Since the Supreme Court took up the PIL of MC Mehta on pollution threats to the Taj Mahal in 1993, thousands of crores of rupees have been spent in the Taj Trapezium Zone on controlling pollution, but the results are not visible to the public.
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Man kills self, two others die in accidents
Karachi
May 10, 2021
A man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house located in the New Karachi neighbourhood, police officials said on Sunday.
Following the incident, police and rescuers reached the house and took the deceased to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for completing the medico-legal formalities. He was identified as 50-year-old Akram, son of Amrao.
Citing the initial investigation, police said the man had committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan over family and financial problems, adding that further investigation was under way.
Separately, a woman identified as 54-year-old Musarrat, wife of Saeed, died after falling down the stairs of her house located in Lyariâs Agra Taj Colony. She was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi.
A new novel tells the story of a djinn and his two friends, tied to the politics of Pakistan
An excerpt from ‘Of Smokeless Fire’, by AA Jafri. Author A A Jafri.
Djinns, the invisible beings made of smokeless fire, are Allah’s creations. Human beings cannot create or beget them, but whether it was a djinn or not, a rumour took birth that day that a djinn had been born at the residence of Noor ul Haq, barrister- at-law.
Farhat Haq, the wife of barrister Noor ul Haq, almost died in labour that day. It had nothing to do with the delivery, wretched as it was, but had everything to do with that horrible midwife, Kaneez, and her piercing screams: “Djinn, djinn! Oh Allah, he’s a djinn! Take him away from me. Take him away from me; he will get inside me!”