Islamabad police drop cricketer Yasir Shah's name from FIR of minor girl's rape

Islamabad police on Wednesday dropped Test cricketer Yasir Shah's name from the first information report (FIR) of a rape case, saying the complainant had withdrawn her allegations against him.

Last month, Shah and his friend Farhan — the main suspect — were named in a case concerning the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl. The case was registered in the Shalimar police station under section 376, 292-b and 292-c of Pakistan Penal Code in response to a complaint lodged by a resident of F-10.

In the statement released today, Shalimar police said that the cricketer's name was included in the FIR due to "misrepresentation". Police said Shah had "no links" to the case, claiming that the complainant had also asked to remove the cricketer's name from the case.

Meanwhile, an Islamabad trial court rejected the request of Farhan for pre-arrest bail. After the court's decision, the accused fled from the courtroom and officials were unable to arrest him.

'Truth has prevailed'

Later in the day, Shah heaved a sigh of relief on the development and said "the truth has prevailed."

He said that the harassment case against him had been dismissed with the support and prayers of his fans, family and the Pakistan Cricket Board.

"It would not have been possible without their trust. I am a representative of Pakistan. Whoever tries to defame me is defaming the country," he added.

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Shah said he was devastated in the aftermath of the incident, but refrained from contesting "personal vendettas and intended to take this through the courts of law to expose the truth".

He said only the haters of the country could stoop so low and indulge in levelling such allegations for for personal interests. "I'm also in the process of filing a case for defamation against the ones who are involved in this," he said.

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Karachi's coronavirus positivity ratio reaches 20pc

Omicron cases in Karachi are increasing at an alarming level as the positivity ratio has reached 20 percent, Sindh health department officials said.

According to details, the new variant Omicron has been diagnosed in 95 percent patients in Karachi whereas Lahore and Islamabad have recorded positivity ratio as 7 percent and 4.56 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 13 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,309,248. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,987.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,074 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,083 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,691 in Sindh 5,945 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 748 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.

Furthermore, 490,010 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 448,924 in Punjab 181,842 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 109,660 in Islamabad, 34,715 in Azad Kashmir 33,664 in Balochistan and 10,433 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 23,935,232 coronavirus tests and 44,120 in the last 24 hours. 1,259,699 patients have recovered in the country whereas 617 patients are in critical condition.

The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 4.7 percent.

So far, 100,410,291 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 331,511 in last 24 hours. 75,225,220 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 496,717 received their second dose in last 24 hours.

The number of total administered doses has reached to 163,648,656 with 826,996 in the last 24 hours.

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Karachi's coronavirus positivity ratio reaches 20pc

Omicron cases in Karachi are increasing at an alarming level as the positivity ratio has reached 20 percent, Sindh health department officials said.

According to details, the new variant Omicron has been diagnosed in 95 percent patients in Karachi whereas Lahore and Islamabad have recorded positivity ratio as 7 percent and 4.56 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 13 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,309,248. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,987.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,074 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,083 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,691 in Sindh 5,945 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 748 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.

Furthermore, 490,010 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 448,924 in Punjab 181,842 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 109,660 in Islamabad, 34,715 in Azad Kashmir 33,664 in Balochistan and 10,433 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 23,935,232 coronavirus tests and 44,120 in the last 24 hours. 1,259,699 patients have recovered in the country whereas 617 patients are in critical condition.

The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 4.7 percent.

So far, 100,410,291 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 331,511 in last 24 hours. 75,225,220 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 496,717 received their second dose in last 24 hours.

The number of total administered doses has reached to 163,648,656 with 826,996 in the last 24 hours.

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Pakistan records 2,074 fresh corona cases in day

Pakistan has reported 2,074 fresh corna cases in the last 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,309,248. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,987 on Wednesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 2,074 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,083 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,691 in Sindh 5,945 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 748 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.

 

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Pakistan records 2,074 fresh corona cases in day

Pakistan has reported 2,074 fresh corna cases in the last 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,309,248. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,987 on Wednesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 2,074 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,083 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,691 in Sindh 5,945 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 748 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.

 

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Pakistan is still one of the cheapest countries in the world: PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that despite “unprecedented challenges” that his government had to face during it’s three years in power, Pakistan’s economic condition was still better than many countries of the region, particularly India.

“Pakistan is still one of the cheapest countries compared to the world… they [opposition] call us incompetent, but the fact is that our government has saved the nation from all crises,” the premier said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of 14th International Chambers Summit 2022 arranged by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) in Islamabad on Tuesday.

PM Imran said that oil prices in the country are still lower than other countries.

He admitted rising inflation in the country and that masses were suffering badly because it, but maintained that inflation was a global issue owing to Covid-19 pandemic.

The prime minister maintained that his government’s ‘prudent policies’ rescued the country from “once-in-a-century” challenge of Covid-19 pandemic. “Today British Prime Minister [Boris Johnson] is following our policies to tackle [coronavirus],” he said, while referring to his decision of not imposing a complete lockdown in the country.

The premier said his ambition was not to become a prime minister but to make “Pakistan a great nation”.

Speaking about other matters, he underlined that exports and tax collection were the two main driving forces to boost the country’s economy, over which the government was fully focused.

He said the government was making strenuous efforts to remove all hurdles and bottlenecks faced by exporters, investors and businessmen and to give a spur to the exports industry.

The prime minister said that in the past, no attention was paid to these sectors of the economy which were vital for wealth creation.

He said the exports sector was stagnant in the past, but the incumbent government was providing all facilitation to the exporters and stressed that exporters should be encouraged with awards and other incentives.

He observed that if the country’s exports were not increased, it could again put pressure on the current account and currency.

The summit was being attended by presidents of more than 54 regular chambers, 10 small chambers and 13 women chambers. Representatives from the development partners, international business community, political parties, ministries and the government institutions also attended it.

The summit will provide an opportunity to the businessmen to seek solution to their issues besides, presenting solid proposals to the stakeholders for the formulation of the business-friendly policy of the country.

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US reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus cases

US announced basically 1.13 million new Covid contaminations as indicated by a Reuters count, the most elevated every day complete of any country on the world as the spread of the exceptionally infectious Omicron variation gave no indications of slowing down.

The previous record was 1.03 million cases on January 3. A large number of cases are reported each Monday due to many states not reporting over the weekend. The seven-day average for new cases has tripled in two weeks to over 700,000 new infections a day.

Not all states have yet reported on Monday and the final figure is likely to be even higher.

The record in new cases came the same day as the nation saw the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients also hit an all-time high, having doubled in three weeks, according to a Reuters tally.

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