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  • Asim Azhar surprises fan whose tailor ruined her sari

    Asim Azhar surprises fan whose tailor ruined her sari

    Soon after the social media blackout on Monday evening, many celebrities took to Twitter and hosted Question and Answer sessions with their fans. Asim Azhar also welcomed his fans to Twitter.

    Shortly after he announced an #askasim session, questions started streaming his timeline. The first questions had to do with his personal life.

    “Please, I asked for an #askasim [session] and not a morning show,” was Asim’s seemingly weary response to a query about when he would tie the knot.

    A follower asked Asim if he ever facilitated a patch-up.

    “There was a man whose wife-to-be had left him. He requested me to make a video. They are happily married today (Allah kare sahi faisla ho).” Hope the decision was right.

    Though the session consisted of many questions and answers but he ended it with one of the participants turning out to be a lucky fan.

    A young lady told Asim that her tailor had ruined her sari and she felt like her “world was falling apart”. Asim responded by sharing a screenshot of his message to designer Asim Jofa, who had agreed to do something about her sari.

    Many fans lauded the Tum Tum singer for his generosity.

    https://twitter.com/jiyahahAA/status/1445099926317420549?s=20

  • Birthday wishes pour in as Prime Minister Khan turns 69

    Birthday wishes pour in as Prime Minister Khan turns 69

    People took to social media to wish Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on his 69th birthday on Tuesday. 

    #HappyBirthdayPMIK quickly became one of the top trends on Twitter.

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) official Twitter account shared a video of PM Khan with the caption, “Compromise for your Dream but never Compromise on your Dream ~Imran Khan #HappyBirthdayPMIK.”

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared a post highlighting a track record of his phenomenal performances.

    From PTI leaders to cricketers, all wished the PM on his birthday.

    https://twitter.com/MunazaHassan/status/1445328373316833286

    Many other users took to the internet to post messages of good health, happiness, and long life for the premier.

    https://twitter.com/p4pakipower/status/1445264069829799941

    https://twitter.com/ShahidBhattiPTI/status/1445059228335493143

    Imran Khan is the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan, the head of the ruling PTI, and a former World Cup-winning captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

  • Scholarships for Pakistanis at Oxford University

    The British High Commission of Pakistan in London launched the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP), which includes graduate scholarships, visiting fellowships, and special lectures.

    Founded by two Oxford alumni, Haroon Zaman and Talha Pirzada, this initiative aims to provide opportunities for bright students, academic and research scholarships for Pakistanis, reports Saama.

    The head of the programme and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford Adeel Malik said in a tweet, “Oxford Pakistan Programme will generate scholarship opportunities for Pakistani students & consolidate Pakistan-related academic activities.”

    An annual Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal lecture on Eastern Philosophy has been announced under the OPP. The lecture will be delivered by a leading global intellectual every year.

    Pakistanis in the United Kingdom (UK) have pledged over £500,000 for this programme.

    The event launch of OPP was attended by a large number of Oxonians, senior Oxford academicians, scholars, and writers, including Malala Yousafzai.

    Malala has also announced an additional scholarship under the OPP, which will allow one Pakistani girl from an underdeveloped background to study at Oxford every year.

  • Fahad Mustafa schools on drugs consumption after Aryan Khan’s arrest

    Fahad Mustafa schools on drugs consumption after Aryan Khan’s arrest

    Actor Fahad Mustafa shared his stance on drugs consumption amongst youth after the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s eldest son Aryan’s arrest for a drug bust case.

    The Mah-e-Mir star tweeted: Drugs are really damaging our youth and are so easily available in schools colleges and universities our government needs to check on this and as parents its ok to keep an eye on children ,discipline them tell them to get back home before maghrib azaadi ho choot nahi!”

    Aryan was raided by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers together with eight others in a cruise ship on possession of drugs. He was questioned by the NCB officers in a drug case on Saturday, October 2.

    Read More – Video: Aryan Khan runs to save his life after police raids at drugs party, Salman rushes to Shahrukh’s home

    Aryan’s custody, along with two others arrested is extended by a metropolitan magistrate court till October 7.

  • Ghana Ali thinks Bilal Saeed has emulated Zayn Malik in his latest song

    Ghana Ali thinks Bilal Saeed has emulated Zayn Malik in his latest song

    Singer Bilal Saeed recently experimented with his look in his latest music video Mitti Da Khadona. He opened up on the song, “It is a narration of the helpless nature of love and how it evolves from expectation of loyalty and affection to something beyond reciprocity.”

    Actor Ghana Ali while sharing Bilal and American-Pakistani singer Zayn’s picture on her Instagram stories suggested that Bilal has copied Zayn Malik’s look. “Is it only me or his look is inspired by Zayn Malik?” questioned the Dilruba star.

    Mitti Da Khadona was released on October 1. The song is directed By Adnan Qazi and the lyrics are penned by Bilal himself.

  • Monkey steals money from man travelling in rickshaw

    Monkey steals money from man travelling in rickshaw

    A man in India was deprived of INR 100,000 (Rs229844.73) after a monkey went off with his money and threw it in the street.

    As per reports, a wild monkey snatched a wrapped towel with more than one lac [Indian] rupees from a traveler in an autorickshaw that was stuck in a traffic jam on a narrow road in Madhya Pradesh and scattered the money all over a busy street. People rushed to grab what they could.

    The monkey came inside the rickshaw and snatched the towel from the hands of the passenger before climbing a tree. The animal began to shake the towel, after which the banknotes began to rain down the street.

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    The money’s owner managed to get his hands on INR56,000 (Rs128,666), as the remaining amount could not be recovered after many people went off with the money.

    The police are now facing problems in tracing one of the suspects as there was no CCTV cameras in the area.

    The police said that the monkey often invades vehicles as many people provide food to them.

    Police have not registered a robbery case due to lack of evidence against anyone.

  • Government decides to give extension to NAB chairman

    The government has decided to give an extension to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal and a draft ordinance has been prepared, Ayaz Akbar Yousafzai reports for Geo News.

    Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan, and Adviser on Interior and Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar suggested changes in the law.

    According to sources privy to the matter, more than one amendment has been proposed.

    Geo reports that Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a meeting today (Tuesday), in which a final approval will be given to the proposal drafted in consultation with federal ministers.

    The tenure of a NAB chairman cannot be extended under section 6(b) of the NAB Ordinance 1999.

    Earlier, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari tweeted that the PPP will forcefully oppose the illegal extension in the tenure of Chairman NAB.

  • Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage

    Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage

    Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion (roughly Rs44,790 cores) in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistle blower came forward and outages took Facebook’s flagship products offline.

    As per details, a selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock crashing 4.9 per cent on Monday, adding to a drop of about 15 per cent since mid-September.

    Read More – Social media flooded with memes after WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram outage

    The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $121.6 billion (roughly Rs9,06,050 crores), dropping him below Bill Gates to number five on the  Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s down from almost $140 billion (roughly Rs10,43,150 crores) in a matter of weeks, according to the index.

    On Monday, a technical problem related to Facebook’s DNS records generated at least six hours of outages.

  • Pakistan vs India match tickets sold out within hours

    Pakistan vs India match tickets sold out within hours

    Tickets for the much-anticipated T20 World Cup contest between Pakistan and India were sold out within hours.

    Read More – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 schedule announced

    According to details, International Cricket Council (ICC) put the tickets for T20 World Cup up on sale on Sunday with a maximum capacity of 70 per cent crowd following Covid-19 protocols.

    Within hours, the tickets for Pakistan vs India were sold out, as expected. The high-octane clash is scheduled for October 24 at Dubai International Stadium.

    Read More – Pakistan, India placed in same group in T20 World Cup

    The arch-rivals will meet after almost three years. They last played against each other in Asia Cup 2018.

    The T20 World Cup is to be played in the UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14.

  • High-powered cell to investigate 700 Pakistanis in Pandora Papers: PM Khan

    High-powered cell to investigate 700 Pakistanis in Pandora Papers: PM Khan

    Prime Minis­ter (PM) Imran Khan on Monday formed a high-powered cell to investigate the 700 Pakistanis named in the Pandora Papers, including federal cabinet members, politicians, retired generals, owners of media houses, and others in establishing offshore companies.

    PM Khan categorically stated that the prominent leaders and federal ministers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will have to clear themselves.

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, while speaking to Dawn said: “The prime minister was adamant that those who have been accused in Pandora Papers of having offshore firms will have to clear themselves.”

    The minister took to Twitter and informed about the formulation of the high-powered investigation cell. “The prime minister has set up a high-level cell under the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission to investigate the Pandora leaks, which will present the facts before the nation,” tweeted Fawad.

    Law Minister Farogh Naseem would head the investigation cell that would also comprise the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials. The cases of the cabinet members would be sent to NAB for investigation. A separate probe will be launched by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to investigate the media owners whose names are included in the Pandora Papers, reports Dawn.

    Those who had evaded tax or made offshore firms through ill-gotten money would be taken to task, otherwise, no action would be taken against others because establishing offshore firms was not a crime, the source tells Dawn.

    Under the law, setting up an offshore company is not an offence or crime if the company is not involved in any illegal activity. However, those who have not declared these companies in their returns as assets may face legal action.

    After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a detailed list of public figures with offshore companies called the ‘Pandora Papers’ as part of their new investigation, PM Khan vowed to investigate all those Pakistanis mentioned in the Pandora Papers, and tweeted: “If any wrongdoing is established we will take appropriate action.”