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  • Ex-wife trolls Imran for petrol shortage in Pakistan when ‘world is running out of space to store it’

    Ex-wife trolls Imran for petrol shortage in Pakistan when ‘world is running out of space to store it’

    Former wife of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has taken a dig at him, calling him “selected” — a term used by the opposition to raise objections over Imran’s rise to power –, while highlighting the persisting petrol shortage at a time when “the entire world is running out of storage space for the same”.

    “History will remember the selected person in Pakistan who created a shortage of petrol at a time when the world was running out of places to store it,” she tweeted.

    The tweet came as a shortage of petrol and diesel at most fuel stations across the country reportedly due to the limited supply of petroleum products added to the miseries of people amid the coronavirus outbreak.

    The scarcity of petrol across the country turned severe last week, as most petrol pumps remained closed in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Quetta. Long queues could be seen on those stations that were open.

    Sameer Najmul Hassan, chairman of All Pakistan Petroleum Retailers Association (APPRA), in a statement, said oil companies will likely run out of their oil stocks in the next three days. They have been left with the stock hardly enough to last out more than three days, he added.

    He said a new quota of petroleum products is not being purchased due to a consistent decrease in the oil companies’ quota. No company other than the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is purchasing oil at present, the APPRA chairman said.

    “The situation seems to be going from bad to worse until Sunday,” he warned. He said 15 oil marketing companies in total, including the PSO, purchase oil in the country.

    It is pertinent to note that in an unprecedented move, Pakistan, which imports 70 per cent of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia and the remaining from the United Arab Emirates (US), had in April canceled import of gasoline, diesel and crude oil to support the domestic refining industry as energy demand sharply declined amid countrywide lockdowns. 

    The decision to halt the import of petroleum products had followed country’s economic meltdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC), the Energy Ministry had said that the consumption of motor gasoline had dropped significantly due to lockdown by provincial governments to control the spread of COVID-19.

    Meanwhile, the globally plunging demand for oil brought by the coronavirus pandemic combined with a savage price war had left the fossil fuel industry broken and in survival mode, according to analysts. It faced the gravest challenge in its 100-year history, they said, one that will permanently alter the industry.

    While the first few months into the pandemic saw price wars between oil giants as demand plunged, things are getting better as lockdown restrictions are gradually being eased.

  • Police arrest man for posting drunken photos on Facebook

    Police arrest man for posting drunken photos on Facebook

    A man was arrested in Mardan’s Dagai village after he uploaded pictures of himself drinking liquor on social media.

    As per reports, the police apprehended the suspect after tracing his location from social media. Three bottles of alcohol were detained.

    DPO Sajjad said the police will not tolerate any activity where people show off illegal things on social media platforms.

    Alcohol consumption has been banned for Muslims in Pakistan since 1977, the restriction was imposed by then prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

  • Husband accuses wife of infidelity after both test positive for COVID-19

    Husband accuses wife of infidelity after both test positive for COVID-19

    A man in Vijayapura, India accused his wife of infidelity after he tested positive for coronavirus.

    As per reports, the husband suspected that the woman in her thirties had cheated on him, as he was not away from home for at least two weeks before testing positive.

    When the woman was shifted to the same isolation ward where her husband was being treated, he started crying and shouting at her.

    Read more – Indian man spends two days in jungle after entry to quarantine centre denied

    The man claimed, “Before I got infected, I was not in contact with my wife for over two weeks. She got infected with the virus because of an illicit relationship.”

    After doctors explained to him the nature of the virus, he accepted his mistake and apologised to his wife, which resulted in a happy ending.

  • ‘Bollywood films promote unhealthy behaviours’

    ‘Bollywood films promote unhealthy behaviours’

    Researchers from Vital Strategies and Imperial College, London have found that people, including children, are exposed to a high and frequent volume of tobacco, alcohol and branded fast-food product placement while watching Bollywood films.

    Read more – Trending on Netflix Pakistan: ‘Malang’, ‘The Lovebirds’

    According to reports, of the 300 films analysed from the time period 1994-2013, 93 per cent of the films had at least one occurrence of alcohol, 70 percent had at least one occurrence of tobacco, and 21 per cent films had at least one occurrence of branded fast food. Tobacco and alcohol occurrences were more common in films rated for older audiences (A-rated films) whereas fast-food depiction was prominent in movies targeted for all audiences (U and U/A rated films).

    On average, tobacco products or usage was depicted four times per film, alcohol was shown or used seven times per film, and branded fast food was shown or used 0.4 time per film. Although the depiction of tobacco in these films fell during the 20-year period of analysis, the placement of alcohol and branded fast food products significantly increased. Researchers assume that the downward trend in tobacco promotion from the year 2004 could be attributed to the regulations related to tobacco advertising, promotions and sponsorships under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) and WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC).

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    “Our study suggests that Bollywood films are contributing to promoting unhealthy behaviours in their audience, particularly children,” said Dr Nandita Murukutla, Vice President, Global Policy and Research, Policy, Advocacy and Communication, Vital Strategies.

    “We hope that this study offers evidence and support to reduce the marketing of these products in films given the known health problems they cause, including obesity, heart disease and cancer.”

    While research in other parts of the world has shown an association with these products being used in films and audience members also initiating use, the extent of such imagery in Bollywood cinema has been less clear.

  • Daren Sammy recalls being called ‘kalu’ by Indian cricketers during IPL

    Daren Sammy recalls being called ‘kalu’ by Indian cricketers during IPL

    Former West Indies captain and honorary citizen of Pakistan Darren Sammy has revealed that he was subjected to racial abuse in the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) dressing room when he played for the franchise in the 2013-14 editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

    After watching Hasan Minhaj’s latest segment, in which the comedian talks about anti-blackness in South Asian, the cricketer expressed his anger upon realising the meaning of the word ‘kalu’ which he says was used to refer to him and Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera when the pair played for SRH. However, he did not reveal who used to direct these slurs at him.

    Following that, on Tuesday, Sammy released an Instagram video, saying those slurs came from players within the SRH camp and that he will be messaging them all to provide clarification and issue an apology.

    “Knowledge is power. So recently I discovered a word that I was being called was not what it actually meant, I need some answers. So before I start calling out names I need these individuals to reach out and please tell me there’s another meaning to that word and when I was being called it, it was all in love,” read the post along with the video.

    “I have played all over the world and I have been loved by many people, I have embraced all the dressing rooms where I have played, so I was listening to Hasan Minhaj as to how some of the people in his culture describe black people,” Sammy said in the video.

    “This does not apply to everybody but I say this because of what I’ve experienced. After I found out a meaning of a certain word, I had said I was angry on finding out the meaning and it was degrading, instantly I remembered when I played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013-14, I was being called the exact the same word which is degrading to us black people,” he added.

    Sammy said that at the time when he was being called with the word, he didn’t know the meaning and he thought it was not degrading as his teammates used to laugh every time whenever he was called with that name.

    “I will be messaging those people, you guys know who you are. I must admit at that time when I was being called using that word, I thought the word meant strong stallion or whatever it is and I saw no problem. I did not know what it meant. Every time I was called with that word, there was laughter at the moment. Me being a team man, I thought hey teammates are happy, so it must be something funny,” Sammy said.

    “So now you can understand my frustration and my anger when it was pointed out to me that it wasn’t funny at all. It was degrading. I will be texting you guys and I will ask you as to when you called me with that name, did you all mean it in any bad way or in a degrading way? You repeatedly called me that word over and over again, to the point that I was even saying, that’s my name,” he continued.

    Sammy said he expects an apology from all those who called him that because he considered them his brothers and friends.

    “I have had great memories in all my dressing rooms, so all those who used to call me with that word, think about it, let’s have a conversation, if it was in a bad way then I would be really disappointed,” he added.

    “I have always been one to build up the relationship or build up a team, not bring it down,” he concluded.

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    Meanwhile, an old social media post of India pacer Ishant Sharma has surfaced which has confirmed Sammy’s allegations.

    Ishant had shared a group picture also featuring Sammy, on May 14, 2014, and used the word ‘kalu‘ for him.

    https://twitter.com/DennisCricket_/status/1270297785917517824?s=20

    The reaction from the West Indies all-rounder has come following the death of George Floyd, an African-American who last month died in police custody in the United States. Floyd, aged 46, died on May 25 after a police officer, held him down with a knee on his neck though he repeatedly pleaded, “I can’t breathe,” and “please, I can’t breathe”.

  • Wildlife dept recovers two lions from bathroom in a residential area in Multan

    Wildlife dept recovers two lions from bathroom in a residential area in Multan

    The Punjab Wildlife Department recovered a pair of lions from the custody of a Multan resident and fined him Rs130,000 for the crime.

    Read more – Rare striped hyena rescued in DI Khan

    Wildlife Department Deputy Director Hassan Ali Sukhera while talking to APP said that a team of the department recovered the lions from a house in Khushhal Colony on May 30 in a raid that was conducted after obtaining search warrants.

    The lions were found kept in a bathroom after which the owner was punished with a fine worth Rs130,000 for violating the breeding farm rules and guidelines under Punjab Wildlife Act.

  • VIDEO: Peshawar doctor celebrates 71-year-old coronavirus patient’s birthday

    VIDEO: Peshawar doctor celebrates 71-year-old coronavirus patient’s birthday

    A doctor working at the coronavirus ward brought a cake to celebrate the birthday of a 71-year-old patient to fulfill his wish as he is away from his family.

    A video, doing rounds on social media, shows a patient in Abbottabad Medical Complex, clapping and cutting his birthday cake with the health professional standing by his side.

    Finance and Health Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Taimur Jhagra also shared the video with a caption: “Something to make everyone smile.”

    Doctors and other healthcare professionals have been praised across Pakistan and all over the world for the sacrifice and commitment they have shown by treating the virus patients while putting their lives at risk.

    Pakistan has reported 108,317 cases of COVID-19 so far.

  • Aima Baig says it is impossible to ‘satisfy our society’

    Aima Baig says it is impossible to ‘satisfy our society’

    Fresh off the success of her new song Te Quiero with Haadi Uppal, Aima Baig, in a recent social media, commented that in the last three to four years of her career the one thing she learned is that the “most difficult thing to pull off in this industry is to satisfy our society. According to how they want us to look like or what they want us to wear, what they want us to sing or what they want us to say.”

    Pretty sure, all female actors will be agreeing with Aima on this.

    “Whereas I thought it is a free country, where men and women both have been given the right to follow their heart and live their own life,” she added.

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    Aima then went to recall when she started her career as part of Mazaaq Raat’s team, before adding how blessed she feels to have achieved the success she has.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CBImAXXBrBc/
  • Shaniera Akram hits back at troll who told her that Pakistan is not for ‘whites’

    Shaniera Akram hits back at troll who told her that Pakistan is not for ‘whites’

    Shaniera Akram has never been one to shy away from hitting back at trolls.

    Read more – Shaniera Akram loves being Pakistan’s bhabi

    In a recent incident, Akram slammed a troll, who told her that Pakistan is “not for whites like her”. Syed Sharjeel Ahmad Qureshi, who identifies himself as a political analyst and blogger, replying to Akram’s tweet about the coronavirus pandemic said that in the eight years Akram has been in Pakistan, she has “not been able to read the word and become a Muslim and name a Muslim”.

    In response to his remarks, Shaniera said that he has two pandemics to worry about: coronavirus and racism.

    Following this, several people apologised to the nation’s ‘bhabhi‘ for Qureshi’s comments.

    https://twitter.com/HaseebAhmaddd/status/1269552135190065152?s=20

    Following the backlash, Qureshi deleted the tweet.

    Meanwhile, it is pertinent to mention here that this is what Shaniera’s pinned tweet is:

  • ‘Man-eating’ tiger sentenced to a lifetime in captivity

    ‘Man-eating’ tiger sentenced to a lifetime in captivity

    A tiger accused of killing three people will spend the rest of its life in captivity, Indian officials said Sunday, saying the big cat was “too dangerous” to be allowed to roam free.

    According to AFP, the five-year-old male predator, also blamed for attacking cattle, had embarked on a trek more than 500 kilometres (310 miles) long from western Maharashtra state to central India’s Betul district in Madhya Pradesh state in 2018.

    “We gave it several chances to re-wild but it habitually went into human habitations,” said Madhya Pradesh’s chief wildlife warden, S.K. Mandal.

    “The only option left was to put it in captivity to ensure both the tiger and humans are safe.”

    The tiger — dubbed the “vagabond” or “nomad” by some local media — was first trapped in December 2018 after its long journey and held in captivity for two months.

    The big cat was eventually fitted with a tracking collar and shuttled between a tiger reserve and a national park.

    Officials however said it repeatedly strayed and hunted near human settlements, attacking cattle and endangering humans.

    Finally the tiger was tranquilised and sent to a zoo in Madhya Pradesh capital’s Bhopal on Saturday.

    Officials said the decision to capture the adult tiger was taken a few months ago, but was delayed due to the novel coronavirus lockdown.

    “It will take sometime for him to adjust to the new environment. We will be monitoring his behaviour,” Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park director, Kamlika Mohanta shared.

    “As of now it will remain in solitary confinement. A decision to put it on display at the zoo or send it to a (fenced) safari will be taken later.”

    Human encroachment on tiger habitats have increased in recent decades in the nation of 1.3 billion people, leading to deadly conflicts with the animals.

    Nearly 225 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2014 and 2019, according to government figures.

    More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.

    India is home to around 70 percent of the world’s tigers. Last year, the government said the tiger population had risen to 2,967 in 2018 from a record low of 1,411 in 2006.