Ø Even as journalists and civil society members protested the attack on Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir in Karachi, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a three-member
Judicial Commission to inquire into the incident. A formal request is to be
made to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to nominate three members, an
official statement said on Sunday. The government has announced a reward of
Rs.10 million to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of those
involved.
Ø Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a U.S. boxer made famous by a racially tinged wrongful murder
conviction that landed him behind bars for 19 years, died in Toronto. He was
76.
Ø Pistachios are already a key ingredient in Turkish baklava, but the
country may now have found a new way to exploit the nuts known as “green gold” — by using their shells to heat a new eco-city. Officials are currently
examining plans to build the country’s first ecological city with buildings
both private and public heated by burning pistachio shells. The
pistachio-heated new city would encompass 3,200 hectares, and house 200,000
people. It would be located 11 kilometres (six miles) from the province’s
capital city, also named Gaziantep.
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