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  • Are Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner getting a divorce?

    Are Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner getting a divorce?

    Venus in retrograde really making a mark here with the way celebrity couples are splitting up. First it was Ariana Grande and her husband, then Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, and now rumors are circulating that it will be Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner next.

    According to People Magazine, the Jonas Brothers singer has reportedly hired a divorce lawyer after being married to Sophie for four years, with whom he shares two children.

    The couple have not responded to immediate requests for clarification, so it is yet to be proven if the rumors are true. However, TMZ revealed that a source has said the ‘Game Of Thrones’ actress wasn’t completely prepared for marriage or motherhood, while Joe had expressed his desire to expand the family. The source elaborated that the couple had been on shaky grounds for the past six months.

    The tabloid said Joe had taken on the role of the primary caregiver for their two children, while his band embarked on another tour across the United States.

    The couple met in October 2016, after which the ‘Burnin’ Up’ singer slid into the actress’ DM’s.

    “We had a lot of mutual friends. And they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time,” she gushed to Harper’s Bazaar UK. “We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.”

    Later, the two decided to meet while the Jonas Brothers were touring in the UK, after which Sophie recalled instantly liking the singer.

    “He didn’t bring security. He brought a friend, and they drank just as hard as the rest of us. I remember us two spending only a couple of minutes on the dance floor, and then we found a space in the far corner and we just talked,” she said. “We talked for hours, and hours, and hours. And I wasn’t bored. It wasn’t contrived, it wasn’t small talk — it was just so easy. Soon, we were inseparable. And then I went on tour with him.”

    The pair announced their engagement in October 2017, after which they tied the knot in a surprise ceremony in Vegas on May 2019, then again in June at a star-studded ceremony held at Le Château de Tourreau in Sarrians, France.

  • Judge hearing Imran’s plea in cipher case goes on leave

    Judge hearing Imran’s plea in cipher case goes on leave

    Special Court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain, who’s hearing the cipher case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has gone on leave until September 8.

    PTI’s lawyers, Babar Awan, Salman Safdar, and Naeem Haider Panjotha, reached the courtroom on Monday where staff told them that the Judge was on leave as his wife is unwell.

    Attorney Salman Safdar requested court staff to fix the next hearing for Thursday.

    However, the PTI’s legal team reached the courtroom of Judge Raja Javad and requested him to hear the case.

    Judge Raja Javad replied that he could not hear the bail plea as he is not a duty judge.

    “There is no notification of the duty judge under the Official Secrets Act. If the Islamabad High Court can mark it, only then I can hear it,” Judge Abbas remarked. “I can hear cases of 24 courts as a duty judge but not to the extent of the Official Secrets Act.”

  • PCB asks BCCI to shift Pak-India matches to Pakistan

    PCB asks BCCI to shift Pak-India matches to Pakistan

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed to Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) that as more rain is expected in Sri Lanka in the coming week, the remaining matches between Pakistan and India should be shifted to Pakistan.

    In a telephonic conversation between Chairman PCB Zaka Ashraf and BCCI’s Secretory Jay Shah, Zaka said that as more rain is expected in Sri Lanka, BCCI should consider moving the remaining matches between the two arch-rivals to Pakistan or Dubai. “The Asia Cup is a big event and we shouldn’t let bad weather ruin it”, Zaka said.

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    In reply, BCCI’s Jay Shah said that his board will consider the proposal.

    A highly anticipated match between Pakistan and India was ruined by rain on Saturday, with two interruptions before the game was eventually called off.

  • Which celebrity paid Rs100,000 electricity bill? Celebs share details of inflation affecting their budgets

    Which celebrity paid Rs100,000 electricity bill? Celebs share details of inflation affecting their budgets

    After protests and demonstrations broke out across Pakistan as petrol and electricity bill hikes took effect, celebrities are amplifying voices calling for the government to provide relief packages to the masses. Many big names of the industry are sharing how their expenses are spiking because of the excessive rates. A-listers like Maya Ali condemned rising prices and demanded for people in power to step out and help the underprivileged ones who couldn’t afford basic necessities.

    Actress and television host Nadia Khan shocked audiences when in a recent video, she asked prominent celebrities like Nida Yasir, Fiza Ali and Sadia Imam about how their household expenses are being recalculated with the on-going price hikes, and the results are astounding.

    Actress Sadia Imam said her previous electricity bill was RS 75,000, after which she decided to install a solar system at her house. The result, the actress elaborated, was that her bill was Rs 19,000 but after adding Rs 5000 tax it was Rs 26,000.

    Nida Yasir had the most shocking revelation in the video. She confessed that despite the fact that for half of the month their family was out of the country, her electricity bill was Rs 1 lac.

    Fizza Ali said her electricity bill this month was Rs 67,000, adding that in the previous month her electricity bill was even higher, but during this time the actress was on vacation in Dubai.

    Nadia Khan then revealed to her audience that last month during the time she was away from her home in Karachi and was in Thailand, her bill Rs 75,000.

    ‘It’s horrifying to think that we weren’t in our homes, and our bill was Rs 75,000. So what would be the amount this month?” the actress said.

    Watch the complete video here

  • Love online: Yet another foreign woman marries Pakistani man

    Love online: Yet another foreign woman marries Pakistani man

    It looks like sirf KPK kay paani mein kuch khaas nahi hai, Sindh main bhee potent paani hai.

    Yet again, foreign women are meeting Pakistani men on social media apps and marrying them a year later. Humein bhi kuch samajh nahi araha. A Filipino woman named Mikona, has married a Larkana man, Oshaq, via video call, after meeting him on Facebook where they became close friends. According to ARY, the nikah ceremony took place at a local hotel where friends and family members were present.

    Speaking to the media, Oshaq said he will secure a visa and fly out to Philippines to be with his wife.

    The wedding follows a string of online romances where foreign women flew to Pakistan to marry men they formed connections with online. KPK was leading the race with more marriages held in the month of July than all the December shaadi seasons compiled. On 30 July, Rosa flew from Mexico to Buner, KPK, to marry Izaz Ali, whom she had met on Facebook.

    Read more: Ye KP mein kya ho raha hai: Mexican woman flies to Pakistan to marry Facebook lover

    Previously, a woman from Chile developed a relationship on Tiktok with Ikramullah from KP, and then flew to the province in July to marry him.

    Read more: Humaray paani mein kuch hai? In third love story this month, Chile woman flies to marry Pakistani lover

  • TikToker Hareem Shah’s husband abducted

    TikToker Hareem Shah’s husband abducted

    TikToker Hareem Shah’s husband, Bilal Hussain Shah, has gone missing in Karachi. Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) of the incident.

    As reported by ARY News, police officials have said that the FIR was registered in Defense police station by his mother as the complainant.

    Shah said that her husband was reportedly taken away by unidentified people in plain clothes while he was on a visit from London.

    Shah put up a video a week after efforts of finding her husband went in vain. She believes that the police is being constrained by unknown entities.

    https://twitter.com/_Hareem_Shah/status/1698372128134045795?s=20

    Hareem Shah has also filed a petition in court.

    She stated that her husband has no record of criminal activity and that his kidnapping is “disrespect for rule of law.”

    Stating that the family is in distress a result, she urged intelligence agencies to ensure her husband’s return and requested her followers to pray for his recovery.
    Previously, on January 28, Hareem Shah’s bank accounts were frozen by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after she was filmed in a video with bundles of cash of foreign exchange.

    FIA had also written a letter to the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency to probe into money-laundering.

  • Trade with India not possible without solving Kashmir issue, says PM Kakar

    Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said that trade between Pakistan and India is not possible without solving the Kashmir issue, adding that Pakistan would act as a “willing partner” in case India initiates resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

    Relations between India and Pakistan have become tense since the Dehli administration divided Kashmir into two federally administered territories in August 2019, ending the special status the occupied region enjoyed.

    The Himalayan region, where Muslims are in the majority, has been a cause of conflict between Pakistan and India since the liberation of both countries from British rule. Both neighbouring countries rule parts of the Himalayan territory, fighting two wars to occupy the whole region.

    Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said while talking to Geo’s Saleem Safi that under the current situation, trade is not possible between Delhi and Islamabad.

    “Kashmir is at the core, but when we say Kashmir is at the core, it does not mean that we want to keep fighting with India all the time,” the Pakistan prime minister said.

  • Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs

    Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs

    Bangladesh beat Afghanistan on Sunday by 89 runs in the fourth match of Asia Cup 2023 played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

    In the first inning, Bangladesh set a mammoth total of 334 runs, with Miraz scoring 112 runs on 119 balls and Najam ul Hassan scoring 104 runs on 105 balls. Bangladesh lost two early wickets on 63 runs, but then Shanto and Miraz set a partnership of 194 runs.

    Chasing the target of 335 runs Afghanistan lost an early wicket as Rahmat Ullah Gurbaz returned to the pavilion after scoring just one run. Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim Zardan set a partnership of 78 runs but the former departed to the pavilion on 33 runs.

    Ibrahim Zardan completed 50 runs but was also defeated on 75 runs as Mushfiq ur Rehman took a brilliant catch behind the wicket. Hashmat Ullah Shahidi played a good inning of 51 runs while Rashid Khan scored 24 runs.

    Afghanistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and the whole team returned to the pavilion on 245 runs in 44.4 overs.
    Taskin Ahmed took 4 wickets while Shoriful Islam took 3.

    The next match will be played between India and Nepal at Kandy, Sri Lanka. The losing team will be out of Asia Cup 2023.

  • CAA employees announce nationwide protests, demand DG’s removal

    CAA employees announce nationwide protests, demand DG’s removal

    The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officers and employees unions have formally announced their intent to hold nationwide airport protests today. Furthermore, the unions have collectively resolved to initiate a campaign aimed at the removal of the current Director-General (DG) of the CAA.

    According to a report by ARY News, these demonstrations are a direct response to the federal government’s recent decision to contract out the management of three prominent airports, which has elicited strong opposition from CAA personnel.

    In the month of July, CAA employees had previously expressed their objections to the outsourcing of Pakistan’s three major airports.

    In this regard, a protest was organized at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport, led by the CAA’s union and officer association.

  • IBA, AAA Associates collaborate to financially aid students

    IBA, AAA Associates collaborate to financially aid students

    The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and a real estate organisation, AAA Associates, have collaborated to introduce a scholarship endowment fund: AAA Associates Scholarship Endowment.

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Executive Director, IBA, Dr S Akbar Zaidi and Managing Director, AAA Associates, Shahzad Ali Kiani, at the main campus. According to the press release, the motive of this initiative is to push forward the university’s financial assistance programme for meritorious students with the aid of the AAA.

    Dawn News has reported that IBA supports approximately 30% of its student body every year through its financial assistance program.