy. Washington's threats to cut oPaid to Pakistan and calls in Islamabadto defend Pakistani sovereignty fromU.S. drone incursions seem torepresent a friendship that is spiralingdownward.But the relationship between the

United States and Pakistan has neverbeen good. In 2002, at arguably theheight of U.S.-Pakistani cooperationagainst terrorism, a Pew poll foundthat 63 percent of Americans hadunfavorable views of Pakistan,makingit the fifthmost disliked nation, behindColombia, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan,andNorthKorea. Before that, in 1980,soon after the Soviet invasion ofAfghanistan, aHarris poll showed thata majority of Americans viewedPakistan unfavorably, despite the factthat 53 percent supported U.S.military action to defend the countryagainst communism. Pakistanidistaste for the United States isnothing new, either. A 2002 Pew pollfound that about 70 percent ofPakistanis disapproved of the UnitedStates. And their negativity predatesthe war on terrorism. The September1982 issue of The Journal of ConflictResolution carried an article by thePakistani civil servant ShafqatNaghmi

based on analysis of keywords used inthe Pakistani press between 1965 and1979. He found evidence forwidespread anti-Americanism goingback to the beginning of the study. In1979, a hostile crowd burned down theU.S. embassy in Islamabad, andattacks on U.S. oOcial buildings inPakistan were reported even in the1950s and 1960s.From Pakistan's founding onward,

the two countries have tried to paperover their divergent interests and thefact that their publics do not trust oneanother with personal friendships atthe highest levels. In 1947, Pakistan'sleaders confronted an uncertainfuture. Most of the world wasindiPerent to the new country - that is,except for its giant next-door neighbor,which was uncompromisingly hostile.The partition of British India hadgiven Pakistan a third of the formercolony's army but only a sixth of itssources of revenue. From birth,therefore, Pakistanwas saddledwith ahuge army it could not pay for andplenty of monsters to destroy.British oOcials and scholars, such as

Sir Olaf Caroe, who was the pre-partition governor of the North-WestFrontier Province (now KhyberPakhtunkhwa), and Ian Stephens, theeditor of The Statesman, encouragedPakistan's founding fathers to keep thecountry's large army as a protectionagainst India. Lacking financing for it,though, Pakistani leaders turned to theUnited States, reasoning thatWashington would be willing to footsome of the bill given Pakistan'sstrategically important location at theintersection of the Middle East andSouth Asia.Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the

country's founder and first governor-general, and most of his lieutenants inthe Muslim League, Pakistan's mainpolitical party, had never traveled totheUnited States and knew little aboutthe country. To fill the role ofambassador to the United States, theychose the one among them who had,Mirza AbolHassan Ispahani, who hadtoured the United States in the mid-1940s to drum up support for anindependent Muslim state in SouthAsia. In a November 1946 letter toJinnah, Ispahani explained what heknew of the American psyche. "I havelearnt that sweet words and firstimpressions count a lot withAmericans," he wrote. "They areinclined to quickly like or dislike anindividual or organization." TheCambridge-educated lawyer tried hisbest to make a good impression andbecame known among theWashington elite for his erudition andsartorial style.Back in Pakistan, Jinnah attempted

to befriend Paul Alling, the newlyappointed U.S. ambassador inKarachi, then Pakistan's capital. In oneof their meetings, Jinnah complainedabout the sweltering heat and oPeredto sell his oOcial residence to the U.S.embassy. The ambassador sent him agift of four ceiling fans. Jinnah wasalso at pains to give interviews to U.S.journalists, the best known of whomwas Lifemagazine'sMargaret Bourke-White. "America needs Pakistan morethan Pakistan needs America," Jinnahtold her. "Pakistan is the pivot of theworld, the frontier onwhich the futureposition of the world revolves." Likemany Pakistani leaders after him,Jinnah hinted that he hoped theUnited States would pour money andarms into Pakistan. And Bourke-White, like many Americans after her,was skeptical. She sensed that behindthe bluster was insecurity and a"bankruptcy of ideas . . . a nationdrawing its spurious warmth from theembers of an antique religiousfanaticism, fanned into a new blaze."The visceral anti-Americanism

among many Pakistanis today makesit diOcult to remember howpersistently Jinnah and hisambassadors lobbied theUnited Statesfor recognition and friendship in thoseearlier years. Yet the Americans werenot convinced. As a State Departmentcounselor, George Kennan, forexample, saw no value in havingPakistan as an ally. In 1949, when hemet Pakistan's first prime minister,Liaquat Ali Khan, Kennan respondedto Khan's request to back Pakistanover India by saying, "Our friendsmust not expect us to do things whichwe cannot do. It is no less importantthat they should not expect us to bethings which we cannot be." Kennan'smessage was reflected in the paltryamount of U.S. aid sent to the newcountry: of the $2 billion Jinnah hadrequested in September 1947, only $10million came through. That droppedto just over half a million dollars in1948, and to zero in 1949 and 1950.

BROTHERS IN ARMSPakistan finally got what it wanted

with the election of DwightEisenhower in 1952. His secretary of

state, John Foster Dulles, embracedthe idea of exchanging aid forPakistani support of U.S. strategicinterests. He saw Pakistan as a vitallink in his scheme to encircle theSoviet Union and China. Theaggressively anticommunist Dullesalso relished the thought of having alarge army of professional soldierswith British-trained oOcers on theright side in the Cold War. Influencedby earlier descriptions of Pakistanis,Dulles believed them to be especiallymartial: "I've got to get some realfighting men in the south of Asia," hetold the journalistWalter Lippmann in1954. "The only Asians who can reallyfight are the Pakistanis."Muhammad Ali Bogra, who had

taken up the post of Pakistaniambassador to the United States in1952, was also eager to cement thefriendship. He was as successful as hispredecessor at cultivating Americanelites, especially Dulles, who wasalready leery of India's leaders due totheir decision to stay nonalignedduring the Cold War. Bogra ensuredthat his own anticommunistsentiments werewell known toDulles,as well as to the journalists andpoliticians with whom Bogra wentbowling in Washington. Meanwhile,Eisenhower tasked Arthur Radford,chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaP,with earning the respect of powerfulPakistanis - particularly the militarycommander General MuhammadAyub Khan, who would rule thecountry by the end of the decade. AyubKhan was instrumental in installingBogra as Pakistan's prime minister in1953, after a palace coup, in the hopethat Bogra's friendship with the

Americans would expedite the flow ofarms and development assistance toPakistan. Indeed, military andeconomic aid to Pakistan began to riserapidly; it would hit $1.7 billion by theend of the decade.In return, the United States got

Pakistan to join two anti-Sovietsecurity arrangements: the SoutheastAsia TreatyOrganization, in 1954, andthe Baghdad Pact (later called theCentral Treaty Organization), in 1955.But therewere already signs of trouble.Any notion that Pakistan would joineither alliance grouping in a war wasquickly dispelled, as Pakistan (likemany others) refused to contributemuch money or any forces to theorganizations. Dulles traveled toPakistan in 1954 looking for militarybases for use against the Soviet Unionand China. On his return, he tried toconceal his disappointment in the lackof immediate progress. In a memo hewrote for Eisenhower after the trip, hedescribed U.S.-Pakistani relations asan "investment" from which theUnited States was "not in general in aposition to demand specific returns."According to Dulles, the U.S. presencein Pakistan meant that the UnitedStates could expand its influence overtime, leading to "trust and friendship."Ayub Khan, for his part, assumed

that once Pakistan's military had beenequipped with modern weapons -ostensibly to fight the Communists --it could use them against Indiawithout causing a major breach withthe United States. In his memoirs, heacknowledged that "the objectives thatthe Western powers wanted theBaghdad Pact to serve were quitediPerent from the objectives we had inmind." But he argued that Pakistanhad "never made any secret of [its]intentions or [its] interests" and thatthe United States knew Pakistanwould use its new arms against itseastern neighbor. Still, when Pakistantested Ayub Khan's theory in 1965, byinfiltrating Kashmir and precipitatingan all-out war with India, USPresident Lyndon Johnson suspendedthe supply of military spare parts toboth India andPakistan. In retaliation,in 1970, Pakistan shut down a secretCIA base in Peshawar that had beenleased to the United States in 1956 tolaunch U-2 reconnaissance flights.U.S.-Pakistani relations were scaled

back after the suspension of militaryaid, but neither side could give up ontrying to find some common ground.Ayub Khan's successor as president,General Agha Muhammad YahyaKhan, agreed to serve as anintermediary between the UnitedStates andChina, facilitating the secrettrip to Beijing in 1971 by HenryKissinger, thenU.S. President RichardNixon's national security adviser. Laterthat year, Nixon showed his gratitudefor Pakistan's help by favoring West

Pakistan against separatist EastPakistan and its Indian supportersduring the civil war that resulted in thecreation of Bangladesh. The UnitedStates played down West Pakistaniatrocities in East Pakistan, and Nixontried to bypass Congress to providesome materiel to West Pakistaniforces. But that did not stop thecountry from dividing. As a civiliangovernment led by Zulfikar Ali Bhuttopicked up the pieces in the new,smaller Pakistan, the United Statesand Pakistan maintained somedistance. During a 1973 visit by Nixonto Pakistan, Bhutto oPered Nixon anaval base on the coast of the ArabianSea, whichNixon declined. By the timethe relationship had started to warmagain, when Washington lifted thearms embargo on Pakistan in themid-1970s, Pakistan had already soughteconomic support from the Arabcountries to its west, which were bythen growing flush with petrodollars.

OFF BASEThe next time the United States and

Pakistan tried to work together, it wasto expand a relatively small Pakistani-backed insurgency in Afghanistan atthe United States' request. After theSoviet invasion of Afghanistan, in1979, the United States saw anopportunity to even the scorefollowing its poor showing in theVietnam War and bleed the Sovietarmy dry. The Afghan mujahideen,which had been trained by Pakistan'sintelligence agency, the Inter-ServicesIntelligence (ISI), and funded by theCIA, would help. Pakistan's militaryruler, General Muhammad Zia-ul-

Haq,made his sales pitch: "The SovietUnion is sitting on our border," he toldan American journalist in a 1980interview. "Has the free world anyinterest left in Pakistan?" Later, Ziaeven surprised the U.S. StateDepartment counselor, RobertMcFarlane, with a sweetener: "Whydon't you ask us to grant [you] bases?"The United States was no longer

interested in bases in Pakistan, but itdid want to use Pakistan as a stagingground for the Afghan insurgency. SoWashington not only funneled armsand money to the mujahideen acrossthe border but also quadrupled its aidto Pakistan. DiPerences betweenWashington and Islamabad over whoshould lead a post-Soviet Afghanistanquickly emerged and unsettled the twocountries' unspoken truce. For the firsttime, the issue of Pakistani support forterrorist groups also became a sorepoint. In a 1992 letter to PakistaniPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif,Nicholas Platt, theU.S. ambassador toPakistan, warned that the UnitedStateswas close to declaring Pakistan astate sponsor of terrorism: "If thesituation persists, the secretary of statemay find himself required by law toplace Pakistan in the U.S.G. statesponsors of terrorism list. You musttake concrete steps to curtailassistance to militants and not allowtheir training camps to operate inPakistan or Azad Kashmir [thePakistan-controlled part of Kashmir]."That threat was hollow, but theUnitedStates did find other ways to punish itserstwhile ally. In 1991,Washington cutoP military aid to Pakistan afterPresident George H. W. Bush failed tocertify to Congress that Pakistan wasadhering to its nuclearnonproliferation commitments.Between 1993 and 1998, the UnitedStates imposed strict sanctions onPakistan because of its continuednuclear progress and tests. And itimposed more sanctions between2000 and 2001 in response to the1999 military coup that broughtGeneral Pervez Musharraf to power.Civilian aid,meanwhile, bottomed out.

WITH US OR AGAINST USAcrimony continued to color the

relationship until 2001, when, after the9/11 attacks, Washington once againsought toworkwith Islamabad, hopingthat this time, Pakistan would fix itsinternal problems and change itsstrategic direction for good. But therewas little enthusiasmamongPakistan'spublic or its military elite, where thecountry's decision-making power lay,for an embrace of the United States orits vision for the region. Meanwhile,Pakistani diplomats in the UnitedStates spent most of their timeresponding to Congress' criticism ofPakistan's double-dealing in regard to

terrorists. The role of ambassadorduring this period was first held by aformer journalist, Maleeha Lodhi, andthen by a career foreign service oOcer,Ashraf Qazi. They worked to build thecase that Pakistan was the frontlinestate in the war on terrorism byreaching out to the U.S. media andlobbying Congress with the help of thegrowing Pakistani Americancommunity.With support from the George W.

Bush administration, the ambassadorswere able to fend oP criticism and gethuge aid packages approved. Butskeptics, such as the journalist SeligHarrison, pointed out that Pakistanwas selling "bad policy through goodsalesmen." These particular salesmenwere succeeded by two retired generals,Jehangir Karamat and Mahmud AliDurrani, who attempted to work moreclosely with U.S. military oOcers,assuring them that reports ofcontinued Pakistani support for theAfghan Taliban were exaggerated. Onthe U.S. side, Anthony Zinni, who hadbeen commander of the U.S. CentralCommand at the time of Musharraf 'scoup and remained in touch withMusharraf after his own retirement,spoke publicly of the benefit of beingable to communicate "soldier tosoldier." Still, the soldier-ambassadorswere unable to overcome the negativepress about Pakistan's involvement inAfghanistan.U.S. ambassadors to Pakistan during

this period focused on forging close tieswith the country's leader, Musharraf.When Musharraf 's control weakenedtoward the end of the decade, AnnePatterson, who was U.S. ambassadorbetween 2007 and 2010, tried to reachout to civilian Pakistani politicians bymeeting the leaders of all of thecountry's major political parties. Tocover the waterfront, Admiral MikeMullen, whowas chairman of the JointChiefs of StaP, pursued a personalfriendship with Pakistan's army chief,General Ashfaq Kayani. Mullen held26 meetings with Kayani in four yearsand often described him as a friend.But by the end of his tenure, Mullenexpressed frustration that nothing hadworked to change Kayani's focus: "Inchoosing to use violent extremism asan instrument of policy, thegovernment of Pakistan, and mostespecially the Pakistani army and ISI,"he said in a speech to the SenateArmedServices Committee in 2011,"jeopardizes not only the prospect ofour strategic partnership but Pakistan'sopportunity to be a respected nationwith legitimate regional influence."In the end, during Patterson's and

Mullen's tenures, Musharraf 's regimecrumbled and a civilian governmenttook oOce. From the start, the newadministration, led by Zardari, soughtto transform the U.S.-Pakistanirelationship into what he called astrategic partnership. Zardari wantedto mobilize popular and politicalsupport in Pakistan forcounterterrorism, as the United Statesmade a long-term commitment toPakistan through a multiyear foreignassistance package including morecivilian aid. At the same time, the twocountries would work together todevise a mutually acceptable Afghanendgame.As Pakistan's ambassador to the

United States from 2008 to 2011, Itried to carry out this agenda and serveas a bridge between the two sides. Iarranged dozens of meetings amongcivilian andmilitary leaders from bothsides. Senior U.S. oOcials, includingJames Jones, Hillary Clinton, weregenerous with their time. RichardHolbrooke, who was the Obamaadministration's special envoy forAfghanistan and Pakistan before hisdeath in 2011, shuttled between thecapitals, seeking to explainU.S. policiesto Pakistani oOcials and securecongressional support for Pakistan.Over several weekends, when ourspouses were away from Washington,Holbrooke and I spent hours together,going to the movies or meeting forlunch in Georgetown. We spoke aboutways to secure a U.S. withdrawal fromAfghanistan with Pakistan's support.Convinced that the Pakistani militaryheld the key to stability in the region,President Barack Obama conveyed toPakistan that theUnited Stateswantedto help Pakistan feel secure and beprosperous but that it would notcountenance Pakistan's support forjihadist groups that threatenedAmerican security.But in the end, these attempts to

build a strategic partnership gotnowhere. The civilian leaders wereunable to smooth over the distrustbetween the U.S. and Pakistanimilitaries and intelligence agencies.And the lack of full civilian control overPakistan's military and intelligenceservices meant that, as ever, the twocountries were working towarddiPerent outcomes. Admittedly,however, things might not have beenall that much better had the civilians

been in full control; it is easier forstrongmen to give their allieswhat theywant regardless of popular wishes,whether it be U-2 and drone bases orarming the Afghan mujahideen. Myown tenure as ambassador came to anabrupt end in November 2011, justweeks after an American businessmanof Pakistani origin falsely accused meof using himas an intermediary to seekAmerican help in thwarting a militarycoup immediately after the U.S. raidthat killed bin Laden. The allegationmade no sense because as ambassador,I had direct access toAmerican oOcialsand did not need the help of acontroversial businessman to conveyconcerns about the Pakistani militarythreatening civilian rule. The episodeconfirmed again, if confirmation wasneeded, that supporting close ties withthe United States is an unpopularposition in Pakistan and that there is ageneral willingness in Pakistan'smedia, judicial, and intelligence circlesto believe the worst of anyone trying tomend the frayed partnership.

TILL THE BITTER ENDGiven this history of failure, it is time

to reconsider whether the U.S.-Pakistani alliance is worth preserving.At least for the foreseeable future, theUnited States will not accept thePakistani military's vision of Pakistanipreeminence in South Asia or equalitywith India. And aid alone will not alterIslamabad's priorities. Of course, asPakistan's democracy grows stronger,the Pakistanis might someday be ableto have a realistic debate about whatthe national interest is and how itshould be pursued. But even thatdebate might not end on terms theUnited States likes. According to 2012poll data, for example, although mostPakistanis would favor better ties withIndia (69 percent of those polled), amajority of them still see India as thecountry's biggest threat (59 percent).With the United States and Pakistan

at a dead end, the two countries needto exploreways to structure a nonalliedrelationship. They had a taste of this in2011 and 2012, when Pakistan shutdown transit lines in response to aNATO drone strike on the Afghan-Pakistani border that killed 24Pakistani soldiers. But this failed tohurt the U.S. war ePort; the UnitedStates quickly found that it could relyon other routes into Afghanistan.Doing so was more costly, but theUnited States' flexibility demonstratedto Islamabad that its help is not asindispensable toWashington as it onceassumed. That realization should be atthe core of a new relationship. TheUnited States should be unambiguousin defining its interests and then actingon them without worrying excessivelyabout the reaction in Islamabad.The new coolness between the two

countries will eventually provoke areckoning. The United States willcontinue to do what it feels it has to doin the region for its own security, suchas pressing aheadwith drone strikes onterrorist suspects. Once Pakistan'snational security elites recognize thelimits of their power, the countrymighteventually seek a renewed partnershipwith the United States -- but this timewith greater humility and an awarenessof what it can and cannot get. It is alsopossible, although less likely, thatPakistani leaders could decide that theyare able to do quite well on their own,without relying heavily on the UnitedStates, as they have come to do over thelast several decades. In that case, too,the mutual frustrations resulting fromPakistan's reluctant dependency on theUnited States would come to an end.Diplomats of both countries wouldthen be able to devote their energiesto explaining their own andunderstanding the other's currentpositions instead of constantlyrepeating clashing narratives of whatwent wrong over the last six decades.Even if the breakup of the alliance didnot lead to such a dramaticdenouement, it would still leave bothcountries free to make the toughstrategic decisions about dealing withthe other that each has been avoiding.Pakistan could find out whether itsregional policy objectives ofcompeting with and containing Indiaare attainable without U.S. support.The United States would be able todeal with issues such as terrorism andnuclear proliferation without theburden of Pakistani allegations ofbetrayal. Honesty about the truestatus of their ties might even helpboth parties get along better andcooperate more easily. After all, theycould hardly be worse oP than theyare now, clinging to the idea of analliance even though neither actuallybelieves in it. Sometimes, the bestway forward in a relationship lies inadmitting that it's over in its currentincarnation.

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FOREIGN RELATIONS

Breaking up is not hard to do!Pakistanis believe that Washington has never been grateful for the sacrifice of the thousands of Pakistani military andsecurity oOcials who have died fighting terrorists in recent decades, nor mourned the tens of thousands of Pakistanicivilians whom those terrorists have killed

It is time to reconsider whether the US —Pakistani alliance is worth preserving. At leastfor the foreseeable future, the United States

will not accept the Pakistani military's vision ofPakistani preeminence in South Asia or

equality with India. And aid alone will not alterIslamabad's priorities.

AJK PM congratulatesNawaz for victory in pollsMMUUZZAAFFAARRAABBAADD:: Azad Kashmir PrimeMinister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed hascongratulated Pakistan Muslim League-N on its superb victory in the generalelection. He expressed these views herein the PM House on Saturday and hopedthat PML-N President Nawaz Sharifwould play his significant role inhighlighting and resolving the Kashmirissue. He said that he and hisgovernment respected the mandategiven to them by the people of Pakistan.He assured their leadership that theKashmir government would extend allits cooperation to the newly-electedgovernment on Kashmir issue as well ason the developmental issues in the state.Talking to media, the prime ministerreiterated that the Pakistan People’sParty and his government, under theguidance of President Asif Zardari,would continue eNorts for Kashmircause and achieve their mission ofserving the people. �ONLINE

Streetlights become out-of-orderRRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: The streetlightsinstalled in Khayaban-e-Sir Syed areahave become dysfunctional plungingseveral adjoining areas into darknessand creating inconvenience for theresidents. The residents complained thatthe out-of-order streetlights posesproblem for them while the incidents ofstreet crimes have also increased in theirareas. They further said that with adventof evening, the whole area sinks intodarkness and causes inconvenience fortransporters and residents. Theresidents have demanded of the TMA torepair the out of order streetlights onpriority. They demanded of theconcerning authorities to put thestreetlights system in order. �STAFF REPORT

Re-count ordered at 7polling stations of PP-198MMUULLTTAANN:: The Election Commission ofPakistan has ordered recount of votes atseven polling stations in theconstituency of PP-198 Multan. Thedecision came at the request of PTIcandidate Nawabzada Waseem KhanBadozai. It may be recalled that PML-Ncandidate Peerzada Mian ShazadMaqbool Bhutta was declared winnerfrom PP-198 Multan after securing32,394 votes. �ONLINE

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TTUURRBBAATT:: A complete shutter downstrike is being observed againstalleged irregularities in the polling atthe constituencies Kech PB-50 andKech-cum-Gwadar NA-272 on thecall of the National Party on Saturdayhere. Responding to the National Partyleader Dr Yasin Baloch’s Friday call, allthe shops, markets and other businesscenters observing shutter down strike,while the traMc flow is also seen lessthan the usual. National Party leaders blamed thattheir party candidates were defeatedin a planned manner by committinggross irregularities in the polling atthe constituencies Kech PB-50 andKech-cum-Gwadar NA-272. Theydemanded enquiry into theirregularities and remedial measures.In Karachi, the anti-PPP alliancecomprising ten political, religious, andnationalist parties has announced a

wheel-jam strike across Sindh on May22 against alleged riggings in recentpolls. According to media reports, theten-party alliance has termed recentpolls a historical robbery of publicmandate in Sindh and announced tohold sit-ins in every DivisionHeadquarter of Sindh during wheel-

jam strike on May 22 across theprovince. A special meeting of ten-party alliance leaders was held thisday, where they announced of strike onMay 22 and decided to meet PML-Nchief Nawaz Sharif in Lahore and briefhim about massive riggings in polls bythe PPP candidates in Sindh. �ONLINE

ALI SAJJAD SHAH

RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: Carefullyprepared statistics have exposedthe crime rate in Rawalpindi tohave increased by 70 per cent thisyear compared to the last year.According to a carefully studiedreport, criminal negligence of lawenforcement elements has beendeclared as responsible for theincrease in morbidity. Dacoities, robberies,prostitution, obscenity are on therise, out of which theft anddacoities have risen by 55 percent, homicide by 79 per cent,dacoities by 34 per cent,motorbike thefts by 133 per centand car lifting by 98 per cent.Similarly, cyber crimes haverisen by 36 per cent, whileharassment through mobilephones has registered an increaseof 354 per cent. Rampantinflation has caused an upsurge of200 per cent in the morbidity ofprostitution and obscenity relatedcrimes.Incidents of crimes in citywitnessed a sharp increase duringthis year despite the tall claims ofstrict security arrangements madeby police to curb the crime rate.According to the statisticscollected from City Police OMcer'soMce, 1,250 vehicles and 800motorcycles were stolen duringJanuary 2013 to up till now, withsoaring number of other reportedand unreported crimes that wererecorded in 2012 while recoveryof the vehicles and motorcycleswas much less.Statistics shows that despitemore than 25 police check postsat entry and exit points of the citythere is no let up in the crimerate as there are frequent reportsof crimes including murdercases, attempted murder cases,kidnappings for ransom,robberies, theft and burglary.According to police, more than4,000 cases of such crimes wereregistered during the period in

Rawalpindi city while recovery ofthe citizens’ money and othervaluables was only in 346 cases.They said total number of casesof various crimes was recordedover 17,700 during this period.People were robbed of hugeamount in cash and valuablesbecause of armed robberies,theft, mugging and burglaryduring the period.Several incidents of crimes indiNerent areas of the city alsowent unreported as well. TheRawalpindi Regional PoliceOMcer had earlier shuLed severalSHOs of the city in response tothe rise in crime but no significantimprovement has been seen so far.However, according to City PoliceOMcer (CPO) Rawalpindi all outeNorts were being made to controlthe crime in city.He said senior police oMcerswere directed to regularlymonitor the crime situation andperformance of police oMcials. He said, foolproof securityarrangements were madeparticularly at public places inRawalpindi district. The specialteams comprising senior policeoMcials were constituted to checkand curb heinous crimes and tomonitor performance of policeoMcials on weekly basis. Solidsteps to change traditional ‘thana’culture and improve image ofpolice among public were alsotaken. He said on special directives ofInspectorate General of Punjabopen courts were also being heldto address grievances of citizens.Stressing the need of concertedeNorts, he said, people shouldcome forward to play their duerole as joint eNorts by lawenforcement agencies and thegeneral public would have to bemade to eliminate crime rate fromthe society. Police pickets set up atentry and exit points of the citiesare being made more eNective tocontrol car lifting problem, heasserted.

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ABDUR RAZZAQ

PPEESSHHAAWWAARR:: As the weather turnedhot and load shedding accrue in theprovincial metropolis and otheradjacent areas has multiplied themiseries of the students who aretaking intermediate exams.Like other parts of the province, 12to 14 hours power outage waswitnessed in the Khyber SupperMarket, aNecting studies of theintermediate students who areresiding due to lack of

accommodation facilities in thehostels of their educationalinstitutions.A large number of the studentsincluding the tribal students whosefamilies had been suNered in theongoing war on terror and militaryoperations in their areas have beenresiding in the Khyber Super Marketsince long and prolonged power cutshas annoyed their studies.Salman Khan, a student ofintermediate, said that theexaminations were about to start in

the last week of May but prolongedload shedding had aNected hispreparation for the examination. Theywould not be able to attempt theirpapers due to extreme temperatureand suNocation in the exam-halls dueto lack of electricity.Muhammad Irfan, a student hailingfrom Khyber Agency, said thatunscheduled power cuts had aNectedhis studies and it would be diMcult forhim to attempt his papers well. Thestudents were forced to use candlelights but it was diMcult for them to

sit in the room without havingelectricity fans in extremetemperature.Hamida Bano, a college lecture, saidthat it was diMcult for the students toattempt the papers in extremetemperature in the absence ofelectricity. It was also diMcult for theinvigilators to observe properlyaround 250 or more candidates in asingle exam hall due to suNocationand intense heat inside, she said,adding that the students did notattempt their papers keenly but

fulfilling the formalities due tounfavourable conditions in the hallsdue to severe temperature.She said sometimes the studentsfell fainted due to high temperatureand suNocation in the congestedhalls. Attempting the papers well andacquiring good marks were beyondthe access in the presence of suchpower cuts, she added. The studentsasked the government andauthorities concerned to takemeasures regarding provision ofpower at least in the exam days.

Massive power cuts irk students during exams

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LLAAHHOORREE:: The Lahore Chamber ofCommerce and Industry Fridaycriticised the caretaker governmentfor making a huge increase of Rs5.82 in per unit price of electricityand termed it an anti-businessdecision aimed at sabotaging thepopularity of the PML-Ngovernment.In a statement, LCCI PresidentFarooq Iftikhar said that thedecision was devastating at a timewhen the business community wasalready paying high cost of doingbusiness because of unavailability ofgas and electricity. He said that thehefty increase in power prices wouldalso adversely aNect competitivenessof merchandise that had already losttheir due place in a number of global

markets due to high prices.In the international market, hesaid the profit margin fluctuatesbetween 0.5 per cent to 0.8 per cent,therefore, there would hardly be anybuyer for Pakistani goods after therecent increase. The LCCI presidentsaid that if the increase, under thefuel adjust surcharge, was necessary,then it should have beenimplemented in phases instead ofmaking the huge increase in one go.He opined that the governmentmove was bound to increase theincidence of electricity pilferage thatalready is 25 per cent of the 22 percent line losses and eating up Rs 50-75 billion. In India, the electricitytariN for industry is 10.5 cents, inBangladesh 10.75 cents and in SriLanka it is 10.75 cent and in PakistantariN is already 15 cents.

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LCCI flays govt forincrease in power tariN

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IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD//KKAARRAACCHHII::Increased and unannouncedprolonged duration ofelectricity loadshedding insome parts of Karachi andIslamabad has annoyedpublic.In the capital territory, theloadshedding hours havebeen increased without anyprior notice. In Islamabadafter every two hours, twohours load shedding is beingobserved. While in thesuburbs of Islamabad andRawalpindi there is no timeschedule.Up to 10 hours of poweroutages are being reportedin diNerent parts of Karachi.The KESC said loadshedding duration hasincreased due to power theftand non-payment ofelectricity bills.In Lines Area, people tookto the streets against theextended power cuts amidunbearable hot weather.They said that long powercuts were paralyzing normallife in such scorching heat.Apart from general public,industries have also beenaNected by the long powercuts. SITE chief RashidWohra said power outageswere not only ruiningeconomy, as they were alsoleading to unemploymentand lawlessness.Extended power outagesin some areas are directlylinked with electricity theftand non-payment of bills.

Electricityoutagesannoy public

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AATTTTOOCCKK:: Two men were shot dead and twoothers received serious wounds in shootingincident over a dispute involving a girl inDakhnair village, 25km away from Attockcity. According to police sources, Fayyaz andGul Zaman kidnapped 18-year-old Robina,the sister of Shaukat, from her home.Relatives of girls went to Fayyaz’ friend GulZaman s/o Sher Zaman’s home to search the

girl, where they exchanged hot words withSher Nawaz and Safdar. Later, Sher Nawazopened fire with a 12-bore rifle. As a result,Shaukat and his cousin Iftikhar died on thespot while Riasat and Dost Khan wereinjured. The Attock Khurd Police StationSHO reached the crime scene and shiftedthe bodies to the DHQ Hospital Attock forpost-mortem. Police have registered amurder case against five accused and startedinvestigation.

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RRAAWWAALLPPIINNDDII:: WASA has failed to repairthe tube-well which is just 30 metres awayfrom its head oMce, it is learnt.Suspension of water supply from the out-of-order WASA tube-well to Liaquat BaghSports Complex has added to the miseriesof national and international sportsmen,oMcials and complex management. WASA tube-well No 69, which isinstalled in the premises of Liaquat Bagh

Sports Complex, is not functioning for thelast several months. The complexadministration has to purchase waterthrough water tankers at high rates.Bashir Chohan, who clinched theRawalpindi district squash trophy, told TheSpokesman that the tub-well had not beenworking for the last four months. “We havelodged various verbal and writtencomplaints with WASA but to no avail. Wehave been buying water from our ownpocket since then.”

Two shot dead for a girl in Attock

Crime on therise in Pindi� Figures show 70% increase in cases this year

Tube-well near WASA o�ce not working

PPEESSHHAAWWAARR:: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ChiefMinister-elect Pervaiz Khattak has saidthat the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wouldintroduce a new system of goodgovernance where the public opinionwould be honoured. He said that the PTI government wouldnever disappoint the people and wouldcome upto their expectations as the peoplereposed confidence on it and now theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa would soon feelchanges. He said that the slogan which the PTIchairman announced of making country arole model would be implemented. On theoccasion, newly-elected provincialassembly members Shah MuhammadKhan and Farid Khan joined the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf and expressed fullconfidence on the party’s leadership.Khattak informed the guests that acorruption-free society would also beestablished in the province and justicewould be ensured in accordance with thePTI manifesto.PTI General Secretary Shaukat Yousafzaiwas also present on this occasion. PK-62Kohistan independent candidate AbdulKhaliq already announced his joining inPTI, now the total strength of PTI reachedupto 37. Khattak warned that corruptionwould not be tolerated at any cost underany circumstances and anyone involved incorruption would be dealt with iron hands.He assured the newly-elected candidateswhom showed their confidence in PTIwould lead to successes. He said that thebackward areas would be given priority inrespect of developmental activities in orderto bring them at par with the developedworld. �ONLINE

PTI to introducegood governance,says Khattak

Shutter-down strikeagainst ‘rigged’ polls� Wheel-jam strike on May 22 across Sindh over rigging

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The Election Commission Friday announced re-polling at 47polling stations of NA-229 and NA-230, Tharparkar and fixed June 1 aspolling day. The decision has been taken in light of the reports, received fromthe district returning oMcers, duly endorsed by the Provincial ElectionCommissioner. The ECP has decided to conduct re-poll at 47 polling stationsof these two constituencies. According to the ECP notification, re-poll at fourpolling stations including 162, 261, 272 and 275 of the constituency NA-229Tharparkar-I and 43 polling stations including 102, 103, 104, 108,88,109,110, 120, 34, 40, 46, 39, 42, 58, 46, 183, 203, 173, 192, 169, 175, 160, 157, 172,156, 171, 191, 180, 131, 151, 184, 143, 144, 182, 129, 187, 158, 161, 210, 181, 154,126 and 170 of the constituency NA-230 Tharparkar-II and constituenciesPS-62 and PS-63 shall be held on June 1. �STAFF REPORT

Re-polling at 47 stations of NA-229, NA-230 on June 1

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

i was an idiot to reject Harry Potter: LuhrmannLONDON: 'The Great Gatsby' helmer Baz Luhrmann had turneddown the opportunity to direct the 'Harry Potter' films in favour ofshooting movie musical 'Moulin Rouge'. The 50-year-oldfilmmaker said he was contacted by producers of the wizardingfranchise while they were planning the first big screen installment,2001's 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', reportedContactmusic. "The first one came along and they rang me, andwhile I love the pictures and the books now, then I thought,'What's that?' "And I said, 'Well that sounds interesting, but I'mthinking of doing a reinvention of the modern musical,' and thatwas Moulin Rouge! So I'm an obvious idiot, because I should havetaken Harry Potter," he said. -SHOWBIZ DESK

My family is traditional and more conservative: Abhay DeolMUMBAI: He admits to having been closed to doing anything on TV, but never say no is the mantra foractor Abhay Deol, who carved a niche for himself with 'zara hatke' roles in films like "Dev D". He willnow be seen on the small screen, which he says was completely unplanned. "I never thought of being apart of the small screen. If anything they said was for TV, I would say no without even thinking about it,"Abhay, who will be hosting a new TV show, told IANS. Abhay, 37, was launched by his uncle Dharmendrain his home production "Socha Na Tha" opposite Ayesha Takia. Asked how it feels to be born in a starfamily, the actor said: "One gets bored as there is nothing black and white in life." Asked about how hisfamily responded to his live-in relationship, he said: ‘My family is very traditional and they are moreconservative. But I was born in a city that accepted all kinds of people; so if I am to look at myself assomeone from an urban centre, I am quite normal by being non-traditional.’ He added, ‘I don't judge myfamily for what they are and they don't judge them for who I am. It took some time, but they arecomfortable with it now.’ -SHOWBIZ DESK

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MUMBAI: B-town's top actressPriyanka Chopra once again came to theforefront to show her love for animals asshe adopted a lioness in Jharkhand. Thewild cat of Bollywood had last yearadopted a tigress Durga and now alioness Sundari fromBirsaMundazoological park in Ormanjhi near Ranchifor one year. Zoo authorities hailed theinitiative of Chopra as she gavemoneyfor the upkeep of the animals. Last year,the Ranchi zoo introduced a scheme foradoption of animals according to whichone can adopt any animal for a period ofone year to 11 years and themoneywould be used for the upkeep of theanimals and also to create awarenessabout wildlife. -SHOWBIZ DESK

LONDON: Singer George Michael hasbeen discharged from hospital followinga car crash earlier this week. The 49-year-old George Michael was airlifted tohospital on Thursday (May16) follow acar crash on the M25 in England.Thankfully his injuries were not lifethreatening and he was treated for"superficial cuts and bruises" and he isnow recuperating at home. The star’sboyfriend Fadi Fawaz told Metro: "Ofcourse I was worried, but I spoke to himand he is good." The cause of the crashhas yet to be determined and is pendinginvestigation by police. Only one vehiclewas involved, with the driver sustaininga head injury.. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Priyanka Chopra adoptslioness

George Michael recoveringafter car crash

MUMBAI: Homi Adajania hassucceeded in putting together anintriguing star cast of Naseeruddin Shah,Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, DeepikaPadukone and Arjun Kapoor in hisEnglish film titled, Finding Fanny.According to Adajania, "The film is set ina Goan village that the world hasforgotten about. Nothing of any relevancehappens here and the people, well, theyjust exist... It is a hilarious tale of howinane conversation amongst the villagers,send five oddballs to go in search of awoman called Stefaine Fernandez, butnobody knows whether she's alive ordead or just a figment of someone'simagination. It's quite a bizarre,melancholic but very comical story," saidAdajania. This will be the director's thirdfilm, after the 2006, Being Cyrus, also anEnglish language film, which starred Saifand Dimple Kapadia and the successfulCocktail. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Deepika, Arjun Rampal todo a comedy together

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Somewhere in the too-complicated strands ofAurangzeb is a film struggling

to cohere. This is what we have: toomany subplots with threads hanging,criss-crossing a main plot that is overbaked and undercooked. A nephew(Prithivraj) brought up by his chacha(Rishi) as he has serious problemswith his loser father (Kher). Identicaltwins separated as babies, nowgrown into very diPerent individuals(Arjun). Long suPering mother(Azmi) buPeted between the two.Filthy rich businessman (ShroP)with corrupt practices. The troublewith Aurangzeb is not that it isn'tambitious. It is, and that's good.Because after a long time there's afilm which invites you to work on

unraveling the threads. But rightfrom its too-crowded epilogue,

where information about thecharacters comes flying out at you, to

its curiously impact-less lead playerwho sparks to life on occasion, to itslong-drawn scenes where sometimesyou feel the lines are being said onlyfor ePect and not because they haveorganically grown out of theconversation, Aurangzeb is trying fortoo much. This makes the film denseand uneven: some parts have power,the others are inert.These locations in Gurgaon haven't

been heavily exposed yet, but thismix of the builder mafia andcollusive cops and poor farmers havea familiar ring to it. The view of theultra-modern Metro cutting across arapidly growing township which hasboth the feel of mall-and-multiplexAmerican suburbia and emptystretches of agricultural land givesAurangzeb its distinctive look. Youwish more juice had come out of the

sharp contrast, though.This is Arjun Kapoor's second film,

and he is already in a double role.Ajay and Vishal may look alike, butone is nice and sensitive, the other isbrash and crass (a bit like hischaracter in his debut Ishaqzaade):Kapoor is more in synch with thesecond avatar. More ePective thanhim, and in fact all the other goodactors in this film, is Rishi Kapoor.As the policeman who will be king,who has not one soft shred in hishard, hard head, and who will kill aclose relative rather than be caughton the wrong foot, Kapoor is terrific.It's also nice to have Amrita Singhback amongst us even if her role isconstricted. After flashing hisbeautifully muscled abs, Prithvirajhas a fully-fleshed part: this is anactor whom I want see more of.

Aurangzeb has too many subplots with threads hangingMoVie ReView

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MUMBAI: Pakistani actress VeenaMalik, who was linked to actor

Ashmit Patel post their 'Bigg Boss4' stint, says he was never herfriend and that she only believes inmaintaining friendship with her

career. During 'Bigg Boss 4', thetwo seemed to have bonded well,and were also seen together atvarious events post the show. Butboth Veena and Ashmit never gavea clear picture about theirrelationship. The two are alsoworking together in the film'Supermodel'. Veena says thatAshmit was never her friend andthat she only believes inmaintaining friendship with hercareer. "Ashmit was never myfriend. We met in 'Bigg Boss'(season 4 in 2010) and after thatwe have not met. I am justworking. I have friendship only

with my career," Veena said hereFriday in an interview. "I have noconnection with anyone whom Imet in 'Bigg Boss'.They don't even exist in my life,"she added. The actress, who iscurrently busy with her Bollywoodfilms and some Kannada andTelugu projects, says she has an"amazing" connect with people inIndia."It's a very amazing country. Theconnect I have with the people hereis amazing," said Veena, who wasrecently seen in item numbers inthe films 'Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai'and 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'.

Ashmitwas nevermy friend: Veena

Veena’s Zindagi 50-50 torelease in 4 languagesIn order to tap into the South Indian audiences, Pakistani siren VeenaMalik's upcoming film, Ziindagi 50-50, will hit the theatres in fourlanguages simultaneously. It will release inHindi, Tamil, Telegu andMalayalam. Producer Rajan Verma said, ‘It’s a great feat that we aretrying to achieve. Ziindagi 50-50 deals with a topic people across allregions of India will relate to and hence it was important for us toreach out to themasses through their local languages.’ Themovie alsostars Riya Sen and Arya Babbar.

LAHORE: Finally Lahore has come outwith a fresh music show sponsored byPakistan’s leading drinking brand.‘Pepsi Smash’ is the latest musicsensation to hit Pakistan’s media scene.It comprises of twelve sessions witheight artists that include bands likeStrings, Noori, Seige, Symt and Sajid &Zeeshan. The show is directed byOverload’s Farhad Humayun and themusic is produced by Sheraz Siddiq andFaisal Baig, while these celebritymusicians are exclusively photographedby Pakistan’s very own emergingphotography star Mohsin Khawar.Mohsin is a Lahore based fashionphotographer who already hasphotographed many fashion brands andcelebrities. Having a project as big asPepsi Smash exclusively under hisumbrella surely adds a feather to hiscap at this young age. We wish thewhole team a very good luck withprojects to come. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Mohsin Khawarto capturemusic sensation

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MUMBAI: In an exclusive interview,Katrina Kaif talks about why Salmanadvice is still the most valuable to her.‘Salman’s advice is been invaluable. He's

had a very strong basic sense of theworking of the film industry, so yes; I thinkit's been invaluable. But it's quite similar toAnushka Sharma and all other YRFprotégés having Aditya Chopra advisethem. I do feel that I have made some safechoices, but I don't regret it because theywere necessary at that time. Right or wrongSeated in her plush suburban apartment

as she instructs the house-help in crisp,chaste Hindi, Katrina Kaif seems firmly incommand of her life. With a row of hitsbehind her and some impressive projects inthe kitty-Dhoom 3 with Aamir Khan, BangBang opposite Hrithik Roshan and directorKabir Khan's next with Saif Ali Khan, thestatuesque beauty is much in demand, thecompetition notwithstanding.Presently in news for her small role in

Bombay Talkies (a young boy wants to beSheila and dance like her), Kaif is clearlystepping into a new phase of her career. Forstarters, she has just got out of a gruelling

action sequence in Dhoom 3 which causedher severe bruising across her legs. Shelooks fighting fit and is raring to get intothe action mode. "Follow you dreams" iswhat she says in an television interview (inthe film) . With a slew of hits about 20 in acareer spanning nine years, Kaif of coursehas not just followed her dream but isliving it! In a lengthy conversation withScreen, she puts into perspective herenviable success, learning curve and whyshe will never stop oPering suggestions.

WASHINGTON: RooneyMara has been unveiled asthe face of Calvin Klein`snew fragrance campaign.The 28-year-old actresswill be joining DavidFincher, who directed herin `The Social Network`and `The Girl with theDragon Tattoo`, to shoot aseries of TV adverts for thefashion house`sforthcoming fragrance forwomen called Downtown,Contactmusic reported.The perfume, which willhit stores in September2013, will feature a mixture of scents ranging from green pearto pink peppercorn. A thrilled Mara said that she is veryexcited to be included in the group of amazing women thathave been featured in the iconic advertising campaigns forthe brand`s scents. She asserted that it was an honour to bepart of a brand with such a legacy of breakthroughadvertising. Other beauties who have shot campaigns for thefirm are Christy Turlington, Diane Kruger, Zoe Saldana andEva Mendes. -SHOWBIZ DESK

Rooney named newface of Calvin Klein

Salman’s advice has beeninvaluable: Katrina Kaif

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NEW DELHI: Bollywoodsuperstar Sanjay Dutt, who is injail for arms possession, is beingheld in a cell built for militantswhere he cannot see daylightand wants to be transferred, areport said on Saturday. Duttsurrendered on Thursday toserve out the remaining three-and-a-half years of a five-yearterm in a case linked to deadly1993 Mumbai bombings.Dutt's lawyer, Rizwan

Merchant, has demanded thetransfer of the actor whom hesaid was being kept in the cellonce occupied by Mumbaiattacks gunman MohammedAjmal Kasab, according to theIndian Express daily newspaper.Pakistani-born Kasab wasexecuted last November, nearlyfour years after 166 people diedin a three-day rampage thattraumatised India. The steelbunker specially built for Kasabat Mumbai's Arthur Road Jailhad no ventilation and the actorcould not even tell if it was dayor night, the lawyer said. "Dutt is

not a terrorist" and should notbe kept in such a cell, the lawyerwas quoted as saying. There wasno immediate commentavailable from the jail.The actor, whose parents were

two of India's biggest stars, shotto fame in the 1980s in a stringof action movies in which heperformed his own stunts,earning him the nickname"Deadly Dutt". Dutt, whose

mother was Muslim and fatherHindu, was found guilty ofpossession of an automatic rifleand a pistol which he insistedwere only meant to protect hisfamily in Mumbai's chargedatmosphere following themosque's destruction. After theSupreme Court upheld hisconviction, the father-of-threewept and declared himself "ashattered man".

Sunjay held in ‘terrorist’ jail cell�Dutt's lawyer has demanded transfer of the actor who he saidwas being kept in the cell once occupied by Mumbai attacksgunman Mohammed Ajmal KasabRihanna sues fashion

chain for sellingT-shirt with her photo

LOS ANGELES: ‘Diamonds’ hitmakerRihanna has reportedly sued a UK fashionchain for selling T-shirts bearing her imagewithout her consent. The 25-year-old R&Bstar`s team tried to negotiate with Topshopowners for eight months over the rights to theimage, reported Ace showbiz."Rihanna`s team asked Topshop a number

of times to stop selling her image. However,the fashion giant owned by billionaire SirPhilip Green told the singer that it wouldcontinue selling the T-shirts. "Topshop`sowners buy the pictures from a photographer,but they do not pay the artist licensing fees.Unfortunately, UK law does not protect theartist," a source said. "What is most oPensivefor Rihanna is that they basically told her,`Go to hell. We don`t care; we are going tocontinue selling you`. "Even though the UKlaws don`t protect the artist, she has decidedto move forward and sue Topshop. She hasspent almost USD 1 million in litigation atthis point. She says it’s the principle, andwants to make a statement about it. They aretaking advantage of artists. -SHOWBIZ DESK

British high commissionercalls on PmL-N chiefLLAAHHOORREE:: British High Commissionerto Pakistan Adam Thomson called onPML-N chief Muhammad NawazSharif and greeted him on his party'svictory in the general elections.According to media reports, a host ofissues of bilateral interest came underdiscussion during the meeting inLahore on Saturday. They alsoexchanged views on matters of mutualinterest and bilateral relations. –ONLINE

PmL-F leadershot dead in khairpurKKHHAAIIRRPPUURR:: Pakistan Muslim LeagueFunctional (PML-F) leader GhulamSarwar succumbed to injuries after hewas targeted in a firing incident here,media reports said. According to police,some unidentified gunmen opened fireon him near Pir Jo Goth. He waswounded and taken to Civil Hospitalfor treatment but succumbed toinjuries. –ONLINE

PmL-N parliamentaryparty meeting on may 20IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: The PML-N has calledfor a meeting of its parliamentary partyon May 20 in the federal capital, mediareports said. Sources said that themeeting would discuss formation ofgovernments in the centre, Punjab andBalochistan besides first 100-day plan,relief in load shedding, budgetproposals and making alliance withJamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) andPML-F at the centre. Moreover, themeeting would also mull over the futurestrategy relating to the PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP) and PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Nearly 140newly elected PML-N members ofnational assembly besides senators andcentral and provincial oMce-bearerswould also be attending this meeting,sources said. –ONLINE

PPP asks Nawaz Sharif toaccept Sindh’s mandateKKAARRAACCHHII:: Pakistan People’s Party hassaid that it has accepted the mandate ofPML N, and now it is time for NawazSharif to accept the verdict of people ofSindh. Talking to media here onSaturday, Makhdoom Amin Fahim saidvictory or defeat were all parts ofdemocracy, and that PPP accepted pollresults with reservations. Former SindhCM Qaim Ali Shah said MQM wouldbe part of Sindh government. Speakingon this occasion, Nisar Khoro saidthose trying to eliminate PPP wouldvanish, and PPP would soon formgovernment in Sindh with clearmajority. –ONLINE

US report on religiousfreedom out tomorrowWWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN:: Secretary of StateJohn Kerry will release the AnnualReport on International ReligiousFreedom for 2012 on Monday(tomorrow) in the State DepartmentPress Briefing Room. According toState Department Secretary Kerry willintroduce the report and Ambassadorat Large for International ReligiousFreedom Suzan Johnson Cook will giveremarks and take questions. The reportdescribes the state of religious freedomaround the world. –ONLINE

US offers condolences formalakand blast victimsWWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN:: United States whileoNering condolences to the families ofMalakand blasts’ victims has shownconcern voer extremist violence of allkinds. State Department spokespersonJen Psaki answering questions at a pressbriefing has said, “We oNer the families ofall those killed in attacks our deepestcondolences and wish those injured aspeedy recovery.” “We remain concernedabout extremist violence of all kinds.Violence against innocent civilians is anassault on the values of the people ofPakistan and a threat to a prosperousfuture of all citizens,” he elaborated. –ONLINE

Hot and dry weatherexpected across countryKKAARRAACCHHII:: Mainly hot and dryweather is expected in most parts ofcountry during next 24 hours.According to met department, severeheat wave conditions would prevail overplain areas of Punjab‚ Upper andCentral Sindh‚ Balochistan and SouthKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The highesttemperature of 51 degree centigradewas recorded in Larkana on Friday‚while 50 degree was recorded inJacobabad‚ Mohenjo-Daro and 48 inRohri‚ Padidan‚ Dadu‚ Sibbi and RahimYar Khan. –ONLINE

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KKAARRAACCHHII:: After Muttahida QaumiMovement and Jamaat-e-Islami,Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) alsoboycotted the re-election on 43 pollingstations of NA-250 in Karachi.The party, which had on Saturdayevening urged its leaders, partyworkers and supporters toparticipate in the election,overturned its earlier decision.“The election commission has notheard our grievances and we havebeen pushed to the wall. We are notsatisfied with arrangements made byelection commission,” RashidRabbani, the PPP candidate for NA-250, told The Express Tribune.Rabbani said that he, along withsenior party leaders, would furtherbrief the public on reasons behind

their boycott in a press conference tobe held later on Saturday night.Re-elections in 43 polling stationsof NA-250 are set to take place onSunday, amid tight security providedby police, Rangers and the army.PPP’s Rabbani was contestingagainst Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) leader Arif Alvi for the nationalassembly seat. PPP’s Karamullah wasrunning for PS-112 against PTI’sKhurram Sher Zaman, and the partyhad fielded Asad Hussain Zuberi onPS-113 against Samar Ali Khan of PTI.Ironically, just a few hours beforetheir volte face, the PPP GeneralSecretary in Sindh Taj Haider in astatement to the press said that PPPhad made historic sacrifices in thefight for democracy in Pakistan. The

party has fought against the heaviestodds and excesses, but has nevermoved away from the electoralprocess, he added. Haider urged allPPP oMce bearers, workers andsupporters to fully participate in thepolls at the 43 stations of NA-250,PS-112 and PS-113.The PPP leader had stressed thatboycotts of the electoral process arecounterproductive and do not helpthe democratic cause. It is onlythrough participation in electionsthat the excesses and crimescommitted by anti-democraticelements can be brought out, he said.More important than the fresh pollsin NA-250 was carrying outinvestigations as to why polling couldnot be held at many stations on May

11, Haider urged. Responsibility has tobe fixed and the criminals punishedaccording to the law, he added.The PPP boyc0tt comes a day afterthe Muttahida Qaumi Movementand the Jamaat-i-Islami boycottedthe elections in the constituency. OnSaturday, the Majlis-e-WahdatulMuslimeen also boycotted re-elections in the constituency.Among the prominent parties nowcontesting the elections in theconstituency include the PTI on thenational provincial assembly seatsand the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on a provincial assembly seat.Meanwhile, the Inter-ServicesPublic Relations (ISPR) said thatarmy would be deployed at the 43polling stations. As per the security

plan, 3,500 security personnel willdischarge their duties. 22 policemen,eight to 10 Rangers oMcials and sixto eight army personnel would bedeployed at the each polling station.40 polling stations are located inSouth Zone while other three are in EastZone out of total 43 polling stations.300 policemen and 800 army andRangers personnel would be deployedin the South Zone while 275 policemenand 100 army and Rangers soldierswould be deployed in the East Zone.According to sources, out of 180 pollingstations, polling has been completed in137 polling stations showing a toughcompetition between Alvi andKhushbakht; however, after the boycottfrom the latter one, Alvi’s chances forwin has manifold. –AGENCIES

LLOONNDDOONN:: Iran has dispatched oneof its newest warships to shadow theworld's biggest mine-huntingexercise that has been taking placeover the last few days in the Gulf.The frigate Jamaran cruised towithin a mile of the western vessels,placing her "almost on top of " thefleet conducting exercises to secureshipping, naval sources said.Commanders stressed they did notview the frigate as a threat and saidday to day relations with the Iraniannavy were cordial, but its presenceunderlined the sensitivity of theexercise in one of the world's moststrategically important waterways.The Jamaran, armed with missilesand torpedoes, was built in Iran andlaunched in 2010, though it is based

on a far older design.Capt Jon Rodgers, commander ofthe USS Ponce which is one of 35ships taking part in the exercise, saidthe Iranian and American naviesregularly photographed each other asthe two navies - widely seen aspotential foes - run up against oneanother in the congested waterswhich many believe could be a futureflashpoint. He said: "As long as weare only taking pictures, then we aregood." The fortnight-long exercise inthe Gulf has seen 41 nations take partin drills aimed at protecting shippingfrom mines, attack by small ships andguarding oil platforms. Most of thevessels belong to Nato members butAustralia and some Arab states havealso contributed ships.

The organisers say the exercise ispurely defensive and deny it is aimedat Iran, but Tehran has repeatedlythreatened to close the Strait ofHormuz, a key strategic chokepointthat is just 25 miles wide at itsnarrowest point, in a move whichwould send oil process soaring, deala heavy blow to the world economy -and would provoke a military clash.Capt Rodgers said: "The mission ofmine counter measures is defensivein nature and we are not belligerenthere. We are just practising to openup a waterway that may have beenmined, so that oil and gas can get outto countries."Six British ships are among thevessels taking part in the exercise inwhich participants are practising

securing passage through a stretch ofwater 250 miles long and 50 mileswide. The Navy has four minehunters in the Gulf at any one time,equipped with divers, sonar andSeafox remote controlled underwaterdrones to find and destroy mines.Lt-Cdr Ben Vickery, commander ofthe mine hunter HMS Atherstone,plastic-hulled to prevent it triggeringan explosion, said: "It's something atwhich the Navy is world leading. It'san area where we have got greatpieces of equipment and we are wellsupported." The congested Straitcarries nearly a third of allwaterborne oil supplies, amountingto between 15 and 17 million barrelsdaily. A single mine costing a fewthousand dollars could cripple a

billion dollar vessel. Mines were usedheavily during the Iran-Iraq war andthe first Gulf war, and nine nations inthe region still keep stocks.Crews also held drills to protectshipping against the threat ofterrorist suicide attack by smallbomb-laden boats such as the onewhich struck the USS Cole in Aden in2000. The ships bristled with mini-guns and heavy machine guns thatwould be used to unleash a barrage offire against waves of attacking smallcraft, a tactic that has been rehearsedby Iranian Revolutionary Guards.Cdre Simon Ancona, the NavyoMcer leading the exercise, said: "It'snot one single threat, it's anythingthat could have a catastrophic eNecton big value shipping. –AGENCIES

SSHHAANNGGLLAA HHIILLLL:: Chiefof Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khanhas said that ChiefElection Commissioner(CEC) should haveimmediately taken thenation into confidencethrough TV address onthe issue of rigging.“There is somesubstance in thecomplaints on pollsrigging and manipulationof election results. TheCEC should haveimmediately addressedthe nation on TV andtaken on board the wholenation on this matter. Themysterious silence on hispart in this respect isringing as somethingsecret now,” he said whiletalking to a partydelegation at ShaukatKhanum Hospital here onSaturday. He said that PTIwould go to any extent tomake public this technicalrigging. “I am grateful toMuhammad Nawaz Shariffor coming to ShaukatKhanum Hospital toinquire after my health butthe words of friendlymatch expressed byNawaz are solely his ownthinking and way oftalking”. Everything willcome before the people onproper time, hemaintained. –ONLINE

UUNNIITTEEDD NNAATTIIOONNSS:: Pakistan onFriday called for sharper focus ondialogue and development interrorist-hit areas, whilemaintaining military pressure aspart of eNorts to eliminate thescourge of terrorism. “When terrorists defy the writ ofthe state, kill civilians, spread terror,they have to be stopped; stopped bythe use of force; stopped militarily,”Ambassador Masood Khan toldmore than 100 delegates attending aPakistan-sponsored seminar at U.N.Headquarters in New York. “There isabsolutely no doubt about that,” thePakistani envoy said of usingmilitary means against terrorists.“But,” he added, “by killing theterrorists, we do not defeatterrorism. To eliminate terrorism, wehave to go into the causes anddeconstruct the mindset thatlaunches them into terrorism.”The seminar on a “ComprehensiveApproach to Counter-Terrorism-Development and Dialogue” was afollow-up of an open SecurityCouncil debate in January heldduring Pakistan’s presidency of the15-member body. A presidentialstatement adopted by the Councilhad highlighted the need for theimplementation of comprehensiveapproach to counter-terrorism. Friday’s seminar was inauguratedby Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN. Among thosepresent were ambassadors,representatives, and experts of

member states. In his opening remarks,Ambassador Masood Khan said thatthe Security Council had recognizedthat terrorism will not be defeated bymilitary force or security forces, lawenforcement measures, andintelligence operations alone. TheCouncil had underlined the need toaddress the conditions conducive tothe spread of terrorism, he pointedout. “What pushes them towardsterrorism is poverty, unemploymentand exclusion,” the Pakistani envoysaid. “Gullible youth are misguidedby mendacious ideologues intobelieving that their heinous acts arein fact sublime deeds of self-sacrificeand are guaranteed to be rewardedwith redemption. “Asymmetric terrorist warfareignites the nastiest conflicts forcivilians and states. It make entirecommunities, neighborhoods, andnations hostage to volatility, becausetheir targets are random. “They donot respect international humanrights or humanitarian law. There areno rules of engagement for them.” Todrain the marsh of terrorism, he said,it was absolutely necessary to investin social and economic developmentin the areas which have been hit byterrorism and from where most ofthe recruits come. In this context, theambassador elaborated Pakistan’spolicy of “3 Ds” which consisted ofrobust deterrence, investment indevelopment, and pursuit ofdialogue. –ONLINE

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: An anti-terrorismcourt (ATC) has extended judicialremand of former president PervezMusharraf for 14 days in judges’detention case besides grantinghim exemption from attendance inthe court for one day.The ATC judge, Syed KausarAbbas Zaidi, took up the case forhearing Friday. Pervez Musharrafwas not produced in the court dueto security concerns.Ilyas Siddiqui counsel for PervezMusharraf told the court policehad not presented challan of thecase in the court so far.The investigation officer told thecourt that prosecutor SyedMuhammad Tayyab Shah hadregretted to engage in the case

therefore, the challan could not bepresented. Newly-appointedprosecutor in the case AamirNadim Tabish prayed the courtthat he be allowed time for makingpreparations in the case. –ONLINE

PPEESSHHAAWWAARR:: President of PakistanTehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwachapter, Asad Qaiser has been nominatedfor the post of speaker in the provincialassembly by party chief Imran Khan onSaturday night.The decision was taken in a partymeeting held at Shaukat KhanumMemorial Hospital in Lahore, where Khanis currently being treated for injuries hesustained during electioneering.PTI’s chief minister-elect Pervez Khattakand leaders Shah Farman and Atif Khanwere also present on the occasion.The PTI chairman had earliernominated Khattak for the chief minister’sposition ending an internal power strugglebetween Khattak and Asad Qaisar, whoalso was aspiring for the top post.Khan’s party has won the largest number

of seats in the province in the recently heldgeneral elections.Earlier, PTI’s Chief Minister-designatePervaiz Khattak and provincial chief AsadQaiser announced that they would worktogether to build a new KhyberPakhtunkhwa. Addressing a joint pressconference here, two PTI leaders dispelledthe impression of any rift between partyleaders. The CM-designate said that everypossible eNort would be made to restorepeace in the restive province.“PTI is not so weak that Maulana FazlurRehman could cause it any damage. Wewill not allow any horse trading,” he said.Both the party leaders expressed theresolve to make Khyber Pakhtunkhwa acorruption-free province. They said thatPTI and its allies were on same page onregional challenges. –AGENCIES

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Imran nominatesAsad for KP Speaker

Developmentin terror-hitareas stressed

PPP too boycotts today’s re-polling in NA-250

Musharraf ’s judicialremand extended

CEC’s silenceintriguing:PTI chief

Iran dispatches warship to shadow Gulf exercises

� Khattak, Qaiser vow to work together