Current Final

Category: Lifestyle

  • Woman travelling from Multan to Karachi raped by train staff

    Woman travelling from Multan to Karachi raped by train staff

    A woman was gang-raped by train workers while travelling from Multan to Karachi on the Bahauddin Zakariya Express. According to details, the victim was raped by three men. The incident took place on May 27.

    Pakistan Railways in a statement said that ticket-checker Zahid, took the victim to an air-conditioned compartment of the train, where the manager Aqib was already present. Aqib, Zahid and another train staffer then sexually assaulted the victim.

    A first information report (FIR) was filed at the Railways Police Station under Sections 377 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

    As per Pakistan Railways, the accused persons have been arrested.

    Police is further investigating the incident.

  • Orange line metro surpasses 11,000 daily ridership

    Orange line metro surpasses 11,000 daily ridership

    The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is satisfied with the average daily ridership on the Orange Line Metro Bus route.

    The data on average ridership on the Orange Line Metro Bus route was reviewed during a session at the headquarters of CDA. The average daily passenger load for 15 buses was 11,464 passengers per day, resulting in 30 passengers every bus journey.

    It was also shown that the Faiz Ahmed Faiz junction for the Orange and Red lines was the busiest, with 1,746 passengers per day, while the Police Foundation-Mauve Area Stop was the least used.

    Additionally, May 23, with over 16,000 passengers, was the busiest day of the year. It has been observed that as time passes, the ridership on this route improves.

    The CDA administration expressed their delight that a big number of people are taking advantage of this service, and expressed their optimism that with the upcoming inauguration of the green and blue lines, the connection between various districts of the city will improve, as well as the number of ridership.

    The administration expressed the hope that not only would this reduce traffic congestion, but that it would also assist to reduce air pollution in the city.

    It is important to note that buses are expected to arrive in Islamabad from Karachi by the end of this week; in the first phase, buses for the orange, blue, and green lines are also arriving in the federal capital.

  • A new visa scheme allows graduates from world’s top universities to come to UK

    A new visa scheme allows graduates from world’s top universities to come to UK

    Under a new visa scheme, graduates from the world’s finest universities will be able to apply to come to the United Kingdom. The “high-potential individual” path, as per the government, will attract the “brightest and greatest” early in their careers.

    According to BBC, alumni of major non-UK universities who graduated within the last five years will be eligible for the scheme. Graduates will be eligible regardless of where they were born, and they will not be required to apply if they have a job offer.

    If you have a bachelor’s or master’s degree, you will be awarded a two-year work visa, and if you have a Ph.D., you will be given a three-year work visa. If they achieve certain standards, they will be eligible to switch to other long-term employment visas.

    There will be no limit on the number of graduates that are eligible.

    A person must have graduated from a university that was ranked in the top 50 of at least two of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, or The Academic Ranking of World Universities in the year they graduated to be eligible.

    The government produced an online list of qualified colleges for 2021 that included 20 US universities, including Harvard, Yale, and MIT.

    The University of Hong Kong, the University of Melbourne, and the Paris Sciences et Lettres University were among the other 17 qualified universities.

    Some scholars, on the other side, have expressed displeasure that no universities from South Asia, Latin America, or Africa have been featured on the list.

    It’s a deeply inequitable method, according to Christopher Trisos, director and senior researcher at the University of Cape Town.

    “They need to be recognised and including varied skills and in-depth knowledge held by many graduates from institutions in developing nations,” he said, if the UK wants to play a part in addressing the century’s big challenges, such as energy access, climate change, and pandemics.

    The visa will cost £715 plus an immigration health premium, which permits migrants to use the NHS in the United Kingdom.

    Graduates will be able to bring their families, but they must have a minimum of £1,270 in maintenance funds. They must also pass a security and criminality check and have at least a B1 intermediate level of English proficiency, which is characterised as having the “fluency to communicate with native speakers without effort.”

    Changes to the plan allow international students studying in the UK to stay and work for up to two years.

    The student visa scheme, which was reintroduced two years ago, overturned a 2012 decision by then-Home Secretary Theresa May, which required international students to leave four months after completing their degree.

    The combination of university lists used by the Home Office “provides independent validation for institutions and opens up the option for new foreign universities to progress up the ranks and join this list in the future,” according to a spokesman for the department.

    They went on to say that each of the qualified universities attracts students from all over the world, and that there are “many alternative paths eligible for graduates from other universities, including the Graduate, Skilled Worker, and Global Talent routes” for graduates from other universities.

    “The approach implies that the UK will grow as a major international hub for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship,” stated Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

    Via: BBC

  • Excise, Taxation Department intensifies action against tax defaulting vehicle owners

    Excise, Taxation Department intensifies action against tax defaulting vehicle owners

    The Sindh government has issued a warning to car owners who have not paid their taxes. The Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control (ET&NC) Department has been conducting a road inspection for more than a week now. Authorities have inspected a total of 21,303 vehicles across the province.

    A total of 1,358 automobiles were seized for various reasons, with the paperwork of 1,958 vehicles also being confiscated during the road check, according to The News.

    Mukesh Kumar Chawla, the provincial minister in charge of (ET&NC), has planned a tax-collecting campaign. He went on to say that the campaign will run until June 3, after which the government will take action against automobiles that have not paid their taxes.

    Kumar issued a statement urging citizens to pay their taxes as soon as possible. Meanwhile, authorities claim to have recovered over Rs252 million in taxes from non-compliant car owners.

    The authorities had collected about Rs21.4 million in taxes from the car owners by the fourth day. Chawla has directed that non-compliant car owners be dealt with harshly by the authorities.

  • ‘Such mean tactics can’t deter me from asking questions’: Matiullah reacts to rape comments by Journalists

    ‘Such mean tactics can’t deter me from asking questions’: Matiullah reacts to rape comments by Journalists

    Matiullah Jan has reacted to rape comments by Journalists. “Thanks everyone for massive support.Such mean tactics can’t deter me from asking Qs. For the record, allegations (now clarified as a joke) r rubbish & reflect upon anchors’ true nature. My offer stands – invite me to your live show & if I prove you wrong you quit journalism,” he wrote.

    Twitter has lashed out at Anchor turned YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan for making a crude rape joke regarding Senior Journalist Matiullah Jan. In the video clip, that has gone viral on social media, Imran Riaz Khan, Sami Ibrahim and Jameel Farooqui can be seen making insensitive comments about rape, while Matiullah Jan is also present.

    In the video, Imran Riaz Khan is asking Matiullah to pursue the case against his alleged rape in army barracks.

    https://twitter.com/asadkharal/status/1531174191323656193?s=21&t=4v5eGPSi5BD5EU1_AZeO9w

    Twitter users have lashed out at Imran Riaz Khan for ‘insensitive, condemnable, and unacceptable’, comments.

    Have a look at the Twitter reactions:

    w
    https://twitter.com/No_Xtra0rdinary/status/1531192420821618690
  • World unites over Twitter debate that Swedes don’t let you eat if you are at their house

    World unites over Twitter debate that Swedes don’t let you eat if you are at their house

    A Twitter thread went viral recently in which people shared their experiences of visiting Swedish homes and not being served food.

    A question was posted on Reddit: “What is the weirdest thing you had to do at someone else’s house because of their culture/religion?”

    One of the users replied, “I remember going to my Swedish friend’s house. And while we we were playing in his room, his mom yelled that dinner was ready. And check this. He told me to wait in his room while they ate.”

    “I slept over a friends house. When we woke up, he said he was going downstairs for a few minutes. After about 15 minutes I go on the stairs to see wtf is happening and they are eating breakfast. They see me and tell me he has almost done and will be up there soon. I still think about it 25 years later,” another user replied.

    People on social media are finding this tradition a little “weird”. Have a look at some of the reactions:

    https://twitter.com/FalKoopa_/status/1530931596379193344
  • Nepal missing plane found: Rescue recovers 14 bodies

    Nepal missing plane found: Rescue recovers 14 bodies

    Following the announcement by Nepal’s army that it had located the crash site of the missing plane, rescue workers have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site. There were 22 passengers on board.

    According to a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, the search for others is continuing.

    A small passenger plane, operated by private airline Tara Air went missing in Nepal on Sunday during cloudy weather.

    The airline said the plane was carrying four Indians, two Germans and 16 Nepalis, including three crew.

    The government officials said that the plane took off in the morning for a 20-minute flight but lost contact with the control tower five minutes before landing.

    The state-owned Nepal Television said villagers had seen an aircraft on fire at the foot of the Himalayan mountain Manapathi.

    Referring to the fire site, Tara Air spokesperson told Reuters, “Ground search teams are proceeding towards that direction but it could be a fire by villagers or by cowherds. It could be anything.” The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) also said a team was headed to that area.

    Nepal has a record of air accidents because of the huge mountains that country has. Its weather can change suddenly and airstrips typically located in mountainous areas are hard to reach.

  • Islamabad Traffic Police intensifies crackdown against wrong parking

    The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) recently fined numerous motorists for wrong parking in order to maintain a smooth flow of traffic in the federal capital.

    The SSP Traffic Syed Mustafa Tanveer instructed all Zonal DSPs to guarantee traffic law enforcement through a courteous attitude toward citizens. He advised that motorists should be treated equally and informed officials about traffic laws.

    Furthermore, the SSP Traffic asserted that only pedestrians had the right to use the footpath and that no parking would be permitted there. He was of the view that vehicles should be parked in designated areas of shopping malls while an awareness campaign to educate citizens visiting the malls was underway.

    The number of vehicles in the federal capital has increased drastically in recent years, impeding transportation.

    Tanveer stated that it is our prime concern to guarantee the comfort of road users by preserving traffic discipline, and that every effort will be made to that end.

  • Female avatar virtually raped in the virtual world

    Female avatar virtually raped in the virtual world

    A female researcher working with the corporate accountability campaign group SumOfUs alleged that her avatar in Meta’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds was sexually abused.

    The report said: “A SumOfUs researcher was led into a private room at a party where she was raped by a user who kept telling her to turn around so he could do it from behind while users outside the window could see – all while another user in the room watched and passed around a vodka bottle.”

    SumOfUs director Vicky Wyatt, while talking to BBC, said that while the attack did not take place in real life, “it still counts, it still has a real impact on users.”

    The group claims that the researcher also witnessed homophobic slurs and virtual gun violence.

    Wyatt said that Meta needs to act now to deal with issues.

    The metaverse is not a single place, and it is stated to include a variety of 3D virtual environments, including well-known games and virtual worlds.

  • No ban on diapers, sanitary pads, their raw material, clarifies Miftah Ismail

    No ban on diapers, sanitary pads, their raw material, clarifies Miftah Ismail

    Finance Minister Miftah Islamail has clarified there is no import ban on sanitary pads or their raw materials.

    “There is no ban on any industrial raw material. The ban is only on some luxury or non-essential goods. And there is certainly no ban on sanitary pads or diapers (or their raw materials), which are obviously essential goods. We will issue further official clarification on Monday.”

    Head of the Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms, Salman Sufi, tweeted that the news circulating regarding ban on saintry pads is “absolutely incorrect”.

    “Women’s health is of paramount importance and shall never be compromised,” said Sufi.

    It was reported earlier that government has added raw materials for sanitary napkins to the list of non-essential luxury items in its recent import ban, which will affect the production of pads in Pakistan.

    A major chunk of sanitary napkins is produced by two companies in Pakistan — P&G and Santex, which make Always and Butterfly respectively. The production of sanitary napkins of one of these brands has been majorly affected, reports Dawn.

    “Though all of our products are produced in Pakistan, two of the core raw materials that form the base of the napkin are imported. The ban would mean the factory would have to shut down eventually because we can’t manufacture them anymore after the current supply runs out,” said Muhammad Kamran, Chief Operating Officer of Santex while talking to Dawn.

    The main components in question, he explained, are sap paper and wadding cellulose fibre. These items are classified as HS Code 4803.000, which is prohibited under the new import ban according to the Ministry of Commerce.

    “[These] are basic raw materials utilised in the manufacturing of female sanitary napkins. These items are neither tissues nor luxury but are included in S.No 63 of the SRO,” he added.

     “We’ve sent an application to the Ministry of Commerce that will take 15 to 20 days to review. We’re hoping for a positive response.”

    Read more- Govt bans import of ‘luxury items’ to fight economic crisis

    On May 19, 2022, the federal cabinet issued a list of 41 items, which will be banned from being imported for two months. This is in an attempt to address the current account deficit.