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  • Amir Khan going to therapy to ‘stop sexting women’ apologises to wife

    Amir Khan going to therapy to ‘stop sexting women’ apologises to wife

    Former world champion boxer, Amir Khan, has publicly apologised to his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, for being involved in a sexting scandal with another woman. Khan expressed remorse for his actions and has vowed to seek therapy to address the ‘mental issues’ that led to his infidelity.


    The scandal came to light two weeks ago when reports surfaced of Amir Khan engaging in explicit conversations with a bridal model, Sumaira, including requests for provocative pictures and attempts to arrange a meeting. Faryal confronted him about the revelations, emphasising the impact his actions have had on their family.


    In response, Amir Khan has taken full responsibility for his wrongdoing and acknowledged the hurt he has caused his wife. He expressed a willingness to attend therapy sessions if it would help rebuild trust and address the underlying issues in their relationship.


    Recognising the importance of mental health support, Khan emphasised that seeking therapy could be beneficial, particularly in addressing the challenges of maintaining a healthy relationship in the public eye.


    “I think nowadays with mental health issues, any help goes a long way. It’s definitely something I would do. Things like that do help, so maybe it’s something to think about,” said Khan.


    During their holidays in Mykonos, Khan and Faryal took time to reflect on their relationship and the consequences of his actions.

  • Sona, sona, dil mera sona: Firdous Apa says she got 200 tolas of gold on her wedding

    Sona, sona, dil mera sona: Firdous Apa says she got 200 tolas of gold on her wedding

    Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Central Information Secretary of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), revealed that she received 200 tolas of gold on her wedding.

    Firdous Ashiq Awan’s revelation in an interview is going viral on social media, in which she admitted to the host’s question that she had received 200 tola gold at the time of marriage.

    Now the price of 200 tolas of gold is 4 crore, 49 lacs, and 20 thousand rupees in Pakistan.

    Firdous Ashiq Awan also said that these are our traditions. “We also gave gold bracelets to the buffaloes given to my sister at her wedding,” she added.

  • Melting glacier causes Indus to stop flowing, locals and infrastructure at risk

    Melting glacier causes Indus to stop flowing, locals and infrastructure at risk

    The Indus River has stopped flowing due to the melting of a glacier, which has emerged as an eminent threat to the surrounding population in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.

    There is a fear of damage to the adjacent population due to the hold in water flow of the Indus River, reported Geo News. The rising water level has started touching the Labcher Bridge that could result in damaging the structure.

    Following the water blockage in Indus, the Raikot Mathath drain has also flooded and the drain water has entered the water channel of the Raikot Power House [Raikot is a village situated along the Indus River].

    Flooding in the drain has further caused a power outage in Gonar farm and Goharabad areas. Furthermore, a house and crops were also damaged.

  • Cop martyred, eight injured in Khyber district blast

    Cop martyred, eight injured in Khyber district blast

    The police said on Thursday that a cop was martyred and eight others, including policemen, were injured in an explosion in the Bara Bazar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district.

    According to the initial police report, the explosion was suspected to be a suicide attack.

    The latest attack occurred at the tehsil compound, where police were checking people entering it. Other than that, there is a Bara Police Station, government offices, and a cell of the counter-terrorism department in the tehsil compound.

    The police said that the injured have been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Dogra Khyber Agency. There is still no information about the nature of the blast.

    The KP police also suffered an attack last night in which two cops were martyred and two others injured.

  • Not being asked about election-related decisions: MQM complains to Shehbaz

    Not being asked about election-related decisions: MQM complains to Shehbaz

    A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday and complained that the MQM was not being taken on board on important national issues.

    PM Shehbaz met an MQM delegation to discuss the process for the formation of a caretaker setup in the country, reported The News.

    MQM Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui was heading the delegation, while Federal Minister for Information Technology Aminul Haq, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, Dr Farooq Sattar, and Mustafa Kamal were other members of MQM in the delegation. Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique and Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq were also present in the meeting.

    In the meeting with the PM, the MQM delegation complained that the two major coalition partners planned the dissolution of assemblies. MQM was an important ally in the ruling coalition, but it was not being consulted on crucial issues.

    According to sources, MQM said that the next general elections should be held on the basis of the new census and not the 2017 census results. The delegation also demanded notification of the census results.

    The MQM leaders proposed the name of a former commissioner Karachi, Shoaib Siddiqui, as the Sindh caretaker chief minister. However, the decision will be taken after consultation between the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly.

  • Slow economic growth and inflation challenges persist in Pakistan: ADB Outlook Report

    Slow economic growth and inflation challenges persist in Pakistan: ADB Outlook Report

    During the last fiscal year, Pakistan faced the twin challenges of low economic growth and high inflation, in contrast to other South Asian countries.

    According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to foster economic improvement, Pakistan must continue implementing reforms under the new IMF programme.

    However, the ADB’s Outlook Report predicts that the economic growth rate in the upcoming financial year is expected to remain sluggish, similar to the performance observed in the previous fiscal period.

    The primary reasons for the slow economic growth were last year’s floods and the implementation of strict monetary and fiscal policies.

    The ADB’s report also highlights that inflation in Pakistan exceeded expectations during the past year. This inflationary pressure was further exacerbated by increased demand for commodities.

    In comparison, India is projected to experience a growth rate of 6.7 per cent, Sri Lanka 1.3 per cent, and Bangladesh at a rate of 6.5 per cent.

  • ‘More gripping than any drama on tv’, Khan promises to expose ‘cypher drama’

    ‘More gripping than any drama on tv’, Khan promises to expose ‘cypher drama’

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has announced in a tweet that he will share “uncensored details” about cypher drama controversy on Thursday.
    “In their feverish attempts to implicate me in any case just to get me disqualified and jailed, this current assortment of incompetent crooks have again shot themselves in the foot. They have provided me with an opportunity to do a proper exposé of this whole Cypher drama”, Imran Khan tweeted on Wednesday.
    “Tomorrow I will share the uncensored details of how this conspiracy unfolded to overthrow a govt which had the best economic performance in the last 17 years and bring these money launderers and crooks into power who have run the country to the ground. I assure you it will be more gripping than any drama on tv,” he wrote.

    The remarks come as Khan’s former Principal Secretary, Azam Khan, reportedly made sensational revelations about how the US cypher was used to create a premeditated conspiracy by Imran and his close aides.

    Khan refused to believe that Azam Khan had given the statement, calling him an “honest man” and stating that he will believe the charge only if Azam Khan says it himself.

    On the other hand, the interior minister, Rana Sanaullah said that “The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman [Imran Khan] tarnished the reputation of state institutions through cypher conspiracy. He should be punished for staging the drama.”

  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister coming to Pakistan on official trip

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister coming to Pakistan on official trip

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit Islamabad for a two-day official trip on July 20, the Foreign Office announced on Wednesday.

    On his official visit, the Ukrainian minister will meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well as his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

    “Pakistan and Ukraine enjoy close and cordial relations, particularly in the fields of trade, investment, agriculture, and higher education,” the Foreign Office has said in a statement.

    The official visit will begin on July 20 and conclude on July 21. It will be the first time since 1933 that a Ukrainian foreign minister will visit Pakistan.

    According to the sources of Geo News, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Ukraine will discuss the food crisis that came about in the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

  • Govt commits to reconstructing 150-year-old Marie Mata Temple in Karachi

    Govt commits to reconstructing 150-year-old Marie Mata Temple in Karachi

    The Sindh government has committed to undertake the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the historic Marie Mata Temple in Soldier Bazaar of Karachi, Dawn has reported.

    During Question Hour in a session of the Sindh Assembly, the Minority Affairs Minister raised his concern, emphasizing that the demolition of any place of worship is strictly prohibited. Consequently, all construction activities on the temple site have been halted.

    The temple, which has a rich history of over 150 years, had undergone partial renovation around eight years ago, during which the temple deities were temporarily relocated to a nearby room located above a storm water drain. Unfortunately, last week, the structure on the temple’s premises was demolished by a builder who intended to construct a plaza in its place.

    A woman living on the property said that her ancestors gave the land for the temple, but now she’s building her house there.

    According to the minister, the minority affairs department will conduct a comprehensive survey to prepare a detailed report, and subsequently oversee the reconstruction of the temple on its original site.

  • Khan says won’t believe Azam called US cypher ‘Khan’s conspiracy’ until he hears Azam say it himself

    Khan says won’t believe Azam called US cypher ‘Khan’s conspiracy’ until he hears Azam say it himself

    Azam Khan, the former principal secretary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s “cypher drama” was a preplanned conspiracy, Geo News has reported.

    Azam Khan has been ‘missing’ since last month, however, he recorded a statement under CrPC 164 before a magistrate on Wednesday, damaging Imran’s claims that he was ousted through a US orchestrated by Donald Lu, a senior officer of the Biden administration.

    PTI’s government was removed via a vote of no confidence last year in April. The then Prime Minister alleged on March 27, 2022, that Washington planned the movement to remove him from office and used the so-called cypher to back his claims. The US has repeated denied his accusations.

    Later, Khan changed his story, accusing former Chief of Army Staff, General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of conspiring to remove him.

    Azam Khan also confessed that when he provided Imran with the cypher, he was very happy and labelled the language a “US blunder”.

    The ex-prime minister then said, according to Azam, that the cable could be used for “creating a narrative against the establishment and opposition”.

    It is also mentioned in the confession that Imran Khan told his principal secretary that the cypher could be used to divert the public’s attention towards “foreign involvement” in the no-confidence motion.

    Azam Khan states that when he told Imran Khan that the cypher had secret content and could not be disclosed in a public gathering, the former prime minister suggested a strategy.

    He said that Imran called a meeting, which included then-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and then-foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood, who would tell him the minutes of the meeting as the PTI chief had lost the original copy of the cable.


    Reacting to the sensational disclosure of his once most trusted officer, Imran Khan said on Wednesday that Azam Khan is an honest man and he will not believe any statement until he hears everything from Azam himself.