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The sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is ready to resume in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abu Dhabi shall host the 20 matches at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium from the first week of June. For that all teams and their staff have to go through a week’s isolation to maintain COVID-19 protocols for the tournament. Karachi Kings’ president and former Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram is losing his mind in isolation as he is also quarantined for the same.
“Third day in isolation, seen everything on Netflix, Prime, cable TV and now I think I am about to lose my sh_t,” wrote Akram on Twitter.
“Suggestions are welcome,” he added.
Replying to his tweet, Kings’ owner Salman Iqbal said: “Seven more days to go bro! I have some suggestions , will send you a WhatsApp.”
Fahad Mustafa then dived in and replied to Salman, saying: “I also have some suggestions Salman bhai. Have to share with you before you leave.”
Akram then replied to Fahad and said: “Salman is not even going into the bubble so don’t waste your ideas on him but I am all ears though.”
“Third day [and] losing it already, said Wasim being bored-to-tears.
According to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), around 168 people will travel from Lahore on a chartered flight while 65 will leave for Abu Dhabi from Karachi. All the cricketers and coaching staff available in Pakistan for the league have been in quarantine at a local hotel since Monday where the second test of COVID-19 was conducted on Tuesday and their reports will come out before the planes depart for Abu Dhabi.

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Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt fans were in for a surprise after Aniston named ex-husband Pitt as one of her favourite guest stars on Friends.
Speaking to Access Hollywood about the upcoming highly-anticipated reunion, Jennifer, who played Rachel Green in the popular series, said: “Mr Pitt was wonderful. Fantastic.”
Brad had a cameo on the Season 8 episode, The One with the Rumour. He portrayed Will Colbert in the annual Thanksgiving episode and still hated Rachel from high school, which made for an awkward dinner. At the time of his appearance, the Oscar winner was married to Aniston. The pair began dating in 1998 and exchanged vows in Malibu in 2000 before splitting in 2005.
Apart from Jennifer, actors Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow also spoke about their favourite guest stars. Courteney and Lisa named Paul Rudd, Tom Selleck, Ben Stiller, Reese Witherspoon and Alec Baldwin as amazing guest stars as well.
“I was blown away by so many,” said Kudrow when asked to name her favourite star.
Aniston described Ben Stiller as “hysterical” and deemed Reese Witherspoon (who played her sister Jill on the show) “brilliant”.

The special reunites Jennifer, Courteney and Lisa with co-stars David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry on screen for the first time since the sitcom ended in 2004.
The reunion was filmed on Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, California, where the show was originally shot. It was set to be filmed in 2020 but faced delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It was announced last week that the reunion special will also feature a variety of guests including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, and Malala Yousafzai.
WATCH – The trailer of ‘Friends: The Reunion’
Friends, which followed six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City, originally aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004.
Member of Sindh Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed has submitted a draft of “The Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act, 2021” to the Sindh Assembly Secretariat, Dawn has reported. The proposed bill seeks to make it mandatory for parents to marry of their children as soon as they turn18. The proposed bill also states that parents who do not have any justified reason for the delay in the marriage of an adult will be fined.
However, the bill is unlikely to be passed but the proposed bill got a massive reaction from social media with most people criticising it.
Have a look at some of the tweets:
Armeena Rana Khan has shut down haters for moral policing her. “I don’t understand why these nationalists, right wingers and religious fanatics lecture me,” wrote Armeena in a tweet.
“For the last time, I do not represent you and my journey is personal. I will do what I need to do for Pak and otherwise,” she added.
She continued: “Haters go else where.”
In a sperate tweet, sharing screenshots of two different new stories about rape of dead bodies, Armeena wrote: “Your hypocrisy and fake outrage does not bar me when you have instance like this.”
“Ab aap kindly meri jaan chor dein (Kindly leave me alone),” the actor said.
“Those people who need to follow my work will do. You kindly make your way to your tableegh pages,” she added.
“Believe me, my pages are hostile to people like you.”
The tweet she replied to has been deleted now.
Read more- Armeena Khan receives inappropriate message, husband savagely responds
Earlier, someone left a comment under Armeena’s picture that stated, “Is this a tattoo on her leg? If not what is it?”
‘Yes, i’m covered in tattoos will be getting a skull next,” Armeena replied to the comment in a sarcastic manner.
Nida Yasir has revealed how she lost three kgs of weight in one week. Nida shared a post on her Instagram about losing weight under which replying to a user who asked her how she lost weight and inquired about her diet, Nida shared that she consumed only watermelon for three days.

Replying to another comment she said that she did not eat roti, cheeni and chawal during the diet.

Earlier, Nida had updated her Instagram followers that she is working hard to reduce her weight.
Meanwhile, PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz is also on a diet these days. When asked by a follower if she was having lassi in her silver cup, Nawaz had said: “I wish I could have it everyday but I have to watch my weight so coffee only”.
The Current does not endorse quick weight losing techniques, you should visit a doctor before jumping into diets.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry and Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Wednesday condemned the attack on journalist Asad Ali Toor, by unidentified men.
As per the official account of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, SSP Islamabad has been directed to probe the attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.
As per Asad Ali Toor’s video statement, three unidentified men broke into his apartment and tortured him. The three assailants can be seen leaving Toor’s apartment in the CCTV footage, reported BBC Urdu. Journalist Shahbaz Zahid also posted the CCTV footage on Twitter.
Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari also called for a full and transparent inquiry of the incident.
Amnesty International has also urged authorities to take urgent steps for the safety of media workers in Pakistan.
Journalists from around the country have condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with Toor.
The federal cabinet in April approved the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill. Last year, journalist Matiullah Jan was abducted in Islamabad but was released after 12 hours while last month, senior journalist Absar Alam survived an assassination attempt in Islamabad. The Freedom Network’s annual state of press freedom report released in April 2021 highlighted a dramatic escalation in the climate of intimidation and harassment of journalists and the media in Pakistan.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is not Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s personal slave or bonded labour that he can impose his views on the Opposition alliance.
Kaira was talking to anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada on Geo News’ programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath’.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had said he would quit PDM if PPP was allowed to rejoin the Opposition alliance unconditionally.
Kaira also said that while Shehbaz Sharif is making efforts to unite the Opposition, Shahid Khaqan was tearing it apart.
Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday said Shehbaz Sharif’s dinner had nothing to do with PDM.
PPP leadership also urged Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to take back his words against the party.
Fazl on Tuesday said the PPP and the Awami National Party (ANP) could rejoin the PDM if they apologie to the Opposition alliance for going against its decisions.
Fazl said both the PPP and ANP had been given sufficient time to get back to the PDM leadership, but they have not done so.
“There are currently no proposals to invite PPP and ANP at the PDM meeting on May 29,” Fazl said. He added that during the upcoming PDM meeting, the Opposition leaders will decide the future of the PPP and ANP in the alliance.
CNN’s Senior Global Affairs Analyst and anchorperson Bianna Golodryga who earlier labelled Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi “anti-Semitic” after she interviewed him on the ongoing violence in Gaza has now called out Pakistanis for not speaking up for Uyghur Muslims.
Sharing a news story by Vice media about the crackdown by Pakistan on Uyghur Muslims who fled China, Bianna wrote: “Even though Pakistan is the only country in the world created as a Muslim nation, the promise of Chinese money seemingly overpowers the desires to stop what is happening to Uyghur Muslims.”
Born in 1978, Bianna Vitalievna Golodryga is a senior global affairs analyst at CNN. She has previously served in Yahoo! News, ABC Network, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, and CBS.