Prime Minister Imran Khan body-shamed his special assistant for Information and broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan.
In a video doing the rounds on social media, PM Imran can be seen travelling with a group of government officials including Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq and Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar.
Video shows PM saying “ Bayth jayain. Koi casuality na nah ho jaye”
نیازی صاحب نے فردوس عاشق کو کہا “آپ بیٹھ جائیں کوئی casualty نہ ہو جائے۔ چوہدری سرور اور جہانگیر چیکو کے قہقہے سنیں pic.twitter.com/4wQlINIBW0
A month after Balochistan University’s Vice Chancellor Dr. Javed Iqbal stepped down to allow an inquiry into allegations that the administration used surveillance videos to blackmail students, the university has come up with a ‘solution’ for sexual harassment.
Vice Chancellor Javed Iqbal resigned from his post after blackmail allegation protests
According to a notice by the university, “Strict compliance to all students admitted in BS/Masters Study Programmes, that wearing of student uniforms…shall be mandatory.” This notice will be in effect for March 1st 2020.
“After March 1, 2020 no student (boy/girl) will be allowed to enter into the university premises without wearing the prescribed uniform,” the statement added.
The protests started in October when 20 students filed complaints that the university administration allegedly blackmailed students with video recordings from CCTV cameras. The administration then asked for sexual favours, marriage proposals and “friendship messages”, students told SAMAA TV.
Female students protesting the administration-led alleged blackmailing of students
Women left their hostels to go back home since they weren’t feeling comfortable at the university.
The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) was ordered by the Balochistan High Court to investigate the matter.
Public outrage led to protests across the country in October
The FIA said that the investigation is in the final stages but not a single employee of the university has been arrested. Balochistan parliament set up a 10-member committee to also monitor the issue but no further details have been given since October.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned after nearly 14 years in power, amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month, BBC reported.
According to reports, the head of the army had also called on him to go after protests broke out against his election win and auditors found irregularities with the poll. Morales, however, said he had been the victim of a coup.
He said he was leaving to help protect families of political allies after their homes were burned down. In a televised address, he urged protesters to “stop attacking the brothers and sisters, stop burning and attacking”.
The 60-year-old also aimed criticism at what he called the “civic coup” which led to his resignation. Morales ally and Senate President Adriana Salvaterria later said she too would step down shortly after the president.
Morales later tweeted that a police officer had told him they were in possession of an “illegal” warrant for his arrest and that his home had been attacked by violent groups.
One of PM Khan’s best friends, UK millionaire Aneel Mussarat is incredibly fond of taking selfies – whether the person with him knows or not. Aneel was also present at the Kartarpur Inauguration and in a widely circulated video of Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Aneel is seen trying to take a selfie with Manmohan and is pushed aside by Manmohan’s guards.
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has been released on bail, the only condition being that she cannot leave the country. Speculations regarding her joining Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ have already begun.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday served a show-cause notice to Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan for her anti-judiciary press conference.
Awan, while criticising the judiciary for granting former premier Nawaz Sharif bail on medical grounds, had on Tuesday said that the court had been “brought to order during the evening only to provide justice to jailed Nawaz”.
“This will open a floodgate of similar requests by prisoners suffering from various diseases,” she had said.
“While maligning the honourable courts [she] went to say that the case of the accused was heard during the evening ‘as a special dispensation’,” read Wednesday’s show-cause notice highlighting Awan’s remarks.
The IHC observed that Awan “made an attempt to scandalise the court in the eyes of the public, thereby, tried to lower the esteem of the judiciary.” Seeking reason as to why the court should not proceed with contempt of court against the premier’s aide, IHC also summoned her on November 1.
At least five officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) have stepped up to donate blood to ailing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, ARY News reported.
According to reports, the blood group of the former prime minister (PM) is O+ve and Lahore’s Services Hospital — where Nawaz is admitted — has already cross-matched it with that of the five NAB officials.
The jailed ex-PM was shifted to the hospital after a precarious drop in his platelet count on Monday night, requiring an emergency response.
Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid has said that a six-member medical board comprising senior doctors is examining Nawaz and trying to figure out the cause behind his deteriorating health.
A VVIP room of Services Hospital has been declared as sub-jail for the former premier, while PM Imran has wished him good health and ordered the provincial government to ensure best treatment facilities.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s conditioned worsened as his platelet count fluctuated and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, who was earlier denied permission to meet him, was allowed to do so. After her meeting with her father, she was admitted in the same hospital but family sources are now saying that the government wants to take Maryam back to the hospital “at any cost”.
Police has arrived at the Services Hospital to take @MaryamNSharif back to Kot Lakhpat jail. Police has told the hospital authorities that its under instructions from the govt to take Maryam back to jail at any cost.
Earlier, on Wednesday, a judge had denied Maryam’s request to meet her father but the government gave her permission last night.
VIDEO: Maryam Nawaz reaches the hospital last night
Senior leadership, including Nawaz’s brother, Shehbaz Sharif, also went to visit Nawaz at Services Hospital in Lahore.
Sources say that Nawaz says that he wants to die in jail and that people have died in jail before. According to journalist Zahid Gishkori, doctors have said that Nawaz should get treatment abroad but the former PM is refusing to go out of the country. Reporters are also stating that a doctor has been flown in from Karachi to conduct further tests.
Alert: Nawaz Sharif’s health enters into a danger zone.Doctors gave him go ahead to get treatment abroad. But Nawaz Sharif is not ready for it. Family members are in “to be or not be” situation. #NawazSharif
Journalist and senior anchor, Meher Bokhari tweeted about PM Khan’s reaction to the news, saying that the Prime Minister asked how he could be blamed for Nawaz’s health. She said that when she asked him about it, he “threw his arms up with a bewildered look on his face,” and said, “Am I the doctor? Am I the court? How am I being blamed for this?” and then called “Buzdar to arrange for Maryam to see NS”.
I asked #PMImranKhan today abt #NawazSharif deteriorating health & him being blamed for it. He threw his arms up w a bewildered look on his face, “Am I the doctor? Am I the court? How am I being blamed for this?” Right after briefing he called Buzdar to arrange 4 Mariam to see NS
As #NawazneedsUNhelp starts trending on Twitter last night, people have also started Whatsapp groups to pray for Nawaz’s health and others are asking for international help, claiming that Nawaz has been poisoned.
This is an emergency appeal to #UNOHCHR and #AmnestyInternational to take immediate action to save precious life of #NawazSharif who was reportedly poisoned in jail with proper medical aid denied to let him die. Please raise your voice ASAP to rescue him. #NawazNeedsUNhelp
Famous TikTok girl Hareem Shah, who became an internet sensation after her viral videos with influential political leaders took the country by storm, has now been spotted allegedly at the Prime Minister’s (PM) Secretariat.
A video doing rounds over the internet showed Hareem walking around a conference room as a song plays in the background. She then pulls out a chair and gets seated.
While journalist Adeel Raja has claimed that the video has been shot at the PM’s Office, The Current has learnt that it was actually recorded at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, focal person to the PM, Dr Arslan Khalid, has also rubbished the claims.
This is not PM secretariat, just because a journalist tweeted everybody started to spread this Fake News. It’s Foreign Office and investigation at foreign office is already underway that how she entered https://t.co/biJA3e9ew9
“I am a big Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter myself and have been affiliated with the party. This is how I got the unique opportunity to meet and make TikTok videos with party leaders,” Hareem had earlier told a private media outlet while explaining how she gets access to significant people of stature and power.
She has a massive following of over a million and had recently made headlines for her viral video with PTI leader and former Punjab information minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has come under fire for her remarks regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s health. Talking to a news channel, she said that Mian Nawaz Sharif is getting ready for a film shoot and all this was part of the plan.
Mian Nawaz Sharif was taken to the hospital Monday night. His platelets count had fallen drastically but his dengue results have come out negative. His condition is now stable, as per senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal.
Dr Fridous Ashiq Awan’s comments about Mr Sharif’s health were criticised widely and termed insensitive and callous by PML-N leaders and others on social media.
This is not the first time Dr Awan has made flippant remarks. Last month when Azad Kashmir was jolted by earthquake, she said that the earth has taken a turn as it cannot deal with ‘tabdeeli’.
Watch the video for Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan’s comments about Mian Nawaz Sharif’s health.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan’s remarks on Nawaz Sharif’s health
