Punjab IG Rao Sardar Ali Khan announced Saturday that 118 men were arrested for the murder and burning of a Sri Lankan national. The arrest list included 13 prime suspects in the Sialkot lynching. IG Punjab and government spokesperson briefed the media in Lahore on the investigation into the Sialkot incident. In the last 24 hours, police conducted raids in over 200 areas of the city.
The Chief Minister’s Strategic Reforms unit recently introduced Phase II of its “Women on Wheels, Motorbike Subsidy Scheme” project. The company plans to give away 3,000 motorcycles at a subsidized rate to women. The campaign was launched in partnership with both the Transport Department and the Bank of Punjab, according to a press release. Motorcycles will be awarded through a merit-based balloting process.
The United States is the world’s biggest generator of plastic waste. The country urgently needs a strategy for curbing the vast amounts of plastic that end up in the oceans. The amount of plastic waste discarded worldwide each year is estimated at 242 million megatons. This is approximately the same amount as ten billion statues of liberty.
The Education Body of the National Assembly unanimously recommended approval of the “Islamabad Women University Bill, 2021”. Ali Nawaz Awan, a member of the national assembly, initiated the bill, which was approved by the Senate. The bill was passed at Tuesday’s 22nd meeting held at the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad under the Chairmanship of MNA Mian Najeeb Ud Din Awaisi.
The world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones, Samsung, has finally started production in Pakistan. The government and industry hope that this will result in a reduction in imports in the months to come. The development was revealed during the company’s top managers meeting with senators on Tuesday. The officials visited the production site to understand the challenges facing the cellphone manufacturing industry in Pakistan.
A Twitter account affiliated with Pakistan’s embassy in Serbia criticized Imran Khan on Friday. Tweet citing rising inflation and alleged non-payment of salaries for three months. The Foreign Office issued a statement two hours later saying the embassy’s social media accounts had been hacked. The tweets were subsequently deleted. The tweet also included a parody song with the catchphrase “Ghabrana Nahi hai.”
A Sri Lankan national was killed in Sialkot after being tortured to death. A mob of hundreds attacked the foreign national over allegations of blasphemy, and his body was set ablaze. Initial reports indicate that the incident happened on Wazirabad Road, Sialkot. According to reports, the Sri Lankan worked as an export manager for a local factory.
Abdul Razak Dawood, Advisor to the PM on Commerce and Investment, claims Pakistan produced 18.87 million mobile phones in its first 10 months of 2021. The “Make in Pakistan” philosophy of MOC is showing results. Xiaomi, the Beijing-based smartphone manufacturer, announced earlier this month that it will manufacture smartphones in Pakistan with a local distributor.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said he hoped two million Pakistanis would go abroad for jobs in the next two years. He claimed that in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan sent over 1.1 workers abroad. During the past three years, 569,870 Pakistanis have gone to Saudi Arabia for work, according to the minister’s statistics.
The UAE has granted Pakistani legend and pacer Wasim Akram the Golden Visa in recognition of his achievements in cricket. After Fakhr-e-Alam, Wasim Akram is the second Pakistani celebrity to be honored by the UAE. The 55-year-old took to Twitter to say he is honored to have received the Golden Visa.