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  • Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s wedding celebrations begin?

    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s wedding celebrations begin?

    Hollywood A-lister Selena Gomez has fuelled the speculations of a September wedding with beau Benny Blanco, as she celebrated a rumoured bachelorette with her girlfriends over the weekend.

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    Amid the rumours that the wedding bells for celebrity couple Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are about to ring this September, the ‘Only Murders In The Building’ actor seemingly kickstarted the celebrations with a bachelorette getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her friends, including Ashley Cook, Raquelle Stevens, Courtney Lopez, and her cousin Priscilla Marie.

    In the widely circulated pictures, which raised questions regarding her best friend Taylor Swift’s absence from what many believed was her bachelorette trip, Gomez can be seen flaunting her curves in a black one-piece swimsuit as she danced, clicked selfies, and sipped cocktails during the yacht party.

     

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    Reports also suggest that, like the Disney alum, her husband-to-be also enjoyed a bachelor party with his friends in Las Vegas.

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    It is worth noting here that Selena Gomez, 32, and Benny Blanco, 36, who have known each other for almost a decade while working in the same industry, started dating in 2023. They went Instagram official last year before announcing their engagement in December.

    If reports are to be believed, Gomez and Blanco are set to tie the knot in Montecito next month.

  • Mayor visits Gulshan Hadeed to inspect water supply lines work

    Mayor visits Gulshan Hadeed to inspect water supply lines work

    KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab on Monday visited Gulshan Hadeed to inspect the under-progress work of two new water supply lines for the locality.

    Mayor Murtaza Wahab said that the negligence of Pakistan Steel Mills management deprived Gulshan Hadeed from water supply. “People were facing hardships owing to the obstinate attitude of some individuals,” Wahab remarked.

    “Karachi’s leadership will take all possible measures to provide facilities to general public,” Mayor said.

    “We will initiate water supply lines work in more areas in coming days,” he said.

    Murtaza Wahab directed the water corporation officials to ensure completion of the water supply work within two weeks.

    Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad, UC chairman and other officials were also accompanied with the mayor.

  • SNGPL seeks hike in gas tariff

    SNGPL seeks hike in gas tariff

    LAHORE: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has sought a Rs291 per MMBTU increase in gas transportation charges, ARY News reported on Monday.

    The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) held a public hearing on the proposed price hike, during which representatives from the CNG sector, textile industry, and other industrial users strongly opposed the increase.

    Chairman of the CNG Association, Ghayas Paracha, accused SNGPL of shifting the burden of its inefficiencies onto consumers.

    “SNGPL must reduce its own expenses instead of penalizing users,” he said.

    He added that SNGPL had initially requested a Rs271 hike, and has now increased its demand by an additional Rs20.

    “Gas is available in sufficient quantities, yet consumers are not receiving adequate supply,” Paracha noted.

    The proposed increase is yet to be approved by OGRA.

    Read more: SNGPL sends 10-year-old gas bills to industries

    Earlier, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) issued additional gas bills worth billions of rupees to industries for consumption dating back 10 years.

    According to industry representatives, the bills cover additional RLNG charges for the period between 2015 and 2022.

    They stated that they have already settled all gas dues for those years and cannot pay the extra charges to SNGPL.

    Industrialists also complained that the additional RLNG bills are nearly 200 percent higher than previous amounts and SNGPL has given a two-day deadline for payment. They warned that if the government does not intervene, factories across the region may shut down.

  • Pakistan sends 21st aid consignment to Gaza

    Pakistan sends 21st aid consignment to Gaza

    LAHORE: Pakistan on Monday dispatched its 21st relief consignment for Gaza, comprising 100 tons of essential supplies, from Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore.

    The aid was sent under the directives of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif as part of Pakistan’s ongoing commitment to support the people of Gaza. The consignment included ration bags, ready-to-eat meals, and canned fruit to help address urgent food shortages.

    In the latest phase of relief operations, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has delivered an additional 412 tons of supplies through five separate flights. With this latest consignment, the total aid sent by Pakistan to Gaza has reached 2,027 tons across 21 consignments.

    Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, attended the send-off ceremony as the chief guest, along with government representatives and senior NDMA officials.

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    Speaking on the occasion, the minister lauded the NDMA and partner welfare organizations for their swift and coordinated efforts. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s steadfast solidarity with Palestine and pledged continued humanitarian assistance during this critical time.

    Earlier, on August 23, the 19th consignment carrying 100 tons of aid was dispatched from Lahore, while the 4th shipment, comprising 12 tons, departed from Islamabad.

  • Britney Spears makes shocking comment on Sam Aghari marriage

    Britney Spears makes shocking comment on Sam Aghari marriage

    In a shocking confession, Grammy-winning pop star Britney Spears called her third marriage to Iranian model Sam Asghari a ‘fake distraction’.

    In a sad note on Instagram, singer Britney Spears, who was married to Iranian-born actor-model Sam Asghari for 14 months before they announced their split in August 2023, called their union a mere distraction and shield from the other struggles of her life, including separation from her kids.

    Britney Spears – News and Updates

    “We’re just people so fragile and human, the hardest years of my life were my two sons gone for those 3 years,” the mother of Sean, 20, and Jayden, 19, whom she shares with her second husband, dancer Kevin Federline, wrote on Monday morning.

    She continued, “I was cut off from calling or texting, and I remember in shock my secret to survival was denial and a lot of tears.”

    “It’s weird, me and Sam were married, but it almost felt like a fake distraction to help me deal with it,” the Princess of Pop admitted. “Well I know im healing bc im hungry again like a child or baby… im so hungry it hurts and when I eat its like its my first time ever eating in my life …”

    “I believe although I loved my home there is waaay too much abuse and trauma in there…. Today I thank jesus for food it feel like telling others NO… Owning my body… and letting them REALLY know where im from… My soul has never experienced food like this a day in my life,” she added. “So silly and embarrassing im going to eat cookies and cream ice cream now…god bless u all.”

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    It is pertinent to mention here that before Asghari and Federline, Spears married her childhood friend Jason Alexander in 2004; however, their marriage was annulled shortly after.

  • Police submit preliminary report against K-Electric officials on electrocution deaths

    Police submit preliminary report against K-Electric officials on electrocution deaths

    KARACHI: Police on Monday submitted a preliminary report in court against K-Electric officials over the deaths of two brothers who were electrocuted during heavy rains in Shah Faisal Colony on August 19.

    An FIR had earlier been registered at Shah Faisal Colony Police Station on the complaint of a citizen, Sultan, under sections of negligence and criminal liability. The case names K-Electric CEO Syed Moonis Abdullah Alvi and officials of IBC Shah Faisal.

    The report was presented before the Judicial Magistrate East at Karachi’s City Court.

    According to the report, 10-year-old Siraj went out to buy groceries during the downpour when he was electrocuted by an exposed underground high-tension cable. His elder brother, Murad, 20, rushed to rescue him but was also electrocuted.

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    Residents managed to pull the brothers out, but Siraj died on the spot. Murad succumbed later as he could not be shifted to hospital in time due to heavy rain, waterlogging, and traffic jams.

  • ATC sentences Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, others to jail in Rana Sanaullah house attack case

    ATC sentences Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, others to jail in Rana Sanaullah house attack case

    FAISALABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Faisalabad Monday announced its verdict in the May 9, case involving an attack on the residence of former interior minister Rana Sanaullah, ARY News reported.

    The court sentenced several senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders — including Shibli Faraz, Omar Ayub, and Zartaj Gul — to 10 years in prison. Other PTI figures, including Kanwal Shauzab, Ahmad Chattha, Rai Hassan Nawaz, Ansar Iqbal, and Bilal Ejaz, were also handed 10-year sentences.

    Additionally, PTI MPAs Ismail Sillah and Shahid Javed were convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

    However, the court acquitted PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry and Zain Qureshi due to lack of evidence.

    ATC Judge Javed Iqbal announced the reserved verdict. The case, registered at Samanabad Police Station, pertained to the violent protests on May 9, 2023, during which Rana Sanaullah’s house was reportedly attacked.

    Out of the 109 accused, 75 were convicted while 34 were acquitted by the ATC.

    Among those convicted, 59 individuals received 10-year sentences, and 16 others were sentenced to 3 years in prison.

    Read more: Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, other PTI leaders sentenced to 10 years in May 9 cases

    It is worth mentioning here that on July 22 an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore sentenced several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry to 10 years in prison and acquitted Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a case pertaining to arson and vandalism on May 9.

    The court also ordered the acquittal of Hamza Azim and five other accused individuals, clearing them of charges related to the May 9 riots.

    The trial court pronounced its reserved verdict in the case related to rioting at Sherpao Bridge on May, 2023 following PTI founder Imran Khan’s arrest.

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    Ali Hassan, Afzal Azeem Khalid Qayyum, Riaz Hussain, and former Punjab Governor Umar Sarfraz Cheema are among those jailed for 10 years.

    May 9 violence

    Violent clashes were broken out across Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023.

    The protests were held in remote and major cities as the party workers were agitated due to their chairman’s arrest, with Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad summoning the armed forces to ensure law and order.

    Army installations, including Corps Commander’s house in Lahore, had come under attack during the protests by PTI workers.

  • Lahore citizens have to pay sanitation bills for homes, markets

    Lahore citizens have to pay sanitation bills for homes, markets

    LAHORE: Lahore residents have to pay sanitation fees for their houses, commercial markets and shops, sources at the LWMC have said.

    Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) sources said that the citizens will be bills for garbage lifting from the next week.

    “Initially sanitation bills will be recovered from posh areas and commercial markets on per Marla basis. “The sanitation bills will be sent to nine towns of the city step by step,” sources at LWMC said.

    “The bills will be dispatched to citizens by the revenue and operational field supervisors,” according to sources. “Citizens could pay the bills by banks and the online cash applications,” a spokesperson said.

    LWMC said that a building of five to 40 marla in a city will receive Rs 300 to 5,000 rupees sanitation bill. “A building of the same land in rural areas would pay Rs 200 to 400 bill,” LWMC spokesman said.

    Spokesman said that the sanitation bills will be enforced after approval from the provincial cabinet.

  • Coldplay’s Chris Martin brings up Astronomer CEO kiss cam scandal… AGAIN!

    Coldplay’s Chris Martin brings up Astronomer CEO kiss cam scandal… AGAIN!

    Coldplay frontman Chris Martin pokes fun at Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot’s infamous kiss-cam moment, weeks after the British rock band unintentionally exposed the extramarital affair of Astronomer’s former CEO and HR head.

    More than a month since Coldplay’s Jumbotron uncovered the scandalous romance of New York-based DataOps company Astronomer’s then CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot, during the July 16 gig in Boston’s Gillette Stadium, the band’s lead singer, Chris Martin, brought it up once again, while performing at Wembley Stadium in London, over the weekend.

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    It happened during the Friday show, when a concertgoer held up a sign to the camera, stating that he wanted to propose to his partner during Coldplay’s performance.

    Responding to him, Martin said, “OK, now listen, my brother, I need you to nod as I do some basic security checks, OK?”

    He went on to question, “Is this person your partner? Yes? No one else’s partner? OK,” referring to Byron and Cabot’s incident, leaving the crowd in laughter.

    “Are you cousins or siblings or anything weird like that? … Are you AI? Are you real people?” he asked further. “OK, then I think we can continue.”

    For the uninitiated, the entire controversy erupted last month, when Byron and Cabot, both presumably married to different partners at that time, were caught red-handed on the kiss-cam, in a rather intimate embrace.

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    In an awkward flash response upon the realisation that they were being seen by the entire stadium, Byron quickly ducked behind a barrier, while a visibly embarrassed Cabot covered her face with her hands.

    Notably, both Byron and Cabot have since resigned from their respective positions at Astronomer.

  • DG Passport restructures Punjab zones to improve services

    DG Passport restructures Punjab zones to improve services

    ISLAMABAD: In a move aimed at improving public convenience, Director General of Passports Mustafa Jamal Qazi has announced a new administrative structure for passport services across Punjab.

    According to the DG, all zones in Punjab have been reorganized, and four new sub-zones have been established under the Central and Southern Punjab regions.

    In Central Punjab, Lahore and Gujranwala Regional Passport Offices (RPOs) will now function as new sub-zones. Similarly, in Southern Punjab, Multan and Bahawalpur RPOs have been designated as sub-zones.

    The restructuring is intended to ensure more efficient and timely passport services for citizens, said Mustafa Jamal Qazi.

    He added that the creation of these sub-zones will significantly improve passport-related operations across the province.

    “We are utilizing all available resources to ensure the timely issuance of passports to the public,” he asserted.

    Read more: Pakistan passport’s latest ranking revealed

    Ranking

    Pakistan’s passport is placed at 96th number on the Henley Passport Index 2025, according to the latest global rankings released by Henley & Partners.

    In the latest quarterly update of the Henley Passport Index, created by the London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, the US — which held the No. 1 position back in 2014 — has slipped down to the 10th place in the rankings.

    It’s the lowest position ever for the US in the 20-year history of the index, which tracks the global freedom of movement for holders of 199 passports to 227 countries and territories around the world, using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

    And because Henley counts multiple countries with the same score as a single spot in its standings, there are actually 33 countries that outrank the US on the list.