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  • Bag full of expensive smartphones found at Peshawar airport

    A bag full of expensive mobile phones was found at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan Airport on Sunday, ARY News reported.

    An unidentified passenger who arrived at the airport from Dubai via Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, PK-284, left the bag and escaped.

    It is reported that the man left the bag out of fear of getting arrested for bringing a large number of smartphones into the country, they said.

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    Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials took the bag into their custody and later handed it over to customs officials. The bag contains 141 mobile phones.

    ARY’s sources said a search operation has been launched to trace the passenger with the help of CCTV footage.

  • Rakhi Sawant bonds with Faysal, Ayesha and Aijaz in Dubai, posts special moments

    Rakhi Sawant bonds with Faysal, Ayesha and Aijaz in Dubai, posts special moments

    Indian film dancer Rakhi Sawant met Pakistani celebrities in Dubai at the prestigious Filmfare Middle East Awards ceremony.

    Taking to Instagram, the Masti star wrote: “Wow so excited I met all superstar from Pak last night Aijaz Aslam, Faysal Quraishi, Naveed Raza.”

    Here are a few pictures from the event:

    The award ceremony took place on October 28th and stars such as Kajol and Mahira Khan were graced the event with their presence.

  • ‘Said something in the heat of the moment’: Waqar Younis apologises for his remarks

    ‘Said something in the heat of the moment’: Waqar Younis apologises for his remarks

    Former Pakistan pacer and bowling coach Waqar Younis has apologised for his remarks after Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday.

    A day after the match, the former fast bowler was invited as a guest to ARY News to discuss Pakistan’s comprehensive win. During the discussion, an overexcited Younis said that it was very special for him to watch Mohammad Rizwan offer Namaz in front of Hindus during the match. Opener Rizwan was seen offering prayers during the drinks break in the India-Pakistan game.

    Waqar’s comment drew sharp reactions from the cricket fraternity and from Pakistani fans. Twitter was flooded with reactions lambasting Younis for his unsavoury remark.

    Indian cricket analyst Harsha Bhogle and Akash Chopra had also expressed their displeasure over Waqar’s comments. “For a person of Waqar Younis’ stature to say that watching Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus was very special to him, is one of the most disappointing things I have heard. A lot of us try hard to play such things down and talk up sport and to hear this is terrible,” Bhogle wrote.

    Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer also wrote, “Absolutely vile and disgusting comments from Waqar Younis.”

    Realising his mistake after the criticism, Waqar wrote on Twitter, “In the heat of the moment, I said something which I did not mean which has hurt the sentiments of many. I apologise for this, this was not intended at all, genuine mistake. Sports unites people regardless of race, colour or religion. #apologies.”

    Waqar also apologised in his show on A Sports, saying: “I was all excited that Pakistan won and watching Rizwan praying also made me proud. My intentions were not to harm anyone’s sentiments. I apologise if anyone got hurt by my comments.”

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    Pakistan brought an end to India’s near-three-decade domination of them in the most convincing fashion, embarrassing their arch-rivals by 10 wickets in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup.

  • Pakistan crushes India: All the memes you cannot miss

    Pakistan crushes India: All the memes you cannot miss

    History has been made. Pakistan defeated India for the first time in a World Cup fixture by 10 wickets after losing 12 straight matches to the Men in Blue.

    While chasing 152, Pakistani openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan played till the end. Shaheen Shah Afridi remained in the limelight by taking three blue wickets, including skipper Virat Kohli’s at 57.

    Since Sunday night, hashtags related to the match have been trending as Pakistanis were cheering the brilliant victory of boys in green.

    Memes were all over Pakistani Twitter so here are all the MUST-SEE memes that you cannot miss.

    Sorry neighbour, we rock!

  • Minal, Ahsan have the time of their lives in Dubai, Honeymoon diaries continue

    Minal, Ahsan have the time of their lives in Dubai, Honeymoon diaries continue

    Celebrity Couple of Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram is currently enjoying the second leg of their honeymoon diaries in Dubai.

    The Parchayee duo enjoyed their time at the beach and even shared their special moments on social media.

    Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram excessively trolled

    Fellow actresses adored their pictures on Instagram.

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    Ahsan Mohsin Ikram hits out at trolls for cursing death upon him and Minal Khan


    Iqra, Kinza and Areeba adore Minal-Ahsan’s honeymoon diaries in Maldives

    Video: Minal, Ahsan ring in honeymoon in Maldives, Kinza and Saboor adore

    On the work front, Minal was last seen in ARY’s Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.

    Ishq Hai Episode 23 & 24- Part 1 Presented by Express Power [Subtitle Eng]-17th Aug 2021-ARY Digital - YouTube

  • Dubai-based Pakistani awarded 50,000 dirhams for saving pregnant cat

    Atif Mehmood, a Pakistani salesman based in Dubai, saved a  pregnant cat stuck on the second-floor balcony of a residential building in Deira, the commercial hub of Dubai.

    Atif, along with a Moroccan and an Indian man, spread a bedsheet and caught the cat after it jumped from the second floor.

    The video shows the three men holding up the bedsheet for the cat, who initially hesitates, but then jumps into it and is saved.

    Viewed over 1.1 million times, the video caught the eye of the ruler of Dubai who took to Twitter and asked people to help identify the “unsung heroes” so he could thank them.

    “I got a call from the police and someone asked me, ‘Did you save a cat?’,” Mehmood told Arab News. “I got scared and said yes, I did, and then they asked me to visit the police station.”

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    He said he entered the police station to cheers and applause. Three days later, he was told he had been awarded AED50,000 (Rs 2,172,833) by the Dubai government.

    “I did not believe it at first,” he said, “but it has become a reality.”

    Mehmood, who is single, has already spent most of the reward money to buy a car for his father and help out his brother. He now plans to use the rest of the cash to try to set up a business in Dubai

  • ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    A part of the world’s largest Quran made by a Pakistani artist will be showcased at Dubai Expo 2020 which will start in October this year, Khaleej Times reported Tuesday.

    Traditionally, the Quran is inscribed on cloth, paper or leather.

    But a Pakistani artist, who is also a former UAE expat, used aluminium and gold-plated words on a high quality canvas — for the first time.

    The inscription on aluminium is the first in more than 1,400 years of Islamic history.

    The artist, Shahid Rassam, is being facilitated by a Dubai-based Pakistani businessman, Irfan Mustafa.

    Rassam has won many international awards. He started the project five years ago and will be show-casing part of his project at the six-month-long Dubai expo.

  • Dubai enters Guinness Book of Records by setting up world’s deepest swimming pool

    Dubai enters Guinness Book of Records by setting up world’s deepest swimming pool

    Dubai has opened the world’s deepest swimming pool and has entered the Guinness book of records.

    The pool, Deep Dive Dubai is located at Nad Al Sheba with the depth of 60.02 metres and contains 14 million litres of water in it.

    As per reports, public bookings are expected to start in late July with different courses and experiences offered for scuba divers and freedivers..

    Deep Dive Dubai is also an underwater film studio with an editing room, a video wall, 56 underwater cameras, and the ability to create different moods with 164 lights positioned throughout the pool.

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    Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum recently visited the place and dived into the pool. He posted a video on social media showing him in full diving gear. He is seen swimming back to the top of the pool from its dizzying depths.

    The Hollywood actor, Will Smith also posted a video on Instagram diving into the pool.

  • Dubai Police arrest man for ‘indecent’ dance in Metro without mask

    Dubai Police arrest man for ‘indecent’ dance in Metro without mask

     Dubai Police have arrested a man for an ‘ indecent’ dance in a Dubai Metro train without wearing a mask.

    A video doing the rounds on social media show a man dancing on a Bollywood song, ‘Laal Ghagra’, without a mask while the passengers film him.

    Director of Transportation Security Department at Dubai Police, Obaid Al Hathboor,  said that the man caused inconvenience  to other passengers as well as broke the Covid-19 rules. “A video for an Asian man circulated on social media while he was performing indecent acts inside a train. He caused disturbance to others without respecting their privacy,” said the official.

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    “He was additionally arrested for not wearing a mask inside the train while all commuters around him were wearing masks and following precautionary measures,” he added.

    According to Article 358 of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penal code, the suspect will face a jail term of six months and/or a fine of Dh5,000 for violating public morals and creating a ruckus.

  • Man sets textile shop on fire over unpaid salary

    Man sets textile shop on fire over unpaid salary

    A Dubai salesman has been sentenced to two years in prison for setting a textile shop on fire, causing losses of nearly Dh1 million to the owner.

    As per reports, the 27-year-old salesman from Afghanistan was fined Dh985,000 fine. He will be expelled after he has served his sentence.

    He reportedly wanted to take revenge from the owner, who did not pay his salary for a year. In December last year, the defendant went to the shop and unlocked the shop using a cutter. He accused the owner didn’t pay his salary for one year. He expected to find some cash inside the shop, but couldn’t find any.

    The suspect told Dubai Police that he found a lighter inside the shop and decided to set the textile shop on fire in vengeance.

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    The shop’s owner testified that he checked the CCTV footage in the area and saw the defendant braking into the shop. “I was alerted about the fire and discovered that the defendant was responsible. He damaged the lock and the glass door before setting the shop on fire,” the 40-year-old Pakistani owner said.

    Dubai Public Prosecution charged the defendant with setting fire to a property and causing damages worth Dh985,000. The verdict will be subject to appeal within 15 days.