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  • Google Maps get an Indian arrested in Pakistan

    Google Maps get an Indian arrested in Pakistan

    Two Indian nationals were arrested by the Pakistani police for illegally entering the country last week.

    Prashant Maidam, a software engineer from Hyderabad, and Durmi Lal, a farmer from Madhya Pradesh, were arrested in the Cholistan desert area in Bahawalpur on November 14th as per an FIR.

    The Bahawalpur police registered an FIR against them under the Pakistan (Control of Entry) Act.

    They had crossed the border without any identification papers and proper documents, such as a valid visa and passport, police sources told The Hindu.

    Police sources said Prashant told them that he was in love with a woman in Turkey and was going there through Pakistan and Afghanistan. Prashant was reportedly on foot and following Google Maps route.

    Bahawalpur Judicial Magistrate Yazman asked the local police to travel to Multan and hand over the two Indians to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Bahawalpur police sources said that the two Indian nationals were thoroughly investigated and were sent back from Multan as the FIA doesn’t think this case falls under its jurisdiction.

    The two are now back in the custody of the Bahawalpur police.

    “Prashant is lucky he was arrested here. We don’t know what would have happened if he had gone to Afghanistan via Pakistan,” said one police officer.

    Police sources said the two will most likely be repatriated after due process is followed. The Indian High Commission will have to get in touch with the police and initiate the process of repatriation.

  • Karachi’s new picnic spot offers a lot in one place

    Karachiites have another beautiful spot for a picnic that has a waterfall and a lake and also offers boating. The Safari Park administration opened the newly built ‘Kashmir Point’ to provide a pleasant atmosphere to visitors.

    As per reports, KMC authorities had planned to set up a
    particularly beautiful, pleasant and calm spot at a hilly site of the park. A 200-feet waterfall is created from which the water flows down
    into a lake spanning 4 acres. It also offers a boating facility to visitors.

    “We have upgraded the lake at all points and built beautiful
    fences around it,” the Safari Park director said.

    Flying birds in the park make the scene quite attractive. People can visit the point and the boating costs for Rs100. The
    boating facility is available from 11 am to 9 pm with proper lighting in the
    evenings.

    Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar inaugurated the Kashmir Point on
    Sunday. He urged the people to visit the place as it’s a good initiative and a
    great addition to the recreational park in the city.

  • Minal Khan’s Europe vacation will make you want to pack your bags asap

    Minal Khan’s Europe vacation will make you want to pack your bags asap

    Minal Khan is currently on a Europe vacation and pictures from her travels make you want to instantly pack your bags and book the first flight out.

    Minal is touring the continent with her friends. She started her trip with Berlin, before heading to Brussels, Amsterdam, Valencia and finally Barcelona. Wondering where she’ll jet off to next.

    Check out her pictures here:

    Berlin, Germany

    Brussels, Belgium

    Barcelona, Spain

    Valencia, Spain

    Amsterdam

  • ‘Laal Kabootar’ wins another award

    ‘Laal Kabootar’ wins another award

    Pakistan’s official submission for the 92nd Academy Awards in the ‘International Feature Film Award’ category, Laal Kabootar has bagged yet another award.

    It won the Best Feature Film Award at the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival 2019.

    Director Kamal Khan received the award on the Closing Night and Awards Ceremony held at Surrey City Hall in Surrey, British Columbia on November 17.

    However, this is not the first award the film has won. Laal Kabootar also won the Archana Soy Audience Award for ‘Best Feature Film’ at the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2019 in Seattle. In addition to this, it was screened at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2019 and at the prestigious Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2019, where Ahmed Ali Akbar, won the ‘Best Actor Male’ Award for his performance.

    Laal Kabootar is centred around a hustling taxi-driver Adeel Nawaz (Ahmed Ali Akbar) looking for a way out of Karachi. But with his back against the wall, Adeel has some hard choices to make. He crosses paths with Aliya Malik (Mansha Pasha) a strong-headed and stubborn girl. What follows is an action-packed rollercoaster ride.

    The film has been directed by Kamal Khan with Harvard graduates Hania Chima and Kamil Chima as Executive Producers.

    Ahmed shared the film’s win on his social media.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5CdgIIHIWs/
  • Meera Jee can’t believe she passed her driving test

    Meera Jee can’t believe she passed her driving test

    Meera Jee has been pretty active on Instagram lately. The actor has been sharing pictures and videos from her recent trips to the US and the Maldives as well as throwback pictures from when she and her co-stars were promoting their film Baaji.

    Meera recently shared that she needs to give her driving test and she was having trouble preparing for the test because she doesn’t like to study.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-fUHrnCg8/

    Meera expressed how studying for the exam made her sleepy and gave her dark circles. She also appealed to her fans to give her ideas on how she can pass the test.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-kD5cHzEp/

    In between all the studying, Meera remembered that it was her friend Yousaf Salahuddin’s birthday so she decided to record a short video wishing him a happy birthday using her ‘Driver’s Manual’ as a prop.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-yy-UHS7G/

    In her next post, Meera shared that she passed her exam.

    “I am still in shock. I am still in shock how I pass the test?” she wrote in her caption adding that she is on her way back to Pakistan.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5CEdQLHiTw/

    Meera then shared a picture of herself and her alleged husband Captain Naveed, asking her followers how they look together before casually mentioning again that she has passed her driving test.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5CFoEOHgGP/

    We do wish Meera had shared some pictures and videos from her test. But, she’s shown us the right way to prepare for an exam: make sure you document it on Instagram.

  • Man murders neighbours for using his WiFi

    Man murders neighbours for using his WiFi

    Harris, a student at the University of Karachi, and his father were shot dead by their neighbour for using his wifi without his permission.

    According to reports, the suspect identified as Qasim is currently in police custody. He was arrested by the police after a raid was conducted in the Shah Latif area of Karachi.

    Speaking to the media, SSP Malir revealed that “investigation with accused is underway.”

    The victims Farooq and his younger son, Haris were threatened by Qasim over alleged theft of his WiFi password and internet service.

    Relatives of the deceased said that a case was registered against Qasim for giving life threats to Adnan who is another son of Farooq and brother of the murdered Haris. After the case was registered, Qasim had gone into hiding.

  • You will not believe how many hours Ayeza Khan sleeps

    You will not believe how many hours Ayeza Khan sleeps

    Not that we didn’t know but it is not easy being Ayeza Khan.

    Ayeza, who is blowing everyone away with her phenomenal performance as Mehwish in Meray Paas Tum Ho, is a recent Instagram post gave her fans an insight into what her daily routine looks like and we have to say we’re very impressed.

    The actor revealed that she wakes up at 7 am and gets her daughter Hoorain ready for school. After dropping her off to school, she comes home and wakes up her younger one Rayyan and feeds him before dropping him off at her mother’s house. She then has breakfast with her husband Danish Taimoor after which she leaves for work.

    Ayeza & Danish with their children

    Ayeza shared that she monitors her kids activities all day on the phone and even tries to go home in between shoots whenever she can. Her evenings are spent “feeding, bathing, choosing the princess or batman night-suit every night and listening to Hoorain’s bedtime stories.”

    The final part of her day is dedicated to a “dinner date with my favorite person [Danish]” before finally hitting the bed at 3 am.

    The next morning she’s up at 7 am again. How she manages to survive on only four hours of sleep is beyond us.

    Ending her note, Ayeza said that though the routine gets “difficult to manage,” the amount of love she has received from her fans “has made me the super woman and given me the power to work, to dream and to make all of you proud.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-tj6UBOhS/

    Meanwhile when a fan asked her how she manages to stay fit with such a tough routine, Ayeza replied,”Wait for the next post.”

  • Indian police raids Amnesty International’s offices to quash reporting on Kashmir

    Indian police raids Amnesty International’s offices to quash reporting on Kashmir

    Indian officials have raided the offices of renowned human
    rights group Amnesty International (AI) on trumped up charges of foreign
    funding from the United Kingdom that violate local law, Geo News reported.

    According to the details, it is widely believed that the
    investigation into the funding sources of the respected human rights group is a
    pressure tactic being employed by the government of Indian Prime Minister (PM)
    Narendra Modi to stop the group from highlighting grave human rights violations
    in Indian held Kashmir (IoK).

    Reports revals that officials from the Central Bureau of
    Investigation (CBI) raided the offices of AI India in Bengaluru and New Delhi
    after direct complaints from the home affairs ministry. Amnesty was accused of
    the same offence last year.

    The Amnesty group in a statement said, “Over the past
    year, a pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International
    India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India”, referring
    to their campaigns for IoK. 

    Back in September, Amnesty International had launched the “LetKashmirSpeak”
    campaign and called on Indian PM Modi to lift the inhumane military curfew in held
    Kashmir that has crippled the lives of millions of Muslims since August.

    New Delhi had earlier revoked the constitutional autonomy of
    IoK on August 5 this year and imposed a military curfew in the area,
    imprisoning millions of people. Thousands of ordinary citizens were detained
    after the move.

    The detained included former chief ministers and the mayor
    of Srinagar. Widespread allegations of torture and abuse of these detainees by
    the Indian security forces were published by the international media in the
    following weeks, as India showed no signs of easing restrictions.

  • In Pictures: Animals walk the ramp at Rajan festival

    In Pictures: Animals walk the ramp at Rajan festival

    Horses and camels dancing on the music were the most interesting part of an animal festival in Rajanpur. 

    People from across the country took their animals to the festival and showed them off. Camels, sheep, horses, cows, buffaloes were seen walking the ramp with their owners as the crowd clapped and hooted for them cheerfully. It was a three-day festival that ended on Saturday.

    Communications Director Dr. Asif said
    that such festivals are an opportunity for people to show different breeds of
    domestic animals.

    While the owners said that they look forward to attending the festival and meeting up with people who love animals as much as them.

  • DG ISPR thanks Lala for praising his efforts for Pakistan

    DG ISPR thanks Lala for praising his efforts for Pakistan

    Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) took to social media to thank Shahid Khan Afridi aka lala for praising his efforts for Pakistan.

    In a recent interview with The Current, the interviewer asked Shahid Afridi ‘one word for DG ISPR’, to which lala replied “My relation with Asif Ghafoor is quite old and Asif bhai is doing a great job MashaAllah. He is a patriotic man. There should be people like him. And i think it is a good thing how he interacts with the public. I think it is a good thing”

    https://twitter.com/peaceforchange/status/1195043876467290112

    Watch the complete interview here: