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  • Is PM Imran really related to Indian Punjab CM Amarinder Singh?

    Is PM Imran really related to Indian Punjab CM Amarinder Singh?

    Local media reports are headlining that Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian Punjab’s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh share family ties. But while the two certainly do share history, they are not related.

    According to an official statement issued by Singh’s office, PM Imran and Singh on their five-minute bus ride on the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor discovered a ‘special connect’ between their two families even though they had not met each other before and neither did the two know each other personally.

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    The statement read, “During his conversation with [PM] Imran, Captain Amarinder told the latter that his uncle, Jahangir Khan had played for Patiala, along with Mohd Nisar, Lala Amarnath, fast bowler Amar Singh and the two Ali batsmen (Wazir Ali and Amir Ali).

    “These seven players were part of the team captained by Captain Amarinder’s father, Maharaja Yadvinder Singh (the ruler of the erstwhile Patiala state) in 1934-35, for India and for Patiala.”

    Jahangir was married to PM Imran’s maternal aunt, Mubarak, and was a cricketer during the British Raj era.

    The Congress leader’s office said that the bus ride lasted less than five minutes, but, thanks to cricket, it was enough to break the ice between the two leaders.

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    The Punjab chief minister was part of the group of over 550 Indian pilgrims who were the first Indians to enter Pakistan through the Kartarpur Corridor.

    Singh shared the bus ride with the premier after he was received by PM Imran and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Zero Point of the International Border of the Kartarpur corridor.

  • Youth empowerment card likely to be introduced soon

    Youth empowerment card likely to be introduced soon

    The government is planning to launch Youth Empowerment Card to make the youth of the country empowered.

    As per reports, the Youth Empowerment Card would be a subsidy card for the youth to get civic services.

    Prime Minister Youth Affairs Programme (PMYAP) is collaborating with NADRA to launch this card for the youth, Radio Pakistan reported.

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    The youth will avail subsidy on travel, passport fee and CINC and the youth across the country will also be provided Rs 4000 to Rs 5000 under this card. NADRA will collect the basic data of youth across the country for this programme.

  • VIDEO: PM Imran body shames Firdous Ashiq Awan

    VIDEO: PM Imran body shames Firdous Ashiq Awan

    Prime Minister Imran Khan body-shamed his special assistant for Information and broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan.

    In a video doing the rounds on social media, PM Imran can be seen travelling with a group of government officials including Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq and Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar.

    Video shows PM saying “ Bayth jayain. Koi casuality na nah ho jaye”

    While Firdaus Ashiq Awan did not respond but merely smiled. Other members on the shuttle service started laughing.

  • KP to launch public toilet finder app

    KP to launch public toilet finder app

    The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is all set to introduce an app on November 19 which will assist people, particularly tourists, in finding public toilets across the province.

    Imranullah Mohmand, assistant coordinator of water and sanitation services cell (W&SC) of local government department made the announcement and said that a similar app was being run in Australia and India for the facilitation of masses.

    He added that the step was aimed to keep the province clean and protect the environment from degradation and the citizens from diseases. He said all necessary information about toilets, including their distance, male, female, children and disabled persons, would be available on the app for public information.

    The app is being introduced keeping in mind the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to make the country clean and green.

  • After administration accused of sexual harassment, uniforms enforced in Balochistan University

    After administration accused of sexual harassment, uniforms enforced in Balochistan University

    A month after Balochistan University’s Vice Chancellor Dr. Javed Iqbal stepped down to allow an inquiry into allegations that the administration used surveillance videos to blackmail students, the university has come up with a ‘solution’ for sexual harassment.

    Vice Chancellor Javed Iqbal resigned from his post after blackmail allegation protests

    According to a notice by the university, “Strict compliance to all students admitted in BS/Masters Study Programmes, that wearing of student uniforms…shall be mandatory.” This notice will be in effect for March 1st 2020.

    “After March 1, 2020 no student (boy/girl) will be allowed to enter into the university premises without wearing the prescribed uniform,” the statement added.

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    The protests started in October when 20 students filed complaints that the university administration allegedly blackmailed students with video recordings from CCTV cameras. The administration then asked for sexual favours, marriage proposals and “friendship messages”, students told SAMAA TV.

    Female students protesting the administration-led alleged blackmailing of students

    Women left their hostels to go back home since they weren’t feeling comfortable at the university.

    The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) was ordered by the Balochistan High Court to investigate the matter.

    Public outrage led to protests across the country in October

    The FIA said that the investigation is in the final stages but not a single employee of the university has been arrested. Balochistan parliament set up a 10-member committee to also monitor the issue but no further details have been given since October.

  • ‘Naya Pakistan’: Tomatoes beat dollar as price jumps to Rs320/kg

    ‘Naya Pakistan’: Tomatoes beat dollar as price jumps to Rs320/kg

    Tomato prices have jumped to Rs320 a kilogram (kg) under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, sending a shockwave to consumers with a massive jump from Rs160 per kg within a week.

    “Only two consumers bought half a kg of tomato each out of 12 to 15 customers as most of them purchased 250 grams because of the high rates,” Dawn quoted a Karachi-based vendor as saying.

    He reportedly blamed the hike on the soaring wholesale rate of tomato to Rs260-270/kg from Rs120-140 last Friday.

    According to the report, the vendor was of the view that the arrival of tomato from Quetta and Swat had slowed down drastically because of the winter wave that has affected tomato crop.

    The city government had quoted Saturday’s consumer price of Rs199 per kg for tomato which was Rs147 on Friday. However, neither tomato nor any other such items were available at official rates in the city.

    Yet there is some stability in the prices of other vegetables such as capsicum, whose price dropped to Rs240 from Rs280-320 per kg of last week.

    Falahi Anjuman Wholesale Vegetable Market New Sabzi Mandi President Haji Shahjehan said the arrival of Iranian tomato had also come to a halt followed by the slow arrival of Balochistan crop.

    While disagreeing with Rs276-270 per kg wholesale rate at the mandi, he said vegetable dealers quoted very high wholesale rates to justify their retail price as tomato’s actual wholesale rate on Saturday was Rs220 per kg.

  • President resigns amid protests after army chief tells him to

    President resigns amid protests after army chief tells him to

    Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned after nearly 14 years in power, amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month, BBC reported.

    According to reports, the head of the army had also called on him to go after protests broke out against his election win and auditors found irregularities with the poll. Morales, however, said he had been the victim of a coup.

    He said he was leaving to help protect families of political allies after their homes were burned down. In a televised address, he urged protesters to “stop attacking the brothers and sisters, stop burning and attacking”.

    The 60-year-old also aimed criticism at what he called the “civic coup” which led to his resignation. Morales ally and Senate President Adriana Salvaterria later said she too would step down shortly after the president.

    Morales later tweeted that a police officer had told him they were in possession of an “illegal” warrant for his arrest and that his home had been attacked by violent groups.

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    But police commander, Yuri Calderon, denied that authorities were seeking Morales, saying that such reports were “fake news.”

  • Azadi March: Police unhappy with govt over improper food, living conditions

    Azadi March: Police unhappy with govt over improper food, living conditions

    The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) anti-government Azadi March has entered its third week and while Maulana Fazlur Rehman seems determined to continue the sit-in, cops deployed across the capital are reportedly not happy at all.

    According to Samaa, the police personnel deployed for the protection of protesters have complained that “they are not getting proper food and their living arrangements are lesser than ideal”.

    Moreover, a police constable deployed for the security of the sit-in attempted to harm himself on Monday morning after his request for leave was rejected.

    The constable wanted to go back to Swat and had earlier filed a request for leave. Later, after his application got rejected, he attempted to hurt himself in the bathroom of a building in the H-9 sector.

    The constable was rushed to PIMS where doctors initially said that his condition was critical, but later downgraded it out of danger. The police officer later told people that he harmed himself after his application was rejected.

    Islamabad DIG Waqaruddin Syed has taken notice of the incident and told SP Zubair Sheikh to investigate.

    It is pertinent to note that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has deployed around 20,000 to 25,000 security officials across the federal capital for the protection of JUI-F’s Azadi March that entered the city on October 31.

  • Sikhs demand Nobel prize for Imran over Kartarpur opening

    Sikhs demand Nobel prize for Imran over Kartarpur opening

    As praises pour in for Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan over the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor despite deteriorating Pakistan-India ties, a group of Sikhs has demanded Nobel Prize for the premier.

    According to reports, several Sikh organisations, including “Sikhs for Justice”, have decided to launch a campaign seeking the Nobel Prize for Imran in a bid to make the world recognise his peace efforts.

    The Sikh community, in this regard, will write a letter to the Nobel committee — a body responsible for most of the work involved in selecting Nobel laureates — wherein it will highlight the details pertaining to Kartarpur opening amid heightened Pakistan-India tensions.

    It also plans to shed light on how the Imran-led government in Islamabad ignored all political differences between the two countries to facilitate Indian Sikh minorities and indicate Pakistan’s efforts for regional peace.

    PM Imran on Saturday formally inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor at a star-studded ceremony, paving way for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit their second-most holiest site — Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan — without a visa.

    “I am happy we could do this for you,” he told a gathering of over 12,000 devotees, including former Indian PM Manmohan Singh and cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    “Believe me, I had no idea of the importance this place holds; I found out a year ago,” Imran said. During his brief address, he also raked up the Kashmir issue and said it had resulted in 70 years of hatred between Pakistan and India.

  • IN PICTURES: Designer Ali Xeeshan ties the knot

    IN PICTURES: Designer Ali Xeeshan ties the knot

    Fashion designer Ali Xeeshan, known for his eccentric and opulent wedding couture, tied the knot with a journalist named Myrah Khan on Sunday. The afternoon wedding which took place in Islamabad was an intimate affair with only close friends of the designer present.

    Pictures from the event were widely shared on social media and the couple looked lovely in complementary outfits.

    While the bride glowed in a blush pink and gold wedding outfit, the groom looked dapper in an off-white sherwani.

    A video of the designer helping his wife fix her dupatta also went viral on social media.

    The couple also took to the dance floor to celebrate their marriage.

    Members of the fashion industry including models, stylists and makeup artists were in attendance at the intimate afternoon wedding ceremony.

    Hasnain Lehri & Alyzeh Gabol
    Sadaf Kanwal
    Tariq Amin & wife with the newly-weds
    Producer Ammara Hikmat with the groom