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  • Senior State Life official ‘jumps off’ Karachi building

    Senior State Life official ‘jumps off’ Karachi building

    A senior official of State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC), allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of a multi-storey building on Karachi’s I.I. Chundrigar Road on Wednesday, Dawn has reported.

    According to the details, Zafar Iqbal, age 55, was serving as the deputy manager administration at SLIC and was reportedly facing an inquiry over some “personal activities”.

    However, the family of the deceased has disputed the claim that Iqbal had committed suicide and suggested that his death was a murder.

    But City Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muquddus Haider has said that initial investigation and eye-witness accounts showed that Iqbal, the father of four children, did commit suicide.

    SSP Haider also said that a guard deployed at the SLIC office tried to persuade Iqbal not to jump from the building, but the latter proceeded to do so anyway.

    “Further investigation into the incident is underway because the family had disputed the police version”, the police official added.

    The deceased official’s body was shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi for autopsy and Mithadar Station House Officer Rizwan Patel has said that they were waiting for a doctors’ report to know more about the death.

  • Polio in Pakistan

    Polio in Pakistan

  • Why Jami’s story was not taken seriously?

    Why Jami’s story was not taken seriously?

  • [GRAPHIC VIDEO] Sindh youngster live streams suicide on Facebook

    [GRAPHIC VIDEO] Sindh youngster live streams suicide on Facebook

    A young man from northern Sindh’s Ghotki town has committed suicide while streaming it live on Facebook, a video doing rounds over the internet, revealed on Tuesday.

    In the six-minute stream, the youngster repeatedly announces that he was going to kill himself after his relationship did not work out. He then gives a message to his family and friends in Sindhi.

    “I can’t bring myself to do this,” he can be heard as saying while weeping and adding that he could not see a way out of his pain.

    “Friends, if I have made any mistakes, please forgive me” are his last words.

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    The deceased’s body was shifted to Mirpur Mathelo District Headquarters Hospital by the police.

    While Facebook is yet to take the video down, the case is the first of its kind in the country.

    FACEBOOK LIVE & VIOLENCE:

    The live video streaming feature on Facebook became publicly available in January 2016 and anyone with a Facebook account can access it at the top of their news feed, simply by selecting “Live Video” from the dropdown menu.

    A three-second countdown begins before the user can begin filming live, and anyone can watch if they have selected the audience as public and not just for connected friends. Facebook Live broadcasts can last up to four hours.

    To report a Facebook Live video as inappropriate, you can click the scroll down menu in the top right of the post and then click “Report Post” or “Report Photo” and follow the instructions.

    Earlier this year, the company was forced to scrub more than 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque massacre, which was live-streamed by the shooter.

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had vowed in April 2018 that the company would work toward thwarting the spread of violent content; however, it has continued to struggle to monitor instances of bloodshed and self-harm.

  • Lahore traffic cops form special squads for crackdown against e-challan defaulters

    Lahore traffic cops form special squads for crackdown against e-challan defaulters

    The City Traffic Police (CTP) Lahore has constituted seventeen special squads to go after the e-challans defaulters, a private news outlet has reported.

    According to the details, under the recent crackdown, 34 traffic wardens will be appointed across the city to recover challan payments. These special teams will strictly monitor such vehicles across Lahore.

    Since the e-challan system delivers the ticket to the address of the vehicle owner, the CTP teams can also raid their houses to confiscate the vehicles.

    Such vehicles will only be released after payment of the e-challan. However, no further penalty will be added to the delayed submission.

    The traffic police in the initial phase will go after the defaulter with hefty unpaid challans and the crackdown will continue until the clearance of the backlog.

    CTP last year in September had launched the electronic challan system in Lahore, in collaboration with Punjab Safe City Authority (PSCA). Since then, it has been an effective tool to control traffic violations in the provincial capital.

    If you want to check that your vehicle has been charged with a violation or not, follow the instruction given in this article.

  • Sindh High Court orders formation of a task force to address stray dogs issue

    Sindh High Court orders formation of a task force to address stray dogs issue

    A bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the provincial government and city authorities to form a task force for action against stray dogs in the metropolis.

    The high court conducted the hearing of an appeal today regarding the lack of vaccines to treat patients of dog bites and the action against stray dogs.

    The bench ordered the Sindh government to ensure the supply of anti-rabies vaccines across the province. The court also directed Municipal Commissioner Karachi for the arrangement of more anti-rabies vaccines for the city.

    The bench directed all district municipal committees (DMCs) in Karachi to speed up the drive against stray dogs. The Sindh High Court bench gave one week to submit a report on the problem.

    The bench ordered city authorities to submit a comprehensive report over the matter in the next hearing of the case. The court postponed the hearing until November 07.

    The counsel that represented the Sindh government told SHC in former hearing that anti-rabies vaccines are available in many districts, while efforts are in progress to supply it in the parts where the vaccines are unavailable.

    It is relevant to mention here that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had ordered the concerned authorities on September 22 to begin mass shooting of stray dogs because of the rising number of dog bite cases.

  • Saudi Arabia likely to allow women to perform Hajj without mehram: reports

    Saudi Arabia likely to allow women to perform Hajj without mehram: reports

    The Saudi government is considering different visa options that would allow women to perform Hajj without a male guardian, reports have claimed.

    As per Saudi law, women, are allowed to perform the annual pilgrimage only with a male guardian, while there is an exception for women older than 45, who can perform the ritual in groups.

    Reports emerging Tuesday claimed that the Kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is considering the option of granting visit visas for tourism and also for religious purposes, and women might be allowed to travel without male guardians.

    The official said there were about 750 Umrah and Hajj companies with licenses, but only about 500 of these were in the market and they were only running at 1% of their capacity. The Umrah sector is more profitable than the industrial sector.

  • Filmmaker Jami says he was raped by an influential media tycoon

    Filmmaker Jami says he was raped by an influential media tycoon

    Renowned Pakistani filmmaker Jami has come forward to reveal that he was also a victim of a sex crime. In a series of posts on twitter, Jami revealed that he was raped by a dominant media tycoon 13 years ago.

    Jami wrote that he also told some of his close friends but no one took the incident seriously.

    The filmmaker said he spent six months in a hospital in Karachi for therapy and he also went abroad to get over the incident.

    Talking about a recent case of a college professor committing suicide on alleged claims of harassment, Jami wrote that one wrongful death did not mean all victims were fake and liars.

    The director even said that he knew the consequences of his revelations but it was very important for him to reveal his story since the legitimacy of the movement was being questioned.

  • Plastic eggs confiscated in Karachi by food authority

    Plastic eggs confiscated in Karachi by food authority

    Sindh Food Authority (SFA) conducted raid at a shop with police in Karachi after a family complained about the selling of artificial plastic eggs for food consumption.

    As per reports, SFA staff recovered two crates of the eggs allegedly made of plastic. Initial inspection suggests that the eggs recovered from the shop were made from a plastic material. The confiscated eggs have been sent to a laboratory for further tests.

    The authority’s staff has also recovered more than 100 crates of eggs from the supply van. Police have arrested four persons including two wholesalers and one retailer.

    According to police eggs were also kept in a truck along with genuine chicken eggs. The eggs were being supplied to Karachi from Gharo, arrested suspects told police in their statement.

  • Best moments of the Royal Couple

    Best moments of the Royal Couple