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Umar Akmal returns to club cricket as a part of rehabilitation program

Umar Akmal returns to club cricket as a part of rehabilitation program

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal started playing matches in club cricket after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) allowed him as a part of the ongoing rehabilitation program. Umar, in his first match, could only score 5 runs. The 31-year-old expressed his desire to give his best in domestic cricket and creating a strong image of himself in … Read more

“I became extremely angry and slapped my servant”, reveals Nadia Hussain

Nadia Hussain

Nadia Hussain Khan, a supermodel, recently featured on the fascinating show ‘Hamare Mehman,’ in which she revealed her harsh side of the personality and indicated that it is acceptable to be harsh with domestic assistance if they exceed the line. Nadia claimed that she owns her social media accounts and treats them as if they … Read more

WATCH: Saba Qamar joins the ‘Baspan Ka Pyar Mera’ and acts her heart out

Saba Qamar

Saba Qamar Zaman, a well-known Pakistani television actress, has joined the bandwagon of lip-synching videos for the trending song “Bachpan ka Pyar Mera.” According to reports, the actress acted her heart out on the groovy song’s track while wearing no makeup. The actress captured millions of hearts by smiling, posing, and delivering precise responses while … Read more

Why Rekha was SHOCKED by the sudden media presence and COVERED her face?

Rekha

Bhanurekha Ganesan, better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Camera lenses and the lives of performers are inextricably linked. When you’re a celebrity, you can’t avoid the paparazzi, but there are instances when celebrities don’t want to be photographed, and Rekha’s experience is one of … Read more

Priyanka Chopra and her brother celebrated Raksha Bandhan together after five years

Priyanka Chopra

After five years apart, Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra and her brother Siddharth Chopra celebrated Raksha Bandhan in London. The Sky Is Pink star, who has been in London for her next movie since last year, took to Instagram to share charming photographs from the celebrations. https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4cydcDjBO/ She wrote in the caption of the pictures “First … Read more

Chairman PPP plans to visit districts of karachi

Karachi

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has planned to make rapid series of visits across the areas of Karachi, beginning from District East and ending on Clifton Beach. His journey is an imperative visit, will begin immediately (press time) across the various Karachi areas, where the supremo of Sindh’s ruling party will oversee … Read more

England vs India: Wood ruled out of third test amid shoulder injury

England vs India: Wood ruled out of third test amid shoulder injury

England right-arm fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the third test against India. Wood has a jarred right shoulder, as a result of diving towards the advertisement board while saving the boundary on the fourth day of the second Test. at Lord’s. Although Wood bowled at a pace of 93mph (150kph) on … Read more

Mohamed Salah inspires two British sisters to convert to Islam

Mohamed Salah British girls Islam

Two British sisters reportedly embraced Islam after being influenced by the conduct of the Egyptian professional footballer Mohamed Salah.

Mohamed Salah, who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool, influenced two girls to convert to Islam during a visit to Aswan in Egypt.

The two sisters, Amy and Nikki, said, “We were influenced by the morals of Muslims in Europe and the humility of Mohamed Salah.”

With these words, they expressed their love for Islam and their happiness in embracing this religion.

Egyptian news website quoted two sisters as saying that their decision to embrace Islam was without pressure from anyone and after proper study of the matter.

Amy and “Nikki are two sisters from England and live near the English city of Liverpool and used to visit Egypt for tourism.

In their homeland, they heard about the Islamic religion and that have been influenced by the morals of Muslims residing in Europe and their friendliness to others.

Earlier, the famed footballer contributed to building an Azhar religious institute at his own expense, helped construct an ambulance unit for the ambulance authority in Gharbiya, and donated LE50 million to the National Cancer Institute after it was struck by a car bomb in 2019.

The Liverpool striker also established the Nagrig Charity Association in 2017, which helps take care of orphans, widows, the elderly and the sick and provides monthly cash assistance.

The association had helped roughly 400-500 people regularly.

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Reminiscence: Hugh Jackman’s thriller becomes one of history’s biggest box office flops

reminiscence

Lisa Joy’s directorial debut earned only $2 million (£1.4 million) over the weekend. Reminiscence, Hugh Jackman’s latest film, has become one of the biggest box office flops of all time. The post-apocalyptic thriller earned only $2 million (£1.4 million) in North America despite playing on 3265 screens. It has one of the lowest box office … Read more

Oman lifts travel restrictions from Pakistan and other countries

Oman

MUSCAT: The Omani Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Monday that the travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other 18 countries previously placed on the red-list has been lifted. The Civil Aviation Authority of Oman has released a circular stating that beginning September 1, all persons who are entitled to visit … Read more

The first ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ trailer teases the return of many iconic Spidey villains

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Sony Pictures has published the first official teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the third Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after it leaked over the weekend. Many legendary Spider-Man villains made cameo appearances in the first “Spider-Man: No Way Home” teaser, but some fans believe they may have detected a glimpse of … Read more

Abhishek Bachchan suffers hand injury on set

Abhishek Bachchan suffers injury on set

Abhishek Bachchan was taken to the hospital after suffering an injury while filming. His father, Amitabh Bachchan, and sister, Shweta Bachchan, paid him a visit. Abhishek Bachchan has been admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital. While filming his next project, the actor suffered a hand injury. He is currently being treated for a fracture. His father, … Read more

NIC Lahore brings Stanford’s Spark programme to Pakistan

KARACHI: Continuing its mission to empower, enable and facilitate the next generation of problem solvers in Pakistan, the National Incubation Center (NIC) Lahore at LUMS is collaborating with Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business to launch its Spark programme for Pakistani entrepreneurs, a statement said. An offering of Stanford SEED, this four-month programme is for … Read more

Sadaf Kanwal all set to begin her own venture

Sadaf Kanwal

Pakistani model Sadaf Kanwal, who is often being subjected to criticism and trolling by netizens, is launching her own fashion line.

Shahroz Sabzwari, the husband of Sadaf Kanwal, took to his Instagram to announce his wife’s new venture.

Also, the model herself shared the news with her fans. “Very proud to announce my very own Fashion Line. A venture very close to our hearts. Need your prayers and support,” she wrote.

 

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She joins a long list of celebrities who have launched their own fashion brands. Actors Urwa and Mawra Hocane founded UXM, Minal and Aiman Khan founded A&M and Maya Ali launched Maya Pret-A-Porter.

A number of showbiz celebrities commented on Kanwal’s post and felicitated her on her new venture.
Note that actress Syra Yousuf was the former wife of Shahroz Sabzwari. She was married to him in 2012. The popular showbiz couple parted ways after eight years of marriage for unknown reasons.

Syra Yousuf has a daughter ‘Nooreh Shahroz’ from her first marriage.

However, after just two months of their divorce, Sabzwari married model Sadaf Kanwal. Both the actors had shared photos of their marriage on Instagram.

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Adnoc investing $1 billion to raise output capacity

adnoc

DUBAI: Adnoc, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has signed project engineering agreements with eight contractors worth $1 billion. Adnoc, which will be included in FTSE Emerging Market Index from September 16, plans to raise output capacity to 5 million barrels/day by 2030. Around 50 per cent of the value is expected to flow … Read more

Minister vows to carry forward reforms agenda

Pakistan needs long-term planning

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has vowed to carry forward a comprehensive reform agenda for bringing the much-needed changes in the public sector, a statement issued by the Finance Ministry said. During a meeting with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Husain, the minister acknowledged … Read more

Technology transfer, opportunities for youth govt’s top priority: PM

Pandora Papers: PM Imran orders probe into 'ill-gotten wealth of elites'

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that technology transfer, strong partnerships among educational institutions, industrial sector and government and creating a suitable environment for youth was the top priority of the government. Chairing a high-level meeting regarding the setting up of special technology zones in the country, the prime minister directed to provide all … Read more

Pakistan vs West Indies: Badree praises Fawad for his outstanding performance

Pakistan vs West Indies: Badree praises Fawad for his outstanding performance

West Indies former bowler Samuel Badree praised Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam for achieving the milestone after scoring his fifth century in eight Test matches since his comeback after 11 years of hiatus. On his Twitter handle, after Alam scored his fifth Test century to help Pakistan move towards victory in the second Test, Badree appreciated … Read more

IMF thanks Prime Minister Imran Khan

IMF

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), praised Pakistan’s efforts “at the highest levels” in order to ensure a safe evacuation of its employees from Afghanistan after Taliban took power. Kristalina Georgieva wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan, praising Pakistan’s efforts “were absolutely critical to the safe and swift evacuation of IMF staff … Read more

China-Pakistan trade volume reach $12.56 billion in first-half

China

BEIJING: The trade volume between China and Pakistan amounted to $12.56 billion in the first-half of 2021, showing an increase of 1.6 times against the same period last year, Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Senior Fellow of the Charhar Institute said. According to the General Administration of … Read more

Zaid Ali gushes over his beautiful wife & newborn son in latest post

Zaid Ali

Pakistan-born Canadian YouTube sensation Zaid Ali is over the moon since his first child’s arrival with his wife Yumnah.

Yumnah and Zali Ali welcomed their first baby boy on August 18 and also shared the picture of their bundle of joy.

“Allhamdulilah! August 18th 2021, We have been blessed with Izyan Ali Zaid,” he unveiled the name of his baby boy.

“This is the best anniversary gift I could have asked for. Ya Allah tera lakh lakh shukar hai,” the 26-year-old YouTuber captioned alongside the photo of his son wrapped in a blue blanket.

 

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In another post on his Instagram, Zaid gushed over his wife and newborn son and posted a picture of them with an adorable caption.

“My two beautiful angels,” he wrote.

 

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Earlier, the popular social media sensation had expressed his immense love for his wife with a heartfelt note.

Along with an adorable picture, Zaid captioned the post as, “The most precious thing you can give a woman is Izzat. More than gifts, more than love, a woman needs respect.”

 

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Zaid Ali is undoubtedly the most loving husband we have seen. He often appears to be romantic and caring for his ladylove.

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Pakistan’s regional exports rise 20.50% in July

Pakistan’s exports to Australia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the seven regional countries witnessed an increase of 20.50 per cent in the first month of the current financial year 2021/22, compared with the corresponding month of the last year. The country’s exports to the regional countries including Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and the Maldives account for $2.82 … Read more

Govt plans cluster villages to modernise cotton farming: minister

MULTAN: The government will soon launch cotton cluster villages to promote the crop by ensuring modern technology in the near future, a senior government official said. Holding a press conference at the Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI), Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam said that cotton is a highly profit-generating … Read more

Horoscope Today, 24 August 2021: Check astrological predictions for Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and others

Horoscope Today: Good or bad, be prepared for all the crucial events coming your way, and whether the stars are in your favor or not. Know insights about your future with the help of astrology. Read your daily horoscope prediction to find out what’s in store for you today. Read the predictions for all the stars … Read more

Dubai extends expiry dates of residence visas for stranded expats

UAE PIA mobile testing labs

DUBAI: The General Directorate of Residence and Foreign Affairs (GDRFA), Dubai, has extended the expiry date of residence visas for nationals of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Uganda who are stranded abroad, Khaleej Times quoted a Dubai-based carrier flydubai, as saying, on its website. The visas have been extended till November 10, 2021, … Read more

Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers face an uphill economic battle

DUBAI: The new Taliban rulers of Afghanistan are facing an immediate economic crisis, as aid and other international financial flows dry up, but economists do not underestimate their ability to continue running the country’s $20 billion economy even as a pariah in the international financial scene, Arab News reported. The pressing concern is the stability of the … Read more

Saudi Arabia to see more fintech unicorns soon: official

JEDDAH: Fintech Saudi was launched in 2018 by the Saudi central bank and the Capital Market Authority, to turn the kingdom into an innovative fintech hub, Arab News reported. It has a digital strategy that supports regulators and the growing fintech startups that have emerged in the kingdom over the last two years. These moves are in … Read more

Taliban inherit untapped $1 trillion trove of minerals

minerals

PARIS: The Taliban now hold the keys to an untouched trillion-dollar trove of minerals, including some that could power the world’s transition to renewable energies, but Afghanistan has long struggled to tap its vast deposits. The Taliban are already in a financial bind since they returned to power 20 years after their ouster, as major … Read more