The Meteorological Office has issued an alert regarding heatwave in the country. As per the Met office, day temperatures are likely to remain unusually high in most parts of the country during next four to five days.
“Day temperatures in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Sindh and eastern Balochistan are expected to rise significantly above normal,” the alert read.
The weather will continue to stay significantly high during the afternoon in much of the country from Sunday to Thursday, according to the Met Department’s weather alert.
“Occasional dust storm/dust raising winds may also occur in afternoon/evening during the period,” it added.
However, the heat wave is likely to be followed by a rain spell in upper and central parts of the country.
Islamabad police is establishing a foreigners’ security cell in the Central Police Office (CPO), with the required personnel and logistics.
Under the supervision of DIG Operations, the District Foreign Security Cell (DFSC) will be led by Additional Superintendent Operations.
It was decided at a meeting in the Central Police Office presided over by Inspector General of Police Dr Akbar Nasir Khan. Senior police officers from Islamabad were in attendance. On the pattern of CPEC Security, it was decided to apply all standard operating procedures for non-China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) security projects.
Correspondingly, the Special Branch, Counter-Terrorism Department, and Security Division will conduct regular audits of the security measures. Islamabad police will employ Chinese-speaking early age Pakistani men and women to aid Chinese residents working on non-CPEC projects and for other private companies.
The session was notified that efforts are being made to protect foreign nationals in compliance with Ministry of Interior directives. The Foreign Office and other law enforcement agencies will be consulted as needed. While the National Database Registration Authority will assist DFSC in data integration.
Karachi Police, in a joint operation with Punjab Police, have recovered The Minor from Bahawalnagar.
The Minor and her husband Zaheer Ahmed have been placed into protective custody, according to SSP Zubair Nazir Sheikh of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell. They both are being shifted to Karachi.
The Minor will be presented before the High Court on Friday.
The Karachi police have also taken the family members of Zaheer Ahmed into custody.
The Minor went missing on April 16. The same month, she was found in Lahore. Three videos of The Minor also surfaced in which the girl can be heard saying that she married out of her own free will, and claimed that she is 18 years of age. However, her father claims that she is not 18.
The Minor, in a video statement in May, said that her life is in danger.
Two advertisements of a perfume company in India glorifying rape culture were taken down by the Indian ad regulatory body, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
“The ad is in serious breach of the ASCI Code and is against public interest. We have taken immediate action and notified the advertiser to suspend the ad, pending investigation,” the body said while replying to a complaint regarding the ads.
Thank you for tagging us. The ad is in serious breach of the ASCI Code and is against public interest. We have taken immediate action and notified the advertiser to suspend the ad, pending investigation.
Two different ads from the same company caused an outrage in India for insensitively portraying rape.
In one of the ads, four men can be seen entering a store. They are shown having a dispute over who will take a ‘shot’. There are four of them, but only one ‘shot’ is available. During this debate, instead of the bottle of body spray, a woman is shown and it looks like they are having an argument over who will first rape the woman. The woman even turns around in anger, believing the four men are talking about her. However, she is then shown relieved, when one of the men picks up the body spray called ‘Shot’.
People on social media expressed their anger over the adverstiments:
There have to be some regulations for ads man. That Shot deo ad is nothing short of disgusting actually. Even though I knew it was an ad and it wouldn't happen. The fear for a second I felt was real. Imagine making an ad on the fears of millions of women! WTF!
That Layerr Shot deo ad playing during #ENGvNZ is perverse man, with its gang sexual assault innuendo – I wonder how it even got approved to air, surely a heavy sanction by ASCI is needed
This I feel is one case where even the six actors should be embarrassed
— Shreya Dhoundial (@shreyadhoundial) June 4, 2022
Gangrape “humour”.This is completely despicable. Is the Advertising Standards Council of India asleep? We have learnt nothing from Nirbhaya, look at the Hyderabad gangrape. We’ve reached a nadir as a society https://t.co/T58Dw43sJw
The US Mission Pakistan has confirmed the commencement of the inaugural four-week Future of Women in Energy Scholars Programme of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council (USPWC). Beginning June 5, 17 outstanding Pakistani female university students will take part in this certificate programme to learn about working in the energy sector.
By giving young women the chance to study energy issues and energy infrastructure at Texas A&M University’s Qatar campus, this programme will encourage women’s participation and leadership in Pakistan’s energy sector.
Following their two-week programme in Qatar, the students will return to Pakistan for a two-week familiarisation trip to learn about Pakistan’s energy sector from key Pakistani public and private-sector organisations in Islamabad and Lahore.
Enrolled Pakistani female students are presently pursuing bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering at private and public universities across the country.
The US Mission is assisting Pakistani women in pursuing career opportunities in the energy sector and in developing networks for a prosperous future through this programme. “The USPWC Future of Women in Energy Scholars Program will give young women hands-on experience in the energy sector,” said USPWC Executive Director Radhika Prabhu.
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has increased the prices of gas up to 45 per cent. The decision has been taken to meet revenue shortfall for the year 2022-23.
The new prices will be effective from July 1.
OGRA has allowed Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) to increase the prices to up to 45 per cent while for Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), a 44 per cent hike has been approved.
For the SNGPL consumers, the price of gas has now been fixed at Rs854.52 per MMBTU after an increase of 45 per cent.
“While for SSGC consumers, the price of gas has been fixed at Rs1,007.82 per MMBTU after an increase of Rs308.53 per MMBTU,” said a notification.
The developement came two days after the government increased prices of petroleum products up to Rs30 per litre.
A man has been arrested by the Sindh Police for raping his daughter along with two of his friends, reports ARY. Nadeem, the girl’s father, used to keep his daughter shackled in chains. A case has been registered against him.
According to Superintendent of Police Landhi, the police raided his house after receiving information from confidential sources.
The girl was handcuffed in the house when the police arrived, and Nadeem was arrested from the scene.
The girl told the police that her father used to rape her along with his friends, torture her and keep her in chains so that she wouldn’t escape.
A Karachi woman wants a shop in Karachi to remove Skittles ‘Pride Edition’ from their store racks. A user posted a screenshot of Skittles pack with “During Pride only one rainbow matters,” written over it in a public Facebook group. Her post has generated a debate around celebrating pride month and has raised the question: does consuming pride month edition products make you gay?
“I saw these Skittles ‘Pride Edition’ at a supermarket ,” she wrote.
“I complained that they should learn what pride and rainbow stands for and remove these packs. They took these off the shelf but as I went to the other side, they had kept one back. I inquired and they said ma’am we have taken the stock off the shelf. Then they took that one packet away too,” she added.
She continued by saying, “I am a frequent customer, so as I went there a 2nd time after that, I saw the packets again. I called the manager and repeated my concern. He went away and came back finding me and said please share if you have a link about this. Another lady complained too but she did not have any link (online link to proof) so she went away.”
“I searched on Google and let him note down the link.”
“An hour ago, I casually visited a 3rd time and saw the packets again. I complained to the manager of that shift. I said I complained twice before and these are still on the shelf which mostly attracts kids and teenagers. Also this is against Islam, and we live in Pakistan and not in the west. I’ll post this complaint online now. He was like ‘krdain ap’ (go ahead). He went away and came back finding me, and asked if I had a link, AGAIN.”
“I said this happened the last time too. I am not providing links again n again. You have a phone. Search it. (As I had understood they were only bluffing by asking for a link every time).”
“He searched ‘Pride Edition’ as written on the pack. And said nothing as such appeared on Google. I asked him to search Pride month. And he said yes it shows what you are saying but on the pack it does not say pride month but pride edition. Face palm?”
“I read the text on it which referred to ‘rainbow’ the symbol of pride/lgbtq. He said but when I search Pride Edition it does not show anything. I told him he was playing with technicalities. He was like I can tell you the same.”
“They are acting like they live in stone age! I hadn’t named their mart in my previous post but after multiple complaints and explanation of the subject, they are keeping this on their shelf, exposing kids and teens.”
“Qoum e loot was destroyed due to g*yism and now these things are just normally lying on our shelves?” she concluded in her post.
A resident of Lahore was fined for a traffic violation involving his motorcycle that had been stolen for atleast eight years.
The victim, Imran received an e-challan and discovered that his long-stolen bike was being used by police officers in the Sabzazar neighbourhood.
The individual filed a complaint with the Chief Civilian Personnel Officer (CCPO), requesting that his bike be returned to him from the cops who were using it.
In other news, the rate of street crimes in the provincial capital appears to have spiralled out of control, considering a report released in March.
As per police statistics, more than 300 incidences of robbery and theft were reported in the city over the last two days of February, while the month of March began with nearly 350 incidents in the provincial capital.
People lost millions of rupees in cash, gold jewellery, automobiles, and motorcycles in the first two months of 2022.
According to data, 209 robberies resulted in loot worth more than Rs10 million, with 59 incidences of motorcycle theft reported at the time.
E-challans declared illegal by LHC
E-challan is seen as an effective solution to reduce traffic violations and promote safe transportation, however, the system was recently pronounced “illegal” by the Lahore High Court (LHC).
On Wednesday, the LHC observed that the electronic challan (e-ticket) system was implemented without sufficient planning and instructed the authorities to address the matter. During the hearing, Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh asked the Punjab chief secretary to notify the chief minister of the lapse, who will take prompt action to correct the problem.
The judge made the remarks after hearing a plea from a transporter, who told the court that he was unaware of roughly 55 e-challans filed against him.
The internet giant, Google has introduced a suicide hotline one box for Pakistan, which allows users to connect immediately with a suicide helpline at the top of the search results page.
The hotline termed ‘Umang Pakistan’ will now be displayed to anyone in Pakistan seeking suicide-related queries such as “suicide-support” and “how can I commit suicide”.
The implementation of this special service will aid worried Pakistanis in recovering from whatsoever hardship they are enduring. The hotline will assist stressed individuals and provide solutions to alleviate the anxiety that they are currently encountering.
Suicide ratio in Pakistan
Umang is a mental health helpline recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) that provides support to Pakistanis who are contemplating or planning suicide due to any reason.
The relationship between Umang and Google, according to Google, intends to help address Pakistan’s growing suicide rate. Keeping in view WHO estimates, Pakistan has between 130,000 and 270,000 attempted suicide cases per year.
Meanwhile, Google Trends shows that topics like “anxiety,” “depression,” and “suicide” all spiked in the 2020-21 era in the country, according to the internet company.
This search update is currently available on both desktop and mobile devices, including Android and iOS, and here’s how it appears in the google search:
