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  • ‘Aamil’ did not instruct pregnant woman to hammer nail in head, husband claims

    ‘Aamil’ did not instruct pregnant woman to hammer nail in head, husband claims

    Ahmed Sabir, husband of a pregnant woman who allegedly hammered a nail in her head a few days ago on the instructions of an ‘Aamil [faith healer]’ has denied any involvement of the faith healer in the incident.

    Sabir, while speaking with journalists on Thursday, claimed that his wife is suffering from a mental illness for a long period of time. She had previously received treatment from psychiatrists.

    Sabir rejected all media reports that he had threatened his wife that he will divorce her and remarry if she did not give birth to a boy. He revealed that this woman is his second wife with whom he has three children, including two sons. He has eight children with his first wife, including four sons.

    While talking to journalists, he said, “You people would not believe this, but she is possessed by spirits.”

    Sabir said that his second wife had previously jumped from their house, which is a three-storey building.

    Earlier, a statement was given by Sabir’s wife that an ‘Aamil’ instructed her to hammer a nail into her skull when she found out that she was about to deliver a daughter again from an ultrasound.

    She got injured and was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, and underwent emergency surgery to remove the nail from her skull.

    The woman left the hospital with her family after the nail was removed from her head.

  • Sindh revives student unions after three decades

    Sindh revives student unions after three decades

    The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Sindh Students Union Bill 2019 to revive student unions. According to the bill, a student union will be formed in every private and government educational institute.

    Students will be able to vote for or participate in the student union, according to the bill. The bill defines the student union as “a body or association of students of any educational institution by whatever name called for promoting the general interests of its members as students for academic, disciplinary, extra-curricular or other matters related to the affairs of the students in the educational institutions”.

    As per the bill, students would be able to form a union with seven to 11 student members through elections every year. The union will have representation in the institute’s syndicate, senate, and anti-harassment committee.

    The bill states that no student will be allowed to use or keep firearms on campus. The bill states that educational institutes will decide the rules and regulations related to the union two months after the bill is passed.

    During General Ziaul Haq’s military government, student unions were banned throughout the country in 1984.

  • 10-year-old allegedly raped in washroom of private school

    10-year-old allegedly raped in washroom of private school

    A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the washroom of a private school in Lahore and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, Dawn has reported.

    The incident was brought to light after the child, a third-grade student, was found in a terrible state in the washroom after the school had closed.

    According to the initial investigation, she went to the washroom after school, when the suspect reached inside and locked the door. Police officials suspect that the rapist is a male student at the institution.

    The victim cried out for help when she was being sexually assaulted, according to the police officer. Her class fellows told the police that they had informed the school management about her cries, but that they were ignored since “children used to make noise frequently” on school grounds.

    The victim was taken to the hospital, where sexual assault was confirmed by medics. The school’s CCTV cameras, as well as those located outside, are being used to assist the police.

  • ’Go out for dinner’, Nurse allegedly harassed by hospital’s administration

    ’Go out for dinner’, Nurse allegedly harassed by hospital’s administration

    Parveen Rind, a practising nurse at Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHS), Nawabshah alleged that she had been harassed by the university administration since her first year at the university, reports BBC Urdu.

    Rind alleged that “we were told to be friends with them, go out to dinner or else they would fail, cancel the admission and would beat us or harass us if we did not comply with their demands.”

    She added that on the morning of February 9th, three masked women barged into her hostel room, attempted to kill her and threatened her that if she tells anyone about the harassment, she would be dead. After the incident, the victim immediately told her family.

    In a video that is circling around social media, Rind can be seen saying that no girl is safe at the university’s hostel. She said that no student had committed suicide at the hostel, apparently referring to the mysterious deaths of Dr Nimrita and Dr Nosheen Shah in their hostel rooms in Chandka Medical College, Larkana, Naila Rind’s death in her hostel room in Sindh University, and Dr Asmat Rajput’s ‘suicide’ in her home in Sita Road town. “All had been killed”, she claimed.

    After protesting against the university administration and repeated complaints, the Sindh health minister Dr Azra Pechuho formed a three-member inquiry committee, reports Dawn.

    The chairman of the committee informed the PUMHS Vice-Chancellor (VC) that he would conduct an inquiry into the incident on February 11 (today) at 10am. As per the media, they have started the investigation without waiting for the report.

    However, the university’s registrar rejected Rind’s statement in a press release and said that no such incident had taken place.

  • 61% drinking water in the country unsafe to drink: report presented to Parliament

    61% drinking water in the country unsafe to drink: report presented to Parliament

    The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources has revealed that 61 per cent of drinking water in Pakistan is unsafe. The research also revealed that 93 per cent of water in Sindh’s capital Karachi is also unsafe. As per research, the water in 29 major cities is dangerously unsafe.

    “Overall, 62 per cent of the drinking water quality of these [29] major cities is unsafe. Underground water of these cities is full of turbidity, hardness, chloride, TDS, bacteriological and other chemicals,” reads the research produced by the PCRWR, which was presented before parliament earlier this month.

    “Long-term consumption of arsenic beyond the safe level may result in various health implications — symptoms of long-term exposure to high levels of inorganic arsenic which ultimately is developing skin cancer,” read the official document.

  • Govt decides to increase power tariff by Rs2.8 per unit

    Govt decides to increase power tariff by Rs2.8 per unit

    The government has decided to further increase the electricity tariff by Rs2.8 per unit, under the Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP). The decision has been taken to collect an additional Rs292 billion from consumers as per the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

    The tariff will go up from February to July this year, in two phases.

    As per the sources of The Nation, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE), which met under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, was informed that the power sector circular debt has increased by Rs196b during the first six months (Jul-December) of the fiscal year 2021-22 as compared to the same period of the previous year and has increased to a record high of Rs2,476b.

    The first rise, of at least 63 paisa, is anticipated to be implemented from this month, bringing in Rs85 billion for the government till June of next year.

    However, because of the higher-than-expected currency devaluation, the Ministry of Energy has warned the cabinet committee that the rise might be as high as 75 paisa per unit. According to the decision, another hike of Rs2.17 per unit will be implemented in July, putting an additional cost of Rs207 billion on customers.

  • Instagram music feature is now available in Pakistan

    Instagram music feature is now available in Pakistan

    Instagram music is now available for Pakistani users, who were deprived of using this feature till now.

    Instagram music feature was introduced in June 2018 but due to some legal issues, it was not available in Pakistan. Reportedly, Instagram did not acquire a music license for this region earlier, which is why Pakistani users would get a message, “Instagram Music is not available in your region.”

    Now Pakistani users will be able to use the Instagram music feature and add any music genre of their choice from all over the world.

    To add this feature, you are required to tap on the sticker option and add the music feature to photos and videos in your stories.

    You can either choose from the dropdown list or browse music of your choice to add to your stories.

  • ‘Well done Pakistan’: 58% of eligible population fully vaccinated

    ‘Well done Pakistan’: 58% of eligible population fully vaccinated

    Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that 58 per cent of Pakistan’s eligible population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. He also mentioned that Pakistan has set a record by administering 2.24 million Covid-19 vaccination doses in a day.

    “Another record set with 2.24 million vaccinations in a day. Last 4 days in a row we have vaccinated more than 2 million each day. Every 3 out of 4 Pakistanis eligible for vaccination have received at least 1 dose. 58% are fully vaccinated. Well done Pakistan,” the minister wrote in his tweet.

    As per the National Command Operation Center (NCOC), Pakistan recorded 3,498 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with 39 people losing their lives to the deadly virus.

  • Wordle saves woman’s life when she didn’t post her score

    Wordle saves woman’s life when she didn’t post her score

    An 80-year-old woman in the US, who was being held hostage by an intruder, was saved because she had not texted her daily Wordle score to one of her daughters. Wordle is a popular word game, which has recently been bought by the New York Times.

    According to media reports, Denyse Holt was woken up by a naked man with a knife in the middle of the night. The 32-year-old intruder also disconnected her phones and took two knives from her kitchen before taking her to the basement and locking her there for 17 hours without food or medication. “I didn’t think I was going to live,” she told CBS Chicago.

    Her daughter in Seattle thought something was off when her mother did not text her daily Wordle score. “I didn’t send my older daughter a Wordle in the morning and that was disconcerting to her,” said Holt.

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    Friends and family alerted the police, who found a broken window on the first floor of the home and blood when they arrived at Holt’s home. Police told CBS Chicago that the intruder, James H. Davis III, was taken into custody and is facing felony charges. He continued to refuse to surrender but was eventually caught by the police. Davis was charged with home invasion, aggravated kidnapping while armed with a weapon and two counts of aggravated assault against a peace officer.

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  • Video: Camilla is my ‘Mehbooba’, says Prince Charles

    Video: Camilla is my ‘Mehbooba’, says Prince Charles

    On Wednesday, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall attended a reception hosted by the British Asian Trust at the British Museum. During his speech, Prince Charles referred to Camilla as his “mehbooba,” which means ‘beloved,’ and emphasised the importance of the next generation in the future of South Asia.

    “I can not believe it is almost two years to the day that both my mehbooba and myself, are able to be with all of you to celebrate the work of the Asian Trust,” he said.

    “The future of South Asia truly deepened upon the children and the young people of the region,” he added.

    He lauded British Asian trust for helping those in need.

    The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007, by HRH The Prince of Wales and a group of British Asian business leaders, to tackle widespread poverty, inequality and injustice in South Asia