In honour of his father, Sajid Ali Sadpara has hoisted the Green Flag for the second time over K2 this morning. The bodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and Juan Pablo Mohr were discovered on K2 on Monday. The rope-fixing team guided Sajid Sadpara, Ali Sadpara’s son, to the body of his father. Earlier, Sajid had gone on an expedition to retrieve the bodies of the three climbers.
Talha Talib, a Pakistani weightlifter, has appealed to the government to regularize his job at Wapda. He made the appeal on the microblogging website Twitter. He said the Ministry of WAPDA should regularize me and also promote me for a better future. Moreover, Talib added that “Its been 3 years I have no promotion from WAPDA ! Please notice.”
Punjab’s prisons minister, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, in a video message clarified that Shah Hussain did not receive remission for his legal sentence for stabbing Khadija Siddiqui. Hussain has benefited from “technical remissions” which are given for blood donations and good conduct under the Constitution. Hussain, the son of a Lahore High Court lawyer, was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime.
Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif became the youngest person to summit both Everest and K2. The climber ascended K2 8,611 metre (28,251 foot) at 8:10 a.m on Tuesday and also climbed Mount Everest in may. At the age of 17, Kashif climbed the world’s 12th highest peak, the 8,047-metre Broad Peak.
The cricketer Shadab Khan has pledged funds to train athletes preparing for upcoming contests. Shadab Khan also asked authorities to consider athletes like Talib. Athletes like Talha need the support of sponsors and sports administration. If given the facilities and financial support, they can bring home Olympic medals and make Pakistan proud.
Chinese researchers have successfully developed detailed designs for a clean nuclear reactor that doesn’t require water for cooling. The design features a molten salt reactor that uses liquid thorium instead of uranium. This will make the reactor safer in case there is a leak. After the reactor is complete, the reactor could be ready for testing by September 2021.
Zahir Jaffer, the prime suspect in the murder case of Noor Mukadam, has admitted to killing her. Sources told that police collected video evidence of the victim being subjected to torture by the accused. Zahir Jaffer confessed to murdering Noor Mukadam, however, he kept changing his testimony regarding the reasons for her murder.
An algerian judoka and his coach have been suspended and sent home after refusing to fight an Israeli athlete. Fethi Nourine was scheduled to compete in the men’s under-73kg division. He said he could not compete against the Israeli, Tohar Butbul, in the second round because of his support for the Palestinian cause.
The K2 base camp manager reports that two bodies were discovered 300 meters below a bottleneck by a group of Nepali Sherpas. One of the bodies is said to be that of national hero Ali Sadpara. Another body is reported to be that of John Snorri. Ali Sadpara and his two foreign companions disappeared during their winter adventure on the K2 on Bottleneck.
PTI has won the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections, winning a majority of the seats, according to preliminary results. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is now prepared to form the next government in AJK. Twenty-five PTI candidates won seats, nine of them in Pakistan. Furthermore, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won 10 of those contests, including one in Pakistan.