Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan’s funeral prayers were offered in absentia in Berlin Germany. Large number of leaders of Islamic Movement of Berlin, community leader Sheikh Salahuddin, prominent businessmen and members of the community attended the funeral.
Amir Khalid Mahmood of Islamic Movement of Berlin led the funeral prayers and said that Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan was proud of Pakistan. His services to country are unforgettable. He was the ambassador of Islam and Pakistan.
Ansar Butt, organizer of Pakistan Muslim League-N Youth Wing Europe, said that death of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has created an atmosphere of grief and sorrow not only in the country but also in the Muslim Ummah.
Chairman of Pakistan German Press Club and social figure Zahoor Ahmed said that there are few sincere peoples in Pakistan and Mohsin-e-Pakistan Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan was at the top. Due to ruler’s wrong policies, Dr. Abdul Qadir had to spend the last days of his life in agony.
Abid Baloch, President of Pakistan Peoples Party Youth Wing Berlin, said that today Pakistan has lost another benefactor. After Abdul Sattar Edhi, heart is saddened today. At last, prayers were offered for the survival and security of Islamic world and Pakistan.
According to Al-Arabiya news, Bahrain staged its first Jewish wedding in over half a century last weekend as the son of the country’s first Jewish diplomat was married in a luxury hotel. Bahrain is one of the countries to have signed the Abraham Accords, a series of international agreements that paved the way for normalized relations with Israel.
The event at the Ritz Carlton Manama, ordained by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), was also the first strictly kosher wedding in the Kingdom’s history and was arranged by the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest kosher certification agency. Ambassador Houda Nonoo hailed the monumental event that was officiated by Rabbi Elie Abadei from the AGJC.
AGJC Rabbi Dr. Eli Abadie said: “This wedding was even more significant as it was the first Jewish wedding in more than half a century in the GCC’s only indigenous Jewish community. I was honored to officiate the wedding. It is so fulfilling for me to see a resurgence of Jewish life in this region.”
Ambassador Houda Nonoo, the former Bahraini Ambassador to the US, tweeted about the wedding noting that the couple who got married is her son and daughter-in-law.
Yesterday was historic as we celebrated the first Jewish wedding in #Bahrain in 52 years! While I know that every mother thinks their child’s wedding is monumental, this one truly was! it’s very hard to find adequate words to describe how much it means for it to be my son pic.twitter.com/Lbb8w8TOqW
The wedding follows a series of Jewish lifecycle events in Gulf Arab countries that were previously hostile to Israel, including a bat mitzvah in Oman and a pre-Pesach seder involving the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
The Abraham Accords have seen Israel establish diplomatic relations with several Arab countries for the first time. In addition to Bahrain and the UAE, Sudan and Morocco have taken steps to build closer ties. Israel formally opened offices in Bahrain last month and in Morocco in August in the latest enlargement of its diplomatic network after the Abraham Accords were signed last year.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $120 million investment in the renovation of the Brownsville Multi-Service Center into a state-of-the-art girls’ empowerment center and community hub for east Brooklyn.
On the occasion of International Day of Girl Child, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said he feels proud to fulfill the promise and it will be a powerful step toward building a recovery for all of us.
“There’s no better investment for our future than giving girls a safe, positive, and engaging place to learn and grow. I’m proud to deliver on that promise today,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “This center will build the next generation of leaders in Brownsville and across our city, and it’s a powerful step toward building a recovery for all of us.”
Deputy Mayor Phillip Thompson said that “This center will be an anchor institution where girls grow into women who are innovators of progress in their community.”
Along with the NYC Mayor, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke will also invest another $8 million in the facility. Addressing the event Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke thanked the NYC Mayor to hear plead on investment and the establishment for the center.
“It is with this history in mind, that we thank Mayor de Blasio for partnering with me and my colleagues Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuels and Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, to put forth $128-million total to transform the Brownsville Multi-service center, into a state-of-the-art girls’ empowerment center and community hub focused on supporting nonprofit organizations that uplift our community through the Arts, Physical Fitness and STEM disciplines,” Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.
The Brownsville Girls Empowerment Center will be modeled after the Lower East Side Girls Club of New York (LESGC). The City will partner with LESGC to support program implementation in the new site. The current building will transform into a center for science, technology, art, dance, and cultural programming for young girls across the borough. City officials will engage with the Brownsville community throughout the design-build process. Construction on the new site will begin in 2024.
Bazm Sana Mustafa USA organized a women’s Milad in New Jersey, which began with the recitation of Holy Quran and offering Hamd.
Raheela Firdous congratulated the participants for the month of Rabi-ul-Awal and thanked the audience for their participations. The stage was beautifully decorated with Masjid-e-Nabawi background and flowers for the milad. Drood-o-salam were offered to Last of the Prophets, Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).
Consul General Pakistan in New York Ayesha Ali specially attended the Milad. Bazm Sana Mustafa USA founder Raheela Firdous said that she has been hosting this blessed ceremony for the last 18 years.“We are always striving to promote Naat Khawani in the US through this platform and introduce new women and girls to Naat Khawani in these programs,” she added.
The teachings of Sira-e-Taiba in Urdu and English speeches were introduced during Milad ceremony. The recitation of Naat’s for the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) keep the participants attracted and becomes center of attention. The distinguished women of Pakistani community expressed their happiness over the commencement of this auspicious occasion and offered Salam to the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him).
Council General Ayesha Ali emphasized the importance of holding such Milad, far away from homeland. At last of the program host, Raheela Firdous, offered a heartfelt prayer to Almighty Allah for repentance from sins and especially salvation from Pandemic Covid-19.
Special prayers were also offered for the highest ranks in Jannah and for soul of Mohsin-e-Pakistan, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. Tabaruk were distributed at the end of Milad ceremony.
A mourning procession was found in Hicksville area of Long Island on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala. The procession was attended by a large number of mourners including youth, men and women, children and the elderly, while members of the Ahl-e-Sunnat school of thought also took part in the processions,demonstrating the unity of the Muslims and said that the love of Ahlul Bayt always keeps a person alive.The mourners carried Shabeeh in red, green and black colors in their hands during processions. The mourners also carried placards with the words, “Husseinism is a message of oppression, standing up against falsehood, supporting the oppressed and humanity.” The scholars said that eternal sacrifice made by martyrs of Karbala for the sake of Islam will never be forgotten in the world. The procession follows its prescribed course, but ends peacefully at its destination. At last of the procession, prayers were offered for the progress, stability and prosperity of Islamic world.
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and her husband Mehmood Choudhary have been blessed with the baby boy. The first grandchild of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (late) and Former President Asif Ali Zardari was born on October 10. The baby, according to Bakhtawar’s official Twitter account, was born on October 10. On Instagram, she posted a picture of a neonatal care unit at a UAE hospital, indicating that the baby was born in the Gulf state.
Right after the news broke out, PPP leadership, party workers, and different political parties congratulated the new parents. And the tweet was shared on different social media networks where folks are eager to know the name of Bakhtawar’s newborn.
People are congratulating the new parents, there is also a question rising in the heads of the folks about the surname of the baby. Some people also comment on the news asking that will he be the Zardari, Bhutto, or Choudhary?
Former Prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto Shaheed and former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and her husband Mahmood Choudhry have welcomed a baby boy! Bakhtawar share a post on a social media and announced her first baby boy.
Bakhtawar wrote and share on her tweet that
We are happy to announce the Birth of our baby boy.
APNA (Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America), an organization of Pakistani-American doctors, paid tribute to the frontline workers for their services that saved lives of patients from Covid-19 by risking their lives during global Corona pandemic.
The New York Chapter of the APPNA held the Annual Gala in recognition of doctor’s services who served on frontline during the global pandemic Covid 19. The ceremony began with the national anthem.The event was attended by a large number of association members including Pakistani Ambassador Dr. Asad Majeed Khan, Consul General Ayesha Ali, Pakistani actress Reema Khan and her husband Dr. Syed Tariq Shehab.
While addressing the participants, Ambassador of Pakistan Dr. Asad Majeed Khan said that the assistance provided by US to Pakistan in the form of vaccine during Corona pandemic will always be remembered in the history of humanitarianism and services. Ambassador also added that Pakistan is actually one of the largest recipients of covid vaccines that the US has very generously contributed to Pakistan both through the covax program and also through bilateral channels and the total number is close to around 23 million vaccines probably.Pakistani actress Reema Khan and her husband Dr. Tariq Shehab spoke on the occasion after receiving awards and said that New York City has seen the worst days of Corona pandemic, but the medical staff services during those difficult times can never be forgotten.Dr. Shehab also added that I actually salute you the NY physicians because NY was hit badly and you get the salute and I applaud for yours. This award for you!
Meanwhile Reema khan added that Tariq and I, we both tried to do our level best to do something for humanity especially for people of Pakistan and Pakistani community living in abroad because we have firm believe on that to do good with humanity through your ups and deeds live for others and you will never die.APPNA association members and doctors serving in various hospitals shared their experiences with the participants. “Everyone loved their lives during Corona pandemic, but the way doctors and paramedics put their lives on the front line to save the lives of patients is an incomparable example”.
At last, APPNA presented awards and appreciation certificates to the doctors in recognition of their services. The event committee also thanked Dr. Pervez Iqbal, Head of APPNA Ladies Wing Dr. Sadia, Dr. Arif Ibrahim and Dr. Sabat.
Commendation ceremony of Pakistan International Nasiriyah School held in the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh, 55 students secured positions in the annual matriculation and interculation examinations with more than one thousand marks.
Syeda Maimona Fatima secured first position, Muhammad Saleh Siddiqui second and Masooma Sajid and Bushra Moazzam secured third position. Apart from all the other successful students, Ambassador of Pakistan Lt. Gen. (retd) Bilal Akbar distributed honorary shields and certificates and encouraged the students.
On the occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan Bilal Akbar said that children studying abroad are our assets. They will surely be able to serve the country and the nation in a better way to going forward.
Ambassador also recalled the Mohsin-e-Pakistan Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and appreciated his services and informed the children about his personality.
Retired Admiral Naeem Akhtar, school Principal, said that a large number of children have secured good positions this year as compared to previous years. In addition to children’s hard work, it also includes parents and teachers guidance.
Education Advisor Pakistani Schools Nadir Alam said that there are ten Pakistani community schools in Saudi Arabia which have been providing education to students for the last four decades.
The Saudi government is also awarding scholarships to Pakistani students and it will further improve the situation. The students who succeeded in the event also expressed their gratitude’s happiness.
According to the Emirates News Agency, UAE authorities seized half a ton of cocaine worth more than $136 million, Dubai police said on Sunday, in one of the biggest drug busts in the Gulf country. The Dubai Police has recently thwarted a smuggling attempt of 500 kilograms of pure cocaine into the country for selling and promoting purposes, in an operation codenamed ‘Scorpion’. The narcotics, worth more than AED 500 million (US$136m), were well-hidden within the structure of a cargo container.
According to Dubai Police, the operation is the region’s largest drug seizure, as it resulted in the arrest of a Middle Eastern gang member operating as an intermediary inside the country for an international drug syndicate and the seizure of drugs he possessed.
Brigadier Eid Mohammed Thani Hareb, Director of Anti-Narcotics Department at Dubai Police, said they had placed the suspect under close surveillance round the clock before they raided his place and made the arrest.
“We received a security tip on an international drug syndicate attempting to smuggle a huge amount of pure cocaine hidden in a cargo container into a seaport with the assistance of a Middle Eastern accomplice in the emirate,” Brig. Hareb revealed.
“An investigating team was immediately formed to verify and respond to the security tip” they monitored the suspect’s movements until he received the expected narcotics shipment. Once the shipment arrived, the suspect transported the illegal drugs to another emirate and stored them in a warehouse with the aim of selling and promoting the harmful toxins, Brig. Hareb added.
Colonel Khalid bin Muwaiza, Deputy Director of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics, revealed the raid’s details and explained that the suspect had rented an SUV and bought angle grinders and other cutting tools to unload the container.
“At the zero hours, our officers raided the warehouse, caught the man red-handed, and seized the narcotics,” Col. bin Muwaiza added.
He confirmed that the suspect, who has a criminal record in his country, has confessed to the crime and was referred to the Public Prosecution for further legal action.
The United Arab Emirates, made up of seven emirates including Dubai, has a zero-tolerance policy towards drug possession. Drug smugglers face possible death sentences in the UAE but in practice, executions are rare.
A Teacher allegedly pulled off a 2nd grader’s hijab in front of her class on Wednesday at Seth Boyden Elementary school. A New Jersey school district is investigating an incident and the case now has executive director of The Council on American-Islamic Relations of New Jersey, as well as hundreds of others, calling for that educator to be fired.
According to NBC New York, the girl’s mother and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, from Maplewood, made the allegations about a Seth Boyden Elementary school teacher in a social media posts on Thursday, saying that the teacher told the young girl that her hair was beautiful and she did not have to wear hijab to school.
Ibtihaj Muhammad, photo courtesy, Ibtihaj FB page
“The young student resisted, by trying to hold onto her hijab, but the teacher pulled the hijab off, exposing her hair to the class,” Olympic fencer wrote in her Instagram post.
NBC also reported that fencer said that “Imagine being a child and stripped of your clothing in front of your classmates. Imagine the humiliation and trauma this experience has caused her. This is abuse. Schools should be a haven for all of our kids to feel safe, welcome and protected no matter their faith,” she added. “We cannot move toward a post-racial America until we weed out the racism and bigotry that still exist in all layers of our society. By protecting Muslim girls who wear hijab, we are protecting the rights of all of us to have a choice in the way we dress.”
Executive director, Selaedin Maksut, of the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, on Friday called for the “immediate termination” of the teacher.
“Racist teachers like this cannot be trusted around our children,” Maksut tweeted.
Absolutely unacceptable. Teacher pulls off 7 year old’s hijab…in front of the class.
Our @CAIRNJ office is calling for immediate termination.
Racist teachers like this cannot be trusted around our children.
According to US NJ.com media reports, Ron Ricci, a Totowa attorney says he represents the teacher, told NJ Advance Media “the allegations posted by the Olympic fencer are 100 percent untrue.”
Muhammad did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NJ Advance Media. Her Facebook post names the teacher and a Change.org petition created to call for firing of educator had more than 900 signatures by Friday morning.
According to NJ.com spokeswoman for the district, Anide Eustache, released a statement on Friday acknowledging that a discrimination allegation was being taken seriously and that district officials are investigating.
“We were alerted to social media posts related to the allegations. Social media is not a reliable forum for due process and the staff member(s) involved are entitled to due process before any action is taken,” the statement said.
The district would not elaborate beyond the statement, saying “we must abide by our legal obligations to keep personnel and student matters confidential.”
“We will utilize the existing district due process mechanisms to ensure fair and just outcomes based upon the results of our investigation,” the statement said. “Any decision or outcome related to this will be reserved for after the completion of the investigation.”
Pakistani drama actress Sarah Khan’s first Instagram post with newborn daughter Alyana has received enormous love from her fans and the video clip has reaped over one million views instantly.
The actor turned to the Facebook-owned app and shared her first post with the newborn Alyana. Sarah shared the sweet video with the daughter along with a heartfelt note for her. The renown actor said,
The appealing post has reaped over 1.2 million views shortly after she posted it. Fans and fellow showbiz stars also took an opportunity to congratulate their favorite drama actress on the birth of her daughter.
Sarah and Falak Shabir, was tied the knot in July 2020 and welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on Friday, October 8.
Founder of Pakistan nuclear programme Dr. Abdul Qadeer khan has passed away at age of 85 in KRL Hospital, Islamabad on Sunday morning. His Namaz-i-Janaza will be offered at Faisal Mosque in Islamabad today.
Dr. AQ Khan’s health started deteriorated Saturday night, after which he was brought to the KRL Hospital Sunday morning in an ambulance at around 6:00 am where doctors tried to save the nuclear scientist but he breathed his last at 7:00am.
Pakistan’s nuclear hero had received a number of awards including Nishan-i-Imtiaz twice and Hilal-i-Imtiaz. He paid tribute to the nuclear scientist by saying that he played a key role in making Pakistan invincible.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed showered praise on the scientist, adding that all necessary arrangements were taken to save Dr. Qadeer’s life.
Rasheed confirmed that the government will accord a state funeral to the scientist in recognition of his services for Pakistan.
The interior minister said Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan had helped him a lot in educational activities, adding that he had remained a visionary leader in times when Pakistan was going through a sensitive time.
“He is indeed the Mohsin-e-Pakistan,” said Rasheed.
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan became a national hero overnight, not only in Pakistan but in the Islamic world as well, when in May 1998 Pakistan gave a befitting response to India by conducting its nuclear tests.
Following the tests, Pakistan became the sole nuclear power in the Muslim world and the seventh country to possess nuclear weapons. Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have kept Indian aggression in check.
President Dr. Arif Alvi, Former chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, Asad Umer, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and many other expressed sadness at his death in his tweet.
Europe’s largest mosque, the Eyup Sultan Mosque, built by Turkey in Strasbourg, France, has received a threatening letter declaring war.
The letter threatened to kill the chairperson of the Islamic organization that built the mosque and to bomb the under construction mosque, saying “prepare well, revenge begins.”
We are against mosques and will target them with major attacks. The anonymous letter also states that there is no place for Islam in France and Muslims living in the country have to choose between their religion or France. We are sure that the majority will choose Islam.
Then why are you peoples living in France? The Sultan Mosque under construction in France will be completed by the end of the year. The interior of the mosque has a capacity of two and a half thousand worshipers, while the outer part also can accommodate another two and a half thousand worshipers. In addition, the mosque premises will have a museum, library and restaurant.
A suspect in the Minar-e-Pakistan harassment incident has alleged that Tiktoker Ayesha Akram wanted to extort money from those named in the case.
Rambo, who was detained by Lahore Police a day earlier, told media during a court appearance on Saturday that he had tried to save Ayesha’s life. “This is how one is repaid for saving someone’s life. The lesson here is that one should not help anyone.”
He alleged that Ayesha wanted to take Rs500,000 from each of the suspects in the case.
“When I tried to convince her not to do so, she used foul language and threatened me that if I did not accept her demands, I may have to face jail,” he further alleged.
Yesterday, eight more suspects were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in the case after the victim issued a new statement on Friday.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shariq Jamal Khan said that the detained suspects include the victim’s fellow TikTokers Rambo and Amir Sohail, along with six others.
He said that the victim, Ayesha Akram, had nominated Rambo and 12 others in the statement, holding them responsible for the incident.
It must be noted that Rambo is the person who was seen defending Ayesha in numerous videos following the incident going viral.
According to the police, 104 suspects initially taken into custody for allegedly assaulting Ayesha, six have so far been identified by the victim, while three have confessed to the crime.
The suspects identified include Shehryar, Mehran, Abid, Arsalan, Sajid, and Iftikhar.
Later, a local court ordered the release of the rest of the 98 suspects, as Ayesha could not identify them during an identity parade.
According to Al-Arabiya News, the head of the Diriyah Development Company, Jonathan Timms, revealed the establishment of a factory in the north of the capital, Riyadh, to produce 180 million bricks of clay, in order to build the largest mud city in the world in Diriyah.
Timms said that construction work on the “Al-Dariyah Gateway” was underway, using hand-made clay bricks. It is being built in the same way as it was built in the kingdom 300 years ago. This gateway will be the main gate of the largest mud city in the world.
According to Al-Arabiya News Channel, Timms added that there will be a total of 38 hotels in Al-Dariyah, of which 25 are included in the gateway project. Their construction will be completed by 2024. In addition, there will be 6 main museums in Al-Dariyah.
In addition, the Gateway project will include a central retail business project on Al-Dariyah Square, the Education Academy, King Salman University, and other projects and ancillary facilities.
Arms Manufacturers International Exhibition begins in Czech Republic. Three Pakistani armaments companies, including Global Industries and Defense Solutions from Pakistan’s Defense Industry, were participating in the IDET.
Pakistani stalls are the center of attention, while European countries are also showing interest in Pakistani arms manufacturing companies.
Asad Kamal, CEO GIDS
Asad Kamal, CEO, Global Industries and Defense Solutions, said: “It is very praise worthy that we have come to Central and Eastern European countries to introduce our defense technology”.
Earlier Pakistan used to get defense technology from Europe but in the last five years Pakistan has made a lot of progress in the field of defense and today we are offering defense technology to Europe.
At least 50 people were killed in a bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Friday, in the latest violence to rock the country since the Taliban takeover in August.
“We have received more than 90 wounded patients and 50 dead bodies, but the number will change. We are still receiving more people,” said a Doctors Without Borders, hospital worker, who did not want to be named.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had earlier said an unknown number of people had been killed and injured when “an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite compatriots” in Kunduz.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group, bitter rivals of the Taliban, has claimed similar recent atrocities.
According to News agency, Residents of Kunduz, the capital of a province of the same name, blast hit a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers, the most important of the week for Muslims.
Zalmai Alokzai, a local businessman who rushed to Kunduz Provincial Hospital to check whether doctors needed blood donations, described horrific scenes.
“I saw more than 40 dead bodies,” he told foreign news agency. “Ambulances were going back to the incident scene to carry the dead.”
An international aid worker at the MSF hospital in the city told news agency there were fears the death toll could rise.
“Hundreds of people are gathered at the main gate of the hospital and crying for their relatives but armed Taliban guys are trying to prevent gatherings in case another explosion is planned,” he said.
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan bail plea was rejected by a Mumbai court on Friday.
The star, who is currently in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), was arrested, with several others, after found to be in possession of drugs.
Earlier it was reported that Aryan became very emotional after meeting his father Shah Rukh Khan for the first time in custody.
According to Indian News paper Times of India, Shah Rukh Khan sought NCB’s permission for meet with his son.
Sources have revealed that the he has been a consumer of drugs for the past four years. In addition it was reported that he was crying “inconsolably” during NCB’s interrogation.
According to bureau officials, “shocking, incriminating material” was also found on Aryan’s phone. Other accused include Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha.
The Brooklyn District Attorney and New York City Investigation Department have arrested more than half a dozen contractors.
According to Brooklyn District Attorney and New York City Investigation Department, the contractors have been arrested on charges of bribing New York City Housing Authority officials to obtain public housing contracts in Brooklyn.
Nine contractors reportedly appeared before authorities last week. One contractor tried to bribe New York City Public Housing Authority officials to obtain a contract, after which an “undercover” investigation was launched.
Brooklyn district attorney has said that arrested contractors if convicted, could face up to seven years in prison. These contractors belong to the Sikh community.
According to CNN, a 2,700-year-old toilet has been found during archaeological excavations of a former royal mansion in Jerusalem.
Dating from the end of the 7th century BCE, the private toilet cubicle was unearthed in the remains of the building, which overlooks the City of David archaeological site and the Temple Mount, according to a press release from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), published Wednesday.
The royal estate operated at the end of the Kings of Judah period, according to the IAA, before Israel was crushed by the Assyrians.
Hewn from stone, the bathroom is a rectangular cabin with a carved toilet that stood over a deep septic tank. “The toilet, made of limestone, is designed for comfortable sitting, with a hole in the center,” the IAA wrote.
Yaakov Billig, director of the excavation for the IAA, said private toilet cubicles were very rare in antiquity, and only a few have been found.
“In fact, only the rich could afford toilets,” Billig said in the press release. “A thousand years later, the Mishnah and the Talmud raised various criteria that defined a rich person, and Rabbi Yossi suggested that to be rich is ‘to have the toilet next to his table,’” he added.
The septic tank beneath the toilet contained a large amount of pottery and animal bones, according to the IAA, which were collected along with the soil fill.
At the wider excavation site, archaeologists discovered stone capitals in a style typical of the period, and small columns that were used as railings for windows.
The team also found evidence that there was a garden near the toilet, with ornamental trees, fruit trees, and aquatic plants, adding to the impression that an extensive palace stood on the site, according to the press release.
Israel has long been a rich source of archaeological finds. In April, a well-preserved 1,600-year-old mosaic was unearthed by archaeologists working in the Israeli city of Yavne.
A prominent social and literary figure Dr. Muhammad Shafiq Khattak, of the Pakistani American community in New York. His youngest and only son’s Rehan Gul Shafiq, passed away two days ago.
Funeral prayers were offered at the Hillside Islamic Center in the presence of a large number of local dignitaries and members of the community. Every eye was teared on the occasion. Later, He was buried in the Washington Memorial Cemetery on Long Island.
The community has expressed deep sorrow and grief to Dr. Shafiq over the death of his young son. The entire Pakistani community prayed for the forgiveness of the late Rehan Gul Shafiq and may Allah grant Dr. Shafiq patience.
Earlier, Prominent social figure of Pakistani-American community and senior member of PTI New York, Syed Wasim’s mother Khadija Khatoon passed away on Monday 4th of September at the age of 82 in New York
Comedy King Omar Sharif’s funeral prayers were offered in his hometown Karachi and he was laid to rest at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi as per his wish.
Omar Sharif’s body wrapped in national flag and brought from Edhi mortuary to his residence located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Strict security arrangements were made and police personnel and traffic police personnel were deployed. The ambulance carrying Omar Sharif’s body was showered with flower petals.
According to police, more than 200 personnel led by two DSPs were deployed for the security of the funeral, walk-through gates were installed at the main gate of the park and generators and echo sound were installed in the park.
A thorough search was also conducted by the Bomb Disposal Squad in Omar Sharif Park. After the funeral prayers, Omar Sharif’s body was taken to the premises of Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine where he was buried.
Political and social personalities including Governor Sindh Administrator Sindh Murtaza Wahab MQM restoration Committee’s Farooq Sattar Sindh Government Opposition Leader Khurram Sher Zaman Sindh Government Information Minister Saeed Ghani and other leaders including a large number of fans and people attended the funeral. Omar Sharif’s funeral prayer was offered by Bashir Farooqi of Saylani Trust while the depressed scenes made everyone sad.
Condolences were also offered from several Bollywood artist, Leading Indian comedian Kapil Sharma is one of the fans of Omar Sharif and tweeted that Alvda Legend May your soul rest in peace.
While talking to Pakistan new channel leading Indian comedian Johnny Lever said, “When such people die? What about said such legendary people? He was great artists. praise to him.”
Singer and actor Ali Zafar tweeted, “Complete loss of words on passing away of the legendary Umar Sharif sahab. May Allah grant him the highest place in Jannah and give his family peace. Ameen.”
Complete loss of words on passing away of the legendary Umar Sharif sahab. May Allah grant him the highest place in Jannah and give his family peace. Ameen.
Faisal Qureshi took to Instagram and said, “Heartbroken to receive the devastating news of our very own king of comedy #UmerSharif. He was a true gem in our industry and nothing short of a legend amongst us. May Allah grant him the highest place in Jannah. Praying for his family during this difficult time.”
Asad Siddiqui said, “The legend!! The king of comedy!! He will always be remembered. He’s the reason where so many comedians are standing right now. No words!! #omarsharif #kingofcomedy #legend”
Humayun Saeed tweeted “Deeply saddened to learn about Umer Sharif sb. He was without any doubt the ultimate comedy king. May Allah bless his soul. We will miss you Umer bhai”.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Deeply saddened to learn about Umer Sharif sb. He was without any doubt the ultimate comedy king. May Allah bless his soul. We will miss you Umer bhai! pic.twitter.com/2EUOv9FmNk
An international pharmaceutical company Merck has developed a capsule to protect against the coronavirus and its associated disease, Covid 19, which can reduce the severity of the disease and reduce hospital admissions and mortality rates.
In Phase Two Clinical Trial, the capsule was successfully tested in 775 volunteers from the US and other countries who were infected with the coronavirus. All volunteers were given the capsule twice a day, for five consecutive days. None of the volunteers who used it reached the hospital or died of the coronavirus.
Merck says it has the first antiviral pill found to be effective against Covid. The capsule is also effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, which is currently the leading cause of the Covid 19 global epidemic, according to a Merck & Co. press release.
Merck has also asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the capsule on an emergency basis.
According to Associated Press, United States District Court in northern California ordered Tesla Inc. to pay over $137 million in damages to a Black former employee on Monday, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal.
Owen Diaz alleged in a lawsuit that he was harassed and faced daily racist epithets, including the N-word while working at Tesla’s Fremont plant in 2015 and 2016 before quitting. Diaz was a contracted elevator operator. Diaz alleged that employees drew swastikas and left racist graffiti and drawings around the plant. He contended that supervisors failed to stop the abuse.
“Tesla’s progressive image was a façade papering over its regressive, demeaning treatment of African-American employees,” the lawsuit said.
A federal jury agreed that the employee had been subject to a racially hostile work environment and that Tesla had failed to take adequate measures to prevent Diaz from being racially abused, according to the report.
The jury awarded Diaz $6.9 in damages for emotional distress and $130 million in punitive damages, his attorney, Lawrence A. Organ, told the Washington Post.
The ruling comes as Tesla faces other racial discrimination complaints. Tesla has previously denied any knowledge of the alleged racist conduct at the plant, which has about 10,000 workers.
Earlier this year, the company had to pay $1 million to a Black former employee who had faced similar issues involving racism. That case was settled by arbitration, per company policy on resolving most employee disputes. Diaz’s case was not subject to arbitration and could take the case to federal court because he was employed as a contractor through a staffing agency.
It’s not yet clear whether Tesla will appeal the court’s decision. The settlement would be one of the largest ever paid out in a case involving racial discrimination at the workplace.
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Democratic Central Committee member Ayesha Khan announced the entry into the electoral process of District 44-B and House of Delegates at the insistence of the American community belonging to different schools of thought and race.
Large numbers, of democrats and Pakistani American participates and had a dinner.
While, in an exclusive interview with VOSA-Tv(Voice of South Asia), Ayesha Khan assured of her victory. Top US government officials have also ensured the success of Ayesha Khan and Patron Pew.
Leading personalities in the ceremony were Naeem Butt, Mirza Zulfiqar Kazmi, Raj Rathore, Moazzam Sahib Gulsher and a large number of women attended the Memorandum and District 44 and named the event to Ayesha Khan.
Elections to be held on June 2022, compared to other states, District 44 will set an example and resonate at the government level.
According to Down Detector, a website that monitors app outages in real-time, social media platform Facebook and its family apps were crashed and inaccessible for hours on Monday for thousands of users around the world.
Meanwhile, people who weren’t able to access all Facebook-owned apps rushed to Twitter, and within minutes Twitterati started to share their reactions to the “ordeal” and to troll Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Several of the reactions included hilarious rants and GIFs about the situation.
Social media platforms WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram responded to the global outrage, saying that they were working on fixing the outage. Taking to Twitter following the outage, WhatsApp tweeted that it is working to resolve the issue and asked users to be patient.
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After the most-used smartphone messaging application, WhatsApp, suffered an outage of hours, its CEO, Will Cathcart, announced the restoration of the messaging app, saying WhatsApp is “back up and running.”
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also reacted to the disruption of services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. He apologized to users of the services and announced the restoration of their operations.
Taking to Twitter, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer also offered an apology and in a later tweet, he announced the gradual restoration of Facebook.
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Facebook blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.
The company, in a blog post published late on Monday, did not specify who executed the configuration change and whether it was planned but said that its systems were back up and running. The company said it had “no evidence” that users’ data had been compromised during the outage.
As our platforms are coming back online, we wanted to share some more information about today’s outage and what caused it. https://t.co/JkZnn2I37g
Facebook, which is the world’s largest seller of online ads after Google, was losing about $545,000 in United States ad revenue per hour during the outage, according to estimates from ad measurement firm Standard Media Index. Facebook shares fell 5.5% in afternoon trading on Monday, inching towards its worst day in nearly a year. The social-media giant’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp was also down for over 35,000 users, while Messenger was down for nearly 9,800 users.
Meanwhile, the major social networking apps faced the major outage other social networking sites gain popularity as well. The messaging service Telegram went from the 56th most downloaded free app in the US to the fifth, according to specialist firm Sensor Tower. The encrypted messaging app Signal tweeted that “millions” of new users had joined, and added that it was “Signal and ready to mignal.”
Millions of new people have joined Signal today and our messaging and calling have been up and running but some people aren't seeing all of their contacts appear on Signal. We're working hard to fix this up.
Comedy king, legend comedy artist Omer Sharif’s funeral prayers were offered at local mosque in Nuremberg, Germany. A large number of Pakistani attended the funeral prayers. Funeral processions organized by Pakistani consulate and Pakistani community in Germany. Later community prayed for his forgiveness and high ranks.Earlier, Omer Sharif left for US by air ambulance last Tuesday for treatment. He was found unconscious when his air ambulance landed in Nuremberg, Germany, for refueling and staffing. Comedy king was immediately shifted to ICU in German hospital. Several test were conducted and acute Pneumonia was diagnosed after which antibiotics was given to him.
According to German doctors, unless we were satisfied we could not allow him to fly. Omer Sharif wife Zarien Omer also accompanied with him in air ambulance, while during treatment Omer was not survived and passed away at the age of 66 on Saturday morning.
His death certificate could not be issued due to holiday on Saturday and Sunday and he was kept in hospital morgue for two days. On Monday, his death certificate was issued after which his body was bathed and shrouded and then his funeral was held in the presence of a large number of community and fans in a local mosque.
According to sources his body will be sent to Pakistan by Turkish Airlines on Tuesday, which will reach on Wednesday while his wife travelled to Pakistan through Qatar airways.
The Chittagong Association, a representative body of Bangladeshi community, held its 16th annual Spring Festival in Brooklyn area of New York, The festival attended by a large number of Bangladeshi community and prominent Pakistani community figures.Artists participating in the festival performed the magic of their voices. Audience heard the song in their mother tongue in a foreign country; memories were refreshed.Various stalls were also set up at the festival, traditional and cultural costumes of Bangladesh were displayed, besides their traditional dishes, were on sale. Participants fully enjoyed the festival. The organizers presented awards in recognition of their services to Pakistani community NYPD, lieutenant Zaigham Abbas, PAYO’s lawyer, Ahmed and others. Pakistani community members thanked the Bangladeshi organization Chittagong Association and its entire community for inviting Pakistani community to the festival.
The launch ceremony of AIP-American Institute of Politics and Public Policy was organized by Naveed Claire in Dallas, Texas, a senior member of the American Institute of Politics and Public Policy (AIP), while Mubashir Warraich, senior leader of the AIP, briefed the audience about aims and objectives of the think tank. Chairman National Kashmir Committee Pakistan, Shahriar Khan Afridi is the chief guest while Democratic leader Tahir Javed from Houston, Chairman, Pak-US Business Forum Abdul Hafeez Khan, APPAC Texas Chairman Dr Amir Qureshi, Tarrant County Democratic Chairman Allison Campolo, President APNA Texas Dr Rizwan Khalid, President Pak-PAC Dr Rao Kamran and others were also present on the occasion. A large number of political and social personalities were also participated. While various candidates from Dallas and surrounding areas were also present in the event.Shahriar Khan Afridi, chairman of the National Kashmir Committee, said that more than 4.5 million Afghan refugees get asylum in Pakistan under the Islamic spirit. The government of Pakistan believes in humanity. Pakistan is backing several forces in the past during Afghan war and these forces blamed Pakistan for the situation. Pakistan has always wanted peace.Chairman National Kashmir Committee Pakistan further said that I am proud of this event today. Pakistani Americans living in US are emerging here in politics; you can’t get your point of view to the upper House without being part of the American political system. You also have to fight the Occupied Kashmir case.
“We supported the US in Afghan war and we suffered the most,” he added
Afridi further added that I also belong to the tribal area of Pakistan, and the country was the biggest victim of terrorism, more than 8 million innocent Pakistanis were the direct victim of terrorism, more than one and a half billion dollars direct economic losses and today fingers pointed towards Pakistan which is absolutely not right. Pakistan has always stood for peace and humanity, the state of Madinah is an example for all humanity.Houston Democratic Leader Tahir Javed addresses and praised the establishment of AIP and said that Pakistani Americans specially should have to take care of three things. First, register to vote so that you can practice constitutional right. Second, choose the right candidate so that your voice can reach to upper house. Third, if possible, contest elections and be a part of the system. Without these three things, we have no status here in US.
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