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  • The Glassworker set to premiere at Hiroshima animation festival

    The Glassworker set to premiere at Hiroshima animation festival

    Pakistan’s first Ghibli style animated film, The Glassworker, will be screened at the Hiroshima Animation Festival in Japan on  Saturday August 17, 2024. Among thousands of entries from 97 countries and regions across the world, it is going to compete in the ‘Feature Competition’ category.

    This is an achievement that showcases Pakistan’s animation talent on the global stage. The Glassworker promises a heartwarming and visually stunning experience.

    The film, directed by Usman Riaz and Mairam Riaz Paracha and produced by Geo Films, was released on July 26, 2024 in Pakistan. It has now crossed the 30 million milestone at the box office.

  • Japan in shock after Prime Minister attacked in daylight

    Japan in shock after Prime Minister attacked in daylight

    Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida is unharmed after being attacked by a smoke bomb on Saturday while he was campaigning for a ruling party candidate, leaving the country in shock.

    A video of the attack showing white smoke rising after a blast right before the Prime Minister was about to speak, is doing the rounds on social media.

    A witness said that he saw an object flying through the air and it gave him a “bad feeling, so he ran away unbelievably fast”.

    After the attack, the prime minister resumed campaigning.

    The incident comes just nine months after former PM Shinzo Abe was assassinated last year while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

    The latest attack also comes as Japan is set to host the 49th G7 summit from May 19-May 21 in Hiroshima.