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Pakistani law not applicable to Hassan, Hussain: Marriyum Aurangzeb - Samaa TV. PML-N honors institutions: Daniyal Aziz - Samaa TV. I have no competition with Gauri Khan: Sussanne Khan - Samaa TV. NEWS DESK: Entrepreneur Sussanne Khan, the former wife of actor Hrithik Roshan, says there is no competition between her and Shah Rukh Khan’s wife, Gauri, when it comes to interior designing.
“I think Gauri Khan is my dear friend. I am really happy that she is doing very well,” Sussanne, who on Saturday attended an event, told reporters. “I think that when you’re friends you feel happy for the person, there is no competition, there is more love.” Both Sussanne and Gauri are passionate about interior designs and home decor, which has also become their professional interest. The two ladies had started a collaborative venture ‘The Charcoal Factory’ but the collaboration didn’t really work well and there was also news of a tiff between the two over the venture. Ex-husband Hrithik Roshan along with their children, Hrehaan and Hridaan, was spotted at the event.
Katrina Kaif is furious at Aamir Khan over this Bollywood actress - Samaa TV. If Indian media reports are to be believed, Katrina Kaif is quite furious at Dangal superstar Aamir Khan for paying more attention to their co-star Fatima Sana Shaikh for their upcoming flick Thugs of Hindostan.
Aamir Khan has worked with Katrina Kaif in Dhoom 3 while he has worked with Fatima Sana Sheikha for Dangal. While Katrina Kaif is the main female lead in Thugs of Hindostan, Aamir Khan is reportedly more occupied in mentoring Fatima Sana Shaikh. This has not turned out well for Katrina Kaif who is furious at Aamir Khan. The Bollywood actor has also provided more screen space to Fatima, another element which has not gone down well with Katrina Kaif. Thugs of Hindostan also stars Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan alongside the trio of Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh. Federal Budget 2017-18: 10 percent salary increase for govt employees. Federal budget 2017-18: Shah condemns use of force on protesting farmers. Share Video ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed strongly condemned the use of force by police on protesting farmers in Islamabad.
Speaking at the budget’s session on Friday, Khursheed Shah said that there were only 2000 to 3000 farmers who were demanding their rights. “Why were they baton-charged as they were protesting outside the Red Zone,” he questioned. He called for the government to accept the demands made by the farmers. “I want to raise my voice for farmers as I represent the opposition parties,” he said. Budget 2017: Sindh to allocate 28% for education. Dar to launch Economic Survey, pre-budget document today. ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, will formally launch the Economic Survey 2016-17 on Thursday.
The minister will share the key economic indicators and the performance of different sectors of the economy with the media here at a press conference. The Finance Minister will also provide an overview of the economic progress made in recent years in Pakistan, official sources said. He will highlight the main features of the comprehensive reforms agenda undertaken by the present government, which had resulted in macro-economic stability and a ten-year high growth rate of 5.28 per cent. The Finance Minister will present the budget for FY 2017-2018 on the floor of the National Assembly on Friday (May 26).
In his budget speech, the Finance Minister will provide details of the revenue, expenditure and relief measures envisaged for the next fiscal year. It will also highlight issues of environment, contingent liabilities, tax expenditure as well as economic and social indicators. Sindh health sector budget goes down the drain? Doctors seek meaningful increase in health budgets. KARACHI: Senior gynecologists and obstetricians have sought meaningful increase in the national and provincial health budgets during fiscal year 2017-2018.
Addressing a conference organised by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Pakistan (SOGP) they also demanded easy availability and access to family planning supplies across the country. Registering their serious concern about the current maternal mortality ratio of 276 per 100,000 live births, the experts sought urgency in strengthening of health, family planning, education and women development departments across the country. Dar to present Rs 4.8 trillion national budget on Friday. Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing launching ceremony of Pakistan Economic Survey 2016-17 in Islamabad on May 25, 2017.
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar will present the fifth Federal Budget of the ruling democratic dispensation with an estimated outlay of Rs 4.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2017-18 tomorrow (Friday). The National Assembly, already in session since May 23, will meet here at the Parliament House on Friday at 1600 hours, after a day break, for presentation of the federal budget. The budget will lend further focus towards improvement in economic growth, maintaining fiscal discipline, reducing non-development expenditures and boosting exports besides providing relief to the masses, promoting investment for job creation, treading the people’s friendly policies for over arching socio-economic prosperity.
Development funding for FATA has also been increased from Rs21 billion to Rs24.5 billion. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to present budget today at 4 pm. ISLAMABAD: Federal Budget for the fiscal year 2017-18 will be presented on Friday.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will present the budget in the National Assembly at four in the afternoon. The Finance Minister will also lay in the house papers containing the Supplementary Demands for Grants and Appropriations for the financial year 2016-2017. The Finance Minister will present a copy of the Finance Bill 2017 in the Senate seeking proposals and recommendations from the upper house. Meanwhile, talking to a TV channel, the Finance Minister said per capita income has increased due to effective economic policies of the present government. Report: New taxes in federal budget. Here’s the list of what’s costly after this budget. Economic Survey: Pakistan’s economy crossed $300b last FY. ISLAMABAD: The volume of Pakistani economy crossed the threshold of three hundred billion dollars during the outgoing financial year.
This was stated by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while launching the Economic Survey for 2016-17 in Islamabad on Thursday. Briefing the media about the performance of different sectors, the Finance Minister said that overall economic growth remained five point two eight percent which is the highest in the last ten years. He said the industrial sector contributed twenty one percent, agriculture twenty percent and services sixty percent to the GDP. Giving a breakdown, Ishaq Dar said that agriculture growth remained 3.46 percent, services 5.98 and industries 5.02 percent. Ishaq Dar said that six percent growth target has been set for the next financial year. Turning to the agriculture sector, the Finance Minister reminded that its growth remained 0.27 percent last year.
Under the Kissan package, he said the agriculture inputs including fertilizers were subsidized. Live Updates: Finance Minister presents Economic Survey 2016-17. Large scale manufacturing sector is on a positive trajectory while the construction industries witnessed a growth of 9.05 percent during the outgoing year: Economic Survey The GDP growth rate for next fiscal year has been set at 6% 3.4 percent increase recorded in electricity, gas supply in the existing fiscal year: Dar Economic growth rate remained 3 percent.
Inflation rate remained 4.09% while the volume of Pakistan’s economy surpassed $300 billion, he said. Panama probe: JIT summons Hussain Nawaz. ISLAMABAD: In connection with the Panama Papers case, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has called Hussain Nawaz Sharif, the son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
According to our correspondent, 18th meeting of the six-member JIT held today at Federal Judicial Academy Islamabad wherein the panel decided to summon Hussain Nawaz to inquire about Sharif Family’s assets in London and Qatar. However, the date of Hussain Nawaz’s appearance was not disclosed due to security reasons. In order to interrogate Nawaz Sharif, sources said, the JIT has drawn up list of questions, mostly regarding tax returns of London flats. The panel is also likely to call PM’s other son, Hassan Nawaz Sharif, and daughter Maryam Nawaz. Yesterday, Hussain Nawaz filed an application in the apex court expressing his reservations over two JIT members – Amer Aziz and Bilal Rasool, who respectively represent the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
New trailer for Game of Thrones released. Watch Video: Nadia Khan’s daughter assaulted by Hollywood Actor. Five siblings among 16 civilians killed in coalition strikes in Syria. Video: Donald Trump offers his hand to wife who slaps it away. Video: Drop scene of Indian girl’s wedding with Pakistani boy. PAF jets fly over Siachen. Ariana Grande returns to US following Manchester bombing. Ariana Grande returned to the United States on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the singer’s concert in Manchester, England, as questions lingered over whether she would continue her European tour. Grande, 23, was seen in photographs posted by Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper walking down the steps of a private plane at an airport in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, and being met by family members. The Daily Mail images showed the diminutive pop star dressed casually in sweats and appearing downcast as she greeted her boyfriend, the rapper Mac Miller, on the tarmac.
Grande had not been seen publicly since an explosion ripped through the packed Manchester Arena at the end of her performance there. Some of the 22 people who died in the attack were teens or young girls. Grande was apparently unharmed. Kulbhushan to be penalized as per law: Ahsan Iqbal. The female Muslim comic standing up to extremism. JAKARTA: Wearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as she reels off taboo-breaking jokes to laughter from a rapt audience. She is a rare character in Indonesia — a female Muslim stand-up using humour to challenge prejudice against women and rising religious intolerance. Despite resistance from those who believe a woman’s place is not on stage cracking jokes, even within her own family, the 34-year-old has forged ahead and is winning fans at home and abroad. In the country with the world’s biggest Muslim population, she does not shy away from sensitive subjects. Her jokes touch on topics ranging from Jakarta’s recent religiously-charged election — which saw the Christian incumbent ousted by a Muslim — to sex and alcohol.
“Hijab, niqab, burqa — it saves you from a bad hair day,” she said to laughter from the crowd in the Indonesian capital, a typical gag that gently pokes fun at her own religious customs. Video: Air Force chief flies fighter jet over Siachen. Watch – Dog interrupts female anchor in live broadcast. Manchester attack: Cannes festival to hold minute’s silence. CANNES: The Cannes film festival will hold a minute’s silence on its famed red carpet Tuesday for victims of the pop concert suicide bombing in the British city of Manchester, organisers said. “At 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) we will be at the top of the stairs to observe a minute of silence,” Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux said, adding that a fireworks display planned for the evening had been cancelled.
“I want to express our solidarity with the city of Manchester,” Fremaux said before a screening at the world’s biggest film festival. “We must show that we will not be bowed and that life will continue.” Video: Eyewitness accounts of Manchester blast. Video of deadly blast at Manchester Arena. Supporters of Islamic State celebrate Manchester attack. CAIRO: Islamic State supporters celebrated on social media on Tuesday after a blast at a concert venue in the north of England killed at least 19 people, although the militant Islamist group has not formally claimed responsibility.
British police have said they are treating the blast at the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande as a “terrorist incident”. More than 50 people were wounded. Twitter accounts affiliated to Islamic State have used hashtags referring to the blast to post celebratory messages, with some users encouraging similar attacks elsewhere.
Some messages described the attack as an act of revenge in response to air strikes in Iraq and Syria. “It seems that bombs of the British airforce over children of Mosul and Raqqa has just came back to #Manchester,” one user named Abdul Haqq said on Twitter, in reference to the Iraqi and Syrian cities held by the militants where a U.S. Saudi visit: Melania, Ivanka Trump’s outfits under media spotlight. 10 key points from Trump’s address to Muslim leaders. Share Video 1. Trump chose to make his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia since he wanted to deliver a message of peace and hope "I stand before you as a representative of the American People, to deliver a message of friendship and hope. Ivanka Trump says Saudi progress on women ‘encouraging’ WATCH: World leaders fall asleep during speeches by Trump, Saudi King.
Five drown in Karachi beaches. Malik criticizes Trump over not mentioning Pakistan’s sacrifices against terrorism. Annual National Harmony Workshop begins in Islamabad. 3 workers shot dead by militants in Turbat. Watch: AB de Villiers scores 24 runs off Dale Steyn over. Singapore car ‘vending machine’ dispenses with tradition. SINGAPORE: A vending machine that dispenses luxury cars to well-heeled buyers is the latest space-saving innovation in land-starved Singapore — just don’t try to shake it if it gets stuck.
Used car dealer Gary Hong has taken to displaying his wares in a glass-fronted, 15-storey building. Like choosing a chocolate bar, the buyer can see everything on display, before pressing some buttons and having their choice delivered. Hong, 45, said he got the inspiration for the new showroom during a trip with his four-year-son to buy toy cars. “From there I realised that the Matchbox arrangement is a mini version of our inventories that can be displayed and arranged nicely,” he told AFP. From the comfort of a plush sofa on the ground floor, potential buyers can order a Ferrari, Maserati or Lamborghini among other brands, all with the touch of a hand-held device.
But Hong said his unorthodox Sg$3.0 million ($2.15 million) solution can boost land use. Watch: Imran Khan’s views on Kulbhushan Jadhav case. PTI stages public meeting in Quetta today. Slight chances for sighting of Ramazan crescent on May 26: Met Dept. Asad Umar points finger at Nawaz-Jindal meeting over ICJ’s order. Salient features of Kulbhushan Jadhav case verdict. Watch Samaa for Kulbhushan Jadhav verdict. Veteran Indian actress passes away due to cardiac arrest.
Video: Irrfan Khan parodies ‘Bik Gayi Hai Gormint’ aunty. Hollywood honors ‘Alien’ filmmaker Ridley Scott. LOS ANGELES: “Alien” creator Ridley Scott said Wednesday he hoped to make movie-goers ponder life’s bigger questions through his latest contribution to the “Alien” sci-fi blockbuster franchise — but also to scare them senseless.
Daesh targeting minds of our youth: ISPR chief. UN court to rule on Kulbhushan facing execution. Karachi: Gas pipeline blown up Manghopir. Showtime for stars as Cannes film festival kicks off. Women wrestlers set to fire up intl event in Karachi. Misbah gets warm welcome on return. PTI protestors storm Pesco office in Peshawar. Share Video PESHAWAR: Irked by persistent loadshedding, overbilling and low voltage, dozens of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters besieged a local office of PESCO (Peshawar Electric Supply Company). Bearing scorching heat, the political workers were raising slogans against PESCO authorities, demanding end to power loadshedding in the city before Ramazan.
The enraged protestors also chanted slogans against Wapda authorities and the PML-N-led federal government for the unending loadshedding. The PTI activists were being led by local leaders, including MNA Ayesha Gulalai, who has been leading the protest campaign for last few weeks. WATCH: Imran Khan’s message for Balochistan. #MisYou: Pakistanis pay tribute to Misbah, Younis on Twitter. Easy way to get UAE visa for parents. Do’s and don’ts to avoid UAE visa ban. Fozia recovered in Khairpur operation. Why PIA crew taken in custody in UK? Political rivals set aside differences – in China. Watch: Mustafa Kamal’s arrest after violent clashes.
Opposition gets ready against government over Dawn Leaks. CJP takes notice of deaf girl’s rape in Nawabshah. Four FC men wounded in Mastung IED attack. Anti-polio campaign underway in country. Video: Woman constable takes bribe brazenly. Farewell to Pakistan’s top test scorer Younis Khan. Millions of PCs hit by formidable virus attack. Yemen declares state of emergency over cholera outbreak. Wall collapse kills 24 at Indian wedding. Sindh Govt announces holiday for educational institutes. WATCH: Sheikh Rasheed takes a U-Turn. WATCH: Citizens enjoy cone ice cream in summers. Video: Minister unaware of Bahria Town incident media coverage. Video: Brother of Junaid Jamshed voices dissatisfaction. Khalid Latif counsel levels serious allegation against PCB. Watch this amazing badminton point. Sheikh Rashid reacts to DG ISPR’s press talk. Latest Breaking News Pakistan, Globally & also Watch Live News. DG ISPR explains why Noreen Laghari was released. Dawn Leaks standoff dissolved as ISPR withdraws tweet.
ISPR boss to conduct vital press conference at 4pm today. Pakistan eye series win in Misbah, Younis farewell game. Qantas chief Alan Joyce hit with pie in his face. India reaches International Court of Justice for Kulbhushan. Woman confirmed dead in TV channel’s stage collapse. Video of Chinese woman about going into a PIA cockpit goes viral. Panama JIT to directly question Nawaz Sharif over Ishaq Dar affidavit. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s latest TVC for Pakistani brand causes outrage.
Nurse involved in kidney trade racket makes shocking disclosures. Power ministry claims no unscheduled load shedding in country. Video: Indian jawan falls in Wagah parade. Pakistan, Afghanistan to use Google Maps to settle border row. Video: Pictures of Indian girl’s daughter leaked. Pakistani couple jailed in UK for fraud.