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  • Diner leaves $10,000 tip to reward employees’ services

    A man left a tip of $10,000 (Rs 1,653,433) at a restaurant in the American state of Florida to reward restaurant workers for their hard work.

    “On Tuesday night, a customer asked our entire restaurant staff to come to the dining area. He thanked them for showing up and working hard,” the restaurant stated in a social media post.
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    “Then something incredible happened. He told them he was giving them $1,000 each. Our staff couldn’t believe it,” the statement added.

    Wahoo Seafood Grill’s owner, Shawn Shepherd said, “I’m not usually an emotional guy, but this really got me. I’m blown away. We’re ALL blown away by his generosity.”
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    “The last year and a half hasn’t been easy on this industry. We’re hurting and we’re exhausted, but this incredible act of kindness has restored our faith in humanity.”

  • Faisalabad: Man ‘gang rapes’ 15-year-old fiancee with friends

    Faisalabad: Man ‘gang rapes’ 15-year-old fiancee with friends

    A man in Faisalabad has allegedly gang-raped his fiancée along with his three friends after intoxicating her inside a vehicle, ARY News reported.

    Police said that a man named Saif had intoxicated his 15-year-old fiancée and sexually assaulted her with his three friends in a vehicle in Faisalabad’s Awais Nagar.

    The girl’s father reported the case at Batala Colony police station. A case was registered against Saif and his three friends, Bilawal, Zeeshan and Tayyab who were also nominated.

    The complainant said that Saif kept raping the girl by threatening her of recording her indecent videos and posting them on social media. Moreover, the prime suspect Saif had also snatched Rs80,000 cash and jewellery from the girl.

    Later, they threw the girl outside her aunt’s house after one day, the police added.

    In another incident, a woman was allegedly gang-raped by unidentified robbers in front of her family in Sheikhupura district in Punjab.

    As per reports, two armed muggers allegedly gang-raped a woman and attempted to rape another woman, who was 8 months pregnant, during the robbery.

    The victim’s family have asked for justice from the higher authorities, while the victim has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan for justice.

    Punjab police have arrested the three suspects.


  • EXCLUSIVE: Why did Junaid Safdar upload a wedding picture to delete it seconds later?

    EXCLUSIVE: Why did Junaid Safdar upload a wedding picture to delete it seconds later?

    Late Monday night, PMLN Chief Nawaz Sharif’s grandson Junaid Safdar uploaded a picture on his Instagram account only to delete it a few seconds later. Our hawk-eye NewsDesk took a screenshot before he deleted the picture taken at his wedding.

    The picture Junaid uploaded and then deleted

    The picture shows a glowing Ayesha and a happy Junaid smiling at the camera with the caption “22.08.21❤️”. Junaid deleted the picture from his Instafeed and then made the picture his display picture instead.

    READ MORE: Real insights into Junaid Safdar, Ayesha Saif’s royal Nikkah ceremony in London

    Junaid’s display picture for Instagram

    We reached out to Junaid and asked him why he deleted the picture from his Instafeed. “I deleted the pic because they’re emailing me the original with pixel quality…the picture I uploaded was not clear,” he said via message, and also told us to expect pictures and videos next week that capture some “emotional moments”.

    RELATED: Twitterati react to Junaid Safdar-Ayesha Saif’s Nikkah pictures

    The couple got married in London on Sunday in a lavish ceremony, at The Lanesborough, a five-star hotel in Knightsbridge.

  • VIDEO: Indian man tries to tie rakhi on snakes, dies after one bites him

    A man in India’s Bihar died after a snake bit him when he was trying to tie rakhi on it while celebrating Raksha Bandhan.

    Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in Hinduism to honour the bond of brother and sister, in which the sister ties Rakhi on her brother’s wrist.

    As per reports, the man, Manmohan was getting his sisters to tie rakhi to a pair of snakes but one of the snakes bit him.

    The video shows the 25-year-old man holding the snakes and trying to tie a rakhi on them.

    Manmohan, who was a snake charmer, was bit by one snake after which he was taken to a nearby hospital but he could not survive.

    Manmohan was bit when he tried to put ‘tika’ on one of the snakes, the other crawled towards him and bit his foot.

    After the incident, he checked his foot and seemed to be doing fine as he continued his activities. Manmohan was later rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.

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    The 25-year-old used to catch snakes and treat their wounds for more than a decade. Manmohan also used to treat people in his village who suffered from snakebites.

  • Police arrest cleric for allegedly raping teenage student

    Police have arrested a seminary teacher accused of raping and torturing a student in Rawalpindi’s Pirwadhai.

    As per reports, the Pirwadhai police registered a first information report (FIR) against Mufti Shahnawaz Ahmed on the complaint of the victim’s father. He has been booked in another case for resisting arrest.

    He had gotten pre-arrest interim bail from the relevant court to avoid arrest.

    Rawalpindi Police wrote in a tweet that the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation and Superintendent of Police (SP) Rawal will supervise the probe, while merit will be ensured. The victim’s father stated that he had received a phone call from the management of the seminary, asking him to pick up his daughter who had fainted.

    The young girl told what had happened after she regained her consciousness saying the teacher had been trying to harass her for the past several months.

    She said that the teacher tortured her after she resisted his attempts of sexual harassment. She was then given a drug after which she fainted and didn’t remember what happened after that, the complainant said.

  • No side effects of Covid-19 vaccine on Pregnant women: PMA

    The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has said that Covid-19 vaccine has no side effects on pregnant women and they can get vaccinated for Covid.

    “There is no issue in getting Covid vaccine doses,” said PMA General Secretary Dr Qaiser Sajjad, adding that pregnant women can get Covid jabs after three months of pregnancy.

    He explained that pregnant women are given multivitamins after three months of pregnancy as a preventive measure, and that they can also obtain Covid vaccines available in the country because they pose no risk to the mother or child’s life.

    On Monday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said that Covid-19 vaccine is advised for pregnant or breastfeeding women since the possible advantages exceed the dangers.

    “Viral infections are sometimes seen to be worse in pregnant women. Examples include chickenpox and hepatitis E. From information known at present, pregnant women have a higher risk for severe illness from Covid-19 when compared to non-pregnant women,” he added.

    As per the National National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan recorded 4,075 cases of Covid-19 in the country.

  • Video of rare pink dolphin goes viral

    Video of rare pink dolphin goes viral

    A video of a Pink dolphin is doing the rounds on social media.

    A Twitter user shared a video that shows a rare pink dolphin swimming across the ocean.

    https://twitter.com/solocuriosos_/status/1427737140520235008?s=20

    According to the website of National Geographic channel, these pink dolphins are found in the Amazon River of South America.

    The website states that it is due to the albinism that occurs when cells that normally make the pigment melanin, responsible for skin, hair, and eye colour, fail to produce it at normal levels, or at all.

    This is usually because of a mutation in one of several genes.

  • Internet sensation dwarf cow Rani dies in Bangladesh

    Rani, who went viral on social media for being the world’s smallest cow, has died in Bangladesh.

    As per reports, Rani was just 51 centimeters (20 inches) tall and weighed almost 26 kilograms (57 pounds). She was in the running for the title of the world’s smallest cow.

    “Rani’s stomach had swollen a lot and she was taken for treatment at around noon on Thursday. However, the vets could not save her life and she died within hours,” Sajedul Islam, a local livestock officer, told Anadolu Agency.

    He said the swelling was due to “overeating and gas accumulation in her stomach”.

    Rani had become a celebrity worldwide and thousands flocked to see her at her farm in Bangladesh. Guinness Book of Records has been informed about Rani’s death.

    The crown for the world’s smallest cow is currently held by Manikyam in India, who is 61.1 centimeters (24 inches) tall.

  • Ideas 9 organises event to promote inter-sect harmony

    Ideas 9 organises event to promote inter-sect harmony

    A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Ideas 9, organised a majlis for inter-sect and interfaith harmony by inviting people from different sects.

    Religious scholars narrated the historic events that happened in Karbala.

    Plants were distributed among the participants at the end of the event.

  • Fact Check: TikTokers are not banned in public parks

    Fact Check: TikTokers are not banned in public parks

    Claim: TikTokers are banned from public parks in Pakistan

    Fact: A fake notification by the Parks and Horticulture Authority claimed TikTokers have been banned in public parks

    Media outlets reported on Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 that the Punjab Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has officially banned TikTokers in all public parks. A document was also circulated, stating that ‘we are a responsible authority expect responsible attitude from the public too…[Youtubers and TikTokers] will be taking permission and sharing the content of the video prior to any shoot from now onwards.”

    However Azhar Mashwani, Focal Person of Digital Media to the Chief Minister of Punjab has clarified this statement, in a tweet. He, while calling the news a fake one said that “no such decision taken so far by Govt Currently TikTok is banned in Pakistan.”

    The Current spoke to Mashwani and asked him about the official notification related to the ban which is circulating.

    He stated that it is merely a suggestion by the Vice Chairman of PHA and it requires a lot of approval from the other high officials. We even asked him that if we go to a public park right now and make a TikTok video there would the authorities there allow us? He responded with a yes.

    The notice has been making rounds on social media platforms since yesterday following the Minar-e-Pakistan incident in which Ayesha Akram, a TikToker survived a mass sexual assault on August 14.

    No other official from PHA or Punjab Government has commented so far on the matter.

    VERDICT: FALSE