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  • Case filed against organisers for partying at tourist destination Hunza

    Case filed against organisers for partying at tourist destination Hunza

    A case has been filed against the people who organised a music and dance event in Hunza’s Gojal for spreading obscenity, reports Samaa.

    The organisers were berated after videos and pictures of the event went viral.

    A youth organisation had filed a complaint against the organisers at the Gulmit police station on June 16. The complainants said that the event was held in Passu from June 12 to June 15. People from across the country attended it.

    They said that tourists used drugs during the event, adding that some women were seen in “inappropriate” clothes and that is against the traditions and norms of Hunza. The event organisers disrespected the culture of the region.

    A case has been registered against Farhan Bhatti and his friends under section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Those convicted under the law can be sentenced to jail for a maximum of one year and carries a fine of Rs100,000.

    Following the controversial event, the district administration has decided to ban all music and cultural programmes in Hunza.

    Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Minister Raja Nasir Ali Khan said that the government wants to bring more tourists to the region and promote its tourist industry.

    “We will provide them all kinds of assistance but tourists must respect the culture and traditions of the region.”

    Prior to this, a Canadian traveller Rosie Gabrielle, who has been exploring the northern areas of Pakistan, took to social media to call out the local tourists for ‘destroying Hunza’s beauty’ and ‘spreading vulgarity’ in the area.

  • Govt to add 0.7m intermediate students in Waseela-e-Taleem

    The federal government has decided to add intermediate students to an educational conditional cash transfer project, the Waseela-e-Taleem programme.

    As per reports, Ehsaas board will have a meeting on June 24 for the final approval.

    Under the project. intermediate students are given cash grants from underprivileged families on the condition of 70 per cent attendance in school.
    The Ehsaas Steering Committee has approved the inclusion of higher secondary education in the programme.

    With such a development, they added that approximately 700,000 students would get the advantage and the government has planned to allot Rs5 billion worth of funds for the project in the next fiscal year.

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    The boys would get worth Rs3,500 cash stipend and girls would get worth Rs4,000 every quarter.

    Moreover, students from the 6th to 10th standard would also get conditional cash assistance under this programme According to the plan, boys in the above-mentioned class bracket would get worth Rs2,500 cash assistance and girls would get worth Rs3,000 stipend from July every quarter.

  • Pakistan’s Mariam Adil makes it to ‘Forbes Next 1000’

    Mariam Nusrat Adil, who hails from Pakistan, has made it to ‘Forbes Next 1000’.

    As per Forbes , “Mariam is a Pakistani national, is an education specialist at the World Bank, who set up not-for-profit GRID — Gaming Revolution for International Development — in 2016. Its aim is to create low-cost mobile games to educate, engage and empower people for positive social change. They include games on reproductive health, compassion for animals and climate change, amongst others. She claims total downloads have exceeded 15,000.”

    “The most successful is Nari Paila, a reproductive health game. One of Adil’s career highlights was presenting at sessions moderated by President Clinton at a Clinton Global Initiative University meeting. In March, she co-founded Gaming Revolution for International Development, which is building a platform that empowers people to create their own video games with no-code, at low-cost and lightning speed.”

    Mariam is the founder of the social-impact-gaming studio, GRID. Mariam holds two Masters Degrees, an MA in International Development Studies from George Washington University, USA and an MSc in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan.

    Earlier, this year in April Pakistani musician Abdullah Siddiqui Forbes list of ’30 under 30′ 2021 Asia list and in the same month chef Zahra Khan, made it to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in the Retail and E-commerce category

  • 4.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, parts of KP

    An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Islamabad and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday evening, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre website.

    There were no immediate reports of casualties or loss of property.

    According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the earthquake struck 25 kilometres southeast of Mingora in KP and had a depth of 20 km.

    Twitterati began reporting the tremors they had felt.

    In February, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake had struck several cities in Pakistan

  • Police make father of rape victim clean room, don’t file report

    Police make father of rape victim clean room, don’t file report

    A father who went to register a complaint of his daughter’s abduction and rape was forced to wash the room of the Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in Kasur.

    As per reports, a 16-year-old girl was abducted and raped in the Mandi Usmanwala area of Kasur police station.

    The girl’s father bribed ASI Irfan and made several other efforts to file a case against his daughter’s kidnappers. But instead of taking any legal action against the accused, the police officer forced the girl’s father to wash the floor of his room.

    The video of the father washing the ASI’s room did rounds on social media after which DPO Kasur took the notice of the incident. The ASI was suspended and an inquiry has been ordered against him.

  • Prankster arrested for harassing women for not wearing dupatta

    Prankster arrested for harassing women for not wearing dupatta

    A Gujranwala YouTuber, Khan Ali, has been arrested after posting videos of pulling a prank on women by giving them money and asking them to buy dupatta for themselves.

    A social media user, Sadaf Alvi, shared a video of the YouTuber requesting police officer Amna Baig to take action against him.

    Amna Baig tagged CPO Gujranwala to look into the matter after which he was arrested by the Gujranwala Police.

    According to CPO Gujranwala, Sarfaraz Ahmed Falki, the YouTube prankster was arrested by a team of Gakhar Mandi police led by SP Saddar Abdul Wahab for harassing and humiliating women in the name of prank videos.

    He said that an FIR has been filed against Khan Ali under relevant laws and an inquiry is underway, adding that protecting the dignity of citizens is the top priority of Gujranwala Police.

    The YouTuber apologised for his actions in a video message.

    The prankster runs a YouTube channel, ‘Velle Loog Khan Ali’, with 323,000 subscribers.

  • ‘Local tourists spreading vulgarity,’ Rosie Gabrielle calls out visitors to Hunza

    ‘Local tourists spreading vulgarity,’ Rosie Gabrielle calls out visitors to Hunza

    Canadian traveller Rosie Gabrielle, who has been exploring the northern areas of Pakistan, took to social media to call out the local tourists for ‘destroying Hunza’s beauty’ and ‘spreading vulgarity’ in the area.

    Rosie shared a post, ‘Keep The North Pure’ with the pictures of the pollution caused by the local tourists, a collage of an event and a few screenshots of her conversation with distressed residents.

    Sharing a detailed post, she wrote, “Since covid happened & travelling outside the country has decreased, there’s been an influx of people flocking north.”

    “But instead of bringing just their smiles & leaving only good memories, they are bringing bad behaviours, drugs, vulgarity, rave parties & leaving a lot of TRASH!,” she added.

    She further wrote, “I understand that people need to express themselves, release pent up energies & get out of their suffocating lives. But coming to a sacred land, feeling privileged & entitled to destroy it, bringing your toxic habits to innocent communities is NOT okay!”

    Sharing that some locals reached out to her with their concerns, she stated, “I received countless msg’s from local Hunza people, PLEADING me to help stop this carnage. They are losing their traditional values, indigenous cultures & land. Because this world is not ours to destroy. These lands & cultures are not yours to abuse.”

    She ended her post by saying, “The north is PURE, PLEASE KEEP IT THAT WAY ?? or STAY HOME!”

  • Man beats wife for spending money without permission

    Man beats wife for spending money without permission

    A Gujranwala resident, identified as Usman Arshad cruelly beat his wife for spending money without his permission, in front of his children and maid who tried to stop him but he continued beating her.

    A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him by his wife and it stated that the incident took place on June 10 in Gujranwala’s DC Colony area, reported Geo News.

    While the suspect has been under arrest on the charges of domestic violence.

    Further reports reveal that CCTV footage has also been found by the Polic that can be used as an important evidence against the accused. The man is also suspected to have an affair.

    Read More– Helplines for women facing violence during the the COVID crisis.

    Domestic violence cases are increasing gradually in the country. Last year, Government officials reported a 25% increase in domestic violence incidents during the lockdown across the eastern Punjab province.

    Meanwhile, the federal government has launched the app ‘Helpline 1099’ to report domestic violence or one can simply call at 1099.

  • Madadgar 15 cop turns out to be street criminal

    Madadgar 15 cop turns out to be street criminal

    Police arrested a Madadgar 15 cop who was involved in street crimes in Karachi.  

    As per reports, the Shah Faisal police arrested Madadgar 15 cop, Aqeel and his two partners after an inquiry was done against the suspect.

    The police took an action against the cop after numerous complaints were reported by several citizens.

    The police also recovered one pistol, three mobile phones and a wallet from their possession. Police also filed a FIR against the gang.

    Also Read: Police arrest Faisalabad man for drowning 3-year-old daughter in lake for ‘disturbing his sleep’

    There has been a sharp increase in robbery incidents in Karachi. Earlier, a gang posing as officials of the police’s special branch robbed the house of the mother of ex-Karachi commissioner.

    The muggers posing as the police officials managed to enter the house of the mother of former Karachi commissioner, Sohail Rajput and looted cash and other valuables.

  • 25 school children rushed to hospital due to power outage in intense heat

    25 school children rushed to hospital due to power outage in intense heat

    At least 25 children in Islamabad were taken to a nearby hospital after they fainted due to intense heat on Wednesday. 

    As per reports, students of a school in Islamabad’s Bara Kahu area suffered due to the scorching heat and power outage. The nose of the students started bleeding after which their teachers poured water over their heads and took them to a nearby health facility for first aid. 

    Picture Credit: Dunya News

    After the incident, 200 school children were allowed to go home from the Federal Government School due to loadsheding.

    Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy took to Twitter and announced that the power shortfall has increased to 1,500 Mega Watt (MW) and the citizens are requested to use the electricity sensibly.