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  • VIDEO: 106-year-old Karachi woman recovers from Delta variant

    A 106-year-old woman in Karachi has recovered from coronavirus after contracting the Delta variant, ARY News reported.

    Haseen Bibi had been admitted to a Covid-19 centre established at Karachi’s Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Lyari. She successfully fought the battle against the deadly Delta variant and has been discharged from the Covid ward.

    The hospital staff, along with her family, celebrated her recovery by cutting a cake at the medical centre.

    Last year in July, a 103-year-old man recovered from the coronavirus in Booni Chitral.

    The Delta variant was detected in India for the first time in September 2020 and is more dangerous and contagious than the other Covid-19 variants.

  • Bride calls off wedding after uncle injured in celebratory firing

    A 22-year-old bride in Uttar Pradesh, India, cancelled her wedding after her uncle was allegedly hurt in a celebratory firing by the groom’s guests.

    As per details, Iram cancelled the wedding with Shahzad a few hours prior to the wedding, which was scheduled on Wednesday night after the accident took place.

    “How can I marry him? If his family is behaving this way in front of my whole family, how will they behave when I will be alone with them at their place?” questioned Iram.

    Soon after the girl announced her decision, her family members broke the groom’s car, beat his relatives and held them hostage for some time.

    The situation was brought under control after the police reached the spot.

    An FIR was registered and the woman’s uncle was taken to a hospital where his condition is said to be stable.

    Police officials told reporters that the video of the ceremony is being analysed to identify those who opened the fire.

  • FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL

    FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL

    The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber ​​Crime Wing has added Akbar Bugti’s son Shahzawar Bugti to the Exit Control List (ECL).

    As per reports, the Cyber ​​Crime Wing has formed teams in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar to arrest accused Shahzawar Bugti.

    His wife, Wishah, has recorded a statement at the Cyber ​​Crime Wing and provided further evidence against Shahzawar. The Cyber ​​Crime Wing has assured Wishah that the accused cannot escape the law.

    Wishah Abubakr has accused her husband, Shahzawar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, of domestic violence and sharing her private videos on social media.

  • Four missing girls ‘escape abduction from prostitute dealers’

    Four missing girls ‘escape abduction from prostitute dealers’

    Sahiwal police have rescued four girls that went missing from the Hanjarwal area of Lahore six days ago.

    SHO of Ghalla Mandi Sahiwal police station, Imdad Khan confirmed to the BBC that the four abducted girls had been rescued and handed over to Lahore police, where further investigation into the case would continue.

    DETAILS OF THE ABDUCTION

    On July 30, four girls from Nambardaranwala Chowk in Hanjarwal left their house after getting ‘disappointed with the domestic circumstances’. At around midnight, a rickshaw driver dropped the four girls on the main road near the EME Society and no trace of them was found since then.

    An official involved in the investigation said that the police had detained the rickshaw driver and a neighbour of the girls for an inquiry as the neighbour was with the girls till 11 pm. However, he later left the girls in Hanjarwal and went home.

    Two days after the girls went missing, the girls’ father filed a petition against their alleged abduction at the Hanjarwal police station.

    He stated that apart from his two daughters, two of his neighbour’s daughters had left home to travel on the Orange train but never returned. He searched for the girls but could not find them. The father suspected that the girls had been abducted.

    RESCUE EFFORTS

    After the complaint, various police teams were formed to rescue the girls. According to investigators, they rescued the girls after one of the girls switched on her mobile phone.

    SHO Khan told the BBC that according to the initial investigation, the girls were picked up by a rickshaw driver from EME society and when he got to know that the girls had left their house, he provoked them and took them to his house.

    According to the SHO, the accused rickshaw driver contacted a friend and the two planned to take the girls to their hometown of Sahiwal for sale at a brothel.

    The accused kept the four girls in Lahore for two days, Saturday and Sunday, then took them to Sahiwal in a car.

    Imdad Khan further said that Sahiwal police had been conducting raids on brothels for the past several days. On August 2, during a raid, they arrested a person involved in this case who was later released on bail. The police, however, had no information about his involvement in this case.

    The person involved left the girls at a deserted place immediately after being released on bail, fearing that the police might have reached their area in search of these girls.

    The suspects kept the four girls in the Farid Town area of ​​Sahiwal while their wives assisted them there.

    “We received a call on the ’15’ informing us of four minor girls,” SHO said. We immediately rushed to the spot and took the girls into our custody and then later as a result of talking to them, we found out that these girls have reached here from Lahore and Lahore police were also looking for them.”

    All the accused, including two women, are now in police custody and an investigation is underway.

    THE CASE

    Responding to a question, SHO said that Lahore police had registered a case under section 363 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which could carry the death penalty.

    The SHO claimed that the conversations with the girls made it clear that none of them had been sexually assaulted in any way, but Lahore police will still conduct medical tests to meet legal requirements.

    The police officer said that the girls have refused to return to their homes due to fear. After their statement in the court, it will be decided whether they will be sent to their homes or a Darulaman.

    FURTHER DETAILS

    Mohammad Qamar, the investigating officer in the case, said that not all the cameras of Safe City were fully operational in the area around Multan Road where the metro train track had passed, which made it difficult for them to find the girls.

  • Wishah Abubakr accuses husband Shahzawar Bugti of domestic violence, sharing private videos

    Wishah Abubakr accuses husband Shahzawar Bugti of domestic violence, sharing private videos

    A woman named Wishah Abubakr has accused her husband, Shahzawar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, of domestic violence and sharing her private videos on social media.

    “After seven years of an abusive marriage, I left my husband. I had no other option but to leave my husband and take my daughter with me,” she said in a video.

    Wishah also alleged that her husband hired a target killer to kill her but when she escaped, her husband made her private videos viral.

    “Now my husband threatens to kill me,” she added.

    She further said that one Noor Mukadamn has gone as she could not appeal to the people before she was killed. “I am requesting you before getting killed. Please share my message.”

    Wishah also asked for help on Twitter from IG Punjab, Inam Ghani.

    Wishah posts regular updates on her social media accounts.

  • Natural disasters: What is happening around the world?

    Natural disasters: What is happening around the world?

    The second half of 2021 has seen a lot of catastrophic situations around the world. From the wildfires in Turkey to severe flooding in China, here’s a list of all the episodes of misfortunes happening right now.

    Wildfires rage across Europe

    Wildfire blazes have erupted across Europe; the most devastating in Turkey resulted in six deaths. The country has been hit by 133 wildfires and tens of thousands were forced from their homes. Moreover, the heatwave has fuelled several fires in Greece, Italy, Croatia, and southern parts of Europe, leaving them struggling to cope. Strong winds and a dry atmosphere have allowed the fires to rapidly expand, reports The New York Times.

    Rare Snowfall Blankets in Brazil

    Several parts of Brazil have seen snow for the first time in 64 years due to an uncharacteristic cold spell. Rare low temperatures have also been experienced by 40 cities. This has threatened the country’s agricultural sector with the risen of coffee and sugar prices, according to The Insider. Not only this, the temperature is expected to keep dropping, with possible snowfall in other states.

    Hail bigger than tennis balls rained down in northern Italy

    Towns around Italy’s Lake Como were hit by the size of tennis balls hailstones damaged nearly 100 cars. While hailstorms are a common summer feature in the country, the frequency of hailstorms this year is quite unusual. More than 60 rescues have been carried out so far, per reports.

    Paraná River, suffering from a severe drought in South America

    According to Reuters, due to a prolonged shortage of rainfall in Brazil, Parana’s water is at the lowest level since 1944. Due to this aggravating situation, Argentina’s government has urged citizens to limit water use to alleviate pressure on the River as it is the transportation route for 80 percent of the country’s farm exports and a source of drinking water, irrigation, and energy.

    Severe Flooding in Europe and China

    Floods have upended life in China, Germany, and Belgium. Hundreds of the residents have lost their lives because of the situation. As the atmosphere warms with climate change, it also holds more moisture, which means that when rainclouds break, more rain is released, as per details.

    These occurrences have sent a stark reminder to everyone that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe.

  • Man arrested for taking girlfriend’s exams, dressed as woman

    Man arrested for taking girlfriend’s exams, dressed as woman

    A Senegalese student has been arrested on the charges of fraud after allegedly posing as a woman and sitting for his girlfriend’s high school exams, his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.

    The girlfriend has also been detained.

    Both are due in court in the West African country on Thursday, on charges of fraud and complicity in the fraud, lawyer Serigne Ndiongue said. The suspects are contesting the charges.

    Photo via AFP

    According to the prosecution, the university student moved to the central city of Diourbel in order to take his girlfriend’s baccalaureate exams on her behalf.

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    Photos circulating on social media showed the student wearing a red dress and a black shawl.

    Local media reported that supervisors caught him on the third day of the exams after noticing something wrong with his attire. They then reported him to the police.

  • Meet Abtaha Maqsood, Britain’s first hijab-wearing cricketer

    Meet Abtaha Maqsood, Britain’s first hijab-wearing cricketer

    Abtaha Maqsood is Britain’s first hijab-wearing Muslim female to play international cricket, reports Geo News. She wants other young British Muslim girls to not hold back if they are thinking about cultural and religious obstacles and take up cricket as a profession.

    Abtaha’s parents are from Lahore, Pakistan. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 11, 1999 — the day Pakistan won from Zimbabwe to qualify for the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup played in England and Scotland.

    The 22-year-old cricketer is currently playing for Birmingham Phoenix in the new short format 200-ball cricket tournament “The Hundred” in England. Since her childhood, she used to play cricket in the garden of her house with her father and brothers.

    Abtaha joined her local cricket club “Poloc” at the age of 11. Only four months after joining the club, she was selected to represent Scotland’s under-17 squad against Ireland in a T20 tournament.

    Speaking to Geo, Abtaha said that her family supported her to join cricket as a profession. Abtaha said that her father is her top supporter throughout the journey.

    “My dad and my mom are both massive cricket lovers. But my dad, in particular, says all sports are important,” she said.
    Abtaha Maqsood also holds a black belt in Taekwondo that she acquired at the age of 11. She has participated in British and Scottish Taekwondo championships as well.

    The young cricketer said she never thought of taking cricket as a career at that time. But the experience of playing cricket so far has been wonderful for her.
    Talking about her choice to wear the hijab, Abtaha said that she started it at the age of 11 after she saw her mother doing the same. She, however, said that her decision to wear one was completely her choice.

    “Wearing a hijab was my own choice. I went to perform Umrah with my family when I was 11, and on our way back to the UK, I saw my mum started wearing hijab. So I asked her why was she wearing that and then she told me [how it was a religious obligation], so I decided to wear one as well,” said Abtaha.

    “It was really important for me at that time as it is now and I’m going to keep wearing that”, she added.

    Responding to a question of whether people should focus more on her cricketing skills rather than her hijab, Abtaha said that she thinks talking about her hijab is equally important as it is the representation that matters.

    “This is the first time people have really seen a woman wearing the hijab and playing cricket at the highest level, so I think it’s still important to be talked about,” she said.

    “I never really had a role model who looked like me when I was growing up. I think that would have really helped me and given me a sense of belonging. So, hopefully, I can be that person for young girls now”, she added.

    She told Geo that although she never came across any cultural barriers herself, she is aware that there are hurdles out there for other young Muslim girls. She, therefore, wants to be a role model for those girls.

    “I really hope that people, when seeing me, could realise that it is possible to play cricket and wear hijab at the same time. And there are people out there who can support young girls through it if they really want to play cricket at a high level or any other professional sport for that matter”.

    xplaining her experience in playing “The Hundred”, she said that representing Birmingham Phoenix in the tournament is the most amazing experience of her life.

    Talking about her experience in the tournament so far, Abtaha said that she still can’t believe that she’s playing with some of the best cricketers in the world — a chance she never had before.

    Abtaha Maqsood has represented Scotland’s national team 17 times in international T20 matches, claiming 23 wickets so far in her career at an impressive average of 12.28.

  • Gallup survey shows karela, baingan most unpopular vegetables

    A Gallup Pakistan survey says that eggplant  (baingan) and bitter gourd (karela)  are the most disliked vegetables.

    Gallup Pakistan Executive Director Bilal Gilani revealed the statistics on Samaa News‘ morning show ‘Naya Din’.

    He said seven percent of the respondents disliked eggplant, followed by bitter gourd and okra (bhindi) at five percent each.

    Gilani said elder people eat more vegetables compared to younger people who prefer meat and junk food.

    https://youtu.be/VsxONfZOHXw
  • Imam Masjid arrested for trying to rape two minor girls

    Imam Masjid arrested for trying to rape two minor girls

    Police have arrested an Imam Masjid in Faisalabad for trying to rape two minor girls.

    As per reports, the parents of the girls did not want to file a complaint against the prayer leader after, but the police registered a case on the complaint of an inspector.

    The applicant, Inspector Abdul Hameed, said he along with constables was on duty when he received information that a video had gone viral on social media that showed a prayer leader trying to rape a girl. The suspect, he said, also violated the sacredness of the mosque and the locals identified him.

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    The Sandal Bar police arrested the suspect and registered a case against him. City Police Officer Suhail Chaudhry said the suspect tried to rape two minor girls and the police immediately took action and registered a case though the girls’ families were not willing to pursue the case. He said the suspect was arrested and the girls have been sent to court for a statement.