A Karachi-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore on Friday crashed a bit over a minute away from the port city’s airport, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sources said.
The plane that crashed in Karachi’s Model Colony, was reportedly carrying 95 passengers.
A video available with The Current showed houses located in the locality’s Jinnah Bagh area on fire.
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Rescue teams are en route to the site of the crash, a cloud of thick black smoke can be seen over which.
Eid ul-Fitr means new beginnings, celebrations and eating a lot of food and starting this exciting day with something sweet. Keeping in view the social distancing rules, everyone must avoid going out unnecessarily but that doesn’t mean we give up on our sweet tooth.
Here are a few places where you can order Eid cakes online and have them delivered to your doorstep.
Waima’s Kitchen
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Wasimas-kitchen-102480028076161/
Baked Temptations by Saira
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Baked.Temptations.by.s/
Rabi’s Food Studio
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/rabifoodstudio/
Cake Cloud
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cakecloudlahore/
The Baking Studio
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thebakingstudiolhr/
Theobroma
If you’re a fan of the Tres Leches, then the Tres Leches from Obroma is a must-have. Order it now and thank us later.
Vanilla by Hafsa Zulfiqar
The richest, creamist chocolate cake you’ll ever have.
Cakesh
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cakeshbysadiakanwal/
Contact Number: 03343324381
Sugar Mama
Their Lotus Cheesecake is a bestseller and one everyone needs to try at least once. They are also offering a variety of Eid packages you can send to your loved ones.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sugarmama.khi/
Pie in the Sky
Website: https://pieinthesky.com.pk/
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member of Punjab Assembly Shaheen Raza passed away on Wednesday, two days after she tested positive for coronavirus and was shifted to an isolation ward at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital.
While the cause of death earlier remained unclear as Mayo Hospital CEO Dr Asad Aslam said she was also a patient of blood pressure and diabetes, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar confirmed that his colleague had succumbed to COVID-19.
He separately also expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the death, and extended sympathies to the bereaved family.
On Saturday night, Raza was quarantined at a district headquarters (DHQ) hospital after symptoms of coronavirus. Her test sample was sent to a laboratory that on Sunday confirmed she had contracted the deadly virus.
On the instruction of CM Buzdar, the MPA was later shifted to Mayo Hospital and put on a ventilator.
Raza becomes the first lawmaker in Pakistan to succumb to the virus that has so far claimed at least 324,970 lives across the globe and over 900 in Pakistan.
A woman was shot and injured in what was allegedly a robbery incident in the posh Model Town neighbourhood of Lahore.
According to the details, a robber shot and injured the woman at an ATM and made off with cash from her at the colony’s Bank Square market.
“The robber intercepted the woman and demanded cash and upon resistance, he opened firing leaving the woman injured,” an eyewitness said.
Rescue 1122 responded to the emergency and shifted the victim to Hameed Latif Hospital while police reached the crime scene and collected forensic evidence.
An official, on the condition of anonymity, told The Current that while it seemed like a robbery, it is highly unlikely for robbers to shoot a victim multiple times and that too in broad daylight.
Meanwhile, an Instagram user, who claims to know the woman, has shared further details of the alleged robbery and an update on the victim’s health while also posting a horrifying video of the incident.
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Further investigation is underway.
It merits a mention here that while coronavirus lockdowns across the country have seen a significant decrease in street crime, experts believe such incidents of robberies are being led to owing to the economic crisis due to the pandemic.
The Lahore police have arrested a serial killer identified as Ejaz alias Jajji, who killed his victims by giving them massages.
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the accused confessed to killing five people during initial interrogation. The police revealed that Jajji worked as a masseur (a person who provides massage professionally) and used his profession to lure victims. He would convince his clients to go to a deserted place to avail his services and would snap their neck bone or stab them to death while giving them a massage.
After murdering them, he would rob them of their valuables and escape.
Jajji murdered at least four men in Lahore and also confessed to committing a murder in Rawalpindi. While he has now been nabbed by the police, the search for his two accomplices is still underway.
The police said that though this case was unique, it was not unheard of. They explained that masseurs are experts in veins and blood pressure points in the body that are closely linked with the nervous system. In the past, dozens of cases have been reported in which people were rendered unconscious using massaging techniques so that swindlers could loot their ‘clients’. The practise is reportedly common in areas like Data Darbar and Yadgar. Such looting tactics are locally known as “applying formula”.
The police expressed their concern over this new trend of murdering people and said that they are investigating it.
One pilot and three flight attendants of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), who had performed duties on a special flight from Melbourne to Lahore, have tested positive for the new coronavirus — COVID-19.
As per the details, the national carrier last month ran a one-off flight from Melbourne to Lahore to help hundreds of Pakistanis return home from Australia.
With the country having blocked all international commercial flights since mid-March — a ban that’s now set to continue for an indefinite period of time — many of the country’s residents have struggled to find a path back to their homeland, making government repatriation flights a necessity.
A PIA Boeing 777-200LR first flew from Lahore to Melbourne on Friday, April 24. PK8962 departed Pakistan at 5 pm local time, reaching Melbourne the next day at 10:30 am after a journey of 12 hours and 30 minutes.
Allowing time for the crew to rest before the return leg, the Melbourne-Lahore flight, PK8972, departed at 1 pm on April 26, reaching the provincial capital of Punjab at 9 pm the same day, 13 hours after wheels-up.
PIA’s Boeing 777-200LR jets can normally accommodate up to 310 passengers, but this repatriation service from Melbourne was capped at 250 passengers.
Over a week on, reports say that three crew members of the special flight have tested positive for coronavirus.
The crew members of PIA were earlier awaiting their COVID-19 test results and have now been shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore. Among them are flight attendants Waqar Farooqui, Sofia Shaikh and Ahmed Ammad as well as first officer Shakil Akram.
The lockdown imposed by the Punjab government to control the spread of coronavirus has caused inconvenience to many citizens especially daily wage workers and vendors.
Among those affected by the lockdown are flower vendors, who are facing the same problems as everything is shut down and no events are happening in the province. At this time, what we can do is order some flowers to help them earn their living. And they are selling these at cheaper rates.
This guy Danish is in contact with three to four different vendors and is helping them to sell their flowers They do not deliver. They have roses, glass and statice.
Florist Safder
You can contact the florist at 0333-4120804.
You can buy:
Glads for Rs 25
Statice Rs 100 per dozen
Aster cluster for Rs 100
Roses for Rs 100 per dozen
They also deliver at home. Delivery charges vary according to the area.
The Lahore Safari Park has sold fourteen lions because lack of funds and resources has made it impossible for the park’s management to arrange food for the animals and birds housed there. The park was already facing financial issues before the lockdown was implemented but after that, their problems seem to have increased.
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the lions were sold because there were a large number of them in the park and taking care of their diet and other needs is not an easy task. The management said that caring for these animals costs millions of rupees and 90 percent of their budget. Officials said a lion is given eight to nine kilogrammes of meat and few litres of milk every day. The daily cost of the lions’ food is about Rs30,000, which amounts to about Rs900,000 per month and Rs10.8 million annually.
There are 37 African breed lions and lionesses and five tigers, including a white tiger, two jaguars and two pumas in the Safari Park.
It was further reported that seven African lions and seven African lionesses were sold for Rs2.1 million through an auction. Each lion was sold for approximately Rs 150,000 and they were only handed over to the buyers after all the legal obligations had been fulfilled. They have been sold to breeders who have registered with the wildlife department and have facilities for keeping lions.
Out of the 14 lions sold, 12 had minor issues related to breeding. According to Punjab Wildlife Director Mohammad Naeem Bhatti, 12 of the lions sold were suffering from partial disability.
“Someone had problems with paws and others with bones,” he said, adding that the administration was forced to sell them due to disabilities and lack of resources.
Rumours that Al-Fatah’s large department store at Hussain Chowk in Gulberg, Lahore had employees that tested positive for coronavirus was doing the rounds this week. The store was closed and customers were told that the closure was for fumigation and that the rumours were false. Delivery was still open.
When DIG Operations Lahore was asked on Twitter whether the rumours were true or false, he confirmed that three employees tested positive for coronavirus and that the store was closed.
Lahoris also alleged that Al Fatah had posted a notice denying the rumours and had deleted the notices today.
There were notices posted outside the store and people called in to find out what was going on. People who called were told that there was fumigation going on but the news of positive cases was not true.
The notice, which was saved by twitter users is now circulating on the social media platform with people asking why it was deleted.
As the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus stays in place and animal rights activists voice concerns over strays starving to death, a heartwarming video over the internet has shown a Punjab Police cop buying food and feeding stray dogs by the side of a road.
“If only people considered us policemen as humans. Forgive our mistakes. We are your servants. We deserve that much love,” wrote Lahore’s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Investigation Dr Inam Waheed as he tweeted the video that showed the cop, namely Ishtiaq, buying food and feeding it to dogs.
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Here’s what Twitterati, including celebrities, have to say about it:
“I salute such great people,” wrote another user.
Earlier, amid appeals by activists to take care of strays during the lockdown, heartwarming stories had surfaced of people helping animals suffering and adjusting to the changes caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
“During the lockdown, animals have been abandoned in cages in markets and pet stores in Karachi. Many have starved and died. Dr Sheila is a vet working tirelessly to help collect, vaccinate and find shelter for these poor animals. Please, please, please donate. And share,” tweeted a user.
Another user shared the picture of a group of volunteers feeding monkeys.
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