Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla tested positive for coronavirus

Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla has tested positive for novel coronavirus.

The Senate deputy chairman has quarantined himself after being confirmed of the infection.

“I have tested positive of COVID19 and have isolated myself at home as per advice by medics. I request All friends & family who have recently met me should quarantine also. I need your prayers & blessings in this crucial time,” he confirmed in a tweet.

Last week, Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Sheikh and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Imtiaz Sheikh had tested positive for novel coronavirus.

The Sindh energy minister in a statement said that he underwent the Covid-19 test after feeling slight fever and sore throat.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan reported seven more coronavirus-related fatalities during the last 24 hours, lifting the death toll from the disease to 6,451.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 40,167 samples were tested for the infection during this period, out of which 566 turned out to be positive. The number of Covid-19 cases across the country has reached 309,581 with addition of the new cases.

I have tested positive of #COVID19 & hv isolated myself at home as per advice by medics. I request All freinds & family who have recently met me should quarantine also. I need your prayers & blessings in this crucial time.

— Saleem Mandviwalla (@SaleemMandvi) September 26, 2020

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Talal Chaudhry torture case, report submitted in Faisalabad police

The report of a late-night scuffle between two Pakistan Muslim League-N (PMLN) leaders Talal Chaudhry and woman MNA Ayesha Rajab earlier this week that left Chaudhry seriously wounded, has been sent to Faisalabad City Police Office.

The report compiled by the Station House Officer (SHO) Madina Town police station, a copy of which has been acquired by ARY News, suggests that the heated exchange between the two leaders morphed into a brawl wherein the brother of woman MNA thrashed Chaudhry.

According to the police report, Talal Chaudhry of PMLN made a call to police helpline 15 around 10 past 3 am in the morning on September 23 and reported burglary in four houses. It was followed by a call made to the helpline five minutes later by woman MNA Ayesha Rajab.

Rajab complained to police that four armed men were pace around outside her residence in Abdullah Garden pursuing which the Sub Inspector Bilal of Chak 208 check-post reached the scene. Bilal in his investigation into complaints found nothing suspicious transpiring in the area.

The Sub Inspector confirmed an exchange of heated remarks between the two political leaders of the same party and later the police sources confirmed of brawl and thrashing between two parties which the other party leaders, including Irfan Mannan, broke off and resolved.

According to the report, none of the parties in the case, however, would like to pursue it legally or lodge a case.

Earlier today the video of the PML-N leader’s thrashing by MNA Rajab’s brother also circulated, day after the scene, as he was allegedly harassing her.

In the video of violence against PML-N leader in which it can be seen that former minister of state for the interior was talking to police after torture reported torture.

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All educational institutions in Sindh to reopen from September 28, Saeed Ghani

All educational institutions in Sindh to reopen from September 28, announced provincial education minister Saeed Ghani.

“Academic activities will revive in all schools in Sindh from September 28”, Saeed Ghani was quoted as saying while addressing a press conference in Karachi.

The minister said that few schools were sealed over two reasons including detection of coronavirus cases and calling students of the primary by violating government orders.

He urged the private and government-run schools to ensure complete enforcement of SOPs.

Action will be taken in case of non-compliance of the SOPs, the minister warned.

Saeed Ghani also urged the parents to play their role in identifying the violation of the SOPs so that prompt action can be taken.

Earlier on Thursday, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho had opposed the decision to reopen primary schools in haste as coronavirus rate is increasing in the province.

Dr Azra said that the rate of coronavirus infections is increasing in Sindh. She opposed the decision to reopen schools in the current situation. She added that primary schools should not be reopened in haste.

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Van catches fire at M9 motorway ,13 Passenger killed in Karachi

At least 13 passengers were burnt to death and six others sustained severe injuries when a passenger van they were travelling caught fire after an accident at M9 motorway.

According to motorway police, the ill-fated passenger van overturned near cement factory after the vehicle’s tie-rod end collapsed. The van caught fire due to a short circuit.

Rescue officials, after being informed rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to Nooriabad hospital.

A passenger van, carrying 22 passengers, was coming from Hyderabad to Karachi when it overturned near a cement factory–40 kilometers away from Karachi toll plaza.

At least eight passengers died on the spot.

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Sheik Rashid asks Nawaz to share 'plan' of calls he made to Modi from outside Pakistan

Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday demanded PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to share the “number of calls” he allegedly made to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from "outside Pakistan" and share the "agenda" of those calls.

“Why did you call the head of the enemy state India from outside Pakistan. Did you feel threatened that your calls were against national security and will be leaked?” asked Rashid in a press conference in Lahore.

“Nawaz Sharif should tell who gave the address of Ajmal Kasab to India,” said Rashid in reference to the Mumbai attacks accused.

Rashid also posed a number of questions before the media that he wanted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to answer.

He asked Nawaz to come clean regarding the money he allegedly took from Osama bin Laden in the form of charity.

The minister also asked the former premier to tell the nation that who sent the busses filled with “attackers” to target former chief justice Sajjad Shah.

Rashid also said that former premier talks about the vote but does not talk about court.

“You made an excuse of illness and left the county.”

The minister slammed the PML-N supremo for making speeches against Pakistan’s national security and institutions.

Nawaz was first denying the existence of Dawn leaks but has admitted it now, he said.

Rashid also blamed the former premier from taking money from Qatar for elections.

“How much money did you spend in 2013 elections and how much money did you receive through Saif ur Rehman from Qatar. Nation should be taken into confidence on how much amount did he receive from Qatar for the elections.”

The minister claimed that the PML-N planned the attack on NAB’s Lahore office in London.

The minister said that he was leaving with these questions and hoped that the PML-N respond to these by Monday.

On the meeting between, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair, he said that he was present in the meeting in which former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were discussed.

He added that the Pakistan Army was standing shoulder to shoulder with the civil government.

Rashid also said that he was not “the spokesperson for any institution” a day after he stated that he was proud of being “a spokesperson of the army”.

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Sheik Rashid asks Nawaz to share 'plan' of calls he made to Modi from outside Pakistan

Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday demanded PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to share the “number of calls” he allegedly made to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from "outside Pakistan" and share the "agenda" of those calls.

“Why did you call the head of the enemy state India from outside Pakistan. Did you feel threatened that your calls were against national security and will be leaked?” asked Rashid in a press conference in Lahore.

“Nawaz Sharif should tell who gave the address of Ajmal Kasab to India,” said Rashid in reference to the Mumbai attacks accused.

Rashid also posed a number of questions before the media that he wanted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to answer.

He asked Nawaz to come clean regarding the money he allegedly took from Osama bin Laden in the form of charity.

The minister also asked the former premier to tell the nation that who sent the busses filled with “attackers” to target former chief justice Sajjad Shah.

Rashid also said that former premier talks about the vote but does not talk about court.

“You made an excuse of illness and left the county.”

The minister slammed the PML-N supremo for making speeches against Pakistan’s national security and institutions.

Nawaz was first denying the existence of Dawn leaks but has admitted it now, he said.

Rashid also blamed the former premier from taking money from Qatar for elections.

“How much money did you spend in 2013 elections and how much money did you receive through Saif ur Rehman from Qatar. Nation should be taken into confidence on how much amount did he receive from Qatar for the elections.”

The minister claimed that the PML-N planned the attack on NAB’s Lahore office in London.

The minister said that he was leaving with these questions and hoped that the PML-N respond to these by Monday.

On the meeting between, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair, he said that he was present in the meeting in which former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were discussed.

He added that the Pakistan Army was standing shoulder to shoulder with the civil government.

Rashid also said that he was not “the spokesperson for any institution” a day after he stated that he was proud of being “a spokesperson of the army”.

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Imran Khan urges for reduction in violence in convo with Ashraf Ghani

Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephonic conversation with President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the Afghan peace process and urged the warring groups to reduce violence in the country.

The premier reaffirmed Islamabad’s steadfast support to the Afghan peace process and noted the positive results of those efforts culminating the US-Taliban Peace Agreement and the commencement of Intra-Afghan Negotiations, read the statement issued by the PM Office on Friday.

Appreciating the steps taken by relevant sides to enable the start of Intra-Afghan Negotiations in Doha, the premier underlined the importance of all Afghan parties working for a reduction in the violence leading to a ceasefire.

He further emphasised that all the Afghan stakeholders must seize the historic opportunity, and work together to secure an inclusive and comprehensive political agreement through the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process.

Pakistan would fully support the decisions that the Afghan people would take about their future, he added

The prime minister also underlined the importance Pakistan attaches to constructive engagement with Afghanistan, and to peace, stability, and prosperity of the Afghan people.

He noted that the Chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), Dr Abdullah Abdullah, would be visiting Islamabad next week.

Thanking President Ghani for the invitation extended to him to visit Afghanistan, the prime minister conveyed that he would undertake the visit at the earliest opportunity.

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