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HAYWARD HIGHSCHOOL It was apleasure and a greathonoe for me tohave the opportunityto be able to con-nect Fiji Festival withFOG, the Festival ofGlobe led by DR.Japra. It has been anadrent wish of Dr.Romesh Japra, theCEO/Founder ofwhat really begamas Festival of Indiaand recently crst-alyzing into a globalextravaganza asFestival of Globe.With this connecttoday, it is our sin-cerest hope that atruly lasting bondwill be creating forour unity andtogetherness.

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FOG launching conference with Indian actorsGulshan Grover and Om Puri at Dr. Japra Mahal

Above Dr. Romesh Japara introduces Gulshan Grover to the memvers of the press at the officiallaunching of FOG, the Featival of Globe June 27, 2015 at his mansion in Fremont.

Bonding with Fiji Community at Fiji Festival 2015

It has been a long feltdesire of FOG leader,Dr. Romesh Japra to

connect with FijiCommunity on a very sin-cere note and forge a for-midable alley and rela-tionship and bring the two

largest Indian communi-ties in USA together.

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community June 30 at theFremont TempleConference room wherethey were formally intro-duced to Dr. Japra whoinvited them to join theFOG Festival. Abdul andDavend invited Dr. Japra

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Legendary Pakistanisinger Ghulam AliKhan, who com-

pleted 62 years of ghazalsinging in 2015, is set toshare his big, splendidflight in Delhi on Friday ata ghazal concert -Hoook's Ghazal Journey.

The 74-year-old tellsHT that he is very excitedto perform in Delhi, asDelhiites hold a specialplace in his heart. "Dilli kiaudience bahut samajh-daar hai. Jis calibre sehum ghazal gaate hai,

utne hi pyaar se wohhumein sunte hai ... tabhitoh main hameshaDilliwalon ko pyaar seghazal sunata hoon,"says the singer, who isknown for popular trackssuch as Chupke ChupkeRaat Din, Kal ChaudhvinKi Raat Thi andHungama Hai KyonBarpa. He adds,"Hyderabad me mereUstad-e-Mohtaram, (late)Ustad Bade Ghulam AliKhan Saheb, jo meremann mein humesha

rehte hai, unki dargahhai. So India holds avery special place in myheart." The maestro,whose ghazals havebeen featured in severalBollywood movies, furthermentioned that he isabsolutely humbled withthe love and appreciationthat he has got over theyears. "Main apne Allahka shukr ada karna cha-hoonga ki ghazal gaategaate mujhe 62 years hogaye ... Inshaallah! Mujhebahut khushi ho rahi hai

ki mere chahne waalonke liye gaane ka maukamil raha hai mujhe ....bohot achchha lag rahahai," he says.

Surprising the maestrorarely listens to his ownghazals. "I never listen tomy own ghazals. If at all Ihave heard my ownworks, it has always beenat someone else's place.I end up finding faults inmy works. I might as welllisten to other worksrather than mine."

The word ghazalmeans somethinglike conversations

with women; like the genreitself, it originated in sixth-century Arabic verse. EarlyArabic ghazal revolvedaround two broad themes:the rakish celebration ofwine, women, and song;and the elegiac lament overlost love. By the time theghazal passed into Persianfrom the early eleventh cen-tury onward, this secondtheme had come to havemystical overtones: separa-tion and suffering were atthe heart of love, while thefaithful, longing lover waseven a kind of martyr. (Fordiscussion, see the latterpart of Convention in theClassical Urdu Ghazal[site].) The overarching cen-turies-long history ofPersian ghazal is describedin detail in E. G. Brownesfour-volume A LiteraryHistory of Persia (1906;[site]). Through Persian, themedieval ghazal also cameto develop major traditionsin Turkish and Urdu. EarlyUrdu, cultivated in theDeccan during the Mughalperiod, included a substan-tial body of ghazal poetry(on Dakani or 'early Urdu'literature: [site]). The north-ward migration of Urdu

poetry at the beginning ofthe 1700's was a complexand contested process (seeChapter Six in Early UrduLiterary Culture and History[site]). The rest of this dis-cussion will focus on the'classical' (i.e., 18th/19th-century) North Indian Urdughazal; the two greatestpoets of this tradition wereMir Muhammad Taqi 'Mir'(1722-1810) and MirzaAsadullah Khan 'Ghalib'(1797-1869).

Formally speaking, aghazal is a set of two-lineverses (they arent techni-cally couplets, since inmost of them the two linesdont rhyme). Ideally thereare to be an odd number ofthem, and ideally the num-ber is to be something likeseven or nine. They share astrictly-defined Arabic-derived quantitative meter;for a pragmatic account see

A Practical Handbook ofUrdu Meter [site], and formore details of Arabic metri-cal theory see Pybus 1924[site]. At the end of eachverse they also share acommon rhyme syllable,and after it usually a com-mon repeated refrain word(or words) as well. Beyondthis, the verses of a ghazalshare only the larger ghazaluniverse of stylized charac-ters, scenes, actions, andimages. A ghazal, in short,is a series of semanticallyindependent two-line mini-poems that have a strongformal unity but usuallyno particular unity beyondthat, though sometimessmall groups of verses canbe marked as a connected'verse-set'. (On the questfor unity, see Orient PearlsUnstrung [site].) Thus inperformance, oral recitersand singers freely reorder

the verses of a ghazal, andalmost always omit some ofthem.

The first verse of a ghaz-al commonly incorporatesthe rhyme and refrain at theend of both lines,rather thanonly at the end of the sec-ond line. If it does this, itscalled an opening-verse.Under oral performanceconditions, this featureenables the listeners to per-ceive the formal structure ofthe ghazal more quickly.The last verse commonlyincludes the poets chosenpen-name; if it does this, itscalled a closing-verse.Both these features reflectthe ghazals expectation oforal performance. The tradi-tional venue for oral per-formance was themushairah, which consistedof a smallish group of(male) patrons, connois-seurs, master-poets(Ustads), and apprentices.Most mushairahs werebased on a well-known pat-tern line announced inadvance, so that every-bodys ghazals composedin this pattern were formallyidentical (sharing meter,rhyme, and refrain). Thisformal identity made themextremely comparable, sothat individual achievementstood out strikingly.

TheGhazal

THE TRADITIONAL VENUE FOR ORAL PERFORMANCE WAS THE MUSHAIRAH, WHICH CONSISTED OF A SMALLISH GROUP OF (MALE) PATRONS, CONNOISSEURS, MASTERPOETS(USTADS), AND APPRENTICES. MOST MUSHAIRAHS WERE BASED ON A WELLKNOWN PAT TERN LINE ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE, SO THAT EVERYBODYS GHAZALS COMPOSED IN THIS

PATTERN WERE FORMALLY IDENTICAL (SHARING METER, RHYME, AND REFRAIN).

I never listen to my own ghazals : Ghulam Ali

Its the fifth day of FijiShowcase and peoplecontinue to get good bar-

gains on different productsat wholesale and belowwholesale prices. About40,000 people have visitedFiji Showcase so far. Wespoke to some people whowere at Fiji Showcase andthis is what they had to say.Organizers of the BiggestTrade Show in the SouthPacific say specials will runright throughout the weekand thousands of itemscontinue to be sold atwholesale and belowwholesale prices.

Looking at the entertain-ment today, the BreakingBroken Dreams with MapleStaplegun will be at3.45pm, the TNT show withMr Vita all the way fromSpain will be at 5.45pm,the Character Parade is at6pm, the Delicious DanceCrew will perform at6.30pm while the LasCossas Nostra Show withMia Mine and Mr Vita will

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The discovery of illegal weapons in FijiA MAJOR investigation

was carried out by police in1988, leading to the recov-ery of illegal weapons fromdifferent places in theWestern Division. Theinvestigation was the resultof information received frompolice in Australia where acontainer of weapons des-tined for Fiji had been inter-cepted. It was one year afterthe country's first militarycoup in 1987 which deposedthe Dr Timoci Bavadra ledFiji Labour Party andNational Federation Partycoalition government.Australian police told theirFijian counterparts that asimilar container ofweapons could have arrivedin the country a few monthsearlier. The suspectedsender of the arms wasreportedly in the country atthat time but he is believedto have fled when theweapons were discovered inFiji. For the past threeweeks, The Fiji Timesbrought to you some exclu-sive interviews with formerpolice officers involved inrecovering the arms andalso gave a flashback intothe case. Today, we bringyou another exclusive inter-view with a former politicianin the deposed BavadraGovernment who had an"innocent" meeting with thesuspected arms sender inEngland.

HE was a CabinetMinister in the Dr TimociBavadra led coalition gov-ernment when armed sol-diers stormed intoParliament on May 14,1987. The democraticallyelected Fiji Labour Partyand National Federation

Party coalition governmentwas overthrown by the thenBrigadier General SitiveniRabuka.

Considering that it wasthe first time for Fiji to expe-rience a coup, the countrywas in a chaotic situationand a mass migration ofskilled people was alsorecorded in the aftermath.Although the military couphad deposed the democrati-cally elected government,the deposed governmentmembers did whatever theycould to resist the illegalregime at that time. In June1987, some members of thedeposed government wentto England to meet theQueen's private secretaryand brief him on the situa-tion. Dr Tupeni Baba, whowas the Education Ministerin the deposed governmentand the spokesman, alsowent on the trip to England.

With him were DrBavadra, the deposedAttorney-General Jai RamReddy, government mem-ber Joeli Kalou and thedeposed government's legaladviser Bhupendra Patel. Inan exclusive interview withThe Fiji Times, Dr Babarevealed how he "innocent-ly" met with someone inJune 1987 who became themain suspect in the ship-ment of arms to Fiji in 1988.

According to mediareports in June 1988, Fiji-born Mohammed RafiqKhan, who also used nameslike Peter Khan, Dr RalphKhan, Mohammed RafiqKahan and sometimesMohammed Rafiq was thesuspected sender of thearms and ammunition, andother things.

Dr Baba said after theMay 1987 coup, thedeposed government'sresistance group,"Movement for Democracy"was very active in differentparts of the world. He saidwhen they went to England,Dr Bavadra and Mr Reddywere unable to have anaudience with the Queenbut they were allowed to seeher private secretary.

"I was in the hotel lobbyin London with Joeli Kalouone evening meeting formerFiji residents living there asDr Bavadra and Mr Reddyhad other commitments," hesaid. "A number of Fijianshad raised money for us asthey were part of theMovement for Democracy,so they came to meet us."While we were meetingFijians living in London,Khan walked up to me as heprobably knew that I was thegovernment spokesman toothen. "He just came up tome and said we should getsome arms. And he thenasked me if we wanted

some arms. "To me, it was aridiculous idea and I told himthat's not the way we shouldgo in Fiji and that we areresisting the illegal govern-ment without arms.

"He said he's from Fijiand that he was operatingfrom Canada at that time. Ididn't know him and it wasjust an innocent meeting."

Dr Baba said when Khanleft the hotel, he told his col-leagues about what he hadsaid but none of them tookthe matter seriously. He saidfrom the way Khan askedhim, it was obvious that hewas involved in the armstrade. He said it was the firstand last time that he hadseen Khan. After visitingEngland, he went to Indiawith Dr Bavadra and spentsome time there as theguest of the IndianGovernment.

Dr Baba said when hecontested the 1987 generalelection, he had to resignfrom his teaching position atthe University of the SouthPacific. He was appointed

again by the university inearly 1988 but he continuedto speak for the deposedBavadra government. "Itwas sometime in June 1988when I was walking out ofthe university gate when areporter stopped me andasked if I knew about thediscovery of arms in Fiji," hesaid.

"I remember telling thereporter that it was anattempt by certain people toblame us (deposed govern-ment) for bringing the illegalarms into the country. "Wehad nothing to do with thatbut it was probably theresult of differences withinthat group as it was obviousthat someone wanted toremain in harness." Dr Babasaid when Khan's namepopped up in the mediaafter a few days as the mainsuspect behind the ship-ment, he realised meetinghim in London. "I had forgot-ten about meeting Khan inEngland in June 1987 butwhen I heard about thearms shipment one yearlater, it came to my mind sowe followed it with a lot ofinterest.

"It was obvious thatsome people wantedRabuka out of the illegalgovernment and luckily thearms were found." Dr Babasaid he was also taken in forquestioning by police withother members of thedeposed coalition govern-ment after the discovery ofthe weapons but laterreleased. He said the ideaof using arms to fight forsomething was out of histhinking, saying Khan prob-ably thought there would bea lot of takers when he

approached him in London.While he may not have seenthe illegal weapons thatwere sent to Fiji, Dr Bababelieves some of theweapons were in Parliamentafter the civilian coup byGeorge Speight in 2000.

"I was in the Australiancivilian military and I was aweapons specialist andtechnician. I was in theSydney University regimentwhile doing my studies," hesaid. Dr Baba said afterstudying about the Vietnamwar, he had ruled out thethought that war was theanswer to problems.Ponipate Lesavua, a retiredpolice officer who co-ordi-nated the recovery of theillegal arms, was a memberof the deposed governmentin 2000 and held hostagewith his colleagues. "When Iwas held hostage in 2000, Isaw the shotguns and AK47guns being carried aroundby the CounterRevolutionary Warfare(CRW) unit soldiers andrebels in Parliament," hesaid. "I also saw sevenbazooka or rocket propelledgrenade launchers when Iwas with George Speight inhis office in Parliament. "Itold my colleagues whowere also held hostage thatsome of the weapons car-ried by the rebels inParliament were similar tothose that we had recoveredfrom various places in1988." Mr Lesavua saidwhile the team of police andmilitary personnel were ableto recover most of the illegalweapons in 1988, aboutthree tonnes could not befound. He said the missingweapons were a worry.

Fiji has extended theconsultation period forthe country's new flag

until the end of year. ThePrime Minister FrankBainimarama announcedplans for a new flag earlierthis year, saying he wanted ithoisted on the 45th anniver-sary of independence inOctober. In a statement hehas announced the consulta-tions will now be extendeduntil the last day of the yearand the new flag design willbe considered by Parliamentwhen it convenes next year.Mr Bainimarama says morechoices for the flag will also

be offered over the next fewmonths. A flag design com-petition resulted in 23designs offered to the publicfor feedback. He says there'sbeen much positive feedbackon the new designs but thegovernment recognises peo-ple want more time and moredesigns to consider. Therehave been calls for a referen-dum on the issue and wide-spread criticism the processof changing the flag hasbeen undemocratic. Theextension follows a weekendpoll which found 53 percentof people want the currentflag retained.

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Some Fiji vil-lages ignoringhuman rights

The Fiji Women'sCrisis Centre saysthe message that

village bylaws shouldnot violate women'shuman rights is fallingon deaf ears in some vil-lages. The Centre's co-ordinator, Shamima Ali,says there have beenreports of village bylawsrestricting what womenwear, dictating their hair-styles, and public whip-pings for drinking kavatoo late at night. Shesays the iTaukei Ministryreleased a statementlast week saying bylawswill be reviewed, butkeeping in mind thatindividual human rightsare not violated."Apparently, these thingsare falling on deaf earsthe further you go away,from the urban centres,from the towns - themore ingrained thesekind of rules and regula-tions policing women'sbehaviour and dressseem to be happening."

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If you haven'talreadyheard, a

macking swell(aka the #Indi-anOceanXXL-Swell) rockedeverywhere fromWest Oz to Indo tothe Maldives lastweek.

Marching eastwardunder Oz, this swell hasrecently plowed throughTasmania and into NewZealand, where it is cur-rently making its waythrough the Tasman Seaand stepping into theSouthwest Pacific.Although the swell hasnow lost a little gusto, youcan expect various loca-tions from Fiji to Tahiti toeven the Americas to soonfeel the wrath.

STORM STATUS

It's been a week sincethe storm was in its prime,where it stretched acrossthe entire South IndianOcean as one large andintense area of low pres-sure. Over the past fewdays, this storm has bro-ken up into a complex sys-tem with multiple areas ofsmaller lows now making

its way under NewZealand. However, one ofthese associated lows isstill packing a punch,boasting a decent-sizeswath of satellite-con-firmed wind speeds reach-ing 40-60kts in theSouthern Ocean andtracking eastward.

WHERE THE SWELL IS HITTING NOW

Tasmania and NewZealand. Although thiss p e c i f i c#IndianOceanXXLSwellhas recently passed thepeak for Tasmania, otherlarge swells are stackingup on the horizon.Meanwhile, New Zealandis peaking right now withabout 16-18ft+ of deepwa-ter swell for the well-exposed locations of theisland nation.

WHERE THE SWELL IS HITTING NEXT

Following the great cir-cle path and radiating outthrough angular spread-ing, this swell has its sightsset on the many islandsthat dot both the TasmanSea and the SouthwestPacific, including the pop-ular destinations of Fiji andTahiti.

FIJI: Steady build onWednesday July 1st withthe initial long-period ener-gy, topping out late in theday with about 9-10ft of

deepwater SW swell at 16-18sec and holding stronginto the morning ofThursday the 2nd. Thisswell will be greeted withfavorable ESE'erly tradewinds. Note: This is not asbig as the swells of July2011 and June 2012 -- butshould still be a darn goodevent.

In addition, consecutivepulses of more solid SWswells are lining up for Fiji.We're looking for anothergood-size SW swell tobuild in Friday the 3rd intoSaturday the 4th, withanother by Monday the6th, then possibly evenmore for around the 8th-10th. It's still pendingdevelopment, so staytuned to the forecast.

TAHITI: The swell athand will eventually makeits way over to Tahiti as

two overlapping pulses: 1)The original Indian Oceanswell, and 2) the newlydeveloping swell from thestorm in its current loca-tion. Look for this SWenergy to steadily build inover Thursday/Friday the2nd-3rd, topping out onSaturday, the Fourth ofJuly, with about 9-10ft+ ofdeepwater swell at 16-18sec.

WILL THE AMERICASSEE ANY OF IT?

YES, and with theSW'erly angle, this swellwill pretty much move in atthe same time for theentire west coast of theAmericas, but showingstrongest for Chile throughMainland Mexico. Similarto Tahiti, this run of SWenergy will move in as twooverlapping swells: 1)

Primarily the newly devel-oping swell from the stormas it slides out from underNew Zealand; 2) Someunderlying super-long-period energy from theoriginal Indian Oceanswell. The longer-periodforerunners from this runof SW swell will graduallyfill in over July 6th-9th, top-ping out the 9th-11th anddelivering fun-size to local-ly solid surf to the betterexposures from CentralAmerica to Mexico; andshowing similar size butjust a touch sooner forSouth America.

For California, this swellwill be a little smaller for acouple reasons: 1) It's fur-ther away/north, and 2)Shadowing by FrenchPolynesia. However, fun-size surf is certainly

expected to still show atthe better Southern Hemi-exposed breaks through-out the region as this swelltops out over July 9th-12th.

For Hawaii, after theSW swell filters throughFiji and the surroundingislands, only a small frac-tion of it will be left over tomove on to the AlohaState. Mixing in with otherSSW swells, this SW ener-gy will build in over theweekend of the 4th-5th,topping out Sunday after-noon and holding throughMonday/Tuesday the 6th-7th with modest to locallyfun-size surf.

Note: There is still plen-ty of time to iron out thedetails for the Americasand it would be wise toexpect at least a littlechange in the forecast thisfar out.

Be sure to follow us onInstagram, Twitter,Facebook and Google+ formore frequent updates aswe track this swell over thenext several days. Alsolook for#IndianOceanXXLSwellfor further details. If you'rechasing this swell, we'dlove to see your photos viat h e#IndianOceanXXLSwellhashtag, as well. Liveobservations from the fieldis critical to our forecastsuccess.

FIJI AND THE SW PACIFIC"

...this swellhas itssights set

on the many is-lands that dotboth the TasmanSea and theSouthwest Pacif-ic, including thepopular destina-tions of Fiji andTahiti."

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Smithnamed FijiTV CEO

Fiji Television LimitedBoard has announcedGeoffrey Smith as its

new Chief Executive Officer.Smith has been acting asCEO since December 16thlast year. Other appoint-ments include theCompanys Secretary to theBoard for FTV Group whichhas been appointed to alawyer by professionMereoni Matavou. NiteshChand who is an accountantby profession is the newGeneral Manager Corporatewhile Karen Lobendhan isthe General ManagerInternational. Meanwhile,the former Head ofCompliance Risk andHuman Resources SeraiRoxburgh is the newGeneral ManagerOperations. The Board saysall the newly appointed per-sonnel will take up theirposts from tomorrow.

FIJI Television Ltd hasbeen given an exten-sion of 12 years to its

broadcasting licence whereit will have to pay $20,000when the licence comes intoeffect on Wednesday, July1. The licence extensionannouncement was madeyesterday by Minister forCommunications AiyazSayed-Khaiyum a few daysshort of the expiration of thecurrent licence on June 30.While handing over thelicence to Nouzab Fareed,CEO of Fijian Holding LtdCEO, of which Fiji TV is asubsidiary company MrSaiyed-Khaiyum said thelicence was given for FijiTV's spectrum allocation innews. "We have nowextended licence to a periodof 12 years. As you knowGovernment has been car-rying out a number of sub-stantive works in regards tospectrum allocation in Fijiwhich has led to a number ofchanges," Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said.

Fiji Television Ltd isexpected to switch fromanalogue to digital with atleast the Suva-Nausori corri-dor to be finalised at the endof this year.

"Certain conditions with

this, as soon as the switchover, this licence will then bevaried to reflect the digitalspectrum." Other conditionsin the licence include theemphasis on local content.

"When specific hours oflocal content has been given, people have tried to fulfilthat by showing local sports,local content is not justabout local sports. For nowthe 25 hours of local con-tent, at least the 13 hours ofthat should not be localsports, it should be othercontent, whether in the ver-nacular or English, it shouldbe local and that meanslocal production."

He said this wouldencourage the developmentof local production in Fiji.Meanwhile, Mr Fareed saidthe 12-year licence wasunexpected but added theywould definitely workaccording to the conditionsand the switch from analogto digital would allow mem-bers of the public to watchhigh quality and high defini-tion TV shows.

When its 12-year licenceexpired in 2012, FijiTelevision Ltd was given six-month extensions up untilyesterday when a new 12-year licence was given.

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Australian national fined$2000 for fakebomb threat

A 33-year-old ship offi-cer from Australia whopleaded guilty to thecharge of Threats andFalse StatementRespecting Aircraft hasbeen fined $2,000. TheResident MagistratesCourt in Nadi was toldthat on TuesdaySwarup Das made athreat and false state-ment to Air Terminalservice passengeragent Martha Tuilakepathat he has a bomb andit is going to ignite,knowing such communi-cation was fake andwould cause inconven-ience to people about totravel in the flight boundfor Sydney. While sen-tencing him ResidentMagistrate MohamedAzhar highlighted thatthough Das took it as ajoke it is indiscriminatethreat to everyone. Hetold the man that hecannot expect the per-son who heard his rep-resentation to take it asa joke, because he orshe will be held liable ifanything happens onthe air. In default he willbe sent to prison forthree months.

RC Manubhai Groupof Companies hasopened its brand

new manufacturing facilityin Ba today which is aninvestment of $10 million.This factory will manufac-ture products likepolyurethane foam, ropesand plastics and more than80 people will be employedat this new factory.

While opening the newfactory this afternoon,Prime Minister VoreqeBainimarama says this fac-tory supplies its productsto the entire Fiji market andexports its products toother Pacific Islandnations.

Bainimarama says hehas been told that there isa good chance that exportsto New Zealand andAustralia will begin soon.

The Prime Ministerhighlighted that this is justthe latest milestone in thestory of the great companyas throughout its historythe Patel family has shownenterprise, commitment,determination and faith inthe future of Fiji.

Meanwhile, theManaging Director andChairman of the R CManubhai Group of

Companies, Dinesh Patelsays they will continue toinvest and diversify theirproduct range and peoplecan expect to see someinteresting products in duecourse.

Patel also confirmedthis afternoon that theirgroup has major develop-ment plans for Fiji which isworth between $30 millionto $50 million.

He says some of thework will start before theend of this year.

PM opens new R C Manubhaimanufacturing facility in Ba

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"The Pakistan side isdesperate to attackAmarnath Yatra andVishno Devio Yatra, in thewake of the tightenedsecurity in the state and thetough stand of the Centralgovernment," he toldreporters in Jammu.Asserting that the recentincidents of ceasefire viola-tions were aimed at facili-tating infiltration fromacross the border, J&KDeputy Chief MinisterNirmal Singh on Mondaysaid that Pakistan was des-perately trying to disruptthe annual Amarnath Yatrain the state. The Pakistanside is desperate to attackAmarnath Yatra and

Vishno Devio Yatra, in thewake of the tightenedsecurity in the state and thetough stand of the Centralgovernment, he toldreporters in Jammu.

While Pakistan armyand the ISI are busy in anti-India activities, the inten-tions of the Pakistan gov-ernment are also not clear,he said. Addressing theparty workers during afunction on Monday, Singhalso spoke about thealleged differencesbetween the PDP-BJPcoalition in the state. Thecoalition partners in thestate have their own sepa-rate agendas and the dayBJP feels that it has

become difficult for theparty to continue, it wouldnot spare a moment to pullout of the government.Problems do arise as wehave our own agenda andour ruling partner (PDP)has a different agenda. Theday the party (BJP) feelsthat it has become difficultto continue (in the coali-tion), we will not stay inpower for one second, hesaid. The leader stated thatin the past four monthssince the formation of thestate government, BJP hasset a level playing fieldwith the coalition partnerand the party would soonstart delivering to the peo-ple of Jammu.

Pak desperate to disrupt Amarnath Yatra in J&K

Two more bodies recovered in Amreli, flood death toll goes up to 47 Cattle-herders grazing their cat-

tle near the banks of Shetrunji riverin Krakach village spotted the bod-ies lying at different spots near theconfluence of Shetrunji andGagadio rivers at around 3 PM andalerted police. Around two weeksafter flash floods ravaged the dis-trict, two more human bodies wererecovered from the banks ofShetrunji river in Liliya taluka ofAmreli district on Monday, taking thedeath toll to 47.

Cattle-herders grazing their cat-tle near the banks of Shetrunji riverin Krakach village spotted the bod-ies lying at different spots near theconfluence of Shetrunji andGagadio rivers at around 3 PM andalerted police. The bodies, partiallycovered with mud were found fromeither side of Amreli-Gariyadharstate highway, police said. One of

the bodies has been identified to bethat of one Ghanshyambhai Patel.We are in the process of ascertainthe identity of the other body. Withthis, the death toll in the district dueto floods has gone up to 46 plus oneunidentified body, superintendentof police of Amreli, Antrip Sood toldThe Indian Express. The SP furthersaid that with the recovery of twobodies, the number of persons

missing since June 24 floods hascome down to seven. DharmishthaGoswami, police sub-inspector ofLiliya said that relatives of Patelidentified him from the clothes hewas wearing and his limbs. Patel, a55-year-old farmer from Devaliyavillage of Amreli taluka, was report-ed missing after some parts of dis-trict received up to 26 inches of rainwithin a few hours and rivers

swelled. The other body hasalmost decomposed and reducedalmost to a skeleton. We are con-tacting relatives of those who are onthe list of missing persons to estab-lish its identity, Goswami, who wenton the spot to oversee recovery ofthe bodies said. Bagasara, Kukavavand Amreli were the worst affectedtalukas of Amreli district after it waspounded by torrential rain under theinfluence of a deep depressionwhich had developed in the Arabiansea. More than 5000 cattle and hun-dreds of wild animals were alsowashed away in the flood. So far,carcasses of 11 Asiatic lions, theendangered species found only inGir forest and adjoining area, havebeen recovered. The incessant rainand subsequent flood also led tocollapse of thousands of homes anddamage to agricultural land.

Seeking to block Facebook pagesthat upload photographs of mili-tants, the J&K Police have

sought directions from a local court tosocial networking sites.

The action comes after a photo-graph of Hizbul Mujahideen militantswas uploaded on a Facebook page.The photograph, apparently takenafter a convention, shows the militantsin camouflage outfits posing with theirautomatic rifles. The militants belongto different parts of south Kashmir.

Security agencies are concernedabout how the militants were able tomeet at one place. All these militantswere already on our radar, said a sen-ior police officer dealing with counterinsurgency. But the matter of concernis how the militants from different partsof south Kashmir managed to assem-ble at one place despite heightenedpressure from the security forces.The rare photograph, police sourcessaid, indicates that militants from dif-ferent parts of Tral, Pulwama andShopian assembled at one place for ameeting. What is disturbing about thismeeting is why the militants took sucha risk just for a meeting, said thepolice officer. Also, it shows that themilitants in south Kashmir are in closecontact with each other and have goodmobility too. Though militants, in armyfatigues, roam around in southKashmirs Tral area, their movement islimited in Pulwama and Shopian dis-

tricts. These places are more than 30kilometres away from each other.Police have identified the militants inthe picture. They include HizbulMujahideen commander BurhanMuzaffar Wani, the 21-year-old militantfrom Tral who is seen as the posterboy of the new breed of militancy inKashmir. There are four militants fromShopian, three from Pulwama, twofrom Tral and one from Awantipora inthe picture. Police sources say thatone militant who is masked in the pic-ture has not been identified. The pic-ture has also confirmed polices appre-hensions that Special Police OfficerNaseer Ahmad Pandit, who decampedwith a rifle from Minister Altaf Bukharisresidence, has joined the HizbulMujahideen. Police sources said

Pandit, who can be seen in the photo-graph, had gone to meet an officer at apolice station. He was reportedly beat-en up at the police station, and laterjoined militancy. The photograph,along with many other photographs ofmilitants, has gone viral on social net-working sites in the Valley. In recentdays, many Facebook pages haveappeared with photographs of mili-tants. There is every chance that themilitants are deliberately circulatingthese pictures, said a police officer. Itis likely that they are doing it to inspiremore youth to join militancy. In thepast, the police have managed to trackdown the people running pro-militantand pro-separatist pages. But with theyouth using proxy sites, they are find-ing their task more difficult.

Militants photo on FacebookJ&K Police turn to court for help

The rare photograph, police sources said, indicates that militants from different parts of Tral, Pulwama and Shopian

assembled at one place for a meeting.

New Delhi: The government onMonday said it was closely monitoringthe Greek situation and euro marketmovement after the rejection of credi-tors' austerity proposals in a referen-dum posed the possibility of Greece'sexit from the euro zone. "We will haveto see how the euro moves now. Weare closely monitoring the Greek situ-ation. There could be some reaction onthe Fed (US Federal Reserve) ratehike," Finance Secretary RajivMehrishi said here. "The Greece crisismight impact India indirectly," he said.Over 61 percent of Greeks voted "no"on Sunday, responding overwhelming-ly to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' callsto reject a proposal by the country'screditors for more austerity inexchange for a financial bailout.

Mehrishi said last week that thefallout from Greece would not have adirect impact on India but capital flowswould be a potential concern, even asthe government was in touch with theReserve Bank of India to deal with anyuntoward situation. "If yields on eurobonds go up, it might impact inflowsand outflows from India," he said.Indian industry feels that if a crisisdeveloped for Europe due to Greece,India too could feel the tremors like therest of the world. "What is worrying isthat the overall situation with regard toIndia's merchandise exports does notlook promising this year and the trou-bles in Europe could only deteriorate

the prospects," Associated Chambersof Commerce and Industry of India(Assocham) said in a statement here.

"There is a need for RBI and thefinance ministry to keep a close eye onthe muddy global situation and its pos-sible effect on India's capital flows andthe currency movement," the industrybody added. India's merchandiseexports continued to decline for thesecond month this fiscal, down by over20 percent at $22.35 billion in May from$27.99 billion in the same month of theprevious year, official data showed lastmonth. The Federation of Indian ExportOrganisations (FIEO) has warned thatthe continuing decline in exports wouldresult in layoffs, besides putting pres-sure on the current account deficit(CAD). FIEO president S C Ralhanagreed with RBI Governor RaghuramRajan's recent remarks that the centralbanks globally were at risk of slippinginto the kind of beggar-thy-neighbourstrategies, leading to the GreatDepression of the 1930s again. In astatement, he said that based on thecurrent order booking position, he wasapprehensive that the Indian exportsmight significantly decline in volume inthe months ahead, resulting in job lay-offs. The strategy of "making a beggarout of neighbouring nations" normallyinvolves increasing the demand forone's exports by devaluing the nation'scurrency so as to make the exports toother countries cheaper.

Monitoring Greek crisisMay hit India indirectly

Joint team toprobe Iranianboat's presencein Kerala coastHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AJoint Investigation team bycentral and state agencies willcommence a probe fromTuesday on the seizure of asuspicious foreign dhow with12 Iranian crew members inter-cepted off the Kerala coast.The team, comprising person-nel from Coast Guard, Navy,Kerala Police and those fromcentral agencies, will be head-ed by Thiruvananthapuram citypolice commissioner H RVenkatesh, sources told PTI.The Coast Guard had yester-day intercepted the foreigndhow and had brought it to thenearby Vizhinjam coast.

The sources said that thestatements given by some ofthe crew members of the boat,which had left Kalat in Iran onMay 25, were notmatching.Though the crewstated that the boat was 'drift-ing', they were not able to tellwhy they had not called forhelp. A Pakistan ID card and asatellite communication sethad also been recovered fromthe vessel by the officials.Coast Guard said the boat hasbeen handed over to police.Venkatesh said that with theprobe being intensified, moredetails are expected in thecoming days.

The flood situation in Assamturned grim over the past 24hours due to incessant rains withover 65,000 people being affect-ed in 125 villages across thestate. Assam State DisasterManagement Authority (ASDMA)said in its flood report, that morethan 65,000 persons wereaffected in Dhemaji, Bongaigaonand Sonitpur districts. With40,000 persons, Bongaigaondistrict was the most affected fol-lowed by Dhemaji with almost25,000 people being affected at

present, it said. More than 3,800hectares of crop areas wereunder water currently, the reportmentioned. Authorities haveopened four relief camps inBongaigaon, where 2,870 per-sons were taking shelter. Theflood waters have also damageda road and breached anembankment in Sonitpur. Thedeath toll in this years flood inAssam has remained at five two in Lakhimpur and one eachin Bongaigaon, Baksa andSonitpur.

Assam flood turns grim;over 65,000 affected

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A multi-crore scam inMadhya Pradesh got murki-er on Monday with a myste-rious third death linked to thescandal but the Centre ruledout a CBI probe despitemounting pressure amidallegations of witnessesbeing deliberately eliminat-ed.

Police found the body of25-year-old trainee sub-inspector AnamikaKushwaha -- who wasrecruited by the scam-taint-ed process that affected atleast 2.5 million students ina pond in a MP police acad-emy and said preliminaryevidence suggested suicide.Her body was discovered aday after Arun Sharma, thedean of a Jabalpur medicalcollege, who was helpingthe investigation, was founddead in his Delhi hotel roomon Sunday and a journalistcovering the multi-croreracket died mid-interview onSaturday night.

Opposition parties calledfor the resignation of chiefminister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan and demanded aSupreme Court-monitoredCBI probe as the investiga-tion into one of the countrysbiggest corruption scandalsspread to Bihar and UttarPradesh.

Chouhan should besacked and an impartialprobe ordered. How couldsuch a mammoth corruptionscam be carried on withoutthe complicity and knowl-edge of the CM? saidCongress spokespersonRandeep Singh Surjewala.At least 40 people includingwitnesses, accused andbeneficiaries connected tothe racket have been founddead since 2013, when thearrest of 20 people in Indoreblew the lid off the massivescam. It has since snow-balled into the biggest crisisto threaten Chouhans politi-cal career and led to over2,000 arrests, includingpoliticians, bureaucrats andmiddlemen.

Police say an organisedracket employed medicsfrom as far away as Patna

and Lucknow to imperson-ate medical students andwrite recruitment examssince as early as 2008.Middlemen manipulatedseating arrangements andforged answer sheets inexchange of lakhs ofrupees.

But many whistleblowers,who initially spearheadedthe investigation, say theynow fear for their lives afterscores of people, many ofthem in their 20s, werefound dead in recentmonths. Some bodies havebeen found under bridgesand on railway tracks while

other died of freak accidentsor mysterious illnesses,sometimes while behindbars.

A special task force prob-ing the scam has visitedmedical colleges in Biharseveral times in the past twoweeks in search of 40 med-ical students from Bihar whohelped impersonate candi-dates. Around 125 medicosfrom UP are also wanted fortheir alleged role as profes-sional solvers, who werepaid up to Rs 5 lakh toanswer exam questions onbehalf of the candidates.Asthe crisis spiralled, the Aam

Aadmi Party announced anationwide protest on July11 with senior leader KumarVishwas filing a public inter-est litigation in the SupremeCourt demanding a court-monitored probe. The apexcourt is already hearing apetition to remove governorRam Naresh Yadav, who isan accused in the case.

People want PrimeMinister to speak and inter-vene in Vyapam. PM shouldno more remain silent,Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwaltweeted.

But a combativeChouhan refused to give in,saying all deaths shouldntbe linked with the multi-lay-ered MP public examinationboard (PEB) scam, alsoknown as Vyapam scamafter the boards Hindiacronym. Her(Kushwahas) death is anunfortunate incident but it isnot related to the Vyapamscam investigation. Everydeath is sad, Chouhansaid. The Centre alsoappeared to back him, but

Union home ministerRajnath Singh ruled out aCBI probe, saying a MadhyaPradesh high court-moni-tored special investigatingteam (SIT) was alreadyinvestigating the allegations.

The SIT is not workingunder the Madhya Pradeshgovernment but under thesupervision of the highcourt. Politics should bebased on valid and reason-able issues, Singh said inJhabua. We cannot directthe Supreme Court or thehigh court.

The government alsoaccused the Congress ofplaying petty politics overthe deaths, saying thedeaths had no connectionwith the scam.

Kushwaha and ArunSharma werent witnessesor accused in the scam.Kushwahas father has saidshe was having domesticproblems. But the Congressis trying to unnecessarily linkthe deaths to Vyapam,state health ministerNarottam Mishra said.

Vyapam scam : 40 dead, 2000 held, 2.5m affected; but no CBI probe

Father's consent is notrequired in givingguardianship of a child toan unmarried mother, theSupreme Court ruled onMonday. The apex courtbench headed by justiceVikramajit Sen said thiswhile recalling the earlierorder of a guardianshipcourt and asking it to re-examine the plea by theunwed mother seekingguardianship of the childwithout issuing notice tothe father.

The court said that thelower courts, including

high court, lost sight of theissue that was before themto be examined and decid-ed the matter without tak-ing into account the wel-

fare of the child.The court order came

on a petition by a womanwho is a gazetted officer inthe government. She hadchallenged the proceduralnecessity of disclosing theidentity of the father andissuing notice to him on aplea seeking soleguardianship of the childby the unwed mother.

The mother had con-tended that the manstayed with her barely fortwo months and did noteven know the existence ofthe child.

SC allows unwed mothers to haveguardianship without father's consent

ClASheS InKAnnAUJ; OnedeAd In FIRIng

One person was killed andmore than 20 others injuredafter clashes broke out Sundaynight between two sectionsover an issue involving a land-lord and his tenant. An angrymob went on the rampage andburnt down several shops aftera young man, identified asAzad, was killed by a stray bul-let. DIG Kanpur NeelabhjoChowdhary said the policehave identified trouble makersand were conducting raids fortheir arrest. Trouble startedwhen a mob attacked the land-lord who had gone to negotiatethe evacuation of a shop whichhas been with another family onrent for over 100 years.

Pakistani Rangersresorted to repeated cease-fire violations and fired atIndian positions across theLoC in north Kashmir'sKupwara on Sunday, killinga BSF jawan. BorderSecurity Force (BSF) con-stable Abhijit Nandi of 119battalion was killed duringan exchange of firebetween both sides around3:30pm in Nowgam Sectorof Handwara. The latestround of firing startedaround 7.30pm near theSonapindi post and report-edly lasted around 20 min-

utes. The Indian Army'sKumaon regiment whichwas posted in the area firedback on a nearby rangehousing Pakistani pickets.

Reports not yet con-firmed by the army sug-gested that light mortar wasalso exchanged, which israre in this part of the valley.Immediately afterwards, thearmy launched a cordonand search operation in thenearby forest area of LendaBegan and Musa Began toflush out militants who mighthave sneaked in under thecover of gunfire.

PAK violates ceasefire in Kupwarain J-K, BSF jawan killed

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and hisPakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif will meet onthe sidelines of the SCOSummit in Russia on July10. According to sources,the two leaders, who willbe present in Ufa to attendthe Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO)Summit, will be meeting onthe sidelines of it.

However, the details ofthe meeting were not spec-ified. Mr. Modi, who isembarking on a six-nationvisit today, will be in Russiato attend SCO as well asthe BRICS Summit.

Mr. Modi and Sharif hadlast met in Kathmandu inNovember at the SAARCSummit where they didnot, however, hold anybilateral meeting.

Earlier at the beginningof the holy month ofRamzan, the PrimeMinister had called Mr.Sharif and extended hisbest wishes while stress-ing the need for havingpeaceful and bilateral ties.

During his telephonicconversation, Mr. Modi hadalso conveyed to hisPakistani counterpartIndias decision to releasedetained Pakistani fisher-men on the occasion ofRamzan. The call wasseen by many as anattempt to reach out toPakistan after leaders fromboth sides exchangedsharp comments after MrModis critical remarksabout Pakistan during hisBangladesh visit and in thewake of Indias militaryaction in Myanmar.

Modi, Sharif to meet onsidelines of SCO Summit

Rain relief for north India

Himachal pardeshs capital Shimla was one of the areas whichenjoyed heavy rainfall, creating a dense fog that covered the town

ISRO to launch5 UK satellites

Bengaluru : An Indian rocket isreadying for its heaviest mission onJuly 10 to put into orbit five Britishsatellites alltogether weighingaround 1,440 kg from the spaceport in Sriharikota, the Indian spaceagency said on Saturday.According to the Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO), itsPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) is scheduled to carry aloftfive foreign satellites on July 10.

The four-stage engine PSLVrocket in XL variant is expected toblast off around 10 pm from theSatish Dhawan Space Centre atSriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The62.5-hour countdown will start onJuly 8 around 7.30 am.

With the overall lift-off mass ofthe five satellites amounting toabout 1,440 kg, this missionbecomes the heaviest commercialmission ever undertaken byAntrix/ISRO, the Indian spaceagency said. In its 13th flight,PSLV-C28 will launch three identi-cal DMC3 optical earth observationsatellites built by Surrey SatelliteTechnology Limited (SSTL), UnitedKingdom (UK).

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ISLAMABAD: DefenceMinister Khawaja Asif onMonday said India waswaging a proxy waragainst Pakistan throughterrorism.

Fuelling terrorismdirectly or indirectly isIndias proxy war inPakistan, Asif toldSaleem Safi on GeoNews programme Jirga.

The minister saidthere was evidence ofIndias support toTe h r e e k - e - Ta l i b a nPakistan (TTP) andBaloch separatists. Headded that this evidencehad been presented atinternational forums.

Khawaja Asif empha-sised that Pakistansdefence capability wasstrong. According to thedefence minister use ofnuclear weapons was anoption as they were not

merely kept for show butas deterrents.

We should pray thatsuch an option never aris-es, but if we need to usethem (nuclear weapons)for our survival we will.

When asked aboutIndian support toMuttahida QaumiMovement (MQM), Asifreplied that these reportswere only days old and ifthere was any evidencefound it will be presentedin international forums.

India waging proxy war againstPakistan through terrorism: Asif

KARACHI: A sub-inspectorof Sindh Police and managerof a local bank among atleast four people have beengunned down in separateincidents of firing within fewhours in the city, officials saidearly on Tuesday. Accordingto the SSP Central, Sub-Inspector Imran was killed byunknown gunmen as theyopened fire at his car nearAbdullah College in NorthNazimabad. The incidentappears to be an attemptedcar-snatching, he added. In aseparate incident, Sheikh

Nazir, the bank manager ofNational Bank of Pakistans(NBP) local branch wasgunned down near UP Morarea of North Karachi.

SSP Muaqadas Haidertold Geo News that Nazirwas apparently killed forresisting a street-crime. SHOSir Syed Town Gul Baig has

been suspended after theincident, he added.

In other incidents, a manidentified as Bakht Manshawas killed near AyeshaManzil and an anonymousdead body was recoveredfrom Sohrab Goth area.

Meanwhile, the Rangersparamilitary force claimed tohave rounded up severalsuspicious people besidesarresting nine suspects inseparate raids conducted inMuslim Colony, KausarColony and Godhra neigh-bourhoods.

Sub-Inspector, bank manager among 4 killed in violence

RAWALPINDI: Model AyyanAli will be indicted in the cur-rency smuggling case onJuly 13. Upon completion ofher judicial remand Ayyanwas presented in theCustoms Court of JudgeRana Aftab Ahmed Khan.The court extended her judi-cial remand till July 13. Themodel was arrested from theBenazir Bhutto InternationalAirport in Islamabad on May14, 2015 with USD 500,000.She has been accused ofillegally trying to take thisamount outside the country.During proceedings, Ayyansaid she was not aware thattaking a large amount of

money out of the countrywas illegal. She pleaded thatbail was not being granted toher while others had beengranted bail. The model alsodismissed reports that shewas associated with a politi-cal personality.

Ayyan Alis bail petitionshave been rejected twice bythe District Court, once eachby the Lahore High CourtRawalpindi Bench andLahore High Court.

If convicted Ayyan Ali canbe sentenced under theCustoms Act to a maximumof 14 years in prison and fineup to ten times what was inher possession.

Ayyan to be indicted in curren-cy smuggling case on July

Altaf lauds bold stance by CMSindh on addition-al powers of FIA LONDON: Muttahida QaumiMovement (MQM) ChiefAltaf Hussain has praisedthe bold stance taken byChief Minister Sindh SyedQaim Ali Shah on the issueof giving additional powersto Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA).

He said that the MQMfully supports the standtaken by CM Sindh, addingthat giving more powers tothe FIA was tantamount toan attack on Sindh and agreat injustice.

CM Sindh has rightlysaid that legislation shouldbe done to stop such injus-tices to provinces.

Altaf assured the ChiefMinister that the MQM wouldextend every political, legaland moral support if theSindh government chal-lenges the additional powersfor FIA in a court. He urgedthe parliamentarians fromSindh to set aside their ideo-logical differences andlaunch a united effort for thelegal and constitutionalrights of Sindh.

DJ Butt claims PTI owes him Rs80 millionLAHORE: DJ Butt whogave life to PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ral-lies and last years sit inclaims he is owed Rs80million by the party.

According to DJ Buttthe PTI racked up a bill ofRs140 million during theIslamabad sit in of whichhe had been paid Rs59million. DJ Butt claims hehad a daily agreementwhich started off atRs680,000 with the PTIduring the Islamabad sit-in.This daily agreement wasto cover costs of arrange-ments and was reduced.

The DJ said he is facingfinancial difficulties due tonon-payment of his duesby PTI.

DJ Butt informed GeoNews a committee hadbeen formed by the PTIwhich demanded detailsfor his expenses. Detailswere provided to the com-mittee three months ago.

The DJ emphasised

that he will not take legalaction against PTIChairman Imran Khan andcan only pray to God forhis payment.

PTI leader Naeem-ul-Haq has assured me thatdues will be cleared, he

added. Geo News spokewith Naeem-ul-Haq whopraised the role played byDJ Butt for the party. Headded that expenses areapproved by the financeboard of the party before-hand and the amount

owed to DJ Butt has beencleared. Naeem-ul-Haqfurther said that since thesit-in was extendedbeyond the agreementperiod with DJ Butt, he hadcalled him to Islamabad toresolve the matter.

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate,Mian Raza Rabbani on Mondayruled that the parliament cannotpermit enforcement of a law thatdoes not exist.

The Senate Chairman ruled,that the draft for the local bodieselections was under reviewadding that while it had recom-mendations it was not a law.Rabbani further remarked thatas Chairman of the Senate ofPakistan it was his responsibilityto make sure the constitution

and the parliament were obeyed.Earlier in the day, the SupremeCourt of Pakistan demanded thatit be informed on Tuesday (tomor-row) regarding when the bill wouldbe passed.

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ISLAMABAD: The PrimeMinister Office is consideringtaking up the recent controver-sial statement of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi aboutthe creation of Bangladeshand the ongoing Indian inter-ference in Pakistan at theUnited Nations.

A close aide to PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif toldDawn that the issue was dis-cussed at the Foreign Officelast week in the presence ofthe countrys representative tothe UN, Dr Maleeha Lodhi,and most of the participants ofthe meeting were of the viewthat Pakistan must take it tothe UN.

But considering Mr Sharifsdesire to develop friendly tieswith India, it will be interestingto see his reaction to the sug-gestions of the Foreign Office.The prime minister went toDelhi in May last year on MrModis invitation to attend hisoath-taking ceremony, butsince then relations betweenthe two countries had onlysoured.

According to sources privyto the development, a consen-sus had emerged during themeetings at the Foreign Office

that the Indian prime ministersspeech made by him in Dhakalast month and evidenceabout Indias ongoing interfer-ence in Pakistans affairs mustbe taken to the UN.

Input from all state institu-tions concerned dealing withinternal and external securitywas duly incorporated duringdiscussions at the ForeignOffice and it was decided totake up the matter to the inter-national body, multiplesources privy to the develop-ment confided to Dawn.

A final call, of course, willbe made by Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif who has beenconveyed the response of theForeign Office and other stateinstitutions concerned that thegovernment must give impor-tance to the provocative state-ment of Mr Modi, a seniorgovernment official told Dawn.

After holding consultationsat the Foreign Office, Dr Lodhimet the prime minister. TheForeign Office said Dr Lodhiwas in Islamabad for consulta-tions on Prime Minister NawazSharifs planned visit to the UNin September to attend aseries of summits, besidesaddressing the General

Assembly. At the momentthree forums are reportedlyunder consideration whichcould be used to registerPakistans protest againstIndia at the UN. I think the UNGeneral Assembly sessioncan be a more appropriateplace to highlight the subjectthat how a sitting prime minis-ter of India has admitted hiscountrys interference in othercountry, remarked a retiredfederal secretary.

Foreign Office spokesmanQazi Khalilullah said Pakistan

had all options available, but Ihave no information whetheror not the government has for-mally decided to take the mat-ter to the UN. In the speech atDhaka University, Mr Modipublicly accepted the Indiangovernment and its peoplesrole in the creation ofBangladesh in 1971. A fewdays later, Indian DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikar saidthat terrorists had to be neu-tralised only through terrorists,implying that his country willnot resist from sponsoring ter-

rorist acts in other countries.But the sources said the gov-ernment had decided to takeup at the UN only Mr Modisstatement and incidents ofIndian interference inPakistan.The much-talkedabout BBC report that theMQM receives financial assis-tance from the Indian intelli-gence agency, RAW, will notbe part of the case to be raisedat the UN, said the govern-ment official. Since the UKgovernment was already pur-suing the cases of murder andmoney-laundering against theMQM and its leadership, therewas no need to take the issueto the UN, he added.

Talking to Dawn, AhmarBilal Sufi, a former caretakerfederal law minister and experton international law, favouredtaking up Mr Modis speech atthe UN.

What Mr Modi said in hisspeech in Dhaka is tanta-mount to self-indictment in anact of interference in anothercountry. Under internationallaw, Mr Sufi explained, thiswas the most blatant violationof the basic building block ofthe UN the principle of non-interference. Mr Sufi said

according to the UN resolution1373, passing such causticstatements, coupled withreported incidents of Indiasinterference in the country,clearly suggested that it (India)was effectively obstructingPakistans ongoing counter-terrorism efforts.

I am of the strong opinionthat the government must nothesitate from putting thesefacts before the internationalcommunity and pursue itscase under the light of UNcharter and resolutions, hesaid. Following the attacks inthe US on Sept 11, 2001, theSecurity Council adopted res-olution 1373 which unequivo-cally reaffirms the principleestablished by the GeneralAssembly in its declaration ofOctober 1970 (resolution 2625(XXV)) and reiterated by theSecurity Council in its resolu-tion 1189 (1998) of 13 August1998, namely that every statehas the duty to refrain fromorganising, instigating, assist-ing or participating in terroristacts in another state or acqui-escing in organised activitieswithin its territory directedtowards the commission ofsuch acts.

PM may raise Modis remarks, Indian interference at UN

ISLAMABAD: Another keywitness in Benazir murdercase retracted his earlierstatement during crossexamination before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).

Earlier, witnesses likeformer director generalNational CrisisManagement Cell (NCMC)retired Brigadier Javed IqbalCheema and SSP YasinFarooq had disowned thestatements attributed tothem by the prosecution.

ATC Judge RaiMohammad Ayub Marthcommenced hearing in theBenazir murder case inAdiala Jail when a prosecu-tion witness, retired SSPMaj Imtiaz a key securityofficial of Ms Bhutto with-drew his earlier statement.

Earlier, in a statementattributed to Maj Imtiaz itwas claimed that BenazirBhutto was killed due toinadequate securityarrangements at LiaqatBagh where former chair-person of Pakistan PeoplesParty (PPP) had deliveredhis last speech. Major Imtiazalso alleged that the thencity police officer Syed SaudAziz and other high upswere not on duty when the

attackers targeted Benazir.However, Imtiaz told the

ATC on Monday that fool-proof security cover wasprovided to Ms Bhutto out-side Liaquat Bagh onDecember 27, 2007 the dayshe was killed in a gun-and-bomb attack afte a publicmeeting. He said that all thepolice officers including thethen CPO Aziz were alsopresent on the scene to pro-vide security to BenazirBhutto.

He added, Had Benazirnot appeared from sunroofof the vehicle, she might nothave been killed, he said.After the cross-examining,the ATC special Judge RaiMohammad Ayub Marthadjourned further proceed-ings till July 8, 2015.

Witness in Benazir case retracts statement

ISLAMABAD: Interior MinisterChaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has saidthat thousands of names will beremoved from the exit control list(ECL) if the departments concernedfail to provide within a month justifi-cations for keeping them on it.During a meeting held here onMonday to review the new ECLframework, he said governments inthe past used the ECL as a tool topunish or favour people, addingthat several names had been onthe list for decades.

He said the procedure for inclu-sion of names in the ECL would besimplified and justice would beensured in the process. He directedthe ministry to finalise its recom-mendations on the new ECL frame-work after consultations with otherministries and departments con-cerned. No name should be put onthe list without justification, he said,adding that it was not appropriate tokeep somebodys name on the ECL

for an indefinite period. Nisarreviews FIA investigations in cor-ruption cases He said the NationalDatabase and RegistrationAuthority would help in preparing acentral database of the ECL andprovide services and expertise todevise an online mechanism forregistration of NGOs and regulatingtheir activities. The ministerpresided over another meeting thatreviewed the progress of investiga-tions into mega scams and directedthe FIA to take the cases to theirlogical conclusion. The meetingwas attended by senior officials ofthe Federal Investigation Agency(FIA). It discussed major scandals,including Hawala and Hundi cases,and progress made so far. Themeeting also reviewed the internalaccountability mechanism of theFIA and performance-based incen-tives for its officials. Chaudhry Nisarasked the FIA director general tosubmit recommendations in two

days about officials whose perform-ance needed to be recognised.Scams involving the EmployeesOld-Age Benefit Institution, TradeDevelopment Authority of Pakistanand Pakistan State Oil and the Hajscandal also came under discus-sion. The meeting was informedthat of the 109 cases, challans hadbeen submitted in 79 cases while30 were under investigation. Theminister directed the FIA to vigor-ously pursue all cases without fearor favour and warned against the

practice of sparing the big fish andlaying hands on petty suspects. Hesaid services of leading lawyersshould be hired to ensure that sus-pects involved in the scams did notbenefit from shortcomings in prose-cution. Also on Monday, the interiorminister talked to Sindh ChiefMinister Qaim Ali Shah on phoneand discussed with him the recentempowerment of the FIA giving itauthority to detain suspects for 90days. Chaudhry Nisar told Mr Shahthat the powers given to the FIAunder the Protection of Pakistan Actwere not Sindh-specific. The basicpurpose of giving the powers to theFIA is to assign the authority inves-tigations into international and inter-provincial crimes which are beyondthe jurisdiction of provincial policeforces. He assured Mr Shah thatthe federal government respectedprovincial autonomy and there wasno reason for any province to haveany reservation in this respect.

Thousands of names to be struck off ECL

Indian shellingcontinues

SIALKOT: The IndianBorder Security Force (BSF)shelled Pakistani border vil-lages in Merajkey, Harpaland Charwah sectors of theWorking Boundary nearSialkot on Sunday night andearly Monday. According tosenior officials of PunjabRangers, the Indians shelledthe three sectors almost thewhole night and targetedcivilian population. No casu-alty was reported. Severalhouses were damagedwhen Indian Border SecurityForce (BSF) started unpro-voked heavy shelling onPakistani villages in theCharwah sector along theSialkot Working Boundaryon Sunday.

ISLAMABAD: The SupremeCourt was assured on Mondaythat the principal accused in themysterious murder of OrangiPilot Project director PerweenRehman would be arrestedsoon.

DIG Sindh Sultan AliKhawaja and SSP Karachi PirMohammad Shah informed atwo-judge bench headed byChief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk thatthey had contacted theMalakand police through somemediators for the arrest ofNaeem Swati.

Ms Rehman was killed inKarachi on March 13, 2013. Shewas going home from her officeby a car when men on a motor-bike opened fire on her on theMain Manghopir Road near

Banaras Flyover. She sufferedbullet injuries in her neck andwas taken to Abbasi ShaheedHospital where she died.

The DIG and SSP said themediators had assured theSindh police that Naeem Swati,who frequently changed hiswhereabouts from Karachi toMalakand and back, would soonsurrender after getting assur-ance that he would not be killedin a police encounter. AdvocateRaheel Kamran Sheikh, repre-senting the petitioners, request-ed the court to order the author-ities to provide security to AquilaIsmail, a sister of Ms Perween,because she had been receivingthreats. The family was alsobeing pressurised to withdrawthe case, the counsel said.

Principal accused in Perween murdercase to be arrested soon, SC assured

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ornamented withmetalware, wood,textiles and semi-Pre-cious stones. what,makes them sPecial?the artifacts on dis-Play are adornedwith islamic callig-raPhy inscriPtionsdating back to thefifteenth century.

The 59-day show,curated byAnamika Pathak

and Zahid Ali Ansari, por-trays the aesthetics ofArabic-Persian inscrip-tions, known for theirtasteful blend of flora-fauna designs that addto the charm of theobjects.These artefactshave been arranged, asper their utilities, into fivemain groups: writingimplements, religion,faith, tradition and trade.

A brass shallow bowlfrom circa 1495 CE,belonging to the ruling

peri-od (1489-1517) of DelhiSultan Sikandar Lodi, isthe oldest exhibit at theshow. Sanjiv Mittal,director-general of theNational Museum, saidthe exhibition assumessignificance keeping inmind the fact that letter-ing of a script has beenconsidered to be one ofthe most importantaspects of certain cul-tures.

According to Pathak,the artefacts at the exhi-bition are ones that werecrafted for daily, ceremo-

union minister of culture andtourism, mahesh sharma inaugurated the exhibition 'art of

calligraPhy and beyond: arabic-Persian inscriPtions on decorative artobjects' on may 15. (national museum gallery

Islamic calligraphy at its best : Centuries-old artefacts wows all

curated byanamikaPathakand Zahidali ansari,the exhibi-tion Por-trays the aes-thetics ofarabic-PersianinscriPtions.(national museumgallery

APicasso oil paintingfrom 1955smashed the

record for the most expen-sive artwork ever sold atauction when it soared to$179.4 million at Christie'son Monday. The auctionhouse had estimated "Lesfemmes d'Alger (Version'O')" would sell for about$140 million, but severalbidders competing viatelephone drove the win-ning bid to $160 million,for a final price of$179,365,000 includingChristie's commission ofjust over 12%.

The buyer of thevibrant cubist work wasnot identified. The mostexpensive work of art pre-viously sold at auction hadbeen Francis Bacon's trip-tych "Three Studies ofLucian Freud," which soldfor $142.4 million atChristie's in November2013. "It will be fascinatingto see how long it holds,"Jussi Pylkkanen,Christie's global presidentwho also served as auc-tioneer, said of the recordprice.

Giacometti's 1947sculpture, "L'homme audoigt" (Pointing man), seta world record for a sculp-ture, selling for $141.3 mil-

lion, in line with the pre-sale estimate of about$130 million. The previousrecord of $104.3 millionhad been held byGiacometti's "L'Hommequi marche I" since 2010.

Ten artists' recordswere set at Christie's spe-cial "Looking Forward tothe Past" sale, whichspanned collecting cate-gories to include artistsfrom Monet to Warhol andtook in a total of $705.9million, far above the pre-sale estimate of $578 mil-lion to $668 million. Onlyone of the 35 works failedto sell. "The results reallyspeak for themselves,"Pylkkanen said.

The record-settingPicasso was last auc-tioned in 1997, selling for$31.9 million or nearlythree times its pre-saleestimate. Bidding startedthis time at $100 million,with deep-pocketed col-lectors driving the priceupward in $1 million incre-ments. "We saw tremen-dous competition, with fivemajor collectors bidding atthe $120 million level,"said Pylkkanen. "The mar-ket has certainly changeddramatically."

Christie's said activebidders came from 35countries, with Europeanand Asian collectors inparticular competing with

Americans for the top-tierworks. Among other high-lights, another Picasso,"Buste de femme (Femmea la resille)", fetched $67.4million, beating the highestimate of $55 million.

Mark Rothko's "No. 36(Black Stripe)" andMonet's "Le Parlement"each sold for $40.5 mil-lion. Artist records wereset for Chaim Soutine,Peter Doig and JeanDubuffet, whose "ParisPolka" fetched $24.8 mil-lion, more than tripling theold mark. The auctionscontinue on Tuesday,when Sotheby's holds itssale of post-war and con-temporary art.

Picasso Painting sells for $179.4million, smashes world record

Monsoon inspiresinnovative 'foundobject' art exhibition

Six months ago, fivec o n t e m p o r a r yEuropean abstract

artists were invited byAshwin Thadani, founderof Galerie Isa, to showcasetheir vision of the monsoonthrough artworks. As theseason approached, theworks arrived, and are cur-rently on display, as part ofThe Monsoon Show.

Four of the seven art-works used recycled day-to-day items. Germanartist Gregor Hildebrandt isknown to make art out ofmusic cassettes; Welshartist Dan Rees makes artusing Plasticine (modellingclay) and Artex (a buildingmaterial); Russian-Tunisian artist NadiaKaabi-Linke takes imprintsof walls that are hundredsof years old and transfers iton to her artwork; Germanartist Anselm Reyle usesfound objects such as LEDlights, car lacquers andfoils and reinvents themthrough her works.

The exhibition alsoshowcases artwork byDanish-Icelandic artistOlafur Eliassons water-colour and pencil-on-paperwork; Eliasson has previ-ously worked with elemen-

tal materials such as lightand water. Also featuredare works by Spanish artistOliver Roura, whose leit-motif is geometric shapesreminiscent of microscopeslides.

Thadani says that itwasnt a conscious deci-sion for the artists to workwith recycled material.Having said that, it is acommon practice in west-ern contemporary art touse found-and-recycledobjects, he says.Interestingly, none of theartists have actually wit-nessed an Indian mon-soon, so they had to readup or rely on their imagina-tion. Kaabi-Linke, who isexhibiting her paintingSpick & Span in June(made using graphite onsilk paper on canvas) drewfrom her memories of rainin Tunisia: I imaginedheavy rains with a strongs o c i o - p s y c h o l o g i c a limpact, something I knowfrom Tunisia. In the end ofthe summer, the rain fallson the dry ground, and cre-ates myriads of waterstreams.

The changing climateaffects the behaviour ofpeople, she explains.

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w as telling Him allthis by way of flat-tery, but Arjuna, just

to drive out this kind ofdoubt from the minds of thereaders of Bhagavad-gita,substantiates these praisesin the next verse when hesays that Krishna is accept-ed as the SupremePersonality of Godhead notonly by himself but byauthorities like Narada,Asita, Devala andVyasadeva. These aregreat personalities who dis-tribute the Vedic knowledgeas it is accepted by allacaryas. Therefore Arjunatells Krishna that heaccepts whatever He saysto be completely perfect.Sarvam etad rtam manye:I accept everything Yousay to be true. Arjuna alsosays that the personality ofthe Lord is very difficult tounderstand and that Hecannot be known even bythe great demigods. Thismeans that the Lord cannoteven be known by person-alities greater than humanbeings. So how can ahuman being understandLord Sri Krishna withoutbecoming His devotee?

Therefore Bhagavad-gita should be taken up in aspirit of devotion. Oneshould not think that he isequal to Krishna, norshould he think thatKrishna is an ordinary per-sonality or even a verygreat personality. Lord SriKrishna is the SupremePersonality of Godhead. Soaccording to the state-ments of Bhagavad-gita orthe statements of Arjuna,the person who is trying tounderstand the Bhagavad-gita, we should at least the-oretically accept SriKrishna as the SupremePersonality of Godhead,and with that submissivespirit we can understandthe Bhagavad-gita. Unlessone reads the Bhagavad-gita in a submissive spirit, itis very difficult to under-stand Bhagavad-gita,because it is a great mys-tery. Just what is theBhagavad-gita? The pur-pose of Bhagavad-gita is todeliver mankind from thenescience of material exis-tence. Every man is in diffi-culty in so many ways, asArjuna also was in difficultyin having to fight the Battleof Kurukshetra. Arjuna sur-rendered unto Sri Krishna,and consequently thisBhagavad-gita was spo-ken. Not only Arjuna, butevery one of us is full ofanxieties because of thismaterial existence. Ourvery existence is in theatmosphere of nonexis-tence. Actually we are notmeant to be threatened bynonexistence. Our exis-

tence is eternal. But some-how or other we are put intoasat. Asat refers to thatwhich does not exist.

Out of so many humanbeings who are suffering,there are a few who areactually inquiring abouttheir position, as to whatthey are, why they are putinto this awkward positionand so on. Unless one isawakened to this positionof questioning his suffering,unless he realizes that he

doesnt want suffering butrather wants to make asolution to all suffering,then one is not to be con-sidered a perfect humanbeing. Humanity beginswhen this sort of inquiry isawakened in ones mind. Inthe Brahma-sutra thisinquiry is called brahma jij-nasa. Athato brahma jij-nasa. Every activity of thehuman being is to be con-sidered a failure unless heinquires about the nature ofthe Absolute. Thereforethose who begin to ques-tion why they are sufferingor where they came fromand where they shall goafter death are proper stu-

dents for understandingBhagavad-gita. The sincerestudent should also have afirm respect for theSupreme Personality ofGodhead. Such a studentwas Arjuna.

Lord Krishna descendsspecifically to reestablishthe real purpose of lifewhen man forgets that pur-pose. Even then, out ofmany, many human beingswho awaken, there may beone who actually enters the

spirit of understanding hisposition, and for him thisBhagavad-gita is spoken.Actually we are all swal-lowed by the tigress ofnescience, but the Lord isvery merciful upon livingentities, especially humanbeings. To this end Hespoke the Bhagavad-gita,making His friend ArjunaHis student.

Being an associate ofLord Krishna, Arjuna wasabove all ignorance, butArjuna was put into igno-rance on the Battlefield ofKurukshetra just to ques-tion Lord Krishna about theproblems of life so that theLord could explain them for

the benefit of future gener-ations of human beings andchalk out the plan of life.Then man could actaccordingly and perfect themission of human life.

The subject of theBhagavad-gita entails thecomprehension of fivebasic truths. First of all, thescience of God is explainedand then the constitutionalposition of the living enti-ties, jivas. There is ishvara,which means the controller,

and there are jivas, the liv-ing entities which are con-trolled. If a living entity saysthat he is not controlled butthat he is free, then he isinsane. The living being iscontrolled in every respect,at least in his conditionedlife. So in the Bhagavad-gita the subject matterdeals with the ishvara, thesupreme controller, and thejivas, the controlled livingentities. Prakriti (materialnature) and time (the dura-tion of existence of thewhole universe or the man-ifestation of materialnature) and karma (activity)are also discussed. Thecosmic manifestation is full

of different activities. All liv-ing entities are engaged indifferent activities. FromBhagavad-gita we mustlearn what God is, what theliving entities are, whatprakriti is, what the cosmicmanifestation is, how it iscontrolled by time, andwhat the activities of the liv-ing entities are.

Out of these five basicsubject matters inBhagavad-gita it is estab-lished that the SupremeGodhead, or Krishna, orBrahman, or the supremecontroller, or Paramatmayou may use whatevername you likeis the

greatest of all. The livingbeings are in quality like thesupreme controller. Forinstance, the Lord has con-trol over the universalaffairs of material nature,as will be explained in thelater chapters ofBhagavad-gita. Materialnature is not independent.She is acting under thedirections of the SupremeLord. As Lord Krishna says,mayadhyaksena prakritihsuyate sa-caracaram: Thismaterial nature is workingunder My direction. Whenwe see wonderful thingshappening in the cosmicnature, we should knowthat behind this cosmic

manifestation there is acontroller. Nothing could bemanifested without beingcontrolled. It is childish notto consider the controller.For instance, a child maythink that an automobile isquite wonderful to be ableto run without a horse orother animal pulling it, but asane man knows the natureof the automobiles engi-neering arrangement. Healways knows that behindthe machinery there is aman, a driver. Similarly, theSupreme Lord is the driverunder whose directioneverything is working. Nowthe jivas, or the living enti-ties, have been acceptedby the Lord, as we will notein the later chapters, as Hisparts and parcels.

A particle of gold is alsogold, a drop of water fromthe ocean is also salty, andsimilarly we the living enti-ties, being part and parcelof the supreme controller,ishvara, or Bhagavan, LordSri Krishna, have all thequalities of the SupremeLord in minute quantitybecause we are minute ish-varas, subordinate ish-varas. We are trying to con-trol nature, as presently weare trying to control spaceor planets, and this tenden-cy to control is therebecause it is in Krishna. Butalthough we have a ten-dency to lord it over materi-al nature, we should knowthat we are not thesupreme controller. This isexplained in Bhagavad-gita.

What is material nature?

This is also explained inGita as inferior prakriti, infe-rior nature. The living entityis explained as the superiorprakriti. Prakriti is alwaysunder control, whether infe-rior or superior. Prakriti isfemale, and she is con-trolled by the Lord just asthe activities of a wife arecontrolled by the husband.Prakriti is always subordi-nate, predominated by theLord, who is the predomi-nator. The living entitiesand material nature areboth predominated, con-trolled by the SupremeLord. According to the Gita,the living entities, althoughparts and parcels of theSupreme Lord, are to beconsidered prakriti. This isclearly mentioned in theSeventh Chapter ofBhagavad-gita. Apareyamitas tv anyam prakritim vid-dhi me param/ jiva-bhutam:This material nature is Myinferior prakriti, but beyondthis is another prakritijiva-bhutam, the living enti-ty. Material nature itself isconstituted by three quali-ties: the mode of goodness,the mode of passion andthe mode of ignorance. CONTINUES IN NEXT ISSUE

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HERE YOU WILL BE PRESENTED TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST PROFOUND SPIRITUAL NATURE AS REVEALED IN THE BHAGAVAD- GITA. IT IS THE DIVINE DISCOURSE SPOKEN BY THE SUPREME LORD KRISHNA HIMSELF AND IS THE MOST POPULAR AND WELL KNOWN OF ALL THE

SACRED SCRIPTURES FROM ANCIENT INDIA. ALWAYS BEING REVERED AS A TRUE SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IT REVEALS THE PURPOSE AND GOAL OFHUMAN EXISTENCE. IN CONJUNCTION TO THIS WE WILL BE PRESENTING PRECISE VEDIC VERIFICATION OF THE SUPREME LORD KRISHNA'S DIVINE INCARNATIONS

AS EVIDENCE CONFIRMING HIS SUPREME POSITION. IN BHAGAVAD- GITA, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 20, THE SUPREME LORD REVEALS THAT HE MANIFESTS AS THEIMMORTAL SOUL WITHIN EACH AND EVERY LIVING ENTITY. NO WHERE ELSE WITHIN ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE IS THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE. OUR PUR-

POSE IS TO MAKE THE ETERNAL KNOWLEDGE OF BHAGAVAD- GITA FREELY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ALL OVER THE EARTH. PART-2

SrimadBhagavad

GitaTHIS IS ALSOEXPLAINED IN GITAAS INFERIORPRAKRITI, INFERI-OR NATURE. THELIVING ENTITY ISEXPLAINED AS THESUPERIOR PRAKRI-TI. PRAKRITI ISALWAYS UNDERCONTROL,WHETHER INFERI-OR OR SUPERIOR.PRAKRITI ISFEMALE, AND SHEIS CONTROLLED BYTHE LORD JUST ASTHE ACTIVITIES OFA WIFE ARE CON-TROLLED BY THEHUSBAND.

GEETA SAYS

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Investigators say sevenAnsarullah men were involved inthe murder Seven members ofAnsarullah Bangla Team wereinvolved in the murder of AvijitRoy, investigators said, addingthat two of them had been posi-tively identified by the bloggerswife. Two of the culprits directlycarried out the attack on Avijit andhis wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya,while the other five reportedlytracked the bloggers movementand helped the killers flee thescene. All the perpetrators havenow been identified.

We have not only identified theseven killers but also collectedphotos suspected to be of them, a

senior official of the DetectiveBranch of police told the DhakaTribune yesterday.

Requesting anonymity, the offi-cial added that they had sent thephotos to the US Federal Bureauof Investigation (FBI) for verifica-tion, and Avijits wife who wasalso injured in the attack hasalready identified two of the sus-pects as being at the scene of themurder. On February 27, Avijit Roywas murdered near the TSC inter-section while he was visiting theongoing Ekushey Book Fair. Hiswife, Bonya, lost a finger in theattack. The following day, Avijitsfather Ajay Roy filed a case withShahbag police station. Along with

the DB police, the FBI also assist-ed in the investigation as Avijit wasa US citizen. We have got all pos-sible details of Avijits killing andwe are certain that all the killersbelong to banned militant outfitAnsarullah Bangla Team, said

Monirul Islam, joint commissionerof DB police. Monirul, however,said the location of the suspectsare yet to be figured out. He alsorefused to disclose the identities ofthe killers as the investigation wasstill going on. Another senior DBofficial, also wishing not to benamed, told the Dhaka Tribunethat the killers posing as fans collected information about thescience writer from a friend ofBonya, before the blogger couplearrived in the country from the USon February 16. Actually, Bonyasfriend had no idea about thekillers identities and she helpedthem unknowingly, the DB officialadded. He added that detectives

have also extracted some sensa-tional information from nine mili-tants including three Ansarullahmembers who were arrested lastmonth. The seven killers wereidentified after verifying informa-tion provided by the arrestees,analysing phone call data, andgoing through video footage col-lected from 70 CC