Punjab Chief Minister’s (CM) Adviser Chaudhry Zaman Gujjar, on a routine visited, spotted unclaimed bodies left abandoned on the roof of Nishtar Hospital in Multan. The distressing videos of the abandoned bodies on the roof of the Nishtar Hospital – a teaching hospital of Nishtar Medical University – have also surfaced. Following the discovery of unclaimed bodies, the hospital administration swung into action and launched an inquiry.
In a strange incident, pictures of dacoits who looted a mobile phone in Karachi have gone viral on the internet. According to the details, the mobile phone was snatched in Karachi, however, those who did it took it with them to Qatar. They took videos and pictures of their flight and at the airport, which got uploaded to the actual owner’s Google Photos.
A major power breakdown took place on Thursday — amounting to 8,000 megawatts, according to the energy minister — depriving large swathes of southern Pakistan, including financial capital Karachi, of electricity. The Ministry of Energy attributed the breakdown to an “accidental fault“ in the transmission system. The power supply was interrupted after an extra high-tension line tripped, resulting in the closure of more than 30 grids.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Azam Swati was taken into custody early Thursday morning by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime unit for allegedly making ‘controversial tweets’ against state institutions, including army chief. The FIA arrested Swati for “using false information” through his official Twitter handle, “which is likely to incite any Officer, Soldier, Sailor, or Airman in the Army, Navy or Air Force to mutiny”.
Pakistani women are no short of talent. For the first time in history, a three-member women’s equestrian team claimed a bronze medal for the country in the recently held women’s tent pegging grand Prix championship which took place in Jordan. This was Pakistan’s first women team ever to play internationally and won the competition to come third from 14 countries around the globe.
The fire which erupted at Centaurus Mall in Islamabad was brought under control by the timely efforts of the rescue teams. The rescue teams safely pulled out the people trapped in the shopping mall from the back side of the building, after which the teams conducted a search operation inside the mall. Fire brigades and a helicopter were also called to douse the fire.
Formula Electric Racing NUST (FERN) continues to make waves in the tech and automotive arena by scoring significant milestones consistently. In a recent promising development, this team of undergraduates has brought Tesla on board as their innovative partner. This is one of the biggest achievements in the team’s long list of internationally coveted accolades.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial remarked that Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, which sets the precondition for a member of parliament to be “sadiq and ameen” — honest and righteous — was a “draconian law”. The CJP made the remarks as the Supreme Court heard PTI leader Faisal Vawda’s appeal against his disqualification for life, under the article.
The Islamabad High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and her spouse Capt (retd) Mohammad Safdar handed down by an accountability court in the Avenfield reference four years ago and acquitted the couple. In July 2018, the accountability court had sentenced Maryam to seven years in prison and imposed a fine of two million pounds on her.
Pakistan’s largest commercial bank in the private sector, HBL, faces allegations of facilitating terror financing during the 2010-19 period, a charge that the bank said it is contesting “fully and vigorously” in a US court. Media reports suggested that some 370 individual complainants had demanded compensation from HBL. This subsequently triggered a big fall in the bank’s share price on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday.