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  • Harry and Meghan told to vacate their ‘Spare’ British home

    Harry and Meghan told to vacate their ‘Spare’ British home

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have been asked to vacate their British home, Frogmore Cottage, where they were allowed to live by the late Queen Elizabeth.

    “We can confirm The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage,” a spokesman for the couple revealed in an email to The Washington Post.

    The reason behind this decision has not been revealed, however it has come only a few weeks before King Charles’s coronation in May.

    Media reports have said that the cottage is now being offered to Prince Andrew, who had been living on a larger property in Windsor grounds. However, Buckingham Palace has not confirmed this yet.

    Harry and Meghan had shifted to Frogmore Cottage in 2018 after their wedding. In 2020 when they stepped down from their royal duties, the couple moved to California but the cottage remained their home during their trips to Britain. They have time till May to empty the home.

    King Charles has long been a proponent of slimming down the monarchy and reducing its expenses. Prince Andrew, who was living at the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor, has reportedly also been told that the monarchy will not pay for the upkeep of the residence.

  • Man who couldn’t read or write as a teenager becomes sociology professor at Cambridge

    Man who couldn’t read or write as a teenager becomes sociology professor at Cambridge

    Jason Arday, who was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay as a child, has become the youngest black professor at Cambridge University. Ardy couldn’t read or write until he was eighteen, and only started speaking at 11 years of age. Arday has revealed that as a child, he was told that he will need to live at an assisted living facility. However, he refused to let the diagnosis break his spirit, writing ‘Work at Oxford or Cambridge’ as one of his life goals on his mom’s bedroom wall.

    Speaking to the BBC, Arday recalled how reading about Nelson Mandela’s struggles and later witnessing South Africa win the 1995 Rugby World Cup made him determined that if he “didn’t make it as a football player or a snooker player,” then he would “save the world.”

    Arday spoke to The Times about the numerous rejections he received from academia because he didn’t have a mentor who taught him how to write.
    “Everything I submitted got violently rejected. The peer review process was so cruel, it was almost funny, but I treated it as a learning experience and, perversely, began to enjoy it.”
    Eventually, he completed two masters degrees from the University of Surrey and later recieved his PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2016.
    “A lot of academics say they stumbled into this line of work, but from that moment, I was determined and focused — I knew that this would be my goal. On reflection, this is what I meant to do,” Arday revealed to The Times.
    With his position as a Sociology Professor at Cambrdige, Arday said that he hoped to find more ways people from marginalized backgrounds can find acceptance in academia.
    “My work focuses primarily on how we can open doors to more people from disadvantaged backgrounds and truly democratize higher education,” he said.

  • Iran: Hundreds of schoolgirls poisoned to stop them from getting education

    A top Iranian health official informed the semi-official said on Sunday that a recent wave of widespread illnesses at girls’ schools in Iran were brought on by intentional poisoning using “chemical chemicals.”

    Iran’s deputy education minister, Younes Panahi , on Sunday said that , “It was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed.”

    “It has been revealed that the chemical compounds used to poison students are not war chemicals, and the poisoned students do not need aggressive treatment, and a large percentage of the chemical agents used are treatable,” he told a press conference.

  • 28 bodies of Pakistanis recovered in migrant boat crash off Italy’s coast

    28 bodies of Pakistanis recovered in migrant boat crash off Italy’s coast

    The bodies of 28 Pakistanis have been recovered after a wooden sail boat carrying migrants from several countries crashed against the rocks off the southern Italian coast early on Sunday.

    According to the Pakistani embassy in Rome, a total of 40 Pakistanis were on board the ill-fated boat. The fate of 12 more citizens is still unclear.

    Talking about the tragic incident, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has said that most of the Pakistan who died belonged to Gujrat and some of them were on their way to Italy from Libya.

    The agency also said that strict action will be surely taken against the facilitators, ‘agents’ who send these people via illegal routes to foreign countries.

    A total of 59 migrants lost their life in the crash. The survivors were mostly from Afghanistan, as well as a few from Pakistan and a couple from Somalia. One survivor was arrested on migrant trafficking charges, customs police said.

    “According to survivors, 140 to 150 people were on board,” Manuela Curra, the provincial government official said. She added that 81 survivors— most of them from Afghanistan —had come ashore, including 22 who were now in the hospital.

  • Over 62,000 parents refused to give polio drops to their children: report

    Almost 62 thousand parents refused to vaccinate their children during the nationwide polio vaccination campaign carried out from January 2 to 29, ARY has reported.
    The anti-polio campaign was held in three phases during the month of January, during which 62,411 parents refused to give their kids the polio vaccine.

    According to sources, Sindh is home to the majority of the parents who chose not to give their children the polio vaccine. In Sindh, 37,008 parents declined to have their children receive the polio vaccine, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20,305 parents did the same.

    In addition, 36 parents in Punjab, 141 households in Islamabad, and 4,902 parents in Balochistan refused to give their children the polio vaccine.

    The campaign was launched after sewage samples collected in January from Lahore revealed the presence of wild poliovirus.

    Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio has not yet been eradicated. To formally eradicate the disease, a nation must be polio-free for three consecutive years. Nigeria was declared free from wild polio in August 2020.

  • Is Abhinandan missing Pakistani chai? Twitter observes Surprise Day with memes

    Is Abhinandan missing Pakistani chai? Twitter observes Surprise Day with memes

    Pakistan is observing the fourth anniversary of Operation Swift Retort—popularly known as Surprise Day— when the country’s armed forces gave a befitting response to Indian pilots.

    On February 27 in 2019, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian planes that had violated Pakistani airspace. One of the Indian pilots—Abhinandan Varthaman—was captured alive by Pakistan, but was later handed over to the rival country as a gesture of peace and goodwill.

    In a tweet, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the Pakistan Air Force on Monday for its “befitting response” to the Indian violation of Pakistan’s airspace “on the pretext of false flag Pulwama attack”.

    “While we aim for peace with all, we are mindful of our duty to defend the country. Let no one make any mistake about it,” he warned.

    At the time, Abhinandan’s praise for the tea he was served grabbed the attention of the world, and Twitterati didn’t hold back on the jokes. This year too, social media users remembered the fateful day in a fun way.

    The incident happened after 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed by a young Kashmiri boy. Later, India blamed Pakistan for the attack and Indian Air Force (IAF) launched an aerial strike near Balakot on February 26, 2019.

    Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets crossed the line of control in a tit-for-tat move into Indian territory.

    The PAF shot down two IAF aircraft and captured one of the pilots. The debris of the SU-30 fell in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and its pilot was killed, while the MiG-21 pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan, whose aircraft fell on the Pakistan side was captured alive.

  • Pakistan grants citizenship to 214 foreigners, including 159 Indians

    Pakistan grants citizenship to 214 foreigners, including 159 Indians

    According to official documents accessed by SAMAA TV Investigation Unit, the Interior Ministry has granted Pakistani citizenship to 214 foreigners in the last five years.

    The reasons for granting citizenship included marriages, family relationships, professions, and long-term residency in Pakistan. Of the 214 foreigners, 159 were Indians, while 55 were citizens of other countries, including four Afghans, three Chinese, four Bangladeshis, one Italian, one Swiss, three Americans, two Canadians, and four British nationals.

    Additionally, more than 20 nationals of Burma, Philippine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal also obtained Pakistani citizenship during this period.

    The documents also showed that two Indians were granted Pakistani nationality last month, with 55 granted in 2019, 43 in 2018, 27 in each of 2020 and 2021, and 18 in the previous year. The ministry still had thousands of pending applications for citizenship approval.

  • Pilgrims paying in US dollars to receive special discount for upcoming Hajj

    According to recent reports, the government is planning to provide incentives to citizens who choose to pay their dues for the upcoming Hajj in US dollars.

    Additionally, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has allocated a 25 per cent special quota for pilgrims who deposit the amount in dollars, as per APP.

    This move is a response to the government’s efforts to strengthen the fast-dwindling foreign reserves. According to a report by SAMAA on Friday, pilgrims who pay their application fees and other charges in US dollars will receive a special discount.

    SAMAA also cited the draft of the Hajj Policy 2023, which states that pilgrims will be given the option to choose the currency in which they wish to pay. Those who choose to pay in dollars will be exempted from the balloting process under the new Hajj policy, as reported by APP.

  • Woman kills seven-year-old step-granddaughter for allegedly stealing toffees

    A woman tortured her seven-year-old step-granddaughter to death for allegedly stealing toffees, ARY News has reported.

    The deceased girl could not sustain the injuries she received and lost her life.

    The minor girl was accused of robbing two toffees from a neighborhood store. The shopkeeper’s wife complained to the girl’s step-grandmother after which the woman tortured the child.
    A case was registered by the police over the complaint of the girl’s mother. The accused woman was identified as Hameedan.

  • Head of Paris Fashion Week model found in soup pot, legs in fridge

    Head of Paris Fashion Week model found in soup pot, legs in fridge

    Tw: murder, decapitation

    International model Abby Choi was found dismembered after the police discovered her head in a soup pot.
    The Hong Kong based model went missing on Tuesday and the police found the model’s legs in a fridge three days later. On Sunday, police found her head and ribs in a soup pot
    According to the police, Choi’s former former husband, Alex Kwong, along with his mother, father and elder brother have been arrested and have been charged with murder. Her husband has also been arrested although he has not been charged yet.
    The police found Choi’s identity and credit cards on the ground floor of a three-storey house in Tai Po, which had been rented by her father-in-law a few weeks ago.
    “Tools that are used to dismember human bodies were found in the flat, including meat grinders, chainsaws, long raincoats, gloves, and masks,” Superintendent Alan Chung said on Saturday.
    According to Chung, Choi had financial disputes with her ex-husband and his family, who were unhappy with the way she was spending her money.
    Choi had been featured in Elle, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. She also put in regular appearances at Paris Fashion Week.
    Her two children are being taken care of by her mother.