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Raheel Sharif calls on PM Khan ahead of Saudi crown prince’s visit

Former army chief retired Gen Raheel Sharif on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan, ahead of the Saudi crown prince’s two-day trip.

During the meeting, the premier and Sharif — who is the top commander of Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) — discussed regional security environment and efforts for peace and stability, according to an official statement.

“The prime minister reiterated his commitment to bring enduring peace and stability in Pakistan while supporting

all peace initiatives for regional peace,” said the statement, adding that the premier “appreciated IMCTC charter for its efforts towards counter violent extremism”.

Sharif, who is considered to be close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday leading an IMCTC delegation, and has been busy meeting political and military bigwigs since then. Prior to meeting the prime minister on Tuesday, he met Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sharif apprised Qureshi of the measures that are being taken by the coalition in order to combat terrorism, said a statement by the Foreign Office. The foreign minister “lauded the efforts of the coalition force to establish peace and stability in the region”.

The two also talked about the importance of regional peace and stability and other matters of mutual interest.

The former army chief then met Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani at the latter’s chamber at the Parliament House. The meeting was attended by members of Senate and IMCTC. A day earlier, he met Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. A press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that “matters of mutual interest including regional peace and stability” were discussed during Gen Sharif ’s meeting with Gen Bajwa.Source: dawn.com

SC judge cautions against weakening workplace harassment law, urges govt to strengthen it

A Supreme Court bench on Wednesday expressed concern over “whispers to weaken the law against women harassment at workplace”, during the hearing of a contempt case against Justice Mansoor Ali Shah filed by former federal ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace, Yasmeen Abbasi.

Abbasi had issued a contempt notice to Justice Mansoor in 2016 after he had issued her arrest warrants, following which the police barged into her office to take her into custody.

During the hearing, Federal Ombudsperson for Protec-

tion against Harassment of Women at Workplace Kashmala Tariq, who appeared before the court today, told the bench that there were “zero complaints” of harassment from Sindh.

The claim was dismissed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, who observed that absence of complaints did not mean the issue of workplace harassment did not exist in the province.

“People feel reluctant to talk about this matter,” he remarked.

“The problem is that you [Tariq] have not taken women into confidence.” He said that the authorities should develop a mechanism that would make it easier for women to lodge complaints and directed the attorney general and provincial governments to submit responses on the interpretation of the law against harassment at workplace.

He suggested that if provincial governments meant to amend the law, they should do so to strengthen it so that women can easily come forward and file complaints of incidents of harassment at workplaces. He also said that the attorney general and provincial advocate generals should provide legal assistance to the court by consulting international law.“We should be ashamed of ourselves if we can’t protect women from harassment,” he said. The hearing was adjourned until the first week of March. Source: dawn.com

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8 investment MoUs to be signed during Saudi crown prince’s visit to Pakistan: Qureshi Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday announced that at least eight memoranda of understanding (MoUs) will be signed between Islamabad and Riyadh during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s upcoming two-day visit to Pakistan.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Qureshi said the Saudi royal did not wish to visit Pakistan just to hold discussions; so “homework” was done, and a Saudi team visited Pakistan in the last few days to assess the investment potential in various sectors of the country on the directives of the crown prince, he added. He said after holding talks with Pakistani government officials, the Saudi “advance team” reported back to authorities in their country and based on those discussions, the government expects to sign “at least 8 MoUs” with Saudi Arabia — the

details of which will be revealed later. The minister revealed that the “high-powered” delegation that will accompany Prince Mohammed will probably be the “biggest in the history” of the two countries’ relations.

It will include the prince’s associates, ministers, advisers and CEOs of the large Saudi companies, he said. He said it has been decided to devise a mechanism to implement the bilateral agreements to be signed during the visit. In this regard, a coordination council is being set up that will be jointly headed by the crown prince (representing Saudi Arabia) and Prime Minister Imran Khan (representing Pakistan).

All relevant ministries will have representation in the coordination council and they will follow up on the MoUs to ensure their practical implementation, the foreign minister

revealed. “I am immensely glad that you are seeing a qualitative change in our relationship [with Saudi Arabia] and will do in the future,” he told reporters. Qureshi said the government was grateful to Saudi Arabia for “fully supporting and helping Pakistan in this difficult time”, and cited the multi-billion dollar balance-of-payments support and deferred payment facility for oil supplies provided by the Kingdom in this regard. In response to a question about whether Pakistan had agreed to playing a larger role in the Yemen conflict in exchange for the Saudi support, the foreign minister said he was telling everyone “loud news conference said the government was exand clear” that there had been “no such com- pecting $7 billion in Saudi investments in the mitment”. next two years. The Kingdom has also shown $7 billion investment interest in an investment of $2 billion in the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce renewable energy (wind and solar) sector in Abdul Razak Dawood while addressing the Sindh and Balochistan, he said.

Govt to accept applications for Haj 2019 between Feb 25 and March 6 The federal government will accept applications for its Haj scheme starting from February 25 until March 6 at 14 designated banks, Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday.

As per the Haj Policy 2019 released by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, a total of 184,210 Pakistani pilgrims are to perform Haj this year.

The policy states that there would be no

free Haj facility this year, according to the report. The 2019 Haj scheme will be implemented by the government as well as private Haj Group Organisers (HGOs) in the ratio of 60:40. The charges are exclusive of the cost for qurbani (animal sacrifice) services, which can be optionally availed for another Rs19,451. The aspiring pilgrims will be selected under the government scheme through a comput-

erised ballot on March 8, Radio Pakistan reported.

This season, 10,000 seats will be reserved for senior citizens above the age of 80 and another 10,000 seats will be reserved for those individuals who had been unsuccessful in the ballot for the last three years. Under the government scheme, 1.5 per cent of the total seats will be reserved for hardship cases. Source: dawn.com

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A reported deal between Democrats and Republicans includes $1.375bn in funds for ‘barriers’ on the US-Mexico border.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on funding for a barrier on the Mexican border, but left open the possibility that disputes over the wall could still cause a partial government shutdown by the weekend.

Trump, widely blamed for a record-long fiveweek shutdown that ended in January, said he did not want to see federal agencies close again because of fighting over funds for the wall, one of his signature campaign promises in the 2016 election.

But the Republican president fell short of committing himself to backing the congressional deal, which would keep the government open but not give Trump the $5.7bn he seeks for the wall.“I don’t want to see a shutdown. A shutdown would be a terrible thing. I think a point was made with the last shutdown. People realised how bad the border is, how unsafe the border is, and I think a lot of good points were made,” Trump told reporters.

Congress, which faces a tight deadline to pass legislation to avert another US government shutdown, is considering a compromise measure that does not deliver all the funds Trump had demanded to build the wall.

Although Democrats have vowed to block Trump’s original request for $5.7bn for a wall, which they call immoral and ineffective, they have expressed their willingness to sign off on a

deal that includes funding for more “barriers”.

Since coming to office, Trump has overseen a crackdown on immigration, sliced the number of refugees coming to the United States and sought to block travellers from several Muslim-majority countries.

On Tuesday, the Republican president said he was not happy with the deal and he did not rule out a possible veto of the legislation.

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives could vote as soon as Wednesday evening, a senior aide said, despite not yet having produced a written copy of the agreement reached by congressional negotiators on Monday night. The accord must also be passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and signed by Trump by the midnight Friday expiration of a stopgap measure that ended the longest federal shutdown in US history.

The measure’s fate in the House was far from certain given the risk that conservatives and liberals will oppose the compromise for different reasons. Source: aljazeera.com

EU blacklists Saudi Arabia: What does it mean ?

Financial institutions in EU member states will now have to commit to greater levels of scrutiny for transactions.

The European Commission confirmed it intends to name Saudi Arabia on its updated list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing.

Other countries including Pakistan, Libya and Panama have also been added to the list, which the European Parliament is expected to ratify within one month.

Financial institutions in EU member states will now have to commit to greater levels of scrutiny for transactions involving highrisk countries, including faster access for law enforcement agencies undertaking counterterrorism investigations.

After a string of high-profile scandals involving EU-affiliated financial institutions and international accounts, the EC is acting.

Sven Giegold MEP told Al Jazeera “it’s a sign of European self-confidence…the EU will insist on imposing its standards”.

Saudi impact

The effect on Riyadh is likely to be threefold.

First is the threat to investment from EUrelated financial institutions, who had been targeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his Vision 2030 reform

TEHRAN, Iran -- A suicide car bomber claimed by an al Qaeda-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 13 others, state media reported. Tehran immediately linked the attack in Iran’s restive southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province to an ongoing U.S.-led conference in Warsaw largely focused on Iran, just two days after the nation marked the 40th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The bombing also raised the spectre of possible Iranian retaliation targeting a Sunni militant group called Jaish al-Adl that claimed the attack, which largely operates across the border in nuclear-armed Pakistan. Recent militant assaults inside Iran have sparked retaliatory ballistic missile strikes in Iraq and Syria. The bombing Wednesday night struck the bus travelling on a road between the cities of Khash and Zahedan, a mountainous region along the Pakistani border that is also near Afghanistan. Images after the blast published by semi-official news agencies showed the explosion tore the bus apart, as passersby used the light of their cellphones to illuminate the debris.

The state-run IRNA news agency, citing what it described as an “informed source,” offered initial casualty figures of 20 dead and 20 wounded. The Revolutionary Guard later reported on its website that 27 were killed and 13 wounded. The Guard, which answers only to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a statement saying a vehicle loaded with explosives targeted a bus carrying border guards affiliated with its force.

Sistan and Baluchistan province, which lies on a major opium trafficking route, has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and Baluch separatists, as well as drug traffickers.

However, in recent months, there’s been an uptick in assaults by the Sunni extremist group Jaish al-Adl, or the “Army of Justice.”

Since its founding in 2012, it has abducted or killed border guards in hit-and-run assaults

from its havens in Pakistan. It kidnapped 11 Iranian border guards in October. Five later were returned to Iran and six remained held.

Jaish al-Adl claimed Wednesday’s bombing in a statement online. Iranian state-run and semi-official media also blamed the group for the attack. While Iran has been enmeshed in the wars engulfing Syria and neighbouring Iraq, it largely has avoided the bloodshed plaguing the region. However, attacks have happened.

In 2009, more than 40 people, including six Guard commanders, were killed in a suicide attack by Sunni extremists in Sistan and Baluchistan province. Jundallah, a Sunni extremist group whose members have joined Jaish al-Adl, claimed responsibility for that attack. In the case of Jundallah, Pakistan assisted Iran in apprehending its leader, whom Tehran executed in 2010. Iran has sought the co-operation of Pakistan in recent cases involving Jaish al-Adl as well.

However, a bombing like this inside of Iran likely will draw an immediate reaction from the Guard, a massive paramilitary organization that both controls Iran’s ballistic missile program and vast chunks of its economy.

Iran fired ballistic missiles into Syria over a bloody Islamic State attack on Tehran targeting parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 2017 that killed at least 18 people. In September, Iran fired missiles into Iraq targeting a base of an Iranian Kurdish separatist group after an attack on a border post... ..........

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Mission complete: NASA announces package. Second is the public relations damdemise of Opportunity rover age from alleged links between Saudi Arabia and alleged armed groups including Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS) and al-Qaeda. The EC is adamant that it has reason to believe Saudi Arabian individuals or financial institutions are at high risk of being used in money laundering or financing terrorism. These new measures bring the prospect of uncomfortable ties between Saudi Arabian entities and organisations accused of terrorism.

Thirdly, Saudi citizens around the world account for the second largest remittances market on Earth, valued at $37bn in 2017.

Citizens using EU-regulated financial institutions can expect greater scrutiny of their accounts, with transfers potentially being delayed or disrupted. Source: aljazeera.com

Researchers and engineers involved are in mourning over the passing of the NASA rover, known affectionately as Oppy.

During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the Red Planet - but NASA’s Opportunity rover has analysed its last soil sample.

The robot has been missing since the US space agency lost contact during a dust storm in June last year and was declared officially dead on Wednesday, ending one of the involved in the programme were in mournmost fruitful missions in the history of space ing over the passing of the rover, known affectionately as Oppy. exploration.

Unable to recharge its batteries, Opportunity “Spent the evening at JPL as the last ever left hundreds of messages from Earth unan- commands were sent to the Opportunity swered over the months, and NASA said it rover on #Mars,” Tanya Harrison, director of Martian research at Arizona State University, made its last attempt at contact.

“I declare the Opportunity mission as com- tweeted after a stint at Pasadena’s Jet Propulplete,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate ad- sion Laboratory. ministrator of NASA’s Science Mission Di- “There was silence. There were tears. There Fears of a resurgence as thousands flee to rectorate told a news conference at mission were hugs. There were memories and laughs IDP camps in the ‘final’ offensive to push shared. #ThankYouOppy #GoodnightOppy,” headquarters in Pasadena, California.

ISIL out of eastern Syria.

The community of researchers and engineers she wrote. Source: aljazeera.com It is the moment Abu Jaber al-Shaiti has waited for more than four years. A few more ISIL hunted down 700 to 1,000 men, shot some and beheaded others, and even filmed their hours, a few hundred metres, and he will slaughter to serve as a lesson for the rest. have his revenge.

With 90,000 members, the Shaitat tribe controlled several villages along the Syria-Iraq borIn 2014, as Islamic State of Iraq and the Leder. But they could not win that war. At the time ISIL was at its peak and held an area the vant (ISIL, ISIS) expanded to Syria through size of Britain. Abu Jaber was forced to go on the run. Now, the group is holed up in a onethe Iraqi border, Abu Jaber’s kin in the Shaisquare kilometre area in Baghouz village in eastern Syria’s Deir Az Zor province. Abu Jaber tat tribe stood up to challenge the group’s is on the other side of the frontline, commanding 1,000 of his tribesmen, trigger finger at the designs on their oil-rich lands. ready to mete out their form of justice. Source: aljazeera.com

What next as battle against ISIL nears an end ?

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by Wilson-Raybould’s resignation couver’s sidewalk clearing rules

Wondering how soon after a storm your sidewalk has to be cleared of snow? It depends where you live in Metro Vancouver.

Here’s a quick sample of the approaches some of the cities take: Vancouver - All property owners must clear snow and ice from sidewalks bordering their property by 10 a.m. every day.

West Vancouver - Owners have 24 hours after the end of a snowfall to clear snow and ice.

City of North Vancouver - Owners have to remove snow and ice “as soon as possible” after snow has stopped.

Burnaby - Snow must be cleared before 10 a.m. every day, including holidays.

Coquitlam - Owners have 10 hours from when the snow ends.

Maple Ridge - Sidewalks should be shoveled as soon as possible and no later than 10 a.m.

Langley - Owners have 24 hours from the end of a snowfall, or before accumulation exceeds 10 centimetres, and they have to take snow off any roofs that hang over the road or sidewalk immediately.

Surrey - Owners have until 10 a.m. the day after a snowfall.

New Westminister - Sidewalks must be cleared before 10 a.m. the following day.

Richmond - Owners have until 10 a.m.

For more details or information on other cities, call 311 or visit the municipal government’s Source: ctvnews.ca

Second winter storm hits B.C., prompting closures and disruptions

VANCOUVER -- Schools across most of British Columbia’s south coast and Vancouver Island are closed, public transit is disrupted and drivers are being urged to stay off the roads as a snowstorm blankets the region. With the exception of the northern tip of the Island, snowfall warnings remain posted for the south coast and Environment Canada says the system that has dumped more than 15 centimetres of snow in some areas is expected to continue for most of Tuesday. Vancouver International Airport is advising travellers to check with their airline, but officials at the airport say runways are plowed and open.

The snow is not derailing plans for delivery of the throne speech at the legislature in Victoria, although Victoria International Airport was reporting some early flight cancellations, potentially complicating travel plans for politicians.

Environment Canada says a winter storm is also lashing the southeastern corner of the province and could blanket some areas with as much as 35 centimetres of snow before the system passes late Tuesday.

In northeastern B.C., an extreme cold warning has been issued for the Peace River region, where wind chill values of -40 are forecast around Fort St. John. Source: ctvnews.ca

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “surprised and disappointed” by Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation from cabinet.

Wilson-Raybould resigned “with a heavy heart” Tuesday and announced she is seeking legal advice on speaking publicly about the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Her high-profile departure from Trudeau’s front bench came amid ongoing questions over whether the prime minister or anyone in his office tried to pressure Wilson-Raybould to abandon the prosecution of a case against SNC-Lavalin when she was justice minister and attorney general.

Trudeau said Tuesday evening that he was “both surprised and disappointed by her decision to step down,” because her resignation was “not consistent” with their recent conversations.

The Globe and Mail reported last week that the Prime Minister’s Office allegedly tried to influence Wilson-Raybould to ask prosecutors to make a deal to pursue a remediation agreement rather than a criminal prosecution in the corruption and fraud case against the Quebec-based engineering and construction company. CTV News has not independently verified the story.

Trudeau has denied it, and to date WilsonRaybould has said that, as the former AG, she is “bound by solicitor-client privilege in this matter,” and has not commented to either confirm or deny reports she was pressured.

On the question of the SNC-Lavalin case, Trudeau said “the government of Canada did its job,” followed the rules, and that if any member of the government felt differently they had an obligation to raise that with him, and no one did, Wilson-Raybould included. “She said nothing of that to me,”

‘I broke no laws there’: Canadian ISIS fighter wants help to return home

An Ontario man who spent four years fighting for ISIS and used social media to recruit others now wants to return home with the help of the Canadian government. Canadian Mohammed Ali says the Islamic State terror group is abandoning its foreign militants as it continues losing ground against U.S.backed Kurdish fighters.

The 28-year-old says he, his Canadian wife and their two children have been “hung out to dry” and that it is no longer safe for them in Syria. “Why shouldn’t I be able to go home? I’ve done nothing in Canada. I’ve broken no laws there at all,” said Ali in an inClassified Media. “We’ve both benefited im- terview.Ali and his family attempted to flee mensely from universities and investments to Turkey after he was cast out of the terror that generous people who came before us decided to make,” Marcy McCall MacBain said in making the announcement at the Montreal university.

The scholarships will support up to 75 gradu- CORNWALL, Ont. -- The RCMP say they ate and professional students at a time. They have seized nearly two tonnes of contraband will cover all tuition and student fee expenses tobacco and made multiple arrests in eastern for those students, while also providing men- Ontario over several days. torship, internship and leadership develop- Police say the first took place on Feb. 4, when ment opportunities. No similar scholarship officers interrupted an alleged smuggling is believed to exist anywhere in Canada. operation behind the Children’s Aid Society “We want to support the every-curious, the building in Cornwall, Ont. open-minded individuals – those who have They say officers seized 42 bags containing the knowledge and proven skill to turn vision nearly 563 kilograms of unstamped fine-cut into action,” Marcy McCall MacBain said. tobacco, as well as a snowmobile and a pickApplications for the scholarships will open up truck, and arrested a 24-year-old man. in 2020, with students accepted into the pro- In the early hours of Feb. 6, police say they gram expected to start their studies the fol- stopped a pickup truck carrying 38 bags conlowing year. taining just over 653 kg of fine-cut tobacco McGill says students will be selected for the in South Glengarry, Ont., along the north program based on “a combination of civic shore of the St. Lawrence River. engagement, intellectual curiosity, entrepre- Police say they arrested the 59-year-old drivneurial spirit, academic excellence, and ex- er and 19-year-old passenger. ceptional character.” Source: ctvnews.ca A short time later, police say they seized an-

Largest donation in Canadian history gifted to McGill University

Trudeau said.

Remediation agreements are a relatively new mechanism in Canada. The Liberals amended the Criminal Code through an omnibus bill in 2018 to implement what are also referred to as Deferred Prosecution Agreements. If the company was convicted they’d be banned from securing Canadian government contracts for a decade, potentially putting Canadian jobs on the line.

“I… to be honest don’t entirely understand why Jody Wilson-Raybould made the decision that she did,” Trudeau said about her resignation. “I continue to be puzzled.”

His comments were the most involved he has offered to date on the affair that has rocked Parliament Hill.

Trudeau’s office said the prime minister was made aware Monday night that WilsonRaybould would be resigning from cabinet.

Trudeau called an emergency teleconference cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss her departure.

On Monday, Trudeau said that that he still had “full confidence” in Wilson-Raybould and that he respected her citing solicitorclient privilege as the reason why she has not yet publicly commented on the reported allegations. Source: ctvnews.ca

group, but were captured by coalition-led forces. They have been detained in a Syrian prison for the past nine months.

Ali fears the Islamic State militants still have sleeper cells and that members are hiding out until U.S. forces withdraw from the war zone.

RCMP seize nearly two tonnes of contraband tobacco over several days

An unprecedented donation to McGill University announced Wednesday will go toward creating a first-of-its-kind post-secondary program.

“Not only is this gift extraordinary for our university, it is also the single largest donation in Canadian history,” McGill principal Suzanne Fortier said Wednesday in announcing the new McCall MacBain scholarships.

The scholarships are being funded by a $200-million gift from the McCall McBain Foundation on behalf of John and Marcy McCall MacBain. John McCall MacBain is the founder of classified advertising giant Trader

other truck in Summerstown, Ont., east of Cornwall, that was loaded with 40 bags containing just over 693 kg of fine-cut tobbaco.

The 50-year-old driver and 24-year-old passenger have been arrested.

All accused are charged under the Excise Act as well as the provincial Tobacco Tax Act. The 50-year-old also faces charges of flight from police and dangerous driving.

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FAITH This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. [al-Maa’idah 5:5] Prohibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father’s sisters... [an-Nisaa 4:23]

Parents in a School Daze over Islam

LECTURES ABOUT WHAT uddhists believe and how their faith spread to China, Burma, and beyond whizzed past my unlistening ears. A bad student, I dozed through discussions about what Martin Luther nailed to the door of All Saints’ Church and why he had a beef with the Catholic Church. My thirst for learning (and love of religious freedom) finally perked up during lessons about Nazi Germany and what it was that they never learned about the Jewish faith and people.

But there was never a whisper about Islam. No discussion of the Ottoman Empire, or the Golden Age of Islamic learning and discovery, not a Muhammad in sight.

That was high school back in the 90s.

Back in those days chapters about Islam, the Muslims, and Islamic civilizations were put on the chopping block in world history.

In recent years since the tragedy of 9/11 and the scourge of ISIS, Islam and the Muslims are increasingly coming under the microscope in world news and politics. No longer can we, as a society, brush off chapters on such an apropos subject. And so, Islamic Civilization has started to make an appearance in school curriculum.

But some parents are enraged about this religion being a part of their children’s history text. Fueled by myth, fear, and anger, parents across the country are saying no to Islamic knowledge for their children. One example is that of a Florida mother who has vowed to stop her children from learning history if that history has anything to do with Muslims. in this link video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Znvj4piw_M ) This Florida mom, Christian Normandin, is like a growing number of parents. She is mad. And just a few seconds into her video about the “evils” of teaching students about Islam, you can understand why. It’s because she has been served a heaping helping of misinformation about Islam which understandably breeds fear.

It becomes clear a few minutes into the young mother’s video that she has fallen prey to media sensationalism and fear mongering. She cannot put her finger on anything in specific that she knows about Islam, but cites what she has heard, alluding to media reports of Muslim extremists’ misdeeds.

What she and most non-Muslims don’t realize is that Prophet Muhammad taught his followers to avoid extremism. The Prophet (saw) said: Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists … (Bukhâri) But unfortunately she, like many Americans and Westerners at large, fails to realize that the misdeeds of a few do not define the many.

Normandin gets so much wrong about

Islam it is heart breaking in these public schools. Teachers ing. You almost want are not teaching students to believe in to jump into the video Islam nor are they teaching them to to hug her, make her a follow the Prophet Muhammad. They nice cup of coffee, and are just teaching historical fact. sit down and explain Indoctrination is not even a part of the it all to her.

Islamic approach of inviting people to In her 15 minute understand the teachings of Islam. Alvideo, this conlah says in the Quran: cerned parent holds But if they turn away, your duty is only up what she sees as to preach the clear Message. [Sûrat Althe offending hisNahl, 16:82] indoctrination. We all learned about More than learning how history works torical textbook that her son must learn from, and she Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and so and the difference between learning misreads most of it. The most appall- on in world history class. It is just the something and being indoctrinated, ing reading comprehension misstep is way the world works. Religion is a pow- these non-Muslims parents need to that she confuses pre-Islamic burial of erful force and moves people to do, and understand that learning about Islamic daughters and ill-treatment of women build, and fight and, well … make his- history, peoples, and practices will help tory. Islam and the Muslims have played the next generation of world leaders with Islam. a huge part in world history.

As Allah says in the Quran: move toward a more peaceful world.

And when the girl [who was] buried Teaching children about world reli- The reality is that children will need alive is asked for what sin she was killed. gions in world history class is just a ne- an understanding of all peoples, culcessity. Imagine trying to teach a class tures, and religions if they hope to suc[Sûrat Al-Takwîr, 81:8-9] And the Prophet(saw)said: about the Reformation and leaving out cessfully navigate the business world.

Whoever has three daughters or three Henry VIII challenging papal author- The truth is that learning about other sisters, or two daughters or two sisters, ity and the Catholic Church. It would peoples and systems of belief teaches and he keeps good company with them be eerily like 1984. much needed open mindedness in this and fears Allah regarding them, then But we never hear one parent being diverse world. outraged about how their Catholic But non-Muslim parents aren’t the Paradise is for him. (Tirmidhi) The textbook is conveying that these children are learning about The Church only ones who need to do a little growpre-Islamic practices of female infan- of England. And why not? Well, there ing. Muslims have a responsibility here ticide and bad treatment of women are are two reasons. Firstly, because Islam as well. The media has shown these grave sins in Islam. But it is almost as if is the new boogeyman, and fear of it non-Muslim parents enough of the unthe misconceptions she holds to be true is being fueled by the extremists, the Islamic practices done by extremists to are obscuring the vision of an otherwise Islamophobes, and the media’s soap drive them to this point. opera-esque love affair with them both. We have a duty to these parents, to competent individual.

Normandin even goes as far as to fear And secondly, because learning about their children, to reach out and show Arabic numerals. Pointing to a page people, their beliefs, and the historical them that the majority of Muslims that shows how the Arabic numerals events that took place around them is aren’t monsters, extremists, or even are written, she says, “It even has the not indoctrination. Parents understand their enemy, and that Islam is not evil. origin of ‘Ay-rabic’ numerals. […] And this when it comes to any other faith Allah tells us in the Quran: it shows you actually how to write ’em.” but Islam.

And speak to people good [words].

Arabic numerals are in fact our numeri- To use a high school writing tool, the [Sûrat Al-Baqarah, 2:83] cal system here in the U. S. of A. But it Merriam-Webster dictionary, we find We owe it to our fellow countrymen is truly sad that she fears her son learn- that “to indoctrinate” is defined as “to and women, to our fellow human being numbers simply because they were teach (someone) to fully accept the ings, to show them what Islam is developed through the Islamic Empire. ideas, opinions, and beliefs of a par- through good manners and kindness.

She continues her outrage because it ticular group and to not consider other It’s well past time to reach out and clear seems that the textbook is not teach- ideas, opinions, and beliefs.” the air. ing some other history of Islam that she Indoctrination is not what is happen- www.aljumuah.com knows to be “more true.” But she can’t seem to bring any evidence to bear in her video. She says, “They don’t talk Feb 15-Mar 1, 2019 Jamadi Ul II 9-23,1440 H about the negative sides of, you know, Islam or Muslim.” Perhaps she is refer- Islm.

Fajar Sunr DhuhrAsarAsar Isha Dhuhr Zawal Asar (shafi) (hanfi) Maghrib Magrib Isha ring to what she has heard about the Date Date Fajar Day Sunrise misdeeds of Muslims, an entirely dif9 ferent thing than what Islam is or what 10 Islamic History is.

11 She is not alone in her protest, igno- 12 rance, and fear. The issue is an emo13 tional one and growing in popularity. I 14 get it. Parents are trying to protect their children from what they perceive as 15 dangerous. But the irony is that maybe 16 if this subject matter had been covered 17 when these parents were in school, they 18 wouldn’t be so scared of it being taught 19 to their children.

20 What’s more is that these parents don’t 21 seem to grasp the not so subtle dis- 22 tinction between teaching what other 23 people believe and forcing religious

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op i n i on

Ready for Reform?

RE we getting an IMF bailout or are we not? The debate is centre stage again in the wake of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s weekend meeting with IMF director Christine Lagarde. I wish it were not. No, not because the matter of the bailout is trivial.

It isn’t. But every time we consume the nation with this issue, it misguides people by presenting it as some kind of silver bullet and allows the policy machinery to mask what they really need to be focused on: internal reform.

Let me predict. We are going to go to the IMF and we are going to get a package.

Not an ideal one; but an okay one. Three reasons.

First, I am told that traditional naysayer-in-chief Imran Khan has been convinced otherwise. It is no secret that he had boxed himself in on the IMF issue. Even as his technical advisers were rightly telling him we must go soon, he knew he had for long singled out the IMF as the villain he would not indulge.

Very recently, though, he has signalled that he’s ready — ironically, now defying a relatively more sceptical (about the IMF) Finance Minister Asad Umar.

Second, the government feels it has finally got the international environment to turn in its favour. And in as much as they see the IMF as a political beast tak-

ing cues from Washington, the decision Third, the ping-pong match between makers are probably buoyed by how the the Pakistan government and the IMF has forced both sides to self-correct and Pakistan-US relationship is looking. the technical aspects of a deal to IMF money means nothing bring an acceptable equilibrium. The IMF has if we don’t get real. played hardball to date, asking for the Better noises have been coming out of moon in terms of conditionalities. PakiWashington since the Afghan peace stan’s muscle memory on IMF negotiaprocess began to take shape. The clear- tions has always driven it to ask for an est statement yet — and this has created opiate without transforming its domessome excitement within the policy en- tic economic behaviour — and it has clave — came from Zalmay Khalilzad, almost always succeeded. Both sides are US special envoy for the Afghan peace by now fairly clear that the deal is goprocess, last Friday. Offering his first ing to be somewhere in the middle this public exposé on the Afghan negotia- time. As far as I can tell, they know what tions, he was uncharacteristically candid the ‘middle’ is. about Pakistan’s support and of the US Good news? Yes. We need the package, desire to mend ties with Pakistan at the not only because of the direct infusion back end of an Afghan peace deal. Add of cash it will bring, but also because this to this that the US has stood back and will open up other borrowing opportuallowed the Saudis, Emiratis and Qataris nities from the open market. And yet, all to support and bail Pakistan out in the this means nothing if we don’t get real past few months. about what we’ve got to do ourselves.

To be sure, I can make a fairly compel- My worry is that if we keep the current ling case that we exaggerate how po- tenor of public debate going, we won’t. liticised the IMF is and understate how As soon as we secure this deal, we are negative Washington’s intelligentsia re- likely going to see the prime minister mains on Pakistan. But what matters is declare victory like he did after securing the sense in the corridors of power. And money from the UAE and Saudi Arabia. there, the view is that the tide is turning Lost here will be the fact that this money and this will affect the IMF’s attitude. has taken us off the ventilator, nothing Pakistan will be going to the IMF for the more. We are still sick and shall remain 13th time. Will PTI’s Asad Umar fare so if we don’t overhaul the structures of better than past ministers?

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

‘Hatred, & Islamophobia’!

By: Gulshan Alani It seems we are going back to the horrific time of Hitler, Crucifixion in Roman Empire, Crusaders, persecution of Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

Even today the same religious persecution is still going on.

The most gruesome hateful attack in the Quebec city Masjid killing innocent Muslim worshippers by a hatemonger terrorist proved Islamophobia do exists.

Therefore, it is absolutely arrogance to declare Islamophobia doesn’t exist especially in Quebec.

The Judge called it an act of “visceral hate”.

That is inspire by the evil spirit.

Quebec Superior Court Justice François

the economy.

The bottom line is as simple as it gets: we spend way more than we earn and there is nothing short of real and intense structural transformation of the economy that can bridge this gap sustainably.

Previously, we behaved like an addict who continues to get an opiate under the promise that he’ll enter serious rehab. In reality, we have neither shown the intent nor seem to have had the capacity to bear the pain the process entails.

This is the only question we should be debating: are we ready for serious rehab, and if so, is everyone clear what all this will entail? If we are, we should be taking the discussion in a different direction: if there were no IMF, no bilateral benefactors, and no remittances, what would we have to do to bridge the revenue-expense gap? That’s the approach we need. If we adopt it, the rest is not rocket science and will follow. But for this, the prime minister would have to move the public narrative away from declaring victory to warning the public that what’s coming is going to hurt, but that it’s a pain we must endure for our long-term success.

None of the previous governments have had the courage to do so. Will Mr Khan?

By: Moeed Yusuf

The writer is the author of Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US Crisis Management in South Asia.

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.

called the shooting a gratuitous act of fanaticism. He said its date Jan. 29, 2017, will “forever be written in blood in the history of this city, this province, this country.”

Yet, he rewrote the official section of punishment and delivered the punishment that didn’t fit the crime.

Most disappointing for the surviving victims- families who lost their loved ones in the barbaric attack. The only ‘Rahat’ for them is to know their loved ones are considered Martyrs as killed prostrating to their Creator so they have flown straight in Jannah-Heaven, for which we all work hard to get entry in Heaven. By paying and buying tickets to enter in Paradise is a hoax created by some religious leaders.

The religious and tribal hatred is centuries old and growing rapidly even in the time of higher education and advanced technology proving the higher intelligence in mankind.

Yet, such academic education cannot teach or provide Socio ethics and moral values that comes only through the belief in the Divine authority of the Supreme-Being the Owner of the Creation, who requires utmost respect, and obedience of HIS rules as a good Citizen. Only Oneness of GOD can

create oneness of community and keep the evil away by having fear of Almighty GOD, as HIS appointed Police Officers-Angels are around us writing our reports, so never do anything wrong thinking nobody is watching us. Although, we have the Cameras but not enough, we are in need of more Cameras in every corner and buildings.

Increase of religious hatred is also crystal clear in Genocide of Rohingya Muslims, oppressed and tortured Falun Gong practitioners, Chinese Christians are persecuted, the Crosses are thrown, the Churches are forced to close, the Chinese Prisons are full of Christians (50 millions killed), and Uighur Muslims. (Reported-Context-Lorna Dueck-”Religious persecution in China’).

The reality of truth is that HE created different tribes with different colors just so we know each other, not to create racism, discrimination and hatred of each other. The only hatred should be for the Evil Iblis-Lucifer an enemy of Allah-Creator.

The only Wall we need is between good and evil, between true Creator GOD and human gods the mischief makers and the killers of souls.

If one Muslim or one Jewish person does

something wrong, why blame the whole community? Are our minds becoming like the notorious Hitler or Daesh?

The killers have not even read or studied the final Revelation-Quran that forbids revenge on who has done nothing wrong. Divine Message has clarified it: No father should be punished for his Son’s crime and v/v.

However, killing Muslims is like killing all the Jews, Christians, Bani Israel etc. Millions of Muslims are still the same tribes who accepted Almighty-GOD ‘s final Revelation and earned the title of final qualification ‘Muslim’.

They must not be murdered for being obedient children but should get standing ovation for keeping alive the concept of One Creator-GOD, HIS past Revelations and Messengers. important note: Letters to the editor do not reflect the opinion of the Miracle media group. We do not publish anonymous letters or the letters of the people who do not disclose their identity to ‘The Miracle.’ A writer can use a pen name or request ‘The Miracle’ to withhold his / her identity. Please include your daytime telephone number for the confirmation of your letter. We regret the inconvenience.

Raza Bashir Tarar the new High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada.

His Brief Biographical Sketch is as follows: Born in 1964, joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1987.

Received professional training 1987-89 Did Japanese language course from Japan (1989-90) Has held various diplomatic assignments in Pakistan Missions abroad: Manila (1991-1994), Brussels (1999-2002), Tokyo (2003-2004) and New York (UN) (2008-2013).

While in New York, he also served as Pakistan Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Representative to the UN Security Council.

Raza Bashir Tarar has assumed the respon- Served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Kenya with concurrent accreditation sibilities of new High Commissioner of to Burundi, Eritrea, Rwanda and Uganda Pakistan to Canada.

from August 2015 to February 2019. He also served as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) where United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) are headquartered.

While in New York, he represented Pakistan international conferences and has also led Pakistan delegation to different events.

He held different assignments in Islamabad.

As Director General (Disarmament) from 2013 to 2015, he led Pakistan’s delegations to various international conferences as well as bilateral disarmament dialogues.

In Nairobi, Ambassador Tarar was elected

Vice Chair from the Asia Pacific Group in the UNEP Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) Bureau and Chair of the Group of 77 and China, Nairobi Chapter.

At the Third United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3) he was elected as Rapporteur of the UNEA-4 Bureau; a position he held till his assignment to Canada. He led the Pakistan delegations to UNEA-2 (2016) UNEA -3 (2017) and UN-Habitat’s Governing Council (GC) 26 (2017). He also led the Pakistan delegation to the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference (SBEC) co-hosted by Kenya, Canada and Japan in Nairobi in November 2018.

He is married and is blessed with two children.

11 mI R A C L E ’ S Thanks Allah (swt) 18 on Completion of Miracle’s 18th year !

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18TH ANNV

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nce again alhamdulillah, it is a great occasion in the Miracle Media Group Inc.’s history as it has completed Eighteen years -a long journey that began on Feb 23rd, 2001.

I want to thank the supporters and well wishers of ‘The Miracle’ for providing continuous support through advertisements of their businesses, sharing their thoughts in writing with our readers, especially Mr. Nusrat Hussain, Mr. Shams Jilani, Mr. Aslam Hayat, Mr. Azhar Syed, Maulana Abdul Latif Naumani, Mrs. Shamim Karim, Mrs. Alam Ara, Mrs. Shabnam Khan, Dr. Huma Mir, Ms. Asma Shums, Mrs. Nafisa Siddiqi,and many others.

The Miracle team feels proud to have established and continued our tradition of special editions on occasions s uch as Federal, Provincial and Civic Elections, Independence Day of Pakistan, Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul Adha. In past few years, the Miracle conducted many successful Election Forums on Civic, Provincial and Federal Elections debates. In 2015 Federal Elections the Miracle Media did a vital role to conduct Surrey Candidates grand debate under the banner of BC Muslim Print Media.

In 2016 BC Provincial election, the Miracle media covered the, candidates nomination meetings, election campaigns, press conferences, community forums of many candidates and their profiles.

We held Qirat and Hamad o Naat competitions, awards for Miracle Youth, Advertisers, Sponsors and Writers. Miracle Media also conducted three 6 hours long exciting Musical Competition programs for tributes the legendry Pakistani Singers Mehdi Hassan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Mixed Pakistani songs, these programs engaged children, youth, adults and seniors of all communities.

On Feb 19, 2016 again Miracle Media arranged a 6 hours duration quality program of Miracle’s Writers and Musicians awards with Sham e Ghazal night to tribute the great legendry Pakistani singers, Mehdi Hassan and Noor Jehan at a large scale at Afghan Chopan restaurant in Surrey.

Now a days Miracle Media is partner of “ I AM PAKISTAN “ Worldwide Movement for Basha/ Myanmar, & Mohmand Dams Fundraising Dinner in March 24, 2019 The newspaper aims to provide

a broad overview of the world through articles and images.

Over the years, we have covered around 5000 events from all communities in efforts to keep up with our slogan, “Bringing Harmony to all the ”. We are also proud that when Non-Muslims read Miracle Newspaper, they learn more about Islam as well as the local and international Muslim community.

Feb 23, 2001 was a remarkable day for the BC Muslim community when Mr. Hussain launched the first Muslim Newspaper on biweekly basis. His family’s and his day and night struggle gave a voice to the community.

Mr. Nusrat Hussain, founder of Miracle, handed me over the responsibility to run this show alone from Jan 2007.

Thanks Mr. Hussain! I have been since trying to nourish your baby, The Miracle, to this day, Feb 15 2019.

How successful my entire team and I have been in achieving this tasks?

Well, the Miracle’s readers are the best judges.

Miracle is the only one who cares and respects all community members irrespective of colour, nationality and faith.

During its eighteen years of community service in journalism, the Miracle took one step ahead from our fellows in the field, from past seven years we decided to give each advertisement special attention rather than printing consecutive 4-8 pages colour ads and risk that readers will flip through all the ads without stopping. We have now divided each page in such a way so that the ads and articles are spread evenly on pages so our advertisers benefit from more exposure and our readers stay informed by reading articles and seeing what the businesses are offering at the same time.

We also pay thanks to our Advertisers.

Feel free to comment on this issue about Miracle’s Historical 18 years journey, as your concerns and suggestions are highly appreciated for improving our quality in future.

At the end I will not be honest if I do not appreciate the efforts of my Miracle’s family Khadija, Misbah,, Shahrukh, Sabeeh and Arslan.

Keep up the good work not only for the Miracle, but for all the Community.

I thank everyone who took the time and sent their messages at Miracle’s 18th Anniversary, including politicians, advertisers and wellwishing individuals from the community.

May Allah (SWT) accept your prayers for our success and may He help us in serving the community.

Jazaakumu Allahu Khairan.

(Ameen) Mohammad Naseer Pirzada (Editor in-Chief)

From The Desk Of The Consul General The Human Care BC Society Of Pakistan Message For The Miracle

I would like to take this opportunity to felicitate the Miracle Media Group on 18th Anniversary of its foundation. Over the last 18 years, the Miracle newspaper has been providing objective and balanced reporting on issues of national and international significance.

Besides imparting knowledge on diverse range of issues such as international affairs,economy, business, community matters, it provides entertainment to the vast range of readers.

The newspaper is an important voice of Pakistani community and plays an effective role in promotion of Pakistani businesses in Greater Vancouver Area. I wish the CEO of the Miracle Media Group and the whole team for its continued success and progress.

Dr. Muhammad Tariq

Consul General

BRITISH COLUMBIA

A MESSAGE FROM PREMIER JOHN HORGAN

The Editorial Board, Surrey, BC

The Directors of MIRACLE MEDIA

Congratulations, Mubaraka & Bravo!

I, on behalf of my Society take this opportunity to send our Greetings on this Milestone Achievement of yours. I appreciate the coverage you gave to the activities of Human Care Society. Without the help of Media/s, it would not have been possible to expose various HUMANITARIAN AIDS which the Society has successfully achieved in the past 10 years.

Some of our services are: Qurbani, Zakaat, Aqeeqa, Sadaqa, Water Well, Bore Well, Blanket Drive And Hurricane And Flood Relief work around the world.

Keep on reporting un-biased articles and messages and In Sha Allah, we will successfully celebrate ‘silver jubilee’ also.

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18Th anniversary edition of Miracle

1 February 2019

Ken Hardie

Member of Parliament Fleetwood-Port Kells

M. Naseer Pirzada Editor in – Chief Miracle Media Group Inc. 9160 – 136A Street Surrey, BC V3V 7Z8

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House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Tel: 613-996-2205 Fax: 613-995-7139

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Dear M. Naseer Pirzada,

1 February 2019

Congratulations on your recent 18th Anniversary for The Miracle Media Group Inc.

M. Naseer Pirzada 1 February 2019 Editor in – Chief Milestones like Group these are Miracle Media Inc.always a time for celebration. The pride that the Miracle takes in their 9160 shows – 136AinStreet work the newspaper; it is the reason why your readership keeps engaging. I wish the very M. Naseer Surrey, BCPirzada V3V 7Z8 Media Group and here is to another 18 years! best to the Miracle Editor in – Chief Miracle Inc. Dear M.Media NaseerGroup Pirzada, Again,– congratulations on this momentous occasion!

9160 136A Street Surrey, BC V3V 7Z8 Congratulations on your recent 18th Anniversary for The Miracle Media Group Inc.

Sincerely,

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Dear M. Naseer Pirzada, Milestones like these are always a time for celebration. The pride that the Miracle takes in their work shows in the newspaper; it is the reason why your readership keeps engaging. I wish the very th Congratulations on your recent 18and Anniversary for The Miracle Media Group Inc. best to the Miracle Media Group here is to another 18 years!

180 Wellington House of Commons Tel: 604-501-5900 Ottawa ON K1A 0A6

Milestones like these are a time for celebration.

Again, congratulations onalways this momentous occasion! The pride that the Miracle takes in their work shows in the newspaper; it is the reason why your readership keeps engaging. I wish the very best to the Miracle Media Group and here is to another 18 years!

Sincerely,

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Again, congratulations on this momentous occasion!

Ken Hardie Member of Parliament

Fleetwood – Port Kells Sincerely,

Fax: 604-501-5901 Constituency

Association of Islamic Charitable KH/kab Ken Hardie Member of Parliament Projects – British Fleetwood –Columbia Port Kells 301-16088, 84th Ave. Surrey BC V4N 0V9

Tel: 604-501-5900 Fax: 604-501-5901 ken.hardie@parl.gc.ca

Dear Mr. M. Naseer. Pirzada, Editor in-chief, & Ken Hardie Member of Parliament KH/kab ‘The Miracle’ Newspaper Team Fleetwood – Port Kells The AICP has a very busy schedule in spreading KH/kab the pure authentic moderate Islamic knowledge of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jama^ah as well as commemorating and sponsoring events celebrating the Islamic occasions and holidays, like Miladun-Nabiyy, Isra’ & Mi^raj & The new Hijri Year, bringing the practice of the Religion to the minds of the people. However, it is very rare that one of those events went without your advertising, coverage and reporting. It is very rare that your team wasn’t present to actively participate in reflecting the unity, harmony and the joy to the rest of our community.

This only could be achieved by your hard work and aptitude. The credit for all this also goes to your working staff who sometimes worked beyond the expectation of money for the newspaper We in the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects, AICP, would like to express our joy and delight to have you around all along these years helping us achieving such a great success.

We look forward to see your newspaper further contributing to the success of our community and society.

Sincere wishes, Association of Islamic Charitable Projects ,553-Front St. New Westminster ken.hardie@parl.gc.ca

I am very happy and glad to hear that your MIRACLE has completed 18 successful years this year and it is indeed a matter of joy. All this is because of everyone’s handwork and co-operation of all the staff.

Your Newspaper is today one among the top circulating Local newspaper in the Lower mainland , and the credit for that solely goes to your team. A hearty congratulation to you and your team for making this newspaper reach such a great height. Also, we hope the MIRACLE reaches greater heights than this in the future and hope it keeps entertaining passionate readers as it has been doing with each passing day Best wishes for your continued success toward your next milestones. Keep up the good work!

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Congratulations Miracle Media

I would like to congratulate The Miracle Team on it’s 18th Anniversary. The Miracle has established a vital resource for general readers, educators, businesses, parents and many more through such great coverage. An achievement of this kind is only possible with a Team of such talented and hardworking individuals. I enjoy writing and sharing my Inspirational Articles with The Miracle Reader’s. It’s always a pleasure to receive positive feedback from our readers and when they ask what’s your next topic!

Best Wishes -The Miracle Team!!

Shabnam Khan (M.P.C.C., R.P.C) Family Counsellor

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Smart Cities AV Shuttle Demos Come to Surrey

Experience a Driverless Shuttle in Your Community ELA Visits Surrey and Vancouver as part of the Smart Cities Challenge The future of driving is coming to Greater Vancouver! If you’ve been wondering what it’s like to ride in a driverless vehicle, here is your chance to be one of the first people to experience a driverless shuttle ride in Surrey.

Rides will be available at the following times and locations: Surrey Civic Plaza in Surrey City Centre: February 1 to 17, 2019 Vancouver Olympic Village: February 23 to March 5, 2019

of Surrey and the City of Vancouver’s Smart Cities Challenge bid to create Canada’s first two collision-free multi modal corridors using smart mobility technologies.” “Driverless vehicles are anticipated to eliminate one of the leading contributors to collisions – human error,” says City of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart.

By piloting them on these corridors, we can learn more about how they can be used throughout the region to improve safety, reduce congestion, and create safer, greener, healthier, more connected communities. In Surrey and Vancouver we believe that together, we are leading the way and setting the standard for other cities in Canada to follow for smart mobility.”

It may look like it’s something straight out of the future, but ELA – The EZ10 Driverless Shuttle is already being used in several countries around the world. ELA – short for ELectric Automation – is a fully-accessible, 100% electric vehicle with a battery life of up to 14 hours. It holds up to 12 passengers and will travel at slow speeds – about 12 km/h

during the test-rides – but has a maximum travelling speed of 40 km/h.

A driverless shuttle, or autonomous vehicle (AV), uses a combination of sensors, video cameras and computers to understand its surroundings and steer itself. In the future, city transportation planners envision using AVs to improve safety, enhance sustainability and reduce congestion on busy corridors.

During the demos, the shuttle will be separated from traffic to ensure public safety.

The shuttle can accommodate wheelchairs, scooters and strollers.

The ELA Shuttle will start its journey in Surrey City Centre, and following its visit, will be relocated to the City of Vancouver’s Olympic Village. A trained operator will be on board as back-up to stop the vehicle if needed and rides will take approximately five minutes. Riders can also provide feedback that will be used to learn about future potential operation of the vehicle.

Adding to the experience during the 17 day visit in Surrey, the City of Surrey will be hosting two special days that will include

Western Canada’s largest outdoor escape room event on February 9th and 10th. The event promoted as: Mission: Possible will occur on Surrey Civic Plaza adjacent to Surrey City Hall.

The mission, for those accepting the challenge, will involve teams of two to five to strategize and collaborate through a series of puzzles and riddles to help their team pave the way to a smarter city.

The event is a way to engage the public and educate them on smart technologies of the future centred on safe transportation systems. To learn more about Smart Cities Challenge bid or to book your free shuttle ride visit www.smartertogether.ca.

NDP Leader Visits for Quebec Mosque attack memorial at Vancouver Jamia Masjid

NDP Leader who is vying for a seat in a by election in Burnaby South visited the Vancouver Jamia Masjid to offer his condolences for the victims.

He recounted his experience with Islamophobia saying because he is a Sikh, his turban and beard appears similar to Muslims, he never diverts the attention away from him to others.

He said, “We have a shared humanity”, He does not divert attention from him being a Sikh

to others. He remembered how Canadians came forward by making circles around masjids and the outpouring of support gave him Hope.

Br Haroon Khan, trustee of the Jamia Masjid remembering the victims said they are “all martyrs” in Islam. He thanked all the participants saying, “In dark times we need all the light we can.” Courtesy by ALAMEENPOST.COM

Community dinner to raise awareness about the oppression faced by Uyghur and Rohingya Muslims.

On January 27th, Richmond Jamea Masjid hosted a community dinner to raise awareness about the oppression faced by Uyghur and Rohingya Muslims.

Sister Yasmin Ullah from Burma and Sister Turnisa Matsedik-Qira from East Turkistan spoke about their experiences and shared their knowlege about the issues faced by many muslims who have been oppressed under the current regime in their native countries.

Facts: Since August 25, 2017…

- Over 700,000 Rohingya has been driven out of homes and tens of thousands killed - 30,000 estimated to be stranded in the mountains - Over 360 Rohingya villages burned to the ground - Over 60% of those who fled violence into Bangladesh are women and children - Most children in the refugee camps are under age of 5.

- 80,000 women had to deliver their babies

as a result of gang rapes by Burmese soldiers - Families are separated. Over 70,000 children have been orphaned - Most of the households are led by women and children under the age of 18 - Fishing– spontaneous rescue--Boats now banned in Bangladesh Br Usman - past president of BCMA showcasing his archive of the persecution of the Burma Muslims since 1978.

What can you do?

- Raise your voice. Write letters to your representatives or call them; let them that you want to see tangible actions by Canada on this issue.

- Keep informing others about Rohingya - Keep the pressure on your representatives - Consumer boycott/ holding corporations accountable for profiting off of a genocide and war crimes - Monetary aid: http://peopleempoweringpeople.ca/ Courtesy by ALAMEENPOST.COM

Sunday, February 3, Surrey Interfaith Council and the KPU Multi-Faith Centre hosted their annual Surrey Interfaith Pilgrimage, in celebration of the UN World Interfaith and Harmony Week.

The walk took place through Surrey, stopping at centres of prayer, worship,

and community along the way.

Lunch was graciously provided by Brookside Gurdwara Sahib.

The opening ceremony begins took place at Tynehead Park Parking at 9:30 AM and the closing ceremony concluded at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

The Route was as follows; Tynehead Park Parking Lot 96th Ave and 172nd Street Fleetwood CRC 9165 – 160 St. Northwood United Church 8855 - 156 St. Brookside Sahib Gurdwara 8365 - 140 St. Laxmi Mandir 8321 - 140 St.

Singh Sabah Gurdawara 8115 – 132 St. Surrey Jamea Masjid 12407 – 72 Ave. Kwantlen Polytechnic Unv. 12666 – 72 Ave Surrey Courtesy by ALAMEENPOST.COM.

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‘Civilians killed’ as US-backed forces push to defeat ISIL

At least 16 dead, including children, in air strikes as Kurdish-led fighters battle last ISIL remnants in eastern Syria At least 16 civilians, including seven children, were killed in air attacks launched by a US-backed coalition aiming to capture ISIL’s last enclave in eastern Syria.

Fighter jets fired missiles in support of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Baghouz, a village in Deir Az Zor province, as part of a fierce battle to seize Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s last sliver of territory in the region.

SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali said heavy clashes were ongoing on Tuesday after hun-

dreds fled the battle zone overnight.

The SDF believes 400 to 600 fighters from ISIL, also known as Daesh and ISIS, remain holed up in the enclave, including many hardened foreigners who are expected to fight to the death.“We are seeing fierce resistance from the Daesh fighters,” SDF field commander Adnan Afrin told Reuters news agency on the outskirts of Baghouz.

“Most are foreigners, Iraqis, Europeans.

There are a lot of Turks. We can hear them on the walky-talkies.”He said ISIL now held only 1-square kilometre of the village.

The SDF announced a final push to retake Baghouz late on Saturday. Since then some

military advances have been made, but ISIL snipers and landmines have slowed the ground forces down.

Coalition spokesman Sean Ryan said the US-backed forces were facing a fierce pushback by the armed group.

“The progress is slow and methodical as the enemy is fully entrenched and ISIL fighters continue to conduct counter-attacks,” said Ryan. “The coalition continues to strike at ISIL targets whenever available.”

The US-led coalition said it hit a mosque used by ISIL to direct attacks and employ suicide car bombs against the SDF. “This mosque lost its protected status when

King Salman says his country ‘permanently stands by Palestine and its people’s right to an independent state’.

Saudi King Salman has said his kingdom is committed to an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital before a United States-led conference on Middle East peace and security.

The Saudi monarch was speaking on Tuesday during a meeting with visiting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the capi-

tal, Riyadh. King Salman said his country “permanently stands by Palestine and its people’s right to an independent state with the occupied East Jerusalem as its capital,” reported the official Saudi Press Agency.

The pledge comes as the US is expected to offer hints of its proposals for peace between Israel and the Palestinians at a conference in Poland’s capital, Warsaw.

Announcing the two-day conference last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

The anti-Tehran demonstration was organised by the National Council of Resistance in Iran, and protesters hoisted Iranian flags and held banners against the political repression in the Islamic Republic.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said at a news briefing in Tehran the twoday Warsaw meeting attended by the delegations from 60 countries was “dead on arrival”.The conference and demonstration came as 20 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard were killed in a suicide at-

tack in the southeast of the country.

Describing the Poland meeting as the “WarsawCircus”, Zarif said it was “no coincidence that Iran is hit by terror on the very day” the talks began in the Polish capital.

“Especially when cohorts of same terrorists cheer it from Warsaw streets & support it with twitter bots? US seems to always make the same wrong choices, but expect different results,” Zarif wrote on Twitter.

Source: aljazeera.com

ISIS deliberately chose to use it as a command and control centre,” the coalition’s deputy commander, Major-General Christopher Ghika, said in a statement.

Source: aljazeera.com

Saudi king reaffirms support for Palestinian state

said that foreign ministers from around the world would attend to take up the “destabilising influence” of Iran in the Middle East.

But with most major European powers sending low-level representation, the US and Poland have toned down the agenda, saying the gathering is not focused on Iran but rather looking more broadly at the Middle East. Source: aljazeera.com

Iran denounces US-led Middle East conference held in Warsaw Iran’s leaders call out US over Poland meeting as hundreds protest Tehran government on the streets of Warsaw.

Warsaw, Poland - Iran’s foreign minister has criticised a Middle East conference cohosted by the US in the Polish capital calling it “another attempt by the United States to pursue an obsession with Iran”.

The denunciation came as hundreds of demonstrators protested on Wednesday outside the venue against the Iranian goverment demanding “regime change”.

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Oct 2008: A special Election Edition of the Miracle is published to raise awareness about federal elections and voting.

August 14, 2009: The Miracle appreciates its writers and advisors in an awards ceremony at first Pakistani Festival in Holland Park, Surrey.

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he Miracle’s Journey in the eighteen years has been filled with many mile stones. Some of them marked exciting and uplifting moments while a few may be arbitrarily remembered as disappointments. Nevertheless each moment provided us with an opportunity to learn and improve, and only solidified our belief in this newspaper’s role in the community. While we faced many challenges in public and private, we have chosen a selected few events that raised our confidence in ourselves and in our community and hence, set the course of direction for the newspaper’s future.

This may be the trip down the memory lane for a lot of our readers and advertisers who have been with the newspaper from Day one and supported us.

Editor met with former Pres Pakistan General Pervaiz M in downtown Vancouver

March 1, 2011: Surrey May Dianne Watts recognized M

Aug 14, 2002: The Miracle host the first ever Miracle Muslim Youth awards to recognize the successes of Muslim students in secondary education, Islamic education and Athletics in Elks community Hall Burnaby.

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Oct 26, 2006: The Miracle’ Media thanked the Radio India Management of their efforts for their Radiothon for EarthOct 31, Victims 2010: Miracle Media Inc.on organizes quake in Pakistan behalf Pakistani community

quake in Pakistan, Miracle arranges a forum in its office to meet doctors and community members and discuss the curul Thani 21, 1435 H rent situation of Pakistan. The Miracle February 21, 2014 also presents appreciation plaques to members of Indian Media who fundraised for Aug 14, 2003: The second MiracletheYouth relief efforts.

July –Aug 2010: The Miracle joins in fundraising efforts for ood relief in Pakistan through radio thons and newspaper.

Sep, 2010: The Miracle publishes its largest Eid edition of 64 pages at the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

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first ever tribute to Legendary Pakistani Singer Mehdi Hassan as a talent hunt competition. Pakistani Consul General, MoinJuly 20, distributes 2011: Miracle metin with BC ul-Haq the awards Pakistan Premier Christie Clark who marked House, Surrey.

Feb 23, 2010: At its 9th Anniversary, Miracle launches the new format of its

‘s 10 years publication in a event.

April 16, 2011: Muslim Com Dec 31, 2007: Miracle Founder and Chief Editor Mr. Nusrat Hussain said Goodbye the Miracle Media and handed over Miracle the Managing Mr. Naseer Pirzada.

Mr. Mohammad Julyto20, 2011:Editor Miracle met with BC Rafiq was asked to take the responsibilty as the honourable Chief Premier Christie Clark who marked Editor of the Miracle, which he graciously accepted.

July –Aug 2010: The Miracle joins Jan 20, 2011: Miracle Managing in fundraisingEditor efforts forChief ood relief awards are handed out in a ceremony at and Hon. & Urdu Dec 31, Crystall Hall in Surrey to recognized stu-2006: Miracle Founder and Chief Pakistan through radio thons and August 14, 2004: On the Third anniversary, thein Miracle hosts Editor Mr. Nusrat says goodbye the dents for their academic, religious and newspaper. another Youth awards. MP Gurmant Grewal, MP Peter Julian her Vote in the HST referendum as ” Miracle sports achievements. Senator Mobina Jafar Media and hands over Miracle to

quake in Pakistan, Miracle arranges a forum in its office to meet doctors and community members and discuss the current situation of Pakistan. The Miracle also presents appreciation plaques to members of Indian Media who fundraised for the relief efforts.

recognized for their academic, religious and sports achievethe Managing Editor Mr. students Mohammad Naseer Pirzada.

Theat Urdu Editor, ments Crytsal @ Mr. York Centre Surrey.

Sep,Edition 2010: Oct 2008: A special Election of the The Miracle publishes Mohammad Rafiq is asked to take the Miracle is published toits raiselargest awareness Eid edition of 64 pages at responsibilities as the honourable chief about federal elections and voting. the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. editor of the Miracle, which he graciously accepts.

August 14, 2009: The Miracle appreciates its writers and advisors in an awards cereJan 20, 2011: Mar Miracle Managing 17, 2007: The Miracle arranges the mony at first Pakistani Festival in Holland Editor met with former President of first Tilawat, Hamd andUrdu Naat Rasool Editor and Hon. Chief & Park, Surrey.

Pakistan General Pervaiz Maqbool competition for kidsMushraf and adults in Vancouver in downtown Pakistan House, Surrey.

July 21, 2011 : The Miracle joins in Forum for Federal Election fundraising efforts for ood relief in was held and moderated by Pakistan .

Media and coordinated by P July 23, 2011: Miracle met with BC Canada Association in Paki NDP leader Adrian Dix who marked House, Surrey. his Vote in the HST referendum as ” No” on a copy of Miracle.

Dec 31, 2006: Miracle Founder and Chief June 18, 2011: Miracle paid July 20, 2011: Miracle met with Premierute Christy ClarkFateh Ali Kha Editor Mr. Nusrat says goodbye the to Nusrat her Vote in the HST referendum and candidate of MP Sukh Dhaliwal, She marked her as Vote” Miracle Media and hands over Miracle to 2007: The Miracle launches series of speMarch 1, 2011: Surrey Mayor inYES” the referendum as “YES” Miracle’s Copy.

Nov 26,HST 2011: Miracle`s 3rd Memothe Managing Editor Mr. Mohammad on a copy of on Miracle. cial editions including Canada Day Dianne Watts recognized Miracle Naseer Pirzada. The Urdu Editor, Mr. Edition, Eid-ul-Fitr Edition, Pakistan-India rization of Quran Competition was Aug 14, 2003: The second Miracle Youth A special Election Edition of the Feb 23, 2010: At its 9th AnniverIndependence Day Edition and Eid-ulOct 2008: Mohammad Rafiq is asked to theof honour at the event, wastake theareguest awards handed out in a ceremony at July 21,launches 2011 the : The Adha Edition in the year.

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Nusrat were the master of ceremony. achievements. for all age groups in Afghan ChoSep, 11, 2002: On the first August 14, 2009: The Miracle appreciates July 23, 2011: Miracle met with BC anniversary of 9/11 tragedy, The pan Restaurant, Surrey. Prizes are its writers and advisors in an awards cereOct 31, 2010: Miracle Media Inc. organizes NDP leader Adrian Dix who marked Miracle publishes a special magadistributed among the winners of ever tribute to Legendary Pakistani mony at first Pakistani Festival in first Holland met zines featuring interviews of Amhis Voteand inappreciation the HST referendum as competition Singer Mehdi HassanEditor as a talent hunt com-with former President of Park, Surrey. music legend of Pakistan w bassadors of Muslim countries in petition. Pakistani Consul General, MoinPakistan General Pervaiz Mushraf awards are also given to Miracle ” No” on a copy of Miracle. singing competition at. Pak Ottawa. The interviews conductul-Haq distributes the awards in Pakistan sponsors. in downtown Vancouver House. ed by Mr. Nusrat Hussain in perHouse, Surrey.

March 1,2011: The Surrey Mayor ‘s 10 years publication in a public held at Afghan Chopan Restaurant. son and showcase the views of the Dianne Watts recognized Miracle 10th Nov 26,2010: 2011: The Miracle 3rd Memorization of Quran January Miracle joins in event.

Feb 23, 2010: At its 9th Anniversary, Muslim countries post 9/11 July 15,Memo2011: Miracle part March 1, 2011: Surrey Mayor years publication at a public event.

Competition was held atMiracle`s Afghan Banquet Hall in Nov 26, 2011: 3rd fundraising efforts for Haiti Earth-Chopan Miracle launches the new format of its Dec 30, 2011: The Miracle Multicultural Celebratio Surrey, whereof number of Islamic local in scholars were made Dianne WattsApril recognized Miracle quake relief.

August 14, 2004: The fourth annual Miracle Youth Awars took rization Quran Competition was 16, 2011: Muslim Community published its 300th Edition.

Fusion Festival in Holland P April 16, 2011: Muslim Community Duaa at the end on Competition. place at North Delta School and the Miracle Media also presents April 16, 2015: a stage play” Kashmir Hamra Ha” Miracle Media was one of the protesters against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, so-called rock-star politician Oct 31, 2010: Miracle Media Inc. organizes and Prime Minisfirst ever tribute to Legendary Pakistani ter Stephen Harper at their visit of the Singer Mehdi Hassan as a talent hunt comJuly 2012 Sikh temple on Ross petition. Pakistani Consul General, MoinMiracle was one of the team memStreet in Vancouver.

Forum for Federal Election 2011 ul-Haq distributes the awards in Pakistan bers who represented Pakistan in FuProtest was against was held and moderated by Miracle sion Festival at Holland Park Surrey House, Surrey. his time as CM of editor of the Miracle, which he graciously ‘s 10 years publication in a public Gujarat and his order Media and coordinated by Pakistan held at Afghan Chopan Restaurant.

August 2012 accepts. of brutal killings of Canada Association in Pakistan event.

Feb 23, 2010: itsMiracle 9th Anniversary, 2005:AtThe Media and Muslim Community were invited Miracle presented “Pakistan MoveGujarat Muslims in Continued on pg 14 Mar 17, 2007: Miracle arranges the House, Surrey.

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“Heroes Pakistan Movement from April 16, 2011: Muslim Community Maqbool competition for kids and adults published its 300th Edition. invited.

June 18, 2011: Miracle paid Tribin Pakistan House, Surrey. ute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a

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‘We’re holding up a floodgate’: Here’s how PSL is better than B.C. fights off super bugs IPL — and all other cricket leagues brought home by medical tourists

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By: Bethany Lindsay patients at New Westminster hospital confirmed as carriers of drug-resistant yeast.

The risks involved in medical tourism aren’t just personal. Having surgery abroad could also mean bringing back a drug-resistant superbug and putting people in this country at risk, B.C. officials warn.

That alert comes after the recent discovery that two patients at New Westminster’s Royal Columbian Hospital had been colonized with the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris. Though neither patient is infected with the bug, the two join just a handful of cases that have been identified in B.C. since 2017.

Dr. Linda Hoang, medical co-director for the Provincial Infection Control Network (PICNet), said most of these cases have come from travellers who have had treatment overseas, including medical tourists.

It means patients need to do serious research on the facilities they’re considering for surgeries or other treatments abroad, including looking for objective information about the presence of any drug-resistant microorganisms. It’s not only a problem in India or Southeast Asia. It is endemic in parts of the U.S. and parts of Europe,” Hoang told CBC News.

“It [antibiotic-resistant superbugs] is a global problem, and the only way to to be aware of them is to make sure that health-care professionals are informed and our residents are informed when they’re seeking health care outside of British Columbia.”

It’s a sobering reminder for those who travel abroad for medical treatments, whether it’s to skip the surgery wait list in B.C., access therapies that aren’t approved in Canada or save money on cosmetic therapy. Some of the top destinations for medical tourists from around the world include India, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Brazil and Turkey, according to the Medical Tourism Association.

But facilities in other countries can sometimes take a more haphazard approach to prescribing antibiotics, and overuse can trigger the evolution of resistance to these crucial drugs.

India a major source of bug

The two colonized patients at Royal Columbian were isolated after the bug was discovered, and the hospital has been aggressively cleaning all areas they had visited, using UV light for disinfection, according to Fraser Health.

C. auris was first identified in Japan in 2009, but it has popped up since then in countries around the world.

It acts much like any other yeast species, causing infections in wounds, the blood-

stream and the ears, but the real problem is how to treat it.

“The only real reason why we’re concerned or interested in monitoring Candida auris is because of that potential resistance profile, making it difficult to treat with the anti-fungal agent that we have,” Hoang said.

The biggest risk of infection right now seems to come from Indian facilities, Hoang said.

The bug was confirmed for the first time in B.C. in July 2017 in a patient who’d been treated in India. As it turned out, that traveller also came back with infections from multiple other drug-resistant organisms.

B.C. doesn’t track whether infected people travelled abroad as medical tourists or simply required medical treatment because of an emergency during their voyages.

But patients who have had medical treatment outside B.C. for any reason are a major source of these superbugs, she said.

They include so-called CPOs — carbapenemase-producing organisms like Klebsiella, E. coli and Pseudomonas that have become resistant to broad-spectrum antibiotics, which Hoang describes as the “last resort” for treatment.

In 2017-2018, PICNet recorded more CPO cases than ever before, and more than half of them were from people who had accessed health care overseas, Hoang said.

There’s only so much we can do’

The key for anyone who chooses to have surgery abroad —​and anyone who needs medical attention while travelling —​is to let your B.C. doctor know when you return.

That way, the doctor can check you for any drug-resistant bugs you may have picked up and give you the appropriate medication if you get sick.

Being open with that information protects everyone around you.

“If you require health care in British Columbia, you are running the risk of spreading that into our facilities. And that’s not a good thing for your neighbouring patients, who might be very sick and vulnerable,” Hoang said.

She said B.C. is aggressively monitoring returning travellers for drug-resistant superbugs, but the real key to stopping their spread will be eliminating the excessive use of antibiotics that allows these micro-organisms to evolve resistance.

“We’re basically holding up a floodgate, and unless the problems are addressed in these countries where antibiotics are used with minimal regulation and control, there’s only so much we can do,” Hoang said. www.cbc.ca

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t first glance, the Pakistan Super League comes off as just another generic, regular, run-off-the-mill sports league where batsmen bat, bowlers bowl and fielders field.

So what’s new here? Superficially ... nothing.

Even it’s name isn’t unique as at least three other sports leagues have called themselves PSL, with the most prominent of them probably being South Africa’s Premier Soccer League.

And while the P in this particular PSL represents Pakistan, a majority of its matches take place in the UAE. The matches too are some of the least attended events in all of sports, which gives the fans across the border a lot of fodder to make memes and crack some undeniably funny jokes.

Having posited all there is that seems ugly, ladies and gentlemen, PSL boasts a trio of things that no other league in the world has — that’s including the Indian Premier League.

Let’s examine what these features are that make the PSL stand out from the crowd.

1- The league where batsmen don’t reign supreme It’s no secret that the entire purpose of creating the T20 format is to favour the batsmen so they amass runs and fast. Where there was logic behind it, the bias has become so obvious and grave that T20 leagues around the world have quite clearly become cemeteries for bowlers.

Understandably, leading the pack in this crusade is the IPL where batsmen often treat ball hurlers with disdain of the highest order.

This is where the PSL is still holding the fort.

Empty they may be, but PSL stadia are one of the few ones where there is still some semblance of balance between bowlers and batsmen. The latter do not, or cannot, bully the former in PSL every single time. For instance, take the IPL 2018 where the batting team plundered the bowling side for 200plus runs 15 times.

Similarly, in 120 innings of IPL 2018, teams were all-out only a dozen times. In contrast, in 66 innings of PSL 2018, bowlers managed to dismiss all 10 opposing batsmen a total of 10 times. Some could say that that’s a failure on PSL batsmen’s part, but on the flip side, you can also argue that it’s down to PSL bowlers’ brilliance.

2- PSL represents a nation’s perseverance The influx of food vloggers and the likes of Cynthia D Ritchies are hard at work but to the outside world, Pakistan still remains a massively mysterious and grossly misunderstood place. For them, the only things found

in Pakistan are bombs, terrorists, acres and acres of barren land, unforgiving mountains and deserts as far as the eye could see.

It goes without saying that that is a ridiculous perception; Pakistan is not Syria or Iraq where active wars are being fought. Post 9/11, however, Pakistan has had to fight a passive war, and it has cost us upwards of 50,000 lives. It takes decades for war-torn, cash-strapped nations to emerge from such historic setbacks.

And yet here is Pakistan which is semihosting a league with international players less than five years removed from a situation where multiple bombings a day had become a norm. The players we attract may be second-stringers or has-beens or even railo kattas but just to be in this position takes a tremendous amount of perseverance. No mainstream sports league has had to battle such external elements.

3- Not just another sports league And now the last but the heaviest point on the list. The IPL, the CPL, even the EPL or any PL, as successful as they are, they are all just sports leagues. The PSL, for Pakistan, is not just another sports league. It’s much more than that.

The claim can be justified by the fact that when PSL runs into problems, the directions and leadership can even come from the top-most echelon of the hierarchy: the PM House. To handle security, even the top brass of the army gets involved — that’s how important this seemingly insignificant 20over competition is to this country.

On the day of the final, the host city is shut down almost completely, which of course is out of necessity than anything else, but what other sports competition can have that effect?

From a news standpoint even, on the day of PSL final, the PSL final is all that matters.

No politicians climb up their containers, no courts binge on suo motus and no clerics issue edicts. The PSL final blows its local newsmakers out of water, which is something far bigger competitions cannot manage.

Bottom line being that critics can call PSL flawed and miniature but this competition’s uniqueness lies in its own modest roots. The oft-repeated slogan match PSL ka, jeet Pakistan ki may sound a bit annoying but truth is that it is indeed true. PSL does not have to be a packed tourney flashing gaudy grandeur.

The fact that it exists despite Pakistan’s plethora of problems and despite being frozen out by cricketing powers that be, is an achievement in itself. Source: dawn.com

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Pirate or hero? Raffles bicentennial fuels Singapore debate

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By Tom Benner tamford Raffles landed 200 years ago.

But not all welcome government plans to mark the start of colonial rule.

Singapore - A pristine white statue of a man in Western clothes, arms folded with the air of a conquering hero, stands on the banks of the Singapore River at the site where he is believed to have landed exactly 200 years ago on Monday.

The statue is of Sir Stamford Raffles, who cut a slippery deal with the locals in what was then known as Singapura to claim the island as a port for Britain’s East India Company.

Beneath it, a plaque pays tribute to his “genius and perception” and the way in which he “changed the destiny of Singapore from an obscure fishing village to a great seaport and modern metropolis”.

These days, the statue is popular with photo takers, but not everyone looks with pride on the memory of the white settler who brought the forces of imperial domination to an island that soon would be called by its Anglicised name, Singapore.

“Colonialism did bring trade, laws and infrastructure - for the prosperity of the British.

For many of our forebears, it also marked poverty, pain and humiliation,” columnist Tee Zhuo wrote recently in the Straits Times.

“Few nations would fondly remember, much less glorify a former oppressor,” he added.

Nevertheless, on Monday the tiny Southeast Asian nation kicks off a year of commemo-

rations to mark the bicentennial of Raffles’s arrival and what has long been portrayed as the founding of modern day Singapore.

Many on the tropical island, with its diverse Chinese, Malay and Indian population, bristle at the notion that they are celebrating the country’s colonial subjugation and exploitation.

‘Happy place’ Some harbour conflicted feelings over the British imperialists who they say ran roughshod over the locals until they reluctantly agreed to leave in the years leading up to Singapore’s independence in the 1960s.

While art student Goh Hui Ying has heard elders criticise Raffles as a “legal pirate”, she reflects a prevailing view that by creating a free port - without duties or taxes, midway between India and China - Raffles laid the foundation for what is now one of the richest cities in the world.

“I grew up accepting that the British and the East India Company helped us to get started,” said Goh, 32.

Others,meanwhile, are downright proud of the Raffles legacy.

“Colonialism is one part. But what we gain today is a beautiful country, a peaceful life, a happy place,” said Sundren Moorthi, 68, a retired police officer, as he strode by the Raffles statue with friends.

But Hazirah Helmy, 22, a history student, says it is important to question the traditional view of Raffles as a beneficent saviour,

This Valentine’s Day, Renew your vows of love

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ur Prophet (S) is too great, and his image and reputation even are too great, to be at all affected by the few years back controversy over the cartoons. It is heartening to see that love for him (S) is alive and well, that there are some things Muslims just won’t stand for...because unfortunately lately we’ve put up with a lot of oppression and injustice, without doing anything about it.

So we should be glad that hopefully this has woken some of us up, re-awakened our feelings for the Prophet (SAW).

But true love is not something shown only on occasions like this. The reaction of some Muslims reminds one of a teenager who punches out some bully at school for insulting his mom, but who himself, on a daily basis, disobeys and disrespects his Mom. How many people who are upset today about the cartoons don’t actually even pray Fajr on time? How many who are angry about the cartoons continue to do things they know are against what the Prophet(S) wanted for them - \continue to entertain relationships with the opposite sex, talk about who’s hot and who’s not...act nothing like his followers, most of the time.

And yet, we claim to love him(S).

It’s almost Valentine’s Day so let me ask: would any wife appreciate being given a huge bouquet on Valentine’s Day and being ignored the rest of the year?

Would any husband appreciate being given a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day, and ignored the rest of the year? For that mat-

ter, would any mother appreciate being given a card and gift, even a diamond ring, on Mother’s Day, and forgotten the rest of the year?

In a marriage, you are expected to be true to the person you marry, in good time and bad times, when it’s easy...and when it’s hard - and not just on Valentine’s Day. After all, you’ve heard many times, the bride and groom being asked: “Do you take this person to be your wedded [husband/wife] to live together in marriage?

Do you promise to love, comfort, honor and keep [him/her] For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.

And forsaking all others,be faithful only to him/her till death do you part?”

To which they answer: “I do.” (This is a Medieval European tradition - to utter these vows). These vows are beautiful, if only people in the west actually kept to them.

But we find, even in relationships between men and women, there is not much loyalty anymore...even though everyone is obsessed with the relationship between men and women, they still haven’t figured out that love is not in diamond rings and heartshaped balloons.

Love is in the small things, the daily things, the everyday. True love is in every action, not just the great, but the tiny too, moment after moment, sacrifice after sacrifice. At first it is hard, then once love actually enters the heart, whatever was hard becomes easy And at that point, the Beloved permeates every corner of one’s life, every cell sings his name....

That is love.

Let us turn to an even more important relationship, the one you should have with the Beloved Prophet (S), the topic of all this controversy. Shouldn’t your relationship with the Prophet (S) be even more valuable to you than any other?

noting that when he landed in Singapore, Raffles exploited a succession dispute among local Malay rulers to cut a deal that allowed the British to establish a trading post.

“We have to reconsider what his legacy means,” she said. “It’s not been questioned, how we think about our colonial history.

The picture has been oversimplified, the idea that he came and he imposed order.”

Bicentennial organisers stress that Raffles’s arrival was a “turning point” in a longer local history that goes back some seven centuries.

“In these 700 years, we went from being a place with a geographically strategic location, to a nation and people with unique characteristics,” they wrote in promoting the year-long celebration.

‘Unethical and corrupt’ Raffles’s legacy was to bolster trade and shipping with what Britain considered the Far East. Before his arrival in Singapore, Raffles engineered a violent 1812 overthrow of Yogyakarta, the Javanese cultural capital, in what is seen by historians today as an orgy of looting and sacking.

That incident was detailed in Raffles and the British Invasion, a book by historian Tim Hannigan.

“Colonialism was always inherently, fundamentally, structurally unethical and corrupt, even in its supposedly most ‘enlightened’ manifestations,” Hannigan told Al Jazeera.

“A proper inspection of Raffles’s record in

Southeast Asia makes it plain that any claims made for his own enlightenment and benignity are shaky, to say the least.”Plans for the 2019 bicentennial inlcude a slew of events, museum exhibits, festivals and talks.

A publicity stunt kicked things off earlier this month: the statue at Raffles Landing was partially covered for several days in dark grey paint to create the impression it was “disappearing” into the backdrop of the financial district’s skyscrapers.

The Singapore Bicentennial Office said in a statement: “This optical illusion on the Sir Stamford Raffles statue is … an opportunity to engage Singaporeans in an open dialogue on the arrival of the British, and the contributions of those who came before and after.”

Following that, four additional statues were placed nearby to represent other key historical figures from the region.

Well, the early Sahabas took vows to the Prophet (S) to declare their loyalty.

The Pledge, the Oath, (Bay’a) that 12 early Muslims took declared their allegiance to the Prophet (S): We shall not associate anyone with Allah (The One God): whether in worship, His attributes, His power or His authority. We shall not indulge in adultery, fornication, and practice or propagate any other indecency. We shall not steal or rob anyone We shall not practice the custom of killing children. We shall not falsely accuse or backbite anyone. We shall not disobey you in good deeds and just cause. We shall always follow you,

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Positive Vibes!

By: Shabnam Khan -Family Counsellor e go to sleep each night and wake up in the morning to a new day with new opportunities - a day which is filled with power and freedom to choose. The minute we wake up, we can choose to get out of bed and make the most of our day or feel dread about the day ahead. This is nobody’s choice but ours.

Generally, the way we start our day influences how we feel for the rest of the day.

When you wake up in the morning, take a few minutes to take a few deep breaths and find something that you’re grateful for (your children, partner, your health or nature outside your window). Take this time to be thankful for all that you have in your life instead of wasting your energy on thinking about what you don’t have. Instead of pouncing straight out of bed, simply observe your breath. Breathe in for a count of 4 to 5 and breathe out also for a count of 4 to 5 allowing everything to drop away. Notice how your breath enters your body, notice how your breath leaves your body, and notice the little pause between each breath. This will allow you to create a sense of peace within and it will also help get you into a good head space before your feet touch the ground.

It feels good and it’s an amazing way to consciously set your energy and intention towards your day moving, follow this with a nutritious breakfast to kick-start your metabolism and fuel your body to face the day ahead. Get clear about your intentions for the day. For example you can intend to

have a productive day. You can intend to have quality time with your family and friends with no distractions or limitations.

You can intend to have a fun and brilliant day. You can intend to have a calm and peaceful day. You can intend to learn something new or be helpful to someone.

Whatever it is just be clear about what it is you want your day to be. In order to create, manifest, and attract it, you must first align your heart, mind, and spirit with your intention. In other words, you truly need to feel it!

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We Are Good Parents

By: Asma Shmas

Recently, I read a very good story. There was a brilliant boy... He always scored 100% in science and got selected in one of the worlds top most university. As well as got a high paying job and married a good person. He had everything we aim and dream of. He committed suicide or it can be equally worse to having acute depression. What went wrong?

He lost his job due to economic crisis, he couldn’t keep up with his luxurious life (and bills) and he wasn’t able to adjust to it. Therefore, he killed his family and committed suicide. He was programmed for success but could not deal with crisis.

We, as parents, should teach our children to handle failure and hardships of life as well as its lessons.

That knowledge, that strength, which will help our children to face adverse conditions of life. We teach them how to be successful and earn good money.

It is equally important to teach how money works.

Instead of working only for money.

Life is full of good and happy situations but as roses have thorns there are many troubles and unfavourable situations. One has to have qualities, state of mind to deal with it. God has given so many blessings to human beings. If we live with proper and right mentality we can have less stressful life.

If we deal with situations the way it should be dealt with, rather than what we want it to be, problems are solved in a better way.

We do not even realise but our ego, our pride, or stubbornness produces lack of understanding or adopting with other people.

What should be done?

As a parent we have to make our children learn to respect family members, learn to sacrifice for family, learn to adjust and find happiness in small things

too. We always take pride in saying that I have raised my daughters like sons; but we never say I have raised my sons like my daughters.

We have to teach our daughters strength, education, work hard and the right to explore a career etc. At the same time we have to teach our sons to give their share in house work, have soft feelings, and respect women. It is a common scenario in any home that a daughter is asked to get up and give water or food to brothers and it extends when she is married. Her husband is sitting around the couch and watching TV and she is asked by the mother-in-law. But we never command our sons to do the same. The women folk work extremely hard in the household.

A man and a woman has their roles but it does not hurt to show care by small gestures of love and act of helping around. This responsibility of having sons and daughters equally respecting each other is very important. The fathers and men of the household need to take initiative and support the mothers/wives if they command their sons to do house chores or serve guests. The family should be a team and not a divided war-zone that everyone looks out for their own ego. The families may be rich or poor, big or small, educated more or less but what matters is that it is a family obeying God and asking for His blessings.

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December 18, 2013: Managing editor of the Miracle Media met with Mr. Justin Trudeau, Federal Liberal party leader at that time, at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver and discussed many issues facing Canada and Muslim communities. This interview was facilitated by Mr. Bilal Cheema.

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September 5, 2015: Miracle Media Group announced the Grand Debate for Federal Election 2015 as a joint venture with BC Muslim Print Media .

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