Zahir Jaffer, the prime suspect in the Noor Mukdam murder case, has retracted his confessional statement. Zahir said that Noor called her friends at his house for a drug party, and she was murdered by someone else, maybe someone present at the drug party, and not him.
“Hours later, when I regained consciousness, I found myself tied up in the lounge,” Zahir’s statement added, which he gave before an Islamabad court. “She [Noor] came to my house with a large number of drugs and asked me to throw a drug party, but I refused,” claimed Jaffer. He further added that he was “rescued” by the police.
Zahir said that Noor’s father is an influential man, and he has fabricated charges against him with the help of the police.
Earlier this month, a local court in Islamabad, requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) grant additional time to complete the trial. The murder trial began in October 2021.
Noor Mukadam was brutally murdered at a residence in Islamabad’s upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20. Her death sparked national outrage, including protests and candlelight vigils across the country. The Islamabad police arrested main suspect Zahir on the night of July 20 from his house.
Valentine’s Day is the ideal opportunity to express your love for your partner or friends by giving them thoughtful gifts. If you are confused about what to purchase for your partner, here are some gift ideas for both men and women.
Vintage card and envelope:
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Polly Gift Card
If you are not sure what to gift to your partner, then gift cards can save you. You can gift a Polly Gift Card as a token of love. Polly & Other Stories have a wide variety of items ranging from paintings to stationery and from wallets to jewellery. They deliver countrywide.
Lunch Box Cake:
Food is a way to anyone’s heart, and a cake definitely goes straight to your heart. A Lunch Box cake saying “I Love You”, or anything you want to say to your partners can be a perfect gift. You can order one from Binge Baking by Misha.
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You can find countless gifts from their Valentine’s Day collection. You can order mugs, candles and many more things from their website.
Embroidered Hoops:
Embroidered Hoops can also be a good gift for your loved ones to make them feel special. You can get a quote written, or can get something special for your partner embroidered.
Conatural is a skincare brand that has organic products. For Valentine’s Day, they have introduced “Heart to Heart”, special baskets customised for both men and women.
All their products are cruelty-free! You can place your orders on their website.
Scented Candles by Honey I’m Home.
Scented candles are undoubtedly the best gift one can receive. When it comes to scents, there’s a world of options, so you can choose the one according to your partner’s choice. Moreover, scented candles are fantastic mood boosters because the aroma activates receptors in the brain that make us feel good, and what could be a better way of expressing love than making your partner feel positive?
Fresh floral prints on organza saris are in trend these days, so if you have not found something to gift to your partner, you should definitely consider buying from ‘Shahkaar By Adila’. Breathtakingly beautiful saris are on display throughout their Instagram page.
Beard Grooming Kit from Dari Mooch:
We can all agree that when it comes to gifts, it is very to difficult to make a choice. If you are struggling to make a choice, then Darhi Mooch’s Beard Grooming Kit can come to your rescue.
Giving flowers on Valentine’s Day is very common but for a change, you can give plants as a gift too. Every plant is lovely and has its own way of touching our emotions, but some are particularly romantic.
Two females including a minor were allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped, and paraded naked in the Naukot area of Mirpurkhas district in Sindh on Monday. There was a dispute between the Tangri and Rajput communities over a free-will marriage.
The incident took place because a woman from the Tangri community fled from home to marry a man belonging to the Rajput family.
Geo reported that over 20 men of the Tangri community raided the house of Muhammad Hanif Rajpoot and abducted two girls from his family.
The victims were rescued after 20 hours when the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA of Mir Tariq Talpur took notice of the incident.
Dr Zebunisa Kolachi who conducted an initial examination confirmed that both girls were raped.
Both victims revealed more details about the horrific incident which they faced.
They said, “Both of us were stripped off our clothes, forced to parade naked, and then raped by many men for hours during detention at an unknown location.”
The First Investigation Report (FIR) has been filed on the complainant, Ali Raza Rajput who is the husband of one of the abducted victims.
The relatives of the victims protested regarding the heinous act in the town and also alleged that the police of the Naukot area is reluctant to arrest the assailants.
The parents of the victims said, “Nobody feels safe from people of these gangs of Tangri community but the police of Naukot town have never bothered to take any action against them.”
Parents also revealed that the Tangri gang also took away valuable goods, gold, and cash at a gunpoint from the house.
Police have arrested 12 suspects who were nominated in the FIR.
On the instructions of a ‘fake Aamil’, a pregnant woman hammered a nail into her head to give birth to a son in Peshawar. She was injured and rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, and underwent emergency surgery to remove the nail from her skull.
According to the statement given by the victim, the ‘Aamil’ instructed her to hammer a nail into her skull.
The statement further revealed that her husband was pressurising her wife to give birth to a son. She has three children including two sons and a daughter. Her husband threatened to divorce her and remarry if she could not give birth to a son.
When she found out that she was about to deliver a daughter again from an ultrasound, she decided to visit an aamil as the last option.
The neurosurgeon, Dr Haider Suleman, who treated her revealed that she had a serious head injury and her pregnancy was making recovery more difficult. The woman left the hospital with her family after treatment and police are now searching for the couple.
The police have found the couple’s names from hospital records. However, they could not get their National Identity Card (CNIC) details.
The senior superintendent of police (SSP) said that the couple resides in Peshawar and police would trace them soon, adding, “an investigation team has been formed under SP city for the purpose.”
The Capital City Police Peshawar (CCPO), Abbas Ahsan said, “legal action will be taken against her husband and the culprits involved.”
Special team has been made to bring to justice the fake Pir who played with the life of an innocent woman & put a nail in her head, with a false promise of a male child.
The team will also investigate why incident was not reported to police by the treating doctor.
A session court sentenced a Hindu teacher, Nautan Lal, to life imprisonment over charges of ‘blasphemy’ in Ghotki, a district in Sindh. He was fined Rs50,000 as well, reports SAMAA News.
The verdict was announced by the additional session judge, Mumtaz Ali Solangi today. The court took two years to convict Nautan Lal who has been in jail since 2019 as an undertrial prisoner.
According to the verdict, he is charged with Section 265-H of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
A case was also registered against Lal under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). He was accused of passing derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet P.B.U.H
He was sent back to Central jail in Sukkur. His requests for bail have been rejected twice for the past two years.
In September 2019, a video was circulated across social media in which an intermediate student claimed that the owner of Ghotki’s Sindh Public Higher Secondary School committed blasphemy.
Member of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, Mufti Adul Karim Sayeedi registered a blasphemy case against the school owner.
However, teachers clarified that the Nautan Lal did not teach at the school but he just visited on that day. He used to teach Physics at Government Degree College Ghotki.
A protest erupted in the town and a violent mob attacked the Hindu Temple in Ghotki and damaged its idols.
An 18-year-old unmarried girl with mental health challenges was found to be five months pregnant when she went to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s (JPMC) emergency with complaints of abdominal pain on January 20, reports Samaa News.
A doctor sent her for an ultrasound for diagnosis, which revealed that she is about five months pregnant. The family members who accompanied her were shocked.
After being questioned by her relatives, she said that she was raped five months ago by her neighbour, Muhammad Mukhtar, who is a policeman.
The victim recalled the full incident that the accused called her in his house when the victim’s family went to attend a funeral. She said that she was slapped and dragged by Mukhtar into a room where he raped her at gunpoint.
The victim was brought to the medico-legal section of JPMC for examination. A Woman Medico-Legal Officer (WMLO) wrote a report in which she mentioned that it was difficult to prove rape after five months.
The victim’s father filed a case against the accused at the South Woman Police Station on January 24.
The next day, her family members and neighbours gathered outside the police station on Sharah-e Faisal for protest and demanded the arrest of the accused.
Late night on January 25, the accused, Muhammad Mukhtar, surrendered before District South Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation-I. The case did not make any further progress even though the accused was arrested.
South SSP Investigation-I, Dr Farrukh Raza, said that WMLO issued a Medico-Legal Certificate which has shown that she is pregnant but it did not mention proof of rape. SSP said, “The police will have to wait for the delivery of the baby to get the forensic evidence.”
“A paternity test will confirm who raped the woman,” he added.
A woman donated part of her liver to save her husband’s life in Sindh, reports Geo.
After the operation, the woman said that they have been married for ten years but they have no children and her husband is everything for her. She also said that she can donate every organ of her body just to save her husband’s life. In the video, the woman looked happy with a smile on her face.
Thereporter asked her how is she feeling about donating her jigar (liver), to which she said, “He is my jigar.” She added that she loves her husband a lot.
The successful and free liver transplant was performed at Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Sciences, Gambat, Khairpur. According to doctors, both the husband and wife are healthy after the operation.
Lahore consumer court judge, Waseem Afzal Mian, imposed a fine of Rs60,000 on a salon for not completing the makeup of a bride. The case was filed by Dr Shazia, reports, SAMAA News.
According to the complainant, she made a booking for her cousin for bridal makeup from the salon on September 30, 2021, for the wedding event on October 16.
The management of the salon asked for the payment of Rs10,000 for the services and took Rs5,000 in advance.
When they came on the wedding day, the remaining amount was paid when makeup started. However, the salon asked for another Rs15,000 during makeup.
When the extra amount was not paid, the beautician refused to complete the makeup of the bride and forced them out of the salon.
The bride had to complete her makeup from a different salon.
The plaintiff requested to impose a fine of Rs1 million on the salon for causing mental distress and ruining the special day of the bride.
The salon administration did not appear in the court despite the various notices sent to them.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed a plea regarding banning the popular online mobile game PUBG on Monday.
A resident of Lahore, Tanveer Sarwar, approached the LHC and filed a plea to ban the online mobile game after a violent murder in Lahore.
The petitioner had to appear on the day of the hearing, however, he did not reach the court.
As a result, the LHC discharged the application over the petitioner’s discontinuation of the case’s pursuit.
The petitioner claimed in the application that PUBG is creating intolerance in society and causing detrimental effects on young minds.
Last month, 18-year-old Ali Zain killed four members of his family in Lahore. An investigator found that the teenager was “addicted” to the online game PUBG.
According to the murderer, he went to sleep after the murder with a sense of accomplishment. The bodies of his four family members were discovered on January 19.
کاہنہ لاہور میں والدہ اور تین بچوں کے قتل کا معمہ حل, پب جی (PUBG) گیم کا عادی بیٹا ہی قاتل نکلا۔ ملزم نے گھر میں موجود والدہ کے پسٹل سے ماں، بہنوں اور بھائی کو قتل کیا. پنجاب پولیس کا خطرناک گیم (PUBG)پر پابندی لگانے کیلئے صوبائی و وفاقی حکومت سے سفارش کا فیصلہ۔ pic.twitter.com/akudvru59S
The Punjab Police had decided to request the federal and provincial governments to ban PUBG after this incident.
On July 1, 2021, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) temporarily suspended PUBG in the country after it received multiple complaints from different segments of society. However, the ban was lifted later.
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has confirmed that Muhammad Ahsan, an orphan who has been trying to get a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) for four years will finally get his identity card within a week.
Nadra responded to a tweet of SAMAA News correspondent Irfanul Haque and confirmed that they would issue a CNIC.
Nadra chairman has taken notice of an incident and gave directions to the concerned authority to resolve the issue at its earliest.
Chairman NADRA @ReplyTariq has taken notice of it and directed the concerned to resolve this issue at its earliest. FYI: there is no such policy for orphans. Whosoever denied him from CNIC processing will be taken to task. M Ahsan has been contacted & his CNIC will be processed.
A few days back, an abandoned orphan, Muhammad Ahsan, a resident of Orangi Town in Karachi, approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) and filed a petition against Nadra under section 199 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for not issuing a CNIC.
Ahsan had been trying to get CNIC for four years to get admission to a university but every time he did, Nadra refused to let him apply for an identity card. He was asked to come with blood relatives.
