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Waqas Dar

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  1. Waqas Dar
    جب سے یہ فاصلے بڑھائے ہیں
    آپ ہی آپ پاس آئے ہیں
    قاصدوں جان مانگ لو چاہے
    گر خبر آپ ان کی لائے ہیں
    ہم کو لکھا کہ جا چلا جا تو
    کیسے جائیں کہ تیرے سائے ہیں
    ایک میں ہی نہیں مکیں اپنا
    آپ مہمان بن بلائے ہیں
    خاک آئے کوئی حسین نظر
    آپ جب آنکھ میں سمائے ہیں
    آپ تو دے کے زخم بھول گئے
    ہم نے مرہم وہ سب بنائے ہیں
    عشق کے روگ نے ستایا تھا
    اب طبیبوں کے ہم ستائے ہیں
    آپ کو زندگی کہا کیونکہ
    زندگی کو بھی ہم نہ بھائے ہیں
    کون کافر کرے جفا ابرک
    وہ خیالوں میں مسکرائے ہیں
    مانتا ہوں وفا نہیں لازم
    خواب کیوں باوفا دکھائے ہیں

  2. Waqas Dar
    بھـــــــــر کے لایا تھا جو دامن میں ستارے صاحب 
    لے گیا لوٹ کے سب خواب  ہمـــــــــــــارے صاحب
    آپ آسودہ ہیں اس حلقـــــــــــہ ء یاراں میں تو پھر 
    یاد آئیں گے کہــــــــــــاں درد  کے مــــــارے صاحب
    ہجـــر میں سانس بھی رک رک کے چلا کرتی ھے 
    مجھ کو دے جائیں  نا کچھ سانس اُدھا رے صاحب
    کچھ خطاؤں کی ســـــــــزا عشق کی صورت پائی 
     ہم نے دنیا میں ہی کچھ قــــــــــرض اتا رے صاحب
    ہم جو نکلے کبھی بازار میں کاســــــــــــــہ لے کر 
     بھیک میں بھی تو ملے درد کے دھــــــا رے صاحب
    اب بھی جلتے ہیں تری یاد میں اشکوں کے چــراغ 
    شب کو معلوم ہیں سب زخم  ہمـــــــا رے صاحب
    میـــــــــرا رشتوں کی تجارت پہ تو ایماں ہی نہ تھا 
    بک گئے خـــــــــــــاک کی قیمت یہ ستارے  صاحب
    یاد کے دشت میں ہم پھــــــــــرتے ہیں یوں آبلہ پا 
     آ کے دیکھو تو کبھی پاؤں ہمــــــــــــــــــارے صاحب
    بارہا اســـکو بچھـــــــــــــــڑتے ھوئے کہنا چـــــاہا 
     روٹھ کر بھی نہیں ہوتے ہیں گـــــــــــزار ے صاحب
    لا کے قدموں میں سبھی چــــاند ستارے رکھ دیں
    لوٹ کر آنا کبھی شہــــــــر ہمــــــــــــا رے صاحب
    آنـــکھ سے دل کی زبــــاں صـــــــاف ســـنائی دیتی
    تم ہی سمجھے نـــــہ محبت  کے اشـــارے صاحب

  3. Waqas Dar
    A fresh westerly wave is affecting the upper & central parts of the country on Saturday.
    Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country on Saturday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasted.

    Read more: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat 
    However, rain and thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, D.I khan, D.G khan, Multan, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala divisions, Islamabad, FATA, Kashmir, and its adjoining hilly areas.
    Past weather
    The weather remained hot and dry in most parts of the country. However, light rain and thunderstorm occurred at isolated places in Kohat and Kashmir.
    Rainfall in the last 24 Hours (mm)
    Kashmir: Rawalakot 01.
    Today's highest temperatures
    Dadu, Larkana 49°C, Sibbi, Sh. Benazirabad, Moenjodaro 48°C, Jacobabad, Sukkur, Padidan, Sukrand 47°C.






    Data courtesy: Pakistan Meteorological Department 


  4. Waqas Dar
    ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to attend an international Islamic conference, where he may also meet US President Donald Trump. 
    PM Nawaz was invited by Saudi Arabia?s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to attend the Arab Islamic American Summit, where he is likely to meet other important leaders who will be attending the conference, including President Trump.
    The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are also expected to discuss several economic and security agreements. PM Sharif will also visit Masjid-e-Nabawi.
    During the visit, the PM is also likely to meet US President, who will also be reaching Riyadh for the conference. Trump is accompanied by wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.
    President Trump will also visit Israel, Palestine, Brussels, the Vatican and Sicily during his eight-day-long first foreign trip since becoming president.
    He also tweeted about his trip and wrote, ?Getting ready for my big foreign trip. Will be strongly protecting American interests - that's what I like to do!"
    Missile shot down near Saudi Arabia capital
    Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh, ahead of the US president's arrival.
    Air defence units intercepted a ballistic missile, which fell over an unpopulated area 180km from Riyadh. Photo: CCTV screen grab  Air defence units ?intercepted a ballistic missile? yesterday, and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement. 


  5. Waqas Dar
    ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Saudi Arabia Saturday morning to attend an Islamic Conference, where he is also expected to meet US President Donald Trump. 
    PM Nawaz was invited by Saudi Arabia?s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He is likely to meet other important leaders during the meeting.
    The two countries representatives are also likely to discuss several economic and security agreements.
    PM Sharif will also visit Masjid-e-Nabawi.
    During the visit, PM is also likely to meet US President, who will also reach KSA for the conference. Donald Trump will be accompanied by daughter, Ivanka, and her husband during the trip.
    Trump will also visit Israel, Palestine, Brussels, the Vatican and Sicily during his eight-day long first foreign trip since becoming president.
    He also tweeted about his trip and wrote, ?Getting ready for my big foreign trip. Will be strongly protecting American interests - that's what I like to do!"
    Missile shot down near Saudi Arabia capital
    Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh, ahead of US President Donald Trump?s arrival.
    Air defence units intercepted a ballistice missile, which fell over an unpopulated area 180km from Riyadh. Photo: CCTV screen grab  Air defence units ?intercepted a ballistic missile? yesterday, and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement. 


  6. Waqas Dar
    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote in Tehran on May 19, 2017 - TIMA via REUTERS  President Hassan Rouhani has an unassailable lead in Iran's presidential election, an Iranian official source told Reuters on Saturday, citing an early unofficial tally, and is on course to defeat his hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi.
    "It's over, Rouhani is the winner," the source said on condition of anonymity.
    Rouhani had won 21.6 million votes, compared to 14 million for Raisi, with 37 million votes counted, the source added. There were about four million more votes still to be tallied, the source said.
    More than 40 million ballots were cast, the interior ministry said, indicating a turnout of about 70 percent in Friday's vote, roughly similar to the showing in 2013 elections when Rouhani swept into office in a landslide victory
    State television said the official early results would be announced soon.
    The Instagram account of Rouhani ally, former president Mohammad Khatami, showed a picture of Rouhani making a victory sign and ran the slogan "Hope prevailed over isolation".
    Rouhani's chief of staff Hamid Aboutalebi tweeted that Rouhani had won 60 percent of the vote. He cited no evidence.
    The big turnout appeared to have favored Rouhani, whose backers' main worry has been apathy among reformist-leaning voters disappointed with the slow pace of change.
    Rouhani, 68, who took office promising to open Iran to the world and give its citizens more freedom at home, faced an unexpectedly strong challenge from Raisi, a protege of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
    The election is important "for Iran's future role in the region and the world", Rouhani, who struck a deal with world powers two years ago to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for the lifting of most economic sanctions, said after voting.
    Raisi, 56, has accused Rouhani of mismanaging the economy and has traveled to poor areas, speaking at rallies pledging more welfare benefits and jobs.
    He is believed to have the backing of the powerful Revolutionary Guards security force, as well as the tacit support of Khamenei, whose powers outrank those of the elected president but who normally steers clear of day-to-day politics.
    "I respect the outcome of the vote of the people and the result will be respected by me and all the people," Raisi said after voting, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
    However, Raisi later appeared at the Ministry of Interior in Tehran on Friday and complained of a shortage of ballot sheets at many polling stations, according to Fars. More ballot sheets were subsequently sent out, the agency reported.
    In the last election, Rouhani won more than three times as many votes as his closest challenger. But this time the outcome might be much closer, as other conservative rivals have backed out and thrown their support behind Raisi.
    The Guards and other hardliners hope that a win for Raisi will give them an opportunity to safeguard economic and political power they see as jeopardized by the lifting of sanctions and opening of the country to foreign investment.
    During weeks of campaigning, the two main candidates exchanged accusations of corruption and brutality in unprecedentedly hostile television debates. Both deny the other's accusations.
    Rouhani has urged the Guards not to meddle in the vote, a warning that reflects the political tension. Suspicions that the Guards and the Basij militia under their control falsified voting results in favor of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad led to eight months of nationwide protests in 2009, which were violently suppressed.
    An electoral employee checks documents before closing vote in Tehran - TIMA via REUTERS 
    Stark choice 
    For ordinary Iranians, the election presents a stark choice between competing visions of the country.
    Rouhani, known for decades as a mild-mannered establishment insider rather than a gung-ho reformer, has taken on the mantle of the reform camp in recent weeks, with fiery campaign speeches that attacked the human rights records of his opponents.
    "I voted for Rouhani to prevent Raisi's victory. I don't want a hardliner to be my president," said Ziba Ghomeyshi in Tehran. "I waited in the line for five hours to cast my vote."
    Many pro-reform voters are still lukewarm Rouhani supporters, disappointed with his failure to make broader changes during his first term. But they are anxious to keep out Raisi, who they see as representing the security state at its most fearsome: in the 1980s he was one of four judges who sentenced thousands of political prisoners to death.
    "I am on my way to vote for Rouhani. I like his detente policy with the world. I know he is not a reformist, but who cares? What matters is that he is not Raisi," employee Yousef Ghaemi, 43, said by phone in the western city of Kermanshah.
    For conservatives, the election represents a chance to restore the values of the 1979 revolution, which requires elected officials to be subordinate to the Shi'ite Muslim clergy and supreme leader.
    "I cast my vote already - I voted for Raisi because he is a follower of Imam Khamenei. He will not confront the leader if elected. He will protect our Islamic identity," said Mehran Fardoust, 36, a shopkeeper near the Imam Reza Shrine in the holy city of Mashhad, Raisi's home town.
    Despite the removal of nuclear-related sanctions in 2016, lingering unilateral U.S. sanctions that target Iran's record on human rights and terrorism have kept foreign companies wary of investing, limiting the economic benefits so far.
    Raisi has focused his campaign on the economy, visiting rural areas and villages and promising housing, jobs and more welfare benefits, a message which could have resonated with millions of poor voters angry at the Tehran elite.
    If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two, presumably Rouhani and Raisi, will face each other a second time in a run-off in a week.


  7. Waqas Dar
    Pamela Anderson, actress and animals rights defender, attends a news conference at the National Assembly to protest the force-feeding of geese used in the production of foie gras, in Paris, France, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer  Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson retweeted a smiling selfie of Julian Assange on Friday after Sweden dropped its investigation into the Wikileaks founder, reviving intrigue around the couple's rumoured romance.
    Image: Screenshot from the account of Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) Anderson's blog posts about her numerous trips to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to visit Assange have proved to be one of the much more fascinating aspects of the Australian's five-year bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face rape and molestation allegations, which he denies.
    Assange, 45, is a cyber hero to some for exposing government abuses of power and championing free speech. To others, he is a criminal who has undermined the security of the West.
    To Anderson, he is "the most intelligent, interesting and informed man in existence", the 49-year-old actress, former Playboy model and animal rights campaigner said in a March blog post.
    Photographers have snapped Anderson, often carrying take-out food, making numerous visits to the Ecuadorean embassy in the past six months.
    Anderson is not Assange's only celebrity supporter. Pop singer Lady Gaga visited him in 2012 and filmed him for a video that was distributed this week to mark the release from a US prison of Chelsea Manning, who provided Wikileaks with more than 700,000 classified US army documents.
    ?You may be an enemy of the state but you are not an enemy of humanity," Lady Gaga told Assange in the video interview, which was released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.
    Assange has said nothing about his closer relationship with Anderson, and she has been coy about characterising it as dating or romantic.
    "Let's see what happens when he's free. But you know I spend probably more time with him than any other man socially, which is very odd," Anderson said in a Swedish TV talk-show appearance in March.
    Anderson, who is currently promoting the new Hollywood Baywatch movie in which she has a cameo role, made no comment on Friday on the Swedish decision other than to retweet the smiling photo Assange posted of himself in his first reaction to the news.
    In April, Anderson said that "our 'affair' and the curiosity surrounding that might bring some attention to his situation. That?s fine, but I?d rather not go into private details. Let?s just say everyone deserves love".
    Earlier this month, she blogged again about Assange in a post called "We have more than a romantic life," in which she said that the romance rumours were "a distraction when so much is at stake".
    The blog post was accompanied by a black-and-white picture of the two of them cheek to cheek.


  8. Waqas Dar
    A man crosses 6th Avenue as the sun sets in New York September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson For men experiencing emotional distress like depression, anxiety or thoughts of suicide, having high cardiorespiratory fitness may cut the risk of death in half compared to those in poor condition, researchers say.
    ?The prevalence of mental health issues is growing in the US and globally,? said lead study author Mei Sui of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. ?People are facing many stressors in their daily lives linked to depression, anxiety and other mental disorders."
    ?Medication to treat these mental problems is not only expensive but also comes with significant side effects such as weight gain,? she told Reuters Health. ?Identifying modifiable factors that are beneficial to those with emotional distress has important clinical and public health applications.?
    To see how cardiovascular fitness might affect healthcare costs and outcomes for people with mental health disorders, Sui and colleagues analysed data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas, which conducted preventive health exams on more than 43,000 men between 1987 and 2002.

    WHO calls for speaking about depression, fighting stigma
    WHO said that currently, over 300 million people around the world live with depression, which is a more than 18% increase between 2005 and 2015
    The researchers focused on 5,240 participants, who reported a history of emotional distress, including 2,229, who reported more than one emotional distress condition. To measure cardiorespiratory fitness, participants ran on a treadmill until they were exhausted.
    Among men who experienced emotional distress, 46 percent reported depression, 58 percent had anxiety, 51 percent had a history of mental counselling, and 8 percent reported ever having thoughts of suicide.
    By the end of the follow-up period, there were 128 deaths from any cause.
    The researchers found that men with the lowest cardiovascular fitness tended to have higher weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels and were more likely to smoke and to be sedentary.
    In addition, men who reported more than one type of emotional distress were more common in the low-fitness group.
    Compared to the lowest fitness group, men with moderate cardiovascular fitness were 46 percent less likely to die of any cause during the study, and those in the high fitness group were 53 percent less likely to die.
    ?This significant strong inverse association between high levels of fitness and longevity in men with emotional distress is particularly interesting,? Sui said. ?Clearly lifestyle behaviour interventions to increase fitness levels could help those with emotional distress.?
    Even moderate levels of fitness were associated with a 46 percent lower risk of dying, she noted. This moderate level of fitness means 30 minutes per day of activity such as swimming, jogging or biking, and is the current level recommended under American sports medicine guidelines.
    Virtual reality hopes to treat mental health problems
    Some phobias, for instance, can be effectively treated by gradually exposing a patient to his or her worst fear, be it spiders, plane travel or small, enclosed spaces
    The study mostly included non-Hispanic whites, and Sui would like to see more research about fitness in women and minority groups.
    ?This was the missing piece of the puzzle. We know now that assessing fitness and treating it should be at the centre of mental health care,? said Davy Vancampfort of the University of Leuven Psychiatric Center in Belgium. He wasn?t involved in the current study but recently published an analysis that found people with severe mental illness are at heightened risk for heart disease

    ?This adds to our call to include assessment of physical activity and treatment to the standard mental health care package,? he told Reuters Health by email. ?Mental health care settings and primary care settings should work closely together on this.?
    Future research could also look at older populations, follow people for a longer period of time and account for medication, such as psychotropic prescriptions, in particular, said Brandon Stubbs of King?s College London in the UK.
    ?One in four of us will at some point experience a common mental illness in our lives,? Stubbs, who wasn?t involved in the study, told Reuters Health by email. ?We can no longer view mental health and physical health separately given that they are so inextricably linked.?


  9. Waqas Dar
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  NEW YORK: US stocks rose but closed below their session highs on renewed concerns about Donald Trump's presidency, after two new reports related to a federal investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump's election campaign.
    A senior White House adviser is a significant person of interest in the law enforcement investigation of possible Russian ties, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
    Separately the New York Times reported that Trump told Russian officials at the White House that firing FBI Director James Comey relieved "great pressure" from the ongoing probe. The Times report cited a document summarising the meeting.
    "I'm sure some of (the move) is related to that, and the fact that Trump is going to be out of the country and nobody's quite sure what he's going to do," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago.
    Nolte, however, added that the market did not seem too concerned as the major indexes were still in positive territory. "We've got two days now to wring our hands about what might happen," he said.
    Trump left on Friday for his first foreign trip since taking office, which the White House hopes will shift the focus away from domestic controversies.
    While Wall Street ended higher, it failed to fully regain all the ground lost in Wednesday's big selloff after reports earlier this week that Trump had tried to interfere in the federal investigation.
    Investors have been closely following events in Washington as they worry whether Trump will be able to fulfil campaign promises for fiscal stimulus and tax reform. Many investors saw the policy promises as a key reason for the post-election rally.
    The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 141 points or 0.69 percent to 20,804, the S&P 500 had gained 16 points or 0.68 percent to 2,381, and the Nasdaq Composite had added 28 points or 0.47 percent to 6,083.
    But all three indexes clocked losses for the week with the Dow and S&P falling 0.4 percent and Nasdaq off 0.6 percent
    All of the 11 major S&P industry sectors ended the day higher. Industrials showed the biggest percentage gain with a 1.36 percent jump, while Energy rose 1.24 percent.
    Oil company shares were boosted by a 2 percent increase in oil futures related to growing expectations that OPEC and other producing countries will agree at a meeting next week to extend crude output cuts.
    Some market participants said that for much of the session, they turned their focus to strong quarterly earnings from companies such as Autodesk Inc and Deere & Co.
    Software developer Autodesk jumped 14.7 percent and was the biggest percentage gainer on the S&P after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue.
    Deere hit an all-time high of $122.24 and closed up 7.3 percent at $120.90 after the farm and construction equipment maker posted a better-than-estimated quarterly profit. It helped lift Caterpillar Inc 2.2 percent.
    General Electric Co was the S&P's top driver with a 2.4 percent rise.
    Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 3.13-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.75-to-1 ratio favoured advancers. The S&P 500 posted 26 new 52-week highs and 8 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 81 new highs and 58 new lows.
    About 7.03 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges in line with the average volume for the last 20 sessions.




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    White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo  Cardboard cutouts of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hiding in bushes are popping up all over North America, inspired by a British Columbia academic who kicked off the craze in her hometown of Victoria.


    Spicer, known for his often combative press briefings with journalists, was mocked worldwide last week after a Washington Post article described him huddling near bushes in the White House grounds as reporters waited to ask questions about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
    That story was later updated to clarify Spicer was "among" the bushes, not "in" the bushes.

    Melissa McCarthy motors through New York dressed as Sean Spicer
    Spicer said in an interview with the news magazine show Extra in February that the impression was
    The incident prompted British Columbia academic Lisa Kadonaga to come up with "Garden Spicer," a blown-up photo of the press secretary's head that she stuck in bushes near her home and then uploaded to Dropbox.



    Kadonaga's post on Facebook has been shared more than 110,000 times and Dropbox reportedly struggled with the volume of traffic as people rushed to download the image.

    "Now you too can have the White House press secretary in ? or rather, 'among'* ? the bushes in your yard," Kadonaga wrote on her Facebook profile. "And hey, if you're concerned that when exposed to the outdoors, the image will run.... no worries, that's exactly what Sean Spicer does, so it's totally authentic!"
    Images on Twitter show "Garden Spicer" appearing in dozens of locations, including Washington DC, across British Columbia, and outside Universal Studios in Florida.
    Check out photos of the hilarious 'pandemic':




  11. Waqas Dar
    MULTAN: A man, who allegedly murdered his daughter in the Nawazabad neighbourhood here late Friday night, has been arrested, Geo News reported.
    Police said suspect Waseem, who escaped following the murder, had reportedly immersed seven-year-old Ramsha in water while strangulating her simultaneously.
    It was also revealed that a domestic dispute had escalated, resulting in the child's murder, Geo News reported.
    The body has been taken into police custody, security officials commented further, adding that the search operation to catch Waseem turned fruitful only hours later with the suspect?s arrest.


  12. Waqas Dar
    MULTAN: A man, who allegedly murdered his daughter in the Nawazabad neighbourhood here late Friday night, has been arrested, Geo News reported.
    Police said suspect Waseem, who escaped following the murder, had reportedly immersed seven-year-old Ramsha in water while strangulating her simultaneously.
    It was also revealed that a domestic dispute had escalated, resulting in the child's murder, Geo News reported.
    The body has been taken into police custody, security officials commented further, adding that the search operation to catch Waseem turned fruitful only hours later with the suspect?s arrest.


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    Musician Chris Cornell of the band Soundgarden arrives on the red carpet for the film ''Machine Gun Preacher'' during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Blinch  The wife of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell said on Friday that she did not believe the singer meant to kill himself, suggesting anxiety drugs he was taking might have played a role in his death.
    Cornell, 52, was found dead in the bathroom of his Detroit hotel on Wednesday night after the grunge band had played a concert in the city. The Wayne County Medical Examiner initially ruled the cause of death to be suicide by hanging.
    "What happened is inexplicable, and I am hopeful that further medical reports will provide additional details," Vicky Cornell said in a statement. "I know that he loved our children, and he would not hurt them by intentionally taking his own life."
    Chris Cornell of Audioslave gives his baby daughter Toni a kiss backstage after the band's live performance at the "ReAct Now: Music & Relief" special at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles September 10, 2005. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello  Cornell said the singer, a recovering addict, was taking the prescription drug Ativan, which treats anxiety and insomnia. One of the listed side effects is that it may increase depression and cause impaired judgment.
    Kirk Pasich, a lawyer for the family, said they were disturbed at the inference that Cornell "knowingly and intentionally took his life" before the results of toxicology tests were known.
    "The family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions," Pasich said.
    Pfizer, Valeant in hot waters
    Ativan maker Pfizer Inc said it does not sell branded or generic versions of the drug in the United States, where Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc now has the product rights.
    Valeant did not immediately return calls for comment on Friday, and it was not clear whether Cornell was taking a branded or generic version of Ativan.
    Late singer's depression
    Cornell had spoken openly of his drug and alcohol addiction in the past, as well as periods of depression and agoraphobia.
    Vicky Cornell said she had asked security to check on her husband on Wednesday night when she spoke to him before and after the Soundgarden show.
    "I noticed he was slurring his words; he was different...," she said. "He told me he may have taken an extra Ativan or two."
    Chris Cornell poses at Elton John's 70th Birthday and 50-Year Songwriting Partnership with Bernie Taupin benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the UCLA Hammer Museum at RED Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok  Cornell's death, in the midst of a US tour, was met with an outpouring of grief.
    Soundgarden was one of the leading bands in the grunge music movement in the 1980s and '90s, releasing albums such as Badmotorfinger and the Grammy-winning Superunknown, which brought the group mainstream success.


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    FBI Director James Comey arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on ''Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'' on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo  Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week amid an agency probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election, has agreed to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee at a public hearing, the committee said in a statement on Friday.
    The hearing will be scheduled after the May 29 Memorial Day holiday, the statement said.
    18 Russian links
    On Friday, reports citing current and former US officials familiar with the exchanges disclosed that Flynn and other advisers to Trump?s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race.
    The previously-undisclosed interactions form part of the record now being reviewed by FBI and congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the US presidential election and contacts between Trump?s campaign and Russia.
    Six of the previously undisclosed contacts described to Reuters were phone calls between Sergei Kislyak ? Russia's ambassador to the United States ? and Trump advisers, including Flynn, Trump?s first national security adviser, three current and former officials said.
    Trump under fire
    In addition, an explosive development Wednesday alleged Trump had asked then-FBI Director Comey to end the agency's investigation into ties between former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, according to a source who saw a memo written by Comey.
    This followed a week of tumult at the White House after Trump fired Comey and then discussed sensitive national security information about Daesh with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
    The 'Comey memo', first reported by the New York Times, caused alarm on Capitol Hill and raised questions about whether the President tried to interfere with a federal investigation.
    The White House quickly denied the report, saying in a statement it was "not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr. Comey".
    Comey sacked
    Comey, who had been leading his agency's investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential campaign and possible collusion with Trump's campaign, was fired by Trump on May 10 in an abrupt move that sent shock waves throughout the world.

    Trump said this was a consequence of Comey's handling of an election-year email scandal last year involving the then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Democrats immediately accused Trump of acting out of political motives.

    The former FBI director had been embroiled in a controversy surrounding his handling of a probe of Clinton's use of a private email server while she was US secretary of state. As recently as Tuesday, the FBI clarified remarks that Comey made on the matter last week.
    Subsequently, Trump in a letter to Comey released by the White House said, "It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission."


  15. Waqas Dar
    KARACHI: A body was recovered late Friday night from the metropolis' Taiser Town area, rescue sources said, while police have rounded up ten suspects in various search operations in the city.
    Rescue sources revealed that the body, which was of a woman, also bore torture marks.
    Police search operations
    A door-to-door search operation by Rangers is underway in the city?s Jahangir Road No. 2 area, wherein five suspects have been detained till now, sources said.
    Over 25 Rangers personnel partook in the search operation, under which the area has been locked down, sources disclosed further.
    In another search operation, conducted by PIB Police in the old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi, motorcycle lifter Umar Farooq was arrested, police mentioned, adding that the suspect?s identification helped recover four stolen bikes.
    Search raids are being carried out to find Farooq?s accomplices. Meanwhile, a case has been registered against the arrested.
    Two dacoits ? Kabeer and Saeed ? were taken into police custody during a search operation in Saddar, while weapons, mobile phones, and motorcycles were recovered from the suspects, security officials stated. The arrestees are habitual offenders, police said, adding that they have been arrested in the past as well.
    An operation in Mobina Town, on the other hand, led to the arrest of two suspects accused of land grabbing, police explained. A case has been filed against the suspects, from whom weapons were recovered as well.


  16. Waqas Dar
    KARACHI: A body has been recovered late Friday night from Taiser Town here, rescue sources said, while police have rounded up ten other suspects in various search operations in the city.
    Rescue sources revealed that the body of a woman recovered from Taiser Town, adding that it bears torture marks.
    Police search operations
    A door-to-door search operation by rangers is underway in the city?s Jahangir Road No. 2 area, wherein five suspects have been detained till now, sources said.
    Over 25 rangers personnel are partaking in the search operation, under which the area has been locked down, sources disclosed further.
    In another search operation, conducted by PIB Police in the old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi, motorcycle lifter Umar Farooq has been arrested, police mentioned, adding that the suspect?s identification has helped recover four stolen bikes.
    Search raids are being carried out to find Farooq?s accomplices. Meanwhile, a case has been registered against the arrested.
    Two dacoits ? Kabeer and Saeed ? have been taken into police custody during a search operation in Saddar, while weapons, mobile phones, and motorcycles were recovered from the suspects, security officials stated. The arrestees are habitual offenders, police said, adding that they have been arrested in the past as well.
    An operation in Mobina Town, on the other hand, led to the arrest of two suspects who are accused of land grabbing, police explained. A case has been filed against the suspects, from whom weapons were recovered as well.


  17. Waqas Dar
    A tank belonging to the Libyan National Army, led by Khalifa Haftar, last year. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images  A spokesman for east Libyan armed forces said on Friday that as many as 141 people had been killed a day earlier in an attack on a southern air base.
    Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), said 103 of those killed in the attack at Brak Al-Shati air base were LNA troops stationed in the area.
    Earlier, the mayor of Brak Al-Shati and a medical source in the town put the death toll at 89, though the medical official said some bodies had not been brought to the hospital.
    It was not possible to independently verify the number of casualties. Local and LNA officials have said that some of those killed were civilians who appeared to have been summarily executed.


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    Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, reacts during an address to a gathering at the Internet.org Summit in New Delhi October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi  We are all familiar with the nerves before getting a response from a potential university one has applied to. This is exactly what Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, then a college hopeful, experienced when he opened an email from Harvard University back in the early 2000s.
    Zuckerberg?s father filmed the renowned techie?s response at getting accepted into Harvard?s class of 2006 and it?s very sweet.
    In the video clip, he is seen sitting in the lower tier of a bunk bed, with his pet dog by his side, as he reads out the email.
    Check out the video here:



    The social networking website?s top official will be ?going back for commencement to get [his] degree? next week, he wrote in a Facebook post.



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    Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir (L) looks on as Mumbai Indians batsmen Keiron Pollard (R) and Krunal Pandya celebrate their win BANGALORE: Indian leg-spinner Karn Sharma claimed four wickets to lead Mumbai Indians into the Indian Premier League final after humbling Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in the second qualifier Friday.

    Sharma returned with figures of 4-16 to help bowl out Kolkata for 107, with Mumbai achieving the target in 14.3 overs and setting up a title clash with Rising Pune Supergiant.
    Mumbai lost three early wickets in their chase before skipper Rohit Sharma (26) and Krunal Pandya (45 not out) put on 54 runs to take the team to their fourth IPL final.
    But it was Sharma´s wily wrist spinners that set up the win for Mumbai, who had lost the first qualifier to Pune after ending the league stage as table-toppers.
    Sharma, who has played a Test and two one-day internationals for India, rattled the Kolkata top-order with early strikes to reduce the two-time champions to 31-5 in 7 overs.
    Sharma, 29, hurt Kolkata in the seventh over of the innings with two wickets on consecutive deliveries to send skipper Gautam Gambhir (12) and Colin de Grandhomme (0) back to the pavilion.
    Suryakumar Yadav (31) and Ishank Jaggi (28) put on 56 runs for the sixth wicket but an inspired Mumbai pace attack did not let the advantage slip away at Bangalore´s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
    Fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah (3-7) and Mitchell Johnson (2-28) shared five wickets between them as the duo combined to wipe off the Kolkata tail.
    Kolkata, who had shut out defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator, bowed out with nine wins and seven losses in 16 matches.
    While Mumbai chase their third IPL title in season 10 of the cash-rich league, Pune are eying their maiden win in Hyderabad on Sunday.


  20. Waqas Dar
    LAHORE: Former president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that his party rejects government's act on Federally Administered Tribal Areas saying that PPP will fully back FATA representatives if they stage a sit-in in Islamabad.

    A delegation of former parliamentarians from FATA, led by Shahji Gul Afridi, called on the former president in Islamabad today. Zardari told the delegates that his party rejects 'Governor Rule and Permit Rule' in tribal areas. He assured them of PPP's full participation if they stage a sit-in in the federal capital.
    He told the FATA representatives that if they staged a sit-in in Ramazan, then he would himself provide 'Iftar' to the participants.
    Speaking to media after the meeting, Shahji Gul Afridi accused Maulana Fazlur Rahman, chief of Jamiat Uleman Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), of trying to keep the tribal people in dark.
    The government on May 15 introduced two bills for reforms in FATA and later referred to the Standing Committee on SAFRON for further deliberations.
    The bills, introduced in the House by the Minister for SAFRON Abdul Qadir Baloch, included the Constitution (Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill 2017.
    PM directs to delay FATA reforms bill, after call by Fazalur Rehman: sources
    ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed his party lawmakers to delay proceedings on FATA reforms package in the National Assembly till his return to Pakistan after a phone call with...
    Govt decides to merge Fata with KP
    Cabinet set to give approval to merger as govt takes allies into confidence
      
    Both of the bills were referred to the relevant committees of SAFRON instead of Standing Committee on Law & Justice, following the directives of Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah and PPP lawmaker Syed Naveed Qamar's demand.
    The Constitution (Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2017 was tabled in the House as the federal cabinet on March 2, 2017, in principle approved the integration of FATA with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
    According to the bill's statement of objects and reasons, FATA, being a part of KP after such integration, will require its representation in the provincial assembly.
    Furthermore, post-integration scenario will see a substantial reduction in the Senate seats for FATA, which will be duly and adequately compensated through the creation of seats for FATA in the KP Assembly, according to their population.
    Creation of such seats is also of paramount importance for the fact that, if delayed, it will not only hamper the integration or the mainstreaming of FATA, but also neglect a favorable opportunity, which might become a distant possibility before the next general elections in 2023.
    The Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill 2017 focuses on the introduction of a legal system, which will provide for retaining the Rewaj, in accordance with the aspirations of tribal people while safeguarding their fundamental rights.
    The bill envisages that certain amendments may be incorporated in CrPC and CPC for customization and shaping it to incorporate the traditional Jirga system for adjudication in FATA, thereby, determining the roles and fixing responsibilities between the executive and judicial officers.
    It is designed to be promulgated in the protected areas of FATA in a gradual manner, for which the availability and the provision of a necessary judicial and prosecution infrastructure coupled with a well-trained levies force is of paramount importance.
    The Rewaj Bill, in its essence, thus provides for the extension of jurisdiction of Supreme Court of Pakistan and Peshawar High Court which in collaboration with an alternate system of dispute resolution in the form of a Jirga system for provision of a speedy justice system to the people of the area, which this act shall apply.


  21. Waqas Dar
    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines decided on Friday to ground overweight crew and issued warning letters to seven staffers in this regard.


    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/c74fbae67a65503c100c12e945cd6c89.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8xOS8yMDE3IDY6MDc6MzggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0vc3RYMTdKbXVVUHhTUkZEdW9sdTBnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] The airline?s administration sent letters to seven crew members whose weight was not found in accordance with their height.

    The order to ground the crew members has been issued with immediate effect.
    The seven staffers include four flight stewardesses and three air hostesses. The crew members were found 20 to 40 pounds overweight.
    The seven PIA members were performing duties on international and local flights.
    PIA crew might be involved in Heathrow incident, says spokesman
    Tajwar said that other agencies and not PIA is responsible for giving final clearance to a plane before its flight
    The administration stated that those members whose weight is found to be 35 to 45 pounds in excess will not be eligible for performing duties for international flights.
    Those who are overweight more than 45 pounds will be grounded on domestic flights permanently, the administration added. 


  22. Waqas Dar
    Millions of Iranians queued up to vote on Friday, showing strong turnout in an unexpectedly tight election pitting President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalize ties with the West, against a hardline judge who says he has already gone too far.
    Voting was extended by at least four hours to 10:00 pm (1730 GMT) because many voters were still queued to cast their ballots, state television reported.
    Rouhani, 68, who swept into office four years ago promising to open Iran to the world and give its citizens more freedom at home, faces an unexpectedly strong challenge from Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
    The election is important "for Iran's future role in the region and the world", Rouhani, who struck a deal with world powers two years ago to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for the lifting of most economic sanctions, said after voting.
    The initial signs of strong turnout could be good news for Rouhani, whose backers have long said their biggest worry was apathy among reformist-leaning voters disappointed with the slow pace of change.
    Raisi has blamed Rouhani for mismanaging the economy and has travelled to poor areas holding rallies, pledging more welfare benefits and jobs.
    He is believed to have the backing of the powerful Revolutionary Guards security force, as well as the tacit support of Khamenei, whose powers outrank those of the elected president but who normally steers clear of day-to-day politics.
    "I respect the outcome of the vote of the people and the result will be respected by me and all the people," Raisi said after voting, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
    In the last election, Rouhani won more than three times as many votes as his closest challenger. But this time the outcome might be much closer, as other conservative rivals have backed out and thrown their support behind Raisi.
    The Guards and other hardliners hope that a win for Raisi, 56, will give them an opportunity to safeguard economic and political power they see as jeopardized by the lifting of sanctions and opening to foreign investment.
    During weeks of campaigning the two main candidates exchanged accusations of graft and brutality in unprecedentedly hostile television debates. Both deny the other's accusations.
    Some 350,000 members of the security forces were deployed around the country to protect the election, state television reported. The interior ministry said at mid-day that it had no reports of electoral offences so far, state television reported.
    Rouhani has urged the Guards not to meddle in the vote, a warning that reflects the political tension. Suspicions that the Guards and the Basij militia under their control falsified voting results in favor of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad led to eight months of nationwide protests in 2009, which were violently suppressed.
    Stark choice
    For ordinary Iranians, the election presents a stark choice between competing visions of the country.
    Rouhani, known for decades as a mild-mannered establishment insider rather than a gung-ho reformer, has taken on the mantle of the reform camp in recent weeks, with fiery campaign speeches that attacked the human rights records of his opponents.
    "I voted for Rouhani to prevent Raisi's victory. I don't want a hardliner to be my president," said Ziba Ghomeyshi in Tehran. "I waited in the line for five hours to cast my vote."
    Many pro-reform voters are still lukewarm Rouhani supporters, disappointed with his failure to make broader changes during his first term. But they are anxious to keep out Raisi, who they see as representing the security state at its most fearsome: in the 1980s he was one of four judges who sentenced thousands of political prisoners to death.
    Iran extends presidential voting by another two hours: state TV
    "I am on my way to vote for Rouhani. I like his detente policy with the world. I know he is not a reformist, but who cares? What matters is that he is not Raisi," government employee Yousef Ghaemi, 43, said by phone in the western city of Kermanshah.
    For conservatives, the election represents a chance to restore the values of the 1979 revolution, which requires elected officials to be subordinate to the Muslim clergy and supreme leader.
    "I cast my vote already - I voted for Raisi because he is a follower of Imam Khamenei. He will not confront the leader if elected. He will protect our Islamic identity," said Mehran Fardoust, 36, a shop keeper near the Imam Reza Shrine in the holy city of Mashhad, Raisi's home town.
    In public, Khamenei has remained neutral, repeatedly calling for a high turnout. But Iranians in both political camps suspect he is in fact backing his protege Raisi -- not only for the presidency but potentially also as a possible successor to his own post of supreme leader, which the 77-year-old cleric has held since 1989.
    Raisi has focused his campaign on the economy, visiting rural areas and villages and promising housing, jobs and more welfare benefits, a message which could resonate with millions of poor voters angry at the Tehran elite.
    Two other conservative candidates are still officially in the race. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two, presumably Rouhani and Raisi, would face each other a second time in a run-off in a week.
    Ballot counting was expected to start at midnight and final results are expected within 24 hours of polls closing, TV reported. The elections are also for city and village councils.


  23. Waqas Dar
    Instagram is the worst social media platform when it comes to affecting the mental health of young people, with Snapchat coming in at the second place, a recent study said.
    The study, conducted by The Royal Society for Public Health and the charity Young Health Movement, included responses from 1,479 people aged 14-24 on scoring popular apps on 14 issues such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, bullying and body image.

    "Social media may be fuelling a mental health crisis," the study said.
    Instagram said it takes the issue of bullying seriously and has ensured the social media site remains a supportive place for all people.
    The study also highlighted the positive impacts of the social media sites. YouTube was the social media platform found to have the most positive impact on young minds while Instagram was also found to have a positive impact on self-expression and self-identity.
    Twitter stood at the second-best place but overall the poll also showed the site having a negative effect on mental health. Using Facebook was voted as being linked to sleep deprivation and experiencing bullying, while it ranked positive for emotional support and community building.
    Instagram has led young women to "compare themselves against unrealistic, largely curated, filtered and Photoshopped versions of reality," Matt Keracher, author of the report, told CNN.
    ?It?s interesting to see Instagram and Snapchat ranking as the worst for mental health and wellbeing ? both platforms are very image-focused and it appears they may be driving feelings of inadequacy and anxiety in young people,? said Shirley Cramer CBE, the chief executive of the RSPH.
    The study also made various suggestions for the sites to address these issues, such as warning users on heavy social media usage, and providing support to users with their photoshopped images aimed at bullying. 


  24. Waqas Dar
    QUETTA: As many as three labourers were shot dead from firing by unidentified assailants on Friday in a remote area of Turbat, informed sources.

    The unfortunate incident occurred at Hoshab area of the district when the labourers were working on a road construction project. 
    CM Baluchistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has strongly condemned the incident and reiterated that the government will foil any conspiracy against the progress of the province.
    Meanwhile, in Panjgor district an unidentified body was also found.
    Earlier, on May 13, unidentified attackers gunned down ten labourers in two separate incidents on the outskirts of Gwadar.

    One labourer is also said to have been injured in one of the attacks.
    The incidents took place in the Pishgan and Guns Road area of Gwadar where the labourers were working on construction projects.
    Most of the victims are said to be natives of Naushero Feroze, Sindh, according to sources.
    Sources added that the site of the incident has been cordoned off by security forces and a sweeping operation is under way.
    Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti termed the incident an attack on Pakistanis, saying the perpetrators will be brought to book. He added that it seems that RAW-funded terrorists are behind the attack.
    In a statement, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the killing of innocent labourers, saying every step will be taken to bring peace to Balochistan.
    Meanwhile, head of the Edhi Welfare Organisation, Faisal Edhi, said their ambulances have departed from Karachi and will be bringing back the labourers' bodies. He added that the convoy includes a cold storage van.
    Funeral prayers offered
    The funeral prayers of the labourers were offered at Gwadar Cricket Ground on Saturday evening.
    Commander Southern Command also attended the funeral prayers.





    The labourers' bodies, after completion of medico-legal formalities, were taken to their native hometowns in C-130 for burial process.


  25. Waqas Dar
    Despite us watching our favourite shows from different TV networks around the world, Netflix usually remains our go-to link to satisfy our urge of binge-watching.

    Predominantly basing its research on Google Trends data, HighSpeedInternet.com formulated a list of the most watched shows around the world.
    Surprisingly, the most-watched show isn?t a Netflix original and pretty easy to guess too.
    BBC?s Benedict Cumberbatch starer ?Sherlock? is the most viewed show around the world.
    Netflix launches Pakistani dramas
    Three Pakistani dramas Humsafar, Sadqay Tumharay and Zindagi Gulzar Hai will be available on Netflix.
    The second spot was hogged by the evergreen NBC comedy ?Friends?. The story of five friends dealing with daily life in a humorous way is still popular among people.

    The other famous and most watched shows included Netflix?s own production as well, with Narcos and House of Cards being on the list.
    Fox?s ?New Girl? starring Zooey Deschanel was also among the favourites around the world.
    So, the list basically looks like:
    1. Sherlock
    2. Friends
    3. Narcos
    4. House of Cards
    5. New Girl
    Another BBC production, ?Call the Midwife? is one of the top most viewed shows in Britain.
    In the list, the top Netflix shows around the world make a pretty interesting case.
    In Australia, ?Jane the Virgin? was most viewed, while in Germany it was ?House of Cards?.
    Hungary seemingly loves ?Family Guy?, whereas, the list shows India and Nepal are quite taken with ?Friends?.
    According to the data, Russia is obsessed with ?Arrow? while the USA is in love with ?Shameless?.
    Well, any guesses which show is the most viewed on Netflix in Pakistan? No, it?s not Sherlock or Breaking Bad, the list said it was ?New Girl?.
    Now that you know which shows are most watched around the world, you can Netflix and chill some more!


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