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LAHORE: Caretaker Health Minister of Punjab Professor Javed Ikram claimed that the minor housemaid Rizwana was likely poisoned but it’s not confirmed yet, ARY News reported. “تشدد کے ذمہ داروں سے صلح کی ضرورت نہیں” نگراں وزیر صحت پنجاب ڈاکٹر جاوید اکرم #ARYNews pic.twitter.com/eYvJCWEfW7 — ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) July 31, 2023 Talking to the media the Health Minister said, that teenage victim Rizwana’s condition is getting better gradually but her health is still uncertain as there is severe blood deficiency in her body and it was decided to infuse blood into her today. He said that the government is making efforts to save Rizwana’s life and the social welfare department has taken her responsibility. Rizwana will be sent to a rehabilitation home, he added. Professor Javed Ikram said that it is unfortunate that she was bearing the torture for six months but the authorities will take strict action against the suspects as per the law. Earlier, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz S

England’s Stuart Broad claimed the last two Australia wickets to secure a dramatic 49-run victory for his team in the final Ashes test at The Oval on Monday and leave the series locked at 2-2 after five gripping matches. Broad, playing his final test, removed Todd Murphy and Alex Carey, both caught by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, to dismiss Australia for 334 and deny them their first Ashes win in England since 2001. Australia, who won the first two tests and had already retained the urn, moved on to 238-3 chasing 384 to win before a two-hour rain delay halted progress and England took the last seven wickets in just over two hours to earn a famous victory. Chris Woakes was the pick of the England bowlers with figures of 4-50 and Moeen Ali took 3-76 before the 37-year-old Broad completed the job in a perfect swansong two days after announcing his retirement. Usman Khawaja made 72, David Warner 60, Steve Smith 54 and Travis Head 43 for Australia. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/Lzkec

BANYUMAS: Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said on Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress. Unlicensed mines — many with disregard for basic safety measures — are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago and accidents are frequent. The workers were digging inside a hole with a depth of 200 feet in Pancurendang village in Central Java on Tuesday evening when water suddenly flooded the illegal mine. Rescuers had deployed water pumps around the clock and worked to dam a nearby river in a frantic bid to get the water out of the mining shaft but it remained flooded on Sunday. “This is already the fifth day. We expect the bad news that the victims have died,” local search and rescue agency head Adah Sudarsa told reporters on Sunday. Sudarsa said the rescue effort would continue until Tuesday in the hope of retrieving the miners’ bodies, which are yet to be fo

A tech-savvy Whatsapp user has revealed a simple trick to boost the quality of images and videos sent on the messaging app in a video he posted on TikTok under the name @.lachief. The messaging app usually compresses the images and videos when they are saved and sent on the platform for making it easier for the device to send. However, convenience sacrifices the quality of the images for speed. The file will still be compressed to a smaller sizer if a video or photo has been taken in 4k. The WhatsApp user @.lachief shared the easy trick to get the best quality images and videos in his 19-second video on TikTok. @.lachief insane whatsapp hacks you need, if you have a whatsapp you need to try this whatsapp tips  #whatsappstatus #whatsapp #whatsapp_status #whatsapptips #whatsappchat #whatsapphacks ♬ original sound – 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 Here are the steps: Tap on the ‘Settings’ button in the bottom right corner of the app. Tap on ‘Storage and Data’ and then scroll down to the

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has taken notice of the Rizwana torture case, ARY News reported. As per details, Prime Minister Shehbaz summoned the housemaid torture report from caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi. He told the caretaker CM to ensure the best medical facilities for Rizwana. He also ordered the CM to bring those who are involved in the case to justice regardless of their designation. PM Shehbaz said that the police should investigate without any pressure as the suspects of the torture do not deserve any leniency. Furthermore, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made sure to the parents of Rizwana that they will get justice. The incident 14-year-old maid was allegedly subjected to brutal torture  by the wife of a civil judge in Islamabad and a case was lodged by the parents of the girl at a local police station. The wife of a civil judge namely Asim Hafeez deputed at the Federal Judicial Academy – Sargodha allegedly tortured her maid namely Rizwana afte

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Faisal Vawda alleged on Sunday that Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted that Nawaz Sharif built a narrative to topple the government by using former army chief Qamar Bajwa’s name in public rallies, ARY News reported. In a detailed Twitter message, Faisal Vawda blamed the prominent political leaders for political instability in the country. He said that political leaders cannot put the country on the right path when they cannot adopt a concrete stance.  He alleged that Khawaja Asif admitted that Nawaz Sharif used Qamar Bajwa’s name in public rallies to build a narrative for toppling the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and later urged the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers to vote for then army chief’s extension. “On the other hand, the PTI chief also gave an extension to Bajwa and later built an anti-government narrative. Asif Ali Zardari [PPP co-chairman] voted for running the Sindh government and later adopted an anti-e

RAWALPINDI: Getting from Rawat to Kutchery Chowk has become a difficult task; it takes hours and commuters brave the difficult task of crossing the rough, pocked and bumpy road. Additionally, repair work on the Soan River Bridge, which was damaged on June 27, is still going on, making public transportation miserable. The road had recently been renamed as Potohar Avenue by the National Highway Authority (NHA). It connects many populated housing societies and its pathetic condition makes it difficult for the residents to commute especially since the bridge has been closed for repair work. Residents of the housing societies, who travel between Rawat and Kutchery on daily basis, seem helpless in getting authorities concerned realise and remove sewage accumulated on its uneven portion near Fauji Foundation Hospital, Al Shifa Eye Trust Hospital and the NLC establishments. During rains, the newly-constructed bridge over Soan River close to Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench building (tow

RAJANPUR: At least five people were dead and 20 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned in Punjab’s Rajanpur district, ARY News reported on Sunday.  As per details, the ill-fated passenger bus was going to Jacobabad from Sakhi Sarwar with pilgrims, when it met an accident in Fazilpur, Rajanpur. The rescue sources confirmed that at least five persons were dead on the spot, while 20 others sustained injuries. Rescue teams reached the spot after being informed and shifted the dead and injured to a nearby medical facility. Read more:  Six dead, 30 injured in bus accident in Khanewal Earlier on May 31, at least six people had been killed while 30 others were injured when the passenger bus they were travelling in had turned turtle after skidding off a bridge in Khanewal. According to rescue officials, the incident had taken place near Pull Rango. They had said the ill-fated bus was on its way from Lahore to Multan when it had met an accident. The driver of the vehic

Aliens and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) started trending on Twitter as new findings sparked memefest and went viral on the internet. Former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch claims under oath that aliens exist and that the U.S. government is in possession of UFOs and non-human bodies pic.twitter.com/Qu7KZGs9v3 — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 26, 2023 In a highly anticipated hearing on UFOs in Congress, a former intelligence officer claimed the U.S. government has operated a secret “multi-decade” reverse engineering program and has recovered non-human “biologics” from alleged crash sites. While he refrained from sharing any further information in the public hearing, Grusch offered to disclose details behind closed doors. However, the revelations went viral on Twitter and people started making memes on Aliens and UFOs. UFO opens and you find this dude sitting in it pic.twitter.com/88TFzaNe8d — Crisppyboat (@CrisppyBoat) July 26, 2023 me trying to impress the

PTI leader Asad Qaiser on Saturday called for an end to what he called was ongoing “propaganda” against his party, and urged for “powerful quarters” to ensure free and fair elections in the country. In a video statement, Qaiser, who unlike many of his peers did not leave the PTI in the aftermath of the May 9 violence, said: “The one-sided propaganda under way against the party and Imran Khan at this time, what do those in power and the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) group think? Do they think they can eliminate the PTI through such propaganda? “It is their misunderstanding. The more negative propaganda they are doing, the more the PTI is becoming popular,” he said as he criticised the incumbent government’s performance and questioned whether it had managed to tackle inflation and improved governance during its tenure. “Show us one sector in which we can say the PDM has shown [good] performance. These 14 months were the worst disaster that is why I want to say to the powerful sec

In a strange incident that went viral a 34-year-old man who went missing said he was ‘scared of wife’ found after 1.5 years. The man named Noushad was traced from a village by police, a day after his 25-year-old wife, Afsana, was arrested in connection with his missing case. She had given a statement to the police saying that Noushad was killed and his body was buried. Later, Noushad said that he “left the home as he was scared of his wife.” He alleged that he was thrashed by people his wife used to call. The police arrested Afsana, his wife after she gave a misleading statement to the police. On his wife’s statement that Noushad was killed and buried by her, police took Afasana to certain places to recover his body. The police, which had been investigating the missing case based on Noushad’s father’s complaint, summoned her to the Koodal station two days ago after she claimed that she had seen Noushad recently. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/Pgp0nHG https://ift.tt/VTszGow

PTI leader Asad Umar challenged former chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi on Friday over his claims of the previous PTI government nearing default during Umar’s term as the finance minister. Umar was responding to an interview of Zaidi on Geo News programme ‘ Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath ’, in which the former FBR chairman said that he had warned former premier Imran Khan about his government nearing default in an April 2019 meeting. Zaidi said that subsequent to his alert, Imran had called Umar to confirm if it was true to which the then-finance minister said: “Yes it’s right.” Zaidi claimed the PTI chief had then asked Umar why he had not informed him about the possible default, to which Umar had said: “Sir, I believed you knew.” The former FBR chairman said Umar was removed as the finance minister shortly after this exchange. Contesting his claims before the complete show was aired, Umar asked Zaidi from where he had concocted the story about the

Leaders of a coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday days after saying they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the seventh military takeover in West and Central Africa in less than three years. The upheaval has raised concerns about the security of a region where Niger has been a key ally of Western powers seeking to contain insurgencies by groups linked to Al Qaeda and the militant Islamic State. Tiani was the head of the presidential guard whose soldiers shut Bazoum inside his palace on Wednesday, leaving confusion over who was in control. The general appeared on state television on Friday with a banner on the screen that described himself as the president of a newly formed military body, the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland (CNSP). “The President of the CNSP is the head of state,” an officer said, reading out a statement. The constitution has been suspended, all government institutions dissolved and the CNSP will e

Britain’s climate change mitigation policies could be under threat as political concerns over the country’s cost-of-living crisis, energy prices and other factors collide with the aim to decarbonise by mid-century, observers say. Fears that so-called green policies, such as phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 and gas boilers in accommodation, could be downgraded or delayed were stoked by a surprise by-election result last week. The ruling Conservatives defied months of dismal national polls to retain Boris Johnson’s vacated northwest London parliamentary seat with a narrow 495-vote victory. Political analysts blamed Labour mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to extend a scheme taxing the use of the most polluting vehicles, known as the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The High Court on Friday upheld the legality of his expansion, set for August 29, but the electoral fallout appears to have spooked both Tory and Labour strategists ahead of an imminent general election

A man in his mid-30s in Belgium has confessed to killing his mother and sticking parts of her body in a fridge found in a canal in the country’s east, prosecutors said Friday. The refrigerator with its grisly contents — two arms and two legs — was found Tuesday bobbing in a canal on the outskirts of the city of Liege, triggering a murder investigation. That led detectives to discover the rest of the woman’s body — her head and torso — in a trash container thrown in a nearby river. A tattoo on the torso helped identify the victim as a woman in her 70s, a spokeswoman for the Liege prosecutors’ office told AFP. Her son, born in 1988, was arrested just before dawn on Thursday in a hotel close to Brussels’s airport. He apparently was preparing to take a flight to South Korea, the spokeswoman, Catherine Collignon, said. Under questioning by police, the man “confessed”, she added, and the investigating judge ordered him charged and taken into custody. Early indications in the investig

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi said on Thursday that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was not taken into confidence on Army Act amendment bill by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), ARY News reported. The PPP Information Secretary and State Minister Faisal Karim Kundi said that Raza Rabbani walked out of the parliament’s session in protest against the Army Act amendment bill. He said that PML-N introduced the bill to the parliament without taking PPP into confidence. Kundi said that PPP is not in favour of giving additional powers to the caretaker set-up equivalent to an elected government. “Caretaker set-up has only one responsibility to conduct elections.” He confirmed that PPP and PML-N committees have shared five names each for the caretaker prime minister (PM). “Caretaker PM will be appointed after consultations with the coalition parties.” READ: Raza Rabbani opposes Army Act Amendment bill Earlier

MARDAN: After being released from jail after 80 days, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Ali Muhammad Khan said on Thursday that the PTI chief is still his leader and he will become prime minister (PM) again, ARY News reported. While talking to journalists outside the jail, Ali Muhammad Khan said that he always spread message of love and he stood firmly on his mission by the grace of Allah Almighty. He said that Pakistan needs political stability instead of political revenge. He urged to conduct transparent elections in the country. The PTI leader said that they are all patriots but not a terrorist. “Those who created chaos on May 9 are not following the party policy and they should face penalties. PTI is the political party of educated people.” READ:  PTI’s Ali Muhammad Khan re-arrested after release Khan said that PTI workers are willing to transform Pakistan into an Islamic welfare state. “The registration of terrorism cases against a former prime minister is a disgrace for Paki

Prince Harry’s lawsuit against The Sun tabloid alleging unlawful information gathering can go to trial but will not include phone hacking claims, a High Court judge ruled on Thursday. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv     Harry, 38, whose official title is Duke of Sussex, is suing several UK newspapers over alleged unlawful information-gathering, including News Group Newspapers (NGN) — publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World tabloids. NGN is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global publishing empire and had asked the High Court in London to throw out the claims — filed by Harry alongside actor Hugh Grant — arguing they were out of time. But judge Timothy Fancourt ordered that Harry’s case can go to trial, concluding NGN had “succeeded in part on its application” related to time limits around alleged phone hacking but “failed on the remaining part”. Hugh Grant learned in May that he had won his court bid to bring to trial his claim against NGN, while other high-pro

Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan opened up on dealing with criticism after his latest film ‘Bawaal’ came under fire over its sensitive plot. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv     The film, starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor, received flak for drawing a far-fetched and insensitive parallel between the romantic themes and the Second World War.  A dialogue in which relationship going through Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, where countless Jews were killed and tortured and people having traits like Adolf Hitler received flak.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by VarunDhawan (@varundvn) Varun Dhawan responded to the criticism with a question. He asked why people don’t feel sensitive when watching such content in English films. Related – Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘ Bawaal ‘ set to premiere at Eiffel Tower   He said, “Some people got triggered or sensitive about this. But I don’t understand where does that sensitivity

ISLAMABAD: Police raided and sealed the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zulfi Bukhari in Islamabad, however, no arrest was made, ARY News reported on Wednesday. A police team raided Zulfi Bukhari’s residence following directives of the Islamabad administration. Sources told ARY News that Bukhari was not present at his residence at the time of the raid. The raid was jointly conducted by more than 40 officials of the Islamabad administration and police force. Later, the raiding team sealed the house after vacating it from the servants. READ: PTI Senator Dr Zarqa’s clinics sealed in Lahore In a Twitter message, Bukhari confirmed the development and said, “In an extremely low move, police, CDA & unidentified men raided and sealed my house in presence of Assistant Commissioner & Deputy Commissioner. He alleged, “My house help & pets have been thrown out on the street at this hour. What’s left of a state that can stoop this low and attack empty private p

Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh “boasting readiness to cross the Line of Control (LoC)” and counselled India to “exercise utmost caution”. Earlier today, The Times of India reported that while addressing a Kargil War Memorial in Ladakh, Singh said: “India is a peace-loving nation which believes in its centuries-old values and is committed towards international laws, but to safeguard our interests, we will not hesitate in crossing the LoC.” He further said that India would go to any “extreme” to maintain its honour and dignity, “if that includes crossing the LoC, we are ready to do that. If we are provoked and if the need arises, we will cross the LoC.” Condemning Singh’s remarks in a press release issued later in the day, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said India’s “belligerent rhetoric is a threat to the regional peace and stability and contributes to destabilising the strategic environm

A heartwarming video of a man saving a forgotten baby trapped inside a searing hot car in the United States is going viral on social media. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv   The viral video on the visual-sharing platform Instagram showed a crowd trying to smash the car’s windshield to save the infant. The window pane broke after multiple swings.  A man went inside the car and handed the baby to a woman outside.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by FOOS GONE WILD (@foosgonewild) The man’s actions were met with different responses.  A user wrote, “Not all heroes wear capes, some wear long socks.” Another commented, “So they didn’t just open the door once they broke in through the window.” A third commented, “People on Tiktok said that the mom was right there the whole time, her key fob died and automatically locked the whole car with the baby inside, she was trying to help them break the window. That’s why the doors did

Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is in stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during practice with his college basketball team, the James family said on Tuesday. Bronny James, 18, collapsed on court while training with his University of Southern California team-mates on Monday in Los Angeles. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” a spokesperson for the James family said in a statement to AFP . “Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU. “We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information. “LeBron and Savannah wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the USC medical and athletic staff for their incredible work and dedication to the safety of their athletes.” The TMZ.com celebrity news website reported that James was unconscious before being rushed to hospita

KARACHI: A young boy fell unconscious after being electrocuted from an electricity pole near Garden Shoe Market on a rainy day in Karachi, ARY News reported on Tuesday. The young boy fell unconscious after suffering electric shocks while passing through an electricity pole in the Garden Shoe Market. The incident took place on Monday amid a rainy day. The locals took their own measures to immediately pull out the boy from the electricity pole which saved his life. Police said that the family came from Hyderabad to Karachi and they did not contact the police department for lodging a complaint. READ: Three more electrocuted in Karachi amid heavy rain spell Police added that the family went back to Hyderabad without seeking legal action against the electrocution incident. KE’s clarification While expressing heartfelt sympathy with the family of child who survived an electric shock in Shoe Market, Garden area, K-Electric’s spokesperson confirmed that K-Electric’s infrastructure is n

TikTok, the social platform known for its addictive video content, announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar offerings on Instagram, which earlier this month also launched a challenge to Twitter — which owner Elon Musk renamed X — called Threads. Like Meta-owned Threads, TikTok benefits from its size, with around 1.4 billion monthly active users, according to specialist site Business of Apps. But unlike Facebook’s parent company, it has chosen to integrate its new text-only feature into its app rather than launch a separate product, as Meta did with Threads. Related – Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction TikTok’s version will remain more visual than a Twitter or Threads post, with users able to add a color background, music and stickers to the post. The Chinese-owned company said

Iraq condemned yet another desecration of the Holy Quran in front of its embassy in Denmark on Monday and said Danish staff at the embassy in Baghdad had left the country after protests there, while Copenhagen said it had “not withdrawn from Iraq”. Demonstrations have raged across Iran and Iraq after Denmark and Sweden allowed the Holy Quran’s burning under rules protecting free speech. Protesters in Iraq set the Swedish embassy in Baghdad alight on Thursday. Two anti-Islam protesters set fire to a copy of the holy book in front of the Iraqi embassy in the Danish capital on Monday. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said he condemned the burning. “These provocative and shameful acts do not represent the views of the Danish government. Appeal to all to deescalate — violence must never be the response,” Rasmussen said in a tweet. Iraq’s foreign ministry called on authorities of European Union countries to “quickly reconsider so-called freedom of expression and th