Pakistan

Three booked in TikToker Ayesha’s ‘murder’ case

Published

2 years ago

Farwa

Police also detain victim’s mother-in-law and husband.
Renter of car that dropped Ayesha also in police custody.
Deceased woman died due to drug overdose at party in DHA.

KARACHI: The Karachi police Tuesday progressed in the investigation of the murder case involving TikToker Ayesha, whose body was dumped at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) last week.

A few days after the incident was initially reported, the police registered a first information report (FIR) based on a complaint filed by Sultan, the victim’s father, under murder charges.

Through the probe, the police found that the victim died as a result of a drug overdose at a dance party held in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) three days earlier.

Three people have been booked for Ayesha’s murder, including a man named Jibran Saleem alias Jerry, a woman named Pinky and another suspect Ali who left her body at the hospital, while a man named Sameer is also mentioned in the case.

The contents of the FIR mentioned that Sultan, a resident of Punjab’s Okara district, received a phone call at his home informing him about his daughter’s death following a drug overdose at a dance party. Jibran, Ali, and Pinky took Ayesha to the dance party in DHA Phase-II Sunset Boulevard, where Sameer was already present, the FIR mentions.

On the other hand, progress in the probe also came after Jibran was identified using CCTV footage and eventually arrested during a raid carried out in DHA.

Meanwhile, the police have also detained the deceased woman’s husband and mother-in-law as well as the renter of the car used to dump the body at JPMC.

Police, on the other hand, are still waiting for Ayesha’s post-mortem report.

On Saturday, two unidentified people abandoned the young girl’s body in the JPMC’s emergency ward and hurriedly sneaked out of the crowded trauma centre.

According to police officials, hospital authorities confirmed that a man and woman brought the body to the hospital that morning and fled. “The deceased was brought from Defence Housing Authority,” the police had said.

‘No legal action’

Meanwhile, Ayesha’s mother-in-law, Nusrat Sobia, who resides in Karachi, was investigated by the police.

“I have been living in Gulistan-e-Jauhar for 16 years. Muhammad Adil is my elder son and drove a taxi until six months ago,” she said.

Sobia added that her son is a drug addict and returns home after several days. She revealed that her son married Ayesha two years ago.

“Ayesha used to live with me and work at a salon. I was visiting my native town in Punjab for the last one week,” she said, adding that the family neither had any dispute nor enmity with anyone.

“We do not want any kind of legal action,” the mother-in-law had said in her statement to the police.

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In interbank trade, the Pakistani rupee modestly appreciates versus the US dollar.

Published

16 hours ago

Farwa

In the interbank market, the Pakistani Rupee increased by 0.03% against the US dollar during Monday’s early trading session.

The rupee strengthened by 8 paise against the dollar, reaching 278.48 as of 10:10 a.m. By ending at 278.56, the rupee had lost 9 paise the day before.

Globally, Monday saw a minor decline in the US dollar, but it was still close to its two-year high. In order to obtain additional understanding of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate strategy, traders are anticipating US economic data, namely the December non-farm payrolls report.

The Chinese yuan also garnered notice when, following a strong defense by the People’s Bank of China in December, it dropped below the psychological level of 7.3 per dollar for the first time in 14 months.

Last spotted, the offshore yuan increased by 0.15% to 7.3487 per US dollar, while the onshore yuan fell by 0.05% to 7.3252 per US dollar.

The speeches that various Federal Reserve policymakers are scheduled to give this week, in which they are anticipated to restate their positions on inflation and the continuous fight against price increases, are also attracting market attention.

Expectations of fewer interest rate reduction from the Fed have helped the US dollar gain strength, and last week it reached a two-year high. Meanwhile, the euro fell to its lowest level in more than two years.

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Drugs worth $1 million are seized by the Pakistan Navy in the North Arabian Sea.

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5 days ago

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Pakistan Navy Ship PNS MOAWIN, according to ISPR, used naval air assets to perform a boarding operation on a suspicious boat and confiscate the drugs that were concealed in the ship’s hidden compartments.

An estimated one million US dollars is the international market value of the narcotics that were seized.

International shipping lanes were being used to deliver this shipment of drugs.

Within the region’s maritime borders, the Pakistan Navy is always engaged in stopping all types of illicit activity, ISPR continued.

A spokesperson for the ANF Headquarters stated that earlier, during seven operations, another security unit of the nation’s anti-narcotics unit (ANF) seized more than 149 kg of drugs valued at more than Rs 40 million and detained four drug dealers.

He reported that 30 capsules containing heroin had been found in the stomach of a traveler at Peshawar International Airport who was headed to Jeddah.

Another operation resulted in the arrest of a suspect after 31 inebriated tablets were found in a package close to an Islamabad park.

150 grams of ice were found in a package that was shipped to Australia via a Karachi courier service.

90 kilograms of opium and 10 kg of heroin that had been concealed for smuggling were found during an operation in the Balochistani district of Chagai.

In the fifth operation, 45 kg of hashish was found in an uninhabited part of Balochistan’s Coastal Line Pasni. Three kilograms of hashish were found in Hyderabad on a suspect.

During the seventh operation, 500 grams of ice and 1 kilogram of heroin were found in the custody of a biker who was stopped close to the Iqbal Shaheed Toll Plaza Attock.

Additional investigations are underway, and cases have been filed under the Narcotics Control Act against the arrested suspect.

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Outsourcing of Airports: Deputy Prime Minister Commits to Transforming Aviation into a Profitable Sector

Published

6 days ago

Farwa

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has instructed the implementation of all feasible measures to render aviation a viable industry and to enhance service quality for travelers.

He provided these directives while presiding over a meeting in Islamabad concerning the outsourcing of airports and the advancement of the aviation sector.