کراچی کے ایرانی کیفے اپنے لذیذ کھانوں اور منفرد ثقافتی ماحول کے لیے مشہور تھے
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Neelam Kothari reveals she once ‘wanted to kill’ Chunky Panday
Former Bollywood diva Neelam Kothari revealed she once wanted to ‘kill’ her frequent co-star and close friend Chunky Panday.
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In a new interview with an Indian radio channel, ‘Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives’ star Neelam Kothari recalled her first experience of shooting ‘Aag Hi Aag’ (1987) with actor Chunky Panday and shared that she wanted to kill him at that time before the two went on to become good friends and shared the screen in multiple films.
“Chunky is a very good friend today. And he was a good friend back then too but there were days when I just wanted to kill him,” she said.
“He used to irritate me on set because he was a newcomer. He took his own sweet time. ‘The shot is ready, cameras are set, but where’s Chunky Panday?’ Chunky Panday’s in the bathroom. This didn’t happen just once, but many times, and I just wanted to kill him,” Kothari reasoned.
“There was a scene in Aag Hi Aag where I was getting married to someone else, and Chunky was supposed to come on a bike, pick me up from the mandap, and ride away. I must have asked him 10 times if he knew how to ride a bike, and he kept saying, ‘Of course’. He didn’t know – he was joking. So he picked me up on the bike and pushed the accelerator so hard that it did a wheelie, and I was in bridal attire. I fell off, and the bike landed on top of me,” she shared. “I burned my leg and everything. I wanted to kill him. I still have that scar on my leg, and I still remind Chunky that I have it for life because of him.”
On the work front, Neelam Kothari is most recently seen in the new season 3 of Netflix’s ‘Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives’, which also includes Chunky Panday’s wife Bhavna, Maheep Kapoor and Seema Sajdeh in the main cast. The Mumbai celebrity wives are also joined by three influential businesswomen from Delhi, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Kalyani Saha and Shalini Passi, for the season.
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PTI formally decides to become part of judicial commission
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has decided to formally join the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), the party’s political committee has said in a statement after its session.
The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) has agreed over the nomination of members of the judicial commission from both houses of the Parliament. “The political committee’s session has unanimously approved the proposal of joining the judicial commission,” statement read.
The PTI’s political committee session was briefed over the letter of the National Assembly’s Speaker with two members’ nomination from the opposition.
The session was informed that the judicial commission will appoint the judges of the supreme court, high courts and the federal shariat court. “It will monitor performance of the high courts’ judges and compile annual performance report.
The JCP would have an extended authority to propose nomination of the high courts’ judges and constitute the high court and supreme court benches.
The 1/3 members of the commission could requisite the judicial commission’s session. “The 13-member JCP will decide matters with simple majority of members and absence of any member will not have any impact over the credibility of the decision made by the commission.
The PTI’s political committee’s decision will be forwarded to the party’s Core Committee for endorsement and then to the founding chairman for final approval of the decision.
The session also agreed over announcement of the party’s two names for the JCP after formal approval from the PTI’s founder.
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انڈین نیوز ایجنسی کا ویکیپیڈیا کے خلاف مقدمہ: ویکیپیڈیا کیسے کام کرتا ہے اور اس پر کتنا بھروسہ کیا جا سکتا ہے؟
ویکیپیڈیا کے متعلق چند سوال عام طور پر لوگوں کے ذہن میں پیدا ہوتا ہے کہ ویکیپیڈیا کیسے کام کرتا ہے؟ ان کے لیے مضامین کون لکھتا ہے؟ اسے کون چلاتا ہے؟ وغیرہ وغیرہ۔
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’ایران سے ویتنام تک‘ شمالی کوریا نے مختلف تنازعات میں کن ممالک کی اور کیسے مدد کی؟
روس کی پارلیمان (سٹیٹ ڈوما) نے شمالی کوریا کے ساتھ ’جامع سٹریٹجک شراکت داری‘ کے معاہدے کی توثیق کی ہے۔ اس معاہدے کی دستاویز کے مطابق دونوں ممالک میں سے کسی ایک ملک پر حملے کی صورت میں مشترکہ فوجی مدد فراہم کرنے کی شق موجود ہے اور وال سٹریٹ جرنل نے اس بارے میں لکھا ہے کہ اس معاہدے میں شمالی کوریا کے فوجیوں کو یوکرین کے خلاف جنگ میں بھیجنے کی خفیہ شق بھی شامل ہے۔
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Iran plays down Israel’s strikes, says they caused ‘limited damage’
Iran on Saturday played down Israel’s overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as US President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East.
Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel’s military said.
It was retaliation for Iran’s Oct. 1 attack on Israel with about 200 ballistic missiles, and Israel warned its heavily armed arch-foe not to hit back after the latest strike.
Iran condemned the Israeli raid and its foreign ministry said Iran was “entitled and obligated” to defend itself. But it added that it “recognises its responsibilities towards regional peace and security,” a more conciliatory statement than after previous bouts of escalation.
Iran’s military said the Israeli warplanes used “very light warheads” to target border radar systems in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and around Tehran.
“Enemy planes were prevented from entering the country’s airspace … and the attack caused limited damage,” Iran’s military joint staff said in a statement.
David Albright, a former U.N. nuclear weapons inspector, said low resolution commercial satellite imagery appeared to show that one Israeli strike hit the sprawling Parchin military complex near Tehran, damaging three buildings, including two where solid fuel was mixed for ballistic missile engines.
Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst at CNA, a Washington think tank, said Israel also hit Khojir, a sprawling missile production site near Tehran.
Tensions between Iran and Israel have grown rapidly since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, raising fears of a wider regional conflict that could drag in global powers and imperil world energy supplies.
Worsening conflict in Lebanon, where Israel is waging an intense campaign against Hezbollah to stop it firing rockets into northern Israel, has raised the temperature still further.
The United States, which had pressed Israel to avoid targeting sensitive Iranian energy and nuclear sites, joined other countries in calling for a halt to the cycle of confrontation between Israel and Iran.
Read more: Iran warns will defend itself after Israeli strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel had chosen the targets in Iran based on its national interests, not according to what was dictated by the United States.
Biden said the strikes appeared to have only hit military targets and added that he hoped they were “the end”.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who hopes to succeed Biden by winning the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, said it was “the strong perspective of the United States that there must be de-escalation.”
Two regional officials briefed by Iran told Reuters that several high-level meetings were held in Tehran to determine the scope of Iran’s response. One official said the damage was “very minimal” but added that several Revolutionary Guards bases in and around Tehran were also hit.
Iranian news sites aired footage of passengers at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, seemingly meant to show there was little impact.
Israel’s military, signalling it did not expect an immediate Iranian response, said there was no change to public safety restrictions across the country.
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‘Bulbulay’ star Nabeel Zafar reveals surprising fact about on-screen mother
As ARY Digital’s long-running comedy series ‘Bulbulay’ marked the 15th anniversary of the show being on air, its creator Nabeel Zafar, aka the only son of beloved Momo (Hina Dilpazeer), revealed the surprising fact about his on-screen mother.
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In a new podcast interview with a digital magazine, Nabeel Zafar disclosed that acclaimed actor Hina Dilpazeer, who essays his mother Mumtaz, aka everyone’s favourite Momo on screen, is actually younger than him.
Zafar revealed that he had previously shared the screen with Dilpazeer in her on-screen debut, ARY Digital’s telefilm ‘Burns Road Ki Nilofar’, and was impressed by her work. Therefore, during the casting of Momo, to enter the sitcom in its 17th episode, he called the ‘Quddusi Sahab ki Bewah’ actor and said, “You may be two or four years younger than me, but you’ll have to play my mother!”
Zafar shared that she had no qualms about playing his mother and immediately agreed to do the role after a laugh.
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And since then – Dilpazeer has been winning over people of all ages with her portrayal of Momo, for the last 15 years.
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One of its kind family sitcom, ‘Bulbulay’ co-stars Zafar and Dilpazeer with seasoned actors Mehmood Aslam and Ayesha Omar, whereas, veteran actors Shagufta Ejaz, Ashraf Khan and child stars Faatima Nabeel and Nyle Rizwan feature in the pivotal supporting roles.
Written by Ali Imran and Saba Hassan, drama director Rana Rizwan has helmed more than 700 episodes of ‘Bulbulay’ over 2 seasons.
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PSX crosses 90,000-point barrier in new all-time high
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) achieved a remarkable feat on Friday, as the KSE-100 index broke through the 90,000-point barrier in intra-day trading.
The index was trading at 90,087.41 points at 11:58 am, representing a 1.25% increase from the previous day’s close of 88,945.98.
Mohammed Sohail, chief executive of Topline Securities, noted that the stocks reached the 90,000 mark in one of the fastest record gains of 125pc in 18 months.
The PSX’s upward momentum continued throughout the week, with the index surpassing the 89,000 mark on Thursday.
Most analysts predict the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will reduce its policy rate by 200 basis points in its upcoming meeting on November 4. This would mark the fourth consecutive rate cut since June.
Topline Securities, in its report, commented that bulls dominated the PSX as the KSE-100 index surged to an all-time high of 89,126, up 1,931 points, or 2.22%, before closing at 88,946, higher by 2.01%.
Investor optimism was fuelled by expectations ahead of the monetary policy meeting scheduled for November 4. Market sentiment suggested that two significant policy rate cuts may be on the horizon, prompting a wave of stock buying that propelled the index to the historic peak, it said.
Also, investors were shifting their fixed-income portfolios to equities, further boosting market momentum, Topline added.
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Six SC judges skip full court reference for outgoing CJP Qazi Faez Isa
ISLAMABAD: Six Supreme Court (SC) judges skipped full court reference held for outgoing CJP Qazi Faez Isa, ARY News reported on Friday.
As per details, six Supreme Court judges including Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Malik Shehzad chose to skip the full court reference held in honor of outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
The reference, traditionally attended by Supreme Court justices to bid farewell to the departing CJP, saw a reduced attendance this time.
It is to be noted that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa is to retire today (Friday), after serving for more than a year.
The oath-taking ceremony of new CJP Justice Yahya Afridi will take place tomorrow. President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the new CJP.
Read more: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to skip full court reference for outgoing CJP Isa
On Thursday night, a farewell dinner was hosted by the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Pakistan Bar Council in honour of outgoing CJP Qazi Faez Isa.
The event was attended by the nominated Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, Supreme Court judges, and Chief Justices of all high courts.
Earlier this week, President Asif Ali Zardari officially approved the appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi as the chief justice following the retirement of Qazi Faez Isa on October 25 (today).
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Karachi, Lahore among most polluted cities of world
KARACHI: Karachi becomes the second and Lahore third most polluted cities of the world today as pollution on the rise in two largest cities of Pakistan ahead of coming winter.
Indian capital New Delhi was on the top of the world’s most polluted cities’ list.
Karachi has 198 reading on the Air Quality Index, while Lahore has 192 AQI reading.
India’s Delhi has 252 AQI reading.
It is to be mentioned here that AQI as high as 151-200 is considered unhealthy, while an AQI reading between 201 to 300 is more harmful and AQI reading above 300 mark is extremely hazardous.
According to experts, the air becomes heavier in the winter, causing poisonous particles in the atmosphere to move downwards and making the atmosphere polluted. As a result, a layer of polluted particles, including large amounts of carbon and smoke, covers an area.
The smoke produced by factories or by burning coal, garbage, oil or tyres, enters the atmosphere and its impact appears at the onset of the winter and remains till the end of the season, experts said.
Although southwestern winds blowing from the sea in Karachi, work as a filter for the air, these winds remain mostly suspended during the winter.
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US declines to comment on PM Sharif’s request for Aafia Siddiqui’s release
The United States (US) State Department Wednesday denied commenting on incarcerated Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s case.
Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s is serving an 86-year sentence in an American prison on terrorism charges.
Addressing a press conference in Washington, US State Department’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel stated that inquiries regarding Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s case should be directed to the Department of Justice.
“So first, I certainly wouldn’t get into private diplomatic communications,” he said.
Read more: Pakistan seeks US presidential pardon for Dr Aafia Siddiqui
Last week it emerged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s release on humanitarian grounds in a letter to President Joe Biden.
The information about the letter emerged last Friday after a state lawyer submitted a copy to the Islamabad High Court, which had recently requested a detailed report on the efforts made by Pakistani authorities to extradite Siddiqui.
“Pakistan government has penned a letter to the US president to seek pardon for Dr Aafia Siddiqui,” AAGP Munawar Dogal told the IHC bench.
Dogal informed the IHC that the premier has written a letter to the US president for the pardon.
Read more: ‘Aafia Siddiqui sexually abused in US jail’, reveals Talha Mahmood
She was born in 1972 into an educated family in Karachi. She pursued her studies in the United States, earning a PhD in neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2001.
Known for her academic brilliance and religious devotion, her life took a significant shift when she was accused of having ties to ‘extremist organizations’ following the 9/11 attacks.
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Bakhtawar Bhutto names newborn son after her grandfather Zulfiqar Bhutto
Bakhtawar Bhutto, the eldest daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari and the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has named her third son.
On Tuesday morning, Bakhtawar Bhutto and her husband, Mahmood Chaudhry, shared a joint post on Instagram announcing the name of their newborn son.
The couple revealed that they have chosen to name their little prince “Mir Zulfiqar Mahmood Chaudhry,” in honor of Bakhtawar’s maternal grandfather, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
“𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦. 𝘖 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘥 صلى الله عليه وسلم 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥,” Bakhtwar said in her Instagram post.
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Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari announced the birth of her third child on Monday.
Bakhtawar took to her Instagram to announce the arrival of her newborn.
“We are happy to announce the birth of our third baby boy,” read a picture attached to the post.
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Bakhtawar is married to businessman Mahmood Choudhry on January 29, 2021.
The couple announced the birth of their firstborn on October 10, 2021 and second son on October 6, 2022.
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WHO declares Egypt malaria free after nearly century of efforts
Egypt has achieved a significant milestone in public health as the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the nation as malaria-free, marking the elimination of a disease that had pagued the country since ancient times.
The WHO grants certification to countries that prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that the chain of indigenous malaria transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes has been interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years.
Now, the status has been granted to a total of 44 countries and one territory globally, the WHO said in a statement.
The WHO called the achievement “truly historic” and the culmination of nearly a century of work to stamp out the disease, AFP reported.
“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and not its future,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.
“This certification of Egypt as malaria-free is truly historic, and a testament to the commitment of the people and government of Egypt to rid themselves of this ancient scourge.”
“Receiving the malaria elimination certificate today is not the end of the journey but the beginning of a new phase,” said Egypt´s Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.
“We must now work tirelessly and vigilantly to sustain our achievement through maintaining the highest standards for surveillance, diagnosis and treatment.”
To be certified malaria free, a country must also demonstrate the ability to prevent the re-establishment of transmission.
Read more: Sindh ‘reports 106684 malaria cases’ in last week
Spread by mosquitoes, malaria is mostly found in tropical countries and the infection is caused by a parasite, that kills more than 600,000 people every year, 95% of them in Africa, according to the WHO.
There were 249 million recorded malaria cases worldwide in 2022.
The WHO said that early efforts to reduce human-mosquito contact in Egypt started in the 1920s with a ban on rice and crop cultivation near homes.
By 1942, malaria cases in Egypt had spiked to over three million due to population displacement during World War II.
The construction of the Aswan Dam, built in the 1960s, introduced new risks with stagnant water creating mosquito breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
However, by 2001, Egypt had malaria “firmly under control”, the WHO said.
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