Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz owns assets worth more than Rs842.58 million, Geo News reported on Thursday.
According to details submitted by Maryam Nawaz alongside her nomination papers, she owns 1500 kanal land in Lahore. Her assets increased by Rs4 million in one year.
As per the submitted documents, Maryam Nawaz has a degree of masters in English literature. She doesn’t own a vehicle. She also has to give more than Rs 28.9 million to her brother Hassan Nawaz.
The PML-N senior vice president also has Rs 10 million in different bank accounts, as well as shares worth Rs 12.2 million in different companies.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) approved Maryam Nawaz’s papers from multiple constituencies in Lahore and Sargodha.
The scion of the Sharif family had submitted nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies—NA-119 and NA-120—and four Punjab Assembly constituencies—PP-159, PP-160, PP-165, and PP-80.
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan has gotten married! The junior Khan is beginning a new chapter of her life with longtime beau Nupur Shikhare after a legally registered ceremony. The wedding took place on January 3, 2024, at Taj Lands End in Bandra, Mumbai.
After becoming husband and wife, Nupur and Ira appeared publicly together for the first time and posed for photographers. Ira wore a traditional outfit in blue and baby pink, consisting of a golden dhoti, a black embroidered blouse, and a beautiful dupatta. She left her hair open and adorned herself with a maang teeka, a heavy necklace, and matching earrings. Completing her look with a black watch and black footwear, Ira looked stunning.
Nupur, the groom, wore a blue sherwani with brown footwear, looking handsome beside his bride. The couple’s simple yet elegant appearance enchanted many hearts and created a magical moment.
They embarked on their forever together ♾️ Congratulations to the newlyweds #IraKhan and #NupurShikhare ❤️ Take a look at the ladki-valas and ladke-valas posing for a picture perfect family portrait
Aamir Khan appeared beaming with pride in a pink turban as he posed with Ira’s mother, his ex-wife Reena who was dressed in a blue-green heavily worked dress.
An imam who was shot Wednesday outside a mosque in New Jersey has died, the US state’s attorney general said, adding that the killing did not initially appear to be driven by “bias” or domestic terrorism.
The shooting was reported at Masjid Muhammad-Newark at South Orange Avenue.
Imam Hassan Sharif was shot multiple times near a mosque in Newark, just west of New York, before being taken to hospital where he later died, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said.
“We do not yet know the motivation for this crime (but) the evidence collected thus far does not indicate that this was an act motivated by bias, or an act of domestic terrorism,” said Platkin.
He added that “in light of global events, and with a rise in bias that many communities are experiencing across our state — particularly the Muslim community — there are many in New Jersey right now who are feeling a heightened sense of fear.”
The state is home to 300,000 Muslim Americans, he said.
Since the outbreak of the War on Gaza, there has been an increase in Islamophobic and anti-Semitic attacks across the United States.
The Essex County prosecutor, Ted Stephens, confirmed Sharif was shot more than once, and that “it does not appear the imam was the victim of a bias crime or that this is related to terrorism.”
“We are dedicated to bringing justice for the imam’s family,” said Stephens, who called it a “dastardly crime.”
Famous Muslim scholar Dr. Omar Suleiman posted about the death of the Imam and paid tribute to him as a beloved Imam of the Newark Community.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon.
Imam Hassan Sharif, a beloved Imam of the Newark community, was shot and killed outside of his masjid. We ask Allah SWT to grant him Al-Firdaws and to grant his family patience. May Allah protect our communities and imams. pic.twitter.com/xhnxQdK5l0
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) earlier confirmed that Sharif had worked as a security screener at Newark airport since 2016.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of his passing and send our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues,” said Lisa Farbstein, a TSA spokeswoman.
Images published by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed police vehicles deployed outside the Masjid Muhammad-Newark, a two-story yellow and green complex.
Our New Jersey chapter’s Communications Manager Dina Sayedahmed: “We are deeply concerned about this incident and pray for the speedy recovery of the imam.”https://t.co/oYAcyR7k92
In a statement, CAIR described Sharif as “a beacon of leadership and excellence.”
“As always, and irrespective of this specific incident, we advise all mosques to keep their doors open but remain cautious, especially given the recent spike in anti-Muslim bigotry,” the organization said.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has nominated its Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the party’s candidate for the position of prime minister in the upcoming general election set to take place on February 8, The News reported on Thursday.
The PPP’s top decision-making body took a decision in the meeting of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Wednesday at Bilawal House in Lahore.
The former foreign minister is also contesting the election from NA-127 Lahore, where he will be in competition with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shaista Pervaiz Malik.
The CEC meeting also discussed the party election manifesto, where it was determined that jobs, health, education, and the empowerment of women and youth will be prioritised.
All party leaders in the CEC meeting showed confidence in the leadership of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari.
PPP leaders, including Secretary General Taj Haider, Syed Khursheed Shah, Rana Farooq Saeed Khan, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Samina Khalid Ghurki, Murad Ali Shah, Chaudhry Aslam Gill and Zulfikar Ali Bader were present at the meeting.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza shared a cryptic message on Instagram for the new year. Her posts always resonate with her followers, and this one seems to have sparked curiosity. The enigmatic quote read, “In 2024, I hope you find time to be happy. Not just strong,” leaving room for interpretation as to who it was meant for. The couple routinely get bombarded with breakup rumors. However, they’re still going strong after all this time.
Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik’s son Izhaan notched up his first victory in a swimming competition. Shoaib expressed immense pride on Instagram on his son’s first sports competition.
It took firefighters more than eight hours to extinguish the fire that engulfed a Japan Airlines jet after it struck another plane on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. It took 12 crew members just minutes to usher hundreds of people on board to safety.
All but one of the six people on the smaller aircraft were killed, but all 379 Japan Airlines passengers and crew escaped down emergency slides minutes before the Airbus was engulfed in flames late Tuesday.
The blackened husk of the airliner, still sitting on the tarmac Wednesday, bore witness to just how dangerous their escape had been. Several hundred metres (yards) away lay the remains of the coast guard’s DHC-8 aircraft.
The captain of the coast guard plane — which had been bound for the New Year’s Day earthquake zone in central Japan — was its lone survivor but suffered serious injuries.
Footage on Tuesday showed a ball of fire erupting from underneath the airliner shortly after landing and coming to a halt on its nose after its front landing gear failed.
“It was getting hot inside the plane, and I thought, to be honest, I would not survive,” one female passenger told broadcaster NHK.
“I thought we landed normally. But then I realised I was smelling smoke,” a woman with a small child told NHK.
“I needed to protect my daughter. That was the only thing in my mind,” she added.
Another passenger described surviving the crash as a “miracle”.
“I bounced off my seat from the impact when we landed,” the 28-year-old man told Nikkei Asia.
“We made it just in the nick of time. It’s a miracle we survived.”
Takuya Fujiwara from the Japan Transport Safety Board told reporters that the flight recorder and the voice recorder from the coast guard plane had been found, but those of the passenger jet were still being sought.
“We are surveying the situation. Various parts are scattered on the runway,” Fujiwara said, adding that the authority planned to interview several people involved.
Asked at a briefing whether the Japan Airlines flight had landing permission, officials at the major carrier said: “Our understanding is that it was given.”
Widely shared video footage shows flight attendants at the front of a darkened cabin gesturing for passengers to remain seated and thanking them for their cooperation. At one point, the camera pans across to show a window frame filled with orange light.
“Please get me out of here,” one woman shouts in the video. A child is heard asking: “Why don’t you just open the doors?”
The actions of crew and passengers have been credited with averting tragedy. Incredibly, none received serious injuries.
none appeared to have paused to retrieve hand luggage from overhead lockers, ensuring a clear route to the emergency exits. Less than two hours earlier, the passengers had watched a JAL safety video urging them to do exactly that. In the video, a flight attendant warns: “Leave your baggage when you evacuate!”, extending her open palms for emphasis. An animated sequence then shows the damage that bags and high-heeled shoes can cause to the inflatable evacuation slides.
Aviation experts said the unshakeable composure displayed by the flight attendants combined with the high level of cooperation among passengers probably prevented a deeply unsettling experience from becoming a major disaster.
“I can’t speculate on what happened here but human error will probably be found as a contributing cause,” Doug Drury, aviation expert at Central Queensland University, told AFP.
“Airlines are required to be able to empty an airplane of all passengers and crew within 90 seconds. The flight crews train for events quite frequently in simulation and it is a complicated process that as we saw was completed without fail,” he said.
Jail inmates have raped and killed a fellow prisoner in Adiala Jail, Public TV has reported.
https://youtu.be/nT9KVGGU3J4?si=5SyxdaBRUK0mjANM
The victim, Sabil, was first raped and then hanged to death by his fellow prisoners. He was locked in the mill of Adiala Jail Cell 2 where the harrowing incident took place.
The jail administration has registered a complaint against four suspects who have been detained.
According to the FIR, the victim was raped by Waqas, Asif, Naqash, and Bilal by tying his hands and feet and then killed him by putting a cloth noose around his neck.
The Jailer has said that Waqas pressed down on Sabil’s throat and chest with his foot, quoted PNP.
On the morning of January 1, the deceased was found lying unconscious in cell 2. His death was confirmed upon being transferred to the prison hospital. There were marks on the neck of the deceased which made the cause of death suspicious.
Police say that the body of the deceased prisoner has been handed over to his family after an autopsy.
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has accepted the review petition of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and restored the ECP’s ruling on the intra-party polls and election symbol of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Justice Ejaz Khan announced the reserved verdict today after hearing all parties. The Election Commission’s lawyer, Sikander Bashir Mohmand, and PTI’s lawyers, including Shah Faisal Uthmankhel and Qazi Anwar, were present in court today.
The ECP had submitted a review petition in high court against PHC’s order that suspended the ECP’s decision of declaring PTI’s intra-party elections “illegal” and stripped it of using the ‘bat’ symbol.
In its petition, the ECP requested the court to review the PTI’s intra-party elections and its decision related to the election symbol. However, PTI’s chairman, Barrister Gohar Khan, said that PTI will move to the apex court to get justice in this matter. “The Supreme Court has already stated that revoking a party’s symbol is tantamount to disbanding the entire party,” the PTI leader said, hoping that his party would get relief from the top court.
Jashn-e-Rekhta, the famous Urdu literary festival, is coming to Dubai on 27 and 28 January, 2024. It’s a two-day celebration of the Urdu language with poetry, talk shows, ghazals, and storytelling. The festival starts at Zabeel Park with a panel discussion called ‘Urdu Tehzeeb aur Rishton ki Lazzat’.
(The Delight of Urdu Culture and Relationships), featuring Javed Akhtar and Arfa Sayeda Zehra.The event will also feature a stage play, a Sufi concert by Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan, and a performance about the life of Noor Jehan. Don’t miss the enchanting session of Sufi music called ‘Shab-e Rafta’ from 9 pm to 11 pm.
There’s a talk show with Sameena Peerzada and Usmaan Peerzada, followed by an interactive session with Mahira Khan, Shabana Azmi, and Shekhar Kapur. And let’s not forget about ‘Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaau’n,’ a project combining poetry, songs, narration, and music with Javed Akhtar, Meiyang Chang, and Jahnvi Shrimankar. The grand international mushaira ‘Gehan aur Dhoop’ will showcase amazing poets like Anwar Shaoor, Farhat Ehsad, Zehra Nigah, Shakeel Azmi, and Abbas Tabish. It’s going to be a cultural fusion like no other. And with delicious food at Aiwan-e-Zaiqa Food Bazaar and an Urdu Bazaar with art, handicrafts, and books, it’s going to be a fantastic experience.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyer Intezar Hussain Panjutha has on Wednesday tweeted about the Tafseer of the Holy Quran that Khan is reading in Jail.
The Study Quran is written by a group of writers and the chief editor is Iranian Philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
— Intazar Hussain Panjutha (@intazarpanjutha) January 3, 2024
It can be ordered online via Readings and Liberty Books in Pakistan.
This is not the first time Imran Khan is either reading a commentary on the Quran or a book during incarceration. In August, his sister Aleema Khan told the media, “He has started finishing the Quran for the second time and has also read Islamic history.”
The same lawyer, Panjutha, is seemingly the most regular supplier of books to Khan as he has posted about sending him books previously as well.
