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  • Sales to avail on Pakistan Day

    Pakistan Day will be celebrated with full zest tomorrow on March 23 across the country.

    On this day, various brands are offering discounts for their customers. The Current has made a list of brands that are offering sales, so it’s easy for you to choose and shop. Have a look:

    By The Way

    By The Way is offering a flat 23 per cent discount on their entire stock.

    J. Fragrances & Cosmetics

    J. Fragrances & Cosmetics is offering up tp 40 per cent off.

    Ideas by Gul Ahmed

    Ideas by Gul Ahmed is offering up to 50 per cent discount. However, the sale is exclusively online.

    CONATURAL

    Conatural, an organic hair and skin care brand, is offering a flat 23 per cent discount on its entire stock from March 22 to March 23.

    NDURE

    If you are looking to get some new shoes, you can check out NDURE , they have a flat 30 per cent sale going on.

    Engine

    You can upgrade your summer wardrobe from Engine as the brand is offering flat 30 per cent off.

    Telemart

    Telemart is offering discounts up to 70 per cent on electrical and mobile devices.

    Limelight

    Limelight is offering 23 per cent off on ready-to-wear, accessories and more.

    Amir Adnan

    Amir Adnan‘s Pakistan Day sale offers up to 50 per cent off on selected items from March 17-23.

    Liberty Books

    Liberty Books is offering an online-only discount of up to 40 per cent on 17,000 plus titles. If you love reading books, don’t miss this sale.

  • ‘No uterus, no opinion’: Twitter calls out Rohail Hyatt for ‘mansplaining a woman’s period’

    Musician Rohail Hyatt jumped in a Twitter conversation about the emotions felt by women during PMS/period. While sharing his opinion on the emotional and physical changes felt by women, Hyatt said that “acceptance helps”.

    “Very important to understand and realise the subconscious aspect of this sadness. Since at our root layer, survival of our species is our primary function, shedding an unused egg post ovulation triggers a deep ‘missed opportunity’ emotion wave. Acceptance helps,” wrote Rohail Hyatt while replying to a particular tweet about PMS/period.

    Twitter users are calling out Rohail for ‘mansplaining’ periods to women.

  • Twitter calls out Scottish vlogger for ‘celebrating the misery of a poor brown person’

    Twitter calls out Scottish vlogger for ‘celebrating the misery of a poor brown person’

    YouTube vlogger from Scotland, Dale Philip, recently visited Karachi’s Seaview beach. As per Philip, he was ‘cheated’ by horsemen there. Darakhshan police detained the horseman, and a picture of one of the horsemen was shared by Philip on his Twitter.

    “He tried to earn a living by cheating people, but now he’s living behind metal bars thanks to Karachi Police. Hopefully, he learns there’s no need to cheat foreign tourists. Most will give extra payment if they were shown a good experience and treated in an honest way,” he wrote while sharing the picture.

    Philip made a YouTube vlog on how he was “scammed”. The summary of the scam, as per Philip, was that the horsemen asked him to pay Rs 5,000 for a ride after agreeing to the ride for only Rs 200.

    “It was very quiet, with it being a Friday. As soon as I entered the beach, two guys on horses sprinted towards me. I had planned on taking a horse or camel ride at some point so I negotiated a price of 200 rupees with one of them for a ride to the Chunky Monkey amusement park. He didn’t take me to Chunky Monkey, though. He took me down to the water and then handed me off to another guy on a horse. I felt like I was getting scammed in some way. Maybe they were going to ask for double the money because the second guy was taking me for a second ride or something. He was taking me towards Chunky Monkey, which is where I wanted to go though. As I rode with this guy, I tried to reconfirm the price with him, so there would be no disputes afterwards. He made it clear that 200 was for, what he called ‘one ride’, and that I’d have to pay for multiple rides. I immediately asked him to stop and said I’d walk the remaining distance but he refused to stop. Not only would he not let me get off the horse but did a u-turn and took me back to where I started the ride. I was screaming at him telling him that was not the way I wanted to go but he made the excuse that if he takes the horse back himself without a rider that the two horses would fight. After finally getting off the horse, the two scammers asked me for Rs5,000. As if I was just going to give them 25 times the price that we had agreed. How stupid did they think I was.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtyhnS13lGw

    People on social media are not happy with Dale Philip’s tweet and video.

    https://twitter.com/AlSafwa__/status/1505814031453536256

  • Flight from Delhi makes emergency landing in Karachi

    Flight from Delhi makes emergency landing in Karachi

    Qatar Airways flight, QR-579, made an emergency landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Monday. The flight was on the way to Doha from New Delhi.

    Smoke filled one of the cabins of the Airbus 150.

    According to Geo News, the plane was at a height of 40,000 feet when the fault occurred near Karachi. The flight was circling around for a while when it was decided to make an emergency landing at Jinnah International Airport.

    Other flights including Air Lanka’s UL-183 were delayed, which were supposed to land in Karachi due to emergency circumstances. Qatar Airways flight was made to land on Runway No 1 of the airport. Passengers were shifted to a transit lounge.

    Currently, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineers are inspecting the plane.

  • ‘She didn’t make mutton for me’, Police arrest husband for complaining against wife

    ‘She didn’t make mutton for me’, Police arrest husband for complaining against wife

    A man has been arrested in India after he called the police to complain about his wife who did not cook meat (mutton) for him.

    According to media reports, Navin continuously called on the Police Helpline during the Holi festival on Friday to complain about his wife.

    As per the police, when Navin dialed the Police helpline for the first time on Holi, the police thought that it was a prank call. However, police helpline staff got suspicious after he made six calls and they reported the incident to their superiors.

    Police high officials decided to take immediate action against him. The next morning the police tracked him down and arrested him.

    According to the police, Navin came into the house in drunk condition on Friday night and brought mutton for cooking. He asked his wife to cook mutton for him, but she refused after which he picked up the phone and called the police.

    The case was filed against him under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 290 and 510 but he was later released after a warning.

  • Assistant commissioner attacked in Mansehra ‘for being a female officer’

    Assistant commissioner attacked in Mansehra ‘for being a female officer’

    Three men attacked Assistant Commissioner Marvi Malik Sher near Ghazi Kot in Mansehra last week. The hooligans also attempted to assault the assistant commissioner by pulling her out of her vehicle, injuring both her and the guard. Some onlookers rescued them and handed the three men over to the police.

    Zoha Malik, sister of Marvi Malik, has alleged that her sister was attacked because of her gender. “Some ruffians tried to attack my sister Marvi Malik Sher last evening for being a female officer. It’s the 21st century and women in leadership posts are still an anomaly to sick and prejudiced, patriarchy-ridden mindsets in our country,” Zoha Malik wrote in a tweet.

    Marvi Malik is one of five sisters who have set a record for passing the CSS exam and joining the bureaucracy.

  • Mother kills 22-day-old daughter because newborn’s crying was disturbing her, husband

    Mother kills 22-day-old daughter because newborn’s crying was disturbing her, husband

    A woman has allegedly murdered her own 22-day-old newborn in Karachi. After investigation, she confessed to the police, reports ARY News.

    According to the police, she was arrested from Liaquatabad, Karachi. They also recovered the weapon used to murder the baby girl. The body of the infant was also found in the house.

    According to the mother’s initial statement, she covered up the incident with a robbery. She also fainted when the police reached the crime scene. She further added that a boy barged into the house from the roof and pushed her, after which she hit her head on the refrigerator and passed out.

    She added that after gaining consciousness she found her daughter with her throat slit.

    The mother later confessed that she murdered her newborn because the baby’s crying interrupted her and her husband’s sleep, which caused fights and issues between the couple.

    The father of the baby has filed a case against his wife under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

  • ‘Games, recreational stuff’ should not be part of religious programs: Noor ul Haq Qadri

    ‘Games, recreational stuff’ should not be part of religious programs: Noor ul Haq Qadri

    Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has written a letter to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and has proposed different guidelines for Ramzan transmission.

    “I would like to draw your kind attention to a very sensitive issue which has been observed since last few years that various TV channels telecast Ramzan transmission in the holy month of Ramzan. During these transmissions, different programs/shows are anchored/presented by a number of hosts who due to lack of proper Islamic Education hardly qualify to anchor/present such programs. As a result, different controversies are created and the general public rush to social media trolling such content and also complain to this ministry as well as the other authorities.”

    In order to foil the emergence of such controversies, the following guidelines have been proposed for Ramzan transmission for observance by all media channels:

    • Religious programs during Ramzan Transmissions shall be anchored/presented only by religiously well-versed and educated persons
    • Anchor/presenter and all the participants shall follow modesty in their dress code and appearance to honour the sanctity of the holy month of Ramzan
    • No person shall be allowed to discuss controversial religious or sectarian issues. Sanctity of religious personalties of all sects/religious communists must be ensured
    • Game shows or recreational stuff shall not be aired immediately before or after Sehar/Iftar timings, moreover, the games and such stuff may not be part of religious programs
    • Promotion of religious/sectarian harmony and propagation of Islamic teachings shall be the prime focus of Ramzan transmissions
    • Unethical/ immoral stuff, activity and advertisement shall not be telecast during the holy month of Ramzan

  • Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    All educational institutes in Quetta have been closed for two days over security concerns. Following the issuing of a security alert, all educational institutions in have been instructed to close for two days, March 17 and 18, reports Aaj News.

    According to Balochistan Board Chairperson Sadia Farooqi, matriculation exams scheduled for Thursday and Friday have been postponed.

    Tests in other districts, on the other hand, will go on as scheduled, with the dates of the postponed exams to be published later. The decision came after the provincial home department issued a security alert, prompting the education department to halt educational activity.

    Meanwhile, due to security concerns in Quetta, a combined protest event organised by a young physicians collective, paramedics, and nurses has also been postponed.

  • Father-Daughter duo gets PhD degree on same day in Peshawar

    Father-Daughter duo gets PhD degree on same day in Peshawar

    A father and daughter duo have secured PhD degree on the same day from the University of Engineering Technology (UET), Peshawar.

    Father, Dr Masood Khan, obtained a PhD degree in Mechatronics while his daughter, Dr Nadia Masood, achieved a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering. On the convocation day, Dr Masood Khan said that he could not complete his PhD due to some domestic responsibilities.

    While talking to Urdu News, Dr Nadia Masood said that she is proud to stand with her father to receive a PhD degree on the same day. She further added her family supported her throughout her journey as she was working in National Standard Artificial Intelligence at university.

    They both got admission in the year 2017 to UET after passing an entry test.

    Dr Nadia Masood has also availed Common Wealth’s scholarship during her PhD for which she got a chance to do her research work from England. She spent 1.5 years in the country to complete the research.

    During the interview, Dr Masood Khan said that this is the first time that a father and daughter duo received a PhD degree and it is also an inspiration to other people as well.

    He also felt happy that his daughter has completed PhD degree in Electrical Engineering. He also broke the stereotype of girls’ education and emphasised that education is equally important for men and women.