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eneral p ercep tion is the immature society in P ak istan remains l abel l ed as the one l iving with its continuing incap acity to swiftl y rej ect il l ogical and irrational acts. M ore sad l y , even the med ia and the intel l ectual s have not been able to effectively discourage the growth of ex tremism, ignorance and sectarian viol ence and the ongoing p rox y war with p roven resul ts. Thank s to P ak istan M il itary that has freed the country from the cl utches of terrorists. A t l east, the nation once again l ook s confidant and is already in the “ gearing up mod e” to cel ebrate the up coming P ak istan ind ep end ence d ay on A ugust 1 4 th. O n this d ay in 1 9 4 7 , P ak istan became a real ity as an ind ep end ent country , y et the unbearabl e cost was sk y high, as the d amage in terms of l ost honour of the viol ated women and their murd ers woul d remain irrep arabl e forever. I nd eed , the massive migration, amid wid esp read communal viol ence, ethnic cl eansing/ genocid e, trainl oad s of sl aughtered M usl ims and the mercil essl y rap ed y oung women, remind s us of the trauma of al l those who sacrificed just to give a comfortabl e ind ep end ent l and to the new P ak istanis. M r J innah p articul arl y emp hasised , “ Y ou are free to go to y our temp l es; y ou are free to go to y our mosq ues or to any other p l ace of worship in this state of P ak istan. Y ou may bel ong to any rel igion or caste or creed – that has nothing to d o with the business of the state.” I n sp ite of unfavourabl e economic circumstance and the unfriend l y atmosp here around , the general p ubl ic al l over P ak istan l oves cel ebrating I nd ep end ence D ay with p atriotic z est.

M any d ress up in green and white, which are the P ak istani flag’s colours. People visit national monuments and p l aces of national significance to cel ebrate I nd ep end ence D ay . Pakistan’s national flag is hoisted on p ubl ic, p rivate buil d ings, resid ences and monuments at d awn. G overnment buil d ings, incl ud ing P arl iament H ouse. There are fireworks to enjoy. P ak istan’ s I nd ep end ence D ay al so p ay s homage to p eop l e who d evoted their l ives for P ak istan’ s freed om movement and made sacrifices to attain Pakistan’ s ind ep end ence. A change of guard tak es p l ace at national monuments, incl ud ing the mausol eums of S ir A l l ama M uhammad I q bal , and M r J innah ( sup reme l ead er) The cel ebration wil l go ahead as planned despite it’s officially real iz ed that “ mil itant wings in the garb of p ol itical p arties were hatching consp iracies against the ongoing K arachi op eration” I n a statement the p aramil itary force’ s sp ok esman al so ask ed the p eop l e to inform the P ak istan R angers and ad vised the med ia to avoid broad casting unconfirmed reports. “ C ertain unscrup ul ous el ements, und er the garb of p ol itical p arties running their mil itant wings in a d esp erate attemp t have l aunched a camp aign to mal ign the K arachi op eration, ” said the brief statement without mentioning these ‘ el ements’ and their move which forced the R angers to issue such a statement. “ These attemp ts are meant to create restl essness among the citiz ens. K arachi op eration by the rangers means the K arachites wil l be facil itated to cel ebrate the I nd ep end ence D ay p eaceful l y . There is no d oubt about the success of the “ O p eration Z arb-

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e- A z b, ” and now the op eration “ R ad ul F az ad , ” the fact is the said op eration stil l continues to weed out successful l y al l the anti- P ak istan warring factions, specifically the TTP terrorists from the F A TA region. H owever, threat to l ife and p rop erty by the foreign fund ed terrorism is stil l a big chal l enge which is being faced by al l concerned throughout the country . There is cl ear evid ence of the foreign invol vement in S ind and B al uchistan. The neighbouring countries that are sp onsoring terrorism to d isrup t the writ of P ak istan are d ocumented . U nfortunatel y , the P ak foreign office or the concerned officials have not p resented the p rox y war case before the W orl d bod y . O ther maj or reason is non construction of K al a bagh d am. S ome stubborn p ol iticians and the l ocal s fail to real iz e that besid es p rovid ing irrigation facil ity and generating el ectricity , the K B d am woul d have the cap acity to store the ex cess running water flowing to the ocean. I rony is when running rivers are normally flowing, there is water theft by the up p er rip arian I nd ia from the share of l ower rip arian P ak istan; so this remains one of the maj or issues that P ak istan k eep s fail ing to correct at the U N forum. S usp icion is , there is a strategy at work to turn P ak istan into a barren l and with no d rink ing and irrigation water, hence, mak ing it l ook l ik e miserabl e S omal ia and E thiop ia. S hameful l y , some p ol iticians issue rhetorical statements say ing the K B d am wil l be buil t over their d ead bod ies. M ost p robabl y , issues l ik e energy crisis have been il l egitimatel y d esigned by the anti P ak istan el ements with ul terior motives; the stak e hol d ers may incl ud e

both the l ocal s and the foreigners. W ith resp ect to the al l egations of l ocal l y stol en mand ate ( bal l ot) and economic d ownturn, answer l ies onl y in encouraging a level playing field to reprod uce constructive conscience of the entire nation; that woul d generate p eaceful atmosp here. I t’ s absol utel y necessary to k eep p ay ing tribute to those who d ed icated their l ives to earn freed om for us. A l though the p eop l e of P ak istan cel ebrate the I nd ep end ence D ay with p atriotism, y et they shoul d remember what J innah’ s d ream was; many among us seem to have forgotten the reason for the formation of P ak istan. F resh ind icators of economic Relief in sight: D esp ite the ex p ected gl obal recession, an economic up turn in P ak istan is on its way . This y ear, op eration R ad ul F asad has al read y in p rogress with good resul ts whil e the K arachi op eration is going wel l , and the P ak C hina economic corrid or ( C P E C ) is going as p l anned . Thus, P ak istan is moving toward s its economic recovery faster than ex p ected . Recent change in Pakistan the news of “Nawaz Sharif disqualified as Pakistan Prime Minister by SC over Panama Papers case.” and after that “ P M L - N ’ s S hahid K haq an A bbasi was sworn in as p rime minister of P ak istan in an oath- tak ing ceremony hel d at P resid ent H ouse”

This Supreme Court disqualification decissions of a sitting Prime Minister of a prominent renowned political party will be question in upcoming election of 2018. A l l gains are a gift for the “Happy Pakistan Day.” Pakistan Zinda Baad

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Canadian by saying: “ Canada is so di verse with pe op l e from al l over the worl d and they have been accept ed a s one” . W e became ‘ one community’ , and it reflects the Divine order too. I n fact 1 4 c ago we have been tol d that “ y ou are one community ” , but it d id n’ t mak e much sense to me un‘One community’. til I accep ted I sl am and tried to d isBy: Gulshan Aalani cover how we are one community . “ W e are one’ song by S inger F irst I thought it was d ue to the inter F aiya z K han was rel eased in honor marriages but l ater after stud y ing of C anada ’ s 15 0t h. birthda y and about other communities mainl y the showing his gratitude as a good M usl im U mmah- community that

is made up of many different tribes and what they were before and to which community they bel onged to. To my amaz ement I di scovered that they accep ted I sl am and got the titl e of M usl im, but are stil l the same pe opl e, same tribes, with same D N A , and G E N E S , which means these Muslims consists of: J ews, C hristians, C athol ics, H indus , B ani I srael - tribes of P rophe t I srael - J acob ( A S ) , I ndi ans, A ssyr ians, A rya ns etc. H ow wonde rful l y they are al l intertwined and their I D is j ust ‘ one’ , by

such real ity it make s easier to connect with others even if they are not M usl ims but we see them as the creation of O ne G O D . That al so encourages us to be the good citiz ens, be faithful to the country we l ive in and safeguard the l and and i ts citiz ens. This is the meaning of titl e ‘ M usl im’ , it is l ike wearing a B adge of S ecurity G uard to take care of al l the citiz ens without l ook ing at their col or, cul ture or rel igion. H appy 150t h birthda yH appy C anada D ay .

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan

P M L - N ’ s S hahid K haqa n A bbasi was sworn in as pr ime minister of P aki stan in an oathtaki ng ceremony hel d at P reside nt H ouse on Tuesda y .P reside nt M amnoon H ussain adm inistered t he oath to A bbasi. A bbasi was el ected pr ime minister by l awmake rs in the N ational A ssembl y earl ier toda y , bagging 21 votes to become the successor to ousted pr ime minister N awaz S harif. P P P ’ s S ye d N aveed Q amar secured 47 votes, A wami M usl im L eague chief S heikh R ashid received 3 votes, and four M N A s voted for J amaat- i- I sl ami’ s S ahibz ada Tariqul l ah dur ing the bal l ot. A n N A session to el ect a new pr ime minister

had been cal l ed by P reside nt M amnoon H ussain fol l owing a l andm ark S upr eme C ourt rul ing on the P anama P ape rs case on F rida y , in which Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as PM after being deemed unfit to hold office. F ol l owing the S C verdi ct, the P M L - N had agreed upon A bbasi, the former pe trol eum minister, as its candi da te for pr ime minister for the interim pe riod til l the ‘ pe rmanent’ repl acement coul d be el ected. A bbasi has to eventual l y give way to S hahbaz S harif, who is l ike l y to compe te for the N ational A ssembl y seat l yi ng vacant fol l owing the ouster of his el de r brother and then stand for the chief executive’s office. Source: Dawn News.com

Political parties cannot be disqualified over a fake certificate, SC tells PML-N lawyer D uring the hearing of P aki stan Tehreek- i- I nsaf’ s ( P TI ) foreign fundi ng case on Tuesda y , the chief j ustice of P aki stan said that there is no l aw that states that a pol itical pa rty can be disqualified on the basis of a fake certificate. A three- member bench of the ape x court, heade d by C hief J ustice S aqi b N isar, was hearing a pe tition submitted by P M L - N ’ s Hanif Abbasi seeking the disqualification of P TI C hairman I mran K han and P TI S ecretary G eneral J ahangir Tareen for the nondisclosure of assets, ownership of offshore compa nies, and for P TI being a foreignaide d p arty . C hief J ustice N isar adde d that neither the R epr esentation of P eopl e A ct, nor the P ol itical P arties A ct mentions that a pa rty must be disqualified for submitting a fake certificate. H e was respondi ng to arguments made by A bbasi’ s l awye r, A kr am S heikh. S heikh accused P TI of receiving funds ex ceedi ng one mil l ion dol l ars from P TI U S A , which is against U S A ’ s F oreign A gent R egistration A ct ( F A R A ) . H owever, the chief j ustice maintained that A merican l aw is not appl icabl e in P aki stan. S heikh argued that since the P TI has not di scl osed the name of its donors, the party must be disqualified unde r A rticl es 62 and 63 of the C onstitution. “An MNA can be disqualified even for

Nawaz Sharif steps down as PM after SC’s disqualification verdict

The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified P rime M inister N awaz S harif from hol di ng public office in a landmark decision on the P anama P ape rs case. J ustice E j az A fz al K han, who had heade d the ape x court’ s impl ementation bench fol l owing its A pr il 20 orde r on the P anama P ape rs case, announced that the l arger bench had unanimously deemed PM Sharif unfit for holding office and would also order an accountabil ity court to ope n references against him and hi s famil y , a nd ot her responde nts. S hortl y after the orde r, the P M H ouse issued a notification saying that Nawaz Sharif, de spi te having “ strong reservations” on the S C ’ s verdi ct, has steppe d dow n from his pos t as the pr emier. R eacting to the court’ s orde r, a P M L - N spoke spe rson said that the pa rty wil l util ise al l l egal and constitutional means to contest the verdi ct. The j udge ment, announced shortl y after 12pm , brings S harif’ s third term in pow er to an unceremonious end, roughl y one ye ar before the schedul ed general el ections which woul d have seen him become the first Pakistani prime minister to complete a full five-year term. It is unclear at the moment who wil l be appoi nted to take over the pos t til l the next general el ections, which are scheduled for 2018. ‘Disqualified for being dishonest’ “ The E l ection C ommission of P aki stan (ECP) shall issue a notification disqualifying M ian M uhammad N awaz S harif from being a member of the P arl iament with immediate effect, after which he shall cease to

be the P rime M inister of P aki stan,” J ustice K han tol d the pa cke d courtroom F rida y afternoon. The j udge s rul ed that N awaz had been di shonest to the pa rl iament and the courts in not di scl osing his empl oym ent in the D ubaibased C api tal F Z E compa ny in his 2013 nomination pa pe rs, and thus, coul d not be deemed fit for his office. “ I t is hereby de cl ared that having fail ed to di scl ose his un- withdr awn receivabl es constituting assets from C api tal F Z E J ebel A l i, UAE in his nomination papers filed for the G eneral E l ections hel d in 2013 in terms of S ection 12( 2) ( f) of the R epr esentation of the P eopl e A ct, 1976 ( R O P A ) , and having furnished a fal se de cl aration unde r sol emn affirmation respondent No. 1 Mian Muhammad N awaz S harif is not honest in terms of S ection 9( f) of R O P A and A rticl e 62( 1) ( f) of the C onstitution of the I sl amic R epubl ic of P aki stan, 1973 and therefore he is di squalified to be a Member of the Majlis-eS hoora ( P arl iament) .” Source: Dawn News.com

C hief J ustice of P aki stan S aqi b N isar has appoi nted J ustice I j az ul A hsan as the “ monitoring j udge to supe rvise and monitor the impl ementation” of the P anamagate case and oversee the pr oceedi ngs by the N ational A ccountabil ity B ureau ( N A B ) and accountabil ity c ourts. This appoi ntment was announced in a notification issued by the Supreme Court deputy registrar on Tuesda y . S ince J ustice I j az ul A hsan is currentl y abroad, J ustice E j az A fz al K han wil l act on his behalf, read the notification. Justice Ahsan and J ustice K han were pa rt of the bench that heard t he P anamagate case. L ast week, in the much- awaited P anamagate verdict, the SC had disqualified Nawaz Sharif from holding office of the prime minister over non- de cl aration of an I qa ma — a U nited A rab E mirates work visa — in his nomination pa pe rs for general el ections in 2013. The five-member bench had ordered NAB

to file multiple references against the Sharif family and former finance minister Ishaq D ar within six weeks of the j udge ment, and reque sted the chief j ustice to appoi nt a j udge to oversee the impl ementation of the orde r. NAB had approved filing four references in l ine with the S C orde r on M onda y , but de cided not to file a reference regarding Huda ibiya P ape r M il l s, reasoning that the case had al ready been de cide d by the L ahore H igh C ourt. Source: Dawn News.com

Panamagate case: Justice Ijazul Ahsan to oversee proceedings by NAB fail ing to de cl are his ( or her) assets,” said Sheikh, bringing up the recent disqualification of N awaz S harif. “ I t’ s written in the l aw that a pe rson wil l be disqualified for not declaring his assets,” remarke d C hief J ustice N isar, addi ng that the j udge s woul d not comment any further on the P anamagate verdi ct. S heikh’ s cl aim that P TI received “ bil l ions of dol l ars” as foreign forbidde n funds pr ompt ed the j udge s to ask how anyone coul d de termine which funds are il l egal . The l awye r’ s argument that the P TI chairman’ s charity pr oj ects were al so funde d by foreign sources was di smissed by the j udg es, who said “ the l aw doe s not forbid receiving foreign funds for charity pur pos es.” Source: Dawn News.com

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Republican legislation to overhaul More Canadians living alone, with immigration system gets Trump’s backing parents or without children: census

U .S . P reside nt D onal d Trump j oined with two R epubl ican senators to unveil l egisl ation that woul d pl ace new l imits on l egal immigration. I t woul d seek an immigration sys tem based on merit and j obs ski l l s instead of famil y connections. Trump appe ared with senators D avid P erdue of G eorgia and Tom C otton of A rka nsas at the W hite H ouse on W edne sda y to di scuss the bil l . Trump said pr opo sed l egisl ation to l imit l egal immigration would be the most significant change to the sy stem in hal f a century . This compe titive appl ication pr ocess wil l favor applicants who can speak English, financial l y suppor t themsel ves and their famil ies and de monstrate ski l l s that wil l contribute to our economy ,” Trump said. Trump said the new sys tem woul d ke ep out pe opl e who wil l j ust end up col l ecting wel fare, but pr ovide d no information to sup por t his statement. Trump has made crack ing dow n on il l egal immigration a hal l mark of his adm inistration and has tried to sl ash fede ral grants for cities that refuse to compl y with fede ral efforts to de tain and d epo rt those l iving in the country il l egal l y . H is invol vement wil l put him at the centre of efforts to make changes to the l egal immigration sys tem. P reviewing the event, White House officials said the bill woul d aim to create a sk il l s- based immigration sys tem to make the U .S . more compe titive, raise wages and create j obs. The W hite H ouse said that onl y one in 15 immigrants comes to the U .S . because of their ski l l s, and the current sys tem fail s to pl ace a pr iority on highl y ski l l ed immigrants. P erdue and C otton introduc ed the l egisl ation in F ebruary that woul d change the 1965 l aw to red uce

the number of l egal immigrants, l imiting the number of pe opl e abl e to obtain green cards to j oin famil ies al ready in the U nited S tates. The bil l woul d al so aim to sl ash the number of refugees in hal f and el iminate a pr ogram that pr ovide s visas to countries with l ow rates of immigration. Trump’ s appe arance was aimed at bringing attention to the bil l , which has been l argel y ignored in the S enate, with no other l awmake r signing on as a co- spons or. R epubl ican l eade rs have showed no incl ination to vote on immigration this ye ar. S ome immigrant advoc ates have criticiz ed the pr opos al , sayi ng that sl ashing l egal immigration woul d hurt indus tries l ike agricul ture and harm the economy . “ O ur sys tem is broke n, but the respons e shoul d be to mode rniz e it, not take a sl edge hammer to it,” said J eremy R obbins, exe cutive di rector of N ew A merican E conomy , a group of business l eade rs, mayor s and others backe d by former N ew Y ork C ity mayor M ichael B l oomberg that advoc ates for compr ehensive immigration reform. Source: CBC News

Saudi Arabia seeks to end US lawsuits over 9/11 attacks

S audi A rabia has aske d a U S j udge to di smiss 25 lawsuits filed against it in relation to its al l eged suppor t of the S ept ember 1 1, 201 attacks, court documents filed late on Monday afternoon show. In a filing in US District C ourt in M anhattan, l awye rs repr esenting Saudi Arabia claim the plaintiffs - who repr esent thousands of victims who di ed and were inj ured in the attacks , as wel l as businesses and insurers - cannot pr ove the G ul f kingdom supported the al-Qaeda-affiliated men who hij acke d and crashed pl anes into N ew Y ork’ s W orl d Trade C enter, the P entagon outside W ashington, and a P ennsyl vania field. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. S audi A rabia al so cl aimed it de serves sovereign immunity . J ames K reindl er, a l awye r repr esenting those ki l l ed in the S ept ember 1 1 attacks, told Reuters news agency the filing was “ expe cted … W e have tonnes of al l egations of what many S audi s and the country’ s al ter ego charities d id. S audi A rabia cannot hide from the facts.” S audi A rabia’ s l awye rs introduc ed several exhi bits which they say suppor t their cl aims. O ne such exhi bit was an exe cutive summary from the C I A da ted to 205, which says there was no evide nce that S audi A rabia suppo rted the attacke rs. B ut doubt has l ong- centred over cl aims that S audi A rabia wasn’ t invol ved. I t is know n that 15 of the 19 hij acke rs were S audi citiz ens, and several met S audi national s with ties to their government, such as O mar al - B ay oumi, a S audi national who has connections to Saudi diplomats. A trove of declassified doc uments suggested evide nce of col l usion between the hij ack ers and S audi A rabia de scribed as “ chil l ing” by investigators. C ongress initiated an inqui ry on N ovember 27,

20 into the attacks . A repor t total l ing over 1,0 pa ges was publ ished in 204. There were 28 pages left out of the report on the orde rs of former P reside nt G eorge W B ush, which became a source of controversy. These pages were finally made public in July 2016, though no definitive answers arose, and further pos sibl e ties between al Q aeda and the S audi embassy in the U S were uncovered , as phone numbers saved in the phone of an al - Q aeda ope rative capt ured in P aki stan were l inke d to S audi consul ates in the U S . F ormer S enator B ob G raham, the co- chair of C ongress’ s 9/ 1 1 J oint I nq uiry and one of the voices al l eging the S audi s and the hij acke rs were connected, tol d P ol itico he no l onger cal l ed the U S government’ s actions a “ cover- up” . That woul d be “ a pa ssive activity . W hat they’ re doi ng now I cal l aggressive de cept ion.” The 25 cases were pr eviousl y in da nger of being thrown out, due to a l egal inabil ity for U S citiz ens to sue foreign governments for suppor t of “ ext remists” . Then, in 2015, l egisl ators introduc ed the J ustice A gainst S pons ors of Terrorism A ct ( J A S TA ) , which made pos sibl e l egal action against states that suppor t “ terrorists” who commit viol ent acts on U S soil . Then- P reside nt B arack O bama attempt ed to veto the bil l after months of S audi threats and l obbyi ng, but the U S C ongress overrode O bama’ s veto in 2016. The override was wide l y pr aised as a step towards j ustice for the victims of the de adl iest attack on U S soil in history by much of the U S publ ic. L awyers for the plaintiffs have until October 2 to file documents in opposition to the motion. Source: Al-Jazeera

C oupl es without ki ds are outpa cing their pr ocreating counterp arts, samesex rel ationships are bl ossoming, mul tipl e generations are l iving unde r the same roof and more pe opl e than ever are l iving al one, S tatistics C anada reveal ed W edne sd ay as the 2016 census showcased more seismic changes in the way C anadi ans are l iving their l ives. This segment of the census - - focused on famil ies, househol ds , marital status and l anguage - - often el icits references to ol dschool sitcoms l ike “ L eave it to B eaver” and “ The B rady B unch” to il l ustrate the dr amatic shifts in the C anadi an famil y unit. These da ys , even the fractured f amil y dyna mics of “ F ul l H ouse” feel da ted. I nstead, C anada is ske wing ol de r, with fewer chil dr en and l ess affinity for marriage -- forcing legislators to adj ust and ada pt their pol icies and pr ograms to fit a rapidly evolving reality. Canada’s 35.15 mil l ion pe opl e are getting ol de r; there are now more seniors than chil dr en unde r the age of 14. I mmigration contributed t wothirds of the country’ s popul ation growth between 201 1 and 2016, and that di versity has al so adde d compl exi ty to the C anadi an famil y por trait. “ Those are real l y funda mental trends going on in the C anadi an popul ation right now, which has impa cts on everyt hing, and I woul d suspe ct that in the forthcoming ( census) rel eases you’ l l stil l hear about and you’ l l stil l be abl e to make l inks to those two ke y de mographi c trends ,” said L aurent M artel , di rector of the de mography di vision at S tatistics C anada . O f the 14.1 mil l ion households in Canada in 2016, 28.2 per cent compr ised onl y a singl e pe rson - - the highest pr opor tion of singl e- pe rson househol ds ever recorde d and the most common l iving arrangement captured in the 2016 count, a first for the country . O utside of the U nited S tates and the U nited K ingdom , the pe rcentage of one- pe rson homes in C anada is not espe cial l y high, but it doe s il l ustrate the l egacy of an aging popul ation, the members of which are l iving l onger than ever and are more l ike l y to be widow ed. H igher rates of sepa ration and di vorce al so mean more pe opl e l iving al one or as l one pa rents, as doe s an increasing number of women in the workf orce, which fosters a greater sense of economic inde pe nde nce. C hil dl ess coupl es grew in number at a faster rate over the last five years than coupl es with at l east one chil d, l eaving the l atter group at 51.1 pe r cent of the popu l ation, the l owest l evel ever recorde d. The baby boomers who fuel l ed such popul ation growth in the 20t h century are empt y nesters

in the 21s t. The census found younge r C anadi ans who do have ki ds are l iving in pl aces l ike A l berta, l ong a magnet for j ob- seeki ng famil ies, or N unavut, where fertil ity rates are high. More signs of changing times: singl e- pa rent famil ies grew by 5.6 pe r cent between 201 1 and 2016, with the growth of singl e da ds outpa cing their femal e counterparts seven per cent to five. And one in three C anadi ans aged 20- 34 was l iving with at l east one pa rent in 2016, an increase of five percentage points between 2001 and 2016. D uring that same pe riod, the number of young pe opl e l iving with famil ies of their own dw indl ed to 41.9 pe r cent, dow n from 49.1 pe r cent. A nd mul tigenerational househol ds - - three generations or more unde r one roof -- grew the quickest over the five-year census window , repr esenting some 2.2 mil l ion C anadi ans. S ometimes, it’ s out of necessity , said S pi nks . O ther times, it’ s choice. And a decade after census-takers first coll ected numbers on samesex marriage, such coupl es now make up one pe r cent of al l househol ds , with their overal l numbers having increased by 60.7 pe r cent since 206. O pos ite- sex coupl es grew by j ust 9.6 pe r cent dur ing the same pe riod. Toda y , about 12 pe r cent of al l samesex coupl es are l iving with children, be they biological offspr ing, adopt ed or members of a stepf amil y . I n raw numbers, there were 10,2 chil dr en aged 14 and under living with 8,770 samesex coupl e pa rents on census da y l ast ye ar. “ I n the ol d da ys , if you were coming out, you woul dn’ t have gay and l esbian pa rents al l over the pl ace showing that, y es, you can start a famil y , said M ona G reenbaun, exe cutive di rector of the L G B T F amil y C oal ition in M ontreal . “ N owada ys , al l the young pe opl e...they al l know that if they want to, at one poi nt, t hey c an start a famil y .” Source: CTV News

ing across the pr ovince is maki ng the air hard to breathe in several B .C . communities — incl udi ng some on the coast — and it’ s l ike l y t o get worse before it gets better. K aml oops in the B .C . I nterior had the worst air in the province, and reached 18 out of 10 on the A ir Q ual ity H eal th I nde x at about 1:00 p.m. PT, a level considered “very high risk.” The air qua l ity there changed dr amatical l y over the course of the da y , rising from l ow risk l evel s W edne sda y morning. The L ower M ainl and, though farther from the fires, has not been spared, as winds from the Interior push wildfire smoke through the val l eys to the coast creating high risk condi tions. H ere’ s how the air qua l ity in some regions ranks on the index at 3:00 p.m. PT, for which 7 t o 10 r epr esent “ high risk” condi tions. Eastern Fraser Valley — 8 C entral F raser V al l ey — 10 M etro V ancouver N E — 7 M etro V ancouver N W — 7 S qua mish — 9 W histl er — 10 A n air qua l ity advi sory has been in pl ace for M etro V ancouver and the F raser V al l ey since Tuesda y , but the smoke had staye d at higher el evations until Tuesda y night, said

Metro Vancouver air quality planner Geoff D oerks en. “ O vernight, we’ ve had wide spr ead smoke get mixed down and fine particulate matter l evel s have become el evated in many p arts of the region,” said D oerks en, who monitors air from W est V ancouver to H op e. C urrent air qua l ity he al th ratings “ A ir qua l ity forecast mode l s are pr edi cting this trend to continue and air qua l ity is l ike l y t o worsen throughout toda y .” W il l iams L ak e in the I nterior — where air quality last month hit an off-the-charts 36 out of 1 0 — was al so high risk ( 7 ) as of mid - d ay W ed nesd ay , though cond itions were forecast to imp rove in that region l ater in the d ay . Source: CBC News

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Happy Pakistan Independence Day! From Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal MPs

Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau Papineau

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Happy 71st Independence Day

ith continuous sup p ort and encouragement from both within and outsid e of C anad a, The M iracl e team feel s p roud to l aunch another sp ecial col ourful ed ition on the occasion of 7 1 st I nd ep end ence D ay of P ak istan and I nd ia. I woul d tak e the op p ortunity to thank the sup p orters and wel l wishers of ‘ The M iracl e’ for p rovid ing continuous sup p ort through ad vertisements of their businesses, sharing their thoughts in writing with our read ers, esp ecial l y M r. S hams J il ani, M r. A sl am H ay at, M r. A z har S y ed , M r. M ohammad A l i W ahl a and M s. S hamim K arim, M s. A al am A ra, M s. S habnam K han, Ms. Asma Ayyaz, Dr. Huma Mir, Mrs. Nafisa

S id q ui, M s. N ad a A d am and many others. I am al so grateful to K had ij a, M isbah and S abeeh. K eep up the good work not onl y for the M iracl e, but for al l . W e are p roud l y continuing our el even y ear ol d trad ition of A z ad i ed itions.This M iracl e sp ecial ed ition p rovid es y ou sp ecial from the ind ep end ence d ay asp ect, a broad overview of P ak istan has been p ubl ished for al l our read ers remind er the history , through articl es as wel l as images. W e have al so incl ud ed information about sub continent as a d isp l ay of p eace and harmony wished by both communities. P ak istan as a nation has been going through some serious crises since p ast few y ears,

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ranging from unrest in N orthern A reas, and now a d ay s sp ecial y p ol itical seriouus changes in P ak istan. M ainstream med ia and foreign governments have often been critical and unk ind to the country . A s P ak istani C anad ians, we not onl y have to the resp onsibil ity of being faithful and l oy al to C anad a but al so rep resent our d istinct cul tural id entity in a p ositive manner. I am very p roud that I am a M usl im and P ak istani C anad ian, and it is my d uty to p romote not onl y the C anad ian val ues but al so our P ak istani businessmen community , that is serving C anad ians d ay and night.I have high resp ect for these p eop l e who contribute to the economic p rosp erity of C anad a and are al so eq uip p ing their future generations with high ed ucation and sk il l s to serve this country and mak ing it stronger and more p rosp erous.

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A t the end , I once again req uest to al l P ak istani C anad ians that be p roud of y our P ak istani origin, and l ive here with p eace and d ignity as ambassad ors.P romote P ak istani businesses and their p rod ucts and make your contribution in benefiting both C anad ian and P ak istani economies. F eel free to comment on this col ourful issue as y our concerns and suggestions are highl y ap p reciated for imp roving our q ual ity in future. United we stand, divided we fall. Long Live Pakistan and Long Live Canada. J az ak um A l l ah k hair M. Naseer Pirzada ( E d itor in C hief M iracl e M ed ia)

Why midnight of 15 August 1947 for Indian Independence?

hy was the mid night of 1 5 th A ugust 1 9 4 7 chosen as the d ate & time for I nd ian I nd ep end ence? W e can d ivide the above question into 3 sub-questions:

Why 1947? Why 15th Aug? Why midnight?

Let us pick each of the above and find out the answers

Why 1947?

The awak ening of masses by G and hi and the activities of B ose behind the scenes ( of strengthening I nd ian N ational A rmy ) which had intensified during 1940s were already a cause of concern for the B ritish. B y the time the W orl d W ar I I had come to an end in 1945, the British were financially weak

( sources ind icate they were in the verge of bank rup tcy ) and were struggl ing to rul e their own country , l et al one their col onies. The victory of L abour p arty in the B ritain el ections of 1 9 4 5 was received very wel l by our freed om fighters because the Labour party had promised to work on granting ind ep end ence to E ngl ish col onies incl ud ing I nd ia. L ord W avel l initiated tal k s with I nd ian l ead ers for I nd ian I nd ep end ence and insp ite of several d isagreements and d isrup tions, it was gaining momentum and in F eb 1 9 4 7 , L ord M ountbatten was ap p ointed as the l ast viceroy of I nd ia to oversee the transfer of p ower. The p l an initial l y was to transfer p ower from Britain to India by June 1948. Immediately after assuming p ower in F eb 1 9 4 7 , L ord M ountbatten had begun a series of tal k s with I nd ian l ead ers for a consensus. B ut things were not so simple especially due to conflicts between J innah & N ehru on the matter of p artition. J innah’ s d emand for a sep arate nation had instigated l arge scal e communal d isturbances across I nd ia and up on p assing of each d ay , situation was going out of control . This was cer-

tainl y not something ex p ected by M ountbatten and hence such circumstances forced him to p rep one the d ate of ind ep end ence by al most an year, from 1948 to 1947. It was decided in the meeting ( rel ated to ind ep end ence & p artition) on J une 3 , 1 9 4 7 which was ap tl y titl ed “ J une 3 M ountbatten p l an” .

Why 15th Aug?

I t was L ord M ountbatten who had p ersonal l y d ecid ed the d ate of A ug 1 5 because he had consid ered that d ate to be “ very l uck y ” for his career. D uring the W orl d W ar I I , it was on A ug 1 5 , 1 9 4 5 ( J ap an timez one) that the J ap anese A rmy had surrend ered before him ( L ord M ountbatten was the command er of the al l ied forces) .

Why midnight?

W hen the d ate of ind ep end ence was d ecid ed in “ J une 3 p l an” and announced to p ubl ic, there was an outrage among astrol ogers across the country because 1 5 - A ug- 1 9 4 7 was an “ unfortunate & unhol y ” d ate accord ing to astrol ogical cal cul ations. A l ternative d ates were suggested but L ord M ountbatten was ad amant on A ug 1 5 ( since it was his l uck y d ate) . A s a work around , the astrol ogers suggested the mid night hour

between A ug 1 4 and 1 5 d ue to the simp l e rea reason that the d ay accord ing to E ngl ish starts at 1 2 A M , but accord ing to H ind u cal end ar, starts at sunrise.D etail ed reasons can be found in this astrological analysis: The astrol ogers had insisted that the sp eech of ack nowl ed gement of transfer of p ower be d one within the 48 minutes window (referred to as “ A bhij eet M uhurta” ) which l asted between 2 4 minutes before and after 12:15am i.e between 11:51pm & 12:39am. Nehru had to deliver a sp eech onl y within that timeframe and an ad d itional constraint was that the sp eech had to end by 1 2 A M , so that the hol y conch ( S hank a) be bl own to heral d the birth of a new nation at the strok e of mid night hour, and the rest is history . http://guruprasad.net/posts/why-midnightof-15-august-1947-for-indian-independence.

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The Story of Hajj starts with an introduction about Prophet Ibrahim or Abraham (pbuh)

FAITH

Narrated / Authority of: Abu Huraira The P rophe t ( p.b.u.h) said, “ W hoever pe rforms H aj j for A l l ah’ s pl easure and doe s not have sexua l rel ations with his wife, and doe s not do evil or sins then he wil l return ( after H aj j free from al l sins) as if he were born anew.” Hadith no: 596 S. Bukhari

The Story of Hajj

l owing morning to the p l ain of A rafat where they sp end the entire d ay in earnest sup p l ication and d evotion. That evening, the p il grims move and camp at M uz d al ifa, which is a site between M ina and A rafat. M usl ims stay overnight and offer various prayers there. Then the p il grims return to M ina on the 1 0 th, and throw seven p ebbl es at a stone p il l ar that rep resents the d evil . This sy mbol iz es A braham’ s throwing stones at S atan when he tried to dissuade Abraham from sacrificing his son. Then the pilgrims sacrifice a sheep,

BRAHAM

Abraham is a figure revered by M usl ims, J ews, and C hristians al ik e as a righteous p erson who l ived over four thousand y ears ago. H is story can be found in the B ibl e as wel l as the Q ur’ an ( the M usl im hol y book ) . A braham is consid ered to be the p atriach of monotheism, or “ bel ief in the O ne G od , ” who sought a p ersonal rel ationship with his C reator. H e l eft his native city of U r in M esop otamia after voicing op p osition to his p eop l e’ s p ol y theistic p ractices, and eventual l y settl ed in E gy p t with his famil y . L ater, he escorted one of his wives, H aj ar, and their infant son I shmail , to a d esol ate val l ey in A rabia and l eft them there, trusting in G od ’ s p romise to care for them. H aj ar, concerned about feed ing her y oung baby , began searching the surround ings for food and water. A ccord ing the the Q ur’ an, in resp onse to H aj ar’ s p ray ers, a sp ring miracul ousl y gushed forth at I shma’ il ’ s feet to q uench their thirst. H aj ar cl imbed nearby hil l s searching for food and l ook ing for caravans on the horiz on. E ventual l y , some p ass-

ing trad ers stop p ed in the val l ey , and ask ed H aj ar’ s p ermission to water their camel s. I n time, the trad ers d ecid ed to settl e in the l ittl e val l ey , and eventual l y the settl ement grew into the city of M ak k ah. A braham returned from time to time to visit, and when I shma’ il was about thirteen y ears ol d , he and I shma’ il constructed the K atbah, an emp ty cube- shap ed buil d ing, as a p l ace d ed icated for the worship of the O ne G od . E ventual l y , M ak k ah became an imp ortant trad ing p ost by the time of P rop het M uhammad , twenty five hundred years later.

THE HAJJ

I n commemoration of the trial s of A braham and his famil y in M ak k ah, which incl ud ed Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son in resp onse to G od ’ s command , M usl ims mak e a p il grimage to the sacred city at l east once in their lifetime. The Hajj is one of the “five p il l ars” of I sl am, and thus an essential p art of M usl ims’ faith and p ractice. M usl ims from al l over the worl d , incl ud ing the C anad a travel to M ak k ah ( in mod ern- d ay S aud i A rabia) . B efore arriving in the hol y city , M usl ims enter a state of consecration ( d ed ication) k nown as ihram, by removing their worl d l y d othes and d onning the hum-

Names Of A l l a h (SWT) & Mohammad (PBUH)

bl e attire of p il grimsÑ two seaml ess white sheets for men, and simp l e white d resses and scarves for women. The white garments are sy mbol ic of human eq ual ity and unity before G od , since al l the p il grims are d ressed simil arl y . M oney and status no l onger are a factor for the p il grims - the eq ual ity of each p erson in the ey es of G od becomes p aramount. U p on arriving in M ak k ah, p il grims p erform the initial tawaf, which is a circul ar, countercl ock wise p rocession around the K a’ bah. A l l the whil e, they state “ L abbay k a A l l ahumma L abbay k , ” which means “ H ere I am at y our service, O G od , H ere I am! ” The tawaf is meant to awak en each M usl im’ s consciousness that G od is the center of their real ity and the source of al l meaning in l ife, and that each p erson’ s higher sel f- id entity d erives from being p art of the community of M usl im bel ievers, k nown as the ummah. P il grims al so p erform the sa’ i, which is hurry ing seven times between the smal l hil l s named S afa and M arwah, reenacting the B ibl ical and Q urtanic story of H aj ar’ s d esp erate search for l ifegiving water and food . Next, on the first official day of Hajj (8th of D hul - H ij j ah) , the two mil l ion p il grims travel a few mil es to the p l ain of M ina and camp there. F rom M ina, p il grims travel the fol -

reenacting the story of A braham, who, in place of his son, sacrificed a sheep that God had p rovid ed as a substitute. The meat from the sl aughtered sheep is d istributed for consump tion to famil y , friend s, and p oor and need y p eop l e in the community . A fter the sacrifice, the pilgrims return to Makkah to end the formal rites of H aj j by p erforming a final tawaf and sa’i. M usl ims bel ieve the rites of the H aj j were d esigned by G od and taught through p rop het M uhammad . M usl ims bel ieve that since the time of A d am, there have been thousand s of prophets, including such well-known figures as N oah, A braham, M oses, J esus, and David, and that Muhammad was the final p rop het of G od . The H aj j is d esigned to d evel op G od consciousness and a sense of sp iritual up l iftment. I t is al so bel ieved to be an op p ortunity to seek forgiveness of sins accumul ated thoughout l ife. P rop het M uhammad had said that a p erson who p erforms H aj j p rop erl y “ wil l return as a newl y born baby [ free of al l sins] .” The p il grimage al so enabl es M uslims from all around the world, of different col ors, l anguages, races, and ethnicities, to come together in a sp irit of universal brotherhood and sisterhood to worship the O ne G od together. Source:islamicity.com/

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P A K

S P E C I A L

The Birth of a Nation

Price of the Freedom

a broad cast in E ngl ish, fol l owed by tiring struggl e of M usl ims of I nd ia. F or n 1 4 A ugust 1 9 4 7 , j ust 1 0 in U rd u reached the l isteners “ This is y ears since 7 1 1 A D , when M uhammad minutes before mid night, A l l P ak istan B road casting S ervice” . This B in Q asim invad ed the I nd ian subI nd ia R ad io ( A I R ) broad cast broad cast was fol l owed by recitation continent, M usl ims had been the rul ers its l ast p rogramme and thereafter, a of H ol y Q uran ( S urah A l F atah 1 - 4 ) till subjugated by the British in 1857. song comp osed by K hawaj a K hurshid by M aul ana Z ahir al Q asmi. This was Therefore, the ind ep end ence in 1 9 4 7 A nwar was aired by the L ahore rad io fol l owed by a “ na’ at” by M uhammad from the B ritish y ok e was a G od - given station. Then a minute before mid night A z am C hishti, a “ q aseed a” by H afeez op p ortunity to l ive as p er the asp iraa broad cast ( in E ngl ish by M r Z ahoor J al and hari ( l ater the architect of P ak i- tions of I sl amic val ues. F rom 1 9 4 7 til l A hmed and in U rd u by M ustap ha al i stan N ational A nthem) , an orchestra d ate, P ak istan’ s history has seen many H amad ani) informed the awaiting comp osed by K hawaj a K hurshid A n- ups and downs, finally losing half of l isteners that ex actl y at mid night P a- war and a “ q awwal i” by S antoo K han it in 1 9 7 1 . The history of P ak istan can k istan wil l emerge as an ind ep end ent and others.1 4 A ugust 1 9 4 7 , a d ay in the easil y be d ivid ed into roughl y 1 0 - y ears state on the worl d map . Then at ex - history when a new nation was carved brack ets, each having own p ecul iariactl y at mid night 1 4 - 1 5 A ugust 1 9 4 7 , out of the B ritish I nd ia after a l ong and ties and rep ercussions on its future. sepa rate nation for M usl ims was essential in an otherwise H indu- dom inated subcontinent. The cause found a l eade r in M uhammad A l i J innah, who became know n as F ather of the N ation and eventual l y pe rsuade d the B ritish to p artition the region into M usl immaj ority P aki stan, and H indumaj ority I ndi a. M usl ims by the B ritish increased manifol d I n the meantime C houdha ry and the M usl ims fel t de pr ived and l eft out R ahmat A l i a ambridge stuin fields of education and representation in de nt coined t he word government service. A ttacks by H indu fun- “ P A K I S TA N ” for a woul d- be da mental ists against rel igious conversion, M usl im country , which was cow k il l ing, and the pr eservation of U rdu in published on 28th January A rabic script de epe ned their fears of minor- 193 in the pa mphl et “ N ow The B ritish now real iz ed that M usl ims were ity s tatus. or N ever.” H e made the name an acronym a pow erful entity and coul d not be ignored. I n orde r to ke ep the M usl ims in the main- of the different states/homelands/regions, B ut at the same time they never wanted to stream, rose S ir S ye d A hmad K han and which broke down into: annoy the H indus who were in maj ority . l aunched a movement for M usl im regen- P ( P unj ab) , A ( A fghania - a reference to the Therefore in 1946, a de l egation from E ngeration that cul minated in the foundi ng of N orth W est F rontier P rovince) , K ( K ashmir) , land arrived with three suggestions: (1) The the M uhammada n A ngl o- O riental C ol l ege S ( S indh) and TA N ( B al ochisTA N ) , thus C onstituent A ssembl y shoul d pr epa re the at Aligarh in 1875 (later renamed Aligarh forming “ ’ P A K - S TA N ’ ” . constitution, ( 2) A dopt ion of fede ral form M usl im U niversity in 192) . I ts obj ective A n “ i” ’ was l ater adde d to the the name to of government and ( 3) B ritish I ndi a to be was to educ ate M usl ims by empha siz ing the ease pr onunciation, pr oduc ing divided in three groups: (a) First Group compa tibil ity of I sl am with western kno wl - “ P A K I S TA N .” M usl im maj ority pr ovinces of B engal and edge . A sam, ( b) S econd G roup - P unj ab, N W F P , O n 30 D ecember 1906 the A l l - I ndi a M us- The Lahore Resolution S ind and B al ochistan and ( c) the H indu mal im L eague was founde d to safeguard the The B ritish G overnment unde r the new conin which j ority Third G roup. A l l groups shoul d cominterests of the M usl ims. A de l egation al so stitution hel d the el ections in 1937, pul soril y remain in the F ede ration for TE N met with the viceroy , G il bert J ohn E l l iot, C ongress gained maj ority and formed govY E A R S , after which they had the choice to seeki ng spe cial conside rations in govern- ernment in six l arge pr ovinces. I n connivget sepa rated a nd be come inde pe nde nt. ment service and el ectorates. This had po si- ance with the government, H indus started C ongress obviousl y rej ected the pr opos al tive effect and in 1911 When King-Emperor pe rsecuting the M usl ims and H indi was insince it saw creation of P aki stan after ten G eorge V visited I ndi a, he announced the troduc ed instead of U rdu. The introduc tion ye ars whil e M usl ims rej ected it since they reversal of the pa rtition of B engal and the of “ B ande M atram” , the H indu s’ national coul d not wait for ten ye ars. Therefore transfer of the capi tal from C al cutta to pr e- anthem di d the rest. Therefore, the M usl im L eague de cide d to ask for a sepa rate M usl im L eague started a country wide sent da y N ew D el hi. homel and for themsel ves as by now it was campa ign to expos e the covert col l aboraJinnah and Pakistan tion between the C ongress and the govcl ear that both H indus and M usl ims coul d not co-exist under one flag. In the 27th an- ernment. A fter the fail ure of a pr ovisional Movement where C ongress and nual session on 23 M arch 1940 at L ahore, government in 1946, M uhammad A l i J innah, who had initial l y L eague members coul d not sit together, on joined the Congress was grossly dissatisfied the M usl im L eague unde r J innah de mande d 0 2 F ebruary 7 4 9 1 the B ritish P rime M iniswith the C ongress attitude towards M usl ims a sepa rate homel and for the M usl ims of ter L ord A ttl ee e d cl ared that B ritish govI ndi an subcontinent. Thereafter, M usl ims and thus j oined the M usl im L eague in 193. ernment woul d transfer o p w er to pe opl e of It was with his efforts that Congress recog- al l over I ndi a were aske d to j oin M usl ims subcontinent by J une . 7 4 9 1 H owever the niz ed the sepa rate pos ition of the M usl ims L eague to safe guard their ide ntity . I n the new V iceroy L ord M ountbatten assessed and the M usl ims’ de mand for a sepa rate meantime the 2 nd worl d W ar had al ready that there was no hop e for a o p l itical recel ectorate as a pa rt of the L ucknow P act. started and the B ritish government wanted oncil iation and onl y sol ution was i d vision H owever the H indu pr ej udi ce against the whol e hearted I ndi an suppor t, therefore the V iceroy pr omised that the constitution of B ritish I ndi a into two inde pe nde nt states; M usl ims coul d not be hidde n for l ong and the publication of Nehru Report (1928) woul d be framed in consul tation with repr e- B harat ( I ndi a) for H indus and P aki stan for M usl ims. O n J une3, 1947, the pa rtition of was a great setback to L ucknow P act, since sentatives of the pe opl e after the war. B ritish I nd i a and establ ishment of P aki stan In 1942 Sir Stafford Cripps proposed dothe N ehru R epo rt negated al l its cl auses. I t on t 4 1 h A ugust 7 4 9 1 w as announced . minion status to I nd i a und er B ritish C rown. became evide nt that C ongress and H indus

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to Independence

This pa rt has been d ivide d into various segments to conform to the de vel op ments that gradually took place between 1857 to1947 - the l ast century foothol d of the B ritish in the B ritish I ndi a.

“Jange-e-Azadi” (War of Independence)

l though the B ritish E mpi re ex pa nde d, the native I ndi ans never accept ed their dom inance. O n M ay 10, 1857, Indian soldiers of the British Indi an A rmy , dr awn mostl y from M usl im units from B engal , rose against the B ritish in the Meerut garrison some 80 km from D el hi and marched to D el hi. The rising was mainl y to pr otest against the use of the newly issued rifle bullets, alleged to have a wax seal ing made of the fats of pi gs that was to be removed from the teeth before use. S ince pi gs are forbidde n in the I sl am, the M usl im sol di ers resented its use and took up arms against their B ritish masters. A t D el hi, they capt ured the famous “ L al Q il a” ( R ed F ort) and reinstated B ahada r S hah Z afar ( the l ast M ughul monarch) to throne. S ol di ers in other garrisons al so fol l owed the suit and soon much of north and central I ndi a was pl unged into a ye ar- l ong insurrection against the B ritish. The B ritish reacted and l aid a siege of the F ort, which continued for a while but finally the British owing to their access to artil l ery and l arge number of forces stormed the F ort. B ahadur S hah Zafar fled to Humayun’s tomb. The British p l und ered D el hi and k il l ed many I nd ian sol d iers ( and civil ians) and artil l ery was set up in the main mosq ue in the city to bombard susp ected l ocal ities, sp ecial l y the homes of the M usl im nobil ity . The B ritish forces al so arrested B ahad ur S hah and d ay s after the arrest, a British officer William Hodson shot S hah’ s sons M irz a M oghul , M irz a K hiz r S ul tan, and M irz a A bu B ak r and shameful l y p resented their head s to the S hah.

Ali Garh to Muslim League

As a consequence to 1857 events, the British government brought I ndi a unde r the di rect control of C rown and a V iceroy was ap poi nted to repr esent the C rown. They al so increased the number of B ritish sol di ers in rel ation to native and al l owed onl y B ritish soldiers to handle artillery. In 1877 Queen V ictoria took the titl e of E mpr ess of I ndi a. B ahadur S hah was exi l ed to R angoon, in Burma where he died in 1862, finally bringing the M ughal dyna sty to an end. A l though the “ J ange- e- A z adi ” ( L iberation W ar) was brutal l y que l ched, the spa rk for inde pe nd ence and throwing away the yoke of sl avery at the hands of the B ritish had been ignited. W hil e the W ar of I nde pe nde nce had many repe rcussions, the intol erance towards the

wanted to become the rul er of I ndi a on the basis of numerical strength and make M usl ims their subj ects. This was not accept abl e to M usl ims since they had rul ed I ndi a for centuries and after B ritish subj ugation, they were again to fal l unde r the H indus as their subj ects. J innah therefore refused to accept the repor t and pr esented his famous 14 P oints to sol ve the pol itical pr obl ems in I ndi a. The M usl ims wished that their sepa rate ide ntity shoul d be recogniz ed and pr ovide d constitutional safeguards to pr otect their rights. It was then that the first proponents of inde pe nde nt M usl im nation began to ap pear. Among the first of these was writer/ phi l osophe r A l l ama I qba l , who fel t that a

W hil e C ongress rej ected the pr opos al since it wanted full control over the affairs of the government, M usl im L eague rej ected it since it di dn’ t pr omise a sepa rate homel and for them. Thereafter between 194245 many attempt s were made to break the de adl ock, but the C ongress refused to accept the sepa rate ide ntity for the M usl ims. This further united the M usl ims, which resul ted into l and sl id e victory for M usl ims in 194546 el ections. I t cl earl y showed that M usl ims were a sepa rate entity and that their de mand for a sepa rate homel and w as j ust.

The Final Days

The one ye ar pe riod between 1946 til l pa rtition of I ndi a was very confusing, di sturbing and crucial for the future of the M usl ims.

End of an Empire

W ith the creation of P aki stan on 14 A ugust 1947, the B ritish I ndi an E mpi re fade d into the history . B ut l eft behind many scars that stil l haunt pe ace and stabil ity in the region. K ashmir being the maj or di sput e because of which not onl y pe ace in the region is unattainabl e but has brought I ndi a and P aki stan face to face on a number of occasions. The l atest escal ation in ye ar 20 al most brought the two nations at brink of war and at a nuclear flash point. So long the dispute remains unresol ved, no worthwhil e pe ace can be ensured in the region and pe opl e of both countries would continue to suffer. Source: http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/ hist/hist3.html

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L O C A L

PM Trudeau makes a stop at fundraising dinner in Surrey

L iberal suppor ters gathered at A ria B anque t H al l on J ul y 31 for a chance to hear and meet P M J ustin Trude au. R ande ep S arai, M P S urrey- C entre hosted the event and wel comed Trude au on the stage. Trude au, who had j ust returned from W il l iam L ake after observing the BC wildfire damage firsthand, urged everyone to make dona tion to R ed

Cross to help the victims of BC wildfire. H e then went on to outl ine the economic achievements of his government incl udi ng investment in L R T for S urrey , the opi oid crisis in B C , and in cl ean technol ogy as wel l as a crude oil tanke r moratorium on B C ’ s north coast and a renewed rel ationship with A sia pacific countries to support job growth. He

al so spoke about di visive pol itics. H e said that we had a choice to dr aw on anxi eties or pul l together as a society to give oursel ves the tools to fight challenges. He talked about C anada ’ s commitment in bringing out the best in our neighbors instead of fighting against the worst. A t the end, he urged the suppor ters to dona te their time and money to

the L iberal pa rty to suppor t the groundw ork for the next campa ign. The event ende d with the vote of thanks by B il al C heema from the d inner fund raising committee. The event was wel l attend ed incl ud ing many members of the M usl im community who got a chance to have their official photograph tak en with the P M at the end of the event.

Thousands come together to celebrate cultures at10th Fusion Festival

M ore than 120, pe opl e de scende d on H ol l and P ark on J ul y 2 and 23 to enj oy food, music and entertainment at 4 cul tural pa vil ions. This was the tenth ye ar for the festival and recorde d the highest attenda nce. This impor tant mil e-

stone conincide d with C anada ’ s 150t h birthda y and in its honor, a C anada 150 z one was set up featuring C anadi an and F rench- C anadi an exhi bits, a nd a n indi genous vil l age. P aki stan’ s pa vil ion was one of two pa vil ions who won the

H eritage A ward at the festival . I t had l ong l ines on both da ys where pe opl e waited to enj oy barbecue organiz ed by de di cated vol unteers l ed by M r. A fz al M ail k a nd M rs Z anbka M al ik.

Federal minister of Sports in town with BC Government ‘s MLA

Federal minister of Sports in town for meeting to discuss critical issues:

Local food drive for victims of B.C. wildfires

F ede ral M inister of S por t C arl a Q ual trough met ministers from across C anada to di scuss F ood d rive hel d in N orth D el ta by R avi K ahl on M L A critical issues in spor t. N orth D el ta M L A R avi K ahl on- P arl iamentary S ecretary for S por t to support victims of BC wildfires.Supported by RBC strawberry hil l branch, Trail A p p l iances and G agan food s. and M ul ticul tural ism was among the attende es to the meeting.

2018 Commonwealth Games baton arrives in Victoria

N orth D el ta M L A R avi K ahl on- P arl iamentary S ecretary for S p ort and M ul ticul tural ism cel ebrates with a p articip ant in the C ommonweal th G ames baton carry ing j ourney in V ictoria B .C . The j ourney wil l tak e the baton through al l the commonweal th countries before it reaches the G ol d C oast in A ustralia in time for the games in 2018.

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Alim course graduation ceremony by AL Ihsan Educational Foundation

A L I hsan E d ucational F ound ation hel d an A l im course grad uation ceremony on J ul y 2 2 nd at M asj id al H id ay ah. This ye ars group of d edi cated stude nts studi ed their da wrah of H adi th (final year of ‘Alim program) level right here in S urrey , B C . These stud ents then had the honor of travel l ing to the hol y l and s of M ak k ah and M ad inah and comp l ete their stud ies with S hay k al - H ad ith H az rat M aul ana Y unus J aunp uri ( rahimahul l ah) . To cel ebrate this great achievement, A l I hsan hosted a gradua tion ceremony a nd w as fortunate to have the

honorabl e M aul ana A rshad M ada ni (hafizahullah -head of Jam’iyya U l ama of I ndi a) among other several great schol ars M aul ana A bdul R aheem L imbada ( S enior hadi th pr ofessor at D arul U l oom B ury , U K ) and M ufti A bdul M aj id K han ( F ounde r and pr incipa l of J amiah al U l oom al - I sl amiyya , A j ax O N ) at this ye ars pr ogram. M ufti A asim R ashid , P rincip l e of A l I hsan thank ed al l the P articip ants and the schol ars who had attend ed the p rogram. This y ears grad uates are M aul ana N abil K han, M aul ana S ami E l S heik h, M aul -

ana Ali Hofioni, Maulana Muhammad G raham, and M aul ana F aiz B uk sh. I t was a great event to pa rtake in the l egacy of H adi th and S unnah in this pa rt of the worl d. M ufti A asim R ashid, P rincipl e of A l I hsan thanke d al l the P articipa nts and the schol ars who had a ttende d t he pr ogram. May Allah to accept the efforts made by these stude nts and their teachers, and that H e grant them steadf astness and the abil ity to continue to serve H is de en, w herever they m ay be . Coutesy by: Al Ameen Post

2017 Show and Shine

D arul Q ur’ an I nstitute of I sl amic S tudi es hosted their annual 2017 show and shine on S und ay J ul y 23r d.G uests were treated with a host of activities such as baske tbal l , tabl e tennis, A game of P ool , B ouncing

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Supporting Violence: UK versus Libya and now Four Arab States versus Qatar

Dr. Mohamed Elmasry When the IRA imported sectarian violence from Northern Ireland into London, England to advance its political agenda, it was supported by Libya. Then, UK and much of the international community treated Libya as a pariah aggressor, taking measures to stop its support of the IRA through sanctions, military strikes, and forcing the Libyan government to pay compensation to the victims of its illegal actions. Let us move forward to the here-and-now. Qatar – the world’s richest per-capita country – against all international law and norms has for years used its petrodollar wealth to support Arab-world groups that use violence to advance their political agendas of regime change. Qatar’s toll of victims in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Yemen has now passed the one-million mark. Additionally, some 10 million refugees and untold billions in economic and infrastructural damage have resulted from the terrorist acts it has supported in those countries. Unlike the situation of Libya’s interference through the IRA, however, the 21st-century international community – especially the US – has turned a blind eye to Qatar’s crimes. One reason given why Qatar has not been exposed as a threat to world peace and stability is that its government-sanctioned vio-

lence has not been directed against Israel. Qatar has also routinely used its state-owned Al Jazeera Arabic broadcast organization (whose journalistic content, philosophy and style are very different to the English network of the same name) to propagate fatwa after fatwa from self-styled Islamist leaders. Among other misinformed pronouncements, they decree that the killing of civilians (including women, children, the ill and the elderly), as well as members of the armed forces, is justified under Sharia Law; they even promise entry to paradise for those who commit these heinous crimes. For decades, Qatar has financially supported and sheltered scores of these groups, as well as providing political sanction, asylum to their leaders, intelligence data, favorable media coverage and other protections, even though all were or are on Interpol’s global watch list. On June 5 of this year, four Arab states – Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt – finally decided in unison that enough is enough. They cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar and publicly presented 13 demands that the Qatari government must fulfill in order to have its economic and diplomatic status restored. It may be news to many, but these demands are not actually new at all. In 2013 and 2014, a similar group of Gulf

countries attempted an intervention, confronting Qatar over its blatant support of violent terrorist and insurrectionist groups in other Arab countries. Qatar agreed and signed its compliance to conditions its neighbors presented. It then continued its former ways as if nothing had happened. Just days ago, on July 11, 2017 CNN revealed the full text of both agreements on which Qatar had defiantly reneged: “Qatar made a series of secret agreements with its Gulf neighbors in 2013 and 2014 barring support for opposition and hostile groups in those nations, as well as in Egypt and Yemen.The existence of the agreements has been known, but both the content and the documents themselves were kept secret due to the sensitivity of the issues involved and the fact that they were agreed in private by heads of state. The Gulf countries have accused Qatar of not complying with the two agreements, which helps explain what sparked the worst diplomatic crisis in the Middle East in decades.”In an egregious example of flawed logic, Qatar is now claiming that the 13 demands of the 2017 ultimatum would “compromise its sovereignty,” while the 2013 and 2014 agreements that its government signed apparently did not. The first such document, the handwritten Riyadh Agreement, dated November 23, 2013 was signed by the King of Saudi Arabia,

the Emir of Qatar and the Emir of Kuwait. This agreement specifically mentioned with withdrawing support from the Muslim Brotherhood. The second agreement, dated November 16, 2014 and labelled “top secret,” added signatures from the King of Bahrain, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Prime Minister of the UAE. After the CNN story broke, the four Arab states involved in the latest confrontation issued a joint statement saying the earlier two failed documents “confirm beyond any doubt Qatar’s failure to meet its commitments and its full violation of its pledges.” The statement continues: “The four states emphasize that the 13 demands submitted to the Qatari government were to fulfill their previous pledges and commitments and that the demands were originally stated in the Riyadh Agreement, its mechanism and the Supplementary Agreement and are fully in line with the spirit of what was agreed upon.” With details now out in the open and the refusal of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to back down and be ignored for a third time, the international community (including the US and Canada) needs to meet its collective responsibility of upholding international law. Now is the moment to take a firm stand against Qatar. Courtesy by The Canadian Charger

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Christy Clark resigns as leader of B.C. Liberal Party

esignation of former premier effec effec-tive Aug. By Michelle Ghoussoub, CBC News F ormer pr emier C hristy C l ark wil l step dow n as l eade r of the B .C . L iberal P arty on A ug. 4 and l eave pol itics. The announcement comes j ust 10 da ys after B .C . N D P L ead er J ohn H organ was sworn in as B .C . pr emier, having formed a historic al l iance with the B .C . G reen P arty fol l owing a tumul tuous pr ovincial el ection. “ S erving as pr emier and serving the pe opl e of B ritish C ol umbia for the pa st 6½ ye ars has been an incredi bl e honour and pr ivil ege,” C l ark said in a statement. “ I am so pr oud of everyt hing our B .C . L iberal team has accompl ished. “ I am certain that B ritish C ol umbia’ s best da ys l ie ahead. B ecause B ritish C ol umbians can, through hard work, de termination and pe rseverance, achieve anyt hing they set their minds to.” Political players react I n a statement, the B .C . L iberal caucus said R ich C ol eman, member of the l egisl ature for L angl ey E ast, wil l serve as interim caucus l eade r.“ W hat she’ s given to this pr ovince shoul d never be forgotten,” C ol eman said.

“ S he can wal k out with her head hel d high sayi ng she accompl ished more than anyone thought she coul d.” “ This caucus supp orts C hristy C l ark. F rom a very emotional pe r-r spe ctive, I think she j ust thought, ‘ I want to give these guys a chance to renew.’ ” C ol eman said he doe s not intend to run for the pa rty’ s l eade rship, and woul d resign his interim pos ition immedi atel y shoul d he change his mind. H organ and B .C . G reen P arty L eade r A ndr ew W eaver both thanke d C l ark for her service to the pr ovince. “ I give her ful l marks for her contribution to publ ic service.” H organ said. “ S he served wel l as an oppos ition member, as a cabinet minister and as a pr emier. I t is, I guess, the end of an era for her and the B .C . L iberal Party.”“She’s been a fierce supporter of British C ol umbia both national l y and international l y ,” said W eaver. “ W e’ ve had a number of di sagreements on pol icy di rections over the ye ars, however I ’ ve thoroughl y enj oye d worki ng with her across pa rty l ines to create good publ ic pol icy .” A dramatic rise Clark’s Liberals governed B.C. for 5,869 da ys — one of the l ongest pol itical dyn asties in the pr ovince’ s history . H er l ife changed dr amatical l y on F eb. 26, 201 1, when the radi o tal k show host and former educ ation minister won the pa rty’ s l eade rship race and became the pr ovince’ s 35t h pr emier. I n 2013 she l ed her pa rty to a stunning come- from- behind victory in B .C .’ s 40t h

pr ovincial el ection.H er pa rty fail ed to win a maj ority in the 2017 el ection, which ul timatel y ende d C l ark’ s run as pr emier — and 16 ye ars of L iberal l eade rship i n B .C . F ol l owing 52 da ys of pol itical uncertainty , H organ was aske d to govern by L t.- G ov. J udi th G uichon after C l ark ’ s L iberal s were defeated in a confidence vote on June 29. ‘Sudden but efficient’ The announcement came as a surpr ise to some of C l ark’ s cl osest pol itical al l ies. D avid M itchel l , a pol itical scientist and former B .C . L iberal M L A , said the announcement was “sudden, but efficient.” “ A fter the narrowness of the margin of her de feat and the soul searching that’ s going on in the former governing pa rty , I think it’ s very difficult for a premier to change hats and al l of a sudde n become an oppos ition l eade r,” he said. B il l B ennett, one of the l ongest- serving members of C l ark ’ s cabinet, said he was “ shock ed , and I have to ad mit, d isap p ointed .” B ennett said he is in regul ar contact with C l ark , but “ d id n’ t have any reason to think she woul d d ecid e this at this p oint in time.” “ S he cl earl y has made this de cision on the basis of what’ s in the best interest for the pr ovince; that take s a l ot of courage, there’ s no que stion she coul d have stay ed on,” he said, given her strong suppor t within the B .C . L iberal caucus. “ Timing must have been a real conside ration,” he said. F ind ing the right moment to p ick C l ark ’ s rep l acement wil l be d el icate, he said .

“ I t’ s so unp red ictabl e what’ s going to hap p en now.” G eorge A bbott, another former B .C . cabinet minister, was among those surp rised . “ I certainl y di dn’ t expe ct it this qui ckl y ,” he said.A bbott said he kne w C l ark woul d need to make a de cision — but that this was not the choice he expe cted he r to make . “ I thought that she woul d pr obabl y be hanging around, in the expe ctation that there coul d be another el ection in a ye ar or two. I doubt whether anyone apa rt from the circl e that is very , very cl ose to her woul d have know n this.” “ I n many ways , the B .C . L iberal P arty needs to define itself in the next few months,” he said. “ The 2017 throne spe ech was a very conside rabl e de pa rture from the vision that was set out in the 2017 e l ection campa ign.” “ The incoming l eade rship candi da tes have to try to frame themsel ves either around por tions of that vision or an entirel y new vision that might move the L iberal P arty back to where it tradi tional l y ha s been.”

urrey , B C - O ver the pa st de cade S urrey has become the pr imary de stination for refugees arriving in B ritish C ol umbia. L ast ye ar al one, over hal f of the S yr ian refugees that arrived in M etro V ancouver settl ed in S urrey . G iven the unique chal l enges that refugees face, the S urrey L ocal I mmigration P artnership ( L I P ) d evel ope d a three- ye ar strategy cal l ed “ S urrey O ur N ew H ome” . I nvesting in the pot ential of refugee yout h is the strategy’ s top pr iority – not surpr ising given the maj ority of refugees are chil dr en and youth. Other priorities are: supporting economic self-sufficiency and inclusion; enhancing service capa city and coordi nation; and e nhancing social incl usion. “ S urrey is a city that wel comes refugees” says M ayor L inda H epne r. “ C aring and compa ssion is impor tant. O por tunities to work, to pa rticipa te and contribute to the community , for the chil dr en to succeed at school are equa l l y impor tant. This is what wil l restore a sense of di gnity and hope . The C ity of S urrey is pr oud to pl ay a l eade rship rol e with the S urrey L ocal I mmigration P artnership.” O ver the next three ye ars the S urrey L I P

will work on specific actions outlined in the strategy which were based on ext ensive research and consul tations conduc ted by S F U S urrey . C ommunity l eade rs, frontl ine settl ement worke rs and S urrey reside nts who arrived as refugees hel pe d to shape the strategy .“ The refugees settl ing in S urrey are coming from war z ones where they have ex pe rienced tremendous l oss and trauma” says C ouncil l or V il l eneuve, C o- C hair of the S urrey L I P . “ W e are committed to continuing to work with our community pa rtners so that refugee famil ies settl e, integrate, thrive, and trul y f eel at home in S urrey .” The refugee strategy compl ements the L I P ’ s immigrant strategy , rel eased in 2016. O ne of the activities unde rtake n by the L I P was to hel p meaningful empl oym ent among new immigrants by initiating business sector di al ogues. O rganiz ed in pa rtnership with the Surrey Board of Trade, four sector-specific roundt abl es brought together empl oye rs and new immigrants to di scuss empl oye r ski l l shortages and immigrant l abour chal l enges in the heal th care, manufacturing, construction and t echnol ogy s ectors. The di al ogues reveal ed that the chal l enges

and sol utions for immigrants to secure employment in each sector are different. The di scussions wil l hel p to inform future actions to ensure the ski l l s and tal ents of newcomers are ful l y util iz ed to suppor t S urrey’ s growing economy . “ The business sector di al ogues are pa rt of an ongoing initiative of the S urrey B oard of Trade ’ s W orkf orce D evel opm ent S trategy for S urrey’ s business community ,” says A nita H uberman, C E O of S urrey B oard of Trade and C o- C hair of S urrey L I P . “ The

S urrey B oard of Trade has another strategy identified just for refugees as well.” The S urrey L I P C ommittee incl ude s 30 rep resentatives of government agencies, educ ational institutions, business and community agencies. The C ommittee suppor ts a coordi nated and strategic appr oach to immigrant and refugee settl ement and integration. The C ity of S urrey i s the l ead a gency . The S urrey L I P was establ ished in 2014. It is funde d by I mmigration, R efugees, and C itiz enship C anada .

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• 14 August ‘47: P aki stan attends 6t h U niversal S couts J amboree in F rance • 15 August ‘47: R oya l P aki stan A ir F orce’ s H Q establ ished a t P eshawar • 15 August ‘47: F irst cabinet formed Liaquat Ali Khan appointed first PM • 18 September ‘47: K arachi S tock E x change establ ished - with 5 compa nies val ue R s. 371 m il l ion • 30 Sept ‘47: P aki stan becomes member of U N O - A fghanistan voted a gainst • 23 January ‘48: F isrt navel vessel “ D il awar” j oins P ak istan S hip p ing C orp oration • 9 June ‘48: P ak istan attend s L ondon O l ym pi cs - H ocke y team unde r C ol onel D ara l ost to U K in semis • 26 November ‘48: F irst air crash of P aki stan - P ak A irway s aircraft crashes near V ihari - 21 di e • 12 February ‘50: F ounda tion stone of K otri B arrage by K hawaj a N az im- ud- D in • 21 July ‘50: Trich Mir (41st highest pe ak) scal ed by N orwegian Team, incl udi ng one P aki stani • 30 October ‘50: P eshawar U niversity inaugurated by L iaq uat A l i K han • 28 February ‘51: F irst popul ation census - total population 78,742,000 • 10 October ‘51: N atural gas found at S ui, B al ochistan • 28 December ‘51: I nauguration of P aki stan O rdna nce F actories,W ah • 1951: Completion of 107 miles long famous BRB (Banmban Wala Ravia Bedian) L ink c anal • 2 October ‘52: F ounda tion stone of TI P l aid at H aripur • 31 January ‘53: Commodore Hafiz Muhammad Siddique appointed first native navel chief • 4 June ‘53: 8125 Meters high Nanga Parbat scaled by a German for the first time • 31 July ‘54: K - 2 scal ed by I tal ian ex pe di tion • 13 August ‘54: H afeez J al andha ri sings his own written N ational A nthem on R adi o P aki stan • 8 September ‘54: P ak istan j oins S E A TO • 7 October ‘54: C haudhr y Z afar A l i ap pointed first judge of International Court of J ustice • 22 November ‘54: Prime Minister M Ali B ogra announces formation of O N E U N I T • 1954 - Manila Olympics Pakistan’s Muhammad Din wins first gold for Pakistan • March ‘55: Hollywood MGM’s film “ B hawani J unction” shot at L ahore R ail way station • 18 April ‘55: P ak istan attend s B andung Conference (Indonesia) • July ‘55: F irst de val uation of P ak rupee: Re’s value dropped from Rs. 3.30 per US to Rs.4.76 • 26 February ‘56: F irst constitution of P aki stan appr oved

from Aug 1947-Aug 2017 Important Events of

• 9 January ‘57: S inging of N ational A nthem in school s made manda tory • 15 January ‘57: S il ver j ubil ee cel ebration of opening of Sukkur (Lloyd’s) Barrage • 2 February ‘57: F ounda tion stone of G U D D U barrage l aid by P reside nt S ikander Mirza • 22 April ‘57: Air Vice Marshal Asghar Khan becomes first native Chief of Air Staff • 24 December ‘57: P hotograph of Q uaid -e-azam appears on the first Rs.100 currency not e • 5 March ‘58: F irst D ry P ort of P aki stan inaugurated at K arachi by the P reside nt Sikander Mirza • 24 April ‘58: W A P D A establ ished • May’58: P ak istan wins 1 3 med al s, (5gold,5 silver 4 bronze) at Tokyo Asian games • 22 August ‘58: Subedar M Iqbal of Paki stan army breaks worl d record in H ammer Throw (209.5 ft) • 23 August ‘58: P aki stani swimmer B rojan Das sets world record of 10 Hours 35 Minutes of crossing the English Channel • 7 September ‘58: G wade r p ort town purchased from Oman for 4 million British P ounds • 7 October ‘58: President Sikander Mirza imposes Martial Law, appoints General M Ayub Khan as MLA • 27 October ‘58: P reside nt S ika nde r Mirza removed and General M Ayub K han becomes P reside nt • 1965 S econd war between I ndi a and P aki stan over K ashmir • 1969: Martial law declared; Ayub Khan resigns; General Agha Mohammad Y ahya K han assumes pr eside ncy

• 1970 First general elections; Sheikh Muj ibur R ahman’ s A wami L eague secures absolute majority in new National Assembly; W est P ak istan- d ominated government d ecl ines to convene assembl y • 1971 East Pakistan attempts to secede; civil war begins; Bangladesh declares itself independent issued; India intervenes on behalf of Bengali separatists; Pakistani mil itary surrende rs to I ndi an armed forces; ahya Khan resigns; Zulfiqar Ali B hutto becomes pr eside nt of P aki stan

• 1972: Bhutto and India’s Prime Minister I nd ira G and hi sign S iml a agreement which adjusts cease-fire line between the two countries and creates new L ine of C ontrol • 1973: New constitution goes into effect; B hutto becomes pr ime minister • 1976: D ipl omatic ties establ ished be-

tween P aki stan and B angl ade sh • 1977: General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq pr ocl aims martial l aw

• 1978: Z ia becomes P aki stan’ s sixt h rp eside nt • 1979: Islamic penal code introduced; B hutto hanged • 1983: Z ia announces that martial l aw wil l be l ifted, says army wil l retain ke y rol e in future governments • 1985: G eneral el ections hel d • 1988: Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad K han J unej o’ s government, orders new elections; Zia killed in mysterious place crash; investigation concludes that his d eath was caused by “ criminal act of sabotage;” elections held; Benazir Bhutto sworn in as first woman prime minister of a Muslim nation • 1990: N ational el ections see B enaz ir B hutto’ s P P P l osing to coal ition of rightist parties; Nawaz Sharif elected prime minister • 1993: P reside nt I shaq K han di smisses Sharif’s government, citing corruption; elections held; Benazir Bhutto’s government wins slim margin; Benazir becomes pr ime minister P reside nt F arooq L eghari di smisses Benazir Bhutto; accuses her government of corrupt ion and ne po tism • 1997: National elections held; Sharif comes to pow er again • 1999: A rmy citing corrupt ion arrests S harif and take s over. G eneral P ervaiz Musharraf becomes chief executive of P aki stan.

• 2000: A pr il 6, N awaz S harif sentenced to l ife impr isonment on charges of hijacking and terrorism.May 12: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf exe cutive and l egisl ative authority for three years. December 10: Nawaz Sharif al ong with famil y , went into exi l e in S audi A rabia. • 2001: June 20: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff.September 16: U S S ecretary of S tate P owel l tol d that Pakistan’s President Musharraf had agreed to suppor t the U .S . anti- terrorist campa ign. • 2002: April 30: Musharraf wins in a referendum.October 10: General election hel d in the country .N ovember 23: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as

Prime Minister. • 2003: June 24: President Pervez Musharraf meets G .W . B ush in C amp D avid . U S announces 3-billion five-year economic assistance p ack age for P ak istan. J ul y 1 1 : L ahore- D el hi bus service resumed after susp ension of 1 8 months. D ecember 14: General Musharraf survived an assassination attemp t in R awal p ind i. • 2004: January 1: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, N ational A ssembl y , and pr ovincial assembl ies. A ugust 28: S hauka t A z iz becomes Prime Minister. •2005: July 19: G overnment of P ak istan l aunches country - wid e crack d own against ex tremist el ements. O ctober 8 : A d evastating earthq uak e in K ashmir and NWFP kills over 80,000 people. • 2006: J anuary 2 : D r. S hamshad A k htar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP. May 14: Charter of democracy (COD) is signed by two former p rime ministers of P ak istan, N awaz S harif and B enaz ir B hutto in L ond on. A ugust 2 6 : A k bar B ugti k il l ed by mil itary • 2007: March 9: President Musharraf di smissed C hief J ustice of P akistan, Iftikhar. July 20: Iftikhar restored as C hief J ustice of P aki stan. O ctober 18: B hutto, B enaz ir returned to P aki stan, after exi l e of about 8 ye ars. N ovember 3: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency , most of the senior j udge s of S upr eme C ourt ousted. N ovember 16: A fter compl etion of 5 ye ars, N ational A ssembly dissolved; Catetaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath. November 25: N awaz S harif returned P aki stan after 7 ye ars of forced e xi l e. December 27, 2007: The assassination of B enaz ir B hutto occurred on 27 December 2007 in Rawal pi ndi , P aki stan. B hutto, twice P rime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993– 1996) and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party

2008: January 2: The E l ection C ommission announces el ections wil l now be hel d on F ebruary 18.Y usuf R az a G il ani is elected as the new Prime Minister. A ugust 18: Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian S oomro take s over as P reside nt. A sif Z arda ri wins pr eside ntial el ection with 481 votes. September 9: Asif Zardari take s oath as P reside nt of P aki stan.

• 2009: February 16: P ak istan government announces a truce with Tal iban, accep ting a sy stem of I sl amic l aw in the S wat val l ey , March 9: Militants attack bus with the touring S ri L ank an crick et team. A l l international crick et matches in P ak istan are susp end ed . P ak istan al so l oses its status as hosts for the cricket World Cup 2011. • 2010: July Extensive flooding after monsoon rains. At least 1,600 people were k il l ed . 1 October: - Pervez Musharraf launches his new p ol itical p arty , the A l l P ak istan Muslim League, at a club in London. At the launch Musharraf apologies for the “ negative actions” he took whil st in p ower. • 2011: January - S al maan Taseer, the governor of P unj ab, is shot by one of his bod y guard s near his home. 27 January:- A US diplomat,0 Raymond D avis, k il l s two men on a motorbik e in L ahore al l eged l y in sel f d efence whil e a comp anion of the d ip l omat, who is al so an A merican citiz en, crushed to d eath a bik e rid er in a hit- and - run incid ent, fol l owing the shooting. May 1: D eath of O sama B in L ad en: A U S air strik e k il l ed O sama bin L ad en in A bbotabad . August, 2011: P ak istanF l ood s, O ne Y ear L ater One year ago, record-breaking floods submerged one fifth of Pakistan’s total land area for months, affecting some 20 million residents and causing some 10 bil l ion in d amage. E l even mil l ion P ak istanis were l eft homel ess, and the aid organiz ation O x fam estimates that more than 800,000 remain without permanent shel ter to this d ay . • November 22: H usain H aq q ani resigned as P ak istan A mbassad or to the U nited S tates fol l owing cl aims of his al leged affiliation with the Memogate controversy . • November 26: A N A TO attack on two P ak istani bord er check p osts in S al al a in the Baizai subdivision of Mohmand Agency in FATA kill 24 soldiers of the P ak istan A rmy . 2012 January 2 January: India-Pakistan exchange a l ist of their nucl ear instal l ations. The death toll of a fake medicine crisis at a card iol ogy hosp ital in L ahore reaches 1 1 2 Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the disqualification of ousaf Raza Gillani over a contemp t of court conviction by the S up reme C ourt of P ak istan. Mehdi Hassan, 84, Pakistani ghazal singer. SC summons Raja Court issues showcause notice to PM for not writing Swiss l etter S ummons him on 2 7 th A ugust to ex p l ain why contemp t p roceed ings shoul d not be started against him. NATO containers cross Chaman border the sup p l y to U S - l ed N A TO forces stationed in A fghanistan via C haman bord er was restored after a susp ension of 1 8 d ay s. •November: - Tal iban suicid e bomber kills at least 23 people at a Shia Muslim p rocession in the R awal p ind i. 2013 January:- S up reme C ourt ord ers the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez A shraf over corrup tion al l egations d ating back to his time as a minister in 2010. He denies wrongdoing.The government sack s B al ochistan chief minister over bomb bl asts in the p rovincial capital Quetta that kill at least 92 Shia Muslims. Sunni extremist group L ashk ar- e- J hangvi cl aims resp onsibil ity . Populist cleric and anti-corruption camp aigner Tahirul Q ad ri l ead s a nationwid e march on I sl amabad . The government

resp ond s by agreeing to d issol ve p arl iament early and to consult Mr Qadri over the formation of a caretak er government. • February: - B omb attack targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta kills 89 peop l e. P ol ice d etain L ashk ar- e- J hangvi militant group founder Malik Ishaq after the group cl aims resp onsibil ity . March:- C aretak er government ap p ointed to oversee p arl iamentary el ections. • April: - A court ord ers the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf over his attempt to imp ose house arrest on j ud ges d uring his military rule in March 2007. Gen Musharraf returned from British exile in March to contest parliamentary elections. • May: - G eneral E l ection in P ak istan and PML got heavy mandate , PPP and P TI were at second and third p arty p ositions in F ed eral and P rovincial . •June: P arl iament ap p roves N awaz S harif as p rime minister after his Muslim League-N wins parliamentary elections in May. Tal iban cond uct sy stematic camp aign of attack s and intimid ation, but fail to d eter largest turnout of voters since 1970. July: - Mamnoon Hussain elected p resid ent by p arl iament. • August:- H eavy rain fal l in southern area of P ak istan d isp l acing thousand s. From August 2013- August 5, 2014 6 August 2013: Islamabad on red alert for p ossibl e terrorist attack 7 August 2013: R ussian government homosex ual ity p osition l ead s to N Y C R ussian vod k a boy cott

20 August 2013: P ak istani P rime Minister agrees to put all state executions on hol d 2 November 2013: I ran- P ak istan p ip el ine at risk 8 November 2013: F uz l ul l ah named P ak istan’ s new Tal iban l ead er 10 December 2013: L ocal government el ections hel d in B al ochistan, P ak istan 24 May 2014: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend Modi inauguration 24 July 2014: S ecurity guard s attack ed in P eshawar, P ak istan 27 July: I nd ia and P ak istan accuse each other of ceasefire viol ation August: - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ord ers a j ud icial inq uiry into al l egations of fraud during the 2013 elections which brought him to p ower. P rotesters l ed by op p osition p ol itician I mran K han and anti- government cl eric Tahirul Q ad ri stage rallies demanding Mr Sharif’s resignation. September:- A rrests of op p osition activists amid d ay s of viol ent anti- government p rotests on the streets of I sl amabad . G overnment and opposition figures hold talks but fail to resolve differences. A rmy carries out further air strik es in the restive N orth W az iristan region. October: - Teenager Malala ousafzai from P ak istan, who was shot in the head by the Tal iban but survived to become a camp aigner for girl s’ ed ucation, becomes the y oungest p erson ever to win the N obel P eace P riz e. S up p orters of l ead ing anti- government cl eric Tahirul Q ad ri end a two- month sitin in Islamabad after failing to force PM N awaz S harif to resign. 2014 December - Taliban kills nearly 150

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p eop l e - mostl y chil d ren - in an attack on a school in P eshawar. G overnment resp ond s to the massacre by l ifting a moratorium on the d eath p enal ty and l aunching round - up of terror susp ects, al though critics comp l ain maj or terror organisers are l eft al one. 2015 January-February: - Tal iban attack S hia mosq ues in S ind h and P eshawar in two incidents, killing nearly 80 p eop l e and inj uring d oz ens more. April: - I nd ia p rotests over P ak istan court rel ease on bail of susp ected mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman L ak hvi. H uman rights activist S abeen Mehmud shot dead in Karachi.

15 April: Money laundering case: A l taf H ussain’ s bail ex tend ed til l J ul y .

June: - P ak istan ack nowl ed ges that eight out of ten Tal iban members al l eged l y j ail ed for the gun attack on teenage ed ucation activist and N obel P riz e l aureate Malala ousafzai were secretly acquitted at their trial in A p ril .

June - Pakistan acknowledges that eight out of ten Taliban members allegedly jailed for the gun attack on teenage education activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai were secretly acquitted at their trial in April. 25 June:- P ak istan heatwave: D eath toll over 1,000 inSindh The death tol l from a heatwave in P ak istan’ s southern S ind h p rovince has p assed 1,000, reports say July 27: - The L ahore H igh C ourt on Monday formed a larger bench to hear a p etition req uesting to try Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Husain and other l ead ers und er treason charges. July 23:- J ud icial C ommission R eport refutes PTI’s 2013 election rigging accusations July 29:, - A fter the J ud icial C ommission rep ort negated P TI ’ s al l egations of ‘ sy stematic rigging’ in general elections 2013, Imran Khan and his d ecision to embark on an anti- government camp aign. H owever, here are 8 reasons why P TI ’ s d harna was not for nothing: August 4: U K p ol ice wil l soon receive l egal reference against A l taf H ussain: C h. N isar H ussain. August 5: Military courts get Sup reme C ourt nod . The S up reme Court (SC) on Wednesday in a maj ority rul ing up hel d the establ ishment of mil itary courts in P ak istan. August 5: S C d ecision has strengthened

war against terrorism, PM tells NA

August 22, P unj ab el ection commission’ s tribunal ord er re- p ol l ing in N ational A ssembl y constituency , N A - 1 2 2 , d ecl aring the el ection in the constituency nul l and void - - d eseating S p eak er N ational A ssembl y A y az S ad iq forthwith and accep ting I mran K han’ s p etition chal l enging the 2013 election result. August 26, A sif Z ard ari’ s k ey aid e and former Petroleum Minister, Dr. A sim H ussain, is arrested by l aw enforcement agencies on corrup tion charges. 2016 January - Islamist extremists attack Bacha Khan University in

Charsadda in north-west Pakistan, killing 19 people and injuring 17 others before security forces killed the four suspected assailants. March 29, At least 72 killed in suicide blast as terror revisits inAllam Iqbal Park Lahore. Taliban offshoot Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, at a park in Lahore, killing more than 72 people. May 10, 259 Pakistanis named in fresh Panama Papers leak May 31 PM Nawaz shifted to ICU: August 6, Imran’s political gamble Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s announcement of launching a movement against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over Panama Papers

August 9, 71 killed in blast at Quetta’s civil hospital after lawyer’s killing. August 9, PTI suspends political activities for three days. August 11, Parliament session held

and heat debated on Civil and Armed forces progress in war and terrorism. Nov 12- More than 50 people killed by a bomb blast at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine, north of Karachi.

.Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is named as

new army chief. The position is arguably the most powerful in the country. 2017April 20- Supreme Court announces a 3-2 split in favour of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and set up a JIT to investigate the money trail of the properties owned by the ruling famil. July 28- Nawaz Sharif disqualified as Pakistan Prime Minister by SC over Panama Papers case.

July 30- Islamabad crowds root for

ex-cricketer Imran Khan ahead of PM vote. PTI Yume Thashakur in Islamabad

August 1- PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in as pr ime minister of P aki stan in an oathtaki ng ceremony hel d at P reside nt H ouse

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HEALTH

Canadians’ health-care costs have skyrocketed: Study

O R O N TO - H eal thcare costs for the average C anad ian famil y have increased by nearl y 70% dur ing the l ast two de cade s, a new F raser I nstitute repor t says . The study , which used da ta from S tatistics C anada and the C anad ian I nstitute for H eal th I nformation, says the typ ical C anad ian famil y of four wil l pa y $12,057 for heal th care in 2017 . M eanwhil e, the average singl e C anadi an wil l pa y $4,596 — al most a 10% increase dur ing the same 20- ye ar pe riod, from 1 97 t o 2017. The Toronto S un aske d co- author B acchus B arua, a senior economist at the F raser I nstitute, about his repor t, The P rice of P ubl ic H eal th C are I nsurance, 2017, which was released Tuesday: Why was it important to explore this topic? “ O ne of the most remarka bl e things about C anada ’ s heal thcare sys tem is that nobody actual l y seems to know how much they pa y for it. Q uite often in conversation, sometimes pe op l e refer to it as a free heal thcare sys tem. I think there are some pe opl e who might think that there’ s j ust a few tax dol l ars here and there. I n pr ovinces that stil l have pr emiums, a l ot of pe opl e tend to think that the pr emiums are the ful l cost of the heal thcare sys tem. B ut in fact none of that is actual l y the true cost of heal th care. W e pa y a l ot

for our heal thcare sys tem but through a variety of taxe s through the general tax s ys tem.” Do Canadians get good value for their money? “ W e have some of the l ongest wait times for treatment in the de vel ope d worl d. A nother pr oj ect we’ ve been doi ng every ye ar is simpl y measuring wait times for heal th care in Canada. So in 1993, when we first put out the survey measuring wait times, we measured it about 9.3 weeks between referral to treatment and l ast ye ar we measured it at 20 weeks between referral to treatment which is a cl ear de terioration in the wait times. P hys icians are tel l ing us that their pa tients are waiting l onger than what they conside r to be cl inical l y r easonabl e.” Do you think this trend of health care costs going up will continue as the boomer generation ages? “ W e can sort of see that aging wil l continue to pl ay a pa rt in the rising costs or at l east rising pr essures when it comes to heal th care in the future. I t’ s something that wil l hap pe n one ye ar at a time. I t’ s not going to sudde nl y happe n overnight. A nd a l ot of pe opl e poi nt that out. I t’ s something that we stil l need to pr epa re for because it’ s not something that we can change. We can’t simply snap our fingers and change what our demographic profile is going to look like.”

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p l aining it’ s l ik el y more serious than j ust a sp rained ank l e, and coul d even be brok en bones or a concussion. 77,000 Canadians hospitalized because of alcohol in 2016 The second highest cause of inj ury - rel ated hosp ital iz ations was vehicle accidents. A total of 23,819 were hospitalized for vehiclerel ated inj uries incl ud ing car col l isions, and p ed estrians or cy cl ists being struck . Attempted suicide and self-inflicted injuries were the third most common cause, with 20,282 people affected. The self-inflicted inj uries resul ted from p oisonings, j ump ing from a high p l ace, hanging in strangul ation, cuts from sharp obj ects, and moving in front of an obj ect. The p oison used ranged wid el y ; some substances l isted by the rep ort incl ud ed gases and vap ours, p esticid es, al cohol , narcotics and hal l ucinogens. Reality check: Is a daily glass of wine really good for your health? The rep ort al so found that y ounger C anad ian men were more l ik el y to be ad mitted into hosp ital s — but C anad ian women above the age of 6 5 were more l ik el y than their mal e counterp arts to be

Are Canadians paying more or less than people in other countries? “ I n general C anada is usual l y among the top spe nde rs, if we’ re l ooki ng at a group of ( 35 member) countries, l ike the O E C D ( The O rganiz ation for E conomic C oope ration and D evel opm ent) , which is general l y compa rabl e. I n general , we are among the top spe nde rs. D epe ndi ng on the measure that you l ook a t, w e can be ranke d be tween three to nine.” Source: torontosun.com

Falling is the leading cause of injury-related hospitalization in Canada: report

f you’ve wound up in a hospital after falling off a staircase or trip p ing over an obj ect on the ground , y ou’ re not al one. A rep ort by the C anad ian I nstitute for H eal th I nformation ( C I H I ) found that unintentional fal l s are the l ead ing cause of inj ury - rel ated hosp ital iz ations across C anad a. W hil e the reason for most fal l s was unk nown, the k nown l ead ing causes were “ sl ip p ing, trip p ing or stumbl ing, ” “ fal l ing from one l evel to another, ” and “ fal l ing on/ from stairs and step s.” The rep ort, titl ed “ I nj ury and Trauma E mergency D ep artment and H osp ital iz ation S tatistics, ” used d ata from the H osp ital M orbid ity D atabase, and p revious C I H I rep orts. I t found that 1 4 6 , 6 0 9 C anad ians were hosp ital iz ed for unintentional fal l s between A p ril 2 0 1 5 and M arch 2 0 1 6 . N icol e L oreti, who work s with C I H I , say s this y ear’ s resul ts are largely in line with previous years’ findings, as well as causes of hosp ital iz ation in the U nited S tates. S he ad d s that it’ s uncl ear what ty p es of injuries are most commonly suffered by those who fall. “ To be hosp ital iz ed with a fal l means it’ s serious, ” she say s, ex -

hosp ital iz ed . A total of 42,683 women between the ages of 18-64 were hospihospi tal iz ed , whil e 6 3 , 9 3 7 men in the same age brack et were ad mitted between 2 0 1 5 and 2 0 1 6 . In older Canadians, aged 65-84, 45,196 women were admitted compared to 31,483 men.

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WOMEN

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here is nothing that is difficult or easy but it is onl y our pe rcept ion that make s it l ook so. A ny work seen as a whol e, may be threatening but when di vide d into pa rts, becomes simpl e and easy . I nstead of being da z ed by the magnitude of the task, start worki ng and even if you do a l ittl e everyda y , within a short pe riod of time you wil l be surpr ised by your achievements. The pr obl em with many of us is that even at an initial stage we are baffled by the enormity of the task and give it up as an easy way escape . I f we are sincere in unde rtaki ng a j ob, we woul d anal ys e ways and means of doi ng it. L ack of sincerity and erroneous pe rcep tion often frightens us from unde rtaki ng any task. W hen we have strong wil l pow er, the goal al one wil l remain constant in our memory and every chal l enge that comes our way , wil l convert into an oppor tunity for achieving our obj ective. As we are conditioned by external influences, both environmental and indi vidua l , sometimes some unfavorabl e events hap pe n on which we have no control . These unfavorabl e events make a negative impa ct on our effects and may throw us into a desponde nt mood. The best thing is to face situations, work out a strategy to get over di fficulties and with will power go ahead with l ife. S uch an app roach to take on chal l enges

is cal l ed character, which is essential for achievements in l ife. W hat is impor tant is your pe rcept ion of things and situations. I t is the faith in our abil ity to retrieve l ost ground and the action we take which are two impor tant things that make s any achievement pos sibl e. Thinki ng and pl anning are essential but without pos itive action, al l the time spe nt on pl anning woul d be wasted. I n the absence of strong wil l , we easil y get shattered by negative events that cross the pa ths of our ende avor. We must have absolute confidence in oursel ves and that al one wil l bring out our inner strength. There is no poi nt in aski ng oursel ves, “ W il l it be pos sibl e for me? ” I nstead of doubt ing your capa bil ity , repe at the statement “ I t is pos sibl e for me” . A nyt hing and E veryt hing I s W ithin Y our R each. F or any i nqui ries pl ease email at shabnam@ skc ounsel l ing.ca

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e are going to cel ebrate two countries freedom . They are connected by cities and cul tures. E very ye ar doz ens of countries cel ebrate their inde pe n nde nce and the da y they got freedom . A que sstion comes to my mind, are we real l y free, are we abl e to get freedom fromour own pr ej udi ces or some of thoughts or actions, who wil l fight for and guide us against our own struggl e of sl avery against our weak nesses and pr obl ems. Breathe in Fresh Air W hen we are so cl ogged in the p robl ems of l ife and we do not know what to do, we l ong for freedom from al l situations. W e feel the need of fresh air and a way out. I ronical l y this al so has to come from within. Spider W e, l ike a spi de r, weave a web with our thoughts, bel iefs and opi nions. A s time goes on we are caught in our webs. W e feel l ike a spi de r fl yi ng and s aving the pe opl e but first we cannot save oursel ves, how wil l we save ohters. Freedom Fighters W e have to fight our own battl es against any k ind of sl avery of ours toward s any thoughts,

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ram and the H ind uk ush ranges with their al p ine mead ows and p ermanent snow l ine, coniferous forests d own the sub- mountain scrub, the vast I nd us p l ain merging into the great d esert, the coast l ine and wetl and s, all offer a remarkably rich variety of vegetation and associated wil d l ife incl ud ing avifauna, both end emic and migratory . Ten of 18 mammalian orders are represented in P ak istan with sp ecies ranging from the worl d ’ s smal l est surviving mammal s, the M ed iterranean P igmy S hrew, to the l argest mammal ever k nown; the bl ue whal e.

actions, habbits or p rincip l e. L ife is very simp l e and shoul d be l ived with simp l icity and truthful l y . L ife becomes comp l icated when one break s the rul es of good cond uct, honesty , k ind ness and rightful ness. Celebration E very da y is a new chapt er in our l ife, a l ink to our story , pa st is connected to p resent, pr esent becomes the future. L et us make each of our da y , a happy da y , l et us da il y cel ebrate the good, the bounties given to us by al might. W e al l have good and heal thy body to work with, oppor tunities to pr ospe r, rain, water, things grown so many things are avail abl e to us. S o we shoul d al so contribute by doi ng our j ob. L et us be free from things, matters bl ocki ng our growth as a pe rson, a s a good c itiz en

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rom the mighty stretches of the K arak orams in the N orth to the vast al l uvial d el ta of the I nd us R iver in the S outh, P ak istan remains a l and of high ad venture and nature. Trek k ing, mountaineering, white water rafting, wil d boar hunting, mountain and d esert j eep safaris, camel and yak safaris, trout fishing and bird watching, are a few activities, which entice the ad venture and nature l overs to P ak istan. P ak istan is end owed with a rich and varied flora and fauna. High Himalayas, Karako-

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t its simp l est, P ak istani cook ing tod ay consists of stap l e food s which are cheap and abund ant. W heat and other flour products is the mainstay of the diet, one famil iar form being C H A P A TI , unl eavened bread ak in to a M ex ican tortil l a. This is mad e with dough prepared from whole wheat flour. A nother basic food is L A S S I , mil k from which curd s and butterfat have been removed . V egetabl es, usual l y seasonal , l entil s are commonl y used . F amil ies with l arger incomes eat more meat eggs, and fruits. And the more affluent cook with GHEE, which is clarified butter, instead of with vegetabl e oil . F rom the earl iest times, the imaginative - and sometimes heavy - use of sp ices, herbs, seed s, and flavorings and seasonings have helped cook s transform rather ord inary stap l e food s into an ex otic cuisine. C onsid er some of the most common of these in wide use in Pakistan today: chilli powder, turmeric, garl ic, p ap rik a, bl ack p ep p er, red p ep p er, cumin seed , bay l eaf, coriand er, card amom, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, mace, nutmeg, p op p y seed s, aniseed , al mond s, p istachios, and y ogurt. Their use in a wide range of p ick l es, chutney s, pr eserves, and sauces, together with curries of al l de script ions and spe cial treatment for meats, sea, food , vegetabl es and l entil s, gives P ak istani cooki ng much of its d istinctive character.

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By Nafisa Siddiqui. M usl im women have pl ay ed a significant role in the struggl e of the P aki stan movement through their enthusiasm, l eade rship, sincerity ad courage, though their efforts are not as recognized as the efforts made by male l eade rs of that time. W omen pa rticipa tion in the political arena was first felt when in the 1950 K hil afat movement, B isma, mother of M aul ana S hauka t A l i and M ohammad A l i J ohar and her da ughter in l aw addr essed l arge meetings behind curtains and travel l ed various cities for suppo rt against B ritish impe rial ism whil e her two sons were in j ail . D uring the P ak istan movement a simil ar trend was seen in M usl im women, M iss F atima J innah was one of them. M uhtarama F atima J innah, cal l ed the moth-

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er of the N ation, was the younge st sister of M oham ohammad A l i J innah. The fonde r of P aki stan was one of the most pow erful characters in the pa inful p rocesses of the inde pe nde nce of P aki stan. S he is one of the most respe cted women in the history of I ndo P aki stan. S he sevwas born in 1893, the youngest among sev en brothers and sisters and was the cl osest to Q uid- e- A z am. S he had her earl y educ ation from B andr a C onvent in 1902. I n 19 she got adm itted to the highl y compe titive U niversity of C al cutta and attende d the D r. A hmad D ental C ol l ege. A fter receiving the de gree of D ental sergeant she ope ned her de ntal cl inic in B ombay . A fter the de ath of her husband she moved with her brother and become a cl ose counsel l or and trustworthy compa nion. W hen M ohammad A l i J innah organiz ed the A l l I ndi a M usl im l eague M iss. F atima J innah was sel ected as a mem-

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and w orke d t il l 1947. S he was a strong activist of women’ s rights and after inde pe nde nce she formed the W omen’ s R el ief C ommittee, which l ater formed the A l l P aki stan W omen’ s A ssociation. I n 1965, M iss F atima J innah ran for P reside nt as a candi da te of the C ombined O p pos ition P arty . The sight of this fragil e but de termined l ady contesting against the pow erful A yub K han was uniqu e and inspi ring for women of P aki stan. I t was amaz ing that al l oppos ition pa rties incl udi ng J amaat- iI sl ami accept ed a woman as a pr eside ntial candi da te and her campa ign was a true pi cture of publ ic enthusiasm, no doubt a rol e mode l for P aki stani women. F atima J innah was a graceful , pa ssionate pol itical worke r, a very de termined and qualified dental surgeon. Her presence with Q uide A z am on every impor tant pol itical

occasion was an inspi ration for M usl im women. F atima J innah di ed in K arachi on 9 J ul y 1967. The official cause of her death was heart fail ure. The N ation’ s l ast memory of her is when her body was being take n in a pr ocession of 60, pe opl e towards the M az ar of Q uide A z am. M asses of pe opl e showered the streets with rose pe tal s, cryi ng and chanting, “ L ong l ive the mother of the N ation, l ong l ive P aki stan! ”

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Country overview: S hort name IN D IA L anguages H ind i ( hi) , E ngl ish ( en) , etc. Time zone +5:30 C api tal N ew D el hi P reside nt R am N ath K ovind, P rime minister N arendr a M odi Census Total Population: 1255.56 M (2014)C ensus) Rural Population: (% of total population)

l im 13.1% , C hristian 2.31% , B ud dhi sts 1.05% , S ikh 1.93% , J ains 0.41 % , O thers or not stated 0.76% ( 201 C ensus) Scheduled Castes and Tr i b e s : Indian President Indian Prime Minister S ched ul ed Ram Nath Kovind, Narendra Modi Castes: 16.2% Age structure: (2001 Census) Scheduled Tribes: 8.2% 0–14 years: 30.8%(male 173,478,760/ ( 201 C ensus) female 163,852,827) Languages: There are 216 l anguages with 15–64 years: 64.3% (male 363,876,219/ more than 10, 0 native sp eake rs in I ndi a. female 340,181,764) The l argest of these by far is H indi with 65 years and over: 4.9% (male 27,258,020/ some 37 mil l ion ( the second l argest being femal e 26 ,7045) ( 206 est.) The average B engal i with some 207 mil l ion) . 2 l anage of Indians is 24.8 years. guages are recognized as “official languagPopulation growth rate: 1.606%% (2007 es” . I n I ndi a, there are 1,65 2 l anguages and Birth rate: 22.69 births/1,000 population di al ects in total . ( 207 e st.) Death rate: 6.58 deaths/1,000 population ( 206 e st.) Literacy rate: 65.38% (2001 est.) P ercent of the popul ation unde r the poverty line: 22%(2006 est.) Unemployment Rate: 7.8% Total population: 1.064 male(s)/ femal e ( 206 e st.) Total fertility rate: 2.81 children born/woman ( 207 est.) The TF R ( Total Road to Independence number of chil dr en born pe r O n 3 J une 1947, V iscount L ord L ouis women ) accord ing to R el igion M ountbatten, the l ast B ritish G overnorin 2001 was : Hindus - 2.27, G eneral of I ndi a, announced the pa rtitionMuslims - 3.06, Sikhs - 1.86, ing of the B ritish I ndi an E mpi re into an I nC hristians - 2.06, B uddhi sts di a and P aki stan, unde r the pr ovisions of the 2.29, J ains - 1.50 , A nimists and I ndi an I nde pe nde nce A ct 1947. A t stroke O thers - 2.9, Tribal s - 3.16, of midni ght, on 15 A ugust 1947, I ndi a beScheduled Castes - 2.89. came an inde pe nde nt nation. This was pr eReligions: Hindu 80.5%, Mus-

Liaquat Ali Khan’s Murder

By:Zafar Alam Sarwar, Islamabad F irst P rime M inister L iaqua t A l i K han’ s addr ess to U .S . pa rl iamentarians was incl ude d in the P unj ab higher seconda ry school E ngl ish text book. That was worth readi ng. The concl udi ng pa rt of the spe ech has its significance today as he espoused the cause of de vel opi ng countries l ike P aki stan with di gnity and honour. The U .S . adm inistration repor tedl y frowned at the P aki stani l eade r for his advoc acy of inde pe nde nce, sovereignty and equ al status in the comity of nations. W hat enraged them l ater was L iaqua t A l i K han’ s refusal to al l ow use of P aki stani bases against I ran. W ho ki l l ed the popul ar pr emier? W as the U .S . behind his murde r? The que stion is stil l al ive in minds of citiz ens of R awal pi ndi I sl amabad a nd ot her metropol itans. O il , I ran and air bases seem to be issues of recent times. N ot inde ed. I t was about 6 ye ars back that these issues were very much in play and a recently declassified document indi cates that these were the reasons behind the assassination of L iaqua t A l i K han on O ctober16, 195. Like many other high-profile killings, the assassination of L iaqua t A l i K han has al so remained a mys tery . C onspi racy theories abound, yet are difficult to substantiate. Interestingly, according to a declassified doc ument from the U S S tate D epa rtment, a tel egram was sent by the A merican E mbassy in N ew D el hi on O ct. 30, 195.T he tel egram carried the summary of an articl e publ ished in an U rdu da il y of B hopa l , ‘ N ade em’ on

re O ct. 24, 195, charging the U S with the respons ibil ity of L iaqua t A l i K han’ s de ath. The summary then poi nts to the facts in the article: “It was neither a local incident nor connected with the P ashtoonistan move movement ( as some may have bel ieved then) . I t had behind it a de ep- rooted conspi racy and recogniz abl e hand.” The articl e then says that the then A fghan government “ kne w about the conspi racy and the assassin was an A fghan, ye t, the pl ot was hatched neither in K abul nor in K arachi ( the then capi tal of P aki stan) .” The doc ument reveal s that the da y before assassination, the secretary to the A merican ambassad or in K arachi absent- minde dl y j otted dow n “ hol ida y” for O ct. 19 in a table diary and then immediately struck it off. F ol l owing the secretary’ s de pa rture, M ohammad H ussain, a P aki stani empl oye e at the A merican E mbassy in K arachi aske d the secretary’ s B ritish cl erk about the hol ida y . The cl erk de scribed it as a pos sibl e sl ip. “ M istake meaningful ,” however, because “ the secretary kne w the embassy woul d be cl osed ( on) O ct. 17 ( sic) al though no A merican or P aki stani hol ida y was schedul ed then to fal l that da y . The A merican ambassador ( in K arachi) offered condol ences to L iaqua t’ s wife ( R aana L iaqua t A l i K han) on the phone , some three and a hal f minutes before even the G overnor G eneral of P aki stan K hawaj a N az imuddi n managed to offer his condolences. This was de spi te the fact that the governor general was the first to be informed (of the ki l l ing) by the R awal pi ndi authorities. I nde ed with no mobil e connection, no l ive transmissions, even no TV , those were di fferent days and the flow of information was much sl ower than toda y . The que stion that the articl e thus tried to raise was how di d the A merican ambassador come to k now of the assassination before

the governor general of P ak istan found out ? The articl e, as summariz ed by the de cl assified US document, then discussed the possibl e reason for the di senchantment of the U S and the U K governments with the P aki stan pr ime minister and his government. L iaqua t A l i K han was not ready to toe the U S l ine, and he nce the U S wanted hi m el iminated. “ W hil e the U K was pr essing P aki stan for suppor t on the issue of I ran, the U S de manded Pakistan use its influence in Tehran and pe rsuade it to transfer control of its oil fields to the US (oil apparently has remained a maj or issue with the A mericans ever since, espe cial l y whil e M ohammad M osadde q was in pow er in Tehran then) . L iaqua t A l i K han de cl ined to accede to the request: Not only that, he also demanded that the U S vacate air bases in P aki stan. A nd hence the pl ot to ki l l him was hatched. C ommon pe opl e say L iaqua t A l i K han’ s

cede d by P andi t J awaharl al N ehru’ s famous spe ech titl ed Trys t with de stiny . “ A t the stroke of the midni ght hour, when the worl d sl eeps , I ndi a wil l awake to l ife and freedom . A moment comes, which comes but rarel y in history , when we step out from the ol d to the new, when an age ends , and when the soul of a nation, l ong suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a pe riod of il l fortune, and I ndi a di scovers hersel f again. ” P rime M inister N ehru and D eput y P rime M inister S arda r V al l abhbhai P atel invited L ord M ountbatten to continue as G overnor G eneral of I ndi a. H e was repl aced in J une

1948 by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. Patel took on the respons ibil ity of unifyi ng 56 princely states, steering efforts by his “iron fist in a velvet glove” policies, exemplified by the use of mil itary force to integrate J unagadh, J ammu and K ashmir, and H yde rabad state into I ndi a. The C onstituent A ssembl y compl eted the work of dr afting the constitution on 26 N ovember 194; on 26 J anuary 1950 the R epublic of India was officially proclaimed. The C onstituent A ssembl y el ected D r. R ajendra Prasad as the first President of India, taki ng over from G overnor G eneral R aj gopa l achari. S ubseque ntl y , a free and sovereign India absorbed two other territories: G oa ( l iberated from P ortuguese control in 196) and P ondi cherry ( which the F rench ceded in 1954). In 1952, India held its first general el ections, with a voter turnout ex ceedi ng 62% ; in pr actice, this made I ndi a the worl d’ s l argest de mocracy .

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Helping a Syrian Family Opens da n. There B il al worke d l ong hours in a farm to p ay rent for the one- bedr oom apa rt rtNew Doors for Caseworker il al M uhammad , 40, l ived with his wife, Z ahra, and three ki ds in a smal l city cal l ed A l - Z abada ni in southwestern S y ria. B il al j ointl y owned a l arge farm with his father and y ounger brother. Their three- storey home was situated right in the mid d l e of the farm. B il al ’ s p arents occupied the ground floor, Bilal, his wife and kids lived on the first floor and his brother on the second. Bilal’s family lived off the land. B il al and Z ahra spe nt y ears seeing one doc tor after another l ooki ng for a treatment for their younge st da ughter, A isha. A isha suffers from achondr opl asia which is a form of short-limbed dwarfism. To Bilal and Z ahra, A isha’ s condi tion was more than a phys ical l imitation. They feared A isha wil l never have a normal l ife until and unl ess she stands as tal l as her pe ers. W hen the dr ums of war sounde d in S y ria, the M uhammads grabbed a kna ps ack worth of belongings and fled to neighboring Jor-

ment his famil y shared with six other p eopl e. N ot l ong after they moved to J orda n, their neighbours informed them that a bomb had hit their home. A l l three storeys came crashing dow n, bits and pi eces scattered al l across the farm. L ike the fragments of their famil y home, B il al ’ s ex tende d famil y was al so di spe rsed across the gl obe. B il al ’ s pa rents ende d u p i n another p art of J orda n whil e his brother took refuge in Turke y . B il al , his wife and three ki ds were accept ed into C anada in l ate 2015 as pa rt of the W el come R efugee pr ogram. W hen the M usl im F ood B ank & C ommunity S ervices caseworke r N aseem Q uraishi took up the M uhammads ’ case after three months of their arrival in C anada , he hel pe d them ope n a bank account, showed them their way around the city and hel pe d them navigate different government organizations. Naseem al so hel pe d their ki ds with homework. B ut most impor tantl y , N aseem taught them how

As You Sow, So Shall You Reap to de al with chal l enges as l ong wait times to see spe cial ists for their da ughter. Though Bilal found a job as a flooring contractor, his income wasn’ t steady . N aseem taught B il al to be patient when he couldn’t find work for months at a time. N aseem pr ovide d suppor t to the M uham uhammads for the sake of G od al one. H e di d not expe ct to be remunerated in any way or even be thanke d ye t somehow he fel t l ike he is getting the better side of the bargain. “ I haven’ t done any thing for them, they are the ones that have impa cted my l ife,” he asserted. Besides the sense of fulfilment in being there for someone in need, N aseem fel t l ike his suppor t of the M uhammads has changed his l ife for the better. I n many ways , he fel t l ike it’ s ope ned door s for him. “ I never expe cted to get any thing in return in this l ife but a l ot of great things are happe ning,” N aseem said with a smil e. N aseem recentl y got engaged to a girl the M uhammads introduc ed him to pl us he got a pr omotion in his compa ny . A s a caseworke r to newl y- immigrated S yr ian famil y , N aseem wore many hats but the ke y aspe ct of his suppor t to the M uhammads was simpl y being a good friend , espe cial l y in times of di stress. More than financial problems, what troubled B il al and Z ahra a great de al was their chil d’ s di sabil ity . They thought that since C anada has such an adva nced medi cal sys tem, their da ughter’ s ail ment wil l surel y be treated here. B ut fate took another turn. N aseem j oined B il al and Z ahra in a meeting with a spe cial ist so he coul d interpr et for them. The spe cial ist tol d them that there is nothing he can do for their daughter. Of all the difficult things B il al and Z ahra have had to endur e, real iz ing that their da ughter’ s ail ment has no

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