Seven awarded 4-count death in Sialkot lynching case

In a landmark decision, an anti-terrorism court Tuesday handed down four times death punishment to seven accused and life imprisonment to six others in Sialkot case in which two brothers Mughees and Muneeb were brutally lynched in full public view in August last year.
Seven culprits have been sentenced to death on four counts, six sentenced to life in jail while 5 accused have been freed. Former DPO Waqar Ahmed Chohan and 9 policemen have been jailed for three years.
Talking to Media, The grandfather of the lynched youth Muneeb and Mughees thanked the media and the Chief Justice for doing justice.
He said the day (of the verdict) comes as a sad day as it reflects on the overall deterioration of values in society. He said his (grand)sons were lynched in front of the whole village while not a single voice for raised to stop the cruelty.

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New dolphin species discovered in Australia

MELBOURNE: Researchers in Australia have discovered that dolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a species unlike any other in the world, they revealed on Thursday.

The dolphins that frolic in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes, numbering around 150, were originally thought to be one of the two recognised bottlenose species.

But Monash University PhD researcher Kate Charlton-Robb found they were different by comparing skulls, DNA and physical traits with specimens dating back to the early 1900s.

She has named them Tursiops australis, although they will commonly be known as the Burrunan dolphin, an Aboriginal name meaning large sea fish of the porpoise kind.

"This is an incredibly fascinating discovery as there have only been three new dolphin species formally described and recognised since the late 1800s," Charlton-Robb said of her research, published in the PLoS One journal.

"What makes this even more exciting is this dolphin species has been living right under our noses, with only two known resident populations living in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria state."

The research relied in part on the analysis of dolphin skulls collected and maintained by museums over the last century, particularly holdings at Museum Victoria.

Six more Dengue patients die in Lahore, toll reaches 24

LAHORE: Dengue fever claimed six more lives including that of a bride to be in Lahore raising the overall death toll from the virus to twenty-four, Geo News reported.

Patients are facing sever difficulties in getting admitted to hospitals and obtaining platelets that are necessary for treatment of the disease. This is due to the fact that the number of patients is constantly increasing in the city.

However, doctors say that not every fever turns into Dengue and it can only be ascertained after specific blood screening.

Patients having symptoms of Dengue are being admitted to the hospitals while the rest with the fever complaints are sent back home.

Dengue symptoms include lower level of blood platelets, high fever, red spots on body and vomiting.

Dengue alert in twin-cities

Health experts have advised the citizens of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad to take preventive measures to protect them from dengue virus.

According to them, active monitoring and surveillance of
natural mosquito is necessary during these days to check on spread
of the dengue virus.

They said the staff of departments concerned should take steps for solid waste disposal and improving water storage practices, including covering containers to prevent access by egg laying female mosquitoes.

Master Plan for Multan

District Coordination Officer (DCO) Zahid Akhtar Zaman said that different mega projects were being initiated near Vehari road, Bahawalpur By-pass and Sher Shah By-pass in line with 20-year Master Plan to meet future requirements.

Addressing a meeting of heads of different departments, the DCO said that Islamabad model was being followed for introduction of new mega projects in Multan.

He said separate residential areas, green belts, commercial, and industrial units would be included in the 20-Year plan. He said most of mega projects including motorway, cadet college

Police move closer to Shahbaz Taseer

Five people have been taken into custody for interrogation in the kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer, the son of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, Geo News reported Saturday.

According to sources these individuals were taken into custody from Gulberg -2 area of Lahore. They have been accused of conducting reconnaissance on Shabaz Taseer. Sources add that the investigation team has not been able to locate those behind the kidnapping.

Shahbaz taseer was kidnapped from the Gulberg area of Lahore on August 26.

Heavy rain lashes Karachi

The city is receiving heavy rainfall, Geo News reported Saturday.

The intensity of the rain is so severe that drivers are facing difficulty while commuting meanwhile water has accumulated in low lying areas of the city

Several feet of water has already accumalated near the Saudi consulate in Defence area

Electricity outages have also been reported in several areas of the city.

Study insides of moon

A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what's inside Earth's orbiting companion — all the way down to the core.

"I could hardly be happier," said the lead scientist, Maria Zuber. After two days of delays and almost another, "I was trying to be as calm as I could be."

NASA launched the near identical probes named Grail-A and Grail-B aboard a relatively small Delta II rocket to save money. It will take close to four months for the spacecraft to reach the moon, a long, roundabout journey compared with the zippy three-day trip of the Apollo astronauts four decades ago.

Grail-A popped off the upper stage of the rocket exactly as planned 1½ hours after liftoff, followed eight minutes later by Grail-B. Both releases were seen live on NASA TV thanks to an on-board rocket camera, and generated loud applause in Launch Control.

The pair are traveling independently to the moon, with A arriving on New Year's Eve and B on New Year's Day.

WHO confirms 2,726 Dengue cases in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, there are 2,726 confirmed Dengue virus cases in Pakistan, Geo News reported.

The number of Dengue cases in Islamabad is 30, Punjab 2,463, Sindh 191, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 8 and 5 cases have been reported in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

8 people have died due to the virus across the country.