A video of Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan slapping Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Qadir Khan Mandokhel has gone viral. The incident took place off-air after the two were seen brawling with each other on Express News‘ talk show, ‘Kal Tak with Javed Chaudhry’.
Abdul Qadir Mandokhel recently won the bye-elections after a close contest against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Miftah Ismail in NA-249 in Karachi.
As the video went viral on social media, Twitter was flooded with memes. Have a look at some of the best meme:
There has been a sharp increase in robbery incidents in Karachi. Earlier, a gang posing as officials of the police’s special branch robbed the house of the mother of ex-Karachi commissioner.
The muggers posing as the police officials managed to enter the house of the mother of former Karachi commissioner, Sohail Rajput and looted cash and other valuables.
A man in Bahrain allegedly killed his bully collegue with a slap in his face.
As per reports, in a case hearing at Bahrain’s High Criminal Court, a man from an Asian country was accused of slapping and killing a colleague after causing him permanent disability.
A medical report was submitted in court from the hospital where the victim went. The report stated that the victim died after being slapped hard in the face.
The suspect who is an employee in an industrial company told the court that while he was on duty, collecting weeds and dirt accumulated in the workplace, an annoying co-worker along with a few others bullied him.
“The annoying co-worker asked me to work hard and began to give orders to me. His behaviour was irritating. I did not like it because he was just bullying me as he was not in charge and I was doing hard physical effort,” the accused told the court.
The defendant was charged with assaulting and inflicting injuries on the victim and causing him a permanent disability estimated at 100 per cent, without intending to do so, as indicated in the papers.
The trial will continue on June 16 after a lawyer is assigned to defend the accused.
A neurologist told Gulf News, “The face has a huge array of nerve endings, contains around 40 muscles and 14 bones and has sensitive skin, the cartilage of the nose, joint of the jaw and eyes. A hard slap cannot only damage any of these parts but also affect the blood flow from the heart to the brain.”
At least 25 children in Islamabad were taken to a nearby hospital after they fainted due to intense heat on Wednesday.
As per reports, students of a school in Islamabad’s Bara Kahu area suffered due to the scorching heat and power outage. The nose of the students started bleeding after which their teachers poured water over their heads and took them to a nearby health facility for first aid.
Picture Credit: Dunya News
After the incident, 200 school children were allowed to go home from the Federal Government School due to loadsheding.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy took to Twitter and announced that the power shortfall has increased to 1,500 Mega Watt (MW) and the citizens are requested to use the electricity sensibly.
تربیلا اور منگلا سے اس وقت 3300میگاواٹ کی کم بجلی پیدا ہورہی ہے جوکہ کچھ دنوں میں بحال ہو جائے گی اس وقت ملک کی کل بجلی کی ڈیمانڈ 24100میگاواٹ جبکہ سسٹم میں موجود بجلی کی پیداوار 22600میگاواٹ ہے شارٹ فال 1500میگاواٹ ہے بجلی صارفین سے بجلی استعمال میں اعتدال کی گزارش ہے اور
— Ministry of Energy-Power Division, Government of P (@MoWP15) June 9, 2021
A matrimonial advertisement of a woman looking for a vaccinated groom, has gone viral on the internet. In the ad, a 24-year-old self-employed woman claims that she is fully vaccinated and is looking for a man who must also be completely vaccinated. The newspaper-clipping style advertisement went so viral in India that Indian politician Shashi Tharoor tweeted about it, asking, “No doubt the preferred marriage gift will be a booster shot!? Is this going to be our New Normal?”
Vaccinated bride seeks vaccinated groom! No doubt the preferred marriage gift will be a booster shot!? Is this going to be our New Normal? pic.twitter.com/AJXFaSAbYs
The ad also stated that the girl wanted a post graduate, independent, patient, humourous and well-read partner. While the man also seemed too good to be true, the ad was also apparently a fake.
According to the Indian Express, the ad was ‘launched’ by a man from Goa, to convince people to get the COVID vaccine. Created by Savio Figueiredo, a community pharmacist, the ad had Savio’s original phone number listed and he says that his phone has not stopped ringing since it was posted on Facebook. The 58-year-old man told the Indian Express that he had posted it to raise awareness on Facebook for the vaccine, and someone picked it up, stating it was real and it had gone viral ever since. He says that even if 10 people get vaccinated because of the ad, it is worth the constant ringing of his telephone (possibly from prospective suitors).
Major cities in India have relaxed the lockdown rules as COVID-19 cases settle down. Pakistan also is reporting a drop in cases with the positivity rate under three per cent for the first time in four months.
Social media users are praising the residents of Ghotki and neighbouring areas for serving food, water and other essentials to the stranded passengers after the Ghotki train incident.
Railways operations were badly affected by the accident throughout the country. The authorities stopped trains at different railway stations for several hours.
The rescue and relief operation has been completed while the track has been restored after 29 hours.
The rescue operation was completed after the track has been cleared, retrieving the 17 coaches that had been affected by the crash and the engine of the train. Trains that were not operational since Sunday can now resume their operations, officials said.
Nestlé Pakistan has introduced paper straws across its entire ready-to-drink (RTD) product range, making it the first food and beverage company in Pakistan to do so. The initiative will eliminate over 400 million plastic straws, marking a breakthrough in its sustainable packaging transformation journey.
This is in line with the company’s global pledge to make its packaging 100% recyclable and reusable by 2025. Nestlé Pakistan’s brands – NESVITA, MILO®, FRUITAVITALS, NESFRUTA and NESCAFÉ’s RTD products – are now in the market with paper straws that are made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper.
All paper straws across RTD products have been sourced responsibly, meet stringent quality requirements and are safe to drink from.
Highlighting Nestlé’s global sustainable packaging transformation journey, Chedid stressed, “Our vision is that none of our packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill nor in oceans, lakes and rivers. To achieve this, we have set ourselves the commitment of ensuring 100% of our packaging is reusable and recyclable by 2025, and the switch to paper straws is a major step towards this.”
Chedid also added that while many people are used to plastic straws, making the switch to paper straws will bring a slightly different consumer experience. “We encourage millions of trusted Nestlé consumers in Pakistan to embrace this change and join us in our journey towards a more sustainable future,” he said.
Cognizant of the challenges and the importance of plastic packaging, Chedid pointed out, “Plastic packaging plays an important role in safely delivering high-quality food and drinks to consumers and reducing food loss and waste.”
“We believe that with the right approach, collection and recycling of plastic is possible without causing a detrimental effect on the environment,” he added.
The entire RTD pack is recyclable after you finish drinking it. All you need to do is push the paper straw into the RTD pack. When you’re done, do these 3 simple steps:
Step 1 – Flip the sides of the pack up
Step 2 – Flap the bottom of the pack
Step 3 – Flatten the pack
And put it into the nearest paper recycling bin!
In 2020, Nestlé Pakistan operationalised the Clean Hunza Project, with the support of District Council Hunza and Gilgit Baltistan Waste Management Company. The project focuses on managing 200 tons of packaging waste in 2021, eventually leading up to 1000 tons by 2025 to make Hunza waste-free.
Similarly, Nestlé Pakistan also partnered with World Bank and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the TREK initiative to make northern areas waste-free and promote responsible tourism in the region.
Nestlé Pakistan is also one of the founding members of CoRe (Collect & Recycle), the first ever packaging alliance in Pakistan formed with the mission to eliminate packaging waste by enabling formal collection and recycling, while also raising awareness at a mass level.
These efforts to reduce the environmental impact of packaging waste by improving its management and recycling are in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 17 – Responsible Consumption & Production and Partnership for Goals.
A woman in the Philippines was shocked after she allegedly found a deep-fried towel in her chicken from a fried chicken chain.
As per details, Alique Perez had ordered food from a restaurant in the Philippines on Tuesday. When the order was delivered, she tried to cut some chicken for her son. She was shocked when she found a deep-fried towel instead of a portion of fried chicken.
Perez posted a video on social media and wrote, “Just something that frustrated me this late. We had Jollibee delivered via grab. Ordered chicken for my son, while I was trying to get him a bite, I found it super hard to even slice. Tried opening it up with my hands and to my surprise a deep-fried towel. This is really disturbing… How the hell do you get the towel in the batter and even fry it!?!?”
“Now I know that it really happens. So disgusting and embarrassing… to think that you’re even branched in BGC. There’s a first for everything. And this has been the worst first! Calming myself down for this..,” she added.
“The essence of the towel contaminated the oil and the batter from the supplier so how many chickenjoys are affected? We won’t know.”
The restaurant stated on Wednesday that they had to close the branch in Bonifacio Global City for three days, starting from June 3 “to thoroughly review its compliance with procedures and retrain its store team” to ensure that this does not happen again.
100 Most Handsome Men of 2021 is trending on Pakistani Twitter with users nominating different personalities, but if you look at the trend, the top three men who are being nominated are Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and Actor Fawad Khan.
Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for $18,300 (Rs 2,831,454).
As per reports, Garau recently sold an invisible sculpture called “I Am”. There is a catch though. There is no sculpture.
The person who bought the “work” of art gets a stamped certificate as a receipt of payment.
Initially, the price was set between $7,312 to $10,968.
Garau said “I Am,” or in his native Italian, “Io Sono” may not exist physically but that does not mean that it’s nothing. He said the piece exists in the mind of its creator.
Garau also set rules on how the work is to be exhibited, including being in an area about 5 feet by 5 feet with no obstacles but lighting and climate control are optional.
This isn’t the only piece of invisible art by Garau. He has also created a “Buddha in contemplation” and another creation called “Aphrodite Piange,” or “Aphrodite cries.”
“Now it exists and will remain in this space forever,” says the video. “You do not see it but it exists. It is made of air and spirit.”
