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President Asif Ali Zardarilaunches Benazir

Muawanat Card scheme

RehmanMalik does it again!

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ISLAMABADAGENCIES

The Pakistan Muslim League-

Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected

the commission formed by

the federal government for

formation of new provinces in Punjab

and declared it a “drama”

The PML-N lambasting came during

the Senate session on Tuesday that

began under the leadership of Senate

Chairman Nayyar Bukhari. The key

issue of debate in the session

remained the formation of new

provinces in Punjab, with the PML-N

senators expressing their

reservations over the issue during

point of orders. PML-N Senator

Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal said on a point

of order that the Punjab Assembly

passed unanimous resolution for

restoration of Bahawalpur province

and formation of Southern Punjab

province and his party would only

accept a report that was prepared in

accordance with the Punjab

Assembly’s resolution.

“After a year’s delay since the

passage of the unanimous resolution

by the Punjab Assembly, the federal

government intends to open a

Pandora’s Box by rendering slogan of

making Southern Punjab province,”

Iqbal said. Senate Opposition leader

Ishaq Dar said they rejected the

commission on formation of new

provinces and claimed that the

“drama” of new provinces’ creation

would flop miserably. “The chairman

has already admitted that the

government does not have required

majority needed for creation of a new

province,” reminded Dar. he said the

country was facing severe challenges

but the issue of new province was

being raised just to play politics.

Dar said his party rejected the

commission as neither he nor the

opposition leader in the National

Assembly was consulted for the

creation of new province.

“This issue has been debated in the

last few months just to do politics. It

will be better to leave petty issues

and discuss serious problems being

faced by the country,” he added.

In his address, PPP senator and

chairman of the commission on new

provinces Farhatullah Babar said if

one state was restored as a province,

other states would also demand the

same. Babar alleged that the Punjab

Assembly kept blocking resolutions

on new provinces for three years.

he said the introduction of bill for

creation of Bahawalpur-South

Punjab province in parliament would

be an expression of political intent

that the PPP was serious in solving

problems of people.

pml-n rejects ‘drama’ ‘commission’ on new

provinces

pml-n senators say nodeviation from pa

resolution on newprovinces to Be allowed

BaBar says ifBahawalpur restored as

province, other stateswould demand the same

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ECC approves gas load management plan

ISLAMABADAGENCIES

The Economic Coordination Com-mittee (ECC) of the federal cabineton Tuesday approved the naturalgas load management plan, whichwould govern priorities for the de-livery of natural gas to various sec-tors. The ECC meeting was chairedby Finance Minister HafeezShaikh. The Ministry of Petroleumand Natural Resources submittedthe natural gas load managementprinciple, which was approved bythe committee. According to theapproved plan, it was decided thatfirst priority order would be givento the domestic and commercialsectors while power and general in-dustries sectors would be accordedsecond and third priorities respec-tively. The Ministry of Water andPower had requested for enhancedgas supply to power plants onSNGPL system in the backdrop ofload shedding in the power sector.

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pakistan wants sustainableregional peace : Qamar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan wantssustainable peace in Afghanistanand the region, Minister forDefence Naveed Qamar said onTuesday. Talking to a five-memberAfghan delegation, led by AfghanDefence Minister GeneralBismillah Khan Mohamadi,Qamar said Islamabad had foughta war on terror and intended tosee a peaceful Afghanistan. Thedefence minister said Islamabadand Kabul had to work towardsimproving security at thePakistan-Afghanistan border in acollective manner, adding thatPakistan fully supported the

Afghan-led peace process. The Afghan defence minister saidAfghanistan considered Pakistan a brotherly state. He alsoappreciated Pakistan’s support and efforts in the war on terror,saying Afghanistan fully acknowledges Pakistan’s role in the fightagainst terrorism and the sacrifices made in this regard. ONLINE

three men of peace forcekilled in Khyber agency clashLANDI KOTAL: At least three Peace Force (Aman Lashkar)soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a clash with the terrorists inKhyber Agency area of Tirah Valley, Takhtay. Officials said aterrorist was also killed in the clash that started on Monday.Meanwhile, bloody clashes between two banned terrororganizations, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Ansar-ul-Islam, continued in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency for the fifthconsecutive day in which over 81 militants had been killed anddozens other injured. Officials added that dozens of families hadalso been displaced from the location. A report said the TTP waslooking for safe hideouts in the area but Ansar-ul-Islam, whichwas a local organization, does not want to give space to the TTP.However, the Ansar-ul-Islam says they did not support TTP’sattacks in Pakistan. ONLINE

2 policemen gunned downQUETTA: Two policemen were shot dead on Tuesday whenmiscreants opened fire on a police mobile along Arbab KaramKhan Road in Quetta. The deceased police personnel wereidentified as Ali Dad and Shah Mir. Police reached the spotand took the bodies to BMC Hospital for medico-legalrequirements. PPI

peshawar blast kills one, injures threePESHAWAR: At least one person was killed while three otherswere injured in a blast near Sarband police check post onTuesday. Police sources said explosive material was plantednear the police check post. The bomb disposal squad wassummoned soon after the blast. NNI

hand grenade hits eco in Khuzdar QUETTA/KHUZDAR: Unknown men on Tuesday hurled a handgrenade at the Election Commission Office (ECO) in Khuzdar.However, no loss of life was reported. According to police sources,a hand grenade was hurled on the Election Commission Office byunidentified men, which resulted in a massive blast. The explosionpartially damaged the building of the office. APP

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CHIEF Justice of Pakistan (CJP) IftikharMuhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday or-dered the authorities to arrest thosewho helped prime murder suspectShahrukh Jatoi escape from the coun-

try. A three-member bench headed by the CJP

heard the murder case of 20-year-old ShahzebKhan who was shot dead on December 25 inKarachi’s Defence area.

During the proceedings, the CJP addressedDeputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police ShahidHayat and told him that he would be responsiblefor any ignorance, as he had delegated the investi-gation of the case to a sub-inspector.

The CJP then asked the DIG if he had seizedthe travel documents of Shahrukh Jatoi on thebasis of which he managed to escape from thecountry. In response, Hayat told the court that thedocuments were with a travelling agency, and thatit was the duty of the Federal Investigation Agency(FIA) to find out how Shahrukh managed to flee.

The CJP remarked that Shahzeb’s murdercase should set an example so that everyone knowsthat the culprits would not be spared if any such

incident occurs again. He then told the DIG thathe should have arrested the aides involved inShahrukh’s escape. Justice Gulzar Ahmed re-marked that the Police department was the mostignorant one, “as everyone knows about the killersexcept police”. The CJP said that it was possiblethat the police had intentionally declaredShahrukh Jatoi a minor, and asked the DIG if hehad scrutinised Shahrukh’s educational certifi-cates. Responding to this, DIG Shahid Hayat toldthat an identity card number had been issued tohim but no picture was found from the record. Hetold that investigations were underway to find outhow the identity card number was issued toShahrukh if he was not 18-year-old. His date ofbirth, as per his passport, is November 22, 1995,he told.

The CJP asserted that investigations should becarried out in a transparent manner, regardless ofthe influence of any party involved. Legal proceed-ings will not halt in any case, he added. It may bementioned that an anti-terrorism court on Satur-day ordered Shahrukh Jatoi to be sent to a juvenilejail after a medical report declared him a juvenile.

The court sent four suspects to prison, and di-rected the investigation officer (IO) to submit acharge sheet against them. The hearing was lateradjourned to February 4.

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ISLAMABADONLINE

Former finance minister ShaukatTareen on Tuesday said he was beingdefamed through the wrongful inclu-sion of his name in the list of the RentalPower Project (RPP) case accused.

Talking to reporters outside theSupreme Court, Tareen said he was notamong the accused of RPP corruptioncase, and rather was one of those whomade serious efforts for the eradicationof corruption. He asked what was hismistake, and why was his name beingdefamed in the case.

Ephedrine case:Assets of MusaGilani, otheraccused seized

ISLAMABADAGENCIES

The assets of former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani’s sonAli Musa Gilani, wife, Fozia Gilani and other accusedincluding Makhdum Shahabuddin and KhushnoodLashari were ordered to be seized in the ephedrinequota case on Tuesday. The Anti-Narcotics Force(ANF) court also issued summons to the accusedinvolved in the case asking them to provide details oftheir sources of income on February 12. According tothe ANF report, there were 17 accused personsincluding two approvers-former general health directorDr Rashid Juma and former Danas PharmaceuticalCompany director Rizwan Ahmed Khan-who obtained2,500 kg ephedrine quota. Initially named as accused,Dr Juma and Rizwan Khan turned approvers in Julythis year and alleged the involvement of, FederalMinister for Textile Industries MakhdoomShahabuddin, Ali Musa Gilani and Federal SecretaryKhushnood Lashari. Legal experts say that undersection 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the namesof approvers should be mentioned in column 6 of thereport, which is reserved for the witnesses but the ANFincluded their names in column 4 of the report(challan), which is for an accused on bail.

Not involved in RPP case: Tareen

QUETTA: Labourers busy in making pots out of discarded tyres at a roadside workshop

in Quetta on Tuesday.

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ISLAMABAD ONLINE

PRESIDENT Asif Zardari onTuesday inaugurated GuzaraAllowance and Sindh ArmsLicence Revalidation, theSindh government’s projects

undertaken by the National Databaseand Registration Authority (NADRA).

Guzara Allowance will be giventhrough Benazir Muawanat Card, ini-tially 85,000 Zakat beneficiaries inSindh will benefit from this programme.

NADRA, in collaboration with Sindh’sUshr and Zakat Department, has devel-oped this programme to facilitate the ben-eficiaries with a view to streamlinecountry’s Zakat disbursement systemthrough a secure biometric and easy dis-bursement mechanism through e-sahulat.

Speaking on the occasion, PresidentZardari said it was a historic occasion andvery much in line with the needs of time.He said NADRA had introduced technol-ogy at the grassroots with a view to facili-tate common people, especially thoseliving in densely populated and rural

areas. The president praised NADRA’smultitasking performance in addition tothe citizen’s registration thus facilitatingmasses through state-of-the-art e-solu-tions for good governance in the country.

The president said, “This system willnot only bring transparency in Guzara Al-lowance disbursement through BenazirMuawanat Card by eliminating the ghostbeneficiaries but also bring efficiency inthe management of funds. We realize thatthe end goal of running a transparent gov-ernment is the delivery of services to thepeople and that the citizens are able to

work in an economy that will afford themfood, shelter, education and employment.Today, by facilitating Guzara Allowancebeneficiary with efficient services we areone step closer to that goal.”

The president said “Technology isplaying a central role in our lives, societyand economic growth. The methods andtechniques used in Guzara Allowance ad-dress several dimensions of problems insocial inequities and economic inefficien-cies. This effort will certainly strengthenthe institution in the management of thecharitable funds. I am delighted that the

Zakat initiative took less than a year fromthe concept level to actual delivery.”

Presenting main features of theprojects, NADRA Chairman TariqMalik said that e-sahulat is a people-friendly system which has introducedonline transactions for people. He saidwith the introduction of IT-based sys-tem in Zakat disbursement, the chanceof pilferage and corruption is gonewith the wind. He praised the initia-tive of the Sindh government, theirunderstanding and faith in NADRAtechnology solutions.

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES GUZARA ALLOWANCEg Zardari says this historic occasion is very much in line with needs of time g Says end goal of running transparent govt is delivery of services to people

QUETTA: Members of Huqooq-e-Teachers Association Balochistan chant slogans for regularization of their jobs during a

protest on Tuesday. PPI

LAHOREINP

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullahclaimed that incomplete samples weresent to the forensic laboratory, andin order to get the correct sam-ples, his body needed to beexhumed. Sanaullah fur-ther claims that federalinstitutions were creat-ing hurdles in this re-gard. The Punjab lawminister said forensicexperts from the Pun-jab Forensic Laboratorywanted to take the sam-ples themselves, but thedepartments under thefederal government werenot cooperating withthem. Meanwhile, in re-sponse to a letter bythe PunjabForen-

sic Science Agency, the Islamabad DistrictAdministration said the permission to ex-hume Kamran Faisal’s body would have tobe given by Punjab chief secretary. Kam-ran Faisal, who was part of the National

Accountability Bureau (NAB) teamas an investigator to probe the

Rental Power Projects(RPP) scam case, was

found hanging from theceiling fan in his roomat the federal lodges.The Supreme Courthas decided to hold aseparate hearing overKamran Faisal’s

death. Although NABChairman FasihBokhari claimed that

Kamran committed sui-cide, his family membersmaintain that he was

murdered.

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Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice IftikharMuhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday saidthe judiciary supported the democraticsystem in the country and directed theBalochistan Government to ensure properrepresentation of people in the forthcom-ing general elections.

A three-judge bench comprising ChiefJustice Iftikhar Muhammad

Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed andJustice Azmat Saeed resumed hearing of aconstitutional petition moved by theBalochistan High Court Bar Associationregarding law and order situation in theprovince.

During the proceedings, the CJ appre-

ciated the improvement in law and orderin Balochistan, adding that at the sametime “Democratic system should not bederailed at any cost”. Shahid Hamid, coun-sel for the Government of Balochistan ap-prised the court that the situation wasimproving in the province and efforts wereunderway to improve it further.

He said that around 400 mutilatedbodies had been found in the province sofar, adding that the situation had improvedand during January 15 to January 27, nosuch case had been reported.

He admitted that during the men-tioned period, about 28 people lost theirlives in different incidents, yet no case ofmutilated bodies, targeted killings or miss-ing persons was reported.

The CJ said that the court is only con-

cerned with the safety of the citizens underArticle 9 of the constitution which shouldnot be ignored at any cost.

The counsel said that the rehabilita-tion of Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) was also underway. City Police Of-ficer Zubair Ahmed informed the courtthat there had been some progress on therecovery of missing persons.

Balochistan Chief Secretary BabarYaqoob Fateh said posting and transfers inthe province are now being made purelyon merit, adding that all departments havebeen asked to provide details of their staff.

He further stated that 427 cases ofmissing persons have been dispatched tothe concerned departments for investiga-tions. The bench adjourned hearing of thecase till February 15.

President decidesto consult PM,cabinet over nABchief’s letter

ISLAMABADONLINE

The presidency has decided to take up theletter written by National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) Chairman Fasih Bokhari withPrime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and thefederal cabinet for consultation. In his letter written to the president,Bokhari had directly accused the membersof the superior judiciary of trying toinfluence the outcomes of the upcominggeneral elections. Sources told Online that the presidency “isgravely concerned” over the NAB chief’sreference to “pre-poll rigging”. Sources saidthe president was considering it necessaryto consult the cabinet over this charge.Source said the NAB chief did not mentionany clause of NAB Ordinance through whichthe president’s attention could be drawn. Asthe president handed over hisadministrative powers to the parliamentunder 18th Amendment, certain clauses ofthe NAB Ordinance cannot be implemented.Sources further said that the presidentcontacts the cabinet under Article 48 underwhich he has the authority to refer anymatter to cabinet for review.

Balochistan teachers

demand regularisationQUETTA: Hundreds of teachers recruited underthe Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package (AHBP) on Tuesdaystaged a demonstration and demanded regularisation of theirservice. Holding banners and placards outside theQuetta Press Club, the teachers demanded of the chief executiveand Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi toregularise the service of 5,000 teachers who were recruitedunder the AHBP. The teachers also set up a protest camp outsidethe club. Meanwhile, official sources said that a summary wasbeing moved for the regularisation of service of all teachersrecruited under the package. APP

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QUETTA: BNP-Awami and JUI leaders

and workers distribute pamphlets on

Tuesday announcing a shutter down

strike in the province on February 1

against the governor’s rule. INP

ISLAMABADAGENCIES

Ameeting of thecoalition partnersof the PPP-led gov-ernment was held

at the Aiwan-e-sadr late onTuesday night.

The meeting, chaired byPresident Asif Ali Zardari andPrime Minister Raja PervezAshraf, was attended by formerprime minister Yousaf Raza Gi-lani, Shujaat Hussain,Mushahid Hussain Syed, Fa-rooq Sattar, Babar Ghouri,Raza Haroon, Afrasiab Khat-tak, Haji Adeel, Munir KhanOrakzai, Hameedullah JanAfridi, Senator Abbas KhanAfridi, Israrullah Zehri, Kur-shid Shah, Nazar MuhammadGondal, Qamar Zaman Kairaand Senator Farhatullah Babar.

President’s spokesman

Senator Farhatullah Babarsaid the meeting discussedthe forthcoming general elec-tions and the caretaker setupin accordance with the consti-tution. He said Law MinisterFarooq Naik was speciallysummoned to brief the meet-ing on the constitutional pro-vision relating to the holdingof elections and the appoint-ment of a caretaker setup.

The coalition partners ex-pressed their views on variousdimensions of the issues in-volved. The meeting expressedthe resolve that electionswould be held on time and thenomination of the caretakersetup would be in accordancewith the constitution.

Naik said under the consti-tution the caretaker primeminister shall be appointed bythe president in consultationwith the prime minister and

the leader of the opposition inthe outgoing National Assem-bly and in the case of disagree-ment within three days of thedissolution of the National As-sembly, the prime minister andthe leader of opposition shallforward two nominees each toa committee to be formed bythe speaker of the National As-sembly comprising eight mem-bers of the outgoing NationalAssembly or the Senate or bothhaving equal representationfrom the treasury and the op-position. The spokesman saidafter the briefing by the lawminister some tentative discus-sion also took place on theprobable names for the care-taker prime minister.

The coalition partnersagreed to strengthen their co-operation and to have regularcontact and consultations asthe election drew nearer.

WASHINGTONSPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clin-ton on Tuesday praised efforts led by Presi-dent Asif Ali Zardari and Indian PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh for improving theenvironment between the two South Asiancountries. “I also think that the efforts thatboth, Prime Minister Singh and PresidentZardari in Pakistan have made to improve com-

munication, business, trade, commerce be-tween India and Pakistan helps to create a morereceptive environment for dealing with theseserious threats,” she said, while commenting onefforts to curb terrorism in the region. Clintoncalled the fight against terror an “unfinishedbusiness” and that the United States is “notin any way walking away from” it. “I’m leav-ing office, but I can assure you and the In-dian people this remains one of our veryhighest priorities,” she said.

US Senate body unanimously endorsesJohn Kerry for topdiplomatic job

WASHINGTONSPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

The US Senate Committee onForeign Affairs unanimouslyendorsed John Kerry’s nomi-nation for the next secretaryof state, as President BarackObama prepares to install anew national security team forhis second term in the WhiteHouse. Kerry, a pro-Pakistanvoice in the Capitol Hill, willreplace the current secretaryof state, Hillary Clinton, uponfull Senate confirmation, ex-pected swiftly on Tuesday.

The five-term senator anda long time chairman of theSenate Foreign RelationsCommittee, advocated foster-ing strong relations with Pak-istan in view of the country’scritical significance vis-à-visWashington’s efforts forpeace and stability in the re-gion and success of the ongo-ing security transition inneighbouring Afghanistan.Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Am-bassador to the United StatesSherry Rehman, who hasbeen working to present Pak-istan’s position on various is-sues, congratulated SenatorKerry on his confirmation forthe top diplomatic job. “Weall look forward to workingwith him and his team at atime of challenging transi-tions for the region,” she said.

iri survey outsourced tocompany alsohired by PMl-n

LAHORESTAFF REPORT

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday said thecompany (IPOR) that the In-ternational Republican Insti-tute hired to conduct surveyon its behalf is also a paid re-searcher for the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz(PML-N). A press release is-sued by PTI Information Sec-retary Shafqat Mahmoodread the PTI understands theimportance of research andopinion polling in politics.This is done in all democraticcountries and is often used asa yardstick to measure aparty’s popularity. However,for the polling to be acceptedas truly representative andgenuinely reflective of publicopinion, it is critically impor-tant that those doing thepolling establish their non-partisan credentials. “We aresorry to note that the com-pany IPOR that Interna-tional Republican Institutehas hired to conduct pollingon its behalf is also beingpaid by PML-N to do re-search for it. This robs IPOR(International Public Opin-ion Research) of neutralityand is an egregious case ofconflict of Interest.”

SC to hear RPPscase today

ISLAMABADSTAFF REPORT

The Supreme Court on Tuesdaydeferred the proceedings onimplementation of its verdictregarding the rental powerplants (RPPs) until Wednesday(today). A three-memberbench, comprising Chief Jus-tice of Pakistan IftikharChaudhry, Justice GulzarAhmed and Justice AzmatSaeed, deferred the proceed-ings on a case related to imple-mentation of its March 30,2012 verdict. The CJP told Na-tional Accountability BureauProsecutor General (PG) KarimKhan Agha that they wouldtake up the case on Wednesday(today) at 1pm. He also toldKhalid Anwar, counsel for for-mer finance minister ShaukatTareen that their difficulty wasthat the bench had been onlyasking for implementation ofits verdict. He said that theycould not change their decisionon the issue.

NEW DELHI ONLINE

India has respondedstrongly to Interior MinisterRehman Malik’s demand forprovision of security to Bol-lywood actor ShahrukhKhan. Home Secretary RKSingh asked Malik to worryabout the security of Pak-istan’s citizens, saying Indiawas fully capable of lookingafter its people.

“We are capable of look-ing after our own citizen, lethim worry about the securityof his country’s citizen,” RKSingh was quoted as sayingby NDTV. The war of wordsstarted after Shahrukh Khanwrote a first-person accountof what it meant to be aMuslim post the 9/11 world.

Malik demanded Indiaprovide security to the actor.

“He (Shahrukh) is bornIndian and he would like to

remain Indian, but I will re-quest the government ofIndia to please provide himsecurity and I would like torequest all Indian brothersand sisters who are all talkingagainst Shahrukh that theyshould know he is a moviestar, he is loved as a star bythe people of Pakistan and heis loved by the people ofIndia, then why create somekind of hate, let’s bring love,”Malik said. On Saturday, Ja-maatud Dawa founder HafizSaeed also said the actorcould move to Pakistan if hedid not feel safe in India. Inhis account, Shahrukh hadmentioned that he had some-times become the inadver-tent object of political leaderswho chose to make him asymbol of all they thoughtwas wrong and unpatrioticabout Muslims in India.

Other inidan leaders alsojoined the criticism of Malik,

including those in the rulingCongress party and main op-position Bharatiya JanataParty. Congress spokesper-son Rashid Alvi said Pak-istan’s interior ministershould first take care of hisown artistes and nationals.

“What to speak about se-curity, they (Pakistan) evenrefused to allow ghazalsinger Mehdi Hasan to cometo India for treatment,” hesaid, adding that Shahrukhdid not need special security.

BJP spokesperson Shah-nawaz Hussain said Malikshould stop making suchridiculous remarks. “Indiansin India are more safe andsecure than Pakistanis inPakistan. We don’t needMalik’s advice.” “If Indiansfeel insecure, it is fromMalik’s ISI and Lashkarchief Hafiz Saeed. Let himfirst take care of them first”,said Shahnawaz Hussain.

Meanwhile, the cement sectorwould be fourth on the prioritylist, the CNG sector would bethe fifth and the last priority –a move rejected by the CNGassociation.

The ECC also accorded itsapproval to marginal/stan-dard gas fields pricing criteriaand guidelines, submitted bythe Petroleum Ministry.

The guidelines provide for

pricing structure applicable tothe oil or gas reservoirs thatcannot be exploited economi-cally under the existing E&PPolicies, pricing structure andavailable technologies.

The ECC approved theproposal of the ministry toset the marginal fields gasprices in accordance with Pe-troleum Exploration andProduction Policy 2012 withan additional premium of$0.25 per MMBTU.

It was also decided thatthe government shall have thefirst right to purchasepipelines specification gasfrom the marginal gas fields ata price to be determined in ac-cordance with the above men-tioned pricing formula.CNG ASSOCIATION: TheAll Pakistan CNG Associa-tion (APCNGA) rejected thegas load management planapproved by the ECC,terming it a short-sighted

decision which would inflictmiseries on the masses andthreaten investments in theCNG sector at the benefit ofthe influential petroleumand liquid gas sectors.

CNG Association Chair-man Ghayas AbdullahParacha, in a press release,said the decision to keep theCNG sector at the bottom ofthe priority list for provision ofthe natural gas was unaccept-able and would be resisted and

challenged at all forums.The press release said

the plan had been designedkeeping the interests of in-fluential sectors in mind, andthat giving the least priorityto the CNG sector meant thatgeneral public would con-tinue to wait for hours inlong queues to get CNG.

Paracha said the contro-versial decision had threat-ened investments to the tuneof Rs 400 billion in the CNG

sector and that it would dev-astate 3.5 million people,who were running their ve-hicles on CNG.

Demanding an inquiryinto the “conspiracies hatchedby the Petroleum Ministryagainst the CNG sector”,Paracha alleged that theECC’s decision was based onanother summary moved bythe ministry which amountedto paving way for corruptionto the tune of billions.

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“Regardless of what happenswith the bill; it is a demon-stration of political will toaddress people’s grievances,”he said while responding tothe points of orders.

He said the report oncreation of new province hadbeen prepared and severalthings would become clearwhen it was made public.

Babar said the govern-ment was not using the cre-ation of new province as‘political stunt’, adding thatthe PML-N was asked to be-come part of the commissionbut it avoided to do that.

“The formation of thecommission was a seriousbusiness. Let’s not try totrivialize it,” he said.

He said that the commis-sion discussed in detail thetwo resolutions of PunjabAssembly of May 9, 2012,adding that one resolutionwas about the restoration ofBahawalpur province, while

the other was about theSouth Punjab province.

He was of the view thatas Bahawalpur never re-mained a province in thepast, the use of words“restoration of Bahawalpurprovince” in the Punjab As-sembly resolution was irrel-evant. “We soughtsuggestions from the expertsbesides going through over2000 letters, but nobodycould prove that Bahawalpurremained a province in thepast,” he added.

Babar said he knew thegovernment did not havetwo-thirds majority in theparliament or in the provin-cial assembly of Punjab topass the bill, but it would be-come clear that a serious po-litical intent was made tocreate the new province.

“The road for newprovince is tortuous andlong but we know the desti-nation is correct. It is the jobof this House to lead towardsthe destination,” he added.

Cut the drama

PESHAWARSTAFF REPORT

A policeman was killedwhen unidentified as-sailants attacked volunteersof a polio vaccination teamin Miandheri village ofSwabi district on Tuesday.

Officials said unidenti-fied men attacked the volun-teers of a polio vaccinationteam by opening fire on thepolice constable guardingthe team. They also snatchedthe Klashnikov rifle of thepoliceman before fleeing.

The volunteers rushed

inside a nearby home forsafety and escaped the at-tack unhurt.

Soon after the attack,the polio vaccination drivewas put on hold in Swabidistrict. District Health Of-ficer Dr Zafeer said a strat-egy was being framed forprotection of volunteerswho were engaged in thevaccination drive, addingthat the administrationagreed to provide two po-licemen for security of eachvaccination team.

The vaccination drivewill resume on Thursday.

Polio volunteersattacked in Swabi,police guard killed

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Clinton praises Zardari, Singh’sefforts to improve relations

Zardari and Ashrafchair allies’ meeting

Malik does it again!

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Wednesday, 30 January, 2013

12 peacocksdie in 10 days

KHAIRPURINP

At least twelve peacocks have died duringthe last 10 days here due to a contagiousdisease. According to reports from the af-fected area, the peacocks died of Newcastledisease, locally known as Ranikhet whileseveral others have also been reported tobe infected. The disease-inflicted birds hadstopped drinking water a few days ago. Thewildlife department in Sukkur has con-firmed the deaths of 12 peacocks.

two bandits heldin ‘encounter’

DADUPPI

In a suspicious ‘police encounter’ hereon Tuesday, the additional SHO waswounded while two alleged banditswere arrested from Workshop Muhallaarea of Dadu. Police said AdditionalSHO Namatullah Bbar was injured andtwo culprits Sardar Khushk and ImtyazMastooi were arrested in the police en-counter. However, spokesman of SSPDadu Usman Ghani Siddique said Nia-matullah Babar was suspended a fewdays ago and the encounter was fake.

KARACHIAGENCIES

PRECIOUS lives continued to fallin Karachi, as several lives sur-rendered to the dance of deathin the financial capital of Pak-

istan on Tuesday. Tension held its sway inGulbahar area after the killing of a politicalactivist, namely Rehan. According to de-tails, the activist was deeply wounded in afiring incident on Monday and succumbedto his injuries on Tuesday. Shops, marketsand other activities were suspended in thearea after news of the activist’s killingreached the residents. On the other hand, aman identified as Muhammad Siddiq wasshot dead in a firing incident in ManzoorColony, while two other persons were alsokilled in separate firing incidents that hap-pened at Shaheed-e-Millat Road and VitaChowrangi, Korangi.

According to media reports, one personwas shot dead in the jurisdiction of PareediPolice Station, while another man wasgunned down near Baldia Town vegetablemarket. Meanwhile, a dead body was founddumped in a sewer near Paper Market atPakistan Chowk. Furthermore, 30 year-oldHussain was shot to death in Ayub Goth lo-cality of Sohrab Goth, while unknown mo-torcyclists shot and killed Khalid Saeed inKorangi’s Bilal Colony.

In a separate incident, unknown gun-men sprayed bullets on three youth, leavingthem badly injured. Moreover, another manwas killed in a separate firing incident nearSamama Shopping Center, Gulshan-e-Iqbalarea. In a different incident, 33-year-oldShafiq s/o Noor was gunned down by hisbrother-in-law in Sector-E, Manzoor Colonyin the limit of Baloch Colony Police Station.The body was later moved to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for post-mortem. In this connection, police arrestedaccused Naseeruddin while terming the rea-son behind the murder as family dispute. Inyet another incident, a bullet-riddled body

of man, later identified as 34-year-oldMuhammad Asif s/o Muhammad Umer,was found from Rice Godwon Landhi 89 inthe limits of Landhi Police Station. The deadbody was later shifted to JPMC to undergomedico-legal formalities.

Police said the victim received bulletsin his chest and head, adding that he haddied on the spot. The victim was labourerby profession. Furthermore, 42-year-oldLiaquat Ali s/o Aamir committed suicide byhanging himself inside his flat located inKarim Nagar SITE, in the jurisdiction ofSITE- A Police Station. The body was takento Abbasi Shaheed Hospital to undergopostmortem. Police said the victim was adrug addict and he committed suicide afterhis family refused to give him money forbuying drugs.

On the other hand, traders of the cityprotested against a cracker attack. Accord-ing to police, the cracker attack occurred onMonday at the residence of a local tradernamed Fayyaz in Landhi 89 area. Thetraders’ community staged a protestdemonstration against the incident andblocked the main roads in Malir, while de-manding provision of adequate security tothe business community. It is worth men-tioning here that a few days ago a localtrader’s son was recovered from the posses-sion of kidnappers after paying the ransomamount. Later, the Crime Investigation De-partment (CID) police also arrested NoorMuhamamd, who was alleged to be thechief of an extortionist gang. Meanwhile, asevere traffic jam was witnessed at severalroads of the city on Tuesday afternoon. Thetraffic jam occurred when protestorsblocked the main roads while condemningthe killing of a traders’ union leader at Ab-dullah Haroon Road a few days ago.

The roads and areas from where thetraffic jam problem was reported includedSaddar, Empress Market, Burns Road andZaibun Nisa Street. Long queues of vehicleswere witnessed on different roads of thecity during the protests.

10 more bodiesfall victim to thedance of death

Sindh govt earmarksrs 413b for developmentKARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information SharjeelInam Memon, while talking to a group of journalists herein his office on Tuesday, said the provincial governmenthas allocated Rs 413.5 billion for carrying out develop-ment works in the province. He said this allocation in-cluded Rs 318 billion under Annual DevelopmentProgramme (ADP), Rs 30.5 billion of Foreign Project As-sistance and Rs 65 billion for the districts. “This is an un-precedented step taken by the present government,” anofficial statement quoted the minister as saying. He said ahuge amount of Rs 38.9 billion had been earmarked forthe construction of new roads and repairing of the existingones. Rs. 32.9 billion had been allocated for special pack-ages for different districts of the province, the Sindh infor-mation minister added. He further said that Rs 44 billionhad been earmarked for special projects under whichmega schemes of district Karachi would be financed.Memon also said that Rs 22.9 billon was allocated for theeducation sector, while the health sector received Rs 18.9billion. Furthermore, the Sindh information minister saidthat Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) and andMembers of National Assembly (MNAs) had been given Rs22.4 billion for development schemes initiated in theirconstituencies to facilitate the public. He said that Physi-cal Planning and Housing had received Rs 17.3 billion andthe coal development sector got Rs 10.3 billion. STAFF REPORT

HYDERABAD: People stand on the debris after a gas blast in the house of a PPP Leader Ali Muhammad Sarhto on Hali Road. ONLINE

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06 Wednesday, 30 January, 2013Karachi‘Hungaryto continuesupportingPakistan’

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The ambassador of Hungary toPakistan said that government ofHungary will never hesitate tosupport the people of Pakistan intimes of need.While inaugurating ManzalaiSchool in Gurguri, he announcedthe release of 20,000 USD for thepurchase of library books andother items for the newly-builtschool. He also promised another40,000 USD for the other twoschools planned to be establishedby MOL Pakistan in areas of op-erations.The Ambassador, His ExcellencyIstvan Szabo, said he was im-mensely pleased to be part of theinitiative which was aimed atbrightening up the future of chil-dren of KPK. He appreciatedMOL Pakistan’s role in variouswelfare activities in Pakistan.Deputy Commissioner Ali AnanQamar while addressing the gath-ering appreciated MOL for itscontributions in the area withspecial emphasis on promotion ofquality education in its area ofoperations.MOL Pakistan MD Erno Lipták inhis speech thanked elders of thearea and District AdministrationKarak for making the endeavor asuccess. He told the gatheringthat the school was operationalunder banner of The CitizenFoundation (TCF) and abouthundred children had alreadybeen enrolled.He said with help of TCF, theywished to make the project a suc-cess and set it as a benchmark forother schools to follow. The MDsaid his company had alwaysgiven special emphasis to thesocio-economic uplift of the areasand considered education as themost powerful instrument. Hesaid two other schools were alsoplanned to be constructed in TALBlock in KPK.The MD/CEO (designate), FerencJuhasz, also present on the occa-sion said the school was anothersuccess of MOL in the area ofGurguri, after exploring gas andoil reservoirs here.The ambassador also distributedschool bags in the school childrenand also formally kicked off polioeradication campaign by admin-istering polio drops to children.In the past, MOL Pakistan hadalso been involved in building in-frastructure, rehabilitation worksand relief activities during earth-quake and floods and hasawarded merit based scholar-ships to Pakistani students. It hasalready spent about USD 1.6 mil-lion for the welfare of communi-ties in Pakistan.

KARACHI: Workers are busy in the construction work of a flyover on Ayesha Manzil. ONLINE

SEHWAN SHARIfPPI

T HE Pakistan Railways (PR) has cur-tailed the number of passenger trainson important Kotri-Dadu-Rohri sec-tion from the existing mere strength

of 10 to only just two, causing immense prob-lems for passengers. Last year 10 passengertrains were active on this busy section of in-terior Sindh, which was widely used by devo-tees of Lal Shahbaz Qalander. However,presently only two trains namely Bolan Mailand Khushal Khan Khattak Express wererunning on this section. The same trains alsoran operations during night hours and wereoften five to six hours late. There are hun-dreds of towns and villages situated on bothsides of the Kotri-Dadu-Rohri section, but ahuge population of the area was forced to usethe expensive option of private road-basedtransport in the absence of trains. Dozens of

bigand small rail-way stations were also es-tablished on this section includingKotri, Sindh University, Sehwan Sharif,Dadu, Radhan, Mohenjodaro, Larkana,Habibkot, Sukkur and Rohri. Platform ven-dors of these railway stations were facinghuge capital losses due to the stoppage ofpassenger trains, while local traders alsoshared the woes of other people whose liveli-hood depended on the smooth flow of trainsthrough this section. It is pertinent to men-tion here that every day thousands of peoplevisit the shrine of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalan-der at Sehwan Sharif and the discontinuationof train services was also compelling them totravel in private buses and coaches after pay-ing higher fares to the transporters. Some of-ficial sources have said that rampantcorruption in the railways department wasthe main cause of halting trains on this sec-

tion.They further said that the railway police andticket checkers allowed passengers to travelon the train without buying tickets if the pas-sengers paid them 20 to 30 percent the orig-inal prize of the ticket. Due to rampantcorruption in the railways department, therailway department was not receiving properrevenue, as hardly 5 to 10 percent passengersusing these trains bought tickets. Locals haveexpressed grave concern over the closure ofright passenger trains on this highly lucrativesection and demanded of the PR and RailwayPolice to stop corruption in the department.

KARACHIPPI

The inauguration ceremony of new prem-ises of Bahria University Medical and Den-tal College (BUMDC) was held here onTuesday.

Chief of the Naval Staff and Pro-Chan-cellor of Bahria University, Admiral Mo-hammad Asif Sandila graced the occasionwith his presence as chief guest.

In his welcome address, Principal ofBUMDC, Prof Dr Syed Tipu Sultan said ajourney of managing high standards ofmedical and dental college under the um-brella of Bahria University in a dedicatedbuilding at the Bahria University KarachiCampus was going with peaceful manner.

He said BUMDC is now recognised by allthree authorities of the world. He encour-aged research culture for students and fac-ulty who were in the process of establishingmore research labs for them.

While speaking to the audience on thismomentous occasion, Chief of the NavalStaff (CNS), Admiral Mohammad AsifSandila congratulated all concerned forsuccessful completion of this project andsaid that Bahria University Medical andDental College was emerging as the centerof excellence in health sciences, at bothgraduate and post-graduate levels, andacross the medical, dental and nursingfields. While still in its infancy stage, thecollege had been included in the Interna-tional Medical Education Directory by the

Foundation for Advancement in MedicalEducation Research, and also listed in theDirectory of World Health Organisation.BUMDC has been also recognised for theUnited States Medical License Examina-tion (USMLE).

He also threw light on the faculty andparents efforts who were doing their best toteach, train and support them to dischargetheir obligations towards their noble pro-fession effectively. He said medical anddental education is just one of the fieldsthat Pakistan Navy had ventured into as itsobligation towards the community service.He also added that Pakistan Navy`s educa-tion services were provided in sync with itspresence. Whereas they were previouslyconfined to Karachi and Islamabad, they

now extend as far as Gwader and Ormara.Rector of Bahria University, Vice Ad-

miral (r) Shahid Iqbal HI (M) expressed hisgratitude to the pro-chancellor of BahriaUniversity and chief of the naval staff forhis presence in the ceremony. He said thispurpose-built medical and dental college,which will eventually collocate its all threesub-components – the college, the teachinghospital and the hostels - is in fact a mani-festation of the Bahria University’s com-mitment to “excellence in higher andprofessional education”.

This New Campus of BUMDC has beena dream realised and this dream could havenot come true without the magnanimoussupport of Pakistan Navy.

The Rector briefly gave an overview

about this mega project which had becomea challenge of astounding proportions forBahria University. He said there was an un-accomplished need for a state-of-the-artmedical college in the public sector, soBahria University accepted the challenge ofhelping to fill these voids and established astate-of-the-college by equipping it withmost modern facilities including 3B’s latestanatomical training models, state-of-the-art labs, digital library, Wi-Fi connectivitycompatible with developed countries and ahighly qualified and experienced faculty.

He appreciated the efforts of the ex-rectors of Bahria University, universityproject team, the consultant and the con-tractor who deserved highest appreciationfor the completion of this project.

Maintaining high standards of medical, dental college

Altaf for eliminatingcorrupt political cultureKARACHI: Muttahida Quami Move-ment (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain hassaid the circumstances in the countryand the fate of the people can’t changeunless the corrupt political culture andfeudal system are eliminated. He said this while talking to prominentdefence analyst and intellectual Major(r) Amir on the telephone.Hussain said the MQM wanted to endthe corrupt political culture. Wheneverthe MQM tried to widen its strugglethroughout the country, its path wasimpeded by elements in the establish-ment who wanted to maintain the sta-tus quo and who had close links withthe corrupt feudal lords. These elements tried to create the feudbetween Pakhtun-Mohajir, Sindhi-Mo-hajir, Punjabi-Mohajir, and Baloch-Mo-hajir in order to achieve their evildesigns. These elements conspired andinstigated violence and bloodshed inorder to create disaffection in the pub-lic about the MQM.Hussain said that Pakistan had alreadydismembered, and hence they muststrive to save the remaining Pakistan byweeding out the corrupt political cul-ture from the country. He asked whenthe feudal elements could come to-gether to protect their vested interests,why the people of the poor and middleclasses cannot join hands and becomeone family. STAFF REPORT

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PIcaSSo IN PaKISTaN

“Abstract art is only painting. And what’s so dramatic aboutthat? there is no abstract art. one must always begin withsomething. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality;there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has leftan indelible imprint. it is the object which aroused the artist,stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. Boisgeloup,winter 1934, Quoted in letters of the great artists – from Blaketo Pollock -, richard friedenthal, thames and Hudson, london,1963, pp. 256-257 (translation daphne woodward)

"Pray TeLL" by KomaIL aIJazuddINThe maGIcaL muSIcaL "cINderJuTT" KarachI

“cindErJutt” the classic cinderella embodies a myth element ofunjust oppression and triumphant reward. Millions around the worldhave deciphered the moral from it: "Beauty is a treasure that willalways be admired, graciousness; however, is priceless and of evengreater value." thousands of variants and adaptations have beenmade of the beloved fairytale. cinderJutt is an adaptation of the greatcinderella, written and designed for our local audience, mixed witha dESi touch and intoxicating mix of music from different culturaltracks and an attempt to unite our nations together - Present;

dAtE: JAn 04 to 30, 2013 VEnuE: ArtS council of PAKiStAn

"Pray tell" by Komail Aijazuddin, A new series ofpaintings starts at canvas Gallery on January 22nd 2013from 5pm to 8pm.with a masters degree in painting and history of art,from the prestigious Pratt institute in new york, Komaildivides his time between new york and lahore.the show continues daily until January 31st 2013 from11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday)

dAtE: JAn 22 to 31, 2013

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07Wednesday, 30 January, 2013 Karachi

KARACHISTAFF REPORT

P OOR are more vulnerable to natural calamitiesin South Asian countries, said different expertsfrom the regional countries at a two-day re-gional conference titled “Disaster Response in

South Asia - Exploring commonalities, realising jointframeworks” which began at a local hotel here onTuesday. Organised by the Pakistan Institute ofLabour Education and Research (PILER), the speakersof the conference, representing major institutions andthe governments of Pakistan, Nepal, India andBangladesh gave presentations about the threats ofnatural calamities, especially global warming.

Sindh Minister for Rehabilitation Haji MuzaffarShujrah was the chief guest at the morning session,whereas the speakers included Delhi Science Forum’sD Raghunandan, University of Karachi Pakistan Stud-ies Department Chairman Dr Jaffar Ahmed, SocialJustice and Training Assistant Director MohammadShawkat Ali Tutul, COAST Trust Dhaka, Bangladesh,Environment and Climate Change Director TrainingCharles Pradhan from Nepal, Strengthening Participa-tory Organization (SPO) Chief Executive NaseerMemon, Dr Kaiser Bengali, senior economist and for-mer advisor to Sindh chief minister on planning anddevelopment, Oxfam Pakistan Country Director ArifJabbar Khan, former Sindh irrigation secretary IdrisRajput, Sindh Agriculture University professor IsmailKumbhar, Hisaar Foundation CEO Dr SonoKhangrani, and PILER Executive Director Karamat Aliwere the main speakers on the first day of the confer-ence. Muzaffar Shujrah said that Karachi was facingmultifarious dangers of calamities including tsunamiand nuclear disaster due to Karachi Nuclear PowerPlant, located in the coastal area.

He said the present government had spent Rs 22billion on rescue and relief efforts, as well as enablingreconstruction of houses since 2010 floods. The Gov-ernment of Pakistan and Sindh government have is-sued Watan Card to the affected people through which

cash grants had been provided to them. SPO CEO Naseer Memon, pointed out that the

South Asia region was presently the hotspot of disas-ters as almost all the major rivers originated from theHimalayan glaciers which were melting at a rapid pace.

Discussing the situation emerging after the con-secutive three years of floods in Pakistan, Memon saidJapan had the capacity and planning to mitigate theimpacts of devastating earthquakes, but governmentsin South Asian region were incapable of dealing withsuch emergencies. He said 75 percent of the people inSouth Asia lived in rural areas, with a majority beingpoor, and all were vulnerable to face the devastatingeffects of natural calamities. In addition, 50 percentchildren from South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) states were malnourished, headded. The government conducted a study 10 yearsback, which showed that 1.2 million acres of fertile landhad come under the sea in Thatta and Badin districtsdue to climate change. All this happened because thesea level increased in the coastal areas of Pakistan.After that no similar study had been undertaken to as-certain the current status of the coastal areas of thecountry. On the occasion, Memon also gave anoverview of the national disaster management struc-tures in South Asian states. D Raghunandan in hispresentation via video conferencing on Skype, said thatdeveloped countries were refusing to take necessary inregard to deep emission cuts, and were even refusingto discuss the issues, despite the fact that the UnitedStates, Russia, Japan, Australia, and Canada wereclearly pushing developing countries to take up theburden under a new agreement. Almost all the SouthAsian countries had been facing similar errant rainfallpattern changes, which was causing widespread dev-astation. He linked this change to the changing climatedue to human interventions.

Dr Raghunandan further said that since SouthAsian countries have low water storage capacity, therising sea level could further affect the water resources.He said India had 60 percent rain-fed areas, and wastherefore highly vulnerable to climate variability.

Two-day conferenceon disaster response inSouth Asia begins

KARACHI: School children hold a demonstration against the illegal occupation of Muneeba School. ONLINE

two-province planto divide Seraikipeople: Haider

KARACHISTAFF REPORT

PPP manifesto committee memberand author of the theses on a separateSeraiki province, former senator TajHaider in a statement said the stand oftwo separate provinces of Bahawalpurand Multan taken by PML-N chiefMian Nawaz Sharif was an attempt todivide the Seraiki people.Haider said the Seraiki people wantedto preserve their unity and an identityseparate from that of Punjab, and allthose who believe in restoration of therights of oppressed nationalitieswould oppose the move to divide theSeraiki people.He also criticised the suggested nameof the Bahawalpur South Punjab forthe new province. According toHaider, this name negated the de-mand of the Seraiki people to have anidentity different from that of being apart of Punjab and secondly this namedid not recognise their distinct Seraikiidentity.He recalled that for more than sixdecades the province of the Pakhtunswas named NWFP denying thePakhtun people their identity. Thefederation had in fact become muchstronger and the Pakhtun had becomemuch more integrated with other na-tionalities after their province hadbeen named Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Do the Seraiki people have to wait an-other six decades to obtain the namefor their province that reflects theirrich language and culture?Issues of distribution of resources canbe easily resolved if a just course isfollowed, he added.The NFC award is after all a mathe-matical formula, which can be evenlyapplied to the new province as well.Similarly, the 10 daily schedule of 1991water accord contains the water re-quirements of every headwork.

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BAMAKOAGENCIES

AF R I C A N leaders and interna-tional officials have pledged hun-dreds of millions of dollars at adonor conference in Ethiopia tosupport military operations

against rebels in Mali.Dioncounda Traore,

Mali’s president, thanked the “entire interna-tional community” as nations offered cash or sup-port at the meeting at the African Unionheadquarters in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

About $600m has been pledged so far, in-cluding more than $120m from Japan and$96m from the US. The conference comes a dayafter French-led forces seized Mali’s fabled cityof Timbuktu as part of an offensive againstfighters who have controlled northern Mali forabout 10 months. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowlandreporting from Timbuktu on Tuesday, saidMalian troops had established a very clearphysical presence in the city.

“They’re manning checkpoints and intersec-tions and they’re talking to local people - sendinga very clear visual message that they’re in chargenow, rather than the al-Qaeda-linked rebels whoseized the city last year,” she said. “Timbuktu is avery important point along the road.”CONfERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Africanleaders and officials, as well as representativesfrom the UN, EU and China, are taking part inthe Addis Ababa conference. “We all know thegravity of the crisis,” Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,AU commission chief, said. “It is a situation thatrequires a swift and effective international re-sponse for it threatens Mali, the region, the con-tinent and even beyond.”

The AU has promised to contribute $50m,but has estimated its force in Mali will cost$460m.

There is no clear figure for how much theAddis Ababa conference is aiming to raise, al-though diplomats have suggested some $700mwill be needed for AFISMA and the Malian army,in addition to heavy humanitarian costs.

Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast president andchairman of 15-nation Economic Community ofWest African States (ECOWAS), said there was an“urgent need to speed up the deployment” of re-gional troops. A lack of cash and logistical re-sources has hampered the efforts of Africantroops to support Mali’s army. So far, just 2,000African troops have been deployed, with the bulkof the fighting borne by 2,500 French troops.France launched its offensive in Mali on January11. “We are gathered here today to provideAFISMA ways to carry out its work of restoringthe sovereignty and integrity of Mali, prerequi-sites for lasting political stability,” LaurentFabius, French foreign minister, said, using theacronym for the AU force.

Traore, the Malian president, also called on thewider Muslim world to support efforts, and to showthat “Islam at its heart does not serve as a cover forterrorism and organised crime”. Ban Ki-moon, UNchief, gave warning in advance of the conferencethat there was a “moral imperative for the entire in-ternational community” to provide support. Haile-mariam Desalegn, AU chairman and Ethiopianprime minister, thanked France for “timely sup-port” in its military intervention in Mali, as well aspraising West African troops. “Forging strong co-ordination ... will enable us to speedily restore theterritorial integrity of the country, and progressivelyaddress the challenges of terrorism and extremismin the region,” he said.

CAIROAGENCIES

The Egyptian defence minister, GeneralAbdel Fattah al-Sissi, has given warn-ing that the unrest sweeping the countrycould lead to the collapse of the state.

Failure to resolve the situation“could lead to grave repercussions if thepolitical forces do not act” to tackle it,Sissi said on Tuesday, in commentsposted on his Facebook page.

“The continuing conflict betweenpolitical forces and their differences con-cerning the management of the countrycould lead to a collapse of the state andthreaten future generations,” he said.

His comments were excerpted froma speech he gave to students at a militaryacademy.

Sissi, who is also the head of Egypt’s

military, further said that the political,economical, social and security prob-lems facing Egypt constitute “a threat tothe country’s security and stability”.

His comments will be seen as awarning to Egypt’s political class, whichhas done little to end the unrest.

The army took power in Egypt afterlongtime president Hosni Mubarakstepped down in February 2011, and itgoverned the country until presidentialelections last June. Sissi’s remarks comeafter five days of nationwide unrest thatleft 52 people dead, hundreds wounded,and major cities paralysed.

The violence started primarily inCairo and the eastern city of Suez on Fri-day, the second anniversary of the revo-lution that toppled Mubarak.

It spread on Saturday to Port Said,after a court sentenced 21 people to

death in connection with a football riotthere last year. Families of the defen-dants tried to storm the prison wheretheir relatives were held, and 32 peoplewere killed in the ensuing violence.

Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptianpresident, imposed a state of emergencyand a nighttime curfew in Suez, PortSaid and Ismailiah.

Thousands of protesters took to thestreets on Monday night in defiance ofthat curfew, chanting “down, down withMohamed Morsi.” The army did little toenforce the curfew.

In Suez, meanwhile, hundreds ofprisoners at a city jail made a failed at-tempt to escape during chaotic protests.POWERS Of ARREST: Egypt’supper house of parliament on Mondayratified a law that would grant thearmed forces powers of arrest.

Morsi invited his allies and rivals fortalks on Monday to try to resolve the po-litical crisis. But the main oppositionbloc, the National Salvation Front,which had already rejected a similar callfor dialogue last year, dismissed Morsi’soffer as “cosmetic.”

“We will not go to the dialoguetoday,” Mohamed ElBaradei, thegroup’s leader, said on Monday.

“We will send a message to theEgyptian people and the president of therepublic about what we think are the es-sentials for dialogue. If he agrees tothem, we are ready for dialogue.”

The coalition’s conditions includeda demand that Morsi accept responsibil-ity for the bloodshed and agree to forma government of national salvation,echoing previously unmet demands bythe opposition.

us senate passessandy aid bill

WASHINGTONAGENCIES

A long-delayed $50.5bn aid package for victims ofsuperstorm Sandy has cleared the US senate, threemonths after the storm destroyed and damagedhundreds of thousands of homes and businesses inNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Thepackage, approved 62-36 by the Democratic-controlled senate on Monday, now goes toPresident Barack Obama to be signed into law.Added to flood insurance legislation passed bycongress earlier this month, it brings Sandy aidappropriations to $60.2bn. All of theopposing legislators were Republicans. But nineRepublicans joined Democrats in voting yes tonarrowly cross the 60-vote threshold required toovercome a possible Republican filibuster, whichcould have delayed the bill indefinitely. The senatealso defeated a Republican amendment that soughtto offset the Sandy aid with cuts to discretionaryspending spread over the next nine years. The votewas delayed last week while senate leaderswrangled over new rules aimed at limitingfilibusters, which are routinely used by the minorityparty to block legislation supported by a majority ofthe Senate’s 100 members. Sandy’s victims “havebeen waiting for three months for their federalgovernment to step up and help them rebuild theirlives and rebuild their livelihoods”, BarbaraMikulski, Democratic senator from Maryland, said.“They have been waiting and waiting.” The packagewill provide $10bn to repair public transportinfrastructure, $5.3bn to replenish the FederalEmergency Management Agency’s disaster relieffund, and $16bn in grants for municipalities torebuild homes and businesses.

mozambique floodsdisplace thousands

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At least 150,000 people have been displaced inMozambique due to intense flooding, according to theUnited Nations. The UN said on Tuesday that thenumber displaced is expected to rise as fresh rainsspread flooding northward. At least 40 people havebeen killed so far by heavy rains and overflowing riversin the southeastern African country, which isexperiencing its worst floods in more than a decade.“People in high-risk areas are still being rescued,” RitaAlmeida, a spokeswoman for Mozambique’s NationalDisaster Management Institute, said. “We are askingpeople to move out of houses that could be destroyedby rain,” Almeida said. The south of the country hasbeen worst-hit by the flood surge, especially in theprovince of Gaza where 150,000 residents have beenforced to flee to higher ground, Patricia Nakell, a UNspokesperson, said. The town of Chokwe, which hadbeen badly damaged in floods 13 years ago, was onceagain devastated and residents sought refuge onrooftops. The UN is coordinating relief efforts withnon-governmental organisations. Aid agencies andgovernment emergency services have set up temporarycamps in elevated areas to aid the flood victims.

no survivors inKazakh plane crashASTANA: At least 22 people on board adomestic flight on Kazakhstan’s SCAT airline diedwhen their plane crashed on approach to Almatyairport. Tuesday’s crash came as the Bombardieraircraft was approaching the airport in Almaty,the nation’s largest city and former capital, in badweather conditions. It was traveling fromKokshetau in the north. “There was no fire, noexplosion. The plane just plunged to the earth,”Yuri Ilyin, deputy head of the city’s emergenciesdepartment, told the Reuters news agency nearthe scene. State news agency Kazinform cited anemergency official at the site of the crash assaying the plane was initially denied permissionto land by the airport due to poor visibility. Theplane then made a second approach, but lost itsbearings and crashed a few miles from theairport, the official said. Everyone on board diedin the crash. “Not a single part of the plane wasleft intact after it came down,” said MaulenMukashev, deputy mayor of Almaty. Al Jazeera’sRobin Forrestier-Walker, reporting from Almaty,said that although details remain scarce,“weather conditions [in the area today] are reallyappalling.” The plane came down near the villageof Kyzyltu in Almaty region. Aircraft wreckagehas been found and the site cordoned off, saidour correspondent. The plane was scheduled toarrive at 12:50pm local time (0650G); the airportwebsite lists the arrival time as ‘DELAYED’. Itwas the second plane crash in the Central Asiancountry and former Soviet republic in just a overa month. On December 25, a military transportairplane crashed in bad weather near thesouthern Kazakh city of Shymkent, killing all 27people on board. Prosecutors have said that afatal combination of technical problems, badweather and human errors caused that accident.Many of Kazakhstan’s airlines still operate oldSoviet-era planes and some regional airports arepoorly maintained. EU officials are alsoconcerned about poor training of staff. Only oneairline in Kazakhstan, state-owned Air Astana, isauthorised to fly to the EU. AGENCIES

suicide blast targetssomali security forcesMOGADISHU: It is believed that many of thosekilled or wounded in Tuesday’s bombing inMogadishu were soldiers or police. “I saw the deadbodies of six people and several others wereinjured,” Abdukadir Ali, a Somali military officialwho stayed near the scene of the attack in centralMogadishu, said on Tuesday. “The bomber wassitting near a perimeter wall and detonated himselfin the midst of a group of security forces. “There waschaos, smoke and pieces of human flesh.” AbdiFarah Shirdon Said, Somali prime minister, was inhis office at the time when the attacker struck,officials in his office said, but he was not harmed bythe blast. “The area was closed down by the securityforces. I saw several dead soldiers and othersinjured being rushed to hospital,” MohamedHussein, a witness, said. Al-Shabab has conducted aseries of guerrilla-style attacks in the Somali capital.The fighters have vowed to topple Hassan SheikhMohamud, the newly elected president who tookoffice in September after being chosen by thecountry’s new parliament, bringing an end to eightyears of transitional rule. Al-Shabab fighters are onthe back foot, having fled a string of vital townsahead of a 17,000-strong African Union force, whichis fighting alongside Somali government troops towrest territory off the armed group. AGENCIES

Donors pledge millionsfor war-torn Mali

egyptian army chief warns of ‘state collapse’

Santa Maria: Brazilian mourners gather on tuesday to remember the 231 people who died in the Kiss nightclub fire the other day. AgENCIES

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MINISTER for Infor-mation and Broad-casting Qamar ZamanKaira on Tuesday saidthe government

wanted to create consensus on thecaretaker setup and holding electionsfor the National and provincial assem-blies on the same day and consulta-tions with all political forces for thispurpose were underway.

Talking to reporters after thelaunch of the website of the Informa-tion Service Academy (ISA), Kaira saidOpposition Leader in the National As-sembly Nisar Ali Khan had hinted thatit was not necessary that elections forall assemblies should be held on thesame day, adding that it was possible

but the federal government was hold-ing consultations with all politicalforces to reach a consensus on the datefor the elections.

To a question, the informationminister said the government was ofthe view that it was duty bound toserve the people until the dissolutionof the assemblies and the ElectionCommission of Pakistan could not im-pose any restrictions on the govern-ment’s working. He said if the fundsfor the ongoing projects were stopped,development would suffer. “Techni-cally speaking the election commissioncannot bar the government from per-forming its duties,” he added.

About the possible name of thecaretaker prime minister, Kaira hopedthat the leader of the House and theleader of the opposition would reach aconsensus which would be acceptable

to the entire nation.He said some people belonging to

the media made news out of their per-sonal biases against the PPP and thenorganised talk shows on those so-called news which was unjustified.

About the scheduled sit-in of thePakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, theinformation minister said the party’sleadership was confused.

“First they should clear theirstance on whether they are with theECP or against it… as their stance onKarachi voters’ lists and delimitationissue is against the ECP,” he said.

Kaira said the PML-N had the fo-rums of National and provincial as-semblies as well as the Senate at itsdisposal to raise its voice for the issueof empowering the ECP, but theywanted to settle the matter throughstreet protests.

On Nisar’s remarks about thecommission for creation of newprovinces in the Punjab, he said it wasunfortunate that he had used deroga-tory words about senior parliamentar-ian Farhatullah Babar.

Kaira advised the oppositionleader to be careful in his choice of dic-tion, adding that otherwise the PPPleadership would be forced to use sim-ilar language about him.

He said the recommendationsgiven by the commission were not finalas those would be tabled in the Na-tional as well as provincial assembliesfor approval.

Earlier, while delivering his speechafter the launch of the ISA website, theminister said the ISA was playing animportant role in training not only theinformation group probationers butmedia persons as well.

Govt wants consensus oncaretakersetup, elections date, says Kaira

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A global poll, released on the eve of the NewYear, conveys a hopeful message that eco-nomic gloom is subsiding worldwide andthat hopes about the economy have risenfrom -2 percent to 7 percent, a rise of 9 per-centage points from a year ago.

According to the findings, Pakistanisare rising on the global ladder of hope.Compared to a year ago, net hope rises by17 percentage points from last year. Amongthose interviewed, 32 percent of Pakistanisare hopeful about economy, 27 percent be-lieve it will be difficult while 30 percent be-lieve this year will be the same as last year.However, 12 percent did not give a view.

The gloomy trend in Western Europeappears to have been arrested while NorthAmerica is slightly less gloomy than it was,says the poll, and adds that there is a no-table upsurge of economic hope in Chinaand India.

The global survey was carried out bythe world’s largest independent networkof opinion pollsters, WIN-Gallup Interna-tional in 54 countries, among more than

55,817 men and women, covering vast ma-jority of world population. The networkhas conducted this annual poll for 35 yearssince 1977.

A key question in the global surveyasked was, compared to this year, in youropinion, will next year be a year of eco-nomic prosperity, economic difficulty or re-main the same?

According to the WIN-Gallup Interna-tional global barometer of hope and hap-piness, 35 percent of the world is hopefulabout economic prospects in 2013, while28 percent expect it to be worse than2012, 29 percent expect no change fromprevious year while 8 percent were unableto give an answer.

Global economic hope was 2 percenton new year eve in 2010; it declined to -2percent in 2011 but had risen notably to 7percent in 2012. The positive change ismainly due to resurgence of hope in Indiaand China. At the same time the gloom inWestern Europe has been arrested andslightly declined from -46 percent a yearago to -48 percent at this year end. InNorth America it has improved from -25percent to -12 percent

Kamran had suicidaltendencies: report

The deceased National Accountability Bureau investigationofficer, Kamran Faisal, suffered from various mental illnessesincluding schizophrenia, delusions, manic-depressivepsychosis, anxiety disorder, insomnia, amnesia, and suicidaldepression, a private TV channel reported on Monday. Themedical reports show that Kamran had been under thetreatment of a psychiatrist, Dr Azra. One of the prescriptionsshows she had diagnosed him with almost all thepsychological disorders mentioned above. In one of herremarks on a report, she wrote, Kamran had suicidaltendencies. Kamran’s psychosis peaked in the year 2012.Since 1999, Kamran was on Olanzia, a local brand ofOlanzapine, a drug prescribed for the treatment ofschizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mentaldisorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processesand poor emotional responsiveness. MONITORING DESK

man commits suicide afterkilling wife, 5 childrenfAISALABAD: A man committed suicide after shooting hiswife and five children to death in a suburban area of the city onTuesday. At least seven bodies were recovered from a houselocated in Chak-109 village on Jaranwala Road. Police said theincident occurred between 6.30am to 7am when Qasim, 45,killed his wife Aasia, his 18-year-old son Asif, 7-year-olddaughter Maryam, 6-year-old son Ali Raza, five-year-old sonRaju and 1.5-year-old daughter Ayesha. City Police Officer(CPO) Bilal Kamyana said actual facts would come to the foreonly after investigations. Qasim’s brother Nazim said hisbrother had no enmity with anyone, nor were the victims livingin poverty. According to a senior superintendent of police(Operations), the head of the family shot himself in the headwith a pistol. However, the cause of death of other familymembers is still unknown. Local villagers said they did nothear any gunshot, adding that they found the bodies afterforcing into the house in the morning, when they did not findthe door of the victims’ house open. ONLINE

lhc stays appointments infia from grade 16 to 19LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday stayedappointments in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) fromgrade 16 to 19 until March 7. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah issuedthe order on a writ petition filed by FIA Lahore AssistantDirector Khalid Anees, challenging the transfer and absorptionof officers on deputation in the FIA. The petitioner’s counsel,Hafiz Tariq Nasim, informed the court that according to rules,officials only belonging to law, engineering, income tax,customs, accounts and investigation departments could workon deputation, if required and that the officers on deputationcould not be absorbed on regular basis in the FIA. The counselfurther argued that if those on deputation were absorbed, theright of promotion of regular FIA employees would be affectedbadly. He asked the court to send back officers on deputation totheir parent departments. Accepting the plea, the court stayedthe appointments and summoned the deputy attorney generalto submit para wise comments on the next date of hearing. APP

sc seeks replies over judges’pensionary benefitsISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday soughtconcise statements within one week from the parties andrespondents over an issue of pensionary benefits of thejudges of the superior courts. A five-member larger benchcomprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice TariqParvez, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed andJustice Sheikh Azmat Saeed took up a constitutional issueunder Article 184 regarding pensionary benefits of thejudges of superior courts from the date of retirements,irrespective of their length of service. The bench, besidesdirecting the parties and respondents to submit theirstatements, also sought the attorney general of Pakistan forassistance over the issue. The bench also appointed seniorlawyers Makhdoom Ali Khan, Salman Akram Raja amongothers as amici curiae in the case. APP

no limitations on legislature’slawmaking, sc told

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Anwar Mansoor Khan, a counsel for the Sindhgovernment contended before the Supreme Court onTuesday that the legislature, under the constitutionalscheme, had no limitations on its lawmaking powers.Khan said under such powers, the Sindh Assemblyapplied its wisdom and unanimously adopted theSindh Peoples Local Government Act 2012. He wasarguing before a three-member bench – headed byChief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry andincluding Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice SheikhAzmat Saeed – in response to a constitutional pleamoved by Barrister Zameer Hussain Ghumro againstthe act as based upon discrimination andfundamental rights of the residents of province. Thecounsel said there was not a single dissenting noteover the recently adopted legislation in the House.“By mere citing of certain constitutional provisions,the wisdom of the assembly cannot be termedunconstitutional,” Khan added. He also stronglyobjected to the use of the term ‘malafide’ by thepetitioner, saying it was based upon mereapprehensions. To a query, he said the provincialexecutive had not abdicated its authority through thisact but it had devolved certain powers to a tier of thegovernment, which was well defined in the relevantprovisions of the Local Government Act.

pakistanis rising on global ladderof economic hope: survey

g information minister says consultations with all political forces for the purpose underway

SKARDU: A view of the soil erosion caused by a lake that was formed in River Baltoro by a massive landslide. INP

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The need to hold polls timely

Save the system

One doesn’t know who is at Tahirul Qadri’s back. Hissupport for the role of army and judiciary in settingup of the Election Commission and the caretakersetup had raised many eyebrows. DG ISPR, however,promptly denied that the military establishment had

anything to do with his politics. As the SC has all along maintainedthat the elections must be held on time, it is generally understoodthat it will not approve of the activities of the TMQ chief whichcould postpone the elections indefinitely. Qadri, however, hasalready got the government to agree to extend the period of thescrutiny of candidates’ papers to thirty days. The extension of theperiod was aimed at ensuring that the candidates fulfilled thecriteria mentioned in various clauses of Article 62. There is aperception that these clauses leave too much to the discretion ofthe interpreting authority and any strict interpretation could leadto the disqualification of a fairly large section of the candidates. Itwas for the government and the opposition to have replaced theseambiguous clauses with more concrete requirements in consonancewith present day realities when they were preparing the 20thamendment. Now they will have to keep a fairly long list ofcovering candidates to ensure that at least one of them manages tofulfil the criteria.

This time Tahirul Qadri is relying on judiciary to achieve whathe failed to get through the long march. He has threatened tochallenge the appointment of the EC and the use of discretionaryfunds at the disposal of the PM, chief ministers and cabinetmembers. A committee of prominent lawyers appointed by thegovernment has already held that the EC has been set up inaccordance with the constitutional provisions and cannot bereconstituted. The government maintains that the allocateddiscretionary funds enjoy parliamentary approval. On Monday, thePPP core committee held an urgent meeting at the presidencywhere it rejected any unconstitutional changes in the electoralsystem at the behest of any individual or group. What strategy thegovernment has to secure the system presently under threat is yetunknown. Meanwhile, the interior minister has said there arereports of grave internal threats to destabilise Karachi in days tocome.

With foreign troops leaving Afghanistan and the militants stillon the rampage, Pakistan faces a crucial situation. All organs ofstate and agencies at its disposal have to ensure a smooth andtimely transfer of power. Unless the country has a stablegovernment with a fresh mandate for five years, the army may notget the much needed political support in its fight against militancy.What is at stake is the integrity and stability of the country. Onehopes the SC and the army high command would ensure that noneis allowed to create hurdles in the holding of timely polls.

Having comprehensively beatenEngland 3-0, then the world Testmatch top dogs, in the ‘home’ se-

ries staged in the UAE in 2011-12, the green-shirts no doubt possess the ability, talentand experience to overthrow the presentnumber one team, which is none other thantheir entertaining current host, South Africa.

Their self-belief and morale would havereceived a timely boost with a 2-1 ODI serieswin over India in enemy territory, with somegood performances all round, and above alla welcome show of fighting spirit that waspreviously absent. It was this latter defi-ciency that had resulted in the sometimesfarcical, sometimes almost comical perform-

ances and the ‘unpredictability’ label, de-spite the immense promise and potential.But it would take some effort, both of thewillow and of the will, to upset the champi-ons at the present time.

Since the 2010/11 season, the Proteastoo have gone from strength to strength andare at the peak of their confidence and form.In August 2012, they had become the firstteam ever to be ranked world number one inall three formats of the game. Some achieve-ment, as they had come in from the‘apartheid cold’ only in 1991.

They have not lost a Test series aftertheir 2-0 triumph in the West Indies in2010, have beaten Australia 1-0 on the2012/13 away series Down Under, not aneasy task by any means, and lately blownaway the touring Kiwis 2-0. Their so-called‘chocker’ tag apparently applies only in theovers-limited versions of the game, for in theTest matches Down Under, both theirbowlers and batsmen remained focusedthroughout the series in a laudable displayof concentration and purpose.

In the second match at the AdelaideOval in November 2012, Francois du Plessissingle-handedly withstood the Aussie bowl-ing attack for 466 minutes and faced 376balls in scoring an unbeaten 110, to avertcertain defeat and keep the series win in thethird Test alive.

With captain Graeme Smith returning toform, and the likes of legend Jacques Kallis,Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, du Plessis, DaleSteyn, Vernon Philander and Mornie Morkelmaking up the Test squad, there is hardly achink to be found in the Proteas armour,while their fielding too is splendid. If the op-ponent does win, it will only be through su-perlative performances in all areas, and thewinner too would not be without physicalbruises and mental scars after the event.

Formidable though this bowling andbatting line-up might be, yet another chal-lenging obstacle remains to be overcome bythe visitors, and especially those from thesubcontinent. In place of the comforting flat-tracks and normally sunny conditions backhome, they are suddenly confronted notonly by pitches with a nasty bounce andswing, but also vastly different weather con-ditions in precipitation, humidity, tempera-ture and sudden climate changes.

The famous, almost iconic, Wanderersground at Johannesburg, the venue of thefirst Pakistan-Proteas Test, is especially un-nerving to visitors because of its exceptionalpace and bounce. In this case, at least, SouthAfrica seem to be following the Australian(and later the West Indian) pattern of over-awing visiting teams with a pace battery ona helpful pitch in the first encounter, as theKangaroos usually did in the Dennis Lillee-Geoff Thompson era. Terrified touring sides,

after a four-day practice match, were thrustin the inferno of the then lightning fast Perthwicket only to emerge with broken reputa-tions, not to mention limbs.

With only three Tests to be played, com-ing back from a one-down defeat in humili-ating circumstances in the first match, is atough proposition and an uphill task for thelosers. So, as always, the first Test beginningon February 1 is crucial, if Pakistan is tobreak its jinx of never winning a Test seriesin South Africa. If there is one place, in whichnot only ‘doing more’ but giving a hundredpercent matters, it is at the Wanderers.

The toss and the weather might play amajor role in Johannesburg, as partly cloudyweather (with possible rain) and high hu-midity (with light winds) have been forecastfor the duration of the match. These condi-tions are ideal for pace and seam. The teambatting first is likely to face difficulties oreven total disaster, if it panics.

The performance in the four day prac-tice match against the South African Invita-tion XI has revealed a perturbing weaknessin the Pakistani middle order, which col-lapsed in the all too familiar manner in bothinnings, although the in-form openers andthe bowlers appear to have adjusted to thechanged (and rain-interrupted) conditionsin East London.

But the off-field dramas, the leadingcause of internal discord, that have always

plagued and followed the Pakistan cricket-ing tourists, have already begun. Some dif-ferences regarding selection which surfacedwhen the team was announced have nowcome out in the open. It was obvious thenthat a much tried but unfulfilling batsman,had been inexplicably included, while thefour-man pace department, which includingan unknown rookie and an exciting giant ofsuspect fitness, was one bowler short.

This has now necessitated the urgentdispatch to Johannesburg of reinforcementsin the form of two fast bowlers, the 34-year-old Tanvir Ahmed and the left-arm swingbowler Rahat Ali, although to most peoplethe obvious choice was, or should have been,Wahab Riaz. One can only hope that all thischopping and changing at the eleventh hourworks out for Pakistan in the end.

Amid all the commercialism, astronom-ical payouts, media hype and theatrics ofmodern-day cricket, the players tend to for-get that they are privileged enough to be rep-resenting their country.

Above everything else, the hugely tal-ented Pakistani cricketers must keep this inmind and realize that millions of their coun-trymen are hoping for them to come good onthis tour. If they perform as a unit, ‘one forall, and all for one’, with motivation and un-shakeable determination, they can bringsome desperately needed cheer to a discon-solate people.

greenshirts the giant killers?

Aleader is a person in a groupor society that exercises dis-proportionate influence,power and authority overthe followers and deter-

mines their goals and mobilises them forachievement of the identified goals. In thepolitical and societal domains credibleleaders emerge through a gradual processspread over time. It is a lifetime effort tosustain the leadership at a position of sig-nificance. The quick rise to position ofleadership is possible in non-democratic,authoritarian, personalised civilian andmilitary regimes. In Pakistan, the militarypulled up many people to position of lead-ership through co-option and manipula-tion of the political process. Such aleadership acquires autonomous statusonly by developing strong roots in thepeople and distancing itself from the mil-itary and personalised rule.

There are other examples of quickrise of leadership in Pakistan. Dr TahirulQadri is the latest example of such lead-ership. He dominated Pakistan’s media aswell as the political scene for a week inJanuary who showed his strength by mo-bilising his religious followers on a marchto Islamabad and then threatened to un-leash them to attack the government in-stallations there. By the end of January

his political standinghas slipped downwards.

Though ImranKhan has been in activepolitics since 1996, itwas in October 2011, hispublic meeting in La-hore, that took thecountry by surprise. Hispublic meetings else-where, especially inKarachi (December2011) and Quetta(March 2012), wereequally impressive. Anumber of leaders fromdifferent parties rushedto join his bandwagonas an opportunity tobuild their political for-tune with the help ofImran’s surge. Now, inJanuary 2013, ImranKhan’s political graphhas gone down and hisparty faces internalproblems as he holdsparty elections.

The quick rise ofsuch leaders can be at-tributed partly to thegrowing alienationamong the people from

the current political arrangements andpartly to the success of these leaders tobuild on the current frustrations of thepeople and their aspirations for the fu-ture.

This negative perception of the cur-rent political arrangement is being rein-forced by a persistent propaganda againstthem by those who want some supernat-ural person to emerge and solve theirproblem. They want the replication of theideal Islamic notion of leadership as prac-ticed in the earliest days of Islam. Thepeople close to the bureaucratic and mil-itary establishment also engage in anti-democracy propaganda that describes thepolitical leaders as nothing but corrupt,incompetent and selfish.

The periodic remarks of some judgesof the Supreme Court and their judg-ments in a number of cases, as reportedin the media, cause the crisis of legitimacyfor elected civilian government at the fed-eral level. It is unprecedented that theSupreme Court removed one electedprime minister and ordered the arrestand filing of a reference against another.These developments have contributed toundermining the reputation of civilianleaders and democratic processes andstrengthened those opposed to parlia-mentary democracy.

The political leaders in power havenot done anything significant to nullifythe ongoing propaganda against them byimproving governance and political man-agement. Their performance continues tobe poor.

Such a state of affairs creates acutesocial, political and economic crises in thesociety and the people lose confidence intheir capacity to change their conditions.They feel dis-empowered, unable to con-trol their future. With the decline ofMarxism and Socialism, religious ideolo-gies give hope to the people and society insearch of self-confidence and socio-polit-ical identity. In Islamic countries literalistand fundamentalist Islamic appeals haveattracted a large number of people.

The people’s quest for a leader whowill solve their problems instantly createsample opportunity for those performingin non-political domains to cash theirnon-political success in the political do-main. Imran Khan entered the politicaldomain after performing in cricket andsocial welfare. He also projects himself asan Islamist and sympathetic to the Tal-iban. Tahirul Qadri attempted to turn hisreligious appeal into political force.

With growing religiosity in Pakistan alarge number of people view leadershippurely in religious term and want to repli-cate the principles and structures of the

earliest idealised period of Islamic his-tory. Therefore, the ordinary people areelated when any leader, like Tahirul Qadriand Imran Khan, promises to cleanse thesociety of corrupt people or that onlypious people should contest elections orhold power.

However, the meteoric rise of leader-ship cannot be sustained merely on criti-cism of those in power or other politicaladversaries. These leaders have to go be-yond criticism by offering a detailed andpractical plan of action to create an idealsocial and political order inspired by theearliest period of Islam. What steps wouldactually be taken given the constraints oftroubled economy and stepped up reli-gious extremism and terrorism to changethe fortune of the people. Both ImranKhan and Tahirul Qadri have condemnedthe present political order but have beenunable to give a practical plan of action tosolve the problems. Therefore, such lead-ers will lose support if they cannot go be-yond criticism of their politicaladversaries.

Further, most of these leaders favoura solo political flight or want others to ac-cept their lead role. This posture conflictswith the changing realities of Pakistanipolitics. A single super-leader cannotdominate politics. The success in politicsnow depends on working with other lead-ers and parties. They have to build politi-cal partnership and coalitions which is notpossible without political accommodation.

No matter how one criticises the ex-isting political forces, most political par-ties have built a core support for them inthe society which does not shift becausethese parties have worked for it over time.The PPP, various groups of the PakistanMuslim League, MQM, ANP and some re-gional and Islamic parties have estab-lished support bases that keep them alive.

Imran has to compete with a numberof political parties of political right and Is-lamic orientation. Qadri’s religious lead-ership is not endorsed by those who donot share his Islamic ‘maslak’. A numberof Islamic parties with Barelvi orientationalso reject his political agenda.

The newly emerging leaders are ex-pected to make impact on Pakistani poli-tics. However, the current indications arethat the traditional political parties andgroups would continue to dominate Pak-istani politics. If the non-elected state in-stitutions extend some blessings to thenew leaders and others opposed to ongo-ing parliamentary democracy, they canpull down the old leadership.

The writer is an independent politi-cal and defence analyst.

The leadership roleHow Pakistani politics allows person-centred leadership

Ability and talent is definitely there

By Khawaja Manzar Amin

10 Wednesday, 30 January, 2013Comment

By Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi

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A clarificationThis is with reference to the publication of the

edited version of the interview of Hon’ble ExternalAffairs Minister of India in your paper dated Mon-day, 28 January, 2013, under the title “LoC incidentgot --- out of hand”. The High Commission findsthat the text of the published interview in yournewspaper contains selective excerpts from the fullinterview of the Hon’ble Minister available at theweblink of Outlook India, at www.outlookindia.com.A shortened edited version of the interview appearsin the outlook magazine of February 4, 2013.

Your newspaper has edited the full interviewfrom the heading down to the final complete text.Such selective rendering introduces gross distortionby taking away the context of the minister’s answerscontained in the original interview. For example,the answer to the last question omits from the origi-nal altogether the significant portion of groups thatexploit religion for unwholesome purpose. It is alsoagainst the journalistic practice to tamper with thetext of an interview published elsewhere while mak-ing no effort to convey to your readers that the textcarried in your newspaper is selectively excerpted.

JANARDAN SINGHFirst Secretary, High

Commission of India, Islamabad

can anyone explain?Can anyone in the government take little trouble

to explain a few recently happening mysteries? Thefirst and the foremost is why has ten-member dele-gation, half of them federal ministers, come to La-hore in probably a chartered flight to appraise DrTuQ on latest on ‘Islamabad Declaration’? Who is DrTuQ and what authority does he hold in Pakistan?Why is Husain Haqqani not coming to Pakistan?Who let him go in the first place when he came beg-ging that he did not write that memo? What author-ity does this admiral of NAB has to openly decry SCand appeal to President? He may resign or retire oreven migrate to US but why has he blamed SC forasking the NAB Chairman to arrest culprits likeTauqeer Sadiq or Raja Sahib in RPP?

Why and in what capacity is Bilawal sitting nextto the President of Pakistan? Is Zardari the Presi-dent of Pakistan and/or the co-chairman of PPP? Ifso, then why not Nawaz, Asfandyar, Altaf and someothers too? Or is Bilawal declared as the crownprince? Why has Kamran’s alleged suicide case beendistorted with so many irrelevant and frivolous ex-cuses? Why is our President going to US in April?

These mysteries are mind-boggling. I advocatedin your daily of 29th that these elections should becancelled indefinitely. We are adding to our miseriesby putting further burden on our depleting exchequer

by holding the drama of elections. Already Malala’sbill and bills of chartered flights (not to mention thepsychedelic ties of Rehman Malik) are mounting thepressure. As a diabetes patient I remember my doc-tor’s instructions that a pint of sweet will enhance mysugar level. I wish that these mysteries are solved sothat they help our already sick economy.

AMJAD H MIRZALahore

How Pakistanis were treated A group of Pakistani academicians – two profes-

sors and their three students – from Lahore set out toattend the recently held literature festival at Jaipur,India. They entered India via the Wahaga land borderon Jan 24 wherein they were informed that thescheduled train to Jaipur has been cancelled and theyhad to go to Delhi. Next morning they took a taxifrom Delhi to Jaipur. Soon after checking in a hotel,intelligence police took them to their office. Afterspending six hours in their office, they were asked togo back to Delhi and get registered at a police station.When they reached Delhi, they were informed byDelhi police that they had unnecessarily travelled toDelhi and could go back to Jaipur at any time. Whenthey reached Jaipur on Jan 26, they were againgreeted by intelligence police to complete the paper-work, continued all day. On Jan 27, they were able tojoin the literature festival which concluded on Jan 28.

Obviously it was a tactic to psychologically (andfinancially) scare the Pakistani guests. If oppositionparties had demonstrated against the participation ofPakistani writers, that would have been understand-able. However, it was the government machinerywhich must be working on some previously chalkedout strategy. Not a very promising way to reinstatedelicate relations at public level between these twoodd and insensitive neighbours.

MASOOD KHANJubail, Saudi Arabia

nAB chairman’s temerityNAB Chairman Fasih Bokhari had the temerity to

try to take on the Supreme Court of Pakistan by writ-ing to the President that he could not work properlydue to the pressure of Apex Court on NAB to expediteinvestigation of cases which would force him to re-sign. This is a preposterous attitude ignoring Article190 of the Constitution that clearly states that “all ex-ecutive and judicial authorities throughout Pakistanshall act in aid of the Supreme Court”. Perhaps FasihBokhari in his inflated ego still thinks he is a servingadmiral to behave in this haughty manner. The ApexCourt has shown proverbial patience in dealing withthe NAB which has always dragged its feet so as toavoid acting on the orders of the court in respect ofcertain high-ups of the govt involved in mega scamsof looted money. This reflects sadly on the head of thestate who has allowed free for all attitude to denigratethe Apex Court by the state functionaries ostensiblyappointed to belittle the Supreme Court to thwart itin its role of delivering justice.

This is an unfortunate situation requiring fullsupport by the people to enable the court to functionas per the constitution and Islamic norms to rendercomplete justice to all including the high and mighty.

DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTILahore

11Wednesday, 30 January, 2013 Comment

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Blasphemy laws in Pakistan

Ineffective yet deadly

The blasphemy law in Pakistan has so far provedto be ineffective, yet strangely it has proven tobe instrumental in extrajudicial killings of

many a citizen. What is the solution for this religiousintolerance in Pakistan? Why is religion used or mis-used by the followers of Islamic code? What remedy isbeing provided to the victims of false accusations ofblasphemy? The aforementioned issues are hard to ad-dress, much less offered a solution with.

The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, through its sec-tion 295 provides variety of punishments includingcapital punishment for blasphemy. As per section 295-B, “Whoever wilfully defiles, damages or desecrates acopy of the Holy Qur'an or of an extract therefrom oruses it in any derogatory manner or for any unlawfulpurpose shall be punishable with imprisonment forlife.” Similarly, as per section 295-C, “Whoever bywords, either spoken or written, or by visible repre-sentation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinu-ation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name ofthe Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life,and shall also be liable to fine.” Both these sectionsclearly use the word “willingly” which can only be in-terpreted as intentional act to tarnish the religiousfeelings of Muslims.

In 2009, Asia Bibi, a 30-year-old Christianwoman in village Ittan Wali, Sheikhupura, wascharged with blasphemy for allegedly passing deroga-tory remarks against the Prophet (PBUH). The ac-cused was granted capital punishment by the SessionsCourt and the issue got worldwide attention being thefirst such case of capital punishment for a female ongrounds of blasphemy. The remarks passed by thenGovernor Salmaan Taseer on the issue of blasphemyresulted in his sad demise at the hands of his own se-curity guard. Shahbaz Bhatti, federal minister of mi-nority affairs, got assassinated as a result of the samecause against blasphemy. The evidence provided inAsia Bibi case has raised many eyebrows and is con-sidered a bad precedent in many legal circles.

In August 2012, Rimsha Masih, a minor Christiangirl from Mehrabadi, Islamabad, was arrested by po-lice on charges of blasphemy for allegedly burning thepages of Quran. The issue also got worldwide attentiondue to its continuous twists and turns and the involve-ment of Imam in allegedly creating false grounds ofblasphemy further heightened the inter-communaltension in Pakistan. However, Rimsha was released

on bail and is living in an undisclosed location withher other family members.

In December 2012, an unknown man was beatento death and then his corpse was burnt by the angrymob in Sita village of Dadu district. The accused washeld up in village police station where he was keptunder the allegations of allegedly burning the copiesof Quran in a mosque. Angry mob attacked the policestation and took the accused into town streets. He wasbeaten by sticks, stones and other available armoury.After his death, people spat on his corpse and thenlater, to their satisfaction, they burnt his dead bodyto prove their love for God and the Holy Book.

As per Islamic teachings, both Quran and Sunnahrequire Muslims to observe tolerance, forbearance.All the Muslims are required to follow the due processof law before punishing any man or woman for com-mitting any such acts. The concept of Hadd and Tazirhas been clearly outlined in the Holy Book, yet the fol-lowers of the very Book forget what it says. The wholeconcept of Islamic punishments in Pakistani societyis based on partial learning of Quranic teachings byImams and other religious teachers. However, thecases of blasphemy in Pakistan mostly end up vio-lently. The accused rarely get to pass through the dueprocess of law as it happened in the recently decidedBarkat Masih case. Barkat Masih, a 56-year-oldChristian, was falsely charged with the allegations ofblasphemy after his refusal to hand over duplicatekeys of a shrine where he used to work. However,there is no guarantee to the life of Barkat in such hos-tile environment.

Recent years have seen an increase in the num-ber of reported cases of deaths of numerous Pak-istani citizens belonging to different religions,including Islam, on charges of blasphemy. Somewere declared wajib-ul-qatl by fanatics and some suf-fered the wrath of angry mobs charged with the loveof Islam. There is no indication under Pakistani lawfor providing punishments to the people who insti-gate, incite the religious feelings of people in the so-ciety and use religion as a tool to their benefit.Pakistani society is divided into sects, sub-sects andso on. There are groups have no tolerance for thepeople of other groups, sects, religion. They areworking under the narrative of jihad against theforces of Kuffaar. They will keep killing in this reli-giously hostile society unless and until the staterecognises its role and starts realising the fact thatthe survival of Pakistan relies on developing an en-vironment of tolerance where the opinions and reli-gions of others are respected.

So far our ignorance on the issue of blasphemy hasresulted in the abuse of this law. The laws are ineffec-tive without due process being followed. Punishmentagainst blasphemy must be ensured but only after fol-lowing the complete procedure outlined under both Is-lamic and Common Law. Such punishments won’t becondemned. The real enemies of Pakistan are within,using religion as a cover. The survival of Pakistan is atstake. The state has to perform its role.

The writer can be reached at a.amjad@decuri-ous.com

By Adeel Amjad

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COURTESy TIME

OW does a journalist who hasnever written a book before andwas previously best known forhis features in The Palm BeachPost end up finishing a best-selling biography series of the

most commanding British statesman ofmodern times? Ask Paul Reid. He wrote

the lion’s share of The Last Lion: WinstonSpencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm,1940-1965, after William Manchester, theauthor who started the book, passed away.The third and final volume of the biogra-phy of Sir Winston S. Churchill beginsshortly after he was elected prime ministerand guides readers through the war and itsaftermath, up until his death in 1965.TIMEtalked to Reid about Churchill’s quirks,Manchester’s writing process and finishinga book more than 20 years in the making.The Last Lion starts off with colorfuldetails about Churchill’s style —such as his habit of sitting in bed,wearing a pink robe, and drinking abottle of wine for breakfast.The preamble is meant to introduceChurchill to people who may not havemet him before. It was meant to give youa skim coat of his character so that whenyou find him in the story, laying in bedwith a bottle of wine, you’re not sur-prised. You don’t want to meet the char-acter yelling at a young typist and notknow if that’s abnormal behavior. Andwow, what a character.You write that Gone with the Windwas one of Churchill’s favoritefilms — and also one of AdolfHitler’s. So that’s one thing theyhad in common?They also had in common a hatred ofwhistling. Churchill banned whistling inthe government building. One day, withhis bodyguard, he was walking through

Author Paul Reid on how he came to write Churchill’s biography

AFTeR spending more than a decade in the indus-try, Bipasha Basu feels that an actor’s life is noteasy. Bipasha, 34, who started her career with anegative character in 2001 hit ‘Ajnabee’, says she

now wants to do challenging roles. “It is true that hungerand fierceness to do some good work is little more than be-fore in my life. Whatever I am going to do would be an hon-est reflection of my true self; my performance won’t becorrupt. “Acting is a brutal profession but I would maintain

my own dignity and pride. An actor’s life is never easy. Itis always a Friday that decides how she is going to do inmonths to come,” Bipasha told . Bipasha was last seenin Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Raaz’. her evil character in the film

was received well and opened doors for many newprojects. But Bipasha says she is not on a signingspree after the success of the film. “For the lastseven years I have been doing three films at max-imum in a year. It is going to be the same in future

as well. I want to do good work. Also,the kind of balance that I havestruck in my life is for the keeps,”she says. Bipasha feels that she

performs better when she steps outof her comfort zone. “I have cometo realise that whenever I step intounsafe zones, I perform better.The kind of films that I have donein the recent past or am doingnow are some risky steps.“These kind of roles can leave avery strong image about you.

however, this is a risk worthtaking. Also, I am sure au-dience too has maturedenough to understand thedifference between reeland real life.” Bipashawill be seen next inVikram’s another 3Dfilm ‘Creature’ andNawazuddin Sid-

diqui starrer‘Aatma’.

ACTING IS A BRUTAL

profession

During a recent interview with

Celebuzz, “Jersey Shore” alum Nicole

“Snooki” Polizzi revealed that she

vaguely remembers Lohan and Pauly

D hooking up once when the cast was in Los

Angeles promoting the first season of their MTV

reality series, which premiered in 2009. “I feel

like Pauly made out with her once, but I don’t

know,” Snooki told Celebuzz when talking about

her opinion of the troubled starlet. “It was the

first time in L.A. and I feel like she was flirting

with Pauly — and I feel like they made out. But

that was like three years ago.” “I never met her

but I think she’s great,” she added. In 2009,

Lohan had just broken up with DJ Samantha

Ronson, her last serious relationship. Pauly was

just a DJ from Rhode Island who spent the

summer at the Jersey Shore. Splash News

caught up with the “Pauly D Project” star in

Australia to ask if the Lohan hookup really

happened. “Not my type,” he said about the “Liz

& Dick” star. When the Splash News reporter

said Snooki was the one who spilled the gossip,

Pauly laughed but never denied it. Whether or

not Snooki’s memory is accurate, Lohan’s taste

in men has certainly changed. These days, the

26-year-old has been shacking up with U.K. boy

bander Max George, from The Wanted. George

has denied he and the “Canyons” actress are an

item, but TMZ reports that Lohan and George

are friends with benefits. They hook up, but

have a no-strings-attached relationship that she

isn’t taking too seriously. NEWS DESK

LINDSAY,PAULY D ‘MADEOUT’ ONCE

Los angeles amandaSeyfried poses at theProducers Guildawards in Beverly Hills

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Whitehall toward Parliament. A littleboy was whistling, and Churchill wentout of his way to cross the street and yellat him, “Stop that!” And the little boyanswered back (I’m paraphrasingwildly), “Who are you old man?”Churchill harrumphed, and the little boywent off and probably started whistlingagain. But Churchill hated whistling,and he hated cowbells. And telephonesringing. And clocks ticking. And any-thing that would upset his equilibrium.But somehow, all the drinkingdidn’t throw him off. Well, he had a miracle metabolism. Hewas who he was. Anyone who tried todrink like that would be in big trouble. Iput the drinking out there, but I’m carefulto say he could do it without any effect,and Eleanor Roosevelt recognized that.Yet even after he had a few brandies, youdidn’t want to have an argument with theguy or discuss tactics. And then there was that timePresident franklin D. Rooseveltwandered in while Churchill was naked. Churchill was all soldier. He didn’t lookit as a round, balding fellow of 65 push-ing 70, but he was once a young, dash-ing soldier. Out in the field, there’s nomodesty. So he thought nothing ofwalking naked out of his bathroom andcalling out to a private secretary,“Bring me the latest report!” It didn’tmatter who was in the room or the hall-way. I’m sure a lot of people walked inon him lots of times when he was starknaked. Didn’t bother him. Didn’tbother Roosevelt either.Churchill also did not know whofrank Sinatra was. When thesinger ran up to him and shook hishand, Churchill asked his privatesecretary, “Who the hell was that?”There’s a lot to that scene. First,Churchill simply didn’t like to betouched, except maybe his wife wouldput her hand on his. Second, this

stranger is the most famous singer in theworld, and Churchill doesn’t know it. Hewas not narcissistic, but he was inward-looking, and his doctor and othersources say the same thing. He didn’t re-ally care what you think and didn’t careat all what you feel, even up to and in-cluding his own family. In that one littlescene, you’ve got his aversion to beingtouched and his self-centered world-view: there’s Winston Churchill, andthen there’s everybody else — includingthis world-famous singer, and he doesn’teven know who he is. And more impor-tantly, he doesn’t even care.

But he also read everything: thecomplete Shakespeare, the Bible — fornuance in his speechifying — historians,the ancient Greeks, medieval philoso-phers, scientific studies, psychologybooks, geopolitical analysis, newspa-pers, novelists, like the Hornblower nov-els, which we would call beach-readingnow. So yes, he had these funny quirks,but meanwhile, he’s reading everything— and singing Gilbert and Sullivan allthe time that he’s reading.How did you react when WilliamManchester asked you to finishwriting The Last Lion?

I’ve told people I was flabbergasted,which is true. It was late in the evening,and I remember stepping out to his deckand thinking, “What the heck? Wheream I going here?” And the next morning,I woke up and thought, “I better go ver-ify this.” So I was surprised. I never sawit coming. We had been friends for fiveyears, and I had been encouraging himto find someone. What do you want people toremember about Churchill fromreading this book?He saved Western civilization. I like myPlato, Aristotle, Schopenhauer, Schubertand Einstein, and the whole legacy of theRenaissance in the classical time would havebeen bulldozed by the Nazis. And that’s whatChurchill fought for. Freedom. g

NEWS DESK

a CTRESS MallikaSherawat and director KC Bokadia claimed theyhave received

“threatening calls” for being partfor an upcoming film inspired byBhanwari Devi, a Rajasthan-based nurse who was allegedlymurdered. Mallika is playing thelead role in “Dirty Politics”, beingdirected by Bokadia. The 36-year-old nurse had gone missingfrom Jodhpur’s Bilara area andwas killed in 2011. “I havereceived threats. There was a callthat my brother received, saying“tell your sister to stay away fromthis topic and from the film”. Ithink these kinds of threats willbe issued,” Mallika told reporters.“I have also received a lots ofthreats. I know my duty as afilmmaker. Though I am inspiredby the Bhanwari Devi case I havepresented it in my own style. Ithink it will be a clean and goodfilm. We have done the film inour way..it is one of the best filmsthat I have made,” Bokadia said.The duo, however, did not say ifthey intend to lodge a policecomplaint over the threats. TheBollywood director felt the“Murder” actress fits the bill for

the role. “I don’t think anyoneelse could have done this film. Ithink 5-10 years back when I hadseen her performance in ‘Murder’I had not thought I would workwith her. This film requiredher and I am happy she isdoing it.” Mallika saideveryone has to playpolitics to survive and sheis no exception. “Everydaywe have to play politics tosurvive. I do both goodand bad politics. I wouldlike to do dirtypolitics...dirtier the better.In the film industry, Ithink every actor is victimof politics.” About her rolein “Dirty Politics”, shesaid “The roleis bold. Inever triedto changemy imageand I don’tneed to doit. I amvery happywith myimage.”“This is adifficultrole todo. Iliked

the script and agreed to be part ofit. From the beginning of my

career, I have donefemale-oriented roles

but very few suchroles are written

in Bollywood,”she said.

PATNA High Courtstayed criminal pro-ceedings against Shah

Rukh Khan, his wife Gauri,Bollywood director KaranJohar and others in connec-tion with an FIR lodgedagainst them in Muzaffarpurdistrict recently for inappro-priate depiction of a deity ina film and allegedly hurtingreligious sentiments of thepeople. Justice Gopal Prasadpassed the order stayingcriminal proceeding againstKhan and the other accusedpersons named in the FIRand issued notice to the caseinformant Sudhir KumarOjha directing him to file hisreply in the matter. The FIRwas lodged against Khanand eight others at the sadarpolice station in Muzaf-farpur district onthe direction

of Chief Judicial MagistrateS P Singh in November lastyear after hearing a com-plaint case filed by Ojha. Inhis petition Ojha hadcharged the accused withhurting religious sentimentsof the people by depictingdeity ‘Radha’ inappropri-ately in a song in the film‘Student of the Year.

Khan and his wife weremade co-accused in the FIRas the film was produced bytheir production company -M/S Red Chillies Entertain-ment Ltd in partnershipwith Dharma Production,which was also named asaccused in the case. VarunDhawan, Alia Bhatt andSiddharth Malhotra - alldebutants and leading ac-tors of the film, too were

named as accused in thecase. NEWS DESK

NIPSEY Hussle and Snoopcome to Serena Williams’defense for doing the Crip

Walk after winning a gold medal.The Crip Walk, also known as the C-Walk, is a dance move that origi-nated in the early 1970s by Crip gangmembers from the Compton suburbof Los Angeles, California; and hassince spread worldwide. The dance isprimarily an act of performing quickand intricate footwork. Tennis super-star, Serena Williams, raised someeyebrows when she punctuated herGold Medal Women’s Singles victory

by doing the Crip Walk. A few haveaccused Serena of promoting gangviolence with the dance, but someWest Coast rappers have come to herdefense. When asked about the vic-tory dance, Williams said “I didn’tknow what else to do. I was sohappy, and next thing I know Istarted dancing and moving… thereis a name, but I don’t know if I—it’sinappropriate,” adding, “it’s just adance we do in California.” The“dance” caused a stir because it isassociated with gang lifestyle.Nipsey Hussle is one of the rappers

supporting Serena’s choice of cele-bration, telling XXL, “Serena fromCompton. We from the Westside.We from Crenshaw and Slauson.But, same type of situation as far asthe things that go on in her area. Ican imagine how excited she was to[C-Walk] at that level,” Hussle wasmost impressed with the tennisstar’s ability to just be herself onthat large of a stage, ”I thought thatwas fresh, that she was bold enoughto just be herself on that public plat-form. The world was watching andshe just did her thing.” NEWS DESK

Radio Pakistan tobroadcast obituary programme on Mehnaz

ISLAMABADAPP

Today Radio Pakistan willbroadcast a special programme,“Sur Sangeet-ObituaryProgramme” to pay homage torenowned singer Mehnaz Begum at10 pm. Versatile artist ShujaatHashmi would be the host of theprogramme. Interviews, commentsand impressions of variouspersonalities regarding thememorable services of MehnazBegum in the field of music wouldalso be broadcasted in theprogramme. FM-93 network ofRadio Pakistan would broadcastthis programme. It may be recalledthat Radio Pakistan had thehonour of introducing themelodious voice of Mehnaz back in1973. She sang over 2, 500 songsfor radio, TV and films andremained popular throughout hersince her first song was put on airby Radio Pakistan.

Rappers defend Serena Williams’ Crip Walk

Shah Rukh, Gauri,Karan Johar get relieffrom Patna High Court

Gay marriage important

to me: Julianne MooreNEWS DESK

ACTReSS Julianne

Moore, who actively

supports same-sex

marriage, says gay

marriage is an important

issue to her.

“Oh, yeah, absolutely, I am a

feminist. At one point,

‘feminist’ became a

pejorative term. how did that

happen,” contactmusic.com

quoted Moore as saying.

“If you are a feminist, you

are basically saying you are a

humanist. That’s why the

issue of gay marriage is so

important to me. It is about

everybody having the same

shot at everything, at work,

at marriage, at life,” she

added.

She recently took home the

best actress award for

television film “Game

Change” at the Golden

Globe.

Moore, a mother of two —

Caleb, 15, and 10-year-old

Liv with husband Bart

Freundlich, enjoys her

children’s support.

“What is so sweet is that

they are old enough now to

have seen me nominated

and lose a few times, but

kids generally have a lot

invested in people winning.

They’re always saying, ‘Did

you win?’

“And I will say, ‘No, but it’s

ok, I still had fun, it’s an

honour to be nominated.’ The

last time I lost a Globe, my

daughter made me one in art

class. In fact, I think she

made me a BAFTA (British

Academy Films and

Television Awards) as well,

because I lost there that

year, too,” she said.

RECEIVES ‘THREATS’ malliKa

over Bhanwari devi film

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New on Google maps: North Korea

GOOGLE Mapsusers cannow get a

much more detailedlook at the land ofgulags, secret nuclearsites, and, accordingto some reports,cannibalism. NorthKorea once appeared as almost a total blank onGoogle, but a new map being rolled out today showsdetails including streets, landmarks, and even someof the country's city-sized prison camps, theWashington Post reports. The new details didn'tcome from the secretive government in Pyongyang,but from a community of "citizen cartographers"using Google's Map Maker software to add andreview map features, Google explains in a blog post."While many people around the globe are fascinatedwith North Korea, these maps are especiallyimportant for the citizens of South Korea who haveancestral connections or still have family livingthere," Google says. Street View, however, may stillbe a long time off. NEWS DESK

Wednesday, 30 January, 2013 Infotainment 14

Man commits robbery to payfor girlfriend’s probation

MARQUISBaldwin,22, of

Pensacola, Fla.,allegedly robbedfour businessesbetween Nov. 20 and Jan. 9 in anattempt to get enoughmoney to pay off his girlfriend's probation fees,according to the Press-Register. Three of thoserobberies involved Waffle House restaurants,according to WKRG. Baldwin also allegedlyrobbed a Kangaroo gas station. Police saysurveillance footage ultimately led them to Baldwin,and that after his arrest, he told them he committedthe crimes so he could pay for costs related to hisgirlfriend's probation. According to PNJ.com, all ofthe woman's probation fees were paid off by thetime of the final robbery. He has been charged withfour counts of armed robbery and six counts ofaggravated assault, and is being held on $80,0000in the Escambia County Jail. NEWS DESK

YES, it's true. After several frustrat-ing delays, Research In Motion isready to formally pull back the cur-tain on its next-generation Black-Berry 10 operating system and its

first wholly new BlackBerry in a year and a half.Whether RIM has enough up its sleeves to re-

ally wow the public remains to be seen. But there'sno question that the company has everything rid-ing on the success of BlackBerry 10. A hit wouldinject life into RIM and offer proof that it has aplace in an industry that it once dominated --while failure could accelerate a breakup or sale ofthe business.

There's no doubt that the interest level sur-rounding RIM has picked up considerably, withindustry watchers drawn in by either the poten-tial comeback story or the prospect of a trainwreck. Investors seem willing to bet on the com-pany -- its shares have more than doubled in thepast six months (although they fell 7.8 percent to$16.24 yesterday). Juxtapose that with Apple,whose stock has lost a quarter of its value in thesame time period.

The optimism is a stark contrast from the longstretch RIM endured over the past few years as itsmarket share eroded and executives had more ex-cuses than results. After acquiring QNX in April2010, then co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Bal-sillie bungled and delayed the transition to thenext-generation platform. Even current CEOThorsten Heins had to push back the debut fromthe end of last year to early this year because ofthe complexities of the move.

Despite the swing in sentiment, there remainsskeptics. Ovum analyst Jan Dawson doesn't be-lieve BlackBerry 10 will save RIM.

"RIM continues to face the twin demons ofconsumer-driven buying power and a chronic in-ability to appeal to mature market consumers,"Dawson said. "There is nothing in what we've seenso far of BB10 that suggests it will conquer the sec-ond of these demons, and the first is utterly out ofRIM's control."

Shares were down yesterday on fears RIMmay not actually be able to pull a comeback off.

Even so, the launch date is finally here.CNET breaks down what we know, what weexpect, and what we hope for.

WHAT WE KNOW: Thanks to anearly look at the BlackBerry 10 operatingsystem at prior conferences and throughpre-release trial devices, there's al-ready a good picture of what it willlook like.

There are a few key featuresRIM executives will likely focuson. One is BlackBerry Hub, or acentral location for e-mail,messages, and social and sta-tus updates. Another is"Flow," which enables eas-ier navigation and multi-tasking between apps.Another is BlackBerry Bal-ance, which RIM hopes willwin over corporate IT man-agers. Balance allows the deviceto carry two personalities, a se-cure one for work, and a personalone for family and friends.

Another focal point will be its improved

virtual keyboard. Gone are the days of the click-screen debacle of the BlackBerry Storm. The vir-tual keyboard promises to be smarter than rivalversions, and includes a second heat-map layerthat remembers how you press the individualkeys, and whether you tend to be right or left ofthe actual key itself. The phone is also supposedto remember and suggest commonly used wordsand words already used in the document.

The keyboard was a highlight at a past con-ference, but RIM will have to show off morethan that.

"RIM really needs to wow the audience," saidRBC Capital analyst Mark Sue. RIM will unveiltwo BlackBerry devices at the event, a full touch-screen device and a second full-keyboard ver-sion. The phones, which CNET spent limitedtime with a few months ago, will stack up nicelywith the specifications of rival smartphones, in-cluding display resolution, pixel density, mem-ory, and a 4G LTE connection.

On the app front, BlackBerry 10 will launchwith 70,000 apps, the most applications availableduring launch, the company boasts. Still, that li-brary pales in comparison to the available iOS andAndroid apps in the market.

WHAT WE ExPECT (AND HOPE fOR):With all the buzz about carrier excitement andsupport, we expect some details on launch part-ners, availability, and perhaps even pricing.

The two BlackBerrys are rumored to carry thenames Z10 (for the touchscreen version) and X10(for the keyboard version). The Z10 is expected tolaunch first, with the X10 following shortly. Thefirst phone is reportedly going to hit the market inFebruary.

Nokia's launch of the Lumia 920 and 820was mired a bit by the lack of details over avail-ability, and we expect (and hope) that RIM willdo better. But, given the carrier's preference tobe involved with product announcements, the

availability info may belimited.

The wirelesscarriers aren'texpected to playa big role in the

event -- it'll be allRIM's show. As a

result, perhaps theannouncement of

carrier partners mightbe a little wishful

thinking.RIM will likely

show off a taste of itsmarketing campaign,

which will play a crucialrole in convincing smart-

phone owners that Black-Berrys are worth buying

again. The company said itcan sell into its current base of

just under 80 million users, butthe truth is it will need to attract

new consumers to thrive. RIMwill need to be able to quickly com-

municate any benefits or advan-tages it has over the competition,

and it needs its carrier partners to beon the same page.

The company is already poised to aira commercial during the Super Bowl, so it

appears ready to go big with its campaign.The burning question: Will it be able to get

that cool factor again?RIM has been talking up the ease with

which developers can write or port over apps tothe BlackBerry 10 platform, so the company will

need to prove that it has the top-tier apps peoplewant in a mobile operating system.

Will heavy-hitters such as Rovio and Elec-tronic Arts show up? Hopefully, we'll get quick an-swers in the presentation.

Heins could pull a rabbit out of his hatand tease a tablet successor to the PlayBook.The statement touting the upcoming SuperBowl ad did state smartphones and tablets,so you never know.

Lastly, we are also hoping for BlackBerrys totake home. Nothing convinces a skeptical horde oftech journalists that a company is ready for primetime like having demo units ready to take home.

BlackBerry 10 launch

what we know, what we expect

One million dollar Rex – short for ro-botic exoskeletons – was built using themost advanced artificial limbs and or-gans from across the world.

And he shows that from bionic armsand legs to artificial organs, science isbeginning to catch up with science fic-tion in the race to replace body partswith man-made alternatives.

In the 70s TV series The Six MillionDollar Man astronaut Steve Austin,played by Lee Majors, was left horriblyinjured after his craft crashed and wasgiven a bionic arm and legs and an arti-ficial zoom-lens eye. 6ft Rex also raisesethical dilemmas, as research on ad-vanced prosthetic arms and legs, as wellas artificial eyes, hearts, lungs - and evenhybrids between computer chips and liv-ing brains - means that scientists can notonly replace body parts but may even beable to improve on human abilities.

This has led scientists to warn againstcreating a modern Frankenstein. LeadingUK roboticists Richard Walker andMatthew Godden build Rex using $1 mil-

lion-worth of state of the art limbs and or-gans - the products of billions of dollars ofresearch - borrowed from some of theseworld leading laboratories and manufac-turers. Dr Meyer, whose £30,000 bionichand is the most advanced on the market,said he had a “personal interest” in the“explosion of innovation” which has oc-curred in the last six years.

"I think we are now at a point wherewe can build a body that is great andbeautiful in its own special way." "WhenI was growing up I hated wearing artifi-cial hands. The plastic hands alwayslooked fake and the metal hooks wereuseful in some circumstances, but theyjust looked scary and frightened people.Now that I have this one I feel that thehand is a part of me. If I don't wear it Ifeel that there is something missing."

Technology is advancing so fast hisbionic hand will soon be obsolete.

Rex’s components include an armwith 26 degrees of movement, one lessthan a human arm, which teaches itself towork, glasses which send images to a mi-

crochip in the retina which then sendselectrical impulses to the brain, and abattery powered heart which is currentlybeing used for temporary donors. Rexalso has bionic ankles, which use a motorand spring system to mimic the actions ofthe human calf muscle and Achilles ten-don, invented by Professor Hugh Herrwho lost both legs to frostbite. "I wasclimbing better with artificial limbs thanI achieved before my accident with bio-logical limbs," he said."Technology hasthis extraordinary capacity to heal, to re-habilitate and even to extend human ca-pability beyond what nature intended.

"I think having normal bodies isboring...I have legs, you have shoes. If afairy came and tapped on my shoulderand granted me a wish, would I wish mylegs back? Absolutely not."

One organ that science cannot yetmatch is the human brain. Made up of ahundred billion neurons, it is the mostcomplex structure in the known universe.But scientists at the University of South-ern California are studying the electrical

signals in rats' brains to develop mi-crochips that may one day be able to re-store memory and even cure Alzheimer'sby working with living brains.

While Dr Meyer's search shows justhow far science has come, it also asksquestions about what it means to behuman and where this technology couldlead in the future. "The things I haveseen have left me with kind of a weirdmix of feelings," he said.

"There's optimism that I might liveto get an arm that is far more advancedthan this one, but then you get develop-ments that augment the healthy humanbody which I still find it a little bit scary.

"We might be at a point in scienceand technology where we see firstglimpses of the possibilities to go be-yond the limits of evolution. I think thatreally is a double-edged sword."GeorgeAnnas, Professor of Bioethics andHuman Rights at Boston Universityagrees: "I think when it comes to ourbodies, the danger is we might changewhat it is to be human. NEWS DESK

Scientists build

the One Million

Dollar man

71-year-old woman arrestedfor prostitution

Connecticutauthoritiesarrested an

elderly woman onprostitution chargesfollowing a raid at aGlastonbury hotel.According to agentJames Kennedy of theGlastonbury Police Department, authorities weretipped off to 71-year-old Sygun Liebhart's allegedprostitution activities by an advertisement in theclassified section of Backpage.com. Liebhart,according to police, promoted herself in the escortsection of the website under the name "Lola." Thead is now defunct, however a cached version of anad for a "Lola" who was working in that area at thetime reads: "Older is Better … A well preservedbeauty. All natural and busty 38DD. Sexy, fit,warm and friendly." NEWS DESK

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Glenn Maxwell has not played a first-class match in more than two monthsbut his work in the nets to master theoffspinner's stock ball has impressedAustralia's selectors as they finalise theTest squad for the upcoming tour ofIndia. The coach Mickey Arthur has sug-gested a spinning allrounder will be partof the Test squad, to be announced laterthis week, and Maxwell is a leading can-didate after narrowly missing out on aTest debut against Sri Lanka in Sydneyearlier this month.

Although he remains far from afrontline bowler, Maxwell could becalled on to fill the allrounder's positionin India as Australia adjust to life with-out Shane Watson's bowling. The retire-ment of Michael Hussey has opened upa place in the lower middle order andArthur said the selectors would keeptheir options open in India, with spin-and seam-bowling allrounders in themix along with a specialist batsman, aswell as the possibility that MatthewWade could move up to No.6 to allowroom for an extra bowler.

"We've tried to cover every base thatwe can," Arthur said of the Test squad."We could play a spinning allrounder,we could play a seam-up allrounder, wewill have the option of two spinners,we'll probably have as many as fivequicks going over. We'll try and cover asmany of the bases as we possibly can and

then determine team that plays based onthe conditions that we face.

"We have the option of slottingWadey up to 6 and playing a spinningallrounder or a seaming allrounder, butwe'll have that position at No.7 avail-able. If we want to go with the six spe-cialist batsmen then that will be thewicketkeeper's position. Those are thethings we have to weigh up."

The likelihood of spinning pitches inIndia might improve Maxwell's chancesof playing alongside the frontline off-spinner Nathan Lyon, although the left-armer Steve O'Keefe has also made astrong case with eight wickets in aSheffield Shield match for New SouthWales over the past week. O'Keefe is theleading spin bowler in the Shield thissummer with 17 victims at 24.29, andhis overall first-class figures of 78 wick-ets at 27.33 are encouraging.

It may be that Lyon and O'Keefe areincluded as the lead spinners alongsideMaxwell as more of an all-round option,leaving the selectors with plenty ofchoices. Although Maxwell only bowled16.1 overs during the ODI and T20games against Sri Lanka, there weresigns that he was turning the ball morethan in the past and Arthur said he hadbeen impressed by the progress Maxwellhad made since he was earmarked by theselectors at the start of the summer.

"Maxwell has bowled extremelywell, he is getting better and better,"Arthur said. "I thought he bowled really

well in Hobart in the last one-day game,albeit he only bowled two overs, butthere was good shape on the ball and hedid a nice job. In these two Twenty20games he has done a nice job. He worksincredibly hard.

"One of the things we've sat downand said is if you want to be the spin-ning allrounder you've got to put a hugeamount of time into your bowling, be-cause Maxy would always try to bowlthe miracle ball and then he'd bowl a

leggie, then try a doosra, he just didn'tsettle on anything. All we've got him inthe nets is bowling offspin, offspin, off-spin. It's repetition all the time and he'sgetting better and better at it. He's avery fast learner."

Patience has never been Maxwell'sstrong suit, as he demonstrated whilewaiting for Sri Lanka to finalise theirplans for the last ball of Australia'sTwenty20 chase in Melbourne on Mon-day, but it is an attribute he has tried tointroduce to his bowling. The challengefor Maxwell will be if he does win a Testcap to show that he can maintain suchperseverance if the Australians spenddays on end in the field.

"It [patience] is something I've hadto learn," Maxwell said before the Mel-bourne T20. "Wanting things to happenvery quickly has been the way I havegone about things. Learning patiencehas been something I have worked onwith Warnie and a few of the other guysin the state set-up. I've done a whole lotof work. I've been in the nets relentlesslyfor the last 12 months.

"Shaping the ball has changed a lot,I'm starting to get the ball to drift awayfrom the right-hander and spin back,which I wasn't really doing. It was verystraight [before]. I'm getting a lot morework on the ball, my pace and controlis better as well. I'm hoping it's goingto be good enough and hopefully I canplay in all three formats at some stagethis year."

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Australian and Sri Lankan playersofficially made peace following afiery end to their final Twenty20 in-ternational won by the tourists offthe last ball, Cricket Australia saidyesterday.

They also sought to play downthe angry exchanges as the twosides walked off the pitch after SriLanka won by two runs under theDuckworth-Lewis method.

Cricket Australia admitted therain-hit match finished with "uglyscenes" but stressed "both teamsapologised".

Trouble erupted when all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, needingfour runs from the final ball toclinch victory for Australia, told theSri Lankans, in no uncertain terms,to get on with it.

Sri Lanka veteran Mahela

Jayawardene, who earlier hit an un-beaten 61, yelled back at Maxwell.After the last ball was finally deliv-ered the pair jostled in an angryface-to-face exchange.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Wadeand captain George Bailey also bick-ered with Jayawardene and bowlerThisara Perera during the on-fieldhandshakes.

"I went into the Sri Lankanrooms after and they apologised forgoing over the top. All good,"Maxwell said on Twitter.

He also admitted yesterday hetoo had been at fault.

"Just to clarify... I apologised toMahela and SL players as well. Ihave a good friendship with Mahela,and it's gonna stay that way!"

Australian captain George Bai-ley put the dispute down to "passionmate" and "heat of the moment".

"People care about the game

and care about the way they play,"he said.

"I know we get along very wellwith this side. Even just the chatsthere coming off, I think it's all justheat-of-the-moment stuff.

"But I think what you're seeingis individuals and teams that arepretty keen to win."

Jayawardene agreed. "To behonest it was just the heat of themoment. Things happen and youexchange a few words," he told re-porters.

"They play it hard and we play ithard. After the game you arefriends."

The tourists won the first T20match by five wickets at the SydneyOlympic Stadium on Saturdaynight.

The one-day series was drawn 2-2 after Australia took the test series3-0.

Australia and Sri Lanka make peace

new Zealand boardsupports ryder'scontinued exile

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New Zealand's cricket board will continueto support Jesse Ryder during his rehabili-tation from personal issues after the burlybatsman ruled himself out of playingagainst England in the upcoming series.Ryder, who stood down from national du-ties last year after breaking a self-imposedalcohol ban, had been in solid form forWellington in New Zealand's domesticcompetitions but has opted to continue hisexile. New Zealand host England in threeTwenty20 matches next month, beforethree one-day internationals and threetests through March, but Ryder will in-stead put himself up for auction for the In-dian Premier League, which starts in April.New Zealand coach Mike Hesson and teammanager Mike Sandle met with the 28-year-old on Tuesday and it was "agreed" hewould continue with his personal plan,New Zealand Cricket said in a statement."New Zealand Cricket wants to continue tosupport Jesse and we are happy with thepositive progress he has made to date,"Sandle said in the statement. "Today'smeeting was part of ongoing communica-tion with Jesse and we will continue tokeep in touch with him and offer supportand assistance." Ryder, an explosive open-ing batsman who has struggled with alco-hol and weight problems, wanted to play afull season of domestic cricket before con-templating a return to the national team,his manager told local media this week.New Zealand head into the home seriesagainst England a lowly eighth in testrankings after being trounced 2-0 in theirtwo-match series away to South Africa.

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AUSTRALIA Women se-cured their second winin two days as theychased down the 223-

run target set by India Women withfive wicket in hands at theBrabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Australia were 117 for 4 at onestage, but captain Jodie Fieldsscored a quick half-century and putup 39 with Lisa Sthalekar and 41with Alyssa Healy to keep India'sbowlers at bay. Fields retired when26 were needed off 15 overs andHealy scored quick runs to completethe chase. Amita Sharma got the

wickets of the openers, but the restof the bowling attack was taken forruns.

India chose to bat and made astrong start getting to 100 for 1 inthe 21st over. But they lost threewickets within the space of six balls- two to Sthalekar - to lose momen-tum. Important lower-order contri-butions by Reema Malhotra (35 off63 balls) and Nagarajan Niranjana(35 off 26) helped India cross 200.

In Cuttack, half-centuries byNain Abidi and Bismah Maroof andstifling spells by the bowlers helpedPakistan Women annihilate OdishaXI by 95 runs. Pakistan were in aspot of bother at 7 for 2 after choos-ing to bat, but a 148-run stand be-

tween Abidi and Maroof lifted theteam. Javeria Khan (33) and QanitaJalil (25) were the other two maincontributors, while the rest were outfor single-digit scores. Sujata Mallikand Gangotra Behera shared threewickets each.

Opener Madhusmita Behera re-sponded with a slow half-century totake Odisha to 84 for 1 in the 31stover. But once Sana Mir struck twicein the same over, the rest of Odishabatting crumbled. Asmavia Iqbal re-turned with figures of 3 for 20 fromher 10 overs as Odisha limped to 145for 8 in their 50 overs.

In a tight contest at the MIGground in Mumbai, Sri LankaWomen edged out South Africa

Women by two wickets in a low-scoring match. Chasing 165, SriLanka had collapsed to 66 for 6. ButNo. 8 Sripali Weerakkody, whoscored an unbeaten fifty, first part-nered Eshani Kaushalya (22) in a40-run stand, then put up 41 withChamani Seneviratna and finallyshared an unbeaten 20-run standfor the ninth wicket to help SriLanka clinch a win.

South Africa's innings had fol-lowed a similar pattern earlier.Kaushalya struck thrice in the earlyovers as South Africa were reducedto 59 for 6. But a half-century bycaptain Mignon du Preez and her72-run partnership with Dane vanNiekerk (46) revived the team. Oncedu Preez was out in the 35th over,the rest folded and the team was allout for 164 in the 46th over.

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DIANA Edulji, the former India Women cap-tain, has criticised the "discriminatory" at-titude of the BCCI and said the board is notinterested in running women's cricket be-

yond paying "lip service". She warned that the women'sgame in India is in danger of dying out if the currentsituation persists. Edulji, one of India's pioneeringwoman cricketers, was on the BCCI's women's commit-tee and was also manager of the Indian Women teamin 2009. It was a "dream" when the BCCI took overwomen's cricket a few years ago - in line with ICC reg-ulations - but now the bubble has burst.

"The BCCI is running women's cricket because theyhave to run it, because the ICC is now running bothmen's and women's cricket," Edulji told ESPNcricinfo.

"Otherwise, there is no women's cricket. They cannotplay under any other banner. I would say it is an insultto women's cricket to be treated this way."

She was scathing about the gender-based doublestandards prevalent in the game's administration. Asan example, she spoke about how the India Womenteam preparing for the Women's World Cup had beenput up in a centrally-located but budget hotel beforebeing shifted to the luxury Taj Mahal Palace hotel acouple of days ago.

"I was driving and on Marine Drive I saw thiswhole bunch of red t-shirts coming. I realised it was theIndia Women team," Edulji said. "They were walkingfrom Sea Green [the hotel] to the Wankhede [Stadium].I stopped my car, and the way they greeted me, I feltnice, but I also felt that this is the Indian national team,and they are walking on the street?

"And where are they playing? Police Gymkhana,Hindu Gymkhana, Bombay Gymkhana? Would anymen cricketers play there?"

India's international and domestic women crick-eters had to make do with significantly lower matchfees and other benefits, Edulji said, and combined witha sustained lack of exposure, there was little motivationto take up the game apart from pure love of the sport."The players should be getting the maximum. Theirony is, in women's cricket it is the other way round;the selectors get the maximum, then come the matchreferees, and then come the players. So how are yougoing get girls to come into cricket? And what is the do-mestic match fee? Rs 2500 ($ 47 approx). Where areyou going to eat, if you stay in a four-star hotel? Andfor T20 it is even less, Rs 1250."

Despite consistently being among the top-rankedplayers in the world, Edulji said India captain MithaliRaj had little chance of being recognised in public dueto the lack of visibility of women's cricket in India. "Imay be boasting. Still, when I go to movies or restau-rants, I am still recognised. But I am sure if Mithali iswith me, she won't be recognised. It is sad. I still feelnice when someone comes up to me and introduces meto their children. And why shouldn't these girls get therecognition? Jhulan [Goswami] is a Padma Shri [win-ner], she's an Arjuna awardee, so is Mithali."

However, Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI's chief admin-istrative officer, said the board was giving women'scricket adequate support. "Women's cricket has comeunder BCCI's wings in 2006. Since then, the board hasdone an excellent job with it," he said. "We have ex-tended the best of facilities to women cricketers. All thestate associations have thrown open all their trainingfacilities to the girls. Besides, virtually every team hasall the requisite support staff, including a coach, aphysio and a trainer.

"All the girls are very happy with these facilities.The board is focussing on shorter formats for women'scricket because almost all the international calendarrevolves around T20s and ODIs. And the women'scommittee's suggestion of splitting the inter-state com-petitions into Plate and Elite group has been accepted.Next year onwards, top 10 teams will play each other,thereby increasing the level of competition."

Edulji slams ‘discriminatory’BCCI, says women’s game dying

Australia boardplay straight bat towarne twitter rant

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Cricket Australia (CA) chief executiveJames Sutherland has defended the or-ganisation following a scathing attackaimed at them by spin great ShaneWarne, who panned the board in a seriesof Twitter rants.Sutherland added that he was preparedto meet with Warne and discuss the 43-year-old's criticism of CA's player rota-tion policy and his claim that "rubbish"decisions were turning Australian cricketinto a "big joke".After venting his initial anger on Mon-day, Warne reiterated his views a daylater."As I said last night we need cricket peo-ple running the team & who understandcricket & what's required at the top level,not muppets," he tweeted on Tuesday.Warne questioned the logic of havingformer rugby union international PatHoward as the board's high performancemanager but Sutherland threw hisweight behind the former Wallaby back."I have every confidence in Pat Howardand his team, and what they're doing,"Sutherland told local media on Tuesday."Personally I find it a little bit disap-pointing to read about that (Warne's crit-icisms) in the fashion that I have."Ideally you'd like to be able to sit downwith Shane and understand a little bitmore deeply his opinions." Australia wonall three tests in a recent series againstSri Lanka but were held 2-2 in the subse-quent one-day internationals after rest-ing skipper Michael Clarke for the firsttwo matches. The hosts, however, lostboth Twenty20 internationals and wereleft debating the merits of a controversialrotation policy CA has introduced tomanage injuries and the workload oftheir frontline players.While Warne insisted Australia neededto field their best 11 players every timethey stepped out, fast bowling great Den-nis Lillee has backed CA's approach."He's 100 percent in agreement with theselection panel with managing the loadand development of players," Sutherlandsaid of Lillee, who captured 355 wicketsin 70 tests."Who's right here?"You've got Shane Warne saying onething, Dennis Lillee saying another. It'snot a black and white issue."Warne retired from test cricket in 2007after taking 708 wickets in 145 tests.

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Sri Lanka Cricket is considering Muttiah Muralitharan andChaminda Vaas for spin and fast bowling coaching positions re-spectively, SLC chief executive Ajit Jayasekara said. Neitherhave undergone formal coaching training but are the nation'shighest wicket-takers in Tests and ODIs by a distance.

Jayasekara said SLC were not working to a concrete timeframe on the potential appointments but discussions betweenthe parties had been encouraging. Their prospective roles wereyet to be clearly defined but Jayasekara said both men wouldlikely work closely with the national team, though they mightbe asked to share their expertise beyond the national set-up.

"They are two of our best products, and have had hugesuccess all over the world," he said. "We are looking to tapthat knowledge and make use of it for the betterment ofcricket in Sri Lanka. The fact that they don't have coachingqualifications isn't a big issue when you consider how muchthey have to offer." Vaas was recently employed by the vis-iting New Zealand side in a temporary coaching role, andhad positive feedback from both the players and coachingstaff he worked with on the tour. New Zealand's fast

bowlers had a highly successfultour of Sri Lanka, especiallynotable for the quality ofswing and seam movementthey produced, which hadbeen a hallmark of Vaas' ownbowling. Vaas, who was play-ing county cricket as recentlyas July 2012, said he was enthu-siastic about taking a coachingrole in Sri Lanka. "I have finishedmy discussions with the board andthey will come back to mewith a decision," hesaid. Muralitharan isthe most successfulbowler in the his-tory of the game,leading both the Testand ODI wicket-takerslists, with 800 and 534scalps respectively.

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Islamabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sargodha, Sialkot,Faisalabad, Kohat and Hafizabad notched up victorieson the second day of the national deaf cricket champi-onship against their respective rivals here on Tuesdayat different ground.

All the teams had easy sailing to the next round asno upset was recorded. Following are the results of thematch, Islamabad v/s Sheikhupura at Township Green. Islamabad scored 239/10 in 40 overs. Mujahid made60 runs. Sheikhupura were all out at low 32. AdnanGhani took 4 wickets and Islamabad won the match by237 runs.

Gujranwala v/s D.I. Khan at Race Course Ground(PHA) I. Gujranwala won the toss and scored 154 in 40overs.Sarmad scored 46 runs and D.i.Khan werebowled out at 109 all out. Gujranwala won the marchby 45 runs.

Gujarat v/s Chakwal at Race Course Ground (PHA)

II. Gujarat won the toss and made 264 all out. Chakwaldismissed at 168.Haroon scored 78. Gujarat won thematch by 96 runs. Sawt v/s Sargodha at Model TownCricket Club. Sargodha won the toss and piled up264/5. Sawat were all out at 75 runs.Sargodha won thematch by 89 runs

Sialkot v/s Jhelum at Modal Town Green CricketClub. Sialkot reached 257/8. Jhelum were all out at 233in 38.5 over.Sialkot won the match by 24 runs

Peshawar v/s Faisalabad at Albilal CricketGround Township. Peshawar were all out at 110.Faisalabad scored 111 runs in 24.5 and won the matchby 6 wickets.

Rawalpindi v/s Kohat at Shah Fisal Cricket ModelTown. Rawalpindi won the toss and scored 128 in 30.5overs . Kohat chased the target in 30.2 overs and scored131/36 to win the match by so Kohat won by 4 wickets.

Narowal v/s Hafizabad at Town Ship White RaceCourse Ground 2. Hafizabad won the toss and scored153 in 39.2 overs. Narowal scored unbeaten polished152 runs. Hafizabad won the match by 4 wickets.

Jayasuriya namedSri lanka's chairmanof selectors

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Former Sri Lanka cricketer turned politi-cian Sanath Jayasuriya was appointedchairman of selectors in a new-look five-member committee named by sportsminister Mahindananda Aluthgamage onMonday. Jayasuriya, 43, was joined by1996 World Cup winning team matePramodya Wickramasinghe. Former SriLanka players Hemantha Wickrama-

ratne, Eric Upashantha andChaminda Mendis werethe other selectors ap-pointed. Wickramaratneis the only surviving

member of the previouscommittee headed by

Ashantha de Melwhose extendedterm ends on

Jan. 31.

Eight matches decided in National Deaf Cricket LAHORE

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Sui Southern Gas Company took a flying start in theNational Junior U21 hockey championship giving ahockey lesson to Sindh with a 12-0 thrashing at Faisal-abad hockey stadium on Tuesday. In all three matcheswere played on the opening day and in the othermatches, Wapda and National Bank of Pakistanemerged victorious. SSGC led 4-0 over Sindh at inter-val and came with full force in the following session todum their ever struggling opponents with the additionof another eight goals.

Scorers, SSGC: Arslan Sherazi 2 Goals 14th & 48thminutes (FG), Mohammad Asif 16th minute (FG), So-hail 23rd minute (PC), Ahmed Ali 35th minute (FG),Abdul Qayyum 2 Goals 38th & 52nd minutes (FG),Zahid 52nd minute (FG), M. Rizwan 3 Goals 56th,65th & 69th minutes (FG) & Mohammad Naveed 58thminute (PC).

Wapda finished the first half 3-0 against Punjab

White and seemed contended with their first half leadand rarely came up with lively moves .

WAPDA: Aleem Bilal 3rd minute (PC), TasawarAbbas 6th minute (FG) & M. Irfan 33rd minute (FG).

NBP gained 4-0 lead against Pakistan EducationBoards at half time and added four goals in the secondhalf to enjoy all time supremacy in the match with co-ordination and astute planning.

Scorers, NBP: Mohamad Tousiq 3 Goals 6th & 70thminutes (PC) & 49th minute (FG), Mohammad Dilber3 Goals 13th & 21st minutes (FG) & 24th minute (PC)& Umer Bhutta 2 Goals 68th & 69th minutes (FG).Matches for tomorrow, Wednesday,

Punjab vs Balochistan, Army vs Sindh, KPK vs Is-lamabad, Punjab Colour vs Pak Boards. Mian Asif, Di-rector Local Government inaugurated the event. On theOccasion, Organising Secretary, former Olympian RanaMujahid Ali, Tournament Director Muhammad FarooqKhan, former Olympians Anjum Saeed, DanishKaleem,Shafqat Malik and officials of DHA Faisalabadwere also present.

National Jr U-21 Hockey commences

Vaas, Murali lined upfor SL coaching roles

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ANDY Murray dismissed suggestions a toeinjury was a key factor in his AustralianOpen final defeat to Novak Djokovic.

Murray required a medical time-out at the endof the third set to treat a nasty-looking blisterand he went on to lose the next two as Djokovicclaimed his third successive Melbourne crownwith a 6-7 (2/7) 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 6-2 success.

The Scot put the injury down to wear andtear and felt missing the opportunity to hammerhome his superiority at the start of the second

set was more damaging to his hopes of recordingback-to-back grand slam triumphs.

Of the toe, he said: "It's just a pretty largeblister. You get them - it happens. "It was just abit sore when I was running around. It's not likepulling a calf muscle or something. It just hurtswhen you run, but it's not something whichstops you from playing. "Ninety per cent of theplayers on tour will have played this tournamentwith some sort of blister or problem. "It had nobearing on the result." More frustrating for theworld number three, who had been hoping tobecome the first man in the Open era to win hissecond major immediately after claiming hisfirst, was his inability to take one of three breakpoints immediately after edging the opening set.

"At this level it can come down to a fewpoints here and there," he added. "My biggestchance probably came at the start of the secondset but I didn't quite take it. "When Novak hadhis chance at the end of the third he got his."

A final which was absorbing without being aclassic was dominated by serve for the first twosets. Djokovic had the openings in the first with-out converting and Murray made him pay bywinning the tie-break.

It was role reversal in the second as Murraywasted that triple chance for an early break asDjokovic held on for a tie-break he won, thankslargely to a Murray double-fault at 2-2.

He put his first serve into the net and wasshaping up to deliver the second when he no-ticed a feather dropping on to the court out ofthe corner of his eye.

Having removed it, he promptly put the sec-ond serve long. "I could have served," he ex-plained. "But it just caught my eye before. Ithought it was a good idea to move it. Maybe itwasn't." It was all Djokovic needed to level thematch and the momentum appeared to swingfurther in his favour when Murray had to call forthe trainer. There was no immediate deteriora-tion in his movement, although there was thedefinite sense the match was now Djokovic's forthe taking. And the top seed needed no secondinvitation as he set up three break points for a5-3 lead. Two poor forehands saw the first twocome and go but Murray could not escape athird as Djokovic claimed the first break of thematch before serving it out.

From there there was no way back asDjokovic broke twice more in the fourth to ex-tend his winning run in Melbourne to 21matches and take revenge for his defeat to Mur-ray in the US Open final in Septem golf.

Toe injury had nobearing on loss

drug cheats cannotescape detection: Bartoli

PARIS: World number 10Marion Bartoli does notthink drug cheats in tenniscan escape detection asplayers are subjected to toomany dope tests in and outof competition. Her obser-vations were at odds withcomments made by playerssuch as Roger Federer, whofollowing the Lance Arm-strong doping scandal hascalled for more tests in ten-nis. "I feel I'm being lesstested this time now thansix, seven, eight years ago,"

the Swiss 17-times grand slam champion said recently.Frenchwoman Bartoli disagreed. "I feel like we have toomany drugs tests in tennis. I get tested 35-40 timesevery year," Bartoli told a news conference at the ParisOpen. "From my point of view, it's impossible (forcheats) not to get caught these days." AGENCIES

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KARACHISTAFF REPORT

The fifth annual inter-school re-gatta taking place at Karachi BoatClub (KBC) with 15 schools partic-ipating in it.

With over 230 participants,this event promises to be a thriller.This sport is gaining popularityeach year and every year the re-gatta is a bigger success.

Rowers from KBC have takenpart in various international regat-tas as well and have won laurelsfor the club. These rowers haveparticipated in the World Juniorsin the UK and Czech Republic andalso in the Amateur Rowing Asso-

ciation of the East (ARAE) andhave successfully won gold and sil-ver medals.

The schools will be competingfor the Ikram Cup which isawarded for the best overall per-formance by a school, in additionto that there are categories whichinclude junior and senior boys andjunior and senior girls. The eventswill be as follows:

Single scull, Double scull,Quadruple scull, Coxed fours,Pairs, Eights (exhibition eventonly)

All these events have two cate-gories and that are 16 and under(boys and girls) and 19 and under(boys and girls).

Inter-School Regatta 2013 held

HitEc taxila crushf-8/3 college, clinchvolleyball titleISLAMABAD: The volleyball team of Col-lege for Men, Heavy Industries Taxila Edu-cation City (HITEC), Taxila Cantonmentbroke the 16-year undefeated record ofFederal Government Model Colleges, Is-lamabad by defeating their team in threeout of four matches.four volleyball games were played between the teams of

Hitec college for Men taxila cantt and f.G Model School f-

8/3 islamabad. the team of HitEc college for Men de-

feated the team of f.G School by winning three out of four

matches at its own (f.G School’s) home ground, ball, referee

and spectators.

the students of 9th and 10th classes of HitEc participated

in the matches. the f.G Model School f-8/3 has been

champion of volleyball at the federal level for last 16-years.

the HitEc team was led by its captain fazlur rehman.

the whole team comprised of the students of federally

Administered tribal Areas (fAtA), who are receiving educa-

tion at HitEc on scholarships. the team played the

matches under the supervision of Hitec Sports coordinator

Mrs Sittara Jabeen. in the first, second, third and fourth half,

the HitEc team scored 25, 23, 25 and 25 points respec-

tively against the f.G School’s team which scored 21, 25,

20, 17 points respectively. STAFF REPORT

Asif wins wild cardopener in thailandLAHORE: Muhammad Asif won his firstwild card match with ease registering ascore of 4-0 against Thailand's no.46 Bun-dit Kiewsuthi in the wild card round ofSangSom Mukdahan Cup in Mukdahan,Thailand. He won the game with the score of 67(39)-44(25), 68(23)-66(37), 128(122)-0 and 70(33,37)-17Having made a century break in frame 3, he has won acentury break prize of 2,000 baht from the host. theywill pay 2,000 baht for every century break made in thetournament with a maximum break prize of 50,000.-baht Muhammad will play the last 16 round at 12 pm onJan 31. STAFF REPORT

PRAGUE: World number eight Petra Kvi-tova, dumped out in the second round at theAustralian Open, will lead the Czech Republicin their Fed Cup title defence when they takeon Australia in a first round tie next month.Czech captain Petr Pala will stick with thesame squad that lifted the crown for a secondstraight year in November, including LucieSafarova, Andrea Hlavackova and LucieHradecka. "I decided on a proven, winningteam," Pala said in a statement. The Czechswill begin their attempt at a third straighttitle in front of their home fans in the north-eastern city of Ostrava on Feb. 9-10. AGENCIES

Kvitova to lead czechs at

start of Fed cup defence

KArAcHi: the officials and participants of inter-School regatta 2013 with chief guest Hans JuergenPaschke, consul and deputy Head of Mission of German consulate, Ather iqbal, at Karachi Boat club.

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TIGER Woods became only the secondplayer to win 75 or more PGA titles bywinning the Farmers Insurance Open atTorrey Pines on Monday (January 28).

The World number 2, finished 14-under par to winthe $6.1 million event by four shots. Woods brokethe PGA record for the number of wins at a singlecourse as he lifted his eighth title at the venue,with seven tournament triumphs added to the USOpen crown he so memorably won in 2008. Com-bined with his seven wins apiece at both FirestoneCountry Club and Bay Hill Club and Lodge, 22 of

Woods’ 75 career wins have now come at just threecourses. Woods triumphed in a third differentPGA Tour event for a seventh time, having alreadyrecorded seven wins apiece at the WGC-Bridge-stone Invitational and the Arnold Palmer Invita-tional. His 75th career victory on the US circuitput him seven behind the record 82 piled up bySam Snead, the only golfer ahead of him in the all-time standings. Born on December 30, 1975 at Cy-press, Woods turned professional in 1996 afterplaying 11 events as an amateur player. His firstvictory came in 1996 in Las Vegas Invitational.The victory at Masters in 1997 was his first majorvictory in his 10-year career. His 75th tile came inthe 294th event overall and 283rd after he turnedprofessional in 1996.

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Tiger Woods laid down a timelymarker for this season's big events byclinching his 75th PGA Tour title witha four-shot victory at the Farmers In-surance Open on Monday at one of hisfavourite venues. Though Woodsdropped four shots over his last fiveholes in increasingly difficult condi-tions at Torrey Pines, his all-roundgame for most of the week evoked vividmemories of his glory days in the late1990s and early 2000s.The American world number two tri-umphed in his first start on the 2013PGA Tour, a feat he has previously ac-complished six times before going onto win at least one major title in five ofthose campaigns. "I'm excited aboutthis year," Woods told reporters afterclosing with a level-par 72 on the chal-lenging South Course at Torrey Pines,where he won the most recent of his 14majors at the 2008 U.S. Open. "I'm ex-cited about what I was able to do lastyear and win three times, coming fromwhere I came from. Then I felt reallygood about the things that we're doingand how my game was progressing."

PAKISTAN’S cricketers have arrived in SouthAfrica for one of their most challenging toursfor many a year. South Africa, under the tute-

lage of the redoubtable Gary Kirsten, has developedinto the best side in the world. After a successful tourof Australia, they routed New Zealand in the Testmatches only to be upset in the ODIs by a side thatnever gives up. New Zealand may have been hurt by theugly captaincy controversy and it showed in their bat-ting performances, but they bounced back convincinglyto win the first two ODIs.

Pakistan have just one match to acclimatize them-selves for a testing three Test series followed by two T20and five ODIs. This is a far cry from the old days wherea tour would consist of a lengthy ship journey and sev-eral matches against regional teams before the Tests.The South African Invitational eleven lacks the blazingspeed and swerve of the Test side, so our batsmen mightfind themselves thrown in at the deep end when theywalk in against the pace of Dale Steyn and MorneMorkel, backed up by the canny wicket taking seamerVern Philander and the experienced Jacques Kallis.

South Africa is widely credited with having the bestbowling attack in cricket, but Pakistan can match themwith Umar Gul, Junaid Khan and the steepling Moham-mad Irfan. Gul and especially Junaid are in good form,but it could be the towering Irfan who could be a handful.With the high bounce from the good length spot, hewould be difficult to get away. This could force the bats-men to take undue risks with the other bowlers. And ittakes only five or six good balls or batsmen’s mistakes todestroy an innings. But Pakistan’s ace in the depth wouldalmost certainly be the ‘doosra demon’ Saeed Ajmal.

Ajmal has such great control over his off breaks,the straight one and the doosra, that he leaves the bestbatsmen in the world groping at thin air. The bowlingresources of both sides should be about even depend-ing upon which side takes better advantage of the pre-vailing conditions at a given moment.

It would be in the batting that South Africa couldhave the edge. They have some outstandingly consis-

tent batsmen, led by Kallis, Amla, de Villiers, Faf duPlessis, Peterson, Smith, a lineup that is definitely thebest at the moment. Whether they can handle the va-garies of the Pakistan bowling attack better than Pak-istan can handle theirs, is what the series could hingeon. Led by the steady Misbah ul Haq and ably sup-ported by Azhar Ali, Younus Khan, MohammadHafeez, Nasir Jamshed and Taufeeq Umar, the Pak-istan lineup is not short on experience. At least twobatsmen need to strike a rich vein of form.

Nasir Jamshed has all the abilities required of a topbatsman and should he continue where he left off inIndia, he could play a pivotal role at the top of theorder. The middle order has Misbah and Younus, twoveterans whose reflexes and nerve will be thoroughlytested by the South African quickies.

South Africa lacks a class spinner, with ImranTahir having been badly mauled by the Aussies. So theedge for Pakistan could be in the spin department withAjmal and the capable Rehman.

But it could be in the bits and pieces where theSouth Africans might prevail. They would be holdingon to a vastly higher percentage of their catches andhitting the stumps in run out attempts much moreregularly than the Pakistanis.

So, if the home team has to dismiss ten batsmenwhile the visitors have to remove thirteen, it could bethe crucial advantage. The better fielding side wouldalso save thirty or so runs in the field. It is no wonderthat every team in international cricket works so hardat its fielding.

Should Pakistan maintain their composure andput a premium on their wickets, this could be a barnburner of a series. Misbah’s captaincy and calm underpressure will surely be tested and should he pass thetrial by fire, Pakistan should give a good account ofthemselves. May the better team win.Djokovic, Azarenka victors again

The first Grand Slam of the New Year went into thefinals weekend, with the usual suspects, Djokovic, Mur-ray, Federer and Ferrer duly making their way into thesemifinals. Djokovic was much too good for Ferrerwhile Murray overwhelmed a slightly jaded Federer.Djokovic was as consistent as Ferrer, but also pos-sessed the weapons that Ferrer lacked. Hard as Ferrerfought, Djokovic would rally with him and then choosethe right ball to put away. It was no contest. In the sec-ond semifinal Federer looked a little tired after his fiveset win over Tsonga. Murray served much better, mov-ing Federer wide in the deuce court and then hitting

cross court. In the end Murray won the serving duel,with Federer fading in the fifth set.

The five sets that Murray played against Federerproved to be his undoing in the final. Djokovic hadromped over the diminutive Ferrer in no time and hislegs were fresh. Murray imposed his solid error freebaseline game on Djokovic, winning the first set in thetie break and having Djokovic ranting and raving earlyin the second. But when Djokovic fought off a love 40situation early in the second set, the tide turned.Djokovic became more agressive, attcked the net andran Murray ragged, until Murray started having ham-string twinges and blisters on the toes. After that it wasonly a matter of time for the Serb to run away with histhird straight Australian Open, with a four set win. ForMurray, it was a case of missed opportunities. Had hegotten the break in the second set, the momentumwould have remained his and possibly the title.

In the women’s event, the big surprise was theemergence of Sloane Stephens – the young Americangirl who upset Serena Williams to make her first GrandSlam semi final. Daughter of an American professionalfootballer, Stephens displayed a solid baseline defenceallied with winners which she hit with a good marginfor error. Serena won the first set but then wrenchedher back, making Stephens’ job much easier. Shedropped serve early in the third set but broke Serenatwice to defeat her idol.

Stephens was outplayed by Victoria Azarenka inthe semis while Li Na of China stopped Maria Shara-pova’s record breaking run with a facile win. Li Nawas superb in the final, winning the first set with ablistering array of ground strokes. In the middle ofthe second set, Li Na had a bad fall that knocked hercold for a few seconds. She also lost a bit of her mo-bility due to the ankle injury and from thereAzarenka was the only winner.

So, last year’s winners repeated at this firstMajor of 2013. The court suits both to a tee, beingfast and with a consistent bounce. It remians to beseen if they can continue their supremacy on the claycourt circuit this summer. Though Nadal's hardcourt career seems to be over, but he is scheduled tobe back in February and will no doubt be aiming foryet another French Open title.

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Wednesday, 30 January, 2013

Published by Arif Nizami at Plot No 79, Sector 24, Korangi Industrial Area Karachi. Editor: Arif Nizami

ISLAMABADSTAFF REPORT

THE Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP) on Tuesday is-sued a final code of conduct fornext general elections and as-

signed district returning officers and re-turning officers to ensure itsimplementation.

The 46-points code, which the ECPprepared after holding a number of meet-ings with political parties, does not per-mit the president, prime minister,ministers, governors, chief ministers andother public office holders to participatein election campaigns. This provision willalso be applicable to the caretaker setup.

The code also directed political par-ties not to encourage or enter into formalor informal agreement or understandingexcluding women from becoming candi-dates for an election or exercising theirright of vote in polls. The political partiesshould encourage women to participatein election process.

It also says that all contesting candi-dates and their supporters should avoid

all activities which are considered of-fences under the election laws, such asbribing voters, intimidation as well ascanvassing within 400 yards of a pollingstation, including setting up of camps.

Per code of conduct, political partiesand candidates should not propagate anyopinion or act in any manner prejudicialto the ideology of Pakistan, or the sover-eignty, integrity or security of Pakistan,or the integrity or independence of the ju-diciary of Pakistan, or which defames orbrings into ridicule the judiciary or thearmed forces, as provided under Article63 of the constitution.

It also read that the contesting candi-dates and their supporters are not al-lowed to procure the support orassistance of any person in the service ofPakistan to promote or hinder the elec-tion of a contesting candidate.

Per code, wall chalking as part of anelection campaign is prohibited in allforms. Similarly, use of loudspeaker isalso strictly banned for election campaignexcept at the election meetings. No per-son or a political party shall affix posters,hoardings or banners larger than the

sizes prescribed by the ECP.Political parties, contesting candi-

dates and their supporters shall not useany vehicle to transport to or from thepolling stations any elector except him-self and members of his immediate fam-ily. Contesting candidates and theirsupporters shall not propagate againstthe participation of any person in theelections on the basis of gender, ethnicity,religion or caste.

While it is also part of code of con-duct that no candidate can make transac-tion towards the election expenses fromany other account but from only specificaccount. And all transactions relating tothe election expenses shall be enteredinto with GST-registered firms/persons,wherever it is possible.

Issuing of advertisements at the costof public exchequer in the newspapersand other media and misuse of official

mass media during the election period forpartisan coverage of political news andpublicity by the federal, provincial andlocal governments shall be prohibited.

There will be a complete ban on car-rying and display of all kinds of weaponsand firearms in public meetings and pro-cessions as well as on the polling day anduntil 24 hours after the consolidation ofofficial results by the returning officerand official regulations in respect thereofshall be strictly observed. Firing, use ofcrackers and other explosives at publicmeetings and at or near the polling sta-tions by any person shall not be allowed.

The candidates are allowed to holdrallies and processions only at the speci-fied places. Such places and routes shallbe pre-determined in every city and townby district/local administration in con-sultation with respective candidates ortheir authorised representatives and benotified for public information.

Whereas, the car rallies are not al-lowed to travel long distances except ifthe political parties, candidates or theirsupporters have pre-arranged cornermeetings at specific designated places.

ISLAMABAD AGENCIES

Pakistan looks forward to a construc-tive engagement with India to settle alloutstanding problems, including theKashmir dispute, Prime Minister RajaPervez Ashraf said on Tuesday.

Talking to Azad Jammu and Kash-mir President Sardar MuhammadYaqoob Khan and Prime MinisterChaudhry Abdul Majeed, Ashraf saidPakistan would continue extendingmoral, diplomatic and political supportto the Kashmiri people in their strugglefor right to self-determination.

He said Pakistan believed in“peaceful settlement of the Kashmirdispute in accordance with the UN res-olutions and wishes of the Kashmiripeople”. Earlier in the day, the PM ad-dressed the oath-taking ceremony ofGujjar Khan Bar Association, where hesaid the completion of the govern-

ment’s tenure had strengtheneddemocracy and all stakeholders hadagreed to extend full support to thedemocratic setup.

“Democracy has been strengthenedand its plant has been converting intoa strong tree with the completion offive year term of the present democrat-ically elected parliament.”

There is consensus among the judi-ciary, armed forces and all politicalforces that no other system but democ-racy is imperative for the country.

The PM said if all institutionsworked in their constitutional frame-work then there would be no problemand Pakistan would prosper. PM Ashrafsaid in the past democratic setup wasdamaged by “outside forces” and thecountry had to face the consequences.

The PM said all forces had agreed thatthere was no alternative to democracy andfollowing the next general elections thepeople would elect their representatives

to continue democratic process.Raja said despite some difficulties,

the completion of the government’stenure would usher in new era in thecountry. The prime minister said thePakistan People’s Party had renderedmatchless sacrifices for the establish-ment of democracy in the country.

Praising the role played by lawyersin restoration of democracy, PM Rajasaid today judiciary and media werefully independent. He said lawyers, whowere educated, conscious and talentedwere the role model for the people.

Referring to challenges faced by thePPP-led government, he said, “We in-troduced politics of patience, toleranceand reconciliation which has startedpaying dividends.”

The premier said despite ups anddowns the government moved on thepath of reconciliation which was the vi-sion of slain PPP chairwoman BenazirBhutto who always said that reconcilia-

tion was the best way to face all chal-lenges. The PM said, “We formed coali-tion governments in the Centre andeven in the provinces and took all theparties along after the 2008 elections.”

He said the government ensuredfood security making it a wheat export-ing country, adding that when the gov-ernment took over in 2008, there wasa shortage of wheat in the country.

He said the foreign exchange re-serves were also in a stable position.

Referring to the efforts to fight ex-tremism and terrorism, Raja said, “Wealso pushed the terrorists back.”

The PM assured to extend full sup-port and cooperation in the completionof chambers of the lawyers at GujjarKhan Bar. He also assured the mem-bers of the Gujjar Khan Bar Associationto provide computers.

Earlier, Law Minister Farooq HNaik administered oath to the newly-elected office-bearers of the bar.

Power tariff increased byRs 1.33 per unit

ISLAMABADONLINE

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority(NEPRA) has jacked up power tariff by Rs 1.33per unit. The enhancement in tariff has beenapproved by NEPRA under the head of fueladjustment surcharge (FAS) and this increase willapply to the month of December 2012 after thecase in this respect is decided by Islamabad HighCourt (IHC). All power distribution companies,except the Karachi Electricity Supply Company,had filed application with NEPRA seekingenhancement in power tariff on the plea that theyhad to bear several expenses under monthly fueladjustment surcharge. After conducting thehearing of the plea, NEPRA accorded approval tothe increase in tariff by Rs 1.33 per unit undermonthly fuel adjustment surcharge. Theenhanced tariff will be applicable only for themonth of December 2012. A case regarding fueladjustment charges is already pending hearingwith the IHC, therefore, the increased tariff willtake effect after the decision of the court.

Tauqir Sadiq arrested in Dubai

ISLAMABADONLINE

Tauqir Sadiq, the former chairman of Oil and GasRegulatory Authority (OGRA) wanted in a megacorruption scandal, has been arrested in Dubai,reports said on Tuesday. Sadiq has been takeninto custody in Dubai, UAE, by a special team ofCID headed by Rana Shahid. The team comprisestwo senior police officials and an official from theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB). Sourcesconfirmed that Sadiq was currently in the custodyof the CID team, adding that the accused wouldsoon be handed over to the Pakistani consulate inDubai. Moreover, negotiations over hisdeportation to Pakistan are currently underwaywith UAE authorities, the sources said. TheSupreme Court of Pakistan had ordered NAB forthe arrest of Tauqir Sadiq, who is accused ofmisusing authority, embezzling funds and causinga Rs 82 billion loss to the national exchequer.

ECP issues final code of conductg President, PM, ministers, governors and CMs are not permitted to take part in election campaign g Ads at cost of public exchequer by federal,provincial and local governments will be prohibited g Firing, use of crackers and other explosives at public meetings will not be allowed

Pakistan keen on constructive engagement with India: PMg Ashraf says all stakeholders on same page to support democracy g Completion of government’stenure to usher in new era in country g government has pushed terrorists back

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali

zardari distributes Benazir

Muawanat Cards among the

deserving people from interior

Sindh and Karachi on Tuesday. NNI

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