At least 36 people were injured, and 20 were hospitalized Sunday after a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu hit severe turbulence about 30 minutes before landing.
Jon Snook, the airline’s chief operating officer, said the airline hasn’t experienced “an incident of this nature in recent history.” The flight was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members, he said during an afternoon news conference. “Medical care was provided to several guests & crewmembers at the airport for minor injuries while some were swiftly transported to local hospitals for further care,” Hawaiian Airlines tweeted.
The turbulence occurred 15 to 30 minutes before the plane landed in Honolulu, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members.
Women political participation is a fundamental prerequisite for gender equality and genuine democracy. It facilitates women’s direct engagement in public decision-making and is a means of ensuring better accountability to women. But here in Pakistan, women in politics are seen as a threat to the fragile egos of some male politicians.
When we talk about women’s political participation, it is easy for us to imagine the empty seats around the decision-making table, and a little more difficult to picture the many obstacles and challenges women face to get into those seats. When the same empty seats are filled by women, they somehow become a threat and danger. Recently, Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali criticised State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on her recent visit to Afghanistan. Chitrali said that he was not against any female minister, but he believed that the government should have included some tribal elders in the Khar-led delegation that visited Afghanistan. In response to his sexist statement, women Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) from treasury benches extended their support for Khar. Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman said, “This debate on gender difference has ended in the entire world, as to who is a man and who a woman. People are known for their performance and merit and not for their gender. Our women are excelling internationally and continuing to do so.” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb also spoke up, asking that all parliamentarians, especially the men, should encourage and acknowledge the competency of women ministers appointed on merit.“Hina represented Pakistan in Afghanistan. This is a moment of pride for the entire nation,” she said, rebuffing Chitrali’s objections.
It is not the first time that we have seen sexism in parliament. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani called Sherry Rehman the “Senate’s dadi (grandmother)” when he asked a house member to keep the questions specific so that Sherry Rehman can answer the questions. “I would advise you to only ask specific questions so that Sherry Rehman, who is the dadi of this House, can give you the right answers,” Sanjrani said, adding that members should keep the environment of the House calm.
This month we saw PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry advising Information Marriyum Aurangzeb and Sherry Rehman to quit politics and open a beauty parlour instead.
The question remains: what are the male politicians so frightened of? Politicians need to learn that there is a a fine line between criticism and misogyny remarks. Our politicians and men in general of Pakistan need to do better. Women of Pakistan are fierce, resolute and hardworking — be it in any field of the world. They are trendsetters and opinion makers. They shall and will not be stopped.
Tweeting about the “nailbiting” final, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised Messi for his performance. The PM also added that the “upsets” by Saudi Arabia and Morocco are the highlights of the tournament for him.
It is worth noting that Saudi Arabia defeated World Cup winner Argentina early in the tournament, and Morocco shocked everyone as they finished fourth, defeating the likes of Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Canada in the tournament.
Pakistan’s PM added, “Congratulations to Qatar for successfully holding the mega event…Upsets by Saudi Arabia and Morocco remain highlights of the tournament for me.”
Following his post, a number of users began to say that he should focus on the situation of the country instead of enjoying sports. Some recommended that he concentrate on the economy, while others advised him to pay attention to what was happening in Bannu.
Sir do u have any plan to control nail bitting MEHANGAI” in pakistan?
Qatar wont give you penny no matter how much you congrates them over FIFA world cup stop watching game now its over focus on work as country need tremendous effort so that Pakistani people can feel same happiness
You should try working at your office instead of watching Soccer. There is a near-to impossible responsibility in your hands and you are failing miserably at it.
Celebrity spouses, Danish Taimoor and Ayeza Khan are set to star in a Ramadan 2023 serial, Chaand Tara.
The series is set to be directed by Danish Nawaz and written by Saima Akram Chaudhry, the maestro of Ramadan serials. While this is Danish’s first Ramadan play, Ayeza has earlier wowed her fans with comic characters in Chupke Chupke and Chaudhry & Sons.
The Jab We Wed duo tied the knot in 2014 and have two children daughter Hoorain, and son Rayan Taimoor.
Khan recently won the best actor award for her performance in Chupke Chupke at the Hum Style Awards.
In order to meet domestic demand, Pakistan will import an additional 20,000 tonnes of gas from Azerbaijan in the next two months, according to Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik.
The Russian Petroleum Minister will visit Pakistan next month to strike a deal for the purchase of Russian crude oil, the minister said in a statement. The state minister was confident that Russia will deliver discounted crude oil to Pakistan.
According to him, the government is working on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project to import 1,300 billion MF of gas from Azerbaijan per year to address the country’s gas shortfall.
Malik had before claimed that Russia will give Pakistan a discount on the purchase of its crude oil.
Musadiq Malik stated during a news briefing in Islamabad on Friday that Russian authorities had made it clear they will offer Pakistan cheap crude oil.
The State for Petroleum Musadik Malik stated, “We are taking talks [with Russia on crude oil] forward,” noting that two of Russia’s eight sorts of crude oil might be utilised in Pakistani refineries.
He continued by saying that Pakistan was also developing a framework for an LNG cargo arrangement with Azerbaijan.
Lawmakers from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have decided to appear before National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for the verification of their resignations, reports Geo News.
The lawmakers are likely to appear either on Wednesday or Thursday.
The Speaker has yet to take action on the resignations as PTI legislators have failed to get a response after they wrote a letter to him
On December 15, PTI leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry announced that the party would be seeking time from the National Assembly speaker for the verification of their MPs’ resignations.
He also denied speculations that the party’s lawmakers are still receiving salaries.
“Judges should verify the reports that show up on media. The reality is that this is another lie told by the government. The salaries of the resigned members are suspended and no member is getting any salary,” said Fawad.
A day earlier, the PTI chief announced that both Punjab and KP assemblies will be dissolved on December 23.
The Islamabad Police on Sunday discovered a child’s body hanging from a tree in Sector I-8’s forested region.
According to the authorities, the victim has been identified as Zubair, who is 14 or 15 years old. As per the details, the victim is from Afghanistan. The body has been taken collected by police and sent to the hospital for an autopsy.
According to representatives of the industrial police, they were informed that a child’s body was hanging from a tree.
Emergency personnel and cops then reached the place and found the boy’s body. .
According to the family of the child, he went missing on Saturday night.
The Taqdeer star made severe allegations against her daughter-in-law and defended her decision to make a video and asked people not to judge her family matters. She claimed that Neha was a bad person and such a kind of woman that she could disturb the peace of anyone’s house.
In a visibly emotionally shattered video, the television actor explained that her son wanted to live with Neha (her daughter-in-law) and both should live happily but she wanted to cut all ties with her son and her daughter-in-law. She said those who were commenting on the video of Neha, must be clarified that she was not associated with her anymore.
Saba Faisal claimed that people should not pass judgment and even they should not listen to the one-sided claims on the differences. She said the reality was quite graphic and she and her daughter had no association with Salman and Neha.
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Saba has confessed on Nadir Ali’s podcast that she regrets posting videos against her son Salman Faisal and daughter-in-law Neha Salman. She regretted that she is Salman’s mother and she shouldn’t have posted a video against them. It was just at the moment she felt very weak and ended up posting that video which went viral and also talked about how posting the video resulted in a lot of backlash.
She also talked about how playing negative saas (mother-in-law) on television makes people think that she is like that and in real life, the actors who play negative characters are the victims.
Faisal also said the way she has brought her children up is visible that how they stand by their relationships like her son Salman has stood by his wife Neha. While she also revealed that she selected Neha and the decision was on her son’s.
She also shared in response to a question that she does not put one person as responsible for this fiasco and both Neha and Salman have equal responsibility for the decisions they take. Though she has always said she has had a successful journey this time she shared that she has only one regret in her life and it is sharing that video.
Arsalan’s Statement
In an Instagram post, her son and actor Arsalan Faisal claimed that his sister-in-law has been mentally torturing the family for the past four years. He also said the family had been tolerating her but they won’t do so anymore.
Neha’s Response
Amidst the ongoing controversy, Neha responded to a few netizens’ queries about her personal life. She even stated in reply to a follower that her in-laws will get punished for their deeds by God.
Salman Faisal’s Response
Taking to his Instagram handle, Salman wrote: “Enough is enough mind your language and your disgusting thoughts she is my wife and my son’s mother and you all should respect that fact.”
Earlier this year, Saba addressed the social media backlash for her alleged role in her son’s strained equation with his wife.
The Thora Sa Haq diva stated on Naumaan Ijaz’s show that the criticism and severe backlash put her in a depressive phase.
Netizens abused and blamed her for Salman and Neha’s alleged separation.
Saba’s son Salman married Neha in 2019 in a series of lavish events. The ceremony was attended by a plethora of celebrities including Cheekh‘s Saba Qamar. Earlier in July 2021, gossip mills were abuzz with the separation and divorce rumours of the young couple.
Earlier the Ishq Hai star hit back at multiple trolls.
Indian actor Rakul Preet Singh has been summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) over involvement in the 2017 Tollywood drug and money laundering case.
ED has summoned the Aiyaary star Rakul in connection with a high-end drugs racket. Several celebrities have been questioned in the alleged racket of supplying high-end narcotics such as LSD and MDMA.
Rakul was called in by the authorities back in 2021 as well. She claimed that they do not have any links with drug traffickers or consume any such substance.
Earlier, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department probed around 11 members of the Telugu film industry including Ravi Teja, Charmee Kaur, and Navdeep in the matter.
For the unversed, the drugs racket came to light back in 2017 after customs officials arrested musician Calvin Mascarenhas and two others with drugs worth Rs 30 lakh from their possession. On digging in a little deeper, the authorities reportedly found that a large number of Tollywood celebrities could be involved in this racket.
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday called for political stability in the country and the slammed the Opposition for “spreading anarchy”.
In a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) the premier said, “It is required for the sake of loyalty to Pakistan and allegiance that there must be economic stability.”
PM Shehbaz said that only political stability and an economic charter could “strengthen Pakistan’s national solidarity”.
“The people who had laid land mines in the economic foundations of the country, are out to do the same in the political foundations of the country,” Shehbaz stated.
He said that it was “someone’s” desire that Pakistan should be pushed into (financial) default, however, he stressed that that scenario would never happen.
“The people who had hurt public confidence are now out to dissolve assemblies,” he stressed, claiming that their objective was to create political instability.
“There is no doubt that economic havoc was brought under an agenda and political instability is a continuity of that action,” he opined.
“The political miscreants wanted to force the world to not invest in Pakistan by spreading anarchy, besides hampering the efforts for rehabilitation of the flood-affected people,” Shehbaz said.
His remarks come on the same day as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gears up to announce the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. Party chairman Imran Khan is expected to announce his final decision on Saturday evening in Lahore.
