e-paper pakistantoday 14th May, 2013

In an unprecedented development of

the post-election scenario, Makhdoom

Ahmed Mahmud on Monday resigned

as governor of Punjab and also

announced his intention to retire

from politics. Addressing a press

conference at Governor’s House, he

said that he had sent his

resignation letter to President Asif

Ali Zardari and hoped that it would

be accepted soon. PAGE 03

Governor Mahmud stepsdown from office

Turkey's foreign minister has blamed

the world's inaction on the Syrian

conflict for the "barbarian act of

terrorism" that claimed dozens of lives

near the border. Ahmet Davutoglu's

comments in Berlin came a day after a

twin bombing in the small town of

Reyhanli, in the southern Turkish

province of Hatay bordering Syria, that

left at least 46 people dead and 100

others wounded. PAGE 07

Turkey blames 'inaction' on Syriafor attacks

Pakistan captain’s test and one-day

Misbah-ul-Haq expressed his

satisfaction over the performance of

the team over the last couple of

years and has credit the Pakistan

Cricket Board (PCB), team

management and the players for the

success of the Green Shirts. Pakistan

cricket faced a dark period in 2010

after a couple of disastrous tours of

Australia and England. PAGE 20

Pakistan can winChampions Trophy,says Misbah

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Gilani steps downfrom party post overPPP poll defeat

Ashraf, other RPP accusedput on ECL

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WORKERS, supportersand leaders of severalpolitical parties con-tinued with theirprotests on Monday

following allegations of alleged massiverigging across the country in May 11 polls.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) support-ers in Lahore and Karachi continued their sit-ins for the second consecutive day onMonday, while a new protest erupted in Is-lamabad as well, wherein people demandedaction against the rigging in the May 11 gen-eral elections.

The leaders and workers of PakistanPeople’s Party, Wahdat Muslimeen, PakistanMuslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Ja-maat-e-Islami (JI) also joined the protests inLahore and Karachi. All parties in the protestwere in agreement that the Election Commis-sion of Pakistan (ECP) had failed in its dutyto hold free and transparent elections. PTI PROTESTS IN KARACHI, LA-

HORE: As PTI Chairman Imran Khan de-manded recounting of votes in 25 NationalAssembly constituencies of Punjab, hischarged supporters gathered at Doa Talwarcrossing of Clifton and again staged a sit-inat Teen Talwar. They later returned to DoaTalwar and raised slogans against poll rig-ging in Karachi. PTI workers said electionsin Karachi had been rigged, therefore re-polling should be conducted. Various leaders,including Dr Arif Alvi and Syed Ali Zaidi,addressed the protest demo and demandedre-elections in Karachi.

The number of demonstrators kept onbuilding throughout the day, with PTI leaderssaying the party would emerge victorious iffair re-election was conducted in NA-250.

Some PTI supporters roughed up mediapersonnel who were covering the protests,prompting media watchdogs and organisa-tions to condemn the incidents.

PTI supporters in Lahore demanded atransparent re-election in NA-122 and NA-125, saying they would continue protestinguntil their demands were met.

On Sunday, a large number of young PTIsupporters from NA-125 gathered at around

4pm at Ghazi Chowk (Walton) and blockedthe main road for all traffic. The protesterswere demanding fresh polls in the said con-stituency. Later, supporters of PML-N alsoarrived and indulged in verbal and physicalclashes with their rivals.

Heavy contingents of security forcesreached the venue and baton charged the pro-testers. PTI fans and supporters said the sit-in would continue until their demand of freshpolls was not met.

Senior PTI leader Hamid Khan on Mon-day said he would lodge a complaint with theElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP)against election rigging across Punjab.

“We will not allow those who stole ourmandate to live peacefully,” he said whiletalking to participants of the sit-in. He saidthe results were changed in many constituen-cies, accusing the PML-N of carrying out rig-ging across Punjab.

In Karachi, the Muttahida Deeni Mahaz(MDM) also protested over alleged riggingin elections in Karachi.

A large number of MDM workers gath-ered early morning and staged a sit-in at var-ious places in Malir, Dawood Chowrangi,Sohrab Goth and other areas, causing severetraffic jams. Markets and business activitieswere also closed in these areas.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Move-ment (MQM) leader Khushbakht Shujaatalso demanded re-polling in NA-250.

Addressing a press conference, she saidNA-250 did not include only posh areas buthas many slums as well. She said that inter-national media and analysts should also beinvited during re-polling.

Shujaat warned the youth not to be mis-led by anyone and decide their own way.

In Quetta, the Balochistan National Partyand Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) announcedprotest against what they called rigging in therecent elections. The BNP-M said they werebeing deliberately pushed against the wall.

Both parties said rigging had been donein counting votes and the results were de-

layed in many constituencies where theircandidates were leading so that its candidatescould be declared unsuccessful.

BNP-M Senior Vice President Dr Jahan-zaib Jamaldini and JUI-F Senator HafizHamdullah said in a press conference thathundreds of activists and leaders of BNP-Mengal, including women, had been protest-ing against alleged rigging in the elections bystaging a sit-in outside Quetta Press Club andin the garden of Quetta metropolitan.

He said raids were conducted in parts ofQuetta by security personnel before the pollsand BNP-Mengal activities were arrested andterrorised.He alleged massive rigging in NA-260 Quetta/Chagai, PB-4, PB-5 and PB-6,where BNP-Mengal candidates were leading.He said the media was completely ignoringBalochistan, particularly BNP-M, which hadbeen protesting against rigging.

He said the BNP-M would carry out aprovince-wide protest on May 15 against therigging in polls.FAFEN REPORTS IRREGULARITIES:

In a related development, the Free and FairElection Network (FAFEN) said its data hadrevealed impossible voter turnout of morethan 100%, which had cast serious doubts onthe entire election process.

FAFEN released an explosive report at atime when workers of various parties arestaging protests on roads against alleged rig-ging in elections. FAFEN said the voterturnout was more than 100% in at least 49polling stations of a total 8,119.The reportsuggested that at least 32 polling stationswith greater than 100 percent turnout were inPunjab, 10 in Sindh, six in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, and one in Balochistan.

The polling stations with impossiblevoter turnout figures included 19 femalepolling stations, 16 male stations and 14combined (male and female) stations.

Voter turnout is calculated on the basisof the registered voters for each polling sta-tion as given on the ECP.

Polling stations included in the analysis

are only those in which presiding officers ac-curately calculated the total number of ballotsas recorded on the Statement of the Count(Form XIV). FAFEN has recommendedsince 2008 that ECP should void the results

from any polling station where more ballotsare cast than the number of registered voters,and should investigate highly improbablecases of voter turnout, such as those greaterthan 80 percent.

SIt-INS AcroSS coUNtryovEr ‘pollS rIggINg’

PtI sIt-INs agaINst rIggINg coNtINUe For secoNd day IN lahore, KarachI

IMraN deMaNds recoUNtINg oF votes IN 25 Na coNstItUeNcIes oF PUNJaB

MQM deMaNds re-PollINg IN Na-250coNstItUeNcy

BNP-M, JUI-F stageProtests IN BalochIstaN

In spite of irregularities,polls a positive step: EU

ISLAMABAD: High turnout in Pakistan’slandmark election was a positive step fordemocracy despite the fact the campaignwas marred by violence and irregularities,an EU observer mission said on Monday.Violence during the campaign and on theelection day had been “terrible, but mustnot overshadow the achievements of theprocess”, MEP Richard Howitt told a newsconference.“The turnout in defiance of thethreats against the process was an extraor-dinary vote of confidence in democracy it-self. This election was a step forward, butone from which we call on all those electedto sustain their commitment to reforms, inthe interests of good government for thepeople and governance for the state,” hesaid. Releasing its preliminary report in Is-lamabad, Michael Gahler, chief of the mis-sion, congratulated Pakistan’s electioncommission for making improvements toits election law and improving its voterroll, as well as ordering re-polling in acontested seat in Karachi. staff rEpOrt

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Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP) Secre-tary Ishtiaq AhmadKhan on Mondaysaid peaceful elec-tions were heldacross the countryexcept in someconstituencies.

Talking to re-porters, he said 90percent results of theNational and provin-cial assemblies electionshad been received andhoped that the remaining would bereceived by midnight on Monday.

Khan said the Election Commis-sion had already ordered re-polling in

43 polling stations of NA-250Karachi and it would be

held within next 10 days. He said district re-

turning officers‚ re-turning officers‚Sindh provincialelection commis-sioner and districtpolice officers hadbeen asked to sub-

mit reports on restof the constituencies

of Karachi by tomor-row. Khan said the Elec-

tion Commission wouldtake further decision in light of

these reports. Secretary Election

Commission said if anyone had anysolid proof of grave irregularities orviolation of law during the pollingfrom across the country‚ he couldsend it to the Election Commissionand the commission would consideraction under Peoples RepresentativeAct‚ 1976. Khan said after thepolling, the next phase of election pe-titions would begin soon.

The secretary said 14 election tri-bunals had already been set through-out the country for that purpose. Ofthese‚ five were established in Punjaband three each in Sindh‚ Balochistanand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said retired sessions judgeshad been appointed to these tribunals,which would decide the petitionswithin a hundred and twenty days.

Elections rigged,turnout recorded tobe over 100%: FAFENKARACHI: The Free and Fair Election Network(FAFEN) on Monday revealed that the electionsacross the country were badly rigged as the voterturnout witnessed was more than 100 percent atmost of the polling stations while at some pollingstations it was even recorded at more than 200 to300 percent.Talking to a private TV channel, FAFEN CEOMuddasir Rizvi said in at least 120 polling sta-tions, the turnout remained more than 100 percentand in several other polling stations the turnoutwas more than even 300 percent. He said FAFEN visited various polling stations inseveral constituencies and monitored the candi-dates, voters and the entire polling process.Rizvi suggested that it was easy for the ElectionCommission of Pakistan to trace the rigging as thevoters had to thumb mark two places which was inits record and which could be verified byNADRA. ONLINE

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In an apparent damage control move,Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)Chairman Altaf Hussain on Monday de-nied making any demand for separationof Karachi from the rest of Pakistan.

In a policy statement, Altaf said thosehurling accusation in connection with hisSunday’s statement should view it in aproper context by obtaining its audio CD.

Addressing his party leaders andworkers on Sunday, Altaf Hussain hadsaid: “If the establishment doesn’t acceptthe MQM’s mandate, it should go aheadand detach it from the rest of the coun-try.”

He had said, “Instead of abusingKarachi and its people, separate Karachifrom Pakistan” and warned the ‘estab-lishment’ that they were playing withfire. “If you don’t stop playing with fire,it would burn down entire Pakistan,” hesaid, then hastened to add that he was notissuing any threats to anyone.

The MQM chief had dared anyonewho was accusing his party of rigging theelections to come up with evidence andwarned that if opposition was notstopped, he would unleash his party sup-porters. “How can I control them and for

how long,” he had asked.In Monday’s statement, Altaf paid

tributes to the staff of Election Commis-sion of Pakistan and its chief FakhruddinG Ebrahim for successful conduct ofgeneral elections in the country.

On Sunday, Altaf had warned theECP to reach a decision with honesty orelse they would not be able to find anyshelter.

Altaf also urged the protesting sup-porters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf toavoid creating further complications forthe country by staging demonstrations onstreets.

“Those who have any grievancesshould adopt legal means to register theirprotest,” he said.SOCIAL MEDIA REACTS TO

ALTAF’S STATEMENT, CALLS

LONDON POLICE : Reacting ofMuttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)chief’s statements regarding the separa-tion of Karachi from Pakistan, citizensof the country reacted with anger andstarted calling London MetropolitanPolice to register their complaintsagainst him.

According to social media buzzing,many people called London police, com-plaining about Altaf threatening to insti-gate violence in Pakistan.

Nawaz to invite Manmohan at oath-takingLAHORE

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PAKISTAN MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N)chief Nawaz Sharif saidhis government would es-tablish friendly ties withIndia, adding that he

would invite Indian Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh to his oath-taking ceremonyin Islamabad.

Speaking to foreign correspondents athis Raiwind residence, Sharif said aftermaking a new government, he wanted toend tension between the countries andrestart the relation where it was in 1999.

He called upon the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to respect the mandate of the peopleand accept the results of the elections.

Nawaz further said his governmentwould devise a national policy to tackle theproblem of terrorism. Referring to the at-tack on PML-N leader Sanaullah Zehri inBalochistan, he said it was not fair to saythat terrorism had not affected the PML-N.

“We will contact every party for thepurpose of forming our policy on terror-ism,” he said, adding that the PML-N gov-

ernment would respect the mandate givento parties by the people.

He said economic revival was thePML-N’s top priority.

To a question pertaining to US droneattacks in Pakistan’s north-western TribalAreas, Nawaz said his government wouldtry to convince the US to stop the attacks.

He said his government would help the USforces withdraw from Afghanistan.

He further said the PML-N governmentin its first 100 days would come out with

policies on all major issues confrontingPakistan, such as terrorism, economy etc.

He added that Pakistan would becomethe Asian tiger in his tenure.

Shahbaz dismissesrigging allegations

LAHORE: PakistanMuslim League-

Nawaz (PML-N) leader andformer Pun-jab chiefministerShahbazSharif onMonday dis-

missed alle-gations of

election riggingin Punjab and said

that any such accusa-tions were baseless. Speaking to various delega-tions, Shahbaz Sharif urged the people to strivefor a prosperous Pakistan by setting aside elec-tion differences. “I wish that all parties sit withthe PML-N for the sake of nation building,” hesaid. “We all have to work together for the wel-fare and well-being of our people,” he added.He said that allegations of rigging during elec-tions in Punjab were baseless and people hadalso refused to buy all such claims. He advisedthose who had lost elections to review their poli-cies and attitude towards general masses insteadof making false claims. “No party can call itselfthe true representative of people while ignoringthe needs of clerks who have to travel by bus,energy-starved shopkeepers, students from gov-ernment institutions, poor farmers and millionsof other downtrodden Pakistani men andwomen,” the former chief minister said.“Now, when people have given a fresh man-date to the PML-N, it is my utmost desire thatthe people of Pakistan work hand-in-hand fornation building and a strong, prosperous Pak-istan,” he said. INp

Governor Mehmud steps down from officeLAHORE

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In an unprecedented development of thepost-election scenario, MakhdoomAhmed Mahmud on Monday resigned asgovernor of Punjab and also announcedhis intention to retire from politics.

Addressing a press conference atGovernor’s House, he said that he hadsent his resignation letter to PresidentAsif Ali Zardari and hoped that it wouldbe accepted soon.

He said that he had been an unelectedgovernor and since a new governmentwas about to take oath, it was only fair

that the governor be elected democrati-cally. He added that he was quit-ting over moral grounds,hoping that the transition ofpower would be smoothand constitutional.

The former gover-nor congratulated andpaid tribute to the Elec-tion Commission ofPakistan (ECP), the care-taker government and lawenforcement agencies forholding the elections. He alsopaid tribute to the people whocame out in large numbers and exercised

their right to vote. He said that it was apositive thing for the country.

He hoped that the winningparty would work according

to the aspirations of peopleand those who faced de-feat would accept it in thespirit of sportsmanshipand play their role as aneffective opposition.Mehmud further hoped

that all political forceswould forget differences of

the past and come together tobring the country forward.

He further said that Pakistan People’s

Party (PPP) had concentrated a lot onstrengthening the democratic process inthe country. Mehmud added that the issueof south Punjab issue was still there butother problems like price hike, load shed-ding and law and order had overshad-owed it.

He congratulated Nawaz Sharif andShahbaz Sharif for getting public man-date. Moreover, he said that Imran Khanhad emerged as a big political power andalso congratulated him.

Mehmud had been appointed as thegovernor of Punjab a few months ago ina bid to woo south Punjab voters by thePPP government.

AShrAF, othEr rppAccUSEd pUt oN Ecl

ISLAMABADtaYYaB hUssaIN

Former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, anaccused in the infamous Rental Power Projectscase, will appear before the investigation teamof the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)today (Tuesday) to record his statement.Moreover, some media reports claimed that theFederal Investigation Agency (FIA) had alsobarred the former prime minister and other ac-cused in the Rs 22 billion RPPs scam case fromleaving Pakistan.“The FIA has ordered all airports in the countryas well as immigration authorities to ensure thatall the accused in the RPP case, includingAshraf, do not leave Pakistan,” the reportadded.A source in NAB told Pakistan Today that theformer premier had been summoned by NAB inthe RPPs case and he would appear before in-vestigators today.Asked whether NAB had also approached theFIA with a request to put the names of all ac-cused in the case on the Exit Control List(ECL), the NAB official responded in the affir-mative and said that the request had been placedwith the Interior Ministry sometime ago.“Since the matter is sub-judice, I cannot makean official confirmation,” the source said whenasked for an official response on the subject.Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau(NAB) had filed a reference in the RPPs case.In March, the Supreme Court (SC) had also is-sued a contempt of court notice to the formerpremier for trying to influence the court bywriting a letter to Chief Justice Iftikhar Moham-mad Chaudhry for forming a commission to in-vestigate the scam.On January 28, in an apparent bid to build pres-sure on the SC to suspend the proceedingsagainst Ashraf and the other co-accused in thecase, NAB Chairman Fasih Bokhari had alsosubmitted a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari,accusing the judiciary of “pressurising” him totake action against some “senior governmentofficials”.

LAHORE: President Asif Ali

Zardari on Monday contacted

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz

(PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and

congratulated him on his party’s

victory in the general election.

President Zardari said the PML-

N’s victory would strengthen

democracy. He hoped that Nawaz

would continue this struggle.

According to the final results

compiled so far by the ECP, PML

N was in a clear lead on other

parties in the National Assembly.

President’s spokesman Senator

Farhatullah Babar said Zardari

said that holding of elections in

accordance with the

constitutional provisions was a

triumph of the people, of

democracy and of the system

put in place for democratic

transition. The president also

felicitated all the national

institutions and individuals who

worked hard to make possible

the holding of this gigantic

exercise so vital for the

strengthening democracy. “The

people of Pakistan have spoken

through the ballot,” the president

added. The president hoped that

the next phase of democratic

transition, the smooth transfer of

power in accordance with the will

of the people, would also be

completed soon in accordance

with the constitution. ONLINE

ZARDARI FELICITATES NAWAZ ON ELECTION VICTORY

Dejected Gilani steps down from party postMULTANONLINE

Holding himself responsible for thePakistan People’s Party (PPP) dismalperformance in Multan district, for-mer prime minister and PPP seniorvice president Yousaf Raza Gilanitendered his resignation from theparty position. Addressing an ur-gently-called press conference atMultan Press Club on Monday Gilanisaid he accepted the responsibility ofthe party’s poor results in Multan.

He said all political parties werepart of the government, but only thePPP was subjected to criticism. Hesaid he would continue working as an

ordinary PPP worker as his resignationwas not on the basis of any differences.

Gilani said the poor performanceof the party and appalling election re-sults had nothing to do with PPPChairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.“These factors should not affect Bi-lawal’s political future,” he said.

To a question, Gilani said de-manding resignation from PresidentAsif Ali Zardari was not appropriateas he was the head of state and sec-ondly he was not the PPP chief.

Gilani said the PPP emerged asthe second-biggest party in the elec-tions and it would play the role of aneffective opposition. “We wouldpraise good works of the PML-N

government, but severely criticise itsbad deeds,” he added.

To another query, the PPP leadersaid the party had no opportunity to runits election campaign as it could nothold large public rallies due to securitythreats. “Just two days before the polls,my son was kidnapped,” he added.

Gilani added that in 2008, themain objective of the PPP was to doffthe uniform off Pervez Musharraf. “Atthat time, Nawaz Sharif was not inter-ested in contesting polls, but it wasBenazir Bhutto who convinced him totake part in the elections. After Be-nazir’s martyrdom, he once again re-fused but then Zardari persuaded himto contest elections,” Gilani added.

who said separate Karachi from Pakistan? I didn’t: Altaf

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LONDON: British Pakistanis protest against MQM Chairman Altaf

Hussain outside the Pakistani High Commission on Monday.

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tHE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which emerged as themajor political force in2013 general election,

looks set to establish its govern-ment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa afterreaching an agreement with the Ja-maat-e-Islami late on Monday.

The party is also making ef-forts to muster support of inde-pendent MPs to further

consolidate its position.Highly-placed sources told

Pakistan Today that the PTI lead-ership had established contactswith leaders of various politicalforces and newly-elected inde-pendent MPAs. But on the otherhand, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl(JUI-F) leaders are also engagedin efforts for establishing a JUI-F-led coalition government in theprovince. The PTI is in the leadwith 34 of 99 general seats, whilethe JUI-F is runner up with 16 andPakistan Muslim League (N) atthird position with 12 seats.

The Jamaat-e-Islami andQaumi Watan Party have sevenseats each, Awami National Partyhas five and Awami Jamhoori It-tehad has three. At least 11 seatshave gone to independents who

would play a decisive role in for-mation of the government.

At least three independents, in-cluding two from Dera IsmailKhan, are already in electoral ad-justment with the JUI-F, while afew of them have old or ideologicallinks with the ANP. But with theANP facing defeat, it could be hardfor these three independents to joinhands with the ANP. However, amajority of these independents arelooking towards the musical chairsand now making attractive de-mands from the PTI and the JUI-F.

Fazlur Rehman and his JUI-Fare making all efforts to establisha coalition government withPML-N’s support. However,PML-N, ANP and others are pro-posing giving a “chance to thePTI”. According to latest contacts

between leaders of various politi-cal parties, the JI and QWP haveagreed to join the PTI-led coali-tion government in principal.

Late night parleys betweenthe PTI’s Pervez Khattak and theJI’s Sirajul Haq resulted in anagreement between the two par-ties. PTI Chairman Imran Khanhas nominated Pervez Khattak tobe the leader of the House in Khy-ber Pakhtunkhwa.

Likewise, the PTI leadershiphas also established contactswith Swabi group comprisingthree MPAs. The group is nowa-days considered as AwamiJamhoori Ittehad. Interestingly,no one either from the PTI or theJUI-F have established contactswith ANP and PPP leadership,through the ANP leadership is

against confrontation. The ANP leadership is likely

to remain neutral in efforts aimedat establishing of government inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, while itwill extend support to PML-N inthe Centre. The PTI has consti-tuted a four-member committeefor consultations with other par-ties over the formation of the KPgovernment. The committee com-prises Pervez Khattak‚ Shah Far-man‚ Asad Qaisar and Atif Khan.

Asad Qaisar has said that thePTI would make the next govern-ment in KP as it had emerged asthe largest party of the province.

In a statement from PTI KPmedia cell, Qaisar said the PTIhad proven that it was the largestparty of the province and wouldmake the government as well.

MONITORING DESK

A written agreement, banningwomen from polling during May11 polls in PK-95 Lower Dir seat,surfaced on Monday showing sig-natures of leaders of major politicalparties along with witnesses.

The agreement has been writ-ten on a white paper with signa-tures of Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) candidate for PK-95 MalikRehmatullah Khan and Rah-i-HaqParty leader Qari Ubaidullah.

The document also contains

signatures of other contestants in-cluding Ziaul Haq Haideri, JamiatUlema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) localleader Haji Abdur Rehman Khan,Jamaat-e-Islami’s Azazul Mulk, DrNazir of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf(PTI), Abdul Wahid of Awami Na-tional Party (ANP) and PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz’s DrDeedar Muhammad.

According to sources, theagreement was signed on May 10at Ghaznavi Model School Mundaand it was agreed upon that nowomen voter would cast vote on

May 11 at Mian Kalley Polling Sta-tions and other polling stations ofPK-95 constituency.

Six witnesses had also en-dorsed the agreement under theirsignatures and it was also agreedupon that the party which wouldviolate the agreement and allowtheir women for polling will befined Rs 5 million and the signa-tories would have to pay theamount to others.

Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-e-Islamihad won election from the saidconstituency.


While President Asif AliZardari wants the new gov-ernment to assume its respon-sibilities as soon as possible,caretaker Prime Minister MirHazar Khan Khoso wants tocomplete the constitutionalterm of the interim setup, Pak-istan Today has learnt.

Although the constitutionprovides a window of 21 daysafter the election date to sum-mon the session of the new Na-tional Assembly, the caretakergovernment could call a sessionof the Lower House immedi-ately if it desires. To summon asession of the House, the primeminister will move a summaryto the president. According toArticle 224 (1) of the constitu-tion, the ECP is bound to an-nounce election results not laterthan 14 days of the holding ofelection. Article 91 (2) says:“The National Assembly shallmeet on the twenty-first dayfollowing the day on which ageneral election to the assemblyis held, unless sooner sum-moned by the president.”

Minister for Law and Par-liamentary Affairs Ahmar BilalSufi said the caretaker govern-ment was waiting for the finali-sation of election results whichwill be done in the next coupleof days. He said there would notbe any delay because the care-taker government was aware ofthe constitutional requirement.Senator Mushahidullah Khan,information secretary of thePakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, said his party woulddefinitely like early conveningof the NA session so the newgovernment could be formedwithout delay. He said the Na-tional Assembly would have toadopt the federal budget by June30 which also required earlyconvening of its session.


Caretaker Information and Broad-casting Minister Arif Nizami onMonday said that power would betransferred to the new electedgovernment by June 2.

Addressing a press conferencewith caretaker Law MinisterAhmer Bilal Soofi he said that the

first phase of polling had beencompleted and most results hadbeen announced. In the nextphase, sessions of the assemblieswould be held for oath taking. Itwould be a historic occasion forPakistan, commemorating the firstever power transition from onecivilian government to another.

He said that the May 11 elec-tions were unique given the threat-ening circumstances and rumoursof delay. However, the caretakersetup deserved credit for arrangingfree and fair elections. The mediahad also been a partner in this goal,he added. He maintained that an es-timated 60 percent voter turnoutwas a big improvement from ap-proximately 44 percent in the 2008elections and all credit belonged tothe populace who thronged to thepolling stations to vote.

ISLAMABADaNwEr aBBas

As Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chiefNawaz Sharif is looking to form the federal governmentalone, there are two available choices for the coming op-position in the Lower House of parliament, a friendlyPakistan People’s Party or a real opposition in the formof Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

The mostly likely scenario is that the PPP with over30 seats will attempt to lead the opposition in the NationalAssembly with assistance of their former allies MuttahidaQaumi Movement, independent MNAs and JUI-F.

After grabbing the status of opposition in the LowerHouse, the PPP is likely to play the ‘friendly opposition’role that it already experienced with the PML-N in the pre-vious tenure. The PML-N would also prefer the PPP to leadthe NA opposition to face minimal issues, which wouldprove a great relief for Nawaz. On the other hand, in case

the PTI – that emerged as the second largest politicalparty in recent elections - is provided with a chance tobe the opposition, it could prove a hard road for Nawaz.

With 32 seats at present, the number of PTI MNAswould rise after induction of reserved seats, whereasthey also enjoy the support from Jamaat-e-Islami andPakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party while some inde-pendent candidates are also willing to join hands withImran Khan. The National People’s Party with twoseats is also likely to support the second case, follow-ing which a real opposition could put the PML-N inreal trouble in the National Assembly.

Pakistan Muslim League-Functional would never sup-port the PPP and could sit with Imran Khan, however, hav-ing cordial ties with Nawaz, they could join the PML-N ledgovernment. A number of big guns are in the race to leadthe opposition in the National Assembly, including SyedKhurshid Shah, Imran Khan, Fazlur Rehman, MakhdoomShah Mehmood Qureshi and Makhdoom Javed Hashmi.

Who will bell the PML-N in NA?

MULTANaGENcIEs

Former Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) MNA Jamshed Dasti,having secured a return to theparliament in Saturday’s elec-tions, is set to join the majorityparty, the Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N). Ac-cording to sources close toDasti, the PML-N made contactwith the former PPP member onMonday after he won the NA-177 and NA-178 seats. Dastiwas contacted after the PML-Nleadership started to approachall independents who had wonelections in Punjab. The Muzaf-fargarh representative hadbraved stiff competition fromNawabzada Iftikhar Khan inNA-178 and Nawabzada Man-soor in NA-177 to win back theseats he had won in the 2008general elections. Sources saidthat Dasti had put forward fourconditions for joining the major-ity party. Three of these were re-portedly accepted while

negotiations were continuing ona fourth demand. Dasti firstasked the PML-N to supporthim in the NA-178 constituencyin the by-elections. Secondly, hehas asked for the Muzaffargarhlink canal to be rehabilitated.The third condition reportedlywas for the citizens of districtMuzaffargarh to be safeguardedand not be left at the mercy ofthe bureaucracy like in the pre-vious PML-N governmentover a decade ago. His fourthdemand was reportedly forlabourers and daily wageworkers to be exempted fromtransportation fare at the dis-trict level. Apart from Dasti,other independent candidateshave decided to join PML-N aswell. Tahir Iqbal Chaudhrywon from NA-169 and de-feated Tehmina Doltana. RazaHayat Haraaj from DistrictKhanewal in NA-156 beatFakhar Imran of PML-N. Thecandidates are expected to for-mally announce their decisionto join the PML-N on Tuesday.

Dasti set to join PML-N

New govt to take chargeby June 2: Nizami

Zardari wants newsetup, Khoso wantsto complete term

Agreement surfaces barringwomen from polling in Lower Dir

ptI, JI reach deal on forming Kp govtIMraN KhaNNoMINates PervezKhattaK For chIeFMINIster’s oFFIce

Kerry calls Nawaz,

congratulates on

election victory

WASHINGTONspEcIaL cOrrEspONdENt

The State Department Monday saidSecretary of State John Kerry hascalled Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President NawazSharif to congratulate him on astrong showing in Saturday’s nation-wide polls. According to spokesper-son Jennifer Psaki, Secretary Kerrycalled Nawaz on Monday afternoonand told the former prime ministerhe (Kerry) “looks forward to work-ing with the government as the gov-ernment is formed in Pakistan”.“We respect the choice of Pakistanipeople and the United States looksforward to engaging with the nextdemocratically elected government,when it is formed in the comingweeks,” the spokesperson said atthe daily briefing.

Wattoo tostep down asppp president

LAHORE: Punjab PPP President

Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo is likely to

step down from the party office soon.

Sources close to Wattoo claimed that

he would resign soon. He was waiting

for the right time or it would send a

wrong signal for the party, they

added. Wattoo thinks he personally

lost elections due to PPP’s negative

perception in his constituency. “My

friends advised me to avoid the PPP

baggage and contest as an

independent,” sources quoted Wattoo

as saying. Party workers strongly

reacted after Wattoo was

appointment as Punjab president.

Wattoo mainly focused on his

constituency in Deepalpur (Okara).

Party sources said that the party high

command would sit together after the

transition of power in the country. It

is in these deliberations some

organizational changes in the party

are expected, they added Meanwhile,

Punjab governor Makhdoom Ahmad

Mahmood stepped down from his

office and announced to quit politics

on Monday in the wake of poor show

in the elections on the part of his

party. staff rEpOrt

Naseem Walivows to woodissident workers

PESHAWAR: The former provincial

president of the Awami National Party

(ANP) and stepmother of party’s chief

Asfandyar Wali Khan, Begum Naseem

Wali Khan on Monday said she would

reorganise the party and would

convince all dissident workers to

return to the party’s folds. In a

statement, she said the ANP was not

given a level-playing field to run its

campaign in the general election due

to which it lost. Begum Naseem said

the ANP should have boycotted the

elections. She also criticised

Asfandyar Wali, saying he should not

have stayed in Islamabad during the

election campaign despite terror

threats. She appealed the people to

come forward to revive and

reorganise the party. ONLINE

Ministry ordered torefund applicantsfor delay in issuanceof passport

ISLAMABAD: The federal

ombudsman has directed the

Interior Ministry to refund

differential amount between the

urgent and regular fees to all those

applicants who had paid urgent fee

but were not provided passport

within prescribed period. The

decision has been taken in light of

recommendations of the committee

constituted by federal ombudsman,

Salman Farooqui, to inquire into the

causes of delay in issuance of

machine readable passports (MRPs)

in the country as well as in Pakistani

missions abroad. INp

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Extraordinary security steps should be ensured at

important installations, government offices, residences

and police offices — IGP Shahid Nadeem Baloch

KARACHINNI

The Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM) onMonday protested over alleged rigging in May11 general elections in Karachi.

A large number of MDM workers gatheredearly morning and staged sits-in at various placesin Malir, Dawood Chowrangi, Sohrab Gotha andother areas causing sever traffic jams. The SuperHighway on the outskirts of Karachi was alsoblocked by infuriated protestors who condemnedvote-rigging in Karachi. Markets and businessactivities were also closed in Malir, Sohrab Goth,Shahrah-e-Pakistan and other areas.

On Sunday, thousands of workers and

supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tookto roads and mounted protest at Do-Talwar pointof Clifton against the rigging. The leaders andworkers of Pakistan People’s Party, WahdatMuslimeen, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)also joined the protest. All the parties, on theoccasion, were in agreement that the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) failed in its dutyto hold free and transparent elections. The partyleaders said the PTI will emerge as victorious ifre-elections are held in NA 250. The PTI, JI,Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqeeqi (MQM-H),Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) had announced to boycottelections in Karachi and Hyderabad.

KARACHI: Activists of Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Insaf chant slogans at

Shahrah-e-Faisal on Monday during a

protest against alleged rigging in

elections . ONLINE

KARACHIaftaB chaNNa

WITH an aim to set up newelected government afterthe Pakistan People’sParty Parliamentarians(PPPP) gained majority

in Sindh, the half-brother of PresidentAsif Zardari – Owais Muzzaffar – hasemerged as the leading candidate for thechief minister’s slot.

Moreover, per plan B, the PPP hasfinalised three other names of seniorparliamentarians – former Sindh LocalGovernment Minister Agha SirajDurrani, former federalminister Mir HazarKhan Bijarani andformer chiefminister QaimAli Shah.

However,Muzzaffar’sname standsfinalised, asthe partyleadershipwanted tointroduce newand young bloodfor the chiefexecutive’s seat,besides including young

parliamentarians in the cabinetto overcome the pastfailure of deliverance inthe province by theformer government,insiders toldPakistan Today.

Thedecision cameat a high-levelmeeting of thePPPparliamentarianspresided over byPresident Asif Zardariat Bilawal House on

Monday. PPPleaders Faryal Talpur,

Aga Siraj Durrani,Qaim Ali Shah,

Owais Muzzaffar,Syed Murad AliShah, AyazSoomro,SharjeelMemon andothers attended.

Sources saidit was decided

that new youngfaces be brought

into the mainstreamleadership so that the

failure of deliverance the

past government facedcould be removed.

And, thepeople of the

provincewould beprovidedwith fruitsof deliveryand the PPPwould work

out strategyto make the

party stronger,the sources added.Sources said the

decision of the coalitionpartners would be made shortly

to make a smaller cabinet in theprovince, adding that there would betwo groups that would run thegovernment’s affairs – the oldparliamentarians and the new.

The old parliamentarians in a corecommittee would make the decisionsbehind the curtain, however, youngfaces on the screen would ensureimplementation, the sources said.

Muzzaffar contested elections fromPS-88 Ghorabari against MuhammadUsman Malkani and independentcandidate and social workerMohammad Ali Shah. Owais Muzzaffarsecured 27,100 votes.

palejo rejects pS-47 result, givescall for strike

HYDERABADONLINE

National Public Movement chief and tenparties’ joint candidate Ayaz Latif Palejohas rejected polling results of his electoralconstituency PS-47 in Hyderabad. AyazPalejo demanded recounting of ballotpapers of PS-47 and gave a call for strike inQasimabad on Monday, in a pressconference held at his Hyderabad residence,Palejo House. During the press conference,Palejo said that polling was rigged in Sindh,adding that his polling agents were torturedand forcefully kicked out from the pollingstations. On the occasion,he refused to acceptthe results andgave call for astrike on Tuesday(today) inQasimabad.Moreover, Palejodemanded fromthe Chief ElectionCommissioner tore-hold polls inPS- 47.

tappi to be Sindh cM?

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KARACHI: The Jamat-e-Islami leader

(JI), Dr Mairajul Huda, urged the Chief

of the Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar

Mohammad Chaudhry to take immediate

notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement

(MQM) leader Altaf Hussain’s daring

statement of ‘separating Karachi from

the rest of Pakistan’. “I appeal to both

the chiefs to strictly react to the MQM

leader’s separatist statement and his

threats of fanning the politics of violence

in particular and his whole speech in

general”, said JI (Sindh) Ameer. He said

Altaf’s warmongering oratory could have

terribly detrimental consequences. Only

Altaf would be

responsible, if,

God forbid, any

catastrophe

happened

in the city,

he added.

ONLINE

MDM PrOTEsTs rIGGInG

Muzzaffar contested elections

from Ps-88 Ghorabariagainst MuhammadUsman Malkani and

independent candidateMohammad Ali shah.

Owais Muzzaffarsecured

27,100 votes

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GOVT IMPOSES SECTION 144 KARACHI: Amid huge protests being

taken out against alleged rigging in

the metropolis and Hyderabad, the

Sindh government on Monday

imposed section 144 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure in the city. A

notification in this regard had also

been issued by the provincial

government. Under this section no

one would be allowed to carry

weapons. The imposition of the

section means that PTI would not able

to stage the protests scheduled in the

city today (Tuesday) against alleged

rigging in elections. The protests were

due to be held at Shahrah-e-Faisal

and at Teen Talwar Chowk. ONLINE

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There is urgent need to improve law and order and

the government coming into power should keep

this on its top priority – Bishop Sadiq Daniel

KARACHIINp

Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951), a romantic poetof Urdu language, journalist, politician, par-liamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter ofIndian Sub-continent was remembered Mon-day on his death anniversary.

Syed Fazlul Hasan (Hasrat Mohani) wasborn in 1875 in Mohan near Unnao districtof UP, India.

He participated in the struggle for Indianindependence and was jailed for many yearsby the British authorities. He was the first per-son in Indian history who demanded ‘com-plete independence’ (Azadi-e-Kaamil) in1921 as he presided over an annual session ofthe All India Muslim League.

He was also imprisoned for promotinganti-British ideas especially for publishing anarticle against the British policies in Egypt, inhis magazine ‘Urdu-e-Mualla’.

Thereafter he chose to live in India in-stead of moving to Pakistan after the inde-pendence (1947) in order to represent leftover Indian Muslims on various platforms.

In recognition of his efforts, he was madea member of the constituent assembly whichdrafted the Indian constitution which he neversigned since he saw hypocrisy towards Mus-lim minorities in it.

Maulana Hasrat Mohani died on 13 May,1951.

A few of his books are Kulliyat-e-HasratMohani (Collection of Hasrat Mohani’s po-etry), Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib (Explanationof Ghalib’s poetry), Nukaat-e-Sukhan (Impor-tant aspects of poetry) and Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan (Observations in Prison).

KARACHIaamIr maJEEd

AN impact of Imran Khan’sTsunami in KhyberPakhtunkhawa (KP) has beenfelt in Karachi as well and likeKP, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf

(PTI) washed away Awami NationalParty (ANP), assumed as the only partyrepresenting Pakhtuns in the metropolis.

PTI, which had ensured its presence incity’s Pakhtuns dominated areas beforeelections, had no need to invite anyone tojoin the party as many people had startedgathering under the banner PTI voluntarily.

The majority of those who entered inthe rising party of the metropolis werePakhtuns. However, PTI had no organisedparty structure in the metropolis to addressthe new entrants. ANP, assumed as thesecond biggest party of the city, had beenreplaced by PTI in the general elections.

“The Pakhtuns from all across thecity voted for PTI and it seems PTI hasbeen chosen as alternate of ANP inKarachi,” Keamari Town former naibnazim Shahnawaz Jadoon claimed.“Wearing red caps of the ANP, supportersentered Keamari polling station and casttheir vote for PTI,” he added. “BesidesPakhtuns of the town, Katchi community

voted for PTI candidate on national as-sembly NA-239 but all in secrecy,”Jadoon said, adding that “The electionsresults shows that PTI has emerged as thecity’s second largest party.”

“Pakhtuns of Karachi had already ac-cepted PTI as alternate of ANP and the re-maining others have started joining theparty after announcement of elections re-sults,” PTI Spokesman Dawa Khanclaimed. “Not only Pakhtuns, a large num-ber of Urdu-speakers have also cast theirvote for PTI and now they have startedgathering under the party flag which is agood sign for PTI,” he maintained.

“We are thankful to Urdu-speaking res-

idents of the city that they chose PTI as alter-nate of MQM,” he said. “If free, fair andtransparent elections were ensured in Karachithen we were in position to clinch almost 60percent national and provincial assemblyseats of the city,” Dawa claimed. However,ANP spokesman rejected the claims of PTIand said that emergence of PTI as secondlargest party of the city would not affect theparty in Karachi. “We have only two provin-cial assembly seats in Karachi and it wouldwrong to say that PTI upset ANP in elec-tions,” he added. “ANP held Sindh-circlepost elections meeting and expressed satis-faction over performance of party in electionsdespite attacks on party leaders,” he apprised.

ppp, MQM workers mark election victorySUKKUR: The victory of Pakistan People’sParty (PPP) candidates on two National Assem-bly and three Sindh Assembly seats brought ju-bilation among the party workers while theworkers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) also celebrated victory after winningone Provincial Assembly seat (PS-I) fromSukkur city. The workers of both the partiesdanced on roads and held motorcade rallies tocelebrate the victory of their candidates. ThePPP workers reached the Sukkur House wherethe office-bearers congratulated them and of-fered thanks giving prayers. The MQM workersalso celebrated the victory of their candidatesand brought out motorcade rallies. NNI

ptI washes away ANp in metropolis

Mohani remembered

yoUNg pAKIStANI FIlMMAKErS INvItEdto INtErNAtIoNAl FIlM FEStIvAlKARACHI: Organisers of International Children’s Film Festival 2013 have invited en-tries for short and feature films, documentaries, music videos and experimental filmsmade for and by youth and children, latest by May 31. The festival was launched as a proj-ect of The Little Art, a non-profit arts education organisation, and was scheduled to beheld in Lahore from December 16 to 21. This year, the festival would comprise of an in-ternational competition of films made for and by children and young people. According tothe organisers, preference would always be given to films related to Pakistan and made bya Pakistani film maker. Submission deadline could be relaxed for intending participants,who may be a young filmmaker from Pakistan and still working on a film, informed theorganisers.Those interested have been advised to contact the organisers with their projectinformation. Online submission could be made at; http://www.lahorechildrenfilm.com/Details about the festival could be acquired through http://www.thelittleart.org/ app

pppp AccEptS vErdIct oF pEoplE: FAhIMKARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party Parlia-mentarians has accepted verdict of the people ingeneral elections. PPPP President MakhdoomAmin Fahim in a statement on Monday said al-though the party had serious reservations aboutthe fairness of polls‚ it had accepted the results inthe larger interest of political stability‚ democ-racy and the welfare of the people. He allegedthat denial of level playing field to his party andother democratic parties by the militants on theone hand and the gerrymandering in a number ofconstituencies on the other‚ had eroded the credi-bility of fair and free elections. Makhdoom AminFahim called upon the election commission tolook into all the complaints and redress the samein accordance with the law. NNI

FIvE INJUrEd IN INcIdENtS oF vIolENcEKARACHI: Five persons were injured in different incidents o violence in variousareas of the metropolis. According to police, two persons were injured in firing thattook place in Majeed Colony area of Landhi while another man was also injured ina firing incident in Sohrab Goth. Police said that two groups were clashing witheach other over the past many days in Landhi No 6 and the cross fire was still un-derway when the last report was filed. Tension had gripped the area and its resi-dents due to on-going battle. In another incident, Shakil Hasan, 40, was injured dueto firing while a man was also injured when a stray bullet hit him in Ibrahim Hy-deri. The victim was identified as 25-year-old Salim. Meanwhile, local police ar-rested two street criminals when they were trying to rob people of their valuablesnear I I Chundrigar Road. Sources said that the dacoits opened fire when faced re-sistance during the robbery attempt, after which police reacted spontaneously andapprehended the culprits. ONLINE

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dEAdly BlAStrocKS BENghAzIhoSpItAlBENGHAzI: A car bomb has exploded

outside a gynaecological hospital in

Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, killing

at least 12 people. Witnesses and an

official said that the bomb struck a

crowded area in the middle of the day

on Monday. One news agency

reported that at least 30 people had

been wounded besides the fatalities.

The car bomb struck the car park of

the Al-Jala hospital. The blast was

caused by a car bomb and "caused

deaths and injuries", a security official

said, without immediately being able

to give further details. "I saw people

running and some of them were

collecting parts of bodies," another

witness said. aGENcIEs

yEMEN MIlItAry JEtcrAShES IN SANA’ASANA’A: A Russian-made Yemeni

military jet has crashed into a

residential district of the capital

Sanaa killing the pilot, an army

official said. The Sukhoi crashed on

Monday into "Al-Asbahi residential

district in southern Sanaa," the official

said. The official did not provide

further details. The accident is the

second of its kind in the capital this

year after 12 people died in February

when another military aircraft

ploughed into a building in a

residential area. That plane had also

been identified as a Sukhoi SU-22

attack aircraft, and had been on a

training mission. An air base is

located near the Sanaa international

airport, just 15 kilometres (nine

miles) north of the capital. Such air

accidents are common in the

impoverished Arabian Peninsula

country. In November, a Yemeni air

force Antonov M26 crashed during a

training mission in a northern district

of Sanaa, killing all 10 on board. A

fighter jet crashed on takeoff on a

routine training mission in the south in

October, killing the pilot and injuring

another crew member, after what the

defence ministry described as a

"technical failure." And in October

2011, four people were killed when an

Antonov crashed on landing at Al-Anad

air base in southern Yemen. aGENcIEs

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Do we not realize that self respect comes with

self reliance? — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad N

PARISaGENcIEs

Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan better known tothe world as Carlos the Jackal, is returning to court toappeal against his conviction for a series of deadlybombings in France 30 years ago.

The 63-year-old, who has been imprisoned in Francesince being captured in Sudan in 1994, was found guiltyin 2011 of masterminding attacks in 1982 and 1983 ontwo French passenger trains, a train station in Marseilleand a Libyan magazine office in Paris. Monday's hearingbegan with Ramirez demanding a new lawyer.

Already serving life for murder at the time, Carloswas given another life sentence for his role in the attacksthat left 11 people dead and nearly 150 injured, earninghim the mantle of the world's most wanted fugitive.

The 1982 to 83 bombings were widely believed tohave been carried out in retaliation for France's detentionof two fellow members of a group Carlos ran with the

support of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi.EvIDENCE qUESTIONED: Prosecutors in Francewere struggling to secure the evidence they needed tosecure a conviction until the release of secret Stasi filesin the years that followed the collapse of communismand German reunification.

At the heart of Carlos' appeal will be a claim that theevidence garnered from these files is fundamentally un-reliable. The panel of judges that will hear the appealwill also review the acquittal of Christa Frohlich, a 70-year-old German, of charges of involvement in one ofthe attacks. Frohlich was tried in absentia in 2011 andhas informed the court that she will not be attending theappeal, which is scheduled to run until the end of June.

At his first trial, Carlos denied any involvement inthe 1982 to 83 bombings while issuing a series of am-biguous pronouncements about his role as a "profes-sional revolutionary" waging a war for the liberation ofPalestine and other causes.

In numerous interviews he has given over the years,

he has claimed responsibility or involvement in dozensof attacks in which hundreds of people have died.CAPTURE IN SUDAN: After years on the run fromWestern security services, Carlos was finally arrested inSudan in 1994 and transferred to France, where he wasconvicted three years later of the 1975 murder in Parisof two members of the French security services and analleged informer. He could yet face a third trial in Franceas an examining magistrate is still investigating the 1974bombing of the Drugstore Saint-Germain in the centreof Paris, which left two people dead and 34 injured.

Against that background, he is seen as unlikely tobe released any time soon.

Carlos has not given up hope of securing a transferto custody in his native Venezuela but it is hard to en-visage France sanctioning such a move, given the out-rage it would inevitably trigger.

Venezuela's late leader Hugo Chavez was a strongsupporter of Carlos, describing him as a revolutionarywho had been wrongly convicted.

'Carlos the Jackal' appeals life sentences

ISTANBULaGENcIEs

tURKEY'S foreign minister hasblamed the world's inaction on theSyrian conflict for the "barbarianact of terrorism" that claimeddozens of lives near the border.

Ahmet Davutoglu's comments inBerlin came a day after a twin bombingin the small town of Reyhanli, in thesouthern Turkish province of Hatay bor-dering Syria, that left at least 46 peopledead and 100 others wounded.

hey also followed a vigorous denialby Syria of any links to Saturday's blasts- the deadliest incident on Turkish soilsince the Syrian conflict began. HoldingTurkey indirectly responsible for theblasts, which took place just a few milesfrom the main border crossing into Syria,Omran al-Zoubi said: "Syria did not com-mit and would never commit such an actbecause our values would not allow that."OPEN FRONTIER: Turkey has takenin more than 400,000 Syrian refugees,many of whom have settled in Hatay, andhas thrown its full weight behind the

armed opposition fighting to overthrowBashar al-Assad, although it denies sup-plying weapons.

Fighters are able to cross back andforth across the frontier virtually unchal-lenged, unsettling many on the Turkishside of the border, who say more andmore radical groups are joining the op-position ranks. Davutoglu had earlier toldTurkey's TRT television that he did notbelieve the attacks were linked to theSyrian refugees in his country, but thatthey had "everything to do with the Syr-ian regime". Besir Atalay, Turkey'sdeputy prime minister, said authoritieshad arrested nine people, all Turkish cit-izens and including the alleged master-mind of the attacks. The developmentscame as hundreds of protesters took tothe streets of Antakya, about 50km fromthe Syrian frontier, on Sunday. Severalhundred people, mostly leftist and na-tionalist demonstrators, marched throughthe centre of the city, carrying bannersand shouting anti-government sloganswhile onlookers cheered.

In a speech in Istanbul later broad-cast on state TV, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

the Turkish prime minister, said: "Wewill not lose our calm heads, we will notdepart common sense, and we will notfall into the trap they're trying to push usinto." But he added: "Whoever targetsTurkey will sooner or later pay the price."

Davutoglu, for his part, called theblasts a breach of Turkey's "red line" andsaid that "it's time for the internationalcommunity to display a common stanceagainst the regime ... immediately andwithout delay". He called for an "urgent,result-oriented diplomatic initiative" tofind a solution to the Syrian crisis and saidthat "Turkey has the right to take any kindof measure" in response to the killings.GERMANy PLEDGES SUPPORT:

During his talks with Davutoglu, GuidoWesterwelle, the German foreign minister,expressed his condolences for the victimsof the "barbaric act of terrorism" andpledged his country's support for Turkey.Muammer Guler, Turkey's interior minis-ter, said the bombings were carried out bya group with direct links to Syria's intelli-gence agency. Davutoglu specificallyblamed "a former Marxist organisation di-rectly connected with the [Assad] regime".

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The conservative GERB party ofBulgaria's former prime minister BoykoBorisov has received the most votes in aweekend parliamentary poll, but fell farshort of a majority, according to partialofficial results. The party, which won31.4 percent of the vote in Sunday'selection, according to partial resultsreleased on Monday, will have firstchance to form a government. However,the party will struggle to find partners,with its image tarnished by nationwideprotests and allegations of illegalactivity. The opposition Socialists won27.34 percent of the votes. Theinconclusive vote means more politicaluncertainty and tension in the EU'spoorest country, where massive anti-poverty and anti-corruptiondemonstrations forced Borisov fromoffice at the end of February. Only twoother parties entered the 240-seatlegislature - the Turkish minority MRFparty with 9.15 percent and the ultra-nationalist Ataka party with 7.6 percent,the results showed. The conservativesare likely to find themselves isolatedafter Ataka on Sunday night ruled outjoining their cabinet. ANGRy vOTERS: If the conservativesfail to form a ruling coalition, themandate will pass to the Socialists, whohave already said they are ready to seekbroad consensus for an anti-crisiscabinet of technocrats, possibly headedby former finance minister, PlamenOresharski. Six years after joining theEU, many of Bulgaria's 7.3 millionpeople are angry about low livingstandards and fraud, revealing the risk oftrouble in fringe states as the eurozonefocuses on its own woes. Borisov madeno remarks after the vote but formerInterior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov,ranked second in the party, said: "GERBwill be responsible to the nation.[Borisov] is capable of proposing andforming a government - it could be aminority one." Borisov resigned fromoffice during protests against low livingstandards and corruption, when sevenpeople set themselves on fire, and theunclear election result raises questionsover Bulgaria's economic policy andmay require another poll, possibly inSeptember. Socialist leader SergeiStanishev, certain that GERB would notbe able to form a government, said theparty was ready to hold talks with theMRF, Ataka and citizens' organisationsto form a programme cabinet to avoidfresh protests. "The first task is to getGERB out of power," Stanishev said."We will start talks with the first twoparties that will enter the parliament.""We will take the responsibility to forma government. We will also talk withdifferent citizens' organisation and helpcitizens controls over institutions. "Iwill make sure that talks with otherparties and citizens organisations [are]held transparently."

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THE new Chinese pre-mier, Li Keqiang will ar-rive here on May 22 on atwo-day trip, which ispart of his first foreignvisit that would also take

him to India, Switzerland and Germany.“The Chinese premier will visit Pak-

istan from 22 to 23 May at the invitation ofPresident Asif Ali Zardari,” said ForeignOffice spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhryon Monday.

Another Pakistani diplomat, whosought anonymity said, “The Chineseleader is also likely to meet the would-beprime minister Nawaz Sharif.”

China has already congratulated Pak-istan on its smooth general elections andpledged continued and firm support to itsfriendly nation.

“China is glad to see that Pakistan’sgeneral election has been smoothly held,”

Chinese Foreign Ministry SpokesmanHong Lei said at a daily press briefing.

A Pakistani diplomat here said it wasgoing to be a very important visit by theChinese leader to Pakistan during which hewould discuss with President Zardari andthe new Pakistani leadership ways to en-hance ties in defence, economic, energyand other important sectors.

China and Pakistan have been cooper-ating with each in the field of civilian nu-clear technology and Beijing has helpedPakistan in building some nuclear powerreactors to meet its ever growing energy re-quirements. “Pakistani leadership wouldseek more cooperation from China in thefield of power and energy given the presentdire energy situation in the country and weexpect that Chinese leadership wouldoblige their old and time-tested friends,”the diplomat said.

The Foreign Office spokesman, said,“It is the first visit of Li Keqiang to Pak-istan after becoming the prime minister ofthe People’s Republic of China.”

He said, “The visit takes place imme-diately after the democratic elections inPakistan. It will provide an opportunity toPremier Li to meet the new leadership inPakistan. The visit also provides further im-petus to our strategic relations.”

Aizaz said, “These friendly ties and thefriendship with China is the cornerstone ofPakistan’s foreign policy. The governmentand people of Pakistan look forward to thevisit of Premier Li Keqiang. A warm wel-come awaits him.”

Another Pakistani diplomat when con-tacted said Pakistan and China relationswere now more broad-based adding thatthose ties had greater depth with strategicdimensions and were no longer confinedonly to defence and diplomacy.

Wishing not to be named, he said, “Pak-istan and China are now cooperating in thefields of economy, energy, culture, educa-tion and they were also working togetheragainst the menace of terrorism. Both thecountries have also been holding regularjoint counter-terrorism military exercises.”

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10 journalistskilled in pakistanlast year: cJA

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Some 121 journalists were killed in the lineof duty, including 22 in Commonwealthcountries, where a deepening internal conflictin Pakistan claimed 10 lives last year.According to the Commonwealth JournalistsAssociation (CJA), five journalists died need-lessly in India, three in Bangladesh, two inNigeria and one each in Tanzania andUganda. Furthermore, the report said that thisyear the death toll for journalists was in dou-ble figures already.“The Commonwealth Journalists Associationstands united with our colleagues around theglobe who work around the clock to bring usthe news, despite threats of imprisonment, vio-lence and even death,” CJA said in a statement.“We remember their contribution, as we dofor those who fell before them. Our dead andimprisoned colleagues did not go into jour-nalism to be torchbearers for freedom, butthey are no less heroes” the statement read.Last December, the 54-member states of theCommonwealth had adopted an historic docu-ment, Charter of the Commonwealth and inassenting to this bill of core beliefs, each gov-ernment committed to uphold “peaceful, opendialogue and the free flow of information, in-cluding through a free and responsible media.“The CJA expects nothing less than unswerv-ing attention to this proclamation. Govern-ments must remember that a free media is acornerstone of democratic society and mustnot be criminalised in the name of nationalsecurity, the necessary fight against terrorismor the self-interests of individuals,” CJA said.The CJA is a voluntary professional associa-tion offering training and moral support tojournalists in Commonwealth countries wherethe media lacks resources, comes under pres-sure from governments and commercial inter-ests or suffers threats of violence.It operates on behalf of working journaliststhroughout the Commonwealth, comprising of54 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eu-rope, North and South America and the Pacific.

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in turbat attack

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A Frontier Constabulary (FC) convoy was at-tacked in Turbat in which three personnelwere injured, officials said on Monday. According to FC officials, the convoy washeading to Turbat after performing their elec-tion duties when it came under attack nearDokoop area of Turbat District.The three personnel were rushed to a hospi-tal, officials added. Security forces also reached the scene andcordoned off the area.

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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) IftikharMuhammad Chaudhry has said that thecompletion of electoral process in ad-verse circumstances was a good omen.

He gave these remarks while pre-siding over a three-member bench ofthe Supreme Court (SC) during thecourse of hearing of Intelligence Bu-reau (IB) secret fund and use of secretfund in 27 other ministries case onMonday.

“Holding elections in adverse cir-cumstances is a good omen. We aregrateful to Almighty Allah on thiscount. This is a matter of satisfactionthat electoral process has been com-pleted. The situation of Balochistanand Karachi is before all of us. Accus-

ing some one is easy but proving it isdifficult thing. No compromise can bemade on national security. There arecertain matters which have to be dealtwith secretly,” the CJP observed.

An enveloped report was pre-sented from the IB director general inthe court whereby the court was in-formed that the IB had not paid morethan Rs 3 million to any journalist.“The report be kept confidential as itrelates to matters of national securitywhich cannot be made public,” the IBrequested. The court granted the pleaof IB for keeping the report secret, butexpressed displeasure over it. The na-tion should be informed about the de-tails of the public wealth that has beenspent, the court remarked.

Justice Jawwad S Khawaja said,“As many as 33 hearings have taken

place but the attorney general (AG)has not told the court that secret fundswere used in 27 ministries for whatpurpose. Public money is not a thingthat can be spent and no account berendered where it has been spent. Wewill take account of every pie. Thecourt be told the details about it.”

The CJP remarked, “National se-curity cannot be compromised. In cer-tain vital matters, money can be spentsecretly. A lot has to be done for thesake of national interest and sover-eignty.”

The court then directed the peti-tioner to present before it by May 15the evidence on utilisation of fundswith reference to IB for pulling downthe Punjab government.

The hearing of the case was ad-journed until May 15.

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CHAMAN: Pakistani security personnel stand alert at the Pak-Afghan border checkpost on Monday. INp

Ihc disposes ofescape caseagainst Musharraf

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Mondaydisposed of a case against former presidentPervez Musharraf regarding his “escape”from the court premises.According to media reports, the deputy attor-ney general informed the court that under thedirectives of the court‚ a federal secretarywas holding inquiry against the IslamabadIG. The IHC disposed of the case against theIslamabad IG.During the course of the proceedings, thedeputy attorney general assured the court thatsenior interior secretary Chaudhry QamarZaman had been tasked to conduct an en-quiry against the Islamabad IG in theMusharraf escape case, and a report regard-ing the enquiry would be submitted soon.After getting the assurance, the court dis-posed of the case.

India urgespakistan to stoppilgrim visits

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India has urged Pakistan to stop its pil-grims from undertaking visits in the wakeof the recent death of Sarabjit Singh in La-hore.Union Corporate Affairs Minister SachinPilot said, “Our High Commission in Pak-istan has told the government over therethat it will be better if the pilgrims do notcome here this year.” Many pilgrims visit the shrine of Sufi saintKhawaja Moinuddin Chishti to pay hom-age on his death anniversary.This year, however, the Indian High Com-mission has told the Pakistani governmentnot to send pilgrims to India.The Ajmer shrine has been a frequenthaunt for Pakistani civilians, diplomatsand leaders with the most recent importantvisit being that of former Pakistani primeminister Raja Pervez Ashraf in April.

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QUETTA: Security personnel collect evidence from the site on Monday after a late night suicide blast outside the residence of Inspector General Balochistan Police Mushtaq

Ahmad Sukhera. Eight people were killed in the attack. ONLINE

IhK cM hopesNawaz will resolveKashmir dispute

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Indian-held Kashmir Chief Minister OmarAbdullah on Monday congratulated NawazSharif over victory in general elections andhoped that he would work for resolving theKashmir dispute.According to Kashmir Media Service,Omar Abdullah addressed a public gather-ing in Pattan and reminded Nawaz Sharifof the initiatives he had taken during hisearlier tenure on the resolution of theKashmir issue. “I want to congratulateNawaz Sharif on behalf of my party andthe people of Jammu and Kashmir for hisbrilliant victory in the general elections inPakistan. We hope and pray that the changeof guard in Pakistan will pave the way forgood relations between India and Pak-istan,” he said.While requesting Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh to extend his hand offriendship with Nawaz Sharif, Omar saidgood relations between India and Pakistanwere in the interest of people in both coun-tries and Jammu and Kashmir. He urged Manmohan Singh and NawazSharif to initiate talks “on the importantissue of Kashmir positively by picking upthe threads from where they had been left.”“Guns cannot be described as good or badguns; guns are always responsible forbleedings and killings. Let gun-culture endonce and for all. Let peace prevail. Let is-sues be resolved amicably across thetable,” he said.

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As many as 16 percent Pakistanis said thecandidate they voted for in National Assem-bly belonged to their community, accordingto a Gilani Research Foundation Survey car-ried out by Gallup Pakistan.A nationally representative sample of menand women from across all provinces wasasked, “Does the candidate you voted for inNational Assembly belong to your commu-nity or some other community?” Responding to this, 16 percent said mycommunity, 54 percent said some othercommunity, 28 percent said, “We do nothave a particular community and 1 percentsaid others. However, 1 percent did not givea response.This question was also asked in February2008, when 13 percent said their commu-nity, 52 percent said some other communityand 32 percent said, “We do not have a par-ticular community.” However, 2 percent didnot respond.

child killed, 8 injuredin Bara rocket attack BARA: A child died and eight others wereinjured in a rocket attack on a house on Mon-day. According to details, the rocket firedfrom unidentified destination landed at ahouse in the Wazir Dand area of Bara, thetribal headquarters of Khyber Agency.A child died and eight others, including threewomen of the family, were injured.The area residents rescued the injured andshifted them to a hospital for treatment.Heavy contingents of police cordoned offthe area and started search operation forthe culprits. INp

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After witnessing the tsunami of change,led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)and defeat of political stalwarts from var-ious parties, the people from a cross seg-ment of the society want the PTI to forma government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“It is for the sake of change that Icame out of my house to use my right tofranchise and will not accept the old sys-tem in the province,” said Shahab, an en-thusiastic youngster from Hayatabad.

Holding a PTI flag and wearing partycap, Shahab said the people of KhyberPakhtunkhwa had shown political maturityand opted for change. “Our province ispassing through hard times and everydaywe witness bloodshed, bear power outagesfor long hours and the ever-increasing in-

flation too. Imran Khan has always beenour hero and star and we believe that thepromises that he has made will bring apositive change in the system,” the young-ster said. Students, businessmen, healthpractitioners, housewives, people workingin non government organisations (NGOs)and other sectors thanked the Almighty forthe much-awaited change and hoped thatat last peace would prevail in the regionthat has witnessed turbulent times in thelast decade.

Shandana Ali, a student of UniversityModel School, equally jubilant and en-thusiastic about Khan’s victory, said itwas time the country did away with theobsolete system and welcomed thechange for the sake of the country.

Likewise, business community alsohailed the change, saying they were badlyhit by the law and order in the country

and particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Salah Muhammad, a shopkeeper in

Saddar Bazaar in Cantt area, said traderswere subjected to the worst security situ-ation in the province and hoped that the

PTI would restore peace. Breaking traditions of the Pushtuns,

Meena, a resident of ShabqadarCharsadda, cast her vote for the first timeonly for change and the PTI.

Indian villagecelebrates Nawaz’spoll victoryAMRITSAR: With Nawaz Sharif’s PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerging asthe largest party in the initial results, his nativevillage in India, Jatti Umra erupted in jubila-tions, the Indian media reported.The residents of Jatti Umra, near Amritsar, arekeeping a close eye on the election develop-ments in the neighbouring country and haveeven started distributing sweets on listening tonews that PML-N is heading for a landslidevictory. And they have a reason to celebrate,not only the Sharif family lived here butNawaz also helped around two dozen youth ofthis village in getting jobs in Qatar and othergulf countries . Besides they believe that withNawaz in power in Pakistan, the relations be-tween the two countries will improve. The Sharif family had migrated to Pakistanbefore partition where he was born in Lahoreon December 25, 1949. When Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal had gone to Pakistan ac-companied by then prime minister Atal BehariVajpayee in bus on March 20 1999, he hadtaken the soil of Jatti Umra village for Nawaz,the then prime minister of Pakistan. The Shariffamily house was later converted into a gurd-wara. ONLINE

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BOTH pro-freedomand pro-Indian po-litical parties hailedthe victory of Pak-istan MuslimLeague-Nawaz in

the Saturday’s elections in Pakistanand expressed the hope that the stepsaimed at the resolution of the Kashmirdispute would be taken to ensurepeace in South Asia.

According to KMS, the All PartiesHurriyet Conference Chairman Mir-waiz Umar Farooq congratulated thepeople of Pakistan for voting despitethreats. He hoped that Nawaz wouldwork towards formulating a mecha-nism where Kashmiris would have a

say in finding an amicable solution tothe Kashmir dispute.

Veteran Hurriyet leader Syed AliGilani said that it was a “moment ofpride that people came out in largenumbers despite threats to form a dem-ocratic government.” He hoped that astable Pakistan would be the firstNawaz’s first priority. “At the sametime, Pakistan should continue itsmoral and diplomatic support to inno-cent Kashmiri people. Pakistan shoulduse its influence to build pressure onIndia to implement UN resolutions onKashmir which guarantees right to selfdetermination for the people of Jammuand Kashmir,” he added.

Jammu Kashmir Liberation FrontChairman Yasin Malik expressed confi-dence that Nawaz Sharif and his partywould work for peace, prosperity and

unity in Pakistan and in rest of the Mus-lim countries. “I hope the new govern-ment in Pakistan will not put theKashmir issue on backburner,” he added.

Kashmiri leader Sajjad Ghani Lonesaid that Nawaz Sharif had a very pos-itive record on Kashmir and would cer-tainly engage with New Delhi forfinding resolution of the Kashmir dis-pute. Member of Indian-held KashmirAssembly Engineer Abdur Rasheedhoped that Nawaz would not take theKashmiris for granted and instead giveKashmir a top priority. Meanwhile,pro-India Peoples Democratic PartyPatron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed ex-pressed hope that a democraticallyelected stable government in Pakistanwould play critical role in carryingforward the peace process and resolu-tion of the Kashmir dispute.

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the new government has its task cut out for itWhat people expect

rigging, violence, threats

WHILE the elections in the country have largely been conducted well, therehave been too many exceptions to ignore. Allegations of rigging, abductionof polling staff, tearing off of ballot papers and stealing of ballot papers and

boxes, and unnecessary and unexplainable delay in announcing results in someconstituencies are among some of the issues that have raised quite a few eyebrows. Infact, that would be an understatement seeing how the people of Karachi and Lahore,and politicians in Sindh, have gathered in protest.

Protest is a democratic right of every citizen. They must lodge protest if they thinkthey have been wronged in any way, but this does not give them any right to try andhijack the whole process. Fiery outbursts of MQM chief Altaf Hussain, laced with threatsof going to war with anyone who propagates against his party, detaching Karachi fromthe rest of the country if the ‘establishment’ didn’t like his party’s mandate.Threatening the ECP that it won’t be able to find shelter if it didn’t deal with thesituation fairly, he went ahead and said that the entire country would engulf in the firethey were playing with. Protests should also not translate into a show of power in thestreets, like what is happening in Karachi and Lahore where the supporters of differentpolitical parties have gathered at Teen Talwar Chowk and Lalik Chowk, respectively,to register their protest against rigging in NA 250 in Karachi and NA 125 in Lahore.Similar allegations of rigging and violence have also been levelled by PPP candidatesin Thatta, Sindh. Incidents in a few polling stations should not lead to casting doubtsabout the entire elections which have been the freest and fairest of all held so far.

There have been a number of videos doing the circles clearly showing rigging insome constituencies but instead of using them as a tool to incite the public, partiesmust take the course of law and file complaints with the ECP. The ECP, on its part,must look into what went wrong at so many, 42 to be exact, polling stations where theyhad to stop polling. Also in the presence of damning evidence of rigging, it shouldlisten to the parties and their workers, and find an urgent solution to avoid getting alabel of an incompetent organisation. The HRCP has issued a lengthy report on theelections, which it found “poorly managed”, and has advised a number of steps toimprove the situation for by-polls and the next general polls. Level playing field for allparties, violence, rigging, threats of violence, deaths related to the polls, security,expenses on elections, unnecessary delay in announcing results, training of the pollingstaff, lack of infrastructure facilities and a lack of communication system between thepolling staff and the ECP have been pointed as some of the biggest challenges yet tobe tackled. Unless the ECP steps forward, and in a big way, doubts will continue tolinger on regarding the credibility of elections, at least in certain constituencies.

THE PML-N has won the election with a thumping majority in free and fairpolls. Many expect the party to build on and add to some of the good practicesthat emerged during the 2008-13 era, the most important being tolerance of

criticism from political opponents, the media and the courts. The PML-Nadministration needs to be widely seen as a genuine representative of the federationrather than the government of a party concentrated in Punjab. This would help NawazSharif gain the confidence of the smaller provinces where he badly needs to improvethe party’s standing. To start with, the federal cabinet must have a fair representationfrom smaller provinces. The improvement in law and order should be on the top of thenew government’s agenda. While in the opposition, the PML-N had maintained thatthe issue could be resolved through talks with the militants, the TTP in return hadnominated Nawaz Sharif as a guarantor of peace. Now that the PML-N is in power, itshould take the initiative to persuade the TTP and its affiliates to lay down arms. Whatone expects is that during the talks with the militants the PML-N would not barteraway Quaid-e- Azam’s ideal of a modern, pluralistic, democratic and Islamic welfarestate. It is also expected that talks would be held within the parameters of theconstitution and law.

The PML-N should set new traditions to strengthen the system and give it a humanface. For this it would have to be responsive to the common man’s plight, practicegood governance and strengthen the rule of law. This is needed on the one hand tomake Pakistan investor friendly and spawn indigenous business and industrial activity,and on the other to come up to the expectations of the educated youth who played akey role in the present elections. The economy is in bad shape. The voters expect fromthose in power to do their utmost to revive it. Equally important is to provide thecommon man his share in the fruits of development. Any growth which does notproduce fairly sufficient number of jobs would only expand the gulf between therichest and the poorest and cause social upheaval. The new government must tacklethe severe power shortages that are crippling national industry. The Gulf rivalries mustnot be allowed to abandon, or delay, the Pak-Iran gas pipeline.

One hopes Nawaz Sharif will align the present civil-military relations in line withthe Constitution. The Army, as Nawaz only recently stated, has to be turned into one ofthe departments of the government in letter and spirit. Instead of arbitrary moves,however, this should be done by taking the parliament along.


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great gift for self-destruction. –Suzanne Collins

voice of a common manThe series of bomb blasts that triggered a new wave ofviolence across the city has made the life of people moredifficult. It has made us feel like we live in a war zone.

If this is a war between two mind sets then why should acommon man suffer it? Why it could not be resolved throughdialogues? Is the life of a common man so worthless thatanyone can shoot a bullet or blow him up in a blast?

These are the questions of a common man, who suffersthe most in political instability, who is targeted for anydispute among two groups and who had been the victim ofarsenal attacks.

This is a common man whose life is in danger. Thegovernment should take possible measures to stop thisviolence.

OMAIMA KHALIDKarachi

of legal professionDoubtlessly, the legal profession has contributed positively tothe overall development of several societies; however, the sameis expected from our lawyers in the Pakistan society. Throughethical practice and utmost regard for the laid down rules, thelearned members of the legal profession are required to pull thecountry out of crisis, instead of assisting in pushing the countryto the precipice of self annihilation which may lead to chaos.Our country is passing through a critical period of its history,if our legal fraternity, is going to behave unprofessionally, then,it will not only erode public confidence in the judges, lawyersand the judicial process, it will also be capable of collapsingthe judicial system where anarchy, lawlessness and totaldisregard for the rule of, will be lost forever in this democracy–starved country where democracy is in still nascent.

HASHIM ABROIslamabad

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the ecP must step forward to address the allegations

CHANGE is what the peo-ple wanted, change theyhave, of sorts – thoughcertainly not the brandnew faces that the ideal-

ists dreamed of. After a long respite theLion roars again for the majority, thewithering arrow has viciouslyboomeranged, the tsunami downgradedto a gale force wind, while the kite con-tinues its virulent tremors in the skies.

Numbers aside, Pakistan hasachieved a huge milestone. Democracystands victorious. The biggest fear, asmentioned in my last article, was voterturnout on the elections day due to pre-ceding terror attacks. Well, the votingpublic confounded all – it was historic!The usual cries of mismanagement, rig-ging, electoral violence notwithstand-ing, this has been a fabulous victory.Congratulations people of Pakistan!

Come to the numbers game and ex-citement of government forming. The in-dependents have as usual performedstrongly; whom they join may not besuch a mystery given the strength of themajority. The extreme right per se has di-rectly contributed no more than theirusual share. So it is business as usual withthe exception that there is no need for acoalition government. The numbers pro-vide a simple majority to the PML-N atthe federal level. The people of the Pun-jab have gutted the PPPP and the PML-Q. The PML-N has doubled its share ofrepresentation, gaining a total grip on themajority province. Sindh continues in ab-ject misery with no apparent relief insight, the majority being with the PPP.The Balochistan saga remains fractious.

The real change could be in the KP.Out goes the hereditary incumbent, theANP, God-child of legendary BadshahKhan, to be replaced by an allegedly lib-eral-conservative PTI, a complete new-comer, led by cricket legend Imran Khan.The PTI has exactly the same number asthe ANP in 2008, 33. The ANP obtainedthe required 63 to form the governmentthrough an alliance with the PPP. ThePPP has almost ceased to exist; downfrom 18 to 2 seats. The ANP has met asimilar fate. With 14 independents and20 from the rightist JUI-F and JI, it is al-most certain that the PML-N with its 13,

especially given the status of the PTI asa Punjab based party, will make a force-ful attempt at forming the government.

From his hospital bed Imran Khanappeared confident PTI will make it. Un-doubtedly, Imran must be a very happyman considering the votes won even byPTI’s losing candidates in the Punjab. Fora new party not only to outdo the PPP butalso to participate in innumerable closefinishes is more than noteworthy. I hopeImran succeeds in KP, for more reasonsthan just ‘change’. It allows us to knowhim and gives him the opportunity toprovide “governance, order, system” butalso to acquire experience in operationalpolitics of coalition building and man-agement. Then, if successful, runningwhat will be a complex government anda huge challenge given the current sta-tus of KP. This, and performance in theNational Assembly will allow the peo-ple to assess PTI and certainly set thetone for Imran’s political future.

There are those who say that theTaliban are behind his success. Bilourso much as said, “this is the change theTaliban wanted”, while conceding vic-tory. The flip side says, Imran’s pullwas so strong that despite all effortsTaliban could not keep his voters away.The jury remains out on this one. Timewill reveal all but managing that devilwill certainly be the predominant issue.All development and progress dependson law and order and if the PTI is suc-cessful in negotiating on equitableterms it can prove to be a real gamechanger for KP. And for Pakistan!

Mian Nawaz Sharif is certainly notstepping into a bed of roses. Pakistanfaces multiple extreme issues that needimmediate response. His call for par-ticipation from other political parties,now strengthened with the simple ma-jority, is timely and wise. What he isable to achieve from this parley de-pends on flexibility and sagacity fromall. There is a chance that there will begovernments headed by different par-ties in three provinces; therefore to sella common national agenda requires notonly wisdom but also moral courage.

That there will be no delay in gov-ernment formation is a good omen forPakistan. The budget is on the anvil.The economy is in dire straits. There isa need to engage the IMF and the WorldBank on top priority. Economic reformsare long overdue – as are solutions toissues relating to power, energy and do-mestic production. But at the base of allthis is the political and administrativechanges over the next six months.

The president is the first to go inSeptember of this year, followed by thearmy chief and the chief justice in thesame quarter. These issues will surfaceimmediately, even during the currencyof the budget session. So how willMian Nawaz deal with these? PresidentZardari currently has a majority in the

Senate for another three years, and alsois likely to form the Sindh government.He is also from the minority province.And one can be certain that he has thedesire for another term. Perhaps morethan desire he needs the protection.

The scales are precariously bal-anced on this issue. The last five yearshas illustrated a political adjustment be-tween the PPP and the PML-N. Theyhave lived in quasi peace, barring a hic-cup when the Punjab government wassuspended early on. They have cooper-ated in the NA allowing maximum leg-islation and for the first time the leaderof the opposition headed the public ac-counts committee. Will Zardari be ableto evoke this ‘bond’ and convinceNawaz now that his support in Islam-abad and the Punjab is insignificant?That is the multimillion-dollar ques-tion. He brings to the table the Senatemajority paving the way for ease of leg-islation for the majority of Nawaz’term, he provides stability in Sindh, ifthe MQM continues its support and heis a more than well-known commodity.

Related to this is the distinct possibil-ity that maybe Nawaz prefers a PPP-ledopposition. Khurshid Shah as chief whipand Chaudhry Nisar as opposition leaderworked closely together during the lastparliament. Roles could be reversed withcontinued bonhomie. Again a question ofthe ‘devil you know’. The alternativewould be a real opposition in the form ofImran Khan as opposition leader. I wouldstrongly wager Nawaz would not risk thisas he will not risk appointing anyone butShahbaz as CM of the Punjab. They areunlikely to give Imran any space to ma-noeuvre. But whether this is likely toallow Zardari a lease of life, is a questionthat only Nawaz can answer.

The role of the MQM will continueto dominate in one form or another. AltafHussain’s hosts, the UK and the USA,delivered the MQM to Zardari and withNawaz’s majority he does not need themto form the government but the PPP doesin Sindh. And MQM does like to be ingovernment. Perhaps they get the newCM. But the new development will bethat Nawaz is more than likely to takehis single MNA from Karachi as federalminister as he will probably some mem-ber of the PML-F to have a truly repre-sentational government in Islamabad.

The impression is that Nawaz haschanged – for the better. I believe Godhas given him the opportunity to use thisfor the benefit of the Pakistani people.In taking important decisions, the threepersonnel changes included, he shouldallow himself to be guided by the Seren-ity Prayer. “God grant me the serenity toaccept the things I cannot change,courage to change the things I can, andwisdom to know the difference”.

The writer can be contacted at:[email protected]

ImraN hUsaIN

But has he changed?

the secondcoming of Nawaz

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LAST week the Iraqi government,which had once welcomed Al Jazeeraand other Arab television networks,gave them the boot, accusing them of

exacerbating domestic sectarian tensions. Thepolicy reversal comes as Iraq appears poised to gothe way of Syria with sectarian conflict threaten-ing to turn into full-fledged civil war. Though theUnited States and Turkey continue to play majorroles in internal Iraqi politics, the main drivers arethe Saudi-Iranian power struggle and region-wideShia-Sunni rivalry, contributing to domestic sec-tarian divide, pushing Iraq towards civil war.

In Syria, sectarianism is a by-product offour decades of Alawite minority rule; in Iraq,power has become increasingly concentrated inthe hands of the Shia majority or a segmentthereof through the manipulation of electoraloutcomes, thus fuelling Sunni discontent basedon an acute feeling of political discrimination.Secondly, while the Syrian crisis is homegrownand the result of indigenous authoritarian ruleby family and sect, the Iraqi counterpart is aproduct of foreign invasion that led not only toregime change and almost a decade of foreignoccupation, but also to near-total state failure.This last outcome led to the abdication by thestate of providing security to its citizens, thusforcing individuals and families to take refugein sectarian solidarities as a survival strategy.

Matters were made worse by the US occupa-tion, with authorities playing favourites by privi-leging the Shia on the mistaken notion that Sunnislargely supported Saddam Hussein and thereforemust not be allowed access to the levers of power.This strategy turned into self-fulfilling prophecy,leading to a Sunni insurgency and establishmentof Al Qaeda in Iraq during the early years of theoccupation, thus further embittering Sunni-Shiarelations in the country. Sectarian divisions in Iraqwould have been far less salient than they aretoday had the transition from Saddam’s regime toa successor government, popularly elected, pro-ceeded without foreign intercession. Given thisbackground, when the state began to reappear onthe scene during the past few years it could notfully shed its sectarian hue, thus laying the basisfor the current crisis in Iraq.

Matters have been made worse in and forIraq by the fact that, like Syria, Iraq has becomea major theatre of a proxy war between Iran andSaudi Arabia, with Turkey pushed by force ofcircumstances into adopting an anti-Iranianrole, probably against the better judgment of itspolitical leadership. Since both Saudi Arabiaand Turkey are US allies, it’s clear that there’sa proxy war within a proxy war in Iraq that pitsIran against the United States, which considersTehran its principal antagonist in the energy-rich and strategically important Middle East.

Ironically, US success in toppling SaddamHussein provided Iran the opportunity to increaseinfluence and overshadow US influence in Iraq.

The Iranian objective in Iraq is clear – to pre-vent re-emergence of the sort of military threatthat Iraq under Saddam Hussein posed to Iran, athreat dramatically demonstrated by the Iraqi in-vasion of Iran in 1980 that led to an eight-yearbloody conflict and left a million people dead.

The sectarian Shia card that Iran plays inIraq to prevent the recurrence of this threat is butan instrument to achieve this objective. Tehran’sprimary goal is not to establish a Shia crescentin the Arab world for this would run counter toits broader objective of winning friends and in-fluencing people in the predominantly SunniMiddle East, an essential condition for it to berecognized as a major power in the region.

The aspiration to be recognized as a majorregional power in the Middle East brings Iraninto conflict with Saudi Arabia which has similaraspirations based on its enormous oil wealth andcustodianship of Islam’s holiest sites. Addition-ally, Saudi Arabia has been in competition withIran for pre-eminence in thePersian Gulf from before theIslamic Revolution in Iran.This struggle for pre-emi-nence intensified with theideological challenge thatthe 1979 Iranian Revolutionposed to the House of Saud,which bases legitimacy ofits hereditary monarchy onan interpretation of Islamthat enjoins political docilityon its population.

This runs directly counterto the Iranian interpretation ofIslam that views religious ide-ology as a vehicle for popularpolitical mobilization.

The combination of these two factors led to theSaudi bankrolling, with assistance of allied Gulfmonarchies, of the war that Saddam’s Iraq imposedupon Iran during the 1980s. It also drives the Saudiregime’s current animus against Iran. This hostilitywas epitomized in the famous statement by theSaudi King Abdullah, reported in an April 2008 USembassy secret cable, urging the United States to“cut off the head of the snake,” clear reference toattacking Iran both to terminate Iran’s nuclear pro-gram and roll back Tehran’s influence in Iraq.

In this context Riyadh and its Sunni monar-chical allies, including the Gulf sheikhdoms andJordan, have repeatedly expressed their fear ofa Shia Crescent comprised of Iran, Iraq, Assad’sSyria and a Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon tak-ing hold in the Middle East that would dictatethe politics of the region. Iraq is crucial to theSaudis in this regard as a link between the Arablittoral of the Persian Gulf, which Riyadh con-siders to be its backyard, and the Fertile Cres-

cent, the traditional heartland of the Arab worldand birthplace of Arab nationalism.

No wonder then that Iraq, like Syria, hasbecome a major theatre in which the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is played out with Tehran sup-porting the Maliki government and Riyadhstaunchly opposing it.

According to a leaked US State Departmentcable, Saudi King Abdullah told PresidentBarack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser inMarch 2009, “I don’t trust this man [Maliki]…He is an Iranian agent.” In another leaked cabledated September 24, 2009, Christopher Hill,then American ambassador to Iraq, describedthe Saudi-Iranian rivalry being played out inIraq as “The Great Game, in Mesopotamia.”

Consequently, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – thelatter coincidentally the sponsor of the TV net-work expelled from Iraq – have been funnellingmoney and, given Iraq’s porous borders, possiblyweapons to the Iraqi opposition, a segment ofwhich has been creating havoc by almost dailykillings of Shiites in Iraq by suicide and car bomb-ings in Baghdad and other parts of the country.

Matters have recentlybeen made worse by the Ma-liki government’s over-reac-tion to oppositiondemonstrations that have leftdozens dead. Iraq seems tobe moving toward theprecipice of civil war in thefootsteps of its Syrian neigh-bour where Iran and SaudiArabia once again face off,the former in the role of theprincipal supporter of theAssad regime and the latteras a major supplier of fundsand weaponry to the predom-inantly Sunni opposition.

Just as one cannot ex-plain the Syrian imbroglio without reference tothe involvement of external powers, one cannotexplain the Iraqi descent into civil conflict with-out reference to the machinations of externalpowers, Saudi Arabia and Iran in particular.

A similar scenario seems to be emerging inAfghanistan as well with neighbours Pakistanand Iran supporting different ethnic groups andpolitical formations engaged in an often violentstruggle for power. The departure of NATOforces from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 islikely both to intensify the civil war and makeit easier to decipher such intervention by re-gional actors. Domestic cleavages and regionalrivalries often meld seamlessly in the highlyvolatile greater Middle East.

The writer is a University DistinguishedProfessor of International Relations, MichiganState University, and adjunct scholar with theInstitute for Social Policy and Understanding.

Expanding civil war: After Syria, Iraq?

the gamehas changed

SOMEONE de-scribed BJP’sdrubbing inKarnataka as

an innings defeat. This istrue as far as it goes, butit doesn’t go far enough.The game has changed.An election used to be atest match. It is now aprotest match. The ful-crum of this anger is cor-ruption. All else pales.Shed a tear then for poorSuraj Singh Thakur,Mumbai president of theCongress student organ-ization NSUI, who wassuspended merely for dancing drunk and naked late into the night,encouraged by the throb of a DJ’s beat at the end of a strenuousthree-day conference on ways and means to save the nation. All thatThakur did was dance, albeit drunk and nude in equal proportions.

Alcohol is no longer a hanging offence in Congress. Formany future stars rotating in the highest orbits, Congress isnow a party that begins at sunset.

Thakur must be bewildered at the Congress definition ofcrime and punishment. He sees half the Congress cabinet caughtwith its pants down, exposed by CAG, CBI, a vigilant Haryanabureaucrat, or indeed the Italian police chasing bribes to Indianpoliticians in a helicopter deal with more zeal than any Indian po-licemen has displayed, and sees evasion to protect the mighty.Law minister Ashwini Kumar, who perverted the CBI investiga-tion into the coal mines scam and subverted evidence submittedto the Supreme Court, is forced to resign with the greatest reluc-tance. Kumar was trying to erase the trail to the Prime MinisterDr Manmohan Singh, the very summit of government, and thegovernment is still in place. It is not until tapes surface of railwayminister Pawan Bansal incriminating himself with astonishingabandon that he is forced to quit. Poor Thakur must be wondering,in his few sober moments, whether there is any justice in politics.

Actually, there isn’t. But there is justice in an election.Statutory warning to all ministers, prime or lower down: votersdo not punish young men drunk on student spirits. Voters punisholder men drunk with power.

The story from Karnataka is of a Congress victory. The moral ofthis story lies in BJP’s defeat. The humiliation of the party’s formerpeacock, the chief minister who triggered a self-destructive ava-lanche,B.S. Yeddyuruppa, is particularly instructive. He imagined hewas going to become CM again. He has many years of contemplationahead. He was trapped in a suicidal pincer of corruption and arro-gance. The syndrome is so widespread, across party lines, that wemight need a word for it: “corrugance” would do. More names keepgetting added to a long list: Bansal and Kumar are only the newest.

Corruption kills; arrogance insures a long burial. This was fatalto BJP in Karnataka; it will be deadly for UPA across India when ageneral election comes. The voter is especially unforgiving whengovernments permit theftof natural resources, thepeople’s wealth, bycronies. The BJP’s col-lapse began with the rapeof mines in Bellary.

It was an early scan-dal of the BJP’s tenure,but people did not forget,just as voters will remem-ber a long UPA litany.UPA sanctioned loot ofresources on an unprece-dented scale: in spectrum,mines, or agriculturalland gobbled up throughshady private deals.

The BJP lost the con-fidence of Karnataka long before it was whittled into a minority inthe legislature. Ditto, UPA in Delhi. His personal credibility is shat-tered, his government’s reputation is an embarrassment, his party hasbecome a national joke, but Dr Singh continues, primly, in office,hoping for a chance reversal of fortune through a spin of cosmic lot-tery. But there are no miracles left in God’s cupboard for the corrupt.

The Indian voter has more patience than the Indian tempera-ment would suggest. Even a fog at the top will not deter thevoter from locating his destination. The Congress did not havea candidate for chief minister in Karnataka during the campaign.It did not matter beyond a point. It will not matter beyond thesame point when India votes. The Congress vote in Karnatakadid not rise by much; the BJP vote collapsed.

Across the country, the BJP is rising only marginally, but Con-gress is falling with a thud. Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Dr Singh havean additional problem. In Karnataka BJP operated from groundlevel, full of the usual slosh and pitfalls. Dr Singh and Mrs Gandhiopted for the moral high ground of saints. A fall from such heightsis that much more shattering. Dr Singh, after claiming honesty as afirst principle, permitted corruption in order to sit in the PM’s chair.

This is betrayal too. His ebbing admirers want him to resign.He believes he can squeeze out a few more months of powerthrough sustained indifference.

The Congress is lost in the debris of a vote factory built onsand. UPA is dead. India needs another government, bornthrough the labour of an election, immediately.

The writer is a senior Indian journalist.

Iranian-saudi, shia-sunni rivalries drive greater Mideast conflicts

Out of turnm J akBar

mOhammEd aYOOB

India needs another government, immediately

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In

such and such circumstances, what would you do?’,

whereas the opposition is not obliged to take

responsibility or make any real decisions. –George Orwell

Alcohol is no longer ahanging offence in

Congress. For manyfuture stars rotating in

the highest orbits,Congress is now a party

that begins at sunset.

The departure of NATOforces from Afghanistan at

the end of 2014 is likelyboth to intensify the civilwar and make it easier to

decipher such interventionby regional actors.

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Actress Jennifer Anis-ton is using yoga tode-stress ahead ofher wedding day.The 44-year-old isreportedly get-ting marriedto actorJ u s t i n

Theroux in August. “Yoga kindof helps you prepare for

everything, honestly,” eon-line.com quoted her as say-ing. “It’s like meditation. Itsort of just allows any-

thing that’s coming atyou at the end of the

day to be kind ofdoable,” she

added.

JEnnIfErAnIsTOn opts for yoga

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Kate Moss apparently got furious when

her DJ friend, Nick Grimshaw, publicly

revealed to a newspaper that she had

told him to do his BBC Radio 1 radio

show with a hangover. According to

Grimshaw, the supermodel who is

known for her hard partying was

worried about what her advice would

make people think of her, Contactmusic

reported. Grimshaw said that Moss was

so outraged when he revealed to a

newspaper about what she told him,

because she felt that everyone would

think she’s a bad influence.

ARTS

ATuesday, 14 May, 2013

12Trifles make perfection

and perfection is not

trifle. –Michelangelo

vEENA MALIK is set to shock a lot of people with her bold

portrayal of an unapologetic sex worker in the upcoming

film zindagi 50-50. In the movie, Veena plays a call girl

named Madhuri who’s happy with her profession and dreads

the thought of settling down and thus become someone’s

“private property” rather than being the “public property”

as she describes herself as a prostitute. Veena Malik said it

was a tough role to play and she personally met a sex worker to

understand the character. “I think this character is realistic rather

than bold. This is a true story of a girl and I have given more than my

100 percent, thanks to Madhuri, the character I am playing,” Veena

Malik said. She even credits the sex worker for her performance.

“I met her. Had I not met her, I would not have been able to

play this character with such ease,” she said. In the film,

Veena Malik will be seen doing bold scenes with male co-

stars, including one with Ranjan Verma. She also speaks

a lot of foul language and smokes cigarettes. NEws dEsk

vEENA MAlIK to plAy proStItUtE

IN zINdAgI 50-50

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Literary scholars and film experts willdebate whether F. Scott Fitzgeraldwould have embraced or abhorred a big-budget 3-D version of “The GreatGatsby.” (Baz Luhrmann has speculatedthat the author, a famous showman,might have liked it.) But there’s onething Fitzgerald almost unequivocallywould have enjoyed about the newmovie: its box-office success.

The new Leonardo DiCaprio-CareyMulligan version of the film opened to$51.1 million in the U.S. this past week-end, higher than many analysts expectedand certainly more than many of theskeptics predicted when the movie wasdelayed from last holiday season.

And though biographers say Fitzger-ald was ambivalent about working in

Hollywood, he certainly wanted to findsuccess here. But try as he might, iteluded him.

Moving to Southern California in thelate 1930s, the author toiled fruitlessly ina number of Tinseltown jobs. Mainly heworked on scripts from MGM, uncred-ited work on movies such as 1943’s“Madam Curie” and even 1939’s “GoneWith The Wind.” He saw some but hardlya lot of money, and even less recognition.The author came west because he wantedto try a new discipline and, even more so,because he needed the money. Neitherquite worked out as planned.

In fact, probably the greatest sum heever received from a Hollywood filmproduction came from something he didbefore he arrived here: he sold the rightsto “Gatsby” for just over $16,000, ornearly $220,000 in today’s dollars

(though he had to pay about 20% on thatin commissions).

Fitzgerald was sufficiently disillu-sioned by the experience that he mockedhis Hollywood turn in the so-called PatHobby stories. He became far betterknown for that than any film work.

(The author, of course, was hardlyalone among his peer group in a strainedrelationship with Hollywood. Heming-way made money but disliked the adap-tations made of his work. Ditto forFaulkner, who once said that “Hollywoodis a place where a man can get stabbed inthe back while climbing a ladder.”)

Further sullying Fitzgerald’s big-screen legacy was that other film ver-sions of “Gatsby” — including theRobert Redford-toplined take in 1974 —were box-office disappointments. The1962 version of “Tender Is the Night”

was decently reviewed but far from a hit.In recent years, however, Fitzgerald

has had something of the Hollywoodrehabilitation that eluded him in life.Five years ago, his short story becamethe (loose) basis for the worldwideblockbuster “The Curious Case of Ben-jamin Button.” And now “Gatsby” hashad the third-biggest domestic openingof the year, and the biggest opening forthe adaptation of a classic novel inmany years.

It’s hard to imagine the dollars them-selves would have changed Fitzgerald’smind. “I have never been able to forgivethe rich for being rich, and it has coloredmy entire life and works,” he once said.But for a man who tried unsuccessfullyto make it in the film business, he mightwell have liked the approval those dol-lars confer.

‘great gatsby’ box office is fitzgerald’s hollywood validation

rANBIr, dEEpIKAgo All oUt toproMotE ‘yJhd’

With 20 days to go for the release of their

next film, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika

Padukone, the youngsters who have

sizzling screen chemistry, are gung-ho

about the promotions of their film Yeh

Jaawani Hai Deewani (YJHD). The duo is so

popular with the youngsters that it was

very difficult for the crew to shoot in many

parts of India. In Udaipur and Manali, RK

and Dippy were mobbed by hundreds of

fans who had gathered to see them,

making it impossible for them to get back

to their cars. In Mumbai too, people were

queuing up outside the set to catch a

glimpse of them. Ayan Mukerji, who is

excited to be back with his second venture

after Wake Up Sid!, has big expectations

from YJHD. “It is a crazy time leading up to

the film’s release. One half of life is the

madness of making sure all finishing

touches are in place. The other half of me

is excited and terrified. I have a lot of hope

and expectations from this film and I’m

also finding a connect with my audience

through it. So, it’s been a pretty crazy

phase,” the young director says. Despite

their crazy work schedules, Ranbir and

Deepika are travelling to over 11 cities in

the country and have a very hectic last 20

days ahead. But neither is complaining. In

fact, they want to go all out and set a new

benchmark in promotion and marketing.

Producer Karan Johar is also taking a keen

interest and is personally looking into the

marketing aspects of the film. Yeh Jawaani

Hai Deewani, produced by Dharma

productions, releases on May 31. NEws dEsk

hAllE BErry hoStSchArIty WAlK

KATEMOsshates beingregarded as‘bad influence’

Actress Halle Berry, who is expecting her

second child, hosted a charity walk here.

The 46-year-old helped launch the 2013

EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women, an

annual fundraiser in aid of cancer research,

treatment and counselling, reports

dailystar.co.uk. Berry has been focusing on

healthy pregnancy. Earlier she was spotted

during a morning workout. This will be her

first child with French fiance Olivier

Martinez. She already has a daughter with

Gabriel Aubry. NEws dEsk

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After her recent arrest outside of Atlanta, it looks like Reese

Witherspoon is ready to put it all behind her -- including her

brunette hair color. The 37-year-old actress, who was rocking

chestnut tresses for her role in “The Good Lie,” went back to

being a blonde over the weekend, thus reminding us of our

favorite good girl once again.

Witherspoon showed off her lightened locks at her son

Deacon’s soccer game in Brentwood, California, on Sunday.

The mother of three looked happy cheering on her kiddo

alongside husband, Jim Toth, who was spotted pulling her in

for hugs throughout the game. The Oscar winner looked

ready for Mother’s Day dressed in a blue gingham shirt, white

shorts, and a fedora, while Toth kept his look casual with a

baseball cap, white T-shirt, and khakis.

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the

transmission of feeling the artist

has experienced. –Leo Tolstoy

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ACTRESS Kajol says though

family responsibilities and

her husband actor Ajay

Devgn's film production

company has been keeping

her busy, she is waiting for a right script

to act in a movie again.

"It has to be a good script with a tight

screenplay. The production house needs

to be good too. It is as important as your

role in the film," Kajol told PTI.

Daughter of actress Tanuja and film

director Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made

her acting debut with Bekhudi in 1992

while she was in school.

The 38-year-old actress is known for her

memorable performances in films like

'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', 'Gupt',

'Dushman', 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai',

'Fanaa', 'My Name Is Khan', among

others.

After getting married to actor Ajay

Devgn, she took a sabbatical from full-

time acting in 2001 and returned to films

with the 2006 romantic thriller 'Fanaa'.

After that she appeared in films in cameo

appearances. She was last seen in a

prominent role in Karan Johar's home

production 'We Are Family' (2010).

When she is not doing movies, Kajol said

her two children- daughter Nysa and son

Yug-- and husband's production house

keep her busy.

"Looking after babies is a full-time job.

But spending time with my kids gives me

a great amount of personal satisfaction

and I am enjoying each and every

moment of this amazing experience that

god has gifted me with," Kajol said.

"We also have a production house-- Ajay

Devgn Films. I am not involved in it

24x7. But yes, I like overseeing

everything," she said.

Her pairing with superstar Shah Rukh

Khan had been a highlight of her career,

as they delivered a number of romantic

hits like 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge',

'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi

Gham', among others.

"I think it is got to do with the movies we

have made together. They have all done

well. There is a cinematic history that has

contributed to the overall persona of us

as a pair. We share a good comfort level

and are also good friends," she said.

SHAH RUKH AND I SHAREA GOOD COMFORT LEVEL, SAYS KAJOL

reeseWitherspoonis back tobeing a blonde

COURTESY TIMES OF INDIA

Imtiaz Ali, 41, knows that while he is perceived as asorted and intelligent person, he is socially awkwardand grapples with his complexities and immaturities.He is extremely proud of his upbringing and has noconfusion in his mind that he would not be heretoday, if not for the kindness of Sunny Deol, whogave him his first break as a director. TOI caught upwith him while he was shooting for Sajid Nadiad-wala’s upcoming film Highway that, coincidentally,was the first film he had ever written. He talks to usabout his complexed childhood, his special relation-ship with Ranbir Kapoor and how he has been madedue to accidents and failures. Excerpts:

Let’s talk about your childhood...I was born in Jamshedpur. My father did irriga-

tion jobs and I would sometimes accompany himand that gave me a taste of what was going on in theinnards of India. Since he was in a transferable job,we stayed in Patna for many years and that becamean influential factor in my life. I was extremely in-troverted, nervous and largely an underachiever. Iwas good at neither studies nor sports and would liea lot. I was complexed and awkward that I was goodfor nothing and was always lying. I would lie to myschool friends that I was a stud in my colony and tomy colony friends that I was a stud in the schoolcricket and football teams, though I was in no team.I was trying to show myself as a bigger person thanwhat I actually was. In class IX, I came back toJamshedpur to a co-ed for the first time and wasblown away by it. My parents were still in Patna butI, along with my brother Arif, joined mid-term andstayed with my aunt at Karim Mansion (an old well-known building in Jamshedpur, where they had threecinema theatres, two of which were attached to thehouse). Even when I went to sleep, I had the soundof cinema in the background and since we livedthere, I could go there whenever I wanted eventhough I was not allowed to. I had made friends withthe projectionist and would see him changing reelsand call him from his bidi break if the reel stoppedin between. I was not studying and I failed. I was soself-conscious after that and for the first three days,I could just not go back to school. This whole em-barrassment of failing and craning my neck downand avoiding my friends who had become my sen-iors, was difficult. Even though I had failed, my fa-ther never made me feel worse and was only thereto always encourage me. It’s after that, that I startedapplying myself and excelled in studies and sportsand started doing theatre. I can’t think of better par-ent. I made difficult choices, but he knew that hisstrength would make me bloom. I then moved toHindu college in Delhi and got to do theatre galoreand even founded a theatre society called IBTIDA,

was a part of ACT 1 and started directing plays.How did you get into films?I was interested in theatre and media and came

to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film in-dustry would be a white building with producers sit-ting in different rooms and you could walk in andmeet them and they would interview you and selectyou. That’s how far I was from reality. I was alwaysinterested in writing and did a course in advertisingand marketing in the hope of becoming a copy-writer. Even though I was the best copywriter in mybatch, I could not get into any advertising agency. Ihave been made by accidents and failures. AnythingI wanted to do and achieve has not been influentialin my life, but my failures have. Kunal Kohli hiredme at Zee TV at a salary of Rs 1,500 per month asa glorified tape boy and my job was to label tapes.I then joined Crest communications, which was intoTV production and my job was to feed this army ofTV programmers, as a writer. For 17 hours a day, Iwould be sitting at a computer and just writing. Iwould be so tired that I would roll down on the floorand fall asleep. From there, I got into directing TVfor Anupam Kher. I had written Socha Na Tha andcame to know that Sunny Deol was looking for ascript to launch Abhay Deol. Given his image, I wasdiscouraged thinking that he would not understandbut during the narration, he told me even before theinterval that he was producing it and said to me,‘Tell me what happens after this.’

How was Sunny Deol?He was extremely kind to me. Even if he knows

someone is fooling him, he will not have the courageto tell him, ‘I know your game.’ He has life assuringqualities of friendship andbrotherhood and parenting,He is the good son, good elderbrother, who is everyone’sbhaiya. I have not met any-one as shy and inhibited asSunny. I feel he feelsshy even in his ownhouse. He trusts andis tender. Apartfrom me, he gavebreaks to RajKumar Santoshiand Rahul Rawailand there is no con-fusion in my mindthat if there was noSunny, I would notbe here.

Let’s talk aboutRanbir Kapoor andhis friendshipwith you?

Ranbir is a person who I can do anything for.He is vulnerable and is honest about his weak-nesses with me and is protective about me. Thereare things for which he will take advice from me,and somewhere he will give. So, for instance, hewill tell me, ‘Sir, you should stay in a betterhouse. I will look for a better house for you.Don’t tell me you can’t afford it. How muchmoney are you charging?’ He will tell me, ‘I willresearch and tell you how much you shouldcharge.’ He feels that if he asks me for advice, Iwill ultimately tell him what he wanted to do. So,he seeks the reassurance from me to stick to hisstance and help him make a choice that is true.He knows that even if a film is not a sure-shotcommercially successful film, he wants to do itas it touches his heart. That’s his value and inter-est and what he wants to do and I guess I was theonly person who encouraged him to do that. Hediscusses things to feel better about his choices.Also, he would get stuck and seek advice on hisrelationships. Likewise, he knows exactly whatis happening in my life and will support me in thesame way I support him. He is a true well-wisher.

You are also friends with Deepika. Is it difficultto be friends with two ex-lovers?

I know that when people break up, there is a lotof surface tension, but there is a certain understandingand fondness that never goes away and that remainsbetween them. It will be immature of me to take sidesas I am fond of both of them and they are fond of me.They also know that they are fond of each other.

Do you still lie?No, that habit has gone and in fact now I enjoy

speaking the truth, even if it is an embarrassingfact about myself. For instance, travelling econ-omy had become a challenge for me as I felt Ishould not be travelling economy since peopleknow me. Once I was travelling business and an-other film person was travelling economy and I re-alised how embarrassed he must be feeling, just asI would have. Post that flight, I travelled economyto conquer that and can now travel economy whenI want to. Also, no matter how much money I maymake, I am still a middle-class person who was notborn into luxury. I don’t want to carry extra bag-gage in my life and become a victim of my needs.

Do you still have shades of complexity in you?Totally. Sometimes I think Idon’t know how to talk and amawkward in social conversa-

tions. Yesterday, I went to amall and for 45 min-utes I could not even

shop. The feelingof self-doubt and

inferiority has re-mained. I know that Iam a director whopeople admire, butmy insecurity is to do

with me as a person.People may think

I am sorted and intel-ligent, but I am

aware of my stupiditiesand immaturitiesand I’m constantlyriddled by that.

interVieW

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oNE person's trash may be another person'streasure, but sometimes, trash is just trash. So-called junk DNA, the vast majority of thegenome that doesn't code for proteins, reallyisn't needed for a healthy organism, according

to new research."At least for a plant, junk DNA really is just junk it's

not required," said study co-author Victor Albert, a mo-lecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Buffaloin New York. While the findings, published Sunday, May12, in the journal Nature, concern a carnivorous plant,they could have implications for the human genome aswell. Genes make up only 2 percent of the human genome,and researchers have argued in recent years that the re-maining 98 percent may play some hidden, useful role.[Image Gallery: Amazing Carnivorous Plants.]

TRASH OR TREASURE

For decades, scientists have known that the vast majorityof the genome is made up of DNA that doesn't seem tocontain genes or turn genes on or off. The thinking wentthat most of this vast terrain of dark DNA consisted of ge-netic parasites that copy segments of DNA and pastethemselves repeatedly in the genome, or that it consists of

the fossils of once useful genes that have now beenswitched off. Researchers coined the term junk DNA torefer to these areas. "Nobody's really known what junkDNA does or doesn't do," Albert told LiveScience.

But in recent years, researchers have debated whether"junk" might be a misnomer and if this mysterious DNAmight play some role. A massive project called ENCODE,which aimed to uncover the role of the 3.3 billion basepairs, or letters of DNA, in the human genome that don'tcode for proteins, found that in test tubes, about 80 percentof the genome seemed to have some biological activity,such as affecting whether genes turn on. Whether that trans-lated to any useful or necessary function for humans, how-ever, wasn't resolved.

LEAN GENOME

Albert and his colleagues sequenced the genome of thecarnivorous bladderwort plant, Utricularia gibba, whichlives in wet soil or fresh water throughout the world andsucks swimming microorganisms into its tiny, 1-millime-ter-long bladders.

The genome had just 80 million base pairs. Comparedwith most other plant species, that genome was positivelytiny, Albert said. The lily genome, for instance, can have

40 billion base pairs. Yet the bladderwort had about28,500 genes, not much different from plants of similartype and complexity. The difference was in the junk: Thebladderwort plant seemed to have stripped out a vastamount of noncoding DNA. Yet the plant did just finewithout that material. In fact, through a genetic quirk thebladderwort had its entire genome duplicated meaning theplant got two full copies of the genome three separatetimes since it diverged from the tomato. Yet the carnivo-rous plant somehow retained its tiny genome.

UNNECESSARy BULK

The findings suggest junk DNA really isn't needed forhealthy plants and that may also hold for other organisms,such as humans. But it's still a mystery why some organ-isms have genomes bloated with junk while othergenomes are studies in minimalism.

One possibility is that there was some evolutionarypressure to strip the genome of extra material. But that'sunlikely given that similar plants with huge genomes don'tseem to fare badly, Albert said. It's more plausible that, bychance, the bladderwort plant has biological processes thatfavor stripping out extraneous DNA over adding it in, Al-bert said. NEws dEsk

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'dramatic decline'warning for plantsand animals

More than half of common plant species and a third of

animals could see a serious decline in their habitat

range because of climate change. New research

suggests that biodiversity around the globe will be

significantly impacted if temperatures rise more than

2C. But the scientists say that the losses can be reduced

if rapid action is taken to curb greenhouse gases. The

paper is published in the journal, Nature Climate

Change. An international team of researchers looked at

the impacts of rising temperatures on nearly 50,000

common species of plants and animals. They looked at

both temperature and rainfall records for the habitats

that these species now live in and mapped the areas

that would remain suitable for them under a number of

different climate change scenarios. The scientists

projected that if no significant efforts were made to limit

greenhouse gas emissions, 2100 global temperatures

would be 4C above pre-industrial levels. In this model,

some 34% of animal species and 57% of plants would

lose more than half of their current habitat ranges.

According to Dr Rachel Warren from the University of

East Anglia, this would have major impacts for everyone

on the planet. "Our research predicts that climate

change will greatly reduce the diversity of even very

common species found in most parts of the world. This

loss of global-scale biodiversity would significantly

impoverish the biosphere and the ecosystem services it

provides," she said. "There will also be a knock-on

effect for humans because these species are important

for things like water and air purification, flood control,

nutrient cycling, and eco-tourism." The projected

impacts on species will be felt more heavily in some

parts of the world such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central

America, the Amazon region and Australia. However

the researchers say that if global emissions of

greenhouse gases are cut rapidly then the impact on

biodiversity could be significantly curbed. If global

emissions reach their peak in 2016 and temperature

rises are held to 2C, then losses could be cut by 60%.

"The good news is that our research provides new

evidence of how swift action to reduce CO2 and other

greenhouse gases can prevent the biodiversity loss by

reducing the amount of global warming to 2C rather

than 4 degrees, said Dr Warren. NEws dEsk

98% of dNA isunnecessary'junk'

TWO astronauts carried out a hastily arranged space-walk today to replace what may have been the source ofan ammonia leak in the cooling system of the Interna-tional Space Station.

Americans Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ven-tured out into space and travelled 45 metres to the work-site shortly after the hatch of the ISS opened at 8:45 a.m.ET. ISS commander Canadian Chris Hadfield was as-signed to oversee the mission. It was due to end at 3 p.m.ET, but three hours into the job, NASA said it was "run-ning over an hour ahead of the timeline."

Hadfield greeted followers of his Twitter feed earlySaturday morning with news of preparations for thespacewalk, saying it will be a "complex and vital" dayfor the crew. Early in the mission, NASA reported themen spotted nothing unusual at the pump and flow sub-assembly box on the station's P6 truss, which was sus-pected of leaking ammonia coolant. A few hours later,they replaced the pump package as a precaution.

"All the pipes look shiny clean, no crud," Cassidyreported as he filmed the mission with a helmet camera.

"I can't give you any good data other than nominal,unfortunately. No smoking guns."

Read how Chris Hadfield has prepped to

handle incidents like this one

ISS manager Mike Suffredini on Friday said thespacewalk's main goal was to locate the source of theleak, but about an hour and a half into the spacewalk,the astronauts reported they could see no new ammo-nia flakes at the pump. NASA spokesman NormKnight called the hastily arranged walk "precedent-setting" in terms of its quick turnaround. Between de-tecting the leak on Thursday and stepping outsideSaturday morning, it's the most abrupt ISS spacewalkever orchestrated.

There are concerns the leak could affect the abilityof the ISS to cool the solar panels that power the station.However, NASA says the station has plenty of power,and the six-man crew is not in danger.

SMALL WHITE FLAKES SPOTTED

Hadfield had contacted NASA Mission Control at 11:30a.m. ET Thursday after crew reported seeing a "verysteady stream" of small white flakes floating away froma particular area of the station. A few hours later, hetweeted that it was "a serious situation, but between crewand experts on the ground it has been stabilized."

The crew's reports, along with related imagery andspace station data, confirmed that ammonia, which is usedto cool the power channels that provide electricity to thestation, was leaking more and more quickly from the areaof the space station where the flakes were spotted.

NASA said the affected cooling loop, which islinked to a particular solar array, is the same one thatspacewalkers tried to troubleshoot during a spacewalk

on Nov. 1, 2012. It wasn't known, however, whether theleak — which wasn't visible in November — was thesame one. NASA said work was underway Friday toreroute power channels to maintain full operation of sys-tems normally powered by the affected solar array.

The P6 truss area has had a small leak for severalyears, but it has proved too difficult to detect.

HADFIELD COMING HOME ON SCHEDULE

Hadfield, who took command in March, is the firstCanadian to oversee the crew of the space station. Theammonia leak is the first notable glitch at the space sta-tion since he took command, and comes just days beforehe is scheduled to return to Earth. He seemed keen tomeet the challenge.

Chris Hadfield's view of Canada

"What a fun day!" he tweeted Friday afternoon."This type of event is what the years of training werefor. A happy, busy crew, working hard, loving life inspace." Hadfield, Marshburn and Russian cosmonautRoman Romanenko are scheduled to undock their SoyuzTMA-07M spacecraft at 7:08 p.m. ET Monday and landin Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m.

Cassidy and Marshburn have each performed threeprevious spacewalks. Hadfield performed two space-walks in 2001 to install the space station's Canadarm2robotic arm.NEws dEsk

All we are saying is give peace

a chance. —John Lennon

spacewalking astronautsdetect no Iss leak

tExtINg top cAUSE

oF tEEN drIvINg

FAtAlItIES

Texting while driving has become a

greater hazard than drinking and driving

among teenagers who openly

acknowledge sending and reading text

messages while behind the wheel of a

moving vehicle. The number of teens

who are dying or being injured as a

result of texting while driving has

skyrocketed as mobile device technology

has advanced. Researchers at Cohen

Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde

Park estimate more than 3,000 annual

teen deaths nationwide from texting and

300,000 injuries. The habit now

surpasses the number of teens who drink

and drive — a hazard that has been on a

dramatic decline in recent years,

researchers say. An estimated 2,700

young people die each year as a result of

driving under the influence of alcohol,

and 282,000 are treated in emergency

rooms for injuries suffered in motor-

vehicle crashes, according to the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr.

Andrew Adesman and a team of Cohen

investigators found that while driving

between September 2010 and December

2011, among 8,947 teenagers aged 15-

18 nationwide, an estimated 49 percent

of boys admitted to texting while driving

compared with 45 percent of girls.

Texting also increased with age. Only 24

percent of 15-year-olds tapped out

messages while driving, compared with

58 percent of 18-year-olds, the data

showed. “A person who is texting can be

as impaired as a driver who is legally

drunk," said Adesman, noting that a

texting driver is distracted from the

movement of traffic and the function of

his or her own vehicle. NEws dEsk

SAMSUNg ANNoUNcESBrEAKthroUgh INMoBIlE dAtA SpEEd

Samsung Electronics said Monday it

had made a key breakthrough in

developing mobile technologies for so-

called fifth-generation networks that

would provide data transmission up to

several hundred times faster than the

current fourth-generation, or 4G,

technology. The breakthrough helped

Samsung overcome limitations in

transmitting large volumes of data over

long distances using a broad band of

frequencies, the company said in a

news release. Samsung, the world’s

biggest maker of mobile phones, said it

would accelerate the research and

development to commercialize those

technologies by 2020. “Samsung’s

latest innovation is expected to

invigorate research into 5G cellular

communications across the world,” the

company said. “The company believes

it will trigger the creation of

international alliances and the timely

commercialization of related mobile

broadband services.” NEws dEsk

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STuesday, 14 May, 2013

15“It looked a bit greenish from far but wasslightly on the slowish side and double-pacedmore than anything else,” Murali Kartik

LAHOREstaff rEpOrt

PAKISTAN captain’s test andone-day Misbah-ul-Haqexpressed his satisfactionover the performance of theteam over the last couple of

years and has credit the Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB), team management and theplayers for the success of the GreenShirts.

Pakistan cricket faced a dark periodin 2010 after a couple of disastrous toursof Australia and England. Three of theirpremier players, Salman Butt,Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asifwere banned from competitive cricketand people had started to write offPakistan from international cricket.

Misbah was appointed as the Testcaptain at that stage and against all oddsPakistan started to perform much betterin all formats of the game, winning Testseries against New Zealand, England, SriLanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Inthe limited-overs format, the GreenShirts won the Asia Cup 2012 inBangladesh and qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup2011 and the ICC World T20 2012.

The cricketer from Mianwali wasfurther quoted by ESPNcricinfo that thenational side faced an extremely toughtime in 2010 but expressed his satisfactionover the team’s showings. Misbah refusesto take complete credit for Pakistan’srevival in international cricket andbelieves that others have played their parttoo.

“Indeed [it was] a hugeresponsibility. It was a really difficult

situation for Pakistan cricket. But it’sunfair for me to take the entire credit.Everyone played their role: the board, thecoaching staff, and the new players,” hesaid. “I was given a task to rebuildeverything from scratch with a group thatwas new and inexperienced. But theresults after all those debacles - in 2009and 2010 - were incredible.”

The middle-order batsman furtheradded that the players were desperate toprove to the rest of the world thatPakistan is a major force at the higheststage of the game and this motivation ledto a much improved performance.

“The main driving force was the willto prove everyone wrong and regaincredibility. As a captain it’s alwaysimportant to be trusted,” Pakistan’s Testand ODI captain added.

pakistan can win championstrophy, says Misbah

LAST TWO YEARS PERFORMANCE SATISFIES THE SKIPPER(

(

LAHORE: Dav Whatmore, coach of the Pakistan cricket

team, is happy with the form of Nasir Jamshed and

hopes that the stylish left-handed opener will deliver the

goods in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, which is going

to be played in England next month. Having made his

international debut in 2008, Jamshed failed to cement

his place in the national team due to fitness issues and

loss of form. The cricketer from Lahore, however, worked

hard at the domestic level and earned his way back to

the highest stage of the game last year during the Asia

Cup 2012 in Bangladesh.

Since then, Nasir has been a permanent member of

Pakistan’s limited-over sides, having done brilliantly in

various events, including a Player of the Series

performance in the three-match One Day International

(ODI) series against India earlier this year. The stylish

batsman, however, failed to live up to the expectations

during the recent tour of South Africa. While speaking to

reporters, Whatmore revealed that Nasir is looking in

impressive form once again, which augurs well for the

Green Shirts’ chances in the mega event. “Nasir Jamshed

is highly talented, though he didn’t perform well in South

Africa, he practiced hard here in the camp. Nasir

Jamshed looks in good touch for the Champions Trophy,”

said the national coach. Whatmore is not taking things

for granted but the coach is optimistic about his team’s

chances in the all-important event, although the

conditions in England are totally different to those in

Pakistan. He mentioned: “If the Pakistan team play up

to their abilities, they can defeat any team in the world.

It is difficult to predict our chances for the Champions

Trophy, but we can certainly win it.” STAFF REPORT

JAMSHED IS BACK IN FORM, CLAIMS WHATMORE

JAIPURaGENcIEs

A belligerent 70 from Shane Watsonhelped Rajasthan Royals destroy thetable-topping Chennai Super Kingswith a five-wicket victory in theirPepsi Indian Premier League clashat the Sawai Mansingh Stadium inJaipur on Sunday.

The Australian all-rounderclubbed six sixes and six foursin his remarkable 34-ballinnings, sharing a 93-runpartnership with Stuart Binny(41 off 23) as the hosts chaseddown their 142-run victorytarget with 17 balls to spare.

Watson’s performance cameafter his team had initiallyslipped into a hole at 45 for fourthanks to Jason Holder (2-20)and Mohit Sharma (1-21), withthe two points lifting them joint-top of the log on 20 pointsalongside the visitors.

Earlier, Chennai failed tocapitalise on a superb 83-runopening stand between Murali Vijay(55 off 50) and Michael Hussey (40off 40) and had to rely on same latehitting by Dwayne Bravo (23 off12) to reach a fighting total.

West Indian Kevon Cooper (2-32) was the pick of the bowlers,while James Faulkner and Watson(both 0-23) were economical afterthe Royals won the toss and optedto field first.

Hussey and Vijay batted withlittle risk for most of their 11.3overs together, the powerplaypassage yielding just 37, before the50 was raised in the eighth over.

Hussey finally fell to Binny inthe 12th over when his leg stumpwas uprooted after a huge swingtowards square leg.

That was the start of a period ofdominance from the hosts asCooper struck four balls later totake out the dangerous Suresh Raina(one), caught at long-off by SanjuSamson, while captain MS Dhoni(two) followed in the same overwhen he edged the Trinidadian tolone slip Watson. Chennai managedto limp past 100 by the end of the

15th over, before Vijay got to hissecond IPL 50 of the season from49 balls with a flick wide of fine legfor four.

But he was soon headed for thedugout thanks to a direct hit bywicketkeeper Dishant Yagnik as thebatsmen tried to steal a quick bye.

Bravo then struck four foursand shared a 28-run stand withRavindra Jadeja (12) at the death tohelp reach 141 for four.

Holder then rocked Rajasthanearly on with a double wicket fourth

over in which he took out AjinkyaRahane (nine) and Faulkner (one) –the former caught by Vijay lowdown at mid-on and the latterbowled. Sharma made it 19 forthree when and inside edge wasexpertly caught by a diving Dhonias the hosts were left with a big taskon their hands.

Watson was in next andhelped Rahul Dravid add 26,before the skipper fell to a sharpand rising Chris Morris deliverythat was edged to Dhoni for 22leaving the total on 49 at thehalfway stage.

But the game turned on itshead in a 23-run 11th over whenWatson took charge by plasteringRavi Ashwin for three leg-sidesixes in four balls. Two moremaximums, one each for Watsonand Binny, extended the pressureon Chennai, while also raising the50 partnership from 23 deliveriesand the 100 in an expensive 14thover, which went for 22.

Watson raised his half-centuryin 25 balls when he struck the firstof four boundaries in five balls offthe costly Morris (1-36), before hewas outfoxed by a Bravo slowerdelivery.RAJASTHAN ROyALS: R Dravid(capt), AM Rahane, SR Watson, BJHodge, SV Samson, DH Yagnik(wk), STR Binny, JP Faulkner, SKTrivedi, K Cooper, VS MalikCHENNAI SUPER KINGS:

MEK Hussey, M Vijay, SKRaina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni(capt & wk), RA Jadeja, DJBravo, CH Morris, R Ashwin,JO Holder, MM Sharma.

UNFINIShEdBUSINESS For roSS tAylor

SPORTS DESK

Ross Taylor has unfinished business. Hisreturn to New Zealand colours after hisself-imposed break from the game afterlosing the captaincy has not been easy.Perhaps a series away from home willgive him the chance to finally banish anyhangover and begin the next phase of hiscareer. Despite New Zealand’simprovements over the last few monthsduring England’s recent visit, they stillneed an in-form Taylor to add ballast tothe middle order and help give theirrapidly improving bowling attack runs towork with on a regular basis. That’s thesort of Taylor who was on show duringhis last Test as captain when he struck 142and 74 against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Theruns did not flow during the home seasonagainst England despite his hundred in thesecond one-day international suggestinghe had turned the corner. In the three Teststhat followed he made 94 runs in fiveinnings, then after the series gave a radiointerview which made it fairly clear thatthere were still difficulties. “I wouldn’tsay I’m as comfortable as I would like tobe, but I guess that will improve overtime,” he said the day after New Zealandcame within a wicket of beating England.“I suppose I didn’t really know what toexpect when I came back,” he toldESPNcricinfo in the build-up to the firstTest at Lord’s. “T20 is hit-and-miss and Imissed out a few times. In the one-dayersI felt pretty good and got a hundred butthe Test series didn’t go to plan.

wATsOn wAlTz ClObbErs CHEnnAI

JAIPuR: Shane Watson,

who slammed 70 off 34 balls

on a pitch that aided the

seam bowlers to help Ra-

jasthan Royals beat Chennai

Super Kings, said he had “in-

stinctively known” that off-

spinner R Ashwin was the

one to go after during the

chase.

After the match had gone

three-fourths of its way with-

out a single six being hit, and

Super Kings’ pace bowlers

had Royals in a tight corner

needing 93 off 60 balls in a

chase of 142, Ashwin came

on only to be dispatched for

23 runs in one over by Wat-

son and Stuart Binny. That

over turned the match, and

Royals eventually breezed

home with 17 balls to spare.

“We knew instinctively that

Ashwin was going to be

someone we have to really

try and score runs off,” Wat-

son told the IPL site after the

match. “We had to get a big

over through that period of

time. We were struggling to

find the boundary. It just

worked out nicely that Ash-

win came on and bowled a

couple of balls that we were

looking for. In the end I sup-

pose it was about batting on

instinct like myself and Stuey

were doing, with the hope he

bowls in the areas that were

in our favour.”

Batting earlier on was tough

in the seamer-friendly condi-

tions, Watson said, but when

he went after the bowling

everything just fell into

place: “It took me a little

while to get going. aGENcIEs

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16“Tim is fine; it was very much a precautionary

response from us to send Tim down to London for

further investigations. Mike Hesson

LAHOREstaff rEpOrt

THE Pakistan cricket teamwould be looking to add theonly missing trophy from itscloset of honour when itflies to England to take part

in the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan squad will leave for

England on Tuesday with a hope to winnext month’s Champions Trophy and avoidany repetition of the scandal that marredtheir last British tour in 2010.

The spot-fixing scandal, disclosed by thenow defunct News of the World, was related tothe deliberate bowling of no-balls in return formoney during the Lord’s Test against England.

It resulted in bans on then-captain SalmanButt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amiras well as jail terms for the trio and their agentMazhar Majeed.

Pakistan’s manager Naveed AkramCheema said the players had been briefedextensively to avoid any controversy.

Cheema urged his squad to just focus onthe eight-team competition.

Cheema took over as manager in 2010,soon after three Pakistan players were chargedof spot-fixing in a test match during Pakistan’slast tour of England.

“The tour is very sensitive in a sense therecould be lot of people who could have vestedinterests and try to malign us or let us down,”Cheema.

Soon after the tour, security managerKhawaja Najam resigned and later recorded hisstatement regarding three players’ involvement

in spot-fixing with the ICC anti-corruptiontribunal in Doha.

However, this time the Pakistan CricketBoard has taken extra precautionary measuresby sending a vigilance officer along with asecurity manager.

“The players were psychologicallymotivated,” Cheema said. “They were toldwhat they not have to do and how to carrythemselves.”

The team then travels to Dublin for twoODIs against Ireland before the ChampionsTrophy from June 7-23.

Pakistan is placed in Group B along withWest Indies, South Africa and India. Group Acomprises defending champion Australia,England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

“We have briefed the players that this is avery sensitive tour and they should maintainstrict discipline as we don’t want a repeat of2010 events,” Cheema told reporters.

“Players are told to restrict their off-the-field movement.”

A special “vigilance” officer willaccompany the squad in addition to aregular security officer.

Pakistan will play two one-day games eachagainst Scotland and Ireland before competingin the eight-nation Champions Trophy inEngland from June 6-23.

They are in group B along with arch-rivalsIndia, the West Indies and South Africa.Holders Australia, England, Sri Lanka andNew Zealand form group A.

Captain Misbah-ul Haq, not a member ofthe fateful 2010 tour, said the team cansucceed. “I think there are no favourites for thetrophy,” he said.

pakistan need to focus onthe task ahead: cheema

CAPE TOWNaGENcIEs

Less than a year after climbing to the top ofthe Test rankings, South African cricket issuddenly faced with an uncertain futurewith respected coach Gary Kirsten set todepart and two top players at a crossroadsin their careers.

Kirsten’s decision not to extend hiscontract when it expires in August comesas captain Graeme Smith battles recurringankle problems and all-rounder JacquesKallis admits his desire to playinternational cricket is on the wane.

For a team hoping to nail down adominant spell in international cricket, theloss of their World Cup winning coach is amajor setback. To lose all three components

at the same time would be a hammer blow.The last two years have seen the

Proteas become the most consistentperformers in world cricket at test level,

opening up a 14-point lead at the top of theInternational Cricket Conference ratings.

But while consecutive Test series winsin Australia and England make the currentside arguably the greatest the country hasever produced, Smith has spoken ofcreating a dynasty to emulate theachievements of the West Indians of the1980s and Australian sides of the lastdecade.

The cornerstone of this ambition hasbeen Kirsten as the quiet strategist, Smith,the natural born leader who manages to findruns in difficult situations even when out ofform, and Kallis, statistically the greatestall-rounder ever.

PrOTEAs fACE UnCErTAIn fUTUrEJOHANNESBuRG: There’s no point even thinking about the

World Cup now, says Russell Domingo, because there’s simply

too much cricket to be played between now and that global

event in 2015. Just like when predecessor Gary Kirsten was

appointed in June 2011, the inevitable “World Cup” question was

thrown at Domingo when he was unveiled as the national side’s

new head coach at the weekend, but it was swiftly batted away.

“I’m not even considering a World Cup at the moment, but there

are a lot of important and big matches before we’re even close

to considering that,” said Domingo. In the immediate future is

next month’s Champions Trophy, where Domingo will be carrying

out his final duties as Kirsten’s assistant, before assuming the

head coaching position on August 1, a few weeks before his first

tour with the national team to Sri Lanka. aGENcIEs

WC NOT A PRIORITY FOR DOMINGO YET

Asian Boards back

BccI over Siva’s

appointment to Icc

cricket committeeNEW DELHI

aGENcIEs

Even as the controversy over LaxmanSivaramakrishnan`s appointment to theICC Cricket Committee raged on, theBCCI on Monday received support from itsAsian allies Sri Lanka and Pakistan whoclaimed allegations of the Indian CricketBoard forcing a re-vote were baseless. Thefurore over the appointment seemed tohave created a rift in the cricket world withthe Asian countries throwing their weightbehind BCCI, which is apparently unhappywith all the noises being made over theformer leg-spinner`s appointment to thecurrent player`s committee.There were reports earlier on Monday thata miffed India was threatening to pull outof the upcoming Champions Trophy to beheld in England in June.“There is no question of pulling out of theChampions Trophy,” the top BCCI officialtold PTI. Sri Lanka and Pakistan CricketsBoards have backed the BCCI on theissue. “It`s very unfortunate seeallegations come when an Asian or anIndian player comes into play. When itcomes to Laxman Sivaramakrishnanserving in the cricket committee, we lookat his cricketing ability,” said Sri LankaCricket`s secretary Nishantha Ranatunga.PCB chief Zaka Ashraf said, “Because ofcertain unanimous policies of Pakistan,India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, they areopposed to such policies, why?”Sivaramakrishnan, who is employed bythe BCCI as a commentator, replaced TimMay on the cricket committee on May 6,an appointment that attracted criticismfrom various quarters.


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17“It was an experience I don’t

want to go through again

–Lewis Hamilton

BERLINaGENcIEs

SERENA Williams ofthe United Statesstayed top of thewomen’s tennisrankings after beating

number two Maria Sharapova inthe final of the Madrid Masters.

The 6-1, 6-4 defeat ofSharapova Sunday ensuredWilliams remained top of therankings released Monday by theWTA.

The American has 11,115points, with Russian Sharapovaon 10,690 and Victoria Azarenkaof Belarus on 8,510.

SErENA rEtAINS top Spot

SAWGRASSaGENcIEs

Tiger Woods benefited as SergioGarcia’s hopes of a second PlayersChampionship fell victim to theinfamous 17th hole at Sawgrass.

After two days in which theirpersonal animosity was made a matter ofpublic record, Woods and Garcia foundthemselves tied for the lead with twoholes to play and the winner’s cheque of£1.1million in the balance.

But after Woods made a safe par onthe 17th, Garcia dumped two balls intothe water short of the island green to endhis hopes with a quadruple-bogey seven.

Playing partner David Lingmerthsomehow ignored all the drama to hit hisown tee shot to seven feet, but theSwedish rookie missed the birdie puttthat would have taken him into a shareof the lead and also bogeyed the lasttrying to force a play-off.

That meant Woods’ closing 70 and13-under-par total of 275 was goodenough for a two-shot win overLingmerth, Jeff Maggert and KevinStreelman, the 37-year-old now just fourwins away from equalling the record 82PGA Tour victories of Sam Snead.

It was also his fourth win in his lastfive events - he was fourth in the Masterslast month - and a second PlayersChampionship title 12 years after hisfirst. Garcia found more water on the18th for a double-bogey six and a closing76 to finish six shots behind.

Woods went into the final round tiedfor the lead with Garcia and Lingmerthand despite only one of his previous 77professional victories having come atSawgrass, he reached the turn with atwo-shot lead.

Making his 300th career start on thePGA Tour - he also won on his 100th and200th starts - Woods birdied the second andfourth to move into the outright lead and,after a bogey on the sixth when his approachhit a tree short of the green, bounced backwith a birdie from 15ft on the seventh.

After the 49-year-old Maggertclosed to within a shot, Woods restoredhis two-shot lead with a birdie on the12th and looked in cruise control, onlyto hook his tee shot on the 14th into thewater and run up a double-bogey six.

It was difficult to tell where Woodsshould drop the ball - bringing backmemories of his two-shot penalty at theMasters - and the conjecture forced the

PGA Tour rules committee to clarify thesituation. Their statement read: “Withoutdefinitive evidence, the point whereWoods’ ball last crossed the lateral waterhazard is determined through bestjudgment by Woods and his fellowcompetitor (Casey Wittenberg).

“If that point later proves to be awrong point (through television or othermeans), the player is not penalised byRule 26-1 given the fact that acompetitor would risk incurring apenalty every time he makes an honestjudgment as to the point where his balllast crosses a water-hazard margin andthat judgment subsequently provesincorrect (Decision 26-1/17).”

woods wins TPC asGarcia crumbles

BUrNS FElt hEhAd thE EdgE

SPORTS DESK

WBO world lightweight champion RickyBurns believes he was starting to get ontop of Jose Gonzalez before the PuertoRican dramatically quit.The pair faced off at the EmiratesArena in Glasgow on Saturday nightbefore Gonzalez quit on his stool atthe start of the 10th round. Gonzalez,the 29-year-old mandatory challenger,showed why he arrived in Scotlandunbeaten in 22 fights as he took thebout to the home favourite.Burns was three rounds down on all threejudges’ scorecards when the contestsensationally came to end as Gonzalezquit due to a wrist injury.Asked if he relieved at the outcome, theScot said: “Not at all. I felt that he wasstarting to tire. “The volume of puncheshe was throwing was less, he was on theback foot a lot more. “I knew it was tightbut I always go for a strong finish. I trainfor a hard 12 rounds and it’s thechampionship rounds where you get foundout. “I didn’t think I had to stop him but Iknew I had to win those (later) roundsconvincingly.“Even though I was missingwith 50 per cent of the punches I wasthrowing he was still under pressure andhe didn’t like it.”

WoodS FoUr WINSoFF SNEAd’S rEcord

SPORTS DESK

Tiger Woods won the 78th PGA Tourevent of his career in the PlayersChampionship on Sunday, taking himwithin four of Sam Snead’s record.Here is a quick look at the 10 mostprolific winners on the PGA Tour.Country Wins Majors1 Sam Snead (1912-2002)USA 82 72 Tiger Woods (1975-) USA 78 143 Jack Nicklaus (1940-)USA 73 184 Ben Hogan (1912-1997)USA 64 95 Arnold Palmer (1929-)USA 62 76 Byron Nelson (1912-2006) USA 52 57 Billy Casper (1931-)USA 51 38 Walter Hagen (1892-1969) USA 45 119 Phil Mickelson (1970-) USA 41 410 Cary Middlecoff (1921-1998)USA 40 3

pAcE StrEAKS to tUrKEytItlE trIUMph

SPORTS DESK

South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace claimedher first victory since October 2010with a one-shot win in the TurkishAirlines Ladies Open.A final round of 72, one under par, wasenough to see Pace come from twoshots behind overnight leaders CharleyHull and Carlota Ciganda to post athree-under winning total of 289 atNational Golf Club.Finland’s Minea Blomqvist made abrave attempt to catch Pace with a backnine of 33 that contained five birdies,but a dropped shot on the 17th provedcrucial. She finished joint second ontwo under alongside Hull and Ciganda,who both carded final rounds of 75.Teenager Hull was three over for herround before a birdie on the 14th, butthe 17-year-old was unable to findanother birdie over the closing fourholes to force a play-off. Spain’sCiganda also suffered the same fate.

BERLINaGENcIEs

Britain’s Andy Murray moved tosecond behind Novak Djokovic onthe ATP men’s tennis rankings afterreaching the quarter-finals of theMadrid Masters.

Roger Federer, who went out in thethird round, slipped to third on 7,760points, with Murray on 8,750 andDjokovic on 12,730 in the rankingsreleased Monday.

Madrid winner Rafael Nadalhas stayed fifth on 6,895, justbehind Spanish compatriot DavidFerrer (6,920), whom he beat in thequarter-finals.

Losing Madrid finalist StanislasWawrinka of Switzerland moved upfive places to 10th.

ATP top 10 as of May 13 (previousranking in parenthesis):1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia,12,730 points2. (3) Andy Murray, Britain, 8,7503. (2) Roger Federer , Switzerland,7,7604. (4) David Ferrer, Spain, 6,9205. (5) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 6,8956. (6) Tomas Berdych, CzechRepublic, 4,5207. (7) Juan Martin del Potro ,Argentina, 4,3208. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France,3,9659. (9) Richard Gasquet, France,3,180;10. (15) Stanislas Wawrinka,Switzerland, 2,675

WTA top 13 as of May 6 (previousranking in parenthesis):1. (1) Serena Williams, United States,11,115 points2. (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 10,6903. (3) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 8,5104. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland,6,4755. (5) Li Na, China, 5,7556. (7) Sara Errani, Italy, 5,6407. (6) Angelique Kerber, Germany,5,5308. (8) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic,5,2259. (10) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark,3,62510. (9) Samantha Stosur, Australia,3,545 –

MUrrAy rEgAINS

SEcoNd plAcE


GEO SUPERSuper Kings v Daredevils

07:30 PM

sPOrTs STuesday, 14 May, 2013

18We aimed for two to three,

but it was too aggressive.

–Paul Hembery

wAtCh It LIve

ESPNReading vs. Manchester City

12:24 AM

MADRIDaGENcIEs

Rafael Nadal continued his superb formsince returning by defeating StanislasWawrinka in the Mutua Madrid Openfinal to lift his fifth title of 2013.

Playing in his seventh final in asmany tournaments after making hiscomeback from a lengthy injury lay-offin February, Nadal was simply too goodfor Wawrinka as he claimed a 6-2 6-4victory in 71 minutes.

The triumph was Nadal’s third at theMadrid Open and 55th overall of hiscareer, and one that will give the clay-court king further confidence headinginto the French Open, where he will behoping to claim an eighth victory in nineyears.

Nadal came into Sunday’s matchwith Wawrinka having won all eight ofhis previous career meetings with the

Swiss and, like the women’s final inMadrid earlier today, the opening set waslargely one-way traffic in favour of theeventual victor before things became alittle closer in the second.

Fifth seed Nadal raced into a 4-0 and5-1 lead at the outset, winning two of hisseven break points while not allowingWawrinka any chance to hit back, beforethe Spaniard served out at 5-2, winningthe set with an ace in just 31 minutes.

Wawrinka, the 15th seed, tried tobattle back in the second but again hecould not create any break points on theNadal serve and it was only a matter oftime before the home favourite finishedthings off, which he did after breaking inthe seventh game.

A delighted Nadal hailed a “reallyspecial” success for him in front of hiscountrymen in Madrid.

He also felt he had produced his bestperformance in this year’s tournament in

today’s win, which earned him a 40thclay-court crown.

“I’m very happy. I think I played areally good match. I think I played thebest match of the whole week today[Sunday] in the final,” he said onwww.atpworldtour.com.

“Being able to play here in Madridand being able to win in front of all mypeople...is something really special.

“I’m very happy for everything thathas happened. Forty titles on clay are farmore than I ever dreamed of.”

Defeated Wawrinka conceded hecould not live with Nadal, saying: “Ithink he started really well. Even if I’mplaying my best tennis and [am]completely fresh, it’s really, really toughto beat him. “It was tough for me. Theball was flying. I didn’t find out a wayhow to play my game, how to beaggressive on the court. He was alsodictating the points.”

rAfAEl nADAl rEIGnsAGAIn In sPAIn

MUghAlpUrAWhItES MovE tolEAgUE StAgELAHORE: Mughalpura Whites has

moved into the League stage of 16th

Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship

when they beat strong Akhter Abdul

Rehman club by seven wickets in the

quarterfinal played at Aligarh Model

Town ground.

SCORES: Akhter Abdul Rehman club

122/9 in 20 overs. M Irfan 33, Ashfaq

Ahmed 17, Khawaja NAsir uddin

35(no). Waqas 3/32, Riaz ud din 2/12,

M Ishtiaq 2/33, Zain ul Husnain 1/23.

Mughalpura Whites 124/3 in 18.3

overs. Imran Shah 11, Meer Saeed 15,

Hasan Nasir 63(no), Ishtiaq 26(no).

Ashfaq Ahmed 1/30, Nasir uddin 1/15,

Ateeq Ahmed 1/16.

ALIGARH CLuB QuALIFy FOR

LEAGuE STAGE: Aligarh club has

entered into the league stage of 16th

Tauseef Trophy cricket championship

when they beat Ghari Shaho Gym by 6

wickets played at Model Town Aligarh

ground on the other day.

scOrEs: Ghari shaho club 139/9 in 20 overs. ameer

hamza 15, Zafar Gohar 41, salman ali 14, m kamran 34,

raja farzan 20. m Bilawal 2/28, m shakil 1/21m m mateen

2/22, 4 batsmen runout. aligarh club 143/4 in 18.3 overs.

sami aslam 47, Imran Nazir Jr 31, Bilawal 33(no). raja

farzan 2/33, asif 1/28, kamran khalil 1/23.

RISING STAR IN QuARTERS: Rising

Star has marched into the quarter final

of 28th M Yaseen Akhter Memorial

cricket event when they outplay Pindi

Gym by 36 runs played at Township

Albilal Ground.

scOrEs: rising Star 193/5 in 20 overs. Aamir Butt 102(no),

Abdul Muqeed 34, yasir Ali 18, taimoor talib 13. Shahid 2/38,

Imtiaz 1/35, Sajad 1/24. pindi Gym 157 all out in 16.5 overs.

Imtiaz 45, nAdeem 31, tariq 22, Asad 19, Umer 15(no). Abdul

Muqeed 4/15, Ghulam Shabir 2/39, naseem ullah 1/33, Sajad

Butt 1/20, yasir Ali 1/24.

GREENS HIGH PERFORMANCE

CRICKET CAMP: The Greens High

Performance Cricket Camp 2013 began

here with the cooperation of National

Cricket Academy, on which 40 talented

players under the age group of 19 are

selected.

This camp is organized by Model Town

Greens cricket Club/ Academy Chairman

Muhammad Shoaib Dar. This camp will

be continued 27th April 2013 to 20th

May 2013. In this camp players are

trained in the field of batting, bowling &

physically fitness.

APPOLO WIN: Appolo Cricket Club

beat Muslim Gymkhana by 75 runs in

the Nazar Muhammad Cricket League

match played at Stags cricket ground.

Scores: Appolo Cricket Club batting first 288/4 after 40

overs. Ayub dogar batted well 117, Ayaz tasawar 73, Agha

Salman 43 & Ali haider 30 runs. Muslim Gymkhana bowling

hassan 1/30, Mohsin Aslam 1/35 & Farhan 1/40 wickets. In

reply Muslim Gymkhana 213 all out. Fahad 58, Salman 48 &

Farhan 29 runs. Appolo Cricket Club bowling Ayaz tasawar

bowling well 5/30, Agha Sheroze 3/42 & Shahbaz Akhtar,

2/37 wickets. Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Kaleem Umpire,

Khalid niazi Match referee & Abdul hameed was the scorer.

LAHORE CRICKET CLuB DEFEAT

WHDAT EAGLETS: Lahore Club

defeated Wahdat Eaglets club by one

wicket in the 6th Nazar Muhammed

Memorial division II Cricket League

2013 played at Ittefaq Cricket Ground.

Ahmed Shahab and Usman Liaquat

helpped Lahore Club win.

Whadhat eaglets Club scored; 253/10 in 40-overs .Sohaib

Munir 49, haris nazar 47 and naveed Zia 44 runs. Ahmed

Shahab took three wickets Azhar hussain and Saif rasool

took two wickets each.

Lahore Club 254/9 in 39.2 overs. Ahmed Shahab 86, Usman

Liaquat 50 Akthar Shafique 25 and haider Ali 27 not out.

Imran Shah took four wickets and Muhammed Ali took two

wickets. Ahmed Shahab was the man of the match Jawaid

Ashraf and Sagheer Ahmed were umpires, Waqar Ahmed

scorer and Azizur rehman match referee.

lccA Interim

committee forms

coordination bodyLAHORE: The Interim Committee of

the LCCA met here at its pavilion on

Monday and formed a Coordination

Committee to look after the affairs of

East, North and West Zone Cricket

Association. The interim committee

decided to conduct trials of all zones of

LCCA for the upcoming Inter District U-

19. The 1st Ad hoc Committee LCCA

meeting was under the chairmanship of

Aizad Hussain Sayid. Khursheed ud Din

Mirza and Mohammad Iqbal also

attended the meeting.

The committee unanimously appointed

a Coordination Committee which will be

responsible of the financial,

administrative and all other affairs of

all the three zone cricket associations

of the City. Coordination Committee

consisting of Javed Zaman Khan,

Mubshar Nazar, Noshad Ahmed,

Mohammad Jamil and Mian Farooq.

The adhoc committee also decided to

conduct the U-19 trials of all the

three zones of LCCA. They have

advised all the cricket clubs of East,

North and West Zone Cricket

Association to submit their U-19

players list on their club letter heads

along with date of birth of players to

Abid Hussain, Media Manager LRCA

latest by May 16. All players should

be registered with the concerned

zonal cricket association. Trials of

North Zone Cricket Association will be

held on May 18 at Ittefaq Cricket

Ground near Ittefaq Hospital Model

Town Lahore. Trials date and venues

for East and West Zone Cricket

Association will be announced on May

18. After the trails approximately six

cricket teams of each zone will be

formed and their practice matches will

be organized. The best performers of

practice matches will be selected for

upcoming PCB Inter-District U-19

Tournament. staff rEpOrt

lOCAl nEws

SPORTS DESK

Spanish Grand Prix winner FernandoAlonso believes this year is his bestchance yet to win a first worldchampionship with Ferrari.

On Sunday, Alonso won on home soilfor the second time in his career, beating thelikes of Sebastien Vettel, Kimi Raikkonenand Lewis Hamilton in comfortablefashion. It marked the completion of thequarter-way mark of the season and Ferrarihave seen two race wins and two podiumsfrom their drivers. The first and third-placefinish for Alonso and Massa at the Circuitde Cataluunya on Sunday night also sawthem get promoted to second in theconstructors’ championship.

best chance yet to win title for ferrari: alonso


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