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  • Children of divorced couples to have names of both parents on passports

    Children of divorced couples to have names of both parents on passports

    Pakistani passports are going through a number of transformations and the recently proposed one is the inclusion of the names of both the mother and father if the child’s parents are divorced.


    Geo’s Azaz Syed shared that the proposal is under consideration. In case of divorce or separation, the woman’s passport will be made in the name of the father. Previously, it was reported that that a married woman must have her husband’s name on her passport as per law and if the woman is divorced a box will be introduced to have her former husband’s name.


    For children with divorced parents, the names of the parents will be entered in the passport.

    It is also revealed that the Ministry of Interior will take the final decision to amend passport rules while Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Law are considering the proposal of amendments to the rules.

    Azaz’ sources at Ministry of Home Affairs say that after the amendment of the rules, passport software and boxes will have to be updated. The federal government will decide on the proposals after consultation with all stakeholders.

  • Why is Pakistan severely hit by heatwaves?

    Why is Pakistan severely hit by heatwaves?

    The Meteorological Department has explained the reason behind the ongoing heatwave in Pakistan.

    Most of the plain areas of the country will continue to be affected by extreme heat in the coming days, while this week in Karachi, temperature is likely to reach 42 degrees Celsius.

    But why is heatwave so severe in Pakistan?

    According to the Department of Meteorology, the phenomenon has stemmed from the combination of meteorological and environmental factors.

    To sum it up, high air pressure in the upper atmosphere and the presence of limited clouds lead to heatwaves.

    This year, scorching heat across the country broke yet another record, with Mohenjo-Daro being the hottest city in the country at 53 degrees on Sunday.

  • 12 injured as Qatar Airways flight hits turbulence

    12 injured as Qatar Airways flight hits turbulence

    Six crew members and six passengers travelling on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin suffered injuries during a severe bout of turbulence on Sunday.


    However, the flight landed safely and as scheduled, according to officials at the Dublin Airport.


    “Upon landing, the aircraft was met by emergency services, including airport police and our fire and rescue department, due to six passengers and six crew [12 total] on board reporting injuries after the aircraft experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkiye,” the airport authorities explained in a statement.


    NBC News talked to the passengers arriving at the airport and described the incident as frightening. “Just food all over the plane, on the ceiling, everywhere,” one of the passengers said.


    Qatar Airways said in a statement that a “small number” of passengers and crew sustained minor injuries during the flight and were receiving medical attention.


    The airline did not directly comment on the turbulence.”The matter is now subject to an internal investigation,” the statement read.

    The incident happened nearly a week after a Singapore Airlines flight from Heathrow Airport hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean leaving one passenger dead and 20 others injured.

    Scientists blame climate change for increased air turbulence incidents.

  • Man arrested while trying to marry 13-year-old boy to five year-old girl in Sheikhupura

    Man arrested while trying to marry 13-year-old boy to five year-old girl in Sheikhupura

    Local police raided the wedding of a 13-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl in Sheikhupura, and arrested a man suspected of involvement in the ceremony.

    According to the police, the two children were married in Kot Nazir, a village on GT Road in Sheikhupura, in which eight people, including the parents of the two minors, participated.

    Muridke police raided the event when they were informed about it.

    A case has been registered under the Child Marriage Act on the complaint of ASI Mohammad Younis of Muridke Police.

    Police say that more raids are underway to arrest other suspects.

  • Law requiring permission from first wife for second marriage challenged

    Law requiring permission from first wife for second marriage challenged

    A landmark law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage has been challenged in the Federal Shariat Court, Lahore.

    Shehzada Adnan filed an application in the Registry through the mediation of an advocate.

    The petition argued that the law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage is against Islam. According to the constitution, no law can be made against Islamic principles, and any law against Islam can be challenged in the Federal Shariat Court. The petition cited research indicating that ten million women above 35 years of age are waiting for marriage.

    The petition requested that the court declare the law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage as un-Islamic.

  • 300-year-old gold and silver coins discovered in Poland

    300-year-old gold and silver coins discovered in Poland


    A 300-year-old stash of gold and silver coins has been discovered by metal detectorists in a Polish mountain range.


    The coins belonged to a con-artist who collected them after defrauding people.


    A translated Facebook post from the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Kielce on May 8 claimed that Antoni Jaczewski, a “hermit, adventurer and false profit,” conned people throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries.


    Jaczewski would “convince people of his healing power,” according to Polish folklore. He would then entice them to come to his mountain encampment. Eventually, people gave him gold and silver coins in return for his healing techniques, reports The News.

  • Japan’s ‘Friendship Marriage’ is a new relationship trend without romance

    Japan’s ‘Friendship Marriage’ is a new relationship trend without romance

    ‘Friendship Marriage’ is a new relationship trend that is gaining popularity in Japan.


    Under this new type of marital relationship, people are becoming platonic partners without falling in love or having sex, as per South China Morning Post.
    A marriage agency called Colorus, which specialises in friendship marriage, shared data related to the new trend. Since March 2015, around 500 people in Japan have indulged in this type of marriage. They have formed households and some have even raised children, reports NextShark news agency.


    In friendship marriages, partners are legally spouses but without romance or sexual intimacy. They are free to live together or separately. Couples can also decide to have children through artificial insemination. In this relationship, both individuals are also free to pursue romantic relationships with other people outside the marriage, as long as there is a mutual agreement.


    Around one per cent of Japan’s population of 124 million are choosing this kind of relationship that is based on shared values and interests, the report added. They include asexual individuals, homosexuals, and heterosexuals who are disillusioned with traditional marriage.

    People interested in this type of relationship are on average 32.5 years old with incomes exceeding the national average, reveals the data by Colorus. The trend is also becoming popular among asexual individuals and homosexuals trying to avoid traditional marriages.

  • PIMS Hospital lays off more than 100 nursing staff on verbal order

    PIMS Hospital lays off more than 100 nursing staff on verbal order

    More than 100 nursing staff recruited under the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes (FMTI) Act from Islamabad’s largest hospital, PIMS, were dismissed and ordered to leave the hostel on verbal orders.

    The nursing staff protested against the dismissal, saying they are being fired on just a single day’s notice in an unprofessional manner. They have been working without pay for four months on the oral promises of the hospital management to extend their contracts. Now, preparations are being made to recruit untrained individuals in their place.

    PIMS Executive Director Rana Imran Sikander says that the contracts have expired and now the matter is between the Establishment Division and the Health Department.

    During the PTI regime, nursing staff was recruited on a two-year contract. Under the PDM regime, the tenure of the nursing staff was further extended, which expired in December 2023.

  • National Highway Authority increases toll tax

    National Highway Authority increases toll tax

    The National Highway Authority (NHA) has issued a notification on increase in toll tax.

    According to the notification, toll tax for cars has been increased from Rs 30 to Rs 40, for wagons from Rs 50 to Rs 70, and for buses from Rs 100 to Rs 130.

    The toll tax for articulated trucks has been increased from Rs 250 to Rs 350, an increase of Rs 100.

    The toll tax on the Lahore to Abdul Hakeem Motorway (M3) has been increased to Rs 500 for cars, Rs 750 for wagons, and Rs 2,500 for trucks.

    On the Faisalabad to Multan Motorway (M4), the toll tax for cars has been increased to Rs 650, for wagons to Rs 1,000, and for trucks to Rs 3,200.

    The toll tax on the M5 motorway has been fixed at Rs 900 for cars, Rs 1,300 for wagons, and Rs 4,500 for trucks.

  • No foul play in Raisi chopper crash: Iran

    No foul play in Raisi chopper crash: Iran

    Iran’s army has so far found no evidence of suspicious activity in a helicopter crash that killed the country’s president Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, state media reported.

    President Raisi, 63, along with his entourage died on Sunday after his helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration on the border with Azerbaijan.

    “No bullet holes or similar impacts were observed on the helicopter wreckage,” said a preliminary report by the general staff of the armed forces published by the official IRNA news agency late on Thursday evening.

    “The helicopter caught fire after hitting an elevated area,” it said, adding that “no suspicious content was observed during the communications between the watch tower and the flight crew”.

    Raisi’s helicopter had been flying on a “pre-planned route and did not leave the designated flight path” before the crash.

    The report said the wreckage of the helicopter had been found by Iranian drones early on Monday but the “complexity of the area, fog and low temperature” hindered the work of search and rescue teams.

    The army said “more time is needed” to investigate the crash and that it would announce more details later.

    Raisi was laid to rest in his hometown of Mashhad on Thursday, concluding days of funeral ceremonies in major cities of Iran, including the capital, attended by throngs of mourners.

    Among the people killed in the incident was Foreign Min­ister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who was also buried on Thursday, in the town of Shahre Ray, south of Tehran.