This ‘Imran Khan’ cake is getting all the attention online!

People express gratitude to their favorite celebrities with their own imaginative approach. And as the elections fever is yet to subside, a baker in Karachi offers a special cake to congratulate Imran Khan on his recent victory in the polls.

Karachi-based baker Warda Zahid dedicated a congratulatory message with a cake featuring Khan. And the confectionary creation is loved by the people online.

The bakery has been flooded with messages and request after her Imran Khan cake went viral and now many want to order it for his oath ceremony. She plans to make a new version of the cake of him wearing a sherwani now.

In the cake, Imran is wearing signature white pathani suit with a stole in PTI colours (red and green).

Picture via the page of bakery ‘Once Upon a Cake’.

The cake, weighs around 4kg can be made in numerous flavours as wished by fans and would cost around Rs 4900.

But before we get into more details, the baker behind the cake in an interview clarified that although it has garnered all the attention now, the was actually made last year after they received an order.

She said, “Actually I was planning to make a figure of Imran Khan in PM’s black sherwani and launch it online, since that would be fitting the political circumstances of the country. But before I could proceed with that, the old one caught attention.”

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Karachi’s new attraction ‘China Port’ is now a ‘no go’ area for public

KARACHI: Authorities played a ‘spoilsport’ for Karachiites after an order issued closing China Port for the public who had been making frequent sightseeing tours to the newly-discovered location.

The spot had been drawing a lot of visitors after pictures of the fascinating Oyster Rocks started getting viral on the social media.

As seen in the pictures circulating on Twitter and Facebook with horde of people roaming there, now a makeshift blockade of concrete barriers, wooden planks, old bushes have been placed that bar all vehicles from turning towards the sandy area to get on the path from the Marine Promenade leading to China Port.

Besides, a police van has also been deployed there with cops signalling every incoming motorist to turn away.

Reports quote Karachi Port Trust (KPT) as saying that security issues were cropping up after visitors in large numbers were making it to the spot and taking photographs (thus revealing the entire vicinity).

The place is not that far away from sensitive locations such as the Naval Dockyard, the Naval Academy PNS Rahbar, PNS Himalaya, etc, the reports cite as KPT official as saying.

Also known as ‘Oyster Rocks’, the spot is a about 2.5 kilometers long breakwater built by China to protect the South Asia Pakistan Terminal, but the citizens find it fascinating enough to spend time there with families.

The Oyster Rocks strip was originally built to protect large freight ships from the hazards of a high tide, protect erosion of sand and the coastline.

The rock-filled pavement also serves a purpose to protect nearby structures. These rocks are actually called ‘tetra pods’ and they are placed in an interlocking pattern, so they form a porous boundary.

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Pak-China artists to jointly celebrate Pakistan Independence Day

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) National Performing Arts Group (NPAG) and China Shaanxi Yulin Coal Sea Art Group would jointly perform on August 14 at PNCA Auditorium to celebrate Independence Day in a befitting manner.

The performance would start with flute performance by Maestro Salman Adil. Flute is an instrument well known all over the world. It consists of a Bamboo tube with 6 melody playing holes and one for blowing.

The Chinese artists would present Yangko Dance of Northern Shaanxi dance performance. Other performances include Run dance performance, Waist Drum performance of Northern Shaanxi “The World Agitation”, Yangko Harvest Dance and Golden snake dance would be performed by Chinese artists.

Chinese singer Xue Xiang Fei would present folk songs of Norther Shaanxi “Folk Song Medley” China. This collection of outstanding folk’s songs from Northern Shaanxi reflects all aspects of social life, carrying feelings of bitternes, joy, love and envoy of the people of Northern Shaanxi.

PNCA would also organize miniature exhibition titled Ustad Shagird and Photographic exhibition “Land, Life and People”.

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Will Imran Khan change Pakistan's stance toward Israel?

Much has been written in national and international press about Imran Khan's address to the nation since his party won majority in the parliament in July 25 election.

Media outlets at home and abroad ran editorials and analyses on what Khan's victory means for his country and the world at large.

The part of his first address that was discussed in international media was Pakistan's foreign policy and his plans to foster relations with other nations especially neighboring countries.

Although Pakistan does not recognize Israel, the media in the Jewish state has also reported developments in Pakistan since July 25 elections.

In an analysis published in the Times of Israel, an author questioned whether Pakistan's new leader will be any different from his predecessors when it comes to Islamic Republic's relations with the Jewish state.

Written by Charles Dunst, the article gave complete profile of the Pakistani leader, highlighting his career as sportsman and a politician.

The author also discussed the allegations Imran Khan has long faced about his connection to Jewish lobby after his marriage to Jemima Khan.

The author thinks Imran is less critical of Isreal than many other leaders in the Muslim world.

The analyst interpreted one of Khan's tweet from 2011 as an apparent repudiation of anti-Semitism.

“Just as questioning the holocaust is painful to the Jews, & we respect this, so abuse of the Prophet (PBUH) is even more painful to Muslims” the author referred to this tweet of Khan which he had sent out to condemn blasphemy.

Alluding to Khushid Kasuri's 2005 meeting with Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in Istanbol, the writer questioned whether Khan would build on this relations or follow Saudi Arabia which seems to have softened its stance towards Tel Aviv.

The analyst also quotes, Hussain Haqqani, the former Pakistani ambassador to Washington, saying “His (Imran Khan's )political stance has been anti-Israel.Given his own Islamic-nationalist rhetoric, I do not see Imran Khan as the man who would reach out to Israel on behalf of Pakistan. But miracles can always happen.".

Arguing that Israel is open to establishing relation with Pakistan, the author presented Isreali prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech in which he rebuked claims that his country's relationship with India is in any way a threat to Pakistan.

“We are not enemies of Pakistan and Pakistan should not be our enemy either,” Netanyahu told reporters," the Israeli PM was quoted as saying at an event in India last year.

“Negative perceptions of Israel by some in Pakistan, and Israel’s close partnership with India, may impose some limits on what is possible,” he cautioned. “But that doesn’t mean quiet ties based on security cooperation or access to Israeli technology are out of the question.

“They can provide important mutual benefits even before establishing official relations is possible," Daniel Shapiro, the former US ambassador to Israel is reported as having said .

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I am not going to Pakistan

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has said he is not going to Pakistan to attend the oath taking ceremony of Imran Khan, according to an Indian TV channel.

Khan told CNN News 18, an Indian English language channel, on Thursday that he has not received an invitation from Imran Khan. 

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Earlier, reports said Prime Minister in-waiting Imran Khan wants  Bollywood star Aamir Khan and former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend his his oath-taking ceremony in Islamabad on August 11.

 Sidhu had  expressed his willingnewss to travel to Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the former cricket hero. 

According to reports, PTI's Shireen Mazari and Shafqat Mahmood also met Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and sought her suggestion about inviting SAARC leaders to Khan's inauguration.

The PTI leaders wanted to know which foreign dignitaries would be willing to attend the ceremony before finalizing any name to avoid an embarrassing situation.

But later in the day, Dr. Shireen Mazari in a tweet said the decision taken was to have a simple oath-taking with no external invitees.

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