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Karachi man boils wife in cauldron in front of children, flees

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2 years ago

Farwa

KARACHI: A mother of six children was killed and boiled in a pot by her husband in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi on Wednesday.

Nargis’s body was discovered in a cauldron in the kitchen of a private school in Block 4 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

Mobina Town police arrived at the school after the victim’s 15-year-old daughter dialled the police helpline —15. The cops took the deceased to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

According to District East SSP Abdur Rahim Sherazi, who shared preliminary investigation details with The News, the woman’s husband, Ashiq, from Bajaur Agency, worked as a watchman at the school and lived in the school’s servant quarters. He stated that the school had been closed for about eight to nine months. Following the harrowing incident, the suspect fled with his three children, while the remaining three children are in police custody. “We have three children with us,” said SSP Sherazi. “They are shaken and traumatised.”

He claimed that preliminary investigations and the children’s statements suggested that the suspect asphyxiated his wife with a pillow before boiling her in the cauldron in front of his children. One of the woman’s legs had also been severed from her body.

The real reason for the incident has yet to be determined. However, it has been reported that the husband forced his wife to engage in illicit relationships and then murdered her when she refused to obey him.

A case has been registered and raids are being carried out for the arrest of the suspect. “We have his [suspect] two cell phone numbers but he has switched off both of them,” the officer said. “We are tracing him and will arrest him soon.”

The shocking event brought back the horrific memories of a similar incident that occurred about 11 years ago when, in November 2011, police arrested a woman for killing her husband and attempting to cook his body parts after he planned to marry another woman without her permission.

The police had arrested Zainab Bibi, 32, and her nephew Zaheer, 22, in Shah Faisal Colony, and recovered a bowl of flesh she had planned to cook. “They killed Ahmed Abbas, Zainab’s husband, and chopped his body into pieces, and were about to cook the flesh in a bowl. The knife with which they killed the man has been recovered,” the police said.

Television networks had showed gruesome footage of human flesh in a bowl ready for the stove.

Business

Pakistan’s gold prices continue to decline.

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2 days ago

Farwa

The price of ten grams of 24 carat gold dropped by Rs 1,201 to Rs 205,418 from Rs 206,619, while the price of ten grams of 22 carat gold dropped to Rs 188,300 from Rs 189,400, according to the All Sindh Sarafa Jewellers Association.

Silver, priced at Rs. 2,620 per tola and Rs. 2,254.80 per ten grams, stayed at that level. As reported by the organization, the price of gold dropped by $11 on the global market, to $2,297 from $2,308.

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Price of LPG “slashed” by Rs. 20 per kilogram

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2 days ago

Farwa

Sources claim that LPG rates have been lowered by Rs 20, making the cost per kilogram drop from Rs 280 to Rs 260.

It is noteworthy to remark that the costs of LPG were reduced by Rs 20 per kilogram earlier, resulting in a total reduction of Rs 40 per kilogram within a few weeks.

The price of liquefied petroleum gas for the month of May 2024 was lowered by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on April 30.

The LPG tariffs were lowered by Rs 11.88 to Rs 238.46 per kilogram in accordance with the OGRA’s notice. On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the new rates will go into effect.

In April of last year, the price per kilogram of LPG was Rs 250.34. pricing reduction of Rs 140.18 has resulted in a new pricing for home LPG cylinders set for May 2024 of Rs 2813.85.

The OGRA reported a drop in liquefied petroleum gas pricing in April. The price of LPG is now Rs 250.34 per kg instead of Rs 256.78 due to a reduction of Rs 6.44 per kg.

The price of the household cylinder was fixed at Rs 2954.03 for the month of April, down from Rs 3030.12, a decrease of Rs 76.9.

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ADB delegation stops by FBR headquarters

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2 days ago

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Senior Director ADB Tariq Niazi oversaw the expedition, which also involved Sana Masood, Farzana Noshab, and Senior Public Sector Management Specialist Laisiasa Tora. The meeting included presentations from economists as well, according to an FBR press release.

The officers focused on structural and policy adjustments as they discussed the Domestic Resource Mobilization Program’s implementation at the meeting.

$300 million was given to the Pakistani government by ADB in December 2023 as a result of the hard work and dedication of FBR. Better laws, regulations, and institutional capability for the FBR were established by Sub-Program I.

With the $300 million in funding provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Government of Pakistan in December 2023, the delegation conveyed satisfaction with the program’s effective launch.

The FBR also underlined how crucial digitization is to recording the economy and boosting productivity in a sustainable way.

In order to promote the Government of Pakistan’s Digital Tax Administration Project, both parties decided to look into measures to improve their cooperation.