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  • ‘Ayesha ka dukh nazar nahi aa raha’: Sanam, Mathira think Ayesha is ‘cashing on the unfortunate incident’

    ‘Ayesha ka dukh nazar nahi aa raha’: Sanam, Mathira think Ayesha is ‘cashing on the unfortunate incident’

    Lollywood actresses Sanam Chaudhry and Mathira have expressed their doubts on Ayesha Akram’s conduct post the heinous harassment incident at the ‘Minar-e-Pakistan’.

    The Meer Abru diva recently took to her Instagram stories to share her doubts on the entire controversy.

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    The Mere Meherbaan star received flak for her statements by netizens and she responded to the backlash.

    The Blind Love star was quick to express her stance on the matter.

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    A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident has been confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

    The FIR was registered under sections 354 A, 382, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and at least five other people, Dawn has reported.

  • China is welcome to contribute to the rebuilding of the country: Taliban spokesman

    China is welcome to contribute to the rebuilding of the country: Taliban spokesman

    China has played a constructive role in promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan and is welcome to contribute to the rebuilding of the country, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Chinese state media.

    “China is a big country with a huge economy and capacity — I think they can play a very big role in the rebuilding, rehabilitation, reconstruction of Afghanistan,” Shaheen told CGTN television in an interview late on Thursday.

    During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s meeting with a Taliban delegation in Tianjin last month, the Chinese envoy said he hoped Afghanistan could adopt a moderate policy.

    Earlier, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, told a press briefing that China encourages and hopes that the Afghan Taliban can follow through its positive statements, unite with all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, establish a broad-based, inclusive political framework that fits the national conditions and wins public support through dialogue and consultation.

  • VIDEO: 10-foot-long python slides through grocery store racks

    VIDEO: 10-foot-long python slides through grocery store racks

    A grocery store turned into a snake rescue in Australia when a 10-foot-long non-venomous python slid through the racks to greet a woman customer.

    The 25-year-old, Helaina Alati, was at a Sydney store on Monday when the snake slithered out.

    Alati was not expecting a snake at the supermarket. But fortunately for both parties, Alati is a wildlife rescuer and familiar with snakes.

    “I just turned my head and he was about 20cm from my face, just looking straight at me,” she told the BBC.

    She did a double-take but stayed calm. No one else was around. Recognising it instantly as a diamond python, Alati knew it wasn’t poisonous as it protruded and flicked its tongue.

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    “He was looking straight at me the whole time, almost like he was saying: ‘Can you take me outside please?’” she said.

    After recording a video, Alati alerted staff and told them she could help them get it out.

    She retrieved a snake bag from her home, returned to the store, “tapped him on the tail and he just slithered in”.

    She then released it away from houses in bushland – a natural habitat for the species around Sydney.

  • WATCH: PM Khan lauds cop for saving man’s life from train

    WATCH: PM Khan lauds cop for saving man’s life from train

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday praised the effort of a brave policeman for saving a man who fell dangerously close on the platform as a train passes through a railway station.

    PM Khan took to Twitter and wrote, “This is where duty becomes sacred. Admiration for the commitment of the young policeman to serve the people.”

    In another tweet, PM Khan announced that Constable Jamal Kalhoro will be honoured on Pakistan Day March 23 for his dedication to duty.

    In June, PM Imran heaped praise on a head constable of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Qaiser Shakeel, who returned to work only two days after an on-duty injury, resulting in a fracture to his arm.

    “Such actions uplift the image of the police when one man decides to serve the people with dedication, and that is why I especially called you to the PM Office,” the premier said as he spoke to Shakeel.

    A former police official died earlier this month while trying to save a child from being crushed by a train in Lahore.

    According to details shared by Superintendent of Police (SP) City Lahore Hassan Jahangir, the former sub-inspector Siddique, who retired from service last year, lost his life at a railway track while saving a child.

    “The child was playing at a railway crossing and was about to be hit by a train when Siddique rescued him and in the entire process lost his life after being crushed by the train,” the police official said.

  • ‘Apne tarse huay beton ko ghar baandh ke rakho’: Hammad Shoaib

    ‘Apne tarse huay beton ko ghar baandh ke rakho’: Hammad Shoaib

    Actor Hammad Shoaib expressed his anger and disappointment on the recent ‘Minar e Pakistan’ incident. The Ishq Hai star advised that such people cannot be termed as ‘men’ and that they should be locked up at home.

    A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident has been confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

    The FIR was registered under sections 354 A, 382, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and at least five other people, Dawn has reported.

  • Rashid Minhas remembered on his 50th martyrdom anniversary

    Rashid Minhas remembered on his 50th martyrdom anniversary

    The military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has remembered the sacrifice of martyred Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (Nishan-e-Haider) on his 50th death anniversary on Friday.

    The DG-ISPR said in a Twitter message, “On 50th Martyrdom anniversary, we remember with reverence, bravery & supreme sacrifice of National Hero Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed, Nishan-e -Haider.

    “In line of duty, Pilot offr Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force defending the motherland.”

    The brave son of Pakistan was born on February 17, 1951, in Karachi. He belonged to the famous Minhas clan of Rajputs.

    His childhood fascination with aircraft and aviation led him to what he truly was destined for. Minhas embraced his true passion after school and earned a degree in military history and aviation history from the University of Karachi.

    He was commissioned as a pilot in the Pakistan Air Force in 1971.

    Minhas was taxiing towards the runway when a Bengali instructor pilot, Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, signalled him to stop and then climbed into the instructor’s seat. The jet took off and turned towards India.

    Minhas radioed PAF Base Masroor with the message that he was being hijacked. The air controller requested that he resend his message, and he confirmed the hijacking. Later investigation showed that Rahman intended to defect to India to join his compatriots in the Bangladesh Liberation War, along with the jet trainer.

    However, Minhas did the only thing within his control and forced that plane to crash just 32 miles from the Indian border, deliberately sacrificing his life for the honour of Pakistan.

    Minhas spent his early childhood in Lahore. Later, the family shifted to Rawalpindi.

    Awarded with Pakistan’s top military honour Nishan-e- Haider, Minhas became the youngest man in history and the only member of the Pakistan Air Force to be honoured with this award for his valiant feat.

    Titled a national hero, the Pakistan Air Force base at Kamra was renamed PAF Base, Minhas, often called Minhas-Kamra.

  • ‘Disgusting Opportunist’: Mariyam Nafees lashes out at Bilawal Bhutto and PM Imran Khan

    ‘Disgusting Opportunist’: Mariyam Nafees lashes out at Bilawal Bhutto and PM Imran Khan

    Actor Mariyam Nafees has lashed out at the government and opposition for the delay in justice for crimes against women. The Diyar-e-Dil star took to social media to share a note addressing Prime Minister Imran Khan followed by a post for PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto.

    “Honestly, right at this moment, women of this country either own a weapon or leave. Just a reminder maximum amount of women came out to vote for you,” the note read.

    “Zero security and cries for justice is what we have been getting in return for voting for Tehreek Insaf.”

    In another post, the actor slammed chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and calling him an “opportunist.”

  • Man who fell from US plane in Kabul is a young Afghan footballer

    Man who fell from US plane in Kabul is a young Afghan footballer

    One of the people who tragically fell from a C-17 US military plane departing from Kabul on Monday was a young Afghan footballer, according to the General Directorate of Physical Education & Sports in Afghanistan.

    As per details, Zaki Anwari, a young footballer, died on Monday after falling from a US military aircraft. The Afghan National Football Team’s Facebook page confirmed the identity and death on August 18, 2021. The news was confirmed by the Sports Directorate the next day.

    Anwari was one of thousands of Afghans who flocked to the Hamid Karzai International Airport  on Monday, the day after the Taliban captured Kabul, hoping to get on a plane out of the country. He reportedly climbed onto a C-17 plane that was about to depart from the capital.

    Anwari played on the Afghan national youth football team.

    A video published on August 16 shows people sitting on the landing gear flap of a plane taxiing for takeoff as people run alongside the aircraft.

    Several videos circulating on Monday showed people falling from a C-17 aircraft that had taken off from Kabul airport. Later, reports said that several bodies had been found in locations east of the airport.

    News of Anzari’s death comes as the US Air Force investigates the deaths, after human remains were found in the wheel well of one of its C-17 planes that departed from Kabul.

  • Posters of women vandalised in Kabul

    Images of women have been covered up or vandalised on storefronts around Kabul, AFP has reported.

    One of the salons in Kabul has been whitewashed to cover up advertisements pasted on its outdoor walls, showing the faces of smiling women in bridal regalia.

    Another shuttered salon, spotted on Tuesday as a Taliban fighter patrolled the street outside with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, had its walls defaced with black spray paint to conceal the visages of its models.

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    “The Islamic Emirate is committed to the rights of women within the framework of the Sharia. Our sisters, our women will have the same rights and will be able to benefit from them,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday.

    “They can have activities in different sectors and areas on the basis of our rules and regulations — in education, health, and other areas,” he said, adding that they will “work with us shoulder-to-shoulder”.

    Terrifying stories of mistreatment of women in Afghanistan are being discussed on social media and are also being reported by news outlets ever since the Taliban started gaining control of Afghanistan two months ago.

  • ‘I am currently in talks to return to Afghanistan’: Ashraf Ghani

    ‘I am currently in talks to return to Afghanistan’: Ashraf Ghani

    Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city, Kabul, over the weekend.

    The UAE’s foreign ministry said the country has welcomed Ghani and his family on humanitarian grounds.

    In a video address later on Wednesday, Ghani denied fleeing and said he had left to prevent what he described as a “huge disaster”, reported the BBC.

    “For now, I am in the Emirates so that bloodshed and chaos is stopped,” he said, “I am currently in talks to return to Afghanistan.”

    Ghani also said rumours that he had travelled to the UAE with a large amount of money were “completely baseless” and “lies”.

    The Russian embassy in Kabul alleged on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as not all of it would fit in, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

    Meanwhile, United States (US) President Joe Biden blamed the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan on Afghan political leaders who fled the country and the unwillingness of the US-trained Afghan army to fight the militant group.

    In his speech, Biden said that the US troops could not defend a nation whose leaders “gave up and fled”, as did Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.