Everyday Muhammad Zarnosh picks up his toolbox and reaches for his young son’s hand, to work as a repairman in an impoverished neighborhood in Karachi. Zarnosh, now in his thirties, experienced gradual vision loss since birth but lost complete eyesight ten years ago. Since then, he has had to depend on friends and family to move around, but that hasn’t stopped him from working.
Punjab Information Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan has alleged that Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has millions of fake followers on her Twitter account. Fayyaz revealed that out of 5 million followers of Maryam, 80% are fake. He said that most of the followers never liked any tweet. He further added that, 1898 followers created their Twitter accounts in a single day.
Arshad Khan, the famous Chai wala of Pakistan, has now opened a modern style tea cafe in Islamabad. Khan became an overnight celebrity after a picture of him went viral on social media back in 2016. The 17-year-old worked as a tea seller at his local Itwar Bazaar (Sunday market) in Islamabad. However, an aspiring photographer’s picture of Arshad made him an internet sensation
An elderly woman from Peshawar, Saeedah Sultan, has filed an appeal in the Supreme court for her Haq Mehr. Saeedah was married at the age of 15. After 75 years of marriage, she has still not received her Haq Mehr which is a 3-Kanal and 10-marla of land. Saeedah claims the land is on her name and her husband has also passed away.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has banned all television channels from airing news about the Sialkot motorway gang-rape incident. The ban comes after an order was passed by the trial court on the request of the police, claiming that the media reporting would damage and diminish the evidence so far collected by the police and create hindrance in catching the culprit.
Prime Minister Imran Khan in his latest recommendation to the nation has suggested the youth read Elif Shafak’s Forty Rules of Love. In his attempt to bring the youth closer to Islam, the premier said that the book had deeply inspired him as it was about divine love. Written by a Turkish author, Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love was published in March 2009.
Six marriage halls and 103 restaurants have been sealed in Karachi for failing to comply with health guidelines and Covid-19 prevalence. Karachi over the last week has witnessed an increase in infections; on September 30, an NCOC meeting was apprised of the worrying rise in the number of daily Covid-19 cases reported across the country, especially in the port city.
A Pakistani electrician, Naseeb Jamal, is defying odds by teaching six out of his eight daughters his craft to help them become self-reliant in the future. Jamal, an electrician for 20 years, runs a dingy repair shop for electronic appliances in Qasba Colony, Karachi. While two of Jamal’s younger daughters are still learning, four are already adept electricians and their father’s pride.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday banned the broadcast of speeches, interviews and public addresses by absconders and proclaimed offenders. The development came a few hours after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif slammed the government in his second address to the PML-N’s central working committee meeting, which was aired on numerous news channels in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that PML-N supremo Nawaz Shari has India’s support to ‘weaken the army’. In an interview with a local news channel he said that Nawaz is playing a dangerous game; ‘Altaf Hussain played the same game’. The PM added that relations between government and military are the “best in history” because all institutions are working in their spheres.