Shah Mehmood Qureshi congratulates Maleeha Lodhi on completion of UN tenure

ISLAMABAD. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has congratulated Maleeha Lodhi for the completion of her tenure as Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations.Taking to Twitter on Monday, Qureshi said, “On the completion of her tenure as Pakistan's Ambassador to UN, I would like to extend my gratitude to Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi.”The foreign minister said that Lodhi served the country with dignity, diligence and honour. He also wished her the very best for her future.Lodhi replied to the minister’s tweet by saying that it was an honour to serve Pakistan and that she will continue to do so. According to the foreign ministry, Munir Akram will replace Lodhi as Pakistan's permanent representative to United Nations.

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Sindh government completely bans plastic bags from Tuesday

KARACHI: Complete ban on manufacturing, sale, purchase and use of non-degradable plastic bags of all sizes has been imposed from Tuesday (October 1), said the Advisor to chief Minister on Environment Murtaza Wahab.He said that only Oxo biodegradable plastic/shopping bags of different sizes, 10 into 14 to 30 into 40 with weight of 6 to 28 grams of 40 micron to 30 micron, single side would be manufactured, sold and used. He told this to the Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on a query.The chief minister directed him to meet with manufacturers and sellers and take them into confidence for enforcement of the ban. KWSB: The cabinet directed Karachi Water & Sewerage Board to implement water and sewerage services charges/tariff as has been approved by the government in 2016. The water board has implemented the 9 percent enhancement of its tariff for consumers of all categories. Gratis Arms License fee: On the request of the home department the cabinet approved enhancement of fees of Gratis Arms License (non-Prohibited Bore) from Rs1000 to Rs2000 to meet out the expenditures of scanning, lamination, printing, electricity, stationary, software development consumed in issuance of such computerized licenses.New Police Law: The home department told the cabinet that after revival of Police Order, 2002 was currently in field. With the revival of the new law, certain new actions were to be taken such as framing of rules, issuance of regulations, issuance of executive orders, carrying day to day activities related to field operation etc in conformity with the new law. There may be certain provisions in the Act 2002 on which the office of IG police and Home department or any other stakeholder might differ on their application/ implementation/ interpretation which may cause difficulties in giving effect to the provisions of the Police Order. The chief minister constituted a committee under advisor law with Advocate General, Prosecutor General, Secretary Home, Secretary Finance, Secretary (I&C) S&GAD and IG Police as members for removal of difficulties.

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CM Murad says development of Nahr-e-Khayam will be gift for Karachiites

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah approved at his cabinet meeting an agreement with a private party to beautify, modernize and develop Nahr-e-Khayam, a recreational point where people could enjoy with their families.“This will be a gift for the people of Karachi and it will be for families to have picnic and enjoy sailing in the beautiful boats, for literary people to enjoy their reading material and for youngsters to enjoy different flavours of their coffee at the bank of beautiful Nahr-e-Khayam.”This he said on Monday while presiding over the provincial cabinet meeting here at New Sindh Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, all provincial ministers, advisors and concerned officers, such as IG Police Dr Kaleem Imam, Advocate General Salman Talibuddin, Prosecutor General and others.Minister Local Government Syed Nasir Shah presented an item of an agreement to be signed between Sindh Government and PANI for improvement of Nahr-e-Khayam. A group of different NGOs led by leading Architect Shahid Abdullah sought approval of the cabinet.Nahr-e-Khayam is running from Gizri crossing besides Ocean Mall, Clifton upto the sea and way back, it is used for drainage of storm water to the sea. In fact, water travels both ways in Nahr-e-Khayam that is during low tide from ground to sea and during high tide from sea to ground. The cabinet was told that for the last few years sewage/sewerage is being discharged into Nahr-e-Khayam for its disposal into sea. There became a practice of disposal of solid waste along banks of the Nahr that resulted in an increasing nuisance in the area with passage of time, as well as attraction for encroachers/land grabbers. The cabinet was informed that after detailed meeting with PANI, a draft agreement was proposed under which a park/recreation place would be developed and adopted by PANI on the area with Nahr-e-Khayam on the north and service lane on the south from Khayaban-e-Saadi to Khayaban-e-Iqbal. The tenure of the adoption of land by PANI would be 30 years. To segregate and ensure smooth sewage flow which is currently flowing in Nahr-e-Khayam; a separate conduit will be constructed by Sindh government in the portion proposed for development of park and or passage of sewage through Reed Bed system.Under the proposed agreement park will not be used for any political activity and the title of the government will remain with the Sindh government. The adopted park area will not be used for any commercial activity, except for the tuck-shops etc and height of any structure will not be more than 15 ft. The chief minister said the project has already been delayed, therefore the cabinet approved it in the larger interest of the city and allowed the local government department to sign the agreement and embark upon development of the area.

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NA passes bills to counter money laundering, regulate forex movement

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly on Monday passed a bill to amend Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947 to further regulate foreign exchange movement besides approving another bill to enhance punishment for money laundering.Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved the Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 and the bill was passed by the assembly through voice vote.Foreign exchange policy and operations in Pakistan were governed under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Act, 1947 (FERA 1947) which empowered the State Bank of Pakistan to regulate flows of foreign exchange into and out of the country.However, the State Bank of Pakistan did not have explicit powers under FERA, 1947 to issue any regulation and instruction to the inland movement of foreign currencies.The bill enhanced the punishments provided in section 23 of FERA, 1947 to create firmer deterrence against contravention of various provisions of act.This bill, therefore seeks to amend FERA, 1947 in order to enable the State Bank of Pakistan to regulate the foreign exchange regime in Pakistan more comprehensively as well as to strengthen the effectiveness of the Act.The minister also moved the bill to further amend the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act, 2010 as reported by the Standing Committee and the house also passed it.According to a statement of objects and reasons, the bill on anti-money laundering was passed to bring further improvements in the anti-money laundering act, 2010 in line with suggestions of AML/CFT stakeholders particularly law enforcement agencies responsible for the enforcement of the AML Act, 2010. The amendments were aimed at streamlining the existing anti-money laundering law in line with international standards enhancing the punishment of offence of money laundering to make it deterrent and dissuasive.The amendments will make money laundering cognizable offence.The amendment will also allow the Financial Monitoring Unit to seek Egmont Group Membership (Group of Financial Intelligence Unit) which is a requirement under the Financial Action Task Force recommendations.Meanwhile, the chairmen of different standing committees presented the periodical reports of their committees on federal education and professional training, planning, development and reform, foreign affairs and states and frontier regions, parliamentary affairs, science and technology, cabinet secretariat, rules of procedure and privileges, narcotics control and law and justice for the period from January to June 2019.

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Cabinet reshuffle: Asad Umar likely to take charge as federal minister again

According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken the decision regarding a major reshuffle in the cabinetISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senior leader Asad Umar will likely  return as a federal minister (for petroleum ministry) amid major reshuffle in the federal Cabinet, sources informed on Monday.According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken the decision regarding a major reshuffle in the cabinet.Sources said that Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry will have to relinquish hold of his portfolio once again.Around eight to 10 ministers are expected to be a part of reshuffle, with Shafqat Mahmood likely to be given the charge of the Interior Ministry.Sources further said that Zubaida Jalal will likely become the education minister, with Firdous Ashiq Awan also among those who will be a part of the reshuffle.Dr Babar Awan is also expected to become an adviser, sources said, adding that the former law minister is more interested towards being a senator. In the meeting of PTI parliamentary leaders today, some lawmakers complained to the prime minister about the behaviour of some ministers, following which the premier hinted at the cabinet change.Sources earlier informed that Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to carry out major changes in the Punjab provincial administration with reshuffling expected in the provincial cabinet.Sources told that a decision in this regard has been taken to remove and replace some ministers within the cabinet. 

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Thar residents make scrumptious locust biryani, curry dishes

In Thar’s Chacharo area, restaurants are selling biryani and curry dishes made from locustsTHAR: Making the most of a difficult situation, the residents of Tharparkar invented a delicious way of dealing with locust attacks, by cooking dishes made with them.In Thar’s Chacharo area, restaurants are selling biryani and curry dishes made from locusts.One of the restaurant owners also shared the secret of how to cook these locusts.A locust has to be cleaned first, with its legs and hind portion being detached from the body, he explained.Earlier, it was reported that Sindh’s crops were threatened by locust attacks. Locusts have been long considered a delicacy in the region, with locals calling them a great source of vitamins. 

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Blast in Balochistan?s Loralai martyrs one police officer

According to police, the blast took place near police’s Eagle squad. — File photoQUETTA: A blast ripped through Balochistan’s Loralai district on Monday, killing at least one police officer, official said.According to police, the explosion took place near police’s Eagle squad and left the suspected bomber dead as well.The blast took place when the police officers were following suspects on two motorcycles, added police official.According to Commissioner Loralai, in the exchange of fire one miscreant was shot dead, while the other one blew himself up.In the blast, one policeman lost his life while two others were wounded, added the commissioner.

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Bilawal Bhutto says any deal is out of question

The PPP chairman was addressing media after meeting former president Zardari at Adiala prison. File photoRAWALPINDI: Pakistan People’s Party leader Bilawal Bhutto said on Monday that he ‘curses’ the idea of any deal, reiterating that any concessional deal is out of question in relation to former president Asif Ali Zardari’s imprisonment at Adiala jail.The PPP chairman was addressing media after meeting former president Zardari, who is facing imprisonment in fake bank accounts case. Bilawal Bhutto reiterated his stance that the PPP knows how to fight back and will continue to do so.On the matter of protest call given by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s central leadership, the PPP chairman said that his party has a different stance related to the protest and they are willing to find middle ground.He further said that if there is any middle ground found in the meeting with the JUI-F, then the PPP will extend support more than mere cooperation.The PPP chairman referred to the ongoing National Accountability Bureau inquiry against Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, saying that if he is arrested without proven allegations, then the party knows how to respond.

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Rain likely at country?s various parts on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday forecast rain/wind-thunderstorm in Islamabad and few places of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan during the next 24 hours.The synoptic situation has indicated the prevalence of weak seasonal low over North Balochistan.The westerly wave was present over upper parts of the country.Rain/wind-thunderstorm is likely at scattered places in all districts of Azad Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Kech, Gawadar, Panjgur and Gilgit-Baltistan.The rainfall (mm) recorded during the last 24 hours was Kashmir: Muzaffarabad (City 17, Airport 15), Garidupatta 17, Rawalakot 08Punjab: Narowal 20, Murree 09, Sialkot 07, Hafizabad 03, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad) 02, Lahore (City 02, Airport 01), Jauharabad, Okara, Sahiwal 02Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 19, Dir 10, Kalam 05, Malamjabba 01 Balochistan: Lasbella 14, Barkhan 02 and Gilgit Baltistan: Bagrote 02.The highest maximum temperatures recorded during the last 24 hours were Nokkundi 43 C and Dalbandin 42 C.

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Sindh bans plastic bags, notification issued

File photo KARACHI: The Sindh government has issued a notification banning single-used plastic bags, announced the Chief Minister's Adviser on Information Senator Murtaza Wahab Monday.In a notification, dated September 27, the government of the province invoked the Sindh Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products and the Sindh Environment Protection Act 2014. The provincial government “is pleased to impose complete ban on the manufacturing, sales, purchase and use of non-degradable plastic bags of all sizes,” read the notification tweeted by the Senator. The ban goes into effect from October 1.The government further directed the use instead of oxo-biodegradable plastic, which is known to degrade in the open environment, and is seen as an environment-friendly replacement of single-use plastic packaging. On August 14, Islamabad became the first city in Pakistan to declare itself free from polythene bags. The advisor to the prime minister on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam, said plastic bags have become a menace for the country. He further added that every individual in Pakistan used nearly 300 plastic bags per year.

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Kartarpur inauguration: Pakistan to invite ex-India PM Manmohan Singh

Photo: LivemintISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to invite former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh for the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday."We have decided after consultation that we want to invite former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (to the Kartarpur inauguration)," Foreign Minister Qureshi in a video message. Qureshi said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had personal interest in the project. The minister, while justifying the decision, said Sikhism was Singh's religion and that he was a representative of the Sikh community.Qureshi, in the message, said, "As Foreign Minister of Pakistan, I am extending an invitation to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh to attend the inauguration ceremony."He added that Pakistan would send a written invitation as well to the former Indian prime minister.Qureshi also extended an invitation to the Sikh community to attend the inauguration, which will be held during the celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

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From Dead Broke to One of the Most Connected Businessmen with Joe Polish

From Dead Broke to One of the Most Connected Businessmen with Joe Polish

At age 18, Joe Polish was a drug addict. And not just any drugs, the hard stuff. Cocaine, Meth and more. He was suicidal, unhealthy and was doing anything to soothe the trauma he had lived through.

He had lost his mom when he was four and He was raped and molested as a child by a man he knew who PAID him to keep quiet and he had a lot of SHAME and suicidal thoughts around it all.

Now, after witnessing drug rage from his friend with lighter fluid trying to burn everything down Joe woke up

Today, Joe is a master connector of people, marketer and thriving results leader. He is the founder of Genius Network, one of the highest level groups in the world for Entrepreneurs. and GeniusX , the groups being home to some of the most successful Entrepreneurs alive, and is considered one of the most influential Connectors in the world. Joe has also helped build thousands of businesses and generated hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients.

Some of the points Joe shares in the episode are: That we are asking the WRONG questions. WE meed to be asking what was the PAIN that caused this not why the addiction.

That we are all only as sick as our secrets.That there is no failure, we are either winning or learning That there is No relationship between being good and being paid but there is a huge relationship between story telling and getting paid well

This was a FASCINating conversation that I took 50 pages of notes on! Join in today and learn EXACTLY HOW Joe Polish LEVELED UP and created everything from nothing.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Joe’s root causes of addiction and how to overcome
• Why connecting people is imperative to growth
• How to ask the right questions
• How to build wealth without knowledge

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PM Imran decides to change Punjab Cabinet: sources

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to make changes in the Punjab Cabinet, according to sources. A decision in this regard has been taken to remove and replace some ministers within the cabinet. It has also been reported that a shuffle will take place in the provincial bureaucracy. According to reports, Inspector General Punjab Police will be replaced, along with other high ranking officials.Sources confirm that Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar will meet the premier and make the changes in consultation with him. CM Buzdar has already left for Islamabad to meet the premier. The prime minister has taken strict notice of the ongoing dengue outbreak in the province, and has decided to make changes in the province's health department as well. It is pertinent to mention that changes were made earlier this month within the provincial cabinet. Former adviser to Punjab CM Awn Chaudhry was removed, while Punjab CM's spokesperson Shehbaz Gill resigned from his post.

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Property for sale, unless you are a non-Muslim

It is no secret that Pakistan has an abysmal record when it comes to protecting religious minorities and ensuring that their rights are safeguarded. But legislation and government action can only do so much; ultimately, it is the attitude of the masses which will determine whether we as a nation wish to protect religious plurality or not. Thus far, that seems rather unlikely. A torrential downpour of blasphemy cases, forced conversions and the fleeing of religious minority groups from Pakisatn has only led to the increasing marginalisation of those who belong to a religious minority in the country. There is however a ...

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PM Imran meets earthquake victims in Mirpur visit

MIRPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Mirpur hospital to meet the earthquake victims being treated at the health facility.The prime minister chaired a meeting where he was briefed about the relief activities in the quake-hit region.PM Imran was in the US to attend the 74th UN General Assembly session when the area was hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 40 people and injured over 400.The participants of the meeting were informed about the relief measures and the strategy for rehabilitation of the victims.“Prime Minister Khan expresses his grief over loss of lives in AJK due to the earthquake earlier this week,” the premier was quoted as saying by the PTI.“I got to know about the earthquake at UNGA and wanted to visit you immediately but alas my flight from US got a bit delayed.”AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur and the Chairman National Disaster Management Authority attended the meeting.The PM also visited District Hospital Mirpur to inquire about the health of those wounded in the calamity.

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Weather Forecast For Pakistan, 30 September 2019

Weak seasonal low lies over North Balochistan. Westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Monday:Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during day time. However, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad, while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Tank and Gilgit Baltistan in afternoon.Weather Forecast for Tuesday:Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore, Narowal, Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad and Islamabad, while at isolated places in districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Parachinar, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, D.I. Khan, Tank, Kech, Gawadar, Panjgur and Gilgit Baltistan.Past 24 Hours Weather:Rain/wind-thunderstorm occurred at scattered places in districts of Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara, Malakand, Makran and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Sargodha, Faisalabad Sahiwal, Okara and Gilgit Baltistan.Rainfall (mm) during Last 24 hrs:Kashmir: Muzffarabad (City 17, Ap 15), Garidupatta 17, Rawalakot 08, Punjab: Narowal 20, Murree 09, Sialkot 07, Hafizabad 03, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad) 02, Lahore (City 02, AP 01), Jauharabad, Okara, Sahiwal 02, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 19, Dir 10, Kalam 05, Malamkabba 01, Balochistan: Lasbella 14, Barkhan 02, Gilgit Baltistan: Bagrote 02.Yesterday's Highest Maximum Temperatures:Nokkundi 43°C, Dalbandin 42°C.

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Turkey building naval warship for Pakistan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the commissioning ceremony of the fourth domestically produced corvette TCG Kınalıada and the steel-cutting ceremony for the first MİLGEM-class ship to be sold to Pakistan, Istanbul. Photo: Daily SabahISTANBUL: Turkey has started construction of a naval warship for Pakistan, state-owned Anadolu Agency report Sunday.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship while starting construction of a ship set to be sold to Pakistan Navy.The warship commissioned for the Turkish navy is named TCG Kinaliada while the one being built for Pakistan is named MILGEM, according to the report.Pakistan had signed a contract for the acquisition of four MILGEM-class ships from Turkey in July 2018.Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and President Erdogan cut the first metal plate of the first of the four MILGEM Ada class corvette during the ceremony.Speaking on the occasion, Erdogan said that he hoped that Pakistan would benefit from the naval warship that was being provided to it by Turkey."Our navy, rich with glorious victories, is carrying this legacy into the future by further strengthening it," he was quoted as saying. He added that Turkey was proud of the accomplishments of the defense sector.  MILGEM anti-submarine combat frigates, which can be hidden from the radar will further enhance the defense capability of the Pakistan Navy.While two corvettes will be built in Turkey, the next two will be built in Pakistan through technology transfer. 

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PM Imran says Islamic TV channel will be like BBC

Photo: PM Imran Khan/TwitterISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday shed further light on the TV channel project which Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia will jointly launch to fight Islamophobia.The PM shared a picture of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in which the three leaders decided to set up the TV channel.Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said the English language TV Channel will be like BBC which will also highlight the issues faced by the Muslim world.The decision to launch a TV channel was taken in a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of recent UN General Assembly session in New York. "President Erdogan, Prime Minister Mahathir and myself held a meeting today in which we decided our three countries will jointly start an English language TV channel dedicated to confronting challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion – Islam," PM Imran had announced in a series of tweets last week."Misperceptions which bring people together against Islam would be corrected; issue of blasphemy would be properly contextualized; series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate/inform our own people & the world; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence," he went on to say.PM Imran, Presdeint Erdogan and Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad have been very vocal about the issued the Muslims facing amid rising trend of Islamophobia across the world.They also raised this issue in their speeches at the UNGA.Speaking of hatred towards Muslims in his landmark address, PM Imran said Islamophobia had grown apace after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.“There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. It is creating a division,” he said. “Muslim women wearing Hijab has become an issue in some countries. It started after the 9/11 [attacks].”He maintained that terrorism had nothing to do with any religion. He said Muslims were being marginalised in Europe.“We all know marginalization leads to radicalism,” the prime minister said. “We must address this issue. No religion preaches radicalism.”

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Two UK climbers rescued, three still trapped on Koyo Zom peak in KP

CHITRAL: Two British mountaineers have been rescued while three others, along with a guide, are trapped and awaiting rescue at the Koyo Zom peak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.As per details, five mountaineers from the United Kingdom (UK), along with a local guide, went missing in a bid to scale the Khoya peak near Brogil in Upper Chitral on Sunday. According to officials   two of them have been  rescued and shifted to hospital through helicopter, adding that search was on for the missing ones. The rescued climbers were identified as William Taylor Sim and John James Crook. While, Alastair James Swinton, Thomas Michael Livingstone, Uisdean Robertson Hawthorn, and a local tour guide Imran are still missing.Officials said that the British expedition team had reached the Koyo Zom base camp in Upper Chitral earlier this month.Rrough weather and darkness forced the rescue team to halt the search operation, which  would resume on Monday to retrieve the remaining mountaineers.

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Two Pakistani civilians martyred by India's unprovoked firing at LoC: ISPR

The News/FilesRAWALPINDI: India's unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) martyred two Pakistani civilians, including a young boy, and injured another three, Pakistan Army's media wing said Sunday in a press release.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in its statement said the Indian Army opened unprovoked fire at the Nakial and Rakh Chakri sectors, targeting civilian areas along the LoC.The two martyred people were identified as an elderly woman, Salamat Bibi, and 13-year-old Zeeshan Ayub, it added, noting that three others, including two women, were wounded as well.The wounded were shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention, the ISPR said. The Pakistan Army responded effectively to India's unprovoked firing, it added.

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Lahore to first time host World Fashion Convention

LAHORE: Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) in collaboration with International Apparel Federation (IAF) will host 35th World Fashion Convention for the first time in Lahore in November 2019. Talking to the media here Sunday, the IAF Regional President and PRGMEA Chief Coordinator Ijaz Khokhar said that mega fashion show expected to attract delegates from over 45 countries, as the PRGMEA was extending invitation to embassies of the leading countries.He added, Pakistan's textile value-chain associations had also been taken onboard to avail maximum opportunity of this mega global summit.The textile associations including All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA), Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA), Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMEA), All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA), Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (TMA) would participate in the event.The world renowned speakers, well-known fashion designers, buyers, brands and fashion houses would also attend the fashion show featuring panel discussions, lectures and workshops about the textile and garment industry, he mentioned.Ijaz Khokhar said that the main focus was to highlight real and soft image of Pakistan, besides updating the participants about what Pakistan produced, and ensure interaction among Pakistani exporters and international textile chains.The foreign delegates would also visit Pakistani garment and textile factories, and representatives of international designers and companies would also speak at the sessions of the convention.He mentioned that delegates, many of whom would be visiting Pakistan for the first time, would review Pakistani products, and standard of our textile and garment companies.He hoped the event would establish friendship and connections, exchanging of business cards and ideas, making individual relationships grow stronger with rest of the world and its people.Among this year's attendees will be Li & Fung Limited, the Hong Kong-based supply chain giant primarily for US and EU brands, departmental stores and hypermarkets.He said that Li and Fung''s chief operating officer would also be one of the speakers at the event along with several Chinese companies from Hong Kong joining the session.He termed the event as a large scale social networking opportunity for both foreigners and locals.IAF Regional President also announced to hold Global Fashion Awards (GFA) 2019 during 35th World Fashion Convention, claiming that it would be the IAF-PRGMEA's largest sustainable fashion competition in Pakistan, aimed at educating young fashion designers about sustainable design techniques and theories, besides providing a platform in the spotlight for the aspiring designers.The competition, he asserted, would challenge young designers to put their creative powers to the test by proving their ability to transform textile waste into wearable, appealing and commercially viable products.The top ten finalists would be presenting their creations at Gala Dinner of the 35th World Fashion Convention on November 12, 2019

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Ramiz Raja?s passionate appeal to keep oceans clean

KARACHI: Ramiz Raja has urged the Karachiites to not throw garbage in the sea as it is damaging for the environment.The former cricketer turned commentator uploaded a video on his social media account that showed people at a Do Darya restaurant throwing food in the sea for fishes.Ramiz Raja asked people to not throw garbage in the sea which is polluting the ocean.“People need to tell their kids about the environment and only then we can expect better from them,” he said.Earlier this month, Shaniera Akram shared pictures and videos of hazardous medical waste on the beach asking authiroties to declare emergency till it is cleaned.However, the Sindh government sprang into action launching cleanliness drive and assigning a senior official to probe into the matter.Karachi’s garbage has become a major political issue with all the major political parties having stake in the city blaming each other for the mess.Recently, the Sindh government announced to clean the city with a massive cleanliness drive in the provincial capital.

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Digital Youth Summit '19: Educating young minds on tech-based entrepreneurship in Pakistan

The DYS, featured eminent start-up owners, influencers and speakers from all around the world.PESHAWAR: Digital Youth Summit '19 (DYS), Pakistan’s premier tech conference aimed at strengthening, enhancing and propelling the technology-based entrepreneurship culture in the country, kick-started in Peshawar on Saturday.The two-day distinct conference, featuring eminent start-up owners, influencers and speakers from all around the world, is centred around the vision of imparting knowledge and creating awareness regarding the prospects of the ever-growing entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country, with an objective to influence young minds looking to take the plunge in the business sector.Day one of the conference opened with the keynote address of the country’s renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif, who has worked as the distinguished chairman of the Punjab IT board and under whose guidance the IT sector in the province flourished by leaps and bounds.Dr Saif’s address revolved around his thoughts on how the technological realm has phenomenal scope to be used for creating revolutionising changes and reforms in the country. Renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif at Digital Youth Summit’19.“Pakistan is the eighth largest mobile consuming country, with almost 40 million internet and social media users. The fact that there is an incredible amount of potential in the tech industry, is irrefutable. I believe that the country is standing at a real point of change as far as growth in the digital market is concerned. During my time at the Punjab IT board, we at tech incubator ‘Plan9’ incubated almost 160 start-ups, including the one that is now popularly known across the country as ‘Pataari’,” Dr. Saif said.Talking about implementing information technology in the health sector, the Chief Digital Officer of the Jang/Geo media group went on to speak on how - through a ground-breaking digitalised method - he was able to build the world’s first dengue epidemic warning system. Renowned technologist and academician Dr Umar Saif at Digital Youth Summit’19.“We developed an app to locate and report dengue outbreaks in different regions across Punjab, capable of predicting the next dengue outbreak. In 2011, 352 people died of dengue fever in Punjab. The following year, no one died, and deaths have been minimal since then due to the simple use of this innovative app,” he explained.The revolution that Dr Saif has brought through his commendable excellence in the tech industry is what he expects to see amongst young individuals and the upcoming generation, for which he believes conferences like the Digital Youth Summit are highly essential.An initiative by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT board, DYS provides a distinct opportunity for budding start-up owners to present their unique ideas to investors and influencers and seek guidance from reputed IT specialists, technologists from global companies like Facebook and Google who are participating at the summit to empower and educate young minds.

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?PM Imran spoke with heart at UNGA?

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s UNGA speech has ‘resonated  with masses because he spoke with heart’, said a senior Pakistani journalist based in the US.Masood Haider, who has covered many Pakistani leaders at the UN, shared his observation with the German broadcaster DW about the PM’s speech at the global forum.“His words resonated with the people of Pakistan because he spoke with heart and intense emotion. There was nothing artificial in it and this is what the people wanted,” said Haider.“Whomever I met here and talked to is pleased with PM Imran,” he added.In his over 45-minute maiden speech, Imran tore Indian Prime Minister Narendra to shreds for annexing the Indian Occupied Kashmir and imposing a repressive lockdown, with phone and internet services cutoff, thousands arrested, medical supplies running short and schools closed.Speaking in detail about the worst situation in the IoK, Imran said Pakistan would fight till the end if India imposed a war in case of any Pulwama-like situation in the IOK.He said there will be bloodbath once curfew is lifted in the IOK. “There are 900,000 troops there, they haven’t come to, as Narendra Modi says — for the prosperity of Kashmir… These 900,000 troops, what are they going to do? When they come out? There will be a bloodbath,” he said.The PM was lauded for taking a bold stance on issues hurting the Muslim world. The social media was flooded with praise for him as he completed his speech on Friday.

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Karachi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting daughter-in-law

KARACHI: Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his daughter-in-law in Surjani Twon area of the city, Geo News reported on Sunday.The TV channel said the  police have registered an FIR against the man identified as Safdar after his daughter-in-law approached the police station with her complaint.The woman said she lives with her three children in Surjani Town while her husband works in Islamabad. She accused Safdar of subjecting her to torture and sexual assault in the absence of her husband.The woman said she made a video of her father-in-law after her relatives and husband demanded proofs to corroborate her claims. The police said the suspect has been arrested and investigation was underway.  

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Why #IndiaHijackedTwitter was trending on Twitter?

Twitter is accused of suppressing voices against Indian atrocities: File photoTwitter is said to have suspended hundreds of Pakistani Twitter accounts after they were found expressing solidarity with people of Occupied Kashmir over the atrocities being meted out to them by Indian forces.The platform was also used by thousands of Pakistani and Kashmiri users to heap praise on Prime Minister Imran Khan for raising the Kashmir issue and exposing the Indian government’s policy of ethnic cleansing during his impressive speech at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday.Following the speech, the users had posted thousands of tweets to eulogize their leader by using hashtag "Voice of Kashmir” which became a global trending topic.It was that trend which Pakistani users think Indian lobby within Twitter didn't like and started suspending accounts seen using the hashtag.To record their protest, thousands of Pakistani users on Saturday posted Tweets under the hashtag #IndiaHijackedTwitter.A large number of people also tagged Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey in their message, accusing his website of attempting to suppress their voice against Indian atrocities.They demanded Twitter immediately activate the suspended accounts.

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Pakistan weather forecast: Sunday 29-09-2019

Rain is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of punjab (Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur), According to Met Office on Sunday.It said showers are also expected at isolated places in districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal and Islamabad, districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan) and in districts of Kalat including Khuzdar. Hot and dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.

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Pakistan hits back at India?s response to PM Imran?s UNGA speech

NEW YORK: Pakistan hit back strongly in response to Indian reply to Prime Minister Imran Khan's historic speech at the global forum.Pakistan submitted a rejoinder to the United Nations General Assembly Saturday exposing the ugly face of Narendra Modi government.First Secretary of the Indian External Affairs Ministry Vidisha Maitra while excersing her right to reply had said, "Rarely has the General Assembly witnessed such misuse, rather abuse, of an opportunity to reflect. Words matter in diplomacy. Invocation of phrases such as 'pogrom', 'bloodbath', 'racial superiority', 'pick up the gun' and 'fight to the end' reflect a medieval mindset and not a 21st-century vision." In response, Zulqarnain Chheena, a diplomat of the Pakistani mission, while exercising his right to reply said PM Imran had exposed the real cruel face of Indian state terrorism before the world community.Chheena said India is committing state terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir for the last thirty years.He added the Indian government was carrying forward the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agenda. “The killers of Mahatma Gandhi are now ruining the secular face of India in occupied Kashmir,” he asserted.Chheena further said Pakistan arrested Indian spy Kulbushan Yadev who admitted involvement in various incidents of terrorism inside Pakistan.He added, PM Imran in his speech to the UNGA, highlighted Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and on minorities inside India.PM Imran in his address to UNGA on Friday, heavily criticised Indian PM Narendra Modi and his party’s ultra-nationalist hardline style of governance.The prime minister said that India ended the special status of occupied Kashmir, flouting 11 resolutions of the UN Security Council.“It is the responsibility of the UN to ensure that Kashmiris get their right to self-determination,” PM Imran said.“India must lift this inhuman curfew,” PM Imran said, adding, that 'picked-up persons' from the valley should be released by India.Due to these issues, eight million people under lockdown in the valley are likely to get radicalised, he said.

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Annual investiture ceremony held at Pakistan Embassy College, Beijing

BEIJING: An impressive investiture ceremony of newly elected Students’ Council of Pakistan Embassy College Beijing (PECB) was held here in the College Gymnasium.Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi graced the occasion as a chief guest.Principal, Shazia Amjad, staff and the students welcomed the guests. The ceremony started with recitation from the Holy Quran.While addressing the audience, the chief guest appreciated the role of the college for imparting quality education to the children of the embassy staff as well as the students from other countries.She remarked that practice of holding elections and establishing students’ council in the college will inculcate the qualities of leadership among the students.Ambassador Hashmi advised the students to take responsibility and work hard on their talents and potentials in a bid to prepare them to contribute to the development of the country.She also acknowledged the hard work and efforts of the faculty members for making excellent arrangements for the event.The members of Students’ Council are elected through voting annually. Muhammad Taha, a student of A-Level was elected as the Head Boy while Eiman Noor Asif also a student of A-Level was elected as the Head Girl. Vice Principal Maqsood administered the oath to the newly elected council.At the end, the Ambassador presented a Pakistan-made football to the captain of school’s Football Club.Senior officials, parents, teachers, and students of the college attended the auspicious event.

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Grand reception planned for PM Imran at Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: The leaders and the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are set to give Prime Minister Imran Khan an unprecedented welcome as he is scheduled to arrive back home Sunday evening following his historic address to the United Nations General Assembly.PTI’s Chief Organizer Saifullah Khan Niazi asked the party workers to reach the New Islamabad International Airport Sunday afternoon as the party would accord PM Imran with an unprecedented welcome, he said in a tweet.Senior PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen also took to Twitter to urge the party workers to attend the reception for the prime minister who he said had “fought Kashmir cause like a true hero”.“Let’s celebrate this win by giving him a hero’s welcome tomorrow 5pm at the New Islamabad Airport. Don’t forget to be there,” he tweeted with a hashtag #WelcomeHomePMIK which trended on Twitter.Talking to media prior to his departure for airport in New York, the prime minister when asked for message to the people waiting to welcome him at the airport, he said it was Allah Who bestowed upon respect.Earlier, the prime minister left New York on board a commercial flight after his plane developed a technical fault on Friday night. Technicians tried but could not fix the problem in the special plane, which was placed at his disposal by the Saudi government, after it landed back in New York.Officials said it was then decided to return to Roosevelt Hotel where the prime minister had been staying during his seven-day visit to New York, and to take a regular Saudi Airlines flight Saturday morning for his return journey, as he was anxious to visit the earthquake-hit areas and families of the victims.

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PM Imran leaves for Pakistan by commercial flight after historic UNGA address

UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Imran Khan departed for Riyadh by a commercial flight on his way back to Pakistan on Saturday afternoon after his special plane had to turn back to New York with a technical fault last evening.The prime minister, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, was seen off at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi.On Friday evening, technicians tried but could not fix the problem in the special plane, which was placed at his disposal by the Saudi government, after it landed back in New York.Officials said it was then decided to return to Roosevelt Hotel where the prime minister had been staying during his seven-day visit to New York, and to take a regular Saudi Airlines flight Saturday morning for his return journey, as he was anxious to visit the earthquake-hit areas and families of the victims.During his ‘Mission Kashmir’ visit to New York as the head of Pakistan’s delegation to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the prime minister addressed the 193-member assembly, and attended special UN summit meetings. He also met a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the session, including US President Donald Trump, addressed think-tanks, and interacted with international media during his visit.

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Murad Ali Shah says party, assembly empower CM to continue whether in jail or not

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday that the party nominates a candidate for chief minister and the provincial assembly elects him, adding that later it becomes the prerogative of the party and assembly to continue with the CM even if he is in a jail or anywhere else.CM Sindh said this while addressing a press conference at CM House in which Dr Bande Ali Leghari, a leading personality from Dadu announced to quit the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and joined Pakistan Peoples Party.To a question, the chief minister said that the party and the provincial assembly were empowered to continue their chief minister or get his resignation, in case he is arrested.“I am surprised to see that some of media friends always talk about my [CM] arrest,” he said and asked why he would be arrested when he was cooperating with the National Accountability Bureau in its inquiry.The chief minister said that the PPP had a strength of 98 MPAs in the provincial assembly and after bye-election on two seats, Larkana and Johi, the party’s strength would reach 100.Murad Ali Shah said that the NAB’s question was about the authority of giving tariff. “It is my subject and I can write a thesis on it,” he said and added that he had talked about the tariff in last four Council of Common Interest meetings.To a question about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the United Nations General Assembly, Shah said that the speeches of Zulfiqar A Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto in General Assembly were a part of history and speak louder about their great statesmanship.  

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JUI-F leader Maulana Hanif, two others killed in Chaman blast

Screenshot of the footage from blast siteCHAMAN: At least three people, including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif, were killed in an explosion in Chaman on Saturday, officials said.At least eight other people were injured when the bomb, planted in a motorcycle, went off on the busy Taj Road area where business centres, offices of media outlets, and political parties are located. JUI-F leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif.—File photo The blast occurred when JUI-F leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif was passing through the area.The explosion was so loud that it shattered the windowpanes of nearby buildings and was heard in far off areas.The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals. Hanif was also shifted to the hospital and was said to be in critical condition before he succumbed to his wounds.Police cordoned off the area where investigators were collecting evidence.

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Blast leaves JUI leader, several others injured in Chaman

Screenshot of the footage from blast siteChaman: At least eight people including a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam leader were injured when a bomb planted in a motorcycle went off in Chaman on Saturday, Geo News reported. According to the TV channel, the blast took place on a busy Taj Road area where business centers, offices of media outlets and political parties are located.Unconfirmed reports said the blast occurred when JUI-F leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif was passing through the area. The injured were moved to nearby hospitals where Hanif was said to be in crtical condition.The blast was so loud that it shattered the windowpanes of nearby buildings and was heard in far off areas.The police have cordoned off the area where investigators were collecting evidence.

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Safar moonsighting: Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meeting on Sunday

Mufti Munib-ur- Rehman will chair the meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee- File photoISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is due to be held on Muharram-ul-Harram 29 (September 29, Sunday) for sighting the Hilal of Safar,  the second month of the Islamic calendar.Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman would chair the meeting  schedule to be held at Pakistan Meteorological Department building, Main University Road, Gulistan-e-Jauhar,Karachi, said spokesman Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony in a statement.The Zonal and District Ruet-e-Hilal Committees would meet at their respective places on same date and time with zonal and district members to attend.The committee of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) would at building of Ministry of Religious Affairs, near General Post Office (GPO) Islamabad.All information about the position of crescent will be conveyed to Chairman, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee in Karachi on cell no.0300 9285203; 0321-2022000; 0300-6831822; 0333-2697051; 021-99261412 ans 021-99261413. Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman will announce the decision of crescent sighting or otherwise subsequently on the basis of information received.

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FM Qureshi says India putting major US interests in South Asia at stake

The Indian government is gaslighting the international community into normalizing the de facto annexation of Indian-occupied Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said in an opinion piece for American news outlet CNN.He warned that New Delhi was putting major US interests at stake with ethno-nationalist saber-rattling in the South Asian region."India's government wants to gaslight the international community into normalizing India's de facto annexation of the Muslim-majority state," Qureshi wrote in the opinion piece. "India is ethno-nationalist saber-rattling in a region with major US interests and international stability at stake," the minister warned, possibly alluding to the precarious security situation in Afghanistan. Qureshi further said that the draconian measures of the Indian government in occupied Kashmir were moving the security situation in the region towards the unthinkable.Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote that the unilateral move of India on August 5 abrogated the special autonomous status granted to Jammu and Kashmir within its constitution. "What has followed has reminded the world of the extremism and xenophobia that still plagues it and has forced everyone to call the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government out on its actions."Qureshi added that the people of Kashmir had been under total lockdown and had continued to see shortages of food and medicine, while thousands had been detained through mass arrests."Using the familiar tactics of night raids, alleged torture, a media blackout and the suppression of protests, the Indian government has been trying desperately to conceal occupied Kashmir situation," he said.FM Qureshi demanded the international community expose the reality that the BJP government was enacting through a nefarious political agenda being pursued in India. "In its plans to allow Indians to buy land in Kashmir, India's government is putting Kashmir's Muslim majority at risk-a policy that could change Kashmir's identity," Qureshi warned. In Pakistan's opinion, he added, this violated the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibited a country from transporting its own people into occupied territory.The foreign minister further maintained that as the country that had always committed itself to speaking up for the people of Kashmir, Pakistan could not be silent on the unfolding catastrophe in Kashmir."We must not be naïve about what is happening in Kashmir, and India must be stopped before this goes any further," Qureshi wrote in his opinion piece. 

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'Why did PM Imran get 45 minutes at UNGA session?'

Indian delegation (right) sits in embarrassed silence as PM Imran Khan delivers speech at UNGA New York: Indian media is complaining about Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan being given what it said extra time to deliver his speech at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday.The whining is mainly because most part of Imran Khan's 45-minute speech in which he targeted Indian government for its plans to carry out ethnic cleansing inside India and suppress millions of people in Occupied Kashmir."Speech time allotted to every leader at the United Nations General Assembly is 15 minutes, PM Narendra Modi adhered to it. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan exceeded the limit, “India’s ANI news agency tweeted.As Indians complained about the "extra time" granted to the Pakistani leader, Pakistani and Kashmiri Twitter users had a field day trolling India for being shamed by their leader in a spectacular fashion and too at highest international forum.While some users shared plenty of funny memes carrying Narendra Modi's pictures, a large number of people targeted Indian representatives from the UNGA session who listened to Khan's speech with serious faces.The pictures of two Indian female diplomats went viral shortly after they had a camera on them as Imran Khan exposed Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir.The Twitter users shared the screenshots of the footage on Twitter with hilarious remarks about the facial expressions that appeared on Indian faces during Khan’s speech.Here is a collection of some tweets: 

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Pakistan weather forecast: Saturday, 28-09-2019

Rain and thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of punjab (Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur), according to Met Office on Saturday.It said rain is also expected  at isolated places in districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal and Islamabad, districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan) and in districts of lower Sindh (Mirpur Khas, Thatta, Badin).. Hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.Weather Forecast for Sunday: Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in all districts of Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of punjab (Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur), while at isolated places in districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal and Islamabad, districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan) and in districts of Balochistan (Kalat and Makran).. Hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.Past 24 Hours Weather: Rain/wind-thunderstorm occurred at scattered places in districts of Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Hazara, Kohat, Mardan, Kashmir and Islamabad.Rainfall (mm) during Last 24 hrs: Punjab: Rawalpindi (Chaklala 67, Shamsabad 21), Islamabad (A/P 59, Golra 34, Bokra 33, ZP 12, Saidpur 06), Narowal 48, Mangla 32, Murree 11, Jhelum 07, Gujrat 06, Attock 04, Bhoun 03, Sialkot(City 01), Lahore (City Trace), Sindh: Karachi (Nazimabad 58, Surjani Town, Saddar 45, Masroor Base 33, North Karachi 27, Landhi 20, Kemari 15, Faisal Base 11, Gulistan-e-Johar 03, , A/P 02, Jinnah Terminal 01), Chhor 19, Dhali 10, Mithi, Kaloi 03, Badin Trace, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Balakot 33, Kakul 32, Parachinar 04, Takht Bahi 03, Kashmir: Haraman 25, Bandi Abbaspur 16, Panjera 10, Hajira 04, Rawalakot 02, Kotli, Brarkot 01.Yesterday's Highest Maximum Temperatures: Nokkundi, Lasbella 42°C, Sukkur, Dalbandin and Sibbi 41°C.

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Trump in the best position to play role in Kashmir: PM Imran

The world needed to understand the gravity of the human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and pressure India to lift the military curfew in the valley, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said in an interview with American network CNN.PM Imran talked at length about the issues discussed in his address to the United Nations earlier on Friday.Highlighting the situation of occupied Kashmir, the premier said that the enormity of the situation could be gauged from the presence of nine hundred thousand Indian troops in the occupied territory. Ruling out a meeting with his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PM Imran noted that besieging Kashmiris for over fifty days was a testament to the hateful mindset of the Indian leader. PM Imran added that Modi represented the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), that was established in 1925 after being inspired by Hitler and Nazism. “RSS believes in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in India. This ideology of racial superiority is also responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, who was considered soft on Muslims” PM Imran said, referencing the slain Indian independence leader. Responding to a question about the role US could play to ease tensions in South Asia, PM Imran said that President Donald Trump headed the most powerful country in the world, and was in the best position to do something about the issue of Kashmir. “Modi does not want international mediation as he knows the moment this issue becomes internationalized, the world will understand that Kashmiris are fighting for the right to self-determination and are subject to the worst human rights abuses by Indian forces,” he maintained.The prime minister urged the international community to move on this issue as it was a flashpoint between two nuclear-armed countries. “If it was something localized, the world would not have been pushed about it,” he stressed. In response to a question regarding Iran-US tensions, PM Imran said Pakistan does not want conflict near its borders. Conflict in the Persian Gulf could lead to an increase in global oil prices and a host of other issues, he noted.“To be fair with President Trump, all his instincts are against war. I also spoke to President Rouhani of Iran and let's see where the situation leads,” he shared.

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Technical fault: PM Imran's plane forced to turn back to New York

The airplane on which Prime Minister Imran Khan was travelling back to Pakistan on after a successful tour of the United States was rerouted back to New York on Saturday after developing a technical fault. According to reports, the minor technical fault was being fixed and there was no cause for concern. The technical fault was noticed when the airplane was near Toronto. PM Imran will spend the rest of his day in New York and board the airplane once the technical fault has been fixed. It is not immediately clear when the fault will be fixed. 

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PM Imran briefs UN secretary general on Indian occupied Kashmir situation

UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday met Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and underscored the responsibility of the world body  to take urgent steps to save lives in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJ&K) dispute.PM Imran briefed the UN chief on the 54-day long siege of over eight million Kashmiris amidst communications blackout, saying Such a draconian lockdown had no parallel in recent history. The premier rejected India's illegal and unilateral actions of August 5 as those were in clear violation of the UN Security Council resolutions.Noting that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had comprehensively documented the previous gross human right violations by India in the occupied valley, the prime minister underlined that India’s recent actions represented a new chapter of intensified human rights abuses.He highlighted the risks to regional peace and security that arose from India’s illegal and irresponsible actions.The UN secretary general expressed his deep concern over the human rights and humanitarian situation in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He reaffirmed that he would remain engaged on the issue and conveyed that his offer to help facilitate a peaceful solution continued to stand.

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PM Imran asked everyone at UNGA to Google something. What was it?

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFPPakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan warned the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday of India's plans of carrying out a "bloodbath" in occupied Kashmir."There are 900,000 troops there, they haven't come to, as Narendra Modi says — for the prosperity of Kashmir … These 900,000 troops, what are they going to do? When they come out? There will be a bloodbath," he said.Before he cautioned world leaders at the forum of Indian PM Narendra Modi's designs, however, he explained to them the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing racist organisation inspired by Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's former fascist leader Benito Mussolini.Emphasising Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and the ongoing curfew by the occupation forces, PM Imran explained the background of the RSS "how can anyone do something like this"."Mr Narendra Modi is a life member of RSS. RSS was an organisation inspired by Adolf Hitler and Mussolini came about in 1925. They believed in racial purity, racial superiority. They also believed they were an Aryan race like the Nazi believed they were an Aryan race."All that I am saying can be verified. This is the time of information revolution. You can Google what I am saying," he told the United Nations General Assembly.What is RSS?"It is very important for me to explain this to you so you know what is happening in India. This RSS believed in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims from India."The Pakistani prime minister informed the forum about the background of Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar — or MS Golwalkar — and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the founding fathers of the Hindu-nationalist RSS, which believed in the "racial superiority of the Hindu race" over Muslims in Christians in India.Golwalkar, the RSS's second Sarsanghchalak, wrote Bunch of Thought, which focused on nationalism and the idea of a nation. He once said: "Germany has also shown how well nigh impossible it is for Races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for use in Hindusthan to learn and profit by."Savarkar, an Indian independence activist who started activism in college, formed the Hindutva philosophy and later became a known figure of the Hindu Mahasabha — or the Great Society of Hindus. He tried to get Hindi made the national language and forced people who had converted to other faith to reconvert to Hinduism but died because he refused to use medicines."It was hatred for the Muslims and for the Christians because they believed that this golden age of Hindu civilisation was stopped because of Muslim rule centuries back and then the British rule of India."So, it was racial superiority, and hatred for Muslims and Christians," he said.'Hitler brown shirts'PM Imran explained to the audience how the racist ideology of RSS founders Savarkar and Golwalkar led to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi shortly after the Partition of the sub-continent, and, later, inspired Modi and his RSS-backers to carry out the anti-Muslim Gujarat riots of 2002 when he was chief minister of the Indian state."You look at the founding fathers of RSS Golwalkar and Savarkar. Just Google them and you will find out. And this ideology of hate is what murdered the great Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. It was this ideology of hate that made Narendra Modi in 2002 do a pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat when he was a chief minister."He allowed three days for these RSS goons who were inspired by the Hitler brown shirts — they actually wear brown shirts. This RSS, the previous Congress home minister gave a statement that in RSS camps terrorists are being trained. And these terrorists butchered 2,000 Muslims … 150,000 Muslims were made homeless."Narendra Modi could not travel to the US because of that."I need to make you understand this background before I explain to you that what sort of a mindset would lay siege to eight million people with 900,000 troops. Women, children, sick people...locked in as animals. In fact, of what I know of England, if 8 million animals were locked in, the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) would have made a lot of noise about it. These are human beings!" he said.Read more:

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Social media lauds PM Imran for championing Kashmir cause at UNGA

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFPKARACHI: Social media lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday for championing the cause of Kashmir during his address at the United Nations General Assembly (UGNA), bringing the atrocities and lockdown in the Muslim-majority, Himalayan valley to the "absolute centre stage of global political paradigm".Pakistani commentator and former cricketer Ramiz Raja cheered on PM Imran's speech.He wrote: "Nailed it absolutely Mr Khan! Wow."Sports presenter  Zainab Abbas also appreciated the PM's address."What a speech," she wrote.Singer Farhan Saeed, on the other hand, lauded PM Imran's  vision and speech."I feel proud to have voted for you, I feel proud to have you as my leader, I feel proud to have you as Pakistans Prime Minister, I feel proud to have you @ImranKhanPTI , I feel proud to be a Pakistani," he wrote.The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) leader, Jahangir Khan Tareen, wrote: "For the first time in our history, the miseries of Kashmiri people are being narrated effectively at the global stage. "PM IK has remained fully true to his commitment. He has championed Kashmir Cause in the best possible manner," he added."An amazing speech by PM IK. From Global Warming to Islamophobia and from Money Laundering to exposing Modi's brutalities in Kashmir, he hit all the right chords," Tareen said.Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, praised PM  Imran for lifting "Pakistan's International stature in just few months"."His struggle for the people of #Kashmir is bound to be successful World can't remain ignorant of brewing humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir now," Buzdar added.State Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir termed the premier's speech as "tremendous and game-changing".She added: "Prime Minister Imran Khan has beautifully moved the #Kashmir issue to the absolute centre stage of global political paradigm!"Singer Fakhr-e-Alam said PM Imran "just clean bowled the lies of [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] and hit all his doubters/haters for a SIX. His closing sentences were the roar of a lion."His message is clear we want PEACE but if u impose WAR then you will find a worthy opponent that will rattle your foundations," he added. "He makes us proud and wants me to be a better Pakistani."He added a list of "overs" and how the PM "clean bowled Modi"."The most significant, meaningful & deadly spell bowled by @ImranKhanPTI in his life."1st Over Climate Change Caught & Bowled.2nd Over Corruption Money laundering LBW.3rd Over Ran Out Islamophobia4th Over clean bowled Modi & RSS."Lawyer and social activist Jibran Nasir  said PM Imran "convincingly used #UNGA to not only explain reasons for atrocities in #Kashmir by India under BJP & brutal conditions there but also rightly expressed his fears of a fallout."Pak isn't a big market like India. Now it's a matter of conscience for world community," he added.Congratulating the PM for speaking "on behalf of 1.3 billion Muslims", comedian Shafaat Ali also praised him.PM Imran "hit the problem right through its heart", he said.Human rights minister Shireen Mazari wrote: "Amazing speech by PM IK - striaght talking, blunt, compassionate - exposing hypocrisy of developed world on climate change & money laundering safe havens; challenging Islamophobia; & most hard hitting on IOJK exposing India as no Pak ldr has ever done."Senator Faisal Javed Khan said PM Imran's speech was "amazing"."A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way," he added.

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PM Imran highlights Kashmir, Islamophobia at UNGA

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday commenced his address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) speaking about the climate emergency the world faces at present and urging the United Nations "to take leadership for this".Terming it an "urgent problem that the world must address", PM Imran said: "I feel there’s a lack of seriousness, perhaps some of the leaders who can do a lot, do not realise the urgency of the situation."Billions of dollars siphoned off by ruling elite The second issue, which the Pakistani premier termed as "even more critical", was how "every year, billions of dollars leave the poor countries and go towards rich countries".PM Imran said: "Billions of dollars [are] siphoned off by the ruling elite to Western countries."Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFPHe told the world leaders that money-laundering, "which happens because money leaves poor countries and goes to rich countries," was devastating the developing world, causing more poverty and deaths, and impoverishing those countries.Also read: Kashmir part and parcel of our soulThe PM called for the rich countries of the world to "show political will" and asked how were the poor countries expected to spend money on human development in accordance with what the UN asks when money left the developing countries.IslamophobiaNoting that there were 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, PM Imran explained that Islamophobia, "since 9/11, has grown at a pace which is alarming".This menace, he said, was creating a division. The premier, highlighting hypocrisy around the world, said: “A women can take off her clothes but cannot put on more clothes?“Hijab has become an issue in some countries … it is seen as a weapon,” he said.PM Imran said there were terms like radical Islam and Islamic terrorism and that was what was contributing to the spread of Islamophobia.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP"How is a person in New York, in Midwest in the US, or in Europe, how is he going to distinguish" between the two versions of Islam considering the rise of Islamophobia, PM Imran asked."Terrorism has nothing to do with any religion," he emphasised. The term, he noted, was "used by some leaders [and] it has caused pain among the Muslims."Muslim countries watch Islamophobia travelling [and spreading and] it is getting worse," he said. "In the European countries, it is marginalising the communities and marginalisation leads to radicalisation."After 9/11, it came as war against radical Islam [but] in all communities, there are radicals," the PM said, adding that Islamophobia had bumped the hatred against the Muslim community and that it was almost like physical pain.'Most critical' Kashmir issueHis fourth — and the "most critical" of issues during the UNGA speech — was to draw the world's attention to the emerging humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Kashmir.PM Imran said: "This is the reason why I especially came here; it is about what is happening in Kashmir."I want to make one thing clear that when we came to power, my first priority was that Pakistan would be a country that will try its best to bring peace. We had been through this war on terror," he added."We went though a nightmare. 70,000 people were killed. No Pakistani was involved in 9/11. The Taliban were in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan."When we came to power, we decided that we would dismantle what was left of these groups," he added.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFPThe premier then went on to talk about how India, under the guise of "Islamic terrorism", was inflicting more cruelty on the Kashmiri people. "There is no other narrative left for India,” he stressed, adding that there was probability of another Pulwama-like incident from New Delhi to blame and "bomb" Islamabad.Due to these issues, the eight million people under a curfew, as well as the communication  and media  blackout, in the valley were likely to get radicalised, he warned.PM Imran is in New York as part of his week-long visit to the US, where he has held meetings with US President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad, pressing them to raise the issue of Kashmir at the UN.During his discussions with the global leaders, media interaction, and speeches, he also spoke of climate change, solving the Afghan imbroglio, and the crisis in the Gulf region.It is noteworthy that PM Imran's Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, addressed the UNGA session ahead of him.Read more:

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Weather Forecast For Pakistan, 27 September 2019

Weak seasonal low lies over North Balochistan. Monsoon currents are penetrating northeastern and southeastern parts of the country. A Westerly wave is also affecting upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Friday (Night):Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of upper/central Punjab (Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal), Islamabad, districts of upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar, Mardan), districts of lower Sindh (Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Karachi, Thatta, Badin). Hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.Weather Forecast for Saturday:Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, districts of upper/central Punjab (Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Lahore, Sahiwal, Multan) and Islamabad, while at isolated places in districts of upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Peshawar). Hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.Past 24 Hours Weather:Rain/wind-thunderstorm occurred at scattered places in districts of Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Hazara, Karachi, Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sukkur, Makran, Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Islamabad.Rainfall (mm) during Last 24 hrs:Punjab: Narowal 60, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad 52, Chaklala 39), Islamabad (A/P 12, ZP 07, Saidpur 03), Sialkot (City 32, A/P 01), Mangla 26, Jhelum 24, Gujrat 04, M.B. Din 03, Hafizabad 01, Kashmir: Kotli 34, Muzaffarabad 24, Rawalakot 01, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 30, Pattan 05, Parachinar 04, Besham 01, Sindh: Karachi (Nazimabad 58, Surjani Town, Saddar 45, Masroor Base 33, North Karachi 27, Landhi 20, Faisal Base 11, Gulistan-e-Johar 03, Jinnah Terminal 01, A/P 02), Nagarparkar 21, Islamkot, Kaloi 12, Thatta 08, Badin 03, Padidan 02, Balochistan: Panjgur 02.Today's Highest Maximum Temperatures:Nokkundi, Lasbella 42°C, Sukkur, Dalbandin and Sibbi 41°C.

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Three killed as Karachi receives heavy rain, thunder

The rain has lowered sweltering temperatures and brought some much-needed relief to the residents of the city, but has also left them at the mercy of flooded roads and electric power cuts. File photoKARACHI: Three people died on Friday due to incidents caused by heavy rain and thunder in various parts of the city.Police said that two people from Karachi's SITE area died due to rain-related incidents, while another death was from Orangi area. Heavy rains have disrupted daily life in the city and left many thoroughfares flooded. The supply of electricity to key localities has also been affected. The rain has lowered sweltering temperatures and brought some much-needed relief to the residents of the city, but has also left them at the mercy of flooded roads and electric power cuts. More than 350 feeders of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation have tripped, affecting electricity supply to Azizabad, New Karachi, North Nazimabad, Gulistan-e-Johar, among other areas. Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz has said that the recent spell of monsoon rain in Karachi was extraordinary. He further added that around 130mm of rain has been recorded in Karachi during the past few weeks. Earlier this week, a false ceiling at a shopping mall located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal are partially collapsed following heavy rain, leading to panic and frenzy amongst the customers at the venue.

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Sindh govt to construct new graveyards in Karachi

The decision was taken at a high level meeting on Friday. File photoKARACHI: The Sindh Government on Friday decided to allocate state land for construction of new  graveyards in Karachi, directing the  Commissioner  to identify available state land for the purpose.The decision was taken at  a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, said a statement.The Commissioner Karachi briefed the participants of the meeting that graveyards in Karachi were out of space and there was immediate need to establish new graveyards in all six districts of the city.The Metropolitan Commissioner informed the meeting that there were 203 graveyards under the administration of KMC in the city.Out of 203 there were 184 graveyards for Muslims, 12 for Christians , 5 graveyards for Hindus and one each for Jews and Parses.He further informed the meeting that the KMC was also developing three new graveyards in the city at Surjani sector 16,Link Road N-5 at Super highway and at Taiser - Gaddap town.Speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah stated that lack of space in graveyards has emerged as a major issue.He said that there was an urgent need to allocate more land for graveyards not only for Muslims but also for minorities.

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Selfie craze? Bahria University student dies after falling from building

ISLAMABAD: A female student of Bahria University reportedly fell to her death on Thursday while taking selfie from the 'fourth floor of an under construction building' in Islamabad.Haleema, a second-semester student of business and finance, fell from an open balcony in the Islamabad campus of the university.According to the university officials, she fell while taking a selfie from the building’s fourth floor. She was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition where she succumbed to her injuries.Sources said she died after falling off a floor of an under-construction building on the campus where students were not allowed to go to.On the other hand, students have said the university is hiding the real details about Haleema’s death.Students said, accounting and finance classes were held on the fourth floor of the university’s fourth floor and the accident occurred due to an empty space which was left for a lift.

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Arrest warrants for Rabi Pirzada issued

LAHORE: A court in Lahore on Friday issued the arrest warrants of singer Rabi Pirzada for keeping wild animals as pets. According to details, a hearing into the case was conducted in the Model Town court today during which the judge reprimanded the singer for ignoring the court summons.Earlier this month, the Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks Department began action against Rabi Pirzada for keeping wild animals, including four pythons, an alligator and snakes as pets at her parlour.The wildlife protection department took the action against the singer for violating the Wildlife Act, according to which keeping exotic animals such as alligators, snakes, pythons and other reptiles is prohibited.The issue came to attention as Rabi Pirzada’s pictures and videos on social media were aired by a TV channel, prompting officials into taking legal action.

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you’re having a lovely morning. It feels like fall here in Tucson and I am here.for.it. The mornings have a hint of coolness to them and it’s perfect weather for hiking and playing outside. I’m looking forward to a walk with P and the puppers this morning. This weekend is the Greek festival in Tucson (OPA!) and we’re heading to Phoenix to check out the new Great Wolf Lodge. I think the girls are going to love it! I’d love to hear what you have going on.

Here are some faves from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re lovin’ in the comments. 

Adventures from lately:

The Pilot and I attended Roundup for a Cure last weekend, which is a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We went with a large group of friends and also had the opportunity to connect with some inspiring CF families. It was really incredible to learn about the new treatments that are being offered and I keep praying that these incredible doctors and researchers are able to develop a cure. 

The theme was Greatest Showman -esque (like turn-of-the-century carnival) with acrobats, aerial silks, carnival games, people walking around on stilts, and a Tarot card reader. They also had a silent auction and the Pilot and I are notorious for having a couple glasses of wine and going bid crazy. We walked away with 6 prizes lol. It was a great date night, especially since the Pilot was only in town for a couple of days. 

A voice lesson! You guys. I was blown away by all of your kind, supportive, and inspiring comments about my choir roadkill post. It was so awesome to read your thoughts and similar experiences. I always feel a bit nervous when I put myself *out there* here on the blog, but you always make me feel thankful I did it. Since I’m trying out for the choir again in a few months, I booked a voice lesson with a local coach. We did tons of warm-ups and scale work, then I got to sing some fun songs, which was a nice break after drilling my Italian aria back into my head along with the classical excepts. I sang Shallow, On My Own (cliché but I’ll always love it) and some old showtunes. It was an hour out of my day that I didn’t need to spend since I had two deadlines due the following day, but it was SO worth it. 

Read, watch, listen:

This Is Us. I’ve been impatiently waiting for This Is Us to return all summer. The first episode back didn’t disappoint. No spoilers or anything, but it reminded me of the pilot episode. I was sobbing with chills all over my body, so amazed by how it all came together. It was so good I might have to rewatch it this weekend. 

Definitely check out this week’s podcast episode about plastic surgery! This was one of my highest-downloaded episodes yet, and it’s a fun one. 

12 book suggestions.

What we can do about climate change.

Fitness:

Don’t forget to sign up for the 7-day reset! The fun starts on Monday and I’ll have all of the info emailed over tonight. You’ll also get daily emails from me, plus access to our closed Facebook group. It’s free and the perfect way to rest healthy habits as we head into the holiday season! Just enter your email info here.

Easy ways to calm pre-race nerves. 

What to eat before and after a long run.

Good eats:

The fam came over for dinner on Wednesday night and we basically had a mini Thanksgiving. Madre brought turkey, ham with pineapple, mashed potatoes, gravy, and bread. I made an enormous cheese board (as usual),

Skinnytaste turkey pumpkin chili (one of my fave fall recipes!),

and Kyle brought over the best green goddess salad from August Rhodes. Nani brought pumpkin pie.

It was an epic feast and the kiddos all ran around playing while the adults drank wine and chatted. The only thing missing was the Pilot, but it was a pretty great night. 

You need these brownies in your life. 

Easy pumpkin spice granola.

Still loving this chickpea scramble.

Just for kicks:

The Pilot sent this to me and I cried a little laughing. 

Happy Friday! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. <3

xo

Gina

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