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  • Murree, other districts finalise fresh emergency plan ahead of upcoming rain and snow

    Murree, other districts finalise fresh emergency plan ahead of upcoming rain and snow

    The administration of Rawalpindi district, which includes Gujar Khan, Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, Kotli Sattian, Murree, Rawalpindi Tehsil, and Taxila has finalised a fresh contingency plan ahead of the upcoming rain and snow that is forecasted for the hilly areas from Tuesday, January 18, and Thursday, January 20.

    The Meteorological Office has asked all departments to make appropriate arrangements ahead of the snowfall and rain in the region.

    Additional deputy commissioner and three assistant commissioners have been deployed in Murree to avoid another tragedy.

    According to the new plan, much of the focus will be on snow removal and traffic management. Entry in the hill station will be regulated which means not more 8,000 vehicles will be allowed to enter.

    In addition, the probe committee, which is expected to submit its report to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on January 16, is now camped out at the Punjab House in Islamabad.

    Earlier this week, The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) responsible for the Murree tragedy which killed 23 people, including children due to carbon monoxide poisonous gas in their cars.

  • Old weapons found buried in Karachi residential building

    Old weapons found buried in Karachi residential building

    Weapons buried for several years were recovered from a building in the Old City area of ​​Karachi.

    SSP Central of the police, while talking to media today said that search for more weapons has been underway as “We have got more information.”

    “We are investigating if the arms belong to a banned outfit,” the SSP said, “Details also being gathered about the owner of the godown and the person that hired it on rent.”

    “A large cache of heavy weapons was recovered in digging during last night. More arms including a sten gun were found in the morning,” the police official said.

    SSP Central Murtaza Tabassum said that no arrest has been made in the case so far. “There are reports about arms at some more places,” SSP Central said.

    “Recovered arms include machine-guns, anti-aircraft gun and sten gun,” he said. “The weapons are rusted, how these arms came here we have to look into it,” SSP Tabassum said.

    “Recovery of arms cache near a police station is a matter of concern,” he said.

     An investigation will be launched into who owned the building several years ago. After a complete recovery of arms, there will be investigations from various angles.

    According to the SSP Central, different portions of the floor were excavated. Heavy arms were buried under the house’s floor which included anti-aircraft gun, anti-tank and anti-helicopter weaponry, as well as ammunition to detonate buildings.

    Police claim the weapon appears to be 10 to 12 years old.

  • Prisoner serving a life sentence wins Rs. 1 million educational scholarship

    Prisoner serving a life sentence wins Rs. 1 million educational scholarship

    Naeem Shah, a prisoner who has been serving a life sentence for 11 years for committing murder, was awarded a scholarship worth Rs1 million to undertake a degree in chartered accountancy for his outstanding academic performance.

    The official application reads, “In these joyous moments, we feel delighted in informing you that based on your academic performance in HSSC results; you fulfill the eligibility criteria for the Edhi CA Talent Scholarship Program of ICAP”

    According, to the official letter, the eligible candidate must be among 20 position holders within Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) from respective intermediate boards.

    The scholarship was given to him by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).

    Senior Superintendent of Central Jail Muhammad, Karachi Hassan Sehto revealed that while being behind the bars the prisoner gave his matriculation exams. He then undertook the intermediate examination in which he secured excellent marks and attained a position in the top 20 students. Throughout his time, he was well-mannered and spent most of his time studying.

    Later, he applied for the ICAP scholarship programme and got selected.

    Naeem is serving a life sentence and will most likely complete the program while in jail.

  • Positivity rate 35% in KHI: Sindh announces Covid restrictions but no lockdown

    Positivity rate 35% in KHI: Sindh announces Covid restrictions but no lockdown

    Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has announced new Covid-19 restrictions in the province amid the sharp surge in infections of the deadly virus. The positivity rate in the city’s capital has reached 35 percent. Despite the high positivity rate, no lockdown will be imposed in the city.

    A meeting of The Sindh Task Force chaired by CM Sindh was held today in which the decision to not close the educational institutes in the province was made.

    However, new Covid-19 restrictions were decided in the meeting. The restrictions include:

    • Government employees flouting the SOPs, including the mask-wearing rule, will have to pay a fine to be deducted from their salary
    • Food at weddings to be distributed in boxes
    • Wearing mask has been made compulsory in all Public Places
    • Authorities to check vaccination cards
    • Only vaccinated people will be allowed in markets

    As per NCOC, Pakistan recorded 4286 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with four people losing their lives to the deadly virus.

  • Man finds dead cockroach in ear after three days

    Man finds dead cockroach in ear after three days

    A man from Auckland New Zealand thought his ear was clogged with water after taking a swim but after three days with no relief, a doctor discovered something far more creepy and crawly inside. A cockroach had been living in his ears for the past three days.

    Zane Wedding, 40, from South Auckland, New Zealand, said he got home from swimming with a blocked ear. But after falling asleep, waking up and still feeling “immense pressure” in his left ear, Wedding started to get worried.

    So Wedding took a trip to the doctor’s office.

    As soon as the doctor told Wedding what the source of his discomfort was over the past few days, Wedding was astonished and said he jumped out of his chair when he heard the doctor.

    It took about five minutes to extract the dead cockroach and Wedding said as soon as the doctor pulled out the insect that he felt instant relief. 

    To prevent another incident like this from happening again, Wedding said exterminators have been called to flush out any would-be ear invaders from his home. 

    Moreover, cockroaches love dark and damp environments and ears are the perfect spot for these insects, according to Dr. Coby Schal from the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. 

  • Which 31 countries can you visit on Pakistani Passport?

    Which 31 countries can you visit on Pakistani Passport?

    A few days back, Henley Passport Index has released the list of world passport ranking in which Pakistan was ranked the 4th worst passport worldwide.

    Overall, the Pakistani passport ranks at 108th position in the world for a third consecutive year with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 31 destinations around the world.

    Here is the list of all 31 countries where you can travel with visa-on-arrival or visa-free destinations.

    * Visa On Arrival

    OCEANIA

    Cook Islands

    Micronesia

    Niue

    Palau Islands *

    Samoa *

    Tuvalu *

    Vanuatu

    MIDDLE EAST

    Qatar *

    CARIBBEAN

    Dominica

    Haiti

    Montserrat

    St. Vincent and the Grenadines

    Trinidad and Tobago

    ASIA

    Cambodia *

    Maldives *

    Nepal *

    Timor-Leste *

    AFRICA

    Cape Verde Islands *

    Comores Islands *

    Guinea-Bissau *

    Madagascar *

    Mauritania *

    Mozambique *

    Rwanda *

    Senegal *

    Seychelles *

    Sierra Leone *

    Somalia *

    Tanzania *

    Togo *

    Uganda *

    The passport ranking is done by doing a comparison between 199 different passports with free-visa access to 227 travel destinations. A score with a value of 1 is assigned for that passport with no visa requirement. The same score is applied if you can obtain a visa on arrival, a visitor’s permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) when entering the destination.

    A score with a value of 0 is assigned where a visa is required or if a government-approved electronic vis (e-visa) before departure is needed by the passport holder. A similar requirement is applied if you need pre-departure government approval for a visa on arrival.

    The total score for each passport is equal to the number of destinations for which no visa is required (value = 1).

  • #KarachiEatCanWait trends as event continues with 28 percent positivity rate

    #KarachiEatCanWait trends as event continues with 28 percent positivity rate

    Karachi, where Covid-19 positivity has reached more than 20 per cent and the provincial government is directing towards a lockdown, the food festival Karachi Eat 2022 has kicked off today, despite immense backlash.

    A number of people want the festival to be called of which is currently is taking place in the port city from January 14 to January 16 at Beach View Park in Clifton. The administration has directed visitors to “mask up and strictly follow to the SOPs.”

    However, a number of people have questioned the authorities if organising a food festival when Covid-19 cases are on the rise in a city is a “wise idea?” Here are some of the reactions.

    https://twitter.com/RandomBytes1/status/1481627539206463490?s=20
    https://twitter.com/MasomAriba/status/1481969056861282308?s=20
    https://twitter.com/TayyebaZee/status/1481636360167452672?s=20
  • Which vaccine has the lowest death rate?

    Which vaccine has the lowest death rate?

    Singapore has released a breakdown of the impact of different Covid-19 vaccines. The recipients of Moderna vaccine showed the lowest death rate.

    The country found 11 deaths per 100,000 among people who received Sinovac shots and 7.8 deaths among those with Sinopharm. This number went down to to 6.2 deaths for those with mRNA shots from Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE and only one fatality in those who were administered the vaccines from Moderna.

    Singapore’s Health minister Ong Ye Kung told parliament that out of the 802 people who lost their lives to Covid-19 last year in the city-state, 70% of them weren’t fully vaccinated.

    Singapore has fully immunized 87 per cent of its 5.7 million residents, with 47 per cent having also received booster doses. Singapore has the world’s highest vaccination rate.

  • Asteroid size of Burj Khalifa to make closest pass by Earth

    Asteroid size of Burj Khalifa to make closest pass by Earth

    A large asteroid the size of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building is heading for Earth. The flyby is expected to take place on Tuesday, January 18.

    The massive asteroid has a diameter of approximately 791 meters. Its estimated size is about 3,280 feet, which is approximately the size of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa and twice the height of New York City’s Empire State Building.

    For comparison, the distance between the earth and the moon is far less than that around 385,00 km. As such, despite being classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid(PHA) due to its size and close proximity to Earth, it seems unlikely to pose a threat to the planet. In fact, NASA has declared the Earth safe from asteroid impacts for the next 100 years.

    The asteroid’s size also isn’t a cause for concern. Hasan Al Hariri, the CEO of Dubai Astronomy Group, said it will pass Earth safely.

    “The asteroid will fly past and go even beyond the moon. It’s not going to collide with our planet,” he said. “There are more than 500 such asteroids. These are also called NEOs or Nearth-Earth Objects or Hazardous Bodies.”

    “There are different types of asteroids, and we have to create different methods to defend Earth against potential asteroids or comet hazards,” Al Hariri said.

    The speeding asteroid will pass 1.93 million kilometres from earth, or about five times the distance between earth and moon.

    “Nasa’s programmes of planetary defence systems monitor all such bodies that can cause a threat to Earth, either in the short or long-term,” Al Hariri said. “Different space agencies also monitor the sky and there are many surveys held around the year and around the world to identify such objects that could pose a threat to us. Additionally, advanced telescopes are being manufactured that can capture up to even one million objects coming from space.”

  • Indian college bans hijab and Hindu saffron scarves over tension concerns

    Indian college bans hijab and Hindu saffron scarves over tension concerns

    A Karnataka state government college in India has banned the hijab and saffron scarves over rising tension fears.

    Last month, a section of the Hindu right-wing group appeared wearing saffron scarves and threatened their Muslim female class fellows not to wear the hijab during classes.

    The college principal said, “The officials were part of the meeting and it was decided that Hindu students will not sport saffron scarves and Muslim girl students will not wear hijabs but they can wear a shawl to cover their heads. If anyone violates the rule, they would be dismissed from the college.”

    Muslim students make a quarter of the total of 850 students enrolled in the degree college.

    The state secretary of Campus Front of India student group, Syed Sarfaraz Gangavathi appreciated the decision which took by the college authorities by saying, “The Constitution allows the wearing of hijab or saffron shawls but it should not be instigated by anyone or politically motivated.”

    According to the principal, the same issue rose up in 2018 as well when the authorities had barred Muslim female students from wearing hijab though for the past few days they started wearing the hijab again.

    In recent times, hatred has been fueling around in educational institutions over the religious freedom of the minorities under the current ruling government in India.