SHC ordered to send Arzoo Fatima to Shelter house

A bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday sent Arzoo Fatima, a minor girl to shelter home and ordered arrangements for her education and other facilities.

Arzoo Fatima, a Christian girl, was allegedly abducted and forced to convert and marry to Ali Azhar 44.

“Do you want to go with your parents,” Justice K.K. Agha asked the girl, who refused to go with her parents again.

“It is not an abduction case but the case of underage marriage,” prosecutor said in the court. “The Nikahkhwan who solemnized marriage of Arzoo and Ali Azhar, has been on bail and other accused have also got bails from courts,” the prosecutor said. “However, two accused are absconding,” he added.

“What efforts taken for their arrest. It is your responsibility to arrest absconding accused” the Justice said.

“The charge sheet has been submitted to the lower court,” Arzoo Fatima’s lawyer said. “You should keep quiet, you are not a lawyer in this case,” Justice Agha said.

“According to a Supreme Court ruling, the case should be decided according to the Islamic law when the matter have relevance with the marriage law as well as the Islamic laws,”the counsel further argued.

“You are committing contempt of the court and if you talked further, contempt proceedings will be initiated against you,” the bench warned the lawyer. “Don’t instruct the court, we know well how to proceed the case,” the Justice further said.

“Police should present its report in the lower court after transparent investigation of the matter,” the judge said.

“Arzoo Fatima, should be sent to Darul Aman (shelter home) and arrangements should be made for her education and other required facilities,” the court ordered.

The bench also ordered the home department to arrange counselling for the girl and dismissed the petition.

A five-member medical board constituted by the high court to determine the girl’s age in its report earlier said that “Arzoo Fatima, has been aged between 14 to 15 years.”

The parents of the girl had complained that Arzoo Raza alias Arzoo Fatima, was abducted and forced to convert and marry to Ali Azhar.

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Opposition taking negative steps to stop the development in the country: Buzdar

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said on Monday that opposition leaders have nothing to do with the issues to the nationals and the leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was busy in making conspiracies.

CM Usman Buzdar said that the government is consistently launching different projects for public welfare, on the other hand, the opposition parties are taking negative steps to stop the development in the country. He said that the masses knew well about the political parties which destroyed the national economy while being in the power.

He added that Prime Minister Imran Khan removed the flaws of the past government and the country is now going into the right direction. He said that the country is facing various internal and external challenges.

The chief minister slammed opposition parties for running politics of chaos to accomplish their personal agendas. Usman Buzdar said that the premier is making decisions in national interests and the country will achieve all of its targets under the leadership of Imran Khan.

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SHC ordered to send Arzoo Fatima to Shelter house

A bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday sent Arzoo Fatima, a minor girl to shelter home and ordered arrangements for her education and other facilities.

Arzoo Fatima, a Christian girl, was allegedly abducted and forced to convert and marry to Ali Azhar 44.

“Do you want to go with your parents,” Justice K.K. Agha asked the girl, who refused to go with her parents again.

“It is not an abduction case but the case of underage marriage,” prosecutor said in the court. “The Nikahkhwan who solemnized marriage of Arzoo and Ali Azhar, has been on bail and other accused have also got bails from courts,” the prosecutor said. “However, two accused are absconding,” he added.

“What efforts taken for their arrest. It is your responsibility to arrest absconding accused” the Justice said.

“The charge sheet has been submitted to the lower court,” Arzoo Fatima’s lawyer said. “You should keep quiet, you are not a lawyer in this case,” Justice Agha said.

“According to a Supreme Court ruling, the case should be decided according to the Islamic law when the matter have relevance with the marriage law as well as the Islamic laws,”the counsel further argued.

“You are committing contempt of the court and if you talked further, contempt proceedings will be initiated against you,” the bench warned the lawyer. “Don’t instruct the court, we know well how to proceed the case,” the Justice further said.

“Police should present its report in the lower court after transparent investigation of the matter,” the judge said.

“Arzoo Fatima, should be sent to Darul Aman (shelter home) and arrangements should be made for her education and other required facilities,” the court ordered.

The bench also ordered the home department to arrange counselling for the girl and dismissed the petition.

A five-member medical board constituted by the high court to determine the girl’s age in its report earlier said that “Arzoo Fatima, has been aged between 14 to 15 years.”

The parents of the girl had complained that Arzoo Raza alias Arzoo Fatima, was abducted and forced to convert and marry to Ali Azhar.

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Opposition taking negative steps to stop the development in the country: Buzdar

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said on Monday that opposition leaders have nothing to do with the issues to the nationals and the leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was busy in making conspiracies.

CM Usman Buzdar said that the government is consistently launching different projects for public welfare, on the other hand, the opposition parties are taking negative steps to stop the development in the country. He said that the masses knew well about the political parties which destroyed the national economy while being in the power.

He added that Prime Minister Imran Khan removed the flaws of the past government and the country is now going into the right direction. He said that the country is facing various internal and external challenges.

The chief minister slammed opposition parties for running politics of chaos to accomplish their personal agendas. Usman Buzdar said that the premier is making decisions in national interests and the country will achieve all of its targets under the leadership of Imran Khan.

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Khairpur: Minor dies after being attacked by stray dogs

A 10-year-old boy died after being savagely attacked by stray dogs in Sindh’s Khairpur district, the police said on Monday.

According to the police, the minor victim, identified as Ghulam Murtaza, was assaulted by a pack of dogs in the Kot Diji area and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

The police said a first information report (FIR) of the dog attack that led to the boy’s death will be lodged against the Naseer Faqeer Union Council’s (UC) secretary. Local residents have confined themselves to their houses due to fear of a possible attack by savage dogs that are freely roaming the streets of the neighborhood.

On November 10, a 12-year-old boy had died after being injured by stray dogs in Hala city of Sindh’s Matiari district. A pack of savage dogs attacked the boy, leaving him critically injured, according to his family. Local residents rushed him to the Hala Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

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Tennis star Sania Mirza donates her racquet to Aisam-ul-Haq's charity foundation

Tennis star Sania Mirza donated her racquet to Pakistani tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq for his charity foundation Stars Against Hunger.

The tennis stars from Pakistan and India met in Dubai on Saturday, as Aisam was in UAE for a transit stay while on his way back from the Sofia Open tour in Bulgaria.

Sania’s husband and Pakistan’s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik was also present as the celebrity couple hosted Aisam for lunch.

“I couldn’t meet Sania earlier when she was in Pakistan as I was on tennis tour. So, it was an opportunity for me to meet an old friend,” Aisam told.

“She was kind enough to donate her tennis racquet to me for my organisation Stars Against Hunger,” the Pakistani tennis star added.

Several tennis stars including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have donated their tennis items for Aisam’s charity that is supporting people affected due to the ongoing pandemic.

Aisam said that Sania is an old friend and if he was in Pakistan earlier, he would have hosted her and Malik in Lahore.

The Indian tennis star was recently in Pakistan to meet her in-laws and to watch Pakistan Super League games in which her husband Shoaib Malik represented Peshawar Zalmi.

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Pakistan reports 2,756 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

Pakistan has recorded fresh 2,756 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours, 34 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 7,696. 1,389 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 1,677 patients are in critical condition.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 376,929, whereas, the active cases stood at 38,348.

A total of 36,929 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 330,885 people have recovered from the deadly disease while 5,216,955 samples have been tested thus far.

Earlier on Sunday, Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar had shared data showing how the number of Covid-19 patients on ventilators have gone up over the last 15 days.

He tweeted that Peshawar witnessed a 200 per cent increase in Covid-19 patients struggling for life on ventilators, Multan 200pc, Karachi 148pc, Lahore 114pc, and Islamabad 65pc. He said 70 per cent of ventilators earmarked for Covid-19 patients in Multan and Islamabad are occupied.

Without pointing out opposition parties’ Peshawar public gathering slated for today, he said: “For political leaders to send a message that corona is not a threat is threatening lives.”

The opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had come in for a lot of flak from the government for holding public meetings despite a spike in coronavirus cases since the second wave of the infection started lately.

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