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  • Shah Rukh Khan themed dholak in Pakistan receives mixed responses

    Shah Rukh Khan themed dholak in Pakistan receives mixed responses

    A Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)-themed dholak for a soon-to-be-married couple was arranged in Pakistan.

    The dholak is getting a lot of public attention after pictures from the event went viral on social media.

    The pictures and videos of the unique event show the guests wearing cut-outs of SRK and dancing to his songs.

    The masks were images from SRK’s various characters from his movies such as Devdas, Raees, Don, and many more.

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    This unique Shah Rukh Khan-themed dholak received mixed responses. Some people found it cute but it also received backlash for using Indian actor as a theme for a Pakistani wedding function. After the event went viral, videos of the event have been deleted by the user on Instagram.

    Here’s a look at the responses by the public given to this themed wedding function.

  • Afghan women make up half of BBC’s 100 women list for 2021

    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has listed its 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2021.

    This year’s theme – ‘women who are hitting “reset”, playing their part to reinvent our world after the global pandemic has forced so many of us to reassess the way we live.’

    This list is devoted to half of the women from one country – Afghanistan. As recent episodes in the country have made headlines and left millions of Afghans questioning their future, rights groups have spoken up in fear that women freedom could be eroded for the foreseeable future under the Taliban.

    From women who work for girls’ education in Afghanistan to the women who portrayed Afghan women in the movies. The list includes:

    Some of the Afghan women on the list are anonymous.

    From women who work for girls’ education in Afghanistan to the women who portrayed Afghan women in the movies. The list includes:

    Pashtana Durrani- a teacher dedicated to innovation in education with a focus on girls’ rights. She has established schools in Kandahar.

    Razia Barakzai- since the Taliban she has been actively involved in marches in Kabul.

    Leena Alam- is renowned for her appearances in feminist television shows in Afghanistan.

    Sahar Fetrat- feminist activist Sahar Fetrat was a young refugee.

    Basira Paigham- working for LGBTQ+ rights in Afghanistan.

    Roya Sadat- first female director to emerge from the Taliban era in Afghanistan.

  • Four women stripped naked, paraded, beaten on the accusation of theft

    Four women stripped naked, paraded, beaten on the accusation of theft

    Four women in Faisalabad were stripped naked and were beaten by locals on the accusation of theft. The incident took place on Monday, in Bawa Chak Market where dozens of people locked the women inside an electric shop. The women came there to drink water.

     A first information report (FIR) was registered and the suspects have been charged under sections 354-A (assault or use of criminal force against a woman and stripping her), 509 (insulting modesty or causing sexual harassment), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

     “They continued to beat us for around an hour and made our videos in naked condition,” the complainant said in FIR, as reported by Dawn.

    “The suspects committed gross injustice by stripping us, dragging us through the market and torturing us and strict action should be taken against them,” the complaint’s statement read in the FIR.

    As per reports, no one stopped people from beating the women and many were making videos from their phones. After the video went viral, the police took action against the accused people and arrested five people.

  • Government renovates Jain temple, set to open in Lahore

    Pakistan will reopen an old Jain temple, after its rebuilding and restoration, which was attacked and vandalised by a mob in a reaction to the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992.

    The temple is located at a junction in Lahore, called the Jain Mandir intersection.

    On December 6, 1992, in Ayodhya, India, more than 150,000 people gathered to listen to the leaders of Bharat Janta Party (BJP), a right-wing political party of India.

    The crowd became aggressive and violent after listening to speeches of their leaders and then attacked the Babri Masjid. Afterwards, riots broke out in which 23 mosques and 2,000 innocents were killed. In Pakistan, aggression arose during a protest and they demolished almost 30 temples in reaction.

    Almost 30 years after the incident, the Supreme Court of Pakistan gave an order to restore the temples of Jain and Neela Gumbad (Blue Tomb) located in Lahore. This order was given by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed which also stated that the reconstruction of all temples must be completed without any delay, followed by a preliminary report within one month.

    A member of the National Assembly (MNA), Ramesh Kumar Vankwanil, also a member of a commission by the Supreme Court regarding minority rights, said “I have visited the site on December 2 and also appeared in the court regarding this.”

    He added, “Pakistan is following its own Constitution in which all religions have the right to practice their faith. I am feeling proud that we are setting examples for others.”

    On November 9, 2019, the Indian Supreme Court announced a verdict that the disputed land will be distributed to Hindus and Muslims will obtain five acres of land separately in Ayodhya.

    All accusers were acquitted on September 2020 in the Babri Mosque demolition case including L.K. Advani of BJP.

    Chairman for the Hindu Welfare Council Pakistan, Dr Munawar Chand said, “We can never forget what happened in India in 1992, the response in Pakistan was also very angry but we cannot form an opinion on just one incident.”

    He added, “Our Muslim brothers have always stood by us. We wish we can have the Jain community again here in large numbers but this step of reconstruction of the Jain temple has given us immense happiness.”

    Meanwhile, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has almost completed their paperwork to reconstruct the temples. They will begin reconstruction by next week which will finish in phases.

  • Pak includes more countries in restriction list, announces strict travel policies

    The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) added nine more countries especially from Europe after a reviewal of the covid situation around the globe on Monday.

    According to the notification issued by NCOC on their website, they revised the list of countries due to the worsening Covid situation.

    The nine countries which are banned by the NCOC are Croatia, Hungary, Netherlands, Ukraine, Ireland, Slovenia, Vietnam, Poland, and Zimbabwe.

    In case of emergency travel from recently banned countries, a strict protocol has to be observed by passengers, including foreigners. Passengers above the age of six years will require full vaccination and must possess a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test report which must be issued 48 hours prior to boarding a plane. On arrival to Pakistan, rapid antigen testing (RAT) will be conducted. Passengers will be allowed to enter Pakistan who test negative.

    Meanwhile, passengers will face compulsory quarantine of three days after a PCR test from South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.

    Passengers will have to be quarantined for an extra 10 days if they get a positive PCR result on arrival or could be transferred to a hospital depending on the advice from health workers as stated by NCOC.

    However to facilitate the stranded Pakistani nationals from countries who are not able to get double dose vaccination because of some reasons including expiry visa, illegal immigration, medical conditions, pending court cases, pregnancy or partially vaccinated from Pakistan are exempted from the requirement of full vaccination.

  • No more travel on M2 Motorway without M-Tag from December 7

    No more travel on M2 Motorway without M-Tag from December 7

    The Lahore High Court has directed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to ban vehicles without M-tag on the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M2) from tomorrow, December 7.

    The decision has been made in order to reduce long queues of vehicles at the M2 Motorway Toll Plaza and curb the resulting air pollution from vehicles. Lahore High Court’s decision said that cars that don’t have a balance of M-tag are harmful to the environment.

    As per IG National Highways & Motorway Police Inam Ghani, there will be no need for the vehicle registration documents in order to get an M-tag. It will be processed on the basis of CNIC and mobile phone number.

  • Deceased pilot’s body found after three days of crash

    Deceased pilot’s body found after three days of crash

    The dead body of pilot Qazi Ajmal was found three days after his lightweight plane crashed in the coastal town of Balochistan, Kund Malir, reports The Express Tribune.

    According to the authorities, the licensed pilot took off his gyrocopter from Karachi and it crashed near the coastal area of Balochistan. Qazi died on the spot.

     Balochistan Wildlife Department official Amanullah Sajidi said that the debris of the plane and Qazi’s body was found in the coastal town, Kund Malir.

    The pilot, Qazi Ajmal, belonged to the famous Qazi family of Peshawar.

    Meanwhile, his family claimed that Qazi went to participate in a festival in Balochistan for ten days. When he was in Hingol National Park, he received a threatening call at night and was asked to leave the place immediately.

    Qazi’s family have demanded a thorough investigation of the incident as he was forced to fly at night time, which ultimately was the cause of the crash.

    His body was received by the family on Sunday morning and his funeral was held early morning on the same day.

  • Spectacles stolen from Quaid’s statue

    Spectacles stolen from Quaid’s statue

    Monocle from statue of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Vehari got stolen by unidentified people. The statue was installed in front of Deputy commissioner office.

    After the issue came to light on social media, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar took notice of the incident and summoned report from Multan commissio ner. The chief minister directed the officials to initiate legal action against the accused involved in the incident.

    Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif reacted to the news sarcastically.

    However, a new pair of spectacles has been installed.

    Earlier this year in July, a thief in Bahawalpur stole a hockey and a ball from the statue of former hockey player Samiullah Khan.

  • Man sets Guinness World record of Helicopter spin

    A man made a Guinness World Record for the maximum helicopter spins at the same time as skysurfing. His video has gone viral, reports ARY News.

    Guinness’ website mentioned that KĒBĒ Keith Edward Snyder of the United States (US) attempted the record for the most helicopter spins while skysurfing on November 01, 2021, over the Pyramid, Egypt.

    The official website of Guinness mentioned that the US national, KĒBĒ Keith Edward Snyder, attempted the unique record for the most helicopter spins while skysurfing on November 01, 2021.

    This is not the first time for KĒBĒ to jump from a height of 13,500 feet, but this time he was focusing to set a world record. He attempted 160 spins to set the world record.

    Synder said, “I would like to challenge what is now my own record. I’ve already gotten a little bit faster. But I’d like to bring that speed up in the mid-body. I’d also like to investigate a little bit of the physics of it.”

    He said that he was widely inspired by the former skysurfing world Champion Rob Harris to set this milestone.

    When he first saw Rob Harris, he said as stated on the Guinness website, “He was smiling and in the background, there’s a video of him skysurfing. He was spinning so incredibly fast and smooth.”

    “What is that guy doing and what does he understand for him to be smiling? I wanted to understand that. And so my journey began.”

    Since the clip was uploaded on YouTube, it gained more than 60,000 views and the numbers keep increasing. Netizens are praising the feat.

  • Islami Jamiat Talba supporters break in, vandalise VC, Registrar offices at Punjab University

    The offices of Vice-Chancellor, registrar and public relations at Punjab University were ransacked by hundreds of students belonging to Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) on Friday after a confrontation between two student groups, reports Dawn News.

    The spokesperson for Punjab University, Khurram Shahzad, confirmed the incident in a statement that supporters of IJT broke into the premises of offices “following a fight between some students and outsiders” near the main cafeteria.

    The complaint has been filed against students for legal action over the violent incident.

    Shahzad said, “The university has taken measures to establish peace on the campus and only a few dozen students on all sides are trying to disturb the peaceful environment of the university. The administration is identifying these students with the help of footage and strict action will be taken against them as per the law.”

    The Punjabi Council spokesperson, Khurram Gondal, claimed that the IJT activists got engaged in a clash with them on Friday after a disagreement arose over the posters of two events that needed to be displayed at the hostels that they were organising separately.

    The dispute started three days ago when the Punjabi Council were organising a cultural programme and put their posters on display at the hostels, which later members of IJT replaced with their event poster.

    According to Gondal, IJT activists tore and burned their posters and later the conflict escalated to a violent clash between student groups near the main cafeteria.

    IJT members arranged the protest outside the Admin Block, demanding the arrest of those who were involved in the attack on them. They forcefully entered the premises of offices where they destroyed the doors and windows.

    On the other hand, IJT spokesperson, Adeel Chaudhry said that they were protesting to demand action against the outsiders who were residing in the university’s hostels.

    He demanded, “These outsiders should be arrested because they were creating a law-and-order situation at the campus.”

    The police brought the situation under control when they reached the University and dispersed protesters.