Tag: Pakistan

  • Murderer, rapist of seven-year-old girl turns out to be her own brother

    Murderer, rapist of seven-year-old girl turns out to be her own brother

    The brother of a 7-year-old girl who was strangled to death after being sexually assaulted has turned out to be her murderer.

    As per reports, the suspect was allegedly sexually abusing his sister for several months.

    The 14-year-old boy confessed to murdering his sister for fear of being caught by family members.

    District Police Officer (DPO) Bilal Iftikhar Kayani appreciated the police officers and gave cash rewards to personnel for tracing and arresting the suspect.

    Almost a  month ago, the police took action after a labourer, Abdul Ghafoor filed a complaint at Bada Ghar police station that his 7-year-old daughter had gone missing from the house.

    Bachiki In-charge police, Anjum Rizwan Cheema was directed to investigate the missing girl incident.

    He along with other police officers and personnel conducted a search operation for the missing girl in the village and nearby areas. Initially, the police could not find the minor girl.

    The next day after she was reported missing, the body of the girl was found in a field near the village. Initial investigations suggested she had been strangled to death after being raped.

    As soon as the incident was reported, DPO Kiani, Bada Ghar DSP Circle Mian Khalid Mehmood, SHO Muhammad Botha Dogar, and Bachiki in charge, collected proof after checking the scene.

    Police arrested the suspect after a search operation. Reportedly, the DNA sample of the victim’s brother had matched, indicating his involvement in the crime.

    The suspect has confessed to the crime during an investigation.

    Police officials added that Saqlain also confessed to sexually assaulting his little sister for several months.

    The juvenile suspect also stated that he had sexually assaulted animals.

    DPO Kiani remarked that this rape-cum-murder incident had reflected the moral decay of society. we need to revive our values to avoid such heinous crimes, he added.

    The DPO  said that he along with his team will organise awareness lectures in all educational institutions so that children can be told about their values. He appealed to the citizens to come forward and play their role in preventing such incidents. “We must provide our children with education as well as training.”

  • US says it recognises and supports Pakistan’s continued efforts to satisfy FATF

    US says it recognises and supports Pakistan’s continued efforts to satisfy FATF

    During a regular press briefing, the United States (US) State Department’s spokesperson Ned Price said, “We do recognise, and we support Pakistan’s continued efforts to satisfy the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) obligations,” reported Geo News.

    This statement comes after Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar admitted that Pakistan is on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) because of the “efforts of Narendra Modi’s government”.

    When asked to comment over Jaishankar’s admission, Price said that the US encourages Pakistan to continue working with FATF and the international community to swiftly complete the remaining action item.

    “We do further encourage Pakistan to expeditiously implement its new second action plan,” said Price.

    The spokesperson also commented on the alleged abduction of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter. “Afghanistan’s neighbours do have a role to play.”

    Price added, “I would add that tangible and material support for the Afghanistan peace process is vital for its ultimate success, as are the longer-term relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

    “We understand the crucial role that Pakistan has the potential to play in this regard as well,” said the US State Department’s spokesperson.

  • Delta variant most dominant in Karachi with 92 per cent cases

    Delta Variant has become the most dominant Covid-19 variant in Karachi, which accounts for 92 per cent of the infection cases in the city.

    “Our experts at the National Institute of Virology at the University of Karachi analysed 90 Covid samples on July 14 and 15, and of them, 83 or over 92 per cent, were of the Delta variant. This is an extremely alarming situation,” said Dr Iqbal Chaudhry, director of KU’s International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences.

    To deal with the rising number of Covid-19 cases, health officials have begun reserving more beds, wards, and human resources at two major tertiary-care hospitals in Karachi.

    “A surgical ward comprising 48 beds is being converted into a Covid-19 ward at the Civil Hospital Karachi [CHK], while the pulmonology ward at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre has also been put on standby to deal with the rising cases due to the Delta variant, which is now spreading like wildfire in the city,” a Sindh Health Department official told The News.

  • Larkana family of nine sets record for being born on same day

    Larkana family of nine sets record for being born on same day

    Larkana’s Amir Azad Mangi and his family have set up a world record for being born on the same day.

    As per reports, nine members of the family were born on August 1.

    The Guinness World Record has delivered a certificate to Mangi after recognising the record.

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    Nine members of the family include Mangi, his wife, and his children. The Larkana man also got married on the same date, i.e. August 1.

    An Indian family of five persons, who were born on the same day, holds the second position.

  • Pakistan on FATF grey list because of ‘Narendra Modi’s govt’, Pak to take action

    Pakistan on FATF grey list because of ‘Narendra Modi’s govt’, Pak to take action

    Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar admitted that Pakistan is on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) because of the “efforts of Narendra Modi’s government”.

    Jaishankar, while addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal efforts made on forums like G20 or G7 made nations realise that terrorism is everyone’s problem.”

    “FATF, as all of you know, keep a check on fundings for terrorism and deals with black money supporting terrorism. Due to us, Pakistan is under the lens of FATF and it was kept [on] the grey list. We have been successful in pressurising Pakistan and the fact that Pakistan’s behaviour has changed is because of pressure put by India by various measures. Also terrorists from LeT and Jaish, India’s efforts through UN, have come under sanctions,” Jaishankar reportedly told the BJP leaders, according to The Print.

    The Foreign Office (FO) responded by saying that the Indian foreign minister’s statement that the Modi government had ensured Pakistan remained on the FATF grey list had vindicated Pakistan’s longstanding stance on “India’s negative role” in the global financial watchdog.

    “Pakistan has always been highlighting to the international community the politicisation of FATF and undermining of its processes by India. The recent Indian statement is just further corroboration of its continued efforts to use an important technical forum for its narrow political designs against Pakistan,” read the FO statement.

    “While Pakistan has been sincerely and constructively engaged with FATF during the implementation of the action plan, India has left no stone unturned in casting doubts on Pakistan’s progress through disgraceful means,” said the FO statement.

    “Following the recent confession by [the] Indian government, India’s credentials for assessing Pakistan in FATF as co-chair of the Joint Group or for that matter any other country are subject to questions, which we urge FATF to look into,” the statement said.

    On June 25, FATF President Dr Marcus Pleyer said Pakistan would remain on the grey list till it addresses the single remaining item on the original action plan agreed to in June 2018 as well as all items on a parallel action plan handed out by the watchdog’s regional partner — the Asia Pacific Group (APG) — in 2019.

  • Court temporarily restricts Careem from calling its drivers ‘captains’

    Court temporarily restricts Careem from calling its drivers ‘captains’

    A civil court in Rawalpindi has restricted Careem, a private ride-hailing service, from calling its drivers ‘Captains’ after an airline pilot filed a petition against it, reports Dawn.

    Labeeb Ahmed, a pilot by profession who filed the complaint, says he has faced “humiliation and disgrace” over sharing his job title with the ride-hailing company’s staff.

    Furthermore, he stated that due to this, he felt intimidated and argued that the title of captain should either be reserved for a pilot or an officer of the armed forces.

    In his defence, he added that due to this use of the term “captain” for Careem drivers, he has to bear the jokes as people often confuse his job title with Careem captains. This has shattered his confidence very much.

    Civil Judge Rawalpindi Rao Ejaz Ahmed Awan restricted Careem for not using this word until the next hearing and ordered the company to submit its response by July 31.

  • PMA advises people to take precautions against ‘brain-eating’ amoeba

    PMA advises people to take precautions against ‘brain-eating’ amoeba

    The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has advised the residents of Karachi to take precautionary measures to avoid becoming a victim of Naegleria fowleri.

    According to details, Naegleria is a rare but deadly waterborne amoeba that grows in freshwater sources, reservoirs including poorly chlorinated water networks.
    It is advised to drink boiled water and not to wash face or bathe with polluted water.

    PMA officials Dr Qaiser Sajjad, Dr Samreen Sarfaraz and Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro shared this at a press conference at PMA House on Wednesday.
    They demanded that the government ensures to supply chlorinated water to residents to avoid any unpleasant situation.

    “Naegleria fowleri is a serious health issue. Recently, six deaths have been reported, five of them were from Karachi and one was from Balochistan, who also died in Karachi during treatment,” they said.

    They added: “We fear that unreported deaths would be higher than the reported ones. Unfortunately, safe water is not available to the vast majority of our population. People are compelled to consume contaminated water that causes waterborne diseases like typhoid, gastroenteritis, hepatitis A, E and cholera.”

    “The chief justice should take suo motu notice on this matter. It’s criminal negligence and responsible officials should be punished. We know that water has not been chlorinated at all for many years,” said Dr Mirza Ali Azhar heading PMA-Sindh chapter, adding that the general practitioners should be trained in disease diagnosis.
    “This contaminated water also carries a Naegleria fowleri amoeba, which enters into the brain through nostrils and starts damaging it and causes meningoencephalitis, which is fatal in 95 per cent cases and affected person dies eventually.”

    “Naegleria fowleri is found all over in moist soil, freshwater bodies, poorly chlorinated swimming pools and water supplying pipes. When water contaminated with Naegleria is sucked through the nose during bathing, rinsing the nose and ablution, it invades olfactory neuroepithelium and rapidly destroys brain tissue, which causes severe meningoencephalitis within 1-9 days,” they said.

    “The initial symptoms of the disease were headache, body ache, high-grade fever, drowsiness, fainting and coma,” they said, adding: “PMA is concerned over the fact that Naegleria fowleri has been reported from water being supplied by Karachi Water & Sewerage Board. The filtration and chlorination of potable water provided in the city is questionable.”

    They said that the water distribution system was defective allowing seepage of sewage in the domestic water supply that resulted in contamination and caused dangerous diseases.
    Besides, people should not have gone to non-chlorinated swimming pools, they added.
    The PMA representatives advised the people to put chlorine tablets (one tablet in 1,000 gallons of water) in their underground tanks.

    They said water tanks at homes, hospitals, schools, shopping malls and offices should be cleaned once a year.
    They said chlorine price has increased these days but people could use two tablespoons of bleach powder.

    People can make paste of it with water and put it into their water tanks at night. This would be enough for 500 to 1,500 gallons of water to help prevent Naegleria.

    The PMA requested all doctors, particularly general practitioners, to take it seriously if a patient shows symptoms of nausea, vomiting, headache and high-grade fever. Such a patient should be tested for Naegleria.

  • Taliban snatch three billion Pakistani rupees from Afghan forces

    Taliban snatch three billion Pakistani rupees from Afghan forces

    The Taliban have snatched three billion Pakistani rupees that they found at checkposts of Afghan security forces along a Pak-Afghan border crossing, reports Geo News.

     A statement released by the Afghan Taliban said that around Rs3 billion in Pakistani currency was found from the checkposts of the Afghan forces in the Spin Boldak area of ​​Kandahar, which was evacuated by the Afghan security forces.

    “The (Taliban) Mujahideen have captured an important border town called Wesh in Kandahar,” Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a statement.

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    “With this, the important road between (Spin) Boldak and Chaman and Kandahar customs have come under Mujahideen control.”

    Pakistan security forces confirmed the Taliban had captured the crossing. The Afghan defense ministry said it was checking developments.

    Analysts say the Rs3 billion amount was reportedly given by smugglers as a bribe to the Afghan forces. They say the Afghan intelligence agency, NDS, used the money to pay terrorists to plan attacks in Pakistan.

  • Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain passes away at 80

    Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain passed away in Karachi on Wednesday. His son, Arsalan Mamnoon, confirmed the news while talking to Geo News.

    Mamnoon Hussain was hospitalised for the last two weeks and was battling cancer.

    He served as the 12th President of Pakistan between September 2013 and September 2018.

    PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz expressed her condolences over the demise of Hussain.

  • Chaman border is now closed after reports of the Taliban capturing the crossing on the Afghan side

    Chaman border is now closed after reports of the Taliban capturing the crossing on the Afghan side

    The Afghan Taliban have claimed that they have captured the important Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, reports Geo News.

    “The (Taliban) Mujahideen have captured an important border town called Wesh in Kandahar,” a statement was given by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

    “With this, the important road between (Spin) Boldak, Chaman, and Kandahar customs have come under Mujahideen control.”

    “The Taliban have taken control of the Afghan side of the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing,” a Pakistani security source told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

    “They have raised their flag and removed the Afghan flag.”

    “The Pak-Afghan border at Chaman is on high alert,” said Levies officials. “Additional security has been deployed at the gate.” Pakistan has also suspended activities at the Chaman crossing point.

    “We are in contact with the local leadership of the Taliban on resuming trade and movement of people,” said Levies officials.

    Earlier this week, after seizing about one-third of Afghanistan’s districts, the Taliban swept through the northeastern Badakhshan province, reaching the mountainous border with China’s Xinjiang region.