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  • Lahore board announces matric 2019 result, check yours here

    Lahore board announces matric 2019 result, check yours here

    Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore on Monday announced the result of 2019 matriculation examinations.

    Students can check their result from here.

    A day earlier, the board announced names of the top position holders. Danish Athar clinched the overall first position in both sciences and humanities groups by scoring 1,092 marks out of 1,100.

    Anoosha Zikriya, Syed Hassan Abbas and Muhammad Affan Amir shared the second position with 1,090 marks each and Saba Iqbal and Saira Hayyat shared the third position.

    A prize-distribution ceremony in the honour of the position holders will also be held today at a local hotel where Provincial Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfraz will be the chief guest.

  • Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as minister from Punjab cabinet

    Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as minister from Punjab cabinet

    Indian cricketer-turned-politician and a close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Navjot Singh Sidhu, has resigned from the Punjab Cabinet. Though he did not cite the reason for his departure, Indian media report that his rising differences with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was the reason behind his resignation.

    Sindhu made the announcement on Twitter by sharing his resignation letter sent to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 10.

    “I hereby resign as minister from the Punjab cabinet,” read the letter.

    He added that he will be sending his resignation to the Chief Minister, Punjab.

    According to The Hindu, after the Cabinet reshuffle on June 6, Sidhu was relieved from his portfolios of Local Bodies, Tourism and Culture and allocated the Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources portfolios.

    However, Sidhu, instead of taking charge of the new Ministry, approached party’s Central leadership to express his displeasure and appraised the “high command’’ of being singled out “unfairly”.

    CM Amarinder and Sidhu’s differences emerged in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. It began Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu accusing Capt. Amarinder of blocking her Lok Sabha ticket from Chandigarh. Later, the Chief Minister blamed Sidhu for not handling his department well, which he claimed had resulted in the Congress’s “poor performance” in urban areas in the general election.

  • Airports to allow only one visitor per passenger

    Airports to allow only one visitor per passenger

    Are your relatives coming from abroad? Or are you planning to go? If you are, then you should know that the Airport Security Force (ASF) has decided to limit the number of visitors coming along with passengers.

    The decision has been taken keeping in mind security concerns and the fact that Hajj flight operations are currently underway. In most cases, families in large numbers come to see off or receive Hajj passengers.

    Officials of the ASF informed the public that only one family member or a friend would be allowed to receive or see off passengers at Jinnah International Terminal, Karachi and Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. They also said that the step was being taken to limit crowds at the airport and to prevent security breaches.

    Earlier this month two people were
    gunned down at the Lahore airport’s international arrival gate.

  • Female celebrities speak up against online abuse

    Female celebrities speak up against online abuse

    While scrolling through social media, you often come across abusive and vile comments, targeted at female celebrities, which make you shudder if they catch your eye for even a moment. Recently, several popular female celebrities have spoken up about being abused online and have called for a stop on it.

    Here are all those who have expressed their anger online.

    Mahira Khan

    This is not the first time Mahira Khan has opened up about online abuse and its repercussions.

    Hania Aamir

    Hania Aamir has spoken up on more than one occasion about being bullied online but her recent Instagram story was directed at Hina Altaf who commented that Muneeb Butt is a bad actor.

    Ayesha Omar

    Ayesha Omar is currently vacationing in Greece but it appears that Pakistani citizens are not having with her vacay style and are voicing their disapproval in the comments section. That propelled Ayesha to post this in her Instagram stories.

    Iqra Aziz

    In just the past week, Iqra Aziz has talked about cyber abuse twice. Once before her engagement to Yasir Hussain and once after. In her first post, Iqra talked about how it takes a few words to bring someone down and tell them that they aren’t good enough. In her second post, post-engagement, she said that she is shutting out all those who are spreading hate and vitriol online.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvWoBWgpAC/
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzfvMttAOeA/
  • Imran Abbas defends himself after backlash on lion picture

    Imran Abbas defends himself after backlash on lion picture

    A recent report by AFP has revealed a growing trend in keeping lions as pets in Karachi and rough estimates show that 300 lions are being kept as pets.

    Recently, actor Imran Abbas posted a picture of himself posing with a lion and playing with it on the terrace of a house.

    Naturally, his picture invited tremendous backlash after which Imran took to Instagram to clarify that the lion is not “caged or malnutritioned.” He shared that the animal is kept in a natural habitat at a farmhouse and was brought to the house only for a day. Abbas added that the lion, named Simba, loves human beings and cannot be sent back to the jungle because he can’t live without the owner.

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    In a follow-up post, Abbas also clarified that the lion was not on drugs and was in fact pampered. He also thanked everyone for their concern.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0yPsin-X4/

    Further social media sleuthing revealed that the lion belonged to a social media influencer called Azlan Shah. Azlan, who calls himself an animal lover, has over time, shared lots of pictures of himself with his pet lion.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1Dx3aFVNK/
    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv30wKelAhw/

    Keeping wild animals as exotic pets has witnessed an upward trend in the past few years, especially in Karachi, where people have started keeping snakes, lions, tigers and giraffes as pets.

  • Healthy living: Organic products and where to buy them

    Healthy living: Organic products and where to buy them

    From time to time we aim to adopt a healthier lifestyle and eat things which are more natural and organic. If you’re one of those who are planning to take the plunge, here are some stores where you can get organic stuff.

    Lahore

    The Organic Shop

    The organic shop has a variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, a variety of oils and ghee. They also have delicious pop bars you can have to beat the heat, the healthy way. The best part is that they have amazing discounts from time to time.

    Health Hut

    The Health Hut stocks all sort of organic and healthy food such desi ata, eggs, gurh, shakkar and honey. They also have organic beauty products.

    Apart from these two, organic products are also available at the Haryali Store and Hyperstar.

    Karachi

    Mandi Express

    Who doesn’t like the idea of fresh, organic products delivered to your doorstep? Mandi Express gives you just that. It has an amazing variety of organic vegetables, fruits, dry fruits, meat, and poultry and flour.

    Organic Karachi

    Karachiites are really lucky in this regard. They get fresh groceries right on their doorstep. Organic Karachi is an online store that stocks organic hygienic food.

    Islamabad

    Greenland Farms

    Islamabadis, Greenland Farms should be your go-to place if you’re looking to buy healthy stuff. They have farm fresh and wholesome dairy, meat, poultry, as well as seafood.

    Other cities

    Health Homie

    This online grocery store delivers all over Pakistan.  So if you can’t find organic products in your city, Health Homie is your place to go.

  • ‘Rising prices, higher taxes’: Honda halts production in Pakistan

    ‘Rising prices, higher taxes’: Honda halts production in Pakistan

    As car sales drop amid rising prices due to the imposition of higher taxes and rupee depreciation, Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan (HACP) has halted production in the country for 10 days, Dawn reported Saturday.

    According to reports, HACP shut down its plant for 10 days as its inventories piled up to 2,000 units while Indus Motor Company (IMC), which produces Toyota models in Pakistan, has also decided to stop car production for eight days, two days every week, during this month.

    The report quoted HACP and IMC executives as saying that their decision to scale down production during July was informed by plummeting sales in the first 10 days of the month.

    “Our inventories from the last month and the first 10 days of July have grown rapidly because of the steep increase in car prices after currency devaluation as well as the imposition of Advance Customs Duty (ACD) on all our imports and Federal Excise Duty (FED) on assembled cars,” an HACP senior executive said.

    “It has left us with no option but to shut down the plant to cut production. If the present trend holds, we expect our sales to drop to less than 30,000 units this business year (April 2019-March 2020) from over 48,000 units last year.”

    An IMC official also gave the same reasons for “observing eight no-production days” during July. The executive, however, did not give the size of inventory the company has built so far, saying the production cuts could increase next month if sales do not pick up.

  • Think twice before posting unkind comments on Instagram

    Think twice before posting unkind comments on Instagram

    Instagram is rolling out a new feature to identify negative comments before they are published and asks “Are you sure you want to post this?” before it is posted in order to stop bullying on social media platforms.

    It will not stop people from making negative comments, but it will give them the option to “undo” the comment before it is posted.

    People who are reluctant to block or unfollow their bullies will have a new option to restrict them without letting them know. If you restrict someone, their comments on your posts will only be visible to them, unless you approve a comment for general consumption. They also won’t be able to see if you’re active on Instagram or if you’ve read their direct messages.

  • ‘Drugs likely planted in Rana Sanaullah’s car’

    ‘Drugs likely planted in Rana Sanaullah’s car’

    Members of Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics Control have doubted the government’s version that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Rana Sanaullah had 15 kilograms of drugs worth Rs220 million in his car, Dawn reported.

    Sanaullah was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) earlier this month after the stash was discovered in his vehicle while travelling via the Faisalabad-Lahore Motorway.

    Protesting against the apprehension, members of opposition parties condemned the episode as they argued that the MNA was arrested without any allegation and case against him. They termed it the “worst example of lawlessness and political revenge”.

    “There is a general scare that anyone can plant drugs in anyone’s car. The matter has been hushed up. We want to know exact details of the case of Rana Sanaullah’s arrest,” said PML-N Senator Saleem Zia, who raised the issue during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics Control on Friday.

    “Why would a politician and a former law minister be carrying drugs with him and that too in such huge quantities?” Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Anwar Lal Dean asked senior officials from the Narcotics Ministry and the ANF.

    While the senators implied that the drugs were planted in Sanaullah’s car, ANF Director General (DG) Major General Mohammad Arif Malik urged them to not make assumptions.

    “The minister for narcotics has already given a briefing on the matter. It would be unreasonable to assume that drugs were planted on him [Sanaullah]. Members should either come forward with proof that he was framed or believe the version of the ANF that drugs were recovered from him,” he was quoted as saying.

  • How to deal with work-related back pain

    How to deal with work-related back pain

    Do you feel fatigued, stressed and cranky at the end of the day? Chances are that you are reading this slouched over your desk with your legs crossed or on your way back home after a long week. Most of us spend approximately 8 to 9 hours on our office desks, as a result of which the probability of developing back and neck pain is high. Here are a few tips to avoid back pain.

    For a pain-free posture:

    • Keep monitor height in line with your eye level
    • Sit at least one and a half foot away from your computer screen
    • Place your arms on the armrest and vertical from the shoulders
    • Thighs and legs should make a 90 degrees angle
    • Feet should be resting on a flat surface.

    Fix the things on your desk

    Place the keyboard and mouse close to your hands and arms.

    Take short
    breaks

    Getting up at least once an hour for three to five minutes reduces pressure on spinal disks and boosts circulation. Try this out and notice the difference. You will guaranteed feel less stressed.

    Stretch your
    shoulders

    If you have lots of work on your plate, and getting up after every hour is not possible, don’t worry. You can stretch your shoulders while sitting on the desk.

    Don’t put your phone between the ears and neck

    Pinning the phone between your shoulder and ear while you multitask is a natural move but it can result in neck pain. Use earphones or turn on the speaker of your phone during lengthy conversations.