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By News Desk
September 4, 2023 10:37 PM
♦ Sex scandal surfaces in Karachi; School owner arrested for rape and blackmailing women staff; 25 objectionable videos found; 4-member probe penal formed on the Minister of Education’s directives; IGP vows to bring to book the culprit
♦ Rizwana torture accused granted bail; Accused's husband Asim Hafeez skips appearance before JIT despite repeated summons; teen victim girl still in hospital
♦ Even after a double century, sugar prices going up; commodity cost hits Rs 230 per kg Chaman, Rs 220 per kg in Quetta, Rs190 per kg in Lahore
♦ Shocking news for Karachi people; Electricity tariff going sky high; all set to raise electricity tariff up to Rs10♦32 per unit; request for raise will be taken on September 11
♦ Action will be taken against power pilferers, says PM; Anwarul Haq Kakar presides over meeting on energy issues; Briefing on circular debt; orders emergency measures to cope with economic issues, PM
♦ Lahore High Court overrules the re-arrest of Parvez Elahi; Sessions Judge Attock ordered to produce ex-CM tomorrow; Contempt of court notice to IG Islamabad; Do the police know where Pervez Elahi is, asks court;
♦ The new approach is that courts ask for a guarantee to bring the accused home, Ata Tarar responds to court orders; Parvez and his son set corruption records
♦ PTI chairman’s release delayed; cypher case judge on leave; bail application could not be heard
♦ Navy helicopter crashes in Gwadar, pilot, two officers and one jawan martyred; Helicopter crashes due to a technical fault; Pakistan Navy has started an investigation; Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz offer condolence expressed regret
♦ Cricket diplomacy; Indian Cricket Board arrives in Lahore to watch Asia Cup matches; Zaka Ashraf welcomed
In this way, the relations between the two countries will improve, Zaka Ashraf welcomes; Rajeev Shukla will return with a good tradition
♦ Sri Lanka has enjoyed cricket in rain; Proposal to shift Asia Cup matches to Pakistan; Asia Cup is a big tournament, says Zaka Ashraf; Tournament should not be affected by rain
♦ Punjab CM pays visit to DHQ Hospital in Sargodha; attendants make a litany of complaints to CM; Mohsin Naqvi angry at MS for poor arrangements; orders of inquiry on corruption complaints; Also visits
Shahdara Flyover, Nawaz Sharif Interchange Bedian Road; Aerial visit of Lahore Ring Roads Southern Loop 3 project; Tours Gujranwala too
♦ Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh to begin tomorrow; CM to inaugurate celebrations; 7th of September declared a local holiday, all educational institutions will be closed
♦ Typhoon wreaks havoc in Taiwan; Rains, stormy winds bring devastation; Flights cancelled, train service suspended, thousands homeless; typhoon began to move towards China
♦ Barbie is the talk of the world; breaks the record of Super Mario at the box office; earns more than $1b