The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to a portable ventilator developed at Aga Khan University (AKU). Pakistani doctors, biomedical engineers, and software developers developed the briefcase-size and low-cost ventilator at the university hospital’s first hackathon. A Resuscitation Automation Device aims to bridge the gap between manual Ambu bags.

Pakistani filmmaker Samar MinAllah Khan’s short film wins best documentary short at Nordic International Film Festival

A Senate committee has approved the creation of special courts for rape cases, as part of the Anti-rape Bill 2021. Senator Syed Ali Zafar chaired the Senate standing committee on law and justice, which approved the anti-rape bill earlier this week. In the special court, only serving judges will be allowed to decide on rape cases.

Former chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Confer­ence and a symbol of Kashmir’s freedom movement, Syed Ali Geelani died on Wednesday in Srinagar. Despite being under house arrest for the last 11 years, he was an uncompromising campaigner against Indian rule. He has been suffering from a serious illness for several months.

Shahid Rassam is a Pakistani artist who has created the world’s largest Holy Quran, slated to appear at Dubai Expo 2020. It is the first of its kind in over 1,400 years of Islamic history cast on canvas with an inscription on aluminum. The UAE-based Pakistani businessman Irfan Mustafa facilitates the move of Rassam, a Pakistani expatriate in the UAE.

Muhammad Amjad Saqib, known as Asia’s Nobel laureate for his microfinance program that helped millions of poor families, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He was awarded Asia’s Nobel Prize, which is given for developing one of Asia’s first zero-interest, no-collateral microfinance programs. Moreover, he was one of five recipients named after a deceased Filipino president who died in a plane crash.

Saima Sarwar, a dropout medical student who turned street clown for her mother’s treatment, has received help from the Punjab government. The interview with a local web channel went viral and attracted the attention of the provincial government. Saima was presented with a financial aid check and an employment letter from DC Lahore on Monday.

In an unbelievable turn of events, the father of Asma Rani has reportedly pardoned his daughter’s killer, Mujahid Mujahid. Rani’s father Ghulam Dastageer said he had faced threats but he decided to pardon the killer only for the sake of Allah. In an interview with local news media, Rani’s father Ghulam Dastageer admitted to receiving threats before pardoning his daughter’s killer.

A special adviser to the prime minister on climate change said the country will soon announce its first-ever Asian leopard reserve in Margalla Hills National Park. Amin Aslam said the protected area has become a permanent new home for wild cats. The wild cats used to descend to the National Park during winter and return to higher altitudes during summer.

The Pakistani mixed martial artist Shahzaib Khan has won a Gold Medal at the GAMMA Asian MMA Championships 2021. The competition took place between August 24 and 28 in Kyrgyzstan. Khan qualified for the final by defeating the Indian fighter in the semi-final. In the finals, he set a record by defeating his Kyrgyz opponent in under a minute.