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  • Police arrests 106 professional beggars in a crackdown

    Police arrests 106 professional beggars in a crackdown

    In a crackdown against professional beggars, the Rawalpindi Police arrested 106 beggars over the course of three days in an effort to reduce the issue of panhandling and lower the risk of traffic accidents caused by jaywalking.

    According to a police spokesman, the anti-beggary squads carried out raids in various neighborhoods, took action against professional beggars, and detained them in various police stations throughout the city on the orders of Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations Rawalpindi, Waseem Riaz.

    SSP Riaz claimed that specialised anti-begging squads were making a valiant effort to combat the rise in professional beggars.

    “The professional beggars stand on various highways and squares of Rawalpindi city and not only affect the flow of traffic but also increase the risk of accidents. Therefore, the public is requested not to serve alms to them, as discouraging such factors will not only improve the society, but also the flow of traffic,” he said.

  • Govt notifies 26-member anti-rape committee

    Govt notifies 26-member anti-rape committee

    A new committee against rape was announced by the Law Ministry on Friday in an effort to combat the worrying increase in sexual violence cases across the nation. The special committee’s primary responsibility will be to aid sexual assault victims in getting legal representation, in addition to attempting to stop cases of rape against children.

    Former senator Ayesha Raza Farooq will head the committee.

    Other members include Mehnaz Akbar Aziz, chief secretaries of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtun­khwa, Balochistan, and Sindh, representatives of the National Database and Registra­tion Authority (NADRA), Pakis­tan Elec­tro­nic Media Regulatory Auth­o­rity (PEMRA), and the law ministry, ex-prosecutor general Punjab Ehti­sham Qadir, ex-additional inspectors general Kamal­uddin Tipu, Taimoor Ali Khan, advocate Ismat Mehdi, Khalid Parveen, Amb­reen Qureshi, Ghazala Yasmeen, Nida Ali and Sharafat Ali, development consultant Valerie Khan, Mohammad Ali Nekokara, Zainab Mustafa, anchor Maria Memon, police surgeon Sumayya Syed and forensic expert Ayesha Sarwar.

    Earlier this year in June, Punnjab Home Minister Attaullah Tarar announced that the Punjab government will declare an emergency following an increase in rape and sodomy cases in the province.

    The Current records the tally of rape cases that are reported in news outlets on a daily basis to highlight the alarming situation. We have used many different sources as listed. When will it stop?

  • Man in Karachi kills wife, cooks her dead body

    Man in Karachi kills wife, cooks her dead body

    Trigger warning: Violence/Murder

    A man in Karachi stabbed his wife to death and then cooked her body parts. As per the police report, Ashiq murdered his wife in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal area.

    The couple’s 16-year-old daughter told the police about the incident.

    As per media reports, the family resided in the school at which they worked. The suspect, Ashiq, wanted his wife to engage in some unethical activities. However, she did not oblige, which infuriated her husband. Ashiq then killed her and cooked her body parts in a cauldron.  

    “A medical examination showed that the woman’s body pieces were cut before being thrown in the cauldron. Her left leg was cleanly separated at knee joint as was left forearm at the elbow,” said Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed. The samples from the dead wife’s body have been collected to rule out intoxication and for histopathology.

    Ashiq escaped with three of his children after killing his wife and cooking her body parts. The police is looking for him.

  • Motorcyclists are top offenders of traffic rules in Lahore: CTP

    Motorcyclists are top offenders of traffic rules in Lahore: CTP

    Compared to other vehicles, motorcyclists have committed the most traffic violations during the first half of 2022.

    As per City Traffic Police Lahore records for the first six months of this year, rickshaw drivers and car drivers are also among the top three violators of traffic laws in Lahore, followed by motorcycle riders.

    In the first half of 2022, the City Traffic Police issued roughly 1.9 million fine tickets for breaking traffic laws. Motorcycle riders received 1.17 million challans, but more than 2 million, 3,000 car drivers also broke traffic laws. The 170,000 Qingqi rickshaw drivers also ignored the traffic laws.

    According to Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Lahore Muntazir Mehdi, over one lakh fine tickets have been issued to trucks, pick-up, and loader vehicles, 76,311 fine tickets have been issued to flying coaches and buses, and more than six thousand fine tickets have been issued to trailers.

    Challan tickets have also been issued to 114,000 public service and commercial vehicles. Mehdi added that more than 5.5 million citizens were informed and warned in addition to the action. He claimed that minor infractions are being addressed while issuing warnings.

    He mentioned accidents and claimed that reckless driving and rule-breaking were to blame for 70 per cent of motorcycle accidents involving riders. Creating awareness among the populace, according to CTO Lahore Muntazir Mehdi, will lower the number of accidents.

  • Video: Karachiites protest against load-shedding, clashes erupt between police protesters

    Video: Karachiites protest against load-shedding, clashes erupt between police protesters

    Residents of Karachi came out on the streets in the late hours of Monday to protest against the unannounced and prolonged load-shedding in their areas.

    On Tuesday morning, the police used tear gas and baton-charged protestors in an effort to disperse the crowd, which resulted in a clash between the two.

    According to Dawn, the demonstrators have been protesting since last night, burnt tyres, and blocked the road for traffic, which has caused traffic problems.

    The chairman of the All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Aslam Pakhali said that over 100 shipping containers carrying mangoes and potatoes are worth an estimated Rs250 million were stuck in traffic since Monday evening.

    https://twitter.com/nshz22/status/1541682874750947328?s=20&t=OIuOxKPZe5onCToMDfxlBw

    According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asif Bughio, electricity in several areas of Lyari has been suspended since 4pm yesterday (Monday). He claimed that the police tried to negotiate with them but they attacked the law enforcers with stones.

    Their protest has continued for more than 20 hours now.

    According to media reports, in Karachi’s Gadap Town, the load-shedding time has gone up to 18 hours in a day. Similarly, Shah Faisal Colony, Malir, Surjani Town, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, and other areas are seeing power outages of 14 hours or more.

    Following the incidents, Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh contacted K-Electric Chief Executive Moonis Alvi. He noted that load-shedding has made the lives of people miserable.

    “Due to persistent load-shedding, the security situation is deteriorating,” he told the KE official.

    A day earlier, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif warned the nation that they might face increased load-shedding in the coming month of July.

  • Indian girl stopped from crossing border to meet Pakistani guy

    Indian girl stopped from crossing border to meet Pakistani guy

    An Indian Muslim 24-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh (MP) was caught by the authorities at the Attari border in Amritsar, Punjab on Thursday when she was trying to cross the border to meet her Pakistani boyfriend, reports The Times of India.

    Fiza met the Pakistan man Dilshad, who lives in Karachi through social media. They fell in love and decided to get married.

    According to the Indian media, Fiza Khan had a valid visa and travel documents but was stopped at Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari, due to a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against her.

    Fiza, a teacher working in a private school went missing from Rewa district in MP on June 16. According to the police, after her disappearance, Fiza’s family members lodged a missing complaint. Since she had already discussed traveling to Pakistan, a LOC was issued against her.

    When she was held, the Gharinda police station recorded her statement and sent her to Nari Niketan orphanage. Later on Saturday, she was handed over to a police team from Rewa.

    This is not the first time that such an incident has happened. In 2018 a woman crossed the border and married a Gujranwala-based man whom she met while playing an online game.

  • Clash in Muzaffarabad jail due to unavailability of facilities

    A protest by the prisoners of Rara Central Jail in Muzaffarabad turned into a clash between the police and the prisoners on Saturday, reports Samaa News.

    The clash started when some prisoners turned violent and started a fight with the security personnel.

    The prisoners were protesting against the unavailability of facilities for the past few days. However, no casualty has been reported so far.

    The police summoned additional forces to keep the situation under control and started searching for the prisoners who initially started the fight.

    Last year, a clash was also reported in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. The clash was between two groups that led to the transfer of 23 convicted and under-trial prisoners to other jails and the suspension of 11 jail officials, including two superintendents.

  • Man ran onto field mid-match to salute Shadab Khan, FIR registered

    The police on Friday filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Mohammad Waqas Ashraf, a fan who ran into the ground during the second One Day International (ODI) between Pakistan and the West Indies.

    The FIR is registered under Sections 188 and 452 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). According to the police, Waqas tried to escape the scene after meeting Shadab Khan on the pitch. However, it can be clearly seen in video footage from the match that Waqas was caught by the police on the boundary rope immediately. 

    “A man swiftly entered the ground from under the fence near gate number 3, saluted and hugged a cricketer (Shadab Khan) after reaching the batting crease,” says the FIR against Waqas.

    A police official while talking to Geo Super said that the man has been sent for physical custody.

    The man ran onto the field mid-match to salute Shadab Khan. Shadab hugged the man in return.

     Pakistan whitewashed West Indies 3-0 in a three-match ODI series on Sunday.

  • ‘Doors are closing on you, I offer to marry, better than that old man’: Amber Heard reveals proposal of Arab man

    ‘Doors are closing on you, I offer to marry, better than that old man’: Amber Heard reveals proposal of Arab man

    In a viral voice note viral, a Saudi man has offered to marry American actress Amber Heard after she lost her case against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. 

    Amber Heard sister reacts to Johnny Depp defamation trial, jury's verdict

    The voice note has promises by the Saudi man of filling the Amber’s life with joy and happiness. 

    “Amber…since all doors are closing on you, you have no one except me to take care of you. I’ve notice that some people hate and bully you, therefore I offer to marry you. May Allah bless us both. You are a blessing but people don’t appreciate that. I am better than that old man,” he can be heard saying in the Arabic voice note.

    The 41 second voice note posted by several Instagram accounts has gone viral with one having over 133,581 views as of June 5, 2022. 


    A Virginia jury on June 1, 2022, ruled that actor Amber defamed Johnny in a widely watched six-week trial that featured explicit and graphic evidence and testimony detailing the former Hollywood couple’s soured relationship.  

    The Jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages from Heard. The panel awarded Heard $2 million in damages.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8FJ6o2QGw&t=36s
  • Foreigners’ security cell to be established in Islamabad

    Foreigners’ security cell to be established in Islamabad

    Islamabad police is establishing a foreigners’ security cell in the Central Police Office (CPO), with the required personnel and logistics.

    Under the supervision of DIG Operations, the District Foreign Security Cell (DFSC) will be led by Additional Superintendent Operations.

    It was decided at a meeting in the Central Police Office presided over by Inspector General of Police Dr Akbar Nasir Khan. Senior police officers from Islamabad were in attendance. On the pattern of CPEC Security, it was decided to apply all standard operating procedures for non-China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) security projects.

    Correspondingly, the Special Branch, Counter-Terrorism Department, and Security Division will conduct regular audits of the security measures. Islamabad police will employ Chinese-speaking early age Pakistani men and women to aid Chinese residents working on non-CPEC projects and for other private companies.

    The session was notified that efforts are being made to protect foreign nationals in compliance with Ministry of Interior directives. The Foreign Office and other law enforcement agencies will be consulted as needed. While the National Database Registration Authority will assist DFSC in data integration.