Pakis¬tan marked its Inde-pendence Day at the UnitedNations (UN) on Monday witha performance by the Lahore-based Sachal Jazz Ensemble inthe General Assembly hall.

The iconic hall resounded withslogans of “Pakistan Zindabad”and “Jeeway, Jeeway Pakistan” asPakistan’s Ambassador MaleehaLodhi welcomed guests to theconcert.

The hour-and-a-half-longperformance was titled ‘MusicBeyond Borders’ and was aimedat spreading the message of in-ternational peace and harmony.UN Deputy Secretary-GeneralAmina J. Moham¬med, whowas present as chief guest,praised Pakistan’s contributionto the UN.

“We commend Pakistan’s re-markable dedication to theUnited Nations peacekeepingwith more than 7,000 Pakista-nis serving as blue helmets

today and more than 170,000who have served over thedecades,” she said.

Talking about Nigeria, MsMohammed said that she wasraised in the same place thatlater saw the rise of the BokoHaram militant group. “I knowwhat it’s like to see your homemaligned and misunderstoodbecause it was hijacked by thosewho sought to give us a facethat is not ours but that ofextremists... lost souls,” sheadded.

Led by master flutist BaqirAbbas, the performance of theensemble mesmerised the audi-ence with its popular tracks, in-cluding its founder IzzatMajeed’s Shalamar, DaveBrubeck’s Classic Take Five,Lahore Jazz and Tere IshaqNachaya.

The evening was rounded off bythe highly popular track Shah-baz Qalandar that brought the

audience to their feet.

The concert, organised by thePakistan Mission to theUN, was oversubscribed andattracted people from all walksof life and across all nationali-ties. It was largely-attended bydiplomats, UN officials,members of civil society organ-isations and institutions ofperforming arts, internationalmedia and Pakistani diaspora.

Courtesy: Dawn

August 14, 1947: Pakistan cameinto existence.August 21, 1952: Pakistan andIndia agree on the boundary pactbetween East Bengal & West Bengal. August 22, 1952: A 24 hourtelegraph telephone service isestablished between East Pakistanand West Pakistan.August 16, 1952: Kashmir Martyrs'Day observed throughout Pakistan.August 7, 1954: Government ofPakistan approves the NationalAnthem, written by Abul AsarHafeez Jullundhri and composed byAhmed G. Chagla. August 17, 1954: Pakistan defeatsEngland by 24 runs at Oval duringits maiden tour of England.August 1, 1960: Islamabad isdeclared the principal seat of theGovernment of Pakistan.August 24, 1967: Pakistan's firststeel mill is inaugurated atChittagong.August 29, 1971: Rashid Minhasawarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan'shighest gallantry award.August 11, 1973: Chaudhry FazalIlahi is elected as President. August 28, 1973: Return ofPakistan POWs (prisoners of war)Accord signed in New Delhi.August 6, 1976: Z. A. Bhutto laysthe foundation-stone of Port Qasim.August 31, 1981: Pakistan SteelMills starts functioning.August 14, 1991: Nawaz Shariflays foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore. August 14, 2000: PresidentMusharraf introduces LocalGovernment Ordinance.August 14, 2001: New LocalGovernment system installed, afterholding of elections in three phases.

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Volume VII, Issue-VIII, August 2017

F Pakistan, China agree to upefforts for peace in Afghanistan

F Foreign scholars to help promotehigher education

F Pakistan qualify for 2018 men'sHockey World Cup

F Chinese envoy appreciates PakArmy role in strengthening ties

F Polio eradication drive kicks offin four districts today

F Pakistan skipper Sana Mirnamed among 'Asia 21 YoungLeaders'

F Malala gets accepted to OxfordUniversity

F Transgender people having noinformation about their parentscan now obtain CNICs: Nadra

F Passing out parade of 61st batchof Frontier Corps Balochistanheld

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Independence Day celebrated with jazz concert at UN

Former Pakistan cricket captainZaheer Abbas Monday said thatthe World XI tour will give newidentity to Pakistan cricket andwill serve as an effective mediumfor the resumption of interna-tional cricket in Pakistan.

Zaheer praised the efforts ofPakistan Cricket Board (PCB)and the International CricketCouncil (ICC) for taking col-lective measures for ensuringthe return of internationalcricket in the country. “Both(PCB and ICC) worked hardtogether in close coordinationto address this issue (return ofcricket) and it is good to see thatfinally these efforts have yieldedproductive results as the WorldXI is visiting Pakistan to playthree T20 games,” said the for-mer batting great.

Zaheer, a former ICC president,pointed out that during his stintwith games ruling body, he alsoencouraged and supported the

moves of the PCB for the re-sumption of internationalcricket in Pakistan. He said itwas unfortunate that Pakistanwas deprived of internationalcricket during the past nineyears and its cricket arenas worea deserted look and cricket suf-fered a lot.

Zaheer appreciated the effortsof newly-elected PCB chairman

Najam Sethi for taking con-structive measures for making itpossible that foreign teamsagree to visit Pakistan. The for-mer batting icon said due toPCB’s persistent efforts SriLankan and West Indies havealso agreed to visit Pakistan incoming months which will bemaking Pakistan cricket ‘mem-orable’ as watching three foreignteams playing quality cricket

will have a greater impact onour national cricket.PCB BOG MEMBERNADEEM WELCOMESWORLD XI TOUR: PCBBoard of Governors (BoG)member and LCCA presidentKhawaja Nadeem Ahmad haswelcomed the World XI tour toPakistan and two other foreignteam including Sri Lanka andWest Indies for bringing backinternational cricket to thecountry in coming months.

Nadeem said the World XI is astar-studded team, which hasthe representation of top notchcricketers of seven countries andits presence in Pakistan willmark the resumption of interna-tional cricket on a high note."Lahore will be hub of interna-tional cricket activities in com-ing months and lovers of thegame will be watching qualitycricket in their own backyard,”he added.

Courtesy: The Nation

Pakistan and China have agreedto strengthen cooperation in theongoing efforts for facilitatingpeace and reconciliation inAfghanistan as well as promot-ing meaningful engagementamong the three neighbourlycountries.

The development came during ameeting of Chinese SpecialEnvoy on Afghan Affairs Am-bassador Deng Xijun with For-eign Secretary Tehmina Janjuaon Monday, an official state-ment said.

The two also discussed regional

and international efforts forlasting peace and stability inAfghanistan.

China defends Pakistan afterTrump criticism

The Chinese envoy reaffirmedBeijing’s continuing and firmsupport to Islamabad’s commit-ment and efforts for peace andstability in the war-torn country.

Emphasizing that there was nomilitary solution to the conflict,Deng Xijun underlined theneed for a politically negotiatedsettlement through an Afghan-led Afghan-owned peaceprocess.

The Chinese official laudedPakistan’s contribution and sac-rifices made in the fight against

terrorism. “Pakistan’s efforts to-wards eliminating the scourgeof terrorism should be fullyrecognised by the internationalcommunity.”

Agreement Signed: Pakistan,China to build oil refinery

While underlining the impor-tance of Pak-China strategicpartnership, Tehmina Janjua em-phasized the need of close coop-eration and coordination betweenthe two countries for promotingthe shared objective of peace andstability in the region.

In this regard, she expressedsatisfaction at the productivedeliberations held between thetwo sides during her recent visitto Beijing.

Courtesy: Express Tribune

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World XI tour to give Pak cricket new identity: Zaheer

Pakistan, China agree to up efforts for peace in Afghanistan

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Foreign scholars to help promote higher education

A memorandum of understand-ing (MoU) has been signed be-tween University of Education(UoE) and American Instituteof Pakistan Studies (AIPS) topromote higher educationthrough faculty training by for-eign scholars.

A ceremony was held at UoE onMonday to sign the MoU.According to the agreement,UoE and AIPS will cooperateon activities to promote highereducation. They will focus onfaculty training by foreignscholars and ensure theiracademic placements. Theagreement states that bothparties will share informationand use their resources moreefficiently and effectively topromote research, specifically inthe field of social sciences.

For Pakistani scholars: Britain

to introduce another fellowship Additionally, UoE and AIPSwill arrange master trainingworkshops to develop an effec-tive pool of trainers for univer-sity staff in Punjab. TheAmerican Institute of PakistanStudies will help University ofEducation bring senior US fac-ulty to conduct training and de-velop linkages with Americanuniversities.

UoE and AIPS will organise aseries of academic seminars inwhich American scholars willexchange ideas with their Pak-istani counterparts at UoE dif-ferent campuses.

According to the agreement,AIPS will encourage and facili-tate the academic partnershipbetween UoE and AIPS mem-ber universities. The partnershipwill include faculty exchange

and exchanges as well as splitdegrees and collaborative re-search programmes on topics ofcommon interest. The AmericanInstitute of Pakistan Studieswill also assist University of Ed-ucation in finding suitableplacement for doctoral andpost-doctoral scholars at USuniversities.

‘Jobless’ PhD scholars drawHEC’s attention

University of Education ViceChancellor Prof Dr Rauf-i-

Azam and American Instituteof Pakistan Studies PresidentDr Kamran Asdar Ali signedthe MoU on behalf of their re-spective organisations. On theoccasion, Dr Rauf-i-Azam ex-pressed his confidence that thesigning of such MoUs wouldopen new vistas of research andexchange of ideas between theacademic leaders of both na-tions and would boost the rela-tionship between Pakistan andAmerica.

Courtesy: The Express Tribune

Flying Officer MariumMukhtiar Shaheed WomenVocational Training Centre wasinaugurated at PAF CampBadaber on Thursday.

Chief Minister KhyberPakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak wasthe chief guest at the occasion.

Asad Qaisar, Speaker ProvincialAssembly, provincial ministers,members of provincial assemblyand high ranking civil anddefence officers also attendedthe ceremony.

Air Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi,Deputy Chief of the Air Staff(Training), gave the welcomeaddress and spoke about thesalient features of this institute.

Speaking on the occasion, thechief minister said, “No countrycan progress without technicaland professional education. Wehave a vision to equip our youth,

both male and female, withtechnical education so that theycan have respectable opportuni-ties for earning their liveli-hood”.

He lauded Air Chief MarshalSohail Aman, Chief of the AirStaff, Pakistan Air Force for hispersonal involvement in extend-ing PAF’s full support to theprovincial government not onlyin terms of financial resourcesbut also manpower and infra-

structure.

He further said that 13 techni-cal institutions have beenhanded over to PAF for qualityeducation in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, which has re-sulted in an unprecedented up-ward trend in enrolment ofstudents in these institutions.

This institute has been namedafter the first martyred ladypilot of Pakistan Air Force, Fly-

ing Officer Marium MukhtiarShaheed, who embraced shaha-dat while flying a training mis-sion near Mianwali in 2015. Thetraining centre has been estab-lished at PAF camp Badaber byPakistan Air Force in collabora-tion of TEVTA (Technical Ed-ucational and VocationalTraining Authority, KhyberPakhtunkhwa).

The centre would offer qualitytraining to women of the area indifferent disciplines such as em-broidery, driving, computer,cooking, baking, tailoring, dressdesigning, beautician and art &craft. It will impart free of costtechnical education and practi-cal training to local women,which will equip them with ad-equate knowledge and skills forgetting respectable jobs as wellas help them in starting theirown small businesses.

Courtesy: The News

Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar Shaheed Women Vocational Training Centre inaugurated

Pakistan men’s hockey teamhave become the latest team toqualify for the Odisha HockeyMen’s World Cup Bhubaneswar2018.

The Greenshirts, currentlyranked 14th in the FIH HeroWorld Rankings, finished inseventh position in the HeroHockey World League Semi-Final in London, meaning theyfaced an anxious wait to see ifthat was good enough to earnthem qualification to the blueriband event that will take placein India next year from Novem-ber 28 to December 16, said anofficial statement.

The results at the Rabobank Eu-roHockey Championships,which are currently taking placein Amsterdam, Netherlandshave gone very much in favourof Pakistan, with all four of the

semi-finalists having alreadyqualified for the World Cup viathe Hockey World Leagueroute.

Under FIH regulations, theteam that wins its continentalqualifier automatically qualifiesfor the World Cup.

However, the semi-finals of theEuropean continental qualifierwill be contested by Germany,England, Netherlands and Bel-gium, teams that have alreadyachieved World Cup qualifica-tion thanks to top five finishes inthe Hockey World LeagueSemi-Finals.

Former players lambast Green-shirts

This means that the World Cupticket goes to the highest placedfinisher from the Hockey WorldLeague Semi-Finals that has

not already achieved World Cupqualification.

Pakistan are the higher rankedof the two seventh place finish-ers from the Hockey WorldLeague Semi-Final events thattook place in London and Jo-hannesburg, with 16th rankedFrance next in line for that all-important World Cup ticket.

Pakistan become the 13th teamto qualify for next year’s globalshowpiece, joining host nation

India, Argentina, Australia,Belgium, Canada, England,Germany, Ireland, Malaysia,Netherlands, Spain and NewZealand.

The final three men’s World Cupqualification places will bedecided by the outcomes of theupcoming Continental Cham-pionship events in Oceania (Oct9-15), Asia (Oct 17-22), andAfrica (Oct 19-29).

Courtesy: Dawn

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Pakistan qualify for 2018 men's HockeyWorld Cup

Chief Minister Syed Murad AliShah will perform groundbreak-ing of the Karachi Circular Rail-way (KCR) on the birthday ofQuaid-i-Azam Mohammad AliJinnah (Dec 25) at a ceremony tobe held at Wazir Mansion theresidence of the founder of thenation.

The initial estimated cost of theproject, which has been includedin the China-Pakistan Eco-nomic Corridor (CPEC), isabout $2 billion.

The chief minister formed a taskforce under the Karachi com-missioner for removal of en-croachments from the projectarea, where 67 acres have beenencroached upon. He directedplanning and developmentchairman Mohammad Waseemto expedite the paper work andensure that international tendersfor the project were invited inOctober.

The chief minister issued the di-rectives while presiding over ameeting on the KCR at the CMHouse. The meeting was at-tended by Minister for Transportand Information Syed NasirShah, Mohammad Waseem,CM’s principal secretary SohailRajput, transport secretary SaeedAwan, energy secretary AghaWasif and others. Top officials ofChinese firms were also present.Initial estimated cost of the proj-ect is about $2 billion

CM Shah asked the transportdepartment to float internationaltenders for KCR so that work onit could start on Dec 25. “It is themost important project whichhas been included in the CPECafter our constant efforts. I wantto perform groundbreaking ofthe project on the birthday of theQuaid-i-Azam and, therefore,plan should be made accord-ingly,” he said.

The transport minister informed

the meeting that the KCR proj-ect had been approved by theCapital Development WorkingParty in May this year and itwould now be placed before theExecutive Committee of the Na-tional Economic Council for ap-proval.

At this, the chief minister di-rected the planning and develop-ment chairman to make necessarypaper work in this regard.

Nasir Shah said there were someencroachments on the KCRright of way (RoW), adding thatsome factories located betweenWazir Mansion and Manghopirwere releasing effluent there,

while cattle pens and densebushes also emerged along theRoW. “This causes serious prob-lems in survey work which is inprogress,” he said.

The transport secretary said thataccording to a survey carried outby the Japan International Co-operation Agency ( JICA), 4,653households would be affected bythe project. He said the railwayland required for KCR was 360acres, PR land on KCR loop 260acres and railway land on UPmainline 100 acres. He said therewere 2,997 structures and 4,653households (encroachers) alongthe KCR RoW.

Courtesy: Dawn

CM to perform Karachi Circular Railway groundbreaking on Quaid’s birthday

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Prime Minister Shahid KhaqanAbbasi inaugurated LiquefiedNatural Gas (LNG) TerminalTwo at Port Qasim Karachi.

Addressing the inaugural cere-mony here, the Premier said thegovernment has ensured trans-parency in all the developmentprojects in the country. He saidthe bidding for LNG terminalwas also completely transparent.Abbasi went on to say that theterminal has been completedwithin the record time of 330days.

He said that the terminal is sec-ond of its kind and will facilitatein transporting LNG to powerhouse for producing cheap en-

ergy.

Abbasi said that so far 100 cargoships loaded with LNG have ar-rived at the first terminal. Theterminal has a capacity to han-dle 750 million standard cubicfeet gas per day.

He said that by end of Novem-ber this year load sheddingthroughout the country will be-come history.

Courtesy: The News

Karachi: PM Abbasi inaugurates LNG Terminal at Port Qasim

Pakistan and China havereached an agreement on build-ing an oil refinery in Dera Is-mail Khan. WAK group fromPakistan and Guangdong Elec-trical Design Institute fromChina will build the refineryand have signed an agreementin this regard in Dubai. The re-finery, expected to be Asia’slargest, will be established inYarak area of Dera Ismail Khanin two and a half years at a costof around Rs400 billion. Theplant will have a capacity to re-

fine 100,000 barrels of oil perday.

Courtesy:The Express Tribune

Chinese Deputy Chief ofMission, Lijian ZhaoWednesday visited the office ofInter Services Public Relations(ISPR) and appreciated PakistanArmy role in strengtheningmilitaries ties of the militaries oftwo brotherly countries.

Director General Major GeneralAsif Ghafoor welcomed thedignitary at the ISPR directorateand discussed matters of mutualinterest.

‘Looking forward to continuestrengthening Pak-ChinaFriendship,’ the DG ISPR saidduring the meeting.

Courtesy: The News

Agreement Signed: Pakistan, China to build oil refinery

A five-day polio eradicationcampaign will begin in Quetta,Pishin, Qila Abdullah and Mas-tung districts on Monday.

Syed Faisal Ahmed, Coordina-tor of the Emergency OperationCentre, told reporters on Sundaythat 127 union councils in thefour districts would be coveredby the campaign.

He said that 800,000 childrenwould be administered vaccina-tion drops during the campaign.

The drive will include 3,824teams, among them 3,239 mo-bile teams, 371 transit points

and 214 fixed sites with police,Levies and FC personnel pro-viding security cover to healthworkers taking part in the cam-paign.

He requested parents to cooper-ate with health teams during thedrive.

Courtesy: Dawn

Eid ul Azha to be celebrated in Pakistan on September 2

: The Zil-Haj crescent sightedon Wednesday in Pakistan,which means Eid-ul-zha will beon September 2 (Saturday) thisyear, according to Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee which metMufti Munibur Rehman in thechair for sighting of Zil-Hajmoon.

Eid ul Azha is one of the twomost important festivals of theIslamic calendar.

Earlier, The federal governmentannounced four holidays on ac-count of Eid ul Azha falling onSeptember 2.

According to the interior min-istry notification all public andprivate offices would remainclosed from September 1 to 4(Friday to Monday).

Marking the willingness ofHazrat Ibrahim (A.S) to sacri-fice his son on God's command,Muslims mark the holiday byslaughtering animals such as

sheep and goats.

The meat is shared among fam-ily and friends and also donatedto the poor.

The announcement was madeby Mufti Munibur Rehmanwho presided over the meetingof the body that decides thesighting of moon after collect-ing evidence from across thecountry.

The meeting took place at theMet Office. Regional and ZonalRuet-e-Hilal committees thathelp the central committee col-lect evidence also held theirmeetings in their respectiveareas, according to Geo News.

Courtesy: The News

Chinese envoy appreciates Pak Army rolein strengthening ties

Polio eradication drive kicks off infour districts today

Sana Mir, captain of the Pak-istan women cricket team, isamong 30 remarkable profes-sionals named “Asia 21 YoungLeaders” by Asia Society, a non-profit organisation that focuseson educating the world aboutAsia.

Mir was selected for the 2017class of Asia 21, Asia-Pacific'sforemost network of youngleaders, with Asia Society not-ing that the cricket star hadchallenged attitudes aboutwomen's participation in Pak-istan's male-dominated worldof sport.

Mir will travel to Melbourne,Australia in December for theAsia 21 annual summit, whereshe will meet members of the2017 class from 20 other coun-tries as well as Asia 21 alumni.The summit's goal is to explore

opportunities for collaborationto create positive impact andchange across the Asia-Pacificregion.Now in its 12th year, the Asia21 Young Leaders initiative hasgrown into a network of morethan 800 young leaders from 40nations, working together toshape a brighter future for theAsia-Pacific region.

A number of Pakistanis havebeen named Asia 21 YoungLeaders in the past. They in-clude The History Projectfounder Qasim Aslam, Misher-mayl Productions Creative Di-rector Madiha Gul, filmmakerAdnan Malik, AcademyAward-winning filmmakerSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy,Aman Foundation's MohsinMustafa and SlumabadFounder Muhammad Sabir.

Courtesy: Dawn

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Pakistan skipper Sana Mir named among 'Asia 21 Young Leaders'

When the man who wrote Pakistan's nationalanthem saw the divine in Hindu god Krishna

Malala gets accepted to Oxford University

This year, Pakistan’s 70th Inde-pendence anniversary and Jan-mashtami (the Hindu festivalcelebrating Krishna’s birth) fellon the same day: August 14th.With that coincidence in mind,I want to share a very uniqueUrdu poem: Krishn Kanhaiya.

This nazm is by Hafeez Jaland-hari, the Urdu poet most well-known for composing the lyricsto Pakistan’s national anthem,the Qaumi Taranah. Born inthe Punjabi city of Jalandhar(now in India), he moved toLahore following India andPakistan’s independence andPartition in 1947.

As its title suggests, KrishnKanhaiya is a poem about theHindu god Krishna. Today, themere idea of a Muslim poetwriting about a Hindu deityraises all sorts of emotionsamong different groups inSouth Asia: surprise, joy, curios-ity, suspicion, anger.

However, there is much moredepth to Krishn Kanhaiya thanmeets the eye. This is no ordi-nary devotional poem. Jaland-hari, ever a politically-mindedthinker and writer, draws uponthe mythology and persona ofKrishna in order to produce apoem that is simultaneouslydevotional and political in

nature.

It is, in fact, a call to liberateIndia from British colonialrule. Moreover, this poem, es-pecially when examined incomparison with Jalandhari’smore famous work, the QaumiTaranah, can tell us a great dealabout the cultural politics ofSouth Asia in the 20th centuryand today.

What does it mean that thesame person wrote both KrishnKanhaiya and the nationalanthem of Pakistan workswhich have such radicallydifferent cultural rootings?

In the end, we are left withmore questions than answers.Part of this is due to gaps in thehistorical record. Frustratingly,we don’t know when KrishnKanhaiya was written, or inwhat written work it was pub-lished. Did Jalandhari write itbefore he became involved withthe Pakistan movement andwas exposed to the Two-NationTheory? Did he write the poemafter migrating from India toPakistan? Without knowingthese details, I admit that it ishard to make an argumentabout cultural politics using thispoem.

Courtesy: Dawn

Renowned activist for womeneducation Malala Yousafzai hassuccessfully been accepted toOxford University for under-graduate studies after acquiringher A-level result.

The Nobel Prize laureate, whowas shot in the head by Talibanfor her ambitions a few yearsback, confirmed the tidings bytweeting out the message she re-ceived from her new university.

Courtesy:The Express Tribune

Passing out parade of 61st batchof Frontier Corps Balochistanwas held at School of FC Train-ing Centre in Loralai on Tues-day, a statement issued by themilitary’s media wing said.

According to the Inter-ServicesPublic Relations (ISPR), some2,453 recruits, including 700Baloch youngsters, have gradu-ated.

Inspector General of FrontierCorps (IGFC) Major GeneralNadeem Ahmed Anjum, who

was chief guest at the occasion,distributed awarded prizesamong outstanding cadets ofthe course.

Courtesy: Dawn

Pakistan and India concludedthe much-delayed water talks inthe US capital on Tuesday, rais-ing hopes that they would avoidfurther tensions over an issuethat has far-reaching conse-quences for both.

Secretary Water and PowerYousaf Naseem Khokhar led thePakistani delegation, which in-cluded technical experts fromhis ministry.

Ambassador Aizaz AhmedChaudhary also attended thetwo-day talks held at theWorld Bank headquarters inWashington.

Secretary Ministry of Water

Resources Dr Amarjit Singhheaded the Indian delegation,which also included representa-tives of the Ministry for ForeignAffairs.

The Washington meeting waspart of the World Bank’s effortsto resolve a dispute over Kis-

hanganga and Ratle hydroelec-tricity projects that India isbuilding in the occupied Kash-mir. Pakistan opposes the twoprojects, saying that the plansviolate the 1960 Indus WaterTreaty that distributes waters ofthe river Indus and its tributar-

ies between India and Pakistan. The negotiations are part ofWorld Bank’s efforts to resolvea dispute between the twocountries over India’s hydroelec-tricity projects in Kashmir

The two countries last held talksover the two projects in Marchthis year during the meeting ofPermanent Indus Commissionin Pakistan.

The last round of the WorldBank-supervised talks was heldin November 2016, and theWorld Bank intended to holdanother round in April this yearbut could not do so, as Indiarefused to accept its arbitration.

Courtesy: Dawn

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The National Database andRegistration Authority (Nadra)has upgraded its policy for reg-istration of transgender peopleand now even those who do nothave information about theirparents can also obtain CNICs(Computer ised National IdentityCards).

Earlier Nadra allowed onlythose transgender people whohad documents of their parentsduly attested by a social welfareofficer and those without suchdocuments could not obtainCNICs.

A Nadra spokesperson said onTuesday that a number of trans-

gender people did not possesvalid documents or did not haveinformation about their biologi-cal parents because they wereabandoned by their families at avery young age.

Under the new policy transgen-der people having no informa-

tion about their parents canapply for registration at Nadraby showing their gurus (leadersof transgender groups who takeabandoned transgender childreninto their care) as theirguardians. Names of their par-ents will randomly be selectedfrom the Nadra database.

Courtesy: Dawn

Pakistan, India conclude water talks in Washington

Transgender people having no information abouttheir parents can now obtain CNICs: Nadra

Passing out parade of 61st batch of Frontier CorpsBalochistan held

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Edhi Sahab, Malala and Bacha have allmade Pakistan proud.

Edhi was perhaps the most charitablepersonality of Pakistan. He also founded theworld’s largest volunteer ambulancenetwork in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation.

He had dedicated his entire life for those inneed, regardless of their gender, caste orreligion.

Malala Yousufzai is the brave Pakistanigirl who managed to survive a terroristattempt on her life in her pursuit ofeducation. A bullet could not silence ouryoung hero and today she is doingeverything in her power to try to makeeducation available to every individual in

Pakistan, especially the girls. This younggirl has also earned a Nobel Prize for herefforts.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, widely knownas ‘Bacha Khan’ – translating to ‘King Khan’.He was a Pashtun independence activist. Heis also known as the ‘Pakistani nonviolentactivist and the founder of ‘Servants of God’movement. Bacha Khan dedicated the major-ity of his life teaching his fellow Pukhtuns the

value of tolerance. His main exertion oftencentred on their education, mannerism,self-respect, well-being and self-reliance.

Courtesy:reviewit.pk

Edhi, Malala and Bacha Khan featured as “Peace Heroes” at Vienna Museum