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Sabika Sheikh's funeral prayers offered in Houston

TEXAS: The funeral prayers for Sabika Sheikh, the young Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting Friday at Santa Fe School, was held on Sunday after Namaz-e-Zuhr, here in a local mosque.Hundreds of people made their way to Houston on Sunday to attend the somber ceremony took place at an Islamic center in the Texas town of Stafford.Mayor of Huston, Pakistani diplomats, local members of the United States Congress, other US officials and a large number of students attended the funeral prayers scheduled by Pakistani Consulate in Huston. Sabika’s family, friends, and other relatives will separately attend the teen’s funeral prayers in Karachi. While her body will reach in her hometown in the wee hours of Tuesday. Ten people, eight students and two teachers, were killed Friday when a shooter identified by police as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun before surrendering to police.Sabika Sheikh, described by her family as an excellent student, had dreamed of working for Pakistan´s Foreign Affairs Ministry.She had been due to return to Karachi in coming weeks in time for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.The Islamic Society, in its statement, called the shooting "an act of terror" and said such events "remind us as to what world we live in, where sanctity of life is not valued."

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Funeral set for Pakistan?s Sabika in Texas

SANTA FE, United States: Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral Sunday in Texas of Sabika Sheikh, the young Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting Friday at a high school, organizers told AFP.The somber ceremony is to take place at an Islamic center in the Texas town of Stafford, not far from Santa Fe High School, where the shooting took place, the Islamic Society of Greater Houston said in a statement.Ten people -- eight students and two teachers -- were killed Friday when a shooter identified by police as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun before surrendering to police."We are still in a state of denial. It is like a nightmare," Sheikh´s father, Abdul Aziz, told AFP at the family home in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.The young woman, described by her family as an excellent student, had dreamed of working for Pakistan´s Foreign Affairs Ministry.She had been due to return to Karachi in coming weeks in time for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The Islamic Society, in its statement, called the shooting "an act of terror" and said such events "remind us as to what world we live in, where sanctity of life is not valued."It said it had offered to help with the funeral and the transportation of Sheikh´s body back to Pakistan.Some 60,000 people in Houston, 35 miles (55 kilometers) from Santa Fe, are of Pakistani descent.

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Khairpur hospital trashed by patient?s relatives after doctor denies treatment

KHAIRPUR: Turmoil broke out in the emergency ward of the Civil Hospital in Khairpur after a patient’s relatives trashed the ward and shattered the windows of ambulances, as reported by Geo News.The patient was moved to Civil Hospital after an accident but was denied treatment by the doctor in charge, as revealed by her relative.The CCTV footage of the occurrence has been attained by Geo News where the patient’s relatives can be seen razing furniture in the ward and crushing windows of ambulances before heading out of the hospital along with the patient.The hospital’s management has disclosed that the patient was under vigilance when the relatives caused a state of chaos in the hospital’s emergency ward.Two people involved in the incident have been arrested by police with a case filed against them as well. A related incident had occurred in a private hospital in Hyderabad earlier this month as well, where the employees raided the hospital in protest against the removal of 34 colleagues from their jobs.

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Two killed after bus overturned in Korangi area of Karachi

KARACHI: Two people were killed and seven were wounded after a speeding bus was overturned near Korangi’s Veta Chowrangi area, in the early hours of Sunday.The injured passengers have been moved to the hospital and are currently undergoing treatment, while the two who had been killed, yielded to their wounds on the way to the hospital. A similar incident had occurred last year when a bus overturned in Korangi that left three people injured. Another vehicular accident had occurred last month as well, where a bus and a semi-trailer collided, killing four people and injuring seven, near the Sahianwala Interchange. As per news reports, the accident had taken place when the bus travelling form Multan to Rawalpindi rammed into a semi-trailer, which left one part of the bus entirely wiped out.

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PTI takes rare initiative with sign language interpreter

ISLAMABAD: A sign language interpreter took the center stage on Sunday as PTI leaders outlined their priorities for the first 100 days if the party was able to form a government after the general elections. The interpreter relayed the speeches made by Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other party’s leaders in Islamabad.It isn’t about every day that our deaf communities are provided with a visual interpretation during local political speeches. However, this appears to be the first time that a native political party took the initiative explaining its hundred day’s agenda which they intend to proceed once the party wins authority.However, the #PTI100DaysAgenda narrative has approached likings on Twitter for attempting with sign interpretation.The attempt already brought into practice may convince of other potentials too.Political judgement aside, the attempt seems as affable as small talks and as appealing as minor gestures of cordiality. On a wider perspective, it is a congenial measure that would bring ahead deaf-friendly organizations in the initiative.There are more than 300,000 people with hearing impairment in Pakistan, as per statistics from 2014 and according to Society for Audiological and Developmental Ailments (SADA) President Afzal Alam, prevalence of hearing loss in Pakistan was 7 to 8 per 1,000 live births, and the rate was increasing every year.As per World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, the global population of deaf people is likely to reach 900 million by 2015, he quoted.Take a reminder, did you ever happen to picture how convenient it is for the deaf community to experience a somewhat independent life in the society you live in.

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Daniyal rejects fake allegations of money laundering against Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatization Daniyal Aziz has rejected the bogus allegations of money laundering against former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who was an honest and righteous person in the country.The National Assembly Committee on Law and Justice directed the Chairman National Accountability Bureau (Retd) Justice Javed Iqbal to appear before the committee to explain about issuing a press release regarding allegations of money laundering against Nawaz Sharif but he did not appear, he said.The minister said people were well-aware about the fake cases against Nawaz Sharif, who was still the most popular leader among masses.He said Nawaz Sharif was disqualified on having an Iqama but not on corruption charges, but on the other hand Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan was involved in money laundering in India and foreign funding case.He further said Imran Khan was a cunning politician and his politics was based on baseless allegations.

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Pakistan's heatwave woes to worsen further as summer temperatures spike steadily

ISLAMABAD - Deadly heatwaves are going to be a country’s much bigger socio-economic and health problem in the coming decades, particularly in densely populated urban areas of the country, as these global warming-induced extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and occurring over a much greater portion of the country, said climate change ministry spokesperson Mohammad Saleem.He said, “But devastating fallouts of heat waves on humans can be largely mitigated through timely and effective responsive measures.”He said that extreme heat waves, such as the one presently torching the various cities and towns of the country, are frequently cited as one of the most direct effects of global warming-induced climate change.Mr. Saleem said that the Pakistan is most likely to suffer more frequent and intense heat waves as the average temperatures in the country are constantly increasing.Heat waves matter because they kill large numbers of people through heat stress, cause forest fires, reduce crop yields and damage ecosystems, which are not adapted to high temperatures, he emphasised.The media spokesperson said that the World Meteorological Department’s reports show that annual average temperature in the country has jumped up by roughly 0.5°C, which has led to five-fold rise in heat wave days over last 30 years. Besides, the country’s annual temperature is well on path to rise by 3°C to 5°C due to a heat-trapping global carbon emissions.“Such dangerously rising trends in temperatures will potentially continue to cast various negative effects on the country’s human health, spike frequency and intensity levels of extreme weather events including heat waves, cloudbursts, floods, glacial melt, agricultural productivity, water availability, coastal erosion and seawater incursion.,” the climate change spokesperson Mohammad Saleem highlighted.He said that humans are adapted to body temperatures of around 37°C. If humidity – the levels of water vapour in the air – goes up with the thermometer, then people caught in a zone of extreme heat cannot adjust body temperatures by perspiration.And, with every 1°C rise in temperatures, the capacity of the air to hold moisture goes up by 7%. People with no access to air conditioning or a cool breeze become, however, at high risk, he added.Quoting a study published last year in the Nature Climate Change Journal, Mohamamd Saleem said that globally one in three person is vulnerable to heat wave-related health impacts. But by the year 2100, three out of four people on Earth could be subject to at least 20 days per year of heat and humidity associated with deadly heat waves, if carbon emissions from industries, transport, aviation, energy, deforestation and agriculture continue to rise at their current rates.The media spokesperson said further that according to the study’s findings based on data about 783 heat wave incidents in 164 cities from 36 countries about 30% of the world's population (and about 13% of the land area) experiences at least 20 days per year on which the deadly threshold is reached. By 2100, this percentage jumps to 74% of the population (47% of the land area) if emissions continue unchecked.He pointed out that even though humans aggressively cut back on these carbon emissions, such as outlined in the Paris climate agreement, increasing temperatures and humidity levels would combine to ratchet up the intensity and frequency of deadly heat waves in various countries including Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.Nonetheless, the good news is that heat waves are quite predictable, and “extreme temperature early action systems as being practices in Karachi have proven that they can save lives in the heat wave-vulnerable areas of the country, Mr. Saleem said.“By expanding early heat wave warning systems in heat wave-prone areas of the country, authorities can boost their ability to prevent a lot of suffering, illness, and death from heat waves through timely response and preparedness,” he said. The climate change media spokesperson suggested that that building capacity of individuals and communities to respond to the heat stress during heat-waves by raising heat-health awareness campaigns in the country before the onset of a heat waves season can be of a great help to cope with the fallouts of the heat waves on the health of people.Besides, expanding cool roofs, painting solar reflective paint on buildings, encouraging gardens on rooftops, increasing access to drinking water and training medical personnel, he added.Mr. Saleem also underlined the need for district-wise heat wave management plans comprising measures including no or reduced power outages, sustained provision of water, healthcare facilities in hospitals and establishment of roadside public shades to stave off human losses from their impacts.

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Shandur Polo festival to be held in July

ISLAMABAD: Government of Gilgit-Baltistan has started preparations for organizing a three-day internationally famous “Shandur Polo Festival” in July.Minister for Tourism Gilgit Baltistan Fida Khan Fida said that G-B government was in consultation with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to finalize date for the event which would boost tourism activities in the region.As part of arrangements, he said that Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan administrations had initiated preparations to facilitate visitors and make the festival a complete success, a statement said here on Sunday.A formal committee would be constituted to select players on merit in order to render best performance during the upcoming matches in the Festival.Fida Khan Fida said that a large number of visitors from the country and abroad was expected to participate in the festival and witness matches, adding the huge intake of visitors would help project soft image of the region.The minister said the Gilgit Baltistan was an attractive destination for tourists and tourism department was utilizing all its resources for fully capitalize on the natural wealth.He said that chief minister was also taking keen interest in uplifting the tourism sector which had long been awaiting development-oriented measures.

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