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  • PM Imran flew to US on MBS’ private jet

    PM Imran flew to US on MBS’ private jet

    Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in the United States for the 74th session United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), flew from Saudi Arabia to New York in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) private jet.

    According to reports, when MBS inquired from PM Khan how he will be travelling to the US, the premier told him that he will be taking a commercial flight. MBS is reported to have responded, “How can you take a commercial flight, you are our special guest,” adding that he cannot let his guest travel via a commercial flight.

    The Crown Prince then arranged for his private jet to fly PM Khan from Madinah to New York. Meanwhile, some media outlets reported that PM Khan flew in a Saudi Airlines chartered plane.

    The PM was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Adviser on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Abbas Bokhari.

    PM Khan arrives in New York

    PM Khan reached New York on September 21. He is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump on September 23 and will address the UNGA on September 27, where he will raise the matter of Kashmir.

  • A cheating husband and a wife brave enough to come forward

    A cheating husband and a wife brave enough to come forward

    To be real, cheating husbands is not an alien concept. Most women will accept behind closed doors that their partners, spouses etc have cheated but they have always been advised to brush it under the carpet and forget about it as “mard ki bhool.” However, things are now slowly changing and more women are coming forward with their stories and more and more dramas are being churned out on the topic.

    Blogger Hira Mannan who runs the blog The Mewly Weds recently opened up about being cheated on. Hira’s story sent waves of shock across social media because everyone thought she had the perfect married life.

    Taking to Twitter, Hira posted a long thread on how her husband started cheating on her just a few months after their marriage. She said she had no idea how many women her husband had been with but all she knew was that he was on Tinder.

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    She said this went on for more than a year before she decided to join the dating app herself to experiment. She also shared a screenshot of her account.

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    She continued that many people saw her on Tinder and messaged her why she’s on the app. She added that she deleted the app after seven days.

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    Hira then went onto say that she and her husband were a fairly popular couple and it hurts her to think that those who had seen them “goofing around” must have laughed at her for not knowing what her husband was upto behind her back. She added that no one came forward to tell her about her husband’s actions and how it irks her that society protects men.

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    Hira said that the patriarchy and misogyny forced her to speak up.

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    Hira then went onto share another incidence of her husband’s infidelity and even shared screenshots of her husband chatting with his mistress because “accountability should go both ways.”

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    Hira revealed that she became pregnant but soon miscarried because of the stress and anxiety. She said that she developed body image issues and was in a constant spiral of depression and even became suicidal.

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    Hira’s story was met with an outpour of support for her.

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  • Shaheed Major Adeel was married to martyr’s widow

    Shaheed Major Adeel was married to martyr’s widow

    Major Adeel Shahid, a Pakistan Army Officer, who embraced martyrdom in an IED explosion on Friday, was married to a martyr’s widow.

    According to details, a resident of Karachi, the officer was married to the widow of his coursemate, Captain Mujahid Bashir Shaheed, who had sacrificed his life for the country a few years ago. Major Adeel also adopted his daughter who was born a few months after her father’s demise.

    Major Adeel was martyred when an IED planted by terrorists went off near the Afghan border in Mohmand district of Khyber Paktunkhwa.

    The father of 1.5-year-old twin daughters was laid to rest in Karachi on Saturday. Social media users took to Twitter to salute the widow who had sacrificed her loved one for the country.

    Major Adeel’s last visit to Karachi had been on Eid-ul Azha and he reportedly spoke to his father just two days before he was martyred.

  • Zartaj Gul under fire for seeking credit for global ‘Climate March’

    Zartaj Gul under fire for seeking credit for global ‘Climate March’

    Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has drawn ire of hundreds of activists for “taking credit for Friday’s Climate March” in various cities of Pakistan and around the world.

    The minister, from her Twitter account, posted pictures of the march and wrote, “Held an engaged public awareness in Islamabad to trigger a more committed behaviour from civil society, and to affirm focus on sustainability initiatives.”

    But since the march was actually a citizens-led global event organised by Climate Action Now to help stop global warming in a call answered by Pakistanis as well, Twitterati didn’t let go of Gul’s claim easy.

    The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister faced severe criticism for her claims from participants of the march, including environmentalists, journalists and lawyers, as she didn’t really have much to do with the demonstrations.

    Gul’s tweet has since been deleted.

  • NAB seizes luxury cars, gold, weapons in raid on ex DG’s house

    NAB seizes luxury cars, gold, weapons in raid on ex DG’s house

    The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested the former parks and horticulture director-general, Liaquat Ali Qaimkhani of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in Bagh Ibne Qasim scam, Dawn reported.

    According to the details, the anti-graft body has seized eight luxury vehicles, weapons, property files, jewellery and official records of the KMC from ex DG’s custody.

    Moreover, ‘original files’ of the KMC were also seized from the held suspect’s home including two lockers, six and four feet high.

    Reports also reveal that the held suspect had granted a “fake contract” of Bagh Ibne Qasim when he was parks DG of the KMC.

    A day prior, ex-DG parks Qaimkhani was arrested but a three-day transit remand was approved for him.

    When asked by a journalist how someone earning Rs1.5 million a year could afford such luxuries and a big house, the former DG parks said that he belonged to a landlord family and that was his ancestral home.

  • Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce Pakistan visit dates

    The dates of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton’s visit to Pakistan have been announced.

    According to Kensington Palace’s official Twitter handle, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Pakistan from October 14-18.

    The announcement also said that before their visit, the royal couple will attend a special event at the Aga Khan Centre in London on October 2, which will be hosted by His Highness The Aga Khan.

    The announcement of William and Kate’s visit to Pakistan was first announced in late June. This is their first trip to Pakistan and the first royal trip to the country in more than a decade.

    Meanwhile, the Foreign Office welcomed the decision and said that they look forward to their visit.

  • Bear cub escapes from Peshawar Zoo

    Bear cub escapes from Peshawar Zoo

    A two-month bear cub is on the loose after it escaped its cage at the Peshawar Zoo.

    According to media reports, the cub was in a cage with its mother when one of the caretakers left the door open and the cub escaped.

    Both the mother and baby had been brought to the zoo from Dir a few days ago. They had been confiscated by the wildlife department at a check post in Upper Dir a few days ago because they were being illegally brought from Afghanistan.

    The zoo administration believes that the cub is still inside the zoo and are examining CCTV footage to locate it. The cub hasn’t been seen in footage of the zoo’s exit points.

    There is currently some renovation work going on at the zoo and a lot of heavy machinery inside. Officials believe the cub could be hiding there somewhere.

    An inquiry has also been ordered and the management of the zoo has been directed to register FIR.

    While the cub doesn’t pose a threat to anyone, the zoo administration made announcements about its disappearance via local mosques.

  • PML-N leaders mistake own ‘corruption’ for PTI’s

    In a rather embarrassing development, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have shared audit reports highlighting financial irregularities from their own tenure, while mistaking them as “shortcomings of the now ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)”.

    As per the details, Dawn on Friday shared contents of an audit report pointing out irregularities worth over Rs15.67 trillion money in affairs of federal ministries and divisions during the audit year 2018-19.

    PML-N central spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb besides other leaders, including Maiza Hameed and Khurram Dastgir, tweeted the report while criticising the PTI government for its “corruption”.

    They, however, failed to realise that the funds audited were of the fiscal year 2017-18 — a time when the PML-N was in power — which is described as the audit year 2018-19.

    With screenshots of the said tweets starting doing rounds over the internet, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry and Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar also took a dig at the PML-N leaders for “exposing their own corruption”.

    The tweets have since been deleted.

  • Hamza Ali Abbasi says his character in ‘Alif’ reflects his own journey

    Hamza Ali Abbasi says his character in ‘Alif’ reflects his own journey

    Hamza Ali Abbasi’s much-awaited project Alif has finally seen the light of the day and is set to air on Geo Entertainment some time this month or early next month.

    Two teasers of the drama have been released and from the look of it, the drama is pretty intriguing. Hamza plays a hotshot director who thinks the world of himself, while Sajal is an aspiring actor.

    The second teaser featured Kubra Khan and Ahsan Khan but it was hard to tell what their characters would be about.

    The drama has been penned by Umera Ahmed and directed by Haseeb Hasan (Mann Mayal, Parwaaz Hai Junoon).

    Meanwhile, Hamza took to Twitter to share that his character in a “lot of ways reflects my own personal ongoing journey.”

    He also said that “this project will set an example of how to use the medium of television to make people reflect on their lives and get back in touch with their Creator.”

    Guess we already know how the drama will end.

    Here’s a look at the teaser featuring Hamza and Sajal.

  • Indian defence minister trolled for posing in IAF uniform

    Indian defence minister trolled for posing in IAF uniform

    Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is being brutally trolled over Twitter for posing for a photograph in the uniform of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

    The photograph started doing rounds over the internet after Singh flew on board India’s indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in Bengaluru, becoming the first Indian defence minister to do so.

    “Visit us for tea sometime,” journalist Ajmal Jami wrote while retweeting the image. Other Twitterati, including Indians, also took some time out to troll the defence minister.

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    Earlier in the day, Singh said that the 30-minute sortie was “very smooth and comfortable”, not knowing that the subsequent ride won’t be.

    The IAF has already inducted a batch of Tejas aircraft. The naval version of the LCA is currently in the development stage.

    Recently in Goa, Tejas successfully carried out an “arrested landing”, a key performance demonstrating its ability to land on board an aircraft carrier, making it a major milestone in the development of the naval variant of the fighter jet.