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  • PM Imran ‘shocked’ over Ghotki train accident, orders thorough investigation

    PM Imran ‘shocked’ over Ghotki train accident, orders thorough investigation

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he was ‘shocked’ over the Ghotki train accident that resulted in the loss of lives of many passengers.

    As per reports, at least 50 passengers have lost their lives and 100 people were injured Monday morning when two passenger trains collided at Ghotki between the Raiti and Obaro railway stations.

    PM Khan has directed Railways Minister Azam Swati to arrive at the site and provide the affectees with medical assistance and support for families of the dead.

    “Shocked by the horrific train accident at Ghotki early this morning leaving 30 passengers dead. Have asked Railway Minister to reach the site and ensure medical assistance to the injured and support for families of the dead. Ordering a comprehensive investigation into railway safety fault lines,” PM Imran wrote in a Tweet.

    Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari also took to Twitter stating that the “the entire railway system in terms of safety and maintenance needs an overhaul”.

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    Army officers and Rangers workers have arrived at the site in Ghotki to help people with the relief and rescue operations, said the ISPR. Military doctors and paramedics have also reached the crash site. 

    This is a developing story.

  • VIDEO: Cop thrashed for secretly filming woman in bathroom

    VIDEO: Cop thrashed for secretly filming woman in bathroom

    A police constable in Bahawalnagar was beaten up by the locals on Friday after they allegedly caught him secretly recording a woman in a bathroom.

    As per reports, the constable was himself filmed by a resident while recording the woman. The video shows the cop trying to make the video through a vent while suspiciously looking around. Residents caught him red-handed and beat him for his immoral act.

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    In another video, the policeman can be heard saying that his backbone had been broken while the residents can be heard telling cops to check the video in his phone as a proof of his crime.

    Bahawalnagar’s SP Investigations Farooq Ahmad Anwar said that the accused has been suspended. An FIR has been filed against him at the Fort Abbas Police Station and an inquiry is underway.

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

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

    Police arrested a man in Faisalabad who drowned his three-year-old daughter in a lake as the child used to ‘disturb his sleep’.

    As per reports, the body of the child has been recovered from the lake while the suspect has been detained.

    During an inquiry, the man identified as Asif Javed confessed to the crime, saying that he used to spend sleepless nights due to the child’s ‘mischievous’ activities.

    The accused started speculating that the child has been kidnapped to get away from his crime.

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    According to police officials, the accused also sent his brother, Zulfiqar, to register a first information report (FIR) at the Sandal Bar Police Station regarding the ‘missing’ child.

    Following the news, a search for the child was initiated by the police and her body was recovered from a lake in Gojra. Further investigation and interrogation compelled Asif to confess his crime, police said.

    According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Mohammad Afzal, the accused had two daughters, the other is one-and-a-half-years old.

  • Who will get the Pfizer vaccine in Pakistan?

    Who will get the Pfizer vaccine in Pakistan?

    Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Thursday that the government has decided to prioritise giving the Pfizer vaccine to those who have a work visa. The government aims is to inoculate Hajj pilgrims and students proceeding for education abroad first.

    The federal minister said that the government is working hard to accelerate the vaccination process across the country so that restrictions are lifted and businesses are resumed.

    Umar, replying to a question, said that Pakistan had received a limited quantity of Pfizer this month and therefore, preference for its administration had to be given to some segments.

    However, he added, Pakistan would receive more doses of Pfizer in the future.

    The minister further warned that countries not accepting vaccination certificates of Chinese vaccines would turn out to be a problem for the entire world if a decision was not taken on the issue at the global level.

  • ‘A conspiracy could be hatched against Pakistan from abroad if social media not controlled’: CJ Lahore High Court

    ‘A conspiracy could be hatched against Pakistan from abroad if social media not controlled’: CJ Lahore High Court

    Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Qasim Khan, while hearing a case on offensive content on social media, observed that a conspiracy could be hatched against Pakistan from abroad if social media was not controlled.

    CJ LHC asked if a person could be tried in Pakistan for uploading hate material on social media from abroad or if a person was killed in Britain, could a trial be held in Pakistan. According to a report in The News, when the petitioner’s lawyer said that the law does exist under which a person could be tried in Pakistan for uploading objectionable material on social media while sitting abroad, CJ Qasim Khan got angry. He asked the lawyer to complete his preparation before coming up with arguments.

    CJ LHC observed that people can be instigated to rebel if social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram were not controlled.

    In April, CJ Khan had observed that civil servants should submit details of their cellular numbers and social media accounts to their relevant departments. He also asked departments to make a code of conduct for civil servants for social media use. He was hearing a petition against running a social media campaign against the judiciary after the arrest of an assistant commissioner on the orders of a civil judge in Sahiwal. Back in February, CJ LHC had ordered the director general FIA to constitute a committee to examine all YouTube channels as well as other social media accounts with videos against the judiciary and asked that proceedings against them should be initiated.

  • Indian channel Zee TV to re-run ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’

    Indian channel Zee TV to re-run ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’

    Indian channel Zee TV has recently announced to re-run Pakistan’s mega-hit drama serial ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai.’

    The drama was aired earlier on Zee–Zindagi, a channel launched by Zee TV for Pakistani, Turkish, and Indian serials. The show had to be pulled down due to the sociopolitical turmoil between the two neighboring countries, which worsened when a ban was imposed on Pakistani celebrities to work in India.

    The channel took to social media to break the news. The drama will be aired from 5th June at 12:00pm for two consecutive hours on weekends.

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    The drama serial directed by Sultana Siddiqui and written by Umera Ahmed was aired back in 2012 on Hum TV. This Fawad Khan-Sanam Saeed starrer is amongst the biggest television blockbuster of the last decade. It was also added to Netflix for transnational streaming in December 2015 with the current 4-star rating.

  • President Alvi stresses that Pakistan is not against Jews or Christians

    President Alvi stresses that Pakistan is not against Jews or Christians

    President Arif Alvi on Tuesday, in an address to the Second Conference of Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) countries, stressed that Pakistan is against genocide, not against Jews or Christians.

    “We are against genocide. We are not against Jews or Christians, but against all oppressors of humanity,” said Alvi.

    Alvi further added that Pakistan’s stance on Israel’s violations of human rights was “not anti-Semitic, but anti-Zionist.”

    “We will raise our voices against anyone who resorts to oppression,” the president said.

    He also said that labelling the freedom movement of Palestinians and Kashmiris as “terrorism” by Israel and India was an act of viewing the countries through the “prism of prejudice”.

    The president expressed confidence that the Muslim world would join hands in giving the world a strong message on Islamophobia.

  • Gwadar fisherman turns millionaire overnight after catching rare croaker fish

    Gwadar fisherman turns millionaire overnight after catching rare croaker fish

    Balochistan’s fisherman became a millionaire overnight as he caught a rare croaker (sowa) fish off the coast of Jiwani that he sold for a whopping Rs 8.6 million.

    As per reports, the weight of the rare croaker fish was 48 kilograms. It was sold in the Jiwani fish market on Sunday at a cost of Rs 150,000 per kg.

    The Deputy Director of Fisheries Ahmed Nadeem confirmed that a local fisherman of Koh-e-Sar Bazar named Waheed Baloch, hailing from Gwadar’s Pishukan village has caught the rare fish.

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    According to aquatic life experts, the sowa fish comes adjacent to the shores of Jiwani and nearby the sea in summers for breeding.

    The large croaker fish was very much in demand in Europe and China.

    Earlier, a fisherman called Abdul Haq had caught a croaker fish that was sold for Rs 780,000.

  • Court orders Shah Abdul Latif University to take law colleges exams delayed since three years

    Court orders Shah Abdul Latif University to take law colleges exams delayed since three years

    The Sindh High Court’s Sukkur bench on Tuesday ordered the Shah Abdul Latif University to hold the law college exams in phases.

    As per reports, the petition was filed by law students pleading that the university has not taken their examinations for the last three years.

    The Registrar of Shah Abdul Latif University was present in the court today.

    “Why the exams have not held for the last three years,” Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar asked the Registrar. “The papers were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic,” the university’s official replied.

    “The pandemic situation exists for one year but the papers have not been taken for the last three years,” the Justice remarked.

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    “You have put the future of hundreds of students at stake,” Justice Gorar added.

    “The university should arrange exams twice or thrice in a year to complete the students degree course within five years,” the bench ruled.

    The court also asked the university officials to prepare and submit the exams schedule to the court within two hours.

    In the last hearing, the court issued arrest warrants of the university’s registrar officer and ordered his presence in court for ignoring the court orders.

    The students’ counsel in the previous hearing said that in spite of strict orders, the registrar did not come to the court.

  • Relations with India would be ‘betrayal’ to Kashmir: PM

    Relations with India would be ‘betrayal’ to Kashmir: PM

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said that normalisation of terms with India would be a betrayal to the Kashmiri struggle.

    PM Imran held a live Question and Answer (Q&A) session with the public on Sunday. He said that “re-establishing ties with India would be ignoring all the struggle of Kashmiris as more than 100,000 people have martyred.”

    PM Imran said he tried to resolve problems with India through dialogue. However, it cannot be the case now as India has illegally annexed Kashmir. The normalisation of terms after this is a betrayal to the Kashmir cause, said PM Khan.

    “There is no doubt that trade will improve but all their [Kashmiris] blood will be wasted, so this cannot happen. This cannot happen that our trade improves at the cost of their blood.”

    Pakistan can resume talks if New Delhi reverses its longstanding semi-autonomous status of Indian Occupied Kashmir, he maintained.

    On August 5, 2019, Modi government revoked the status of Article 370 and other related provisions and split Kashmir into two federally controlled areas. The government also locked down the region, imposed movement restrictions while imposing communication blackout.

    In retaliation, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India while also suspending trade.