Shoaib Akhtar makes a big statement about Imran Khan as he sets to become Pakistan PM

Agencies

July 29, 2018

Karachi, Jul 29: Pakistan's ace fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that Imran Khan has the capability to make Pakistan the 'Asian Tiger'.

"I believe that he can help Pakistan become Asian Tiger but the whole nation must stand by his side if we are to succeed," The Express Tribune quoted Akhtar, as saying.

Legendary all-rounder Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the single largest party with 116 seats in the recently-concluded Pakistan general elections.

Reflecting on the same, Akhtar said that he would like to congratulate the party and hoped that he would deliver results for the people.

"I would like to congratulate the entire nation and workers of PTI," he said. "I'm confident that Imran bhai will deliver in accordance with the expectations of the people of Pakistan," he said.

Imran Khan, who led the Pakistani side to cricket World Cup victory in 1992, founded his party, PTI, in 1996 and fought first ever general election in 1997.

Khan stood in seven constituencies across the country but failed to win a majority in any.

The party steadily started gaining ground and it was in the 2013 general elections that PTI emerged as the second largest party overtaking Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

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55-yr-old principal kills 6-yr-old girl for resisting rape, dumps body in school compound

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September 24,2024

Ahmedabad: The investigation into the death of a six-year-old girl in Gujarat's Dahod district has led to a chilling revelation -- the Class I student was choked to death, allegedly by her school's principal after she resisted his attempts to sexually assault her. He then dumped her body in the school's compound and her bag and shoes near the classroom. Police have arrested the accused, 55-year-old Govind Natt.

Senior police officer Rajdeep Singh Jhala said the six-year-old girl's body was found on the premises of her school on Thursday evening, sparking panic in the area. The post-mortem revealed that she suffocated to death. Police registered a case and formed 10 teams to probe the matter. The girl's mother told the police that she went to school with the principal, Govind Natt, every day. When the cops spoke to him, the principal said he had dropped off the girl at the school and left for some work.

The cops were not convinced. When they examined Govind Natt's phone location details on the day of the incident, it was found that he reached school late that day. When he was grilled, the principal confessed to the heinous crime.

"He picked up the girl from her home at around 10.20 am. Her mother helped her get into the principal's car and saw her off. But she never reached the school. The school's students and teachers confirmed this. On the way to school, the principal tried to sexually assault her, and she started shouting," the senior officer said, adding that the principal choked the girl to stop her from shouting.

On reaching the school, the principal left the girl's body in his car and locked the vehicle. "Around 5 pm, he dumps the body behind the school building and plants her school bag and shoes outside her classroom. He denied this initially, but we suspected him after the technical analysis," Mr Jhala said.

Govind Natt, police have said, faces stringent charges under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

State Education Minister Kuber Dindor said it was a shameful incident for the society. "I am pained by this. We were following this up for three days. We had told police to get to the bottom of this. The principal has been arrested. I condemn this incident and we will take steps to ensure such crimes are not repeated."

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