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  • River Chenab likely to experience ‘exceptionally high’ level flood, warns FFD

    River Chenab likely to experience ‘exceptionally high’ level flood, warns FFD

    The Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) has issued a warning that heavy rainfall may cause an exceptionally high level flood in River Chenab on Thursday.

    Weather conditions indicate of “very high to exceptionally high level flooding” in River Chenab from July 8 till July 10, FFD said, adding that there is also a high to very high level of flooding expected in the nullahs of rivers Ravi and Chenab.

    The flood alert stated that, “A deep trough of westerly wave along with strong incursion of monsoon currents from both sources and approaching upper air circulation, widespread heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls at scattered places is expected over the upper catchments of rivers Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab and up to some extent over River Jhelum.”

    Furthermore, the flood situation in rivers Ravi and Sutlej will depend upon releases from India.

  • Lucky Motor Corporation increases Kia car prices by up to Rs4 lakh

    Lucky Motor Corporation increases Kia car prices by up to Rs4 lakh

    Lucky Motor Corporation Limited (LMCL) has implemented price increases across all Kia car models, with the exception of Picanto Manual, Stonic EX, and Carnival. The company has not provided a specific justification for this price surge.

    It is worth noting that, in contrast to the previous price adjustment, the company has also raised the price of the Picanto. As of July 5, the revised prices for the various models are outlined in the following table:

    ModelOld price (Rs)New price (Rs)Hike (Rs)
    Picanto Automatic3,625,0003,825,000200,000
    Stonic EX+5,930,0006,050,000120,000
    Sportage Alpha7,050,0007,300,000250,000
    Sportage FWD7,940,0008,190,000250,000
    Sportage AWD8,570,0008,820,000250,000
    Sportage Black Edition9,050,0009,300,000250,000
    Sorento FWD10,400,00010,800,000400,000
    Sorento AWD11,300,00011,700,000400,000
    Sorento V611,390,00011,790,000400,000

    Previously, the company held a notable market share and was mentioned alongside Pakistan’s leading car manufacturers until mid-2022. However, currently, Kia’s car sales have dwindled to merely a few hundred units.

    Although there was a slight increase in sales for the company last month, it was not substantial enough to make a significant impact. Given the prevailing circumstances, it is understandable that all automakers in Pakistan are focused on survival.

  • ‘Pasoori’ virtuoso Sheema Kermani says she’s against remakes amid Bollywood controversy

    ‘Pasoori’ virtuoso Sheema Kermani says she’s against remakes amid Bollywood controversy

    The dancing virtuoso Sheema Kermani has thoughts about remakes after Bollywood remade the Coke Studio hit ‘Pasoori’ in which the dancing legend made an appearance.

    In the past few days, the internet became a battlefield after Bollywood music giant T-Series adapted the massive Ali Sethi and Shae Gill hit, with Ajit Singh for ‘Satyaprem Ka Katha’.

    It was a blazing hellscape, with Indian and Pakistani fans of the original track calling the remake distateful. Shae Gill had to step in to implore to fans to stop sending hate to the singers in a video:

    “And if it’s something you don’t like at all then I would say don’t listen to it. Instead of sending hate, don’t listen to it because not liking something and talking about it in your home is still fine but if you are publicly humiliating and insulting someone then it’s not very nice, is it,” she requested fans of the Pakistani hit.

    Now Kermani has given her two cents on the topic while speaking to Aaj Tak. The feminist activist said she has not watched ‘Pasoori Nu’, and is not a fan of remakes:

    “I haven’t even seen it, so I can’t comment. My feeling about remake songs has always been mixed. The toppers that are popular are remade. First of all, my reaction is that no brother, the original, is the best. The composition is so beautiful, so what is the need to remake it? I don’t like remake culture too much. Although seen in a way, the advantage is that young people are also listening to the old iconic songs. It’s a good thing. Personally, I am against it.”

    During the ‘Pasoori Nu’ controversy, an old video of Ali Sethi singing Arijit Singh’s ‘Aayat’ from the film Bajirao Mastani during an Instagram Live session went viral on the internet, where he praised the singer as one of the best ones from Bollywood:

    “Aapke mulk ke jo sabse zabardast singer he, sabse versatile… I have said this many times, but you know I feel like the sign of a great singer as opposed to say the sign of a very gifted singer, is that they can make it feel effortless and this is what Arijit Singh does with the song Aayat, which I am obsessed with. Which I think is one of the most beautiful songs to emerge from the Indian movie scene in years.”

  • Imran Ashraf’s ex reveals her biggest regret is changing herself for a man

    Imran Ashraf’s ex reveals her biggest regret is changing herself for a man

    Actor Imran Ashraf and his former wife Kiran Ashfaque announced their divorce in October 2022, after being married for four years. Recently, Kiran created a stir on her Instagram account where she wrote that she deeply regretted changing herself for a man, and vowed to never take such a step again.

    “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
    Do not change ur personality or anything for anyone ❤️
    I did it and i regret it.”

    While it may or may not have been a direct reference to her ex, many Instagram users lauded the influencer’s brave stand on embracing your own body and learning never to change to make others happy

    Previously, Kiran did a Q & A on Instagram with her followers where, after months of silence, she finally opened up about why she chose to divorce the actor. Some of her responses made users feel like that not everything was glamorous behind the scenes as it is in front of the cameras.

    When a user asked Kiran why she had divorced her husband, she snapped back “Go and ask him why did he divorce me.”

    When another user asked Kiran on whether she got a divorce because of her bold nature, her response was:

    “I was always a bold person, but I had changed myself for someone. My advice to everyone is to never change yourself for someone else. Check my old photos on Google babe.”

  • Bushra Bibi, Imran Khan illegal marriage case: Revision appeal filed against Imran Khan

    Bushra Bibi, Imran Khan illegal marriage case: Revision appeal filed against Imran Khan

    A petitioner has filed a revision appeal in an illegal marriage case against Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan in a district and session courts in Islamabad.

    Petitioner Muhammad Hanif filed the revision appeal against the decision of Civil Judge Nasrmanullah. Session Judge Azam Khan will hear the revision appeal on July 13.

    Session Judge Azam Khan has also issued a notice to Imran Khan and the petitioner.

    It has been stated in the petition that Bushra Manika got separated from her husband, Khawar Manika, without any reason and married Imran Khan. After nikkah with Khan, they remained in Bani Gala.

    The petitioner has requested in the petition that the decision of the civil judge regarding Imran Khan’s marriage be annulled.

  • Court releases ADC after rape survivor deviates from accusation

    Court releases ADC after rape survivor deviates from accusation

    Trigger warning: Rape

    A rape survivor retracted her statement before the Additional Sessions Judge in the case she had filed against the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) in Mianwali.

    A hearing was held on the rape case in a Mianwali court on Thursday, in which the petitioner appeared before the judge and deviated from her statement.

    She told the court that no rape had taken place.

    After the woman’s statement, the court dismissed the case and the ADC was released.

    A day earlier, the government official was arrested after a woman from Lahore mentioned in the FIR that the ADC raped her on the pretense of job, as reported by Geo News.

  • Jail reforms: Bakeries to be established in Punjab prisons

    Jail reforms: Bakeries to be established in Punjab prisons

    The Punjab care-taker government has decided to decision has been made to establish bakeries in prisons across Punjab to enroll the inmates in different courses.

    The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi.

    During the meeting, it was decided to initiate a program for setting up bakeries in prisons with the cooperation of volunteers.


    During the meeting, it was decided that in the initial phase, a bakery will be established in Lahore’s Camp Jail.

    According to the decisions made in the meeting, the duration of monthly telephone calls for prisoners has been increased to 300 minutes.

    Modern kitchens, laundry rooms, meeting rooms, and facilities will be built in 16 jails.


    Toyota and the Jail Department have also reached an agreement to provide technical courses to prisoners in 10 more jails.

    Chief Operating Officer of Toyota, Ahmed Khawar, and Inspector General of Prisons, Farooq Nazir, have signed the agreement.

    Under this agreement, prisoners in 10 additional jails in Punjab will undergo 16 Toyota courses.

    Upon completion of the courses lasting from 3 to 6 months, prisoners will be awarded certificates, and leniency may be granted in their sentences.

  • Zaka Ashraf takes charge of Najam Sethi’s vacant position in PCB

    Zaka Ashraf takes charge of Najam Sethi’s vacant position in PCB

    Zaka Ashraf has assumed the role of the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee on Thursday, following the departure of his predecessor, Najam Sethi.

    The PCB confirmed that all the necessary procedures for appointing Ashraf as the committee’s chief have been completed.

    Upon his arrival at the PCB headquarters in Lahore, Ashraf received a warm welcome from senior officials of the cricket board. He was scheduled to preside over a meeting of the 10-member committee which had received approval from the Cabinet Division on Wednesday.

    The 10-member Management Committee formed for a period of four months consists of Zaka Ashraf (ex-chairman PCB), Kalim Ullah Khan, Ashfaq Akhtar, Muhammad Mussadiq Islam, Azmat Pervez, Zaheer Abbas, Khurram Karim Somroo, Khawaja Nadeem, Mustafa Ramday and Zulfiqar Malik.

  • Protests against loadshedding turn violent in Lyari

    Protests against loadshedding turn violent in Lyari

    Residents of Karachi’s Lyari staged a protest against prolonged load-shedding in their area on Wednesday, blocking both tracks of Mauripur Road and stopping vehicular traffic, Dawn reports. Police were allegedly forced to fire tear gas shells and baton charge the protestors to clear the road. 

    The vice chairman of UC-7 in  Lyari, Zohaib Baloch, who is one of the organisers of the protest, reportedly told Dawn that Lyari residents were facing up to 16 hours of load shedding daily, which exacerbated the crisis of water in the locality. 

    A large number of people, including women and children, staged a sit-in on Mauripur Road near Dua Hotel, blocking one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city. 

    A police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed that they were compelled to take aggressive action when protestors started ‘smashing’ cars and other vehicles on the road.

    Baloch, however, claims that the police charged the locals with batons and fired tear gas at them in order to disperse the protest. He adds that their protest would continue until their demands were fulfilled. 

    According to Dawn, Baloch said that residents at Mira Naka in Lyari were protesting the same problem. Alas, this is not the first time residents of what is considerably one of Karachi’s oldest neighbourhoods have staged protests against insufficient facilities and provisions. 

    In fact, just earlier this week on Monday, residents of Lyari staged a protest against long hours of gas shortages, claiming that and the scarcity of fuel forces them to burn wood to cook meals. 

    The smoke that rises from the burning wood has caused sickness in children, while the infrastructure of houses has also been affected due to the use of wood fire. 

    Residents of Mandra Para, Rahiman Soomra and Baloch Mohallo placed gas cylinders and gas stoves on the road to protest, and the protestors included women and children.

    Karachi Press Club president Saeed Sarbazi said that K-Electric might have reasons to resort to load-shedding on the pretext of ‘losses’, but a host of issues must be considered for the problem to be resolved, Dawn reports. 

    He added that residents of Lyari were of a working-class background and thereby could not afford exorbitant electricity bills, saying that the problem required a political and social initiative.

  • Police to include Imran Khan as accused in GHQ attack case

    The police have decided to include Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as an accused in the May 9 case of the attack on the General Headquarters’ (GHQ) gate and the office of a sensitive institution, Samaa has reported. According to sources, Chairman PTI will be named as an accused in light of the statements of the suspects under investigation.

    Sources say that the decision to nominate Imran Khan was taken after consulting legal experts.

    Cases of attacks on GHQ gate and buildings are registered at RA Bazar police station and Newtown police station.

    It should be noted that more than 100 accused have been arrested in the GHQ attack case; three female accused have been identified so far; one suspect has obtained bail from the court; and the case has been registered under the Terrorism Act.


    Former provincial minister Raja Basharat is also named as an accused in the case.