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Nawaz Sharif’s wife conscious, still on ventilator

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 | ,

London [UK] –  Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of jailed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has regained consciousness but she is still on ventilator, said Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz. Hussain informed that his mother was able to recognise family members and could now communicate with them through gestures. However, she was unable to speak, Samaa TV reported quoting Hussain Nawaz. Kulsoom is undergoing treatment for cancer at the Harley Street Clinic in London. On July 13, Hussain announced that his mother opened her eyes after a month-long coma. He requested people to remember his mother in their prayers. Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were in London to attend to ailing Kulsum Nawaz. However, they had to leave for Pakistan to serve their respective sentences in connection to the Avenfield reference case. On July 6, Sharif and Maryam were convicted in absentia in the Avenfield reference case by the Accountability Court. While the former was given ten years of imprisonment and slapped with a fine of eight million pounds, Maryam was awarded eight years in jail and fined two million pounds. Upon their arrival at Lahore on July 13, the father-daughter duo was taken to Islamabad by a chartered flight, from where they were taken to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi....

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Violent tiger held captive

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Ratnanagar – The Chitwan National Park (CNP) took control a tiger which attacked and killed a woman in west Chitwan. CNP Chief Conservation Officer Bed Kumar Dhakal informed that a team of animal doctors with eight tuskers deputed from the national park brought the wild cat under control on Monday evening. The tiger has been kept in confinement at the national park. It may be noted that the jungle cat had bounced and killed Sushila Dumre, 25, while she was collecting fodder at the Raptidun Buffer Zone Community Forest in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-25 on Monday. Dhakal further informed that the tiger which was spotted around the dead body was made unconscious and taken under control with entire daylong effort. The CNP source said the tiger aged around 10-12 might have come out of its ring for not being able to struggle to hold own territory. Some days earlier, a wild cat that was held captive from east Chitwan after series of attacks on human being died due to wound infection. The growing incidents of conflict between human and wild beast have posed a serious threat to the country’s efforts for conserving endangered big...

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Shelter home, a sigh of relief for violence survivors

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Baitadi –  With the safe shelter home in operation in Patan, women surviving gender-based violence in the district are feeling a sigh of relief. As of now 74 women facing different forms of violence have received services from the safe shelter home that has been in operation for the past 20 months, informed UNFPA district programme officer, Ganesh Shahi. She added the shelter home has made it easier for the victims to counter violence against women. “The violence survivor women have also been provided with consultation in the shelter”, she shared. Women surviving different incidents of violence including domestic violence, child marriage, polygamy and gender-based violence throng the shelter home seeking support and justice. The shelter has been brought into operation to provide support to the women facing violence, said Coordinator of Shelter Home Operation Committee, Janaki Awasthi. The shelter home has been providing food and accommodation to violence survivor women for 35 days as well as legal aid free of...

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Agriculture University resumes regular operation

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Chitwan –  The Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) has come in to regular operation from Monday. The university students and teachers had resorted to shut teaching and learning activities after the university granted its affiliation to eight private campuses. With the call-off of protest after government’s decision to revoke university’s decision, the curricular activities have come to resumption. University’s Registrar Manaraj Kolakshyapati shared that the administrative and curricular activities have come in to regular and smooth operation. It may be noted that the University’s Executive Council on July 4 had decided to grant its affiliation to eight private...

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SAFF U-15 women football team leaves for Bhutan

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Kathmandu – A 32-member women’s football team left here today for Bhutan to play in the Second U-15 SAFF Championship Women Football. The team comprises 23 players, three coaches, five officials and one sports journalist. Nepal is placed in Group B of the Championship which kicks off on August 9 and concludes on August 18. Along with Nepal, the defending champion Bangladesh and Pakistan are also in Group B. India, the host country Bhutan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are in Group A. This is the second edition of the tournament. Maldives is not participating in the championship. The players include Preeti Rai (captain), Sabitri Kisan (goal-keeper), Pooja Thapa, Karina Dhimal, Khusbu Rai (defender), Pushpa Gurung, Surakshya Singh, Sarishma Thapa Magar, Saloni Rana Magar, Sarita Neupane, Sabina Chaudhari and Mana Maya Pariyar. Similarly, Sushma Tamang, Riya Banu, Manisha Bista, Sabita Ranamagar, Poonam Ghimire, Asmita Chaudhari, Saraswati Hamal are in the mid-field line-up while Rajani Thokar, Nikita Thokar, Chandra Bhandari and Anushka Sherpa are playing as forwards. Chief coach Ganga Gurung, coach Shyam Manandhar and goalkeeper coach Binod Maharjan are also accompanying with the Nepali team. FIFA referee Asmita Manandhar and FIFA assistant referee Beena Shrestha is also going with the team to Bhutan to conduct the game. Nepal will play against Pakistan on August 11 in the first game and against Bangladesh on August 13. Nepal’s performance in the first...

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