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  • KP government plans to introduce helicopter service to Kalam, Chitral

    KP government plans to introduce helicopter service to Kalam, Chitral

    KP Tourism Minister Atif Khan in a recent media talk revealed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to start a helicopter service to make it easier for people to reach popular tourist spots.

    Many of KP’s tourist destinations, including Swat’s Kalam Valley, Chitral and Kumrat are difficult to reach due to lack of infrastructure, proper roads and difficult terrain. Most of the roads are narrow and not carpeted and hence dangerous. Helicopter services will cut down the travel time and make it easier for tourists to reach these areas.

    The minister did not share details as to what the cost of this service will be or when it will begin.

    The Imran Khan led government is working on an extensive plan to boost tourism in the country and make Pakistan a tourist hotspot.

  • Indian magician drowns after ‘magic’ act goes wrong

    Indian magician drowns after ‘magic’ act goes wrong

    Chanchal Lahiri, an Indian man, who was popular by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake,” drowned while trying to perform an underwater magic stunt.

    The 40-year-old magician on Sunday tied himself up with chains and ropes and was lowered by winch into a river in Kolkata in a yellow and red costume.

    Unfortunately, he failed to emerge from the waters, much to the horror of onlookers including his family and team members. Authorities initially believed that the vanishing act could be part of the stunt but immediately mobilised help to rescue him when he failed to make an appearance.

    Lahiri had previously said that he had successfully pulled off a similar stunt 21 years ago and wanted to perform one again.

    “I was inside a bulletproof glass box tied with chain and locks and dropped down from Howrah bridge. Then I came out within 29 seconds,” he said.

    He admitted it would be tough to free himself this time.

    “If I can open it up then it will be magic, but if I can’t it will be tragic,” he said.

    He also said he was undertaking the death-defying stunt to “revive interest in magic”.

  • Army to airlift obese man from Sadiqabad

    Army to airlift obese man from Sadiqabad

    Chief of the Armed Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa has allowed an Army air ambulance to airlift an obese man from Sadiqabad to a private hospital in Lahore.

    As per details, Noor Hassan, a resident of Sadiqabad had appealed to the Army chief for assistance on social media and had requested for an air ambulance to carry him out of his house. The biggest ambulance available had been unable to carry the overweight patient to Lahore for his operation.

    A helicopter will carry Hassan, who weighs 320 kgs, from Sadiqabad to Lahore where he will be operated upon to help him reduce some weight.

  • Snack Guide for the #CWC19

    Snack Guide for the #CWC19

    A cricket match is incomplete without food. How is it even possible to watch the overs go by without any snacks to munch on? Here are some easy snacks you need to have on the table for the “hottest match of the season.”

    Corn and Cheese Nachos

    Tortilla chips topped with cheese, corn, jalapenos and salt are irresistible. Can’t wait to dive into the crunchiness.

    Pizza

    You can never go wrong with pizza. Either avail one of cricket pizza deals or make your own bread pizzas at home, if you’re someone who is health conscious.

    Simply add ketchup, cheese and your favourite toppings on a slice of bread and pop it in the oven for a quick bread pizza.

    Chips and Dips

    Grab a few packets of crisps and a bottle of salsa dip from the store or make your own creamy dip at home with mayonnaise, cheese, yogurt, herbs and lemon.

    Ice Cream

    The Pakistani cricket team is very unpredictable and you can never tell what they will do next. For those moments when things get heated and tense, ice cream is the best snack to cool everyone down and bring down the tension.

    Fruit Salad

    For all those who are conscious of their diets, the fruit salad (better known as fruit chaat) is the best match snack. Mix together your favourite fruit, add some chaat masala and juice and your chaat is ready.

    Mixed Nuts

    Another healthy option. Add cashew nuts, peanuts, walnuts, pistachio, almonds to a bowl and your guilt-free snack is ready.

    Masala Corn

    Probably one of the easiest things to make. Boil frozen corn and add butter, salt, lemon and masala to it and you have chatpata snack ready.

    Nuggets and Fries

    Perfect for when the match is not going your way and the depression hits. Allah na karay but you gotta be prepared for anything.

  • Duty first: Rescue 1122 diver missed sister’s funeral to save lives

    Duty first: Rescue 1122 diver missed sister’s funeral to save lives

    There are some people who restore your faith in humanity and make you believe that compassion does exist somewhere. And this Rescue 1122 official is one of them.

    Zahir Shah, a Rescue 1122 official, missed his own sister’s funeral in order to retrieve the bodies of three sisters who drowned in Kundal Dam on Eid in Swabi.

    According to reports, a boat carrying 38 passengers capsized in Kundal Dam due to overloading. While the 35 of the 38 passengers were rescued safely, three sisters drowned and died in the dam. Shah was part of the rescue team who tried their best to save the sisters. He was informed of his sister’s death while he was on the rescue mission but he chose to complete his duty before attending to personal matters.

    Shah’s actions and commitment received applause from all around and he was hailed a hero on social media. He was also given a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by Rescue 1122.

  • You won’t believe who Aamir Liaquat is engaging in a Twitter spat with

    You won’t believe who Aamir Liaquat is engaging in a Twitter spat with

    Aamir Liaquat is no stranger to controversy. Ever since he married his second wife, Tuba Aamir, his private life has also come to the forefront and his daughter, Duaa Aamir, often takes to social media to lash out on her father and his new wife.

    Aamir and Tuba, who recently concluded their Ramazan show on PTV, are currently in Saudi Arabia for Umrah and have been sharing moments from their trip on social media. In response to these updates, Duaa wrote on Twitter:

    While Aamir did not directly respond to his daughter, he threw shade at her by retweeting a tweet which said that the stupidest people are those who share their family problems online for attention. Tuba also shared the same tweet.

    He then went onto retweet another tweet which had the same context.

    Tuba also followed the same path as her husband by subtly calling out Duaa for her tweet.

    She then went onto tweet a verse from the Quran.

    Aamir then decided to thank Tuba for “understanding”, though we’re not sure about what.

    In response to Aamir and Tuba’s tweets, Duaa shared a song from Disney’s Aladdin hinting that no matter what, she will not keep quiet.

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    In midst of all this drama, Aamir son, Ahmed got into an accident which resulted in major loss of blood. Thankfully, the situation is under control and Ahmed is on the road to recovery.

  • ‘Amir confessed to spot-fixing after Afridi slapped him’

    ‘Amir confessed to spot-fixing after Afridi slapped him’

    Mohammad Amir confessed to spot-fixing only after then ODI captain Shahid Afridi had slapped him, former all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has claimed.

    “He [Afridi] told me to leave the room and after a while, I heard the sound of a slap. Later, Amir told the whole truth,” Razzaq said while speaking to a private media outlet on Wednesday.

    Spilling the beans on Pakistan’s ill-fated tour of England in 2010, a scandal that tarnished the image of Pakistan cricket, Razzaq also said that Salman Butt was involved in corruption much before the saga.

    “Butt was deliberately getting out and playing dot balls much before the scandal broke out in England,” the former all-rounder said, also blaming the then PCB management for “bringing a bad name to Pakistan cricket”.

    Butt, Amir and Muhammad Asif were the three players eventually banned for a minimum of five years in early 2011 by the ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal after they were first suspended in September 2010.

    All three have now returned to playing cricket after completing their five-year bans. But only Amir has been picked for the national team and is currently competing in the World Cup.

  • At the end of the day, ‘Suno Chanda 2’ failed to meet expectations

    At the end of the day, ‘Suno Chanda 2’ failed to meet expectations

    Ever since the second season of Suno Chanda was announced, fans, including myself, had been waiting with bated breaths for the return of their favourite characters. Expectations were naturally high but unfortunately, the show fell a little short of them and left us wanting a lot more.

    The season started the day after Arsal and Jiya’s wedding and ended with the season’s new characters Mithu and Maina getting married. As a result, the new season saw the focus shift from Arsal, Jiya and the rest of the family to the new characters of Mithu, Maina and Bebe. But that is not what the fans had been anticipating. They were more interested in seeing how Arjiya’s married life progressed and how they, and their family members, dealt with the changes.

    Unfortunately, Arsal and Jiya pretty much spent the entire season fighting with one another only to reconcile in a rushed final episode. Shahana’s scenes were limited and scattered. We barely saw Sherry and Kinza who were reduced to just advertising the sponsors of the show. Bi Jaan, Agha Jee, Nazakat, DJ, Naeema, Masooma and Jamshed were also seen more in the first half of the season. The punch lines which became so popular in the first season were limited in this one and the season jumped from being a light-hearted comedy to more of a family drama.

    I simply failed to understand why Jalal Phuppa was given so much screentime considering his character was hardly likable. Throughout the season, he was either throwing his weight around because he’s the “ghar ka aklota damaad” or he’s out hitting on various women in the family. I was also not a big fan of Pino, Mithu and Maina but considering a lot of people liked their characters, I will reserve my thoughts on them.

    My biggest disappointment from this season was Arsal and Jiya’s characters. Arsal’s character was nothing more than a man-child who sulked every time things did not go this way, while Jiya was like dynamite, ready to blow up any minute. Instead of showing them bickering and ignoring one another, the writers could have shown their struggle as a young, married couple learning to live with one another.

    On the contrary, one of the highlights of the season was Shahana as the mother-in-law. She was supportive of her daughter-in-law and did not hesitate to call out her son every time she felt he was getting out of line. She was without a doubt the one person who pulled together the show and I can confidently say that she was the one who brought in the viewers each night. That along with the chemistry of the cast with one another.

    Despite all the shortcomings, the serial pulled in viewers each night because there is a dearth of such shows on our television screens. Most TV serials either focus on unrequited love or saas-bahu tensions which have now been done to death. Apart from that, a lot of drama nowadays focus on society’s ills and while those are amazing for spreading awareness, they also dampen our already depressed moods.

    Suno Chanda provided a light-hearted, mindless watch even though it became boring to some extent. Aehsun Talish is a brilliant director who really knows how to bring out the best in his actors while Saima Akram Chaudhry deserves a round of applause for her writing. The cast’s performances were also brilliant apart from a few opening episodes in which Iqra Aziz and Farhan Saeed went overboard with their acting.

    If Hum TV is planning on bringing back a third season, I hope they will focus more on Arsal and Jiya instead of bringing in other characters. Oh and the OST was lovely. Kudos to Farhan for writing such beautiful lyrics.

    At the end of the day, the numbers were not because of content, but because of a lack of other content.

  • Zartaj Gul and Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari fight it out on Twitter

    Zartaj Gul and Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari fight it out on Twitter

    The week has been pretty lit as far as Pakistani politics is concerned with three high-profile arrests, including those of former President Asif Ali Zardari, Altaf Hussain and Hamza Shehbaz, and the 2019-20 budget being presented.

    Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, who often expresses her political thoughts on Twitter, took to the social media to defend her father and in the process, got into a Twitter feud with State Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul, who is also no stranger to controversy.

    It all started when Gul tweeted a picture of the arrested politicians crying, referring to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, who in his election campaign, had vowed to “make his opponents cry”.

    Bakhtawar responded to Gul in a tweet she later deleted. But, Zartaj had already taken a screenshot. She shared the tweet, calling Bakhtawar “disoriented”, “timid” and a “coward” and referred to Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as her “sister”.

    Bakhtawar was not to back down and mocked Gul for her accent at the recent speech at the UN-Habitat Assembly.

    Zartaj then decided to have the final word.

    Later, Zartaj even took a dig at Bilawal when he called the budget “economic suicide.”

  • Two frogs married in India to bring rains

    Two frogs married in India to bring rains

    India and Pakistan have been hit by a terrible heatwave which is making life very difficult for those living in these areas.

    While the rest of us wait for the monsoon rains to come, citizens from the Indian state of Karnataka decided to take matters into their own hands. They got together and arranged a marriage between two frogs to appease the Hindu rain god.

    According to reports, four frogs were taken by the organisers to the department of Zoology in Manipal, where the zoologists identified the male and female frogs. Following the identification, one male and one female were singled out.

    The two frogs were then dressed up in specially made outfits and taken to the wedding venue in a decorated cycle auto.

    Several guests participated in the frogs wedding ceremony and celebrated the occasion. A feast followed the wedding ceremony.

    Interestingly, the frog couple will be sent on a honeymoon to Manna Palla near Manipal in Udupi. The main intention in arranging this frog wedding was to appease the rain Gods who seem to have deserted the coastal district over the past few months, and the people have been struggling to get water for drinking and other basic purposes.

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