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  • Labourer shot dead by employer when asking for salary in Gujranwala

    On Tuesday, a labourer was allegedly shot dead by his employer when he asked for the salary in the Ghakhar Mandi area of Gujranwala.

    The accused shot at his employee and wounded him. He was taken to a hospital but later pronounced dead.

    The victim’s father filed the first information report (FIR) against the assailant in the police station and they have begun an investigation.

    The police stated that the worker demanded his wages but it escalated into a heated debate and he was killed by his employer in anger.

    Earlier this year, a similar incident took place in Multan when an employer allegedly set his worker on fire for demanding his salary.

    A resident of Wapda Town in Lahore, Umar Akram, tortured his domestic worker brutally when he requested for his salary and also set him on fire l. The employer didn’t pay his salary for two months. The incident took place in January 2021.

    In another incident, a man from an Asian country was accused of slapping and killing a colleague after causing him a permanent disability.

  • Balochistan detects 32 cases of Omicron, all from one district

    Balochistan detects 32 cases of Omicron, all from one district

    During a vaccination and diagnostic process, 32 suspected cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been reported in Balochistan’s Kalat district, reports Geo News.

    The suspect cases have been confirmed by Kalat District Health Officer (DHO) Nasrullah Lango. He said that the samples taken from the suspected patients have been sent to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad.

    All the suspected patients don’t have any travel history. As of now, the condition of the patients is stable and they have been quarantined in their homes. Moreover, doctors have also been told to be careful.

    The DHO said that the suspected patients include a woman who recently delivered a baby.

    However, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has not confirmed the news but Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has sought a report from the health department.

    Last week, NCOC confirmed the first-ever case of the Omicron variant in Karachi, Sindh.

    The Covid-19 positivity rate stands at 0.65 per cent in Pakistan today.

  • ‘We are ashamed’: Maulana Tariq Jamil on the murder of Sri Lankan in Pakistan

    Maulana Tariq Jamil along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister and Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi met with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to extend their condolences on the death of Priyantha Kumara.

    Maulana Tariq Jamil, while talking to media said, “What happened in Sialkot was torture. It was an injustice. The people responsible for the incident will be severely punished.”

    “Islam is the name of security. Our faith teaches us peace. The Prophet (PBUH) has taught us that the murder of one person is the murder of humanity,” he added.

    He continued by adding, “We have talked to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and apologised to him. We are ashamed.”

    Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi also talked to media and said, “We have decided to take up the financial responsibility of Priyatha’s children. The deceased’s job has been offered to another Sri Lankan national.”

    Priyantha Kumara was tortured to death in December, by a mob after being accused of blasphemy. A first information report (FIR) was registered against hundreds of unidentified men, including workers of the factory. Many have been arrested and are facing investigation.

  • Extraordinary embryo of dinosaur discovered in China

    A 66 million year old embryo has been discovered in Ganzhou in southern China, reports the BBC.

    The embryo has been titled “Baby Yingliang”.

    Researcher Dr Fion Waisum Ma said it is “the best dinosaur embryo ever found in history”.

    Surprisingly, it resembles the embryos of modern birds. It is known to be in a coiled state similar to a bird about to be hatched.

    “This indicates that such behaviour in modern birds first evolved and originated among their dinosaur ancestors,” Dr Ma told the AFP news agency.

    Paleontologist Prof Steve Brusatte, who was also part of the research team, tweeted that it was “one of the most stunning dinosaur fossils” he had ever seen, and that the embryo was on the brink of hatching.

    Baby Yingliang length is 10.6in (27cm) in all and it stays inside a 6.7 inch-long egg at the Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum in China.

    The egg was discovered in the year 2000 and was kept in storage for ten years.

    Researchers were surprised to find that the embryo had something inside.

    The baby dinosaur embryo was folded inside a rock and researchers are making an effort to further analyse the fossil of this skeleton.

  • ’Gang war’: Two monkeys kill 250 dogs in a revenge attack in India

    Two monkeys killed nearly 250 dogs in a revenge attack after a pack of dogs killed an infant monkey, which took place in a village of Maharashtra, India.

    It was reported that the Nagpur Forest Department team captured two monkeys for spreading terror in a region for at least a couple of months. The authorities will release the monkeys in a nearby forest.

    According to eyewitnesses, the monkeys were killing dogs for the last couple of months in Lavool village. Monkeys used to roam around in a region to catch dogs as soon as they saw and kidnapped them. They took dogs to a certain height and threw them (dogs) either from rooftops or trees.

    The villagers reported Dharur’s Forest Department when monkeys attacked school-going children. Such incidents created panic among people.

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    However, an official from the department said, “This [the killing of an infant monkey by dogs] is said to have enraged the monkeys, who in retaliation are killing the puppies of dogs as per local residents. But we do not have any proof to back up this theory. It’s animal behaviour and we cannot ascertain why they are behaving like this.”

    Meanwhile, netizens started circulating amusing memes on ‘monkeys vs dogs gang war’ on social media.

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  • Man vandalised Hindu temple, charged with blasphemy

    On Monday, a man named Waleed Muhammad Shabeer, who allegedly damaged idols of a Hindu temple in the old area of Narainpura, was booked under Blasphemy Law by the police. Another attacker escaped from the scene. He is booked under section 427 (mischief) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and section 295 of the PPC that deals with blasphemy.

    According to the first information report (FIR), the incident took place at 6:15 pm.

    The complainant and a resident of the area, Mukesh Kumar, said that his wife saw the assailant attacking the idols with a hammer.

    The suspect was surrounded by the people living in the area. The residents handed him over to the police. The residents also protested in the area and in front of the police station.

    They demanded security from the government after the incident took place and chanted slogans against the attackers.

    Narainpur is an old town where Hindu families are predominately living with Muslims.

    Sindh Minister for Minority Affairs, Gyanchand Israni, instructed the police to arrest all accused and said that such incidents would bring unrest in society. “We condemn such attacks,” he said.

    The motive behind the attack is not determined yet. Police have started an investigation and assured the protection for residents of the area.

    The video of broken holy idols was circulating on social media.

    Various activists and politicians condemned the vandalism and requested the government to capture all people included in the attack.

  • Pope Francis denounces domestic violence as ‘almost Satanic’

    The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, condemned domestic violence against women as ‘almost Satanic’ during a programme on the national TV channel of Italy named TG5 network on Sunday evening. It is one of the strongest languages he has ever used on any issue.

    He was speaking to panelists belonging to difficult backgrounds, including a survivor of domestic abuse. In the programme, issues such as domestic violence, poverty, and economic impact on citizens due to the pandemic were discussed.

    The Pope expressed his serious concern about a very high number of women who faced abuse and were beaten in their homes.

    He said, “The problem is that, for me, it is almost satanic because it is taking advantage of a person who cannot defend herself, who can only [try to] block the blows.”

    He added, “It is humiliating. Very humiliating.”

    He spoke these words to the survivor of domestic abuse, Giovanna, who shared her experience of escaping from a violent home with her four children.

    He added encouraging words by saying that women who suffered abuse do not lose their dignity.

    He told Giovanna, “I see dignity in you because if you didn’t have dignity, you wouldn’t be here.”

    While addressing the survivor, he urged to keep hope alive even during the pandemic.

    He added a supporting comment, “You are giving an example of resistance, a lesson of resistance to calamities,” he said. “You are coming out better than before.”

  • Muslim boy beaten to death in India

    A 22-year-old young Muslim named Rahul Khan was beaten to death by his friends over the alleged stealing of a mobile in the Indian state of Haryana at Palwal district on Tuesday, December 14. His family claimed that the video of an incident shows the act of hate crime.

    Police have arrested all three friends Aakash (alias DIljale), Vishal and Kalua who will remain in custody. They all belong to the same village, Rasoolpur.

    According to the victim’s father, Chiddi Khan, his son went to a wedding ceremony in Hoshangabad with his friends. His father received a phone call at 6 pm from the accused who informed him that his son was seriously injured in a road accident.

    However, the district superintendent of police (DSP) Yashpal Khatana said that on returning to Rasoolpur, an argument took place when they were drinking that Khan was hiding Kalua’s mobile phone. When his friends allegedly found the mobile from Khan’s possession, they started beating him with rods and other weapons.

    Khan was taken to canal afterwards to be assaulted further and where the purported video was shot by his friend, Aakash.

    While talking to Indian media, his brother-in-law, Akram said that he went to Kalua’s residence after being reported about his accident initially, the victim was barely conscious. His head was crushed and he had injuries on his arms and legs. He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Kalua accompanied his family along to a hospital.

    His father initially filed a complaint stating that his son was killed after an unknown vehicle hit his son’s motorcycle at Nangal road.

    On the next morning on December 15, the family received the video of Khan’s physical assault, which was also uploaded on social media. It showed him being beaten and in which voices can be heard saying Rahul was a Muslim and they (suspects) were Hindus that made them believe that Khan was murdered because of communal hate.

    Rahul Khan’s wife, Saina claimed that on December 15, before his last breath in the hospital, he told her that he was beaten up with rods by some people including Kalua.

    His sister, Razia also alleged that that the accused was demanding a large amount of money from her brother as their father retired from the Indian Railways in April this year.

    Initially, police registered a first information report (FIR) under an Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304 (a) (death caused by negligence) but after the video surfaced and the assessment of the post-mortem revealed all of the victim’s injuries, they added charges of murder and arrested Khan’s friends.

    The police have confiscated the mobile phone on which the video was recorded. During the interrogation, it was revealed that Aakash shot the clip of physical assault and he also uploaded it on social media to supposedly save himself from an incident. He allegedly said in the video not to beat the victim.

    The video has been sent to the forensic lab for analysis. The relevant charges would be added if the communal hate was found.

  • ‘Someone will tell you’: Shaniera Akram shares how Pakistanis will body shame

    ‘Someone will tell you’: Shaniera Akram shares how Pakistanis will body shame

    Social activist, Shaniera Akram recently took to her Instagram stories to share her opinion on how Pakistanis will overstep their boundaries while commenting on changes in someone’s body.

    Shaniera shared two stories on her Instagram, explaining that comments by Pakistanis on someone’s weight are common and people talk about ‘when you will also lose weight.’

    Shaniera is known for speaking out about sensitive topics on social media especially when it is related to basic etiquette that should be a part of every human’s life.

    This is not the first time Akram has discussed manners that Pakistanis need to be addressed frequently. Last time, she talked about road safety measures and publicly called out Minal Khan and her husband Ahsan Mohsin Ikram for not wearing seatbelts and shooting videos while driving.

    Last year, she, along with her husband and former cricketer Wasim Akram, also addressed the horrible trash situation at Clifton Beach, Karachi.

  • Rise in divorces: Lahore doubles number of family courts

    Rise in divorces: Lahore doubles number of family courts

    The number of family courts in Lahore has been increased to 12 from 6 in the last four years, it was reveled in Samaa News’ programme Qutb Online . The number of family courts have been doubled to accommodate the increasing number of divorce cases in the capital of Punjab.

    Samaa News reporter Arshad Ali said that during the coronavirus lockdown, more than 11,000 women filed for khula or dissolution of marriage, adding that approximately 150 khula applications are filed in Lahore.

    “When a case is filed, a family judge first tries to reconcile the couple. The proceedings begin when he fails to do so,” said Ali while mentioning about the delay in divorce cases.

    Read more- Divorce rate highest in Pakistan since 2019: Gallup survey

    A survey in December revealed that the divorce rate has reached the highest in Pakistan. As per the survey, 2 out of every 5 Pakistanis believe that in-laws are the major reason for most failed marriages. The survey also recorded that 58 per cent of the population in Pakistan believe that divorce cases have increased in society, reports The News.