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Saudi Arabia cuts visa fee for Pakistani nationals

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced to slash visa for Pakistani citizens with effect from February 15, Geo News reported. Saudi Arabia has cut visit visa fee from 2000 Saudi Riyals to 338 Saudi Riyal, while the multiple visa fee will be 675 Saudi Riyal effective from February 15, 2019. It may be noted here that Pakistan had already decreased visa fee for Saudi nationals in December 2018. The move comes a few days before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman visit to Pakistan on February 16. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and reviewed the arrangements regarding various engagements of the Crown Prince and his delegation during their two-day stay in Pakistan.

  PM Imran reviews arrangements for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman visit to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and reviewed the arrangements regarding various engagements of the Crown Prince and his delegation during their two-day stay in Pakistan. The meeting decided to give a historic welcome to the Saudi Crown Prince and his delegation as they will arrive here on February 16 on an official visit of Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Prime Minister told the meeting that the present-day Pakistan was providing the maximum opportunities to foreign investors. He said that all possible facilities would be provided to promotion of investment and business in the country. Imran Khan said the government was ensuring provision of all necessary facilities to business and easy visa. He said Pakistan would play its role for durable peace in the region, adding this was the new Pakistan where the whole world was witnessing. Finance Minister, Information Minister, Petroleum Minister, Advisor on Commerce, SAPM Yousuf Baig Mirza, SAPM Iftikhar Durrani, Foreign Secretary, Secretary Information, Secretary Interior, Secretary Finance, DG-ISPR, Chairman BOI and senior officers attended the meeting.

                       PSL 2019: Pervez Musharraf spotted watching opening ceremony in Dubai

DUBAI: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was spotted watching the opening ceremony of Pakistan Super League (PSL) fourth edition here in Dubai. We can see a glance of former president Pervez Musharraf among the audience enjoying the show. Ceremony begins with a colourful display of an orchestra that makes a formation in the middle of the ground with fireworks in the background. PCB chairman Ehsan Mani takes the stage to express his gratitude to UAE for allowing PSL to be staged here.   

                                                                                                                                                                                 42 Indian soldiers killed, several injured after blast in Indian occupied Kashmir

SRINAGAR: At least 42 Indian soldiers were killed and multiple were left injured after a bomb exploded at Indian-occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. According to reports 42 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed while several others were lefty critically wounded and were moved to Indian army’s 92 base hospital at Srinagar’s Badami Bagh. As per reports by authorities the death toll is expected to increase. Senior police officer Munir Ahmed Khan talking to AFP revealed: “An IED went off as a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) convoy passed by.” It was further revealed by CRPF spokesperson Sanjay Kumar that the explosives were attached inside a car that was driven into the convoy. "It was a powerful explosion. The explosive was car-borne," he stated.

                                                                                                                                                                       PSL 4 tickets for Karachi, Lahore matches to go on sale tonight

LAHORE: Pakistan Super League’s fourth edition will be kicking off the sales for tickets online at midnight , to the Karachi and Lahore matches scheduled at the final phase of the tournament. Reports by Yayvo revealed that the tickets that will be going off online at midnight tonight will range from Rs500 to Rs3,000 for the play-offs and qualifiers range. On the other hand, the final match scheduled to be held on March 17 at the National Stadium in Karachi will have tickets priced from a minimum of Rs500 to a maximum of Rs8,000. The tournament will enter its fourth edition in Dubai tonight with Lahore Qalanders and Islamabad United being the first to face off after a glitzy star-studded opening ceremony.

                                                                                                                                                                    PSL 2019 kicks off with glitzy, colourful ceremony in Dubai

DUBAI: Pakistan Super League (PSL) fourth Edition kick started in Dubai with glitzy and colourful ceremony here on Thursday. The star-studded event welcomed iconic musicians on stage including Junoon’s Ali Azmat and Salman Ahmed as well as Coke Studio sensation Aima Baig. The ceremony kick started with the national anthem of Pakistan. Ceremony begins with a colourful display of an orchestra that makes a formation in the middle of the ground with fireworks in the background. Fawad Khan takes the stage to sing the anthem of the tournament's fourth edition as the teams were seen taking their positions to enter the ground.. 

                                                                                                                                                                           Lovesick on Valentine´s? Museum of broken hearts has the antidote

Forget romantic dinners and roses, the place to be on Valentine´s Day is Zagreb´s Museum of Broken Relationships, a paean to personal objects and stories of heartbreak. From a toaster to an exercise bike and a pair of lacy bras, the small museum imbues seemingly ordinary objects with meaning through captions that detail their role in the unravelling of relationships around the world. The stories swerve from humourous to heart-wrenching. The museum was buzzing Thursday, Valentine´s Day, with groups of friends and also some couples who seeking out an unorthodox way to celebrate love.

"Today being Valentine´s Day, it´s beautiful to read these small little stories," said Kriti Pandey, who came with her husband Pathak. One of the lighter rooms, called "Take the bitter with the sweet," showcases objects like a box of pizza-making ingredients -- a love letter to one woman´s break-up with gluten -- and a diet book with the caption: "This was a present from my ex-fiance... Need I really continue?" But the mood is heavier in "Love in the trenches," an exhibit with items like a wedding dress from Turkey that was never worn because of the groom´s unexpected death. Nearby is a prosthetic leg from a veteran from Croatia´s 1990s war. "The prosthesis endured longer than our love," the caption reads. The unusual idea was born from heartbreak itself. After a break-up, the museum´s two Croatian founders, artists Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic, both turning 50 this year, didn´t know what to do with their shared belongings and wanted to create an option other than the garbage bin. More than a decade later, they have taken the museum on tours to 50 cities around the globe, collecting new objects and stories along the way. "When we started with the project I had no idea what (kind of donations) we were going to get... but it turns out that people are so interesting, everybody has a story to tell," co-founder Grubisic told AFP, adding that they receive around 200 objects by mail per year.

Jon Turner, a 33-year-old British tourist travelling solo in Zagreb, agreed the authentic portrayal of love was a fitting occasion for any visitor on February 14. "It´s really beautiful, some things have made me laugh out loud, some things have made me cry, but yeah I
think it´s really nice you get a snapshot of people´s lives," he said. The theme of the museum´s next overseas stop, the city of York, will revolve around a different kind of break-up: Brexit. Organisers have put out a local call for donations that will put a personal spin on the political drama. "Recently ended a relationship? Wish to unburden the emotional load by erasing everything that reminds you of that painful experience?" the call of submissions asks. "Don´t," it advises, "one day you might regret it."