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  • Bride sues wedding venue after she slips on dance floor

    A newly-wed bride has sued one of the top marriage venues in the United Kingdom (UK) for £150,000 (approximately Rs 34,935,942) after she slipped on a spilt drink on a dancefloor and broke her elbow.

    As per reports, bride Cara Donovan — who is a teacher by profession — has sued the company after she slipped on the ‘highly slippery’ laminated plastic floor, lit by underfloor LED lights.

    Donovan alleged that she slipped on spilled drinks after the staff failed to stop guests from taking their drinks onto the floor. She added that the tables were positioned by the edge of the floor, allowing guests to dance and drink. Even after people spilled drinks on the floor, no one came to mop it up.

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    The incident happened in September 2018 but left the bride with a badly broken elbow. Despite three operations, the woman says she has been suffering from permanent arm pain.

    Since then, she hasn’t been able to get back to work as a special-needs teacher. Blaming the company for what happened to her, she has now sued Country House Weddings Ltd, which was once voted the Best UK Wedding Venue by magazine readers.

  • 90 per cent institutions, including PM Khan’s office, decline RTI requests

    The majority of government institutions and departments have declined to respond to hundreds of queries by Geo News, which were sent to them under the Right To Information (RTI) laws, Investigative Reporter Zahid Gishkori reports for The News.

    According to the Punjab Information Commission, RTI is the right that you have, as a citizen, to access information from your government and private bodies that receive public funds. It is based on the principle that information belongs to the people. Under Article 19-A of the Constitution, RTI is a fundamental right in Pakistan.

    The media outlet reportedly sent approximately 400 different queries to 36 key institutions in the last nine months but 90 per cent of them didn’t respond or simply declined. Only 10 per cent of queries were partially responded to by the institutions, providing either very little or patchy information.

    According to the report, a few of the institutions provided factually incorrect and cooked-up information.

    Over 100 queries were sent to the governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Punjab, both have not responded. Similarly, Sindh and Balochistan did not receive the correspondent’s queries.

    The departments that simply refused to share any information includes the offices of the Prime Minister, President, Chief Ministers, Cabinet Members, Supreme and High Courts, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Assets Recovery Unit (ARU), Parliament, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the report states.

    The Cabinet Division (CD) refused to share any information regarding gifts and the use of helicopters by PM Khan. The ARU and NAB refused to share information on the Broadsheet scandal, as per the report.

    Furthermore, it says that the Ministry of Interior even shared false information by saying no official is facing inquiry in issuing bogus visas to Chinese nationals. despite the fact that the interior ministry itself referred an inquiry against its own officials allegedly involved in a visa scam to the FIA for probe.

    During the process, Gishkori was approached by four cabinet members and half a dozen senior civil servants to withdraw the requests.

  • Wajahat Rauf jokingly hints on remaking Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ starring Humayun Saeed?

    Wajahat Rauf jokingly hints on remaking Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ starring Humayun Saeed?

    Pakistani director Wajahat Rauf has reacted on a netizen’s pun that if Korean web series Squid Game is to be remade in Pakistan, he will cast Humayun Saeed in it.

    A netizen said: “To everyone who’s tweeting stuff like ‘if Squid Game was made in Pakistan.’ Bro stop giving them ideas, next thing you know Wajahat Rauf will cast Humayun Saeed as player 456 in Pakistani Squid Game.”

    The Karachi Se Lahore director simply laughed at it with the smiling emoticons.

    Earlier, Ahmed Ali Butt had slammed big international productions for not casting Pakistani actors to play the character of a Pakistani in international series and films.

    The Punjab Nahi Jaungi actor also criticised the production houses for casting Indian actors instead.

    Wajahat is currently directing Farhan Saeed and Hania Aamir for a web series produced by an Indian production house.

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  • ‘Kuchikoo karna talent nahi’: Laiba Khan lashes out at jury for awarding TikToker Rebeeca Khan

    ‘Kuchikoo karna talent nahi’: Laiba Khan lashes out at jury for awarding TikToker Rebeeca Khan

    Mera Dil Mera Dushman fame actor Laiba Khan has criticised a private awards show’s jury for awarding TikTokers, primarily Rabeeca Khan.

    Laiba in an Instagram story said, “Mein ye nahi keh rae kay TikTok bnana ghalat hai, Lekin TikTok pe acting karny wala har TikToker talented nahi hai.”

    She continued by saying, “TikTokers, actors, bloggers yeh award deserve kartay hain.”

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    “Agr tuntun kuchikoo or laddu jaesi harketin krna talent hai, tw Allah pak har insan ko aise talent say mehfooz rakhein.”

    TikToker Rebeeca Khan won best emerging talent award at a private award ceremony.

    On the work front, Laiba played Yasir Nawaz’s daughter in ARY’s Mera Dil Mera Dushman co-starring Alizeh Shah and Noaman Sami.

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  • Ramiz Raja ‘erroneously’ tweets about ECB chairman’s resignation, deletes later

    Ramiz Raja ‘erroneously’ tweets about ECB chairman’s resignation, deletes later

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja on Thursday issued an apology for “erroneously” tweeting about his English counterpart’s resignation from his office.

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    England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman, Ian Watmore, resigned earlier in the day after increasing pressure since the cancellation of England’s tour to Pakistan, The Times had reported.

    “The earlier tweet was erroneously put on my Twitter account. Apologies,” Raja said, who had given strong remarks after England had decided to cancel their tour of Pakistan following New Zealand’s pull out.

    England’s men and women teams were due to play two Twenty20s in Rawalpindi on October 13 and 14. The women’s team were also due to play three ODIs in Pakistan on October 17, 19, and 21.

    In his now-deleted tweet, Raja shared the news of ECB chief’s resignation as a breaking news.

    Tweeple were not happy with him for expressing his views as the Chairman of PCB.

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  • Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

    Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

    The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

    “Free, independent, and fact-based journalism serve to protect against abuse of power, lies, and war propaganda,” Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said as she announced the prize in Oslo on Friday.

    “Without freedom of expression and freedom of the press, it will be difficult to successfully promote fraternity between nations, disarmament, and a better world order to succeed in our time.”

    “Maria Ressa uses freedom of expression to expose abuse of power, use of violence, and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines,” said Andersen.

    ” Dmitry has four decades defended freedom of speech in Russia under increasingly challenging conditions,” announced Andersen.

    Ressa is the CEO of Rappler, a news outlet critical of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime, while Muratov heads the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Ressa becomes the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize this year.

    It is the 102nd time the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded. Previous winners include Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr, Polish dissident Lech Walesa, United Nations World Food Programme, the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and four US presidents.

  • ‘World must maintain contact with interim Taliban government in Afghanistan’: Moeed Yusuf tells Wendy Sherman

    ‘World must maintain contact with interim Taliban government in Afghanistan’: Moeed Yusuf tells Wendy Sherman

    National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf, in a meeting with United States (US) Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Thursday, stressed that the world “must maintain contact” with the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan, reports Radio Pakistan.

    During the meeting, both sides expressed the desire to promote bilateral relations between the US and Pakistan.

    Yusuf and Sherman discussed economic cooperation and the regional security situation.

    According to reports, the US was appreciative of Pakistan’s efforts for the evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan and the help it has extended to the Afghan refugees.

    Moeed Yusuf blatantly said that Indian human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) also pose a threat to regional peace.

    Sherman took to Twitter and tweeted about her meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

    “I met today with Pakistani Foreign Minister @SMQureshiPTI to discuss Afghanistan’s future and the important and long-standing U.S.-Pakistan relationship,” tweeted Sherman.

    US Deputy Secretary of State and her seven-member team arrived in Islamabad on Thursday for a two-day visit to the country.

  • Sadia Khan elated as Aishwarya Rai praises her, bumps into boxer Amir Khan

    Sadia Khan elated as Aishwarya Rai praises her, bumps into boxer Amir Khan

    Actor Sadia Khan is currently travelling in Dubai where she bumped into Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai. The Khuda Aur Mohabbat diva captured a selfie with her and revealed that the Dhoom 2 star praised her beauty.

    “Just bumped into the most prettiest and humbled lady on this earth,” wrote Sadia.

     “I glanced down on my feet for a second when she said God bless you,you are beautiful. Hayeeee now I know I am Beautiful,” she added.

    The Mariam Periera star also met boxer Amir Khan and captured a selfie with him.

    In 2016, Sadia went to India with Maya Ali to meet Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar for a film.

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  • Sales you can avail to upgrade your winter wardrobe

    Sales you can avail to upgrade your winter wardrobe

    Winter will be here anytime soon so The Current has tried to make your shopping drill for winter easier by compiling a list of brands that are offering discounts. Don’t miss out on these sales for a chance to grab some steals.

    Cougar

    Cougar is offering flat 50 per cent off on their entire stock. You can avail amazing deals on their winter collection too.

    Website: https://www.cougar.com.pk/collections/women-winter?fbclid=IwAR3XssDlvpYIIazpasnL4TfjB8Dm2q9esnWrAZNaUPMDxFfKm8YpemaN1tM

    Sana Safinaz

    Sana Safinaz is offering up to 60 per cent off on selected stock, which also includes their winter collection.

    Website: https://www.sanasafinaz.com/pk/sale.html

    Breakout

    Break out is offering flat 50 per cent off on its entire stock, which does not include its new collection. You can get your hands on some amazing deals on Breakout’s last year’s winter collection.

    Website : https://breakout.com.pk/collections/flat-50-exclusive

    Stylo Shoes:

    Stylo has up to 51 per cent sale on footwear and pret collection.

    Website: https://stylo.pk/

    So Kamal:

    So Kamal is offering flat 60 and 70 per cent off on their entire stock, which also includes bags and other accessories.

    Website: https://www.sokamal.com/?fbclid=IwAR13zYRdL3AyLFCDepDRTsyj7x3cZybENz01tVk1_3JAGgA4nw2GAdZrf84

    Gul Ahmed/ Ideas

    Gul Ahmed is offering upto 70 per cent discount on a wide range of products.

    Website: https://www.gulahmedshop.com/

    Furor

    Furor is offering flat 50 per cent off in stores and online.

    Website: https://furorjeans.com/sale

  • Police arrest man for harassing, asking phone number from girl

    A young man was arrested in Lahore for harassing a girl and asking for her phone number, Geo News reported.

    A man in Iqbal Town had been harassing a girl for a few days and was asking for her phone number.

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    The victim later posted the pictures on social media. The police tracked the man from his motorcycle number plate. The police have registered a case against the suspect, who has been identified as Naveed Asif.