Tag: Arab countries
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PM Shehbaz’s Arabic Twitter account ‘back online’ after suspension
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s official Arabic language Twitter account, which was created yesterday (June 6), was suspended soon after its launch by the micro-blogging website. The Current reached out to Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Digital Media Abubakar Umer to ask about the suspension of the account. “The account is back online. It was temporarily…
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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 tickets go on sale
Tickets for the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup Qatar 2022 have been put on sale which is set to be played from November 21 until December 18 2022. Qatari residents will benefit from subsidised tickets, with prices starting from just under $11 (Rs1,938). However, for international fans prices are starting from $69…
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UAE ends cinema censorship, introduces 21+ rating for movies
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it will no longer censor cinematic releases, introducing a 21 and above age rating for films. The country’s Media Regulatory Office said on Twitter that it had introduced a 21+ age category to its motion picture content rating system. “According to this classification, the international version of movies…
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‘Arab rulers who presented gifts to PM Khan didn’t want their names to be made public’: Fawad
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry recently revealed that Arab rulers who presented gifts to the Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan “did not want their names to be made public”. While speaking on Geo News programme ‘Jirga’ with senior journalist Saleem Safi on Sunday, Fawad stated, “Previously, the heads of the government were…
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Meet Nora Al-Matrooshi, first Arab woman astronaut in training
The UAE’s Nora al-Matrooshi is the first Arab woman to start training to be an astronaut, one of two Emiratis picked from thousands of applicants as the Gulf nation looks to the stars. According to details, the 28-year-old mechanical engineer from Sharjah has dreamt about space since she was a little girl, learning about planets…
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Illegal falcon trade on the rise in Pakistan
Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons — including some endangered species — for wealthy Gulf Arabs. A single falcon can fetch up to tens of thousands of dollars on the black market, which allowed Rafiq to renovate his family home.…
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France urges Muslims to stop boycott of French products over blasphemous cartoons
France has urged Arab countries to stop calls for boycotts of French products, while President Emmanuel Macron vowed the country would never give in to “Islamic radicals”. The French Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement released on Sunday that in recent days there had been calls to boycott French products, notably food products, in several…