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General
..........Court cannot pre-empt FGCM judgement: SC
..........World Bank sets generation limits for power plants
..........legislation in 25 minute session
..........Privatisation: much sold, little retained
..........IMF condition accepted
..........Pakistan Times sold to UNN
..........Terrorists tell how they killed US workers
..........Solidarity day observed
News and views of Attack and N-test:
..........New Delhi deploys chopper at LoC
..........Pakistan wont bow to Indian pressure: Assef
Opposition
..........PML flays arrest of workers
..........Sharif flown to London after a brawl at airport
Karachi Carnage
..........Five MQM man killed in encounters
..........PML holds rally against murder of Sheikh Rahu
..........MQM threaten to disrupt WC matches.
..........Dehlavi repeats denial
..........Rangers raid MPAs hostel, Ishtiaqs residence
..........600 MQM men in custody since July says Babar
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Prudential regulations: SBP warns erring banks of action
Rupee at its lowest against dollar
Rupee looses 40 paisa further against $
Tension along LoC causes modest slashing of share prices
Leading investors make fresh heavy purchases
KSE index gain 36 points on heavy share buying
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State terrorism II Ardeshir Cowasjee
The empire of the yobs Ayaz Amir
University reforms Editorial Column
Rules of the game Editorial Column
Queering the pitch Editorial Column
Not another stunt Editorial Column
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Hes playing? thats amazing?
Unpredictable Pakistan may retain World Cup
Salahuddin hopeful of Pakistans chances
Arif Abbasi sad over Lahore issue
PTV not to show opening ceremony
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Exciting news about World Cup live Dream Team competition. To find
out more about the Dream Team competition please look at the end of
the issue.
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Court cannot pre-empt FGCM judgement: SC
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Nasir Malick
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7: The Supreme Court observed that it did not want to
pre-empt the judgement of Field General Court Martial in the attempted
coup case and also observed that the court cannot do anything if the
coup plotters were tortured as claimed by the petitioners.
Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, who is heading the three-member bench
hearing the case, made these observations when the petitioners
counsel S.K.A. Samdani argued that his client Maj. Gen Zaheerul Islam
Abbassi was being tortured.
The judge said the other side had already denied the charges of
torture on the accused officers and Supreme Court was not a trial
court to resolve the issue.
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World Bank sets generation limit for power plants
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M. Ziauddin
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 1: The World Bank has slapped a 2,500mw limit until
1998 on the issuance of letters of support (LoS) to private sector
sponsors intending to set up thermal power plants in Pakistan.
The World Bank is said to have imposed the 2,500mw limit for the next
three years essentially to keep the resulting financial burden on
Pakistan well within its paying capacity. Under the agreements signed
with each sponsor, the government is obliged to buy through WAPDA the
entire capacity of each station and its output at a highly inflated
rate.
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Legislation in 25-minute session
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Azizullah Sharif
KARACHI, Feb. 1: The Sindh Assembly approved a bill to further amend
the Sindh Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act 1975,
allowing the chief minister to import or buy a Mercedes Benz 280 SEL
or equivalent for his personal use, with full exemption from Custom
duties and sales tax.
The bill was tabled in the House by provincial Minister for Law and
Parliamentary Affairs Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq and was adopted unanimously in
no time as none of the members opposed it.
The federal government had earlier allowed the chief ministers of
other three provinces to import or buy a Mercedes Benz 280 SEL, exempt
from Custom duties and sales tax, or equivalent for their personal use
out of bond.
The governors of all the provinces also enjoy this privilege.
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Terrorist tells how they killed US worker
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The police have arrested a terrorist who confessed
at a news conference that he was involved in the killing of a U.S.
Consulate employee in Karachi and also in a rocket attack on a police
station.
The alleged accused told the news conference that after passing his
intermediate examination he applied for admission in the Karachi
University in 1989 where he was assured by the leaders of All Pakistan
Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO), that they would arrange his
admission. However, when he could not get admission, he was told that
his seat was given to a Punjabi student.
The APMSO leaders told me that they were struggling to end this
injustice and asked me to join their struggle which I agreed, he
added.
He said in August 1995, he was contacted by Saulat who told him that
Altaf Hussain has ordered to kill some official of the U.S. Embassy so
that they should close their Consulate office in Karachi.
Ziaullah said Shahnawaz Taimuri, an employee of the U.S. Consulate
General was targeted and his movements were monitored to chalk out the
strategy.
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Privatisation: much sold, little retained
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Sultan Ahmed
WHILE President Farooq Leghari, who was earlier rather critical of the
kind of privatisation process under way in Pakistan, has now approved
it subject to some common stipulations, the public has many questions
to ask as it is in the dark about key parts of the crucial process.
The President has underscored the need for transparency and clean
dealings in this area, and stepped up efforts to sell the "family
silver" at the highest possible prices to the best possible buyers,
but the public has not been told all the facts it wants to know.
The public wants to know not only how the major enterprises, like the
top banks of the country, DFIs big power and gas companies, 26 percent
shares of the Pakistan Tele communications Corporation and many
manufacturing units in the public sector are sold but also what is
done with the vast sale proceeds. They do not like the spectre of the
family silver or the major assets of the nation begin liquidated fast
while its debt or liabilities keep on mounting.
The first question relates to the total sales proceeds of the
privatisation under way for the last five years. Chairman Naveed Qamar
of the Privatisation commission says total sales proceeds of the 100
industrial units two banks - MCB and Allied Bank - and 12 percent
shares of the PTC, sold here and abroad, are Rs. 42 billion.
Sales of 12 percent shares of the PTC alone fetched Rs.30 billion from
sale of 1 million vouchers to Pakistanis and Rs. 27 billion from the
sale of 15 million vouchers abroad. After that Rs. one billion was
given out as commission to foreign brokers the net sale proceeds of
the privatisation should be Rs. 29 billion. If that amount is deducted
from the total sale proceeds of Rs. 42 billion the net gain from the
sale of 100 industrial units, two banks is just Rs. 13 billion which
give the impression the PC has been selling not the family silver but
the family junk. If that is so the government ought to explain in
clear terms and tell us how much was given out as golden handshake and
to meet the expenses of the Privatisation Commission and on the other
accounts.
The second major question relates to the use of the sales proceeds.
National consensus is that the money should be used to reduce the vast
national debt which is over Rs. 800 billion as domestic debt and about
$35 billion inclusive of long medium and short term external debt and
over $7 billion received from the foreign exchange deposits of
resident and non-resident Pakistanis and the money brought into
foreign banks functioning in Pakistan. The nation's major economists,
ranging from Dr. Mahbubul Haq to Mr Moeen Qureshi and Dr. Hafeez Pasha
too agree on the need for use on the privatisation firms to reduce the
overwhelming debt of the country which now exceeds a year's GDP. And
in fact Mr. Quershi as caretaker Prime Minister had set up a debt
reduction Fund to which the sales proceeds of privatisation were to be
credited. But no government has put any money into it.
Mr. Qamar now says that $200 million out of the sales proceeds were
paid for debt reduction and another $200 million may be paid before
the end of June. That means that out of the net total Rs. 42 billion
received so far only Rs. 6.13 billion was used for debt reduction. The
fact is that if all that money had been kept in a bank as fixed
deposit the interest earnings from that alone would have been very
large.
Last year's federal budget provided for the use of Rs. 11 billion for
the Social Action Programme but according to the Minister of State for
Finance, Makhdoom Shahbuddin, only Rs. 5 billion was used for SAP and
the rest elsewhere, and there is a budget sanction of Rs. 12 billion
for SAP this year.
Dubious:
The fundamental question which arises following the statement of Mr.
Naveed Qamar is: why should all the sales proceeds of privatisation be
used for debt reduction only after June 30 and not before? A number of
major enterprises like the United Bank, Bankers Equity, not Adu Power
plant and 26 percent of the shares of the PTC are to be privatised
before June. So why can't the sales proceeds which are with the
government, plus the large amounts as they come in be credited to the
Debt Reduction Fund, and the overall national debt, beginning with the
higher cost domestic debt, be reduced from now on instead of waiting
for five more months for this were essential process to begin? We
ought to be told the reasons.
What is surprising is the President's silence on the issue of
utilisation of the sales proceeds. He ought to have spoken clearly and
emphatically on this vital aspect of privatisation instead of leaving
it to the government to decide. In fact the issue is of paramount
importance as during the next 11 months major power plants and
distribution companies like KESC and Faisalabad power company, Sui
Southern and Northern companies, Habib Bank etc. are to be privatised.
And the IMF and World Bank are goading the government to move much
faster in that direction, though in the prevailing political and
economic conditions and state of the stock markets shares of such
projects are not likely to get the best prices, which they would have
if the situation in the country was far better or far less
confrontational.
Mr. Naveed Qamar on the one side says his PC has no authority to speak
on utilisation of the sales proceeds and on the other side says all
the funds from the sales will be used for debt reduction after June.
In such a situation the country needs a categorical commitment from
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who is also the Finance Minister, in
this regard along with a white paper on the extent of privatisation
done since the MCB was privatised in June, 1991, how much money was
received and how much has been spent and under what heads, and the
balance in the kitty unless that too has been used to meet the soaring
current expenditure of the government.
Funfair
The PC or the government has been unfair to the ICP NIT and State Life
whose shares the privatised enterprises too were sold by it but it did
not give them their share of the sales proceeds. It was only after the
Prime Minister intervened to save the sinking stock exchanges and
directed the PC to hand over the shares of the three DFIs did the PC
agree to give the funds to them although they were not large and
should have been given earlier.
A new scandal arose when the PC accepted recently the highest bid of
Rs. 367 million for 267 Kanals land of the Pakistan Engineering
Company (the once flourishing BECO at Lahore and then changed the
terms of sale and allowed the buyer to use the land for commercial
purposes as well. If that change had been effected before the side the
land might have fetched Rs. 1,000 million. But now following the
threat of the losers and others to move the courts to stop the deal
Mr. Naveed Qamar says the cabinet has not approved the deal and the
land may be sold under fresh terms in private.
All these aspects of privatisation demand that there should be real
transparency and absolute clarity in the process as the President
wants, but a greater purposefulness and red focus on reducing the
staggering national debt, which is the source of many fiscal and
monetary ills in the country, and the will to get the best out of
privatisation for the country and make these units flourish, expand
and add to the national wealth and economic well-being.
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IMF condition accepted
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Ihtasham ul Haque
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7: The government has accepted one of the major
conditions of the IMF that entire privatisation proceeds will be used
for debt retirement only after June this year.
Informed sources told Dawn that the International Monetary Fund had
threatened to cancel even the newly signed standby loan of 600 million
dollars if the government did not extend written assurances that
privatisation proceeds would not be used for deficit reduction
purposes after June this year. We had no option but to accept this
harsh condition, he added.
Sources said the Fund even opposed the use of the privatisation funds
for high priority development projects. They called for re-examining
these special development projects which needed funds from the
privatisation proceeds.
Sources said the Fund members were of the view that Pakistan must get
rid of its huge Rs 800 billion domestic debt by retiring it through
sale proceeds of the privatisation.
They have also told the government that it should also do away with
various exemptions and subsidies to reduce the growing budget deficit
now said to have reached to Rs 120 billion.
However, sources said the Fund members assured Pakistan to recommend
to their headquarters to release the second tranche of 145 million
dollars to Pakistan out of 600 million dollars standby loan negotiated
on 5.5 percent mark up rate compared to 0.5 percent of extended
Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) and Extended Fund facility
(EFF).
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Pakistan Times sold to UNN
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 6: The Pakistan Times , once a leading newspaper,
which was founded by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1946, was
sold for Rs46.1 million.
The final bidding for the machinery and declaration of the paper,
published from Lahore and Islamabad, won by Mian Saifur Rehman of the
Universal News Network (UNN), turned out to be an anticlimax as only
two bidders, out of nine, turned up.
All the known newspaper groups which had been earlier short-listed for
the final bidding stayed away, only leaving Saifur Rehman and the
journalists group backed by ex-MNA Akbar Ali Bhatti.
Although we have got a good price, it was disappointing that only two
bidders came for the final bidding, Syed Naveed Qamar, chairman of the
Privatisation Commission, told Dawn. His disappointment was
understandable as it was the second time that the bidding had taken
place.
Earlier, ex-senator Yousaf Shaheens bid of Rs110 million had been
accepted, but he had to arrange the amount. The Commission then
decided to sell the machinery and declaration in the first phase and
the real estate in the next.
Established by Mian Iftikhar-ud-Din, the Progressive Papers Limited
(PPL) owned and published The Pakistan Times, as well as Imroze, an
Urdu-language daily, and weekly Lail-o-Nahar, Sportimes.
The cabinet committee on privatisation would now ratify the deal, and
then a letter of support would be issued to the winning party, asking
them to submit 40 percent of the total amount within a period of three
months.
The auction of the real estate will be held later, but the dates have
not yet been finalised. The UNN also purchased Mashriq of Lahore for
Rs6 million.
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Terrorist tells how they killed US worker
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The police have arrested a terrorist who confessed
at a news conference that he was involved in the killing of a U.S.
Consulate employee in Karachi and also in a rocket attack on a police
station.
The alleged accused told the news conference that after passing his
intermediate examination he applied for admission in the Karachi
University in 1989 where he was assured by the leaders of All Pakistan
Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO), that they would arrange his
admission. However, when he could not get admission, he was told that
his seat was given to a Punjabi student.
The APMSO leaders told me that they were struggling to end this
injustice and asked me to join their struggle which I agreed, he
added.
He said in August 1995, he was contacted by Saulat who told him that
Altaf Hussain has ordered to kill some official of the U.S. Embassy so
that they should close their Consulate office in Karachi.
Ziaullah said Shahnawaz Taimuri, an employee of the U.S. Consulate
General was targeted and his movements were monitored to chalk out the
strategy.
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Solidarity Day observed
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 5: Normal life came to a standstill throughout the
country as the nation observed complete strike to express solidarity
with the Kashmiri people struggling for their right to self-
determination.
From Karachi to Khyber and from Quetta to Muzaffarabad the entire
nation expressed complete solidarity with the Kashmiri Mujahideen who
are fighting 600,000 Indian security forces.
Businesses, schools and offices remained closed throughout the country
and public and private transport remained off the roads to demonstrate
their support to their Kashmiri brethren.
Mojahir Qaumi Movement had also supported the strike call and complete
peace prevailed in the city.
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New Delhi deploys choppers at LoC
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 1: India stepped up security along the Line of
Control, dividing occupied and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, pressing
helicopters to guard frontier villages, as a ceasefire between Indian
and Pakistani troops held for the second day.
Defence sources said Indian helicopters patrolled the heavily
militarised border in line with stepped-up security cover now given to
clusters of frontier villages in the Indian occupied Kashmir.
Paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been also put
on a high security alert in the tense region, the sources added.
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Pakistan wont bow to Indian pressure: Assef
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Ashraf Mumtaz
LAHORE, Feb. 4: An atomic test by India would end the nuclear
ambiguity which had enabled Pakistan and India to maintain peace
during the last 25 years, and lead to grave consequences for the
entire region, Foreign Minister Assef Ahmad Ali said.
He said by testing the Prithvi missile, India had also forced Pakistan
to make missiles, and set in motion a new arms race. He pointed out
that India in the 70s had exploded its nuclear device, then in the 80s
it had initiated an arms race in the subcontinent and now it had begun
a missile race. Pakistan would respond remaining within the parameters
of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), but it would make
every effort to offset the edge India appeared to be enjoying at
present, and would not accept pressure from any country, including the
United States, as it had the right to take steps to safeguard its
national security.
He said Pakistan had already started making missiles and some of them
had been tested when Gen. Aslam Beg was army chief.
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PML flays arrest of workers
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Bureau Report
LAHORE, Feb. 3: The Pakistan Muslim League condemned the arrests of
its workers on charges of sabotaging the World Cup cricket.
Addressing a Press conference, three leaders of the party, MNA Mian
Abdul Wahid, MPA Mian Abdus Sattar and Begum Mehnaz Rafi, said it was
Mr Nawaz Sharif who had worked for holding the World Cup in Pakistan,
and there was no question of his partymen thinking of sabotaging it.
They said by accusing their party of indulging in acts of terrorism,
the government was violating all political, constitutional and human
rights norms.
They condemned Punjab Chief Minister Arif Nakais statements against
their party in which he had accused it of backing terrorist
activities. They said he had unjustifiably set the police to harass
and arrest party workers.
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Sharif flown to London after brawl at airport
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 6: Mian Mohammad Sharif, father of the leader of
opposition, was flown to London for emergency medical treatment. Mian
Sharif has a history of coronary complications.
Mr Sharifs departure was, however, marred by a confrontation between
his family members and the Federal Investigation Agency officials who
initially refused to allow him to board the London-bound aircraft.
They insisted that Mr Sharif could not be allowed to leave the country
as his name was included in the exit control list (ECL), a claim
challenged by PML office-bearers Sartaj Aziz and Mushahid Hussain who
were present at the airport.
Nawaz Sharif, who too had gone to the airport to see off his father
did not engage in the dispute.
After a great deal of bickering, the officials agreed to allow the PML
leaders to check the ECL for themselves and it was established that it
did not include Mr Sharifs name as had been claimed by the FIA
officials.
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Five MQM man killed in encounters
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Staff Reporter
Five MQM workers were killed in what the police said was an encounter.
Three others, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed in different
incidents of violence.
A young MQM worker, who has been in hiding since the June 19, 1992,
died. Police claimed that Rehman Ahmed was killed in a shootout with
rangers and two other party workers, Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Aqil,
were arrested.
The body of Rehman Ahmed was brought to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
for autopsy where doctors said he had been hit in the back from a very
close range.
In another incident a MQM worker was killed in what the police said
was an encounter. Three others, killed included a 10-year-old boy.
Elsewhere in the city, three people were wounded in incidents of
shooting.
In yet another incident two MQM workers were killed in what the police
said were gunbattles. The parents of the two had earlier appealed to
the President to save their lives.
Inquiries made by this reporter revealed that both had been in the
custody of law enforcement agencies for the last two days and since
their arrest, their relatives and neighbours had repeatedly visited
rangers and police to find out their whereabouts.
Irshad Beg, who according to police, was sitting in a car during the
shoot-out, was hit by four pistol bullets three on the chest and one
in the neck all of which, according to doctors, were fired from a
distance of just couple of yards.
Ankle and wrist injuries caused by fetters and handcuffs were clearly
visible on Irshads body. The right-side of his forehead also bore an
injury mark.
Yaseens body was also dotted with bullet wounds from chest to legs. A
beating sign was clearly visible on his right ribs.
Some Sunday papers had also carried the report of the arrest of Irshad
Beg and MQM leaders appealed to the President to save his life.
The reported arrest of several MQM workers in Karachi and Hyderabad in
the last few days have been criticised by Mr Altaf Hussain who, in a
statement issued here, said that indiscriminate raids by the rangers
and police on the houses of his partys workers and leaders are
continuing. Mr Hussain accused the government of not even showing any
respect for the holy month of Ramazan and exceeding in its hostility
against the Mohajirs, said the MQM leader.
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PML holds rally against murder of Sheikhu Rahu
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Staff Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Feb. 7: The Pakistan Muslim League took out a procession
from Market Chowk to condemn, what the protesters called, the murder
of Sheikhu Rahu, the father-in-law of former Sindh minister and PML
leader, Ismail Rahu.
The demonstrators demanded a judicial inquiry headed by a supreme
court judge to probe into the death of Shaikhu Rahu who had died in
the hospital with bar fetters, which were not removed even after his
death.
They condemned the utterances of Sindh chief minister in which he had
stated that the deceased was involved in heinous crimes and added that
if even one crime was proved against him all of them would resign from
PML.
They said it was shameful that the bar fetters were not removed even
after his death.
They said that Shaikhu Rahus death was the fourth political murder in
jail.
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MQM threatens to disrupt WC matches
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KARACHI, Feb. 2: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement warned the government it
would disrupt the upcoming cricket World Cup unless it stopped
security operations against the partys followers during the
competition.
If the government continues raids, arrests and extra-judicial
killings of our activists during the World Cup then we would go for
strong protest. There is no other way out, a senior MQM leader, Ajmal
Dehlavi, said.
Action would include strikes and boycotting the matches, he said.
DEHLAVIS CLARIFICATION
Talking to Dawn on telephone Mr Dehlavi denied having issued any
threat to disrupt the World Cup matches.
We dont believe in such threats and agitation, said the MQM leader.
He said he had expressed his apprehensions that if custodial killings
continued during the matches some people might react. That does not
mean we have threatened to disrupt the World Cup, he emphasised.
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Dehlavi repeats denial
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 3: Chief of the MQM negotiating team Ajmal Dehlavi again
denied that he or any other member of the MQM had threatened to
disrupt the upcoming World Cup matches in Pakistan.
In a statement faxed to newspapers, Mr Dehlavi said a foreign news
agency had circulated an exaggerated statement attributed to him,
which had caused misunderstanding.
He said that in response to a question that he had said democratic
right of strike was used in the face of continuing raids, arrests and
custodial killings and it would be prudent that during the World Cup
such operations were stopped so that the need for a protest did not
arise.
He said the MQM was a peaceful and democratic party and could not
think of jeopardising national interests.
The honour of Pakistan is very dear to us and the question of issuing
threats to disrupt the World Cup does not arise. We dont believe in
such threats and agitation, said Mr Dehlavi.
He said the MQM wanted to resolve all issues through negotiations and
had advised the government to stop the operation and other anti-
Mohajir steps so there remained no justification for protest. But, it
does not mean we have threatened to disrupt the World Cup.
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Rangers raid MPAs Hostel, Ishtiaqs residence
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 7: Heavy contingents of rangers searching for some MQM
workers raided the MPAs Hostel in Azizabad and the city residence of
Senator Ishtiaq Azhar.
The raids were carried out separately about the same time. Aftabur
Rehman, a driver, was arrested at the hostel while no one was arrested
in the raid on the Senators residence.
The senator is in London. At the time of the raid his women relatives
and a grandson were in the house.
The law enforces surrounded the Nine-Zero headquarters of the MQM
about three in the morning and sealed all its exit and entry points.
This was followed by a search of the nearby three-storey MPAs Hostel,
where some of the MQM leaders and workers sleep at night.
The law enforces then moved all the MQM leaders and workers out of the
building, and asked them to sit on the road, with their hands clasped
on their heads. Deputy Opposition leader Shoaib Bokhari and former
senior provincial minister and member of the MQM Co-ordination
Committee Tariq Javed were among them.
A short while later a senior ranger official approached the MQM
leaders and workers apologised to them and asked them to sit in a room
of the hostel.
They later apologised to us for this treatment. They said they saw
some armed men roaming in the hostel. It seems somebody has misguided
them, deputy opposition leader Shoaib Bokhari told Dawn.
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600 MQM men in custody since July, says Babar
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 2: Interior Minister Naseerullah Babar said that the law
and order situation in Karachi had reached a tolerable level owing to
administrative measures.
He said Over 600 MQM activists have been arrested and 70 killed. He
said the success of law enforcement measures could be gauged from the
substantial decline in death toll and incidents of terrorism.
About MQM allegations of custodial and extra-judicial killings, the
minister said it was baseless and a figment of imagination. No one
gets killed like that, he said adding, they are armed and when they
see the law enforcement agencies, they open fire.
He did not agree with a questioner that Fahim Bhoora and Rahman were
the victims of custodial killings.
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Prudential regulations : SBP warns erring banks of action
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Mohiuddin Aazim
KARACHI, Feb. 4: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has warned the banks
to refrain from violating its guidelines, or else be ready to face
disciplinary action.
It said some of the banks were found violating Prudential Regulations
quite frequently, adding the SBP had taken a serious view of the usual
response of the banks to its instructions. The circular did not name
the banks.
Although the circular neither disclosed the specifics of what it
called the irregularities committed by the banks nor did it name the
ones that did so, banking sources said, the warning was directed
chiefly towards the government-run banks.
Banking sources said the SBP was particularly concerned with the
expansion of infected loan portfolio that had already crossed the Rs
100 billion mark.
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Rupee at its lowest against dollar
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Muhammad Aslam
KARACHI, Feb. 4: Trading on the bullion market resumed on a bullish
note where prices surged to an all-time peak level of Rs 4,980 per 10
grams.
Later, in kerb trading, it was quoted well above Rs 5,000 per 10 grams
and there were more buyers than sellers. Bullion dealers said a margin
of Rs 700 per 10 grams in the selling prices of the commodity in the
two neighbouring markets is an attractive bait, which only fools could
ignore.
In an identical development, rupee fell to the lowest level against
the US currency in kerb trading and sold for Rs 36.40 to a dollar,
surpassing the previous level of Rs 36.23 established when the rupee
was officially devalued by seven percent on October 28 last year.
The buying and selling rates in kerb dealings were quoted at Rs 36.35
and Rs 36.40 respectively and dealers reported large business at this
level.
But there was no change in the official parity rates, which were
quoted at Rs 34.33 and Rs 34.50 for buying and selling respectively.
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Rupee loses 40 paisa further against $
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Commerce Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 6: The rupee lost another 40 paisa against the dollar on
the open market owing to heavy demand for the US currency.
The rupee on the open market was quoted at Rs 36.75 and Rs 36.80 for
buying and selling, as compared to Sundays Rs 36.35 and Rs 36.40. In
official dealing, the rupee stood unchanged at Rs 34.33 and Rs 34.50
to a dollar.
Dealers said the current decline in the value of the rupee could take
breather at Rs 37, but that if the fall in the Indian currency was
contained within the current limits.
Unlike previous session, the increase in price of gold was nominal as
investors were not inclined to push it further higher, partly because
of the arrival of the fresh stocks from the foreign sources. The gold
was last quoted at Rs 4,984 per 10 grams.
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Tension along LoC causes modest slashing of share prices
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Muhammad Aslam
After initial surge on active follow-up support, shares on the Karachi
Stock Exchange later came in for modest slashing followed by selling
spurred by news of tension of the line of control in Kashmir and
reports of exchange of firing between the Indian and the Pakistani
troops. The Karachi Stock Exchange index of share prices, which at
one stage soared to 1,626.39 after breaking the psychological barrier
of 1,600 points once again retreated and was last quoted at 1,597.81
as compared to 1,591.50 a week earlier.
The interesting thing was that the stock market has never been as
active as it was during the current holy month of Ramazan as both the
daily volume and the weekly turnover fighter have set new records at
30 million on an average and 120 million shares, allaying fears of
sluggishness associated with the holy month. It points to the presence
of strong foreign support.
Investment shares again led the market advance, which generally rose
under the lead of bank shares, notably Javed Omer, KASB & Co.,
Crescent Bank, Bank Al-Habib and some others.
Insurance shares ran into selling after last week's sustained rise and
ended partially lower under the lead of Adamjee Insurance. But PIC
maintained its upward drive on active support.
Synthetic shares were actively traded under the lead of Dhan Fibre and
Ibrahim Fibre but gains were fractional.
Lucky Cement in cement sector and Hub Power and Sitara Energy in the
energy sector were massively traded in each session and finished
sharply higher and so did Cherat and Pakland Cement and KESC and
Pakistan Refinery PSO rose by another Rs. 15 to quote well above the
Rs.300 mark.
In chemicals, Dawood Hercules, Reckitt and Colman, Fauji Fertiliser
and ICI Pakistan were among the leading gainers. Though PTC remained
in strong demand in the transport sector and rose further on strong
foreign buying.
Losses on the other had were mostly fractional and reflected slack
demand.
Trading soared to 140 million shares from the last week's 118 million
shares. Bulk of the alternate bouts of buying and selling were
confined to Hub-Power, PTC vouchers and the newly turned active Lucky
Cement, which together accounted for more than two third of the total
volume.
Bulk of the alternate bouts of buying and selling were confined to Hub
Power, PTC vouchers and the newly turned active Lucky Cement, which
together accounted for more than two third of the total volume.
Hub-Power, and PTC vouchers however, firmly held on to their recently
attained higher levels despite larger selling and there is perception
that they have the potential to rise further after passing through
necessary corrections.
Lucky Cement also attracted profit-selling at the inflated level and
finished with some of the initial gains clipped.
Faysal Bank traded heavily but price changes were mostly fractional.
Fauji Fertiliser, ICI Pakistan, TriPack Films, Dhan Fibre, Sitara
Energy, EFU General Insurance, Kohinoor Power and Kohinoor Energy,
Askari Bank, LTV Modaraba after news that it was selected to bid for
the Bankers Equity and Bank of Punjab were among the other actively
traded shares.
Others shares, which came in for active support at the lower levels
included Maple Leaf Cement, Mohib Textiles, 25th ICP mutual fund, Bank
Al-Habib, and KASB & Company.
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Leading investors make fresh heavy purchases
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Commerce Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 6: Stocks prices surged further higher under the lead of
blue chips as a section of leading investors made fresh heavy covering
purchases at the lower levels.
The Karachi Stock Exchange index of 100-share finished with an
extended gain of 20.19 points at 1,652.13 as compared to 1,631.94,
reflecting the strength of the base shares.
The market advance was led by the energy sector where all the shares
were actively traded and rose sharply under the lead of PSO, Kohinoor
Power, Mari Gas Pakistan Refinery and Pakistan Oilfields, rising
sharply.
But the bone of contention between the foreign and local buyers again
remained Hub-Power, which not only traded massively but also attained
the coveted mark of Rs 30.
Bank shares followed them, which rose modestly but sustained the early
gains, notable gainers among the being Crescent, Citicorp Faysal
Bank, Askari Bank and some others.
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KSE index gains 36 points on heavy share buying
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Commerce Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 7: A near-bullish conditions prevailed on the Karachi
Stock Exchange as the index gained another 36 points on heavy indexed
share buying.
The KSE 100-share index was last quoted at 1,687.81, about 12 points
short of its chart point of 1,700 points as compared to 1,652.13 a day
earlier.
GDR related shares, notably PTC vouchers and Hub-Power led the market
advance, which were not only massively traded in each session
accounting for more than a half of the total volume.
But the bone of contention among the leading investors both local and
foreign were the energy shares, which attracted heavy buying at the
lower levels and ended recovered under the lead of Sui Northern, Mari
Gas, Pakistan Refinery and PSO.
Bank shares followed them under the lead of Faysal Bank whose
directors have announced a cash dividend of five percent and bonus
shares at the rate of 10 per cent for the year ended Dec. 31, 1995.
Al-Faysal Bank, MCB, Bank of Punjab and some others were among the
best gainers. After early rise, Citicorp, however, fell sharply but
for no apparent reason.
Among mutual funds, ICP SEMF was heavily traded and ended sharply
higher and so did some of the modarabas under the lead of Imrooz and
Askari and some other leasing shares.
In the synthetic sector, Dhan Fibre was actively traded and so did
some others but gains were fractional. Auto shares rose in unison on
news of higher production, with Honda Atlas and Pak-Suzuki being in
the forefront of gainers.
Chemical and pharma shares showed divergent trend as some of the MNCs
attracted selling and ended lower under the lead of Dawood Hercules,
ICI Pakistan, and some others but Cyanamid Pakistan, Searle Pakistan,
Engro Chemicals, Fauji Fertiliser, Glaxo Lab after 12.5 per cent
interim dividend and Reckitt and Colman, which rose sharply.
The most active list was topped by PTC vouchers, up 65 paisa on
12.170m shares followed by Hub-Power, higher 45 paisa on 11.376m
shares, Lucky Cement steady 30 paisa on 1.187m shares, Faysal Bank, up
Rs 3.10 on 1.056m shares, Dhan Fibre, firm 20 paisa on 0.763m shares,
EFU General Insurance, higher Rs 2.50 on 0.479m shares, Fauji
Fertilisers, up Rs 2.50 on 0.321m shares and LTV Modaraba, steady 15
paisa on 0.242m shares. There were several other notable deals also.
Trading volume rose further to 39.940m shares from the overnight
28.1280 million shares thanks to heavy dealings in the current
favourites.
There were 311 actives, out of which 151 shares posted good gains,
while 94 fell, with 66 holding on to the last levels.
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State terrorism-II
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Ardeshir Cowasjee
FOR the record, this is the story of the murder of Ghulam Hussain
Unnar, a victim of state terrorism. This will not bring Unnar back to
life, but is written in the hope that it may help save other
endangered lives, that it may get through to a few of our callous
individuals glued to their seats of power, and make them sit up and
think.
Those responsible for the death of Unnar include the 130 million
acquiescent apathetic people of Pakistan who allow themselves to be
trampled upon, and suffer anything that a fairly or foully elected or
otherwise entrenched government metes out to them, and make not a
whimper in protest.
Ghulam Hussain Unnar was the hereditary chieftain of the Unnar tribe.
He was born on March 3, 1949, in his tribal village of Ali Abad,
Taluka Dokri, in the district of Larkana, into a family of Sindhi
politicians in whose veins flows the same blood as in those of the
other tribals the Jatois, the Legharis, the Khuhros, the Bhuttos,
the Junejos, the Jat Baloch, the Shahs, the Syeds, and the rest. He
was as well brought up as were they, schooled in wadera-shahi ways,
taught to be a zamindar, a rustler, a private jail owner, a camel
thief, or a politician.
In the 1985 partyless elections, Unnar stood for the provincial
assembly and was elected from PS-34, Larkana 6. During the years 1985
to 1988 he was both MPA and a member of the District Council. In the
1988 elections he stood on a PPP ticket and was elected once more to
the provincial assembly. He was elected chairman of the Larkana
district council in 1989, and appointed as its administrator in 1992.
Though in jail (the Bokhari leg-bomb case in which, among others, he
and Asif Zardari stood co-accused) during 1990 elections, he stood
again on a PPP ticket and was elected. Jam Sadiq, when he became chief
minister of Sindh, later released him, whereafter he and Asif fell
out. Unnar formed the Larkana Alliance which, in 1992, was merged
into the Muslim League (Functional Group). He contested the 1993
elections on an ML ticket and quite naturally lost, but by only 2,000
votes. Unnar claimed it was due to rigging, and who is to disbelieve
him.
So, he lay in a variety of political beds, and at the advent of
Benazirs second coming he emerged as a popular politician on the
wrong side of the fence.
Between November 1993 and February 1994, 17 anti-corruption cases were
brought against him, for 14 of which he managed to get bail before
arrest from the Sindh High Court, and for the remaining three bail
from the special anti-corruption court in Larkana. Between February
and June 1994 he was detained four times under the Maintenance of
Public Order Ordinance.
The blind FIR cycle of arrests was brought into play against him in
July 1994, and it kept him continuously in custody until December 5,
1995. The blind FIR (first information report) system is operated by
Station House Officers who have bought their stations (the purchasing
having been acknowledged by none less than the President of the
Republic). In league with these SHOs are some officials of Karachi
Central Prison. These 16 or so capi of the underworld are selected,
protected and they effectively co-ordinate and act as manipulated by
the Capo di capi of Islamabad.
A blind FIR is an FIR for which no case can possibly be made. It can
be used in the so-called blind system to hold in remand those that
the authorities wish to harass for political or vengeful or other
reasons. A capo whips out a dormant case file, asks his obliging
magistrate to remand the victim in his custody for 14 days (maximum
permissible) for interrogation, at the end of which he pronounces
his suspect to be innocent and releases him. But before the victim is
freed, another capo takes over and the cycle continues till the Capo
di Capi feels the victim has had enough.
At the end of 1994, a very sick and exhausted Unnar appealed to the
President for relief, and sent copies of his appeal to all those who
he thought might help. No relief was given, instead he was charged
with sedition by the Chief Minister of Sindh. He applied for bail in
the sedition case which was opposed by the government at all stages.
He appealed to the Supreme Court, where too his plea was vehemently
opposed by advocate-general Manghi of Sindh, but was granted by
Justices Mamoon Kazi and Jehangir Bashiri on December 19, 1995.
Now to how Unnar was murdered. He was a heart patient, he had
undergone bypass surgery in 1986, and since then, though under
constant medical care, was fit enough to travel, electioneer,
conspire, intrigue and lead a normal Pakistani politicians life. On
March 23, 1994, Justice Mamoon Kazi, then of the Sindh High Court,
bailed him out. Unnar walked away free but only up to the lift of the
High Court where he was re-arrested by the police, not told why, and
escorted to the anti-corruption establishment from where a minion
telephoned some high-ups triumphantly announcing Unnars re-arrest. He
was later taken to Preedy Police Station and kept there for seven days
and denied medication and diet food from home. Thereafter the sick
Unnar was flown to Larkana and lodged in the District Jail, again with
no medicines and diet food.
On April 3, an appeal was made to Chief Justice of the Sindh High
Court Nasir Aslam Zahid, who there and then ordered that Unnar be
examined by a medical board, which was done on April 4. The Board
recommended that he be hospitalised forthwith and the CJ ordered so on
April 8. His orders were disregarded, and a contempt application had
to be filed on April 12. CJ Zahid reprimanded the authorities and a
very ill Unnar was taken to the Larkana hospital on April 15. On April
16, 1994, Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid was removed from his post as Chief
Justice of the SHC and he took his oath as a member of the Shariat
Court.
On July 27, a police party arrived from Karachi with a remand order
and despite the doctors protestations, he was transported to Karachi
before dawn on the 28th. On the way, an Edhi ambulance had to be
summoned to administer oxygen. By the time he arrived in Karachi he
was so ill that there was no alternative but to take him straight to
the NICVD where he was admitted to the ICU. He was later moved to a
room, where he remained in custody until freed 18 months late on
December 19, 1995.
His heart, and naturally his general condition, continued to
deteriorate at an alarming pace. His doctors consistently recommended
that he be released and flown abroad for treatment unavailable in
Pakistan. In November 1994, a medical board (Professors Azhar Faruqui
and Sultan Shah) was appointed by the government and it categorically
stated that the only chance for Unnars survival was to immediately
fly him abroad for a heart transplant.
Unnars various appeals for release on bail fell on deaf ears, or were
not heard at all, for want of time, or for other excuses, by the Sindh
High Court.
Every relevant and concerned person in authority knew well that
Unnars implication and detention in some 63 cases were purely
vindictive and that he was being held, proper medical treatment and
succour denied to him, on the orders of as they say, the high-ups.
By the time Unnar was released on bail in December 1995 he was far too
sick to be flown abroad and was admitted to the Aga Khan hospital
where his heart finally gave way on January 25.
His death came about through systematic state terrorism. In short, he
was murdered. Most culpable are those who could have intervened and
seen to it that he was given a chance to survive. Those who abused
their authority and are responsible for his death include but are not
limited to, the power wielders in Islamabad as well as in Karachi.
To add insult to injury, APP released to the Press, on January 26,
Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttos message in which she expressed her
sense of grief... and she prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the
departed soul in the eternal peace.
Any citizen reading this column may for no fault of his one day well
fall foul of the despots, and be Unnarised. Speak out, protest,
shake yourselves out of your apathy, your stupor, and stand up and be
counted.
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The empire of the yobs
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Ayaz Amir
AS SO often in the past Asif Zardari, our radical answer to Denis
Thatcher, has got it just right. Win the World Cup, he has told our
cricketing boys, and for each member of the team there will be a plot
in Islamabad and a hefty cash prize. This is the language that our
cricketing champions understand best and the language, that of naked
money, which no one is in a position to speak better than Mr Zardari.
That our cricketing heroes, sharp about their interests, respond to
nothing more readily than to the power of such blandishments is pretty
well established by what the nation knows of them. But it had to take
someone with Asif Zardaris keen understanding of what moves the
spirit of endeavour in the Pakistani nation today to have put the
matter in so straightforward a fashion. As for sportsmanship and the
nonsense that some of us were taught at school about the important
thing being not to win but to play the game well, these are notions
with which neither the cricket team nor Asif Zardari, who in the last
few years has proved his flair for high business, would have much
patience.
To put the matter in perspective, just imagine Hillary Clinton or
Denis Thatcher (for the younger Zardari in protocol terms is their
equivalent) promising cash and real estate prizes to the American and
British Olympic teams. There would be such an uproar in their
respective countries that the very mountains would shake. Compare this
with the standards of propriety prevailing in the Islamic Republic.
Pakistans Denis Thatcher makes an announcement that in any other
country would earn him a time in the stocks. Here it elicits not the
smallest surprise. On the contrary, most people would be inclined to
think that since in the Republic everything moves with the power of
money, what is wrong with applying the same principle to the field of
sports?
Perhaps not much except that where someone in a position of authority
(as opposed to someone in a private capacity) feels not the slightest
qualm in making so blatant an appeal to someones sense of greed, this
says something about the cultural standards prevailing in that place
or country. In Europe the culture of the typical football enthusiast
is confined to a distinct section of the population. An Oxford don,
say, in normal circumstances would not be expected to behave like a
football lout. Consider our luck, therefore, where the cultural
attitudes of the highest and the most privileged in the land are no
better than what they would be of the certified yob in more favoured
climes.
Consider in this regard a few choice examples. It takes a special
cultural attitude to take a fashion troupe on a state visit to a
foreign country as Ms Bhutto did when she visited Washington. In most
other nations the compulsions behind such a move would just not be
understood. Chirac taking a circus to Washington. Helmut Kohl taking a
dancing troupe to Beijing. The very idea leaves the mind reeling.
Self-respecting nations would be hard put to even dream of such
preposterous notions. Yet Ms Bhutto did not bat an eyelid when she
took a fashion tamasha, organised by Ms Raana Shaikh, to the US.
As if that was not enough, a series of cultural shows, again
choreographed by the inevitable Ms Shaikh, are being organised for the
Cricket World Cup. When any country hosts a big sporting event it
tries its best to improve the facilities that will be on offer both to
sportsmen and spectators. Sprucing up the cities where cricket matches
are going to be held seems beyond our national capacity. So what we
are doing instead is to arrange basant melas and the like which will
pass for cultural shows. The only thing that remains to be done is to
ask Fakhar Zaman to hold a history conference, or some of the other
delicious scams he is so good at organising, to go with the World Cup.
In this atmosphere of all-round national sophistication, is it
surprising then that if Mr Asif Zardari wants to inspire our cricket
team he should have recourse to a language which comes to him
naturally and which has the added merit of being the only language
which our players can understand? Imagine Mr Zardari of all people
speaking of the glory of playing the game well and impressing upon our
cricketing yobs the need to conduct themselves well. The very scene is
improbable.
For a language of exhortation to be effective it must be attuned to
the mental and social attitudes of those to whom it is addressed.
Speaking to men of honour you appeal to their sense of honour. It is
no use employing the same language with shopkeepers, real estate
agents, car dealers and the like who, although they perform vital
functions in modern society, are moved more by the expectation of
profit than by references to integrity.
In Homer the most prized qualities in a man rest on his ability to
excel in war and to excel in debate because prowess in both mattered
to the Greeks. Invocations to honour are hardly relevant in a country
where swindling the public purse and using public office to pursue
private interests have become the highest art forms. In such a mileu
the only appeals that can be made, if you want people to do their
best, is to their self-interest. If you want justice you have to pay
for it. If you want the police to register a case you pay the police.
If you want a land deed from a patwari you make a suitable offering to
him. If you want a high-level contract you cut a deal with those who
matter. If you want something in the Punjab PPP you propitiate Ms
Naheed Khan.
Everything in the Islamic Republic has a price these days and provided
you are able and willing to pay it, the sky is the limit as far as
your reach is concerned. Why should the cricket team be an exception?
Instead of being censured Asif Zardari deserves to be complimented on
his wisdom for hitting upon the one argument calculated to send the
adrenaline surging in our cricketing champions.
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University reforms
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Editorial Column
SINCE 1989 when the Pakistan government invited the World Bank to
study and recommend reforms in the higher education sector, the
authorities have been pondering the issue. In 1994, an eleven-member
Pakistani group with two foreign consultants presented a report
containing the draft of new legislation pertaining to higher
education. One of he laws to be amended is the University Act which
has regulated the working of the institutions of higher learning in
the public sector since 1972.
Slow as the process of change traditionally is in the country, this
draft is still under debate. It has come into public notice because
differences have developed between the university teachers and the
vice-chancellors whose committee has suggested some amendments in the
draft which would enhance their powers. The VCs want the Syndicate to
have more nominated members than has been proposed. The teachers are
opposing this suggestion. It will reduce their participation in the
university management, more so because the Senate, the main statutory
body of which all university professors are members, will be
abolished.
What is at stake is the democratic principle in university management.
In that context, these two moves namely, to abolish the Senate and
increase the nominated element might not find favour with many. The
Senate with its multitudinous composition can claim to be fairly
representative, but for that reason it is unwieldy as well. Moreover,
the Senate has failed to play the role expected of it. It is required
to meet twice a year under the University Act but usually it doesnt.
In the eighties the Senates of various universities did not meet for
years. Hence its replacement by a smaller and more cohesive body which
would be in a position to act more effectively makes sense. But that
does not mean that the Senate should be replaced by a very small and
pliable body which act as a rubber stamp of the university
authorities. If most of its members are ex-officio or nominated by the
VC, as is being proposed, it would concentrate too much power in the
hands of the vice-chancellors. It is this feature of the proposed
university legislation that has come up against resistance. The World
Bank mission which first looked into the matter and suggested the
abolition of the Senate had also proposed strong representation of the
professionals on the reconstituted Syndicate. It was, however, not
categorical about the mode of appointment.
As is widely recognised, one major factor in the malaise in our
universities is the excessive concentration of power at the apex
leve1. The vice chancellors tend to be too authoritarian and do not
attach much importance to consensus or relish diversity of opinion. In
theory this might make their task easier, given the politicisation and
militarisation of the campuses have resulted in polarisation among
students and teachers communities.
When he is in a position to exercise absolute power, the VC can
enforce discipline and implement policy challenge without being
required to create a consensus and enlist the co-operation of the
teachers and students he has to work with. The World Bank study
describes the teachers and students organisations as pressure groups
and asks for their reduced role in the Syndicate.
But in practice this approach can prove counter-productive. In the
first place, it gives one individual total control of the institution.
This is not a very desirable prospect to favour since checks and
balances should be in-built in the working of institutions, especially
of the kind the universities are. They should not be deprived of the
benefit of plurality of opinion which a governing body with diverse
membership offers. Besides, a Syndicate comprising the vice-
chancellor's nominees would enable irregularities and lapses to go
unchecked. It is also important that the teachers who actually deliver
the goods should be associated with policy-making in the universities.
To dismiss their bodies as pressure groups is not correct. If they are
seen to be behaving as trade unionists which at times they do it would
be wiser to counteract their influence by including other neutral
parties in the syndicate rather than excluding teachers'
representatives altogether. This aspect of the matter must be kept
in view when the universities are restructured. Thus the Syndicate
must consist of various teachers' bodies which are represented, such
as the teachers societies, college principals and others, should
choose their own nominees. Apart from these, other professional bodies
such as the organisations of lawyers, doctors, journalists,
accountants, trade and industry, should be given representation and
they should be asked to nominate their representatives themselves.
This will give the universities a strong and diverse input of public
opinion in its policy making. This would not be possible if the
element of representation in the management of universities is further
constricted or dispensed with altogether.
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Rules of the game
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Editorial Column
THE MQM's Ajmal Dehlavi has denied a statement attributed to him by a
foreign agency that his organisation would disrupt the forthcoming
World Cup cricket matches in Karachi if the government did not stop
security operations against MQM workers.
Mr Dehlavi was quoted as saying: "If the government continues raids,
arrests and extra-judicial killings of our activists during the World
Cup, we would go for strong protest. There is no, other way out."
Contacted by Dawn, Mr Dehlavi denied having made any threat or even
talked to any correspondent of the agency concerned. At the same time,
he said he had expressed his apprehensions that if custodial killings
continued during the matches, some people might react.
The World Cup is, not a government-organised affair. Every Pakistani
feels involved in it and considers it a singular honour that Pakistani
has won the right to host some of the Cup fixtures as well as the
final. Pakistan are the defending champion, and, therefore, public
interest in the event is even keener. It would be tragic if anything
were to happen to mar the smooth holding of World Cup matches, which
promise to provide a break from the cheerless daily routine of our
lives. The militant Shiv Sena in India has previously been known to
have made such threats at the possibility of Pakistan playing in that
country, and we are sure that the MQM would not like to be in such
ignoble company. There have already been whispers abroad that
countries like Pakistan are not capable of holding international-
level events like the World Cup, if anyone here deliberately sets out
to disrupt the coming matches, he will only be proving the Cassandras
right. Moreover, far from extracting any political mileage out of such
action, any organisation or group that interferes with the smooth
course of the World Cup or seeks, political concessions through cruse
blackmail will only be losing public sympathy and run the danger of
its cause suffering incalculable damage. Even the people of Karachi
would like to have their cricket kept above the political
confrontation that rocks their city.
The MQM does not need the World Cup to remind us of the urgency of
finding a political solution to the Karachi crisis. Custodial killings
and harassment by security agencies have been criticised throughout
the country. The Press has written about such happenings and
politicians have spoken out against them. The government has denied
all allegations and entertained that it is only combating terrorists
and terrorism. But it is upto the nations interest to ensure that
arbitrary acts by the agencies operating in Karachi expressly stopped
and the law respected. It has been said before but bears repetition
that the state cannot stoop to the same intemperate level as
terrorists and trouble-makers.
The World Cup may provide an occasion for both the government and the
MQM to create an atmosphere of harmony, refrain from words or deeds
likely to provoke the side and play the political game according to
rules. The MQM often claims that it controls Karachi now is the time
for it to offer to ensure fully enthusiastic and peaceful popular
participation in an event to which Pakistanis look forward with great
excitement.
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Queering the pitch
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Editorial Column
WITH the security situation so volatile in the region which is hosting
the Sixth Cricket World Cup, any lapse on this front anywhere is bound
to create a stir in the concerned quarters. Already the devastating
blast in Sri Lanka has exposed the enormity and intensity of the
problem. In India the lunatic fringe spearheaded by Bal Thackray poses
a threat that simply cannot be ignored. From the security point of
view, Pakistan is considered relatively safe though not entirely free
from fears of disruption during the big sporting event. Given this
sensitive scenario, the storming of the Bagh-i-Jinnah ground by an
unruly crowd of intruders and spectators leading to the preparatory
match being abandoned half-way through is an ominous. The fact that
the cream of the country's cricket and members of the World Cup squad
had to put up with the rowdy scenes created by the rampaging crowd
did not speak very well of the security arrangements.
Ironically, when all this was happening in Lahore the federal interior
minister was holding fort in Karachi on the foolproof measures taken
to prevent any mishap during the World Cup matches. Both the Manager
and the Captain of the team are on record having said that despite
their frantic appeals to the police authorities satisfactory response
was not available, with the result that the game proceedings had to be
halted and eventually abandoned. In view of the fact that Lahore is
going to be the centre for most of the scheduled 16 matches, the Bagh-
i-Jinnah episode cannot and should not be treated lightly. The
Pakistan Cricket Board must take up the matter at the highest 1evel to
ensure that no such untoward incidents mar the show.
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Not another stunt?
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Editorial Column
NOT many people agree with the government's approach to charity.
Although the zakat system had been established in 1979 to provide
financial assistance to the poor and the deserving, the government of
the day found it necessary to set up another institution for the same
purpose in 1992. That was the Baitul Maal which was also designed to
dole out money to people who were certified as being needy by the
various committees set up for the purpose. Needless to say, this
approach of handing out charity to the poorsometimes at highly
publicised ceremonies has not eliminated poverty one bit in Pakistan.
Take the case of the Baitul Maal. In 1994-95 it was allocated Rs.1.1
billion and it helped about three million families. What each person
received a pittance. Thus the sum of Rs. 150 per month doled out to
needy family would mean no more than a tiny drop of relief for it; it
would neither meet its subsistence needs fully or alleviate its utter
indigence.
It is, therefore, heartening that wisdom has at last dawned on the
authorities and there is talk of the Baitul Maal's schemes being
revamped. The underlying principle appears to be that giving out
charity to people does not help them lift themselves from the abyss of
poverty and want. They continue to be poor and dependent on the
assistance of others. It might also be added that charity of this kind
also robs them of their self esteem and the incentive to generate a
living for themselves and be self-reliant. So far so good. But what
might be questioned is the wisdom of all the schemes the Baitul Maal
authorities have now announced with a fanfare.
They appear to be far too ambitious and are so widely dispersed that
it is doubtful if they will ever make an impact. According to what has
been said, technical workshops are to be set up in 175 selected
schools, 35 pre-schools are being opened to provide two years of
schooling to poor children, and orphanages patterned on the SOS
village scheme will be up in every district. Considering the fact
that the Baitul Maal's allocation for the year 1995-96 has been
slashed from Rs 1.l billion to Rs 300 million in 1995-96, these
schemes are likely to come up against the problem of poor funding and
fail to render effective assistance to the children who are intended
to benefit from them. Obviously, the resources will be spread too thin
to create much of an impact. The object seems to be to make the Baitul
Maal's activities more visible than meaningful.
For instance, setting up new schools in low-income areas is basically
the job of the education authorities. It makes little sense that the
education system should be bypassed and the Baitul Maal should be
running its own institutions which will be operating outside the
mainstream. Such fanciful experiments have been tried before
ostensibly to promote literacy and education and they have come to
naught. What did the Nai Roshni schools achieve and how many people
ever remember them now? If the government is serious about educating
the children of the poor, it should open primary schools in large
numbers in the slums of the cities and the rural areas so that they
are accessible to the poor. The Baitul Maal could give a helping hand
not so much in meeting the capital cost as in the operation of these
institutions for the benefit of the poor. This would also require the
Baitul Maal to provide scho1arships to needy pupils, give them free
lunches and even support to the families to encourage them to send
their children to school and not to require them to work for a living
some of which it has proposed to do.
Similarly, giving medical assistance to individuals may amount to
selecting a few cases out of thousands and handing out favours to
them. As can be imagined, the corruption that goes into any selection
process knows no bounds. Instead, health institutions which are known
to be providing service to the poor should be helped. If the Baitul
Maal wants, it can assume sponsorship of deserving cases already
receiving care. This would restrict the scope for corruption. Neither
would it then be possible for the zakat committee members who
recommend the names of people in need of help to use their position
for personal gain.
It is time the government redefined its policy vis-`-vis poverty
alleviation. The task must be approached in all seriousness, devoid of
gimmickry and projection glitz, and with more meaningful strategies so
that a dent can be made in the poverty situation in the country.
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Ltd.
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He's playing? That's amazing
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Samiul Hasan
Every one knows how great he used to be. But, how much a long period
of absence from the game can take out of a player is yet to be seen.
Cricket wizard Javed Miandad is all set to play the World Cup and
intends to retire soon after. Pakistan's finest batsman obviously
wants to make his farewell a memorable one.
"I have planned to say goodbye to international cricket after the
World Cup. But I think the best goodbye party I can have will be when
Pakistan retains the World Cup," says the former Pakistan captain.
"I think I have been misunderstood by certain quarters. I am not
playing the World Cup because I want to establish some sort of a
record. I am only anxious to play because I think I can still deliver
the goods. Also, I think I had some contribution in the 1992 glory. I
want to repeat those performances and consequently see Pakistan finish
at the top."
Miandad maintains that he had a desire to create a couple of records.
"But those dreams were shattered when I missed 17 Tests and 38 one-day
internationals in the last 24 months.
Why did he become available for the World Cup after being out of
commission for two years and chiefly because of knee injury. In his
defence Miandad points out that though he was physically fit for the
tour Down Under, he stayed away because he was neither match-fit nor
was he mentally prepared. "I wanted to give myself enough time to get
into good physical shape so that when I enter the field, I am not
treated as a liability.
"The other thing which forced me to give my availability was the
lacklustre performance of the batsmen in the home series against Sri
Lanka, on the Sharjah tour and, then on the tour Down Under. The
talent was definitely there but void of any experience.
Miandad stresses that he never manipulated to get himself selected.
"My selection was purely done on merit though I agree that I had made
the job of the selectors quite easy by scoring 74 not out, 20, 53 and
44 in the Wills Cup."
Miandad, revealing about the secret of 1992 victory, says: "We played
every game as the final. It lifted our performances. Earlier in the
tournament, we ware quite casual in a couple of opening games,
thinking that we can cover up initial defeats by winning at the later
stage. We were mistaken.
"I think, the same policy should be adopted in this World Cup. But
honestly, no strategy has been formed yet."
About Pakistan's chances, Miandad says they are quite bright. "But
there will be enormous pressure on our team because we are the
defending champions and are playing in front of our own crowd. If we
can sustain that pressure, I don't see why we cannot retain the
title."
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Unpredictable Pakistan may retain World Cup
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Qamar Ahmad
LONDON: Despite their richness in talent and the glut of the never-
ending production line of promising players, Pakistan, one of the top-
ranking cricketing nation of the world, remains the most unpredictable
and as such the most vulnerable of teams. In all the last five World
Cup competitions they enjoyed the honour of being tagged as one of the
favourites as did Australia, England and the West Indies.
Poor fielding, inconsistency in their batting line-up and their
failures to rise to the occasion dashed their ambitions to reach the
final of the first four tournaments. The West Indies became the only
team to win two cups in a row in 1975, the inaugural competition and
the 1979 final. India then toppled them in the 1983 final at Lords
under Kapil Dev and when the Australians, led by Allan Border, gored
them at the Gaddafi Stadium in the semi-final of the 1987 World Cup,
they were once again left in the cold.
The 1992 World Cup played in Australia and New Zealand saw much the
same pattern as far as Pakistan was concerned. Injury suffered by
Waqar Younis in the warm-up games prior to the Cup matches came as a
big blow but thankfully Javed Miandad who was left out from the
original squad by Imran Khan, the World Cup captain for dubious
reasons, was inducted in the team as an afterthought as public
pressure mounted. His inclusion transformed Pakistan beyond ones
imagination. So did the batting of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ramiz Raja and
Imran himself.
>From a position of hopelessness, Pakistan suddenly started to emerge
to destroy even teams like Australia and New Zealand who had started
to pose the biggest threat.
Whereas teams consisting of all-rounders and attacking batsmen like
the West Indians, Australians, Indians and South Africans floundered,
Pakistan made steady recovery after disappointing start to reach the
final and then beat England by 22 runs at MCG in front of over 80,000
people. It was a memorable moment and every Pakistani present at the
ground and those at home and overseas were proud of the achievement
which seemed a distance away only a few days ago.
A defeat at the hands of the West Indians by 10 wickets, a narrow
escape at Adelaide against England after being bowled out for 74 when
rain saved them was not a type of beginning that Pakistan had planned
for. India and South Africa also brought them to their knees. Only a
win against Zimbabwe was what Pakistan could boast of.
Their back-to-back win against Australia and Sri Lanka and their most
exciting encounters against New Zealand at Christchurch and Auckland
in the semi-final against New Zealand miraculously changed all that.
The day-and-night game at MCG against England in the final was the day
when Pakistan were the better team. They batted to their potential.
Imran Khan, Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq being the stars of that
bright night as were Ramiz Raja, Aamir Sohail and Wasim Akram. The
present captain Wasim Akrams two deliveries mattered in the final
reckoning. It might have come from above, that is what many thought
but Akram has bowled many like that since and is most likely to be at
his best once again. He has a team, the talent and the advantage of
being the champions.
Revolts, rebellions against their own captains, bickering on matters
not even related to the game but the social side of it, the
allegations of ball tampering, the drug scandal in the island of
Grenada which involved Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aqib Javed and
Mushtaq Ahmed on their tour of the Caribbean in 1993 had taken its
toll since.
Since their World Cup triumph in 1992, although they remained
successful at the Test level, their performance in limited-overs
cricket has not really been up to the standard of a team which has the
title of the champions of one-day cricket.
Off and on Pakistan were able to show glimpses of what they are
capable of doing and that is when they were in right frame of mind,
leaving aside the politics of the game which now and again plagues
them.
As champions, now they have a lot to prove. The team that has been
picked is the best available with the added advantage of the inclusion
of Javed Miandad, the most experienced, the most versatile who will be
playing his sixth World Cup to become the only one to do that. The
highest run-maker in the World Cup history, he is the one who will be
watched with interest because he will matter most in times of crisis.
Inzamam, the most improved and established batsman in the side, will
be the kingpin and so would Aamir Sohail, Ramiz Raja and the ever-
threatening Salim Malik who can devastate any form of bowling on his
day.
Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis and Aaqib Javed would be
as much looking forward to it as is Rashid Latif. It is an
allrounders game and Pakistan, if plays to its full potential can
prove that.
They are an unpredictable lot, they might even fade out before the
real things start to happen or they may emerge once again to fulfil
their cherished desire to retain the Cup.
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KARACHI, Feb. 2: A member of the national cricket selection committee,
Salahuddin Ahmed, has expressed optimism that Pakistan would retain
World Cup title.
He said, being selector I am confident that God willing our team will
retain its title in the coming cricket extravaganza". We have picked
up the best possible lot of talented cricketers.
Salahuddin was of the view that the World Cup squad was a balanced
one, and, it had the potential to rise to the occasion and retain
their title. "Our batting line-up is world class. I am confident that
with their joint efforts and team spirit, we will be able to come up
to the expectations of the whole nation", he added.
The national selector opined that blessings are always helpful in the
success of our team in the holy month of Ramazan. The team would
certainly get the blessings from the nation, but besides that we need
hard work, courage and devotion to take on the teams in the league
matches and make way for the semi-final and final.
The team has some fielding weakness, but under the supervision of
Manager Intekhab Alam, it would improve day-by-day.
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Arif Abbasi sad over Lahore incident
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Sports Correspondent
LAHORE, Feb. 3: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Arif
Abbasi said that 5,000-7,000 tickets will be sold to enthusiasts at
every venue of the World Cricket Cup matches in Pakistan. He had
handed over the tickets to the National Bank (NBP) for sale.
Mr Abbasi, while replying to questions from the media people, said
that the capacity of the Qadhafi Stadium had been raised to 30,000. He
added: It was not possible to increase the capacity further. It could
have caused an accident like the one which occurred at Nagpur, killing
many and injuring many people.
The PCB official expressed his sorrow at the incident at the Bagh-i-
Jinnah which led to the abandonment of the match between Pakistan team
and PIA Combined Eleven. He said that the PCB had only hired the
venue, and making the necessary arrangements was the duty of the
management. If it failed in its duty it was not the fault of the PCB.
Abbasi said in view of the sad incident, the England teams practice
matches would have to be shifted to some other ground.
Abbasi said that security and other arrangements for the World Cup
have been given to specialists. It was impossible to guarantee hundred
per cent safety of the teams. Still he hoped that adequate measures
would be taken to avoid any untoward incident. He said professional
agencies were taking care of all aspects of organisation of the World
Cup matches and he saw no problem arising during the games.
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PTV not to show opening ceremony
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Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Feb. 5: Cricket enthusiasts, interested in watching the
opening ceremony of the World Cup, should start installing dish
antennas at their residences because the Pakistan Television
Corporation (PTV) will not be televising it.
According to well placed sources, the WorldTel has demanded US $
200,000 from the government run organisations if it was interested in
getting the pictures live from Eden Garden, Calcutta, on Feb. 11.
In response to the Jan 23 invitation from WorldTel, the PTV turned
down the offer on the stand that if the WorldTel would also share the
expenses of the closing ceremony which WorldTel has refused.
However, the PTV will be showing the closing ceremony scheduled to
held at Lahore on March 17.
Interestingly, the 90-minute opening ceremony, is not in the package
of US $ 750,000 which the PTV has signed.
The PTV has already fulfilled its contractual obligation by giving US
$ 750,000 in four instalments. 30% had to be paid upon execution of
the contract while the next 30% was due to be paid by Sept. 30. The
other 30% had to be paid by Nov. 15 and the final 10% by Jan 15.
Sources, requesting not be identified, stated that the PTV will show
the matches round the clock.
The sources stated that preference would be given to Pakistan matches
by the PTV. For example, Pakistan and South Africa match on Feb. 29
will be shown live by the PTV while the ball-to-ball recording of the
other match on the same day (West Indies vs Kenya at Pune) will be
shown later in the evening.
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PLAY THE WORLD CUP LIVE BE THERE WITH YOUR DREAM TEAM
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Announcing the dream team competition. Your chance to select your own
cricket team, track its performance in the World Cup and all this from
the comfort of your home!
HOW TO PLAY
February 14 - March 18 1996, the 6th World Cup will be played in
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A total of 168 players, 14 from each of
the 12 countries will play the World Cup.
1 Pick 14 players out of the 168 players of the 12 participating
teams. All teams must not include more than 2 players from any of the
12 participating countries.
2 Once you have selected your Dream Team and your entry has been
registered you are ready to play in the World Cup. The progress of
your Dream Team will be calculated and monitored by the Dream Team
Score System.
3 The Dream Team Score System will calculate the performance of the
players of each Dream Team. The winning Dream Team is decided on the
basis of the following.
SCORING SYSTEM
Every run scored by your team member 1 point
Every wicket taken by your bowler 20 points
Every catch/stumping taken by your fielder 5 points
The points of all 168 players, including those in your Dream Team,
will be accumulated. At the end of the -Tournament, the Dream Team
with the highest number of accumulated points will be declared the
winner.
4 You entry form must reach this address
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DAWN Newspaper
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Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road,
Karachi 74200,
PAKISTAN
not later than February 13, 1996. On receipt, your entry form will be
officially registered in the Dream Team Competition. No amendment can
be made once registration is completed. In the event of, and for
whatever reason, the player/s selected by you does/do not play in one
or more or all matches, the performance of only the remaining players
in your team will be calculated. In the event of, and for whatever
reason, a no match/abandoned match situation arises, no point will be
awarded to the players.
5. Your Dream Team must include atleast one wicketkeeper, 3 specialist
batsman and 3 specialist bowlers.
COMPETITION ENTRY FORM
Applications which do not comply with the rules of the Dream Team
Competition will be disqualified. (Please use block letters)
Name:
Age:
Education:
Profession
Family Size:
Address:
Postcode:
Country
ID Card No.:
Passport No.:
Select your Dream Team and then write the number and name of the
player chosen.
AUSTRALIA
1 MARK TAYLOR (C)
2 AN HEALY (VC) (WK)
3 MICHAEL BEVAN
4 DAMIEN FLEMING
5 STUART LAW
6 SHANE LEE
7 CRAIG McDermott
8 GLEN McGRATH
9 RICKY PONTING
10 PAUL REIFFEL
11 MICHAEL SLATER
12 SHANE WARNE
13 MARK WAUGH
14 STEVE WAUGH
ENGLAND
15 MICHAEL ATHERTON (c)
16 ALEC STEWART (vc) (WK)
17 DOMINIC CORK
18 PHILLIP DE FREITAS
19 NEIL FAIRBROTHER
20 DARREN GOUGH
21 GRAEME HICK
22 RICHARD ILLINGWORTH
23 PETER MARTIN
24 JACK RUSSEL
25 NEIL SMITH
26 ROBIN SMITH
27 GRAHAM THORPE
28 CRAIG WHITE
HOLLAND
29 STEVEN LUBBERS (c)
30 REINOUT SCHOLTE (vc)
31 FALVIAN APONSO
32 PAUL JAM BAKKER
33 PATER CANTRELL
34 NOLAN CLARKE
35 TIM DE LEEDE
36 ERIK GOUKA
37 FLORIS JANSEN
38 ROLAND LEFEBVRE
39 MARCEL SCHEWE
40 KLAAS JAN VAN NOORTWIJK
41 ROBERT VAN OOSTEROM
42 BAS ZUIDERENT
INDIA
43 MUHAMMAD AZHAR-UD-DIN (c)
44 SACHIN TENDULKAR (c)
45 SALIL ANKOLA
46 AJAY JADEJA
47 VILOD KAMBLI
48 AASHISH KAPOOR
49 ANIL KUMBLE
50 SANJAY MANJREKAR
51 NAYAN MONGIA (WK)
52 MANOJ BARBHAKAR
53 VENKETSH PRASAD
54 VENKATAPATHY RAJU
55 NAVJOT SIDHU
56 JAVAGAL SRINATH
KENYA
57 MAURICE ODUMBE (c)
58 ASIF KAREEM (vc)
59 RAJAB ALI
60 DEPAK CHUDASAMA
61 TARIQ IQBAL
62 HITESH MODI
63 THOMAS ODOIO
64 ADVERD ODUMBE
65 LAMECK ONYANGO
66 KENNEDY OTIENO
67 MARTIN OWITI
68 BRIJAL PATEL
69 DAVID TIKOLO
70 STEVE TIKOLO
NEWZEALAND
71 L.K. GERMON (c) (WK)
72 N.J. ASTLE (vc)
76 C.L. CAIRNS
84 S.P. FLEMING
74 C. HARRIS
81 R. KENNEDY
80 G.R. LARSEN
78 D.K. MORRISON
77 D.J. NASH
73 A.C. PARORE
79 D.N. PATEL
75 C. SPEARMAN
83 S.A. THOMPSON
82 R.G. TWOSE
PAKISTAN
85 WASIM AKRAM (C)
86 MMIR SOHAIL (VC)
87 IJAZ AHMED
88 MUSHTAQ AHMED
89 SAEED ANWAR
90 INZAMAM-UL-HAQ
91 MQIB JAVED
92 RASHID LATIF (WK)
93 SALIM MALIK
94 JAVED MIANDAD
95 SAOLAIN MUSHTAO
96 RAMIZ RAJA
97 ATA-UR-REHMAN
98 WAQAR YOUNIS
SOUTH AFRICA
99 HANSIE CRONJE (C)
100 CRAIG MATTHEWS (VC)
101 PAUL ADAMS
102 DARYL CULLINAN
103 ALAN DONALD
104 FANIE De VILLIERES
105 ANDREW HUDSON
106 JACOUES KALLIS
107 GARY KIRSTEN
108 BRIAN McMILLAN
109 STEVE PALFRAMAN (WK)
110 SHAUN POLLOCK
111 JONTY RHODES
112 PAT SYMCOX
SRI LANKA
113 ARJUNA RANATUNGA (C)
114 ARAVINDA De SILVA (VC)
115 MAVAN ATAPATTU
116 UPUL CHANDANNA
117 KUMARA DHARMASENA
118 ASANKA GURUSINGHE
119 SANATH JAYASURIYA
120 R0MESH KAWWITHARANA (WK)
121 ROSHAN MAHANAMA
122 MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN
123 RAVINDRA PUSHPAKUMAR
124 HASHAN TILLEKERATNE
125 CHAMINDA VAAS
126 PRAM0DAYA WICKREMASINGHE
UAE
127 SULTAN ZARWANI (C)
128 SAEE D ALSAFFAR (VC)
129 IMTIAZ ABBASI (WK)
130 SHAHZAD ALTAF
131 MOHAMMED ASLAM
132 SHAUKAT DUKANWALA
133 SHEIKH MAZHAR HUSSEIN
134 MOHAMMAD ISHAO
135 ARSHAD LAIO
136 VIJAY MEHRA
137 GANESH MYLVAGANAM
138 SALIM RAZA
139 SYED AZHAR SAEED
140 JOHANNE SAMARASEKERA
WEST INDIES
141 R.B. RICHARDSON (C)
142 J.C. ADAMS
143 C.E.L. AMBROSE
144 K.L.T. ARTTHURTON
145 I.R. BISHOP
146 C.O. BROWNE (WK)
147 S.L. CAMPBELL
148 S.C. CHANDERPAUL
152 C.E. CUFFY
149 O.D. GIBSON
150 R.A. HARPER
151 R.l.C. HOLDER
153 B.C. LARA
154 C.A. WALSH
ZIMBABWE
155 A. FLOWER.(C/WK)
156 E.A. BRANDES
157 A.D.R. CAMPBELL
158 S. DAVIES
159 C.N. EVANS
160 G.W. FLOWER
161 A.P.C. LOCK
162 H.R. OLONGO
163 S. G. PEALL
164 H.H. STREAK
165 P.A. STRANG
166 B.C. STRANG
167 A. C. WALLER
168 G. J. WHITALL
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