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  • Indian streaming platform offers over 200 crore to Vic-Kat for their wedding footage

    Indian streaming platform offers over 200 crore to Vic-Kat for their wedding footage

    An Indian Over The Top (OTT) streaming giant has offered 200 and 33 crore (Pakistani rupees) to Bollywood’s couple Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal for their wedding footage.

    Read More – What we know about the upcoming Katrina-Vicky wedding

    According to Indian news platform Pink Villa, Katrina and Vicky have been offered the money for their exclusive wedding footage for streaming purposes.

    “It’s a common trend in the west for celebrities to sell off their wedding footage as there are a lot of fans who wish to witness all that happened in the life-changing event of their idol. The streaming giant is planning to bring in the same trend in India too and to kick off their wedding franchise, they have offered Rs 100 crore to Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal,” reported Pinka Villa.

    The Vic-Kat wedding is the most talked about wedding in the last few months and fans are going gaga over every little detail from their upcoming wedding.

    Reportedly, if both Katrina and Kaushal agree to the deal, all their wedding festivities will be presented in a feature film format by the OTT giant. The feature film will consist of live events, exclusive interviews of family, friends, and their teams.

  • IN PICTURES: Fawad Khan’s star studded 40th birthday celebrations in Dubai

    IN PICTURES: Fawad Khan’s star studded 40th birthday celebrations in Dubai

    Fawad Khan turned 40 on November 29. He threw a bash on a yacht over the weekend in Dubai with his wife and friends in attendance. The birthday was celebrated with his Zindagi Gulzar Hai co-star Sanam Saeed, Mohib Mirza, Sarwat Gillani, Faisal Kapadia. Asim Jofa, Asim Raza and Bilal Lashari were also seen at the party.

    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash

    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash
    Fawad Khan 40th birthday bash

  • VIDEO: Plane with ‘Free Kashmir’ banner flies over UK football stadium

    VIDEO: Plane with ‘Free Kashmir’ banner flies over UK football stadium

    A plane carrying a “Free Kashmir, 2,500 days occupied” banner was seen during a football match in Manchester, leaving spectators surprised.

    The plane crossed the stadium during the Crystal Palace vs Manchester United match, which was taking place at the Old Trafford — a football stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

    It is still not known as to who was flying the plane and why it carried the banner on Sunday.

    This was not the first time that such an incident has happened. Back in 2019, an aircraft towing a banner reading “Justice for Kashmir” had flown over the venue of the Cricket World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka at Headingley in Leeds, England. 

    Following the incident, the Old Trafford stadium — which was to host India’s semifinal clash against New Zealand — was declared a “No Fly Zone” by the local authorities, the Indian Express reported.

  • NA-133 by-election: PML-N’s Shaista Pervaiz defeats PPP’s Aslam Gill

    NA-133 by-election: PML-N’s Shaista Pervaiz defeats PPP’s Aslam Gill

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shaista Pervaiz Malik, wife of late Malik Pervaiz won the National Assembly (NA)-133 constituency on Sunday against Pakistan People Party’s (PPP) opponent Aslam Gill.

    The PML-N won the seat for the fourth time since 2008, although by a smaller margin this time.

    The results showed Gill was defeated by a margin of 14,498 votes. Shaista Malik secured 46,811 votes while Gill’s votes were 32,313.

    In 2018 elections, Pervaiz Malik secured 89,699 votes, which means PML-N got 42,888 fewer votes this time. However, PPP’s Gill got 26,728 more votes now as compared to the 2018 polls when he obtained only 5,585.

    President Of the Pakistan Institute Of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) Ahmed Bilal Mehboob shared the turnout of the constituency’s elections in a tweet.

    Meanwhile, despite PPP’s defeat in the election, the party’s Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari congratulated his party and he tweeted, “Congratulations to PPP Punjab for a fantastic performance in Lahore by-election. PPP went from 5,000 votes to 32,000+. While Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lost more than 50% of its votes”, adding that they hope to form the government in Punjab and centre in the general election.

    PML-N president and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif dedicated this victory to Late Pervaiz Malik and said, “We bow our heads before Allah in all humility for this election win today.”

  • ‘Local government elections can’t be held with EVMs, says Shibli Faraz

    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz has said that electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not designed for the type of local government elections we have in Pakistan.

    Shibli said that the EVMs could be used only for direct elections of nazims of tehsils and districts for which there is only one panel of contestants.

    Faraz said that in our local government elections there are multiple panels for different types of seats.

    On the other hand, the Election Commission demanded that it wanted to see the new draft Local Government Amendment Act by the Punjab government to hold the coming LG polls under Electronic Voting Machines. 

    Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said that if the government tries to hold the upcoming elections using EVMs he will burn them.

  • Umpire signals wide with his legs, video goes viral

    Umpire signals wide with his legs, video goes viral

    A video of an umpire has gone viral on social media in which he can be seen signalling wide with his legs.

    Taking to Twitter, former English cricketer Michael Vaughn shared the video, saying: “Surely we need to see this chap join the ICC Elite panel.”

    A Twitter user also shared another video of the same umpire under Vaughn’s tweet in which he is signalling for a boundary.

    In Maharashtra’s Purandar Premier League 2021, when a bowler bowled a wide delivery, the umpire left everyone in splits with his extremely unique way of signalling. Contrary to the normal way of giving the ‘wide’ decision by stretching the arms, the umpire did something extremely outrageous. He turned back, performed a headstand and stretched his legs instead to make the signal.

    The players on the field were also captured laughing as it was something that was probably happening on the field of cricket for the first time ever. “Yeh kya kar diya! Yeh wide ka style dekhiye, yeh bhi kamaal kar rahe hai, inka bhi naya andaaz hai. (What did he do? Look at this style of giving a wide. He is doing wonders, he has invented a new style),” the commentators said while describing the incident.

    The umpire eventually made sure that he would get up and make the wide signal with his hands as well so that everyone gets to know what the decision was.

  • No more travel on M2 Motorway without M-Tag from December 7

    No more travel on M2 Motorway without M-Tag from December 7

    The Lahore High Court has directed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to ban vehicles without M-tag on the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M2) from tomorrow, December 7.

    The decision has been made in order to reduce long queues of vehicles at the M2 Motorway Toll Plaza and curb the resulting air pollution from vehicles. Lahore High Court’s decision said that cars that don’t have a balance of M-tag are harmful to the environment.

    As per IG National Highways & Motorway Police Inam Ghani, there will be no need for the vehicle registration documents in order to get an M-tag. It will be processed on the basis of CNIC and mobile phone number.

  • Deceased pilot’s body found after three days of crash

    Deceased pilot’s body found after three days of crash

    The dead body of pilot Qazi Ajmal was found three days after his lightweight plane crashed in the coastal town of Balochistan, Kund Malir, reports The Express Tribune.

    According to the authorities, the licensed pilot took off his gyrocopter from Karachi and it crashed near the coastal area of Balochistan. Qazi died on the spot.

     Balochistan Wildlife Department official Amanullah Sajidi said that the debris of the plane and Qazi’s body was found in the coastal town, Kund Malir.

    The pilot, Qazi Ajmal, belonged to the famous Qazi family of Peshawar.

    Meanwhile, his family claimed that Qazi went to participate in a festival in Balochistan for ten days. When he was in Hingol National Park, he received a threatening call at night and was asked to leave the place immediately.

    Qazi’s family have demanded a thorough investigation of the incident as he was forced to fly at night time, which ultimately was the cause of the crash.

    His body was received by the family on Sunday morning and his funeral was held early morning on the same day.

  • Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara’s remains transferred from Lahore to Colombo

    Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara’s remains transferred from Lahore to Colombo

    The last remains of Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan national working in Pakistan who was lynched to death by a mob in Sialkot, have been transferred from Lahore to Colmbo by Sri Lankan Airlines.

    Special Assitant to Prime Minister and Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, along with provisional minister of human rights and other government officials, were present at the airport.

    Priyantha Kumara was tortured to death on Friday by a mob after being accused of blasphemy. Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the incident and has said that justice will be served.

  • ‘Murders happen when young people get emotional’: Pervez Khattak says govt shouldn’t be blamed for Sialkot lynching

    ‘Murders happen when young people get emotional’: Pervez Khattak says govt shouldn’t be blamed for Sialkot lynching

    Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, while talking to the media in Peshawar, said that the horrific lynching of a Sri Lankan man at the hands of a mob in Sialkot should not be linked to the government, adding even “murders take place” when young people get emotional.

    A reporter questioned Khattak that the Sialkot killing had taken place after the government lifted the ban on the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), and asked Khattak whether the government was considering an “effective crackdown” against such groups.

    “You know the reasons [behind this incident] too. When children … grow up, they become spirited and do things out of emotions. This does not mean ‘this was the result of that action’,” responded Khattak, adding that in Sialkot some young men had gathered and accused Priyantha Kumara [Sri Lankan factory manager] of disrespecting Islam.

    Khattak said he too could do something wrong in a state of heightened emotions and added that such incidents did not mean “Pakistan is going towards destruction”.

    A reporter asked the minister whether he was attributing the murders of nine policemen by TLP protesters as well as that of Kumara to “emotions”.

    Reiterating his argument, Khattak said boys entering adulthood are “ready to do anything” and learn with age how to control their emotions. “So this happens among kids, fights take place and even murders. [Does] this mean it is the government’s fault?”

    “Why don’t you change this mindset? Your anchors should come on TV and make the children understand their religion. You only take advertisements and earn money,” added Khattak.

    Twitterati reacted to Khattak’s comments.

    Journalist Nasim Zehra tweeted, “Either he should apologise & withdraw this statement or he should resign from his post … it’s minds like his that mislead, that poison the young and the innocent..watch his disservice to both Islam and to Pak.”

    Journalist Saadia Afzal tweeted, “We are where we are because of such sorry state of affairs. This is our defence minister shamelessly justifying the incident. He should be sacked immediately.”

    Another person tweeted, “Oversimplify, justify and dehumanise!”

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