Nargis Fakhri’s Pakistani ad sparks online outrage

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Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri's advertisement on the front page of leading Pakistani Urdu newspaper Jang has created a stir over social media where people have condemned it by calling the advertisement "absurd", reports NDTV.

On Twitter, many including journalists have condemned the "obscenity" of the ad, which shows Nargis lying down with a phone in her hand in a red dress.

Pakistani investigative journalist Ansar Abbasi was the first one to condemn the ad on the micro-blogging site while others later joined him.

Here's what they have tweeted:

My strong protest to top jang group management for this absurd front page ad in today's jang. pic.twitter.com/M5SRc1p3H7

— Ansar Abbasi (@AnsarAAbbasi) December 20, 2015

@AnsarAAbbasi why newspapers are trying to be like playboy or weekend type of magazine ?? These kind o adds look good in magazine not on NP

— Muhammed Amer (@amerdxb1) December 20, 2015

cud've used a talent like @NargisFakhri in a much better way,@Mobilink's TOM / TRPs objectives still achieved!#makingnewspapersrelevantagain

— Aleem Qadeer (@aleemqadeer) December 20, 2015

3 ‘PBCP outlaws’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Tangail Rab

People are looking the dead bodies (not in the photo) at Omarpur village in Tangail Sadar upazila where three alleged Purba Bangla Communist Party outlaws were killed in "gunfight" early Thursday. Photo: TV grab

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Three alleged Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP) outlaws were killed early today in what law enforcers said gunfight in Tangail Sadar upazila.
The deceased were identified as Omar, chief of the Tangail Sadar PBCP unit, Kasem and Saddam – two top listed terrorists, our correspondent reports.
The “gunfight” took place at Omarpur village with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), the elite force which has drawn widespread flak for extrajudicial killings, around 3:50am.
“We were tipped-off on a secret meeting of the PBCP,” said Md Mohiuddin Faruki, commander of crime prevention company-3 of Rab-12 in the region.
Rab members cracked down on the area. Sensing their presence, the outlaws opened fire compelling the law enforcers to fire back, the Rab official said.
“Afterwards, we found three criminals lying on the spot. Some seven to eight others managed to flee. We found two foreign pistols, two double barrel guns and seven bullets from the spot,” he said.
The victims were declared dead when taken to Tangail Medical College Hospital.

31 killed in Saudi hospital fire

Fire at hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday kills 25 people and injures 107 others. Photo: Okaz.com.

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An overnight fire at a hospital in the southwestern province of Jizan has killed at least 31 people and injured over 100, says Saudi defense according to AP.
Saudi Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani says the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
Upon contacting officials at Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh and Consulate in Jeddah told The Daily Star that they have no information about the Bangladeshis in the hospital yet.

Fire at a hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday kills 25 people and injures 107 others. Photo: Okaz.com.

But they are monitoring the incidents closely.
“Our officials are on the way to know whether any Bangladeshi was in that hospital or not,” said Mokammal Hossain, labour counselor at Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah.
According to AP the fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday around the hospital's intensive care, maternity and neonatal care wards.
There was no immediate breakdown of the victims available.
The kingdom has suffered a number of large-scale accidents this year, namely a crane collapse that killed 111 and a stampede that killed at least 2,400 during the hajj pilgrimage in September, according to an Associated Press count.
Around 1.5 million Bangladeshis are working in different sectors in Saudi Arabia, according to Bangladesh mission there.