MULTAN: Commissioner Multan Division Bilal Ahmed Butt vowed to make Multan a model and safe city of the country by providing all facilities like command and control system ,recreational facilities, modern hospitals, safari park, museum and job opportunities.

He expressed these views while addressing at Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), chaired its president Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi.

Butt said groundbreaking ceremony of a hospital of 500 beds equipped with all modern facilities is expected during the current fiscal year while a museum would be established next year subject to the provision of funds besides developing a new big housing colony by Multan Development Authority (MDA).

He suggested that farmers should also launch their own business by making clusters to earn more money like the people of Wazirabad, Sialkot and Gujranwala. He said they work on master plan of sewerage system was in progress with an estimated cost of Rs4.6 billion.

The commissioner said outsourcing of solid waste management was under process. He said a gymkhana would be constructed in new housing colony of MDA while work on a safari park was in progress on Shujabad Road. Work on city roads would be started in few days with an estimated cost of Rs250 million and the project would be completed with the collaboration of highways department, municipal corporation and MDA.

He said Shah Shams Park, Langay Khan Garden, Old Fort Qasim Bagh would be renovated and decorated with an amount of Rs150 million. He said deputy commissioner Multan would conduct operation against encroachments in the district to clear four important roads from encroachments in the first phase.

Divisional Commissioner Bilal Butt disclosed that an investment programme was introduced for new entrepreneurs. Under which loans upto Rs10 million would be advanced to entrepreneurs on 3% to 3.5% markup for a period of five years. First installment of the loan would due after six months.

He voiced hope that there would be economic revolution after advancing loans of Rs150 billions.

“One of the most widely used practices worldwide to support industrial clusters is provision of Common Facility Centres (CFC).

The establishment of CFCs is an integral part of SMEDA’s Cluster Development activities. SMEDA has always been fully cognizant of the significance of Cluster Development and has taken several initiatives,” he said.

He further said Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) would provide interest-free loans of Rs10 billion for tax-free investment with the cooperation of Akhuwat Foundation.

Working capital of Rs10 billion was being provided to craftsmen, disable persons and other entrepreneurs. He said a handloom zone would be developed in industrial estate on 400 acres of land.

In his welcome address, Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi demanded for establishment of a centre of excellence to preserve the history of Multan for centuries.

MCCI Vice President Bakhtawar Tanvir Sheikh, former presidents of MCCI Khawaja Muhammad Yousaf, Mian Iqbal Hassanm, Khawaja Muhammad Usman, Mirza Ali Ahmed, Khawaja Farooq, Shakir Hussain Shakir and Raziuddin Razi also spoke on the occasion.

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LAHORE: There was a great scope of increasing our exports of Halal food products to Indonesia, said Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif.

He was speaking during a meeting with Ambassador of Indonesia Iwan Suyydie Amri, who called on the chief minister on Saturday to discuss matters of mutual interest and measures to further improve bilateral cooperation and relations. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that Pakistan and Indonesia have bilateral, religious, cultural and trade ties and there was a need to improve these relations.

He said there was great scope of cooperation in the halal food product sector and exports could be boosted. He said export with Indonesia can be enhanced in the agriculture sector and there should be more and more exchange of trade delegations. Amri said that Pakistan and Indonesia enjoyed good relations and we were keen to improve ties in the sectors of halal food, textile, leather and telecom sectors.

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During my visit to Bibi Zainab’s (RA) shrine in Damascus several years ago, I could not help but notice the presence of women of diverse ethnicities, ages and nationalities. We were all different but united in our reverence for Bibi Zainab (RA). In our own ways and languages, we recounted her experiences, recited elegies and called for her intercession. Some of us prayed on our tasbeehs while others read from prayer books, unable to control their tears.

While Bibi Zainab (RA) is a salient figure for Muslim women worldwide and has given life to myriad devotional practices, her life and narratives also offer searing commentary on political oppression and the gendered nature of violence, which are a lesson for us all.

Bibi Zainab (RA), Prophet Muhammad’s (Peace be upon Him) granddaughter, Imam Ali (RA) and Bibi Fatima’s (RA) daughter, and Imam Hussain’s (RA) sister, accompanied her brother to Karbala to stand up against the atrocities of Yazid. She had left her husband behind and according to historian Syed Akbar Hyder, is often viewed as a co-hero of Karbala in Shia narratives.

Indeed, Bibi Zainab (RA) played a crucial role on the plains of Karbala. She not only cared for the wounded but also protected her nephew, the Prophet’s (PBUH) great-grandson, Imam Ali ibn Hussain Zayn al-Abidin (RA).

After the massacre of Karbala, Bibi Zainab (RA), along with other women and children of the Imam Hussain’s (RA) household, was taken prisoner and marched to Yazid’s court in Damascus. The severed heads of those who were martyred at Karbala, including Imam Hussain’s (RA), were paraded before her. It was at that moment that Bibi Zainab (RA) confronted Yazid, delivering a defiant speech that is instructive for Muslims even today. On the eve of the death of her brother and two sons, standing up to their killer on whose mercy her life depended, she showed that speaking truth to power, even in the direst of circumstances, is incumbent upon Muslims.

“O Yazid, do you believe that you have succeeded in closing the sky and the earth for us and that we have become your captives just because we have been brought before you in a row and that you have secured control over us?… You think that you have achieved worldly good that your affairs have become stabilised and our rule has fallen into your hands. Wait for a while. Do not be so joyful. Have you forgotten Allah’s saying: ‘The unbelievers should not carry the impression that the time allowed to them by us is good for them. Surely we give them time so that they may increase their evil deeds, and eventually they will be given insulting chastisement [3:178].”

Historian al-Tabari narrates a particular moment that sheds further light on Bibi Zainab’s (RA) courage. While in Yazid’s court, a Syrian man asked Yazid to give him Bibi Fatima bint Ali (RA), Bibi Zainab’s younger sister. Bibi Fatima (RA) shuddered thinking about the fate that awaited her and held onto her older sister’s skirt. Bibi Zainab (RA) fearlessly resisted the Syrian’s claim, noting that Yazid did not have the authority to give away the young girl. When Yazid disagreed, she retorted: “You, a commander who has authority, are vilifying unjustly and oppress with your authority.”

Bibi Zainab’s (RA) sermon also highlights the gendered nature of violence as she narrates the ways in which Yazid and his armies humiliated the women of the Prophet’s (pbuh) family:

“O progeny of the freedman of the Prophet (pbuh)! Is this your justice? Your daughters, your slave girls, your dear women are all sitting behind the curtain and the daughters of the Prophet (pbuh), in shackles, unveiled, stand before you. Your men take us from town to town where all sorts of people, whether they be residents of the hills or of riversides have been looking at us.”

Gender Studies scholar Fadwa El Guindi has noted that veiling in that historical moment communicated the status of the individual and the group’s identity; it had less to do with notions of modesty or shame. By unveiling the women of Prophet’s (PBUH) household, Yazid took away their privacy and deprived them of their elite status.

This particular form of violence against Bibi Zainab (RA) and other womenfolk signals how women have always functioned as symbols in and through which rulers exercise power. It was through the dishonouring of these women that the ruler established his complete victory. That even the Prophet’s (pbuh) family was not spared this treatment should give us pause as we reflect on modern-day patriarchy.

Today, violence against women is codified not only through law but also familial practices. Religion is deployed to further the surveillance and policing of women, and tired tropes about women’s weakness and emotional states keep women away from positions of authority. Tragedies such as the shooting of innocent civilians by the state machinery in Model Town, Lahore, or the burning of poor workers in a factory in Baldia Town, Karachi, occur without society shedding a tear. Years pass by without justice being served. The ‘mafia’, to quote the honourable Supreme Court, rules with prejudice and we citizens remain quiet.

During this month of Muharram, let us recount the life of Bibi Zainab (RA). Let us reflect on her words and deeds, and take courage from her to reform our own societies.

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LAHORE: Irregularities, misappropriation of funds, poor record management and corruption of over Rs 10.435 billion were discovered in the Punjab Food department and the Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries department. This was unveiled by the Auditor General of Pakistan’s (Punjab) latest audit report for FY 2015-16.

A copy of the report, made available to The Express Tribune, revealed misappropriation and irregularities of Rs. 9.073 billions in the food department out of which Rs.7.106 billion was involved in irregular procurement of stock. At the same time, Rs.1.362 billion worth of irregularities were unearthed in the in Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department. Of the total, Rs560.64 million worth of government dues were not recovered.

Food Department

The audit observed various contracts were awarded for the procurement of different materials such as jute bags, PP bags and AP tablets etc. However, it did not find any proof, at the time of evaluation of technical proposals, that the specifications of materials to be procured were tested from a recognised government laboratory.

The audit was of the view that irregular procurement took place due to weak internal controls. The matter was pointed out to the formation which replied that the department purchased the items after observing procedural formalities under the rules. It added the detailed reply would be given in the due course of time.

The subject was further reported to the administrative department in the Departmental Accounts Committee (DAC) meeting which was held on January 15, 2016. The paras were kept pending for compliance. However, the audit recommended that a probe may be held to fix responsibility for failing to adhere to the rules.

The report further revealed a loss of Rs949million to the government due to the shortage of stock. During the scrutiny of the bardana inventory register of various centres under DFC Sahiwal, the audit observed from the footnotes that certain quantities, valued at over Rs13,714,094, were missing on different grounds. The matter was reported, but no reply received.

The report further highlighted that an amount of Rs.705,349,237 was recoverable from different officials on account of penalties imposed by competent authorities. The audit recommended prompt recovery of the outstanding amounts and the strengthening of internal controls to avoid such lapses in future.

The report, titled Audit Report on the Accounts of Government of the Punjab: Audit Year 2015-16, showed auditors wrote 2,046 paras of irregularities, inappropriate use of funds, poor record management, lack of transparency. However, the department hardly complied with 50% of the objections.

Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department

Similarly, the audit observed the non-recovery of government dues of amounting to Rs.560.64million in the Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries department. It said the amount was outstanding against various contractors on account of sale of timber and from officers/officials on account of theft, damages of trees/woods.

The audit was of the view that weak internal controls over the management of assets resulted in the accumulation of such a huge recoverable balance. The matter was pointed out to the formation during the audit conducted from March to November 2015. Some of the formations noted the observations for compliance and the others replied that the recoveries were regularly being affected from the pay of the concerned officers/officials.

However, they did not produce any relevant evidence in support of their contention. The matter was reported to the DAC meetings on February 2016, but some paras were kept pending.

The audit also revealed Rs.273.90million worth of illicit cultivation of forest land. It observing huge tracts of land, belonging to the department, was illegally cultivated by locals. The report pointed out that no steps were taken by the department to stop the illegal cultivation of forest land.

Illicitly cultivated land was auctioned by taking reserve rates from the deputy district officer (Revenue) instead of the Forest Department’s own scheduled rates.

Also, the crop was auctioned, but no supporting documents were available on record. Forest land was illegally occupied by the local people but illicit cultivated land was not auctioned.

The audit found wasteful expenditure of Rs.138.37million, observing out of four national parks, only Lal Suhanra was functional while the rest lay dormant despite the utilisation of departmental and public resources amounting to 138.37 million. It said no concrete efforts to make them functional were found on record. The audit also found non-disposal of timber, wood, stumps, seeds and plants worth Rs98.49million.

However, the report showed auditors wrote 1761 paras of irregularities, inappropriate use of funds, poor record management and lack of transparency. The department hardly complied with 54% of these objections.

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PESHAWAR: Over eight years after it was enacted, implementation of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Preventive Health Act 2009 to control Thalassaemia cases in the province has fallen to a familiar affliction – red tape.

The law has become a ping pong ball which is batted between different government departments and even the Nikah registrar – responsible for ensuring premarital blood screening of spouses for both Thalassaemia and Hepatitis C.

According to senior K-P health officials, their department was ready to offer free testing and counselling facilities for spouses. However, the major stumbling block was the Nikkah registrar, the only official entitled to deal with the issue, has yet to provide the requirements and follow directions clearly listed in the law.

Moreover, not even a single government department has shown any interest in fully implementing the law.

The health department, officials said, has suggested that the K-P Chief Secretary Azam Khan call a meeting of the law, auqaf, social welfare and health departments to devise a plan for implementing the legislation.

The law makes it clear that the Nikkah registrar will obtain the blood screening reports for both the diseases. Moreover, the result (whatever it may be) must have no effect on marriage being solemnized.

Further, the law requires the Nikkah registrar to maintain the blood reports for at least two years after signing off on the marriage contract.

Should the Nikkah registrar fail to solemnise a marriage in contravention of the law, their licence can be cancelled. If someone other than a Nikkah Registrar solemnises marriage, they shall be fined Rs10,000.

However, since the law only deals with the Nikkah registrar and has to be coupled with several other functions such as blood testing, counselling, and social services, the law does not have any specific ‘owner’ who is responsible for following up and ensuring that the provisions are adhered to.

Thalassaemia is considered to be one of the most common genetic disorders in the country with a gene prevalence rate of six per cent in the general population – or six out of every 100 people carry the mutant gene.

Over 5,000 children affected by the mutant are born every year, or around 14 every day, officials said. They added that these children require regular monthly blood transfusions and chelation therapy to withdraw the excess iron in their bodies.

These children lay a heavy economic burden on their treatment with each affected child requiring an estimated Rs180,000 for treatment every year. Moreover, bone marrow transplants, the only permanent treatment for Thalassemia currently available, costs more than Rs2million.

With around 4,000 major Thalassemia cases seeking treatment across K-P, the disease is considered a major public health problem.

Officials blame the socio-cultural tradition of inter-family marriages in K-P for the widespread prevalence of the Thalassaemia gene in the population.

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MULTAN: Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University held a discussion of agro-industrial stakeholders to boost their role in the economy of the country. The discussion forum was aimed to set direction for the establishment of a new faculty of agricultural and bio systems engineering and technology.

The agenda of the meeting was assess problem faced by agro-based industries, role of agricultural engineering in agro-industries to reduce the cost of production, value addition of agricultural products, storage, processing, automation and increase the net benefit of the industry.

The discussion was organised at Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute (AMRI) Multan on Friday. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan Vice Chancellor Dr Asif Ali chaired the discussion forum.

During his welcome address Dr Ali emphasised that cost of production could be reduced and crop yield can be increased by adapting modern techniques. He said upgrading of existing agro-based industrial system was the key to support local industry which would ultimately trickle down benefits to farming community. “This is possible only with producing industrial oriented trained engineers,” he remarked.

Dr Alamgir compared agricultural engineering programme in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and BZU Multan. The forum invited suggestions for development of industrial oriented curriculum of agricultural engineering.

Dr Asif Ali opened discussion by saying that share of agriculture in GDP was 21 % and capital input was not available.

“Unemployment in this sector is prominent and this can be addressed by mechanised farming, entrepreneurship and modern industrialisation. Reasons of challenges in agriculture sectors are slow processes in this sector as compare to industry where processes are fast and return is quick,” he said.

“In Pakistan food security is a major issue and it needs to be addressed with modern farming and modern industrial techniques.” He strongly supported to discussion forum and the thought to establish Agricultural Engineering programme with the collaboration of industrial stakeholders.

The participants of the discussion suggested that agricultural engineering courses should industrial base to solve the current problems of industry. Course should include subjects related to engineering ethics, entrepreneurship, and special emphasis on metallurgy. The committee suggested that the varsity should start BSc agricultural engineering programme based on agro-industrial processing engineering, farm machinery and power remote sensing and GIS engineering and land water resource Engineering. Participants also suggested that varsity may serve as hub for the agro-based industries.

The industrialists appreciated the discussion forum and accepted the proposal to accommodate fresh graduates on internship and also promised to strengthen the industry academia collaboration.

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BAHAWALPUR: More than 6,000 police personnel have been deployed to provide security to 285 mourning processions and 240 majalis (religious congregations) to be held on Muharram 9 and 10. Police said 33 mourning processions and 15 majalis have been declared extremely sensitive.

City police have prepared a comprehensive security plan to provide security and maintain peace throughout the district where additional police contingents have been deployed to avoid any untoward incident. Police sources said 33 processions have been declared extremely sensitive out of total 285 processions. Meanwhile, 15 majalis have also been declared sensitive and police said extraordinary security measures would be taken to provide security to the participants. Keeping in view the sensitivity of the these processions and majalis, more than 6,000 police personnel from Elite, Quick Response Force, Traffic Police and Punjab Constabulary have been deployed at sensitive spots in the city. Meanwhile, Police National Volunteer and Hussaini Volunteer will also observe their duties.

Important mourning processions and majalis will be monitored through CCTV cameras and video recordings of these events would also be done. Police snipers have been deployed on the roof of buildings on the either side of the routes of the processions. Police sources revealed that all the processions and majalis would be provided three-tier security.

All the people participating in processions and majalis will be physically searched and scanned through metal detectors and walkthrough gates.

Routes of processions have been technically swept by the personnel of special branch. As per instructions issued by the authorities, all the vehicles would be parked at least 200 metres away from the venue of processions and majalis. Police have asked administrators of mourning processions and majalis to ensure the implementation of complete code of conduct regarding Muharram.

On the inter-district and inter-provincial check posts strict checking system should be adapted and video recording of all the passengers should be done while pickets should be established on the entrance and exit ways of the city and ensure strict checking.

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The case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Supreme Court regarding the purchase of his Bani Gala estate is slowly advancing towards a conclusion. As the situation stands now, Imran Khan’s legal team is struggling to justify and explain the money trail in the purchase of the sprawling hill-top estate. There is this annoying amount of £100,000 that somehow hasn’t left a paper trail so necessary to explain its presence — or absence. There may yet be a twist in the tale but the eventuality of the honourable judges ruling against the PTI supremo remains real.

In other words, Imran Khan could be disqualified as a member of the National Assembly, and perhaps barred from contesting the 2018 elections. What then? Here goes:

1. If PTI is able to garner the numbers to de-seat PPP’s Khursheed Shah as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, it will be in a position to put its own nominee in this important position. Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s possible nomination for the position last week elicited a visceral reaction from within the party rank and file forcing him on the defensive and stating Imran would make the final decision. Naeemul Haq — Imran’s confidante — then faced the cameras and declared unequivocally that in fact Imran Khan would, most definitely, be the PTI nominee for the post of the Leader of the Opposition. Except there’s a problem.

2. If the decision for the Leader of the Opposition is taken before the judges decide the case, and if Imran Khan is indeed nominated as the person to replace Shah, and if he does indeed become the Leader of the Opposition and occupies the chair across the aisle from the prime minister, and if then the SC flings the judgment against him like a thunderbolt and disqualifies Imran Khan from being a member of the National Assembly — then we do have a problem.

3. If this were to happen, the honourable and most elevated Supreme Court would have successfully knocked out a prime minister and a leader of the opposition within a span of a few weeks. Go figure the optics of such an eventuality. And while you are doing so, spare a thought for the PTI chairman who would go down in history as possibly the shortest serving leader of the opposition in parliament.

4. Which is why if Imran Khan is smart — and if he wants to be the leader of the opposition — he would wait for the SC judgment before attempting to dislodge Khursheed Shah. He may want to think through the consequences of an ill-timed decision.

5. And yet there are other complications: a) the SC case against him may conclude but the judges may reserve their judgment. There’s only so much long the PTI can wait before it has to decide one way or the other about its bid to claim the slot of the leader of the opposition. Since the PTI has already cast the die it cannot let the issue linger on. The numbers will be clear fairly soon; b) if the judgement is taking time and PTI has to decide, it will either have the numbers and decide about Khan as the nominee; or not have the numbers and admit a humiliating defeat.

6. If PTI has the numbers, it will need to gamble with its nominee: a) go with Khan and run the risk of him being kicked out of the slot and the assembly by the court; b) opt for Shah Mehmood Qureshi or some other senior person and risk serious dissent and rancor within its ranks. Either way the outcomes are not pretty.

7. And if these outcomes are not pretty, buckle up in case Imran is disqualified and barred from contesting the next elections. The following immediate consequences would kick in: a) PTI will have to figure out who its prime minister would be if it wins the next elections. Minus Imran, this exercise for the party would be like going through a leg amputation with a steak knife without anesthesia. Recall the vicious reaction to the possible nomination of Shah Mehmood Qureshi as leader of the opposition, and now imagine the same party leadership — riven as it is with intense jealousy and factionalism — trying to agree on a prime minister. Yes, Imran Khan will nominate someone from among the senior ranks (Asad Umar, Shah Mehmood, Jahangir Tareen, Fawad Chaudhry?) but turbulence is not hard to imagine. Recall this is the same party that is yet to heal the self-inflicted wounds of its party elections.

8. Even more damaging would be the moral decapitation of Imran Khan and by extension the politics espoused by him and his party. He and Nawaz Sharif would then share a dubious moral equivalence in terms of misdemeanours as identified by Supreme Court judges. If the PML-N plays its cards right, it could in such an eventuality dilute to a significant level the damage done by its leader’s disqualification.

9. With Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both out of the electoral battle of 2018, two major questions will arise: a) what is the credibility and sustainability of a system in which the two most popular leaders of the country are not on the ballot? And b) has representative democracy been beaten down by the powerful establishment to a level where its effectiveness in terms of real governance is in serious doubt?

10. If Imran Khan is disqualified, it will not mark the end of his politics. The irony may be lost on him that he will benefit from the same clause he has condemned so vociferously for enabling Nawaz Sharif to return as the president of his party. And yet Imran’s disqualification — if it were to happen — would reorient the contours of the debate about politics, accountability, courts and the role of the establishment in our ever-turbulent landscape.

It is high time politicians war-gamed some sense into their decision-making process.

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FAISALABAD: Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has decided to cut connections of its defaulters besides taking legal action for the recovery of outstanding dues.

According to WASA spokesman, the WASA authorities have launched a vigorous campaign against chronic defaulters who failed to deposit WASA dues despite repeated notices and requests.

He said action would be taken against the major defaulters and every sub-divisional officer (SDO) had given a task to disconnect connections at least five industrial, five commercial and five domestic connections of the defaulters.

Deputy managing director finance and revenue would himself supervise the crackdown and action would also be taken against those SDOs who will fail in implementing the crackdown in its true spirit.

He said that help of police and local administration had also been sought and crackdown would remain continue till the recovery of 100 percent dues of the agency, spokesman added.

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