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  • Free-of-cost bus service launched in Gilgit-Baltistan for women

    Free-of-cost bus service launched in Gilgit-Baltistan for women

    A women-only, free-of-cost bus service has been launched in Gilgit-Baltistan. It was inaugurated by Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Khalid Khursheed. The bus service will initially be run on four routes.


    “Pink buses for women have been inaugurated today by Chief Minister GB. For the first time in Pakistan’s history, free buses for women have been launched. Three buses each have been made operational in Gilgit and Skardu city, with the government planning to expand it to further areas of the province,” a tweet by Office of the Chief Secretary, Gilgit Baltistan read.


    4 routes have been earmarked where buses will operate at two times i.e. 6am to 9am and 1pm to 3pm. Female students, doctors, teachers, lawyers and other professionals will benefit from this initiative. Traffic police have been instructed to facilitate these buses on roads,” It added.

    Free-of-cost bus service launched in Gilgit-Baltistan for women.

  • King Charles III may be visiting Pakistan soon

    King Charles III may be visiting Pakistan soon

    King Charles III has expressed interest in visiting Pakistan soon.

    The new monarch hosted his first ever public reception to honour British-South Asian community at Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    Zeeshan Shah, the honorary ambassador-at-large on investment met with King Charles III during the event.

    Speaking with the King, Ambassador Shah spoke of his role and current initiatives being under taken to promote trade and investment between Pakistan and the UK.

    He further thanked the King for his ongoing support to Pakistan’s most under privileged through his charity the British Asian Trust, in particular the emergency relief support his trust has been providing for flood affectees in Pakistan.

    Members of the British royal family, including Queen Elizabeth II, have visited Pakistan in the past.

    Most recently the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine, visited Pakistan in October 2019.

  • Special courts established to hear rape cases

    Special courts established to hear rape cases

    On Monday, the Anti-Rape Special Committee was informed of the status of the anti-rape law’s implementation. It was noted that special courts had been established across the nation to hear rape cases and that special police units had been established for the purpose of investigation.

    The panel met in the Ministry of Law and Justice under the direction of Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq.

    Mehnaz Akbar Aziz, the Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice, Osama Malik, the chair of the anti-rape committee, as well as other members and representatives from the law ministry, were present at the meeting.

    The committee was formed in July thus year against rape was announced by the Law Ministry on Friday in an effort to combat the worrying increase in sexual violence cases across the nation. The special committee’s primary responsibility will be to aid sexual assault victims in getting legal representation, in addition to attempting to stop cases of rape against children.

  • China wants to import donkeys from Pakistan

    China has expressed interest in importing donkeys and dogs from Pakistan, information provided to the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has said.

    Senator Zeeshan Khanzada presided over the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce meeting on Monday in Islamabad.


    China plans to import dogs and donkeys from Pakistan, according to senators Dinesh Kumar and Abdul Qadir. China, according to Kumar, is a significant export market.

    Senator Qadir told the committee that the Chinese ambassador said his country wants to export beef because of a spike in local demand and a decrease in supply.

    Senator Muhammad Afridi suggested that animals be imported from Afghanistan and then exported to different countries as they are available on cheap rates there, but there are no purchasers.


    However, in response to this recommendation, the relevant officials stated that temporarily banning the import of animals from Afghanistan owing to the spread of lumpy skin disease.

    However, in response to this recommendation, the relevant officials stated that the import of animals from the country is banned due to lumpy skin disease.

  • Meghan Markle wore earrings gifted by Mohammed Bin Salman, days after Khashoggi’s murder

    A book by Valentine Low details accusations of bullying at Buckingham Palace by Meghan Markle. The book also reveals that Meghan wore earrings given to her by Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman – just days after his regime admitted killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.


    The chandelier earrings had been a wedding gift from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.

    After the Duchess wore the earrings for a second time, an aide took up the matter with Harry. He is said to have looked ‘shocked’ that people knew where the earrings came from, although the Sussexes’ lawyers deny that he was ever questioned about their provenance.


    Later, Meghan’s lawyers, Schillings, said: ‘At no stage did the Duchess tell staff that the earrings were “borrowed from a jeweller”, as this would have been untrue and therefore any suggestion that she encouraged them to lie to the media is baseless.’

    Two days later, Schillings added: ‘It is possible she said the earrings were borrowed, which is correct, as presents from heads of state to the Royal Family are gifts to Her Majesty the Queen, who can then choose to lend them out to members of the family.’

    The book also claimed that Meghan in multiple instances bullied royal staff.

  • 125 people die in football stadium stampede in Indonesia

    125 people die in football stadium stampede in Indonesia

    A football game in Indonesia turned deadly Saturday night as security personnel clashed with soccer fans, prompting a stampede and leaving 125 dead with dozens of others injured, officials and eyewitnesses said.

    Four people present at the game told The Washington Post that armed security officers in uniform discharged what seemed to be tear gas into the crowd randomly and directly, which caused panic. It was predicted that 42,000 people would attend the event.


    Frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in Malang in the province of East Java late on Saturday. To control the situation, police officers fired tear gas which triggered the stampede and led to suffocation.

    “I can still hear the voices of children calling for their mothers,” said Bima Andhika, 25, who escaped the stampede with his 14-year-old sister. His uncle and three of his neighbors are among the dead, he said.


    A police spokesperson said 323 people were injured, up from the initial count of 180.

  • Siraj-ul-haq gives deadline for withdrawing transgender Act, says it is more dangerous than atomic bomb

    Siraj-ul-haq gives deadline for withdrawing transgender Act, says it is more dangerous than atomic bomb

    Siraj-ul- Haq, the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), has said that all religious groups will demonstrate at Lahore’s Shuhada Mosque if the government does not withdraw the Transgender Rights Act seriously.

    He further said that the Act is more dangerous than the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Japan in 1945.

    The JI leader said that the measures taken in the Act are against the Holy Quran, the Sunnah, and the Pakistani Constitution following a consultative gathering of religious parties in Mansoorah. He described it as being a part of a western agenda and said that all three major parties agreed on the matter.

    Siraj claimed that while he was not opposed to transgender people’s rights, he was worried that the contentious act would dismantle the family unit.

    A meeting of all religious groups would take place on October 7, according to the JI chief.

    He continued by saying that he will discuss the matter with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Sajid Mir, Allama Nasir Abbas, and other religious figures.

    The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2018 has come under intense criticism from some sections of society during the past few weeks with two petitions also having been filed in the Federal Shariah Court against the Act.

    The act was enacted in the year 2018 to guarantee transgenders equal rights to Education, basic health facilities , issuance of CNICs and passports and giving them a right to vote and contest elections.

  • ‘Mujhe abhi tak yaqeen nahi araha ke meray betay ne kia keeya’: Shahnawaz’s mother

    ‘Mujhe abhi tak yaqeen nahi araha ke meray betay ne kia keeya’: Shahnawaz’s mother

    A local court in Islamabad has extended the interim bail of Sameen Shah, the mother of murder suspect Shah Nawaz, and the wife of renowned political analyst Ayaz Amir till October 3 in the Sarah Inam killing.

    While talking to journalist Saqib Bashir outside the court she said, “Mein ne aapne haath se pakar kar Police kay hawale kia use,” (I handed over him to police with my own hands).


    “Is se barh kay aek Maa kay lie aur kia imtehan ho skta hai?” (What can be more painful than this for a mother?)


    She further said that she had no idea about when they both started fighting as she was in a different room.


    “Mujhe abhi tak yaqeen nahi araha kay mere betay ne kia kia”. (I still can’t believe what my son has done), she added.

    Earlier, in a petition filed with an Islamabad sessions court she had said that she has no link with the murder. Offering details of the grisly incident, she has stated that her son had sent her a message on Whatsapp to arrange his wife’s rukhsati by speaking to the her father just one night before the crime.


    She further said that Shah Nawaz called her on her mobile phone at 9:12 am the following day to inform her about the incident.

    “The petitioner asked Shahnawaz to sit in her room and Ayaz … had called the police and within a few minutes, the police had arrived and took custody of Shahnawaz,” she said in the plea.

    The petition stated that Sameena then rushed to Shah Nawaz’s room but by the time she got there, her daughter-in-law had passed away.
    Sarah’s murder rocked Islamabad last week as news of the crime spread across social media and news networks.
    It has been reported that after murdering her, Shahnawaz dumped her body in a bathtub.

  • 10-month-old child dies of Polio, 20 cases reported in one year

    10-month-old child dies of Polio, 20 cases reported in one year

    A 10-month-old boy from North Waziristan’s Ghulam Khan Union Council passed away after testing positive for wild polio, reports The News.


    According to the National Institute of Health, the 10-month-old boy experienced symptoms in his left arm and neck and paralysis on September 15.
    This is the 17th case of poliovirus that has been reported from North Waziristan this year and 20th in Pakistan.

    Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio has not yet been eradicated. To formally eradicate the disease, a nation must be polio-free for three consecutive years. Nigeria was declared free from wild polio in August 2020.

    However, polio has been rearing its head up in countries where the virus was eradicated decades ago. In June, a 20-year-old man in New York was afflicted with the virus, resulting in paralysis. The strain that affected him was the kind that is found in vaccines, and then behaves like a wild version of the virus. The man had not been vaccinated against the disease, however, more worryingly, he had not traveled internationally.


    The same strain of the virus has been detected in sewer samples in Jerusalem. Israel has recorded its first polio case in 30 years. The United Kingdom too has found the same strain in London.
    Polio is a potentially fatal disease that can cause paralysis if it spreads to the spinal cord. One in 10 polio fever afflicted patients die. The disease is more severe in children than it is in adults.

  • Floods in Pakistan: US to provide $132 million in US debt relief

    Floods in Pakistan: US to provide $132 million in US debt relief

    The United States (US) on Friday unveiled a roll-over agreement to suspend payments of USD 132 million of Pakistan’s debt in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the floods.


    “Ambassador Blome today signed the second U.S.-Pakistan bilateral agreement under the G 20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative, providing $132 million in U.S. debt relief to Pakistan. Our priority is to redirect critical resources in Pakistan,” said the US Embassy Islamabad in a statement.

    https://twitter.com/usembislamabad/status/1575815852330725376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575815852330725376%7Ctwgr%5Edd1f2409dc277b995559bb9a92bfdf4976757314%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2379381%2Fus-extends-debt-relief-to-pakistan-after-devastating-floods

    Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers triggered the disaster. The United Nations (UN) and Pakistan have linked the extreme weather to climate change. Approximately 600,000 people have fled their homes.

    As many as 33 million people of the 220 million South Asian nation have been affected in some way by the floods that swept away houses, roads, railways and bridges and submerged around 4 million acres of farmland.