Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Khursheed Shah opposes amendment for Senate election

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National

Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has opposed

the proposed constitutional amendment to change the

Senate election procedure./

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has opposed the proposed constitutional amendment to change the Senate election procedure./

Khursheed Shah has said that the Senate elections could not be held with ‘show of hands’.

He called the proposal of amendment in the constitution to prevent horse trading as regretful adding that the practice can be curbed by strengthening the political parties.

He suggested that the Senate elections should also be held directly with popular vote to stop the entry of black sheep with monetary muscle in the august house.

The government had recently proposed amending the voting procedure in Senate elections to discourage the horse trading.

In a federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the government had suggested to change the secret ballot vote in Senate polls to ‘show of hand’ to discourage corrupt practices in election of the upper house of the parliament.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had set up two committees of the PML-N ministers comprised of Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafique, Anoshe Rehman, Khawaja Zaheer and Barrister Zafarullah, to contact with other political parties to amend the procedure of voting in Senate elections.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a recent media talk had welcomed the proposal floated by the government.

The members of the two committees on Wednesday met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and reported him about their contacts with other political parties.

The Prime Minister has also decided to hold contacts with the leaders of the political parties to pass an amendment in the constitution.///

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

SHC directs Sindh Govt to provide security to schools

KARACHI (baloch News) – A two-member bench including Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Faisal Arab heard a petition filed against Sindh Government for not paying attention for schools’ security, despite terrorist threats.

The court ordered Sindh Government to immediately provide security to schools. The SHC ordered the provincial government to ensure raising of school buildings’ walls in height, installation of walk-through gates.

The court asked Sindh Government to provide a report in this regard on March 4 and also warned that no negligence will be accepted.

IHC adjourns drone attack case till Feb 25

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday adjourned the plea seeking registration of first information report (FIR) against former station chief Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Jonathan Banks over deaths of civilians in US drone attacks.///...

A one judge bench of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui resumed hearing of a contempt of court petition filed by Haji Abdul Karim Khan of North Waziristan, pleading that the Secretariat Police Station had not registered the FIR against the accused despite the order passed by the said bench on June 5 in 2014./

During the course of proceedings, petitioner’s counsel Mirza Shahzad Akber pleaded for contempt of court proceedings against the Station House Officer (SHO) Secretariat for not complying with court’s order despite lapse of six months./

He also requested the court to direct the Secretariat Police Station for registration of the FIR without any delay./

Meanwhile, a representative of the government appeared and apprised the bench that there are some legal complications in filing the FIR, Advocate General would appear before the bench to argue the legal points Subsequently, the bench adjourned the case till February 25

Bomb defused at Hangu

HANGU: Security forces Tuesday foiled a bid of terrorism by defusing a fifteen kilogram bomb in Spina Khawra area of the district.

Acting on a tip off regarding presence of a bomb on a road side in Sirk Dana, security forces rushed to the spot.

After recovering the explosive device successfully, forces later defused and explosive material of fifteen kilogram was found.

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

KARACHI: (baloch news) Two persons were arrested and four inter-city passenger vans were impounded on installation of sub-standard CNG cylinder and unavailability of emergency exit gate in the vehicles, by the officials concerned in a raid at inter-city bus stand at Saddar here./

The action was taken on directives of Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi, said a statement on Tuesday.;

The Commissioner has directed Secretary RTA Manshad Ali to expedite the steps against substandard CNG Kits in public transport including inter-city buses and vans.;

He expressed deep sorrow over loss of lives in a recent road accident caused due to CNG cylinder explosion on Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway.;

He said that the use of substandard or expired CNG cylinders is a high risk and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.;

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

The action was taken on directives of Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi, said a statement on Tuesday.;

The Commissioner has directed Secretary RTA Manshad Ali to expedite the steps against substandard CNG Kits in public transport including inter-city buses and vans.;

He expressed deep sorrow over loss of lives in a recent road accident caused due to CNG cylinder explosion on Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway.;

He said that the use of substandard or expired CNG cylinders is a high risk and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.;

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

The action was taken on directives of Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi, said a statement on Tuesday.;

The Commissioner has directed Secretary RTA Manshad Ali to expedite the steps against substandard CNG Kits in public transport including inter-city buses and vans.;

He expressed deep sorrow over loss of lives in a recent road accident caused due to CNG cylinder explosion on Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway.;

He said that the use of substandard or expired CNG cylinders is a high risk and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.;

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

Vehicles impounded on use of substandard CNG cylinders

The action was taken on directives of Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqi, said a statement on Tuesday.;

The Commissioner has directed Secretary RTA Manshad Ali to expedite the steps against substandard CNG Kits in public transport including inter-city buses and vans.;

He expressed deep sorrow over loss of lives in a recent road accident caused due to CNG cylinder explosion on Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway.;

He said that the use of substandard or expired CNG cylinders is a high risk and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.;

Moin called back from World Cup

KARACHI: Chief selector Moin Khan has been called back from ongoing World Cup in Australia and Newland, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday./?

“As a follow-up of yesterday’s decision to probe the matter of the visit of Chief Selector PCB to a casino in Christchurch, the PCB has instituted an inquiry into the incident”, a statement said.?

Moin Khan was found ahead of Pakistan match against West Indies on Saturday./

“Today, consultations have taken place over telephone with Chief Selector Moin Khan, Pakistan team management and media personnel currently in Australia and with other sources”, it said.

“While there are widespread allegations into the conduct of the Chief Selector having brought the image of Pakistan and PCB into disrepute, there is no concrete proof available to substantiate the allegations against Moin Khan, it added.

“Considering the sentiments of the public, media and various other stakeholders, Chairman PCB Shaharyar M. Khan has ordered Moin to return home immediately to explain his position vis-a-vis his visit to the casino”, it elaborated.

The Tour Selection Committee will now be comprising Naveed Akram Cheema (Chairman), Waqar Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq

Petitions against military courts: Matter sent to chief justice for larger bench

ISLAMABAD (baloch News) – The Supreme Court three-member bench headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali sent the matter of petitions against military courts to Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk for the establishment of a larger bench.

Hearing the petitions on Tuesday, Justice Jamali said that they will first hear all the petitions regarding the 18th amendment,,,,

Nisar meets Kim Darroch, asks UK to serve as bridge in fight against extremism

LONDON –(baloch news) Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan held a meeting with UK National Security Adviser Kim Darroch at 10 Downing Street and discussed matters of mutual interests, reported 92 News.

He said that England should play the role of a bridge in the fight against extremism.

Pakistan and the UK have always enjoyed cordial relations, but these relations attained a new level during the tenure of present governments in both countries, he added.

Kim Darroch said that the UK attaches great importance to its relations with Pakistan and the two countries share commonality of views and objectives on many global issues.

Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

DERA BUGTI (baloch News) – A gas pipeline was blown up by unknown miscreants in Dera Bugti on Tuesday.
The gas supply to several areas of the country was suspended after the incident.
Rescue teams reached the scene soon after the blast.

Pakistan fret over non-performing asset Younis Khan

BRISBANE (baloch news) – Speculation is rife that Younis Khan will quit one-day cricket after the World Cup and chances are it would be far from a fairytale farewell for one of Pakistan’s modern batting greats.

Runs have dried up, his team’s World Cup campaign is in disarray, fans back home are fuming and pundits, including some of his former team mates, consider him a burden on a team beset with many other problems.

The 37-year-old was not considered an automatic choice for the World Cup but a century against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in December and the experience of 250-plus ODIs earned him a place in the 15-member squad.

The former captain, so far, has failed to justify his selection for a fourth World Cup appearance, managing six runs against arch-rivals India and being out for a golden duck against West Indies.

“I beg of Younis. Thank you for your services to Pakistan cricket but please leave this ODI side now,” former test captain Rameez Raja said. “I think Younis should tell the management he should be rested.”

Younis’ former team mate Shoaib Akhtar has also joined the chorus demanding his retirement but the batsman with more than 15,000 international runs against his name can also blame his blip on a gamble that backfired on Pakistan.

Against India, Younis was asked to open the innings, just the third time in his 263-match ODI career and his struggle against the new ball was evident in the way he was dismissed.

Younis could neither duck under Mohammed Shami’s bouncer nor could he pull it as the ball hit his glove and lobbed up for wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to take the catch.

ROCKET SCIENCE//.

Batting great Javed Miandad was among those furious with the experiment.

“What’s the rocket science of promoting Younis Khan as an opener?” Miandad wrote in his column for the International Cricket Council (ICC) website.

“If you are not an opener you tend to struggle against the new ball and if you are not in form, it only compounds your problems,” said the former Pakistan captain.

Against West Indies, Younis batted at number three but the Pakistan innings was just two-balls old when he had to walk out to join Ahmed Shehzad after opener Nasir Jamshed fell for a duck.

A laden-footed Younis nicked the first ball he faced from Jerome Taylor behind as Pakistan slumped to 1-4 before succumbing to their second successive defeat in the tournament.

As Misbah-ul-Haq and his men prepare for their next match against Zimbabwe on March 1, Miandad perhaps has the best suggestion how to make the best use of cricketer who led Pakistan to their Twenty20 World Cup triumph in 2009.

“The top four batting spots are specialists’ slots and those who are in form should raise their hands for it.

“If Younis has to be slotted in the playing XI, then he should come down the order when the ball gets a bit old.,,

Two minor girls poisoned to death in Sheikhupura

SHEIKHUPURA (baloch News) – Two minor girls, out of three who were poisoned, died on Tuesday.

Seven-year-old Laiba and five-year-old Maryam died, while three-year-old Sidra was shifted to DHQ Hospital in a critical condition.

The bodies have been shifted to Children Complex for autopsy.

Advocate General Punjab Hanif Khatana resigns

LAHORE (baloch News) – Advocate General Punjab Hanif Khatana has resigned on Tuesday.

He sent his resignation to Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, saying he could not continue his work for personal reasons.

Khatana has also asked the chief minister to accept his resignation

PM, COAS discuss Zarb-e-Azb & National Action Plan

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed the Zarb-e-Azb operation with him.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister House said that Nawaz Sharif and Raheel Sharif discussed security situation and establishment of military courts.

Both the civil and military leaders agreed on prompt implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP).

COAS General Raheel Sharif briefed the prime minister about the Zarbe-e-Azb.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his satisfaction over the development in the operation against terrorists.

FC official killed, 3 injured in Balochistan blasts

QUETTA (baloch News) – An official of the Frontier Constabulary was killed while three others injured in bomb blasts in Quetta and Chaman on Tuesday.

In Quetta, a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary was patrolling in the Mawrar area when the bomb planted along the road exploded. As a result, the FC official was killed and the vehicle was badly damaged.

After the incident, the security forces launched the search operation after cordoning off the area. However, no arrest could be made so far.

In Chaman, three people were injured and several vehicles were damaged in the blast.

Man, grandson among three crushed to death in Lahore

LAHORE (baloch news – Three people, including a man and his grandson, were crushed to death by an oil tanker on Kacha Road on Tuesday.

Nasser Ahmed, 70, of Islampura was taking his 12-year-old grandson Awais and 13-year-old neighbour Shoaib to the examination centre for the Class 5 paper on a bike when an oil tanker hit them. As a result, all the three died on the spot.

Police have arrested driver Ashraf and two helpers. Bodies have been handed over to their families.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced Rs 500,000 as compensation for the families of each victim...

Monday, February 23, 2015

28 children fall unconscious from generator gas leakage

LAHORE (baloch News) – As many as 28 children fell unconscious after gas leaked from a generator in a school on Saturday, 92 News reported.

The incident took place when a ceremony was ongoing at a private school in Mughalpura area. The leakage of carbon dioxide from the generator caused the children to fell unconscious.

The children were shifted to a nearby hospital.,,

Muslim countries’ alliance against terrorism is a good omen, says Qureshi

LAHORE (baloch News) – Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that they want an impartial probe into the Baldia Town tragedy.

Talking to the media on Sunday, he said that a group is trying to link Islam to terrorism. “Muslim countries’ alliance against terrorism is a good omen.”

He hoped that the Makkah conference will be very hopeful in combating terrorism.

Terrorists have made innocent citizens’ life a hell: Javed Hashmi

MULTAN (baloch news) – Senior politician Makhdoom Hashmi said that terrorists do not believe in Quranic decrees and have made the life of innocent citizens a hell.

Talking to the media on the martyrdom day of Maj Jahanzeb Adnan, he said that the war against terrorism has been imposed on Pakistan.

“India is spending all its resources on warfare equipment,” he said.

Four die as bus collides with trailer in Dera Ghazi Khan

DERA GHAZI KHAN (baloch news) – Four people were killed and over 30 injured when a bus collided with a trailer on Taunsa Road on Monday.

The Rescue 1122 staffers shifted the victims and injured to hospitals.//

NA-122 rigging case: Election tribunal summons both counsels on Feb 27

LAHORE (baloch news) – Election Tribunal Judge Kazim Ali Malik has summoned the counsels for National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and PTI chief Imran Khan in the NA-122 rigging case on February 27.

Asjad Saeed, the counsel for Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, submitted the reply to the application regarding the verification of thumb impressions by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). He also objected to the application of Imran Khan.

He said that the NA-122 electoral record was checked by the local commission on the application of Imran Khan and now it is useless to verify the thumb impressions from the NADRA.

He was of the view Imran Khan has failed to prove the rigging allegations.///

captaincy could boost my form on the fairways

captaincy could boost my form on the

fairways

LONDON: Darren Clarke, who has missed the cut in five of his last seven European Tour outings, is hoping last week's decision to install him as Europe's 2016 Ryder Cup captain can have a galvanising effect on his performances.

The Northern Irishman is without a title since his memorable 2011 British Open victory at Sandwich, the only major championship win of his career, and he has plunged to 470th in the world rankings.

"Obviously my own competitive instincts haven't been too good of late," Clarke told www.europeantour.com on Monday.

"The captaincy might actually be a blessing in disguise in terms of my golf because it will take my mind away from practising too hard and I'll have a lot of things to focus on. Hopefully it will help me play a little bit better."

Clarke accepts, however, that the demands of the Ryder Cup role are bound to affect him on the fairways as the biennial team event draws closer.

"This year I don't think the captaincy will make an awful lot of difference but I would imagine next year it would make a big difference in my playing schedule," he said. Clarke has won 14 times on the tour and will have a chance to make it 15 when he competes in this week's Joburg Open in South Africa.

The 46-year-old was named Ryder Cup captain last Wednesday after winning the unanimous vote of a five-man selection panel that included the last three skippers, Paul McGinley, Jose Maria Olazabal and Colin Montgomerie.

Clarke looks likely to be up against Davis Love III when Europe chase a record fourth successive victory against United States in Hazeltine, Minnesota next year. Love is expected to be announced as American captain on Tuesday.

PTI chairman and former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan hopes to see Pakistan win the World Cup.

PTI chairman and former Pakistani cricketer

Imran Khan hopes to see Pakistan win the

World Cup.

PTI chairman and former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan hopes to see Pakistan win the World Cup.

Pakistan has lost two consecutive matches in the tournament, the opening match against India and then West Indies dominated Pakistan with 150 runs. Pakistan will be facing Zimbabwe in their next match.

Imran Khan advised the team to solve the issues that are the reasons for their consecutive defeats, to come back on the right track to win.

The former cricketer feels that Pakistan has that potential to win this World Cup. They just need to concentrate on their upcoming matches of the tournament.//

According to media reports he said, “The first and foremost thing is that if we are to win our remaining matches and beat South Africa the top order has to get runs. We need to play attacking cricket by strengthening the bowling and trying to take wickets. Containment will not work in this World Cup."

Khan thinks that the players are talented and they just need to give away the fear of losing and then they can do wonders in this World cup 2015.

"Pakistan is blessed with talent which perhaps no country has and this talent comes through despite the system, not because of it," he added.

Pakistan will play its next match against Zimbabwe on Sunday March 01, 2015 at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane.>>>/??

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Islamic State lays claim to North African outpost

match the worst of Islamic State’s atrocities: black-clad fighters and an English-speaking jihadist taunt the West before slaughtering their victims in orange jumpsuits on a Libyan beach.

Their masked leader turns to the Mediterranean and points a bloodied knife towards Europe, declaring, “We will conquer Rome, God willing.”

The execution of 21 Egyptian Christians by militants in Libya proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State was an announcement that the group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has spread from Syria and Iraq to Libya. Militants have profited from chaos to claim a North African outpost a boat ride away from Italy’s coast.

International reaction came swiftly. Egyptian jets pounded suspected militant sites in Libya, and Paris joined Cairo in calling for UN action to halt the militants’ spread.

Libya appears to be Islamic State’s most successful move yet beyond its Middle East heartland, likely attracting more recruits and increasing Western fears of a new North African base for jihadist fighters.

Yet even as they thrive in Libya’s unrest, Islamic State sympathizers must contend with rivalries and factional infighting that make securing the sort of territorial gains that IS has made in Iraq and Syria more complicated.

“The statement in Libya is more a statement of defiance,” said Hassan Hassan, co-author of a book on IS. “By killing Christian civilians, they were delivering a message that they’re expanding.”

The rise of IS comes as no surprise. Libya has descended into factional fighting, leaving the country almost lawless nearly four years after Muammar Gaddafi’s fall.

Two competing governments backed by militia brigades are scrambling for control. Diplomats have fled, Tripoli’s airport is a bombed-out shell and oil flow is a trickle as combatants trade rockets and air strikes.

Libya’s IS sympathisers have used social media to display shows of strength, parades of armed men and appeals to implement sharia law in the eastern city of Derna, a stronghold of Islamist militancy.

But this year IS militants in Libya have escalated operations. Last month, they claimed an assault on the Tripoli Corinthia hotel, killing nine people.

Islamic State gunmen also attacked Libya’s Al-Mabrook oilfield, where France’s Total owns a stake. Some victims were beheaded.

A US government source said US officials do not yet know how many attacks by Islamic State sympathizers are directly tied to the central organisation or are just “copycat” claims.

But analysts said the Egyptian killings, their video release via an official IS outlet, exerpts from an IS magazine on the hostages and the executions themselves suggested ties with IS command.

In December, General David Rodriguez, head of the US Africa Command, said a couple of hundred militants were in training camps in eastern Libya that were likely to send fighters to Syria.

Now foreigners are being killed fighting for Islamist groups in Libya. Tunisian newspapers carry death notices of jihadists who have died not only in Syria or Iraq, but also in Libyan cities like Benghazi.

For Egypt, the rise of Islamic State just over its border is worrying. Egyptians officials see ties between Libyan Islamists and militants in the Sinai.

“What you have is a chaotic country where Islamic State and other militant groups are untouchable, on your border,” a senior Egyptian security source told Reuters. “Our goal is not to contain terrorists with air strikes, our goal is to eradicate terrorism in Libya.”

Libya is also host to Ansar al Sharia, blamed by Washington for an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi where the US ambassador died, and al Qaeda-linked groups as well as smaller Islamist rivals whose motives are more local than global.

PML-N will rid country of terrorism, load shedding, price hike: Nawaz

PML-N will rid country of terrorism, load shedding, price hike: Nawaz?

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the PML-N government will rid the country of terrorism, power load shedding, unemployment and price hike.?

He was talking to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at his Jati Umra residence here on Sunday. The prime minister said that the whole nation and state institutions are united in the fight against terrorism. He made it clear that terrorists would not be allowed to succeed in their nefarious designs and would be eliminated once for all. The Prime Minister vowed to restore peace in the country at all cost. For this purpose he said that full implementation of National Action plan is needed in all the provinces. He said the government has come to power with the votes of the people and was working day and night to resolve their problems. He was confident that the time was not far away when the problems of load shedding and unemployment would be resolved.

Shahbaz Sharif briefed the Prime Minister about steps taken by his government for the implementation of National Action Plan and said many suspected terrorists have been arrested during raids. He said investigations were in progress and those involved in heinous crimes would be brought to justice. He also informed the prime minister about power and other development projects being implemented in the province. The chief minister had earlier this month said that the government is making serious efforts to resolve energy crisis being faced by the country as it is directly linked with control of poverty and unemployment besides creation of job opportunities.

baloch news

Education is the Noah’s ark of any nation, outside which is nothing but deluge. Every country tries to set a premium on establishing prestigious academic norms to compete with the global rat-race. Higher education matters and serves as a vigorous impetus to overall national development. It equips the budding generation with the high-tech weaponry of witticism and repertoire of up-to-date learning.
The prevailing scenario of the world endorses the foregoing. Advanced countries like Great Britain, Canada and the US have invested a lot on the dissemination of knowledge through higher studies. Almost all major universities cater to the uplift of educational standards. They exert to produce a large number of scholars seeking PhD’s and other types of higher studies in multifarious disciplines. The scholars strain every nerve to conduct their researches and thus considerably add to the existing corpora of information.
Our country however, is still lagging behind. A tiny percentage is set aside for education in the annual budget and it is insufficient to provide financial support to our scholars intending to pursue higher education in universities abroad.
As far as local universities are concerned, most of them are producing just raw material. Their pseudo lump research goes profitless. A close review of the prevailing setup brings the bitter fact to light that most research thesis/papers are merely a rephrasing of original research work. Such activity is a filthy smudge on the fair front of higher education.
The vicious practice of bogus lump research impedes the path of a nation’s growth. The intellectual dishonesty is a curse. Genuine research is being rephrased so cunningly and skilfully that plagiarism is hardly discernible. Most supervisors suspend their disbelief and take them for original attempts. These theses are bereft of generalizability, testability and predictability. This detestable blackmailing is ganging ground even in advanced countries like America and it is mostly because of non-accredited private universities mushrooming there. In our country, researchers do not feel shy in stealing or buying the material of their theses from those who have expertise in rephrasing not only the style of writing but also of the ideas. Their prime objective is nothing but amassing lucre by fair or foul means. It is not wide off the mark to mention the case of one of my friends. His thesis showed 58% plagiarism. His supervisor directed him to reduce it to 19%. Next time he brought it down to zero percentage. He was redirected to raise it a bit to avoid suspicion. He felt no problem in setting it to 7%. Thus, the content can be comfortably engineered to align plagiarism to the “required” standard.
Another form of lump research is co-authoring. Sometimes, two or three researchers co-write an article. Usually, there is only one genuine scholar. It entails an unfortunate turn of affairs when the co-writer happens to be a junior member of staff. The senior member remains at ease, doing nothing. The entire research work is done by the junior. How can a junior member take a bold step to claim his lion’s share? Then there are the ones supervising the research project or thesis of a group of students. They borrow the data of this novice research and easily chisel the material to write an article dubbing it to their own credit.
Proxy researchers brazen out readymade material from the website. They plagiarize not only the form but also the content of what they have designed to research about. It is easy for them to modify the given text to their own vested interests and get it published in their name. During the last decade, such research has surged up to engage public attention. These practices reek of intellectual dishonesty and humiliate the entire premise of higher education.
This specific malady can be remedied by stringent measures of the HEC (Higher Education Commission). Those scholars who copy the material from the genuine source and mould it to claim it as their own, deserve no pity. They must be penalized so that their punishment might serve as an eye-opener for others. At the same time, supervisors and external examiners appointed for review and the defence of theses, must be taken to task for their negligence and indifference to their assigned responsibility.
Apropos of the above mentioned, the universities have an obligation to enjoin upon their teaching faculty to make every possible effort to promote genuine research activities amongst the students.

The writer is Head of the English Department, Minhaj University Lahore.

Altaf express grief over Nooriabad bus accident

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf

Hussain while expressing grief over the Nooriabad bus accident

urged people to remove gas cylinders from vehicles, baloch news

reported.

MQM chief expressed deep sorrow over the gas kit explosion accident in a bus which killed 12 people on Sunday.
Hussain urged people of Pakistan to remove gas cylinders from the vehicles they own and switch them to safer fuels like petrol and diesel.

He was of the view that such accidents are increasing in number due to the decreasing quality of CNG kits and faulty fitting system.
Hussain also asked people of Pakistan to refrain from boarding and traveling through vehicles fitted with CNG cylinders.

MQM chief demanded from the government of Pakistan to ban vehicles with substandard gas kits on roads to save precious lives.

The Accident

Twelve people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger bus caught fire on Karachi- Hyderabad highway.

Eye witnesses claimed that the passenger van en route from Karachi to Hyderabad turned upside down on Karachi Hyderabad higway near Nooriabad and immediately caught fire.

Initial reports suggested that the reason of fire was a blast in passenger van’s CNG cylinder.

Four charred bodies were recovered from the metal wreckage of the ill fated bus initially, while the death toll rose to 12 in a few hours.

Dead bodies of victims were brought to Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital while injured were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.