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  • Indian woman takes lover on tour to Australia on husband’s passport

    Indian woman takes lover on tour to Australia on husband’s passport

    A 36-year-old woman in India allegedly took her lover on a tour to Australia on a passport forged in her husband’s name in January. One of the married couple’s children studies in Australia.

    The two were supposed to return in March but due to the national lockdown, all international flights to India were suspended so they got stuck and returned home on August 24.

    The woman’s husband works in Mumbai, has registered a complaint at a police station accusing his wife of having an illicit relationship with the co-accused, Sandeep Singh, 36.

    He has accused Sandeep of forging documents to get a passport in his name.

    Superintendent of Police, Jai Prakash Yadav, has ordered registration of an FIR on the husband’s complaint and an investigation into the matter by a local intelligence unit (LIU).

    According to the complainant, he has been working in Mumbai for the past 20 years and occasionally visits his wife, who lives in their farmhouse and looks after his ancestral land.

    “When I returned to Pilibhit on May 18, my wife was not at home. I came to know from Sandeep’s family that both had gone to Australia. To find out whether Sandeep forged documents to obtain a passport in my name to visit Australia, I purposely applied for a passport on August 24 at the Bareilly-based passport office. Then I found out from the passport authorities that a passport in my name had already been issued on February 2, 2019,” he said.

    The SP said Gajraula police and LIU inspector Kanchan Rawat would investigate how a passport in the name of the complainant was issued despite identity-checking at multiple levels.

  • Momal Sheikh welcomes baby girl

    Momal Sheikh welcomes baby girl

    Momal Sheikh, who is currently stealing the show as Mehak in Hum TV’s Mushk, has announced that she and her husband Nader Nawaz have welcomed a baby girl, who they have named Aleya.

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    Momal shared that her daughter was born on August 20 and requested her followers to keep her family in their prayers.

    Read more – It’s a boy for Hamza Ali Abbasi, Naimal Khawar

    Momal and Nader are also parents to a son, Ibrahim.

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    Friends and colleagues, including Mahira Khan and Sarwat Gilani, congratulated the happy parents and sent their best wishes.

  • [GRAPHIC WARNING] Indian Army resorts to pellet guns in Kashmir to stop Muharram processions

    [GRAPHIC WARNING] Indian Army resorts to pellet guns in Kashmir to stop Muharram processions

    Armed forces in Srinagar of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJ&K) have fired pellet guns and tear gas on the troubled valley’s Shia community members in attempts to keep them from taking out Muharram processions on Ashura, it has emerged.

    According to reports, dozens of people sustained injuries as Indian military fired pellet guns to keep them from attending religious gatherings.

    Pictures doing rounds on social media showed people lying in hospitals with severe wounds on the face and other body parts.

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    The acts of brutality from Sunday were condemned by Pakistan.

    In a statement, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that due to the illegal and indiscriminate use of pellets, dozens of Kashmiris were wounded and some had sustained eye injuries causing permanent blindness.

    Meanwhile, Indian media tried to defend the violence as journalists, including Gaurav C Sawant, took to Twitter and wrote, “If one breaks the law, one should be ready to face the full force of law enforcement agencies.”

  • Karachi rains: Mehwish Hayat, Ayesha Omar express anger, demand accountability

    Karachi rains: Mehwish Hayat, Ayesha Omar express anger, demand accountability

    As Karachi continues to suffer after record rains, residents of the city are taking to the streets and social media to express their anger and rage and are demanding accountability of those responsible for the mess.

    Among those lashing out at the government and authorities are celebrities including Mehwish Hayat, Ayesha Omar, Aijaz Aslam, Sanam Jung, Sanam Saeed and Feroze Khan.

    “My anger knows no bounds,” wrote Mehwish. “How can a modern city like Karachi not have the infrastructure to cope with rain in today’s age?”

    Demanding accountability, the actor added, “Enough is enough!”

    “It’s time for accountability. It’s time to speak up. It’s time to take ownership. It’s time to demand our rights. Its time to heal. It’s time,” wrote Ayesha on Twitter.

    Aijaz Aslam, Sanam Saeed and Sanam Jung voiced similar concerns and demanded answers from the authorities.

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    Anoushey Ashraf, Mansha Pasha and Fahad Mirza also expressed their distress and disappointment and called out those in power for making false promises.

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    Feroze Khan wanted to know where his tax money went.

    Meanwhile, residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Monday gathered within the premises of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) to protest against the lack of monsoon infrastructure and the administration’s failure to provide them basic amenities.

    “We wish to register our legitimate right to get the supply of basic amenities of potable water, stable electricity, effective discharge and flow of drains and sewerage, elimination of hanging electricity wires & data cables, fixing of broken poles, providing of security [as well as] repair and re-carpeting of broken roads,” read a statement by the residents of DHA Karachi ahead of Monday’s protest.

    A second protest for later this week has also been announced by the aggrieved residents to take up their demands with DHA outside the Phase-I office on September 3 at 12:30 pm.

    On the other hand, Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that both the centre and Sindh will be working together to bring much-needed relief to the people of Karachi.

  • Kabul University teacher feeding student’s child during an exam wins hearts

    Kabul University teacher feeding student’s child during an exam wins hearts

    A picture of a professor at Kabul University, Afghanistan feeding one of his student’s child while she was taking her exam went viral on social media.

    As per reports, last week, a four-month-old son of a student at Kabul University cried and she was trying to make her baby calm instead of solving the exam. Amid all this, a teacher came forward and took the child in his arms and started feeding him through a feeder.

    The mother of the child completed her exam and someone in the examination hall took the picture and posted it on social media.

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    The teacher in the picture is actually Mahmood Marhoon, a lecturer in the Pashto department at Kabul University. While speaking to BBC, he said that after the photo, he had received messages from many countries around the world appreciating him for his kind gesture.

  • Pakistan: Lowest daily count of COVID-19 in four months

    Pakistan: Lowest daily count of COVID-19 in four months

    Pakistan on Sunday reported 213 new coronavirus cases, its lowest daily count in more than four months, Geo reported.

    The country reported its first case of the deadly virus on February 26 and went into a three-week lockdown in late March. In the subsequent months, the caseload kept climbing, peaking at 6,825 new cases in a single day on June 13. While it recorded 153 deaths, its highest to date, on June 19.

    However, in the last month, Pakistan’s daily infections and fatalities have dropped significantly. On August 30, it recorded only 213 new cases in a day, and six deaths across the country, while it sampled 18,017 tests.

    The August 30 figure is the lowest tally since April 10, when 186 new infections were reported in a day.

    Recently, Dr Faisal Sultan, the senior most health official in Pakistan, who was recently appointed the prime minister’s advisor on COVID-19, told the Telegraph that while the decline is a promising sign for Pakistan, he remains cautious.

    “At the end of the day I keep reminding people that this is like smouldering embers and the embers are there. You provide them with fuel and with a little bit of oxygen, they will flare up,” he said.

  • Karachi: Resilient no more

    Karachi: Resilient no more

    A city once known as the ‘city of lights’ has now been without electricity for almost three days and counting.

    Karachi resembles a dump now with dilapidated roads, virtually no sewerage system, no government public transport, buildings on top of each other without following any safety laws, no emergency response system, nothing. Recent visuals on our television screens, social media and WhatsApp following the monsoon rains in Karachi are horrendous. Cars floating around, houses drowning in sewerage water and rainwater, people being electrocuted, no electricity, no food, no relief in sight. A wheelchair-bound woman drowned in her house due to the mismanagement of those in power, someone who had a heart attack could not reach the hospital in time due to flooding…each story is worse than the other. More than 80 people have so far lost their lives.

    The ‘resilience’ of the people of Karachi has been taken for granted but Karachi has had enough!

    The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has been in power in Sindh for the last 12 years. In those 12 years, we have not seen the provincial government take any responsibility whatsoever for the woes of the provincial capital. Blaming the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) because it ruled Karachi for almost a decade before the PPP government came to power can only be done so much. If the Opposition parties tell the ruling PTI to stop blaming past governments and focus on their own performance, then the same rule should apply in Sindh. The MQM may not have done as much as it should have back then but it is no excuse for a government that has been ruling the Sindh province for over a decade now.

    It will also not paper over the fact that the local bodies system is so weak that no city government can be blamed for anything catastrophic. If the PPP wants to shift the blame, it should have had a fully empowered local bodies system in place. When a government does not want to devolve power and then not do anything itself, then who is to blame? Climate change may be another reality but it is not something that has come out of the blue. Where is the emergency relief system to work in times of natural disasters? If it were not for the Edhi foundation and Chhipa and other private organisations, the city of Karachi would have been an orphan city. Private citizens are helping each other out rather than the government. Where is the empathy of the rulers? Some of the tweets by provincial ministers are full of apathy towards the people of Karachi; clearing a few roads of rainwater do not make the problems of Karachi go away.

    Now that a committee has been formed with all stakeholders to address the issues plaguing the largest city of Pakistan, it is hoped that regardless of their political affiliations, all stakeholders would work towards reaching a solution and not play politics at the cost of innocent lives. The people of Karachi have witnessed ethnic warfare, sectarian killings, mafias, crime and much worse. They deserve a break now. The Sindh government and all other stakeholders need to work together in order to bring some semblance of normalcy back to a city that is the heart of Pakistan. 

  • ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman passes away at 43

    ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman passes away at 43

    Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. He was 43.

    Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told media outlets. He is survived by his wife and a parent and had no children.

    Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement. The actor had not publicly discussed his condition and continued to work on major Hollywood productions.

    “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said. “From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more – all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honour of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.”

    Expressions of shock and despair poured in late Friday from fellow actors, athletes, musicians, Hollywood titans, fans and politicians. Several Pakistani actors including Ushna Shah and Ali Rehman Khan also mourned his demise.

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    Journey to Stardom

    It took some time for Boseman’s moment to come. Born in South Carolina, Boseman graduated from Howard University and had small roles in television – on TV shows like ABC Family’s Lincoln Heights and NBC’s Persons Unknown – before his first star turn in 2013. His striking portrayal of the stoic baseball star Robinson opposite Harrison Ford in 2013′s 42 drew attention in Hollywood and made him a star. A year later, he wowed audiences as Brown in the biopic Get On Up.

    Boseman’s T’Challa character was first introduced to the blockbuster Marvel movies in 2016′s Captain America: Civil War and his “Wakanda Forever” salute reverberated around the world after the release of Black Panther two years ago.

    “I don’t think the world was ready for a ‘Black Panther’ movie before this moment. Socially and politically, it wasn’t ready for it,” he told AP at the time.

    The film’s vision of Afrofuturism and the technologically advanced civilization of Wakanda resonated with audiences, some of whom wore African attire to showings and helped propel Black Panther to more than $1.3 billion in the global box office. It is the only Marvel Studios film to receive a best picture Oscar nomination.

    The character was last seen standing silently dressed in a black suit at Tony Stark’s funeral in last year’s Avengers: Endgame. A Black Panther sequel had been announced and was one of the studio’s most anticipated upcoming films.

  • Coronavirus: The absurdities Pakistanis believe in

    The outbreak of the new coronavirus – COVID-19 – that affected almost 23,518,343 people worldwide, out of which 810,492 died, and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), was hardly taken seriously by the people of Pakistan.

    Even as the virus peaked in June-July, people flouted social distancing guidelines as well as government-introduced standard operating procedures (SOPs), believing that the virus did not even exist.

    And now that both the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities have drastically decreased, many across the country, including those who did take precautionary measures earlier, are under the impression that virus has gone extinct.

    GALLUP SURVEY:

    According to a Gallup Pakistan survey based on the responses of more than 1,300 respondents from all across the country, as many as 70% Pakistanis agree that the risk of the coronavirus is being exaggerated, which shot up from 55% in a previous survey.

    MISINFORMATION:

    But what led to people doubting the gravity of the situation and suspecting exaggeration as the world suffered in the battle against coronavirus?

    The answer is misinformation. From WhatsApp forwards to Facebook posts and tweets… viral conspiracy theories besides fake news by unauthentic sources contributed to the formation of ill-informed opinions of a major chunk of the population being told by the government to not panic because the virus was “no more serious than seasonal flu”.

    Four critical months being followed by the introduction of ‘smart lockdowns’ and the permission to re-open businesses for the sake of the economy and the poor, despite experts’ warnings of a second and even third wave of the virus, also contributed to people the virus less seriously than they should have.

    CONSPIRACY THEORIES:

    Many believed the government was exaggerating the situation on the ground to seek foreign aid and doctors were “secretly killing patients” for the number of virus casualties to soar on the government’s directions. But it wasn’t where the absurdity ended.

    Posts on social media added to the list of conspiracy theories regarding the origin of the coronavirus, leading to chaos as some even took to streets to protest against the government and COVID-19.

    According to the Gallup survey, the number of Pakistanis who consider coronavirus to be a foreign conspiracy has doubled from 23% in March to 55% in July-August while 54% believe that COVID-19 is a lab-made virus to which the world was exposed on purpose.

    Some also believe that coronavirus is a conspiracy against Islam and wearing a mask and following SOPs is nothing but a “Jewish agenda”.

    Another popular theory is that the virus was released as part of an Israeli plan to implant chips in the minds of the people, especially Muslims, while vaccinating them to control their minds.

    ‘COVID-19 NOW UNDER CONTROL’

    The survey also revealed that a sweeping majority — nearly 80% people — believe that COVID-19 is now under control and any there is no need to continue taking precautionary measures. This figure has rose from 32% in a previous survey to 79% within a few months.

    Large gatherings, including religious congregations and family feasts over the Eid weekend, and a large number of people taking to roads on August 14 to express their love for Pakistan, also go on to prove how seriously has the pandemic been taken by a majority that risked their own lives as well as that of others, mistaking the decline for coronavirus eradication.

    But while the number of coronavirus cases in the country has dropped and so has the rate of infections as well as fatalities despite negligence but owing to a number of suspected reasons, Pakistan, like the rest of the world, is still at risk. 

    Winters can also add to the probability of an outbreak from the top, experts say, yet again stressing the need for people to keep on taking precautionary measures.

  • Feroze Khan invites Kangana Ranaut to Pakistan for tea

    Feroze Khan invites Kangana Ranaut to Pakistan for tea

    Looks like Pakistanis will never let Indians forget about their little misadventure in Pakistan, Balakot to be precise.

    Soon after Kangana Ranaut shared a new look of her upcoming film Tejas in which she is seen standing next to a jet in uniform, Feroze Khan invited the actor to Pakistan for tea.

    “New jets?,” commented Feroze. “I see! Come over for chai (tea) sometime with us.”

    The Pakistani actor was referring to last year’s incident in which the Pakistan Air Force shot down an Indian jet in Balakot and captured the pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. However, he was released a day later by Prime Minister Imran Khan as a goodwill gesture to promote peace between the two countries.

    Read more – ‘One Indian is enough for your thousands,’ Dhawan tells Afridi, gets trolled with Abhinandan pictures

    Feroze comments sent his fans from both sides of the border into a tizzy, who then started arguing among themselves.

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    Later, Feroze engaged with some of the Indian trolls himself and said that he will “fight for what I think is right”.

    According to Kangana, who will play and Indian Air Force pilot in the film, Tejas “is an ode to our brave airforce pilots”.

    The film which is being produced by the makers of Uri: The Surgical Strike is scheduled to go on floors by the end of this year.

    Speaking about the film, Kangana, in a statement said: “Tejas is an exhilarating story where I have the privilege of playing an air force pilot. I am honoured to be a part of a film that celebrates these brave men and women in uniform who make immense sacrifices in the line of duty every day. Our film celebrates the armed forces and its heroes.”

    Meanwhile, director Sarvesh Mewara while speaking about the project said: “My film is a reflection of the current sentiment in our country. We celebrate our armed forces and I hope to further evoke a spirit of patriotism and nationalism through my storytelling. Kangana is a strong woman with a voice that resonates with the youth of this nation and I cannot wait to begin shooting with Kangana.”

    The film is expected to be shot in Mumbai and Rajasthan. A release date has not yet been announced.