Headlines 9am: Islamabad, Rawalpindi wake up to rain
via SAMAA
Here are the headlines from SAMAA TV’s 9am bulletin.
- PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has been summoned at NAB Lahore. The bureau has accused her of illegally transferring 200 acres of land in Raiwind.
- The FBR has revealed that a benami company has been using a fake bank account for money laundering. The company has exported goods worth $30 million using Sultan Mahmood’s name, a pine nut shop owner in Lahore. The shopkeeper is however clueless about the transactions and the company.
- The Karachi police arrested two truck drivers on the Super Highway after they were caught red-handed transporting 99kg of drugs. Their vehicle has been impounded.
- The police have arrested two people for robbing people at Tariq Road, PECHS, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, and Bahadurabad.
- A woman was killed in Jhang after unknown men entered the residence and opened fire at her. Her body has been moved to a hospital for a post-mortem examination. She was the mother of seven children.
- Rawalpindi and Islamabad reported heavy rain on Tuesday morning.
- A dust storm swept across America’s Illinois on Monday, uprooting trees and electric poles. Several areas of the US state even reported power outage for several hours.
- US President Donald Trump’s White House briefing was interrupted after several shots were fired outside the building. The US Secret Service later told media that a service officer had shot a 51-year-old man after the elderly man ran towards him with a weapon.
