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  • K-electric responds to power outage in different parts of Karachi

    K-electric responds to power outage in different parts of Karachi

    A power outage is reported in several parts of Karachi on Wednesday, the city’s power utility K-Electric reported.

    According to Geo News, the areas facing power outages are Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Clifton and Defence. 

    K-electric, while responding to the complaints, stated on Twitter that it is “actively monitoring the situation and will keep updating this space”.

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    A resident told Geo News that just before the outage, there was pronounced fluctuation in the power supply.

    A lot of the areas where a power outage was reported were areas where it drizzled today, leading to people hoping that the rains expected this month will not cause havoc in the city like before.

  • PM Khan congratulates winner of ‘Asia’s highest honour’ Ramon Magsaysay Award

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Founder of Akhuwat, Dr. Amjad Saqib for winning the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

    “Have been told this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s highest honour, has been given to a Pakistani, Dr. Amjad Saqib, Founder Akhuwat,” wrote the Prime Minister.

    “Congratulations to him. We are proud of his achievement as we move forward in creating a welfare state based on Riasat e Madina Model,” he added.

    Dr Saqib received the award for his efforts for eradicating poverty in Pakistan. His profile on the website of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation  says, “A visionary who founded one of the largest micro finance institutions in Pakistan, servicing millions of families.”

    As per the details on the website, “Muhammad Amjad Saqib, in 2001, invited a group of friends to present to them his plan for a first-of-its-kind interest-free micro finance program, offering to design, organise, and implement it. Two years later, Akhuwat was formed and its first branch opened in Lahore.”

    “It also promotes volunteerism among staff and clients, aims at transforming borrowers into donors, and fosters diversity and inclusion, serving all—irrespective of religion, caste, color, and gender.”

  • Cat incident fake, cat has left the world for a better place: DC Islamabad

    Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Mohammad Hamza Shafqaat has said that the complaint regarding the incident of a cat hanging in a house is ‘fake’.

    “Complaint regarding cat incident turned out to be fake after investigation,” DC Islamabad wrote in a tweet.

    He went on to add, “The person who shared the picture misguided. Owner of the cat also submitted statement that it was her collar. No torture found. All hype was for nothing.”

    Hamza also said that they have apologised to the person.

    A social media user inquired about the cat is alive, to which Hamza replied, “She had an anccident and has left the world for a better place.”

    Earlier, the police arrested former bureaucrat, Abdul Qayyum, after a dead cat was found hanging in his house located in Bahira Town. He was later released.

    The accused denied the accusations but the police suspected the statement given by the accused is false, adding: “Cats are not usually found with ropes around their neck.”

  • Two girls kidnapped, gang-raped in a Lahore factory

    Two girls kidnapped, gang-raped in a Lahore factory

    Two girls were allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in a factory in Lahore, ARY news reported.


    As per details, two girls were abducted from Lahore’s Shahdara area and were moved to Gujjarpura.

    The girls were gang-raped by three men in the Karol Khatti factory in Gujjarpura, the police said and added that the rapists later escaped the crime scene.

    The police claim that they have arrested the factory owner while a search operation is underway to arrest the rapists.

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  • ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    A part of the world’s largest Quran made by a Pakistani artist will be showcased at Dubai Expo 2020 which will start in October this year, Khaleej Times reported Tuesday.

    Traditionally, the Quran is inscribed on cloth, paper or leather.

    But a Pakistani artist, who is also a former UAE expat, used aluminium and gold-plated words on a high quality canvas — for the first time.

    The inscription on aluminium is the first in more than 1,400 years of Islamic history.

    The artist, Shahid Rassam, is being facilitated by a Dubai-based Pakistani businessman, Irfan Mustafa.

    Rassam has won many international awards. He started the project five years ago and will be show-casing part of his project at the six-month-long Dubai expo.

  • Former bureaucrat accused of torturing, hanging cat released on bail, police shocked at explanation

    Police has released former bureaucrat, Abdul Qayyum, who was arrested after a dead cat was found hanging in his house located in Bahira Town, Dawn News has reported.

    A police officer while talking to Dawn said that “during preliminary investigation, the man denied this allegation and told police that two cats were fighting inside his house and there was a loop of rope around the neck of one animal”.

    “During the fight, the cat with the rope around its neck fell from the stairs, which led to it dying by hanging as the rope got stuck in a pipe,” added the accused.

    However, the police suspects that the statement given by the accused is false, adding: “Cats are not usually found with ropes around their neck.”

    A case was registered against the man under section 429 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The complaint was lodged by Anila Umair, who is an animal welfare activist.

    As per details, the prime suspect has also been allegedly involved in domestic abuse.

  • Karachi police arrest watchman’s son for raping four-year-old boy

    Karachi police arrest watchman’s son for raping four-year-old boy

    Karachi police have arrested a suspect for assaulting a four-year-old student of a private school in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, Geo News reported.

    A case has been registered at the Taimuria police station on the complaint of the child’s father.

    Sameer, the son of the school’s watchman, was arrested after the victim child identified him.

    The complainant stated that his son went to get a ball from inside the school when the watchman’s son assaulted him.

    The police said that the child’s medical examination confirmed that he was assaulted.

  • Watchman rapes four-year-old boy who went inside school to get a ball

    Watchman rapes four-year-old boy who went inside school to get a ball

    A four-year-old boy was raped in a school in Karachi when he went to fetch the ball, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

    As per details, the incident happened in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, where a four-year-old boy was raped by a school watchman inside a school when he went to pick up the ball.

    Other reports state that the boy was raped by the guard’s son.

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    The father of the boy said they live near the school building and his son was playing with other children outside their home.

    When he entered the school premises to bring back the ball, he was molested.

    A case has been registered against the school watchman, who has been detained

  • PM Imran shares picture with Batman cap

    PM Imran shares picture with Batman cap

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday shared a throwback picture from 1989 in which he is wearing a Batman cap.

    The premier shared a photo from almost 32 years ago on his official Instagram account with the caption, “Skardu 1989.”

    The picture prompted followers to express how cool the former cricketer looked in the cap.

    This is not the first time PM Khan has shared a picture from his archives. Earlier, he posted a picture from 1971 while he was on a tour in England.

    Read More: PM Khan remembers his past in unseen photos

    Prime Minister Imran Khan is the most-followed politician on social media in the country with 14.2 million followers on Twitter, 11 million on Facebook, and 5.4 million on Instagram.

  • Saudi woman develops game to help diagnose anxiety

    Rasha al Qahtani, an 18-year-old Saudi Arabian girl, has created a technique that can be used to detect generalised anxiety disorder in adolescents using video games.

    “I tried to heal myself, by myself, almost all of the time,” she says. “In Saudi Arabia, we are starting now to connect the dots and to raise awareness about mental health. Going to a psychologist does still have a negative effect on a person in society,” she said while talking to Smithsonian Magazine.

    Qahtani came in third place in the behavioural and social sciences category of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for her prototype, which was inspired by her personal experience and as a means of helping her peers who are struggling with anxiety.

    Her prototype tries to address the issues of stigma and inaccessibility that, according to psychologists, are significant barriers to youth seeking mental health treatment.