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  • Zahir Jaffar, ‘sound and in senses’ when arrested after murdering and beheading Noor: SSP Investigation

    The daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat was killed on Tuesday. Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found murdered at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 and the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffar was arrested for the murder.

    While addressing a press conference on the issue, SSP, Investigation Ataur Rehman answered questions about the incident, cautioning that most of the details had still not been uncovered. He said that despite arresting Zahir on the spot, the alleged murderer had not given any concrete answers.

    “When we arrested him, he was sound and in his senses. He may have had a past history [of taking drugs] but at least at this time he was completely in his senses,” SSP Ataur Rehman said, answering a question about if Zahir was intoxicated when arrested. The police officer repeatedly stated that when Zahir was arrested, he was sound and fully in his senses and actions, when asked if Zahir’s legal team might, or could, pursue an insanity defense.

    The SSP also stated that while initially the police had stated that Noor had been shot, there was now, no evidence of her being shot. They did find a firearm at the residence but there was no proof that the gun was used on Noor, and the firearm had a bullet that was stuck inside.

    The house staff is also being interrogated and asked about how long Noor was in the house, if they knew that the suspect had planned to murder her, said SSP Rehman. He also added that the staff stated that they heard the two fighting.

    Police had been told about the incident by a local resident and reached the house in 15 minutes, the officer said, adding that evidence was also being collected.

    The SSP said that the case would be investigated thoroughly and even if the suspect does not give a statement, they would collect enough evidence to convict.

    Noor Mukadam, 27, was murdered and beheaded, allegedly by Zahir Jaffer, the son of a leading businessman, stated the police on Tuesday. The suspect was arrested on the spot.

    A first information report (FIR) was registered against Zahir under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the victim’s father late on Tuesday, reported Dawn.

    After the brutal murder of Noor Mukadam, people on social media demanded justice using the hashtag #JusticeForNoor, with her friends lamenting the death of a person who was “one of kindest humans….compassionate, smiling, offering her little unique gestures of kindness”.

    This was reportedly the third brutal attack on a woman in the country in the past few days.

    WATCH: The press briefing by SSP Rehman

  • Former diplomat’s daughter killed and then beheaded in Islamabad

    The daughter of a former diplomat was killed yesterday in the capital. According to details, the police said the victim was slaughtered after being shot. Another person was also injured in the incident, Dawn News has reported.

    “A friend of the girl had been arrested over his alleged involvement in the murder,” police said, “the alleged killer is a son of leading businessman.”

    “A man named Zahir Jaffer, who was allegedly involved in the murder, was arrested on the spot and taken to the police station,” the Islamabad police tweeted.

    According to The Current’s sources, the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffer was working in his family business and had been left alone in the city during the Eid holidays. A college dropout, Zahir’s friends have suggested that he was an active drug user.

    People on social media are demanding justice by using the hashtag #JusticeForNoor, with her friends lamenting the death of a person who seems to be “one of kindest humans….compassionate, smiling, offering her little unique gestures of kindness”.

  • Islamabad airport ceiling collapse: All the memes you can’t miss

    In a recent rain spell in Islamabad, rainwater leaked through the ceiling of the Islamabad International Airport, which caused its false ceiling to collapse partially. The video of the incident went viral and Twitter reacted to the video in the most hilarious way possible.

    Have a look at some of the tweets:

    https://twitter.com/BromanEmpyre/status/1417074632293818374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417074632293818374%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1188044
    https://twitter.com/ThankUProfessor/status/1417084404078419974
  • Pakistan, Uzbekistan to make film on first Mughal emperor Zaheer-ud-din Babar: PM Khan

    Pakistan, Uzbekistan to make film on first Mughal emperor Zaheer-ud-din Babar: PM Khan

    Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday that Pakistan and Uzbekistan will jointly make a film on the first Mughal emperor, Zaheer-ud-din Babar, in order to let the youth know about the connection between the two countries.

    As per reports, this decision has been made to educate the young people of both the countries of the shared heritage between the two nations.

    “[It] is extremely exciting that we have decided now to make a film on the first of the great Mughals, Zaheer-ud-din Babar,” the premier said in a joint presser with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

    PM Khan said that the Mughal dynasty ruled India for three centuries, adding that the region at that time was considered as “one of the richest” places in the world.

    “I think the young people in Uzbekistan and Pakistan must know this connection that stayed for hundreds of years between this part of the world and our part of the world.”

    “We hope that this will be the beginning of a strong cultural exchange between the two countries. As our countries get closer, I will introduce cricket to the people of Uzbekistan,” said the prime minister.

    Speaking on the occasion, President Mirziyoyev threw weight behind PM Imran’s opinion, adding that the youth of Uzbekistan should know about the heritage of Babar’s dynasty.

    “We should say that this is just the beginning. I look forward to visiting Pakistan in order to see those very places that have the touch of our ancestors and to see the life in Pakistan and people of Pakistan,” said the Uzbek president.

  • VIDEO: Gun-touting man caught in Islamabad

    VIDEO: Gun-touting man caught in Islamabad

    A man wielding a gun was arrested from outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday.

    Footage shows the man walking on the main road, waving a pistol in one hand and what seemed like a knife in the other. Several security officials appeared to surround him.

    Police said the arrested man was shifted to Secretariat Police Station and a pistol was confiscated from him.

    After arresting the suspect, police said the initial investigation revealed he is a 45-year-old man who lives in Rawalpindi’s Chakri area. 

    Police say the suspect is suffering from mental illness.

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said during a press conference that the weapon confiscated from the man had no bullets inside.

  • Twitter calls out PML-N’s Hina Butt for blaming the victims

    Twitter calls out PML-N’s Hina Butt for blaming the victims

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Hina Pervaiz Butt took to Twitter to comment on the Usman Mirza case. She ended up blaming the victims instead in a now-deleted tweet. In a harrowing video that went viral on social media, Mirza was seen torturing, harassing, and assaulting a young couple in Islamabad along with his accomplices.

    Hina Butt tweeted, “Why do young people go out and become victims of people like Usman Mirza?” She added that we also need to educate our children on why they become targets when they go out.

    Twitterati reacted to Butt’s tweet and called her out for blaming the victim.

    Natasha Kundi, a writer wrote, “According to her [Hina] young people go out and deliberately become victims …. so basically young people shouldn’t go out!”

    Lawyer Reema Omer said Butt’s take was no different from CCPO Lahore’s comments. She tweeted, “Why can’t we focus on criminal acts of the perpetrators instead of lecturing victims?”

    Singer and UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, Shehzad Roy, tweeted, “It is true that the oppressor should be severely punished, but it is very inappropriate to criticise the oppressed.” Roy further said that it is akin to blaming victims of a robbery by saying that the locks were not strong enough so it is their fault.

    A Twitter user showing his disapproval with PML-N’s leader’s statement compared her stance with CCPO Lahore Umar Sheikh’s comments in the Motorway rape case where he had blamed the victim.

    Journalist Zeb Aslam tweeted, “There is next-to-no difference between this and IK’s statement linking “modesty” and rape…a point that I hope both PMLN and PTI supporters can appreciate before leaping to defend their chosen leader.”

    After the backlash, Hina Butt deleted her tweet.

  • #ArrestUsmanMirza case: ‘Our concern is to protect the boy, girl from danger’: Islamabad Police

    #ArrestUsmanMirza case: ‘Our concern is to protect the boy, girl from danger’: Islamabad Police

    Four people were arrested in connection with Usman Mirza in Islamabad after a disturbing video went viral on social media where he could be seen torturing and assaulting a couple. He was also seen stripping the woman in the video.

    After the arrest of Usman Mirza, the police further investigated the case which led to the tracing of others.

    The incident had occurred in an apartment on E-11/2, the police stated. The flat was in possession of a property dealer from whom the boy had taken its key, the officers said. The six suspects also had a key to the flat and they followed the couple there, reports Dawn.

    The police later traced the boy and asked him for his statement on the incident but so far he was not willing to do so, the officer said, adding that, “the boy is so frightened that he refused to give a statement and become a complainant in the case, saying the suspects would kill him and his family”.

    Police also reached out to the girl but she refused as well, they added.

    When police officials, DIG operations, and SSP operations were contacted by Dawn, they said an investigation had been launched to establish the facts.

    About the safety of the girl and the boy, they said efforts and arrangements were being made to take them in protective custody as chances of suicide and honour killing cannot be ruled out.

    “Our concern is also to protect the boy and the girl from all risks and danger,” they added. A special investigating team has been constituted to probe the incident, they added.

  • Man arrested for blackmailing and assaulting couple in Islamabad

    Man arrested for blackmailing and assaulting couple in Islamabad

    Police arrested Usman Mirza in Islamabad after a disturbing video went viral on social media where he could be seen torturing and assaulting a couple. He was also seen stripping a woman in the video.

    The video sparked outrage across Pakistani Twitter, with #ArrestUsmanMirza appearing in the top trends.

    The incident took place within Golra police station limits at an apartment building in sector E-11/2. The case was registered on the complaint of a sub-inspector.

    “The video of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, five to six men can be seen keeping the victims in custody under gunpoint. The accused also stripped the man and the woman naked while threatening them,” the FIR said, adding that the suspects indulged in “vulgar acts”.

    Islamabad Deputy Commissioner said that the culprit had been arrested after police efforts. “His accomplices are also being arrested. It is once again requested to please delete the videos which show the victims,” he said.

    Later, the deputy commissioner said that all the suspects had been arrested.

    Mirza reportedly threatened the young man and woman when some people tried to stop him.

    Mirza is reportedly a property dealer.

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Maleeka Bokhari tweeted that the Islamabad IG is leading the investigation.

    “I have received numerous messages of women feeling unsafe and angry. The State is here to protect you & will not spare such barbarians,” Bokhari wrote.

    Journalist Reem Khurshid asked people not to post or reshare the video. She tweeted, “The young woman and man were subjected to a horrific assault. “Don’t compound their trauma by circulating images of what is likely one of the worst moments of their lives.”

    https://twitter.com/ReemKhurshid/status/1412506174268846087

    “The fear in eyes of the victim in the video reflects pervasive fear faced by women in our society,” said activist Ammar Ali Jan.

  • PM Khan announces Pakistan’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad

    PM Khan announces Pakistan’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad

    Prime Minister Imran Khan directed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani to lead the plan to build the country’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad.

    As per reports, Mani met Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed in this regard on Thursday to discuss the roadmap for building the biggest stadium in Pakistan.

    The stadium will have state-of-the-art High-Performance Centre.

    CDA’s land, planning, and development department have completed the survey for the stadium. A complete report will be presented to PM Khan by next month. After PM’s approval, the stadium will be built in partnership with the public and private sectors.

    According to PCB’s director of High-Performance, Nadeem Khan, this stadium will be the biggest stadium in Asia with high-class facilities.

    “This is a great initiative by PM and we are looking forward to contributing our role in it. PCB is in touch with CDA for planning the establishment of Islamabad International Cricket Stadium,” he said.

    Nadeem also shared that there is a plan to increase sitting capacity inside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in the near future.

    PM Khan visited the Korang Cricket Ground and reviewed the pace of work there as he promised other stadiums for young blood.

  • 4.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, parts of KP

    An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Islamabad and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday evening, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre website.

    There were no immediate reports of casualties or loss of property.

    According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the earthquake struck 25 kilometres southeast of Mingora in KP and had a depth of 20 km.

    Twitterati began reporting the tremors they had felt.

    https://twitter.com/AliAasad4326/status/1405536553305210891

    In February, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake had struck several cities in Pakistan