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What does King Charles think about Islam?

King Charles has officially proclaimed Great Britain’s new monarch on Saturday at a ceremony in St. James’s Palace in London. The former Prince of Wales ‘Has become lawfully and rightfully Lord of Britain and Commonwealth’ on September 10.

Charles, 73, succeeded his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, immediately after her death on Thursday but an Accession Council met on Saturday to formally proclaim his succession, with his son and heir Prince William, his wife Queen Consort Camilla, and Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, among those who signed the proclamation.

What are Charles’s views about Islam?

The new King of Britain on various occasions has expressed his admiration for Islam.

“These are not arbitrary limits, they are the limits imposed by God and, as such, if my understanding of the Quran is correct, Muslims are commanded not to transgress them,” said Charles during a speech at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in 2010.

“We share this planet with the rest of creation for a very good reason – and that is, we cannot exist on our own without the intricately balanced web of life around us. Islam has always taught this and to ignore that lesson is to default on our contract with Creation,” he added in the same speech.
He also criticised the publishing of Danish cartoons and urged everyone to respect others’ beliefs.

“The true mark of a civilised society is the respect it pays to minorities and to strangers … The recent ghastly strife and anger over the Danish cartoons show the danger that comes from our failure to listen and to respect what is precious and sacred to others,” he stated.

Charles has occasionally addressed “misunderstanding” about Islam in the West. “If there is much misunderstanding in the West about the nature of Islam, there is also much ignorance about the debt our own culture and civilisation owe to the Islamic world. It is a failure which stems, I think, from the straightjacket of history which we have inherited.”

Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday after becoming increasingly frail over the past year. In her last year of life, the longest serving monarch in United Kingdom’s history missed many official engagements,many for the first time. In her stead, the then Prince of Wales, Charles, took over many of her duties.

September 12, 2022
Terrorism case: Imran Khan’s bail extended again

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till September 20 in a terrorism case registered against him.

The PTI chairman arrived in court on Monday amid tight security.

The PTI chief was booked for terrorism under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act for making controversial remarks against Additional Sessional Judge Zeba Chaudhry and officials of the Islamabad Police during a rally in Islamabad on August 20.

On Sunday, Khan, for the third time, refused to appear before the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the terrorism charge against him.

ATC extends Imran Khan’s interim bail till Sept 12

Earlier, ATC extended Imran Khan’s interim bail till September 12. At the time, the court directed the former prime minister to submit Rs100,000 as surety against the bail.

Imran Khan’s counsel, Babar Awan, informed the ATC that the former premier’s life was at threat. Awan said that Islamabad police had issued a threat alert about a possible attack on Imran Khan.

“Inspector General Police (IG) and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations will be responsible if something happens to my client,” warned Babar, while pleading for an interim bail for Khan.

During the hearing, the court was informed that four new sections had been added to the First Information Report against Khan. These include 186 (offence of obstructing public servant in the execution of public duty), 504 (criminal intimidation), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).

Read more: New FIR filed against Khan for violating Section 144

While talking to the media Khan said, “Mai har roz ziada khatarnak ho raha hoon,” said PTI Chairman Imran Khan. [Translation: I am becoming more dangerous every day.]

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Journalist Azaz Syed questioned PTI Chairman Imran Khan whether his wife Bushra Bibi received a diamond necklace from business tycoon Malik Riaz or not.

“Heeray sastay hotay hain, mehngi cheezon ki baat kiya karo,” said PTI Chairman.

[Translation: Diamonds are cheap, talk about something expensive.]

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Last week, Khan was given pre-arrest bail in the terrorism case filed against him for threatening judge Zeba and senior police officers at a public rally held.

The ATC had accepted the former premier’s bail plea against a surety of Rs100,000, stopping the police from arresting Khan till September 1.

Separately, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on August 31, directed Khan to resubmit his response in the contempt of court case within the next seven days.

Read more: Disappointed by IK, High Court directs Khan to submit his response again

The IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that he was “disappointed” by the written response submitted by Khan in the contempt of court case. He asked the former premier to review his response and submit it once.

September 12, 2022
Sajal Aly bonds with Imran Khan’s sons, Shabana Azmi in Toronto

Actor Sajal Aly’s Hollywood film What’s Love Got to Do With It? just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, where the actress stunned her fans in a black ensemble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-qYgN8zOs&t=5s

Written and co-produced by Jemima Khan, the Shekhar Kapur directorial was screened at the prestigious festival on Saturday. The cross-cultural British rom-com follows a filmmaker Zoe (Lily James) and juxtaposes her journey to love (swiping on dating apps and bad dates) with that of her close friend Kazim’s (Shazad Latif) who decides to opt for an arranged marriage with Maymouna (Aly). It will release in cinemas on January 27.

The Yaqeen Ka Safar diva was seen bonding with Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and film’s producer Jemima Khan’s son.

She also posed with her transnational co-stars including Bollywood’s Shabana Azmi.

September 12, 2022
PKR continues losing ground against dollar amid fears of widening trade deficit

In the interbank market during the first hours of trading on Monday, the Pakistani rupee was trading between Rs229 and Rs230 versus the US dollar.

When intra-day trading began at 11:00 AM, the rupee was quoted at Rs229.88, depreciating by 0.31 per cent against the US dollar.

The rupee had a terrible prior week, falling against the US dollar in the inter-bank market to close at Rs228.18 after losing value in each of the five sessions for a total loss of almost 4 per cent.

In the interbank market during the first hours of trading on Monday, the Pakistani rupee was trading between Rs229 and Rs230 versus the US dollar.

When intra-day trading began at 11:00 AM, the rupee was quoted at Rs229.88, depreciating by Re0.70 or 0.31 per cent against the US dollar.

The rupee had a terrible prior week, falling against the US dollar in the inter-bank market to close at Rs228.18 after losing value in each of the five sessions for a total loss of almost 4 per cent.

The dollar index, which compares the value of the dollar to six important rival currencies, held steady at Rs108.82, retreating from a two-decade high achieved on Wednesday. In the previous session, it fell to Rs108.35, its lowest level since August 30.

Investors remain cautious ahead of Tuesday’s release of the US CPI data, despite the fact that Fed officials continued to use hawkish language on Friday, the last day before a period of silence prior to the Federal Open Market Committee’s meetings.

A significant factor in currency parity, oil prices fell on Monday as the outlook for global fuel demand was overshadowed by COVID-19 limitations in China and the possibility of future interest rate increases in the US and Europe.

September 12, 2022
10-year-old girl raped, strangled to death by tenant in Karachi

A 10-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death in Karachi. As per the details, an 18-year-old tenant, who rented the child’s father’s house, raped and then strangled the girl. The incident occurred in the Mehmoodabad neighbourhood of Karachi.

Police took the girl to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where she was pronounced dead.

Pervaiz, the girl’s father, told police that he worked as a labourer and that a few months ago, they rented a room in the upper half of the house to Zeeshan, who worked as a loader at his wife’s relative’s warehouse.

He further said that his daughter used to go to Zeeshan’s room to give him food. On Saturday, she did not return from Zeeshan’s room which made her family suspicious and they started looking for the girl.

Zeeshan has been arrested by the police and he has confessed to raping and murdering the minor girl.

According to the doctors, the girl was murdered after being brutally tortured.

At least 133 women were kidnapped and as many as 85 were subjected to rape in Pakistan in the month of July alone, a report has revealed.

The data has been compiled by the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) and the Centre for Research, Development and Communication (CRDC). The cases that have been reported in mainstream media are added to the report.

September 12, 2022
Indian PM Modi to attend regional summit along with PM Shehbaz

Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and Pakistani Premier Shehbaz Sharif will take part in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit which is due to take place on September 15 and 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

New Delhi has not yet specified whether Modi would hold bilateral talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Russian President Vladimir Putin or Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Earlier, in the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting, all of the ministers reiterated that the heads of SCO states would attend the summit.

Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto, who had attended the meeting in Tashkent, said that a bilateral meeting between the Pakistani and Indian leaders is not scheduled.

“There are no plans of any meetings between Indian and Pakistani prime ministers in September”, Bilawal revealed, adding that both India and Pakistan are part of the SCO and the two countries are only engaged in the context of the broad-based activities of the organisation.

The foreign minister had said: “India is our neighbouring country. While one can decide on a lot of things, one cannot choose its neighbours, therefore, we should get used to living with them.”

Other than this, it has been reported that Russian Putin and Chinese Xi would meet at the summit. China has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and has ramped up purchases of Russian oil.

September 11, 2022
Pakistani qaum, yeh cricket hai bhei, racism check mein rakho

Sports brings pride and recognition to a country and for Pakistan, cricket is one of the most celebrated games. It brings both joy and heartache to millions of Pakistanis. With Pakistan and Sri Lanka playing the final of Asia Cup 2022, we wish both teams luck but we obviously want Pakistan to win! Pakistanis all around the world will be rooting for our boys in green. Cricket and our men in green are a source of continuous pride for the country but what we witnessed from the audience stands in the match between Pakistan and Afghanistan was nothing but disappointing at so many levels. The Afghanistan-Pakistan cricket rivalry is fast crossing the acceptable margins, even surpassing the age-old rivalry between India and Pakistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan faced each other in an important Asia Cup fixture in the Super Four round, where the stakes were too high. Afghanistan needed a win to keep their chances alive, while Pakistan needed to clinch this win to be in the final. Afghanistan was close to victory but the Pakistani team bounced back at the last minute, stealing the game away. The event witnessed some heated moments between Afghan and Pakistani players, charging up the spectators on both sides. Afghan fans purportedly indulged in verbal abuse and later ended up throwing seats at the Pakistani fans, prompting many observers to say the spirit of the game has been ‘tainted’. Sports fabs across the world sometimes show uncouth behaviour, be it cricket or football or any other game. It is always difficult to see one’s own side lose but it does not mean that fans of the winning team should be subjected to violence.

While the cricketing rivalry between Afghanistan and Pakistan may be in its infancy, it has got all the ingredients for a heated contest courtesy the political history both countries share. After the disappointing scenes between the fans, there was an immense backlash against the Afghans. But the reaction of many Pakistanis was quite disappointing and downright racist. Pakistanis calling Afghans ‘namak haram’ — racist term often used to address Afghan refugees living in Pakistan — was not just uncalled for but also wrong. No one should have to bear verbal abuses and being called ungrateful or other names. Refugees deserve to be treated with dignity. This is what we also demand from western nations when it comes to Muslim refugees so why display racism against refugees in our own country? Also, to taunt an entire nation and another country because of the shenanigans of a few fans is just wrong. It is a game and one needs to accept both win and defeat with grace.

We just hope that the teams and supporters watching the Asia Cup final today show resolve and grace. May the best team win.

September 11, 2022
Panadol production stopped in Pakistan, shortage expected

The widely used over-the-counter (OTC) drug panadol and paracetamol may not be available in markets as the company that produced the brands has stopped production of both the drugs.

Panadol is a generic drug used to treat fevers, minor pains such as headaches and vaccination shot ache.

The company has cited cost-effectiveness for not manufacturing the drug anymore.

The manufacturer, who has been requesting authorities to raise the price of Panadol, claims that production was no longer financially viable.

According to the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association of Pakistan, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) reportedly issued a summary to the health ministry requesting an increase of Rs 1per tablet, but the federal cabinet rejected the document.

The association says the manufacturer could not sell the medicine at less than the production cost.

According to the pharmaceutical industry, the manufacturing of the tablets has been fully stopped.

DRAP has been formally informed that some of the tablets sold by pharmacies are fraudulent.

Panadol is among the highest selling medicine brands in the country, with demand for the drug being the highest in Punjab. The medicine comes in formulations meant for infants, children and adults. A sister brand named Panadol Extend is also part of the company’s products.

September 11, 2022
Apple to release iOS 16 tomorrow, is your iPhone compatible?
On September 12, the majority of regions are likely to receive Apple’s newest iOS 16. All compatible devices will be able to update to the most advanced and intelligent operating system created by the Cupertino-based tech giant.

A deeper intelligence, brand-new tools for personalization, and improved sharing and communication capabilities are all part of iOS 16’s enhancements to the iPhone.

Compatible iPhones

These iPhones are compatible with iOS 16:

iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max

iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max

iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max

iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max

iPhone X, iPhone XR

iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)

Whats new?
- With iOS 16, you can now simply switch between various Lock Screens, each with a different background and aesthetic. For ideas, explore a gallery of wallpapers with suggested images and thematic collections.
- Make your iPhone unique with brand-new ways to customise the Lock Screen. Highlight favourite images, alter font styles, and put up a few widgets to access information quickly.
- View notifications in a concealed view, stacked view, or extended list view on the lock screen. Additionally, alerts are hidden by appearing at the bottom of the screen.
- You can now make changes to a recently sent message or decide not to send it at all. Additionally, if you are unable to react right away but want to do so later, you can mark a message as unread.
- The Home app has been completely redesigned to be even more effective and dependable. Utilize the newly designed Home tab to navigate all of your smart home accessories. You can now access the necessary accessories with just a tap thanks to new sections for climate, lights, security, and more. Additionally, a multicamera view places your smart home cameras in the spotlight.
- Real-time transcription of audio into text makes it simpler to follow conversations and news.
How to update to iOS 16?

Make sure your device is plugged in and connected to the Internet with Wi-Fi. Then follow these steps:

Go to Settings > General > Software Update.

You may see software update options available. You can choose to stay on iOS and still get important security updates.

To update to iOS 16 click on the patch available and tap Install Now.
September 11, 2022
Delhi High Court orders Amazon India to remove Pakistan-made Rooh Afza from listings

The Delhi High Court ordered the e-commerce website Amazon to remove the listings after Rooh Afza’s Indian producer, Hamdard National Foundation, filed a lawsuit alleging that Pakistan-produced Rooh Afza was being sold in India through Amazon, according to The Indian Express.

Indians have been drinking Rooh Afza, a well-known beverage, for more than a century. The fact that its imported version was being sold on Amazon without the manufacturer’s information was shocking to the court.

On Wednesday, Justice Prathiba M. Singh ordered Amazon to remove the “listings of infringing ‘Rooh Afza’ products” within 48 hours.

Rooh Afza was first introduced by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed in Delhi more than a century ago. After the partition, Hakim’s elder son relocated to India while the younger son chose Pakistan.

Currently, Hamdard National Foundation has the rights to the beverage in India, while Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) makes it in Pakistan.

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Last year, the Hamdard National Foundation discovered that some merchants were also listing Rooh Afza, and several of them received notifications as a result.

Later, it was discovered that the Rooh Afza bottles being sold in India on Amazon were really made in Pakistan, which is against the law.

September 11, 2022