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A video of a police officer helping a differently-abled man is winning hearts over social media in Pakistan.

The video, which has been shared on Islamabad police’s official Twitter account video shows a police constable, Amir Baig, helping the disabled man cross the street and lift him up on the embankment on the side of the road.

Once the man is lifted, he thanks the cop before going on his way.

Inspector-General of Police in Islamabad has awarded Rs10,000 and a certificate to the officer for his noble gesture.

Meanwhile, people praised the officer on social media for his heart-warming act.

Makeup artist and stylist Shoaib Khan has been taking Instagram by storm recently with his incredibly mind-blowing transformations. The makeup artist first wowed everyone with his Maleficent look and now he has recreated Deepika Padukone’s iconic look from her debut film Om Shanti Om.

“Finally! The look I’ve been meaning to do for so long! My Inspiration, My Queen, Deepika Padukone, arguably the most elegant and sensational actress I’ve ever seen!,” Shoaib wrote in the caption.

“I just love every bit of her, be it her beauty, her acting skills or her personality! How smart & sophisticated this lady is with everything, the way she carries herself and pulls off every look is literally to die for!”

Members of the film fraternity including Minal Khan, Hira Mani, Sadaf Kanwal and Amna Ilyas also lauded Khan for his skills.

Previously, Shoaib had also transformed himself into the Joker and we can’t decide who looks better. The iconic facial expression of the character with a painted white face, red coat, and sporting green hair left us all shook.

Shoaib also shared with his fans how artists work with devotion regardless of what’s going on in their personal lives.

“Being an artist we feel every emotion more than any other person, and you can see those emotions through our work. No matter what’s going on in our lives we still have to be at work on time and do our work with all the dedication,” he wrote in the caption.

He shared that he could relate to the Joker on some levels which is why he recreated this look.

“Recently I watched Joker and I don’t know I felt that this story is telling lots of people’s stories and I could relate to it, so I thought my next look should be dedicated to this great character and I tried my best to give all my emotions in one look.”

Lastly, here is Shoaib as Angelina Jolie from Maleficient.

We have all grown up playing board games like Monopoly, Scrabble, Cluedo, Snakes and Ladders, Ludo and many more, there are some new board games that are equally fun!

Board games industry has seen a resurgence. According to the BBC, industry forecasters predict the global board game market will be worth more than £9bn by 2023.

The Current recommends these three board games that you must try:

1. Wits & Wager

This is an extremely fun party game. It is played in seven rounds. One trivia question is asked each round, and each player gives a numerical answer to every trivia question. Players simultaneously place their written answers to the trivia question on the betting mat, and then bet on the answer they believe is closest to the right answer but not over it. The house pays players who choose the correct answer based on the odds marked on the board. The player with the most chips after the seventh question is the winner.

2. Risk

Risk is a game of military strategy where you acquire and defend your territory from possible attacks or takeovers. According to Rave, this “dice-rolling war game hits themes of diplomacy and conquest and will go down in history as one of the most popular board games with a major fan base of enthusiasts”.

3. Trivial Pursuit

If you’re a trivia buff, this is the game for you. The object of the game is to move around the board by correctly answering trivia questions. Questions are split into six categories: Geography, Entertainment, History, Arts & Literature, Science & Nature and Sports. The game includes a board, playing pieces, question cards, a box, small plastic wedges to fit into the playing pieces, and a dice.

The Delhi government on Friday announced a public health emergency in the city following the deterioration in air quality in the city. The local government also directed the closure of all schools till November 5 in the interest of the health and safety of children.

According to a report in the Hindustan Times, air quality in the capital has deteriorated breaching ‘severe plus’ level and the city remained shrouded in a thick, toxic layer of smoke and haze. Many environmentalists began to refer to Delhi as an open gas chamber.

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The Air Quality Index (AQI) value in Delhi was at approximately 459 at 8 am Friday morning and this is the first time that the air quality has dipped to emergency levels in the national capital this season. Such a situation was last seen in January 2019. Meanwhile, Lahore’s AQI stands at 343 according to Air Visual.

This prompted the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPA), a Supreme Court-mandated body, to declare a public health emergency. It stated that the air quality in Delhi NCR has become “hazardous” and will have adverse health impacts on all particularly the children.

The EPA also suspended all construction activity in Delhi-NCR till November 5.

Delhi witnessed a spike in pollution after Diwali and the air quality quickly dipped in the following week with the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s pollution rising to 35 percent.

Chief Minister Kejriwal described the city as a “gas chamber” while distributing masks to schoolchildren. He also blamed the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab, where thousands of farmers at this time of year burn crop stubble, sending vast clouds of smoke drifting across northern India and Pakistan.

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Experts have previously predicted that more crop residues are burnt around the time of Diwali since farmers can show them as incidental fires. They use the method to quickly and cheaply ready their fields for the next round of sowing.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has included Lahore in its list of cities that have been designated as Unesco Creative Cities. A total of 66 cities have been selected for 2019’s list.

The cities on the list have been selected for one particular field. While Lahore has been selected in the field of Literature, other categories include gastronomy, music, design, media arts, and film. Meanwhile, other cities on the list include Angoulême (France), Kuhmo (Finland), Wonju (Republic of Korea), Wrocław (Poland), Slemani (Iraq), Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), Beirut (Lebanon), Nanjing (China), and Odessa (Ukraine).

Watch: Secrets of Lahore ft. Shalimar Gardens

Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay made this announcement and said that this step would promote political and social innovation, particularly among the youth.

“All over the world, these cities, each in their way, make culture a pillar – not an accessory – of their strategy,” he said.

The project is being run by Unesco’s Creative Cities to make these places home of ideas and help in the contribution to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovative ideas and action.

The cities on the list have committed to support and achieve the SDGs especially those that directly benefit communities at the urban level.

Watch: Secrets of Lahore ft. Jahangir Tomb

The Unesco Creative Cities Network now counts a total of 246 cities. The member cities come from all continents and areas with different populations and income levels.

Unesco representatives said the cities work together towards a common mission. placing creativity and the creative economy at the core of their urban development plans to make cities safe, inclusive and sustainable, in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Karachi police arrested a nine-member gang of maids, involved in looting homes in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the city.    

According to reports, the gang was also involved in street crimes and robbed shops as well. Three laptops, 10 mobile phones, two cameras, gold jewelry, and five pistols were recovered from the group. 

The police revealed that the gang operated by first sending maids to different houses following which after a few months, they robbed those houses. The group had allegedly been on the run for the past 15 years.

The police caught the gang after conducting underground operations. Five members of the gang are in police custody while others have managed to escape.