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  • ‘I still can’t believe my sister is gone,’ says Mayra’s brother

    ‘I still can’t believe my sister is gone,’ says Mayra’s brother

    In a recent interview given to BBC, the family of Mayra Zulfiqar, a young woman from London, murdered in Pakistan, appeals for justice.

    “I still can’t believe that my sister is gone. It seems like a nightmare, that I am going to wake up and hug her,” says Moiz Muhammad, brother of Mayra.

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    “Everyday I wake up and I just can’t believe my sister is gone,” says Moiz, sobbing.

    Her brother added that Mayra had dreams and she wanted to help the poor. “She was a caring person,” he said.

    Muhammad Zulfiqar, Mayra’s father with tears in his eyes questioned, ” What have these terrible people done to her? Why have they behaved so awfully? What wrong did she ever do ?”

    With eyes filled with pain and tears rolling down his cheeks, Zulfiqar appeals from the premier’s of both Pakistan and London to help him bring justice to his daughter. “I’m running between different offices. The police aren’t listening to me properly,” says Zulfiqar.

    In report published by Samaa, Zahid Jadoon, a resident of Lahore, has confessed to murdering a British-Pakistani woman on May 3.

    Mayra Zulfiqar, 24, was found in a pool of blood in a flat in Lahore.

    The law graduate from London had been threatened by two men who both wanted to marry her but she had rejected both of them.

  • Pakistan to host World Environment Day on June 5: PM Khan

    Pakistan to host World Environment Day on June 5: PM Khan

    Addressing a ceremony in Haripur in connection with the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan will be hosting World Environment Day on June 5.

    “This is a great honour and acknowledgment of the fact that Pakistan is among a handful of countries trying to reduce the impact of climate change and global warming,” said PM Khan.

    PM Khan said that his government had taken steps to protect the environment, adding that it was a worrying sign that Pakistan was included in the list of 10 countries that are worse affected from climate change.

    Earlier this month, Pakistan was chosen to host the World Environment Day 2021 in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on June 5.

    This will be the first time in history that the country will be officially hosting the day.

    The day will be celebrated across the world through various events and activities under Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

    The theme for the day this year will be ecosystem restoration, with a special focus on creating a good relationship with nature.

  • ‘American Eid’: Disney+ is all set to release a short film on a Pakistani girl

    Disney+ has released the trailer a the short film, American Eid. The story of American Eid revolves around two young girls from Pakistan- Ameena and Zainab- and their struggle to celebrate Eid in the United States (US).

    Sharing her excitement over the film on social media, director Aqsa Altaf said: “The trailer for American Eid is here! I dreamed of telling a Disney Eid story and I will forever be grateful to Disney, Launchpad and the entire cast and crew for making this film a reality.”

    American Eid by Disney+ is a part of the Launchpad series which will feature six original short films.

    “Launchpad is about giving access and opportunity to those in Hollywood who historically have been left behind and not given those opportunities and access,” said Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Walt Disney Company, Mahin Ibrahim.

  • Wasim Akram is losing his mind as he quarantines for PSL6

    Wasim Akram is losing his mind as he quarantines for PSL6

    The sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is ready to resume in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abu Dhabi shall host the 20 matches at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium from the first week of June. For that all teams and their staff have to go through a week’s isolation to maintain COVID-19 protocols for the tournament. Karachi Kings’ president and former Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram is losing his mind in isolation as he is also quarantined for the same.

    “Third day in isolation, seen everything on Netflix, Prime, cable TV and now I think I am about to lose my sh_t,” wrote Akram on Twitter.

    “Suggestions are welcome,” he added.

    Replying to his tweet, Kings’ owner Salman Iqbal said: “Seven more days to go bro! I have some suggestions , will send you a WhatsApp.”

    Fahad Mustafa then dived in and replied to Salman, saying: “I also have some suggestions Salman bhai. Have to share with you before you leave.”

    Akram then replied to Fahad and said: “Salman is not even going into the bubble so don’t waste your ideas on him but I am all ears though.”

    “Third day [and] losing it already, said Wasim being bored-to-tears.

    According to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), around 168 people will travel from Lahore on a chartered flight while 65 will leave for Abu Dhabi from Karachi. All the cricketers and coaching staff available in Pakistan for the league have been in quarantine at a local hotel since Monday where the second test of COVID-19 was conducted on Tuesday and their reports will come out before the planes depart for Abu Dhabi.

  • ‘Mouse plague’ in Australia: Mice crawl into beds and bite residents

    ‘Mouse plague’ in Australia: Mice crawl into beds and bite residents

    Farmers in Australia are facing several problems due to a severe mice plague in the country. They allegedly have to put the legs of their beds in buckets of water to stop the mice from biting them while they are asleep.

    Millions of mice are running riot in the eastern part of the country and are causing a serious destruction to farms by eating crops and attacking grain silos.

    As per reports, livestock farmers have to scoop hundreds of dead mice they have managed to either drown in buckets or poison.

    Kodi Brady, a farm owner said, “It does play massive impacts on your mental health. I don’t sleep because I’m paranoid, you know, you can hear them in your walls and your roof.”

    Read More – Indian woman takes lover on tour to Australia on husband’s passport

    Brady has been laying bait for mice for the last six months and despite efforts to seal his house, the rodents remain in large number.

    “Your social and emotional wellbeing is shot and you are absolutely buggered,” he said.

    The region has been fighting a mice plague for numerous months after heavy rains in recent years relieved the country’s worst drought in 50 years. The wet weather not only helped produce the country’s largest ever grain crop but also provided plenty food to mice.

    Mice – believed to have arrived in Australia along with the first European settlers – are well suited to the country’s often harsh climate.

    They can survive long periods of dry weather and when the weather turns, they thrive and rapidly reproduce as food and water gets available.

    BBC News interviewed three farmers who spoke about living through the worst mouse plague in memory.

    Warning: This video contains graphic content.

  • Man fined for hurting woman’s feelings

    Man fined for hurting woman’s feelings

    The court in the United Arab Emirates has ordered a young man to pay a woman Dh20,000 (Rs 840560) in compensation for hurting her feelings via text messages.

    According to details, the young woman registered a lawsuit demanding the defendant pay her Dh100,000 as compensation for text messages he sent, in which he alleged her of having a relationship with many men and of sending him her pictures with an objective to seduce him.

    The complainant indicated that she got a message from the man’s phone alleging her of befriending men, pointing out that a criminal judgment had been issued against him which required a fine.

    Read More – Man tries to slit wife’s throat because she ‘cheated on him in dream’

    She accused the man of insulting her after the judgment and asked the court for compensation for all damages she suffered.

    The defendant demanded that the case be rejected, claiming the complainant was trying to get him charged because she wanted to negotiate the amount of Dh39,000 she owed him and that a verdict was issued relevant to this matter requesting the woman to return the amount to him.

    The court ruled that in the light of the evidence, the defendant had been convicted in the criminal case for insulting the plaintiff. It stated that the incident caused moral damage, hurting the petitioner’s feelings and her reputation and ordered the young man to pay her an amount of Dh20,000 in addition to legal fees and charges.

  • Priyanka Chopra spills her secret to a happy marriage

    Priyanka Chopra spills her secret to a happy marriage

    Take some tips from Priyanka Chopra for a happy marriage.

    “Secret behind a good marriage?” said Chopra while speaking to Vogue Australia. “I am just two years in, so I would be able to tell you only so much. According to me, it is conversation.”

    “Actually sitting down, being able to speak to each other and spend time with each other. And actually enjoy it all,” added Chopra-Jonas.

    Priyanka got married to Nick Jonas in December 2018 in two grand ceremonies.

    When asked about how she managed to plan the “world’s most epic wedding,” Chopra said: “The secret behind [the] world’s most epic wedding was doing it in two months.”

    “Because we did not have time to think about anything. So, by the time it was done, it was just perfect, epic,” she added.

    Priyanka and Nick first got in touch via Twitter and soon started speaking to each other over text and Whatsapp. Their first meeting took place at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in 2017 following which they met in Los Angeles, where they watched Beauty and the Beast at the Hollywood Bowl.

    Chopra recently flew to LA from London to be by her husband’s side after he broke a rib and helped him present at the Billboard Music Awards (BMAs).

    Meanwhile, Priyanka also opened up about the failures she has faced in her professional life.

    “No one only wins. I’ve lost many battles. I’ve done many, many movies that no one has watched. It’s what you do after failures that defines you. To me, life is a ladder. It’s never a destination,” remarked the star.

    Priyanka also said that she works hard so that the generation after her wouldn’t have to.

    “We as Asians have always been taught that you’ve got to run faster than everyone to get where you’re going,” said Chopra. “I wanted to be seen as a mainstream leading lady, and not be boxed into the stereotype I saw a lot of, that required 10 years of work…and finally, I feel like I’ve been able to get to a place where I am doing that.”

    “I think the responsibility is to constantly push the goalposts, not just for yourself, but for everyone who comes after you. For the next generation of South Asian talent, I want it not to take 10 years for them to get the roles that they want,” added the actor.

    Priyanka has a string of releases lined up including Text For You co-starring Sam Heughan and Keanu Reeves’ Matrix 4. She is also working on her own production Citadel.

  • Brad Pitt was one of Jennifer Aniston’s favourite guest stars on ‘Friends’

    Brad Pitt was one of Jennifer Aniston’s favourite guest stars on ‘Friends’

    Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt fans were in for a surprise after Aniston named ex-husband Pitt as one of her favourite guest stars on Friends.

    Speaking to Access Hollywood about the upcoming highly-anticipated reunion, Jennifer, who played Rachel Green in the popular series, said: “Mr Pitt was wonderful. Fantastic.”

    Brad had a cameo on the Season 8 episode, The One with the Rumour. He portrayed Will Colbert in the annual Thanksgiving episode and still hated Rachel from high school, which made for an awkward dinner. At the time of his appearance, the Oscar winner was married to Aniston. The pair began dating in 1998 and exchanged vows in Malibu in 2000 before splitting in 2005.

    Apart from Jennifer, actors Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow also spoke about their favourite guest stars. Courteney and Lisa named Paul Rudd, Tom Selleck, Ben Stiller, Reese Witherspoon and Alec Baldwin as amazing guest stars as well.

    “I was blown away by so many,” said Kudrow when asked to name her favourite star.

    Aniston described Ben Stiller as “hysterical” and deemed Reese Witherspoon (who played her sister Jill on the show) “brilliant”.

    The special reunites Jennifer, Courteney and Lisa with co-stars David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry on screen for the first time since the sitcom ended in 2004.

    The reunion was filmed on Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, California, where the show was originally shot. It was set to be filmed in 2020 but faced delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    It was announced last week that the reunion special will also feature a variety of guests including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, and Malala Yousafzai.

    WATCH – The trailer of ‘Friends: The Reunion’

    Friends, which followed six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City, originally aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004.

  • Proposed bill to make marriage of 18-year-olds mandatory sparks outrage

    Member of Sindh Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed has submitted a draft of “The Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act, 2021” to the Sindh Assembly Secretariat, Dawn has reported. The proposed bill seeks to make it mandatory for parents to marry of their children as soon as they turn18. The proposed bill also states that parents who do not have any justified reason for the delay in the marriage of an adult will be fined.

    However, the bill is unlikely to be passed but the proposed bill got a massive reaction from social media with most people criticising it.

    Have a look at some of the tweets:

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  • ‘I do not represent you and my journey is personal’: Armeena Khan shuts down haters

    Armeena Rana Khan has shut down haters for moral policing her. “I don’t understand why these nationalists, right wingers and religious fanatics lecture me,” wrote Armeena in a tweet.

    “For the last time, I do not represent you and my journey is personal. I will do what I need to do for Pak and otherwise,” she added.

    She continued: “Haters go else where.”

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    In a sperate tweet, sharing screenshots of two different new stories about rape of dead bodies, Armeena wrote: “Your hypocrisy and fake outrage does not bar me when you have instance like this.”

    “Ab aap kindly meri jaan chor dein (Kindly leave me alone),” the actor said.

    “Those people who need to follow my work will do. You kindly make your way to your tableegh pages,” she added.

    “Believe me, my pages are hostile to people like you.”

    The tweet she replied to has been deleted now.

    Read more- Armeena Khan receives inappropriate message, husband savagely responds

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    Earlier, someone left a comment under Armeena’s picture that stated, “Is this a tattoo on her leg? If not what is it?”

    ‘Yes, i’m covered in tattoos will be getting a skull next,” Armeena replied to the comment in a sarcastic manner.

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