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Soo… since now I have the time to do this.
Here’s my first ‘focus’ for AFP on how women are being barred from voting; Enjoyed working on this.
🔗: https://t.co/R09nvFaVv8
This is a thread of the platforms the story went on. More links below 👇🏻
🇵🇰 ⚠️ 'Give me my child back': mother of one of 14 infants killed in Pakistan hospital fire
The blaze in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad killed 14 infants, authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner. Witnesses described chaotic and harrowing scenes, including intense smoke and broken glass, a slow response from emergency services and guards reportedly preventing them from leaving the building
One of the hardest reporting this year. Can’t believe 14 infants lost their lives because of negligence.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has suspended Health Secretary Aslam Ghori and removed him from his post, according to a notification issued by the PM Office and appointed a retired Captain (retd.) who is Secretary Housing.
Meanwhile the deputy interior minister Talal Chaudry: "The recuse operation was great that is why 19 people were saved."
Meanwhile the deputy interior minister Talal Chaudry: "The recuse operation was great that is why 19 people were saved."
Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 children: local authority
A fire erupted in a maternity ward in Pakistan's capital on Wednesday, killing 14 children, the Islamabad district office said.
The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital, the district office said in a statement.
"A total of 14 children died in the incident," it said, without giving their ages.
The statement did not state the cause of the fire.
Sohail Ashraf, the Islamabad chief commissioner, said on X that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself "immediately reached at site and controlled the fire".
He said the emergency call was made just before 7:00 am (0200 GMT).
Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.
In January, more than 65 people were killed in a shopping centre fire in the port city of Karachi.
At least 11 people were killed in another shopping mall fire in Karachi in 2023.
In 2021, at least 16 workers died after a factory fire in the same city.
In 2012, at least 250 labourers died at a garment factory in Baldia Town, in western Karachi, when a fire engulfed the facility. The building had no fire escape.
'Black smoke' chokes Pakistan maternity ward as hospital fire kills 14 infants
14 children killed in Islamabad hospital fire: local authority A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze.
The dawn fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the capital's premier public hospital Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the Islamabad district office said in a statement.
The statement gave a death toll of 14, who according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were all infants.
Witnesses described chaotic and harrowing scenes, including intense smoke and broken glass, a slow response from emergency services and guards reportedly preventing them from leaving the ward.
Khurram Mehmood, 40, told AFP he lost his three-day-old daughter in the blaze and that rescuers took hours to arrive.
"My wife was in the ward. They took everyone out. We were sitting on the road waiting for help," he said.
The door to the neonatal intensive care unit was locked, according to Jaweria, a woman who said she lost her infant in the blaze.
"I do not believe this. Give me my child back... Why did the doctors leave the children there?"
"The fire spread very quickly. There were babies as young as one-day old," witness Abdul Ghafoor told AFP, adding that he went into the hospital to save patients but could not reach the maternity ward.
"There was thick black smoke inside and patients were trapped... Rescue teams arrived after almost two hours (since the fire started)."
Sohail Ashraf, the Islamabad chief commissioner, said the emergency call was made just before 7:00 am (0200 GMT), with rescue and police teams reaching the scene "immediately" and bringing the fire under control.
Another witness, who did not gave her name, said hospital security "were not letting them out and the guards were stopping them".
"People had to break the door down and rescue teams had to break the windows to control the fire," she added.
- 'Ran for our lives' -
AFP reporters saw a nurse call out the names of babies who had perished in the fire as families gathered outside.
Other patients streamed outside, their faces covered in soot, with one man holding a newborn in his arms.
A mother with black residue from the smoke on her hands stood crying outside the hospital as she held her 10-day-old baby in her arms.
"People were screaming. There was black smoke. We ran for our lives. Thank god my baby is safe," Shagufta Parveen, the mother, told AFP.
An AFP reporter saw other families in tears and a man clear glass from two broken windows, as security guards stood at the entrance to the leading medical facility.
Prime Minister Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed "deep grief and sorrow over the deaths of 14 infants" in separate statements.
"The circumstances that led to the incident should be thoroughly reviewed, those responsible should be identified and the strictest possible action should be taken," the prime minister said.
PIMS spokeswoman Aneeza Jalil told AFP the fire was caused by an electrical fault, and "fire sparked from the AC".
Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.
In January more than 65 people were killed in a shopping centre fire in the port city of Karachi.
At least 11 people were killed in another shopping mall fire in Karachi in 2023.
In 2021 at least 16 workers died after a factory fire in the same city.
In 2012 at least 250 labourers died at a garment factory in Karachi.
Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 children: local authority
A fire erupted in a maternity ward in Pakistan's capital on Wednesday, killing 14 children, the Islamabad district office said.
The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital, the district office said in a statement.
"A total of 14 children died in the incident," it said, without giving their ages.
The statement did not state the cause of the fire.
Sohail Ashraf, the Islamabad chief commissioner, said on X that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself "immediately reached at site and controlled the fire".
He said the emergency call was made just before 7:00 am (0200 GMT).
Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.
In January, more than 65 people were killed in a shopping centre fire in the port city of Karachi.
At least 11 people were killed in another shopping mall fire in Karachi in 2023.
In 2021, at least 16 workers died after a factory fire in the same city.
In 2012, at least 250 labourers died at a garment factory in Baldia Town, in western Karachi, when a fire engulfed the facility. The building had no fire escape.
Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 children: local authority
A fire erupted in a maternity ward in Pakistan's capital on Wednesday, killing 14 children, the Islamabad district office said.
The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital, the district office said in a statement.
"A total of 14 children died in the incident," it said, without giving their ages.
The statement did not state the cause of the fire.
Sohail Ashraf, the Islamabad chief commissioner, said on X that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself "immediately reached at site and controlled the fire".
He said the emergency call was made just before 7:00 am (0200 GMT).
Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.
In January, more than 65 people were killed in a shopping centre fire in the port city of Karachi.
At least 11 people were killed in another shopping mall fire in Karachi in 2023.
In 2021, at least 16 workers died after a factory fire in the same city.
In 2012, at least 250 labourers died at a garment factory in Baldia Town, in western Karachi, when a fire engulfed the facility. The building had no fire escape.
Husband, domestic worker held after Pakistani woman found murdered: @afpfr
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a man suspected of murdering his wife at his parents' house with the help of a domestic worker, police said Saturday, in a case that sparked outrage online.
Hina Javed, 45, was found dead at her in-laws' home in Rawalpindi on Thursday by her brother, who filed a report with local police saying her body bore signs of violence.
The brother, said his sister had been beaten and strangled, and had her hands ties behind her back when he found her.
"A murder case has been registered on the complaint of the deceased woman's brother," Rawalpindi police said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the woman's "husband and a domestic worker have been taken into custody and are being questioned as part of the investigation".
Hina Javed's family said she had entered arranged marriage with 52-year-old Faisal Asghar about nine months ago. She worked in the media department of Pakistan's parliament.
Asghar and his family have not publicly commented on the case.
Javed's brother told police he suspected Asghar's parents were also involved in her murder.
The killing has sparked outrage online, with activists and members of the public calling for stronger measures to address gender-based violence in Pakistan.
"No words can capture what we have lost as a family," said @sabahbanomalik , 37, Javed's cousin.
"The family places its full faith in Pakistan's justice system and is confident that justice will prevail," said Bano.
It is typical for court cases to drag on for years in Pakistan.
"Violence against women in our homes is not a private matter. It is a crime and it must be treated as one," Javed's cousin @sabahbanomalik said.
BREAKING Pakistan's government will challenge the Supreme Court's order to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to hospital for medical checks, the law minister says
More than 700 trucks carrying international humanitarian aid arrived in Afghanistan via Pakistan despite a near-total closure of the land border between the two countries following clashes in October, the United Nations told AFP on Sunday.
More than 700 trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Afghanistan via Pakistan despite the near-total closure of the land border, the UN says
https://t.co/hJBVAD2qO2
@cyalm 😂😂😂😂😂😂
On world minorities day I am sharing this piece by @aikterapiyar that he wrote in 2020. A thought-provoking look at how religious orthodoxy has shaped, and narrowed the space for minorities in Pakistan.
'How High Church Islam Ruined My Country's Imagination.'
https://t.co/TwwOWCH0iI
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey sign a defence agreement: Pakistan foreign ministry.
According to the agreement, an attack on one state is an attack on others, Islamabad said.
Purity culture is rape culture. Pakistan has an endemic of rape and incest and pedophilia and also an obsession with policing for conformity, conservatism and purity. You can’t have purity culture without rape culture because they are born from the same exact place.
Pakistan's govt has instructed international media to register journalists and seek permission for any reporting outside the country's three main cities, sparking concern from rights and media groups over a threat to press freedom via @AFP https://t.co/6LaQkrTrKV
over doing it
Islamabad: Displays expressing support for the population of Indian-administered Kashmir have been installed outside the President's House in Islamabad, featuring flags of Pakistan-administered Kashmir alongside the Pakistani flag. The national display marks the annual August 5 observance against India’s 2019 decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo:Online
So now the govt wants all journalists, including nationals, to register themselves and ask for permission if they are leaving the major cities to do their job.
Reporting the truth is “yellow journalism” now in Pakistan. So whatever reporting the state doesn’t like isn’t real journalism. What a joke!
Reporting the truth is “yellow journalism” now in Pakistan. So whatever reporting the state doesn’t like isn’t real journalism. What a joke!
We have taken note of Al Jazeera’s selective reporting from handpicked polling stations in Muzaffarabad today. Through carefully chosen timings and scripted statements from selected individuals, the channel has sought to misrepresent the AJK elections and the voting process.
Such yellow journalism only confirms the agenda of external actors with vested interests who are attempting to delegitimise this electoral exercise and undermine the popular will of the people of Muzaffarabad and AJK, clearly demonstrated today in their rejection of anarchy and coercion.
@cyalm Torture
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