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PEoPlE have had enough.Having suffered from outra-geous lack of power – for thebetter part of the day for dayson end like never before – the

powerless have taken to the streets.For the third day running, the protests

are not just violent, their intensity andsweep – from small towns to big cities –across Punjab is now overwhelming.

Roads, both inner and outer city,were being blocked with ritual burningof tyres, vehicles public and private havebeen pelted with stones and burnt, banks

and other property has been ransackedand set on fire. There have been casual-ties, with two dead and scores injured.

With the protests turning into hys-teric outings for the masses, calls for civildisobedience and long march towardsIslamabad are no longer mere threats,but a real possibility.

And though the inspiration is nolonger exclusively coming from the Pak-istan Muslim league-Nawaz, members ofparliament from the Pakistan People’sParty have borne the brunt of people’sfury. If anything is a public indictment ofthe PPP’s management of the energy crisis,this is it. What is worse, the fire-back fromthe guards of MPs under mortal threat has

resulted in deaths – something not likelyto be a bonanza at the hustings for PPP.

The misery of the people has multi-ple layers. The load shedding has not justdrastically affected their lifestyle, it hasdiscomfited them way beyond that. Noelectricity means no water, and worsestill, no jobs. And to add insult to injury,monthly bills just distributed are in-flated, adding to their misery no end intimes of financial strife. Following aredetails of what happened where. In Gu-jranwala, angry protesters set ablaze aninter-city train in frenzied angst.

ISLAMABADTayyab Hussain

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhryon Monday warned Attorney General IrfanQadir not to repeat his arguments and bewary of his assertions, adding that the apexcourt could review the speaker’s ruling.

He made these observations while hear-ing a set of petitions filed to challenge the NAspeaker’s ruling regarding disqualification ofPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.

The CJP said a person who had beenfound guilty could not be allowed to decidethe fate of 180 million people. “The petitionsare of the view that fate of 180 million peopleis in the hand of such a person who has beensentenced by a seven-member bench of theSupreme Court.” Earlier, the three-member

bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar MuhammadChaudhry, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja andJustice Khilji Arif Hussain resumed hearingin the cases. The court also directed the attor-ney general to complete his arguments, butIrfan Qadir successfully convinced the courtto adjourn the case until today (Tuesday).

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for theprime minister, contended that the court had nopower to disqualify a member of parliament. Hesaid the jurisdiction of the Election Commissioncould not be invoked directly without a referencefrom the NA speaker. The attorney general inhis arguments, contended that the seven-member bench that convicted the prime min-ister had “travelled beyond its jurisdiction”

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4 killed, five injuredin LPG cylinder blast

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As many as four people, including two women, werekilled and five children received burn injuries after anlPG cylinder exploded here on Monday, police said.The incident took place at Bharama Town in the limitsof Shehzad Town police station. According to the police,a powerful explosion occurred at Muhamamd Aslam’shouse, as a result of which Muhammad Aslam and hiswife were killed while five children sustained burninjuries. In addition, a passerby, later identified as RajuAfzal, 11, also died as a piece of the cylinder hit her. Thepolice said that after the powerful blast the roof of thesaid house also collapsed due to which rescuers faceddifficulties. After the struggle of two hours, theymanaged to remove rubble and rescued five injuredchildren. The children who received burn injuries havebeen shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences’burn centre. They are Muhammad Faizan, 7, ShaziaBibi,13, Amida Bibi, 3, and infant Raqia.

Riaz says life at stake,moves SC for security

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Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz on Monday filed a plea in theSupreme Court, seeking orders for strict security duringhis appearance before the court on June 21. In his plea,Riaz alleged that he had been threatened by some lawyersduring his previous appearance and that his “life was atstake”. He stated that he was being “vilified” and a mediacampaign was being run to provoke people against him.Riaz said that since he was a tax payer and a “respectedman” in the real estate business, he was entitled tofoolproof security. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court orderedadditional contingents of police in and outside the courtpremises for Thursday’s hearing.

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khansaid on Monday that his party as well as the entire nationwas standing with the chief justice of Pakistan. Addressinga large rally taken out to express solidarity with theSupreme Court of Pakistan, he condemned police tortureon the PTI rally in Karachi. “The PTI will start a tsunamimarch if the Supreme Court’s decision is not accepted,” hewarned. Earlier in Karachi, police baton charged PTIworkers as they took out a pro-judiciary rally andgathered at Fawara Chowk near the Governor’s House onMonday. Clashes erupted between PTI workers and thepolice, as the latter used water canon to disperse the rallyparticipants. PTI Central Secretary General Dr Arif Alviand other office bearers of the party were arrested. ThePTI had announced on Sunday to take out a rally toexpress solidarity with the Supreme Court in the backdrop of the Arsalan-Malik Riaz case. Many in Pakistan seethe case as a conspiracy against the apex court.

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Pakistan’s envoy at the World Tradeorganisation (WTo) in Geneva isutilising his political connections toget a two-year extension in serviceafter his retirement in August 2012,Pakistan Today has learnt.

Shahid Bashir, a joint secretaryof Commerce Ministry wasappointed as an envoy to the WToin November 2009 for a period oftwo years, but he still holds the postdue to his strong political backing,sources said.

The commerce minister hasreportedly forwarded the envoy’ssummary for extension to the primeminister in violation of the Supreme

Court’s orders. The SC barredgovernment officials from seekingextensions after their retirement.

An official of the CommerceMinistry said that the raison d’êtrefor the envoy at the WTo is “DohaDevelopment Agenda”, which aimsto secure better market access fordeveloping countries. However,Doha Round reached a completedeadlock during the WToministerial conference held inDecember 2011 due to majordifferences between the US, EU andemerging economies like China,India, Brazil and South Africa.

Since the failure of thatmeeting, work at WTo is completelyheld up and the organisation facesextinction, the official said, adding

that until the revival of the Doharound, the chances of which arevery remote, there was no need tokeep an envoy at the WTo ontaxpayer’s money.

A ministry source said thatbefore the start of Doha round in2001, there was no independentmission to WTo in Geneva, and thework used to be looked after by theexisting Pakistani mission to the UNin Geneva, having a highlyexperienced grade-22 official of theCommerce Ministry. After the Dohadeadlock, the source said that itwould be in the interest of Pakistanto restore the prior arrangement, asa separate mission to the WTo issitting virtually idle and is a drainon public taxes especially as

austerity measures are required tobe adopted in view of the prevailingeconomic crisis in the country.

Senior officials at theCommerce Ministry have alreadyexpressed reservations about theperformance and output of theWTo mission, which has not beenable to make any contribution eitherat the Doha round or to seek anymeaningful market access for the country.

They said there was nojustification to extend ShahidBashir’s tenure, as he is alreadyreaching the retirement age inAugust this year. Despite repeatedattempts, Commerce SecretaryZafar Mahmood did not attend thecalls to give his views on the issue.

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Pashto singer Ghazala Javed, father gunned downPeSHaWaR:Unidentifiedgunmen shotdead popularPashto singerGhazala Javedand her fatherlate Mondaynight in theDabgari Gar-den area, po-lice said.officials saidthe murdertook place at her residence in Noor Mo-halla, close to Dabgari police station. Policesaid unidentified men came to the singer’shouse on motorcycles and knocked at herhouse entrance. When she came to thedoor, the gunmen opened fire at her, killingGazala and her father who was standing be-hind her. The assassins escaped after leav-ing them both in a pool of blood. officialssaid police reached the scene and took thevictims to lady Reading Hospital, wheredoctors declared them dead. According toinitial medical reports, Ghazala received atotal of six bullets in her chest, hand andback. The dead bodies were later shifted toKhyber Medical College for post-mortem.Upon getting the news of the murder, thevictims’ family members and her fellowartists reached the hospital. Ghazala’s sis-ter Farhat Javed has registered a first in-formation report (FIR) against the victim’sformer husband Jahangir, and two othermen, Salam and Nasir. STAff RePORT

‘Diet or quit’,Punjab iG tellspot-bellied police

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Punjab Inspector General of PoliceHabibur Rehman has ordered tens ofthousands of pot-bellied officers to diet orquit frontline duties, officials said onMonday in what one newspaper dubbedthe “battle of the bulge”. Rehman hasordered 175,000 personnel not to allowtheir waistlines to exceed 38 inches,spokeswoman Nabila Ghazanfar told AFP.“I’m on a diet and if I can do it, why can’tyou?” she quoted Rehman as tellingofficials last month in the province. Atleast 50 percent of Punjab police areoverweight, Ghazanfar said. A local dailysaid the number of overweight officers inRawalpindi stood at more than 77percent, adding that “policemen appear tobe losing the battle of the bulge”. Policesaid officers had been given until June 30to shape up and those deemed too fatfrom July 1 would not be given jobs in thefield. “Police officials are joining gyms,jogging and doing other exercise,including a lot of running to become thinand slim,” Ghazanfar said. overweightofficers are ineffective and “cannot chasebandits, robbers and other criminalsproperly”, she added, blaming theproblem on under-staffing. “We have ashortage of personnel, what can youexpect when one official is doing the jobof six people? They don’t get time forphysical fitness,” she told AFP. Anotherofficial who did not wish to be named said100 stations were initially singled out forthe exercise order, but Rehman laterdecided to send warning letters to theentire Punjab police force. He said thechief believed people only had pot bellies“if they commit a sin or if they are sick”.“It is my guess that the department willassess progress and if necessary thedeadline may be extended,” a seniorofficial said, requesting anonymity.

Army forced to launch operation in Waziristan: COASISLAMABAD

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Chief of the Army Staff General AshfaqPervez Kayani said on Monday that Pak-istan Army did not want to fight its ownpeople, but it had been compelled tolaunch an operation against militants inWaziristan.

The CoAS visited the area and inau-gurated Sainkai Ragi Zai Cadet College.He also reviewed security situation andongoing development work in SouthWazirstan Agency. While addressing theinauguration ceremony of the college, hesaid the institute would be built at a costof Rs 500 million. The army chief saidthat infrastructure would be built inSouth and North Waziristan agencies.Besides, a third route would be opened inthe area for trade with Afghanistan.Kayani said the army had started asmany as 121 uplift projects in MalakandDivision and Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA). The PeshawarCorps commander briefed the CoAS onseveral ongoing developmental projectsin the area. Meanwhile, Kayani also helda meeting with tribal elders and assuredthem of the military’s full cooperation.US-fUnded Road in SWa: Amidst

tensions with the United States over re-opening of NATo supply routes, armychief General Ashfaq Kayani on Mondayinaugurated the US-funded Kaur-Gomal-Tanai-Wana Road in South Waziristan.

“The US-funded Kaur-Gomal-Tanai-Wana Road in South Waziristan was in-augurated today in Tanai by Chief ofArmy Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani, alongwith the authorities from FATA Secre-tariat and Frontier Works organisation,”said a US embassy statement. A diplo-matic source said Pakistan and the UShad been able to cover some ground asfor their settlement of row over NATosupplies for which Pakistan had been de-manding US apology over airstrikes onits border posts by US aircraft last year.“The inauguration of a US funded road inSouth Waziristan by the army chief ismost likely an indication of ongoing suc-cessful bilateral efforts for ending thedeadlock over NATo supplies,” he said.“The 105-kilometer road is part of theFATA Secretariat’s FATA InfrastructureProject,” the US embassy statement said.

“The United States is proud to part-ner with the government of Pakistan inrebuilding key roads and infrastructurein the FATA,” said Karen Freeman, act-ing director of the US Agency for Inter-

national Development (USAID) Missionin Pakistan. “We believe our joint effortswill bring commerce, jobs, trade andlong-term security to this important re-gion of Pakistan.” The road connects tothe US funded 110 kilometers Tank-Makin road, which was completed earlierthis year, at Kaur providing the popula-

tions of Murtaza Kot, Nilikatch, GomalZam, Tanai, Tiarza and Wana in theSouth Waziristan Agency access to Tank,D.I. Khan and other parts of Pakistan.USAID has contributed over US$260million for roads and other key infra-structure projects in the FATA, accordingto statement.

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PAKISTAN on Mondaysought an end to Ameri-can unilateral actions onits soil, with the country’sambassador to the US

also reiterating Islamabad’s demandfor an apology over Salala incident, toend a lingering deadlock in the rela-tionship.

Spelling out Pakistan’s point ofview on several issues in the Pakistan-US bilateral relationship, AmbassadorRehman said currently the two coun-tries are in a “critical phase” of negoti-ating new terms of engagement andnarrowing down their differences. Is-lamabad had not closed the NATo sup-ply lines into landlocked Afghanistan to“price-gouge” but after the Salala inci-dent, which claimed lives of 24 Pak-istani soldiers, Sherry Rehman said.

The gathering of American diplo-mats, experts on South Asia and Pak-istani-Americans at a conference onthe Capitol Hill. US Coordinator fornon-military assistance to PakistanAmbassador Robin Raphael alsospoke on the occasion. The Pakistanienvoy said once the two countriesovercome current differences, theyhave a lot to gain from a mutually re-spectful and productive relationship inthe years ahead. ”These (ground linesof communication) were closed fol-lowing the Salala incident and remainclosed pending a US apology,” Ambas-sador Rehman said.

The debate on the matter has been

wrongly cast as a price haggle or pricegouging in the US media.” This is notthe case,” she observed. “We want ourAmerican friends to respect our sover-eignty and territorial integrity. Thismeans no drone attacks and no incur-sions into Pakistani territory,” she saidat a conference organized by the Pak-istani-American Congress. “An appro-priate apology for the Salala incidentof 26 November 2011 in which twentyfour Pakistani soldiers were killed in aUS air attack is also needed,” she said.

Sherry Rehman said she is notpointing out Pakistan’s sacrifices as

part of some “victim narrative” but re-minding the world of the key contribu-tions Pakistan has made in fightingterrorism over last several years. Shesaid a better understanding of Pak-istani point of view in the UnitedStates about Pakistan’s contributionsand sacrifices in fighting extremismwould help improve the bilateral rela-tionship. “We have helped arrest orneutralize nearly 250 Al-Qaeda mem-bers, provided the US free use of ourhighways to transport supplies toAfghanistan. We have lost more than37,000 Pakistanis to terrorism. overfive thousand security and law en-forcement personnel have laid downtheir lives fighting terrorism.” At pres-ent, she said, the two sides are in acritical phase of re-framing our termsof engagement.

“I hope we can narrow our differ-ences and move expeditiously forward.In the context of our region, Pakistanand the United States working individ-ually, are a lot less effective than thesum of the two working together.” Bothcountries, the ambassador said, “needto focus on the positives, try to under-stand each other’s narratives, show un-derstanding for each other’s prioritiesand constraints, and treat each other assovereign nations engaged as partnersin the defining struggle of our times –defeating terrorism.” Pakistan, shesaid, is trying to defeat violent extrem-ism. “We urge our friends on the USside to make a similar commitment.The first step in that direction must beto stay away from coercive diplomacythrough the media.”

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The train runs between la-hore and Sialkot and isknown as “Baoo Train”. Theincident took place at Ka-monki.

The fire completely gut-ted three carriages of thetrain, but no casualty was re-ported. In Faisalabad,demonstrators took out thebiggest protest so far, blockedSamundri Road andprotested against unan-nounced power cuts whilefactory owners reachedMEPCo office. The protestersattacked three banks and aCNG station, indulging inlooting and forced closure ofshopping centers on Jaran-wala Road. Pelted withstones, policemen resorted toteargas shelling.

The angry protesters,most of them power loom

workers, also pelted stones atvehicles, damaging publicand private property. Ini-tially, police parties playedthe role of silent spectators,allowing the protesters tofreely go on rampage, how-ever, extra contingents werelater called in who repulsedthe mob by restoring to teargas shelling and arrestingdozens of people. In the freshprotests, hundreds of peoplemarched on roads andchanted anti-government slo-gans – calling for an end tothe 22-hour-long power cutsthat have severely affected in-dustries, businesses and thedaily life at times when mer-cury has gone up.

Protesters in Gojra andMandi Bahauddin blockedthe main intersections. InSargodha, angry residents ofthe suburban areas damageda WAPDA office and police

were called to disperse thecrowd and control the situa-tion. According to reports,clashes between the protest-ers and police resulted in in-juries to a DSP, an SHo andfive policemen.

In Khanewal, there weredemonstrations in variousparts of the city and teargaswas used frequently. Ateenager was killed and seveninjured in firing by a guard ofMNA Hamid Yar Haraj. InZafarwal, a man was killed inthe firing by the guard ofMNA Tariq Anis, while fourothers were injured. Slogan-chanting protesters in Chak-wal blocked thelahore-Islamabad motorwayand burnt PPP flags. A largenumber of students alsoprotested against power out-ages in lower Dir district andblocked the Dir-Afghanistanhighway. Demonstrations

were also held in lahore, Gu-jranwala and Jhang. Punjablaw Minister Rana Sanaullahpredictably held the federalgovernment responsible forpower crisis.

He said the number ofpower protesters might turninto thousands if force wasused against them and theproblem remained unre-solved. At Sialkot’s ChinaChowk, hundreds of busi-nessmen staged a peacefulsit-in, blocking traffic on themain Sialkot-Sambrial-Wazirabad Road and Sialkot-Pasrur Road for about twohours by burning tyres. Theprotesting businessmen alsomarched on various maininter-city roads includingKutchery Road, Paris Road,Railway Road, CommissionerRoad, Jail Road, Khadim AliRoad and Small IndustrialEstate Road.

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Masood Siddiqui has as-sumed the charge of MD/CEoof oGDCl while Basharat AMirza relinquished the chargeof the post on Monday. PrimeMinister Yousuf Raza Gilaniappointed Masood Siddiquias MD/CEo oGDCl a fewdays back, who has vast expe-rience of more than 25 yearsin the field of Exploration &Production Sector of Hydro-carbon resources in Pakistan.Just after taking the charge,Siddiqui called an introduc-tory meeting of all Heads ofthe Departments (HoDs) for

a short briefing. All senior ex-ecutives welcomed Siddiqui atoGDCl House, Islamabad ina befitting manner. Whiletalking to the oGDCl officers,

he said that oGDCl wouldmove forward upholding highstandard of professionalismbased on merit and integrity.He added that he has ac-cepted this high profile re-sponsibility in the largerinterest of the company andE&P sector of Pakistan. He re-iterated that oGDCl wouldmake strenuous efforts toachieve the set goals of explo-ration and production of hy-drocarbon resources to meetthe energy requirement of thecountry. He gave a clear andloud message to the employ-ees to concentrate on theirduties more consciously andcarefully.

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An improvised bomb killed fourpolice and two civilians onMonday in an Afghan townwhere hundreds of Frenchtroops have been deployed tofight Taliban rebels as part of theNATo mission, officials said.The bombing, similar to attackscarried out by insurgents againstAfghan and NATo forces, killeda local police commander whowas the apparent target of theblast, provincial governorMehrabuddin Safi told AFP. Theexplosion in Tagab, a troubleddistrict in the province of Kapisa,was set off by remote control andalso killed the policecommander’s son, two of hisguards and two civilians, theinterior ministry said in astatement. Many of the 3,500French troops operating inAfghanistan as part of NATo’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) are deployed inKapisa. Seventeen civilians werewounded in the blast in thetown’s main bazaar, the governorand interior ministry said.

as the issue before it waswhether the respondent hadcommitted contempt or not.“The issue before the benchwas not the disqualification ofthe PM but it was required todecide whether he had com-mitted any contempt or not,”he added. He said the benchthat decided the issue hadfailed to bring into zoom orsweep the likely consequencesof Article 63 (1) (g). He furthercontended that the SupremeCourt had no role to play inmatters to be decided either bythe NA speaker or the ElectionCommission of Pakistan.However, the chief justice dis-agreed with his argument andsaid the reasons could be takenup in an appeal. Qadir con-tended that the bench was ac-cepting arguments from thepetitioners but it was not ac-cepting his contentions.

Responding to the bench’squery, the AG said all aspects ofthe issue had been taken careof by the speaker and she hadwritten a very soft worded rul-ing. There was no contempt ofcourt law in the country andthe PM could not be held guiltyfor what could not be imple-mented in the NRo judgment,he added. objecting to an addi-tional note of a member of theseven-judge bench, the AG saidthe honourable judge had sup-ported the verdict against thePM with mere six-page poetry,he added. He said it wasunique in judicial precedents ofthe country that criminal casewas decided on basis of poetry.However, the chief justicestopped him from repetition ofthe arguments by warning him.

The AG, however, re-sponded that he would objectto such kind of poetry as thehighest office of chief executivein the country was ridiculedwith such a note. He ques-tioned whether the speakershould go through poetry?There was no mention ofridicule in the defunct con-tempt of court law, he as-serted. He said all petitionsshould be dismissed as the pe-titioners had not approachedthe court with “clean hands”,especially the petitions ofImran Khan and Khwaja Asifwhich were filed for settlingpolitical scores against the rul-ing party and to gain public at-tention. He said Khwaja Asif

was a “great liar” who was pre-senting a wrong impression ona TV programme.

The chief justice said theyhad already observed thatthere should be decorum inthe courts and everybody wasrespectable. Qadir said livecoverage of the proceedingsshould be allowed so thateverybody should learn whatwas going on or at least suchkind of misreporting shouldbe banned. He said there werea number of contempt casespending with the court butthose had not been heardwhile the instant case wastaken up and decided at a fastpace. Responding to anotherquestion of the bench, the AGsaid that there was no need tofile an appeal or to move anapplication under Article 183,as it was evident from the pastprecedents that old casescould be revisited without anappeal, like Iqbal Tikka’s case.The AG would resume his ar-guments today.

Earlier, Barrister AitzazAhsan concluded his argu-ments in the case. He con-tended that the petitionerswho approached the courtunder fundamental rightscould not establish their whichbasic right had been breached.“The respondent is not con-victed for an offence or sen-tenced which could havedisqualified him. Every convic-tion does not mean disqualifi-cation,” he added. Aitzazargued that the speaker’s rul-ing had considered that noquestion over scandalizing andridiculing of the court hadarisen so she took the right de-cision. “I will say in great hu-mility and respect that thecourt has no powers to dis-qualify a member of the parlia-ment. The case is to be sent tospeaker whereas jurisdictionof the Election Commissioncould not be invoked directlywithout a reference from thespeaker,” he added. Citingreason for not filing an appealin the PM’s contempt case,the counsel said that the deci-sion did not disqualify him sothere was no need to move it.He contended that since theissue of disqualification of amember of the parliamentwas not the matter of publicimportance, so none of thepetitioners were able to in-voke provisions of fundamen-tal rights.

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullahon Monday issued a royal de-cree naming his half-brotherPrince Salman as heir to thethrone following the death ofcrown prince Nayef.

The monarch appointedSalman “crown prince anddeputy prime minister” whilealso keeping him on as defenceminister, said the decree pub-

lished by the state news agencySPA. In a simultaneous decree,the monarch promoted PrinceAhmed bin Abdul Aziz to takeover from Nayef as interiorminister, the SPA said.

Salman, 76, became de-fence minister in october fol-lowing the death of Sultan,the then crown prince andlong-serving defence and avi-ation minister, while Nayefwas named heir to thethrone. It was the first minis-

terial post for Salman whohad been the governor ofRiyadh for around 50 years.Nayef died on Saturday inSwitzerland of “cardiac prob-lems,” a medical source inGeneva said. The kingdom’ssecurity czar, who was be-hind an iron-fisted crack-down on Al-Qaeda followinga wave of attacks in the king-dom between 2003 and2006, had frequently trav-elled abroad for medical

treatment. By appointingSalman, King Abdullah is fol-lowing the tradition of keep-ing top posts in the hands ofthe first generation of thesons of Abdul Aziz, founderof the desert kingdom. KingAbdullah in 2006 establishedthe Allegiance Council, acommission of 35 seniorprinces, as a new mechanismto name heirs to the throne ofthe Gulf oil powerhouse inthe long term.

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Muslim Brotherhood candi-date Mohammed Mursiclaimed victory on Monday inEgypt’s divisive race for thetop job, as a military powergrab overshadowed the coun-try’s first post-Mubarak presi-dential election. A confirmedwin by Mursi would mark thefirst time Islamists have takenthe presidency in the ArabWorld’s most populous na-tion, but moves by the mili-tary have rendered the posttoothless and have beenslammed by activists as acoup. The Islamists’ rivalAhmed Shafiq, a former airforce chief and ex-prime min-ister to ousted presidentHosni Mubarak, disputed theBrotherhood’s victory an-nouncement, labelling it“bizarre behaviour.” State tel-evision also reported that ini-tial counts showed Mursiahead, however. There werescenes of jubilation at Mursi’sCairo headquarters, where thecandidate himself thankedEgyptians for their votes inbrief remarks after the Broth-erhood said he had secured 52percent of the ballots cast.Mursi pledged to work “hand-in-hand with all Egyptians fora better future, freedom,democracy, development andpeace.” “We are not seekingvengeance or to settle ac-counts,” he said, adding thathe would build a “modern,democratic state” for all Egyp-tians, Muslims and Christiansalike. A campaign official inthe Shafiq camp disputed theBrotherhood claim of victory,saying their figures showed hewas leading in the count.

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Keeping in view forecasts regardingheavy monsoon rains, the KhyberPakhtunkhwa government on Mon-day finalised a strategy whereinemergency arrangements would bemade for more than 190,000 familieson war footing.A meeting, with Chief Minister AmirHaider Khan Hoti in the chair, wasinformed that Flood Controlling Sys-tem’s emergency office had beencompleted. The office was in direct links with ad-ministration from at least 10 dis-tricts, badly affected in July-August2010 floods.Briefing reporters about the deci-sions made in the meeting, Infor-mation Minister Iftikhar Hussainsaid the Met office had forecastusual monsoon rains in July 2012but keeping in view 2010 condi-tions, the provincial governmenthad decided adopting precautionarymeasures.He said the meeting had approved2012 flood plan that could help inbringing the situation under control.The minister said so far the govern-ment had made arrangements foraround 30,000 tents and was in a po-sition to arrange a similar number oftents on an emergency basis.He said the UNHCR was going toprovide 10,000 tents to the provin-cial government, adding that theProvincial Disaster Management Au-thority (PDMA) would coordinatewith all government departments forhandling the situation in case offloods.Addressing the meeting, the chiefminister directed all government de-partments to ensure maximum coor-dination with PDMA with a view toavert a 2010-like situation. The Metoffice was directed to alert flood in-formation centers in all districts,whereas the Information Departmentwas directed to give flood warningsto the people in time through RadioPakistan, Pakhtunkhwa Radio andother medium. To a question, Hussain conceded thatthere were hurdles in implementa-tion of the Supreme Court’s decisionregarding encroachments. “We did whatever was possible butunfortunately, some of the peoplehave blocked the move with gettingstay orders from various courts oflaw,” he remarked, adding that the“government was capable of handlingthe encroachment issue if the judici-ary cooperates”.He also confirmed that beside legalhurdles, deteriorating law and order,political interests and others reasonshampering progress in the encroach-ments issue.

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PPP leader Fauzia Wahab waslaid to rest in Karachi’s Gizrigraveyard on Monday after herfuneral prayer was held at Sul-tan Masjid in Defence. Sindh

Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Adviser to thePrime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik,federal and provincial ministers and otherlawmakers from different political parties at-tended the prayer.

She passed away on Sunday after fight-ing complications arising out of successivesurgeries for the past three weeks.

Fauzia, 56, a PPP MNA and special sec-retary at the Presidency, had started her po-litical career in 1979 when she contestedlocal body election on a PPP ticket.

Former prime minister Benazir Bhuttohad nominated Fauzia Wahab as informa-tion secretary of the PPP women’s wing inSindh. In 1997 general elections, she wasnominated to contest the elections on NA-193‚ as a PPP candidate.

In 1998‚ Benazir nominated Fauzia asthe Central Coordinator of the HumanRights Cell and was tasked with correspon-ding with human rights defending organiza-tions abroad. She was also a senior memberof the finance committee of the National As-sembly that looked after the budget of the as-sembly. She leaves behind her husband,three sons and a daughter.

Interior Adviser Rehman Malik later ex-pressed sympathy with the family of Fauzia.

He said an investigation would be con-ducted to ascertain reasons of the demise ofFauzia Wahab.

MaKKaH: prime Minister yousaf Raza gilani performs umrah on Monday.

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\Taliban commander has banned poliovaccinations in North Waziristan in thetribal belt, days before 161,000 childrenwere due to be vaccinated. He linked theban to American drone strikes and fearsthat the CIA could use the polio campaignas cover for espionage, much as it did withShakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor whohelped track osama bin laden.

The commander, Hafiz Gul Bahadur,said that polio vaccinations would bebanned until the CIA stopped its dronecampaign, which has been largely focusedon North Waziristan.

Bahadur said the decision had beentaken by the shura-e-mujahedeen, acouncil that unites the myriad jihadi fac-tions in the area, including the Taliban, AlQaeda and Punjabi extremists.

According to a report in the New YorkTimes on Monday, the announcement,made over the weekend, is a blow to poliovaccination efforts in Pakistan, which isone of just three countries where the dis-ease is still endemic and which accountedfor 198 new cases last year — the highestrate in the world.

The tribal belt, which has suffereddecades of poverty and conflict, is thelargest reservoir of the disease. A UNICEF

spokesman said health workers had in-tended to target 161,000 children underthe age of 5 in a vaccination drive sched-uled to begin on Wednesday.

That operation is now likely to be can-celed. So far this year, Pakistan hasrecorded 22 new polio cases, comparedwith 52 in the same period last year.

The Taliban announcement will alsolikely rekindle controversy surroundingDr. Afridi, who was recently convicted bya tribal court and sentenced to 33 years inprison. In March and April 2011, Dr.Afridi ran a vaccination campaign in Ab-bottabad that was designed to covertly de-termine whether Bin laden lived in ahouse in the city. Dr. Afridi failed to ob-tain a DNA sample, a senior American of-ficial said, but did help establish that Binladen’s local protector, known as “thecourier,” was inside the Bin laden com-pound in Abbottabad.

Dr. Afridi was arrested three weeksafter American Navy SEAls raided thehouse on May 2, 2011, and killed the AlQaeda leader. But the Abbottabad opera-tion was not his only vaccination cam-paign. American officials say Dr. Afridihad been working with the C.I.A. for sev-eral years, at a time when he was leadingpolio vaccination efforts in KhyberAgency, a corner of the tribal belt that

harbors a rare strain of the disease.Western aid workers have sharply

criticized the C.I.A. for recruiting medicalpersonnel and have complained of harshrestrictions on their work imposed by sus-picious Pakistani authorities. Americanofficials say Dr. Afridi was targeting a mu-tual enemy of Pakistan and the UnitedStates. The Taliban statement suggeststhat suspicion about health workers hasspread to militant groups, which are pre-pared to use the issue for propagandapurposes.

Despite the challenges of NorthWaziristan, a hub of Taliban and Al Qaedafighters, Unicef says that 143,000 of thearea’s 161,000 children under 5 werereached by the last round of vaccinationsfrom June 4 to 6.

Dr. Muhammad Sadiq, the surgeongeneral for North Waziristan, said he hadalready received Taliban orders to cancelthe vaccination drive planned forWednesday and Thursday. “Under thesecircumstances we cannot continue,” hesaid in a telephone interview.

Din Muhammad, a journalistbased in neighboring South Waziris-tan tribal agency, said the main Tal-iban commander there, Mullah Nazir,was also planning to block polio vac-cination efforts.

efforts being madeto overcome energy crisis: Kaira

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Information Minister Qamar ZamanKaira has said that the government wascommitted to overcome the energy cri-sis and a number of steps were beingtaken in this regard. Talking to re-porters on Monday, he said recent de-velopments and measures taken by thegovernment would help reduce powerload shedding within the next 24 hours.He said the entire country was facingthe power shortage on an equal basis,but the Punjab government was spon-soring protests in the province. He said the provincial governmentwould be responsible for all the losses oflife and material during the protests.Paying tribute to Fauzia Wahab‚ Kairasaid the party had lost a sincere workerand dedicated leader. Kaira said thegovernment was also working to gener-ate electricity through alternate energysources. In this connection‚ he said vari-ous projects were underway to generatesolar and wind energy.He lamented that Punjab had the capac-ity to generate 800MW of electricity byinstalling turbines on water channels,but the provincial government was nottaking any step in this direction.

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govt releases rs 168.5bnunder PSdP 2011-12

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The government has released Rs 168.5 bil-lion under Public Sector Development Pro-gramme (PSDP) 2011-12 on June 15. According to the data issued by the Plan-ning Commission of Pakistan, the releasewas made against the allocation of Rs228.4 billion for 1,307 projects, which in-clude infrastructure and social sector. of the total amount, Rs 86.7 billion werereleased for 344 infrastructure-relatedprojects against the total allocation of Rs158.8 billion. Rs 76.8 billion were releasedfor 882 projects of social sector against theallocation of Rs 127.8 billion. Moreover, Rs1.8 billion were released for 81 projects invarious other sectors against the allocationof Rs 3.3 billion. Rs 3.2 billion were re-leased for the Earthquake Rehabilitationand Reconstruction Authority (ERRA)against a total allocated amount of Rs 10billion. The above releases were madeagainst Rs 228.4 billion whereas the totalsize of PSDP is Rs 300 billion. of total, Rs33 billion were reserved for special pro-grammes and the amount is being releasedby the Cabinet and Finance Division.

Coverage of scandal dents credibility of TV news: reportNEWS DESK

Not long ago, judges and journalists wereclearly on the same team in Pakistan, revel-ing in a shared crusade to expose the cor-rupt, hold the powerful to account andreshape the dynamics of a fragile democ-racy. Now, following a cascade of explosivescandals, they are at each other’s throats, theNew York Times reported on Monday.

For a week, the country has beengripped by a drumroll of revelations: luridcorruption accusations against the family ofthe populist chief justice; dramatic televisionappearances by his billionaire accuser; angryjudges threatening legal action against amajor television station; and a leaked videoexposing sham journalism at its worst.

The drama is still unfolding. But fewdoubt that it has already wounded the in-tegrity of the buccaneering Supreme Courtchief justice, Iftikhar MuhammadChaudhry, who faces sharp criticism of hisjudgment that could threaten his job. And ithas raised pressing questions for the bur-geoning television news channels, whichhave acquired great influence in Pakistanipublic life but now face accusations of be-coming an entrenched part of what is wrong

with the country. “The credibility of the elec-tronic media is at stake,” said Raza Rumi,policy director of the Jinnah Institute, a pol-icy group in Islamabad. “This is starting tolook like the scam of the year.”

For now, the scandal is focused onDunya News, a major television channel. onFriday, the Supreme Court ordered an in-quiry of Dunya after it broadcast an inter-view with Malik Riaz Hussain, a real estatedeveloper who claims to have given $3.7million in bribes to Chief Justice Chaudhry’sson Arsalan Iftikhar in the hope of swayingcourt cases.

What shocked ordinary Pakistanis wasnot the interview — Mr. Hussain had alreadymade similar accusations in court — butrather evidence that it had been rigged.leaked studio footage, shot just before theprogram went live and during breaks,showed the hosts, Meher Bokhari andMubashir luqman, chatting cozily with Mr.Hussain, discussing the questions and prim-ing his answers. “Why don’t you start talkingabout it yourself, otherwise it will seemplanted, which it is,” Ms. Bokhari is seentelling him in Urdu.

The other host, meanwhile, takes a callfrom a son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza

Gilani — whom Mr. Chaudhry has pursuedunstintingly — and hands his phone to Mr.Hussain.

The scandal has perturbed many Pak-istanis because the television revolution isone of the bright spots of the past decade. Asregulations were relaxed, the channels shotto prominence during the struggle fordemocracy in 2007. TV reporters offered ur-gent coverage of angry judges and lawyersas they surged through the streets that year,backed by huge crowds seeking new free-doms and the end of Gen. Pervez Mushar-raf’s military-led government.

Since then, television has become animportant element of Pakistani politics.Every evening, millions of people watch theevening chat shows, which offer a racy mixof breaking news, bare-knuckle debate andspicy conspiracy theories. The TV anchorswho preside over this gladiatorial arena,many of them women, are consideredcelebrities and remunerated accordingly:one senior television executive, speaking onthe condition of anonymity, said salariesreach $32,000 a month, in a country with aper-capita income below $250 a month.

Television coverage has made politi-cians more responsive to public opinion,

opened new debates on previously tabootopics and introduced a new level of ac-countability — even among the all-powerfulmilitary. The news shows have helped swaypublic opinion at crucial junctures: in 2009,video of a Pakistani Taliban fighter whippinga young woman shored up public opinionfor a military drive against the militantgroup in the Swat Valley in the northwest ofthe country.

But the television revolution has also, insome respects, been bad news for Pakistan.

Some shows have given an unchal-lenged platform to extremists like HafizMuhammad Saeed, the founder of the mili-tant group lashkar-e-Taiba, for whom theUnited States has offered a $10 millionbounty. Conservative clerics have used theairwaves to reinforce prejudice and evenurge violence against minorities. Editorialindependence is sometimes curtailed by thebusinessmen who own the stations andunashamedly use them to peddle their inter-ests.

Controversy also surrounds the an-chors, some of whom view themselves asplayers on the national stage rather than im-partial observers of its machinations.

Ms. Bokhari, who was co-presenter of

the Dunya program, billed as a special trans-mission, accused Salmaan Taseer, the gov-ernor of Punjab, of blasphemy on air inDecember 2010; days later Mr. Taseer’sbodyguard shot him dead for the same rea-son. In January, Maya Khan, a morning tel-evision host, caused outrage by starting adrive to roust dating couples from a publicpark in Karachi. Ms. Khan lost her job butwas quickly snapped up by a rival channel.

The industry’s internal unity has crum-bled, however, in the face of Mr. Hussain’saccusations. Since last week, two senior pre-senters have engaged in mudslinging onTwitter, accusing each other of taking bribes.Dunya News has blamed a rival, Geo TV, forit woes and issued a statement accusing it ofconspiring with “nefarious elements.”

The chief justice’s predicament had alsodrawn battle lines between the stations. Geohas vigorously supported Mr. Chaudhry,while others have taken a more criticalstance.

“The media is taking quite a battering,”said Matiullah Jan, an investigative reporterwho once presented a show on corruptionand malpractice in the news media. “In theabsence of self-accountability, the problemis going out of the control.”

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oFFICIAlS from Pak-istan and India startedfresh talks on Mondayover the disputed mar-itime border region of

Sir Creek. The two-day round of talks,being held in New Delhi, is being at-tended by defense ministry officials fromboth sides of the border. The Pakistanidelegation is being led by Rear AdmiralFarrukh Ahmed while the Surveyor Gen-eral of India S Subba Rao is leading theIndian side. Sir Creek, which opens upinto the Arabian Sea dividing the Kutchregion of the Indian state of Gujarat withthe Sindh province of Pakistan, is a 96-km strip of water that is disputed be-tween India and Pakistan.

The disputed boundary has been

one of several points of contention be-tween the two nuclear neighbours. lastweek, the two countries had startedtalks on another disputed boundary,the Siachen Glacier, dubbed the world’shighest battlefield. The talks had ended

without a conclusion. The two coun-tries had resumed the tentative peaceprocess last year, which had fallen apartin November 2008 when 166 people inMumbai were killed by gunmen al-legedly hailing from Pakistan.

Shujaat says no conspiracy beinghatched against superior judiciary

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PMl-Q President Shujaat Hussain has dis-pelled the impression that the PPP-ledcoalition government is involved in anyconspiracy against the superior judiciary.“Malik Riaz has produced evidence againstone person… it would be unjust to termthis a conspiracy by the government. If anymatter of the government is in theSupreme Court, this cannot be linked withthe government,” said the PMl-Q chief. He said the dispute was between two indi-viduals, Malik Riaz and Dr Arsalan. How-ever, he added that some elements weretrying to give an impression that there wassomething going on between Malik Riazand the judiciary.“Some people are continuously launching aone-sided propaganda to create an impres-sion that there is confrontation betweenthe state institutions instead of individu-als,” he said. Calling for the need to amicably resolvingthe dispute between Dr Arsalan and MalikRiaz, Shujaat said it was necessary that acommission be set up at the earliest to de-cide the matter once and for all. “Nobody can even think that this matter isagainst the Supreme Court or harming thesanctity of the country’s apex court,” hesaid and asked the media to leave the gov-ernment and the Supreme Court to decidethe matter for themselves.He said a commission should be set up im-mediately to conduct an “open inquiry”into the Dr Arsalan’s scandal. Shujaat saidthe commission should conduct its pro-ceedings in open court and there should beno ban for anyone to report or hear theproceedings of the commission.

US will have to apologise: mushahid

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Standing Committee on Defence ChairmanMushahid Hussain on Monday said the UShad no option other than to apologise toPakistan for the Salala incident if it wantedNATo supply restoration. He said the US was not in a position to at-tack any country including Iran, addingthat requirements of national defencechanged with time. Mushahid said the Defence Committeewould play its role for strengthening civil-military ties.“Defence does not mean security of bor-ders alone, but also that of economy, en-ergy and education that lie under theumbrella of defence”, he said.To a query, he said the US was in troubledue to its wrong policies… if the US couldapologise to Afghanistan three times, itshould also render an apology to Pakistan.

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RaWalpinDi: Residents of Misrial Road hold a demonstration against excessive electricity load shedding in their area. Online

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THE penniless and shabbycondition of streets intwin cities of Islamabadand Rawalpindi is creat-ing chaos amongst the

residents.Talking to APP, the residents of

twin cities complained that despitethe fact that it is 21st century and thebroken, narrow and dirty streets ofcities present scene of ruins.

The sewerage system is also nottoo good, gutters are overflowing andthe holes and craters in the streetsare causing incidents, especially dur-ing nighttime. People stumble andfall and get injuries.

Serfraz Ahmad, a resident ofBhara Kahu, complained that in themonsoon season the roads andstreets present canal scene and vehi-cles and several bicycles have turnedturtle. The broken streets and roads

are creating problems and inconven-ience specially for the residents ofBhara Kahu and Sohaan which aremost populated rural areas of thefederal capital.WoRld RefUgeeS day to-moRRoW: The United Nations(UN) World Refugee Day will be ob-served on June 20 across the worldincluding Pakistan to honors thecourage, strength and determinationof women, men and children who areforced to flee their homeland underthreat of persecution, conflict and vi-olence. People honour the spirit andcourage of millions of refugeesworldwide on World Refugee Day. Itis a day to recognize the contribu-tions of refugees in their communi-ties.

The annual commemoration ismarked by a variety of events inmore than 100 countries, involvinggovernment officials, humanitarianaid workers, celebrities, civiliansand the forcibly displaced them-

selves. “on World Refugee Day, letus reaffirm the importance of soli-darity and burden-sharing by the in-ternational community. Refugeeshave been deprived of their homes,but they must not be deprived oftheir futures,” said Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon.WoRld mUSic day on 21St:The World Music Day is observed onJune 21 every year across the globeincluding Pakistan to encourageyoung musicians as well as to usethe music as the tool to create har-mony and awareness on differentissue.

The World Music Day, alsoknown as the Fˆte de la Musique,began in France in 1982 and hassince spread to Belgium, Britain,luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland,Costa Rica, Israel, China, India,lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Pak-istan, Philippines, Romania, Colom-bia and other countries, reported aprivate news channel.

naVtectrains 134,118youth

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Around 134,118 youth have been providedvocational and technical training so farunder programmes launched to preparethem work in emerging sectors.These youth have been trained under Presi-dent’s `Funni Maharat Programme’ andPrime Minister’s `Hunermand PakistanProgramme’.An official at National Vocational and Tech-nical Training Commission (NAVTTC) onMonday said, “Soon a scheme would be in-troduced to provide an interest free loan ofRs 50,000 to all successful trainees.The focus was being given on enhancingproductivity and skill development indus-tries, particularly in SME sector and theseprogrammes are definitely helping to meetthe modern challenges, he added.He said the Commission was promotinglinkages among various stakeholders at na-tional as well as international level and es-tablished 117 new vocational trainingcenters in 72 tehsils.listing different measures adopted thisyear, the official told the Commission hasdeveloped 60 new curricula of different vo-cational trades and technologies, which arebeing taught in public and private sector in-stitutes across the country.The Commission has formulated a mecha-nism and obtained consensus of stakehold-ers in provinces which is the first everattempt in Pakistan to develop such a sys-tem involving the TVET sector.

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Special Assistant to Prime Minister onSocial Sector Shehnaz Wazir Ali said that thetribal areas of the South Waziristan andother areas should support anti-polio cam-paign in their respective areas.

Talking to a private TV channel, she saidit was a hard time to administer a campaignagainst polio in tribal areas due to deteriorat-ing security situation and scattered popula-tion. She said locals of tribal areas are usingvaccination campaign as counter negotiation.

Recently, local elders said they will notallow vaccination campaign until end of un-scheduled load shedding, she said.

Shehnaz said the government is ready tohold negotiations with them in this regard asa Taliban commander announced that he isready to hold negotiations with the govern-ment if political agent lifts curfew in the area.

Replying to another question, she saidthey can convince the locals that they woulddevelop their areas and the government willprovide all-out facilities to them.

Shabby condition of streets annoys residents

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Senate Chairman Syed Nayyer HussainBukhari and Deputy Chairman Sabir BalochMonday condoled the demise of former Sec-retary Information Pakistan People’s Party,MNA and chairperson, Standing Commit-tee on Finance, Fauzia Wahab.

Both the leaders in their separatemessages paid tribute to the late leaderfor her candid defend of the party and thegovernment during her life time.

They said the efforts of the late leaderfor strengthening democracy and su-premacy of the constitution would be re-membered for long time. They prayed toAllah Almighty to rest the departed soulin eternal peace and grant courage and

fortitude to the bereaved family to bearthe irreparable loss with equanimity.

Meanwhile, leader of the house in theSenate, Jehangir Badr, and leader of theopposition, Senator Ishaq Dar, also con-doled the demise of Fauzia Wahab. Boththe leaders sympathised with the childrenof Fauzia Wahab and prayed for the de-parted soul.

Jammiat Ullem-e-Islam (JUI-F) MNAMualana Atta-ur-Rehman Monday ex-pressed grief and sorrow over the demise ofPakistan People’s Party leader FauziaWahab. In a condolence message, laudingher services, he said she had played a signif-

icant role in legislation and debate sessionsof the Parliament. He added the Parliamenthad lost a committed parliamentarian whohad an exemplary potential. Maulana Attaprayed tom Allah Almighty to rest the de-parted soul in eternal peace and grantcourage to the bereaved family to bear thisloss with fortitude.

Pakistan Muslim league-Q SeniorVice President Ajmal Khan Wazir Mon-day expressed heartfelt grief and sorrowover the demise of Pakistan People’sParty leader and National Assemblymember Fauzia Wahab.

In a condolence message issued here,

he lauded the services of Fauzia Wahabfor the country and democracy.

He prayed to Almighty Allah to restthe departed soul in eternal peace andgrant courage to the bereaved family tobear this loss with fortitude.14 oUtlaWS aRReSted:Rawalpindi police have arrested 14 lawbreakers, including three gamblers,and recovered 2775 grams of charas,three pistols with 187 rounds, Rs 1,475stake money and three mobile phonesfrom their custody.

Pirwadhai police arrested Nazakat onrecovery of 1475 grams charas. Jatli po-

lice held an accused namely Akhtar with1110 grams charas.

Bunni police recovered 105 gramscharas from Shafaqat while Waris Khanpolice held Saqib with 150 grams charas.

Similarly, City police arrested AmanAli and recovered 175 rounds. New Townpolice sent behind the bars an accusedNasir on recovery of one 30 bore pistolwith four rounds.

Kahota police arrested Ameen withone 30 bore pistol with four rounds whileChontra police recovered one 30 bore pis-tol with four rounds from Javed.

Meanwhile, acting on a tip-off Peer-wadhai police raided in Muslim Abadarea and held three persons identified asAhsan, Suleman and Anwar for being in-volved in gambling while playing cards.

Fauzia Wahab’s death widely condoled

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A one-day workshop on ‘GSM SpecificationSMS Service’ was held at Fatima JinnahWomen University (FJWU) by the Depart-ment of Software Engineering in collabora-tion with the Pakistan Engineering Council.Dr Shamim Akhter, Chairperson, Depart-ment of Software Engineering welcomed theaudience and thanked the guest speaker Fa-rooq Arif.Farooq Arif has been working as an IT Man-ager in a private news channel and as a CEoin AARSol Pvt.ltd.Addressing the audience he said that GSMSpecification comes under the category ofmobile communication and its a third gener-ation mobile system. He explained the whole mechanism that howa short message is delivered from one user toanother user. The guest speaker discussed the methods,techniques and implementations of the shortmessage service in GSM. In the workshop ATcommands were also discussed so that partic-ipants can be able to develop an applicationby using theses commands.

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HEAlTH experts on Monday saidthat complementary feedingrates were undesirably low inPakistan as compared to othercountries of the region. They un-

derlined the need to improve timely comple-mentary feeding as feeding during six to 23months of age reduces child illnesses and mor-tality. Talking to APP, they stressed the need tomake strategies in this regard, including betterantenatal counseling. They said there is also aneed to have uniform approach for collectingdata on complementary feeding to include allWorld Health organisation-recommended

complementary feeding indicators. They said lack of appropriate feeding in early

childhood is a major risk factor for ill healththroughout the course of life. The lifelong impactincludes poor school performance, reduced pro-ductivity, impaired intellectual and social devel-opment and chronic diseases, they added.

They asked the authorities concerned to de-velop a strategy to address feeding practices andthe nutritional status, growth and health of infantsand children.

Dr Wasim Khawaja from Pakistan Institute ofMedical Sciences (PIMS) said nutrition plays acrucial role in the early months and years of lifeand that infants should be exclusively breastfedfor the first six months of life to achieve optimalgrowth, development and health. He said after six

months, they should be fed adequate and safecomplementary foods while continuing breast-feeding for up to two years or beyond.

He added complementary foods should berich in nutrients and given in adequate amounts.At six months, caregivers should introduce foodsin small amounts and gradually increase thequantity as the child gets older. He said youngchildren should receive a variety of foods includ-ing meat, poultry, fish or eggs as often as possi-ble. He added the consistency of foods should beappropriate for the child’s age. He said infantscan eat pureed, mashed and semi-solid foods be-ginning at six months while from eight months,infants can eat finger foods, and from 12 months,they can eat the same types of foods as consumedby the rest of the family.

Complementary feeding rates low in Pakistan

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Eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids appearsto protect seniors against the onset of a seriouseye disease known as age-related macular degen-eration (AMD).

Researchers did a fresh analysis of a one-year dietary survey conducted in the early 1990s.The poll involved nearly 2,400 seniors betweenthe ages of 65 and 84 living in Maryland’s East-ern Shore region, where fish and shellfish areeaten routinely, Health News reported.

While participants in all groups, includingcontrols, averaged at least one serving of fish orshellfish per week, those who had advancedAMD had consumed less fish and seafood con-taining omega-3 fatty acids.

After their food intake was assessed, partici-pants underwent eye examinations.

About 450 had AMD, including 68 who hadan advanced stage of the disease, which can leadto severe vision impairment or blindness.

Prior evidence suggested that dietary zinc issimilarly protective against AMD, so the re-searchers looked to see if zinc consumption from

a diet of oysters and crabs reduced risk of AMD,but no such association was seen.

The researchers believe that the low dietaryzinc levels relative to zinc supplements could ac-count for the absence of such a link.

However, they cautioned against people tostart taking omega-3 supplements to protectagainst AMD based on this study because theyare not sure that the above results have sufficientpower to draw any conclusions. The correlationis important but larger studies with longer termfollow-up are needed before being able to prop-erly assess the impact.

Omega-3 foods prevent eyedisease in seniors

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RaWalpinDi: people fill their pots with clean drinking water from a water filtration plant. inP

Solo show of

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The solo show of paintings by MaryamRusal, daughter of the late legendaryartist Ghulam Rasul (GR), concluded hereMonday, featuring landscape and figura-tive imagery at Jharoka Art Gallery.The exhibition brought over 30 oil paint-ings that the artist created to pay tributeto the services of her father in the field ofvisual art. Maryam showed her inspirationfrom legendary landscape Painterthrough vibrant hues and capturing na-ture. Her vibrant colors and simple ex-pressions were the most noted factors ofher work as she was inspired by day to daythings, her style of painting can be relatedto her father. Maryam focussed on stilllife, landscape and figurative compositionas main theme with a complete commandon medium. She followed the spirit ofGR’s dialogues with nature that containedrefreshing mustard fields, autumn in Is-lamabad, Saidpur Village, Skardu Fort,Village life, Harvesting, Himalayas andmany more aspects of nature.

Prince nayef’s ghaibana

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Ghaibana Nimaz-e-Janaza of formerSaudi Crown Prince Nayef bin AbdulAziz who died on Saturday in Genevawas offered at Faisal Mosque on Mon-day. Khateeb of Faisal Mosque MaulanaTahir Siddique led the funeral prayers.Earlier, speaking on the occasion,Maulana Tahir eulogized the services ofthe late crown prince for Pakistan. Heprayed to Allah Almighty to rest the de-parted soul in eternal peace and grantcourage and fortitude to the bereavedfamily to bear the irreparable loss withequanimity. He said Saudi Arabiahelped Pakistan whenever need arose.Senate Chairman Nayyer HussainBukhari, federal ministers, includingMinister for Information and Broadcast-ing Qamar Zaman Kaira, Minister for In-formation Technology Raja PervaizAshraf, State Minister for Professionaland Technical Training Sardar Shahje-han Yousuf, State Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Malik Azmat,senior bureaucrats, officials of Saudi em-bassy and people from all walks of life at-tended the funeral prayers of the prince.

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AllAMA Iqbal open Uni-versity (AIoU) has startedfree of charge 6-month-du-ration of Computer Train-ing Programme for the

flood affected youth of Southern Punjab.Under this programme, total 2,000

students will be trained in four differentphases. Well-equipped laboratory withthe support of American Institute ofElectronic Engineering has been set upfor this purpose at DG Khan.

Vice Chancellor Prof Dr NazirAhmed Sangi inaugurated the computertraining programme through Video-Con-ferencing here from the main campus ofthe University, says a press release.

Dr Sangi said the university is alsoworking on a plan to set a world-levelcomputer training centre in the region.

Meanwhile, a follow-up project as-sisted by the government of Japan waslaunched here to help the AIoU tomaintain and strengthen its audio-video

system for providing equal quality edu-cation to its students across the country.

The government of Japan in 1996under grant-in-aid programme entitled‘improvement of equipments’ at the in-stitute of Educational technology ofAIoU had provided useful equipmentsincluded an out- door video van formaking television programmes for theconsumption of its students.

Under the follow-up project, theJapanese company JICA has agreed toreplace the needed parts of the equip-ments and do their repairing work.

The launching ceremony, presidedover by the vice chancellor was also at-tended by the head of Economic and De-velopment section embassy of JapanKaoru Magosaki and chief representa-tive of JICA Takatoshi Nishikata.

While addressing the ceremonyKaoru Magosaki noted that the Univer-sity successfully utilized the equipmentssince their installation and proved theirworth for their students.

He appreciated the achievements ofthe AIoU in properly modernizing its

educational system and taking it at thedoor-step of the people in the country’sremote areas. He assured that his gov-ernment will continue to assist AIoU inenhancing its educational facilities.

The chief of JICA said they will ful-fill their commitment for properly main-taining and updating the audio-videoequipments including the outdoorbroadcasting van for facilitating the stu-dents of the far-flung regions.

The vice chancellor thanked the gov-ernment of Japan for its continuous sup-port to AIoU for up-grading itstechnology-based distance-learning sys-tem. The equipments provided by JICAproved high beneficial for the students inachieving excellence in their respectivefields. He also sought assistance of Japan-ese government and the JICA for imple-menting its some other important projectslike open-schooling and drop-out stu-dents’ programme. He said the AIoU wasin process of setting up 33 model studentcentres to be fully equipped with latesttechnology and video conference system,especially in the country’s remote regions.

nayS announces

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National Academy of Young Scientists(NAYS) onMonday announced to give‘Best young scientist award 2012’ inInter-disciplinary sciences and asked sci-entists across the country to apply in con-fidence and show their research skills.Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) issponsoring these awards for young brainsand encouraging them for serving Pak-istan with passion and honesty.Giving details, NAYS Aftab PresidentAhmed said the researchers in the field ofInterdisciplinary Research will be judgedon the basis of quality of research, partic-ularly contributing towards the Product,discovery, Phenomenon which interact atleast two disciplines together.He said NAYS firmly believes that engag-ing young scientists and utilizing their ca-pabilities by better orientation,improvisation and execution would defi-nitely bring a remarkable boom of scienceand technology in Pakistan.NAYS has always been one step ahead formotivational and thought provoking ac-tivities for young scholar. last year we announced Best Young Sci-entist Award in Chemistry,” he said. Hesaid nominees can download applicationforms in electronic format from the web-site of NAYS.President NAYS said cash prizeRs.100,000, Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000will be given to 1st, 2nd and third posi-tion holders, respectively.The main objective of the award is pro-motion of scientific efforts of researchersand scientists, nationally and interna-tionally.Aftab Ahmed said such activities also mo-tivate young scientists to do more qualityresearch and prompt such projects as canbe beneficial for the country.

Sm Zafar condoles

death of fauzia wabah

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Pakistan Muslim league-Q Senior VicePresident SM Zafar has expressed hisdeep sorrow and sympathies on the saddemise of Fauzia Wahab, member of theNational Assembly.In a condolence message, SM Zafar saidhe counts Fauzia Wahab as role model forpolitically active women of Pakistan.“She worked with dedication for her partyand yet maintained her pleasant contactwith politician of all shades,” he said.Zafar said Fauzia Wahab is undoubtedlya loss to political party and to the evalua-tion of democratic process in Pakistan.He prayed Almighty Allah to rest the de-parted soul in eternal peace andgrant courage and fortitude to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss.

AIOU starts free training

for flood-affected youth

islaMabaD: senate chairman nayyer bokhari and others offer ghaibana-namaz-e-janaza of the late crown prince of saudiarabia, prince nayef bin abdul aziz, at faisal Masjid. INP

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Voters’ toll for upcoming generalelections may exceed 85 mil-lion with addition of almostfour million new voters to thelists under preparation with

National Registration and Database Au-thority (NADRA).

Sources at the Election Commissioninformed APP on Monday that more thantwo million new voters have been added tovoters’ lists since door-to-door enumera-tion process culminated in August last.

“Two million more voters have beenadded to electoral rolls since enumerationprocess last August and more entries aremade to lists daily as hundreds of youth arebecoming eligible with every passing day,”the sources informed.

Giving approximate details of the datacollected so far, these sources said that bynow the registered voters’ toll from Punjabis 48 million, from Sindh 19 million, fromKhyber Pakhtunkhwa 12 million, fromBalochistan three million, from FATA 1.56million and from Islamabad Capital Terri-tory 0.60 million.

It has been learnt that NADRA has al-most completed the task of data entry, butthe final print of entries will be taken closeto the polls for the reasons that thousandsof entries have to be changed daily due tonew voters’ enlistment and transfer andposting and shifting of people from one re-gion to the other.

“The main work has been done and,presently, the `reconciliation process ison,” the sources at the commission alsosaid. “Daily, thousands entries are beingmade or deleted under the ReconciliationProcess due to change of the constituenciesfor the voters who are either transferred orshift from one area to the other or deletiondue to those who expire”. vIt is now thematter of a few thousands whose entriesare needed to be corrected,” the sourcesadded and mentioned to Dukki area in lo-ralai of Balochistan province and a coupleof districts in Sindh where the updationprocess in on. When asked about exact fig-ures, the sources showed inability ongrounds that data keeps on changing withnew entries, shifting voters from one con-stituency to the other and deletion due todeath of many. “It is merely adjustment ofareas under the ̀ Reconciliation Process’ as

these voters have already been registered tocomputerized electoral rolls,” the sourcesadded. It is worth mentioning that NADRAhad identified around 45 percent or over 37million unverified voters in the lists of 81million on which basis the 2008 generalelections were conducted. After thoroughinvestigation of the lists, data about morethan 37 million voters was updated out ofthe then total registered voters.

The deletion and addition process hadtaken the tally of registered voters to 80.6million. Then the enumeration processwas started and data was collected coun-trywide and entries were updated on basisof enumeration as well as the data avail-able with NADRA.

According to figures revealed by thesources, the data at present is hoveringaround slight over 84 million. But, withdaily addition to the data of the new votersit is expected that the figure will cross 85million and even beyond if the electionsare held in time. “The lists will sooner beready for printing,” the sources stated.“However, it is not yet confirmed that ei-ther the Commission decides to publishthem now or close to elections to save theexpenditure that may tentatively cost mil-

lions of rupees to the Commission.” He ex-plained that it is huge data and printingwill mean hundreds of thousands copies.Therefore, there is possibility that the up-dation process continues but the final printout is taken when the schedule for electionis announced. Till then, the voters’ entryprocess will continue. Pre-monsoonwarning forces civic bodies to actRAWAlPINDI, June 18 (APP):The pre-monsoon and 15 percent above normalrainfall prediction by the Metrological De-partment has rang the bell for the obliviouscivic bodies of the twin cities of Rawalpindiand Islamabad to act before it is too late..

The different portions of the roads andchoked drainage lines need urgent atten-tion of the Rawalpindi Development Au-thority (RDA), tehsil muncipaladministration (TMA) and Capital Devel-opment Authority (CDA). The road nearHamza Camp U-Turn on Murree Road isfast breaking up due to the indifferent at-titude of the city’s civic bodies, despite re-peated requests to start work before onsetof the monsoon.

Rawal Town Administrator Anwar SaifJappa has agreed to carry out the repairwork, but, later denied, saying the RDA be

asked to carry out the work. When approached, RDA Director Gen-

eral Chaudhry Naseer said they only carryout mega projects and minor assignmentsof repair and maintenance are carried outby the TMA. The drainage lines from KoralChowk to Flying Club are already choked,and both CDA and RDA are not ready tocarry out the work, claiming the area doesnot fall under their jurisdiction.

The motorists and residents have con-tended that the chief minister has grantedhuge funds for carrying various road proj-ects in the city, but no one is ready to takeresponsibility.

Shafiq, a motorist who daily travels tothe capital, wondered why the ruts andcuts are not being repaired before therainy reason.

Adnan, another resident, was of theview that it showed the indifferent attitudeof the city administration and urged theCommissioner to take remedial step. Thiswas the time for action for the civic bodies,as Pakistan Meteorological Departmenthas predicted that pre-monsoon periodwill start from the last week of this monthand more rains are expected as comparedto the previous year.

RaWalpinDi: a man sells petrol alongside a road amid its shortage after the decrease in prices of petroleum products. oNlINE

conferenceon tourismtomorrow

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The Ministry of Tourism, Sports andYouth Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa isorganizing a conference on promotion ofsustainable tourism in Pakistan here onJune 19 at a local hotel.Minister for Tourism, Sports andYouth Affairs Syed Aqil Shah is host-ing the event. Federal Minister forInter Provincial Coordination, MirHazar Khan Bijarani would inaugu-rate the event. Besides, all theprovincial ministers, includingtourism minister of GB and AJK arealso participating in the event, said anews release issued on Monday.State Minister for Foreign AffairsNawabzada Malik Ammad Khan, StateMinister for IPC Malik Azmat and offi-cials of the interior ministry will alsoparticipate as special guests.The forum will discuss the key chal-lenges for the promotion of sustain-able tourism in the country and willdevise a combine strategy for the pro-motion of domestic and internationaltourism.The important stakeholders such asPakistan Association of Tour operators,Pakistan Hotel Association will also par-ticipate in the event.

child begging increasesin twin cities

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Child begging is on the rise in twin citiesof Rawalpindi and Islamabad and no lawexists for the protection of these children.The number of child beggars on thestreets, markets and signals has increasedmany times since so many years.They are not begging for any aim exceptto fill their stomachs. There is no singlebeggar in the federal capital who will sayhe is begging to meet the expenses of hisschool fees, rather he is trained by hisparents and elders to become a profes-sional beggar.Talking to APP, Head of a NGo,QindeelShujaat said parents should have the con-viction that the future of their childrencan be protected by collective efforts.He said society should realize that chil-dren have a place at schools and not inmarkets or signals, adding they have aright to their childhood that should notbe impaired in any case.Qindeel Shujaat said childhood becomesenjoyable in the process of learning and ispainful when it is subjected to hazards,abuse and exploitation.

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Huge size skeleton of Blue whale installed atPakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH)is attracting a large number of visitors and isreal source of enjoyment for the kids especially.

The whale, almost 100ft in length, was re-cently taken to the capital from Natural HistoryMuseum (NHM) Karachi. Director ZoologicalSciences Division, PMNH, Dr MuhammadRafique said many precious specimen weretaken to the capital under Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) between NHM andPMNH.

He further said that a whale appeared atthe Karachi port in 1970 and could not be re-turned to the sea due to its weight. It wasburied near the port so that its flesh could bedecomposed in a better way.

Now its entity of PMNH, he said, adding itwill further take a month to complete the proj-ect as canopy will be installed to protect thewhale from harsh weather.

Rafiq said, “We will polish the whale, paintit colourless and also fix lights inside it, so thatit remains a source of attraction not only in daybut also at night.” He said landscaping will alsobe done and the environment will be made aswhale is inside the sea.

PMNH was established in 1976 under thepatronage of Pakistan Science Foundation,Ministry of Science & Technology.

It has four principal divisions namelyBotanical Sciences Division, Zoological Sci-ences Division, Earth Sciences Division andPublic Services Division.

The first three divisions are engaged in thecollection, identification and research activitiespertaining to plants, animals and mineral re-sources of Pakistan respectively, while the lat-ter is responsible for mass education andpopularization of natural history various dis-plays, exhibits and dioramas.

In addition, various projects such as Vir-tual orientation Gallery (VoG), BiodiversityDatabase and Global Networking (BGN) andFocus Balochistan have also been initiated.

media must defendPakistan: mushahid

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Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, chairman, Defence and DefenceProduction Committee of Senate on Monday said media and parlia-mentarians, being the first line of defence, have to play more pivotalrole in facing challenges to ensure national security and defence.Talking to reporters here at the Parliament House at a luncheon re-ception, Mushahid said the media, judiciary, civil society, parlia-mentarian have become an important element and with the jointefforts, these segments of the society could play an active role in im-proving the defence of the country along with Pakistan Army. Hesaid Parliament has become more proactive and broader withgreater contributions on issues of public significance. SenatorMushahid said Pakistan is changing through a democratic evolution,in which there are now multiple power centers such as a vibrantmedia, an independent judiciary and active civil society. These fac-tors have greatly transformed the functioning of the Parliament, headded. Senator Mushahid Hussain, referring to the role of the De-fence Committee, said there was need for civil-military harmony tocounter internal and external threats, besides the need to redefinethe contours of national defence in these changing times.

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little high, little lowThe current low in the Pak-US

relationship is hardly a novelty as it isnot for the first time and certainly notthe last that we see such a spectaclewhere the adherents of the most civilisedsociety, so to speak, act so childishly.This uniquely skewed relationship hasseen more lows than highs as there isnothing much that it can stand upon.Viewed predominantly as a symbioticrelationship where Pakistan has beenrelying upon the US for its generousdonations of funds, while the US hasbeen consciously taking advantage of thismonetary dependency as much as it could.

It all began with a full range ofshared objectives that both thePakistanis and American would workalong in order to curb and controlmilitancy, dismantle Al-Qaeda networksand reverse the Taliban momentum.Embarked upon this journey of the longwar, Pakistan had gunned the pedal tolaunch military operations, one after theother, to clear this side of the fence whilethe US/allied forces tackled that inAfghanistan. Apparently, things weregoing smoothly until very recently whenthe US stance started to harden.

For the first time it has been seenthat Pakistan has taken a firm stand andhas stood its ground despite themounting pressure of the internationalcommunity. But what needs to be viewedin this background is that, whetherPakistan is ready for the repercussions ofsuch a stand? What other alternativeshas Pakistan considered in case the USplans to attack the NWA? What Pakistanneeds to do is safeguard its own interestwithout entering into a sentimentaldebate and see how things at home canbe improved. This can only be done withthe one emotion that is required, that is,of being concerned about the state ofaffairs inside Pakistan. How anti-Americanism is radicalising the youth,how it becomes easier to join extremistswhen the state sleeps off, lack of basicamenities drives the population madwith frustration. Will someone wake upto realise what the chaotic policies of thestate is doing to the Pakistan?

LUBNA UMARRawalpindi

respect unearned?I was astonished to see the way the

Chief Justice treated the chairmanPEMRA, Dr Abdul Jabbar, on June 15during the full court session. Perhaps theSC purposely allowed live coverage of thehumiliation through which Dr Jabbarhad to go through that day, may be toshow who is the boss. It was really ascene wherein CJ was chairing the fullcourt session and Dr Jabbar wasanswering questions.

As media keeps a self-imposedcensorship while reporting on the waygovernment officials are treated in thesuperior court, however, there are widespread complaints of misbehave, tauntsand foul language. I remember once AliAhmed Kurd, a prominent leader of CJ’reinstatement movement, himselfcomplained that pharaohs are sitting inthe superior courts. They must rememberthat you can’t force other people torespect you; your words and deedsshould be enough to earn you respect.

MASOOD KHANSaudia Arabia

the ‘gifts’ of democracyThere is no system of governance,

including democracy, which can workwithout a moral code and the ultimateend must be providing welfare to mostdeprived sections of society andsubmitting all – whether the elite orthe not-so-elite — to transparentaccountability. This is the basicdifference between democracy anddictatorship: where in the latter anindividual’s order assumes force ofstate authority, in the former theelected executive has no absolutepowers and is always subjected tochecks and balances built into thesystem and judicial review.

Today, in Pakistan, there is neitheran independent NAB, nor a powerfulAuditor General, nor an AttorneyGeneral seen to be doing their jobswithout executive interference. Themere process of elections does notmake a democracy; it is the deliveranceof good governance and a focus oncollective welfare of a people inaccordance with objectives laid downin constitution that makes itdemocratic.

In any other democraticgovernment, it is top elected publicoffice holders who lead by example.The manner in which our PM hasaccepted that expensive branded suits,ties, shoes and watches he adorns, aregifted to him by his friends would beenough to disqualify him.

on a recent TV talk show, twoanchors, who like few others workingin print or electronic media, arealleged to have received expensive giftsand assets from big business cartels,including a real estate tycoon whoallegedly has showered similar favourson the son of our Chief Justice, like hehas for sons and daughters of otherimportant public office holders, it isironic that they were pontificating onwhat they consider kosher forthemselves. When public office is usedto reward cronies and self withlucrative lPG quotas or RPP projectsand expensive real estate, than cultureof corruption thrives like it has inPakistan.

In the developed democratic world,the onus is on an individual to accountfor assets that he owns and not for thestate to prove him wrong.

Even in the rare cases wheredictatorships have delivered like inSingapore and China, it is theleadership that sets the trend byfollowing a strict moral code of ethicsand neither they nor their family areever seen to be receiving favours.

We are talking of gifts such as suitsworth upwards of $5000, watchesworth $20,000, limousines, villas etcworth millions of dollars. All thisconstitutes bribery. The Chief Justicehas taken a moral high ground byputting his son in the dock, while thePM, President and others like Shujaatdid not.

ANEELA CHANDIOSukkur

an unholy nexusIt was President Eisenhower of the

US who had warned that the US shouldnot allow the formation of a militaryindustrial complex in the countrywhich would be harmful for thecountry.

However precisely the same thinghappened wherein military andindustry producing weapons gottogether and that led the US to startwars throughout the world even at thecost of making the country bankruptand to be financed by China. Armygenerals got re-employed by armsmanufacturing companies that soldarmament to the government.

In Pakistan, an industrialist (albeitnot an arms manufacturer but a housebuilder) made a military-industrynexus that employed retired armygenerals in a symbiotic arrangementthat spawned a multi billion rupeeempire that corrupted the entire socialfabric of Pakistan by building anindustry that did not produce a lastinginstitution to build a power station or afood processing project but bricks andmortar buildings that did not generatemilk or honey for the people.

DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTILahore

remembering fauzia wahabThe death of Fauzia Wahab is a great

loss for Pakistan’s politics. FauziaWahab, Member National Assembly(MNA) and a former student leader,successfully underwent a gallbladdersurgery but she didn’t recover from postsurgery complications and died onSunday June 17, 2012.

Fauzia was born in 1956 and was theeldest of four children. She marriedWahab Siddiqui, a journalist and TVanchorman in political talk shows, in1978. For the next fourteen years, shewas a housewife and had four children.Her husband Wahab Siddiqui died of amassive heart attack and her life took anew turn. She then re-marriedprominent cardiologist Dr AtharHussein.

Fauzia Wahab was a self made ladywho belonged to a middle class family.She struggled and proved herself to be a

great lady in all ways.Fauzia Wahab has worked for the

Pakistan Industrial and Commercialleasing as a Marketing Managerbetween 1993 and 1996. In 1998, BenazirBhutto nominated Fauzia Wahab tobecome the Central Coordinator of theHuman Rights Cell and was tasked tocorrespond with human rights defendingorganisations abroad. Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto nominated her tobecome the Information Secretary ofwomen’s wing of the PPP in Sindh, aposition Fauzia held till early 2002. Shewas also an active proponent for therepealing of the Hudood ordinance aswell as the blasphemy laws.

When the Pakistani general election,2002 were called in october, she wasnominated as a candidate for thereserved seats for women in the NationalAssembly. She took oath as a legislator

and was also made part of StandingCommittee on Privatisation andStanding Committee on EconomicAffairs. She was also a senior member ofthe Finance Committee of the NationalAssembly that looked after the budget ofthe assembly. During the NationalAssembly of 2002 and 2007, she was avery active member of the oppositioninvolved in a number of questions,calling attention notices, adjournmentmotions, resolutions and motions. Shewas also a mover of a number of billsincluding a bill on the environment anda ban on polythene bags.

She was nominated again for asecond term by the PPP and returned tothe National Assembly. She took oath asa Treasury bench member on March 6,2008. After Information Minister SherryRehman resigned from her governmentposition, the party position she held was

taken away and Fauzia Wahab wasappointed the Information Secretary ofthe PPP. By virtue of being theInformation Secretary, Fauzia Wahabbecame an ex-officio member of theCentral Executive Committee of theParty. Fauzia Wahab apparentlyresigned after the Raymond Daviscontroversy in February 2011, as shemade some comments about the Daviscase and the outgoing Foreign MinisterShah Mehmood Qureshi in a‘disciplinary’ tone that the Peoples Partyimmediately disowned. She stillcontinued to be an MNA.

Fauzia was an asset for Pakistan. Shehas been a great politician and a bravelady as well. We all are dejected on thisloss of Pakistan. May Allah Rest her soulin peace.

BUSHRA HANIFLahore

Pakistan has been suffering from energy crisis for abouthalf a decade now. The power crisis is proving to beunbearable. The sad state of affairs is that despite havingenormous renewable resources of energy, Pakistan has toimport a huge amount of hydrocarbons from abroad to meetits energy needs. As recently as 2001, the country had4,00MW of excess power capacity. Today, unfortunately, thesituation has assumed alarming proportions.

lopsided priorities, poor management and lack ofaccountability can be denoted as the reasons for dearth ofenergy in Pakistan. The number of consumers of electricityhas now increased owing to rapid urbanisation. The facility ofelectricity is now provided to the remote villages. We waste alot of energy, about 15 to 20% through poor distributionsystem. Industrial, transport and domestic sectors are thethree important consumers of energy. It is assumed that amisplaced use of energy is rampant in industries which needsto be curtailed.

A few years back, Pakistan used to get half of its electricityfrom hydel power and remaining from thermal generation.However, there is a limit to the extent of exploitation of hydelresources and thermal power plants due to environmental andother concerns. Modalities for overcoming the energy crisisare multifold. To meet the challenge, there is a dire need to goto the alternate sources of energy. Some people suggest thatprocess of converting coal into product gas underground canbe a good alternate source of energy. The largest coal reservesof Pakistan exist in Thar. They need to be encashed.

Renewable energy is energy which comes from naturalresources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermalheat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16%of global final energy consumption comes from renewables,with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainlyused for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. Newrenewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar,geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and aregrowing very rapidly. The share of renewables in electricitygeneration is around 19%, with 16% of global electricity comingfrom hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables. Electricityin Pakistan is generated, transmitted, distributed and retailsupplied by two vertically integrated public sector utilities:Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) for all ofPakistan (except Karachi), and the Karachi Electric SupplyCorporation (KESC) for the City of Karachi and its surroundingareas. There are around 20 independent power producers thatcontribute significantly to electricity generation in Pakistan.

For years, the matter of balancing Pakistan’s supplyagainst the demand for electricity has remained a largelyunresolved matter. Pakistan faces a significant challenge inrevamping its network responsible for the supply of electricity.While the government claims credit for overseeing aturnaround in the economy through a comprehensiverecovery, it has just failed to oversee a similar improvement inthe quality of the network for electricity supply.

RABIA JAVEDLahore

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I think, all said and done, we shouldforget about nationalism, patriotism andthe love of motherland. These termsnever meant anything to us nor do theyanymore. All institutions in the countryare collapsing or have collapsed or havehad aspersions cast upon them. Trust,faith and confidence have given way tohypocrisy, lies, pretence and selfishness.We do not even love and respect ourprofessions. Uniformed personnel arefound frequently indulging in heinouscrimes like rape or extortion. The lawenforcers are committing things which

they are supposed to prevent. The lawadvocates are behaving like streethooligans.

Politicians, the supposed leaders ofthe nation, blatantly lie and distortsituations publicly. Media, the fourthpillar of the state, has been proven to becorrupt up to the hilt. The common manhas compromised all moral values at thealtar of mere survival. The youth has lostfaith in religion, principles and ethics.Protracted power outages in this heathave completely jeopardised family life inthat temperaments are running out of

control and living a peaceful life hasturned into a veritable battle.

our social fabric is in tatters. We aremaking efforts to find the reasons behindthis breakdown; hence we are busyjustifying and rationalising corruptionand innocence on various public forums.But I think let us forget all this. As thecrystal breaks it turns into small piecesand no genius can put it back togetherunless it is melted and recycled. We arein a similar situation.

AMJAD H MIRZALahore

no end to loadshedding?

cynicism 101

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Policy towards militants

Whatever hopes the real policy makers might haveharboured about the “ good Taliban” should bedampened by what Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters onSunday. The spokesman of the militant outfit has

showered praises on India for allegedly rejecting Washington’sdemands of taking over some of its responsibilities after the Natowithdrawal. The Taliban have assured New Delhi that, once in power,they would not allow anyone to use Afghanistan as a base againstanother country. That should put an end to the daydreams of a docileTaliban government in Afghanistan willing to provide strategic depthto Pakistan army.

Policies made by those with limited political understanding haveharmed the country a lot. Among other things they have led to thereduction of Pakistan’s role in the regional strategic equation. The safehavens where terrorists gathered from all over the world continue tooperate freely pose a grave threat to the world at large, particularlythe neighbouring countries. The otherwise reticent Chinese nowfrequently express unhappiness over the training the East TurkestanIslamic Movement activists continue to receive in North Waziristan.Iran is unhappy on account of the Jundullah activists using areas inPakistan as launching pads. Despite claims that Pakistan has religiousand cultural ties with Afghanistan and the same tribes live astride theDurand line, Kabul has sought strategic ties with India while it accusesPakistani agencies of being behinds the terrorist attacks taking placeinside Afghanistan. Talks with New Delhi remain stalled over crucialissues because of lack of confidence. Not much development isexpected during the meeting between the foreign ministers of the twocountries next month as Islamabad is unwilling to reining, let alonetake to the court with strong evidence, some of the militant leadersavowedly involved in Mumbai attacks who are now spreading hatredagainst India through TV channels and public meetings.

Pakistan’s policymakers need to thoroughly review the currentpolicy towards the militant groups who besides creatingestrangement with important neighbours continue to launch deadlyattack inside the country. The militants deserve zero toleranceirrespective of their hue or colour.

incompetence meets shamelessness

the federal and Punjabgovernments

There are two bits of government incompetence that thePunjab is seeing these days. The power crisis that is on thefederal government’s watch. And its fallout, which is on thePunjab government’s watch. There is, however, a difference

when it comes to spin. Whereas the federal government makes somesheepish attempts to wriggle out sympathy for its performance on thepower front, the Punjab government makes no attempt to admit it isnot doing its job properly. In fact, if the federal government doesn’tmanage to make any headway, the Punjab government seems to begoing out of its way to make things worse on the law and order front.

It would do the league well to realise that law and order is aprovincial subject and, as is the usual case, the home portfolio is heldby the chief minister himself. For the party to be egging on theseprotests itself is ridiculous. The rioters have already attacked severalhomes, including those of some leaders of the PPP. At least oneperson has died in the riots till the writing of this editorial.

The power minister, who laid out the loadshedding suspensionschedule yesterday, said that the league is orchestrating thesespirited protests and that a case could be registered against Punjabgovernment notables.

Though he has a point, this would be just about the worst possiblething to do. The government doesn’t have its act together. To arrestopposition members, despite their rowdyness, would be giving thegeneral public the impression that the opposition is with them inthese hours of plight. They are not. The league hasn’t has anythingconstructive to say on the issue since it started. It hasn’t even usedthe Punjab government’s resources to start its own power projects.

Having said that, the federal government needs to do its bit. Yes,the government, according to the information minister, buyselectricity at Rs 25/ unit and has to sell it at Rs 9/ unit but it is not asif it can do nothing here. For starters, make electricity moreexpensive; the fallout of having more frequent but more expensiveelectricity won’t be as bad. Then the government needs to cut downon transmission losses. And then it needs to invest in stand alonehydel projects of the small-dam or run-of-the-river variety.

All that requires money, yes, but it needs to free up some fiscalspace from elsewhere to make up for the slack.

Having said that, the actions of the Punjab government need to becondemned. A government-enabled strike has it in it to become anuncontrollable beast.

Rainwater can indeed be a good alternative source ofpotable water for us. Given that there is a fast depletionof groundwater level and that it is becoming increas-

ingly difficult for the WASA in the metropolitan towns andcities to meet the demand for drinking and household-usewater in the urban areas, time has come to move to newersources of clean water. This is something that many countriesin the world have already adopted, for example in some of themost water-scarce areas in Pakistan this age-old system of rainwater harvesting has offset water scarcity.

The suggestions came at a three-day international conven-tion titled, “Bangladesh Convention on Rainwater Harvesting”organised jointly by WaterAid and several other NGo’s andBUET. The idea can not only address, in parts may be, the need

for drinkable water in the urban areas, also the rural and thecoastal belt areas plagued by salinity particularly can have thebenefit of fresh water.

This is an age-old practice that has gone out of fashion withmodernity, but natural compulsions demand that we revert tothe old practice of holding not only the most refined water butalso something that we have in plenty in the monsoons.

And it is not a day too soon to latch on to the suggestionand work on the idea. Given that we receive an average of2150 mm of rainfall per annum, three times more than theworld average of 800 mm, most of this huge volume ulti-mately runs off to the sea unutilised. Having said that, wemust recognise the challenges in implementing the idea, forexample we must ensure that the new building plans haveprovisions for holding rainwater, configure appropriate sys-tem for houses in the rural areas, and create general aware-ness among the masses.

harvesting rainwaterThe Daily Star - Bangladesh

foreign press

learning to learna school is not a conveyor belt

Anumber of times in recentpast when I have tried to dis-cuss, with children of myfriends and across 8-16 agegroup, what they are study-

ing in class, which subjects, what theylike and do not, and how they are beingtaught, I have found some very disturb-ing patterns. Most of the children do notread beyond the curriculum, and evenwithin that, and as early as grade 8 a lotof them depend on study guides and suchhelp to make sense of their textbooksand rely too much on notes that they takefrom their teachers. There is a lot of de-pendence on rote learning as well. All ofthe above is true for even children goingto elite schools. And there is too muchdependence on spoon-feeding, fromteachers, study guides as well as tuitioncentres or coaches.

The results of this are not too hard topredict. When I ask children to definesomething and it is a thing they haveread about, they are very quick to regur-gitate the definitions they have learnt.When I ask them to explain to me thedefinition in their own words, a lot ofthem start floundering. And when I askthem to give me examples of theobject/phenomenon they are definingfrom around them and/or from their en-vironment, most end up being extremelyconfused. But if they are not able to in-ternalise what they are learning, link it tothe environment they are living in anduse what they are learning to make senseof the world around them, what exactlyare they learning and what is the point ofjust parroting definitions?

When I went to college for my under-graduate degree, decades ago, the firstmonth taught me a number of lessons:lessons that have helped a lot and onesthat might be of help to parents andreaders as well.

At the commencement dinner theMaster of our college said ‘you are hereto learn how to learn’. He went on to saythat the purpose of early years of educa-tion, and up to and including undergrad-uate level, was not to give specialisedknowledge and know-how to students. Itwas to give them basic tools/means oflearning: how to read, understand,analyse, use critical reasoning and howto have confidence in your reading/writ-ing/thinking and so on. It was only atthe graduate level that specialisationshould take hold.

our undergraduate teaching was

mostly through tutorial system where wewere given a topic and a reading list atthe start of the week and were requiredto produce an essay on the topic beforethe tutorial. The tutorial, usually one-on-one with the tutor or with just one or twoother students, would be where wewould read out our essay and argue ourposition while the tutor would tell uswhat he thought of our argument. It is abrilliant, if time intensive, method ofteaching/learning. one of the first tuto-rials I had, in ethics, the tutor, after hear-ing my essay, said ‘yes, so you have toldme what A, B, and C think and argueabout the topic. But I want to know whatyou think about it’. I was stunned. ourschools had not emphasised that.

My tutor then went on to tell me amethod for learning how to strengthenmy thinking/input. He suggested that Ishould finish all readings for a topic aday or two in advance of when I was sup-posed to write the essay and use that lastday or so to just think about all I hadread and try to make sense of what all theauthors were saying and then write whatI thought about it, with support from theauthors, but really focus on my own un-derstanding of the issue. over the lasttwo decades I have found this method tobe of tremendous help. I am sure it canbe of use to others too.

last but not the least, though ourteachers gave long reading lists, withplenty of commentators mentioned aswell, but the focus was always on pri-mary and original sources. When work-ing on Immanuel Kant, we had to focuson his writings primarily. What othershad said about them came much later.When looking at political philosophy wehad to read the originals, starting fromthe Greet greats. The logic was that youhad to engage with the original sourcesyourself and make sense of them. Com-mentators could help, but that was sub-sidiary.

When I see children use study guidesand notes from their teachers only, itmakes me cringe. The idea is not to justlearn facts and results and summaries.The idea is to engage a child’s intellectwith the thinking of the original result,

fact, concept and analysis. This does notrequire mediation or the mediationshould really come later. Read Shake-speare in the original. The idea is toenjoy its beauty, engage with the ideasthere. It is not to read a summary of whathe said/conveyed or what a commenta-tor thought Shakespeare said. Unless achild engages at that level, she is notgoing to understand the ideas also andwill not be able to internalise them or usethem to make sense of her world. Thistakes us back to the definition examplethat was given in the second paragraph.

Students are, across all sorts ofschools, put in a very competitive envi-ronment now where grades and relativeperformance has become even more im-portant than before. Competitiveness en-courages teaching to tests, cuttingcorners and emphasising getting gradesover developing better learning habitsand/or understanding. But there is atrade off of sorts here. There seems to be,empirically speaking, little correlationbetween grades in school and perform-ance in rest of life. Education of our chil-dren should be about development oftheir personalities, their values and theirability to reason/understand so that theyfulfil their potential as independent be-ings post school. Focusing too much ongrades and competition, and cutting cor-ners as a result, is undermining and willundermine the larger goal.

I have taught at undergraduate andgraduate level for a fairly long time now.My experience has been that those whocome to university with poor learninghabits, of not thinking on their own, re-lying too much on rote and so on, mightstill manage to get good grades, but dopoorly in all tasks that require inde-pendence of thinking and initiative. Andthese habits get harder to break as theybecome more entrenched. We need tointervene at the school level to changethe current pattern.

The writer is an Associate Professorof Economics at LUMS (currently onleave) and a Senior Advisor at OpenSociety Foundation (OSF). He can bereached at fbari@sorosny.org

By Dr Faisal Bari

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somewhere during the 25-hour ride from lahore to Karachii vowed to make my friend, who had said “shalimar expressis a good option”, eat his words with a knife and fork

Romanticising the rail

There’s nothing quite like a train ride. If you’veever travelled on a train as a child, you will knowof the fantastical wonders these carriages offer for

the young, imaginative mind. The clack-clackity-clackof the wheels on the track provide a primitive drumbeatfor all sorts of imaginary adventures; the many compart-ments yield sources of entertainment and amusement.

As a child, I had more than my fair share of trains.But through the years, the frequency of my travels via raildecreased. With the discovery of the motor car and theacquisition of the driving license, I had acquired yet an-other vehicle for my dreams. But the nostalgia and thelonging for train rides did not leave me. Finally, at age 28,after nearly fifteen years of travelling solely by air or byroad, I decided to take the train from lahore to Karachi.

Having worked as a journalist for over eight years, Iwas no stranger to the state of the modern railway sys-tem in Pakistan. Having seen ministers such as bum-bling Bilour and catastrophic Qazi come and go, I knewthat the Pakistan Railways of today was a far, far cryfrom the days of yore. Still, I persevered with my plansand through the ‘kindness’ of some friends, bought myticket for the Shalimar Express. It was going to be a jour-ney I would not soon forget.

The Shalimar Express used to be the staple choicefor travellers wishing to spend 18 (sic!) hours in the ‘lapof luxury’, especially since its privatisation. The BusinessTrain, the crowning achievement of private enterprise,is the closest we in Pakistan will ever come to a ‘bullettrain’. So it was no surprise that I asked for a ticket on

the Business Train. But a friend ofmine, also a journalist, recommended

that I opt for the Shalimar, as it was themore economical option. He also in-sisted that it was, “just as good”. Butsomewhere along the way, as the Shal-imar Express trundled along the la-hore-Karachi line, I vowed to makehim eat his words with a knife and fork.

You see, I took my well-meaningfriend’s advice in good faith andboarded the Shalimar at 5:45 AM. Thetrain left the station at a reasonable6:05AM, but from then, everythingwent downhill. My ticket, having beenpurchased by said friend, turned out tobe valid for the lower-AC section, asopposed to the Parlour Car. This was ablow to my well-fed and elitist ego, butI persevered. Then, I was forced to‘purchase’ a pillow that would be mycompanion for the rest of the journey,for a measly Rs 20. This did not suitme at all, because I would’ve paid atleast five times that sum to get myhands on a more comfortable seat.

But about three hours in, I realisedthat this train was not quite the ‘non-stop’ that I had imagined it to be, sinceit went up to Faisalabad before start-ing its southward descent towardsKarachi. Hardly an hour outside saidcity, the engine broke down and the

train was held up for three hours in the blistering Pun-jab summer sun. I was indifferent to this, having sleptthrough most of the delay. once we set off again, the air-conditioning promptly decided to turn itself off. Thiswas quite the setback, and upon inquiry, I discoveredthat the air-con was ‘out of gas and would not be fixeduntil the next major junction.

However, I was not too worried, because I knew thatKhanewal would be along in a matter of hours. But whenthe clock struck three and I looked out the window andrealised that we were still slowly making our way to-wards said stop, I began to worry. Khanewal took an-other hour to arrive, and it was there we were told thatthe AC technicians would meet us at Rohri. But at 6PM,12 hours after we had left lahore, we were still wander-ing the tracks in Punjab. Rahim Yar Khan passed at8PM and we managed to reach Rohri at 11PM. By thistime, the power in all AC-compartments had been sev-ered by a cruel twist of fate and the passengers were upin arms. Desperate to quell the disquiet, the private staffof the train arranged for the AC to be fixed and fired upthe power supply. This shut people up for all of twentyminutes, because that was how long both things ranwithout fail. At exactly 12:01AM (the day after we leftlahore), the power and the air-conditioning failed andplunged the 90-odd passengers in my compartment intoa darkness blacker than anything Joseph Conrad couldhave imagined.

After about an hour of that, when I could take it nolonger, I decided to go sit in the doorway, somethingthat should be illegal. But because of the extenuating cir-cumstances, the staff allowed me to plant myselfsquarely in the doorway for about four hours. Thishelped me reflect on the journey and also terrified theliving daylights out of me when the train would stop, in-explicably, in the middle of nowhere, for what seemedlike several different eternities. That this was daku-country was making things even worse for my paranoia.

At the 23 hour mark, at 5:30AM, the electricity andthe air-con suddenly roared to life and within a coupleof hours, we were passing Malir Cantt. I stopped to takestock of the situation and discovered that due to exces-sive sweat, my seat was now a veritable kiddie pool andsmelt like a bull on heat. Mud had accumulated on mydomed head in such massive quantities that I lookedpositively negroid. To be honest, I cannot believe a hap-pier time than when the train finally pulled into the Can-tonment Station in Karachi. Delivered from my trials, Iwalked triumphantly over the mango crates that werestrewn across the walkways of the compartment, scram-bled over the lines of porters jostling for position andstepped out into the Karachi sea breeze.

I’m sure that after reading this whiny rant, you mustthink that I would have sworn off trains for the rest ofmy life. Unfortunately, I am what they call a Pakistani,i.e. I deliberately seek out misery for sport. Therefore, Iam pleased to announce that in three days time, I shallbe seeing the Pakistan Railways ticketing officer inKarachi to buy my ticket back. If you’re reading this,ticketing officer, be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Mighty obviousBy Syed Hassan Belal Zaidi

The solution is always more democracy

Politics and its discontents

Idealists, never contentwith a good idea, insiston distillation towards

purer variations. onewould have thought thatChurchill ended the debateabout democracy with hispithy reminder that while itcould be awful, everythingelse was worse. But eversince the savage becamenoble enough to sharepower on some basis otherthan physical strength oreconomic stranglehold, thesearch for “total democ-racy” has been as relentlessas it is illusory. Purity is theprivilege of heaven; earth,alas, is all about varieties ofputrefaction.

Indian variety can getodorous. An election beginswith arbitrary selection.Candidates are named by aleader. The voter merelychooses from among thechosen. Merit is rarely theprimary qualification; loy-alty is, followed by the com-pulsions of demographics.As the stakes rise, and wemove into the rarefied re-gions of Rashtrapati Bhavan,the complexities multiply ifthe environment is unset-tled. The only satisfying by-product is that the processbecomes as compelling astory as the election itself.

An election can be onlyas clear or confused as thestate of the electorate. If thepeople of India were choos-ing the next president, therewould be enviable clarity.The establishment candi-date would lose. But voteswill be cast by MPs andMlAs; roughly, the polity.Since the political class is indisarray, the presidential

poll cannot be in array. Noone is in command of num-bers. The Congress, for rea-sons best known to itself,assumed that it could liveabove the reach of growingpublic anger and still con-trol events by a wave of MrsSonia Gandhi’s magic wand.Mulayam Singh Yadav andMamata Banerjee havedrained the magic out of thiswand by telling Congressthat omnipotence may workwith gods, but is not sus-tainable in human affairs.

Nothing is an accidentin politics. President AbdulKalam’s name did notemerge from a conjurer’shat. The leaders of the coupthat stunned Congress andmaimed UPA knew thatNDA wanted to re-electKalam but did not have theability which is why it usedsilence as strategy. Theyhave placed dynamiteunder UPA, since Kalam isthe one person Congresscannot accept except underhuge duress. The fuse iswith Mulayam and thematchbox with Mamata.

They also have a prettydecent argument. Kalambrings both consensus andstature to the table. Anothersignificant UPA partner,DMK, cannot ignore the factthat he is Tamil, just as fiveyears ago Shiv Sena couldnot ignore the fact that MrsPratibha Patil was Marathi.Sharad Pawar has been in-sisting on consensus forweeks. Consensus, it shouldbe noted, is not the samething as unanimity.

The Congress refused tosee the obvious becausecomplacence is a blindfoldand eight years is a long timein power. It even took awhile to understand why DrManmohan Singh was onthe Mulayam-Mamata list.The hope that this mightgive Sonia Gandhi a bit ofwriggle room evaporatedwhen, within hours, the PMfirmly rejected the option.This was his own decision.By then Mulayam’s spokes-men had told the country ontelevision that their real pur-pose was to push the PM up-

stairs so that someone morecompetent could take hisplace. The implications areuncomplicated. SP and TMCMPs can no longer support aManmohan Government inParliament-if there is a nextsession of this Parliament.

The Congress could noteven see what was widelydiscussed along the politicalgrapevine. We are witness-ing the play for not just oneelection, but for two. Thestrategies move on parallellines, before they intersect.The second is the more im-portant battle ahead: Thenext General Election. Mu-layam has been totallytransparent. He held a par-liamentary party meeting tochoose his candidates for alok Sabha campaign. Hewants them early. He knowsthat time can only diminishhis prospects. If UPA can-not get its candidate asPresident, the Governmentcannot survive.

This is only the first, ifdramatic, bit of evidence ofthe impact that a Mulayam-Mamata partnership canhave on Indian politics.Their first objective is tomake Congress yesterday’sstory. Their second is to winbetween 60 and 70 seats ina 2013 poll, and, with helpfrom smaller parties, form abloc of 100 or more MPs.This will give them decisivebargaining power in thenext alliance.

UPA can pretend thatthis is business as usual,and the PM blithely con-tinue on his 10-day tour tothe more exotic parts of theworld, but his Governmenthas become about as fragileas that of Deve Gowda orInder Gujral after Congresswithdrew its support. Whendemocracy slides off intoconfusion, there is only onesolution: more democracy.Time for fresh elections.

The columnist is editorof The Sunday Guardian,published from Delhi, Indiaon Sunday, published fromLondon and EditorialDirector, India Today andHeadlines Today.

Third eyeBy M J Akbar

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Entrepreneurs and pioneers inthe Pakistani designer footwearindustry, Samia and Azmayopened their fourth store inKarachi at the Dolmen Mall. Thelaunch of this store now marksthe sixth stand alone retail spacefor the brand in Pakistan. Theirsixth store stocks all Samia andAzmay Shahzada designs, includ-ing their latest spring/summerrange of flat shoes along withtheir signature collection ofSwarovski encrusted designs.Speaking on the opening of the

store the designer duo said: “Westrongly believe in innovation andexpansion as a brand and believethat the introduction of thisbrand new store, hot on the heelsof our new lahore store, is mani-fest of this.” Samia and Azmayoffer major retail presence acrossKarachi, lahore and Islamabadthrough six stand-alone stores.With both signature and seasonallines, the brand is currently avail-able across four outlets in Karachiincluding their outlet in Zamzamaand at Dolmen Mall; in lahore atthe Kingston Mall and in Islam-abad at the Beverly Centre.

Samia and Azmay launch a fourth store in Karachi

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OSLO: Singer andmusician Stingperforms at theNorwegian Woodrock festival. AFP

ALABAMA:Sheryl Crowperforms at the2012 BamaJamMusic and ArtsFestival. AFP

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Hayek bans daughter from 'Savages' setlos angeles:actress Salmahayek bannedher youngdaughter fromvisiting her onthe set of crimethriller ‘Savages’because shebelieves themovie is tooviolent for achild. Valentina,4, is a regular onher mother's filmsets. "She lovesto come to theset. She doesn'tget bored, shewants to bethere... (but)she's not gonnawatch thismovie, no.actually it wasthe only moviethat she was noton the set,"femalefirst.co.ukquoted hayek,45, as saying.agencies

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VERSAILLES: Thework made withstainless steel pansand lids, ‘Marilyn(PA)’, by Portuguesecontemporary artpainter JoanaVasconcelos is seenat the Palace ofVersailles. AFP

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SINGER and reality TV judge Cheryl Cole spedto the top of the British charts with her single‘Call My Name’ in its first week on release, theofficial Charts Company said. The dance num-ber, written and produced by Scottish DJ

Calvin Harris, and taken from her new album ‘A Millionlights’, sold 152,000 copies, making it the fastest sellingsingle so far of 2012. Cole’s success pushed to third placelast week’s chart-topper ‘Sing’, a patriotic anthem markingQueen Elizabeth’s 60-year reign. The track, written by TakeThat front-man Gary Barlow and composer Andrew lloydWebber, was recorded by Barlow’s Commonwealth Bandand was given a public performance at a concert outsideBuckingham Palace during official jubilee celebrations thismonth. Barlow, who received an order of the British Empire(oBE) award in the queen’s birthday honours, scored a thirdweek at the top of the rankings with an album of patriotictunes, including ‘Sing’ and the British national anthem ‘GodSave the Queen’. Also new in the album charts were Scottishsinger-songwriter Amy MacDonald at number two with ‘lifein a Beautiful light’, and US singer Usher in third place with‘looking 4 Myself’. Rock group Fleetwood Mac returned tothe charts with their new compilation ‘25 Years-TheChain’, just over a week after early band member Bob Welchwas found in an apparent suicide at his home in Nashville.

Cheryl Cole shoots to top of charts

Topless paintercauses stir onThai talent show

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Thailand's Culture Ministry onMonday demanded an explanationfrom the producer of a talent showwhich broadcast a femalecontestant painting with her barebreasts on national television."Society has criticised this showand we need to seek an answer,"Culture Minister SukumolKunplome told AFP. Thecontestant on Sunday’s show of‘Thailand's Got Talent’ removedher shirt and bra before pouringtins of coloured paint on herbreasts, which she rubbed on thecanvas as the judges watchedopen-mouthed and the audiencecheered. She was voted through tothe next round by two male judges,to the dismay of the sole femalejudge. The show's producer wasnot available to comment. DespiteThailand's flourishing sexindustry, officials in the kingdomoften criticise raunchy activities inpublic. last week the CultureMinistry said it had filed acomplaint to police against US popdiva lady Gaga for using the Thaiflag during her show last monthwhile wearing a skimpy outfit.

PAUL MCCARTNEY: rock's patriarch still going strong at 70lonDon: his ballad ‘yesterday’ isone of the most covered songs inhistory-but as he turned 70 onmonday, ex-beatle Paul mccartneyshows no signs of settling back toreflect on his extraordinary past.fresh from wowing huge crowds atqueen elizabeth ii's diamond jubileeconcert and with another headlinegig-the london olympics openingceremony- booked for next month,retirement looks a way off for thebritish legend. "if i'm really enjoyingthis, why retire?" the most prolific,most commercially-successful formermember of the beatles told thebritish music magazine mojo. "Peoplesay to me, 'you work so hard'," addedmccartney. "we don't work hard, weplay music." between his years withthe fab four, his work with wingsand his solo career, mccartney haswritten or co-written more than 50top 10 singles. macca, as he isaffectionately known, released hislatest album ‘Kisses on the bottom’

in february, and is just finishing aworld tour. born to working-classparents in the port city in northwestengland, mccartney met John lennonat the age of 15 and the pair formedthe quarrymen, the skiffle band thateventually metamorphosed into thebeatles. mccartney, lennon, georgeharrison and ringo Starr wouldbecome synonymous with mobs ofscreaming fans, mop-top haircuts,and an image of four men strollingover london's abbey road at a zebracrossing. lennon and mccartneyformed one of the most celebratedsongwriting partnerships of the 20thcentury, but their creative differencesultimately helped bring about thebeatles' break-up in 1970. he has ason and four daughters-includinghigh-profile fashion designer Stellaand beatrice, born to mills in 2003.of the four beatles, two have sincedied: lennon when he was shot deadin new york in 1980 and harrisonfrom cancer in 2001. afp

Kareena Kapoor’srivals desperate tokiss and make up? neW DelHi: in bollywoodnothing is permanent, be itcatfights or friendships. thehindi film industry has seenactors (big or small) mendingand breaking relationships overtime. So going by this season of‘kiss and make-up’, it has cometo light that Kareena Kapoor,the top ‘heroine’, has becomethe most sought after ‘friend’these days. with a bunch ofbebo’s contemporaries-cum-rivals such as Katrina Kaif,Priyanka chopra, anushkaSharma and freida Pintodesperately wanting to makepeace with her and thus, getinto her good books, wewonder if it is her rising starstatus or some Pr strategyplotted for a purpose. well,going by the saying ‘anypublicity is good publicity’; it isclear these actresses have noqualms if they are in thelimelight and are talked abouttheir scandalous spats. agencies

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Kicking up a storm Bungling reporter caughtfaking sandstorm aftermissing event A Romanian news reporter was leftred faced after he was caught faking asand storm live on TV after turningup too late to capture the real thing.The reporter has become a nationallaughing stock in Romania afterconvincing an assistant to stand justoutside the camera shot and kick sandtowards his direction. He was caughtout however when a cheeky, orshockingly bad, cameraman let thosewatching at home in on the secret.The reporter was attempting torecreate the earlier stormy conditionsfor his live weather report from thecountry’s Black Sea coast. Beforebeing found out, the presenter hadtold viewers: “The wind blows withincredible power, there are momentswhen it is impossible to stand uphere. The wind blows the sand at over60km per hour. It blew away thebeach umbrellas and the tourists hadto leave in a hurry.” The RomanianTV station said: “The report was notdoctored in any way. It was a bad jokemade by the cameraman.” neWs DesK

Handler killed bywolves in wildlife parkStocKHolm: A pack of wolvesattacked and killed a worker in theirenclosure at one of Sweden’s mostpopular wildlife parks, said police,who did not know what had triggeredthe attack on the 30-year-old woman.“She was so badly hurt in the attackthat she died of her injuries,” said apolice spokesman for the ostergotlanddistrict, where the Kolmarden park islocated. “We do not know why theyattacked.” Police remained on thescene to investigate the incident at thebiggest wildlife park in the Nordicregion, located around 150 km (93miles) south of Stockholm. Thewoman’s body was recovered afterrescue workers and park staff enteredthe enclosure, forcing the animals backwhile an armed park official stood by toshoot the wolves in case they attackedagain. Zoological chief Mats Hoggrensaid there were no eyewitnesses tothe attack so it was not clear exactlywhat had happened. ReuTeRs

neW DelHi: She gets tagged as a loudmouth forher straightforward attitude, but Sonam Kapoorhas learnt the rules of the ‘starry’ game, albeitthe hard way. in a candid chat with a daily,bollywood’s fashionista said that in b-townhonesty is frowned upon, though it makes one amedia’s darling. referring to how she was easilymisquoted when she praised actress Katrina Kaifin one of her interviews, Sonam asserts thathonesty gets misinterpreted as rudeness andgets lost in translation. her intentions were tohighlight Katrina’s industrious nature but it washighly misunderstood by the media and herstatement was blown out of proportion. to save

herself from the false gossip stories that carryher name, Sonam made it clear that nowonwards she would follow in her father anilKapoor’s footsteps to the hilt while giving mediabytes. “i have learnt in the last one year that it’snot good to be honest. dad has always been verydiplomatic and i should have learnt from him but iwas naive and idealistic,” she added. for thatmatter, Sonam also idolises actress Vidya balan,who is unfazed about the hoopla around her,since the latter takes everything at face valueand then throws it out of the window. no matterwhat, we are certainly going to miss that‘misquoted’ Sonam. agencies

Sonam Kapoor learns the rules of B-Town the hard way

NEWS DESK

Your resume should sell your skills and experienceto the world, but there’s plenty of people who are afew feet short of the runway. Here’s some of them:

-No more dog: “Interests: I love animals andused to own a dog”

-Working at **** airline, I gained experiencemanaging cabin crew in a pressurised environment.

-Candidate working at a pharmaceutical company:I literally ‘climbed the ladder’ in this organisation.

-Drive down quality: A marketing professionalwith a ‘never settle for the best’ attitude.

Why would you settle for bestwhen mediocre is available?Hell, push it further and see ifyou can achieve poor.

-Achievements: Accom-plished the relocation fromlondon to Melbourne, Aus-tralia to begin a new life in aforeign country with highsuccess”

-Puzzling: There aremany skills which are use-ful in the workplace.Some we learn after yearsof practice, some we learnwhen we start our careers and

some we learn in education. However, are the oneswe learn in pre-school particularly relevant?

-Analytical and problem solving skills: As achild, I always enjoyed building jigsaw puzzles andwas always determined to find the missing piece.

-PS: As I’m single, I had been questioned by per-sonnel managers in previous interviews about mysexual habits. Weird, but evidently there is a needof explanation. Therefore, I want to let you know,that I am heterosexual. I’m only interested inwomen ! I’m absolute “normal” at all. I’ve got noproblems with these questions, and I don’t complain

about it. We do live in the 21st century,after all. Anyway”

-I am a rabid typist.-Please note from my CV I

have spent six years buyingand negotiating and Sock-Control experience.

Well, why not ? They getseparated, worn out, smelly- someone needs to do it.

-Exposure to Germanfor two years, but manywords are inappropriatefor business.

-Seek challenges thattest my mind and body, since

the two are usually inseparable.

Things never to write on your resume

‘Escape from Alcatraz’ still a mystery 50 years on

NEWS DESK

I T has been 50 years sincewhat could have been theonly successful escapefrom Alcatraz - and thethree fugitives remain

wanted men. Brothers John andClarence Anglin and fellow pris-oner Frank Morris pulled off thegreat escape on June 11, 1962,and to this day remain wanted byauthorities as their bodies havenever been found. Alcatraz Islandis located in the San FranciscoBay and was a federal prison from1933 until 1963 for “desperate orirredeemable individuals”. Beforethe prison closed in March 1963,36 inmates attempted to escape,but only the Anglin brothers and

Morris managed to remain elu-sive to the authorities. The triowere all serving sentences forbank robbery, but it was the An-glins’ history of previous escapescoupled with a failed attempt tosneak Clarence out of federalprison in leavenworth, Kansasthat got them sent to Alcatraz in1960 and 1961.The men’s infa-mous escape has been made intoa book and the 1979 Clint East-wood film ‘Escape from Alcatraz’,in which he played the characterof Morris. The US Marshals Serv-ice took over the manhunt fromthe Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion in 1978, and say the mostconvincing clues have includedthat the Anglin’s mother for sev-eral years received flowers with-

out a card and that the brothersattended her 1973 funeral dis-guised in women’s clothes despitea swarm of FBI agents. The war-rants on them will expire wheneach man passes his 100th birth-day. They reportedly spentmonths using spoons and forksto dig holes in the crumbling ma-sonry surrounding the air ventsin their cells, eventually piercingthe six and a half inch thick walls,before squeezing out through roofvents. They made mannequinheads out of paper paint and hairacquired from the prison’s bar-bers, which they left in their bedswhen they worked on the raft andon the night of their getaway.Replicas of the dummy headsstill lie in their former cells.

I'm fine with losing my money: Kutcherlos angeles: actorashton Kutcher, who hasinvested money in theportfolio of start uptechnology, says he isnot concerned aboutloss. "if i don't makemoney, but what wedeliver to people is loveand happiness andconnectivity andfriendship and health,and whatever it isultimately leads topeople's happiness, i'mfine with losing mymoney," femalefirst.co.ukquoted Kutcher, 34, assaying. technology cangenerate maximumhappiness, says Kutcher."i'm looking for thatthing that's so magicalor so disruptive thatyou don't understandhow it works. i reallythink that technologyprobably has thegreatest potential toaccelerate the happinessof most things in theworld," he said. agencies

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Hundreds of saffron-clad Indian “sadhus,”or holy men, protested in New Delhi Mon-day against plans to construct more than 50dams on the River Ganges — whose watersare sacred to millions of Hindus.

The sadhus, and environmentalists, saythe dam projects — which are linked to hy-dropower creation on the Ganges and itsmyriad tributaries — will throttle the riverat its source and threaten the naturalecosystem. “our mother river is being mur-dered by the government. It will dry up ifall the dams are built,”said Swami Muk-teshwar of the Ganga Mukti Mahasangram(Battle to Save the Ganges).

“The dams will slow the mighty river’s flow

to a trickle. our holy water will be diverted andused to generate hydro power. This is shock-ing.” The sadhus pledged to lay down their livesto save the Ganges as a dozen of them started athree-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, acommon protest venue in New Delhi

“Dams will be built over our dead bod-ies. They can mix our blood in the cement,”said Swami Aseemanand, 65, who has beenbathing in the Ganges for over 35 years inthe northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Hindusbelieve the Ganges’ waters can wash awaytheir sins and free them from the cycle oflife and rebirth. The 2,525 kilometre (1,568mile) long river flows across five states.

A recent report prepared by the state-funded Wildlife Institute of India had recom-mended scrapping 34 of the Ganges damprojects, citing environmental concerns.

israeli civilian,

two gunmen

killed in egypt

border ambushBEER MILCHA

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A group of militants who sneaked across theEgyptian border killed an Israeli civilian onMonday, sparking a firefight which left at leasttwo gunmen dead, the military said. Andfollowing more than six hours of searches, thearmy said it had ruled out the possibility anygunmen were still on the loose inside southernIsrael as initially feared. The deadly borderincident, which mirrored a similar attack inAugust 2011 in which a cell of gunmen fromSinai staged a series of deadly ambushes onsouthern Israel, killing eight, sparked sharpcondemnation from Israel which urged Egyptto “take responsibility” for the situation inSinai. “We see here a disturbing deteriorationin Egyptian control in the Sinai,” said IsraeliDefence Minister Ehud Barak of the attackwhich took place just hours after the finalround of voting in Egypt’s presidential electionended. “We are waiting for the results of theelection. Whoever wins, we expect them totake responsibility for all of Egypt’sinternational commitments, including thepeace treaty with Israel and the securityarrangements in the Sinai, swiftly putting anend to these attacks.” Israeli military officialssaid the ambush began around 6:00 am (0300GMT) when a group of at least three gunmensneaked across the border and attacked twovehicles taking a group of Israeli constructionworkers to a site where they are building partof the vast fence along the frontier. The attack,which took place on a civilian road in Nahallavan, an area several kilometres (miles) fromthe border, saw militants detonating explosivedevices, using Kalashnikov assault rifles androcket-propelled grenades (RPGs), militaryspokeswoman Avital leibovich told reporters.

beiT Hanun: Relatives of palestinian militant ismail odeh mourn during his funeral on Monday. odeh was one of two palestinians killed in an israeli strike on north gaza in the morning. AfP

Indian ‘sadhus’ protestdam projects on Ganges

Search for bodies

after nigeria church

blasts, riots kill 45

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Rescuers searched for bodies andhospitals struggled to find blood Mondayafter suicide attacks on three churches inNigeria and subsequent rioting killed atleast 45 and wounded more than 100.The attacks in northern Kaduna statethat led to reprisal violence which sawChristian youths target Muslims withmachetes and clubs were the latest in awave of Sunday church bombings inAfrica’s most populous nation. Therewas no claim of responsibility for thebombings, but Islamist group BokoHaram has carried out scores of suchattacks. Suicide bombers attacked twochurches in the city of Zaria and one inthe city of Kaduna, killing at least 16people, police spokesman Frank Mbasaid in a statement. After news of theblasts spread, Christian youths took tothe main motorway that leads to thecapital Abuja, attacking motorists wholooked Muslim. Christian mobs carryingmachetes and clubs also prowled thestreets of Kaduna city on Sunday, theRed Cross said. “Many of them needsurgery, but a shortage of blood isstalling treatment,” a Red Cross officialin Kaduna said of the wounded onMonday. “We’re still going about lookingfor more bodies in theseneighbourhoods.”

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WoRlD powers onMonday soughtto wring conces-sions out of Iranto defuse the

decade-long crisis over its nucleardrive at talks in Moscow billed as a lastchance to find a diplomatic solution.

Western diplomats were lookingfor signs that Iran could show willing-ness to scale down the intensity of itssensitive uranium enrichment activi-ties as the Islamic Republic made acustomary show of public defiance.

Chief Iranian nuclear negotiatorSaeed Jalili sat down with representa-tives from six world powers includingTehran’s arch foe the United States aswell as EU foreign policy chief Cather-ine Ashton for two days of talks whichwill show if there is any hope ofprogress. “These negotiations are abig test to see if the West is in favourof Iran’s progress or against,” Jalili,apparently in uncompromising mood,told Iranian state television as hewent into the talks.

But the spokesman of the EU del-egation told reporters that world pow-ers were sticking by a previousdemand for Iran to halt enriching ura-

nium to 20 percent — a level ap-proaching that needed to make anatomic bomb.

“our priority is for the Iranians toaddress the 20 percent,” said thespokesman, adding that Iran shouldalso shut down its Fordo enrichmentplant outside the holy city of Qom.

Failure in the talks could have aheavy toll with the United States andits ally Israel refusing to rule out theoption of airstrikes against the Iran-ian nuclear programme and Tehranfacing sanctions that could cripple theeconomy. But Iran made clear aheadof the negotiations it has no intentionof abandoning its right to enrich ura-nium, a process which can be used tomake nuclear fuel but also the explo-sive core of an atomic bomb.

“If this demand isn’t recognised,the negotiations are certainly headedfor failure,” an unidentified Iranianofficial at the talks said, according tostate news agency IRNA.

Russia’s Kommersant daily saidIran would be offered a compromiseplan under which it would scale downthe degree to which uranium is en-riched at its main enrichment facilityin Natanz from 20 percent to 3.5 or 5percent. The West accuses Iran ofseeking an atomic bomb under theguise of a civilian nuclear energy pro-

gramme, a charge vehemently deniedby Tehran. Host Russia has long takena more cautious line, saying Iran mustrestore confidence but not explicitlyaccusing it of military intentions.

The urgency for Iran is com-pounded by the July 1 deadline theEuropean Union has slapped on a fulloil embargo against Tehran and theJune 28 rollout of tough US sanctionsagainst a host of countries that buyIranian oil. “This meeting is going tobe decisive. (If the talks fail) a tough-ening of sanctions against Tehran willbe unavoidable and the use of militaryforce very real,” said Kommersant.

In a hint of compromise, Presi-dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saidIran is ready to suspend its controver-sial enrichment of uranium to 20 per-cent if Europe guarantees delivery ofnuclear fuel for its reactors, accordingto his website. An Iranian diplomat atthe talks promised that Iran “will dis-cuss seriously the topics raised” by theP5+1 world powers — Britain, China,France, Russia and the United States,plus Germany — in Moscow.

The talks follow a bruising sessionin Baghdad in May that failed to makeany noticeable progress beyond agree-ing a date for more talks, an outcomethat may not be acceptable again forthe West.

Iran faces world powers inhigh-stakes nuclear talks

TeKnaf: Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the naf river into bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under

watch by bangladeshi security officials after disembarking from an intercepted boat on Monday. AfP

Kuwait’s emir

suspends parliament

for one monthKUWAIT CITY

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Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree on Monday to suspendparliament sessions for one month in anapparent bid to defuse tensions between thegovernment and MPs. The decision wasbased on an article in the constitution thatallows the ruler to suspend parliamentarymeetings for a maximum of one month,state-run Kuwait television said. Earlier onMonday, the cabinet approved a draft decreerecommending to the emir to enforce thesuspension. Tensions have increased betweenthe opposition-controlled parliament, electedjust over four months ago, and thegovernment controlled by the Al-Sabahruling family. opposition MPs haverepeatedly accused some members of thegovernment of wide-ranging irregularities,forcing two cabinet ministers to quit since theopposition scored an impressive victory inthe February snap polls.

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SYRIAN forces poundedHoms on Monday as theypressed their campaignagainst rebel strongholdsin the city, while 34 people

were killed across the strife-torn coun-try, a watchdog said.

Monday’s casualties come a dayafter 67 people were killed nationwide,including 15 in Homs province, the Syr-ian observatory for Human Rightssaid. “Shelling and shooting renewed inHoms city, with explosions heard in theKhaldiyeh neighbourhood,” theBritain-based monitoring group said.

“Regime forces trying to enterKhaldiyeh and other neighbourhoods arefacing fierce resistance from rebel fight-ers,” it added. Four rebels, including adissident sergeant, were killed in Homsprovince by regime forces in the town ofQusayr near the lebanon-Syria border,and a civilian died in shelling in the townof Rastan, the observatory said.

And in Deir Ezzor, six people, in-cluding two rebel commanders, were

killed in an explosion in Mohassantown. Clashes and shelling continuedthrough the night in several areas ofDamascus province, including thetowns of Douma and Qoudsaya, whichhave been pounded by regime forcesfor the past five days.

Six people — including two children— were killed in Douma, the observa-tory said. The local Coordination Com-mittees (lCC), grouping oppositionactivists on the ground, said Qoudsayawas shelled heavily, and that sniperswere firing at anything that moved.

Fares Mohamed, an lCC member inZabadani northwest of Damascus, toldAFP by email that Syrian forces had “im-posed a suffocating blockade” aroundQoudsaya and a nearby town. He saidthe shelling began after an anti-regimedemonstration in Qoudsaya. Mohamedsaid “huge military reinforcements” hadarrived and that the wounded could notbe treated because the shelling andsniper fire was so intense.

The observatory reported one per-son killed in a blast in Damascusprovince, while in the southern provinceof Daraa, one civilian was reported

killed overnight as rebels clashed withthe army in the Al-lajat area. Anothercivilian was killed in Tafas as regimeforces stormed the town.

And in central Hama province, twoyoung sisters were killed when QalaaAl-Madiq was shelled before dawn, theobservatory said. Another civilian wasshot dead at a regime checkpoint, itadded. In the northern province ofAleppo, unidentified gunmen killed awoman on Monday morning, the ob-servatory said. Regime forces backedby aircraft also pounded for more thanseven hours overnight a region knownas the Kurdish Mountain in the north-west province of latakia, forcing manyresidents to flee, the watchdog said.

one civilian was also shot dead inthe coastal province. Nine regime troopswere killed during the night and onMonday morning, in clashes with rebels,the observatory said. The rising violenceprompted UN observers to suspend theirmonitoring mission at the weekend.

More than 14,400 people have diedin the 16-month uprising against Pres-ident Bashar al-Assad’s regime, accord-ing to observatory figures.

observers’

attackers in Syria

must be brought

to justice: UnGENEVA

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Those responsible for attacks on UNobservers in Syria must be brought tojustice, UN rights chief Navi Pillay saidMonday. The call came after the UNSupervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS)announced on Saturday the suspensionof its operations short of its three-month mandate, blaming theintensifying violence threatening the300-strong force. A UN convoy trying toreach Al-Haffe town last week cameunder fire and was forced to turn backby a stone-throwing crowd. “We mustmake our utmost possible efforts toensure accountability for allperpetrators, including those who haveattacked UN observers in Syria,” Pillaytold a meeting of the Human RightsCouncil. The High Commissioner forHuman Rights also told diplomats atthe opening of the council’s 20thsession that bombardments carried outby the Syrian authorities constitutedcrimes against humanity. “Thegovernment of Syria shouldimmediately cease the use of heavyarmaments and shelling of populatedareas, as such actions amount to crimesagainst humanity and possible warcrimes,” she said. Pillay has previouslystated that crimes committed in Syriaduring the regime’s 16-monthcrackdown on dissent should beconsidered by the UN Security Councilfor referral to the InternationalCriminal Court in the Hague. Earlierthis month the Human Rights Councilordered an independent probe into theHoula massacre in May at a specialsession called in the aftermath of thekillings whose victims included 49children. The Commission of Inquiry onSyria, set up by the council last year toinvestigate reported rights violations,will probe the events in Houla but hasyet to gain access to the country. Thecommission is next week scheduled togive an update on its investigations tothe council, which holds three regularmeetings a year. Russia told the councilon Monday that an internationalconference being organised by UN-Arableague envoy Kofi Annan should give aboost to the faltering six-point planwhich came into action on April 12.“The Syria crisis can be solved only bypeaceful means,” said representativeRoman Kashaev. “It’s important torefrain from initiatives which couldharm those efforts.”

Suicide bomber

kills anti-qaeda

yemeni generalSANAA

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A suicide bomber on Monday killed thearmy general spearheading a blisteringoffensive against Al-Qaeda in southYemen, throwing himself on the officer’svehicle as he blew himself up, officialssaid. The attack on General Salem AliQoton came as Al-Qaeda fled its lastbastion in Yemen’s restive southern andeastern provinces in the face of themilitary’s month-long withering assaultaimed at destroying the jihadistnetwork. Qoton, chief militarycommander in south Yemen, wasattacked while on his way to his office inthe port city of Aden, witnesses said.According to a report on Yemen’sdefence ministry website, a militaryofficial said the bomber, a “Somalinational ... threw himself on (Qoton’s)’vehicle and then detonated hisexplosives,” as the general drovethrough Aden’s Mansuraneighbourhood. Speaking on conditionof anonymity, the official said theexplosion “killed the general and two ofhis aides.” A medic, who is related toQoton, gave an alternative account ofthe incident, saying the attackerbrazenly shook hands with the generalbefore blowing him up. The medic,speaking on condition of anonymity,said the attacker “handed Qoton apaper, shook his hand and thendetonated himself,” when the generalwas walking to his office.

Troops pound Homs,34 killed in Syria

KaTHManDu: nepalese students throw stones towards police during a demonstration against nepalese prime Minister baburam bhattarai’s visit to brazil to participate in the Rio+20 summit on Monday. AfP

ATHENSafp

Greece raced to form a coalition withbroad support by the end of Mondayafter an election victory by pro-bailoutparties which eased fears of a Greekeurozone exit and brought relief toworld markets.

“There is a categorical imperative toform the government” today, PresidentCarolos Papoulias said before giving aformal mandate for negotiations to con-servative leader Antonis Samaras, whoseNew Democracy party won the election.

“The country cannot remain un-governed for even an hour,” Papouliassaid. The 61-year-old Harvard-educatedSamaras said: “A national agreement is animperative called for by everyone. Weneed to resolve the question immediately.”

He also said there should be amend-ments to the conditions of an EU-IMFbailout deal “so the Greek people can es-cape from today’s torturous reality.”

New Democracy won 129 of the 300parliamentary seats in Sunday’s vote,opening the path for a coalition with thethird placed socialist party Pasok, which

has 33 but has called for other leftistparties to be included.

Europe and the United States urgedGreece to act quickly to form a new gov-ernment and proceed with urgent re-forms in order to meet the terms ofbailout loans that have kept the Greekeconomy on life support for the past twoyears. The anti-austerity leftist Syrizaparty and its firebrand leader AlexisTsipras came second with 71 seats. It hasruled out joining a coalition, saying theharsh conditions for the bailout dealshould be scrapped altogether.

“It would be disastrous to continuesalary and pension cuts,” Tsipras said.

“There must be a government soon,and we must take on the role of the mainopposition party, to keep the govern-ment in check,” he said. The eurozone ishoping the result can draw a line undera lengthy period of uncertainty that hasunsettled markets.

Global stock markets initially ralliedafter the result and the euro rose againstthe dollar but those gains quickly pe-tered out. In foreign exchange deals onMonday, the euro was just up, at$1.2648 from $1.2644 late on Friday in

New York. The Athens stock exchangehit seven percent before midday but thegains were clipped to 4.09 percent inlate afternoon trade.

“There is no alternative to a coalitionbetween the right and the socialists sincethe key issue at stake was the formationof a pro-euro government,” Thomas Ger-

akis, head of the Marc polling institute,told AFP. Political analyst Yiannis loulissaid: “The government will be fragile,with a fragile popular base, and I do notthink it is going to last very long.

“It was mainly a vote of fear againstthe exit from the euro, not a real supportof the reforms,” he said.

hollande says

police killings an

attack on franceDRAGUIGNAN

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French President Francois HollandeMonday denounced the killing of twopolicewomen as an “attack” on thenation as officials said a young masonarrested was the likely perpetrator. Thegendarmes, aged 29 and 35, wereintervening in a dispute on Sundayfollowing a petty theft in thesoutheastern village of Collobriereswhen the accused knocked down one ofthem, grabbed her gun and killed herand then the other, investigators said.“It’s a tragedy... it’s the Republic whichhas been attacked,” Hollande said in astatement as the killings sentshockwaves across the country, adding:“I learnt of the deaths with greatsadness.” The man was arrested earlyMonday near Collobrieres after amassive manhunt involving more than300 men, including a special operationsmilitary unit, and a helicopter.

Countdown pressure on Greece to form new govt

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WEBB Simpson stormed tothe US open title on Sun-day, seeming more sur-prised to find himself

sitting beside the trophy than the string ofmajor champions he left in his wake. "Tobe honest, I never really wrapped mymind around winning," said Simpson,who put together back-to-back rounds of68 on Saturday and Sunday at Theolympic Club to finish one-over par andone stroke in front of former championGraeme McDowell and Michael Thomp-son. Simpson came out on top on a daythat saw former champion Jim Furyk leadmost of the way, two-time championsErnie Els and Retief Goosen make an im-pression on the leaderboard and Ireland'sthree-time major winner Padraig Har-rington make a late run. If 14-time majorchampion Tiger Woods was conspicu-ously absent from the leaderboard, he wasstill on Simpson's mind.

"one of my thoughts on the back ninewas "I don't know how Tiger has won 14of these things," Simpson said. "I couldn'tfeel my legs on the back nine." The affable26-year-old from North Carolina, whowon his first two titles on the US tour lastyear and challenged luke Donald for themoney title late last season, was playingjust his second US open.

He wasn't ashamed to admit to nerves

-- before the round, during the round andeven after the round as he waited to see ifMcDowell or Furyk could force a playoff.

"I was so nervous all day, but espe-cially there at the end," said Simpson,who did a quick TV interview after hisround then settled in with his wife Dowdin a quiet spot to watch the overnightleaders finish. "We tried to watch videosof our son James that we have on ourphone, and we did that to stay calm," hesaid. When McDowell's putt to force aplayoff slid past the hole, Simpson couldfinally breathe a sigh of relief.

The text messages of congratulationscame flooding in, but Simpson said hewas still having trouble getting to gripswith his achievement. on his caddie's ad-vice, he hadn't looked at a leaderboardsince his second bogey of the day at thefifth hole until he wrapped his round tocheers at 18. "The crowd was kind oftelling me where I stood," he said. "Theywere getting louder and really pulling forme, which I appreciated.

"I putted out on 18 and that was thefirst time I looked since early on the frontnine, and I knew it was going to be closecoming in." Simpson jump started hisround with a birdie at the par-four sixth,which yielded just two birdies on Sunday."It's one of the toughest on the golf coursebecause our driver gets to the bunker andour three-wood doesn't," he said. "Mycaddie kind of talked me into hittingdriver on the weekend ... today it set us up

for a seven-iron. "It ended up about fivefeet and made birdie," said Simpson, whobirdied the next two and picked up an-other shot at the 10th.

Simpson, who pocketed $1.44 mil-lion for the victory, said that even afterhis breakout 2011 season, he didn't feelhe was necessarily homing in on a major

victory. His aim, he said, was just tokeep improving. "I wanted to just comeout and continue to improve my game,continue to improve my mental capacityto play well in tournaments," he said."I've had a slow year compared to lastyear, but I've been pleased because I feltlike I was getting better."

Simpson savorsmajor breakthrough

rising starmaynard dead at 23

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Surrey's Tom Maynard, one of England'smost promising batsmen, has died at theage of 23, the county said Monday.Maynard was killed after being struck by alondon Underground train in the earlyhours of Monday morning.In a statement, Surrey said Maynard, theson of former Glamorgan and Englandbatsman Matthew Maynard, was "an in-credibly talented young batsman".British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed a23-year-old man, named locally as May-nard, had been hit by a train early Mondaymorning.A BTP spokesman said: "BTP officers werecalled to the line near Wimbledon Parklondon Underground station on Monday,18 June after a man was struck by a Districtline train."The incident was reported to BTP at5.03am (0403GMT) and was also attendedby Metropolitan Police officers."london Ambulance Service medics at-tended but the man, believed to be 23 yearsold, was pronounced dead at the scene."The incident was reported to BTP at5.03am and is currently being treated asnon-suspicious."A file will be prepared for the coroner."Tom Maynard began his career with Glam-organ before joining Surrey at the start oflast season and also played for the Englandlions, the national A team.He left after his father was forced out ascoach of the Welsh county in 2010, sayinghis position had become "untenable".Surrey's statement said Maynard was "anincredibly talented young batsman", whohad "impressed in all forms of the game".Maynard scored his maiden first-class hun-dred at Cardiff, Glamorgan's headquarters,last year and helped Surrey win the county40-over tournament. A first-class record of2,384 runs in 48 matches at 32.65 with fourhundreds may seem modest but it was theway he compiled that tally which led him tobe identified as an England prospect. Sur-rey's statement added: "His future potentialwas unlimited, with experts both inside andoutside the club predicting he would soonfollow in the footsteps of his father Matthewby graduating to full England honours.Surrey chairman Richard Thompson said:"There is a profound sense of loss at thepassing of Tom. To lose anybody at such ayoung age is an utterly senseless tragedy."England and Wales Cricket Board chair-man Giles Clarke said: "This is a verysad day...Tom was a player of enormouspotential who had already representedEngland lions and had an exciting fu-ture ahead of him.

England, with four points from two games,need only a draw to progress to the quarter-finals from their final Group D match whileUkraine must win at the Donbass Arena,Donetsk, Ukraine on Tuesday (June 19) toavoid the same fate as co-hosts Poland andbe eliminated after the first round. Thismatch will start at 11.45 hours (PST).

Key England striker Wayne Rooney isset to feature at Euro 2012 for the first timeon Tuesday but co-hosts Ukraine could bewithout their talisman Andriy Shevchenkoas they battle to stay in the tournament.

Wayne Rooney is available again afterserving a two-match ban for his red cardagainst Montenegro in a Euro qualifier lastyear, but Ukraine are sweating on the fitnessof Andriy Shevchenko, who scored bothgoals in the 2-1 victory over Sweden in theiropening game. This will be the fifth interna-tional match between the two teams andfirst in European Cup finals.

England have won three and lost one infour previous matches played againstUkraine. They scored seven and concededtwo goals in these matches. Roy Hodgson’sEngland are second in the second with four

points, one place and one point better offthan their opponents, who followed theiropening 2-1 win against Sweden in Kievwith a 2-0 loss to France in Donetsk. Eng-land drew 1-1 with France before a 3-2 de-feat of Sweden in the second match.

England will be through with a draw. Ifthey lose, they have to hope France lose byenough so that England at least end levelwith les Bleus on goal difference and goalsscored, as England have a superior coeffi-cient. Ukraine need to win to qualify; anyother result and they are out.

England came through qualifying unde-feated – five wins and three draws – and en-tered these finals without a competitive losssince succumbing 4-1 to Germany at the2010 World Cup, their heaviest tournamentdefeat. England have not beaten the hosts ata major tournament in five attempts sincebeating Switzerland 2-0 at the 1954 WorldCup. They lost 1-0 to Italy in 1980 EuropeanChampionship; drew 0-0 with Spain in1982 World Cup); lost 2-1 to Italy in 1990World Cup third-place play-off; went down2-1 against Sweden to seal their first roundelimination in 1992 European Champi-onship; and lost to Portugal on penalties inthe quarter-finals in 2004 European Cham-pionship. Sweden will look to end theirEURo 2012 campaign on a high note as

they seek to improve a barren run againstFrance stretching back 11 games and almost43 years when the sides meet in their finalGroup D fixture at olympic Stadium, Kiev.This match will start at 11.45 hours (PST).

This will be the 18th internationalmatch between the two teams and second inEuropean Cup finals.

France have won eight, lost four anddraw five in 17 previous matches playedagainst Sweden. They scored 25 and con-ceded 16 goals in these matches. The onlyprevious meeting in the European Cup fi-nals at Solna on June 10,1992 was draw.Both teams scored one goal each.

France go into the teams’ first compet-itive meeting since 1993 with four pointsand sit top of the standings thanks to a 1-1draw against England and a 2-0 defeat ofco-hosts Ukraine, both in Donetsk.

Sweden, meanwhile, have not foundKiev a happy hunting ground as losses toUkraine (1-2) and England (2-3) – havingled in both games – confirmed their elim-ination.

While Sweden will finish bottom ofGroup D regardless, France will bethrough with a draw. If they lose, theywould only be out if England lose but atthe same time move level with them on ei-ther goal difference or goals scored.

England need a draw against Ukraine

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dwyer leadsstrong australiateam to olympics

SYDNEYafp

Five-time World Player of the Year JamieDwyer will spearhead the Australian men'spursuit of gold at next month's londonolympics, it was announced on Monday.The 33-year-old is heading for his thirdGames and scored the golden goal thatearned Australia -- the current World Cupholders -- the olympic title in Athens eightyears ago. "I'm so honoured to be named inthe team," Dwyer said. "The olympics onlycome around every four years and it's sucha long road to get there, it's really a fantasticfeeling." Dwyer will lead a team of 16 tolondon, with 10 olympic debutants, for anAustralian side that is ranked number onein the world and strongly tipped forolympic glory. Apart from Dwyer, moreseasoned campaigners include MarkKnowles, liam De Young, Eddie ockenden,Des Abbott and Fergus Kavanagh."We've got a few experienced guys on theteam," Dwyer said. "The young guys look upto us and come to me for advice, and that'sgood. "It's good for us to have the youngguys on the team too, we'll feed off their en-ergy." The Kookaburras, under coach RicCharlesworth, are widely expected to repeatthe success of previous Games -- they arethe only Australian sports team to win amedal at each of the last four olympics."There is not much difference between usand the rest of the world," Dwyer cau-tioned. "The competition is so close and itsure isn't easy to be at the top of the game."At the olympics it all comes down to thelast two games so it can be anyone's.We've got a good team though, we've pre-pared really well and we are fit -- I knowwe can do it." Australia - Des Abbott,Nathan Burgers, Matthew Butturini, JoelCarroll, Chris Ciriello, liam De Young,Tim Deavin, Jamie Dwyer, Matt Gohdes,Kieran Govers, Fergus Kavanagh, MarkKnowles, Eddie ockenden, Simon or-chard, Matthew Swann, Glenn Turner.

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England added Warwickshire paceman Chris Woakes to theirsquad on Monday for the two one-day internationals (oDIs)against the West Indies. Woakes was called up into the squadin case, a statement said, Jade Dernbach was unavailable forthe remaining fixtures on "compassionate grounds".

English cricket was stunned Monday when promisingbatsman Tom Maynard, a Surrey team-mate of Dernbach's,died aged just 23 after being hit by a london Undergroundtrain. Fast-medium bowler Dernbach didn't feature as Eng-land took a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day seriesagainst the West Indies courtesy of a 114-run win under theDuckworth/lewis method at Southampton on Saturday.

The second oDI is at The oval, Surrey's headquarters

ground in south london, on Tuesday. Woakes, 23, has takenseven wickets at just over 21 apiece in his four oDIS, with hismost recent appearance against Ireland in Dublin last year.

Meanwhile West Indies batsman Darren Bravo was ruledout of the remainder of the series after suffering a groin injurywhile fielding at Southampton. The tourists said Monday theywould not be summoning a replacement. teams and officials for the second one-day international between englandand the west indies at the oval on tuesday: england (from): alastair cook(capt), James anderson, Jonathan bairstow, ian bell, ravi bopara, tim bres-nan, Stuart broad, Jade dernbach, Steven finn, craig Kieswetter (wkt), eoinmorgan, Samit Patel, graeme Swann, Jonathan trott, chris woakes, west in-dies (from): darren Sammy (capt), tino best, darren bravo, Johnson charles,fidel edwards, chris gayle, Sunil narine, Kieron Pollard, denesh ramdin (wkt),ravi rampaul, andre russell, marlon Samuels, lendl Simmons, dwayneSmith, Umpires: tony hill (nZl) and rob bailey (eng), tV umpire: Kumardharmasena (Sri), match referee: Jeff crowe (nZl)

england add woakes as wi lose darren bravo

San franciSco: webb Simpson of the US acknowledges the crowd on arrival to play the18th hole en route to winning the 112th US open at San francisco's olympic club. AfP

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COLOMBOafp

SRI lanka defeated Pakistan bytwo wickets in the fifth and finalone-day international inColombo on Monday to clinch

the series 3-1. Sri lanka achieved a 248-run target with two balls to spare in theday-night match, with Angelo Mathews(80 not out) and Dinesh Chandimal (54)scoring half-centuries for the hosts.

Earlier, opener Imran Farhat andUmar Akmal cracked half-centuries as

Pakistan posted a competitive 247-7against Sri lanka in the fifth and finalone-day international in Colombo onMonday. Farhat, playing his first one-dayer in four months, hit an impressive56 and Akmal an unbeaten 55 in the day-night match to keep alive their team'shopes of levelling the series.

Sri lanka lead 2-1 in the five-match se-ries, with one game abandoned due to rain.Pakistan batted steadily after losing out-of-form opener Mohammad Hafeez (six),with Azhar Ali (30) and Farhat adding 60for the second wicket and then Akmal put-

ting on 61 for the fifth wicket with skipperMisbah-ul-Haq (32). Akmal smashed twosixes and five fours in a 61-ball knock forhis 15th half-century in one-dayers. Hafeez,who was bowled by paceman Nuwan Ku-lasekara in the sixth over, has now scoredjust 20 runs in his last four one-dayers.

Farhat dominated the Sri lankan at-tack in the initial overs, twice hitting Ku-lasekara for three fours in an over.Kulasekara conceded 35 runs in his open-ing six overs before being replaced by off-spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan. Farhat fellpulling seamer Thisara Perera to deep

mid-wicket where he was caught by Di-nesh Chandimal after smashing nine foursin his 12th half-century in one-day inter-nationals. leg-spinner Jeevan Mendis,playing his first match of the series, wasthe most impressive bowler with 2-30 offnine overs while Kulasekara finished with2-53 off 10 overs. Sri lanka made onechange from the team which won the lastmatch by 44 runs on Saturday, replacingSajeewa Weerakoon with Mendis. Pak-istan brought in Farhat and paceman Mo-hammad Sami in place of Younis Khanand off-spinner Saeed Ajmal.

Pakistan, Sami gift series to SL

SAN FRANCISCOafp

Tiger Woods tried to look on the brightside Sunday, despite a final-round 73 thatleft him well out of the running at the USopen and without a major championshipvictory since 2008.

"There's a lot of positives this week," in-sisted Woods, who started the day five shotsoff the lead and saw any hopes of making acharge unravel when he was six-overthrough the first six holes at The olympicClub. At least his tie for 21st, on seven-over

287 and six shots behind winner WebbSimpson, was better than his equal40th finish at the Masters in April.

"overall, the way I struck thegolf ball, the way I controlled it allweek is something that's very posi-tive going forward. "If I just wouldhave just hung in there little bit betteryesterday and missed it on the correctside a couple times then I would havebeen in a better position going into today."Woods looked confident and in control onThursday and Friday as he seized a shareof the 36-hole lead and raised expecta-

tions that he could rekindle his pursuit ofJack Nicklaus's all-time record of 18

major championships. He played thetwo weekend rounds at eight over

par, saying it wasn't so much thebig misses but the fickleness ofolympic's slanting fairways and

greens that cost him. "I was justa fraction off just a couple

yards here and there andthat's all it takes," said

Woods, who also saidhe had trouble gaug-

ing the speed of

the greens. "I had so many balls that landedin the fairway that went into the rough."

Woods opened with a bogey at thepar-four first hole, bogeyed the secondthen missed the green en route to a dou-ble-bogey at the par-three third. A par atthe fourth was but a brief respite beforebogeys at the fifth and sixth. By the timehe rolled in the first of his three birdies ofthe day, at the par-three eighth, Woodscould only wave his hand dismissively --his demeanour as gray as the thin fogdrifting across the course from the Pacificocean. Woods's 2008 triumph over Rocco

Mediate in a US open playoff at TorreyPines was the last of his 14 major titles.

Since then he has been slowed by in-jury, scandal and the re-modelling of hisswing. Two US PGA Tour victories thisseason, at Bay Hill and Memorial, had bol-stered expectations, and Woods said thatdespite his difficulties the swing changeshe has implemented with coach SeanFoley stood up well to the pressure of theUS open. "I'm excited about the consis-tency of it," Woods said. "How well I hitthe ball all week, really. I didn't really missit that badly this week."

harting, Storllead germanyto europeans

BERLINafp

World champions Robert Harting and DavidStorl will lead a 94-athlete strong - 48 menand 46 women - German team to the Euro-pean championships in Helsinki from June27 to July 1. Two-time world discus cham-pion Harting, and Storl, world champion inthe shot putt, will be Germany's top goldmedal hopes in the men's event, while ham-mer thrower Betty Heidler, the world recordholder, will be carrying German hopes amongthe women. Pole vaulter Silke Spiegelburgwill also be looking to take advantage of theabsence of Russian star Yelena Isinbayeva."The size of the squad has a direct link withthe importance of the season. Sixty five per-cent of those selected are in the olympicteam," said German Athletics Federation(DlV) sporting director Thomas Kurschilgen.At the 2010 European championships inBarcelona, Germany won 16 medals, includ-ing four gold, with a group of 73 athletes.

furyk fuming aftermissed opportunity

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Jim Furyk's patience finally ran out --right along with his chance to win the USopen. Furyk, a 42-year-old veteran seek-ing to add a second US open title to hisresume nine years after his triumph atolympia Fields in Chicago, was in controlthrough much of Sunday's final round atThe olympic Club. He couldn't find abirdie, but he kept his poise -- and a shareof the lead -- through bogeys at the sixthand 13th holes. After all, the course's twopar-fives were still coming up. But whenhe hooked his tee shot at the 16th, wherethe US Golf Association had moved up thetee 100 yards to play at 569 yards, Furykwas furious. "There's no way when weplay our practice rounds you're going tohit a shot from a tee 100 yards up unlesssomeone tells you," Furyk said of the teeshot he hadn't foreseen. "But the rest ofthe field had that same shot to hit today,and I'm pretty sure no one hit as (bad) ashot as I did. I have no one to blame butmyself. The bogey dropped him out of thelead for the first time all day, and hecouldn't get the shot back. With WebbSimpson in the clubhouse on one-over281, Furyk bogeyed 18 to fall out of a tiefor second and into a tie for fourth with afour-over 74 for 283. "I was tied for thelead, sitting on the 16th tee," he said. "I'vegot wedges in my hand, or reachable parfives, on the way in and one birdie winsthe golf tournament.

Tiger tries to look on bright side

LONDONafp

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has prom-ised an aggressive approach from his sidewhen they face England in their upcomingone-day international series.

Australia have arrived in England forfive one-dayers against their oldest foeswhich will serve as something of a scene-setter for next year's tour where they willlook to regain the Ashes. But while Eng-

land may be the world's top-ranked Testside, Australia are the number ones inthe 50-over game -- a position they willlook to cement when, after a warm-upagainst leicestershire and this week-end's clash against Ireland in Belfast,they face England in the first one-dayerat lord's on June 29. "We are worldnumber ones and we aim to come outand play a really good, exciting and sus-tainable brand of cricket," Arthur toldSky Sports in leicester on Monday. "We

have an exciting team. We have somereal firepower in our attack and we'relooking forward to a good, interestingseries," the South African added.

"England are playing really well. Iwatched them the other day and theyplayed some good cricket. They are toughin their own conditions.

"We're a changing team and the aimfor us is to stay number one while wekeep evolving as a side. That's a challengein itself." Arthur said this tour would give

some of Australia's rising stars, whocould well feature in the 2013 Ashes,valuable experience of English condi-tions. "This is purely about winning aone-day series, but it does allow us to givethe likes of Pat Cummins and James Pat-tinson opportunities in conditions theywill be facing for three and a half monthsnext year," he said.

"We're now blessed with a really goodarray of fast bowlers. We can pick any oneof eight without weakening our side.

"There will be injuries and it would benaive to think otherwise.

"I believe the Ashes next year willevolve around which team has the fittestattack and can keep that attack on thepark for five Test matches."

England face the West Indies in thesecond of three one-day internationals atThe oval on Tuesday, having won lastweekend's series opener in Southamptonby 114 runs under the Duckworth/lewismethod.

Arthur vows Australia will attack england

colombo: Sri lankan cricketers pose for photographers after victory in the fifth and final one-day international (odi) matchagainst Pakistan at the r. Premadasa Stadium. AfP

paKisTan:

imran farhat c chandimal b perera 56

Mohammad Hafeez b Kulasekara 6

azhar ali c Thirimanne b Mendis 30

asad shafiq run out 38

Misbah-ul-Haq c perera b Mendis 32

umar akmal not out 55

shahid afridi c jayawardene b Kulasekara 9

sohail Tanvir c Tharanga b Malinga 11

umar gul not out 2

extras (b2, lb3, w3) 8

Total (for 7 wkts; 50 overs) 247

fall of wickets: 1-22 (Hafeez), 2-82 (farhat), 3-113 (ali), 4-146

(shafiq), 5-207 (Misbah), 6-229 (afridi), 7-244 (Tanvir)

bowling: Malinga 10-1-52-1 (w1), Kulasekara 10-1-53-2,

Mathews 10-0-41-0, Dilshan 3-0-12-0, perera 8-0-54-1 (w1),

Mendis 9-0-30-2 (w1).

sRi lanKa:

u. Tharanga b Tanvir 2

T. Dilshan b Tanvir 10

K. sangakkara st ahmed b afridi 40

D. chandimal c sami b Hafeez 54

M. jayawardene c and b afridi 0

a. Mathews not out 80

T. perera run out 0

l. Thirimanne run out 11

j. Mendis c shafiq b Tanvir 19

n. Kulasekara not out 10

extras (lb10, w12) 22

Total (for eight wickets; 49.4 overs) 248

fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dilshan), 2-19 (Tharanga), 3-97

(sangakkara), 4-97 (jayawardene), 5-135 (chandimal), 6-138

(perera), 7-175 (Thirimanne), 8-212 (Mendis).

bowling: gul 10-1-43-0, Tanvir 10-0-42-3 (w7), Hafeez 10-0-

30-1, sami 9.4-0-75-0 (w2), afridi 10-0-48-2 (w3).

Result: sri lanka win by two wickets to clinch five-match

series 3-1, Toss: pakistan, umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (sRi)

and paul Reiffel (aus), TV umpire: Ruchira palliyaguruge

(sRi), Match referee: chris broad (eng).

scoReboaRD

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The Punjab University Sports Department onMonday highlighted the performance of the de-partment’s athletes during the year and set newtargets for the coming year.

Addressing a press conference here at thePunjab University old Campus, Atiya Mumtaz,Additional Director Sports (male) and ShamsaHashami, Additional Director Sports (female)gave the details of the year. Media coordinatorHooria Hassan was also present on the occa-sion. “The department has planned perform-ance-based stipend and admission for thestudent athletes. “We are also developing and

atmosphere in the department that the stu-dents take maximum part in sports,” saidShamsha.

She further stated that the department isalso hiring the services of Chinese coaches totrain their athletes and wushu players.

Speaking on the occasion, Atiya Mumtazsaid that although the performance of the malesathletes was not that good as compared to thefemale department but efforts are being madeto further enhance their abilities in differentsports.

“We are planning free admission for bestperformers, accommodation, fee concessionand several other benefits for the players,” shemaintained.

PUSD highlight previous year’s achievements

lahore: Shamsha hashimi addresses a press conference while atiya mumtazand hooria hassan look on. STAff PhOTO

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L'viv: Danish goalkeeper

Stephan Andersen (C) fails to

save a strike by German forward

Lukas Podolski during the Euro

2012 championships match. AfP

danes headinghome as ton-upPodolski sets upgreece clash

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Germany’s presence in the quarter-finalsof Euro 2012 is as deserved as it was to beexpected. Here in steamy lviv, though,Joachim low’s team showed their firstsigns of vulnerability as they survivedsome nervous moments to overcome aDanish team that hasn’t managed tobuild on an opening win over Hollandand will now head home. A meeting withGreece in Gdansk now awaits this power-ful, gifted German team. We can expect tosee them in yet another semi-final nextweek. However, after a superb start thatbrought lukas Podolski a goal the Ger-mans struggled to maintain their impres-sive momentum and some dreadfuldefending from a corner allowed Den-mark to equalise against the run of playmidway through the first half. As ex-pected, Germany dominated and themuch-acclaimed front three of Podolski,Mario Gomez and Thomas Muller wereterrific. At the other end, though, theymay have just looked uncertain enoughon occasion to give the likes of Spain,Italy and even England some encourage-ment ahead of the knock-out stages. In-deed, with the game locked at 1-1 with 10minutes to go a second Danish goalwould, incredibly, have sent Germanyout. As it was, moments after Denmarkwere denied what may have been apenalty for a foul on Nicklas Bendtner byHolger Badstuber, Germany broke late foryoung right back lars Bender to win thegame. Coach Joachim low said: ‘We wereahead and had two or three chances butwe lacked the killer instinct. We concededa poor goal, after that it could have gonewrong. We could have got knocked out.’

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Former WTA number one Caroline Wozniacki said on Monday that defaulting David Nalbandianafter his angry outburst at the Queen's Club ATP final resulted in injury to a linesman was the rightoption. "of course it's unfortunate that it had to happen and they had to default him," said thethird-seeded Dane who is tuning her pre-Wimbledon game this week at the Eastbourne event onthe English south coast. "The only thing he can do is to apologise, there's not much he can do aboutit afterwards. "There's really not too much to say about it. I saw it on TV quite a few times. I'm justthinking to get something over your shin must hurt, and that looked like it really hurt." Nalban-dian's eruption came as he lost the seventh game of the second set in the final won by Marin Cilicthrough default. The Argen-tine then lashed out with akick at the low hoarding sur-rounding the chair of a lines-man. The fierce blow sent awooden board into the offi-cial's shin, with ATP supervi-sor Tom Barnes immediatelydisqualifying the South Ameri-can. Police are now investi-gating the incident on thebasis of a complaint filed by amember of the public. AddedWozniacki: "Under the cir-cumstances, it was the rightdecision to make for the tour-nament director. "I'm sure hewas sorry that everything hadto happen. He went up to thelinesman, as well, and apolo-gised to him." Similar senti-ments were voiced bydefending champion MarionBartoli as the joint ATP-WTAtournament got underway. "Asa tennis player you go througha lot of things mentally duringthe match," said the formerWimbledon finalist. "Some-times you have some ups anddowns and you're leading andyou think the match is yoursand then you're losing, it'shard sometimes to handle allthose bad comments that gothrough your mind and yournegative thoughts. "But it's(kicking) not a way to expressthem. That's for sure."

eaStboUrne: daniela hantuchova of Slovakia plays a shot against anneKeothavang of great britain in a women's singles match on the third day ofthe aegon international tennis. AfP

ATP right to disqualifyNalbandian: Wozniacki

BARCELONAafp

Twenty years after the 1992Barcelona olympics, the massivevenues built for the Games continueto host major events, from swimmeets to concerts, even if they havehad to slash their fees to face Spain'seconomic crisis.

The Games were a catalyst forthe regeneration of industrial areasand old quarters and it openedSpain's second-largest city to theMediterranean thanks to the con-struction of a marina and theolympic village by the sea.

Today the village has become aneighbourhood of 1,800 apartments

which were sold to the public afterthe sports event was over.

Public transportation also bene-fited from the Games with the con-struction of a ring road linking thefour main olympic sites, as well as amassive redevelopment of the city'srailway station and airport.

"From the beginning we recog-nised that the project was a pretext.The goal was to do in six years whatit would normally take 50 years todo," said Barcelona olympic organ-ising Committee chief Miquel Abad.

In total 9.844 billion euros($12.335 billion) were spent on theolympics, including 5.985 billioneuros in insfrastructure and 3.859billion euros in construction and

equipment.The bill has been fully paid off

since 2007, according to Barcelonacity hall.

The olympic venues host over150 events per year, said Ignasi Ar-mengol, the director of BarcelonaMunicipal Services, the municipalcompany charged with managingthe installations.

Most are held in the 70,000-seatolympic Stadium and the 20,000-seat Palau Sant Jordi stadium inMontjuic, a hill overlookingBarcelona's harbour, he added.

Bruce Springsteen performed atthe olympic Stadium last month,following in the footsteps of BonJovi and Coldplay.

haiyang: mohamad omar dyar bakerli of Syria (l) is watched by teammate ali Sleman (r) as he tackles Suleiman al wardiof oman (c) during their 7-6 victory in their men's beach soccer match at the 3rd asian beach games. AfP

Twenty years on, BarcelonaOlympic venues defy crisis

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HEllo Cristiano Ronaldo,goodbye Holland: theEgo has landed at Euro2012 and out crash

‘Egoland’. It is unlikely to provide Bertvan Marwijk with any comfort but hewas probably right all along and hisattempt to cram so many creativeforces into one team merely producedan invitation Ronaldo was unable toresist. Five days after misfiringagainst Denmark in lviv, Portugal’scaptain ran amok against a Dutch sidewho seemed neither to know nor careabout how they might contain him.

Ronaldo scored a goal in each halfand hit the post twice as Portugal camefrom behind to clinch a quarter-finalclash against the Czech Republic in War-saw. Holland leave for home without apoint and seemingly undone by their oldtendency to self-destruct.

Van Marwijk may have found a wayto harmonise factions in the camp inSouth Africa, where they reached theWorld Cup final, but they lurched out ofcontrol here. After losing their openerto Denmark last week, one Dutch news-paper produced the headline: ‘legoland1 Egoland 0’. And here, aware nothing

less than a two-goal win would beenough, Van Marwijk bowed to populardemand and risked a row with hisdaughter on Father’s Day by droppingher husband, Mark van Bommel.

Into midfield came Rafael van derVaart, winning his 99th cap and start-ing for the first time in the finals. Klaas-

Jan Huntelaar led the line, whichmeant Robin van Persie droppeddeeper and Wesley Sneijder shifted onto the left. With two attacking fullbacks, it was a high-risk strategyagainst a Portugal team designed tocounter-attack but it started well whenVan der Vaart struck after 11 minutes.

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noah to appear before Senatehearing on tax evasion

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Former French open winner Yannick Noah and fellow DavisCup winner Guy Forget will appear before the Senate, theupper house of the French Parliament, on Tuesday as part of aprobe into tax evasion.The hearing, which will be open to the press, will focus on taxevasion and off-shore investments.The 52-year-old Noah, the last French player to win RolandGarros in 1983, went before the French constitutional courtlast September to protest at a ruling ordering hime to pay onemillion euros in backtaxes.Former tennis player Forget, 47, helped France win the DavisCup in 1991 and 1996 and has served as France's Davis Cupsince retiring.

goal celebrationearns bendtnerfine, ban

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Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner was on Mon-day banned for one match and fined100,000 euros (80,000 pounds $126,000)for flashing the sponsored waistband of hisunderpants while celebrating a goal duringEuro 2012, UEFA said. European football'sgoverning body said that its Control andDisciplinary Body had decided to imposedthe fine and suspend the Sunderlandplayer for "one competitive fixture" afterthe celebration during last Wednesday'smatch against Portugal. "This suspensionapplies to the next 2014 FIFA World Cupmatch, including the qualifying competi-tion, for which Bendtner is eligible," astatement said on the UEFA website.

Polish Police arrest72 russian hooligans

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Polish police said Monday they had de-tained 72 Russian football fans suspectedof hooliganism as a preventative measureahead of Saturday's Greece-Russia Euro2012 match. The decision came afterclashes erupted earlier in the week be-tween Polish and Russia football fansahead of the highly-charged 1-1 draw be-tween co-hosts Poland and Russia, whichsaw a couple of dozen injuries and closeto 200 arrests. Greece went on to win 1-0Saturday at the Warsaw National Stadiumto qualify for the quarter-finals at the ex-pense of Russia. "We arrested 41 peoplenear the fanzone and 31 others close tothe stadium" ahead of kick-off Saturday,Warsaw police spokesman Maciej Kar-czynski told AFP Monday. All 72 de-tainees were released a few hours laterfollowing identity checks, he added.

Ronaldo pushes Dutchout of their misery

KharKoV: Portuguese forward cristiano ronaldo (r) celebrates after scoringduring the euro 2012 match. afP

eaStboUrne: anne Keothavang of great britain serves against daniela hantuchova of Slovakia in a women'ssingles match on the third day of the aegon international tennis. AfP

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French number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whocould be ruled out of Wimbledon with a badlytwisted little finger, was on Monday selectedfor France's olympic team.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) saidthat world number five Tsonga, Gilles Simon(13), Gael Monfils (15) and Richard Gasquet(19) were selected thanks to their status asFrance's top-ranked players as of June 11 thisyear. The 27-year-old Tsonga suffered a mis-erable third round exit from Queen's Club lastThursday, and his agent Morgan Menahemsaid afterwards thoughts had immediately

moved to treating his finger ahead of Wimble-don, where he was a semi-finalist last season.

Tsonga missed out on the 2008 olympicsbecause of a knee injury while Gasquetskipped Beijing to prepare better for the USopen that year. Monfils reached the quarter-finals in Beijing before losing to Serb NovakDjokovic, who went on to win bronze and isnow world number one. Simon reached thelast-16 before losing to American JamesBlake. Spaniard Rafael Nadal is the reigningolympic men's champion.

The FFT also announced that a wildcardhas been requested to allow Alize Cornet,who on Sunday won her second career tourtitle at Bad Gastein, to take part in the

women's tournament. French number one,and world number eight, Marion Bartoli isineligible having not taken part in the FedCup in the last two years. Cornet played inthe 2008 Games and fell in the last-16 toAmerican Serena Williams. Russia swelt thepodium in Beijing with Elena Dementiveataking gold, Dinara Safina silver and VeraZvonareva the bronze. Michael llodra andTsonga and Julien Benneteau and Gasquetwill be the two men's doubles pairings, whilea wildcard has been requested for Cornet toteam up with Kristina Mladenovic in thewomen's doubles. The olympic tennis tour-nament will be held on the grass at Wimble-don from July 28 to August 5.

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US qualifier Melanie oudin defeated for-mer world number one Jelena Jankovicin straight sets to win her first WTA Tourtitle here on Monday.

oudin, who had to come through thequalifying rounds, eased to a 6-4, 6-2 vic-tory in a final which had been held overfrom Sunday after bad weather disruptedthe schedule.

"This was a really great tournamentfor me and I'm definitely looking forwardto coming back," said the American.

"I think it really helped me playingqualifying here, I played better and bettereach match. I love playing on grass.

"It was a great, great week for me andI definitely feel like I got better and betterwith each match."

Both women had to win two matcheson Sunday to reach the title match, and20-year-old oudin proved fresher thanthe 27-year-old Serb.

oudin got an early break, butJankovic broke back before the Americanregained the initiative following a sloppygame from the Serb and she closed outthe opening set before taking a 2-0 lead inthe second.

Jankovic rarely threatened a come-back as oudin, who has received a wildcard for Wimbledon after dropping to208th in the world rankings from a highof 31st, eased over the line in one hour

and 35 minutes.oudin reached the fourth round at

Wimbledon three years ago and hadlooked set to break through to the world'stop 20, but her form dipped drastically.

"I think I'm a lot more mature nowand a lot smarter," she said.

"I've learned a lot about the game oftennis, about my game and how I want toplay, what I'm capable of. I've learned toplay within myself, not try to do morethan I can."

Jankovic said: "To be in the final is al-ways great. obviously I'm disappointed tolose in the final but at the same time it's agood result for me right now. It's just thebeginning and it's good for my confi-dence."

Police investigatenalbandian ‘assault’

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Police are investigating a complaint of al-leged assault against Argentina's DavidNalbandian after a line judge was injuredwhen the tennis player kicked an advertis-ing hoarding.The 30-year-old was defaulted from theQueen's Club final in west london onSunday for angrily kicking an advertisingboard at line judge Andrew McDougallwhich left the official suffering a gashedand bloodied leg.Scotland Yard said Monday: "We areaware of an incident at the Aegon Cham-pionships on June 17. A complaint hasbeen made and the Metropolitan PoliceService is now investigating."The allegation is of assault."Nalbandian, who had won Sunday's firstset 7-6 (7/3) against Croatia's Marin Cilic,had just lost his serve to fall 4-3 down inthe second when he reacted with a frus-trated kick at the board, which was just infront of McDougall.A stunned and angry McDougall thenrolled up his trousers to reveal a bloodygash on his leg before remonstrating withNalbandian.officials immediately disqualified Nalban-dian "due to unsportsmanike behaviour"and Cilic was declared the champion ofthe ATP grasscourt event, a warm-up forWimbledon, now the only one of tennis'sfour 'Majors' played on grass, which startsnext week. Nalbandian was stripped of his runners-up cheque, worth 44,945 euros ($56,802),and 150 ATP ranking points he wouldhave earned as a beaten finalist.He could also be hit with a 10,000 euro($12,638) fine, which will be decided byATP chiefs at a later date.But he could also face an eight-week banhaving also been fined $8,000 for throw-ing water at an Australian open tourna-ment worker in January following afive-set defeat by America's John Isner.Having already apologised on court for hisactions, Nalbandian issued a furtherstatement through the ATP late Sunday inan effort to limit the damage ahead ofWimbledon, where he was runner-up inthe 2002 men's singles final.

Oudin claims maiden title

Tsonga to spearhead French Olympic team

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President approves

regulations for federal Levies

force, 2012 for fATA, PATAiSlamaBad: President Asif AliZardari on Monday approved theRegulations for Federal levies Force,2012, for FATA and PATA under Arti-cle 247 of the Constitution of IslamicRepublic of Pakistan. The summarywas sent to the Aiwan-e-Sadr by theStates and Frontier Regions Divisionat the Prime Minister’s House. PrimeMinister Yousaf Raza Gilani, whilechairing a high-level meeting on lawand order situation at the Governor’sHouse in Peshawar on June 19, 2009,had issued orders to strengthen theFederal levies Force in FATA andPATA/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and toupgrade the existing service struc-ture. An official notification said thata regulation was drafted in consultation with all divisions concerned, in-cluding the law & Justice Division. According to the new regulations, polit-ical agents and DCos have been declared as commandants of the leviesforces within their respective jurisdiction. Earlier the commandant use tobe a person appointed by the federal government. The regulations state thatthe director general of the federal levies would be responsible for budget-ary and procurement matters of the force. The members of the force shallreceive pay, pension and allowances as may be prescribed by rules, the reg-ulations say. Presidential Spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar said theregulations had been issued to decentralise the operational command andadministration of the Federal levies Forces in FATA and PATA. The earlierregulation notified in 2010 stands repealed, he said. Babar said the step hadbeen taken in order to make the levies force more efficient, organised anddisciplined to meet the challenges arising out of the prevailing situation inthe Tribal Areas. Online

Google refuses todelete YouTubevideos ‘mocking’Pakistan Army

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Google has said that it removed 640 videosfrom YouTube that allegedly promotedterrorism in the second half of 2011 aftercomplaints from the British police, however,it rejected many other state requests foraction, including one by Pakistan that askedGoogle to delete six videos that satirized thePakistan Army and senior politicians,according to a BBC report. The order hadcome from Pakistan’s Ministry ofInformation Technology. The internet searchgiant said it terminated five accounts linkedto the suspect videos following complaintsfrom the UK’s Association of Police officers.overall, Google said it had received 461 courtorders covering a total of 6,989 itemsbetween July and December 2011. It addedthat it had received a further 546 informalrequests covering 4,925 items, of which ithad agreed to 43 percent of the cases. Thereport quoted Google’s senior policy analyst,Dorothy Chou, as saying that the firm wasconcerned by the amount of requests thathad been linked to political speech. “It’salarming not only because free expression isat risk, but because some of these requestscome from countries you might not suspect -Western democracies not typically associatedwith censorship,” Chou said.

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THE ministerial commit-tee on energy crisis onMonday failed to come upwith any solution for theongoing power crisis and

decided to refer the issue to theprime minister, who has convened ameeting of the energy summit today(Tuesday).

Addressing a news conference,Minister for Water and PowerChaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar admittedthat despite their best efforts, loadshedding would not reduce signifi-cantly within the next three months,as it was difficult to increase powergeneration in that time.

“I opted for this ministry as achallenge and will try my best to re-solve the issue on permanentgrounds,” he said, adding that he

alone could not resolve the issue andrequired support from all.

He said the government had re-leased Rs 9 billion for enhancingpower generation and enhanced fuelsupply to power plants would add3,600MW to the system within thenext three days.

He said distribution companies(DISCos) had been assured the pro-vision of Rs 1.3 billion daily to en-hance power generation from thecurrent level of 10,500MW to13,500MW against an estimated de-mand of over 17,500MW.

However, he admitted a shortfallof 4,000MW would persist and eighthours of load shedding would persist.

Blaming the Punjab governmentfor power riots, he said power short-age was being “misused” and theCentre will be using “constitutionalpowers” to control the move.

He said if Punjab Chief Minister

Shahbaz Sharif was proven guilty ofleading riots, a case would be regis-tered against him.

Mukhtar said Punjab had out-standing dues of Rs 15.6 billion,while Sindh government owed Rs 51billion.

He said the government had de-cided to conduct eight hours of loadshedding in urban areas and 12hours in rural areas.

The minister said the govern-ment departments owed Rs 212 bil-lion, while the private sector owedover Rs 166 billion.

“If government manages to col-lect Rs 378 billion outstanding dues,the power generation will signifi-cantly improve,” he added.

To a question, the minister saidthe ministerial committee has consti-tuted a committee consisting of thefinance minister and minister forKashmir affairs to discuss with the

Sindh government deduction of out-standing power dues.

“If the matter is not settled intalks, we will use other available op-tions,” he added.

When pressed, Mukhtar admit-ted that the government did not havethe money to pay for fuel supply inorder to generate at the optimal levelof 15,800MW.

This includes 6,500MW fromhydel, 7,000MW from IPPs and2,500MW from GENCos.

Detailing measures to enhancegeneration, he said 225 mmcfd gaswas being diverted to power plantsthat would result in increasing powergeneration by 1,100MW.

Full fuel supply to two largestIPPs, KAPCo and HUBCo, had beenrevived to get maximum generation,he said, adding that a daily receipt ofRs 1.3 billion by DISCos would en-hance by generation by 2,500MW.

five students killed asbomb rips apart university bus in Quetta

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A car bomb tore through a university bus in Quetta onMonday, killing five people and leaving more than 40 othersinjured, a majority of who are said to be Shias. The attack tookplace on the outskirts of the provincial capital. “Animprovised-explosive device planted in a car parked along theroad exploded near the bus of a local IT university, killing fivepeople and injuring over 40, mostly students,” said QuettaCapital City Police officer Mir Zubair. “The bomb targeted thebus as it carried a number of Shia students,” he added. Zubairsaid four students and a passer-by had been killed. Theinjured were transferred to a military hospital for greaterprotection, said Muhammad Nawaz, a doctor at the CivilHospital. Balochistan has been a flashpoint for sectarianviolence between Sunni and Shia Muslims. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the attack so far. The province isalso home to a secessionist movement by rogue nationalistsgroups, apart from militancy. Baloch rebels rose up in theprovince in 2004, demanding political autonomy and agreater share of profits from oil, gas and mineral resources inthe region. Monday’s attack targeted the bus that was headingto Balochistan University of Information Technology. otherreports put the number of injured at more than 70, withseveral students said to be in critical condition.

ISLAMABADTayyab Hussain

Keeping in view the tone and mood of theSupreme Court and the views of legal wizardsthat the court may give a verdict against theruling of the National Assembly’s speaker, thecoalition partners have almost fine-tuned theirstrategy to counter the court’s verdict.

The three-member SC bench is likely toannounce its verdict today (Tuesday) as ChiefJustice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry onMonday directed Attorney General Irfan Qadirto conclude his arguments. “After a carefulevaluation of the entire situation, the coalitionpartners have decided that the supremacy ofparliament would be protected and no institu-tion would be allowed to overthrow thespeaker’s ruling on the disqualification ofPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani,” a well-placed source informed Pakistan Today.

The source, requesting anonymity, saidthe government had two options out of whichone would be chosen after the court an-nounces its verdict.

“The government may decide either to

hold an emergency joint sitting of parliamentto set aside any court verdict against thespeaker’s ruling... But if the situation deterio-rates and goes out of control, the executiveorder to restore the judiciary may also be with-drawn,” said the source.

The source said the recent developmentshad made all the coalition partners rethinktheir previous stances about the judiciary andthe revelation made by Malik Riaz against DrArslan Iftikhar had eroded the strong commit-ment of parties like the Pakistan Muslimleague-Quaid and the Muttahida QaumiMovement with the judiciary.

“Even the PMl-Q and the MQM havevoiced reservations against the conduct ofChief Justice Chaudhry and they are now in-clined to stand by the PPP and the ANP lead-ership in case of a judgement against the NAspeaker’s ruling,” said the source.

The source said in a recent meeting ofheads of coalition parties, the coalition part-ners were informed by President Asif AliZardari that the leadership of the armed forceswas also of the opinion that no action shouldbe taken to destabilise the system.

No early respite from load sheddingg Ministerial committee gives up on resolving power crisis, refers matter to PMg Mukhtar says significant reduction in load shedding not possible within three months

Government set to

counter ‘strict’ SC verdictg decides to protect supremacy of parliament by not allowing any institution to overthrow na speaker’s ruling on Pm’s disqualification case

QueTTa: police inspect a damaged university bus after

it was destroyed by a roadside bombing on Monday. AfP

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