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  • Meghan Markle wore earrings gifted by Mohammed Bin Salman, days after Khashoggi’s murder

    A book by Valentine Low details accusations of bullying at Buckingham Palace by Meghan Markle. The book also reveals that Meghan wore earrings given to her by Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman – just days after his regime admitted killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

    The chandelier earrings had been a wedding gift from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.

    After the Duchess wore the earrings for a second time, an aide took up the matter with Harry. He is said to have looked ‘shocked’ that people knew where the earrings came from, although the Sussexes’ lawyers deny that he was ever questioned about their provenance.

    Later, Meghan’s lawyers, Schillings, said: ‘At no stage did the Duchess tell staff that the earrings were “borrowed from a jeweller”, as this would have been untrue and therefore any suggestion that she encouraged them to lie to the media is baseless.’

    Two days later, Schillings added: ‘It is possible she said the earrings were borrowed, which is correct, as presents from heads of state to the Royal Family are gifts to Her Majesty the Queen, who can then choose to lend them out to members of the family.’

    The book also claimed that Meghan in multiple instances bullied royal staff.

  • 125 people die in football stadium stampede in Indonesia

    125 people die in football stadium stampede in Indonesia

    A football game in Indonesia turned deadly Saturday night as security personnel clashed with soccer fans, prompting a stampede and leaving 125 dead with dozens of others injured, officials and eyewitnesses said.

    Four people present at the game told The Washington Post that armed security officers in uniform discharged what seemed to be tear gas into the crowd randomly and directly, which caused panic. It was predicted that 42,000 people would attend the event.

    Frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in Malang in the province of East Java late on Saturday. To control the situation, police officers fired tear gas which triggered the stampede and led to suffocation.

    “I can still hear the voices of children calling for their mothers,” said Bima Andhika, 25, who escaped the stampede with his 14-year-old sister. His uncle and three of his neighbors are among the dead, he said.

    A police spokesperson said 323 people were injured, up from the initial count of 180.

  • Siraj-ul-haq gives deadline for withdrawing transgender Act, says it is more dangerous than atomic bomb

    Siraj-ul-haq gives deadline for withdrawing transgender Act, says it is more dangerous than atomic bomb

    Siraj-ul- Haq, the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), has said that all religious groups will demonstrate at Lahore’s Shuhada Mosque if the government does not withdraw the Transgender Rights Act seriously.

    He further said that the Act is more dangerous than the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Japan in 1945.

    The JI leader said that the measures taken in the Act are against the Holy Quran, the Sunnah, and the Pakistani Constitution following a consultative gathering of religious parties in Mansoorah. He described it as being a part of a western agenda and said that all three major parties agreed on the matter.

    Siraj claimed that while he was not opposed to transgender people’s rights, he was worried that the contentious act would dismantle the family unit.

    A meeting of all religious groups would take place on October 7, according to the JI chief.

    He continued by saying that he will discuss the matter with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Sajid Mir, Allama Nasir Abbas, and other religious figures.

    The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2018 has come under intense criticism from some sections of society during the past few weeks with two petitions also having been filed in the Federal Shariah Court against the Act.

    The act was enacted in the year 2018 to guarantee transgenders equal rights to Education, basic health facilities , issuance of CNICs and passports and giving them a right to vote and contest elections.

  • 10-month-old child dies of Polio, 20 cases reported in one year

    10-month-old child dies of Polio, 20 cases reported in one year

    A 10-month-old boy from North Waziristan’s Ghulam Khan Union Council passed away after testing positive for wild polio, reports The News.

    According to the National Institute of Health, the 10-month-old boy experienced symptoms in his left arm and neck and paralysis on September 15.
    This is the 17th case of poliovirus that has been reported from North Waziristan this year and 20th in Pakistan.

    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.

    However, polio has been rearing its head up in countries where the virus was eradicated decades ago. In June, a 20-year-old man in New York was afflicted with the virus, resulting in paralysis. The strain that affected him was the kind that is found in vaccines, and then behaves like a wild version of the virus. The man had not been vaccinated against the disease, however, more worryingly, he had not traveled internationally.

    The same strain of the virus has been detected in sewer samples in Jerusalem. Israel has recorded its first polio case in 30 years. The United Kingdom too has found the same strain in London.
    Polio is a potentially fatal disease that can cause paralysis if it spreads to the spinal cord. One in 10 polio fever afflicted patients die. The disease is more severe in children than it is in adults.

  • Pakistan launches first transgender anti-harrasment hotline

    Pakistan launches first transgender anti-harrasment hotline

    An anti-harassment/discrimination hotline for transgenders has been launched today (September 30 ) through a virtual conference.

    “Transgender citizens’ complaint management system is a breakthrough in streamlining and centralizing grievance redressal process. The system will enable Ministry of Human Rights and respective AIG office to respond to the queries and complaints of transgender citizens across the country promptly and efficiently. The Transgender Compliant Management portal is live on web.citizenportal.gov.pk where the transgender citizens can directly file their complaints regarding any issues they face and may also call 1099 for complaint registration. The complaint will be processed and addressed within 24 hours by the respective AIG office,” reads the press release.

    Head of Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit, Salman Sufi, while talking to The Current said, “It is a long awaited step which marks Pakistan government’s commitment to ensure transgender community is not abused, harrased or intimidated. This hotline will give them confidence to report abuse and get help so they can live as proud Pakistani citizens.”

  • Prince George warns his classmates to ‘watch out’ because his dad Prince William will be king one day

    Prince George warns his classmates to ‘watch out’ because his dad Prince William will be king one day

    Prince George warned his classmates who were on his bad side that they better “watch out” because his father, Prince William, will one day be king, according to royal author Katie Nicholl.

    The Daily Mail reported this incident citing a new book —‘The New Royals — Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown’ by Nicholl.

    “William’s aim as a father is to give his son a normal family upbringing, enabling the monarchy to stay relevant and keep up with modern times,” wrote the author of ‘Battle of Brothers’.

    Prince George, the eldest grandchild of King Charles III, is second in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father William.

    Aside from George, William and Catherine, Princess of Wales also shares two children—Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales.

  • Video: women fall into pit as floor collapses

    Video: women fall into pit as floor collapses

    A video has gone viral on social media in which a group of girls can be seen falling as the dance floor collapses underneath their feet.

    According to reports, the incident took place in Brazil at a family gathering.

    Footage of the frightening accident shows the women forming a small circle with their arms wrapped around each other as they danced to a song at a birthday party on Saturday.

    In the video, the women were dancing to the song Tem Cabaré Essa Noite by Nattan and Novaldo Marques.
    The 38-year-old Gabriela Carvalho told the Brazilian news site G1 that as they were dancing at her grandmother’s house, they felt the ground tremble.

    ‘Then when we really fell for good, that’s when I realized the seriousness of the situation,’ she said.

    ‘It was horrible. I thought we weren’t going to come back,’ she said. ‘We really dived. I even thought that it was going to stop at another place as we went down.’

  • Dress according to cultural, national morals, wear undergarments: PIA

    Dress according to cultural, national morals, wear undergarments: PIA

    Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has made it compulsory for its air crew to wear undergarments. The airline has instructed its crew to wear undergarments while wearing plain clothes.

    The memo was sent to PIA General Manager Flight Services, Aamir Bashir.

    “It has been observed with great concern that a few cabin crew tend to dress casually while traveling intercity, staying in hotels and visiting various offices. Such dressing leaves a poor impression on the viewer and portrays a negative image of not only the individual but also of the organisation,” reads the internal memo of the airline.

    “The clothing worn by males and females should be in accordance with our cultural and national morals,” the guideline read.
    The supervision of flight attendant attire has been made necessary for grooming instructors and senior shift in-charges.

  • ‘You expect govt to provide condoms too?’, Indian officer snaps at girl asking for sanitary pads

    ‘You expect govt to provide condoms too?’, Indian officer snaps at girl asking for sanitary pads

    An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) IAS officer in India’s Bihar city is receiving criticism for giving a reply to a girl who asked if they can be provided with sanitary napkins.

    A video in which the IAS officer Harjot Kaur Bamhrah is purportedly seen and heard responding has gone viral on social media.
    “When the government is providing us school uniforms, scholarships and so many other things, why can’t it provide Whisper [a brand of sanitary pads] of ₹20-30?” asked the school girl from the IAS officer.

    “There is a need to change the mindset. Why [should] the government provide you everything free? Tomorrow you’ll say the government can provide jeans and why not some beautiful shoes thereafter? And eventually, at the time of family planning, you will expect government to provide Nirodh [brand of condom] too,” he replied

    When the student reminded her that people’s votes make the government, the officer snapped: “This is height of stupidity. Don’t vote, then. Become Pakistan. Do you vote for money and services?”

    Another student complained about a broken bathroom door at her school, to which the officer replied: “Tell me, do you have separate toilets at your home for males and females? If you keep asking for a lot of things at different places, how will it work?”

    The officer heads the state’s Women and Child Development Corporation, which organised the function on Tuesday in partnership with Unicef and other organisations.

  • Malala Yousafzai is all set to produce Hollywood films

    Malala Yousafzai is all set to produce Hollywood films

    Pakistan’s youngest Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai is all set to produce Hollywood films after signing a three-film deal with Apple Inc, Variety magazine has revealed.

    Yousafzai is among creative leaders honoured for Variety’s 2022 Power of Women presented by Lifetime.

    Her production company Extracurricular has partnered with the indie studio A24 for a still-untitled feature documentary on the legendary “Haenyeo” society of fisherwomen, who live on South Korea’s Jeju Island.

    The second project is a scripted series based on Asha Lemmie’s coming-of-age novel “Fifty Words for Rain,” about a woman’s search for acceptance in post-World War II Japan

    The third is a feature film with “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay, based on Elaine Hsieh Chou’s book “Disorientation” — a satire about a college student’s revealing dissertation about a young poet.

    “What I hope to bring to the table are the voices of women of color and debut writers and Muslim directors and writers. I hope we can have a wide range of perspectives and that we challenge some of the stereotypes we hold in our societies. And I also hope that the content is entertaining and that people fall in love with the characters and have the best time together,” she said.

    She told the magazine that she has watched ‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Severance,’ and pointed out that in those shows there were a lot of white men.

    “If we can watch those shows, then I think audiences should be able to watch shows that are made by people of colour, and produced and directed by people of colour, with people of colour in the lead. That is possible, and I’m gonna make it happen,” she avowed.

    Malala disclosed that her favourite TV shows include adult animated sitcom “Rick and Morty” and Netflix comedy “Sex Education”.

    Talking to the magazine, Yousafzai said that she doesn’t want to get into British politics.

    “This activism for girls’ education and gender equality is already a form of getting involved in politics. So I’m not sure if I’ll become the prime minister of a country.” Still, she adds, “We’ll see in the future”. After a beat, she said mischievously, “Maybe that is also a political answer”.