Actress Kiran Malik recently appeared on ‘Aap Ki Kahani’ hosted by Deepak Parwani. During the rapid-fire segment, the host asked, “What’s the worst pickup line someone has ever tried on you?”
Kiran Malik said, “Many people tell me that I resemble Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.”
In response, Parwani agreed, saying, “Yes, indeed, people are telling the truth.”
Private news channel GTV made a hilarious mistake as they shared a tweet as a statement from a Hezbollah leader’s son; whereas the tweet was actually from a common netizen on Twitter.
GTV mistook netizen Hadi Nasrallah as the son of Hezbollah leader Syed Hassan Narallah and this has unleashed a laughing riot on Twitter.
Making my dad proud all the way to Pakistan https://t.co/dpmvx8ZwCz
— Hadi Nasrallah (@HadiNasrallah) May 20, 2024
It was even retweeted by Indians.
Azeem Sabzwari tweeted the video to which Hadi replied, “Making my dad proud all the way to Pakistan.”
People quipped if he really is the son and he jokingly replied, “I mean…no point to hide it now.”
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering changing the format of Champions Trophy 2025 from ODI to T20.
According to a Cricbuzz report, important discussions were held between stakeholders, including broadcasters, at the ICC headquarters.
The meeting suggested that the Champions Trophy event should be played in the T20 format instead of 50 overs, with figures presented showing that the 50 overs format has seen a 20 percent drop in attendance since the 2019 World Cup.
Broadcasters prefer the one-day format due to advertising, but the chances of selling slots are low.
The upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan is likely to be held between February and mid-March next year, while the biggest challenge for the organizers is to find a window of 17-18 days allotted for the eight-team Champions Trophy.
The ICC has sold the rights to the event in ODI format.
On the other hand, the top officials of the ICC are determined to hold the Champions Trophy 2025 in the ODI format.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash was announced Monday, is the latest major political leader to die in an aviation crash. Here are some of the best known among the others:
On 6 February 2024, former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera (in office from 2010-2014, and then 2018-2022), died in a helicopter crash at Lago Ranco, a vacation site 920 kilometres (570 miles) south of the capital Santiago.
On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev 154 with 96 people aboard including Polish President Lech Kaczynski and senior political and military figures, crashed while trying to land in thick fog at an airport near Smolensk in western Russia.
There were no survivors. The crash was attributed to bad weather as well as errors by the Polish pilots and Russian air traffic controllers.
On 30 July 2005, John Garang, the former separatist rebel leader who became vice-president of Sudan, died when his helicopter crashed in Sudan on a flight back from Uganda.
Macedonia’s president Boris Trajkovski was killed along with eight others when his plane crashed on February 26 2004, as it prepared to land in thick fog in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar.
On 6 April 1994, a Falcon 50 transporting Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundi counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over Kigali by at least one missile.
The attack is considered the spark that unleashed the genocide of Tutsis that left at least 800,000 dead, according to the United Nations.
Pakistan’s president Zia ul-Haq was among the victims of a 17 August 1988 plane crash near Bahawalpur, in the country’s east.
On 19 October 1986, Mozambique’s first president Samora Machel died when his Tupolev 134 went down in the north-east of South Africa.
On September 17 or 18 of 1961, a plane carrying the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold crashed in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, while attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between warring factions in the former Belgian Congo. The cause of the crash has never been established.
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An ancient bird’s feather has been auctioned for a whooping USD 28 thousand 365 (more than PKR 79 lakh).
The feather of the Huia bird of New Zealand has earned the title of the most expensive feather in the world. The bird was known for its chirping and had black and white stripes on its tail.
It was last seen in 1907, but scientists believe it went extinct in the 1920s.
However, on Monday, 116 years after the last confirmed sighting of the bird, the huia feather was sold at Webb’s Auction House in Auckland.
The auction house did not release details of the person who bought the feather, only saying that the person is from New Zealand.
The bird is an extinct species now and when it was put up for auction, it was expected to sell for $2,000 to $3,000.
Going beyond expectation, it broke the record of $8,400 that was set in 2010 that too with a bird’s feather.
The one that has been auctioned now weighs 9 grams and thus has become more valuable than gold because the price of one gram of gold is 127 dollars while the price of one gram of silver is 5169 dollars as per The Guardian.
Gold prices in Pakistan fell on Tuesday, reflecting a drop in international rates. The price of gold per tola in the local market declined by Rs1,900, settling at Rs248,500, according to the All Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA).
Similarly, the price of 10 grammes of gold decreased by Rs1,630, bringing it down to Rs21,048.
This decline comes after a significant increase on Monday, when gold prices surged by Rs2,300 per tola in Pakistan.
Internationally, the gold rate saw a decrease on Tuesday. According to APGJSA, the global price of gold was set at $2,418 per ounce, inclusive of a $20 premium, following a $21 drop during the day.
In contrast, silver prices remained unchanged, holding steady at Rs2,850 per tola.
Just last month, gold prices in Pakistan reached a record high of Rs252,200 per tola, marking an all-time peak in the local market.
Cricket captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Rizwan will visit the Islamic Center of America before participating in the T20 World Cup.
A post shared by East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) is going viral on social media in which the details of Babar and Rizwan’s visit to the Islamic Research Center have been confirmed.
Both cricketers will participate in a charity event on June 1 in Dallas, USA, where interest-free loans and donations will be given to students for their education.
Earlier Mohammad Rizwan had visited the Islamic Center of New Zealand and Australia, where a video of his teaching went viral on social media.
An old interview of senior actor Faisal Qureshi’s mother, Afshan Qureshi, discussing her son’s success has gone viral on social media, sparking speculation about the actor.
The interview, given two weeks ago to ‘Metro Live TV,’ was edited and widely shared on social media. In the viral clip, Afshan Qureshi talks about her son’s character and personality.
In the video, she mentions, “I prayed for my son’s success, and my prayers were answered, but I didn’t pray for him to be a good son and person.” The edited clip also shows her discussing the issue of children leaving their parents in old-age homes.
Social media users speculated that she might be hinting at her son’s disobedience. However, she was giving a general message to all children: respect and care for their parents.
Afshan Qureshi also said, “There is no one in the position where my son is today, and my son has repeatedly told me not to work, but he is continuing to do everything of his own free will.”
Social media users were surprised by the edited clip of Faisal Qureshi’s mother. They commented that Faisal Qureshi appears to have a very good personality and is obedient.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered the suspension of four senior officers of the Ministry of National Food Security for “poor planning and negligence” regarding the wheat scandal.
Interestingly, no action has been taken against the previous caretaker setup or its key officials under whom the wheat scandal took place originally.
Earlier, PM Shehbaz had given Secretary Cabinet Division Kamran Ali Afzal the task of investigating the import of wheat last year despite a “bumper crop”, which has led to excess wheat stock leaving Balochistan and Punjab governments unable to purchase the crop from the farmers.
The stock surplus has, so far, been attributed to the decision of the caretaker government — led by former caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar — allowing the import of 2,758,226 226 metric tonnes of wheat worth Rs225.783 billion till February 2024.
Geo News reported that the Ministry of National Food Security had apprised PM Shehbaz’s cabinet that 28.18 million tonnes of wheat was produced last year and the caretaker government decided to import 2.45 million tonnes more.
The government allowed for relevant action to be taken against federal Secretary of National Food Security Muhammad Asif and also ordered the suspension of former Director General Plant Protection AD Abid, Food Security Commissioner Dr Wasim and Director Sohail and Punjab Director of Food Security Imtiaz Gopang.
Pakistani mountaineer Sarbaz Ali Khan has climbed the world’s highest peak- Mount Everest- without supplemental oxygen.
Sarbaz Ali is the second Pakistani to climb Mt Everest without artificial oxygen after Sajid Sadpara previously achieved the feat.
Sarbaz Ali has climbed 11 out of 14 peaks above 8,000 meters making him the only Pakistani to climb 11 peaks without oxygen.
He has climbed a total of 13 peaks above 8,000 meters.