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  • PM Imran to inaugurate Science and Technology Park today

    PM Imran to inaugurate Science and Technology Park today

    Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the country’s first National Science and Technology Park in Islamabad today.

    Federal Minister Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to announce that “Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate Pakistan’s first National Science and Technology Park in NUST.”

    Fawad Chaudhry also wrote that the initiative is a combination
    of researchers and industry that turned the world around. The coming ten years
    will be bright years for Pakistan’s science and technology.”

    Earlier, on Dec 5, Prime Minister Imran Khan had launched the ‘Digital Pakistan’ programme, an initiative to introduce the latest technologies for public welfare.

  • Sania Mirza reveals details of her first meeting with Shoaib Malik

    Sania Mirza reveals details of her first meeting with Shoaib Malik

    If there is one couple that has stood the test of time and the Indo-Pak conflict, it has to be Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza.

    In a recent interview, Sania revealed details of her first meeting with husband, Shoaib.

    Sania shared that the two met in a restaurant in Hobart, Australia.

    “We knew each other socially and then we bumped into each other at a restaurant in Hobart where you don’t even see animals/birds after 6 pm, forget people,” Sania said.

    “Must’ve been destiny that we met over there to be very honest. Only later, I realised that he had actually planned to come to the restaurant because I was there. I was giving destiny all the credit but it was clearly not,” she laughed.

    Sania and Shoaib got married on April 12, 2010 in Hyderabad followed by another ceremony in Sialkot, Pakistan. The two welcomed a baby boy, Izhaan Mirza Malik, in October 2018.

    Meanwhile, Sania also confirmed that she will be returning to courts, two years after taking a maternity break, at the Hobart International in January 2020.

  • Man eats $120,000 piece of art

    Man eats $120,000 piece of art

    The world truly has gone bananas.

    A performance artist shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana that had been duct-taped to a gallery wall and ate it.

    What’s interesting is that the banana was, in fact, a work of art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Comedian” and sold to a French collector for $120,000.

    In a video posted on his Instagram account, David Datuna, who describes himself as a Georgian-born American artist living in New York, walks up to the banana and pulls it off the wall with the duct tape attached.

    “Art performance … hungry artist,” he said, as he peeled the fruit and took a bite. “Thank you, very good.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yIFp2hyE-/

    Datuna’s action left some bystanders in fits. Soon after, a flustered gallery official took him in for custody. Luckily the matter was resolved amicably and no legal action was planned against him.

    As it turns out, the value of the work is in the certificate of authenticity – the banana is meant to be replaced.

    A replacement banana was taped to the wall about 15 minutes after Datuna’s stunt.

    Meanwhile, here’s what Mehwish Hayat has to say on the matter.

  • Pakistani javelin thrower creates history, qualifies for 2020 Olympics

    Pakistani javelin thrower creates history, qualifies for 2020 Olympics

    Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, after winning a gold medal at the ongoing South Asian Games 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal, has qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first Pakistani track and field athlete to directly qualify for the Games.

    According to reports, Nadeem’s position at the Olympics was confirmed when he scored a throw of 86.48 metres, making a new event record distance. The qualification standard of the Olympics is set at 85 metres.

    Meanwhile, India’s Shivpal Singh who threw a distance of 84.43 metres, took the second position.

    “It is a great honour to qualify for the Olympics, for me and also for Pakistan. God has been very kind,” said 22-year-old Nadeem in a video message.

    According to The News, the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is also planning to send Nadeem abroad to China for training and are also looking into hiring a professional coach for him.

    The Athletics Federation of India congratulated Arshad for winning and qualifying for the Olympics.

    The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, are scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.

  • Bride marries neighbour after groom arrives late

    Bride marries neighbour after groom arrives late

    Uh-ho, tardy men beware. An Indian bride replaced her groom when the man she was supposed to marry turned up late to his own wedding.

    According to a report in the Times of India, a bride from Bijnor’s Nangaljat village married a man from her neighbourhood after her groom and the baraatis arrived late for the wedding. Not only that, the groom’s family was locked up and allegedly thrashed by the bride’s family, who also stole their valuables.

    The police revealed that this was supposed to be the couple’s “proper” wedding ceremony – they had tied the knot in a mass wedding programme six weeks earlier. At that time, the bride had not gone to her in-laws’ house because the couple wanted to get married again with “proper rituals”.

    The drama doesn’t stop there – the two families reportedly also had their differences over the dowry as well. The bride’s family claimed the groom and his father had demanded a bike and cash and threatened the family if their demands weren’t met.

    Nonetheless, the groom’s side was supposed to arrive at 2pm on the day of the wedding but turned up late at night instead. As a result, the bride’s family got annoyed and thrashed the groom’s family. The police had to intervene to have the groom’s side released.

    The groom’s family also said they were taken captive, thrashed and the jewellery they had brought for the bride was stolen.

    After the police intervened, the matter was settled and the bride married another man the next day.

  • Who has more following in US, Kate Middleton or Meghan Markle

    Who has more following in US, Kate Middleton or Meghan Markle

    According to the reports, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton is more famous than the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle in the United States of America.

    YouGov recently conducted a poll, 61 percent of the US participants of the survey voted for kate Middleton while 48 percent praised Meghan. Prince Harry’s wife grew up in united States and she also worked there as a successful actress in Hollywood before getting married.

    The survey was conducted from November 24 to 26 and 1500 royal fans participated in the voting.

    In the Survey options, Queen Elizabeth II got 69 percent votes.

    Prince Harry, William and their mother Diana got 63 percent votes.

  • PM Khan to receive Bahrain’s highest civilian award

    PM Khan to receive Bahrain’s highest civilian award

    Prime Minister Imran Khan will receive Bahrain’s highest civil award, the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, during an upcoming visit to the Kingdom.

    According to Arab News, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari said that PM Khan will be going on an official visit to Bahrain in mid-December, where he will be conferred Bahrain’s highest civilian award at a special ceremony.

    During this visit to Bahrain, the premiere will meet his counterpart Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. He will also participate in Bahrain’s national day celebrations.

    The National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Lt. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, on his visit to Pakistan earlier this year, had invited PM Khan to visit Bahrain on behalf of the prime minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

    PM Khan is expected to depart on a three-country tour on December 15, starting with Bahrain, followed by Switzerland where he will address a global conference on refugees in Geneva, before concluding his tour in Malaysia.

    It is pertinent to mention that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also received the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance by Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa during a visit to the Kingdom in August.

  • Islamabad is getting Shaheen Squad

    Islamabad is getting Shaheen Squad

    With rising incidents of street crime in Islamabad, a new mobile team was introduced to prevent street crimes in the city.

    The motorbike-mounted Shaheen Squad will patrol all the public places to keep an eye on muggers and check doubtful activities. Operations DIG Waqaruddin Syed said that the squad has been deployed at model police stations in Islamabad to curb street crimes in different areas.

    Officers in the squad will be armed with modern weapons and radios to directly respond to situations as per directions received from the control room. Senior police officers will check the performance of the squad daily. As per reports, all personnel has been instructed to be alert while on duty. During checking, the squad members have been directed to follow policy and be courteous with the people.

  • Parents forgive daughter for murdering younger sister

    Parents forgive daughter for murdering younger sister

    A teenage girl charged with killing her own sister was acquitted by a model court in Karachi after her parents pardoned her and her three accomplices, one of which was her fiancé at the time.

    According to reports, eighteen-year-old Alveena along with her fiancé Mazhar Mehfooz had murdered her 16-year-old sister Aleena in December 2017 in what police claimed was a staged robbery.

    According to the prosecution, the female accused and her fiancé had confessed to slitting the throat of the victim since she shared a friendship with one of the two accused brothers and allegedly helped both visit her home in the absence of her parents and to blackmail the female accused after getting her intimate pictures in their mobile phones.

    According to the FIR registered at the time of the incident, two men broke into the house for robbery and stabbed the 16-year-old to death for putting up resistance. They also took away cash, jewellery and other valuables.

    The two co-accused brothers Ahsan and Abbas were charged with blackmailing the female accused and forcing her to kill her own sister.

    After recording evidence and hearing final arguments from both sides, an additional district and sessions judge acquitted the accused.

    The judge also accepted the compromise applications moved by the accused persons and the parents of the victim. In their application and affidavits, the parents of the victim said that they had pardoned all four accused, including their daughter Alveena and her husband Mazhar, in the name of the Almighty, without any duress and pressure and waived off their right to claim compensation as well.

  • IN PICTURES: Hum Bridal Couture Week Day 1

    IN PICTURES: Hum Bridal Couture Week Day 1

    The first day of the 17th edition of the Pantene HUM Bridal Couture Week (PHBCW) took place Friday night in Lahore.

    Here’s a look at the event in pictures:

    Labyagawachi – Fahad Hussayn

    Showstopper – Abrarul Haq

    Shadi Mubarik – Aisha Imran

    Showstopper – Minal Khan

    Ethnic Seams – Almirah

    Showstopper – Aijaz Aslam

    Hayal – Samsara Couture House

    Showstopper – Saba Qamar

    Zoella – Zonia Anwar

    Showstopper – Nausheen Shah

    Nitasha Bilal Haute Couture – Abooro

    Showstopper – Noor Khan

    Ishq – Haris Shakeel

    Showstopper – Kinza Hashmi

    Royal Tag

    Showstopper – Adnan Siddiqui

    Nilofer Shahid – A tribute to Kashmir

    Showstopper – Sarah Khan