Collection of Bizarre stuff from around the world
BEIJING: Ma Rongrong’s labour pains were unbearable. For hours she had begged for a C-section to ease her agony. After multiple requests were refused, she jumped five floors from a hospital window in northern China to her death. Ma’s family and her doctors have blamed each other for denying her the surgery that could have eased […]
Rulers Are Threatening JIT Members: Shafqat Mehmood PTI answers Maryam Nawaz, after she questioned on JIT Islamabad: (PR) Maryam Nawaz Sharif after her appearance before JIT ‘humbly’ asked what are we are accused of. Let us tell you! ‘You are being called to clarify your name as owner in Nescoll and Neilson enterprise’.Hassan Nawaz […]
News Desk ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday made his maiden appearance before a joint investigation team (JIT) probing Sharif family’s offshore properties in line with the apex court’s verdict in Panamagate case. The premier who arrived amid tight security was accompanied by his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and one of his sons. Television […]
Reuters An investment of $150 million by a Saudi Arabia-based venture capital firm in Careem raised its investment capital to $500m, a statement from the Dubai-based ride-hailing company said. The $150m investment was undertaken by carmaker Daimler and Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding, a firm owned by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Venture capital firm DCM […]
KARACHI: Days after a video of a lion being driven around the streets of Karachi made rounds on social media, police detained late Wednesday the pet and his owner following public complaints. Citizens had made videos and lodged a complaint regarding the lion being driven around the city in a Toyota Vigo. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal took […]
The ice cream franchise will start from Lahore and spread out to 35 locations within the country! We’re baskin’ in happiness as Baskin-Robbins comes Pakistan. While many stores have imported products from the world’s largest ice-cream chain, the brand itself hadn’t come to Pakistan, until now. AHG Flavours (PVT) Limited is bringing Baskin-Robbins to 35 […]
By News Desk Alisyn Camerota, the host of a CNN show, has been accused of making a ‘racist’ comment when speaking to 12-year-old Ananya Vinay, winner of the Scripps Spelling Bee contest. Ananya, who is of Indian origin but was born and raised in Fresno, California, was recently named champion of the 2017 spelling bee competition, among […]
News Desk Saudi Arabia and key allies on Monday cut ties with Qatar, the world’s top seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), accusing it of supporting extremism and sending shockwaves through the energy industry. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain said they would sever all ties including transport links with […]
By News Desk Hajah Bah and Fatmata Mansaray, both cousins and students of Freedom High School, Virginia, allege that the school administrators harassed them over their decision to don hijabs. PHOTO: INSIDE NOVA Two Muslim students in a US school were allegedly sent home for wearing hijabs without carrying notes from parents. Hajah Bah and […]
By Entertainment Desk Prince Harry broke his fast with 80 Muslim youths and paid tribute to the victims of the London attacks in Singapore on Sunday. The British Royal was in the city on a two-day trip where he visited the Jamiyah Children’s Home, which helps recovering addicts and the homeless. Dishes made from porridge […]
By IANS Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan says Hollywood could, someday, take over Bollywood if the latter doesn’t work on skills like screenplay, marketing and use of technology. “If we don’t hone up a few areas, especially script writing, screenplay, marketing, professionalism and technology, we will be taken over by Hollywood,” Shah Rukh said. Shah […]
Monitoring Desk An 18-year-old boy was seriously injured after he jumped off a three-hundred feet high mobile phone tower in Multan on Tuesday. Arsalan climbed up the tower and threatened to jump if his family did not consent to his marriage to the girl he loved, Rescue 1122 told The Express Tribune. The […]
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