The police have registered a case in Islamabad regarding an ‘obscene’ photo shoot in front of Quaid-e-Azam’s portrait. A complaint of obscene acts in public has been filed by Police under Section 294 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Moreover, the complainant said that photos of a boy and girl at the Coral Chowk showed utter disrespect for Quaid-e-Azam.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has banned forced labor and domestic employment of children under 14 years of age. In response to domestic worker concerns, the KP Assembly passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Based Workers Bill, 2021. Moreover, the law requires employers to provide structured appointment letters to domestic workers providing salary and other details about work.
Naila Kiani has become the first lady mountaineer of Pakistan who successfully reached Gasherbrum II. The mountain is the 13th-highest mountain in the world and stands 8,035 meters above sea level. It is located in the Karakoram range and is the third-highest peak in the Gasherbrum Massif. Moreover, she climbed the peak after a few months of giving birth to her second child.
A Pakistani-run foundation has developed Pakistan’s first electric car and its battery. The prototype of the car will be unveiled in the coming months. According to Khursheed Qureshi, founder, and chairman of Dice Foundation, Pakistan has successfully developed its first indigenous electric vehicle by utilizing the expertise of Pakistani diasporans. Moreover, Overseas Pakistanis who work in the automobile industry built the electric vehicle
In response to Indian pressure, English players have pulled out of the Kashmir Premier League (KPL). India has threatened the English and Welsh Cricket Board (ECB) that they will suspend their players from playing in their country if they let them travel to Pakistan for the KPL. Moreover, Sri Lanka’s Dilshan and South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs were told that the KPL would now only have local players.
The Punjab government makes Holy Quran teaching compulsory for students of classes I-XII throughout the province. In a notification today, it was stated that students from basic education through class V would receive an education in Quranic Naazrah. Additionally, the remaining classes will be taught Quran with translation. In 2021, a law passed by the government mandated that all public and private schools teach Muslims the Holy Quran.
Imran Khan has dismissed a senior Inland Revenue official (Grade-20) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). He was found guilty of approving income tax refunds worth Rs. 58,606,508 to a company without complying with laws and regulations. Moreover, government Servants Efficiency and Discipline Rules, 1973, were invoked against him for misconduct, inefficiency, and corruption.
Pakistan’s premier said Pakistan will not participate in the Afghan peace process until New Delhi reverses the illegal decisions made on August 5, 2019. On Thursday, the prime minister said the country wasn’t responsible for Taliban actions, nor was it the group’s spokesperson. Speaking to a group of Afghan journalists in Islamabad, the premier made these remarks.
In sectors that deal with the public, the NCOC set an August 31 deadline for all staff to be vaccinated. Asad Umar said at a press conference after a meeting at the NCOC that the government aims to reach 1 million vaccinations daily. This objective cannot be achieved without the assistance of the general public, he said.
A solar-powered water project has been launched in Tharparkar, Pakistan, by basketball superstar Kyrie Irving. Irving’s foundation, the KAI family, provided funds for the project that is providing water to around 1,000 villagers per day. The district of Tharparkar in Sindh is one of the poorest in the world and has experienced a severe drought for the last 17 years.