KARACHI: There is a handlebar-mustached thug in all of us – or so says local Android app developer Pawail Qaisar, the creator of a mindlessly addictive game centered around everyone’s current favourite, Shafeeq Gujjar aka Gullu Butt. “Everyone is frustrated in one way or another,” Pawail says, “There is a Gullu in all of us.”While we are hoping Pawail is wrong about there being a vandal in all of us, the 10,000 downloads of his game ‘Gullu’ trumpet the appeal of the Gullu Butt phenomenon.
Two killed as van plunges into river in Charsadda
PESHAWAR: At least two women were killed and a child went missing after a van travelling on Adezai bridge in Charsaddah’s Shabqadar tehsil plunged into the Kabul River. Sources said that the van, carrying 18 passengers, was enroute from Bajaur tribal region when it met with an accident. Emergency teams reached the spot and managed to rescue 15 passengers. The rescued passengers were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
China explores security cooperation with Pakistan, India: report
Beijing is exploring a trilateral security cooperation with its neighbouring countries India and Pakistan, said a report published on NDTV on Friday. Journalists representing the Global Times, an affiliate of the ruling Communist Party of China’s (CPC) People’s Daily publication group, paid a visit to Pakistan and sought views from scholars of Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) on a likely India-China-Pakistan trilateral cooperation.
Country needs long march for economic revival: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that under the prevailing circumstances, the country needs an industrial revolution and long march for economic revival. He was addressing a round table conference on “Improved access to health services”, organised by the Young Development Fellows (YDF) of the Planning Commission . The minister stressed the need for strengthening and stabilising the democratic political system and also emphasised continuity in developmental policies to achieve the desired results of these policies and reforms.
Three Pakistani soldiers honoured for services in First World War
Three Pakistani soldiers were among 175 men honoured in a ceremony held by the British government for winning UK’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, for services rendered in the First World War. The soliders include Sepoy Khudadad Khan, Jemadar Mir Dast and Naik Shahamad Khan. As part of the British government’s First World War Centenary Programme, HRH The Duke of Kent and Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi unveiled commemoration plaques for 175 foreign men.
PCB obtained significant gains at ICC meeting, Najam Sethi
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi said that Pakistan has made extraordinary significant gains at the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s annual meeting at Melbourne Thursday. All the three major concessions that PCB Chairman Najam Sethi was promised have been secured, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in statement issued here. After N. Srinivasan’s election as the first ICC Chairman in a landslide India has officially turned the MoUs signed earlier this year with regard to six rubbers between the two nations four of these to be hosted by the PCB in the UAE or Pakistan with mutual consent into binding agreements straightaway.
Suarez banned nine matches, four months over biting
RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA on Thursday banned Uruguay striker Luis Suarez for nine international matches and barred him from all football activities for four months for biting an Italian opponent. FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said the ban would be effective immediately, ruling him out of Uruguay´s World Cup second round match on Saturday. “Such behaviour cannot be tolerated, especially during World Cup,” Fischer said.
Pakistan urges Afghanistan to stop terrorists fleeing NWA: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday asked Afghanistan to take necessary measures on its side of the border to stop the fleeing terrorists from North Waziristan who seek sanctuary on Afghan soil.Foreign Office spokesperson Ms Tasnim Aslam in her weekly briefing said the purpose of the visit of special envoy Mehmood Khan Achakzai to Kabul was also aimed at seeking Afghan cooperation in management of the border.She said the visit of Afghan National Security Advisor Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta also aims to take the discussion forward on the matter.
Pakistani stocks end higher; rupee weakens
KARACHI: Pakistani stocks ended higher on Thursday, with the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange rising 0.71 per cent, or 207.19 points, to 29,188.53. Continuous foreign buying helped support the market and investors bought into the National Bank of Pakistan amid expectations of a better earnings announcement, said Samar Iqbal, a dealer at Topline Securities. Oil and Gas development Co Ltd rose 1.73 per cent to 245 rupees while National Bank of Pakistan was up 4.66 per cent at 63.05 rupees.
Imran directs Khattak to visit IDP camps on Nawaz’s invitation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday declined Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s invitation to visit camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from North Waziristan. Imran cited the party’s upcoming Bahawlpur rally as the reason for why he will not be able to visit the camps personally despite the prime minister’s invitation. Imran is expected to make the announcement regarding the PTI’s future course of action on its key demand for recounting of votes in four constituencies tomorrow (Friday).
