Turkish drama series Ertugrul Gazi chronicling the life of the Muslim warrior will be aired in Pakistan on PTV from the start of Ramazan. The 179-episode drama series—whose original title is Dirilis: Ertugrul—has been dubbed into Urdu and will be aired on the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The episodes will be aired daily at 9:10pm, with repeat runs during the day.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to launch an investigation into Pakistan’s flour and sugar crises. The approval for the investigation was granted during a meeting of the bureau’s executive board on Tuesday. All aspects of the flour and sugar crises will be investigated, the bureau said in a statement.
US crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63 a barrel. Traders sold heavily because of rapidly filling storage space at the key Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery point. The May U.S. WTI contract fell $55.9, or 306 per cent, to settle at a discount of $37.63 a barrel after touching an all-time low of -$40.32 a barrel.
The organisers of the Lux Style Awards announced that they have decided to cancel the event this year and redirect the funds to coronavirus relief. According to a statement on their website, they said that they will give the show funds to partner with Aakhuwat Foundation.in order to support the impacted members of their entertainment industry.
Pakistani truck drivers stuck in Afghanistan for more than 1.5 months were brought back into the country through the Pak-Afghan Chaman border on Monday. The drivers were allowed to cross the border under strict SOPs issued by the government. They will be shifted to the quarantine centre at the border and will be tested for the coronavirus there.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has agreed to the demand of Islamic clerics to defer the utility bills of all mosques, imambargahs, madrassas and other places of worship. It was announced by Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, the special assistant to the PM for information and broadcasting. The decision was taken in the light of the coronavirus. She said the government was also aware of the academic loss of madrassa students amid coronavirus.
Actress Meera has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to arrange for her repartition as she is left helpless in New York where coronavirus has taken thousands of lives. In a video message, Meera said that her Chinese cameraman has died and she is stranded without help from anyone. Meera, a month earlier, had gone to America for the shooting of her film “Long Distance”.
Europe began preparing for a slow reopening as United States epicenter New York reported headway Sunday in their battle against the deadly pandemic. Governments across the world are now debating how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity confined to their homes and crippled the global economy. Europe saw encouraging signs with Italy, Spain, France and Britain showing drops in daily death tolls and slowing infection rates.
WhatsApp seems to be planning to increase the number of users in group audio and video calls. WhatsApp Beta watchers claim to have discovered a revealing string of code in the app’s Android beta version 2.2.128. Beta apps are just some trial versions of the actual WhatsApp version. This development is most likely prompted by a sudden, sharp rise in video calling during the pandemic.
The cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency has arrested two ATM hackers in Islamabad on Sunday. According to the FIA officials, they recovered thumb impressions of over 4,500 people in their laptop and a money transfer application in their cellphones. The officials said that the suspects had 10 cellphones and 13 sim cards which were being used for unlawful activities.