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  • Rescue services received 106 pranks calls a day in 2019

    Rescue services received 106 pranks calls a day in 2019

    Rescue 1122 in Attock received 39,000 prank calls in 2019, troubling officials at the main control room who remained alert round-the-clock to fight emergency cases.

    According to reports, District Emergency Officer Ishfaq Mian revealed that emergency calls were only 16,332 while pranks calls amounted to 39,000. The officer lamented that these pranks calls wasted the precious time of rescuers.

    “The fake phone call phenomenon has troubled our human resource and sometimes leads to a tragedy because many genuine calls are then missed and not responded to on time,” he said.

    He asserted that citizens should understand the importance of emergency numbers and try not to deprive real victims of their right to be provided with emergency medical treatment. Rescue officers are directed to ensure immediate emergency care to citizens without any discrimination.

    Punjab Emergency Service (PES), Rescue 1122 Attock handled 16,332 cases in which 17,720 people were saved and given trauma services. Reports reveal that help and support was provided to 2,473 road accident victims, 11,216 medical emergencies, 297 fire incidents and 27 drowning cases.

    Rescue staff maintained their standard response time is seven minutes to emergency. He said during the year 27,000 volunteers from different schools, colleges and other educational institutions were also given rescue and emergency training.

  • Lahore panagahs refuse to accomodate women

    Lahore panagahs refuse to accomodate women

    A 65-year-old woman, Noreen Malangi from Rahim Yar Khan, has had to spend the cold winter nights on the streets of Lahore as shelter homes in the city did not allow her in.

    While talking to a private news outlet she said, “I came here alone, but the management of the shelter refused to let me in. Ever since, I have been spending my nights on the streets.”

    Malangi has been sitting outside the Data Darbar shelter home for a week. She went there twice but was sent back both times.

    Another 62-year-old woman Aasia came to the shelter from Shahkot but was also sent back.

    “They told me they didn’t have rooms for women but allowed men to come in the shelter,” she said.

    As per reports, there is space for 750 men but just 115 women at five shelter homes across Lahore.

    According to the management of the Data Darbar shelter, women can’t be let in unless female staff is hired.

    “We have halls and rooms already allotted for women but we are all men here,” said Fayyaz, the in charge of the Data Darbar shelter home.

    “In case of an emergency with the women, how are we going to tackle the situation?” he asked.

    Panagahs have been set up in different cities on the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan who had issued instructions to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief ministers to ensure that all people have a roof over their heads in this freezing weather.

  • 3-year old girl rescued alive from underneath debris after 21 hours

    3-year old girl rescued alive from underneath debris after 21 hours

    A three-year-old girl was rescued alive after 21 hours from underneath the debris of a multi-story building that collapsed in Sukkur.

    As per reports, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) officials along with army officers rescued the girl, who miraculously did not even have a scratch on her. She was immediately taken to the city’s Civil Hospital for a medical checkup.

    Five others were also rescued from the debris. According to Sukkur Commissioner Shafiq Ahmed Mahesar, the death toll from the collapse rose to six.

    The four-story building, located on Sukkur’s busy Station Road, was built above a few shops and had four families living there.

    Rescuers initially faced difficulties after the collapse caused a power blackout in the area.

    Commissioner Mahesar who was overseeing the rescue efforts said the building could have collapsed either because poor material was used in its construction or because it was not built according to the approved maps. An investigation will be conducted to determine the real cause behind the collapse.

  • It was raining mobile phones at a barat in Dera Gazi Khan

    It was raining mobile phones at a barat in Dera Gazi Khan

    While most groom processions aka the baraat are welcomed with flowers and money, a baraat in Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan witnessed a rain of mobile phones and money.

    According to a report on ARY News, three to four persons, including the bridegroom’s brother, standing atop a truck were showering the baratis and guests with mobile phones and wads of money. The shower of phones and money sent the crowd and passersby into a frenzy and everyone gathered around the vehicle and pushed and shoved to get closer to the truck so they could get their hands on the phones. Some were even seen climbing the truck.

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  • HEC wants random drug testing to be conducted at educational institutes

    HEC wants random drug testing to be conducted at educational institutes

    The Higher Education Commission has demanded the federal government to form a policy and provide funds to curb the use of drugs in educational institutes. University students are likely to get tested for drugs on campus.

    As per reports, during a meeting of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology , it was revealed that more than 76 million Pakistanis are addicted to drugs with most of them being university students.

    “University students are increasingly getting attracted towards ice (methamphetamine) and other harmful drugs. The government should devise a policy to stop this,” said committee chairman Mushtaq Ghani.

    The HEC informed the committee about the issuance of guidelines for random drug screenings that will make campuses drug and smoke-free.

    “A policy would be needed to start random drug screening for which more human resource as well as testing labs will be required. With our current resources we can’t conduct drug screening tests at all universities,” said an HEC official.

    The committee has, therefore, advised the government to issue Rs21 billion for the HEC.

    Conducting random drug tests, using peer pressure, signing contracts with NGOs and reaching out to the root of drug trafficking will pull drugs out from their roots, the HEC assured the standing committee.

    It was also decided that the Anti-Narcotics Force will be called in the meeting to discuss their opinion on the matter.

  • Pakistan’s first blind civil judge gets married

    Pakistan’s first blind civil judge gets married

    Pakistan’s first blind civil judge Yousuf Saleem has tied the knot.

    Saleem changed Pakistan’s history when he challenged the Federal Civil Services system. He was rejected for the position of a civil judge despite being the topper because of his visual impairment.

    Former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar took notice of the issue and after presiding in Saleem’s favour, the 25-year-old took the oath to be sworn in as a civil judge at Punjab Judiciary Academy on June 26, 2018.

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    A gold medalist from Punjab University, Saleem hopes to be the Chief Justice of Pakistan one day.

    Soon after the news spread, blessings and wishes began to pour in for the happy couple.

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    Meanwhile, some negativity was also there.

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  • Police arrest four ATM hackers, including a couple

    Police arrest four ATM hackers, including a couple

    The Punjab police arrested four people, including a couple, for hacking into an ATM in Jhelum’s Dina.

    According to reports, the police were able to arrest the suspects with the help of CCTV camera footage. A case has also been filed.

    The hackers would use a skimming device to hack into the machine and record the data of people who came and used the ATM. Jhelum DPO Hamid Abid said the group put the device in the morning and took it out at night. He said “The Dina SHO searched for the group for several hours and then finally caught them red-handed when they came to remove the device at night.”

    The suspects are reportedly from Lahore.

  • Special PIA flight brings back 113 prisoners from Malaysia

    Special PIA flight brings back 113 prisoners from Malaysia

    A special flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) brought back 113 stranded Pakistani prisoners from Malaysia. The flight brought back the Pakistanis from Kuala Lampur to Islamabad after the Malaysian government approved their amnesty.

    According to reports, Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari instructed the Pakistan High Commission in Malaysia to make all the arrangements to bring back maximum number of Pakistani prisoners after registering them under the Malaysian Royal Amnesty Scheme. Most of the detainees were stuck in Malaysia after their visas expired while others were involved in petty crimes and had served their sentences but were unable to come back due to lack of funds.

    A large number of family members of the deportees were present at the airport to receive their loved ones. The Pakistani deportees were shouting slogans in favor of PM Khan.

    The Press Information Department also shared that “Earlier this year, 320 Pakistani nationals were repatriated that makes a total of 8,190 Pakistani nationals released by Malaysian authorities till date.”

    Pakistan and Malaysia have close mutual ties which were more improved when Prime Minister Imran Khan signed several agreements with the Malaysian government during his visit to the country in November this year.

  • KP Police to train female commandos

    KP Police to train female commandos

    For the first time in history, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to hire female police commandos that are presently being trained to fight militancy in the province.

    As per reports, around 35 female police commandos are undergoing training at the Nowshera police training center. Officials have said that KP Inspector General Police Nasir Durrani felt that female police commandos should be included in the force and decided to give them special training.

    The same training will be given to female commandos that is imparted to elite force male members in the province and will be able to confront all kinds of challenges, including the fight against militants.

    More female commandos will be trained for KP police once the first batch joins the police.

    Talking to a news outlet Musarrat Bibi — a commando under training — said, “I wanted to join the group because I wanted to tell the world that women in K-P could also obtain commando training and fight terrorism.”

  • Madrassa students won a robotics competition at Taxila University

    Madrassa students won a robotics competition at Taxila University

    Students from Jamia Baitul Salam participated in an educational competition held at HITEC University Taxila. The madrassa students won robotics competition beating participants from 20 other universities.

    Not only this but they also won Urdu speech competition and spelling bee contest. 

    Every year HITEC University arrange an inter-university event that involves different curricular and co-curricular competition. Over 20 educational institutes take part in different activities. 

    Jamia Baitul Salam is one of Islamic welfare educational institutions that offers their students worldly knowledge under the shade of religion. The institute also offers both matriculation and O level education to the students.

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