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  • Noor’s friends start GoFundMe campaign for a strong legal team

    Noor’s friends start GoFundMe campaign for a strong legal team

    Social media is enraged after the brutal murder of Noor Mukadam in Islamabad. Amid all the different stories done by various news outlets, what people want right now is that the authorities punish her murderer, Zahir Jaffer.

    Noor’s friends and friends of her family have started a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to hire a strong legal team to bring Noor’s killer to justice.

    “As friends of Noor and friends of her family, we cannot watch her life flicker out without getting justice. Zahir Jaffer comes from an extremely well-connected and wealthy family. He and his parents have already secured legal representation from the best lawyers in the city, and they have the resources to fight this battle endlessly,” GoFundMe campaign for Noor stated. 

    “We, as friends of Noor, are launching this campaign so that as her family grieves their beautiful daughter, they do not have to carry the additional burden of worrying about how they will afford the legal representation they need for bringing Noor’s killer to justice,” it added.

    The money raised through this campaign will be used to fight Noor’s case. “Going by past experience, this will likely be a lengthy process, spread over multiple stages of litigation. Our total has been calculated to account for all of this, and all proceeds raised through this platform will be used to directly fight Noor’s case.”

    The campaign aims to use the remaining funds (if any) for the victims of domestic violence. “In the event that any funds remain, they will be directed to aid victims of domestic violence.”

    You can donate here: https://gofund.me/e18511f7

  • Sajid Sadpara summits K2 again, buries father Ali Sadpara on K2

    Sajid Sadpara summits K2 again, buries father Ali Sadpara on K2

    Sajid Ali Sadpara reached the summit of K2 — for the second time — along with his teammates Canadian filmmaker Elia Saikaly and Nepal’s Pasang Kaji Sherpa on Wednesday. Wednesday proved to be an exceptionally good day as a total of 24 climbers were successful in reaching the summit of K2.

    The K2 expedition was planned by Sajid and his teammates to find the bodies of his father Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr. The three climbers were last seen on February 5 near the Bottleneck on K2 as they attempted to reach the summit.

    Sajid Sadpara, who was accompanying the three on Feb 5, had to abandon his summit bid after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned and he returned to camp 3. Bad weather thwarted multiple attempts to search for the missing climbers. The climbers were presumed dead on February 18.

    After successfully finding the dead bodies of the three, Ali Sadpara has been buried on the world’s second highest peak K2.

    This was confirmed by Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid on Twitter.

    Sajid said that he has temporarily buried his father’s body in the snow at K2 Camp 4 so that the body can be protected from avalanches and other mishaps.

    He mentioned that a climber from Argentina helped him a lot in this important mission. He brought the body of Ali Sadpara from the height of bottleneck to Camp 4 with him.

    Ali Sadpara’s son said that after burying his father’s body, he hoisted the Pakistani flag on it to mark his grave and recited the Holy Quran on behalf of the whole nation.

    Cheif Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar also paid tribute to Sajid Sadpara in a tweet, saying: “The whole Nation is proud of @sajid_sadpara for retrieving the body of National Hero Ali Sadpara after a thorough search from the heights of K-2

    He further added: “On behalf of people of Punjab I pay my respects and honour to late Ali Sadpara and family for their services to the Pakistani Nation!

  • Police rescue woman tied with chains, locked up by brothers

    Police rescue woman tied with chains, locked up by brothers

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police rescued a woman tied with the chains and locked up in a dark room by her brothers for over a year on Tuesday.

    As per reports, police have arrested the three brothers identified as Sahir Khan, Faheem Khan, and Nadeem Khan while the fourth brother is on the run. 

    Talking to The Express Tribune, District Police Officer (DPO) Swabi Muhammad Shoaib said they had received information about the woman they raided the house after confirmation and released her from the illegal captivity.

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    Mohammad Shoaib further told the media that the woman was living with her brothers after her divorce. “She wanted to move the court to claim her children’s expenses from her ex-husband but her brothers did not want this.”

    Read More: Imam Masjid arrested for ‘torturing’ 13-year-old boy in Lahore

    “There was not even a fan inside the room. When we raided the house, we saw that she had been chained like an animal and the only light coming into the room was through a window,” said another police official.

    The policeman added that the woman had been imprisoned as her brothers blamed her for the divorce and were also against her seeking a job. 

    The woman stated in her FIR that she got married 13 years ago and had two children, a girl and a boy. A case has been filed against the accused and an investigation is underway. 

  • Punjab police set to visit Turkey for the investigation of Engin Altan’s complaint against Kashif Zameer

    Punjab police set to visit Turkey for the investigation of Engin Altan’s complaint against Kashif Zameer

    A team of Punjab police is set to head Turkey for further investigation of Engin Altan’s complaint against TikToker Kashif Zameer.

    The officials will record statements of the Turkish actor and collect the agreement and fraudulent cheques issued by the accused Kashif Zameer.

    The team will be led by SP Investigation Ali bin Tariq. IG Punjab has sent a letter to the government at the request of Lahore police to get the blue passport for team members and permission for investigation.

    A fraud case was registered against Kashif Zameer at Race Course police station on the complaint of the Ertugrul hero, Engin Altan.

  • Case registered against five suspects for raping, killing goat in Okara

    Police booked five men for allegedly raping and killing a goat in Okara on Tuesday.

    According to the police, five men unchained a labourer’s goat and took it with them to a nearby compound. The suspects sexually assaulted the animal, tortured and killed it.

    As per reports, locals saw the suspects escaping after committing the crime.

    The owner of the goat registered a complaint with the police. Police registered a case against the five suspects.

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    Azhar Hussain, a local of Satghara police station, had his goat tied in front of his house which was untied by Naeem and his four partners. The suspects took the goat to a nearby compound where they tortured and raped it.

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    The goat was taken to a livestock hospital by the police. The medical report showed that the goat was raped before it was killed. Police have started a search operation to arrest the suspects.

    DPO Faisal Shehzad took notice of the incident and ordered Satghara SHO Javed Khan to detain the culprits as soon as possible. SHO Javed Khan said the suspects will be arrested soon.

    Residents of the area demanded from the police to strictly punish the culprits for the heinous crime.

  • ‘Go for it’: Malala encourages girls to ‘try cricket’

    ‘Go for it’: Malala encourages girls to ‘try cricket’

    Malala Yousafzai encourages girls to pick up a cricket bat and ball, tostop thinking and just try it.

    Malala, known for her activism for women empowerment and education, urged young women to believe in themselves.

    In an interview with Sky Sports, she stated that women should never be discouraged from playing sports on the basis of their gender.

    “Even today, when we see women cricket players playing in this stadium, they are sending a message to all girls out there that they can be in sports, they can be players, they can play any sport they want,” Malala stated in the video interview.

    She added that we already have multiple women role models who are changing history and sports are no exception.

    Malala expressed hope that we don’t limit women from dreaming – she encouraged girls to give it a try and “go for it” if they enjoy it.

    The Noble Peace prize winner is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley, where the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had at times, banned girls from attending school.

  • Antibodies from Sinovac’s Covid-19 shot fade after six months, booster helps: study

    Antibodies formed by Sinovac Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine drop below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot could have a strong boosting impact, a lab study has revealed. 

    According to details, Chinese researchers reported the results from a study of blood samples from healthy adults aged between 18-59 in a paper published on Sunday, which has not been peer-reviewed, reports Reuters.

    For participants receiving two doses, two or four weeks apart, only 16.9% and 35.2% respectively still had a level of neutralising antibodies above the threshold six months after the second dose, the paper said.

    Read More: Covid vaccination certificate necessary for domestic air travel from August 1

    Those readings were based on data from two groups involving more than 50 participants each, while the study gave third doses to a total of 540 participants.

    When participants in some cohorts were given a third dose, about six months after the second, neutralising antibody levels after a further 28 days had increased around 3-5 fold from the levels seen four weeks after the second dose, the study showed.

    The study was conducted by researchers at disease control authorities in Jiangsu province, Sinovac, and other Chinese institutions.

    Researchers notified the study did not test the antibodies’ effect against more contagious variants, and that further research was required to assess antibody duration after a third shot.

  • 19-year-old Shehroze Kashif sets world record by scaling K2

    A 19-year-old Pakistani, Shehroze Kashif, has made a world record by scaling the world’s second-highest mountain, K2. Kashif has become the youngest mountaineer in the world to summit K2.

    Following his feat, President Arif Alvi lauded the young man and congratulated him on his achievement.

    Former cricketer, Imran Nazir also took to Twitter to congratulate Kashif.

    Earlier this year, Shehroze Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to scale the world’s largest mountain above the seal level, Mount Everest.

  • Man with Covid-19 wears niqab to get on a flight, pretends to be his own wife

    Man with Covid-19 wears niqab to get on a flight, pretends to be his own wife

    An Indonesian man with Covid-19  boarded a flight from Jakarta to Ternate after wearing a niqab disguising as his own wife.

    As per reports, the man, who has been publicly identified only by the initials “DW,” boarded a Citilink domestic flight from Jakarta to Ternate wearing a burqa that covered him from head to toe.

    The man’s wife had tested negative for the virus so he attempted to use her ID and negative results to travel.

    A flight attendant reportedly told authorities that she saw “DW” go into bathroom of the plane, then came out wearing men’s clothes instead of the niqab.

    She reported it to the airport authorities in Ternate, who held the passenger  once he disembarked from the plane. 

    Read More: Indian couple gets married on plane to avoid Covid restrictions

    A health officer instantly tested him for Covid, and the PCR result came positive.  

    Ternate Covid task force operational head Muhammad Arif Gani said: ‘The airport immediately contacted the Ternate City Covid-19 Handling Task Force team to evacuate the man while wearing personal protective equipment, and then taking him in an ambulance to his house to self-isolate, where he will be supervised by Task Force officers.’

    Once he will be done with quarantine period, police said they intend to prosecute the man.

    Mr Gani said airport security will be updated with extra screening in response to the incident.

  • Teen on space flight tells Bezos he has never used Amazon

    Teen on space flight tells Bezos he has never used Amazon

    A Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveller told billionaire Jeff Bezos on the space flight that he had never ordered anything from Amazon.com.

    An 18-year-old physics student, Oliver Daemen, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk – the oldest person to go to space on a 10-minute space trip.

    Bezos funded exploration company Blue Origin by selling billions of dollars worth of stock in his online delivery business Amazon.

    “I told Jeff, like, I’ve actually never bought something from Amazon,” Daemen told Reuters in an interview on Friday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. “And he was like, ‘Oh, wow, it’s a long time ago I heard someone say that’.”

    Daemen, who was picked after another candidate bidding $28 million for the ride cancelled at the last minute, found out he would be joining the flight while on a family holiday in Italy.

    “They called and said: ‘Are you still interested?’ and we were like ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’”

    Daemen had dreamt of space travel since he was a kid.

    “We didn’t pay even close to $28 million, but they chose me because I was the youngest and I was also a pilot and I also knew quite a lot about it already.”

    “I don’t think I realised it until I was in the rocket: ‘Wow, it’s really happening’,” he said. “It was my ultimate, ultimate goal … but I never thought it was going to be this soon.”

    The crew was given safety training before the training, but nothing very hard, said Daemen.

    “That was super cool. It’s so weird to be weightless. It was easier than I had expected. It was kind of like being in the water.”

    Daemen, who is set to start at Utrecht University in September, said he was not sure what he wanted to do later in life, but would seriously consider a career in space travel.

    Asked what it was like travelling in a rocket ship with a billionaire, he answered with a wide smile: “They were super fun and all down to earth, as funny as that may sound.”