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The European commission believes thousands of migrants may have been denied access to benefits in the UK. Britain is being taken to court by the European commission over al-legations that nationals from EU countries are unfairly denied welfare benefits.

The commission argues that Britain imposes an extra test on migrants from the EU that does not apply to British citizens, in contravention of EU law. Britain applies its own test on top of the standard EU test to determine if a migrant is eligible for welfare payments. The commission believes that, as a result,

thousands of migrants may have been denied access to benefits, such as child tax credit and jobseeker's allowance.

Details of the legal action in the European court of justice will be announced on Thursday.A British official told the BBC he could not comment about court action until the commission made its decision public.

But the official said the British test was vital to ensure benefits were paid only to people living legally in Britain.

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Pakistan’s changing Political LandscapePakistan is gearing up for elections on 11 May. Pakistan can be an unpredictable place. But in a chequered history that has kept lurching from crises to coups, one event has kept coming back, with reassuring certainty - elections.

Since 1988 when martial law abruptly ended and a people who fought for democracy directed their energies and enthusiasm towards the battle for ballots.

What boisterous campaigns there've been - massive rallies that packed stadiums and fields, convoys of vehicles snaking, horns blaring, through villages and down highways - a chaotic carnival in every constituency.

But elections in Pakistan can't be like that anymore. It's simply too dangerous. Not a day goes by without a report of an attack by one of many armed groups on a politician, or a public space, or the police.

Lets take a look at what it's like to campaign in "Elections 2013", and what it takes to win.

The crush of massive crowds has mostly been replaced by "corner rallies". Politicians travel across the land in helicopters on carefully guarded schedules, rather than spontaneously weighing into the fray.

Something has been lost. But something else has been gained. A different kind of explosion has transformed the political landscape here.

There's a dizzying array of television

channels in all the languages spoken here. And social media provides the safest of places to argue and analyse, and of course to jockey for influence and joke. It wouldn't be Pakistan if they didn't.

Another chanceMany worry about "saving Pakistan" - from the blight of official corruption, growing

violence and extremism, deepening divisions. That's on top of the age-old problems of poverty and illiteracy.

Everyone talks of "change". Everyone has

waited a long time for it to happen. Will it come, this time, from within the parties which traditionally dominated politics or will it usher in the rise of new political dynamic?Yet again, this is an election where people warn that Pakistan "at a crossroads", is facing a "last chance".

Despite all the threats and disappointments,

every person I have spoken to - so far - told me: "Yes of course I am voting!"

According to polls rating, PTI stands at the top in Punjab and not far behind is PMLN,

PPP is strong contestant in Sindh and MQM in Karachi, ANP in Boluchistan.

Pakistan always seems to get another chance. And yet again, you sense that at least the people want to seize it.

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Pakistan’s changing Political LandscapePakistan is gearing up for elections on 11 May. Pakistan can be an unpredictable place. But in a chequered history that has kept lurching from crises to coups, one event has kept coming back, with reassuring certainty - elections.

Since 1988 when martial law abruptly ended and a people who fought for democracy directed their energies and enthusiasm towards the battle for ballots.

What boisterous campaigns there've been - massive rallies that packed stadiums and fields, convoys of vehicles snaking, horns blaring, through villages and down highways - a chaotic carnival in every constituency.

But elections in Pakistan can't be like that anymore. It's simply too dangerous. Not a day goes by without a report of an attack by one of many armed groups on a politician, or a public space, or the police.

Lets take a look at what it's like to campaign in "Elections 2013", and what it takes to win.

The crush of massive crowds has mostly been replaced by "corner rallies". Politicians travel across the land in helicopters on carefully guarded schedules, rather than spontaneously weighing into the fray.

Something has been lost. But something else has been gained. A different kind of explosion has transformed the political landscape here.

There's a dizzying array of television

channels in all the languages spoken here. And social media provides the safest of places to argue and analyse, and of course to jockey for influence and joke. It wouldn't be Pakistan if they didn't.

Another chanceMany worry about "saving Pakistan" - from the blight of official corruption, growing

violence and extremism, deepening divisions. That's on top of the age-old problems of poverty and illiteracy.

Everyone talks of "change". Everyone has

waited a long time for it to happen. Will it come, this time, from within the parties which traditionally dominated politics or will it usher in the rise of new political dynamic?Yet again, this is an election where people warn that Pakistan "at a crossroads", is facing a "last chance".

Despite all the threats and disappointments,

every person I have spoken to - so far - told me: "Yes of course I am voting!"

According to polls rating, PTI stands at the top in Punjab and not far behind is PMLN,

PPP is strong contestant in Sindh and MQM in Karachi, ANP in Boluchistan.

Pakistan always seems to get another chance. And yet again, you sense that at least the people want to seize it.

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*Town Centre awarded £268,000 funding prize to continue excellent work*Rotherham to be the ‘best practice’ template for others to follow *New businesses to be en-couraged to be innovative and different

Rotherham has won a na-tional award from the Gov-ernment's High Street Re-newal Fund. The £268,000 allocation is the largest amount awarded to any town and establishes Rotherham firmly at the front of national work to regenerate Britain's high streets. There has been further na-tional recognition of the fact that the partners in Rother-ham Town Centre, includ-ing the Council are leading the way in the regeneration of the Nation’s high streets with the announcement that the town centre have been awarded a £ 268,000 grant from a £1 million pound

government fund that was set up to reward the location or locations with the most innovative high street regen-eration schemes that have demonstrated an effective transformation. The Council will manage the project, to deliver more retail-related business sup-port projects. £18,000 of the money is to be used for disseminating and showcas-ing best practice. Rotherham

was shortlisted based on an original application form and then a visit by the team responsible for judging the applications in February. The bid focussed on the work being undertaken to strengthen and differentiate the town’s shopping offer, and looks to help deliver new and exciting ways of supporting new start busi-nesses who would further contribute to this offer.

National Recognition for Rotherham Town Centre

The Liberal Democrat Group on Shef-field City Council have unveiled their leadership team for the next twelve months.

Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed was re-elected Leader at the Group’s AGM. The result follows the Fulwood by-election where local Liberal Democrats scored a stunning victory, winning by 1,528 votes and recording a 4.35% swing from Labour.

The Liberal Democrats now have 22 councillors to 60 Labour councillors, 2 Green councillors and no Conservatives.

Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Sheffield City Coun-cil, said: “It’s clear that Labour bosses are mak-ing the wrong choices for Sheffield, driving away jobs with their anti-busi-

ness attitude and wasting taxpayers’ money on costly pet-projects instead of the services people really care about.

“The Fulwood by-election showed that local people have lost faith in Labour to run the city and that the Liberal Demo-crats are the local campaigners that are actually holding Labour to account.

I’m delighted with the team that has been elected – we’ll continue to ask the difficult questions that Town Hall bosses want to avoid.”

The rest of the Shadow Cabinet are:

Leader – Cllr Shaffaq MohammedDeputy Leader (Children, Young People and Families) – Cllr Colin RossBusiness, Skills & Development – Cllr Ian AucklandCommunities & Inclusion – Cllr David

BakerCulture, Leisure & Sport – Cllr Alison BrelsfordEnvironment, Recycling & Streetscene – Cllr Joe OttenFinance & Resources – Cllr Andrew SangarHealth, Care & Independent Living – Cllr Roger DavisonHomes & Neighbourhoods – Cllr Penny Baker

Liberal Democrats Unveil New Sheffield Team

The opening of two new primary schools in Sheffield has taken an impor-tant step forward. Oasis Community Learning has been selected by the De-partment of Education to run the new schools in the Firvale and Shirecliffe areas.

Oasis is a national organisation with a very strong track record in improving outcomes for pupils, supporting lo-cal regeneration, and a commitment to working in partnership.

Demand for primary school places is growing nationally following the rise in the birth rate since 2002. Sheffield has followed this national trend and the council has already undertaken a number of expansion projects, with over 2,500 primary places added to schools across the city in the last five years.

As part of the plan to continue meeting the growing need Sheffield City Coun-cil last year announced plans to build these two new schools. The move will give local children greater access to lo-cal primary school places.

The two-form entry primary schools are to be built on Skinnerthorpe Road in the Burngreave/Fir Vale area and on the former Watermead school site in the Southey/Longley/Shirecliffe area. The sponsors will now work with the council to develop the schools, which are expected to open in September next year (2014).

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It's all change for Greater Manchester’s mayors with 10 new office-holders being sworn in amid the usual pomp and circumstance. Inaugura-tion ceremonies were taking place in town halls across the region, as new mayors took over the chains of office from the previous incumbent.

Mayors – who hold the cer-emonial office for one year – represent their borough at official occasions such as Re-membrance Day, chair coun-cil meetings and act as cham-pions for their town or city.

The job is different from that of a city mayor, such as Ian Stewart in Salford and is usually filled by a backbench

councillor voted for by their peers. By tradition, many of the new mayors will have served last year as deputy mayor with the role passing to their deputy next year.In Manchester, one of 23

major cities in England and Wales to have a lord mayor, Coun Naeem ul Hassan took up the office last month, watched online by proud rela-tives in Pakistan.

New Mayor Take Up Office at Town Hall

South Yorkshire’s top judge has called for children to be removed from dysfunctional homes to end the ‘frightening’ cycle of crime. Judge Alan Goldsack QC, Recorder of Shef-field, revealed he is now dealing with the grandchildren of criminals he prosecuted or defended 40 years ago.

The judge spoke out as he retired after 43 years in the legal profession. He said: “Some people become criminals because they enjoy crime and think it’s a good way of life and if they don’t get caught they think they can have a good lifestyle. “But a frightening thing is the number of people I see who are the grand-children of the people I have prosecuted and defended 40 years ago – because crime runs in families in the same way that being a doc-tor, teacher or lawyer does. “We have to get in on the ground and remove young babies from the families that are going to produce the next generation of criminals. “I have read so many pre-sentence reports where I said to myself ‘why was this per-

son not adopted at birth? All the signs were there’.”

Judge Goldsack said prisons are full of crimi-nals who are products of a failing care sys-tem, where children are removed from dys-functional homes too late – at an age when it is difficult to find adoptive parents so the youngsters end up in care. “It’s not uncom-mon for a dysfunctional family to have £250,000 spent on them, but if we got in early and removed children from these homes we could save thousands.”

Judge Goldsack also called for criminals to be given extra support once they are released from custody. “Prison works in the sense that while offenders are inside they are not rob-bing people in the street, burgling homes or getting drunk and committing violence but one area which could improve is the amount of rehabilitation work available – there are fewer probation workers in prisons running the courses now that they used to,” he added.

‘Remove Children from Criminal Families’, says Sheffield Judge

Britain will become one of the world's most ethnically diverse countries in less than 40 years, an academic study has found.

The proportion of minority groups living in Britain will rise from 10% in 2006 to 40% by 2050, the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford said. If current trends continue, the so-called majority-ethnic group in the UK - white British - will become a mi-nority before 2070. But this assumption does not factor in the impact of current or future government attempts to reduce net migration.Migration has become the primary driver of demographic change in most high-income countries and may remain so.

On current trends European populations will become more ethnically diverse, with the pos-sibility that today's majority ethnic groups

will no longer comprise a numerical majority in some countries.In England and Wales, censuses show that in 1841 just 0.25% of the population was "foreign-born", rising to 4.4% in 1951. By 2010/2011, in the whole of the UK, immi-grants made up 13% of the population. Part of the reason behind the decline in white-British members of the population is declining birth rates. The continuation of these trends in low-fertility countries would eventually lead to the majority ethnic group becoming a numerical minority of the national population.

The UK has the highest migration projection and the point at which the country's ethnic minority population overtakes the majority at around 2070. However, this would occur in younger age-groups and major urban areas earlier.

UK ‘40% Ethnic Minorities by 2050’

Sheffield City Council’s Labour bosses face a damn-ing vote next week, as they are branded “anti-business” by opposition councillors. At the Full Council meet-ing next week (Wed 5th Jun, 14:00) the Council will debate claims that the Labour leadership’s “anti-business” stance is driving jobs away from Sheffield. In recent months the Council has been criticised for: · a lukewarm reception to the proposal by IKEA to locate a new £60m store within Sheffield, which would create 700 new jobs; · the rejection of a

proposal by NEXT to locate a new department store in Sheffield, which would have created 120 new jobs; · a failure to progress the Sevenstones project, which would create 1,000 new jobs; · a decision to increase city centre parking charges and vote to ban ice cream vans more than 5 years old. The Council have been at-tacked by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam, as well as the South Yorkshire Federa-tion of Small Businesses[1], and the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, over their ap-

proach to Sevenstones. [2] Cllr Ian Auckland, Sheffield Liberal Democrat spokesper-son for local businesses, said: “As a Council our top prior-ity should be attracting more jobs to the city. Unfortu-nately, Labour’s anti-business attitude appears to be driving jobs away from Sheffield. “The Council should be wel-coming the offer of 800 jobs with open arms, but Labour leaders are sat in the Town Hall, refusing to give the backing that companies like Ikea and Next require. Given the damning comments of local businesses it’s vital that the Council change direction now.”

Rotherham Borough Coun-cil’s tough approach to filthy gardens has continued when a Maltby householder was taken to court for not clearing dog faeces from her back yard.

Stephanie Woodward was found guilty at Rotherham Magistrates Court for allow-ing her dog to repeatedly foul the rear yard of her Maltby home at 18, Nelson Road.

In April this year officers

from Rotherham Borough Council’s Community Protection Unit found a large amount of dog faeces cover-ing the rear yard of the property. This was the third time it had to be cleared and was in direct breach of an Abatement Notice, which had been served on Woodward in October, 2012.

Woodward failed to appear for the hearing at Rother-ham Magistrates Court on Wednesday, May 22. So,

after hearing the case in her absence, magistrates fined Steel £400, ordered her to pay £442.17 costs and a £40 victim surcharge.

Rotherham Borough Council has re-iterated its clear mes-sage for those who ignore their responsibilities, saying very robust enforcement ac-tion will be used to deal with those who decide to ignore the advice offered by the Community Protection Unit.

Fine for dog faeces in back yard

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An original Apple 1 com-puter from 1976 - one of only six still in work-ing order - has sold at auction in Germany for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000/£430,000).

The Apple 1 was one of the first 50 built by

Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Jobs' parents' garage. The computer - consisting only of a motherboard, signed by Mr Wozniak - went to an anonymous buyer from Asia.

Last year, an Apple 1 sold for 490,000 euros (£418,000; $633,000).

Only about 200 Apple 1s were ever made. About 46 remain in existence, but only six of those are still in working order.

The one sold at auction in the German city of Cologne on Saturday was purchased together with an original monitor, tape-player, keyboard. The documentation was signed by Steve Jobs.


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A new library in Bradford city centre is to be created after it was discovered that the ex-isting Central Library is no

longer fit for purpose. The Bradford Council decision, brings to an end nearly two years of uncertainty after the Central Library was deemed a

fire risk by health and safety experts in October 2011. To be known as City Library, the new facility will occupy

the present Bradford 1 Gal-lery building and a large unit next to it in City Park. It will open in December, complete with 60,000 books, 40 com-

puters for public use, study space and Wi-Fi. The Brad-ford 1 Gallery will move to Cartwright Hall in Lister Park. The project will cost £9 mil-lion in total, of which £8m will be spent on the Central Library building to make it safe and convert it to offices and conference space for Council workers. That cash will be clawed back by the Council through sav-ings on rents being paid for privately-owned office space when staff move to the Central Library building and eventual savings on maintenance costs as the bill to rectify the exist-ing library is £4.9m. The decision to relocate has been made after asbestos was discovered in Central Library and it was found that work to remedy that would take until at least December 2014.

New Library to be Built in Bradford City Centre

Nick Clegg, Liberal Demo-crat Sheffield Hallam MP, has written to the Leader of Sheffield City Council to urge the Labour run Author-ity to drop their anti-business policies, which could cost the City nearly 2,000 jobs.

Recent weeks have seen the leadership of the Council criticised for: - • a lukewarm reception to the proposal by IKEA to lo-cate a new £60m store within Sheffield, which would cre-ate 700 new jobs; • the rejection of a pro-posal by NEXT to locate a new department store in Sheffield, which would have created 120 new jobs; • a failure to progress the Sevenstone project, which would create 1,000 new jobs;

• a decision to increase city centre parking charges and vote to ban ice cream vans more than 5 years old. As a result the Sheffield

Chamber of Commerce has stated that Sheffield is go-ing backwards. Whilst the South Yorkshire Federation of Small Businesses said that the Council has “lost touch with the business reality of the 21st Century”.

Nick Clegg has outlined a different approach which could secure the potential 1,820 jobs on offer.

His letter notes that the Coun-cil should: ‘work with IKEA to overcome any planning is-sues, open negotiations with NEXT to see how they could go ahead with their invest-ment and invite other devel-opers to look at delivering the Sevenstone project.’ He said a change of policy is urgently required.

He added that Sheffield can-not afford to throw away in-vestments at a time when we need them the most.

Clegg in Jobs Battle with Anti-Business Town Hall

Life-saving defibrillators have been presented to businesses across South Yorkshire last month as part of the Rotherham Heart Town initiative. The defibrillators, also known as AEDs - automated external defibrillators - have been jointly funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Westfield Health, with familiarisation sessions and other support being made avail-able from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS).

These jointly funded machines will be located in strategically chosen areas where there are large groups of people

present. It is estimated that around 60,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the UK each year. Of these, around 30,000 are treated by emergency medical serv-ices.

Defibrillators work by delivering a con-trolled electric shock through the chest wall, to try and shock the heart back into a normal rhythm. When someone has a cardiac arrest, defibrillation needs to be prompt. For every minute that passes without defibrillation, chances of sur-vival decrease by around 10 per cent. Having more defibrillators available lo-cally for these emergencies is crucial to saving more lives.

Rotherham Heart Town aims to bring communities together to join the fight against heart disease through raising awareness, fundraising and volunteer-ing. The 14 businesses in Rotherham Heart Town are being presented with defibril-lators and familiarisation sessions to

throw a lifeline to the local community if someone should suffer a cardiac ar-rest. The BHF, NHS Rotherham, Rother-ham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC), YAS and Westfield Health have come together as a partnership to identify gaps and to provide defibril-lators in places where large groups of people are present. This presentation, which focuses on large businesses in the area, is the first bulk award of its type under the Rotherham Heart Town part-nership which aims to address gaps in provision.

Fighting for every Heartbeat in Rotherham

South Yorkshire’s Labour Police Chief has been hit by further criti-cism, as a report by MPs highlighted him as the country’s most expensive Police Commissioner. A report, published by MPs last month, claims that Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner, spends £3,144,717 a year on his personal office, more than any other commissioner in the country. The claims follow a separate report just weeks ago, which highlighted Shaun Wright as one of the “laziest” in the country. The figure represents 1.24% of the

force’s total budget, making Shaun Wright the only commissioner to spend more than 1% of the force’s budget on his personal office, ac-cording to the report.

Figures from other forces ranged from 0.42% to 0.98%. Despite the extortionate cost of his own personal office, Shaun Wright actually agreed one of the highest council tax rises in the country of 3.5%. Only one force in England agreed a higher rise.

Shaun Wright has already come un-der fire for blowing £6,000 on secu-rity for his home, spending £45,000 appointing a Labour Party crony as his Deputy and appointing a person-al spin-doctor on a salary of almost £84,000.

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Dr. A.Q.Khan Elections have taken place and - except for a few inci-dents of violence - they have been mainly peaceful. People were very keen and deter-mined to vote. The last time I voted, the polling station had been deserted. But this time I had to stand in line for more than half an hour awaiting my turn. For me this was discom-fort gladly borne as, after my slipped disc surgery, standing still for any length of time be-comes painful.

First of all, I would like to congratulate all the success-ful candidates and their party leaders. Special kudos to Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mian Shahbaz Sharif for perform-ing better than all forecasts and expectations. Nawaz hit Imran for a sixer and now he won’t be able to play for the next five years! All jokes aside, had Imran not fallen from the lifter, his final rallies would probably have brought in a few more votes.

The ANP’s pro-US policies cost the party dearly. The PPP played it safe, pinning all its hopes on the next elec-tions and thinking that by that time people would have forgotten its misdeeds. The party did manage to organise a well thought out psychologi-cal warfare against the Sharif brothers, but such tactics seem to work only in developed and advanced countries where they can turn the tables.

In our country, the most influ-ential source of gaining votes is public meetings. Both the Sharifs and Imran Khan broke all previous records in do-ing so. They made whirlwind tours using planes, helicop-ters, cars, etc and sometimes addressed five or six meetings in a single day.

Years ago, all opinion polls for the upcoming elections in the UK gave the Labour Party a comfortable lead. Just one day before the elections a leading conservative paper put out a front page message that turned the tables completely. The message, a masterpiece in psychology, simply read: “Will the last Brit leaving the country switch off the lights, please?”

In a similar manner, President Clinton, when facing Bush who was basking in glory after the Gulf War, used the following as a motto: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ and turned the tables on the seemingly in-domitable Bush Sr. President Obama’s slogan: ‘Change we can believe in’ earned him victory over his Republican opponent.

In our country slogans did not make the slightest change in the voters’ minds. They voted for already tried and tested people, even though these people did not have an envi-able record. People preferred the old, overhauled Pakistan to a new, unknown one.

Here I would like to pay trib-ute to the Chief Election Com-missioner Justice Fakhruddin G Ibrahim and his able and hard-working team. They were admirably helped by the Supreme Court, the army, the Rangers, the police and the administrative staff. There have been some reports of rig-ging at a few places, but con-sidering the size of the coun-try and a population of almost 185 million, these incidents can be rectified by re-elections in a few polling areas. That 60 percent of the eligible voters actually cast their votes is, to a great extent, due to the admi-rable work of the ECP.

The role of the media is also commendable. All anchorper-sons, journalists, analysts, etc discussed the pros and cons of the performance of the various parties and their leaders. This made people aware of the im-portance and the sanctity of their votes and encouraged them to participate in the elec-tion. Some analysts identified the many problems faced by the country and advised on how these should be handled. In Punjab, the PML-N is in a commanding position to form the government, with only a few more seats needed.

There will be a PML-N gov-ernment in Punjab, a PPP government in Sindh while Balochistan will probably have a coalition government. The PTI has the right to form a government in Khyber Pa-khtunkhwa, but in politics mathematics often doesn’t work while intrigues do. The Americans, the Europeans and the army might not like the PTI to govern in KP because of Imran Khan’s anti-Ameri-can stance. If this happens, it will be a blow to the demo-cratic process in our country.

Nawaz Sharif is in a comfort-able position to form the fed-eral government, if some in-dependents agree to join him. The tricky question will be the selection of the leader of the opposition. My guess is he won’t let Imran Khan occupy this position and the PPP, to-gether with the MQM, will be in a comfortable position to do so. By being sidelined at the centre (and, to some extent in KP), Imran will be neutralised for the next five years.

As far as the position of the PM is concerned, Mian Sa-hib’s long cherished dream has been fulfilled. The signing of the Charter of Democracy, the alliance with the PPP, the ‘friendly opposition’ and the 18th Amendment all contrib-uted to achieving his goal. All the credit goes to Mian Shahbaz Sharif for his good performance in Punjab, to the dismay of many of his oppo-nents. However, I have always praised him for this.

A number of analysts, media persons and admirers of Na-waz Sharif are claiming that he is a different person now than he was 20 years ago, and that he has learnt from his past mistakes and won’t repeat them. One can only hope and pray that this may be so and I wish Mian Sahib all the best for the next five years. He will have to work very hard and only good governance will be the deciding factor.

But for good governance he will have to shed his excess baggage, viz the sycophants who surround him and give him wrong advice. He should listen to the advice of Mian Shahbaz Sharif, which will be sincere and honest – without ulterior motives.

During the Cuban crisis all the ‘hawks’ advised President Clinton to go for confronta-tion (and WW III) with Rus-sia. Only Robert Kennedy advised him to give Russia enough space for face-saving disengagement. This resulted in guarantees to Russia that the US would not topple Cas-tro by force or subversion. Missiles were withdrawn and the world saved from a nucle-ar holocaust.

Pakistan needs technocrats who can deal with the most pressing problems like energy, education, science and tech-nology, economy, agriculture and population and find a so-lution. As in developed coun-tries, the projects and pro-grammes in Pakistan run by various ministries should be left to competent technocrats and bureaucrats.

Finally, it would be a good idea for our respected and not-ed analysts, like Dr Farrukh Saleem, Ansar Abbasi, etc to keep a record of the promises made by the incoming rulers, especially those made during these last three months. Their performance can then be eval-uated every six months or so to see what their strengths and shortcomings are. This would be in the public interest.

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MP challenges Ministers over unfair funding for Sheffield

A delegation of Sheffield’s civic, faith and commu-nity leaders have taken the Fair Deal for Sheffield campaign to London. The Fair Deal for Sheffield petition, which has been signed by around 10,000 Sheffielders, was handed in by the delegation to Number 10 Downing Street. Whilst in London the delegation met with Sheffield MPs to discuss the impact of the cuts on Sheffield. The Government’s current policies that are hitting Sheffield much harder than the wealthier parts of the country. Sheffield has received a cut of almost £200 for every person in the city at the same time as some of the wealthiest areas of the country re-ceive almost no cuts at all. The council has made cuts across the board and which have hit the front-line services. The city has come together in oppo-sition to the unfair cuts we are receiving and have

supported this petition to call on the Government to give us a fair deal. The Fair Deal campaign was launched in Janu-ary by Sheffield’s faith leaders, the voluntary and community sector, trade unions and local politi-cians to highlight the unfairness of the Govern-ment’s cuts on Sheffield, compared to wealthier areas which are receiving much lower reductions in funding. Thousands of Sheffielders have signed the petition to show their concern and anger about the Government’s unfair cuts, and to call on the Government to give fair funding to Sheffield and South Yorkshire. It is hoped the Chancellor will recognise this ar-gument from the people of Sheffield that the way his cuts are being unfairly distributed is having a disproportionate impact on cities like Sheffield – widening inequality, hitting those who have least the hardest, and weakening the capacity of the Council and voluntary sector to support them.

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Mariam Nawaz Sharif has been honoured among 199 young leaders from 70 countries by the World Economic Forum for their professional accom-plishments and commitment to society.The Young Global Leaders (YGL) Class of 2013 is com-posed of honourees from all sectors of society, with 50% from business and 50% from arts and culture, academia,

civil society, government, me-dia and non-profits; 42% are women. The YGLs join and co-create a community of in-sight and action that is commit-ted to improving the state of the world.The 199 YGLs come from 70 countries and all sectors of society (arts and culture, academia, business, civil soci-ety, media, politics and social entrepreneurship).

Mariam Nawaz has been honoured as a political cen-tral figure. The leaders also include Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy – documentary film-maker, Athar Osama – founder and chief executive officer of MuslimScience.com/Pakistan Innovation Foundation, and Sheherbano Taseer – reporter at Newsweek Pakistan. There were also 8 winners from the UK.

The World Economic Forum honours Mariam Nawaz

Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs has instructed 15 ambas-sadors and high commissioners deployed in different countries to prepare themselves for their return to Pakistan.

The decision has come for-ward after the briefing by Secretary Foreign Affairs Jalil Abbas Jilani to Pakistan Mus-lim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders regarding the country’s foreign policies and deployed Pakistani ambassadors around the world.

The foreign ministry told the PML-N leadership that some ambassadors were selected for the post on the basis of political influence and personal recom-mendation while in six coun-

tries; retired military officers had been deployed.The reports disclosed some names that are likely to be re-turned to Pakistan.

The 15 ambassadors including Wajid Shamsul Hasan (UK), Salman Basher (India), Masood Kahn (Pak delegate for UN), Jamil Ahmed Khan (UAE) and Nawabzada Aminullah Khan Raisani (Oman) had re-ceived instructions to prepare themselves till the final return notices after the formation of government.

15 Pakistan Ambassadors receive ‘pack-up’ instructions

Truly horrific scenes were played out on the streets of Wooliwich, South Lon-don, when an off duty Brit-ish soldier Lee Rigsby (25) was hacked to death by two men. Wielding a machete and knife, they set about the unarmed soldier after first attempting to plough him down in their car. Virtually decapitated from the fren-zied knife attack they pulled his body into the road, where it lay as they spoke to members of the public.

Never will you probably ever again see such bar-baric violence minutes after it happens on your news, in this country again. The killers Michael Adelbologa (28) and Michael Adel-bowala (22), waited for the police, not making any attempts to flee the scene, but rather bizarrely trying to justify the attack as some kind of twisted revenge for the deaths of unnamed Muslims in unnamed coun-tries of conflict.

As armed police attended the scene they both charged for them, wielding their weapons. Michael Adebo-logo the older man, who spoke to the passer by with blood stained hands, is the first to be cut down. As he falls, the remaining killer Michael Adebowala is seen brandishing a fire arm and taking aim. Again police fire also bringing him down, on the spot. As paramedics attend the scene, treating the killers, finally Lee Rigs by’s bloodied corpse is awarded the dignity of a cover and removed from the road.

Now this murder by its own gruesome detail is a horrific and cowardly act, on an un-armed and unexpected indi-vidual. You would expect public disgust and outrage at the scenes, reminiscent of gang violence so often seen in the United States and now the inner cities of the United Kingdom. And this would probably have been the scene had it not been for the two words uttered by one of the killers Michael Adelbologo “Allahu-Akh-bar” (God is Great).

This now cemented the parameters through which this criminal act will now be seen. The exposure and coverage will now be in-creased 100 per cent. This unfortunate subtext of reli-gion and a criminal act will now no longer be the killing of an unarmed man by two deranged loners, but an act of terrorism on the streets of London, warranting all that that warrants. The Prime Minister of the coun-try now personally taking the response forward, with a hastily arranged meeting of COBRA, (Cabinet Of-fice Briefing Room A) the special session reserved for acts of Terror against the state.

Whilst we all should con-demn the horrific murder of Lee Rigsby, this response was quite frankly dispro-portionate and beyond the Richter scale. What was this hastily arranged session of Cobra to do? bearing in mind the two killers were in custody. Were jets go-ing to be summoned above London, with special mind reading data equipment, reminiscent of the movie Minority Report, assessing where the next brutal mur-der was to occur. They’ll probably be building a special Guantanamo style prison on the Falklands to house the two killers, due to their unmitigating danger and inability of the judicial system to comprehend this. This was frankly verging on the ridiculous and played more to the electorate than the issue at hand.

This was a criminal act, in nature not unfamiliar to the streets of London, just examine the last decade of gang related murders. Un-usual in its brazenness in broad daylight and simpler is some ways as the killers had no intention of escap-ing. So let’s quantify it as it is, not as we think it might or should be. The BBC’s Nick Robinson reported that an eye witness had described the killers as be-ing of Muslim appearance, comments which were later

apologised for. These two did not have beards, were not dressed in any middle-eastern garments, or wear-ing any religious head wear. They wore Jeans and Jackets as millions of other citizens, yet were perceived as being of Muslim appear-ance?

In reality the actions of the killers were the antithesis of Islam. The religions teach-ing to observe the sanctity of life, the Prophet Muham-mad’s (PBUH) convention & guidance on the rules of warfare, where the unneces-sary destruction of nature is even prohibited and to kill a human is equivalent to the killing of the whole of humanity. And all this ap-plicable in a situation of war on the battlefields where ar-mies face each other. The murder of a young man on the streets of London, by his fellow citizens is an evil and heinous act, which regardless of what they the killers might perceive it to be, needs to be dealt with as just that first degree murder.

Whilst the backlash of at-tacks on Mosques and Muslims at large, inevita-ble you may argue if the story is covered as it was, a perceived terrorist attack, then the war which Michael Adelbowala wanted to start and spoke of to bystander Ingrid Loyou Kennal min-utes after the murder will indeed have been success-ful.

Whilst this has given the far right a resurgence to de-monise Islam and stoke the fires of hate and division, every time you hear anti- Muslim rhetoric, let your mind think of the thousands of Muslim doctors and NHS professionals, who were saving lives, throughout this country and fulfilling the true covenant of their faith, whilst a couple of lon-ers pursued a blood lust on the streets of the capital and thereby betrayed the cov-enant bestowed on all men to preserve the sanctity of human life.

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Manchester has come third in the most-visited destinations made to the UK last year, ac-cording to latest figures.

Of the 31 million trips foreign residents took to the UK in 2012, a total of 15.46 million - more than half - were to Lon-don, statistics from VisitBritain showed. Edinburgh had the second most-visited destinations, with more than 1.25 million visits, with Manchester third

(932,000), Birmingham fourth (713,000) and Liverpool fifth (550,000).

The figures also showed that in 2012 Manchester had a 10% rise in visits from Germans, a 27% increase from Poland and 66% rise from Holland; and the most frequent visitors to Liver-pool are the Irish following by Spaniards. 2012 has helped change the world's perceptions of Britain, and there is real potential for

us to attract 40 million interna-tional visitors a year by 2020, an achievement which will mean more visitors are travelling to London and beyond.

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A UK child is likely to say the word ‘like’ five times as much as his or her grandparents, lan-guage researchers say.The word ‘love’ is used more than six times as often as ‘hate’, while ‘save’ is used with ‘money’ twice as often as the word ‘spend’.The research, which is part of the Cambridge English Corpus – a data-base of two billion words and thousands of hours of recordings – shows a marked decline in the correct use of grammar.

The study found that MPs and other public figures are speaking more informally, with words like ‘gonna’ being used instead of ‘going to’.Brian Sewell, the art critic, and historian David Starkey are shown to use formal English, in con-trast to Janet Street-Porter and footballer David

Beckham, who use colloquial speech.

Street-Porter responded to the study by writing in the Daily Mail: ‘Listen to Alan Sugar, David Beckham or Adele and it’s obvious that sounding downmarket no longer holds you back in life…

Am I bovvered? Hardly – my grammar, when written, is pretty damn good.’The Corpus also high-lighted the most com-monly misspelled words in the English language by global learners.These are ‘because’ (‘be-

couse’), which (‘wich’), accommodation (‘acco-modation’), advertisement (‘advertisment’) and beautiful (‘beatiful’).Is there still such a thing as ‘proper English’? Why is it important to study the evolution of the English language?

How the English Language is, Like, Changing

As a Muslim you are about to be profiled in a whole new way. You are about to see a huge shift in how radicalisa-tion is perceived. There had already been moves away from profiling Muslims for the ‘groups’ they associated themselves in.

The Boston Bombings and now the Woolwich murder are evident how the tactics of terrorists have changed. There is no longer this need to be associated with an all encompassing group. There is no longer a need to be linked to some foreign radical cler-ic. There is also no common ideology that links different people. Sadly, the common ideology has become vague and discontinued - the only real link is the word ‘Islam’.

The fact is that you as a Mus-lim are a dangerous breed. You may not like hearing this but the new nature of the terrorist means that anyone, anywhere can become radi-calised.

The Boston Bombers were described as likeable young men until one day they de-

cided they wanted to murder people in the name of reli-gion. One of Woolwich mur-derers spoke in a British ac-cent, went to a British school and may not have even left the country for long periods of time. It is clear the new breed of terrorist can strike at anytime and anywhere. Home Secretary Theresa May has suggested there needs to be a new focus on those at risk from radicalisation.

The problem is no-one sure what ‘radicalisation’ means anymore. The boundaries of what is radicalisation and what isn’t is shifting. Some might suggest this to be fear-mongering but Muslims will be profiled in a completely different way. The focus will

be how normal people can suddenly be become murder-ers. Integration has always been used to explain why some people become radical-ised and some don’t. It does not matter how you look, how you dress and how integrated you are, you are essentially are a suspect.

There was a marked shift from the government in the language used following the most recent incident. One would think this was because the government wanted pub-licly to differentiate between these killers and law-abiding individuals. But you would think privately it is almost impossible not to focus on Muslims and particularly eth-nic groups.

Muslims are About to be Profiled in a Whole New Way

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PROPERTY CORNER REGENERATION

AND HIGH STREETSMohammed Mahroof BSc

(Hons) MRICS ConsultantMark Jenkinson & Son

The last article I wrote has prompted me to continue on the same theme, as it created some debate amongst readers. Well done to the Chief Editor in prompting me in this direction.

Regeneration or re-inventing city centres local shopping cen-tres, districts and even cities, have long been the theme of lo-cal and central government poli-cies. Why? - because it creates economic growth, coupled with industry and commerce it can be a catalyst for sustained growth.

As such many people have com-mented on how to create sus-tained economic growth, and vibrant cities. One key ingredi-ent for a city is an attraction or identity. Whether that is through manufacturing or a tourist at-traction. Sheffield was and is known for it's steelworks and cutlery manufacturing, Bradford and surrounding areas for tex-tiles and fabrics, and if you give it further thought, you will create a mental image of any area.

The major challenge is how to change an area's identify or build on it. As an example of this a new Town Team has been created for the Attercliffe area of Sheffield. This idea is taken from the Mary Portas Review “An Independent Review into the Future of Our High Streets”.

My understanding of a success-ful Town Team is that it should be catalyst that engages:

Local stakeholders – they are important, they live and run businesses in the areas. They have the best understanding of what is needed for the future of their neighbourhood. It gives people in the area an opportunity to come together to collaborate and develop ideas for the benefit of their high street.

It also offers different stakehold-ers the opportunity to come to-gether and share ideas.

Local Authorities are also stake-holders and would and should contribute ideas not only for the area, but how it fits in with the wider area.

Central government, is in my opinion another major stake-holder, both directly and indi-rectly.

Local landlords/property devel-opers have a huge and significant role to play. Landlords should be encouraged to develop their properties and bring them onto the market for letting or business purposes. One of the key prob-lems of high streets in particular is the diverse background and reasons for holding property. Arguably it is incumbent on lo-

cal and central government, with the support of local stakeholders to bring into use empty proper-ties. As a property person there is no worse scenario in market-ing properties than a potential purchaser seeing many empty units.

Business Rates: Arguably this is a key issue for many businesses, and in areas of challenge it be-comes a difficult scenario for po-tential investors as not only are they buying or leasing a prop-erty, there is also a substantial rates liability – clearly there is a role for central and local govern-ment here.

The detailed concept of a Town Team I will discuss in the future – this was merely a snapshot of opinion, and you all will have your own opinions as to how your local high street should be developed.

The key issue remains, we are at a challenging crossroads as towns, cities and countries, as how to regenerate, reinvent for future economic growth. As such we all have a strong role to play, whether we are in central government, local government, landlord, business or a resident, a team effort is needed to re-ignite all areas.

Phones have come a long way since Innocenzo Manzetti played around with the idea of a ”speak-ing telegraph” in 1844. Develop-ment of the landline telephone came in leaps and bounds but it is the mobile phone that truly captured a global audience.The first mobile phones were produced by Bell System for use in cars only, introduced in 1946 on their Mobile Telephone Service in St. Louis, Missouri. The first call on a handheld mo-bile phone was made on April, 3 1973 by Motorola’s Martin Cooper to his rival, Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Nicknamed “the brick” the first mobile phones weighed 2 lb (0,9kg) and cost $3,995 (over £2600). As with most inventions, it takes a while (and a lot of teeth-ing problems) before a product reaches an acceptable cost fac-tor for both the producer and the consumer. Early mobile net-works were patchy and phones were expensive, bulky and less than attractive.When the 1G network launched in 1983, the phones were still too big for comfort and suf-fered from short battery life. By the time 2G was introduced, in

1991, the phones were better and the first smartphones were introduced. But it was only after 2001, when 3G cellular technol-ogy was launched, that the mo-bile phone market really took off. Networks were faster and phones were smaller and more affordable. The entry-level No-kia 1100, launched in 2003, was snapped up 1 million times a week to eventually become the

world’s most popular cell phone with over 200 million units sold. By 2011, Apple had sold more than 100 million iPhone smart-phones.Introducing Android – a smart moveAndroid, Inc. was founded in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. Google bought it

in 2005 and the Linux-based Android operating system was unveiled in 2007. The rest – as the Google history itself – is a remarkable piece of history. Peo-ple loved Android.By 2012, Android enjoyed 1.5 million activations per day. . There are almost a billion An-droid apps available. Some 25 billion apps have been down-loaded from the Android app site, Google Play.World’s first Android phone By 2013, mobile phones have replaced watches and cameras as the primary time tellers and for taking photographs and videos.Many users have more than one phone or mobile device, result-ing in more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, almost half of these being smartphone subscriptions. Android is found on 75% of those smartphones in use.But do you remember first phone to run on Android?The world’s first Android phone was the HTC Dream – it came to the market in October 2008 as the T-Mobile G1 in the USA and, when signing a two-year service agreement, sold for £120.

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It was in July 2012, when it became law that anyone settled in the UK and wishing to call their none EEA partner from abroad would need to show that they have a gross mini-mum income of at least £18.600 per annum.

The effect of the change in the im-migration rules is manifesting itself very clearly right now as more and more people would find it very dif-ficult, at the best of times, to meet the requirement considering that, due to the economic climate, persons in all professions/industry have been accepting wage and salary cuts just to hold onto their jobs.

The question that a prospective cli-ent asked me earlier this week was, “How am I ever going to be able to call my wife to join me in the UK and start our life as we planned, I am working in excess of 48 hours per week on a minimum wage, I have

just received my P60 for the Tax year to 5th April 2013, and my gross income for the year is recorded as £15,452.24. This makes me some £3.000 short of the requirements.”

For anyone on the minimum wage he/she would need to work 58 hours per week in order to be able to earn £18.600 gross per annum and meet the requirement.

The author of the above article is Keith Lannaman of Adam Law Solicitors, 759-761 Attercliffe Road, Sheffield. Tel : 0114 2560111Email – [email protected]

Disclaimer: This above information are the author’s views only, always seek advice from your own solicitor according to the circumstances of your case.

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Legal CornerQ&A CONVEYANCING

Conveyancing Q &As

1. What do I need to do if I want an extension to my house? What documents will I receive from the council on completion?

You can extend without an ap-plication for planning permis-sion as long as you don't cover more than half the area of land around the original house.

If you do require planning permission, you will need to make the application to your Local Planning Authority. If approved, you may then begin your extension.

You will receive a completion certificate from your Local Planning Authority once the extension is complete.

2. What is possessory title? How do I claim it and how does it work?Possessory title will be grant-ed where there is no evidence that a person owns the land. The lack of evidence may be as a result of lost or destroyed deeds or because the person wished to claim ownership of

land that was never actually given to him.Adverse possession is posses-sion by someone other than the land owner (i.e. a squat-ter). In order to obtain posses-sory title it will be necessary to demonstrate that you have occupied the land with an intention to possess without payment or consent. In the case of unregistered land the application can be made after 12 years’ occupation. In the case of registered land it can be made after 10 years

3. What are the chang-es in the conveyancing proce-dures?Recently, the Property Infor-mation Form and Fixtures and Fittings Form have been amended to include further information. The informa-tion which sellers now need to provide include the energy performance of the property and the availability of solar panels on the property.

4. What is an overrid-ing interest form? Why do I need to sign it?You must complete an over-riding interest form when

selling your home to confirm whether there are any inter-ests in the property which are not registered but will bind the new owner. An example of this is where tenants in your property have leases of less than 7 years. You must sign the document to make the buyer aware of any unreg-istered interests in the prop-erty.

5. What is a Chancel Repair search?Certain properties in certain parishes could be under an obligation to pay the cost of repairing the chancel of the parish church. The obliga-tion is an overriding interest but will only be so until Oc-tober 2013. It is also possible to obtain a Chancel repair in-demnity policy to negate any payments.

Disclaimer: This is informa-tion only and do not act on this information as legal ad-vice and always seek advice from your solicitor according to the circumstances of your case.

Over the next four months, I want to suggest four big ideas that will help your child devel-op, learn and grow. Be warned. There is no magic wand here. This will mean com-mitment and effort from you their parent or carer. But your children are so important; they deserve your hard work, don’t they?

BIG IDEA #1 : PLAY.Most adults misunderstand the value of play. Our children know how important it is. Play for your child is truly their work. Playing with your child is not only fun, it’s one of the most important ways you can nurture their development. Play actually causes their brain to develop. Scientific research is showing us that in every aspect of their being, children learn and grow when they are allowed and encouraged to play. So don’t stop them!

What You Can Do:

Safety FirstRemember, your little explorer will need you to keep his play areas safe. Make sure toys don’t have parts that fit all the way in

his mouth. Get down on his level to see what he can reach. This is especially important as he learns to move. It will mean far fewer “no’s,” which makes everyone happier.

Watch and WaitSee what your child is trying to do. Provide just enough sup-port for him to achieve his goal or take the next step towards a new goal. You might bring an object your newborn is staring at closer so he can explore it with his hands. Or, you may encour-age your toddler to try a differ-ent space where the puzzle piece might fit when he is getting frus-trated.

Follow the LeaderSome children love lots of bells and whistles; others find a lot of

noise scary and prefer to explore with their eyes. Some love lots of movement, rolling, crawling, or jumping. Others like using their hands to work out how a toy or object works. Follow her lead, and you’ll discover what kinds of activities are right for her.

Get out and aboutStaying at home all day with a lively toddler is enough to drive anyone up the wall. Go to your local park and run around, visit a friend with children, take her to your local Sure Start Stay & Play, go for a walk in the woods and collect leaves, make a game of anything and everything. Then see how she learns and grows as she plays.

And by the way, you don't need fancy toys. In fact, you are your child’s favourite toy.

Andy & Judith Stovell are parents of 6 children and work in the community supporting families with pre-school children.They are developing an educational project –Parwarish- in Azad Kashmir promoting awareness of the needs of infants and how parents can meet those needs.In this series of articles, Andy talks about some of the main ways we can help our little ones to grow and learn and become happy and confident.Andy & Judith are happy to try and answer any questions you might have.Email questions to: [email protected]

What do you want your children to be?I am not asking about a job or career that you might want them to do. I am asking, ‘what kind of a person do you want your child to be?’ I have asked parents that question many times and the answers usually include: ‘successful’, ‘content’, ‘honest’, ‘clever’, ‘friendly’, ‘happy’. So how can we help them to be these things? What can you do to nurture your child so they reach their full potential?

PARWARISH

British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken notice of the protest demonstration staged by Pa-kistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at 10 Downing Street against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain’s telephonic addresses in Pa-kistan. According to sources, Mr Cameron came out of his residence and witnessed for five minutes the demonstration being held outside. The British PM inquired from his staff about the demands being made by the PTI demonstrators. Responding to the call of PTI, hundreds of dem-onstrators staged a protest against Muttahida Qaumi Movment (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain’s telephonic speeches in Pakistan. As many as 1500 PTI and JI supporters and other demonstrators gathered at 10 Downing Street in London to lodge protest against MQM chief Al-taf Hussain. The PTI protesters claimed that Altaf Hussain had threatened its anti vote rigging dem-onstrators in Karachi with dire consequences dur-ing a telephonic speech. The participants of the demonstration demanded of the British government to put a curb on any interference by any kind of group or organiza-tion from Britain into the politics of Pakistan and provocation of the latter’s people. Meanwhile, the London Police earlier rejected ar-resting activists of a Pakistan-based political party here. According to sources, the London police came up with this clarification in the wake of a news item

claiming the arrests that went viral on the social media. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh senior vice president, Za-hra Shahid Hussain, was gunned down in Karachi. Soon after her killing, the PTI Chairman Imran Khan held MQM Chief Altaf Hussain “directly responsible” for the murder, saying that the MQM chief had openly threatened the PTI leaders and workers. “I hold Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the murder as he had openly threatened PTI workers and leaders through public broadcasts,” Imran Khan said.

In the memory of Zara Shahid Hussain



ABDN event on the 23rd May 2013 certainly broke barriers. Over 300 guests attended to witness a breath taking event in Sheffield at the Dou-ble Tree by Park Hotel. The event was organised by ABDN-SY team and Irshad Akbar chair-man of ABDN-SY congratulated his board members for making this event happen.

The evening was opened by Mar-cus Nisar from Media M who was host for the evening and he wel-comed the audience. He introduced dance group R&R productions who stunned the audience with their

wings display and dancing. The four R&R girls continued to woo the audience with their stunning Bolly-wood techniques and mix of fusion dancing. Sohail Rashid of Property Network based in Leeds shared with the au-dience how he had established his company and used the social media platform to make it one of the larg-est online property market networks across Europe. Abigail Haruna Musa who came to the UK from Nigeria relayed her experience of setting up a business whilst at the same time looking after twins. Abigail talked about the influ-ence her father had on her when she was growing up and that gave her the spur to become successful in her venture of 1st Resource recruiting. Abigail inspired the audience with her commitment, dedication and he will to succeed. Mike Maddock of PES limited who

was a Goldman Sachs graduate stat-ed why it was important that no mat-ter what business that is being devel-oped they should seek training and support Mike went on to state that the Goldman Sachs Programme not only has developed his business but also developed himself personally. James Newman Chairman of the Sheffield City Region Local Enter-prise Partnership (LEP) and Chair-man of Finance Yorkshire stated how important it was that ethnic minority businesses should engage in the work of the LEP. Mr Newman went on to say that the LEP is the vehicle that will drive the economy in the City Region and it is impor-tant that Ethnic Minority business get involved in the various sectors so that they can have a voice in shaping

policy and procedures. ABDN-SY chosen charity for the evening was the Theo’s Burns

Unit. This is a charity organised by the Children’s Sheffield Hospital Burns Unit and Amy Harhoff whose daughter died in a fire represented the Chairty. Amy talked about the lack of resources available at the Children’s Hospital Burns unit and why it was important to support this charity as they care and nurture children who have injured by fire. During the evening over £1,500 was collected for the Charity which was a phenomenal amount to be raised during the evening.

The food for the evening was pro-vided by Zouk Tea Bar and Grill. Amjad Bashir Chairman of the com-pany talked about his experience of running a traditional restaurant until his sons came and wanted to change

the format. Zouk now have premises in Bradford, Manchester and are opening a training centre to support the catering industry. The chairman of ABDN-SY in his address to the audience talked about the contribution that Ethnic Mi-norities have made in making Great

Britain great. How they came to the UK after the Second World War and built this country. How the first gen-eration of migrants were not satis-fied at working in heavy industry, but looked at establishing their own enterprises. Mr Akbar went onto say that there are many “Rags to Rich-es” stories where the first generation commenced their enterprises by sell-ing from suitcases, onto the market stall and where the second genera-tion has then taken the businesses to a different level. Mr Akbar also went onto say that Ethnic Minority businesses must get involved in training, developing their staff and mainstreaming their businesses. The chairman of ABDN went onto thank the sponsors that included Goldman Sachs who were Headline Sponsors, award sponsors that in-cluded Sheffield Hallam University, The Sheffield College, Mark Jenkin-

sons and Sons, Wosskow Brown, Nat West Bank, Finance Yorkshire and QED from Bardford. The re-ception sponsor was Hentons Char-tered Acountants. The founder of ABDN, Arshad Choudhry who sadly passed away 18 months ago following a long bat-tle against cancer was remembered. Arshad had a vision that ABDN would be in all corners of the UK. Arshads vision is now becoming re-ality as ABDN now has branches in South Yorkshire, the North West and West Yorkshire. Arshad was very eloquent and his words were full of wisdom. At his final ABDN speech Arshad left the audience mesmer-ised by saying “What we have for ourselves will die with us and what we have done for others remains and is immortal”. Certainly Arshad Choudhry has left ABDN for others and it is immortal.James Newman commented that Arshad Choudhry would be looking down and smiling that his legacy is continuing.

The awards were handed out by each of the sponsors as follows:

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Winner: Ghulam Ijaz - UK Legal Estates Shortlisted : Ahmad Hussain Baba - E - Islam and Sobiha Hussain Pure Elegance by Sobiha

Social Enterprise of the Year Winner: South Yorkshire African Caribbean Centre Shortlisted: Mahana ILM and Pakistan Muslim Centre Professional of the Year Winner: Jay Bhayani (Bhayani

Bracewell) Shortlisted: Arif Munir (Nat West Lombard) and Mohammed Nazir (Wosskow Brown)

Female Entrepreneur of the Year Winner: Afshan Islam (Beauty Be-neath) Shortlisted: Aaliya Aamar Khola (FX Cosmetics) and Lisa Pask (Paskal Child Day Care) Business Start Up of the year under three years old Winner: Play Arena Limited Shortlisted: Amigos Mexican Kitchen and On Media

Excellence in Customer Service Winner: Chandni Shortlisted: Chic Promotions Mar-keting and Choudhry's Orient Ex-pressBusiness of the Year Winner: New Roomstyle Shortlisted: Singhs Premier and Xited (Doncaster)

Mr Akbar went onto say that on the night there were no losers all win-ners on the nightFollowing a vote of thanks given by Shamsa Latif, where she thanked all the sponsors, board members, businesses, caterers and Double Tree Hilton. The guests continued to network and there was plenty of business cards exchanging hands and they all com-mented how successful the event had been in terms of putting the Eth-nic Minority Business community on the map. For further details and how to become a member of ABDN con-tacted Irshad Akbar on 07943422916

ABDN Network of Influence Breaking Barriers

“Ethnic Minority businesses must get

involved in training, de-veloping their staff and

mainstreaming their businesses”

“the contribution that Ethnic Minorities have made in making Great

Britain great”

“What we have for ourselves will die with us and what we have done

for others remains and is immortal”.

Many of the South Asian women settling in Bradford half a century ago faced a lonely new life, in an alien industrial setting with a cold cli-mate. Communities weren’t set up to receive immigrants of the 1950s and Sixties; there was no cultural infrastructure and little opportunity for women to build a life outside the home. “The bravery of these women – coming to the other side of the world, leaving family and everything they’d known behind – is very overlooked,” says Paula Helliwell, manager of the Hamaari Yaadi-en – Our Memories heritage project.

Its aim is to record the memories of first, second and third generation Asian women in Bradford, highlighting their experiences of settling in the city. The 18-month project, which has received £44,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, will culminate in a book, DVD and photographic ex-hibition. The project is open to women of all South Asian heritage, including Muslims, Sikhs and Hin-dus, and dual heritage, from those who stayed at home to raise families to high achievers such as former Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Naveeda Ikram.

For first generation settlers, life in Bradford was very different from today. Women who came in the 1950s and Sixties arrived in a white, indus-trialised environment. They came from a warm country where people lived largely outside, in close communities, to a cold place where they spent a lot of time indoors. Many didn’t know anyone, it wasn’t like it is now, with fully-func-tioning Asian communities.

The project aims to compare what life was like for first, second and third generation Asian wom-en – their experiences of employment and do-mestic life, their expectations and how they were met. The project pays tribute to the contribution women have made and their impact on succes-sive generations. Those early settlers made sure their children had a good education and made the most of opportunities they never had. Their children, and grandchildren, grew up to set up businesses and build careers in the private sec-tor. They wouldn’t have had all that without their mothers, many of whom didn’t have an educa-tion themselves.It is hoped in finding the identity of women, a heritage will be preserved for future generations.

South Asian Women’s Heritage Project in Bradford

What is a Will? A will is a legal document that sets out your wishes regarding the distribution of your assets which includes your property, money, in-vestments and the care of any mi-nor children.

Why would I need a Will?Creating a Will is important as it will let you decide how your be-longings should be distributed to your family. If you have minor children, a Will lets you decide who will take care of them. Cre-ating a Will can help protect your assets from Inheritance Tax which is payable on your assets after your death. The current Inheritance Tax limit is £325,000. If there is no Will then the rules of Intestacy apply and can potentially cause family disputes.

Lasting Power of AttorneyThere are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney’s (LPA):1.Property and Financial Affairs2.Health and WelfareLPA’s let you appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so for ex-ample mental incapacity. You can choose to make one type of Lasting Power of Attorney or both. An LPA is important if you were to lose capacity and could not deal with matters for yourself. Mental capacity is being unable to make your own decisions for example, paying bills, dealing with your benefits such as Pension or moving homes. You can lose capacity from a number of health reasons such as stroke or dementia or even because of injury such as a car accident. You can set up a LPA at any time and it will only come into force if

you ever lose capacity and it has been registered with the Office of Public Guardian. Registration can take place at a later date even after you lose capacity. You can also set up a General Power of Attorney which is valid a legal document giving someone else authority to act on your behalf which is valid only when you have mental capacity. The above is general information and you should seek legal advice for your specific circumstances.

Irfan Rashid is a Consultant So-licitor at Lodh & Co Solicitors (Sheffield) can assist with Wills (including Islamic Wills), Probate, LPA’s and Court of Protection needs. He can be contacted via email [email protected] and tele-phone: 07912106578

DO YOU KNOW? What is a Will?


Much has been said and written about the Elections in Pakistan and much more will be said over the next few months at least. Many people will have so many differ-ing views and opin-ions and will be fall-ing over themselves

to express them! However, whatever the views that will be criss-crossing over our heads, there is one undeniable fact about these elections which we all must ac-knowledge. The 2013 Pakistan Elections have been a milestone in the history of Pakistani politics. It may have been one small step for politics, but it has certainly been one giant leap for democracy in Pakistan.

Notwithstanding the accusations and counter-accusations of discrepancies, foul play and vote-rigging (some justified, and some just ‘sour grapes’) three important factors have emerged which have made these elections different, and more prom-ising than any elections ever held in Pa-kistan:-i) A much more free and more out-spoken media that played its role to the full before, during and after the elections.

ii) The high number of people that turned out

determined to have their say, and influence

their own destiny.iii) One civilian Govt. completing a full 5-year term being voted out of office, and handing power over to the next ci-vilian Govt.

No doubt, the much needed ‘3rd Force’ ( Imran Khan’s PTI) has been instrumental in (a) getting so many people out to vote and (b) making the two ‘dominant forces’ take heed and become alert and sensitive to the wishes and feelings of the people of Pakistan. Credit due to the ‘Captain’ for his determination and perseverance who has, in the process, become a force to be reckoned with.

For those asking whether we will at last start to see change in Pakistan, for good-ness sake, surely this is a tremendous stride towards change!

We must remember that any societal change that comes about, particularly in a society as diverse as Pakistan, is not only painful but also will only happen gradu-ally, over many years. Time must be given and patience exercised for it to take root and flourish, and only then can change be effective. To demand everything to be rev-olutionised overnight, is to expect nothing short of a miracle. And miracles just don’t happen…. especially in Pakistan!

Who could have thought, 60 years ago, that a black man would become the Presi-dent of ‘the most powerful Nation on earth? Two centuries ago, black people

were brought as slaves to this land, with no rights whatsoever. Yet change hap-pened but it was painful and it happened gradually!Who could have thought, only 30 years ago, that black people would ever rule South Africa. The black South Africans were down-trodden, second class citizens, subjected to a rigid policy of segregation. Yet change happened but it was painful and it happened gradually!

In a population of 180 million, which is divided by ethnic, religious, cultural and geographical boundaries, the vast major-ity of Pakistanis only have enough time to think where the next meal will come from. We neither have the means to start an ‘Ira-nian Revolution’, nor the will instigate an ‘Arab Spring’. We must therefore cling to the hope that gradual it may be, but change is coming to Pakistan….. lets lift high the banner with the slogan ….

“Duniya umeed par qaim hai…”Given our political history, the pessimistic may well be justified in saying that noth-ing much will change and it will be ‘Busi-ness as Usual’. I for one would like to join the rank of the optimistic, and say that hopefully this will be the start of a trans-formation in our political system that will lead to lasting change.We have a long and difficult road ahead, but we must pass through it, for no matter how painful it may be, it seems that we are finally on the road to true democracy and a brighter and better future for the people of Pakistan!

…….. One Giant Leap for DemocracyBy:- ABDUL KHAYUM – Social Commentator

‘surely this is a tremen-dous stride towards

change!’

“Duniya umeed par qaim hai…”

The ZEE Network is set launch a new channel - 'Lamhe’. Available to viewers free on Sky 798 and also available to watch on Virgin Media 811,

Lamhe will give viewers the opportunity to view some of the most popular and award-winning shows in the history of South-Asian entertainment, including classics such as - Astitva, Amanat and Hasratein.

The channel is aimed at people who simply love drama and want to watch critically-acclaimed shows and movies that have defined the landscape of

South Asian television. Lamhe will join Zing as the Network’s second free to air channel. While Zing caters to the younger viewers with Bollywood and Lifestyle content, Lamhe is com-mitted to bring qual-ity General Entertainment programming to its family audiences. Zing already leads the pack in its genre and Lamhe is all set to em-ulate that success.

There was a time when Zee TV was the only channel enthralling view-ers and was a home away from home for many of us. ‘Lamhe’ will launch on 10th June.

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Caring Rotherham residents are being in-vited to a very special event to see if they have what it takes to reach out and make the difference to a child’s life.

The adoption information event, set to be held on Thursday June 6 between 6pm – 8pm, aims to help families get the infor-mation they need to see if they can make their dreams of adoption a reality.There will be opportunity to ask ques-tions about the adoption process and hear experiences from both social workers and parents.

In the past couple of years around 34 Rotherham children have been success-fully adopted.

However, there is still a shortage of adopters with around 50 children currently looking to be placed. The children are a range of ages and backgrounds including both single children and sibling groups, children with disabilities and children from ethnic minority families or dual heritage children.

Councillor Paul Lakin, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families Services, said: "The people who open their lives to create a family with these children do a fantastic job in providing a safe, wel-coming and caring environment for those children.

"There is no identikit adoptive parent, and you don’t have to live actually in Rother-

ham to adopt a Rotherham child, as there is a 25-mile radius, so, if you are from Sheffield, Barnsley or Doncaster, you can also join us for the event.

"Like having your own children, becoming an adoptive parent is challenging but very rewarding, providing positive experiences for the adults and children involved. "Even after you've adopted a child the help and support continues to make sure you can carry on to help that child develop and prepare them for their adult lives."

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Business through Social Media

OK - So Facebook has a billion users, Twitter has 500 million, LinkedIn has over 200 million and other social networks also booming, the potential to find new customers via social media has never been greater. Social Media Marketing is ever increasingly becoming the most effective tool for busi-nesses marketing their busi-ness!

Don't know your Twitter from your Tumblr, or your Facebook from your Flickr? Then a huge well of potential new customers for your busi-ness is lying untapped right now. Each social media portal has its own unique benefits and serves a great purpose to market to a specific target audience for example for Busi-ness to Consumer - Facebook is an excellent tool to engage with potential customers by creating a business page and the potential speaks for itself - do it right and you could be in the money! LinkedIn is an excellent tool for connect-ing with business people and professionals and key decision makers to promote business to business services. A recent survey found that 69 per cent of small firms using social networks felt it helped them to compete more effectively with larger competitors.

it's understandable that many companies are yet to take full advantage of social media – it is a strong argument that brands are losing time and money online with ineffec-tive social media strategies. Social media is still a relatively new phenomenon in terms of its mass-market adoption so companies not having their stuff together in this area is excusable.

There will be people who will pile in with both feet and waste lots of money, and those who stand on the sidelines and miss out on an opportunity. It is only through deploying precisely tailored marketing strategies that you will be able to realise this potential.How To Use Social Media For Marketing: Know Your Platform

I’ve put together a brief overview on how to use social media for marketing according to each platform’s unique envi-ronment. Various social media

marketing sites will require dif-ferent techniques, so develop a unique strategy tailored for each platform.

Facebook Facebook’s casual, friendly environment

requires an active social media marketing strategy that begins with creating a Facebook Business Fan Page. You will want to pay careful attention to layout, as the visual com-ponent is a key aspect of the Facebook experience. Social media marketing for business pages revolves around further-ing your conversation with audiences by posting industry-related articles, images, videos, etc.Facebook is a place people go to relax and chat with friends, so keep your tone light and friendly.

Google+Google+ is the new Facebook competi-

tor, and it promotes the same fun, casual atmosphere. On Google+ you can upload and share photos, videos, links, and view all your +1s. Also take advantage of Google+ circles, which allow you to segment your followers into smaller groups, enabling you to share information with some followers while barring others. For example, you might try creating a “super-fan” circle, and share special discounts and exclusive offers only with that group.You can also try hosting video conferences with Hangouts and experiment using the Hangout feature in some fun, creative ways. Some social media mar-keting ideas: if you're a salon, host a how-to session on how to braid your hair. If you own a local bookstore, try offering author video chats. If you're feeling adventerous, invite your +1s to your Google+ Community. Google+ Commu-nities will allow you to listen into your fan's feedback and input, truly putting the social back into social media.

PinterestPinterest is the latest in social media market-

ing trends. Pinterest’s image-centered platform is ideal for retail, but anyone can benefit from using Pinterest for social media purposes.Pinterest allows small busi-nesses to showcase their own

product offerings while also developing their own brand’s personality with some unique pinboards.

TwitterTwitter is the social me-dia marketing tool that

lets you broadcast your updates across the web. Follow tweet-ers in your industry or related fields, and you should gain a steady stream of followers in return.Mix up your official-related tweets about specials, dis-counts, and news updates with some fun and quirky tweets interspersed. Be sure to retweet when a customer has some-thing nice to say about you, and don’t forget answer peo-ple’s questions when possible. Using Twitter as a social media marketing tool revolves around dialog and communication, so be sure to interact as much as possible

LinkedInLinkedIn is one of the more professional social

media marketing sites. Linke-dIn Groups is a great venue for entering into a professional dialog with people in similar industries and provides a place to share content with like-minded individuals. Encourage customers or clients to give your business a recom-mendation on your LinkedIn profile. Recommendations makes your business appear more credible and reliable for new customers. Also browse the Questions section of Linke-dIn; providing answers helps you get established and earns trust.

YouTubeYouTube is the number one place

for creating video content, with can be an incredibly powerful social media marketing tool. Many businesses try to create video content with the aim of having their video “go viral,” but in reality those chances are pretty slim. Instead, focus on creating useful, instructive “how-to” videos. These how-to videos also have the added benefit of ranking on the video search results of Google, so don't under-estimate the power of video content!

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England's staging of the 2019 Cricket World Cup has been rubber-stamped, the International Cricket Council has confirmed. It was originally announced in 2006 that England would stage what will be the 12th edition of cricket's leading one-day interna-tional tournament. But at a meeting in Dubai, the International Crick-et Council (ICC) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) signed the host agree-ment to stage the 2019 World Cup.

The tournament will be held throughout June 2019 and be played at 10 venues.ECB chief executive David Col-lier said after the signing in Dubai, where the ICC is based: "The sign-ing of this agreement now enables ECB to enter into staging agree-ments with venues who wish to stage matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

"The ECB is honoured to have been selected to stage one of the largest and most important global sports events which will be a won-derful boost to sport and cricket in

particular throughout England and Wales."ICC chief executive David Richard-son, a former South Africa wicket-keeper, said: "The ICC Cricket World Cup attracts a broadcast au-dience in excess of 1.5 billion peo-ple and is one of the premier events

in world cricket. "We look forward to work-ing with the ECB to deliver an outstanding tournament."

The 2019 World Cup is scheduled to involve 10 teams and will be the first World Cup played in Britain since 1999, with the UK having staged the first three

editions in 1975, 1979 and 1983. England have never won the World Cup despite appearing in three fi-nals.This month's Champions Trophy tournament, a 'mini' World Cup for international cricket's top eight teams in 50-overs per side cricket will take place in England and Wales. It will start with a match between South Africa and India in Cardiff on June 6 and end with a final at Birmingham's Edgbaston ground in central England, on June 23.

Icc Confirms England to Host 2019 World Cup

Pakistani Briton, boxer Amir Khan, is getting hitched with his US-born fiancée, Faryal Makhdoom, in New York City today (Friday). Extravagant nuptials will be held in Faryal’s hometown, New York, at the grand five star hotel Waldorf Astoria. Reports have it that Khan will whisk his bride back to Bolton, England, for another wed-ding bash to be attended by 4,000 guests before they head on a hon-eymoon. Amir, 26, says: “It’s time to settle down and hopefully it will settle me down a bit. “We get on really well, and I know she will help me in my boxing ca-reer as well. I’m excited more than anything.” After his points victory against

Julio Diaz, Amir is back in title fight contention, but admits he won’t be looking at heading back to the boxing ring until December. He will first enjoy his honeymoon with 20-year-old Faryal, and then observe Ramadan before getting back into training for his next bout towards the end of the year.

The couple only met last July, but have had a whirlwind romance and earlier this year held a glitzy engagement party in front of 1,000 people at the Reebok Stadium, home of Amir’s beloved Bolton

Wanderers. They’ve had a long-distance rela-tionship so far with Faryal based in New York, but Amir has pledged his future to Bolton and aims to welcome his bride to a new life in the north west. Also, Amir Khan has been focusing on his dancing skills ahead of his

wedding. The 26-year-old posted a picture of him and his friends, learning Bollywood dance steps to surprise his guests at the wedding. The Bolton-born ace tweeted: "I'm now on way to my gym. The boys are practic-ing a dance for the mehndi and wed-ding. This is going 2be fun."

"Dance routine was tough but it will be good. Very tiring it was like a 2hr workout," he later added.

Pakistani British boxer Amir Khan gets knocked out

SportsWith the curtains closed for the ex-tremely controversial IPL, it’s time for the ICC Champions Trophy to take the centrestage. With eight na-tions contesting against each other in One-Day International format of the game, this battle between the champions is going to be one hell of an entertainment for the cricket fanatics all over the globe. Now the question that everyone is thinking about is, “Which team is going to be the champion?”

Well, lets then discuss the matter in details.

The team which I feel has got the most chances of wining the title is none other than the hosts- England. No doubt, playing at home will give them a lot of confidence. Moreover, with players like Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott in the English batting line-up, they won’t have much difficulty in posting big totals or chasing. The bowling line-up which includes James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and

Tim Bresnan looks quite a strong and a dangerous one. Thus on pa-per, they are the favourites for me.

The next team which I think has got the potential to bag the title is South Africa. English wicket have always favoured swing and bounce and as far as this team’s bowling is concerned, they have one of the strongest bowling attacks. Dale Steyn is the spearhead of this attack and he is a true match-winner. His two pace partners, Morne Morkel and Tsotsobe, have also got the right ingredients to pose problems to the opposing batsmen. The bat-ting looks strong as well with the likes of Hashim Amla, JP Duminy and AB de Villiers in their line-up. .

The third team which has got the chances of winning this year is In-dia. With MS Dhoni being the skip-per, they will be a team to watch. But India’s not-so-good perform-ance in England over the past few years just makes one think if they will fail to create any impression this time too. Moreover the bowling

attack is not an experienced one and so it will be a big test for Dhoni and company.

The next team which has got the chances of being the champions is the defending champion, Australia. They had a much forgettable tour in India this year. None except their skipper could perform well. This time also their team is as usual a strong one with Shane Watson, David Warner, Mitchell Johnson and Faulkner playing. All of them had a good IPL season and so they are excepted to reach the latter stage of the tournament.

With Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik and Mishbah-ul-Haq in the team, Pakistan also have a slight chance in reaching the finals. And, you can never underestimate this mercu-rial team because they usually rise to the occasion when the odds are against them.

So that was my preview on the last edition of the Champion’s Trophy 2013. What do you think?

Who will bag ICC Champion’s Trophy 2013?




Teams P w l t Pts

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