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  • Imran Khan’s close aides’ names placed on no-fly list

    The federal government placed the names of two of former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s close aides — Mirza Shahzad Akbar and Ziaul Mustafa Naseem — on the no-fly list pertaining to a private housing scheme at the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

    According to media reports, the cabinet removed the 22 names from the Exit Control List (ECL) and added the names of 10 people to it.

    Both Akbar and Naseem are presently in the United Kingdom (UK). According to Dawn, as per practice, if a person whose name is placed on ECL is abroad, he is arrested on his return and handed over to the relevant law-enforcement agency.

    Akbar has served as an adviser on interior and accountability to former PM Khan. He left for Dubai on April 17, from where he flew to London five days later, five days after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended FIA orders placing his name on the stop list.

    Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah accused Akbar and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi of accepting Rs5 billion and hundreds of kanals from a housing developer in return for “providing protection” to the real estate firm in the same case during their term.

    Earlier this month, the coalition government reportedly decided to put the names of Khan and other PTI leaders on the no-fly list to prevent them from leaving the country.

  • Suzuki slashes prices of all locally assembled vehicles

    Suzuki slashes prices of all locally assembled vehicles

    Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has announced a price cut for all vehicles following Toyota. The latest decline in car prices is attributed to the strengthening of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar.

    Here’s the latest price list of all Pak Suzuki cars:

    Vehicle Old Price New Prices Reduction
    Alto
    Alto VX Rs1,789,000 Rs1,699,000 Rs90,000
    Alto VXR Rs2,079,000 Rs1,976,000 Rs103,000
    Alto VXL Rs2,399,000 Rs2,223,000 Rs116,000
    Wagon R
    Wagon R VXR Rs2,549,000 Rs2,421,000 Rs128,000
    Wagon R VXL Rs2,699,000 Rs2,564,000 Rs135,000
    Wagon R AGS Rs2,949,000 Rs2,802,000 Rs147,000
    Cultus
    Cultus VXR Rs2,879,000 Rs2,754,000 Rs125,000
    Cultus VXL Rs3,164,000 Rs3,024,000 Rs135,000
    Cultus AGS Rs3,379,000 Rs3,234,000 Rs145,000
    Swift
    Swift GL M/T Rs3,349,000 Rs3,180,000 Rs169,000
    Swift GL CVT Rs3,599,000 Rs3,420,000 Rs179,000
    Swift GLX CVT Rs3,959,000 Rs3,760,000 Rs199,000
    Bolan and Ravi
    Ravi Rs1,499,000 Rs1,349,000 Rs75,000
    Bolan VX Rs1,579,000 Rs1,500,000 Rs79,000
    Bolan Cargo Rs1,566,000 Rs1,487,000 Rs79,000
    Pak Suzuki Latest Car Prices in Pakistan 2022 – 16 August 2022

    Suzuki Swift’s price has decreased significantly by Rs199,000 compared to all other vehicles. The top Suzuki Swift GLX CVT variant will now be sold for Rs3.760 million as compared to its earlier price of Rs3.959 million.

    Read more: Toyota announces price cut for all vehicles

    The Suzuki Ravi Pickup saw the smallest drop in cost, dropping from Rs1.499 million to Rs1.349 million after a tiny reduction of Rs75,000.

  • Attack on polio team: Two police officers martyred

    Attack on polio team: Two police officers martyred

    Two police officers were martyred in an armed attack on a polio squad in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) district. Armed men opened fire on the polio team in Tank district.

    Constables Pir Rehman and Nisar were killed in the incident. They were both deputed on the security of the polio team.

    Following the incident, a contingent of police and security forces arrived in the area, collected evidence, and began the investigation by gathering eyewitness testimony.

    The current polio campaign will run until August 24.

    Earlier this year in June, one polio worker and three others were killed as a result of an attack on the polio team in North Waziristan.
    Pakistan has reported at least six cases of polio this year, As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two polio-endemic nations in the world.

  • Aamir Khan is shocked and stressed after the disastrous business of ‘LSC’

    Aamir Khan is shocked and stressed after the disastrous business of ‘LSC’

    Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan needs no introduction as his decades-long career is enough for it. He has credited several super hit movies in his name. Some of them are PK, Dangal, Lagaan, Ghajini, Dhoom 3 and Dil Chahta Hai.

    According to Bollywood Hungama, Aamir is currently in a state of shock and stress, considering the massive failure of Laal Singh Chaddha. The film has collected less than 50 crore at the box office despite being a festive release.

    “Aamir had worked really hard to make the best version of  Forrest Gump possible. The rejection has hit him very hard,” says a close friend of Aamir and his former wife Kiran Rao.

    The immediate aftermath of this colossal setback may get monetary compensation for film distributors across the country who have lost heavily on Laal Singh Chaddha.

    Apparently Aamir, as co-producer, has taken responsibility for the film’s failure and is working at partially compensating for the heavy losses incurred by distributors.

    Earlier this month trade Analyst Ali Zain shared on his Twitter handle that Khan has submitted his big-budget film, Laal Singh Chadda for NOC in Pakistan.

    Although Indian films are currently banned in Pakistan, this could have initiated a new wave of Bollywood mania in Pakistani cinema houses.

    Can Aamir Khan Strike Gold With Laal Singh Chaddha Amid Hate Hashtags - IBTimes India

    On the recent boycott Twitter trend for his film, the Rang De Basanti star said, “Yes, I feel sad. Also, I feel sad that some of the people who are saying this, in their hearts, believe that I am someone who doesn’t like India. In their hearts, they believe, but it is untrue. It is rather unfortunate that some people feel that way. That’s not the case. Please don’t boycott my film. Please watch my film.”

    In 2015, Aamir came under fire for his comments about ‘intolerant India’. “When I chat with Kiran at home, she says ‘Should we move out of India?’ That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day,” he had said.

    “I never said India was intolerant or I wanted to leave the country. I also understand the emotions of those who were hurt. I would like to say that my statement was misunderstood and to some extent, the media is responsible for it. I was born here and I will die here,” Aamir had later responded.

    The hashtag #BoycottLaalSinghChaddha has close to 70,000 tweets and people have been actively trolling the lead actors. From Kareena’s statement on nepotism and asking people to not watch her films if they don’t want to in an old video to Aamir’s controversial scenes “against Hinduism” in his films to asking for justice for late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, there are many reasons being pointed out by social media users.

    Earlier in an interview with News18, the actor opened on why he gave up alcohol. In the interview, he said that he used to down the entire bottle but later felt it was not okay.

    While speaking to the news portal, the Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak actor said, “I used to drink sometimes, but I don’t anymore. Some people take two pegs and they are sorted. But I was never one of those who drank regularly. I used to drink on occasions, but whenever I did sit down to drink, I would down the entire bottle. And I felt that that was not okay.”

    He further added that nothing major had happened with him in the state of intoxication that he would regret later. “The fact that a person is no longer under their own control, that didn’t sit well with me,” concluded the Dhoom 3 hero.

    Aamir consumed a bottle of vodka to shoot for the song ‘Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge’ in the 1996 film ‘Raja Hindustani’.

    Raja Hindustani Full Movie Amazing Facts - Amir Khan, Kareena Kapoor - YouTube

    He got drunk for another scene in 3 Idiots.

  • We have not invested enough in education, health and infrastructure: PM Shehbaz

    In an interview to The Economist on Pakistan’s Independence Day, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif highlighted the root problems of the economic crisis gripping the nation nowadays.

    Titled “Pakistan’s prime minister on his drive to modernise the country“, PM Shehbaz mainly talked about critical structural flaws that hindered the state’s economy. According to him, the first reason is that Pakistan’s political environment has become increasingly polarised.

    “Instead of debating how to run Pakistan better and rid the country of poverty, political parties have been at each other’s throats,” he pointed out.

    “We have not invested enough in the nuts and bolts of development: education, health and infrastructure. This is in part due to an abysmally low tax take, but it also reflects our priorities in public spending.”

    PM Shehbaz further highlighted the fact that Pakistan has not enjoyed the benefits of globalisation.

    “Today, we hardly make anything that the world wants and our companies remain very comfortable only operating within our borders, often protected by barriers to competition,” he stressed.

    He pointed out that Pakistan’s exports are just 10 per cent. Shehbaz said that where “two out of every three people are below the age of 30 and full of aspirations and where every third person lives on less than $3.20 a day and less than a quarter of our women work outside the home,” it is a moment that merits “serious introspection”.

    ‘Pakistan was one of the biggest victims of state-sponsored terrorism’: PM Shehbaz

    In an interview with Newsweek’s senior foreign policy writer Tom O’Connor, PM Shehbaz said it was no secret that Pakistan was “one of the biggest victims of state-sponsored terrorism that is planned, supported and financed by hostile intelligence agencies”.

    He went on to say that terrorist attacks against Chinese nationals were “aided and abetted by forces inimical to the Pakistan-China strategic partnership”.

    Talking about friction between the US and China, the premier said: “While the Pakistan-China relationship is very special, Pakistan and the US have also maintained a long-standing historic bilateral relationship which covers all issues of mutual interest.”

    He was of the view that the world cannot afford to go back into another “era of Cold War or bloc politics”.

    The premier called for all parties to agree to the “minimum rules of the game in which the welfare of the people remains paramount”.

    “Systematic problems can be fixed through engagement and consultations among all political stakeholders. This course may take time, but is the only way forward for the system to become strong, resilient and efficient.”

     

  • Civil Awards: Govt honours sports stars on 75th Independence Day

    Civil Awards: Govt honours sports stars on 75th Independence Day

    This year marks the 75th year of independence for Pakistan. To commemorate the occasion, 253 Pakistani citizens from all walks of life, as well as foreign nationals, were awarded the highest honours: the Pakistan Civil Awards by President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, for showing excellent courage and remarkable achievements in their respective fields. A number of prominent Pakistani celebrities, belonging to the field of entertainment and sports were also conferred with the Civil Awards.

    The investiture ceremony of these awards will take place on Pakistan Day — March 23, 2023.

    Read more–Pakistan Civil Awards: List of all the recipients

    14 athletes are also honoured with civil awards.

    Three athletes from the cricketing world have received the awards. Skipper Babar Azam was bestowed with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, women’s cricket team captain Bismah received Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and blind cricketer Masood Jan was honoured with the Pride of Performance award.

    Read more-Winners List: Government honours celebrities with prestigious national awards on 75th Independence Day

    Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt were given the President’s award for Pride of Performance for bagging gold medals for Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games.

    Legendary squash player Jahangir Khan has been honoured with Nishan-i-Imtiaz. Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan received President’s award for Pride of Performance.

    Two kabbadi players Ch Shafay Hussain and Shafiq Ahmed Chishti were honoured with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz respectively.

    Ahsan Ramzan (Snooker), Amina Wali (Skiing), Abdul Karim (Mountaineer/Porter), Irfan Mehsood (Martial Arts) and Ms Shahida (Karate) athletes were also awarded with Pride of Performance.

  • Toyota announces price cut for all vehicles

    Toyota announces price cut for all vehicles

    Toyota Indus Motor Company (IMC) has announced a reduction in car prices after the Pakistani rupee’s spectacular comeback against the US dollar.

    It is worth mentioning that Toyota had increased car prices up to Rs3.16 million less than two weeks ago.

    The latest car prices for Toyota’s Completely Knocked Down (CKD) units are listed below:

    Vehicle Old Price New Price Reduction
    Toyota Yaris
    Yaris 1.3 Gli M/T Rs3,799,000 Rs3,539,000 Rs260,000
    Yaris 1.3 Gli CVT Rs4,039,000 Rs3,769,000 Rs270,000
    Yaris 1.3 ATIV M/T Rs3,999,000 Rs3,729,000 Rs270,000
    Yaris 1.3 ATIV CVT Rs4,209,000 Rs3,929,000 Rs280,000
    Yaris 1.5 ATIV X M/T Rs4,309,000 Rs4,009,000 Rs300,000
    Yaris 1.5 ATIV X CVT Rs4,569,000 Rs4,259,000 Rs310,000
    Toyota Corolla
    Corolla Altis 1.6 M/T Rs4,899,000 Rs4,569,000 Rs330,000
    Corolla Altis 1.6 A/T Rs5,139,000 Rs4,789,000 Rs350,000
    Corolla Altis SE 1.6 A/T Rs5,639,000 Rs5,279,000 Rs360,000
    Corolla Altis 1.8 CVT Rs5,679,000 Rs5,269,000 Rs410,000
    Corolla Altis 1.8 Grande CVT Beige Interior Rs6,149,000 Rs5,709,000 Rs440,000
    Corolla Altis 1.8 Grande CVT Black Interior Rs6,189,000 Rs5,749,000 Rs440,000
    Toyota Hilux Revo
    Hilux Revo G 2.8 M/T Rs9,819,000 Rs9,169,000 Rs650,000
    Hilux Revo G 2.8 A/T Rs10,299,000 Rs9,609,000 Rs690,000
    Hilux Revo V 2.8 A/T Rs11,349,000 Rs10,599,000 Rs750,000
    Hilux Revo Rocco Rs11,999,000 Rs11,179,000 Rs820,000
    Toyota Fortuner
    Fortuner G A/T Rs12,489,000 Rs11,579,000 Rs910,000
    Fortuner V A/T Rs14,279,000 Rs13,259,000 Rs1,020,000
    Fortuner Sigma 4 A/T Rs15,069,000 Rs13,969,000 Rs1,100,000
    Fortuner Legender Rs15,839,000 Rs14,699,000 Rs1,140,000
    Toyota cars latest price list effective from 16 August 2022

    The automaker decreased the price of Corolla variants by Rs330,000-Rs440,000. The price of the Corolla 1.6 manual model was reduced by Rs330,000, from Rs4.899 million to Rs4.569 million. After a reduction of Rs350,000, the Corolla 1.6 automatic model is now priced at Rs4.789 million.

    Similar reductions were made in the price of Yaris variants, which were reduced between Rs260,000 and Rs310,000. The Yaris 1.5 CVT received the largest price reduction in the aforementioned category, falling by Rs310,000 to a new price of Rs4.259 million from its previous price of Rs4.569 million.

    The price of Hilux Revo was reduced between Rs650,000 to Rs820,000. While the invoice of Revo V AT Rocco dropped from Rs11.999 million to Rs11.179 million, the cost of Revo G MT reduced from Rs9.819 million to Rs9.169 million.

    Read more: Cheapest new cars to buy in Pakistan

    IMC also reduced the prices for the Fortuner models between Rs910,000 and Rs1.14 million.

    After a drop of Rs910,000, the Toyota Fortuner Lo Petrol variant is now offered for Rs11.579 million. The Fortuner Diesel Legender model witnessed a major price decrease, dropping from Rs15.839 million to Rs14.69 million.

  • Bushra Bibi has no jewellery: Khan provides asset details to ECP

    Bushra Bibi has no jewellery: Khan provides asset details to ECP

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday, August 15, declared his wife Bushra Bibi’s and all his assets in the nomination papers to contest the by-elections from Faisalabad constituency NA-108, reports Geo News.

    Providing details to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Khan revealed that his assets are more than Rs304.2 million.

    According to the news outlet, Khan declared two inherited houses and 228 kanals of land in the Bhakkar district. He also owns a flat and a commercial plot on Constitution Avenue in Islamabad from which he is receiving Rs1.4 million as rent. He has four bank accounts, but no investment in any company. He showed Rs11.22 million cash in hand. Khan has four goats worth Rs0.2 million.

    Declaring his wife Bushra Bibi’s assets, he revealed that she has 698 kanals of land in Pakpattan and Okara. As per the nomination papers, a three-kanal house in Bani Gala is in the name of his wife, and that she has no jewellery.

    Khan declared that he spent Rs48.66 million on the construction of the Zaman Park house, and spent Rs4.9 million on additional constructions in Bani Gala. In the nomination papers, Khan did not mention details of his children.

  • Yashma Gill lauds ‘queen’ Hania Aamir for her latest ‘philanthropic’ gesture

    Yashma Gill lauds ‘queen’ Hania Aamir for her latest ‘philanthropic’ gesture

    Actor Yashma Gill took to her Instagram stories to appreciate fellow actress Hania Aamir for her latest charity work. The Pyaar Ke Sadqay star recently asked her friends and followers to donate money for an underprivileged women’s surgery on social media. The needy lady required 4 lac rupees more.

    However Hania, who is currently riding high on the success of her blockbuster drama Mere Hamsafar, donated the entire amount in one go.

    Yashma acknowledged her special gesture and termed Hania as a ‘queen’ for her charity work.

    Earlier this year Gill, appeared on Geo’s Jashan-e-Cricket during PSL 7, on which she expressed her fondness for cricketer Shaheen Shah Afridi and his dimples.

    The Amanat star stated that she is rooting for Shaheen’s Lahore Qalandars and she believes that Shaheen’s dimples will take away the match.

    Lahore Qalandars later won the PSL 7 series under Shaheen’s captaincy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNeRM7rqSXs

    The talented actress earlier opened up on her battle with depression and said though that she has talked about this before, she will “keep talking about it till it doesn’t become normal”.

    “As someone who has had first-hand experience of depression, panic attacks and anxiety so severe that it sometimes became derealisation, I can’t stress enough at the importance of reaching out and seeking help,” wrote the actor.

    She continued: “Please stop labelling someone’s depression as just a phase or sadness. Sadness and depression are two different emotional states with depression being way more difficult to carry your life with, it’s dark, hollow, emotionally debilitating and can take a toll on your logical thinking leaving u feeling hopeless.”

    Gill further said that there were times when she felt that the pain was so severe that she felt like giving up. However, her belief and faith kept her going and with that belief in Allah, she decided not to give up and reached out for help.

    “Despite the fear of being called mentally challenged, a psycho or someone that can just not be labelled normal (which are all such shameful terms to give to anyone suffering from the illness of an organ called brain just like other organs can get infected it can too) I started taking therapy,” shared the actor, adding that when therapy hit a wall for her, she opted for medication which helped her recover from depression.

    Yashma asserted that “just like other organs in our body that can get infected, the brain is an organ too and can get infected so there is nothing abnormal in that. What’s abnormal is for anyone to not worry about taking care of it or getting it treated like the rest of the organs.”

    She concluded by requesting her followers and those reading her note to be kind and empathetic towards each other and not to hurt anyone.

  • ‘He was stripped naked’: Imran Khan reveals Shahbaz Gill was tortured in custody

    ‘He was stripped naked’: Imran Khan reveals Shahbaz Gill was tortured in custody

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has revealed that his chief of staff Shahbaz Gill was stripped naked and beaten up in custody.

    Gill was arrested for inciting the public against the state institutions.

    ‘He should not have said that,’ Khan on Gill’s remarks

    “Yes, he should not have said what he did. It seems like he is inciting rebellion in the armed forces. It was wrong. We want to see a strong military,” said Khan when asked if he condemns Gill’s remarks.

    “Gill was beaten and asked how many times did General Faiz meet Imran Khan and what does Imran Khan eat,” revealed Khan.

    ‘I am a professor, not a criminal’: Shahbaz Gill

    On August 12, Gill told a court in Islamabad that he is being subjected to extreme torture in custody. He added that he is not permitted to sleep and not even allowed to meet his lawyers. He alleged that no medical examination was conducted as claimed by the authorities. The Islamabad Police had earlier claimed that Gill underwent medical examination at the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and the medical report revealed that he was not tortured.

    Shahbaz Gill was taken into custody on August 9 from Bani Gala Chowk for inciting the public against state institutions.

    Read more- ’Aqal hai tumhaaray mein,’ CM Punjab Pervaiz Elahi to Shahbaz Gill

    ‘PTI stands with Gill’: Fawad Chaudhry

    Fawad Chaudhry said recently the party is standing with Gill, adding that PTI chief Imran Khan had also raised the issue during Saturday’s rally in Lahore.

    He went on to say that the current government had also used indiscriminate force against children, women and unarmed citizens. “The same is happening with Shahbaz Gill.”

    “This is the policy of Rana Sanaullah which is being practiced in the country,” he added.

    He further claimed that the government wants to recover Gill’s mobile phone and wants custody of him so that they can torture him again. He went on to say that Gill made the controversial comments on Muharram 10 when mobile phone services were suspended.

    “The phone call was made via landline and you have that number. The statement was broadcast live on ARY News and you have that too,” he said.

    He went on to say that the current government had also used indiscriminate force against children, women and unarmed citizens. “The same is happening with Shahbaz Gill.”

    “This is the policy of Rana Sanaullah which is being practiced in the country,” he added.

    He further claimed that the government wants to recover Gill’s mobile phone and wants custody of him so that they can torture him again. He went on to say that Gill made the controversial comments on Muharram 10 when mobile phone services were suspended.

    “The phone call was made via landline and you have that number. The statement was broadcast live on ARY News and you have that too,” he said.

    High court adjourned hearing over his physical remand extension

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a notice to senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill and adjourned the hearing on the matter of an extension in Gill’s physical remand today (August 15).

    The court adjourned the hearing after seeking a reply from Gill by tomorrow (Tuesday, August 16).

    On August 13, a judicial magistrate rejected the police’s request to extend Gill’s physical remand and sent him to jail on judicial remand. The same day, the prosecution filed an appeal in a sessions court, which was also dismissed. Subsequently, the government filed a petition in the IHC for Gill’s physical custody, arguing that the ongoing investigation against him and collection of evidence could not be completed without it.

    While hearing arguments from the prosecution today, Acting IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq questioned why authorities are seeking PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s physical custody.

    “You are saying that an extension in the suspect’s physical remand is necessary? What will you do after getting the extension?” Justice Farooq questioned.

    The prosecution maintained that the ongoing investigation against Gill and the collection of evidence cannot be completed without an extension of his remand in police custody.

    Islamabad Advocate General Jadoon informed the judge of the lower courts’ decisions regarding the PTI leader’s physical remand. He added that the government had taken “serious notice” of Gill’s comments on television that “targeted the country’s institutions” and registered a case against him.

    Court seeks Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea matter

    Shahbaz Gill filed a petition before an Islamabad district and sessions judge seeking post-arrest bail on Sunday, August 14, in the sedition case against him.

    On Monday, the court sought arguments on the bail plea. Gill’s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry requested the court to issue a verdict on the plea, maintaining that his arguments are ready.

    At this, the judge responded that a similar case is under trial in the IHC as well. Faisal answered that the matter under trial in the IHC is related to the order of the judicial magistrate and, therefore, this court can hear the case regardless of the case in the high court.

    During the hearing, Gill’s lawyer stated, “It is a declared law that no one can be kept in jail for a single minute without reason.”

    At this, the court directed the investigation officer to appear in court with records at 11am. It also ordered the lawyer to submit a power of attorney on Gill’s behalf, and sought arguments from the parties upon resumption of the hearing at 11am.

    However, the hearing was further adjourned till 2pm. Meanwhile, the prosecution has requested the court to keep the case adjourned.