Dependent parents entitled to maintenance from children

 

LAHORE: The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) has recommended amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to restrict the police/law enforcers from causing injury or death to a person being arrested unless there is a strong threat to the life of the officer making the arrest.
It also recommended an amendment to the CrPC to make it compulsory for the police to inform a person about the grounds of his/her arrest. The commission recommended these amendments in its meeting held on Saturday at the Supreme Court Registry, Lahore. Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani chaired the meeting.

The proposed amendment to Section 46 of CrPC 1898 with the addition of new sub-section (4) says the police officer or other person making an arrest shall not use any means which may cause death or grievous bodily injury to the person being arrested, unless there is probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested poses an imminent threat of causing death or grievous bodily injury either to the police officer or any person making the arrest.

The proposed addition of a new Section 54-A in the CrPC says every person, upon arrest, by a police officer, shall be informed of the grounds of his arrest.

The commission also approved a law reform proposal by the addition of the new section 9-A in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, and recommended that a parent who is unable to maintain himself shall be entitled to claim maintenance from his children.

It further proposed amendments to Sections 91 and 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and recommended that suits in respect of public nuisance and public charities may be brought by two or more persons with the leave of the court in addition to being brought by the advocate general.

The commission also recommended that suits under a Fatal Accident Act, 1855 shall be brought for the benefit of legal heirs of the deceased; the same may be awarded with interim compensation and the cases under the said law shall be decided within a period of six months. Besides members of the commission, the National Commission on the Status of Women Chairperson Ms. Khawar Mumtaz and a senior advocate Abid Hassan Minto also attended the meeting.

APP adds: The LJCP approved the Law Reform Proposals regarding amendments to Rule 4 of the Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Rules, 1976, to the effect that the parties have an option to attach the list of dowry articles, presents and gifts with the Nikahnama.

The commission also approved the law reform proposals by amending the Fatal Accident Act, 1855 and recommended that suits under the said law shall be brought for the benefit of the legal heirs of the deceased, the same may be awarded with interim compensation and the cases under the said law shall be decided within a period of six months.

Six children die at a private hospital

KARACHI: Six children died at a private hospital due to alleged negligence by the staffers, Geo News reported.

The parents of the victims alleged that their children died due to shortage of oxygen and negligence of hospital administration.

Sources in the health ministry confirmed deaths of children at a private hospital near Korangi crossing area.

Meanwhile, EDO health was unaware of the incident, however, he formed a committee to investigate into the matter.

Pakistan play like children, crash out of World T20

DHAKA: Pakistan played like children as defending champions West Indies easily defeated them by 84 runs in a key Super-10 match of the World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Tuesday and sailed into the semi-finals.

The West Indies recovered from a top-order meltdown to post 166-6 after electing to take first strike, before three wickets each by spin twins Samuel Badree and Sunil Narine skittled Pakistan for 82 in 17.5 overs.

The West Indies, who finished second behind unbeaten India in group two, will clash with group one champions Sri Lanka in the first semi-final in Dhaka tomorrow (Thursday).India, who won all their four league matches, meet South Africa at the same venue on Friday. The final will take place in Dhaka on Sunday.

It was the first time Pakistan, finalists in the inaugural World T20 in 2007 and champions in 2009, failed to reach the knock-out rounds in the five editions of the tournament.

WFP, Balochistan to assist over 100,000 malnourished children, women

ISLAMABAD: The World Food Programme (WFP) and Balochistan government jointly launched a project to assist around 108,271 malnourished children, pregnant and lactating women suffering to prevent stunting and micronutrient deficiencies.

The project would be implemented with collaboration of Balochistan Department of Health from 2013 to 2015 in nine districts of Balochistan including Zhob, Musakhel, Lora Lai, Qilla Saifullah, Pishin, Nushki, Kharan, Washuk, Chagai by providing them food supplements through Lady Health Workers (LHWs).

It would also prevent their intergenerational transmission using locally produced specialized nutritious products and promoting appropriate infant and young child feeding practices utilising effective behaviour change communication strategies.

Balochistan is the second most affected province, where only 36.5 percent of the population were food secure. About 33.9 percent people were food insecure without hunger, Nicole Carn, World Food Programme (WFP) Chief in Balochistan told APP. In response to the nutrition situation in Balochistan, WFP has been assisting the Health Department of Balochistan to address the issue of malnutrition through Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), she added.

This will also contribute to reducing the incidence of low birth weight as maternal nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women will be improved. Out of 32 districts in Balochistan, there are nine districts where Balochistan Nutrition Cell, along with WFP was working to address the issue of malnutrition.

Angelina Jolie used to scare her children to prepare for ‘Maleficent’

Angelina Jolie: I loved being Maleficent.

Angelina Jolie says she went ”nuts” while preparing for her negative role in Disney’s ’Maleficent’ as it involved screaming at bushes and trying to scare her children with her costume and voice.
The 38-year-old actress enjoyed playing the villaneous fairy in the children’s classic and would bring her scary costume home to practice for her role, reported Entertainment Weekly.
“I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world,” Jolie said.
“But I did have to take my staff home to practice walking with it in my cloak, and then I would go outside and scream at the bushes to expand my voice and play with my voice. So, mom was a bit nutso for a period.”
Describing her character in the film, Jolie said the role demanded something that she has never done before. ”Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She’s bigger than me. She’s on a different level of
performance that I have never done. She’s very still.”
“She’s very sure of herself, but I couldn’t figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier.”
Jolie’s daughter Viv plays young Princess Aurora, while Pax and Zahara both play princes and princesses from foreign lands.

Malala Yousafzai urges for better protection of children

LONDON: On Commonwealth Day, Malala Yousafzai has urged the Commonwealth countries to provide better assistance for the protection of children.

She was addressing an event organized in Westminster abbey to celebrate Commonwealth Day.

Malala said it’s an honor for her to be there. She said the forum of Commonwealth is basically like a family for all the nations around the world, where no one is judged on the basis of religion, race or gender.

She said that school-going kids face a lot of trouble every day. Especially children in Pakistan, India and various African countries have to deal with many hurdles like poverty, violence and cultural barriers in order to get education.

The young schoolgirl activist has requested the Commonwealth to guard children worldwide from being exploited through child labour and trafficking.

Queen Elizabeth and other royal family members were also present at the event.