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Prince Harry gets real about ‘getting his phone hacked’ by newspapers


November 21, 2020

Prince Harry opened up about having to deal with a situation wherein the press broke into his phone. The Duke of Sussex revealed that the incident made him highly suspicious and skeptical of his friends. He said he suffered “a complete breakdown in trust” as one of the impacts of the illegal means of getting access to his phone. Harry …

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Sam Smith opens up about being vilified after they came out as queer


November 21, 2020

English singer Sam Smith in a recent interview with CBS This Morning, shared how coming out as a queer has helped them explore their true self. “Queer people all around the world, we don’t identify within those two places. Gender, for me, has been nothing but traumatizing and challenging throughout my life,” Smith said. “It’s so hard to explain. I just feel …

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Amal Clooney jokes about being in same marriage as Meryl Streep and George Clooney


November 21, 2020

Amal Clooney quipped about being in the same marriage with Meryl Strep and George Clooney. She said this recently while accepting the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award by George’s ex-wife, Streep. “You are an inspiration as a woman, as an artist, as a press-freedom advocate,” Amal told Meryl in her virtual acceptance speech. “I know I can’t ever hope to …

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‘Simple, impactful’: Sanam Saeed on short film conceptualised around Lahore motorway rape


November 21, 2020

‘Akeli aurat zimmedari hai, mauqa nahin…’ (A lone woman is a responsibility, not an opportunity) This is the impactful statement made towards the end of Ab Buss, a short film starring Sanam Saeed, narrating the mental turmoil caused by the recent rape of a woman on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway. But many such statements have been made time and again, following the horrific …

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PTV to air another Turkish show after Ertuğrul on directives of PM Imran — this time about a Sufi poet


November 21, 2020

Remember when in May PTI Senator Faisal Javed Khan announced that Prime Minister would like another Turkish show to be aired in Pakistan? Well, it’s official: Yunus Emre: Aşkin Yolculuğu will be aired on state-run PTV Home. A trailer for the Urdu version, titled Raah-e-Ishq, is already out. But no date has been confirmed as to when it will air. The senator only tweeted that on …

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US State Dept lauds PM Imran Khan’s visit to Afghanistan


November 21, 2020

WASHINGTON: The US Department of State on Friday lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to Kabul and reiterated the importance of the cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a statement, the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) said it was “pleased to see PM Khan visiting Kabul to underscore Pakistan’s commitment to peace & to …

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Eight dead, 31 injured as barrage of rocket fire hits Afghanistan capital


November 21, 2020

At least eight people were killed and 31 wounded Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, officials said, marking the latest attack in an ongoing wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital. The rockets slammed into various parts of central and north Kabul — including near the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses embassies and …

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2,843 COVID-19 cases, 42 deaths reported in Pakistan: NCOC


November 21, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded fresh 2,843 COVID-19 cases and 42 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 42 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 7,603. 1,389 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with …

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Shahid Afridi to lead Pakistani-owned franchise in Lanka Premier League


November 21, 2020

Karachi: Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi will lead Pakistani-owned franchise ‘Galle Gladiators’ in Lanka Premier League, scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka from November 26 to December 17.  Afridi has replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as the franchise’s captain after the wicket-keeper batsman traveled with the national team to New Zealand to play Tests and T20Is. Afridi will leave for Sri …

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Campaign seeks to reopen Muhammad Ali museum


November 21, 2020

LOUISVILLE: A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Louisville, Kentucky. The nonprofit Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum is trying to raise $5.8 million that would be used to build a welcome center and for improving the grounds, creating community programmes as well …

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