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  • VIDEO: Dog interrupts cricket match

    VIDEO: Dog interrupts cricket match

    A dog interrupted the semi-final of the Women’s All-Ireland T20 between Bready Cricket Club and Civil Service North or Ireland Cricket Club in Magheramason.

    The video shows the dog running on the field with its black leash trailing behind it. When the wicket-keeper tried to hit the stumps and missed, the dog hurriedly snapped up the ball and began running away, as players tried to chase it down.

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    The dog finally stopped running after a player calmed it down and retrieved the ball so the match could resume.

  • Rescue operation starts for three mountaineers stranded on Rakaposhi

    Helicopters sent to rescue three mountaineers stranded on the Rakaposhi mountain of the Karakoram mountain range arrived in Hunza on Sunday and an operation to bring them back is underway, Geo News reported.

    As per reports, the three mountaineers include a Pakistani climber Wajidullah Nagri and Czech Republic mountaineers Jakub Vicek and Peter Macek.

    According to Deputy Commissioner Nagar Zulqarnain Khan, two helicopters arrived in Nagar for rescue operations. He said that the rescue team is in contact with the climbers, who are doing fine.

    The DC added that it will be difficult for a helicopter to go up to a height of 6,900 metres, where the climbers had been stuck, so they have been asked to descend.

    Rescue efforts on the ground are also underway, he said.

    The three mountaineers, two of whom belong to the Czech Republic, had summitted Rakaposhi on September 8, according to the Karakoram Club.

    A tweet by Pamir Times at 7pm on Sunday stated that the rescue operation was put off for the day due to bad weather and will resume today (Monday).

  • VIDEO: Horse all smiles after eating his favourite chips

    VIDEO: Horse all smiles after eating his favourite chips

    A video made rounds on social media where a horse can be seen grinning while treating himself to some chips from a woman’s plate.

    The video was uploaded on Twitter by ‘Viral Hog’, with the caption: “This happy horse can’t stop grinning at salt and vinegar chips .”

    https://twitter.com/ViralHog/status/1433565403943292929

    In the video, a woman wearing a pink T-shirt is seen sitting in a field, accompanied by a few other people. She is holding a plate of salt and vinegar chips.

    A horse, who happens to be standing right beside her, keeps munching the chips in delight from her plate.

    Each time the horse bends his neck, he takes a snack from the plate and ends up smiling after each bite. Everyone present at the scene can be heard roaring with laughter when they see the horse smile.

    The person making the video happens to be the woman’s son and can be heard saying, “Oh he likes mom’s chips.”

    Later, two dogs appear in the video and look intrigued by the happenings and the laughter. They too begin to eat the pieces that dropped from the animal’s mouth.

  • Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health improving: Report

    Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health improving: Report

    Pakistan’s nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health is improving gradually, reported Geo News.

    Dr Qadeer fell ill, but is feeling better now.

    Dr Abdul Qadeer was shifted to a hospital’s coronavirus ward a few days ago due to his critical condition.

    He was admitted at KRL hospital on August 26 after he tested positive for Covid-19.

    Dr AQ Khan is considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and is revered at home as a hero for building the Muslim world’s first atomic bomb.

  • Internationally renowned Pakistani Artist Sara Shakeel makes Noor Mukadam’s memory shine

    Pakistani artist Sara Shakeel shared the artwork of Noor Mukadam, a woman who was murdered by Zahir Jaffer. The case is currently under investigation.

    While sharing the picture on her Instagram account, she wrote about Noor’s tragic story. “I’m sharing this story because this is the fate of our women here in my country! Unfortunately where I come from, the majority of men can’t accept the whole concept of a woman living her own life on her own terms! It scares them!”

    “I pray for you, Noor! I didn’t know you were a fan of my art and followed me too! I’m sorry this happened to you! I know you are in a very good place right now! We will fight for you till the very end,” she added.

    Jaffer and his parents are under custody being investigated.

    Sara Shakeel is known for her glittery and Swarovski crystals’ artwork.

  • ‘And this is the lesson we are teaching our children,’ Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy criticises Single National Curriculum

    ‘And this is the lesson we are teaching our children,’ Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy criticises Single National Curriculum

    Oscar-winner filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy recently took to social media and criticised the Single National Curriculum (SNC). She shared pictures of English textbooks of grade one and five.

    Sharmeen shared a picture of a grade five English textbook on her Instagram stories and wrote, “And this is the lesson we are teaching our children: What do you see?”

    Sharing another picture of the English book of grade one, she wrote, “Grade 1 is a 4-5-year-old. What are we telling our girls? Cover up at that age? Those who designed these textbooks should be held responsible. #Ziapartdeux”

    “And this is the physics being taught. Proponents of SNC, have you even read the books you are endorsing,” the Oscar winner wrote, posting an image of a page of a physics book.

    Single National Curriculum is a ‘uniform’ system of education, which means the same curriculum for everyone. Single National Curriculum has been started to be implemented in madressahs and from grades one to five in both public and private schools in Punjab.

  • Canadian cafe denies accusation of Islamophobia made by Shaam Idrees, Froggy

    YouTubers Sham Idrees and Queen Froggy took to social media to call out Canadian cafe chain Demetres for not serving them because of their faith and promoting Islamophobic behaviour. The cafe has denied the allegations, claiming that the argument was over seating restrictions.

    Idrees shared a video detailing the incident and wrote in the video: “We just had the worst experience of our lives. The racist servers told us they will not serve ‘people of your kind’. My wife and family members included hijabis.”

    “I am so heartbroken,” Queen Froggy shared a video with the caption, “Demetres Oakville didn’t take our order and told us to leave because we are Muslim and wear hijab.”

    “I am so disgusted. Go to Google Maps, click review and give 1 star [to Demetres] and write #Banislamophobia. Let’s make sure it never happens to anyone again!” she added.

    Demetres denied the accusations and released a statement. “We believe there was a misunderstanding between employees and our guests regarding seating arrangements due to Covid-19 restrictions,” they wrote. “The situation became escalated, and the guests were asked to leave.”

    Kanwal Ahmed, founder of the well-known Facebook group Soul Sisters Pakistan, shared a few posts including the posts from the customers who were present when the incident happened.

    A few posts stated that the YouTubers came with 22 people and wanted to combine the tables, which were against Covid-19 guidelines.

    Idrees responded to the criticism and shared another video about the incident “with proof”.

  • Police find Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman guilty in madrassa sexual abuse case

    Police find Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman guilty in madrassa sexual abuse case

    According to the case record and police report submitted in court, Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman was found guilty of raping a madrassa student in Lahore, reports Samaa.

    The suspect’s bail plea at the Cantt Court on Tuesday was heard by Judicial Magistrate Rana Arshad. The investigation officer requested that his bail request should be rejected.

    Magistrate Arshad summoned the lawyers of both parties for arguments and has adjourned the hearing till September 10.

    Previously, Mufti Aziz confessed that the video was not fake and said that he was secretly filmed by his student.

    The victim in his statement said that Mufti Aziz accused him of cheating in his exams after which he was banned from taking the exams for three years. Mufti Aziz then asked the student to “make him happy” in order to get the ban lifted.

    When the video of Mufti Aziz’s sexual abuse went viral on social media, he was arrested on June 16.

  • Nurse makes chandelier with empty Covid vaccine vials

    Laura Weiss, a nurse from the United States, created a chandelier using hundreds of empty Moderna vaccine vials. Pictures of her work were shared on Boulder County Public Health’s Facebook page on September 2.

    “One of our talented Public Health Nurses, Laura Weiss, created this gorgeous piece of art using empty Covid vaccine vials,” Boulder County Public Health said in their post on Facebook.

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    Laura Weiss told CNN she was a retired nurse when Boulder County Public Health asked for help administering vaccines in February.

    “I had noticed all these hundreds and hundreds of empty vaccine vials that were otherwise going to be wasted, and I thought they were just really beautiful and wanted to do something significant and meaningful with them,” Weiss said.

    Weiss got permission to use the glass Moderna vaccine vials and made a beautiful chandelier.

  • Vietnamese court jails citizen for five years for spreading Covid-19

    Vietnamese court jails citizen for five years for spreading Covid-19

    A 28-year-old Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaching coronavirus quarantine protocols and spreading the virus to others, reports Reuters.

    According to state-run Vietnam News Agency, Le Van Tri was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases” at a one-day trial on Monday at the people’s court of the southern province of Ca Mau.

    “Tri travelled back to Ca Mau from Ho Chi Minh City and breached the 21-day quarantine regulations. He infected eight people, one of whom died due to the virus after one month of treatment,” the news agency stated.

    Due to the targeted mass testing, aggressive contact tracing, tight border restrictions, and strict quarantine, Vietnam had been one of the world’s coronavirus success stories.

    Ca Mau, Vietnam’s southernmost province has reported only 191 cases and two deaths since the pandemic began, much lower than the country’s capital.

    In the past few months, the vast majority of cases and deaths were reported. So far more than 536,000 cases have been reported.

    Prior to this, the country sentenced two other people to 18-month and two-year suspended jail terms on the same charges.