Women’s Rights in the Quran And Sunnah
Aside from the five daily prayers, learn to pray two raka’ats before and after Salat, with the exception of Magrib. Indulge in Tarawih and Tahajjud, especially during the last 10 days of Ramadan, when the night better than a thousand months will be seen –Qiyam ul layl.
Get Up For Suhoor And Have Iftar.
Many times, people question women’s rights in Islam. Before we delve into what the Quran and Sunnah about the topic, Islam came at a time when women were barbarically treated by the Arabs. Female infanticide was so common that women would be scared giving birth to a girl child. The male was considered superior in all forms. He was given all the rights while the female stood deprived. And then came Islam. It taught men how to honor women, how to give her the rights she deserved. It elevated the status of the woman from a second class citizen of the society to somebody who deserved to be respected.
Women’s rights as mothers: Al-Bukhaari (5971) and Muslim (2548) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said:
adulthood, he and I will come like this on the Day of Resurrection,” and he held his fingers together. Narrated by Muslim, 2631.
Ibn Maajah (3669) narrated that ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Whoever has three daughters and is patient towards them, and feeds them, gives them to drink and clothes them from his riches, they will be a shield for him from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
Women’s rights as aunts and sisters
During the month of Ramadan, a Muslim must eat two meals: suhur, which is a predawn meal eaten before the second call of the Fajar prayer or just before the sun rises; and Iftar, which is the second meal consumed after the sun has set or at the first call of Maghrib.
Before settling down for the proper breaking of the fast, the prophet recommends that Muslims eat dates, drink water, and pray the Maghrib. This allows you to pray more comfortably without being distracted by hunger.
As you prepare for Ramadan, consider the words of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW):’
A Hadith Related To Preparation For Ramadan
According to Ibn-e-Khuzaymah’s Hadith, the prophet was quoted as saying, “O people, there has come upon us a great month, a most blessed month, in which lies a month worth more than a thousand nights” (lai lat’ul Kadri). Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) has made fasting obligatory this month and has made nighttime wakefulness a Sunnah.
Whoever draws closer to Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) in this month will be rewarded as if he had performed a mandatory deed at any other time of the year.
And whoever performs a compulsory deed shall receive the reward of seventy compulsory deeds performed at any other time of the year. This is a month of patience, and the reward for patience is Jannatul Firdaus.
It is a month of compassion for our fellow man; it is a month in which a true believer’s provision grows.”
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“O Messenger of Allaah, who is most deserving of my good company?” He said: “Your mother.” He asked: “Then who?” He replied: “Your mother.” He again asked “Then who?” He said: “Your mother.” He said: “Then who?” He said: “Then your father.”
Women’s rights as wives: “and live with them honourably” [al-Nisa’ 4:19]
“And they (women) have rights similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable, but men have a degree (of responsibility) over them. And Allah is AllMighty, All-Wise” [al-Baqarah 2:228]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I urge you to treat women well.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 331; Muslim, 1468.
Women’s rights as daughters
And Islam honours women as daughters, and encourages us to raise them well and educate them. Islam states that raising daughters will bring a great reward. For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever takes care of two girls until they reach
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O people! Spread (the greeting of) salaam, offer food (to the needy), uphold the ties of kinship, and pray at night when people are sleeping, and you will enter Paradise in peace.” Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 3251; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
Al-Bukhaari (5988) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah, may He be exalted, said to the ties of kinship: ‘Whoever upholds you, I will support him, and whoever breaks you, I will cut him off.’”
In addition to these, a woman is given the following rights in the Qur’an and Hadith:
• The right to inherit property.
• The right to choose her spouse.
• The right to deny living with her in-laws.
• The right to seek a divorce.
• The right to education
• The right to earn for herself.
• The right to equal treatment.
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RE the political events in Pakistan with its multiple crises leading to an intervention? This is the grim warning sounded by nearly every second commentator who has despaired of the warring political parties resolving matters — one refusing to talk to chors, while the second lot cannot even decide if it wants a level playing field or revenge, or whether it simply thinks it’s all the same. And in the meantime, there seems to be little or no energy left to deal with the economy or the security threat looming large.
For instance, the last two coups in Pakistan were triggered less by political infighting than by other factors. In the 1970s, it was perhaps more directly linked to the increasing social mobilisation and mass participation, which led to the rise of the PPP and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
To a large extent, the objective of the coup was to arrest this, for in the long run, it could have damaged far more than just the power of the military. (In this sense, the Zia coup was akin to a number of such interventions across the developing world of that era.)
In 1999, it was triggered by Nawaz
Sharif’s onslaught on institutional interests directly, which is how his decision to replace a military chief abruptly was interpreted.
Had external factors not been present, chances are the interventions would have ended quickly.
This idea of political infighting and an immature political leadership forcing a reluctant establishment to intervene is perhaps more of a justification for an interventionist military than actual fact. The corruption of politicians is also a similar narrative, to use a word muchfavoured these days, which was shaped to rationalise the political activities of the ‘other’.
So those who are worried warn that if this dogfight continues, the establishment might just get so tired, especially with the fragile economic situation, it may be tempted to sweep the entire chessboard away. It’s noteworthy that this warning is sounded by those who have witnessed coups (hard ones at that) in the past. But such predictions provide few details on the link between political infighting and direct interventions.In other words, the reasons for a coup, if it were to happen, will and can be many but least of all the infighting of politicians. Such interventions have more hard-nosed reasons behind them.
But now that the conversation has been kick-started, it is irksome that so few details have been provided. Indeed, in the myriad conversations predicting a ‘hard reset’, which appears to be the latest euphemism for a direct intervention, there is little clarity on some issues.
The first to come to mind is the question of legitimacy.
For instance, be it in 1977 or 1999, it wasn’t hard to identify support for the intervention from significant sections of society. In 1977, the business community supported the coup, as did a section of the land-holding elite, because nationalisation and the half-baked land reforms policy had hurt the privileged classes. In 1999, Nawaz Sharif had made a number of op-
dle the issue. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have been pushing the idea of an open inquiry on foreign election interference. Trudeau said the rapporteur could recommend a formal inquiry. “And we will abide by their recommendation,” he said in prepared remarks.Trudeau and the head of Canada’s intelligence agency have acknowledged that China attempted to interfere in the past two federal elections. They maintain the
out of his Zaman Park residence to lead the rally after receiving reports of police arresting and torturing the party activists. In a message on Twitter, he accused the provincial police of
again. The economy has also generally moved in the right direction for the central bank, which is aiming to slow economic activity.
“There really were no significant surprises here,” said Douglas Porter, BMO’s chief economist. The Bank of Canada’s policy is starting to diverge from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which
This is also why the Musharraf coup was perhaps less oppressive than the earlier one. It enjoyed support from a number of quarters and didn’t aim to check popular support or mobilisation.
So, the question this leads to is — who would provide the support this time around?
The business community? Or will it be the elite in general (which is a popular word for a segment of society these days) which will provide the ‘legitimacy’ and support this time, for the sake of stability in place of the chaos of the present?
Or is it assumed the political parties opposed to PTI will provide the support, however quietly? However, there are two more factors to be considered for a direct intervention.
One is the evident turmoil in the institution itself, which appears to be unprecedented. And this leads to the question about how this may impact the decision to intervene directly. Will it create any difficulties in terms of setting up govern-
elections’ overall outcomes were not altered.
The prime minister also said he’s tasked the country’s two intelligence review bodies — the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency — with investigating the issue.“I talked to them about undertaking urgent work on the issue of foreign interference, within their mandates,” he said. MPs and senators on the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
brutality and murdering party worker Ali Bilal in clashes near his residence in Lahore. “Ali Bilal unarmed & our dedicated & passionate PTI worker murdered by Punjab police,” the former prime minister said in a tweet. “Shameful, this
ment, taking the ‘tough’ decisions and ensuring the self-claimed ‘legitimacy’ as political player?
The second is linked to Pakistan’s regional position, which has usually led to international support, especially in the shape of foreign largesse. And this has always been a big factor in the longevity of military regimes; be it Ayub’s, Zia’s or Musharraf’s. For it allows dictatorships to disburse state patronage to co-opted politicians and create a feel-good factor, which keeps the populace as well as elite interests quiet. Because once elections are announced — local or national, party-based or party-less — constituency politicians are compelled to take part and then tone down antagonism, in order to seek access to state patronage. This allows the rulers to ensure support and/or relative quiet for some time.
Had this external factor not been present, chances are these interventions would have ended as quickly as did the judicially backed caretaker set-up in Bangladesh in 2007; it lasted a mere two years. And both these factors (or their absence) can complicate the stability of a direct intervention, even if there is some debate or interest in such a move.
It might be easier to manage a disciplined democracy run through co-opted politicians and a semimanaged judicial system, than direct intervention. But even this would require considerable tweaking to make it work, for last year shows that tried and tested formulas are not so easily implementable anymore.
Courtesy By: Arifa Noor The writer is a journalist.
(NSICOP) receive Top Secret security clearances and are permanently bound to secrecy under the Security of Information Act, permitting them access to the agencies’ usually secret activities.Trudeau said NSICOP will launch a new review of foreign interference, with a focus on elections.The committee was set up in 2017 to provide parliamentary oversight of Ottawa’s intelligence operations. It completed a report on foreign interference back in 2019, which called on the government to “do better.” Source. cbc.ca
brutality on unarmed PTI workers, who were coming to attend election rally. Source: thenews.com.pk
Bank of Canada holds key rate for first time in a year
signalled recently it plans to continue raising interest rates. U.S. monetary policy does have implications for Canada, said Stephen Gordon, an economics professor at Laval University.
Higher interest rates in the U.S. could attract investment there, weakening the Canadian dollar and raising prices of imports for Canada.
But Gordon cautioned “it’s not an automatic
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thing of, the (Bank of Canada) has to follow the Fed.” Recent data showed inflation in Canada slowed to 5.9 per cent in January while the economy posted no growth in the fourth quarter. The central bank noted “the labour market remains very tight,” but said it expects it to ease and for wage growth to moderate.
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Fear, panic as new earthquakes hit Turkey-Syria border, killing 6
people were wounded. Monday’s tremors were felt in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Egypt, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, reported six people were injured in Aleppo
from falling debris, while the mayor of Hatay said several buildings had collapsed, trapping people inside. AFAD initially urged people in Hatay province, to the east of the Mediterranean Sea, to stay away from the coast, warning that the earthquakes might cause the sea level to rise by 50cm (20 inches).
Two bodies recovered from building
Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig, reporting from Antakya, Turkey, said two bodies were recovered from a collapsed building while a third man was carried out alive by rescuers.
Source: aljazeera.com
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Trudeau announces multiple investigations into foreign election interference
PTI worker killed, 21 injured in clashes with police: Imran doesn’t leave Z.Park
ponents. In the press, there had been a stand-off with one large media group, while prominent individual journalists had also been targeted. The government had also antagonised the more liberal and progressive sections of society with the ‘amirul momineen’ bill, which would have amended the Constitution. This move created fears of civilian authoritarianism, and was opposed by most political parties at that time. Once the coup happened, few were willing to criticise it, including the political leadership. Last but not least had been the PML-N’s run-in with the superior judiciary.
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Questions about whether the Prime Minister’s Office was briefed on alleged Chinese interference in the 2019 election dominated question period again on Wednesday — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling suggestions that he isn’t loyal to Canada “despicable.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried multiple times Wednesday to get the prime minister to respond to allegations that he and his national security adviser were warned that Chinese government officials were funnelling money to Canadian political candidates — despite their claims to the contrary. According to reporting by Global News, the Privy Council Office prepared a report for the Trudeau government warning that Chinese officials in Toronto had disbursed money to a “covert network tasked to interfere in Canada’s 2019 election.” ”A large clandestine transfer of funds earmarked for the federal election from the PRC Consulate in Toronto was transferred to an elected
provincial government official via a staff member of a 2019 federal candidate,” the report says, according to Global. Global reported similar allegations back in November —
that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefed Trudeau in January 2022 on Chinese efforts to interfere in that election. The interference reportedly included the Chinese government sending money to at least 11 candidates. “We have no information on any federal candidates receiving money from China. That is still the case,” Trudeau said in the House of Commons Wednesday. Poilievre asked all the questions directed at the prime minister Wednesday. He pressed Trudeau to state which staffers received briefings and “how much his party got in illegal donations funnelled from Beijing.” ”He’s not interested in protecting the safety of the people serving this country. He’s interested in protecting the Liberal Party of Canada,” said Poilievre.
Source:cbc.ca/
Grocery store CEos to face questions on food prices at Commons committee
cent compared to a year ago. That’s nearly double the overall rate of inflation, which was 5.9 per cent that month.
In a news conference on Wednesday afternoon in Mississauga, Ont., Freeland said she’s happy to see that the committee will be hearing from the CEOs. The deputy prime minister said they need to explain why grocery prices have risen dramatically.
“(The CEOs) absolutely do have a responsibility to all of us to be transparent about why those prices are so high,” Freeland said.
• Elections in Punjab will be held on April 30.
• Date finalised after ECP and President Alvi reached consensus.
• Candidates can file nominations papers from March 12 to 14.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Wednesday that polls for the dissolved assembly of Punjab will be held on April 30, Aaj News reported.
The decision was reached after taking all stakeholders on board, the electoral watchdog said in a statement. Candidates can submit their papers on March 12-14 which will be scrutinised by March 22. Last week, President Dr Arif Alvi announced that general elections for the provincial assembly of Punjab would be held on April 30. According to a tweet from the President of Pakistan’s official handle, the date was decided after considering the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) proposal that suggested holding elections for the Punjab provincial assembly between April 30 and May 7.
• High-level meeting held at KP Governor’s House.
• Governor says he will hold final meeting with ECP next week on election date.
• ECP in contact with interim CM on security issues.
PESHAWAR: Despite the Supreme Court’s orders, a date for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections could not be finalised in the meeting held between senior officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Governor Ghulam Ali,..
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OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia
Freeland says the CEOs of Canada’s largest grocery store chains need to be transparent about the recent rise in grocery prices.
The CEOs and presidents of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Metro Inc. and Empire Co. Ltd. -- which operates chains including Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo -- are set to testify before the House of Commons agriculture committee Wednesday evening as part of its study on food inflation. Food inflation has been especially crushing for lower-income Canadians, with grocery prices in January up 11.4 per
“And I hope they’re going to tell us that the prices are going to start coming down.”
Other executives from the companies have already testified, but New Democrats in particular have signalled their dissatisfaction with the absence of the CEOs themselves.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has inundated his social media feeds with posts advertising his questioning of Galen Weston, the billionaire chairman and president of Loblaw. The party even created a page on its website allowing supporters to RSVP to watch it unfold... Source: ctvnews.ca
Suspended Bainimarama resigns from Parliament
Suspended opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has resigned from Parliament with immediate effect. Mr Bainimarama made the announcement a few minutes ago in a live video posted on the FijiFirst social media page. “Given the need to maintain our numbers in Parliament over the next three years, and the need for FijiFirst to be on the ground at all times, following discussions with our General Secretary (Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum), our Parliamentary Caucus, and most of all our supporters, I have tendered my resignation from Parliament, with immediate effect,” the FijiFirst party leader said. He said the political party would nominate Inia Seruiratu in the next parliament sitting to be the Leader of Opposition. “My work as leader, with the general secretary, will be to guide our parliamentary caucus so they can continue to fight inside Parliament while we will engage more actively outside parliament with our FijiFirst supporters, and the growing number of unsatisfied Fijians who are now questioning their
decision to vote for parties that seem to be not delivering on their promises..”
Mr Bainimarama was suspended for three years from Parliament effective February 17 for statements he made against the President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere.
The Privileges Committee had also decided that he issue a written apology to the President within 14 days from February 17 (2023), and an apology to the public within 48 hours from the same date; and during his period of suspension not to enter the parliamentary precincts.
The Opposition now has 25 seats in Parliament.Source:fijitimes.com/
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended till March 13 the non-bailable arrest warrants issued against PTI Chairman Imran Khan by a district and sessions court in the Toshakhana reference. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq announced the verdict after it was reserved earlier in the day. The court also directed the PTI chief to appear before the district and sessions
court on March 13.The 70-year-old ex-premier, who has been recovering from a gunshot injury from an assassination attempt in Wazirabad last year, has thrice skipped indictment hearings in an Islamabad sessions court in the case. He is accused of concealing, in his assets declarations, details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana — a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept. The sessions court was set to indict Imran in the Toshakhana Reference on Feb 28, but his lawyer had requested the judge that he be exempted from the hearing because he had to appear in several other courts. His indictment was deferred twice before. Source: dawn.com
Rescue operations delayed due to clearance issues
Complications in getting clearance have delayed the resumption of rescue efforts at the building in the capital’s Gulistan, where a deadly explosion claimed the lives of 17 people yesterday. Babul Chakraborty, deputy director (planning) of fire service and civil defence, said they were ready to carry out the operation but were waiting for clearance to enter the building. At the spot, an on-duty Rab official was heard speaking on his mobile and requesting a top official of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to send an engineer for clearance.
“We can’t enter without your clearance,” the Rab official was heard saying.
Around 8:00pm yesterday, the fire service halted their rescue operations at the affected building in Gulistan around 8:00pm after it was marked as risky due to the damaged columns in the basement.
“The basement and ground of the building have collapsed and the columns of the building were damaged severely following the explosion,” Brig Gen Md Main Uddin, director general (DG) of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, told reporters yesterday.
“We took the opinions of experts from Rajuk and Bangladesh Army and deemed the building risky. We are refraining from trying to enter the building in this state. We will try to stabilise the building before resuming the
operation there. Meanwhile, we are continuing our operation at the adjacent. The explosion took place around 4:45pm yesterday.
Rescue efforts to resume soon, 17 bodies handed over so far Rescue operations at the building in Gulistan, where an explosion yesterday claimed the lives of at least 17 people, will resume shortly. Sanjay Kumar Roy, warehouse inspector of fire service and civil defence, told reporters around 7:50am that rescue efforts would resume in around an hour. Around 4:45pm yesterday, an explosion at a building in Dhaka’s Gulistan claimed at least 17 lives and left more than 100 injured. So far, three persons are reported still missing, said Sanjay Kumar Roy.
Source:thedailystar.net
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Punjab elections to take place on April 30: ECP & ECP, governor meeting fails to finalise date for KP
In telephone call with Bill Gates, PM Shehbaz reiterates commitment to eradicate all forms of polio
As Poilievre presses on election interference, Trudeau calls suggestion he isn’t loyal to Canada ‘despicable’
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Annual count of Metro Vancouver homeless underway after pandemic hiatus
VANCOUVER - More than 1,000 volunteers have fanned out across Metro Vancouver for the first homeless count since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Homeless Services Association of BC says 11 municipalities across the Lower Mainland are taking part in the 24-hour, point-in-time count, which began Tuesday evening. The association says its volunteers try to be as accurate as possible in order to understand who is living without safe, affordable, appropriate housing, and why they are in that situation. The hidden homeless,
such as couch surfers or those living in vehicles, are likely under-represented, but the association says the unconventionally housed who have not been counted can call 211 to complete a short, anonymous survey.
A report will be released in the fall examining how the number and type of people experiencing homelessness in Metro Vancouver have changed since the 2020 tally. That count was completed less than a week before the pandemic was declared and it identified 3,634 people who were experiencing homelessness. David Wells, chair of the
Indigenous Homelessness Steering Committee, which is a partner in the count, said the homeless are at greater risk of racism, misogyny or other oppression and he says the problem happens in all communities.
“We know that Indigenous people are under-represented in homeless counts, but we also know that we are 13 times more likely to experience homelessness compared to our numbers in the general population,” Wells said in a statement...
Source: bc.ctvnews.ca
Vancouver realtor says holding key rate could provide ‘sense of stability’ to slumping housing market
Many mortgage-holding homeowners are breathing a sigh of relief with news the Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate at 4.5 per cent. The bank’s decision comes after a year filled with increases intended to slow down the economy and decrease record-high inflation levels. In a news release Wednesday morning, the Bank of Canada said it was able to hold the key rate due to economic growth slowing down and inflation decreasing in January. However, the Bank of Canada noted the 5.9 per cent inflation rate is still high, and said the key interest rate could later be used
to help reach its goal of two per cent. “I do think there are storm clouds on the horizon,” said Vancouver-based economist Jason Clemens. “It’s not clear to me at all that we are now in a trend of lowered inflation.”
Clemens believes it’s far too early to see Wednesday’s Bank of Canada announcement as a sign of hope.
“It takes anywhere between 6-12 months for the effects of monetary policy to show up,” said Clemens. “The bank only started raising rates a year ago and so the full effects from even the first set of interest rate hikes has not
fully made its way to the economy.”
One Vancouver-based realtor told CTV News the Bank of Canada decision could impact the slumping housing market.
“I think a pause will really help homebuyers, especially start to feel there’s a sense of stability in the marketplace,” said Ryan Dash, partner with Vancouver Life Real Estate Group.
He said the flow in available credit can influence prices in the market. However, he believes a lack of supply remains a top issue.
“Inventory in Vancouver is just as big a story as interest rates.”
Source:bc.ctvnews.ca/
Three-day halt to bus service in Fraser Valley as strike action escalates
There will be no bus service in the Fraser Valley starting Thursday morning, as drivers continue to escalate job action.
BC Transit says service will be halted until the end of the day Saturday in Abbotsford, Agassiz-Harrison, Chilliwack, Hope, and Mission. The Fraser Valley Express, which runs between Lougheed SkyTrain sta-
tion in Burnaby to Abbotsford and Chilliwack will also cease to operate. “BC Transit is closely monitoring the situation and sincerely apologizes to customers for the inconvenience caused by this matter,” a spokesperson for BC Transit wrote in a statement.
“We understand the frustration felt by customers, and that the job action is difficult for everyone in-
volved in the region.” The service disruption comes as CUPE Local 561, the union representing drivers and other workers and their employer First Transit remain locked in a dispute over wages. The union says its members are compensated 32 per cent less than other transit workers in the region.Source:bc.ctvnews.ca/
B.C.’s proposed pay transparency legislation lacks real power to create pay equity, advocates say Social Sharing
Bill prohibits employers from asking job applicants about pay history, requires salary on all posted jobs.
The British Columbia government tabled a bill on pay transparency Tuesday which advocates say lacks power to make a difference for women in the workplace.
According to the province, the legisla-
tion is the first phase toward pay equity, and once passed will require employers to include wage or salary ranges on all publicly advertised jobs, and forbid employers to ask job seekers about their pay history or punish employees who disclose their pay to co-workers or job applicants.
B.C. employers will also gradually be required to publicly post reports on their gender pay gap once the legislation passes. But while greater transparency is welcome, it will not make a significant difference on pay equity in the province, says B.C.’s human rights commissioner.
Source: ctvnews.ca
Surrey Council directs staff to revise budget to reduce property tax increase
Surrey, B.C. – During today’s Finance Committee Meeting, Surrey Council voted to refer the proposed 2023-2027 General Operating and Capital Budget back to staff for revision. In light of the $89.9M announced for Surrey through the provincial Growing Communities Fund, Surrey Council has asked staff to work on reducing the overall proposed property tax increase from 17.5% to no more than 12.5%.
“Since the proposed budget was made public two weeks ago, the city has secured nearly $90M from the Province
of British Columbia,” said Mayor Brenda Locke. “As a result, we are now in a position to revise the budget and bring the overall property tax rate down. The new funding from the province will go to capital improvements, such as the third sheet of ice in Cloverdale and in turn decrease the policing surcharge from the proposed 9.5% to 4.5%. The new lower rate, should it pass, will continue to keep Surrey in the bottom third of property taxes in the Metro region. It is important to note that the proposed 2023 budget is built on the unwinding
of the Surrey Police Service and maintaining the RCMP as the police of jurisdiction in Surrey. Should the police transition be allowed to continue, the extra costs would not be covered in the proposed 2023 budget.” Staff will present a revised budget to Surrey Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting on April 6.
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B.C. judge rules province not liable for barring Sechelt
residents from their homes over sinkhole
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The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a court decision
“in nuisance” after Sunshine Coast residents were forced from their homes by the threat of giant sinkholes in 2018. According to the court, nuisance is defined as a tort or civil wrong that arises from conduct by a defendant that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of their property. According to a ruling issued Thursday, the province of B.C. cannot be held liable for blocking residents from accessing their homes because “there is no suggestion that the province owned, occupied, or made use of [the] land.” The province had launched an appeal after a lower court judge
ordered it to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to homeowners in the Sechelt neighbourhood of Seawatch to compensate them for rent, moving and furniture after they lost the use of their homes. The lower court ruling stated that neighbours Carole Rosewall and Gregory and Geraldine Latham had been left in “limbo” by a 2019 evacuation order and a provincially-funded fence that kept them away from their properties while squatters and vandals moved in.
The District of Sechelt issued an evacuation order and declared a state of local emergency under B.C.’s Emergency Power Act in
February 2019 after a 12-metre-deep sinkhole opened up on the roadway. The Minister of Public Safety renewed the state of local emergency weekly for almost three years until last February, shortly after the ruling holding the province liable “in nuisance.” The lower court judge agreed with the Lathams that the province was liable in nuisance for encouraging and funding construction of a permanent fence that, since May 2019, has prevented people from entering Seawatch. It also found it was liable for “unlawfully” maintaining the state of local emergency for three years. Source: ctvnews.ca
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Tens of thousands protest in Greece over deadly train crash
Tens of thousands of people marched in Greece on Wednesday to protest over the country’s deadliest train disaster on record, as workers staged a nationwide, day-long walkout. The crash on Feb 28 killed 57 people and has stirred public outrage over the crumbling state of the rail network. Striking workers say years of neglect, underinvestment and understaffing — a legacy of Greece’s decade-long debt crisis — are to blame. More than 40,000 people, among them transport workers, students and teachers, marched in central Athens chanting “Murderers!” and “We are all in the same carriage”. A group of protesters clashed with police, who fired tear gas at the crowd.
Thousands also took to the streets in Greece’s second-biggest city of Thessaloniki, where a group of protesters hurled stones at a government building.
The protests coincided with a 24-hour strike called by workers of different sectors, which disrupted travel across the country.
Many of the around 350 people aboard an intercity passenger train that collided headon with a freight train while travelling on the same track were university students heading north to Thessaloniki from Athens. The disaster has sparked protests across Greece over the past week.
“Message me when you get there,” a placard in Athens read, echoing what has become one of the protest slogans. “You feel angry because the government did nothing for all of those kids. The public transport is a mess,” said 19-year-old Nikomathi Vathi.
“We’re going to be here until things change,” said another student, Vaggelis Somarakis.
“We are the youth of this country and we’re not going to stop.” The conservative government, was initially planning to call elections in the coming weeks, promised on Wednesday to fix the ailing railway system.
Transport Minister George Gerapetritis told a news conference he understood the anger the accident had caused. No train will set off again, if we have not secured safety at the maximum possible level,” he said, apologising for Greece’s deadliest rail crash on record... Source: Dawn.com
Biden proposes taxes on the rich to cover Medicare expenses
In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden. His budget would draw a direct line between those new taxes and the popular health insurance programme for people older than 65, essentially asking those who have fared best in the economy to subsidise the rest of the population.
Israeli forces kill at least 6 Palestinians in latest Jenin raid
At least 11 people wounded, including two with serious injuries, the Palestinian health ministry says. Israeli forces have killed at least six Palestinians and wounded 11 others during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry. Two of the wounded people had serious injuries, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Witnesses told AFP news agency that a house was besieged by the Israeli forces and hit with rockets. Footage circulating on social media showed helicopters over a column of military vehicles entering the city.
Israeli authorities said one of the Palestinian men they killed was behind the shooting of two brothers from an illegal settlement near the Palestinian village of Huwara last week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
office said troops had “eliminated” the gunman who last month killed two Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat, reporting from Ramallah, said that another raid by Israeli forces was also carried out on Tuesday evening in another refugee camp south of Nablus. The army entered a building in the Askar refugee camp and arrested three men, including two sons of a 49-year-old man killed in Jenin.
Source: aljazeera.com
Several Soldiers Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on Somalia Army Base
Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked a military base in a Somali town recently recaptured from the Islamists, killing several soldiers, according to local army officials.
US President Joe Biden is expected to unveil his proposed budget on Thursday as he prepares for likely re-election bid. US President Joe Biden has proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance programme’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults.
Biden wants to increase the Medicare tax rate from 3.8 percent to 5 percent on income exceeding $400,000 per year, including salaries and capital gains. That would likely increase tax revenues by more than $117bn across 10 years, according to prior estimates by the Tax Policy Center. “This modest increase in Medicare contributions from those with the highest incomes will help keep the Medicare program strong for decades to come,” Biden wrote in a Tuesday essay in The New York Times. He called Medicare a “rock-solid guarantee that Americans have counted on to be there for them when they retire”.
Source: aljazeera.com
Britain introduces bill to stop migrant crossings of English Channel
Home secretary admits it’s uncertain the bill upholds current human rights laws.
The British government said Tuesday that it was ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the government had “pushed the boundaries of international law” with a bill that will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the U.K. by unauthorized means, and will compel the government to detain and then deport them “to their home country or a safe third country.” They would be banned from ever re-entering the country. “If you enter Britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed,” Braverman told lawmakers in the House of Commons as she introduced the government’s “Illegal Migration Bill.”
The government says the new law, once approved by Parliament, will deter migrants and hobble smuggling gangs who send desperate people on hazardous journeys across one of
the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
Bill slammed by Opposition
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the law would “take back control” of U.K. borders — a central pledge of the successful but divisive campaign to take Britain out of the European Union.
Labour Party immigration spokesperson Yvette Cooper accused the government of “ramping up the rhetoric on refugees” without solving the “deeply damaging chaos” in Britain’s asylum system. Source: cbc.ca/
The troubled Horn of Africa nation has witnessed a surge in attacks as government forces and allied militias wage a declared “all-out” war against the Al-Qaeda-linked militants. The jihadists stormed the base at Janay Abdale, located around 60 kilometers (40 miles) outside the port town of Kismayo.
Somali army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an attack on the base before they were repelled.
“We have lost seven soldiers in the fighting,” Mohamed Rashed, a local military commander, told AFP by phone.
Another officer Sugow Abdi, who was among the troop reinforcements sent to the base, said several soldiers were killed in heavy combat.
“Fifteen soldiers who were wounded in the attack were taken to the hospital in Kismayo,” he told AFP by phone.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the at-
tack. Somali forces wrested control of Janay Abdale from the militants in January as part of a ramped-up government offensive against the militants. Al-Shabaab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the central government in the fragile nation for about 15 years. In recent months, the army and local militias known as “Macawisley” have retaken chunks of territory in the central Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force. Despite the gains by the pro-government forces, the militants have continued to demonstrate the ability to strike back with lethal force against civilian and military targets.
In the deadliest Al-Shabaab attack since the offensive was launched last year, 121 people were killed in two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Mogadishu in October. Although forced out of Mogadishu and other main urban centers more than a decade ago, Al-Shabaab remains entrenched in parts of rural central and southern Somalia.
Source: thedefensepost.com
Ukraine war: Russian air strikes hit cities across country
Russia has carried out a series of missile strikes across Ukraine, hitting residential buildings and infrastructure in Kharkiv and Odesa, Ukrainian officials say. The attacks have caused power blackouts in several areas, regional heads added.
A mass missile attack struck an energy facility in the port city of Odesa, triggering power cuts, its governor Maksym Marchenko said. Residential areas were also hit but no casual-
ties were reported, he added.
Oleg Synegubov, head of Kharkiv’s regional administration, said “about 15” strikes had hit the city and region, with “critical infrastructure facilities” and a residential building targeted.
More strikes were reported in the eastern city of Dnipro and other regions.
Source: bbc.com
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By:Asma Shums, How to
Practice Positive Thinking
You can train your mind to think positively by leveraging a simple scientific concept: Your working memory can only focus on a few concepts at a time. For example, have you ever found it difficult to talk on the phone and listen to someone else at the same time?
So, to help you train your mind, all you have to do is keep it focused on uplifting thoughts until you form the same types of neural pathways that are created when you establish a new habit. With focused practice, you make a habit of more positive thinking. Practice the virtues of positive psychology, which focuses on building your mental health with character traits like courage, gratitude, hope, humor, knowledge, and encouragement.
When an adverse event occurs, remember that it’s your response that truly determines the outcome. Always look for a positive response or optimistic lesson when such events take place.
Use the following eight strategies to develop a positive mental attitude and have a more positive outlook on your life and the world around you.
Know Yourself
Identify what your unfavorable habits are so you can assess areas of needed change. Notice the thoughts you have during the day. Where does your mind wander to when you are driving, walking, or your hands are busy? What kind of internal dialogue do you have when you are faced with challenges, negative situations, or the mundane aspects of daily life?
If your answers to those questions were related to negative thought patterns or habits, start to replace them with positive ones. Start by identifying the parts of your life that tend to cause negative feelings and thoughts. It might be a relationship, your morning commute, co-workers, a family member, work environment, or other responsibility. Then, think of positive ways you can approach these circumstances. Start small by focusing on one issue at a time and apply principles of positive psychology with selftalk and a good attitude.
Are you a glass-half-empty person, or a glass-half-full one?
Get in touch with the inner workings of your mind by asking yourself if you fall into any of these thought patterns: All or nothing: I didn’t do it perfectly, so I failed.
Jumping to conclusions:
Things aren’t going well now, so obviously
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After taking weeks to consider the Senate’s changes to the Liberals’ contentious online streaming legislation known as Bill C-11, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has confirmed he’s rejecting several of the amendments made. While the Liberals are poised to accept the majority of legislative adjustments made in the upper chamber during its longest-ever study of a piece of government legislation, they are turning down a few of the Senate’s more consequential changes and suggesting further tweaks to others. This means Bill C-11 may be heading for a legislative showdown. The long-languishing legislation is aimed at substantively updating Canada’s Broadcasting Act regime for the first time since 1991, to ensure social media and streaming giants like TikTok and Netflix are subjected to Canadian content requirements and regulations comparable to traditional broadcasters. While many in
In a message sent to the Senate, Rodriguez outlined which of the 26 amendments to 12 clauses the Liberals will be allowing. The federal government’s response is set to be debated by MPs in the House of Commons later on Wednesday. If the take-some-andleave-some approach is accepted, Bill C-11 will pass and soon become law, allowing the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to get to work on implementing the coinciding regulatory changes granting that body new powers.But, should the Senate seek to stand its ground on certain changes, the amendments may become subject of procedural pingpong between the two chambers.”I want to thank the senators for all their work on this very important bill,” Rodriguez told reporters on Wednesday. “This is a bill that spent the most time in the Senate in the history of Canada… There’s been lots of debate.”
“And we’re accepting a vast majority of the Senate amendments but some that could create a loophole, we’re not accepting,” the minister said.Source: cbc.ca
Falcon failed the people of Surrey on healthcare, says Dix
In today’s Question Period, Health Minister Adrian Dix highlighted Kevin Falcon’s refusal to build a second hospital and a second medical school for Surrey.
In 2012, thenFinance Minister Kevin Falcon announced a plan to sell off land set aside for a second hospital, calling the land “surplus. Dix said Falcon was “the person who sold the land. The person who stopped the second Surrey hospital being built - after he promised it.” said Dix. “That person shouldn’t be talking about hospital care in Surrey. We build the hospital. He sells the land.”
Dix also highlighted Falcon’s decision to reject a 2008 proposal for a second medical school, which would have been located in Surrey. “In 2008, there was a proposal from the Fraser Health Authority and SFU to build a second medical school in Surrey. Who was against it? He was against it.” said Dix.
“And now Honourable Speaker, the medical school and the hospital that he stopped, he’s complaining about. We are building a second medical school. We are building a second hospital.” Media contact: Caelen Cook
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Babar Azam hits maiden PSl century, breaks records
Zalmi, to win this year’s PSL under his leadership. He also stated that his ultimate aim is to win the 2023 World Cup in India. “I have a lot to achieve, but my main goal is to score maiden PSL century in this year’s season and win PSL for Peshawar Zalmi. I also want to win this year’s ICC World Cup 2023 scheduled in India, and I want my country to be named the winning side,” said Babar.
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The Zalmi skipper achieved the milestone in 60 balls.
Babar Azam has achieved one of his goals for this year as he brought up his maiden PSL century on Wednesday against Quetta Gladiators in Rawalpindi. The Zalmi skipper achieved the milestone in 60 balls, while hitting 15 fours and three sixes. Babar went onto score 115 runs off 65 balls, which helped his team reach a mammoth total of 240/2.
Babar also became the first batsman in PSL history to hit 15 fours in an innings. However, Jason Roy broke this record an hour later in the same match, as he smashed 20 fours in his record-breaking unbeaten 145-run innings. In an interview with Cricket Pakistan just before PSL season 8, Azam had said that he is aiming to score his maiden PSL century and wants his new franchise team, Peshawar
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Afghanistan to host Pakistan for T20 series in Sharjah from March 25
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KABUL: Afghanistan announced on Tuesday it will host Pakistan for three Twenty20 Internationals in Sharjah later this month, the first bilateral series between the neighbours. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said their
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Positive Thinking Creates Positive Outcomes
Developing a positive attitude can help you in more ways than you might realize. When you think positive thoughts, you don’t allow your mind (conscious or subconscious) to entertain any negative thoughts or doubts. Positive thoughts can literally be the key to success. After you learn how to think positively, you will notice amazing changes all around you. Your brain will actually begin to operate in a state of free-flowing feel-good hormones called endorphins, which will make you feel lighter and happier. You’ll
Afghanistan was due to start its season with a One-day International series against Australia in March this year but Cricket Australia (CA) refused to play in protest at the treatment of women in the war-torn country. Source: dawn.com
also notice a major boost in confidence and will feel more capable of taking on new assignments and challenges that might have previously been outside your comfort zone. By reducing your self-limiting beliefs, you will effectively release your brakes and experience growth like you never imagined. Essentially, you can change your entire life simply by harnessing the power of positive thinking. Begin now to harness the power of positive thinking by practicing these habits to keep a positive attitude.
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The metaphor of the boiling frog seems to capture quite aptly how Pakistan’s economy has been driven into abject despair over the past few months. The myth goes that a frog, if dumped into boiling water, will struggle, jump out and escape, but if placed in tepid water that is gradually brought to a boil, it will ignore the danger till it dies. The story illustrates the dangers of not acting against threats that are building up slowly over time. In the example illustrated by the metaphor, the “creeping normality” of slowly warming water ultimately proves deadly for the frog. In Pakistan’s case, our financial managers’ inability to act against the creeping normality of eventual default has brought us to the edge of a gruesome fate. The political question, of course, is: what timeline do we put on this period of inaction? Those familiar with the trajectory of Pakistan’s economy would argue that we were always doomed to be where we are now. A country that consumes far more than it produces, and finances its growing deficits with more loans rather than increasing its capacity to produce, was always bound to end up where we are now. There is no denying the fundamental soundness of that argument. Yet, there is also no denying the fact that we may just have avoided this painful reckoning had it not been for the disastrous antics of our current Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Just why Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, chose to impose him on the country in the midst of a raging crisis defies understanding. Even when the help from friendly countries that he kept prom-
ising repeatedly failed to materialise, the finance minister refused to budge from this line
Their party, the PML-N, had spent three odd years condemning and criticising the PTI government, describing its leaders as unfit, inexperienced and having no grasp on Pakistan’s economic realities. One would have assumed, given the self-confidence with which it launched into those tirades, that the N-league’s “more experienced” finance team would have the answers to Pakistan’s predicament when it took over last April. It seemed for a short while that it did. Mr Ismail, for all his faults, seemed aware of the looming danger and struggled proactively — and ultimately, successfully — to revive the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Yet it was clear even then that not many within his party agreed with his approach.
In swooped Mr Dar with a snake oil pitch. He discredited Mr Ismail’s rationalist approach, which involved continuing to build trust with the IMF, and instead started running after foreign benefactors to convince them to part with billions of dollars from their wealth without having any convincing reason why. And, just like that, back into the now simmering water we went.
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bar Azam’s maiden PSL ton went in vain as Quetta Gladiators picked up a stunning victory against Zalmi. Jason Roy powered his side to a stunning 145-run unbeaten knock to guide his side to victory with 10 deliveries to spare. Source: cricketpakistan.com.pk
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