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PM assures tribal Jirga of using all state resources to arrest Rao Anwar

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (APP):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said as the issue of Naqeebullah Mehsood was not the matter of a province alone but of the state, all resources would be utilized to arrest Rao Anwar and fulfill the requirements of justice.
The prime minister gave this assurance to a Jirga of Mehsood and Wazir tribes, who met him here at the PM Office.
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Minister of State for Capital and Administration Division (CAD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, and Advisor to the PM on Political Affairs Engr. Amir Muqam were also present in the meeting.
During the meeting, the Jirga demanded immediate arrest of and taking to justice to those responsible for the extra-judicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsood.
Matters relating to the problems faced by tribes in Waziristan were also discussed, according to a press release issued by the PM’s Media Office here.
The prime minister said the government would also establish a college in Waziristan after the name of Naqeebullah Mehsood.
Talking about the problems faced by the people of Waziristan, the prime minister mentioned the sacrifices of tribal people in the ongoing war against terrorism and said the whole nation highly valued the sacrifices of tribal areas’ people and the government would continue to extend all possible cooperation for their rehabilitation.
He said the people injured due to landmine explosions in tribal areas would be given appropriate compensation by the government, and the process of clearing landmines would be further paced up.
The members of the Jirga thanked the prime minister for the meeting with tribal elders and giving assurance for addressing the problems of tribal people.
The Jirga also hailed the efforts of governor KPK, minister of state for CAD and the advisor to PM on political affairs, who played important role in resolving their problems and arranging their meeting with the prime minister.
The Jirga said the people of tribal areas were peace-loving and patriotic, who had never hesitated in the past to give any sacrifice for the country and would remain in the forefront for its defense in future as well.
The members of Jirga expressed full confidence in the leadership of the prime minister.

UN chief calls on Maldives to lift state of emergency

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UNITED NATIONS, Feb, 6 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the Maldivian government to uphold the rule of law and ensure the safety of people “including members of the judiciary” following the declaration of a state of emergency in the island nation, after which soldiers forced their way into the Supreme Court.
The UN chief expressed serious concern about the unfolding situation in the Maldives and, in statement issued by his Spokesman Stephane Dujarric, urged the Government to uphold the constitution and rule of law, lift the state of emergency as soon as possible, and take all measures to ensure the safety and security of the people in the country, including members of the judiciary.
According to media reports, the security forces arrested the top judge after the declaration of the state of emergency, a development following the Supreme Court decision that ordered the release of convicted opposition leaders and the reinstatement of 12 parliamentarians.
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday said he had declared a 15-day state of emergency because the Supreme Court chief justice had planned to overthrow the government.
Yameen, in a televised address, said the recent Supreme Court order to release top opposition leaders was “shocking” and threatened to “cripple” the functioning of the state.
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed were arrested shortly after the state of emergency was declared on charges of plotting to overthrow the government.
Over the weekend, senior UN officials called on the authorities in the Maldives to fully respect the top court ruling, with the secretary-general expressing the continued readiness of the UN to facilitate all-party talks in finding a solution to the Indian Ocean nation’s political stalemate.

India urged to stop gross HR vioilation in Kashmir, give right of self -determination to Kashmiris

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LONDON, Feb 06 (APP):Speakers, including United Kingdom Members of Parliament (MPs), here called upon India to immediately stop atrocities and human rights violations being committed by its occupation forces on innocent people of Kashmir, who were struggling for their birth right to the self-determination in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
To express solidarity with the people of Indian occupied Kashmir, on Kashmir Solidarity Day, the Pakistani and Kashmiri community in United Kingdon (UK) had gathered on Monday night and assured their complete support to their right to self-determination. A seminar was organized at Pakistan High Commission London to mark the day.
The Seminar was attended among others by Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to London Zahid Hafeez
Chaudhri, Members of UK Parliament Muhammad Yasin, Naz Shah, Imran Hussain, Jack Brereton, Afzl Khan, Zahid A Manzoor and Lord Qurban.
A large number of Pakistanis, including those from the Kashmiri community in the UK, assembled in the premises of the Portcullis House in the Willson room here and showed solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren and condemned the human rights violations being committed by Indian occupation forces in occupied Kashmir.
In his remarks Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to London Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri strongly condemned the atrocities being perpetrated on innocent Kashmiri people who have been demanding their birthright to self determination from India.
He reiterated Pakistan’s unflinching moral, political and diplomatic support to people of Indian occupied Kashmir till realization of their birthright to self-determination under UN security council resolutions on Kashmir.
He on the occasion said that UN security council resolution on Kashmir was still valid and called upon UN Security Country and the international community to play their vital role in the implementation of peaceful resolution on Kashmir issue in order to ensure lasting peace not only in the region but in the entire world.
The other speakers also called upon India to comply with UN Resolution on Kashmir for durable peace in South Asia, urging it to withdraw its troops from Kashmir.
They also called upon India to immediately stop atrocities, gross human rights violations, and genocide of innocent people of occupied Kashmir to quell their birthright to self-determination and ensure UN-sponsored free and fair plebiscite to decide them their future according to their wishes.
The Kashmiri community in UK, in their speeches called upon the UK Parliament and the government to deny visa to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to UK as he was involved in the killings of minorities and human rights violations including Kashmiris in occupied Kashmir.
They also urged India to allow fact-finding missions to Indian occupied Kashmir to access the human rights situation there.
The speakers also vowed to highlight Kashmir cause and plight of Kashmiri people of Indian occupied Kashmir at international fora till the achievement of their birthright to self-determination and freedom from Indian subjugation.
Afzal Khan, Raja Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Yaseen, Ejaz Ahmed Siddique ,Lord Qurban Hussain, Sumaira Shahid Raja, Shahid Hassan, Naheeda Jalal, Aftab Chaudhry, Sardar Ikhlaq Chaudhry Azeem, also spoke on the occasion.

Cabinet directs provincial govts to ensure payments to sugarcane famers

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ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (APP):The federal cabinet Tuesday discussed issues of sugarcane growers and directed the provincial governments to fulfill their responsibility towards ensuring prompt payments at notified rates to the farmers by the sugar mills immediately.
The meeting of the cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the Prime Minister’s Office, a press release said.
The cabinet approved signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of information between the Committee on Television and Radio of the Government of Public of Tajikistan and Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage of Pakistan.
The signing of MoU for cooperation in the field of labour and training between Pakistan and the Sultanate of Oman was also approved.
It approved singing of arrangements on mutual cooperation in the field of justice administration between the Ministry of Law and Justice, Pakistan and Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tunisia.
The cabinet approved enforcement of the Costs of Litigation Act, 2017 with effect from March 1, 2018.
It also approved a proposal for repatriation of Muhammad Naseem, Judge Banking Court-I Peshawar to Peshawar High Court Peshawar and appointment of Khawaja Wahij-ud-Din, District and Session Judge as Judge Banking Court-I Peshawar, as recommended by the chief justice of Peshawar High Court.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to appoint Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi, District and Sessions Judge, as Judge Special Court (Anti-Terrorism-I) Islamabad.
Proposal for notifying Maximum Retail Price of various drugs as well as reduction in prices of drugs in line with the Drug Pricing Policy was also approved.
Appointment of Dr Sheikh Akhtar Hussain against the post of chief executive officer (CEO), Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan for a period of three months was approved. The cabinet directed Ministry of National Health Services to expedite the process of regular appointment of CEO of the authority.
Approval of appointment of members of Board of Directors of Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSOCL) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) was also accorded.
Approval in principle for legislation in respect of establishment of “Institute of Science and Technology Bahawalpur” was also accorded by the cabinet.

1st Cannon Foam Cricket Challenge Cup

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LAHORE, Feb 06 (APP):The first Cannon Foam Cricket Challenge
Cup 2018 will roll into action from February 15 at various grounds
of the city and 57 teams of active and non-active clubs of Lahore
East Zone and Lahore High Court Bar take part.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday at the SJAL office
on Tuesday, tournament committee patron-in-chief Sheikh M Ibrahim,
along with Golden Star Cricket Club president Wasif Zaman, Lines
Club member Shafiullah Khan and tournament committee secretary
Shahbaz Ali, said: “The purpose of holding this tournament is to
promote cricket at grass-root level. We are holding this event
in Lahore East Zone, because this zone has honour of producing
Abdul Qadir, Aamir Sohail, Hamayun Farhat, Imran Farhat, Nadeem
Ghauri, Naveed Anjum, Akram Raza and many more big names which
not only earn good name and fame for themselves but also for the
zone and the country at international level”.
“Due to less cricket activities in this zone, it has stopped
producing world class cricketers, so we have decided to revive
cricket activities here and help the region and the country to
get best cricket talent from this particular area, who may serve
the country in the best possible manner. I hope this tournament
will not only provide a good platform to the youngsters of East
Zone to exhibit their prowess at higher level but also provide
them opportunities to excel at higher level by showcasing their
skills and by giving best performances during the tournament”,
he added.
Sheikh Ibrahim also announced that just before the final of
the event, the tournament organizing committee will arrange an
exhibition match of Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL).
He also thanked SJAL and it members for promoting sports particular
cricket and hoped they would continue support such healthy activities
by giving them best coverage and by highlighting the best outcome
of the tournament.
Wasif Zaman thanked Sheikh Ibrahim for extending his all-out cooperation and support for conducting this tournament and hoped
he would continue to support them whenever his support and cooperation would needed. He said that though the policy of Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) regarding holding the private cricket tournaments is
a good one, yet there is a dire need to make it more easy and
friendly, as it would attract more cricket organizers to come
forward to organise maximum number of private cricket tournaments.
Lines Club member Shafiullah said that the tournament is being organised in order to keep our youth away from negative activities
and provide them opportunities to remain busy in healthy cricket activities. “We have nothing to do with politics, as the purpose
of holding this event is just to promote club level cricket and
hunt freshtalent, which may serve the zone, region and the country
in the best possible way”.

US-based Kashmiri forum asks world to help suppressed Kashmiri people

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WASHINGTON, Feb.6 (APP):The US-based World Kashmir Forum urged the world community on the Kashmir Solidarity Day to fulfill its decades-old promise and help the innocent Kashmiri people being brutally suppressed by the Indian occupation forces in the held-valley.
The gathering was organized to mark the day around the world, observed every year to show solidarity with the struggling Kashmiri peolple. The participants applauded the widespread and enthusiastic support in the United States and around the world for the Kashmiri self-determination cause.
The people of Kashmir are determined to present their peaceful objectives to the international community. Their objective is to seek a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict through dialogue, with the participation of all parties including India Pakistan and representatives of Kashmir, said Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a prominent Kashmiri leader and Secretary General of the Forum.
Dr. Fai said it was totally incomprehensible as to why the world powers do not want the Kashmiri participation in the talks when the right to choose the destiny of 22 million people was given by the UN Security Council to the inhabitants of the territory and not to the leadership in New Delhi or Islamabad.
Any attempt to strike a deal between any two parties without associating the third, will always lead us to a barren land. So, the future negotiations must be tripartite between all parties concerned, Fai added.
He said that potential elements of a peaceful solution have been in place for nearly 70 years and the UN resolutions clearly lay out that the people of Kashmir have the right, and should be provided the opportunity to decide the status of their land.
This, he added, were embodied in agreements and resolutions and were not only committed by the governments of India and Pakistan, but the UN itself.
While alternative modalities can be subject of negotiations, the principle has no substitute as the basis for an enduring settlement, “the principle that the wishes and aspirations of the people of Kashmir must be ascertained in seeking any final settlement,” Fai emphasized.
Professor Imtiaz Khan, President, Kashmiri American Council said that the truth is that the people of Kashmir themselves have always been hostile to the presence of India’s troops on their soil and have resisted to such oppression. He said over 100,000 Kashmiris have died within the past 28 years alone.
Dr. M. A Dhar said that there was a way to a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue lies in tripartite negotiations between India, Pakistan and the All Parties Hurriyet Conference.
He said that it was absolutely necessary to have third party mediation because history shows that bilateral arrangements have never worked out as India is always insincere.
Other Kashmiri leaders, who spoke on the occasion included Raja Liaqat Kiyani, Iqbal Chand Doddy, Sardar Zulfiqar Roshan Khan, Khalid Fahee, Sardar Aftab Rosan Khan, Mohammad Amer, Murtaza Mohammad and Sardar Zubair.
All the speakers condemned the ongoing Indian atrocities in the occupied valley and said that the world community has an obligation to stop Indian forces from committed unspeakable brutalities on the innocent Kashmiri people, including women and children.
They urged the United States to persuade India and Pakistan to initiate a meaningful dialogue between all parties concerned to settle the dispute to the satisfaction of the people of Kashmir. APP/zh

2nd women hockey super league gets under way

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LAHORE, Feb 06 (APP):Defending champions Lahore Lions were surprisingly held to a 2-2 draw by the Karachi Dolphins and
Peshawar Deers defeated Islamabad Shaheens 2-0 on the opening day of the 2nd Women Hockey Super League here on Tuesday at the national hockey stadium.
Syed Khursheed Shah, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, was the chief guest on the occasion and inaugurated the event at a simple but impressive ceremony.
Apart from the five competing sides, Karachi Dolphins, Islamabad Shaheens, Lahore Lions, Quetta Panthers and Peshawar Deers, a galaxy of Pakistan’s former women hockey internationals also took
part in the march past.
These former stalwarts were presented with Life Achievement Awards by the chief guest in recognition of their services to the Pakistan hockey. The names included a few who are now settled outside Pakistan.
All those present were pleasantly surprised when recorded messages of some of these former stars living outside the country were screened on the big screen in the stadium.
In the opening match, Lahore Lions were apparently cruising to an easy victory courtesy two field goals scored by Sidra Pervaiz and 11-year-old Sharika Sarwar.
But the Karachi girls fought back through their captain Afshan Naureen who neutralized both the goal
via penalty corner conversions.
In the second match, a brace by Saima Ghulam enabled Peshawar Deers to defeat Islamabad Shaheens.

Two matches decided in Winter Polo Cup

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LAHORE, Feb 06 (APP):Master Paints/Rizvi’s, Barry’s and Newage/Guard Group won their respective matches on the opening day of the Winter Polo Cup 2018 here on Tuesday at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground.
The first encounter of the day saw Master Paints/Rizvi’s outclassing Army Red by 5-1½. Juan Cruz Losada and Hamza Mawaz Khan were stars of the day with both scoring two goals each while Farooq Amin Sufi converted the remaining one. Mighuel Luis Duggan scored the only goal for the losing side, which had half goal handicap advantage. Macos Araya and Major Haseeb Minhas officiated the match as field umpires.
Barry’s beat Diamond Paints by 5½-2 in the second match of the day. Silvestre Garrose displayed quality polo skills and slammed a hat-trick while Raja Mikael Sami scored the remaining one for the winning side,
which also had one and half goal handicap advance, while Macos Araya
banged in both the goals for the losing side. Juan Cruz Losada Ahmed Ali Tiwana supervised the match as field umpires.
One and half goal handicap advantage helped Newage/Guard Group defeat Army White by 4½-4 in the third and last encounter of the day. Taimur Ali Malik struck two goals for the winning side, which had one and half goal handicap advantage, while the remaining one came from Salvador Ulloa. From the losing side, Major Omer Minhas, Brig Zulfiqar Ali Beg, Major Haseeb Minhas and Ignasio Negri scored one goal apiece. Hamza Mawaz Khan and Miguel Luis Duggan were the field umpires.
The only match of tomorrow (Wednesday) will be contested between Master Paints Black and Army Red.

Punjab sports minister, Secretary sports reach Palestine

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LAHORE, Feb 06 (APP):Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada and Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan on
Tuesday reached Ramallah, Palestine, to attend the opening ceremony of the Al-Quds Ash-Sharif OIC Youth Capital 2018 Programme.
The opening ceremony of the programme will be held at al-Moqataa Presidential Compound.
The programme will end on Feb 8, said a spokesman for the Sports Board Punjab here.
The Al-Quds Ash-Sharif OIC Youth Capital 2018 Programme will launch a year of activities that seek to raise international awareness of the Palestinian issue and development of Palestinian youth.
The launch of first Palestinian National Youth Council as well as the first meeting of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif OIC Youth Capital Council of Patrons consisting of OIC ministers and high-level representatives of heads of states will also take place on the sidelines of the porgramme.

PCB audit should take place: Khurshid Shah

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LAHORE, Feb 06 (APP):Opposition leader in National Assembly Syed Khrushid Shah has called for carrying out the audit of
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in order to ascertain how funds of billions of rupees are being spent.
“There is dire need to probe the funds of the PCB which is a rich organisation as resources are being spent on some major
cities including Lahore, whereas the PCB is not spending money on development of the game in the far-flung areas of the country,”
he said this while talking to the media after inaugurating the Pakistan Women Hockey League here on Tuesday at the National
Hockey Stadium.
He said that if sports and overall environment in the country are on the right track then everything in the country can be put
in order.
Khurashid Shah stressed the need to keep politics away from sports and cited involvement of politics as the key factor in
the overall decline of sports in the country.
“It is quite unfortunate that there is deep-rooted involvement of politics in country’s sports due to which our sports are at
constant decline,” he said adding “Funds should be pumped in to make the sports institutions financially viable and to arrest the
decline in sports, the way Pakistan People’s Party did when it was in power.”
The opposition leader said every institution should work within its domain as undue interference in the working of an institution
results in creating problems which hamper the pace of progress.
He said that it was a heartening sign that women hockey is on the rise as regular hockey activities are being held from the platform
of the Pakistan Hockey Federation to motivate womenfolk to take up hockey as a sport.
“I am very much delighted to see that our country is rich in women hockey talent and with hard work and commitment and training
under the watchful eyes of experienced coaches, our women hockey team can emerge as a force to reckon with at the international
level,” he said.

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