Karachi wakes up to light rain, power blackout

Large swathes of the metropolis were plunged into darkness early Sunday after a high tension line tripped.

The city woke up to light rain as the monsoon drizzle continued overnight, just as several residential areas faced power outages lasting more than four hours.

Affected areas included North Nazimabad, Federal B. Area, Landhi, Korangi, Lines Area, Lyari, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, DHA Phase 2, Clifton and Malir.

Power supplier K-Electric confirmed the tripping, and said its teams were working on power restoration. “Power supply to few parts of Karachi is currently affected due to EHT tripping.

Teams are fully mobilized & restoration process is underway with few affected areas already restored. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused & thank you for your patience during this time,” K-Electric tweeted.

For the next 24 hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rain-thundershower with gusty winds at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir, and at isolated places in Gilgit-Baltistan.

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Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet today to sight Zil-Hajj moon

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet today to sight the Zil-Hajj moon.

If the moon is sighted Sunday evening, Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistan will be observed on August 22, as earlier forecasted by the Pakistan Meteorological Department.

The Zil-Hajj moon “will be born on Saturday afternoon” and will be visible on Sunday evening, the Met stated on August 10.

In Saudi Arabia, the moon was sighted Saturday evening, with the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announcing Eid-ul-Azha on August 21.

The UAE is likely to observe Eid-ul-Azha on August 22, with a five-day long weekend to be combined with the Eid holidays.

Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of Zil-Hajj, which is the last month of the Islamic calendar and marks the start of the Hajj pilgrimage.

It commemorates Prophet Ibrahim's (AS) willingness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.

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Imran Ismail to be appointed Sindh governor, decides PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to appoint Imran Ismail as Sindh governor, a press statement by the party said Saturday.

The statement said that PTI chairman Imran Khan has given a formal approval for Ismail's appointment as Sindh governor.

Currently, the post of Sindh governor lies vacant following resignation by Mohammad Zubair.

Ismail, who is considered a close affiliate of Imran, had also won the elections in Sindh Assembly constituency PS-111 Karachi.

A day earlier, the PTI nominated Asad Qaiser as speaker of the National Assembly, and Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar as governor of Punjab. Prior to that it named Mehmood Khan as the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

However, the party is yet to nominate deputy speaker in the National Assembly and Punjab chief minister.

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PTI's NA total rises to 158 after addition of 33 reserved seats

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday announced the distribution of seats reserved for women and minorities, raising the total number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seats in the national assembly to 158.

According to the ECP, nine out of 13 independent winning candidates joined the PTI, swelling the total number of PTI's general seats to 125. Following the formula laid down in the Constitution, the PTI has now been allotted as many as 28 reserved women and five minority seats in the national assembly, taking its total seats to 158.

According to the official party standings issued by the ECP, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is at the second position with 64 general seats. The party will get two minority seats and 16 women seats, taking its final tally to 82 seats in the 342 member house

The Pakistan Peoples Party was a distant third with 42 general seats. According to the ECP, the PPP now has a total of 53 seats after being allotted two seats reserved for minorities and nine reserved for women.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal will have fifteen members in the house with 12 general seats, two women and a minority member.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan secured seven seats in the house with six general seats and one women seat. Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid's seat share stands at five, with four general and one woman reserved seat.

Followed by Balochistan National Party with four seats including three general seats and one woman seat.

Awami League, Jamhori Watan Party and Awami National Party have one seat each in the lower house of the parliament.

The first session of the 15th National Assembly has been summoned on August 13 (Monday), while the election for the new prime minister is expected to take place on August 17 (Friday).

The PTI, which swept the July 25 general elections by winning 116 general seats, requires a simple majority of votes from the number of lawmakers present in the House to elect party chairman Imran Khan as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Punjab Assembly

PTI won 119 general seats and with the inclusion of 23 independent candidates in the party fold, its tally reached 142 seats. The party is allocated 33 women reserved seats and four minority seats under the seat share formula taking its final seat tally to 179 members.

PML-N won 129 general seats, and with the addition of an elected independent member in the party its seat share stands at 130. With the inclusion of 30 women reserved seats and four minority seats, the party has 164 members in the Punjab Assembly.

PML-Q has made an electoral comeback in Punjab's politics after securing 10 seats in the provincial assembly including eight general seats, two women reserved seats.

PPP has seven seats in the house, with six general seats and a woman reserved seat.

Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party has one seat in the assembly while four independent candidates have not joined any of the party.

Sindh Assembly

PPP won 73 general provincial assembly seats, with the inclusion of five minority and 17 women reserved seats, it's leading the tally with 95 seats.

PTI has been allocated 30 seats, including 23 general seats, five reserved women, and two minority members. While MQM-Pakistan will have its 21 members in the assembly after winning 16 general seats, four reserved women and one minority seats.

GDA will have 15-member representation in the Sindh Assembly. Under the seat-share formula, it has been given four reserved women and one minority seat on its 10 general seats.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan will have three members in the legislative assembly with two members on general seats and one reserved women seat.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal will have one member representation in the assembly.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly

PTI has increased its seats share to 64 members after the inclusion of two independent members in the party fold. With the numbers in hand, the party has taken its seat total to 84 seats after addition of 16 women and two minority seats.

MMA is at the distant second with 13 seats including 10 general seats, two women, and a minority reserved seat.

ANP secured a nine-member representation with seven members on general seats and two seats on women reserved seats.

PML-N won five general seats, and with the addition of one woman reserved seat, its tally stands at six in the provincial assembly.

PPP with four general seats and one woman reserved sear stands with the total of five seats.

Balochistan Assembly

BAP leads in the Balochistan Assembly with the total of 20 seats, after securing 15 general seats, four women reserved and one minority seat.

MMA and BNP stand second in the assembly with their 10 members in the house after getting seven members each elected on general seats. Both the parties won two women reserved and minority seat respectively.

PTI secured five general seats, with the joining of an independent candidate its tally reached six. The party won one woman reserved seat, swelling its final tally to seven.

ANP have four seats in the assembly including four members on the general seats and one woman reserved seat.

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PPP, PML-N Discuss Political Strategy, Formation of Govt

A meeting of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided joint opposition strategy and further strengthen opposition unity.

The meeting was held at the residence of former Punjab CM and PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore and was attended by senior opposition leaders including Syed Khurshid Shah, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Khawaja Saad Rafique and others.The meeting which continued for two hours reviewed the number game in Punjab and centre and also discussed future political strategy and formation of government in Punjab.

The meeting also took decisions pertaining to nominations of Punjab CM, speaker, deputy speaker and other key slots.

Talking to media, former federal minister Rana Tanveer said that the opposition is united.

Responding to a question regarding instructions of not forming the government in Punjab by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, he said that he is not aware of any such instruction.

Responding to another query, he said that PML-N has drafted strategy with other opposition parties regarding the formation of government in Punjab, however, it will be exposed on the election day.

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Pakistan,China artists to perform on Independence Day at PNCA: Jamal Shah

Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) National Performing Arts Group (NPAG) and China Shaanxi Yulin Coal Sea Art Group would jointly perform on August 14 at PNCA Auditorium to celebrate the Independence Day.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Director General PNCA Jamal Shah along with officials of China Culture Center and Embassy of China said the event would start with the flute performance by Maestro Salman Adil. He will present a popular folk tune.

He said the Chinese artists would present Yangko Dance of Northern Shaanxi dance performance. Other performances include Run Dance performance, Waist Drum performance of Northern Shaanxi “The World Agitation”, Yangko Harvest Dance and Golden Snake Dance.

“Chinese singer Xue Xiang Fei would present folk songs of Northern Shaanxi “Folk Song Medley China” he added.

He said that this collection of outstanding folk’s songs from Northern Shaanxi reflects all aspects of social life, carrying feelings of bitterness, joy, love of the people of Northern Shaanxi. It reflects the people’s yearning for a better life, new social life and new identity.

Jamal Shah further said that the artists of NPAG would perform Bhangra dance, Dhole performance, instrumental performance “Suona Solo “Loss Sentiment”, Kalash Valley Dance, Mehrgarh dance, Sindhi Jhoomer dance, Balti dance and Khattak dance.

He said Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Raees Ahmed is an outstanding violinist of the country who has countless performances to his credit. He would perform instrumental popular tunes.

DG PNCA said that the young Maestro of Rubab, Gulab Khel will perform a popular melody of the mountainous region in accompaniment with “Tabla”. The local vocalist Usman Raees would sing popular Chinese melody and Urdu translated version, he added.

He said PNCA would organize a miniature exhibition titled Ustad Shagird and Photographic exhibition “Land, Life and People”.

He said a stage play ‘Panja Shikanja’ will also be performed at PNCA, a satire on the political history of Pakistan. Some 60 artists including a Chinese artiste are taking part in the play.

The play has been scripted and directed by PNCA, DG, Jamal Shah, who is also playing the leading role of the king.

“PNCA is committed to theatrical entertainment in Islamabad by bringing together the best theatrical talent in the country,” Shah added.

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PTI to invite Shehbaz, Bilawal to Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that parliamentary leaders of all political parties, including Bilawal Bhutto and Shehbaz Sharif, will be invited in the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan.

Imran Khan is set to be sworn-in as prime minister on August 18.

Speaking with media in Bani Gala, Fawad said that the party intends to take opposition along [in making decisions in future], and will consider all suggestions given by them.

Parliament is the most important institution in a democracy and Imran would be answerable to the House, added the PTI leader.

A session of the National Assembly has been summoned on August 13, in which members will take oath and later elect speaker assembly. The prime minister will be elected on August 17.

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China says business ties with Iran no harm to any other country

China says business ties with Iran do not harm the interests of any other country.

Chinese Foreign Ministry stated this after US President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States.

In a statement, the Chinese Ministry reiterated its opposition to unilateral sanctions.

It said that commerical cooperation between China and Iran does not violate UN Security Council resolutions and should be respected and protected.

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Punjab CM Nominee To Be Announced in Next 24 hrs: Fawad Ch

The spokesperson Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry revealed on Saturday that the name for the chief minister Punjab slot will be announced in next 24 hours as all the parliamentary leader of other political parties will also be invited in prime minister’s oath-taking ceremony.

Talking to media after the party’s consultative huddle in Islamabad, Fawad Chaudhry said that the PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto, PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif, Khursheed Shah and other parliamentary leaders will be invited in Imran Khan’s as prime minister swear-in ceremony.

“The heads of all parliamentary parties will be invited to the oath-taking ceremony,” Chaudhry told media persons at Bani Gala on Saturday. “Parliament is the most important state institution in a democracy. Our Prime Minister will be answerable to the house,” he said.“We will work with the opposition parties to strengthen the parliament and give serious consideration to their demands,” he said.

Imran Khan leaving other fours NA seats would retain his Mianwali seat, he said.

He said that the PTI government will slash spendings of Prime Minister House, Governor House and Chief Secretary houses.

Chaudhry said that a meeting of Punjab Assembly members has been called on August 14.

“We have already shortlisted three names for the position of Deputy Speaker of National Assembly. A final announcement in this connection will be made by tomorrow morning,” he said.

The PTI spokesman claimed that Imran Khan would bag more than 180 votes in the election of Prime Minister.Image result for Punjab CM Nominee To Be Announced in Next 24 hrs: FawadTo a question, he said that PTI had also held a consultation on the name of Punjab Chief Minister. “Consultations are ongoing about the position of Chief Minister Punjab,” he said.

Responding to a question, he said that economy was the biggest challenge for the incoming government of Tehreek-e-Insaf.

“The first target is to put the economy back on track and create employment opportunities,” Chaudhry said.

He also admitted that there were security issues regarding the residence of Imran Khan. “We will share more details about Khan’s residence after getting security report,” he said.

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Foreign Office condemns terrorist attack in Dalbandin

Foreign Office has strongly condemned terrorist attack in Dalbandin, Balochistan.

In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson, Dr. Muhammad Faisal said some Chinese engineers and accompanying Frontier Corps personnel were injured in the attack. He said all of them are stable and being treated.

The Spokesperson said Pakistan remains unflinchingly undeterred in the face of such dastardly terrorist acts.

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Interpol Issues Red Warrant of MQM Leader Nadeem Nusrat

On the request of the Sindh home department, Interpol has issued on Saturday the Red Warrant of MQM-London leader Nadeem Nusrat, who is absconder in various cases.

The request pertained that the accused Nadeem Nusrat is absconder to Karachi police in a triple murder and the anti-terrorism court had already been issued his permanent warrants, therefore Interpol should also issue his red warrant to help in his arrest.Nadeem Nusrat has been residing in London for several years. Interpol has issued his Red Warrant, however, he was not arrested yet.

After his arrest, he will be brought back to Pakistan. Image result for Interpol Issues Red Warrant of MQM Leader Nadeem NusratIn July 2017, The Federal government had formally requested to Interpol for the issuance of a red warrant for MQM London leader Nadeem Nusrat, who is wanted in the triple murder case of former MD K-Electric Shahid Hamid, his guard and driver.

FIA Sources told that government has sent the request to Interpol for the issuance of Red Warrant of Nadeem Nusrat on the orders of the anti-terrorism court.

The Sindh Home Department has already sent the request to the federal government to issue the red warrant of Nadeem Nusrat through FIA, while after the interior ministry’s approval, FIA wrote a letter to Interpol.

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NAB Summons Nawaz Sharif on Aug 13 in Azizia, Flagship Cases

For the first time during the 11-month trial in the Avenfield trial, deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be produced before an accountability court from Adyala jail on August 13 to face Al-Azizia and Hill Metal Establishment references.

Following an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order to transfer the remaining corruption references against Sharif and his two sons to a different court, Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik conducted first hearing on Thursday and issued summons for Sharif’s production from jail.Also, the court has summoned the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head, Wajid Zia, for his cross-examination in the references on Monday.

The sources said that stringent security arrangements being done on the arrival of Nawaz Sharif as he will be brought in court under strict security personnel. The vehicles carrying jammers and ambulances will also be included in the security caravan.More than 500 police personnel will be deployed in and outside the court and only the pass holders will be allowed to enter in court.

Earlier, Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir heard all the three references — Avenfield Apartments reference, Al-Azizia & Hill Metal Establishment and Flagship & other companies reference — for 10 months and pronounced the judgment in the Avenfield Apartments reference on July 6.

Judge Bashir convicted Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar and awarded 10 years, seven years and two years sentences, respectively, while imposing a heavy fine on the father and his daughter.Roughly, the accused appeared before the court over 80 times.

During the hearing, NAB’s Deputy Prosecutor General (DPG) Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi informed the court that Sharif couldn’t be produced before the court due to security concerns and then appraised the judge of pending references.

NAB’s pending references are against Sharif and his sons  Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz – who have been declared proclaimed offenders due to their failure to appear before the court.

Sharif’s counsel, Khawaja Haris, informed the court that the IHC was to hear an appeal by members of the Sharif family, seeking suspension of their sentences and granting them bail on Monday.He then requested the court to adjourn cross-examination of Zia until Friday.

“The prosecution can produce Zia for recording his statement in the Flagship reference if they want,” he added.

The court; however, fixed Zia’s cross-examination for Monday and said defence may examine Zia if he has time left from his legal commitments before the IHC.

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NAB Summons Mian Mansha in Money Laundering on 17 August

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned renowned businessman Mian Mansha in 95 million dollars money laundering case on August 17.

Mian Mansha is ordered to appear before NAB team in person, 3 Member NAB team will probe Mian Mansha about alleged money laundering of 95 million dollars.

The petition against Mian Mansha filed by Pakistan Workers Party’s Farooq Sehlria as he has already recorded his statement to NAB before election 2018.He is considered one of the close aides of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

According to , sources Mian Mansha has transferred 95 million dollars to UK through money laundering. He is the owner of MCB Bank, Nishat Group, DG Khan Cement as Adam Insurance and Nishat Power companies have also in his ownership.

Although the accountability watchdog has summoned notable businessmen and politicians in recent months, Mian Mansha did not come under the radar of the bureau.

The investigations have been launched against the influential figure on a request forwarded by the chairman of Pakistan Workers Party.

On the other hand, FIA has completed its report over money laundering which will be submitted before the Supreme Court on Monday.

According to the FIA’s compiled report, more than 10 political personalities are allegedly involved in fictitious transactions worth Rs 35 billion.

ccording to sources, four more fake accounts have been traced. The FIA has found evidence of more than nine billion rupees of money laundering through these fake accounts.

FIA sources said that the evidence of a total of Rs 32 billion rupees of money laundering has been found. The FIA is set to submit its report in Supreme Court on Monday.

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Asad Qaiser, Pervez Khattak to vacate provincial assembly seats

Top Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has asked party leaders Pervez Khattak and Asad Qaiser to vacate their provincial assembly seats.

The decision was made by a meeting of the senior party leadership, presided over by PTI chief Imran Khan. The meeting is underway and will mull over nominations for deputy speaker NA and the same in the provinces.

PTI nominates Asad Qaiser as NA speaker, Ch Sarwar as Punjab governor

Khattak will reportedly be made federal interior ministry in the incoming PTI government.

Earlier it was being reported that Khattak was adamant on being made chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the office he held in the last PTI tenure too.

The party eventually nominated former sports minister Mehmood Khan for the slot.

Asad Qaiser was announced as the nominee by PTI on Friday and has served speaker of KP assembly previously too.

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ECP directs Lawmakers to vacate additional seats before taking oath

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday directed candidates elected to multiple national or provincial assembly seats during July 25 polls to resign from seats except the one they wish to retain.

A notification issued by the commission stated that as per Article 223 (3) of the Constitution, all candidates elected on multiple seats in the national or provincial assemblies will have to tender their resignations before they take the oath of membership for the assemblies.

The resignation shall be addressed to the chief election commissioner and shall be delivered either in person or through authorised agent to the ECP Secretariat, Islamabad or in the offices of provincial election commissioners Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the notification read.

This means the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will lose six seats in the National Assembly. PTI chief Imran Khan will vacate Bannu, Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad seats, as he has decided to retain the Mianwali seat.

PTI's Tahir Sadiq will have to choose between NA-55 and NA-56 Attock, while Ghulam Sarwar will have to opt between NA-59 and NA-63 Rawalpindi.

Also, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q will lose two seats both NA seats won by party chief Pervez Elahi, as he is the nominee for speaker Punjab Assembly.

The first session of the National Assembly has been called on August 13.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh Assemblies will also hold their first sessions on August 13 while the Punjab Assembly's first session will take place on August 15.

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Will perform our best against India in Asia Cup: Sarfraz Ahmed

Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Saturday vowed that the green shirts will perform well against India in the Asia Cup.

“We will perform our best against India in Asia Cup,” Sarfraz said while speaking to the media during an Independence Day event in Karachi.

“We will go well-prepared to play against India,” he added.

Further, the wicket-keeper batsman said, “It will be our first match against India after the Champion’s Trophy final.”

The upcoming Asia Cup encounter between Pakistan and India on September 19 is likely to be rescheduled after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) demanded a change in the fixture dates.

As per the present schedule, India will play back-to-back matches on September 18 and 19, with the game against Pakistan taking place at the Dubai International Stadium on September 19.

The 14th edition of Asia Cup was already marred with controversy after the tournament was moved from India to the United Arab Emirates on Pakistan's request.

The Asia Cup will take place in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from September 15 to 28, with Sri Lanka taking on Bangladesh in the opening match.

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Peoples Party nominates Murad Ali Shah for CM, Durrani for speaker SA

Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday nominated Murad Ali Shah for chief minister Sindh and Agha Siraj Durrani for speaker Sindh Assembly session.

The two have served on the same respective positions in the last PPP tenure in the province.

A meeting of the PPP Sindh parliamentary committee, chaired by party chairman Bilawal Bhutto, also nominated Rehana Leghari for deputy speaker slot.

A Sindh Assembly session has has been summoned on August 13 at 10am, acting Sindh governor Agha Siraj Durrani announced a day earlier.
Opposition parties in Sindh Assembly have called a joint meeting on Monday, which will include representatives from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Grand Domestic Alliance.

The meeting will mull over nominations for chief minister, PTI leader Khurram Sher Zaman. PTI will take all parties along in making decisions, he added.

Zaman said that they will give tough time to PPP in Sindh and will resist the provincial government if it tries to repeat the "worst 10-year governance".

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Raja's character in 'Load Wedding' one of my favourites: Fahad Mustafa

Pakistani actor Fahad Mustafa said Thursday the character of Raja from the movie Load Wedding is one of his favorites.

Talking to a private news channel, the actor said, “Raja is a simple Punjabi boy who is humble and would do anything to please anyone.”

He added, the film viewers will fall in love with him.

The film starring Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat in lead roles promises to take viewers on a joyful ride while touching the social stigmas attached to weddings in our culture.

“Through this movie, we want to raise the issue of dowry in our society. It is very hard for people to understand what girls go through when they can’t afford it,” he said.

“Girls cannot get married because of this,” he added.

The 35-year-old further added, the movie is different from other films because not only does it raise an important issue, it does so while encompassing the comedy and masala that comes along with a Pakistan film.

Speaking about his co-star Hayat, Mustafa said she is an amazing artist who can slip into any character.

She is playing the role of a Punjabi girl in this film which the viewers are going to remember for years, he added. Written and directed by Nabeel Qureshi and produced by Fizza Ali Meerza.

Load Wedding will open in cinemas across Pakistan on Eid-ul-Azha.

The film will also be released by ZEE Studios International in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Mauritius.

 

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Kangana Ranaut has a message for Imran Khan

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has appealed to Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, to ensure that the two countries "have a beautiful relationship".

Responding to a question regarding PM-in-waiting Imran Khan at an event, Kangana said, “Hopefully, we can only hope that we shed no more blood.”

“It’s unfortunate that our soldiers are dying. But, the kind of speech Mr Imran Khan has given is very nice and I wish him all the best and with folded hands, I appeal, that we have a beautiful relationship,” she added.

Imran will be sworn in as prime minister on August 18, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Friday while announcing it has the numbers to form a coalition government in the centre.

The party further said that Imran has invited Indian cricket greats Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Singh Sidhu to his oath-taking ceremony.

Earlier, India's high commissioner in Pakistan Ajay Bisaria called on Imran and congratulated him on his victory.

The two figures discussed a range of issues and prospects of India-Pakistan relationships.

During the meeting, the PTI chief expressed grave concern over human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK). He expressed hope that SAARC conference would soon be held in Islamabad.

The Indian high commissioner said that a telephonic conversation between Imran Khan and Indian PM Narendra Modi had a given a hope to both the countries.

Bisaria further said that India was hopeful that the relations with Pakistan would get on a new path.

The Indian high commission tweeted that Bisaria had gifted Imran a cricket bat autographed by the entire Indian national team.

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Qalandars’ player development program changed my life: Salman Irshad

Lahore Qalandars' Salman Irshad says the Rising Stars programme changed his life.

The 22-year-old said, “Last year, I was sitting in stands waiting for my turn to give trials, just like these boys sitting here today, not knowing what fate had in store for me.”

Sitting on the sideline, the bowler who was a relatively unknown name last year, burst on the scene when he bowled at the speed of 90 mph in the trails held at Muzaffarabad.

“I am from Rawalakot where there are no opportunities for us,” he said.

“I got the chance to play in Pakistan Super League (PSL) and then I went to Australia where the Qalandars' helped me get a contract to play grade cricket there,” Irshad added.

He became the talk of the town during the third edition of PSL this year when he took the wicket of Islamabad United captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s on the first delivery and later went to smash a sixer on the first delivery he faced.

Irshad said the league provided him with a lot of learning opportunities.

Moreover, the youngster is hopeful more players from AJK will be soon playing in the league.

“The player’s development programme provides equal opportunity for all the players which is the best thing about it,” he added.

 

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Anderson takes five as India 107 all out at stumps

James Anderson took five wickets as India were bowled out for just 107 come the close of the second day of the second Test against England at Lord´s on Friday.

Anderson´s haul left England´s all-time leading Test wicket-taker just one shy of becoming the first bowler to take 100 Test wickets at Lord´s.

Meanwhile Chris Woakes marked his return to international cricket with two wickets for 19 runs in six overs, removing both India captain Virat Kohli (24) and Hardik Pandya (11) via slip catches by Jos Buttler.

Much of the second day was lost to rain, which washed out the whole of Thursday´s play.

But the 35.2 overs that England bowled after winning the toss were enough for them to dismiss India, with Anderson ending the day´s play when Ishant Sharma was lbw for nought.

Anderson took five for 20 in 13.2 overs while Ravichandran Ashwin top-scored for India with 29.

England lead this five-match series 1-0 after a 31-run victory in the first Test at Edgbaston last week.

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PTI’s ‘chaiwala’ MNA turns out to be a millionaire

Gul Zafar Khan, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket-holder who clinched victory in NA-41 (Bajaur), was widely reported to be a 'chaiwala' but has turned out to be a millionaire.

According to documents submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Zafar owns assets worth over Rs30 million.

The documents, a copy of which are available with Geo News, state that the MNA-elect owns a garment business.

They further stated that Zafar owns immovable properties worth Rs10 million as well as two houses and agricultural land worth Rs12 million.

The pictures of Zafar serving tea to people of his area were snapped ahead of the July 25 polls.

However, a viral video of him serving tea was recorded after the polls.

Moreover, Zafar had said, "This is my job and I have been appointed as the MNA from here."

"My target is to bring more children into politics as first there was a restriction on politics and there was FCR [Frontier Crimes Regulation],” he remarked.

Zafar had shared that his main focus would be to impart education to all and improve basic institutions.

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NASA spacecraft ready to launch through Sun's burning atmosphere

The first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun is poised to blast off today, on a mission to plunge into our star's sizzling atmosphere and unlock the mysteries of the center of the solar system.

NASA's car-sized, $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:33 am (0733 GMT).

By coming closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, the unmanned probe's main goal is to unveil the secrets of the corona, the unusual atmosphere around the Sun.

"We are going to be in an area that is so exciting, where solar wind — we believe — will be accelerating," said NASA planetary science division director Jim Green.

"Where we see huge magnetic fields that are passing by us, as coronal mass ejections make their way out into the solar system."

Not only is the corona about 300 times hotter than the Sun's surface, but it also hurls powerful plasma and energetic particles that can unleash geomagnetic space storms, wreaking havoc on Earth by disrupting the power grid.

But these solar outbursts are poorly understood.

"The Parker Solar Probe will help us do a much better job of predicting when a disturbance in the solar wind could hit Earth," said Justin Kasper, a project scientist and professor at the University of Michigan.

Knowing more about the solar wind and space storms will also help protect future deep space explorers as they journey toward the Moon or Mars.

'Full of mysteries'

The probe is protected by an ultra-powerful heat shield that is just 4.5 inches (11.43 centimeters) thick.

The shield should enable the spacecraft to survive its close shave with the fiery star, coming within 3.83 million miles (6.16 million kilometers) of the Sun's surface.

The heat shield is built to withstand radiation equivalent to up to about 500 times the Sun's radiation on Earth.

Even in a region where temperatures can reach more than a million degrees Fahrenheit, the sunlight is expected to heat the shield to just around 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,371 degrees Celsius).

Scorching, yes? But if all works as planned, the inside of the spacecraft should stay at just 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

The goal for the Parker Solar Probe is to make 24 passes through the corona during its seven-year mission.

"The sun is full of mysteries," said Nicky Fox, project scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

"We are ready. We have the perfect payload. We know the questions we want to answer."

91-year-old namesake

The tools on board will measure the expanding corona and continually flowing atmosphere known as the solar wind, which solar physicist Eugene Parker first described in 1958.

Parker, now 91, recalled that at first some people did not believe in his theory.

But then, the launch of NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft in 1962 — becoming the first robotic spacecraft to make a successful planetary encounter — proved them wrong.

"It was just a matter of sitting out the deniers for four years until the Venus Mariner 2 spacecraft showed that, by golly, there was a solar wind," Parker said earlier this week.

Parker said he was "impressed" by the Parker Solar Probe, calling it "a very complex machine."

Scientists have wanted to build a spacecraft like this for more than 60 years, but only in recent years did the heat shield technology advance enough to be capable of protecting sensitive instruments, according to Fox.

Tools on board will measure high-energy particles associated with flares and coronal mass ejections, as well as the changing magnetic field around the Sun.

"We will also be listening for plasma waves that we know flow around when particles move," Fox added.

"And last but not least, we have a white light imager that is taking images of the atmosphere right in front of the Sun."

When it nears the Sun, the probe will travel rapidly enough to go from New York to Tokyo in one minute — some 430,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest human-made object.

 

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Gujranwala teacher attacks principal over non-payment of salary

A teacher in Gujranwala allegedly beat up the prinicpal of his school with a chair over non-payment of salary.

The teacher, who was identified as Aqeel, beat up school principal Aijaz Yousaf over non-payment of his salary.

Three other teachers, including a woman, were injured as they tried to break up the fight.

The school principal said Aqeel had earlier registered a case against him in the labour court.

Moreover, Civil Lines police said the principal has requested that a case be registered against Aqeel. However, police said they will register the case after Yousaf's medical report.

On the other hand, raids are being conducted to catch Aqeel, who has been missing since the incident, police added.

 

 

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SC issues notices to Nawaz, Aslam Beg and Asad Durrani in Asghar Khan case

The Supreme Court on Saturday issued notices to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg and former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) DG Lieutenant General Asad Durrani in the Asghar Khan case.

DG Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the attorney general have also been issued notices to appear before the apex court on August 15.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar will hear the case on Wednesday.

On June 2, the Supreme Court had issued notices to Nawaz and senior politician Javed Hashmi as well as 19 other civilians named in the case to appear before it.

In a reply submitted to the Supreme Court on June 9, the former prime minister had denied allegations of receiving Rs3.5 million for his 1990 election campaign.

The case

On October 19, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a 141-page verdict, ordering legal proceedings against Gen (retd) Aslam Beg and Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani in a case filed 16 years ago by former air chief Air Marshal Asghar Khan.

Khan, who passed away in January this year, was represented in the Supreme Court by renowned lawyer Salman Akram Raja.

Khan had petitioned the Supreme Court in 1996 alleging that the two senior army officers and the then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan had doled out Rs140 million among several politicians ahead of the 1990 polls to ensure Benazir Bhutto's defeat in the polls.

The Islamic Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), consisting of nine parties including the Pakistan Muslim League, National Peoples Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, had won the 1990 elections, with Nawaz Sharif being elected prime minister. The alliance had been formed to oppose the Benazir Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party.

In 1996, Khan had written a letter to the then Supreme Court Chief Justice Nasim Hassan Shah naming Beg, Durrani and Younis Habib, the ex-Habib Bank Sindh chief and owner of Mehran Bank, about the unlawful disbursement of public money and its misuse for political purposes.

The 2012 apex court judgment, authored by the then-Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry, had directed the Federal Investigation Agency to initiate a transparent investigation and subsequent trial if sufficient evidence is found against the former army officers.

 

 

 

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Six injured in suicide blast near Saindak project employees' bus in Balochistan

At least six people were injured in a suicide blast near a bus carrying employees of Saindak Copper Gold Project in Dalbandin, Chaghai on Saturday.

A suicide bomber attempted to attack the bus but did not succeed.

Commissioner Quetta Division Muhammad Hashim Ghilzai confirmed that a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the bus.

"Three foreigners and three FC personnel were injured in the blast," the commissioner said.

The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.

Security forces have sealed off the area and investigations into the incident are under way.

Saindak Copper-Gold Mine is located near Saindak town in Chagai District of Balochistan. The discovery of copper deposits at Saindak was made in the 1970s in collaboration with a Chinese engineering firm.

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‘Suicidal’ man steals and crashes empty plane from Seattle airport

Two military F-15 jets were scrambled late Friday after a 'suicidal' airline worker stole and later crashed an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport, local officials said.

Local authorities quickly ruled out terrorism as a motive for the incident, and said the F-15s "were not involved in the crash."

An airline employee "conducted an unauthorised takeoff" of an airplane carrying no passengers at the major airport in the northwestern US state of Washington, airport officials said on Twitter.

The aircraft "crashed in south Puget Sound," Sea-Tac Airport said, adding that normal operations at the transport hub had resumed after a pause.

"This is not a terrorist incident. Confirmed info... this is a single suicide male. We know who he is. No others involved," the Pierce County Sheriff said.

The suspect was identified as a 29-year-old Pierce county resident who "acted alone," the sheriff's office added, confirming that there were "no passengers on the plane" when it crashed.

Video taken by a bystander showed the airplane making a loop, then flying low over a body of water.

Alaska Airlines on Twitter said the airplane was a turboprop Q400 airplane belonging to its sister carrier Horizon Air.

Local media described the man who stole the plane as a mechanic.

 

 

 

 

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Sindh Assembly Session To Be Held On Monday

The Acting Governor Sindh Agha Siraj Durrani has summoned the first session of Sindh Assembly on 13th of August at 10 am.

During the session, the newly elected members of Assembly will take the oath of their offices.

The House will also elect Speaker and Deputy Speaker during the session.

Earlier, President has summoned the session of National Assembly on Monday at ten in the morning. The first sitting of the session will see the newly elected MNAs taking the oath of their office. Outgoing Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will administer the oath to the newly elected members.

This will be followed by the elections of the speaker, deputy speaker and leader of the house.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has nominated its Chairman Imran Khan for the slot of leader of the house while PML (N) President Shahbaz Sharif has been fielded as joint candidate by the opposition. The opposition has also nominated Khurshid Shah for the slot of the speaker.

Meanwhile, special counters have been set up at National Assembly secretariat to facilitate and guide the newly elected members of the assembly.

These counters will help the elected lawmakers to get membership cards of the assembly and other information.

The counters will remain open from 10 a.m. to five p.m.

On the other hand, the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has summoned the session of the newly elected provincial assembly in Peshawar on Monday next at 10:00 am.

The newly elected members of Provincial Assembly will took oath of their offices.

The Assembly will also elect Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the house and Chief Minister of the province.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday nominated Asad Qaiser as speaker of the National Assembly and Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar as governor of Punjab.

Talking to the newsmen outside Banigala, PTI Vice president, Shah Mahmood Qureshi told about the party’s nominations for the posts of NA speaker and Punjab governor.

 

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President Mamnoon Summons Senate Session on August 27

President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned the Senate session at Parliament House in Islamabad on 27th of this month at three pm.

Besides legislation, matters of regional and international importance will be discussed in the session.

Earlier on Thursday, President Mamnoon approved the summary, moved by Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Malk Thursday requesting the President to convene the inaugural session of newly elected National Assembly on Monday, August 13/

The newly elected members of the lower house of the parliament would take oath in the session after which they would elect leader of the house-Prime Minister of the country.

The PTI is likely to get Imran Khan elected as the next prime minister of Pakistan after it became clear that the party has secured majority of the seats in the assembly and enjoys support of independently elected MNAs and coalition partners.

President Mamnoon Hussain will administrated the oath of newly elected Prime Minister of the country on 18 August. He (President Mamnoon Hussain) has decided to postpone his foreign trip in order to administer oath to the next prime minister.

“Caretaker law and information minister Ali Zafar convinced the president to postpone his trip,” sources said.

President Mamnoon was scheduled to visit Edinburgh from August 16 to August 19.

“The president will now embark on his trip after the oath-taking ceremony,” sources said.

A day earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeem-ul-Haque urged the president to delay his foreign trip in order to administer oath to the next prime minister.

 

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Four, including two police, killed in Canada shooting

Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting in eastern Canada and a suspect has been arrested, authorities said.

Residents of the Brookside neighborhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick reported waking to the sounds of multiple gunshots.

Witnesses described to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) seeing the barrel of a rifle or shotgun poking out from the window of a low-rise apartment building and firing into a courtyard, while the bodies of two officers lay on the ground nearby.

Heavily armed police, paramedics and firefighters quickly descended on the scene and a lockdown of the neighborhood was ordered, trapping some early risers in daycare facilities, coffee shops and other businesses.

Others were seen being escorted by police from their homes — some still in pyjamas — to safety beyond a police cordon.

Authorities in the provincial capital initially urged people in the Brookside neighborhood to stay indoors, describing an "active incident" on Twitter.

Around an hour after giving first word of the killings, a second and then a third message from police said: "At this time, we can confirm that we have one suspect in custody" and "of the four people killed in this morning's shootings on Brookside Drive, two were Fredericton police officers."

Then came word that the threat had been neutralised, the lockdown was lifted and the police cordon was shrunk to a few blocks: "We can confirm that there is no further threat to the public, and lockdowns are not required at this time."

Also, police added: "We can confirm that the suspect in custody is currently being treated for serious injuries related to this morning's shooting incident."

The circumstances of the shooting in Fredericton, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) from the border between Canada and the US state of Maine, were not immediately clear.

The shooting happened in a sleepy residential area of the city north of downtown.

Public broadcaster CBC quoted Robert DiDiodato, who lives in the area, as saying he heard a series of "firecracker" sounds around 7 am.

"With the tempo, it might´ve been a gunshot," he said. "It was sort of like a pop, pop, pop, pop."

He said that about five minutes later he could hear similar sounds near his home.

"Doors are locked and everybody's inside," he said, according to CBC.

Another resident, who gave his name only as Justin, told the broadcaster: "I woke up and I heard gunshots and I looked outside my window.

"The cops were trying to put one of the officers in their vehicle to take them out to safety," he said, adding that he tried to help but was told by the officers to take cover.

Another resident, Pierre Huard, told Radio-Canada he initially thought the sounds were "children playing with firecrackers."

The mass shooting is the second in the province in recent years, and comes only weeks after a man opened fire on July 22 in a bustling nightlife district of Toronto, killing an 18-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl, and wounding 13 other people.

The latter triggered a public debate on rising gun violence and gangs in Canadian cities, and calls for a handgun ban.

"Awful news coming out of Fredericton," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a Twitter message.

"My heart goes out to everyone affected by this morning's shooting. We're following the situation closely," he said.

In 2014, three federal police officers were killed and two more were injured after responding to an emergency call about an armed man roaming a residential neighbourhood of nearby Moncton, New Brunswick.

A 28-hour manhunt ensued before police caught up to the suspect and arrested him, in what was described as the second-deadliest attack on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) since four officers were ambushed on a Mayerthorpe, Alberta farm in 2005.

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Ancient Mayan skeletons dating back 7,000 years discovered in Mexican cave

Ancient Mayan remains thought to be up to 7,000 years old have been discovered by archaeologists in Mexico.

Three skeletons were found in the Puyil cave, in the Tacotalpa municipality of Tabasco state, which is in the south of the country.

One of them is estimated to date back seven millennia, while the other two are thought to be 4,000 years old.

Researchers said the oldest of the skeletons was from a period when humans were transitioning from hunting to a more sedentary lifestyle.

Trabajo multidisciplinario e interinstitucional nos permite saber que en la cueva de Puyil, #Tabasco, no sólo se alojaban entierros mayas del periodo Clásico Tardío, sino también los restos de tres individuos más antiguos considerados ancestros de los tabasqueños contemporáneos. pic.twitter.com/5Wfgpjdvuz

— Diego Prieto (@dprieto_) August 7, 2018

 

Archaeologist Alberto Martos said: “Seven thousand years old is when we’ve just placed it, which is the period of transition from being hunters to sedentarism.

“There were different groups during this time that used the caves, clearly it wasn’t a domestic cave.

“In prehistoric times it was probably used for rituals and cemeteries so as to dispose of remains of people.

“For the Maya, it was a cave of ancestors.

“This cave was used by the Maya, they respected the remains that were already there and left their own remains inside.”

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Indonesian Islands Were Shaken in Quake

GILI TRAWANGAN, Indonesia — On the evening the earthquake struck the tiny island of Gili Trawangan, it was easy to panic. The ground swayed and the lights went out. Walls fell over and windows broke. At least one small hotel collapsed.

The government issued a tsunami warning, and thousands of tourists and workers rushed to safety atop the island’s only hill. The warning was canceled soon after but the refugees stayed put through the night, tormented by aftershocks and barely sleeping.

The next day, hundreds of anxious tourists and workers crowded the main beach on Gili Trawangan and waited hours for rescue boats to arrive. Videos of the scene — and foreigners’ complaints of a slow government response — went viral.

“When the earthquake happened, everybody was in a panic,” said Guntur Sakti, a spokesman for Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry. “It was even more chaotic when there were rumors about a tsunami. People wanted to flee. But to expect us to provide boats to evacuate them right at that moment, that was not possible.”

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Tensions Between Turkey and U.S. Soar as Trump Orders New Sanctions

ISTANBUL — A worsening dispute between the United States and Turkey reverberated through the global economy on Friday, hastening a broad flight of money from emerging markets and sowing instability throughout the Middle East as relations between the NATO allies neared a breaking point.

The immediate crisis — accelerated by a hostile tweet from President Trump — flared over Turkey’s continued detention of an American pastor, Andrew Brunson, who was jailed 21 months ago in a widespread crackdown after a failed coup in Turkey.

But the outsize effect reflected deepening concerns over Turkey’s economic management by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was re-elected in June with near-authoritarian powers. It also increased the risk that the problems in Turkey, which borders Iran, Iraq and Syria, could destabilize economies well beyond the region.

Turkey’s economy is only the 17th largest in the world, but its problems are worsening as Mr. Trump’s trade war is rattling global commerce, damaging longtime alliances and threatening economic growth worldwide.

 

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Israeli bullets take two more Palestinian lives in Gaza

Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians taking part in a protest in the area between the occupied territories and the besieged Gaza Strip, leaving two people killed.

The Gaza Health Ministry said Abdullah al-Qotati, a young medic, was killed by Israeli fire east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Friday.

The spokesmen for the ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, added that Israeli forces also killed 55-year-old Ali Saeid al-Aloul east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.

According to the ministry, at least 307 Palestinians, including medics and journalists, were also injured during the protest.

 Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.” Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.

The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 160 Palestinians since March 30. Nearly 15,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries, of whom at least 360 are reportedly in critical condition.

On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.

Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.

On Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed a multi-story building in Gaza City amid threats of another full-scale military offensive against the besieged coastal enclave.

 

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Three policemen martyred in Gilgit

GILGIT: Three police personnel were martyred as unidentified persons opened fire at Kargah check post Friday night.

According to sources two terrorists were killed in retaliatory fire.

The incident also left other personnel injured who were taken to District Headquarters Hospital Gilgit.

A number of terrorism incidents have been reported from Gilgit Baltistan region lately.

Earlier in August, at least 12 girls schools were attacked in Chilas, which is situated at a distance of 130 kilometres from Gilgit.

Unidentified persons attacked the schools and damaged the property.

It was also said the attackers torched some items in the schools and set off bombs in two of them.

Following the attack, search operations were carried out in the region during which at least 16 suspects were arrested, according to the GB government.

The arrests were confirmed by a local government spokesperson, Faizullah Faraq.

GB IGP Sanaullah Abbasi had lauded the cooperation of locals in the targetted operations. 

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Exercise linked to better mental health – but too much may do harm

The study included all types of physical activity, ranging from childcare, housework, lawn-mowing and fishing to cycling, going to the gym, running and skiing.

Exercise is known to bring health benefits by reducing the risk of illnesses such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but its links with mental health were less clear.

Some evidence suggests exercise may improve mental health, but experts note that the relationship could go both ways – with inactivity being both a symptom of, and contributor to, poor mental health.

In this study, while the links between regular exercise and better mental health were clear, the researchers said they could not show cause and effect.

The research used data from 1.2 million adults across all 50 U.S. states who had been asked to estimate how often in the past 30 days they would rate their mental health as ‘not good’ based on stress, depression and emotional problems.

They were also asked how often they had exercised in the past 30 days outside of their regular job, as well as how many times a week or month they did this exercise and for how long.

The results were adjusted for age, race, gender, marital status, income, education, employment status, body mass, self-reported physical health and previous diagnosis of depression.

On average, participants had 3.4 days of poor mental health a month, the results showed. But compared to people who reported doing no exercise, people who exercised reported 1.5 fewer days of poor mental health a month – a reduction of 43 percent.

Among the 75 types of exercise recorded, all types were linked with better mental health. The strongest associations were seen for team sports, cycling, aerobic and gym exercise.

A study in the United States has found that people who exercise several times a week report having better mental health than those who take no exercise, with team sports and those involving social groups having the most positive effect.

The research also found that more exercise was not always better for psychological wellbeing, with people who exercise every day reporting lower levels of mental health.

Exercising for around 45 minutes three to five times a week was associated with the biggest benefits, according to results of the study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

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Scientists 'solve' mystery of Jupiter's colourful bands

Scientists may have solved the mystery of Jupiter's colourful bands.

The gas giant Jupiter's famous bands of cloud have been observed by astronomers for more than 100 years, but until now scientists have not been sure how accurately they reflect what was happening deep inside the planet.

Now, a number-crunching study into how magnetic fields affect atmospheric flows has revealed that at their possible deepest, they never dive more than 3% into the planet itself.

Powerful jet streams flow east through the Jupiter's atmosphere - jet streams which last year NASA established move similar to Earth's.

Spectral analysis of the light reflecting from Jupiter has shown the bands are made of clouds of ammonia in the outer atmosphere, giving the planet its striking stripes of white, red, orange, brown and yellow.

Observations by researchers in Australia and the United States have now helped develop a picture of what's happening beneath these clouds.

Dr Navid Constantinou, from Australia's ANU research school of earth sciences, said: "We know a lot about the jet streams in Earth's atmosphere and the key role they play in the weather and climate, but we still have a lot to learn about Jupiter's atmosphere.

"Scientists have long debated how deep the jet streams reach beneath the surfaces of Jupiter and other gas giants, and why they do not appear in the sun's interior."

Evidence recently produced by NASA's spacecraft Juno, which conducted multiple fly-bys of the gas giant, suggested the jet streams reached up to 1,860 miles (3,000km) below Jupiter's clouds.

Another member of the research team, Dr Jeffrey Parker from Livermore National Laboratory in the US, said their theory showed how the jet streams were suppressed by the planet's magnetic field.

"The gas in the interior of Jupiter is magnetised, so we think our new theory explains why the jet streams go as deep as they do under the gas giant's surface but don't go any deeper," said Dr Parker.

The team compared their observations of Jupiter's bands with the ways that our own planet's atmosphere works.

"Earth's jet streams have a huge impact on the weather and climate by acting as a barrier and making it harder for air on either side of them to exchange properties such as heat, moisture and carbon," said Dr Constantinou.

Unlike the jet streams on Earth, which are wavy and irregular, those on Jupiter are relatively straight compared to its axis.

"There are no continents and mountains below Jupiter's atmosphere to obstruct the path of the jet streams," Dr Parker said.

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Imran Urges To Celebrate Independence Day With Fervour

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan stressed the nation to celebrate the Independence Day with full fervour and zeal.

In a tweet, Imran Khan said, “I want all Pakistanis to celebrate 14th August, our Independence Day, with full fervour.”

Imran Khan went on to say, “We are now moving towards Naya Pakistan and reclaiming the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.”

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Nine Independents MNAs Submit Affidavit Joining of PTI

The nine independent parliamentarians have submitted an affidavit of joining of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) to Pakistan Election Commission on Friday.

According to the source, four out of 13 members National Assembly have decided to maintain their status as an independent.

Sources informed that 26 independent members of Punjab assembly have also submitted affidavit affiliation with political parties.“Out of 26, 23 have joined PTI, one each PML-N and Rah-e-Haq Party,” sources said adding that three members maintained their status of Independent.

On August 09, as many as 34 independent winning candidates including seven MNAs submitted their party affiliation in election commission of Pakistan.

Out of 53 national and provincial assembly newly elected independent candidates, 34 have submitted the documents of their affiliation today.34 Independent MNAs, MPAs Submit Party Affiliation: ECPAccording to the sources, out 34 independents, 26 are MPAs, while seven are MNAs. All the independent MNAs including Saleh Mohammad of NA 13, Mohammad Asim Nazir of NA 101, Syed Fakhar Imam of NA 150, Abdul Ghaffar of NA 166, Shabbir Ali From NA 181, Amjad Farooq of NA 190 and Ali Mohammad from NA 205 have joined PTI.In Punjab Assembly, out of 29 independent newly elected members, 26 have submitted the affiliation oath today, 23 of them have joined Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf, while three have joined Pakistan Muslim League N, Pakistan Muslim League Q and Pakistan Rah-e- Haq party.

In KP assembly, the only independent newly elected member submitted affiliation documents in ECP and joined PTI.The independent winners had three days from the announcement to officially ally themselves with political parties and officially notify the electoral body.

Thursday was the last day for them to officially join parties. However, the victory notifications of 34 constituencies have been stayed by ECP for various reasons including pending cases and delayed polls.

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ECP declares PTI chief as returned candidate to NA-53

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday published the name of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan as candidate returned to the National Assembly as a result of General Election, 2018 from the constituency NA-53 Islamabad-II.

According to ECP, the notification has been issued in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 98 of the Elections Act, 2017.

Earlier on Thursday, the commission had also declared him as candidate returned to the National Assembly as a result of General Election, 2018 from the constituency NA-131 Lahore-IX.

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Imran Khan to reside in ministers' enclave after taking oath: Fawad Ch

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that party chairman and Prime Minister-designate Imran Khan will live in the ministers’ enclave after taking oath.

Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday, he said that neither the country’s next prime minister would reside in PM House nor at Punjab House but Imran Khan will live in a ordinary house in ministers’ enclave.

The PTI spokesman said that party leader Asad Qaiser has been nominated for the slot of National Assembly Speaker, adding that the members National Assembly would take on August 13, while prime minister would take oath on August 18.

"The preparations for oath-taking ceremony will start from tomorrow."

“No decision has been made on federal cabinet yet,” Fawad Ch added.

Earlier, the president had postponed his plan to proceed to Ireland on a three-day official visit on August 16. The decision came during a meeting with caretaker Information Minister Ali Zafar.

Zafar stressed that the presence of President Hussain is necessary for government formation.

The President had directed Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra to perform their duties until the formation of new government.

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Saudi govt announces 50 scholarships for Balochistan students

Keeping in view the miseries and backwardness of the province of Baluchistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on intervention of Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, has announced fifty scholarships for the poor and underprivileged students from the province of Baluchistan in undergraduate and graduate programmes at renowned Saudi universities.

In this regard, Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Syed Al-Maliki called on Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani at the Parliament House on Friday and briefed him about the scholarships besides exchanging views on matter of mutual interests, said a press release here.

He said that the fully funded scholarship would provide students with tuition fee and other necessary expenses besides a stipend to cater for the monthly expenses. Saudi Envoy informed that the number of scholarships would be doubled in the next year to facilitate more students from the province of Baluchistan.

He also lauded the efforts and contribution of Chairman Senate for the socio-economic prosperity of the people of province of Baluchistan.
Matters of mutual interests also came under discussion during the meeting. The Chairman Senate said that both Pakistan and Saudi Arab share identical views on promotion of regional peace and security and can play effective role in promoting peace and harmony. He said that region is faced with problems of terrorism and extremism and especially the Muslim nations are having the major brunt of such social evils. He said that collective efforts on the part of leadership of the Muslim world can complement global efforts towards lasting peace.

Chairman Senate also lauded the contributions of Saudi Envoy in promoting bilateral relations. He said that scholarships would provide a better opportunity for exposure besides enhancing skills as the students would participate in research activities and explore new avenues of learning. He thanked the Saudi government for this generous gesture which would help elevate miseries of the people of Baluchistan.

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Jam Kamal nominated as Balochistan Chief Minister

A meeting of Balochistan Awami Party and its coalition partners was held in Quetta to discuss formation of government in the province.

President Balochistan Awami Party, Jam Kamal Khan presided over the meeting.

The meeting unanimously nominated Jam Kamal Khan for the office of Balochistan as new Chief Minister while former Chief Minister, Mir. Abdul Qaddus Bizenjo was nominated as Speaker Provincial Assembly.

MPAs-elect and leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Awami National Party, Hazara Democratic Party and Jamhoori Watan Party attended the meeting.

Later, talking to the newsmen, Jam Kamal Khan said they enjoy simple majority with the support of 33 MPAs in the House.

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Lt Gen Javed Mehmood Bukhari Turns Commander Bahawalpur Corps

Lieutenant General Javed Mahmood Bukhari has been appointed Commander Bahawalpur Corps on Friday.

The announcement came through a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan Army

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Pakistan likely to borrow $4bn loan from Islamic Development Bank

Pakistan plans to borrow over $4 billion from the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank to bolster the country's low level of foreign currency reserves.

The report said that two officials told the paper that the bank has agreed to make a formal offer after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan forms government as prime minister. The bank also expects Asad Umar, tipped for finance minister, to accept the offer.

In addition, a senior advisor in Islamabad said the paperwork is all in place. “The IDB is waiting for the elected government to take charge before giving their approval.”

He termed the amount an “important contribution.”

Another official at the State Bank of Pakistan, who was part of negotiations with the IDB, confirmed the loan had the backing of the Saudi government, “which wants to play a part in rescuing Pakistan from its present crisis.”

Umar has previously said that Pakistan must decide by the end of September if it would go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out its economy.

He reiterated his stance that Pakistan was examining other options as well as the IMF, including loans from friendly countries or remittances from overseas Pakistanis.

He spoke a week after the US raised fears that Pakistan could use any bailout from the IMF to pay off debts to China.

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Indian HC congratulates Imran Khan at Bani Gala meeting

Indian High Commissioner Ajay Basariya congratulated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on winning the general elections during a meeting at the latter’s Bani Gala residence in Islamabad on Friday.

Basariya also felicitated the prime minister-designate on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed matters of mutual interest.

PTI chairman Imran Khan, whose party secured 116 general seats in the National Assembly in the July 25 polls, is set to become the country’s next prime minister.

Faisal Javed also confirmed that three former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev, Novjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Gavaskar had been invited to Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony.

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Rain washes out first day in England-India 2nd Test

Rain meant there was no play on the first day of the second Test between England and India at Lord´s on Thursday.

Early morning overcast skies in north London eventually gave way to gentle but persistent rain which was sufficient to ensure the pitch and square remained fully covered.

The match had been due to start at 11:00am (1000 GMT) but with rain still falling and the skies above Lord´s increasingly dark, the umpires called it a day at 4:50pm (1550 GMT).

It was the first time a whole day´s Test play in England had been lost to bad weather since August 24 2013 when the fourth day of the fifth Ashes clash at The Oval was abandoned without a ball bowled.

The last time a day´s Test play was washed out completely at Lord´s came 17 years ago when the scheduled opening day of the first Test against Pakistan was abandoned on May 17, 2001.

Officials later confirmed they would look to conduct the toss at 10:30am on Friday, with a view to an 11:00am start and that 98 overs, rather than the standard 90, would be scheduled for the second day in a bid to make-up lost playing time.

England lead the current five-match series 1-0 after a 31-run victory in the first Test at Edgbaston last week.

They will, however, make at least two changes to their side.

England captain Joe Root confirmed on Wednesday that Ollie Pope, a 20-year-old Surrey batsman, would make his Test debut in place of the dropped Dawid Malan.

Pope will become the fourth player under 21 to represent England in Test cricket this year, following Mason Crane, Dominic Bess and Sam Curran.

England will be without Ben Stokes at Lord´s because of the all-rounder´s ongoing trial for affray in Bristol.

Stokes took three wickets on Sunday´s fourth and last day at Edgbaston, including the prize scalp of India captain Virat Kohli.

England have yet to decide whether Chris Woakes, a fellow pace-bowling all-rounder, or off-spinner Moeen Ali will replace Stokes.

Neither England nor India, who might also make changes, are obliged to confirm their teams until the toss takes place.

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