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  • VIDEO: ‘TikTok girl Hareem Shah spotted at PM Secretariat,’ claims journalist

    VIDEO: ‘TikTok girl Hareem Shah spotted at PM Secretariat,’ claims journalist

    Famous TikTok girl Hareem Shah, who became an internet sensation after her viral videos with influential political leaders took the country by storm, has now been spotted allegedly at the Prime Minister’s (PM) Secretariat.

    A video doing rounds over the internet showed Hareem walking around a conference room as a song plays in the background. She then pulls out a chair and gets seated.

    While journalist Adeel Raja has claimed that the video has been shot at the PM’s Office, The Current has learnt that it was actually recorded at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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    Meanwhile, focal person to the PM, Dr Arslan Khalid, has also rubbished the claims.

    Here’s what Twitterati had to say about the episode:

    https://twitter.com/montecristoo37/status/1186772365998460928

    “I am a big Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter myself and have been affiliated with the party. This is how I got the unique opportunity to meet and make TikTok videos with party leaders,” Hareem had earlier told a private media outlet while explaining how she gets access to significant people of stature and power.

    She has a massive following of over a million and had recently made headlines for her viral video with PTI leader and former Punjab information minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan.

  • Video: Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan says Nawaz Sharif not unwell, only ‘acting’

    Video: Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan says Nawaz Sharif not unwell, only ‘acting’

    Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has come under fire for her remarks regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s health. Talking to a news channel, she said that Mian Nawaz Sharif is getting ready for a film shoot and all this was part of the plan.

    Mian Nawaz Sharif was taken to the hospital Monday night. His platelets count had fallen drastically but his dengue results have come out negative. His condition is now stable, as per senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal.

    Dr Fridous Ashiq Awan’s comments about Mr Sharif’s health were criticised widely and termed insensitive and callous by PML-N leaders and others on social media.

    This is not the first time Dr Awan has made flippant remarks. Last month when Azad Kashmir was jolted by earthquake, she said that the earth has taken a turn as it cannot deal with ‘tabdeeli’.

    Watch the video for Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan’s comments about Mian Nawaz Sharif’s health.

    Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan’s remarks on Nawaz Sharif’s health
  • Sindh High Court orders formation of a task force to address stray dogs issue

    Sindh High Court orders formation of a task force to address stray dogs issue

    A bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the provincial government and city authorities to form a task force for action against stray dogs in the metropolis.

    The high court conducted the hearing of an appeal today regarding the lack of vaccines to treat patients of dog bites and the action against stray dogs.

    The bench ordered the Sindh government
    to ensure the supply of anti-rabies vaccines across the province. The court
    also directed Municipal Commissioner Karachi for the arrangement of more
    anti-rabies vaccines for the city.

    The bench directed all district municipal committees (DMCs) in Karachi to speed up the drive against stray dogs. The Sindh High Court bench gave one week to submit a report on the problem.

    The bench ordered city authorities to
    submit a comprehensive report over the matter in the next hearing of the case.
    The court postponed the hearing until November 07.

    The counsel that represented the Sindh
    government told SHC in former hearing that anti-rabies vaccines are available
    in many districts, while efforts are in progress to supply it in the parts
    where the vaccines are unavailable.

    It is relevant to mention here that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had ordered the concerned authorities on September 22 to begin mass shooting of stray dogs because of the rising number of dog bite cases.

  • INFOGRAPH: Will Pakistan ever be polio free?

    INFOGRAPH: Will Pakistan ever be polio free?

    There are three countries in the world that still have an epidemic of the polio virus and the third, Nigeria, is almost polio free. Pakistan, on the other hand, is experiencing a rise in polio cases.

    Pakistan has the highest number of polio cases in 2019

    Pakistan had lowered its polio cases to 12 last year and has increased almost 5 times to 69 cases. Afghanistan is at 12 cases reported this year which is a decrease from 21 cases last year.

    Nigeria has been polio free for the past three years but since they were 4 cases reported in 2016, they have not been declared polio free yet but will most likely get that coveted title by next year.

    Data courtesy: http://polioeradication.org/

  • Saudi Arabia denies asking PM Imran to mediate with Iran

    Saudi Arabia denies asking PM Imran to mediate with Iran

    Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir has denied reports of separate mediation efforts with Iran, one particularly led by Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to reduce tension between the two states, Middle East Eye reported.

    “We are not having any mediation. People come to us with ideas and we give them our response and our response is what we would like the Iranians to do and that is it, and we would like to see actions rather than words,” reports quoted Adel as saying.

    He added that there was compelling evidence that the September attacks on Saudi oil installations were with Iranian-made missiles and “Tehran must stop its rampage across the world”.

    “It [Iran] should behave like a normal country following international laws if it wants to be welcomed,” Adel said.

    Earlier in September, two Saudi Aramco installations were attacked and the Kingdom blamed Iran for it.

    The Saudi foreign minister’s statement comes amid efforts being made by PM Imran to bring both Riyadh and Tehran to the talks table, reportedly on United States (US) President Donald Trump’s suggestion.

    Imran, within the past few weeks, has also visited Saudi Arabia and Iran to push the two nations to bring an end to their long withstanding conflict.

  • ANF embarrasses Afridi, denies his claim of video evidence in Rana Sanaullah case

    ANF embarrasses Afridi, denies his claim of video evidence in Rana Sanaullah case

    Minister of State for Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi’s claims regarding the recovery of heroin from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah’s possession seem to have put him in a tight spot as the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has reportedly denied making any videos or taking photographs at the time of the raid.

    According to reports, the ANF’s denial has made all other claims made by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during press conferences and in television interviews dubious while he continues to insist that Sanaullah was monitored for three weeks and all the video evidence is available.

    “The video of heroin recovery from Rana Sanaullah was also shown to the prime minister,” Afridi had claimed in a recent interview on Geo News, adding that the evidence will be produced before the court once the trial begins.

    He has also claimed that four judges have refused to hear the case against Sanaullah as “he is El Chapo of Pakistan and threatens people”.

    Interestingly, the anti-narcotics judge hearing the case was repatriated to the Lahore High Court (LHC) in the midst of the proceedings against Sanaullah and the duty judge has refused to conduct the indictment proceedings against the PML-N leader till the appointment of a regular judge.

  • Modi cancels Turkey visit after President Erdogan supports Pakistan on Kashmir

    Modi cancels Turkey visit after President Erdogan supports Pakistan on Kashmir

    With Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly raising Indian atrocities in Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and his country backing Pakistan at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in Paris, India has decided to give the cold shoulder to its ties with Turkey.

    According to Khaleej Times, New Delhi has cancelled a two-day official visit to Ankara by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi at the end of this month, which would have been his first stand-alone visit to the country.

    He was to have proceeded to Turkey from Saudi Arabia, where he is going on October 27-28 to attend a mega-investment summit.

    The decision to cancel the visit to Turkey marks a low in relations between New Delhi and Ankara, which have never been very warm. Trade and defence cooperation were among the issues that were to be on the table during Modi’s Ankara visit, which had been agreed to in principle.

    The Ministry of External Affairs was non-committal over the development. “The visit was never finalised so there is no question of cancellation,” reports an official as saying.

    Modi had last visited Turkey during the G20 in Antalya in 2015. He had held a bilateral with Erdogan in Osaka, on the sidelines of the G20 in June this year. The Turkish leader had paid a two-day visit to India in July 2018.

    However, Erdogan’s strong backing of Pakistan’s position on Kashmir and alleging widespread human rights violations by India during his speech at the UNGA last month has not gone down well with India.

    In his speech, Erdogan had raised the issue of UN resolutions on Kashmir and alleged that “eight million people are stuck” in Kashmir due to revocation of special status. He had criticised the international community for failing to pay attention to the Kashmir issue.

    At the end of September, at an event in Turkey to mark the building of a warship for Pakistan, Erdogan also said he would continue to flag the Kashmir issue on the world stage.

    India is known to have cancelled an order for two naval ships it had inked with Turkey, in retaliation of Erdogan’s Kashmir comments.

    At the FATF meeting too, Turkey and Malaysia, along with China, openly backed Pakistan last week, which was invaluable in getting Islamabad a lifeline of four months till February 2020 to “eliminate” money laundering and terrorist financing.

  • VIDEO: ‘Charas expo in KP’ leaves internet stunned

    VIDEO: ‘Charas expo in KP’ leaves internet stunned

    A charas [hashish form of cannabis] expo has allegedly been held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a video of which has gone viral over the internet.

    The video is widely being shared on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that “Charas Expo 2019” was held in Terah Valley of the province that is rather infamous for high cannabis consumption as well as production.

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    It shows locals showcasing different kinds of charas as a crowd wanders around buying the drug.

  • Saudi Arabia likely to allow women to perform Hajj without mehram: reports

    Saudi Arabia likely to allow women to perform Hajj without mehram: reports

    The Saudi government is considering different visa options that would allow women to perform Hajj without a male guardian, reports have claimed.

    As per Saudi law, women, are allowed to perform the annual pilgrimage only with a male guardian, while there is an exception for women older than 45, who can perform the ritual in groups.

    Reports emerging Tuesday claimed that the Kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is considering the option of granting visit visas for tourism and also for religious purposes, and women might be allowed to travel without male guardians.

    The official said there were about 750 Umrah and Hajj companies with licenses, but only about 500 of these were in the market and they were only running at 1% of their capacity. The Umrah sector is more profitable than the industrial sector.

  • Filmmaker Jami says he was raped by an influential media tycoon

    Filmmaker Jami says he was raped by an influential media tycoon

    Renowned Pakistani filmmaker Jami has come forward to reveal that he was also a victim of a sex crime. In a series of posts on twitter, Jami revealed that he was raped by a dominant media tycoon 13 years ago.

    Jami wrote that he also told some of his close friends but no one took the incident seriously.

    The filmmaker said he spent six months in a hospital in Karachi for therapy and he also went abroad to get over the incident.

    Talking about a recent case of a college professor committing suicide on alleged claims of harassment, Jami wrote that one wrongful death did not mean all victims were fake and liars.

    The director even said that he knew the consequences of his revelations but it was very important for him to reveal his story since the legitimacy of the movement was being questioned.