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O P I N I O N

Religious freedom

HE State Department re- mean that the designation — in the dom promotes peace by reducing spurred to improve their human cently missed its legal dead- unlikely event that it were to occur the likelihood of faith-driven or rights record in order to attract forline for designating ‘Coun- — would be ineffective. sectarian conflict also falls short eign investors who fear the reputatries of Particular Concern’, a list So what would motivate Pakistan in Pakistan’s case. Our country is tional risks of handing over wealth of nations that violate religious to tackle the escalating persecution wracked by lawlessness, and reli- to rights violators. However, as freedom in a “systematic, ongoing, of religious minorities? This ques- gion-related violence is just one of Pakistan embraces CPEC as its big and egregious” manner. tion is particularly pertinent as the many security challenges. A dec- growth plan for the coming decades, The US Commission on Interna- hostility against religious minori- ade of indiscriminate terrorism has this aspect can become increasingly tional Religious Freedom, the body ties intensifies with state complic- also made sectarian violence com- irrelevant. Chinese companies are that recommends which countries ity, whether in the form of legis- paratively palatable. unlikely to ask the state to improve should be designated, criticised the lation, parliamentary discourse or Moreover, our state’s blunt way of its track record on religious freeState Department for the oversight, unchecked street agitation. dealing with conflict in the form dom or other human rights. stating that it “tells violators of re- External pressure in the form of the of para/military operations hardly In the absence of any compelling ligious freedom around the world CPC designation or other condem- distinguishes between religious- reason to check religious persecuthat the United States is look- nation from powers that can offer ly motivated violence and other tion, Pakistan’s minorities are falling away”, and is unlikely to take inducements (defence coopera- forms of conflict. ing victim to political expediency rights violations seriously. tion, trade deals, aid) has been the In Development as Freedom, Am- whereby the short-term gains for Pakistan is among the 16 countries most effective in making states be- artya Sen argued that economic political parties and other power that the USCIRF has recommend- have themselves: think of Turkey and social development is facilitat- brokers of taking aggressive posied feature on the list — not sur- keeping human rights violations ed by freedom, and that any form tions against the most vulnerable prisingly, and not for the first time. in check and respecting press free- of ‘unfreedom’ hampers progress are too attractive to overlook. However, the State Department dom while still aspiring for an EU and prosperity. By this argument, Ultimately, as a nation, we will has yet to designate Pakistan as a membership. But in a multipolar states should promote religious have to find an internal motivating CPC, presumably to avoid tack- world in which some of the ‘poles’ freedom to facilitate an overall factor to support religious freeling the sensitive issue of religious — China, Russia — have little environment in which freedom is dom. That motivating factor will freedoms as part of an already frac- regard for human rights, external respected and protected — in other have to be the realisation that if tious bilateral relationship. pressure is less compelling. words, rights beget rights, which one group’s rights can be trampled What would make us stop mal- The fact that countries where rights in turn beget growth. But Sen’s today, then our rights (whoever treating minorities? violations are routine are signato- premise will have few takers in ‘we’ may be) can be trampled toAnyway, it is unlikely that a des- ries of the Universal Declaration of Pakistan where too many vested morrow. Since there is no predictignation would motivate Pakistan Human Rights and similar rights interests benefit more immediately ing who will hold power, whether to check the blatant violation of re- treaties is also meaningless. Insti- from rights violations, whether in political or institutional, in the ligious minorities’ rights. Souring tutions such as the UN that uphold the form of extrajudicial killings, decades to come, we can only take relations with the US, the astute such treaties are weakening, and abductions, worker rights viola- ease in the idea that our religious recognition that religious freedom their credibility has eroded in the tions or religious persecution as a and other freedoms are protected no matter who’s in charge. Sadly, violations are not a high priority is- face of multiplying humanitarian rent-seeking activity. sue for the Trump administration, crises in places such as Syria and When moral, social and diplomatic such insight is hardly our forte. and a growing reliance on China Yemen. drivers fail, money usually suc- By: Huma Yusuf for support at international fora The argument that religious free- ceeds. Many countries have been The writer is a freelance journalist. Wa a n l a y s a l i l i n s a n i i l l a m a ’ s a ’ a a T h a t m a n c a n h a v e n o t h i n g b u t w h a t h e s t r i v e s f o r.

ZUH successfully completes its first year of operation By: - Saima Khan This past August, Saudi Arabia saw the arrival of 2 million pilgrims who had set off to perform Hajj. Of these people, 5 of them were sent on behalf of the Zaad- Ul- Hujjaj Foundation. Aimed at providing pilgrimages to those Muslims who are unable to afford it, the Foundation successfully completed its first year of operation. With the help of their generous donors and supporters, they were able to collect sufficient funds to send 5 people to perform Hajj, 1 person to perform Umrah in the month of Ramadan, and 1 performance of Hajj al- Badl through scholars in Pakistan. Furthermore, with the help of Maulana Zafar Abid, they were able to provide the pilgrims with free classes to prepare them for Hajj. The experiences of these people can be best understood through the words of one pilgrim whose life goal was to perform Hajj with his elderly parents. He states “the Zaad- Ul- Hujjaj Foundation came in my life as

an inordinate stepping- stone and a reminder that it was my duty to procure my parents’ wishes. They provided me with everything I was lacking in and helped me through the whole process of providing the sufficient money, getting the Hajj Visa, getting Hajj training; overall helping me in any way they could. At first, I thought this was impossible but when things started to come along, there were feelings I had which cannot be explained in words.” Furthermore, he adds, “now that I have done Hajj, my wish is to continue this religious practice through Zaad-Ul- Hujjaj by helping those who are lacking financially or have no starting point.” That is, he hopes to pass on the gift of Hajj so someone can cherish it as much as he and his family did. On that note, President and founder, Saima Khan, would like to give special thanks to her students, family members and the community for making this years efforts a success. Without any of this, it would not have been possible to achieve charitable status by the government of Canada. As a charity, they are officially able to give tax deductible receipts to their donors and will be accepting email requests for them as well as any other questions or concerns at info@zaadulhujjaj.org. May Allah accept everyone’s efforts this year and grant them all the reward of Hajj e Mabroor. Ameen.

“Choosing ‘G.M.O.’ or Organic?”

By: Ghulshan Aalani “The Union of BC Municipalities passes a resolution to ask the Province to effectively ban Genetically Modified Foods in the Province”. The resolution brought up by the Vancouver Island community of Metchosin called for a resolution to ask the province to ban plants and animals produced by using genetic engineering. (Ref. 24Hr). However, G. M. O. food according to health Canada genetically engineered foods are those that have been developed from a process not previously used in food or had their genes manipulated. The matter of Genetically Modified Food is very complex and emotional too. As GMO food is little cheaper than the Organic food, which is affordable by us all, but not as healthy as normal Organic food. Majority of the people are against Genetically Modified food for the simple reason that it is grown with more pesticide, fungicide and artificial ways and so consider it as fake food, like fake news or fake religions that ruins lives, health, mind and soul. An expert Dr. Oz explains a lot about GMO, chemicals and its process and genes manipulation. Also an author of ‘Real food fake food’ - Larry Olmsted explains a lot including plastic in certain Fish and risk of BPA Plastic Bottles.

Certain toxic chemicals and Alcohol are used in food, cosmetics, hair spray and toys also contains Mercury, pose potential risk, and proven dangerous for health. Such products not considered Halal or Kosher. It is proven Scientifically that any food grown with chemicals is the health hazard. Increases obesity, depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc. Though, what matters most is the health, especially the health of our Children whose health can only be maintained with natural organic food only. The different kinds of reaction happens as a result of these chemicals and preservatives in food. Preservatives used in all the foods, even in Milk that is given to children every day: imagine how much chemicals accumulates over the years. Some Cows are fed with antibiotics that doubles up the risk of bad health. We should have organic natural Milk produced in clean Farms like we use to have it in E. Africa. Organic food and organic Milk produced by methods that comply with the standards of organic farming can only be consumed safely. Pure and natural food grown naturally without any pesticide or tempering with any kind of chemicals is the best for health as it contains all kinds nutrients and Vitamins. Our food is our Medicine and food must be eaten as Medicine and of course eat with the name of Creator-GOD/ Bismillah Hi Rahmani Raheem.

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Passage of delimitation bill delayed further

Passage of the delimitation bill was delayed again in the Senate as the government, which has apparently failed to garner support from the opposition parties, refrained from presenting the bill before the upper house on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. The 24th constitutional amendment will allow the conduct of delimitation of constituencies on the basis of provisional census results and has already been passed by the National Assembly earlier this month.The Senate had been unable to pass the bill on November 17 as several legislators had remained absent from the session on that day. Only 58 of the 104 senators had attended the session. The bill was placed on the Senate’s agenda again on No-

vember 20. However, the absence of lawmakers had once again delayed the passage of the bill. The leader of the house, Raja Zafarul Haq, had sought deferment for two days and the bill was placed on Senate’s agenda for today. However, today the voting on the bill was deferred until Friday. Earlier, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani held a meeting with Zafarul Haq and Opposition leader in Senate Aitzaz Ahsan. Expressing his concern, Rabbani said that elections must be held on time and requested both the leaders to play their role in making it possible. The bill is meant to pave the way for the timely conduct of the 2018 general elections, he said. Ahsan said, “Only a few days have gone by, not months,” adding that soon the bill will be passed. Talking to the media following his meeting with the chairman, Ahsan said that negotiations for the approval of the bill are still ongoing. “A final decision is yet to be reached on the matter,” he added. “The PPP should be asked why it has opposed the bill,” Senator Haq, also speaking to the media, said. “Negotiations with the PPP are ongoing,” he said, adding that he was not aware what conditions the party has set. During the session, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Senator Hafiz Hamdullah protested against not being given the opportunity to speak and tore a copy of the agenda before walking out of the Senate. Source: dawn.com/news

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PIA incurred Rs1.5 billion losses on New York service last year: aviation official

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) incurred losses worth Rs1.5 billion from flights to New York last year, Secretary Aviation Irfan Elahi informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday. He was answering a question by MNA Tariq Javed who inquired why PIA’s service to New York was discontinued.

Elahi also informed the committee that the service had been incurring losses for the past 10-12 years. “Why do you not resign if the airlines is incurring such great losses?” Javed asked Elahi. At this Elahi said that he was ready to quit, adding that he was also serving as PIA chairman without receiving any extra benefits or salary. Source: dawn.com/news

PM Abbasi approves Ishaq Dar’s leave request Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on The prime minister has taken the additional and Islamabad after non-bailable arrest warWednesday allowed “leave of absence for urgent medical reasons” to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar with immediate effect, DawnNews reported.A notification was issued by the Cabinet Division in this regard, a copy of which is available with DawnNews. It is pertinent to mention that the leave period has not been specified in the notification, however, according to law, the minister can avail medical leaves for maximum three months during his tenure.Details reveal that the portfolios of Dar have also been withdrawn as he is not expected to return anytime soon.

charge of Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs.Earlier on Tuesday, Dar was declared an absconder by an accountability court in Islamabad in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). During an accountability hearing pertaining to Dar, who is accused of amassing assets of an approximate value of Rs831.7 million — disproportionate to his known sources of income ─ NAB’s investigating officer Nadir Abbass told the court that a NAB team had visited the minister’s residence in Lahore

rants were issued against him. However, Abbass said, Dar was not found at either one of his residential addresses. For some time now, the minister has been in London where he is reportedly undergoing medical treatment. The investigating officer claimed that the minister is in London to save himself from the court’s action. Declaring Dar an absconder, the accountability court said that steps will be taken to declare him a proclaimed offender within 10 days.Source: dawn.com/news

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US President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un’s nucleararmed pariah regime to a short blacklist of targeted US foes. “Should have happened a long time ago. Should have happened years ago,” Trump declared, announcing the designation at the start of a White House cabinet meeting. North Korea is already under a wide array of United States and United Nations sanctions, and the terror designation will not have much immediate economic impact in itself. But US officials see the designation — lifted by then-president George W. Bush in 2008 — as a way of ratcheting up the pressure on Pyongyang and especially on other states that may be failing to fully enforce the sanctions already in place. “In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism including assassinations on foreign soil,” Trump said.In February, Kim’s potential rival and elder brother Kim Jong-Nam died after he was sprayed with a nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur airport, in an assassination blamed on Pyongyang. “As we take this action today, our thoughts turn to Otto Warmbier and others affected by North Korean oppression,” Trump continued, underlining the legal case for the designation. US student Warmbier died this year aged only 22 after he was repatriated from deten-

tion in North Korea already in a coma. US officials allege he was tortured in custody. Trump warned that, in addition to the terror designation, Washington is preparing yet another round of sanctions to force Pyongyang to give up its nuclear missile programme. “The Treasury Department will be announcing an additional sanction — and a large one — on North Korea,” he said. “This will be going on over the next two weeks and it will be the highest level of sanctions,” he warned. “The North Korean regime must be lawful and end its unlawful nuclear ballistic missile development and cease all support for international terrorism, which it is not doing.” The White House has declared it will not tolerate Kim’s regime testing or deploying an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to US cities. Experts believe Pyongyang is within months of such a threshold, having carried out six nuclear tests since 2006 and test-fired several types of missiles, including multi-stage rockets. Kim’s government insists it will defy international sanctions to develop a capability it believes is essential to defending itself from the threat of US and South Korean invasion. Washington is also pressuring the North’s key trade partner and traditional ally China to turn up the sanctions pressure and force Kim to come to the table to discuss his disarmament. Source: AFP

jected claims made by Arab foreign ministers that the Lebanese group is arming rebels in Yemen. In a televised speech on Monday from Beirut, Nasrallah, whose Shia group is represented in the Lebanese parliament and has a strong military wing, called the claims made at the previous day’s Arab League meeting “ridiculous”. Referring to a paragraph in the final statement made after the meeting in Cairo, which accused Hezbollah of “supporting terrorism and extremist groups in Arab countries with advanced weapons and ballistic missiles”, Nasrallah said there was no proof for such claims. Saudi Arabia has accused Hezbollah of playing a role in the November 4 firing of a ballistic missile by Yemen’s Iran-allied Shia Houthi rebels towards the King Khaled International Airport outside Riyadh. We have not sent any ballistic missiles or advanced weapons - not even guns - not to Yemen, not to Bahrain, not to Kuwait, not to Iraq ... or any Arab country,” Nasrallah said, adding that Hezbollah does not own ballistic missiles. The only places that Hezbollah has sent weapons to were Palestine and Syria, he said. Nasrallah’s speech comes amid heightened tension between Iran - Hezbollah’s ally - and Saudi Arabia since Saad Hariri’s surprise resignation in Riyadh as Lebanon’s prime minister, just hours before the missile fired by the Houthi rebels was intercepted near the Saudi capital. Hariri, a Sunni politician and ally of Saudi Arabia, cited Iran’s “grip” on his country and threats to his life as the reasons for his resignation. The special summit in the Egyptian capital on Sunday was requested

by Saudi Arabia to discuss alleged “violations” committed by Iran in the Arab region. At the meeting, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, said Iran was aiming “to destabilise and fuel sectarian rift” in the region “and to drive a wedge between ourselves and our people”. The Bahraini foreign minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, also spoke, accusing Iran of inflicting “thousands of wounds” on his country. “Iran has arms in the region, the largest of which is Hezbollah,” said Khalid bin Ahmed, adding that Iran threatened the security of Arab states. Referring to the November 4 missile incident near Riyadh, Nasrallah said: “I spoke of this before, but some did not understand: no one from Hezbollah had any responsibility in this. The problem with Saudi Arabia is that they don’t understand that Yemenis have brains and are strong and can produce their own weapons.” He went on to condemn the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, saying: “Call on Saudi Arabia to halt its massacres.” Despite waging a military offensive in Yemen for more than two years now, the coalition has so far failed to achieve its stated aims of dislodging the

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Germany, Europe’s largest economy and anchor of stability, is facing the prospect of months of political uncertainty after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives were unable to form a coalition with two smaller parties, raising the likelihood of new elections. Merkel said Monday that she was “very skeptical” about trying to forge ahead with a minority government — a setup that has never been tried in post-Second World War Germany — after talks with the left-leaning Greens and pro-business Free Democrats broke down hours earlier. Her current coalition partner, the centre-left Social Democrat party, has remained adamant it will go into opposition after a disastrous result in September’s election. Even if it comes to new elections, a poll Monday for the broadcaster RTL indicated little change in support for the various parties, suggesting there would be similarly difficult prospects in forming a coalition. Immediately after the talks broke down just before midnight Sunday, Merkel pledged she would do everything possible to ensure Germany would continue to be well-led. Later she said that while the situation was regrettable, “we nevertheless have stability in our country.” Her comments came after President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appealed to political leaders to rethink their positions and try again to form a new government. “We now face a situation that we haven’t had in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, so in nearly 70 years,” Steinmeier told reporters after meeting Merkel. It is Steinmeier who will have to decide whether to pave the way for a minority government or call a new election. “This is the moment at which all parties should pause and reconsider their position,” he said. “I expect from everyone readiness to talk, in order to make the formation of a government possible in the foreseeable future.” Merkel spent four weeks haggling with the Free Democrats and the Greens on a new, untried governing coalition until the Free Democrats walked out Sunday night. Martin Schulz, the leader of her current coalition partner, the Social Democrats, reiterated Monday that his party was “not available” for a repeat, even without Merkel in charge, and that a minority government “is not practicable in Germany.” Steinmeier said he will meet leaders of all the parties involved in the failed talks, as well as others, in the coming days. It’s likely to be months before the situation is resolved. If neither the Free Democrats nor the Social Democrats budge, that leaves as the only options another election or a minority government. The German Constitution doesn’t allow parliament to dissolve itself, so the decision lies with Steinmeier. “I don’t have a minority government in my plans,” Merkel said in an interview Monday with ARD public television. “I don’t want to say never today, but I am very skeptical and I think that new elections would then be the better way.” To get to either

destination, the president would first have to propose a chancellor to parliament, who must win a majority of all lawmakers to be elected. Assuming that fails, parliament has 14 days to elect a candidate of its own choosing by an absolute majority. And if that fails, Steinmeier would then propose a candidate who could be elected by a plurality of lawmakers. Steinmeier would then have to decide whether to appoint a minority government or dissolve parliament, triggering an election within 60 days. Merkel’s two-party Union bloc is easily the biggest group in parliament, but is 109 seats short of a majority. Merkel made clear that her pre-election pledge to serve another full term stands and indicated that she was ready to run again. “I was always asked in the election campaign, ‘Will you be ready to serve Germany as chancellor for four years?’” Merkel said. “Two months have passed (since the election), so it would be very strange ... to say that what I told voters during the whole election campaign doesn’t stand anymore.” The nationalist Alternative for Germany, which emerged from September’s election as the third-biggest party, welcomed the coalition debacle. “Merkel has failed,” party co-leader Alexander Gauland said. “We think it’s time for her to go.” Meanwhile, the blame game was in full swing. The Free Democrats’ leader, Christian Lindner, defended ending the talks, telling reporters “we would have had to abandon our fundamental positions” to join a government with the conservatives and Greens. He pointed in particular to compromises his party would have had to have made on key issues like migration policies, financial issues and education. Social Democrats’ leader Schulz said the negotiating parties had put Germany “in a difficult situation.” To which the senior Free Democrat, Wolfgang Kubicki, replied: “If there are new elections, it’s because of the Social Democrats, not because of us.” Other European countries expressed concern, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying that “it’s not in our interest for it to get tense.” Steinmeier underlined those worries. “There would be incomprehension and great concern inside and outside our country, and particularly in our European neighbourhood, if the political forces in the biggest and economically strongest country in Europe of all places didn’t fulfil their responsibility,” he said. Source: The Star

Houthi rebels from the capital, Sanaa, and the country’s north. The war has taken a huge toll on the country: More than 10,000 civilians have been killed and millions of Yemenis have been left without basic necessities. In the context of the ongoing war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Nasrallah said on Monday that the armed group’s era would be over when its fighters are removed from the Syrian border town of al-Bukamal. “This does not mean that Daesh is over, but the infrastructure of Daesh is over,” he said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, also known as ISIS. Nasrallah, whose fighters are battling anti-government groups in Syria, said he is willing to pull Hezbollah out of neighbouring Iraq once the central government announces victory over ISIL in that country. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, said Nasrallah’s comments on ISIL “have to be viewed within the context of Hariri’s resignation, who said he would be ready to withdraw his resignation if Hezbollah disengages itself from regional conflicts”. She said it is possible that he is “trying to open the door to a compromise so that Hariri can withdraw his resignation and there could be some sort of a national agreement in Lebanon”. Source: Al-Jazeera

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B.C.’s upcoming referendum on electoral TransLink considering charging reform will stand, Attorney-General says by distance instead of by zone The 2018 provincial referendum on electoral reform will be the last word on whether voters want to change how they select their elected officials in British Columbia, Attorney-General David Eby said Monday. Mr. Eby will launch public consultations later this week to shape the referendum question, providing both experts and average British Columbians with the opportunity to design what the question – or questions – will be, and to shape rules on spending limits and any public funding for proponents. “The goal is to provide British Columbians with a very clear opportunity to state their preference about where they want to go,” Mr. Eby said in an interview. “I just have a hard time imagining, coming out of a process like that, that there could be any further discussion to be had.” British Columbians have already been asked twice in the past 12 years if they want to change the existing first-pastthe-post voting system, and Mr. Eby says, if the measure fails again, “that would settle the question.” The NDP minority government, in its agreement with the BC Green caucus, has promised a mail-in ballot next year that will ask if voters want to change to some form of proportional representation – a voting system where the number of seats each party gets in the legislature is based on their percentage of the popular vote. For the Greens, working toward proportional representation is a fundamental tenet, and at a recent roundtable forum with The Globe and Mail, party leader Andrew Weaver said that commitment won’t disappear even if voters reject change for a third time. “It defines who we are,” he said. However, Mr. Weaver said there will be little public appetite to keep going back to voters, should this vote fail to yield a change to the voting system. “I don’t think people would want you to … have a referendum every four years – so it’s not the last one in the future, but certainly I would say for the foreseeable future.” In 2005, B.C. voters were asked if they wanted to replace the current first-past-the-post system with one that would use a single transferable vote (STV). That proposal won 57.7-per-cent approval from voters, just below the 60-per-cent threshold that had been set as the minimum level of required support. In 2009, voters were asked again to approve a shift to the STV system, but support dropped to just below 40 per cent. The STV system – a form of proportional representation that allows voters in each riding to rank candidates by preference – had been proposed by a citizens’ assembly that had

been appointed to study electoral reform. Mr. Weaver said the vote failed because it was too difficult to explain how the new voting system would work. But now, with both the NDP and Greens campaigning for change, Mr. Weaver says he is hopeful that this time around voters will embrace a new voting system. The Greens have agreed to support the NDP government on key measures, in part as a demonstration to show how a minority government system can work in British Columbia. In last spring’s provincial election, the Liberals and NDP each earned slightly more than 40 per cent of the popular vote, but the New Democrats eventually formed a minority government with the support of the Greens, who received almost 17 per cent of the popular vote but took just three of 87 seats. B.C.’s first-past-the-post system has delivered results in the legislature that can vary significantly from voters’ preferences. In 1996, the NDP formed a majority government even though the Liberals had a greater share of the popular vote. (The NDP won more seats, while the Liberals’ votes were spread out.) In 2001, the Liberals captured 77 of 79 seats in the Legislature with just 57 per cent of the total votes cast. Premier John Horgan has said he will actively campaign in favour of change, arguing that the current system is unfair. The referendum, to be held as a mail-in vote in the fall of 2018, may offer more than one choice for a new model. If the measure passes with a bare majority of votes, British Columbia will use the new voting system in the next provincial election in 2021. The opposition BC Liberals oppose the proposed law that will enable the referendum. Andrew Wilkinson, the Liberal critic for the attorney-general, has said the process “really tears at the fabric of our democracy.” Source: Globe and Mail

The federal government has announced the details of its ten-year national housing strategy, which includes the introduction of a housing benefit for families that won’t kick in until after the next federal election. “[This is a] new, innovative plan that reestablishes the role the federal government must play in housing,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing the plan in Toronto.“Housing rights are human rights, everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to call home.” The ambitious plan promises to tackle everything from homelessness, the shortage of new housing units and repairs to existing units over the next decade, including: Building 100,000 new affordable housing units. Repairing 300,000 affordable housing units. Cutting chronic homelessness by 50 per cent. Protecting 385,000 households from

Providing 300,000 households with financial assistance through the Canada Housing Benefit. Removing 530,000 households from housing need. Most of the funding for the plan was already announced in the 2017 budget and will therefore not have any impact on the federal government’s fiscal plan. The exception is the $4 billion Canada Housing Benefit, which the federal government says will help families by providing an average rent subsidy of $2,500 annually beginning in April 2020 and concluding in 2028.Half of the $4 billion that will be spent by 2028 will come from the provinces and territories with the other half coming from the federal government. The government says the benefit will help support 300,000 households by 2028. Ottawa to build 100,000 new affordable units, recognize housing as ‘fundamental right ‘ New housing strategy could cut into child poverty rates, groups say The strategy was developed with a genderbased analysis and promises to provide affordable housing for senior women and women fleeing domestic abuse. Some 25 per cent of investments under the strategy will be targeted towards women and girls.

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You could pay for transit by the distance you travel instead of by zone under new changes TransLink is proposing to the public. TransLink is asking riders to weigh in on two options, one where rapid transit (including SeaBus) and buses are both distance-based, and another where rapid-transit riders would pay per-kilometre-travelled, but bus riders would be charged a low, flat rate. The changes being considered wouldn’t result in an increase or decrease in revenue, said Andrew Devlin, TransLink manager of policy development. “TransLink has no intention of growing our pot of revenues of fares.” The changes are being proposed after twothirds of the 43,000 respondents to earlier fare-review surveys said they wanted to ditch the zone system because the boundaries were arbitrary and penalized those who travelled short distances over one or two boundaries. Under the new proposed fare system, those riders will likely see their fares go down, along with those who ride the SeaBus, according to TransLink. For instance, the SkyTrain trip for the four kilometres from Joyce Station to Metrotown Station, now a two-zone fare of $4.10, would drop to $2.20, said Devlin. Those who would pay more would include those who travel long distances within one zone, and those, if the distance-based pricing includes buses, who travel more than five kilometres by bus. All riders would pay a minimum fare for any trip under five kilometres, which TransLink said is the equivalent of three to four stations on rapid transit. It would remain the same as a one-zone fare charged today, $2.20. Devlin wouldn’t provide the percentage of trips under five kilometres, but said that 60 per cent of all trips on transit are 10 km or shorter. And fares would max out at the same amount they do now, meaning no one rider would pay more than the $5.60 three-zone fare they do now, he said. TransLink is also asking for ideas on discounts for frequent users, such as a prepaid pass or paying-asyou-go with a fare cap, an idea that received “strong support” from previous survey respondents, it said. The prepaid pass would provide unlimited trips for a monthly fee, as the monthly pass does now, and the fare cap would allow riders to store value on a card in small increments but receive free trips if they reached a minimum number of trips, for example, per month. That would allow those who couldn’t afford to buy monthly passes volume discounts, said TransLink. Jessica Liang would benefit from distance-based pricing because she lives in Collingwood in Vancouver near the Burnaby boundary and it costs her a two-zone fare to visit her family in Burnaby, one station away. She usually

waits until off-peak times to save the extra fare. “It’s only fair to ask people to pay for the distances they travel,” she said. Krisztina Vasarhelyi, who lives in Port Moody and commutes to Richmond by SkyTrain, bus and the Canada Line, said, “I’m just on the border of the zones. I have to pay three zones based on the zoning system, while on the distance system, it’ll be much more equitable.” Mischa Buza occasionally buses to Langley and experience glitches on the Compass-card system and doubts whether the proposed changes will be fairer. “They just want to charge what they can,” she said, referring to mobility pricing being contemplated by a commission. Gordon Price, a fellow with Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue, said distance-based pricing may further penalize those who because of housing affordability issues have to live farther from a city’s more expensive core, or, “put another way, provides a benefit (cheaper fares) to those who can afford it.” He also questioned whether the technology for tapping off buses would work, considering that TransLink had problems with the readers and congestion on buses with the Compasscard rollout. And, he said, distance-based pricing for buses leads to the question of why we don’t implement mobility pricing for vehicles on roads. The public can provide feedback until Dec. 8 through an online survey. TransLink will put together a final proposal of changes for one more round of public consultation in the spring before forwarding the recommendations to the TransLink board for a final decision, said Devlin. Some of the other ideas it looked at were a flat fare for the whole system, which was rejected because it would result in fares increasing by 20 per cent, and a refined zone system, dropped because it was deemed not to be simple or fair. Devlin said the changes, which include a possible per-kilometre incremental charge, which would mean a rider travelling 100 metres would pay the same as someone travelling 999 m, will be finetuned before the final recommendations. Source: Vancouver Sun

The strategy also includes a promise to introduce new legislation that “will require the federal government to maintain a National Housing Strategy and report to Parliament on housing targets and outcomes.” A new federal housing advocate will be tasked with advising the federal government and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) of possible solutions to the affordable housing shortage. The strategy also promises to create a national housing council to help the government keep the national housing strategy on the rails. There will also be a national communications campaign that over a “multiyear” period would help better inform “public views on different housing types and tenures.” National housing co-investment fund The strategy includes $15.9 billion for a national housing co-investment fund that will provide $4.7 billion in financial contributions and $11.2 billion in low interest loans

to developers that meet certain criteria including ensuring that: 30 per cent of units in a development will rent for less than 80 per cent of median market rents for at least 20 years. At least a 25 per cent reduction in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over national building and energy codes. 20 per cent of units meet accessibility standards. The federal government’s support will not come by way of monetary commitments alone, but will include a $200 million transfer of federal lands to housing providers on condition that they meet environmental, socioeconomic and affordability standards. This funding envelope will, the government says, help build 60,000 of the promised 100,000 new affordable housing units, repair 240,000 of the 300,000 units in need of renovations, create 7,000 shelter places, 12,000 new affordable units for seniors and another 2,400 affordable units for people with developmental disabilities. Source: cbc.ca/news

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of Saudi Gazette newspaper Khaled AlMaeena on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), published by Saudi Gazette. Not a day passes without some depressing news from one Muslim country or another. Either it is a terrorist attack in Afghanistan or the Syrian Air Force bombing its own people. Iraq continues to be hit with violence of the most gruesome kind. Mali now joins the list of Muslim countries facing internal turmoil and external intervention. People continue to be killed in Pakistan either in drone attacks by the US or in intersectarian strife. Why?I think no one who reflects on the worsening conditions in the Muslim world can fail to ask these questions: Is this the community envisaged by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), who was born on 12 Rabi Al-Awwal, and is this the world we would have witnessed if Muslims had proved true to their religion and had lived according to the guidance provided by their Prophet (pbuh) and the teachings of the Holy Qur’an?Muslims may complain of many things but they cannot complain that they have no role model. They have the perfect role model in their Prophet (pbuh).There is no other prophet on whose life so much light has been shed. Living in the full glare of history, his sayings and actions have been documented as no other prophet’s have. Recorded in minute detail, their authenticity has not been questioned by fair-minded scholars and honest historians. It is extremely difficult for the Muslims of today to imagine and much less to endure the hardships that the Prophet (pbuh) and his companions underwent. In the ninth year of his mission, the Prophet (pbuh) — having been persecuted and terrorized by his people in Makkah — headed for Taif, home of the Banu Thaqif tribe. If anything, he was treated even more rudely by the tribal elders, who told him to leave the place and even sent street urchins after him to beat him and pelt him with stones. He bled profusely. His entire body was covered with blood and his sandals became clogged to his feet because of the severity of the beating and

Intention:Umar ibn Al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Verily, deeds are only with intentions. Verily, every person will have only what they intended. So whoever emigrated to Allah and His Messenger, then his emigration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever emigrated to get something in the world or to marry a woman, then his emigration is for whatever he emigrated for. Source: Sahih Bukhari 54

Are we true to the Holy Prophet’s teachings?

torture he was subjected to. Those who would resort to violence at what they perceive to be insults to the Prophet (pbuh) and Islam should realize that he bore no ill will toward his tormentors. Instead, he made a heartrending invocation to God Almighty beseeching mercy for the people who had persecuted him. Those Muslims who are intolerant and become violent at the slightest provocation are doing a great disservice to their religion and the principle of tolerance it espouses. When Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) noticed the continued absence of a woman in Makkah who used to insult him and throw garbage on him as he walked the streets, he asked people about her and visited her after learning that she had fallen ill. Over 14 centuries have gone by since he left us, but his message still lives on. It can lead us from darkness to light as it once led the Arabs from backwardness to the heights of success and glory. His life was one of mercy, compassion, care, consideration, kindness and tolerance for all. His sayings, known as Hadiths, bear testimony to this. One particular theme he was never tired of stressing concerns the rights of women. You should look at what the Prophet (pbuh) said and did in order to realize what an honorable and respectable position Islam affords women. However, it is sad to see that many Muslims ignore this or behave in a way that gives a very wrong impression about women’s position in an Islamic society. “Fear Allah in respect of women,” the Prophet (pbuh) said. On another occasion he said: “The best of you are they who are best to

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their wives.” Here is another Hadith: “A Muslim must not hate his wife, and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, let him be pleased with one that is good.” According to him, “The more civil and kind a Muslim is to his wife, the more perfect in faith he is.” In what was considered a revolutionary idea at that time, the Prophet (pbuh) taught his companions to remain in their mothers’ service, saying that Paradise lies beneath their feet. Today, we violate the Prophet’s teachings over this and so many other things, which creates so many problems for us and brings a bad name to our religion. Start with the self-appointed guardians of faith. They preach piety, but are they pious? Do they live by the tenets of Islam? They preach, but do not practice. What about those who spew hate, abuse and defame others – all in the name of religion? Have they not read about the Prophet’s attitude and behavior toward all those around him including the ones who abused him and tried to kill him? Do people in authority follow the precepts of the Prophet (pbuh)? If they did, so many Muslim countries would not be in ferment, providing an opportunity for outsiders to intervene in their affairs or to set one section of the people against another. Are our bureaucrats punctual and sincere? Do they cater to the public’s needs? The functioning of government departments throughout the Muslim world in the holy month of Ramadan tells its own story. Most of our problems are self-inflicted. There is no point in crying that enemies are plotting our destruction or hatching

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conspiracies against us. Of course that is what enemies everywhere have been doing throughout history. The question is whether we should help enemies by our own actions or inaction. Take, for example, scientific progress and economic development. Muslims once led Europe in science and the pursuit of knowledge. All experts agree that without the Arabic numbering system, which included decimals and the cipher (zero), modern science and business would have been impossible. The first university of Europe was established by Muslims in Spain. From the 8th to the 10th centuries, Baghdad flourished as the world’s most civilized city. Its university was attended by 6,000 students from all over the world. Aristotle and Plato were rediscovered by Muslim scholars who translated many Greek manuscripts into Arabic. Even non-Muslim historians admit that Muslims were the originators of modern chemistry, meteorology, mathematics, sociology and geography. Muslim surgeons were also the first to dissect the human body. The first known telescope was built for a Muslim ruler. We should remember that we are the followers of a Prophet (pbuh) who said that one should seek knowledge even if it means traveling as far as China. Today, as we stumble through a confused and turbulent world and as uncertainly and depression grip large parts of the Muslim world, we should go back to the teachings of the Prophet (pbuh). This is the only way to get rid of the social ills from which we suffer. Unfortunately, we say one thing and practice something else. The Holy Qur’an says: “Allah will never change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves.” Surah Al-Ra’d - Ayah 11 (13:11). Let us teach ourselves and our children about the life of the Prophet (pbuh) with a firm resolve that we will use it in our daily lives. Let us be more tolerant, more forgiving and show compassion to all people irrespective of their race or religion. This is the best way to show our love and respect for our Prophet (pbuh). This article is written by Editor in Chief of Saudi Gazette newspaper Khaled AlMaeena

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On Nov 11, Iqra Islamic School invited its Iqra family of students, parents, alumni and other supporters to raise funds for the high school project, an adjacent property at 96A Ave x 168 St, in Fleetwood, Surrey. The fundraising dinner was held at Bombay Banquet Hall in Surrey. Iqra is an elementary & junior high School (accredited by the Ministry of Education; BC) and serves more than 425 students. Opening remarks were made by Ammar Malick & Sarah Gamal El-Dean. The program began with beautiful recitation of Holy Quran by Hassan Ahmed and translation by Syed Ibrahim. Following the recitation, Sarah Jassim & Shiffa Yaqub conducted the student presentation program filling it with humor at times. Performance by students from many grades reflected a very high standard of Arabic and Islamic program at the school. Presentation included • “Seven Days of the weeks” in Arabic presented by KG Div.1-2&3 • “Meaning of Sura Al Fathiha” presented by Gr, One Div.1-2&3 • “We Love Learning” presented by Gr, Two Div.1&2 • “I Promise” by Gr, Three Div.1&2 • “What they are Grateful for” in Arabic by Gr, Four Div.1&2 • “An Anti-Bullying show” presented by Gr, Five Div.1&2 • “Rahmatuan lel alameen” Gr, Six Div.1-2&3

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“Salatul Fajr” presented by Gr, Seven Div.1&2 Ms. Randa El-Khatib the Principal of the school, welcomed all the attendees and instead of a traditional progress update, Ms. Khatib invited students on the stage to share their experiences at Iqra. A short video by students was also presented highlighting what they like about their school. MLA Bruce Ralston was also invited on the stage and he admired the school’s efforts and contributions to the community. MPs Ken Hardy and Randeep Sarai read the message of Justin Trudeau , Prime Minister of Canada, for Iqra School. Dr. Ali Mihirig(President) updated everyone about the High school project and asked everyone to continue their support. The keynote speaker was Dr. Munir El Kassem from London (Ontario), a prominent scholar and international speaker. Dr. El Kassem delivered a beautiful speech in the light of Quran and Sunnah and encouraged all the attendees to open their hearts and donate generously for this noble educational cause. He talked about how we become slaves to the materials things in live and forget to seek happiness (pleasure difference also signified) which we wrongly associate with the material possessions. He used his special skills and helped to raise close to $80K at the spot. The Miracle would like to congratulate the IQRA Islamic School management for its great success in Muslim Community.

Br. Iltaf Sahib elected as the New President of BCMA

November 12th-2017 – The British Columbia Muslim Association elected Iltaf Sahib as the new incoming president. This year’s election were delayed by two weeks due to some technical interpretations of the BCMA constitution. A resolution was passed by the General Council to allow the election committee to seek legal advice before proceeding with the new elections. Once the advice was obtained from the lawyers, the elections were conducted without much delay. The elected directors from all the branches of BCMA convene for a general council meeting where nominations are taken from the elected officials before voting for a candidate. After the Elections the BCMA Election Committee stated, “Br. Iltaf Sahib has been elected as the President of the B.C. Muslim Association for 2017 – 2019 term by the elected directors (men/ women) of the branches and chapters of the Association.”

BCMA presidents serve a two-year term for a maximum of two terms. Iltaf Sahib has served as a chairperson for the BCMA Surrey East Branch for the last four years. His succession to the President role was much expected. Nadeem Shah – the incoming Chairperson of Masjid Rahmah Congratulated Iltaf and stated, with “Iltaf Sahib moving up to take the responsibility for the association, the responsibility have now shifted to me as the new chairman of Masjid Rahmah, I ask you brothers to support me as you have supported brother ILTAF Sahib.” Br Iltaf accepted the role graciously and said, “Situations unfolded at the meeting and now we are at this point. May Allah guide me and help brother Nadeem Shah to run this masjid even better. Nadeem and the new (old) board is totally capable and professional. My support is 100% behind Br. Nadeem Shah, Shoaib Rauf and the rest of the Team.”

The chair of the BCMA Board of Trust welcomed the decision and said, “On behalf of the Board of Trust Affairs, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Br Iltaf Sahib on his new role as the President Elect of the B.C.Muslim Association. I am sure you are enthused with this election result and we are all hopeful that in your new role you will do everything to unite the community for the sake of the Ummah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu alaihe wasalam. The Board of Trust Affairs looks forward to working with you in unity and diversity. Once again our sincere congratulations.” From all of our readership and the management of Miracle Media we Congratulate Br Iltaf and Pray that Almighty Allah help him and Guide him to lead the Association in the best interest of the Membership and Muslims of British Columbia. May Allah (S.W.T) give him the strength to fulfil of the Muslim community of British Columbia. his mandate to the best of his ability in the service Courtesy By: ALAMEENPOST.COM

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Forget Trump, Trudeau is now the biggest obstacle to Pacific trade deal

While Japan in particular wants a quick deal on the pact that Trump abandoned earlier this year, Canada says more talks are needed on contentious points. Donald Trump is old news: Justin Trudeau is now seen as the biggest obstacle to sealing a groundbreaking Pacific trade agreement. Canada’s prime minister has been criticized by Australian and Japanese media since failing to show for a Nov. 10 summit in Vietnam with the other 10 leaders of countries still involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. While Japan in particular wants a quick deal on the pact that Trump abandoned earlier this year, Canada says more talks are needed on contentious points. Canada saw the framework agreement announced in the city of Danang as a sort of pathway for further talks and not a tentative deal, according to a Canadian government official, who asked not to be identified. Trudeau’s government sees Japan and Australia pressuring Canada in a bid to prevent smaller economies like Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei from pushing for more changes, the official said. Canada and Mexico cold to U.S. using TPP

to make progress in NAFTA The bickering threatens to further delay a deal in the works for about a decade that was originally seen as a guarantee of U.S. engagement with Asia and a buffer against China’s rising clout. After Trump’s exit, Japan has led a push to complete the deal, agreeing with the other members to suspend 20 sections of the pact partly on the hope that the U.S. will rejoin one day. Japan wants an agreement as soon as possible, and may look to move ahead without Canada if necessary, the Sankei newspaper reported this week, citing an unidentified negotiator. In an interview with Bloomberg last week, Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged the remaining members to sign up before some of them face elections next year. FRENCH SPEAKERS Canada is looking to strengthen a cultural exemption in the agreement that will allow Trudeau’s government to, in part, support language rights of the French-speaking population, a key part of his voter base. The move suggests the Trudeau government wants the freedom to subsidize and

incentivize French-language and other programming, particularly digital and online Canadian content, without fear of a trade challenge. Trudeau inherited the TPP from predecessor Stephen Harper and has always stopped short of full-throated support for the pact. He’s signalled Canada won’t be rushed into a TPP deal, and his government is almost entirely preoccupied by ongoing NAFTA talks with the U.S. and Mexico. The Canadian government official said there’s a fear that allowing the current TPP wording on cultural exemptions will complicate NAFTA talks further — particularly as Trump threatens to withdraw, as he did with the TPP. The Sankei article indicated that other countries including Japan wouldn’t support changing the cultural exemption — a point that Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami disputed on Tuesday. ‘GOBSMACKED’ “The proposal has not been rejected at this point,” Nogami said. “We agreed at Danang that the 11 countries should put the TPP into effect, and we are not discussing signing it without one particular country.”

Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo earlier this month called Trudeau’s non-appearance at the Vietnam TPP summit a “disappointing development.” That may have cost Canada a chance at being included in the East Asia Summit, an 18-nation group that covers economic and security affairs in the region, the Australian Financial Review reported on Nov. 16. “Sure, if you were worried about NAFTA and other domestic issues, flag it during the process,” the report quoted a senior official as saying. It added that “delegations and leaders were gobsmacked at their behaviour.” –With assistance from Jason Scott http://business.financialpost.com

Reality Check: B.C. Liberal $1 billion ICBC mess is 9000 per cent worse than what they claimed VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal’s ICBC deficit is nearly $1 billion – dramatically higher than the $11 million they falsely told people before the election. Even worse, British Columbians are getting stuck with the bill after the B.C. Liberals raided ICBC coffers to pad their own budgets. Attorney General David Eby revealed Wednesday that the B.C. Liberal’s pre-election claim of a minor $11 million deficit for ICBC was actually closer to a staggering and massive $1 billion loss. The B.C. Liberal pre-election claim misrepresented the truth by 9000 per cent.

Over several years, the B.C. Liberals also drained $1.2 billion from ICBC coffers in order to pad their own annual budgets. Then as the election approached, the B.C. Liberals downplayed and hid the truth from voters, claiming things were under control and that they would keep rates low. In fact, then transportation minister and current B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Todd Stone told people a whopper before the 2017 election, saying, “It has been very clear that we are going to keep rates as affordable as possible.” But the only thing that’s clear is that this B.C.

Liberal ICBC election deception is looking exactly like their 2013 election hydro deception – when they told people hydro rates might not go up, but then announced a massive hydro rate hike as soon as the ballots were counted. Todd Stone and the B.C. Liberals should tell British Columbians why they deliberately hid the truth. Was it because they had no plan for how to deal with their mess, because they knew it would hurt their election chances if people knew the truth, or both? http://bcndpcaucus.ca/news

UTA has successful open house with MPs and provincial Ministers and MLAs

Pressures now lies with elected representatives to report back on progress on December 10 Surrey, BC – The UTA has several hundred members attend an informational session with a number of MPs, provincials Ministers and MLAs over the weekend, where the organizations key issues were outlined. In spite of several attempts over the past two years, this was the first time that the UTA has been able to gather such a group of elected representatives together in one room. The UTA’s ongoing issues with labour

mobility, unlawful industry activities and unfair punitive requirements were presented, and all were given one month to report back on progress at another UTA gathering scheduled for December 10, 2017. The UTA’s approach represents a new era for the way in which the organization deals with those that are tasked with representing the interests of the people, according to UTA spokesperson Gagan Singh. “Sunday’s meeting was an effective way to clearly outline the UTA’s points to federal and provincial offi-

cials, and now the ball is in their court to take action,” says Singh. “There is no longer an opportunity for avoidance by claiming that these issues are not in their jurisdiction, because the reality is that measures towards progress can be made. All of those in attendance have been invited to return back to the UTA’s next gathering, where their efforts will be judged by UTA members who are desperate to have fairness, lawful behavior and free market principles returned to the local drayage industry Gagan Singh – Media Contact:

Trudeau Government Failed to Provide Compassionate Plan for Syrian Refugees: Rempel

Ottawa, ON – the 2017 Fall Reports of the Auditor General of Canada were tabled in the House of Commons, including an examination of whether Syrian refugees received settlement services provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship issued the following statement in response: “This report confirmed an issue we have been raising for over a year; the Liberals have failed to provide a compassionate plan that will ensure Syrian refugees can success-

fully integrate into their new life in Canada. “The audit shows that not only did the Liberals blow past their campaign promise to spend $250 million to resettle Syrian refugees, the Liberals did so while failing to provide sufficient integration support for Syrian refugees, and simultaneously diverting resources away from other refugee groups. “The audit also shows that the Liberals failed to communicate with service providers and provinces in a timely manner, which resulted in urgent programming needs going unmet. “The Auditor General today has reported that the government failed to collect infor-

mation about basic success metrics, such as access to health care and school attendance. This confirms what the Liberals should know by now; that they can’t use photo ops and feel good tweets as a metric of success when the health and prosperity of human beings are at stake. “It is deeply disturbing that while the Liberal government has failed to provide integration support for Syrian refugees, Justin Trudeau is offering reintegration support for terrorists who took up arms against Canada and our allies. The Prime Minister must answer for his inability to offer a legitimate plan for prospective Canadians and newcomers.”

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Arab states stand united against ‘unacceptable Iranian aggression’ CAIRO: Arab states stood united on Sunday against Iranian aggression in the region, and Saudi Arabia warned that it would not stand idly by in the face of threats to its national security. “We are obliged today to take a serious and honest stand … to counter these belligerent policies so that we can protect our security,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told an emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo. The ministers expressed their full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and support for any measures it may take to counter Iranian threats, warned Iran to stop interfering in the internal affairs of their countries and end its support for Hezbollah and Houthi militias, and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Iranian aggression. Saudi Arabia asked for Tuesday’s meeting, with the support of the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, after the launch on Nov. 4 of an Iranian-supplied missile aimed at Riyadh from Houthi militia-held territory in Yemen. Al-Jubeir said Iran continued to threaten the security of Arab states, violating all interna-

tional principles. Iranian missiles did not respect sacred Muslim sites in Makkah, he said, and the missile that targeted Riyadh reflected Iranian aggression against the Kingdom and illustrated the “grave dangers in the region due to Iranian interference.” Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said the missile that targeted Riyadh was “an Iranian message of aggression which is unacceptable in form and substance.” He said: “The Iranian missile program poses a dangerous threat to the region and its security. Iranian threats have crossed a line, and they are pushing the region to the brink. Iran is adopting a sectarian strategy to fuel regional conflicts and is seeking to make Yemen a thorn in the side of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.” The secretary-general urged Tehran to “review its policies toward the region and stop its interference.” Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa said Lebanon was under the “total control” of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. “Iran’s biggest arm in the region at the moment is the terrorist

Hezbollah arm,” Sheikh Khalid said, and there was dangerous Iranian escalation in the region. Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil did not attend Sunday’s meeting. He was replaced by Lebanon’s delegate to the Arab League, Antoine Azzam. Lebanese sources said there was intense pressure on the League to avoid explicit references to Hezbollah in statements after the meeting, but the efforts failed. Bassil is the son-in-law of Lebanese President Michele Aoun, who is an ally of Hezbollah. Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, who is known for his support of Iranianbacked militias such as Hezbollah, was also absent from the meeting; the Undersecretary at Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nizar Khair Allah, attended instead. Diplomatic sources said the General Secretariat of the Arab League has prepared a dossier of violations, interference and provocative statements by Iran and its officials, along with memorandums from member

states, mainly Saudi Arabia, detailing Iranian interference targeting regional stability. Arab affairs expert Dr. Moutaz Salama, of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said Sunday’s meeting was part of a long-term Saudi strategy which will develop gradually to contain Iran’s destructive role in the region. Rallying Arab diplomatic efforts against Iranian interference was an essential step to move the issue on to the international stage, he said. Arab diplomatic sources said that there was an agreement between Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain to confront Iranian regional aggression decisively. Source: arabnews.com

Rohingya Muslims Genocide-What Happened to Never Again?

By Ejaz Naqvi, MD Did we really mean “Never Again” after the holocaust? After the World War II, the civilized nations made a commitment to never allow another genocide to happen again. Unfortunately, we have been witnessing another genocide against the Rohingyan people. Yet the world is mostly silent, specially the world leaders, barring a few. When there is systematic “ethnic cleansing”, why is it not viewed as genocide? At the very least, there are serious human right violations. Yet the world leaders remain silent on this human tragedy. At the annual dinner of my Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County last week, we had one of the Rohingyan teenage girls, Tasmin, make a heartfelt appeal to support her community. She is a foster child of one of the members of the local interfaith women circle. After moving through various countries, she ended up in the USA about a year ago. She is the only one from her family who was able to escape. Her parents and other members are still trapped in Myanmar and facing persecution. Hearing her personal story gave a human face to this genocide. Definition of Genocide: The Article II of the international Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide states: In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a na-

tional, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Rohingya Muslims Genocide Rohingyans are Indo- Aryan community from Rakhine, Myanmar (formerly named Burma). They are predominantly Muslims, though some are Hindus. They have been living in Burma since the 8th century. They have faced ethnic cleansing for many decades. The current crackdown by the Myanmar military started couple of years ago. They have been facing persecution, discrimination, rape, murder, torture and forced migration, that has escalated to a human rights crisis in the last two years or so. The U.N. reported over 600, 000 have fled to the neighboring Bangladesh. Others have a higher estimate, totalling up to a million ref-

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Zimbabwe latest: What we know so far? family were safe. The military was only targeting what he called “criminals” around the president, he said, denying that there had been a coup. “As soon as we have accomplished our mission we expect that the situation will return to normalcy,” he added. President Mugabe was being held at his home and was “fine”, according to a statement by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, who spoke to him on Wednesday. On Thursday, he was pictured taking part in talks with Gen Constantino Chiwenga and South African government ministers at State House. The South African envoy has been trying to help the two sides reach a deal on Mr Mugabe’s future, but sources suggest he may be resisting pressure to resign. On Friday, the president gave out degrees at a university of which he is chancellor, thereby meeting a prior commitment. The military said on Friday that they had detained some “criminals”, but they did not give names. On Saturday, tens of thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets of Harare to urge Mr Mugabe to go. It was led by veterans of the country’s war of independence, who last year turned against him. “There’s no going back about Mugabe,” said veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa. “He must leave.” On Sunday Zanu-PF sacked Mr Mugabe as its leader. Meanwhile main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been receiving cancer treatment in South Africa, returned to Zimbabwe amid suggestions that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) could form part of a possible transitional government. And what hasn’t happened? There has not been any official government

response to events. Nor have we heard directly from President Mugabe or his wife Grace which, according to analysts, suggests they have lost control. When Mr Mugabe spoke at the university on Friday, he did not make any political comment.And there are no reports of any members of the security forces who remain loyal to Mr Mugabe intervening to defend him. • Zimbabwe takeover: Five things you should know. • SA delegation tries to find resolution What has upset those behind this action? This is all about the leadership succession, as Mr Mugabe’s powers finally falter. The people who fought in the 1970s guerrilla war against white minority rule still dominate Zimbabwe’s government, and especially its security forces, and they are worried about losing that power, and the wealth it generates. Last week, the army chief Gen Chiwenga warned the military could intervene to halt purges of the governing Zanu-PF that were “clearly targeting members of the party with a liberation background”. This was obviously a reference to the sacking last week of Mr Mnangagwa, Mr Mugabe’s once loyal deputy and a former defence minister, spy chief and veteran of the war of independence. Mrs Mugabe’s supporters are known as “Generation 40” or “G40” - a name which signals a changing of the guard in Zimbabwe, at least partially, 37 years after independence. So this military action is the old guard reasserting its authority. Mr Mugabe was the political leader of the guerrilla war so the army has always professed loyalty to him, until he explicitly

By HARVEY GAVIN SAUDI Arabia is ordering its super-rich princes to cough up billions of dollars in exchange for their freedom as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on corruption, according to reports. Under the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the government has detained hundreds of the country’s elite, including global business magnate Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. The long list of suspects include dozens of royal family members, ministers and business leaders.

They face allegations of money laundering, bribery, extortion and exploiting public office for personal gain. Many of the detainees are being held at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton in the Saudi capital Riyadh.And according to reports, many of those held prisoner in the five-star resort are working to secure their release by signing over cash and assets. An adviser told the Financial Times: “Saudi authorities are making settlements with most of those in the Ritz. “Cough up the cash and you will go home.” Saudi officials say their corruption investi-

gation has so far identified at least $100bn of illegally acquired funds Though this figure is expected to rise as the probe continues, with some people briefed on the case saying the final figure could be as high as $300bn. In some cases, officials are trying to seize as much as 70 per cent of the assets of suspects. And any deals are also likely to include pledges of loyalty to Prince Mohammed. The kingdom’s central bank has already frozen a huge number of accounts as investigators build cases against some of those arrested.

Nov 16, “Pakistan is fully cognizant of asymmetrical and dynamic security challenges emerging in the 21st century. We support the concept of ‘smart pledges’ and are willing to form partnerships with fellow UN members for peacekeeping operations.” This was stated by Minister for Defence Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan while speaking on the panel “Early Warning and Deployment” during the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting that concluded in Vancouver, Canada. Defence Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to UN principles and to

UN Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (UNPCRS). He informed the audience that UN verification teams have visited Pakistan and declared our preparation as a paradigm for other member states. “Pakistan has pledged troops and equipment generously for peacekeeping. Yet rapid deployment of peacekeeping troops to ward off genocide and mass suffering remains one of the greatest challenges faced by the United Nations. said Minister. The onus is now on the UN to provide clear Pakistan is one of the leading troop contribmilestones and timelines for internal uting countries to UN Peacekeeping misreforms that support rapid deployment,” sions, with over 6000 uniformed personnel

deployed currently in 10 different missions of the United Nations. Since 1960, Pakistan has sent over 180,000 troops to 45 UN missions in 28 different countries since 1960.

Communities across Canada are experiencing the devastating effects of gun violence and gang ‎activity. Gun and gang violence is a complex issue that requires strong collaboration between all levels of government, law enforcement and communities. As part of its commitment to make it harder for criminals to get and use handguns and assault weapons and to reduce gun and gang violence, the Government of Canada is announcing up to $327.6 million over five years, and $100 million annually thereafter, in new funding to help support a variety of initiatives to reduce gun crime and criminal gang activities.

The Government of Canada will also bring together experts, practitioners, front-line personnel, and decision makers for a Summit on Criminal Guns and Gangs in March 2018. The Criminal Guns and Gangs Summit will be an unprecedented national summit on challenges, solutions and best practices in the fight against gun crime and in combating the deadly effects of gangs and illegal guns in communities across Canada. The government hopes to hear from key stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, community and mental health organizations, Indigenous groups, govern-

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he military in Zimbabwe has taken control of the country, putting veteran President Robert Mugabe under house arrest and announcing it was targeting “criminals” around him. It has denied it is staging a coup, while Mr Mugabe, 93, has been pictured smiling beside army chiefs and left the house for a scheduled appearance on Friday. However on Sunday, Mr Mugabe was removed as the leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party and ex-vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been fired by Mr Mugabe two weeks before, was appointed in his place. Military officials had feared Mr Mugabe was planning to install his wife, Grace, as his successor. So what does this mean for Mr Mugabe and the country he has led since independence in 1980? Here is what we know. What has happened? Military vehicles were spotted on roads leading to Harare on Tuesday, sparking rumours that something was afoot. Later, soldiers seized the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s national broadcaster ZBC and explosions and gunfire were heard. Maj-Gen Sibusiso Moyo then read out a statement on national television, assuring the nation that President Mugabe and his

came out in favour of his wife taking over from him. • The rise of Grace Mugabe • Mnangagwa: The ‘crocodile’ who snapped back Is this a coup? Most observers think so. The army’s denial it was carrying out a coup has been mocked on social media. The BBC’s southern Africa correspondent Andrew Harding called the move an “extraordinary gamble”. He sees it as an internal power struggle within Zanu-PF “and whoever emerges victorious can expect a newly purged party to fall obediently into line”. He says it is important to remember that Mr Mugabe is not being challenged by Western governments, or by Zimbabwe’s political opposition, or by a mass uprising against economic hardship. How can you tell a coup is happening? What is the mood in the country? There appears to have been no dramatic effect on normal life. People say shops have opened as normal. The military thanked the public “for remaining patient and peaceful as they carry out the operation”. Some Zimbabweans told the BBC that they welcomed the news, with one man expressing his thanks to the army for “taking out the tyrant”. Source: www.bbc.com

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Canadian Immigration Minister Canada can’t deport illegal foreigners assures to speed up visa processing for as countries are refusing to take them By Staff Agence France-Presse Pakistani students and businessmen Canada’s attempts to send up

High Commissioner Tariq Azim Khan hosted a dinner in honour of Mr. Ahmed Hussen, Canadian Minister of Immigration and Citizenship at the Pakistan House, Ottawa. The High Commissioner briefed the Minister about Visa difficulties being faced by Pakistani students and businessmen. He said that the stringent and lengthy visa processing delays for bona fide students from Pakistan has been discouraging. He also informed the Minister that the existing trade relations between the two countries need to be given boost and allowing genuine traders to visit Canada to meet with their counterparts can provide required impetus to trade volume between the two countries. He urged the Minister that bottle-

necks in processing of visas to students and traders should be removed. The Immigration Minister said that as a matter of policy, the government is working to reduce backlogs and speed up the processing of visa applications in order to allow genuine students and traders to visit Canada. He assured the High Commissioner that he will personally look into the complaints of bona fide applicants from Pakistan during his upcoming visit to the processing centres in the region. He informed the High Commissioner that progress has been made to speed up family re-union cases. He assured to support Pakistani international students on University campuses in Canada. Source:the express tribune

to 1,000 foreigners who are here illegally back to their home countries are being stymied by nations refusing to take them back, officials said Monday. International and domestic laws in most countries require governments to allow their own citizens entry. “But some countries are refusing to provide travel documents to their citizens or are just outright refusing to take them back,” Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, told AFP. He declined to name the “recalcitrant nations,” saying this might upend diplomatic efforts to convince them to change their position on the deportations. According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the current backlog of foreign nationals facing deportation from Canada tops 15,000.This is down from 20,000 just a few years ago, while the total number of deportations each year has also fallen dramatically from 19,000 in 2012 to 7,300 in

By Jon Azpiri Lina Marinelli says when she listed her Burnaby home five months ago there appeared to be no shortage of interested buyers.“I had people knocking on my door begging, ‘Please let me inside your house, I want to see it,’” she said.“Our first open house we had 50 groups come through. The traffic was incredible.” But when all that foot traffic translated into just one offer below asking price with a sixmonth close, Marinelli became suspicious.“A

lady knocked on my door, she said that her realtor was trying to get a hold of our realtor that they wanted to make an appointment to come and see our house and there was no response.” She eventually accepted the sole offer but also filed a complaint with the Real Estate Council of B.C. She said she believes her selling agents were secretly representing the buyer as well. “They used the words ‘their investors’ a lot when I kept asking about the buyers,” she said.“I said, ‘Are you their agent?’ She said

no. I asked again and she said no.” The selling agent got the full commission for the sale and the contract listed the buyers as unrepresented, so on paper, it wasn’t a ‘dualagency deal’ where an agent represents both sides of a home sale, a claim that Marinelli disputes. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said if proper disclosure rules are followed, there shouldn’t be any confusion. “It shouldn’t be hard for a seller to know because… realtors must thoroughly disclose their relationship. If they are working for a

2016.The removal list includes rejected refugee claimants and persons deemed inadmissible because of a criminal background or because they pose a national security threat. Proponents of the US way of publicly naming uncooperative countries and in some cases imposing sanctions on them say Canada should follow suit, but others worry this would stigmatize all members of that group. “The CBSA continues to engage countries to try to obtain travel documents to facilitate the removal of foreign nationals to their home countries,” Bardsley said. China, India, the United States, Nigeria, Haiti, Pakistan, Mexico, Somalia, Cuba and Jamaica are the top countries of origin on Canada’s deportation list. Source: globalnews.ca

seller and they bring a buyer to the property, they must disclose it,” Jill Oudil of Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said.To deal with some of the issues with dual-agency deals, B.C.’s superintendent of real estate last week that the practice of dual agency will be prohibited as of March 15. “We want to make sure that we engage with our members so it’s extremely clear by March 15th of the new scenarios they’re working under,” Oudil said. Source: Global News

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On Nov, 8th, 2017 Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia along with the British Columbia Radiology Society (BCRS), Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), American Society of Emergency Radiology, European Society of Radiology (ESR), the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) celebrated the sixth International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2017) with radiological societies all over the world. The International Day of Radiology is an annual event held with the aim of building greater awareness of the value that radiology adds to the high standard of patient care, and improving understanding of the vital role radiologists play in the healthcare continuum. Medical imaging is one of the most exciting and progressive disciplines in healthcare and a field of great activity in terms of technological and biological advances. X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound and numerous other medical imaging technologies, as well as the eye-catching images associated with them, are known to many people, but the exact purpose and value of these services is not widely understood. November 8, the day that Wilhelm Conrad Rรถntgen discovered the existence of x-rays in 1895, was therefore chosen as a day of action and awareness. We aspire to alert the world to the stunning medical, scientific and even artistic possibilities of medical imaging, the essential role of the radiologist as a part of the healthcare team in countless medical scenarios, and the high educational and professional standards required of all staff working in medical imaging. Emergency Radiology (ER) has been chosen as the main theme

of this day, to highlight the essential role that radiologists play in emergency room, increasing the quality of care and treatment of patients in need of urgent care. ER is a sub-speciality within medical imaging which continues to gain significance globally. Emergencies constitute a substantial portion of radiological cases and require efficient and effective handling with correct diagnoses and decisions in a timely manner. In the majority of hospitals today radiologists are integral members of the emergency unit and are in charge of sequencing, prioritisation and management of imaging services. Wherever this is the case, the outcome is impressive; not only is trauma imaging improved, with resulting lower morbidity and mortality, but all emergency patients benefit from the closer relationship between radiologists and the acute care services (Emergency department, Trauma team, Stroke team). ER is well established at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, with our department is a pioneering site in the development and advancement of the specialty. The ER department is the first 24/7/365 radiology service in Canada and one of only a handful of sites in the world to offer this service. This has a significant impact on patient care, with all patients being provided with rapid and equal access to medical imaging regardless of the time they present to the ER, minimising the delay to diagnosis, treatment or discharge. The department also facilitates access to imaging for patients across the province 24/7, with this rapid delivery of imaging and directed care contributing to saving the lives and improved patient turn around time thus alleviat-

ing ED crowding and pressure on hospital care. VGH serves one of the busiest Level 1 trauma accredited ED in North America. Our ER service provides imaging excellence in trauma, acute care, cardiac care and stroke imaging. The ER team at VGH continues to publish an extensive volume of original research in all disciplines. The radiology staff and fellows continue to make impactful contributions at international conferences. The ER fellowship at UBC/VGH is the largest program of its kind in the world with fellows hailing from countries all over the world including India, Pakistan, England, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arabic Emirates, Ireland, Australia, Bahrain, the Netherlands. The goal of the Emergency and Trauma Fellowship is to provide trainees with a broad based experience in Trauma and Acute Care Imaging. Past trainees of ER VGH have replicated the VGH ER model with great success all over the world. ER at VGH is patient and innovation centred and has pioneered CT imaging protocols such as the Rapid Imaging Protocol In Trauma (RIPIT), the use of cardiac CT in the evaluation of acute chest pain and the use of

pelvic MRI in assessment for acute appendicitis. Imaging informatics innovations in ER include visual control solutions for order management, technologist oversight, results tracking and award-winning real-time radiation dose monitoring solution. The Emergency Radiology Staff team at VGH comprises: Dr. Savvas Nicolaou, Dr. Luck Louis, Dr. Patrick McLaughlin, Dr. Faisal Khosa http://emergencyradiology.ca/meet-the-team/ To find out more about the UBC/VGH ER please visit http://emergencyradiology.ca.

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Nov 16, The Opening Night Celebration for Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF) was “THE” event to be seen at as it kicked off the festival with unforgettable entertainment. Attendees walked the red carpet with one of the finest actresses in Bollywood, “Ms. Huma Qureshi” to indulge in some distinctly Indian delicacies and experience a night to remember to begin a week of incredible big screen entertainment. VISAFF celebrates International, Canadian films and music.Some of the top picks are Actor in Law, Cinema Travellers, The Valley, The Snake Charmer, Abu and The Union Leader. They also have a line of local shorts films, features and documentaries. The most awaited films are; Maple the Documentary, Welcome to Surrey (Web Series), Help Wanted, Ranvir, and No way to Return. It was Canada’s 150th birthday and the festival takent his opportunity to celebrate with one of the best Women’s Organizations in the World, All Ladies

League’s Women Economic Forum from Delhi, India. VISAFF brought four days of excitement to the city with the Gala, Cocktail Night, Film Previews,. This year Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival Society hosted the Women’s Economic Forum Awards Night and a Gala Dinner in Surrey City Hall on November 16th, 2017. “Women of the Decade in Community Leadership and Social Change”.awards given to the many prominent women of the commu-

nity who contributed a lot in their fields. Former City of Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts one the favourite recipient in this Surrey City Hall. Other recipients were the Senator and Lawyer Mobina Jaffer, Bollywood film actress Huma Saleem Qureshi and with many other local business women. The awards were sponsored by different business community. At this event, the inspiring contributions of Dr. Babra Rana and Shahnaz Rahman of Pakistani Canadian Women Society were honoured with the prestigious award of

the “Women of the Decade in Community Leadership and Social Change”. Women’s Economic Forum is the largest international network and inspiring women entrepreneurs and leaders from all walks of life. The forum empowers ordinary women to seek to rise to extra ordinary heights. Pakistani Canadian Women’s Society was pleased to collaborate with VISAFF in sponsoring the screening of the Pakistani film “Actor in Law’. The movie exposed some key social issues and was well appreciated by the audience.

Please, thank you, sorry, excuse me Your Qualities and Strengths!

By: Asma Ayyaz, Mortgage Broker h yes, these are four magic words we are taught, we teach our children regularly. Just the other day my daughter requested me to mend her cardigan. She did not pester me. She did not order me like how usually children do, I could not do it for some days. She did not scream or harassed me. She asked me politely, “mom can you please do it today? I did it, she thanked me. Oh my god, I remembered my childhood incident. My mother had finished my sewing project overnight. She was awake 2 o’ clock after finishing all projects. It was cloth-stitch project, my teacher wanted to start it from particular point and as a child in no way I can redo it in few hours. Okay, I did not say thank you like my daughter said, neither my mother expected me too. But I had tears of gratitude in my eyes then till today and will be. My mother had even forgotten that incident as she has done countless such jobs for me and my family. Then and now, it was not that I did not want to thank her. There was some feeling of being family and duty it was expected, understood and done by family members to do, to help each other through. These magic words were not said loudly, the feeling was still there. These words were there in the heart deeply yes, in some cases, it was taken granted so in a way, it is good that nowadays, we use these, please, thank you, some words more after, infect very much. These words make you aware of other person’s effect, of doing something for us. There is a problem Now you will say what is the problem in being polite, good manners? The first problem is that they are often said mechanically. They should not be merely uttered but should be felt

deep in heart too. So many times when we just talk or interact with the staff in the bank or such public service places even though we have not done any work they say thank you, just for the sake for it, it is good to be polite but things should be really meant. Many times they even do not look in the eyes and say it. All this politeness is good, teaches us good things but let us not forget that it should be believed in, really thought and felt. It should rather come from within these just mere words or tradition or forced rule. Duty should not expect reward When mother does something extra or too much, she never thinks that she has done too much. Likewise so many people are so good at doing their duties as if it is part of praying, they do it passionately without expecting even “thank you” or anything in return. When their efforts are acknowledged it is definitely very good gesture and those people will really need rewarded, they will fell nice and more motivated to do so. Story of life Those days when people had diaries and got mad when someone read it. Now they put everything on Facebook and get mad when people do not read them.

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t can be easy to appreciate your strengths - your sense of humor, your generosity, or your analytical skills. And it is also easy to get down on yourself for having various personality traits you perceive as weaknesses - maybe you are quick to anger or always running late. Instead of getting down on yourself for your weaknesses try instead to reframe them as something positive - as traits that make you uniquely you. •Make a list of all your strengths. Include the big ones that are huge components of your personality, like your patience, all the way down to the small things you are good at. See how many great qualities you contribute to the world! •Now make a list of all your weaknesses. Write down things you don’t like about your personality or you feel are negative traits. •Look at your list of weaknesses. Think about ways you could see those weaknesses as positives. For example, say one of your weaknesses is that you think you talk too much. You could reframe this to a positive as, “It’s easy for me to express my opinion.” “I’m too sensitive” could be reframed as, “I have empathy for others.” Stay true to yourself. To appreciate and accept yourself, it is important to know who you are. It may be helpful to identify your personal values. Knowing what is important to you and making decisions based on your personal values helps you be authentic and appreciate your true self. Make sure your values are your own and you are not simply taking on the values of your friends or family. Figure out what is important to you. •Explore which values are important to you and write them down. A concrete list of your values may help you recognize when you are being inauthentic to yourself and your values. •You may feel like other people may not like you if they see the “real” you. It may be helpful for you to explore these feelings with someone you trust or by writing in a journal. Determine when you feel most yourself and when you feel the need to pretend to be

someone else, and explore the differences between those situations. •If you feel you cannot be yourself around certain friends or family, perhaps because you fear being made fun of, then it may be a sign that you fear rejection about revealing your true self. •The first step to changing your behavior is noticing when you do it. Pay attention and later, spend some time reflecting on what triggered your behavior in a particular situation. It may take a while for you to feel comfortable enough to be your authentic self around other people. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you can’t do it right away. Avoid comparisons. Comparing yourself to others can leave you feeling discouraged and judgmental. Remember, you generally see only a piece of others’ everyday lives (particularly on social media). Comparing yourself to someone will only set you up for disappointment and feeling bad about yourself. •Measure your growth by comparing yourself to who you were in the past instead. For example, think about your life 10 years ago. Has it changed? Have you acquired new skills, new relationships, or left dysfunctional life patterns behind? If you feel you have stagnated, take some steps to make some positive changes in your life. •You can also look at your life now and imagine what you would like it to look like five or 10 years in the future. If you dream of getting a promotion at work in a few years, for example, what can you do today to start making progress towards your goals? Working toward a goal can help you to feel more self-worth and in control of your life. It’s never too later to start living your own dreams!! For any inquiries please email at shabnam@skcounselling.ca

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“2017 Heart in the City AwardCity of Surrey” each and every volun- Please join us to have a purpose in your life to make a difference in the lives of your hard work and the support and donations brothers and sisters by coming to our events from our community. Congratulations to (drop-in) and registering as a volunteer or everyone for this great achievement! donating to your organization, the MusCurrently we look after 600 mostly families lim Food Bank and Community Services on a monthly basis and run several Society(usually referred to as Muslim Food programs to meet their needs. We need more Bank), online at www.muslimfoodbank.com/ volunteers and donations to continue donate, online at www.muslimfoodbank.com providing these services for our brothers and or by telephone at 1-866-825-2525 or at our sisters. Our donations comes mostly from officesin Surrey at 101 - 13085 115 Ave or 220 individual donors as we don’t get government - 13911 Maycrest Way in Richmond or by funding for the food bank operations. email at contact@muslimfoodbank.com .

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lhamdulilah, Muslim Food Bank and Community Services (MFB) was awarded the 2017 “HEART in the CITY award” by the City of Surrey on October 25th, 2017. The Heart in the City award formally recognizes and celebrates Surreybased individuals and groups that are making a positive difference in the lives of people in Surrey, particularly the lives of vulnerable people. This award would not be possible without

ASPIRE Dental Services Program Muslim Food Bank & Community Services (“MFBCS”)

By:Fainuma Azad SPIRE Dental Services Program Coordinator Refugee patients all have at least one traumatic experience that figures prominently as an essential aspect of his/her life history. The clinical effects of traumatic life experiences can be found in the physical, psychological and spiritual symptoms and concerns of the survivor of mass violence and torture. As most physicians and Dentists have limited cultural knowledge about the patient’s, we are unable to communicate properly with our patients; the biggest thing is the language barrier, where the MFBCS’s ASPIRE Dental Services (“ASPIRE”) do their part by providing the interpreters who also have cultural understanding. Patients who have been severely violated

ne day, Hanzala al Usaidi* (r.a.*) said to his friend Abu Bakr (r.a.),

“Abu Bakr, I have become a hypocrite!” “A’udhubillaahi minash shaytaanir rajeem*! Why are you saying this?” Abu Bakar was shocked. “Wallaahi*,” Hamzala continued, “When I am in the presence of the Prophet (saw) or when we are listening to the Quran from his mouth, or when he reminds us of Jannah*, I feel motivated and energised and inspired! When he reminds us of Naar*, I feel fear and aim to be extra careful in my actions. But the moment I reach home after the gathering, when I meet my wife and children, or when I go back to work after the gathering, I feel different! I often get busy and forget about the matters of Akhirah*. I can’t recognise my own heart anymore!” Abu Bakr said, “You’re right. This is a problem. I feel the same way too! That makes the two of us. We’re both hypocrites! Oh no. Let’s go ask the Prophet!” So, off they both went to see the Prophet (saw)straight away. They knew that the Prophet was the best teacher they ever had and nobody else could answer them in the

continue to have an extremely strong, upsetting feeling related to traumatic events, sometimes more than twenty years after the event(s). It is essential that we as a community work with the patient to reveal these feelings as well as their effects on the daily life and health of the patient. ASPIRE has done an amazing job, working closely with the ladies especially and giving them strength to face obstacle that they may be facing. An essential and sometimes neglected emotion associated with trauma events is humiliation. Humiliation of the survivor, his/her family and community is often the goal of violence. Public degradation can be internalized as shame and fear. Anger, hatred, and a desire for revenge can grow within the hearts and minds of survivors. Humiliation, combined with feelings of impotence and powerlessness, which is often the cause of

depression. Each and every survivor is concerned in his/her therapy with the ongoing issue of social justice. For resettled refugees, English as a Second Language (ESL) programs (or comparable training in the language of the host country) are an important and powerful tool for communication which our ASPIRE group at the Muslim Food Bank works really hard on educating even the little ones. These new language skills must be a key component to all the refugees because this will reduce social isolation and empower the patient’s ability to cope in a new environment. Aside from the physical approach of the Refugees we have again and again seen the neglect of oral hygiene. What we found is that preventive care services—including oral hygiene instruction, toothbrushes, fluoride treatment, good nutrition habits and

tobacco counseling—need to be expanded. On Saturday February 4 2017, Our generous dentists provided the services again, even with all the snow, our Dental Screening was done at the Surrey facilities and the follow up treatments are ongoing. Special thanks and recognition to our dentists, Dr. Dewji of ABC Dental, Dr. Asif Tejani, Astra Dental Centre and all our sponsors/donors. If you want more information about the program or would like to donate, please visit us at www.muslimfoodbank.com , call us at 1-866824-2525 or email at contact@muslimfoodbank.com.

best way possible. After listening to their query, Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, “By Allah*, Hamzala, if you had the same feelings when you are here with me and when you are with your family or when you are at work, the angels in the streets would want to shake hands with you! Why? Because your level of Imaan* is so great. And it is consistent too. (Masha Allah. TabarakAllah. Wow. That would be amazing, wouldn’t it? SubhnanAllah*.) The angels would turn up in broad daylight to come shake hands with you.” “But (let’s try being realistic here)… An hour and an hour.”**Hmmm… “An hour and an hour”? What does the Prophet (saw) mean by “an hour and an hour”? This means that we can put aside an ‘hour’ for our heart’s matters and its purification or cleaning process. And we can put aside another ‘hour’ for our dunya* matters or even entertainment. It does not mean that we can do one hour of good deeds and one hour of bad deeds. For example, we spend one hour listening to an Islamic lecture and we spend one hour at the club or pub, dancing, drinking, singing karaoke or gambling. No! That’s not what the Prophet meant.

What the Prophet meant by the dunya matters was that we have to attend to the necessary and important things that we do for our body, mind and life like eat, drink, go to the bathroom, go to work or school, clean the house, cook, ride the train or car or other vehicle, etc. As for entertainment, we could perhaps read a book, watch a Halal* movie, play a video game, go for a walk, go shopping, spend quality time with your parents or grandparents, enjoy moments with your siblings or cousins or aunties or uncles, sew, paint, fish, solving puzzles, visit friends, etc… There are numerous other Halal dunya activities and Halal entertainment activities that we can do. Can you name one more?

Don’t you just love Islam? Islam is perfect. It teaches us to be balanced. Alhamdulillah*. Moral & Afterthought Islam does not prohibit us to do many normal activities. There are many, many things that we can do without getting into trouble with Allah or with the authorities. These activities are actually Halal. We should not think that going to school or work is actually un-Islamic or a waste of valuable time. Or vacuuming or cooking or sewing is not good as we are not reading the Quran or Hadeeth* books or cleaning the mosque or doing something that is related to Islam. https://storiesformuslimkids.wordpress.com

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Celebrations of poet philosopher Dr. Muhammad Iqbal at Surrey City Hall

On November 11th, the Honourable, Consulate General of Pakistan Dr. Muhammad Tariq, and Vice Counsel, Mr. Fahad Ahmad celebrated the legacy of the Dr. Mohammed Iqbal, better known as Allama Iqbal at Surrey City Hall. The event was with a lineup of scholars and educators reflecting on the life and achievements of Dr. Iqbal. Vice Counsel, Mr. Amjad welcomes the keynote speakers, Dr. Raminder Kang, Prof. Anne Murphy, UBC, Dr. Darryl McLean, SFU, and Dr. Syed Taqi Hasan Abidi. Dr. Kang highlighted the role of Dr. Iqbal’s work and his efforts inspire and educate the humankind to unite, respect, and celebrate our differences through his work. Encouraging to free oneself from the slavery and abandon the racial and religious division. Prof. Murphy shone the light on the importance of Dr. Iqbal’s work and how nearly after eighty years since his passing Dr. Iqbal continues to inspire modern day western scholars to study him and his work. Prof.

Murphy listed number of scholarly research done on Dr. Iqbal by western scholars. Dr. McLean shared his understanding of Dr. Iqbal’s work and the use of Arabic language and concepts taken from the Quran to inspire a nation, awakening their collective conscious, through self-awareness. Dr. Abidi, considered a scholar and an expert on Dr. Iqbal. He has authored of more than sixty books on Dr. Iqbal. Dr. Abidi gave a moving speech, highlighting the importance of Dr. Iqbal’s work, his life, his contribution to the Muslim Ummah from Far-East to far-West and how his work is still relevant today as it was nearly century ago, if the Muslims want to come out of their slumber, and hoping to unshackle themselves from the chains of slavery. Hon. Dr. Tariq thanked the guests and the speakers for commemorating the life of Dr. Iqbal. The event was followed by a dinner and classical music program. Courtesy report By: ALAMEENPOST.COM

140th Allma Iqbal Birthday celebrates by PCCA

On Nov 10, The Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association(PCCA) hosted a celebration to honor the 140th birthday of Sir Allama Mohammad Iqbal, the National Poet of Pakistan at Bhawan Hall in Surrey. PCCA’s women wing played a major role in organizing this successful event in which a large number of families participated . The program included a colourful presentation by Children on Iqbal’s famous poem, “lab pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri”, Mili Nagmas by Ms. Salma Shah, Speeches by kids and adults including Mr. Shams, Jilani, Mr. Mohammad Rafiq, Mr. Naeem Lakhan, Ms. Huma Mir on Iqbaliat, his life and poetry. The final speech was given by PCCA’s president Mr. Farrukh Syed and vote of thanks given by Mr. Naveed Waraich and Mr. Iftikhar Ghumman. Before the cake cutting, Mr. Naseer Pirzada made Duaa for Muslim Ummah and specially Duaa e Maghfarat for Allama Mohammad Iqbal.

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Ace boxer Waseem might quit representing Pakistan due to lack of funds, support By:Abdul Ghaffar The unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Flyweight Champion, Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem, has expressed disappointment again over the lack of funds and support, and said he is thinking of accepting offers from other countries and play for them.The country’s ace boxer announced his decision through a video message on Monday, saying he had no sponsors to fund his participation in the international boxing events and represent Pakistan — therefore he was thinking of switching sides. Waseem, who hails from Quetta, told his fans that his upcoming fight for the WBC title might be the last time he represents Pakistan.“I have an upcoming fight for the world title [in January 2018] and before that I have a fight in Colombia, but I am facing problems as I have no sponsors,” Waseem said in the video. ”I don’t want to stop representing Pakistan but unfortunately I am

stuck,” the boxer added. He said that after his upcoming fights, he may consider taking the nationality of the United States or South Korea — and represent them instead. He has repeatedly expressed disappointment that the government has not offered him any support despite his achievements. Waseem, also known as Falcon Khan, said that when he won his first WBC title for Pakistan, the federal government and the Balochistan government had “promised to help him and commit to other financial help”. He added he feels “extremely disappointed that no one from both governments fulfilled their promise and did not even bother to call him”. Waseem said that in order to move forward as a professional boxer he needed sponsorship. In July, Waseem won the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver flyweight title after defeating favourite Jether Oliva from the Philippines.

He maintained his title in October when he defeated Panama’s Carlos Melo. Waseem, Pakistan’s only professional boxer, began his professional career in South Korea last year and won the Korean Bantamweight title on debut. In August last year, Waseem had lamented that Korean promoter Andy Kim had sponsored and borne all his expenses instead of the Pakistani government. “I’m a Pakistani, not Korean; [so] why is my government not providing me with the required patronage?” he had said. However, after Waseem won the WBC Silver Flyweight Championship, the federal government had transferred a sum of money to Kim. Last year, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had approved a grant of Rs30 million for the boxer as he successfully defended his WBC Silver Flyweight title after defeating Giemel Megramo. The federal government, however, released

only Rs24.675 million in March this year on the recommendation of the Inter-Provincial Coordination Ministry. In 2014, the then Inspector General of Balochistan Frontier Corps, Maj Gen Ejaz Shahid, had handed a cheque of Rs50,000 to Waseem and gifted boxing equipment and exercise machines worth Rs0.7 million to the international boxer’s club. Source: www.dawn.com

Ikram Faizi’s unbeaten 107 and a five-for from offspinner Mujeeb Zadranclinched the maiden Asia Cup title for Afghanistan Under-19s, with a 185-run win over Pakistan Under-19s in the final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Mujeeb came into the final having taken six wickets against Nepal Under-19s in the semi-final and a six-for against Pakistan in the side’s first match of the tournament. His domination over the opponents continued - having dismissed Pakistan’s openers by the fourth over, Mujeeb returned in his second spell to pick up three lower-order wickets without conceding

a run. His 5 for 13 took his overall wicket tally in the tournament to 20. Mujeeb was wellsupported by legspinner Qais Ahmad, whose three wickets included Mohammad Taha - the leading run-getter in the tournament - and wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir. Taha and captain Hasan Khan were the only two Pakistan batsmen to score in double-figures in an innings that lasted 22.1 overs. Earlier, having been put in to bat, Afghanistan’s top three did the bulk of the scoring. The openers, Rahman Gul (40 off 53 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran (36 off 76), began with a 61-run opening partnership be-

fore Faizi took charge of the innings, smashing 10 fours and two sixes en route to his 113-ball 107. He anchored two fifty-plus stands with Darwish Rasooli (18) and Qais (14) for the third and sixth wickets respectively, negating much of the impact of the strikes from Muhammad Musa and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took five wickets between them. Having hit only 14 off his first 50 balls, Faizi accelerated quickly - he brought up his century with a six in the penultimate over, while smashing 18 runs in a 26-run over bowled by Munir Riaz. Source: Cricinfo

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VISAFF Showcases Pakistani Movie “Actor in-Law” The 7th Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival this year was celebrated from Nov 16- 19 at City of Surrey Theatre. Ms. Mannu Sandhu is the VISAFF producer whose efforts every year make this event successful in South Asian community. This year’s special guest from film industry was the Indian actress Ms. Huma Qureshi. This year, with collaboration between Pakistani Canadian women society, Pakistani Film “Actor in Law” was shown in this festival on Nov 17th. The screening was attended by a large number of Paki-

stani Canadian community members as well as other members of the South Asian community who thoroughly enjoyed this light comedy. “Actor in Law” tells the story of Shan Mirza (Fahad Mustafa), an aspiring actor who is a disappointment to his lawyer father (Om Puri). Thwarted in his acting career, he ends up impersonating a lawyer, using theatrics and over-the-top rhetoric in the courtroom while his father is away on Hajj. He shoots to stardom when reporter Meenu (Mehwish Hayat) captures his courtroom speechifying on film and the two embark on a series of public interest litigations, picking up some powerful enemies on the way. The plot requires a certain suspension of belief; social injustices are painted with a broad brush and facile solutions indicate that this is the stuff of fantasy. The plot gives Qureshi ample room to pull in scenes about societal issues ranging from Eve-teasing to political slogans being painted on walls. The movie is a solid entertainer, full of in-jokes & conspicuous satire which manages to transcend its predictable plot. In general, Actor in Law is an amusing romp. Nabeel Qureshi Director has delivered another firmly Karachi-centric film, full of familiar landmarks and the energy of the city. It’s not a story that will grip you, but Actor in Law is tremendously funny, beautifully made and enjoyable.

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