Five people allegedly gouged out the eyes of a man during a brutal assault at a village near Bahawalpur on Monday.
The man was identified as Sufian.
The suspects assaulted Sufian on charges of stealing a donkey cart, allegedly gouging out his eyes.
Sufian has completely lost vision in one eye, while the other eye has also sustained serious damage. The marks of the beating are visible on his body.
A police team was dispatched to the scene to arrest the culprits, while the victim was admitted to the emergency ward of Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital (BVH).
A local police spokesman stated that the motive behind the gruesome crime was a land dispute. He also confirmed that one suspect, Iqrar Hussain, has been arrested.
A shocking interview of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Fazal Hakeem Khan, has shocked netizens. The interview, conducted in Pashto, shows the minister defining climate change as “ragpickers pick up junk, hand it over to industries to make pacifiers for babies who then grow up stunted.”
The provincial minister gave an interview to a local channel, Khyber News, with the host of the programme Rafat Ullah Orazakzai, asking him to tell what climate change is – the portfolio he’s in charge of.
The host asked the minister to explain his thoughts further, and the climate minister did not hold back.
“Our environment is being destroyed by China and India. I will cool down certain districts so the glaciers in the country stop melting,” he said, displaying incredible ignorance of what he is supposed to govern.
Journalist Iftikhar Firdous tweeted about the interview saying, “In the middle when he doesn’t know, the answers he shifts the topic to Imran Khan’s imprisonment and why people love him. These are the people who run this system we expect to deliver.”
Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) continued existence will keep the country immobilized.
The former leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) told journalists that the government had promised to end NAB after coming into power, but they have empowered it with an ordinance.
“Javed Iqbal (former NAB chief) was saying that the PTI’s founder has been behind NAB cases, while PTI founder’s partymen are saying Qamar Bajwa was registering cases,” Khaqan Abbasi said.
Security forces have killed nine terrorists, including two “high-value targets” in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Monday.
The eliminated militants were actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area and were wanted by law enforcement agencies. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from them after the operation.
Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any terrorist found in the area as the security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country, the military’s media wing concluded.
Pakistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist attacks since the interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was established in 2021.
Pakistan has time and again raised its concerns with the interim Taliban government over the use of Afghan soil by various militant organisations including the TTP to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has lambasted former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry, stating that Fawad has no right to criticize PTI’s current leadership.
Talking to the media, Sher Afzal Marwat said, “I witnessed Fawad Chaudhary running like an elephant after seeing police outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC),” asking that Fawad should keep his advice to himself.
On May 16 last year, Fawad Chaudhry ran away to avoid arrest outside IHC after seeing police. After that, in relief, IHC barred police from arresting the former information minister in any case for two days.
“We stuck by Imran Khan in hard times and did not run away like Fawad Chaudhry,” Marwat told journalists.
Chaudhry said on Sunday that PTI leaders currently leading the party have no political strategy, adding that there is no chance of incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s release in the current leadership’s presence.
In response to Marwat, Fawad Chaudhry wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “The people who make fun of violence against others are the political team of torturers. We faced the worst violence and were put in jails so that a team could be made who could keep Imran Khan in jail. The veil will be lifted from their faces soon.”
United Nations Rights Working Group published an opinion on Monday in favour of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan remarking that his detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated, “Appropriate remedy would be to release Mr Khan immediately and accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law.”
It also said that the legal proceedings against Khan were part of a much larger “campaign of repression” against him and PTI.
It also stated that in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections, Khan’s party members were arrested and tortured, and their rallies were disrupted.
The UN group further alleged that “Widespread fraud on election day, stealing dozens of parliamentary seats,” took place.
A drunk Pakistani man who assaulted his Indian roommate and unintentionally caused his death has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Court in Dubai.
A deep stab to the heart was the established cause of death, reported Khaleej Times.
The 37-year-old Pakistani defendant admitted in front of the court that he had consumed alcohol prior to the incident.
However, he claimed that he did not intend to kill the victim.
“He was intoxicated and unruly. He then went to his room and turned the lights on,” the prosecutor claimed.
He (the defendant) was asked to leave the room, the victim assaulted him as the latter threatened to beat the workers up when he comes back to the residence.
“This prompted the defendant to take a knife out of his baggage and stab the victim, then flee the scene,” the foreman said.
TikToker Ayesha Akram, the victim in the 2021 Minar-i-Pakistan assault case, has pardoned all suspects charged with assaulting her.
The victim appeared before the court on June 3 and submitted an affidavit in which she said she did not wish to pursue the case further as she had forgiven “all her suspects for the sake of Allah and his Holy Prophet (PBUH)”.
The female TikTok added that she had “no objection” to the suspects’ acquittal and wanted to record the statement “of her own consent and without any fear or threat.”
The official order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Gul Abbas on June 25.
Case history
In August 2021, a video of a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s Independence Day, went viral on social media.
Sections 354-A (assault or use of criminal force against a woman and stripping her of her clothes), 382 (theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to commit the robbery), 147 (rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) had been included in the FIR. The case was in the court since then and many accused had been acquitted in multiple hearings over the years.
Controversial screenwriter Khalil ul Rehman Qamar is once again in the spotlight for his misogynist behavior towards women. At a recent panel discussion, the ‘Teri Meri Khanaiyan’ co-writer joined Sahil Adeem.
During the show, they had a heated exchange with a female audience member who questioned their regressive views on women’s rights. At one point, Sahil Adeem claimed that 95 percent of women in Pakistan are uneducated, causing an uproar among the audience. The incident has sparked renewed controversy over their views on women’s rights in Pakistan.
Samaa TV’s show ‘Mukalma,’ hosted by Ayesha Jahanzeb, turned into a battle ground. During the discussion, a female audience member confronted Sahil Adeem for his rude remarks about women.
“If you have called girls ‘Jahil,’ you should apologize or show me where the Quran says to use this word for those who don’t know certain things,” she said angrily. In response, Sahil shared Arabic verses, which angered the girl. Her reaction to the use of Arabic upset Khalil ul Rehman Qamar, leading to a heated argument between him and the girl. The host eventually calmed them all down and moved on to another guest.
Here is the link to the video:
A social media user shared a clip of the heated argument on her X account, calling for Khalil ul Rehman Qamar and Sahil Adeem to be banned from live television.
“Such archaic views should be condemned and have no place in modern discourse. He must be held accountable for his irresponsible remarks,” the post said.
Qamar and Sahil Nadeem’s claim that 95% of women in Pakistan are illiterate is not only inaccurate but also deeply disrespectful.
Their condescending manner towards a young girl, who bravely countered with strong arguments, is appalling.
Social media users praised the woman for bravely standing up to the screenwriter.
Such hate monger like Sahil Adeem & Khalil ur Rehman should be banned from all the TV channels.Sometimes i wonder do they call their mothers, sisters, wives & daughters jahil as well or are they privileged enough to be among those 5%? Don’t tell me your 5% comprises of them only? https://t.co/nOCeOIeOsx
95% women are ignorant? This is what happens when you invite two idiots, Sahil Adeem and Khalil Ur Rehman. This NosarBaaz bought a Land Cruiser V8 after selling his bullshit for months. Shame on @SAMAATV for inviting these hate mongers for TRPs. Criminal!pic.twitter.com/YkfcYQ2QZB
During the court hearings of the illegal surveillance of Bushra Bibi’s case last month, the Islamabad High Court made a startling discovery, learning that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had ordered telecom operators to finance, import, and install a system enabling mass surveillance of citizens’ data.
The surveillance system currently in operation is known as the Lawful Intercept Management System (LIMS), the system allows access to private messages, video/audio content, call records, and web browsing histories, Geo News reported.
Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC noted that the LIMS was being utilised by “designated agencies” for surveillance purposes.
Justice Sattar noted that mass surveillance was illegal and it lacked any judicial or executive oversight.
