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  • Man confesses hiring a ‘hitman’ to murder brother’s family

    A man has confessed that he hired a hitman to murder his lawyer brother and his family in Lahore, reports Samaa. Amanat Ali was a lawyer who was murdered along with his wife and two-month-old daughter after repeatedly being assaulted with a knife. The incident occurred on February 27. His brother Amin has now confessed that he hired a hitman to kill his brother along with his family.

    Amin was imprisoned for murdering his father in 2014 where he met Ashiq the hitman. Amin then assisted to release Ashiq from jail and offered a contract of one million Pakistani rupees for a hit job for brother, sister-in-law, and infant.

    Amin got his brother murdered along with his family due to a property dispute. He did not want his father to give his share of the property to his brothers, Amanat Ali and Saleem. Ali was himself pursuing the case of his father’s murder.

    Amin also was planning to kill his second brother, Saleem, but the police arrested him before he committed another murder.

  • Usman Mirza, four others sentenced to life in prison in couple harassment case

    Usman Mirza, four others sentenced to life in prison in couple harassment case

    An Islamabad district and sessions court has sentenced Usman Mirza and four others to life imprisonment in the case of harassment and assaulting of a couple in Islamabad. The four accomplices include Mohib Bangash, Adaras Qayyum Butt, Hafiz Ataur Rehman and Farhan Shaheen. Meanwhile, Umar Bilal and Rehan Hassan Mughal were acquitted.

    Judge Atta Rabbani announced the verdict.

    Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that despite the fact that the couple retracted their statements, the use of technology as evidence in the case is welcoming.

    Read more- Usman Mirza Case: Couple refuses to recognise accused persons, reportedly took one crore in deal

    The minister also added that justice will prevail in Sialkot and other cases too.

    The case was highlighted last year in July when a video of Usman Mirza harassing a couple went viral on social media. Mirza was arrested on July 7 after the disturbing video went viral on social media where he could be seen torturing and assaulting a couple. He was also seen stripping the woman in the video. On January 11, the female victim refused to identify any of the accused and said she does not want to pursue the case, after which the state decided to pursue prosecution.

  • ‘Taliban didn’t keep their promise’: Malala reacts to closing of girls’ high schools in Afghanistan

    ‘Taliban didn’t keep their promise’: Malala reacts to closing of girls’ high schools in Afghanistan

    Nobel Laureate and Women’s Education Rights Activist Malala Yousafzai has reacted to the closing of girls’ high schools in Afghanistan. Taking to Twitter, Malala wrote, “I had one hope for today: that Afghan girls walking to school would not be sent back home. But the Taliban did not keep their promise. They will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning – because they are afraid of educated girls and empowering women.”

    She also used the hashtag #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

    The Taliban administration yesterday announced that girls’ high schools in Afghanistan will be closed, and no female child above the sixth grade will be allowed to attend school. The announcement came only a few hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.

    Read more- Taliban close girls’ high schools

  • FIA arrests suspects from Faisalabad for blackmailing US girl who committed suicide

    FIA arrests suspects from Faisalabad for blackmailing US girl who committed suicide

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two people in Faisalabad after a girl in the United States (US) committed suicide because of the ‘obscene content’ shared by them, ARY has reported. However, as per Dunya, three suspects have been arrested in this case.

    According to the FIA, the suspects blackmailed the girl by sharing content concerning her with her classmates. “As a result of this, the girl committed suicide in the United States,” said FIA.

    According to details, the arrested individuals met the teen on social media and obtained her pictures and videos. As per the agency, the US embassy has formally requested that the suspects be prosecuted.

  • Airblue staff asks parents to leave 13-year-old son with Down Syndrome at airport, allows him to travel later

    Airblue staff asks parents to leave 13-year-old son with Down Syndrome at airport, allows him to travel later

    Airblue airline refused to allow a child with Down Syndrome to board a plane. The incident took place on March 13 at Peshawar Airport.

    The Karachi-based family of 11 members, including a Down Syndrome child was boarding a plane when the ground staff refused to fly with a differently-abled child.

    “I recently boarded a flight of Airblue (PA 603) from Peshawar to Karachi and I would like to share my shocking experience. My son, 13, a child with Down’s Syndrome, who is quite well behaved and mannered by nature and has travelled by air as well as other transportation for up to 15 hours at a time without giving us any hindrance was also accompanying me on the flight,” Samina Mahmood, the mother of the child, said in a Facebook post.

    “Just as we were boarding, a ground staff member asked me that as my child has special needs (as Down’s persons are often identifiable facially) would he misbehave on the plane or cause any other trouble? I was confused as to why she asked me this at all but reassured her my boy won’t be a problem. She then informed a superior of hers, and the superior officer outright told me that I will have to leave my child here at the airport as they will not allow him to board the plane because he might be a nuisance,” she added.

    “One of our ground staff checked on the child as he made some loud noises,” the airline stated as per Samaa. “As per SOP staff inquired if he was feeling good to travel,” the statement added.

    The airline further said that parents “took offense” and the staff member “apologised” there and then. “The family boarded and travelled,” it added. The airline said that an “apology call” was made to the passenger and they were assured that the airline will “improve on training and service level” of staff further.

  • Taliban close girls’ high schools

    Taliban close girls’ high schools

    The Taliban administration has announced that girls’ high schools in Afghanistan will be closed, and no female child above the sixth grade will be allowed to attend school. The announcement came only few hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.

    As per a government news agency, Ministry of Education notice said on Wednesday that schools for girls would be closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law and Afghan culture.

    “We inform all girls high schools and those schools that are having female students above class six that they are off until the next order,” said the notice.

    Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani confirmed the news to AFP.

    The United Nations’ Mission to Afghanistan in a tweet said, : “The UN in Afghanistan deplores today’s reported announcement by the Taliban that they are further extending their indefinite ban on female students above the 6th grade being permitted to return school.”

  • Pakistan reports no deaths due to Covid for the first time in two years

    Pakistan reports no deaths due to Covid for the first time in two years

    For the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country, Pakistan has reported zero Covid deaths today (Wednesday).

    The country witnessed a slight rise in cases, with a 1.28 per cent positivity rate and 443 reported new cases, as per the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

    However, the country has been maintaining a positivity rate below 2 per cent since mid-March.

    Earlier, NCOC chief Asad Umar had announced the decision to lift all the Covid-19 related restrictions but made it clear that the vaccination restriction would not be lifted.

    On March 12, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, Dr Faisal Sultan announced the government’s decision to shut down NCOC.

    In recent months, the rate of Covid cases in Pakistan has remained low after almost three years of fighting the global pandemic.

  • Teenager boy abducted, raped, and tortured in Balochistan

    Teenager boy abducted, raped, and tortured in Balochistan

    A 12-year-old boy was raped and tortured after he was abducted from a wedding function in Mastung, Balochistan. He was rescued by the Levies, a law enforcement agency.

    As per details, unidentified men kidnapped the boy from a wedding function. Subsequently, his family filed a case in a nearby police station.

    According to Assistant Commissioner, Farida Tarin, the boy was found unconscious at the crime scene. Levies also arrested a suspect from the scene.

    During the initial investigation, the suspect confessed that he was involved in raping and torturing the teenage boy.

    Farida Tarin also confirmed that raids are being conducted to arrest all perpetrators involved.

  • Guests allegedly killed papad vendor at wedding, enjoyed their meal ignoring his dead body

    Guests allegedly killed papad vendor at wedding, enjoyed their meal ignoring his dead body

    Trigger Warning: Violence/Senstive Content

    A papad vendor was allegedly murdered by wedding guests in Pattoki. The guests present at the wedding allegedly tortured the daily wager while mistaking him for a pickpocket. A video circulating on social media shows the dead body of victim Ashraf Sultan lying on the ground in the wedding hall as guests enjoyed their meal.

    Pubjab Police have taken action against the incident and have arrested 12 individuals and the manager of the wedding hall.

    In the initial postmortem report, the doctors didn’t affirm torture on the dead body. However, every side of the incident is being investigated, Punjab Police said in a statement.

    The Punjab Forensic Science Company (PFSA) workforce has collected proof from the incident.

  • 18-year-old Hindu girl shot dead for resisting kidnapping and forced conversion

    18-year-old Hindu girl shot dead for resisting kidnapping and forced conversion

    Trigger Warning: Violence/Senstive Content

    Pooja Kumari, an 18-year-old Hindu girl was murdered in Rohri, Sindh. As per media reports, she was shot during a failed abduction attempt. As per reports, the name of the deceased soul is Pooja Kumari Oad.

    Three men reportedly broke into Pooja’s house to kidnap and forcibly convert her. She was shot dead by a man named Wahid Bux Laghari, after she resisted a kidnapping attempt. According to journalist Sanjay Sadhwani, accused Wahid Laghari has been arrested.

    https://twitter.com/TheSindh8/status/1506006522542833665

    Hashtag #JusticeForPoojaKumari has been trending on Twitter, as people are using this hashtag to condemn the incident to demand justice for Pooja and her family.

    Read more- Forced conversion issue in only three districts of Sindh: Noor-ul-Haq Qadri

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