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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday handed over two suspects in Karachi college girl gang-rape case to police on physical remand As per details, Sami and Fawad, suspects named in the case of allegedly gang-raping college girl student of Gulshan-e-Hadeed. Police said that the rape victim girl accused Sami and Fawad of sexual abuse. Both were arrested on the complaint of the girl, while DNA tests of the girl and the suspects have been carried out. Later, ATC handed over Sami and Fawad to police on physical remand until February 27. An FIR was registered on the complaint of a government schoolteacher. He said his 16-year-old daughter, a student of the first year at a government college in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, had left home on February 9 for the college but she did not return home. When she did not come back after the college timings, her family started looking for her, he said, adding the next day, he received a phone call from a police officer who told him that they had found a

Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi has welcomed the agreement of strict observance of the ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and India along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, on Thursday. Exclusively talking to ARY News, FM Qureshi termed the development as a positive omen and urged India to strictly follow the ceasefire agreement. He said that Pakistan has been highlighting the ceasefire violations at all international forums from the Indian side, which has claimed the lives of many innocent people. “It is a positive development if India sticks to it.” Qureshi maintained that the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir worsened after the August 5 move by Modi government. India is facing humiliation at all international forums after stripping the special status of IoK. Earlier, the Director-General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India have agreed to address each other’s core issues and concerns, which have the propensity to disturb the peace and

The Sindh High Court on Thursday declared PTI candidate Saifullah Abro eligible to contest the Senate election. The nomination papers of Saifullah Abro for a technocrat seat for Senate from Sindh, were earlier rejected by an appellate tribunal. A high court bench set aside the decision of the election tribunal. Earlier, Makhdoom Ali Khan Advocate pleaded Saifullah Abro’s challenge to the rejection of his nomination papers in Sindh High Court. “The election tribunal has misinterpreted the national achievements,” Abro’s counsel argued. “You should convince the court about the national achievements,” Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, a member of the two-judge bench of the high court said. “Apart of 13 projects, other schemes were also completed by my client in partnership,” the counsel said. ” Saifullah Abro was awarded top performance certificates,” the counsel argued. “My client has completed various projects including flyovers and bridges,” the counsel further said. “He also built

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Thursday announced that all the schools would resume regular 5-day classes from March 1. In a statement issued on Twitter, the federal education minister said that all schools will go back to regular 5-day classes from Monday, March 1. “Restrictions imposed in some major cities on schools to conduct staggered classes was only till Feb 28,” he added. Shafqat Mehmood said that the announcement applies to every educational institution in the designated cities where restrictions had been imposed. “Allah SWTs infinite mercy that we are returning to normal.” He further clarified that all educational institutions will continue to observe normal corona SOPs such as physical distancing, mask-wearing and ensuring hand washing facilities. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/2ZMjWeX

Cotton prices in Pakistan pushed to an 11-year high Wednesday because of a decline in production. Cotton traded at Rs12,000/maund, while its spot rate moved up to Rs11,700/maund, Karachi Cotton Brokers Forum Chairperson Naseem Usman was quoted as saying by The News. This is the highest price in the history of cotton trade in Pakistan. An increase of Rs400 was recorded in the spot rate. Usman cited production shortfalls as a reason for the price increase. Prices also remained higher in the international market. New York Cotton Futures recorded an increase of 10 cents to 94 cents per pound, which was also a higher level in several years. Cotton production in Pakistan has been recorded at 5.6 million bales only, which was the lowest level in 30 years, against mill consumption of around 15 million bales. Pakistan would have to import around 8 million bales that would cost around $4 billion to the country when cottonseed, oil and other by-products are included. This would add to the

Pakistan has recorded 64 more coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours, surging the overall death toll to 12,772, reported on Thursday. According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the COVID-19 has claimed 64 more lives and 1,361 fresh infections were reported. The total count of active cases is 23,281. In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,681 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,590 patients are still in critical condition. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 575,941. A total of 40,906 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 539,888 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 8,831,892 samples have been tested thus far. So far 257,089 have been reported in Sindh, 169,474 in Punjab, 71,490 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19,010 in Balochistan, 43,901 in

Islamabad United beat Karachi Kings by five wickets in the sixth fixture of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Karachi's National Stadium on Wednesday. Despite putting up a huge 197-run score on the board, Islamabad were struggling at 13-2 and the Kings were firm favourites to keep their winning streak going. However, then came the most expensive over of PSL history, bowled by Aamer Yamin, whose seven-ball third over was bled for 29 runs by Alex Hales (46). That over gave a massive boost to the Islamabad run-rate and set the tone for the rest of the innings. It still needed some clutch cameos from the middle order, especially Hussain Talat (42) and Iftikhar Ahmed (), to seal the win. Earlier, Sharjeel Khan and Babar Azam’s 176-run stand for the opening wicket saw Karachi finish with 196-3. Sharjeel, in particular, was in devastating form. After being dropped by Hales, the lefty from Hyderabad made capital city bowlers pay with a 59-ball 105 laced with nine 4s and eight big on