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Probing the Panamagate Case

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here is a five-judge larger bench looking into the Panama leaks case. With three of the original five justices still part of the bench, the hearings can now be undertaken more e ciently, however, the newly inducted judges will need e tra time to be familiar with the case Removal of one judge from the previous team of five is due to his upcoming retirement in a couple of months. This suggests that Chief ustice is serious about continuity without disruption. ustice Asif Saeed hosa is heading the bench. The case is to probe Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children over alleged investments in offshore companies with no obvious money trails to fund the deals.

Having accepted the new bench, the PTI looks forward to pressing its case against the Prime Minister.

The regular hearings of the Panama issue will give the opposition a political advantage, and the Sharif family is likely to be on the defensive for the most part. It s up to the honourable bench to reframe the issues and determine the onus of proof on any party to the case.

Of course, there are lessons to be learned from the earlier set of hearings. An overall intense media scrutiny and informed commentary is good for the democracy, but creating negative hype is equally dangerous.

Panama leaks revelations brie y An investigation published in the past by an international coalition of more than 100 media outlets based on 11.5 million records and 2.6 terabytes of information drawn from the internal database of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca details how politicians, celebrities and other famous people use

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banks, law firms and offshore shell companies to hide their assets.

According to documents available on the ICI website, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif s children Maryam, Hasan and Hussain were owners or had the right to authorise transactions for several companies.

The data leak revealed the financial wheelings and dealings of over 200 Pakistanis, including the late Benazir Bhutto, Rehman Malik and other prominent politicians and businessmen.

Since the data leak, PM Nawaz has been under immense pressure at the hands of the opposition to ensure a transparent inquiry is held to justify the sources of funding for his children s offshore companies.

Test ase It s a test case for the Supreme Court, and it s now or never for the country. If the culprits are set free this time, then it s a defeat of 200 million people allowing the mega corruption to end up as legalized unfortunately.

Mystery: The PM is stuck in a di cult scenario from where getting out is a real challenge.

Either he lied before the honourable ape court bench or in the National Assembly and getting out would not be possible without a miracle.

Hopefully a verdict will be delivered by the bench in due course (sooner the better).

According to general and the e pert opinion, if supreme court convicts Nawaz Sharif and puts him behind bars, it will be a defining moment in the history of the country. And if he gets clean chit then this country has no future.

Repercussion of corruption and mismanagement Almost everyone has the feeling

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Most important Significance of - 2 ‘H’!

B y : G ul shan A l anai In fact there are many important meaningful words of H , but 2 are the major most important significant H called Halaal/legal and Harraam/ illegal for the safety and security of healthy body, mind and Soul. These 2 H are based on the commands of Allah-Creator-GOD like the previous command of osher , and 10 commandments given through Prophet Moses (AS), that are continuous and practiced by the Muslims too.

Obedient to the divine commands proves the unity with the Higher Power-Creator-GOD, a Helper gives free help and has the Healing Power like the Healing power of sweet Honey .

Recognition of the Higher Power leads to the Human concern that removes the hatred of Humanity, purifying the Hearts and spreads Happiness.

The commands of safety and restrictions are in the Divine Scriptural religions only and not in the man made religions. Disregarding the safety

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code puts mankind in physical and spiritual turmoil.

The Divine Scriptural religions are full of commandments giving the True Guidance for the healthy mind and body, similar to the using Healthy food and drinks without Alcohol and chemicals added in, or the food with the right ingredients.

The sign of Perfect traveling Map to reach the right destination.

If the Map is wrong or fabricated one would definitely get lost going around in circle and would land at the wrong destination, like taking the wrong Train going to the opposite direction..Similarly not following the Divine Guidance would definitely jeopardize one s safety and security, as every illegal action has serious consequences. niversal Messenger Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) indicated even lying is a sin-criminal act, so avoid which that hurts others, respect the Divine Law as well as the Law of the land, be obedient to the Higher Power who is your Helper . nite with HIM that will unite with other Humans , who are part of your one community .

This is undeniable fact that first unity and obedience to the Higher Power is the best of the character of an obedient Citizen.

Subsequently, the constitutional Law of the Land indicates the same, to follow the rules and regulations for our own safety.

that country is on the verge of financial insolvency, however, the government talks about macroeconomic stability.

The question is, if the revenues collected by the government are insu cient to service even debt payment obligations, isn t there some kind goof up at play in the country s fiscal and economic policies The imports are increasing heavily, while cheating on ta es is common. es, the CPEC is a game changer and is most likely to upgrade Pakistan economically generating a better image of the country internationally, yet there are economic fault lines which need be taken care of through the improved justice system based on allowing the equality to all regardless of class.

Culture of plea bargains like the recent ones nourishes corruption for the looting mafia. Pakistan is sinking in the corruption of ruling elite (previous and the current). arachi stock market showing positive results but the corrupt elements would help it erode away gradually.

PTI Chairman e pressed disappointment over former Chief ustice aheer amali s decision to delay the Panamagate case hearing and proceed on vacation instead.

Nevertheless, welcoming the formation of a new bench, he said he wishes the new bench would wrap up the case as soon as possible. onsense of aved ashmi Factor: Hashmi is doing as advised by federal minister khawaja Asif. During 2014 sit-in, ustice Nasir ul mulk (person of integrity) was heading the udiciary. How can Hashmi malign the honourable justice and General Raheel Shareef after their retirements Openly criticizing the honourable ape judiciary as well

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as the Pakistan army is highly idiotic, immoral and unconstitutional.

Accusing them of bringing judicial martial law or foji martial law certainly amounts to maligning the top institutions of the country.

Truth is, whenever there is an issue of national importance involving the rulers, a new development designed to sideline the main issue happens. Hashmi s claim is designed as a strategy to weaken the grilling of the Sharifs: Message to supporters of corruption: Ape court is constitutionally powerful, therefore, no anti biotic may work to save the culprits.

Summing up: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children on Tuesday submitted documents in the Supreme Court (SC) notifying a change of counsel in the Panamagate case.

There is new evidence already submitted but the Supreme Court has to be able to define the guilt or innocence in a clear manner. umping to conclusions is interference in the ongoing legal battle.

As the ape court is highly responsible to uphold its integrity, the current larger bench would make the law prevail by giving the right verdict in the most discussed Panama scandal(a landmark case), where the serving prime minister and his family are involved. Hopefully, it would change the destiny of Pakistan.

In other words, an outcome of this case is most likely to help the nation in weeding out the white collared criminals the most powerful corrupt mafia.

Beyond doubt, a logical ending of the case would confirm that those in power are not above the law, and the system doesn t favour the privileged few.

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If one doesn t follow the Road Signs of Tra c Lights , the Stop or No entry Signs, or No drink and Drive , one gets hurt but puts others in harms ways and gets into a big trouble with the Law that doesn t allow any kind of disobedience and right away issues the ticket or punishes severely according to the crime committed. Which proves ignoring the Law is hurting oneself and others around you too.

Evidently, no one in his/her right mind would ever attempt to remove the Road Signs or fight against the law of the Land that is to secure our safety, yet the rebellious mankind has nerves to ignore the Divine Warning Signs, and abuse the law abiding citizens of both the worlds as backward or Wahabi.

The only difference in both the laws is that GOD forgives our mistakes again and again after genuine repentance unlike the law of the land that punishes right away.

Liberals’ latest ICBC review aims to help Christy Clark, not drivers B y : A drian D ix, The government s new review of ICBC is aimed at helping Christy Clark get through an election, not at providing rate relief for drivers facing steep insurance hikes, says Adrian Di , New Democrat spokesperson on ICBC. This review is not about providing relief for drivers struggling to keep up with rising premiums,

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it s about helping Christy Clark get through an election. She pulled the same play ahead of the 201 election, but after saying she accepted the review s recommendations, ICBC basic insurance rates proceeded to go through the roof, said Di . Independent hearings just e posed that that basic insurance premiums could spike another 42 per cent after the election.

So Christy Clark s political solution to her political problem is to shut down the hearings and order this review, said Di . Christy Clark simply didn t want to have the results of hearings into ICBC rate hikes come out in March right before the election.

Di noted how under Premier Christy Clark s tenure, insurance rates have already gone up appro imately 2 0 per driver. Like rising B.C. Hydro rates, medical service premium ta increases and other fee hikes, Christy Clark s manipulation of ICBC is just another hidden ta increase for individuals and families. She has taken more than a billion dollars out of ICBC. That s why rates are going up. Christy Clark s manipulation of ICBC has been making life less affordable for British Columbians ever since she took o ce.

If she was serious about taking action on rising insurance premiums, she would have stopped treating ICBC as an ATM, said Di .Di said the law needs to be changed to stop the provincial government from raiding ICBC s financial reserves, so those funds are available to help stabilize rates through settling claims, improving customer service and road safety.

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Supreme Court to conduct Panamagate hearings on daily basis A larger bench of the Supreme Court, resuming hearings on the Panamagate case on Wednesday, decided that hearings on the case would take place on a daily basis.

The bench, constituted by newly-appointed Chief ustice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar and headed by ustice Asif Saeed hosa, decided that the court would not accept any further unnecessary adjournments in the case. ustice hosa said, We will not leave anything unattended. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf s (PTI) counsel Naeem Bokhari while presenting his arguments maintained that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had misguided lawmakers in a speech regarding his assets delivered earlier this year in the National Assembly following the Panama Leaks.

Bokhari told the court that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, brother of PM Nawaz, had carried out transactions outside the country in London. He was of the opinion that Shahbaz Sharif s financial dealings should also be included in the case, but the court reminded him that that the CM Punjab had not been made party in the case.

The court ordered Bokhari to prove whether or not Hussain Nawaz, PM Nawaz s son, is the owner of certain offshore companies bought before 2006. Naeem claimed, saying that the Park Lane ats 16 and 16a were bought in 1995 for 5,000 pounds. ustice hosa observed that an attested letter from a former Qatari prime minister, presented in the ape court in November, states that the London ats were owned by the Al Thani family before the Sharif

family bought them.He added that no record had been presented in court to show that the Al Thani family used to own the ats.

The judge ordered the PTI counsel to establish the source of funding for the Park Lane ats. He observed that three different money trails had been presented in the ape court in regard to the purchase of the ats.

The first viewpoint suggests that the funds were transferred from Qatar to Dubai, where as the second suggests it was transferred from Dubai to eddah. A third view point suggests funds were sourced from Qatar to London.

He implored the counsel to establish a single money trail.

The Qatari letter states that the Park Lane ats in London were purchased by Mian Sharif , PM Nawaz s father in 1980. The document adds that they were bought from the sale of the Dubai Steel Mills.

Regarding this transaction, ustice hosa rhetorically asked Bokhari, Was the investment in the ats so profitable that from 1980 till 2006, it has generated billions Bokhari responded by alleging that PM Nawaz had conducted benami transactions in Dubai. He told the court that 10 per cent of the profit earned from the sale of Dubai Steel Mills was given to the Dubai government.

During the hearing, the court also e pressed anger over politicians speaking with the media on its premises. Political leaders were asked not to make the ape court a politice: T he D aw n.c om cal battleground . Sour

Pakistan Navy making efforts to acquire modern warships: Admiral Zakaullah

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad akaullah on Wednesday said that efforts were in hand to acquire modern warships.

Addressing the Pakistan Navy Fleet Annual E ciency Competition Parade and Award ceremony at PN Dockyard in arachi, Admiral akaullah stressed that the acquisi-

tion of Hangor-class submarines would greatly add to the operational capability of Pakistan Navy, said a statement issued by navy.The naval chief, however, stressed that besides the acquisition of modern weapon systems, it was the rigorous training and untiring efforts which could provide an edge over the enemy. He emphasised that an efficient and strong navy was vital for the protection of Pakistan s maritime interests.Admiral akaullah e pressed complete satisfaction over the professional competence and performance of Pakistan Navy eet. He said that during last year, Pakistan Navy eet participated in various maritime e ercises and live weapon firings.

Active participation of PN eet in these operations helped in improving operational plans, material state and operational capabilities of Pakistan Navy. Furthermore, successful missile firings and effectively thwarting adversary s submarine attempt of intrusion in our area is also a testimony of PN eet s professional capability, he added.

He also lauded the raising of a dedicated Task Force 88 for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) marice: T he D aw n.c om time security. Sour

Benefits of CPEC to equitably reach all provinces: PM

national investors, due to the government s successful economic policies, were showing keen interest in investment in the country.

About establishment of industrial parks, Nawaz directed the federal authorities to initiate process of providing electricity, gas and telecommunicaThe premier e pressed satisfaction over the pro- tion to the proposed sites. Sour ce: T he D aw n.c om gress on CPEC-related projects and said interPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday emphasised that the benefits of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be equitably distributed among all federating units.The premier said this while chairing a high-level meeting, where he was briefed on the progress made in the recently held meeting in Beijing of the oint Cooperation Committee ( CC) on CPEC on December 29.

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Syria rebels freeze negotiations, saying truce violated

Syria s main rebel groups say they have frozen their participation in preliminary peace talks planned for azakhstan later this month due to several violations by the regime of a five-day-old truce. Sources told Al azeera the groups were freezing their participation in negotiations being prepared

by Russia due to a government-led assault on Wadi Barada, a rebel-held area near Damascus that is key to the capital s water supply. The groups suspending their participation included the Free Syrian Army, one of the biggest coalitions fighting against President Bashar al-Assad, and the Army of Conquest, another coalition of anti-government groups. As these violations are continuing, the rebel factions announce ... the freezing of all discussion linked to the Astana negotiations, they said in a joint statement. The regime and its allies have not stopped shooting and have launched major and frequent violations, notably in the regions of Wadi Barada and Eastern Ghouta. Any advance on the ground goes against the ceasefire agreement and if things don t return to how they were before, the accord will be considered null and void, the statement added.

Al azeera s Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syria border, called the FSA s announcement a significant setback .

The rebels say they signed the ceasefire in good faith but that the Syrian regime and its ally Russia have failed to live up to their end of the deal, he said. They say fighter jets have continued to pound rebel-held areas across the country with barrel bombs, particularly Wadi Barada. For the last two weeks, Syria s air force, backed by Hezbollah and Shia militias, have launched almost daily bombing raids on Wadi Barada, some 15km from Damascus. The Assad government is trying to seize control of the region which supplies

Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian sion. Al-Bayed was killed on October 15 children in the occupied West Bank and last year when Israeli soldiers shot a ruberusalem in 2016 than any other year in ber-coated metal bullet at his head, which the last decade, rights group Defence for eventually resulted in his death. RegulaChildren International (DCI) has said. The tions for the use of rubber-coated metal organisation s chapter in the occupied Pal- bullets, also known as estinian territories recorded the killings of rubber bullets , stipulate that the projec2 Palestinian children (under 18), making tiles are meant for dispersing crowds, must 2016 the deadliest year of the past dec- be fired from at least 40 metres away at the ade for them, the group said in a recent lower body, and not at children. Al-Bayed report. Many of those killings happened was attending a march near the camp to during Israeli military raids on Palestinian commemorate the killing of 14-year-old towns in the occupied West Bank, con- Ahmad Sharaka when he was shot. He frontations with the Israeli army or dur- remained in intensive care for 6 days ing unarmed protests.

Israeli soldiers in a coma before he passed away. ou employ a shoot-to-kill policy. They have cannot imagine the pain that his mother the green light to kill Palestinians, and the e perienced, al-Bayed s uncle, Abu Mofact that they can do so with impunity and hammad, told Al azeera. Abu Mohamno consequences builds the foundation for mad believes the upcoming generations such shootings to take place, Ayed Abu are now more aware than their parents, and Eqtaish, Accountability Programme Di- are thus being increasingly targeted by Isrector at DCI-Palestine, told Al azeera. raeli forces. There are killings, raids and Since October 2015, Israeli soldiers and detentions everyday. It never used to be settlers have been responsible for the kill- like this. With the coming of the internet ing of at least 244 Palestinians, including and more awareness, the children are beunarmed demonstrators, bystanders and coming more nationalistic and are aware alleged attackers in what has been termed of what is happening, said Abu Mohamthe erusalem intifada or erusalem up- mad. West Bank-based activist Hazem rising. Thirty-si Israelis have also been Abu Helal, says the killings are part of killed in stabbing and shooting incidents Israel s policy . This is the state s racist carried out by Palestinians. Due to the culture that tells the Israeli army it is ok to political situation, especially the erusalem kill Palestinians because they re getting rid uprising since October 2015, the numbers of terrorists whether it be a man, woman, have gone up with tension and clashes or child, Abu Helal told Al azeera from between the Israeli army and Palestinians his Ramallah home. According to a poll increasing, said Abu Eqtaish. Out of the conducted by the Israel Democracy Insti2, 19 were between the ages of 16 and 1 , tute in August, about 4 percent of ewish while 1 were in the age group of 1 to 15 Israelis said they supported the killing of years old, according to DCI-Palestine. In Palestinians who carry out an attack on Is2015, the total number of civilians under raelis, even if he or she had been captured the age of 18 killed in the occupied West and no longer posed a threat. A group of Bank and East erusalem stood at 28. In human rights NGOs including Amnesty 2014, 1 Palestinian children were killed, International found that in at least 150 of while four were killed in 201 . It is very the cases since October 2015, Israeli forcrare that any investigations are opened on es killed Palestinians after they no longer the killings. There has only been one inci- posed a threat, killed Palestinians who did dent in 2014 - that of Nadim Nuwara - in not appear to be carrying out an attack at which a soldier was charged, said Abu all, or used lethal force to subdue attackEqtaish. On May 15, 2014, video foot- ers when non-lethal force would have sufage showed Israeli forces firing live bullets ficed . Rights organisations have repeatat two unarmed Palestinian boys, Nadim edly condemned such killings, which they Nuwara, 1 and Mahmoud Abu Thaher, describe as an e cessive use of force 16, who were attending a protest outside whereby Israeli forces violate international Israel s Ofer prison, killing them. The Is- human rights law. We know that even if raeli was charged with manslaughter, but we tried to get the soldier to court, nothhis lawyers recently told Israeli media the ing will happen to him. What s the point charges may be dropped. Fifteen-year-old There have been thousands of Palestinians Faris al-Bayed from the alazone refugee killed over the years, and no soldier has camp north of Ramallah in the West Bank been punished, said Abu Mohammad. other three months, following a si -month was another victim of Israeli army aggres- S o u rce: A l - J a z eera mandate. urtulmus also said authorities were close to identifying the gunman after said Sunday s attack bore significant differences to previous attacks in Turkey and that it obtaining his fingerprints and a description had been carried out to create divisions within Turkish society. Al azeera s Mohammed of his appearance. The attack was claimed amjoom, reporting from Istanbul, said that citizens he spoke to in various parts of Istanbul by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were concerned that those types of attacks might become more common in the future. He (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Information said: They are still shocked. It is astounding for them that an attack of this magnitude could about the fingerprints and basic appearance happen at such a high-profile club at a time this country is under a state of emergency and of the terrorist have been found. In the pro- tens of thousands of security o cers spread out throughout the city were trying to prevent cess after this, work to identify him swiftly such an attack from happening on New ear s Eve. The assailant, who is believed to be of will be carried out, urtulmus told a news Central Asian decent, slipped from the scene of the attack at the Reina club early on Sunday, conference. He said it was clear that Tur- taking advantage of the chaos that ensued after he opened fire. Turkish media ran on Tueskey s military incursion into Syria, launched day a selfie-style video of a man they say is the gunman. Broadcast on Turkish television, in August, had annoyed armed groups and the footage shows the alleged attacker filming himself at the central Taksim Square. It was those behind them, but said the offensive not immediately clear if it was filmed before the attack. As the operation to close in on the would continue until all threats to Turkey suspect continued, Turkish victims were laid to rest as families of those from other counwere removed. Turkey sent tanks and spe- tries arrived in the country to take their loved ones remains back home. The majority of cial forces into Syria just over four months those killed were foreigners, including many Arab nationals. The victims included citizens ago to push back ISIL fighters from its bor- of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, France, Tunisia, India, Morocco, ordan, uwait, der and prevent urdish fighters from tak- Canada, Israel, Syria, Belgium, Germany and Russia. ing ground in their wake. urtulmus also S o u rce: A l - J a z eera the main drinking water for roughly four million inhabitants of the capital and surrounding areas. The N s O ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said supplies had been cut since December 22 because infrastructure was deliberately targeted and damaged , without saying who was responsible. Water is now being rationed in Damascus as the government is relying on reserves. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said about 1,000 civilians - all of them women and children - ed the fighting in Wadi Barada over the weekend, moving to other parts of the province. Wadi Barada has been surrounded by government forces since mid-2015, but the siege was tightened in late December as the army piled on pressure seeking to secure a reconciliation deal. It has won several of these deals in opposition areas around the capital, offering safe passage to surrendering rebels in return for retaking territory. The opposition criticises them as a starve or surrender tactic. The violence threatens the delicate ceasefire, which has been in force since midnight Thursday, and is intended to pave the way to new peace talks in Astana later this month. Turkey and Russia are organising the talks in Astana along with ally Iran, and say they are intended to supplement, not replace, N-backed negotiations scheduled to resume in February. Despite backing opposite sides in Syria s con ict, Ankara and Moscow have worked closely in recent months on the war, brokering a deal to evacuate civilians and surrendering rebels from Aleppo last month before government forces recaptured the northern city in full. The truce e cludes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS group) and abhat Fateh al-Sham, the group former known as the al-Nusra Front.

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Fourteen detained over Istanbul nightclub massacre

Fourteen suspects are now in custody over a massacre that targeted a popular nightclub in Istanbul on New ear s Eve, killing 9 people and wounding dozens of others.

Turkey s state-run news agency Anadolu said that an ongoing series of tips or sightings from citizens led to half a dozen more detentions on Tuesday as the main suspect, who allegedly carried out the attack, remains at large. The suspects continue to be questioned at Istanbul s main police headquarters, media said, adding that security e perts say the killer was an e perienced assassin. Turkish police have released a photo of him. The release of the image on Monday came as Deputy Prime Minister Numan urtulmus said that the country s state of emergency - which was already in place at the time of the attack - would be e tended for as long as needed. The parliament voted on the issue on Tuesday to e tend it for an-

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B y : D r. S ul tan A hm ad, U S A e, as Muslims, are not aware of the contributions of the Muslims to civilization. This is not only unfortunate, but also a shame for us. We should, of course will feel proud when we will know the contributions of the Muslim scientists.

Surgery:

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Many modern surgical instruments are of e actly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al- ahrawi (9 6 - 101 AD). He was an Andalusian who is considered Islam s greatest surgeon and one of the fathers of modern surgery.

His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognizable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 1 th century, another Muslim named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 00 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslim doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mi tures and developed hollow needless to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today.

Parachute and Flying Machine: Abbas bn Firnas

A thousand years before the Wright brothers a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas Ibn Firnas (810 - 88 AD)made several attempts to construct a ying machine. A Berber born in Izn-Rand Onda, AlEmirAndalus (Ronda, Spain) and lived in the Emir ate of Cordova. He was an inventor, engineer, aviator, physician, Arabic poet and Andalusian musician.

In 852 AD, he jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Cordova using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts. He hoped to glide like a bird. He could not. But the cloak should his fall, creating what is thought to be the first Parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries. In 8 5, aged 0, having perfected a machine of silk and eagles feathers he tried again, jumping from a mountain. He ew to a significant height and stayed aloft for tem minutes but crashed on landing concluding correctly that it was because he had not given his device a tail so it would stall on landing.

Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him.

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ment that Ibn Al-Haythem wrote about these subjects in the 11th century and for several centuries Ibn Al-Haytham s work on optics was the main source of study in Europe.

ivil Engineering: Muhammad ibn Zakaria

Al- azari invented a variety of machines for raising water in 1206, as well as water mills and water wheels with cams on their a e used to operate automata in the late 12th century.

Cordova had the first facilities and waste containers for litter collection. The first inkerosene lamp was in vented by Muhammad ibn akaria Razi (865 - 925 AD) in the 9th century. He was born in Ragha, Persia. Shifted his interest from music to alchemy and when his e perimentation caused him an eye-disease, he shifted his interest to medicine.

Muslim engineers invented a variety of surveying instruments for accurate levelling, including a wooden board with a plumb line and two hooks, an equilateral triangle with a plumb line and two hooks and a reed level .

They also invented a rotating alidade used for accurate alignment, and a surveying astrolabe used for alignment, measuring angles, triangulation, finding the width of a river, and the distance between two points separated by an impassable obstruction. The streets of Baghdad were the first to be paved with tar from the 8th century AD. The first ventilators were invented in Islamic Egypt and were widely used in many houses throughout Cairo during the middle ages.

hemistry: abir ibn

ayyan

Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around Isthe year 800 by Is scienlam s foremost scien tist, abir ibn Hayyan ( 21 - 815 AD), who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and crystalapparatus still used today liquefaction, crystal lization, distillation, purification, o idization, evaporation and filtration. As well as discovering sulphuric and nitric acid, he invented the alembic still, giving the world intense rose water and other perfumes and alcoholic spirits (although drinking them is haram, or forbidden, in Islam. Ibn Hayyamn emphasized systematic e perimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry.

Mechanics: Al- azari

The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in Optics: bn al- aitham the modern world, not The ancient Greeks comleast the internal com thought our eyes emitbustion engine. One ted rays, like a laser, of the most important which enabled us to mechanical inventions see. The first person huin the history of hu to realize that light mankind was created enters the eyes, rather Musby an ingenious Mus than leaving it, was lim engineer called al- azari (11 6 -1206 AD) the 10th century mathto raise water for irrigation. He was born in ematician, astronomer Al- aziraothe, northern Mesopotamia. In his and physicist Ibn alMeHaitham (Alhazen, 965 -1041 AD) born in book, book of knowledge of ingenious Me Circa 965, in Basra, Iraq and lived mainly in chanical devices, he described fifty mechaniCairo, Egypt. He is regarded as the father of cal devices along with instructions on how to construct them. modern optics).

He invented the first pin-hole camera after umbering System: Al- h arizmi noticing the way light came through a hole in The system of numbering is use all around the windows of shutters. The smaller the hole, the world is probably Indian in origin but the style better the picture, he worked out, and set up of the numerals is Arabic and first appears in the first Camera Obscura (from the Arab word print in the work of the Muslim Mathematiqamara of a dark or private room). He is also cian al- hwarizmi and al- indi (801 -8 credited with being the first man to shift Phys- AD) around 825. He was born in ufa. He was ics from a philosophical activity to an e peri- a philosopher,, mathematician, physicist, as mental one. ohn Draper e presses his amaze- tronomer, physician, geographer and even an

e pert in Music.

It is surprising that he made original contricontri butions to all of these fields.

Algebra was named after al- hwarizmi s book, Al- abar wa-alMuabilah, much of whose contents are still in use. The work of Muslim math scholschol ars was imported into Europe 00 years later Algoby the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. Algo rithms and much of the theory of trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al- indi s discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the codes of the ancient world soluble and created the basis of modern cryptology.

Mathematics: Muhammad ibn Musa

Among the achievements of Muslim mathematicians include the development of Algebra and algorithms by Muhammad ibn Musa Al- hwarizmi, (880 - 950 AD) the invention of spherical trigonometry, the addition of the decimal point notation to the Arabic numerals, the invention of the trigonometric functions besides sine, al- indi s introduction of cryptanalysis and frequency analysis., alaraji s introduction of algebraic calculus and proof by mathematical induction, the development of analytic geometry and the earliest general formula for infinitesimal and integral calculus by Ibn al-Haytham, the beginning of algebraic geometry by Omar hayyam, the first reputations of Euclidean geometry and the parallel postulate by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, the first first attempt at a non-Euclidean geometry

by Sadar al-Din, the development of symbolic algebra by Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Qalasadi, and arithmenumerous other advances in algebra, arithme tic, Calculus, cryptography, geometry, number theory and trigonometry.

Source: Book: al-Tabsira film al-hisab

Medicine: Abu alasim

Abu al-Qasim (Abulcasis) help lay the foundation for modern surgery, with his itab al-Tasrif, in which he invented numerous surgical instruments, womincluding the first instruments unique to wom en, as well as the surgical uses of catgut and forceps, the ligature, surgical needle, scalpel, surgicurette, retractor, surgical spoon, sound, surgi cal hook, rod, and specula, and bone saw. Ibn Haytham (Alhacen) made important advances in eye surgery, as he correctly e plained the process of sight and visual perception for the (Avifirst time in his book of optics. Ibn Sina (Avi cena) (980 - 10 AD) was born in Afsana, near Bukhara. For a thousand years he retained his original renown as one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history.

He helped lay the foundations of modern medicine, with the Canon of medicine which was responsible for the discovery of contagious disease, introduction of quarantine to limit their spread, introduction of e perimental medicine, evidence-based medicines, clinical trials, randomized controlled trials, e cacy tests, and clinical pharmacology, the first descriptions on bacterial and viral organisms, distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy, contagious nature of tuberculosis, distribution of disease by water and soil, skin troubles, se ually transmitted diseases, perversions,

ivilization nervous ailments, use of ice to treat fevers, and separasepara tion of medicine from pharmacology.

Ibn al-Nafis laid the foundations of circucircu latory physiology, as he was the first to dede scribe the pulmonary and coronary circulation.

Time eeping evices: Abu akr of spahan

In the 10th century, al-Sufi (908 - 986 AD) described over1,000 different uses of an astrolabe, including timekeeping, particularly for the times of Salah (prayers) and Ramadhan. calenGeared mechanical astrolabe featured a calen inventdar computer and gear-wheels, and was invent ed by Abu Bakr of Ispahan in 12 5.Al- azari astronomiinvented monumental water powers astronomi cal clocks which displayed moving models of astronomithe sun, moon, and stars. His largest astronomi cal clock displayed the zodiac and the solar and lunar orbits. Another innovative feature of the clock was a pointer which travelled across the top of a gateway and caused automatic doors to open every hour. The first geared clock was invented by the 11th century Arab engineer Ibn half al-Muradi in Islamic Iberia. It was a water clock that employed both segmental gearing. Other monumental water clocks constructed by Muslim engineers also employed comple gear trains and arrays of automata.

Architecture: The great mosque of ian china was completed circa 44, and the Great Mosque of samara in Iraq was completed in 84 . The Great Mosque of samara combined the hypostyle architecture of rows and columns supporting a at base above which a huge spiralling minaret was constructed. The Spanish Muslims began construction of the Grand Mosque at Cordoba in 85 marking the beginning of Islamic architecture in Spain and Northern Africa. The mosque is noted for its striking interior arches.

Moorish architecture reached its peak with the construction of the Alhambra, the magnificent palace/fortress of Granada, with its open and breezy interior spaces adorned in red, blue, styland gold. The walls are decorated with styl ized foliage motifs. Arabic inscriptions and arabesque design work. With walls covered in glazed tiles.

Many buildings and portions of buildings Alhamworldwide have been inspired by the Alham Stillbra: there is a Moorish revival house in Still water, MN which was created and named after the Alhambra also, the main portion of the postIrvine Spectrum center in Irvine. CA is a post modern version of the court of the Lions. nstitutions : A number of important educational and scientific institutions previously unknown in the ancient world have their origins in the early Islamic world, with the most notable e amples being: the public and psychiatric hospitals, the public library and lending library, the academic degree granting university, and the astronomical observatory as a research institute. The Guinness book of World Records recognizes the niversity of Al araouine in Fez, Morocco as the oldest degree-granting in the world with its founding in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri.

Al-Azhar niversity, founded in Cairo, Egypt in the 9 5 CE., offered a variety of academic degrees, including postgraduate degrees, and is often considered the first full-pledged university. The origin of the doctorate also dates back to the ijazat attadris via wal-ifted (license to teach and issue legal opinions) in the medieval Madrashas which taught Islamic law.

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Canada must brace for ‘hardline’ approach 10 of 13 provinces and territories from Trump’s new trade representative, experts warn call for renewed health talks

Canada should brace for a tougher, hardline approach to trade negotiations with the .S. under Donald Trump s new pick to front the trade file, e perts warn. Saul lein, dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the niversity of ictoria, said he wasn t surprised by today s appointment of trade hawk Robert Lighthizer as .S. trade representative because he is aligned with the president-elect s protectionist views. Lighthizer served as deputy trade representative under former president Ronald Reagan, and has worked as a leading corporate trade lawyer representing companies in various sectors seeking access to foreign markets. lein e pects Lighthizer won t be very willing to make concessions to resolve disputes such as dairy and softwood lumber. I think his mindset is to support .S. firms benefit by taking a hard line on trade, lein said.

So I don t think you re going to see a lot of compromise. I think you re going to see a strong view that this is the .S. interest, and if you don t like it, too bad. During the presidential campaign, Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and spike the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). lein does not see a massive immediate impact on Canada as the new .S. administration trains its focus first on Me ico and China. Where we run the risk of getting hurt is in the slipstream on the Me ico front, he said. But he doesn t e pect NAFTA will be the first target, and because China is such a big, messy problem it could push NAFTA even further to the back burner. Trump would also risk a backlash from Republicans, especially those in bordering states to Canada, who support the free trade deal. Lighthizer has accused China of unfair trade practices in the past, a critical view in line with that of Peter Navarro, who Trump tapped last month to head the White House National Trade Council.

Meantime, Ottawa is moving to deepen trade ties with Beijing. During a September 2016 visit to Ottawa, Chinese Premier Li eqiang and Prime Minister ustin Trudeau announced e ploratory talks on free trade

between the two countries, with the goal of doubling trade between the two countries by 2025. lein said escalating trade friction between the .S. and China could actually work to Canada s advantage. To the e tent that the .S. is seen as a much more di cult trade partner, Canada in contrast seems much more attractive, he said. There may be some markets where we will benefit things like tourism where people might prefer to go to Canada than to the .S. If the .S. is less welcoming to foreign students, Canada could get a benefit from that. More generally, to the e tent Canada is seen as a more stable player and more interest in free trade, we could benefit as the .S. becomes harder.

Mark Warner, a Toronto-based trade lawyer, e pects the biggest shift in the Canada- .S. trade relationship under Lighthizer will be a more aggressive enforcement of trade laws. Warner said he s reassured

by Trump s choice in the sense that Lighthizer is a smart, knowledgeable lawyer with deep e pertise in the file. He will makearguments that are protectionist, but they will be strong, well-made arguments, he said. He s a very sophisticated lawyer who understands legal nuance. And to my mind, that s at least something that s knowable and something you can negotiate with.

It just means we have to up our game on this side of the border. But Warner warned that because Lighthizer has developed a keen understanding of the Canadian market and steel and softwood lumber issues through his corporate work, he won t be easily swayed by some of Canada s bargaining points.

That could mean more protracted legal battles rather than negotiated resolutions, he said. ou re going to have to make an argument not just on technical legal ins and outs but on fundamental fairness with someone like him. So that doesn t augur well for some of those traditional trade irritants that prevail on technical legal grounds, Warner said, pointing to the ongoing softwood lumber dispute. In a release issued by the transition team, Trump said Lighthizer will fight for trade deals that put the American worker first. He has e tensive e perience striking agreements that protect some of the most important sectors of our economy, and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans.

He will do an amazing job helping them turn around the failed trade policies which have robbed so many Americans of prosperity, reads the Trump statement.

S o u rce: C B C N ew s

More than 1 ,000 civilians have ed Iraq s Mosul over the past five days since government troops began the second phase in a battle to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) last week, the nited Nations has said. The average daily displacement numbers have increased by nearly 50 per cent since military operations intensified, some 1,600 to more than 2, 00 displaced per day, N spokesperson St phane Dujarric has said.

Iraqi troops, backed by S-led coalition air strikes resumed their push to retake the northern city after a two-week lull in the operation.

The military says it has taken back more than 60 percent of the city since the offensive began in October last year. To date, nearly 1 0,000 out of 1.5 million Iraqis have been displaced from Mosul and its surrounding areas due to the fighting, the spokesman added at a news briefing. Appro imately 50,000 children have also been affected in the con ict. The N refugee

agency described the humanitarian situation as dire with food stockpiles dwindling and the price of staples spiralling, boreholes drying up or turning brackish from over-use and camps and emergency sites to the south and east reaching ma imum capacity. In a report published last week, the agency said as many as one million people are estimated to be out of reach of humanitarian assistance. The battle for Mosul, now in its 12th week, is the biggest Iraqi military operation since the 200 S-led invasion. ISIL, also known as ISIS, overran large areas north and west of Iraq in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained much of the territory they lost to the group. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had pledged that Mosul would be recaptured by year s end. That goal that is now out of reach, as operations in western Mosul have yet to begin. Stiff resistance by ISIL fighters, together with civilians trapped inside their houses and bad weather have slowed advances in the offensive to recapture the city, the armed group s last urban bastion in the country. According to the N, appro imately 2.6 million Iraqis have ed the country since the beginning of the crisis. Additionally, more than one million Iraqis ed between 2006 and 2008 due to the sectarian war in Iraq, following the 200 S-led invasion and occupation. Source: Al- azeera

Thousands more Iraqis flee Mosul battles

Ten of 1 provincial and territorial governments sent a joint letter Tuesday to the federal government hoping for a resolution to the health-care funding dispute in the new year. The letter dated an. was signed by health and finance ministers from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, ukon and Nunavut. It calls for a first ministers meeting on health and greater increases to the Canada Health Transfer than what the federal government offered at the finance ministers meeting Dec. 19. Any lasting national agreement on the future of health care requires the federal government to be a reliable and lasting partner in supporting delivery of these critical services, the letter reads. The Prime Minister s O ce said there is no plan to hold a first ministers meeting in the new year. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have all signed bilateral health deals with the federal government. Those deals allow for health transfers at a rate of three per cent annually, or the rate of growth of nominal GDP whichever is greater. The deals also included tens of millions of dollars for mental health and home care services. They include a clause that would allow those provinces to get in on any better deal negotiated by the remaining provinces or territories.

The provinces and territories that are still negotiating say the Canada Health Transfer should increase by 5.2 per cent annually.

When they tabled the proposal on Dec. 19, the federal government s counter-offer was a .5 per cent annual increase to the transfer. There was no deal. They repeated the request in Tuesday s letter. In an interview with Terry Milewski on CBC News Network s Power Politics, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the provinces and territories were open to adjusting that percentage. We re open to discussions, we never left the table, Sousa said. The 2004

Health Accord had increased federal transfers to the provinces by si per cent every year. In 2011, the Conservatives e tended the si per cent escalator until April 201 , when it would be reduced to a minimum of three per cent or matched to GDP growth whichever is higher. The Liberals adopted the Conservative position, saying they would increase spending through dedicated funds for mental health and home care. The provinces and territories said the federal government s offer would be 0 billion less than what they need to fund health care sustainably over the ne t decade. When we came to the table a few weeks ago, we actually saw their proposal and tabled another one, Sousa said. We wanted to determine based on evidence how we re going to arrive at a 10-year agreement that s going to be sustainable, predictable and protects health care over the long-term. And at this point, we don t have an agreement to that effect. At the Dec. 19 meeting, the federal government also offered 11.5 billion to be dedicated to mental health, home care and health-care innovation. That money would have strings attached and be separate from the Canada Health Transfer. In the an. letter, the provinces and territories call for the targeted mental health and home care funding to ow through the Canada Health Transfer base and grow in a way that recognizes the additional cost pressures facing our health-care systems.

S o u rce: C B C N ew s

New York train crash injures more than 100 commuters

A New ork City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area s second major rail accident since late September.Emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal after the Long Island Rail Road train went off the tracks inside the busy transportation hub at 8:20am local time, the New ork City Fire Department said.

While none of the injuries were life-threatening, at least 11 people were sent to the hospital, Deputy Assistant Chief Dan Donoghue said at a briefing at the crash site. Between 600 and 00 people were on the train, he said.. The train, arriving from the Queens neighborhood of Far Rockaway, failed to stop on time. Travelling at a fairly slow speed, it derailed after striking a bumping block, New ork Governor Andrew Cuomo said at the briefing.

About 10 people were injured, the fire department said in a Twitter message. The front two cars of the si -carriage train were severely damaged. The station s partitions and bumping block, which prevents railway vehicles from going past the end of a section of track, were also damaged.

Passengers said the blood and chaos following the derailment was frightening.

There were people crying, said Aaron Neufeld, a 26-year-old paralegal who commutes on the rail line daily. I saw some bloody faces.

Neufeld, who was riding in the second car, said the train appeared to be approaching normally until it crashed, knocking passengers on top of one another and shattering glass windows.

Bags went ying, he said. People were thrown to the ground. The engineer was probably responsible for failing to stop the train before it hit the bumper, said Tom Prendergast, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the agency that runs the railroad.

The train was travelling between 10 and 15 miles per hour as it approached the bumper, he said, which is standard. At that speed, it s pretty

much the locomotive engineer s responsibility to stop the train, Prendergast said as he stood beside Cuomo at the briefing. Investigators will interview the engineer, the conductor and brakeman to determine the cause of the accident, he said.There were no major service disruptions for other Long Island Rail Road lines at the terminal, an MTA o cial said. Earlier, o cials said crews were working to restore service at the terminal by the evening rush hour.

In late September, a New ersey Transit train crashed into a terminal in Hoboken, New ersey, killing one woman and injuring 114 people, including the engineer.

Cuomo, who has made infrastructure improvements a centrepiece of his agenda, said Wednesday s incident was minor in comparison. The most serious injury in the crash was a broken leg, he said. There was e tensive damage in Hoboken, Cuomo said. That train was coming in much faster, did much more damage. The S Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were sending investigators to the scene.

The Long Island Rail Road is the nited State s largest commuter rail system, serving more than 0,000 passengers a day, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Atlantic Terminal, which also connects commuters to nine city subway lines, is one of the busiest New ork stations. S o u rce: D a w n. co m

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Respect and honor all human beings irrespective of their religion, color, race, se , language, status, property, birth, profession/job and so on Al-Qur an-1 : 0 .

Talk straight, to the point, without any ambiguity or deception AlQur an- : 0 . Choose best words to speak and say them in the best possible way Al-Qur an-1 :5 , 2:8 .

Always speak the truth. Shun words that are deceitful and ostentatious AlQur an-22: 0 . Say with your mouth what is in your heart Al-Qur an- :16 . Speak in a civilized manner in a language that is recognized by the society and is commonly used Al-Qur an-4:5 . When you voice an opinion, be just, even if it is against a relative Al-Qur an-6:152 . If, unintentionally, any misconduct occurs by you, then correct yourself e peditiously Al-Qur an- :1 4 .

Be moderate in thy pace Al-Qur an- 1:19 .

Walk with humility and sedateness AlQur an-25:6 eep your gazes lowered devoid of any lecherous leers and salacious stares AlQur an-24: 0- 1, 40:19 .

When you hear something malicious about someone, keep a favorable view about him/ her until you attain full knowledge about the matter. Consider others innocent until they are proven guilty with solid and truthful evidence Al-Qur an-24:12-1 . Ascertain the truth of any news, lest you smite someone in ignorance and afterwards repent of what you did Al-Qur an-49:6 . The believers are but a single Brotherhood. Live like members of one family, brothers and sisters unto one another Al-Qur an-49:10 .

When you meet each other, offer good wishes and blessings for safety. One who conveys to

Narrated Nafi : Ibn mar said something similar to Mujahid s saying: Whenever (Muslims and non-Muslims) stand face to face in battle, the Muslims can pray while standing. Ibn mar added, The Prophet said, If the number of the enemy is greater than the Muslims, they can pray while standing or riding (individually). Sahih Bukhari 14:65

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you a message of safety and security and also when a courteous greeting is offered to you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous or (at least) of equal courtesy Al-Qur an-4:86 .

When you enter your own home or the home of somebody else, compliment the inmates Al-Qur an-24:61 . Treat kindly - our parents -Relatives -The orphans -And those who have been left alone in the society AlQur an-4: 6 Take care of -The needy, -The disabled -Those whose hard earned income is insu cient to meet their needs -And those businesses have stalled -And those who have lost their jobs. Al-Qur an-4: 6 Treat kindly - our related neighbors, and unrelated neighbors -Companions by your side in public gatherings, or public transportation. AlQur an-4: 6 .Be generous to the needy wayfarer, the homeless son of the street, and the one who reaches you in a destitute condition Al-Qur an-4: 6 Be nice to people who work under your care. Al-Qur an-4: 6 Cooperate with one another in good deeds and DO NOT cooperate with others in evil and bad matters Al-Qur an-5:2 ou should enjoin right conduct on others but mend your own ways first. Actions speak louder than words. ou must first practice good deeds yourself, then preach Al-Qur an-2:44 Correct yourself and your families first before trying to correct others Al-Qur an-66:6 Pardon grace-

fully if anyone among you who commits a bad deed out of ignorance, and then repents and amends Al-Qur an-6:54, :1 4 Divert and sublimate your anger and potentially virulent emotions to creative energy, and become a source of tranquility and comfort to people Al-Qur an- :1 4 .Call people to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful e hortation. Reason with them most decently Al-Qur an-16:125 Leave to themselves those who DO NOT give any importance to the Divine code and have adopted and consider it as mere play and amusement AlQur an-6: 0 . In your collective life, make rooms for others Al-Qur an-58:11 . When invited to dine, go at the appointed time. DO NOT arrive too early to wait for the preparation of meal or linger after eating to engage in bootless babble. Such things may cause inconvenience to the host Al-Qur an- :5 Fulfill your promises and commitments AlQur an-1 : 4 . eep yourself clean, pure AlQur an-9:108, 4:4 , 5:6 . Dress up in agreeable attire and adorn yourself with e quisite character from inside out Al-Qur an- :26 Seek your provision only by fair endeavor Al-Qur an-29/1 , 2/188 se of things that produce beauty and elegance is lawful. None can proclaim them as unlawful. Al-Qur an : 2 Always converse in clear, straightforward and decisive language,

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ake the initiative. Change is a verb. ou have to first change to see the change.

And that human can have nothing but what he does (good or bad), and that his deeds will be seen. (An-Najm 5 : 9-40) erily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves. (Ar-Ra ad 1 :11) on’t procrastinate. Start from this moment.

The companion Abdullah Ibn Omar (Allah be pleased with him) used to say, When the evening comes, do not wait for the morning and when the morning comes, do not wait for the evening.

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A isha reported Allah s Messenger as saying, The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done continuously, even if they are small. And when A isha did any act she did it continuously. Collected by Muslim.

Make sure you are changing to ards the right direction.

Have a support group for your change.

Be Patient The above three tips are mentioned in Surah Al-A sr 10 .

By (the Token of) Time (through the Ages), erily Man is in loss, E cept such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy. (A sr 10 )

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ever give up. If you trip, start again Allah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards it is they to whom Allah will forgive and Allah is Ever All nower, AllWise. (An-Nisa 4:1 ) The Prophet said, All children of Adam are sinners, and the best sinners are those who repent. Collected by Al-Termithi eep your eyes on the prize achievement, triumphant, and satisfaction erily this is the supreme achievement For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive. (As-Saffat :60-61) Al ays ask Allah for help Allah s Prophet used to say, O Allah I seek refuge with ou from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and geriatric old

which contains no ambiguity: Al-Qur am : 0 . se language, which is recognized by society and commonly used. AlQur an 4:5 . Avoid all absurdities. One of the qualities of the stat believers has been stated as Al-Qur an 2 : They avoid vain talk . The word Laghwa means vain Su as well as meaningless. In Surah Al-An aam (6th Chapter of the Qur an) it is said: (6:151) this includes all sorts of immodesty even an immodest talk as it arouses lewd passions. When you go out, DO NOT allow your gaze to become bold and daring. This has been ordained both for men as well as women. Always ponder over things: see, hear, comprehend and then make decisions intellectually. Al-Qur an :1 9 When you hear a good thing, act upon it and when you hear an absurd one keep yourself away from it. Al-Qur an2:285 .When you meet each other, offer good wishes and blessings for safety. Thus it is said: (4:86) One who conveys to you a message of safety and security and also when a courteous greeting is offered to you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous or (at least) of equal courtesy.

When you enter your own house or the house of somebody else, compliment the inmates.

Al-Qur an 24:61 .E tend kind and good behavior to your parents, kinsfolk, orphans, neighbors, friends, travelers and those serving under you: Al-Qur an 4: 6 .Co-operate with one another in good and virtuous matters consistent with the Divine Laws and DO NOT co-operate in evil and bad matters.

Al-Qur an 5:2 .Observe assembly etiquettes while sitting in and leaving. Al-Qur an 58:11 S o u rce: I s l a m iC it y

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Milad un Nabi (saw) Celebrations at Masjid Anwar e Medina, Surrey

On Dec 24, Eid Milad- nNabi(saw) was celebrated with great respect and honor in Masjid Anware-Madina Surrey.

Hafiz Muhammed Salim Patel (guest from Edmonton) was the master of ceremony and conducted the program successfully.

The program started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Hafiz Mohammad Farooq.

Afterwards, there was a Naat-e-rasool Maqbool (saw) session, starting with local Naat hawans Br, aseen, youngsters Farhaan, eeshan, Ali Ahmad avar, Haidar, Abbas and Br. Ashrat Ali(New ealand) in group.

Hafiz Patel did an introductory speech at the Seerat un Nabi (saw) in English language. He also given the references of different Haidths regarding the praising of beloved Prophet in His Life.

Imam and hateeb of Masjid Anwar e Madina Maulana Saiyad Imroze Dean delivered a dynamic speech in rdu, in which he narrated the Seerat un Nabi and importance to celebrate the birth of Mohammad(PB H).

Syed Imroze recited many Ayaats and Haidths, his focus of speech was on first alama Laa ilaaha illal Lahoo Mohammadur Rasool llah (There is) none worthy of worship e cept Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH. Tuheed and Rasalat and described the Dawah and

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Daleel. He e plained the level of love of our beloved prophet Mohammed (saw) and Allah (swt). Maulana Imroz spooked for an hour in which he covered many topics. Maulan Imroz said that our Mohammad (pbuh) always cared and worried for his ummah and made Duaa for his followers. Sahabi Hassam bin Sabaat praised the Seerat un Nabi(saw) in front of Prophet(saw) by his poetry.We have almost forgotten the teachings of Quran and our Prophet s (saw) actions. Everyone should make duaa for forgiveness and guidance from Allah (swt).

After the Maulana Syed Imroze speech Hafiz Muhammed Salim Noorie further described “ T hi s hadî t h is rel at ed by al H âk im in al - M us t adr ak ( 3/ 9- 10) , al - T abr ânî in al - M u` j am al - K abî r ( 3605) , A bû N u` ay m in D al â’ il al - N ubw w ah ( 28278) , and al L âl ik â’ î in I ` t iqâd A hl al - Sun nah ( 1431437) .an d m or e When the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam emigrated from Makkah to Madinah, he was accompanied by Abu Bakr RadiAllahu Ta ala Anhu, Amr ibn Fuhayrah (a freed slave of Abu Bakr) and a guide. They passed by the tent of mm Ma bad (RadiAllahu Ta ala Anha).

She would sit close to the tent and would give food and drink to travelers. So they asked her if they could buy some meat or dates from her but she could not find anything. The

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On Dec 1, ashne Eid-e-Milad- n-Nabi (S.A.W) program was organised by Bullay Shah Academy of Canada, the lovers of Prophet Mohammad(saw) gathered in the snowy weather at Fiji Islamic Centre in Surrey.

The program started with the recitation of Quran by Hafiz Mohammad Ashfaq. Mr. Raheel Aslam was the MC. He invited many local Naat hawns to recite heart touching Hamd o Naat s and Nasheeds included Muzammil Ahmed, Hafiz Ashfaq, Ch Ijaz and Naseer Pirzada.

First English speaker was Imam and hateeb of Fiji Islamic Centre Qari o Hafiz Imran Raza, who quoted with the reference of Quran about Prophet Isa (A.S) describing the arrival of beloved last Prophet Ahmed(saw) in Makkah tul Mukarrama. He also described the birth and Prophet hood of Mohammad(saw).

Ne t rdu speaker was Maulana A. Latif

Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam looked towards a goat ne t to the tent.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam asked mm Ma bad, What is wrong with this goat, O mm Ma bad She replied, The sheep is fatigued and is weaker than the other goats and was not able to go and graze with the other goats.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, Does it milk She replied, I swear by your mother and father, if I saw milk from it then I would milk it.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam called the goat and placed his hand on the back of the goat, moved his hand over its udder he pronounced the name of Allah and praised him. Then he asked for a large container and milked it until it was filled. The lady drank, his companions drank, then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam drank. Then it was milked for a second time and they drank again until they were full.

It was milked for a third time until the containers were full and they left her and continued on their journey.

After a short while, the husband of mme Ma bad (Abu Ma bad) returned from herding goats that were swaying from weakness.

He saw the milk and said to his wife, “ W he re did y ou ge t t hi s m il k f rom , dear U m m M a’ bad?”

She replied, I swear by God, a blessed man came to us today A buM a’ bads ai d,“ D es cribe hi m t om e,O U m m M a’ bad.”

She said: I saw a man who is distinctly handsome whose cleanliness is apparent with a glowing countenance and handsome disposition with neither a large stomach nor a small head. He is smart of appearance, with balanced features, wide and deep eyes, and long eyelashes.

His voice is not coarse. He has a proportionately long neck, a full rounded beard, perfectly arched eyebrows which (appeared to) meet in the middle. It was as if his eyelids had kohl (naturally) applied to them. His hair was e tremely black. When he is silent, he is stately and composed, and when he speaks, eminence and splendour e hibit in his words.

He is the most beautiful and striking man from a distance and the best and most beautiful from close up. He is well spoken, clear in what he says, saying neither too much nor too little, his words owing forth like a perfect string of pearls. He is neither too tall nor overly short, a stately man in the company of two other stately men, and he is the most prominent among them and the most well-respected. He has companions who surround him. If he speaks, they listen to him, and if he commands, , they hasten to fulfill his command. He is well served and attended, though he neither frowns nor criticises.

After given details of Hussan o amal of beloved prophet Mohammad Hafiz Patel thanked all the guests and community members who joined this spiritual gathering.

At the end, Darood o Salam and Duaa were recited and dinner was served to all the attendees.

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Naumani, Imam and hateeb of amia Masjid Aulia Allah. He recited the relevant Quranic Suras and narrated few Haidths. He said that today we are for gathered two reasons- one for celebrations of Prophet Mohammad(saw) and other for Ghos e Azam Abd al-Qadir Gilani (R.A).

He said that Allah (swt) says I did mercy on believers to send beloved Prophet Mohammad among them. Wa rafana Lakh ikrak .

Wherever my ikar(praises) there will be Mohammad(saw) ikar. He also said that all Muslims should understand the respect of Mohammad(pbuh) and should be true followers by practicing his teachings.

Last main speaker was the President of Bullay Shah Academy Pir Afzal Ahmed Naqashbandi.He delivered a stunning bayan in rdu and English in which he focused on the birth of Prophet Mohammad(SAW) and love with Allah and his messenger Mohammad(pbuh).

He said our Prophet Mohammed(SAW) worried about his mmah till his last breath. Rab hub li mmati . He discussed Quraan: Surat Ash-Shar (Ayat Wa ra wana lka zikrak and Sura Al-Anbiya Ch 21 Ayat 11 Wama arsalnaka illa rahmatan lil AAalameena And We have sent you not but as a mercy for the Alameen (Mankind, inn and all that e ists).

He narrated the conversation between Angel ibreel (a.s) and Prophet Mohammad(saw) about his age and the timings of light (Noor).

He described the Prophet s names Mohammad and Ahmed (PB H) in depth. Pir Afzal summarised the teachings of Ghos e Azam Abd al-Qadir Gilani (R.A) who died February 14, 1166 (11th Rabi al-thani 561 AH) at the age of ninety one years.

Pir Afzal said unfortunately today our actions are not as per the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. We should praise Allah and His messenger Prophet Mohammad (saw) all the

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Mr. Mohammad aseen given note of thanks and said that it is a blessing that we all here to seek the teaching of Prophet (saw) for daily life. We should compare in our daily activities like during 8 hours employment, work in that specific time for the employer with honesty, how to deal with our neighbours, and non Muslims, refugees, poor people, maintain our relations with the community.

This is the intention of this 2- hours spiritual gathering. He said, Today I saw in most of the speakers speeches and Naat and Nasheed there are lessons. If you go empty handed today and comeback after one month or in ne t Rabi ul Awaal then its means you are losing out. We should make an effort to correct ourselves right now. Allah bless all of you InshAllah.

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12th Annual Eid-E-Milad- n-Nabi Conference by Islamic Association of Western Canada amia Masjid Aulia Allah

By: Haroon Raza On Jan 01, 2017 Islamic Association of Western Canada in association with Jamia Masjid Aulia Allah held their 12th Annual Eid-EMilad-Un-Nabi Conference at Taj Convention Centre, Surrey, BC. The program was well attended by the Muslim Community and famous political and social personalities from all over the Greater Vancouver. The Taj Convention Centre was filled quickly to its capacity. Program started with Tilawat-e-Quran-Pak

by Hafiz Ishfaq. After the Tilawat, famous local Naat Khawans including Brother Muzamil, Brother Abdul Rasool Salis recited beautiful Naats. Brother Haider Ali Khan (MC) welcomed the Muslim community and political personalities to the program. Brother Haider Ali Khan spoke about the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and stressed the importance of following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) in our daily lives.

Lead Imam and Khateeb of Jamia Masjid Aulia Allah, Alhaaj Maulana Abdul Latif Naumani started his speech with the recitation of Ayats from the Quran describing the Sunnah and Ikhlaq of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). He gave many examples from the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) about spending our everyday life in accordance with the teachings and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).

The main speaker of the program, Professor Syed Imam Badiuddin Soharwardy, who specially came from Calgary to attend this program started his speech with the recitation of Ayats from Quran about the Ikhlaq of Prophet

Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and how he spread Islam with his dealings with nonMuslims. Mr. Soharwardy then spoke about the current condition of Muslims around the world and how they have become the victims of terrorism. Mr. Soharwardy explained how the Muslims should react in these circumstances by following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).After Syed Badiddun Soharwardy’s speech, Brother Haider Khan thanked the prominent social and political personalities including Pakistan Consul General Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Liberal MPs Mr. Randeep Sarai and Ken Hardie, NDP MLA Mr. Hairy Bains and City of Surrey Councilor Mr. Tom Gill. Brother Haider Khan then invited political personalities to say few words about the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).

Mr. Soharwardy provided details of Jamia Masjid Aulia Allah Project. Maulana Naumani and Syed Badiuddin Soharwardy started the fundraising for the Jamia Masjid Aulia Allah.

With generous support from the local Muslim community they were able to raise around $70,000 dollars in a very short time. Maulana Naumani and Syed Badiuddin Soharwardy then thanked the Muslim community for their generous support and encouraged them to keep their spirits high and participate in the New Masjid Project for the better future of their kids.

After the fundraising, Special guest speaker shaykh Sayed Nurjan Mirahmadi gave a heartfelt speech about the Sunnah and love of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). He stressed the need of applying the Sunnah in

our everyday life. He explained, why it is important to love Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) more than anything else in our lives. He asked all the attendees to recite more and more Darood on Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to remove all the problems and difficulties from their lives.

Brother Haider Khan then invited world famous Naat Khawan from Pakistan and Chief Guest of the evening, Alhaaj Syed Fasihuddin Soharwardy to the stage for recitation of beautiful Naats. With his magical and beautiful voice, Syed Fasihudding Soharwardy mesmerized all the guests. The audience was overwhelmed with emotions upon hearing the beautiful Naats.

After Darood-U-Salam, Syed Fasihuddin Soharwardy made a heartfelt Dua for all those who attended the program and offered special prayers for the entire Muslim Ummah.

Program was concluded with the dinner.

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he federal government may have promised to introduce marijuana legislation by spring 201 , but it s still a long road towards legalization of pot in Canada.

Pot task force recommends legal cannabis sales be limited to users 18 and over A task force appointed by the Canadian government to study the legalization process had more than 80 recommendations on everything from a minimum age for purchase to where to sell marijuana. Questions remain, however, over whether or not the government will adopt those recommendations and what to do about pressing concerns on licensing, law enforcement, driving under the in uence and more.

4. ndigenous relationship

The federal government has made it a top priority to forge a new relationship with Indigenous peoples. After meeting with Decem Indigenous leaders in Ottawa in Decemmin ber, the focus is now on the prime mincommit ister to follow through with his commitments.

Trudeau announces steps to help enact Truth and Reconciliation calls to action PM honoured by Tsuut ina First Nation as the one that keeps trying Nation While Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said earlier this year there s no question Indigenous Canadians will work in collaboration with the federal government, he added we will call you out as well if you re not respecting that partnership. One of the top files to watch is the inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women, a key campaign promise of Trudeau s Liberals. While the o cial launch of the inquiry began in September 2016, commissioners won t begin hearing testimonies from families until this spring. The inquiry is set to wrap up in December 2018. Indigenous women s advocates say they are are an ious to see action soon. There s been very, very limited movement forward, said Francyne oe, interim president of the Native Women s Association of Canada. . The economy Sluggish growth, unemployment and a is very slow climb in oil prices were all issues in 2016 keeping Finance Minister Bill Morneau up at night and they re likely to do the same in 201 .

Cana Liberals paint gloomy picture of Canada s economy Analysis: it s doom or boom for our economic future As the Liberals head into their second full year, what can they look forward to

tionship with .S. under Trump For starters, it could mean a ripping-up and renegotiating of the North American Free Trade Agreement. There are also border and immigration issues, a con softwood lumber trade dispute, and conpoli cerns over differing environmental policies.

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on the financial front And what should Canadians be looking for as a consequence of their second budget 2. anada- .S. relations

On an. 20, 201 , the presidential transition will be complete, and Donald Trump will o cially be sworn in as the president of the nited States.

What does that mean for Canada s relationship with our neighbours to the south What could Trump s victory mean for Canada Canadian economy will get its first taste of the Trump era in 201 Trudeau tries to ease nerves over rela-

gov The dynamic between the federal government and the provinces and territories was especially testy in 2016, setting the stage for more disputes in the coming year.

Ottawa brought an ultimatum, not a deal, Manitoba health minister says Analysis: Trudeau signals he may override provinces wishes on health care Saskatchewan alone in threatening carbon ta suit: Brad Wall Some of the issues to watch in 201 include healthcare transfers, the carbon price ultimatum and pot legalization. So is the new era of cooperation and coordination already over

Muslim Organizations earn about the Security nfrastructure Program Governments provide a variety of funding envelopes for a diverse range of needs. Sometimes finding these pots of money in support of an initiative, to bring awareness to a cause or simply to protect something of value can be challenging. nderstanding the machinations of government can be comple .

One such program that was recently brought to the community s attention was the recently announced Security Infrastructure Program a program designed to protect at risk places of worship, educational institutions and/or community centers. When one thinks of a community at risk you can t help but think of the Muslim community given the rise in Islamophobia across our country. Muslims and their institutions have been targeted by hate fueled attacks. Taking precautionary measures is always recommended, but Muslims should not have to live in fear, especially at a place of worship.

Bilal Cheema recently organized a meeting of representatives from mosques and educational institutions, from across the lower mainland to introduce the program at MP Randeep Sarai s o ce.

Brother Bilal spoke to the key components of the program while Randeep Sarai encouraged the representatives to take advantage of these types of government support. MP Sarai also ensured his support for applications put forward from the community.

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B y :A Q E L A S U S U FI I S former High Commissioner to Australia amlesh Arya will now take his plea at a later date.

Mr Arya who is charged with one count of abuse of o ce and one count of general dishonesty causing a loss appeared before Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne at the Suva Magistrates Court this morning.

Prosecution today informed the court it had served second phase disclosures.

Defence then asked for time to peruse the disclosures before a plea could be taken.

The alleged offences took place between anuary 1 and December 1 in 2014 while Mr Arya was employed as the Registrar of the niversity of Fiji and while acting as the school manager for Bhawani Dayal Memorial Primary School.

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Confronting Nuclear War: The role of Education, Religion, and the Community

loans amounting to 116,500 from the Free 5. The Role of the itizen in Education Grant provided by the Ministry Preventing uclear War of Education to the said primary school.

Achieving any kind of meaningful inHe is alleged to have dishonestly caused a risk of loss to the school by authorising the ternational nuclear disarmament will require considerable behavioral change on the part Free Education Grants as loans.

The matter has been adjourned to February 8. of .S. leaders and other nuclear weapons countries. Such political change will require attitudinal change, which, in turn, will require sound education for nuclear disarmament aimed at politicians and citizens alike.

B y :T A L E B U L A K A T E Criminal Registry and not issued FI I S Minister for Defence Ratu Inoke - If the reasons are that the learned Mag- Correspondingly, education must be offered ubuabola will give evidence in the case istrate presiding over this case fears or fa- to other nuclear states on a worldwide baof suspended Opposition Member of Parlia- vours the said Ratu Inoke ubuabola or the sis. Some individuals will insist that nuclear ment Ratu Isoa Tikoa. present Government, then the said Magis- weapons policy and disarmament issues are This after Ratu Isoa s lawyer itione ueta- trate recuse herself from further presiding not topics that they have the intellectual competence to address. Others may hesiki filed three motions in court on December over this case 21 last year.

- Alternatively, that the learned Magistrate tate to confront those issues because they Ratu Isoa who is charged by the Fiji Inde- presiding over this case direct the Mag- feel they have no substantial knowledge of pendent Commission Against Corruption istrate Court Criminal Registry in Suva to what appears to be a highly technical, over(FICAC) is facing one count of failing to allow the issuance of a subpoena that Ratu whelming field of inquiry. The fact is, a redeclare his liabilities contrary to Section 24 Inoke ubuabola, the current Minister for sponsible citizen does not have to be comof the Political Parties Registration Decree. Defence, give evidence on behalf of the ac- petent in physical science or technology of any sort to challenge the madness of nuclear He appeared at the Suva Magistrates Court cused in this case. this morning for the hearing of the motions. Rashmi Aslam who appeared for FICAC did war. The stakes are too high for anyone to The defence had filed: not have objections to the third order and the worry about technical incompetence or in- That written reasons be given as to why the defence will now serve a subpoena to Ratu ter-personal embarrassment as they face up to the threat of nuclear war. E ER ONE S learned Magistrate presiding over this case Inoke.

ST DO IT. directed that the subpoena against Ratu In- The matter has now been adjourned to anu- motto must be oke ubuabola, the current Minister for De- ary 9 for hearing.

Educators, clergy and other citizens fence, be rejected by the Magistrate Court Source: fijitimes.com must start only with some basic facts on the subject. First, the human race is faced with MONTHLY ANTIWAR PETITION DRIVE & RALLY the possibility of instant e tinction without representation. If nuclear war occurs, there will be no parliamentary or congressional debates or declarations of war. This possibility does not gain the level of public or media attention that its consequences demand.

Second, the situation is bound to worsen unless citizens worldwide demand action on the part of their leaders, and there will be precious little citizen action unless educators and activists help their fellow citizens confront the problem.

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The likelihood of nuclear war is without doubt one of the most crucial problems in the world s history. et, sparse attention is being devoted to its elimination. Currently, insu cient intellectual and political activity concerning nuclear disarmament, especially at the local level, is going on in the .S. or other parts of the world. Despite the many non-governmental organizations which are supplying timely information and strategies for political action, nuclear war continues to rank very low on the list of citizen concerns when compared with problems of personal income, health care, environment, the economy, education, etc.

Accordingly, in recent years nuclear disarmament has received practically no attention during .S. congressional and presidential campaigns. When it has, most presi-

dential candidates make it clear that the nuclear option is always on the table. In other words, those candidates are willing to kill thousands, and perhaps millions of people on the planet, in order that the .S. can prevail and have its way in certain bilateral or multilateral con icts. The Russians also assume a similar posture. This is criminal tribalism and immorality at its worst.

If this situation is to change, and if our children and grandchildren are to have a nuclear weapons free, livable world, we will have to deal with the ignorance, denial, apathy and other avoidance mechanisms that block genuine, effective citizen action to eliminate the danger of nuclear war. Given the task s di culty, a solution will demand the energies of a much greater proportion of our local citizens including activists, clergy, business people, educators, medical professionals and professionals of every other stripe. Pressure for nuclear disarmament has to come from the grassroots.

The problem will not be solved in Moscow and Washington, unless local citizens demand nuclear weapons abolition. The .S. and Russian military-industrial comple es have too much vested interest, too many politicians in their pockets, and too much financial gain from a perpetual arms race to initiate the abolition process. Thus, if citizens who have a sense of public responsibility regarding other pressing social and political problems do not turn some of their attention to the nuclear weapons hazard, it is possible that their other concerns will have little meaning. The overriding environmental and health problem facing the world today is the threat of nuclear e tinction. Consequently, the role of responsible citizens in a democratic society is to focus their energies on human survival in much the same way they do on other local issues. Make no mistake about it, nuclear e tinction is a local problem.

In sum, the role of the citizen in preventing nuclear war can be stated in the following propositions: Nuclear war prevention requires political change.

Political change requires public pressure on elected o cials.

Public pressure requires attitude change on the part of a substantial portion of the citizenry.

Attitude change requires education and social action at the local level.

Education and social action require time, money, energy, and dedicated, committed citizen participation.

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/confrontingnuclearwar/chapter-5-the-role-of-the-citizenin-preventing-nuclear-war

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INFORMATION

Top 10 Best Intelligence Agencies in The World 2016

n intelligence agency refers to a government institution which collects, analyze and e ploit valuable information and intelligence to protect the national debts. The intelligence agencies help country to cope with security matters and to protect the nation from likely security breach the core purpose of spy agencies is collection of secret information to secure the country from any internal and e ternal happening which harm the stability of state either economically or politically. The intelligence agencies also provide indirect security to tangible and intangible infrastructure of the country like nuclear program or any document containing sensitive information. Personnel of any intelligence agency has been called agents, spies or undercover o cers who vowed to devote his life and worked as secret agent for the state. Here are top 10 intelligence agencies of 2015 are given which are working in present for its respective countries to lock the safety of nation.

1. nter-Service ntelligence, S Pakistan

tions not only in the state but also outside boundaries having global network of covert spies those are highly skilled and have great enthusiasm to done given task sensibly.

4: FS , Federal Security ureau of Russian Federation Russia

8: MSS, Ministry of State Security hina The major successor agency to the SSR s Committee of State Security and principle security agency of Russia named Federal Security Bureau of Russian Federation is one of top best intelligence agencies in the world. FSB is responsible for counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, internal and e ternal security and surveillance to better cope with threats that can danger the stability of the state. According to Russian federal law FSB is similar to any other military forces like the M D, the S R and the FSO but the only difference is its o cers have no specific uniform to fulfill their responsibilities.

5: MOSSA

The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (Inter-Services Intelligence) is the premier intelligence service of Pakistan, founded in1948. It has responsibilities of collecting information of critical national security and intelligence assessment for Government of Pakistan. American Crime News declared Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence as world s best and strongest intelligence agency, headquartered in Shahrah-e-Soharwardi in Islamabad. ISI is most known and famous agency among three agencies working in Pakistan others are Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI). ISI is known as command immense power in the Pakistani establishment, referred to principle brainpower organization of the country.

2: A, entral ntelligence Agency nited States

cret Intelligence Service and the American Central Intelligence Agency. Directed by Government national foreign intelligence agency of Australia was modeled on MI6 and once named as MO9 stand among the top best intelligence agencies in the world following its progress and advancements to achieve its tasks in better way to guard the citizens of Australia.

which works alongside the DGSI, the General Directorate for Internal Security, to keep away the threats. Headed by Government of France Direction Generale De La Securite E terieure involves in providing national security and intelligence while French intelligence service mostly perform paramilitary and counterintelligence operations outside the state. Following the permanence and stability of France against terrorism and other economic progression it can be undoubtedly said that General DiDi rectorate for E ternal Security is one of top 10 best intelligence agencies all around the globe among others.

10: , Federal ntelligence Service ermany

The intelligence and security agency of People s Republic of China is also enrolled in top best intelligence agencies in the world which based in Beijing near Ministry of Public Security of the People s Republic of China. Ministry of State Security works around the hours to collect and configure information under the administration of Ministry of Public Security. It involved alongside state security bureaus and often works at large e tent at domestic level to better respond for the security of people of China.

MSS can be described as the Domestic and Foreign Affairs, Local Intelligence, Coun Counterintelligence, Research (China Institute of Contemporary International Relations) and Anti-Defection and Counter surveillance.

Subordinated to the Chancellor s O ce Federal Intelligence Service of Germany is headquartered in Pullach near Munich considered to be one of top 10 best intelligence agencies in the world. Similar to all other the nature of work contain the alert German government from any of threats following electronic surveillance of international and domestic communications with over 6,050 people working in more than three hundred location worldwide. Federal Intelligence Service named Bundesnachrichtendienst is one of its si teen counterparts including domestic and military intelligence services while Federal Intelligence Service gathers all of secret agencies.

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The Institute for Intelligence and Special Op- 9: SE, irection enerale e eration (Israel) a Securite Exterieure France The national intelligence agency of Israel MOSSAD is one of core Israeli Intelligence Community with its military intelligence Aman and Shin Bet which is responsible for internal security. The key responsibilities of Mossad are to collect intelligence, covert operation and to protect and secure the ewish community all around the world. The Insti- The General Directorate for E ternal Secutute for Intelligence and Special Operation rity is France e ternal intelligence agency directly reports to the prime minister of enrolled among top 10 best intelligence agen“Canada was built by citizen immigrants, people who cies because of its accomplishment of differcome here permanently with their families to become ent tasks worldwide in quite better way while Canadians.� it has performed various covert operations in - Hon. John McCallum, MP nited States, nited ingdom, Asia and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Middle East.

6: RAW, Research and Analysis Wing ndia Central Intelligence Agency is the principal members of the .S. Intelligence Community (IC) which directly reports to Director of National Intelligence and to pass away the information to the President and the Cabinet within no time. The key function of CIA is to gather intelligence about the domestic security especially overseas information globally while it is the only agency in the nited States which is involved in covert operations on behalf of President. Central Intelligence Agency is considered to be one of top best intelligence agencies across the globe because of wide set of connections and sources on the planet.

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The primary foreign intelligence agency of India Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) developed in September 1968 under direction of its first Director, Rameshwar Nath ao. The key function of RAW is to gather foreign intelligence and counter terrorism also to obtain and evaluate information about foreign governments, corporations and those which can directly or indirectly relate with Indian foreign policy. Based in New Delhi RAW is one of the most alarming intelligence agencies operating in the region, one of effective organization and one of top 10 best intelligence agencies across the globe.

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7: AS S, Australian Secret ntelligence Service Australia The Secret Intelligence Service mostly known as MI6 is secret intelligence agency of nited ingdom which is responsible to collect intelligence for British Government alongside internal Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defense Intelligence (DI).

Operated under oint Intelligence Committee Military Intelligence Section 6 listed among the top intelligence agency in the world for its successfully completed top secret opera-

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FOOD

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ngredients

Pasanday/under cut 1/2 kg Raw papaya 2 tbsp ogurt 1 cup Cumin seed 1 tsp Gram roasted/chanay 2 tsp Poppy seed 1-1/2 tsp Coconut 2 tsp Alomonds -8 All spices powder 1 tsp Red chilli powder 1 tbsp

Ingredients

Cardamon seed or powder 1/2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Lemon juice 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp Oil 5 tbsp ooking irections 1.Roast and grind cumin seed, coconut, poppy seed and alomonds.

2.Put raw papaya, grind spices, and all ingredients e cept oil and ginger garlic paste in pasanday and let it marinate for about 1-1/2 hour. .Heat oil add ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown.

4.Put marinated pasanday in oil and mi well cover with lid.

5.Let it cook for 45 minutes or until tender.

6.Sprinkle green chillies and coriander leaves and serve hot.

Gajrela

Milk kg Carrots 1 kg (grated) Sugar 1 cup Solid milk 125 gm Clarified butter 4 tbsp ewra essence few drops Dry fruits as required Silver paper as required ooking irections 1.Take milk in the pan and add in carrots and cook it.

2.When the milk dries then add in sugar. .When the sugar water dries add in

solid milk and clarified butter.

4.Cook it well.

5.When it is properly cooked then add in few drops of kewra essence.

6.Mi it and remove it. .In the end, garnish it with dry fruits, silver paper and serve.

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Halal means permissible in Arabic After e tensive consultation the Canadian government has amended Food and Drug Regulations, providing consumers more information regarding foods labelled as HALAL, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency s website.

Amendment: 2016-04-04 1. The Food and Drug Regulations (see footnote 1) are amended by adding the following after section B.01.049: B.01.050. A person must not use, in labelling, packaging, advertising or selling a food, the word halal or any letters of the Arabic alphabet or any other word, e pression, depiction, sign, symbol, mark, device or other representation that indicates or that is likely to create an impression that the food is halal unless the name of the person or body that certified the food as halal is indicated on the label or package or in the advertisement or sale.

This legislation allows the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to investigate complaints about false or misleading labels and to take appropriate action to bring about national compliance.

Halal labels must include the name of the certifying body, Halal Inspection Certification Committee (HICC) effective April 4, 2016. These newly implemented changes allows continual improvement to the Halal Industry and communication to the general public. These improvements will require multiple stages of process. This is the first stage, the ne t stage of consistency will be to oversee the certification process.

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HEALTH

The 4 Humors are Components of Blood

B y : N ada A dam The 4 elements - in classical Science and Medicine, the Four Elements are the basic constituents of all matter. Everything in the universe is composed of the Four Elements, in varying proportions and amounts. The elemental composition of a substance determines its particular nature and attributes, properties and actions.

The Four Elements are Fire, Air, Earth, and Water.

We can see them as embodying the four basic states of matter: Fire - igneous, incandescent or metamorphic state Air - gaseous state Water - liquid state Earth - solid state Herbal Medicine is built based on the four humors: heat, cold, humidity and dryness. The balance/moderation of these temperaments is the cause for good health and the disbalance and/or e iting from the state of balance/moderation is the cause of all illness.

The Four Humors are the Components of Blood According to what is substantiated in humoral medicine the four humors are in fact the four fundamental components of blood. This concept is endorsed in modern medicine by the Swedish doctor Fahraeus the discoverer of Erythrocyte SedimentaSedimenta tion Rate (ESR) in 1921, in a demonstrative process to a rm the four humors, which is based on observ observing the blood coagulation in a transparent container, when the blood is taken in a glass container and is left untouched for nearly an hour.

Dr. Fahraeus said, the four different layers can be seen, coagulated forms in the bottom which is the Black Bile Humor , above the coagulation there is a layer of red blood cells which is the Blood Hu Humor , above this there is a whitish layer of white blood cells which is the Phlegmatic HuHu mor , the upper layer is a clear yellow se serum which is the ellow Bile Humor .

The Effect of the Non-Moderate Humors on the blood, arteries and pulse The effects of the four humors on the te ture and form of the blood, and the arteries vary according to its forms, quantity and its mer mergence with each other.

The Effect of Humors on Diseases according to Food The Hot-Wet temperament diseases occur whenever the foods in their temperaments are hotter and wetter than they should be, be because if the stomach and liver of a blood hu humor predominant person receive foods which are in their temperament hotter and wetter than they should be, they will be transmuted into a blood humor which is hotter and wetter than it should be, which shall cause the HotWet Blood Humor diseases type .

The Cold-Wet temperament diseases occur whenever the foods in their temperaments

are colder and wetter than they should be, because if the stomach and liver of a phlegmatic humor predominant person, receive foods which are in their temperament colder and wetter than they should be, they will be transmuted into a phlegmatic humor which is colder and wetter than it should be, which will cause the Cold-Wet Phlegmatic Humor diseases type .

The Hot-Dry temperament diseases occur whenever the foods in their temperaments are hotter and drier than they should be, because if the stomach and liver of a yellow bile humor predominant person, receive foods which are in their temperaments hotter and drier than they should be, they will be transmuted into a yellow bile humor which is hotter and drier than it should be, which will cause the Hot-Dry ellow Bile Humor diseases type . ocThe Cold-Dry Temperament diseases oc temperacur whenever the foods in their tempera ments are colder and drier than they should be, because if the stomach and liver of a black bile humor predominant person, receive foods which are in their temperaments colder and drier than they should be, they will be transmuted into a black bile humor which is colder and drier than it should be, which will cause the Cold-Dry Black Bile Humor diseases type .

It becomes clear to us that the correlation between diseases and food in humoral medi medicine is strong and evident.

Diseases occur due to the four humors be becoming non-moderate, either in their form, or quantity, or both. Subsequently the ma material cause of diseases is the four humors becoming non-moderate the material cause in originating the four non-moderate humors is the consumption of non-moderate food.

Therefore, the non-moderate food in its form and quantity is the main cause of diseases .

This concept is endorsed by what is sometimes demonstrated in modern medicine, where many diseases such as migraine diabetes and other diseases, by sufferers who report a decrease of incidence of their diseases due to their identification and avoidance of certain foods. Modern research considers as well that it is beneficial for the individual to avoid what has been a definite cause of diseases, especially with certain foods.

Classification of Foods according to Humoral Medicine Temperament is compounded from the four Tempers: hotness, coldness, wetness and dryness.

Foods are classified into four Temperaments: The hot-wet blood temperament food, from which blood humor is originated.

The cold-wet phlegmatic temperament food, from which phlegmatic humor is originated.

The hot-dry yellow bile temperament food, from which yellow bile humor is originated.

The cold-dry black bile temperament food,

ple syrup on your pancakes or using it for a dressing or marinade, a little bit goes a long way. One teaspoon of pure maple syrup has 1 calories and 5 grams of sugar. In baking, use 2/ cup for every cup of table sugar and reduce the quantity of liquid ingredients in the recipe (water, milk, juice) by about 1/4 cup. Maple syrup can also serve as a one-toone substitute for liquid sweeteners, such as molasses and corn syrup.

Honey: Got a sore throat or a cough Honey can help. A study from Penn State College of Medicine found that a small dose of honey given before bedtime provided better relief of nighttime cough and poor sleep among children participants, compared to receiving de tromethorphan (DM), a common cough suppressant. (Note: honey should not be given to infants under 12 months of age). Also, recent research suggests that honey may play a role in maintaining healthy gut bacteria that help bolster your immunity. Not all honey is created equal, though: Several reports show that some honey is actually blended with table sugar or corn syrup and others may have pesticide residues. To ensure you get the real stuff, e perts recommend buying locally

sourced honey where you know the beekeeper or find an organic option, like Heavenly Organics, which is 100 organic raw honey that s sourced from wild beehives in remote areas far from the reach of pesticides and other pollutants.

How to Enjoy: Honey adds a delicious avor to recipes. One teaspoon has 21 calories and 6 grams of sugar. As a general rule, for every cup of table sugar, substitute 1/2 to 2/ cup honey. Also reduce liquids by about 1/4 cup.

Truvia Nectar: If you want a lower-calorie option than honey, Truvia Nectar is a blend of honey and stevia leaf e tract that s twice as sweet as honey and sugar so you only need to use half as much to get the same level of sweetness. I use it in place of honey or sugar in any application from beverages to baked goods.

How to Enjoy: Try it in coffee, tea, on oatmeal, yogurt and fruit and in your favorite recipes, like this anilla Pear Oatmeal. se 1/2 teaspoon of Truv a Nectar (1 serving) in place of one teaspoon of sugar, honey or agave. One teaspoon has 20 calories and 4 grams of sugar.

Blackstrap Molasses: A tablespoon of this

from which black bile humor is originated.

As the food is classified into four main types, so too are the Diseases classified into four main types according to its four main nutritional causatives on one hand, and according to its four humoral material causes on the other hand: The hot-wet blood humor diseases type.

The cold-wet phlegmatic humor diseases type.

The hot-dry yellow bile humor diseases type.

The cold-dry black bile humor diseases type.

The criterion for proper treatment is to specify which foods are appropriate and inappropriate for diseases according to the temperamental classification of the types of food, as well the types of diseases as previously mentioned, in addition to the fundament of counteractive treatment The Special Principle of the Fundamental Diagnosis of Diseases according to humoral fundament. Diseases occur when the temperament becomes non-moderate as a result of the e ternal and internal variables effecting hotness, coldness, wetness and dryness.

An ill person may be affected according to what is appropriate or inappropriate to his/ her temperament.

For e ample, if someone suffers from e cess in blood humor, or yellow bile humor, or phlegmatic humor or black bile humor, they may encounter a dangerously e cessive increase in blood (hot-moist) humor (similar), or totally opposite humor to Blood (i.e. Black bile Cold-Dry), or partially opposite and partially similar humor as in the case where Phlegmatic (cold-moist) and Blood (hot-moist) share similarity with Wetness/Moisture but are opposites (Cold and Hot). This type of deviation will result either in a change of blood humor, or yellow bile humor, or phlegmatic humor, or black bile humor, and every change of every humor is divided into various subsections.

The entire sections of changes of the four humors which are non-moderate are considered to be root causes of illnesses and diseases. This means that the original cause of illnesses and diseases is the form of nonmoderation of the sections of changes of the four humors.

The deviation of the 4 Moderate Humors into Non-Moderate divisions will result in 1 or more of the 4 humors becoming e cessive and/or changing forms into more serious and deadly illnesses. This Medicine is vast and each humoral illness has many subdivisions under each Humoral category of ailments.

Ne t article we will discuss the e ternal and internal signs including the Science of Pulse.

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Sugar Swaps! Natural Alternatives to Sugar

By atherine Brooking, MS, RD As a registered dietitian, I m often asked if there are healthier alternatives to white table sugar. It s important to limit added sugars (the recommendation for women is no more than 6 tsp for men, 9 tsp), but it s unrealistic and nearly impossible to eliminate them altogether. Thankfully, there are some natural alternatives to white sugar and studies show that some of them have surprising health benefits.

Here are some of the healthiest natural sweeteners to enjoy in moderation: Maple Syrup: Did you know that this classic pancake condiment has health benefits Maple syrup is an e cellent source of manganese, a mineral that boosts energy production and antio idant defenses. It also provides the nutrients ribo avin and zinc. What s more, this delightful sap contains polyphenols, antio idants that help reduce in ammation, according to research from the niversity of Rhode Island. In ammation has been implicated in several chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, certain types of cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.

How to Enjoy: Whether you re drizzling ma-

thick molasses a byproduct of refining sugar cane into table sugar has about 15 of your daily iron requirement, making it ideal for vegans who often lack adequate amounts, as well as vitamin B6, magnesium, calcium.

How to Enjoy: A teaspoon of blackstrap molasses has 20 calories and 5 grams of sugar.

It is more bitter and less sweet than typical molasses varieties, so it s not a perfect replacement for sugar. However it s e cellent for baked beans, mu ns and savory dishes.

Try these baked lentils with sweet potatoes.

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YOUTH

G o o g le ’s s e lf-d r iv in g c a r p r o je c t g e ts a n e w The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the ne t few years. We are getting close and we are getting ready, Waymo CEO ohn rafcik said Tuesday after unveiling the company s identity. To underscore his point, rafcik revealed the project had hit a key milestone in the journey to having fully autonomous cars cruising around public roads. In a trip taken in October 2015 , a pod-like car with no steering wheel and brake pads drove a legally blind passenger around neighborhoods in Austin, Te as without another human in the vehicle. It marked the first time one of the project s cars had given a passenger a ride without a human on hand to take control of a self-driving car if something went wrong. rafcik called that trip taken by Steve Mahan, former director of the Santa Clara alley Blind Center, an in ection point in the development of self-driving cars. It came a year before a Budweiser beer truck equipped with self-driving technology owned by ridehailing service ber completed a 120-mile trip through Colorado while being steered by a robot while a human sat in the back of trailer. In doing so, rafcik and other supporters of self-driving cars believe the technology will drastically reduce the number of

deaths on the roads each year because they contend robots don t get distracted or drunk, nor ignore the rules of the road, like humans do.

While Google s self-driving cars were still in the research-and-development stage, its leaders indicated the vehicles would be commonplace by 2020. rafcik declined to update the timetable Tuesday, saying only that we are close to bringing this to a lot of people. Waymo s transition from what once was viewed as a longshot e periment to a full- edged company marks another step in an effort to revolutionize the way people get around. Instead of driving themselves and having to find a place to park, people will be chauffeured in robot-controlled vehicles if Waymo, automakers and ber realize their

with vision within the ne t few years.

Wa y m o s name is meant to be shorthand for a new for way formo ward in mobility. The mint newly minted company oper will operate within Google s parent company, Alphabet, which was created last year to oversee far- ung projects that have nothing to do with Google s main business of online search and advertising. Those projects, which Alphabet CEO Larry Page likens to moonshots, have lost 8 billion since 2014, with the research into self-driving cars accounting for a significant chunk of that amount. Google began working on its self-driving technolrun ogy in 2009 in a secretive lab called by company co-founder Sergey Brin. Since then, its eet of cars has covered more than 2. million miles in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Arizona and Washington state.

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has said its self-driving vehicles were at fault in only one collision with a bus earlier this year.

The self-driving project had been e pected to be spun out of the lab since rafcik, a former Hyundai SA e ecutive, was hired as its CEO 15 months ago.

As its own company, Waymo will now face more pressure to generate a profit under Alphabet s management instead of simply focusing on research. Rather than make its own cars, Waymo intends to license its technology to traditional automakers and trucking companies.

We are not in the business of making better cars, rafcik said. We are in the business of making better drivers. Earlier this year, Waymo s precursor licensed its self-driving technology to Fiat Chrysler for 100 Pacifica minivans currently in production. Financial terms of that deal haven t been disclosed.

The pressure to make money risks alienating some of the engineers who worked on the self-driving cars as a project that didn t have a mandate to turn a profit. As it headed down the road to becoming Waymo, several key players quit the project. The defectors included its former director, Chris rmson, and a co-founder Anthony Levandowski, who is now working on self-driving technology for ber.

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Your Role as the Parent of Toddler

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art of the di culty you e perience may lie in your own ambivalence about your toddler growing up. As a parent, you are often so focused on your children that you don t notice how you are changing and the challenges you face. Newborns require unconditional love and constant attention day and night. our goal is to meet your babies needs, figure out what is wrong, and make it better.

Starting with toddlerhood, your goals change. While still providing unconditional love, you also need to help socialize your children and teach them to tolerate frustration, learn to be adaptable, and delay gratification.

In meeting these grand goals of toddlerhood, you can feel the Push-Pull of development. On the one hand, it can be thrilling to hear your children s new words, watch them e plore new areas, and see them develop relationships with others. On the other hand, each step takes your children a little further away from you. They no longer need you to carry them others can understand your children and meet their needs. Watching them grow can feel bittersweet.

At the same time that your toddlers are becoming more independent, they still need a lot of care. At times, what you need

and what your toddler needs can be in con ict. For e ample, after a long day of running errands with a stroller through a crowded mall, you may need some down time, and at the same time, your toddler may need to get out and run. Or you may need quiet, and your toddler may need to practice using his voice. Or you may need to visit with other grown-ups, and your toddler may need to nap in his crib. In addition, eve everyone has ideas of how toddlers should behave based on his own upbringing.

In some families, children are precious little beings to be cared for and catered to. In others, children are e pected to be seen and not heard.

Most families fall somewhere in the middle. our response to your toddler s behavior may in part be based on the parenting style your own parents adhered to when you and your siblings were growing up. While there may be discussions with your parenting partner about whether or not to pick up the baby or let him cry or how much of a schedule to follow, toddlerhood with all of its areas of growth tends to have many more opportunities for these differences in approach to appear. If not discussed openly, these differences can erode your confidence and lead to parental con ict. E pectations also play a role in how you view your child and yourself.

On the one hand, you may e pect your little one to sit quietly with you, read books, and play. ou may e pect to be endlessly patient and loving. The reality, on the other hand, may be a rambunctious, strongly opinionated child. And you may find yourself e hausted and short-tempered. ou may hold your child and yourself to unrealistic standards and as a result, spend a lot of your energy feeling as if you or your

child are falling short. In the ne t section of this article, we will e amine toddler behavior to help you set realistic e pectations for your child.

In addition, parents can feel con icted about setting limits.

On the one hand, you want children who are well behaved, handle various situations, and follow instructions. On the other hand, you can be concerned that in setting limits you are curbing your children s natural curiosity and squelching their personalities. In the end, you may ip- op and second guess yourself. It is important to set limits while still providing your children with the freedom to e plore and grow.

Throughout the whole time you are raising your children, you are also growing and changing. As your children reach a new stage of development, you are forced to change your parenting styles and techniques. In thinking about raising toddlers, you can: Acknowledge the loss of your baby, even while rejoicing in the emergence of your toddler.

Find ways to get your own needs met you can t keep running on empty. Have a calm discussion with your co-parent about your child-rearing views. Make conscious, deliberate decisions about how you want to raise your child. ou can agree to disagree on smaller issues. On more important issues, you can agree to back the other parent assuming his point of view is not hurtful, just different from your own.

Learn about child development. ou can view other presentations on this website or access parenting books on the topic.Accept that part of your job is to limit your child s behavior in order to keep him safe and over time to civilize him (learn to delay gratification, tolerate frustration, take other people s needs and feelings into consideration). Looking at the bigger picture can help you persevere and not cave in because you feel mean.

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THINK BEFORE YOU ACT!

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nce upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day.

Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.

They imagined that if the bird is able to lay Read the following e ample: golden eggs, its insides must be made of Young Johnny had a very kind and gold. And they thought that if they could get generous uncle. Every time Johnny all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his visited him with his parents, he was wife decided to kill the bird. However, upon given five cents. One day, Johnny cutting the goose open, they were shocked thought of buying a bike. The next to find that its innards were like that of any time he met his uncle, he asked him other goose for 50 dollars. “50 dollars?” exclaimed MORAL: THIN BEFORE O ACT ill not the goose that lays golden eggs is a his uncle. “That is a lot of money!” popular proverb in English that is rooted in “Well, you can afford it, and I want to this story. buy a bike,” said Johnny. “You don’t When we use this proverb, we mean that have any children, so you should anyone who feels entitled to, and tries to get have a lot of money.” more than he is already receiving, is most Johnny’s uncle was very angry. He likely to get nothing at all in the future.

did not like Johnny’s attitude.

Johnny did not get 50 dollars. He did not get his five cents also any more.

He had killed the goose that laid golden eggs. If he had been wiser, he would have at least got his five cents.

Sometimes, we are not content with what we have, and wish for more.

Such discontentment always results in unhappiness, and regret.

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WOMEN

Women Get Interrupted More—Even By Other Women

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B Y A L I C E RO B B he idea that men and women use language differently is conventional wisdom appearing everywhere from Cosmo and Glamour to The ournal of Psychology and Anthropological Linguistics.

Recent research, though, suggests that the most important variable is not the se of the person doing the talking, but that of the person being spoken to. According to a paper published Sunday in the online edition of the ournal of Language and Social Psychology, both men and women are more likely to interrupt and to use dependent clauses when speaking with a woman than with a man.

Adrienne Hancock, a researcher at the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at George Washington niversity, and Benjamin Rubin, a Master s student, recruited 20 male and 20 female volunteers and instructed them to engage in two short conversations, one with a man and one with a woman.

Hancock gave the volunteers conversation partners scripts about reality television or cell phone use to guide the dialogue. We tried to get gender-neutral topics, e plained Hancock. And then there were counter-balances: Sometimes the speaker would talk to the male about reality T , and sometimes to the female.

Hancock and Rubin then transcribed the conversations and analyzed them for ten linguistic markers suspected of differing in men and women s speech. For instance, studies have suggested that women are more likely to use hedges (words like probably or kind of ), intensive adverbs ( very, e tremely ), fillers ( uhh, I mean ) and tag questions (the isn t it in: It s cold out, isn t it ). In contrast with previous research, Hancock and Rubin didn t find any significant differences in the way men and women spoke but they did find that having male or female conversation partners elicited different results. When speaking with a female, participants interrupted more and used more dependent clauses than when speaking with a male, they wrote. Over the course of each three-minute conversation, women, on average, interrupted men just once, but interrupted other women 2.8 times. Men interrupted their male conversation partner twice, on average, and interrupted the woman 2.6 times.

Every single participant used more dependent clauses when speaking with their female conversation partner. Dependent clauses, which contain a subject and a verb but can t stand alone, tend to appear in longer, more comple sentences the kind we might e pect women to produce. Women, said

Living In Reality

B y : S habnam K han - F am il C ounsel l or ife is not as promising as it seems at times We, as humans have to go through so many obstacles in life whether we like it or not. This can raise a lot of challenges at work, family problems, marital problems, peer pressure and the list will definitely go on. In my previous articles I have mentioned the fact that so many people are living in denial. Don t pretend that things are o.k. OR will be o.k. one day. Changes does not happen by itself. It s what you are doing to make these changes that matters. How long are you prepared to torture yourself and the people you love and care for in life Now do the people have the resources to handle and overcome these so called issues and problems. Many people will suffer rather than seek the appropriate or professional help. Some due to their name and reputation in the society, some due to lack of information. Some scared of the end result or simply because seeking professional help is considered a taboo and hence

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Hancock, are thought of as more elaborate in their language, whereas men are really succinct and to the point. Another possible e planation: There is something called communication accommodation, where you speak like the other person in order to facilitate the interaction or feel close to that person, e plained Hancock. It s possible that speakers had a stereotype that women have a more elaborate style of speaking, so

they tried to modify their own language to match that.

No matter that the stereotype didn t actually hold true. This is analogous to a speaker using a Southern dialect only when speaking to a known Southerner, even when that Southerner is not displaying a Southern dialect, wrote Hancock and Rubin.

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know you re slipping off and you can deliberately bring yourself back to moment.That s the ability or power we posses and can be improved with training.Studies shows that thousand years old method of rela ation called Meditation is the best option to keep control of our chattering mind, meditation training not only improves working memory and intelligence it helps us live in the present called Now Power of living in the present moment which Eckhart Tolle in his book The power of Now called it Now he discussed the value of this power in detail which I find practical and easy to practice.

Abraham Maslow said it so well: I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Writing about the mediation o Merchant in his book Cure :A journey into the Science of Mind Over Body said In our day-to-day multitasking life, our mind starts racing, causing an iety and stress. In meditation, we learn to do nothing . ust sit and rela and observe our own breath (Prana life energy). When the chatter from the outside and the inside stops, our mind becomes tranquil, calm and restful. It directs inwards and becomes one with inner wisdom and spirit.

But terms like mind body and holistic are often seems like flaky and unscientific, but in fact it s the idea of a mind distinct from the body, an ephemeral entity that floats somewhere in the skull like a spirit or soul, that makes no scientific sense.

Meditation is very well research and it is easy to do to stop mind chattering and wandering and it leads to better health.

A study from CLA found that long term meditators had better-preserved brains than non-meditators as they aged .Participants meditating for average of 20 years had more grey matter volume throughout the brain ,in

her study author Florian urth wrote Instead, what we actually observed was a widespread effect of meditation that encompassed r e g i o n s throughout the entire brain .

Their are couples of other things can also be done on daily basis besides meditation. If we e ercise these regularly we can avoid mind chattering and improve our intelligence,we will be able to enjoy the present moment and its blessings instead of wondering about past and worrying about future.Past is history and future cannot be predicted the best we can do to have a happy life is to learn to live in the present moment and enjoy its blessings and the blessings surrounding us.For e ample : Focusing mind what we are doing and living in the present moment is the best way to control mind.

The most important is focusing on one thing at a time.If you are emailing try to do one at a time. When eating don t distract yourself by watching T or checking mails eat your food mindfully.

Even when drinking your coffee drink it attentively and enjoy every sip, it s a treat for you to rela . If you are reading or writing pay full attention. While talking to someone keep your mind on conversation don t let T or any other thought or noises distract you, don t do one thing while thinking about something else focus on what you are doing now.

Become aware of your thoughts and if distracted bring your mind back to what your doing.It s not easy but it is possible by practicing.

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J oe m erchant “ C ur e” W ik ipedia “ T he P ow er of N ow ” Eck har t T ol l e

Wandering mind and chattering

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y u Suz uk i went to visit my friend as she had been very sick for the last couple of days. She was telling me her story about how she suffered from appendi pain, undergone surgery in emergency, and how painful it was.

I was trying to pay attention but my brain kept on distracting me instead of allowing me to focus on her ordeal. My brain kept on wandering, Images of my sick husband,dialysis centre, doctors, disappointments, heart breaks. I didn t notice the tears dripping down my face, my e pression sad. My friend looked at me in surprise and said why are you crying my friend, I am all better now. It was a nightmare but it is over now . To add to my shame she said Oh you are so kind and so loving, I am so blessed to have a friend like you .

Full of shame about my wandering brain, I decided to take control of my chattering mind. I went to the library and got some books on mind chattering and how to control it, and I used Google, to my amazement I found out that this is a universal problem and tons of researches have been done to control our chattering brain and wandering mind.

Wandering mind is more like day dreaming and chattering is like noisy random thoughts.

A study done by The laboratory of neuro imaging conducted by The niversity of Southern California stated that an average person has about 48.6 thoughts per minute and the total per day is about 0,000. Most of the thoughts include worrying about work if you are working,family, unnecessarily worrying about your children if you are a mother, health and aging, nagging thoughts about unseen fear and future, worrying about other people s opinion about you plus your critical analysis of yourself. If we ana-

lyze these random thoughts generated by our chattering minds,we will realize that most of them are useless, unimportant thoughts that pass through the mind with a friction of a seconds. Most of these are words we repeat in our mind, comments the mind makes, thinking about what we heard or said, questions, answers and a lot of senseless wandering thoughts of past , worries about tomorrow some are so strange that we might not even be aware of. With all this happening in our brain unfortunately little space left for noticing what is delightful and enjoyable now, and how blessed we are.

For me the most annoying is when I really want to sleep, forcing my mind to stop thinking but past, future and even grocery list pops in my head, I reminded my brain to stop but my efforts were in vain.

When I was looking for solution I find out I am not alone facing this problem there are many others. A study done by Mathew illingsworth and Daniel Gilbert, they studied over 2,000 adults during their day to day activities and found out that 4 percent of the time, their mind is not focused on what they are doing. Even more shocking was when people s mind is wandering they reported being unhappy.

Good news is that we can take some easy steps to control our chattering mind. When our mind wandered off it might help to

there has al always been a lot of reluc reluctance in seek seeking services in our commu community.

No matter what the rea reasons are, it s your right to make your choice s in your life. My request is to address these little problems as they come across instead of waiting for it to become a huge problem. When your rage reaches the ma imum level, situations can be really tough to handle.

What could be possible, becomes impossible because you were not prepared to change. ou got used to live a life full of torture, anger, guilt, name calling, harassment and so on.

If you have chosen yourself to be in this situation, you are the only one who is responsible to get yourself out of this situation. our courage, determination, trust, motivation and self-esteem are the key for your success. ou can say so much but results don t come without your action Remember you deserve the best in life. Life is very precious so live it the right way and see you ll love every moment of it.

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LIFESTYLE

89th Birthday of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Founder of Pakistan Peoples Party and Former Prime Minister

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By Sajjad Bokhari ulfiqar Ali Bhutto was born on January 5, 1928. He was the only son of Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto completed his early education from Bombay’s Cathedral High School. In 1947, he joined the University of Southern California, and later the University of California at Berkeley in June 1949. After completing his degree with honors in Political Science at Berkeley in June 1950, he was admitted to Oxford. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto married Nusrat Isphahani on September 8, 1951. He was called to Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1953, and the same year his first child, Benazir Bhutto, was born on June 21. On his return to Pakistan, Bhutto started practicing Law at Dingomal’s.

In 1958, he joined President Iskander Mirza’s Cabinet as Commerce Minister. He was the youngest Minister in Ayub Khans Cabinet. In 1963, he took over the post of Foreign Minister from Muhammad Ali Bogra. His first major achievement was to conclude the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement on March 2, 1963.

In mid 1964, Bhutto helped convince Ayub of the wisdom of establishing closer economic and diplomatic links with Turkey and Iran.

The trio later on formed the R. C. D. In June 1966, Bhutto left Ayub’s Cabinet over differences concerning the Tashkent Agreement.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto launched Pakistan Peoples Party after leaving Ayub’s Cabinet. In the general elections held in December 1970, P. P. P. won a large majority in West Pakistan but failed to reach an agreement with Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman, the majority winner from East Pakistan. Following the 1971 War and the separation of East Pakistan, Yahya Khan resigned and Bhutto took over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator on December 20, 1971. After the overthrow of the Ayub Khan regime by General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, national elections were held in 1970. Although Bhutto and his party won a sweeping electoral victory in West Pakistan, the biggest election winner was the Awami League, an East Pakistan-based party that had campaigned for full autonomy for East Pakistan. Bhutto refused to form a government with this separatist party, causing a nullification of the election. The widespread rioting that followed degenerated into civil war, after which East Pakistan, with the help of India, emerged as the independent state of Bangladesh. After West Pakistan’s humiliating defeat

by India in this military conflict, Yahya Khan turned the government over to Bhutto on Dec. 20, 1971. Bhutto placed his predecessor under house arrest, nationalized several key industries, and undertook the taxation of the landed families in his first acts as president. After the new constitution (1973) made the presidency largely ceremonial, Bhutto became prime minister. In both capacities, he had also filled

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Hot Controllers in Hyderabad

Sqn. Ldr. Nusrat Hussain (R) nh.guidingstar@gmail.com n the beginning of December 1983, excitement and joy filled my heart on receiving the signal from Air Headquarters to attend a five months ATC course at the Civil Aviation Training Institute (CATI) in Hyderabad. An opportunity of ultimate freedom from the disciplined environment of the Air Force had arrived. The signal mentioned the names of nine other Flight Lieutenants with over five years of commissioned service to attend the course. All the officers, known to each other from our previous days, reported together at the Civil Aviation Training Institute (CATI) in Hyderabad.

Opposite the airport, on the banks of the Indus River in Hyderabad there stood the impressive compound of CATI buildings.

It housed the training rooms and expensive equipment provided by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ICAO formed a part of the United Nations Organization with its Headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Officer’s living quarters and a dining hall were nicely decorated with all the modern facilities. The complex also housed a separate building for training the firefighters and carried up-to-date crash tenders and fire training equipment.

Flight Lieutenant Farooq Janjua, popularly known as ‘Janj,’ was the senior-most officer and I happened to be the most junior. Janj was a man of great qualities and talents of a lovable commander. Throughout the five months of stay at CATI, the course of the ten Air Force officers jelled together as a great team, thanks to his leadership qualities. Janj later joined the Department of Civil Aviation. He had gone for the categorization test of the Civilian Controllers in Faisalabad when he died of a heart attack in his hotel room. Janj will always be remembered as a great loving and thoughtful soul. May Allah bless his soul a higher place in JannahAmeen. Flight Lieutenants: Moazzam Khan, Jan Nisar, Asif Chauhdary, Nabeel Mian, Naseem Rizvi, Shaukat Rasheed, Masood

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the Cabinet posts of foreign affairs, defense, and interior. His government, retaining martial law, began a process of Islāmization.

Sensing that the public was turning against his rule by decree, Bhutto ordered new elections in 1977 to obtain a popular mandate. His party won by a large majority, but the opposition charged him with electoral fraud. The government was seized by General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, the army chief of staff, on July 5, 1977. Soon afterward Bhutto was imprisoned.

He was sentenced to death (March 18, 1978) on the charge of having ordered the assassination of a political opponent in 1974; after an appeal to a higher court, Bhutto was hanged, despite appeals for clemency from several world leaders. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was buried in his ancestral village at Garhi Khuda Baksh, next to his father’s grave.

He was the author of The Myth of Independence (1969) and The Great Tragedy (1971).

Even after his death, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto remains a controversial and largely discussed figure in Pakistan. While he was hailed for

being a nationalist, Bhutto was roundly criticized for intimidating his political opponents by his critics. By the time Bhutto was given the control of his country, his nation was torn apart, isolated, demoralized, and emotionally shattered after a psychological and bitter defeat that came from intense regional rival, India, as a result of Indo-Pak war of 1971 ( The Shimla Agreement and his visit to Delhi).

Thousands of Pakistanis still hail Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as their Quaid-e-Awam (Leader of the People) even as they do Muhammad Ali Jinnah as Pakistan’s Quaid-I-Azam (Great Leader). This voice of oppressed people and marginalized society is absolutely right and there is no denying the truth of this reality that next to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the only personality, honorable and formidable, who fought for the common people with indomitable will and preferred to live the independent life of a lion and defend his nation as a metaphor, rather than to live the abject life of slavery like a jackal..

Excerpt from the book

‘The Last Salute’

Ahmed, Sajid Mumtaz and I formed the group of other nine officers.

Away from the disciplined atmosphere of the Air Force, we thought of enjoying the most while working in a civil outfit. Badeen Air Base, about two hour’s drive from Hyderabad, became our parent unit for administration purposes. After reporting at CATI, L to R: Moazzam, Late Janjua “CATAI Instructors sitting in front and all the Air Force we went to Badeen for the first report. For and Nusrat” Controllers standing at the back.” civil authorities at the CATAI, we created The first women Air Traffic Controllers of time brought the goat in the line of fire with an imaginary, fictional secret order docu- the Civil Aviation also attended the ATC our silly arguments. Mr. Sahi got confused ment kept at Badeen. The document needed course in separate classes at the same time. but finally got the joke. He suspended the signatures of two course-attending officers Aisha Rabia who later became the first lady lecture, sat on the desk, gave a big smile and on every Friday. With Saturday and Sunday pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines agreed to our earlier refused demand. We as a weekend, every two officers booked out also attended that course. Another Air Traf- instantaneously accepted the goat escaped on Thursday after class, pretending to sign fic Controllers training course comprising the bullet. the secret order in Badeen. We took turns in civilian controllers also started at the same We formed a mess committee headed by Jan enjoying the long weekends. As such, eve- time. Riaz-uddin-Raju, Raja Aziz and many Nisar. It was ably supported by Nabeel and ryone enjoyed a long break once a month. other civil controllers became our good Asif. They conducted the mess affairs in acAir Traffic controlling in the Air Force, al- friends. cordance with the Air Force mess pattern. though following the basic operating rules Mr. Hanfi was the Director of the facility. Our mess team of Johny, Billi and Asif had of civil controlling, was a different ball He was a tall, smart, dark colored man with saved a handsome amount of money after game during the peak fighter flying hours. the serious look of an Administrator. Mr. providing even better food within the same I remember during one of the annual Jet Zafar Sahi was the Dean of the Air Traffic allotted budget. CATI wasn’t aware of the Stream exercises of the Air Force, thirty- Control facility who came from Lahore with saving as we had planned to return the saved seven fighter jets of various types attacked a thick Lahori accent. He was a thorough money at the end of the course. the Masroor airfield from all directions stag- professional, and had a friendly personal- A few days before our graduation we apgering by one minute. Only one controller ity. All the other instructors were good ATC proached Mr. Hanfi, the Director and disprovided service from the control tower; professionals and friendly in nature. closed to him the saved amount. We asked without any radar service, with only a mike Unlike the other two civilian groups attend- permission to organize a music concert and in his hands, handling the entire attack by ing the ATC course, we had the practical ex- a farewell party with the saved money. CATI keeping a mental picture of all the attacking perience of all the study material during the administration was jubilant of this contribuaircraft. He provided the needed separation course. The course wasn’t of much practical tion by the Air Force Officers. Mr. Hanfi and efficiently passed the information to the importance in the surroundings of Air Force graciously granted permission. We went out concerned air traffic. controlling, but fulfilled a valuable need in in the city, found a band of well-educated Because of such demanding operations, earning the civil Air Traffic controllers li- singers and conducted a show attended by it was not possible to follow the standards cense. The license made one eligible to per- every CATI member in a grand style. of separation directed by the manuals of form ATC duties anywhere in the world.

Five months passed quickly and our hour International Civil Aviation Organization Our course remained the favorite of Mr. of departure arrived. All of us graduated (ICAO). Air Force ATCOs gained greater Zafar Sahi, the Dean. One day we were not with flying colors. Like all good days, the confidence in handling the bulk of Air Traf- happy with Mr. Sahi over some privilege is- five months of fun evaporated in the dust of fic and in appreciation were called ‘Hot’ sue. We planned on giving him a hard time. time. Posting signals arrived at the Badeen controllers. Air Force ATCO’s considered During his meteorology lecture he taught Air Base sending ten of us to ten different the Civil Controllers as ‘D-Jays’ (Disk Jock- something about an imaginative goat stand- bases of the Air Force. Mr. Hanfi and the eys) performing in a dance party of fancy ing on the North Pole. If fired at, then she civilian staff of CATI would never know aircraft. Our opinion wasn’t true as we later would escape the bullet because of the ro- about the clandestine fun behind the secret realized the civil safety measures were taken tating earth. In his theory, he tried his best orders. Those were the days. Remembering in respect of the human life. However, with to get the goat out of the way of the bullet. them still brings joy to my heart. such a mind-set, we landed at the CATI. But with ten of us in a naughty mood, every

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Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association Of BC celebrates Quaid-E-Azam day

Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association Of BC celebrated Quaid-E-Azam day on Dec 25 in Surrey at Madina Restaurant along with many respected community members. Little kid Ahmed ( ameel) recited the Quran verses at the start and Abdul Rasool Salis presented a beautiful Hamad Naat. President PCCABC Farukh Syed highlighted the day and its importance. He send his and his team s greeting to the Christian community and community at large for Merry Christmas. He also highlighted the Holy month s importance as Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) also born in this month. ice Consul Fahad Amjad also read his message. Mr. Shamas ilani, Asad Syed and Pirzada also spoke about the great leader Quaid and there were short video presented by PCCA-BC. oung kid Ali Waraich also spoke about today s Pakistan and Quaid s vision. Molana Alhaaj Abdul-latif-Nomani also talk about the day and prayed for everyone who took the initiative to make a beautiful country Pakistan. A short cake cutting ceremony also took place before the delicious dinner.

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B y : I S H RA T H U S A I N he writer is a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington, D.C. IN a country where negativity and cynicism reign supreme, critics and detractors of all kinds are revered, and emotional outbursts and fabricated stories dominate the air waves and social media, it is di cult to present a dispassionate analysis of national issues.

Since China announced the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), more time and energy has been spent in finding faults, poking holes and raising doubts based on speculation and conjecture. Had this investment been announced in another developing country, the national reaction would be: how do we plan to ensure ma imisation of benefits to the economy What are the weaknesses and deficiencies in the e isting set-up we need to overcome But this type of thinking is not in our DNA. We are either in a mood for celebration and self-congratulations or outright condemnation and depiction of e aggerated pitfalls.

There are three types of reservations against CPEC. First, those who believe that this whole endeavour is designed to benefit Punjab to the neglect of the three smaller provinces. Fanning parochial and ethnic prejudices, doubts are created about the narrow impact of these projects. Second, that the country would be saddled with costly e ternal loans and out ows forcing Pakistan to go for another bailout. Frightening numbers such as totals of 110 billion are oating around. Third, some Baloch youth believe that they would become a minority in their own province. Mistrust and not perceived economic gains underlies such an iety.

The government has not helped matters as it has not placed all the data and information about capital structure, detailed sources of financing, project sponsors etc pertaining to CPEC, in the public domain.

This article, to allay some of the reservations, proposes that the Planning Commission and PIDE use the well-established framework of cost-benefit analysis to evaluate and monitor the net benefits of CPEC projects. Benefits can be of three kinds: (a) direct, measured by incremental contribution to gross value added in energy and infrastructure. Assuming energy elasticity of greater than one, a two per cent growth in energy production and usage would increase GDP by more than 2pc from the current level (b) indirect, measured by the multiplier effect of activities resulting from the direct demand of goods and services and (c) induced effects or e ternalities: eg bringing in roads and electricity may make some economic activities feasible and reduce outmigration of skilled labour from those areas. Costs can be of four types: (a) direct costs associated with investment in electricity generation , transmission and distribution or construction of roads (b) indirect costs: large scale investment projects create scarcity premiums and domestic prices of some goods and services are bid up. These

sets in (c) unavoidable incremental costs: in the absence of the required amount of domestic supplies of quality and specifications, imports have to make up the shortfall and (d) avoidable incremental costs: proper planning, coordination and active management can substitute high-cost inputs by low-cost inputs keeping quality intact.

Net benefits are thus estimated as the difference between the discounted ow of aggregated benefits and the discounted ow of all types of costs over the given time horizon.

This calculation is not straightforward and is beset with many conceptual, empirical and measurement di culties. The most problematic area is the aggregation of easily quantifiable direct benefits or costs with estimated indirect and induced benefits and costs. The latter are sensitive to the assumptions on which they are based. Economists, by setting up monitoring e periments, discover new data that helps in fine-tuning and refining the original estimates. The outcomes therefore depend upon minimisation of avoidable costs and e pansion of induced benefits thus enlarging the quantum of net benefits.

The avoidable costs phenomenon can be illustrated with the help of two e amples. If the Chinese managers, skilled and technical staff continue to be deployed throughout the duration of the project, the unit cost of labour after taking into account the e patriate wage premium, security, housing and mobility e penses would be relatively much higher compared to a situation where preponderantly Pakistanis were employed. If the government makes advance plans for these positions to be transferred to Pakistanis over a staggered period through training, on the job apprenticeship, attachments and under study assignments supervised by Chinese trainers, cost savings would be substantial and net benefits much larger. This requires coordination, target setting, monitoring and outsourcing to vocational and technical training institutes, private providers and the provincial governments.

Similarly, it is guesstimated that at least 100,000 additional trucks would be needed to transport construction materials, movement of e port-import trade and increased volume of goods. If investment in the sub sector is not carried out well ahead of the CPEC projects peak load demand, the prices of trucking would escalate, putting Pakistani e ports at a competitive disadvantage. The cost matri of CPEC projects would also move upwards thus increasing the indirect costs. However, if Pakistani truck manufacturers are provided ballpark figures they can invest in e pansion of e isting capacity in tandem with the suppliers of parts and components. Indirect benefits would increase through creation of new jobs in the industry and e ciency gains from the economies of scale. On the benefit side, it must be ensured that the most dynamic and enduring benefits from CPEC accrue to the people living in the deprived districts of Balochistan and south-

these districts with the unified national market of goods and services would make their fisheries, mining, livestock, horticulture and other activities economically feasible, creating incomes and jobs and helping lift them out of poverty. Roads and electricity are precursors for broad-based development as they minimise post harvest losses, waste and spoilage of perishable agriculture commodities, reduce the cost of delivery to market towns, and confer purchasing power in the hands of farmers who then use it to buy consumer goods, generating a second round of economic activities in these districts By playing a more active role in ma imising the benefits to the people of deprived districts and containing avoidable costs, the government would be able to allay a lot of

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West Indies are considering to tour Pakistan for two T20Is in March this year, subject to security clearance and agreement from the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), after receiving a proposal and security plan from the PCB. There is an offer from the PCB to play two T20 matches in Pakistan, subject to Players Association agreement and security clearance, Roland Holder, WICB manager of cricket operations, told ESPNcricinfo. The WICB has received a security plan from the PCB, which we have forwarded to our internal security manager, WIPA and an independent international security firm whom we have also engaged to provide a security report. WIPA and WICB are carrying out its own due diligence prior to making a determination as to the security situation since the safety of the players and staff is paramount. Once those reports are received a final decision will be made after WICB conducts a recce of the venues.

Over the recent ICC meetings, the PCB has managed to convince the WICB to consider visiting Pakistan. Lahore is likely to host

West Indies for two T20s on March 18 and 19. The two teams will then move to Lauderhill in Florida for two more T20s. West Indies allrounder Andre Russell had become the first high-profile overseas player in the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) to e press a willingness to play in Pakistan.

Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy had also said he would travel to Pakistan subject to security clearance. The PCB has also been initiating steps to host the 201 PSL final in Lahore on March 9. This again is subject to security clearance and the PSL management is likely to take a final decision

by February 25, three days before the start of the playoffs. According to PSL chairman Najam Sethi, the Punjab government has given the board a go ahead, but, according to rdu ang, a local daily, some players are reluctant to tour Pakistan. The PCB bought four bulletproof buses, following imbabwe s visit, in uly 2016, to improve security. The board hopes the additional security measures would help convince players.

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however, said that the advice it has received concerning security in Pakistan is that travel to the country is still a risk for international players. FICA s comments came a day after the PCB said it would host the 201 PSL final in Lahore, after conducting the league stage and the semi-finals in the AE. Tony Irish, FICA e ecutive chairman, was still uncertain about the possibility of the PSL final going ahead in Pakistan. We are in the process of obtaining updated security advice on playing the PSL final in Lahore, Irish had said. We don t e pect much change in the advice previously obtained, but will await the updated situation and then communicate to players. As previously pointed out players play in the PSL as individuals and therefore each make their own decisions on whether to play in Lahore or not. The security risks as communicated by FICA are a factor in their decision making. Last year, imbabwe became the first Full Member nation to tour Pakistan since 2009, when an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus resulted in the suspension of international cricket

MS Dhoni has stepped down as captain of India s limited-overs teams ahead of the ODIs and T20Is against England in anuary.

He will still be available for selection as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the series, though, the BCCI said on Wednesday evening. The selectors are meeting to pick the ODI and T20I squads on anuary 6 in Mumbai. The BCCI did not immediately name a successor for the matches against England, though irat ohli, who leads India in Test cricket, is the frontrunner for the job. It is understood Dhoni, 5, communicated his decision to chairman of selectors MS Prasad in Nagpur, where the harkhand side that is being mentored by Dhoni was playing Gujarat in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy. Dhoni was seen having a long conversation with Prasad during the tea break. We all know his sense of integrity and patriotism, and he has got high clarity in thinking, Prasad told

ESPNcricinfo. Probably he felt that is the best decision, so let us respect it. Dhoni s manager Arun Pandey said the decision had not been impulsive. ou don t take a decision like this overnight. It was well thought out. Dhoni thought this was the right time to step aside and continuing playing as wicketkeeper-batsman, Pandey told PTI. His thinking was that he has built the cru of the team now and it is the right time to give up captaincy. He is not someone who would cling on to something. For him, the team s interests are first and foremost.

Dhoni had given up the Test captaincy in December 2014, when he retired from the format after the Melbourne Test. However, he stayed on as ODI and T20 international captain after having taken on those roles in 200 . Congratulations to MSD on a wonderful career as a captain, leading India to success in both T20 and ODI World Cups.

Have seen him emerge from an aggressive player to a steady and decisive captain. It s a day to celebrate his successful captaincy and respect his decision. Wish MSD the very best as he continues entertaining us on the field with his e ploits. He was India s most successful captain, leading the team to victory in the 200 World T20 in South Africa, the 2011 World Cup in India, and the 201 Champions Trophy in England. Dhoni captained India in 199 ODIs, of which he won 110 and lost 4. He was captain in 2 T20Is, of which India won 41 and lost 28.

He was also India s most successful Test captain, with 2 wins, 18 defeats and 15 draws. Dhoni is also the only captain to have led India to ODI and T20I series wins in Australia, and an ODI series win in New ealand. He made 66 ODI runs as captain at an average of 54 and a strike rate of 86. As captain in T20Is, Dhoni scored

from Pakistan. The ICC, however, refused to send its match o cials for the series in May 2015. Pakistan then appointed their own match o cials, and hoped the imbabwe series would serve as a stepping stone to revive international cricket in the country.

That ambition, however, suffered a setback when a suicide attack took place near the Gaddafi Stadium during the second ODI. imbabwe, though, played the third and final ODI two days later and completed the tour. Sour ce: C ricinf o

MS Dhoni gives up India’s ODI and T20 captaincy

1112 runs at a strike rate of 122.60. In Test cricket, he made 454 runs at an average of 40.6 . On the behalf of every Indian cricket fan and the BCCI, I would like to thank MS Dhoni for his outstanding contribution as the captain of the Indian team across all formats, BCCI chief e ecutive Rahul ohri said. nder his leadership, Indian team has touched new heights and his achievements will remain etched forever in the annals of Indian cricket. Sour ce: C ricinf o

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