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  • Minor girl sexually abused by relative for five months

    Minor girl sexually abused by relative for five months

    An 11-year-old girl was sexually assaulted many times for five months by a relative in Tahir Kalan village on the outskirts of Okara. The suspect, Riaz was taken into the custody of the police on the complaint lodged by the father of the victim.

    According to the police, the victim’s father got married for the second time to Yasmeen in 2017 and was living with his in-laws along with his daughter.

    He was kicked out by his mother-in-law and brother-in-law Riaz from their house without taking her daughter. The father alleged that his brother-in-law started abusing her sexually in his absence.

    He said that the suspect refused to hand over his daughter when he came back to his house to pick her up. He got custody of his daughter through a court.

    The Basirpur police put the suspect Riaz into jail after the medical examination of the minor victim and filed the case against him and put charges of raping the minor. The investigation is underway as per police said.

    The police official also ensured to deliver justice to the victim and dealt with the suspect according to the law.

  • ‘Real and present threat to peace’: PM calls on international community to take action against Modi

    ‘Real and present threat to peace’: PM calls on international community to take action against Modi

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi-led Indian government for its continued silence on the “hate speech” conclave, which called for the genocide of Muslims in India.

    Last month, leaders from several far-right groups in India had issued calls for the ethnic cleansing of minorities in the country, especially targeting its 200 million-strong Muslim population.

    Prime minister in a series of tweets on Twitter said, “The continuing silence of Modi govt on the call at an extremist Hindutva summit in December for the genocide of minorities in India, especially the 200 million Muslim community.”

    He said the “extremist ideology” of the ruling BJP government was behind the provocations against India’s minorities.

    “The extremist agenda of the Modi govt is a real and present threat to peace in our region,” tweeted PM Khan.

    He urged the international community to take notice of the calls and act against them.

    As the premier tweeted, the Supreme Court of India decided to take up a case related to the hate speeches, including open calls for genocide made at the conclave, NDTV reported.

    “We will take up the matter,” Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said, as quoted by the media outlet.

    According to Time of India, as many as 200,000 Muslims gathered in the Bareilly city last week and offered themselves what they called “mass sacrifice” in protest against the hate speeches.

  • IN PICTURES: Arez Ahmed-Hiba Bukhari ooze couple goals at Baraat ceremony

    IN PICTURES: Arez Ahmed-Hiba Bukhari ooze couple goals at Baraat ceremony

    Hiba Bukhari and Arez Ahmed had their post nikkah ceremony yesterday. The couple was joined by family and close friends.

    Hiba wore a bright red Lehenga paired with heavy gold jewelry. On the other hand, Arez wore a black sherwani. The event was held in Karachi.

    Have a look at the pictures:

    The Nikkah ceremony of the duo was held in Karachi on Friday. The Inteha-e-Ishq pair took to their Instagram to share photographs from the dreamy ceremony.

  • ‘Lovely surprise’: Shoaib Malik thanks Atif Aslam for popping up at restaurant launch

    ‘Lovely surprise’: Shoaib Malik thanks Atif Aslam for popping up at restaurant launch

    Former Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Shoaib Malik has launched his restaurant “Rice Bowl” in Lahore and hosted a star-studded event. Many Pakistani cricketers including skipper Babar Azam, Wahab Riaz, Waqar Younis, Ahmed Shahzad, Kamran Akmal, Usman Qadir, Hassan Ali among others were present at the launch party.

    Pakistani superstar Atif Aslam also popped up at the launch party, joing the others at dinner.

    Taking to Twitter, Malik thanked Atif, saying: “What a lovely surprise it was @itsaadee to see you pop out of the blue at the launch of #RiceBowl earlier today…”

    “Sir tussi great ho, love you,” he added.

    Veteran cricketers Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saqlain Mushtaq were also spotted at the inaugaration ceremony.

    Malik thanked everyone saying that they graced the launch event.

    Atif also met all the cricketers. In a video widely circulating on social media, they can be seen hugging and shaking hands.

  • Dr Hasnat Khan: What you should know about Princess Diana’s Pakistani love?

    Dr Hasnat Khan: What you should know about Princess Diana’s Pakistani love?

    Princess Diana’s love life was no secret. From her marriage to Prince Charles to her alleged affairs, her love life always remained tabloid fodder. But, amid all the buzz there was one guy who caught Diana’s full attention– Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

    Diana’s two-year romance with Dr Khan is still one of the most talked-about affairs. But who is Hasnat Khan?

    Khan met Diana in 1995 when the Princess of Wales visited London’s Royal Brompton Hospital to meet a friend’s husband, who was recovering from heart surgery. According to Vanity Fair, Diana was instantly attracted towards him and told her friends that time, “Isn’t he drop-dead gorgeous?”

    According to Diana’s butler Paul Burrell, Khan was not sporty, not handsome, and not even wealthy enough to be Diana’s lover. However, the Princess of Wales loved him because of his nature.

    Diana described Khan as ‘Mr Wonderful’ and some believed he was her soulmate. Burrell said she begged Khan to marry her and he was even asked to find a priest for the marriage ceremony. She even visited Khan’s parents in Pakistan.

    “When you think of the kind of men Diana must have met or been with or seen — here is a man who is completely and totally selfless. She said she’d never met anybody like him,” a friend of Diana told Vanity Fair.


    Diana and Khan’s romance was a hush-hush affair. She used to leave messages for him at the hospital using the alias Dr Arman. They even avoided the media by meeting at unusual places and at times Diana wore a black wig to escape detection, The Guardian reported.

    According to the ABC News‘ documentary ‘The Last 100 Days of Diana: the People’s Princess’ ended her relationship with Khan because he refused to go public.

    “I think Hasnat was very much in love with Diana, but had really reached the end of his tether because Diana pushed him and pushed him and pushed him to go public and say we’re a couple, and he wouldn’t,” Tina Brown, the author of The Diana Chronicles, said.

    “Even after two years, the relationship wasn’t leading to a meaningful progression or conclusion and that was the main stress on both of us,” Khan told Daily Mail in 2013.

    Khan tried to call Diana on the night she died in a car accident. Richard Kay, Diana’s friend, revealed in The Last 100 Days of Diana about Khan’s phone calls to her.

    “I think he was worried about her. I think he was worried, as were a lot of her friends, about what she’d got herself into,” Kay said.

  • Domestic violence calls increase about 52% in 2021

    Domestic violence calls increase about 52% in 2021

    Punjab Women’s Helpline reportedly received 52 per cent more calls about domestic violence from different parts of the province in 2021 as compared to the previous year.

    In the records, an increase of 38 per cent rise was seen in the number of kidnapping cases. Violence outside homes cases was increased to 563 as compared to 497 in 2021, reports Express Tribune.

    Calls against child marriage increased by 31 per cent. Similarly, the helpline received 35 per cent more calls for custody of children as this year 441 cases were recorded.

    On the other hand, there was a decline in complaints about inheritance share and forced marriages.

    However, complaints against forced marriage decreased by 35 per cent.

    The helpline 1043 addressed the inquiries and complaints related to workplace harassment, gender discrimination, property disputes, inheritance rights, domestic violence, hostels, day-care centres and other facilities for working women.

    Last year, the number of sexual harassment cases had increased up to 300 per cent in Lahore.

  • Green Line Bus service becomes operational in Karachi

    Green Line Bus service becomes operational in Karachi

    The green line bus rapid transit project has officially commenced its full operations in Karachi on January 10.

    According to officials, all 80 buses will be on the routes and the service will be available for the public from 7 am to 10 pm. These buses will cover total routes of 21 kilometers daily.

    The buses will pick people from Surjani Town Station which includes routes Numaish Chowrangi to Abdullah Chowrangi. There would be 22 stations while passing the routes. Each bus would arrive at the station after every minute. The entrance door of the bus would be open for 20 seconds for passengers at every bus station.

    Another three stations to extend the transport service to Municipal Park are under construction.

    The authority has hired 200 drivers who have already completed their training to operate these buses. This facility would be used around 135,000 passengers on the daily basis.

    The ticket price for the buses has been set at a minimum of Rs 15 and a maximum of Rs 50 for the commuters.

    According to the project manager, if the need arises, the operation timings could be extended to facilitate the citizens.

  • Sakina Samo lashes out at Netflix for casting Humayun instead of Fawad for ‘The Crown’

    Sakina Samo lashes out at Netflix for casting Humayun instead of Fawad for ‘The Crown’

    Actor Humayun Saeed has been roped in to play Dr Hasnat Khan, Princess Diana’s love interest in Season five of the hit Netflix series The Crown.

    Journalist Hasan Zaidi confirmed the news last night after speculations had risen that actor Fawad Khan would be seen as Dr Khan in the Netflix drama.

    “Was holding back the information until Netflix officially came on the record but, since speculation was rife, it’s only a matter of time”, Zaidi tweeted.

    Senior actor and director Sakina Samo took to her twitter handle to condemn the choice of casting by the Netflix makers.

    https://twitter.com/SakinaSamo/status/1480223076285620228

    She suggested the name of Humsafar star Fawad Khan in place of Humayun.

    Saeed will be the first Pakistani to be cast in a Netflix Original which will premier in November 2022. The actor will play alongside Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki who has been cast as Princess Diana.

    Following the news, Pakistani actor Mahira Khan congratulated her industry fellow.

    However, both Saeed and Netflix haven’t confirmed the news yet.

    Dr Hasnat Khan, a British-Pakistani surgeon, is widely known for his romantic, two-year relationship with Diana. In May 1996, she visited his family in Lahore too. Diana’s friends are reported to have described Hasnat as the “love of her life” and to have spoken of her distress when he ended their relationship in June 1997. Dr Khan attended Diana’s funeral ceremony in September 1997.

    Season 5 will be about the turmoil of Diana and Prince Charles’ marriage breakdown and the tragic death of Diana in August 1997.

    On the work front, Samina can be seen currently in HUM TV’s Dobara costarring Bilal Abbas Khan and Hadiqa Kiani.

  • ‘Theatrics of Usman Buzdar’: CM Punjab gets trolled for helicopter survey of Murree

    ‘Theatrics of Usman Buzdar’: CM Punjab gets trolled for helicopter survey of Murree

    Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday arrived in Murree to review the rescue operation in the area after at least 22 people died in their snow-trapped cars.

    The CM’s visit received a lot of criticism as he did an ‘aerial survey’ of Murree. CM Buzdar arrived in his helicopter and overlooked the snow-covered area.

    Journalist Sumaira Khan took to Twitter and shared a video where CM Buzdar can be seen travelling in the helicopter and overlooking Murree.

    Twitter reacted to the shared video.

  • ‘Pakistan is still under influence of the US’: Moeed Yusuf

    ‘Pakistan is still under influence of the US’: Moeed Yusuf

    National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf has made a statement that Pakistan’s foreign policy is still not free from the influence of the United States (US).

    In Geo News programme “Jirga”, the advisor said, “It [Pakistan] is still not [free from US influence] and I doubt that there is any country which is free from it.” He added that Pakistan does not have financial and economic independence as it does not have enough assets to meet the requirements of the increase in population.

    “When we cannot fulfill the demands, we seek foreign loans. When you procure loans, your economic sovereignty is compromised,” the national security adviser said.

    Moreover, he said that this affects a country’s foreign policy and when foreign policy is affected, you cannot run the affairs of the country properly.

    Responding to a query about Pakistan-India relations, he said that Islamabad wants to improve ties with New Delhi, but had to halt diplomatic contacts due to India’s on-seriousness and extremist attitude.