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Naqeebullah's family threatens to shut down country if Rao Anwar not presented in handcuffs

KARACHI: Family of Naqeebullah Mehsood on Wednesday threatened  to close down entire country if Rao Anwar was not presented before the Anti-Terrorism Court in handcuffs, Geo News reported.The warning came as the suspended police officer failed to appear before the ATC in connection with Naqeebullah Mehsood's extra judicial killing.Jail authorities told the court that the former Malir SSP had falledn sick.The court ordered the police to produce  Rao Anwar on May 14 before it adjourned the hearing. Counsel for Naqeebullah's father told media the prime suspect was brought to the court without handcuffs at the last hearing. He said justice could be dispensed if Rao Anwar keeps getting protocol.While expressing the hope that they would get justice from the courts, the family members of Naqeebullah Mehsood said Rao Anwar was not sick rather he was a sly man.The  on April 22 remanded former District Malir SSP Rao Anwar to jail until May 2.Cases against Rao Anwar and his team members Cases have been filed against 24 accused in the Naqeeb Mehsud murder case. Eleven of these accused men have been arrested, but the remaining 13 are still absconding.Mehsud was picked up by plain-clothes officials from the Gul Sher Agha Hotel in Sohrab Goth on January 3. Police claimed killing four terrorists during a shoot-out in Shah Latif Town on January 13.After the suspects’ pictures were released, Mehsud’s family found out that he was among the men killed by a police team led by Anwar, who maintains that the man was a terrorist.A case of the incident was filed on January 19 and Anwar was suspended the next day. The Supreme Court ordered him to appear on January 27, but he remained on the run for at least two months before he was arrested outside the apex court. A bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar constituted a five-member committee comprising police officials and headed by Aftab Pathan. The CJP asked Anwar why he failed to trust the court and instead wrote letters, which did not create a good impression.Anwar was wanted in an inquiry into the murder of Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan who was among four suspected terrorists killed in a supposed exchange of fire with a police team.The suspended police officer’s name was placed on the exit control list on the orders of the SC after it took notice of his reported attempt to leave the country.Anwar’s attempt to flee the country was foiled by Federal Investigation Agency officials when he was trying to sneak out from the Islamabad Airport. Instead of surrendering to the police in Karachi and defending himself in the court of law, Anwar apparently tried to flee the country to avoid arrest.After evading arrest in Karachi, Anwar managed to sneak out of the city and reached Islamabad. He managed to get an electronic visa for Dubai and also faked a letter from the office of Sindh Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon granting him seven-day leave as well as allowing him to travel abroad.

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Nawabshah endures hottest April temperature ever observed on Earth

Nawabshah on Monday baked at the 50.2 Celsius and this might be the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet during April, Washington Post reported .The newspaper based its report on an observation made by Etienne Kapikian, a meteorologist at Meteo France, on Twitter.Kapikian said  it was the warmest April temperature ever recorded in Pakistan and for the entire Asian continent.Quoting Chirtopher Burt, an expert on global weather extremes, the Post wrote the temperature in the Pakistani city was also the highest "yet reliably observed on Earth in modern records.Randy Cerveny, a rapporteur for the agency’s committee on extreme records, told the newspaper that he would trust Burt’s take. “He’s pretty thorough about those things,” Cerveny said in an email. 

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Hazara notables agree to end sit-in after meeting with COAS

QUETTA:  Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday held a high-level meeting with notables of Hazara community in Quetta along with top-security huddle, including Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.As per details, the top-security huddle assured the Hazara community to employ all efforts in ensuring their security and said that law enforcement agencies have been ordered to arrest the culprits behind the recent attacks on the Hazara community.Army Chief had reviewed security situation in the provincial capital before meeting  with  the notables of Hazara  community  to  remove their reservations  who have been staging sit-in across the city against the target killing of   community members, demanding provision of protection and security.Balochistan Chief Minister Hasil Khan Bizenjo, Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor, Southern Command Commander Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa and  Inspector General Police (IGP) Moazzam Jah Ansari attended the meeting.The delegation of the Hazara community was led by Balochistan Law Minister Agha Raza and Allama Hashim. Majlis Wahadatul Muslimeen (MWM) Secretary General Allama Assadi and other members including Nasir Shah, Qayyum Changaizi, Daoud Agha, Allama Jumma Assadi were also present on the occasion.

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Afridi thanks Hillary Clinton to support his Foundation

KARACHI: World renowned cricket all rounder Shahid Khan Afridi has released a Tweet showing a video sent to him by Hillary Clinton, the United States’ former Secretary of State and wife of former US president Bill Clinton.Hillary in her video said, “Thank you for that very nice message that your friend and mine, John delivered to me”, she went on to say, “I wish you the very best”.In reply, Afridi tweeted: “Thank you @HillaryClinton for supporting the cause of #Humanity and your best wishes.Together we all are #HopeNotOut” @SAFoundationN”.

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PML-N in hot waters over Rana Sanaullah?s ?filthy? remarks

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N was in hot waters over ‘filthy’ remarks by its senior leaders against women who attended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally at Minar-e-Pakistan Sunday.The pressure was so intense that PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had to personally apologise over it.Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and State Minister for Water & Power Abid Sher Ali had commented on the character of PTI woman supporters and MNA Shireen Mazari.‘I apologise for anti-women remarks made by some party leaders. We have to maintain decency and element of respect in political discourse,’ he said in a social media statement signed ss.‘PML-N acknowledges and encourages the role of women in national politics. Any statement demeaning them is highly irresponsible,’ he further stressed.Misogynist remarks of Rana Sanaullah sparked social media outrage and condemnation from all quarters.PTI Chairman Imran Khan took to Twitter to condemn the PML-N ministers.‘Disgusted by & strongly condemn the filthy language used by Rana Sanaullah & Abid Sher Ali against our PTI women. In the past 30 yrs these people have always disrespected women which is against our religion & culture. I want to thank our women for coming out in such huge numbers!,’ he tweeted.Earlier today, Punjab government too distanced itself from the controversial comments and condemned the provincial minister.Despite all this, Rana Sanaullah was adamant and refused to regret and rather demanded Imran Khan to handover his BlackBerry phone so that allegations of PTI MNA Ayesha Gulalai against PTI chief can be probed.

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Zardari-Nawaz war of words takes new turn

LAHORE: The war of words between Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif took a new turn Tuesday when the PML-N supreme leader hit back at PPP supremo advising him to refrain from mudslinging.While the two party leaders engaged in heated debates there were reports that Zardari did not meet anyone Monday. Hamid Mir told Geo News that the PPP chief neither meet party leaders nor did he had a press talk.In a statement issued from Lahore, Nawaz said the statement from Zardari is inappropriate from a national leader like him.In a meeting with party leaders Monday, Zardari revealed the details of his tense relationship with Nawaz. “We used to think that Nawaz was very innocent, but he is far more cunning and opportunistic than we thought,” Zardari said, as per sources. They added that Zardari said Nawaz looked like innocent but he was very cunning at the core."We kept on agreeing on democracy, Constitution and civilian supremacy. While we were engaged in politics, Nawaz was busy in trading," he said. “Nawaz has sold us out on every occasion and we were duped by him at all times. I wanted to maintain social relations with Nawaz but he took advantage of my goodwill,” said Zardari.Later in the day, Kh Asif spilled the beans in a talk show about secret Zardari-Nawaz meeting during which PPP supremo sought his help in taking over party leadership in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto assassination.Today, Nawaz hit back with a strongly worded statement saying Zardari is trying to distort the facts. Was he so innocent three years back that he was provoked by me, he questioned.Without further revealing details as to what happened between the two leaders, Nawaz said Zardari must remember that he, in presence of a political leader, requested me to indemnify Pervez Musharraf's acts through parliament but I refused.The former prime minister recalled that he cancelled a meeting scheduled with Zardari following his anti-establishment speech and wondered why the PPP co-chairman did not speak up earlier about this.On Dr Asim, he said, Zardari knew very well on who’s direction it all happened and that PML-N was not responsible for actions against him.Accusing Zardari of behaving like a puppet, Nawaz asked if yesterday he was speaking my language then whose language is he speaking today. He better refrain from war of words and mudslinging, he further added.'Fake or real'Commenting on the matter, senior journalist and analyst Hamid Mir said it is not clear whether Asif Zardari really said that because according to his information, the PPP leader had no meeting with party leaders nor he talked to media. So, before reacting to the statement PML-N media managers should have confirmed that whether he really said that.Another senior journalist and TV anchor Saleem Safi also agreed with Mir saying Asif Zardari in interview with him responded to his June 2015 controversial speech and that there might be some confusion regarding the statement Nawaz is responding to.

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Rana Sanaullah and Abid Sher Ali's sexist remarks cause social media outrage

Men and women from different walks of life are condemning the recent misogynistic and derogatory remarks, made by PML-N leaders Rana Sanaullah and Abid Sher Ali in reference to the women attending the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) rally in Lahore on Sunday.Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah had commented about PTI’s female supporters staying: “The women who attended the rally were not from honourable families because their dance moves implied where they had actually come from."Minister of State for Power, Abid Sher Ali had also thrown in his two cents on Sunday while narrating the scuffle during the budget speech at the Parliament House, when PTI’s chief whip Shireen Mazari had asked him to not be in close physical contact with her and maintain a distance. The lawmaker hailing from Faisalabad had retorted saying “there is nothing to touch in her”, while addressing a large crowd.A number of comments and tweets are pouring in from people on social media. Some of them are as follows:

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