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  • Major power outages hit Sindh and Punjab due to a fault in southern transmission system

    Major power outages hit Sindh and Punjab due to a fault in southern transmission system

    The Ministry of Energy said that a “fault in the country’s southern transmission system” caused a significant power outage on Thursday that affected Sindh and Punjab.

    In addition to Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sujawal, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Matiari, Tharparkar, and Larkana, electricity service has been interrupted throughout Sindh.

    Additionally, the power has been cut off in a number of Punjabi cities, including Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur, according to Geo.

    “Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, several southern power plants are tripping in stages, which is disrupting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country,” said the Ministry of Energy in a tweet post.

    “The Ministry of Energy is diligently investigating the cause of the outage and the power system will be fully restored as soon as possible,” it added.

    According to reports, a technical issue has caused the Guddu Thermal Power Station in Kashmore to stop producing electricity. Technical issues at the power plant prevent the 600MW and 747MW units from running.

    The 500-KV system nationwide is not functioning, according to sources at National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC). They claimed that the causes are still being determined.

    The southern port city’s many neighbourhoods, including Malir, Sarjani Town, and Saddar, experienced power outages. Since 10:00 am, there has been no electricity in these neighbourhoods.

    Meanwhile, there were power disruptions in places including Gulshan-e-Maymar, Federal B Area, Liaquatabad, and Superhighway.

    Baldia, Orangi Town, North Nazimabad, and North Karachi are all without electricity. In addition to this, several places, notably the SITE Industrial Area, lack electricity.

    K-Electric is looking into reports of many outages from various areas of the city, K-Electric spokesperson Imran Rana wrote in a tweet.

    There are currently efforts being made to restore power. K Electric claims that all residential areas have had electrical supply restored, adding that 1,600 of Karachi’s 1,900 feeders are now operational.

    Even though it has been more than eight hours since the breakdown started, the remaining 300 feeders have still not been powered up, leaving some areas without power.

  • Hira Mani reacts to her viral meme with Naseem Shah

    Hira Mani reacts to her viral meme with Naseem Shah

    Actor Hira Mani recently garnered praise for doing fundraising events in America for the flood victims of Pakistan. However there is more that keeps her trending, including several memes by her fans and admirers.

    A netizen recently made a meme of Hira which also featured the acclaimed cricketer Naseem Shah. The meme read, “Naseem Shah please instead of this ball, throw me nearby Hira Mani.”

    The Sun Yaara diva was quick to respond to the meme on her Instagram story, “Wow wow, you guys should keep being creative like this.”

    Naseem is not new to the world of memes, earlier this year, netizens flooded social media after his morphed clip with Bollywood actor Urvashi Rautela surfaced on the web.

    Internet on fire after Urvashi posted edited video with Naseem
  • IMF expects Pakistan’s govt gross debt to decline by 6.7%

    IMF expects Pakistan’s govt gross debt to decline by 6.7%

    According to projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan’s government gross debt will decrease from 77.8 per cent of GDP in 2022 to 71.1 per cent in 2023.

    The predictions for Pakistan’s fiscal year 2022–2023, however, are made using data as of the end of August 2022 and do not take the current floods’ effects into account.

    The net debt for Pakistan is predicted to decrease from 71.5 per cent of GDP in 2022 to 66.1 per cent in 2023, according to the IMF study “Fiscal Monitor, Helping People Bounce Back.”

    According to projections, government revenue will represent 12.4 per cent of GDP in 2023 and 12.8 per cent of GDP in 2024, compared to 12.1 per cent during the same time in 2022.

    The primary balance of the government was predicted by the Fund to be 0.2 per cent in 2023 as opposed to -3.0 per cent in 2022. Furthermore, compared to 2022, 2023 is expected to see a decrease in the government’s overall balance of 4.8 per cent.

  • 21,900 women raped in Pakistan in four years

    21,900 women raped in Pakistan in four years

    Almost 21,900 women were reported to have been raped in Pakistan from 2017 to 2021, Zahid Gishkori has reported for Samaa. The data has been complied by SAMAA TV Investigation Unit (SIU) from the Punjab home department and Ministry of Human Rights (MoHRs).


    This meant that approximately 12 women were raped every day, or one every two hours, throughout the country.


    As many as 305 rape cases were reported nationwide in 2022, in media, while 57 cases were reported in May, June (91), July (86) and August (71).


    According to media reports, approximately 350 rape instances were recorded in Punjab, between May 2022 and August 2022, however there was no information available for the first four months of the year.


    The Current records the tally of rape cases that are reported in news outlets on a daily basis to highlight the alarming situation. We have used many different sources as listed. When will it stop?

  • Former Governor Omar Cheema is new Punjab Home Advisor

    The name of former Governor of Punjab, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, has been approved by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for the slot of adviser to the Chief Minister (CM) Punjab on home affairs.

    This decision came about after the resignation of Punjab Home Minister Hashim Dogar, who reportedly left his post after differences with Imran Khan.

    Punjab Home Minister resigns as IK reportedly not happy with him

    Punjab Home Minister Hashim Dogar has stepped down from his office, citing personal commitments and health issues.

    On Tuesday, Dogar shared his resignation on Twitter with a caption saying: “Today I have resigned from my post due to my personal reasons. Inshallah, I will continue to work as a regular worker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).”

    His resignation states: “It was a great pleasure to have served as Minister for Home and Prison Department under your able command. I feel regretted to inform you that I shall not be able to continue due to my personal commitments and some health issues.”

    “I was and will always be available to serve you and my party chairman for times to come”, he added.

    However, Journalist Hamid Mir, on Geo News’ programme “Capital Talk”, claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan called Dogar and asked for his resignation. Reportedly, he was not happy with the provincial minister.

    “Imran was told that Dogar belongs to the unit of a senior officer of the establishment and often meets him”, he said.

    Mir claimed that the PTI chairman had been getting information about Dogar. It is yet to be proved whether the information was correct or not.

    Earlier, Dogar said, “If Imran Khan announces a long march then the Punjab government will not become part of it. We will not facilitate the participants of the long march but security will be provided”.

    He also said that government resources will not be used and called Khan’s long march a “political matter”.

    On the contrary, reacting to Dogar’s statement, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Pervaiz Elahi said, “That is, as such, no matter”.

  • PM Shehbaz, Hamza acquitted in money laundering case

    PM Shehbaz, Hamza acquitted in money laundering case

    A special court in Lahore on Wednesday acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, in a Rs. 16 billion money laundering case.

    During Tuesday’s hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the court that no direct transaction had been made in the bank accounts of PM Shehbaz and his son from benami accounts [hidden accounts].

    Reacting to the verdict, the PM thanked the Almighty for this day in a tweet. “Despite the worst practices, use of state force and holding institutions hostage, we stand successfully before the court, the law and the people,” he wrote.

    In the previous hearing, Special Court Judge Ejaz Awan asked about the number of bank accounts owned by the Malik Maqsood — also known as Maqsood Chaprasi.

    FIA prosecutor Farooq Bajwa responded that the late Maqsood had eight bank accounts to his name.

    The prosecutor further stated that no money was either directly deposited or withdrawn from the accounts of the suspects, including Shehbaz and Hamza.

    The judge asked what evidence was there to substantiate that the entire money dealing was being done at Hamza’s behest. In response, FIA’s prosecutor said the agency does not have “any evidence” linking him to money laundering.

    FIA had booked Shehbaz and his two sons, Hamza and Suleman, in November 2020 under Sections 419, 420, 468, 471, 34 and 109 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, read with Section 3/4 of Anti-Money Laundering Act.

    The FIA had in December 2021 submitted the challan against Shehbaz and Hamza to a special court for their alleged involvement in laundering an amount of Rs16bn in the sugar scam case.

    “The investigation team has detected 28 benami accounts of the Shehbaz family through which money laundering of Rs16.3bn was committed during 2008-18. The FIA examined the money trail of 17,000 credit transactions,” said an FIA report submitted to the court.

    The amount was kept in “hidden accounts” and given to Shehbaz in a personal capacity, the report added.

  • Meghan and Prince Harry may split in two years, says Author Tom Bower

    Meghan and Prince Harry may split in two years, says Author Tom Bower

    Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle may return to King Charles III to negotiate some sort of deal to break the marriage with Prince Harry in two years.

    In a video shared by Daily Mail, Royal expert and author Tom Bower told Page Six that as the couple’s money woes mount, the Duchess of Sussex may be tiring of Harry and seeking an exit plan within two years.

    Tom Bower, per Daily Star, told Page Six: “There are many now in London who say that [Meghan] is tiring of [Harry].”

    “They speculate that in two years she will say, ‘This is enough’ and should be able negotiate some sort of deal with [King] Charles to break the marriage,” said the Author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry And The War Between The Windsors.

    Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got married on May 19, 2018 and have two children Archie and Lilibet.

  • Woman gets share in inheritance 46-year-long legal battle

    After 46 years of legal battle, the Supreme Court on Tuesday recognised a woman’s lawful inheritance, giving her a share of her father’s property.


    According to details, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) quashed the appeal of the woman’s brothers against the earlier decision of the Peshawar High Court (PHC).

    In 1976, the brothers had taken possession of the inheritance portion that belonged to their sister. In 2005, she filed a civil lawsuit against her brothers, and in 2012 she filed a session court lawsuit. She visited PHC in 2017 and was given a favourable ruling.

    A petition contesting the decision in Zaitoon Bibi’s favour by the high court was considered by a bench presided over by Justice Ijazul Ahsan.

    Judge Ijaz-ul-Ahsan questioned how a young girl could give away her property. Justice Ijaz noted that the arrangement was opaque because the woman was a minor when she supposedly gifted the property, rejecting the brothers’ appeal and awarding the woman her rightful part of the inherited property.

  • ‘Aap mehengayi kam karain, meri tabiat behtar hojayegi’: Chaudhry Shujaat to PM Shehbaz

    ‘Aap mehengayi kam karain, meri tabiat behtar hojayegi’: Chaudhry Shujaat to PM Shehbaz

    Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday. According to reports, Shujaat advised Shehbaz to follow the constitution while appointing the next army chief and not listen to anyone on this matter.

    About the appointment of General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s successor, the PML-Q chief reportedly advised the premier to follow the book, remarking that “This is a sensitive matter and a national responsibility.”

    According to the details of the meeting, PM Shehbaz Sharif inquired about Shujaat’s health to which he responded smilingly by saying, “Aap mehengai kam karain, meri tabiat behtar hojayegi [You bring down inflation and my health will improve automatically].”

    Shujaat said that they are standing with the government but it should provide relief to the masses.

  • Pakistani rupee finally snaps 13-day winning streak versus US dollar

    Pakistani rupee finally snaps 13-day winning streak versus US dollar

    The Pakistani rupee (PKR) on Wednesday finally stopped rising against the US dollar after 13 sessions as it dropped by 0.04 per cent in the inter-bank market.

    It dropped nine paisas in today’s interbank market to settle at Rs217.88, depreciating by 0.04 per cent against the USD. During today’s open market session, the local currency was quoted at a day low of Rs217.65 against the US dollar.

    The recent increase in the value of the rupee is linked to a change in sentiment and the central bank’s operations against participants in currency speculation.

    On Wednesday, as traders prepared for US inflation data and its implications for future Federal Reserve rate hikes, the dollar reached new 24-year highs internationally.

    After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that Pakistan’s inflation rate will be 19.9 per cent in 2023 as opposed to 12.1 per cent in 2022, the rupee halted its 13-day winning run.

    The lender predicted Pakistan’s GDP growth rate would be 3.5 per cent in 2023 compared to 6 per cent in 2022, however this does not take the current floods into account.

    Wednesday also saw a global decline in oil prices for the third day in a straight as investors feared the impact of increasing COVID-19 regulations in China and mounting global economic threats on fuel demand.