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- Three soldiers martyred, four injured in North Waziristan IED attack: ISPR
- FO Asks India to Come Forward and Cooperate with Pakistani Court. The Foreign Office has said that the offer of third consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav is still valid. India should move forward and cooperate with the courts of Pakistan.
- Three Sisters Drowned In the River Indus. Three sisters were died after they drowned in the river Sindh near Mithani area of Noshehro Feroz.
- 2 burned to death, 3 injured as ‘huge’ fire erupts at Keamari oil terminal. Two people were burned to death and at least three others suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out at an oil terminal in Karachi’s Keamari area on Thursday, officials and eyewitnesses said.
- Saudi Arabia will always be Pakistan’s friend, says PM Imran. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Saudi Arabia would always be a friend of Pakistan despite the government’s recent criticism of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the Kashmir issue.
- PAC asks govt to stop Neelum-Jhelum surcharge collection. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) issued a directive on Wednesday to stop the collection of Neelum-Jhelum Surcharge (NJS) through electricity bills.
- Asim Bajwa rejects assets concealment allegations against him. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa has vehemently denied blatant allegations of assets concealment levelled by a journalist in a report published on a little-known website.
- Dollar Gains 40 Paisa Against Rupee in Interbank
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1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan reported 424 new cases and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 20,480 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on September 3 at 9:38am).
2. Protesting residents in Karachi face charges
What’s going on? Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) filed a First Information Report (FIR) against dozens of people who staged a protest outside its office in Karachi on Monday, August 31. The FIR was registered on charges of ransacking the CBC office, using inappropriate language against state institutions, spreading fear, harassing officials, and hindering official work.
The details: According to the FIR, a group of 30-35 miscreants at the protest scuffled with guards, shouted slogans against the CBC/other state institutions, forcibly entered the CBC office, broke things, harassed staff, and interrupted official work being done to improve the post-rain situation.
The context: Five days after record-breaking monsoon rain swept through Karachi, several areas of the city were still submerged in water and without power. The rainfall damaged infrastructure. At least 19 people were killed in rain related incidents. DHA and Clifton residents gathered outside the CBC to protest against an alleged lack of action in their localities. At least 100 people showed up to voice their frustration against CBC and DHA authorities. The CBC reportedly didn’t agree to most of their demands.
Looking ahead: Lawyer and activist, Jibran Nasir, slammed the CBC for filing an FIR against people for demanding their due rights. He accused the CBC/DHA of taxing residents and not giving them any services in return.
The bottom line: It looks like the FIR isn’t deterring future protests. Another protest might be scheduled for Thursday (i.e. today) outside the DHA office in Phase 1.
3. US blogger ordered to leave Pakistan within 15 days
Pakistan’s interior ministry ordered American blogger, Cynthia D. Ritchie, to leave Pakistan within 15 days. The ministry rejected her request to extend her business visa. Her previous visa expired in March. However, she was allowed to stay in Pakistan due to COVID-19. At that point, all foreigners residing in Pakistan got visa extensions. Ritchie claims that ministry officials didn’t give her a reason. She isn’t giving up without a fight, and plans to appeal the decision.
- Backstory: The American blogger and filmmaker has lived in Pakistan for around a decade. While in Pakistan, she worked for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province’s health ministry. She began working for Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in 2011. She reportedly gets along well with Pakistan’s security forces, and has posted photos with uniformed security officers on social media. However, she denies working for any security agency inside or outside of Pakistan. She recently kicked up a political storm by accusing some Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) politicians of harassing and raping her in 2011.
4. Govt approves industrial production of hemp
The federal cabinet approved the industrial production of hemp for medical use. According to Science and Tech Minister, Fawad Chaudhry, this decision could place Pakistan in the international cannabidiol (CBD) market, which is worth billions of dollars. CBD is reportedly becoming one of the most popular forms of therapeutic cannabinoid on the market. Chaudhry clarified that the govt will solely control the plant’s production. He hopes the hemp market will generate $1 billion in revenue for Pakistan in the next three years.
- Is hemp weed? Hemp and marijuana are both classified as cannabis, but their morphology, chemical makeup, and usages are different. Hemp’s fibers can be used to make items like paper, clothing, furnishing fabric, rope and building materials. An entire hemp plant can be used to make fuel and feedstock. Even though the hemp plant also produces THC (i.e. the intoxicating cannabinoid in marijuana), it doesn’t produce enough THC to create intoxicating effects when consumed (i.e. if you smoke hemp, it probably won’t get you high). However, the hemp plant can produce a high concentration of non-intoxicating and medicinally rich CBD.
MARKET RECAP
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 41,834.85 after rising 457.59 points (+1.11%) as of September 2, 2020.
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