A local court in Islamabad, during the hearing of the Noor Mukadam murder case, has requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to grant additional time to complete the trial. For the second time, the trial of the case could not be finished within the two-month deadline set by the Islamabad High Court.
“Additional Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani has written a letter to the Islamabad High Court seeking more time to complete the trial. In the letter, Judge Atta Rabbani has stated that since all lawyers representing the accused hail from outside Islamabad, the dates for the hearings have to be fixed according to their availability and convenience,” Express Tribune has reported.
The letter also stated that various petitions were heard throughout the trial, which wasted the court’s time and resulted in the trial court not being completed within the two-month time limit.
A man in Iran allegedly beheaded his 17-year-old wife and walked on the streets with her head in his hand, Iranian media outlets reported. As per media reports, the incident took place in the southwestern city of Ahvaz. The girl had travelled to Turkey, but she was brought back to Iran with the help of her father.
The man beheaded his wife in front of many people in a city square followed by parading the city with her head in his hand on February 5. The video of the man walking on the streets with a knife and his wife’s head in his hands went viral on social media.
As per media reports, two brothers were arrested four hours after the incident took place. Moreover, they have confessed to their crime. The case is under investigation.
Iran has shut down a news website after it published an image of the man holding the head of his wife in his hand. According to the report, a media supervisory board on Sunday decided to close Rokna websitebecause of its continuing to “publish images and issues that violate public decency”.
People took to social media to condemn the horrific incident:
See the beautiful smile of Mona heydari a 17 yr old girl who was beheaded by her husband yesterday. She was a victim of forced marriage at the age of 12 & she had a 3 yr old boy. This is how living under sharia laws looks like in Iran. My heart is broken#LetUsTalk@FSeifikaranhttps://t.co/JhABwJgG67pic.twitter.com/Hj0qHU9DnG
A male giraffe, who had been sick for the last seven months, died at Lahore Zoo on Friday. As per the zoo officials, the nine-year-old giraffe had stopped eating to its full capacity.
Punjab Wildlife Headquarters Deputy Director Muhammad Mudassar, while talking to Dawn, said that the exact cause of death would be determined after the post-mortem report, but the giraffe was suspected of having a blood infection.
A total of three giraffes were procured by the Lahore Zoo in 2018. However, one of the female giraffes died soon after her arrival. Now only one female giraffe is left in Lahore Zoo. A giraffe costs around Rs40m to Rs50m, according to zoo officials. The zoo will now make arrangements for the giraffe to be paired.
Six giraffes have been imported into the Lahore Zoo since 2007, and five of them have died prematurely due to various reasons.
An abandoned orphan man, Muhammad Ahsan approached the Sindh High Court and has filed a petition against the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) under section 199 (False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence) of the Pakistan Penal Code for not issuing a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC).
Ahsan is a resident of Orangi Town in Karachi who has been trying to get CNIC for four years to get admission to a university but every time he does, NADRA refuses to let him apply for an identity card. He is asked to come with blood relatives.
According to Ahsan, his mother abandoned him when he was only six years old because his father was a drug addict. He was brought up by his grandparents but they also died later. His father also passed away in 2008. His uncle took responsibility for him and also assisted in getting him an education.
The petition stated that he submitted the death certificate of his father as one of the requirements of NADRA. However, they insisted he come with a blood relative.
Muslim students are continuing to protest outside their college gate on Friday after they were barred from entering the premises for wearing a hijab. The college is located in Karnataka state, India.
Police arrived at the protest after hundreds of students joined the sit-in protest and demanded that the girls be allowed to enter the college.
Parents of the students also joined and questioned college authorities on sending their children out of school and making them stand on the road for wearing a hijab. However, college authorities claim that they have to follow the orders from the government.
The management claims that if they allow hijab on their campus then other Hindu students would take saffron shawls and religious symbolism is not permitted in the educational institute.
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that religion should be kept away from education and students should neither come wearing hijab or saffron shawls to schools.
On Thursday, the principal of the college closed the gate for students wearing hijab. This incident happened after some Hindu students in saffron shawls were stopped at the gate as well.
They were raising slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
For a teacher to stand as a mute spectator when his students are crying to be allowed into the premises. This is not apartheid ? Are women in hijab a threat while yogis in constitutional offices proudly flaunt saffron robes. Her body, her agency, her choice. https://t.co/UMTKStUjdo
A Pakistani bride named Neha has taken the internet by storm for her different function looks at her mega-wedding.
From Manish Malhotra to Sabyasachi, Tarun Tahiliani, and Abhinav Mishra, this bride wore all A-list Indian designers and lived her dream Bollywood fairytale wedding.
Photographer and Videographer Sara Idrees, shared pictures of the bride as she was the photographer who covered the wedding.
Her first look was from her Mayoun. She wore a yellow lehenga choli by Sabyasachi.
Her second look was a sparkling Abinav Mishra’s creation at another wedding event.
Her Mehndi look was of a quintesssential Sabyasachi bride. She was seen wearing a red and green lehenga choli.
For her Barat she chose to wear, designer Tarun Tahiliani.
For her reception, she chose a glamorous Manish Malhotra attire.
News reports of the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) banning co-education in private colleges for the BS (Hons) programmes have been circulating on social media since Wednesday night.
However, Azhar Mashwani, the Punjab chief minister’s focal person for digital media has said that the news reports are fake, and no such decision has been made. He also shared the screenshots of the “false” news.
Journalist Benzair Shah while talking to The Current said that the news is “not accurate.” She added that the director of public instruction colleges Punjab also confirmed that the notification circulating is from 2010.
However, a checklist for BS Four year degree programme is available on the website of the Higher Education Department and serial number 25 of the document says, “Affidavit for No Co-Education.”
In addition, serial number 28 of a document available with The Current regarding the checklist of ADP ( Associate Degree Programme) states, “Separate Boys and Girls Block. Affidavit for no Co-Education according to sample available in the booklet on stamp paper duly attested by Oath commissioner.”
Serial number 19 of the document says only male staff members are allowed to teach in male colleges and only female staff members are allowed to teach in female colleges. As per our sources, the document is “apparently new”.
As per sources of The Current, the government will issue a clarification on the matter and the checklist has always been there since 2008.
A notification issued by the Directorate of Public Instruction (Coleges) says, “It is to inform that there is no condition of submitting an Affidavit of NO CO-EDUCATION from private colleges to launch BS4YDP, AFP, DPT, Pharma-D and LLB Programs.”
The notification further says, “The information may be conveyed to all the Private Colleges to submit an application according to New Updated proforma (which is available on HEC website.)”
مخلوط تعلیم پر عائد پاپندی ختم، پنجاب کے پرائیویٹ کالجوں میں Co-education کی اجازت دے دی گئی pic.twitter.com/jis1nTaaYk
Anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada’s wife and Actor Rushna Khan disclosed that her husband [Shahzeb] is very fond of singing and sometimes just makes up songs.
Talking to Anchor Shahzad Iqbal on the Geo News programme, ‘Jashan-e-Cricket’ when asked about the travelling expenses, Rushna said that she spends a little bit of her husband’s money.
Last year, on a week-long trip, Rushna celebrated her husband’s birthday in New York and then visited Canada.
According to her, Shahzeb doesn’t get angry. This is not the first time, such revelations about Shahzeb have come into the limelight. The prime show anchorperson is also very diet-cautious which is the secret behind his six pack.
While speaking to Iqbal, Rushna revealed that her favourite cricketers are National cricket team captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.
When asked about the possibility of her entering politics, the upcoming actor said she has no intention to do so.
The New York Times (NYT) has purchased the popular word game ‘Wordle’. The Times reported that Wordle was purchased for “in the low seven figures” from its founder, Josh Wardle. According to the company, new and existing users will be able to play the game for free at first.
Josh Wardle took to Twitter to announce the deal.
“I am incredibly pleased to announce that I’ve reached an agreement with The New York Times for them to take over running Wordle going forward. If you’ve followed along with the story of Wordle, you’ll know that NYT games play a big part in its origins and so this step feels very natural to me,” Wardle wrote on Twitter.
People are concerned whether the game will remain free for the users:
NYT buying Wordle is just an extension of today’s world where we can’t imagine a free good available to everyone, it has to be owned by someone & made available to few. A person created the game out of love for his wife & didn’t mind sharing because that’s what love is
Wordle has caught the attention of Pakistani Twitter for a while now. Miftah Ismail is among the many politicians who regularly shares his Wordle score on Twitter.
More recently, former wife of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, Jemima Goldsmith, shared her Wordle score on Twitter but the replies to her tweet were not related to the game.
