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  • IN PICTURES: Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly’s colourful mehndi

    IN PICTURES: Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly’s colourful mehndi

    If you thought pictures from Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly’s nikkah were dreamy, you haven’t seen pictures from their mehndi. The couple and their friends shared pictures from the intimate affair which appeared to be a colourful fun-filled event.

    Read more – Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly are married

    Check out pictures here:

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    Looks like their friends also had a blast.

    Ahad and Sajal tied the knot in Abu Dhabi on March 14 amidst their close friends and family. The couple reportedly met on the sets of their super hit Yakeen ka Safar and hit it off from there.

    In case you missed pictures from their wedding, check them out here.

  • CJP slams Imran govt for failing to contain coronavirus at border

    Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed has criticised the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led federal government for its inability to contain the new coronavirus — COVID-19 — at the border, leading to an outbreak in the country.

    The total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 296 in the country with 208 cases in Sindh while Punjab has 28, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 19, Balochistan has 23, Islamabad two, Gilgit-Baltistan 14 and one in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, two patients were confirmed to have died in KP on Wednesday, making them the first cases of death due to the deadly virus in Pakistan.

    The CJP was referring to the pilgrim influx from Iran through the Taftan border. Almost half of the Zaireen, who are kept at a largely mismanaged tent city at the border, have tested positive for the virus.

    “The coronavirus came from abroad through the airports due to PIA and the government’s incompetence,” remarked CJP. He noted that the coronavirus is now being talked about everywhere in the country.

    “If security remains like this, then I do not know what kind of new diseases will be introduced to the country [in the future],” remarked the CJP.

    The top judge was also irked by the National Security Committee’s (NSC) request to adjourn civil cases and instruct magistrates and sessions judges to conduct hearings at prisons for three weeks.

    He observed that the authorities had not made arrangements to minimise the risk instead asked the judges to suspend judicial work.

    The CJP made the remarks while hearing a plea filed by Air Marshal Arshad Malik seeking a stay against the Sindh High Court’s December 2019, order restraining him from working as the chief executive officer of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

    The SC allowed Malik to continue performing his duties as the head of the national carrier.

    During the hearing, the CJP asked the government to explain a single good thing that happened in the national airline.

    “PIA is playing with the lives of the people,” CJP Ahmed complained.

    However, Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed defended Malik and described him as a competent person. He added that, God-willing, Malik would take the PIA forward. However, the CJP interjected and told the government lawyer that work cannot be done by merely uttering “By the grace of God”, “God-willing” and “Thanks be to God”.

    Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan also criticised the government, saying that the court knows that a lot of lobbies were working against the airline.

    “There are lobbies inside PIA who do not want it to work,” remarked the judge. He also suggested that the air marshal implement those decisions which a political government cannot.

    “If actions had already been taken, the airline would not have been in its present state,” Justice Ahsan said.

    To this, the AGP replied that if Arshad Malik is allowed to work as the CEO, he will take all those actions. He added that whenever the court will say that Malik has to go, he will go.

  • Ministry of Science solves hand sanitisers shortage

    Ministry of Science solves hand sanitisers shortage

    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry tweeted on Wednesday that hand sanitizers made by PCSIR (Ministry of S&T) with WHO-approved standards are now available at a mass level. He said that all provincial governments are advised to contact PCSIR in provincial headquarters for mass supplies and they will also be made available in utility stores.

    Speaking exclusively to The Current, Chaudhry said, “We have made these hand sanitisers as per WHO [World Health Organisation ] standards. Their cost is Rs 350 per 250ml bottle. They are available at all regional headquarters and we have informed all provincial governments that if they need these for their hospitals, they can pick them up from PCSIR.”

    Read more – Can’t find hand sanitizers? Here is an effective homemade recipe

    Chaudhry further shared another major breakthrough is in the offing.

    ”NUST has made a testing kit for coronavirus so we are trying to get its commercial production started in the next 10-15 days. There were some legal matters, which we have cleared now. Expression of Interest will be with us in a day or two. Cost of this kit will be then reduced to Rs 800-1,000. Right now, private testing costs about Rs 8,000 so it will be cut down manifold. This will be a huge breakthrough,” Chaudhry told The Current.

    This announcement comes at a time when hand sanitisers are not readily available in the markets or are being sold at high prices.

  • Twitter in the time of corona

    Twitter in the time of corona

    On March 16, Brooklyn-based author Isaac Fitzgerald tweeted a question to his followers on Twitter asking them to share the object in their home that holds the most significance.

    Fitzgerald has been in self-quarantine as a precaution due to recent travel.

    He asked Twitter: “What’s the object in your home that means the most to you?” He posted a picture of the sword hanging above his desk, which he says was given to him by the King of Bhutan.

    The responses he got were quite interesting. Hundreds of responses poured in: a teacup that belonged to someone’s grandmother. A portrait of a woman’s mother, painted by her 16-year-old son. A World War II lighter that belonged to the grandfather one man had never met.

    https://twitter.com/nick_ramsey/status/1239622462171688961?s=20

    https://twitter.com/stacy_reading/status/1239569755918532608?s=20

    Fitzgerald says that in a time of social distancing, social media has allowed a new level of sharing stories and memories with each other. “Hopefully some folks took a little comfort in realising the simple fact that their homes are filled with beloved objects,” he said.

  • Tennis star helps Romania fight coronavirus

    Tennis star helps Romania fight coronavirus

    Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has said she has decided to donate medical equipment in Romania as her native country deals with the coronavirus pandemic.

    “We are so grateful for the bravery of our medical workers at these difficult times. I am committed to helping my country and have decided to donate medical equipment,” Halep said in a tweet. “This is the perfect opportunity to show that we know how to be supportive and responsible with our lives and those around us,” Halep told fans in a video message posted on her official Facebook page.

    “While we are at home, doctors and medical personnel make huge efforts to treat and save each life by exposing themselves for the general good…decided to donate a sum of money for the purchase of the necessary equipment and materials in such situations, the amount that will be directed immediately to the medical authorities in Bucharest and Constanta,” she added.

    “I encourage everyone who can to contribute to the joint efforts to combat this virus. In the meantime, let us all take care of ourselves, be responsible and stay positive!”

    Simina Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019. In total, she has been No. 1 for 64 weeks, which ranks tenth in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018.

    Over 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in Romania so far.

  • Woman discovers she has been washing her hands with cheese

    Woman discovers she has been washing her hands with cheese

    A woman in the US accidentally washed her hands with a block of cheese for days after mistakenly thinking it was a bar of soap.

    Miley from Vancouver, Washington, became confused after realising her soap wasn’t foaming as usual, before she discovered it was in fact a lump of cheddar. She was trying to do her bit to stop the spread of coronavirus by thoroughly washing her hands with a bar of soap.

    Unfortunately, she instead succeeded in spreading some rather mature looking cheddar on her hands over the course of several days.

    Sharing her sorry tale on Reddit, Miley explained how the cheese ended up being mistaken for a bit of soap after it was left out of the fridge following a drunken late-night snack.

    Waking the next morning, she assumed that the lump was the remnants of a bar of soap. She also was keen to stress that she does actually keep a bar of yellow, unscented soap nearby for such use with the two evidently getting mixed up.

    “Just realised my soap wasn’t working because it’s literally a block of cheese,” she wrote.

    “I use a liquid soap for the dishes, bar soap like this is gentler on my hands after I do chores if that makes any sense [sic].”

    “It was a couple days of ‘Why isn’t this foaming?!’

    “I come to realise it was a dried-out square of Tillamook sharp cheddar cheese. I suspect I left it out when I was intoxicated and just forgot.”

  • 36 year old dies of coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    36 year old dies of coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    Confirming the second death due to coronavirus in Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra tweeted that a 36 year old man died because of the virus in Hangu.

    Jhagra had earlier tweeted that another patient had died due to the virus in Mardan.

    There were unconfirmed reports about a death of a coronavirus patient in Gilgit Baltistan but the government refuted the story.

    There are 296 confirmed cases in Pakistan with 19 in KP, 208 in Sindh, 28 in Punjab, 23 in Balochistan and 16 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, and two in Islamabad. The only two deaths are the patients from KP.

  • Alleged kidnapper involved in Dua Mangi’s case arrested

    Alleged kidnapper involved in Dua Mangi’s case arrested

    The prime suspect in the Dua Mangi kidnapping case has reportedly been caught while trying to escape the country. 

    As per reports, the wanted suspect was caught while boarding an airplane from Islamabad Airport as he was trying to leave the country.

    The suspect, Muddasir is one of the many wanted by the law enforcement agencies for his involvement in the high-profile kidnapping that took place last year.

    Earlier on March 3, investigation agencies claimed a major breakthrough in the investigations of kidnapping incidents of two girls, Bisma and Dua in Karachi.

    Investigation agencies have traced the gang involved in two kidnapping incidents, sources said adding that the agencies have also traced three hideouts of the alleged abductors in the city.

  • TikToker allegedly withdraws kids from school to make videos

    TikToker allegedly withdraws kids from school to make videos

    A woman has registered a case in Peshawar’s family court against her husband for not giving her the custody of their three children claiming that her husband has withdrawn them from school to make TikTok videos.

    The woman has claimed that she is TikToker Waheed Murad’s third wife and her husband has withdrawn of their children from schools and madrassas and makes them record TikTok videos with him instead.

    According to the woman, Murad has gotten married six times. He has divorced two women and now has four wives. He has 13 children from his first wife, five from the second wife and three from the petitioner.

    She claimed that he bears the expenses of his other wives because they make TikTok videos with him.

    The woman has demanded that the court makes sure that she gets her Haq Mehr and the custody of her children.

    The judge has issued notices to the respondent and asked him to appear in court on April 2.

    Here are a few TikTok videos of Waheed Murad.

  • R-rated ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ number 1 on Netflix Pakistan

    The third and final installment of the Fifty Shades film trilogy 50 Shades Freed is trending at number one on Netflix Pakistan as citizens of the country practise social distancing and self-isolation amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

    As of late, Netflix has started sharing a list of ‘Top 10’ movies or seasons which are trending in different countries. According to a blog post from the company, the Top 10 row will be updated every day with “the most popular titles within a subscriber’s country, and the position of the row will also change depending on how relevant the shows and movies in the list are to their interests.”

    Subscribers can also get an even better sense of what’s trending by clicking on the individual movies and TV shows tabs to get top 10 lists for each respective category.

    Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama film based on E. L. James’s 2012 novel of the same name. It is the third and final installment in the Fifty Shades film trilogy, following Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Fifty Shades Darker (2017). The film stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively, and follows the couple as they marry, and deal with Ana’s former boss, who begins to stalk them.