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  • Two PIA planes miraculously avoid mid-air collision

    Two PIA planes miraculously avoid mid-air collision

    Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flying on the same route and altitude avoided mid-air collision over Iranian airspace near the United Arab Emirates (UAE) border.

    It has been reported that the two carriers came close to mid-air collision due to the alleged negligence of the Iranian Air Traffic Control (ATC). However, the Iranian ATC then cleared the altitude for both airplanes. One was directed to dive while the other was asked to go higher in altitude as per standard practice.

    One airplane was PIA Boeing 777, which was en route from Islamabad to Dubai while the other airplane was Airbus A320, en route from Doha to Peshawar.

    A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman said that flight (PK-211), a Boeing 777 was maintaining a 35,000-feet altitude when it came close to a Peshawar-bound PIA flight (PK-268) of Airbus A320 from Doha. He said the PK-268 flight was flying at an altitude of 36,000 feet at the time and was cleared to descend to 20,000 feet.

    According to the PIA spokesman, the descent would have come in the flight path of PIA flight of Boeing 777 PK-211.

    Over the negligence matter, the spokesman said that the Pakistan Airlines is writing to the ATC to investigate the matter.

  • ITP special squads to take action against tinted windows

    ITP special squads to take action against tinted windows

    Special squads have been formed by the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) to deal with motorists in the capital city that have tinted windows or black papers.

    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic, Dr Syed Mustafa Tanveer, stated that the officers’ and Jawans’ efforts had drastically reduced the incidence of fatal accidents. He stated that more similar measures are needed to safeguard the safety of citizens’ lives and to make Islamabad an accident-free city.

    Despite repeated warnings from the ITP, numerous vehicles with tinted windows can be spotted on key roads and highways in the federal capital.

    SSP Tanveer also stated that the ITP intends to implement a zero-tolerance policy in the future since it is a moral responsibility to raise awareness about road safety while enforcing regulations. Similarly, the behaviour of persons on the road reflects societal norms, he continued.

    He was of the view that ITP personnel have had extensive training and have been instructed to treat civilians with compassion, sincerity, and humility. He believed that breaking traffic regulations causes accidents. In an appeal to citizens.

    SSP Traffic stated that the involvement of citizens in ensuring smooth traffic is also very crucial. Obeying road rules can save your life as well as the lives of others; thus, never disobey traffic laws and be responsible and patriotic citizens.

  • Hijab-wearing Muslim women face discrimination during job hunting, reveals study

    Hijab-wearing Muslim women face discrimination during job hunting, reveals study

    According to a new study, female candidates who wear hijab (head scarf) received significantly less positive feedback from employers in the Netherlands and Germany. The discrimination against hijab-wearing Muslim women was highlighted in an academic article published by the European Sociological Review Journal.

    Discrimination was generally seen in jobs that required engaging with clients and consumers in person.

    Researchers discovered that in comparison to the Netherlands and Germany, Spain had less discrimination against veiled women.

    In the Netherlands, approximately 70 per cent of job applications that included a photograph of an unveiled woman received positive feedback for jobs that required high customer contact. But only 35 per cent of applicants who were wearing hijab in their photographs received positive feedback.

    “The high level of discrimination we found in the Netherlands, where the institutional context has traditionally been open to the accommodation of religious minority rights, is particularly surprising and points to the possibly stigmatising effect of recent policies geared towards the cultural assimilation of immigrants,” the research said.

    The results of the field experiment in Germany were similar. While 53 per cent of non-hijab-wearing Muslim women received a positive response from employers, only about 25 per cent of veiled women received positive feedback.

  • China’s population expected to start reducing before 2025

    China’s population expected to start reducing before 2025

    China’s population is expected to start to shrink before 2025 as the country’s birth data showed that the number of new births in 2021 was the lowest in decades in several provinces. Currently, China is the most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion residents.

    The head of population and family affairs at the National Health Commission said that China’s population is expected to start to shrink in 2021-2025.

    In recent years, the population of the country has slowed significantly. According to the state-backed Global Times, the number of births in central Hunan province fell below 500,000 for the first time in nearly 60 years.

    The change in China’s laws last year that allowed women to have three children has not helped the country in any way. Many Chinese women have argued that the change comes too late and they are facing problems like insufficient job security and gender equality.

    According to a United Nations (UN) report, India will become the world’s most populous country next year, i.e 2023, beating China.

  • Pakistan to increase surveillance after WHO declares monkeypox as global health emergency

    Pakistan to increase surveillance after WHO declares monkeypox as global health emergency

    In light of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that the monkeypox outbreak is “a global health emergency”, the health ministry has warned all the provincial governments to keep a watch out for any suspected monkeypox cases.

    Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Sunday said that the government has decided to increase surveillance.

    “All the national and provincial health authorities have been advised to remain on high alert for any suspected case of monkeypox,” Patel said in a statement. “Instructions have been issued to stakeholders, especially border health services for strict monitoring at all points of entry.”

    He said that at all ports of entry, an efficient surveillance system had been built on a scientific foundation. All incoming travellers would be subject to screening, especially those from African nations, he added.

    On July 23, WHO declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. WHO now sees this virus as a significant enough threat that a global response is needed to prevent it from spreading.

  • Islamabad police launches crackdown against unregistered vehicles

    Islamabad police launches crackdown against unregistered vehicles

    The Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICTP) has initiated a crackdown against unregistered vehicles in the federal capital.

    Details reveal that during the current year 2022, 8,951 unregistered cars, trucks, and motorbikes received fines from the ICT police.

    For the purpose of inspecting the unregistered vehicles operating on the roads, special enforcement squads have been formed.

    The campaign was started on the orders of Inspector-General of the Islamabad Police, Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, and is being led by SSP Traffic Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer.

    Additionally, the Sabzi Mandi Police areas were the scene of several dacoity occurrences that were busted by the Islamabad Capital Territory Police.

    Three members of a dacoit gang who were involved in several episodes of snatching and street crimes were apprehended by a police team from Sabzi Mandi Police Station employing the most recent technology and human resources.

    The defendants were named as Munir Ahmed, Muhammad Shafiq, and Raja Zahoor.

    A motorbike, three 30-bore handguns, and a dagger used in these sleazy events were also found by police.

    The suspects admitted their involvement in dacoity occurrences in the Sabzi Mandi areas during the preliminary investigation.

  • WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

    WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) on July 23 declared monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. WHO now sees this virus as a significant enough threat that global response is needed to prevent it from spreading.

    Last month, WHO decided to not declare it a global emergency but ever since then, cases are on the rise. So far, more than 16,000 cases have been reported along with five deaths from 75 countries. Infection rate rose by 77 per cent from late June through early July.

    The last issued global health emergency was in January 2020 in response to Covid-19 outbreak.

    Monkeypox has majorly been spreading in men who have sex with men and Europe is the epicentre now.

    This virus causes a painful pimple like rash, which then spreads over the body. People who have contact with the fluid from those blisters can catch this virus.

    According to US Centers for Disease and Prevention, symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle ache, chills, exhaustion and rash looking like pimple. If you have a rash, it is advised to stay isolated in a room. Most people recover from monkeypox in two to four weeks.

  • Van driver in Dera Ghazi Khan rapes woman

    Van driver in Dera Ghazi Khan rapes woman

    A man in Dera Ghazi Khan raped a woman at Rajanpur wagon stand. The woman who had come from Multan to drop off her son and hand him over to her husband in Kotmithan was raped by a van driver who took her to Rajnapur wagon stand.

    The Kotmithan police have registered a rape case against the man.

    What happened?

    The 35-year-old woman in the first information report (FIR) said that she travelled from Multan to hand over her son to her husband, with whom she had some differences, in Kotmithan.

    She wanted to send her son with the van driver alone, but as he began to cry, she had to go with him.

    She further said that they arrived in Kotmithan at 10:30pm. She handed over her son to his father. Her husband and son then left.

    After the woman was alone in Kotmithan, the bus driver said to her that there will be no bus available for Multan till morning. He invited her to spend the night at his sister’s home in Rajanpur. The van driver took her to Rajanpur wagon stand and raped her and fled from the scene.

    The police are investigating the matter.

  • Punjab Food Authority burns 200 kg dead meat in Lahore

    Punjab Food Authority burns 200 kg dead meat in Lahore

    Following a seizure during an operation in the provincial metropolis on Thursday, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has burned 200 kilogrammes of dead animal meat at PAMCO Furnace in accordance with environmental policy.

    As the Provincial Food Act was violated, the PFA reported the offender, Salik Ali (supplier), to the local police station.

    According to PFA Director General Shoaib Khan Jadoon, a raid was conducted against the supplier in Bakar Mandi after receiving a tipoff, and a man was caught in the act. He claimed that five maunds of ill and subpar chicken had been transported into the city on a vehicle (SAB-1493) for distribution to various neighbourhood fast food joints and eateries.

    According to PFA DG, using dead meat is unhealthy and unfit for human consumption. He issued a warning to butchers and meat suppliers, telling them to only sell the meat of healthy animals.

    In other news, the PFA ceased a well-known confectionery group’s production in Lahore on Friday due to the use of expired ingredients in the making of sweets.

    When PFA agents raided a factory that made sweets and pastries, they caught the employees in the act of making candies using semolina that had been infested with insects and expired, inferior food colours. During the raid, the team also noticed the lack of cleanliness.

  • Govt notifies 26-member anti-rape committee

    Govt notifies 26-member anti-rape committee

    A new committee against rape was announced by the Law Ministry on Friday in an effort to combat the worrying increase in sexual violence cases across the nation. The special committee’s primary responsibility will be to aid sexual assault victims in getting legal representation, in addition to attempting to stop cases of rape against children.

    Former senator Ayesha Raza Farooq will head the committee.

    Other members include Mehnaz Akbar Aziz, chief secretaries of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtun­khwa, Balochistan, and Sindh, representatives of the National Database and Registra­tion Authority (NADRA), Pakis­tan Elec­tro­nic Media Regulatory Auth­o­rity (PEMRA), and the law ministry, ex-prosecutor general Punjab Ehti­sham Qadir, ex-additional inspectors general Kamal­uddin Tipu, Taimoor Ali Khan, advocate Ismat Mehdi, Khalid Parveen, Amb­reen Qureshi, Ghazala Yasmeen, Nida Ali and Sharafat Ali, development consultant Valerie Khan, Mohammad Ali Nekokara, Zainab Mustafa, anchor Maria Memon, police surgeon Sumayya Syed and forensic expert Ayesha Sarwar.

    Earlier this year in June, Punnjab Home Minister Attaullah Tarar announced that the Punjab government will declare an emergency following an increase in rape and sodomy cases in the province.

    The Current records the tally of rape cases that are reported in news outlets on a daily basis to highlight the alarming situation. We have used many different sources as listed. When will it stop?