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“It is only a couple of weeks. We’re all going to be back, it is all going to be fine.”
Like most other Stanford students, Rahma Ali ’23 did not expect the extended spring break to signal the end of in-person frosh year. As her peers packed up their carry-ons and left for home, Ali stayed on campus, watching everything shut down, including international borders. With no flights back to her home in Egypt available, a few questions popped up: “What is going to happen? When will I see my family again?”
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January 3, 2021
KARACHI: The first ever virtual, spectacular, colorful and enchanting ceremony of 19th, Lux Style Awards was aired on Geo TV, Pakistan s most popular entertainment channel.
At the Style Awards ceremony, the super hit film Lal Kabutar , a joint venture between Geo Films and Nehar Ghar Films, won the festival. It won the award for best film, actor Ahmed Ali Akbar won the award for best actor, Kamal Khan was declared the best director of the film. The film s producers Kamil Cheema and Haniya Cheema called it a success for their entire team.
Mahira Khan was nominated for Best Actress in the film category, while Zahid Ahmed and Iqra Aziz became Best Actor and Actress in Television and Anwar Maqsood was given Lifetime Achievement Award.
UAE visa extension: Residents can spend more time with visiting relatives
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Tourist visas will be extended for one additional month without any government fees.
UAE residents have expressed delight over being able to spend more time with their visiting loved ones. This has been made possible by a visit visa extension announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, late on Monday.
Dubai resident Asif Mehmood said his parents arrived in the UAE on a visit visa in October. They were due to return to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on January 2.
LSA 2020 results: Laal Kabootar , Ranjha Ranjha Kardi win big
In a first, the LSA’s entire judging and awarding process has been conducted online
KARACHI:
The LUX Style Awards announced the winners for the 19th LUX Style Awards. This is the first time in the nineteen year history of the LSA’s that the entire judging and awarding process has been conducted online. This was an intrinsic part of the LSA’s efforts to ensure the safety of the nominees, juries, auditors and organisers.
In a first for LSA, the winners in the categories of Fashion, Film, Music and TV are also being announced ahead of the virtually recorded ceremony, which is to be shown online next week.
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