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  • Restaurants, marriage halls majorly contributing to coronavirus spread

    Restaurants, marriage halls majorly contributing to coronavirus spread

    Six marriage halls and 103 restaurants were sealed in Karachi for violating coronavirus SOPs. 

    According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), six marriage halls and 103 restaurants were sealed in the port city over neglecting coronavirus SOPs.

    Federal Minister for Planning and Development and Chairman NCOC, Asad Umar said indoor restaurants and marriage halls appear to be majorly contributing to the COVID-19 spread.

    “NCOC today has directed all provinces and federating units to crack down on SOPs violations in these places, the minister said in his tweet. We must not allow the irresponsible behavior of some to put the health of everyone at risk,” he said further. 

    On Thursday, authorities in Karachi had also announced a micro smart lockdown in various parts for two weeks after cases of COVID-19 increased in the city.

  • Sham Idrees opens up about his ‘other daughter’

    Sham Idrees opens up about his ‘other daughter’

    Pakistani-Candian YouTuber Sham Idrees in a recent video introduced his daughter from his previous marriage.

    The vlogger made a video and revealed that back in 2010, before he started making vlogs, he was married for a short while.

    “I’m gonna take you back to 2010,” said the vlogger in the video. “I was 19 or 20 years of age – fairly young. I didn’t know what I was doing but I decided to get married. Of course, it didn’t work out. Within a few months, we decided to end it and go our separate ways. However, a few months after that, I found out I was having a baby. On September 10th, 2010 I had a baby girl,” he said.

    Explaining why he introduced her to his fans after so many years, he said, “When I started vlogging my daughter was six years old and I had to make a decision if I keep her on social media or take her completely off. Now we celebrated her 10th birthday. I know 10 is still fairly young but I gave her the option and asked her if she wants to be a part of this industry and she is very excited.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRa23mFIEY

    Dua Idrees has also made her own YouTube channel. She released a Vlog about her 10th birthday titled, Meet My Dad. We can also see her in Idrees’s vlogs with both Froggy and Sierra.

    Sham Idrees is a Youtuber with over 2 million subscribers. Sham got married to Saher popularly known as Froggy in 2019. The couple welcomed a baby girl, Sierra Idrees earlier this year.

  • Restaurants sealed in Karachi for violating SOPs

    The city administration sealed several hotels, restaurants in various areas of Karachi over violation of COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

    As per reports, 10 restaurants were sealed in District Central, two in Clifton, three at Boat Basin food street, and two in the Saddar area of District South, Karachi.

    The management of the restaurants were violating SOPs for running the business during the pandemic.

    Meanwhile, the Sindh government on Wednesday imposed a “micro smart lockdown” in several areas to control the spread of coronavirus.

    According to a notification, the government has imposed micro smart lockdown in different localities of District West, Karachi. The district West areas that have been put under micro smart lockdown include Manghopir Union Council 8 and Gadap Town.

    The move came after more than 20 cases were reported from Manghopir Union Council.

    Police officials have been positioned in these areas to impose the lockdown restrictions. The provincial government has asked the deputy commissioner and senior police officials in Karachi to ensure micro smart lockdowns and implementation of SOPs at designated sites.

  • Islamabad’s education officers asked to visit seven schools daily to monitor SOPs

    Islamabad’s education officers asked to visit seven schools daily to monitor SOPs

    With primary schools set to reopen today (Wednesday) in the twin cities in the third phase of educational institutions reopening after a long break due to coronavirus, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has instructed all area education officers to visit at least seven schools daily and ensure that health guidelines and standard operating procedure (SOP) are being followed strictly.

    As per reports, a total of 193 FDE-run primary schools in Islamabad will reopen.

    FDE officials said that a team of FDE directors and officers from the Ministry of Federal Education and the capital administration will also visit schools. They added that teams from the Private Educational Institution Regulatory Authority (Peira) will also visit primary schools.

    Officials further said that imposing social distancing would be more challenging in primary schools compared to high schools, colleges or universities, particularly with students in nursery to third grade, which is why teachers will have to put an extra effort.

    Islamabad-based educational institutions have reported more than 30 cases of COVID-19 out of around 15,000 tests.

    Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mehmood said that the positivity rate is 0.8pc in educational institutions across the country.

    At a press conference in Islamabad, he said that out of 171,436 tests carried out in educational institutions – not including primary schools – 1,284 have come back positive for the virus.

    He said school administrations, teachers and parents must be more attentive from Wednesday, when primary schools reopen, because young children cannot follow SOPs and practice social distancing on their own.

  • Woman moves family court after losing to father in Ludo

    Woman moves family court after losing to father in Ludo

    A 24-year-old woman has approached a family court after she lost several Ludo games to her father in Bhopal city of India.

    As per the details, the young woman, her two siblings and their father, used to play the game during the coronavirus lockdown. After losing a few games, she developed bitterness against her father, which increased over a period of time and the family had to seek counselling sessions for her.

    “Nowadays, children are unable to endure defeat which is why such cases come up. They need to learn to accept defeat which is as important as winning,” family court counsellor Sarita Rajani told an Indian news agency.

    “A 24-year-old young woman had come to us and said that when she was playing Ludo with her siblings and father, her father killed her token (goti) and she felt it was a breach of trust. She said she had trusted her father a lot and didn’t expect to be defeated by him,” she added.

    Rajani told that the girl has said that she lost respect for her father and even felt hesitation in calling him “father”. She said the father-daughter relation was better earlier and only the board game defeat led to the crisis. 

    “She has been counselled four times till now and the situation is improving. We will find a positive solution,” she added.

    Rajani added that the girl did not share her feelings with her family and decided to seek counselling about the matter.

    She said the young woman is currently pursuing her studies and does not have a mother. The girl is the youngest of three siblings.

  • Tips to raise kids in line with Islamic values

    Tips to raise kids in line with Islamic values

    Proper upbringing is every parent’s biggest concern. But at the same time, it can be confusing and difficult with so many ideas and suggestions pouring in from all around. And in this age and time, where there are so many distractions, parents are also worried about raising pious children and bringing them close to religion. Blogger Zunaira, who runs a blog From Dresses to Diapers shared some tips on the subject with The Current. 

    Zunaira has shared a few tips using her knowledge of child development and religion. She has also listed some mobile apps, tools, and books to assist you in this journey. You can find their Instagram accounts at the end of the posts.

    Islam and kids – From 0 to 2 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7JIq9Biet/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Islam and kids – From 2 to 4 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIA-8jBNcf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Islam and kids – From 4 to 6 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcgOTNBZ-R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
  • Over 1,200 children start smoking every day in Pakistan

    Over 1,200 children start smoking every day in Pakistan

    Around 1,200 children start smoking every day in Pakistan, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of National Health Services, Dr Nausheen Hamid, said on Thursday.

    “The data we have has shown that children between ages of 6 and 12 are also among those children who start smoking every day,” Hamid said adding that more than 160,000 people died every year in Pakistan because of tobacco use.

    “The tobacco industry tries to attract young generations to become users their customers,” she said.

    As per reports, Pakistan has taken several steps to control tobacco use, including banning smoking in all places of public work or use, and on all public transport.

    Laws in Pakistan also forbid the sale of smoked tobacco products within 50 meters of any school, university, or educational institution, as well as the sale of single cigarettes and small packets of cigarettes. Youth under the age of 18 are not allowed to but the tobacco products.

    Many forms of tobacco advertising and promotion including advertising on TV, radio and print media are also banned. 

    According to data available on the Pakistani health ministry’s tobacco control cell, there are 23.9 million tobacco users in the country, of whom 15.6 million are smokers.

    “5,000 Pakistanis are admitted to the hospitals every day due to tobacco,” the cell said, “and 39 percent of households are exposed daily to secondhand tobacco smoke.”

  • Study suggests dengue may provide immunity against COVID-19

    Study suggests dengue may provide immunity against COVID-19

    A new study that analysed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquito-transmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID-19.

    The study, which has not yet been published was led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke University, compared the geographic distribution of coronavirus cases with the spread of dengue in 2019 and 2020.

    Places with lower coronavirus infection rates and slower case growth were locations that had suffered intense dengue outbreaks this year or last, Nicolelis found.

    “If proven correct, this hypothesis could mean that dengue infection or immunization with an efficacious and safe dengue vaccine could produce some level of immunological protection” against the coronavirus, it added.

    Nicolelis told Reuters that the reveal was interesting because previous studies have shown that people with dengue antibodies in their blood can falsely test positive for COVID-19 antibodies even if they have never been infected by the coronavirus.

     “This indicates that there is an immunological interaction between two viruses that nobody could have expected because the two viruses are from completely different families,” Nicolelis said, adding that further studies are needed to prove the connection.

    Brazil has the third-highest total of COVID-19 infections in the world with more than 4.4 million cases – behind only the United States and India. In states such as Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul and Minas Gerais, with a high incidence of dengue last year and early this year, COVID-19 took much longer to reach a level of high community transmission compared to states such as Amapá, Maranhão and Pará that had fewer dengue cases.

    The team found a similar relationship between dengue outbreaks and a slower spread of COVID-19 in other parts of Latin America, as well as Asia and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

  • VIDEO: Electronics shop owner teaches daughters to repair things

    VIDEO: Electronics shop owner teaches daughters to repair things

    Naseeb Jamal, who runs an appliances repair shop in Qasba Colony, Karachi, has taught and trained his daughters to repair different things.

    In an interview with Urdu News, Jamal, who has eight daughters and one son, shared that he trained six of his daughters to fix and repair electronic devices, adding that he believes women are fast learners. 

    Talking about breaking the stereotypes, Jamal said: “People would gossip and called me a rebel. Even my mother said to me that what I was doing was not in line with our traditions and that it was not good for [my] girls to sit at the shop.”

    “I trust my daughters and want to equip them with skills in my supervision. What is wrong in that,” he questioned.

    “This is the way to strengthen women. They should not just be educated, but skilled as well. If they are skilled, they would bring more pride to their parents, to their country and also to their area,” he added. 

    https://www.facebook.com/UrduNewsCom/posts/2026777044126065
  • EXCLUSIVE: Maryam Nawaz’s APC outfit details revealed

    EXCLUSIVE: Maryam Nawaz’s APC outfit details revealed

    Maryam Nawaz’s look at the opposition’s All Parties’ Conference has been the talk of the town.

    The Vice President (VP) of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) dazzled in an emerald green raw silk outfit with statement sleeves which she accessorized with matching Manolo Blahnik shoes, a Rolex watch and a diamond ring. Maryam completed her look with small green earrings.

    Inside sources have revealed to The Current that Maryam designed her outfit herself and did not wear a designer for the occasion. Check out more pictures of her outfit below:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXGpY9h_Sx/