Saturday 4 November 2017

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Karachi: 51 cars, weapons seized, 6 arrested in Rangers operation

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KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Rangers on Saturday arrested six members of a company that was involved in renting cars and then selling them in the market. 51 cars and weapons were also seized from the culprits, reported Dunya News.Rangers arrested these six people from various areas of Karachi. This so-called C Company had rented 86 cars from various Rent-a-car organisations and then sold many of them to other people.This group, also active in other provinces, rented brand new cars from the owners offering them handsome amounts as rents. The owners of the cars seized from the group also told that the recovery of the cars had also cost them quite heavily.Rangers officials told that raids were being conducted in search of the other fugitive suspects belonging to the group.

NAP report: 4655 terrorist attempts foiled in 2017

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ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Terrorist attacks in 2017 decreased by 27% as the security institutions foiled 4655 attempts of terrorism during the year. The successful operations reduced the number of attacks while strong check also cut the financial supply of the terrorists, reported Dunya News.According to National Action Plan (NAP) report, 3,572,615 search operations were conducted and 227,000 suspected terrorists were arrested during the year. The mutual cooperation between the intelligence agencies helped foil 4655 terrorist attacks.NAP report 2016-17 states that 72 terrorists have so far been executed and over 350 terrorists were handed death sentences. 219 cases have been referred to military courts. The military courts handed out verdicts in 49 cases while 176 are still being heard.The report tells that 1353 cases were registered for spreading religious hatred. 2585 people were arrested. 8333 people were added to the fourth schedule. Rs 300 million were seized freezing 5023 accounts of terrorists’ financiers.

Exporters' issues to be resolved on priority: Pervaiz Malik

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LAHORE (APP): Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile/Chairman Federal Textile Board Pervaiz Malik on Saturday said that textile industry was making progress in the country despite various issues as its exports were increasing gradually.Addressing the 7th meeting of reconstituted Federal Textile Board (FTB) here at Agriculture Directorate, he said the government was striving to resolve issue of current account deficit and put the textile industry on the way to progress and prosperity.The federal minister also stressed the need to further extend cooperation between the FTB and associations to enhance the exports and for early resolution of the issues, faced by the textile industry.He said that majority of the issues could be resolved by streamlining the rules and procedures, adding that the workable issues of exporters would be resolved on priority basis. “We have to put in place more arrangements regarding cost of production,” he maintained.Appreciating the contribution of textile exporters, Pervaiz Malik said that they were playing an effective role in economic progress and development in the country.Later, he also issued directions to officials concerned to analyze the recommendations given by the members of association for devising a comprehensive report.Addressing on the occasion, State Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry Haji Akram Ansari said that they were striving hardto achieve export targets and further steps were also being taken in this regard.He also urged Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile Pervaiz Malik to form short term policy for resolving the issues of respective associations and said that it was needed to adopt value addition in all sectors from the raw material to its export, as it was necessary to reduce the cost of production.Earlier, Federal Secretary for Commerce and Textile Industry Hassan Iqbal briefed the meeting about implementation status of Prime Minister Package of Incentives, recent amendments by the Economic Coordination Council (ECC) of the Cabinet to further facilitate the textile sector.He also briefed about the Duty Drawback of taxes, exemption of custom duty and sales tax on cotton, zero rating of textile machinery, and withdrawal of custom duty on Man Made Fiber (MMF) other than polyester.He said that from July 2016, five exports oriented sectors including textiles had been made part of zero rated tax regimes, adding that the zero rating facility was available on purchase of raw materials, intermediate goods and energy.Duty free import of textile machinery was continued, he said and added the government reduced long term financing facility (LTFF) markup rates.All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Amir Fayyaz while appreciating Prime Minister Incentive package said the APTMA always supported export led growth package. The textile sector contributed 62 percent to the total exports of the country, he maintained.The members of various associations also recommended to further improve the disbursement mechanism in duty Drawback of taxes scheme Under Prime Minister Package and for devising the medium to long term plan.

Some parties disagree on delimitation, meeting might be held on Wednesday: Ayaz Sadiq

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LAHORE: (Dunya News) – National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has on Saturday told that some parties have expressed reservations over delimitations process and added that a session might be held on Wednesday if required, reported Dunya News.Talking to media in Lahore, Ayaz Sadiq said that there was no space for a technocrat setup in the constitution. He added that some parties had reservations over the delimitation process. He added that some people didn’t want democracy to strengthen. “Sit-ins will be of no use though”, he said.Ayaz Sadiq was at Jati Umra today and met former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the overall political situation of the country, especially the internal matters within the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N).

Apple iPhone X can't catch up with demand until next year: analysts

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple’s iPhone X went on sale Friday, as the company scrambles to meet demand for a marquee device that sports a lush screen, facial-recognition skills and a $1,000 price tag .Most analysts have predicted Apple won’t be able to catch up with demand until early next year.But the company is optimistic. “As we approach the holiday season, we expect it to be our biggest quarter ever,” CEO Tim Cook told Wall Street analysts Thursday. He added that the company is increasing its iPhone X production capacity every week.Apple is now giving delivery times of three to four weeks, down from five to six weeks, for those ordering online. Lines formed outside stores in New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Milan, Italy, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, among others, as customers came to pick up orders or to grab one of the limited numbers available for same-day sales Friday.Shares rose 2.8 percent to $172.89 in midday trading Friday.Apple had said Thursday that iPhone sales rose 3 percent, to 46.7 million, in the July-September quarter, a period that saw the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus come out in the final weeks. Sales could have been higher if many customers hadn’t been waiting for the iPhone X.As with recent quarters, one of the main sources of Apple’s growth is coming from its services, which are anchored by an app store that feeds the iPhone and other devices.Revenue in that division surged 34 percent to $8.5 billion during the July-September period. All told, Apple earned $10.7 billion on revenue of $52.6 billion, compared with a $9 billion profit on revenue of $46.9 billion a year earlier.Nonetheless, the just-ended quarter largely became an afterthought once Apple decided to release the iPhone X six weeks after the iPhone 8.“The Super Bowl for Apple is the iPhone X,” GBH analyst Daniel Ives said. “That is the potential game changer.”But it also brings a potential stumbling block. While conspiracy theorists might suspect that Apple is artificially reducing supply to generate buzz, analysts say the real reason is that Apple’s suppliers so far haven’t been able to manufacture the iPhone X quickly enough.Making the iPhone X is proving to be a challenge because it boasts a color-popping OLED screen, which isn’t as readily available as standard LCD displays in other iPhone models. The new iPhone also requires more sophisticated components to power the facial-recognition technology for unlocking the device.Even with the iPhone X’s delayed release, Apple is still struggling to catch up.Apple is counting on the iPhone X to drive even higher-than-usual sales during the first nine months of next year — a scenario that might not play out if production problems persist and impatient consumers turn instead to phones from Google or Samsung.“What Apple needs to do is manage consumer expectations so they don’t get frustrated having to wait for so long for a new phone,” Ives said.Analysts believe Apple can pull off the juggling act.Forrester’s Julie Ask said would-be buyers aren’t likely to switch to Android just because they can’t get an iPhone X right away. At most, Ask said, it will delay when Apple gets revenue.They are expecting the company to sell 242 million iPhones in the fiscal year ending in September 2018 — the most in the product’s history. The previous record was set in 2015 when Apple shipped 231 million iPhones, thanks to larger models introduced just before the fiscal year began. By comparison, Apple shipped nearly 217 million iPhones in its just-completed fiscal 2017.If Apple falters, investors are likely to dump its stock after driving the shares up by 45 percent this year on the expectation that the iPhone X will be the company’s biggest hit yet.

NACTA empowered to crackdown on terrorists' financial facilitators

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ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – NACTA has been empowered to crackdown on the financial facilitators of the terrorists as Interior Ministry imposed complete ban on the seminaries to receive financial assistance from any illegal organisation or source, reported Dunya News.The ministry has also made it compulsory for the seminaries to get their funds audited. Strict surveillance of the partners of the seminaries and those providing them with funds has also been decided.A taskforce has been created in NACTA for mutual cooperation between the provincial and federal governments. Anti-terror forces of all four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan have also been handed complete authority to crackdown on those not complying.Policy formulated for the surveillance of branchless banking has also been sent to State Bank of Pakistan.

PSX ranked second worst stock market after bullish 2016

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Pakistan Stock Exchange is ranked second on a list of the worst performing markets of world after it was ranked among the best in Asia last year in 2016.According to the list, Qatar stock exchange is ranked the worst of all the markets which has lost some 22 percent value of its shares and Pakistan comes second with 14 percent loss.Contrary to 2017, PSX had regained trust of the investors in 2016 by giving them over 50 percent profits. In the current year, 100 index crossed the benchmark 5,876 points on May 24th however, political uncertainty and strict measures taken by Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan added to break the bullish trends.Owing to the downward move, investors were seen inclined towards selling the shares and were not so much on the buying side.Hong Kong stock market recorded the high trend in the list with at least 30 percent addition to its shares value.

Kapwara: Youth dies of Indian army's firing

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SRINAGAR: (Dunya News) – India’s state terrorism continues in the valley as a youth has on Saturday died of the firing in the Indian Held Kashmir, reported Dunya News.According to reports, the youth was killed by Indian army’s firing in Kapwara district. In its operation in Michal area of Kapwara district, Indian army shot a young lad dead.

Karachi: Waseem Akhtar presides over meeting of PML-N local body reps

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KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Mayor Waseem Akhtar has on Saturday presided over a meeting of local body representatives belonging to Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and assured them of starting development projects in their constituencies, reported Dunya News.In a bid to save his seat by roping in the opposition parties, Waseem Akhtar presided over a meeting of PML-N representatives on a weekly off day. It has been learnt that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan has been making overtures to the opposition parties because it is not confident about its own representatives’ loyalties.Local body representatives are being given funds worth Rs 2.5 million and the beneficiaries will not only be the PML-N representatives but reps from all parties.MQM also wanted to bring a no confidence movement against Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra in the 9th meeting of the city council but the opposition parties disapproved of the move.On the other hand, the party fears that its members might have links with Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and thus is forced to negotiate with the opposition parties.

Sharif familys assets: NAB receives answers from other countries, claim sources

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LAHORE: (Dunya News) – Sources claim that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started receiving answers from other countries regarding the assets of Sharif family, reported Dunya News.Sources told Dunya News that Dubai and Saudi Arabia have agreed to provide details of Sharif family’s assets while Britain has demanded more evidence on NAB’s letter.NAB has written 21 letters to the governments of various countries, requesting legal assistance in the cases against Sharifs. Dubai has been asked about the details of Gulf Steel Mills and FZE Company and Saudi Arabia was requested to share the record of Azizia Steel Mills.Meanwhile, British authorities have been asked to share the record of Sharif family’s London flats and offshore companies but Britain has asked for more evidence of corruption in response to NAB’s request.

Earthquake jolts Swat, Khyber Agency and surrounding areas

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SWAT (Dunya News) – Earthquake jolted Swat, Khyber agency and surrounding areas at nearly 9:50pm on Saturday.Tremors were felt in Shangla, Kalam, Saidu Sharif, Malakand, Buner, Dasu, Kohistan, Khyber Agency, Noshehra, Risalpur, Parachinar and other regions. No report of any loss of life or property was received after the earthquake.Photo source: PMDInhabitants of the earthquake hit areas were extremely terrified after the tremors and prayed to their Gods for mercy. On rector scale, the severity of earthquake was calculated as 5.1 with 35 kilometer depth.It was told that the source of this earthquake is mountain ranges of Parachinar.

Can 'noob' be trusted to lead 200million people? Asks Ahsan Iqbal

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NAROWAL (Dunya News) – Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has rhetorically asked on Saturday if an inefficient politician could be trusted with leading a population of 200 million of Pakistanis.The federal minister addressed a rally of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in Narowal today and in his address he urged the people of Pakistan to decide who they are going to vote for in General Elections 2018 depeding on the performance of political parties.He said that Pakistan needs to defeat enemies on all fronts and he invited clerical bodies to come to table talks so that they are satisfied over proposed amendments in the constitution.Iqbal said that politicians need to avoid protests and rallies. He claimed that labourers were unemployed and living on the streets four years ago whereas today they are employed and working in industries.Some 16,000 Mega Watt electricity was produced in the last 66 years whereas the government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz initiated projects that would add 10,000 Mega Watt of power to the national circuit.Ahsan Iqbal said that since Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan labels him ‘Aristotle’, I want to add to his knowledge that 200 million people have become ‘Aristotles’.

Werner fires Leipzig back to winning ways

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BERLIN (AFP) - Timo Werner proved his readiness to return to the Germany team as his late goal sealed RB Leipzigs 2-1 come-from-behind win at home to Hanover 96 in the Bundesliga on Saturday.The 21-year-old, who has just recovered from a neck injury, is set to feature for the world champions in high-profile friendly matches against England and France in the next 10 days after missing his countrys matches last month.On Saturday he set up Yussuf Poulsens equaliser and then netted an 85th-minute winner after the Brazilian Jonathas had given the visitors the lead.The result left Leipzig provisionally second in the table, one point behind defending champions and current leaders Bayern Munich and two points ahead of Borussia Dortmund in third.Dortmund play host to Bayern later (1730 GMT) in the game of the weekend.Before kick-off on Saturday, Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuettl declared this is a game which will be decided by mentality, and his team proved him right.Having beaten Dortmund 4-2 last weekend, Hanover were on course for another major scalp when Jonathas fired home on 56 minutes against the run of play.Werner earlier had a first-half effort disallowed for offside, then rattled the woodwork just before the break.Liverpool-bound midfielder Naby Keita, who has been accused by German police of using a forged driving licence, helped turn the game when he came on for the final half hour.Leipzig drew level when Werners pass to Poulsen was tapped home by the Danish international at the far post with 20 minutes left.Werner then grabbed the winner by rifling home a cross from substitute Emil Forsberg five minutes from time.Elsewhere Schalke, who are now undefeated in their last six games in all competitions, climbed to fourth with a 1-0 win at Freiburg as Daniel Caligiuri scored the only goal against his old club.Hamburg climbed out of the bottom three with a 3-1 win at home to Stuttgart, who had midfielder Dzenis Burnic sent off after just 13 minutes for two yellow cards.Aaron Hunt put Hamburg ahead from a free-kick after a goalkeeping blunder by Ron-Robert Zieler, but Stuttgart levelled just after half-time when Daniel Ginczek converted a penalty.However, Filip Kostic put Hamburg back in front and Germany Under-17 international Jann-Fiete Arp, with his second in two games, sealed the win.Borussia Moenchengladbach dropped to seventh after their 1-1 draw at home to Mainz.Mainz took the lead on 19 minutes through French defender Abdou Diallo, but Gladbach equalised when towering Danish centre-back Jannik Vestergaard headed home midway through the second half.Mid-table Augsburg and Bayer Leverkusen shared the points in a 1-1 draw as Kevin Vollands strike just after the break was quickly cancelled out by Austrian defender Kevin Danso.

Pakistan's gold imports increase in first quarter

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 04 (APP):The imports of gold into the country increased by 62.40 percent during the first quarter of the current fiscal year compared to the imports of corresponding period of last year.Pakistan imported gold worth $5.666 million during July-September (2017-18) compared to the imports of $3.489 million in July-September (2016-17), showing an increase of 62.40 percent, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).In terms of quantity, the imports of gold witnessed an increase of 49.48 percent during the period under review, compared to the last year.According to the data, Pakistan imported 145 kilograms of goldduring the first three months of the current fiscal year compared to theimports of 97 kilograms during last year.Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the gold imports into the country increased by 9.06 percent during the month of September 2017 compared to the same month of last year.The country imported gold worth $1.168 million during September 2017 compared to the imports of $1.071 million in September 2016, the PBS data revealed.In terms of quantity, the gold imports, however decreased by 12.50 percent during the month by going down from the imports of 32 kilogram inSeptember 2016 to 28 kilograms in September 2017.On month-on-month basis, the gold imports into the country decreased by 51.37 percent in September 2017 when compared to the imports of $2.402 million in August 2017.

November 4: The day that dream was realised

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(Web Desk) - It all began from the ‘discovery’ of the Americas in 1492. Christopher Columbus claimed that he had found the ‘new world’ and the pendulum of the world power started shifting to the west as the new routes of trade were defined through the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean gradually started receding in vitality. The momentous changes that it brought to the course of the world history included the rise of a new power on the global scene, recession of Constantinople (Istanbul) to a port city of lesser importance, and the consequent downfall of the Ottoman Empire. Europeans found a new market in the ‘new world’ and the East and South gradually started regressing into the colonies of the western countries like Spain, Britain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Italy. While it gave rise to colonialism in Asia, it was the Africans who received the biggest blow as slave trade found a new market in the West.The history of slaverySlavery is one of the many things about history that the modern world should be ashamed of. It is as old as the history itself. The oldest civilisations that we know of include Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia. These were four major players in the ancient history and slavery has been an integral part of all four of them. Arabs continued the practice throughout their period of world dominance and it is said that the whole economies of some regions during the Abbasid era thrived on this business. Peter Frankopan argue in his monumental book ‘Silk Roads’ that the people living in what we call Russia today had an economy primarily based on the slave trade with Central Asia and Baghdad. The region was rich and the best slaves were sold here. The Rus people, who were descendants of the Swedish Vikings, resorted to looting and plundering various regions after the fall of Vikings. These Rus people found most pretty, as well as defenceless, girls and boys in the Balkans. They looted the lands of these poor villagers, napped these youth and sold them in the markets like those of Baghdad, Samarqand and Bukhara. So big was this trade that even the word ‘slave’ is derived from the name of these people living in the Balkans: Slavs. And these Rus traders went on to form the modern Russia.So slavery has remained a mode of production almost throughout the history. But in the recent history it emerged in its worst form when the European traders started colonising vast swathes of territory in Asia and Africa. While the Asian lands that they occupied were developed enough to produce enough revenue, like India, Indonesia etc, the African lands produced almost nothing of significance but humans. The economy there was not even agricultural by that time and the social structure was tribal in most parts of Central and Southern Africa. So the Europeans started enslaving these humans. The ‘new world’ had ample space to accommodate the rich in the Europe and these rich settlers had so much land that it was impossible to toil it for them alone. These ‘colonisers’ had already cleared these lands from the ‘native’ Americans, widely known at the time as Red Indians, and the land that they had acquired after this ‘genocide’ could only be toiled with the help of slaves. They paid handsomely for the African slaves, who were tough and strong to toil the land, yet so helpless and socially primitive that revolting was not an option.Hundreds of thousands of men and women from African regions, primarily from the areas now known as Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar were brought to America.(Ref: Gomez, Zahkeem A: Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South, p. 27. Chapel Hill, 1998)Slavery in the American Union continued to thrive throughout the second half of the 16th century to 1850s when it finally started to gain ground as a hot topic in American politics. The influx of Europeans into Americas after the independence changed the demography of the country completely and since there were ‘have-nots’ of the traditionally privileged ‘White’ races too in the country now, the movement for civil rights started gaining momentum. The Afro-Americans, called with derogatory terms as ‘Blacks’, ‘Negros’ and ‘coloured people’ at the time also benefited from this movement as the more industrialised North of the country became more receptive towards the idea of social equality and justice. This gave impetus to the rise of the greatest hero that the American continent has produced: Abraham Lincoln.Lincoln and the Civil WarPresident Abraham Lincoln with General George McClellan (third from left) at his headquarters in Antietam, Maryland in 1862.The most crucial part of American history is the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a politician gifted more in mind than in looks. Called as ‘the ugliest man in America’ by the haters, Lincoln made anti-slavery narrative central to his politics and his election to the office of President in 1860 gave the history of the ‘new world’ a turn that would bring far-reaching changes to not only American but to world history. The South-North war, in which South preferred slavery over civil rights due to the particular economic model there, began in 1961 as South Carolina decided to secede from the union on December 20, 1860 and Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas followed the cue in January and February of 1861. These states joined hands to form the ‘Confederate States of America’ on February 4, 1861. These states are generally referred to as ‘slave states’. When on April 12, Lincoln ordered a fleet for the resupply of fort Sumter in South Carolina, the war broke out.The war continued for four years and when the Unionists finally emerged victorious in 1865, slavery officially came to an end in the United States as the 13th amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865.Civil rights movements of 1950s and 60sThe end of slavery didn’t mean an end to the woes of the African-Americans. They remained victims of hate and discrimination even after the end of the civil war. In fact they are discriminated against even today, though the things have improved a lot over the course of last century and half. But this change was primarily the outcome of the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 60s. African-Americans were unable to use public facilities till then like the Whites. These movements claimed their right to the use of public facilities like transportation, public bathrooms, parks, educational institutions etc.Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on WashingtonMartin Luther King Jr. was one of the most significant leaders of the civil rights movement. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Christian beliefs, being a Baptist himself, King based his movement on nonviolence. In 1963, the movement planned a March on Washington to highlight the plight of the ‘Blacks’ in the south. This was where Martin Luther King delivered his iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech. Although criticised by other leaders of the movement, including Malcom X and ‘Nation of Islam’, the march is remembered for this speech and certainly played a huge role in the years to come in securing the rights for the African-Americans.Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam, Malcom X and Mohammad AliDeemed heretic by most Muslims, Nation of Islam has to its credit three of the biggest stars of the civil rights movement i.e. Elijah Muhammad, Malcom X (al-Hajj Maalik el-Shahbaz) and Muhammad Ali - the boxer. Termed as ‘Black supremacist’ by opponents, Nation of Islam worked for the rights of the Blacks in America and claimed that Blacks were the original humans, and followers also asserted that even (Hazrat) Adam was Black.Muhammad Ali also converted to Islam after being inspired by Malcom X and Elijah Muhammad. After Elijah Muhammad’s fall from grace in an infamous sex scandal, which Elijah admitted to as well, the assassination of Malcom X in 1965 and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Muhammad Ali remained the only major leader for the Blacks and he led the movement with exemplary persistence for the next several years, though as a Boxing star and not a political leader.The years that followedAfter the removal of all major leaders in one way or the other, the African-American community was eventually left with no significant political leader with universal acclaim after 1968. Muhammad Ali certainly remained a global celebrity for next several years, and he remained vocal about the rights of the Black people, but the political organisation that is required for any movement to thrive on was lost.However, the activism continued at various levels in the following decades. Scholarly works were produced continuously and an academic challenge to racism from scholar-activists like Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and Eqbal Ahmed continued to change the hearts and minds, eventually bringing things to a point where Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘dream’ was finally realised.Barack Hussein ObamaOn this day, in 2008, America elected its first president of African-American descent as Democrat leader Barack Hussein Obama first defeated Hillary Clinton in the intraparty elections and then defeated the Republican candidate, the highly respected war veteran Senator John McCain.In his election victory speech, Obama said, “Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America”.The statement certainly rhymed with Martin Luther King Jr’s speech 45 years earlier in Washington before hundreds of thousands of African-Americans where he said, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.Obama swearing in ceremony attended by thousands in Washington, 2009
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