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Headlines 9am: MQM leader makes revelations, Rangers attack investigation continues

Here are the headlines from SAMAA TV’s 9am bulletin.

  • Renowned Shia scholar Allama Talib Jauhari has passed away in Karachi at the age of 81. He passed away at a private hospital and his body has been taken to the Ancholi Imambargah where his funeral prayers will be offered today after Zuhr prayers. He will be buried at the Wadi Hussain Graveyard. Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other political leaders have expressed their grief at his passing.
  • The investigation report in the PIA plane crash has been prepared and will be handed over to the aviation division today. It contains the pilot’s conversation with the air traffic controller, flight data records, cockpit voice records and CCTV footage of the plane’s belly landing. Ninety-seven people lost their lives in the May 22 crash.
  • Muhammad Anwar, a close aide of MQM founder Altaf Hussain, has admitted to receiving money from India. Speaking to SAMAA TV, he said the point of contact was Nadeem Nusrat and the money was taken for the party. I didn’t spend a penny on myself, he said. He said people responsible for murder and mayhem in Karachi are still there. He wants to do something for the country and has said anyone who wants to contact him should.
  • An investigation is under way into three attacks on Rangers personnel in Karachi, Larkana and Ghotki. Security agencies have taken multiple suspects into custody and the police said some of them were on the watch list. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the Modi government is under pressure and questions are arising after the Ladakh incident. He said they may activate their sleeper cells and that such things have happened in Karachi before.
  • A Pakistan Army patrol came under fire in South Waziristan on Sunday. Two soldiers, including a captain, were martyred and two others injured. One attacker was killed in the resulting shootout.


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