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Ring magnet ruse delays shipment of arms
Agencies mount hunt for Kansi
Altaf Hussains expulsion
US turns down MQM leaders asylum plea
Eight MQM men killed : police claim encounter
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Forex reserves swell to $1.8b
Devaluation fails to reverse falling exports
Qadirpur gasfield opened
Ecnec okays Rs 11 billion uplift projects
No local taxes for power projects
Index down 39.46 points
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My dear Prime Minister.... Ardeshir Cowasjee
The freedom to rant Ayaz Amir
Disincentive to investment Editorial Column
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Wasim may help restore national pride
Miandad poised to set two records
Richardson pledges to win Cup
Calcutta semi-final under threat
Kapil for ban on Australia, W.I.
A case for the underdogs
Lanka cash in on Cup silver lining
Who has the stomach to win the cup?
Information on World Cup
Dream team update
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Ring magnet ruse delays shipment of arms
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Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON, Feb 15: The State Department indicated that no decision
had yet been taken by the US to start shipment of arms worth $368
million to Pakistan, authorised by the Brown amendment.
The State Department comment came after reports in Washington Post and
Washington Times that US may not ship these arms in view of the
transfer of nuclear technology to Pakistan by China.
Spokesman Nick Burns told the regular briefing that US had not yet
made decision to ship these arms to Pakistan. We want to continue our
discussions with the Congress and with the Government of Pakistan.
At a separate news conference John Holum, director of the US Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency said the US government has set no
deadline for deciding whether to impose sanctions on China, suspected
of selling nuclear technology to Pakistan, adds AFP.
If an ongoing investigation determines the illegal technology transfer
occurred, Washington will do what the US law requires based mainly
on proliferation considerations, he said.
The US law requires automatic economic sanctions against any country
violating the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty, but the president can
lift the sanctions if justified by national interest. He can make that
decision only upon the recommendation of the secretary of state.
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Agencies mount hunt for Kansi
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Abdul Sami Paracha
PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Foreign intelligence agencies in Peshawar have
mounted a desperate hunt to arrest Aimal Kansi following intelligence
reports about his presence inside Afghanistan. They are in a close
liaison with their Pakistani counterparts to catch the most wanted
fugitive who carries a prize money of two million dollars which would
be given to a person whose information could lead to his arrest, Dawn
has learnt from highly placed sources.
An official at the US embassy in Islamabad confirmed reports of
Kansis presence in Afghanistan while talking to Dawn, and said a
clandestine operation was in the offing for his arrest.
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Altaf Hussains expulsion
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Anjum Niaz
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: As a follow-up to Pakistans renewed request for
the expulsion of Mohajiir Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussian from
London, Britain is sending its Minister of State in the Foreign
Office, Jeremy Hanley, to study the Karachi situation and hold
important meetings with the Sindh government officials and MQM
leaders.
The minister who comes to Pakistan for the first time, will spend two
days in Karachi and study the law and order situation in the backdrop
of disturbances in the metropolis.
Interior Minister Naseerullah Babar had told Dawn last month that
Pakistan had despatched fresh evidence of Altaf Hussains involvement
in terrorism.
It may be mentioned that Michael Howard had indicated to journalists
that Britain did not have enough convincing evidence to expel Altaf
Hussain.
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US turns down MQM leaders asylum plea
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Feb 15: An imprisoned MQM leader Kunwar Khalid Younus who was
on his way back to prison from a court, requested the police escort to
stop at the US Consulate General and sought political asylum. He
surrendered to the police when his plea was turned down.
However, Mr Younus was conveyed assurances given by the interior
minister Naseerullah Babar to the US ambassador, Thomas W. Simons Jr.
that he would not be tortured or killed in custody.
A crisis struck the US consulate in the afternoon when the former MNA
who was being driven to prison from the Special Terrorist Court
requested for the prison van to be stopped at the consulate entrance,
saying he wanted to return some library books.
Once inside, Mr Younus who is being tried in 71 criminal cases, told a
consulate officer that his life was in danger. Later, he told US
consul general, Mary Virginia Kennedy, of his fears.
However, to end the crisis, the US ambassador spoke to the interior
minister and informed him about the fears expressed by Khalid Younus.
Later, the interior Minister rang up the Sindh Governor, Kamal Azfar.
Mr Azfar also spoke to the consul general and assured her that the
former MNA would not be tortured or killed in custody.
After assurances from the government functionaries, the former MNA
surrendered himself to the police. He was nervous and reluctant to
surrender himself, a witness told Dawn.
I went inside to lodge my protest. To protest against the massacre of
innocent people. I have been assured that the oppression of Mohajirs
will not continue. Tomorrow is a new day.
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Eight MQM men killed: police claim encounter
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Feb 16: Eight Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers were
killed and two others suffered injuries when police stormed a house in
a congested neighbourhood of Orangi Town.
Police claimed that the house was raided after reports that some
terrorists were gathering there to carry out terrorist activity.
In the gunbattle, which according to police lasted one hour, two key
MQM workers Hassan Akhtar and Atif Ghori wanted in dozens of murders
cases, died with their six companions.
They were identified as Mustaqeem, Mohammad Yaqoob, Nazir Ahmed,
Mohammad Salim, Mohammad Farooq and Shahid.
Two of their companions Aejaz Ahmed and Ishtiaq were wounded and
admitted to Civil Hospital.
All the eight killed were in their 20s and had received multiple
bullet wounds.
Head Constable Mehmoodul Aziz, police claimed, was also wounded. He
was hit in the thigh. The search of the house, they said, yielded two
AK-47 rifles, a .22 rifle, three pistols, a mouser, a revolver and
some bullets.
Among the eight dead, police accused only Hasan Akhtar of being
involved in over two dozen murders. A police handout sent to newspaper
offices remained silent about the past record of the remaining seven
deceased.
During the month, 25 MQM activists have been killed in alleged
encounters with the police and rangers, raising the years toll of
such deaths to 51.
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Forex reserves swell to $1.8b
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MULTAN, Feb 18: Minister of State for Finance Makhdoom Shahabuddin has
said the national foreign exchange reserves have increased to the tune
of $ 1.8 bn.
Makhdoom Shahabuddin said the economy has been put on the right track,
and the general growth rate is expected to be at the level of 8.2 % by
the end of current financial year while the deficit of the budget is
being reduced to the level of 4.8 % from the existing 5.6 %.
About the steps being taken for arresting the increasing trend of the
inflation, he said at present it is 7 % which has been brought down
from 13 % in December and 15 % in October last.
The foreign capital influx has shown a healthy trend as during the
first half of the current fiscal year these were recorded to 450 to $
500 million, he said, adding the Karachi Stock Exchange during January
and early February showed a tremendous recovery of its falling share
values.
He said during the first half of the fiscal year, the overall exports
showed increase of 7 % although, the achievement is much less than
that of the target.
He observed the role of the government has been left to monitor the
rates and tariffs besides running the affairs in the essential
sectors.
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Devaluation fails to reverse falling exports
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Sultan Ahmed
DESPITE the increasing efforts of the government and its several
conferences with exporters to boost the sagging exports, figures for
the first seven months of the current financial year ending January
show a fall in exports of 4.3 per cent against the targeted export
growth of 14 per cent, and rise of the trade deficit to 2.25 billion
dollars.
The staggering deficit is larger than the targeted deficit of $ 2.04
billion for the whole year, and double the deficit for the same period
last year. That happened not only because of the fall in exports but
also the sharp rise in imports in the same seven-month period which
was 18 per cent against the targeted rise of 10.6 per cent for the
whole year.
The fall in exports and increase in the trade deficit have been steady
since the beginning of this financial year. The trade gap increased to
$1 billion in the first quarter of this year when the main items of
exports dropped by 8.3 per cent. By the end of the second quarter on
December 31 the gap widened to $2 billion. And if the present trend
persists with year may end with a deficit of $3.0-3.5, billion dollars
and swell the total deficit in the total balance of payments to 5 to
six per cent of the GDP (as in 1992-93 when the balance of payments
deficit peaked to 6.4 per cent of the GDP as against the targeted
deficit of 4.1 per cent.
As a major measure to reverse the declining trend of exports, the
rupee was devalued by 7 per cent on October 28, 1996, which marked a
total 10 per cent devaluation since the June 14 budget. And three
months have passed since that substantial devaluation, and yet its
impact has not been felt on the export earnings of many major and
minor items. The only significant improvement has been in the area of
cotton whose output is estimated at 10.5 million bales leaving over 2
million bales for exports. But the All Pakistan Textile Mills
Association is objecting to liberal exports and seeking all kinds of
checks to force down cotton prices which the growers and their local
lobby led by Makhdoom Shah Mahmaud Qureshi will not accept.
What has happened has not come as surprise at all. In 1993, within two
weeks, Nawaz Sharif government and the caretaker regime of Moeen
Qureshi, too, devalued the rupee by 10 per cent and described it as
one-time measure, and yet 1993-94 ended with a fall in exports of 2
per cent. Worse may happen this time unless effective remedial steps
are taken by the government in full cooperation with the exporters who
have to play a very fair game.
What is remarkable is that while export earnings increased by 16.7 per
cent last year due not to the increase in the volume of goods exported
but due to rise in prices of the exports, the same trend is persisting
this year as well, except that while the export prices have increased,
the volume of goods, not excluding minor items like fish and
vegetables, has fallen. And now the government which had spoken of
exporting water to the Gulf despite the acute shortage of water in
Karachi, is proposing to export Reti and Bajri to Bangladesh, Maldives
etc. to earn little sums at the cost of the harassed house-builders of
Karachi.
Despite such strong negative trends in exports, the chairman of the
Export Promotion Bureau mian Habibullah, is confident the export
targets for the current year will be met.
The EPB has become too much of show place busy with arranging trade
exhibitions in a hurry all over the world and putting up poor shows.
In fact, too many of the EPB officials are busy fly out to such shows
abroad and they have little time to focus on the problem of falling
exports and removing deterrents to their growth. According to EPB
sources its vice-chairman Abu Shahmim Arif made 27 foreign trips in
1994-95 with too little to show in terms of growth in exports target
for which for the current year was recently scaled down from $ 9.2
billion to 8.88 billion and yet the exports are far below the
schedule.
What is obvious is that the ready recourse to devaluation of the rupee
will neither boost exports in big way nor dampen the imports
substantially.
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Shamim Shamsi
SUKKUR, Feb 18: Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said here that the
discovery of the Qadirpur gasfield could pave the way for taking the
natural energy resource into every household in interior of Sindh.
Inaugurating the 200-million-dollar gasfield, developed by the Oil and
Gas Development Corporation with the assistance of two Italian
companies, Ms Bhutto described it as the third major discovery made
by her government since it began exploring energy resources.
Saying that her government had concluded 50 agreements with foreign
countries for exploration of oil and gas, she pointed out that work
was in progress on 20 projects under these agreements.
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Ecnec okays Rs 11 billion uplift projects
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Executive Committee of the National Economic
Council (ECNEC) which met here under the Chairmanship of Prime
Ministers Adviser on Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr V.A. Jafarey,
approved 11 development projects costing Rs 11.2 billion.
The ECNEC approved the establishment of a new campus for NWFP
University of Engineering and Technology, at Jalozai, Peshawar. The
project envisages construction of four academic blocks, two hostels
for students and supporting infrastructures for the university.
The committee approved a revised scheme for the construction of 414-
bed Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) Complex which would comprise
wards, casualty, outpatients, radiology and pathology departments,
nursing school, residential accommodation for officers and staff and
nursing hostel.
The ECNEC approved a project envisaging the improvement of water
supply services and ensure its equitable distribution in the deficit
areas of Karachi by constructing additional overhead and underground
reservoirs, augmentation of pumping stations and rehabilitation of
rising mains.
The committee approved the revised projects for the establishment of
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)
at Faisalabad. The institute would help develop the infrastructure for
research and development in the field of biotechnology and genetic
engineering for the study and solution of problems related to energy,
agriculture, science, industry and industrial waste management.
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M. Ziauddin
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The government has decided to exempt the private
power projects from provincial and local government taxes in order to
protect the final consumers from pass-through escalation in power
tariffs.
Since the matter comes under the purview of provincial autonomy, the
directive for the exemption is proposed to be circulated among the
provinces/local governments in the form of an advisory.
However, if provincial governments levy any tax then as per
implementation agreement it will be treated as a pass-through item in
the tariff to be absorbed by WAPDA/KESC and accordingly the final
tariff will be increased, officials explained.
In order to avert such a situation, the private power investment board
initially made two recommendations:
* WAPDA/KESC may be allowed to increase the tariff automatically in
the form of additional surcharge equivalent to tax levied by the
provincial/local government, passing on the additional burden of
increased taxes to consumers without seeking prior approval of
competent authority.
* A mechanism be evolved for the deduction from the budget allocation
granted to the concerned province/local body responsible for levy of
local taxes.
However, after consulting law, finance and planning and development
ministries a proposal has been finalised according to which
provinces/local bodies will be discouraged from imposing fresh
taxes/levies on private power projects, because the bulk tariff
offered by the government had no such provision.
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Index down 39.46 points
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Commerce Reporter
KARACHI, Feb 18: Stocks fell across a broad front as technically-
inspired selling dominated the scene, pushing the index sharply down
by 39.46 points.
The index was initially down by about 8 points on massive early
selling in the pivotals but mid-session revival of demand at the fall
enabled the index to recoup a half of the initial fall.
The KSE 100-share index was last quoted around 1,817.76 as compared to
1,855.22 and there are fears that it could again breach the 1,800-
point owing to Eid-holiday inspired selling from jobbers and bargain-
hunters.
There is a perception and shared by all leading analysts that the
market could take a breather after consolidating its current run-up
around 2,000 points and from that level it could move either-way
depending background news.
Profit-taking was evident on all the counters but the worst-hit were
some of the overvalued shares, notably ICI Pakistan, Engro Chemicals,
Highnoon, Searle Pakistan, and Pakistan Gun, which showed fall ranging
from Rs 3 to 5.
All leading auto shares followed them, falling by Rs 1.50 to 2.25 for
Honda-Atlas, Indus Motors, and Pak-Suzuki Motors.
Bank shares also fell under the lead of Al-Faysal, Askari, Bank of
Punjab and Prime Bank, but falls were modest and reflected stray
selling.
Energy shares showed mixed trend, while National Refinery, Shell
Pakistan, and Sui Northern fell, others rose were Pakistan Oilfield
and Pakistan Refinery.
Despite general selling, the market was not without some special
features as some of the leading shares managed to put on fresh good
gains under the lead of Parke-Davis, which shot up by another Rs 145
to Rs 850 on news of a good final dividend of 80 per cent and reported
shortage of the floating stock. About 2,000 shares were traded at this
high mark for a 10-rupee share.
Other good gainers were led by 4th and Third ICPs, which rose by Rs 5
to 20 followed by 6th, 13th, 15th and 17th ICP, which rose each by one
rupee.
Millat Tractors, Cherat Papers, which rose by Rs 8 following a good
interim and bonus shares but it was quoted spot to check speculative
rise.
BOC Pakistan, Siemens Pakistan, Pak Elektron, Mitchells Fruits, and
Pakistan Oilfields also rose by one rupee to Rs 2.
The most active list was again topped by PTC vouchers, off Rs 3 on
18.589m shares followed by Hub-Power, lower 75 paisa on 13.239m
shares, ICI Pakistan, off Rs 3.25 on 0.889m shares, Kohinoor Energy,
up 75 paisa on 0.585m shares, LTV Modaraba, easy 55 paisa on 0.588m
shares, Lucky cement, off 65 paisa on 0.707m shares, Faysal Bank, off
Rs 1.55 on 0.547m shares.
Other actively traded shares were led by Fauji Fertiliser up one rupee
on 0.421 shares, Dhan Fibre, lower 25 paisa on 0.328m shares, ICP
SEMF, off Rs 2 on 0.210m shares and Sui Northern, off Rs 3 on 0.344m
shares. There were several other notable deals also.
Trading volume fell to 40.618m shares from the weekends 67m shares
owing to the absence of leading sellers. There were 267 actives, out
of which 168 shares fell, while 53 rose, with 46 holding on to the
last levels.
DIVIDEND NEWS: Brooke Bond Pakistan interim dividend at the rate of 20
per cent, Reckitt and Colman, final dividend at the rate of 23 per
cent and bonus shares of 10 per cent.
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My dear Prime Minister....
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By Ardeshir Cowasjee
WHILST my friend, columnist Nasim Zehra, was doing her research to
write on the present state of our judiciary and the 1995 Judges Case
(hearing of which recommences in the Supreme Court on March 3) she
came across a relevant but badly composed letter written by a leader
of the political sovereign, that is the poor masses of Pakistan,
Benazir Bhutto, the Leader of the Opposition to My dear Prime
Minister, Nawaz Sharif, on July 4, 1993.
Time frame: On April 17, 1993, Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of
Pakistan, although enjoying a clear two-thirds majority in the
National Assembly, very unnecessarily took on President Ghulam Ishaq
Khan and made a stupid speech on PTV. Ghulam Ishaq sacked him the next
day. On May 26, 1993, the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Dr
Nasim Hasan Shah, by its historical judgment, and a majority of ten
to one (Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, dissenting), reinstated Nawaz Sharif
and his Assembly.
On July 18, 1994, Nawaz and Ghulam Ishaq were forced to resign by the
supreme power that emanates from the barrel of a gun. Caretaker Moeen
Qureshi took over on July 19. Free and fair elections were held, on
October 6 for the National assembly and on October 9 for the
Provincial Assemblies. On October 19, 1993, Benazir Bhutto was sworn
in as Prime Minister.
Reproduced hereunder are some interesting and relevant paragraphs from
Benazirs July 4, 1993, letter to My dear Prime Minister:
I write to you at an anguished moment in our countrys history whilst
the spectre of chaos, confusion and controversy threatens to destroy
our political structures and plunge our nation, its people, economy
and way of life into the darkest depths of despair....
It is no use denying that a deep political crisis exists and that
legal remedies sought so far have failed to bring back stability...
We in the Pakistan Peoples Party had proposed in June 1993 a three-
point formula for resolving the present crisis:
1) Formation of a national government.
2) Package of constitutional reforms.
3) Date for fresh elections.
From the formation of a national government to the date for fresh
elections we envisage a three-month period whereby general elections
may take place by the autumn of this year.
We had hoped that negotiations between Government and Opposition
would bear fruit. Unfortunately, PDA-Government talks have broken down
with the Government being unable to signal its goodwill through some
small measures that were being required to end political and economic
victimisation...
If, as in the past, you once again dismiss the call for immediate
elections, then I am afraid Pakistan will only see further instability
and the responsibility for the consequences will be with the
Government.
If that is how you wish to govern for as long as you can eke out,
then that is the nations misfortune. We in the Opposition would be
left with no other option but to go directly to the people and
mobilise their strength in seeking a solution based on the three-point
formula.
Elections alone will be a partial solution. the preferred solution is
one with constitutional reforms so that an elected government may
govern in peace while the Opposition may perform its functions in
equal peace, knowing that it will get a fair chance in due course.
That means:
1) Electoral Reforms: The election process lies at the heart of a
democratic polity. As the sitting government has the administration at
its disposal, we propose that the Chief Election Commissioner should
be nominated by the leader of the Opposition. Other reforms in the
electoral process, including elimination of ID Card alone as a form of
identification, to be mutually discussed.
2) Political Parties Act be reformed to end the scourge of
blackmailing, bribery and horse-trading. A simple letter from the
Leader of the Parliamentary party concerned should be sufficient to
de-seat a member unless 30 per cent of the group decide to defect
together.
3) Appointment of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court and High Courts
be done by mutual agreement of the Leader of the House and Leader of
the Opposition to ensure that the judiciary is seen to be fair.
4) Appointment of Service Chief be left to the discretion of the
President so that the Forces are free from the fray of political life
and the vagaries of government.
5) Appointment of Governors by mutual agreement between the Leader of
the Opposition and Leader of the House to ensure that provincial
autonomy is not violated by a sitting federal government through the
governor.
6) Appointment of Judges of superior judiciary by a parliamentary
committee.
7) Restoration of womens seats to the National Assembly, restoration
of joint electorate, and lowering of the voting age to 18 years.
8) Extending the right of adult franchise to the Tribal Areas and
evolving a system of self-government for the Northern Areas.
9) Repeal of Article 58(2)(b) of the Constitution.
10) Making Parliament sovereign for legislative purposes and reducing
the tenure of Parliament, President and Senate to four years...
While the concentration of some powers in the President might make
him powerful, the concentration of all powers, judicial, electoral,
gubernatorial, political and legislative, in the Prime Minister would
be extremely dangerous.
We must learn from our history and its mistakes to ensure that our
proud Federation, its hard-working people and our future generations
have a better chance, a better life, a better choice than our
predecessors did. That can only be ensured by building a society where
the law and the Constitution remain supreme, where the weak and the
oppressed can change their destiny and hold their rulers accountable
at regular intervals...
The attempt to revive a dead assembly through a resolution was not
only unrealistic but unconstitutional. This has deepened our fears
that the Federal Government is determined to seize all powers through
fair means or foul. This apprehension needs dispelling.
The Army has shown remarkable restraint but it would not be wise
policy to test their patience or the endurance of the people. It is
not a question of power or the spoils of office, but creating a
society which has the benefit of the rule of law and where the
institutions are bigger than individuals. Ultimately it is not for the
courts to decide political questions. This is the sole prerogative of
the people of Pakistan. History will not forgive those who obstruct
the privilege of the political sovereign, that is the poor masses of
Pakistan, to exercise their will. Pakistans dilemma can only be
resolved by the ballot.
Let the people judge.
Now, after 28 months of Benazirs second rule, we are once again at
an anguished moment in our countrys history whilst the spectre of
chaos, confusion and controversy threatens to destroy our political
structures and plunge our nation, its people, economy and way of life
into the darkest depths of despair.
I am sending a reminder copy of this letter to Nawaz Sharif,
suggesting that he and all other leaders of the sovereign power in
opposition, address a similar letter to My dear Prime Minister,
Benazir Bhutto.
Benazir has successfully contrived to concentrate all powers,
judicial, electoral, gubernatorial, political and legislative, unto
herself, which situation in July 1993 she had deemed most dangerous.
She has victimised the opposition to such an extent that she has also
virtually achieved a one-party rule. Many of her opponents are
jailed and are unable to obtain bail, those who are critically ill
conveniently die in custody, and in Karachi the system of killing
enemies of the party in power through police encounters is working
to perfection.
She has horse-traded and dissolved assemblies. She has appointed her
own Election Commissioner, her own governors, and did her best to
appoint her own army chief but fortunately failed. She has packed our
courts, and used the Eighth Amendment, which she abhors and wishes to
repeal, to punish two Chief Justices by transferring them to the
Shariat Court. Now, three of our four High Courts are presided over by
Acting Chief Justices, who can be unseated by the issuance of a mere
notification.
She appointed as the Chief Justice of Pakistan Sajjad Ali Shah
(forgetting that he had the capacity to rightly or wrongly stand up
alone against ten of his brothers and be counted), who now, against
her apparent will, wishes to exercise power in terms of the oath he
has sworn In the Name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most
merciful to right the wrong and strengthen the judiciary, for which
he and his family are being intimidated and harassed by the flunkies
of her government.
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The freedom to rant
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Ayaz Amir
A STRANGE and marvellous freedom the Fourth Estate is enjoying. It can
print what it likes: exposes, scandals, even innuendoes based upon the
flimsiest of evidence. But for all the effect that it has it could be
howling in the dark.
The press may have become more powerful since the lifting of martial
law in 1985, or that at least is what it would like to think; but at
the same time the world of Pakistani officialdom has acquired a
thickness of skin that a rhinoceros would envy. More power on the one
hand and greater insensitivity on the other thus go hand in hand.
The saga of the Mehran Bank; the payoffs to Aftab Sherpao which were
then channelled into the drive to unseat the Frontier government;
General Aslam Begs admission of having received 14 crores, no less,
from Yunus Habib; reports of bunglings in the expected purchase of
aircraft for the PIA; endless tales of corruption and kickbacks in
other sectors of national life all this and much more has appeared
in the press. But these exposures have led to nothing: no judicial
investigations, no prosecutions of any sort.
If Pakistani dictators had been blessed with the gift of foresight
they would never have taken the trouble of trying to gag the press.
They would not have gone through the contortions of something like the
Press and Publications Ordinance. Instead they would have done what
the countrys democrats have learnt to do: treat the snivellings of
the press with a lordly disdain. How wrong the notion that the Press
can subvert if not overthrow governments. As its current impotence
demonstrates it can do no such thing. Nor is it accurate to call the
press the Fourth Estate. In circumstances where even the legislature
and the judiciary have lost a great deal of their importance and
relevance, how can the press with its ineffectual efforts lay claim to
any grandiloquent title?
This situation would be amusing if it were not sinister at the same
time. In the past when the Pakistani nation went through one of its
bouts of intense short-sightedness, such as during the East Pakistan
crisis of 1971, it had a convenient alibi in dictatorship. We could
not see because of the scales on our eyes, could not speak because of
the locks on our tongues. That comfortable alibi can no longer be
pressed into service. There is very little happening in the country
which is not known, if not in detail at least in outline, with shady
deals and other shenanigans regularly finding their way into
newspapers. Yet nothing seems to happen as a consequence. Nor is
anyone in authority concerned about bad publicity. The press,
therefore, is essentially conducting a dialogue with itself. Or, at
best, providing grist to the mills of drawing room conversation.
It is true that if the press is not proving to be a check on
governmental behaviour, it is feeding public perceptions, a
circumstance which will become important when the government will be
obliged, as it will be at the latest by 1998, to seek a fresh mandate
from the people. But what about the present? Does the governments
total indifference to censure mean that Pakistani governments once
elected can get away with anything? That, constitutional appearances
apart, in the Pakistani political system there are no real checks and
balances?
This certainly is the conclusion that flows from the present political
scene. Despite the strong presence of the opposition in both
legislative houses, Parliament exercises no check, not even a moral
one, on the executives actions. It is not even a proper law-making
body because most of the time it is rubber-stamping ordinances issued
by the government. Mian Nawaz Sharif did not give the National
Assembly much importance when he was prime minister. Benazir Bhutto
too treats it with scant respect.
Time and again the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairman
of the Senate have demanded the production of arrested MNAs or
senators during sessions of their respective houses only to see the
government treat their rulings with contempt. On many occasions the
opposition has tried raising contentious issues in parliament but to
no effect because nothing said in the National Assembly or the Senate
has the slightest influence on the governments behaviour. This was
true of the previous government and it is true of the present one.
Small wonder then if parliament as a consequence has been reduced to
little more than a cipher.
The courts may be the ultimate custodian of fundamental rights in a
democracy. They also protect the sanctity of the constitution (till
such time of course that the doctrine of necessity, of which
Pakistan has had ample experience, does not cut short this role of
theirs). But even with the best intentions in the world the courts,
while able to deliver landmark judgements when important issues come
before them for interpretation, cannot act as watchdogs of the public
interest like parliament and the press. Nor can they become a check on
a governments arbitrariness in a society in which there is no basic
respect for the law.
In any case, the judiciary can perform its functions only when a
matter comes before it for adjudication. In Pakistan it is a
remarkable facet of our democracy that unless the government so wills,
not even the gravest charges against anyone come up for prosecution.
For example, in any other society, subject to the rule of law, General
Aslam Beg would have faced prosecution for admitting that he took
funds from the banker Yunus Habib while Aftab Sherpao too would have
been investigated for receiving money from the same source. These are
just two examples of the state of the law in Pakistan. If similar
examples which illustrate the selectivity of Pakistani justice were
put together they would fill a thick volume.
We see, therefore, the condition in which our democracy exists. When a
government comes to power, even if it does so through honest
elections, there are no democratic checks on its arbitrariness. It
can do what it likes and even though it may face resistance from the
press or parliament, this resistance amounts to little more than an
inconvenience which, as we are seeing in the case of the present
government, can be ignored or brushed aside easily.
The checks that Pakistani governments do face are of a different order
altogether. They emanate from two quarters: the military and the
Eighth Amendment Presidency. Every civilian government, whatever the
lip-service it pays to the notion of deriving its power from the
constitution and the people, is acutely conscious of the sensibilities
of the military. The second of these two checks is tolerated with less
grace but it has to be taken into account nonetheless. That is about
all. There are no other checks on Pakistans democrats: none from the
legislature or the judiciary, none from the press and certainly none
from the exercise of moral or cultural self-restraint because this
quality, if it ever existed, is getting rarer by the day among the
modern products of the countrys governing class.
This does not mean that the press should retreat into pessimism. But
it certainly means that it should get off its high horse and stop
nursing delusions of grandeur. It must recognise its limitations and
also perceive the true nature of the present democratic system which,
if it must be given a name, could be called democratic
authoritarianism. This is a more sophisticated system than the pure
militarism of the Zia brand because it is conducive to the spreading
of the benign illusion that the people (that mythical entity whose
name has always been used for the most dubious causes) somehow matter
and that they are masters of their destiny. Nothing could be more
false than this idea but then this romantic nation has survived on
myths far more florid and fantastic than this.
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Disincentive to investment
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Editorial Column
INCONSISTENCY and frequent changes in economic and taxation policies
and lack of uniformity in their implementation have often been cited
as some of the major factors inhibiting investment and industrial
growth. Similar views were expressed by US Ambassador Thomas W. Simons
at a Press conference in Karachi recently. He blamed these factors as
being responsible for the slow pace of actualisation of several MoUs
signed with American companies during Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's
visit to the US. He said frequent changes, being made in the policies
relating to investment, taxation, trade and industry, were dissuading
businessmen from, taking major initiatives.
Trade decisions are taken by businessmen in the form of short-term
commitment knowing full well all the relevant conditions prevailing at
a given time. Reversal of decisions prompted by any change in those
conditions is comparatively easy. But longer-term relationship
requires stability in conditions of competition if trade exchanges are
to flourish. On the other hand, investment decisions relate to the
future. These decisions are taken in a historical perspective of
changes h conditions of competition or the promises made in this
regard at the time of taking decisions. Any abrupt deviation from
these conditions or promises affects the viability of an enterprise
and leaves no option for the sponsors to consider withdrawal at that
late stage. Hence, investors are apt to be extremely cautious. They
are also guided by the past behaviour of the authorities and their
reputation as judicious decision-makers.
In this regard, Pakistan does not have an enviable record. Decisions
are taken hastily and incentives and concessions are offered on an ad
hoc basis and on considerations of selective preferences. These are
sometimes withdrawn with equal haste. A classic example is that of the
Gadoon industrial estate where incentives were given, curtailed,
withdrawn and restored; the whole process was repeated a number of
times. The latest instance in point is that of special industrial
zones where basic concessions have been withdrawn after, these had
been in force for only nine months out of five years. In contravention
of original terms, some basic changes in conditions relating to the
Export Processing Zone are said to be under consideration. Following
the recent devaluation, investors will have to pay 10 per cent
additional (regulatory) duty on their import of capital goods if these
were not exempt earlier or five percent if these were free of duty.
Such decisions are sometimes made on short-term consideration of
increased revenue generation in disregard of long-term disincentive
effect on private sector investment. Changes have been made recently
in quick successions in banking regulations, resulting in upward and
downward swing of interest rates. If some changes have to be made for
reasons of structural adjustment, enough time should be given to the
affected parties. The industrial West will take ten years of
adjustment to switch over from the MFA regime to free trade.
Now that the economy has been largely liberalised and deregulated and
resources are being allowed to be allocated on considerations of
efficiency, a level playing field has to be provided to all the new
players in the investment game, giving them free and un-induced
choice. However, those who are already in the game, playing under
different conditions should be allowed to continue for the period
specified for the purpose. This will enhance confidence in the
government's commitment even among those who may be adversely affected
at the moment. Investment climate should be made conducive, not
through concessions and preferential treatment, but through
improvements in infrastructureroads, telecommunications, water, gas
and electricity and skilled and trained manpower. Particularly
important for attracting investment is across-the-board reduction in
all pre-production taxes. Loss of revenue may be made up from
increases in post-production levies. All ploughed-back profits may be
exempted from tax.
Mr Simons expressed concern about the law and order situation in
Karachi and considered it a disincentive for investment. What is,
however, encouraging is his assurance that despite this inhibition,
American firms interest in Pakistan has not in any way waned. Karachi
continues to be a focus of attention and the US administration
encourages American businesses to invest in this city. As a result,
the Ambassador expects direct American investment of $100 million in
the city to materialise soon. Problems of the city emanate largely
from unemployment; private investment and the consequent creation of
jobs can be expected to go a long way in easing the situation.
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Wasim may help restore national pride
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By Paul Allott
I always thought I would be asked to lead Pakistan in the World Cup,
said Wasim Akram, but I needed a test of character a hard tour, to
prepare myself. He got his wish in Australia with a vengeance.
Last October Pakistan were in turmoil. They had lost their first home
Test series for 15 years to Sri Lanka of all people. They also lost
the one-day series. This was bad enough but worse were lingering
stories of betting and bribery on the earlier Australia tour of
Pakistan. Tim May and Shane Warne alleged they had been offered huge
sums to throw games.
Nothing was proved but Salim Malik was relieved of the Pakistan
captaincy pending an investigation by the Board of Control for Cricket
in Pakistan. Salim was then picked to tour Australia, whose Press was
still baying for his blood.
It was hardly an ideal scenario for Wasim as incoming captain: poor
results, disillusioned players, a disenchanted public at home and a
distinctly hostile one waiting in Australia. Yet, far from flinching
at the prospect of becoming his countrys captain and ambassador, he
relished it.
Without doubt Pakistans outstanding player, Wasim was more mature
than when he captained the side two years earlier and was usurped in a
players coup for being too strict. He is man enough now to admit that
he deserved it.
The tour of Australia ended in a Test series defeat but Wasims new-
look Pakistan won the last Test and then a one-off match in New
Zealand. Results matter and Wasim wanted to win everything but he is
proud to be hailed for his diplomatic achievement.
Before the trip Down Under I made sure that each member of the team
realised that this was going to be a bridge-building tour. Pakistan
were perceived very poorly in world cricket. Australia was going to be
extraordinarily uncomfortable if we didnt make friends, with crowds
and players alike.
I attempted to instil in the players the ideals of positive cricket,
being aggressive and hard on the field but approachable and sociable
off it. I was always first into the Australian dressing-room at close
of play to share a cola or two with them.
Wasim credits his opposite number Mark Taylor for his efforts in
turning what could have been a most unpleasant tour into a series that
saw the tourists described as one of the friendliest teams ever to
tour Australia.
He now knows that he can thrive on responsibility and that to get the
best out of players he needs to cajole, be supportive but above all be
honest with them. He knows also that the Lancashire players respect
him, not just because he is an outstanding player but as a person.
Pakistans players, after Australia, feel the same way.
Wasim is determined that Pakistan put up a good performance in the
World Cup. I want emphatic wins in our first two games against New
Zealand and Holland and I want a tough quarter-final when we qualify.
There is no complacency, no hiding, just a forthright call for
success. No host nation has won the World Cup but, should Wasim Akram
lift the trophy in Lahore next month, all Pakistan will acclaim him as
a national hero.
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Miandad poised to set two records
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 : Seasoned campaigner Javed Miandad is poised to set
two, perhaps unassailable, records during the sixth World Cricket
Cup,96.
Javed Miandad will have played six World Cup tournaments while the 39
years old greatest ever Pakistani batsman will further embellish his
position as the most prolific batsman ever in the competitions
history.
Miandad and Imran Khan were the only two cricketers to have played all
previous five World Cups. But Miandad will go one up with his sixth
World Cup appearance when Pakistan take on United Arab Emirates at
Gujranwala on January 24.
Javed Miandad already heads the list of scorers with 1,029 runs to his
credit in 28 World Cup matches. But he has played 27 innings,
returning an average of 44.73 with his highest score being 103.
The knock of 103, coming against Sri Lanka in Pakistans first match
at Hyderabad in 1987 World Cup, is also Javed Miandads only century
in five World Cup Championships.
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Richardson pledges to win Cup
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HYDERABAD, (India), Feb 15: Richie Richardson, the target of virulent
criticism from the passionate but unforgiving Caribbean cricket
community, pledged to bring the World Cup back to the West Indies.
Winning the World Cup is essential for the team, Richardson told
reporters on the eve of his sides opening match against Zimbabwe.
Richardson has stoically endured an unhappy year, beginning with West
Indies first series defeat for 15 years last March when the
unofficial world champions succumbed to Mark Taylors Australians.
They then drew 2-2 with England in a six-test series before completing
a miserable tour of Australians where, without Brian Lara, West Indies
failed to qualify for the World Series one-day finals.
Inevitably, Richardson has been blamed for his teams failings.
Joel Garner and Jeff Dujon, two leading members of the great 1980s
West Indies side, have called for his resignation.
And Laras absence from the Australian tour has been interpreted in
the Caribbean and elsewhere as an expression of dissatisfaction with
Richardsons captaincy as much as anger at a fine incurred as a result
of incidents on the England tour.
A flood of runs for Lara at the sixth World Cup would not only confirm
the Trinidadian left-handers status as the worlds leading batsman
but also ensure a successful tournament for West Indies and
Richardson, a paradox that will not be lost on either man.
Richardson, once one of the worlds most exciting batsmen, has
struggled increasingly for form in both test and one-day cricket and
looked badly out of touch in a warm-up match on Tuesday.
In common with former Antiguan team mate Viv Richards, his predecessor
as West Indies captain, Richardson relies on reflex and instinct and
his technical deficiencies have been cruelly exposed over the past
year.
What Richardson does possess in abundance is character and
determination and he may well choose to lead from the front and open
the innings with Sherwin Campbell.
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Calcutta semi-final under threat
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CALCUTTA, Feb 15: Cricket officials warned on Thursday they might not
stage the World Cup semi-final at Calcuttas Eden Gardens stadium on
March 13 unless a row with local authorities over crowd safety was
resolved.
Our confidence has been badly shaken and we are having second
thoughts about hosting the March 13 semi-final, Cricket Association
of Bengal (CAB) president Jagmohan Dalmiya said.
Local authorities have expressed concern about the safety of a new
stand at Eden Gardens stadium that is due to increase crowd capacity
by 10,000 to 110,000.
They have told the CAB it must obtain a structural safety certificate
before it can stage the semi-final.
The CAB has accused the authorities of red tape and said it was
surprised the issue had been raised because Eden Gardens staged the
Cups opening ceremony last Sunday without any problems.
West Bengals Marxist state government said it would call a meeting
with Calcutta municipal authorities to resolve the problem.
Unless we get the all clear signal in the next three or four days, we
will not take the responsibility of holding the match, he said.
If the CAB declines to stage the match, the future of the semi-final
will be in hands of the World Cup organisers, the Pakistan-India-Lanka
Committee (PILCOM).
The official ruled out shifting the semi-final venue from Eden
Gardens, saying it would place PILCOM in a difficult situation.
The Australian and West Indies cricket boards might make an issue out
of any change of venue, he said.
PILCOM has already rejected requests from the two boards to shift
their scheduled World Cup fixtures from Sri Lanka.
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Kapil for ban on Australia, W.I.
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NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev has called for
Australia and West Indies to be banned from international cricket for
at least a year for refusing to play their World Cup matches in Sri
Lanka because of safety fears.
Both these teams should not only have been thrown out of the
competition, they should also have been barred from playing the game
for at least one year, Kapil said.
The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported on Thursday that
Australia and West Indies may be fined up to $3 million each for
forfeiting their matches in Sri Lanka.
It quoted Indian cricket chief Inderjit Bindra, who is a member of the
Pakistan-India-Lanka World Cup organising committee (PILCOM), as
saying the agreement between PILCOM and the 12 teams stipulated the
provision of the penalty in case of their forfeiting a match.
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A case for the underdogs
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Tanvir Ahmad
A debate has started in Pakistani Press and the electronic media about
the wisdom of the decision to include the four babes of cricket in
the sixth edition of the World Cup. A section of cricket experts,
including a couple of former Test cricketers, are of the opinion that
it is not a right decision.
They base their argument on the premise that, firstly the four
Holland, UAE, Kenya and Zimbabwe are too weak sides to make their
ties against their senior partners worth the money and secondly, that
their inclusion may be to the disadvantage of the more serious
contenders of the title.
The other day I happened to watch a programme on PTV in which
Pakistans former opener Sadiq Mohammad was vociferously speaking
against the inclusion of the associate members in the contest. Sadiq
was apparently so upset that he went on to say that these teams will
neither attract crowds nor will they make any difference to the
outcome of the league portion of the tournament.
Ironically, just about when he made this comment, Holland, making
their debut in international cricket, had captured 5 New Zealand
wickets in Baroda. A day earlier, Zimbabwe, after being restricted to
151 for 9 in 50 overs by a strong West Indian attack, never lost heart
and went on to claim four West Indian wickets for 136.
About the interest of the spectators, one has only to remind that the
Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad had a bigger crowd than at
any of the centres when Pakistan and Sri Lanka were playing their Test
series in Pakistan just a few months ago. Even in a small city like
Baroda, there was a reasonably good crowd to watch the Zimbabwe- West
Indies tie.
East Africa was among the eight teams to play in the 1975 edition and
in 1979 the Canadian team was included. And who can forget the
sensational upset caused by Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup when it
defeated a strong Australian team by 13 runs, which ultimately
resulted in Australia failing to qualify for the semi-final. And they
repeated the feat in 1992 again when they beat England, who ultimately
went on to play the final against Pakistan, by 9 runs in a league
match.
Many of us would recall that some pessimists in Pakistan as well as in
England were of the view that Pakistan was given Test status a wee bit
early. When Pakistan toured England in 1954 and received thrashing in
the earlier matches and the first Test the same views were expressed
until we won at the Oval. And Zimbabwe taught the Pakistanis some
lessons in cricket when Pakistan team toured that country last year.
For that matter the Sri Lankans, rated behind Pakistan and India ( for
what earthly reason one is at a loss to understand) made a clean sweep
of the series in 1995.
One strongly feels that this is a somewhat negative approach towards
the game as well as the newcomers, trying to make their place under
the sun. They need to have more sympathetic, more positive as well as
encouraging attitude. It will not be many years from now that UAE or
Holland will be giving hard time to the present cricket giants.
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Lanka cash in on Cup silver lining
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COLOMBO, Feb 18: Sri Lanka, boycotted by the Australian and West
Indian sides, have discovered a silver lining to the World Cup
controversy.
Sri Lankas Board of Control for Cricket is expecting to cash in on
the sympathy vote after launching a major fund to boost local cricket
talent.
I cant think of a better time to launch this, Board President Ana
Punchihewa said. The whole world is looking at us.
Punchihewa received donations worth Rs. 9 million (US$180,000) from
seven private sector firms here last week, with another dozen willing
to support the project.
The Cricket Fund hopes to raise Rs.30 million (US$600,000) within the
calendar year.
The Cricket Board expects to lose about Rs.5 million (US$100,000) from
each matchs gate receipts. Losses from television rights and
advertising have not yet been calculated.
The fund will finance the countrys first cricket academy, where
youngsters with talent but no means will get training.
Hardly any work is done in offices when the Sri Lankan team plays a
five-day test and everything comes to a virtual standstill if it is a
nail-biting one-day international.
Cricket is so widespread in Sri Lanka that children can often be seen
playing on main highways, rice fields and on sandy white beaches
morning, noon and night.
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Who has the stomach to win the cup?
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The key player in the 1996 World Cup could be a high-speed strike
bowler, a versatile all-rounder, a dashing batsman ... or a rampant
stomach bug.
Sub-continental stomach trouble better known by the generic terms
Delhi belly or Bombay bug has already struck several teams in
the early stages of the competition.
The Dutch, always ranked outsiders going into Saturdays game with New
Zealand, were hampered still further by a bout of illness which laid
low seven of their players after eating a few platefuls of rogue
spaghetti.
The cliched suggestion that the eventual winners of the World Cup will
need `guts and a stomach for a fight seems suddenly ironically
appropriate.
The host teams of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka would probably reckon
to be immune to most Asian strains of stomach trouble but the less
acclimatised touring sides will be taking extra precautions.
New Zealand coach Glenn Turner who is married to an Indian and led
New Zealand on their tour of India in 1976 said before the cup: We
know what to expect here. We must be wary of spin and upset stomachs.
In another celebrated affair three years ago, Englands Graham Gooch
and Mike Gatting were forced to miss a Madras Test match following a
meal of prawns and red wine the evening before.
Intriguingly, the English press blamed a hotel. Most Indians pointed
the finger at the two players appetites.
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KARACHI, Feb 18: Through the efforts of a group of volunteers and the
co-operation of local media organisations, cricket enthusiasts all
over the world will be able to monitor the progress of their favourite
teams during the Sixth World Cup through the use of computer
technology.
Cricinfo, a non-profit organisation of cricket followers on the
Internet, has made arrangements to provide ball to ball update of the
proceedings from the cricket stadia in this part of the world.
In collaboration with media organisations and local newspapers,
Cricinfo known as the Home of Cricket on the Internet has been
able to build an exhaustive database of background information and
statistics that the users will find interesting and useful in
evaluating the performances of their teams. Cricinfo has been able to
build an extensive profile of the Pakistani team, first class
structure and the World Cup venues in active collaboration with the
Dawn Group of Newspapers, the designated source for information on
Pakistan.
Under the agreement Dawn, through the Dawn Wire Service, has
undertaken to provide Cricinfo with complete analysis of matches
played during the World Cup, along with important records and
statistics that appear in the newspaper. Under the same agreement Dawn
will be able to use material presented on this web site, thus
providing its sports followers with a global view of the competition,
according to a Press release.
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PLAYER CODE NAME OF PLAYER COUNTRY POINTS
107 GARY KIRSTEN SOUTH AFRICA 188
21 GRAEME HICK ENGLAND 130
44 SACHIN TENDULKAR (VC) INDIA 127
74 S.P. FLEMING NEW ZEALAND 114
72 N.J. ASTLE (VC) NEW ZEALAND 111
165 P.A. STRANG ZIMBABWE 102
73 C.L. CAIRNS NEW ZEALAND 98
75 C. HARRIS NEW ZEALAND 95
25 NEIL SMITH ENGLAND 87
70 STEVE TIKOLO KENYA 85
17 DOMINIC CORK ENGLAND 84
82 C. SPEARMAN NEW ZEALAND 73
29 STEVEN LUBBERS (C) HOLLAND 65
33 PETER CANTRELL HOLLAND 65
108 BRIAN McMILLAN SOUTH AFRICA 65
27 GRAHAM THORPE ENGLAND 63
135 ARSHAD LAIQ UAE 63
99 HANSIE CRONJE (C) SOUTH AFRICA 62
49 ANIL KUMBLE INDIA 60
79 D.J. NASH NEW ZEALAND 60
103 ALAN DONALD SOUTH AFRICA 60
143 C.E.L. AMBROSE WEST INDIES 60
46 AJAY JADEJA INDIA 58
16 ALEC STEWART (VC) ENGLAND 57
80 A.C. PARORE NEW ZEALAND 55
132 SHAUKAT DUKANWALA UAE 55
19 NEIL FAIRBROTHER ENGLAND 53
140 JOHANNE SAMARASEKERA UAE 53
147 S.L. CAMPBELL WEST INDIES 47
57 MAURICE ODUMBE (C) KENYA 46
38 ROLAND LEFEBVRE HOLLAND 45
22 RICHARD ILLING WORTH ENGLAND 43
153 B.C. LARA WEST INDIES 43
84 R.G. TWOSE NEW ZEALAND 42
102 DARYL CULLINAN SOUTH AFRICA 41
54 VENKATAPATHY RAJU INDIA 40
18 PHILLIP De FREITAS ENGLAND 40
32 PAUL JAN BAKKER HOLLAND 40
76 R. KENNEDY NEW ZEALAND 40
77 G.R. LARSEN NEW ZEALAND 40
139 SYED AZHAR SAEED UAE 40
58 ASIF KARIM (VC) KENYA 39
71 L.K. GERMON (C) (WK) NEW ZEALAND 37
83 S.A. THOMPSON NEW ZEALAND 37
40 KLAAS JAN VANN NOORTWIJK HOLLAND 36
20 DARREN GOUGH ENGLAND 35
105 ANDREW HUDSON SOUTH AFRICA 32
131 MOHAMMED ASLAM UAE 32
141 R.B. RICHARDSON (C) WEST INDIES 32
31 FLAVIAN APONSO HOLLAND 31
160 G.W. FLOWER ZIMBABWE 31
60 DEEPAK CHUDASAMA KENYA 29
137 GANESH MYLVAGANAM UAE 28
39 MARCEL SCHEWE HOLLAND 27
66 KENNEDY OTIENO KENYA 27
78 D.K. MORRISON NEW ZEALAND 25
150 O.D. GIBSON WEST INDIES 25
151 R.A. HARPER WEST INDIES 25
51 NAYAN MONGIA (WK) INDIA 23
23 PETER MARTIN ENGLAND 23
127 SULTAN ZARWANI (C) UAE 22
15 MICHAEL ATHERTON (C) ENGLAND 21
35 TIM De LEEDE HOLLAND 21
159 C.N. EVANS ZIMBABWE 21
167 A.C. WALLER ZIMBABWE 21
53 VENKATESH PRASAD INDIA 20
110 SHAUN POLLOCK SOUTH AFRICA 20
154 C.A. WALSH WEST INDIES 20
34 NOLAN CLARKE HOLLAND 19
64 EDWARD ODUMBE KENYA 15
133 SHEIKH MAZHAR HUSSEIN UAE 15
146 C.O. BROWNE (WK) WEST INDIES 15
168 G.J. WHITALL ZIMBABWE 14
28 CRAIG WHITE ENGLAND 13
148 S.C. CHANDERPAUL WEST INDIES 13
42 BAS ZUIDERENT HOLLAND 11
81 D.N. PATEL NEW ZEALAND 11
109 STEVE PALFRAMAN (WK) SOUTH AFRICA 10
138 SALIM RAZA UAE 10
157 A.D.R. CAMPBELL ZIMBABWE 10
158 S. DAVIES ZIMBABWE 9
63 THOMAS ODOYO KENYA 8
24 JACK RUSSEL (WK) ENGLAND 7
129 IMTIAZ ABBASI (WK) UAE 7
156 E.A. BRANDES ZIMBABWE 7
164 H.H. STREAK ZIMBABWE 7
52 MANOJ PROBHARKAR INDIA 5
59 RAJAB ALI KENYA 5
69 DAVID TIKOLO KENYA 5
136 VIJAY MEHRA UAE 3
155 A. FLOWER (C\WK) ZIMBABWE 3
47 VINOD KAMBLI INDIA 2
62 HITESH MODI KENYA 2
55 NAVJOT S. SIDHU INDIA 1
144 K.L.T. ARTHURTON WEST INDIES 1
161 A.P.C. LOCK ZIMBABWE 1
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