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  • Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani sentenced to death for supporting women’s rights and ‘basic freedom’

    Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani sentenced to death for supporting women’s rights and ‘basic freedom’

    Iranian footballer Amir Reza Nasr Azadani has been sentenced to death after he was arrested last month for participating in worldwide protests against the country’s clerical establishment.

    Azadani was arrested in connection to the deaths of three security personnel during protests in Isfahan and accused of waging war against God, according to Iran’s ISNA news agency.

    The 26-year-old Iranian league footballer is among at least 27 other Iranians facing death sentences in connection to the protests that have engulfed the country for almost three months.

    Two of those men — Majidreza Rahnavard and Mohsen Shekari, both 23 years old — were publicly hanged this month.

    The world union of professional footballers, FIFPRO, said it was “shocked and sickened” by Azadani’s sentencing “after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.”

    “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal of his punishment,” the organisation wrote on Twitter.

    Prominent current and former footballers expressed solidarity and called for executions to end.

    Former Iranian international star Ali Karimi and Iran’s World Cup team goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand used their social media platforms to call for the sentence to be revoked and an end to executions.

    Asadollah Jafari, the judiciary chief of Isfahan, was quoted by local media as saying that Mr Azadani was a member of an “armed group that operated in a networked and organised manner with the intent of fighting the basis of the Islamic Republic establishment.”

  • Why is #BoycottPathaan trending in India after release of Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika’s song ‘Besharam Rang’?

    Why is #BoycottPathaan trending in India after release of Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika’s song ‘Besharam Rang’?

    The recently released song “Besharam Rang” from the upcoming film “Pathan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, is making rounds on social media.’

    The song garnered a lot of praise, the hashtag #BoycottPathaan also started trending on social media.


    The song is being criticised for allegedly hurting Hinduism by disrespecting the colours associated with it. Many extremists are claiming that the colours of the bikni Deepika is wearing in the video are disrespectful to Hinduism.


    Indian right-wing activist Dr Prachi Sadhvi in a tweet wrote, “Ban This Movie in India.”

    The Home Minister of Madhya Pardesh, Narottam Mishra, has asked for the makers of Pathaan to change the visuals and the costumes of the song, calling them objectionable.


    “The outfits that have been worn in the song are objectionable. It is evident that polluted minds are behind filming this song. Anyway, Deepika Padukone has been a supporter of the Tukde Tukde gang when she went for the JNU protests and that is why, I would like to request that they should correct the visuals of the song, correct the costumes, or else the permission to release this film in MP should be given or not will be a thinkable question,” he said.

  • Delivery man’s 30-year-old Toyota Corolla hits two million kilometre milestone

    Delivery man’s 30-year-old Toyota Corolla hits two million kilometre milestone

    A 72-year-old New Zealander named Graeme Hebley’s 1993 Toyota Corolla has clocked more than two million kilometres – and the car is still running efficiently to this day.

    Hebley thinks the car can continue to be driven “forever” as the engine still performs flawlessly.

    “I wouldn’t believe it could do two million without something going wrong. In my whole career, that is the highest I have seen,” said Hebley when he hit the milestone.

    According to NDTV, Hebley has not had much trouble with the old car. He services it every two weeks at a local car care station. Shockingly, the service schedule has been the same for the past 22 years since he bought the car.

    Hebley works as a newspaper delivery contractor and drives 5,000 kilometres a week.

    Not many changes have been made to the vehicle since then besides replacing the wheel bearings and the cambelt about 20 times.

    Hebley too has not gotten tired of driving the car for more than 20 years. “I couldn’t help but love my Toyota Corolla. Whatever I do, it just bounces back.” Hebley says he has no plans to stop doing long drives across the country anytime soon. “The car might outlast me at this point,” he added.

    The 1993 Toyota Corolla owned by Hebley is a station wagon. Under the hood of this front-wheel drive vehicle is a 1.8-litre inline four-cylinder engine mated to a five-speed manual transmission. The engine can churn out 115 hp of maximum power and 156 Nm of peak torque.

  • Cambridge Dictionary changes the definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman’

    Cambridge Dictionary changes the definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman’

    The Cambridge Dictionary has altered its definition of ‘woman’ and ‘man’ to include people who identify as a gender different from their biological sex. The definition has been made to make the dictionary more inclusive.


    It has updated its definition of “Man” to include “an adult who lives and identifies as a male though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”


    According to the popular dictionary, “Woman” has been altered to have a definition of “an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”


    The new definitions are inclusive of trans people. However, the Dictionary is being criticised for including people who do not identify with the sex they were born with.

  • ‘Acha G inhun ny London azad kraya?’ Social media users question PML-N Junaid Safdar comparison with Quaid-e-Azam

    ‘Acha G inhun ny London azad kraya?’ Social media users question PML-N Junaid Safdar comparison with Quaid-e-Azam

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz and Captain (R) Safdar’s son, Junaid Safdar, posted a picture on his Instagram account, which has become the center of debate on social media.

    A twitter user drew an usual comparison of Junaid’s picture which garnered attention.

    The Twitter user, while sharing Junaid’s picture wrote, “Hum nay Jinnah suna tha Hum nay junaid daikha ha.”

    His tweet is getting all kinds of reactions from Twitter.

    Have a look at some of the reactions:

    https://twitter.com/Fatimayyy123/status/1603148682454515712

    https://twitter.com/BeyzaAli10/status/1603140256018178050

  • Croatian-born YouTuber finds Muslim shower the ‘best thing ever’ during his stay in Qatar for FIFA World Cup

    Croatian-born YouTuber finds Muslim shower the ‘best thing ever’ during his stay in Qatar for FIFA World Cup

    Croatian-born YouTuber David Vujanić, who is in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup 2022, tried using a Muslim shower during his stay and praises it as “the best thing ever” he has ever used.

    Vujanić took to Twitter to describe the convenience of the Muslim showers he was using in Qatar and expressed disappointment that the British restrooms do not have these showers.

    “Lmao people were beefing over toilet paper during the pandemic when they could have just installed a bum shower,” Vujanić wrote.

    In another tweet, the football fan said, “I want this image printed on a T-shirt… I am now the self-proclaimed founder of the Shatafa Ultras group… “Bum Shower Fanatics, Let’s Go!”

    Vujanić, a devoted Liverpool FC fan, currently resides in London.

    On November 23, 2010, Vujani created his first YouTube channel. He posts a variety of videos, such as mock music videos and vlogs on football.

    The song parody “EASTERN EUROPE STYLE! (PSY GANGNAM STYLE PARODY) by BRICKA BRICKA!” is his most popular video.

    He formerly had a job with the football-focused channel Copa90. He also co-owns a YouTube channel called Poet & Vuj with his close friend and coworker Poet, where they post a series called “Comments Under,” in which they converse in public regarding football-related news and subjects.

  • Malala not only an excellent example for the women of Pakistan but also for the world: CM Punjab

    Malala not only an excellent example for the women of Pakistan but also for the world: CM Punjab

    Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday met with Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to discuss the promotion of education and especially girls’ education in Punjab along with the STEAM programme.

    Yousfzai also discussed the issue of corporal punishment in schools and religious seminaries.


    CM Punjab has assured Malala that his government will pass a bill against corporal punishment this month. “We will implement the law on giving physical punishment and this law will be passed from the Punjab Assembly during the current month,” he said.

    In addition, CM Elahi ordered recruitment of 10,000 teachers in STEAM and ordered the secretary of the school education department to call a meeting to discuss the release of a budget of Rs165 million for STEAM education.

    CM Punjab while lauding Malala’s effort to promote education said, “Malala Yousafzai is not only an excellent example for the women of Pakistan but also for the world. She confronted terrorism and extremism for the sake of getting education.”

    He also praised the Malala Fund for “striving to constitute such a society where every female can attain education and become a leader in future.”

  • City Traffic Police Lahore announces free motorcycle riding training for women

    City Traffic Police Lahore announces free motorcycle riding training for women

    Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Dr Asad Malhi on Tuesday said that the city traffic police are offering free training for motorcycle riding to women under the “Women on Wheels” project.

    Speaking at the “Women on Wheels” initiative ceremony held at Police Lines Qila Gujar Singh, he said that up until now, more than 7,000 women had been trained to drive motorcycles, while the 67th batch of women was under training at the Women on Wheels School at the LOS Rescue Academy.

    The CTO said that motorcycle riding training would be given to women free of cost at Police Lines Qila Gujar Singh from today onward.

    He continued by saying that the goal of the “Women on Wheels” project was to empower women so they could make a meaningful contribution to the development and prosperity of the nation.

    According to Dr Asad Malhi, women’s roles alongside those of males are crucial for societal development, hence it is necessary to implement measures for their welfare and capacity growth.

    Additionally, the CTP established a driving school in Manawan Lines where women received free instruction in motorbike and car operation, according to the CTO, who said that after completing the training programme, the women were also given driving permits.

    According to Dr Asad Malhi, residents can contact Helpline 15 to request admission to driving schools, advice from the Rasta app, or access to CTP’s social media.

    Honda Atlas presented two brand-new motorcycles to Driving School Police Lines Qila Gujar Singh during the ceremony, and the CTO also demonstrated how to operate a motorcycle on a simulator.

  • New Zealand passes world’s first tobacco law to prevent future generations from smoking

    New Zealand passes world’s first tobacco law to prevent future generations from smoking

    As part of its attempts to become smoke-free by 2025, New Zealand has passed new regulations. The newest legislation prohibits anyone under the age of 14 from ever being able to legally purchase cigarettes. The decision to ban smoking for the next generation would be a first in the world.

    According to associate health minister Ayesha Verrall, “Thousands of people will live longer, healthier lives and the health system will be $5bn better off from not needing to treat the illnesses caused by smoking, such as numerous types of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, amputations.”

    The laws passed their final reading on Tuesday evening and will come into force in 2023. The number of stores legally allowed to sell cigarettes will be reduced to a tenth of their existing levels – from 6,000 to just 600 countrywide.

    Tobacco will not be sold to anyone who was born on or after January 1, 2009, in New Zealand, which will be the first country in the world to specify the age for smoking that increases every year.

    The amount of nicotine that is legally allowed to be present in tobacco products will be drastically reduced, and instead of being sold in corner stores and supermarkets, they will have to only be sold through specific tobacco stores, according to The Guardian.

    These laws will also be accompanied by a number of other initiatives to make smoking more expensive and less accessible.

  • Back to 2020? Markets, restaurants to be closed by 10pm

    Back to 2020? Markets, restaurants to be closed by 10pm

    The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued orders to close markets and restaurants in Lahore by 10pm in order to control the worsening smog in the city.

    The court gave out its ruling after a hearing on a petition seeking the court’s intervention to curb smog. According to the orders, the closure of markets and restaurants by 10pm will be enforced on weekdays.

    On weekends, however, restaurants will be allowed to close at 11pm. Although it has been suggested that markets should remain closed on Sundays but the suggestion has been put off for now.

    Regarding schools, the court said that schools that remained open on Fridays will be sealed and directed the education department to strictly implement its orders.

    Last week, the Punjab Government ordered closure of schools in the provincial capital for three days a week— Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

    Pakistan’s biggest cities have ranked among the most polluted in the world for the past few weeks, with Lahore, the capital of Punjab, having topped the list the metropolises with the most polluted air several times in the last month.