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KARACHI: As part of a drive to clear encroachments along Karachi’s storm water drains ahead of the monsoon season to avoid urban flooding, the civic authorities will launch an anti-encroachment operation along a 7000 road nallah tomorrow. The anti-encroachment drive has been launched in pursuance of the Supreme Court’s orders calling for removal of all kind of encroachments from the port city’s storm water drains. The anti-encroachment operation on the 7000 road nallah will be launched on June 2 (tomorrow) at 7am, according to the District Central deputy commissioner. He has written a letter to the Metropolitan Commissioner, KMC to provide necessary machinery/equipment and labour for the operation. The KMC’s anti-encroachment director will lead the operation. The deputy commissioner has asked the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, the SSP Central and SSP Anti-Encroachment Force for security personnel to assist the civil authorities in accomplishing the task. Earlier, a meeting of the Kara...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said Kuwait has started issuing work visas to Pakistanis after a ten-year-long suspension, ARY News reported.  In a series of tweets, Fawad Chaudhry said, Pakistan’s recovery from the coronavirus has stunned the world. The positivity rate across the country has dropped down to below 4 per cent expect Karachi. بجٹ میں تنخواہ دار طبقے کو بڑا ریلیف ملے گا، ہمارے ہاں مہنگائ میں اضافہ تو ہوا ہے لیکن قوت خرید میں اضافہ بھی اسی شرح سے ہو رہا ہے جو خوش آئند ہے، امید ہےاگلےدو سالوں میں عمران خان کی قیادت میں ملک منزل کے قریب ہو گا۔ — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 1, 2021 “Salaried class to get big relief in the upcoming budget,” he added in his tweet and vowed that Pakistan will continue to prosper in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the upcoming two years. Read more: Kuwait allows visas for Pakistan after decade-long ban The decision to restore Kuwaiti visas for Pakistani...

MUSCAT: Expatriates coming to Oman on visit visas can now convert them into work permits, according to a newly amended Foreigners’ Residence Law issued by the Inspector-General of Police and Customs. The newly amended law will enable many who come to Oman on family joining visas or visit visas, to change it to a work visa without the hassle of exiting the country. Media reports said the decision issued by Lieutenant General Hassan bin Mohsin Al Shraiqi is also applicable to those on family-joining visas, and student visas. As per the announcement of the amended law, the visas that can be converted include visit visas issued to residents of GCC countries, visit visas issued to meet friends and relatives, single-entry tourist visas (valid for up to 10 days or a month), single and multiple-entry business visas, express visas, investor visas, student visas, visas provided to sailors serving onboard ships or passengers aboard cruise ships and visas issued to owners of residential un...

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Chile’s public health regulator on Monday approved the use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers, it said in a statement, as the country races to hit a target of herd immunity by July. The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has already been rolled out in Chile for those 17 and older since emergency approval was granted in December and will now be offered for children aged 12 to 16, the ISP regulator said. The ISP said its decision followed similar authorization granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. The ISP’s director, Heriberto Garcia, said the decision would help Chile hit its goal of herd immunity with 80% of the target population vaccinated by July. “This is very good news for protecting our adolescents, who 14 days after two doses will have a very good immunity to go resume normal life,” he said. So far, 10.5 million people – 69% of the target population – have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Chile, and 7....

A woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by around 25 people in a forest in India’s Haryana. The incident happened in Palwal district on May 3, however, the matter came to light last week when the victim lodged a complaint with Hasanpur police station against the accused persons. The prime accused, identified as Sagar from Dehradun, has been arrested. The victim said she was in contact with Sagar, who she befriended on Facebook. He asked her to meet him in Palwal on May 3 and when she reached the spot, his friends joined him. They forcibly took her to a secluded place where they gang-raped her and after she became unconscious, they dumped her near the scrap godown at Badarpur. She said the scrap dealer also raped her. The accused threatened her with dire consequences if she registered a complaint with the police, she added. “The survivor is originally from Uttarakhand and was living in Delhi for her job. The main accused, Sagar is her friend and he asked her to meet at Hod...

After fighting with his parents, a teenager in Spain ended up digging a hole to channelise his anger. In 2015, Andres Canto was just 14 when he fell out with his parents when they told him he couldn’t go out of the house wearing a tracksuit. Annoyed and dejected, he grabbed a pickaxe and started digging up his garden to let off some steam. He didn’t end after a few hours. Canto spent six years digging an underground cave beneath the garden. The teenager created his own oasis in La Romana, Alicante. The underground cave is now complete with a sitting room and a bathroom. Canto, now 20, is happy with what he achieved. However, he can’t really understand what made him dig up his garden for six years. “My parents wanted me to change clothes to go to the village, but I wanted to wear the tracksuit that I liked to wear at home so I could mess around in the village,” said Canto. “They told me I could not go out dressed like this and I said: ‘No worries, I can entertain myself, and I ...

Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek Alphabet in a bid to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma. The World Health Organization revealed the new names on Monday amid criticism that those given by scientists such as the so-called South African variant which goes by multiple names including B.1.351, 501Y.V2 and 20H/501Y.V2 were too complicated. As such, the four coronavirus variants considered of concern by the U.N. agency and known generally by the public as the UK, South Africa, Brazil and India variants have now been given the letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta according to the order of their detection. Other variants of interest continue down the alphabet. “While they have their advantages, these scientific names can be difficult to say and recall, and are prone to misreporting,” said the WHO, explaining the decision. The choice of the Greek Alphabet came after months of deliberations in which o...

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus cases are on the decline with every passing day as the positivity rate in Pakistan has dropped to its lowest 3.71 per cent during the third wave of the pandemic, ARY News reported on Tuesday.   According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, as many as 1,771 new cases of the Covid-19 detected over the previous 24 hours. The overall country’s caseload stands at 922,824. Statistics 1 June 21: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 47,633 Positive Cases: 1771 Positivity % : 3.71% Deaths : 71 — NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) June 1, 2021 The death toll climbed to 20,850 after 71 more people succumbed to the disease. A total of 47,633 samples were tested, out of which 1,771 turned out to be positive. The positivity rate of infections was recorded at 3.71%, the NCOC said. Read more: ECC approves Rs20bn grant for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines 3,397 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recov...

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KARACHI: Police on Monday booked two youth after they posted a video of aerial firing on social media in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth, ARY News reported.  According to the Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP), Sajid Ameer Sadozai, two men were rounded up by the district east police. Despite the ban, the accused openly displayed arms and done aerial firing in the area that caused panic, the SSP added. The video of the firing was uploaded on social media on which the police acted and arrested both the youth. A case has been registered against them. https://arynews.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WhatsApp-Video-2021-05-31-at-10.48.02-AM.mp4 Read more: One dead as bride’s cousin fires at groom’s car in Karachi Earlier in the month of January, aerial firing at a wedding ceremony in Sheikhupura had claimed a minor girl’s life. 10-year-old Amna Manzoor, one of the guests at the wedding party, breathed her last after a bullet hit her turning the merry event into a calamity. The post Karachi ...

Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said. Three people got out of a white SUV and fired assault-style weapons and handguns at revelers gathered for an album launch party at the El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade county, according to local media. “I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence,” Miami-Dade police director Alfredo Ramirez wrote on Twitter. “These are cold blooded murderers that shot indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice.” The Miami Herald said 20 wounded victims were taken to local hospitals, and posted a photo of friends and relatives holding hands in prayer outside one trauma center. CBS4 Miami said at least one victim remained in critical condition, and that police had no one in custody as of midday Sunday. Angelica Green, of Miramar, told reporters her son and nephew, both 24, were arrivi...

WhatsApp now won’t limit the functionality of the messaging app if any of the users don’t accept the new privacy policy. Earlier this month, the Facebook-owned company asserted that users will start losing access to most of the features if they fail to accept the policy after May 15. “Given recent discussions with various authorities and privacy experts, we want to make clear that we will not limit the functionality of how WhatsApp works for those who have not yet accepted the update,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said. In a blog post, WhatsApp confirmed that the majority of users who have seen the new privacy policy update have already accepted it. Furthermore, those who still haven’t accepted the policy will continue to get reminders. “We’ll continue to display a notification in WhatsApp providing more information about the update and reminding those who haven’t had a chance to do so to review and accept. The new policy is about the messages you sent to businesses via WhatsApp wi...

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A man ate a dead snake to “protect” himself from the coronavirus (Covid-19). The incident occurred in India’s Tamil Nadu. 50-year-old Vadivel was arrested and slapped a fine of Rs7,000 after a video of him eating a venomous snake surfaced on social media. He claimed that snakes are good antidotes to Covid-19 and keep the deadly virus at bay. According to reports, the man caught the reptile in a field and killed it before eating it. A forest officer in Madurai district said the agriculture worker had been instigated to eat the snake by other people. He had been inebriated at the time of the incident. Luckily, the man didn’t bite into the venom glands of the snake, identified as a common krait, a species of highly venomous reptiles native to the Indian subcontinent. Its venom consists of powerful neurotoxins that can even be fatal for humans if not treated. The reptile had been found dead in a drain, the forest officer said. The post Man eats snake to ‘keep Covid-19 at bay’ app...

One of the most disturbing things in life would be to find out that a stranger has been living in your house for days. Joe Cummings of New York had such an experience back in 2009. He had even shared a video, taken with his home security camera, to prove his claims.  Cummings had set up a home camera system after noticing that some items had gone missing from his house. When he checked the footage after a few days, he was taken aback. Cummings found a woman had been secretly living in his cupboard, stealing his food and urinating in the kitchen sink. The shocking video shows the woman getting atop a high table and removing a stool from under it. She then carefully steps onto the stool before stepping onto the floor. A few seconds later, the video shows the woman grabbing some drinks and snacks from the fridge. Later, she opens the cupboard and then goes on to watch the television for a while. She then opens the fridge again for some more food. But this time, she hides fearing ...

LAHORE: A Lahore sessions court on Monday has extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen and his son Ali Tareen in money laundering case till June 11, ARY News reported.  Additional Sessions Judge Hamid Hussain heard the interim bail of Jahangir Tareen and Ali Tareen. At the outset of the hearing, the judge asked about the last 15 days development in the case. The deputy director FIA replied that an official of the department has been transferred, the investigation is still underway. “It’s been long since the case is underway, but yet the investigation has not been completed, is FIA not interested in pursuing the case,” Justice Hamid Hussain asked the FIA official. Later the hearing was adjourned until June 11. Talking to newsmen after getting an extension in interim bail, Jahangir Tareen said, Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised delivery of justice and we are still waiting for it. Read more: FIA probe team prepares to arrest Jahangir...

ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,117 new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) detected over the previous 24 hours took the country’s caseload to 921,053. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, the death toll climbed to 20,779 after 43 more people succumbed to the disease. Also Read: Pakistan receives 500,000 more Chinese Sinovac vaccines A total of 52,223 samples were tested, out of which 2,117 turned out to be positive. The positivity rate of infections was recorded at 4.05%, the NCOC said. 1,919 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recovered patients to 841,241. The number of Covid-19 patients in critical care has come down to 3,947. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab has reported a total of 339,989 infections, Sindh 317,665, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 132,549, Islamabad 81,195, Balochistan 25,148, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 19,232, and Gilgit Baltistan 5,578. Also Read: NCOC decides to establish separate C...

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar on Sunday called for the deployment of independent observers at Sindh and Punjab barrages in order to obtain accurate data on water release after a row between provinces over water theft, ARY NEWS reported. In a policy statement issued today, the chief minister Punjab said that the deployment of independent observers would help in ensuring just distribution of water among provinces. “It will also help in addressing misunderstandings over water distribution,” he said. The chief minister of Punjab also invited the parliamentarians of the Sindh province to visit barrages in Punjab. “Parliamentarians from across the country especially from Sindh should visit barrages in the province,” Usman Buzdar said adding that parliamentarians could witness the water distribution and reporting system of release data. He said that the Sindh province should also invite our lawmakers to their barrages. The chief minister further assured that he would addres...

Passports come in all colours and sizes, rankings and designs; but it is also important to note that the cost of obtaining a passport also defers one from the next. SavingSpot  has gone through the number crunching and produced some interesting headline results. At $74USD, the mean price of the passport does not actually fluctuate that significantly around the world and across the developed countries. Using the January 2021 US dollar exchange rates, SavingSpot pored through the available data for each country to find the prices for each country. Where passports were offered in different sizes (number of pages) and expiration dates, the option of the fewest pages and longest validity was chosen. At a whopping $800, Syria has by far most expensive passports. Affordability of the passport Key to the study is also the affordability factor for each country. Of course, a dollar in North America is not the same as a dollar in central Africa. So to compile the affordabili...

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CHITRAL: As many as eight people have gone missing after a passenger bus fell into the Yarkhun River in the Chitral district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, ARY NEWS reported on Sunday. According to government officials involved in the rescue operation, overall 10 people were aboard the passenger bus when it fell into the River Yarkhun. “Local volunteers and police carried out the rescue operation and recovered two people alive as eight people are still missing,” they said adding that the search operation will continue unless the whereabouts of the missing passengers are ascertained. In a similar incident yesterday, at least eleven people, three children among them, were killed while 13 others wounded after a passenger van fell into a ditch near Kohala early Saturday morning. According to the police, the ill-fated van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Chakothi when it met the accident. Read More: Six killed as car falls into ditch in Azad Kashmir On getting information,...

KARACHI: The prices of chicken have declined in Karachi amid suspected outbreak of the virus, ARY News reported on Sunday.  The prices were skyrocketing but the fear of the virus has compelled the poultry owners to decrease the prices. The per kg chicken meat is now being sold at Rs350 instead of Rs480. Despite the massive decrease in the prices, the masses are not taking interest in buying chicken meat amid virus fears. Last week, it emerged that a respiratory disease similar to the coronavirus is rapidly spreading among chicken across the country. As per details, a disease called ‘infectious coryza has spread in poultry farms across Pakistan and a number of poultry farms in Karachi have been closed after the disease. Chairman Consumer Association Pakistan Kokab Iqbal talking to ARY News programme  Bakhbar Savera had said the disease is similar to coronavirus disease in which chicken have common cold and respiratory problems. Read more: Respiratory disease spreading a...

NEGOMBO: Sri Lanka is facing its worst beach pollution crisis as tonnes of plastic waste from a burning container ship wash ashore, a senior environment official said Saturday. Fishermen have been banned from an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of coast near the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl as an international firefighting operation went into a 10th day. “There is smoke and intermittent flames seen from the ship,” navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva told AFP. “However, the vessel is stable and it is still in anchorage.” Authorities are more worried about millions of polyethylene pellets washing up on beaches and threatening fish-breeding shallow waters. The affected seafront is known for its crabs and jumbo prawns as well as its tourist beaches. “This is probably the worst beach pollution in our history,” said Dharshani Lahandapura, head of Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment and Protection Authority (MEPA). Thousands of military and security personnel in hazmat suits are c...

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 2,697 fresh cases of the COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections reported in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 918,936. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the death toll climbed to 20,736 after 56 more people succumbed to the deadly virus during the same period. Statistics 30 May 21: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 55,965 Positive Cases: 2697 Positivity % : 4.81% Deaths : 56 — NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) May 30, 2021  A total of 55,965 samples were tested, out of which 2,697 were declared positive, the NCOC said. The positivity ratio of infections was recorded at 4,81 per cent, it added. 2,620 more people recovered, taking the tally of patients recovering from the disease to 839,322. There are a total of 4,017 critical cases in the country at present, the NCOC said. Read more: NCOC allows provinces to begin regular classes of matric, inter students Thus far, Punjab has rep...

The Internet is not lacking in inspirational videos, as one of the videos showing a seven-year-old boy in India climbing walls like the Marvel superhero character Spider-Man is making rounds on the various platforms of social media. A clip shared on Twitter by IAS officer MV Rao features a child attempting to climb a pillar. Though he slips several times, the little one makes it to the top and remembers to celebrate the achievement as soon as he hits the ground. The caption to the video reads, “This kid is my guru.” Within 24 hours of being uploaded, the clip has garnered over 117k views. While several users mistook the child in the clip to be a girl, some in the comment section soon identified the kid as Arat Hosseini, a Liverpool Academy footballer. Arat is no stranger to social media and videos of his exercises and stunts performed under the supervision of his father have made a mark with Internet users. This Kid is my Guru pic.twitter.com/eiUPxxLzzG — Dr. M V Rao, IAS (@mv...