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- Less Than Two Percent Positive Cases Of Coronavirus Reported In Country. Pakistan has reported 39 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 946,227. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 21,913 on Friday.
- Punjab Faces Shortage of COVID-19 Vaccine. With less than 2% of the total population fully vaccinated, two of the largest provinces in Pakistan — Sindh and Punjab — are facing shortages of coronavirus vaccines, sources said Friday.
- Pakistani medical students continue protests against PMC’s licensing exam. Medical students and doctors across the country have been protesting against the licensing exam introduced last year by the Pakistan Medical Commission.
- HEC warns students of fake attestation, degrees. The HEC wants students to be careful about “individuals posing to be attestation agents”.
- NEPRA extends hike in peak tariff for industrial consumers. National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday announced to extend hike in peak power tariff for industrial consumers
- FO condemns baseless insinuations by Afghan NSA. The Foreign Office (FO) has strongly condemned the baseless allegations of Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib for Pakistan’s involvement in the internal affairs of Afghanistan
- CNG price may go up by Rs10 per kg. The price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) may go up by about Rs10 per kilogramme from July 1
- Gold rates move up in domestic market. The per tola gold price on Friday registered an increase of Rs 700 to Rs 108,200 in the domestic market
- Rain Delays World Test Championship Final. Rain delayed the scheduled start of the inaugural World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand at Southampton on Friday, with no play before lunch on the opening day.
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1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- 24-hour recap: Pakistan reported 1,119 cases and 46 deaths in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 37,196 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on June 17 at 9:06 am).
2. Statue honouring Abdul Sattar Edhi unveiled in Quetta
A 16.5ft statue honouring late philanthropist and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Ehdi was unveiled at Edhi Chowk, Quetta Wednesday. The statue was created by sculptor Ishaq Lehri in partnership with the People’s Primary Healthcare Institute, according to Samaa Digital. Edhi is the founder of Edhi Foundation, which operates the largest volunteer ambulance network in the world along with homeless shelters, orphanages and rehabilitation centres across Pakistan. He passed away in Karachi in 2016 following a prolonged illness.
3. FIR registered against JUI-F cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman for sexual assault charges
What’s going on? Lahore police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman, who is a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam—Fazal (JUI-F), a prominent religious political party. Police registered a case against Rehman after a video of him allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students emerged on social media Tuesday night. Police said the student appears to be in his early 20s.
The details: According to the victim, a student at the Jamia Manzoor-ul-Islamia (a religious school or madrassah) since 2013, Rehman accused him of cheating in his exams and also banned him from giving exams at the Wafaqul Madaris (a body that oversees the religious school system) Dawn reported. The student tried to address the cheating accusations and suggested Rehman blackmailed him into being sexually assaulted. According to the student, Rehman said he might be able to “think of something” if the student engaged in sexual activities to “make [Rehman] happy.”
Tell me more: When the student initially complained to the madrassah’s administration, they dismissed his accusations against Rehman, who is in his 60s, saying he was an “elder and pious man.” The student then resorted to recording the sexual abuse in order to present visual evidence to the Wafaqul Madaris. The student said Rehman started threatening him after this.
Looking ahead: The administration of Jamia Manzoor-ul-Islamia eventually removed Rehman after the student shared audio and visual recordings that purportedly showed the cleric forcing himself on the student. Rehman and his sons have reportedly been threatening the student since Rehman’s removal. In a video message on social media, Rehman maintained his innocence and claimed he wasn’t in his senses because the boy in the video drugged him before filming the alleged abuse. Rehman claims the video is a conspiracy to have him removed from the madrassah. Some people from Jamia Manzoor-ul-Islamia’s neighbourhood showed the video to one of Mufti Rehman’s sons and asked him to leave.
The bottom line: Several social media users were enraged by Rehman’s alleged actions, calling him a ‘rapist’ and a ‘pedophile.’ Some even pointed out the irony of letting Rehman’s predatory behaviour go unnoticed while Saba Qamar’s video shoot at Wazir Khan mosque last year caused a massive uproar and resulted in blasphemy allegations against her.
4. KU professor sentenced to eight years in prison for harassing woman teacher online
Dr. Farhan Kamrani, a former assistant professor of psychology at the University of Karachi, has been sentenced to eight years in prison and is subject to a fine of more than Rs1 million for harassing a woman teacher online. He was found guilty of creating a fake account on Facebook in her name and posting edited pictures of her that were “indecent” on the page of a private university in 2016. A verdict in the case had been reserved, but a District and Sessions Judge recently announced the verdict after recording evidence and hearing final arguments from both sides.
- Backstory: In 2016, a woman teacher filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claiming that someone used her pictures to create pornographic images that were posted on a Facebook page along with vulgar comments. After reaching out to Facebook and looking into her allegations, the FIA reportedly traced Kamrani and found evidence on his laptop.
5. Gujranwala YouTuber arrested for viral prank video harassing women publicly
YouTuber Khan Ali was thrown behind bars Thursday after his ‘prank’ video, which shows him harassing two women in public, went viral on Twitter. In the video, Ali can be seen cornering a woman and her daughter on a street while telling them to wear a dupatta. Twitter user Sadaf Alvi shared Ali’s video and claimed he’s been doing this for months “to enforce Islam.” Alvi said he harasses Pakistani women for not wearing a headscarf and posts their videos online without their knowledge or consent. Later on, Gujranwala’s City Police Officer (CPO) tweeted a picture of Ali’s arrest, claiming he pranked these women to “increase his fame and followers” [translated from Urdu]. The CPO also said protecting the dignity of people is a priority [translated from Urdu]. Ali has over 323,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel.
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