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The new Leader of Sheffield City Council has welcomed the announcement that the Olympic Torch will be carried through the city in the lead-up to the London 2012 Games. Councillor Julie Dore said: “Sheffield is a great sporting city. We host many elite international sporting events, as well as being the training base

for several British Olympic and Paralympic teams. Our expertise and facilities has attracted several countries to base themselves here prior to the London 2012 Games. Sheffield is a city with a vibrant cultural as well as sporting pedi-gree, so we will deliver a great Read More on Page 13.

Sheffield Welcomes Olympic Flame

Sheffield gets ready to Welcome Musharraf

Councillor Naveeda Ikram is coun-try’s first Muslim woman mayorA Bradford Councillor has become the country’s first female British Muslim Lord Mayor. Making histo-ry, Councillor Naveeda Ikram took the role in lavish ceremony at Brad-for City Hall. The mother-of-three, who was born in the UK, was given the title during a ceremony at Brad-ford City Hall today. Cllr Ikram spent some of her teenage years in the Punjab, but has lived in Brad-ford for most of her life. A psychol-ogy and sociology graduate, Mrs Ikram has served as deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford since 2009. She will serve as Mayor for at least one year, with her husband Saqib Salam Shah serving as her consort.Aswell as becoming the UK’s first female Muslim Lord Mayor, she was also the first woman of Paki-stani origin to become a councillor in Bradford. She said: ‘I am the first British female Muslim Lord Mayor. It shows the progress that has been made in this country. ‘I am looking forward to being a positive and ac-tive ambassador for this wonderful district. ‘I’m keen to see more par-ticipation and better confidence

New mayor making history; Welcome to first muslim woman Mayor!

from all communities in the democratic process.

Nobody can stop Musharraf’s return to Pakistan. The gears are moving up as prepara-tions go on for the return on Pervez Musharraf to Paki-stan. The All Pakistan Mus-lim League is drumming up support all over the world and the ex president’s visit to our part of the world is here as he makes a special visit to Sheffield on the 6th of June. The charismatic leader will be welcomed at the Park Ho-tel, Sheffield at 5pm where he intends to gain the confidence and support of more people.The APML UK Youth

Wing for the north east was launched from Sheffield last month. Amjid Imtiaz was named as president of the APML regional chapter and Zeeshan Naqvi was named information secretary.According to a recent survey, 60 percent people of Paki-stan want Musharraf back in power. The people have had enough of the current sys-tem in which poverty is scal-ing upwards due to sky-high prices for daily use items. The rulers, in the name of democ-racy, have brought the coun-try to the verge of collapse.

Pakistan Learnt Nothing

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Muslims Outraged

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UK’s role inKashmir Settlement

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Allama IqbalCricket LeaguePage 12 & 16

AbbotabadOperation

Dr A Q KhanPage 28 in URDU

Azad KashmirElections 2011

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EditorsColumnPage 31in URDU

Watan Ki Beti

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Thanks to cheap flights and the internet, the world’s not as myste-rious as it used to be. Many of us have travelled to far-flung areas of the globe that would have been totally alien and unreachable to Brits even a couple of generations ago. However, there are still parts of the planet that – no matter how many tourist blogs you read – are still (almost) off-limits to tourists. Here are some of our favourite forbidden travel destinations. 1. PovegliaWhere is it? The Venetian lagoon, Italy

Why can’t I visit?: Because it’s haunted! According to legend it was used to isolate plague victims during Roman times, and then as a giant Black Death grave in the Middle Ages. As if that wasn’t scary enough, it’s also home to spooky abandoned building – complete with bell tower natural-ly – that was apparently a mental hospital. These days it’s off-limits to visitors unless you bribe a gon-dolier to take you there. 2. Area 51Where is it? Nevada, USAWhy can’t I visit?: It’s a top secret military testing base, protected by armed private security teams pa-

trolling in jeeps who are author-ised to use deadly force to deal with intruders. Whether or not you believe UFOs have crashed landed there, the ridiculously strict security around the base means you’re never going to find out for sure. 3. Le Cercle MunsterWhere is it? LuxembourgWhy can’t I visit?: It’s an exclu-sive private members club that’s

extremely selective about adding new members. Want to join? You must be backed by two sponsors and be approved by a selection committee made up of bigwigs from the finance world. Unless you’re an incredibly rich banker, businessman or equity trader, you’ll never see the sumptuous insides of the club, take part in the ‘Programme culturel’ or eat the delicious food at the in-house restaurant. Damn! 4. Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion Where is it? Axum, Ethiopia

Why can’t I visit?: Because it’s no ordinary church. According to legend it’s home to one of the most important biblical artefacts

ever – the Ark of the Covenant (and we thought Indiana Jones left it in a warehouse). Only a spe-cially chosen monk is allowed to guard the ‘Ark’. No-one else is al-lowed to lay eyes on it or even get close, in case they melt presum-ably (see Indiana Jones again). Of course, some claim this secrecy means the Ethiopian church is telling porkies… 5. Most of Niihau IslandWhere is it? The Hawaiian Is-lands, USA

Why can’t I visit?: Super-rich family the Robinsons (they’re not Swiss) bought Niihau in 1915 and closed it off to preserve its indig-enous culture and wildlife. The 200-or-so natives who live there lead a blissful existence free of electricity, burger joints and, for

the most part, tourists. There are very rare helicopter tours to the isle where you can wander along one of the beaches, but getting anywhere near the locals is strict-ly forbidden; hence its nickname, the, er, ‘Forbidden Island’. 6. Bohemian GroveWhere is it? California, USAWhy can’t I visit?: It’s an ex-tremely secretive men-only club whose members include artists, musicians, businessmen politi-cians… and the odd president (Nixon was a member). Once

a year they all gather for a two-week long festival where (alleg-edly) rituals such as the ‘Crema-tion of Care’ - a wicker-man-style faux-pagan rite - and the ‘Grove Play’ - a large-scale musical thea-tre production - are performed by members. It sounds like fun to us, but somehow I don’t think we’ll get an invite… 7. Lechiguilla CaveWhere is it? New Mexico, USAWhy can’t I visit?: It’s perhaps the most beautiful cave on the planet and frankly, the authorities don’t want you ruining it. Discovered in 1986 by miners, the sprawling underground complex is home to stunning speleothems, gypsum

chandeliers and hydromagnesite balloons. We don’t know what any of these are, but they sound impressive. Sadly, unless you’re an extremely experienced caver you’ll never get a permit to see them. 8. Jiangsu National Security Education museum Where is it? Nanjing, ChinaWhy can’t I visit?: Anyone is al-lowed in… as long as they are Chinese. There’s a big sign out-side the front of this very unusual museum stating that only Chinese citizens are allowed inside. The unusual entry requirements are

because the museum documents the history of Chinese espionage, and the state doesn’t want us for-eigners finding out their spying secrets. 9. Ilha de Queimada Grande Where is it? Off the shore of Bra-zilWhy can’t I visit?: Basically, be-cause it’s full of snakes – hence

the nickname: ‘Snake Island’. Lo-cal legend states there’s between one and five snakes per square metre on the island. And not just

any old snakes, most of ‘em are golden lanceheads – noted for their extremely potent venom. Because of this, understandably, the Brazilian Navy forbids tour-ists from stepping foot on the is-land. 10. The peak of Mount KailashWhere is it? The Himalayas, TibetWhy can’t I visit?: Because it’s home to a Hindu god. Lord Shiva, to be precise, who re-sides at the summit in a state of perpetual meditation. Sounds like bliss to us, which is appropriate, as Buddhists also believe the peak is home to the Buddha Demchok, who represents supreme bliss. Be-cause of this religious significance the peak was always considered off-limits by most climbers, be-fore this Chinese government is-sued an official ban in 2001.

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The US should not give any mon-ey to Pakistan until they get rid of their nuclear weapons, said Donald Trump ,believed to be a top Repub-lican contender for the next presi-dential elections. “Pakistan is a real problem because they have nuclear weapons. And I would say some-thing that I haven’t heard, I would say we don’t give them any money unless they get rid of their nuclear weapons,” Trump told the Fox news in an interview. Trump said he does not consider Pakistan a friend of the US. “It’s very much like China. These are not friends of ours. These are people that are totally in for themselves and probably some pret-ty bad people and some enemies. They are not friends of ours and we’re going to probably have to deal with them a lot differently than we thought. These are not our friends,” he argued. Observing that there are plenty of other terrorists in Pakistan, Trump said the US shouldn’t be giv-ing them USD 3.2 billion a year. “I’ve also heard that in many cases where we had somebody that we wanted to get, when we informed them and when we went in to get that terrorist, they weren’t there. So somebody gave them some clues. So this is not a good situation in Pa-kistan. They have nuclear weapons. We’re giving them USD 3.2 billion a year and they do not love us,” he said.

The man has so much to say on the mess his country has made all the time showing ungratefulness. But is he even a serious contender in the running for the presidential cam-paign? He can’t seem to make his mind up, it’s a joke.But Pakistan needs to wake up and smell the coffee and realise the US is doing it more than enough harm than good. The Government has played right into the hands of the US. Pakistan being accused of look-ing both ways on terrorism, but then so has the US. The US has been known to have supported many factional armies and rebels in the past who have later become rogue operatives. It looks like Pakistan is going the same way and the tides have flipped and the special friend-ship has died. Where is the countries pride, how much more of a scape-goat will it become? Pakistan is now oppressed and occupied!

No Money To Pak Till They Get Rid Of Nukes:Trump

After the Pakistan Foreign Office issued a detailed Press Release following the killing of Osama Bin Laden, there are many things that surprise us but one thing that confuses us above all, and that is if American copters took 20-25 minutes flying in from the Afghan border to Abottabad and then another 40 minutes in opera-tion and then another 20 minutes in flying back...then why did the Pakistan Aid Defence not appear? PAF wouldn’t necessarily have engaged them in a fire fight, but they should have challenged them or demanded IFF (Identify Friend or Foe). We however know that the USA told Pakistan after they had successfully left the area, which makes it around 1 hour and 20 minutes. So what does it mean? Either Pakistan had a tac-tical understanding allowing the USA to undergo their operation while they kept their own eyes closed, or else, Pakistan are verg-ing on incompetency in that four helicopters and around 80 or 90 military personnel conducted an operation deep inside Pakistan territory and without their knowl-edge the entire duration. Does this also show slackness on the vast Pakistan Armed forces, which is the 7th largest in the world with 617,000 active personnel and 513,000 reserve personnel; would this be the case if India crept into the country the same way? However, both Pakistan and

USA are playing each other off with insistence that the Pakistan military had no knowledge. It’s almost as if both sides are play-ing each other off, but from op-posite angles. Anyway moving ahead, Pakistanis should be wor-ried because they don’t waste any opportunity telling the world they are a Nuclear power and the nukes are safe. But when a challenge to the Air Defence arose they have not demonstrated any presence or will at all; the Foreign Office Press Release of 3rd May men-tions Pakistan scrambling its jets but the explanation is very uncon-vincing. We can be certain of such a commando force as the US, (US Navy Seals) whose activity on ground was being watched by the US President and Secretary of State would have powerful back-up from their US Jets somewhere within a few minutes away. What is the meaning of their not being on the scene? Were they told not to interfere? Not to even appear? Or were they so slow and incom-petent that they took in reacting? What was their reaction time? In 2009 when Indian jets violated Pakistani space for few minutes PAF did show a reaction, why not this time for an intervention lasting one hour and 20 minutes? For the safety of the citizens and the nations own pride, General Kiyani and Air Chiefs must give convincing answers. ILM writer

What Confuses Us

How many fizzy drinks have you had today? How about your kids? Approximately 14500 million litres of soft drinks consumed in the UK in a year. That’s about 232 litres per person per year, but before you grab that next can, consider this: one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.This is an alarming amount of sugar, calories and harmful addi-tives in a product that has abso-lutely no nutritional value. Plus, studies have linked soda to oste-oporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease. Despite this, soft drinks account for more than one-quarter of all drinks consumed in the UK.Teenagers and children, who many soft drinks are marketed to-ward, are among the largest con-sumers. In the past 10 years, soft drink consumption among chil-dren has almost doubled in the UK. Teenage boys now drink, on average, three or more cans per day, and 10 percent drink seven or more cans a day. The average for teenage girls is more than two cans a day, and 10 percent drink more than five cans a day.Let’s take a look at some of the major components of a can of

pop:Phosphoric Acid: May interfere with the body’s ability to use calcium, which can lead to oste-oporosis or softening of the teeth and bones. Phosphoric acid also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which can inter-fere with digestion, making it dif-

ficult to utilize nutrients.Sugar: It is a proven fact that sug-ar increases insulin levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain, premature aging and many more negative side effects. Most drinks include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar.Aspartame: This chemical is used

as a sugar substitute in diet drinks. There are over 92 different health side effects associated with as-partame consumption includ-ing brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilispsy/seizures. Further, when aspartame is stored for long peri-ods of time or kept in warm areas it changes to methanol, an alco-hol that converts to formaldehyde and formic acid, which are known carcinogens.Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause jitters, insomnia, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, el-evated blood cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion, breast lumps, birth defects, and perhaps some forms of cancer.High sugar fizzy drinks are one of the main reasons, nutritionally speaking, why many people suf-fer health problems. Aside from the negative effects of the drink itself, drinking a lot of it is likely to leave you with little appetite for vegetables, protein and other food that your body needs.If you are still drinking fizzy drinks, stopping the habit is an easy way to improve your health. Pure water is a much better choice. If you must drink a car-bonated beverage, try sparkling mineral water.

Fizzy Business

Rotherham has a new Mayor - with the installation of Raw-marsh councillor, Shaun Wright.Coun. Wright took up the role of Mayor at the annual meeting of Rotherham Borough Council at Rotherham Town Hall on Friday, May 20. Elected onto the author-ity in 2000, Coun. Wright Man-agers Urban Green Space in his native Barnsley. Born in Royston, he was educated at Royston Com-prehensive School and gained an apprenticeship in horticulture and management with Barnsley Borough Council, where he has worked for the past 27 years. He moved to Rotherham 15 years ago when he married Lisa and eventually the couple settled in Rawmarsh, where he is governor at two local schools and the sec-retary of the Rawmarsh Branch Labour Party. Coun. Wright be-lieves economic regeneration and education are the keys to prosper-ity in any area and is determined to promote both during his term of office. “It is a real honour for me to be installed as Mayor and I

am really looking forward to the year ahead and to getting around the borough and meeting as many people as possible,” he said. “My year as deputy mayor has already been very rewarding and I am sure this will continue during the coming 12 months.”The new Mayoress of Rother-ham, Lisa Wright, is following a long-standing tradition. Her mother is Coun. Lindsay John-ston, a Wingfield ward councillor for the past 12 years. In addition Lisa’s grandmother was Coun. Joan Johnston, who was Mayor of Rotherham in 1981, and her great grandfather was Coun. Bill

Skelton, who was also the Mayor of Rotherham in 1969.

Installation Of New Mayor Of Rotherham

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue has published a consultation draft of its new Service Plan for the period from 2011-13. It out-lines how the Service intends to continue to provide its vital services to local communities through the challenging times ahead. The four priorities iden-tified for this period have been developed from the feedback received from last summer’s public consultation. They are:

COMMUNITY – Making peo-ple safer – working to prevent emergencies. OPERATIONS – Responding to emergencies – ef-fectively and safely. PEOPLE – Valuing people – Those we serve and employ. FINANCE AND RESOURCES – Maximising ef-ficiency – making our resources go further. The full plan can be viewed by visiting www.syfire.gov.uk, or people can request a hard copy by phoning (0114) 272

7202 or e-mailing: comments@syfire.gov.uk. The consultation period for this plan ends on Fri-day 1st July.

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Last year our Police Authority set some challenging targets for the Force to achieve in reducing and detecting crime. Performance in both areas was exceptional and we exceeded all our crime targets. I know that delivering this level of performance has truly been a whole team effort and my thanks goes to each and every one of you. Overall crime in South Yorkshire was reduced by 9 per cent last

year, compared with the previ-ous year and this equates to over 10,000 fewer victims of crime. Other highlights include a 17 per cent reduction in criminal damage, an 11 per cent drop in serious ac-quisitive crime and violent crime was down by 13 per cent. As ever, our detection rate was good with 29 per cent of all crimes being de-tected. This coming year presents fresh demands, not least deliver-ing performance in the current difficult economic climate. Once again we have been set targets to reduce overall crime and in so do-ing I want us to start the year by concentrating on reducing crimi-nal damage, vehicle crime and alcohol fuelled violent crime and antisocial behaviour. I know this will be difficult, but given our past record, together I am sure we will rise to the challenge.Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes

Crime Figures

A new era of partnership working is offering a range of services to support children and young peo-ple. Following a recent review of the borough’s Youth Service, Rotherham MBC offered to work with young people and community groups to secure the future of serv-ices in their area. The response has been excellent and a series of developments have been secured thanks to the partner-ship work between organisations and the young people themselves.Councillor Mahroof Hussain; Cabinet Member for Community Development, Equality and Young People’s Issues; said: “I have been delighted with the way our com-munities have looked at the situa-tion we faced in Rotherham, rolled up their sleeves and worked with us to find positive ways forward for services.

“It’s no longer the case that any group or organisation, including the Council, can work on its own and we are finding that by com-bining our efforts we are actually able to broaden what is on offer for our young people in their own community. That work is reflected in these new developments as well as through the partnership which is creating our flagship multi-million pound MyPlace centre in Rother-ham town centre. “Public sector funding is limited and we said all along we were listening to people and if anyone wanted to approach us with a vi-able alternative way of funding and providing services, then our door was open. That invitation has been taken up and we hope even more groups will now look to get involved with the work in their community.”

Partners Come on Board to Support Young People

Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. This month was regarded as one of the sacred months (Al-Ash-hur-Al-hurum) in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sal-lam. It is also deemed to be a prel-ude to the month of Ramadhân, because the month of Ramadhân follows it after the intervening month of Sha’ban. Therefore, when the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam sighted the moon of Rajab, he used to supplicate to Allâh in the following words:“O Allâh, make the months of Rajab and Sha’ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadhân (i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadhân, so that we may benefit from its merits and bless-ings).”It is generally believed that the great event of Me’râj (ascension of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam to the heavens)

took place on the night of 27th Rajab. Therefore, some people celebrate the night as “Lailatul Me’râj”.Indeed, the event of Me’râj was one of the most remarkable epi-sodes in the life of our beloved Nabi Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He was called by Almighty Al-lâh. He travelled from Makkah to Baitul Maqdis and from there he ascended the heavens through the miraculous power of Allâh. He was honoured with a direct contact with his Creator at a place where even the angels had no ac-cess. This was the unique honour conferred by Allâh to the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sal-lam alone. It was the climax of the spiritual progress which is not attained by anybody except him. No doubt the night in which he was blessed with this unparalleled honour was one of the great nights in the his-tory of this world.

The Month of Rajab

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Waqar Ahmad is trying to stir up some serious media attention for his campaign to get more British Muslims interested in football and refereeing. Ahmad from Rotherham passed the football referee examination in December last year with the sole aim of be-coming the first Muslim referee/officiate at football/premiership level. Since January he has been refereeing in an adults Sunday league in Rotherham and has had a successful start to his career. He has been appointed to 2 cup finals as the 4th official and as-sistant referee and one semi final as the 4th official. To be awarded such honours only 4 months into

a new career speaks volumes for the belief the league committee have in him. Unfortunately we don’t see many Muslims make the grade as professional foot-ball, instead opting for a local based coaching career or leave the sport altogether. Football in this country is extremely short of referees and he is working on a campaign to encourage British Muslims to embark on a career as a football referee. Ahmad told us “many will be put off taking the first step but if I can do it, I’m sure others can too”. Football can attract more Muslims and Asians at all levels of the sport.

Could you be Next on the Pitch?

Two police officers from South Yorkshire Police who saved a man from falling 100 foot down a cliff have been awarded the fire service’s highest honour.The man had already fallen 20 foot down the cliff onto a bush, where PC David Mason and PC Lee Corker managed to safely reach and stabilise the man until fire crews arrived with special-ist rescue equipment. The offic-

ers’ swift intervention prevented the man falling to the ground, and suffering what would almost certainly have been fatal inju-ries. Fire officers say the pair’s bravery and professionalism at the scene meant fire crews were able to perform a successful res-cue. Now the two brave men have picked up a Chief Fire Officer’s Commendation - the highest fire service award for displaying life saving bravery in South York-shire. They were presented with their certificates at a formal cer-emony in front of fire crews, fam-ily and friends at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue’s Central fire sta-tion, Sheffield.

Police officers get top fire service bravery award

New Labour Leader of Shef-field City Council, Julie Dore, was joined by local MPs Paul Blomfield and David Blunkett to support the Yorkshire and Humberside UK Youth Parlia-ment as they held their regional sitting in Sheffield. The day fo-cused on the Parliament’s cam-paign to support Young Carers. Presentations were given out-lining the work undertaken by Members of the Youth Parlia-ment to support Young Carers in their communities. At the event, Sheffield’s Members of Parliament took questions from MYPs. The day proved to be a resounding success, strength-ening the role of the Youth Parliament as a positive way of engaging Sheffield’s young people in politics.

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The caring hub of Rotherham cel-ebrated its first birthday last month. The Mayor of Rotherham, Coun. Rose McNeely, was the guest of hon-our at a special birthday celebration for Rotherham Carers’ Corner. Car-ers’ Corner - on the corner of Drum-mond Street and Effingham Square - opened 12 months ago as a resource centre offering advice, information and support to the estimated 30,000

unpaid carers across the Borough. Over the past year about 4,200 peo-ple have contacted the centre and over 1,200 carers have been offered advice and support through outreach work coordinated by the Carers Forum. Over 150 carers have at-tended training courses which were identified as being needed by carers themselves. The flagship centre of-fers a range of facilities including

two private rooms, a meeting area, a ‘chill-out’ area, projector and screen, internet access and an information kiosk. The birthday celebration was the precursor to the annual Carers’ Week, which runs from June 13 to 17, when an event is being held from Monday to Thursday at Carers’ Corner, in addition to a display and information centre within the Town Centre on Friday.

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Carers’s Corner - First Anniversary

Engineering Apprentice Opportunities

SHEFFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

By Amar Saleem

ENGINEERING APPRENTICE-SHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-24! Apprenticeships are on the up!..... in a world where things change on a daily basis one this that is growing is the amount of young people being recruited into the engineering sector.There are lots of benefits to doing an Apprenticeship. You can earn while you learn, and learn in a way that is best suited to you – through hands-on experience on the job. Key ben-efits of being an apprentice include; •earning a salary •getting paid holidays •receiving training •gaining qualifications •learning job-specific skills Earning while you learning Apprentices do real jobs for real em-ployers. So you’re paid while you learn. If you are entering work for the first time, you will start earning from day one of your ApprenticeshipThere is no set rate of pay for appren-tices, however all employed appren-tices must receive a wage of no less than £2.50 per hour. However the av-erage wage per week for an appren-tice is now around £170 and in some job roles around £210 per week.As your skills develop, your pay will increase accordingly. You may also get additional money for essential books, clothing or equipment, or to help you with a disability. As an ap-prentice, you will also receive the same benefits as other employees such as pension contributions, sub-sidised canteen and leisure facilities.Apprentices learn on the job, build-ing up knowledge and skills, gaining qualifications and earning money all at the same time. You work towards a work-based qualification such as a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) and other nationally rec-ognised qualifications. Employers all over the country recognise and value Apprenticeships as they show that you’ve been trained in the skills they need.Apprenticeships typically take between one and four years to

complete, depending on the type of Apprenticeship and the level. There is no set time to complete an Ap-prenticeship as they vary widely in content and size. The length of time taken will depend on the ability of the individual apprentice and the employer's requirements. Your em-ployer or training provider will make sure you have support. Their job is to ensure that your training fits your personal requirements, offers the skills needed for the job and satisfies national standards. They will also be there to help you through any diffi-cult times. Apprenticeships can be demanding but they are very rewarding. Because Apprenticeships train you in the skills employers want, they give you choices in your career. Your career doesn’t have to stop at the Interme-diate or Advanced Apprenticeship, if you want to go on to University you will find that many institutes of Higher Education value your skills and knowledge and will happily of-fer you a place on a Foundation De-gree or other higher level qualifica-tions.The UK economy will continue to grow and over the last year, it has become clear just how important a role engineering plays in attempts to rebalance the UK economy.The underlying challenge, however, will be the UK’s ability to produce, in particular, its skilled STEM tech-nicians of the future. It is therefore of great concern to see that partici-pation from BAME (Black,Asian, Ethnic, Minority) learners in appren-ticeships for engineering and manu-

facturing technologies has shown a decline over the last five years.I recently visited the fantastic train-ing facilities atBrinsworth Training centre in Rotherham to advise how to engage BAME learners more ef-fectively and take advantage of this growth in a priority sector for the region.As an example, India as a country for engineering is devel-oping industrially and technically, consequently the requirement for skilled professionals is also increas-ing. Many engineering colleges have opened to meet the rising demands of the industry . In India, engineer-ing is one of the most sought after career options that paves the way for a brighter future, yet at Brinsworth Training they currently have only 4% of their learner numbers come from a BAME background.In South Yorkshire, we have some of our larg-est engineering companies that are Indian owned such as Tata Steel and DavyMarkham yet the impact on the local BAME community is marginal.We have to exploit this opportunity to get our BAME students placed in companies by equipping them to meet the expectation of the industry. We have to bring in more learners from all backgrounds and nation-alities. The industries are looking for young and talented professionals to strengthen their presence in the high-ly competitive corporate world of engineering. To register your interest in an engineering apprenticeship at Brinsworth Training, email your de-tails to me amar.saleem@scci.org.uk or call me on 0114 2018918.

Legal CornerMohammed Nazir Solicitor

Head of Property/Immigration, Wosskow Brown

Q & A Property Law

Q: I want to sell my house and can not find my title deeds? A: You should check with the previous solicitors or with the Bank who has provided you the mortgage on the property. Oth-erwise your solicitors can obtain the copies from the HM Land Registry if the title is registered. Q: I have lent some money to my friend and I want to secure the loan how I can do it? A: Please note that this loan can

be secured by way of registra-tion of a charge on the property owned by your friend, but both parties need separate solicitors as there is a possible conflict of interest. Q: I want to buy a repossessed property and want a quick com-pletion, is this possible? A: Please note if you want to secure the property quickly then you can exchange contracts with a 10% percent deposit and buy

indemnity insurance to cover the risks as you can not complete the searches within this short time. Q: I am buying a leasehold property and my solicitor has said that it has short lease what should I do? A: Please note your solicitors should ask from the vendor’s solicitors to increase the lease period or they should buy the freehold before selling it to you.

New Labour administration has made its position very clear to city council senior staff and peo-ple of Sheffield that we are com-mitted and we will deliver on our pledge’s.Work on these promises was started to be implemented on 18th May as Sheffield Labour Group will take administration officially...... No two tier system for adult so cial care..... Reinstate money to study support..... No commissioning for serv-ices this year for the voluntary community sector and commu-nity nurseries..... 100 apprenticeships to be created in the City Council..... No closure of Pitsmoor and Highfield adventure playgrounds

..... Extra money into sure start and children’s centres and full review of child care provision..... Free rat control service..... Reinstate 10 PCSO’s across the City..... Reinstate cut to VCF by 7.5%..... Restore old opening hours to Graves MuseumLabour’s top priorities will be: Standing up for Sheffield, La-bour will work in the interests of Sheffield at all times, seeking to get the best possible deal for the city. Being a Business Friendly Coun-cil, Labour have a clear commit-ment to making sure that Shef-field is a business friendly City. Focusing on Jobs, Labour want to ensure that as many young people in Sheffield as possible

are given the opportunity to en-ter the world of paid employ-ment and do not become part of a culture of worklessness. Supporting our Communities,

Labour want to support families to give children the best start in life by focussing on improving attainment and protecting the vital services provided by our Children’s Centres.

New Labour In Sheffield City Council

Yorkshire Accommodation Bureau , the areas leading property letting & Management Company, co hosted with Lloyds TSB Bank a special evening for clientele & friends. On offer was professional advice from Foys solicitors, Insurance compa-nies and the banking sector. In at-tendance were the deputy leader of RMBC Cllr Jhangir Akhtar, along with Anjum Abbasi, businessman, Shanbir Akhtar of X Pro Sports and

Steve Chesterman & Adrian Bean banking manager for Lloyds Bank.YAB Manger Mumtaz Ali said that “The aim of the evening was to in-form our clients that funding was available to access the property mar-ket, at a time when we feel that it is important for landlords to be laying the foundations for the development of their portfolios, as the rental mar-ket remains firm with good rental yields”.

YAB encourage property funding

‘Missing Out’ On Property Taxation Rebate

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How often do we hear of the elec-tricity crisis in Pakistan. But is it really a crisis or just mishandling of the energy output. The deepen-ing energy crunch is affecting life all over the country but its knock-ing hard the industrial sector which millions of livelihoods depend on. Energy, especially electricity, is the villain of Pakistani industrial production. The total generation of electricity, using all available resources, stands at 10,000-11,000 megawatts (mw) — against a na-tion-wide demand of 14,500mw a day. The shortfall is causing a seri-ous setback to the industrial sector and the industrialisation process, as well as the national economy. In fact, the energy crisis, poor gov-ernment policies, reduced produc-tivity, global financial crisis and uneven foreign demand for Paki-stani products has translated into a situation which has led Pakistan to experience a de-industrialisation process since 1988.The installed capacity of power generation in the country is over 19,0000 MW, which is not being tapped due to the existence of a complicated circular debt in the energy sector. A number of oil- and gas-based power generation projects have been installed in the country. Most of them have obtained oil on credit from State Oil of Pakistan, as they do not breakeven; because of pow-er theft, transmission losses due to old distribution network, and non-payment of electricity bills by large industrial-business consumers, and

even the government departments. The circular debt is estimated to have ballooned to Rs275 billion by now. Because of the debt of these big players, all 187 (est) million citizens of Pakistan have to suffer.Electricity produced in Pakistan is from three main sources.(1). Hydral (2). Thermal (Gas/Steam/Furnace Oil)(3). NuclearThere are four major power pro-ducers in country which include Water & Power Development Au-thority (WAPDA), Karachi Elec-tric Supply Company (KESC), In-dependent Power Producers (IPPs) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).Below is the break-up of the installed capacity of each of these power producers (as of June-2008).1. WAPDA is producing a total of 6461 MW (mega watts) from 13 HYDAL power stations. WAPDA Thermal is produc-ing 4811 MW of energy from 12 power stations around the country. WAPDAs total output is 11272 MW. 2. KESC is supplying 1756 MW from 4 THERMAL power plants.3. Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are suppying the country with 6365 MW of power from 19 THERMAL power plants. These IPPs mainly supply the industry sectors.4. Pakistan Atomic Energy Com-mission has 2 NUCLEAR power plants and generates 462 MW of electricity. That is a total capacity of 19,855 MW from all 4 sources.

Light ProblemIf the World were 100 PEOPLE:50 would be female50 would be male 20 would be childrenThere would be 80 adults,14 of whom would be 65 and older There would be:61 Asians12 Europeans13 Africans14 people from the Western Hem-isphere There would be:31 Christians21 Muslims14 Hindus6 Buddhists12 people who practice other re-ligions16 people who would not be

aligned with a religion 17 would speak a Chinese dialect8 would speak Hindustani8 would speak English7 would speak Spanish4 would speak Arabic4 would speak Russian52 would speak other languages 82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not 1 would have a college education1 would own a computer 75 people would have some sup-ply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 would not 1 would be dying of starvation17 would be undernourished15 would be overweight 83 would have access to safe drinking water17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink

Consider This!Commercial property owners in Sheffield are missing out on hun-dreds of millions of pounds of tax returns which they could claim back through making use of their tax allowances, according to an ac-countancy firm. Portal Tax Claims, a specialist capital allowance tax returns claims company, believes 12,835 property owners in Sheffield could be missing out on more than £539 million annually. The com-pany aims to help businesses claim back tax by utilising their ‘capital allowances’, which are allowances available to commercial property owners who spend money making certain qualifying improvements to their property, such as installing fire alarm systems and air condi-tioning.During a trial of the new proposition it reclaimed, on aver-age, £105,000 for each business in

outstanding capital allowances. Lit-erally billions of pounds are due to commercial property owners across the UK, but most lack the necessary expertise to make the claim which can be a complicated process. Capi-tal allowances are available when money is spent buying or improving a property. HMRC allows the owner to offset some of that expenditure against profits or general income for tax purposes. Portal Tax Claims say that if a company owns com-mercial property, either freehold or on a lease of 30 years or more, there is an estimated 96 per cent chance they qualify for a substantial in-come tax or corporation tax refund. It believes an estimated two million properties around the UK qualify, which must be classified as com-mercial, not held in a pension fund, and bought for at least £200,000.

Women from Tassibee, a local support group for Asian women, and female members of Clifton Methodist Church came together to learn more about each other’s cultures and to share cooking techniques, at a special celebra-tion lunch held recently. The event was held at the Tassibee Centre on Godstone Road in Rotherham and was attended by over 30 local people, as well as Cabinet Member for Com-munity Development Equality & Young Peo-ple’s Issues Cllr Mahroof Hussain. Bombay potatoes and traditional English Shepherd’s Pie were on the menu, as were many other Eastern and Western dishes that

had been prepared, with Clifton Method-ist Church members following Asian recipes and women from the Tassibee Centre tack-ling traditional British favourites. The two groups have taken part in eight shared cook-ery sessions, in which they taught each other to create dishes from their own cultures. The idea for the project came about when Meth-odist Church members offered to help Tas-sibee Centre groups fund raise to support a girls’ school in Pakistan . After finding out they shared a common love of cooking, the two groups managed to secure funding from Faith in Action, which meant they could pay

for ingredients. Tahira Malik who attends the Tassibee Centre added: “It has been so nice to meet all of these new people and to learn to cook English food. I have really enjoyed every session.” Councillor Hussain said: “This has been a fantastic project which has helped peo-ple to learn about each others’ cultures and discover just how much we have in common. Not only that - the food was really delicious!”Tassibee is a support group for British Muslim Asian women, providing a culturally appro-priate setting for them to learn, socialise and improve their lives.

Recipe for Success

Professor Steve Jones, from Uni-versity College London, said the common practice in Islamic com-munities for cousins to marry each other increased the risk of birth defects. Inbreeding among British Muslims is threatening the health of their children, a leading geneticist has warned. Profes-sor Steve Jones, from University College London, said the com-mon practice in Islamic commu-nities for cousins to marry each other increased the risk of birth defects. ‘There may be some evidence that cousins marrying one another can be harmful, ‘We should be concerned about that as there can be a lot of hidden ge-netic damage. Children are much more likely to get two copies of a damaged gene. ‘Bradford is very inbred. There is a huge amount

of cousins marrying each other there.’ Studies have shown that 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are mar-ried to first cousins – and in Brad-ford, this rises to 75 per cent. Other research has found that children of first cousins are ten times more likely to have reces-sive genetic disorders and face deafness, blindness and infant mortality. But Prof Jones’s com-ments provoked anger among some Muslim groups. Inbreeding is not confined to Muslim com-munities as the Royal Family is known for marrying cousins too.Mohammed Shafiq, chief execu-tive of the Ramadhan Founda-tion, which promotes the image of Muslims in Britain, said: ‘I know many Muslims who have married their cousins and none

of them have had a problem with their children. ‘Obviously, we don’t want any children to be born disabled who don’t need to be born disabled, so I would ad-vise genetic screening before first cousins marry. ‘But I find Steve Jones’s comments unworthy of a professor. Using language like “inbreeding” to describe cousins marrying is completely inap-propriate and further demonises Muslims.’Mohammed Saleem Khan, chief executive of the Bradford Council for Mosques, said: ‘It is important to discuss these issues, but I just do not know of any firm evidence backing up Professor Jones’s claims. I think we need more con-clusive studies so we can know for certain if there is any genuine risk. ‘Marriages between cousins is certainly common within south Asia, but it is becoming less so in Britain and also in Bradford. Is-lam allows you to marry anyone you want, so in many ways Islam promotes diversity.’ Prof Jones said: ‘We are all more incestuous than we realise. In Northern Ireland lots of people share the same surname, which suggests a high level of inbreed-ing. ‘There’s a lot of surname di-versity in London but if you look at the Outer Hebrides there are rather fewer surnames in relation to the number of people.’

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Superstitious Beliefs!The beliefs, which are deemed irrational or outside rationality without having logic, are called superstitious. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to be-liefs deemed irrational. Supersti-tious is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual be-ings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by a particular unrelated prior events or incident. In today’s world it is applied to conceptions without foundation in, or in contravention of, scientific and logical knowl-edge. However they provide a solace or logic to many people and often give comfort to some-one upset about a particular in-cident. Here are some examples of superstitions or superstitious belief prevailing in our society.1. Gemstones: People believe gemstone can actually make a difference in their lives, like Em-erald, Cat’s-Eye, Aquamarine, Diamond & Amber etc have powers to protect against diseas-es, evil & any sort of problems

and that brings wisdom, success and popularity.2. Evil Eye: People strongly be-lieve that the evil eye exists. If for instance someone is feeling unwell after coming from a party or has lost something important, then the person may believe he is jinxed in that he/she is affected by some bad/devil eyes.3. Solar eclipse: Local mythology suggests burying paralyzed chil-dren in sand and exposing them to solar eclipse, helps overcom-ing paralysis, well it’s like the doctors are wasting time in treat-ing paralysed patients!4.Black cat: If a black cat crosses you from the front, It is consid-ered as bad luck and that some-thing wrong or harmful will hap-pen. Cats don’t know the rules of the road, they cross where they want!5.Broken Mirror: It is still largely believed that looking into a bro-ken mirror or breaking the mirror can bring seven years of bad luck in one’s life unless the affected finds a way to counteract the neg-

ative effects.6.Crowing: When a crow crows at some ones window, it antici-pates the arrival of guests. Some believe crows are the oldest ani-mals and they can see and sense in which house the guests are coming and that the crows are smart enough to figure it out.7.Blinking: When the left eye is flickering/blinking it indicates something bad is going to hap-pen.8.Scissors & Umbrella: Opening the scissors and then closing it without a reason can cause fam-ily problems at home and similar is the case with an umbrella.9.Travelling: If you will be trav-elling in the near future, and when taking out shoes or slippers and accidently they get crossed in a manner that one shoe is on an-other in the X position then that is considered and omen.10.Palm: If there is itching on the right palm of your hand, you will get some money and when in left palm you will lose money.

Much of the information-gath-ering network of Pakistan’s supreme security service was curtailed in the tribal areas in General Pervez Musharraf’s era, consequently giving the edge to America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), it is reliably learnt.The entire territory of North and South Waziristan was given in the direct access of the CIA which has since developed its strong-hold in the belt. The CIA’s opera-tions suspended in Balochistan, Punjab, Islamabad and other ar-eas of the country after the Ray-mond Allen Davis (RAD) inci-dent and the mysterious episode of Osama bin Laden have also been restored, sources said.To a query, sources said the CIA operatives have infiltrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda networks and have created their own Te-hrik-e-Taliban (Pakistan) force, which has been recruited, trained and equipped by these CIA opera-tives to target the Pakistan Army personnel, armed forces’ installa-tions, markets, hospitals, schools and public places to destabilise Pakistan.They claimed, the Soviet Intelli-gence Agency SVR had already disclosed that RAD and his net-work have provided Al-Qaeda operatives with chemical, nuclear and biological weapons so that installations in the US may be targeted and Pakistan be blamed and pressed to do more of the US’ dirty work such as conducting op-erations in North Waziristan. “Af-ter the civil government justified the CIA operation in Abbottabad all of them have again indulged in their original nefarious activi-ties,” sources added.In the words of two Ameri-can journalists Julian E Barnes and Adam Entous: “Following

wishes of President Barack Hus-sain Obama, the number of CIA personnel in Pakistan has grown substantially in recent years. The exact number is highly classified. The push for more forces reflects, in part, the increased need for intelligence to support the CIA drone program that has killed hundreds of militants with mis-sile strikes.”A former ISI Punjab regional commander Brigadier (r) Ghaz-anfar said the CIA has established its parallel intelligence network. He said the CIA always estab-lishes its network according to their needs and demands, which has been established in Pakistan not only in tribal but in urban ar-eas also and the RAD incident is enough to quote here. “Days af-ter the mystery of 9/11, the CIA operatives landed in Pakistan in order to train Pakistani troops and authorities concerned for counter terrorism but with the passage of time, their demands increased and now the CIA network has a strong grip,” he added.Appreciating the role of the su-preme security agency, the former commander said the ISI carried out successful operations in vari-ous parts of the country and ap-prehended Al-Qaeda operatives including Al-Faraaj, Khalid Mo-hammad Sheikh, Khalid Bin Atta, Al-Libbi and Mullah Bradaar. “We must have a check on the Interior Ministry and the CIA ac-tivities in national interest before the situation has virtually become out of control,” he remarked.Similarly, ex- ISI Punjab regional commander Brigadier (r) Aslam Ghuman said, “During my visit to the US, I learnt Israeli spy agency Mossad, in connivance with Indi-an agency RAW, under the direct supervision of CIA, planned to destabilise Pakistan at any cost”.

The commander further said Pa-kistan has the best army, the best intelligence network and the best public, but unfortunately not the best rulers. “Obama needs votes in the coming elections and all of this drama was staged to defame Pakistan across the world,” he added.Former Punjab Military Intel-ligence (MI) chief Brigadier (r) Mohammad Yousuf said over 7,000 CIA operatives have been conducting a warfare within Pakistan. Reportedly, these op-eratives arrived in Pakistan by special permission granted by Hussain Haqqani, the Interior Ministry and the president’s blue-eyed ambassador, without proper clearance of their visas by the supreme security service of Pa-kistan. The ex-MI chief said the government must revisit its poli-cies and frame a long-term strat-egy in national interest. Briga-dier (r) Yousuf warned that the country’s leadership should keep in mind that after her vested in-terested are served, the US would leave Pakistan in the doldrums as it did after the USSR’s defeat in Afghanistan.According to classified informa-tion, out of 7000 CIA operatives, about 1237 highly skilled Ma-rines, intelligence, security and guerrilla warfare experts have been placed in its embassies and consulates under the grab of dip-lomats.About 1100 Marines have been placed in the federal capital, 26 in Lahore, 50 in Karachi and 61 in Peshawar, while over 200 bullet-proof vehicles that landed at the Karachi port have also been reg-istered and later provided to 250 CIA operatives who arrived in the port city last year.

CIA Havoc

It’s Time To Give – A Message From Lord Noon To Asian Millionaires

from left to right: Mumtaz Khan, Adeeba Malik, Lord Gulam Noon, Lady Noon, Dr. Mohammed Ali

A new scheme in Rotherham is asking people to share their lives to help improve the lives of older people or adults with disabilities. The Shared Lives project helps adults to live or spend time with car-ers and their families who can offer that person the extra support and help they require to live as inde-pendently as possible. The care on offer to people can include long term accommodation and support, short break respite care or day time support and be-

friending, all provided in the carer’s home. Those who could benefit are first assessed by Adult Social Care and then those using the scheme are carefully matched to a Shared Lives carer. For potential car-ers there’s a full support and training scheme with payments and expenses for those offering this im-portant care. The scheme was launched in May at Clifton Park Museum.

Share Your Life To Help Others

‘It’s time to give’ was the message from Lord Gulam Noon to over 60 wealthy Asian businessmen and women from the North of England at a reception hosted by QED-UK, at Bradford’s Mumtaz restaurant. The event was in hon-our of Lord Noon, who was re-cently given a life peerage. Lord Noon has supported QED-UK, the Bradford-based international charity, since its foundation over two decades ago. Dr Mohammed Ali OBE, founder and chief ex-ecutive of QED-UK said: “Lord Noon is synonymous with ‘King of Curry’ but few know of the immense contribution to char-ity sector he makes, helping the disadvantaged all over the world. We’re honoured that Lord Noon is a long-standing supporter of QED-UK and such a strong sup-porter of our mission to address poverty and disadvantage and work towards community cohe-sion.”In his speech, Lord Noon, a keen cricket supporter, shared his rags to riches story and gave business tips. He also movingly spoke of his family’s history of charitable giving for almost a century, a tra-dition he has continued by giving

to several charities in the UK and abroad. Lord Noon said: “By all means

make lots of money, invest in your children’s future to get the best education, buy large houses and big cars because you deserve those. But please don’t forget the poor and less privileged members of our society wherever they are. Believe me there is an immense satisfaction in that and that’s all people will remember you by. Make money but find time to give some of it back to the com-

munity”.For several years Lord Noon and Adeeba Malik MBE, Deputy

Chief Executive of QED-UK, were advisors to Home Office and the former Department for Trade and Industry to support the social and economic integration of the BME groups in the UK.Mumtaz Khan, owner of the world famous Mumtaz Restaurant, also spoke at the event. He said: “I see Lord Noon as a fatherly figure. He has been a mentor and inspiration to me for over 30 years.”

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PROPERTY CORNER PROPERTY ENERGY COSTS AND WHY YOU SHOULD CAREby: Mohammed Mahroof BSc (Hons) MRICS

Consultant: Mark Jenkinson & son

It is well documented in the media that energy costs are rising substan-tially, which is a worldwide phe-nomena, more and more businesses are now looking at their property running costs, which are a substan-tial expenditure in any business.There is increasing pressure on property operators to run them in a more sustainable and efficient man-ner, and make them cheaper to run.The reasons for looking at opera-tional costs is the rising and unpre-dictable nature ofsupply, with natural world resourc-es diminishing, people are now having to look atreducing their operational costs and trying to find alternative ways of getting energysources. Tenants are also looking for more cost efficient properties to run their businesses from, there-fore whichever way you look at it, whether you are a tenant or a prop-erty owner it makes sense to look for and manage property in a much more efficient way.Socially with the Green Agenda be-ing high on the list of most govern-ments, it is achallenge which has gained politi-cal support. It is becoming serious-ly acceptable thatinvesting in energy efficiency is a

wise and practical solution to man-aging a more efficient and sought after property.When people buy a car one of the considerations is fuel consumption, I believe property isheading in the same direction, pur-chasers and tenants will look at energy consumption as a serious consideration before committing to a property.Everyone uses, owns or rents a property. We are all affected by the need to become more energy conscious. New build standards are definitely becoming more efficient and smarter in the way they use energy.I believe that people when they are looking at commercial proper-ties for their businesses need to be aware that a substantial amount of money will be expended on energy costs, as I have previously men-tioned this is relevant throughout the world, and has a major effect on the balance sheet.If you have a portfolio of business properties you will need to manage your assets onAsset Management principles,. A subject I will talk about in another article, but energy costs are a part of asset management. By better uti-lising space and putting in energy

saving measures property occupa-tion costs will be seriously reduced. You really need to look at the ways you use energy and put in a plan of trying to reduce unnecessary waste, by looking at your current installa-tions and improving these or alter-natively replacing these. Also you should look at waste management, water reduction as part of your aim to make a more efficient and sus-tainable property.Lots of people are not focussing on this aspect of property but as the world energy crisis becomes more apparent, such considerations will become more prevalent in making property decisions.We need to look no further than some Asian countries where energy is rationed to a few hours a day, therefore it will come as no surprise to the readers that this is a major is-sue, which needs to be addressed now for our future needs.Demand for energy efficient prop-erty will certainly rise as more peo-ple become conscious of the costs, whether it is business premises, do-mestic or community facilities. As ever if you have any property is-sues that you want to discuss please contactMohammed Mahroof on 0114 276 0151 or 07879 015093.

Promising sportsman Saad Sha-hid is emerging with an enhanced reputation time after time. Up-and-coming Pakistani Saad Sha-hid has won the Polish Under-19 Squash title defeating his Czech Republic’s opponent Solnicky Jacub by three games to two in a well-matched contest in Warsaw.

The Junior Squash Open was an European Squash Federation event held earlier this week in the Polish capital, according to infor-mation provided by the Informa-tion wing of Pakistan High Com-mission.Saad could have played in the under 17 category but he chose instead to play in the under 19 competition. He was recently elevated to the 3rd ranking from 42nd in the U-17 world ranking after he won the German Open last month and earlier reached fi-nal of the Welsh Open.The young-ster is due to appear next month in Italian Junior Open at Riccione, followed by Spanish Junior Open , Portuguese Junior Open, Pioneer Junior Squash Cup 2011, Co-logne, Germany, (July 1-4 July)

and the Dutch Junior Open Am-sterdam, (July 7-10).A leading Pakistani businessman Sohail Yasin has sponsored Saad Shahid for the tournaments responding to the call from Pakistan’s Ambas-sador to Germany Shahid Kamal.Saad has also received support of Pakistan High Commission Lon-don with the Minister Political Nafees Zakaria coordinating and supporting Saad’s earlier endeav-ours on behalf of the Government and the High Commission.The Karachi-born 15-year-old youngster is ranked second in his country in the junior category. Due to his outstanding results in recent major tournaments: 2nd place in the Welsh Junior Open and the victory at the German Junior Open, Saad Shahid from Pakistan, who is fully equipped and supported by indoor sports equipment company VICTOR In-ternational, climbed up 39 places in the U17 world-ranking. He is now No. 3 in the world and is still at the brink of a promising career, which even now takes places among the elite. Shahid started playing at the age of seven at Roshan Khan Jehangir Khan Squash Club also known as Navy Fleet Club, Karachi where he receives regular coaching by Faheem Gul and Jan Sher Khan. He also plays at Agha Khan Uni-versity Sports Complex as his mother serves as medical doctor at the AKU.He began playing the sport for leisure and got selected in the tri-

als for provincial team of Sindh. From there he moved on to na-tional and then international level, participating in an international event in 2008 for the first time. Shahid attributes his success to his parents who consistently en-couraged him and bear expenses for participating in international events.

Deliberating on difficulties faced by Pakistani players he pointed out that problems of visas were hampering participation of Paki-stani youth in international sports events. Saad said he himself could not participate in British Open and US Open in 2009 and that four other players were not able to travel to participates in Brit-ish Open because their visas were still pending.He further stated that financial support to compete in interna-tional events was yet another is-sue that needs to be addressed at the national level because in the absence of any monetary back-ing many talented players fail to participate in international tourna-ments.

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Officers in Sheffield continue to raise awareness following three re-ports of bogus official incidents in the city and are appealing to mem-bers of the public for their help in tackling this type of crime.Between January and March 2011, distrac-tion burglaries in Sheffield reduced by 52 per cent compared to the same period last year. However, re-cently officers have received three reports of bogus official incidents occurring on one day in Sheffield.On Tuesday 26 April 2011, the inci-dents have occurred on Handsworth Road in Darnall, Windy House Lane in Manor and Duke Street in Park Hill. It’s believed on each oc-casion the caller has claimed to be from the Water Board or Yorkshire Water and have requested to check the water taps or pipes in an at-tempt to gain entry to the proper-ties. Access was gained at all three addresses and property and money were stolen at two of the addresses. No one was injured during these incidents. Officers are currently looking at a number of lines of enquiry regard-ing the three incidents reported to identify the suspects and establish

if the incidents are linked. Detec-tive Inspector Chris Singleton said: “Bogus officials often claim to be from the Water Board, Local Au-thority, other public agencies or utility companies to gain access to homes before distracting residents so they can steal items. In the ma-jority of cases, one person may call at the premises and be speaking with the resident, whilst another person sneaks into the property. Incidents can also take place in lo-cations close by to where genuine work is taking place, to try to make them look like genuine callers. Whilst not wanting to frighten residents unnecessarily, we feel it is important for the community to be aware of bogus officials operating and some of the tactics that have been employed by bogus callers in the past.” Officers continually carry out operations with partners to tackle this type of crime and provide residents, particularly the elderly and vulnerable with crime prevention advice. However, offic-ers also want the relatives of these groups of people and the wider community to help in preventing these types of crimes by following a few simple steps:• Always keep the front and back doors locked at all times, even when at home• Think about whether you are expecting anyone and look through the window be-fore answering the door• Always check ID carefully and contact the company to see if that person should be at your house. Some companies use a password

system, which the caller should give when they arrive. If in doubt, do not let the person into your house • Please advise residents not to store large sums of money in their home• Rogue traders also operate during the warmer weather offering to carry out garden work, or stating that roof or other building repairs are required urgently, when often this is not the case and the callers will charge over inflated prices and use this opportunity to gain access into the home. The message is sim-ple keep your doors locked and don’t let strangers into your home unless you have verified their iden-tity, and if you are not sure, don’t open the door.Detective Inspector Chris Single-ton added: “People should not feel rude for saying no or for not an-swering the door to someone they do not know. You should always check ID carefully, a genuine caller should not have any issues with you checking out their details. If you are in doubt, do not let the per-son into your house. We would en-courage anyone, if they think they may have been a victim of this type of crime or an attempt has been made to contact the police on the numbers below.” Anyone with information about this type of crime is urged to call South Yorkshire Police on 0114 2202020 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Pol i c e R a i s e A w a r e n e s s O f B o g u s O f f i c i a l s I n S h e f f i e l d

B1 Captain: Aurangzeb Secretary: M Khaliq

B2Captain: Jawad HaiderSecretary: M Rafique

B3Captain: Jawed Khan

Secretary: Tahir Nawaz

B4Captain: Shoaib Iqbal

Secretary: Saad Basheer

B5Captain: Zaheer AbbasSecrtary: Saqib Shazad

B6Captain: Ibrar Hussain

Secretary: Taimoor Khan

B7Captain: Pervez Ahmad

Secretary:Khalid Hussain

B8Captain: Sohail NawazSecretary: Majid Malik

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Sheffield City Council’s new Leader, Julie Dore, has written to Sheffield United’s Academy team congratu-lating them for their performance in the FA Youth Cup. Julie attended the first leg at Bramall Lane on the 17th May, where United put in a heroic performance and drew 2-2 with Manchester United, unfortunately the team was not successful in the second leg at Old Traf-ford. In a letter to Academy boss, John Pemberton, Ju-lie commended the team for reaching the final and said they had brought pride and honour to Sheffield. Julie Dore, said: “I was at the first leg at Bramall Lane and it was a fantastic to see Sheffield’s homegrown talent competing against one of the best youth teams in the world, they have done Sheffield proud. The standard of football was really impressive and the players clearly have a bright future ahead of them. It was brilliant to see so many people at last week’s home match and travelling over to Manchester for the second leg, the fans really got behind them.”

Council Leader Congratulates Young Blades

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CHAIRMAN ALISCL PMC

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The Pakistan Muslim Centre (PMC) is a Charitable organisation and a Com-pany Limited by Guarantee with an aim to provide opportunities and services to the community of Sheffield and its surrounding areas regardless of their eth-nicity, culture, religion, gender, age or background. Our youngsters, children and elders are offered a chance through sports to gain physical and spiritual exercise. This programme is intended to offer a bond with culture and social values. We want to see members of our community involved by coming to-gether and abstaining from bad influences. To be part of a strong and healthy community and give pride to our culture and country.The Allama Iqbal Sunday Cricket League PMC Sheffield was formed in 2008. The first league matches were played with 4 teams. The league was very small and in its infancy. An Independence Day tournament was intro-duced and matches were played between 8 teams. The official beginning of the league was launched in 2009. An executive committee was formed to declare rules and regulations and register teams. The league extended to 6 teams. Cup matches were played between top 4 teams. The Independence Day tournament was played between 16 teams from within and outside the PMC league. In 2010 the league was so successful that it attracted more and more teams across the city. It improved its standards and progressed. 12 teams participated in the league, divided into 2 divisions. Cup matches were played by the top 4 teams and the Independence Day tournament was played by 16 team participants.This year the League has 16 teams playing for the Allama Iqbal Sunday Crick-et League Cup. Matches will begin after the 6th of June. More details available from PMC or see the official league handbook 2011 for all details

Earl Marshall JFC Under-9s com-pleted their season with a seven match winning run after donning kit from their new sponsor Pin-stone Eye Care to finish third in the league. Pitsmoor-based Earl Marshal U9s competed in the Sheffield & District Junior Sun-day League – Division W. Their third place finish means that they will be competing in Division B of the U10s league next season.

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Adil Rashid is off to the Cham-pions League. The 23-year-old leg-spinning all-rounder from Bradford knows that his place in one of cricket’s most high-profile tournaments is secure. “Twen-ty20’s gone well for me over the last year. I loved my summer in England and then my winter in Australia. Hopefully I can con-tinue my form and contribute to us doing well as a team”. If York-shire qualify, Rashid will play for them because his main obliga-tion is towards his home county. If not, he will go and play for the Redbacks. Teams from India,

Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies will all gather in ei-ther India or South Africa in late September and early October to

decide the best domestic 20-over side in world cricket.

Rashid Goes For Champions ChallengeWhilst the world may cu r ren t ly be in the grip of re-c e s s i o n , with falling economies, g r o w i n g debt and an

increase in the cost of living, it has over various decades of economic growth brought immense prosperi-ty to t he variety of country in a va-riety of continents. That is except Pakistan, which through recession or a booming world economy al-ways seems to be unable to solve its growing population’s lack of re-sources, widening gap of inequal-ity and over 90% illiteracy rate. This in a country rich in natural agricultural land and crops, with vast amounts of undeveloped min-erals and reserves and blessed by nature with four seasonal climates at any time of the year. Whilst the Israelis claimed themselves a desert in 1948, Mohammed Ali Jinnah claimed a land for the Pa-kistani’s so vast in potential natu-ral opportunities that successive Indian governments have never ceased in their quests to invade and re-capture it.So with this in mind where do you place the blame for the countries failure? Well one would suggest purely and squarely at the door of various corrupt administrators. The failure of the two main par-ties, the ML and the PPP has a lot to answer for. Their records are not only abysmal, but their successive re-emergence as the incarnations of hope for the ordinary Pakistani’s

is a stain on the countries flawed attempts at democracy. When the current President Zardari speaks of hope and freedom, eve-rybody in the Pakistani Diaspora knows this to be euphemisms for lies and corruption. Everybody in the wider literature world knows this to be a falsehood. What is quite staggering is the Pakistani people’s willingness to inflict his punishment masochistically on them again and again. So the cycle of corrupt governments, illiteracy and poverty with no justice for Pa-kistan’s continues and will do so until they awake from this coma of suspended reality. Now that yet again they have victimised them-selves to the regular corruption and inequality as routinely served up by the PPP led by its megalomani-ac leader, whose only legacy is to retain the Bhutto dynasty, sooner or later the Muslim League will fill the gaps of all wrongs and be brought into power on a landslide of broken dreams and hope, with a people’s democratic mandate to break their dreams and hope for a better Pakistan.Where are those who claimed the dwindling of democratic institu-tions under General Musharraf’s rule? The gross an appalling dic-tatorship that had ceased the land of the pious and benevolent, like Pharaohs grasp of the Egypt of history. Those who cried out for a return to democracy and freedom, where the people could choose from amongst them the most wor-thy and able to govern on their behalf? Well cry no further I’ll tell you ex-actly where they are, the members

of the ruling PPP, with overseas bank accounts and a laughable disdain for the institutions of Paki-stan and the rulers of the Muslim League, the soon to be inheritors of all that is left by the pillaging high-er echelons of PPP. The relative stability of Pakistan, under Mush-arraf, with its attempts to reclaim the powers of the State and Treas-ury, essential before and projects of empowerment an equality and distribution and generating of wealth can be instigate, were rou-tine and conveniently scorned upon by those parts of Pakistani society whom it effected the most, the privileged and wealthy, who on the two party gravy train had taken that which was and is rightfully the due inheritance of the average Pakistani men, women and chil-dren. Musharraf achievements are not a distant memory or for that matter again unattainable, the reduction of poverty, economic stability for international inward investment, the abolishment of millions in international debt, historically a crippling factor for emerging states, the increase of the countries reserves, with a policy of universal education and skills programme, to give opportunity to millions of its yet under privi-leged citizens. The list goes on, yet after his departure has the people choice of a democratically elected government developed upon these achievements like and rational government of the west might do? Sadly and inevitable not as the sta-tus quo has been ties and tested and as in now being openly discussed a recipe for disaster.

Pakistan ! Have they learnt nothing from History?By: Jaan Khan

Legends, fans and future sporting stars all got their kicks at Sheffield United’s annual Blades’ Com-munity Day. More than 3,000 fans flocked to Bramall Lane last weekend to enjoy mini football tournaments, boxing demonstra-tions from Sheffield City Ama-teur Boxing Club, face painting, drumming workshops from Mu-sical Works, a bouncy castle, Streetkick, a dance performance and workshop and entertainment from Sound Kickers. Sheffield United’s community division, The United Initiative, hosted the fun day in associa-tion with Football United Racism Divides (FURD). Some of the activities were also supported by the King Baudouin Foundation through their Stand Up Speak Up fund, which seeks to promote equality and diversity. Sheffield Hallam University Students Jon-ah Gosling and Jenny Pead also helped organise the event as part of a work placement. Bramall Lane’s pitch was brought

to life with various football tour-naments. The under-11 girl’s competition was won by Shar-row. The under-11 boys compe-tition winners were Mundella and Westfield won the under-13s category by one goal over rivals Kickz Sharrow. The under-15s boys winners were FURD. All the winners were presented with prizes from legend Tony Currie.Shahbaz Ramzan Safer Neigh-bourhood Officer said The day was fantastic in terms of a wide range of age groups and of all backgrounds getting involved.The day highlighted that many partners can come together and put a good show on.Crime fig-ures in general are lower com-pared to this time last year.There is a strong community feel with regular activities happening in and around Sharrow. Diversity is what Sharrow is all about.It was good to see young boys and girls interacting with Lisa PCSO and Haydn the local beat bobby and interested in what they both

do for the local areas they cover. The yearly event invites you to get involved as parents and local residents from allover the city to see the young people enjoying themselves, the more the merrier! The added bonus was the sunny warm day.A range of local organisations, such as Ship Shape, South York-shire Police, Urban Mixtures, and The Corner pitched stalls at the event and Asian and Caribbean food tempted visitors.Fans were also treated to a Legends versus Fans match at Bramall Lane prior to the fund day. The legends team triumphed 3-1 over the fans, helping to raise £2,000 for life-long Blades fan Karl Darby. Karl, 44, suffers from Mycolonic Epilepsy and is confided to a wheelchair. The money raised will go towards the fundraising efforts of the club as they seek to raise enough money to enable a lift to be installed at his parents’ house, so that Karl to move back home.

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PNS Mehran AttackSheffield United Community DayThe PNS Mehran attack was a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attack/shooting that took place on 22 May 2011, at PNS Mehran, the headquarter of the Pakistan Navy’s Naval Air Arm and the most populous Pakistani mili-tary installation, located near the PAF’s Faisal Air Force Base of Karachi, Sindh. In the course of the event, 15 attackers killed 18 military personnel and wounded 16.According to the United States and Western intelligence sources, the attack was far more danger-ous than the 2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack, and was better planned and more re-hearsed than the previous attacks. It was the biggest attack on the Navy and its assets since 1971. The attack took place on the evening of May 22 at around 20:30pm (1730 GMT) when a 15-man TTP force stormed the three hangars housing aircraft at the Mehran naval aviation base. The militants had cut the barbed wire at a place on the perimeter fence where they could not be detected by security cameras, and they were wearing black clothes. The militants first attacked the aircraft parked on the tarmac and

the equipment in nearby hang-ars. They used rocket-propelled grenades to damage and destroy several warplanes and premiere anti-submarine and marine sur-veillance aircraft - the US-made P-3C Orion. Several multi-million dollar aircraft were set ablaze.According to the Naval Intelli-gence, the militants entered the naval base from the airfield of the Faisal Air Force Base, near the Mehran Naval Base. The militants then entered nearby buildings and opened fire indis-criminately, killing several naval personnel, and afterward carried their raid into the heart of the base. According to the intelli-gence reports, the militants were not Taliban, judging from their abilities and training.The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) publicly claimed the re-sponsibility of the attack. Reuters quoted the words of Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesperson of TTP, by telephone from an undisclosed location, “It was the revenge of martyrdom of Osama bin Laden. It was the proof that we are still united and powerful,”. Lieu-tenant-General (retired) Hamid Gul— former director-general of

the ISI, rejected the TTP claim. Gul blamed United States for this incident as Gul told the Channel 4 News that there is absolutely no doubt that this was a US opera-tion. However, Gul did not pro-vide any evidence for his claim. According to media reports, three of the assailants were Uzbeks, and they were commanded by a Pakistani national. On 25 May, senior Naval Intelligence offi-cials told News International that RAW, CIA contractors and anti-Pakistan lobbies had used Al-Qaeda for carrying out the raid. Following the attack, Pakistan put its military facilities on high-alert. Suspicions also grew in Pa-kistan about the safety of coun-try’s nuclear assets that may be Taliban or al-Qaeda’s next target. According to the Media, Pakistan also tightened the security of its nuclear installations as well as putting them onto high-alert. NATO also admitted its concern over the Taliban’s ability to target the Pakistan’s nuclear installa-tions. Secretary-General Rasmus-sen expressed concerned over the attack on Pakistan’s nuclear facilties, but also showed his con-fidence that [the nuclear weapons and facilities] are well protected.

Torch Relay event for the people of Sheffield and Yorkshire to be part of. Sheffield City Council is lead-ing work to make sure the city gets all the benefits it can from the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the economic boost to the city of hosting major sports events and international training camps runs to over £6 million,

not to mention the huge boost and inspiration it gives Sheffield peo-ple to get involved in sport them-selves.”The search is on across the UK for 8,000 inspiring people to carry the Olympic Flame next year. Each torchbearer will be someone with an inspiring story of personal achievement or contribution to

their community, and the public are being asked to make nominations. Anyone can make a nomination through the LOCOG website at www.london2012.com/olympic-torchrelay. Sheffield is one of 66 towns and cities announced that will be holding evening celebra-tions with the Olympic torch. Shef-field’s will be held on 25 June 2012.

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Chair of Sheffield District Labour Party, Paul Wood, welcomed the local election results. He described the results as a big step forward for local people. Paul Wood said: “I am pleased by the local election results. People across Sheffield have taken the op-portunity to demonstrate who they trust most to take them through the difficult times ahead. I am not at all surprised that the majority have chosen to elect Labour councillors. Sheffield remains a Conservative-free zone. Local people have had the opportunity to reflect on the real performance of the Liberal Democrats when they’ve run Sheffield City Council and on the policies of the Conservative-led coalition government. They haven’t been impressed by either.Labour councillors now have a difficult time ahead.”

Labour Welcomes election results

Lengthy prison sentences have been given at Sheffield Crown Court to 27 people for their part in a drugs market around the city centre, Broomhall, Ecclesall Road and surrounding areas in Sheffield. They were arrested as part of an 18-month police investigation in Sheffield. This involved officers executing a number of drug war-rants at various locations across the city, throughout January and February this year. Appearing at court this week the group have received a combined total of 67 years and 10 months in prison. South Yorkshire Police, Superin-tendent Peter Norman who was behind the operation, said: “The operation was organised in direct response to the concerns of local communities. They told us some young people didn’t feel safe as a result of the increasing levels of serious violent crime being com-mitted by groups in different parts of the city that were clearly related to drug dealing.“South Yorkshire Police are not prepared to tolerate drug dealing or intimidation of young people. Every young person and every family has the right to feel safe and secure where ever they live, and I hope that this operation demonstrates our commitment to making Sheffield a safe and more secure place in which to live, work and visit.”

Men, Women & Children Sentenced

Sheffield City Council will vote on the controversial issue of mov-ing from a weekly collection of black bins to a fortnightly collec-tion. The new Labour leadership on the Council have indicated they are looking at the policy as a way of saving money. However, La-bour didn’t include fortnightly bin collections as part of their local election manifesto. Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Sheffield City Council, said: “No party included moving to a

fortnight bin collection as part of their local election manifesto, therefore there is no mandate for the move. We are urging all coun-cillors to vote with us so that Shef-field keeps its weekly collection. “Labour might try to pull the wool over our eyes by claiming the tight financial situation is forcing them to look at it. But Liberal Demo-crats have left behind a £10.5m budget surplus and record levels of reserves, so that excuse doesn’t wash.

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Deflection! Sheffield’s Independent Council-lor, Frank Taylor, has joined the Labour Group. Councillor Taylor, who represents Gleadless Valley, left the Liberal Democrats in 2009 due to disillusionment with the lo-cal leadership and has since sat as an independent on the Council. Councillor Taylor cited Labour’s positive vision for the city as a key factor behind his decision to join the Labour Party. “People in Gleadless Valley are being hit really hard by the cuts that are coming from the Tory/Lib Dem Government and I am delighted to be joining Labour as they work to protect Sheffield from the onslaught from Government.” Labour Leader, Julie Dore wel-comed the move and was pleased to see people coming back.

Sheffield City Council has an-nounced that they are due to adopt a new policy to stop the unsustainable growth of over-crowded houses, mainly in ‘stu-dent areas’. Under the new rules, known as ‘Article 4’ and applied for when the Liberal Democrats ran the Council, developers will have to seek planning permission to convert a house into one of ‘multiple occupancy’. Houses of Multiple Occupancy, or HMOs, are usually in lived by 5 or more students or young professionals. The number of HMOs has grown in heavily student-populated ar-eas of the city, with some perma-nent local residents complaining that their community is no longer balanced and unsustainable.The new policy applies to houses in the city centre, Broomhill, Crookes, Crookesmoor, parts of Walkley, Ranmoor, Sharrow, Nether Edge, and Norfolk Park. The policy takes effect from 10th December 2011 and will only al-low the conversion of new HMOs in these areas with planning per-mission.

Cap on student housing

Officers from Sharrow/Broom-hill Safer Neighbourhood team have over the last month issued over 100 VVS forms. These forms are issued when are offic-ers come across a vehicle that is left with valuable items on dis-play which make the vehicle and easy target for car criminals. The main items stolen are Sat Navs, Mobile phone and IPods, hand-bags etc. However on the rise is theft of number plates. The SNA will be doing “hands off” Road

Shows at Tesco on Abbeydale Drive 10am x 3pm on Tuesday 23rd June, Wednesday 24th June and at B+Q on Queens Road on Thursday 11th August. Staff from the AA (Automobile Association) will be working alongside police staff from the SNA, giving crime prevention advice and tips about securing your vehicle. The AA staff for a small fee of £1.00 will fit non returnable screws to your number plates which decreases the chances of your number plates

being stolen as they break up on impact of thieves trying to steal them. The auto thieves can then not clone your vehicle to be used in more serious crime as they can not use your number plates. (drive off from Petrol stations, or more serious crimes). At the pre-vious road show last year we fit-ted over 150 vehicle with the non returnable screws which decreas-es their chances of becoming potential victims of crime. Most of these owners also signed up to

the “Immobilise Scheme which is a national property database that enables lost or stolen items to be identified and reunited with their rightful owner. You can reg-ister almost any kind of item on the database for “FREE”; what’s more thieves are much less likely to steal items that are traceable by the Police, and if they do, they are much more likely to be caught!!

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Last months local elections in Sheffield were a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats. La-bour gained control of Sheffield City Council from ‘No Overall Control’. It was a bad night for the Liberal Democrats in Shef-field its important to pay tribute to the hard work and commit-ment over many years shown by councillors who have lost their seats. They can hold their heads up high having served our community so well. Paul Scriven and his team have run Sheffield very well, they have turned around local schools, safeguarded jobs and shown that difficult decisions can be taken with care and compassion. They have always put Sheffield first and will continue to do so. Out-going Lib Dem council leader Cllr Paul Scriven had this to say: “Of course it was a disap-pointing result and Sheffield lost some extremely hard work-ing local Lib Dem community workers. However, I’m proud of our local record. During our

time in control of the Council we managed to turn local edu-cation results around, secure the millions needed to repair all local roads and build a new reputation for Sheffield being a business friendly city which has helped to attract thousands of new jobs. What’s more, we have left a secure financial legacy by preserving reserves and achiev-ing a £10m underspend last year. “The message we got on the doorstep was that although peo-ple thought we were generally doing a good job on the Coun-cil, they were voting on national issues. “It’s been a privilege to serve Sheffield as council leader for three years. Despite having to navigate through some dif-ficult times I believe we have radically changed the Council for the better, delivering on local people’s priorities and moving power away from the Town Hall back into local communities. I hope the next leader relishes the job just as much as I did and I wish them luck.”

Sheffield City Councils Loss

A plight for black cab drivers was raised in parliament recently in a Finance Bill debate. MP Paul Bloomfield mentioned the impact of high fuel prices in urban areas such as Sheffield and said “In my constituency I have several hun-dred black cab drivers; every one of them is a small business. They have raised this issue with me on many occasions, because they operate on incredibly tight mar-gins in a declining market, with significant fixed-cost payment plans in relation to the purchase of their vehicles, which are very expensive. The only certainty for people in Sheffield has been rising prices, driven up by the VAT in-crease. Pump prices at the nearest petrol station to my office are now £1.379 per litre, which—to reflect points made earlier—is push-ing families and businesses very close to the tipping point”. Paul Bloomfield is hoping to illustrate and emphasise the impact of rising fuel prices on hard working small businesses.

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A national supermarket chain has been fined following an accident at one of its Rotherham stores, which resulted in an employee having a big toe amputated! WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £12,500 at Rotherham Magistrates Court after plead-ing guilty to health and safety breaches at its Catcliffe store. Rotherham Borough Council brought the prosecution against the Bradford-based chain fol-lowing an accident at the store

on October 18, 2009. The court heard that an employee operat-ing a pallet truck suffered a crush injury to his foot because a vital safety feature - the so-called’dead man’s pedal’ - was not working at the time. Rotherham Borough Coun-cil prosecuted the supermarket chain under Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 for failing to ensure the safety of its employees. Coun. Jahangir Akhtar, Rotherham Bor-ough Council Cabinet Member responsible for Environmental

Health, said the authority takes the health and safety of Rother-ham people very seriously. He said: “Where appropriate we will prosecute any company no matter how large or how small, which fails to fulfil their legal du-ties to protect the welfare of their workers. Despite the pallet truck being found in a dangerous con-dition on a number of occasions in the week leading up to the ac-cident, appropriate action was not carried out with disastrous results for the employee.”

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In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hur-riyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that the United Kingdom should play an effective role in resolution of the Kashmir dispute. He said the UK has a political and moral obligation in resolving the Kashmir dipute as it is the legacy of the once British Empire.The APHC Chairman met with the British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg. The British envoy along with two aides, First Secretary Alex Bamford and po-litical adviser Sushil Aaron, met the Mirwaiz at his Nigeen residence.The APHC Chairman deplored that the Indi-an government had not taken a single step so far for amicable settlement of the dispute. He

maintained that the APHC was ready to wel-come any positive and political engagement aimed at finding an everlasting solution to the long pending conflict. He pointed out that the dispute over Kashmir remained unresolved for the last 63 years primarily due to India’s’ intransigent and expansionist approach.The British envoy informed the Mirwaiz that his country was observing the situation in the occupied territory very closely and was desir-ous of a solution acceptable to all the parties concerned. He pointed out that implementa-tion of the proposals put forth by the APHC including revocation of draconian laws, with-drawal of Indian troops from occupied Kash-mir and release of all illegally detained Kash-miri Hurriyet leaders and activists would help

in building an atmosphere conducive for po-litical engagement.The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liber-ation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik during his interaction with the delegation said that the Kashmir was not a territorial dispute between Pakistan and India but was an issue pertain-ing to the future of millions of the Kashmiris. The APHC leader, Bilal Ghani Lone in his meeting emphasised that the Kashmir dispute could be resolved by engaging Pakistan, India and the Kashmiri leadership.Referring to the frequent curbs on the move-ment of Hurriyet leadership especially on Fri-days, the Mirwaiz said, “Such steps are clear violation of democratic and religious rights.”

Can UK Play a Role in Kashmir Settlement

Bradford could be at risk of long-term social problems if growing ethnic isolation is not addressed, a study suggested today. The research found that some Brit-ish cities are now in the “major league” of segregation, rank-ing in the top 50 with American towns such as New York, Mi-

ami and riot-riven Los Angeles. Leicester, Bradford and Oldham were classified as “ghettos” by the researchers, with London and Bradford home to the most isolated ethnic communities. Pa-kistani and Bangladeshi groups were found to be increasingly separated. Bradford’s Pakistani

population was in the top 50 in the table of 276 US and UK cit-ies, with 13.2 per cent in isolated enclaves, while 13.3 per cent of American blacks lived similar lives in New York, and 15.8 per cent and 15.4 per cent of those in Miami and Chicago respectively.

When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he promised to close the facility be-fore the end of his first year in of-fice and move the detainees who couldn’t be released to prisons in the United States. That plan hit some snags as Congress voted later that year to block funding to transfer or release detainees from the facility, and many in Obama’s liberal base have grown angry of his failure to follow through on what was a key 2008 campaign promise.The Bin Laden mission has fed an argument from the right that the prison should not be closed, given that the White House has said that some of the intelligence which led to Abbottabad was

gathered from people in Guan-tanamo. But Attorney General Eric Holder said that he did not believe the detainment camp

needs to be kept open to prevent future terrorist attacks. In fact, Holder said, “We think that by

closing that facility the national security of the United States will be enhanced.”The attorney general added that he did not see the killing of Osama bin Laden changing at-titudes about the prison in any substantial way. “I’m not sure that the death of bin Laden will have an impact on the timing of the closure,” he said, responding to a question about how the Al Qaeda leader’s death would alter the timeline for the facility’s clo-sure. “Many of those who have opposed the closure of Guan-tanamo within the United States have done so on a basis that I’m not sure is affected by the death of Bin Laden.”

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Paul Blomfield MP has attacked Government proposals to allow the wealthiest families buy places at top universities. Mr Blomfield, who is the Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Universities and sits on the Busi-ness, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, accuses the Gov-ernment of wanting to create an unfair two-tier system where the richest can pay to get the best. He calls on Business Secretary Vince Cable to overrule the Universities Minister and ditch this ‘despica-

bly unfair’ proposal. He said “Six months after their fees propos-als were debated by the House of Commons, the Government has revealed their real intentions for higher education. As with the NHS, the Government wants to create a two-tier university sys-tem where the richest can pay to get the best. It’s just wrong. Aptitude and ability, not wealth and privilege, should determine access to higher education. “This policy would rip up Clegg’s social mobility agenda. Forget

about internships and fair access because this would provide a rich elite with a direct route into our top universities that would not be available to students from low and middle-income families. The wealthiest will be able to buy places that they could not obtain fairly through normal entry re-quirements. It’s the same old Tory way of thinking and whether Vince Ca-ble acts to stop it will be a test for the Liberal Democrats.

Are The Richest Buying University Places?I’m a fundamentalist, I’m an ex-tremist and a terrorist! This question is often hurled at Muslims, either directly or indi-rectly, during any discussion on religion or world affairs. Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in every form of the media accom-panied by gross misinformation about Islam and Muslims. In fact, such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to dis-crimination and acts of violence against Muslims. A case in point is the anti-Muslim campaign in the American media following the Oklahoma bomb blast, where the press was quick to declare a ‘Middle Eastern conspiracy’ be-hind the attack. The culprit was later identified as a soldier from

the American Armed Forces.Let us analyze this allegation of ‘fundamentalism’, ‘terrorism’ and ‘extremism’: 1. Definition of the word ‘funda-mentalist’A fundamentalist is a person who follows and adheres to the fundamentals of the doctrine or theory he is following. For a person to be a good doctor, he should know, follow, and prac-tice the fundamentals of medi-cine. In other words, he should be a fundamentalist in the field of medicine. For a person to be a good mathematician, he should know, follow and practice the fundamentals of mathematics. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of mathematics. For a

person to be a good scientist, he should know, follow and practice the fundamentals of science. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of science.2. Not all ‘fundamentalists’ are the sameOne cannot paint all fundamen-talists with the same brush. One cannot categorize all fundamen-talists as either good or bad. Such a categorization of any funda-mentalist will depend upon the field or activity in which he is a fundamentalist. A fundamental-ist robber or thief causes harm to society and is therefore undesir-able. A fundamentalist doctor, on the other hand, benefits society and earns much respect.

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A consultation is being run by Sheffield city council on changes to community library services.The consultation is running from 9 May to 4 June, and the Council is calling for all Sheffielders to have

their say. The changes are neces-sary in order to meet this year’s budget reduction targets for library services. Jan Fitzgerald, Sheffield City Council’s Interim Director of Community Services, said: “Shef-

field City Council isn’t closing any community libraries down but we do have to make savings of £1.5 million over the next year, so there will have to be some changes.

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