An 85-year-old retired postman from the northern Indian state of Bihar received his first dose on February 13 at a local clinic, and he hasn’t stopped since.
In an interview with New York Times, he said, “I felt that it was helping my general health. My backache has improved, my general weakness improved, and my appetite improved. I still want more.”
Mandal used his national identity and his mobile number card for 9 shots out of 12. After that, he used his voting card and the mobile numbers of his wife and his friends.
He admitted that each time he registered for a new jab he told the staff lie that he had not received any dose before.
However, his claim has not yet been confirmed but media reports suggested that Bihar’s vaccination numbers are likely inaccurate. The manual registration process might be the cause of this.
According to the newspaper, there is no indication that the immune system with 12 shots brings any real benefits.
Several Pakistani notables took to their social media after 21 stranded tourists died in Murree on Saturday.
All the routes in Murree were blocked after thousands of vehicles entered the city, leaving tourists helpless on the roads.
Pakistani actor Ayesha Omar wrote: “The scenario in murree is #Heartbreaking. My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones and also all the hundreds of people who were stranded all night. It’s horrific. May Allah bless the souls of the ones departed.”
The scenario in murree is #Heartbreaking .My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones and also all the hundreds of people who were stranded all night. It’s horrific. May Allah bless the souls of the ones departed. #Murree
Similarly, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, taking to Twitter, said: “I am very shocked & sad to see the heart wrenching images/videos coming from Murree, stay safe everyone, my heart goes out to the families of the deceased, May The Almighty bless the departed souls…”
– I am very shocked & sad to see the heart wrenching images/videos coming from Murree, stay safe everyone, my heart goes out to the families of the deceased, May The Almighty bless the departed souls…
Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal, singer turned actor Junaid Khan, director Nabeel Qureshi, author Fatima Bhutto, actors Faysal Quraishi, Ahmad Ali But and Usman Mukhtar took to their social media to express their thoughts on the dreadful event.
The news from Murree is so tragic. Snow, rainwater, heat, why is there so little civic protection from the elements? No emergency preparedness?
Heart-wrenching news coming from #Murree more than 20 people included kids & families freezing to death on the road to Murree…it’s a sad day for tourism My heartfelt condolences to the families,who lost their love ones in this tragedy.
The Punjab government has declared Murree as a calamity-hit area after heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in the city. Taking notice of the chaos and emergency situation, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed to open the government’s offices and rest houses for the stranded tourists.
وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب نے مری میں ایمرجنسی نافذ کر دی
پولیس، انتظامیہ، ریسکیو 1122 اور ہسپتالوں میں ہنگامی حالت کا نفاذ کیا گیا ہے
ریسکیو کےلیے فوج اور رینجرز کےدستے بھی طلب کر لیےگئے
چیف سیکرٹری، IG پولیس، ریلیف کمشنر، DG ریسکیو اور PDMA کو ریسکیو سرگرمیوں کی خود مانیٹرنگ کی ہدایت
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the second marriage of a woman without completing iddat (period a Muslim woman has to observe after the dissolution of marriage) cannot be considered “void” and does not constitute the cognisable offence under Hudood Ordinance i.e. Zina (adultery) in Pakistan.
Judge Justice Ali Zia Bajwa on Friday heard the case in which the petitioner, Amir Baksh, filed a case of Zina against his ex-wife Amina and her new husband Ismail, reports Dawn.
In the petition, Baksh argued that his wife unilaterally took a verdict of annulling the marriage from the court and tied the knot with Ismail the very next day. He termed the new marriage “null and void” as well as Zina.
While dismissing his petition, the high court said that such a marriage cannot be considered Batil (invalid) but without the completion of iddat would be considered Fasid (corrupt or irregular).
“Fasid marriage is the one where the impediment to the validity of such marriage is temporary, while in case of a Batil marriage, such impediment is permanent,” Judge said.
The Government of Punjab has imposed emergency in Murree after at least 16 people died of the extreme cold, while in their cars, during the snowstorm.
However, as per some reports most people did not die of cold, but because of the fumes from their car heater.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed officials to open the government’s offices and rest houses for the stranded tourists amid chaos and an emergency situation in Murree.
Army and Rangers have also been called in Murree for rescue operations.
•مری اور ملحقہ علاقوں میں تمام ریسٹ ہاؤسز اور سرکاری اداروں کو سیاحوں کیلئے کھول دیا گیا ہے •وزیر اعلی پنجاب سردار عثمان بزدار نے اپنا ہیلی کاپٹر بھی ریسکیو سرگرمیوں کے لئے دے دیا •موسم بہتر ہوتے ہی ہیلی کاپٹر امدادی سرگرمیوں میں حصہ لے گا
Moreover, the government has appealed to people to postpone their plan to visit Murree.
مری اور دیگر بالائ مقامات کیلئے ایک جم غفیر رواں دواں ہے لاکھوں گاڑیاں ان علاقوں کی طرف جارہی ہیں مقامی انتظامیہ کیلئے اتنی بڑی تعداد میں لوگوں کو سہولیات پہنچانا ناممکن بن گیا ہے، جو لوگ ابھی گھروں میں ہیں ان سے درخواست ہے بالائ علاقوں کی سیر کا پلان کچھ دنوں کیلئے موخٓر کر دیں
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed said that at least 1,000 cars are still stuck in Murree and “around 16 to19 deaths have occurred in cars,” he said.
Thousands of tourists are trapped on the roads in the area since last night. At least 16 to 19 people died of the extreme cold, while in their cars, during the snowstorm. The victims were stuck in their vehicles due to heavy snowfall at the tourist spot.
Administration of Rawalpindi and Islamabad closed the roads going to Murree due to large number of vehicles entering the hill station.
Thousands of tourists entered the hill station on Friday to witness the snowfall causing heavy traffic jams on the Murree-Islamabad Motorway. The authorities decided to close all kind of traffic going towards the hill station to avoid a further brutal traffic jam.
“We request all motorists and tourists to cooperate with the authorities,” the NHMP wrote on its official Twitter account.
— National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) (@NHMPofficial) January 7, 2022
Furthermore, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed has said that all the routes from Islamabad to Murree have been closed. The decision was taken keeping in view the rush of tourists and traffic jams in Murree. Sheikh Rasheed has also requested citizens to postpone their plans to visit the hill station.
Journalist Benazir Shah tweeted that SHO Murree told her that people did not die due to the extreme cold but because they left their car heaters on and the fumes caused their death. She also mentioned that the SHO told her that Muree had a 4000-5000 car parking capacity and the area has seen a record snowfall in the area.
The SHO said that most of the people who died did not die due to the cold.
“They died as they left their car heaters on and went to sleep. The fumes from the heater killed them.”
TRIGGER WARNING: The following video has graphic, distressing content of cars in which passengers have died due to the extreme cold. The Current has blurred the video.
https://youtu.be/f06XodyHoyM
* مری ٹریفک اپڈیٹ* کوہ مری میں مسلسل تیز برفباری کا سلسلہ جاری۔*صبح سے اب تک 27000کے قریب گاڑیاں مری داخل ہو چکی ہیں۔ترجمان ٹریفک پولیس مری آنے والے سیاحوں کو ہر ممکنہ سہولیات فراہم کی جائیں۔ سی پی او راولپنڈی ساجد کیانی* pic.twitter.com/MfN6gD1uFM
Meanwhile, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Taimoor Khan also left for Murree to monitor the traffic situation in the area.
سی ٹی او راولپنڈی تیمور خان مسلسل جاری برفباری میں ٹریفک کی روانی جائزہ لینے کے لیے مری روانہ۔ سترہ میل ٹول پلازہ پرٹریفک وارڈنز کو برفباری رکنے تک ہیوی ٹریفک کے داخلہ پر پابندی کے احکامات سیاحوں کی سہولت،رش کو کنٹرول کرنے کیلئے اضافی اوقات میں میں ڈیوٹی دینے پر وارڈنز کو شاباش pic.twitter.com/9w0FWGl6z6
The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said on Friday, reports Dawn.
The poster, which includes an image of the face-covering burqa, was slapped on cafes and shops this week by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
“According to Sharia law, Muslim women must wear the hijab,” the poster reads, referring to the practice of covering up. A spokesman for the ministry, responsible for enforcing the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic law, confirmed on Friday that it was behind the orders.
“If someone does not follow it, it does not mean she will be punished or beaten, it’s just encouragement for Muslim women to follow Sharia law,” Sadeq Akif Muhajir said.
“What they’re trying to do is to spread fear among the people,” a university student and women’s rights advocate, who did not want to be identified, said.
“The first time I saw the posters I was really petrified, I thought maybe (the Taliban) will start beating me. They want me to wear a burqa and look like nothing, I would never do that.”
A Spanish court has ruled that pets are also members of the family. In divorce cases, the husband and wife must share them when they get separated.
There was already no doubt about it among animal lovers, but now pets are officially considered a member of the family in Spain. The new law, which came into force on January 5, recognises pets for the first time as living, sentient beings and not just as objects.
“Animals are part of the family and when a family decides to separate, the fate of the animal must be regulated with the same importance as the fate of other family members,” said lawyer Lola Garcia.
The court said that the courts are required to consider the welfare of animals. It aims to end the legal wrangling that often occurs between couples who keep pets.
Owners must “guarantee” the pet’s well-being, and if either spouse has a history of animal cruelty, he or she may be refused or lose custody of the animal, according to the law.
Spain is not the first country to do so; France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Portugal are among the European countries that recognise animals as sentient beings.
It is too stressful to stand in the long line outside the NADRA office to renew your National Identity Card. The National Database and Registration Authority, NADRA also gives you a convenient method to renew your identity card while sitting at home.
Here are the following steps you need to follow for the renewal process.
Scan the document with your fingerprints and upload it.
After that, download and fill the Urdu data form.
Once the Urdu form is filled, scan it and upload it. You may have to upload the witness form if it is applicable.
Review all the provided information and sign the declaration.
Your application will be completed after following all the steps and NADRA will initiate your renewal process. Your new card will be delivered to your chosen address.
The infectious virus Omicron is a less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorised as “mild”, WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus clarified.
While giving the statement in Geneva, he said that just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalising and killing people, reports Reuters.
Janet Diaz, WHO lead on clinical management said that when Omicron was first detected, early studies showed that there was a reduced risk of hospitalisation.
According to her, the impact on the elderly is one of the big unanswered questions about the new variant as most of the cases studied so far have been in younger people.
Currently, healthcare systems are overwhelmed, and governments are struggling to deal with the new variant which has killed millions of people worldwide.
The vaccine process is quite slow in many countries. According to Ghebreyesus, 109 countries will miss the WHO’s target for 70 per cent of the world’s population to be fully vaccinated by July.
Pakistan recorded 1293 cases on Friday and the positivity rate stands at 2.52 per cent.
A screenshot of a Fiverr Gig is making rounds on social media in which the seller has posted a gig to pray at Data Darbar and other shrines in Lahore in exchange for money. Thee silver package which costs Rs 4,616, had the following description, “I will pray professionally for you in the city of Data Ganj Bakhsh Lahore.” He also gave two days delivery time.
The seller also offers a diamond package for Rs18,463. In the silver package the seller is offering the following services, “I will pray, burn oil lamp and distribute meal to the needy, in place of you, in your desired shrine.
