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Meray Paas Tum Ho: Kya abh shaadi honay wali hai?
Episode 16 isn’t coming slow and the teaser for Episode 17 has a lot more to promise.
Danish (Humayun Saeed) after his hero act of beating up and threatening villian Shehwar (Adnan Siddiqui) has found a new love for being rash. The episode starts off with Danish hanging out with his son Rumi and it’s really hearwarming to see how their father son realtionship is blooming. It seems like their relationship has changed for the better since Mehwish (Ayeza Khan) left.
Father son love Wedding is in the air for Danish as well as his son Rumi announces that Hania (Hira Mani) is the best girl for Danish and works on getting the both together till the end of the episode. What this loosely suggests is that Hania and Danish will most likely get married because it is the cute thing to do.
Hania and Danish might get together while Mehwish’s plans keep getting delayed Shehwar on the other hand is pissed off at Danish and feels kinf if onsulted at being beat up so badly. He tells Mehwish to go sort out her son’s issues herself and meanwhile finds out that his company is getting bankrupt and its shares have badly fallen.
Rash Danish finds out that Shehwar’s company is in a temporary crisis and decides to invest all the lakhs he made for selling his house to buying shares in Shehwar’s company (which obviously means that he will take over Shehwar’s company one day). He also gets a really nice looking place on rent and decides to live a little.
townhouse for sale/rent The fast paced episode is the perfect lead in to the teaser for Episode 17. Mehwish and Shehwar are getting married, it seems, and there’s a knock on Mehwish’s room door and we are willing to bet it’s Shehwar’s wife. Now thats what we are all waiting for.
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Karachi man sends 50,000 trees to Iraq to provide shade to pilgrims
A retired industrialist from Karachi sent thousands of saplings to Iraq on Friday to bring shade to pilgrims.
Mohammedi Durbar, 85, wants to plant nearly 50,000 trees along the entire 80-km pilgrimage route between Iraq’s Najaf and Kerbala. In a conversation with Reuters, Durbar said the idea came to him when his relatives returned from a holy site with sunburn.
Millions of people make the pilgrimage every for the religious ritual of Arbaeen. They walk most of the way under a baking sun. Among the worshippers last year were Durbar’s grandson and daughter-in-law, who returned to the country tanned and with photographs showing a barren landscape.
This was when Durbar got the idea and then travelled to Iraq, spoke to officials and got permission for his project, and a promise the trees would be cared for.
He also planted some trees in Najaf to see if they could thrive there.
A first batch of 9,800 saplings of eight types of trees, up to eight months old, set off from Karachi by truck on Friday, for their journey across Iran to Iraq. The shipment was delayed about a month because of anti-government protests in Iraq and last-minute visa delays.
Durbar says the saplings will be well looked after on their journey with the truck stopping to ensure they get regular sunshine and water. He is confident they will arrive in good shape and plans to travel back to Iraq to work on the plan.
The trees will spend the winter in a nursery in Baghdad, with the planting due to begin in March. He said about a dozen people would plant the trees, with the help of small digger he is also sending from Pakistan.
Durbar estimates it will take three years to plant all of the trees at a cost of Rs25 million, which he is paying. He is not sure if he will live to see pilgrims walking under his trees, but he knows he has found his calling after a lifetime in the industry.
“I thank God, at this age, he has put me on the right path,” he said. “Partnership with nature is good.”
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‘Pakistan to introduce battery-powered electric buses,’ says Fawad Ch
Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry has revealed that Pakistan will become the first country of South Asia which would introduce battery-powered electric buses in the country.
The minister in his Twitter message has said that the budget of science and technology has increased up to 600% in the current year, adding that he would make efforts to hike the budget to 1000 per cent next year.
Fawad credited Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for his special attention in the sci-tech sector, saying that the government has brought back the country to research and development with the support of the PM.
Chaudhry said that ministerial commissions are being established with Russia and the government is now focused on the European Union (EU) and United States (US).
He said, “It is our failure for not manufacturing engines, but we will make up solar panels and lithium batteries in the next three years. The energy system of the country will be completely changed.”
The minister further announced that Jhelum biotech park will become the largest herbal medicine park of South Asia, whereas, Pakistan will be the first country which would manufacture battery-powered [electric] buses in the region.
On November 20, it emerged that the government had set to launch electric buses in Pakistan to combat air pollution. The federal government has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with private ride-hailing service to introduce electric vehicles in the country.
The MoU was signed by Fawad Chaudhary and CEO of bus hailing service in Islamabad on Tuesday, according to Radio Pakistan.
Under this agreement, the company will introduce electric battery-powered buses and also spend Rs12 billion to expand its transport bus service in the country.
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Patari comes under fire for promoting Mohsin Abbas Haider
Pakistan’s largest music streaming platform Patari has come under fire for promoting Mohsin Abbas Haider’s latest single titled Rooh.
The song is Mohsin’s first project following his public feud with former wife Fatima Sohail who accused him of domestic abuse and infidelity.
Here’s what Twitter has to say on the matter.
Not only Patari but several other celebrities including Abrarul Haq, Nausheen Shah, Mohib Mirza and Faakhir Mehmood have promoted Mohsin and sent him their best wishes.
Read more: Mohsin Abbas Haider or Fatima Sohail: Whose career are celebrities supporting?
In August 2019, Mohsin was found guilty of threatening his then-wife Fatema Sohail by a lower court in Lahore.
Fatema, in an explosive social media account posted on July 20 had alleged that Mohsin was domestically abusive and had hit her on multiple occasions. She later filed an FIR against Mohsin on grounds of abusive behaviour and that Mohsin extorted money from her.
While the court found Mohsin guilty of threatening his wife, he was found innocent of breach of trust and demanding money from his wife.
Read more: All you need to know about the Mohsin Abbas Haider controversy
Meanwhile, it is also pertinent to mention here that in May 2018, Pataris’ CEO Khalid Bajwa was accused of misusing his power to extract sexual favors out of women. Though Bajwa initially resigned from his positon, he was later secretly rehired by the company. Six of Patari’s original team members resigned in July of the same team after it was clear that Bajwa was not stepping down.
In August 2018, Patari allegedly complied to a request made by Ali Zafar to change the ranking of a song released by Meesha Shafi’s brother Faris Shafi. Zafar, who at the time had been accused of sexual harassment by Meesha apparently felt that the promotion of Faris’ song made it seem that Patari was on Meesha’s side in their legal dispute.
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VIDEO: Hassan Ali’s wife gets the sweetest welcome from her in-laws
Isn’t it cute when you are warmly welcomed by your in-laws with lots and lots and lots of rose petals?
Pakistani fast bowler Hassan Ali reached Gujranwala, Pakistan with his wife Samiya Arzoo where both were welcomed with rose petals and bouquets. Pictures and videos of the couple are doing rounds on TV channels and social media.
Look at all those rose petals.
The fast bowler got married to Indian national Shamia Arzoo in a dazzling ceremony in Dubai. The ceremony was attended by relatives and close friends including spinner Shadab Khan.
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Law ministry refuses to share details of lawyers, fee paid for Musharraf trial
The law ministry has rejected an application seeking details of the legal team hired to prosecute former army ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on treason charges, and the fees paid to them by saying that its a classified matter, thus can’t be held answerable by common citizens Geo News reported.
According to the details, Mukhtar Ahmed Ali, the applicant, had sought the details under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017, commonly known as RTI law. Mukhtar wanted to know how judiciously the money contributed by public through their taxes is being used by the ministry.
Mukhtar Ali said, the ministry declared him ineligible to post such inquiries. The ministry in its reply referred to a Cabinet Division notification’s issued in 1993, but it did not explain or share the contents of the notification. The reply also stated that the ministry has claimed exemption by saying it has been declared “classified, therefore, your request is hereby declined on this aspect”.
Ali had earlier sought answers to four questions, asking for the list of the members of the prosecution team, and relevant law firms engaged for Pervaiz Musharraf’s trial under Article 6 of the Constitution and the fees paid to them.
He further sought details of out-of-pocket expenses (e.g. travel, lodging, meal) reimbursed to them and asked for the fee break-up paid to each member of the legal team.
After the ministry’s refusal, Mukhtar has approached Pakistan Information Commission (PIC), an appellant body set up under the RTI law for dealing with the complaints lodged by the applicants against the government.
In a rejoinder sent to the law ministry, Mukhtar said his application has been rejected without being given due consideration as the authorities “has not even bothered to consider Article 19A and the (Right of Access to Information) Act in the course of deciding my application.”
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London Bridge attacker identified as Usman Khan of Pakistani origin
Metropolitan Police has identified the London Bridge attacker as British national Usman Khan, a 28-year-old male from Staffordshire, Dawn reported.
According to the details, Usman Khan was born in London and is of Pakistani ethnicity. He stabbed two people to death and left three injured on Friday, in an attack that caused fear and panic across the city as residents revisited the spectre of terror returning to London.
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said in a statement, “We are now in a position to confirm the identity of the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been residing in the Staffordshire area. As a result, officers are, tonight, carrying out searches at an address in Staffordshire”.
“This individual was known to authorities, having been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences,” Basu said, adding that “He was released from prison in December 2018 on licence and clearly, a key line of enquiry now is to establish how he came to carry out this attack.”
He added that Khan was shot by specialist armed forces and died at the scene.
“The circumstances, as we currently understand them, are that the attacker attended an event earlier on Friday afternoon at Fishmonger’s Hall called ‘Learning Together’”, said Assistant Commissioner.
He added that police believe the attack began inside before Khan left the building and proceeded onto London Bridge, where he was detained and subsequently confronted and shot by armed officers.
Who is Usman Khan?
According toThe Telegraph, Usman is a British citizen born in the United Kingdom (UK) — left school with no qualifications after spending part of his late teens in Pakistan, where he lived with his mother when she became ill.
On his return to the UK, he started preaching extremism on the internet and attracted a significant following.
In January 2012, Khan pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism contrary to section 5(1) of the UK’s Terrorism Act 2006. Usman was among nine men charged with conspiracy to bomb high-profile London targets in the run-up to Christmas in 2010.
At the time, the convicted men were described as an Al Qaeda-inspired group that wanted to send mail bombs to various targets and launch a “Mumbai-style” atrocity. At the time of his arrest, Usman Khan lived in Stoke-on-Trent, a city in central England.
At the time, a hand-written target list found at one of the defendants’ homes listed the names and addresses of then London mayor Boris Johnson, the American Embassy and the Stock Exchange. The British police counter-terror operation which led to their arrests was the biggest of 2010.
Usman was sentenced to detention for public protection with a minimum custodial term of eight years. It is a sentence designed by UK authorities to protect the public from serious offenders whose crimes did not merit a life sentence.
Offenders sentenced to an IPP are set a minimum term which they must spend in prison. After they have completed their tariff they can apply to a parole board for release. The Parole Board only releases an offender if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public for the convict to be confined. If they are given parole they will be on supervised licence for at least 10 years.
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‘Army chief is our nation’s father,’ says Shehryar Afridi
Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi has said that army chief is considered as nation’s both mother and father.
While talking during a talk show on ARY News channel the minister said that in tough situations a nation always takes bold steps to maintain peace in the region.
Replying to a question about why Pakistan Tehreeke Insaf (PTI) government thinks that a single man can avert tough situations in the country, Shehryar said, “Every house has a father and a mother and both have their own roles, at this stage when the country is in critical situation and facing threats from all sides, all nations has to take bold steps”.
To this journalist Waseem Badami said that “this seems like an inappropritate example, as you cannot change your father after three or six years”.
To this the minister said that “the head of state and the head of institution [Army Chief] can be considered as both, a father and a mother”.
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Army Chief extension case
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday allowed the federal government to grant a six-month extension to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In its short order, the SC directed the government to bring necessary legislation within six months’ time.
The order, read out by Chief Justice (CJ) Asif Saeed Khosa, ordered the parliament to introduce legislation for appointment of Gen Bajwa under Article 243.
The order stated regarding the Article 243: “Article 243 of the Constitution clearly mandates that the Federal Government shall have control and command of the Armed Forces and the supreme command of the Armed Forces shall vest in the President.”
CJ Khosa remarked that the court is observing judicial restraint and leaving the matter to the parliament, adding that “We have reviewed several laws including Army Act 1952 and Rule 1954”.
The court had earlier reserved its verdict in this high-profile case and directed the federal government to furnish a fresh summary of the army chief’s extension of services.
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‘We miss you’: Fawad Khan gets birthday love from across the border
In case you missed it, it is national heartthrob Fawad Khan’s 38th birthday today. Though the actor has been off the screen for a while now, he is still one of the most sought-after celebrities this country has.
And we’re not the only ones who miss him. Turns out he is being missed across the border as well.
Editor of Filmfare Magazine, Jitesh Pillaai, sharing pictures and clips of Fawad from his dramas, wrote a heartwarming note for the actor saying that he misses them.
“We carry a piece of you everywhere we go. I’m sure you carry a piece of us too,” wrote Pillaai.
Jitesh also shared pictures of Fawad on his Instagram stories.
Fawad’s Khoobsurat co-star Sonam Kapoor also wished the actor.
Fawad’s career in Bollywood was just taking off when a ban on Pakistani actors was announced in 2016. Following that, Fawad had several projects lined up but the Pulwama attack in early 2019 put an end to all chances. The All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) announced a blanket ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in the Indian film industry and vowed to take strict action against anyone who works with them.
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