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One Liner
- Motorway rape case: Lahore police distributes pamphlets to materialize prime arrest
- Saudi Arabia announces gradual restoration of Umrah services. Saudi Arabia has announced a phase-wise restoration of Umrah services in the country keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
- PIA raises fare for Saudi Arabia
- Punjab announces date for intermediate exam results. As per details, all the nine Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) in Punjab will announce the results on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, confirmed Chairman Lahore Board on Monday.
- Two labourers injured as factory’s roof collapses in Karachi’s SITE area
- Karachi: Matric Science group results 2020 announced
- Nationwide anti-polio drive begins. A five-day nationwide anti-polio drive has kicked-off, during which forty million children below five years age will be administered anti-polio.
- 4 dead as plane crashes while trying to make emergency landing in Texas
- Shaheen Afridi Takes Four Wickets in Four Balls. Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday ensured victory for Hampshire after taking four wickets in four consecutive balls during the T20 Vitality Blast match against Middlesex in Southampton.
Spotlight by The NewsRun
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- Pakistan reported 633 new cases and 4 death in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 34,544 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on September 21 at 9:09am).
2. Pak-India border clash
There have been recurring reports of border clashes between Pakistan and India. Most recently, India accused Pakistan of initiating an unprovoked ceasefire violation. A few days ago Pakistan accused India of resorting to unprovoked firing on military posts and civilians. These cross-border firings are taking place along the Line of Control (LoC), a military control line that runs between Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry also accused India of wounding three civilians in the Andrala Nar village during cross-border shelling.
3. Pakistanis pay tribute to deceased US Supreme Court Justice
Pakistani individuals and organizations like Malala Yousafzai, Kumail Nanjiani, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (SOC), and the American Pakistan Foundation wrote tributes for US Supreme Court Justice, RBG, who passed away on Friday night at the age of 87 due to complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
Here are 5 things you need to know about the feminist, legal, and cultural icon:
- Ginsburg and her husband, Martin, attended Harvard Law School. She was one of only nine women in a class of more than 500. Her husband was also diagnosed with testicular cancer. She juggled her 3-year-old child and an ill husband with her studies.
- Ginsburg’s husband survived and got a job in New York. Ginsburg was a year behind him at Harvard, and transferred to Columbia Law School, where she graduated at the top of her class. However, New York City law firms were not hiring women. In 1963, she got a teaching job at Rutgers Law School.
- In the 1970s, Ginsburg spearheaded the fight in courts for women’s legal rights and gender equality. The law treated women differently from men. Hundreds of state and federal laws barred women from jobs, rights, and even jury service.
- In 1980, then President Jimmy Carter named Ginsburg to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She became known as a centrist liberal.
- In 1993, then President Bill Clinton nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, the second woman appointed to the position. Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court for 27 years, while enduring five bouts with cancer.
4. Speaker at rally charged for inciting sectarianism
What’s going on? Various Sunni groups came together to hold a march under the name, Muttahida Sunni Council, at Jinnah Chowk in Islamabad. Islamabad police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against central leader of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) group, Masoodur Rehman Usmani, for allegedly provoking sectarianism and making anti-Shia remarks to incite attendees. Around 1,900-2,000 participants attended.
The details: This rally came after far-right/extremist Islamist groups held a mass rally in Karachi on Friday, September 11. Hardline religious group Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) participated in the rally. So did the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party. Some demonstrators were reportedly seen holding Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) banners. SSP is an anti-Shia militant group that has allegedly been involved in terrorist violence against the Shia community. ASWJ is reportedly the new name of SSP. ASWJ was created after Pakistan banned SSP in 2002.
Tell me more: The rally on September 11 followed a build-up of blasphemy accusations against Shia leaders. Protesters chanted “Shia kafir” (i.e. infidels) and demanded a ban on Muharram processions, which mark the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) grandson, Imam Hussein. During a televised Ashura procession last month, Shia clerics were accused of making disparaging comments about historical Islamic figures.
The context: The Shia community makes up approximately 20% of Pakistan’s population. During past waves of sectarian violence, homegrown anti-Shia militant groups have bombed shrines and targeted Ashura processions.
The bottom line: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is worried that rising Sunni-Shia tensions will trigger another round of sectarian violence.
MARKET RECAP
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