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  • ‘Human rights and women rights are different’: PM Khan

    ‘Human rights and women rights are different’: PM Khan

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan during his address at the 17th extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said that human rights and women’s rights are different.

    “We must understand that when we talk about human rights, every society is different, every society’s idea of human rights and normal rights is different,” said PM Khan.

    “The Pakhtunkhawan province, which borders Afghanistan because the culture is similar because there the Taliban are predominantly the Pashtun movement and there are more Pashtuns on our side of the border,” said the premier, adding, “The city culture is completely different from the rural culture.”

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    “Culture in Kabul was always different to culture in rural areas. Just like in Peshawar it is completely different from the culture to the district adjoining the Afghanistan border,” said the prime minister.

    “I will give you an example. We give stipends to the girl’s child parents to put the girls in school but in tribal districts or districts adjoining Afghanistan, if we are not sensitive to the cultural norms of those people, even with stipends they will not send the girls to school,” said the premier.

    “But if we are sensitive to their cultural norms, without stipends they are willing to send their girls to school,” said PM Khan adding, “So this sensitivity I am afraid when we are talking about human rights and women’s rights we have to be sensitive about this.”

    PM Khan’s words received some criticism online.

  • KP LG polls: JUI-F leader accidentally kills himself with celebratory gunfire

    KP LG polls: JUI-F leader accidentally kills himself with celebratory gunfire

    Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Zakariya Khan accidentally took his own life on Sunday when he fired a gun in celebration of his victory in the local government elections in Khyber district.

    Police said they would thoroughly investigate Zakariya’s death before registering a case. 

    Rocket attacks, firing, and suicide bombings at various locations in Khyber district caused six casualties yesterday while several were injured. 

    Polling stations for women were also attacked in Nowshera and Buner.

  • Shibli Faraz escapes attack on vehicle at Darra Adam Khel

    Shibli Faraz escapes attack on vehicle at Darra Adam Khel

     Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Sunday escaped an attack unharmed as he was on his way from his ancestral town of Kohat to Peshawar city.

    Unidentified assailants attacked his car, shattering the windows.

    Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry tweeted moments after the news broke, saying that Faraz had been attacked by gunmen at Darra Adam Khel.

    “Thankfully, he remained safe but unfortunately the driver is seriously injured and has been transported to the hospital.

    “We strongly condemn this incident,” wrote Fawad.

    Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kohat Tahir Ayub, while speaking to Geo News, said that it wasn’t a firing incident and that the minister’s vehicle was pelted with stones.

    “Shibli Faraz was returning to Peshawar after casting his vote in his constituency,” the DIG said.

    DIG Ayub said that due to the pelting of stones, one police personnel was injured and has since been ruled to be out of danger. The front windscreen of Faraz’s vehicle was damaged, he added.

  • Chinese man arrested for nine days for sharing a meme

    Chinese man arrested for nine days for sharing a meme

    A man in China was detained for nine days after sharing a meme to a group chat that local police deemed offensive. His arrest has gone viral on Chinese social media, CNN reported.

    The man, identified only by his surname Li, allegedly shared the meme on the Chinese social media platform WeChat, complaining about local coronavirus prevention and control measures late last month, the report said citing authorities and state media.

    Police in Qingtongxia city in the Ningxia region posted a screenshot of Li’s text exchange on Chinese social media but later removed the post.
    State-run outlet The Paper reported more details of the incident that has shocked people in China, with a related hashtag garnering 170 million views.

    Many protested against Li’s punishment, arguing that a meme hardly justified arrest by the police, a CNN report said.

    According to The Paper, Li sent a meme showing a dog in a police hat, holding a police badge and pointing at the camera. It’s a common image that has been used widely online before, with different variations, sometimes including a cat or cartoon character in police hat.

  • Bag full of expensive smartphones found at Peshawar airport

    A bag full of expensive mobile phones was found at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan Airport on Sunday, ARY News reported.

    An unidentified passenger who arrived at the airport from Dubai via Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, PK-284, left the bag and escaped.

    It is reported that the man left the bag out of fear of getting arrested for bringing a large number of smartphones into the country, they said.

    Read More: Teenager sells young wife to 55-year-old man to buy smartphone

    Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials took the bag into their custody and later handed it over to customs officials. The bag contains 141 mobile phones.

    ARY’s sources said a search operation has been launched to trace the passenger with the help of CCTV footage.

  • Groom reaches bride’s home despite TLP protests

    Groom reaches bride’s home despite TLP protests

    Blocked roads and violent protests could not stop a groom in Punjab from going to his bride’s house. The groom crossed the River Jhelum on the shoulders of his relatives to reach the wedding venue, ARY News reported.

    The groom left to attend his wedding ceremony but had to stop at River Jhelum bridge owing to its closure due to the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan’s (TLP) ongoing protests in the province.

    Read More: Newly-wed bride asks groom to bring water, runs away with cash, jewellery

    The groom crossed the River Jhelum on the shoulders of his relatives. The wedding guests were able to reach the bride’s home after covering the distance on foot.

    Various roads, including the GT Road, are blocked to stop the violent protesters from marching towards Islamabad.

  • Sikh hakeem shot dead in Peshawar

    Sikh hakeem shot dead in Peshawar

    Unidentified men shot down a Sikh hakeem near Charsadda Bus Stand on Thursday, Dawn reported.

    The police identified the deceased as hakeem Satnam Singh who was murdered in his clinic in the limits of Faqirabad police station.

    A police official told Dawn that unknown attackers opened fire on Satnam Singh and escaped the scene.

    A brother of the victim told the local police that Satnam Singh had gone from his home in Mohallah Jogan Shah to his clinic where he was murdered. He said that he had no enmity with anyone.

    Faqirabad SHO Ejaz Nabi said that an investigation is underway. He said it was not clear at this moment whether this was a case of targeted killing or had some other motive.

    Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan strongly condemned the murder of the Sikh hakeem.

    CM Khan asked the city police to immediately find and arrest the criminals. He also condoled with the victim’s family and said the killers would be behind bars soon.

  • University of Peshawar graduate doctor to head American College of Physicians

    University of Peshawar graduate doctor to head American College of Physicians

    US-based Pakistani origin physician, Dr Omar Atiq has been nominated unanimously and will be the first Pakistani origin doctor to be the next president of the prestigious American College of Physicians (ACP).

    Atiq, who founded the Arkansas Cancer Clinic in 1991, is the only candidate for the post and the elections will be held in January next year.

    Pakistan’s US envoy Asad Majeed Khan announced in a tweet: “Dr. Omar Atiq becomes the first ever Physician of Pakistani descent & only the second international medical graduate to be elected as President of American College of Physicians.”

    Dr Atiq, a professor of medicine and otolaryngology is based in Arkansas and had been a fellow of ACP for almost three decades. In 2019, he wiped away $650,000 in debt for nearly 200 of his patients with cancer, reports Dawn.

    The physician earned his medical degree from the Khyber Medical College, University of Peshawar.

    The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organisation in the United States with members in more than 145 countries worldwide.

  • Government begins restoration of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor’s Peshawar homes

    Government begins restoration of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor’s Peshawar homes

    The restoration and renovation work of Bollywood legends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor’s ancestral homes in Peshawar has started after the government got possession of the properties.

    Raj Kapoor’s ancestral home, known as Kapoor Haveli, and Dilip Kumar’s ancestral residence are situated in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar area of Peshawar.

    As per Geo News, the government is planning to restore the homes to their original state.

    Initially, the debris from both houses was removed to begin the restoration work.

    Meanwhile, Dilip Kumar’s nephew Fawad Ishaq lauded the government’s decision to restore his uncle and Raj Kapoor’s ancestral home.

    He further said Dilip Kumar’s attachment to Peshawar never diminished.

    Read More – Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu: A love story that lasted over five decades

    The veteran Bollywood actor died of long ailment in July 2020. After his death, his wife Saira Banu, 77, has been diagnosed with a heart problem, termed as acute coronary syndrome.

  • Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    An inquiry was registered upon information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States of America (USA), via Child Pornography Cell of Cybercrime wing Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), about a person residing in Hayatabad, Peshawar. As per the complaint, he was blackmailing and sexually extorting a minor female child in Virginia, USA.

    A raid was conducted and the alleged culprit, Anas Farooq s/o Farooq Ahmad, was arrested and their mobile phones were seized.

    The accused was interrogated and he admitted that he had got illegal access to the minor victim’s Snapchat account and later found her nude picture in her compromised Snapchat account.

    He further admitted that he used the explicit pictures to blackmail her and was involved in sextortion.