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  • Murderer, rapist of seven-year-old girl turns out to be her own brother

    Murderer, rapist of seven-year-old girl turns out to be her own brother

    The brother of a 7-year-old girl who was strangled to death after being sexually assaulted has turned out to be her murderer.

    As per reports, the suspect was allegedly sexually abusing his sister for several months.

    The 14-year-old boy confessed to murdering his sister for fear of being caught by family members.

    District Police Officer (DPO) Bilal Iftikhar Kayani appreciated the police officers and gave cash rewards to personnel for tracing and arresting the suspect.

    Almost a  month ago, the police took action after a labourer, Abdul Ghafoor filed a complaint at Bada Ghar police station that his 7-year-old daughter had gone missing from the house.

    Bachiki In-charge police, Anjum Rizwan Cheema was directed to investigate the missing girl incident.

    He along with other police officers and personnel conducted a search operation for the missing girl in the village and nearby areas. Initially, the police could not find the minor girl.

    The next day after she was reported missing, the body of the girl was found in a field near the village. Initial investigations suggested she had been strangled to death after being raped.

    As soon as the incident was reported, DPO Kiani, Bada Ghar DSP Circle Mian Khalid Mehmood, SHO Muhammad Botha Dogar, and Bachiki in charge, collected proof after checking the scene.

    Police arrested the suspect after a search operation. Reportedly, the DNA sample of the victim’s brother had matched, indicating his involvement in the crime.

    The suspect has confessed to the crime during an investigation.

    Police officials added that Saqlain also confessed to sexually assaulting his little sister for several months.

    The juvenile suspect also stated that he had sexually assaulted animals.

    DPO Kiani remarked that this rape-cum-murder incident had reflected the moral decay of society. we need to revive our values to avoid such heinous crimes, he added.

    The DPO  said that he along with his team will organise awareness lectures in all educational institutions so that children can be told about their values. He appealed to the citizens to come forward and play their role in preventing such incidents. “We must provide our children with education as well as training.”

  • VIDEO: Maulana Tariq Jamil shares his fitness secrets

    Religious scholar,  Maulana Tariq Jamil, shared the secret of his fitness during an interview with 24 News host Wajahat Khan.

    When the host asked him to share his health and fitness secret, Maulana Tariq Jamil pointed towards a gym and took him where he works out daily. The gym is inside his residence.

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     Maulana revealed that he not only exercises in the gym but also does yoga on alternative days. MTJ told the host that he had been into fitness and exercise since his college days.

  • Canadian university announces scholarships in honour of Pakistani family

    Canadian university announces scholarships in honour of Pakistani family

    The Western University in Ontario, Canada, announced that they have set up two scholarships in honour of their two students Salman Afzaal and his wife Madiha Salman who got murdered along with two other family members last month. The horrific incident on June 6 sparked shock and anger throughout Canada and across the world.

    The Madiha Afzal scholarship will be awarded each year to a female student enrolled in a doctoral or master’s programme in the department of civil and environmental engineering. The Salman Afzaal Memorial Scholarship in Physical therapy will be given to a full-time graduate student studying in a doctoral or master’s programme in health and rehabilitation sciences, reported Dawn.

    Madiha was close to completing her Ph.D. before being murdered and was awarded a posthumous doctorate in June. However, Salman earned his master’s at the university in 2010.

    As per Geo, Alan Shepard, President of Western University, announced that the families of the victims endorsed the scholarships. “We hope these scholarships will help to carry on the incredibly positive legacies they have left at Western.”

    The horrifying incident happened when the couple went out for a walk with their daughter, son, and Salman’s mother. Then, 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman jumped the curb in his vehicle, struck the family, and drove off at high speed. He targeted the family for being Muslims. Veltman is now serving his time for terrorism, first-degree murders, and attempted murder charges.

  • Larkana family of nine sets record for being born on same day

    Larkana family of nine sets record for being born on same day

    Larkana’s Amir Azad Mangi and his family have set up a world record for being born on the same day.

    As per reports, nine members of the family were born on August 1.

    The Guinness World Record has delivered a certificate to Mangi after recognising the record.

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    Nine members of the family include Mangi, his wife, and his children. The Larkana man also got married on the same date, i.e. August 1.

    An Indian family of five persons, who were born on the same day, holds the second position.

  • Court temporarily restricts Careem from calling its drivers ‘captains’

    Court temporarily restricts Careem from calling its drivers ‘captains’

    A civil court in Rawalpindi has restricted Careem, a private ride-hailing service, from calling its drivers ‘Captains’ after an airline pilot filed a petition against it, reports Dawn.

    Labeeb Ahmed, a pilot by profession who filed the complaint, says he has faced “humiliation and disgrace” over sharing his job title with the ride-hailing company’s staff.

    Furthermore, he stated that due to this, he felt intimidated and argued that the title of captain should either be reserved for a pilot or an officer of the armed forces.

    In his defence, he added that due to this use of the term “captain” for Careem drivers, he has to bear the jokes as people often confuse his job title with Careem captains. This has shattered his confidence very much.

    Civil Judge Rawalpindi Rao Ejaz Ahmed Awan restricted Careem for not using this word until the next hearing and ordered the company to submit its response by July 31.

  • Restaurant in New York earns the title for the world’s most expensive French fries

    On July 13, Serendipity3, a restaurant in Manhattan, earned the title for the world’s most expensive French fries by the Guinness World Records, reports News 18.

    Creative Chef, Joe Calderone, and Corporate Executive Chef, Fredrick Schoen-Kiewert of the restaurant teamed up to elevate the classic American food item to present its guests with a unique and delicious culinary experience.

    The dish is priced at $200 and includes ingredients like Dom Perignon Champagne, pure cage-free goose fat from France, and J. LeBlanc French Champagne Ardenne Vinegar.

    The dish is prepared by blanching the potatoes in Dom Perignon Champagne and J. LeBlanc French Champagne Ardenne Vinegar, which adds a touch of sweetness and acidity to the initial taste. The fries are then cooked in pure goose fat thriceto give the outer layer a crisp and crunchy texture.

    The smooth Mornay sauce, which comes with the French fries, is made by melting a large amount of truffle butter in a pan. A pinch of flour is added to make a roux, which is then slowly whisked in the organic A2 100 per cent grass-fed cream from Jersey Cows to thicken the consistency of the sauce.

    Apart from the fancy ingredients, the presentation is also kept very aesthetically pleasing. The dish is served up on a Baccarat crystal Arabesque Plate, with a matching bowl to serve the dipping sauce which is made with copious amounts of truffle butter and premium Gruyere cheese.

    The fries are served on a crystal plate and the team of chefs garnish the fries with 23-karat edible gold dust.

  • Waqar Younis condemns inhumane treatment of worker by ‘influential people’

    Former Pakistani cricketer, Waqar Younis, took to Twitter to condemn the inhumane treatment of a worker by an ‘influential group’.

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    “Really ??? These animals should be punished #Cruelty#Barbaric Request to authorities to act against these heartless people,” Younis Tweeted with an angry face emoticon.

    A video doing the rounds on social media shows a man pushing another man tied with a rope into a sewer.

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Naz Baloch also condemned the incident.

    Journalist Shahid Abbasi wrote that the incident happened in Mandira near Rawalpindi.

    In another tweet, he stated that “local sources claim that the boy, who was ‘pushed into a sewer’ had an affair with a woman in the area so he was punished by the locals.”

    “Now only the police report will be able to uncover the truth,” he added.

  • Delta variant dominant worldwide, deaths surge among unvaccinated people: Officials

    Delta variant dominant worldwide, deaths surge among unvaccinated people: Officials

    The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States (US) almost entirely among unvaccinated people, US officials said on Friday.

    US cases of coronavirus are more than 70 per cent over the previous week and deaths are up 26 per cent, with outbreaks happening in parts of the country with low vaccination rates, US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said during a press briefing.

    “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Walensky said, adding that 97 per cent of people entering hospitals in the US with Covid-19 are unvaccinated.

    The Delta variant, which is significantly more contagious than the original variant of the virus, has been reported around 100 countries globally and is now the dominant variant worldwide, top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said.

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    “We are dealing with a formidable variant” of Covid-19, Fauci said.

    Walensky has urged the unvaccinated people to get Covid-19 shots and said Pfizer Inc’s and Moderna Inc’s vaccines have proven to be especially effective against the Delta variant.

    She said people should get the second dose of the vaccine even if they have passed the recommended window of time for receiving it.

  • CSS aspirant commits suicide

    CSS aspirant commits suicide

    A young woman who had moved to Lahore to study for the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam died by suicide, the police said Friday according to The News.

    The woman was a resident of Multan. The police said the 25-year-old left a note in her room where her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan.

    She left a letter in her room dated July 13, stating that she was losing her life and that her existence was nothing but a burden and failure, the police said. The letter said she would miss her father.

    According to the police, a forensic team has collected samples from the victim’s flat. Her family has refused to have an autopsy conducted.

    The Central Superior Service exam is conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Islamabad for recruitment into the federal government. The demanding exam has often been heavily criticised for its poor passing percentage ratio seen for years.

  • ‘No music, photography in Tirah Valley,’ local clerics allegedly issue new rules

    Local clerics in the Tirah Valley in Khyber district have issued a new set of restrictions for tourists. The new set of rules include a prohibition on taking photographs and videos in the area, Samaa has reported. In addition, tourists will not be allowed to hold any musical progamme in Tirah Valley and will not be allowed to carry a music system.

    These rules have been issued by clerics belonging to the Afridi Tribe.

    “If any harm comes [to people] in case of any violation, you will be responsible for it,” the letter issued by the clerics state.

    As per Samaa, “Journalists in the area said that the letter was not fake, but the clerics do not own it because they want to avoid legal action.”

    Waseem Riaz, the district police officer, told Samaa that he had called the clerics to the police station but they all distanced themselves from the directives.

    Earlier, a case was filed against the people who organised a music and dance event in Hunza’s Gojal for spreading obscenity.