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  • Pakistan manufactured 9.72 million mobile phones in four months: Report

    Pakistan manufactured 9.72 million mobile phones in four months: Report

    Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) revealed that domestic plants produced 9.72 million mobile devices in the first four months of 2022, contrasted to 0.86 million acquired internationally.

    In April 2022, local manufacturing plants developed 2.56 million mobile devices, compared to 0.25 million imported from other countries.

    According to Brecorder, 5.69 million 2G smartphones and 4.03 million 3G and 4G phones are among the 9.72 million mobile handsets developed or assembled locally. 53 per cent of mobile devices on the Pakistan network are 3G and 4G smartphones, while 47 per cent are 2G.

    Despite the growth in local mobile phone production, Pakistan acquired $1.810 billion worth of cellphones in the first ten months of 2021-22, contrasted to $1.684 billion in the same period the previous year, a 7.43 per cent increase, as per the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

    Total telecommunications imports into the country climbed by 14.05 per cent during the review period (July-April) 2021-22, rising from $2.116 billion in July-April 2020-21 to $2.413 billion in the same period last year.

    According to PTA data, the local manufacturing tendency indicates a favourable response to the PTA’s Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Authorization regulatory system.

  • Two sisters killed for allegedly delaying immigration process for Pakistani husbands

    Two sisters killed for allegedly delaying immigration process for Pakistani husbands

    Two Spanish national sisters of Pakistani descent were murdered in Gulliana police precincts by their paternal uncle for failing to bring their spouses to Spain, reports Dawn.

    Arooj Abbas and Aneesa Abbas, both 21, were married to their cousins in Pakistan more than a year ago, but they were unable to obtain visas for their husbands to join them in Spain.

    Their in-laws suspected them of delaying their husbands’ immigration applications on purpose.

    The initial probe, according to police sources, indicated that both sisters were unhappy in their marriages. Their family was able to return them to Pakistan a few days ago.

    Both sisters were found dead in their home on Friday. They were tortured to death before being shot.

    The women were allegedly murdered by their paternal uncle, who was also the father-in-law of one of them, according to the police. However, no case has been filed yet. According to the DPO, police have begun raids to apprehend the accused in the case.

    Ataur Rehman of the Gujrat District Police, Kharian DSP, and others arrived on the scene, while a team of forensic experts collected evidence from the crime scene. The bodies were taken to the hospital to be examined.

  • ‘My mother has been abducted’: Shireen Mazari’s daughter

    ‘My mother has been abducted’: Shireen Mazari’s daughter

    Former Human Rights Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf senior leader Shireen Mazari has been arrested from her house in Islamabad.

    In a video, it can be seen that female officers forcibly took her away as she tried to resist getting into the car.

    Following the incident, her party members including Zulfi Bukhari, Shibli Faraz, Fawad Chaudhry along with Mazari’s daughter Imaan Mazari reached the Kohsar police station.

    Mazari’s daughter tweeted that her mother has been abducted by Anti-Corruption Wing, Lahore.

    While talking to the media, Imaan said nobody was informed before and she will come after this government.

    According to Geo News, Mazari was arrested in a case registered in Dera Ghazi Khan. The case had opened during former Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar’s tenure but the investigation was put on hold as per his orders

    Mazari’s neighbour, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar told The Current: “I saw some heavy security movement around my house. When I inquired, we were told it was for someone’s security. However, my staff informed me that Shireen Mazari, who is my neighbour, may have been arrested. I went to her house and from there we went to the police station with her daughter Imaan Mazari.”

    Khokhar added that the police informed them that she has been arrested by Anti-Corruption Department Punjab.

    According to Journalist Syed Talat Hussain people in authority in Punjab are clueless about Mazari’s arrest.

    According to former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry, nobody knows about Mazari’s whereabouts. He said the government has attacked a lady from their party, if this is war then so be it.

    While Sheikh Rasheed said that a list of PTI leaders has been prepared which mentions names of the ones to be arrested in the future.

    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the act. In a tweet, they have said that her arrest smacks of political victimisation, which has regrettably become an entrenched practice and is deplorable no matter which party is the perpetrator.

    CM Hamza Shehbaz has ordered immediate release of Dr Shireen Mazari. He said that she is a respected personality.

    “We condemn what Imran Khan said about Maryam Nawaz but we don’t believe in revenge politics.”

    Mazari was arrested outside her house in Islamabad. Anti-Corruption Department Punjab arrested Mazari earlier today.

  • PM Shehbaz, Hamza appear in court for hearing of Rs16bn money laundering case

    PM Shehbaz, Hamza appear in court for hearing of Rs16bn money laundering case

    Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and his son Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Hamza Shehbaz appeared in a special court (Central-I) for their hearing in the Rs16 billion money-laundering case today.

    The father-son duo was accompanied by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.

    Shehbaz and Hamza were set to be indicted in the case in the previous hearing on May 14 but it was delayed because the prime minister was in the UK and postponed his return to the country in order to visit the UAE to offer condolences over the death of their president.

    Once the hearing started, Judge Ijaz Hassan Awan complained that due to the security of the prime minister, others coming to the court had to suffer.

    Replying to his complaint, PM Shehbaz mentioned that he has asked his security not to stop anybody. “I am appearing before the court in order to maintain its dignity and follow the laws of the country,” the premier added.

    When the court asked PM Shehbaz to take the rostrum, the premier said he would have committed a crime if he hadn’t appeared in the court.

    “On the orders of former prime minister Imran Khan, an investigation was conducted in Britain and I was proved innocent,” PM Shehbaz recalled, adding that he returned to Pakistan back in 2004 and wouldn’t have come back if he had black money.

    When Shehbaz again took the stand, he told the court he had served as the chief minister for 10 years but had never taken a salary. “My salary would be Rs10 million but I did not take it. I also went on official tours using my own money. I used to get the government car refuelled from my own pocket.”

    “I saved the nation billions of rupees.”

    The premier’s counsel argued that the 14 accounts mentioned by the FIA were through banking channels. “Baseless propaganda was done in this case for 1.5 years. The suspects tolerated insults despite lack of evidence.”

    “It seems the FIA is inspired by [streaming platform] Netflix. This is a film-inspired FIR,” he argued.

    The FIA had in December 2021 submitted the challan against Shehbaz and Hamza to a special court for their alleged involvement in laundering an amount of Rs16bn in the sugar scam case.

  • Battle begins: Hamza Shehbaz refuses to step down after ECP decision

    Battle begins: Hamza Shehbaz refuses to step down after ECP decision

    Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Hamza Shehbaz has reportedly refused to step down from his position following the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to de-seat 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) dissident Member of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) who voted for Hamza.

    PTI says it will send the CM home through legal means in line with the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) and ECP’s decisions.

    “The game for the fake CM is over after de-seating of the 25 lotas (turncoats),” Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid’s (PML-Q) Moonis Elahi said. He added that after losing the majority in the House, Hamza has no moral or legal grounds to cling to the office.

    Moreover, the Opposition — PTI-PML-Q alliance — sees a run-off election in the coming days claiming Hamza cannot “illegally” hold the office for long.

    It is pertinent to mention that the allocation of five vacant reserved seats will assume an important role if the run-off election is held. According to legal experts, ECP will now distribute these seats as per the current strength of each party in the Punjab Assembly, which means if the PTI gets the most share, it may be able to get the CM post.

    Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said Hamza Shehbaz is not going to resign and still has a majority in the Punjab Assembly. Similarly, PML-N deputy secretary-general Attaullah Tarar said that the ECP’s decision has no impact on Hamza’s office.

    Tarar claimed the PML-N enjoys the support of 177 members in PA against 168 of the PTI-PML-Q combined. He also claimed the PML-N will get three of the five reserved seats, which would take its tally to 180.

    The PTI-PML-Q joint candidate for the CM’s slot and the current PA Speaker Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi said, “I am Imran Khan’s candidate and after taking oath as the CM, I will dissolve the assemblies if he asks me.”

    The Punjab Assembly’s current strength is 346 members: PTI has 158 lawmakers, PML-Q has 10, PML-N 165, PPP seven, five independents, and one Rah-e-Haq Party.

  • Boy brings mother’s gun to school, injures seven-year-old

    Boy brings mother’s gun to school, injures seven-year-old

    A Class 2 student in Chicago, USA, brought a gun to school where it accidentally discharged and grazed a classmate . The eight-year-old boy found the gun under his mother’s bed. The incident took place in Walt Disney Magnet School in Chicago on Tuesday.

    The 28-year-old woman, charged with child endangerment, appeared in court on Wednesday. A fine of $1,000 was imposed on her.

    “We are inches away, possibly centimetres away, from a very different case and a very different tragedy,” Judge Michael Hogan told the woman.

    According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the bullet struck the ground, ricocheted, and grazed the abdomen of a seven-year-old boy. The child was subsequently sent to a nearby hospital.

    A Glock 19 handgun was found inside the student’s bag, which was handed over to school security personnel.

    According to the woman’s lawyers, her firearms were licensed, and the incident was not planned or done on purpose.

  • ‘Spoiling the morals of the people’: PM Shehbaz on IK’s ‘sexist comments’

    ‘Spoiling the morals of the people’: PM Shehbaz on IK’s ‘sexist comments’

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday referred to Maryam Nawaz’s Sargodha rally and said: “Someone had sent me the speech delivered by Maryam Nawaz in Sargodha yesterday.”

    “In that speech, she uttered my name with such passion that I would like to tell her: Maryam, please be careful, your husband may get upset because you were constantly repeating my name again and again with such emotion.”

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the entire nation, especially women, should strongly condemn the “deplorable language used against the daughter of the nation Maryam Nawaz”.

    “Your crimes against the country and the nation cannot be hidden. How could those — who cannot respect the sanctity of Masjid Nabawi (PBUH) — be expected to respect the honour of someone’s mothers, sisters, and daughters?”

    He continued: “Imran is the first person in history to fall into this abyss of rudeness as the leader of a party. His party went out to make a nation but spoiled the morals of the people instead. To Allah, we belong and to Him, we shall return.”

    PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif responded to Khan’s controversial comments about his daughter and said, “He does not know how to respect women. He uses derogatory language, which has not even been witnessed in the worst society. He does know not how to respect women, and he talks about Riyaasat-e-Madinah.”

    Former president Asif Ali Zardari said that he condemned the derogatory language used by the PTI chairman.

    “Those who have mothers and sisters in their homes do not use such language against other women,” the PPP co-chairman said. “Please, do not stoop so low in the name of politics.”

    He added that every person’s mother, sister, and daughter was worthy of respect and that was the message of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto to the nation.

    “I wish someone would also write a letter to the chief justice of Pakistan based on personal observation and he would take notice of the matter,” he said.

    PML-N on its official Twitter account, right after the Multan rally, shared a photo of Imran Khan’s sons and Tyrian White with the message saying how could a man who has not “owned up to his own daughter” respect the daughters of others.

    Screenshot of a tweet of PML-N

    However, the tweet has now been deleted once people started condemning it.

  • Neha Rajpoot, Shahbaz Taseer’s pregnancy shoot oozes goals, couple introduces son Shavez

    Neha Rajpoot, Shahbaz Taseer’s pregnancy shoot oozes goals, couple introduces son Shavez

    Model Neha Rajpoot tied the knot with businessman Shahbaz Taseer in September 2021, the duo were blessed with a baby in April 2022.

    Now the talented model has shared the news on her Instagram handle. The couple shared the news with a stylish pregnancy shoot.

    Neha wrote,” Shahbaz and I feel so blessed to introduce the newest member of our family Shavez Ali Taseer to the world! We are eternally grateful to Allah for our bundle of joy and have been so busy enjoying these precious first moments with our little one. “

    Model Neha Rajpoot, Shahbaz Taseer welcome first child

    “For all of my insta- fam wondering and messaging where I’ve been, I want to thank you for your love, care and prayers! Will be posting baby Shavez soon.”

    While Neha did not share the picture of the newborn but promised to post it soon.

    An influencer wished the model cum actor with a heartwarming post and a glimpse of the little Taseer in April.

    The Moray Saiyan diva was seen dancing with her friends on her Mayun.

    They then turned spouses a day later.

    Neha Rajpoot

    Shahbaz has a four year old daughter with his former wife Maheen Ghani.

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  • ‘Becoming the next Amir liaquat’ : Twitter calls out Imran Khan on ‘misogynistic’ comments

    ‘Becoming the next Amir liaquat’ : Twitter calls out Imran Khan on ‘misogynistic’ comments

    PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan while addressing a rally in Multan yesterday made misogynistic remarks about Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, Maryam Nawaz.

    “In that speech, she took my name with such passion that I would like to tell her: Maryam, please be careful, your husband may get upset because you were constantly repeating my name,” said IK during the speech.

    Have a look at the reactions:

    https://twitter.com/Mustafa_Chdry/status/1527682887067152385

  • ‘Stupid, Bully, yeh jalsa tha yaan gossip session’: Mathira lambasts Imran Khan for sexism

    ‘Stupid, Bully, yeh jalsa tha yaan gossip session’: Mathira lambasts Imran Khan for sexism

    Actor-host Mathira took to her twitter handle to call out former PM Imran Khan for his sexist comments about the Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, Maryam Nawaz.

    During his speech at the Multan jalsa, Mr Khan said: “Someone sent me a clip on social media of Maryam’s speech, somewhere. She took my name so many times and with so much passion, I want to tell her that Maryam, please be careful, your husband might get upset the way you call my name again and again.”

    Earlier when Muhammad Faheem, a former employee of a private media news organisation, committed suicide after being fired from his job during Imran’s regime, Mathira termed Khan’s governance as a failure. As per reports, he committed suicide due to continuing financial problems.

    She blamed the PTI government headlined by Khan for the economic turmoil in the country which is resulting in suicides due to unemployment.

    The Blind Love diva followed her stance with another post stating that the current government has failed big time.