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  • Sikh trader injured in robbery attempt in Peshawar, community protests outside hospital

    Sikh trader injured in robbery attempt in Peshawar, community protests outside hospital

    A Sikh trader, Pepinder Singh, was shot and injured during a robbery attempt at a hakeem’s shop in Peshawar, reports The Express Tribune.

    The robber was fleeing the crime scene after stealing cash and other valuables. When Singh resisted the robbery attempt, the thief opened fire. People around the shop caught the robber and handed him over to the police.

    Singh was rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital in critical condition. Fortunately, he survived a bullet injury. The members of the Sikh community gathered outside the hospital to protest against the incident.

    Sikh community leader, Dr Sahib Singh said that Pepinder Singh was targeted but now his condition is out of danger. He also stated that Singh was shot in the foot.

    While talking to The Express Tribune, Superintendent of Police (SP) Saddar Circle, Farhan said that the police reached the crime scene and arrested the accused.

    He revealed that a passer-by also sustained some injuries in the robbery incident but added that it is too early to say why the accused opened fire on Singh.

    According to the police officials, the accused has been identified as Ahmad who is a resident of Peshawar. He is a drug addict and also involved in other criminal activities.

    Last year in October, a similar incident happened when unidentified men shot down a Sikh hakeem near Charsadda Bus Stand in Peshawar.

  • ‘Aamil’ did not instruct pregnant woman to hammer nail in head, husband claims

    ‘Aamil’ did not instruct pregnant woman to hammer nail in head, husband claims

    Ahmed Sabir, husband of a pregnant woman who allegedly hammered a nail in her head a few days ago on the instructions of an ‘Aamil [faith healer]’ has denied any involvement of the faith healer in the incident.

    Sabir, while speaking with journalists on Thursday, claimed that his wife is suffering from a mental illness for a long period of time. She had previously received treatment from psychiatrists.

    Sabir rejected all media reports that he had threatened his wife that he will divorce her and remarry if she did not give birth to a boy. He revealed that this woman is his second wife with whom he has three children, including two sons. He has eight children with his first wife, including four sons.

    While talking to journalists, he said, “You people would not believe this, but she is possessed by spirits.”

    Sabir said that his second wife had previously jumped from their house, which is a three-storey building.

    Earlier, a statement was given by Sabir’s wife that an ‘Aamil’ instructed her to hammer a nail into her skull when she found out that she was about to deliver a daughter again from an ultrasound.

    She got injured and was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, and underwent emergency surgery to remove the nail from her skull.

    The woman left the hospital with her family after the nail was removed from her head.