Mianwali police on Wednesday arrested an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) for raping a woman in the Mianwali district of Punjab.
Police said the incident reportedly occurred in the Highway Colony area of Mianwali. A case was registered against the ADC, adding that the woman is a resident of Lahore.
The accused has been shifted to City Police Station for further investigation.
According to the rape survivor’s statement the ADC raped her on the pretense of marriage.
Trigger Warning: Murder
Two young girls became victims of honour killing in a neighborhood in Kasur on Tuesday.
Police said the tragic incident took place at Haveli Nathuwali, a village on the outskirts of Kasur, where a man named Saeed shot and killed his daughters in what is being suspected to be a case of honour killing. The father later escaped.
The deceased have been identified as Alishba and Nadia. Both the bodies have been shifted to a hospital, the police have confirmed.
Officials further said a case has been registered against the runway suspect and further investigation is underway.
A concerning development has emerged in Lahore as the first suspected case of brain-eating amoeba, known as Naegleria Fowleri, has been reported in the city on Tuesday.
DAWN has said that reports from a private laboratory revealed that a young patient has possibly tested positive for Naegleria. The patient was mmediately transferred to Services Hospital for isolation and further investigations.
The lab’s report stated, “Amoeboid movement observed, suggesting the possibility of Naegleria fowleri,” and promptly notified the management of the government-run Services Hospital about the results.
The news has sparked alarm among the public and health authorities alike.
Medical experts have identified Naegleria fowleri as a free-living amoeba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a disease affecting the central nervous system.
The Medical Superintendent of the hospital said the patient had been experiencing symptoms such as headache and fever since the past four days. The patient’s medical history is currently under investigation to confirm the Naegleria case, he added.
A team of experienced medical professionals has been assigned to the patient’s treatment, while separate investigations have been initiated by the health department’s teams.
It was further reported that a group of public health experts from the Lahore District Health Authority (DHA) visited Services Hospital and found the patient unconscious.
The DHA team also visited the patient’s residence in Ichhra, where the patient’s family informed the doctors that he had recently spent time with friends in the DHA Lahore. They also clarified that the patient had not visited Karachi, where Naegleria cases have recently been reported.
The DHA has formed additional teams tasked with inspecting all swimming pools and sources of clean drinking water in the city.
In order to reduce the risk of contracting this highly infectious amoeba, the official recommended that the public use chlorinated water for domestic purposes. They also urge parents to take preventive measures and ensure the safety of their children and family members by avoiding swimming pools that have not been properly chlorinated.
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The end of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s $15.7 million partnership with Spotify has been the subject of much commentary in news media. The parting of ways had a lot to do with production hurdles, mismanagement and simple laziness on the part of the Sussexes who put out only one season of one podcast.
According to the Wall Street Journal, at one point, Meghan Markle sent a personal letter to Taylor Swift, requesting the pop star to make an appearance on her show, which had also featured celebrities like Serena Williams, Paris Hilton and Mariah Carey. But the ‘Midnight Rain’ singer rejected the invitation through a representative.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had set up multiple content-creation deals with production giants like Spotify and Netflix, after the duo had announced that they were stepping down from their positions as senior members of the Royal Family.
They had signed a three year deal with Spotify, which was worth around £15.7 million.
However, insiders report that the Duke and Ducchess’ production company, Archwell, had been unable to reach production benchmarks required to justify the payout.
Another report by WSJ revealed that there were several production mishaps and mismanagement in the process, including Markle making last-minute changes to the episodes. The partnership also failed to honor a term in their deal that Harry and Meghan would be directly innvolved in the production and voicing the podcasts.
Spotify executives were also reportedly frustrated by the length of time it had taken for Archwell to finalise the idea about Meghan’s show, and also put together a team for production to begin.
Netflix too is reportedly contemplating ending ties with the royal duo.
Whatever the reasons for ending the lucrative deals, we can safely say that not even a personal invite from the Duchess of Sussex was enough to impress the reigning queen of pop.
Jahangir Khan Tareen, the disgruntled former leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former confidante of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, credited with helping form the 2018 government, has formally established the “Istehkam-e-Pakistan” political party on Thursday in Lahore.
Former PTI leaders Imran Ismail, Aleem Khan and Ali Zaidi were also present at the press conference to announce the launch.
The party comprises of more than 100 former National Assembly members and leaders of PTI.
“During my long journey in politics, I got the opportunity to meet and work with several people. I learned a lot from this experience,” said Tareen while addressing a press conference.
He said he joined the PTI because he was confident the party would “implement all the reforms that Pakistan needed and still needs”.
Tareen further said that the events of May 9 have changed the politics of Pakistan.
Trigger warning: Murder
A father has allegedly killed his daughter in the name of honour by setting her on fire in Jhang, Punjab.
As per the details, the father took help of his other children to kill Masooma Bibi.
The girl was shifted to hospital in critical condition, where she breathed her last after giving a statement.
The deceased accused her siblings and father of orchestrating the heinous act.
Police have registered the case and have arrested six suspects, including the father.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi along with 80 other members of the party have been put on a no-fly list on Thursday. Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bukhari, Fawad Chaudhry and Hammad Azhar have also been added to the no-fly list.
The names of PTI leaders were added to the list on the advice of the relevant institutions.
The Ministry of Interior had been asked by the police department, National Accountability Bureau, and anti-corruption department to add these names to the list.
According to Dawn, Lahore police on Wednesday requested that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) place a one-month travel ban on 700 PTI leaders.
Turkey will have a runoff for the first time in its history, as none of the presidential candidates could secure an absolute majority in elections.
The second round of voting will take place on May 28.
Tayyip Erdogan received 49.51 per cent of the vote, while his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, came in second at 44.88 per cent.
The third presidential candidate, Sinan Ogan, a nationalist politician, finished third at 5.17 per cent.
Erdogan needs to win this election to extend his 20-year rule.
“I wholeheartedly believe we will continue to serve our people in the coming five years,” said Erdogan on Monday.
Pakistan will take a trip Down Under later in the year to take on Australia for the Benaud-Qadir Trophy. Three Tests – part of the third World Test Championship cycle – will be played at Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in December and January.
The tour will open at the Perth Stadium on 14 December and it will mark the first instance of Pakistan playing a Test at the venue. The two teams will face off in the Boxing Day Test at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground from 26 till 30 December and the third and final match will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from 3 January, 2024. Pakistan has played 10 Tests at the MCG and eight at the SCG – at both venues they have won two matches each.
In the lead-up to the series, Pakistan will play a four-day warm-up to acclimatise to the conditions Down Under.
This will be Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s third Test tour of Australia. The prolific stroke-maker previously landed on the Australian soil in December 2016, under Misbah-ul-Haq’s captaincy, and November 2019, when Azhar Ali was the captain of the side.
The right-hander has 278 runs – including a century – in five Tests. On the 2019 tour, Babar scored a century in the second innings in the first Test in Brisbane and followed it up with a 97 at Adelaide.
Naseem Shah made his Pakistan debut at Brisbane in November 2019 and since has evolved as a mainstay in Pakistan’s bowling line-up across all formats. The right-arm speedster has 80 wickets in 42 matches.
Pakistan last toured Australia for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and finished as the finalists.
The Benaud-Qadir Trophy was launched in 2022 when Australia arrived in Pakistan after 16 years for a three-Test series. Pat Cummin’s side bagged the first iteration as they bagged the series 1-0 after defeating Pakistan in Lahore in the third and final Test.
Schedule
14-18 Dec: First Test, Perth Stadium
26-30 Dec: Second Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground
3-7 Jan: Third Test, Sydney Cricket Ground
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar (BISEP) on Saturday announced new dates for exams that were postponed due to the law and order situation of the country.
As per the new schedule, the exam for 10th-grade mathematics will be held on May 19, 9th-grade mathematics on May 20, 10th-grade chemistry on May 22, and 9th-grade chemistry on May 23.
The rest of the exams, including biology and Pakistan studies, will be held as per schedule.
On the other hand, schools In Punjab that were closed due to countrywide protests against the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, were reopened on Saturday.
The former Prime Minister reached his Zaman Park residence in Lahore late on Friday night from the capit