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- Two Terrorists killed in District Kharan, Balochistan. Two terrorists have been killed in an intelligence based operation conducted by security forces in Hulmerg area of District Kharan in Balochistan.
- Government to open Covid-19 vaccination centres in GB, Kashmir. The government has decided to set up mass-scale vaccination centres in Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, National Command and Operation Centre chief Asad Umar said.
- Punjab summer vacations to begin after exams: education minister. Summer vacations in public and private schools across Punjab will begin after exams, Provincial Education Minister Murad Raas said Friday.
- No forced load shedding in country during last 12 hours: Hammad Azhar. Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Friday shared that there has been zero forced load shedding in the country during the last 12 hours
- WHO declares Philippines polio-free after vaccine campaign. The Philippines is once again polio-free, the World Health Organization said Friday, after a successful vaccination campaign that has raised hopes for Covid-19 inoculations in a country plagued by mistrust of jabs.
- Retired govt employees to get 10 per cent pension raise. The retired employees of the federal government will get an increase up to 10 per cent in their monthly pensions from July 1
- Government introduces ‘Meri Gari Scheme’. In a bid to facilitate the masses, the government on Friday introduced ‘Meri Gari Scheme’
- Telecom Sector Rejects New Taxes Imposed on Calls, SMS and Internet. As the government has proposed as high as 100% taxes on some telecom services (and actually more in some cases), the sector has rejected the ridiculous amount of new proposed taxes and termed the budget as an industry killer.
Spotlight by The NewsRun
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- 24-hour recap: Pakistan reported 1,303 cases and 76 deaths in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 41,824 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on June 10 at 7:52 am).
- Pakistan’s first drive-through vaccination center: The city district administration in Lahore set up a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination center at Nishtar Park Sports Complex. The Bank of Punjab provided infrastructure support for the project, the first of its kind in Pakistan. The facility is supposed to make the vaccination process more efficient, faster and comfortable. The facility will remain open seven days a week, from 8:00pm to 2:00am on weekdays and 5:00pm to 2:00am on Saturday and Sunday.
2. Firdous Ashiq Awan slaps PPP MNA on talk show
What’s going on? A video of PTI politician Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan slapping PPP MNA Qadeer Khan Mandokhail has been doing rounds on social media, putting Awan in the spotlight again. The incident occurred when they both appeared on Express News talk show Kal Tak hosted by senior journalist Javed Chaudhry.
The details: Awan and Mandokhail were arguing about the recent train collision in Ghotki, Sindh that claimed the lives of over 60 people; Mandokhail referenced Awan’s alleged comments at a press conference where she said that “by the grace of God” this was the first train accident to occur during PTI’s rule. In response, Awan claimed her statement was “misconstrued.” Awan and Mandokhail also made corruption allegations against each other. Chaudhry and PML-N politician Uzma Bukhari watched on.
Tell me more: The host of the show cut to a break while Awan and Mandokhail continued their shouting match. In the video clip that surfaced on social media, Awan can be seen slapping Mandokhail mid-argument. Other people on set tried to intervene.
Looking ahead: Awan defended her actions on Twitter and called the video being shown a “one-sided” picture of the incident. According to her, the video did not involve the foul language Mandokhail used against her and her late father. In a separate video posted on Twitter, Awan said Mandokhail’s actions prompted her to defend herself.
The context: Awan came under fire last month when a video of her publicly telling-off Assistant Commissioner Sonia Sadaf surfaced on social media. She can be seen scolding Sadaf for the poor quality of fruit being sold at a government bazaar during Ramzan. According to this Dawn article, Chief Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik issued a statement about Awan’s behaviour and also spoke to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar about it.
The bottom line: Awan said that she’ll be consulting her legal team to file charges against Mandokhail.
3. Consensus reached for burials of Ahmadis in Sheikhupura Village
Members of the Ahmadi community reportedly reached an agreement with the local administration in Punjab’s Sheikhupura district regarding the burial of Ahmadis. On June 5 a mob allegedly tried to prevent the burial of an Ahmadi woman, with some people resorting to aerial firing. In a statement issued by the Sheikhupura district police, it was agreed that Ahmadis would bury their deceased in predetermined sites in the local graveyard. According to Sheikhupura’s district police, locals who obstructed the woman’s burial took issue with the area of the graveyard she was being buried in, claiming it belonged to them. However, Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya spokesperson Aamir Mehmood said villagers tried to stop the burial even though a portion of the graveyard was designated for Ahmadis.
- Backstory: Several posts on social media claimed that the mob was also desecrating Ahmadi graves the same day the funeral was being prevented. The Sheikhupura district police spokesperson told Dawn.com this was not true.
- A little more context: In 1974, Ahmadis were declared non-Muslims in Pakistan through a constitutional amendment during Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s tenure. Later in 1984, General Zia-ul-Haq issued Ordinance XX, which prohibited Ahmadi’s from identifying as Muslims, and treated any public act of worship or devotion by an Ahmadi as a criminal offense. When applying for a passport or national ID card, all Pakistanis must sign an oath declaring Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the founder of their sect) an impostor and all Ahmadis non-Muslims. 2020 saw an uptick in targeted Ahmadiya killings, and in Feb. 2021 the fatal shooting of an Ahmadi man inside his clinic was the latest in a series of attacks on the community in Peshawar.
4. Police arrest cleric who threatened to kill Malala Yousafzai
Police in Pakistan arrested cleric Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani after a video of him made rounds on social media. In the video, he allegedly threatened Pakistani education advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai over her comments about marriage in an interview with British Vogue, which Haqqani claimed were an “insult to Islam.” In the interview she said: “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?” Haqqani reportedly said he would go after Yousafzai in a suicide attack when she comes back to Pakistan.
- Backstory: Yousafzai has been living in the UK since 2012 after a member of the Pakistani Taliban shot her in the head when she was 14 years old. The Taliban reportedly targeted her because of a blog she wrote for the BBC’s Urdu Language service, and because she was a vocal advocate for girls’ education. In the blog, she described life under the oppressive rule of a Pakistani Taliban faction in Swat Valley that banned education for girls.
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