Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Punjab Govt forms committee to probe alleged rape of student

Punjab Govt

LAHORE: Punjab Government has constituted a high level committee to investigate the incident of alleged rape of a student of a private college in Gulberg.

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the formation of a committee to investigate the alleged rape of a female student in Lahore, which will investigate and submit a report to the Chief Minister within 48 hours.

According to the notification, a 6-member committee will work under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Punjab, while Secretary Home, Advocate General Punjab, Secretary Higher Education, Secretary Special Education, Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Health will be members of the committee.

According to the officials, the committee can appoint any other member for assistance. The committee will collect evidence regarding the alleged rape of the student and will also record the statements of the students, teachers and management of the college.

Officials said that the committee will review all aspects including the immediate response of the college administration and handling of the issue by the police.

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Karachi: Micro-smart lockdown imposed in many central towns

Karachi Lockdown

The Karachi administration has imposed micro smart lockdown in more areas of the city due to the significant rise in coronavirus cases.

As per the details, a notification has also been rolled out in this regard, according to which  micro smart lockdown has been imposed in many blocks of Gulberg, Liaquatabad, North Karachi and North Nazimabad towns.

With an immediate effect and with a validity of at least two weeks, the notification says the movement of those living in these areas under lockdown shall be restricted.

While it adds that only grocery shops and pharmacies will remain open on specific timing laid out by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC).

All public transport including private ride-hailing services will be restricted to enter these areas as well, the notification said.

Separately, not even home delivery or take away service will be allowed here while all industrial units falling in these areas will remain shut as well in this period.

The notification also said that no family gatherings or events will be allowed in the areas covered by the notification today.

Coronavirus Situation in Pakistan

It should be noted that Pakistan has recorded 113 more deaths related to the novel coronavirus and 4414 infections in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health, Dr Faisal Sultan has said that the COVID-19 vaccine is very effective to protect citizens from medical complications of many virus variants.

In a statement, he said keeping in view the detection of new COVID-19 variants in Pakistan and raising questions on the effectiveness of vaccine process, the country men are advised to must go for vaccination against the virus to avoid facing more complications and hospitalization.

He made it clear that there are so many variants of COVID-19 in the world presently, and some virus variants have a tendency of having more chances of re-occurrence of infection.

Dr Faisal Sultan said regardless of which variants have been detected, the SOPs recommended globally continue to be our first line of defence against coronavirus.

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Karachi: The mega city witnesses increase in dengue cases

dengue

The health department of Sindh has recorded an upsurge in Karachi’s dengue cases of 480 infections in the past month. According to the health department report, a huge number of cases were reported in the East district of Karachi around 222 with Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Jamshd Town being the most affected. Cases this month — 480 … Read more

Lahore’s bride-to-be shot dead, investigations underway

Lahore’s bride-to-be shot dead, investigations underway

Unidentified persons shot dead a girl on Lahore’s Gurumangat Road in Gulberg on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Hira, who was to marry three days later. According to the details, few armed men entered the house and took away the girl with them and shot her dead from some distance of her house. … Read more