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  • Opposition reacts to rejection of No-Confidence Motion, to approach SC

    Opposition reacts to rejection of No-Confidence Motion, to approach SC

    The opposition has reacted to the dismissal of the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly session and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s advice to President Dr Arif Alvi to dissolve the assemblies. After PM Khan announced that he had asked Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, the President dissolved the National Assembly.

    In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the country will move towards early elections. “Prepare for elections. No corrupt forces will decide what the future of the country will be. When the assemblies will be dissolved, the procedure for the next elections and the caretaker government will begin,” he added.

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the opposition will approach the Supreme Court against the dismissal of the no-confidence motion, “Government has violated the constitution. did not allow voting on a no-confidence motion. The united opposition is not leaving parliament. Our lawyers are on their way to Supreme Court. We call on ALL institutions to protect, uphold, defend & implement the constitution of Pakistan,” he said.

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif tweeted: “No one should be allowed to distort the constitution of Pakistan to save his seat. She also referred to PM Khan as a “crazy” and “obsessive person”.

    PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Senator Sherry Rehman has said, “All actions today are unconstitutional, illegal and will take the country straight into a dangerous constitutional crisis.”

    Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has also reacted to the news. “All he has left is unconstitutional, illegal and treasonous methods because this is the reality of Imran Khan’s popularity with neutrality.”

    Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has said that Article 6, which applies to treason, will be applicable to Imran Khan and Qasim Khan Suri for “unconstitutional” acts.

    Other politicians have also reacted to the dismissal of the no-confidence motion:

  • Punjab Governor Sarwar removed early in the morning: What really happened?

    Punjab Governor Sarwar removed early in the morning: What really happened?

    Federal Information and Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted in the morning around 9am that Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has been removed from his position. “A new governor will be announced later. According to the Constitution, the Deputy Speaker will be the acting Governor.”

    Senior journalist Hamid Mir tweeted that he spoke to Chaudhry Sarwar, who told him that the Prime Minister’s Office was forcing him to do unconstitutional things that he refused. “He said Fed Govt wanted me to delay today’s session of the Punjab Assembly when he resisted they sacked him on the demand of Ch Pervez Elahi,” added Mir.

    However, Mir deleted his tweet and later tweeted a new one saying, “Governor @ChMSarwar called me and said he is still governor.”

    Rumour has it that Governor Sarwar was allegedly helping Hamza Shehbaz in today’s chief minister elections in Punjab.

    In November 2018, a video surfaced in which Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Tariq Bashir Cheema could be seen complaining to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen that Chaudhry Sarwar should be controlled as he was not letting Usman Buzdar work.

    “Sir, control Sarwar! He will not let your chief minister continue,” Cheema could be heard telling Tareen.

    https://twitter.com/PakPressWatch/status/1061957553251405824

  • Man murders girlfriend over a small argument

    A man named Daniel Padilla-Ang, 27, murdered his girlfriend in a trivial argument after he broke her vape. The incident took place in the Orem city of Utah, United States(US).

    According to the details, Ang’s girlfriend slapped him after he broke her vape. He then strangled her to death.

    Ang called the police helpline 911 after committing the murder around 3 am. When the police reached his house, he said, “I just strangled my girlfriend to death. She’s dead … It was me.” He said he was ready to surrender himself.

    During interrogation, Padilla-Ang revealed that they were in a relationship for many months.

    He added, “She had come to my apartment the day before and we consumed alcohol that night.” He further said that he wanted to use his girlfriend’s vape pen, which she refused to give him. He then snatched the vape pen from her and broke it. The victim became furious and she slapped and pushed him.

    Ang then strangled his girlfriend to death. After she passed out, he started punching her.

    “He put his hands over (her) mouth and pinched her nose to see if she was still breathing. When she did not struggle, he knew she was dead,” the report says.

    Padilla-Ang drank more alcohol and informed his family via text messages that he killed his girlfriend and he would not be able to see them for a while.

    The police also revealed that he had a criminal record of domestic violence and was arrested five times in the last eight years.

  • Ahsan Khan’s 4-year-old “British-Asian” meme trends on Twitter once again

    Ahsan Khan’s 4-year-old clip has once again come to life, as the #BritishAsian hashtag started to appear on Twitter’s trending list. In the video which was recorded in 2018, the actor flaunted a British accent and presented himself as a “British-Asian actor” who lives “here and there”.

    Khan was in London for the International Pakistan Prestige Awards, where he received the ‘Star Of The Year’ award and spoke at multiple media interviews.

    He voiced several excellent observations, and many people appreciated what he said about Pakistan’s growing drama industry.

    The BBC also covered the ceremony, questioning PEMRA’s ruling (at that time) regarding our productions being “too bold”. Khan stressed the importance of using our shows to address Pakistani moral codes and cultural challenges.

    He highlighted how there should be a clear distinction between exaggeration and depicting reality.

    Besides the appreciation the actor received, the netizens could not resist noting something unusual about his accent during these interviews. The #BritishPakistani posts comprising Ahsan Khan’s quotes have once again flooded social media.

    https://twitter.com/gayomarlic/status/1508359844285321223?s=21&t=Su9EoEZCgmELXl35Gu0WiQ

    Trolling has become more common than ever before on the social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and others. Celebrities are often the victim of this troll brigade. Every gesture, every position, and every picture published by celebrities is critiqued, from their attire to their accent.

    Ahsan Khan is best known for his roles in Udaari, Aangan, and Dastaan. For his act in Chupan Chupai, he was also nominated for Lux Style Awards for the ‘Best Film Actor’ in 2018. He currently hosts ‘Time Out with Ahsan Khan’, a talk show that was previously fined Rs50,000 by PEMRA for using animals as props.

  • ‘Ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees’: General Bajwa

    ‘Ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees’: General Bajwa

    Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute.

    “Pakistan is ready to move forward on this front if India also agrees to do so,” the COAS said.

    “I believe it is time for the political leadership of the region to rise above their emotional and perceptional biases and break the shackles of history to bring peace and prosperity to almost three billion people of the region.”

    Khanewal Indian Missile incident

    Gen Bajwa termed India’s “accidental” launching of a supersonic missile into Pakistan on March 9 a matter of “serious concern”.

    “We expect India to provide evidence to assure Pakistan and the world that their weapons are safe and secure.”

    “Unlike other incidents involving strategic weapons systems, this is the first time in history that a supersonic cruise missile from one nuclear-armed nation has landed in another,” he said.

    Relationship with the US

    “Pakistan does not believe in camp politics and our bilateral relations with our partners are not at the expense of our relationships with other countries.”

    He said that Pakistan sought to broaden and expand relations with both China and the US “without impacting our relations with [either]”.

    In addition, relations with the European Union, the United Kingdom, Gulf countries, South East Asia and Japan were also important for Pakistan’s progress, the COAS said.

    Pakistan enjoyed a close strategic relationship with China, which was demonstrated by the country’s commitment towards the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he said, adding, “Equally, we share a long and excellent strategic relationship with the US, which remains our largest export market.”

    Afghanistan situation

    “Pakistan recognises that it is the regions and not countries that grow. This is why we believe that peace and stability in our wider region are prerequisites for achieving shared regional prosperity and development. In this regard, our doors are open for all our neighbours,” the COAS said.

    The army chief cautioned that an inability to address the issues would “not only lead to a refugee crisis but will again make Afghanistan an epicentre of terrorism where [the Islamic State] with its global agenda flourishes [and] may result in more than one 9/11”.

    Gen Bajwa stressed the need for the international community to support the Afghan government. “The performance of present Afghan government is not satisfactory, to say the least, but we have to be patient and accommodative.”

    “While Pakistan shares some of the concerns of the international community, we believe disengagement with Afghanistan is not an option,” he stressed.

  • ‘Snakes all around, Once a dog always a dog’: Neha Malik shares a series of shocking posts

    ‘Snakes all around, Once a dog always a dog’: Neha Malik shares a series of shocking posts

    Veteran actor Saba Faisal’s daughter-in-law has posted a series of cryptic posts on her Instagram handle. Netizens are assuming that these posts are targeted at her in-laws with whom she has shared problematic equation in the past.

    You can get all the exclusive details in our new show, Maslay Aur Masala:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4LRd_bz9c&t=6s

    Earlier Saba hit back at netizens for blaming her for Salman and Neha’s differences.

    Saba’s son Salman married Neha in 2019 in a series of lavish events. The ceremony was attended by a plethora of celebrities including Cheekh‘s Saba Qamar. Earlier in July 2021 gossip mills were abuzz with the separation and divorce rumours of the young couple.

    Saba Faisal's Daughter-in-Law Confirms Separation Rumors

    Last year social Media was abuzz with Neha Malik and Salman Faisal’s separation and divorce rumours, however Saba Faisal’s daughter-in-law has opened up on the controversy.

    Netizens additionally blamed Salman’s mother actor Saba for being the reason of their differences.

    Neha then cleared the air about their alleged separation. She took to Instagram and congratulated her husband on his splendid performance in CPL and the victory of his team ‘Islamabad Nova’.

    She additionally answered probably the most requested query which was about their separation and denied the rumors. Neha confirmed that they haven’t parted ways.

    “Those asking about the ‘patch up’. We never broke up or had any personal fights,” she wrote on her Instagram stories.

    On the work front, Salman was last seen in Dil Mom Ka Diya opposite Neelam Munir.

  • Did the establishment fact-check PM Khan?

    Did the establishment fact-check PM Khan?

    In an exclusive interview with ARY News’ senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif on April 1, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan was asked about options given to him by the Opposition to which the premier said that he does not think he should talk to people like Shehbaz Sharif.

    However, PM Khan revealed that he was given three options by the establishment: resignation as PM, no-confidence vote, or early elections.

    In response to PM Khan’s claim, sources in the military establishment said that the military leadership did not bring the Opposition’s options to PM Khan but that the government called the top brass and asked for a meeting to discuss the ongoing political scenario, reported Fakhar Durrani for The News. According to the report, PM Khan rejected the options to resign or vote of n-confidence and agreed to dissolving the assemblies and holding early elections.

    The military sources told The News that after discussion with the PM, both the army chief and DG ISI met the Opposition leadership on the same day and conveyed the government’s message. The Opposition did not agree to any of the three options and rejected them.

  • FIA arrests gang from Lahore for selling child pornography on dark web

    FIA arrests gang from Lahore for selling child pornography on dark web

    The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Cell nabbed a gang in Lahore on Friday that was allegedly making money from the “dark web” through child pornography, Muhammad Shehzad reports for The Express Tribune.

    According to the preliminary inquiry, at least 10 people have been sexually exploited. Suspects living in a private housing society situated in Lahore would lure victims through money or other means, rape them and film the entire process.

    According to the FIA, the suspects extorted money from the victims and sexually assaulted them by threatening to go viral with their obscene tapes if they refused.

    The complainant, father of a victim, said that the accused, Arslan Arshad and Ammad Shahzad, used to to sexually assault and videotape children of their neighbourhood without their consent. They would monetise it by uploading it to the internet. He said that his son was also trapped by them. The suspects on February 15 took the victim to the upper portion of his house and sexually assaulted him and also recorded a video.

    After receiving the plea, the FIA initiated an investigation and arrested suspect Abid Ali in the Arifwala tehsil of Pakpattan district.

    Officials also discovered a big amount of films of child pornography on his phone, and the main suspect, Arslan, was seen raping youngsters in the videos.

    FIA Cyber Crime Cell Lahore has registered a case against the accused persons under Section 20, 21 and 22 of The Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) 2016 and section 109 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

  • Man hacks airline’s website after he lost his baggage

    Nandan Kumar, a software engineer, hacked the website of an India airline — IndiGo — to search for his baggage after it was exchanged with some other passenger. He also tried to reach out to the airline’s customer service but they did not assist him properly.

    Nandan Kumar was travelling on a domestic flight from Patna to Banglore on March 27 when his baggage was exchanged with another passenger’s luggage.

    When his wife unpacked the luggage, he realised that his baggage was exchanged with another passenger.

    Kumar also narrated the full incident on Twitter in which he revealed that IndiGo’s customer service refused to give personal details of another passenger due to privacy concerns.

    According to Kumar, he was assured that they would contact him when they reach the other person. However, he did not receive any feedback from them.

    On March 28, he decided to resolve the issue by himself in order to get the contact details of that passenger by using his Passenger Name Record written on his bag’s tag. However, his attempt did not succeed. After several failed attempts, Nandan Kumar decided to hack IndiGo’s website and successfully got the contact details of that person.

    He contacted him and decided to meet at a certain location and there they exchanged their bags. He was also surprised by the whole incident. Later, Kumar also advised IndiGo to improve their security on the website to prevent hacking.

  • Suzuki Pakistan increases bike prices by up to Rs15,000

    Suzuki Pakistan has announced a massive price increase for its entire motorcycle lineup, following Yamaha and Honda. The new prices are effective from Friday, April 1, 2022.

    The biggest price increase has been announced for the 150cc GR-150 variant, which is now priced at Rs330,000 after getting a massive hike of Rs15,000 in its previous cost of Rs315,000. Considering the size of its engine, this is unquestionably a significant and unjustified increase.

    Suzuki GS-150, one of the most prominent bike in Suzuki’s lineup witnessed a hike of Rs10,000 for both variants (GS-150 and GS-150SE). The base GS-150 costs Rs225,000 after the hike and the upper variant GS-150SE is now priced at Rs242,000, as compared to their earlier prices of Rs215,000 and Rs232,000.

    Moreover, the 110cc variant, Suzuki GD-110s which was previously sold at Rs199,000 will now be offered at Rs207,000, after getting a hike of Rs8,000.

    The motorcycle manufacturer raised the prices of its motorcycles four times in 2021, and this is the first price rise of 2022. Suzuki motorcycle prices were increased by up to Rs28,000 between January and December 2021.

    Read more: Honda Atlas to increase prices for all motorcycles from April 1

    Bike manufacturers’ pricing hikes have pushed two-wheelers out of reach for most of the country’s population. Despite the fact that the matter has been raised numerous times in the media, the government has yet to take a step in this regard and maintain pricing consistency.