A woman stopped Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
In the video, the woman with her family can be seen having a conversation with the former Chief Minister of Punjab. She said, “My heart breaks to see garbage in Lahore. We not only want to see you in Lahore but in Pakistan. We miss you.”
Shehbaz Sharif thanked her for her comments.
A senior female doctor who works at a major public sector hospital in Karachi says that she is being harassed and blackmailed for the last several months on gender and ethnic grounds and being forced to quit her job.
The doctor is in-charge of the hospital’s gastroenterology and hepatology ward. She claims she is the only female gastroenterologist working at any public sector hospital in Pakistan.
“I’m in charge of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Ward at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and the only female gastroenterologist working at any public sector hospital in entire Pakistan. I have been harassed and blackmailed for the last several months on the basis of my gender and ethnicity,” Dr Nazish Butt told Waqar Bhatti of The News.
She showed several messages sent to her, accusing her of being a “non-Sindhi” and “a draconian lady”, who is not allowing ‘natives’ to work at the hospital. She said she was constantly receiving calls from unknown numbers.
“First of all, I’m a Pakistani citizen who was born in Karachi. I have studied in this city and graduated from the Sindh Medical College. I even married a person who is Sindhi-speaking, but still, some people, including some staff members [of the hospital], are harassing me. They are doing negative propaganda against me, which has made me mentally disturbed,” the publication reported her as saying.
“I have filed several complaints with the relevant authorities against this harassment and blackmailing. but now I want to make my ordeal public and urge the high authorities to take notice of this hooliganism. They call me a Punjabi woman, hurl abuses at me, put baseless posts on Facebook, and then send it to me and my colleagues on WhatsApp. This should end now,” she added.
Dr Butt stated that she was bringing this issue to the notice of the newly-appointed executive director at the JPMC, Dr Shahid Rasool. She also urged provincial health minister Dr Azra Pechuho to take notice of this harassment.
According to a recent study, Pakistan lacks trained and qualified female gastroenterologists even though more than 80% of students who graduate from medical colleges are women.
One of the most-wanted target killers, Shaheen Bihari, committed suicide in Karachi’s Orangi Town because he was afraid of the raids and being arrested, Geo News reported.
Police claim that target killer Shaheen Bihari has committed suicide out of fear of arrest.
The incident took place in Orangi Town Mansoor Nagar area of Karachi. The deceased has been identified as Shaheen Bihari, an alleged target killer.
Police found a pistol and a letter written before the suicide at the scene.
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According to SSP West, Shaheen Bihari along with his accomplice Asif Bhiya had murdered ASI Akram Khan at a hotel in Orangi on August 28.
Bihari wrote in the letter that he had thrown away the pistol which he had used to shoot the ASI. “I am committing suicide with another pistol.”
According to Sahai Aziz, Asif Bhaya, an accomplice of the accused, was arrested by Rangers and police recently. Shaheen Bihari is also seen in the CCTV footage of the incident.
A guest on Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram’s Valima mistakenly considered Aiman as the bride and congratulated her for the wedding.
A video is circulating on social media, in which a woman can be seen congratulating Aiman by confusing her with twin sister Minal.
“I’m not the bride, I’m bride’s sister,” said the Baandhi star while pointing at Minal.
The Ishq Tamasha diva donned a tea pink attire embellished with fine silver embroidery. The look was all about rosy pink hues. She complimented her exquisite look with heavy earrings and a beautiful hairstyle.
The twin sister duo had hilarious reactions to the video.
The Parchayee pair tied the knot in a star-studded event on Saturday, September 10.
A woman named Jameela fixes motorcycles to earn a living in Karachi, Shahjahan Khurram reported for Geo News.
Jameela has set up a small shop near the popular Lakhpati Hotel where she sells and changes motorcycle engine oil for customers.
“I have been doing this for the past 35 years,” she said. “I do it for my family — for roti, kapra and makaan,” she added.
Jameela Khatoon said that her business is the only legacy of her deceased husband. Jameela’s husband died of cancer and she lost her adopted son to a disease, after which Jameela had to become the sole breadwinner of her house.
She used to have six labourers at her shop to help her out.
“But they wanted to take over my business by force. I could not let them do that,” she said
The workers threatened her she would “die hungry” if she let them go.
“I accepted their challenge and told them I will not let that happen. It is due to Allah’s will and His love for me that I am still earning my bread here.”
Jameela Khatoon has to feed her four grandchildren and the widow of her adopted son.
“Hum sab saath mein chalte hain (we do everything together),” she said.
Life was easier when she had workers working for her. Now, she opens her shop at 10:30-11:00 am and works till midnight. Jameela Khatoon says people who come by to get their motorcycles serviced always treat her with respect.
“They all address me as khaala (aunt), amma (mother), aunty,” she says, but recalls that she faced catcalls and harassment when she was younger.
“It doesn’t happen anymore,” she added.
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She says that shopkeepers nearby do not bother her.
“I don’t need their support — I give support to them,” she says, adding that if something were to happen to them, she would “stand by them like a wall”.
Jameela wants the government to support her financially to help her set up a bigger shop for her business.
“I wish the government would give me a loan or provide me a shop where I can carry out my work in a better way,” she says. “A shop where I can sell spare parts and fix punctures.”
“If the government is watching this video, then I hope it shakes their conscience a bit,” she says.
A power outage is reported in several parts of Karachi on Wednesday, the city’s power utility K-Electric reported.
According to Geo News, the areas facing power outages are Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Clifton and Defence.
K-electric, while responding to the complaints, stated on Twitter that it is “actively monitoring the situation and will keep updating this space”.
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A resident told Geo News that just before the outage, there was pronounced fluctuation in the power supply.
A lot of the areas where a power outage was reported were areas where it drizzled today, leading to people hoping that the rains expected this month will not cause havoc in the city like before.
Karachi police have arrested a suspect for assaulting a four-year-old student of a private school in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, Geo News reported.
A case has been registered at the Taimuria police station on the complaint of the child’s father.
Sameer, the son of the school’s watchman, was arrested after the victim child identified him.
The complainant stated that his son went to get a ball from inside the school when the watchman’s son assaulted him.
The police said that the child’s medical examination confirmed that he was assaulted.
A four-year-old boy was raped in a school in Karachi when he went to fetch the ball, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
As per details, the incident happened in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, where a four-year-old boy was raped by a school watchman inside a school when he went to pick up the ball.
Other reports state that the boy was raped by the guard’s son.
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The father of the boy said they live near the school building and his son was playing with other children outside their home.
When he entered the school premises to bring back the ball, he was molested.
A case has been registered against the school watchman, who has been detained
At the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) jalsa in Karachi on Sunday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif blamed “a few hundred thousand” of hijacking the country’s democratic system. Sharif was addressing the PDM jalsa from London via video link.
Nawaz vowed he would not stay silent anymore.
Reciting a few lines from the milli naghma (national song) ‘Yeh watan tumhara hai’, Nawaz Sharif changed a few lines to: “Yeh watan tumhara hai, hum hain khawamkhah iss mein [This country is yours and we are living in it for no reason].”
“Ai chand lakh logo, yeh watan tumhara hai, baaqi 21 crore hain khawamkhah iss mein [Dear few lakh people, this country is yours, the rest of the 21 crore people are living here for no reason],” further added Nawaz.
“It’s a crime to stay silent under the current circumstances,” said Nawaz.
“A few generals and elite of the society have made this democratic system a hostage. We remained silent when the elected prime minister was thrown out. We stayed silent when votes were snatched and blue-eyed people were imposed over the country to rule. We stayed silent when honest and God-fearing judges were implicated in false cases,” said Nawaz.
The PML-N leader said, “We stayed silent when the RTS [results transmission system] collapsed [in 2018 elections] and we stayed silent when the country’s poor segment of society was deprived of food. Now you have to decide that whether you want to stand with those who are suffering and scared or with those who raise their voice against injustice.”
At least 15 workers of a chemical factory lost their lives after a fire broke out at a factory in Karachi’s Mehran Town on Friday, police and rescue officials told Dawn.
Talking to Dawn, Korangi SSP Shah Jehan said that so far 15 bodies had been recovered from the factory.
He said that the police had been informed that there were 25 people still stuck in the building, and feared that they may not have survived.
According to a spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), the area had been cordoned off and Rangers officials were busy in relief efforts with rescue teams.
The spokesperson said that the fire had started at a chemical factory in Mehran Town, adding that the fire was now under control and rescue efforts were underway.
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Additional Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said that 13 bodies had been shifted to the hospital so far.
According to police officials, an Edhi volunteer, Saddam, 30, also sustained injuries while trying to extinguish the fire. The injured were also rushed to JPMC.
Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident and ordered the Karachi commissioner and the labour department to make a report. “How did the incident occur and what safety precautions were being taken,” he questioned.
He also directed officials to provide the best possible medical aid to the injured and support to the families of the deceased.