PAKISTAN POLITICAL & SECURITY REVIEW - JULY 2020

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OVERVIEW- 06 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. SRINAGAR: Indian occupied Kashmir has seen at least 229 killings during more than 100 military operations since January, a rights group said on Wednesday. The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), which operates in the region, said in its bi-annual report that from January 1 to June 30, the region witnessed the extrajudicial executions of at least 32 civilians and the killing of 54 armed forces personnel.

2. SLAMABAD: The Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested three suspected child pornographers in a countrywide crackdown. The agency produced them before prevention of electronic crime (cybercrime) courts and obtained their three-day physical remand. A senior official of the FIA said that for the first time such suspects, who are allegedly members of pornographic websites, had been arrested with the active support of Interpol and European and international law enforcement agencies. In the past, he added, the FIA used to arrest the suspects on the complaints of local people and then start further probe. However, this time the FIA itself initiated the probe and contacted the international law enforcement agencies to trace the suspected child pornographers.

3. ISLAMABAD: The grandsons of the late Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, have withdrawn the case over a dispute with the Oil and Gas Development Comp-any Limited being heard by the Isla-m-abad High Court (IHC) regarding hiring of land, apparently after an out-ofcourt settlement with the OGDCL. 4. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Authority Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday suspended with "immediate effect" television channel 24NewsHD's licence for "illegal transmission of news and current affairs content". According to a press release issued by the regulatory authority, the channel Value TV — for which the license was issued to Central Media Network Pvt — had "illegally" changed its name to 24NewsHD. The channel was granted the licence to air entertainment content but instead it was "persistently illegally and unlawfully airing news and current affairs in continuous violation of Pemra laws", the statement read.

5. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari has warned against any effort to undo the 18th Amendment, saying such a move will be an attack on the federation.

6. RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar on Thursday termed reports by the Indian media that Pakistan had deployed additional troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gilgit-Baltistan as “false” and “irresponsible”. Multiple reports circulating in Indian media have claimed that Pakistan has deployed “almost 20,000 additional soldiers” along the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and GB “to match Chinese deployments on the LAC [Line of Actual Control] in the east”. In a series of tweets, Gen Babar said that there was no truth to Chinese troops were using the Skardu Airbase, saying that the

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reports were “false, irresponsible and far from [the] truth”.

7. RAWALPINDI: Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday announced that show-cause notices were issued to 30 more pilots with ‘dubious licences’ after completion of an inquiry as the government sped up scrutiny process of suspected pilots.

8. LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday registered a case against four employees of Lahore Grammar School— including a teacher who was earlier sacked by the administration — after they were held responsible by the school for the alleged sexual harassment of female students.

9. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court’s administration committee on Friday approved ‘removal from service’ of Judge Arshad Malik on charges of misconduct after a year-long inquiry into the video scandal that broke last July, sending ripples through political and legal circles.

10. LAHORE: Twenty-two people, including 20 Sikh pilgrims, a driver and his helper, were killed and nine others injured when a train rammed into a passenger coach at the railway track passing through Sucha Soda, a small town near Farooq-abad in Sheikhupura district, about70km from here, on Friday afternoon. The tragic incident took place at a small unmanned level crossing / passage, just about 100 feet away from a manned level crossing at the track.

11. LAHORE: A female nurse was gang-raped by four muggers during a robbery bid in Lahore on Thursday as police claimed that they had arrested two suspects for their involvement in the heinous act. According to police, the incident occurred within the remits of Gujjarpura police station when a woman was returning to her home after closing down the clinic, where she works as a female health worker.

12. LAHORE: Police claim to have arrested three out of the four suspected robbers who allegedly gang-raped a teenaged girl in Gujjarpura area late on Wednesday. The 18-year-old girl was an assistant at a private homeopathic clinic in Saggian and was going home from work at around 10pm along with her employer, Muhammad Anwar, when the incident occurred. Four armed men had allegedly taken the girl to nearby fields and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint in the presence of her employer.

13. JAMSHORO: Sindh police on Sunday produced two suspects — who were accused of stoning to death a 24-year-old woman, Waziran, in Jamshoro — before a joint investigation team (JIT) constituted to probe the incident. According to details, Waziran was stoned allegedly by her husband, Allah Baksh, and his brother. She later succumbed to her injuries. The police are reportedly treating the murder as honour killing. According to police, Waziran’s father, Gul Muhammad, had earlier testified that her death was an accident but later retracted his statement, claiming that his daughter was murdered by her in-laws.

14. KARACHI: Sharing the daily coronavirus situation report on Saturday, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah informed that 42 more patients died of the virus, lifting the death toll to 1,501 while 1,585 new cases emerged when 10,718 samples were tested, raising the tally to 92,306 in the province.

15. KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Sindh High Court order to transfer the triple murder of a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) office-bearer and his sons to an anti-terrorism court. The SHC in 2018 had sent the case to an ATC in Sukkur before transferring it again to a

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district and sessions court in the same city.

16. KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Saturday claimed to have arrested two members of a banned outfit on charges of killing a worker of the Pak Sarzameen Party on sectarian grounds in Liaquatabad two days ago.

17. QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said on Sunday that his government has initiated action against fake domicile holders and suspended 400 unverified or fake local domicile certificates. In a Tweet, Khan said that Mastung Deputy Commissioner has canceled domiciles of 400 people who had obtained jobs in the federal government’s departments on the Balochistan quota.

18. WEATHER: A thunderstorm followed by moderate rain hit the Lahore City here Saturday while Met Office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. The storm started in the evening and continued for half an hour after which lightening and rain started. Almost every locality received rain. These included Ichhra, Shah Jamal, Shadman, Township, Green Town, Johar Town, Wapda Town, Mozang, Temple Road, Davis Road, Sanda, Islampura, Gulshan-eRavi, Samanabad, Alhamd Colony, Misri Shah, Shadbagh etc. Maximum temperature also dropped to 32 degree C due to the rain while the minimum was 29C. 19. KARACHI CRIME DATA: KILLED

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OVERVIEW- 07 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register Pakistan's "strong protest" at the ceasefire violations along the line of control (LoC) after the military said five civilians were injured by Indian firing in Nikial sector. The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday that three minor boys and two women were injured by "unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian Army troops" along the LoC in Nikial sector on Sunday night.

2. ISLAMABAD: Secretariat Police Station on Sunday reunited a 23-year old missing disabled youth with his parents, the police spokesman said. Secretariat Police Station was informed about missing 23-year old Nabeel by his parents. They informed the police that they could not trace out their son despite hectic efforts. Following this information, SP (City) Omer Khan constituted a special team under the supervision of DSP Iqbal Khan to trace the missing boy.

3. ISLAMABAD: The homicide unit of Islamabad Police arrested a person who allegedly killed his tenant residing at his rented home in sector I-10/1, the police said on Sunday. According to details, Ayesha Yasmeen lodged the report with Sabzi Mandi Police Station on July 4, 2020 that she was residing with her husband Muhammad Kaleem at rented house in Street No 59, sector I-10/1. On the issue of rent, the owner of the house Nasir Mehmud pushed her husband and had a physical brawl with him following which he fell down and died on the spot.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police have arrested 15 persons during the last 24 hours in its crackdown against drug pusher as well as criminal elements and recovered stolen bike, narcotics, wine and weapons from them, the police spokesman.

5. RAWALPINDI: Wah Cantonment Police Station in a crackdown against criminals and outlaws busted a 10-member inter-district and interprovincial dacoits’ gang. SP Pothohar Syed Ali said that the accused use to commit organized robberies in different districts. The ring leader of 10member robbers’ gang, Riaz Pathan was arrested while five other aides of this gang were already challaned, said the police spokesman.

6. RAWALPINDI: With the global health organisations informing that there is no specific medicine to treat COVID-19 there are many who are cashing in on the situation by selling fake medicines that according to them can kill coronavirus from the human body.

7. RAWALPINDI: The city traffic police have arrested 1,664 professional beggars on charges of begging alms from road users for the last month, informed the City Traffic Police (CTP) spokesman here on Sunday. Cases were registered against 34 professional beggars under 9Vagrancy Act with different police stations. CTP has launched grand operation following the instructions of Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) against professional beggars and held 1664 from roads, squares and outside shopping malls.

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8. LAHORE: Lahore police registered 1,341 cases and sealed 2,002 shops on SOPs violations during the last two days. Police checked 2,292 markets and bazaars and 54,676 shops. Police gave warning to 43,586 shopkeepers. SSP Operations Lahore also directed the staff deployed at front desk to follow the SOPs and delay in registering online complaints would not be tolerated.

9. LAHORE: Three car riders were arrested for manhandling a traffic warden and lifter in-charge near vegetable market here on Sunday. The car riders had got infuriated upon being stopped over one-way violation and gave good thrashing to the traffic warden, Naseer, and warden lifter in-charge Ayub with iron rods.

10. FAISALABAD: A minor girl was abducted and murdered in the area of Khurarianwala police.According to a police spokesman, accused Shehbaz of Chak 216-RB had abducted a 7year-old Rani, daughter of Amanat Ali, over an old enmity with her family. Later, the accused murdered the girl. Police arrested the accused.

11. GUJRANWALA: Dacoits looted cash, cellphones and other valuables in 29 incidents here on Sunday. The armed men snatched cash and a cell phone from Ejaz, in Garjakh looted cash from Mehboob, in Sadar Kamoki bandits took away cash and gold ornaments from Mubeen, and in Fattumand Ejaz was deprived of cash.

12. SARGODHA: Police Sunday arrested seven drug peddlers and recovered narcotics from them.

Police of different stations arrested seven accused and recovered 6.240 kg hashish, 810 kg opium and 2 pistols from the possession of accused persons.

13. LALAMUSA: A dacoity incident was reported here on Sunday. Unidentified dacoits entered the sanitary shop at Camping Ground and looted cash and other valuables.

14. LANDIKOTAL: Two youngsters drowned in river in Kam Shalman area while 17 picnickers were injured when their vehicle overturned in Charbagh area of Landikotal on Sunday, sources said.

15. MANSEHRA: The traders and residents of Nawazabad locality here on Sunday took to the streets seeking the blacktopping of Munda-Chucha road. The protesters chanted slogans against the Communications and Works department for failing to re-carpet the road after it was damaged by the 2005 earthquake.

16. KARACHI: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Sunday defused a bomb found in the city’s Khairabad area. According to the Manghopir police, after they were informed about the presence of a bomb in the Khairabad area, a heavy contingent of the law enforcers, including the Sindh Rangers, cordoned off the area. Nobody was allowed to enter or exit the area.

17. KARACHI: A man was killed in a road accident on Sunday near the Habib Bank Flyover within the limits of the Site police station. After the accident, the police and rescuers attended the scene and moved the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH). The deceased is yet to be identified and the body is placed at the hospital’s morgue.

18. KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers have claimed that they have arrested five suspects, including target killers and dacoits. A spokesman for the paramilitary force said the Rangers soldiers arrested a suspect, Muhammad Ashar, in the Kala Pul area with the help of intelligence reports and shifted him to the Rangers headquarters for interrogation.

19. KARACHI: Six people, including three minors, died while two others were injured in rain-related

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incidents in Karachi as this year's first spell of monsoon rainfall battered the metropolis. A three-year-old girl died after the wall of her home collapsed in Malir's Shamsi society, a spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation said.

20. WEATHER: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast 'near normal' rains in the country during the July-September monsoon period. According to it, the global Sea Surface Temperature forecast shows that El Nino Southern Oscillations and Indian Ocean Dipole are likely to remain neutral during the monsoon season. “Based on global and regional circulation models, monsoon rainfall is expected to remain near normal (+10%) in Pakistan from July to September 2020,� it said. The PMD, however, said Sindh and Azad Jammu and Kashmir are likely to receive moderately above normal (+20%) rainfall during the August-September period.

It said the area weighted normal rainfall of Pakistan between July and September was 140.8 millimetres. As for the impacts of the monsoon rainfall, the PMD said there was a riverine flood potential in main rivers of the country. It warned that metropolitan cities faced flooding, while there's a high possibility of flash floods in hill torrents of Punjab province. The PMD said the monsoon rains would have good impact on rice crop and bad on cotton crop and would provide a conducive environment for locust breeding in deserts. It added that the monsoon rainfall would ensure sufficient water availability for irrigation and power sectors.

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OVERVIEW- 08 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: A day after the Sindh government made public the joint investigation team (JIT) report concerning notorious Lyari warlord Uzair Baloch, the government urged the Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad to take notice of the report which it claimed was “tempered”. The appeal comes a day after the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government in the province disclosed the JIT reports of three high-profile cases — concerning Baloch, the Baldia factory fire incident and former Fishermen Cooperative Society chairman Nisar Morai — after much controversy and litigation in courts.

2. ISLAMABAD: Koral Police have arrested two bike lifters and recovered four stolen bikes from them, a police spokesman said. Police arrested two bike lifters identified as Zahid and Waqas, and recovered four stolen motorbikes from their possession. During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to lift these motorcycles from various areas of twin cities. They have already remained jail birds and cases have been registered against the nabbed persons.

Further investigation is underway from them.

3. ISLAMABAD: Crime Investing Agency (CIA) of capital police have thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to down parts of the country and arrested two persons in possession of cache of drugs, a police spokesman said. He said a CIA police team nabbed two drug pushers from Chungi no. 26 and Tarnol railway crossing during checking and recovered 5 kilogram hashish from them. They have been identified as Imran and Isfahan alias Kaka and both confessed during preliminary investigation to smuggle this cache of drug from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Islamabad and various cities of Punjab.

4. RAWALPINDI: Under an ongoing campaign against profiteering and hoarding, Rawalpindi District government has conducted 480 raids in different areas of the district and imposed fines amounting to Rs110,000 on 74 violators.

5. RAWALPINDI: Citizens deprived of millions of worth valuables, gold ornaments, motorcycles and vehicles in 52 Robberies in different precincts of Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, a citizen was injured on resistance with the robbers. In the limits of Racecourse Police station, Kamran was deprived of Mehran Car, in the limits of Sadiqabad Police station , Junaid was deprived of Rs2.7 million on account purchasing a car, while in the area of Kallar Sayedan Police station, the thieves took away 50 goats of Suleiman, police registered separate cases against the culprits.

6. RAWALPINDI: On instructions of Chief Traffic Police Officer Rawalpindi Syed Ali Akbar, crackdown was held against professional beggars in Rawalpindi city during June and as many as 1,664 professional vagrants were arrested. A Special Anti-Beggar Squad has been established.

During crackdown on professional beggars, as many as 1,664 beggars were arrested by AntiBeggar Squad of Rawalpindi Traffic Police, which were shifted to lockups of different police stations of Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, cases were also registered against 34 beggars under

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Vagrancy Act. In charge Anti-Beggar Squad Adeel Abbasi states that Rawalpindi Traffic Police has initiated this action to discourage professional beggars from the city.

7. LAHORE: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were gutted in a fire incident in a chemical shop in Urdu Bazar here on Monday. The fire started in a shop near Waris Nehari.

Nearby people tried to extinguish it but failed. They called rescue teams.

8. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday stayed a decision by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to suspend the license of news channel 24 News HD over “non-compliance with its terms of license”. The media regulatory body had on July 3 suspended with “immediate effect” the channel’s license for “illegal transmission of news and current affairs content”. Following the Pemra decision, the management announced to shut down the channel and issued one-month notices of termination of services to its 965 staffers. The court while issuing notices to the authority and the federal government sought their replies on the matter during Wednesday’s hearing.

9. LAHORE: A child of a destitute woman was tortured with an iron rod in the limits of Gujjarpura here on Monday. When the child demanded his two-month salary from his owners, who instead of giving him salary, hit him with an iron rod and fractured his arm.

10. LAHORE: A woman was tortured by a female security guard at Jinnah Hospital here on Monday.

The woman was a private security guard at the hospital. The family members of the victim woman demanded justice and action against the security guards.

11. LAHORE: The government has allowed jail inmates throughout the jails of Punjab to conduct meetings with their blood relations after four months. After Covid-19 cases were reported in March in Punjab jails, the authorities had announced a ban on any sort of meetings with the inmates. IGP Prisons Shahid Saleem has issued orders to jail superintendents to allow meetings after ensuring SOPs. According to SOPs, only one blood relative can enjoy the privilege of the meeting after 15 days. Temperature of prisoners as well the relative will be checked before meeting using thermal gun thermometer. A distance of at least six feet will be maintained among both as well a plastic sheet will be erected.

12. LAHORE: DIG Operations Ashfaq Khan has said police officers should ensure a ban on kite-flying in their respective areas at any cost. He directed all officers to take strict action against kiteflying, selling and manufacturers. Ashfaq Khan said kite flyers are being captured through drone technology in densely populated areas. Parents should play a vital role in discouraging their children to fly kites. He said parents can also be subjected to any legal punishment for not stopping their children for kite flying. We can‘t allow any body to play this very harmful play, he said. Lahore police arrested 1,434 kite flyers during the month of June. City Division arrested 312, Cantt Division 356, Civil Lines Division 161, Sadar Division 139, Iqbal Town 268 and Modal Town Division 198. Police recovered 12,254 kites, 344 pellets, 789 merchandise, 430 strings from kite makers and flyers.

13. OKARA: Lahore Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Muhammad Imran Shafi and his driver were injured in an accident at Okara Bypass on Monday. Reportedly, the judge and his driver Faryad Ali sustained injuries when a truck hit their car. The injured persons were shifted to DHQ Hospital.

14. OKARA: Eleven persons started vomiting and shifted to a hospital when they took poisonous

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yogurt here on Monday. Reportedly, 11 persons, including Guddia, w/o Muntazar Mehdi, Syed Ghayyur Haidar, Zarshas Mehdi, Mashab Mehdi, Hazir Ali Khan, Zuhran Bibi, Yasir, Iram, Nasreen and Ghulam Sarwar started vomiting after eating yogurt purchased from a village milk shop. They were shifted to a hospital.

15. FAISALABAD: The FIA on Monday arrested a man on the charge of making objectionable videos of small children and later blackmailing them and their families to pay him handsome money.

16. PESHAWAR: The district administration sealed four godowns and recovered 2000 kilograms rotten chickens in Nauthia here on Monday. The administration said that it had received complaints that that poultry shops in Nauthia were selling rotten chicken meat. The official raided the bazaar and seized 2000 kg of chickens. Four godowns were sealed and owners were arrested. A case was registered against the accused.

17. HARIPUR: A man has demanded registration of a murder case against his mother-in-law and brother-in-law for the alleged murder of his wife in Sera-e-Saleh village. Talking to newsmen here on Monday, Syed Bilal Hussain Shah said that he got married in the court with Rakhshanda Bibi, 25, who hailed from the same village, on August 8, 2019. But his in-laws told him they wanted to arrange proper rukhsati under the local customs for their honour.

18. HARIPUR: A court here on Monday acquitted a local journalist and PTI former woman district councillor in the murder case of a journalist, Bakhshish Elahi.

19. PARACHINAR: The elders of Turi and Bangash tribes here asked the govt to quash the cases against the tribal elders in connection with the clashes between the members of Balishkhel and Parachamkani tribes over the ownership of a piece of land in Kurram. Speaking at a jirga at the central imambargah in Parachinar, Allama Sheikh Fida Hussain, Sardar Hussain and others said that raids were being conducted to arrest tribal elders which was raising concerns.

20. KALAYA: The residents of Ferozkhel tribe in lower Orakzai tribal district staged a protest against the establishment of a checkpost by the officials of the Khyber Rifles.

21. MARDAN: Eight people were arrested and several kinds of weapons seized during an operation here on Monday. On the directive of District Police Officer Zahidullah, the police conducted an operation in Hoti area where they arrested eight people, including two proclaimed offenders, one drug dealer, two alleged abettors in various crimes. One Kalakov, four pistols, 47 bullets, and over 3kg charas, says a press release.

22. WANA: District Police seized 24 kilograms hashish and arrested the smuggler in the jurisdiction of Shaheed Mureed Akber Police Station, said officials on Monday. Talking to media Station House Officer Fahim Mumtaz said acting on a tip-off, the police team on the direction of District Police Officer Arif Khan checked a suspected car barring number ATE 959 near Kaur area which was allegedly smuggling hashish from South Waziristan tribal district to Punjab. The police recovered the hashish weighing 24 kilograms and arrested smuggler Sajid.

23. KARACHI: A man was killed in firing on a car within the limits of the New Karachi police station on Monday. The man was wounded when two persons targeted him in his car near Saleem Centre in North Karachi. Responding to information, police and rescuers reached the crime scene and transported the injured man to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The deceased person has been identified as 32-year-old Salman, son of Kabir.

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24. KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to federal and provincial law officers, the home department, the inspector general of police and others on petitions against the illegal detentions of citizens allegedly by personnel of law enforcement agencies. Petitioners Asif Baloch and Syed Altaf Ali submitted in their petitions that police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies took Amir Ali and Saddam Hussain from Orangi Town and PECHS Block 6 areas during raids and their whereabouts were still unknown.

25. WEATHER: Hot and humid weather was reported in the city here Monday while the Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said that seasonal low lies over northeast Balochistan. Moist monsoon currents are penetrating northeastern and southern parts of the country. Weak westerly wave is also affecting upper parts of the country.

They predicted mainly hot and humid weather in most parts of the country. However, rain/wind-thundershowers are expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, central/southern Punjab, Northeastern Balochistan, Sindh, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during evening/night.

Rainfall was recorded in various cities including Karachi (Saddar 43, Faisal Base 26, North Nazimabad 22, Masroor Base 12, Met Observatory 10, Jinnah Terminal 09, Landi 03, Gulistan-eJauhar, Surjani Town 01), Hayderabad 03, Dadu, Sukkur 02 and Jacobabad 01, Pattan 13, Malamjabba 05, Saidu Sharif 03, Zhob 11, Sibbi 10, Barkhan 02, Astore, Gilgit, Bagrote 03, Gupis 01, Muzaffarabad, Garhi Dopatta 06, Gujranwala 03 and Multan 01.

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OVERVIEW- 09 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the law secretary to immediately seek instructions from the government for setting up at least 120 accountability courts to clear a huge backlog of cases. The directives were issued by the apex court after expressing dismay over 1,226 pending references since the year 2000 as well as vacancies in five accountability courts out of a total of 25.

2. ISLAMABAD: Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file an appeal in the Islamabad High Court against his conviction and subsequent death sentence by a military court despite authorities' offer to do so, officials said on Wednesday. Instead, officials added, Jadhav had decided to apply for a mercy petition. Jadhav — a serving commander of the Indian Navy associated with Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing — was arrested on March 3, 2016, from Balochistan on allegations of espionage and terrorism.

3. ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday announced to reopen educational institutions across the country, which were closed in March in a bid to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, from September 15 if “health indicators improved” by the time. The announcement comes a day after an inter-provincial education ministers’ conference presided

by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood decided to reopen schools in the first week of September.

4. ISLAMABAD: The accountability court-1 of Islamabad on Wednesday dismissed the plea seeking acquittal of former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others in the Naudero-II Rental Power Project (RPP) case. Accountability judge Mohammad Bashir dismissed the petition seeking acquittal of Mr Ashraf, former federal secretary Shahid Rafi, former managing director of Pepco Tahir Basharat Cheema, Tariq Nazeer, Abdul Malik, Rasool Khan Mehsood, Sheikh Zarar Aslam, Razi Abbas and Wazir Khan Bhaio. They have been accused of causing Rs7.5 million loss to the national exchequer.

5. ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have arrested 26 outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered stolen vehicle, hashish, wine, valuables and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said. According to details, Secretariat police arrested an accused Chan Zaib and recovered 1.115 kilogram hashish from him.

6. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Council of Research for Water Resources (PCRWR) has declared 12 brands of bottled mineral water unsafe for drinking due to presence of higher levels of sodium, low level of pH and high level of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and microbiologically contamination. According to a public awareness statement issued by PCRWR, these brands include Ziran, MM Pure, Blue Spring, Aqua Best, Blue Plus, Alpha 7 Star, YK Pure, Hibba, Leven Star, Chenab, MM Pure, Blue Spring, Dista Water and DJOUR.

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7. ISLAMABAD: A significant reduction has been witnessed in fatal road accidents during 2020 as compared to corresponding period of last year and traffic management also got improved on the busy roads of the Capital despite construction work in various areas of the city. According to the data, 35 percent reduction has been witnessed in fatal road accidents and 16 percent in non-fatal accidents occurred in 2020 as compared to the corresponding period of 2019.

8. ISLAMABAD: The bill on Domestic Violence (Protection and Prevention) Bill 202 prepared by Ministry of Human Rughts has been presented in National Assembly of Pakistan on Wednesday.

The purpose of introducing this Bill is to protect the rights of women, children, elders and other vulnerable persons who are victims of domestic violence. Such violence includes physically aggressive acts like hitting, kicking, slapping, and throwing objects as well as emotionally abusive acts like threats, emotional and economic abuse.

9. ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have arrested 26 outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered stolen vehicle, hashish, wine, valuables and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said.

10. RAWALPINDI: Front desk set up at 25 police posts (chowkis) in Rawalpindi to facilitate public and to keep check on malpractices in police ‘chowkis’, which will be monitored with CCTV cameras. Front desk facilities has been started at 25 ‘chowkis’ in Rawalpindi, upright staff has been deputed at these ‘chowkis’ to keep contain complaints of public from police maltreatment.

11. RAWALPINDI: A journalist working for a private TV channel has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife in Rawalpindi's Yousuf Colony, it emerged on Wednesday. According to the FIR registered at Airport Police Station by the victim's sister, the incident occurred on June 29. In the complaint, she stated that the suspect, identified as Ali Salman Alvi, called her from her sister's phone at 2pm saying that he was "ruined" and the victim, identified as Sadaf Zahra, had "done something", before hanging up. She rushed to their home, along with her husband and mother, where they found the suspect standing at the main door while the rest of the doors had been locked from the inside, the FIR said.

12. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the government to form a highlevel commission to hold an inquiry into the fuel crisis that recently affected the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The LHC bench, under Chief Justice Qasim Ali Khan, heard the case related to the recent fuel shortage and hoarding of petroleum products that led to a hike in petroleum prices.

13. LAHORE: Punjab commissioners no longer have the special powers to conduct trials on price control and sentence people after the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the provincial government’s June 18 notification on Thursday. A man had filed a petition against the notification and said that the powers of the executive and judiciary are different. The notification is against the Constitution. The court has asked the Punjab government to submit a detailed reply on it.

14. LAHORE: One dacoit was killed and two escaped from the spot during police encounter conducted in the limits of Gujjarpura police station. According to details, some victims lodged complaints with the Gujjarpura police station that dacoits were looting people in the area. As the police reached the spot the dacoits opened fire. In response, the police officials also opened fire, one of the dacoits was killed and two fled the scene. Body of unidentified dacoit was

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shifted to morgue.

15. LAHORE: DIG Operations Lahore Ashfaq Khan has said that search and sweep operations play a key role in maintaining law and order in the City and foiling nefarious designs of the enemy of the country. There is a dire need to remain highly alert in the wake of the present border situation. Ashfaq Khan said that Lahore police conduct search and sweep operations on a regular basis in different areas of the City in consultation and coordination with the security agencies and related departments.

16. LAHORE: A meeting of Primary Joint Working Group on Chinese Security presided over by Additional Chief Secretary Home Momin Agha discussed various steps to improve the security of Chinese nationals working on CPEC and other projects inthe province and to enhance bilateral cooperation between China and Pakistan to control coronavirus.

17. SWABI: A deputy superintendent of police was martyred and two policemen suffered injuries during an encounter with outlaws in Razaar tehsil of Swabi district on Wednesday. A proclaimed offender was also killed in the exchange of fire. An official told Dawn that DSP Allama Iqbal learned about the presence of two outlaws, including proclaimed offender Naseer Khan, in a house of Khaat Killi area and led a police party to raid the premises. He said after entering the house, the DSP asked the wanted man to surrender but the latter shot the former down and attacked other policemen, who retaliated leaving Naseer dead.

18. PESHAWAR: A judicial commission tasked with probing the incident of stripping and torturing of a person in custody by the local police on Wednesday recorded statements of three police officials. The provincial government had constituted the single-member commission comprising Justice Lal Jan Khattak of the Peshawar High Court after consultation with the court’s chief justice on Jun 29.

19. PESHAWAR: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) was martyred while two constables sustained injuries during an encounter in the Swabi district on Wednesday. According to police, an encounter took place between police officials and suspected militants. In the exchange of fire, DSP Allama Iqbal lost his life and a suspect was killed.

20. MANSEHRA: A young boy died after falling into an abandoned well in Upper Channia area on Wednesday. Shabbir Dar, 7, was playing along with his friends when he suddenly fell into the well. A Rescue 1122 team rushed to the spot and shifted him to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital after retrieving him from the well, but the doctors pronounced him dead.

21. LAKKI MARWAT: Five persons killed in a road mishap in South Waziristan district were laid to rest in the Mammakhel village here on Wednesday. The sources said that 24 people from Mammakhel were on their way back to the village from Machen Neka Shrine when their overspeeding van fell from a bridge at Badr village.

22. KARACHI: At least four people died of electrocution in different neighbourhoods of Karachi on Wednesday, police, rescue services and hospital officials said, as parts of the city received monsoon rains for the third day. Mohammed Rafiq, 50, was riding a motorcycle when an electric wire fell on him on Habib Rehmatullah Road popularly known as Stadium Road near Kingri House. He died on the spot. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to fulfil legal formalities.

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23. KARACHI: A shop owner, who was also a retired Rangers official, lost his life on Wednesday after unidentified men hurled a Russian grenade at a shop in Karachi’s Sacchal Goth area. According to police, the incident took place at a bakery, Hunzila Bakers and Sweets, located in Bilawal Shah Noorani Goth within the jurisdiction of the Sacchal police station. Following the incident, a contingent of law enforcers including police and Rangers reached the crime scene and cordoned off the area. The deceased was identified as Malik Ashiq Husain, 68, son of Ameer Khan, who was a retired Rangers inspector, said SHO Safdar Abbasi.

24. KARACHI: The body of a man was found in the city on Wednesday. According to the Napier police station, the body of a man was found at a house located near Lea Market. Rescuers reached the property after neighbours informed them and transported the body, which is said to be four-day-old, to the Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities where he was identified as 31-year-old Zubair, son of Hanif. The victim apparently ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan. A case has been registered while an investigation is under way.

25. KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police on Wednesday arrested a suspect allegedly involved in firing on a police mobile and dozens of street crime cases in Karachi. According to CTD in-charge Chaudhry Safdar, the CTD police arrested the man, identified as Faizan, during a raid conducted in Zaman Town after they received a tip-off.

Chaudhry Safdar said the suspect admitted that he shot at the police mobile while fleeing the scene after committing a robbery about a couple of months ago.

26. KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers have arrested 13 suspects, including alleged extortionists. A spokesman for the Rangers said they conducted an intelligence-based raid in the Sharea Faisal area and after resistance, arrested three men involved in extortion in different parts of the city.

27. WEATHER: Hot and humid weather continued to prevail in the City here Wednesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions with chances of rain during the next 24 hours. Met officials said that weak monsoon currents are penetrating northeastern parts of the country.

They predicted that mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the region.

However, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected in Kashmir, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sahiwal, Okara, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan Districts.

Rainfall was recorded at Islamabad City (12mm), Rawalakot (7.6 mm), Kotli (5mm), Faisalabad (1.2mm) and Rawalpindi (Trace). Highest temperature in Punjab was recorded at Bahawalpur where mercury reached 42°C while lowest was at Murree where it was 16.8°C. In Lahore, it was 35.2°C and minimum was 27°C. 28. KARACHI CRIME DATA: KILLED

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OVERVIEW- 10 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: Family members of Nadeem Joseph, a Christian man murdered in Peshawar over a minor brawl with his neighbour last month, and some people from the community announced a hunger strike on Thursday against the non-arrest of the alleged murderers, accusing the Peshawar police of protecting them. Joseph, a resident of TV Colony in Peshawar, his mother-inlaw and son-in-law were reportedly shot at by accused Suleman Khan on June 2. Joseph breathed his last on June 24, with questions raised whether the incident had a religious basis.

2. ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Thursday discussed security measures for Eid-ul-Azha and decided to enhance vigilance throughout the city.

3. ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Thursday discussed security measures for Eid-ul-Azha and decided to enhance vigilance throughout the city.

4. RAWALPINDI: Another four confirmed patients of the disease caused by 2019 novel coronavirus, COVID-19 lost their lives here in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in last 24 hours taking death toll from the region to 390 while another 121 patients have been tested positive for the illness in the region taking total number of confirmed patients so far reported from the region to 19270.

5. RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi City Traffic Police launches crackdown on unapproved number plates vehicles and vehicles without registration documents. On instructions of Chief Traffic Officer Rawalpindi Syed Ali Akbar, Rawalpindi Traffic Police held crackdown on vehicles without registration documents and unapproved number plates.

6. RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi City Traffic Police launches crackdown on unapproved number plates vehicles and vehicles without registration documents.

7. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the government to form a highlevel commission to hold an inquiry into the fuel crisis that recently affected the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The LHC bench, under Chief Justice Qasim Ali Khan, heard the case related to the recent fuel shortage and hoarding of petroleum products that led to a hike in petroleum prices. The court, while ordering the constitution of a commission to probe the matter, asked the attorney general to submit names in this regard. The LHC top judge remarked that if the AG failed to submit names of suitable candidates, then the High Court will recommend the appropriate persons for the commission.

8. LAHORE: A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his younger brother in Chung area here on Wednesday night. Victim Hassan Amjad, a student of ACCA and resident of Phoolnagar, was living with his younger Hasssam in a hostel in Sher Shah Colony. Hasssam, who was a drug addict, stabbed Hassan to death. His body was recovered from the hostel with his hands tied

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and injury marks. Police removed the body to morgue for autopsy. The victim also worked at a call centre.

9. LAHORE: A 32-year-old woman and her infant died in a road accident in Raiwind City here on Thursday. The victims among five members of their family were going on a rickshaw when a rashly driven truck rammed into it. As a result, the woman and her child died and other three members of the family received injuries. Family members of the victims also staged a protest against the accident.

10. LAHORE: A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his younger brother in Chung area here on Wednesday night. Victim Hassan Amjad, a student of ACCA and resident of Phoolnagar, was living with his younger Hasssam in a hostel in Sher Shah Colony. Hasssam, who was a drug addict, stabbed Hassan to death. His body was recovered from the hostel with his hands tied and injury marks. Police removed the body to morgue for autopsy. The victim also worked at a call centre.

11. LAHORE: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were burnt in a fire in a tyre factory in Kroll Ghatti factory area here on Thursday. Nearby people tried to control the fire and, on failure, they called rescue teams.

12. LAHORE: Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar while initiating the distribution of face shield against corona among the school students with the help of philanthropists has said that SOPs must be strictly implemented 100 to curb the spread of corona from cattle markets or else the results can be devastating.

13. LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to a woman accused of slapping a traffic warden in uniform and threatening him of severe consequences.

14. GUJRANWALA: Police Thursday arrested seven accused, including two proclaimed offenders (POs) and recovered drugs, cash and illegal arms from them. Cantonment police arrested four accused, including POs Liaquat and Imtiaz. The police also recovered 4,160 gram charras, 10 litre liquor and cash from the accused. Kot Ladha police arrested accused identified as Rafique, Tayyab and Danish and recovered two rifles and one pistol from them.

15. GUJRANWALA: A youth drowned in a canal while taking bath in Ahmednagar. Adeel was taking bath in the canal when he slipped and drowned. Rescue-1122 team fished out the body from the canal.

16. MANSEHRA: Two minor sisters drowned in Brando stream in Kharak area of Torghar district on Thursday. Kaynat, 6, and her younger sister Shakila, 4, had gone to fetch water along with their mother at Brando stream when both the sisters suddenly slipped and fell into the deep water and drowned. The locals rushed to the scene and fished out both the sisters and taken them to nearby hospital were doctors pronounced them as dead.

17. MANSEHRA: A man was killed and three others sustained injuries when armed men fired at a vehicle in Chautrain area of Pulrah Police Station on Thursday.

18. HARIPUR: The modal court here on Thursday awarded death sentence to a convict charged in a murder of a faith healer. According to prosecution record, Dilfaraz of Makhan village had gunned down Muhammad Rafiq, a faith healer, on July 12, 2015 on the suspicion of his involvement in casting spell on his wife and other family members which often led to marital

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dispute. The case was put on trial in the court of additional and sessions judge, which was transferred to modal court last month. After hearing arguments from both sides the modal court judge Sajjad Ahmed Jan, handed down death penalty to the convict and fine of Rs 500,000.

19. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three masked gunmen shot dead a man during a volleyball match in Toi Paniala in the jurisdiction of Nawab police station on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that the three masked armed men targeted one Pir Nauman Ali, a resident of Pir Khakishah, Paniala, when he was watching a volleyball match in Toi Paniala. He sustained critical bullet injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. The assailants fled the scene after committing the crime.

20. KARACHI: Four people were injured in incidents of firing in parts of the city on Thursday.According to the Aziz Bhatti police, an elderly man was wounded in a firing incident that took place in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. The injured was identified as 61-year-old Marghoob, son of Moin. The man was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The police said the man was injured for resisting a mugging bid and that a case had been registered.

21. KARACHI: The Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) of the Karachi police on Thursday claimed to have arrested three suspected motorcycle thieves. According to a spokesperson for the AVLC, the suspects were arrested during a raid conducted in Gadap Town for being involved in snatching and stealing motorcycles. One of the arrested suspects, Asif alias Aasi, was the son of a notorious car lifter, Abdul Majeed Lashari. Two motorcycles, one kilogram of hashish and arms were recovered from their possession. Police said the suspects were habitual criminals. Cases have been registered against them while an investigation is under way.

22. KARACHI: Police on Thursday registered a case after unidentified persons opened fire outside the residence of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) lawmaker in the Defence Housing Authority. An FIR No 301/20 was registered at the Gizri police station on behalf of PTI lawmaker Aslam Khan’s security guard, Mehboob Ali Shah.

23. KARACHI: A woman was killed and four people were injured in separate road accidents on Thursday. According to the New Karachi police, a woman was killed in a road accident near Allah Wali Chowrangi Rescuers transported the body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities where she was identified as 35-year-old Sakina, wife of Pervez Iqbal.

24. KARACHI: Sindh’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday claimed to have arrested four suspects, including a target killer, during a raid carried out in the Malir City area on the basis of a tip-off. CTD incharge Ali Raza identified the suspects as Farhan Ali, Mazhar, Atif and Farrukh Shahzad. He said weapons were also recovered from the men’s possession. The official said Ali was affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) and had admitted to murdering at least five people, Mazhar headed the MQM-L’s Unit 99 and was also responsible for supplying arms and ammunition, and the other suspects were involved in extortion.

25. KARACHI: A station house officer (SHO) and three other policemen were suspended on Thursday after two suspects managed to escape from the police lock-up in the Korangi Industrial Area police station. According to police, two suspects, identified as Usman and Noor, escaped from the lock-up. Police said both the suspects had been arrested in a theft case and were on remand. Following their escape, Korangi SSP Faisal Abdullah Chachar took notice of the incident and suspended Korangi Industrial Area SHO Rana Haseeb, Head Muhrir Gul Wali, Duty Officer Nasir Ahmed and Constable Tahir Hussain and also issued show cause notices to them.

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The Korangi SSP also ordered Landhi SP Shahnawaz to inquire into the incident. The Landhi SP during the initial course of inquiry arrested Ahmed and Hussain and registered a case against them for alleged criminal negligence. Further investigations are under way.

26. WEATHER: Hot and humid weather continued to prevail in the City here Wednesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions with chances of rain during the next 24 hours. Met officials said that weak monsoon currents are penetrating northeastern parts of the country.

They predicted that mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the region.

However, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected in Kashmir, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sahiwal, Okara, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan Districts.

Rainfall was recorded at Islamabad City (12mm), Rawalakot (7.6 mm), Kotli (5mm), Faisalabad (1.2mm) and Rawalpindi (Trace). Highest temperature in Punjab was recorded at Bahawalpur where mercury reached 42째C while lowest was at Murree where it was 16.8째C. In Lahore, it was 35.2째C and minimum was 27째C. 27. KARACHI CRIME DATA: KILLED

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OVERVIEW- 13 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday informed the Supreme Court that it had sought the assistance of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) for the biometric verification of pilots appearing for its exams so that cheating could be prevented. In its report submitted to the court, the aviation regulator also stated that it would install CCTV cameras and other technology to upgrade its examination process.

2. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has given the federal government a week to implement its order regarding moving the lone elephant in Marghazar Zoo, Kaavan, and other animals to their respective sanctuaries. Chief Justice Athar Minallah on May 21 had ordered the release of the caged animals because mismanagement at the zoo posed a threat to them.

3. ISLAMABAD: Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad police has arrested two wanted members of criminal's gang having Afghan nationality and recovered looted cash amounting to Rs. 17, 25000 and two motorbikes used in crime cases. a police spokesman said.

4. LAHORE: A woman was responsible for torturing her four-year-old niece in Lahore, it came to light on Saturday. As per the details, the incident occurred in Lahore’s Nishtar Colony, where an aunt subjected her niece to brutal torture with a hot knife. According to police, the parents of the girl left their child at her aunt’s house after a fight over a domestic matter, while further investigation into the matter was underway. The police have arrested the woman after registering a case against her.

5. LAHORE: An inquiry report that led to removal of Judge Arshad Malik from service on charges of misconduct says the judicial officer failed to prove that he acted under “duress” because of sympathisers of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif whom he convicted in one of the two National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references. The 13-page inquiry report, also available with Dawn, says: “There appears to have been no evidence that the accused officer went in fear of death or serious bodily injury, nor was any attempt made to show that the accused officer could not escape from the persons concerned.”

6. LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) launched a grand operation against land grabbers at Harbanspura and retrieved state land worth Rs 4 billion from land grabbers, demolished four commercial shops and boundary walls of four illegally occupied plots.

7. LAHORE: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&WB) has taken a 4-year old girl into its Custody and care as her Phupho (paternal aunt) used to torture her. The girl, Mehak, is not an orphan. Her father and mother are both alive. Her father is a drug addict. Her mother could not cope with her husband’s addiction and left him and the child. Mehak’s mother has reportedly contracted a second marriage. Her father gave her in custody of his sister who would beat the child mercilessly.

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8. LAHORE: The city district administration on Saturday imposed Rs 59,000 fine on 20 shops for selling the sugar at the higher rates than the officially-fixed rate. During a crackdown on sugar overcharging, the price control magistrates of the city administration checked sugar prices at 321 shops. Twenty cases were registered against profiteers.

9. LAHORE: A member of a gang who uploaded the firing into the air and violent videos on social media was arrested along with two accomplices while raids are being carried out to nab other accused. CCPO Lahore Zulfiqar Hameed took notice of the videos. SP Cantt Furqan Bilal had ordered the arrest of the accused. Police arrested three members of Bhatti group, including Jamil alias Jhela and Qaiser Bhatti.

10. PESHAWAR: An alleged bike snatcher was killed in an encounter in Chamkani area on Saturday, an official said. An official said that two armed robbers had snatched motorbike from a young man but the police intercepted them near Kala Khwarh near Tarnab during a routine checking.

As police signalled the snatchers to stop, one of them opened fire on police that triggered an exchange of fire. “One Ikram, a resident of Rawalpindi, was killed in the encounter,” said the official.

11. MANSEHRA: A young girl was killed after being hit by a bullet allegedly fired by her brother while taking a selfie with her in Talian Di Kasi area here on Saturday.

12. KOHISTAN: Upper Kohistan police have destroyed cannabis grown in several areas of Kandia, a conservative and far-off tehsil of the district. “The areas are remote where one can reach by walking for hours,” Arif Javed, the district police officer Upper Kohistan, told reporters on Saturday. He said the operation was started on the special directives of deputy inspector general of police Hazara range. He said that villages where the contraband was grown were situated at boundary points Swat on the one side and Ghizer (Gilgit-Baltistan) on the other.

13. LAKKI MARWAT: The police arrested two outlaws and seized arms and ammunition from them in two separate raids here on Saturday, official sources said. They said that acting on a tip-off, the police parties headed by SHO Zafarullah Khan conducted raids in Begukhel village and Wanda Kalenand arrested Sajjad son of Mashal Khan from Wanda Kalen while Sher Afzal son of Umar Khan at Begukhel. They were wanted to the police in cases of heinous nature. The police seized three guns, two pistols and several magazines.

14. JAMRUD: Unidentified motorcyclists shot dead two persons and injured another in two different places in Jamrud tehsil in Khyber district. According to details, unknown bike riders opened indiscriminate fire on Saifoor Khan in Ghariza area in the Jamrud tehsil. As a result, Saifoor killed on the spot while one Ajmal Khan also came under attack and sustained critical injuries. The locals rushed the injured person to the hospital for medical treatment. In another similar incident, unidentified gunmen shot dead Nasir Khan, an Afghan national, in Jamalkhel area of Jamrud tehsil.

15. NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two more people fell victim to targeted killing in different areas here on Saturday, police said. The first incident took place in Mubarak Shahi area near Mirali Town, when masked men riding a motorcycle opened fire on a pedestrian on Miramshah-Bannu Road.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Hadi. His body was brought to the tehsil headquarters hospital, Mirali. Also, a bullet-riddled body of a man was recovered in Mohammad Khel area of Datakhel tehsil. Relatives said Shamshal had gone missing five days ago. His body was thrown in a hilly area.

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16. KARACHI: The federal government on Saturday promised the people of Karachi that there would be no unannounced electricity load shedding in the city from Sunday after it decided to increase the supply of furnace oil and gas to K-Electric. The announcement was made by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar while addressing reporters alongside Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and K-Electric Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Moonis Alvi at a protest gathering by the PTI’s Karachi chapter.

17. KARACHI: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has announced to take the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in the province to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over multiple allegations of corruption. Addressing a press conference, Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi alleged that the provincial government received “52 per cent” kickbacks in every development scheme, declaring the PPP only plundered Karachi.

The announcement comes a day after the federal authorities warned to take control of KElectric if the power utility if it failed to improve its performance and end unannounced power outages in the metropolis.

18. KARACHI: A man was killed while another was wounded in a firing incident in Old Golimar near Mama hotel on Saturday. According to the Pak Colony police, four armed men, who arrived on two motorcycles, opened indiscriminate fire on people sitting near the hotel. The assailants managed to escape after committing the crime.

19. KARACHI: Two brothers lost their lives in a road accident on Sharae Pakistan near Ayesha Manzil on Saturday. Rescuers transported the bodies to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities where they were identified as 20-year-old Wahab while his younger brother as Fawwad, 18. They were the residents of Firdous Colony. The trailer driver managed to escape after committing the crime.

20. KARACHI: The body of a drowned man was found from the sea within the jurisdiction of the Docks police station Saturday. Rescuers transported the body to the Civil Hospital for an autopsy. According to the police. the body was around ten days old, and no torture marks were found on it.

21. KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentary party leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh said on Saturday that the allegations of corruption and land grabbing against him were totally fake and he would prove this at appropriate forums.

22. KARACHI: Showing their anger against a rise in the sale of narcotics in areas falling under the Manghopir police station and killing of a social activist for raising voice against the menace of drugs, local leaders of various political parties and social activists have decided to a form a committee to resist the drug peddlers in the area.

23. KARACHI: A policeman wounded in an attack in Korangi No. 5 within the limits of the Awami Colony police station on Saturday. Responding to information, police and rescuers reached the crime scene and rushed the victim to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medical treatment. Police said the cop was shot twice and doctors termed his condition critical.

24. KARACHI: Alleged kingpin of the Lyari gang war Uzair Baloch moved an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday for his transfer from the Mitharam Hostel to the Central Jail Karachi. Uzair had been sent to the Mitharam Hostel manned by Rangers over security concerns. According to the home department, security threats had loomed over keeping the high-profile gangster in

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the prison, due to which he was transferred to a safer place.

25. KARACHI: A watchman of Pakistan Peoples Party senior leader Agha Siraj Durrani died accidently when his sub-machinegun (SMG) went off accidently in Defence Housing Authority on Saturday. According to police, the incident took place outside the residence of Durrani located in Phase V, Khayaban-e-Tanzeem. He was taken to JPMC, where he was identified as Rab Nawaz, 23. Police said Nawaz worked as watchman outside the residence of Durrani, and apparently he ended his own life by shooting himself. The deceased hailed from Shikarpur.

26. WEATHER: Met Office informed that Monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in upper and central parts of the country from Saturday. Under the influence of this weather system.Scattered rain/wind-thundershowers (with isolated heavy falls) are expected in Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rain-thundershowers with dust raising winds are also expected in Eastern parts of Balochistan (Zhob, Barkhan, Loralai, Musa khel, Sibbi and Kohlu) and upper parts of Sindh (Sukkur, Jaccobabad, Larkana) on Sunday/Monday.They predicted that mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the region. However, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected in Kashmir, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sahiwal, Okara, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan Districts. Rainfall was recorded at Islamabad City (12mm), Rawalakot (7.6 mm), Kotli (5mm), Faisalabad (1.2mm) and Rawalpindi (Trace). Highest temperature in Punjab was recorded at Bahawalpur where mercury reached 42째C while lowest was at Murree where it was 16.8째C. In Lahore, it was 35.2째C and minimum was 27째C. 27. KARACHI CRIME DATA: KILLED

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OVERVIEW- 14 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday paid rich tribute to the people of occupied Kashmir for continuing to “valiantly fight and defy a Hindutva supremacist regime” in India which he said was “bent on demographic engineering” to alter the status of the disputed territory. The tribute comes as Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border between Pakistan and India along the valley, and the world over observe Youm-eShuhada-e-Kashmir with a renewed pledge to accomplish the mission of martyrs till achievement of the goal of liberation from Indian bondage.

2. ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday asked investors to turn their black money into white by investing in the construction industry during a recess in international obligations that will last till Dec 31 this year. “Investors have a chance to turn their black money into white by initiating construction projects before Dec 31,” he said while speaking at a joint press conference along with Naya Pakistan Housing Authority (NPHA) chief Lt Gen Anwar Ali Haider.

3. ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly is set to begin on Monday (today) a debate on the privatisation policy of the government besides taking up two crucial bills seeking amendments to the anti-terrorism act to fulfil international commitments and certain requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) when the lower house will resume its session after a two-day recess. According to the 22-point agenda issued by the National Assembly Secretariat for the sitting, Minister for Interior retd Brig Ijaz Shah will move the two bills seeking amendments to sections 2, 6, 9A and 11O in the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and insertion of a new section 11OOO in it before the house for passage.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued its detailed order on the petition filed by sugar mill owners against the government action based on the report prepared by a sugar committee, saying the inquiry commission had conducted the proceedings “in the most professional and fair manner” however its recommendations are not binding nor have any legal effect. On June 20, Chief Justice Athar Minallah told the lawyers of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association that the court will not extend the stay order barring the government from taking action against mill owners. On June 11, the court restrained the government from taking any action on the basis of the sugar commission’s inquiry report for 10 days. He gave the reasoning for his verdict in a 35-page detailed order.

5. ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) on Monday decided to allow cattle markets to operate only between 6am to 7pm ahead of Eidul Azha. Federal Minister for Planning and NCOC chief Asad Umar announced the decision during the national body’s first provincal level meeting held in Lahore. “The movement of cattle and people between villages and cities increases the risk of the virus spreading,” the minister acknowledged, adding that better management of livestock markets was essential to preventing its spread.

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6. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday announced the reopening of the Wagah border crossing from July 15 to resume exports from Afghanistan to India. “At the special request of the government of Afghanistan and with a view to facilitating Afghanistan’s transit trade, Pakistan has decided to resume Afghan exports through Wagah border crossing from 15 July 2020, after implementing Covid-19 related protocols,” said a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“With this step, Pakistan has fulfilled its commitments under Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA),” the statement added, referring to a 2010 bilateral trade agreement, which provides Afghan traders access to eastern Wagah border with India, where Afghan goods are offloaded onto Indian trucks. The agreement, however, does not permit Indian goods to be loaded onto trucks for transit back to Afghanistan.

7. ISLAMABAD: Crime Investing Agency (CIA) of Islamabad police has thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics and arrested two persons in possession of a cache of drugs, the police spokesman said. Following orders of IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, he said that DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed had categorically directed all police officers to accelerate their efforts against drug dealers/smugglers and curb this menace from Capital.

8. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police have arrested 10 outlaws including a car lifter and recovered narcotics, stolen car, and weapons from them, the police spokesman said. DIG (Operations) Waqar Ud din Syed has directed all zonal officers to accelerate their efforts to curb the crime and drug pushing in the whole city and said that no laxity would be tolerated in this regard.

ACLC police arrested a car lifter namely Zubair Khan and recovered a stolen car from him.

9. RAWALPINDI: A 68-year-old expat British Pakistani and his daughter-in-law were shot at and injured by unknown robbers at Rawat-Kallar Syedan Road. The family of expatriate Pakistanis was robbed of millions of worth gold ornaments and foreign currency early on Sunday near Sagri village at Rawat-Kallar Syedan Road on their arrival from Britain at Islamabad International Airport.

10. MULTAN: A dacoit was killed during an encounter at Chak 68 on Permit Road in the limits of Sadar Jalalpur Pirwala police on Sunday morning. According to police, dacoit Fida Hussain s/o Akbar Ali was in police custody and a police party was taking him to a place for recovery of booty. In the meantime, his four armed accomplices started firing at the police party, which was retaliated by them.

11. LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday announced to start sampling in all jails of the province in order to contain coronavirus. In the first phase, a smart sampling of 30 prisoners and 10 staff members will be conducted, according to Punjab Inspector General of Prisons Mirza Shahid Saleem Baig. Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab will take samples of prisoners and staff members under the “smart sampling project” to “detect and determine the spread of Covid-19”.

12. LAHORE: A 55-year-old man was killed by a speeding car in the Shahdara Town area on Sunday.

The victim identified as Muhammad Zahid was crossing road when a rashly-driven car ran over him, resulting into his instant death. Body was removed to morgue.

13. LAHORE: Man held for torturing maid: Sattukatla Investigation police arrested a man for subjecting her eight-year-old maid to severe torture some days back. The accused was identified as Hammad.

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14. LAHORE: A 55-year-old man was severely injured by a speeding bike near Kharak drain, Multan Road on Sunday. The victim identified as Ejaz Ahmad suffered leg fracture was admitted to hospital.

15. LAHORE: Punjab police checked 195,924 shops across the Punjab Province since June 6, sealed and closed 21,531 shops so far for SOPs violation. Besides, 275,568 motorcycles, 87,563 cars and 55,577 public transport vehicles were checked out of which 124,146 vehicles were imposed fine by civil administration on violations of government instructions to protect from COVID-19.

Likewise, with respect to implementation of SOPs, 288,129 citizens were intercepted for checking and 45,805 persons fined by civil administration on violations of SOPs. On July 11, 13,889 shops were inspected across the province and 218 sealed and closed for violations of SOPs. Likewise, 7,108 motorcycles, 2,127 cars and 1,536 public transport vehicles were checked.

Civil administration imposed fines on 2,761 vehicles. Collectively, 5,626 citizens were checked and 420 citizens fined by civil admin for violations of SOPs. 16. WAZIRASTAN: Four soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan, the military's media affairs wing said on Sunday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: "Four terrorists were killed during an IBO in Vezhda Sar, eight kilometres southwest of Boya, Miranshah, North Waziristan district.

17. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three persons of a family were killed and as many sustained injuries in a head on collision between a motorcycle and a landcruiser near Girah Ahmad Morr on DeraDaraban road on Sunday. Eyewitness said that a speeding landcruiser hit a motorcycle near Girah Ahmad Morr on Dera-Daraban road. As a result, a woman and her son and daughter killed on the spot while her husband and a son and daughter sustained injuries. The injured were rushed to Mufti Mahmood Memorial Teaching Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. It was learnt that a lawyer from Peshawar was driving the landcruiser, who was in a hurry to appear in a case in a court in Quetta.

18. TIMERGARA: A 12-year old bride died under mysterious circumstances on the third day of her wedding at Mohabbat Koto village in Samarbagh area in Lower Dir here on Sunday, police said.

A joint team of Lal Qila and Samarbagh police stations visited the house of Naila after receiving information about her death and shifted the body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Samarbagh. Lodging the first information report (FIR) at Samarbagh Police Station, one Wazir Khan, father-in-law of the girl, told the police that his 13-year-old son Ameenullah married Naila three days ago. He said that the bride was feeling unwell so they sent her back to her father’s house where she died mysteriously.

19. NOWSHERA: The police seized a huge quantity of drugs and arrested an alleged smuggler on the Grand Trunk Road in the jurisdiction of Azakhel Police Station on Sunday. A police party led by Azakhel Police Station House Officer (SHO) Saifullah barricaded the GT Road for checking the smuggling of drugs and other contrabands at Ajab Bagh area in the district. A suspicious car (258-KD) coming from Peshawar was signalled to stop for checking. Upon thorough search, the police recovered 47.5 kilograms of opium from the secret cavities of the car. The police arrested the alleged smuggler Syed Raza Shah Taqi, a resident of Rawalpindi, and impounded the car.

20. MINGORA: A man and his son were killed while three others sustained injuries during clash on a land dispute in Nawan Killay area in Mingora in Swat district on Sunday. Police said that Lal Bacha, Mian Saeed Bacha, Rahim Bacha, Zaryab Khan and Mian Syed Farooq had a dispute over a piece of land in Nawan Killay. They said that the persons involved in the clash were stated to

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be uncle and his nephews.They said that they first exchanged harsh words and later opened fire, killing Lal Bacha, Mian Saeed Bacha on the spot. The slain persons were stated to be father and son. The accused fled the scene after committing the crime. The police have registered the case and started investigation.

21. PESHAWAR: A retired professor on Saturday asked the authorities concerned to provide him justice by taking action against the land mafia. Speaking at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club, Akbar Khan Afridi asked the Chief Justice Supreme Court, Prime Minister Imran Khan and chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to probe as to why a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA and the officials of Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) were supporting the land mafia.

22. KARACHI: Preparations are being made for test trial of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project, as six-month deadline set by the Supreme Court for making this project functional, is approaching next month. Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shalwani held a meeting regarding the revival of the Karachi Circular Railways (KCR) on Sunday at the Pakistan Railway’s divisional superintendent office. According to details, Karachi Railways Divisional Superintendent (DS) Arshad Salam Khattak briefed the meeting about the work being carried out for KCR revival. He told the meeting that the track between Karachi city to Korangi will be completed in two months.

23. KARACHI: Residents across Karachi experienced a two-hour suspension of cable television and internet services on Monday evening after cable and internet operators announced a "token strike" against what they termed as the "high-handedness" of the K-Electric (KE). The announcement of the protest against KE's alleged move to cut off cable and internet wires using its electricity poles was made at a joint press conference in Karachi of cable operators associations and internet service providers, led by Pakistan Cable Operators Association chairman Khalid Arain.

24. KARACHI: Police on Sunday arrested a woman who shot and killed her husband after the latter threatened to divorce her. According to police, the incident took place at a house located in Yar Muhammad Goth in the Khairabad area in Orangi Town within the limits of the Manghopir police station. Responding to the information, police and rescue workers reached the site and transported the victim’s body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

25. KARACHI: A passer-by was injured on Sunday as personnel of the Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) of the Pakistan Customs engaged in a shoot-out with alleged criminals in Surjani Town.

After the incident, police detained the Customs personnel and an inquiry committee was formed to ascertain the facts. SM Irfan Ali of the Pakistan Customs said that acting upon credible information regarding the smuggling of contraband goods, personnel of the ASO on duty at the Hamdard checkpoint signalled a Toyota Revo vehicle to stop at around 8am on Sunday.

26. KARACHI: Police head constable who was seriously injured in a targeted attack in Karachi’s Korangi area on Saturday breathed his last on Sunday during treatment at a hospital. Thirty-fiveyear-old Asghar Ahmed had come under attack in Korangi No 5 within the limits of the Awami Colony police station on Saturday. He was rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medical treatment where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment on Sunday.

27. KARACHI: Three people lost their lives in mishaps occurred in parts of the city on Sunday. A man died after falling off the roof of a house in Sector 14/A in Orangi Town. The body was taken to

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the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico-legal formalities. The deceased was identified as 37-year-old Sartaj, son of Awwal Dad. Police said the man was doing some work on the roof when he accidentally slipped and fell down on the road. Separately, a young man died from electrocution at a house in the Liaquatabad area.

28. KARACHI: A man lost his life while six others, including policemen, were injured in traffic accidents that occurred in parts of the city on Sunday. According to the Site Superhighway police, an 18-year-old boy died and another was wounded when a speedy vehicle hit their motorcycle on Superhighway.

29. GWADAR: A local religious leader, Maulana Irshadullah, was shot dead inside his madressah in Panjgur district of Makran division on Sunday, police said. Maulana Irshad, who was head of Madressah Ahsan-ul-Madaaris, Chit-k-an, was sitting in his office when arm-ed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on his office. “Maulana Irshadullah received multiple bullet injuries and died,� a police officer told. He said another man sitting with the cleric received bullet injuries.

He was shifted to the district hospital where his condition is said to be serious. The attackers fled.

30. WEATHER: Rain with thundershowers is expected in most parts of the Punjab province, including the provincial capital, during the next 24 hours. On Sunday, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded as 32 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively. According to Meteorological Department, rain-thundershowers (with windstorm) is expected in Lahore, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Murree, Taxila, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Mianwali, Khushab, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sahiwal and T T Singh. Heavy falls are also likely to occur in a few parts of Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Lahore. The weather remained pleasant on Sunday as most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the provincial capital, received rain in the morning, breaking the heat wave that continued for the last couple of weeks. The rain and partly cloudy weather brought the temperature down to 31 degree centigrade from 39 on Saturday, though it caused miseries to the dwellers particularly in the low-lying areas where rainwater accumulated and flowed on roads and in the streets. Motorists and pedestrians suffered due to the accumulation of water and choking of drains in many parts of the provincial capital, including the University Road, Suri Pul, Hashtnagri, Charsadda Road, Bara Road and Kohat Road. Weather remained partly cloudy and humid in most parts of the province. However, rain with thunderstorm occurred at isolated places in Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Upper and Lower Dir, Swat, Buner, Abbottabad and Mansehra districts.

According to Meteorological Department, 25 millimeter was recorded in Peshawar, Buner and Kakul 19 millimeter each, Malam Jabba 18, Shabqadar 15, Balakot 08, Timergara 05, Saidu Sharif 03, Cherat 02, Dir, Takht Bhai & Besham 01each. The met office forecasts more rain with thunderstorm from today in scattered places of all most all districts of the KPK province.

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OVERVIEW- 15 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: As the government goes about deciding which line it should eventually take to turn the PIA-owned Roosevelt Hotel in New York into a profitable entity, the luxury property has piqued the interest of a name all too familiar in American real estate: Donald Trump. The revelation came as a top Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) official informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatisation on Wednesday that the United States president is interested in purchasing the hotel, located in New York's Manhattan borough.

2. ISLAMABAD: An accountability court of Islamabad on Tuesday directed Asif Ali Zardari to appear before it on Aug 4 in the Thatta Water Supply reference, but again deferred the matter of indicting the former president in the Park Lane reference till July 21.

3. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday asked all the provinces to launch a massive crackdown against hoarding and adulteration of wheat and wheat flour to ensure availability in the market at an affordable price.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, setting aside a stay order by the Sindh High Court, allowed the government to take action against sugar mill owners in light of recommendations of the sugar inquiry commission.

5. ISLAMABAD: The government plans to restrict use of foreign satellites through introduction of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure maximum capacity utilisation of Pakistani satellites by local users for avoiding foreign exchange flows.

6. ISLAMABAD: The National Account-ability Bureau has decided to conduct a fresh investigation against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and display his arrest warrant at his residence in London in a separate Toshakhana reference.

7. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have arrested 17 people involved in different crimes from various areas of the city and recovered stolen valuables, hashish and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said.

8. RAWALPINDI: As the Pakistan aviation regulator and the national flag carrier grapple with the credibility crisis that hit the institutions last month, a threat of a ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights in the airspace of Oman looms large as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) assured them that credentials of all pilots had been scrutinised to ensure flight safety.

9. RAWALPINDI: “Yes! I was a female in the near past but converted to a male after my sex was changed naturally,” Asima Bibi, now Ali Naqqash, told media people after getting marriage in a court of law with Neha Ali, the previous day. A report published in different newspapers and broadcasted in TV channels that a girl got marriage with another girl in a local court and registered their ‘Nikah’ documents in relevant department. The court, later summoned both the

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girls and SHO Taxila on the complaint of Neha’s father on the next date.

10. RAWALPINDI: Police solved a mystery of blind murder regarding killing of Shafi who was found dead in pool of blood inside his home few days back in Ganjmandi area of Rawalpindi. SP (Rawal Division) Rai Mazhar Iqbal stated that few days back, Ahsan (nephew of murdered Shafi) informed Ganjmandi police station about killing of his uncle inside his home. Ahsan said that on the unfortunate day, he dined with his uncle and a friend at his home and following the dinner left for his home and got information about killing of his uncle inside home with some sharp knife.

11. RAWALPINDI: Several people witnessed the jungle law in the mid of the most busy avenue of the city when three women manhandled a Rawalpindi Traffic Police warden who was inhumanly beaten up by unidentified women and elderly man near Liaqat Bagh traffic signal for issuing challan to their vehicle driver.

12. RAWALPINDI: Various grou-ps of fraudsters are cheating people by illegally charging them parking fee in commercial markets and recreational spots of the city.Akhlaq Ahmad, a resident of Sadiqabad, said he went to Commercial Market to buy medicines and parked his vehicle near front gate of the park. “When I parked my vehicle a man wearing waistcoat immediately came to me and gave me a receipt. Then he charged me Rs20 as parking fee,” he said. He said: “I came back after 20 minutes because the customers were allowed into the pharmacy according to the Standard Operating Procedures SOPs. I brought out receipt but that man was not there.”

“I asked from a vendor about that man who informed me that these kinds of people frequently changed their places and now he must have gone to some other place to cheat people on the pretext of parking fee,” he said. Absence of parking spaces is a common problem in markets and bazaars of the city and the visitors often fail to find a place to park their vehicles.

13. LAHORE: A notice of accountability court (Islamabad) was displayed at Jati Umra and Model Town residences of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, directing him to appear before it on Aug 17 in the Toshakhana reference.

14. LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz till July 28 in an asset beyond means case. During the hearing, the court asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor to explain the haste in filing the reference against the PML-N vice-president. To this, the prosecutor responded that according to the procedure, the reference is filed once the investigation into the case is completed. The court, then, directed the bureau to file the reference at the earliest and adjourned the hearing until July 28. The bureau arrested Hamza last year for allegedly holding assets beyond known sources of income.

15. LAHORE: A civil miscellaneous application has been filed in the Lahore High Court demanding an immediate ban on a famous mobile phone video application, TikTok. Advocate Nadeem Sarwar moved the application on behalf of a citizen who is a petitioner in a main petition pending with the court.

16. MULTAN: Famed surgeon and vice chancellor of Multan's Nishtar Medical University, Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, passed away on Wednesday — a month after contracting the novel coronavirus. Dr Pasha was diagnosed with Covid-19 on June 14 and was under treatment at Ch Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Nishtar Medical University's principal Dr Iftikhar said. He was shifted to a ventilator on July 6, he added.

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17. RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police on Tuesday registered a case and arrested a man who allegedly threw acid on his students in a locality of Sadiqabad city, some 32 kilometres from here. According to first information report registered under section 336-B of Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Riaz Hussain of Haq Town said Osama used to teach the Holy Quran to his son Hasnain Ali (14) and other neighbouring children.

18. KARACHI: Police on Tuesday submitted a charge sheet before a judicial magistrate against some officials of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) in a case pertaining to the collapse of a multistorey building in Gulbahar, saying the illegal construction was allowed against a bribe.

Twenty-seven people had lost their lives when the multistorey building collapsed in March this year.

19. KARACHI: Two people lost their lives in separate firing incidents in different parts of the city on Tuesday. A man was shot dead at a cattle farm in Sherpao Colony. Rescuers transported the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities where he was identified as 30-year-old Asif, son of Aslam.

20. KARACHI: The Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) of the Karachi police on Tuesday arrested eight suspects allegedly involved in motorcycle theft across the city. According to the AVLC spokesperson, the arrests were made during a series of raids conducted in parts of the city, including Gulberg, Shah Faisal, Baldia, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Keamari and Korangi areas.

21. HARIPUR: A man has shot dead his wife in a remote village of Dingi Union Council, police said on Tuesday. The officials of the Kotnajibullah Police Station said that Muhammad Arshad, a resident of village Pehdiyan, had an altercation with his wife Shamim Bibi, 28, over preparing lunch. The short-tempered man allegedly beat his wife mercilessly before opening fire on her with a 30-bore pistol, killing her on the spot. The police shifted the body to Rural Health Centre Kotnajibullah and arrested the accused. It was the second murder of a married woman during the last two weeks in Haripur.

22. CHAGAI: Members of civil society and the family of a man, who was found dead in police custody in Kharan under mysterious circumstances on Monday, staged a demonstration outside the Kharan Press Club to protest against his alleged extra-judicial killing.

23. PANJGUR: Three soldiers were martyred and eight others injured when terrorists opened fire on security forces in Balochistan's Panjgur district, the military's media wing said on Tuesday. The militants carried out the "fire raid" when the security personnel were on routine patrol near Gichak valley in Panjgur's Kahan area, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement. The injured soldiers include an officer. Five of the injured security personnel are in critical condition, the statement said.

24. WEATHER: Met Office predicted rain-thunder showers in Islamabad, upper and central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. According to the Met Office, there were chances of rain in the Potohar region which will likely drop the temperature. The District Health Authority issued the health advisory to prevent the harmful effects of heat. The ‘heat stroke advisory’ was issued by Chief Executive Officer Dr Sohail Ahmed and District Surveillance Coordinator Dr Mohammad Ali Mirza. The advisory has informed the citizens that the temperature may exceed 45°C in the coming days. Strict adherence to the advisory is needed to avoid harmful effects of heat stroke. It urged citizens to drink beverages and water, avoid going out in the heat from 10am to 4pm, cover head in the scorching sun and heat, rub the body with

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a soaked towel to lower the body temperature and avoid fatigue in the heat. If symptoms of heat stroke appear, take the patient to a cool and safe place, put cold water bandages on the body and support the legs and raise them slightly above the head level, the advisory said. Hot and humid weather was witnessed in the City here Tuesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said that seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. A weak westerly wave is also present over western and upper parts of the country.

They predicted that hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain, wind-thundershower is expected in Islamabad, upper/central Punjab, KhyberPakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

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OVERVIEW- 16 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday that two officials from the Indian High commission in Islamabad — that had been provided consular access earlier today for a second time to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav at Delhi's request — left without hearing him out. In a statement, the foreign minister said that consular access was given according to the terms agreed upon. "India's ill intentions have come to light. They didn't want consular access. [Jhadav] kept asking the Indian diplomats to talk to him and they left." Jadhav — a serving commander of the Indian Navy associated with Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing — was arrested on March 3, 2016, from Balochistan on allegations of espionage and terrorism.

2. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday a review petition seeking deletion of the court’s directives in its June 19 majority judgement requiring verification by the tax authorities of three offshore properties in the name of the wife and children of Justice Qazi Faez Isa. “These directives, observations and contents from paragraphs three to 11 are unnecessary, superfluous, contradictory, excessive and unlawful and thus liable to be deleted from the short order,” pleaded the petition filed through SCBA president Syed Qalb-e-Hassan.

3. ISLAMABAD: The Capital Police have been directed to continue strict action against those illegal occupying the properties of others and involved in harassing people to grab their lands.

4. ISLAMABAD: Police have arrested 17 outlaws including five car and bike lifters and recovered stolen car, four motorbikes, narcotics, fake currency and weapons from them, the police spokesman said. Bani Gala Police Station arrested three members of a bike lifters’ gang. They have been identified as Anwar, Altaf and Ejaz. Police also recovered three stolen motorbikes from their possession. Cases have been registered in Bani Gala Police Station and further investigation is underway from them.

5. RAWALPINDI: Three persons including two women have been arrested for allegedly manhandling an on duty traffic warden from Attock. The accused have been identified as Bashir Hussein Shah, Saba Bashir and Robina Bashir. Three women and an elderly man had reportedly manhandled a traffic warden at Murree Road, Liaquat Bagh Signal two days back and the video of this manhandling went viral on social media.

6. RAWALPINDI: A dacoit was killed in a bid to rob of Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) at Haider Road in the limits of Cantt police station. ASI Aamir, who is deputed in Cantt police station was going to home after his duties on Wednesday, while on his way home he stopped at an ATM to withdraw money at Haider Road, Sadar. In the meanwhile, a mugger intruded into the ATM cabin and held hostage ASI Amir on gunpoint and robbed him of wallet and cash.

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7. MARDAN: Nine accused were arrested in cases of gambling and motorbike lifting on Wednesday. On the directives of DPO Dr Zahidullah, the police raided Hoti area and arrested an accused in murder case and six accused in gambling along with the money on bet. Also, Jabar Police Station personnel arrested three accused in motorcycle lifting and also recovered from them the amount they had earned by selling the bikes.

8. BATKHELA: Malakand district administration has arrested a settlement patwari and suspended five others over alleged corruption, an official said on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists, Deputy Commissioner Rehan Gul Khattak said that there the land records does not exist in Malakand district. “There is no fee for land settlement issues but we received a complaint that some patwaris are getting money from people. On one such complaint, we nabbed a settlement patwari and recovered Rs150,000 that he had got from farmers for land settlement,” the official said.

9. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued a stay order against the Punjab government’s decision to impose a 17 percent sales tax on flour. During the hearing, the plaintiff informed Justice Shahid Karim that, according to business rules and regulations, a sales tax cannot be imposed on flour. The millers said the provincial government is making efforts to reduce flour price on one hand and imposing a tax on the other, which they said was dishonest practice. They requested the court to nullify the government’s decision. The LHC approved the petition for hearing while issuing a stay order against the imposition of sales tax.

10. LAHORE: Three people died when a dumper hit their bikes on Bhati Chowk here on Wednesday.

The dumper driver could not control the vehicle either due to over speeding or brakes failure and rammed into bikes. As a result, three people died and one sustained injuries. Nearby people called the rescue teams who reached the spot and shifted the victims to hospital. The bodies could not be identified till filing of the report.

11. KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday announced it has verified and cleared the licences of almost 96 pilots out of the 104 names it received from various foreign counterparts and international airlines. In a letter to the director for air traffic control services at Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA), Mubarak Saleh al-Gheilani, CAA DirectorGeneral Hassan Nasir Jamy said it was crucial “to clarify that all CPL / ATPL Pilot licences issued by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) are genuine and validly issued”.

12. KARACHI: In what appears to be a direct contradiction to the aviation minister’s allegation that almost 40 per cent of Pakistani pilots possessed ‘fake licences’, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that all commercial/airline transport pilots licences (CPL/ATPL) it issued “are genuine and validly issued”. “It is important to clarify that all CPL/ATPL pilot licences issued by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority are genuine and validly issued. None of the pilot licences are fake, rather the matter has been misconstrued and incorrectly highlighted in the media/social media,” wrote CAA Director General Hassan Nasir Jamy in a letter dated July 13 to a high-ranking aviation official of Oman.

13. KARACHI: The Sindh government has extended a province-wide lockdown enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus until Aug 15. Sindh Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah on Thursday said the lockdown was being extended to “protect the lives of people”. He further said that following standard operating procedures (SOPs) was the need of the time, adding that it was “important that SOPs are strictly followed in mosques, offices and bazaars“. Shah said that marriage halls would remain closed and public gatherings would be banned during this time.

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14. KARACHI: A policeman was seriously wounded in the third attack on the law enforcement agencies in Karachi in one-and-a-half weeks. Police Constable Muhammad Hanif was wounded critically in a firing incident that took place late on Tuesday night in the Babar Market area within the jurisdiction of the Landhi police station.

15. KARACHI: Two suspected members of the Lyari gang war were arrested during a raid conducted on a tip-off in Saadi Town on Wednesday. The suspects were arrested by a law enforcement agency; however, the arrests were not disclosed. The suspects, Imam Buksh and Wasim, were brothers. Police said the men were affiliated with the Jamil Changa and Agha Zikri groups, and ran a drugs network in the Old Golimar area. Recently, they killed two people by resorting to firing at a drugs den. They were also wanted to police in various cases of murder, attempted murders and extortion.

16. KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a key operative of the spy agency of India in Karachi. The FIA said the suspect was identified as Zafar Khan whose arrest was made by the agency’s anti-terrorist wing. According to the FIA spokesperson, the suspect has been involved in carrying out terror activities, including bomb blasts and targeted killings in Karachi, at the behest of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

17. KARACHI: The State Bank Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency Sindh carried out two raids against operators involved in the illegal business of money transfer through hawala and hundi.

The spokesman for the FIA Sindh said a raid was conducted at the office of a company running the illegal business of hawala and hundi under the guise of so-called business in the name and style of the M/s Asif Brothers, Shop No7, Ground Floor, R T Centre, Boulton Market, Karachi.During the raid, the FIA seized two cell-phones and RMB Bank deposit slips through Telegraphic Transfer (TTs) amounting to RMB357,525, equivalent to Rs8,512,670, regarding hundi and hawala from Muhammad Ikhlas Younus.

18. KARACHI: Two men lost their lives and another was injured in road accidents occurred in the city on Wednesday. A motorcyclist died and another was injured in an accident that occurred on the Murghi Khana Flyover in Quaidabad, said the Shah Latif police.After the accident, the police and rescuers attended the scene and moved the victims to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities and medical treatment.

19. KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial authorities, advocate general and prosecutor general on a petition challenging the detention of four men set free by the SHC after setting aside the trial court order in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, commonly known as Shaikh Omar, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their counsel moved the SHC against the provincial authorities for detaining them since their acquittal in April.

20. KARACHI: The State Bank Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency Sindh carried out two raids against operators involved in the illegal business of money transfer through hawala and hundi.

The spokesman for the FIA Sindh said a raid was conducted at the office of a company running the illegal business of hawala and hundi under the guise of so-called business in the name and style of the M/s Asif Brothers, Shop No7, Ground Floor, R T Centre, Boulton Market, Karachi.During the raid, the FIA seized two cell-phones and RMB Bank deposit slips through Telegraphic Transfer (TTs) amounting to RMB357,525, equivalent to Rs8,512,670, regarding hundi and hawala from Muhammad Ikhlas Younus.

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21. WEATHER: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted rain and thunder in Karachi from Friday (today) in the second spell of the downpour this season. According to PMD Director Sardar Sarfaraz, the spell would last a day or two and would be preceded by dusty winds.

“Initially we had said that the second spell would start from July 15 but then the situation changed and it appeared that it would start after July 20. “[However], a similar low-pressure area has developed almost in the same place as in the first spell, around the Indian Rann of Kutch and the Arabian Sea,” he said, adding that some areas of Sindh, including Tharparkar, Badin and Thatta have already seen some rain. “There might be light rain in areas of Karachi tonight and it is expected that there will be thunder and rain along with strong winds from tomorrow.” The official said the temperature in Karachi could range between 38 and 40 degrees Celsius today (Thursday) but would be “considerably reduced” after tomorrow’s rainfall.

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OVERVIEW- 20 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The government will table the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance, 2020 in the National Assembly next week for approval, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan told The News. “In no way has the national interest or security been compromised by the promulgation of this ordinance.

Therefore, the political hullaballoo is not justified or fair,” he felt. The ordinance, which has a 120 days’ life if not passed by the Parliament, enables convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav to approach the high court for “review and reconsideration” of the sentence imposed on him by the military court. It is a sort of appeal.

2. ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking a review of its June 19 majority order requiring the verification of three offshore properties in his wife and children's name by tax authorities. Filed through senior counsel Munir A. Malik, the petition argued that the top court's short order had "material errors of facts and jurisdiction". It added that many of these were in respect to matters with regard to which neither Justice Isa nor his family were heard.

3. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police, previous days, have seized a a number of kidnappers including the kingpin the organised racket involved in kidnapping for ransom activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and the federal capital. “The shark was a symbol of terror and fear among the people of KP. The KP police were trying to recapture the criminals for over one and a half decades but couldn’t get them because the racketeers have changed their hideouts,” the KP police, dealing with the case, said when contacted by this correspondent. Bala Gujar was also wanted to KP Police in different heinous offences. But the KP police were reluctant to transfer the custody of the gangsters wanted for decades. The seven-member gang led by inciter – Mohammad Iqbal popularly known as Bala Gujar – kidnapped a businessman of Islamabad, Rehmat Niaz from G/10-1 in April 2020 and confined him in an apartment and demanded Rs50 million for his release but he managed to escape in the same night, people engaged in the investigation of the case said.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police have arrested 12 land grabbers during its operation against those involved in occupying lands by harassing people and recovered weapons and ammunition from them.

5. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Sunday arrested six outlaws including five gamblers from various areas of the city and recovered stolen cash, Stake money, and gambling tools from their possession, the police spokesman said.

6. RAWALPINDI: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have severely affected traditional ‘Aseel’ Roosters Market at Dingi Khoi area that has been a source of livelihood for a large number of people during last so many years. Every Friday when shops and business

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centres at Dingi Khoi observe weekly holiday both Aseel Roosters sellers and buyers start gathering on footpaths and some parts of the main roads where deals are done involving thousands of rupees.

7. LAHORE: A day after the Cabinet Division uploaded the asset details of all special assistants and advisers to the prime minister on its website, the assets and liabilities declarations of 19 nonelected cabinet members revealed that 10 of them hold foreign properties. Seven special assistants and three advisers to the premier own foreign properties, with Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari being the most notable among them. The special assistant for overseas Pakistan owns a flat worth GBP 4.85 million in an upscale London neighbourhood, besides shares in various companies, including the offshore BVI company with underlying assets consisting of 11 apartments with a value GBP 3.65 million. It is worth noting here that Bukhari is a British passport holder as well.

8. LAHORE: A fire broke out in a house near Ghazi Chowk, Township, on Sunday. The cause of the fire was stated to be short circuit. Firefighters extinguished it. No casualty was reported.

9. LAHORE: Shalamar police arrested two youths for uploading a video of illicit weapons on the social media. The arrested accused have been identified as Kashif Aslam and Zaheer. Police also recovered three weapons from their possession. The accused had uploaded the video a few days ago, police said.

10. LAHORE: An 8-year-old boy was killed and his parents and a sister were injured by a speeding bus in the Sanda area on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Ayan. He along with his father Amir, mother and a sister was on his way on a bike when a speeding bus dashed into their bike. As the result, Ayan died and his family members were injured badly. The bus driver escaped leaving the bus at the scene.

11. LAHORE: Lahore police registered 1,595 cases and sealed 2,072 shops on violation of corona SOPs since June 5. Police also checked over 3,000 markets and bazaars. As many 80,733 shops were checked. Around 61,815 shopkeepers and citizens were warned. As many as 100,169 bike and 39,695 car riders were educated while 124,785 vehicles were issued challan tickets and 375 public transport vehicles were impounded over violation of the corona SOPs. Security duties: Police Judicial Wing produced 14 persons before different courts and shifted six persons to different districts during the last one week.

12. LAHORE: Two labourers died when a tractor-trolley loaded with bricks overturned on Multan Road near Shamkay Bhattian on Sunday. Rescuers pulled out the bodies of the labourers from the bricks. The accident took place due to speeding, police said. The bodies were removed to morgue.

13. LAHORE: Ghaziaabad police arrested two kite makers on Sunday. Police also seized 100 kites and raw material for at least 500 kites from the possession of the arrested accused indentified as Naveed and Assad.

14. LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken a notice of a 8-year-old child murder before subjecting him to molestation in Sohawa area of Mandi Bahauddin. Buzdar has also sought a report from Gujranwala RPO and ordered the arrest of the accused at the earliest.

He remarked that the murderers of an innocent child will not be saved from the stern grip of law.

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15. MARDAN: An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa late Saturday night however no damage of property or casualties have been reported so far. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, tremors were felt in Mardan, Shangla and surrounding areas. The Met Office stated the epicentre of the quake to be in Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan with a depth of 150-kilometre.

16. NOWSHERA: The personnel of local police and Excise department in a joint action foiled a bid to smuggle drugs to down country and seized eight kilogram charas during checking on Grand Trunk (GT) Road at Ajab Bagh area in the district on Sunday. The police and Excise department were conducting checking of vehicles on GT Road in Ajab Bagh area. The personnel seized eightkilogram hashish from a woman and her son, who were trying to smuggle the drugs to Punjab.

The Azakhel police registered a case against the woman, who is wife of Sabit Khan of Mashogagar village, and her son named Sajid and arrested them.

17. NOWSHERA: Police on Sunday claimed to have solved a blind murder case as a woman turned out to be the killer of her own husband. Sana, wife of Shehzad, told police that some people entered her home at night and shot dead her father-in-law Inayatur Rehman in presence of the family members. DPO Najmul Hassnain formed an investigation team that finally laid hands on Zubaida Perveen, the wife of the deceased. Later, Zubaida confessed to the police that she had killed her husband after he caught him in illicit relations and objectionable condition with her daughter-in-law Sana. A local court later granted a two-day remand of the accused woman to police.

18. BARA: Five people of a family sustained injuries when their room collapsed in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district on Sunday, official sources said. The sources said the house owner Ali Majan was asleep with his children when roof of the room collapsed in Gandao area of Sipah tribe. As a result, five people identified as Ali Majan and his two sons including Wahid Khan and Rahid Khan and daughters Zaiba and Babo Lala were injured.

19. LAKKI MARWAT: The police killed an outlaw and arrested another outlaw along with other five accused in Dalwati village, official sources said. They said that after being tipped-off about the two infighting groups in Dalwati village, the police party headed by SHO Zafarullah Khan reached the spot. They said that one of the groups opened fire on the police, which triggered the police to return the fire that continued for some time. They said that one of the outlaws identified Habibur Rehman alias Mohajiri was killed. The police arrested another outlaw named Ibrahim and his five accomplices. The police seized a Kalashnikov, hand grenade, bike and cartridges. Both the outlaws were wanted to the police in murder, attempted murder, dacoities, and kidnapping for ransom.

20. CHARSADDA: Police resolved four blind murder cases in Charsadda district, a senior official said.

Speaking to reporters, DPO Shoaib Khan said that in Batgram village, one Faheem shot dead his nephew and sister but later he also died by what the family called suicide. “However, investigations revealed that after Faheem killed his nephew and injured sister, he himself was killed by his brother Saleem. But the family declared Faheem’s death as a suicide to save Saleem,” the official said. Also, one Bashir Gul, the lone brother of five daughters, was found dead and later the police arrested one Tauseef who confessed to have killed Bashir because the latter had allegedly sexually assaulted him. Also, the official said one Madeeha was declared to have committed suicide in Badraga area but the police investigation led to the arrest of her inlaws. The slain’s brother-in-law Akbar, mother-in-law Jehan Begum and sister-in-law Safia confessed to the murder.

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21. SARGODHA: A man was killed while another received injuries over a minor dispute in Sadar police limits on Sunday. According to the police, Waqar Aslam and Khaliq Dad, residents of Chak 29/NB, had an altercation with Safdar Hayat, Muhammad Qasim and Muhammad Asim over a petty issue some days ago. On the day of the incident, Waqar Aslam and Khaliq Dad were sitting at a shop when Safdar Hayat along with his two accomplices Muhammad Qasim and Muhammad Asim came there and exchanged harsh words with them. In the meantime, the accused opened fire at them, killing Waqar Aslam on the spot and injuring Khaliq. On information, a team led by DSP Sadar Akhtar Ali Wains and SHO Zafar Shah reached the spot and arrested the three accused.

22. SARGODHA: The police arrested three accused, including two proclaimed offenders, and recovered narcotics and weapons from their possession. A police spokesman said on Sunday the police arrested an accused with 1,020 bottles of liquor and two pistols. The police also arrested two proclaimed offenders and recovered weapons from. They were involved in murder, attempt to murder and robbery cases. Those arrested were identified as Tariq Masih, Naveed Masih and Asjad Munir. The police have registered separate cases and started investigation.

23. KARACHI: An elderly couple along with their grandson died in a road crash on Shaheed-e-Millat Road on Sunday. According to the Ferozabad police, the accident took place in a newlyconstructed underpass on Shaheed-e-Millat Road. After the accident, the police and rescuers reached the accident site and moved the victims to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. The police said a speeding dumper hit their motorcycle as a result of which the elderly couple and their grandson lost their lives.

24. KARACHI: A campaign has been launched by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sindh-I against hawala operators, smugglers, money launderers and other criminals. A spokesman for the FIA Sindh said that the FIA’s Corporate Crime Circle Karachi raiding team conducted a raid on credible information that a psychotropic substance, ketamine HCl, was being exported from Karachi to Antwerp, Belgium, under the guise of rice export.

25. KARACHI: A major fire broke out at a factory at the Export Processing Zone in Karachi's Landhi area on Sunday evening. Subsequently, firefighters started an operation to put off the blaze.

According to the fire brigade spokesperson, the blaze initially broke out at a plastic manufacturing factory which later engulfed the surrounding three factories of cardboard, plastic and textile as well.

26. KARACHI: A man died after he was exposed to poisonous gas while cleaning a manhole on Ghausia Road in Agra Taj Colony. According to the Chakiwara police, the man was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medical treatment where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as 55-year-old Dildar, son of Makhan. The police said the deceased was resident of the same area and was cleaning a manhole when was exposed to poisonous gas.

27. KARACHI: The body of a man was found in New Karachi. Police and rescuers moved the body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Police said the deceased was yet to be identified and the body had been kept at the hospital's morgue. Police said they were waiting for an autopsy report to ascertain the cause of the death.

28. WEATHER: Moderate rain hit the provincial metropolis here on Sunday while Met office predicted more rains during the next 24 hours. The rain started early morning and continued till

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evening in patches. Following the rain, Wasa and the district administration officials kept on their toes. Wasa officials said that 24 mm rain was recorded at Nishtar Town, the heaviest in Lahore. Managing Director, Wasa, Syed Zahid Aziz said till noon most of the 22 sore points including Lakshmi Chowk, Haji Camp, Furdos Market, Kashmir Road, GPO, Sheranwala Gate, Aik Moriya Pull, Mozang, Qartaba Chowk, Lawrence Road and Ichra were cleared from rainwater.

Meanwhile, Met officials said that monsoon currents are penetrating in upper and central parts of the country today and likely to strengthen during next 24 to 48 hours. They predicted rain/wind-thundershowers (with isolated heavy falls) in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, upper/central Punjab, east Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Dust-storm/isolated rainthundershower is also expected in south Punjab and upper Sindh. Rainfall was also recorded in several cities including Hafizabad 92, Narowal 49, Murree 24, Sialkot (City 19, Airport 04), Islamabad (Saidpur 09, Golra 07, Zero Point 05), Mandi Bahauddin 09, Jhelum 07, Chakwal, Gujranwala 06, Lahore (Airport 04) ), Gujrat 03, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad 01), Balakot 30, Parachinar 04, Kakul 03, Kotli 19, Rawalakot, Garhi Dupatta 09, Muzaffarabad (City 04), Padaidan 16, Dadu 02, Gupis, Bunji 03, Bagrote 02, Chilas 01 and Turbat 02. Sunday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Nokkundi, Dalbandin and Bhakkar where mercury reached 44°C while in Lahore it was 36.2°C and minimum was 24.5°C..

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OVERVIEW- 21 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The government will table the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance, 2020 in the National Assembly next week for approval, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan told The News. “In no way has the national interest or security been compromised by the promulgation of this ordinance.

Therefore, the political hullaballoo is not justified or fair,” he felt. The ordinance, which has a 120 days’ life if not passed by the Parliament, enables convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav to approach the high court for “review and reconsideration” of the sentence imposed on him by the military court. It is a sort of appeal.

2. ISLAMABAD: In a scathing judgement on Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) criticised the accountability laws of the country, saying these laws were being used as a tool to ‘arm-twist and pressurise’ political opponents into submission and ‘fracturing political parties’. The remarks were made in a case pertaining to the bail application of Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique against his arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Paragon Housing Society corruption reference.

3. ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday move a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a review of its June 19 order requiring the verification of three offshore properties in his wife and children’s name by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). Filed through Advocate Munir A. Malik, the petition argued that the SC’s short order had “material errors of facts and jurisdiction”. It added that many of these were in respect to matters with regard to which neither Justice Isa nor his family were heard. It also contended that the FBR had initiated proceedings against Justice Isa and his family members without waiting for the top court’s detailed order.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have been directed to ensure comprehensive security arrangements in the capital on eve of Eidul Azha and ensure implementation on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to contain the spread of coronavirus. These directions were made

by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar khan while chairing a meeting held to finalie security arrangements for Eidul Azha.

5. ISLAMABAD: Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of Islamabad police has busted a gang of car and bikes lifters and recovered five cars and five motorcycles from three gangsters worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, a police spokesman said. DIG (Operations) Waqar Ud din Syed assigned task to SP (Investigation) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer to accelerate efforts against auto-thieves and car-lifters.

6. RAWALPINDI: An alleged robber was killed in exchange of fire with police on Monday in the jurisdiction of Pirwadhai Police station. Police patrolling Muhafiz Squad in the area of Dhok Naju

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on suspicion signaled a motorcycle to stop for formal checking but the motorcyclists instead of stopping opened fire at Police patrolling squad and runaway from the scene. Police followed the motorcyclists and in exchange of fire a robber succumbed and was rescued to hospital but could not survive due to bullet injury, while other aide of the alleged robber succeed to flee away from the scene. Police also recovered a large amount of cash and pistol from the injured robber.

7. RAWALPINDI: Instances of violence and torture towards child domestic workers remained unabated in Punjab despite categorical orders from the government. Another incident of forced labour and violence towards domestic labour was witnessed in Chauntra, suburbs of Rawalpindi, where a family including parents and their 12 years old son were made hostages for bonded labour on part of some influential owners.

8. RAWALPINDI: Instances of violence and torture towards child domestic workers remained unabated in Punjab despite categorical orders from the government. Another incident of forced labour and violence towards domestic labour was witnessed in Chauntra, suburbs of Rawalpindi, where a family including parents and their 12 years old son were made hostages for bonded labour on part of some influential owners.

9. LAHORE: Two Motorway Police central zone officers have arrested two women for fraudulently taking money from a man. The officers stopped a car over wrong overtaking. The driver after stopping the car at a distance ran away in an adjacent locality along with a woman sitting on front seat. However, the officers arrested two women sitting on back seat of the car with the help of local women. Two motorcyclists who were chasing the car informed the officers that the two women along with their accomplices committed fraud with a man of Pattoki. They told the officers that the culprits fraudulently got Rs 50,000 from the man in the name of a plot in Rana Town.

10. LAHORE: Yakki Gate police claimed to have arrested two pickpockets here on Monday.

11. FAISALABAD: As many as 10 people were killed in two separate rain-related incidents in Faislabad on Tuesday. Heavy rains lashed the city and its surrounding areas last night, as a result of which the roof of a three-room house in Tandlianwala town collapsed. Among those who died were a woman, her three minor sons, and two daughters and an 18-year-old boy. Two more family members sustained serious injuries. The second incident took place on Abbaspur Road in which the roof of a house collapsed following a thunderstorm, killing three siblings.

Four other people of the family including two girls were injured during the mishap.

12. BUREWALA: Four bandits snatched Rs 500,000 from a commission agent at shop No 33 of Sabzi Mandi on Monday. Jabbar Ishaq drew Rs 500,000 from a local bank and when he reached near his shop four gunmen intercepted him and snatched the cash and other valuables. Model Town police arrived an hour late. The incident of robbery has been recorded on CCTV. 13. BHAKKAR: Three people died in a collision between a car and a trailer on Mianwali-Multan Road on Monday. Reportedly, a trailer hit a car near Chandni Chowk, leaving Khalid Mehmood, 24, Burhan, 38, and Ilam Din, 66, injured critically. They died on way to hospital. They belong to Piplan, district Mianwali.

14. GUJRANWALA: Dacoits and thieves deprived people of cash, gold ornaments, vehicles, cellphones and other valuables in 50 incidents here on Monday. Dacoits snatched Rs 260,000 from Abdullah and Rs 38,000 and a cellphone from Ishtiaq in Eminabad police limits. Robbers

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looted Rs 400,000 from Muhammad Hussain in Sadar Kamoke area.

15. KARACHI: An accountability court here on Monday deferred the indictment of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in an assets beyond means case against him. Durrani along with his co-accused appeared before the court, while three other accused including Shamshad Khatton failed to show up. The accused stated that due to coronavirus outbreak, they were unable to reach the court and sought exemption from appearance. Subsequently, the court adjourned the hearing of the case till August 11.

16. KARACHI: At least six people were killed and 28 injured when a passenger bus rammed into a trailer near Nawabshah’s Qazi Ahmed town on Sunday morning. The accident occurred when the speeding Karachi-bound bus, which was coming from Mansehra, collided head-on with the trailer before turning turtle. Four passengers died on the spot. Initial reports suggest at least 28 people were injured in the incident. The injured were shifted to the town’s civil hospital where reportedly they were kept on the floor due to the non-availability of medical beds and stretchers. Upon reaching the hospital, the driver and another passenger succumbed to injuries, taking the toll to six. At least nine people were said to be in critical condition and transferred to Peoples Medical Hospital in Nawabshah.

17. KARACHI: A suspected robber was killed while two citizens were wounded in Jauhar Complex near Al-Azhar Garden on Monday. The casualties were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. SHO Sacchal Haroon Korai said a man entered a barber shop and after getting his beard trimmed, he called his companion and both the men held the customers and shopkeeper hostage at gunpoint.

18. KARACHI: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts on Monday remanded six suspects to the custody of police for interrogation over their alleged planning for acts of terrorism in Karachi and connections with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) attackers.

19. KARACHI: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts on Monday tasked the ATC-XV to dispose of the illegal weapons case against Wali Babar murder accused Kamran, alias Zeeshan Shani, who was on the run for nine years to evade capital punishment. Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon had disclosed to a news conference last month that Kamran was arrested from the city’s Gulshan-e-Maymar neighbourhood during a joint raid with a federal intelligence agency. Memon claimed the man was the main shooter.

20. KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday restrained police from arresting the husband and inlaws of a woman who said her family registered a false kidnapping case after her free-will marriage with a man named Afzal. The order came on a petition filed by Uzma against the registration of a criminal case against her spouse and in-laws by the Steel town police. The petitioner said she married Afzal with consent and she was not abducted or forcibly married.

She said her family was furious at her for the marriage and therefore they registered a false kidnapping case against her spouse and in-laws.

21. KARACHI: A major fire that broke out in the Export Processing Zone of Karachi’s Landhi area on Sunday was doused by the firefighters after a hectic 21-hour-long operation on Monday.

According to the fire department spokesperson, the third-degree blaze caused damages to three factories. He said 15 fire tenders, 10 water bowsers and one snorkel participated in the operation. The blaze initially broke out at a plastic manufacturing factory and later engulfed surrounding three factories of cardboard, plastic and textile as well. Two buildings have been

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declared dangerous.

22. PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday declared that Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) cannot register narcotics cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after September 2019 as the province had authorized the Excise Department to deal with such cases under a new act.

23. PESHAWER: The police arrested an absconder involved in the killing of three persons last year and drug-peddler in the City area, police said on Monday. A press release said acting on a tipoff, a police party of the City Police Station headed by ASI Shaqatullah raided a house in Mohallah Gul Waliabad and arrested an outlaw identified as Khalid Khan for allegedly killing three persons on July 2, 2019, near a scrap shop in the Main Bazaar. Meanwhile, a drugpeddler, Abdul Latif, was also arrested in another raid in the same mohallah and 530 gram of heroin seized from him.

24. MARDAN: A woman turned out to be the killer of her own husband in Katland tehsil of Mardan district, the police said on Monday. A press release said that District Police Officer Zahidullah had formed an inquiry team when one Membari reported the missing of her husband Rahimzada on July 3. The police later interrogated the son of the missing man as well. During the probe, it was revealed that Membari had illicit relations with her husband’s cousin Bawar Khan. The son told the police that he along with his mother and Bawar Khan killed Rahimzada and buried him. The police exhumed the body and started raids to arrest the remaining two accused in the murder case.

25. QUETTA: At least one person was killed and seven others injured in an early morning explosion in a bazaar in Turbat city of Balochistan on Tuesday. The injured have been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital in Turbat which is about 700 kilometers from the provincial capital, Quetta. According to officials, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted in a motorcycle parked outside a shop. However, it was yet to be confirmed who was the target of the blast but all the injured were civilians, police said.

26. WEATHER: Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rain/wind-thundershowers (with isolated heavy falls) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, eastern Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Dust-storm/isolated rain-thundershower is also expected in upper Sindh.

Monsoon currents are penetrating in upper and central parts of the country and likely to strengthen during next 12 to 24 hours. During past 24 hours, Rain/wind-thundershower occurred in Islamabad, central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Balochistan, GilgitBaltistan and lower Sindh. Hot and humid weather prevailed elsewhere in the country.

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OVERVIEW- 22 July 2020 (From 01:00 to 23:59 Hrs)

This report is compiled from news reports of various NEWS papers, TV channels, social media and WhatsApp groups.

1. ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday removed PM’s Adviser on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh as a member of the 10th National Finance Commission (NFC) and issued a new notification on the composition of members. The government made the decision after opposition from provinces and Balochistan High Court’s (BHC) verdict against the composition of the NFC. Shaikh being the finance adviser cannot chair the NFC, since under the constitution only the finance minister can chair the commission. In case of absence of the finance minister, the prime minister being the minister in-charge has to chair NFC’s meetings.

2. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared that the alleged abduction of journalist Matiullah Jan, who was released late on Tuesday night after brief captivity, was meant to “scare others” as it wrapped up a habeas corpus petition filed by the journalist’s brother. Jan, who was due to appear before a Supreme Court (SC) bench on Wednesday in a suo motu case against him for posting a “contemptuous” tweet against the judiciary, was abducted on Tuesday by half a dozen plainclothes and police uniformed men from outside a government school in Islamabad’s G-6 Sector. He was released late night near Fateh Jang, some 48 kilometres from the federal capital.

3. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday took notice of “objectionable content” against the judiciary being shared on social media platforms, including YouTube, and issued notices to the Foreign Office (FO) and Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan in this regard. A three-member bench, comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed and Justice Aminuddin Khan, took notice during a hearing on a bail petition of a man accused of a sectarian crime. During the hearing, Justice Amin remarked that the public had a right to comment on the judiciary’s performance and judgements but social media “did not even spare their families and shamed the judges”.

4. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police have arrested 13 outlaws including four members of a dacoit’s gang and recovered narcotics, wine and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said. DIG (Operations) Waqar-Ud-Din Syed has directed all zonal officers to accelerate their efforts to curb the crime in the city.

5. RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police on Tuesday registered a first information report (FIR) against a man and his wife after a video of him beating his mother went viral on social media. Rawalpindi CCPO Ahsan Younis took notice of the video showing Arsalan allegedly beating his mother Gulnaz Bibi and directed Rawal Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Rai Mazhar Iqbal to register a case and arrest him.

6. LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested the chief executive officer (CEO) of M/s Services Masters Pvt Limited for allegedly collecting Rs643 million from a number of people on the promise of providing them plots in Elite Town Housing Scheme in Lahore.

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According to NAB Lahore, it took cognizance of the suspect, Muhammad Kashif Khan, launching illegal housing schemes — Elite Town Housing, Elite Town Phase-II and Elite Town Extension — under the cover of Services Master Pvt Limited and Al-Raheem Group (offices located on Ferozepur Road, Lahore). It said the suspect managed to collect hefty amounts from members of the public to the tune of Rs643 million.

7. LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday demanded that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) be abolished and its chairman, Justice (r) Javed Iqbal should resign and go home, two days after the Supreme Court’ (SC) slammed the anti-corruption watchdog for its “utter disregard for the law” in its verdict in the Paragon Housing Society case. Bilawal’s remarks came a day after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded a new accountability body in view of the apex court’s ruling.

8. LAHORE: Police arrested 505 beggars in different parts of the City in the current year. Police registered 472 cases against the arrested beggars. As many as 188 beggars were arrested in Cantt division, 162 in Model Town division, 61 in Civil Lines division, 28 in City division, 38 in Iqbal Town division and 28 beggars were rounded up in Sadr division.

9. LAHORE: Sadar division police arrested 227 criminals last week. Police claimed to have arrested 29 thieves and robbers, 25 drug pushers and 13 gamblers, besides 43 accused in fraud and cheque bounce cases.

10. LAHORE: Liaqatabad investigation police have arrested a youth for killing his paternal cousin.

The accused, Azam, had eloped with his paternal cousin, Naila, to contract love marriage, but Rs1.4 in cash and gold jewellery carrying the girl changed his mind. He took her to the fields in Depalpur, Okara, stabbed her to death and fled to Karachi. Police arrested him from Kasur.

11. LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday arrested one Kashif Khan, a prime accused in a housing scam. The NAB in its press release claimed that the accused looted more than Rs600 million from people in the name of providing plots to them in Elite Town.

12. LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday sent religious scholar Ashraf Jalali to jail on 14-day judicial remand, an accused in a blasphemy case. Samanabad police produced the accused before the court and stated that the investigation against the accused had been completed and his physical custody was no more required. The court after hearing the police sent the accused on judicial remand while directing police to submit challan of the case on next hearing.

13. PAKPATTAN: A child was electrocuted at Chak Maghar on Tuesday. Abeed was trying to switch on a fan when suddenly his hand touched a livewire. As a result, he received electric shocks and died on the spot. Meanwhile, accused Sultan and his father allegedly abducted a 13-year-old girl (S) from Gujjar Chowk, Qaboola.

14. PESHAWAR: A special anti-corruption court on Tuesday acquitted former provincial minister for mines Ziaullah Afridi in two corruption cases. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission, which is now defunct, had registered the cases around five years ago accusing the former minister of carrying out illegal appointments and favouring a contractor for the renewal of chromite mines lease in Charsadda district. The special judge accepted an application of the accused under Section 249-A of Code of Criminal Procedure, which empowers a trial court to acquit an accused at any stage of the proceedings if there is no probability of conviction on basis of the available evidence.

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15. KOHAT: The police launched a crackdown on drug pushers in Dara Adamkhel and arrested two alleged drug pushers during an action.

16. KARAK: A woman and her two sons were killed in Bogara area in the limits of Tahkt Nusrati Police Station, police officials said on Tuesday. They said that unidentified assailants barged into the house of Arabistan, a resident of Momen Banda Bogara, and opened indiscriminate fire on the family members who were asleep. As a result, four persons identified as Sufian Bibi and her two sons Zahid Nasir, Talha Nasir and her father-in-law Arabistan sustained serious bullets injuries. The sources said Sufian Bibi and her two sons succumbed to their injuries on way to the hospital.

17. MANSEHRA: The judge of a model court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to a man who had killed his wife on the first night of his wedding and dumped her body in the forest with the help of his friend some two years ago.

18. MANSEHRA: A teenage boy and a girl were allegedly killed as they wanted to tie the knot against the wishes of their parents in Jarad area of Kaghan valley, police said on Tuesday. “The parents and an uncle of both slain cousins were arrested as they were against their wedding and killed them in a room,” Wajid Khan, the SHO Kaghan Police Station told reporters.

19. HARIPUR: Two persons were killed in separate incidents here. Officials of the City Police Station said Abdul Mateen, 18, son of late photojournalist Raja Abdul Manan, was on the way back home on his motorbike after closing his photo-studio when his motorcycle slipped due to rain on Railway Road and crashed against a Suzuki van. Mateen was injured and the area people shifted him to the Trauma Centre. However, the doctors on duty referred the injured boy to Ayub Medical Complex Abbottabad where he succumbed to head injuries. The second incident was reported from Khanpur where Saadat Hasan, 19, a resident of district Mansehra, fell into the deep water of Khanpur reservoir in a bid to take a selfie. The local divers fished his body out of the dam after an effort of 30 minutes and shifted to him Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Khanpur.

20. KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) banned live streaming application Bigo and issued a “final warning” to video-sharing service TikTok over obscene and immoral content on the platforms.

21. KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) on Tuesday informed the Sindh High Court that all the construction activities at Bahria Town were unauthorised and illegal and its “Bahria Greens” project was launched without obtaining a sale and advertisement no-objection certificate from the authority.

22. KARACHI: A former cop and the ring leader of a robbers’ gang was killed in an alleged encounter on Tuesday. According to the SITE A Section police, the suspect who was associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L). A raid was conducted on a tip-off in Orangi Town. On seeing the cops, the suspects opened fire on them and tried to escape. The police fired back and after the encounter arrested one suspect, critically injuring Ishtiaq alias Mama.

The suspect was being transported to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.

23. KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of collecting donations to support the fighters of a banned terrorist

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organisation, Daesh, also known as Islamic States. ATC-XII judge also ordered the convict, Zain Shahid, to pay a collective fine of Rs70,000, which in case of default will turn into six months’ more jail. Shahid was arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department last month on a tip- off when he along with his absconding accomplice Muhammad Atif was collecting donations for Daesh near Annu Bhai Park in Nazimabad.

24. KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers on Tuesday recovered an abducted boy during a raid conducted in Karachi’s Faqir Goth area. According to the Rangers spokesperson, the boy, who was abducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was identified as Aqeel Ali, son of Gulraiz Iqbal. The spokesperson said Aqeel’s parents registered an FIR against their son’s friend, namely Zeeshan, on the suspicion of his involvement in the kidnapping.

25. KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers on Tuesday recovered an abducted boy during a raid conducted in Karachi’s Faqir Goth area. According to the Rangers spokesperson, the boy, who was abducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was identified as Aqeel Ali, son of Gulraiz Iqbal. The spokesperson said Aqeel’s parents registered an FIR against their son’s friend, namely Zeeshan, on the suspicion of his involvement in the kidnapping.

26. SHIKARPUR: The parents and other relatives of an 11-year-old boy, whose body was found floating in Sindh Wah (irrigation channel) within the limits of the New Faujdari police station late on Friday night, claimed on Tuesday that he was actually murdered by four suspects. They told the police they wanted the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) inserted in the FIR. Three of the suspects were arrested but a fourth remained at large. The victim’s father said his son was accompanying the four suspects when they were bathing in the water channel.

27. TURBAT: At least one person was killed and seven others injured in an explosion in a bazaar in Turbat, Balochistan on Tuesday. Police and rescue teams have reached the area. The injured have been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat. Officials said that miscreants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) in a motorcycle parked outside a shop in Turbat. A number of vehicles have reportedly been damaged.

28. WEATHER: Moderate rain was reported in the city early morning on Tuesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. The highest rain was recorded in Punjab University area while other localities included Shahdara, Johar Town, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Pani Wala Talab, Farooqabad, Iqbal Town, Sabzazar, Chowk Nakhuda, Samanabad, Gulberg, Lakshmi Chowk, Tajpura, Misri Shah, Jail Road, Upper Mall, Nishtar Town, Airport and DHA areas. Scattered rain continued till Tuesday evening across the city. Rainwater accumulated on all major roads but Wasa claimed it was drained out till noon. Meanwhile, Met officials said monsoon currents are penetrating in upper and central parts of the country today and likely to strengthen during next 24 hours. They predicted rain/wind-thundershowers (with isolated heavy falls) are expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, eastern Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Dust-storm/isolated rain-thundershower is also expected in upper Sindh. Rainfall was recorded at several other cities. Tuesday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Nokkundi and Dalbandin where mercury reached 43°C while in Lahore it was 32.1°C and minimum was 21.2°C.

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of the robbers fled away taking advantage of the congested area. The detainee injured robber identified as Bukhta Khan and reportedly wanted to Attock police in scores of robberies in different areas of Attock and KP. 7. LAHORE: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were burnt in three incidents of fire in the provincial metropolis. The first case was reported in a clothes shop situated near Model Town Link Road Pace Mall, the second in a house on Bogiwal Road and the last in an the air conditioning unit of a private bank in Askari-X. 8. LAHORE: Five people were killed and 718 injured in different accidents across the Punjab province during the last 24 hours. The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) responded to 666 accidents in all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours. Around 395 seriously injured persons were shifted to different hospitals and 323 injured persons were treated on the spot by Rescue medical teams.

9. PESHAWAR: The district administration imposed section 144 in the localities surrounding the PAF Base in the provincial capital. A communique said that the PAF Flight Safety Officer had requested the administration to ban aerial firing, pigeon/kite flying, use of laser lights by shopkeepers or advertisements, which can be detrimental to landing of planes, it added. It added that it has also been observed that flying of drones by civilians in the funnel area may cause hazardous threat to the planes. These activities have been banned in Pishtakhara, Landi Akhun Ahmad, Umar Gul Road, Nawa Killay, Shaheedabad, Bara Gate, Custom Chowk, Abdara and Tehkal, it added.

10. PARACHINAR: At least 17 people, including a child, were injured in an explosion in Parachinar’s Turi Bazaar on Thursday, health authorities and police officials said. Speaking to Dawn, Parachinar DSP Najab Ali said that the cause of the explosion was an improvised explosive device (IED) that had been fitted inside a vegetable cart. "The area is usually occupied by vegetable and fruit sellers," he said. Police and security personnel cordoned off the area. A team from the Bomb Disposal Squad also reached the scene to comb through the area and check for other IEDs. 11. MIRANSHAH: Two persons were killed in separate incidents in North Waziristan district on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that unidentified attackers shot dead a man in Hamzoni area in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan district. They said that the assailants fled the scene after committing the crime. The second incident occurred in Miranshah Bazaar where two assailants, identified as Akhtar and Zarbob, shot dead a man. Taking prompt action, the police chased the attackers and arrested them after hectic efforts for two hours.

12. KARAK: Residents of Karak Sar, Kach Banda, Algaddi Karak and other adjoining localities locked the offices of executive engineer Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) against the disconnection of the localities from the feeder of city-II and ousted the staff out of the offices here on Wednesday. The locals led by former district president of Khattak Ittehad Maulana Mirzaqeem marched to the offices of deputy director of Pesco and ousted the staff from their offices and locked the offices forcibly. They later marched to the offices of sub-division Karak of Pesco and locked the offices of SDO and other staff, forcing them to go out of the offices. On the occasion, Maulana Mirzaqeem warned that if someone opened the offices by breaking the locks, the person concerned would be responsible for any untoward incident then.

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13. KARACHI: Law enforcement personnel on Thursday scaled up security measures and sealed some areas and roads, particularly those surrounding foreign diplomatic missions, in Karachi's Clifton neighbourhood reportedly due to some terror threats, officials and witnesses said. The blockade of residential areas and routes caused inconvenience to the area's residents and commuters. Police sources said that in view of a possible terrorist attempt, a security high alert has been issued for the city's 'Red Zone', particularly where foreign consulates and residences of their staff are located in Clifton.

14. KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced introducing new registration plates having special security features for the motor vehicles. According to Director General Excise Shoaib Siddiqui, the new registration plates have been prepared in collaboration with the National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation. He said the new registration plates would be helpful in tracking the vehicles and obtaining data. He said these number plates would be camera readable and would carry a total of five security features. “They will contain tracking chips or otherwise called RIFD microchip. They will also contain a laser serial number and the monogram of the Sindh government.”

15. KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested five suspected militants of a banned sectarian outfit allegedly involved in target killings. The CTD also claimed to have seized one kalashnikov rifle, four pistols, ammunition and a list of targets. According to CTD officials, the arrests were made during a raid conducted on a tip-off in Golimar. The arrested men, who allegedly belonged to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), were identified as Kazim Ali Shah, alias Shah Ji, Saqib Akhtar, Obaidur Rehman, alias Zubair, Omair, alias Khalil, and Shahab, alias Chhota, alias Safdar, alias Kashif.

They were allegedly involved in various cases of target killings, murders, attempted murders and other heinous crimes.

16. KARACHI: A man was killed while his two sons and a grandson were wounded in a firing incident in Mianwali Colony on Wednesday. The casualties were taken to the Civil Hospital, where the deceased was identified as 55-year-old Fazal, while the injured as 25-year-old Alam Zaib, son of Fazal, Zafar, 22, son of Fazal, and Bilal, 7, son of Alam Zaib. According to one of the injured men, Alam Zaib, after his neighbour told him that his cousins were fighting with his father, he, along with his brothers, came out of the house. After an exchange of hot words, his cousins opened indiscriminate fire on them. The Madina Colony police said Fazal’s nephews killed him over a property dispute; however, he managed to escape after committing the crime. A case has been registered while an investigation is underway.

17. WEATHER: Hot and humid weather was witnessed in the Country on Wednesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for next 24 hours. They said seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. Weak monsoon currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating in central/southern parts of the country. They predicted that mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain, thunderstorm is expected in GilgitBaltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas. Rainfall was recorded at Khanpur 43, Bahawalpur (AP 36, City 15), DG Khan 27, RY Khan 25, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Saidu Sharif 11, Dir (upper 06, lower 01), Malam Jabba 07, Mithi 15, Mohen-jo-Daro 14, Karachi (North Karachi 03, Gulshan-eHadeed, Saddar 01), Khuzdar 06, Barkhan 05, Skardu, Bunji 03 and Rawalakot 02. Wednesday’s maximum temperature was recorded at Nokkundi where mercury reached 45°C while in Lahore, it was 33.3°C and minimum was 22.7°C. Karachi may experience heavy rain and thunder between July 26-27 in the third spell of monsoon this season, Pakistan Meteorological Department's chief Sardar Sarfaraz said on Thursday. A low-pressure area is expected in India's

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Gujrat on July 24 and, like the previous two spells, would enter Pakistan through Indian Rann of Kutch. The rain may also affect the sea's southwestern wind.

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examinations and were also sexually harassed by him.

8. LAHORE: A couple and their two children were run over and killed by a speeding trailer on Multan Road near Sundar police station on Sunday. The victims have been identified as Munir Ahmad, his wife, Shakeela and their children Hammad Ali and Fatama. They were on their way on a bike when a rashly-driven trailer hit and killed them. Rescuers removed the bodies to morgue.

9. LAHORE: Sadar CIA arrested a man for killing his friend over a minor issue. The accused, Shan, had strangled his friend, Hamza, with a wire over an exchange of harsh words with him. Later, he dumped his body in a washroom of a deserted haveli near Jallo Morr and fled.

10. LAHORE: DIG Operations Lahore Ishfaq Ahmed Khan has directed the Dolphin Force to ensure effective patrolling around the sacrificial animal markets and crime hotspots. He said that Dolphin Force showed immediate response to the all 268 calls received on helpline 15 during the last week. Dolphin Force checked 140,000 motorbikes and 3844 cars and 143,700 people.

11. NAROWAL: A young man died on Sunday two months after he was bitten by a stray dog. Hafiz Muhammad Hamza, 20, a resident of Dinpur village in the vicinity of Shakargarh tehsil in Narowal district, was bitten by an allegedly rabid dog two months ago. He was taken to the Shakargarh THQ Hospital where a doctor checked him and prescribed some medicines. The doctor told Hamza’s family that the rabies vaccine was not available at the hospital, so they would have to purchase it from the market.

12. BAHAWALPUR: In yet another incident, a boy in Bahawalpur lost his life while making a video for the highly popular video-sharing social networking platform TikTok on Saturday. According to the details, a youth drowned in Sadiqa Canal while filming a video for TikTok in Mandi Sadiq Ganj in Minchinabad, Bahawalpur. The deceased, identified as Muhammad Sufiyan, went to the canal along with his friends to record video. He fell into the canal as his foot slipped while recording a video. The local police have launched an investigation into the matter and decided to interrogate the friends of the deceased.

13. PESHAWAR: Security has been upgraded after fresh threats of attacks on senior police officials and offices, it was learnt. There were reports that security of senior police officials was enhanced after recent threats by terrorist organizations. The security of offices and senior police officials had already been enhanced years and one has to go through many layers to reach their offices. It was learnt that more security measures have been taken following the fresh threats.

14. DAGGAR: The police arrested an alleged killer in Naway Killay in the limits of Daggar Police Station in Buner district on Sunday, police said. They said that unidentified assailants shot dead one Nizamuddin in his field two days ago. The police launched an investigation after registering the case. An official said that the police arrested Sultan Sher who confessed to have committed the murder. The police also recovered firearm used in the murder, he added.

15. KARACHI: The federal government on Monday transferred the services of Ziaur Rehman, a younger brother of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, back to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, days after he was appointed the deputy commissioner of a key Karachi district by the Sindh government.

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rain turned many roads in Karachi into rivers on Monday, with the Sindh government showing helplessness in the face of "natural calamities" and saying the situation "could have been worse" had it not been for its efforts. Residents took to social media to vent their anger about the now all-too-familiar devastation caused by the showers and shared videos that showed rainwater mixed with sewage surging through narrow alleys, people using boats to cross roads and cars floating away on flooded roads as if they were made of plastic.

17. KARACHI: A minor boy was killed and his father injured in a road accident in the Naval Colony area in Baldia Town on Sunday. According to the Saeedabad police, the accident took place when an unidentified vehicle hit the victims’ motorcycle, causing injuries to them. The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) where six-year-old Ahmed Raza succumbed to his injuries, while his father, Ziauddin, was in a critical state.

18. KARACHI: A family who had hardly reached Canada received a shock when they were told that there had been a break-in at their house in Karachi, located near the Jinnah International Airport in Shah Faisal Town. Family sources said that some suspects climbed over the boundary wall of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineer Kamal’s 200-square-yard house on Friday night, and broke into every room to searched for valuables. They said the furniture appeared to be quite displaced.

19. KARACHI: The Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) of the police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang of motorcycle lifters and street criminals. According to a spokesperson for the AVLC, the gang was busted by the AVLC Jamshed Town and its members were involved in motorcycle lifting and street crime. The AVLC police also claimed to have recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession. The spokesperson said the suspects arrested were habitual criminals who used stolen motorcycles to commit other crimes as well. He added that the suspects also sold motorcycle parts to scrap dealers.

20. QUETTA: The Levies Force registered a case against provincial Minister for Food and Population Welfare Sardar Abdul Rehman Khan Khetiran and his “two guards” on Sunday over the murder of a social media activist, Anwar Jan Khetiran. The activist was murdered on July 23 by some armed men in Naharkot, in Balochistan’s Barkhan district, when he was on his way home on a motorbike. Officials of the Levies Force said that Anwar Jan’s brother had nominated Sardar Khetiran and his two guards, Adam Khan and Nadir Khan, in the case. The complaint was filed

by Ghulam Sarwar Khetiran, the elder brother of the slain man. According to the complaint, Anwar had been writing since long on social and other problems of his area and about atrocities and alleged corruption of the minister.

21. KECH: Security forces averted a possible "major terrorist activity" by raiding a suspected terrorist hideout in Buleda tehsil of Balochis­tan’s Kech district, recovering an arms cache and improvised explosive device (IED) material, the military's media wing said on Saturday. A key terrorist of the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) was also killed during the intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out by Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Security personnel recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, grenades communication equipment and IED material from the hideout.

22. WEATHER: Moderate but scattered rain was observed in the City on Sunday while Met Office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. The rain started in the afternoon and continued till evening. All underpasses on Canal Bank Road become shelters for motorcyclists due to which traffic blocked at some points. Meanwhile, MET officials said that

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seasonal low lies over western Balochistan. Moist currents are affecting the southern parts of the country. They predicted that rain, wind, thunderstorm are expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, lower Balochistan, lower Sindh, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and adjoining hilly areas. Hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. Sunday's highest temperature was recorded in Nokkundi where mercury reached 46 °C while in Lahore it was 35.4°C and lowest was 26.6°C.

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1. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army troops shot down an Indian spying quadcopter in Pandu sector along the Line of Control (LoC), the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. "The quadcopter had intruded 200 metres on Pakistan’s side of the LoC," said Major General Babar Iftikhar, director general of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a tweet, adding that this was the tenth Indian quadcopter to be shot down by Pakistan Army's troops this year.

2. ISLAMABAD: Tania Aidrus, special assistant to the prime minister on e-governance and head of the much-touted Digital Pakistan Vision initiative, has announced to resign from her post citing recent criticism levelled against her and the government due to her dual nationality. In a tweet posted Wednesday, Aidrus, a former senior Google executive, said she was resigning “in the greater public interest”.

3. ISLAMABAD: Two senior officials of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have turned approvers against former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari in the Park Lane estate reference, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed an accountability court on Wednesday. The anti-graft bureau has accused Zardari of misusing his authority in his capacity as president through approving loans for companies allegedly possessed/held by him. He is accused of causing a loss of Rs4 billion to the national exchequer.

4. ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday ordered relevant departments to launch a formal investigation and take “penal, corrective and mitigating measures” against the sugar barons accused of cartelisation and hoarding/profiteering in the investigative report of the sugar inquiry commission.

5. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday disposed of a petition filed by private school owners seeking the opening of schools, stating that it is the government’s job to formulate a policy on the matter and the court will not interfere. The case was heard before IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, who said that the elected government is answerable to the people and the government would take a decision after assessing the situation.

6. RAWALPINDI: Two robbers reportedly killed following a robbery bid in exchange of fire with police in the limits of Banni Police station here on Tuesday. Three robbers intruded into a shop here on Tuesday and injured a shopkeeper on resistance. While in bid to flee, police reached at the scene and seeing the police, the robbers opened fire at police. In exchange of fire with police, one robber was killed on the scene, while another injured and was arrested while a police constable Kafeel also sustained bullet injuries.

7. LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday imposed a smart quarantine across the province in an effort to curtail the coronavirus infection during Eidul Azha in the light of the federal government’s directives. The announcement comes as Punjab reported zero deaths for the first

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time in two months. The official daily tally of confirmed infections in the province has remained below 500 over the last one week.

8. LAHORE: Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab (ACE) sealed five petrol pumps over embezzlement in measurement on Tuesday. The filling stations included Mian Mir Filling Station, Farooq Filling Station, Shabbir Petroleum Service, Lahore Petroleum Service and AlKhair Filling Station.

9. LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau Tuesday arrested an accused on charges of corruption in Revenue Department, Lahore. The NAB claims that Rafaqat Ali has been found involved in corrupt practices of illegal transfer and sale of valuable land through fake and fraudulent mutations. The accused, in connivance with Revenue Department officials, managed to change the mutation papers and resultantly misappropriated costly land in Mauza Sadhoki, tehsil Model Town, Lahore. Meanwhile, an accountability court has also granted 14-day physical remand of the accused to the NAB. Meanwhile, an Accountability Court Tuesday extended 14day judicial remand of two accused involved in a corruption scam. The court extended the remand of the accused including Javed Muzaffar Butt and Malik Usman Riaz, owners of Toyota Gujranwala Motors.

10. LAHORE: Kot Lakhpat Investigation police arrested a woman, her daughter and two accomplices for killing her husband. The accused were identified as Sajida Bibi, wife of the victim Arshad, her daughter Saira and two accomplices Moazam and Irfan. Saira intended to contract love marriage, but her father Arshad was against her choice. She handed over the licensed pistol of her father to her lover Moazam who along with an accomplice gunned down him. The accused tried to portray the murder as robbery cum murder.

11. LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Tuesday arrested three accused involved in hundi/hawala. An FIA team conducted three successful raids in Rohillanwali, Muzaffargarh district and arrested Ghulam Muhammad at Lorry Adda, with Rs511,500, 220 UAE dirhams, signed cheques of account of co-accused Khalid Khan (Main operator) along with a mobile phone having details of hawala. The FIA also arrested Abdul Qadeer allegedly involved in hundi/hawala. An amount of Rs 295,000, 300 Saudi Riyals along with order books, receipts, bank slips and a cellphone were seized. The FIA team also raided a travel agency and arrested Muhammad Shahzad for hawala.

12. LAHORE: Police station: DIG Operations Ashfaq Khan paid a surprise visit to Ghalib Market police station here on Tuesday. He inspected front desk, reporting and record room, lockup and other sections of the station. He checked the attendance of the staff and record of the reporting room along with cleanliness of the police station. The DIG Operations was briefed on the performance of the police station.

13. LAHORE: Dolphin Squad on Tuesday arrested a fake government officer here on Tuesday. The suspect has been identified as Wajahat Ahmad. He impersonated an assistant commissioner. A Dolphin Squad team stopped a vehicle on suspicion in Gulberg area. One of the riders during interrogation impersonated an assistant commissioner. The riders afterwards tried to flee after abandoning the car. They were rounded up near Liberty Roundup. A case has been registered against them.

14. LAHORE: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were gutted in four fire incidents in the provincial metropolis here on Tuesday.

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15. LAHORE: The first case was reported in Shalimar Steel Mill on Band Road, the second in a private bank on Bedian Road, third in a house in Iqbal Town and the fourth in a transformer near Tollinton Market. Nearby people tried to extinguish the fire. They called rescue teams. Fire fighters reached the spot on information and extinguished the fires. No loss of life or injury was reported in these incidents.

16. LAHORE: Twelve marla land worth Rs8 million has been reclaimed by Pakistan Railways Lahore from illegal occupants. According to Divisional Superintendent Amir Nisar Chaudary, four houses were built illegally on the land of Pakistan Railways.

17. LAHORE: An open court was held at Central Police Office here on Tuesday. AIG complaints listened to citizens and issued orders on the spot for their resolution. The open court followed Corona SOPs. The applicants came from Lahore, Nankana and Kasur. On the complaint of one Zahida Noor, who came from Nankana, the AIG complaints called SDPO Bara Ghar, Nankana and directed him to resolve her land dispute and submit a report to central police office within 10 days. Taking action on a complaint submitted by a citizen from Lahore, Sultan, AIG complaints called SDPO South Cantonment, and directed him to resolve his issue. Orders were issued on applications of 25 different citizens. The police have resumed open court with observance of strict corona SOPs. 18. LAHORE: Proclaimed offender wanted in a murder case was arrested here on Tuesday. The suspect has been identified as Ibrar Rafique of Ghaziabad. He had shot at and killed a citizen identified as Rasheed and went into hiding. He had been wanted by the police for the last six months.

19. LANDIKOTAL: The police arrested three persons and seized narcotics in a raid on a heroin factory in Shakas area in Jamrud tehsil in Khyber district, a police official said on Tuesday.

District Police Officer Muhammad Iqbal told The News that acting on a tip-off the police raided a compound in Shakas and seized 32 kilogram heroin, 30 kilogram chemicals used in making heroin and 15 kilogram liquor. He said three persons identified as Riaz and Mahazullah belonging to Afghanistan and Minar Afridi, a resident of Shakas, were arrested during the raid.

The accused were sent to the Jamrud lock-up and investigation started.

20. MANSEHRA: A former provincial minister Ibrar Hussain alias Mohammad Iqbal allegedly opened fire in a jirga, leaving a local officer-bear of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf dead in Ghazikot area here on Tuesday. According to the first information report, the jirga was in progress to settle a land dispute when Ibrar got infuriated and allegedly opened fire, leaving one Zeeshan Arif seriously injured. The locals rushed the injured to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. The body was handed over to his family after autopsy. One Rahman Arif told the police that the jirga was held to settle a land dispute but Ibrar Hussain opened fire, leaving his brother seriously injured. He said that the accused managed to flee from the scene.

The police lodged the FIR under section 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code and started raids to arrest the accused.

21. KARACHI: A man and his wife were murdered at their residence in the name of ‘honour’ here in Nazimabad area of Karachi on Saturday. According to police, 50-year-old victim Saleem and his wife Hina were killed by two assailants, identified as brothers of the deceased woman. The couple had married of their own will some time ago. SSP Central Aslam Rao said that police have arrested two suspects involved in the murder of the husband and wife. He said that both criminals identified as Asif and Ashraf were the brothers of the deceased woman and they killed

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her as she had married a man of her choice against the consent of her family.

22. KARACHI: Senior journalist Faraz Khan and his wife were mugged at a short distance from the FB Industrial police station in the wee hours of Monday. Khan, who is a crime reporter with The News and governing body member of The News Employees’ Union, along with his spouse was returning from a pharmacy on Shahrah-e-Pakistan, he said, when their motorcycle reached the turning towards the Sohrab Goth flyover, two men riding a motorcycle stopped them at gunpoint. The muggers took away Khan’s cell phone, wallet which carried his identity and ATM cards, and his wife’s jewelry. He said they were also demanding the key of his motorbike but then left without it. The police registered a case on Tuesday on the complaint against the two unidentified robbers.

23. UMERKOT: On the order of a local court, 31 bonded labourers, including women and children, were freed from two private jails of landlords Ayub Kalro and Ismael Halepoto here on Saturday. An application was filed in the court a few days back complaining that 25 bonded labourers had been kept in the private jail of Aub Kalro and six others in the private jail of Ismael Helepoto near Umerkot. The court ordered the police to raid the private jails and recover all the bonded labourers. The Bodar Farm police carried out the raids on the jails and freed the labourers. They were presented before the court said that they had the right to live as free citizens and not slaves and ordered police to take action if anyone harasses them again.

24. WEATHER: Hot and humid weather continued to prevail in the city Tuesday while Met Office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met Officials said that a seasonal low lies over western Balochistan. They said weak monsoon currents are penetrating in north eastern parts of the country. They predicted that mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain, wind/thundershowers are expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Punjab and Kashmir. Rainfall (mm) was recorded in several cities including Karachi.

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26. CORONA COVID-19 UPDATES: (1st April 2020 till to date)

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